The Express. — London, England, 1853-09-19 00:00:00

between the Mandarin and rebel junks, which ended! in the hour returning to the inner harbour apple- rentiv iiiiii•jured. The 'Mandarin fleet remains at aneli. , r iti the outer harbour, and we much fear them it now ro hope of its operations checking the power o f the retwl 01 the Mandarins' land force we have no authen tic intelligence, but fully expect that the failure of the adu,.ral to capture the rebel fleet, added to their own dt lest on the :th, will induce them to leave the island a.tain far the vicinity of Tangwa. The natives of the pla e will in all probability be left wholly at the men, - of the rebels and pirates who now hold it, We are not afraid of foreigners being plundered or molested, so long as a man-of-war is in port ; but before business can go on again, we think t ore i gners will base to interfere and protect the natives against th e Muds, otherwise the place will be deserted by every Chinese of any worth whatever, for the rebels are liktiy hereafter to exact whatever they want without scruple. IRE IMPERIAL DECLARAIION OF THAE- PING.• An O!e ou the Origin of Virtue and the Saving of the World. (From the North China Herald, June 11.) The b.llowing is one of the documents circulated by the 1.1,3eec revolutionists:— The areet origin of virtue is from Heaven: Let us now reverently allude to Heaven's war, in order to arose: you worthies. The way of Heaven is to punish the abandoned and bless the wood. Repent ti erefore with3ut delay, and get the first start in:(I) of the race. Virtue has one general root and origin, which is none other than correctness: SuCeesstro gent s tions, whether early or late, come to but one col; lusion. • Aim to enjoy celestial bliss. Free v. ureelves from worldly ecteidleratione Ile not ursirged away by the hoar of common feelings; Abandon ut one, the whole USW of vicious views. The tru , Spirit who opened out the %Minn° is God alone. 11e un distinction between noble and base ; he must beben vrrently adored. God our heavenly Father is the one common parent : From of ••Id it has been said that the world consists of but one (Andy, From the time of Pwan koo, (2) down to the three dynas ties (3), pith pniices and people together honoured one Heaven. Daring - hat period the sovereign h. Floured God: The noulra, scholars, and plebeian, all did the same: It might be compared to children among men honouring their father; Whoa both well and ill informed followed the domestic law. (I) One feeling pervaded Heaven and men, there were no two principles ; And m,narchs were not anowed to follow out their pri vate views. Let God be worshipped, In thiii let all unite, Whether west or north, Whe Corr south or riot. Ferry fibre and thread depends on God, Leery drop and mop COMP from toe heavenly Majesty: It is year duty every morning to adore and every evening to worship him : Reason demands that you should praise him for his good. ness an.: sing of his doings. Should men neglect this duty. or worship any other, Let them prostrate the mashes without end, it would be all _ . in Not only woad it be .without benefit, it would also be injunoue. Aid by thus tielutling your own mind, you would incur Indite' guilt. If seen dud nut obliterate their natural conscience, They would know that every breath they draw depends on 11ravn. He ere.ited the elements of nature and all material things. No other -pititual being interferes with tie arrangements. Let as then depend on God alone for arsistance, Aad ascribe to idols the honour of creation. If any shoutd say that creation depends on idols, We world just inquire how things went on before t h ey were set up ? Ile warms us by his sun, he moistens us by his rain, He moves the thunderbolt, he rcatten the wind ; All these art the ',nitrous nperatiocs of God alone ; Thew who acknowledge Heaven's favour will obtain a glorious reward. Do no: worship corrupt spirits, Aet lake honest men; if bhors that which is wrong, And lot $ whatever is right Of all wrong ti , ings lewdness is the chief. When men thus become fiends, Heaven's wrath is aroused. Thew who debauch others debauch themselves, and they become finds together. Far better to sing of the footprints of the gentle deer, and to celebrate a virtuous posterity. (51 Depraved manners overturn men. Who under such eir- cumstunees eon stand ? The only way is to ref.roi your habits, and seek renewal of mind. Yen buoy loved learning, and did not repeat his faults; His four cautions ugavist improprieties are fit to arouse the mind. • This purports to be from the pen of the chief of the innirrecien, Heng—ew-tseuen himself. (1) There is an allusion here to one Lew-kwun, of the Tsin dynasty (A.D. 320), who was on friendly terms with Tsoo-ttih which latter person bad his mind bent on great undertakings: when Lewkwun addressed his fellows say ing, I Iran ea my spear all night till morning, anxious lest Tsoo-tisih should first apply the whip, tad get the start in the race. il) The first man of whom the Chinese speak. 3) Closed B.C. 220. 4) The title of one of the ehapten of the Book of Cere monies, treating on filial piety. (5) There is an allusion hero to the Book of Odes, one of which Contain/ the following stanzs: Like the footprints of the gentle deer • Are a virtuous posterity : Oh the gentle deer! MILITARY INTELLIQENCE. Reaalties by death in India since the departure of the Rail on the 20th July : E. Troops.—Lieutenant Frederick Lille, 18th lard Irish, at ma, on board the Queen of the South. Buabay.—Lieut. William W.Farquhtraon, let Regiment Lielit Cavalry (Lemurs), on the 26th inst. Madras.—Licutcnant Li. Phillips, 26th N. 1., at Conoor, on the loth inst. Bengal.—Colonel M. G. Webber, 51th N. 1., at Scram pore. on the 11th instant. Brigadier E. Buckley, at Bli ndly, on the 14th init. Lient.-Col. Bonham, 50th N. 1., at Bemires, on the 11th July. Lieut. Wallace, Invalids, of cholera, at Bemuse, on the 13th inst. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY, JULY 20. ' Oar Money Market continues to exhibit all the dulness usual at this season of the year. There is little demand for money, which is becoming more abundant in native quarters, and few transactions are taking place in govern ment securities or bank shares, all of which may be quoted at about the rates ruling at date of our last report. Business has commenced. Dealers have come farward to purchase ; but as usual at this period of the season chiefly on speculation. Amongst several sales reported, goods which wee, scarce, such as Orey Jscconets, Meda pollams and Shirtings up to 71b. have,' in most instances, been sold at an improvement in value ; other descriptions continue low, as at the end of the closing season. Garr S1111171:401. 38 yards 40 inch.—An improvement has Maya place in the value of this description from silb. to 71b., but Sibs., end upward., remains at the previous low rate.--38 yards 40 inch is without change since the date of Cu last report. (Sort LONOCLOTII.-30 yards 40inch is without change. 34 yards 4.5 lack, 10Ib., the same remark applies to these goods. Garr T. CLortr.—Some business has been done, bat no improvement In value can be quoted. URFA DONESTIC.—In these these is but little doing. Girt MADArOLLANS are in good inquiry ; the lower kind. are wet wanted. _ _ _ Grlr ?.errs. l .lnquiry good for all kinds except the higher nukes. filmy Twiu.a.—Dull as before. 13LrAf UZI) SIIIKTINWI AND MADAPOLLAMS.—As last ?hotted, so bssiatere appears lobs,. been deaf. ELIA(Ii ID JACCOISIIII.—As per last report. Clam:llßD DIIIITY AND FlOriteD MU:COS.—Ia. ( Airy existing as before, bat it is rather dull lately. !lAA( terD LArrETA.—Tbe finer kinds appear steady; ether descriptions are as per sale report. BLEU:R&D &mem—Fins descriptions in demand. Ihlu r as before. '1 (liar s Rau.—With the exception of mulls, these seem to be quite neglected. C•rt.Ot Rib VANalel(l.