The Express. — London, England, 1853-09-26 00:00:00

.lAREST OF A BRITISH LADY IN TUSC A N . - TLe correspondent of the Christian Times writes' km Florence• on the 16th instant : I Are ►ir, a•i) stated, an my previous letters, that the klaglok sideots in tuwany would he made amenable to the pr sicens of the new criminal code ; and I hats now to i nform you tine, within a fortnight of its first coming taco operation, a yearn Scottish lady bu been arrested, an.l t enveyed to tho Penitentiary ►t Luna, en the charge a. di•semmatirg I.rototant tracts in a village near the path• of Lucca. The 144 in question is Miss Margaret Cessoughgaw, of Thornton, near Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, 0 h. % with her mother and sister, were to have left Tuscany • 4 . , ) , lvr,hr purpose of continuing their travels towards li.ue sad N it:es. Mn. Cunningliaine and her other j a a.ter went to the office of the Delegato, at the fiatt.s tf Lure., un Monday morning, in order to have h h,ir passports :4,4, the Delegate, having acquainted them that th, it per-coal atteod.ince was required. VA tneir arrival he demanded the reason of the 'Lb w, eot Mite Matoret Cunninghamc, and, on heiag el that the w-s unwell and confined to bed, &eland as: nun she must, to. he had a communication of import • deliver. When Miss Margaret Cunningham. reakliid po:ice t Hire, she was formally charged with the Silence in quest, 61, wan informed that witnesses were al e, summoned to Lucca to prove: the crime, and that, in ot..h..nce t, higher turd, rs, she must be removed under an t , cort 4,f genscianues to Lucca, then to await the further mea.sures which the government might take. She received, I em informed, this announcement with the most unaffected earorsure ; hut Vie distraction of her poor mother is per fectly heart rending. Miss Cunningham° was accompanied to Lucca by two friends of her family, who took every step which friend ship or patriotism could suggest in such a trying case. lent of these gentlemen. a per^on connected with her own cattily —S.c William Millar, of Barskimming—made an immediate, but ineffectual, attempt to have the whole matter quashed, by going directly to the Grand Duke, who is now staying at the baths of Lucca. His royal highness would not accord him an interview. Sir W. Millar and hie friend the Rey. Mr. Garden, after accompanying Miss Cuanicehanue ti Lucca, and again attempting to mollify the local authorities, who, however, declared that they were but instruments of a higher will, pr-ceeded directly to Florence, and laid all the circumstances of the case before the Mr. Scailett, now acting as Charge d'Affaires, in the ti ini.orery abs, nee of Sir Henry Bulwer. Not a mo• runt we. let by Mr. Scerlett in bringing the case before the ministers now in Florence. But the Grand Duke was inexorable. In reply to the urgent request of Mr. Seerlett to have the matter quashed, he declared that justice must take its course. The Grand Mehl se express,. regret fur the situation of Miss Cunning brume, but refuses to interfere. Toe individual dispositions of the members of the ministry are more favourable. M. Loot, the Minister of Judice, will hurry on the trial as fast . 4 poeible, and then obtain an immediate exercise of the Gland Deied clemency. But on what ground he anti titan • that h a royal highness is more likely to relent a few wale hetwe then now, I cannot tell. Miss Cunningham/ will be tried on the 'charge of having istrieged the 137th article of the new criminal code. It declares that whoever shall circulate works hostile to the Haman es:ludic faith, with the view of seducing any mu inher Icon that communion, shall be condemned di the hous• of correction, cud subjeced to hard labour, C 4 a period not bss thin live, or greater than ten years." Miss Cunningham is charged with having given to amie pea- puts en Patina Bente, and an Italian translation of the ut l'ilarim's Progress . ," and both these books fall under the criminal category. It is but common justi c to state that the zeal displayed by Mr. Searlett, from the moment that the case was first broneht under his notice, deserves the highest praise ; and I feel unbiased pleasure is adding that the American charze .l'affayes kis seconded him in the representations already mole to tee Grand Duke, and in the interviews which have •akrn place with the individual members act the ministry, and, I ought to add, with the Archbishop of Lasca. THE PORTUGUESE SLAVE TRADE. LISBON, Sim 19. ART EDUCATION FOR SCHOOLS. On Saturday an aggregate meeting of teachers of elementary 1:hoole woo held in Shaftesbury hall, Alders gitivstrest, t adopt r. solutions for effectually introducing the rudiments of art and science into elementary schools. Tile meeting was very well attended, there brine m. re hen MO teachers of both sexes present. The load Mayor had promised to take the chair, bat a letter was:Tail from his lordship stating kis inability to attend on account of illness, but promising to give every embraces he could to turepard the objects of the meeting. Mr. BeRCIIITT, the head mooter of the Marlborough House School, was thereupon called to the chair. I hare had occasion more than once to mention the esistenca of the slave trade in Mozambique, and being rognisint of all the efforts to carry it en, it is but a public duty to lay the facts before the British public. An English pipet lately mentioned that "a vessel was expected in the Tagus whose intrepid but slave•dealing owner had safely landed a cargo of slaves in Cuba." This " intrepid" man, whose name I enclose, did arrive, and such has been his success in ►lave dealing, that he is reputed worth 400 contos upeaz.ls (100,0u0L), all of which he obtained in that traffic. His slave dealing exploits extend over a period of ten years, and are of a description to furnish ample matter to a writer of romances founded on fact. Ile has made 16 voyages to Mozambique, but principally to the River Bingo, which is a little to the north of Sofals, and whence slaves can be ermined in the very teeth of the British ernizen. The Rio Sena has also been the scene of his exploits. The demora lisation is of such a uature and extent that, for want of means, the rivet nment could neither repress the traffic (if they desired it, which I am now persuaded they do not), nor pay the necessary troops. The slave dealer goes there in two characters; the first is as a contrabandista, with an Mr. SWENSON (the Secretary) reed the report, which stated that the Lord Mayor having invited the day• school teachers of the metropolis to the Mansion-Louse, in Juue last, to see a lug- colection of busks and apparatus of an educational character, and also to see the latest im provements in a variety of objects of interest to teachers, it was thought desirable that something should be dune et a more practical character, which would eerpetuste in a useful manner the recollection of that pleasant evening. Sews rel preliminary meetings of teachers were held, whim% were followed by a me, ling of the secretaries of the several amociations of day-school teachers in London The mere , times invited their respective members to • meeting which was held in this hall on Saturday, August 13, at which ts committee was appointed to make arrangements (or hold ing an aggregate meeting of teachers, with a view to obtain the opinions of the greatest number et their brethren on the I 'object. Interviews were then hail with the Lord Mayor, who introduced Mr. Yapp to the committee as a gentleman woo had been actively engaged in promoting art education both by hie lectures at the Great Hanibii On of 18.11, awl by his writings and lectures since. Mr. Tapp manifested much isterest in the proceedings of the committee, acd kindly I t Wend his services gratuitously to deliver a lecture to the elementary teacher, of London, on drawing and its uses, as an introduction to the subject intended to be brought i before the aggregate meeting, and which was delivered last Saturday to a crowded audience, fur which the committee acknowledged their obligations to Mr. Tapp. Before the committee had their second interview with the Lord Mayor 1 an announcement was made in the public papers of the in tended opening of a clam for ic.truLtlng selioolinu.ers in the elements of art in connection with the department of ' science and art at Marlborough House. It was felt that any arrangements made by the authorities for the schoolmaster I should be such as would meet with his convenience with regard to time and residence. A deputation was, there- ' fre, appointed to wait upon the authorities at Matiorough ' Mouse to make further inquiries respecting the class in tended fur schoolumaters. 