The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1845.

they nut try. in the first pl,ee, a very simple anti chPap
experiment, by appointing one, two, or three inspectors, if
necessary—well-paid inspectors too, and well acquainted
with machinery and railways, who should not only have
the superintendence of the lines, but of the working
servants of the Company, so that they could at once
dismiss, or bring before a magistrate, every offender
against their regulations. Five thousand pounds
a year, even on the longest lines, would pay
for inspectors fully adequate for the purpose--
a sum so small for such lines as the Birming-
ham and the Great Western, and indeed twenty
others, that it hardly deserves to be taken into accAint.
Were any one of two rival companies to make the ex-
periment, the public would not be slow in giving that
company the preference, and amply repaying the Di-
rectors fur their judicious and humane improvements.

We have accounts from Madrid to the 26th ult. The
intelligence from the provincei is favoun.ble. No at-
tempts had been made in any quarter to imitate the ex-
ample of the capital, or rebel rgaintt the new system of
taxation. Ihe Herald°, but lately a Government paper,
renews its attacks on certain members of the Cabinet,
but, from all accounts, for selfish and despotic purposes.
The Dictator, NARVAEZ, is the favourite of this journal,
and of course he is the exception alluded to in the fol-
lowing paragraph:—"The whole of the departments,
with one sole exception, are replete with that inertiun,
that apathy, and that inexplicable slowness, which cha-
racterise the present Administration."
The Funds were firm. The Three per Cents. closed
at 31 13-16 cash, 32 1-16 at 60 days-5,737,000 done ;
the Five per Cents. at 221 at 60 days-1,660,000 done.

It appears from one of the Paris papers that the
Commission appointed to inquire into the state of the
French navy, and more especially the steam navy, had
brought their labours to a close, after agreeing to a re-
port touching all the main points submitted for investi-
gation. The report has not yet been published, but it
cannot fail to be looked forward to with great interest if
the statements given in the Con.stitutionnel are a faithful
outline of its contents. According to these the French
steam navy is absolutely useless as fighting vessels ; they
are deficient, even the crack vessels, in f :me and speed,
and incapal:le of contending against an enemy. The re-
port, according to this journal (and probably it is well-
informed, for the Prince de JOIN VILLE set-ms to
have a leaning towards the TRIERS' party) admits all
the conclusions to which that Prince had come in his
pamphlet on the navy ; it admits that the French have
no steam fleet, and that the work of c.rnstrueting war-
steamers must be commenced anew. The report, how-
ever, is not without grounds of consolation, for it ex-
tends to the British steam navy, and declares that equally
inefficient. Though we way not be disposed to go the
whole length with the Commission on this head, it cannot
be denied that the report is entitled to serious attention,
and that it contains truths for which the Admiralty
ought to be thankful. Some of the facts to which it ad-
verts have been repeatedly adduced in this journal, and
indeed they are so manifest that they could not fail to
be palpable to the most careless observer. If the Lords
of the Admiralty have advanced one step, th,y have been
pushed forward by public opinion, and shamed out of
their listless inactivity, by the activity, enterprise, and
invention of companies, and even private individuals.
The Conslitutionnel, therefore, says justly :—" Private
builders have alone improved in England—they have
built vessels capable of going at the rate of thirtei n or
fourteen miles an hour. It is they who have applied the
screw." The French, therefore, may take en,ursige front
the fact, and begin quietly to form a new ses'em. In
fact that appears to be one of the recommetidetii»is f
the Commissioners ; " For," says the C'enstirurenrei,
after pointing out the state of the navy, it only
remains for us to paint out the measures which the
Cenimission proposes for establishing in this part of the
public service an entire system, and placing the steam
navy on a more respectable footing." With the eye- p-
ait of the last paragraph, which we have embodied in
the preceding remarks, we subjoin the stat.enents pub-
lished in the Coest;tationneh—
The Commission formed by the Minister of the Marine to
examine questions connected with steam navigation has re-
cently terminated its labours, and is consequently dissolved.
The 'Prince de Joinville has presided at almost all the sittings,
and has given the deepest attention to the subjects under con-
sideration, some details of which have trar.spired. The first
point submitted to the examination of the committee was the
present state of our steam force, and everything connected
with the merits of the flotilla which we possess. There was
only one opinion on the subject, our present materiel was
unanimously condemned. The conclusions of the pamphlet
o! the Prince were admitted without reserve and to their fullest
extent. It is not a steam fleet which we possess, or scarcely
anything resembling it. Our two largest specimens have tar
from realised the opinion formed of them, and the frigates
of 450- horse power are wanting both in force and speed. There
is no one of them which can be considered as a fighting vessel
capable of contending with advantage against an enemy. They
are more useful for purposes of transport than those of war.
The Gemer, the Asinodee, and the Infernal, the only ones of
this class of vessels afloat, have none of the qualities on which
confidence can be reposed. If steam power is to be used as an
efficacious arm, models should be sought for in which the
motive power should be wore in harmony with the purposes
for which the vessel is required, and where the exigencies of
speed should not be constantly opposed to those of armament.
The opinion of the members of the Commission on the first-
class vessels enables us to anticipate pretty correctly what their
ideas of the inferior class would be. The only steamer of 3'30
horse-power, the Curler, has been already judged of, and
amongst those of 2.20-borse power. there could scarcely be an
exception made in favour of the Pluton, the Arehimede, and
the Veloce. It is the same with the mass of vessels of 160-
horse power, %hid' only cut a figure in the navy list, and which
vessels, it is known, have become on account of their small
dimensions searitely available as transports. Thus through-
out the whole scale of our steam-vessels, from 540 down to
160-horse power, weakness, want of harmony between their
force, and their speed have been fully and clearly pointed out
by the Commission. With regard to the large transatlantic
steamers, which a recent ordonnance has removed from their
original destination, and devoted to another service, their whole
construction has been misunderstood. The idea of the Go-
vernment, which presented the Bill to the Chambers, was more
particularly to foi in a fleet capable of being used for purposes
of war; their pacific destination being a secondary object. They
were called packets, and were to be employed during peace in
the transatlantic service, but it was in reality frigates which
were to be constructed. This has not been sufficiently
understood ; the Government which succeeded that a hich
introduced the Bill has only built packets very costly, but of
very mediocre qualifications. Considerable sums Lave
been expended in their internal fittings up, and everything
has been stu.iiously avoided which could make them
serviceable for purposes of war. The result of this has been
that we have eighteen vessels which it would be very dif-
ficult to turn to any useful purpose, and which will remesia
as a sample of a bastard fleet. The Commission has not he.-
sitated to condemn these packets, both with iegard to their con-
struction and their fittings up. Justice should nevertheless be
done; these essays, these mistakes, are almost inevitah!e with
regard to a new force like steam. In turning its attention to-
wards England, the greatest maritime country in the world, the
Commission has had to point out the same laults, the same
weakness, the same errors. The steam fleet of our neighbours
is little more advanced than our own. There have been on the
other side of the Channel as on this, several experiments at
once onerous and unfortunate. several steam- frigates have
been rebuilt as many as three times, and others have met with
those mortifications at sea which are common to vessels of infe-
rior speed. Private builders have slime improved in Eng-
land; those of the Government have been left far behind. It
is private builders who have built vessels capable of going at
the rate of thirteen or fourteen miles. an hr.tir ; it is they-
who have applied the screw, and who are every day making
fresh improvements."

