The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-25 00:00:00

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Y. 4

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS AY.)
NEWOATE AND MEADENNAZZ.
Prime Beef, Mutton, Veal, and Pork were in steady demand, at
fully previous rates. In other kinds of Meat comparatively little
was doing. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ;
Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 35 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to
4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase.

HAY ra.O.REETS.
I SMITIIFIELD.—COarSe Meadow Hay, 4/ 4s to 57; useful ditto, 5/
2s to 5/ 8s ; tine Upland ditto, 5/ lOs to 51 I3s; Clover Hay, 4/ 15s to
616 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 1115 s to 1/ 17s per
load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly at the above quo-
tations.
CUMBEIILAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay 41 5s to useful dtto,
5/ to 5/ 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 6s to, Si 12s; Clover Hay, 41i IN to lit; Oat Straw, 1114 s to 1716 s ; Wheat Straw, I / 16s to 11 18s per
load. A fall average supply, and a steady;demand.
WHlTEciferEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 414 s to 4/ 18s ; useful ditto,
Si to 5/4s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 5s to 5/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ 15s
to 61 10s ; Oat Straw, 1/14s to 1/ 16s ; Wheat Straw, 1716 s to 1/ 13s
per load. The best Hay and Straw were In good request, otherwise
the trade ruled dull. New Meadow Hay, 3/10s to 4/ 158; and New
Clover, 4/ to 5/ 5s per load.

MEAT 11111.31LSETS.
SOUTHALL, SEPT. 24.—For each kind of prime stock we had a
steady demand at fully last week's quotations. In the middling and
Inferior kinds comparatively little was deing.—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s;
Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s ; Lamb, 4s Gd to 5s Gd ; Veal, 4s to 5s ; and Pork,
35 to 3s 8d per 81bs.
ROMFORD, SEPT. 24.—We had a slight improvement in the general
demand to day at full prices.—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s ; Mutton,
3s 6d to be ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s Gd ; Veal, 3s 105 to 4s 105 ; and Pork,
3s to 3s 8d per Sibs. Suckling calves, 18s to 30s ; Quarter old store
pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Mich cows with their small call, 161 to 19/each.
LEWES, SEPT. 23.—Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d ; Mutton. 3s 8d to 5s ;
Lamb, 48 8s to 5s 4d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 35 to 3s 8d per
Sibs. Supply moderate and trade firm.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Sept. 20, 1845, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales,
per Imperial Quarter.

PRICE .. 1
DUTY...

WHEAT. BABLET.I OATS. EYE. 1 BEANS. PEAS.
52s 6d 30s 9d 218 7d 32s 8d 42s bd 37s Od.
17s Od 8s Od Gs Cd 9s 6d Is Od 5s 6d.

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL.

BRUSSELS, SEPT. H.—The Senate met to-day at three o'clock.
A Committee was appointed to examine the project of law for the
free importation of various articles of subsisteneo, and that for a
vote of credit to continue the works of the canal of Campine.
Their-Majesties the King and Queen and her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent came to Brussels yesterday.
The King set out this morning at eight o'clock for the camp at
Beverioe. It -IS now evident that the opposition of the depart-
ment of the North to the renewal of the treaty If the -16th of
July is not occasioned by any distress of the linen manufacturers
in that part of France, nor by the fear of seeing that branch of
manufacture suffer by the competition of Belgium. All the in-
formation that we have been able to obtain on the spot agrees in
representing the linen manufacture in France as very flourishing,
and with a prospect of becoming still more so, notwithstanding the
treaty of the 16th of July.

Tun 'two; Sapr. 23.—Tranquillity is perfectly restored. Some
rioters were arrested yesterday evening and during the night.
Every precaution will be taken this evening to prevent any further
disturbance.

HAARLEM, SEPr. 22.—We have to-day sorse disturbances in this
city. A band of mischievous boys assembled in the afternoon, and
towards evening paraded the streets, and broke the windows of
some mealmen. A detachment of troops immediately came to
support the police, by which the shops were protected, and further
disorders prevented.

TUE,HAGUE, SEPT, 22.—A courier was dispatched this morning
to Weimar, to announce, as we are informed, that his Majesty the
King has given up his intention of going to Weimar.
The magistrates have issued a proclamation relative to the dis-
turbance which took place here on the 20th and 21st instant, the
object of which was to compel the dealers to reduce the price of
provisions. The proclamation warns the inhabitants against such
disorder, and threatens exemplary punishment to all who sball join
in them. It is said that four persons are arrested.
A number of persons collected again this evening before the
house of a mealman who seems to be especially obnoxious. The
assemblage was summoned three times to disperse, and a strong
detachment of grenadiers and cuirassiers immediately advanced
and dispersed the crowd.

