The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1844,

FINE ARTS.

EXHIBITION OF CARTOONS, &e., TN
WESTMINSTER lIALL.—(TIIIS DAY.)

We this morning attenled a private view of an ex-
hibition of cartoons, pieces of sculpture, &c., which
have been sent in to Westmiaster Hall, pursuant to
the notices issued by her Majesty's Commissioners on
the Fine Arts. The array of cartoons is a very im-
posing one, and completely fills the wails of this mag-
nificent hall, while the statues and groups in marble
and clay are ranged on tables in the centre, which
run the entire lEngth of the building. The exhibition,
we understand, will be opened to the public on
Monday next, and meanwhile we will just bestow
a few words on some of the works of art which most
attracted our attention in the hurried survey we
took of them. No. 1, Encounter between Casar and

Cassivilaunus on the Banks of the Thames, is a battle
scene by Melling full of spirit and action. The
Roman leader and the British King are of course the
principal figures in the piece, but the expression in
the countenance of the latter is too exaggerated,
being less that of a stern, patriotic hero, than of a
raging maniac whose eyes, which glow like hot coals,
indicate the fire of insanity. No. 12, Fair .Rosamond
in Woodstock Park, awaiting the arrival of Henry the
Second, is by Edward Corbould. The listening,
anxious attitude and demeanour of the mistress of this
enamoured monarch, are well delineated, but there is
too much of sternness and severity in the countenance
to realise our notions of Rosamond. No. 14, The
Overthrow of the Druids, represents the Roman Ge-
neral, Suetonius Paulinus, making his last fatal attack
on the British priests •in their strong-hold in the
island of Mona. There is considerable vigour in this
sketch. N 0.15 is a representation of Milton's famous
scene in Paradise Lost, where he describes the fallen
angels lamenting their fate in a " silent valley." The
chief defect of this sketch is a want of appropriate
expression. No one would ever imagine, without
the aid of the explanatory catalogue, that the singers
were other than a group of enamoured men, bewailing
either the coldness or the death of their respective
mistresses. Their grief wants dignity, elevation, and
intensity. N 0.19, Discovering the Body qf Harold.
This is one of the most correct, skilful, and natural
designs in the whole exhibition. Two Saxon monks,
assisted in their search by the deceased monarch's
mistress, Edith, have just succeeded in discovering his
body amidst a heap of slain. One of the monks is
kneeling down, and raising the royal corpse reverently
in his arms ; the other is standing erect
holding in his hand a lighted torch which
casts a lurid light over the whole fore-
ground. To the right of the spectator appears
the figure of Edith, whose attitude and manner—
though her countenance is averted from us—expresses
a world of heart-felt grief. Nothing can be simpler
and more intelligible than the design of this study in
oil for fresco. It is full of expression, animated, yet
wholly devoid of exaggeration, and one reads it with
the same interest which one would read some touch-
ing episode in a work of fiction. The grouping of
this clever sketch is not among its least recom-
mendations. It is replete with easy beauty and pro-
priety. No. 21, Scene from the Tempest, is chiefly
deserving of praise for the single figure of Caliban,
which goes far to realise our notions of this ma-
lignant, ill-favoured imp. No. 24, Sampson, with the
Jaw-bone of an Ass in his hand, is a striking display
of prodigious physical energy. No. 25, Council qf
Ancient Britons, shows an aboriginal British Chief
listening to the counsels of an aged Druid adviser.
The scene is a wood, and the Chief is seated under
the shadow of a branching oak, with a youth, his
armour-bearer, reclining at his feet. The sub-
ject is well chosen, but the execution is not re -
markable for spirit or character. No. 30, The
Signing of Magna Charta, by Douglas Guest, is
another well selected theme. The best sketch in the
groupe is that of King John, who is seated in a
Gothic chair, and whose action expresses just that de-
gree of indecision and apprehension which might be
anticipated from the distrustful usurper at such a
crisis. N 0.33, King Henry the Fifth praying before the
Battle of Agincourt, possesses a deep historical interest
which will be sure'to attract notice to it ; but there is
a most singular discrepancy between the figure
of the monarch, which is that of a full-
grown man, apparently past his five- and-
twentieth year, and that of his face, which
is that of a mere boy, not more than sixteen or seven-
teen years of age. No. 46, The Fates, contains one
expressive figure—namely, that of Atropos, who is
cutting the thread of destiny, and whose countenance
indicates a mingled sternness and melancholy. It is
shown in profile, and has a very striking effect.
No. 47, Wat Tyler, is a design much too crowded
with figures. No. 49, A Bohemian Fortune-Teller,
is cleverly-executed, and the features of the Bohemian
the principal figure in the piece, teem with shrewd
inquisitive expression. No. 80, Luna and Endymion
is a very sweet, poetic sketch, though too deficient
in breadth, we fear, for the purposes for which it was
designed. Among the clay models and pieces of
sculpture, which are as numerous as they are varied,
we may single out for praise No. 90, a full length
figure of Captain Cooke,—another, of Geoffrey
Chaucer, the poet, and a portrait statue of his
late Majesty, 'William the Fourth. No. 105, So-
phronia and Olinda at the Stake, is a beautifu
groupe in marble by Retchie, and merits
high prdse, if only for the exquisite tenderness
which the sculptor has contrived to throw into the
countenance of the female martyr. No. 112 is a very
indifferent statue of George the Fourth—a worse than
indifferent monarch. His Majesty looks as sour as

