The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THTIIISDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 17, 1844.

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cf the North Lonsdale Agricultural Association,
which takes place at Ulverstone, Lancashire, on
Tuesday next, the 22d instant.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert purpose, according to the arrangements at pre-
sent given out in the Court circles, to return to
Windsor Castle from Osborne House, on Saturday
next.

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By an order of the day issued by the Governor-
General of Algeria, on the 30th ult., he announced the
expected arrival of the Duke d'Aumale at Algiers on

Trinidad was visited by an earthquake on the 30th
of August, about three A.M. No material damage
was sustained.

the 10th or 11th inst., and prescribed that honours
were to be rendered to the Prince, with conformity to
the decree of the 24th Messidor, An. 111., on honours
and preci.dence.
The Algerie states that the civil hospital of Algiers
is so full that the directors are daily obliged to refuse
the admission of fresh patients. The number received
during the last month amounted to snore than 1,800.

THE REFORM CLUB.

TO THE EDITOR 01' THE TIMES.
SIR,—I am directed by the Committee of the Re-
form Club to give the most unqualified contradiction
to an article copied into the Times of Monday last
from a Sunday newspaper. lam desired further to
add, that the finances of the Reform Club are in a
perfectly satisfactory state, and that Mr. Barry's
claim has been finally settled by arbitration, and
paid. The members are more numerous than they
have been since the formation of the Club.

Letters have arrived from Algiers to October 7.
The troops which took part in the campaign of Mo-
rocco had just gone aboard three packets. It was
said that a part of the ar:ny would shortly be em-
ployed in the draining of the Metidja.
There is no country in the world in which the
changes of Ministry have been so frequent as in Spain.
Between the 7th of June, 1835, and the sth of May,
1844, there were twenty Cabinets ; giving an average
duration or five months and twelve days for each.
The King of Prussia has just given 50,000 Prus-
sian crowns towards the completion of the Cathedral
of Cologne.
The Silesian Gazette states from Poland, Oct. 1,
that about twenty students had recently been ar-
rested at Warsaw on a charge of being members of a
secret society. The younger of them, who were only
from thirteen to fourteen years old, were, it is added,
sent into the interior of Russia, but the others were
sent.to the army of Circassia as common soldiers.
An extraordinary trial for swindling took place
last week before the Court of Assize for Paris. A
person named Hue de Marsenay and his wife were
charged with having obtained, by fraudulent means,
more than 500,000 f. from different persons, of which,
however, 450,000 f. were from a M. Gosse. Marse-
nay was originally a captain in the army. The
various persons swindled gave evidence on the trial,
which lasted four days, and the prisoner being found
guilty, Marsenay was sentenced to eight years' im-
prisonment with hard labour, and his wife to five
years of the same punishment, and both to stand in
the pillory.
Five tenders were presented for the contract for
the rails of the first section of the Paris and Northern
Railroad. These works were estimated at the maxi-
mum of 225,000 f., and the contract was awarded on
Saturday to M. Barbier St. Ange, at 8 per cent.
below this sum..

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. BOND, Secretary.
Pali mall, Oct. 15, 1844.

DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF MR,
HAMPTON'S BALLOON.
(From the Dublin Evening
,Mail of Monday.)

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—Mr. Hampton, the celebrated
aeronaut, made an ascent this afternoon, at half-past four
o'clock, from the Portobello-gardens, the balloon passing
over the city in a north-easterly direction. When in the
neighbourhood of the North Strand, it was observed de-
scending with great rapidity, and, notwithstanding all
Mr. Hampton's exertions, it continued to do so, until it
came into collision with the top of a house, and struck
the chimney, which was thrown down ; the balloon, at
the same time, exploding, by some sparks from the flue,
he was thrown to the ground with great violence, and we
understand, seriously injured. He was removed on a car
as soon as possible. The balloon was totally destroyed.

4.Guichon de Grandpont, chief of the administra-
tive service at the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon,
has just arrived at St. Malo, being ordered home by
the Colonial Council, who have suspended him from
his functions after a quarrel between him and the
Governor, in the course of which both parties are
said to have come to blows.

It appears by letters from Athens of the 27th ult.,
that, in the first discussion of the Chamber of Depu-
ties on the verification of the qualifications of Depu-
ties, and other subjects of a nature to test the Minis-
terial influence in the Chamber, the Cabinet had large
majorities.

Lucerne has made a strong demonstration against
the installation of the Jesuits in that town. At a
grand convocation of the inhabitants, held lately, 769
of them out of 1,260 declared against their admission.

