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I SICNOR BELZONI. rm.. [Fro. * TS. Qum.fork tiers."] I.IGO . S TRAVELS IN EGYPT, ICT/BIA, But the most Ingham of M. Belentil's Ishoura, Prrhitto the firrt.t arduous and extraordinary, is tlw opening of the second i patina of Ohm*, known bu the u.mr tot lierodotus was inform ed that tip it! timid had tin ouldervoroas chum. bore, mull hi. infurmstino, iwmng found in latter Air s t , , Ire ivtlentlly correct, may be supposed to Is use no, nat.4l it, vreventisig that muttony which proot;ttati Ilse opening of the great pyramid of Clwoos. M Belzoni, however, perceived' certain ind , eritiorra of seffivient weight to induce him to to..ke the attempt, the account of *Lich we are enabled to give in his own words : hut first we q I , oe Mr. S observations on this most wood. rful nudertaking, from • letter which Imo I•es before us. " The opening of this pyra. mid had long been considered an object or so 'modem' a nature, that it is difficult to conceive how any person could be found sanguine enough to mike the attempt ; and even after the discovery, with great libour of the furred entrance, it required great lyerseverance in Belzoni, and confidence its his own soros, to induce him to continue the operation, when it became evident that the extensive labonre of Ilia sired. cessors in the enterprise had so come' plod! failed. Ile himself has pointed out in some degree his motives for trying the particular point where lie came upon the true entrance, otherwise, on examining it. nothing can present a more hope 1-vs prospect. The direct manner in which he dug &oil upon the door, affords, however, the most in contestable proof that chance had nothing to do with the discovery. Of the discovery itself, M. Belzoni has given a very clear description, and his drawings present a perfect idea of the amulets, chambers, •'HI enhances. Of the labours of the undertaking, no one can form an ides. Noteithstandiug the maven of stone which lie. had to remove, and the ' berd.irs of the materials which impeded his pr0w1..., w l ..., th e whole was effected entirely at his own risk and expense." The following is NI. Belzani's own account of oporatiors in penetrating to the centre of the pyramid of Cephrenes:-- e' Oil my return to Cairn, I again went to visit the celebrated pyramids of Glitz a ; and on viewing that of Crphrenrs, I could not help reflecting how ; sonny travellers of different nations, who had visited this sprit. contented themselves with looking at the outside of this pyramid, and went sway without j ul ep " g whether any, and what chambers. exist 'Jinni& it ; satisfied, perhapv, with the report of the Eg) pilau priests, s that the pyramid of Cheops only ! contained chambers in its interior.' I then began to consider about the possibility of opening this pyramid ; the attempt was perhaps presumptuous; Mod the risk of undertaking such an immense work without success deterred me to some degree from the enterprise. I am not certain whether love for antiquity, an ardent curiosity, or ambition, spur. red one on mimt in spite of every obstacle, but I de. termined at length to commence the operation. I *non discovered the same indications which had led " to the developement of the six tombs of the kings in Towhee. and which induced me to begin the operation on the north tide. It is true, the situ,- firms of the tombs at Thebes, their form nod cpuques, are so very different from those of the py ramids, that many points of observation made wiih regard to the former, could not apply to the latter; yet, I perceived enough to urge tnr to the enter. prise. I accordingly set out from Cairo on the 6th of February, • IBM wider pretence of going in quest of some obliquities at • village not far off; in o..iler that I might not be disturbed in my work by the swop!. of Cairo. I then repaired to the Kaiya Bey, and inked permission to work at the pyiansial of Gliisi in search of antiquities. Ile made no objection, but said that lie wished to know if there was any ground about the pyramid fit for tillage; I informed itim that it was all stones, aunt at a coosiderahle distance fro:n any tilled ground. lle nevertheless persisted in inquiring of the Casclaief of the province, if there was soy good grimod near the pyramids; and, after receiving the necessary information, granted my request. •e Ilavialg thus acquired permission, I begat, my Llama on the 10th of February, at a point on the tin 111 side in a vertical section at right angles to the: side of the base. I saw many reasons log.inst nay beginning there, but certain indications Vild sue that there was an eutrance at that spot. I tin- ployed sixty labouring men, end begets to cut . through the 1112 SS of stones and cement which