Star. — London, England, 1829-09-24 00:00:00

F CITY, TWELVI O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 891 for the Account may be quoted at present 894, with nothing doing as yet. In the Foreign Market the prices are the same as yesterday. CITY, HALF-PAST ONE. There has been but very little fluctuation in the Consol Market during the morning, and may be quoted at 891 for the Account, alternately buyers and sellers ; 891 sellers for Money. The specu lators are anxiously waiting the arrival of official intelligence of the armistice between the Russians and Turks, and its delay has rather damped the Market. There is nothing doing in the Foreign Market to the present hour, and the prices are much the same as yesterday. Jamaica Papers to the 9th August, and Rio Janeiro to the 29th July, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The Jamaica Paper states, that by accounts from St. Jago de Cuba of the Ist inst. there was not a barrel of American flour for sale at that place, and the Spanish flour lately imported there in a British vessel was sold at 16 dollars, and of inferior quality. Intelligence has been received by the Commodore Owen, from Campeachy, that that place was in great consternation, and filled with troops, in daily expecta tion of the Spanish expedition from Cuba. By the Shannon, we learn, that when she left Curacoa on the 2d inst. the Barham was in a state of great for wardness, and would soon be ready for sea. A violent shock of an earthquake was felt at Green Island, which continued about three seconds. The Rio Janeiro Papers do not contain any political information. The Exchange on London was 26i. Letters from Gibraltar of 3d September state, that two persons had died in the hospital there ; and owing to it being suspected they died of the yellow fever, their bodies were opened by the physicians. The majority of them declared against their having died of the yellow fever. Accounts from America of the 9th September state, that a steamer-boat had arrivedthere from Constantinople, with dispatches for England. It left Pera on the 28th August, when it was reported that an armistice had been signed for 15 days, and it was certain that the Sultan was disposed to make peace. In Constantinople great alarm prevailed. The rich Armenians, bankers, and the Jews, had left for the interior. Mr Gordon had fre quent interviews with the Reis Effendi, and the other members of the Divan. The English courier for London left an hour after his arrival. The Menai frigate has arrived from Rio de Janeiro, bringing very favourable accounts from the Imperial Brazilian mines, the last nine days working of which produced an average of thirteen pounds per day. Letters have been received from Chili and Valparaiso, which are of a favourable nature. Don PINTO was ex pected to be re-elected. Accounts from Lisbon to the 6th Sept. state that the failure of their expedition against Terceira has caused great fermentation in the interior of the country. A ves sel had just been sent with dispatches for St. Michael's. Don MIG UEL has conferred more favours on the Barber, by giving him a superb country seat ! ! ! It was a matter of some surprise to the crowd assem bled last night before the new Post-office, that mail carts were in requisition as usual, it having been understood that they were to be discontinued and accellerators used in their stead. The whole of the audience part of Drury Lane The atre has been entirely re-painted and re-embellished. The prevailing colour is French white, somewhat warmer in complexion, perhaps, than heretofore. The orna ments of the proscenium, ceiling, the fronts of the upper tier of boxes and galleries, have been re-gilt and burnished, and new and tasteful designs in scroll work, richly painted in high relief, are substituted in lien of the scenes from Shakspeare, which ornamented the front of the dress circle. The splendid effect of the interior will be greatly increased by an addition of 20 lights to the central chandelier, for which also a better mode of venti lation has been contrived. The return of the coal-owners to their former system of combination and high prices is already severely felt in the port of Sunderland. The great length of time which the skips have to lie for a turn prevents them from accomplishing many voyages, and is the cause of severe privation being endured by the seamen and their families; and the increased price of coals there, unaccompa= nied by a corresponding rise of the markets, deprives the ship owners of a remunerating profit. Incalculable injury is, by these means, inflicted upon the town at large. TILE AMERICAN TA RI FF.