'They were kindly received by ' Mr. Burchett, the head master cal the schools, who informed the deputation that the authorities of that department were anxious to meet the convenience of schoolmasters in ' every way, and would postpone their final arrangements until such convenience could be ascertained. The report delivered to the committee by the de putation, further stated that the days and hours for the schoolmasters' class might be fixed by themselves; that the lessons would each be of two hours' duration; that the class must be, for the present, held at Marlborough House; that two sets of classes would be provided if more than 80 persons wished to joie them; that pupil teachers would, fur the present, be admitted to the class; that a cer tificate of proficiency would be given to each student de ! siriug one at the end of the session ; and that a gratuity of ' hi. would probably be added to the certificate, as an in ducement to perseverance. The privileges of the students would be—free admission to the class for which they had entered, to the lectures, the library of reference, and to any other advantages the deportment may p . which are not strictly private, whether they be at Marlborough House, or elsewhere : ___ Warta, of Abbey-street British School, Bethnal green, moved the first resolution—" That this meeting bring duly impressed with the importance of art education, and believing it can only be extensively and effectively intro duced into elementary schools by the instrumentality of the school teachers, would most respectfully urge the de sirableness and absolute neces.ity that means should be afforded them of becoming practically acquainted with the plane proposed by the Department of Practical Art." Mr. H. WUITY, cf Cripplegate Ward Schools, seconded the re olution, which was unanimowdy pined; as were also other resolutions in accmdance wi'h the object. immense cargo of goods, upon part of which he pays a deity, the rest he smuggles by connivance of the authorities; these goods are then put into exchange for slaves ; now com mences his character of dealer, and having already had his manacles, de. conveyed to the spot, proceeds to his ship ment. C— has embarked more than 8,000 slaves for the markets of Brazil and Cubs, where the authorities have also facilitated the landing, for the bribes offered them, or rather previously stipulated, while the way in which the ex portation has been done is by the governor giving an order •to let pate," the dealer paying his "oz " (boo), as the bribe is called in Mozambique. This "oz " is shared by all parties, from the g to the lowest authority, vessel of war going round regularly to collect tide newel epeeist; of private revenue. C— at the end ofjast ye me loodad • vessel with slaves (the brig Ca:niche). He bad gem W 'Judie:tare with gooos, thence he went to the Rio de ems, sad Miele on board 650 slaves, which he safely landed by connivance of the authorities. I believe it was on this et- WIGS that be was pursued hy a Brazilian steamer. Know ing the coast, he ran her among rocks and shoals ; the steamer was lost, but C— gained his point, landed his cargo, and sent hi, vowel to the bottom. He offered a Por tugueme captain • large sum to take him away, but the captain refusing, the master of an Am. rican took him to &Mon for tie handsome sum of two cantos of reis (near COL), no small sum for aa innocent passenger to pay. Of this transaction the Brazilian government got notice from one of the authorities, who, not having been paid his " por tion," denounced the affair. The buyers were prosecuted, and many of the slave, jib/rated ; but C— is walking proudly along the streets of Lisbon, one of the largest proprietors of Bank Stock end unprusecated by the government, although the Meta could be brought home to him as clear as the noonday sun. It appears among the numerous ad ventures of this man, that be was watched by a British cruiser, the cruiser's b oat was upset on the bar of the river, (I think the Sena); C— saved them, and going onboard the man of war, asked the commander for • certificate, which the latter gladly gave him ; remarking that it would °My save him should he require to make use of it legally, but t• be on his guard, as he knew what his employment was, and Ae was on the look out for him, and therefore he would motion him; but C— laughed at the advice, embarked his slaves, aim when he had done so he took the captain and some of the officers to the spot, told them he bad " done them," and showed them the footmarks of the victims on the sand, from whince he had successfully embarked his cargo, which lie as safely landed in Cuba. Now the Go vernor of Mozambique, whom the slave-dealers delight to honour, and who himself delights in his poet, is Senor Joaquin Pinto de MagaMmos ; this man however is about to be removed, and perhaps it may expected that I should congratulate the friends of human ity upon the event; on the contrary, I sad deeply deplore it; because it will hinder, if not dole naively prevent, a company taking the whole proving* from the government on lease, to colonise, explore, mad cultivate it, emancipating the existing slaves and introdulh iog free labour. To carry this into effect I have given the government credit as having it seriously at heart, but I fear I oin (Leaved. It is an undoubted fact, that when the go vernment have any favourite whom they desire to serve or to enrich, they appoint him governor of Angola or Mozam bique, giving him a eat* Manche, as it were, to use his au thorny in any way most consonant with his own wishes. The new governor of Mozambique is a youth of the nano of Vase , ' Guedes, of a noble family in the north. He joined the Patuleas (the Junta do Porto) as a volunteer in 14e46, si d was promote d to an ensigucy, but his military career temporarily terminated with their downfsl. When, how ever, Saldanha went oat, in 18.11, on his regenerating scheme (but which has only been a questien of private in. terest), he (Saldanha), finding he could not get into Oporto, took refuge and was concealed in the house of the father of this young governor, while Ximenes (Viscount de Pin• heir°, just gone as governor to Angola) and Foote Nova, the son of the general of that name, were engaging the the troops in Oporto in Saldanha's nick-named " Regenera tion," the youth in question acting ea emissary between Sadao's*, in his eoneeament, and his friends in Oporto. Their plans having been successful, Saldanha, perhaps for the first time in his life, performed an act of gratitude, though not of Parte', for he promoted the youth from a revolutionary 'amigo to that of captain, instanter, and, theme r • . U . l4llilty eve imein r purged, he is now promoted to • ter, icy, and go—, to Mozambique. lie it very young, c '''"ti ' 11 .4 without experience, and consequently highly nefii •o trei rn 'het province, be-ides hi. education is very limned ; his etfort, therefore, it is evident, will not be into action to check the dem realization of that floe province; but e ealing will ineres.e, for the more ire ou-nt the v-n the shorter wilt he his at shy there, aa'l It is vevY ., table and worth the coasideration of the House of s that this youth should go to Moum bilme and X— , Angola about the same time. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 26, 1853. Commi"sionere, mindful of the fact, are adopting each pre ventive means as are within human reach. Sewers are being trapped, nuisances removed, and the materials for white waihiug provided gratuitously. At Wolverhampton and the neighbouring towns there is the same active agency and endeavour to provide against the calamity, and very much has already been done which under any circumstance' wee very much required. PLATERS FOR DELIVERANCE FROM THE CHOLERA. —Yesterday solemn prayers for deliverance from the threatened visitation of the cholera were offered up in the several places of worship of the various denominations of dissenters, and in the Roman Catholic chapels throughout the metropolis. In the parish churches and chapels of the established religion the ordinary prayer for deliverance from sickness was read and fervently repeated. The congregations at morning and afternoon services were ex tremely numerous. SANITARY PRECAUTIONS IN MARYLEBONE. On Saturday, at the meeting of the St. Maryle bone Vestry, Mr. Whitmore moved that the sanitary com mittee of the vesay cooperate with the directors and guardians in their attempts to remove all nuisances through. out the perish, and in dung all that was possible to main tain the public health. Ile said, since he had taken an active part as chairman of the committee of the other board in taking steps to avert the spread of the e idewie, which hail unfortunately broken out in one part of the kingdom, should it reach Marylebone, he had received a great num ber of letters from individuals, expecting him as church warden to become a general cleaner out of their cisepools. lie had received a letter from a gentleman in Blenheim terrace, stating that, melees the cesspools were attended to, all the houses would soon be empty. As to the courts and alleys of the parish, be bad made a personal inspection of many, and he was convinced there was a great deal of work for the nuisance committee. That morning he bad been into Oxford Market, and had found it in a moat filthy state. Mr. Bridgman, who seconded the motion, said he certainly thought they ought not to confine the sanitary =nig,- ment of the parish to a few members, but that regular district committees of the vestry and iaspectois should be appointed.—Mr. Betting supported Mr. Bridgman's view. —Mr. Nodes said he knew of some localities in the parish where the butchers threw the filth of their slaughter-houses on dung heaps, and them let it lay till it rotted, creating the foulest smell, calculated to induce disease. lie also advocated the district committees, end thought at such a time no member of the vestry ought to shrink from the work.—Mr. Whitmore said there was some difficulty with respect to the police and the lodging-houses and the dust. men. He bad been informed by the sergeant of polies who inspected the houses in York-court, that the dw.tmeu would only take away the twist offensive part of the matter left in the dust heaps, and the most offensive, such as decayed vegetable and animal matter, thrown into the dust-holes, was left behind, and the duet eontracton would not take it away. Thie v ery, the main cause of the filthy and diseased condition of the plate, and he brought it before the vestry that come remedial measures might be applied.—Mr. Greenweil (the vestry clerk) said the dust contractors were bound by their contracts to take everything away.—The resolution erns ultimately altered to appoint a salutary committee, consisting of the entire vestry, and that they form themselves into committees for the respective districts they represented, to enforce sanitary Improvement therein.—Mr.litcholay said he theught 13111t thing more was to be dune, and that was to move that the contractors be called upon to perform their contracts in taking away greens and other decayed vegetable matter on the dustheaps.—This was carried, and the vestry separated. THE REGISTR -.11 , . - MIDDLESEX. The Revision of voters' lists for the county of Mid dlesex is to commence on Monday the 3rd of October. Lancelot Shadwell, Esq., will hold his first court on that day, at the White Horse Uxbridge, and the following day at the Albion Hall, Hammersmith. The objections taken by the conservatives are numerous. It is important to no tice an act limiting the polling in counties to one day only introduced by Lord Robert Grosvenor, passed last session. The Registration of Voters Act gives power to alter the poll ing-place. This it is necessry to do for the convenience of poll ing, saving time and expense in travellingto &distant polling place, where the qualifying property is situated ; the elec.' for will be enabled to poll at the district polling place where he resides. This is to be accomplished by personally, or by some one on his behalf, giving notice to the revising bar rister, at the holding of his court, stating his desire to have the polling place altered. 81 that if the freehold be at Uxbridge, and the residence of the elector be.in the city of London, he will ho able to vote in the city lugged of tra velling to Uxbridge. HERTS. The Revising Banister held his court et Buntingford on Friday last. The following is the result: Liberal claims allowed, 13; tories struck off, 27 ;—total, 40. Tory claims allowed, 13; liberals struck off, 16 ;—total, 29. Li beral gain, 11 ; liberal gain brought forward, 24 ;—total, 31.—The Revising Barrister also held his court at Hitchin on Saturday. The following is the result : Tory claims al lowed, 14; liberals struck off, 15;—total, 29. Liberal claims allowed, 14; torte' struck off, 12 ;—total, 26. Tory majority, 3. Liberal majority brought forward, 35. Li beral majority earned forward, 32. THE STRIKES FOR WAGES. MANCIIESTER.—Not withstanding the serious im pression made on the market by the difficulty of obtaining money sad the probability of a war in the East, which have not only checked business, bet depreciated •dues in all descriptions of cotton goods, the operatives continue to press fur higher wages, with as much urgency as from the tint movement of the ten per mt. agitation. In noticing this course the monthly circular of a large house in the ManebesteT trsde obeerves " at is under these circumstances of oar market, and in the face of oar not very It Meting prospects, that the opera tins throughout the cotton trade have chosen their time for making • demand for an advance of wages, an india criminate advance, too, of ten per cent. That their organi sation is very extensive and widely spread, there can be no denying ; and their success over the masters at the recent strike at Stockport, was so complete as to encourage a similar essay in other districts. It is to be hoped, however, they will not blind themselves to the changed aspect of affairs, nor commit themselves rashly to encounter the resistance which their un reasonable course has forced on the employers. Already a combined movement has taken place on the part of the employers at Preston, in which every important establishment in the town and neighbourhood has given notice of their intention to elms their mills on the 15th proximo. A similar combination has taken place of spinners and manufacturers at Ashton, including Hyde, Gloesop, Staleybridge, and the surrounding districts. Another similar and formidable union is taking place in North Lan cashire, having its head quarters at Burnley, and the same imperative necessity will develop combinations of like kind amongst the employers of labour in all quarters. Should the hands persist in their present unreasonable eourse, and a struggle with the employers ensue, it requires little fore sight to predict what the result will be. In the present elate of business, and with our future prospects, labour cannot wage a successful encounter with capital. The chances are that after • period of much suffering and dis tress work would be resumed at only a lower rate of wages than paid at present to the operatives, for the times are against them." , The following history of the way in which these claims of the men are urged by the operative', is thus given by • manufacturer at Fairfield, near Manchester. The gentle man is a partner in a large firm, and he related the circum stances without reserve :—"Last week, ourthrostle spinners came and said,' We man have an advance of 10 percent.' I sai4, we are already giving as much as the masters at Stockport, and really cannot afford to give more. They replied it did not matter what was given at Stockport, they must have an advance of 10 per cent., or they should turn out. I was attack by their unusual tone and want of courtesy, and maid, ' You have not come to this resolution of yourselves, but have some oats at the back of you.' 