had fallen from the upper part of the pyramid, but it was so laird joined together, that the men spoiled several of their hatchets in the operation ; the stones which hod fallen dawn along with the cement liar. ing formed themselves into one solid end almost impenetrable mast. I succeeded, Weever, in snaking en opening of fifteen feet wide, and moi l:tied working do-Raman:ls in uncovering the face of the pyramid ; this work took up severe! days, with out the least prospect of meeting with any thing iiiteresting. Meantime, 1 began to leer that some of the Europeans residing at Cairo might pay e visit to the pyramid., which they do eery often, sod thus discover my retreat, cud interrupt my proceedings. " On the 17th of the same month we had made • considerable advance downwards, when un Arab workman called out, making • great noise, sod sal tog that lie hod frond the entrance. Ile had discovered a hole to the pyramid into which lie could just thrust his arm and u djerid of six fret biog. Tosards the evening we discovered • larger aperture, about three feet square, which had been s-hosed its irregularly, by • hewn stone ; this stone 1 caused to be removed, cod then came to en epeniog larger than the preceding, but filled up with loose Moses and said. This satisfied use that it wee not the real but a forced passage, which I found to lead inwards and towards the south ; the next day we succeeded in entering fifteen fett from the outside, when we r.atlierl a place where the send and 'times begin tii fall from above. I caused the rubbish to be taken out. hut it still continued ta fall in great quaut.ties; at last, after some days labour, I discovered us upper forced entrance. rem. winuicating with the outride from above, mid which bad tiodently beau cut by some one who we. in 4...1011 of the tree passage. Having cleared this porter I perceived another opening below, which apps esitly ran towards the centre of the pyramid.. In few Juan I was able to enter this passage, and looted it to be a continuation of the lower forced passage, which runs horizontally towards the centre of the pyramid, nearly all choked up with stones and sand. These obstructions I caused to be taken out ; and at half-te+y from the entrance I found a descent, which alias had been forced, anal which ended at the distance of Carty fret. I afterwards continued the work in the horizontal passage above, in hopes that it might lead to the centre; but I was disap pointed, and at last was convinced that it ended therr, and that to attempt to advance ill that way would only incur the risk of sacrificing some of my workmen ; as it was really astonishing to see how the *tones hung suspended over their heads, resting. perhaps. by • single point. Indeed one of these stones did fell, and had nearly killed one of the men. I. therefore..retired from the forced pas sage. with great regret and disappointment. • " Notwithstanding the discouragements I met with, I recommenced my researches on the following day, depending upon my indications. I directed the ground to be cleared way to the eastward of the false entrance ; the stones incrusted and bound together with cement, were equally hard as the former, sad we had as many large 1401)111 to Teethe as before. By this time my retreat bad been dis covered, which occasioned me many interruptions from visitors, among others was the Abbe de Forbin. " On February 28. we discovered a block of granite in an inclined direction towards the centre of the pyramid, anal I perceived that the inclination was the same as that of the passage of the first pyramid or that of Cheops; consequently I began to hope that I was near the trite entrance. On the Ise of March we observed three large blocks of atone one upon the other, all inclined towards the Otristre: these large stones we had to remove as moll as others mach larger aa we advances!, which Mmeiderably retarded our approach to the desired opt- I perceived, however, that I was near the true entrance, and, in fact, the next day, about noon, on the 2d of March. was the epoch at which the grand pyramid of Cephreues was at last opened, after being closed up for so many centuries, that it remained an uncertainty whether any interior chambers did or did not exist. The passage I discovered was a square opening of four feet high and three and • half wide, formed by four blocks of granite ; and continued slanting downward at the same inclination na that of the pyramid of Cheops, which is an angle of 26 deg. It runs to the length of 104 fret 3 inches, lined the whole way with granite. I had much to do to remove and draw up the stones which filled the passage down to the portcullis or door of gra nite, which is fitted into a niche also made of gra nite. I found this door supported by small stones within 8 inches of the floor and in consequence of the narrowness of the place, it took up the whole of that day and part of the next to raise it sufficiently to afford an entrance ; this door is 1 foot 3 inches thick, and, together with the work of the niche. occupies 6 feet 11 inches, where the granite work ends; then continence. a short passage, gradually ascending towards the centre. 