The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-20 00:00:00

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CT~c)II' IN G INTELLIGENCE.
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
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.11.11111,1. y Beigaae, on oaturday morning, at about half-
past ten o'clock, the field battery of Royal Artillery of
t 2 guns, composed of three troops, under Major An-
drews, Ccotain Wilford, and Captain Robe ; and the
Royal Hois,e Artillery, of six guns, consisting of the
Rocket troop under Major Strangways, the F troop
under Major M,:cbean, and the H troop under Captain
Ward, the whole under the command of Lieutenant-
General Bloomfield, who was attended by Major-Gene-
ral Sir Hugh Dalrymple Ross, Major-General Sir Web-
ber Smith, Sir George Hoste, Commandant of the Engi-
neering Department. and a numerous staff of engineer
and artillery officers, assembled at Woolwich-common
in waiting for their distinguished visitors.
About the same time that the troops arrived on the
common hisltoyal Highness the Prince of Prussia left the
Legation, and, accompanied by his suite, proceeded in two
of the Royal carriages over Westminster-bridge, via Ken-
nington, New-cross, and Blackheath, to Woolwich, and at
a quarter past 11 Prince William of Prussia, the Duke of
Wellington, Sir George Murray, the Master-General of
the Ordnance, Lord Charles Wellesley, and a splendid
cortege of military officers, rode on to the common from
the direction of the Royal Artillery veterinary establish-
ment. The Duke looked remarkably well, and in com-
pliment to the Prince wore the uniform of a Field Mar-
shal of Prussia.
The artillery received the Prince with all the custo-
mary honours on his reaching the saluting standard, and
then rode past in slow and quick time, Lord Bloomfield
in command, who, we were glad to see, had quite re-
covered from his late severe illness. The evolutions and
firing, which followed, by the Horse Artillery, under
Lieut.-Colonel Dyuely, the field battery under Colonel
Cleveland having left the ground, were performed with
the utmost celerity and precision, particularly the
sudden dismounting of the guns and carriages, an affair
of a moment, executed under the supposition that it was
necessary to spike and abandon the guns. Guns,
carriages, wheels, were all flat on the grass when the
command was given to remount them, and in fourteen
seconds—for we saw it timed by the stop-watch of a
gentleman by us—the first remounted gun was fired,
and in two seconds more every gun was discharged.
This exercise seemed particularly to engage the atten-
tion of the Prince and the Duke of Wellington.
The whole staff rode forward, and the Prince expressed
his admiration of the celerity with which it was
performed. On the conclusion of the field operations
the guns again passed in review order, after which the
distinguished party inspected the gentlemen cadets, who
were drawn up under arms in front of the barracks on
the Common. They presented arms, marched past in
review order, while a party at the field-pieces fired a
royal salute as the Prince left them. The Duke of Wel-
lington and Lord Charles Wellesley now got into an open
carriage and departed for London.
From the Cadet Barracks the Prince went to the
Rotunda, thence to see some admirable howitzer and
mortar practice. A target, a small flagstaff with a
union-jack flying from it, was placed in the earth at a
distance of GOO yards from the battery. In the first
round, although several of the shots fell within a few
paces of the mark, none struck the staff, but the fifth
gun in the second round directed by Corporal Henry
Russell, was more successful, striking it within a few
inches of the earth, and shivering it to atoms.
It was now the dinner hour of the men, and his Royal
Highness inspected, with much interest, several of the
barrack-rooms where they were dining ; after which the
Prince and other distinguished visitors adjourned to
Lord Bloomfield's house to take refeshment.
In the afternoon the Prince, in company with the
Master-General, Lord Bloomfield, and staff, went
through the departments of the Arsenal, then in full
operation, and expressed himself gratified at witnessing
the boring of brass field pieces, the making of percus-
sion caps, and of bullets, by compression, tic. The Prince
showed by his observations that he was not making a
visit to the arsenal for form's sake, but that he really
took an interest in all that was going on, and the inspec-
tion of the different works occupied so much time that
little remained for the rocket, heavy gun, and mortar
practice, in the marshes. He, however, repaired thither
about four o'clock, and witnessed two discharges of
rockets, six or eight in each discharge.
The crowded state of the River prevented the breach-
ing batteries from playing, as the butt is between the
battery and the Thames, and after waiting in vain for
the signal that the River was clear, the Prince was
obliged to depart. Heartily shaking hands with Lord
Bloomfield, and thanking him for the attention received
during the day, his Royal Highness stepped into his
carriage, and left Woolwich for London.

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which looks like preparation to:.
an emergency-ney—oitineiy, that an inquiry has been to
this and other ports to ascertain how early six sail-of-
the-line could be at Spithead ready for sailing orders.
It is also certain that the experimental brigs will not be
commissioned until the matters now before her Majesty's
Government respecting the French egressions are settled.
The statement in an evening paper of Wednesday last,
that the above squadron would be commissioned on the
following day, it is almost needless to say is without any
foundation. The rumour that Captain A. L. Corry had
commissioned the steam-sloop Firebrand, to take the
command of the experimental squadron, and had hoisted
a Commodore's broad-pendant, is equally false. It is,
however, exceedingly marvellous that upwards of 500
able-bodied efficient seamen and petty officers should be
waiting about., which they have been for some months,
in expectation of the daily commissioning of the new brig
squadron. Many of them are reduced to the greatest
distress, and many, tired of such wanton delay, have
left the port for other employment. We are informed
upon excellent authority that men are being entered at
Tower-hill for general service. We hope the report is
true ; and we trust that orders will be immediately
issued for entering such hands as are now waiting about
for ships on board the Victory, in order to be ready for
draughting into other ships on any emergency.
—The Collingwood, 80, Capt. Smart, is still at Spithead,
awaiting sailing orders. ller officers• are in doubt:as to
whether they will sail for Otaheite or Tangiers.
The Vindictive, 50, is in dock overhauling, and will,
it is asserted, be brought forward for re-commission with