DUTCH FUNDS.—Amsm3DAm. SEPT. 23.
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent..... ...... 61 61%
.I•Atto, 3 per Cent .... .
Ditto, 4 per Cent.— • • • . •
Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent 99% 99%
Ditto, 3% per Cent.........• •• • ... 90% 91%
Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • 161% 1621
East India Loan, 4 per Cent..........
Exchangeon London, at sight .....• • • 12 27
Two months.
On Ilamburgh, at sight 36
Two months... .... ••• • • . 35 6234
On Paris •••• • • • •
Two mouths. •••• • • • -
-Dutch Papers, Sept. 24.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausms, SEPT. 23.
Actual Debt, 234 per Cent .• • • • . • •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent
Loan tf Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •
Ditto Three per Cent.... .. .. —
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto
Ditto, ditto, 1846.... ..........
Ditto, ditt0,1842.............• ••.. •
Ditto of the City, 1844 ...... •• • .••• • • 1013
Ditto, 1843
Bank ofßelgium
—Brussels Papers, Sept. 23.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, SEPT. 16.
5 per Cent. Metalliques.... • • • • ..
4 per Cent. ditto • • • 101%
3 per Cent. ditto.
Loan, 1834 .............. •• •• ........ 158%
Ditto, 1839 ...... ..
Bank Shares • .• • • •••• • • • • 1610
Esterhazy's Loan ........ •...........
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand •• •• 221%
Vienna—Milan .............• • • .• • • .... 131%
Gloggnitz ................ • • • • • • • • .• • • • . 1511
Pesth
—.Allgemeine Zeitung, Sept. 19.
11A2IBURGH BORSENHALLE, SEPT. 26.
Bills. Money.
•
kustrian 5 per Cents ........ ••• • • • 114
Bank Shares •
Loan • . • •• • ..... 112
Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 104%
Ditto Ist series Inscription ••• • • •
Ditto, /lope and Co., 3,1 and 4th series.. 98
Ditto, in Certhicate— • • ••••• • • • • 97%
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ...• 9234
Ditto Stieglitz .. • . ••••• •• • • 90
Spanish New 5 per Cent ••• • •• 18% % lB%
Ditto 3 per Cent •••• • • • . 28%
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.. 62
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent . •• 61
Ditto 3 per Cent. ••••• • • •
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BsaLIs, SEPT. 20.
Bills. money.

•• •• •• a ***** •• •• 733

St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent ...... •.. • 99%
Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent..
Exchange on London, 2 m0nth5........ 231,fi
—Universal Prussian Gazette, Sept. 21.

•
CONVERSIONS TO ROMANISM.
The secession of Mr. Capes, a clergyman of Bridgwater,
from the Protestant to the Romish Church, occurred a month
or two ago, and excited considerable attention, especially as
he had but recently exhibited his zeal for the English Estab-
lishment by erecting and endowing a magnificent chapel-of-
ease, of which he was the popular minister. Last week we
copied an account from a provincial Contemporary, to the
effect that a highly-respectable inhabitant of Bridgwater (a
Mr. Poole), with his three sisters, had followed the example
of Mr. Capes, and were become duly recognished members of
the Church of Rome. We looked upon this as an unfortu-
nate but not unnatural sequence to the defection of an erring
shepherd, some of whose flock would be very likely to be
affected by his altered views. But the communication of a
correspondent informs us, that with respect at least to the
sisters of Mr. Poole, this inference is not sustained, in-
asmuch as they have been for a year and a half past
resident at Ilfracombe, and consequently far removed
from the ministry of Mr. Capes. But that is not all;
while sojourning at Ilfracombe they have been in-
mates of the family of the curate of the parish, the Rev.
Spencer Northcote, who is a near relative (a brother-
in-law), and who happens to be deeply tinctured with the
views of the Pusey and Newman school, a sufficient
proof of which will be accepted in the fact that he went
purposely to Oxford on the occasion of the late degradation
of the author of the "Ideal Church," to give his support to
Mr. Ward, whose subsequent conversion to Popery is no-
torious. We have learnt also, that during the recent stay
of Dr. Pusey at Ilfracombe (in whose congenial soil, by the
invitation of the vicar and with the sanction of the bishop,
the doctor has been suffered, both last year and this, to exer-
cise his ministry, from which he was interdicted by the high
authorities of Oxford, as a punishment for his heresy),
among his most favoured and intimate associates were Mr.
Northcote and his pisters-in-law. These circumstances, as
well as the questionable character of Mr. Northcote's preach-
ing, and the partiality and intention he has shown to indi-
vidual members of the Roman Catholic communion, have
induced very painful apprehensions in the minds of many
of the truly Protestant members of the Church at Ilfra-
combe, who consider that the vicar is bound to ascertain
the fidelity of his curate, and to protect the congregation
from the insidious effects of a semi-Romish ministry, of
whose pernicious tendency the secession of the Misses
Poole is an admonitory instance. Such, at least, is the opi-
nion of the esteemed correspondent who writes us. But
knowing the leaning of the vicar, which has been too pal-
pable for years past to admit of question, we confess we
wonder that the slightest expectation should be entertained
of his interposition to correct an evil to which his own
example has given the greatest possible encouragement. We
would recommend the Protestant portion of the congregation at
Ilfracombe to appeal at once to the Bishop ; and if he be not
more tolerant of Romanism than he is of the mildest form of
Protestant Dissent, they will not appeal to him in vain. A
case precisely in point occurred not long ago in the west of
Cornwall. A clergyman of established character, whose
Protestantism and piety were alike above suspicion, was
reported of to the Bishop that he permitted, or did not pre-
vent, a member of his family going occasionally to a
Wesleyan chapel ; and so was his Lordship moved with
indignation at such an act of infidelity to the Church,
that although he had just before been himself coquetting
with the Wesleyans, and inviting them to return
to the bosom of the Establishment, he atonce and
peremptorily withdrew the clergyman's
was compelled to quit the diocese. In Tian
3 and inability
the right of private judgment to his
family,
him with a
to restrain his children • the Bishopn license,
d.ido
haenpdlezhde
ow not how 0 rule his
quo-
tation from Timothy—
clergyman was silenFo(i•
own house, how shall h"elta
himself
severe ef r thee a church;"
penalty wereand theth e
ienn:lcoansaerlf unsuspected, who merely
just demerit of a minister,h er
t (still remaining members and
at the church) to make a casual visit to
which had so little departedthe
Establishment from
the Wesleyans a body.
regular
rd
ahtitsenwdaifencisr
Establishment in doctrine that the Bishop could see no diffi-
culty whatever in the way of its return to the unity of the
f thgh house
( i
sect,
f h
h ra: evenu
have
that
gone not less
et
Church ; what less than deprivation and degradation can be
the punishment of him whose adherence to the Protestant
faith is doubtful, and who
athasiertohitbinneesmetna
nat
the
es otesDpfoai unablesafrlseeh noi
desir
oouNse)r,to en thankmeeapss het:lsinrfoeaetinitoolyf within
to a corrupt establishment from which it was the boast of the
English Church that she was reformed, and which the Bishop
formerly delighted to stigmatise as superstitious and idola-
trous? We shall be curious to hear the result of his Lord-
ship's. acquaintance with this fact, and to see by what ca-
suistry he will elude the exercise of discipline to which former
precedent and profession alike blind him.—North Devon
Journal.

