The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNIN'

Oltll'Ata 11STELL1G Nt.
NEW MARKET.—T vest.)). a NIGHT.
11.,,T.h,e.fellowing race was run after our report left the
au, --
~3etfor 2 yrs old, nod last. three miles of B. C.
„Va.:, 4 j . 1
.% or ntitnald's fby 13,z,riv-- sd, 3.re
rr;.l3euverie's b e, by, Bolero—tap:. d, 2 yr,.
atal/h)e also starlet!, but were ltol• I)lMq.i
tie son s‘ the Be itly, 3 yes—eir. Boa s's 11.1e.143aelytsi..1.
I.`,J.r.ial-:.lveld 1V ell, 3 yrs— Me. lagers' l'resest.,7:-.,
e,,
B,•ntieek's Topsail, 3 y--,cs- Ld.., • • •
•}ghtill, 2 yrs, and Lord Ch' st, eta laeleltine,,
pearl the ' het. oi the fillthing
tio3/4111' the Bolero eek, 11. i Ise 1•)7(P.:,
I,l;uWing her, end tle• Bizarr, 1111 - eaatiez :n tae
coe Puce was bed foi ite:a e ee eee,eelea.!a:
"weep .t fiat to melee. Bic; leaf 'o of
fair; ant: Nya„.ea, quite harialese when lay
t., round the turn of the lands. Topsail deceit,d ea
(11)uke''. Stand, ace', Barbatibe was left in post eseeet
lit lead ; a distance from home, liewever, the
''l.(a colt took up the mailing, folk:wed by Ajax line:
ek7.'llizarre filly. The two latter waited on lee in to the
1-4.t.tis, and closing with her there, reed' a severe but
unsatis'actoev home, the award being in fa- !
ttei„ race
et Ajax, by a neck ; the Bolero colt being almost 1
Wtl with the Bizarre filly, Barbarina a bad fourth.
Oilyet' the race, the Plate was claimed for the Duke of
allck :au on the ground that Ajax had run against his
4,Prevented her winning. 'file case was gone
to, before the Stewards, who declared that although the
6111"r°ere() °oh bad forced Ajax out of his lime and
Lot that the
luaal therefore been advert out. of hers, that he had
to "Ja:eun against her ; they, therefore, awarded" the Plate
tett'
6 ton" to 1 agst Bizarre filly, sto f agst Tepsail,
1)0,4 aa•st Prosody, 6 to 1 agst Ajax, 6 to 1 agst Bai -
'"aa and 7 to 1 agst the Biddy.
9to DERBY BETTING, &C.
is agst A British Yeoman 25 to 1 agst Winesour—t
I agst Parthian and 1000 evert on Progress e and
15 -0-grss c—taken Auld Lang Syne apt
a,. 1 agst Philip and Pro- Philip and Napier
toVss c—taken 600 to 400 on Philip agst
Tr t° 15 agst Queen of Auld Lang Syne.
eaps e
--taken
tier), ;'" Bentinck has declared that his present Map-
for ta.s not to run Gaper for the Derby, hut to keep hint
- "IS other engagements.
SO& at ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY.
3 3 a._ a„a"r. C.—Colt by Sir Hercules, out of Wordiness.
3 ;r; --au.etniutiel, 3 yrs—Tramp, dine filly, 3
,y r,— i av,
3i:;sl-fi„ll3' by. Buzzard, ut of Emma, 3 yrs.—aleti..r,
af.lkitsuPsall, 3 yrs—jet-my Diddler, 3 j re—Priie e
at& • 2 yrs—Besey Bedlam filly, 2 yrs- and Meet-
-et colt 2 • •
apstaltes, T. Y. C. ; winner to he sold for 1 50/.,
• 3 yrs— Octina , 3 ja •
i;rrdidd:;ll,':)-3'rsirs---%%'(7dsn' Jan, yrs—bilyer'teil
blieC-Tratnpolitio filly, 3yrs—Topseil, 3 yrs— ht
here) Yra---c b' Gilbert, tett Gitana, 2 yrs- .- ede,
Ha 2 yrsa-und Bother-'em. 2 yrs.
tat taleaE Plate ; A. F. Discord, 9st 7!i--•1,:!