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At the Surrey Quarter Sessions, held at Kingston,
Mr. Meymott, the surgeon of the county gaol, Horse-
monger-lane, expressed an opinion that the practice
of confining prisoners closely to their room, except
during the hours of divine service and meals, on Sun-
days, was calculated to be injurious to their health ;
and the surgeon gf the Brixton House of Correction,
in his report, staled that tnere had been a great many
cases of itch in- the gaol.; and the great majority of
them were persons who had come from union work-
houses.

A young woman named Sarah Baker was placed at
the bar at Bow-street before Mr. Jardine, charged on
suspicion with stealing five china cups, a dessert dish,
a qu ntity of glasses, and other articles from Saint
James's Palace, the property of his Majesty the King
of Hanover. In her defence, she stated that the arti-
cles had been given her sister, who was a servant at
the Palace. The sister stated that she had certainly
given her jellies and pastry in the cups and plates, to
take home, but that she had always intended the pri-
soner should return them. It appeared that the sis-
ters both bore excellent characters, and had been fill-
ing situations of great trust, and the housekeeper of
the Palace having stated that she did not believe the
articles had been taken with any felonious intent, as
when the King was last in town the hospitality ob-
served was such as to cause the superfluities to be
given to the servants, which might account for the
dessert plate, it being of no value, as there were only
three remaining of the set. The magistrate ordered
the prisoner to be discharged.
At Clerkenwell, John Gill, a stylishly-dressed
middle-aged man charged by Mr. Haynes, Mortimer,
arms, Tottenham-court- road, with having violently
assaulted him, was fined 31., or one month's imprison-
ment.

Thomas White, a journeyman in the service of Mr.
Robert Galloway, of 30, Milbank-street, Westminster,
baker, was charged at Queen-square, with grossly
misconducting himself while engaged in his employ-
ment. The prisoner had gone out with a truck to
deliver bread, had got drunk, strewed the loaves about
the street, and wheeled the truck over them. He was
sent to the House of Correction for fourteen days'
hard labour.

At Marlborough-street, Benjamin Cox, a private in
the second, battalion of Coldstream Guards, was
brought before Mr. Maltby, charged with having wil•-
fully broken a square of glass at the White Horse
Tavern, Regent-street ; with having assaulted the
waiter and the cook ; and also with having resisted
and assaulted the police in the execution of their duty.
The prisoner had entered the house drunk, and in
attempting to eject him the assaults had been com-
mitted. He was fined 51. for the assaults on the
servants,• and .5/.; for assaults on the police, or two
months'• hard labour.

Michael Lee, alias Molloy, a labourer, between
forty-five and fifty years of age, charged with having
murdered his wife, Ann Lee, by drowning her in the
Paddington Canal, was remanded from Marlborough-
street, in order to give time to procure further evidence.
A man named William Woolston, a mat-maker,
was charged, before the Hon. G. C. Norton, with
causing so serious an injury to the person of Eliza-
beth Dowall, that her life is at present in serious
jeopardy. The prisoner was drinking beer out of a
bottle in the gallery of the Garrick Theatre ; the
bottle slipped, and fell on the head of the girl, who
was in The pit. The prisoner, who had been given
into custody by Mr. Gomersal, the manager of the
theatre, was admitted to bail.

BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES FOR

THE LABOURING CLASSES.