—lsquired after. Sales reperted are at about 3 12-16ths. Twisv.—la both water and mule business has been done, ht no material dung, in favour of 'ellen. Stock appears kt irf• Orange at former rates—inquiry checked—and the linter shoes a downward tendency. Corrals —Dull, no business reported ; but the fol!owiaff inay be quoted as the nominal Brezier and sheathing, GS; bonen. 40; tile, 113; South American slab, 50. lawe.—Engliek bar, 31-33, bag slightly improved is round rod, 38-4 t, in demand; square rod, 30-32, Is before t sheet, G 2.4t1A-71, is inquired after; hoop, rit-9. Waft • Swedish bar. 48-50, dull ; steel in tubs, 1-11, r belles,; faggot or bundle', 8-10, ditto. 141 ; 9 . — P1 1 144-101,slightli advanced from last; sheet, 11- 411, as ; speller, 11 , as before. ( irleasti.nit.--Dun, 50-5 . Tim I'LAIIL-121 to 13. es before. CtK nixtm..-1 , 311. 1 12-16 to 1 13-IG. Comte has ainsinsed a rather firmer feeling, owing to be late amounts from China being rather more favourable, bat the rate of fr, ights advancing to It.. 14 per candy, has "Ivreated any rise in prier while purchasers of the staple so: Eriglsod are slack. We quote for Broach Jumboseer and Sow, ids. frill to 10$ ; Xhallers, Its. 99 to 100; thrersiwutty and 9.4 to per candy. Mangrole, Its. 93 %; and Comptab, 20 tr: Ltuismi is namely to be had at Rs. 3 1616 per ewt. P is also scuce at Re. 72 tor Bete°le, aad Rs. 67 for Malabar. EXOM•NOI on England advanced to 21. lid. per rupee at 6 months' sight, but, owing to the low rate ruling in Calcutta, it has declined, and may now be quoted at 2s. lid. per rupee for taring', credits, and 2s. 1,;(1. fur drafts se cured by docnmeats. FUZIGUTS.—LittIe han been done in freight+ to England, which are pretty firm at U. 15s. to Liverpool, and 31. per ton to London. CALCVTTA, AUGUST 5. On the 16th of June the directors of the East India Com pany gore notice that the rate at which they would receive cub for bills on India at 60 days' sight, would be as fol lows —Calcutta, 2s. pct. rupee ; Madras, 24. per rupee; Bombay, 2s. Old. per rupee. Amount of bit's drawn by the Etat India Company from the Bth to the 23rd of June : —Bengal. 459.4311. 14s. 8‘1.; Madras, 44,1511. 13s. 9d. ; total, 503.586/. Bs. sd. Total drafts from Jan. 7to 23d June, 1653, 4089,582/. 16s. 11d. (East India Company's official year commencing Ist May.) The sum required by the Court of Dirrctors in England, from Ist May, 1353, to 30th April, 1841, is 3,500,000 f., which they expect to realise by the sale of their bills on India. There has not been a large business doing by any means I in exports here during the lout fortnight; and the shipments of the month of July, as a whole. are on a very moderate scale. The shipments of sugar during the month of July are singularly light, not exceeding 31,6-7,7 =made. There bas been very little doing in low descriptions, and only one small shipment of Khaur is reported. Of raw silk the exports from the Ist to the 31st ultimo are only Gil matiads. From the let to the 3rd of the present month 313 reminds have passed the Custom-house. Corabs have Len in demand, and the quantity gone for ward to Great Britain during the past month is 38,000 pieces. Tuners and chopnahs make no sort of show amongst the exports. Saltpetre has been in capital demand for the United Kingdom and for America, while only a trifling quantity has passed the Custom-house for France. Rice shipments are moderate to all parts. Shellac has been freely shipped to England and France. Lacdye is in moderate irquiry as compared with the large demand which prevailed some time ago. By the last eccounts from home this article bad declined in value, and stocks bad greatly increased. In London about 10,000 chests had accumulated. Safflower shipments to England are to a considerable extent. Hides remain in active demand for all parts of Europe and North America. Mustard seed, linseed, and poppy seed are all in excellent request at very tirm prices. Ca-tor oil in moderate demand. Jute ships meats continue very trifling. Catch is wanted, but there is no stock. Raw cotton shipments during the month of July arc—To China, 8,501 tneunds ; to Great Britain, 2,829 manna'. In sundry *mail articles there has been a good deal doing, there being one or two ships loading fw Aus tralia. Ihe cotton piece goods market has been talerably active, i but it is only on account of the present exceedingly cheap rates at which goods are parted with, that so much business can be done. Since last steamer lett there dots not appear to be any change in prices worth alluding to. The sales of grey shirtin-71, jacoaeta, and madapollams reported, are to a considerable extent. White shirting. are moderate. White figured shirting' have been moved oft very freely. White yaconets have been in good d eman d, and sides have been reported to a full extent. Rather more hes been dune in fine goods latterly; and it is understood that there are very few goods in the market at and under Co.'s Rs. 3.0-0 per piece. Indeed, of all qualities, the dealers say the market is only barely supplied. Scotch roods have captioned extremely difficult of sale. Narrow Turkey red cambric' have betn very freely sold, and in other kinds of Turkey red goods there has been, particu larly of late, a large business doing. Prints and chintzes have been selling every day, and the total reported sales of the fortnight almost come up to :iO,OOO pieces, while a great many Turkey red goods are included in this. !dere Twist has been more actively dealt in than for same time, reported transactions amounting to upwards of 2,600 bales. Tho chief portion of these are, of course, 40s, many of which sold itt 3 minas 7 to 8 pie per morab. The range of price in this number has been 3 annas 7 pie to 4 annas 3 pie per morah. In coloured yarns a large intent of business has been ileac. In 311traxs a considerableWusiness has been done in copper, but at somewhat lower prices. Iron has sold to a fair extent. Transactions have taken place in Lead at Sa. Its. 7-4-0 per matand. Rather a largo business has been done in Tin Plates at Co.'s Its. 13 4.0. Block tin is selling at Ct. Rs. 31.0.0 per md. Of the money market there is hardly anything fresh to be said. The supply continues ad.quate to commercial wants on fair and moderate terms. Government securities, with the exception of Transfer Fives, which are improved in value, remain much as before. The following Table show& the Exports of Tea from Shang. har to Great Britain, from lst July, 1052, to 30th June, 1853, according to actual invoice weights : Black. Green. Total lbs. ls. lbs. Mackenzie, Brother., and Co Jardine, 51.....he•0n, nude* 6.430,197 464,809 8,895,006 Smith, Kennedy, and Cu. Linduay and Co 3,038,300 23,300 3,039,860 Wenkin, Ramon, and Co. ...