'Yes,' said the deputation, we have : two delegates have been over from Stockport, and they say we must ask fo the advance, or turn out, and that if we do not strike, they will compel us.' Well, 1 obeerved, this was a serious mat ter to no; we could not decide it at once, and proposed that the decision should be post poned until Tuesday last. To this they consented. On Tuesday I was detained later than usual at the Man chester market, and did not see them until Wednesday. On Wednesday I reasoned with the deputation at some length, pointing out to them the serious check sustained by the market, and proposing that the settlement of so serious a question should be postponed a few weeks to see if any amendment would take place in business and prices. The aaswer was that they could not put off the decision any longer; the delegates from Stockport were in the village, and could not wait past noon, by which time the answer must be given. As we were not prepared at once for a strike we then agreed to give them an advance. In the afternoon of the same day the winders came to me and said they aloe wanted an advance of 10 per cent. I said it was hard upon us for all the hands to come upon us for an ad. ranee, without giving us time for consideration, and pro posed to them a postponement for a month. To this they agreed, but as this did not please the delegates to my surprise yesterday they came again, and said the threads spinners bad been to them. They now told me that they were directed to give us no time fur elnsideration, and that unless they struck for an advance, it was determined that the throstle-spinners (who had re ceived their advance) should strike, in order to compel them to do the same. Under these circumstances we agreed to give the advance on Monday, and they informed me that so soon as we had yielded, the operatives in a neighbouring mill had directions from the delegates to demand an advance from their employers in the same way —the object being to attack us not in a body, but one at a time. It is hinted that the masters at Preston will be encoun tered as those at Stockport were, the hands beim; suppwtetl by contributions from the whole of the operatives in other towns. If this is done, unle-s the masters contribute to the support of those at Preston, to compensate them fur suffer ing their machinery and capital lying idle, it is obvious that they have only one of two other courses open, either to close their mills in a body, with a view to overcoming such 1 11 an extensively ramified movement, or to quietly submit. THE IVEATIIkiI IN THE 1110111. ANDS.—In the last tin days there bee not been a shower of rain i, the higolands of Scotland. At Balmoral, which is the highe-t table land in the north, the temperature at noon has ranged from 70 degrees to 90 degrees in the sun. The court has thus enjoyed a delightful amnion, and, should the pr!s-nt tine weather continue, it is eapeeted that the Royal family will remain as long as they did last year—viz,till the second week of Octoher. THE CHOLERA. (From the Board of Brattai.) NEWCASTLE. DRATIIII.—SIWTEM•ER, 23. - Cholera Diarrhoza GATESHEAD. -------. Cholera Diarrhoea The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in Newcastle during the present outbreak has been 1,062. In the same period (viz., the first 23 days) during the prevalence of epidemic cholera there in 1831-2 the number of deaths was 180. The total number of deaths from cholera and dintrheca in Gateshead to the present date has been 277. During the like period (viz , the first 17 days) in 1831-2 the deaths amounted to 130. The regulations and directions issued by the Gene ral Board of Health, under the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, 1848, being addressed to bodies such as boards of guardians, town councils, commissioners under local acts, &c., accustomed to deal with acts of parliament, and having legal clerks, are technically worded, and appear to many unne cessarily minute and statute-like in style. The Board have authorised tite printing, for popular in formation, of short and simple handbills, of which copies are appeudid, intended respectively for places having local boards of health, and fur places where the execution of the directions falls t ntirelv on boards of guardians, together with some simple sanitary directions, which, trite as they may seem, are habi tually disregarded by many. They have also pre pared the simple directions appended for the use of sailors in the event of cholera occurring on ship board. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE CHOLERA. TO CAPTAINS UP MERCHANT SHIPS, STEAMERS, AND COLLIIMS. FIVAT INSTUCCTION.—Gund against looseness of the bowels and purging.—Before a person is attacked by the cholera, he is almost sure to have for a day or two, or for several days, or only for a few hours, some looseness of the bowels or purging, there is often no pain, but this must not put any off his guard, at to the importance of this warning. The captain or mate ought therefore, wittiest alarming the men, to inquire of the crew daily, whether any of them have looseness or purging, as this might by chance become worse. If a man is pursed let him go to bed, be ke; t quite warm, and if he is cold, apply bottles of hot water, or bags filled with hot salt or bran, to the stomach and 1 . , et. Give him immediately eight drops of laudanum in a wise glass of hot and weak brandy and water; give the man this every two hours as long as he is purged; the same dose should be given night and morning for one or two days after the purging is stopped. SECOND Leernecritne.—What is to be done if a Man is seized or taken with Cholera ?—This comes on with cold, giddiness, sickeese, vomiting, and purging of what looks like dirty water, or rice and water. Let the man get lute a het bed ; cover hint well with blankets; apply battles of hot water, or bags filled with hot salt, sand, or bran to the stomach, spine, and feet ; he sure he is nut exposed to a draught or cold, the object being to get him into a sweat. Put a large poultice of mustard and vinegar over the stomach, and keep it on 15 or 20 minutes. Give the man 15 drops of laudanum, with a teaspieniful of brandy (or whi-ky, or other spirit, in the absence of brandy) in a little hot w a t e r; a little gineer or cloves may he added. This medicine may be given every hour for six hours, but not longer; it must then be left off. When the man begins to sweat give him some hot tea, with a teaspoonful of brandy in it, and keep him warm in bed. Tule° Isnernueviost.—When the ship is in pert, medi cal advice should be got as soon as possible, in any case Of seizure, as the delay of even one hour may cense death. FOOiITH INOTItUCTION.-0O Food.—Al, kinds of fruit, salads, cucumbers, celery, and pickles, had better be avoided ; also oysters, lobsters, mix, mussels, or other i shell fish. The most wholesome articles of food are well baked bread, good biscuits, rice, oatmeal, pea., and good potatoes : solid food is better than fluid, and therefore at this time it would be a good thing to give the crew beef and mutton instead of soup. Firm lerratertee.— On the Danger of Sp . • , Corn- Brandy, Wine, Beer, &c.