?at lau---tiortrait, 7st 131b--Knight of the too ,
N`w•--Pallatlium, 7st 31b—Guznee,
set 131b—and Odds and Ends, 6st.
list's' Matches for Wednesday.—Minaret, 4 yrs, 3st 7de
81,84)1"mon, 3 yrs, aist 21b ; 'l'. Y. C. 50.
eaht,'
ttreedaY--The Shadow agst Garry Owen, Bst 41b
M., 100, h ft.
Ile GOODWOOD RACES.
°llnwinea• stakes close this week :-1843. The La-
aeerri • 74"lecemb, and Rubbish Stakes.-- 1844..1 n-awing
!fall,,
' ; Nassau ; a Sweepstakes of 200 hove.
Neer P., for '2 yrs old colts aid fillies, ; a
ZY,Ptaltes of 200 sovs. each, p. p., for 2 yrs old
ald.and a Sweepstakes of 23 sows. each, for 2 yes
54-'1845- The Great 300 Son s. Stakes for 4 yrs old. ;
4,,c,:Pstakes of 100 sovs. each, for 3 vrs old ; aed
tam Patakes of 25 sovs. each, for 2 yrs Itrd. We ureter-
Of 1.e5 :tile course has been greatly improved in a variety
II a adILEY STEEPI.E CIIASES.—TCESDka.
gat ta; -•The Novel Handicap. 4 miles.
Ist. Attaorets Ilarrow Boy (Masee) 1
at.r.,,tleriOn's Negro
Ott, ztrnin's The Stranger .. bolted
'""Q."4--a's Unknown bolted
twe Won very easy.
11,-taltc:a of 3 sovs. each, with a Silver Cup added ;
Ilr •"tell ; winner to be sold for 501., &c. Four. miles.
kr. hl Bonnet Rouge (Mason) 1
Bittt's Student
4.r) eLrollowing also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
lotei,aloB Admiral, Mr. Bung's Twilight, Mr. Thorn-
ilatle;l,lllnble, Mr. Dixon'. Ragman, and Nr. APDo-
L rho-ah; °Yager.
trrae was run in the dark. and each rider declared
54to7'at's fa tne winner ; the Judge, however, decided it in
vour.
az*,(RECEIVED THIS MORNING.)
W MARK,ET HOUGIITON MEETING.
teA U,irllanAY AFTERNOON, THREE O'CLOCR.—Up ID
h eZlt-last night the rain descended in torrents, and
te(lea"....or a change ; change, however, it did, and with,
ee, for after midnight the rain was succeeded
edo• '----r? frost (for which, by the way, the " early
Cati Paragraphs ought to have prepared us), aid
41g wtilitaa"lg broke with a bright sky and a clear search-
and viva
The racing, was a full average in qaantity,
Itttioe.re,,,e of the events furnished good fields for specu-
A Sw- The first decided was
a tlstakes of 300 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old,
Lord at 101 b each. R.M. (4 &lbs.)
l,xeter's-br I-Valance walked over
ks.andeestp Plate of ad for three yrs old, &c. A.F.
Ltwall's Pll diu.m, 3 yrs, 7st 3lb (J. Howlett) 1
te a a
tota rkeley's Portrait, 4 yrs, 7st 13Ib
litt"Chestertield's Knight of the Whistle, ist 121 b 0
' I,ll'anlker's Billinhana Lass, 4 yrs, Est 131 b
"eta' 'lls°n's Ghuznee, 3 yrs, 7st;
tat n;t0"--7 to 4 agst Knight of the Whistle (t), 7 to 2
'tat Ghuznee, Lass, Lass, 3 to 1 agst Palladium, and 6 to 1
A uznee,
l'astrt'alt Made the running, followed by Billingham
Ghtizeee, the others' waiting ; in the Ab. M.