- Watson ant Co. 1,463,000 375,060 1,800,000 De w nt, Seale, and Co. Sha, Bland, and Co. Gib'., Livingston, and Co. 1,133,000 83,750 1,220,750 Reis, and Co. 919,063 288,131 1,193,217 Dirant. Gray, sad Cn Turucr and Co. RWley, Worthington, and Co. .599,000 205,000 785,600 Bytes, Schwabe, and Co. 002,000 102,0)9 702,000 Russell and Co Jas. M•Donald Smith, King, and Co. - 265,537 Bothday, NW, cat CO~ Maar Brothers, and Co. 201,410 - 209,410 D. awin 33,331 71,267 109,C00 Humans sad Co. 06,000 3,300 71,305 Sandries - -- - 13,107,973 3,356,113 311,661,063 OCEANIC TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN ECROPE AND AMERICA. We hare it stated to us, says the Bangor State of Maine, on the authority of Mr. Robert Stephenson, the great engineer, that a recent discovery in telegraphing ham be•n made which may work as great a revolution in the world of letters and of commerce as has been already effected by the original application of electricity or electro-mag. netism to the purpose of telegraphic communication, or, in other words, the art of writing at a distance. To make ourselves understood it may be proper to say that, heretofore, the most scientific observers of facts in electro-magnetiam have supposed that there was a limit to the force or strength of the magnetic current upon any given circuit, and that, however perfect might be the insu tion of the submarine wire, the blow or shock could not be sent across the Atlantic ocean. In this belief a project ' has been formed for constructing a submarine telegraph between Great Britain and the United States by a cir cuitous route, across the various straits and channels lying between the intermediate islands of the Northern Atlantic Ocean. It was proposed to commence this line at the northerly part of Scotland, thence to the Orkneys, thence to the Shetland and Faroe Islands, thence to Iceland, • distance of some three hundred miles ; thence to the shores of Greenland, thence across land to Davis's Strait, thence across said strait to the Labrador shore, thence by land to Quebec, &c. _ _ 11r.fitephention states that a series of recent experiments has established the fact, that by forming a complete wire circuit, that is, by two connected wires, extended so as to return to the same point of deputure, forming a complete metallic circuit, instead of using one wire connected with the ground, the galvanic current may be sent to any out. ceivable diatsnce without loss or diminution of power. The supposed weakness of the current is to be attributed to its interruption by cross current', which croil currents are overcome or avoided by the continuous wire circuit. In this way, doubling the expense of the submarine cable, making with it a complete metallic circuit or double track by a return line, the galvanic current may be sent, without sensible loss of power, from London to Portland or New York, or, at any rate, from Galway to Cape Race. It is known, however, that this principle of a metallic circuit was one of the first ideas in the telegraph; but a subsequent discovery of the fact that one line of wire in serted in the earth made a complete circuit by this means alone, caused the original method is be laid aside, and finally abandoned. We cannot any longer doubt that the oceanic telegraph will be realised, and that a line of wires will yet encircle the whole earth, bringing all parts of it into instantineous communication with each other. It is impossible for any human foresight to estimate or predict even the results of such a communication ; and we trust that the governments of the United States and Great Britain will take up the matter of an oceanic line on a Peale commensurate with its importance—providing such a number of distinct wires, en closed in one cable, as will supply the necessities of com merce and intercourse between Europe and America. CA.)3IFLAINT3 OF ENGINE Saturday_ bst..a deputation of engine drivers in the employ Of the London and North Western Railway Company attended at the terminus, at Easton Grove, for the purpose of oh -1 tainir.g an interview with the chief of the locomotive de partment, Mr. M'Coanell, and the directors, in re ference to certain grievances of which they consider they have to complain. It is stated that another attempt hic recently been made in the locomotive department to reduce the wages of the engine drivers and firemen, at the am* time that the amount of labour imposed upon the men Ms Wm ismassod. The more prominent ground of complaint fee that sarps are bring taken to remove the old hangs OM by one, and the introduction uf new, aad, as the old ser vants allege, wholly incompetent engine drivers. The men Mate that they are compelled to be on their engines eight or tal hour . at the time, and are called upon to perform night M will as day duty, sometimes being kept at labour 18 hears out of the 24. They also state that they do not contemplate a turn out, nor arc they desirous of taking any steps which are likely at all to inconvenience their em ployen or the public, 'but all they ask is for a fair amount of remuneration, and that they should be regarded with the same amount of care that a man would pay to his own horse. They contend that they are overworked, and that a contemplate.l reduction in their pay is an injustice, and they Aleph.° an eaplanation as to the causes which are operating to indnee the locomotive head to be continually di charging the old hands. The dr pota• ion waited for some considera ble time is the hope of 0,. 1 ning an interview, bu• it was found impos..ihic to reeeiv.. Great, on account of the pres ease of other business. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1853. 'Etc Court. BALMORAL, San. 16. Yesterday afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, the Prince of Wales, end Prince Alfred, drove to Braemar Castle, and honoured the Braemar gathering with their presence. Her Majesty was received by the Laird of hivercauld, at the h ea d o f the Farquharson Highlanders, Mr. James Duff and the Duff Highlanders, and Sir Charles Forbes with the Forbes Highlanders, from Strathden. In attendance upon the royal party were the Hon. Mary Bulteel, the Earl Granville, C3lonel the Hon. C. 13. Phipps, and Lieut.-Colonel the lion. A. Gordon. In the evening the Duchess of Kent, Count Alexander Itlensdorf, and Lady Augusta Bruce joined the royal dinner Party. _ . • Sm. 17. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent and Count Alexander Mensdorf, drove yesterday to Corriemulsie Cottage, to see the encampment of the Forbes llighlanders. Mr. and Lady Agnes Duff received her Majesty and the Prince at the Cottage, and conducted them to the encamp ment, where Sir Charles Forbes had drawn up his men. Her Majesty walked down the line, and inspected the men's tents. The Hon. Mary Bulteel was in attendance upon her Majeaty. The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of Kent, Count Alexander blensdorff, the lion. Mrs. Gordon, and Sir George and Lady Cowper. APPOINTMENTS—Mr. Thomas Chapman Harvey is appointed Engineer and Serveyor of I'ublic Works at Honduras. Mr. Charles Girdle stone is appoiated a cumber of the Council of the Virgia Islands. DEATII OF TILE EARL BRowm.ow.—This distin guished nobleman did on Thursday last at his seat, Belton house, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, in the 76th year of hie age. The name of the noble lord will be familiar to our readers as bring the father of the late Lorgtord, who.. heir has just estsb:ish ei l his claim to the en ous estates left by the last Earl of Bridgwater. THE CHOLERA. Newc.orLe.—lleaths (on 16th) : Cholera, 101. Diarrhola, 4. No return from Gateshead. Great efforts are making by the medical authorities, and it is gratifying to find that the mortality has made no material progress in the last 21 hours. A house of refuge has been opened, and bedsteads supplied from the barracks, by authority from the Board of Ord nance. Dr. Sutherland has received directions to proceed uudtw the Provincial Interments Act of last session to close the most overcrowded burial grounds. At Hexham the epidemic has, as yet, made little way —only six deaths are recorded, though diarrhwsl tendency is general. The authorities are very active, and great good effect must be attributed to their timely efforts, in the way both of medical visitation, cleansing and warming. SHIELDS. Skirl:WAY EVENING. There have been four fatalcasee ---- Of cholera in South Shields since yesterday at noon--a man, a young female, and two children. The man had been in ill health some time Lerare. The children died in Joy-street, in the new put of the town —airy, but badly drained. There was one fatal case in North Shields on Thursday and one in Tynemouth, but they both seem to have brought the dis eue from Newcastle with them. None since that I have heard of. A most distressing case happened at Jarrow yesterday. A fine little toy, twelve years of age, the son of Mr. Bell, one of our extensive Tyne alkali manufac turers, was