tateti as certain,

11.A.NDICA1' (DOM
8 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken.
Thirty-six have accepted.
ST. LEGER.
13 to 4 agst Lord Stanley's Ithuriel—taken 7 to 2
13 to 4 agst Mr. Salvin's The Cure—taken 7 to 2
8 to I agst Mr. Vane's Valerian—taken 9 to 1
9 to I agst Mr. J. Scott's Bay Momus—t. and aft. off.
12 to 1 apt Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken
13 to 1 agst Col. Anson's the Princess—taken
16 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh—taken
18 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's the Ugly Buck—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Milton—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Ilampson's Lightning
350 to 300 asst Ithuriel, The Cure, anePrincess—taken.
The Cure was backed fur a considerable amount at
10 to 3, 7 to 2, and 14 to 5, and on the whole decidedly
for more money than Ithuriel; but so strongly was the
latter fancied, that we cannot take upon ourselves to say
which had the call at the finish. Valerian was in force
at 9 to 1 (no layers at the close), and was a clear point
in advance of Bay Momus, whose enemies were nume-
rous. The Princess was backed for at least 300/. at 13
to 1 ; Red Deer at 10, 11, and 12 to 1, in moderate
"Ms ; and Foig-a-ballagh, for about 3001, at prices
ranging between 16 and 20 to 1, the smaller figure being
scarcely obtainable at the close. The Ugly Buck and
Lightning were friendless.
The only Derby bet we heard of was 33 to 1 agst Col.
Anson's Kedger.
YORK AUGUST MEETING.
The following entries closed on Saturday night:—
WEDNESDAY.
Dundas Stakes.
Sir Abstrupus, 4 yrs—Joan of Arc, 3 yrs.—Merry
Andrew, 4 yrs—Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs.
Queen's Plate, for all ages.
Prizefighter, 4 yrs—British Yeoman, 4 yrs—The
Caster, 3 yrs—Godfrey, 3 yrs—Robinson's aged Teresa,
3 yrs—Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs—Lady Sale, 3 yrs—Dog
Billy,
3 yrs—Bonifaxe, 3 yrs.
TUURSDAY.
The County Gold Cup.
British Yeoman, 4 yrs—Semiseria, 4 yrs—Corodino,
yrs—Frea, 5 yrs—The Lord Mayor, aged—Teresa,
a yrs—Alice Hawthorne, 6 yrs—Miss Prim, 5 yrs—
Boniface, 3 yrs—Rowena, 3 yrs—Godfrey, 3 yrs.
The Queen's Plate for Mares.
Coheiress, 3 yrs Ambition, 3 yrs—Joan of Arc,
3.
Yrs—Semiseria, 4 yrs—Rowena, 3 yrs—Adriana
Mare, 3 yrs—Teresa, 3 yrs—Bonney Bonnet, 5 yrs—
i 5 yrs.—Advice, 3 yrs—Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs—
'lss Prim, 5 yrs—Lady Sale, 3 yrs—Franchise, 3 yrs.
The Members' Plate.
Sir Abstrupus, 4 yrs.—Robinson, aged—Teresa,
3 yrs—The Lord Mayor, aged—Boniface, 3 yrs—Alice
Hawthorn, 6 yrs—Merry Andrew, 4 yrs—Lady Sale,
3 Yrs—The Dog Billy, 3 yrs—Miss Prim, 5 yrs.

all speed.
The royal yacht Vctoria and Albert is now reported
ready for sea. To-morrow she will proceed round the
Isle of Wight with Admiral Sir George Cockburn on
board, to try her steam and canvass speed, together
with the working of her new machinery and tubular
boilers.
The Illustrious, 72, Commodore Sharp, was at Ha'i-
fax on the 3d inst., all well, last from Bermuda. Vice-
Admiral Sir Charles Adam had struck his flag on the
Pyramus receiving ship, and hoisted it on board the

The Hornet, 6, Lieutenant-Commander R. B. Miller,
and the Griffon, 3, Lieutenant-Commander C. Jenkins,
are ordered home from Halifax.
The Penelope, 22, steam frigate, Commodore Jones,
was at St. Helena on the 27th of June, with the Tor-
toise store and guard ship, from Ascension, to obtain as
much water as they could stow, that essential being dis-
tressingly scarce at Ascension.
The Iris, 26, Captain Mundy, was at Symond's Bay
on the 2d of June, en route to China.
The Queen, 110, Captain W. F. Martin, is being
rapidly fitted for sea in the harbour, She will, it is ex-
pected, leave for Spithead next week. Whether she
will sail from Spithead to Sheerness, or for a foreign
station, has become, since the last news from Tangiers, a
matter of considerable doubt and discussion. Her com-
plement of hands (950) is nearly complete.
The Thunder, 6, Commander Barnett, sailed onThurs-
day for Chatham, to be paid off.
The Vestal, 26, Captain C. Talbot, awaits orders in
the River Plate.
The Bittern, 16, Commander Edmund Peel.—By
letters just received, we are informed that Midshipman
Radcliffe and two seamen of this ship were unfortu-
nately drowned at Natal, by the upsetting of the cutter,
in the act of going ashore at this port.
The Cressy, a new ship of 80 guns, upon the plan of
Messrs. Chatfield, Reed, and Creuze, the Committee of
Naval Architecture, is ordered to be built at Chatham.
The following are to be her dimensions:—
Feet. Inches.
Length l9B 5
Breadth
Depth
Tonnage, 2,537.
The Dee, steam transport, Master Commander T
Driver, sailed on Friday, for Cork.
The Emerald, tender, arrived on Friday, from Sheer•
ness, with supernumeraries.
In Harbour—Victoria and Albert, Victory, Queen,
Excellent, and the steam-vessels Fearless, Cuckoo, Echo,
Comet, and Firebrand.
In Dock—Vindictive, Prince Regent, Dwarf, Athol,
and Scourge.
At Spithead—The Collingwood.
His Royal Highness Prince William of Prussia and
his Grace the Duke of Wellington are expected here
to-morrow, to inspect the various departments of this
great arsenal.

THE FRENCH PRESS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,--ITis quite amusing to read the vapouring of
some of the French papers, when speaking of their
naval force in comparison to that of England. Your
patience must be somewhat tried while wading
through the empty and contemptible boasting of such
Papers as the Presse, Constitutionnel, National, &c.
No doubt we have their good wishes! which we well
know how to appreciate ' • but, Sir, it warms the heart
of an old naval officer to find the press of this country
(generally speaking) ever ready to advocate and main-
tain our much envied position. And, Sir, it will be
really doing our neighbours some service, by kindly
telling them—if they are not satisfied with your repre-
sentations of the fact—that at the mere nod of the
Foreign Minister ten thousand additional hands will
be found ready and willing to try their skill at
" boarding," as the Presse would make us fear. I
should have thought the souring they bad at Tra-
falgar, and the licking they met with at Waterloo,
Would have taught them better manners.—l am, Sir,
Yours respectfully. A BRITISH TA.
Newman-street, Aug. 16, 1844.