vinegar, and displays no more dignity than a King
in a penny puppet-show. No. 142 is a striking full-
length likeness of the 21farguis of Wellesley, represent-.
ing him at that period of his life when he was Governor-
General of India. No. 153, The Burial of the Princes in
the Tower is a skilful and naturally disposed groupe.
No. 110, Hesitation of Pandora, is an elegant and
symmetrical female figure, with the exception of the
neck, which is too lean and scraggy for our ideas of
feminine beauty. At some more leisure opportunity
we may possibly return to the subject of this exhibi-
i on, which no doubt, attract crowds during the
season.

GOLD AND SILVER BULLION AT
THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—By the new Bank Charter Bill, clause 4, it is pro-
posed to enact "That from and after the 31st day of August,
1844, all persons shall be entitled to demand from ' the issue
department' of the Bank of England, Bank of England notes
in exchange for gold bullion, at the rate of 3/. 17s. 9d. per
ounce of standard gold." Under this clause, will parties pre-
senting gold bullion, of any other standard than that of Great
Britain, be entitled to demand Bank of England notes for it,
according to its relative value to the British standard, the
British being calculated at 3/. 17s. 1O d., but paid for in
Bank of England notes at the rate of 31. 17s. 9d. per oz.
If the demand of notes for bullion be limited to gold bul-
lion of British standard only, the accommodation to im-
porters will be crippled.
In the Schedule A, which relates to the circulation depart-
ment, there is no separation of coin and bullion, the returns
are to be made only under the heads " Gold bullion " and
"Silver bullion." How is the value of gold bullion to be
calculated in this return ? Is it to be estimated at Mint price
3/. 17s. lOid., or at 31.175. 9d., the purchasing price? How
is silver bullion to be calculated in this return? At the mar-
ket price? If so, on what day's price? the value per oz. on
the day the return is made, as the price of silver varies, at
one time we find it quoted 4s. Hid., at others ss. Old. per oz.
The same questions will also apply to gold and silver bullion
(not coin) in "the banking department." Bullion is to be
under the head " other securities ;"—if the value be not
returned under such head, I see none under which it can be
returned, for it is clear it cannot be returned under the head

"gold and silver coin ;" and how is the value of silver
bullion to be calculated in reference to the 3d clause,
p which
entitles the Bank to have not exceeding one-fourth part of
the gold coin and bullion in amount in silver bullion? In
this 3d clause, the " coin" does not occur in reference to
silver, it is confined to silver "bullion" alone—is the circu-
lation or issue department to. be restrained from holding
silver coin, as part of the silver bullion that the Bank will
be entitled to hold?

" It shall not be lawful for the Bank of England to retain
in the issue department, at any one time, an amount of
siver bullion exceeding one-fourth part of the gold coin and
bullion at such time held by the Bank of England in. the
issue department." According to my notion, the word and
between coin and bullion refers only to the word "gold ;" if
so, the proportion of silver to gold can be only 1 to 4, or
not as some persons imagine 1 to 3—the silver is not to form
one-fourth part of the whole of the gold and silver bullion
together; but to be equal to one-fourth part of the gold coin
and bullion only, so the silver will only form one-fifth of
silver and gold jointly—these points had better be settled at
this time than to have any quibbling after the Bill shall be-
come law.—Yours, &c.
Ilfracombe, June 28th, 1844.

. W. D.

LOSS OF THE MANCHESTER.

