The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-30 00:00:00

2H.E PRINCE'S VISIT TO CANADA. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) HER MAJESTY'S SHIP FLYING-FISH, OFF QUEBEC, AUG. 18. The real visit to America may be said to date from this day, for, with all their hearty loyalty and all their intensity of welcome and devotion, the provinces throughtwhich the Prince has just passed are but the outworks of the mighty colonial empire he has yet to traverse. The real progress, there fore, may be said to, begin to-day, and, if the future may be judged by - the past, the reception accorded to her Majesty's eldest son, not alone in Canada but in the United States, is likely to be such as has never yet been offered spontaneously to the greatest monarch of modern times. At Prince Edward Island, poor and small in proportion as it is in com parison to the other provinces, far more was done than could ever have been expected. Before the ball, which took place there on the night of the 10th, his Royal Highness reviewed the Volunteers, and in all relating to equipment and discipline their appearance would have done credit to any colony in her Majesty's dominions. After this military dis play every one made up their minds for the fete of the evening, which, if all I hear is true, must have been anxiously looked forward to since Christmas last. The ball, at Charlottetown was, in its way, therefore, a very gay affair. Of course it was very crowded, and not many could get in, or, being in get out; but people like being crowded at a ball, especially when dancing is not their forte, and thus even the most critical at Charlottetown could not detect whether the bewildered individuals pushing here and there were really involved in the mazes of a quadrille or only trying to gain the door. The Prince was there, too, laughing and dancing as much as arty, and the Governor, Mr. Dundas, second only to the Prince in popularity, was equally gay, and equally complicated in the crowd. So the whole thing was voted a decided suc cess, everybody enjoyed themselves, and " the festivities were prolonged to an advanced hour." Saturday, the 11th, was a quiet day—that is, the Prince only received visitors and embarked in state on board the Hero, which, with the Ariadne, Cossack, and Flying-Fish, and the French 42-gun I frigate Pomone, were all dressed in colours and had yards manned. This made a good spectacle of the departure, and the crowds of people lining the shores finished the effect, and made the whole cere mony one of considerable state and eclat, in spite of the rain, whifsh had been dropping all the morning, and which the thunder of the guns brought down at last with drenching vehemence. At 2 p.m. the signal was made to weigh anchor, and in half an hour afterwards the squadron was steaming quickly down the river, with light winds, thick, rainy weather, a little cross sea, and a decided prospect of each and all getting worse as the night drew on. The course was across some dangerous shoals between Prince Edward Island and the mainland, where the channel for large ships is narrow and intricate, and where, on that night at least, there was but little prospect of getting sight of any bearings by which the squadron coald judge of its whereabouts. For tunately the rain kept down the wind, as, indeed, it seemed capable of keeping down anything ; for except on occasions of great public festivals and out door rejoicings in. England I never before saw any thing like its density. It was a wretched night, and by 10 o'clock the vessels were slowly creeping in, sounding their way with the lead lines, as they ad vanced, and hoisting groups of lights at the main yard whenever any was fortunate enough to find some water deeper than the rest. Thus moving, stopping, sounding and signalling, the vessels crept slowly on past the Escumenar light and Mirimichi Bay till daylight broke, when the open sea was gained at last. Sunday was at first as bad as Saturday in point of weather till the evening, when the breeze fell and the rain ceased as the ships steamed in towards Gaspe Point. To see the bold magnificence of the coast to the best advantage, all the squadron stood into the narrow channel be tween Bonaventure Island and Cape Gaspe, where the huge cliffs of steep red sandstone, lit up by the setting sun, seemed like mountains of fire, in which the dark shadows caused by rents and chasms stood out with a black distinctness that was almost ter. rible. Just beyond Cape Gaspe is an insulated mass of fiery sandstone, known by the name of the Perce Mock. It is caverned into a heap of rents and holes, some of which penetrate its entire mass, and allow a :faint daylight to peer through it, showing like spots of dirty chalk upon its straight blood-coloured sides. 'The Hero ran close to this to enable his Royal High ness to see its rough magnificence at the best, and passing across Mud Bay stood straight for Gaspe harbour. It was night again, however, before this was gained, and as the last rays of the sun were overpowered by darkness the Auroraßorealis seemed suddenly to spring into light and life in the sky, and kept playing across every part of the heavens, as if the active principle of the light which had just de parted was rejoicing over its release from work. Sometimes it would entirely vanish with a sudden blink, as if the illumination was blown out, and then come faintly streaking down the sky in thin, lambent, pencilled veins, which spread out in sudden shoots, now brightening, now fading, till the whole lit up in one vivid blaze, and died out to reappear again in another direction. The squadron reached Gaspe Bay soon after dark and anchored for the night alongside the Victoria and the Lady Head steamers, which had come down with the Governor of Canada and the chief members of the Colonial Government to meet his Royal Highness. Early in the morn ing of the 13th, after a visit had been duly paid to the Hero by the chief Government officials, the squadron was signaled to get under way and fol low the Hero into the inner harbour of Gaspe. The whole coast line of the North American provinces abounds with natural and almost landlocked har bours, many of which are superior in size and security and depth of water to the most vaunted harbours of Great Britain. Milford Haven, Queenstown, Bantry Bay, or Plymouth are below any standard of comparison with those magnificent refuges ; and Gaspe, though far from one of the 'hest, is still immeasurably better than the best of ours. A long chain of richly-wooded undulating hills encloses it on three sides, and its broad capa cious mouth, some five miles wide, has a natural breakwater across half its extent in the shape of a sandbank, which, stretching out in a sharp curve, stops the angry water from passing into the inner harbour. The Hero, followed by the Ariadne, Flying-Fish, Victoria, and Lady Head, steamed up this basin till the little town of Gaspe with its stiff-looking white-washed houses, its cleared fields, and regular sharp outlines of small trees, for all the world like the villages children build with a box of Dutch toys, came close in view. There was still the inner harbour of all to enter, and to this the Hero was, of course, to lead. On a high, command ing spit of land a heavy battery commenced firing a Reyal salute as the vessel approached, and the echoes went reverberating among the hills in a deep, sustained roar, as if the very mountains were shouting to each other in tones of thunder. All this time the Hero, with the Royal standard flying, seemed unaccountably still. The last gun was fired, and the uproar which it called into being waxed fainter and fainter, till it ceased gently in a hoarse murmur, the shadow of its for mer self, and still the Hero continued quiet and motionless as a rock. At last a cloud of little sig nals were hoisted with the Ariadne's pennants, and went down again before a landsman could well count their number. But, quick as they went up and down, they _ had been read by the squadron, and it was "Hands up—stream cables !" for the Hero was ashore. in trying to enter the inner harbour she had taken the ground on a l ow s pit o f shoal, and there she remained hard and fast. In a few minutes the Ariadne went