—The two parties who divide the 'United States make the tariff their Shibboleth ; the Aux, party espouse it, and the Jacirson party decries it, though with less violence, u it becomes every day a greater favourite with the people. The New Yo►k Herald says, " Rhode Island is, we believe, the only State where the American system has been fairly put to the vote of the people,and the overwhelming majority given for the tariff candidates is a sufficient answer, if any were needed, that the people in that State were changing their views on the sub ject of domestic industry." Sunday the sect denominated Primitive Methodists, but more generally known as " Ranters," held what they termed a camp meeting in a lane near the West-street toll bar of this town. During the day crowds of persons licked to the spot, so as to make the vicinity resemble a fair or some other festival, and several of the leaders of the party alternately addressed the assemblage, singing hymns to song tunes, praying, and exhorting. The lan guage used by the preachers was certainly energetic, if not very select, and was plentifully larded with denunciations of danger and eternal perdition. During the morning some lawless youths from that hot-bed of vice, the by-lanes and alleys leading out of West -street, surrounded the waggon in which the preachers and their friends were stationed, and wanted to drag the vehicle for ward to some pit of water. Their intention was, however, frus trated, and the proceedings were not interrupted further, except by the violent action of some of the enthusiastic devotees, who, by their vociferation, and extraordinary gestures, appeared to be in convulsions. About five o'clock in the afternooc they had tired out nearly all their bearers. and then they proceeded in a body to their small chapel in Innocent -street, singing hymns all the way. —Boston Gazette. A most disgraceful scene took place at Stamford on Friday last ; a fellow sold his wife for two shillings wet and two shillings dry, and delivered her to the purchaser in a halter on the Market-hill; after which the trio retired to a public-house, to quaff the heavy wet I—Boston Gazette. For the last thirteen years o the Seine has not risen so high in the month of September as now. In 1816, its height at the bridge of Tournelle was in this month two metres 92 cent. at its highest !at the Pont Royal three metres 72 cent. It is ex pected that it will attain that rise this year, and perhaps higher, as the blame appears to be overflowing. The brickmakers around Glasgow and suburbs have fini►hed their operations according to their custom at this season of the year. The manufacturers complain of this season being the most backward and unfavourable for the trade they ever emember. They have sustained Immense losses in the progress of drying and kilning, owing to the continued varied state of the weather. There were about twenty-five tables in operation this year. These on an average computation make between four hundred thousand and five hundred thousand bricks each ; but most of the tables have made one-fifth past less bricks this season than in former good years. Taking the trade generally, there has been a great diminution in the quantity manufactured, and in consequence bricks have risen about 2s. 6d. per thousand. A lamentable occurrence took place on Wednesday, at Belle Vue, between Handeross and Peaspottage-gate, on the Lon don road. As Miss Half hide, only daughter of Mr. Geo. Half bide, an engraver of celebrity. was taking an airing, on horseback, attended by her groom, her horse tripped and fen, and the young lady was thrown with great violence to the ground. On being raised her bead was found to be dreadfully lacerated and her bonnet being soaked. in blood presented a spectacle— She was immediately carried to Mr. Knowles's villa, it being the nearest house, and medical assistance was procured. The saddle on the side the horse fell, was literally cut to pleces.—Beig4ten PRINCE LEOPOLD and Mrs. SARAH NIXON From a Morning Paper. We have received the following letter from Mrs. SARAH Hi xcrs , on the subject of the contradiction given by Sir ROBERT GA ILDINEIL, on behalf of Prince LEOPOLD, to the statement that the allowance of 241. granted to Mrs. Hixox by the late Princess Cu.