The intelligence brought by the General Steam Navigation
Company's_ steam-ship _ John. Bull, Captain Corbin, which
arrived late last night, respecting the deplorable loss of the
Manchester steamer is somewhat interesting. It still bears
out that which we have already laid before the public, that
not a soul has been spared to tell the tale of her wreck.
Amongst those at Cuxhaven hopes were entertained that
some might have escaped by being washed ashore in the
boats to the southward of the Elbe, but by advices received
from all quarters, it proves to be a forlorn hope. This sur-
mise arose from the circumstance of its being known that
the ill-fated vessel carried two boats, each capable of holding
at least twenty persons, like all the rest of the steamers run-
ning to and from Hamburgh; but that conjecture was soon
set at rest by the bow of one, and the fragments of the other,
being picked up by the Victoria steamer in the course of
Friday night ; the former being identified by a white ball
and red cross being painted thereon, the signal of the Com-
pany. The Hamburgh steam-ship had also conveyed to
Hamburgh a portion of the wreck, but most parts of it were
in small pieces—the effects of being dashed about by the
breakers. Large quantities of the cargo have been found,
and the accounts from Cuxhaven state them to be as fol-
lows :-614 packets of twist, 112 pieces of velvet, 55 pieces
of calico, 10 packets of tulle, 199 packets of twist, 59 packets
of calico, and similar large quantities are expected to be
safely landed and housed in a few days. There has also been
recovered some ladies' clothes, linen, dresses, collars, and
stockings, the latter marked " M. H.S." no doubt belonging
to Mrs. St. George Smith or her daughters, they being the
only female passengers on board. Down the coast at Busum,
and at a place called Hedeivigenkoog, a quantity of manu-
factured goods have been cast ashore, and about 2,000 more
bundles of twist, which have since been forwarded to Cux-
haven.

As the John Bull steamer came out of the Elbe on Wednes-
day morning, Dodd, a pilot on board the pilot galliot boat,
lying in the harbour, was spoken to for the purpose of ascer-
taining the latest information. The officers were informed
that the wreck of the Manchester had been discovered sunken
in twelve feet of water, in the neighbourhood of the Reissen
sand, but the exact part could not be ascertained. Another
party on board stated that the masts could be seen protruding
through hes bottom, but this operation is considered as im-
probable. The Reissen sand is situated about eight miles to
the northward of the Vogel sand, and separates the latter
from the Marl-bank, the spot where it was at first supposed
the vessel had been wrecked.

Two parties have arrived at Cuxhaven from Hull, for the
purpose of identifying the bodies washed ashore. One of
them is a friend of Mr. Egington, a magistrate of Hull, with
whom the unfortunate Mrs. George Smith and her daughter
and son had been on a visit previous to their departure in the
Manchester. The Transit steamer, en going out of the Elbe
on Sunday evening, picked up the body of a man, which was
supposed to be that of the mate. It was afterwards recog-
nised by the pilot at Cuxhaven as being one of their own
people, who was lost out of his boat during the late gale.
From the fact that the cabin clock and a watch being
picked up, showing the same time (half-past one), there
cannot be a doubt but that she was lost at that time on Sun-
day morning. The captain, Mr. Dudley, is said to have been
a steady, experienced sailor. He formerly commanded the
Innisfail, Newcastle steamer, then the Scotia, in the Ham-
burgh trade, and then the Express mail-steamer, from Hull
to Gottenburgh.
The Manchester had two letter bags on board, both of
which were of course lost.

