The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-24 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
The Earl and Countess of Carnarven and Lord Por-
chester, in Grosvenor-square, from Milford, near lligh-
clere, Hants ; Lord and Lady Stuart de Rothesay, in
Dover-street, from Higheliffe, near Christchurch, Hants ;
Mr. George Wombwell, in George-street, Hanover-
square, from a tour ; the Hon. Frederick Cadogan, at
Queensberry House, from the Continent ; Lady Eliza-
beth Hope Vera and family, in Park-lane, from Brigh-
ton ; Mr. and Miss Hamilton, at Christie's Hotel, St.
James's-street, from the north ; Mr. and Mrs. Donkin,
at ditto, from . Wyfold, Oxfordshire ; Baron de Foelker-
saton, and suite, at ditto, from Prussia ; Lord Loftus,
from the Albion Hotel, at Brighton.

GLOUCESTER MUSICAL
FESTIVAL.
GLOUCESTER, MONDAT.—According to announce-
ment, the first notes of our musical festival will be
struck to-morrow, and the poetry of music will con-
tinue to be given forth on the mornings and evenings
of the three succeeding days. Nothing can illustrate
more strikingly the pursuit of music under difficul-
ties than the circumstances connected with the getting
up of this charitable festival. At one time the pro-
spect was as gloomy as chaos, and long was it ere the
lowering clouds could be dispelled. Touching appeals
were made to the sympathies and public spirit of the
leading aristocracy, lay and clerical, but the responses
were of the same character which persons experience
who call too often at the same door for charity. In
fact, the attempt to get up the festival on the old
principle entirely failed, and the cause was too ob-
vious to be concealed—persons declined to allow
themselves to be placed in the position of stewards,
because it involved the liability to make good what-
ever deficiency there might be between the receipts
and the expenses, experience having shown that
this risk was not by any means to be despised.
The festival of 1841 was superintended by six
stewards, and a deficiency of from 1,5001. to 1,8001.
having occurred, the money had to be made good
amongst them. On previous occasions deficiencies had
also occurred, although in no case, we believe, to the
same extent ; still it was understood to be a growing
burden, and men refused to submit their shoulders to
the weight. A change of policy had, therefore, to be
adopted, to save the character of a city and county,
never, it is believed, remarkable for a burning zeal in
the contributing their substance to " soft charity," and
also to prevent, if possible, the Clerical Widow and
Orphan Fund from sinking to starvation point. Pre--
liminary to the adoption of the new policy, and, in-
deed, entirely dependent upon it, a subscription was
opened amongst the gentry of the county and city,
and the tradesmen who were supposed to have a pecu-
niary interest in keeping up &festival which gave a
stimulus to fashion; the object being to create a gua-
rantee fund, to be applied, in case of need, to the pay-
ment of any deficiency which might arise. The scheme
proved successful; as much was subscribed as enabled
the projectors to guarantee to gentlemen who were
willing to become stewards, that the loss should not
exceed 1001. each, perhaps not so much. It was also
resolved to increase the number from six to eight, and
further, to avoid the employment of foreign talent,
owing to its expense, and to its want of adaptation to
the purposes of such a festival. Under the altered
circumstances, gentlemen were found willing to
become stewards, and the names of eight ap-
pear in the announcements. As to the per-
formers, Mesdames Dorus Gras, Pauline Garcia,
Viardot, Miss Birch, and Miss M. Marshall have
been displaced by Madame Caradori Allan, Miss
Williams, Miss M. Williams, and Miss Barrett. Miss
Maria B. Hawes is the only lady whose name appears
in the present list and in that of 1841. Signori Brizzi
and Tamburini and Messrs. Bennett and Phillips have
given place to Messrs. Manvers, Machin, and M. W.
Weiss. Mr. Hobbs and Mr. A. Novello have been
re-engaged, as also Messrs. Cramer and Loder, the
leaders. Mr. Arnett, the organist of the cathedral,
will again act as conductor. The band and chorus,
which are said to have been selected with care, will
number nearly 300 performers. As to the musical
selections, Handel's Samson, as arranged by Pro-
fessor Taylor, and which was received with so much
eclat at Norwich, is the great attraction. It will be
given on Wednesday, and is expected to occupy four
hours in the performance. The Creation, Israel in
Egypt, the Messiah, and the Lobesang, will occupy
the two last days. A great reduction has been made
in the charges of admission to the reserved or num-
bered seats : instead of 205., the charge is to be
12s. 6d.; in the other parts the charges are much the
same as before, 10s. 6d. and ss. For the evening
concerts the charge remains as before, 10s. 6d. It is
worthy of remark that the entire fittings up in the
cathedral have been constructed without any inter-
ruption to the celebration of Divine worship, the
workmen laying aside their implements when the
service began, and resuming their labour at its close.
Miss Barrett, whose name appears conspicuously in
the programme, makes her debut on this occasion as a
professional singer. She is a native of Gloucester,
and is in her nineteenth year. Having given promise
of considerable powers as a singer, she was sent to the
institution at Hanover-square, where she studied for
upwards of two years. Her performances as a pupil
have been highly spoken of, and there are critics who
assert that her voice in the higher range is without an
equal in England.
The circumstance of the Queen Dowager having
taken up her residence in Witley Court encouraged
the hope that she might honour the festival with her
presence, and an application was made to that effect,
but her lajesty declined the invitation, on the ground
of indifferent health.