ahead, and, skimming round the bay with a speed whi c h no ocean-going frigate has ever yet surpassed, turned in her own length and backed in, stern foremost, to assist the flag-ship. The manoeuvre was beautifully execute d , though quite in vain, for where the Hero ge t s aground there is not much water for the Ariad ne. She, too, touched the shoal as ith her stern, 'but of course went off again, and got out her boats at once with all hawsers to tow. The Commodore then sig nalled the Flying-fish to close, and in a minute or so afterwards that pretty little sloop was brought under the stern of the Hero with such skill and ease rilE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1860. that, though the vessels actually touched, the dis tance was calculated with such minute care and nicety that, as sailors say, the two ships would scarcely have broken an egg between them. In a very few words Commodore Seymour gave his in structions, and in a very few minutes Commander Hope carried them out, taking she Hero's stream cable through the stern port, and dropping it with a bower anchor in the very spot where it was ne cessary to haul on. Simply as this may be said in words, it was, on the whole, a difficult thing to do properly ; but the Flying-fish did it, and did it well, too. Hauling upon this, and steaming full power astern till the water was in a foam, the Hero made a desperate effort to clear herself, but all in vain. Nothing moved her, and there seemed at one time a strong probability that she would have to run her guns aft, if not to lower them into the Flying-fish entirely, before she floated. During this interval of time a number of gaily-dressed boats had come out from Gaspe town, and, quite unaware of the untoward circumstances of the case, collected in a crowd under the Hero's bows, their crews cheering and waving handker chiefs as if his Royal Highness had purposely gone ashore to receive their ovations at his ease. At his ease, indeed, the Prince certainly seemed to be, sky larking about the quarter deck of the Hero with the younger officers with as much good humour and sang froid as if he visited Gaspe every day in the year, and was rather in the habit than otherwise of getting ashore in a line-of-battle ship. At last, after an hour or more had been spent in useless attempts to move the Hero off, the Ariadne passed two haw sers out astern, and taking the flagship in tow, pulled her out of her difficulties bodily and set her afloat once more in deep water. The set of the tide while waiting for high water to enter the inner harbour had taken her ashore in the only shoal place in the harbour. That it was not due to the want of careful pilotage may be judged from the fact that Captain Oreibar was in charge of her, and this officer, with the late Captain (now Admiral) Bayfield, has been for the last 30 years engaged in making the Admiralty survey of the whole coast line of the provinces, from Nova Scotia to Labrador. As may, however, easily be guessed, no more at tempts were made to enter the inner harbour, and as soon as the Hero had recovered herself, recalled her boats, and in a manner resettled her plumage, the signal was hoisted, " prepare to weigh." In 10 minutes afterwards the squadron was steaming down the bay as fast as they could run, for a huge Atlantic fog bank, dense as a shoal, came pouring in, and safe as the harbour is at all times, it was not thought quite advisable to keep largo ships tacking about in it in fog which was quite of the colour and almost of the consistency of butter. All therefore made haste to get out at once, the Hero leading round Cape Gaspe—a tremendous headland of limestone rock, gray and solemn looking, with its massive brow furrowed into deep chasms, like wrinkles, by the action of the elements upon it for ages past. The Flying-fish was afforded rather a close opportunity of studying this awful rock, for in the fog the Ariadne suddenly made her appearance close astern, and compelling the Flying-fish to turn almost into the rock to avoid a still more dangerous collision. Outside the har bour the fog was, if possible, even more dense than before, and in half an hour the ships were any where but together, and all most cautiously feeling their way up the Gulf of St. Lawrence, guided partly by the guns which were fired at intervals by the flag-ship. That night the squadron made very little progress, for with the fog was its most dis agreeable accompaniment—a heavy deep fog swell ; so that, on the whole, the weather was decidedly un pleasant. On the 14th it cleared a little, and the ships went ahead fast—so fast, indeed, that the Flying-fish was soon making a long stern chase of it, and though her heavy guns were breught aft, and all other nautical devices adopted to increase her speed, she continued dropping astern till she would have been left behind altogether had not the Commodore signalled the Ariadne to take her in tow. To a frigate of such speed and power as the Ariadne it makes very little difference whether she has a line-of-battle ship in tow or only a sloop like the Flying-fish. On the voyage out, when the Hero fell short of coal, the Ariadne not only took her in tow for a couple of days, but towed her at the rate of nearly 10 knots an hour. With the Flying-fish, however, she was less suc cessful. Scarcely had she got her well under way before the bearings of some parts of her engines heated to such an extent that the white metal ran out, and the Ariadne came to a dead standstill in a minute. There was nothing for it therefore but to leave her to beat up under sail till she could repair the accident, while the Flying-fish pressed on full power to rejoin the Hero—an effort which took her the whole night to accomplish, and which she never would have accomplished at all if the flag-ship had not slackened speed as she neared the mouth of that most awful-looking of all rivers, the Saguenay, up which it was intended the squadron should steam. The Saguenay is only some 120 miles dis tant from Quebec ; but, as the river is of its kind the most extraordinary in the whole world, it was arranged that the Prince should spend at least two days in fishing and boating between the tremen dous cliffs which hem it in on every side. While the Hero was preparing to enter the river the Ariadne rejoined the squadron. She had repaired the damage to her engines by 9 o'clock on the pre vious night, and had steamed up a distance of 122 knots in 11 hours. All the vessels were preparing to enter the mouth of the river when the Hero got ashore again on a very little shoal, but one on which she managed to get ashore, and pretty firmly too. The water round the entrance to the Saguenay is deep enough for any line-of-battle ship that ever floated, except in one small spot called the Four-fathom Patch, the only spot in the whole bay where she could take Old ground, and on this the pilot contrived to run her rather hard. The buoys which indicated the presence of this danger had shifted considerably— so considerably, in fact, that it is said the pilot should have seen at once by their bearings that they were not where they ought to have been. He was thought at the time he was engaged to be one of the best pilots for the St. Lawrence, but it would seem that he had never taken a large ship across the stream from Riviere de Loup to the Saguenay. This fact, coupled withthe nervousness arising from having such a ship in charge, may account for his getting her ashore ; but, whatever the cause, it is pretty clear that he managed to ground her on a rather rocky bottom, and one on which the Hero could hardly have got off without some damage. The amount of injury she may have sustained, how ever, is a mere on dit. It is not likely to be much, and the only fact which admitted of no doubt what ever was that the Hero was again ashore. As the tide was falling fast there seemed to be very little probability of her being got off for some hours. The Ariadne was preparing to pull her off again, or pull her in half, and the Hero was beginning to get her guns aft, when suddenly, to the astonishment of all, she moved a little, then bumped a little, then moved a little more as the sweep of the tide pushed her, and at last, as she went full power astern with her screw, she