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DOVER. San 7. The arrivals of late from France have been particn lady numerous. Ye. , erday their Graces the Duke and Duchess of ST. ALIAN's ) with Lady DASH WOOD KING and their suite, ari wed at Wright's Ship Hotel by his Majesty's mail racket Salamander, Capt. LYN& After partaking of el dejeunh, their Graces started for town. Mr. SERGEANT and Mrs. FERRI and family, Mr. and Mrs. TRITTON, Major LEWIS, and Mr. MAIKEY. came over in the same packet. The Countess of BRAUCHAsir and Lady HIPPISLEY, and butter, are now here on their way to the Continent. CHELTENHAM, &pr. 7. The Quadrille Ball at the Rotunda on Thursday *veiling was numerously attended ; about 300 of the ♦isitors and residents were assembled. The concert • R iven on the succeeding evening at the same place was honoured by the presence of the Prinbess Esterhazy, who was accompanied by her daughter the Princess Mary, Lord Forrester, Lord and Lady Downes, and Dr. Bois- IrAgon. The concert commenced with a very fine sym phony by Mozart; Madame Stackhausen and Mr. Begrez sung several Italian pieces ; the former was 'encored in a Swiss air. Mr. Mom led the band, and played a concerto on the violin in bis usual excellent style. The concert was conducted by Mr. Woodward. Lord Chief Justice Best continues here, and is drawn about the walks and drives of the Spa in an invalid vhail. The Bishop of St. David's and his Ladg ate among.our latest artivAls. Liston is here, drinking the Spa n avers. Colonel Berkeley's hounds commenced cab bunting 3esterday. The LORD ADVOCATE, with Lady RAE and a party of friends, were, last week, at StAffa and lona. and are now on a visit to Mr. Down's, at Appin House, which, as our readers are aware, is surrounded by some of the noblest scenery in the Highlands. A hen belonging to Captain MACGREGOR, near Amulrie, lately hatched at one time a brood consisting of nine purely white and 7 jet black chickens. The rats made a prey of all the white ones, leaving the sable brood unharmed. Colonel JAMES BRANDER, of Pitgaveny, who having been abroad in the service of his country. arrived at Aberdeen by the Queen of Scotland steamer, on the 23J ultimo, from London, and soon after set off for his seat in Morayshire, where his arrival was hated by the , heartfelt reincings of a happy tenantry. Bonfires blazed in all directions, and many a cup of " mountain dew " was draiaed to welcome his return to his native land. The Marchese CARACCIOLI, many years the Neapo litan Ambassador to this country, used to observe, in ieferefice to English cookery, that though we had sixty sects in religion, we possessed but one sauce, and that 'yea melted butter. Mr. Ewes M'Donnell received an order for his libe ration, from the LORD LuturattaNt, immediately after his return from the North, where he was received by all climes, Catholics, Protestants, and Presbyterians, with the most distinguished marks of kindness and affection. Saturday afternoon, Baron DINDIDALR, on returning lions town to his seat. Camfield•place, near Hatfield, narrowly escaped a serious accident by the furious driving of a return post-chaise. Though the Baron had '' ,' drawn on his own side of the road to avoid the chaise, I I which he saw following at a furiont rate, it came di rectly on him, shattered his stanbope, and precipitated him and his servant to the ground with great violence: Rormatty.—ln the course of Sunday afternoon a most dari g robbery was committed iu the shop of Mr. LIN• TON, a jeweller, at Knightsbridge. About eleven o'clock Mi. LINTON locked up his shop, and did not return till about halt past seven in the evening, when, to his great corsternation, he discovered that the whole of his stock had been carried off. It appears that the thieves bad made their way into a snuff shop next door, during the absence of the proprietor, and by breaking through a brick wall, found their way into Mr. Lumen's shop, whit) they totally dismantled. ACCIDENT, WITH THE Loss ow Ltvaa.