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with the same.

The other clauses relate to the powers of the Treasury
Commissioners, or any three of them, to alter the rates
as they may see fit.

THE LATE FIGHT FOR THE

CHAMPIONSHIP.

(From Beli's Life.)
Very great exciteniefit has prevailed respecting the
termination of this fight. Fresh instances are reported
of the disgusting scenes and the grass outrages perp-
trr.ted on the roads to and from the field of battle.
Almost every person having the semblance of respecta-
bility was hustled or stopped, and every pocket cleaned
out, while some were actually thrown down, and their
boots taken off, to ascertain whether they had there
concealed their cash. The toll-keepers were in many
places surrounded, and "cleaned out" of all their takings,
in search of which visits were paid, with unblushing
effrontery, to their houses. Almost every publican was
rabbcd, the upstairs rooms often ransacked, and resist-
ance treated as a serious offence ; such gangs of preda-
tory marauders were never before let loose on the pub-
lic. It was openly said at Nottingham and elsewhere,
that any money betted against Ceunt was safe, as it was
never intended to let him win.

It appears that the :referee, who was present in the
Subscription Rooms at Doncaster during the week, still
adheres to the decision he gave respecting the battle on
the field. He appeared to be strongly excited by the
statements that had been made with regard to his con.
duct, particularly by what Spring said in his speech at
the benefit of Caunt, " that the referee decided under
the influence of intimidation, and that in fact from his
own acknowledgment in the presence of several persons,
he bad not seen the last round." This the referee
repudiates very strongly. He acknowledges that
he said that he knew his own life and the lives of the
Editor of Bell's Life, as well as Tom Spring, Molyneux,
and several others would have been placed in jeopardy,
had he not decided in favour of Bendigo; but he states that
no apprehension, arising from this knowledge had in any
respect biassed the opinion he gave upon the last round.
He denies that any appeal was made to him when Bendigo
struck Caunt on:the abdomin in the 92d round. He described
Caunt as a great, big, overgrown fellow, awkward, and
no fighter, who could neither hit nor stop with precision,
and who depended on catching and hugging his man at
the ropes, and hanging or falling upon him. He spoke
with indignation of the length of the spikes in his shoes,
and designated him as a man in every way objectionable,
and said he would not mind fighting him himself " on
horseback," a position in which the referee, it is under-
stood, has already signalised himself. In answer to these
statements, it is urged that Caunt had no other means
01 opposing his man but by the system he adopted, fur
Bendigo invariably endeavoured to fall and elude him
immediately upon having delivered a blow, and that
Bendigo's plan of falling to avoid a return, and,
after a round was finished, jumping up again to
catch his opponent treacherously and unawares, was
unmanly, and contrary to the rules of fair fighting.
The report is, that Bendigo, who was himself in the
town of Doncaster, apparently quite recovered from the
consequences of his late conquest, has, however, suffered
severely from the punishment given him, and that one or
two of his ribs were broken in the falls to which he was
exposed. DurinE the last week a letter was addressed
to the editor of Bell's Life, as the stakeholder upon the
occasion, from a solicitor on the part of Caunt, giving;
him notice not to pay over the stakes without his con-
sent, under the penalty of legal proceedings being com-
menced against him ; but this, it is supposed, will be
withdrawn, after the decision of the referee, which is
contained in the following letter addressed to the editor
of Bell's Life, stakeholder, &c., and which, it is pre-
sumed, will terminate the disputes upon this knotty
question :
TO THE EDITOR OF "BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON,"