'HOOSIER WEDDING.—The ceremony of tying the
nuptial knot is very much simplified in the Hoosier State, as the fol-
lowing scene will show:—" What is your name, sir P—Matty. What
Is your name, miss ?—Polly. Matty, do you love Polly?—No mis-
take. Polly, do you love Matty?—Well, I reckon. Well, then,
I pronounce you man and wife,
All the days of your lif e."—Bcstoti Chrmicte.

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THE HARVEST-THE WEAT Atim.A.
OXFORD, SEPT. 20.—The harN;est is nearly over in a •
neighbourhood, and the corn generally has been stored in
pretty good condition; and luckily it is so, for the weather
since Saturday last has been very unfavourable, heavy rains
having fallen, with little intervals of sunshine. This has
proved a great check to the getting in the beans, and the
remainder of the oats. The clover has been got up in capital
order, and being beyond an average crop, will add very con-
siderably to the stock of hay; and the fodder and grass being
plentiful, there will be plenty of hay next winter to supply
the markets. The wheat crop is quite an average one, though
the corn-dealers say the sample will not be so fine, or the
quality so good as last year, when the yield was most ex.
cellent. The barley crop has far exceeded that of
several years past, and is allowed on all hands to be far
above the average. The same may, in many districts, be
said of oats ; they are well up in quantity, and the quality
will be good. Beans and Peas are also plentiful. Turnips
are very plentiful, but if the wet weather continue, great
fears will be entertained for the preservation of them,
many farmers being fearful that they shall be unable
to keep them from getting mouldy. Mangel-wurzel,
of which large quantities are grown in this county,
looks remarkably strong and healthy, and is not in the least
affected. Carrots, of which also large quantities are grown,
have not at present been touched with the disease which, we
are sorry to say, is so prevalent and destructive to the potato
crops. Many fields of potatoes that were but slightly
touched a week or two ago are now scarce worth the trouble
of digging up. In several cases where they have been taken
up it has been found that those which were healthy at first
have become diseased after they have been out of the ground
a few days, and although carefully picked apart at first, an-
other loss has taken place on looking over them again.--
Corn Market: old wheat fetched to-day from 14/. to 141.,
with plenty of buyers ; new, from 11/. kto 12/. 10s. ; barley,
28s. to 345. ; oats were at least 2s. per quarter higher; beaus
sold at 12/. and 13/. ; peas varied from 91. to 11/. The wheat
trade, owing to the presence of several speculators from the
metropolitan and other counties, was unusually brisk; no
sooner was a sample shown than it was eagerly purchased.
The millers and bakers in consequence of the rise in wheat
clapped 33. per sack on flour, so that there is every prospect of
the loaf being still much dearer.
STIRLDIGSMRE.—We have had another week of good har-
vest weather, making now twenty-three days, all of which
have been good working- days, with the exception of Saturday
last, which was mostly wet throughout, and therefore no-
thing was done in the fields. The present will be a bread
year, come of the potatoes what will; it will also be a turnip
year, which will produce beef and mutton ; and these with
bread in galore, whether wheaten, oaten, or barley, make
capital cheer. Rain began to fall again yesterday at mid-
day, and continued very constant and heavy till six o'clock
in the evening, and is still threatening —Stirling Observer.
AYRSHIRE.—The weather, which has for some time past
been everything the husbandman could desire, broke on
Saturday last, and since then we have had frequent showers,
some of them pretty heavy, though not of long continuance.
We still receive from our correspondents throughout the
county accounts of the further spread of the potato blight,
and likewise of the general progress of harvest operations.
We understand that Professor Johnson has been in Ayrshire,
endeavouring to trace the course and extent of this distress-
ing occurrence, and of course his report will be anxiously
looked for.—Ayr Advertiser.
A correspondent, who is a practical agriculturist of consi-
derable skill and experience, has taken exception to a re-
mark made by us last week. He says that for one farmer
who jhas been dilatory in getting in his wheat, there are
twenty who have been in much too great a hurry about that
important operation—that the consequence is that a large
quantity of wheat has been got together in a premature state,