—lt is a very common notion among sailors and other people that brandy, whisky, rum, wine, and the like are good as a protection against the cholera. This is a total and fatal mistake : in every coun try and town where the cholera has broken out drunkards and those who drink freely hare been the first and greatest sufferers from the disease ; temperate men usually escape, drunkards usually die. It is, therefore, earnestly hoped ant re quested that captains will warn their crews against all excess in drinking, more especially warn them from taking corn brandy or gin, which often Ken' as a poison ; they should also not drink any of the white and brown beer sold at Hamburg and other ports, especially if it is sour. The Elbe water is bad, and likely to purge ; therefore it would be better to use water brought from England, and captains are recommended to take in a supply accordingly. SIXTH INUTRUCTIOS.—Against exposure to Wet and Cold.—Wet and cold should as much as possible be guarded 'ohm by warm dry clothing and stout shoes. A thick flannel belt or bandage around the stomach and loins is a good defence for sailors. When they go to bed, if the shirt is damp or wet, they should change it, and put on a dry one. They should not stop out at night on shore. Many soilora who have been drinking at Hambro'-bar, and lying ab.pat on Sunday night, have been seized on Monday with cholera, and died in a few hours. SEVENTH INSTRUCTION.—Concerning Cleanliness and Ventilation.—Nuthing in of greater importance as a protec tion against cholera than cleanliness and a good supply of fresh pure sir. It is therefore the duty of captains to take all the means in their power to improve and keep un the health and strength of their crews, who are placed under their care and protection. The owners are particularly requested, on the return cf their ships to English ports, to see these instructions complied with, The forecastle should be frequently cleansed, and the hatches be opened in fine weather, so as freely to admit the fresh sir. Die forecastle should be whitewashed. To sweeten the ship, bleaching salt or powder (called also chloride of lime), which is very cheap, and may be got at any druggist's, should be mixed with water, and poured down the pumps ; it should also be sprinkled about the forecastle and in the cabins. Keep the sheep as free as possible from bilge water, using the pumps daily for this purpose, because it prevails most when ships are very tight, and open the hatches to purify the hold. AU the bedding should be kept well dried, and be brought on deck in BIM weather, and well aired. Mean Tsui Watt.—The Cholera is not Contagious; so no one need be afraid of catching it : there is no danger in waiting on and nursing any one of the crew who may unfortunately be attacked. The captains of all weasels trading to the port of Hamburg are hereby in formed that proper medicine, ready made up fur use, and with plain directions, an be procured at prime cost of all the ship-brokers and agents for English ships in Hamburg, and they are hereby requested to provide themselves with the same, in order to afford all the protection to their crews which the circumstances of the case admit. -igned by or der of the General Board of Health of England, Henry Austin, secretary. October 18, 1848. REMOVAL OF NUISANCES AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE. The Local Board of Health feel it their duty to inform all persons, that under the Public Health Act, 1848, they have power to provide for the cleansing of streets ; the removal of filth, dung, dust, uhes, and rubbish therein ; the keeping-in-order of water-closets, privies, and drains ; the filling up or covering of places used for the collection of liquid filth ; the removal of any nuisance from pig -styes ; the whitewashing and cleansing of filthy or unwholesome houses ; and, under the " Common Lodging Houses Act," for the regulation of common lodging houses. The direc tions and regulations of the General Board of Health, dated September 20th, 11453, in nowise supersede these powers. On the other hand, they direct their active enforcement. Boards of Guardians are directed to see to the execution of the regulations of the General Board of Health; but it is for the Local Board of Health to execute them. All persona in the district, woo have complaint to make, in respect of the matters above stated, should make com plaint to the inspector of nuisances to the local board. Under the directions and regulations of theOeneral Board of Health, the Board of Guardians of the Union have ac quired new powers, namely, of: Medical inspection, by their officers, of unhealthy localities ; certifying unwhole some houses or nuisances ; directing what is to be done where they find epidemic disease, or the premonitory symp toms of it; providing, where necessary, for house-to house visitation ; providing for the accommodation of necesitous eases; providing for the removal of the sick, or of other occupants of the same premises. These duties, which are here stated to belong to hoards of guardians, are not within the province of the Local Board of Health; but the local board, and the board of guardians, will co-operate in doing all that can and ought to be done under their joint powers. But, however desirous the Local Bleed of Health and the board of guardians may be to carry oat their du ties, now that a formidable epidemic has appeared in this country, they must have the active aid of people of all classes in bringing to the notice of the boards matters re quiring their attention ; in avoiding the creation of nut- NW's; in removing those already existing; and in giving warning, instruction, and help, to the hest of their power. BIRMINGHAM. Hero the public health has rarely been in a more satis factory state tbau at the present time ; there has been a slight increase of diarrhoea during the week, but the disease is of a very slight character, and easily repelled. A very fair criterion of the health of the population generally is afforded by the returns of the clerk to the Beard of Guardians, and it is highly favourable. In seven weeks from the beginning of the month of Atmast to the 18th of September, 18.i2, he records 811 casts of dierrhtet, with 36 deaths. During the same period in the ',resent year there have been 409 attacks of diarrhce t, and 10 deaths only. The Board of Guardians have taken efficient pre cautionary measures iu the event of the appearance of the disease. litlston—sa frightfully deeimatea in 1832—is unusually free from disease at the present time; sad the Board of SI.VGCLAR GUN ACCIDENT. A remarkable gun accident occurred in the vicinity of Sheffield on Saturday evening last. Mr. J. B. Prest, wine merchant, returned on that day by railway from Lin ' colnabire, where he had been on a showing excursion with a friend. lie task a cab at the Victoria station and instructed the driver to take him to his residence at End- eliffe.eTeseent. When he had arrived near the crescent he passed on the road two ladies and a young gentlemen on horseback. The young gentleman was a son of Mr. J , ihn S. Hanson, of Carfield, Occupation road. Seeing Mr. Prest within the cab with a gun In his land, aid being intimately acquainted with him, he rode sip to the cab, and accosting Mr. Prest, inquired what sort of sport he had met with. The thought occurred to Mr. Prest at the moment that he would have a little pleasantry at young Mr. Nan son's cost. Feeling confident that his gun was not loaded, he hastily placed a percussion cap on tho nipple, and witk out speaking a word in reply, projected the barrel through the window of the cab in the direction of Mr. Nanson's horse. It was but the work of a moment to pull the trigger, and lodge a full ehaige in the horse's head. This sudden and extraordinary act produced an astounding effect on the persons who witnessed the oc curtenee, but no one was so much shocked as Mr. Prest himself. He had thought of surprising his young friend with the sight of the gun and the explosion of the percussion cap, not deeming it possible that anything serious could happen. lie had a distinct remembrance of having, when he left off shooting, handed his gun to an attendant game. keeper and told him to draw the charge, and without doubt ing that that had been done he brought it hems with him without feeling it necessary to exercise any particular cen time. The horse reeled from tbs effects of the shot, but before it could fall its rider dismounted, and the animal was led away to a stable. The accident was far less disastrous than it might have been, for had young Mr. Hanson been in a line with the window of the cab et seems more than probable that the gun would have been presented at him instead of his steed. The poor beast was found to have suffered dreadfully from the effects of the shot. Five of its teeth on one side of the lower jaw were blown out, and its tongue was literally cut in two. The consequence was that on Tuesday night it had to be destroyed. It was • favourite animal, we understand, and was worth about 351. FIRE AND LOBS OF LIFE.