th Pall- eVPortrait, kept it to
e end d diem took the lead from
'atae at'thaellid. won cleverly by a length ; the favourite
"neat, last, and made a dead heat fhr second with
aLordt. billingham Lass was a good fourth.
lt tirll,hbirinattrire's, Minaret,,4 4 -rsr,e,Bl3sitt.72ll,lh,(lli.,:ltbr.icns.(s.,nil,
itiltitit' a canter 6bey sfoLuorlilliennoxntlis.Y
Oat 'Val" of 50/ for 2 yrs old 6st 71b, and 3 yrs old
trd St T.Y•C " The winner to be sold for 3501., &c.
r. t(ltdr,ad_ b!•oke.'s•Jeremy Diddler, 3 yrs (Nut) 1
kr, ntxl.s%n s Prince of %Vales, 2 yrs
4124 fots pewit, 3 yrs
3
a "la at r','_Wing also started, but were not placed•
uschild's c by Sir Hercules, out of Worthless,
laurr. Stebbing's Edmund, 3 yrs—Mr. Crocklod, s
litaartzard, out of Emma, 3 vrs—and Lord Exeter's c
kettillal, out of Murinella, 2 yrs.
t° 1 a g-" Even on Jeremy, sto 1 agst Emma filly, and
th.ahe rt Prince of 'Wales.
Ott elota,laa filly led for the first 200 yards ; the lot
fiolag ()F."' the Worthless colt leading, and the favourite
10%4(11 at the new ground Hawk took the running,
repes°37 Lord Exeter's colt and Prince of Wales, to
I.4"elev where Marittelle c declined ; halt" way up
:aka/a"' a4ddler went t the two leadiog horses, and
jkit Ravin
"ta g '‘ay, after a short struggle the two blue
Was "t 3
ere left together, the ride in was very close., aed
11°th' °TI o'l
etst!.'4 by head ; Hawk good third, and
441...4•
11.uteAebenCarle's Buffalo, Bst 101 b (Robinson) aeat
e~ih ftF.Ointoifs.
Auguryfirst half ot Al,. M.
si h to 4on Buffalo, who won easy, by a length
Atit "10 go
k,l was v. &Ling Sweepstanee was not tun when our
4Rst7',;%:. hilit,Lati,e
106 41r. 10r Peel's Garry Owen
h (4)drnaii::: The adattlw, 411, each ; D.M. ;
Ae •El •
1),1
"ihes, of bake and Duchess of Beaufort, Duke and
art 117 a d, Duke of Rutland, the Duc ,de
Ali, and' et:Ws of Normanby, Marquis of Exeter,
of Q't°, arle, t,;;:less of Eglinton, Earl and Countess of
Itawl."'aterfieldr',Of Stradbroke, Earl Jersey, Countess
tord t, tart of Orford, Lord Meicletone, Lord
laarrGe John Fitzroy, Lord Chat les Fitzroy, Lord
tirtri 14,4
tin en,
„, Lord Walpole, Lord Edward Russell,.
kilat4ls,lsit'",Y Paulett, Lord Villiers, Lord•
For e; Baird, Sir J. and Lady Shelley, Sir H.
ta, en °n• General and Mrs. Grosvenor, Hon. G.
Sf,ter, lion. Captain and Mrs. Rous, Hon. H.
G. Fitzroy,- Hon. R. Colborne, Hon. G.
Nee 1-1. 'Wellesley, Hon. R. Ongley ; Colonel
I'e to eeli Colonel Hornby ; Captain Newcomers,
l'illtit'tattil .11". Spencer Captain Maddocks, Captain 11
Nil act , uennis, Captain Dixon ; Messrs. Thorp.
Coeallohyle'.'3 )1. Collins, Portman (and lady), R. Lt •
11117rell, I,,aYne, Graon, Cox, Bowes, Newcombe,
Itatalb'ore, Powell, Gardnor, Crommelda
Elves • reel, D. Radcliffe, Graham, Batson, S.
ec,_ Shelky, S. Stanley, Vaughan, Lumley,
°Van, Onslow, Magenuis, &c., &c.
Attarttees.„ COURSING.