—Yesterday morning, the inhabitants of Charter House-lane were a armed by a horrible crash, and for a moment expected destruction from some unknown cause. It was, bow. ever, soon ascertained that it proceeded from the bot tom of Frogwell court, where a range of old and dila pidated buildings had stood, bat which then presented but a heap of rubbish, from one part of which the half buried body of a female, named Morgan, was imme diately drawn out by the persons assembled, who in frantic accents implored them to save her four children. Some workmen immediately procured pickaxes and shovels, and in a very short time the two eldest children were dug oat, they being fortunately but slightly em bedded in the rubbish, and their voices being heard while the men were digging. Their preservation was owing to two beams coming in contact, and forming a support over their heads. The other two, one an infant about six months old, and‘the other about two years, unfortunately perished, and were taken out dead. They were removed, Vrith the survivors and the unhappy Soother, to the workhouse, in West-.erect. FRENCH VOYAGE OF Dtscovser.—The Gazette of Java, of the 22d March, gives some particulars of the course followed by the French corvette L'Astrolabe, commanded by Captain Dumont d'Urville, which has touched at Amboyna. The corvette bore, four years ago, the name of the Coquille, and performed nearly the same voyage, under the command of Lieutenant Duperry, M. Dumont d'Urville being at that time se cond in command. M. Dumont, who sailed from Toulon the 25th of April. 1826, had explored several points of New Holland, touched at Port Jackson, and then continued his voyage to New Zealand. He passed three months near that large island, and discovered nu merous bays, channels, and islands, hitherto unknown. He then proceeded to the Fidjee archipelago, which be traver.ed in varioui directions, aad found 100 islets et roneoubly placed in the charts, and 20 others wholly unknown. The Astrolabe bad afterwards visited the New Hebrides. the Loyalty Islands, the north part of the reef (real) of New Caledonia, the east pan of La Lonisade, the Langlan Isles, and anchored in Port Cotterel, New Ireland, sth July. 1827. He then ran along the south coast of New Britain, where he was ex posed to great danger. On the 3d of August,lB27. he passed Dampier's Straits, and sailed very close to New Guinea, where the fine weather allowed him to make with facility correct observations. M.Dumont has left st Arnboyna a live Babiroussa, which be intends to take on board again on his return back to Europe. He i s looking for, and hopes also to find, a live Nautilus.-- The French Goeernment has received a letter from Captain Dumont, dated Hobart's Town, Van Diemen's Land, January 4, 1828. It was there be first heard of tie discoveries of Captain Dillon, of the Research, re write to La Perouw. He hoped to sail the nest day to visit Tucopia and the Mallicolo isles, to ascertain the. correctness of Captain Dillon's discoveries. ACCIDENT AT ILFRACOMBE. IL/RACOMII, SIEPTEMBER S.—The utmost gloom and anxiety have pervaded all grades of persons in and about this place, arising from the absence and (as it is now concluded) total loss of the Custom-house boat. under the command of the chief officer, and comptroller (act ing), Mr. Charles Cornish, together with two " Klub men ;" the particulars are as follow:—Mr. Cornish was ordered on duty to one of the outports, Lymouth, on the morning of Thursday last. The boat belonging to the establishment was fitted for the occasion—the wee. they being remarkably fine, and altogether favourable. Before, however, the comptroller left the quay, it was suggested by a friend, that as the Glamorgan, Bristol steam-packet, was about starting, it would be well to get his boat towed up astern as far as Lymouth; the request was made, and the Commander of the Glamorgan readily complied with the request. The steamer, with the boat, cleared this harbour about ten minutes after nine o'clock on Thursday morning. Having made a quick and consequently desirable passage, Mr.Cornisb was put on shore at Lymouth, and proceeded directly to the performance of his deity, which having done (about 5 o'clock p. m.) Mr. Cornish joined his crew, and made all sail (on his return) for ll fracoabe. They had proceeded more than half way home, and were seen by the master and crew of the *Beresford Bristol trader, about two miles a-step, and one mile off