BLAIR ATHOL, SUNDAY.
The sun continues to shine with undiminished
splendour upon the royal visitors at Blair Athol; the
good fortune which has universally attended her Ma-
-1 jesty in her travels, and in her progress through her
dominions, has been more than ever propitious upon
the present occasion, and the extreme mildness and
beauty of the weather is the subject of general re-
mark and mutual congratulation amongst the farmers.
A great number of Lord Blenlyon's tenantry, with
hired reapers, male and female, have been buisily oc •
cupied during the past week in getting in the harvest
on his Lordship's estates, but a great deal of corn is
still standing in some of the more exposed portion of
the Athol domains.
Her Majesty, according to her invariable custom
since her residence here, rose at seven o'clock yester-
day morning, and shortly afterwards was seen taking
her morning walk in company with Prince Albert
and the Princess Royal. The youthful Princess
gambols about the grounds in great glee with her
young playmate, the Master of Glenlyon, a beau-
tiful litttle boy with fne silken hair and a pair
of eyes that glisten like dew drops in the morn-
ing sun. This fine little fellow bears a strik-
ing likeness to the Lady Glenlyon, and is always
attired in the Highland costume. In his rides about
the country on his Shetland pony, attended by a
groom and servant, he is always saluted and treated
with the most marked respect by the tenantry, who
regard him with that reverence and respect which is
always felt in the Highlands for the chieftain's off-
spring. The guard of Athol Highlanders always turn
out to present arms to the Princess Royal when she
first walks abroad in the morning, and then the prac-
tice is discontinued for the remainder of the day.
Her Majesty is, as a matter of course, always treated
by the same mark of respect whenever she appears,
but Prince Albert has requested that the custom may-
be dispensed with, as far as he is concerned personally,
as his Royal llighness is in the habit of going in and
out of the Castle very frequently, and with that kind
consideration which he has invariably evinced, he
wishes to rvoid giving any additional trouble or in-
convenience to her Majesty's faithful guard of stalwart
Highlanders.
On returning to the Castle yesterday morning her
Majesty partook of luncheon at three o'clock, and
proceeded with Prince Albert to take another drive
up the Glen Tilt, where preparations had been made
for his Royal Highness to go deerstalking. Her
Majesty was exceedingly anxious, if possible, to wit.
ness the noble sport, and her Majesty's pony had been
sent on before with one of Lord Glenlyon's gillies, in
order that she might alight from her carriage and
ascend the rocky brow of the hill, where a more fa-
vourable opportunity might be obtained of seeing the
herds of deer. Lady Glenlyon had preceded her
Majesty up the glen, and the Queen was accompanied
by Prince Albert, Lady Canning, Lord Glenlyon,
Lord Charles Wellesley, and Sir Edward Bowater.
On arriving at Lochlass, which is at a consider-
able distance up the glen, her Majesty and Prince
Albert mounted the grey ponies, and climbed along
the rugged and precipitous sheep-walks which lead to
the summit of Cairnchlamman, or the Hill of Gleds,
so called from its being the favourite resort of hawks,
which are called " gleds" in this part of the country.
The wind was not exactly favourable for deer-stalk-
ing, but her Majesty and the Prince succeeded in
attaining the loftiest point of Cairnchlamman, and
perched on this dizzy eminence they obtained a mag-
nificent view of the vast domains which belong to the
princely house of Athol.
In ascending these rocky mountains, nothing ap-
pears to daunt her Majesty, and the gillie who leads
the pony often pauses, and looks along the craggy
precipice, as if fearful to conduct his precious charge
into the midst of such dangers; but her Majesty
orders him always to go on, and keeps her seat with
the same graceful nonchalance as if she were cantering
down the long-walk in Windsor Park. Yesterday,
when her Majesty and the Prince were
"Perched on high, above the world's career,"
they were certainly repaid by the extraordinary beauty
of the scene for all the trouble and risk which they
had encountered, but we fancy there are but few of
the fair equestrians who frequent Rotten-row during
the height of season, would care to follow her Ma-
jesty up the Tulloch, on the hill of Cairnchlamman.
It is said that her Majesty has even expressed her in-
tention of ascending the barren mountain of Ben-y-
Glo, but this is a feat which but few persons in the
neighbourhood have ever accomplished, and the at-
tempt is fraught with so much danger and trouble
that we should hardly think her Majesty would ex-
pose herself to such risks.