whereby loss in quantity and inferiority in quality will be ex-
perienced at threshing time—and he further informs us that
the advice which has been given to farmers at agricultural
meetings, and by writers in agricultural publications, namely,
to commence reaping before the wheat crop is fully ripe, is
erroneous and mischievous. We are sorry, also, to be in-
formed from the same authority that our anticipations of the
result of the present year's produce have been expressed too
favourably—the ears of corn are, he states, to a great extent
very defective, and will by no means realise the promise
which they hold forth to the eye of a superficial examiner.
The injury to the potato crop is likewise spoken of as wide-
spread and serious, and it is also stated that unmistakeable
indications of a kindred disease, no doubt produced by mois-
ture and a low temperature, are exhibiting themselve in the
other root crops. Swedes, mangel, carrots, &c., which gave a
promise of wholly unparalleled abundance, and of extraordi-
nary fine quality, are now stated to show symptoms of rot,
and it is feared that they will be much deteriorated as food
for stock, and will not store well. The inference from all this
is, that prices of the necessities of life, for man and beast,
during the ensuing year, will be much higher than was anti-
cipated. All this is opposed to the information which had
previously reached us. We lay this, our "latest intelligence
from the rural districts," before our readers, with the earnest
hope that it:may be less true than we fear it to be.—Gloucester
Journal.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlN—Your correspondent from Exeter, in his anxiety to
serve his own views about the two Exmouth lines, omits to
mention that the share in one line is 101.105., and in the other
251., so that Dew's line at ss. premium is equal to Head's at
12s. 6d. There was a report that Head's line was taken up
by the South Devon Railway Company, and that gave them
a temporary rise. Daw's line sold freely in London the same
week at 10s., and they have since reached 255. premium in
Manchester.—Yours,
Exeter, Sept. 24, 1845.

EXONIAN.

THE OBSCENE PROPERTIES OF THE VULTURE.—
The above foul bird will devour, with a disgusting trait of
greediness, the most putrid offal, and in almost all parts of
the east, groups of them, from twenty to thirty, may be seen
assembled together, fattening upon human and other animal
corpses. So depraved, so vitiated, and so rotten is the consti-
tutional system of the vulture, that its veryfeathers may be ob-
served to molt from its wings, at voluntary intervals, whilst it
is in the act of gorging its prey; and there is one fart in relation
to this repulsive bird which is perhaps not generally known,
it is this, viz., that no animal whatever will prey upon the
vulture, or otherwise--not even the jackall or glutton,
which are in the habit of burrowing into, and ransacking, the
repositories of the dead, and indulging each a morbid appe-
tite, yet these beasts will not approach the vulture, but will
turn away from it with total abhorrence. Even the common
flesh fly ( masc.% putris) will not lend its aid towards annihi-
lating the volucrine nuisance under consideration, by inocu-
lating the carcase of the bird with its ckaistuning larvre, but
avoids coming into contact with the foetid mass, so that the
vulture may be looked upon as the most obscene of all car-
nivorous scavengers, and can be viewed only in the light of
a solitary outcast, singled out from the wide and varied uni-
'versity of animated nature.
Da FORESTS.—The sport of deer-stalking has
been pursued with success for the last fortnight. Wags are more
migratory than usual this season, few having been seen at many of
their favourite haunts. John Ross, Esq., at Strathgarve, shot a pair
of stags right and left; at the same place and time, A. Mackenzie,
Esq. yr., of Ord, got a stag. Mr. Flood and Mr. Chearnly, at
tuellinault, secured four. At Redcastle, two rod deer and two roe
,were killed by sons of Colonel Bailie. Colonel Porter shot two stags
at Inchnacardock. Mr. White, of Monar has killed one ; Glenmo.
riZton one very heavy deer • Lord Walsingham, at Kinlochewe, one;
Sir P. Mostyn and Lord Lovat: have brought down several good
stags. A very heavy royal stag's head was sent here the other day
from Erchless Castle to be preserved. The beam of the horns is of
uncommon thickness, with wide span, and three thick branches,
forming nearly the famous cups on the top of each. Another royal
head, of nearly equal dimensions, arrived this morning from Corti=
mony; The antlers are finely overspread with rough projections.—,
Inverness Courier.