DEATH OF A JEW BY BLEEDING HIMSELF TO
DEATH.—Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the London
Hospital, on Barnett Barnett, a Polish Jew, aged 70 years.
City police constable Ferrett, 624, stated that on Friday
morning last, about eight o'clock, he was on duti in Gravel-
lane, Houndsditch, when he was called into \o. 7 in that
street by a Mr. Durant, who told him he had seen foot-
marks of blood in the passage adjoining the room occupied
by the deceased. He knocked at deceased's door, but not
getting any answer, and finding the door locked, he broke it
open, when he found the deceased sitting in a chair, quite
insensible, and a large quantity of blood on the floor. Both
his legs were also covered with blood. Witness immediately
sent for Mr. Dyle, a surgeon, who, upon examination, found
that the blood was issuing from a small puncture in the right
leg. The leg had a ligature round it, as is usual in cases of
bleeding, and he had performed the operation in an appa-
rently scientificmanner, having perforated the right vein for
venesection. There was no doubt he had done it himself.
The puncture was very small, as if done by a needle, no in-
strument being found near him. Mr. Dyle staunched the
bleeding, and advised his removal to the above hospital. He
never rallied, and died yesterday morning. the house-surgeon
said from exhaustion, consequent upon the excessive loss of
blood. There being no evidence to show what had induced
the deceased to resort to such an extraordinary expedient on
self-bleeding in such a part of the body, the jury, in the
absence of such testimony, returned a verdict that " Deceased
had died from loss of blood, from a punctured wound in his
leg, but how or by what means, or by whom the said punc-
ture was caused, 'there was no evidence to show."
THE LATE COLLISION OFF GRAVESEND.—AD-
JOURNED INQUEST.—Yesterday, at two o'clock, Mr. C. J.
Carttar, coroner for West Kent, resumed and concluded the
inquests upon William Williams, aged nine years, and Ga-
briel Rosliug Williams, aged eight years, the children of a
waterman residing at Gravesend, who were drowned on the
12th irst., by the Antwerpen steamer running down the
Maria peter-boat. Mr: Watson, of the firm of Watson and
Broughton, solicitors, Falcon-square, attended on behalf of
Capt. Jackson, and the owners of the Antwerpen steam-ship,
and Mr. Pelham for Jonas Knight, the Trinity House pilot
in command of the vessel at the time of the accident. The
Coroner having referred to the evidence of identity taken
upon the two former occasions, several other witnesses were
called and examined. Capt. Thomas Jackson, of the An
twerpen steam-vessel, came forward voluntarily to give evi-
dence, and stated that the steam-boat was, at the time of the
collision, in charge of Jonas Knight, a Trinity House pilot,
who was taken on board at Margate. The vessel was of 600
tons burden, and belonged to a number of gentlemen residing
at Antwerp. Witness was dressing at the time the accident
took place, having quitted the paddle-box about ten minutes
previously. The mate was assisting the pilot, but the latter
had sole charge of the steamer. Witness had commanded
vessels for fiften years, and deeply deplored the sad event.
He had ordered the expenses of the funerals, &c., to be paid,
and done everything in his power to relieve the sufferers' re-
latives. The Coroner said that it had been proved by all the
witnesses that the conduct of Capt. Jackson had been entirely
free from blame. After hearing some further testimony,
Knight, the pilot, was called upon his summons, when it was
found he had suddenly left the room by the advice of Mr.
Pelham. The Coroner then summed up, and the jury returned
a verdict of manslaughter against Jonas Knight.
SINGULAR SUPERSTITION.—OH Tuesday a fisher.
man residing in Woolwich, named Michael Sullivan, had
been drinking rather n atuins-tl.o morning. and, con-
trary to the dissuasive arguments of his friends, proceedea
in his boat to the middle of the river to catch whitebait, and
while engaged in hauling in his net was observed by several
persons on shore to overbalance himself and fall into the
liver. Drags were immediately procured, and every attempt
made to recover his body, but without success. Some of his
friends insisted upon trying the following singular plan to
discover the body, but without the anticipated result :—A
bundle of straw was taken to the middle of the river in a
boat, and on her arriving as near as possible at the spot
where he fell overboard, the straw was set on fire while float-

" June 27, 1844.
" Fellow-countrymen—The days are approaching on which,
for many years, processions of Orangemen took place in your
province of Ulster. It is not my intention to make any re-
marks on the proceedings of the persons heretofore engaged
in such processions, or on the consequences that followed
thereon. I wish to bury all those bygone circumstances in
a generous oblivion ; and I call upon you, repealers of Ulster,
to do the same. Let us forgive and forget the past; let us
do all we can for the future to conciliate and reconcile all
parties.

" It is said that it is intended in some places to hold Orange
processions on the ensuing Ist and 12th of July. I hope the
report is not true—and I believe that it is not true. But if
it should happen to be true as to any locality, I do implore,
adjure, and, I will say, command the repeaters of Ulster not
to oppose or interfere in any way with any such procession.
You, repeaters, should be too manly to beo ffended with any
expressions that can be used by your deluded fellow-country-
men. Let the Orangemen amuse themselves with their pro-
cessions as much as they please for what you care. Should
they—which is not probable—make any actual attack upon
persons or property, seek the protection of the law and of the
constabulary, and do not give your enemies any pretext to
accuse you of riot or violence.
" In short, brother repeaters, your duty is, not to take
offence at words, or colours, or foolish processions. Your
business is, to offend nobody, and to conciliate, if possible,
everybody.
" Peace, and good humour, and conciliation, and Christian
forbearance are the duties—the pleasing duties—of all honest
repeaters. There are many honest Irishmen in the ranks of
those who were Orangemen.

