The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-27 00:00:00

THE SUI 4, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27, 1844.

CORRESPONDENCE WITH INDIA
AND THE MEDITERRANEAN.

The following circular from Mr. Alexander Ridgway,
of Leicester-square, has been addressed to the principal
mercantile firms of the metropolis, announcing the com-
pletion of the arrangements for the conveyance of mails
to the Mediterranean and India on the 3d of every month.
The public are mainly indebted to the exertions of Mr.
Ridgway for this important convenience.
" Sir,--It affords me great satisfaction to acquaint you
that her Majesty's Postmaster-General has made ar-
rangements by which mails for Gibraltar, Malta, lonian
Islands, Egypt, Aden, the East Indies, and China, will in
future be dispatched from London at eight o'clock in the
marning of the 3d of every month, via Southampton; ex-
cept that when the 3d is Sunday, the mail will be closed
and dispatched from London on the Saturday evening,
the 2d of the month.

"A closed mail, via Marseilles, for all the above places,
except Gibraltar, will be made up in London and dis-
patched through France on the evening of the 7th of
every month; except that when the 7th is Sunday it will
be dispatched oa the evening of Monday, the Bth.
" It is necessary to mark on all letters the route by
which it is wished they should go to India, because by
the existing rules all letters which are not especially ad-
dressed via Southampton, will be sent via Marseilles;
not only making them liable to a higher rate of postage,
but subject to considerable detention. It is at the option
of the sender to pay the postage via Southampton, but
compulsory per closed mail via Marseilles.
"'The letters via Marseilles, from India, are expected
to arrive generally in time to admit of their being an-
swered immediately.
" In case of a desire to send home information as
rapidly as possible, it is better to write in duplicate,
inclosing one letter to the care of a mercantile house in
Egypt, with instructions to transmit it through France
by the first French or English steam-packet leaving
Alexandria ; the other should be addressed via Mar-
seilles.

" The single rate (meaning half an ounce weight) of
postage via Southampton is—to Gibraltar, Malta,
lonian Islands, East Indiss, and Hong-Kong, Is. ; to
Alexandria, in Egypt, is. 6d. ; and Aden on the Red
Sea, Is.; payable in advance, or not, at the option of
the sender.

" The single rate, via Marseilles closed mail (meaning
under a quarter of an ounce weight) is, to Malta, Is. 3d.;
Alexandria, ls. Bd.; and Aden, on the Red Sea, Is. 10d.;
lonian Islands, Is. Bd.; East Indies, Is. 10d.; I-long-
Kong, Is. 10d. ; payable in advance.
" Soldiers' and sailors' letters go to India, via South-
ampton, for Id. each, payable when posted ; but coming
from India under the customary restrictions they are
charged 2d. each on delivery.
"Newspapers pass free via Southampton, but are sub-
ject to 3d. each for postage via Marseilles.

" Letters to New-Soutii Wales, Van Diemen's Land,
New Zealand, and Mauritius, can be sent with the India
mails as far as Bombay, from whence they will be dis-
patched to their destinations by some of the frequent op-
portunities which present themselves. Sealing-wax
should never be used in correspondence with the East
Indies.

" Parcels and packages are sent overland to parts of
the East Indies, by Messrs. Wilcox, jun., and Co., 15,
St. Mary-axe, at the following rate of charge :—viz., to
Aden on the Red Sea, Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta,—
"If under six cubic inches in bulk £o 16 0
Above six and under twelve ditto
Above one foot and not exceeding two
feet
" When the bulk is above two cubic feet the charge is
at the rate of 30L per ton of 40 feet.
" The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com-
pany book passengers throughout, from Southampton to
Aden, Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta, the journey through
Egypt inclusive, to depart—
From Southampton on the 3d October, per Oriental.
From Southampton on the 31 December, per Oriental.
From Suez on the 22d October, per Hindostan.
From Suez on the 22d December, per Bentinck.
" It will be observed that there will be no means of
conveying passengers or parcels to those places by the
steamers which leave Southampton on the 3d of Sept.
and 3d of November ; but the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company has entered into a contract
to convey mails to India by way of Aden, Ceylon,
Madras, and Calcutta, upon a system which will allow of
a communication every fortnight, to commence in
January next ; and it is intended to extend the line to
China at as early a period as possible.
" I regret that, in consequence of rules established by
the Indian authorities, passengers are not furnished on
board the Bombay steamers with bedding; and great un-
certainty exists as to whether or not parcels reach that
place by the steamers, consequently their conveyance
can only be undertaken at present at a very considerable
expense and risk.
" Passengers can go direct from Suez to Bombay by
the East India Company's steamers, or, if they prefer it,
by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamers to
Ceylon, and thence by the steamer which plies between
Ceylon, Cannanore, and Bombay.
" Single periodicals, open at the ends, are forwarded
to India for from 1 s. 6d. to 2s. 6d. each, according to bulk.
"In addition to transacting every kind of agency
business on commission for my civlian and military
friends in India, Arabia, China, and the Australasian
colonies, my connection with British North America,
Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, New Zealand, the Me-
diterranean, the West Indies, and British Guiana, af-
fords me facilities for rendering useful information to all
persons desirous of obtaining authentic intelligence re-
lating to any of her Majesty's extensive possessions ;
and; with offer of my best services, I am, Sir, your very
obedient servant,