A. numerous and most respectable meeting was held
yesterday at the Mansion-house, for the purpose of
forming an institution for the establishment of baths
and washing-houses for the use of the working classes
and the labouring poor. A great number of ladies
were present, and on the platform we observed the
Bishop of London, Archdeacons Wilberforce and
Hale, Mr. Byng, M.P. for Middlesex, Lord D. C.
Stuart, and several other noblemen, Members of Par-
liament, and dignitaries of the Church. The chair
was taken at two o'clock, by
The LORD MAYOR, who said that he had received
a requisition calling upon him to sanction a meeting
in that hall, for :the object mentioned in the adver-
tisement. He would not enlarge upon the advan-
ptaogoeresr eoflaestablishingbaths and wash-houses for the
many gentlemen were present who
had devoted their attention to the subject, and would,
he had no doubt, prove the utility of the proposed in-
stitution.—(Applause.)
The Bishop of LONDON, amidst much applause,
came forward to move the first resolution, which was
to the effect that " great advantage would be conferred
upon the working-classes and the labouring poor by
the establishment of baths and wash-houses, of which
they could have the use at a small expense." As the
resolution simply stated a matter of fact, it
would not be necessary for him to occupy
the meeting with many observations. But he would
briefly state the reasons which had induced several
benevolent individuals to propose raising subscriptions
for the object, which had been circulated and made
extensively known by advertisements. The object
might seem, upon a first view, to be of a trifling kind;
but viewing as to its probable—he would say, certain
results—he would not hesitate to describe it as one
of the very first importance.—(Hear, hear.) The
crowds who thronged the streets of this great and
rich metropolis, and who were surrounded at every
step by the evidences of its wealth and grandeur,
were not aware of the wretchedness which was occa-
sioned by that splendour.—(Hear, hear.) They were
little aware of the misery which surrounded those
magnificent shops, filled with the riches of the world.
The merchant princes of the City were not themselves
aware of it. No one was aware of it, except those
who were brought into hourly contact with it, by
the duties of their professions—the medical men, and
the ministers of religion. A great part of that misery
arose from the crowded habitations of the poor, which
precluded them from those habits of decency and
cleanliness which were necessary to health and mo-
rality.—(Hear.) Upon that ground it was impos-
sible not to see the necessity of mitigating, if not of
altogether removing, the misery which existed in
the metropolis and all large towns.—(Hear.) Indeed,
he thought that the mind of the public was now
pretty well made up upon the subject. A great deal
had been effected by the inquiries instituted by the
Government as to the sanatory condition of the great
towns, the result of which showed the misery, squalid
wretchedness, and compulsory barbarism, in which a
large number of our fellow-creatures were placed in
the midst of redundant wealth.—(Hear, hear.) Great
credit was due to the Government, and those who
assisted them in their painful investigation, as to the
extent and causes of the physical and moral degrada-
tion of so important and deserving a portion of the
people.—(Applause.) It was not necessary for him
to trouble the meeting with any observations of his
own, but be would read the observations of a benevo-
lent gentleman who had devoted much time and
professional skill to the investigation of the subject—he
meant Dr. Southwood Smith.—(Applause.) The
Right Rev. Prelate then read an extract from Dr.
Smith's work, to the effect, that "a clean and orderly
house has a moral effect upon the inhabitants, and
tended to form habits of propriety and order in
themselves, and of respect to each other, which no
laws could produce; whereas, in squalid and filthy
houses, the decencies of life could not be observed."—
(Hear, hear.) He then read an extract from the
report of the Inspectors of Prisons in Edinburgh,
which recommended the establishment of baths
and wash-houses in all large towns. In two
ways sickness and squalidness induced crime
—by enfeebling the man, and forcing him to seek a
living by the easiest means, and by cutting short the
lives of virtuous parents.—(Hear, hear.) He had
seen lately some laudable efforts made to ameliorate
the condition of the poor, by improving their habita-
tions ; and, in proportion as that was effected, those
who visited them for their moral and religious inte-
rests found it more easy to impress them with a sense
of their duties. He feared, however, that it would
be a long time before those efforts could be attended,
he would not say with complete success, but with any,
great extent of success. But were they to be de-
terred in the meantime from doing something to alle-
viate the condition of the poor in their present habita-
tions ?—(Hear, hear.) Two modes of doing so were
proposed by the resolution which he held in his hand

The Rev. Archdeacon WILBERFORCE, in an elo-
quent speech, which was much applauded, moved the
second resolution, the effect of which was, that it was
desirable to extend the benefits of the institution to
all parts of the metropolis.
Lord D. C. STUART, who was also vehemently
'applauded, seconded the resolution, which was carried
as the former.