seised with the cholera about five o'clock on Thursday evening, and was a corpse neat morning at eight. It seems that he hail been brought from school at Newcastle on Thursday, but had been up at liexham the day before, where he had eaten some fruit. Ile bad been purged a little during Thursday, but had not informed his parents until too late. A local board of health is formed at Jarrow, which is a large village employing a great num ber of workmen in iron ship-building. Dr. Cunningham, a gentleman of great experience in treating children in India has volunteered his assistance to them. In the presence of the fearful mortality in Newcastle yesterday-104 deaths in that town, 36 in Gateshead,—the authorities in those bar hour towns are redoubling their exertions in purging them of anything that will encourage disease. The local board of health and the board of guardians have divided North Shields into districts, over which they have placed medical officers with unlimited powers. Yesterday they bad 50 men engaged with the powerful river engine belonging to the Tyne commissioners, which poured some thousands of tons of river water up the banks and along the quays densely occupied by the Irish and the other miscellaneous popula luso w mmes to . seaport town. South Shields was fortn nate enough more than a twehemooth ago to adopt the Common Lodging-house Act, and those habitations which are properly licensed are under the surveillance of the police, who visit them nightly. The parish have also taken up a number of brothels. North Shiekb is not so fortu nate. It is anticipated also that either to-morrow or next day an additional and unlimited supply of pure water will be put on by the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company, from their new works at Fulwell. The at mosphere is very close. There is no wind, and in those times, as in Newcastle and Gateshead, we are tormented with a plague of flies. MANCHESTER. The first case of Asiatic cholera in Manchester was reported to the board of guardians on Friday night, by Mr. Walker Holland, medical officer to the market-street district. Happily it was not a fatal cue. Mr. Holland says he was called in so early as Tuesday last to a cuo in a con fined alley leading out of Back Thomas-street, of a woman named Mary Heald, who is an out-door pauper (having a husband who is a cripple), suffering from cholera. She was in the told stage of the disease, quite pulseless, and in a state of collapse, but he succeeded in giving relief in four hours, though 24 hours elapsed before she rallied suf &justly for the symptoms to be coaaidersd decidedly favour.. able. She is now quite recovered. There had been several bad cases of diarrbcca among the families living in the same entry. It is to be regretted that the authorities of Man chester have not, on this as on former occasions, published and distributed directions, to show how the disease may be detected by its premonitary symptoms and warded off by timely resort to medical advice. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ON LAKE WINDERMERE. One of the most distressing accidents which we have had to record in this locality for some time, occurred on Tuesday on Lake Windermere, by which the only son of R. Thieknesse, Esq., M.P. for Wigan, and the only son of John Woodcock, Esq., banker, of that town, lost their lives. The _young men had been rowing on the lake en one of those skiffs, very light and narrow in construction, a good deal in use on Windermere; and though the accident was not observed by any eye-witness, there is little doubt that the boat was upset by one of the young men standing up in end overbalancing it The accident occurred about thirty yards from the shore, in about fourteen feet deep of water. It was connected with a most distressing cir cumstance. The parents of one of the deceased we under stand were proceeding in another boat to meet the two young gentlemen on their return from their boating to din ner, and at the place where the unfortunate accident oc curred, Ecclerig Cragg, about two miles north of Bowness, they observed that something extraordinary had happened, and upon inquiry were informed that two young gentle men had beea drowned; that it was not known who they were, but that a cord had been found upon one of them bearing the name of Mr. Thomas Woodcock. The sudden shock and the agonising grief of the parents who thus learned that their only eon, whom they expected to meet, had been drowned on that spot, not many minutes before, cannot he described. As may be imagined, the scene was heart-rending. Both the young gentlemen were well known in the neighbourhood, having been for some time on a visit to Windermere, and the occurrence has ex cited universal sympathy and emotion. THE SUPPLY OF COWL—The Messaygere, of Modena, publishes a decree of the Minister of Finance of the Duchy, prohibiting the exportation of corn, and admit. init wheat, maize, and oats free of duty until rut tber orders. Nevertheless the Dada in corn and flour is free as before with those states that belong to the Austrian Customs Union. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT IN A SLATE QVARItY.— A dreadful accident, by which one WOralli has lost her life and another has received serious injury, has just occurred at the Siauberis slate quarry. Three females, one a krauts daughter, and the other two farm servants, •isited the quarry to witness the operations going on. One of the quarrymen conducted them over the works. Ho left them standing at the extremity of a level, desiring them no: to go further, as some rubbish was about to be cleared from the top of the quarry. Ina short time, several tons' weight of rock descended on the paved floor, at considerable distance from them, but a rebound took place and the rock fell near where the females stood with great violence, and became shattered into large fragments which flow in all directions. One of these struck one of the women in the back, inflicting a frightful wound. The p .or: creature died in a few moments without uttering a word. Her fellow-servant was thrown to the ground and received serious bruises, but W. 1.1 not otherwise injured. The body was removed to the quarry hospital, where an inquest was held at which a verdict of accidental desalt was returned. BARNSTAPLE BRIBERY COMMISSION. CLOSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS. BARNSTAPLE, FRIDAY NIORT. The only evidence of any interest elicited to-day was that of Thomas Avery, landlord of the Angel Inn, who stated that he was a freeman, and voted for Mr. Bremridge and Lord Ebrington at the last election, but received no money from, or on behalf of, either. Remembered that on the morning of t►e nomination Sir Bouchier Wrey came to his house, and a'ked if certain voters were not in the habit of using it ? Witness replied, " Yes;" and Sir Bouchier told shim to get them together. Witness asked if they might have some beer, and Sir Bouchier said," Yes, if they liked." Witness thought at the time Sir Bouchier would pay for the:drink. Might have told his waiter to " Crack it along, Charley "—(laughter)—but the quantity drank was not large. The whole bill, including bread and cheese, beer, and liquors, was only 21. 