Star. — London, England, 1826-10-05 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Earl of Abergavenny has arrived at his seat, Eldridge Castle, Sussex, front a tour. . . Lord and Lady F. L. Gower have arrived at the seat of Earl Bathurst, Cirencestcr, Gloucestershire, from the seat of Sir Charlei Arbuthnot, But. 144 Lord Charles Manners, has arrived at Belvoir Castle, from a tonr. Lord Alvanky has left town for Brighton. Mrs. Best has arrived at her 'rouse in Park-street, Grosvenor square, from Paris. The Hon. Captain Spencer left town yesterday to join his ship at Portsmouth. _ _ _ Arrival at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street:—Prince Buckler from Berlin. Departures:—The Earl and Countess of Howth for Brighton ; James Mayne, Esq. for his seat, near Bristol. George Byng, Esq. M.P. and Mrs. Byng, left town yesterday, for the seat of Lord John Thynne, Walton, Soinersetsbire. Arrivals at Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street :—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walker, from their seat In Norfolk; E. L. Charlton, Esq. from a tour. Arrivals at Miller's Hotel, Jermyn-street :—Wißis Webb, Esq: from Paris • Thomas Stapleton, Esq. from Yorkshire. J. B. Batidsley, Esq. has arrived at the British Hotel, Jermyn street, from a tour ; Captain and Mrs. Knolleys have left ditto, for Liverpool. Arrivals at Fenton's New Hotel, St. James's-street :—The Rev. Win. Tower and Mrs. Tower, from Essex ; H. Warburton, Esq. from a tour. Departures--Captain Desvoeux, for Nottingham; Captain Maclean, on a tour. - Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street—A. French, Esq. lil.P. from Paris; Mrs. and Miss Dealtry, from their seat in Surrey. Departures—Mrs. Knipe and family. from Epsom. MR. GREEN'S ASCENT, ACCOMPANIED BY THE REV. B. VALE, OF STOKE•UPON-TRENT: FROM THE POTTERY MERCURY, OCT. 4. Mr. Green, the celebrated zronaut, havingdetermined to make an ascent from the P.,tteries yesterday. consi derable interest was excited in this and the neighbouring counties ; and early in the morning vast nambers of people, men, women, and children, of all ranks and con dition, came pouring into Hanley, in every description of vehicle. The pedestrians were almost countless: we suppose on the whole that there were not less than 60,000 present, to the majority of whom it was a novel sight. All the hills for miles round, and every eminence that might be supposed to command a view of the ascent, were coveted with people, and we do not err in assert ing, that never at any period were there assembled together in this neighbourhood such a vast concourse.— About two o'clock, the close from which the balloon was to ascend, began to fill with people (a part was Tailed off for the accommodation of the work-people), who were admitted for a shilling each. In a short time, the inner part was crowded by all the beauty and fa-* shion of the neighbourhood, and at three o'clock the car was attached to the balloon. In the car were twelve bags full of sand, to be used as ballast, and a basket, containing a cat, which was intended to be let down from the sky to terra /ma, by means of a parachute. Fortunately for all classes, the day upon the whole was fine. During this time, no' intimation bad been given as to who was the person who proposed ascending with Mr. Green. Rumour, with its hundred tongues, mentioned the names of many; but, after a very long delay, we learned that the Rev. B. Vale, of Stoke-upon-Trent, was the Gentleman who was• to accompany Mr. Green. A circumstance occurred which, for the moment, excited. considerable merriment. —Previous to the ascent a small pilot balloon was sent up, to ascertain the direction of the current of wind, which many of the good people mistook for the real balloon ; but in a few minutes they discovered their error, and j , ined loudly in the laugh it occasioned. At twenty minutes to four o'clock the balloon rose slowly, still confined by the ropes; and Mr. Green and Mr. Vale were seen sitting in the car. Occasionally Mr. Green threw cute little of the ballast; and a para chute, with a basket attached, containing a cat, was turned out, and she descended in safety. The appearance of the parachute Was hailed with applause, and poor pussy did not seem at all disordered by her serial voyage. After remaining in the air for about ten minutes, the balloon decended. _ _ About four o'clock the balloon was liberated from the confinement of the ropes. Immediately before this the cronauts were presented with flags by the young Ladies, and the balloon then rose most majestically, slowly and proudly, in a perpendicular direction. As it ascended, Mr. Green bowed to the immense multitude, who saluted him on all sides with animated cheers: in return ' the aronauts waved their flags. The balloon sailed slowly along in a, northeasterly direction s and although the sun did net