worked clear off the shoal, and was once more quietly afloat. This made an end at once of the change of the squadron going up the Sague nay, so the Prince and his suit disembarked and went on board the Governor's steamer, which had followed them from Gaspe, and this the first day's tour was made up the wildest river in the world. The day was about as wretched and unfavourable as could possibly have happened for any other trip. The wind was high and rushing in fierce sharp squalls which drove the rain like small shot in your face. Gloomy black clouds rested on the mountains and seemed to double their height, pouring over the ragged cliff's in a stream of mist, till, lifting sud denly with the gusts of wind, they allowed short glimpses into what may almost be called the terrors of the Saguenay scenery. It is on such a day above all others, that the savage wildness and gloom of this extraordinary river is seen to the greatest ad vantage. Sunlight and clear skies are out of place over its black waters ; anything which recals the life and smile of nature is not in unison with its huge naked cliffs, r a w , co ld, an d s il en t as t om b s . A n Italian spring could effect no change in its deadly rugged aspect, nor d oes w i n t er ad an iota to its iraolumfal desolation. It is a river which one should see if only to know what dreadful aspects nature can assume in her wild moods. Once seen, however, few will care to visit it again, for it is with a sense of relief that you emerge from its sullen gloom, and look back upon it as a kind of vault—Nature's sar cophagus, where life or sound has never entered. Compared to it the Dead Sea is a blooming garden, and the wildest ravines look cosey and smiling. It is wild without the least variety, and grand appa rently in spite of itself, while so utter is the solitude, so dreary and monotonous the frown of its great black walls of rock, that the tourist is sure to get impatient with its sullen reserve till he feels a posi tive antipathy to its very name. Some six miles above it is the little town, or, as in England we should call it, village of Tadousiac. It is more than 300 years since Jacques Cartier, the discoverer of Canada, the adventurer who, through his misinter pretation of the Indian word " welcome," gave the present name to the country, landed here. It was almost his first real resting-place, and the first men tion which we have of the Saguenay is one which now well befits its savage aspect, for Cartier sent a boat and crew to explore its rocky chasm, which were never more heard of. From that day to this the river has had a name which, allowing for the difference of times and creeds, only the Styx can equal. At the mouth of the Saguenay the water varies in depth from 10 to 16 fathoms, but once between the walls of the river and the depth from end to end is never less than 100 fathoms, generally 150. On either side, at a distance of about a mile apart, the cliffs rise up thin, black, and straight, varying in perpendicular height from 1,200 to 1,600 feet, and this is the character of the river Saguenay from its I mouth to its source. On the right bank the cliffs are poorly mantled here and there with stunted pines, but on the left there is scarcely a sign of life or verdure, and the granite rocks stick up white and bleached in the gloomy air like the bones of an old world. At two places, St. Maguerite and be tween Capes Trinity and Eternity, where smaller tributaries pour their contributions into the deep, black stream, a breach occurs in the wall of rocks, as if some giant hand had torn them forcibly back, and left them strewn and baffled of their power in uncouth lumps over the valleys beyond. But these are the only openings, the only means of escape, if they may be so called, from the silent gloom of this dead river. The Saguenay seems to want painting—wants blowing up, or draining— anything, in short, to alter its morose, eternal, quiet awe. Talk of Lethe or the Styx, they must have been purling brooks compared with this savage river, and a picnic on the banks of either would be preferable to one on the Saguenay! On the occa sion of the Prince's first visit, on the 15th, the mist and rain hid half its gloom, but enough was seen, and they returned to the Hero at about 5 o'clock wet and dull. There was rather a State dinner on board the flagship that evening, and the Prince, having to be up early the next morning, retired at 12. Before turning in he made a bet with one of the officers of the ship that he would be up before four o'clock next morning—a bet, too, which he won, though tired with the fatigue of the previous day. He overslept himself so far that he had barely time to make his appearance on the quarterdeck of the Hero in a hurried and Very imperfect toilette before eight bells (four o'clock) was sounded. Before six a.m. he was again on board the Governor's steamer and away up the Saguenay to fish. Before he left, Captain Hope, of the Flying-fish, had received orders to get up steam and take all the officers of the squadron on an excursion up the river. Of course, everybody wished to go, and, as the day was bright and glorious, everybody that could come came. The Flying-fish has the honour of being the first man-of-war that ever passed up the Saguenay, and if they send the whole navy of Eng land I am sure a merrier party will never enter its waters than steamed up on that occasion . Even the Saguenay could not depress their spirits, and if that is not a proof of the zest with which all entered into the day's enjoyment it would be hard to say what is. From St. Marguerite the smart little sloop steamed on to where the wild scenery of the river culminates at a little inlet on the right bank between Capes Trinity and Eternity. Than these two dreadful headlands nothing can be imagined more grand or more impressive. For one brief moment the rugged character of the river is partly softened, and, looking back into the deep valley between the capes, the land has an aspect of life and wild luxuriance which, though not rich, at least seems no comparison with the previous awful barrenness. Cape Trinity on the side towards the landward opening is pretty thickly clothed with fir and birch mingled together in a colour contrast which is beautiful enough, especially when the rocks show out among them, with their little cas cades and waterfalls like strips of silver shining in the sun. But Cape Eternity, which well becomes its name, is the very reverse of all this, and seems to frown in gloomy indignation on its brother cape for the weakness it betrays in allowing any thing like life or verdure to shield its wild, un couth deformity. Cape Eternity certainly shows no sign of relaxing in this respect from its deep savage grandeur. It is one tremendous cliff of granite, more than 1,500 feet high, and inclining forward some 200 feet, brow-beating all beneath it, and making as if at any moment it would fall and over whelm the deep black stream which flows down so cold and motionless below. High up on its rough gray brows a few stunted pines show like bristles their scathed white arms,giving an awful weird aspect to the mass, blanched here and there by the tempests of ages, stained and discoloured by little waterfalls, in blotchy and decaying spots, but all speaking mutely of a long-gone time when the Saguenay was old, silent, and gloomy, before England was known, or the name of Christianity understood. Unlike Niagara and all other of Cod's great works in nature, you do not wish for silence or solitude here. Com panionship become doubly necessary in an awful solitude like this, and, though you involuntarily talk in subdued tones, still talk you must, if only to relieve your mind of the feeling of loneliness and desolation which seems to weigh on all who ven ture up the Saguenay. The Flying-fish passed under this cape slowly, with her yards almost touching the rock, though with more than a thousand feet of water under her, and even the middies and youngsters from the squadron were awed by the scene into a temporary quietness. The solemn and almost forbidding silence at last became too much. The party had not come out to be overawed, chilled, and subdued by rocks, however tremendous, so it was carried nem. con. that, dead and