, ucT. 20,21, AND 22.—The Cup was won
atr•o4. kitx flames Wee Pet ; the Tyro Stakes by Sir
Mahomet ; the Ayi-shire t'aip by Dr.
14-401,11144, , Ardroasan, Stakes by Lord Eg-
li, bandy'; and the Eglinten Park Stakes by Dr.
A kttr
gal wOo,„,„,
Was •‘"-ip """ PRE, OCT. 21 AND 22.—The All
47theide, as vvon by Mr. Ball's Bugle, the Puppy' Cup
.11'a I:4"er between Mr. Ridgway's Rasper ad Mr.
Nee hap.zoeenl,l,esthe North Euston Stakes were won by
utekbird. and Esther, the Wyre. Stakes by Mr.
the Rossall Puppy Stakes by Mr.
1,14 en
ages
toe
_toral AP'. Church Defence and Anti-Patronage
„, qatort .••ociation have just put. forth an address
rareci tlity to
541 io the reso!utions which lately ap •
tittle other
met°4r columns. •
Mr. William Collins, and
teseiveanbers of the Association, who have tied
11104181 hat lay eel' and heels to the 'I ones, did every-
,;ll °f
th, ,_,in their Powerh to procure the suppres-
aere" thCr- but it,
Iv, at length appeared, de-
r4laaeratinatione, e have lately seen, in his
eotde the Church Building Society, how
a, to tile* with 1,95 anti-patronage views were in ac-
tino ,_lettrn with
Practice
hone;;' and it does not surprise
ac-
ti
membthe t and straightforward sec-
e thor ere of the Church Defence Associa-
teir ", do2ughly di,
nirtram Llano, 0,. gusted with the manner in
"wlegoro "4 sails his. professed principles, he has
.11.41 Argus suit the purposes of the Tories._
eltd sojerP4-riai Highnes
los suited s the Archduke of Austria
I\l'ae2.l4°l the e'‘,._at
_lnverness on Wednesday. In the
or Ing. the Archduke honoured Mr.
Pneea: ie„,
Weller With his
p 4 silents . —4oits saiew.
.???rimands, of whom he
Attu • His Imp Highland weapons and
orals !al Highness left for Glasgow
4"' liore riateeetieer.

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Cunningham, London, 1842.
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a tn.,; and vignette, gives au historical account
of the prig cipa the Souili Sea,
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commerce, and the art, of soeial

SI7NcULAR OCCURRENCE AT
HAMMERSMITH.

During the last two days, much conversation has
been occasioned throughout the neighbourhood of
Ilammersmith, by an occurrence of a singular and ex-
,lo.ildieetry nature. From the inquiries made on the
pt.,, it appears that the friends of a lady most highly
eentiec Led, and now about thirty years of age, finding
some considerable period since, that, although not
labouring:under any distinct form of insanity, so as to
require re.traint, her mind was exceedingly weak, by
the advice o: Dr. -, an eminent physician, placed
her under the care of Dr. --, a medical man, resid-
ing ar. Fulham, who, although not keeping a private
lunatic asylum, professed to take the charge of per-
sons so circumstanced. The lady in question accord-
ingly remained at Fulham until about four months
since, when it reaching the ears of her friends that
she iad formed an intimacy of rather too close a
nature with a son of the medical man at whose house
she had been, it was determined to remove her to a
more suitable situation, and she was immediately
conveyed to the residence of another surgeon in the
neighbourhood of Brook-green, Hammersmith, where
she remained until Monday lag. About ten days
since the friends of the lady received informa-
tion, that, notwithstanding her removal from the
care of the father of the young man above alluded to,
they had contrived to continue their correspondence,
and had, in fact, been married by banns at the parish
church at Rotherhithe in the early part of September
last, but that no attempt had, however; up to that
time, been made by the alleged husband to claim the
society of his wife. In the course of the forenoon of
:Monday last the young gentleman, accompanied by
his father, brother, and other relatives and friends,
went to the house of the medical gentleman under
whose care she then was, and demanded to see her,
which application was, of course, refused; but the
lady, becoming acquainted with the presence of her
alleged husband, opened a front window on the first
floor, and stepping out on the balcony threw into the
street nine or ten sovereigns, which were immediately
picked up by the claimant of her hand. After several
vain endeavours to obtain an interview with her they
left the spot, but returned in the afternoon, and loi-
tering about the house were observed, about four
o'clock, by the lady, who, having secured the door of
her room on the inside, immediately presented herself
on the balcony, and was addressed from below by her
alleged husband, who asked her, " Mary, am I
not your husband ?" To which she instantly
responded, " Yes, you are," and appeared in
a state of great excitement and trouble of mind.