There is no truth whatever in the paragraph in
the Standard of Wednesday with respect to the com-
missioning the vessels comprising the experimental
squadron. Not only are they not commissioned, but
there is not a commission or warrant down for any of
them, The report in the same paper that Captain A. L.
Corry had commissioned the Firebrand, and hoisted a
Commodore's broad pendant on board, is equally erro-
neous. With respect to the brigs, there is some doubt
as to their being commissioned at all ; the men may be
wanted for larger ships, and as a reason for the remark
We
may state that an inquiry has been sent down to
know how soon six sail of the line can be at Spithead.
The reply was three weelEF, exclusive of manning. We
Ta3' also state that men are entering at the Tower for
general service."—Hampshire Advertiser.
1,).A1R. TEMPLETON AT THE LATE FESTIVAL IN
'4e/coma of BURNS.—We perceive, by the Ayr Adver-
haer, that Mr. Templeton added not a little to the eclat
of the late Burns' festival. The first speech of the chair
Tian, after the withdrawal of the cloth, concluded with
111@ toast, " The memory of Burns," the band playing,
",Here'd 11 health to ane I loe dear." " llere," says the
Ayr Advertiser, " Mr. Templeton, the eminent vocalist,
who, from the first, had taken a warm interest in the
demonstration, and had placed himself in the hands
of the committee, with a tender of his vocal abilities
on the occasion, advanced from his place in the
pavilion to where Mr. Blewitt, who had in the same
Spirit undertaken the management of the musical
department, and who brought to the task the ex-
perience of having conducted the Shakspearian festival,
was seated at a grand piano, and sung Ye banks and
braes o' bonny Doon' with a combined brilliancy, ten-
derness, and taste that thrilled the feelings of all pre-
snit, and was followed by the most rapturous applause.
Subsequently, when Mr. Henry Glassford Bell, after
some heart-stirring remarks on Irish minstrelsy, pro-
posed " Moore, 'and the Irish poets," Templeton sang,
with admirable effect, " The harp of Tara." After the
" The Peasantry of Scotland," proposed by Colonel
MVP, of Caldwell, Mr. Templeton sung the appropriate
song t' Aty Nanny 0," which (says the Ayr Advertiser)
was so much applauded, and followed by such decided
encores, that Mr. Templeton returned to the piano, and
seemed to electrify the audience with " Scots wha hae
we Wallace bled." The celebrated singer, Wilson, was
also present. Several calls were made upon him for a
seng, but an apology was tendered for him, as it was
stated that he had caught cold. Mr. Templeton's con-
cert, at the Ayr Theatre, was crowded to excess, the
Otittite being filled, and many of the nobility and gentry
n •
.6t4e pogo` ty being present.
inNott fitalQiPiti•-eThe French, always as famed
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for bad singing as for their superior grace and agility
hl the dance, were not, a 3 vocalists, less offensive to the
'ste fif (nck and Sacchini than to that of Rousseau.
he former of these, in his moments of hilarity and
oonvivial enjoyment, would describe the French as a
very
good sort of people, who are partial to music, and
love to hear songs in their operas, but who have not a
singer among them. And Sacchini, being asked how
4„. operas were performed at Paris, said, with a smile of
" God forbid that I should ever go to hear them
Yore t tom' tic-;."_ Though, in the early part of the
eighteenth centuury, these remarks were too just to be
contradicted, in the nineteenth,
style soMething resembling
has found its way even into French vociferation
and neither of these Italian masters, had they flourished
at a later date, would have entertained the opinion they
formerly so freely expressed.—Dramatic and Musical
Review.
ADVENTURES or A RUNAWAY WIFE.—The wife of
llhumble son of Cambria, residing in North Wales,
meiy (forgetting the solemn vows made at the by
eal altar) fled from the " husband of her choice,'
and sought refuge in the arms of a paramour. They
took up their abode in Birkenhead, and I'M' OW tiin
lived in comparative seclusion. Anxious, however, to
revisit the land of their fathers, they took advantage of
the cheap summer fares, and soon were again in Wales,
The husband of the faithless one, hearing of their
paid an unexpected, and rather unwel-
come, visit to them in their seclusion, and the
conscience-stricken villain, who had wronged him
111 the most tender point, fled from his pre,
Bence ; but the wife, whether conscious of her own un-
worthiness, or still swayed by passions the mod vile,
would listen to no entreaties on the part of her husband
!c, resume the paths of virtue, and she determined to
leave the country the following morning. The hus-
band followed her to the steam-boat, and came pas-
senger with him to Liverpool. Whilst on board they
attracted the attention of all, the wife attempting to
hide herself from her injured husband, and shunning
tin whenever he followed her. When the fares were
eqllteted the wife had only ls. 11d., and the man was
rg'4l4neaa, The captain, in consideration of the poor
n‘fis misfortutte, granted him a free passage, and was
n
-.,°,14011ed to be COnteqt with what he had got from
woman,
into. e
efirst Wbohaetn
whtheiyehreaelle4 T/irerpool she rushed
came alongside, and left her
husband in the packet. Before stepping on shore the
usual charge of threepence each person was demanded
for landing. She had not the needful, and upon the
boatel',"" nailing off a few yards,
steamerinto the
to take her back to the
thew was paid, she jumped
until the
water, and fortunately-(the t.t.et tw.
nearly down)
managed to wade ashore to the astonishment 01
!tenders. She then made her escape ; but bha and her
hapless spouse were afterwards seen on board the liirlf-
e2"ad boat, the poor fellow still in vain endeavouring
to persuade her not to return to her seducer.—Lirorponi
Mercury.
BULLOCK FAIR.—The annual bullock fair took
Place at Wisbech on the 12th instant. The condition of
the beasts was excellent, and the fair was rather a large
one. Very little business was done, and that at low
tvrties- It rained for several • hours during the day,
"tell, no doubt, prevented a great many from attend-
mg.--Cambridge Chronicle.
FATAL EXPLOSION Or FIRE-DAMP.--A frightful
explosion occurred on Monday at the Crab-tree colliery,
West Broinwich,.belonging to Messrs. J. Bagnall and
sons, by which four men were instantly killed, and fire
others so severely burned that they are not expected to
recover. It is supposed that the " air lead" had become
chokedne up during the night, and thus caused an accumu-
iitiwonne mof
eesexpelnogseir.ve gas in the colliery beneath,—Ten
THE MOORS —The licensed dealers in game assem-
bled on
Monday. last, in full feather. There never was
Such a motley group seen. They would have been the
fortune
a strolling manager, there being clown, pan-
.
tpesonce. The birds wlroon, columbine, and harlequin, and the whole dramatis
ere rather shy,
as well they might ;
the men would have frightened their own mothers. The
largest number killed the first day by one person Was ten
brace,—~Leeds Times.