stoney as they were, they must have echoes, and the time was come to wake them. In a minute after, and Captain Hope having good-naturedly given his consent, one of the largest 68-pounders was cast loose and trained aft to face the cliff. From under its overhanging mass the Flying-fish was moved with care lest any loose crag should be sufficiently disturbed by the concussion to come down bodily upon her decks. A safe distance thus gained, the gun was fired. None who wefe in the Flying Fish that day will ever forget its sound. For the space of a quarter of a minute after the discharge there was a dead silence, and then, as if the report and concussion were hurled back down upon the decks, the echoes came in crash on crash. It seemed as if the rocks and crags had all sprung into life under the tremendous din and as if each was firing 68- pounders full upon us, in sharp crushing volleys, till at last they grew hoarser in their anger, and retreated, bellowing slowly, carrying the tale of invaded solitude from hill to hill, till all the dis tant mountains seemed to roar and groan at the in trusion. It was the first time these hideous cliffs had ever been made to speak, and when they did break silence they did it to some purpose. A few miles further on the Flying Fish passed under Statue Point, where, some 1,000 feet above the water a huge rough Gothic arch gives entrance to a cave in which, as yet, the foot of man has never trod. Before the entrance to this black aperture a gigantic rock, like the statue of some Titan, once stood. A few years ago, during the winter, it gave way, and the monstrous figure came crashing down through the ice of the Saguenay, and left bare to view the entrance to the cavern it had guarded perhaps for ages. Beyond this, again, is the Tableau Rock, a sheet of dark-coloured granite, some 600 feet high by 300 wide, as straight and almost as smooth as a mirror. After passing this the interest in the scenery de. elined, so the Flying Fish turned round and made the best of her way down the river at full speed. Passing St. Marguerite the Prince was still busy with his fishing, and a Royal salute was fired, the echoes of which, I believe, are still wandering in search of rest to this very hour. His Royal Highness returned to the Hero at about nine o'clock. His sport, owing to the fineness of the day, had not been very great, as a few small trout were all the whole party had to boast of. Somebody hooked a large salmon, and gave it to the Prince to land, but Hs attempt was not successful, and the only fish which would have been a trophy broke away. Fishing, however, was not the only sport enjoyed. A number of Indians waited at St. M arguerite with their canoes, and in these the Prince, the Duke of Newcastle, and others of the boldest of his suite embarked and ventured up the rapids which pour down from that tributary into the main stream. Sitting in a canoe is a trifle more difficult than sitting in a Turkish caique, which I hold to be the most uncomfortable means of convey ance ever resorted to. Nobody but an Indian ever liked a canoe, or felt at ease in it. Its bark is so thin that the very ripple of the water may be felt through it as through a blanket, while in ap pearance the effervescence of a bottle of Allsopp, would be more than enough to overset it. In reality, however, they are safe enough as long as one keeps quite still. In one of these the Prince (who, to do him mere justice, knows as little of fear as any man that ever lived) ascended the rapids of St. Marguerite. They were not, of course, equal to the rapids of the St. Lawrence, but up even these his Royal Highness, I think, would venture had he only one of his Oxford crews on whom he could de pend to back him. In common parlance, as he is spoken of on board the Hero, he seems " game to the backbone," and it would be impossible to name any gentleman who is so liked on board his ship as the Prince of Wales. His popularity is not at all the effect of rank, for any one that knows a line-of battle ship's ward and gun-room knows how much mere rank, however high, goes for there. He is liked for his kindness and perfect joviality, and for nothing more, except his " dash" and love of fun. As he came alongside the Hero the ship burnt blue lights, and in an instant, as if in rivalry of their pale bright fires, the Aurora Borealis sprang up into the sky, playing such fantastic tricks of light and colour as shamed all terrestial illumina tions into nothing. The squadron anchored for the night off the mouth of the Saguenay, and at 6 a.m. on the 17th got under way for Quebec. There was rather a fresh breeze and strong tide down the St. Law rence, so that quick progress was not possible, and about 7 o'clock the vessels anchored 20 miles below Quebec, the first, the oldest, and the strongest of all the cities of Canada. The Prince will laud in state to-day between one and two. More than this it is impossible to write, for the mail is coming down the river, and this letter must go on board at once. The preparations and decorations of Quebec will, it is said, be on a grand scale—but it is at Montreal, the real capital of Canada, that they will culminate. Each town seems more wild than the last about the Prince, and in what extravagant de monstrations of loyalty it may not end in it is hard to say. The departure of his Royal Highness from New York is fixed for the 6th October, and this date will, of course, be adhered to. From New York the squadron goes at once to Bermuda, when after a stay of fold days his Royal Highness will return to England, so as to arrive early in No vember. LOSS OF A VESSEL AND DREADFUL SUFFERINGS OF HER CREW, A good deal of excitement was caused in North Shields on Monday by the arrival of Mr. W. Arm strong, late chief mate of the barque Kitty, of Newcastle, belonging to Mr. Brooks ) of Wallsend, it having been supposed, for many months past, that the vessel and the whole of the crew had been lost. The following is the report of Mr, Armstrong: —The ship left London on the `zsth June,lBs9, with a general cargo belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company, and bound for York Factory, in Hudson's Bay. All went well until the 12th August, when they entered Hudson's Straits. At 8 p.m. they passed Cape Resolution, with strong breezes from the south-east, and very hazy weather. At 11 p.m. got into the ice, from which they were never extri cated until they lost the ship. On the 21st August I a little clear water was observed to windward, upon which they got the ship under way with set canvas. In endeavouring to stay the ship she missed stays, and coming astern struck a heavy piece of ice, which broke the rudder and three gudgeons, and started the rudder post. The ship, in consequence, became very leaky; they therefore tried to secure the lower part of the rudder with chains. On the 3d September, at 10 a.m, ther© were strong breezes from N.W., with rain. The ice drifting in all directions, the ship being then fast to a piece of ice, with two ice an chors, a heavy piece of ice struck her on the stern post, and broke the rudder short off. The ship then became so leaky, that the pumps were resorted to, and kept constantly going until the crew were com pelled to abandon her. On Sept. 4, they had light winds from the NNW, with fine weather. In the morning, on going into the hold, the water was heard rushing in the ship aft. They broke the cargo out of the after hold and cut away several parts of the ceiling in endeavouring to discover the leak, but did not succeed in doing so: On the sth, at two a,m., the ship broke adrift from the ice ; they set the main trysail, still keeping the pumps constantly going. At 8 a.m., while haul ing the chain cable on deck to put the ship down by the head, with a view to get at the leak aft, the ship going with her head in for the land, and all fore and aft canvas set, struck a piece of ice for ward and knocked her forefoot off. She in con sequence made a very great deal more water, so much so that the pumps would not suck. The water gaining fast they endeavoured to stop the leak forward, but it was too far below the water mark. They then made preparations to abandon the ship, getting the boats ready with provisions, &c. At noon there