DEPARTURES.
The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Bouverie, from
Chester-street, on a visiting tour in the north ; the Hon.
Richard Cavendish, on a visit to the Duke of Devonshire,
at Chatsworth ; the Earl of Cassilis, from Christie's
Hotel, St. James's-street, on a continental tour ; Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Ormsby Gore, from ditto, on a visit to
Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P., at Porkington Hall, near
Shrewsbury ; Mr. and Miss Whitmore, from ditto for
Apley Park, Shropshire ; Hon. Lord Provost of Glas-
gow, from ditto ; the Rev. Dr. Hanbury and Miss Ilan-
bury, from the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street ; Lady
Caroline Thynne, on a visiting tour ; R. B. Bennett,
Esq., and Mrs. Bennett, from the Waterloo Hotel, Jer-
myn-street, St. James's, on a tour ; Belie, Esq., and
Mrs. Belie, from ditto ; Mr. Wm. Smith, from Don-
caster, for Hall-place, Kent. '

-CHANGES.
The Earl and Countess of Home and family, at the
Hirzel, near Coldstream, from the south • the Earl and
Countess of Zetland, at Aske Hall, near Richmond, from
Kerze House, North Briton ; Sir George Sitwell, Bart,
at his seat, Renishan Hall, Derbyshire, from his shoot-
ing-quarters in the Highlands; Lord and Lady Adare,
on a visit to Earl and Countess Dunraven, at Adare
Abbey, near Limerick, from Dunraven Castle, Glamor-
ganshire • Mr. A. Oswald, M.P., and Lady Louisa, at
Cavens douse, Dumfriesshire, from the south ; the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Lorn, at Inverary Castle, from
a visiting WO. ;"Earl Manvers, from a visiting tour in
the north, from Wroxton Abbey ; Sir R. and Lady
Bateson, at Belvoir Park, County Down, from New-
castle ; Lord Howden, at Grimston Park, Yorkshire,
from a tour ; the Hon. R. H. Clive, M.P., from He well
Grange. Worcestershire, from Oakley Park, near Lud-
low ; Lewis William Buck, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Buck,
at Moreton Hall, North Devon, from a tour on the Con-
tinent ; Lord Melville, at Melville Castle, near Lass-
wade, North Briton, from a tour of visits in Lincolnshire;
the Earl of Leitrim, at Killadoon, Cettsbridge, from a tour;
the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, from Brodick
Castle, Isle of Arran, for Hamilton Palace ; Lord and
Lady Harbeston, at Rathangem, from the Shelbourne
Hotel, Dublin.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU
TION.

We yesterday visited the Polytechnic Institution
for the purpose of witnessing the first exhibition of
the Proteoscope, a newly invented optical instrument,
which reflects drawings magnified to an enormous
size on an opaque disc. A series of exquisite draw-
ings from the pencil of Mrs. Bachhoffner, illustrative
of Collin's Ode on the Passions, were exhibited on the
Proteoscope. These drawings, as works of art, are of the
very highest order. Nothing could exceed the beauti-
ful expression of the female countenances especially--
the illustrations of Cheerfulness and Melancholy are
perfect gems. As each pictorial illustration was ex-
hibited, the portion of the Ode illustrated was sung by
the vocalists attached to the institution accompanied
by the band. The music, which is exceedingly ap-
propriate, is the composition of Dr. Wallis, the musi-
cal director of the institution, and it reflects the
highest credit on his taste and his talents. The ex-
hibition as a whole is most pleasing, and it will no
doubt attract crowds to the Polytechnic for some time
to come.

VAUXH ALL GARDENS.