" ALEX. F. RIDG WAY."

A RECAPTURE.—Our readers will probably re-
collect that three prisoners effected their escape from
Durham gaol early on the morning of the 30th of June,
1843, and that two of them were soon afterwards recap-
tured and brought back to their old quarters. The third.
named James Grierson, has ever since remained at large,
until last week, when curiosity, or a desire perhaps to re-
lieve some of his fellow-subjects of their superfluous coin,
induced him to attend the Newcastle and Gateshead
Regatta. Alas! for the shortsightedness of human
nature, he was here recognised by a young man who
was the principal witness against him on his trial, and
forthwith :handed over to the police, while he stoutly
denied having ever before seen his accuser. He was
safely lodged in Newcastle gaol, and information having
been forwarded to Durham, an officer from the county
prison here, named Todd, was immediately dispatched
to identify him; and there being " no mistake," he was
brought hither to undergo the nine months' imprison-
ment of which he had defrauded justice, and then to take
his trial for breaking out of gaol.—Durham Advertiser.
SHOCKING DEATH IN A STEAMER.—IPSWICH' AUG.
24.—A most distressing accident occurred on Thursday
afternoon, on board the River Queen steamer, by which
one of the passengers was instantaneously deprived of
life. The River Queen had been engaged for a pleasure
trip from Walton-on-the-Naze, in Essex, to this port.
Amongst the passengers were Mr. R. Resker, captain of
the Zephyr brig, belonging to this port, who set out in
company with his wife and a party of friends. The
steamer being very much crowded, the deceased and
several other persons went down into the engine-room.
Captain Resker, finding the heat oppressive, returned
on deck, and took a seat on the hatches over the engine.
room. Owing probably to a sudden attack of vertigo, he
fell backward on to the engine, which was immediately
stopped by the engineer, but when extricated from the
works life was wholly extinct. The body was so com-
pletely jammed in between the shaft and the frame work,
that it was found necessary to draw it through the en-
gine. It presented a most frightful spectacle. The
neck was dislocated, both arms were fractured, there
were several bruises on the lower extremities, and the
face was terribly lacerated. The distress of the poor
man's wife and two female relatives, who were also on
board, created the most lively sympathy amongst the
passengers, to many of whom the deceased was person-
ally known. Mr. Aingier, surgeon, who was returning to
Ipswich, examined the body, but his services were of no
avail. The steamer having touched at Stoke, the body
was taken ashore there, and an inquest was held the fol-
lowing day, before Mr. S. B. Jackman, the coroner. The
evidence was to die effect already described. No blame
whatever was attached to the persons belonging to the
steamer, nor did it appear that the deceased was intoxi-
cated. The verdict of the jury was " That the deceased
met his death from being crushed by the engine of the
River Queen steamer," with a deodand of is. on the
engine, The deceased was a steady, well-conducted
man, and was much respected by the owner of the ship
lie commanded.
IRON TRADE.—We learn, from an official return,
that the iron trade on the Continent has been rapidly
extending, and that the following is very nearly the
relative proportion of the pig and bar iron manufactured
in different states :—Prussia, 199 furnaces, worked with
charcoal, employ 8,674 workmen, and produce about
120,000 tons of cast iron, equal in value to 730,0001.
Wrought iron, in bar and plate, is made at 538 forges,
employing 6,049 workmen, and producing 73,000 tons,
of the value of 230,0001.—Bavaria 44 furnaces pro-
ducing 9,000 tons of cast iron, and 141 forges, pro-
ducing 5,750 tons of wrought iron.—Wurtemberg,
6,400 tons of cast, and 2,500 tons of wrought iron.
—Grand Duchy of Baden, 7,000 tons of cast, and
4,750 tons .of malleable iron.—Saxony, 7,500 tons of
cast, and 4,650 tons of wrought iron.—Electorate of
Hesse, 4,150 tons of cast, and 900 tons of malleable.
—Grand Duchy of Hesse, 7,150 tens of cast, and
2,400 tons of malleable.—Duchy of Nassau, 14,330
tons of cast, and 1,300 tons of bar iron, and 2,375 tons
of different other sorts of iron, in bars, cast and wrought
iron work.—Duchy of Brunswick, 2,150 tons of cast, and
7,180 tons of wrought, iron, or works in cast iron.—
, United States of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Saxe-Meinin-
gen, Anhalt, Scharsbonrg- Hohenzollern- Siegmaringen,
Reuss, Waldeck, produce 4,035 tons of cast, and 2,240
tons of bar iron, or works in cast iron.—German Luxem-
bourg, 7,700 tons of cast iron. Total production of the
States of the Zollverein, cast iron 191,156; wrought iron,
or works in cast and wrought iron, 107,324 tons. In
proportion to the population these quantities are not
great, since it only amounts to about 15i lb. for each
person throughout the confederation. In France, where
this manufacture is even yet but imperfectly developed,
it amounts to above 22 lb.; in Belgium it is about 36 lb.;
while in England it is as high as 55 to 56 lb. for each
person. All, or nearly all the Zollverein States are en-
gaged in the iron manufacture.—Railway Chronicle.
AGRICULTURAL FETE.—On Saturday last one of
Mr. R. Page's labourers, named John Skelcher, under-
took for a wager to reap fifty dozen of wheat sheaves in
fifteen hours, each sheaf to measure a yard round it. He
began at half-past four in the morning, and finished his
task five minutes before seven in the evening, having
thirty-five minutes to spare.--Orford Journal.
Filton Church, Gloucestershire, having become
much dilapidated by age, is about to be taken down,
with the exception of the tower, and rebuilt in the
Gothic style, from a design by Mr. Hicks, of this city.—
Bristol Mirror.