—the establishment of public baths and of public
wash-houses. He would not enlarge upon the value
of the frequent use of baths. They were found to be
of great benefit to the rich—they would be much
more so to the poor.—(Hear.) There was no fact in
pathology better established, than that nothing was
more conducive to health than frequent ablution ; and
he need not say that whatever promoted the health
and comfort of the labouring classes, increased their
usefulness in society.—(hear.) The Right Rev.
Prelate then went into details respecting the public
baths and wash-houses at Liverpool, in which it ap-
peared, that although the baths were on a con-
tracted scale, 220 labourers bathed in one day.
One man told him, after he had a bath on a Saturday,
that he felt himself able to do another week's work.—
(Hear, and a laugh.) Surely if he felt so much re-
freshed, he would be more able and more disposed
to:attend to his soul's health on the Lord's day.—(Hear,
hear.) The clergy around him would bear him out,
that there was no greater cause of the neglect of Di-
vine service on that day by the labouring classes,
than the compulsory filthiness in which they lived.—
(Hear, hear.) It had been objected to the proposed
institution that there were already baths in the me-
tropolis which the poor could use at a small ex-
pense. But it was not the object of the society to
make large public baths, but such as each man could
use by himself, and in private, with an unlimited sup-
ply of hot and cold water—(Hear, hear)--i-as was the
case in Liverpool.—(flear.) This was not to be re-
garded in the light of a luxury, but of a necessary
refreshment, which could not be dispensed with.—
(Hear.) The next object was the formation of public
wash-houses. In reference to this part of the subject,
he would observe that the crowded and unwholesome
state of the dwellings of the poor was admitted. Now
he would remind those who possessed property in this
great City, and who were engaged in the honourable
and lucrative pursuit of commerce, that every im-
provement in the streets increased the wretchedness of
the poor.— (Hear, hear.) In St. Giles's many thou-
sands had been displaced by the recent improvements,
and these were driven to increase the overcrowded
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population of the poorer districts—(Hear, hear)._
therefore those who took pride in the improvement of
the external appearance of the metropolis, were
bound to do something towards alleviating the
evils which those improvements brought upon
the
benevolent
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sons to visit the wealthy parish of St. George's,
Hanover-square, and it was found that there were in
Pe e rnobleman, poor.--(Bear, r ha r
that seat of opulence 929 families living in one room
for each family; and he himself knew of 64 indi-
viduals of 16 families, occupying one house of 16
rooms, in the City.—(Hear.) In IVhitechapel and
Bethnal-green the case was worse. Not only was it
impossible, under such circumstances, that the mother
of a family could properly attend to the washing of
the clothing, but whatever washing was done in the
crowded room must be attended with injury to the
health of the poor inmates, by the damp which it
occasioned. Besides, he had the testimony of medical
gentlemen, that the difficulty of obtaining water was
such, that the clothes were washed in filthy water,
and with substitutes for soap which could not be
mentioned in that meeting. Would it net be an incal-
culable benefit to those people to provide them with
the means of well washing and drying their clothes
at a small expense ?—(Hear.) It was said the
women would do mishief to one another when they
met at the public wash-house. But the experience
at Liverpool proved that they were too much occu-
pied to do so; and even if they did talk over their
grievances, he, for one, could see no harm in that.—
(Cheers and laughter.) After some further observa-
tions of the same tendency, the Right Rev. Prelate
concluded, amidst much applause, by moving the
resolution.

On the motion of the Rev. Archdeacon HALE,
seconded by Sir G. LARPENT, a Committee was ap-
pointed to carry the previous resolutions into effect.
Thanks were then voted to the Lord Mayor, and
the meeting separated.

Mr. BYNG, M.P. for Middlesex, who was greeted
with repeated cheers, seconded the resolution. He
said, that a few weeks ago, when he was absent from
town, he received a letter, signed " W. C.," and from
the good sense and good feeling with which the letter
appealed to him, he ventured to take upon himself
to send the answer to the Governor of the Bank of
England, and to tell him how happy he should be to
join in the many good works of this noble City—
(Cheers)—which he had always looked upon as the
first in the world. Therefore he determined to appear
there that day, not thinking that he was to have the
happiness of seconding the resolution. This was a
blessed City, and it was promoted by the Almighty
above all other cities, who favoured men and institu-
tions according to their good works.—(Hear, hear.)
Having, for a greater number of years than any
other person, had the honour of representing the
county of Middlesex, which included London, he
owed a large debt to the City, and he hoped the ;4o-
vernor of the Bank would allow him to subscribe in
the amount to r7hich his fifty-four years' Parlia•
mentary connexion entitled him.—(Cheers.)
Mr. GREGG begged leave to state, before the reso-
lution was passed, that he had erected baths for the
uofs ohof the
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MEDICAL REFORM BILL.

On Tuesday a meeting of members of the medical
profession was held in Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate-street,
to take into consideration the Bill lately submitted to
the profession by Sir James Graham. Dr. Cook was
called to the chair, and in his opening address shortly
adverted to the necessity of a sound system of medical
education as the only safeguard for the public. Legis-
lation could not, he thought, do so much as people
generally imagined, and if the profession rested on
anything short of a sound education, they would rest
on a most sandy foundation.—(Cheers.) It was of
the utmost importance that the profession should be
protected from the encroachments of uneducated per-
sons, which the measure in question unfortunately
had a tendency to occasion. It had been argued that
the exigencies of remote districts of the country re-
quired cheap relief in cases of sickness ; but that was
a very poor apology for non-qualification. Nothing
could justify the want of professional knowledge in the
medical practitioner, and, therefore, every measure
which tended to encourage this should be opposed by
those who had the reputation of the profession and
1 the interests of the public at heart. Objectionable as
the measure was, he must however say, that Sir J.
Graham was entitled to the fullest credit for having
fairly submitted the measure to the profession, and
for giving such ample time for its consideration.
A. letter from Dr. Joseph Toulmin, who had been
requested to preside, apologising for non-attendance,
but at the same time cordially concurring in the ob-
jects of the meeting, having been read,
Dr. ANSELL moved the first resolution, deprecating
the opening clause of the Bill. The welfare of the
public and the interests of the profession, he said, were
equally disregarded in the measure, which called for
their strongest opposition. -He was old enough to
know what was the state of the profession prior to the
passing of the Apothecaries' Act in 1815, when the
profession held a rank in public estimation much
loWer than it held now. If such was the case then,
what would it be now if this measure were to pass ?
(Cheers.) Dr. Ansell concluded by proposing a re-
solution to the effect that, though the provisions of
the various legislative enactments relating to the me-
dical profession were in many respects imperfect, still
any unconditional repeal of them (as was sought by
this Bill) would be most injurious.
Mr. Tumuli seconded the motion, which was
carried.