% n- EorrE, had been discontinued by Prince LEui.oLn, on the plea of poverty. As we are inclined to believe the poor woman rather than Sir ROBERT GA RDIN Ea. we must suppose he has been misled by incorrect informa tion. If this statement should meet his eye, he v.-ill, nu doubt, feel it incumbent to account for the mistake, and to allow for it; character being as important t.) a poor woman as to Prince LEo POL D. TO THE EDITOR OF TUX MORNING CHRONICLE. Sta—A paragraph has appeared in several newspapers, in which it is auerted " that the annuity granted to my late husband Smith, myself, and my children, by her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales, of 441. per annum, has been regularly paid," and Sir Robert Gardiner is made to say so. This paragraph is cal culated to do me great injury, nut only with my friends, bur, in my humble circumstances, with the public. I must therefore re quest you will have the goodness to state " that I have not, nor has any part of my family, for the last nine years, re ceived une farthing from his Royal Highness Prince Leopold, or any of his agents ; and this without any reasonable or as. signable cause (saving his Royal Highness's plea of poverty).— I may add to this—that as my husband Smith was an esteemed servant of his present Most Excellent Majesty, I am about to pre. sent a Petition to him on the subject, through the medium of a friend, if possible. _ _ I am, Sir, your obedient servant. SARAH HIXON. Crown Inn, Moredon, Surrey, Sept. 92, 1829. The following is the letter of Slr Robert Gardiner, in which he contradicts the statement ; and he will see that, after such a note, the letter of the poor widow places him in rather an awkward predicament : " To THE EDITOR Or Till Tom. " Sta—Having read in The Times of the 31st ult. a letter, copied from The &wryer, in which the Prince Leopold's name is mentioned, I lost no time in inquiring into the truth of the state ment, and beg to acquaint you that it is entirely without founda tion. I am, Sir, you must obedient humble servant, " Ems, Sept. 7. " ROBERT GARDINER." The Viscount IT ABA YANA, member of the Council of his Majesty the Emperor of BatAZ IL, has arriTed at Brussels from London on the 22d insont. The Prince of ()RANG E reviewed the .Bur,rher Guard at Liege on the 21st inst. and frequently expressed aloud his satisfaction with its discipline am! ap,marance. His Excellency th 3 Count de Mon! Nluster of the Hunt to tin Emperor of Russia, left Berlin for St. Petersburg. • FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. The Marchioness of Lothian and the Ladies Kerr, on a tour ; the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, yesterday, at her house in Alington-street, from the Earl of S.fton's seat, Stoke Farm, in Berke; the Dowager Lady Winterton for Surrey; Sir Edward Knarchbull, Bart. from itam.gate, for Meratham Hatch, is Kent ; Sit Thomas Winnington, Bart. for Stamford Court. Worct.ster shire ; Mrs. and Miss Tunno, from Comberland-place, for Taplow Lodge; Mrs. and Miss Tennant for liarn.gate ; Capt. and Mrs. Nesbitt for Brighton ; Mr. John Kipling tor Overstone Park, in Northamptonshire; Mrs. and Miss Barnwell for Chatham-p!ace, Ramsgate; Capt. Ryder for Maidstone ; Major and Mrs. Mahon for she New Steyne, Brighton ; Mr. Wm. Warren Hastings on a tour; Leut.-Colonel and Mrs. Ellis for itainsoe ; Mrs. and Miss Jervoise, for their seat in Hampshire; Capt. and Mrs. Pole, from Brighton, for Dublin ; George Ilyng, Rsq. m.r. and Mrs. Byng, at their house in St. James's-square, front their seat, Wrotham Park ; Mr. and Mrs. Salwey, in Groavesnor-street.fr o m the Continent; Major Cartwright, at Kirkham% lintel, Lower Brook-street, from Coventry; Capt. H. Drummond, at ditto, from a tour ; J. Richmond, Esq. at ditto, from Brighton ; E. Bonar, Req. at Symmon's Hotel (late Jordan's), St. James's street, from a tour; Capt. and Mrs. Ramsden, for Nottirgnam ; Charles Tuf ton Blicke, Esq. from Regent-street, to Worthing ; Mr. and Mrs. Pepper, from Kirtham's Hotel, to Ireland ; C. Ricketts, Esq. from ditto, to Little Hampton ; Edworth Laibton, Esq. from the Burlington Hotel, to Brighton; J. bloncrieff, Esq. from ditto, to Paris; J. Whicbard, Esq. from Symmon's Hotel, (late Jordan's), on a tour ' • Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Campion and Miss Kemp, from ditto, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Turner, from the British Hotel, Jertrtyn-street, to Norwich ' • Wm. Othaideaton, Esq. from ditto, to Cheltenham ; C. Henson, Esq. Mrs. and Miss