These once celebrated gardens were opened last
night, "on subscription," as the handbill states, for a
series of six splendid gala nights, in the style in
which the " Royal Property" was conducted in the
olden time. Every effbrt, we are told, would be
made to render the fete attractive in every depart-
ment. If this be so, it is to be regretted that it was
not made at an earlier period when the weather was
not so chilly as it has become for the last few days.
A great many, to whom the summer evening would
be an additional attraction to visit these gardens, will
rather " lie by" under the influence of equinoxial
winds. The fall of the leaf is too late for an open air
entertainment. There was, notwithstanding, a very
considerable number of visitors last night. The en•
tertainment commenced with a concert. It was
opened with the National Anthem, which was very
creditably sung by Mr. Robinson, Mr. Rans-
ford, Mr. W. 11. Taylor, and Miss Agnes Taylor.
Several songs were sung by the same artists, of which
the " Monks of Old," sung by Mr. Ransford, and
"Cupid's Auction Mart," a comic song, by Mr. Wil-
liams, were encored. After the concert, an attempt
was made at a ballet—La Vivandiere. It had, how-
ever, this single merit, that it was performed under a
roof. Other entertainments followed, the best of
which was the singing of several comic songs by Mr.
T. Mathews. The theatre, where these amusements
were carried on, was, as might be expected,
the scene of a. great deal of noise and con-
fusion. " One shilling only " was the price at
which "the distinguished patrons of these galas ! "
decided that the public should be admitted.
If duration be considered a principal ingredient in an
entertainment, the public ought to be well pleased
with the value they received ; but we would suggest
to those who have got up this fete, whether an open
air entertainment, more than five hours long, is not
too much at this season of the year ? There were
two bands in attendance, whose performance was
creditable enough. We should not forget to observe
that the gardens were very brilliantly lighted, but,
notwithstanding the exertions made, there was not
that "light of other days" which it was announced
we should have in every department, " illuminative
musical, pyrotechnic, and refreshment!"

A fresh inundation of visitors has been pouring in
here during the last two days from Perth, Edinburgh,
Dunkeld, and from all parts of the adjacent country.
The two excellent hotels here are absolutely crammed,
and the utmost anxiety- is evinced by the respective
landlords to secure accommodation for their guests.
We were scarcely justified in saying that the charges
were exorbitant, as but a slight addition has been
made to the usual charge, and the civility and atten-
tion at the Blair Athol Inn is acknowledged by all
who are at present sojourning here. During her
Majesty's visit to Lord Breadalbane, at Taymouth,
last year, the most flagrant impositions were prac-
tised upon unwary travellers, many of whom paid
five guineas for a bed, and two guineas for permission
to lie down in a stable; but notwithstanding the im•
mense influx of visitors no such exorbitant charges
have been made here since her Majesty arrived at
Blair Athol. Although many persons would gladly
submit to such extortionate demands, the principle of
" first come, first served," has been hitherto acted
upon, and those who have obtained rooms can retain
them at a moderate rate.
Her Majesty will again attend Divine service at
the village church of Blair Athol, this morning,
although she is much fatigued by her exercise of yes-
terday, and Dr. Macleod, the minister of the High-
land church of St. Columba, at Glasgow, will have
the honour of preaching this morning before her Ma-
jesty. Carriages are still driving in here from all
parts of the surrounding country.—Post.

The sums voluntarily contributed at the close of
each day's performance go in aid of a fund for the
benefit of the widows and orphans of clergymen who
are connected with the dioceses of Gloucester, Wor-
cester, and Hereford. It was for the purpose, indeed,
of establishing and supporting such a fund that the
festival itself was instituted 120 years ago.