PROMOTIONS.
Captain—W. Jones, of the Penelope (Aug. 14), to be
Commodore of the second class.
Lieutenant—W. Southey (1814) to the rank of Com-
mander.
Mates—H. 73. Everest (1836), G. Kerr (1837), and
Messrs. T. H. Molyneux, 11. West, R. 0. Sargent, G. H.
Whately, R. 11. L. Warner, G. M. Smith, G. H. Wall,
and R. Berington, to the rank of Lieutenant.
APPOINTMENTS.
Captain—Robert Smart, K.H., to the Collingwood,
vice Eden, resigned from ill health.
Lieutenants—L. Browell and W. Robson, to the Vic-
toria and Albert, for promotion; F. Lowe, to the Alban,
vice Jeayes; H. B. Everest, to the Formidable; H. Bul-
lock, additional to the Penelope.
Mates—Hon. G. 11. Douglas, R. Shedden, A. C. Ho-
bart, and Hon. 0. W. M. Lambert, to the Victoria and
Albert; C. M. Shipley, A. W. A. Hood, and A. S. Des-
voeux, to study at the Naval College.
Midshipmen—P. Swinburn, to the Excellent; 11.
Freeman, to the Albion.
Sul...eon—W. R. M'Laughlin, M.D., to be Surgeon
and Agent at Lough Swilley.
Clerk in Charge—R. S. S. Little, to the Meteor.
COAST GUARD.
Appointment.—Lieutenant R. Jones (b), R.N., from
Newquay Station, to her Majesty's ship Victory.
Removals.—Lieutenant A. T. Morley, from Westgate
to New quay Station, ; vice Jones J. Spurrin, from
Cowes to Bishopstone
Station; R. J. Bevians, from Hens-
brook to Poole Harbour Station, vice Lieutenant L.
David, deceased.
DETONPORT, AUG. 16.—An Admiralty order arrived
here this week to enter men for general service on board
the San Josef. This movement is looked upon as a
shadow of forthcoming events.
The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander the Hon. E.
Plunkett, came into this port on Wednesday, from Cork,
to be docked and repaired, having stranded on the mud
at Bantry on the 9th instant.
The Actaeon, 26, was undocked, after a thorough re-
pair, on Wednesday.
The Armada, 72, was docked yesterday for conversion
to a powder magazine.
The Nile, 92, was undocked on Wednesday, having
had her copper examined and repaired.
In Harbour—San Josef, Confiance, Express, and Sylph.
In Dock—Stromboli and Armada.
In the Sound—St. Vincent, flag-ship.

MORE LETTER OPENING AT THE
POST-OFFICE.
During the last few days disclosures of the most ex-
traordinary character have been made in the letter-car-
riers' office of the General Post-office, from the dis-
covery by the authorities of a most extensive collusion
on the part of several letter-carriers employed in the de-
livery of letters in the western district of the metropolis,
who, it appears, have been for some time in the habit of
opening letters directed to noblemen, gentlemen, and
others connected with the sporting world, with the view,
as far as we can learn, of disposing of such information
for some pecuniary consideration, or betting themselves
upon the strength of it. From what has already been
ascertained there can be no question but that this illegal
and most reprehensible practice has been carried on for
a length of time, and that letters, both inward, and out-
ward, have been thus treated, and their contents copied,
the letters being afterwards duly delivered, or forwarded,
as the case might be. It is also proved that bets to a
large amount have been laid by several of the parties
implicated ; and as the inquiry progresses from day to
day, other and more startling facts are brought to light,
and additional- revelations made culpatory of other
letter-carriers and sub-sorters, who have, either
directly or indirectly, been engaged in the transaction. Ru-
mour states, and we believe asfar as it can be ascertained
that the statement is substantially correct, that this
scandalous plot was thus discovered :—Two letters,
open, were found on Wednesday morning last upon the
seat occupied by a letter carrier named Tapson, directed
to well-known sporting characters, but with which he
had no business, as the parties did not live upon his dis-
trict, or walk. Upon being closely questioned, Tapson
admitted that suck letters had frequently come into his
hands, and eventually he gave so much information con-
cerning the opening of the letters, the use made of their
contents, and the parties connected with the extraordi-
nary affair, that six other letter-carriers and one sub-
serter were eventually brought up for examination.
Two or three of these men have been several years in
the service, and all of them are persons of upwards of
four years official standing. The mode by which their
nefarious object was accomplished, we are informed
was this :—The letter-carrier delivering letters upon
a certain walk, who appeared to be the lead-
ing member of the clique, would obtain from one
of his colleagues (of course by mistake, if dis-
covered) the correspondence of some celebrated member
of the turf. The letter was then opened, it appears, by
him, or some one of the party who happened to possess
the greatest facilities, and the opinions of the writer as-
certained with reference to the qualities of the several
race-horses, or the state of the odds upon a race. This
being done, the letters were transferred to their proper
districts, and eventually delivered. The Yitio@
sable
s 01
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information to the letter-carrier either as a di p
article for a given sum to a low gambler, or as a ground
for betting upon his own account, can be beet estimated
by those who are in the habit of paying for the accom-
modation. A most rigid inquiry into the whole circlink
stances of the case is instituted daily; end ep to Satur-
day afternoon there wurc suspended, until the deoislon
of the Vostmaster-General upon the whole affair can be
lumen, the letter-carrier who delivered the letters of
Lord George Bentinek, the one who delivered those of
Mr. Tattersall, besides four others employed to distri-
bute those belonging tq ether sporting characters, and
ape 41.111-40fter., who has hod connexion in some way or
other with the transaction.