Henson, at Bryant's Hotel, (late Warne's) Conduit-street, from a tour; the Rev. Mr. Bradford, Mrs. Bradford, and family, at Batt's Hotel, Dover -street, front Vienna ; Mr. and Mrs. Thornton, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's -street. front Paris • Mr. and Mrs. Hall, at ditto, from Wales; Mr. and Mrs. Arbut hnot, front ditto, for Berkshire. The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE came to town yesterday morning from their residence in Bushy Park. Their Royal Highnesses were visited at their residence in the King's Palace, St. James's, by the Duke, Duchess, and Prince GEORGE of CUMBERLAND, the Duke of SussEx, and the Princess Sorni -V. In the evening the Duke and Duchess honoured the entertainment given by the Prussian Minister and the Baroness Br Low, at their residence in Great Cumberland-place, in honour of the christening of their infant son. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND, attended by the Countess of Sc it Li P PEN swell, also honoured their Excellencies with their companies to dinner. The Russian Ambassador and Princess LiEv Ex, and the Earl of AB F. lIDEEN, were among the distinguished guests present to meet the Royal party. Summonses were received yesterday by several of the Cabinet Ministers and others of the Privy Counsellors to attend a Committee Meeting of the Lords of the Privy Council, at the Council Office, to hear the arguments of Counsel in support of an appeal from the pilots of Deal against certain regulations of the late Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. Prince ESTEMIAZ Y had an interview yesterday with the Earl of ABERDEEN, at Argyll House. Tuesday Lord HOLLAND entertained a select party to dinner at Holland House. Most of his Majesty's Minis ters were present, together with other distinguished per sons. Amongst the company present at the Earl of ABER DEEN'S dinner party on Monday were—the CIIANCEL LOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD, Mr. T. PLANTA, Mr. W. HAY, Mr. D. BAILLIE, &C. It is denied, from what appears to be good authority, that Mr. Justice BURROUGH has resigned; and it is added that, since the conclusion of the labours of the cir cuit, his health has considerably improved. On Monday last the Rev. ROYERT WA no, M.A. Master of the Grammar School, Thetford, was presented by the Corporation of that Borough to the Rectory of Stanton, Norfolk. Sir JACOB ASTLEY, of Melton Constable, in Norfolk, gives about a table-spoonful of salt per week to each of his foxhounds. It keeps away distemper, and preserves them in the best health and vigour. It is admiuistered wrapped up in paper, as a bolus. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following Captains were sworn into the command of their respective ships—viz. Captain HENRY ANDREWS DRUMMOND, of the Castle Huntly, for Madras and China; and Captain JOSEPH WARD, of the Sir David Scott, for China direct. Covent Garden Theatre will open on Monday week with Shakspeare's Romeo and Juliet. Mr. DERMA N, the Gentleman, who at the first meeting presented the Committee with twenty pounds, and tendered his ser vices for one entire season, gratis, will perform the cha racter of Paris. A young Lady of highly-promising talents will personate Juliet for the first time, and CHARLES KEMBLE Romeo. THE EMPRESS OF THE BRAZILS. We have seen a letter from an English gentleman at Brussels, who saw much of this accomplished Princess, during her sojourn in, and passage through the Nether lands. We have been permitted to take the following extract, which will be read with much interest:— " The new Empress of BRAZIL passed by here a few days since on her road to Ostend, where she embarked. I had the honour to attend her to Ostend. She Li a most delightful woman, possessed of every thing that is charming. I was honoured with an invitation to dine with her Imperial Majesty, which gave me an opportunity of observing more minutely her Majesty's fascinating and attractive qualities. With the most perfect case, she practised every manner to please every person—talked in French, English, German—and even Portuguese. She has received a very superior education, as you may suppose, and is a Lady in every sense of the word.