The strange colloquy attracted the attention of the '
numerous persons passing along the high road, and
a short time a considerable crowd had collected, to
whom the alleged husband showed his certificate of
marriage, and who, from their want of knowledge of
The real circumstances of the case, commended his
exertions to obtain possession of his alleged bride; he
then told her to put her bonnet, &c., on, and come out
on the balcony, and he would rescue her. She ac-
cordingly retired into the room, and presently after-
wards came out on the balcony dressed for her depar-
ture. She then, by direction of the party below, got
a chair out of the drawing-room, and placing it at the
east end of the balcony mounted the top of the rails,
and then, holding the top rail, slid herself down
with her ek. to the rails until her feet found a rest-
ing-place on the edge of the balcony, and she stood
for some time in a position the most frightful to be
conceived, with certain death staring her in the face
should she let go her hold, the persons assembled
outside cheering her, and calling to her to hold
tight. By that time some members of her family,
accompanied by a solicitor, &c., had arrived from
town, and, with the proprietor of the house, procured
a pair of high steps and raised them to the balcony,
while at the same time the alleged husband, with
the assistance of his friends, mounted the wall dividing
the front garden from the adjoining one, when, from
his great height, he was able to assist the lady to
turn round, and before any of her friends could ascend
the steps she lowered herself into his arms, and reach-
ing the ground in safety, she was immediately sur-
rounded by his party, who conveyed the lady to a
neighbouring public-house, followed by her friends
and the assembled crowd. Finding all efforts to re-
gain possession of the lady at that moment would be
futile, her friends determined to watch where she
would be removed to, but, notwithstanding they
showed themselves able tacticians, they were foiled
by the other party, and it is understood that the lady
was unobservedly introduced into a garden adjoining
the public-house, from which there is an entrance into
a bye-lane leading towards Fulham, at the gate of
which a fly was in attendance, into which she was
immediately placed, and driven off no one knows
where. Her friends, being then unaware of the circum-
stance of her having been carried off, remained
watching the public-house, which was still sur-
rounded by a large crowd, until about seven o'clock
in the evening, when a fly drove up to the door, and
two or three persons muffled up in cloaks instantly
got in, and the vehicle was driven off at great speed
in the direction of Turnham-green. AR offer
was immediately made of five guineas to any
person tracing the destination of the fly, and some
persons in a cab instantly followed it to Turnham-
green, whin the fly turned round, and retraced its
way back to Hammersmith-broadway, the cab fol-
lowing in its wake. At Hammersmith-broadivay the
fly turned up Brook-green-lane, in the direction of
Shepherd's-bush ; but before reaching that place it
pulled up, in a dark part of the road, and allowed the
cab to pass by, and again went back to Hammersmith-
broadway, and from thence down the Bridge-road
towards the Suspension-bridge. The persons in the
cab soon discovered that they were on the wrong
scent, and returning to the Broadway, were enabled
to overtake the fly before it could cross the bridge,
and after a lengthened chase through all the bye-
roads in the neighbourhood, the fly finally pulled up
in King-street, Hammersmith, when it was found
that the whole had been a ruse to deceive the lady's
friends, the persons in the fly being only the son • of
the landlord of the public-house and other persons
unconnected with the case.
We have abstained from mentioning the names of
the individuals connected with the above singular oc-
currence, as we understand that the family of the
lady intend to institute proceedings in the Ecclesias-
tical and other Courts against all the parties con-
cerned in the affair, when the matter will be more
fully brought under the notice of the public.