MEDICAL PROTECTION
ASSEMBLY.

A general meeting of the members of the Medical
Protection Assembly was held yesterday afternoon
at Exeter Hall, for the purpose of taking into consi-
deration the clauses of the Medical Reform Bill,
lately introduced into the House of Commons by Sir
James Graham.

Several of_ the most distinguished members of the
medical profession were present.
J. C. CAapuE, Esq.' M.D., was called to the chair.
He said that he had heen a teacher, and had lived in
dissecting rooms and theatres for upwards of half a
century.—(Cheers.) He had attended colleges and
schools of surgery in every part of Europe, and in all
his travels he had not found any body of medical men
so highly qualified as in England, and he thought
that properly qualified practitioners should receive
that protection to which they were entitled.—(Cheers.)
The SECRETARY then read a report, from which it
appeared that the council of the College of Surgeons
refused to receive a deputation of the members of the
medical profession on the subject of certain grievances
in the constitution of the college.
The adoption of the report was then moved, se-
conded, and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks
was passed to the Committee. After the transaction
of some other business,
Mr. WAKLEY, M.P., who was received with the
most enthusiastic cheering, rose to address the meet-
ing. He severely censured the conduct of the Col-
lege of Surgeons as arbitrary and unjust. The me-
dical profession knew what would ensue if they
longer submitted to the domination which
it had exorcised, and which the Act,
if passed, would give them the power of exercising.
They had been insulted by the Council of the Col-
lege, and he would refuse, if he were in practice, to
meet any one of its members in consultation ; and if
he felt that that man could save his life, he should not
enter his (Mr. IV:s) bed-room. You (added the
Hon. Gentleman) have a house of your own ; you
cannot meet in the College of Physicians; and at
Apothecaries' Hall there is no place for you.—
(Laughter.) If you are suffering injustice in your
profession, to whom can you appeal ? To no one.
Although you have colleges, you dare not enter them.
You cannot—you dare not exercise any function in
any of these colleges, without asking permission of
the ruling powers, who are not of your choosing.
If they manifested their hostility against the Bill
which he held in his hand, it would never become the
law of the realm. He regretted that the House of
Commons was disinclined to hear anything relating
to the medical profession. In conclusion, he called
upon the profession to attend the meeting which
would be held on Tuesday next at Exeter Hall.