14s. 3d. Sir Bouehier Wrey did not positively order it, but still witness thought that he or his party would pay for it. Had made no demand for the amount upon any one, but had been waiting for some one to call and pay it. (Laughter.) Hoped yet that it would be paid some day by somebody. Mr. Sevilla (conservative agent) had paid witness 235. or 245. for entertaining voters two months before the election. [This case was the one in which the conservative party laboured so hard, at the beginning of the inquiry, to prove treating upon the part of Lord Ebrington and Sir B. \Trey.] Various voters having admitted the receipt of the usual Gt. after voting for Bremridge and Fraser, the proceedings were adjourned. SATURDAY NIG UT. The commissioners held their final sitting to-day, and examined several witnesses, who had come from a distance, but whose evidence was merely admissary of the receipt of vote money, without presenting any feature of public inte rest. At the can.flusion of the examination, the chief com missioner thanked the mayor, and other authorities of the borough, as well as the leading agents of both parties, for tits facilities afforded by them in the nrosecution of the in quiry sod the proceedings terminated. Tee inquiry has lasted sixteen days, during which about 100 witnesses have been examined, and a frightful amount of perjury and studied prevarication exhibited. The result of the inquiry shows that at the last election about 3.0007. was expended by the rival candidates:—about 2,400/. on the part of Mr. Bremridge and Sir W. Fraser, in the conser vative ; and about 6007. on the part of L o rd Ebrington, in the iberal interest. The gross number of voters upon the rtgister was 772, of whom about 40 did not vote. Of these who did vote, 400 polled for Sir W. Fraser, and 395 for Mr. Bremridge, about 250 of whom—or consi derably more than one half—were bribed with sums varying from 101. to 2!. 10s.—the standard bribe, however, being 61.—upon a regularly organised system. Lord Ebrington polled 332 vote*, two of which were secured—but without the cognisance of the noble lord or any authorised agent—by payments of 61. Of the 2.80 voters this bribed, about 140 were freemen and 110 house- ' holders; but the whole number of freemen upon the register amounting only to 262, while the householders amounted to 510; it follows that more than one-halt of the former were purchaseable by money, while little more than one-fifth of the latter were open to the same influence; so far, therefore, the balince of electoral virtu, shows decidedly on the part of the householders. N 'thing has been elicited to show that the election of 1817 was corruptly conducted; in fact, it is termed in deri sion by the freemen the " tee-total " election ; and, if pure, is universally allowed to be the only one of that des cription remembered by the " oldest inhabitant " of Bern ' staple. The purity of this election, secured by agreement between the candidates according to the provisions of the last under which the commission was appointed, barred' further inquiry, or a frightful scene of corruption would i have been displayed by tho election of 1811, the history of which is altogether remarkable. In the first place, a singular blunder had occurred in the registration of the previous year. It so happened that the voting lists were being re vised at the same time, both for parliamentary and munici pal purposes, and by some strange carelessness one of the district lists of municipal voters was presented for signa ture to the revising barrister, and signed by him in mistake for the parliamentary list, thus giving the suffrage to a large number of low-rented householders, who were not entitled; and it is said that every vote thus obtained was sold for 151. at the following election, both panics bribing in an extravagant manner. Tho "figure" at its minimum was 151., and 201., 251., and even higher sums were freely given (and as freely taken, it is hardly necessary to say) ; while, by clever inauceuvring a few voters, well up in electioneering tactics, contrived to get money from all par ties, and one perjured himself before the committee of the I House of Commons by saying that he received money for his vote in his life (but has now admitted the receipt of money in 1852) is said to have in this way received 701. in 11847. The result of that election was a petition against the return by the liberals, upon the ground of bribery and other disqualifying allegations, which was met by criminal informations for bribery, filed by the conservative party against several liberals; pro ceedings, however, being ultimately stayed by both sides by way of compromise. The cost of that election was enor mous, and between it and the last election the occurrence of a perfectly pure election, such as 1847 is said to have wit nessed, seems to have been impossible, were it not for the universal agreement in that respect of the evidence given before the commissioners. As it was, great credit seems to be due to the leaders of the liberal party for their forbear ance at the last election, knowing, as they did, the past his-1 tory of the borough, and the acts to which their opponents were even then resorting. It is, perhaps, not unimportant to add, that many of the voters bribed by a payment of 61. 1 at the last election were men not only occupying a respect able position, but who, in a pecuniary sense, were in' comfortable, and sometimes even easy circumstances. In fact, it may be said that the constituency is rotten to the core, the honest electors being entirely at the merry of the money-hunters. In municipal elections the same influence ' prevails, although, laf course, the bribes are smaller in I amount. At the last municipal election prices are said to have ranged front a pint of beer to 255., and the widest ex- 1 penditure to have secured the greatest number of votes. Subsequent to his first examination, Lord Ebrington ad dressed to the cemmissionen a letter, in which he said : " Contrary to my expectation, no reference whatever was made, in the course of Sir W. Fraser's examination, to the offer conveyed to me on his behalf' and his colleague's, of the immediate withdrawal of one of them, and my unopposed return in his stead, on condition of my relinquishing the petition against them, which was than oar the point of going ' before the committee. "I can give no better proof of the conscious rectitude of my proceedings, and of my sincere desire to expose, with a view to extioguish, the corrupt practices at elections lin Barnstaple, than the simple fact of my having peremp torily rejected this offer, &refusal which, I need hudly say, cost my father a large sum of money ; and me, exclusion for an indefinite time from parliament. This offer, emanating it it did from parties who could have no right whatever to claim confidential intercourse with me, I felt bound to keep secret no longer than was requisite to prevent any possibility of its influencing the decision of the election committee ; now that this, the only reason for its concealment, has long ceased to exist, I think the ends ofjuatice will be promoted by making it known." No question was put to Lord Ebrington on his second examination with regard to this attempted compromise, the commissioner holding that occurrences subsequent to the election itself could not legitimately be brought within the scope of the powers conferred upon them by the act of parliament. It is, however, fortunate that Lord Ebrington did not accede to the proposition made for a compromise, the object of offering which could only be a desire to shield Barnstaple from the searching investigation which has just come to a close. In conclusion, it may be added that Thomas Gaydon, the unhappy freeman who attempted suicide, because, ha'ing perjured himself before the committee of the House of Com. mons, he feared the result of an examination by the com missioners, is now in a fair way of recovery, although his appearance in court was of course rendered impossible by the deed. THE AM POR THE PREVENTION OP CONTAGIOUS AND EPIDEMIC Diszasza.