22 feet 7 itiohes, at the end of which is a perpendicular of 13 feet ; on the left is a small forced passage cut in the rock, and also above, on the right. is another forced passage, winch runs upwards and turns to the north 30 feet. just over the portcullis. There is no doubt that this pas sage was made by the same persons who forced the other. in order to ascertain if there were any others which might ascend above, in conformity to that of the pyramid of Cheops. I descended the per pendicular by means of a rope, and found a large quantity of stones and earth accumulated beneath. which very needy filled up the entrance into the passage below which isiclisies towards the north. I next proceeded towards the channel that leads to the centre, and soon reached the horizontal passage. This passage is five feet eleven inches high, three feet six incises wide, and the whole length, from the above-mentione d perpendicular to the great chamber, is 158 fret eight inches. These passages are partly cut out of the living rock, amt at half way there is some mason's wink, probably to fill up some vacancy in the rock : the wells of this pas sage are in several pints covered with incrustations of salts. " On entering the great chamber, I found it to be 46 feet 3 inches long, 16 feet 3 inches wide, said 23 feet 6 inches high; for the most part cut out of the rock, except that part of the roof towards the western end. In the midst we observed a sar cophagus of granite, partly buried in the round, to the level of the floor, 8 feet long, 3 feet 6 in ches wide, and 2 feet 3 inches deep inside sur rounded by large blocks of granite, being placed apparently to guard it from being taken airrsy, which could not be effected without great labour; the lid of it had been opened ; I found in it only a few bones of a human skeleton, which merit pre servation as curious reliques, they being, in all probability, those of Cephrenes, the reported builder this pyramid. On the wall of the western side of the chamber is an Arabic invcription, a transla latiou of which has been sent to the British Museum.* It testifies that this pyramid was open ed by the Masters Maliumet El Aghar and Otnian. and that it wus inspected in presence of the Sultan Ali Mahomet the lbt, Uglocli.'t There are also several other inicriptious on the walls, supposed to be Coptic (qu. eochorial ?) ; part of the floor of this chamber had been removed in different places, evidently in search of treasure, by wine of those who had found their way into it. Under one of the stones I found a piece of metal something like the thick part of an axe, but it is so rusty and decoyed that it is ailment impossible to form a just idea of its form. High up and near the centre there are two small square holes, one on the north and the other on the south, each one foot square; they enter into the wall like those in the great chamber of the first pyramid. 1 returned to the before-mentioned perpendicular, and found a pas sage to the north in the same imliiistion of 26 deg. as that above: this descends 48 feet 6 inches, where the horizontal passage commences, which keeps the same direction north 55 feet, and half-way along it there is on the east a recess of 11 feet deep. On the wtst side there is u peerage 20 • We cannot And that Ibis inscription 1101 het reached its des i tinajtiou. t A Tartaric title, as Wag Bey, Le. feet long, which descends into a charalwr St fret ' lone and 9 feet 9 iuthes aria. s and 6 feet highp this chamber contains a !quantity of small square blocks of stone, :Lod some unknotvo inscriptions written on the walla. Reitiroing to the original pas. sage, and advancing north, near the end of it is a niche to receive a portcullis like that above. Frog. mems of granite, of which it was made, are lying near the spot ; advancing still to the north I en tered • passage which rani in the same inclination as that before mentioned, and at 47 feet six inches from the niche it is ailed up with some large blocks of stone put there to close the entrance which issues nut precisely at the base of the pyramid.