shine as brilliantly as in the earlier part of the day, yet its beams were reflected from it in a splendid manner. An universal shout, and eager eyes followed the progress of the mighty body with delight and wonder. Unfortunately, owing to the cloudy state of the atmosphere, the balloon was not visible more than twenty minutes. ilasowas It appears that the Emperor of AUSTRIA has -ven tured to do an act approaching to qne of justice towards the Greeks. The extent of this condescension will be seen by the official correspondence between the Austrian Admiral and.the Primates of Hydra, in another column. • Dutch: Papers to the 4th inst. are filled with accounts of endless •but most trifling skirmishes in the island of • Java, which only prove the inability of either side to do any thing of a. decisive nature, and to bring the war to a crisis. The only article of importance is a Decree • 'from the King of the NETHERLANDS, declaring the port of Curacoa a free port, to be thrown open to the navi gation and trade of all nations on the Ist of January, 1827, without payment of import, export, or tonnage duties, the ships remaining only subject to such charges as the safety of the ship and cargo, and the excise or consumption required. Extract of a letter from Cape Conk Castle, July 8, 1826.- 0 The Ashantees are preparing to advance to wards the sea coast, and appear determined to prose cute the war with vigour. They attacked the Queen of Ackim, defeated her army, and have taken possession of her dominions, where they are new encamped, with a force, it is said, of 20,000 armed men, with 10,000 attendants, and determined open attacking Accra, of which place they are within thirty-six hours' march. The Queen of Ackim and her forces have fallen back itiv, the Acquapim country, a short distance in the rear of Accra, where our allies are forming a junction. Martial Law was proclaimed here the day before yes terday, and Lieutenant-Colonel Pardon, the Command-' ing Officer, and other Offiers of the Royal African Corps, with the European troops and the Native forces, are gone to Accra, the former to strengthen that garri son, and the latter to join their respective divisions. I am sorry to inform you that Mr. Houtson, the person who joined die mission under Captain Clapperton, died at Benin soon after his return. He conducted him to the Niger, or near it, and there left him in good health and excellent spirits, and intended prosecuting his jour ney in two or three days from the 4th of Match, being then at Katungo, in the Eyo dominions." PORTSMOUTH, Ocr. 3. At day-light this morning the long-expected Diamond frigate, Captain Lord Napier, arrived from Rio Janeiro, Lisbon, the Western hinds, and last from Milford, having on board his Excellency Sir Charles Stuart, who negotiated the treaty with Brazil, in doing which, Mr. Secretary Canning informed the foreign Courts, the English Ambassador had exceeded his in structions. Sir Charles was landed with the customary salute of honour from the Diamond, and went to town immediately. His detention has been occasioned by the Diamond having towed the wreck of the ship Frances and Mary across the Atlantic, into Milford, for sale. Of course, from so long a passage, there is no news by her. At sun-set this evening arrived the Thetis frigate, Captain Sir John Phillimore, from Rio de Janeiro, in 52 days. She sailed from Pkyrntioth about five months since, with . the British Ambassador, Lord Ponsonby, and suite, for Buenos Ayres. On the passage the Am bassador conceived that he bad not been treated by the Captain of the Thetis with that courtesy and attention which is due to the representative of his Sovereign, and therefore refused to prosecute his voyage further, than Rio in the Thetis. Admiral Sir George Eyre thereupon ordered the Doris frigate, Sir Jon Gordon Sinclair, to be fitted for the reception of the Ambassador; and this ship was waiting to take him on to Buenos Ayres. It was understood that Lord Ponsonby awaited, at Rio, the arrival of the packet from England, by which he expected to 'receive further instructions. A Lieutenant of the Thetis, who got implicated in the Ambassador's misunderstanding with the Captain of the Thetis, was put under an wren by him. A court of inquiry, or eourt martial, will probably be the result. The Thetis has brought specie for the merchants—it is understood nearly a million sterling. The quarrel between Sir JOHNPHILLIBIORE and Lord Pintsoway is said to have originated in the Captain having ordered the Ambassadur to go below for wearing a cotton jacket on deck, contrary to marine etiquette ! PASCO PERUVIAN MINING COMPANY. Yesterday a Meeting of the Shareholders in this Company was held at the City of London Tavern. Sir A. damprou the Chairman in introducing the Report , aid the Directors had deemed it their duty to account for the whole of the property entrusted to