GEORGE COLMAN THE YOUNGER.—When George
Colman wrote the comedy of John Bull public expecta-
tion was raised to the highest pitch, and ever and anon a
whisper from the green-room tended to heighten the
anxious desire to witness the performance. Rehearsals
went on, and the comedy was underlined in the bills.
This continued for a week ; at length a night was fixed
for the production: But up to this period, Colman had
only written four acts of the comedy. All the places
were taken, and poor Fawcett (the stage manager) was
in despair. Night and day, as his professional
duties would permit, he stuck to the witty and
erratic author, till at length, on the evening pre-
vious to the performance, he wrung a promise from
Colman that he should have the fifth act in the morning.
In the morning Fawcett called,
.and was shown into
Colman's bed-rooto. He was linetly in the arms of
Morpheus, and the room scattered Aver with sheets of
paper, and one or two empty gin bottles. Fawcett ga-
therPil 11P the manuscript and posted to the theatre, got
the parts copied, and given to tine perflarniers, The play
was produced as announced, and the fifth act was re-
hearsed in the intervals between the ethers' The de•
served success of the comedy is well known.—Dramatic
and Musical Review.
VALUE or NEwsrArrus.—A thousand times have
We heard this queatiott and 41101WOr, Two gentle?
men meet;—" What's the news?" asks one ; " Nothing
but what you gee in the papers." They pass on about
their business. Has it over been noticed that, among
the thousand benefits of a newspaper, not the least is
that it does away at once with tittle-tattle, gossip, street-
yarn, foolish exaggerations, scandal, and uewsraonger-
ing exaggerations, misrepresentations, &c. &c., which
once took up so much of the time of those who were
always hearing or telling of some new thing.. One real
evil of soeinl life is thus ended. The man rises in the
morning, looks over the paper, and is satistVd that he
knows all worth knowing of the passing history of the
world. He pile nothing to tell and nothing to hear
further. He does not spend his time in giving informa-
tion which his neighbour knows as well as himself. He
is not annoyed in the midst of his business or pleasures
by the recital of 448 in -which he %fikPg interest.
The same with women. Curiosity is gratified without
shsu ofnd
hundred busy
time. The scandal of the day has not employed
a meddling tongues iu its circulation and
exaggeration. Conversation takes a higher tone. Prin-
ciples of morals and taste are discussed; the new poem,
the last book, the magazine, or the review, becomes the
subject of conversation. Even in the minor matters of
lifer §opietv owes a large debt of gratitude to the news-
paPef•------grigAtqll qaelfr?
Qt the 14ecorders court, last weeli,
young woman, named Fanny Langstaff, who appeared to
be about twenty-four years of age, of very interesting
personal appearance, was indicted for stealing some
handkerchicl§ from grangegorman-lane prison. It ap-
peared that on Tburstlay'mornieu the 14i'aoner
charged from the Penitentiary, but previous to her de-
parture she contrived to steal the property
the in
dquestion e
She was arrested by Hilbard, of iv
police with the handkerchiefs in her possession. The
over floo her qpilth The lveporder said, on looking
over the records of the catlrt, lip fi.Nna that thif plsoner
IN tulles or being pink,
had been 221 times in gnA 1
and 101 times for various other &Time*, He found that
out of her comparatively short life she had spent
There six
years, five mouths, and four days, in prison !
was no use in having her longer in this country, and
therefore the sentence of the court was, that shepri be
transported beyond the seas for
seyeb
Ord, (hurt
soner bowed to the court and said, "
y ear
h .-
care, I have got a good education, I will turn land to some
account in the country to where lam going, lam
not afraid but I will regain my reputation and the posi-
tion in society frcan which J have been reduced—good
bye, gentlemen of the police. Fanny Langstaif will yet
be a lady, what she always was ! good mother for
Sydney, hp !". She was then removed.

fr 102_4, SUN, LONDON, 'TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 20, 1844.

TANGIERS.

The following particulars relative to langiers
be red with interest at the present moment

" The city of Tanziers is eery strolls by it
and the hurnber of its batteries, whic
el lat

iii. walls er

iia

will

round and squf.ire t

rented by the British authorities, and by them in part
sublet to British merchanta. contain the con,
Pular and vice-consular residences and officers' and
ineichants' houses, and altogether will consist of 18
houses. The houses are to occupy either side of.the

and on the west and east, r:17,A.:t1;;;;;CCI;.e. centre

are peri:

S .capani

Jr a

they side

runs a street 40 feet wide, but ehadoci on one
by a verandah 12 feet wide, connecting the ui.ipPr
parts of the houses, and protecting passengers against
sun and rain. The consular residence being the
largest of the projected houses is to face the square or
river on the south-west; and the opposite corner in
the south-east has been granted to the same firm
formerly in possession of the Creek Hong. The vice.
consulate is to be immediately behind the consulate.
The well-known Respondentia walk is now narrowed
by a wooden railing, supported by pillars of masonry,
which incloses the whole of the square in front of the
six centre factories that still remain. This has been
laid out tastefully in walks and shrubberies, and in its
centre has been erected a splendid flagstaff, brought
out for the use and protection of Americans by the
United States frigate Brandywine, and erected by the
crews of American merchant ships at Whampoa. In
melancholy contrast to this newly painted flagstaff and
its glittering vane, are the fire-blackened stumps of
those from which once floated the British and Dutch
flags, and still left standing memorials of the strife.
The company's garden, formerly stocked with many a
rare and beautiful plant and flower, has been sadly
neglected, many of its denizens having been trans-
planted to its more prosperous neighbour. The
younger of the foreign residents here find a little ex-
ercise in playing at ninepins and quoits, nor seem
aquitic sports to be forgotten, although the number
of wherries and pleasure boats is not yet by any
means what it used to be in times of old. Jackass
Point, on which in days of yore the quid-nuncs used
to assemble, now offers the disagreeable spectacle of a
mass of dirt and rubbish, for which it seems to have
become the privileged receptacle, much to the re-
proach of the foreign residents, who might easily con-
cert measures to do away with that nuisance ; which,
however it is to be hoped, will be much abated after
the new garden shall have been extended, as it is
about to be, to the brink of the river. 'With the ex-
ception of the foreign factories and their immediate
neighbourhood, down to the river, not much change
has taken place. Old China-street is exactly what it
always was, and New China-street has been rebuilt in
exact imitation of its former self; and only four or
five shops there remain to he built to obliterate all
traces of the late dimstrous fire. With extraordinary
activity the Chinese have repaired the damage done
by that fire, and the streets have everywhere been
rebuilt, nor does the visitor dream that destruction
has been at work there only a few months since,
the new streets and houses being mostly rebuilt
as they formerly were, the only difference now
striking the beholder being •the fresh and gaudy
colours of the new signboards overhanging the
streets, in lieu of those sobered down by age.
The British flag now floats in front of Howqua's hong,
where the British Consul is at present domiciled, and
where a British sentinel, a marine, paces in front. If
old Howqua is permitted from beyond the grave to
cast a look upon the scene of his commercial success,
he will quickly avert his eyes from a spectacle by no
means calculated to please him, who to the very last
was averse to the new order of things. It now only
remains for me in this short sketch to notice the glo-
rious river, the Chokiang, with its hundreds of thou-
sands of boats and vessels of all sizes, admitting,
free from danger, the largest line•of-battle ships,
and, at the same time, nourishing and bearing
on its bosom thousands of families that know no
other home than the small boats it rocks on its
waters. For miles, all the length of the provincial
city, it is now, as ever before, covered with a multi-
tude of boats of all descriptions, from the bumble tanka
to the flaunting flower boat, disposed in regular streets
and squares; in fact another city upon the waters.
From the factories are visible, in the direction of
what used to be called Red Fort, the masts of a
frigate built by the Chinese, in imitation of a Euro-
pean ship of war. This vessel is said to he well
built ; but her cost is money utterly thrown away,
as she is not likely ever to be of any use in the, de-
fence of her country; but she may, in case of an-
other war, prove a valuable prize to her captor.
The feeling of enmity so frequently manifested of
late by the populace of Canton towards foreigners,
seems, according to all I have been able to learn, to
be making room for better impressions; and there
can be little doubt that it is the firm and fixed in-
tention and wish of the Canton authorities to pre-
serve uninterrupted the present amicable relations.
But as stated before, the late war has revealed, to
the people generally the inefficiency of their rulers,
and the credit of the mandarins has suffered immea•
surably by the conviction it has afforded to the
masses, that however willing instruments they may
have been for their oppression, they have been alto-
gether unable to protect them. The Chinese autlat;.
rrities seem to be perfectly aware of this, and dread
nothing more than the gathering of a mob, which in
China is more easily collected, and more ready for
every mischief, than perhaps anywhere else.