FATAL ACCIDENT BY FlRE.—Last night Mr.
Higgs held an inquest at the Plough, Carey-street, on
the body of Margaret Gallagher, aged ten years, who
was burnt to death at 179, Drury-lane, on Friday last,
while playing with fire when left in the room by herself.
The poor child had no one to look after her, her father.
who is a respectable mechanic, being engaged all day at
his work. The Coroner and jury remarked on the ex-
ceedingly dangerous practice of leaving children in a
room where there is a fire, without a guard or some sort
of protection. The jury returned a verdict of " Acci-
dental death."
ACCIDENT OCCASIONED THROUGH DRUNKENNESS.
—Yesterday noon an accident occurred near Strutton-
ground, Westminster, to an Irish paviour, of the name of
Timothy Bryan, which originated in a drunken squabble
with his wife. It appears that during the early part of
the morning the parties had been drinking very freely at
a neighbouring public-house, when Bryan's wife accused
her husband of infidelity with a female then present. A
"row" ensued, and at the moment that a horse and cart
was passing, Mrs. Bryan either struck her husband a se.
vere blow on the face, or pushed him down under the
cart • the horse rather plunged at . the moment and
struck the man on the head, and the wheel of the cart
passed over his head and body. Ile was picked up in a
dreadful state, and carried by three policemen of the B
division to Westminster Hospital, where he at present
remains in a very precarious state. The wife was taken
into custody to await the issue.
FATAL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—On Sunday
evening, about seven o'clock, a wherry belonging to a
waterman named Robert Henderson, of Kidney-stairs,
Limehouse, and containing nine persons, chiefly en-
gineers, was crossing the river, nenrly opposite Mill-wall,
and a short distance from I.imehouse-hole pier, when
the Ariel, a Woolwich steam-packet, belonging to the
o
another vessel in her wake, and the people in the boat,
b ' came up the river at full speed, with
to get out of her way, were run down. The
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Ariel struck the wherry, and immedintely nine persons
were seen struggling in the water. Assistance was at
once rendered, and eight persons were taken out of the
water hlive, some of them in a state of great exhaustion.
One unfortunate man perished, and his body has not yet
been recovered. Ilis name is John Heywood, aged 27,
of No. 5, Tenby-place,
road. Jamaica-place, West India Dock-

SALARIES or ACTORS.-The following is a list of
the principal actors at Drury-lane in the season of 1802-
3, with the amounts of their various weekly salaries,
which we have copied from the most authentic record,
and which we subjoin for the sake of comparison. It is
to be observed, that it was in this season that John
Philip Kemble and Mrs. Siddons retired from Drury-
lane; in the next season they went over to Covent-
garden, in which theatre J. P. Kemble had purchased
shares. Bannister had been appointed manager of
Drury-lane, but, • as some of our older readers may re-
member, he was not fortunate in his undertaking:-J.
Bannister, 251.; C. Kemble, 11/. ; Dowton, 12/.; Pope,
10/.; Suett, 101.; Wroughton, 10/.; R. Palmer, 10/.;
I'Vewitzer, 5/ Cherry, 6/.; Collins, 51.; Russell, 5/.;
Dwyer, 9/.; Barrymore, 6/.; Raymond, 41. ; Mrs. Glover,
81.; Mrs. Mountain, 10L; Miss de Camp, 71.; Mrs.
Sparks, 81.; Miss Mellon, 101.; Mrs. Powell, 8/.; Miss
Pope, 121.; Mrs. Pope, 81. It is to be observed that
Mrs. Jordan and Stephen Kemble were both engaged at
nightly salaries, the amounts of which do not appear in
the treasurer's books with the weekly payments to the
other performers engaged for the whole season. Another
considerable item is to be added, not properly
coming under the head of " salaries of actors," via., 521.
per week, thus divided between R. B. Sheridan, who was
nominally at the head of the establishment, Richard
Wilson, who filled the -office of treasurer, and Torn
Sheridan, who was supposed to act as secretary to his
father ; all the offices were nearly sinecures:-R. B.
Sheridan, 301: per week ; R. Wilson, 15/. ; Thomas
Sheridan, 71. In the next season John P. Kemble and
Mrs. Siddons, as already stated, transferred their in-
terests and services to Covent-garden, and drew with
them from Drury-lane C. Kemble, Stephen Kemble (who
continued to be paid_ nightly for his performances), and
Mrs. Glover. The following are the weekly sums paid
to each performer at Covent-garden in 1803-4, also de-
rived from an indisputable source :-John P. Kemble,
301. per week; C. Kemble, 121.; Cooke, 251.; Munden,
141.; H. Siddons, 81.; Emery, 91.; Lewis, 121.; J. John-
stone, 10/.; Murray, 71. ; Simmons, 6/. ; Mrs. Siddons,
251.; Mrs. H. Siddons, 121.; Mrs. Mattocks, 81.; Mrs.
Glover, 91.; Mrs. Davenport, 71.; Mrs. Litchfield, 15/.;
Mrs. Gibbs, 81. At that date, therefore, when the drama,
at least at Covent garden, was prosperous, Kemble,
Cooke, Mrs. Siddons, Lewis, &c., were content to act at
comparatively moderate weekly salaries, and we heard
nothing of such sums as 1001., 701., or 601. per week,
which had been paid of late, when managers could hardly
keep their doors
`open.-Observer.
A SINGULAR VOYAGE ON THE RIVER.-A strange
feat was yesterday successfully performed on the river,
between Vauxhall and Westminster bridges. Mr.
Barry, one of the clowns of Astley's Theatre, had an-
nounced his intention of sailing from Vauxhall to West-
minster in a washing-tub drawn by two geese. The
crowd assembled to witness this strange undertaking was
very large, and would have been greater had not the
affair " come off" before the appointed time. The road
from the new Houses of Parliament to Thames-bank
was almost impassable, and an immense number of per-
sons stationed themselves upon the wharfs and barges.
The opposite shore, particularly Bishop's-walk, was also
thronged, and for long previous to the time fixed upon, a
number of boats filled with spectators, rowed up to
Vauxhall-bridge, and took up favourable positions. At
about half-past three o'clock Mr. Barry, in his clown's
dress, and with several of his friends, arrived at Vaux-
hall-bridge, and all things having been prepared, he at
once stepped into his tub, and with all imaginable con-
fidence started upon his " voyage." The tide being in
his favour, he went along smoothly enough, and he had
little difficulty in making the geese keep a proper course.
An immense number of boats accompanied this strange
water party, so that the voyageur was in no fear of
drowning. Mr. Barry disembarked at Westminster-
bridge, and amidst loud cheers proceeded to the theatre.
The same thing was done years ago by Mr. Usher, the
clown, recently deceased.
THE O'CONNELL ILLUMINATIONS.-An inquiry
has been ordered, by the Commander of the Forces, into
the conduct of Sergeant Maher, of the 62d Regiment,
belonging to the recruiting party stationed in this town,
for, as alleged, illuminating his lodging to comemorate
the liberation of Mr. O'Connell, on the evening of Mon
day, the 9th inst. He was also charged with having
placed his sword and scabbard across the windows on
that occasion.-Carlow Sentinel.