them. The Report regretted the silence of Mr. Heath, their Commissioner in Peru, but they conjectured that it arose from indisposition, and expressed confidence that it would be accounted for by the next advices from Lima. Mr. Qairos had, soon after his arrival at Lima, a in his zeal for the welfare of the Company, and in the con templation of the employment of a much larger portion of its capital than in the present state of its finances can be supplied, entered into several mining engagements." The Report proceeded to state that it had been deemed advisable to drop some of the mines, and that the pro priety of adopting these engagements at a future time had been referred to the Company's agents on the spot. Mr. Quiros,. with Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Holland the at torney and representative of Mr. Cochran, h entered, on behalf of the Company, into an engagement for some mines, on a lease for fifteen years -certain, at the annual rent of 55,000 dollars, and with an advance of 250,000 dollars, on account of this rent. This last condition, for the advance of 250,000 dollars, was in direct violation of the conditions sent out last year, and the Directors, by the advice of their solicitor, had declined to accept the bills drawn for that sum, and" have trans mitted to Lima their protest against all the consequences of this unauthorised act. and have directed that no /az. ther engagements of any kind shall be made for the Viva's property on behalf of the Company, until further instructions shall be sent out by the Directors, which instructions must depend upon the amount of their future disposable capital. Mr. Cochran arrived in Lm don before any answers could be received from Mr. Heath to their instructions. They found that Mr. Cochran's valuation of the mines amounted to 442,000 dollars, instead of I,ooo,ooo,which had been represented as the minimum value of the property, but incorrectly as it appeared, in conseqnence of Mr. Cochran having been himself misinformed on the subject." The accounts were otherwise very favourable, and various agents stated how plentiful the mines promised to be, and how admirably the works were going on under their super intendence: On the general affairs of the Company, the report states, Mr. Quiros writes thus, under the date of the 16th of May, 18 2 26," All the mining speculati as have, I understand, turned out unfavourably, and so may that of Pasco, if there be not regularity and order among the agents, commissioners, &c. but in itself the speculation is the most csrtain and splendid of any in South. America." The Directors had long since sent out directions to reduce the ex penditu re of the Company to,the lowest scale and a due protection of its interests would allow, and they had repeated these instructions," in terms of increased urgencF." The Report then stated that the sum received on 10,000 Shares amounted to 113,8371. 10s. and 4061 18s. 6d. interest, and that the expenditure amounted to 110,9111. 83. Sd. leaving a balance in hand of 3,3341. 101. 3d. A provision for the payment of 22,7101. must immediately be made, for which purpose it would be necessary to make a further call for an in stalment 9f 51: per share, unless the whole of the third instalment should immediately be paid up, and then a caU of 21.105. per Share would be sufficient. The whole amount of the cash advanced in Peru (including a sum of 19,2101. amongst the present claims on the Company) was 74,2401. The Government duties had been lowered from 141 to 8 per Cent. The Report in conclusion stated that unless the instalments were paid up, the un dertaking must eventually lall, but they did not hesitate I to express their firm and unanimous recommendation to the Proprietors to prosecute with activity an enterprise 'which was far advanced, and which held out a fair prospect of affording an ample remuneration for the übe of the capital invested, and an adequate remuneration for its future payment. This Report was approved, and ordered to be printed. A SamignoLmts wished to know what would be the sum likely to be required for going on with the Mines? The payment of any more money might depend upon the answer. The Secatrrner stated,that the sum required would be 77,1501. and, he was understood to say, that no more would ever be required. Mr. CHRIST! said, bars of the precious metal might be expected in six months; and after some discussion, resolutions in accordance with the views of the Directors were carried. A Guatemala Paper of a late date denies that thtre is any cause for apprehension on the side of Mexico. Some persons had rendered this declaration necessary, by spreading reports that the Mexican Government was collecting troops on the frontier, with the intention of influencing the internal politics of the new Republic. The new Custom House is proceeding with great rapidity, the two wings