The P: cue gives some additional extracts from the
Frtnch paper published at Otaheite, which show that
there bad been another attempt at insurrection in the
island, and that the disposition of the natives was not
so favourable as represented in the Moniteur. Cos ernor
Bullsr had issued a proclamation in their native lan-

guage, addressed to the chiefs and all the inhabitants of
the islands under the protection of the French. It re-
fers to Wails of old date, to the visit of the Qucen Of
ENGLAND to the French Court, and the return made to
the compliment by LOUIS PHILIPPE, and the great vic-
tories gained by Marshal BUOEAUD and the Prince DE
JoINVILLE over the forces of the EMPEROR of Monocco.
The following is a literal translation :
" The Governor of all the French lands in the Pacific Sea,
great orator of the King of the French near the King-wcman
of all the islands of the Society, to all the chiefs and all the
men of all the lands of the Society. Friends, health to you all.
This is my, speech to all of you. Two great battles were gained
by the arrows of the King Louis Philippe, the protector of you
all, and of us the sovereign, the one on land and the (Hier
below on the sea. In the battle on land were beaten forty
thousand soldiers of the kingdom of Morocco by ten thousand
French soldiers; the son of this great land of Morocco was the
great chief of all these soldiers. At the otlfrrr,bcahttctlehilw,seroef
rsialivragLe.odmtalwoantdoewdnsbybtyhethseoncaonfnznotinphiolifppthee
Tulle, French Admiral. And in the great consternat7on'etihnO
enemy was demanded by him peace. Eight hundred men of
Moreec. o were killed and two thousand and upwards wounded,
and the enemies lost their ground-muskets (cannon) )which were
taken. And a glorious treaty for the French was concluded
afterwards on that land. Here is another speech. There
,inytoouFr rparnocteecatorf:
iwntonußlorni:
sane, and then
came the King-womanwet
also of
ourß
tain to visit-Vintoria. Greg• were the honours given to these
riKtaiinng
Kings in France and Britain, and well felt one for the other
the two Governments. Such is the true speech that I make
known to- }on all, that you may not be deceived by I)iag words.
" Pas mete, March 11, 1845. " BRUI'."
The Moroteur contains a royal ordonnance, revoking
the ad inte• int appointment of .1. Duca...TEL, Minister
of the Interior, to the direction of Foreign Affairs, M.
G untrr having resumed the management of his own de-
partment.

According to accounts in the Paris papers from Ber-
lin of the 20:h August, the Ambassador there Lad re-
reived information that the Empress of RUSSIA would
arrive in about a fortnight, on her way to Italy, and take
up her residence during her stay at Berlin in the hotel
of the Ambassador. The EMPEROR, it was said, would
h ave St. Petersburgh about the same time fur the

Crimea.
On the French Bourse on Monday the Three per Cents.
closed at 84f. 30e. ; the New Loan at EC 25c.; the Five per
Cents. at 121 f. 95c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,322 f. 50c.;
Rouen, ',met: 75c. ; Havre, 92 If. 25c; Avignon, 1,087 f.
50e. ; Vierzon, 817 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 722 f. 50c. ; Boulogne,
638 f. 75c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 5461: 25c. ; Basle, 2861

; Spanish Domestic Debt, 314 ; Spanish Passives, 6;Ci.
The tidlowing are the quotations for the new lines :-
Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 42f. 50c. ; ditto (Caton), 20f.;
ditto (Ganneron), 22f. 50c. ; ditto (Lapinsonniere), 15f. ;
Northern Line (Laffitte), 80f.; ditto (Rosamel), 43f. 75c.;
ditto (Pepin Lehalleur). 32f. 50c.; ditto (Dican, Lend),
32f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 221. 50c. ; ditto
Hinguerlot, 20f. ; ditto (Beetle), llf ; Tours and Nantes
(Mackenzie), 20f. ; ditto (Drouillard), 71. 90c. ; ditto
(O'Neill), 7f. 504:.; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 501.;
ditto (Lecointe), 25f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 201. ;
Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 101. ; ditto (Espeleta),
161. 25c. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), 91.; ditto (Ca-
rette), 101. • ditto (Colbert),9f.; Charleroy (Kysaens), 551. ;
Maubeuge (Kysaens),6f. ; Dijon and Mulhouse (O'Neill), If. ;
ditto (Allegry), 2f. 50c.; Dieppe, 4111.; Dieppe (Selberes),
40f. ; Caen (Delamarre), Bf. 50c.
LYONS, Aua. 29.-Avignon and Marseilles, 1,060 f., end
of August ; Paris and Orleans, 1,2901., ditto ; Orleans and
Vierzon, 797 f, ditto; Orleans and Bordeaux, 7-20 f. ditto;
Montereau, 5401. ditto.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 2.
Anglo-Belgian — Orleans and Vierzon
Boulogne and Amiens WA Orleans and. Bordeaux l 4 .X,
Bordeaux &Mediterran OverYssel ....... ........
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2% Paris & Lyons (Lafitte) 4
Do. and Cette 2% Ditto (Ganneron's). 27<,
Central of Spain
Dendre Valley - 501,,,
Dutch Rhenish
Dieppe & Paris Junct Paris and Strasburg
Dijon and Mulhouse ... (Ganneron's)...
East Indian
Grt Northern of France Paris and St. Quentin.
(Lathan's) -
Ditto (Rosamel's) 33% Royal North of Spain.
Do. Peppin le Halleur 5 Sambre and Meuse .... 83 j
Great Paris and Lyons. 21s Strasbourg and Basle . -
Jamaica Junction — Tours and Nantes
Do. North Midland — (M'Kenzie's)
Louvain and Jemeppe.. Do. (Lefebvre's)
Lyons and Avignon.... ... Verona and Ancona
Luxembourgh.. 2th West Flanders
4
Namur and Liege. 7

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.)
IN RE JONES EXPARTE GLASS.
The Learned Commissioner proceeded to hear further argu-
ments in this case. The preliminary points appeared in The
Sun of Monday—the decision is very important to the com-
mercial world.
The defendant was the drawer of a bill of exchange which
had been dishonoured, and the present application was on a
summons under the late Act of Bankruptcy, which declares
that ar.y person being summoned for a debt and not paying the
same, or denying on affidavit his liability, might be declared to
have committed an act of bankruptcy. The affidavit of debt
in this case did not set out that due not►ce of dishonour of the
bill had been given, and that therefore no debt arose, and that
defendant was not bound to answer. In reply. it was urged
that the affidavit was sufficient in cases where parties were
called upon to put in bail, and consequently to call
upon him to answer whether he owed the debt or not.
At the original hearing, the Learned Commissioner said that
the case of bail was not different from this, as by this proceed-
ing the whole property might he taken under a fiat of bank-
ruptcy. The Judges had held, that where a question arose as
to the liberty of the subject, the person setting the law in motion
ought to substantiate his right. He considered that in such a
case as this he was bound to require equal proof. He, therefore,
adjourned the hearing till cases were produced.
After hearing a very prolonged argument,
The Learned COMMISSIONER declined enforcing the sum-
mons unless more distinct cases were breaght forward.

SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary Porrna.)
BARRETT V. TILT.
This was an action brought on a bill of exchange, of which
the defendant was alleged to be the acceptor.
Mr. RYL %ND, who appeared fur the plaintiff, said there
were two material pleas on the record ; first, that defendant
never accepted the bill; and, secondly. that it had been altered
since acceptance. It would, however, be in fact admitted
that the signature was that of the defendant; and the real
que,tion to try was, whether there had been any alteration
atter the time it was so signed. He would be able to show that
it had be n originally dated the sth, but in consequence of the
defendant having other bills coming due, he requested to have
it altered • and it was so altered the next day, to the Rth of
June; the alteration was so palpable that there could be no
concealment or attempt at fraud, for the alteration was made
not' oniy with the consent and knowledge, but actually at the
suggestion of the defendant.
Al:. CROUCH, for the defendant, contended that no b;11 could
be altered atter once made, although all parties consented.
Mr. RYLAND :aid not after it had been out ; but here the
alteration was made before acceptance.
Mr. CROUCH argued that the alteration of the date made the
bid invalid, as the time had been extended; and it therefore
quirest another stamp.
'1 he SECONDARY said, to support the argument, it must be
shown the bill had been out to some purpose; the mere carry-
ing it back from acceptor to drawer was not sufficient.
Mr. CROUCH submitted that the alteration was in itself a
fraud on the revenue; and he further contended, that the bill
was invalid, as it bore the date of a Sunday.
Mr. Harnett Joseph, who had discounted the bill for defend-
ant himself, spoke to the acceptance, and had no doubt of its
being dated correctly. He would swear he had never altered it.
It was not discounted on the 6th or 7th. From the evening
of the 6th to the evening of the 7th was his Sabbath, and he
would swear positively he never transacted business then. He
discounted it on the Bth. The bill was dated the Bth.
Mr. CROUCH then addressed the jury for the defendant, and
contended that the witness was not deserving of credit, and that
the bill on the face of it showed that the alteration bad been
made subsequently to the original date; and that, in fact, the
bill had not been presented in due time, and the date was al-
tered afterwards to give time. The Learned Counsel also de •
Blared that the bill had been presented, and altered after pre-
sentation.
The SECONDARY said that an alteration after presentment
could not be a fraud on the revenue.
Mr. RYLAND said the two lines of defence were irrecon-
cilable.
Mr. Ceoucu said if the bill had, for a particular purpose,
been altered after presentment, the fraud was the same as
though it had been altered before, or greater, as it became an
entire new instrument, renewing a liability which had gone by.
The SECONDARY said before he could_be called on to give
an opinion, the mode and time of alteration must be shown.
Mr. Foster, the first indorser of the bill, was called, and
swore he indorsed it on the 6th, and that it then bore date the
sth of June.
The SECONDARY summed up, and said the evidence was
contradictory, and the question for the jury was, whether they
believed the alteration had been made after the acceptance.
The jury found for the plaintiff.
Mr. CROUCH moved that the writ should be retained.
The SECONDARY said the question of law had not arisen ;
but even if it had, he was against the argument. The ques-
tion was one of fact for the jury, and he was bound by their
verdict.
There was a second action pending against the witness
Joseph, but not tried.