— According to the measurements, it is to be observed that all the works below the b ase are cat into the living rock, as well as part of the passages and chambers before mentioned. before I conclude, I have to mention that I caused a rouge of steps to be built, from the upper part of the perpendicular to the passage below, for the accommodation of visitors. " It may be mentioned, that at the time I ex cavated on the north side of the pyramid, I caused the ground to he removed to the eastward between the pyramid and the remaining portico which lies nearly WI a line with the pyramid and the sphinx. I opened the ground in several places, amid, in particular. at the base of the pyramid ; and in a few drys I came to the foundation and walls of an extensive temple, which stood before the pyramid at the distance of oily 40 feet. The whole of this space is covered with... 6ue platform which no doubt runs all round the pyramid. The pave. ment of this temple, *here I uncovered it, con sists of fine blocks of calcareous stone, some of which are beautifully cut amid to fine preservation; the blocks of stone that form the foundation are.of aim immense siae. I measured one of 21 feet long, 10 feet high. and eight in breadth (120 tom weight each) ; there are some others above ground in the porttcoes, which measured 24 feet in length, but not so broad nor so thiek."—Thas far Belsoui. By the opening of this pyramid, and the disco. very of human bones within the sarcophagus bu. vied in the central chamber (which were wanting in that found in the first pyramid), the question as to the original design of those stupendous fabric. is, we should suppose. completely set at rest. It is quite certain, es M. Prow has observed, that if they were iutended fur gnomons or suss-dials, as some have thought, the authors of them, had they studied how to make a bad sun-dial, could not well have contrived • worse than a pyramid ;_ a stile of this form, placed in the latitude Of Lower Egypt, must, fee a great part of the year, and the greater port of the day, devour its own sh a dow, which. falling on its side and within its bur, would consequeittly be useless. As little pro bability is there that they were intended to fix a permanent meridian, or to ascertain if the poles of the earth dialoged their place. As well might some future entiquerian of a new race of people conjecture, from observing the four sides of our church steeples to face the four cardinal points of the compass. that they hail been built under the direction of mathematicians and astronomer'', and that the whole nation was therefore particularly addicted to those sciences. It ought heppeu with regard to the builders of the pyramids, as with Eu ropean churches, that some rupersiitsous notions. connected with the emit arid the rising sun may hare determined the position of their faces, b at that this position had any connexion with science is a modern conjecture which has served at least to exercise the ingenuity of the learned. If any reasonable doubt could ever have freest entertained of the it rat iginal pur pose. we think there are now sufficient grounds to pro. nounce them the mere monuments of posthumous vanity; a more civilized and artificial modification of the rude tumulus or cairn, to preserve iu security, or perhaps to mark the spot where the remains ul some despot have been deposited, for which purpose they were prepared in his lifetime. or may have been raised to the memory of some favourite chief. after his death, by his faithful followers. The history of the pyramids of Egypt, obscure as it is. is in favour of the former supposition. The exterior dinar), care that was taken its the preservation of the body after death from violence and corruption, was quite consistent with the opinion of the Egyptian, that the soul neverdeserted the body while the latt e r continued in a perfect state. To secure this ultimo, Cheops is raid to have employed three hundred and sixty thousand of his subjects for twenty y ears In raising over the " angusta donts." destined to hold his remains, a pile of stone equal in weight to six millions of tons, winch is just three limes that which the vast Breakwater, thrown across Plymouth Sound, will be when completed ; and to render his precious dust still more secure. the narrow cham ber was made accessible only by small intricate passages, obstructed by stones of an enormous weight, and so carefully closed externally as not to be perceptible. Yet how vain are all the pre cautions of man ! Not a bone was left of Cheops, either in the stone coffin or in the vault. whets Shaw entered the gloomy chamber; a circumstance which led him to conclude, hastily enough, that the pyre mid. were uever intended for sepulchral monu ments; and the learned Bryant, halting settled them to be temples consecrated to the Deity, had uo diffi culty in transforming the sarcophagus into u water trough, to hold the sacred element drawn up horn the Nile—a conception about as felicitous as that which would have