being nearly secured. The4 . vhole is expected to be completed by June next. The mode in which the whole building itnow supported is tnly wonderful. THE THEATRES. COVENT GARDEN. The excellent Comedy of The Provoked Hatband, in' which Mr. C. Knout performed Lord Tweak, in his best style, was last night followed by a revived Opera, called Ilia Castle of Sorrento. This interesting piece was first introduced, about thirty years ago, at the Hay market Theatre. it has also been represented occa sionally at the different Theatres. Irish -01INSTONE was at one time very popular in the character of the Governor of Sorrento Castle. The attraction of last evening was the first appear ance of Miss Cwwsz on the boards of a Theatre, in a dramatic character.—The Public are well acquainted with the vocal abilities of this talented young Lady, they having had frequent opportunities of hearing her at Oratorios, Public Concerts, and other places. The part of Rosina afforded her a pretty good opporturiity of displaying her abilities to advantage. She sang the songs allotted to her with great discrimination, and was encored in most of them. As the public ate acquainted with her vocal powers, it may not be amiss to say a word or two with regard to her acting. She performed the part of Rosins, a love-sick maiden, a la Matilda, in Richard C'crur de Lion, with great spirit and vivacity, which proved that in parts affording A higher scope-for dramatic effect she will be pre-eminently succeisful.— Her reception was most enthusiastic. Mr. Powett played the character of the Irish Governor, and was much applauded. The music of this piece is very beau tiful, and gave us a rich treat. A quartetto in the first Act, by Miss CAWS', Miss HENRY, Mr. POWER. and Mr. DURUSET, wai loudly applauded and encored. The House WAS full, and most fashionably attended. HAYMARKET. The performances last night were, The Spoiled Child. As you Like It, and The Agreeable Surprise. They were played to a very full house. Mr. COOPER was a very effective Jaques. His delivery of the " Seven Ages of Man," was capital. Madame VESTRIS was also an ex cellent Rosalind. She was rapturously encored in When Daisies Pied., Mr. Witatigsos played Touch stone for the first time; but he was not at all the Touch stone that we could wish to have seen. The other parts were admirably supported. In The .Agreeable Surprise, Mr. Rgavx appeared for the first time as Lingo. He evidently took MA?HEWS for his model, but he wanted the richness and originality of that inimitable actor. MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. MANCHESTER, Ocrossa 3. The Bazaar which is now holding for the purpose of raising money to clothe the destitute poor, has been crowded ever since the opening . of the doom About 2001. has been drawn for admission, at the rite of Is. each. There is a very fine show of Ladies' work, which, if all sold, will amount to 1,5001. but the room is so much crowded, that there is a great difficulty in getting near the tables, and it is therefore probable that a good deal of the articles will remain unsold. The scene al together is a fine one. The room in which the Bazaar is holding is 120 feet in length, extending over the whole of the offices of the new Town Hall; i t is now literally, crammed with all the fashion and beauty of the town and neighbourhood. The smoke of the factories has banished most of the old Gentry from the neighbourhood, but amongst those of them who remain, Lord and Lady Wilton joined the charitable throng. and were extensive purchasers. The demand for goods to-day is such as to permit the indulgence of a reasonable belief that a further addition will be made to the number of weave, s employed. I believe I may now venture to say, that a real advance has taken place, for 'the advance has been upoa the adjusted pi ice. BLACKBURN, SEPT: 1816. Most people say, the reports of the distress among the labouring classes were great exaggerations in respect to the extent of the distress in general. In Lancashire, there are several hundreds of thousands of labouring people (men, women, and children, of both sexes) de pendent on the cotton Manufacture, the great bulk of whom consist of spinners and weavers. Now, the spin- ners have at no time suffered much; in some places, not at all. At Preston, for instance, there they have all through been kept at full work. In other places where there was a suspension, it was only for a short time, and now they are again earning in Blackburn, 20s. to 80s. per week. The weavers, on the contrary, have been much dis tressed ; indeed, during the last two years their wages have been declining, in a great measure, on account of the increase of power looms, but from other causes also. It is admitted, that at present, in Blackburn, weaving by hand is much cheaper (so low are wages) than by power. But, besides their making a better texture, there