—On Saturday Mr. Brent held an inquest in the Royal Free Hospital on Cur minis Donovan, an itinerant street vendor of inciter matches, whose death occurred under the following circum stances :—Edward Howard, residing at No. 18, Bell -court, Gray's-inn-lane, said his attention was attracted on Mon day forenoon by•cry of " Firer" he saw smoke issuing from the back window: , of No. 6, Pheasant-court. He ' hastened into the latter court, and on arriving before No. 6, all the ocmpants were in great con fusion, throwing their furniture out of the windows, and crying out lustily that the house was on fire. Witness rushed up stairs,- but on arriving on the second floor several of the lodgers surrounded him, and begged him not to go up further, as there was a man burning. On hear ing this, and finding that the poor creature was left to his fate, witness hurried to the third-floor, where ho found the front room on fire, and could MI through the smoke the de ceased sitting in the middle of the apartment enveloped in flames. Witness instantly dashed through the fire, and with the greatest difficulty succeeded in dragging him out of :he Iroom, as he held ou to a table, the only furniture in the apartment, and called out, as well as his exhausted state would allow, "My money, my money ;" Having carried him into the paasage, witness, by means of pails of water, , extinguished the fire, but not before the wretched man was completely charred. ne police shortly afterwards an fired and took the deceased to the hospital, where he died the following day. In answer to the coroner, the witness said that no one in the house hail the humanity to help him in saving the aged sufferer. The only part of the house injured was the room in which the deceased resided. After the fire was put out, a purse containing 141. was found in the table drawer. Even after he was dragged from the apartment, di ceased attempted to regain it for the purpose of geeing possession of the purse. It further appeared that the um fortunate deceased , year, who was in his 80th lived in the re wtched hovel where he met with his death, denying him self the cimmon necessaries of life and sleeping on straw. The tire was supposed to have originated from some lighted lucifers falling ausocg the straw. Howard steed that he considered the deceased lust his life through his attempting to secure his little savings. Verdict, " Acci.lental Death," accompanted wi i tae Jury's approbation of thi conduct ot I Edward Howard, who, at the risk of his own, eiadeavoured Ito save a fellow-creature's I.fe. At the close of the inquiry, Mr. Kiikenven, the house surgeon, requested to know what should he dune with the 14r. in case re relative came fur ward? The coroner and jury con , itlered that, in that case, ' the hospital was rally entitled to it. IREL!,ND. -- THE FLEET AT CORK Drsuw. FRIT. 24. The proceedings of the Lords of the Admiralty at Queenstown and in Cork harbour during the last few days have beeu attended with much eclat, and excited the liveliest interest in the locality. Shortly slier 12 o'clock yesterday their lordships, accompa nied by their secretary, Mr. Bernal Osborne, left their yacht, the Black Eagle, and proceeded to in spect the Admiralty works and stores at Haulbow where in the ceurse of a protrae ted examination they frequently expressed their approval of the ar rangement of the several stores, and the stability of construction which the various works exhibited. Their lordships then returned to the Black Eagle, where shortly after two o'clock they received a de putation, consisting of Mr. Maguire, M.P., mayor of Cork; Mr. Fagan, M.P., Mr. F. W. Beamsh, and some other gentlemen, who came to present an address from the city . of Cork, t.nd to invite their lordships to a complmentary entertainment to be given by the corporation on Tuesday next, to which the officers of the fleet and of the garrison would be invited. Sir James Graham replied that if the deputation did him the honour of asking him and the officers of the Beet, he should have great pleasure in meeting the officers from the two services. From those services lie need hardly observe that politics were excluded ; and, on the understanding that no such subject was introduced, representing one of those service', and speaking on behalf of the navy, he would he most happy to attend on that occasion. The Mayer said, on such an occasion as that to which he alluded, they, the corporation, or citizens of Cork, whom they represented, would not seek to commit him even to a promise in reference to the port. As to anything else, anything touching upon politics, they could not for a moment think of introducing such a subject. He was happy to observe that tlie citizens of Cork freely met at all times fur objects totally uocuu nected with politics, and the harmony of their proceedings was distu lied by the slightest allusion to such flat ten. Sir James Graham, who seemed particularly cautious in his determination to eschew politic., said that, relying on that understanding, he would be happy to partake of their hoepitality. The Mayor then read the address, which expressed the gratification of the corporation and citizens at the arrival of the Lords of the Admiralty in Cork, and referred to the capabilities of the harbour as a fitting place for a packet station or port of call. Sir James Graham briefly replied : Gentlemen, lam much obliged to you. I shall pay every possible attention to those repreeentatione, and endeavour to make mysi If master of the advantages which the port possesses, and, for the common good, to reciter thesis as available as possible. On the preceding day the first stone of the New Victoria Pier, at Queenstown, was laid by Sir IV. F. Carroll, port admiral, and in the course of the after noon eakjeutier was given, at which Sir James Graham, Cup`. Nlilne, and Rear-Admiral Dundae were guests. Sir James Graham, in reply to the toast of the "Lords of the Admiralty," said : Sir William Carroll aid gentlemen—Having passed a very restless night upon the stormy sea, 1 certainly anticipated with delight my berth in this most excellent haven, and I certainly also entered this haven in the expectation of a kind reception on the part of my Irish fellow countrymen. Although representing the government, I was not prepared on my arrival fur a reception so happy, so unanimous, so cordial as this. You have taken me at a disadvantage, but having the honour of being connected with a board which presides over the naval profession, we should he unworthy of the post we fill if we were not "always ready"— (hear, hest)—which is not the boast, but the practice of the naval profession, and the expectation formed of them in which my countrymen are never disap pointed. (Cheers.) One word with respect to the edi fice the first stone of which was laid to-day by my gal lant friend. Representing her Majesty on this occasion, I am bound to say to you that she, whose health you drank, as well as her Consort, were both much gratified, and, in deed, expressed themselves delighted with the reception they met with in this place. Their former visit gratified them , and I helm reason to know that their recent visit to the Frish capital has, if