— A Portuguese deputation waited on her Imperial Majesty with an Address, to which she vciy graciously replied, expressing 'the interest she felt in their future prosperity. In short, she enchanted every body, and indeed made a deep impression on the inhabi tants, notwithstanding the Pe mi.:l ys are not easily moved. I accompa►ied he Imperial MAJesTr on board the &pert) steamer, which came purposely to conduct her Imperial MAJ EsTy . to Portsmouth, where she em barked on board the Brazilian frigate. I left her Im perial MAJESTY at nine o'clock at night, under weigh, on the 25th inst. I hope sae will be happy, and that Don PEDRO will kuuw how to aipl•.?c!ate her inestimable qualities." THE SHADOWLESS MAY. FOIL VIE STA u. I'm a shadawless man!—aver hil, ~ !ale, and lawn I shadow:ox wander—a wonder—a icy'. Like the ,•iin in the east did my glory fi;..t Like the sun all my glory has lank in the west ; And 'twill neve: revive in my lire': little .p.m. . . Fur Fru aged and grry—and a shadowle,. mat: sigh to rememb.r how thick o'er my lirow The Liu:els to . Fame were I.y ViiNery huunw ; Not CitsAo—to cover hi, h3'4!nei,—cou!d shot./ Such a garland 34 mine—tiro with diadrnii But the ItaVei Wre all withert•d and waled and wan, And I'm b.re and I'm bald—and a bhaily.vle,s man! Insatiate from triumph to triumph, I Till Conq'iest had nations emneidard in her toll; ; Ffcch splctidour o'er earth by my g:ury wa, cast, And Avarice, su:fei•ed, san'; o'er my spoils cour.e, bke a meteor, ail hriOttnes4 1 ran— Like a meteor, soon darkened—a shadowle.s man ! To to a vast hattie-plain Eurnre 2;.peared, Where my marti.l renown, like a ryramid, stand, Alone, in the mid%t of a des , •rt uprear'd, And its thre.e, where it fell, turned the dew-drops to blood. But soon, for the smile of a proud courterm, 1 to du.t crushed my pyramid—s!laslowlos man! On an Isle in the ocean, my statue, like Ili-cum, Or the Lathes ACIIILLA.S stuck up in Hyde Park, Was raised ; and ith shade, like the shade of a spectre, Pell over the nations, cold, blighting and dark. But that statue I sold to a state Charlatan, Who laughed as he left me a shadewless man! Tho' Colossal these monuments were to behold, They seemed dull to a fancy so brilliant as mine, So Kings wrought for me such a statue of gold, That I and my fame looked like something divine ! While its shade from the PoLe seemed to reach lllNuostax, I thought I could ne'er be a sbadowless man! With a Corouet —only n w Royal—the head Was sincircled ribbands and gew-laws and stars All over the breast so profusely were spread, That it shone in the sun, a terrestial Mans— Like a sceptre, the hand grayed a gold partisan, —Who'd have dreamt I should cow be a shadowless man For wherever I went—by some magic Al power— The shade of the statue of gold still pursu'J. In the Palace—the Senate—the Hall—and the bower— At my feet still that shadow of shadows I view'd. 'Twas a marvel—a myst'ry—l never could scan : But it vanish'd, and left me a shadowless man! —Thus. diadem'd—scepted—and glittering all o'rr With orders, enough to disorder some brains— My genius—like Phaeton's—panting to soar, At length to ambition relinquish'd the reins : And then that most fatal delusion be7an, Which has left me, alas ! a poor shadowless nun ! It chanced, as I bask'd in the sunshine one day, From my temples, unheeded, my laurel crown fal; Thug exposed—one intense, irresistible ray Smote my Ihra.n, with a wildering coup de saeil: When the Doctors advised me to try the trepan, 1 feared it might make me a shadowless man ! They eay, " in my !tines," I have fancied e'er since, I Was KING OV THE EARTH—and THE MAN IN THE 11OON— POP1 or ROME—THE GUANO SULTAN—A MIJECOTITIE . 1 HE DRY OF ALGITH--and AL- lIASCHIO- H•KOM But I ne'er had a notion the sorcerer's ban Was to wake nit to sense—,l poor shadowless man ! At length to a foreign Physician I hied. A Doctor who cured all curniiiaiiits of the Crown— Whose skill had on all Constitutions been tried, And Who kwn every feverish •ymptum put duwn He told me success must re•Wt !rom his plat), But his patient became a Merr. sh.utowless nun! Round my brow, then, a patent elestical band Ile duetted—just where my laurels should he— Th.tt in letters nt gold bore the patentee's brand " MAcul►tat, the younger—the sole PATENTEE, " Unrivalled rack-riaet —and chain artisan. PHOTECTOR and Gum of THE SHADnWLES4 MAN!" I looked to the sky—there was he dth in the breeze— And the Sun shed his light and his warmth through the air ; 'Twas evening I knew by the shade of the trees, — I looked to my feet—hut no shadow was there. That moment of anguish—de.cribe it who can. When with horror I shrieked " I'm a sh - idowless man!" As by magic, I next my physician beheld, Thrust my statue gigantic—my statue