the land, apparently all right. About that time (nearly 7 o'clock), however, a sudden gust (better described as a squall) of wind came off the land, which lasted twenty minutes. The Beresford arrived in this harbour at eight o'clock, or half past, after hay. , ing experienced a changeful time of it. No anxiety was, expressed by the master or crew of the Beresford that evening for their safety; bt* it appears that on the fol lowing morning oneof his men got up at an early hour, for the purpose of seeing whether the custom-house boat had come in during the night ? It bad not arrived I The alarm was given by the man who bad so lately seen it on the treacherous deep. The anxiety became more and more intense; and up to this present you might hear the lamentations of all who know them, " Poor Cornish !"—" Is there any hope' The old and experienced sailors agree in this opinion, that the boat upset during the squall, or at the first coming of it, and that they mast necessarily have all gone down. EPIGRAM. Frank once asked a friend, " Don't you think I speak well, Though I ne'er take a book from its shelf r " How the talent you've gained," said his friend, " I can't tell, But I own you speak well V yourself." Ltsame, AUG. 22.—The Duke of Kent packet, Lan rence, arrived hem the 17th instant from Falmouth. Fell in with, off Oporto, the land in sight, three armed vessels (a corvette and two brigs). One of the brigs, full of men, bore down, and hailed him, but did not board; showed Spanish colours, hauled his wind, and joined his companions. By the arrival of the ship Thomas Gelston, of this port. from Africa, we learn the following particulars of a singular escape of one of the crew of that vesseL The Thomas Geiston, Captain Martin, was taking in African oak, at the island of Taisho, in the Sierra Leone river, in the month of June last ; and Captain Martin perceiving the river trowded with sharks, cautioned his crew not to bathe. To facilitate the operations of loading, the ship had a stage rigged from her raft port nearly level with the water's edge. Disregarding the caution of the Captain, one of the crew, mined William Davis, resolved to bathe in the river, and be took with him a boy for the same purpose, with whom he was swimming on Isis back, when his foot was edged by a shark. The boy was Sung from the back of the Mot, and succeeded in gaining the stage; but the sailor Mar self was instantly pulled under water. In a moment, however, Me unfortunate s h am rose again, having escaped from the jaws of the fish, and with all his energy be endeavoured to reach the stage en which stood the cal penter of the ship and the boy. In this endeavour he was sulliciently successful as to seize it with his hands. The carpenter stooped and seized him by the la and when the act of helping him out of the water, the wretched sailor was again seized by the leg by the shark. In this horrible situation, the shark striving to pull him into the water, and the carpenter to pall him out of it, poor William Davis remained until the shark succeeded in tearing away his leg. He was then brought on board. end Captain Martin having bound up the stump as well as he was able, seat a boat to Sierra LaMe with him. Os his arrival in the colony, the stump was skilfully amputated, and be is new in this pert and is doing well. The name of the carpenter by urban be was rescued, is John Litressisfe. Marriages in Holland are merely civil obligations, which require no ecclesiastical sanction to give them va lidity. A week or two before the intended consumma. lion, notice is given to the Burgomaster; the certifi cates of baptism, and the consent of the parents (when that consent is necessary), are deposited with the Ma gistrate, and on the day fixed the parties attend with their friends in the Town-hall, and the article of 'the code is read, which records the obligations of the mari tal condition ; then the Burgomaster asks, in a loud mice, whether the parties consent tofulfil the windrow mid obligations; and on their answering " yes," or bowing the head is assent, he declares the marriage valid. The Protestants sometimes proceed to the house of the Domine, or minister, to ask his blessing; and sometimes the Butgomastor himself accompanies the civil ceremony with a word of advice, or a friendly benediction. As marriage is one of the sacraments of the Roman Church, the rite is not completed, if the par ties are Catholics, until the following Sunday,when they confess themselves, and partake of the Lore's Supper. On the.night of Wednesday last the out going book ing office ; of the Bull and Mouth Inn, was broken into and plundered of three parcels containing stamps of the value of 6,0001. From the manner in which these parcels were selected from others wi.h which they were mixed, and from others circumstances. 