were three feet water in the hold, all hands still keeping the pump constantly going. At six p.m. the water increased to 6 feet. At 1030 the boats, with provisions, were put over the ship, the water having risen over the whole beams, and the ship lying on her broadside. On the the 7th the crew landed on Saddle Back Island, and and prepared their boats for sailing up to the York Factory. On Saturday, the 10th, at four p.m., they left Saddle Back Island with two boats—Alexan der Ellis, master, with 10 men, in the long boat, and Mr. Armstrong, with four others, in the skiff. During the forepart of the night it became very thick, with the wind increasing to a strong breeze. Mr. Armstrong hailed the longboat at midnight, advising them not to sail too far off the land, the long-boat having alight with the compass. About an hour afterwards, during a snow-squall, they lost sight of the long boat, and never saw her afterward. On Sunday, the 11th, the sea rose so high that they were obliged to unship the mast, which, with the sail and oars were put overboard to drogue the boat. On the 12th, at noon, the weather being more mo derate, they steered in for the land on the north side of Hudson's Straits, and on the 13th landed about 17 miles south of Saddle Back, on the north side of Hudson's Straits. Mr. Armstrong then made -up his mind to steer for the coast of Labrador. They were picked up by the Esquimaux, at Amitok, on Nov. 5, and on the 9th arrived at the settlement of the Moravian missionaries in a weak and wretched condition, and more or less severely frostbitten. They remained at different stations until May 15. All the provisions they had when they parted with the long boat consisted of 701 b. of bread and 5 pieces of pork. This lasted 53 days, and for the remaining 8 days they had nothing to live on except sea-weed. They had a quadrant and epitome, but could make little use of them. On May 15th, Mr. Armstrong arrived at the Hudson's Bay settlement at Kibokok, where he stayed till the Ist of July. He then went to another station on the North-west River, where he remained till the 10th. Thence he went to Cartwight, in Sandwich Bay, where he found the schooner Lottery, which conveyed him to New- Joundland, from which place he arrived in Shields yesterday morning, much to the surprise of his wife and family, who did not expect to hear of him more. The only person in the long boat, whose name he knows, is Alex. Ellis, the master, who belongs to Shields. In the skiff with him were Benjamin Groom, a Dane ; Martin Monson, a Norwegian,who were left at Okok badly frost-bitten ; the other two, viz., George Stewart, of Greenock, Scotland; and Jacob Markham, of Hamburg, got employment as fishermen, and stayed behind. Mr. Armstrong de sires us warmly and heartily to thank the Moravian missionaries for the exceedingly kind and hospi table treatment which he and his companions in misfortune received at their hands during their long stay in that inhospitable region. He also re quests us to state that neither Abraham nor Okok are marked on the charts, and thinks it very desir able that this should be done immediately for the benefit of any one who may be placed in a similar I position.—Northern Daily Express. THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS. Mr. Edward Wilson reports progress as to the distribution of animals over the surface of the earth : " When, several months since, I addressed you upon this topic we were endeavouring to raise a subscription for the purchase of a small flock of llamas and alpacas just brought here from South America, with the view of presenting them to the colony of Victoria. With some little trouble we succeeded in doing this, getting together from vari ous friends of the colonies about £l,OOO, and land ing 22 of these animals safely in Melbourne. They have since done very well. They have bean there now morn than a year, so as to test the effect of each season. When I last heard of them not one had died since they landed, and their number had in creased from 22 to 30. The wind had meanwhile been completely taken out of our sails as to the honour of the first introduction of this valuable ani mal, by the landing in Sydney of the large herd of about 270, collected and brought over direct from Peru with such wonderful perseverance by Mr. Ledger. But as a secondary experiment, in a diffe rent neighbourhood, and different management, our own little venture is not without its interest. " The next thing we undertook was the salmon, some notice of our experiments with which has already appeared in your columns. Here, again, we raised about £6OO, and sent off in a clipper ship about 30,000 ova, properly impregnated, and with a stream of iced water trickling over them, by which we had every reason to hope the hatching would be retarded till they reached the temperate latitudes. A nursery had been carefully prepared for the young fry upon one of the southern rivers of Tas mania, the nearest approach in latitude and general characteristics to their parent streams, and if esta blished there they can in due course be draughted off to all other suitable rivers. "By the last mail, however, we learnt that our experiment had not been successful. The vessel had a bad passage, the ice ran short at 26 deg. south lat., and, directly after, the ova died. Very great inte rest had meentime been excited in the colonies, and there is no doubt that during the ensuing season the attempt will be repeated." After relating F., failure in inspecting the Mauri tius " gouramier," a fresh-water fish, and success in bringing into the Yarra Yarra the Murray River cod, Mr. Wilson continues:— " The camel, so invaluable for our exploring parties, has been sent for to India, and 24 of these animals, consisting of eight each of the three breeds that money could buy, marched through the streets of Melbourne in the beginning of June, With that number we may considr the camel permanently established among us. The fallow deer and one or two of the more common kinds from India, have long since been successfully introduced, and are now to be found in considerable numbers on the estates of our more opulent settlers. Six fineered deer, presented to Mr. Chirnside by her Majesty, were lent out in the beginning of the year. I understand Trom Mr. You' that the peacock now breeds wild in the bush upon the estates of some of the colonists of Tasmania. " A well known settler, Mr. James Austin, hes lately succeeded in landing between 60 and 70 tridg,es, which may be considered to give every chance of permanent establishment to this bird. He has also landed about 20 wild rabbits and a few hares, I have sent over soma hundreds of skylarks, and the first shipments have arrived. I have also forwarded considerable numbers of the thrush, the blackbird, the goldfinch, the linnet, and the starling, and intend following up with the nightingale, robin, &c. " While this has been going on from this side, the colonists have not been idle. Aviaries, fish ponds, &c., have been prepared upon a large scale in our botanical gardens; adding to the interest of those beautiful grounds, so as to attract visitors to the extent, I see by a recent return, of double the number annually that visit Hampton Court, and nearly as many as visit Kew. The Legislature of Victoria has voted the sum of 1500 to assist us in our efforts; and a public meeting had been held in the Exchange at Melbourne, to urge upon the Go• verntnent to grant the further some of £2,000. " Now, sir, I would venture to ask what results might not be looked for if every colony in her Ma jesty's dominions were to enter into these experi ments with somewhat similar zeal, and if England herself were to do her share in the great work ?" Mr. Wilson advocates the interchange amongst all our colonies of all varieties of animals :—" I am glad to see that an association under very high auspices has been projected to do something in this direction ; but even here there originally seemed a limitation utterly unworthy of the conception, The society originally proposed to introduce new things into Great Britain. BW: I am happy to say that the committee cordially.adopted a proposition that I ventured to make to give the association a more truly national character, to ex.tend the sphere of its operations over the whole area of the British diminions." [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Fills.