converted the supposed sarcophagus of Alexander into a bathing-tab ; a proof of which was in the Wes in the bottom to let out the water ! Belzoni however has gone far to prove that Stra* and Diodorus Siculus knew better, and that these ancient authors had good grounds for insetting the Egyptian pyramids to be sepulcural nionuments. The discovery now made of the Saracens having opeued the second pyramid is, we believe, perfectly new. We do not suppose that Mr. Belzoni is a man of much education or deep science; but he cer tainly possesses considerable talent fur research, and unwearied perseverance; the very requisites which are calculated to explore and bring to light the hidden treasures of antiquity. From the exertions of such a man, the British Museum is likely to be come the first repository in the world for Euption art and antiquities ; and we trust that every possi ble encoursgenient will be given to those exertions by rewarding him liberally liar what he has done, and by promises of future rewards proportioued to • derodelve, kb. ii. the value of his discoresier; for if we sae ►ightly informed he is not in circumstances to iticur ex pense without the chance of remuneration. WA LPO LE'S 111 EM 0I RA ON TURKEY. The religion of the Mainiots is that of the Greet church, with all its mummery. The most pleas ing feature in their character was their domestic intercourse with the other sex. The women were 'wither secluded nor enslaved, and constqueutly neither corrupted Aim. ignorant. They parotid( io the matnegement of their families and the rcluvaiti 4444 of their children. In►tances of conjugal roti.letity we►e extremely rare. which, indeed, is not touch to be wondered at, considering the utacisier in abich the Bret advances may chance to be received.— The German Pliemius of a certain cipitano, an accomplished lyrist, who scraped a three string rebeck, having offended a pretty woman in the neighbourhood, by some itoliscreet proposal•. she drew a pistol and shot bites dead on the spot. Indeed the Mention lathes are altogether most for midable personages. Not content with •• love's artillery," which Mr. Morritt describes as being by no means of an inefficient description, they were seen by him slinging stones and bullets at a mark, with great expertness. Mr. Moffitt describes an interesting visit to Zs itetachi Latuphari, • capitano of consideration, and his niece Helena, a young widow and • wealthy eapit•uesse. At an audience with which she honoured our travellers, this lady wore a light blue shawl-gown embroidered with gold, a sass► loosely tied round her waist, and a short vest, without sleeves, of embroidered crimson velvet ; over these was • dark velvet Poloilete mantle, with wide and open sleeves, richly embroidered. On her head was a green velvet cap, also embroidered with gold. A white and gold muslin shoal fixed ou th• right shoulder, and pissed across her bosom under the left arm. Boated over the coronet and bung to the ground behind her. Her DIXIE'S dress was still more mag urficent. Mr. Morritt was informed, that in case of tiectrisity. the Mainiuts can bring li,ooo meta into the field. Dr. Sibthorp observes, that caprifiestion is still radioed. We should ha -e been glad to meet with a clear explanation of the principle of this opera. lion. The long debated (oration relating to the trea sures of ancient literature, supposed to be concealed in the libraries of the Seraglio, the Mosque of St. Sophia, and the Colleges of Di/vises at Constan tinople, lies at length been settled by the researches of Dr. Hunt and the late Professor Carlyle; and the result of their inquiries is, that "in stone of those riot collections is there a single classical f e sgsu ro t of a Greek or Latin author, either original or translated. The volumes were in Ara. hic, Persian, or Turkish; and of all of them Mr. Carlyle took exact catalogue.." Surely thii.is too sweeping a sentence. It was not possible for these gentlemen, without an examination of the books themselves, to ascertain that they contained no translated fragments of a classical author. We thick it, on the contrary, very probable, that some of the Arabic MSS. may contains portions of Aris. toile or Galen, or of later Greek writers. It or pears from Professor Carlyle's description, that the !emery of the seraglio is built in the form of a Greek crop, and is not more than twelve yard* in length from the extremity of one arm to that of the other. It contains 1,29 t MSS., mostly Arabic, with a few of the beat Turkish writer.. The Professor must have made good use of his time, for during isle shout stay in the seraglio t , he is certain that there was not one volume which he did not sepa rately examine I but. he woe prevented by the jealousy of the