DREADFUL SHIPWRECKS OFF
RAMSGATE-LOSS OF LIFE.

On Sunday morning last, at an early hour, the town
of Ramsgate was thrown into excitement on account
of two large vessels being wrecked on the Goodwin
Sand during the storm, which raged furiously the
whole night from the north-west, not equalled fn vio-
lence since the hurricane in November last. Directly
upon the wrecks being observed from the shore,
which was not till near nine o'clock, a party of the
coast-guard service, under the direction of the Lieu-
tenant of the Ramsgate station, pushed off in their
lugger to render assistance to the unfortunate
creatures who might be on board ; and a number of
fishing boats put off for the same charitable purpose.
The weather at the time was still extremely severe,
the wind blowing almost a hurricane, with a tre-
mendous rolling sea ; and the greatest fear pre-
vailed that the boats would not be able to outlive its
fury ; but nevertheless the gallant fellows stood the
buffet of the waves with singular courage, and in the
course of a short time they succeeded in gaining the
distressed vessels. The first gained proved to be a
three-masted vessel, a barque, called the Hope, be-
longing to London, commanded by Captain Steel, on
her homeward voyage from Quebec. She had struck
on the outside of the Goodwin Sands, and was break-
ing up rapidly. There was no person on board, which
at first led to a supposition that the crew had been
washed off by the sea, which was making a complete
breach over her, but upon inquiries of a master of
a schooner lying in the roads with two anchors out, it
was ascertained that they had been saved by a vessel
belonging to Broadstairs, named the Tartar. It ap-
pears, from the accounts given by the crew, that the ,
ship struck shortly after midnight, when running for
the mouth of the Thames. They instantly resorted to
every possible means to get her off, by cutting away
the masts, but it had not the slightest effect ; and, as
the storm increased, she was thrown higher upon the
sand, thereby rendering it utterly impossible to pre-
vent anything else but the ship's total destruction, for
in two hours afterwards she commenced breaking to
pieces, and her cargo and timber floated out of her.
Very happily a vessel, which afterwards was found to
be the Tartar, came up a few minutes after the ship
had struck, and, by the aid of its boats, succeeded in
saving the whole of the crew. They were, however,
much exhausted and cold, in consequence of the waves
passing over the vessel's deck. Since then the wreck
has entirely disappeared. Her loss is estimated at
between 5,000/. and 6,0001. The other wreck, upon
the coast-guard reaching it, was discovered to be that
of a barque, also nearly of the same size, named the
Nancy, but they were unable to approach it, on ac-
count of the tremendous surf about the sands where
she struck. It was close to the Light of All Nations,
which is reported to have been destroyed about the
same time, it was supposed by the ship passing over
it. From the fact of the boats being still attached to
the wreck there is little doubt but the entire of her
crew perished. as none of them have since been heard
of. The ship is valued at 8,0001. During the morn-
ing, and while the storm was at its height, his Bel-
gian Majesty's man• of-war, the Courette, 18 guns,
Captain Hyde, commander, had a narrow escape of
being lost on the same sands. The ship, which had
but a day or two before sailed from Ostend, on a
voyage of discovery round the world, was bearing
down through the North Foreland when taken by the
storm and drove back on to the sands. For a length
of time her situation was extremely perilous, and
the consternation on board among her numerous crew
was, as may be supposed, excessively great. After
cutting away the foremast, and otherwise

lightening the ship, she floated off end was
subsequently brought to an anchor in the roads.
About three o'clock in the morning the Royal George
Margate steamer came down to her assistance, and
the captain offered to tow the ship into Ramsgate har-
bour. It was, however, strange to say, indignantly-
refused. On Sunday afternoon, upon the storm some-
what abating, she was got under weigh and reached
Ramsgate in the course of the evening, where she still
remains to repair damages. The Royal George
steamer afterwards saw two ships on shore at Deal,
having been driven, through the violence of the storm,
from their moorings in the roads. From the position
in which the vessels lay, it was fully expected that
they would beco.-ne wrecks. Since then several other
vessels have been ascertained to have been lost in the
course of the night, as the coast, both in a northerly
and southerly direction has been strewed with spars
and pieces of wreck.