of gold,— Like a pipe.stopper him his poke—and I yelled, As I saw him with sneer, sly, sardonic, a:.d cold, Cut my shadow front earth—fold it up like a fan— And march off, with a laugh at the au...lawless man ! Sept. 92, 1829. PETER. SCHEN11111" A dense crowd assembled in front of the New Post office last night to witness the first departure of the Mails from that magnificent establishment : the Western Mails however, to the disappointment of the crowd, were all dispached, as usual, in the buggys or carts ; and the exclamations of " Oh ! its all a humbug!" were very general. Any general observations on the abstract of colonial proceedings is unnecessary. They go irrefragably to establish the point for which we have so strenuously con tended during the last six years, that no remedy is to be expected for the enormities of the Slave system, except by the intervention of Parliament. We repeat, slavery is a national crime to be renounced and extinguished, and not merely an evil to be palliated. And to expect from those who profit by that crime a voluntary renunciation of it, shows an extraordinary inarquaintance, both with human nature, and with the lessons of experience.—tinti- Slavery Monthly Reporter. BRIGHTON, Sept. 22. Fitzherhert entertained another select dinner party at the Yolk Hotel yesterday. Among the company woe, the Marchioness of Downshire and Lady Mary fill, the Countess of Alt!borough, Lady Parker, Mr. G. Seymour, Mr, Wheat.. Mr. A. Macdonald, Mr. Crowther, Mr. Bruce, and the Nlaster of the Rolls. The health of Lord John Tow:t•hend. who, with his Lady, is remaining at his King's-road musical. is said to be improving . The Dowager Lady Dudley am: Ward. from Southampton, is expected to return to this place to-morrow. Lady Lygon, and the Hon. G. Coventry, are at the New Steyve Hotel. The Marquis of Bona:wile azd family, recently from France, were in its departure list yesterday fur London. Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Dickens propose returning to their Brunswick Terrace mansion early in the ensui..g month. Mr. Tollemaehe, and the Hun. Mr. Howard, are among the departures from the Royal York. Lady Taylor and the Hon. Mr. Hagar are arrivel. Col. and Lady Harriet Ford have been here some day. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Jlau.o AIMED Tnis I—Viaterfurd I—Flan ders I—France 1. The Sir James Kempt, from Halifax to Jamaica, was abandoned at sea 3d inst. being dismasted and waterlogged. The Adventure, Wilson, front St. Petersburgh, put into Ga moyle, near Belfast, on the ?oth, making four feet water per hour, having struck on a rock, and must discharge. DIAL, San. 23.—Wind W.—Arrived the Ilr•rench. Arool, from Jamaica. Arrived from London. the Fly, SATOH, kr Ca diz ; Agnes. Harding, for Boston ; Anne, James, for Tobago , and New Thomas , Powell, fur Malta. FOATSMOUTH. Sam 23.—Arrived hit Majesty's ship ikienai, from the Brazils, and Stentor transp"rt, from Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. ‘22.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Europe, Mrckwith, from Quebec. FALMOUTH, Seer. 22.—Wins S W.—Arrived the Cru,ider, Smith, from Honduras—sailed :9th July. Ltvzaroot., Sam 22.—Arrived the Devonshire, Strickland, from Buenos Ayres—sailed the I.r .luly ; Ranger, tr.,:n Ja maica; Planter. --, and Cha. Wharton, leans ; and Sir Geo. Murray, from lachebucto.—Th kiart, Clapperton, from New Orleans, ran uti snore near the Red N but has been got off. Gnascow, SEPT. 91.—ArriveJ the St. James. M'Neilage from Jamaica ; Agnes, Sand; from Demerara ; and Rowley, my, front Grenada. DUALIN, Seer. 21.—Arrived the -Briton, Scanlan, and Emerald J•le. —, from Demerara. LITLFAST, SUPT. 21.—The Helen, Stiowdnn, from Greenock to St. Thomas's and Trinidad, ha• been got off the North Rock yes terday, and proceeded in tow of filing-boats for the Clyde. WHITEHAVES, Sam 2'2 .