THE LATE ACCIDENT AT THE BRIGHTON, CROYDON,
AND DOPER RAILWAY TERMINUS, AT LONDON BRIDGE.—Last night
an inquest was held before Mr. Joseph Payne, the deputy coroner, at
Guy's Hospital, on the body of Rd. Garvin, aged 35, late an engine
turner, in the service of the London, Brighton, Croydon, and Dover
Ralway Company, who met his death under the following circum-
stances :—Edgar Burton, of Bermondsey-street, deposed that about
a quarter to ten, on Sunday evening, he was preceding with his
brother to his stables, and as soon as he knocked at the door he
saw the deceased lying about ten feet up the passage on
his back, and on going to him he appeared to ha
quite insensible • there was a severe cut across the left
temple ; the witness's brother went for a surgeon, and
the deceased was conveyed into the Jolly Hatters. The width
of the passage from the railway to the Jolly Hatters is about four
feet ; he supposed that the deceased had fallen from the railway ; the
height is about 25 feet. The witness had seen persons get off the
railroad into the Jolly Hatters from the coping to the window-sill
The deceased was afterwards conveyed to the hospital. The Coroner
said it appeared from the evidence without doubt that the decea,ect
met his death through stepping from the coping to the window, and
that his foot might have slipped ; it was certainly very dangerous, and.
some notice ought to be taken of it ; however, the railway authorities
would now, through the press, become acquainted with the fact, and
he had no doubt something would be done. Verdict, " Accidenta`
Death," with a recommendation that the coronerahould write to the
railway authorities on the subject ; that if the practice is to be con-.
tinned, some means may be adopted to prevent accidents.
SINGULAR INCIDENT.—About ten years ago, whilst
a man of the name of Robertson, a slater, and belonging to Dean-
ston, was at work at heir House, he accidentally fell through the
hot-house. He appeared to have received no injury, except a scratch
and a slight cut in the thick part of the left hand, in a line with the
little finger. Feeling a good deal of uneasiness in the part, he thought
he must have fractured a small bone. Stlil, however, it gave him
little trouble, except an occasional twinge whilst at work.
until, about three weeks ago, his arm became inflamed, and
suppuration took place about three inches above the wrist.
nearly in a line with the part previously cut with glass. The suppu-
ration soon closed, and the part seemed to be healed, and all going
on as before. About three days thereafter, however,:whilst at work
at Inner Trosach Lodge, he felt his arm uneasy, and as if something
sharp ruffled Lgaiust his shirt. On taking off his coat and examining
the part, he was not a little surprised to see the end of a piece of
glass protruding—the same that had cut and entered into the palm
of his hand no less than ten years before. On the glass being ex-
tracted, it was found to be 3-7ths of an inch long, and 2-Sths broad
at one end, whilst the other was sharp-pointed.—Stirling Journal.
THE RUSSIAN STEAMER VLAB
beau-
tiful vessel, which has been lying alongside
of large numbers of our
last few weeks, has attracted the notice
IMWIRa.te-TlZlUsayrrth
what different from that of the steamers
esactr tpht
ieosna. m entime
vessel.
as attraction. But the beauties of
'elsviliN,c'eh,gheonwereallveyr'sebeeihngereo,inliaae.
greater
handsome exterior—the interior
mcittadzeensit.
the vessel do not consist solelyaohfariarldsgrone; mot
tidal but massive and a
gaudy and super ,
loarrlidi pparently en- •
stantial—not
aSnheobisjeocft
called the Emperor's cabin is situated on the deck,
sleduring.
d its fittings up are o
d in a former number, was built by a Liverpool company
as we state
fittings avvrebianta
sstyle
rthtehemmosotsstuspueprebr,
for the
Emperor of Russia. She is manned partly by English and
partly by Russian sailors. The principal steward is a Scotchman,
and the other an Englishman; and the engineer—so much for old
Scotland, the scientific characteristic of whose sons has put their
services in request on every sea and in every clime—is a Paisley
man of the name of Thomson. The vessel, we understand is to sail
in a few days for cronstadt.—Atoerdeenßanner. ,
MANLY SPORTS.—Whenever public expectation is
at the highest pitch amongst the sporting million, the Invariable re
mark is, " Walt till we see Befra Life in London."
DEATH OF MR. 'BORTH ICK OF CROORSTON.—We
regret to have to announce the death of this gentleman, so long
known as an active magistrate, and one who took a peculiar interest
in the management of the affairs of the county of Edinburgh. Oa
Monday last Mr. Borthwick, it appears, was stepping on board of a
steamer at ftothesay quay, when he suddenly dropped down. lie
was immediately carried to 3PCorkindale's Inn, and the best medical
aid was procured ; but where, in spite of every possible skill and
attention, he breathed his last on Thursday night.—Caledonian
Mercury.
HE WAS LOCKED UP.—Who was locked up?
What was the culprit's sin against society ? What iniquity had he—
" a poor sickly boy, about fifteen years of age"—committed that
the awful Mr. Combe, sitting in his magisterial chair at Clerkenwell,
should punish the prisoner (who had not 2s. 6d. to pay a tine) with
hard captivity? " What." asks the moralist, " was his evil-doing ?"
Listen, and sigh over the wickedness of humanity. The " sickly •
boy" had obstructed " the foot-path and carriage-way in Chapel-
street, St. Pancras, with his basket offrult for sale 1" The audacious
malefactor, " with tears in his eyes, said he had no other way to live ;" '
and the offending, destitute wretch, was therefore—locked up I—Punch.
DECIDEDLY CRACKED.--A morning paper talks of
the ships of the experimental squadron as being" crack vessels." So
many holes having been picked in them since their powers of sailing
have been tested, that we are afraid they deserve the compliment
rather too literally. Even the Cove of Cork, where they are at pre.
sent floundering, must see through them.—Punch.
THE DIGNITY OF THE`PROFESSION.—Mr. Sergeant
•
Davy, eminent in the last century, was once upbraided with lower-
, ing " the dignity of the profession," by accepting silver as fees Prin.!
a client. " I took silver," he said, " because I could not getgo
but I took every rap the fellow had : and if you call that lowering
the dignity of the profession, I don't know what the djgnity_is."

CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST
ONE OF PRINCE ALBERT'S GAMEKEEPERS.
TCEWN-HALL, MAIDENHEAD, TUESDAY, SEPT. 23.—Very
considerable excitement has existed for some weeks past, in
and round Maidenhead, in consequence of a gamekeeper,
named Thomas Topp, in the service of his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, having set a ferocious dog (stated to be a
blood-hound) at a poor woman, named Wells, the wife of a
labouring man, residing in the parish of Bray, for having
gathered wood in that part of Windsor Forest in which are
the preserves of the Prince Consort. The defendant was
summoned to appear before the Magistrates to answer the
o
charge on Tuesday, the 9th instant; but the hearing of the
he
case was then postponed till to- day, in consequence
unable
to
woman, from the injuries she had received, being
attend.
The sitting magistrates for the Maidenhead division of
the county of Berks were Charles Sawyer, Esq.(inthe chair),
'
and John Ilercy, Esq. ; Mr. J. J. Williams, barrister-at-law,
was retained on the part of the defendant.
Upon the case being called on, all the witnesses were or-
dered out of Court.
The information of Maria Wells, upon which the summons
was granted, averred that Thomas Topp, gamekeeper, of
Standing-hill Lodge, in the parish of Winkfield, unlawfully
assaulted her the 23d of last August, by setting a dog at her.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge, by the ad-
vice of his counsel.
Maria Wells, a decent-looking woman, about thirty years
of age, upon being sworn, deposed as follows :—On the 23d of
last month I was in that part eLthe forest which is in the
parish of Bray, with Mary and Arm Lambeth. We
were picking up dry wood to light the fire with. Topp came
up to where we were, and took the wood we had collected
from us, with our cords and sacks, and told us we had no
business there. He set the dog he had with him, first on
Mary Lee and then on me. I begged and prayed for my
life, because of the situation I was in.—(The witness was
far advanced in pregnancy.) I told him of my situation. I
said to him, "If you want to take my life away, take your
gun and shoot me at once." He dogged me until I was all
In a perspiration. I mean by this that he took hold of my
clothes and shook them, and then set the dog upon me.
That is what I mean by his dogging me. The dog had laid
hold of my clothes, I fainted away, and he dogged me as
long as the dog would. When I got home I fainted away
three times. I was confined to my bed for a fortnight. [The
dog bad bitten the witness on the hip and at the lower por-
tion of the back.]
Cross-examined by Mr. Williams—Two females were with
me, who were near enough to hear what Topp said. I had
been• told once not to take the wood. When the keeper came
up -I dropped the wood, and so did the other women. We
were resting when the keeper came up, and he took it from
us. We went off quickly, and then he put the dog upon us.
the 23d was on a Saturday. On the following Monday I
went to Topp's house to get his name, as he was a stranger
to me. I never told him if he gave me a sovereign I would
say nothing about it. On the following Saturday I went to
a chemist's at Windsor in a cart. I kept my bed for a fort-
night fram the Ist of September. I told Topp, when he set
the dog on me, I was in the family way. I did not know
Mr. Pearl, of Windsor, until a gentleman of that name called
on me. He wanted to examine me, to ascertain if I was in
the family way. He put his hands outside the clothes. I
have not had a miscarriage, as I was too far gone. I firmly
believe the child is now dead. I am between seven and
eight months gone with child. The dog which Topp set
upon me was a good-sized dog. I was confined to my bed
for a fortnight, and attended during that time by Mrs
Westell. My husband was here this day fortnight; I was
unable to come. The young man, Topp, called upon me,
and came into my bedroom and asked me not to go on against
him. My husband came before the magistrates this day
fortnight to say that if the defendant would pay all the ex-
penses, and for my support while on a sick bed, I had no ob-
ection to proceed no further.
Mr. Williams rose, and said that as the attack made by
the-dog was purely accidental, the affair could now be ar-
ranged, with the permission of the magistrates, and he
trusted they would permit it to be compromised. If Mr.
Westell's bill for medicine and attendance was not exorbitant,
her(Mr.'Williams) would agree, on the part of the young
man,to pay it. There was no animas on the part of his
clients therefore we will not atone for a wrong which we
utterly. deny.
..MrsSawyer—My opinion is, that the case having gone so
far,..must be proceeded with.
Mr. Mercy—lt wag a very awkward action on the part of
the defendant. He goes and shakes the woman's petticoat,
and thus sets on the dog, and therefore it cannot be called an
accidental occurrence.
Mr. Williams asked if the Bench would allow the woman
to retire and speak to the defendant ? It was a mode of ar •
ranging similar cases allowed to be adopted frequently by
magistrates in London.
Mr. Sawyer—The case has gone too far for that.
Mary Lee, a witness called by the complainant, was then
sworn. She said—l was in the forest on the 23d of August,