'hire appears no doubt that the robbery was planned and executed by that gang who haie so long and so suc cessfully carried on depredations of a similar kind. It appears that the three parcels were received from the Stamp-office on Wednesday afternoon, and were to have been forwarded by coach the following day to the stamp distributors at York, Manchester, and Leeds. They were deposited in ;he office, which was closed at the usual hours. The f morning the lock and fastenings were all found secure, but on opening the door, an overpowering smell of gas issued, and every thing was found in confusion. The long range of cellariag underneath the office had been converted into stabling, and the thieves, by forcing the lock of the stable-door in Bull and Mouth-street, bad gained an entrance, and had afterwards worked their way through the ceiling into the coach office. The escape of the gas arose from the thieves having broken the pipe, while forcing their way through the flooring. A circumstance, in itself trivial, but which has been naturally enough associated with subsequent events, occurred late on the evening preceding the robbery. A genteelly dressed stranger went into the yard, and addressing Boots, asked his assistance to get back his umbrella,, which, be said, some ft lends of his, in a lark, bad dropped through the grating into the un der-ground stable. The horse-keeper was called, and the stable opened, into which the stranger followed. His umbrella was found, and restored to him, and after giving a trifling gratuity to the man, he went away. It is supposed his object was the ascertaining e nature of the ceiling, and lb, general disposition of the place. CONcLUSION OF BARTHOLOMEW FAIL At 12 o'clock on Saturday night the 61 din" of this ancient Fair ceased, and, barring a slight accident at Wombwell's Menagerie, the entertainments went on with eclat : The public may, perhaps, not be aware of the im : manse receipts of the showmen of 41 Bart'lemy Fair ; but the following is a curious total of the amount of the receipts of the exhibitions, which our informant has correctly ascertained : Wombwell's Menagerie, the extraordinary sam of Atkins'/ Menagerie . Richardson's Theatre . Clark's Circus . . The above exhibitions, it may be necessary to state, were charged at sixpence each person. Morgan's Menagerie (3d each) • The following were exhibited at " only one penny:" Ball's Theatre . . Ballard's ( Wild Beast) • Keyes' (Conjuror) Frazier's (Ditto) . . Pike (the King of Ditto and Learned Pony) • The Pig-faced Lady . • • This exhibition, which excited great attention, was an. pounced in Immensely; large letters to be " under the immediate patronage of Prince Ge orge of Cumberland, • and the red of the Facuity."—However, this " Pig. faced Lady" turned oat to be nothing more nor Mrs than a young She Bear, closely shaved for the occasion, and it was amusing to perceive the anxiety of the pro. prietor in endeavouring to persuade the audience that it was the real Piglet:ad Lady, " mist bad been so much here'd oL" The Living Skeleton . • Corder's Head, Miss Marten, Red Barn, Trial, &M. tiro, Dissection, /he. • The Jugglers from the *art I Addis Tke Fat Boy and Girl . The Great Salamander ; or, Fire Gourmand The Diorama of Nevado° The Scotch Giant . Xl7OO 1000 1200 SOO 150 90 .9 20 26 40 150 100 SO 140 SO 00 SO . .15375 Of coarse the expenses of the Snowmen vary accord ing to the magnitude of their concern—those of Womb well, we heard, amounted to 4004—those of Richard son, to between SOW. and 40W. and the others in pro portion. So, it is evident that the net profit of the Snowmen most be great indeed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. 