Several other gentlemen then addressed the meet-
ing, after which the assembly went into committee
on the Bill, and proceeded to discuss the clauses
seriatim, which occupied them a considerable portion
of the evening.

MANCHESTER UNITY OF ODD
FELLO WS.
The third annual dinner of the North London Dis-
trict of this society took place yesterday, at the
White Conduit-house Tavern, Pentonville. About
400 persons sat down to dinner, which was furnished
in very excellent style, and ample justice was done to
it on the occasion. n excellent band was in attend-
ance under the direction of Mr. Byrne. James
Duncombe, Esq., presided.
After the cloth had been removed,
The Cll AIRM A.N gave the health of the Queen, which
he prefaced with very appropriate observations.
Drank with three times three. Air, " God save
the Queen." .

The CHAIRMAN next gave the health of his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales, which was drank with
enthusiasm.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the other
members of the Royal Family, was next proposed, and
drank with three times three.

The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of her
Majesty the Queen Dowager, the patroness of the
Widow and Orphan Society. The toast was drank
with all the honours.

The Clummari then rose and said, the next toast
he had to propose was " Prosperity to the Board of
Directors, and the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows of the Manchester Unity, and the continuance
of its universal increase."—(Cheers.) lie had been the
other day offered by one of the stewards a book con-
taining the laws and regulations of the Society. Ile
read it with great pleasure • and though he had fre-
quently read the laws and orders of many benefit
societies, he had never met with any equal to theirs.
It was an equitable code from beginning to end, and
was worthy of the perusal of all those who had the
power of making laws.—(Hear, hear.) If they would
peruse the laws of that Society, they would derive
great instruction, and the public would not have to
complain of the passing of so many unjust laws.—

(Hear, hear.) Their laws were such that a bad
member could not long remain amongst them.—
(Hear.) Everything done tended to promote kind-
ness, fellow-feeling, and morality.—(Hear, hear.)
Not only were there pecuniary advantages derived
from the Society, but all cases of accidents and sick-
ness were immediately attended to. The parties re-
ceiving its benefits were exonerated altogether from
applying for parish relief.—(Hear, hear.) Each
member had a claim for relief under a contract, as a
right, and not as a charity. That was the position in
which he wished to see the whole country placed,
and he believed, when the benefits which the Society
conferred became more generally known, it would
receive large accessions to the vast numbers which it
hear.) They not only
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of the living, but
there was also an ample fund provided by the So-
ciety for the burial of distressed members. In the
hour of death, that time of greatest distress, there was
12/. allowed to the wife for the burial of her husband,
and 71. allowed the husband for the burial of his wife.