animist's, who incornpauied him, from tusk ing out a detailed catalogue of the whole I" and, indeed, if the moulalis had been out of the way, it would have required a quick eye, and the pen of a ready writer, to make out u catalogue ef 1,294 orie vital MSS. in two or three hours. He obtained, however, a catalogue of the library of the patriarchs of Jerusalem, the largest in the empire, and even got pet sithition to carry a few of the most valuable to England. These, together with is large roller. Lion of Arabic MSS., were transmitted, we believe, to this country, and deposited in the archiepiscopal library at Lambeth, by the munificence if the present primate. We are, however, not quite certaiu whether llr. Carlyle d d not mieusiderstand the per mission whirl. he hail obteintil front the Patriarch of Jerusalem ; for we hate heard it repotted, that this venerable dignitaty of the Greek Church has re claimed his valu.eble MSS. And it appears from expression in one of Dr. Hunt's papers, that the volumes ware only lent. " The Patriarch behaved to us with the utmost liberality, not only sending fine of his chaplains to assist us to making a catalogue of the l►brary, but allowing us to take any of the manii%ciipts we might wi►h to send to England for the purpose of being examined mad oollaied. Such as we thought jute resting or curious were forwarded to Lohdou along with those pros ured from the Priuce's islands; and they are now iu the archiepiscopal library at Lambeth I" On Thursday last JAMYS Borrow. Eoci. was sworn into die office of Alderman. or Chief Magi. strate of Bury Sr. Edmunds for the sear ensuiug; also ORBILL RAT OMITS, Esq. into the office of Corontr; and Sir T. G. Cum.ou. Bart. Jamva OAKES, THOS. COCISEDGR, CHaa. BLOMFIELD, PHILIP hams CAME, mid Tuos. CLAY, &qrs. as Assisieria Justices. On this occasion the slew Alder man gave, us usual. a handsome dinner at the Guildhall (served by Mr. BOLDER°, of the Angel Imi). consisting of every delicacy of the serum, at which were present his Grace the Doke of Gaarrou, the Members for the Borough (Lord Eurrot and Colonel Urrox). and several of the County Magistrates. together with the Members of the Corporation. the Clergy, and many other re spectable inhabitants of the town and neighbour hood, to the number of steady 150. Sever"! es. celleut songs mid duets were sung. and the Alder man who presided introduced the usual loyal, popular, and local toasts. amongst which were the health. of the most distinguished of the party, also returned their acknowledgments for the compli meat pied them. lATELLiCINCE. ionitwourn, orrostrn 6. Arrived the Jelin transport from Ceylon, Cape of Hope and St. Helena ; saikd *6th Apo% ISt h July, sod 1714 Animal ; spoke the Sappho, from Bombay, uff St. Helena, and may be expected here iu a few days ; spoke 14111 Sri,- tember the Seaforoh, from Buabay far Liverpool, in lat. 23. N. long. 36. W. The &gunk fell in with a small ship is Int. IC that hoisted English, colours; on the Seaforlh laying-to, the ship hoisted Spanish colours, and again shift ed them for another flag. The Ship Glad srver.il shot, and if l4 Irr boat not to hoard the Seaforth, but the Capts - a threatening to resist, the ship bore away. Lao at St He lms the Conqueror, Itaeoun, Musinitn, Podvgus , Iteilp.ii., and the David !ran-port. 'thy C.iplain .4 the Redpule ,h• at eee, and Captain C% I..Ce tale Flag.t.ientNnw) was appointed to ii-r. Al,O an iv. d the gallint Gustaf Mo. demar, from for CB.IIE, wit Id days, color . ill to repair, having been sliu,k nob yi . .terday, Portland, in a heavy shoat, and shivered her us tinntasi. IL\'7l OLTH, OCTUBEIL 5. Came in she Ellen. and Glace, llynooml, from Galloway to totoloo. out tweutymne (levy in *um of proirmi ~,, a; ami Hope, Williams, from Newport so the Gulf of Veuice, uut eight day., damaged in her rigging. - Fwvrria . saerehMit reads, bolitid outwards, have hero spoken with by the pilots off this port, and it is exptetrd they will fetch VALBOUTR, OCTOBER 4. Arrived the Monts:lie patties, with mails from Nils York ; sailed Bth, sod from Halifax 16th September. Ako arrived • Danish ship of war, from Copeuliagso, to the West Indica. DEAL, nctoitit. 