MINING EXPERIMENTS AT
CHATHAM.

Some interesting experiments, illustrating the me-
thods of blowing up stockades, bridges, counter-
scarps, &c., and also exhibiting the mode of attack
with hand grenades, &c., were exhibited on Tuesday,
on the engine ground for field practice at Chatham.
Notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the
weather, there was a large company of spectators as-
sembled, and a very strong muster of military men.
The whole of the arrangements were under the direc-
tion of Sir Frederick Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel of the
Engineers, to whom it is only justice to say, that
they were excellent, both for the practices intended to
be afforded to the military employed, and for the faci-
lity given to the public of witnessing what was goiug
forward.

In order to prevent accidents and give sufficient
space for the operations, the ground was kept by the
soldiers of the East India Company, from Mount
Pleasant Cottage to the salient of the Duke of Cum-
berland's bastion, and thence along the front to the
salient of Prince Frederick's bastion ; from that point
to the right flank of the casemates, and from the left
flank of the casemates to the St. Mary's guard.
The first operation, viz., what in military phrase is
called breaching a stockade by bags of gunpowder,
commenced shortly after one o'clock, when Lieute-
nant King placed huffs charge, consisting of four bags
of gunpowder, each bag containing 601 b., on the west
side of a stockade of very great strength, erected for
the purpose ; three bags of powder being placed on
the lower tier, and one on the upper. The hose was
attached to the middle bag of the lower tier, and the
other end passed through the stockade to the east
side, two inches of portfire being attached. The sig-
nal to advance was then given by the bugles, and
Lieutenant King, with a party of ten Sappers, imme-
diately debouched from St. Mary Guard across the
creek on a pontoon raft. The Sappers carried four
bags filled with sand (representing gunpowder), these
were quickly placed on the eastern side of the stock-
ade, and the bugle having given the signal to fire the
train, it was lit, and the Sappers retreated as quickly
as they could. The experiment was perfectly.satis-
factory. ; the explosion took place within two minutes
of the light being applied to the portfire, and the
stockade was riven in pieces. The breaching party
then advanced, augmented by a fresh party, under the
command of Lieutenant Lovell, provided with hatchets,
and passed with great rapidity through the breach,
taking iaossession of the first parallel and the batteries,
from which several rounds of artillery were immedi-
ately fired. The next operation was the attack of a
block-house, similar to those erected in American
warfare, by a party, under the command of Lieut.
Grain, with hand grenades. The party consisted of
40 men, who threw the combustibles into the block-
house, and then retreated behind' the adjoining para-
pets, until the destructive missiles burst within the
devoted Building, and exhibited, their force by tearing
the planks of which it was constructed into holes and
fissures. The third operation was the blowing off the
crown of the arch of a strongly built brick bridge,
which was accomplished with success by a minimum
charge of gunpowder. The effect of this operation
was magnificent, the explosion was terrific. The
brick-work was hurled several hundred feet into the
air, and the fragments carried to a distance of several
hundred yards. Two operations upon the piers of the
bridge were then performed with equal success, and
the whole mass was overthrown amidst the loud explo-
sions of the formidable agent employed.
The last operation—the blowing away a portion of
a counterscarp, in order to enable the depression of
guns to an angle to bear upon a battery—was the
most curious. This operation was; like the others,
completely successful. The earth . was blown away
with a tremendous noise and force, and the object. in-
tended fully accomplished. ,
The whole of the operations were carried on with
the precision and accuracy of actual warfare ; the
troops employed, viz., the Engineers, were manoeuvred
as in an actual attack, and the whole conducted accord-
ing to the strict rules of the military art. There was
at intervals, and after the termination of the mining,
some excellent ball practice with 24-Founders by the
gunners of the East India Company.

PRESENT TO H. R. H. PRINCE
ALBERT FROM THE ROYAL HUMANE

SOCIETY.