preach, had not proceeded hale a mile, when ho caught
a glimpse of his Grace through the pine-trees, running
at the top cf his speed in an opposite direction
from the river. To turn his horse and gallop after the
Duke was the work of a moment, and having succeeded
in his object, the next point was to place the unhappy
Nobleman under shelter. One of the boatmen who had
followed the Duke into the woods having reached the
spot where Colonel Cockburn had overtaken his Grace,
underto )1c to conduct the party to a farm-house, about a
quarter of a mile lower down the stream.
"To this humble dwelling the Duke was taken ; but
when laid upon a sofa in the only habitable apartment
of this building, his Grace's agitation increased to a
violent degree ; and, while labouring under frightful
spasmodic affection, he entreated to be removed further
from the river, as he could hear the rippling caused by
the current. In compliance with this request, the Duke
was supported by Major Bowles and Colonel Cockburn
to a barn, about one hundred yards in the rear of the
dwelling•house, and a rude bed of clean straw having been
piled together in one corner, his Grace was laid upon it. It
became evident to those around the sufferer that the
dreadful crisis was approaching; indeed, the Duke him-
self was aware that his lust hour was at hand. His
Grace was perfectly calm and collected and resigned to
his fate; so much so. that a very short time before he
breathed his last, the Duke wrote a letter to Lady-Mary
Lennox, his eldest daughter, the contents of which re-
lated to family matters of a strictly private nature.
From the moment this task had been accomplished, the
Duke grew gradually worse, and appeared to be sinking.
Towards evening his Grace was seized with shivering-
fits, and the extremities became cold ; but his senses
Lever forsook him: he recognised every one around him,
and prayed to be released from his sufferings. About
eight o'clock this revered and lamented Nobleman
breathed his last, with the resignation of a Christian,
and the fortitude which is inseparable from the just and
the good.—Brighten Herald.

THE NAVAL RETIREMENT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Your well-known advocacy of the claims of the
navy induces me to lay before you a f;:w remarks on the
n-lval retirement, which is about to be consummated
only with respect to the Post List, to the exclusion 'of
the commanders and lieutenants, which must bo pre-
mised from the fact, that not a word has been said of
the other rank, either in the way of promise that their
case shall likewise meet with due consideration now, or
at some future period, or even a word of consolation to
the effect that they are not wholly forgotten. Standing
as their claims do in many cases preeminently superior,
to their seniors in rank, it can hardly be believed that
such partiality as this can be intended, and that such an
extensive and sweeping retirement as to include nearly
half of the captains, should be only extended to one
class, and that class, already possesing all out of the few,
verp few rewards, that have been doled out, at various
periods to the British navy.
The present limited retirement cf the captains alone,
besides disorganising the service and causing an undue
disparity to exist between the captains and commandera
inconsistent with their relative ranks with the army,
both with respect to pay and widow's pension, is calcu-
lated to cause much discontent, as the old commanders
should at least be justly compensated, ere innovations
calculated to depress their rank are introduced ; there-
fore, should it be found that this long-sought-for retire-
ment is to be confined to the captains alone, the only
concludon we can arrive at is, that what has been done
was not done from a sense of justice and gratitude to
those veteran officers, but only with a view to remove
the impediment, which they constantly presented to the
advance of the younger and more fortunate scions of the
aristocracy, who have crowded into the service since the
peace, and that it is to make room for these favoured
sons of fortune that the old war officers are to be thrust
aside.

THE A,.RLVIY.

CAVALRY.

If it is the intention of our rulers at the next session
-of Parliament to treat the other Lists as they have that
of the captains, no one would complain at the delay, as
the poor can never hop =) to be served at the same time as
the rich, and Lazarus must await until Dives has dined,
that he may partake of the cruets that may remain. Not
that I would be understood to detract from the merits of
those fortunate officers who are to partake of the sum
granted ; which, though tolerably liberal, as it when
applied to one rank only, is in amount such as many of
our nobility could give their ladies as pin money, and
when coming from a great nation to that nation's chief
support, her pride, her boast, her glory, is but an in-
glorious testimony of her gratitude.
If the other ranks of the navy hope to obtain that
compensation for their services which is so justly their
due, now is the time to make the effort, before the next
session of Parliament, while the subject is under the
consideration of the House. An appeal should at once
be made against the injustice of leaving them wholly
unconsidered ; and, with the aid of your valuable advo-
cacy, and that of tthe preas in gener.,l, which should:be
invoked in their behalf, I doubt not of success, as it is
to be hoped that the spirit of equity, justice, and con-
sistency will influence the Government to go on with the
eood work which they have so boldly begun.—l have
the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
Exeter, Sept. 19, 1845. JUSTITIA.