CORONER'S ItiquEsT.— Yesterday Mr. William
Baker Deputy-Coroner, commenced an inquiry at the
Lord 'Nelson, Nieholl's-row, Bethnal-green, touching
the death of Jane Gregory, aged 27 years, whose death
took place after taking some drink, given her by a young
man named Alfred Edwards, with whom she occasionally
cohabited. The
.particulars of the case have been already
detailed in this journal on Saturday last, under the head
of " Worship-street," when Edwards was remanded by
Mr. Broughton, the sitting magistrate, for further in-
quiry, and to await the result of the present investiga-
tion. The first part of the evidence adduced was the
same as that produced before the magistrate. Mr. G.
H. Smith, assistant to Mr. Wiklbore, the surgeon, of
Shoreditch, who gave his evidence in a most decisive
and clear manner, deposed that since his examination
before the magistrate at Worship-street, he had made a
post mortem examination, and found the- general appear-
ance of the body healthy. On examining the stomach
be
a
inflamed,as well externally as
hwere patches of inflammation
having
been taken. He bad
submitted the fluid contents of the stomach and the re-
inter-
nally.ra
c
re-
mainder of the liquid contained in the bottle out of which
the deceased had drank to Dr. Leeson, one of the the •
poison
foundt
characteristic ii st Internallyt
ic o f p
otherein
much
mical lecturers of St.Thomas's Hospital, but the analysis
had not been completed, and the Coroner adjourned the
inquiry in consequence.
DEATH OF A PRISONER IN NENVGATE.---An in-
quest was held yesterday in the gaol of Newgate, before
Mr. W. Payne, City Coroner, on the body of John
Braidy, alias Robertson, aged twenty, a prisoner await-
ing his trial. The body when viewed by the jury, pre-
sented a shocking spectacle, privation and disease having
wasted it to a mere skeleton. From the evidence it ap-
peared that the deceased was a painter by trade, but ill
health for several months past had prevented him from
gaining his livelihood by it. Deprived of getting his
living honestly, he took to thieving, and a short time
back was committed to Newgate for trial. He was found
guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment in the House of
Correction. On his release ho continued his old prac-
tices, and on the 11th instant was again committed to
Newgate, from Queen-square Police-court, on a charge •
of stealing four pairs of boots and one pair of shoes.
He did no, complain of ill-l•ealth on his admission,
but on the 17th he was found by Mr. Holding, the sur-
geon, to be suffering from inflammation of the lungs at-
tended with fever. Every care and attention was paid
him, but that disease caused his death on Sunday.
Verdict, " Natural death."
Rather an interesting notice has been forwarded to
the committee at Lloyd's, signed W. E.-Bush; and an-
nouncing that he has already succeeded in raising to the
elevation of nine feet above high water milk, on the
Goodwin Sands, an iron column which he expects to
complete before the Ist November next, together with a
brilliant red light. The foundation is stated to be very
firm, though it is not yet discovered whether there is a
chalk basis beneath the said, the excavation of which
was a work of great difficulty.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1844.