111111ING-ROOM, TATTERSALL'S, San. S. The odds on the Doncaster St. Leger varied in the curse of the afternoon, bin left off as nearly u possible at the following rates-- 3 to 1 agst Bessy Bedlam 11 to 1 agst Velocipede 4 to I apt Ballad Singer 16 to 1 apt Coulon 9 to 2 apt The Colonel 20 to 1 apt Lord Scarborough's 11 to 1 apt Jour de Noses 33 to 1 apt Louisa 2000 to 10 was betted apt Delphi's. THE GREAT WESTERN MEETING AT AYR, Sam 3. The Ayr Gold Cup of 100ss. value, by subscription of le eon. each. Eleven Subscribers. Two miles. Colonel Blair's b fby Trissy, 4 yrs, est sib Mr. Baird'd b t Dosninle Skelp, 4 yrs,Sst Sib ... lir. Dawson's b e by asampignon, 3 yrs, 74 slb• Sir J. BmweWs b e by Champlgnon, 4 yn, tst sib A fine race, and woo by a neck. IPrOduce Stakes of 50 eon. each, Soft. Rae Subscribers. Two miles. ■r W. Masweirs cb e by Mooteith ... walked our A Plate of 50 ups. Heats two miles, Mr W. Maswers gr e Spadasin. 3 yrs, 7st slb Mr. Ben eh as Mystery, 9st 41b Mr. Raird's Dominic Sbelp, 4 yrs, Sat 71b ••• Mr. Dawswes b e by Mine Minister, 3 yrs, 7st sib Woo 'wry easy. A Plato of £5O. Heats owe mile and a half. ... 1 ... s ... 4 • •• ... 1 1 .. :. 2dr .. 4 dr Mr. Cariton's b f by Trissy. 4 yrs. ast aib Mr. Dawson's b e by Cbansplignoo. S yrs, 7st Mb Won easy. Hunters' Stakes of Sgs. each, and SO added. Heats owe round and a distance. ... 1 I ... 2 1 Sr J. Boswell's b g Borns, aged, lest 1 1 Mr. G. J. Campbell's b m Miss Fanny, t yn, 11st 7lb ... 2 2 Alr. J. Campbell's Bachelor, 6 yrs. 12st ... 4 4 Mr. Annesky's Johan , Fan, Sirs, llst 7lb ... 3 dis Woo in a canter. Sweepstakes of S mom earls, p.p. Half a mile. Sir J. Boswell s b g Gamecock ... ... Mr. W. Stewart's els m La /Attain ••• ... Mr. Campbell's Glasgo* ... ••• A BRRYSTWITH RACES—Coneumem The Hunters Stakes of 5 soys. each. with 20 added. Heats, twice round the Course. Mr. Waters's b g Sportsman, 5 yrs Major WlNames b mby Worthy, 4 yes .. 1 ... 2 .. s ... 1 1 .. 2 2 ♦ Handicap of 3 save. ea* with 20 added. Mile heats. Mr. Jaant's br en by Ambo, 4 yrs ... ... ... I 1 Captain Davies's b f Clematis .. ... ... s it Mr. Williams's eh fby Jupiter .. ... 3 3 Watitin ... Mr. Owen's bl b Sir .. 4 4 Muck for 50 sous. p.p. Mile beats. Mr. Lee's bl m beat Mr. R. Powell'sblm. A &leer Cap, given by P. Pryse. Seq. IL P. Mile beats. Mr. J. Hughes's eb fby Dupkatt ••• ... 1 1 Mr. Claridge 's bt b by ditto ••• Colonel Hslwards's eb nt by ditto .. ••• ... 3 dr TENTERDEN RACES. Farr. 5. Tows Piste of ASO. Mk% Coleman's Sally of the Valley, 5 yrs, Ist itlto Mr. Kettel's Hawkr's-eye, 4 yra, est Mb ••• Mr. Howard's eh g Come by Olson, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b .. Mr. Crampton', Huntsman, 4 yrs, Su Sib .. Mr. Pegg's Young Harry, 5 yrs, Psi 4lb ... A Sweepstitkes of .C 5 each, with £3O added from the Racing Fund. ... 1 -. 2dr 4 ... •f dr Mr. Coleman's Sally of the Valley, Ist tlb Mr. Kennel ' s Hawlt'oeye, int Sib ... ••• ... 2dr Mellosvard'ash g Come by Chance, bat 12Ib ... ... 3 dr Sally proved herself to be an extraordinary good young one to run heats. She wee both races cleverly. ... I 1 BUNGAY RACES. Although this is the first year. Bungay Races were conducted with the greatest spirit, tact, and liberality, and there is little ilk& but that they will assume a respectable station amongst the Pro. Tindal Meetings; upwards of IS,OO, spectator were on the ground. The details were conducted by Mr. Smithy who displayed much greater judgment than is usually evinced byes young a Clerk oil the Course.—lhe Races were thus— The Town Plate of &SO. Mr. G. Edwards's gr c Glory, 5 yrs Lord Stradbrooke's Memima, 4 yrs Mr. Bromley's bc by Skim Lezinskey, 3 yrs ... Two good beats. Sweepstakes of 5 sou. each, and 25 added. Mr. G. Edwards's Glory •• ••• Colonel Wilson's gr b Teen Gobanna •• Won A Sweepstakes of 5 sons , each, and 15 added, was won In two beau, by Mr. Mvnroe's Charley, besting Mr. Metbell's Merryman, Mr. Herd's W il liam, end Mr. Cur's May Fly. ... 1 1 ... .. It ... bolted 1 1 11 9 SHOOTING. A Gentleman, presently at shooting qv uters in the Grampians, above Logic-ahnond. has killed, Once the commencement of the erases. 