INFANTRY.

LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1845.

on an impartial report of that kind that it can come to a
satisfactory decision. Two communications from M.
Payen and M. Phil'ippon were made on the disease
which has attacked the potatoes in Holland, Belgium,
some parts of Germany, and the northern and western
departments of France. The information now given
does not add much to that which we previously pos-
sessed. It seems to be admitted on all sides that the
disease is a parisitical vegetable, and that it exists only,
although to a great extent, in certain localities. Equally
certain is it that the disease is apparent where it does
exist, and that no danger can -possibly result from the
eating of potatoes which, being boiled, present no appear-
ance of taint or decay. M. Payen is of opinion also,
that, where the tubercle is only partially diseased, the
sound parts may be separated for use, by the extraction
of the diseased portion, and that, where the potatoes
are only slightly attacked, they may be given safely
as food to animals, if the water in which they are
boiled be thrown away. This, however, is reasoning
without knowledge of the precise operation of the poison-
ous principle, and of its being taken up by the water.
It would, we think, be very dangerous to act upon the
opinion of M. Payen to any extent without first trying
the effect on a small scale. M. Biot presented to the
Academy an apparatus which is used in Germany by
the sugar manufacturers to try the strength and cha-
racter of their syrup, and also by medical men as a test
in diabetic urine. It is of very simple construction.
It consists of two concentric prisms of nickle, one of which
is fixed, whilst the other, to which the eye is applied, is
moveable. They are separated by a tabe, which is filled
-with the solution to be examined. The two prisms are so
placed that the light polarised by the first may be refused
by the second. The solution is now introduced. A coloured
object is teen, which is at first blue. The moveable prism
is now turned until the object is yellow. The angle of
rotation to arrive at this tint gives, by means of a table,
the quantity of crystallisable sugar contained in the
solution. M. Bourguy read a paper to prove the exist-
ence of nerves in the serous membranes. M. Arago read
a communication from Professor Owen, of London, and
corresponding member of the Academy, on the fossil
teeth of a monkey of a particular species. A paper was
received from M. Matteuci on the electrical powers of the
torpedo. He shows that the dis Charge proceeds from a
particular part of the body, between the back and the
belly, and not, as has been asserted, from all parts of the
eel.

2d Dragoon Guards—Head-quarters, with the band
and staff and one troop, under the command of Lieute-
nant Colonel Charleton, arrived in Dublin, from Long-
ford, en the 18th September, and occupied the Royal
Barracks, having been relieved by the Bth (Royal Irish)
Hussars. Major Campbell and Captain Knox have
joined head-quarters from leave of absence. The troop
from Athlone, under Captain Tothill, arrived in Dublin
on the 18th instant, and joined head-quarters. The
two troops from Dunmore and Mobil], and detachment
from Clone, arrive in Dublin by 19th, to join head-
quarters, having been relieved by three troops of the Bth
(Royal Irish) Hussars.
31 Dragoon Guards, Ballincollig—Assistant-Surgeon
Tufnell has joined head-quarters from leave of absence.
24 Royal North British Dragoons.—Two troops and
head-quarters, with the band and staff, under the com-
mand of Major. Ricketts, arrived in Dublin from Dun-
dalk, on the 18th instant, and occupied Portobello Bar-
racks, on being relieved by the head-quarters of the Ist
Royal Dragoons. Lieutenant Philips, riding-master,
2 subalterns, 2 sergeants, 1 farrier, 30 rank and file,
6 officers' chargers, and 31 troop horses, recruits, and
young horses, are stationed at New Bridge. Lieutenant
and Adjutant Reid has joined head-quarters from leave;
Lieutenant-Colonel Clarke is on leave.