" Do not omit to inform your Protestant fellow-country-
men that, in looking for the restoration of the Irish Parlia-
ment, you are looking for that which would be of equal
advantage to Irishmen of every class, creed, persuasion, and
party. " Signed, on behalf of my father

" DANIEL O'CONNELL, kin."
ORANGE OUTRAGE AT PORTADOWN. •

There has been an investigation respecting the recent
Orange outrages in this place. The result was, that infor-
mations were granted against thirteen of the Orange party.
This outrage indicates the spirit in which the Orangemen
would celebrate their anniversaries, should the Government
allow Lord Stanley's Act against processions to die out.
. TIIE LATE TRAGEDY AT GORT.

A coroner's inquest was held on Saturday on the bodies of
the two sons of Peter Larkin, an account of whose horrible
butchery by their own father was published in the Times of
Monday. The first witness was Mary Larkin, the daughter
of the murderer. She deposed as follows :—Her father
is a pensioner at 9d. a day, from the 87th regiment of
Foot. He went from his residence at Shanaglish to Gort
on the morning of the 20th June (distance fire miles) to
buy potatoes ; he returned about 10 o'clock that night, at
which time hei'mother, Bridget Larkin, -Was in bed in a
room above the stairs. Witness was also in bed in an ad-
joining room (which had no door) with her two brothers,
Bernard and Martin Larkin, aged 15 and 12 years. Her
mother got out of bed and went down stairs to let her father
in. They both in a short time returned. Her mother had a
lighted candle in her hand, and her father a small bowl, and
a bottle which contained about a pint of whisky. He poured
about a noggin of the liquor into the bowl and gave it to her
mother, who said, " Have you a mind to kill me ?" He
said not ; that he would take part of it himself, and they both
drank it; he then went into the room where his daughter
and two sons were, and compelled hii sons to take one glass
or better each, although they refused it several times ; he
then poured out into the bowl a glass for his daughter,
who refused to take it as she was a teetotaller, but he
compelled her to drink it, and said that he would take
the sin of it upon himself. Shortly after the two boys began
to play in bed from the effects of the whisky ; but he told
them several times to go asleep which they soon did, but be-
fore this he said he should go down stairs to dry himself ;
her mother told him that the fire was raked out, but he
went down and returned in a short time and extinguished
the candle. He did not take off his clothes, and was quite
sober. Witness fell into a sleep, and about four o'clock A.M.
next morning she was awoke by an unusual noise in the bed.
She saw her father leaning over her with a razor in his
hand. He made an effort to cut her throat, which did not
take effect, by means of a handkerchief that was about her
neck; he then drew the razor across her right breast, and
round her left breast, which he nearly severed from her body.
She then put up her hands to save herself, and received a
wound on the left hand and finger, at which time she plunged
out of the bed from him, and then saw her two brothers
lying in their blood, and crying out " Father ! father! father !"
at which time she saw her father draw the razor across their
necks. He then made a desperate effort to catch herself be-
fore she got to the top of the stairs, but she was too fleet for
him, and made the street door, calling her mother, and in a
moment removed a table that was against the said door
and escaped, her father in chase of her. She was naked,
and cried out murder, holding up her mangled breast with
her hand, and wherever she walked the street was covered
kith blood which streamed from her person. She re-
turned shortly after, met her mother at the door, having
her youngest son Martin in her arms dying. A number of
persons collected. The razor was taken from her father. He
was sober. Cannot ascribe any cause for his having com
mitted the act. _ _ _

Bridget Larkin, wife of Peter Larkin, corroborated her
daughter's testimony in all that came under her notice be-
fore she fell asleep, and also that she and her husband drank
about a noggin of the whisky in the kitchen before they went
up the stairs ; and that she was awoke from sleep about four
in the morning by her son, Martin, who came to her bed, and
said that his father had killed them. She saw the boy co-
vered with blood at the time, and his throat cut. She took
him into her arms, and carried him down the stairs, where
she saw her husband with a razor open in his hand. He
then made furiously at her. She threw down the child to
save herself, and with an effort threw her husband from her;
in doing which she received a wound in the thumb, but es-
caped, having but her smock on. The two boys died almost
immediately after.
The prisoner was brought into Court at the latter end of
the proceedings in custody of the police. He is a man between
40 and 50 years of age.
The Coroner read the depositions, to all of whiehle listened
with great attention, and at the conclusion said he did not
want to deny having committed the murder, and expressed a
wish lie might suffer death for his crime.
The jury retired for a few minutes, and returned a verdict
of " Wilful murder against Peter Larkin."