900 brace of grouse, 31 of partridges, 11 of black cock, and isti of snips*, at SU shots. Another has bagged 142 brace of va rious kinds as 720 abets. On the kills of Logiealesend, Colonel Paterson, of Castle Bondy. has shot from 19 to 30 brace a day. Lord Rieke shot 119 brace of grouse the three lest days of the shooting on the moor. in Gleopiro. ROWING ONE THOUSAND MILE& Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, Coates, the celebrated champion pedestrian, accomplished his arduous and unparalleled feat of row- 1 ins one thousand miles in one thousand anocemlve hours, for hue hundred guineas. egg*** Cheyme•walk, Chelsea. At the com mencement of the undertaking betting was 4 and 5 to 1 spines him. He appeared very much distressed ea finishing, and his vie. tory was balled by thousands assembled. Larger exportations of refined sugar have taken place from this port during the present year than for many years past. Our refiners have empllyed three times the number of workmen, and they have received large ordeis from Switzerland and Gell6lloy, in consequence of the low price at which they can deliver it.—liavre Paper. GLASGOW, Sm. 6. A most distressing occurrence that took place at Dirunishang, a farm on the shore of Carrick, on this afternoon of Saturday L.A. On that day the children of Mr. M.Janst. the farmer in Drumshasig, and the fa. 'zany of Bailie Williamson, one of the Magistrates of Ayr, and who Were spending the vacation in the neigh bourhood, were amusing themselves at the side of a re servoir (or driving the threshing machine, when an apple having fallen into the water from Borland Want, a fine girl of seven years if age, the daughter of Mr. Wallet. she, in attempting to catch it, overbalanced herself, and tell into the pond. Seeing his youthful companion in so perilous a situation, Bailie Williamson's son, Andrew, a tine youth of thirteen years old, sprang in to her assistance; but the water being deep, and be unable to swim, his noble effort was unavailing. and they both sunk to the bottom. But the work ( - death was not yet complete, for Isabella, the eldest daughter if Mr. M4.lanet, a child of eight years, attempted alsq to lend her feeble hand, and she too was swallowed up in the same abyss. All this destruction of life was the work of a few minutes; and, although the playmates of the sufferers ran instantly to the house, which was only a short distance from the direful scene, unfortunately there was no person there that could render any assist ance. Mr. M'Janet and his workers were busy in the fields, and a considerable time elapsed before they could be apprised of the calamity. No sooner, however, was Mr. M'Janet informed of it, than be hastened to the spot, leaped into the water, and succeeded in bringing up. first Bailie Williamsou's son, and nest his own daughter Borland ; Isabella was wood shortly .f.er by one of Mr. Milinet's workers. The three bodies had lain upwards of 20 minutes in the water, and all the means taken to resuscitate them proved unavailing. By this accident Mr. Mi.lasiet has lost his two only daughters, and Bailie Williamson his eldest son, a pro. wising boy, on whom some marks of merit were be stowed at the last examination of the Academy. It is impossible to describe the distressed irate of the fami lies of Mr. *Janet and Bailie Williamson, and, in deed, the whole community sympathise deeply in their misfortuoe. Cone, SEPT. order has been received to trent. mit Captain Stewart to Dublin, there to be confined in the Lunatic Asylum for life. MADILIA, A uourr9.—About tea days since, a small Portuguese squadron. consisting of a corvette and a brig, appeared off the island for the purpose of block. ading the port. The Medina British sloop of war, being here. went out to speak with them, and on her mom to port, it was understood that British vessels would be unmolested until intelligence should be received that the English Government had acknowledged the blockade. The day subsequent to this conference beta een the vessels of war, the Portuguese squadron was joined by another brig, supposed, from her appearance. to be a packet from Lisbon. Since that period they have kept at a great distance, and for some days past have not been in sight. An American and two English