greater reistanc,, than ;ir:ir ,;)pearane?
Several bastioned towers have been repaired, and put
into a state of defence within the last few years.
The city itself is of little importance; it is poor, and
has little trade. Tangiers has no interest but from
its being the residence of the European Consuls,
for its population only amounts to from 8,000 to
9,000, and its commerce is inferior to that of some
other ports, notwithstanding its proximity to the
European coast. The houses of the Consuls
form the only ornament of the town. It is situate
on the declivity of a calcareous mountain, part
of which is not built upon, and presents a naked and
unpleasant coup trceil. The town, like all other places
in Morocco, is surrounded by a wall flanked by round
and square towers ; this wall is enclosed by a ditch,
2,200 metres in extent, but which has no counter-
scarp. It is protected by a Moorish kasbah (fortress)
of imposing appearance, and by a fort of Portuguese
construction, bastioned in the modern style, but half
in ruins. The kasbah is mounted by twelve pieces of
cannon, which command the straits of Gibraltar.
The ditches round the city are filled with trees,
and cultivated as kitchen gardens, the letting of
which belongs to the Governor, and who would
take good care not to sacrifice the revenue
he enjoys from them by putting the ditch
in a proper state of defence. The rampart oppOs-
site the sea is remarkable for having two tiers of
embankments with embrasures, mounted by guns.
On the north side the city is defended by steep rocks,
which prevent the approach of a besieging force. The
principal defences have been raised in front of the
landing-place near the marine gate. They consist of
two batteries, mounting sixty pieces of heavy calibre,
and eight mortars, all bearing on the port. The plat-
forms of the batteries are very narrow, the parapets
are of masonry, but only three feet in thickness, and
the embrasures are not far enough apart, which tends
to diminish the strength of the battery. The landing
place is flanked on either side by two batteries. Be-
sides these defences of the-port, the bay of Tangiers is
defended by six batteries in masonry, one built on
Cape Malabata, and the other on the ruins of Old Tan-
giers (the Tingis of the Romans). They mount to-
gether forty guns. The two batteries which flank
the roadstead at its two extremities are raised on
small hills about 150 feet above the level of the sea ;
the others are at the water's edge. To attack the
place by sea, it would be necessary first to destroy
those batteries, as well as those in front of the port,
but in order to get into the town three inclosures
must be forced, each having a very strong gate lined
with iron. To do this cannon must be landed, or
else a mine or the petard be had recourse to, but
during this operation the assailants would be exposed
to a murderous fire from the garrison, if the inhabi-
tants should be resolved to defend their city.
By land the point of attack would be on the
sands, and the low hills to the south, between
the Fez road and the sea, after effecting a
landing on the beach of Old Tangiers, out of reach
of the sea batteries. Once established on these points,
the plateau on which the market is situated would be
gained. On this plateau there is space enough to
form an entrenched camp, to serve as a point d'appui
for the troops acting against the town. The western
rampart being only of earth, might readily be de-
molished. The last attack against Tangiers was in
1790, when it was bombarded by the Spaniards. The
inhabitants abandoned the place with all their effects,
and peace was soon after concluded. The English
supply_gof beef, mutton, fruits, and vege-
iers and Tetuan. Tangiers is dis-
dtarbalwes their
from
Tan
dis-
tant seventy leagues from Fez and Mequinez, and
one hundred and fifty from Morocco, these being the
three Imperial cities at which the Sultan alternately
resides. From eighteen to twenty days is required
to send a dispatch, and get an answer, from Tangiers
to Fez, and from Morocco requires from forty-five to
fifty days."