—The Helen. of Greenock, dismaqed and abandoned, was fa!l-.11 in with yesterday morning. between Port Patrick and the Mull of Galway, by the Acorn, Skirran, ar rived here from Riga; bur the rope broke, and killed the nuts the helm. It is liuppuird she would be driven on shore near Port Nie ich. ---- On the 31st ult. the Lynx, ati tnm-vessel built for the French Governmebt, was launched at itochefort. It is 152 feet in length, and 16 in depth, and carries 15 guns. The ma chine, 180 horse power, WAS made at Liverpool, and cost 8,0001. STEAM PACKET COMMUNICATION WITH IXDI4. Sir Joint Malcolm, Cite present Governor of Bombay, is fully intent upon establishing a Steam Communication between that place and England, by the way of the licit Sea, Suez, and Alexandria in Egypt. Se tetra' interesting comninnications have lately passed between Sir John Malcolm, and Mr. Barker. Consul- General in Egypt, upon this interesting subject. It is proposed that passengers front England arriving at Alexandria shall be conveyed across the Deaert to Site; upon dromedaries, where they will embark Again in the East India Company's steam vessel, and pmceed direct to Bombay through the Red Sea and the Straits of Babel-Mandel. Nlehemet, Paella of Egypt, and his sun Ibrahim, who affil probably succeed to the throne, ur rather Pachalick, of his father, are both eagerly desirous that such a transit should hr established through their dominions ; and they have offered to become pledged for the safety of the route to Suez. The greatest difficulty appears to arise trom the impossibility of procuring supplies of cosi in the Red Set, or even at Bombay. It has. ht wever, been proposed to establi►h depots of coal or other t'utl, at Sues, in the Straits of Babel- Mandel, and at Bombay. Su, z can obtain supplies from the Mediterranean via Alexandria, by mean► of dromedaries and camels, a company of lt:gyptian mer chants having already offered to deliver coals at Sues, although at a high price per tun. The depots at Babel Mandel and Bombay rou,t be supplied in large ships from Bengal, coal being tuund in considera ble quantity on the Ganges, some hundreds of miles above Calcutta, whither it is conveyed down the river at a moderate freight. It is Understood that arrangements have been made for at least a trial of this hold experiment, and that the Superb steam packet will shortly leave England for Alta:indite, to convey passengers to meet :hr Enterprise Indian stranirr at Suez. Every person in the kingdom must surely feel interested in the success of this scheme. from its vast importance to i•ur Eastern Empire ; and although the expel,-es at the commencement will ha so room, us that it will literally he burning rupees fur fuel, still the undertaking is worthy a mighty nation, and the perseverance of man has overcome even greater difficulties. SUDDEN DEATH or Mit. LEWIS, Tile COMEDIAN-- We are sorry to announce the sudden dissolution Of E. L. LEWIS, the comedian, attached to the Cuburx Theatre. This gentleman was about viii years of age, and had been nearly all his lifetime connected with the stage, and was much respected by his theatrical brethren. Tues day night he played with his usual spirit, and appeared to iu good bodily health. At about two &cluck yes terday morning, he was seized with a violent apoplecti... fit, which terminated his exiatencc. Mr. Lew is had been appointed secretary to the :iiinor Theatrical Fund, estabiished by Mr. DAv IDG Y., some short time back. He has left a wife, but no children, to deplore his loss, which will be severely felt in the theatrical world. ALARMING FlRE.—BetwcAl Mita and ten o'c!atli last night the greatest alarm prevailed amongst the inhabitants of Gilbert -street, Oxford street, owing to a fire breaking oat in some stabling in Cock-yard, belonging to Nlr. Taylor, the landlord of the Those Horse Shoes public-house, at the corner of the yard. It appeared that \lr. Taylor's boy had gone into the stables to look to the horses, with a lighted candle, which he incautiously placed Lear a heap of straw ; and in an in-tart the flame communicated to it, and the wbolr became ignited and burst turth with great furs - . The boy, with great presence of mind, loosed the horses front their mangers, and turned them into the yard. Assistance was immediately at hind, and all the neighbours employed them selves in casting pails 01 water upon the burning mass ; the engi. belonging to Mary-la-Bonne parish arrived, and was followed by several of the horse engines; but their assistance was not neces• nary, as the fire had been partially got under before they came up. At about eleven o'clock all danger had teasel; and the flames were confined to the stables where 'they commenced—and the fears that were anticipated by the inhabitants of the cto.ely confined neighbourhood were at an end. As is usual on these occasions, a vast body tit the light-fingered gentry were sneaking about during the bustle ; but their caper-:ions were very limited, u the police kept a very strict look-out upon their movements.. 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