Y and COM MERCIAL NE S.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREA.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, ye3terday, were 8,600 or
9,000 bales, at firm rates. Shares were extensively dealt in
again.
According to advices from the interior of Russia, very dif•
fereot weather must have been experienced there to that we
have had in this country, the drought having been excessive.
Grain in consivience had risen at Odessa. In Belgium rice,
and other faruaceous products, are to be admitted free of
duty until the harrest.
An instance of the injurious effect of excessive protection
upon the prosperity of a country is afforded by a comparison
made as to the cost of railway iron in France and Belgium,
and from which it appears that there is a difference of 9%
per cent. against France. This i 3 the effect of preventing
foreign supplies being brought into fair competition with
horns pro-ducts.
The necessity of repressing speculation in every mere
" bubble of the day" that courts the gaping multitude, be-
gins to be felt by those who, undoubtedly to some extent,
have profited by the furor—viz., the brokers; and it is be-
lieved that formal discountenance will be given by the Com-
mittee of the Steck Exchange to all dealings in scrip
not issued. Present profits, indeed, should not be the guiding
star of the brokers and jobbers, for the loss of a single day,
by the failure of clients, as we could illustrate by nume-
rous examples, would shear off the profits of many u
toilsome year.
There is au arrival from Sydney, but the accounts (to
April 21) are not of interest.
The market f,r the English Funds has been very dull.
Consuls have been marked 98'4 for Mon' y, and 99 to
for the Account. Exchequer Bills have been done again at
475. to 455. premium, being almost nominal. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per-Cents. are 10.215 to 102%; and the
Three per Cents. 994 to lA. Bank stock is shut. India
Stock realises 271%.
The Foreign Funds are drooping. Spanish Five per Cents.
have been 27%, and the Three per Cents. ;;Si ; Mexican
have receded to 327;4; Brazilian are steady at ii 9%; Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. realise 621/,.
Shares generally have been flatter to-day, and many of the
Scrips have given way a little. Among the exceptions are
Dublin and Galway, Shrewsbury and North Wales, Cam-
bridge and Lincoln, Direct Northern, Grand Union, North
Wales, South Wales, and one or two of the French lines.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From t he Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99 92
3 per Cent. Consols Anna 980(444
New 314 per Cent. Annuties 102.1,4%1/8
Long Annuities Expire sth Jae. 1860 ll 7-161 A%
Endia Stock 271%

I%d

Exchequer Bills. 11/2d.
1,0001. ..
500/. ..
Ditto Small
'RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent B93q
Ditto New 80nd5,1829 and 1839 88
Dutch Exchange 21/2 per Cent ... 61%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 poi. Cent 33 32%
Ditto Deferred Stock l7 161/2
S..)anish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o —
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Passive Bonds 63i
Dutch 21/2 per Cents
Equador 4%
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE
O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pzn SHAME.
Armagh, Col4Taine,Partrush 1% 2% to 34
Bristol and Exeter .
Ditto New 2 .....• 19 to
Caledonian 5 .••••12% ....., to
Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln
Canterbury and Dover 1%.•• - 24 to
Cork and Waterford 1 % ...... 234 N... to
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.,
and Leicester I
Cornwall
l'irect Northern 7... ......... .. 2174 37 %Vt to
Dublin and Belfast Junction 21/2 9l/23 ... to
Dublin,ll3elfast.nnd Coleraine 2
... to
Dublin and Galway 2l/2 6%43%... to
Eastern Counties
Do. New 41. 7 %165....... p... to
East Dorehain and Norwich 1
Eastern Union
Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O .. 80
!..ly and Bedthrd l4
Gloucester, Abervstwith, and
Central of Vales l% 2•4%... to
GrtidUnion(Notting &Lynn) IN . 4',14 • ... to
Great South and W. (Irish)... 15 ..... . 261/2 .. .. o
..i reat Western
Ditto 1 Shares
Guildford, Fareham, Portms. 2% 3% ...... to
Hull and Selby „ ... 50
Ditto, half .;_;hares
Leicester and Birmingham... 225. ...... 2 p
Leicester and Bedford-. . . 225.....• 31/tNi••• to 3 p
London and Birmingham ...100 225 .... . to
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Extemion
London and Blackwall 16:hi...-. 10-,',i% .. to
London and Brighton 5O ...... 771,2... .. to 711/1 0
London and Croydon 13/. 15s. 9d. ... 26,,_1/A to 27
Do. New
I'.(laGloucester,3i raCheltenham,iting
lels.ao(nu land Hereford...
ehliinNeiv:etgsftoter ldri 0xf0rd,n'.5..).. 4—llx 1 p to
London,
_2y.f.......
to
Ditto
..
Dud... . r.ii.r.".;
..
Ditto New -.. . 214... .. 15 ...... to
. ndt'n and Y0rk........ ...... 21/a 6% 7... to 6%
London and Windsor ......... 1
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 21A 3% to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 2% 5 43A... to 5%
Londonderry and Enniskillen 21/2 314
••••• 5164546i/1%74%4;i
%.74:4........ ttto.c. —_l7l/2
to—
Lynn and 1.7.1 y
Nianchel..a and Leeds 76 .....2174 218 to 214
Ditto Half Shares - 34 .....102
'lancliester and Birmingham 40
Ditto Quarters
Ditto New Quarters......... 2
Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 22s ...... 8%% p to
Midland lOO •175
Ditto New
Newcastle& Darlington nc. 251%
evicastle and Berwick
Newcastle, Durham, and Lan
cashire Junction ..
Newry anal Enniskillen ••.... 21/2 3N...... to
Newark, Slieffield,and Boston 2%
North British
Ditto New 1 ..... 10t,4%... to 10
Noah Kent & Direct Dover 2%...... 41/2%... to
North StaflOrdshire ............ 225. ... 51 p... to --
North \Vales •1
.. 514 to
Oxford and Worcester
Portsmouth 'direct ............ 2% 71,4%... to
Preston and Wy
Rugby, Wm-et ster. and Tying
2218. ............
72:%% .p. toto
502217:2
............................ 4:56396;8i/4. .
.x..
..
tttttt
.t
0000000 i
_4:4697:11i N
Scottishihre,, s.,
\‘l, ii dhl aenr (.1,
Shrews. & Trent Val. Union. 223. ..... 4 p to 34
Shrews., Herefrd & N. Wales 234 ..... . 5A3
South Midland
South Eastern and Dover
..
to 48
Ditto New, N 0.2
Ditto New, No. 3
to 3
sSotauitnheswa,taidlesßicl.i.m..
.....
....... . :
.. ::
21%
..
..
..
..
..
..
Welch Mid1and.................. 21/2
toto 5
.11.1!;aealitliettirlfp.::r:
Dublin
lti Nnrielx°. 1.1 o3:.ri.di
.e,: 'N. V.d."
.....
............... 1:
32t
..
.. . toto 7..
,78 -
I\i
(Nrrocrrrskkt eaar
and
Sllit.Nr ea:r%ri, ::
sh. i
eScri.
.IC.i
.(riel.
Midland
U. .
..n.. ...
5201 t _
to
Ditto Scarboro'Branch 25 ..... 531/
to 54
Ditto. Extension ............ 114(...„,, 25 23' 14 to
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amien5......... 6 ..... . 11% to
Bordeaux,Toulouse,andCette 2 ...... 2,-,,.
to
Dendre Valley .................. 2 ...... 05,,94
to
Dijon and Mulhouse ~.........• 2 . 2l a‘l/2 to
Dutch Rhenish .................. 3 ..... . 9.F1;, v 2 to
Creat Northern of France
(Laffitte's) .................... 4 ...... 7 ...
Do. Do. (Itosatner3) ..... ... 2 ...... 35ii34 1/2 to 5
........... 2510:08 ..
to
Louvain—
... . . . 2134 to
Great Paris and Lyons.... ..... 2
Luxembourgh ........... ...... 1
Orleans
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rn iz eo pnp e
..............
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ii
Oyer Yssel ..................... 4/ 3540.... 09,c p... to
.'aris and Lyons ( Latlitte) ... 2
Parisand Lyons(Gannerons) 2 ..... 2:!!, to 3
Paris and Lyons (Calon )..• 8 2 . 25,
is to
Paris and Rouen .. ............ 20
Paris&Strasburg( Gannerns) 2 ....„ 3% to
Do. (Compe de L'Est) ...... 2
to
Royal North of Spain ......... 2
Sambre and Meuse ............ 6 9
Tours & Nantes (Mackenzie) 2
1,1,-, . . to 2
Verona and Ancona .........
3
West Flanders ..................
MINE.
Real del Moute,Unregistered