Dr. Ge.vni, after commenting on the impropriety
of placing the appointment of the council of health in
the hands of the Government, there)* rendering it
subservient to politicalpurposes, moved resolution
deprecatory of the proposal, Which was unanimously
agreed to.

-Mr. NICHOL moved the next resolution, affirmatory
of a system of medical registration, if placed on' a
proper basis, which was seconded by Ar. WALLIS,
and carried.

Mr. MILES, in a very excellent speech, exposed the
system of empiricism carried on by druggists, who
acted as general practitioners. He entered at con-
siderable length into the details of cases 'which had
come under his own observation in the- district in
which he practised (Spitalfields), which, from the
poverty of the great bulk of the inhabitants, gave
peculiar facility to the prevalence of this system of
interference by unqualified persons. He contended
that such quackery should be proceeded against
criminally, and not by the present unsatisfactory
process of an action at law, concluding with a strong
resolution to the effect that the public, and the
poorer classes especially, required protection against
the intrusion of unqualified practitioners, which was
carried.

In the course of the evening several other addresses
were delivered, and resolutions passed, condemnatory
of Sir James Graham's measure.

LAUNCH OF THE GLADIATOR WAR STEAMER AT
WOOLWICH.—On Tuesday afternoon, at half-past three
o'clock, this splendid sea boat was launched from her Ma-
jesty's dockyard, Woolwich, in the presence of about
r 1,000 persons, the company present consisting of the
principal inhabitants of the garrison; together with a
larger number of naval and military officers. She was
christened by a lady whose name did not transpire—a
friend of the Captain-Superintendent of the yard, Sir
Francis Collier ; and the vessel, from the plans of Oliver
Lang, Esq., the master shipwright, glided without the
slightest accident into the bosom of Old Father Thames,
amidst the hearty cheers of those present. The vessel
was decorated with the royal standard at the main, the
Admiralty flag at the fore, and the union jack at the
wizen peak. She is eleven- hundred and ninety tons
burden, is bored for twenty guns, and will carry a com-
plement of one hundred and seventy-five men. She is
built after the model of the Sampson, which was
launched yesterday fortnight from the same yard, and
is less in length by eleven feet than that ship. Her di-
mensions are as follow :—Length between perpendiculars
203 ft. bin. ; keel for tonnage, 178 ft. Sin. ; extreme
breath, 37ft. Gin. ; tonnage breadth, 37ft. ; moulded
breadth, 36ft. 4in.

MARRIAGE OF MRS. NISBETT.-011 Tuesday fore-
noon Mrs. Louisa Cranstoun Nisbett, the distinguished
actress, was married to Sir William Boothby, Bart.,
Comptroller of her Majesty's' Customs, at St. Mary's
Episcopal Chapel, Fulham. The marriage ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Sparks Byers, M.A., incum-
bent of the chapel, in• the presence of several of the
friends of both parties. The hon. bridegroom, who is
in his 70th year, in addition to holding, a very lucrative
situation under Government, possesses estates in Der-
byshire and other counties, and also, it is stated, in Ire-
land. The bride is but in' her 30th year, and has
scarcely attained the age of some of Sir William's daugh-
ters by a former marriage. The ceremony excited much
interest in the neighbourhood. At the conclusion, Sir
William and his bride proceeded to the Grange House,
the residence, for some time back, of the latter, and
having partaken of refreshment started, in a coach and
four, driven by postilions, for Chatsworth, in Derbyshire,
where they will pass the honeymoon. Sir William is a
remarkably fine looking man for his age. Mrs. Nisbett,
on entering the church, wore a wreath of orange flowers,
and was otherwise most richly attired. Her former hus-
band, who was a Captain in the Life Guards, was killed
some years back, while proceeding from London to Rich-
mond in his gig, by the horse violently kicking him on
the head. This occurrence induced her once more to
adopt the stage as a profession, she having left it on her
marriage with Captain Nisbett. The Rev. Gentleman
who performed the ceremony was formerly in the army,
and served in the Peninsula, India, &c. ; he also filled
the office of chaplain to the late Marquis o Hastings.
The season at Baden is rapidly drawing to a close.
The Badenblatt is filled with,grand details of the boar-
hunting last month in the forests which surround Baden.
On these occasions, the fetes under the green trees were
distinguished for luxury and good taste ; and the caval-
cade of ladies and cavaliers on the return to Baden with
music and trophies, is described as a sort of triumphal
procession. The courage of the ladies is much spoken
of in these wild and perilous exercises, and the English
ladies are said to have especially distinguished them-
selves.—Court Journal