Sth Royal Irish Hussars—The troop at Athlone is
under the command of Captain Rodolph De Salis ; 30
troop-horses which were cast were left behind at Porto-
bello Barracks, Dublin, to be sold by public auction at
the Royal Horse Bazaar.

sth Fusiliers—The band of the sth Fusiliers had to
do garrison duty on Sunday, at Enniskillen, there not
being a sufficient number of rank and file to mount
guard, as all the disposable force had been marched to-
wards Killesbandra.

6th Royal Regiment, Mullingar—The company, con-
sisting of Captain Finlay, Lieut. Balguy, Ensign Mosse,
2 sergeants, I drummer, and 60 rank and file, march
from Shannon Bridge, for Mullingar, Sept. 20, halting
at Athlone on Sunday, the 21st inst., en route, will
arrive and join the head-quarters on the 23d, having
been relieved by a company of the 75th regiment.
7th Royal Fusiliers, depot Charles Fort Kinsale, under
orders for Naas—Theist division of two companies will
halt at Fethard, on Sunday, 28, en route, and will ar-
rive at Naas by Oct. 4, there to occupy the barracks.
The head-quarters and one company, under Major Lacey
Yea, which marches from Charles Fort on Sept. 23, will
halt at Clonmel on Sunday, en route, 29th inst., and will
halt at Ballitone on Sunday, Oct 5, and will arrive on the
6th October. Officers on leave of absence:—Lieuts.
Porter, to Sept. 30, Miller and Watson, to Oct. 7. Effec-
tive strength.-1 acting sergeant major, 14 sergeants
5 drummers, and 246 rank and file.
32d Regiment, Cornwall, Athlone—The company,
consisting of Brevet Mejore Browne, Lieutenant Weare,
Ensign Birtwhistle, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 54 rank
and file, march from Banagher for Athlone 20th Sept.,
and will halt on Sunday at Ballinasloe, en route, and will
arrive and join head-quarters on the 22d inst., having
been relieved by a company of the 75th Regiment, Ath-
lone.—Captain Kyrle's company, with Lieutenant King,
Ensign Boissier, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 58 rank and
file, march from Purtumna, 19th Sept., halting at Bal-
linasloe on Sunday, 21st Sept., en route, and will join
head-quaters at Athlone on the 22d, having been relieved
by a company of the 75th Regiment.
34th Regiment, Cumberland, Athlone, under orders
for Cork.—Officers on leave of absence:—Lieut.-Colonel
Geo. Airey, to 10th Oct. ; Major Brown, to 14th Oct. ;
Captains Matthews, Lang, Simpson, Schreiber, and Tal-
bot, to 30th Sept. ; Lieutenants Robertson, Brisbane,
Maxwell, and Oxley, to 30th Sept. ; Ensign Sir George
Henry Scott Douglass, Bart., to 30th Sept. Recruiting
—4 sergeants and 16 rank and fie. Effective strength
—43 sergeants, 1 sergeant-major, 17 drummers, and
780 rank and file. The first division marched this day
from Athlone to Cork, to embark for Corfu, under the
cemmand of Lieut.-Colonel Airey.
35th Depot.—Two companies of the 35th Depot, from
Nenagh, under command of Captain Beamish, with
Lieut. Baker and Ensigneßussell and Daveney, marched
into this garrison yesterday, and this morning left en
mote to Kinsale, head-quarters. Captain Beamish's
company will be stationed at Bandon.
38th Depot.—Mojor Campbell, Capt-in Smith, and
Assistant-Surgeon Browne, 38th Depot, are to join the
service companies at Gibraltar.
41st (Welsh Regiment), Royal Barracks, Dublin—
Brevet Major Cochrane is going to sell out, and Captain
Montizambert is going to exchange into a regiment in
India. This officer is on leave of absence. Lieutenants
Colonel Browne is commanding.
44th (East Essex), Richmond Barracks, Dublin—The
following officers have joined head-quarters from leave of
absence :—Captains Browne and Cary. Officers on leave
of absence, Captain Gardiner, to the 30th Sept- ; Lieut.