_(1-fear, hear.) They, moreover, gave encourage.
ment to industry, for they paid the travelling ex-
penses of a member when he had no work, and wished
to go elsewhere, where there was a likelihood of ob-
taining it. It was, therefore, a Society which every
well-thinking man ought to join, for it was the duty
of every good member of Society to relieve the dis-
tressed.—(Hear, hear.) He wished that it might be-
come a rich and a great body, and that it might rea-
lise the most sanguine expectations of those who were
most interested in its prosperity and success.
Mr. ROWE, corresponding secretary, spoke to the
toast. He thanked the Committee for selecting him
to speak to the toast. He returned his best thanks for
the manner in which the toast was proposed, and for
the enthusiasm with which it was received. He
looked on this as a pledge of the continued
prosperity of the Society of Odd Fellows.
A. few yea 7 ago the Society was little .jcnown. or
only known subject of *as sail it
would prove a curse instead of a blessing to join
their ranks ; but the public mind was now disabused
of that impression ; and amongst the other means of
aid given to produce that effect, that of the public
press was not the least.--(Hear, hear.) They had
many obstacles to contend with; yet they had now
340 districts, above 4,000 lodges, and not less than
250,000 members.—(Cheers.) From accounts which
he had received during the last week, he was con-
vinced that their numbers were now still larger.
They wished to say nothing derogatory of any other
society ; on the contrary, they held out the hand of
good fellowship to all. But as a benefit society they
(the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows) were second
to none in existence.--(Hear, hear.) They relieved
the distressed, the poor traveller, and the sick. They
gave funeral donations, and they had the Widow and
Orphan Fund.—(Hear, hear.) A great amount of
good was done by the Society, and a still greater
amount of evil was prevented. The Society was cal-
culated to promote good and useful objects, and every
member should use his utmost exertions in so good a
cause. But they attended not only to the phy-
sical wants of the members ; they also sup-
plied intellectual food—(Hear, hear)—for they
had established classes for mutual instruction, and
schools for the gratuitous education of orphan chil-
dren.—(Hear, hear.) Surely such a Society was
calculated to elevate man in the moral scale; and
after all it was not surprising that so mang thousands
of all classes had united themselves under the ban-
ner of " Friendship, Love, and Truth."—(Cheers.)
They desired that then
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The CHAIRMAN next proposed the increased suc-
cess and prosperity of the North London District of
the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows, which was
drank with all the honours.
Grand Master LANCASTER spoke to the toast. The
North London District now contained 74 lodges, and
4,300 members, and the state of their funds was most
flourishing.—(Hear, hear.) He had lately planted a
tree of the Society in France, which he hoped would
prosper.—(Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed, " The Widow and
Orphan Fund." Drank with all the honours.
Mr. FAULKNER spoke briefly to the toast. He said
that this fund was peculiar to the Manchester Society
of Odd Fellows. They were at present giving relief
to 20 widows, and if they effected no more than to
make 20 families happy, they laboured not in vain.
" The prosperity of the South London District"
was next proposed, and drank with all the honours.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman,
for which he returned thanks.

FIELD-DAY IN HYDE PABlL—Saturday, the 2d
battalion of Coldstream Guards (Colonel his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge), and the 2d battalion
of the Grenadier Guards (Colonel his Grace the Duke of
Wellington), had a field-day and grand display of move-
ments, &c., in the review-ground Hyde Park,

TAILORS' BENEVOLENT INSTI-
TUTION.

The half-yearly meeting of this excellent institution
was held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great
Queen-street. Mr. Cutler, one of the Directors, was
called to the chair. He stated that the Institution, which
had been established only eight years, was now in a
flourishing condition ; that forty-six aged persons are
supported by the Society, at an outlay of 8951. 145.,
several of whom are residents in the asylum belonging
to the Institution at Ifaverstock-hill. lie was happy to in-
form the meeting that the increased state of the funds
admitted the election of five other pensioners, at an
additional cost of 1041., which would make an annual
outlay of 9951. 145., the election of whom would take
place after the transaction of the general business of the
meeting.
The SECRETARY read the half-yearly report of the
Directors, which congratullted the subscribers on the
continued prosperity of the Institution. rind earnestly
i called upon them to continue to support t, and to en-
dvayour to indueo others to become subscribers. Two
pensioners had died since the last meeting ; but the
Directors had pleasure in adding, that the inmates of the
asylum were in the enjoyment of excellent health, and
were satisfied with their condition. They regretted that
they had been under the painful necessity of expelling
two persons—a man and wife—from the asylum ; but
they. were compelled to do so, otherwise the high cha.
racier of the Society would have been compromised.
The receipts at the last festival amounted to so large a
Min as 7551. 13s. Bd.

Mr. Myer moved the adoption of the report, which
was seconded by Mr. James, a journeyman tailor, and
carried unanimously.

Other business Of an uninteresting nature was then
ransacted, and tho meeting proceeded to the election of
he five pensioners.

The Marseilles journals mention a report from
Toulon that a telegraphic dispatch had been received
there, ordering preparations for the embarkation, of
18,000 men fur Algeria.
We have much satisfaction in stating, that the
terms between the Dover and Greenwich Companies,
for a lease of the latter line, were on Friday arranged to
the satisfaction o call parties.—Railway Record.
TIIE DURHAM MONUMENT.—The ceremonial to
be observed next Wednesday noon, at Pensher-hill, in
laying " the foundation stone" of the Durham monu-
ment, will present one of the finest displays of masonic
splendour ever witnessed in the north. Not only will
the Earl of Zetland, Grand Master of all England, be
present, but also all the grand officers of the metropolis,
who have been summoned to assist on the occasion.—
Durham Chronicle.