THE FIRE AT NEW-CROSS: FURTHER PARTICULARS.
—The exact amount of property destroyed, as well as
the extent of insurances, are as follows :—The octagonal
building, as well as the fitting-house, which was 120 feet
long by 30 wide, were insured in the Westminster Fire-
office for 4,6001., and the contents in the Phcenix-office
to the amount of 9,5001., making a total of 13,00/.
There were in the octagon six engines and three tenders,
the former valued at 1,3001. each, and the latter at 2001.
each. It will cost an enormous sum to reinstate the
machinery alone. The Company estimate the damage
under 20,0001. At first it was apprehended that not
sufficient engines were left for working the line, but we
were assured that such was not the case, and the traffic
will net be in the least retarded by the calamiiy. The
cause of the fire has been traced to the spontaneous
ignition of some vegetable black, which was stowod in
the paint room.

LORD ELLENBOROUGH.—This Noble Lord, on
whom the Government have conferred an Earldom,
waited upon the Duke of Wellington on Tuesday, at
Apsley House, and was engaged for a lengthened period
with the Noble and Gallant Duke. On leaving the
Duke of Wellington his Lordship went to Sir Robert
Peel, at the Right Hon. Baronet's private residence, in
Wkitehall-gardens, and had a protracted audience.
There is not the slightest foundation for the report that
his Lordship will go to Ireland to succeed the present
Lord-Lieutenant, Lord Heytesbury ; as we are assured
that Noble Lord, notwithstanding his recent domestic
bereavement, has not the remotest idea of vacating that
high office.

CITY ANTIQUITIES.—Tuesday afternoon, as seine
men were employed in Malien-lane, Wood-street, Cheap-
side, excavating a sewer, They found several large stones,
which were moulded into shape, and which are supposed
to have been part of the windows of the church of St.
Zachary, which stood at this spot, and which was one of
the many sacred buildings that were burnt down during
the great fire of London. Many human sculls were also
dug up, but there were no signs of any coffins. They
were within about two feet of the surface. A few days
ago, in Maiden-lane, where they are digging to form the
vaults for the new houses, the men discovered, at a
depth of about fourteen feet, between three and four feet
of tesselated pavement. It was in good preservation, and
was of a black and white diamond pattern.
MAGISTERIAL JURISDICTION.—At the Uxbridge
Petty Sessions, on Tuesday, Mr. Gardiner, solicitor, gave'
notice, on behalf of a Mr. Tollett,
some expressions towards another personwlolf
40s.i iby
evidence, had been convicted in. !line penaltywould be appealed
who, for haliyein,;_iiv_r
giving
the magistrates, that the conv.inctot
that
sum-
mons issued, as a foundationfur it.
magistrates
against, there having been no r frornaloncolan
were sitting was not
the room in whichitdeii contended
be liable to a
" That every person shallpenalty of
were,
a public place. Thethe words of' the Act of Parliament
tnrootp
01l moretai police district, shall in any thoroughfare, or
lthan
public place, use any threatening, abusive, or insulting
words, or behaviour, with intent to provoke a breach of
the peace, or whereby a breach of the peace may be oc-
casioned." He would also contend, that neither the Po-
liceoolnicesi-gcohit7ttsheAct
justicesgave
htlatevinmgda;oils:erratetos
ucbottetrat. if
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power
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Tollett any power to appeal, the
to 3/. as required by the Act. Alr. Gardiner would in
that case have the conviction d h
remove -y a writ of
certiorari into the Court of Queen's Bench ; he had
only out of courtesy to the bench informed them of his
intentions,

RAIL WA Y INTELLIGENCE.
EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY.—A very
full meeting of the Provisional Committee of the Fife
Railway Company was held in the Company's
chambers, Queen-street, Edinburgh, on Wednesday
last, the Right Hon. the Earl of Leven and Melvilre
in the chair. The statements ,submitted were of the
most encouraging character, and everything seems
now in a satisfactory train for obtaining the Par-
liamentary sanction to the undertaking at an early
period of the ensuing session, the preparations for
which are now actively going forward. Applica-
tions for shares upon the remodelled prospectus
have been received to such an extent as fully to
warrant the Committee in the decided. and active
course they are now pursuing. Though the whole
amount of shares have not yet been allocated, the list
of subscriptions is such as to assure, after an elabo-
rate scrutiny of the lists, that none of the stock will
remain undisposed of, and the Company will thus be
in the favourable position of proceeding to Parlia-
ment with the usual deposits paid up upon the full
extent of its capital. We observe, the shares already
quoted in the brokers' lists of Liverpool and Edin-
burgh are at a premium of five shillings per share.
On the motion of the Earl of Leven, the name of the
Earl of Glasgow was added to the Provisional Com-
mittee. The meeting to he held in Cupar, we un-
derstand, was postponed till the 7th of November.—
fiVe Herald.