6. • Arrived and sailed fir the River, the General Werrir, Prom China, Sze.; Genet-Al Rltiott, Trent, from Quebec; Sa. lua, —; 33 days reran Richmond, Gift down horn the River the Mary, Barnard, for lamal. ea; Heart of Oak, Kra I, for Limbo, n ; Criterion, Avery, fur New York Wirer, rue Jamaica; Indust. y, K nc, fur the South Seas; Swallow, Ford, fur Newfoundland: 11. e whole Onsain wills the outward-bound, as before, eleept the Swallow, which vessel hay sailed. tilE LATE ACCIDENT AT iltorriNovm. Erma Ts. NettingAan Review of Oct. 2.] The property deposited in the warehouses, whoa die Isla dreadful accideut happened, consisted of oil, vitriol, paper. groceriee, cotton, •L4l, and several thusisand enstris of corn, some hundreds of which had only Lem deposited there last Saturday: many Of these articles were entirety de stroyed, and the remainder so injured as to he compa ratively of little value. Sonic parts of the mass of runs wen ast fires and two firesagines were speedily bringlit dusts, and by their powerful Bracy extingnistird the Inuses. Mr. ll'ilkes's and Mr. „Hussell'a houses within .the wally, Raft red most sever, ty ; the roofs wire usual injured, the casements tilos n out, and so.t a pane of glass is left entire in either house. Mr. Wilkes was for tunately from home un a joerney ; Mrs. Wilkes was thrown with great violence from. table to the other aide of the house, and the furniture has sustained considerable defamer ; the carpets, enrtatath hc. were t le ribbands. But the dr. 8401 effects of this catastrophe are by na meats misifined to the premises. Most of the buildings on the whsi fs along its email ate partially unroofed, and swore nr les iujured. lit the owl) west direction, Mr. Thomas Ather4une's (tre llises's and prrmises hare suffered must severely In the win dows., roofs, mot furniture. Mr. Pyatt's house is Canal. street, as well as Miss Barnsdall'o, were maids injured, the doors sera off, the casemate blown out, the roofs damaged, Ike. A view of the immediate aeighbourbood of the altar( le trnly diatieraing. There is scarcely a house that has escaped some trace of the desisting shock ; and the windows. which are now boarded up instead of being glazed, give the houses a very peculiar appearance. Canal-street, Navigatissa row, IPisiklii I Ist reel, Cherterfield-sti err, Broad-snardi, Turn. ealialky, and Drury-hith here suffered more thou other places ; but the di caseation reached the castle, where many panes were broken, as well as fisaudard-hill, whew the mansion of Daniel and Samuel Freeth, Emirs. as well as the Infiratery, bear evident !nuke of the viol ace of the concussion. Many panes of glass were broken is St, Nicholas's church, at the back and front of the boner* in Castle. gate, and even in the Mai kel-plaee, not only o I the Ex change, but also en the Lowg-row. The shock was so via. lent in she shop of Mr. linen, surgeon, Bridlesmith.gatp, as to 'blow down and break some of his battles; slid pains of glom were forced out bulb at Wilford and at Saabs°. CORN EXCHANGE, OCTOBER 7. We hare had bat A w fmh arrivals lime, !Woodsy; hot there was plenty left over for thit demand; the few riles made both in Wheat and Oats were at Monday'• pc weft ; Barhy was vet) , dull. lu l'esse and Bran there is us 'the rmion. LAw.—Sittings in sod after Mi , haelmss Terrr, !atm, before the Hight lion. Sir VICARY GIBIP`• Knight, Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Coat of Common Pleas:— • II MIN. ir DM. UFt Tuesday Nov. la Mouthy ..16 Muuday 23 LOlBOll. Wednesday Nue 11 Tateday . .. ..... . 17 Tusn:ay '4 ♦TTER . TERN, - Monday Nut. 30 TuesTiiy • . Dee. I Wednesday seuilight, about three o'clock in the afternoon, the town of Douglas, Isle of Man, soil its immediate neighbourhood, were visited by on, or the heaviest storms of rain and hail ever remem bered, accompanied by thunder and lightning, emit most furious gusts of wind from the south-ra.t. It continued fur nearly an hour, during which time the town was completely inundated. PRICE OF STOOLS YESTERDAY. 3 per Ct. Cons... 73M I Ex. Bill.. 2 .22 20 r. 5 peret. N. An 1031 Lottery Tickets 10.18.. Imp. 3 per Ct. A itn..74 I (Thulium ..31 2 1 1 3du . Indio 800d5..90 92 pr. I Coos. for Ac. BIRTHS. 0 . 301 b ull:llteLady of the Gorerour of Alderney, of a sun. ON Friday last, in Finsbury-square, the Lady of Aaron Asher Guldsmisl, of a sou. At the Palace, in Bangor. oa the 2hl alt. tie Major Hewett, Assistaiii-Adjutaat-Gencral, and yolovst daughter of the Lord Bishop of that Diocese, of a suo ■nd heir. On the 6th instant. at Blithe House, Brook Green, the Lady of the Suliettor.General. of a daughter. On the 6lb March last, at Poiut.de-tialle, Isle of CyOw. the Lady of Heury O'Shea, by of Ike Itith Regiment all lafaatry, of a daughter. Last week, at Raventborpe, in Wortbanspionsbire, Mos Hart, the wife of a reapertaide farmer and grazier, of 'thee Ana (senate hirsute, all of whom, walk Ilse mother, are likril w do well. DEATH. At Btoekold Park, near Wetiterby, Marntattuke, second Don of Peter Middleton, Esq. _ 111011 WATER THIS DAV AT LONDON RHONA:. Menial 44 mile► S. J Eratifig 43 alter P. LONDON : Drioded sad Publisbed at die Ogee, No. IN, &read ; pine Advertisements ars received. sad Leila' iciajosiel) moo be addressed.—C. MOTH, Nu . 1, t's Ins, Primmer.-4 wurrr, No It?, Seroi Publisher.