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONooN, Stan. 3.—Wind N.N.E., light breeze and hazy.
DEAL, SErT. 2.—Wind N.E., fresh breeze.—.Arrd. from
the River and sailed, Queen, M`Leod, Calcutta.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 2.—Wind E.N.E.—Off port, Chris,
thin VIII., Cape of Good Hope.
OFF PLYMOUTH, SEPT. I.—Switliamby, Jennings, China;
Racei,L Halifax. Halifax.
FAMOUTH, SEM. 2.—Wind E.N.E., fresh —Off port, White, Sydney, New South
Stirling, Laguna ; Autumnus.
Wales; Lady Nugent, Santry, Calcutta; Eliza Fidget, New -
fcandland.
I.lvEnrooL, SEPT. 2.—Wind S.E., light.—Arrd. Rival,
Burnett, Maranham ; Mary, Lyall, Prince Edward's
Island ; Emma, Hartley, Montreal ; Aqua Marine, Cottony,
ditto. Sid. 2d, Constantinople, Young, Bombay; Shamrock,
Jantield, Valparaiso; Anthony Anderson, Iplatt, ditto; Sab-
batis, Cox, Charleston; Fidelia, flerkstoff, New Turk; Pan-
(lora, White, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off port, Reis
OFF DovEn.—Renfrewshire,
Effendi, Eleuthera; Minerva, Earl Durham, United _ King-
dom, and ;Mary Marsden, Quebec. Quebcc.
SOUTHAMFTON, SF.I7. 2.—Sld. Dec steamer, West Indies.
SAL(....mnu, AUG. 30.—Arrd. off, Neptune, Batavia.
BIDEEDitD, Arc. 30.—Arrd. Wellington, Day, Miramichi.
Burns,
lints Tor,, SErr. 2.—Wind E., fresh.—Arrd. Emma, Jarvis,
Montreal ; Eagle, Quebec.
IitasToLCDANNEL, SEPT. 2.--Arrd. Pollock, Quebec.
GLoucEsTEn, Star. 2.—Arrd, Liebe, Wright, St. John's,
New Brunsl; ick.
CARDIFF, AUG. 31.—S1d. Dochfour, Wakeham, New York.
MTI.FeItD, SEPT. I.—Wind N•N.W.—Arrd. Richmond,
St anbury, Quebec.
FLEETWOOD, SEPT. 2.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Amity, Bor-
MAttvroter, SEPT. I.—Arrt. Q
rowdale, Governor Douglas, Hyde, and Thomson, Quebec.
Quebec packet, Miramichi.
CIA DE, SEPT. I.—Wind S. to NW.—Arrd. Aug. 31,
Industry, Allison, Saldanha Bay; .Graham,op Dalhousie,
Enterprise, Smart, Mecca, Valet,
Jeanie Deans, Miller, Mon-
treal ; Clutha, Fowler, Rowley, Erving, Scotland, Kelso,
Lady Sale, Anderson, William Mutt, Runkin, Oxford, Burns;
Sept. 1, Clansman, and Emanuel, Burns, all Quebec; Mary,
Harrison, Montreal; Amanda. Sooney, Newfoundland.
GATm-IY, 17G 31.—Sld Ali la
Sutoo, SEPT. I.—Wind W.—
Benny,
'i
e:rMtD noug!!, Q ebec.
d. Aug. 31, Pomona,
Quebec ; Queen Vic orta, Den pAer, Quebec ;
Agnes, Da.:l.erty, S
DONEGAL, AUG. 29.—Arr'd. Ann White, S. John's, New
Brunswi, k.
DUNDALK, Auo. 31.—Sld. Lady Harvey, Pryde, Laguna.,
S. John's New Bruns?. ick.
PENTLAND FRITH, Aco. 28.—Arrd. Cop!e, Grenada,
SittELDs, AuG. :;o.—Sld. Wm. i amington, Quebec.
Hum., SEPT. I.—Arrd. Marquis of Bute, War copper, Mi,
nunic i. Sld. Canton, Foye, St. John's, New Brun wick.
WisnEAcit, Aro 30.—Arrd. Travel e , Nova Scotia.

CLOSING OF THE TEMPLE CIIuiLCII•--A notice is
affixml cutside the Temple Church to the effect that it will bla
closed until the first Sunday in October•

MARKET NEWS -(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY.
Since Monday the arrivals of Wheat, co..stwise as well as
by land carriage and sample, Lave been seasonably large,
though not to say extensive, while they have principally
consisted ol new parcels. Our advices from th' most impf,r-
taut grain districts being of a favourable character, and the
Show of sanTiel being good, we. have to report a very inac-
tive demand for English Wheat, at bare7y, but at nothing
quotable beneath, the depres• ion in valub noticed on last
market day. The imports of Foreign Wheat c,,,ntinue on a
moderate scale. To-day exceedingly little was doing, either
in free or bonded sorts, yet prices ruled ab ut stationary.
Very little Barley, either English or Foreign, was offering.
About 100 quarters of new sold at from 28s to 30s per
quarter. The Malt trade was again very steady, and last
week's quotations were well supported. Oats, owing to the
abundance of foreign, sold heavily, at somewhat drooping
figures. Beans were more plentiful than of late, and the
turn lower. Nearly the whole of the Peas offering were
of the present year's growth. Their quality was very good.
White boilers sold at 38s to 40s ; Maples, 37s to 39s ; and
Hog, 36s to 38s per quarter. The Flour trade was very
dull, and ships' marks were is per 2801bs lower.

ARRIVALS.
Wheat. I Barley.
1,920 qrs. I 100 qrs.
3,200
Malt, 2,100 qrs.
WHITECHAPEZ
We had a full average supply ()leach kind of Meat. Gene-
rally speaking the trade ruled dull, at, in some instances,
rattler lower prices.—Beef, from 2s 8(1 to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s
4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d;
and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s 2d per 53 lbs by the carcase.

English • • • • • •
Irish •••• • • • •

Oats. Flom*.
rirs 1,010 sks.
6,810

Foreign. .• • • • •

8,910

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
WARWICK RACES—TUESDAY.
The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, for two-
year olds, sst 71b ; three, 7st 51b ; four, Bst 71h ; five, 9st ;
six and aged, 9st 41b; mares and gelding* allowed 31b*. One
mile. No race.
The Guy (Produce) Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h fi ; colts,
Bst 91b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; un'ried stallions or mares allowed
31b, if both 41b. Mile course. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Bristow's f Carissima, by Carew, out of
Mary, (31bs)
The Leamington Stakes of :%5 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only
if declared, &e., with 100 added. Ihe winner of a handicap
sweepstakes or handicap plate, amounting to 10td., to carry
Sibs extra for every race they won after the weights were
declared. The second to receive sul. out of the stakes.
The winner to pay 15 soca to the judge. Two miles. (47
Subs., 33 of whom &elated.)
Lord Exeter's br f Wee Pet, by Sheet Anchor, 5 yrs,
6st 131 b