Dr. Pusey is preaching in various parts of this
diocese, under the license of Bishop Phillpotts, who
diligently labours to find grace and favour in the sight
of this sect.— Western Times.

The Batavier steamer is ashore at the mouth of the
Spye, on the Dutch coast, where she has been since
Tuesday last ; and the Havre steam-packet is also ashore
in the old Maase. Both have discharged their cargoes
into lighters.

MORE SIGNS OF PROSPERITY.—Day by day we
have the most indisputable evidences of the prosperity
of the port. During the week the whole of the dock as
well as the Old Harbour (the river Hull), has been
literally crammed with vessels, many of them of a very
superior class. On Monday and Tuesday the blue flag
was again hoisted at the pier, to intimate to captains
in the roads of the Humber, that there was not dis-
posable space for their vessels in the docks.—Hull
Packet.

BRISTOL DOCHS.—We hear that Mr. Brunel had
a lengthened interview with the dock directors on Thurs-
day last, for the purpose of presenting plans and sections
of the proposed repairs and enlargement of the lock at
Cumberland Basin. Mr. Brunel, we are informed, stated
to the board that, having conferred with several con-
tractors, he was enabled to declare confidently that the
lock could be extended to fifty-four feet in width, at a
cost not exceeding his previous estimate. Mr. Brunel
was requested to prepare some further estimates as to
the cost of repairing the lock in its present form and
dimensions, and it was understood that the dock pro-
prietary would be called together to consider the subject
within the next fortnight or three weeks.—BristolMirror.
A SCHOOL EXHIBITION GAINED BY A FACTORY
Boy.—Mr. Saunders, the factory inspector for York-
shire, in his report for the quarter ended the 30th June
last, says :—" That the education of factory children,
where sufficient attention is paid to the subject, may be
efficiently conducted, has been proved during the last
quarter, by a factory worker having been the successful
candidate for an exhibition to the York Training School,
which was open to the competition of all National School
children in Leeds. A second factory boy who offered
himself was favourably noticed by the examiners. The
boy, Edwin Spencer, now between fourteen and fifteen
years old, who has gained the exhibition, has worked in
a factory since he was ten years old ; and the only in-
struction he obtained during that time was as a regular
half-time attendant at the National School at Leeds, es-
tablished almost expressly for factory children. Messrs.
Hives and Atkinson, in whose employment he has been
(for the sake partly of reward, and partly to stimulate
all to exert themselves), permit four children, after they
have obtained the age of thirteen, to continue as half-

timers, but in the receipt of the same wages as if em-
ployed full time, on condition that they continue their
attendance at school. Had these boys been obliged to
work twelve hours from the time they became thirteen,
it would, of course, have been impossible for them to
have undergone the same stiff examination to which they
were subject on this occasion. The success of E. Spencer,
there is no doubt, will excite others to greater attention
and regularity, and will, I am convinced, prove of great
service to many. The principle of giving this premium
to a limited number of well-conducted boys has been
adopted by other mill occupiers; and the expenses in
each case will doubtless be in part repaid, by the better
conduct of the whole number of children employed."
HORNCASTLE.—The great horse fair terminated on
Wednesday, which is the largest for horses in England.
Some days previously to the opening of the fair on the
9th, several eminent dealers arrived, and visited the va-
rious stables in the neighbourhood, making extensive
purchases. On Saturday the fair began to assume a very
lively aspect, many strings of horses arriving, and
dealers dropping in from all parts, including about thirty
foreigners, principally from France and Germany, being
more than we have noticed for several years past. First-
rate animals quickly exchanged hands, at very high
prices. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, a great
deal of business was transacted in hunters and park and
carriage horses ; numbers of strings were leaving the
fair daily. Most of the business was done in the stables,
and a great number of horses have fetched from 150 to
250 guineas each. Mr. Loft, of Healing, sold a steeple-
chase horse for 300 guineas ; Mr. Quartermaine, of
Oxford, purchased a horse of Lord Worsley for 250
guineas ; a pair from Mr. Brookes, of Croxby, near
Caistor, for 400 guineas, and several others for 150 to
200 guineas each. Mr. Smart, of Coventry, Messrs.
Elmore, Dyson, Anderson, Collins, and Tawney, of Lon-
don, and Mr. Archer, from Suffolk, were extensive pur-
chasers of high-priced horses. The French. and German
dealers bought largely—principally young mares. For
several years past good horses have not been known to
fetch such high prices as at this fair. Of carriage horses
there was rather a scarcity.—Hull Advertiser.
THk CriARACTERS IN " CONINGSBY."—A key that