—Spasms, Flatu lency, Constipation.—So many persons suffer from these diseases that a description of them is unnecessary ; but the recommendation to take Holloway's pills for the cure of disordered digestion will be repaid with gratitude by all who give them a single trial. No medicine will so safely and speedily restore a deranged stomach or torpid liver to order. No other preparation will so effectually and healthily conduct digestion, so that spasms, flatulency, and other torments of dyspepsia cannot, by any possi bility, arise; or, if present, will be soon cured. The power of these pills in removing acidity of the stomach, sick-headache, biliousness, diarrhoea, dysentery,, and de bility, is wonderful. They act as tonics, alteratives, and general regulators of the frame. TBF NETV SHERIFFS OF LONDON AND MIDDLESEX. We extract from the city Press the following biographical notices of Mr. Alderman Abbiss and Mr. Lusk, recently elected to serve the office of Sheriff for 1860-1. MR. ALDERMAN ABBISS Is a " self-made" man, and has attained to his pre sent position by enterprising industry and an un varying course of probity and conciliation in all his transactions of private trade and public duty. He was born on the 3d of June, 1812, near Walls worth, where his parents occupied a farm for many years. He commenced business in Gracechurch street in 1835, and by steady application has at tained his present position of pecuniary competence, and the esteem of his fellow-citizens. After the frauds of Paul and Manini were discovered (in the investigation of which Mr. Abbiss took a very ac tive part), he was chosen chairman of the Board of Guardians of the City of London Union ; and on the resignation of Sir Chapman Marshall, Mr. Abbiss expressed, his willingness to place his ser vices at the disposal of his fellow-citizens, and the unanimous 'vote of the electors at the ensuing Wardmote conferred on him the high dignity of Alderman of the Ward of Bridge. Mr. Abbiss has taken an active interest in the subject of education and mental improvement. Not long since he purchased a building for the benefit of the working classes at Ponder 's-end. This vil lage was without gas, and he bestirred himself, in conjunction with other gentlemen, in establishing gas-works, and had the pleasure of seeing gas burning in Ponder's-end for the first time on the 11th of November last. This is working on the local principle through and through. He has also been a subscriber and active member of the Board of the Asylum for Idiots, at Earlswood, almost from its commencement, and at the last election, on the 26th of April, had the pleasure to see a proposition of his own—viz., " To receive cases for /fie, instead of five years," carried into effect. Those who know Mr. Abbiss will not need to be assured of his ur banity, intelligence, and stern uprightness of heart, but the general public may like to know that these qualities meet in the chosen Sheriff of 1861. MR. ANDREW LUSK. Is also, to use the hackneyed but useful phrase, a "self. made" man, and of the right mental and moral substance for the office which awaits him. Mr. Lusk comes from "'end the Tweed," a farmer's son, with just enough of the Caledonian bleed to give firmness to a character which is thoroughly Eng lish in its geniality and freedom. He has, perhaps, had to fight harder for his way than the majority of successful citizens, and has been thereby the more completely - taught the great lesson of self reliance. The loss of his father at an early age, his friendless condition, and the want of opportunities, were the chief circumstances that opposed him ; but he found friends and made opportunities, and the sequel was success of no common kind. Mr. Lusk, however, is no mere money-taker. Acting on the proverb that the hand of the diligent maketh rich, be also acted on that other proverb, " Seek wisdom," and by indefatigable exertion he stored his mind with kaowledge, and thus became what ho is, an enlightened as well as a prosperous citizen. Commerce early became his sibyl, and called him away from the homestead in his native village, and he began life in a little northern town as " an active lad" behind the counter. There must be genius, though the world does not always call it such, in the man who begins behind the counter, and honestly works his way into the coitume of a sheriff of the chief city in the world. London, was, of course, the pole star of the young man. With dreams of London were also mixed up dreams of fame in literature. He saw himself in print—the first ambition of a hopeful scribe—and as a reporter and contributor to newspapers, found constant and profitable occupation for his mind and pen. He would, long ago, have been up to his neck in literary enterprises had not a good spirit whispered that trade was his proper vocation, and forthwith he gave his mind to trade, and made friends as fortune gave him opportunities, and In due time found himself where he now is, at 62, Fenchurch-street—a shipowner and provision mer chant, representative of Aldgate Ward in Common Council, the hero of a hundred fights against diffi culty and circumstance, and every time a conqueror. Mr. Lusk entered the Corporation in 1856. In politics he is a Whig, and " something more," a staunch free-trader, and a friend of literature and education. He is possessed of much decision of character, and has all the acuteness and cool judg ment that belong essentially to successful men of business. POLICE INTELLIG.ENCE-Aug. 29. MANSION-HOUSE.--Mr. Wm. Stork, who was stated in the police-sheet to be a merchant, carry ing on his business at No. 36, Crutched-friars, ap peared before the Lord Mayor, upon bail, to an swer a charge of assaulting William Shaw, one of the City police-constables. A solicitor appeared for the defendant. The complainant, who has the character of a very quiet, well-conducted officer, stated that on Tuesday afternoon he was on duty in Thread needle-street, about five o'clock, and was standing close to the kerb-stone, when he received a vio lent blow from a man's hand on the small of the back, and turning round immediately, he saw the defendant in the act of drawing his hand away. He told him that he had acted very foolishly in assaulting him, and that he deserved to be locked up. The defendant said, " What for ?" and he I told him for striking him on the back, and the defendant, in reply, said " You are a liar." Witness told him he could not submit to be assaulted and told that he was a liar, and the defendant must ac company him to the police-station. On their way there the defendant wished him to take a glass of ale with him and say no more about the matter but he declined to do so. The defendant was the worse for liquor at the time. In answer to questions put by the defendant's solicitor, the constable said he should not have pressed the charge if the defendant had expressed the slightest regret for his conduct. The defendant's solicitor, in answer to the com plaint, said he was not instructed to dispute the constable's statement that an assault had been com mitted, but he was informed that it was quite un intentional. The defendant, who was in company with two or three other gentlemen, had turned out of Bartholomew-lane, and he acc;dentally came in contact with the constable, but he had no intention to assault him. The Lord Mayor, to the defendant—What are you ? Defendant—l am a merchant, and I think the publicity that will be given to this affair will be quite sufficient punishment. The Lord Mayor—You should have thought of that before you acted in such a manner. It is most disgraceful for a person holding the position of a merchant of the city of London to be drunk in the streets in the middle of the day, and I shall fine you ss. for being drunk, and ss. for assaulting the officer. Defendant—My Lord, I would much rather put the money into the poor-box, if you would allow me than be fined ss. for being drunk. The Lord Mayor—l dare say you would, but you should have thought of the odium that was attached to it before you conducted yourself as you did. I shall not alter my decision. The defendant then paid the money, and as he left the court addressed the Lord Mayor, and said, " The next time I meet you, my Lord, I hope it will be in better company." —(A laugh.) MARYLEBONE.—CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.-Mr. Thomas Revell, 6, Mornington place, Hampstead-road, engraver and printseller, and Mr. James Strickland, wholesale picture frame maker, 251, Gee-street, St. Luke's, appeared on remand before Mr. Seeker, to a summons, charged with unlawfully conspiring to defraud the Great Western Railway Company of money by declaring goods to be conveyed by the company to be of a different description than they were, whereby the goods were conveyed at a less rate than they other wise would have been, and by which the company were defrauded. The particulars of the case have already been given, and on this occasion Mr. Child, from the firm of Wire and Child, attended for Mr. Strick land, in addition to the counsel who were present on the former examination, and Inspector Acason was present to watch the proceeding on the part of the company. The case was adjourned to give the magistrate time to consider his judgment, which he promised to give yesterday. Mr. Seeker now in delivering the same entered fully into the examination of the evidence adduced and referred to the letter written by the defendant Revell in answer to the one sent to him by the company, in which he admitted that he took the course he did as he could not obtain compensation from the company in case of damage done to his property carried by railway. The worthy magi:6- trate took a review of the various clauses of the company's act of incorporation, and concluded by observing that in his opinion there was a combina tion on the part of the defendants to act as they did, and that their conduct came within the meaning of the terms of a conspiracy. After some further proceedings, Mr. Seeker said that he was bound to send the case for investigation before another tribunal, and that he would remand the defendants till Monday next, to have the depositions read over. Bail was applied for, when Mr. Seeker consented to receive the recognisances of each of the defendants in £lOO, and one surety for each in £lOO. Mr. Alfred Jones, wholesale - tobacconist, 132, Holborn, was charged on a summons, taken out by Inspector Acason, with having unlawfully sent, or caused to be sent by the Great Western Railway Company a box containing goads of a dangerous quality—to wit, matches, called Vulcan Lights — without distinctly marking or stating the nature of such goods on the outside of the box, and without giving notice to the bookkeeper or other servant of the said company, with whom the box was left. Mr. Robinson, - from the firm of Messrs, Maple, Pearce, and Co., who attended on the part of the company, as he did in the former case, stated that for the offence for which he was charged he was liable to a penalty of £lO. It was the duty of per sons who sent goods by rail to let the company know if in any package there was any combustible matter. In the present instance the defendant had sent some Vulcan Lights without giving notice to the company that he had done so. Had the box been packed up among other goods the lgihts might have ignited, when a serious destruction might have taken place. By the 168th section of the act of the company combristible matter, such as aquafortis and oil of vitriol, must not be sent by rail without notice being given to the book-keeper. He (Mr. Robinson) was directed to say that if the defendant pleaded guilty he was not to press for an extreme penalty. The defendant said that the lights were placed in the box without his knowledge, and that his ser vant put them into the box by mistake. The defendant was fined 205., which penalty was paid. ROBBERY OF BANK-NOTES, &T.—Mildred Lock and John Deverell, the former housemaid and the latter butler to R. H. Parkinson, Esq., 14, Cleve land-street, Hyde-park, werebrought up for re-exa mination, charged with being concerned in stealing £3O in bank-notes, and other property belonging to their master. The particulars of the former inquiry have al ready appeared. Some additional evidence was gone into, implicating the prisoners, when they were both committed for trial, the prisoner Lock upon two charges and Deverell upon one. THE GAS EXPLOSION IN THE CALEDONIAN-ROAD. .—COMMITTAL OF THE MAN BROWN ON THREE CHARGES.—George Brown was brought up on re mand charged with having stolen gas pipes from the houses of several licensed victuallers, and it will be remembered that on former inquiries it was shown that on Thursday evening, the 17th inst., the prisoner want to the house of Mr. Overend, landlord of the British Queen, Ferdinand-street, Hampstead-road, and after he left many gas fittings were missed. He (prisoner) was followed, and the property was found in his possession. He was re manded, and in the next examination Mr. Wilby, landlord of the Crown Tavern, Winchester-street, Caledonian-road, Islington, identified the prisoner as being the man who on the 3d inst. entered his house, from which a number of gas pipes were stolen. The gas was turned on at the usual hour and an explosion which took place resulted in ser:oes injury to him (Mr. Wilby), his wife, and 19 other persons, many of whom were taken to hospitals, and some are considered to be in a dangerous state. It was further shown that Mr. Ashby, of the Old Eagle, College-street, Camden-town, had been robbed in a similar way by the prisoner. The case excited a great deal of interest among the members of the trade from the commencement of the proceedings, and yesterday the court was as much crowded as before by licensed victuallers. Mr. T. Beard, solicitor, new attended for Mr. Wilby and other parties. The first charge, that of Mr. Overend, having been clearly made out, Mrs. Wilby now stated that she recollected the prisoner calming to the house on the 3d inst., in the afternoon. The prisoner went into the tap-room, 2nd was there about seven or eight minutes. When he came out, she observed that he appeared as if he had something bulky under his coat, and she men , tioned the circumstance to her husband. No other ( person that she saw entered the tap room. In about three hours after he left an explosion took place. After the explosion she discovered that the gas fit tings had been taken away. Mr. Wilby corroborated the evidence of Mrs. Wilby. He further stated that by the explosion he was knocked down, and that all the hair on his head was burnt off. He was also unable to see for four days. Eleven persons who were in the house were taken to the hospitals, and some of them were unable to see for some days. His wife was also se riously injured. Mr. Seeker—What was the value of the pipes ? Mr. Wilby—lt will cost me about £1 to replace them, but I think the prisoner would not get more than ls. 6d. for them. Rowland, 377 S, proved taking the prisoner into custody on another charge of a similar nature, when he stated that it was his first offence of that cha racter, as he had not been in London since May last. Farrell, 425 A, stated that on the 25th of July he saw the prisoner in Baldwin's-gardens. The prisoner, on being asked by Mr. Seeker what he had to say, replied that he was not guilty. He made the same defence in reference to the charge of the robbery at the Old Eagle, the house before referred to. The prisoner was committed for trial on three charges. COUNTRY MARKETS. SHEFFIELD—Aua. 28. At to-day's market much excitement prevailed,. but, owing to the favourable appearance of the weather in the early part of the day, prices did not advance so much as had been anticipated. Wheat and flour were at slightly advanced rates. Other articles firm, bu,t not quotably higher. Red wheat, por load. of 3 imperial bushels...24s Od to 25s 6d White 1) lf ...25s Od to 27s Od New red , 99 ...—sOdto—sOd New white ~ lf ...—s Od to —s Od . ff Beans 99 ... 19s 6d to 21s 6d Peas, per qr .... 