Hon. F. Ongley's eh g Roderick, 5 yrs, Bst
Mr. W. Collins's br 11 Rochester, 6 yr., 7st ctib 3
Mr. Holloway's b g Old George, 4 yrs, Est 71b 4
Mr. W. H. Johnstone's eh f Pyttua, 3 sr-, 64 3ib 0
Betting-5 to 4 agst Wee Pet. 4to I agst Old George, 4to
1 agst It.chester, 5 to I agst Roelt rick, and a to I agst Pythia.
Wee Pet made all the running, and won cleverly ~t last by
a length, Rochester a bad thud Pythia ran against a post and
threw her rider.
Tne Maiden Plate of 50/. ; three yrs old, ist ; four, Bst 31b ;
five, Sat 90-.: six and aged, fist 131 b ; winners, 3.b extra ;
mares and geldings allowed 21b. Heats, two miles.
Lord Warwick's Gwalior, 3 yrs ( Whitehouse) I
Mr. G. Shepherd's fby Glaucus, out of March First .. 2 2
Mr. Collins's Mainstay, 4 yrs 3 3
Mr. Robbins's Mantrap, 6 yrs
Mr. Baxter's Judy, 4 yrs dis.
First Heat.-6 to 4 agst Gwalior, and 2to 1 each agst
Mainstay and March First colt. Won cleverly by a neck ;
Mainstay a bad third. Second Heat.-6 to 4on Gwalior, who
won easy by a length. •
ST. LEGER BETTING ON THE COURSE.
7 to 2 agst Major Yar burgh's Miss Sarah—taken freely
11 to 2 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit
8 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Merry Monarch—taken
16 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's The Pacha—taken freely
20 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Duc-an-Durras —taken
30 to I agst Mr. Ileaseltine's Fitz-Allen
23 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland
45 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Collier—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger
ECCLES RACES—Mosnar.
A Sweepstakes of 3 stt's. each, with 20 added ; three years,
7st 711); four, Bst 101 b ; five, 9st 41b ; six, and aged, 9st
10Ib ; half-bred horses allowed 71bs ; mares anti geldings 31bs ;
winners extra; the second to save his stake. One mix. (12
Subs.) was won by Mr. Buckley's b f Alice, 4 yrs (Walton ),
beating Mr. Phillips's b f by Physician, out of Theano, 3 yrs,
Mr. Hogan's b f Do.it-again, 3 yrs, Mr. Pollitt's Milkmaid,
5 yrs, Mr. Bennett's br t Ada, 3 yrs, Mr. Mostyn's br f Mi-
racle, 3 yrs, Mr. Clarke's br f by Physician, out of Columbine,
3 yrs, Mr. Thompson's b g Hudibras, aged, Mr. Clifford's bl g
Erebus, 4 yrs, and Mr. T. Proctor's br g Bando, aged.
The Trefford Park Stakes of 3 soya. each, with 30 added,
were won in two heats by Mr. Carter's eh f April Noddy, 4
yrs, beating Mr. Buckley's Alice, aged, Mr. Tempest's T'Auld
Squire, 4 yrs, and Mr. Clifford's bl g Erebus, 4 yrs.
The Pony Race was won by Mr. Frost's Polly, beating Mr.
Jackson's Hesperus, Mr. Birch's Curwin Lad, Sir. thompson's
Flora Mwdonald, Mr. Bowes's Tom Thumb, Mr. Hornby's
Fireaway, and Mr. Pollitt's Fairy Queen (fell).
STIRLING RACES.—FRIDAY.
The Burgh Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added.
Capt. W. Boyd's ch c Dog Billy, 4 yrs .. (W. Oatts)
Mr. Merry's b c Pilot, 3 yrs
Lord Eglinton's br f Bretwalder, 3 yrs
Won by a length.
The Falkirk Stakes of 3 soya , one ft., with 25 added, for horses
that never won 501. Heats. Once round.
Mr. Merry's br c Whinstone, 3 yrs (Robertson) 4 1 1
Mr. Stenlaonse's b g Saladin, 5 yrs
Mr. Nicoll ns br c The Merry Sandboy, 3 yrs ...... '2 4 2
Mr. J. Laing's bin Hygeia, aged
Three well-contested heats.
The Airthrey Wells Fret Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 25
added. One mile
Mr. Merry's br c Whinstone, 3 3r., 7st 71b. ....( ft. bertson) 1
Mr. Wauchope's ch f Aniata, 4 )rs, fist 4ib
W on by a length.
The Sauchee Stakes of 5 stirs. each, 2 It, with 50 added ;
three yrs old, 6st 71b ; four, 7st 101 b ; five, Bst 211); six and
aged, fist 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner
to be sold for 150 sovs., &e. Heats, once sound and a dis.
11r. Ramsay's b f 1-4irety. 4 yrs (Noble) 3 I I
Mr. Morris's br f Mesmer,a, 3 yrs
Mr. Nicholi's b g Christopher, 6y rs
Mr. Jansou's b m Terona, 4yi s
Three well- con' ested t!eats.
The Scurry Slakes of 2 sovs. a ach, with a purse added, list 71b
each. The winner to be ,o 1.: f• r5O .ovi. ; if entered to be
sold for 401., allowed 71b; 30/., iolb ; 25/., 141 b. Heats,
one mile.
Mr. Rogers's br g Ravensworth (401.) (Oates) 2 I I
Mr. Campbell's b g Waverley (401.)
Mr. Muirhead's b m Maid of the Mill (501.)....••••• 0 2 3
Mr. A. Menzies nd br m Isabel (50/. )
Mr. Austin's bni Miss Nancy (501)
Mr. J. Wauchope's b g Jemmy Jumps (401.) 0 dr
Mr. Hepburn's br m Miss Nick (sot.) ......... 0 dr
Mr. H. Johnson nd b g Mameluke (401.)
Three well-contested heats.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
GORTON RACES.
Acceptances for the Manchester Cup.
Roderick, 6 yrs—The Nobbler, 4 yrs—Jack Sueppard, aged
—Nottingham, 4 yrs—lronmould, 3 yrs—Gibby Young, :3
yrs—Lord Saltoun, 4 yrs.
Acceptances for the Sloan Purse.
Bretwalda, 3 yrs—Princess Royal, 3 yrs—lronmould, 3
yrs—North Britain, 3 yrs—St. Cuthbert, 5
.yrs—Xanthus, 5
yrs—Dr. Husband, 4 yrs—Broomstick, 3 yrs.
MANCHESTER—TuEsDAY.
ST. LEGER.—No betting.
LEAMINGTON STAKES.
2 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Wee Pet—taken
3 to 1 agst Mr. W. Johnstone's Pythia—taken

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I founded my remarks upon the Leamington Stakes
from the list of acceptances published in the Racing Calen-
dar. No declaration of Corranna, Yardley, or another horse
being scratched has been made.
This is my answer to the pompous, and, allow me to add,
almost unintelligible letter, signed " G.H.W.," which ap-
peared in your paper of yesterday.—Your obedient servant,
TE L EG RAP 11

P.S.—I suppose " G.11.W." alludes to the Leamington
Stakes, although he calls them the Wolverhampton Stakes,
seeing the latter have been run these three weeks past.
London, Sept. 3, 1845.

STATE or TRADF.—The woollen trade of Glon
cestershire has not been so flourishing for a number of years as
it has been of late, and is at the present time; and the abundant
promise of fruits of the earth will tend to continue this happy
state of revived prosperity. A Forest of Dean Correspondent
informs us that" the coal trade is very brisk in the forest, not
an able-bodied man being out of work, and the prospect of next
winter is that coal will not be had for money, to furnish a supply
for the demand."— Gloucester Journal.

A WOMAN ROASTED ALIVE BY A QUACK DOCTOR.
—The following horrible event is said to have occurred very
recently in the parish of Kinault, Flanders :—is, short time
ago, a woman suffering from a rheumatic disorder consulted an
itinerant quack doctor, who found means to put an end to
her sufferings with all the forms which the most atrocious
barbarity could have imagined. The following is, we be-
lieve, an exact report of his verbal prescription. " The part
affected must be covered with a mixture compounded of
brandy and gunpowder in a state of ignition ; two persons
must hold the woman till the perfect combustion and ex-
tinction of the mixture, and are to pay no attention to the
cries uttered by her, for if a radical cure is to be effected, it is
necessary that the action of the fire should take place on the
whole surface in a state of disease. Fear nothing ! All will
go well 1 Adieu 1" This ordonnance, made with that affect's.
tion of gesture arid language familiar to this class ol mounte-
banks, was executed to the letter, and even with a slight
addition, for in order to compel their victim to be silent, the
barbarous assistants brutally di.figured the face of the un-
happy woman in different places during the execution of the
prescription. After this operation, which only lasted one hour,
there remained but an min:mate corpse. The skin of the
thighs and abdomen were completely peeled off, and the flesh
charred and blackened. The body was hastily buried, and en-
deavours made to stifle any reports of this act of inhuman
cruelty getting into circulation ; but the Proeureur do Roi
having been informed of the affair, sent a surgeon, who, after the
exhumation an 3 inspection of the body, declared the woman
had been roasted to death.— Gazette Medicate Beige.
THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER.—On Monday many of
our friends of the barrel were up and doing in various parts of
this county, and we understand they found an average quail.
tity of birds, with the sporting qualities of wild and strong on
the wing. Of course the shooting was not general, as many
are too busy in the harvest ; the birds find too ready a refuge
in the fields of standing corn, and we must caution the har-
vestmen within reach
. of cesrlisey bareals, to mind that they are
not made game ot. In Kent we learn there was a pretty
general agreement to suspend the sport for fifteen days to allow
of thelareest being more generally ingathered. —Essex Herald.
POWER-LOOM WEAVERS' STRlKE.—Friday, a large
body of ,the female weavers connected with the power-loom
factory of Messrs. Martin and Cochran, in Bishop.street, An-
derston, struck work for an ad'ance of wages, or, as they say,
to endeavour to induce their employers to pay according to the
same ratio as other manufacturers of similar fabrics in and
around Glasgow. The strike occasioned considerable excite-
ment in the locality where it occurred ; and during the day
Captain M‘Kay and a party of the Anderston police patrolled
near to the work to prevent any breach of the peace. For.
tunately, however , the conduct of the females who bad left the
work along with their teeters, was sn peaceable and orderly,
that the services of the police were altogether qeneecasary,
In the afternoon a numerous o,ssernb!age of the weavers took
place on the banks of the Clyde, near to Govan, arid the pro.
ceediugs, in the form of a public meeting, were conducted with
great decorum.—Glasgow Argos.
The King of Sweden left Stockholm on the 19th
u't. for Gothenburg, where he was to embark for Chri.tiana.
Before his departure he appointed a Council of liegepcyt