IRELAND.

TORY POLICY IN IRELAND.
DUBLIN, SEPT. 22.—The question, " What is to
be done with Ireland and O'Connell ?" bewilders
the Orange and Tory journals, and the very few of
them still adhering to the Ministry are sorely puzzled
in their attempts to reply to the taunts of the majo-
rity which daily denounce Sir Robert Peel and his
Government.
The Dublin Evening Packet is the only thing in
the shape of a Ministerial organ at this side of the
water. It contained last night a long reply to the
Tory Opposition attacks on the Government. As this,
article must have been suggested, at least, by the de-
feated and mortified state prosecutors at the Castle,
we extract the principal passages, as an index to the
present state of feeling in that quarter:—
" We seriously ask what would the hearty enemies
of Mr. O'Connell's policy have Ministers to do? As
for its friends, we shall suffer them to indulge the
tempest of their wrath ad libitum; but it would be
an act of benevolence to bring back to reason those
opponents of the Government who yet linger in the
once unanimous ranks of Conservatism. Can these
unreasonably expect that the Prime Minister should,
at this premature point, publish to the world his
necessarily undefined arrangements for the final
prostration of repeal ? Ought he to convoke the
Commons, supplicate for the aid and condolence of
the Whig-Radical Members, and lay before the
House at large a humiliating and inutile demonstra-
tion of all the ifs' and contingencies that mug, in
the nature of things, be embodied in the detail of his
intentions ?
"Have O'Connell and his co-adjutors as yet, since
their liberation, so far committed themselves as to
justify active interference ? They have vapoured a
good deal to their rabble auditories, and expressed
great hopes of grand things, in order to sustain the
courage of their faction. They have projected this
assembly and that organisation as things that may be ;
but they are dealing in mere probabilities. All that
seems settled for the future is, that the contributions
are to be kept going, and that Mr. O'Connell is to
make his escape to his native hills, there
Ducere sollicitfe jucunda obliaia
and luxuriate on the recollection of the nodes ccenaeque
of the martyr's dungeon.
"The Evening Mail kindly points out to the Go-
vernment the course they ought to pursue in attempt-
ing the tranquillisation of Ireland. What remains,'
it indignantly asks, but to arrest the progress of se-
dition by all the means, ordinary and extraordinary,
with which the constitution, provident of extremities,
arms the Executive?' The plain English of which
appears to be, that the Conciliation Hall should be
surrounded with military—men's passions inflamed by
sudden and unlooked -for evidence—perhaps the
Habeas Corpus Act suspended, and the country
brought under the sanguinary and irresponsible in-
fluence of martial-law. The days have gone by when
this headstrong, bungling, neck-or-nothing sort of
pacification could be tolerated amongst civilised States.
However violent in their acts, and however unconsti-
tutional in their principles, our opponents may be,
they are still men, and, as such, are not wholly des-
titute of reason. Christianity as well as prudence
suggests that the means resorted to for bringing
them back to a sense of their duty ought to be of the
ordinary' kind. If such should utterly fail, then,
and only then, could a Ministry be justified in pro-
ceeding to extremities by authorising the use of the
extraordinary.'
" The same ordinary means' which have been so
successfully employed still exist. When the plans of
Mr. O'Connell shall have been more fully defined,
what could be more easy than to include in a second
indictment all the petty tributaries to the great stream
of sedition which were not embodied in the last ?
These would of course all meet the same fate as the
monster meetings and the arbitration courts, without
a drop of blood being shed.
" Because Ministers are silent on this subject, we
are not to conclude that they are either uninterested
or inactive. Although Sir Robert Peel is not explain-
ing on the floor of the House of Commons, or through
the press, his plan of future operations, we must not
suppose that, even amid necessary relaxation and do-
mestic affliction, lie has not been anxiously deliberat-
ing on the proper course to pursue in the event of
certain expected movements of the enemy taking
place. Whatever other course may possibly be con-
templated, still the one which has been tried remains
for us an almost certain resource. The occurrences
of the
.past, and particularly that unfortunate one
which disappointed justice of her rights, will serve to
make every functionary of the Crown, engaged in the
proceedings, ten times more vigilant, more cautious,
and more silent. One escape may have been possible,
but another it would be madness to hope for."
CLONMEL ADDRESS TO MR. O'CONNELL—
TORY POLICY.
At two o'clock 'yesterda the Mayor o f Clonmel
accompanied by Alderman Bianconi (whose success-
ful enterprise has so greatly promoted internal com-
munication in Ireland), attended at Mr. O'Connell's
residence in Merrion-square, to present him with a
congratulatory address from the burgesses of that
town