Noake, to 30th Sept. ; Ensign Cooper, to 30th Nov. ;
and Surgeon Ross, to 24th Nov. Recruiting.-3 ser-
geants and 6 rank and file.
ROYAL MA RlNES.—Second-Lieutenant C. J. Ellis, of
the Portsmouth division, embarked on board her Ma-
jesty's ship President, 10th instant. First-Lieutenant
Ramsay, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, i fifer, and 25 privates,
embarked from the Chatham division to her Majesty's
ship Juno, 12th instant. First-Lieutenant Elliott, 1
corporal, 1 fifer. 22 privates, embarked to her Majesty's
ship Victory, and relieved Lieutenant Sawyer and an
equal number of N. C. officers and privates, 9th inst.
First-Lieutenant Phillips, 1 corporal and 16 privates of
the Plymouth division were relieved from her Majesty's
ship Caledonia, by Lieutenant Walsh, and equal num-
bers of rank and file, 9th Sept. instant. Assistant Sur-
geon Henderson has two months' le-ve of absence from
the battalion in Ireland, commencing on the 10th inst.
Lieutenant and Adjutant Wade, of the Plymouth division,
has three months leave of absence from the 11th instant.
Brevet-Major Morrison has his present leave extended
for one month for the re-establishment of his health.
Lieutenant and Adjutant Travers, of the Chatham divi-
sion, has one month further leave. Assistant-surgeon
Morrison, of the Plymouth division, has leave of ab-
sence for one month from the 16th instant. Lieutenant-
Colonel Stevens has leave for 14 days. Lieut. Parke,
of the Artillery Company of the corps, has further leave
for one month. First Lieut. Arnold, of the Portsmouth,
and First Lieut. *Cullum, of the Chatham division, have
been allowed to exchange divisions, 17th instant. Pay-
sergeant Patrick Smyth, of the Woolwich division,
having solicited and obtained his discharge 1173111 the
corps, the Board of Admiralty have marked their sense
of his exemplary conduct for a period of 22 years, by
awarding him a pension of 321. Bs. per annum for life.
Lieut. Phillips has three months' leave of absence from
the 19th instant.
5 tth Regiment (West Norfolk), Fermoy, are ordered
to move into Cork, to embark their service corps for
Gibraltar, on board of the Blenheim and General Palmer
transports. The depot companies will remain at Fermoy.
Major Moore is on leave of absence. Colonel M. Fane
is commanding.
67th (South Hampshire) Regiment, Royal Barracks,
Dublin—The company from Beggars' Bush Barracks
joined head-quarters at the Royal Barracks on the 17th
inst.
70th (Surrey) Regiment, Newry, under orders for
Dublin, and on arrival at head-quarters will occupy
barracks in Great Ship-street. Lieut. Oswald Pilling, 1
ensign, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 38 rank and file,
occupy the barracks at Athy. Two companies are at
Naas, under Brevet Major Paschal.
73d Regiment—Depot, Spike Island, Cove of Cork.
Offi.:ers preseth, major Eyre, commanding ; Captains
Frence and Ricard ; Lieuts. Campbell, Murray (depot
paymaster), and Littlehales ; Ensigns Nash, Hickam,
and Ramsay ; Assistant Surgeon Hodgson. Effective
strength-1 acting sergeant major, 12 sergeants, 6 drum-
mers, and 424 rank and file. At Camden Fort, Cove, Lieut.
D'Arcy, I sergeant, and 16 rank and file. At Carlisle
Fort, a detachment of 1 sergeant, and 16 rank and file.
Her Majesty's troop-ship Apollo will sail from Ports-
mouth to Coik harbour on the 20th Sept., to take on
beard the servile companies for conveyance to the Cape
of G,-yi Hope. Crif-,(31' ref sent, nc,At Lieutenant-
Col. V.lmiermettion commauthug ; Brevet Major Smith,
Captains Widdrington, Combe, Browne, and O'Connell ;
Lieuts. Wardlaw, Faust, Biase, Wellesley, Nash, Hough-
ton, and the Hon. W.
J. Granville Chetwynd ; Ensigns