THE ASYLUMS FOR THE 110 U E-

LESS POOR.

A special meeting of the Marylebone Hoard of Guardians w,,s
neld yesterday to take into consideration what course it would
be most advisable to adopt to resist the mandate of the Poor-law
Commissioners for forming 111arylebone into a union with the
other parishes, under the title of the North-Western &lector°.

litan District.
Air. George Daniel, churchwarden, was unanimously called
to the chair ; and not only was there a full attendance or the
Board, but numbers of the rate-payers were present, who
seemed to take a very lively interest in the proceedings. A
very strong determination was expressed by ail the speakers to
resist the proposed union, and the following resolutioi.s were
unanimously adopted :
•' That this Board do in the strongest terms protest against
the parish of Marylebone being combined a ith other parishes
in the formation of an asylum district, as submissive of the
unity and independence of the parish, destructive of the rights
and privileges of the rate •payers, and foreign to the general
spirit of the local Act, by which the self-government of the
parish has been hitherto pre'erved.
•' That a communication be made to the vestry-clerk to call a
special meeting of the vestry, to co-operate with the directors
and guardians in preserving the independence of the parish."
Mr. Busnenn said it was his intention to have moved a re-
solution, calling on other parishes to co-operate with there in
resisting this order ; but, on second consideration, he thought
it would be impolitic, as the other parishes would be tart to
get Marylebone into union with them for the sake of their
funds. _ _ _

Mr. Almon said he had intended testing the opinion of the
Board by calling on the churchwardens, directors, and guar-
dians, for each of them to attach his signature to a document,
declaring they would not form any part of the Committee of
Management for the proposed Asylum; but he thought the
unanimous feeling of that Board showed there was no mistake
in the matter. He would 'put the question verbally, com-
mencing with the Chairman.
The CHAIRMAN was delighted in having the opportunity of
answering the question. He begged emphatically to say that
he would refuse in any way, either directly or indirectly, to
act under the authority of the Poor-law Commissioners,
and no power they possessed should compel him to do so.
The directors and guardians, severally in succession, gave
expression to similar sentimetits : and a requisition to the vestry
clerk having been drawn up and signed, calling on him to con-
vene a special meeting on the subject forthwith, the Board hav-
ing sat several hours, separated.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors and Guardians of
St. Pancras parish, held yesterday, to receive the order from
the Poor-law Commissioners for comprising that parish in the
" Central Metropolitan Asylum District," less determined
opposition to the order was manifested, though the measure was
strongly objected to. The following resolution was adopted:—
That, considering the extent of the parish, the amount of its
rental, and the consequent sum of money it will have to con-
tribute to the Central Metropolitan Asylum District, as corn;
pared with those of the other parishes in union comprised in
the district, this Board is of opinion that the parish is justly
entitled to be represented by five instead of three guardians, as
provided by the order of the Poor-law Commissioners, dated
August 21, 1845."
Mr. CROUCH observed, that if he thought it possible suc-
cessfully to resist the measure, he would be the first to afford his
assistance for that purpose ; but as there was no means of
effecting that object, the only course they had was to obey a
bad law. He thought that a great many more paupers would
be induced to come to London, and believed that the act would
tend to offer a premium to the idle in the country.
Mr. DOUGLAS stated that he believed this measure was but
the first step to do away with boards of guardians altogether.
The Secretary was directed to forward a eopy of the resolu-
tion to the Poor-Law Commissioners.

A VALUABLE RELIC—PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD'S
PLAlD.—Between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning
the house of Mrs. APlSfish, on the Paisley-road, was entered by
thieves, and a number of articles of wearing apparel, &c., were
taken away, including, it is said, the identical plaid which
Prince Charles Edward wore when he passed through Glas-
gow 100 years age. A person named David Stuppart, since
apprehended with part of the stolen property in his possession,
amongst whish was the plaid of the Ftoyal Stuart tartan, was on
Friday brought up at the Gsrbals Police-court, and remitted
to the Sheriff for trial. The royal relic, which has been
handei down as an " heir-loom" from family to family, is
highly prized, and, we understand, its present owners would
not part with it for money.— Glasgow Argus.
ORNITHOLOGY.—THE GULL.-1 ne gull is well
known for its voracity, but we think the following proof of
its gormandising power, and great calibre of gullet, is not un-
worthy of being noticed; it occurred in Easdale, and may be
relied on ;--Two of these birds were a few days ago seen in
fierce combst, when, by a desperate effort, one of them got
hold of its antagonist by the head, actually swallowing it so
tar that it could not extricate itself. When in this plight
they were rushed upon, taken, and actually pulled a/wider.
Glasgow National.

A letter fioin Copenhagen, of the 23d ult., says:—
We have received intelligence from Reikeavik, the capital of
Iceland, which states that the session of the first Altbing (States-
General) ever held in that island was opened on July 1. by
Count de Bardenfieth, Grand Bailly, the King's Commissioner.
The members afterwards gave a grand dinner to the Count,
and in the evening the town was illuminated."

A GLUTTONCS END.—A man named Boland, from
ltown, near Kilmacow, died on Tuesday, in Waterford, from
the effects of eating too much. It appears that before he left
his own house he consumed about three pounds of meat, to.
gether with a large quantity of butter-milk, after which, on his
arrival in town, he ate four pounds more 1 porter, beer, spirits,
ale, cordial, tee. He was upwards of 60 years of age.—
Waterford Chronicle.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE .RIVER.—On Tuesday
morning an accident occurred on the river, off Battle-bridge-
Bermondsey-wall, by which a fine youth named Jackson,
Aged seventeen years, lost his lie. It appears that he was
employed in the tier of shipping lying off the above stairs,
when, in endeavouring to step from one barge to another, he
missed his footing and fell into the water. We sunk almost
immediately, and was carried away by the tide.
" TRUTH WITHOUT MYSTERT."—A young buck of
the soap lock order, who wore an unshaven face, because, as
tie said, it looked " foreign," lately accostei a Yankee at one of
our hotels, as follows I say; fellow, some individuals think
I am a Frenchman, and some take me for an Etat) ene—novr,
what do you think I am ?"—" Why, I think you're a fool,"
replied Jonathan.
NOVEL FOOT RACF.—On Tuesday a running-
match, which from its novelty, attracted a good many persons,
came off on Waterloo-bridge. The contending parties were
Baker and Martin, the former to cover 100 yards forward, and
the latter to run 75 yard% backwards. Tie stakes were 21.
The distance being measured, Martin took his position 5.5 yards
in advance of his opponent. When the signal was given Martin
made for the goal with extraordinary dexterity, while his op-
ponent strained every nerve to overtake him, but without suc-
cess, and Martin ran in the winner by several yards.

SIACIDE OF A LADY AT BIiAINTREE-HEATH.-011
Friday morning last, about eleven o'clock, the family of Mr.
James Trott was thrown into the greatest excitement, in con-
sequence of discovering the body of Miss Sarah Trott., aged
fifty years, hanging by a silk handkerchief, in a stable upon
Air. Trott's premises. The deceased was a respectable in-
habitant of the wen of Romford, connected with ker two
sisters in a scholastic establishment, which they have conducted
for many years. Deceased had been very unwell for a length
of time, and about a week back left her home upon a visit to
her brother at Braintree-heath, for the benefit of 'her health.
An inquest was held upon the body on Saturday afternoon,
before C. C. Lewis, EN., and a respectable jury, at the
Travellers' Inn, Braintree-heath, to inquire into the cause of
her death. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased de-
stroyed herself, being at the time labouring under insanity.—
Ipswich Express.