are collateral advantages in using power looms ; so that power looms are likely to increase, and, consequently, there is no reasonable ground to expect that the situa tion of the hand weavers will improve. For some months the wages of hand weavers were, and still are, low beyond conception ; for weaving a piece of 28 yards cloth here, they are now paid only Is. 9d. at the worst, it was done even as low as 9d. and a weaver must work hard to weave four pieces in six days. The weavers, many of whom have large fa milies, are thus dependent on the poor rates ; and it is believed; that, during the ensuing winter, they will require other assistance in addition, say, for clothing and fuel. It should be remarked that, in proportion as the master spinners or manufacturers failed in any one town, in the same proportion has been the extent of suffering. Where the great majority of the masters failed, nothing was left to uphold the community. At present, there is pretty general employment for both wearers and spinners. Since goods have, as respects labour, been, in a considerable mea. sure, paid for by the parish, and the low price of the raw material Concurring, it is no wonder that goods have been selling at low prices. For the lowest desaiption of 28 yard calicoes, at one moment, the market price was ss. 6d. and the lowest, 61. 2d. 12 yard cam bric. at the same. All the towns of Lancashire are generally, at present, garrisoned with a detachment of cavalry, besides infantry. FONTHILL, a. A very extensive manufactory for superfine cloths and kerseyn3eres has recently been erected on a part of this far•famed and naturally beautiful domain. It is situated on the boundary of the lake towards Tisbury. There are some neat cottages built at the side of it for the workpeople. The mill, which is driven by a water fall from the lake, is said to be of immense power.— The manufacture is in its infancy, but is capable of fur nishing employment to at least 1,000 bands. At present there are about 130 employed, many of whom came 'from chippenham to found the establishment. These people are constantly employed, and earn good wages. Numerous applications for work hive been made from other towns, in which the trade is nearly stagnant, but ifis desired to employ the people of the- seighbouring parishes, rather than to draw webpulation loom distant ones. Mr. Beckford employed a great many builders and labourers in rearing his buildings and forming his pleasure grounds and plantations, and fortunately for the poor, the erection of these new manufactories has found them employment recently. In the neighbouring parish of Hindon the poor rates are said to be 14s. in the pound, the population being - only 900, and the land only about 200 acres. The neighbouring farmers are overdone with labourers at this season, and of course they employ their own pa rishioners first. There being so little land in Hi n d on , no manufacture, and ve r y few persons of property or engaged in trade, there are at this moment a great many able-bodied men and boys dependant on the parishes for support, and loitering about the streets.— Mr. Beckford some time since appropriated twelve acres of land for ga r d ens for the poor, which is found to be of great use to them, and he demands no rent for it.— His interest in the borough has been purchased lately by Lord Grosvenor, who has erected some new cottages in lieu of others which had fallen into decay. Lord Calthorpe has also an interest in the borough, and returns one Member to Parliament. He established a school here for thb education of the children some time since; but that which they want is some profitable labour. Constant work for about fifty men and boys would set the town alive. Foothill is in the parish of Tisbury, which is of great extent, and includes the house and farms of Mr. Benett, one of the Members of Par liament for Wiltshire. This Gentleman farms about 1,100 acres of land, and did some time since keep in hand nearly 5,000. The farniers here complain greatly of the low price of wool and stock sheep. The wool which was worth 2s. 3d. the lb. will net sell for more than 7d. at present. The labourers here are paid about Bs. per week, and if they have large families, their wages are made up to ls. 3d. each person per week front the parish. The grass lands and turnips were never known so fine at this sea son of the year. Game is most abundant in the pre serves at Fonthill, Pyt-house, and Wardour. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING. The Berkeley Stag Mounds meet on Saturday, the 7th instant, at Dawley.wall,near Hayes ; and on the Tuesday following at Bedfont. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETIN(. Toms: (ConcLunao.) The course was well attended by the Nobility, but of general company there was little ; indeed, the weather was so excessively hot (particularly yesterday), notwithstanding the heath is sot exten sive and airy, that many refrained from attending on that account. We noticed the Duke of Grafton, Duke of Portland, Marquis of Queensberry, Marquis of Exeter, Marquis of Titchfield, Earl of Or. ford, Earl of Chesterfield, Earl of Jersey, Viscount Lowther, Vis count Ansois, Viscount Dunwich, Lord J. Fitzroy, Lord G. Ben , tincl, Sir J. Shelley, Hon. Colonel Anson, Hon. T. Duntoutbe, General Grosvenor,.Sir J. Byng, Colonels Udny. Wilson, Synge, Messrs. Greville, Scott, Ramsbottom, Mills, Thornhill Batson, Wyndharn, &c. Pheasant shooting commenced yesterday, to which we attribute the non-attendance of many of our regular visitors. • The Jockey Club dinner was well attended, there being present about twenty members, including his Grace the Duke of Portland, Earl of Jersey, Marquis of Queensberry, Lord Lowther, Lord John Fitzroy, &c. Mr. Green's had a dinner party, consisting of the Duke of Graf ton, Sir Jaw Ifieley, and a select few. Lard Aiwa had also a dimmer party. Very little has bass dams than the stakes *iffiest year, several of the inguentlallsamlng austiemsen declining to begin their books till after the preset* er t e next - meeting, when the accounts for the Doncaster St. Leger will be brought to a close; nothing unpleasant has transpired respecting them. A match is nude for Thursday between Mr; Pettit's Vivian Grey, Sit. 71b. and Mr. GrrriUe's f. by Whalebone, Bst. 41b. for 50 sow. each. T. Y.C. The following is a further account of the race between Chateau Margaux and Mortgage. Mortgage came off, and made steady running to the bushes, when Chateau Margaux got up to him, and round - the Ludt it was 10 to 1 that Chateaq Margaux would win in a canter; but at the Duke's stand the appearance of the contest changed a little; Mortgage kept struggling hard, and, gaining ground, got up within two lengths of Chateaux Margaux, keeping so till they Were about twenty yards of home, when he let loose, and made a grand push for the plate, but could not head his oppo nent, who beat hint the four miles by a neck only. The winner was rode by young Buckle, and Mortgage by Conolly. The weather since our jai has changed from excessive heat to the other extreme, and those who have once encountered a cold or windy day on Newmark Heath, will not easily forget it. The atmosphere is gloomy, and \appears to promise rain. Lord Clinton has arrivedout also hive several fereignen of db.. Unction. The betting before the rooms this morning has been rather brisk on some of the Derby horses, Tattler going back, and one of Mr. Wyndham's, as might be expected, taking his place. We eau slily quote the following : to 1 agst Mr. Wyndham's Brother to /Weed; 25 to 1 apt. Cresada—taken ' • 25 to 1 apt Tattler—taken. OAKS-10 to 1 on the field. Sr. Laces—No ambition. The day's running came off thus : Sweepstakes of 35 sow. each, for three.yr.olds,ilst. 71b. and Mlles, ist. 41b. T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for SOO, &e. Mr. Greville's Pawn . 1 . . Mr. Batson's f. by Whalebone . i 2 Mr. Rogers's Pasta . . _ 3 sto isgst Fawn ; 3to 1 apt Pasta. Won by a length, easy. Anaull rode the winner. The St. Leger Stake*, of 25 soya. each, for three.r.old colts, • sst. 71b. fillies, Sat. 41b. D. i f ' Mr. Rogers's Monarch • o Dead hoot. . . . Lord Tavistock's Leeway . . . . o Duke of Grafton's Goshawk . . . 3 ---- Problem. _ _ _ Mr. Rush's Carthage. Mr. Wyndham's Sister to Pismire. SO to 1 apt Leeway ; 10 to 1 agst Monarch ; /I to 4 on Goshawk; to I apt Problem. Leeway was rode by G. Edwards, and Monarch by Wheatley. After ala false starts, the race was beautifully contested, and ended a dead heat between Mdeardi and Leeway. Lord Tavistock and Mr. Rogers dies eismodowl,, and Monarch walked over as a matter of form. Advice: from Truxillo state, that information has been received that the Government of Central America had been endeavoming to ra is e a body. of troops amongst the Chatibes, a hardy race of people.` Among the ordnance captured at Bhurtpore is a neat iron illsounder, with the following Inscription : —lambus Monteath, 'minis Edinburgh, Ammo Dons. 1642. During the solemnity of a recent burial at Middleton, in Lancashire, a fine robin-red-breast was observed to fly about the church, and occasionally to perch our the communion table. The plaintive songster seemed at first much alarmed by the crowd, but when the choristers commenced singing the funeral anthem, poor robin lifted up his voice most melodiously. A steam canal boat arrived in Birmingham on Fri day, from London, carrying twenty tons. The steam is generated with the patent duplex generators, upon an entirely new principle. The weight of the machinery does not exceed four tons. Her consumption of coal upon the trip was one ton; she has a wheel in the stern, upon an improved construction, that is capable of being raised up on entering a lock. I .~