SHOCKING CHILD MIIRDER..---Last night, at seven
o'clock, Mr. Higgs, the Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster,
concluded an inquiry, adjourned from Wednesday, at the
Savoy Palace, Savoy-street, Strand, as to the death of a
full-grown male child, the offspring of a young woman, named
Sarah Hyland, who was house-maid at the above house, but
is at present in the custody of the police. It will be recol-
lected that on Tuesday last the mother was discharged, and
requested that her mistress might not look into an unlocked
box which she left in her room. This caused suspicion, and
upon opening it the body was found with a petticoat tight
over the head, and the string tied with a double knot round
the neck. There was also a severe bruise on the head. The
evidence left no doubt that the young woman Hyland had
delivered herself between the hours of six and eight the
same morning, though she had always denied that she was
enceinte, and the inquest was adjourned, for the purpose of
having the body opened. Mr. Walker, of Drury-lane, sur •
geon, havingstated particularly the mark of the string round
the neck, the pressure of the nose on the face, and a large
swelling from the ear to the top of the head, said he had since
made a post mortem examination of the body. On the head
being opened, a quantity of reddish fluid was found extravasated
on the brain. The lungs had been inflated, and upon being
cut, bubbles of air exuded ; they also floated in water. He
was of opinion that the labour had been a natural one, and
that the child was born alive. The death had been caused
by strangulation, suffocation, or extravasation on the brain,
produced by pressure or violence, or the three causes might
have operated almost simultaneously or conjointly. Mr.
Snitch, also a surgeon, was examined, and stated, that on

Tuesday he was Cent for to the station-house at Bow-street,
and saw Hyland, who at first refused to be examined, but at
last consented, and upon his doing so was satisfied she had
recently had a child. She could have delivered herself.
After a great deal of immaterial evidence, the jury consulted,
and at eleven o'clock returned a verdict of "Wilful murder,"
against Sarah Hyland.
STRANGE FREAK OF A MADMAN.-011 Wednes-
day evening police-sergeant Squire, No. 14 K, was sent for
to the Sunderland Bridge public-house, in Wapping-wall,
lower Shadwell, to take charge of a seaman named Raphael
Brown, who was conducting himself in a very strange manner.
He was calling out for a knife to cut his throat, and it was
with great difficulty he was prevented laying violent hands
on himself and others. Squire succeeded in pacifying him,
and ascertained that he had been lodging at the Ship, King
James's-stairs, since last Saturday evening, and that he had
engaged a passage on board a steamer bound to the north,
and when the vessel was ready to start he left his clothes on
board and came ashore. He then began drinking enormous
quantities of soda water, and, from Saturday night, when he
first came to lodge with Mrs. Cooper, at the Ship, until Mon-
day evening, he managed to swallow 120 bottles of that
liquid, and during the short time he was in the Sunderland-
bridge public-house, he drank 35 bottles of soda water, but
so far from cooling him, every bottle he drank increased his
excitement. Squire managed to get him away from the
Ship, under a promise to allow him more soda water, and
after a further consumption of 15 bottles, he conveyed him
to the station-house, and procured an order from Mr. Ser-
geant, the relieving vfficcr of St. Paul, Shadwell, for his ad-
mission into the union workhouse at Mile-end, where he now
remains. It appears that the poor fellow was paid off fifteen
days ago, when he received 371., and soon afterwards a letter
from his father in the north reached him, stating that his
sister had gone out of her mind, which preyed so much on
his feelings, that lie became insane himself, commenced
drinking large quantities of soda-water, and at one house,
where he staid for a short time, he broke all the chairs and
tables. While Squire was conveying him to the workhouse,
he insisted upon entering a ginger-beer and mineral-water
manufactory, where he dispatched seven bottles of soda-
water and giuger•beer in three minutes, and called for more ;
but the proprietor, fearing the man would burst, declined
opening him a further supply.
KING'S COLLEGE. —Yesterday the distribution of
prizes among the pupils of this establisLment took place in
the theatre of the College. His Grace the Archbishop of
Canterbury presided on the occasion. The theatre was
crowded by ladies and gentlemen, and within the circle sat
the members of the Council, the Professors, together with
the Bishop of Lichfield Ithe late Principal of King's College),
Sir Robert Inglis, Mr. Justice Coleridge, and other persons of
distinction. Dr. Jelf (the Principal) addressed the company
on the onerous duties he had to perform, and briefly descanted
on the incalculable advantages of education, when coupled
with moral and religious instruction. The prizes (copies of
the classics, &c.) were then distributed by the Most Rev. the
Primate to the successful students in the various depart-
ments of literature and science taught in the College.
Among the youthful scholars who were conspicuously distin-
guished in classic lore was a son of Mr. Barry the architect
of the NeW Houses of Parliament.
HER MAJESTY'S CORONATION.—Yesterday being
the sixth anniversary of her Most Gracious Majesty's coro-
nation, the Tower and Park guns fired royal salutes at one
o'clock, and in the Tower the national standard was displayed
throughout the day, and the church bells in the metropolis
rang merry peals at intervals ; but there was certainly a con-
siderable lack of this kind of demonstration yesterday. At
the entrance of the St. Katharine_Dock the Union Jack was
hoisted, and similar manifestations of loyalty were displayed
from some of the monuments and other eminences throughout
the metropolis. The shipping in the river and in the docks
had their colours hoisted on the auspicious occasion.
A settler in the neighbourhood of Mount Barker
has produced this year fourteen quarts of prime strawberries,
which he sold at ss. per quart, or ld. each, if, as we are
told, sixty strawberries filled a (heaped measure) quart. We
hear of fine fruit in every direction. Many of the imported
trees have thriven so well as to promise great encourage-
ment for future importations at the proper season.—Austra-
lian Paper.
THE NEW. VICEROY.--We have learned than Cap-