it were possible, gratified them still more, and that her Majesty has been indeed most gratified with the repeated pools of the loyalty and cordial!, she has received at the hands of the Irish people. (Loud cheers-) With reference to this harbour, it is delightful to behold that the ships which now adorn it will be always received here as at the most friendly port, and that arrangements are now in prefecss by which its accommodation will be im proved. (Hear, hear.) My hope is that it may be a fre quent and constant resort of the British navy—(hear, bear) —and I cannot wish them anything more gratifying than the cordiality with which, without difference of any kind, we have been received on this occasion, and the tlpe of which cordiality is the company I have now the honour of addressing. (Cheers.) I have been passing a restless night where I could hardly stand from the frequent moron of the vessel, and if I remain much longer here, I shall scarcely be able to stand from the effects of j our hospita lity. I shall therefore wish you a hearty success, and, thanking you cordially for your kind recepti in, I ',hall not only return you my best thanks, but I shall now take the liberty of withdrawing. Sir James then explained that he was engaged to dine with the admiral which wculd neces sitate his leaving early. It is a circumstance worth mentioning, as showing the capabilities of Cork harbour, that just before the port admiral laid the first stone of the new pier— that is, at the very moment of extreme low water-- the St. Jean D'Aere, a line of battle ship of over 100 guns, sailed into the harbour in perfect security, and might in fact have done so in the darkest night. It was expected that their lordships would visit the different ships of the fleet in the course of this day. In the afternoon, at low water, they would proceed up the river to examine the now celebrated " new cut," in reference to which they have received memorials from shipowners and others. The Imperieuse, 50, steam frigate, Captain Wat son, C. 8., one of the fleet in the harbour, has re ceived orders to proceed to Plymouth to have a new foremast. A rumour prevailed in Dublin last evening that the fleet now in Cork was to sail to the Baltic, but it did not seem to rest on the slightest foundation. The Maynooth Inquiry Commissioners having held their preliminary meeting at Dublin Caiitle in the early part of the week, proceeded on Thursday to Maynooth, and had an interview with the heads of the college. It is understood that the inquiry will be conducted at the office of the commissioners in the castle, and not at Maynooth. A disturbance oT a very serious character took place at Lisburn on Thursday evening, the Orange party having made a desperate onslaught on the friends of Mr. Jonathan Joseph Richardson, the popular candidate. The Banner of Ulster gives the following account of the affair : We have just learned, on going to press, that one of the most disgraceful attacks ever made in electioneering pro ceedings took place last night en the supporters of Mr. Jo nathan Joseph Richardson, of the Island, as they were in 2011e11e of holding a private meeting in the Queen's Arms Rotel. The first intimation that an attack was to be made was about half-past ten, when Capt. Bolton, who had been in the chair during the previous part of the evening, had retired, and Robert Kennedy, Esq., of the Lisburn flour mills, was presiding. From what we have been able to learn it appears that about ten o'clock a number of men, from 150 to 200, seemirgly people from the country districts, and armed with bludgeons and other deadly weapons, such as colts, some of them weighing not less than s potted, were seen standing about the door of Mr. Jonathan Richardson's committee room,. Several of them had been in the rooms in question, and were afterwards observed going from place to place, as if communicating infamation of special importance to others who were then coming up. Mr. Jonathan Joseph Richardson's committee-rooms are imme diately opposite on the other side of the street. Gradually the crown at the opposing candidate's committee-roes were seen moving across and mustering at the entrance, to the Queen's Arms, and almost immediately on their locating themselves at that spot, they commenced a furious attack on the gate, doom and windows of the hotel, voci ferating, " Ingram for ever," "Dawn with the Island," Sm. Several of the watchmen hearing the tumult, came up promptly, and were at once set on by the mob, one of whom tell the sergeant of the watch t stand out of the way, or he would knock his brains out. By this time Mr. Jonathan Joseph Richardson's friends, seeing their lives imptiiilled, and being totally unprepared to oppose an attack which they never expected, proceeded to arm themselves in the beat way they could, and stood on the defensive ; however, as the mob were wrecking furiously, and with desperate energy, the windows of the hotel, which have been literally shattered to atom, the gateway was opened, and a party rushed out on the besiegers, for the purpose of protecting the property. Matters now became worse, both partic having thrown themselves thoroughly into the conflict, and some iujuries having been given and received, the aggressors were at length routed, and chased down Castle-street. About this period of the affair the Island petty, infuriated by the unprovoked attack made upon them, broke and destroyed the windows of the house in which the Ingram candidate has his mam ma ce room. Pre eious to the return of the victors, a re inforcement of lie lugram party made a fresh am At on the hotel, hurling stones from three to five pounds weight ag eiest the doors and into the windows, cawing the utmost coneternatioie among the females in the house, and requiring the greatest care on their part to liable them to .eve the lives of the children, showers of atones liming. it W said, aliOited about the beat on which they were lyieg. The I.s.,lr..d..pas.rtal abouto Doming tog u h p . at this odd ,:revented fitrthar conflict, and euccadi ,l, by the waists renewed ti m w e he t n he th h e mmi n aci t irn a p n g d e areend ance of the watch:au u and the aid of the bland early, In restoring the town to something like sada. Ahout one o'clock, the police having previously sees the L:rnbeg or Itttviru party out of town, on their way home, all was pretty quiet. NV: understand that several of the supporters of the independent candidate, who, as has ban ahem!), stated, were totally unprepared for any attack of the kind, laws received wouads more ur Its/ serious. Notwithsfanding the many assertions to the con trary, Mr. W. H. Gregory has no s• come tot ward and avowed his approval of the efforts made to town hint for Duagarvan at the late election there. he says in an ae.dress to the electors : I :;:t in structed that a committee of the House of Commons will give effect to the wishes of thole electors who. although unsolicited and uncanvassed, have supported me at the hustings, I shall not fail, after the decision of that tribunal, should it be favourable to in., to pay my respects to the borough of Dungareats, and to nuke myself thoroughly acquainted with its local exigencies, the promotion of which I shall to the utmost of my abilities endesvoar to effect." METROPOLITAN INIPROVENIENTS. The " Themes Embankment Act," wind' was almost the last deed of the just concluded session, constitutes a very small instalment of a very large debt owing fru:n the nation to itself. phis Act provides for the embankment of the ricer only be tween Vauxhall and Battersea-bridges. The neces sity of, sooner or later, embanking the Thames, so as to form a new thoroughfare which shall relieve Cheapaide, Fleet street, and the Strand from the an nually increasing and injurious plethora of traffic, is beginning to press itself upon the notice of the peo ple and their authorities and functionaries. To use an Americanism of great force, immortalised by Mrs. Stowe, "it's got to be done," and the question is really not