HISTORICAL RECOLLECTIONS OF TANGIERS
Tangiers is situated near the western entrance to
the Straits of Gibraltar, built at •the entrance of-a
bay, on the side of a hill overlooking the sea, and
about 14 miles west of Cape Spartel. It has a popu-
lation of 9,000 souls; and, in conjunction with Te-
tuan, supplies Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, and other
ports on the coast of Spain and Portugal, with fowls,
beef, mutton, and fruit. During the memorable siege
of Gibraltar, 1779-82, Tangiers was of considerable
importance to the English, from whence much valu-
able information respecting the, movements of the
French and Spaniards was constantly transmitted.
It may not, however, be generally known that
Tangiers was formerly in the possession of the
English, having been ceded by Portugal in 1662 to
King Charles the Second, on the occasion of his
marriage with Donna Catherina, infanta of, Portugal,
as part of her dowry. In the spring of 1680, Tan-
giers was besieged by an army from Morocco, and
Charles recommended the Parliament to take mea-
sures for its preservation. The occupation of Tan-
giers was said to be of importance to the Levant
,trade, and it was feared that two millions embarked
in that commerce would be lost. Consequently,
detachments from each of the three troops of Life
Guards; 260 officers and men from the First
Foot Guards; and 130 officers and men from
the Coldstream Guards, under the command of the
Earl of Mulgrave, were dispatched to garrison the
fortress of Tangiers, and on their arrival were styled
" the King's battalion." These were followed by the
Earl of Dumbarton's regiment (now the Ist, or Royal
Regiment), and the Earl of Inchiquin's (now the 2d,
or Queen's Royals). Much fighting okplace
be-
tween the Moors and the English, with varied suc-
cess, and Tangiers was closely besieged by the bar-
to
barians. On the 27th September, 1680, a. 15.0e:..ai
sally of the garrison was made on the MQO7
~,n lines,
where 15,000 troops were encamp' ; The action
soon became general, and Dumbiirton's renowned
veterans quickly carried the redoubts, although with
immense slaughter; the "Guards and the Queen's
Royals equally
suffered, for the returns give an ag-
gregate loss of 11 officers and 100 men killed, and 34
officers and 334 men wounded.
King Charles IL found the maintenance of a suffi-
cient garrison at Tangiers to be too expensive; and
the nation refusing to grant supplies,
the fortifications
and mole were biLiwn up. On the retirement of the
English' the Moors quickly occupied the place, and it
has ever since continued in their possession. Whilst
the English were masters of Tangiers, the works on
the land side were considered as almost impregnable.
In April, y
1684
the troops returned to England ; and
gnly all effective men of the Guards joined their re-
giments in London.
It is a singular historical fact, that "rifles " were
introduced into the British service in the year 1680,
and were first used b the Life Guards at the siege-of
Tangiorsi It is also remarkable, that about the same
period the Grenadiers were introduced into the
army, and a
didgood service at this memorable
siege. According to the quaint language of the
carried a large pouch filled with hand-grenades. These
men were instructed to ignite the fusees, and to cast
the grenades into forts, trenches, or amidst the ranks
of their enemies, where the explosion was calculated
to produce
much execution ;" and the men, deriving
tha designation
from the combustibles with which
they were armed, were styled " Grenadiers." Al-
though the hand-grenades have long since been laid
aside, yet one company, which is designated " The
Grenadier Company," continues to form part of every
battalion in the English service.

TWEED FISHINGS.—The late rains, which at this
season are to be regretted fur the sake of the grain
crops, have produced a most beneficial effect on the
salmon fishings. Last night the River became flooded, in ,
consequeuce of which an immense number of fish has
entered it, and the boats, as they arrived at the quay,
this morning, were literally fillel with fish. These for-
tunate takes have not been confined to a few stations or
any particular part of the river, but have extended,ovf-
the whole as far as the tide flows. The appears&-'
the quay this morni:.::Fievious season.—
ho.s-
-of
equalled during this, or, indeed, any no."tebeeen
Berwick
Advertiser.
SOMNAMBULISM EXTR
a lad named Smith ' -ORDINARY.--Tuesday night
farmer, of
the fish-house
~ in the employ of Mr. J. Cottrell,
himself. -eve, awoke in a great fright, on finding
crammed into some dark corner, nearly
.4othered and blinded with dust and soot. Not being
able to make out his whereabouts, he tried for a few
moments to collect his scattered senses, and found him-
self with an indistinct recollection of having dreamed of
climbing to take a rook's nest in his master's field •, con-
cluding he was still up in the tree, and being unable to
get down, he cried out lustily for assistance, but without
effect. After bawling for some time he became ex-
hausted, and was compelled to relinquish his hold, and
fell with great violence on the hard ground. Groping
about he found himself still in his own bedroom,

and, glad to escape so easily, he scrambled again into
bed, and fell asleep. But, on waking in the morning,
the mystei7 of his night's bird-nesting was unravelled,
for, to his great discomfiture, he found his person and
the bed and bed-clothes, as well as the floor of the room,
completely covered with soot, and, from a quantity of
the same material lying in the fire-place, there is no
doubt that the poor fellow got up in his sleep, and at-
tempted to climb the chimney, and, getting jammed in
the narrow part, some seven or eight feet up, awoke with
the sensation before described. Fortunately, his rapid
descent occasioned no other injury than a few slight
bruises on his person, and the damaged state of the bed
and bedditig was easily repaired by a plentiful applica-
tion'of soap and water.—Cheltenham Examiner.
CATS MEAT AND HORSES' TONGUES.—Wednesday,
Mr. Walley, M.P., held an inquest at the Elephant and
Castle, King's-road, St. Pancras, on the body of John
King, aged fourteen. It appeared in evidence that de-
ceased was a. deputy vendor of cats' meat, and got from
his employer 2s. 6d. a week and his breakfast and dinner
each day. On Monday last he knocked at the door of a
customer in Henry-street, Hampstead-road, and the in-
stant the door was opened he fell into the passage and
died. He was subject to fits. The Coroner—His must
have been a very laborious occupation, for he must have
travelled a long distance with a large quantity of meat,
which I understand is sold at a penny a pound. before
any profit could be realised. A Juror—Oh dear no; cats'
meat is sold at fourpence and threepence a pound. and
he would not have to wheel more at any time in his
harrow than half a hundred, weight. A good cats' meat
walk is a fine fortune, and the proprietor would not sell
his vested interest for a trifle. The Coroner—l believe
it is boiled horse flesh they sell. Did any of you ever
see them sell for cats' meat boiled horses' tongues? The
Jury—Never. The Coroner—To be sure you never did.
They are salted and dried and sold for ox tongues. A
Juror—Yes, many of the so-called pickled and cured
neats' tongues come from the knacker's yard. The Co-
roner—lt requires, lam told, a nice palate to distinguish
the flavour of an ox's tongue from that of a horse's. I
do not see why it should not be so. A gentleman—The
prejudice against equine flesh is not universal. The
celebrated sausages of Arles, in the south of France, arc
principally composed of asses' flesh and condiments.
They are considered a great delicacy, easy of digestion,
and extremely appetissants. The Jury returned a ver-
dict of " Natural death.
ANTIDOTE FOR PRUSSIC ACID.—We feel much
pleasure in announcing in these columns that some re-
cent experiments made by Messrs. T. and 11. Smith, of
Duke-street, Edinburgh, with a view to discover an anti•
dote for prussic acid, have been brought to a successful
termination. It was previously well known that the acid
might be neutralised, but a perfect neutralising power,
inuoxious to the stomach in itself, easily used, and
readily to be procured, has hitherto, as far as we are
aware, been a thing altogether unknown. The sulphate
of iron, commonly called green vitriol, was lately stated
by Sir G. Lefevre to be an antidote to this poison, in the
pages of the Lancet. It is not so, as the Messrs. smith
showed in reply. However, the presentation of oxidized
iron to the deadly acid is in reality the fundamental fea-
ture of their own discovery. Only it was necessary to
find out how to present it to the acid in the shape in
which the acid will combine with it, and to do that
safely is a difficult matter, as all medical men well know.
'The iron, as the late experiments demonstrate, must.
ihe
in a state partly of peroxide, and partly of protoxn e,
when combined with which, only, will the acid form the
desired compound, a compound well known as Prussian
blue, which is perfectly harmless in the stomach. It was
the observatiem that in that salt the iron was peculiarly
and doubly oxidized, which, while showing the useless-
ness of common sulphate of iron, suggested the forma-
tion of; another combination of the sulphuric acid with
the oxidized metal, which might take up the prussic acid
and form Prussian blue. The accomplishment of this
combination constitutes the antidote. The prussic acid
is turned in the stomach into Prussian blue; there an
inert, harmless body. We only give what may be held
enough to satisfy the informed, as well as the uninformed,
of the possibility—the chemical possibtlity—ef the re-
inedy.—Scotsnian.