ing on the surface of the water, and allowed to be carried on-
wards by the tide, then running down, the parties in the
boat expressing a firm belief that the fire would go out and
the smoke cease to be evolved over the place where the body
had settled in the river. The experiment failed entirely, as
after considerable labour in dragging the river for some dis-
tance round the place where the straw ceased to burn and
to smoke, the parties gave up further trial as hopeless, and
the body has not yet been found.
CHATHAM DOCKYARD, JUNE 28.—The Cruiser,
16-gun brig, to form one of the experimental squadron, will
be put out .of dock to-morrow. She is completely rigged, and
has the greatest portion of her stores on board. The masters
and pursers of the Mutine and Espiegle experimental brigs,
as well as of the Cruiser, have arrived here and commenced
their duties. These three vessels are expected to be put in
commission in a few days. Workmen are busily employed
in building booths for the accommodation of the public to
witness the launch of the Retribution steam-frigate, which
is ordered to take place on Tuesday next, at half-past one
o'clock. Immediately after the launch a second class steam-
vessel, to be named the Bull Dog, will be laid down on the
slip on which the Retribution now stands. The frame and
timbers for this new vessel have already been brought up to
the neighbourhood of the slip, to commence immediately with
building. The Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, of two guns,
Master-Commander Thomas Lean, left this port yesterday,
for Woolwich, where she will remain to have the defects of
her boilers made good. The Apollo troop-ship. is nearly dis-
mantled of her rigging. She will be taken into dock on
Monday, July 1, to have her defects may good.
The Rev. Henry, Hake, Perpetual Curate of Ast-
ley, in the county of N`Varwick, has been instituted by the
Lord Bishop of Worcester to the vicarage of Chilvers Caton,
in the same 'county, vacant' by the resignation of the Rev.
George Hake. Patron, the Lord. Chancellor.
CUSTOMS.—Three officers of the Landing Depart-
ment, who have been some years in the service, have within
the last two days been promoted to the office of Landing Sur-
veyors, in pursuance of warrants which have been received
from the Treasury to that effect. These appointments are
understood to have taken place in pursuance of a recommen-
dation by the Revenue Inquiry Commission to the Lords of
the Treasury, for the establishment of Landing Surveyors to
be increased from twelve to fifteen, to insure a more complete
supervision of the department.

tail; held, the office of Gentlenian Usher, for eight
or nine years past, has received a renewal of the appointment
from Lord lieytobury.—Dublin „Evening Post.