—Tho act of parliament unde r which the order in council respecting the cholera, was issued, passed on the 4th September, 1848. It is entitled " An act to renew and amend an act of the tenth year of her present Majesty, for the more speedy removal of certain nuisances and the prevention of contagious and epidemic diseases." Tho first part of the statute has reference to the removal of certain nuisances, and the second empowers the privy council to issue orders for putting in force the provi sions relative to contagions and epidemic diseases. The order having issued for Great Britain for the next six months, the General Board of Health, by the 10th section, is empcwered to issue directions for the prevention, as far as possible, or mitigation of, the. disease. The board may provide for the frequent and effectual cleansing of streets and publ , e ways ; for the ventilating and disinfecting of ; for the removal of nuisances, and the speedy in terment of the dead, and generally for preventing or miti. gating such epidemic in such manner as to the board may seem expedient. Medicines may be dispensed and medical aid provided. House, can be inspected during the day time, and anything injurious to health removed. The expenses are to be paid out of the Poor's rate. There aro Tarim', provisions to enforce the act, and penalties arc to be levied and recovered for obstructing its execution. All orders and regulations are to be laid before parliament and gazetted. TRE Ni 01.711 OF THE DANUBS.—The Cronstat Gazelle states that the steam dredging machine which wu set to Work on the remonstrance of the foreign captains, worked un the 16th, 17th, 22nd, and 23rd August, in the Sulins, and managed to remove 12 barges full of mud dur ing the four days. The Vienna Press,: says that the Au• strian Consul at Galata has received instructions to give exact information of the real state of things in the Sulina. When this has been done, a diplomatic scorrespondence on the subject will immediately be opened with Russia. Under no circumstances will occasional dredging be considtecd aufneicnt. THE FALLING OF A HOUSE IN THE STRAND. INQUEST THIS DAY. AI ten o'cicts. lc this morning, Mr. Langham, deputy ster, resumed, at the St. Clement Dane's Vestry room, th e i ngth. .v into the circumstances attending coroner for IVestint k the deaths of Rob, rt Thu'mp'"' Sarah Thompson, Geo. Dunn, and Geo. Rowe, who, will be remembered, were killed by the falling of Use hones fio. I S I, Strand , on Thursday, the Bth inst. It w ill b e seen . that evidence of an important character was pr o d uce d. John Fordham Sta m f or d, 9 , A run d e l- street , S trand, architect and surveyor, said that he saw the premises en the Tuesday before the occurrence. He considered that o' workmen had sunk the earthwork too low, and endangered the party wall, and he called on Mr. Phillips, Mr. Abra. hams' clerk, and informed him of it. Did not see Mr. Abrahams. Mr. Phillips told him that the wall was well shored up; but witness told him that ho had better go and look at it. Ile explained to Air. Phillips that on a similar occasion, some years ago, a house had fallen contrary to his (Mr. Phillips's) anticipations. He no ticed on the Tuesday that the wall was out from i 9 to 18 inches. The wall was supported by several shores, but he did not notice any jack-sho: es. He consi dered that such were required, but would not consider that had they b,en up it would have been sufficient, as noshereing could render that wall safe. He would never have excavated as they had done. He would have taken out a portion of the earth near the street, and run up a sort of pier, and then gradually renmeilt he earth a little at a time. Had the flooring been shored up it would not have been safe, as the joists of the wall ran into the rooms, and with the excava- tions then going on the wall must have brought down the floors. _ By the Jury.—Had the wall been well secured before the commencement of the excavations, it might have ren dered it safe. Ile was certain that he recommended to Mr. Phillips to pursue the same mode of excavation as he (wit ness) would have adopted. Oa the Wednesday when he passed he saw that nothing had been done upon his sugges tions to Mr. Phillips. There was no shoring to the front of the house in the Strand, but he could not say that that was necessary. If the foundation was good, the leaning of one or two inches in the wall would not have beau dan gerous. The soil of the foundation appeared to him to be a loose gravel, but clay would sink quite as soon. By Mr. Ballantine.—The opportunity of speaking to Mr. Phillips about the premises was at that gentleman's dikes. At the time he went to Mr. Phillips's there were no jack shores. There were some short shores ; but he did not ob serve any jack•shores. Oo his oath ho did not see an jack shores. He recommended that the excavations s ho u ld be done by piecemeal. William Shrimpnell said—Mr. Rowe, one of the deceased, acted as clerk of the works, and Mr. Phillips and Mr. Abra hams came frequently. There is generally a clerk of the works on the part of the surveyor and on the part of the contractor. Mr. Rowe did no work at all, hut attended for Mr. Lucas and gave witness instructions. Oa the day be fore the house tell he did not hear anything from Mr. Rowe or Mr. Phillips as to the dangerous state of the wall through the excavations. Mr. Abrahams was there on the Tuesday. Whatever orders witness received were from Mr. Rose, who always consulted with Mr. Abrahams. The inquest was proceeding when we went to press. FATAL RAILWAY COLLISIOA% STAFFORD, SATURDAT. A very serious collision on this line between the Crewe and Whitmore stations, by which John Rourke an Irish cattle dealer, lost his life, several other persons were much injured, and considerable damage daue to property, formed the subject of an inquiry here yes- ' terday (Friday), before Mr. W. Ward, the coroner, and a respectable jury. The facts are briefly these:—An extra train, with cattle, from Holyhead, arrived at Crewe ■bout 1 o'clock on the morning of Thursday, and left there at 1.20. It was a very heavy one, consisting of 39 carriages, 26 loaded with cattle, and 13 with iron ore ; the deceased, with Pi' other cattle men, being in :the break-van with Williamson, the breaksman. In consequence of a fog which prevailed, the rails were wet and slippery, and the train proceeded very slowly, perhaps mot more than four or five miles an hour, until it arrived at Ba•ford, 'when its speed was increased, and it got to a rate of from 14 to 16 miles an hour. Some thirty minutes after it had departed from Crewe, a goods train, comprising 36 waggons, a break -eta, and two engines, one pilot, was dispatched from the si me station towards Stafford, and the, condition of the rails having much improved by the passage of the preceding cattle train, it travelled 'at the rate of 17 or 18 miles an hour, and therefore fast gaining upon the one which was before it. On reaching about half a mile south of Madelcy, Ore pilot, having succeeded in getting the goods train over the worst of the road, was detached, and west in advance of the train so as to shunt ►t Whitmore on to the down line of rails, and get back to Crewe. It was imagined that the cat tle train was farther on the road. Almost immediately after the pilot had been detached, the driver observed the rear red lights of tho break van glimmering through the fog right in front of him. He instantly reversed the engine, but the distance was not sufficient to avoid collison. The shock is described to have been of a most severe descrip tion; the deceased sustained a fracture of the spine, and the other men were bruised more or less. He was removed to the infirmary of this town, where ho died alter much suffering. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," with an expression of opinion that due caution had not been exercised by the servants of the comany at Crewe, and that pilot engines ought not to be taken off trains ex cept at stations. ROBBERY OF IVATCIIES AND JEWELLERY AT SHEFFIELD. On Saturday morning Mr. B. Cohen, dealer in watches, jewellery, and fancy goods, High-street, Sheffield, discovered that during the preceding night his shop had been plundered of valuable stock worth upwards of 3001. An entrance to the premises bad been effected in a remark able manner. Mr. Cohen's house, which is adjoining to and in the rear of his shop, opens into a narrow court—a thoroughfare leading to the back premises of the houses on one side of York-street. The maid-servant, it appears, in advertently left the window-shutter of a parlour on the ground-floor (an outside shutter) unfastened, for no force had beta employed to remove it from the window. The window was ono that did not open, so the burglars had re moved two panes of glass, and cut away the vertical bar of wood that had divided them. The aperture thus formed was only 91 inches from top to bottom and 12 inches wile, but it was large enough to admit the body of a child. A per eon of small stature had evidently been lifted through the hole and opened the outer door. There were stains of blood on the window, as if the individusl had been cut by the bits of glass remaining in the window frame. The thieves, having obtained admission into the parlour, had forced open an inner door and thus got into the shop. Their subsequent conduct is inexplicable. They were literally surrounded by valuable property of the most 'easily-portable nature, spread out is tempting array, and yet not a tithe of it had they in the least disturbed. They stole from the shop window 19 silver and 12 gold watches, a tray of gold seals, keys, and chains, and containing up wards of 60 gold pencil-cases ; and another tray bearing a gold bracelet, three carbuncle drops, and a quantity of gold brooches. Several rows of watches equal in value to those taken away were allowed to remain in the window. In the money drawer, which was not locked, there was a sum of 61. in silver. That also was left untouched. The burglars conducted their operations so adroitly that none of the inmates of the house were disturbed, and they got away front the premises unobserved. DIMINUTION 01' PAUPERISM.—On Saturday a re turn to the House of Commons, prepared by the Poor-law l numbertofJuly,of p alutr2r ando. n al Gt i hl c 6e l ta lus : I : jo s () un r l y e E c , n ei gl p is t a: o 3d f , Board (obtained by Mr. Berkeley, M.P.), was printed, ns r sh el o i w ef in o g n the e e and of the number of adult able-bodied paupers in the re ceipt of relief on the same days. and Wales, on the Ist July, last year the number in receipt of relief was 800,172, and on the Ist July last 743,639. After deducting the increase the decrease was 56,333. Of able bodied paupen the decrease was 17.002. The nunlike in door and out on the Ist of July, 18.2, was 121,882, mud on the Ist July last 107,880. Allowing for the increase, the diminution was 17,002 or 13.7 per cent. The decrease of paupers generally was 7.1 per cent. Of the able-bodied paupers relieved on the lit July last there were 40,471 widows and 2,610 mothers of illegitimate children. PROPOSAL TO CONFER THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF PERTH ON LORD PALNERSTON.—In reference to tile proposal to confer the freedom of the city on Lord Pal merston on occasion of his passing through l'erth to attend upon her Majesty at Balmoral, we understand his lordship has agreed—in the event of his being in the locality, which, however, is still uncertain—to accept the compliment pro posed for him. We feel assured that upoa this sulject hut one opinion prevails in the city of Perth, and that it will afford the very highest gratification to every citiz.n—should circumstances permit it—to have Lord Palmerston's nam e inscribed in our books as an honorary fellow tit Oren. e are also glad to be able to say, that should his lordship be in Perth, there is some reason to believe that he may ho pre vailed upon to accept of some more por tile! demonstrators 01 the high esteem in which he is held by ail classes of _the ccmtrunity.—Perilishire Ccuricr. MEMOIRS of IIAYNAU.—A publisher at Gratz, in Styria, has given to the world a biogr aphy of the late Marshal Ilaynau—that " immortal hero, as he is called in the advertisement. The author is said to be a general of high reputation in the Austrian service, and the pub lisher affirms that the popularity of the work made a new e ditioti necessary on the second day of sale. 1 THE CHOLERA IN MARYLEBONE. On Saturday forenoon, at 10 o'clock, Mr. Brent, the deputy coroner, held an .,iii inqi n eit Morylebone workhouse, on the body of Owen Cronin, aged 17, one of the persons stud to have been seize d with cholera, in York -court, East-street, Manchester-square. The jury having heels sworn, the deputy coroner in formed them that he had viewed the place where the de -1 sod his rel r tiv es reii i t : . :4 in York-court, and it was a •'` - ' , ..e•ased and The rnn , most filthy locality. eight other persons were residing was about /0 feet by 11 There was no yard to the Louse, and it altogether presented a wry unwholesome and shocking appear ab ee . He suggested to the jury that they should also view the place. Mr. Bridget, of Mast.street, the foreman of the jury, said he believed every gentleman summoned was trora th e locality, and, as they were well acquainted 'with York court, and its character, there was no nece,sity fur them to carry out the coroner's suggestion. The body, which laid, in the dead house, having been viewed, . . . .. . _ I an tc,...t.he... n" of ;1 3 ; Cronin, sister of deceased, was first examined. She said-1 reside at 12, York -court, and have but ono room. My mother died about a year ago, and there are seven chil dren nearly grown up. We have lived there two years. My brother Owen was taken ill on Monday night List. lie wus seized with griping pains in the stomach, and I gave him some cold water. lie bad cramps in his feet and legs, and all over him. He got worse about two or three o'clock the next day. My sister came to the workhouse on Tues day morning and obtained a doctor's order, and the doctor came and saw him, and gave him some medicine and pills; but he got no better. The doctor law him twice. Be died on Wednesday morning. I have not made any cola ' plaint about the dirty state of the house. Michael Cronin, brother of deceased—l was present when Owen was taken ill. Ile was first seized with vomiting and purging; the next day the doctor came to see him. Ile was quite sensible and complained of cramp. lie was very pale ; his eyes were dark, and hie lips blue. The priest visited him, and he said if he had been properly treated he would have recovered. Mr. Hodgson-1 am at present residing at Marvlebone Infirmary, and am acting for one of the parochial visiting surgeons. Between three and four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon I went and b3M deceased where he lived in York. court. He was eufferieg from diarrhcoa. I prescribed for him the usual remedies, and on Wednesday he died. Ap plication was made for the admission of the father and two eons, ens being the deceased, into the infirmary of the workhouse that day, but I did not then think the ease a very urgent one. I again visited the family about ten o'clock en Wednesday morning. I then Mend the de ceased, Owen Cronin, d. ad, and I ordered the admission of the father and the other son into the infirmary. By the Coroner—The cause of death was endemic cholera. lam positive it was not Asiatic cholera. The condition of the room and place generally was meat filthy, ■nd such as would be likely to cause disease in other persons. Beath might have arisen from a variety of causes. James O'Brien, the owner of the house in question, and several others in York-court, was next sworn—l ant the owner of Nos. 8, 11, 12, 11 4 and 16 in York-court, and I reside myself in No. 8, York-court. I did not sec the de ceased while he was lying ill. My property is in a more healthy state now than it has been for the last 30 years. The police frequently call at 11 and 12, and have made com plaints from time to time of their condition. I lime-whited the place about two