fairly unlocks the mystery of the various real characters
who figure in " Coningsby," must certainly be considered
a desideratum by the reading public ; for though the
Taper& arid; Tittipolef of that " true fiction" are so well
known as to have already passed into a proverb—though
the Earwigs, the Jugginses, the Jawster Sharps, and the
Guy Flounceys are more than guessed at—though the
Earl of Monmouth, the Earl of Eskdale, Lord Henry
Sidney, and Lord Vere are staring likenesses (to use an
artist's phrase)—and though the great Mr. Rigby him-
self—the chief d'oeuvre of this unique gallery of portraits
—is as clearly defined as if his " Right Honourable"
name had been written under it—though all these por-
traits have been universally assigned to the original
worthies who have unconsciously sat for them, there still
remained at least fifty more, drawn from the life, which
to the uninitiated must have continued nothing more
than so many of those anonymous and annoying puzzles
which perplex the visitors to the Royal Academy Exhi-
bition under the mysterious titles of " Portrait of a
Gentleman." Which of all the half-dozen Hebrew mil-

lionaires is the brilliant and accomplished Sidonia ? Is
it he of Naples—or he of Brusseles—or he of Paris ?
Which of the reigning belles of the hour is the beautiful
Edith ? Is it the exquisite Miss M—h ? The Duke of
Agincourt—is he or is he not identical with " The
Farmers' Friend ?" The proud, stately, and forbidding
Princess Lucretia—is she no other than the celebrated
Madame Z—y ? Mr. Cassilis, with his corkscrew curls,
his cosmetic complexion, and consummate waistcoat—
can it be any other than George W—l ? All these, and
similar questions which people have been asking iem-
selves, and one another, ever since the production of
this extraordinary work, may now be considered as solved
by " The Key to Coningsby," which has at length ap-
peared.
SHREWSBURY FAlR.—There was a very large
supply of sheep in the pens on Tuesday, and a good at-
tendance of buyers, particularly from the vicinity of
Birminghham and Wolverhampton. The best wethers
sold at 51d. to sd. per lb. ; ewes, sd. Good lambs, for
which there was a great call, fetched from sd. to nearly
6d. per lb. ; very few remained unsold, except those of
an inferior quality. The pig market was also well sup-
plied, and the price of bacon having risen, strong well-
meated animals sold at an advance of 2s. to 3s. a head
on the prices of last fair. No alteration in the smaller
animals. The cattle fair, on Wednesday, exhibited an
average supply of excellent beef; which obtained SP.
per lb. ; and a few very choice beasts sold a shade
higher. Store cattle went off but slowly, at a compara-
tively low figure, but still a little better than last fair;
and more business was done than was expecteJ. There
were but few good cows and calves, which sold well;
but a number of inferior things were not looked at, and
were driven home again. The supply of cheese and
butter at the Circus was very good for the season.
Butter sold at from Bd. to 9d. per lb., and two or three
lots fetched 92d. Good family cheese was weighed at
255. to 275. per cwt., and a few lots of skim at 20s.
Hams, 7d.; bacon, Gid. per lb. At the Market-hall,
Howard-street, there was a good supply of cheese; more
buyers being in attendance than last fair, all was dis-
posed of at prices varying according to quality, from
40s. to 60s. The wool market, on Wednesday, exhibited
one of the smallest supplies of fleece wool which has
been known for some years. The few sheets of Leices-
ter wool offered were bought at 14d. per lb. A con-
siderable quantity of lambs' wool, chiefly mountain, was
disposed of at prices varying from I Id. to 14d. per lb.;
one lot obtained 14p. per lb., but the general quality of
the lots was inferior. —Derby Reporter.
A FACT FOR LORD DEVON.—We have a pretty
little fact for the Commissioners—of 90 human beings
turned off lands within twelve miles of this city.— cork
Examiner.