AQUATICS AT ETON COLLEGE.
IRELAND. A very interesting trial of skill, which excited considerable
ORANGE PROCESSIONS. ' interest amongst the amateurs of Windsor and Eton,
the took
DUBLIN, JUNE 27.—The Dublin Evening Post of this afters place upon the Thames on Thursday evening, between
noon contains the following address from Mr. Daniel on. Lower Sixes" of Eton College; the distance, about three
nell, jun., "to the Repeaters of Ulster, and particularly to the 'tee, being from Windsor-bridge to the Rushes and back.
Catholic Repealers :"
ITL. two boats which started (the Dreadnought and the

Tile were thus manned :
Thetis) lnought—Miles, stroke oar; Fitzgerald, Nash,
osel,y, Lawford, mi. coxswain.
AlTexhaenDderresAt - M-ton, stroke oar; Winter, Boileau, Suther-
The Thetig--m- -ton, Mr. De Ros, coxswain.
land, Fredericks, gla,3)- deal of bumping (a system which
There was a const&
;description at Eton), from the
in rotQding which the Dread-
nought sildtooopiken
tumhpeattlocelattdehsaerci,fcrtlesul;t
4.
two boats' lengths. A great n• •umber of the principal families
nt in the Bee,Tas to witness
of Windsor and Eton were present
the start and the finish.

WRESTLING.
The annual gathering of the wrestlers of Devon and Corn-
wall commenced on Monday last at Chalk Farms and termi-
nated late on Thursday night, after three days' play, the
finest perhaps ever witnessed. The liberality of the fik.`ble-
men and gentlemen of Cornwall and Devon, and other pat
of the sport, had enabled the Committee to procure the mom
celebrated wrestlers from distant parts of the respective coilnk-
ties, and also to give prizes so as to attract the "crack" mein
resident in the metropolis and suburban districts to enter the,
ring in competition. The Committee had anticipated the pre-
sence of the famous Devonshire champion, Abraham Cann, as
" tryer," and which certainly would have given eclat to the
meeting, but the veteran, by the pressure of business, was
prevented from attending, The arrangements, however,
were very complete, and everything passed off in the most
satisfactory manner, the only damper to the sports being the
unpropitious state of the weather on Tuesday, but this was
amply compensated for by the fineness of Monday, Wednes-
day, and Thursday, which doubtless was the means of at-
tracting a great portion of the spectators, al:long whom on
each day we noticed several noblemen and gentlemen of dis-
tinction connected with Devon and Cornwall, and a number
of well-known sporting characters. The ring was formed in
the enclosure attached to Chalk Farm. To prevent any ill-
feeling among the competitors, it was distinctly staled that
the rules of the Club would be strictly adhered to, Xrld the

play to be in the Cornish style, withmit shoes.
Among the new men from Cornwall, whose travelling and
other expenses were to be discharged by the Committee, Wu. re
W. Hodge, J. Hodge, Bray, Bennett, and Lanyon, all first.-
rate wen.
MONDAY.—Umpires and a referee having been chosen, and
the customary preliminaries arranged, the play commence&
with a match between Truscott, a Devonshire man, and Bray,.
from Cornwall, the first of two back falls, which, after two
hours of severe and scientific play, terminated in the defeat
of the latter.

The single play was opened by Richard Dyer and Bath,
both of Cornwall, and after some very pretty play Bath was
thrown.

Some capital struggles then ensued between Gill, Williams,
Lucas, Cocking, and Chapman, all of Cornwall, and several
others.

TUESDAY.—In, consequence of the rain the play was de-
ferred till—

WEDNESDAY.—The play this day was first-rate, the com-'
petitors including W. Snell, Devon; W. Hodge, Cornwall;
G. Snell, Devon ; Bennett, Cornwall ; Webber, Devon ; Lan-
yon, Cornwall, whose family have been wrestlers for the last
three centuries; Toogood, Devon; J: Hodge, Cornwall;
Gaynor, Ireland ; Hutchins, Devon ; Bray, Cornwall ; Wil-
liams, Cornwall ; J. Dyer, Cornwall ; Truscott, Devon ; and.
Twing, Cumberland.
At the close of the day there were nineteen " standards,"
thirteen Cornish men to six Devonshire men, consequently
the odds were greatly in favour of Cornwall, which were
freely laid by the natives of that county, and as freely taken
by the men of Devon.
THURSDAY.—The double play commenced to-day between
W. Hodge and Gaynor, and the latter yielded to his ad-
versary.
Lanyon then, after one of the finest bouts of the three days,
threw Toogood in first •rate style.
Snell, likewise, after a good tussle, threw Bennett.
Hutchins yielded to J. Dyer.
Webber, after a capital bout, floored R. Dyer.
Truscott defeated George (Cornwall), Chapman floored
Twing, and Bray tumbled Lucas.
G. Snell being absent when called forfeited to J. Hodge.
Williams (odd man).