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—The negotiations between
the Caledonian Railway Company and the Monkland
and Kirkintilloch, and Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coat-
bridge Railway Companies, were brought last week
to, a successful and satisfactory conclusion, and the
formal deeds of agreement among the contracting
parties were executed and delivered. Similar ar-
rangements were completed some time ago with the
\Vishaw and Coltness Company. According to these
agreements, the three existing Companies have be-
come hound to widen the guages of their respective
lines, so as to correspond with the guage of the Cale-
donian Railway, and in all other respects to improve
their works to the satisfaction of the engineer of the
*Caledonian Company. The Caledonian Company
have made advantageous terms with the:promoters of
the Clydesdale Junction Railway, for the use of their
line and stations for the traffic of the Caledonian.
This completes the connexion with the south side of
the city, and with the harbour of Glasgow - and the
Paisley and Greenock Railways.—Glasgow National.
RAILWAY FROM INVERNESS TO PERTH.—We are
glad to understand that satisfactory progress is.
making with the preliminaries of this most important
undertaking. - The requisite means are taken in
getting the necessary funds subscribed for defraying
the
.outlay attendant on the survey and other inves-
tigations ; and, meantime, in reliance on the public
spirit, and public apprehension, on the part of our
northern community, of the vast advantages of such
a great work, responding duly to the call upon them,
Mr. Mitchell, the engineer, in order not to lose the
season, has two parties actively employed in the
survey, and the results hitherto are most encourag-
ing. The cutting, as far as the survey has ad-
vanced, will be comparatively inconsiderable, and
that through grounds of a loose gravelly .forma-
tion, and. easily removable. Mr. Mitchell finds that,
from the Findhorn, where the line will cross the
Farness, the preferable route is to the east of Lochin-
dorbh, fronting Dava, and passing through the open-
ing between the loch and Grantown, which village it
will approach within three miles, thus connecting
Strathspey as far down as the Avon at least, and the
upper districts of Banffshire, both with the south and
north. By this circuit, too, a gain of about two
hundred and sixty feet of lower elevation than the
Pass of Slochmuicht will be achieved, which is, in-
deed, a mighty object. As far as we understand at
present, we believe the line will skirt Craig-Ellachie
Pock, behind and above Aviemore, and sweeping along
the base of the terraced banks of Loch Insh, and- be-
yond, and just high enough to be out of reach of
floods, will pass in front of the manse and village of
Kingussie.—lnverness Courier.
• HORSHAM RAILWAY MEETING.—One of the largest
and most influential meetings ever remembered here
was held at the Town-hall on Saturday, to take into
consideration the proposed line of railway from Lon-
don to Portsmouth via Horsham. R. H. Hurst, -Esq.,
M.P., having been called to the chair, a series of re-
solutions were passed, pledging the persons present td_
support the proposed line, and calling on the Members
for the Western Division of the county, and the Mem-
bers for the Rape of I3ramber and borough of Hor-
sham to support it in their places in Parliament. A
deputation from the Company of another projected
line were in attendance, as were also Captain Kelly
and Mr. H. Faithful, on behalf of the Directors of
the London and Brighton Railway, who pledged
themselves tubring a branch from the Brighton line
to Horsham ; but the meeting unanimously rejected
their overtures, the speakers observing that they had
promised the same thing for the last five years, with-
out any performance, and that the town had no faith
in them. A local Committee was appointed to con-
fer with the Directors of the proposed line.—Brightox
Guardian.

The proposed Tavistock Railway has merged into
he South Devon line, and will now form a branch of
he latter undertaking.—Deconport Independent.