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WINDSOR, TUESDAY EVENING.—This morning the
following Gentlemen, forming a deputation from the
Royal Humane Society, had the honour of an audience
of his Royal Highness Prince , Albert, at the Castle,
for the purpose of presenting to the Prince one of the
Society's double breaker ice-ladders, of the same con-
struction as similar ladders which are constantly in
readiness for use during the winter season, in the
event of accidents occurring by the breaking in of
the ice upon the Serpentine river Hyde Park :—Sir
Isambert Brunel, E. R. Adams, isq., William Allen,
Esq., John Curtis, Esq., Benjamin Hawes, Esq.
(Treasurer), and Berkeley Westropp, Esq. (Secretary).
The Royal Humane Society, from the experience
which it had had of the great utility of this 'humane
invention in the preservation of the lives of persons
who had been immersed in the water while skating,
in consequence of the breaking of the ice, determined
upon
use when his Royal Highness enjoys the
Highness Prince Albert to
accept requesting
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delightful and healthy recreation of skating upon the lake
at Frogmore House, the residence of her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, or at Virginia Water.
His Royal Highness (who received the gentlemen
forming the deputation in St. George's Hall, where
the ladder had been previously conveyed upon its ar-
rival at the White Hart Hotel from town) was gra-
ciously pleased to accept of the present, and to express,
at the same time, in elegant and feeling language, his
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befel his Royal Highness last winter while skating
upon the lake at Frog-more, when, it will be remem-
bered, her Majesty, with the greatest presence of
mind, and with that fortitude and coolness which have
ever characterised the Sovereign, providentialiy'res-
cued her illustrious consort from the most imminent
peril, and enabled the Prince to reach the bank.
The deputation, who experienced a most gracious
reception from the Prince, after remaining for nearly
an hour at the Castle, explaining the properties and
mode of using the ladder, retired. The ladder, which
is upwards of 24 feet in length, is most beautifully
finished. It is composed of a peculiar wood, and
grained to resemble mahogany. On one side are the
arms of his Royal Highness, richly emblazoned, and
underneath a medallion of the Society.
It has been arranged that as soon as the frost has
set in and the season for skating has arrived, the Royal
Humane Society shall send down to Windsor one of
the most efficient and expert men in their employ, to
be in attendance when his Royal Highness skates, and
who has a perfect knowledge of the mode of using the
ladder should it be required.
A ladder, of precisely the same construction, has
been ordered by his Grace the Duke of Northumber-
land to be sent to Alnwick Castle before the com-
mencement of the winter season.
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TAIN GAOL HAUNTED:On the night of Friday
last, the much-to-be-envied individual occupants of
those desirable apartments were suddenly aroused
from their slumbers by tremendous and unearthly-
like bawling and screaming in the upper cell of the
old tower, cccupied by the younger of the two lads
convicted at the last Inverness Assizes of issuing base
coin. The gaoler, who now always sleeps in the
tower, having entered this cell to ascertain the cause of
so untimely a disturbance, found the culprit seated on
the base of the window, cringed as round as a ball,
and in a most pitiable state of fright. On questioning
him, he said, that being wide awake, and lying in his
bed, he distinctiy saw a very large figure walking to
and fro the length of the cell, at each time passing his
bed, and the moon at the time shining directly in at
the window (the bed being opposite) caused him to
see the object the plainer; for in passing the window
it always darkened the rays of the moon, expressing
itself at intervals thus :—" Do .it, do it, do it." His
entreaties and appeals to the gaoler to have him re-
moved, were couched in such heartrending strains,
that he was obliged to put him into another cell where
two others were confined and slept together : but so
frightened was he, that nothing would quiet him until
he got between the two in bed, where his whole body,
shook all night like an aspen leaf nor slept he any.
He always had a voracious appetite, but -aim the
above scene he has eaten little or nothing. This
shruld act as a warning to all those initOss-shirawhe
are inclined to commit such acts as might make then:
inmates of the Tain gaol, for. they are , not only
watched and guarded by natural, but, it yvould appear,.
by supernatural gaolem—Rop-Mira Advertiser.