so much, shall it be done? as when and how shall it be done ? To the that part of the question, we would answer—with all convenient speed. The money-value of the time lost, in a single year, by the impeded passengers bet weeu Charing cross and the Bank, would of itself make a consider able figure in the sum total required to do the busi ness in the mast magnificent style. Nevertheless, such a work ought not to be commenced until it can be put fairly in the way of being done well. speed greater than this would not be found to be " con venient" in the end. The business is cf such a nature that no subsequent patching will bring it right if it is not handsomely conceived and set about. at the commencement. A rough glaece at the requirements of the ease, and the capabilities of the opportunity, presentsfour principal points to our con sideration, namely, the preservation of uceessarj com munication of wharves and shipping ; the torm ttion of &handsome promenade, independent of and apart front the third desideratum, that is, a carriage road, or railway, or both, as it may be expedient and puseible to introduce one or both into the plan ; and, lastly. the provisions and regulations which should be e xto l for the architecture of the important peldie and private, which are sure to be raised in this situa tion in preference to any other, if this one is to be had. The communication between the shore and shipping is provided for without any apparent diffi culty by the high and wide arches upon which the roadways would in any case be raised. Ine road ways themselves would constitute the chief difficulty. Were they to run side by side, on one and the same level, they would occupy a breadth which probably could not be spared from the present breadth of the river. We should have to thoote, therefore, between the alternatives of having no promenade or no vehicular traffic, and of hat lug the last on a lower level than the former. There can bo little doubt that the latter would be the intoner choice, and that the work, which will last, probably, in the form in which it is commenced, wi.ile Loudon lasts, should no - . be set about until we (ea see our way through all the expenses and " diffieulties " of such a plan. The omission either of the business and vehicular traffic, or of the broad promenade fur health and pleasure, would be fatal to the ult:roate satisfactorinesa of the work. By those per tuns, moreover, who are endowed with a feeling for " the sublime and beautiful," the magnificent effect of an architectural embank ment of three well marked stages or tiers will not he looked upon as an insignificant consideration. When we are builffing for ever, we ought to stretch a point, if necessary, to do it grandly. Iron would probably be one chief material employed. With re gard to the architectural accompaniments of this plan of embankmeut, we may assume that the Me tropolitan Improvement Commissioners, or whatso ever persons, or astalation ot persons, may have the responsibility of inaugurating this part ot the business, would see well to the prevention of any immediately contiguous nuisance iu the way of mean and impermanent house-building. Such a line as would thus be opened for building should be occu pied by nothing leas than structures equal in magni tude and (let us hope) better in architecture than those which at present line great part cf and the Green-perk. A main street of palaces ought to be the appendage of a city whose merchants arc princes ; at any rate, the joint-stock principle of house edification, for the first time introduced, at the iastigation of the ahove-mentioned Commissioners, in Victoria-street, relieves this jtart of the question front all difficulty. Let the reader represent to himself such an em bankment, with such architectural accompaniments, stretching from the extreme east to the extreme west of the metropolis, and brought at those extremes into connexion with a broad boulevard connecting the now nearly completed belt of parks, likewise ex tending from the said extremes in a huge arc, and he will have before his mind's eye all that London requires to render it one of the most mavificent, as it is already the largest and most wealthy, of the cities of the world. It is particularly to be desired that the bridge about to be built at Westminster may be designed with careful reference to the embankment which will certainly be associated with it before very long. The finest architectural effects are those which arise from the skilful collocation of various edifices, and a finer opportunity has seldom occu-red for producing this kind of harmony than that which presents itself in the intimate association of the Houses of Parlia- ment with the new bridge and the contemplated river works. DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN —THREE Ltvrs LOST.—Last Friday evening a dreadful a , :titlent oc curred on the premises of Messrs. Smith, chemists and druggists, St. Saviour's, Norwich, by which three persons lost their lives, At tin o'clock in the afternoon. the Mown. Smith received an order from Messrs. Andrews and French, in this city, for two gallons of naptna. Robert Curtiss, an assistant in the warehouse, cave orders to a porter, named Henry Nichols, to "put up •' the quantity of naptha immediately, it being a rule of the establishment that articles of that inflammable sort should not he parked or interfered with by eandlelight. Nichols did nit put up the naptha when i e was told, but after dusk he went with a lighted candle, accompanied by two lads, named John Godbolt and Thomas Lamb, into an outhouse in the garden. where the naptha was kept. While they were emptying the quantity of naptha required from a large into a smeller vessel, it was igrited. A terrible explosion ensued, and the two lads were instantly burned to death. Nichols was also dreadfully burnt. but he lived till the following morning. Robert Curtiss, who was in the laboratory at the time of the explosion, heard .t, tad ran to the outitouse whet, the Depths was kept, sail saw that it was Kited with flaws. lie broke several pars of glass, and called loudly .i.s.-t -ance. Several persons came to the sprit, and the door of the house was forced r pea, and the bodies of the two i ids were found quite nut-sit. Nichols was couve)ed to rho hos pital, where, in splto of every attention, be lingered in great agony till tots o'clock in the morning, when he died. EMBARKATION OF TIIE ORLEANS FAMILY AT Sorruattrrox.—A number of the members of the ex-royal family of France and their suite, consisting of the iz. Queen of the French, the Prince and Princess de Joinville, Dukes d*Aumale and de Wortemhurg, Prince Philip de Wurtemburg, Countess de Montes quieu, Counts Dumas and t habanncs, arrived at South ampton at Id o'clo:k on Saturday morning. They pro ceeded at once to Itadtey's hotel, near the terminus, where apartments hal been engaged for them. At one o'clock they all stalked Into the dock. The aged and enfeebled Queen was supported by her sons along the muddy and crowded roadway. a striking expression of the mutability of human fortune. On arriving in the Jack, a number of persons had crowded around the Pensular and Oriental Company's steamer City of London, to see the exatoyal family go on board, some of whom were going nut in her to Portugal. Tail crowd which witsemed the embarkation treated the Queen and hey Nally stideetke most profound reaped.. A RIGTIT HONOVEABLE BITPIRCAIOO.—The Wp rern rehotmer yacht, the prophdy isf the Dalt,. of Mail borough, whose &Torture from Portsmouth for Melbourne Walt re ported it the Fspreas of Thursday lett, hie taken out a general , et:LN.; :tag , : t eir,:ll, `Aug, bOetsand shoes, ',randy, wines, ale, cider, &c. The s• elite of the who`e 'a about '50(10:. The duke's second son, Lord Alfred Churchill, 3oes out :ither, acting es sapereargo—an unJsual office for the so". of althea AM. It is understood to be his intention to sell yach eskAtunralia, obeala a favourable opportunity ! 4 • .4:: • • !•p, ^ •••! ~l : 2 / 4 r