SALE Or TILE LATE DR. DALTON'S EFFECTS.—
The sale by auction of the furniture and other effects of
the late Dr. Dalton took place, at the house in which he
resided for some years before his death, No. 27, Faulkner-
street, on Thursday and Friday-last. The first day's
sale comprised the furniture, and calls for no particular
notice. The books generally fetched good prices, and
, there was considerabl competition for some of the more
valuable works. The principal purchasers were Mr. Eaton
llodgkinson, F.R.S. (chiefly for the Manchester Literary
and Philosophical Society) ; Mr. P. Clare, F.R.A.S. and
sir. Valentine Heywood, of Blackley. We understand that _
the Council of the Manchester;Literary and Philosophical
Society had authorised Mr. E. Hodgkinson to purchase -
books for that society to the extent of 50/. ; but his pur-
chases did not much exceed 30/. Amongst them were the
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of Lon
don, from 1822 to ISIS (with nine parts to 1543, and
numbers), which sold
,for fis. a volume ; Thompson's
Annals of Philosophy, 2S volumes ; Nicholson's Na-
tural Philosophy, 36 volumes in IS ; Thompson's Che-
mistry, 5 volumes ; Horseley's Newton, 5 volumes, 4tr,h;
Traite de. Chimic, 4 volumes ; Biot's Precis Elementaire
de Physique, 2 volumes ; La Place's System du Aropde,
4to. ; and a great number of smaller works, includ-
ing a collection of pamphlets and brochures on scien-
tific subjects. The Doctor's herbarium, consisting of
twelve parts 4te., filled with botanical specimens, many
of them gathered by himself; was sold to Mr. Valentine
Heywood, for 6s. a part. A small piece of wood, parr
of the keel of a vessel, perforated in all directions by
some testaceons animal, apparently much larger than
the common teredo, fetched the sum of 225. The meteo-
rological and other philosophical instruments were not
offered for sale, it being understood that they are all to
be presented to Dr. Charles Henry.
DISTRESSING AND FATAL ACCIDENT.-011 the
farm of Linton Bog, two boys (cousins), while assisting
in the harvest operations, came upon a well-loaded
pea-stalk, which had grown moiler the standing
corn. When the boy who made the bands stooped
clown to lift the pea-pods, the other in sport gave
him a gentle push, from the effects of which he fell a
little way forward. As the scytheman employed had
drawn his instrument before he knew what had oc-
curred, it came round in the direction of the poor boy,
and cut him in the lower part of the abdomen, right
under the haunch bone. As the effects were most
stunning, the unfortunate sufferer was carried into,
the farm-house, and medical aid instantly sent for
from the village of West Linton. The boy's father, a
respectable tradesman, was also apprised of what had
occurred, and, as may be supposed, proceeded to the
spot in breathless haste, but before either he or the doctor
had arrived, the sufferer fainted. From this lit he re.
covered a little, but he gradually became weak,a,• a
second swoon supervened, which we deeply grieve to add,'
consigned him to the sleep of death. Next tiny, when
the wound was examined, it was found that the artery
leading to the thigh having been cut, e, profuse hemor-
rhage followed, which no external application could
arrest.—Scotsman.

CLOSE IMITATION.—It will be observed that the
Established Synod of Glasgow and Ayr met, according'
to immemorial usage, in this city (Glasgow) on Tues-
day- last. The " free " and easy were, it seems, deter •
mined not to be behind hand with them. So they held
what they were pleased to call a " Free Synod of Glas-
gow and Ayr" meeting on the same day—thus showing
how fain they are to imitate the sederunts of the old
calumniated liesiduary,! Then the old established Synod
agreed to an overture _fur the appointment of a day
of
thanksgiving for ..the- late abundant harvest,
to he setja theLipari
nd
second Sunday 'of November
!iwpas a da
s fl
ide ewi ith theof thanm in this
for that purposes4s, if to b
respect, the Free" also app y
ointed e
ing for their harvest. Good. We notice this to show
" ks
'
how emulous the
the movements o
being everything
erystehi ng that was
of their
anodl-easy to beThep
lately mthem closely
imitating their outward examples, and we wish they
could enjoy their inward peace._scotch Reformer,
ti
abandoned, atsed
them
and bad.ns

Gazette.
REMARKABLE SCARCITY ()I: WATER.—Water was
never known to be more scarce in Presteign than at this
time, and it has been so all along the summer. Every
well and pump, with a few exceptions, is at this time
dry, and the water in most instances is carted from the
river Lug; to Broad-street. The Well house took its
name from the beautiful and pure spring of water that
the spot supplied to all the lower part of the Broad-
street, Church-street, and all the parts adjacent; when a
kettle of the purest water was required, the well at
the Well-house was sure to furnish the party
wanting. No town in the kingdom can boast of purer
water than the town of Presteign, but now tht
well referred to is dry and covered up. The erection of
the county shire-hall, and the draining of the founda-
tions, completely emptied the above old well, and a
break-out of the spring took place nearly forty yards
below, which has in a great measure supplied those
.most
wanting the article. Formerly the water only ran int.o,
the gutter, to the great inconvenience of the poor people.
in this part of the town. That inconvenience, however-4
has been removed within the last few weeks l y Mr.
Robert Lewis, who has, at his own expense, sunk an.,
efficient well, and put down an excellent pump on the,
above site.—Hereford Journal.