The Mayor read the address, which contained the
following passage :—" Whilst we offer you our
cordial gratulations on the signal triumph which you
have just achieved over the knaves and tyrants of our
country, we beg to accompany them with the expres-
sion of our firm and unchangeable determination to
stand by you and support you in the noble efforts
you are making for her happiness and regeneration."
Mr. O'Cossur.r., in reply to the address said:—
Worshipful Mayor, and Alderman Bianconi, the
praise which you bestow upon me is indeed precious,
coming as it does from a people so independent, so
full of genuine patriotism as the men of Clonmel.
You do well, Mr. Mayor, to censure the proceedings
which have taken place on the late trial, because our
great object now is to bring forward addresses re-
flecting the public sentiment, and proclaiming the
national determination, in order that we may succeed
in removing and scattering the Ministry, and punish-
ing its minions. Yes, I repeat it—one of the most
important considerations to the Irish people at pre-
sent, is that of the impeachment. IVe know not
what measures may be taken to allure us from this
subject; but our course is plain, we will be tranquil
and quiet—yet most persevering on this point. We
will be unawed by fear and uninfluenced by
doubt, and will continue our efforts with an unde-
viating consistency until we be amply and fully
satisfied for the wrong committed. To that end
I shall devote whatever energies I may possess—
whatever remnant of intellect may still be mine--all
the resources of my professional experience, and all
my hopes of co-operation from the English people.
Our determination to demand the punishment of
those who have violated every principle of law and
justice, in our regard, may bring down upon us the
vengeance of the Minister; but if we pursue a peace-
able course of seeking for redress, my own opinion
is, that no Minister ever created in England could
bear the brunt of the united demands of a nation in
a just and honest cause. You will inform the
people of Clonmel, that our hopes are high, and our
expectations vivid—that there will be no compromise
as there has been hitherto no shrinking ; but the
principle of legislation in Ireland by Irishmen in
whatever form worked out, is worthy of considera-
tion. If worked out to satisfaction by federalism, I
am ready to adopt it ; but unless 1 be convinced
of this, there shall be, I repeat, no compromise, no
surrender of principle on our part. To you, as my
personal and private friends, I have always stood in-
debted. 1 am rejoiced to receive such a compliment
through your hands, and can only assure you—and
through you the generous people of Clonmel—that I
shall endeavour to deserve it by unremitting exer-
tions in the cause of Old Ireland."

In the preceding reply, Mr. O'Connell manifestly
alludes to the threats of Tory coercion and martial
law.

GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE.
The following letter has been received by the
3layor of Cork :

"Dublin Castle, Sept. 19, 1844.
" Sir—ln reply to your letter of the 14th, I am
directed by the Lord Lieutenant to acquaint you, for
the information of the Town Council of Cork, that his
Excellency has appointed Thomas Forsayeth, Esq.,
to the situation of Recorder of that city, and has no
doubt that his qualifications for the office are such as
will deserve the confidence of the citizens.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

"E. LUCAS.
" William Fagan, Esq., Mayor of Cork."
On this official communication the Cork Reporter
of yesterday remarks :
" The above was in reply to a letter from the
Mayor stating that it was the intention of the
Council to memorialise his Excellency, in reference to
the appointment to the office vacant by the death of
Mr. Bennett. The Secretary's communication must
have been written before the memorial was received
at the Castle—and therefore the appointment was
made in total disregard of what might be the recom-
mendation of the Council. Courtesy-, at least, should
have suggested the delay of one or two days, to con-
sider the purport of the memorial, and the hasty step
taken by the Government exhibits a desire to slight
the municipal body as well as a determination
to use the Castle patronage in direct opposition
to its wishes. We could not from this Govern-
ment have expected otherwise. They acted gre-
cisely in the same way in respect to the appoint-
ment of city magistrates. It must be now very
clearly seen, that though there -is a change of men,
the same policy is to be pursued; and that all the fine
parade of conciliation is mere pretence. Unmitigated
hostility to the wishes and feelings of the great body
of the Irish people has been. is, and al ways will be
the ruling sentiment of the been,
party ; and on all
occasions it will exhibit itself as in the present in-
stance. This conduct on the part of the present
Government is doubly reprehensible and discour-