Hall, Owen, Wocd, Knox, Peto ; Paymaster Court,
Lieut. and Adjutant Bicknell, Quartermaster Hickson,
and Surgeon :11-13t,an. Effective strength of six com-
panies and head-quarters, 1 sergeant-major, 23 ser-
geants, 11 drummers, and 409 rank and file. Recruiting
—4 sergeants and 8 rank and file. Colonel Love and
Captain Pinkney are on the staff at Carmarthen; Captain
Parkinson is on leave till he retires on half-pay.

ADMISSION TO NATIONAL
BUILDINGS.

The Honourable Member for Montrose, Mr. Hume, is
adding to the imperishable glory of a well-spent public
life by labouring to obtain for the humbler classes of the
people of this country free admission to the national
monuments of our greatness, our piety, and our homage
of the fine arts—to our palaces, our cathedrals, our mu-
seums, our philosophical and mechanical institutions, and
our other repositories of the humanizing creation of
heaven-born genius. Few living statesmen have served
their country so usefully, so perseveringly, and so dis-
interestedly as honest Joseph Hume. When he en-
tered Parliament, upwards of a quarter of a cen-
tury ago, he found the finances of the country in a
state .
of the greatest confusion—extravagance and
jobbing every department of the Government—
the public accounts purposely perplexed by corrupt
subordinates, so that Ministers themselves did not un-
derstand them—and the most reckless disregard of the
principles of economy in every office under the Crown.
Like almost every great benefactor of his country in
the House of Commens, Mr. Hume addressed all the
energies of his indomitable mind to the accomplishment
of one great purpose. He had resolved to penetrate
the mysteries of the State expenditure—to lay bare
every avenue to public corruption—and to este -
blish the real responsibility of Ministers by placing
the nation in a position to judge of their
fidelity as stewards of the patronage of the
Crown, and the taxes of the people. His
first attempts were naturally unpromising. The
country could not judge: of the importance of hits
labours ; and the courtiers, whom his exposures annoyed,
assailed him with gibes, sneers, and menaces. But to
threats and entreaties he was equally deaf. Gradually
others joined him ; his perseverance wearied out Minis •
try after Ministry ; and at last the most important re-
turns were ordered, to escape from the fatiguing cross-
questioning of the then lion. Member for Middlesex.
Nor ware his labours confined to exposures of the extra-
vagance of the Government in the House of Commons.
To the Ministerial heads of the public departments he
privately communicated plans for cutting down the
expenditure in their respective offices, and was content
to award to them all the merit of originating such of his
suggestions as they adopted. This gave him an influ-
ence with Ministers but little understood out of doors,
and the result was the full and complete accomplish-
meat of a purpose which has saved this country the pro-
fligate expenditure of millions of public money ;
which has placed the whole scheme of our finances
within the comprehension of a school-boy ; and
which has infused a spirit of honour and of
integrity in nearly all our public offices. But finan-
cial reforms did not satisfy the patriotism of Mr.
Hume. He was one of the first to expose, and one of
the most active in removing some of the worst abuses
of the Irish Church. None toiled harder to procure
the passing of the Reform Bill. He assisted in the
work of Corporate Reform ; and though he was not
in Parliament when Sir Robert Peel's Tariff was
introduced, the Premier's Budget had been submitted
to him before it was opened in the House of Com-
mons. Mr. Wyse had his aid in maturing his scheme