merchant vessels have reached our roads since the Portuguese squadron first apileared. When Lunardi and his companion crossed at Dover, a circumstance occurred for which no adequate expla nation has yet been offered. The balloon was perfectly buoyant so long as the aerial voyagers were over the land; but no wooer had they got above the water * than its buoyancy ►egan to diminish. They threw out the whole of the ballast without effect; they next threw out their provisions and mathematical menu, but still the machine kept gradually descending: They had just come so the resolution to lash themselves to the netting, and to cut away the car, uhen a strong breeze Irom the westwaid pushed them for ward to the French coast. No sooner were they again over land, when the balloon again rose. Was it the cold air from the surface of the water that condensed the gas? In 1822 or 1823,—we forget which.—Sadler crossed the Faith of Forth. The distance from the point whine he entered on the water on the south. and the point Quire be quitted it on the north shore, was not much less than eighteen or nineteen miles (from Dover to Calais is about nineteen), but for the last nine or ten miles be. merely threaded the north shore. If Green attempts the passage of the Straits of Dover, he will do well to give to his balloon as great a degree of buoyancy as possible, and to take no companions. Gcoatza or rut Law.—ln a late publication of Mr. Charles Butler's, he mentions some astonishing instances of legal absurdity. A gentleman having six estates, wished to settib one on each of his six sons, and the heirs of his body respectively, with what law. yers term cross remainders between them, where on failure of issue in one line, the estate passes to the other branches. Mr. Butler, being directed to prepare the deed, conceived at first that one proviso would be snf• ficient : he then thought six would do; but on rennin.. ing more minutely bow many clauses would be requi. site to legally express the whole settlement, he found that it would require 720. being every possible cornbi. bination of the number —The other example is still more striking. Ten gen tlemen, partners in a mining company. wished to pro. vide by deed, that if any one of the number advanced money to any of the others, it should be considered a sort of mortgage on the borrower's share, and have Preference to all subsequent charges. The number of contracts necessary to make this provision with due legal accuracy were found to amount to 3,628,800, being all possible combinations of ten. Oa each of these clauses the benevolence of tiovernment has im posed a stamp duty of 251. ; so that the whole duty would have amounted to 90.720,0001. Mummer, Sam 6.—The Russ;an fleet sailed on Thursday morning, under tite command of the Cont. modore. the wind blowing a light breeze boas E.N.E. They were lost sight of from the Hoe by two o'clock ; numbers of persons lined the heights to witness their sailing. Diuing the period the fleet has remained in this port, although a great number of the men have been permitted to land every day, not the least disor derly conduct has been witnessed. The tradesmen of the town must have benefitted very considerably front them, as the Officers have spent a large sum. It is a generally received opinion, that the Admiral weathered the gale in safety, and prosecuted his voyage. We should observe that the various ships of the Beet have been visited by a great number of persons in the neigh. bourhood ; the visitors were uniformly treated with every 'attention and respect ; they were politely shown through the ship, and is many instances requested to partake of refreshment. The Czar Constantine was most visited, being the Commodore's ship, and from lying in Ha lloran. was more easy of access. Various rumours are afloat as to their ultimate destinatioo r but we think there can be no question but that they are directly in. tended to strengthen the Russian naval power in the Mediterranean, and not, as has been surmised by some, to replace the fleet now there, which they tate Is to return home on the arrival of these ships. The Russian Officers deny that they were instructed, as bas been re. Forted, not to touch at any British port.