An Admiralty order has arrived a
ITSISNCE
Majesty's ship San 'loser, fur active service. This looks
enter seamen, who are to he borne on thtellbloyonklsouotfhhteor
ljke an intended increase of men.— United Service Gazette.
EFFECTS OF TUE GAME LA.WS.—It appears by a
Parliamentary return, ordered on the motion of Mr.
C OT
HNEDI
LAVET I 0
WNA.R.BE,
Bright, that no less than 4,529 persons were convicted
1839, after an imprisonment of about
in England and Wales, during the year 1843, of offences
against the game laws. No doubt a much greater nuin-
ber weiCitried. It is a serious question for the moralist (From a Correspondent
C AwNi
I n
FOREOI
nNMAI. - -:.:
of the Hong-Kong Register ot
and the otriot, whether laws which make it criminal to ____ April 22.),
take wildauhnit° and thereby consign thousands every
..,, six weeks, the foreign community found themselves
once more at liberty, they,
Vntimls abolialiect=e4seds Mercury, with few exceptions, left a
year to the contamination of 4 priaml, ought tvli
power, and to a degree that
IMPORTATION or FRUIT•-""APpliefilion having been place where they found themselves to be completely
a small proportion of the former residents having as
cargoes of thsame feeling insecurity seems still to prevail, but
the Customs
whichatheodriatiiles/
arrivingtetting
by the
sttheaatmtehres at the mercy of
ofa_rhitrary
yet chosen to return, and to pitch their tents again on
from the Continent, are generally of a very ripe and
perishable nature, and requesting that fruit and vege-
tables of the kind may be landed from the vessels with- the scene of their former captivity, although two
pot waiting far the usual entries to be passed, which
years have nearly elapsed since the peace has been
oauses delay, and very frequently deteriorates and in-
jures the goods, orders have been issued that, on a written
But at present how much is that scene itself
request being made to the principal officer of the Cus-
changed
toms, at the station where the ship is lying, giving the ,
from what it formerly was ! Of a goodly
name of the vessel, the marks and numbers of the pack-, row of thirteen u five
ongs, presenting a rather imposing
concluded.
ages, the number of Packages, the description of the front to the river, years. back,. now only seven
having been destroyed in
re-
goods, and the supposed value and duty, fruit and veget- main ; three of mom, including the splendid hall of
Ales of a ripe and perishable nature may be allowed to
be unshipped. from the yesspl, on 4 deposit being made December, 1842, by a riotous mob, and the other
niz the ifiltir, and on conditions that if the vessel be not three on the opposite, or West end, having shared the
twruheicthhaatt
some
esapmreogtirmeses
alongside the wharf or quay,, the goods be removed same fate, occasioned by a ries,
thereto, by craft in charge of an officer of the Customs,
reduced a great portion of the suburbs of Canton to
the Crown being put to no additional expense ; and that
the same be landed And examined dering dayliabt.
Th- has been made in rebuilding the Spanish and French
finautity.of fruit impot:ted frinn the Continent into this _
destroyed by the last fire • but the Danish has
country is very great, and from the necessarily close hongs
manner in which it is packed, and its perishable nature, been converted into Chinese shops, and thus has the
formerly allotted
it is requisite that it should be exposed to the air as small space .
quickly as possible, to prevent its decay. still more reduced, instead of having been extended,
DIABOLICAL ACT.—An atrocious act of villainy
e the
ashes, Easint OblcdtoiaberColanistp.anyfit
114 we might have had a right to expect, and for
vils perpetropd pn Wedpetlay aelnnighw t, at Andrew's- f
hioh the accident o the fire might have offered a
house Colliery, near Wkick am, by some fitting disciple fair occasion and pretence.
of the fiendish leaders of the pit population—Beaze ey On the eastern side of the factories nothing has,
and Co. About twelve o'clock at night, a metal pipe, however, yet been done, for rebuilding the other three
about fourteen inches in length, loaded with powder and destroyed by the '
bongs
pieces of metal, &c., was discharged through the house-
round, which at present offers a dreary enough
door of a pitman, named William Glasper, in the dives- g
t2eie The
considerable extent of ground from
tion of the bed whereon he and his wife were lying. iPe9---- ' • I com for m
Fiiiquilatay, 'howeieti, the aiiirsfe fiew-above the bed, which the prince. y pany used. any years to
and lodged in the wall and ceiling, leaving the inmates supply the English market with tea at a hundred per
totally unharmed. Glasper's offence, as will be sup- cent. profit, and where its agents were famed for en-
posed, consisted in his having deserted the ranks of tertaining themselves and others with unbOlinded
l3eazeley and Co., and returned to earn his living by hospitality, offering nothing now to the eye but heaps
work, instead of prowling Omit in Wienass, and turning a .rubbish, and mounds of bricks pile lup here and
out his wife and children as mendicants and vagrants.— , there, ready at hand for the buildings it is now in
Durham Chronicle.l conteniplatlon to raise there. The ground has been