Welly.
up a little bit of dry wood for firing, with Mrs.
IVells. It was in the woodland, in the open forest. Topp
came up and said we had no business there; and told us to
empty out our wood. While we were emptying out, he set
the dog on me, and then on Mrs. Wells, who begged and
prayed for her life, as she was then in the family way. Topp
then cast his eye down upon her, and said, "It's a lie ; she
Is no more so than I am ; and if I was sure she was not so, I
would serve her worse." After Mrs. Wells told him she was
In the family way, he took his handkerchief off his neck and
tied it round the dog's, and set the dog on me until I got out
of the forest.
Cross-examined by Mr. Williams—l heard Mrs. Wells say
to Topp, " If you want to take away my life, in my present
situation, you had better take your gun and shoot me at
once." Topp shook Mrs. Wells's petticoats as high as he
could shake them when he set the dog at her. We begged
and prayed of him to leave us alone. I was never told by
Topp, or anybody else, not to pick up wood in the forest.
loly Mr. Hercy—l thought Topp's motive for putting his
handkerchief round the dog's neck was to prevent its biting
Mrs. Wells any more.
Mr. Williams addressed the Bench for the defendant. He
trusted justice would be done, no matter how high the rank
of his master. He considered that it was a plot and a con-
spiracy- got up against his client, for it was impossible to be-
lieve that both the witnesses had told the truth. He was
surprised at the absence of Mr. Westell, who had attended
Mrs. Wells, for he could have proved if she were enceinte.
Mr. Pearl, surgeon, of Windsor, who had been called in as an
arbitrator, would give his evidence on this point. In guard-
ing against oppression from the great, we should also equally
guard against extortion from the weak. The affair was a
fabulous piece of business altogether. The woman went to
Mae defendant, and told him that for a sovereign she would
settle the business. This, however, he (Mr. Williams) could
not prove, because his client could not be sworn. The Bench
is called upon either to dismiss the case, or inflict the lowest
fine the law allows.
Mrs. Wells here informed the magistrate that she was
firmly of opinion that the child was dead. (The woman ap-
peared to be enduring great pain.)
Mr. Williams said be should now call Mr. Pearl. As Mr.
Westell was not present, he (Mr. Williams) had no doubt
that he was afraid to submit himself to a cross-examina-
tion. He (Mr. Williams) would contend it was a mere
accidental rencontre ; and as to an assault, none had been
proved in law.
Mr. Geoffrey Pearl, surgeon, Windsor, was then sworn,
and stated as follows from a written paper he held in his
hand. I saw Mrs. Wells on the 13th of this month, at her
own house. I was requested to see her by Mr. Turner
(Prince Albert's head-keeper.) She told me she was seven
months gone with child. I asked her to allow me to put my
hand upon her body. There did not appear to be any child;
or not one so large as if she had gone six or seven months.
1 asked her if she had miscarried, and she said she had not,
but that after she had been attacked by the dog she had ex-
perienced symptoms of miscarriage. It was my opinion
there were no symptoms of the kind. She said she thought
her illness was brought on by the fright. Ido not think she
is seven months gone. I should think, by the appearance
of her face, she could not have had the floodings she com-
plained of. Her face was not blanched. Mr. Pearl added, in
reply to a question from the complainant, " I examined you
by passing my hand round your body."
Mrs. Wells—You came to me in a very improper and un-
gentlemanly manner while I was in bed. I never allowed
him, gentlemen (addressing the Bench) to examine me.
Mr. Pearl—lf there had been a child, I must have dis-
overed it.
This being the whole of the evidence,
Mr. Sawyer said, in this case an assault had most un-
doubtedly been committed. That Topp was there, and had
set the dog on the woman, was very clear. It was the duty
of a servant to protect the property of his master in a legi-
timate manner; but Topp had not so protected his master's
property, but in a most illegal manner, not to be justified.
If the woman were in the family way she is liable to serious
injury. The assault, in Isis opinion, was proved.
Herey- agreed in the opinion expressed by his brother
magistrate, that the assault had been committed by the de-
fendant's setting the dog on to the complainant. He consi-
dered It totally out of the question to believe for one moment
that the affair was accidental.
Mr. Sawyer, in giving judgment, observed that he should
view the offence of which the defendant was guilty in the
same light in which, he trusted, it would be viewed by Prince
Albert, the defendant being in the service of his Royal High-
nees. He should therefore adjudge that the defendant be
fined 2/., and that he pay the costs.
The fine and costs, amounting together to 21. 10s. 6d.,
were paid by the father of the defendant.
The proceedings, which occupied a considerable time,
created great interest to a crowded auditory.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
T. P. Piper, wholesale stay manufacturer, Bishopsgate-
Dtreet Without, Oct. 14, at two.
the Country.