48s Od to 52s Od Grinding barley, per qr Malting ditto, . „ 34s Od to 37s Od Oats lf 26s Od to 338 Od Millers' prices for flour-2s sd, 2s 7d, and 2s 9d per 141 b. HULL-AuG. 28. At our market to-day there was a fair attendance, with a moderate supply of English wheat, and prices 28 to 3s up. Foreign met a slow sale, and a similar advance was ob tained. Spring corn in good demand, and prices in favour of sellers. Wheat.... Old white....per qr Old red New white .. „ New red .... „ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 53s Od to 66s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French s3s Od to 54s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red s3s Od to 54s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old 4ss Od to 49s Od Barley.... English malting 3Bs Od to 43s Od Grinding 3ls Oct to 378 Od Saal and Oderbruck ---- ---.-- _____ Holstein and Danish . 34s Od to 38s Qd Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga per st Os 14d to 141c1 Friesland and Dutch ' osl4ld to NM Swedish and Danish osl4d to 0514 3 / 4 cl Beans ....English, old, per qr 46s Od to 48s Od New pigeon 44s Od to 458 Od New tick • 43s Od to 44s Od Egyptian Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares .... Spring. 4OB Od to 50s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding 4Bs Od to 52s Od crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) Foreign 8 0 oto 810 0 Rape cakes . 5 5 oto 510 0 Bones 5 0 oto 5 7 6 LYNN-Au G. 28. A moderate show of wheat to-day, which met a fair sale at 3s to 4s over former rates for good fresh qualities. Spring corn is to 2s higher. Old white 62s to 69s I Old red 59s to 65s New white.. 60s to 67s I New red... 58s to 64s EDINBURGH GRAIN-AUG. 29. Wheat on the top 3s 6d up.. average 3s 6d up. Barley on the top 28 6d up. Oats on the top 4s Od up.... average Os 9d up. Beans on the top is 6d up .. average is id up. DUBLIN-AUG. 28. We had a quiet market to-day, with prices unaltered. There were some samples of new oats, bere, and barley at market. The weather has improved since Friday, though still unsettled. e. d. s. d. Wheat, white 33 0 to 36 0 Do., red 3l 0 to 33 0 Do., new - 0 to 0 I Barley O a t s Do., black l5 0 to 15 6 s. d. s. d. Do., new ..... 0 to Bere Rapeseed Oatmeal l5 0 to 17 6 Bakers' flour Indian corn BRISTOL SUGAR—Atra. 29. Rather more disposition has been manifested to purchase West India sugar suitable for the pan during the last four days,',while at the same time merchants show great firm ness. The sales for this week, consequently, reach only about 400 hhds., Jamaica and Demerara, at 39s to 404 6d. per cwt. In rum nothing doing. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. • • .. . Sept. 18.. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. Bahamas, and Havana (via New York) .. Aug. 30.. Canada, &c. (via Londonderry) .. g Au. 29.. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. Sept. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Sept. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12.. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. Sept. 1. India (Cabutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Sept. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. India (Bombay . ), (via Southampton) .. Sept. 9. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. Sept. 3. Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, &c. .. Sept. 6. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Sept. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Sept. 3. Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto .. Sept. 1. United States, California, &C. Sept. E. Western Coast of Africa, MaLleira, Teneriffe .. Sept. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthh•gena, Cuba, &c. Sept. 14. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —The greatt, st happiness of a jour nalist is to introduce to his readers some new discovery cal culated to benefit that vast portion of our fellow-creatures which has the strongest claims upon our sympathies. It is with this feeling that we call the attention of invalids to the following extracts from Du Barry's interesting report of cures without medicine by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Cure 160—Mr. W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London, of twenty-five years nervousness, ,constipation, indigestion, and debility. Cure No. 54,618—Wandsbeck, near Hamburgh, May 12, 1857,—1 hereby certify that my mother.in-law, Mrs. Holze, who has just completed her 107th year, after having suffered for half a century and more, from indigestion (dyspepsia), and consequent dis orders, has been perfectly cured by Du Barry's Itevalente Arabica Food, and is now enabled to digest almost any kind of food with great comfort.--W. Ilolze. Avoid Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, disappointrnientz and expense may be avoided by using Du Barry's 1110 which, at a few pence per day, saves 50 times its cost 1 11 other remedies, removing effectually, without purging , constipation, indigestion (dyspepsia) nervous, bilious and liver complaints and all their consequences. Cer ducats No. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew Vre' MD., F.R.S., Dr Harvey, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Shorlandr Dr' Campell. Let invalids avoid the fearful dangers of spu rious and injurious imitations offere d under a varlet Ty ef false pretences. Nevill's imitations are p ro hibited by- the high Court of Chancery under a penalty of £5,000 ag 0.1114 Alfred Hooper Nevill and his agents ; and the prat eneeo that Nevill has a patent for Arabica Food and tha 1 Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly false. No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du 18arr9 and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, onthe seal and wrapp er. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article znust expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins 11b. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s, 6d. ; 51b. lls. ; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. TlO 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on reoeipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77,, 11 1 3 " gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason , and Co. ; A-1 3 1° P 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 15 0 , ford-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bisopsq,ate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillip am -at rest, s ant Co, tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co. , ging ers. City ; at 127, High Holborn ; and all grew"' Wilh BIRTHS. CIIARTERIS.—On the 27th inst., at Titness-park, Sun zing" hill, Berkshire, Lady Margaret Charteris, of a daugh" ter. G Rj o r h E n l T a il , Griffith,O n th e E 2 I sq. , M.D., F at a P .o s . e s k . h , a o m f , a t e h o e n . wife of PETO.—On the 28th in at Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk , Lady Peto; of a daughter. MARRIAGES. - - CusT—ALBEgARLE.—On the 29th ult., at Ashridge, tenant - Co l o nel the Hon. P eregr ine Cust, uncle of till Earl Brownlow, to Frances, widow of Augustus Prede rick, late Earl of Albemarle. K E mp—SANDFORD.—On the 28th inst., at Pitlochri e t N. 8., William Francis Kemp, of the 'niter TooPt e 'b barristor-at-law, to Julia Lane Grace Sandford, Baugh" ter of the late Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford, D..C. 1 " Oxon. EiEA'I'HS. ACTON.—On the 25th inst., at Grundisburgh, Suffo l k' Edward Acton, Esq., aged 54. CAZENOVE.—On the 26th inst., at Great Malvern, O a ' denly, Emma, wife of Philip Cazanove, Esq., of Clap' ham-common, aged 61. ENTWISLE —On. the 27th inst., at Southport, Williarn , eldest son of William Entwisle , Es q ., of RuslaoLtnet House, Manchester, and Cornet in H.M.'s 2d Regim en of Life Guards, aged 21. FRA.SEE..—On the 27th inst. , at Beaufort Castle, Mrs. Fraser, of Strichen, relict of Captain Fraser, of Striate' , and mother of the Right Hon. Lord Lovat, aged 8 4 . PA.GET.—On the 26th inst., at Hampton Court Palace/ Mrs. Catesby Paget. SHILLINGFORD.—On the 27th inst., at Folkestone, Lunit wife of Commander Shillingford, R.N., aged 61. - - - - LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun 3ffice, No. 11;• Strand,.in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the counti Alidd:ccex, Thursday, August 80, 18604 ...~+"^" ED Diet u to the solid ti Watlii It 111 Hall C this ut It is r entire THIS Prin Machu Mr. Li Opera. Alfred trtir , pthat The lig. 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