of National Education. Mr. Wallace had all the
benefit of his experience, endeavouring to reform
the abuses of the Post-office ; and Mr. Hutt could
calculate upon no surer supporter when dwelling
I upon the hardship of the Sound and Elbe dues to
British shipping. For the last two years he has more
especially addressed himself to the business of obtaining
for the people free admission to our national monuments,
with a view to enlarge their sympathies, purify their
tastes, and exalt the standard of their moral feelings ;
and, we are delighted to add, with most gratifying suc-
cess. Principally through the exertions of a society of
which he is chairman, and which numbers amongst its
members Lord Francis Egerton, Lord Lowther, Lord
Worsley, Lord John Manners, Mr. Hutt, and others, ninny
of the national edifices hitherto closed against the working
classes, by reason of the fees charged for viewing
them, are now either wholly or partially open for some
days of the week free of any charge whatever. For
instance, the British Museum is open free, three
days in every week ; the National Gallery is free
four days ; St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey (except
the chapels) are free every day; the Society of
Arts is free five days ; Hampton Court Palace six
days ; the Woolwich Model every day ; the Norwich
Cathedral an hour daily ; the Bath and Wells Cathedral
every day ; the Durham Cathedral (except the chapel of
the Nine Altars) every day ; and the whole of the treasures
of the Tower of London can now be inspected for one
shilling, instead of eight times that sum. Liverpool ad-
mits its mechanics to its Botanical Garden two days in
the week, free of expense ; the Royal Botanical Garden
of Edinburgh is open, free to all applicants ; and the
Dublin Botanical Garden is accessible to the peasantry,
free of charge, two days in every week. Now, it has
reached the ears of Mr. Hume, and some other members
cf this patriotic s )ciety, that Hull boasts of a Zoologi-
cal and a Botanical Garden—that our Philosophical
Society possesses a Museum—that we have a magni-
ficent old parish church—that Beverley Minster is
a glorious specimen of gothic art ; and they are
curious to know to what extent the working classes
may participate, without charge, in their humanising
influences. Mr. Hume urges that fifteen years'
experience has satisfi( d him that the people, when
admitted free to cathedrals, museums, and gardens,
uniformly conduct themselves with the greatest pro-
priety ; and that the effect upon them, mentally and
morally, is of the most gratifying description. They
acquire habits of personal neatness in dress, politer
forms of speech and deportment, a greater love of order,
and a general desire to extend the boundaries of what-
ever knowledge they may possess. The more imperfect
their own acquirements appear, the more eager are they
to obtain a better education for their children. We
regard this reasoning as incontrovertible ; and only
regret that we are s 3 little in a condition
to boast of what Hull has done in the way of
throwing open public places for the rational
recreation of the working classes. Some answer,
however, must be returned on behalf of the proprietors
of our Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Shall we say
that it is contemplated to throw them open gratuitously
for even one day in the week ? Or shall we say, that to
all subscribing their names as working men, they are at
all times open upon the payment of one penny
.? Before
returning any answer, we :hall be glad to receive infor-
mation from the best informed quarters upon these and
other questions indicated by the whole tenor of this ar-
ticle, The subject is an important one, and we shall
early return to it.—Hull Advertiser.