W. Bowen, grocer, Merthyr Tydvil, Oct. 14, at twelve, at
the Bristol District Court—G. Byford, wholesale grocer,
Liverpool, Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court
W. Forster, tailor, Liverpool, Oct. 14, at the Liverpool
District Court—H. Cooke, painter, Liverpool, Oct. 14, at
half--past twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—J. J. Brez,
tailor,,_ Chester, Oct. 14, at twelve, at the Liverpool District
`-'"t‘rt,—.l- Milne, dealer, High Crompton, Lancashire, Oct.
llko ate twelve, at the Blanchester District Court—W. Nell,
.?",er , Ardwick, Lancashire, Oct. 22, at twelve, at the
aisnehester District Court—J. Haselden, cotton spinner,
Bolton-le-1100P, Oct. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court.
CE&TIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contra
P. Walker, builder, oc3 the day herein mentioned.
'l'. Sims, licensed victualler. New-road, Oct. 16—
Whitechapel-road, Oct. 16—
J. Cann, bricklayer, Woolwich,e'
r Oct. 16—F. H. Church,
surgeon, Southamnton Oct.
tobacconist,s
lane,'Oct. ig,-.J. youne,' IJ—II. Prior, stationer, Sise-
14—T. F. Piper, wholesale manufacturer, Bishopsgate-
Bury St. Edmund's, Oct.
sitree6_3.Wßirythaonu,t,c'hOecnti.slt."—BJ. WYarren, merchant,, Bristol, Oct.
i Bristol, Oct. 16-.-J Crabtree and W.
Burnley, woollen manufacturers, Tu stead, Lancashire, Oct.
, Denbighshire, Oct. 141—J,
Parrn currier, Ruthin
provQz ,dOct.
`V O
ct. M. Gardner, wine merchant, I.i
R. Smith, and J. Swarm, l4—- Smith,
aieshire, Oct 14—W. 11. Rawc, currier,poke
L. Laplastrier, watch maker, Alfred-street,nia', Oct. 14--
Islingtort, Oct 14—W. Johnson, wine merchant, West:er-terrace,
Smith-
field, Ost. 14—W. Walters, silk mercer, c Smith-
rawford-street,
Marylebone, Oct. 14.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
II Morson and T. Winson, West India merchants, Copt-
hall-Chambers—H. Morson, T. Winston, and J. Udall, mer-
chants, St. Cristopher's—R. Kendall and R. Hill, brown' net
commission agents, Nottingham—H. Thompson and E.
Richardson, ship brokers, Cowper's-court, Cornhill—D. Hig-
ginbottom and S. Housley, milliners, Ch esterfield —R. Tay-
lor and W. Aburrow, druggists, Idol-lane, City—T. S. Parker
and P. Taylor, veterinary surgeons, Birkenhead—J. Apple-
ton and R. H. Bradley, surgeons, Greenwich—J. E. Pool
and C. Stevens, attorneys, Furnival's Inn—T. Chadwick and
W. estskill, cotton dealers, Manchester—W. Lea and B.
Coley, arcbitecta, Birmingham—C. Anstice and B. Gruzelier,
soda-water manufacturers, Plymouth—B. Higgs and T.
Wristt, ironmongers, Birkenhead—J. Alcock and J. Wilson,
fruit merchants, Liverpool—E. and W. Smith, grocers,
New grk• upon-Trent—C. Long and F. Hale, jun., oil mer-
chants, at. John's-street, West Smithfield—J. and W. Simp-
Ipa, innkeepers, Market Weighton, Yorkshire—J, and I.