months ago. The police have not made any complaint since till this occurred. I have sent com plaints to the court house about the accumulation of filth, and they have always been attended to. Jorcpa l'rice exairuned—l am a police canstable, but have been appeirted by the police commi•sfoners an inept c tor of common lodging-houses. I inspected the house No. 12, York -court, on the 12th July last, and found it in a meat disgusting state. On the 6th of August, 1 assued summons agaiust several of the inmates, under tte act 12th and 13th Victoria, cap. 111., the Nuisances Act, and it was adjourned. The house would come under the denomination of common lodging house, and the magistrate has power to line or imprison the parties for infringements of the act. We have 12 houses under summonses in York court, which will be proceeded against under the act 16 and 17 Viet., cap. 11, because it contains more stringent clauses than the former act, Police -constable Brown, 48 A, deposed that he had also inspected the house, No. 12, York.eourt, several times. No. 12 is certainly in a better state than it was. I have visited the room in which the body of deceased laid. It was in a miserable state, and so are most of the houses. On one oc casion, at No. 15, I saw persons sleeping on the ground on shavings. . . _ 1 he coroner having offered a few observations on the state of the rooms, The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased died of endemic cholera, caused by the foul air and accumulation of filth in York-court. The jury also begged to express their satisfaction at the energetic steps taken by the police in the discharge of their duty, particularly in reference to this and other cases brought under their notice." THE VISIT OF THE LORDS OF THE ADIIIRA LT Y. f DEVONPORT.—The Lords of the Admiralty have . concluded their official inspection of the dockyard and , other public establishment' in this town and nsighboue , hood. As already noticed in the Express!, the Black • Eagle, Admiralty yacht, Master J. E. Pettey, and the t Sprightly tender, arrived on Wednesd a y morn i ng f rom , Portland, the Black Eagle having on board the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty ; ItearAdrairal the lion. It. S. Dundat, C.d., Captain Alex. Milue, R.N., Capt. Sir Baldwin %Valker, K.C.8., surveyor of the navy; and Capt. 11. D. O'Brien, R.N., pri vate secretary to the First Lord. They were met at Leven , port by Colonel Green, R.E., director of engineering and architectural works, ; Capt. W. A. B. Hamilton, s:.cond secretary at the Admiralty; C. H. Pennell, Esq., and Charles C. F. Berkeley, Esq , of the Admiralty, who bad arrived from London by railway on Tuesday evening. Immediately after the arrival of the its amers their lordships commenced their official inspection with visiting the new steam-yard at Kerham. The Gun Wharf was the next place visited by Sir James Graham and the Baud on Wednesday. Their lordships were here received by R. Eaton, Esq., the storekeeper, and conducted through the armoury, various stores and depositories and wheels of the establishment. They next proceeded to the el daanco lands in the neighbourhood of the Gun Wharf with a view to selecting a suitable site for the erection of a prison for the reception of convicts, and in this matter they were assisted by the presence and advice of Col Jabb, the Inspector-Ge neral of I'risons. The convicts are to be employed upon the government works in the neighbourhood. The Dock yard was next visited, and hue their lordships were re ceived by Commodore Seymour and the principal officers of the yard. They were occupied during the morning in minutely inspecting the northern part of the arsenal, including the ships in dock and alongside the jetties. On the return of the men from their dinner they were in spected by their lordships, the usual half holiday being postponed to this day (Mendel). Tho store-houses, mast house, and sail-loft were then visited. In the sail-loft sails were being prepared for the Madigaseer and Scorpion; and the blockmskers were engaged in the pro duction of blocks for the Keyham-yard. The ships in the course of construction were then severally visited. At 12 o'clock on Friday their lordships again visited the Dock yard, and first inspected the Dockyard-chapel, for the purpose, we understand, of forming some idea of the ex tent and character of the chapel which is intended to be built at Woolwich for the use of the workmen connected with the dockyard and the seamen and mariners belonging to the service. On Friday tho Lords of the Admiralty visited the Royal Naval Hospital and the Victualling-office. They proceeded thither by water. At 10 o'clock on Thursday their lordships embarked in the barge of the Port Admiral, and were towed by the Blushes steamer to the breakwater, being attended by W. Stuart, Esq., the s uperintendent of the works, and also by Ja mes Walker, Esq., of Westminster, C.E. They landed at the lighthouse, and after inspecting it, walked over the whole of the breakwater, being occupied two hours in its inspec tion. The superintendent was ordered to give the work men a half-holiaay and one shilling each to drink the health of the First Lord. Their lordships on quitting the vessel returned to the dockyard at 6 o'clock, and in the evening dined with Commodore Superintendent Seymour. On Saturday, after visiting the Impregnable and the Nau tilus, where the crew and naval apprentices were exercised, their lordships held a levee, and several naval and marine officers had an audience with the First Lord in the office of the Commodore Superintendent. On Wednesday evening chide lordships dined with the gallant Port Admiral, Sir John A. Ommanney. On Friday evening their lordships dined with Sir Hurry Smith, at Government House, and afterwards they attended a ball at St. George's Hall, Stonehouse, the proceeds of which wiil be a dd e d to the funds of that excellent charitable insti tution, the Royal British Female Orphan Asylum. Oa Saturday, Admiral Dundee and Capt. Milne 'jelled the Leander, Ajax, and other ships in ordinary, and mustered the men of the St. George. In the after part of the day, having joined Sir J.:rnes Graham, a visit was made to the new magazine at Bull Point. These works are on the hanks of the Tamer, net far from the railway. bridge at Saltash. The works are still in progress, and the magazine will not be ready for use during the next twelve uuntlos. This magazine is about t mike farther up the river and more distant from the ships in ordinary and the towns of Mn magazine. d' 3 sh g e l a zine s . T v h ° e N Admiralty andirslt ly' lloyal Hotel on Saturday evening; the attendance included the heads of the various government departments and the cora'ldymonouerth took than placet he at present sio commissioned officers at the pert. The Lords of the Admiralty were to leave in the Black day), to make the inspection there. Eagle, Master J. E. l'etley, for Pembroke yesterday (Sun- SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday a frightful occurrence took place tat the extensive candle menufactory of Mr. Fontaine in East-street, Heaton, by which the life of a young man has been placed in met peril. Saturday was the principal melting day at Mr. Fontaine's factory, and James Davis was employed at the melting carper. In the course of the operation Davis had occasion to resell over the boiler for one of his implements, and stood on the edge of the copper, which, being greasy, he missed his footiqg and fell into the boiling liquid, in which he we/totally sub ini rged. His fellow-workmen hearing his cries hastened to his a-eistancc and extricated him, and on removing hie clothes port'ous of his flesh adhered. Ile was then taken in a cab to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Yesterday after noon it was ascertained that no hopes Were entertained of his recovery.