FEARFULLY VIOLENT DEATH OF A MOTHER AND
UNTIMELY BIRTH.—A frightful accident, from the upsetting
of a vehicle, occurred on Friday evening last, by which one
poor woman lost her life—one had her wrist broken—one
had her hip dislocated—a poor girl had her face so disfigured
as scarcely to appear human—and indeed the whole of the
occupants of the carriage, nine in number, were more or less
seriously maimed. The melancholy particulars transpired on
the inquest over the body of Annie Wilson, which was held
before Mr. Badger, at the house of Mr. Hoyland, of Wood-
lane, farmer, Stannington, on Monday evening last. De-- ,
ceased was the wife of Mr.i Wm. Wilson, of Hall-car-place,
Sheffield, joiner, and the unfortunate couple had invited a few
friends to accompany them to the funeral of one of their
children. The time fixed on was Friday evening, at the
Unitarian Chapel, Stannington—the Rev. Peter Wright, a
Unitarian minister—who keeps a school at Sheffield, not
being able to perform the service earlier in the day, at so
great a distance from home. After the funeral, the atten-
dants called at a neighbouring inn, where they baited their
horse and partook of same slight refreshment, after which
they started for Sheffield, about eight o'clock. Their route
lay through Hoyland Wood-lane, a steep, rough,
and dangerous road, which, being little frequented,
was thickly studded thsoughout with large project-
ing stones. Dennis Wilson, a brother-in-law of the de-
ceased, was leading the horse, and nine persons, chiefly
women and children were in a light spring cart, in which the
corse of the dead child of the Wilsons had been carried to
its last resting place. They had scarcely got to the top of
this rugged lane when the horse, it is supposed, from having
been pinched by the collar, became restive, and tried to run
Mr. Dennis Wilson, who was leading him, resolutely kept
hold of the bridle as long as he could; but in the strug-
gle, the bit was pulled out of the horse's mouth, and the
bridle over his head. The bluffs, or blinders, being thus re-
moved from his eyes, the horse darted off at full speed, with
his living load behind him, down the steep and fearful decli-
vity. Mr. Wilson having lost hold of the bridle, seized the
bottom of the collar, and was dragged for some 30 or 40 yards
and then thrown into the road with great violence. When
the horse had proceeded about 100 yards, the carriage upset,
dashing its occupants on to the stony road. Mrs. Wilson
unfortunately fell under the carriage, and there remained till
the male portion of the party were able to remove it, when
she was taken up insensible, and conveyed to the nearest
house, viz., that of Mr. Hovland, of Stannington-wood-lane.
There she remained insensible till Saturday evening, when
she died—and when the attendant females were laying out
the body, they- discovered that the unhappy woman had
given birth to a six months' child, which also lay dead by
its mother's corpse. No blame being attached to any parties,
the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."—Sheflield
Iris, Sept. 18.
THE APIARY.—By many it is feareil that the
present will prove an indifferent honey year, in consequence
of the marked absence of heat early in the season, when our
floral treasures of every description should be most brimful
of saccharine matter. In Borgue, which has been justly
called the Hvbla of Scotland, the white clovers suffered so
often from blasting rains that they withered early, greatly
to the detriment of the industrious insects who feed on their
petals. petals. Jn some cases that fell under our own obrrvtiiffiojo
the hive inmates perished, either from cold or inaenittwtoen, t
hives
a combination of both. In a case lately, svher a
quarter
were smoked, the produce in both scarcely
pint. A correspondent, in speoking of 13 r
and untila the results of bee
exceedede, says—smoking
will be general in a few days,
husbandry are thus tested, 1 acannot even guess at prices.
Scanty as the produce wase in 1843-4, I fear it will be still
persons maintain that the bees
smaller in 1845.
gathered more honeySfamm eGth ult. to the Bth inst. than
they did during the preceding summer by name, but not to
in reality. When a labourer had three pints of honey to
dispose o
1, .ras was dm ie enough the case, he used to
for -AO 3.,
.V—" may thank the bees for buying many wee odd
-things for the family." Within the last few years, I knewatthae
working man who made 3/. by one season's honey, and
same time retained a stole for breeding for the following.—
Scotch Paper.
THE PLYMOUTH FISHERY.—Great quantities of
fish have been caught during .the past week, by the trawlers
and hooking-boats, and a large quantity of pilchards has
been brought into the town from the Cornish coast. On
Friday last so numerous were the hakes, that cart-loads of
that lash lay on the quay for want of mawns to put them in.
We hear that arrangements have already been made, when
the railway to this town is completed, to forward this valu-
able article of food to the manufacturing districts in the
course of sixteen or eighteen hours. Fish being so abundant
in this town, the hake is comparatively neglected, except by
the poorer classes. There is no, doubt that the speculators
will meet with a good profit in the transport of the hake and
other figh int 9 the districts of the =O.—P/pm:ma Journal,
.