Shooting on the Lammer Moors has been, on the
whole, good this season. Many of the birds are, however, in
a very diseased state, in fact, perfectly unfit to be used as food.
The cause is generally considered to be tapeworm ; but, judging
from the ulcerated appearance of the throat and lungs, it is
more likely to be a species of pulmonary consumption.—Ber-
wick Warder.

HAMPTON COURT PALACE.—An inquest was held
on the 2rl instant before Mr. F. J. Manning, the coroner of
the Queen's Household and of the verge, on the body of an
elderly maiden lady, named Caroline Georgiana Fitagerald,
who died suddenly in her apartments in the palace on the 29th
ultimo. '1 he deceased had been in the enjoyment of perfect
health, until struck with apoplexy, which terminated her life.
The jury returned a verdict of " Natural death." The de-
ceased w ill be lamented not only by her friends, but also by the
poor of the neighbourhood, amongst whom, and for whose
benefit, she was actively engaged in works of charity.
CITY OF LONDON REGISTRATION.—We are in-
formed that Mr. Thos. J. Arnold is appointed revising barrister
for 'he London lists, and he intends to hold his court for the
purpose in the Common Pleas Court, Guildhall, on Monday,
the 15th of September inst.

FATAL AcCipmsT.--Last evening Mr. Payne held
an inquest at the Newcastle Coffee-house, St. Mary-at-Hill,
Upper Thames-street, on the body of Louisa Frisby, aged 2t3.
From the evidence of the witnesses, it appeared that on Sun-
day night last, at about nine o clock, the deceased was standing
on one of the lighters upon which steam-boat passengers reach
the shore at Fresh-wharf, London• bridge, when the Ruby,
Gravesend steam- boat, arrived, excessively crowded. Decessed
appeared to endeavour to reach the shore to avoid the crowd
coming from the steamer, when she fell over the side into the
water. It was supposed she thought she was standing in the
middle of the lighter, and that she might walk with safety.
Efforts were made to save her, but unsuccessfully, and her
body was not found until the following day. Some of the wit-
nesses, passengers by the Ruby, stated, in answer to questions
from the jury, that the boat was frightfully crowded, there being
from 1,600 to 1,700 persons on board. They had a dreadful
passage to London, and at Grehnhithe more wanted to get on
board, but the passengers pulled away the boards by which
they tried to embark, and prevented them. One of the men
employed at the wharf, and the superintendent and others,
stated that in order to protect the public, the lighter 4 were
surrounded by a rope; but this two of the passengers plsi-
tively denied. The superintendent said there were no more
than 662 passengers on the Ruby. After a great deal of con-
tradictor) evidence relative to the precautions taken to guard
against accidents, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental
death."

ANGLING EX VRAORDINARY.—A •branilling of an
unusual sire was caught on Thursday, the 21st August, by
Mr. Georg. Foster, innkeeper, of this town, in the river Eden,
a little above Wetheral. h was full nine inches in length, and
weighed 44 ounces, and what is considered more truly astonish-
ing that the milt weighed, after the fish bad been caught a
day or two, 23 grains. Mr. W. Elliot, of Wetheral, who has
been the most successful fisher on the Eden, and who has had an
experience among the " finny tribe" for 65 years, declares it to
be the largest he has ever seen in the course of his piscatory
rambles.-- Car'isle Patriot.

LINCOLN CATHEDRAL.-0110 of the parties to th'e
petition praying that the cathedral of Lincoln might be thrown
open to this public having forwarded the petition to Sir Robert
Peel, has received a note from the Premier, acknowledging the
receipt of the memorial. Sir Robert concludes his letter with
the following sentiment :—" It will be gratifying to Sir Rubert
Peel if the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln shall be entitled to
give the same facilities for tree admission to the cathedral which
are given at Westminster and Durham."—Lincoin Chronicle,
KENT WATER WORKS COMPANT,—A general
meeting of the :proprietors of this company was held yester-
day, at twelve o'clock, at the George and Vulture Tavern,
Sr. Michael's-alley,- Cornhill, Mr. Sheriff Hunter in th.!
chair, The report read by the Secretary set forth that con-
siderable improvement had taken place in the affairs of the
Company during the past year, in consequence o which the
Directors were enabled to recommend an increase of 10s.
dividend on each share. It also stated that the works were
generally in good condition, but that as yet there was con-
siderable deficiency in pipes and other conveniences to meet the
growing demands made on the services of the Company for the
supplies of water, IR oNer to meet this, without trenching oft
Tp• profits applicable to the payment of the dividenes, the
rectors recommended that 4,0001. be raised as additional
capital in the shape of a loan, at four per cent. interest. The
report, having been read, was received and adopted, when
res.ohrimis were severally agreed to, that a dividend of 1/. 10s.
be declared on each share, payable on the 10th of January nest ;
the transfer-book to be o.osed on the t?.4th of December; acid
that loan of 4,0004 be raised. After a vote of thanks to the
Chairman .And Board of Directors, the meeting separated.

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AAJ EST 51'
CON'FISENI
SAXE GOTHA, AUG. Tit

the sc4ne (I.* a fCstivai, at which I:, r orti no
Prince and all the royal perionagcs v, he ate ru, h'iE3

_
assia:ed.
There is, it seems in Gotha, an ftfo,.ej;:t.io7. eidl.."
1
Rifle Society, established, as the mine., tear lh"'
purpose of rifle practice. They have, at a of:
about a mile from Gotha, a place specially (levee d t tile!
use of their society, where there ate ell eorie of target'
for the rifle-shooting, and more particulArly one ursri‘
towering high above the rest, and which gives its riaro
to the festival of yesterday. It is the imeee of a large
bird—some, may call it an eagle, others will insist on its
being a go..se—but the point is a knotty oz.e to decider
se= ing that its head has been long since shot areay•
and its body and wings are riddled arid bettered
with rifle shot. Once a year a while %et k is (wade
really) devoted to the rifle-shooting, and especially to the
demolition of this devoted bird. The reigning Duke,
or the Prince of the house of Saxe Coburg who maY
happen to be in Gotha at the time. op( ne the festival or
sport by aiming the first shot at the bird. There ere.
three crowns on its head, all of which it is the especial
privileee of the Duke to shoot away, and then the
general sport begins. The reader will at once pereeivi:
the resemblance of this game to some of our own via
English rural sports at home. We should, pre baldle
call it shooting at the popinjay. Here it is called the
" VogehSchiessen."
Attached to the shooting ground is a very handsome
ball and concert room, and all around the grounds
during the week the festival lasts the owners of itinerant
booths are accustomed to cluster, with the never failing
instinct of those mysterious migratories.
This year the festival fell during the Queen's
visit. It began the other day, and in the cointnee
order of things would soon wear itself out. Three
of the six balls have already been held, and, if We
may judge from the deserted state of the shooting',
ground, the sportsmen are already pretty well tired (A
that part of the amusement. But yesterday a new pea"
ture was added for the amusement of the Queen—he
less than a grand procession of some thousand or twelve
hundred peasants and villagers, male and female, all is
their national costumes. This Her Majesty signifieJ
her wish to attend.
Accordingly, at a little before three o'clock the whole
royal party, the Queen, Prince Albert, Lord Aberdeen'
Lord Liverpool, Mr. Anson, Lady Canning, LAY
Gainsborough, the King and Queen of the Belgians, the
Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, and the princes 0'
that house, with a long trait: of distinguished pereer
in their several suites, left Gotha for the scene of Red&
her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the King and Qmee
of the Belgians left Friedrichsthal, the palace %here the,
Qu....en is staying. The other members of the rose"
party came from their diffrrent residences in other peril
of the .town. The streets through which the Queell
passed were densely crowded by'a gay and most plc'
turesque-looking population. It was a general holiday'
there was nothing but mirth music, and dalicieg
throughout the city of Gotha.
Arrived at the ground, the royal party t 01.; their
stations in a spacious gallery overlooking the %%bolo
scene, and a singular scene it was to be witnessed
those, to most of whom it must have been so "leo'
Imagine all the din of a fair—shown-en puttieg their ev
hibitions with lungs of brass, and brazen trumpets blow
ing notes of iron, cymbals, gongs, automaten
short, all the uproar, the mingled sounds of time-11°'
noured- St. Bartlemy crowded into half the space once
allotted to that now neglected festival. Add to thee::
elements of gleeful discord dense crowds of people as'
ranks, some in the oddest possible costumes, smoking,
beer-drinking, laughing, shouting, and you have sow')
idea of the scene that assailed the Queen's eyes
she mounted her high post of observation, .if indeed
was to be seen at all through the clouds of dust. 1
With the arrival of the royal party come the note
part of the festival—the procession of peasants. A "e.
scription of one section of the endless line of horselee;
and vehicles that wound itself past the royal party f‘l,
serve for all. The procession was headed by a Isl.-P
body of peasants, farmers, and small proprietors on hol'
back, dressed in their close-fitting coats of green, black'
or blue, the little bizarre German cap, with its long trout,
stuck on their heads. These ambled or paced along te'll°
abreast. most of them puffing the eternal pipe, tie NO,
astounding gravity they defiled before the royal part";
saluting them as they passed. After these came the
lumbering waggon peculiar to the country, consistie;
generally of e few boards nailed together rudely into6a
form resembling a boat. These were sometimes decorat 0
with garlands, and were filled with the peasant Wome
in their national costume, and especially the towe'l,
ing head-dress with its hearselike plumes. So 01
villages, so many of these waggons, or nearly so ;
painful to add, so mare- village bands also, who polite'd
persisted in playing "-God save the Queen " with Ste;
cordant unanimity which even royal ears could notl.r.,
ture into flattery. These horsemen, bands, and cee
gons, multiplied endlessly, formed the long and 4rtas
rently interminable procession which passed before
royal party, and what with the din of the fair.
roaring of the emulous bands, and the -clouds of ch 1,51
long before the last heavy vehicle had passed the roY
party, the whole had become eufficiently wearisooa
One thing alone made it endurable—the extreme, 510 i t,
at the same time the very peculiar beauty, of the gre-
majority of the peasant women.
This part of the festival over, the royal party ,re
turned to Reinhardtsbrunn to dinner, and in theeveel
there was a grand reception or levee at Freedenstent
Palace, at which a great many of the chief people
Gotha attended.
•te"

The following were present :—The Queen of 01`„t,
Britain, the King of the Belgians, the or
Alexandrine, Reigning Duchess of Saxe Cosier.' Gt)`"fl
Ste., the Queen of the Belgians, Prince Albert, the Grrs',6"f
Duke of Baden, the Grand Duke of Saxe Weinio
Eisenach, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe WeIT,49,
Eisenach, the Prince of Reuss-Schleitz, ;he It- ,"y
Duke of Saxe Coburg, the Prince and Princess of ,
henlohe Langenburg, the Prince and Princess H&"1,1g
lobe Wahlehurgh, Duke Ferdinand of Saxe. C..bLII;•
Gotha Kohary, Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg G-'l,a
Kohary, the Grand Duke Gustave of Mtekl, tit)sn;
Schwerin, the Prince of Reuss Ebersdorff,
Prince of Leiningen, the Duke Alexander of Wij's
tembcrg, the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, the 011,,
Princess Anna Feodorowna of Russia, Maris,
Id
Duchess Dowager of Saxe Coburg Gotha, the Prince "„
Furstenburgh, Prince Clodwig of Huhenlohe Schilliufl
furst ; the Count of Mensdorf, Count AlexanderL
Mensdorf, Lady Gainsboreugh, Lady Cunning, Conon,
Straiten, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Liverlii,
the Count of Erlach, Colonel Wylde, the Hon. F.
Forbes, Ambassador of her Britanuic 'Majesty at 11:
den ; Lieutenant-General Both, Baron de
Ambassador of Portugal at Berlin ; Colonel. de
kau, Major do Beust, Lieutenant-Colonel de WatzJ!
the Count de Beust, and the Count de Werthern.
Meanwhile the scene of the festival had become Foot
1
what changed. The people had their enjeyments t''o
happiness also. Outside, on the grounds, there pasg,
complete fair. Roundabouts, swings, shows, boot'ej
everything in short to please the people, who etroli
!io
about smoking, or drinking their beer, or riding i'4
mad on the hobby horses, and all so orderly
peaceful amidst their happiness that one's heart r
juiced to see them.
The interior of the dancing saloon exhibited what 310
would in vain look fur in England. The adatiss`°li
price was 6d. only, a sum which in England would ingol
the presence of people very little above, the lowest, l'e
amusemerts of not the most refined kind. But witht"
scene was far different ; an immense dancing-room, brog
iantly lit and handsomely decorated, was filled withrolf•
people of both sexes, the young ladies (and they would told)
been recognised as such in any society in Engliine•
dressed for the must part in w hit,, and the young 1:131,0
all is evening dross. An excellent band stationed
gallery played the best waltz music, and as many
hundred couples at a time were to be seen whio,r,/„-01
round the room. Better dancing you would su" lt
witness. This was kept up till a late hour ; and, althollt,
all were in the full tide of gaiety, and there was itbil„•
dance of those refreshments which, in England, so 01'0
war these pleasures, nothing could exceed the decor°
elB
of the whole party. A more brilliant array of fe°o7
beauty—not mere prettiness, but symmetry of Or s;
grace, and expression—could not be easily preduuo4
any country, and, although our English girls 111,0
vie with all the world for beauty, it would j
ridiculous to expect from the daughters flee
sisters of the same class of persons (a majority ',le
chanics) the same combination of attraction. A 1.'44
prevails, that any gentleman may ask any lady to (181)/
without introduction. All rely on the good conduct
all. There is not_ the most distant approach to
decorum.
HER MAJESTY'S RETURN FROM GERItA.OO3
According to present arrangements her Majesil
Prince Albert will arrive at Antwerp on Saturday oe'rt
and embark on board the Royal Victoria and Awv,e,
steam-yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzelarel)te
G.(3,11., and proceed the same evening to atichor!,ie
ground off Flushing, where the royal y acht will reo;es
during the night, and on Sunday morning start for .-ad
Isle of Wight, where the vessel will again anchor, tr-e
her Majesty and his Royal Highness slid diseml3eoP
Monday morning, and proceed to Osborne House- •

eessQesuteheenpl.r./inoweeagsseer;
,eack
ricuoarna_fic
COURT CIRCULAR,
t.beflirerSel‘rfennie"litYig
of Saxe Weimar, left her rcg;'lCll6': Bu,hy 13°117, IP
,
Bushy-park, in a earrige
and
four,
• yyesterdaylll,looif
for town, and
are" at Marlborough Ilouse bsei
past eIQV'T o'clock. Her Majesty and tl-P Prine,c,ol4
to'. town in the afternoon, on their return to Bush)'"' r)
His Excellency Louis M•Lane, Envoy Extroorul-bal
and. Minister .I.lempotentiary of the United Slate'''
removed! from Thomas's Hotel to 38, Hurley-street'
vendish-square.
eel:
TILE QUEEN DOWAGER.—We hem- dint the (N
Dowager intends setting out early next month Oa :qty
to
through the Perthshire Highlands—and that her 31.2 „te;
expected at Tsymouth Castle by the 9th proximo. fen
meat in a London morning journal of Thursday, from a °„,,
of the royal suite in Germany, to the effect that the Q?e- tbelr
Prince Albert intend revisiting Blair, immediately sit!:.tor o
return from the Continent, has set Athole on the 01 co'
expectation—but we do not hear that it meets with .Ito cc;
tirmation from those Who might naturally be exre°,,,`
ceive the earliest( fficial information on the point. A-4
Courier. TCrto
SUSPENSION IRON CHAIN OF TILE 13T1I w-
-AI. Navier speaks of a chain stretched scros, beta:afr4iselo'
rocks that command the town of Mourners, is the t'el
de Basses Alpes. It is 656 feet long,
he
2 feet 11A inch long, and :A inch diameter, hooked overecti°
and u.ade rl sto 0
other without any intermediate links. The date 01 q_seettirl;,
is not certAin but it is supposed to belong to the 110,:ied
It does not, however,'
appear tc have be. .n ever Lne
idge, but i. thought by some to have b2.eii aii off.' -.Joe 114
Virgin to obtain protection against bcing overwhejne".
rocks that overhang it. By others it i. attributed 10etioce
of Rhodes, who is supposed to have erecta-d in conv4i. ire.
a vow made during his captivity in the holy laud.
said not to be it tared by rust.— 2e Builder.