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IMP E; RIAL PARL LAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, August 15. • The SPEAKZI took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. POOR LAW. A message from the Poor-law Commissioneis, containing the report ordered the other day, was brought up. CORK AND WATERFORD RAILWAY. Mr. ELIOT YORKE moved. that the report on the Bill to this li ne s h ou ld b e rece i ve d. I n doing so it was but right rObserve,- _that it appeared from a communication which he 4 1 4 received from one of the parties connected with the line, at the retition presented the ether day by the Hon. Member I ,°r Finsbury had been rescinded before the Committee through foul w ay ... He stated this that the House might, if they ' no ughtroper, take notice of this.—The report was received. a . H O USES ' OF REFUGE FOR PRISONERS. "Ir. M. biILNES presented petitiona from Boston and Bever praying that the Legislature would take the necessary mea :tea for establishing houses of - refuge for discharged pri nerat in order that they might be reclaimed and restored to society. MEDICAL REGISTRATION. Or. WAKLEY pres lited several petitions in favour of this „in, and amongst others one from 65 of the must respecta fit druggists in London, praying that the law for regulating ine sale of spirits might not pass in its present shape, and sta ting that the persons who had concocted this Bill were ;holly ignorant of their business. ° I ETALITY OF THE ARMY IN THE COLONIES. Mr BRIGHT presented a petition, praying the Legislature T.O take measures for the prevention of this evil, from St. Luke's is- OUTHWARK, WATERLOO, AND VAUXHALL BRIDGES. Mr. BRIGHT also presented a petition from Southwark, Praying that the tolls on these bridges might be abolished. INCOME TAX DEDUCTION BILL. This Bill was read a second time. SUPLY. The report ordered yesterday P was agreed to. CI TY WORKS PRESENTMENTS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. PUBLIC WORKS AND FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL, No. 3. This Bill was also read a third time and passed. CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL. On the motion that the House go into Committee, Mr. ESCOTT wished to know what course was to be pursued on the Irish Arms Bill. As there were just seventy two hours between now and the time appointed for the reading of that Bill—no inconsiderable period, as times go, in the ex istence of any Ministry—he trusted the Government would take that time to deliberate wisely before they concluded. Sir G. GREY said that it had already been stated that the Bill would go into Committee pro firma on Monday, and the discussion would be taken on the next day. The Bill before the House then went through Committee. BRITISH POSSESSIONS BILL. °•, _lt the motion for the third reading of this Bill, 2. ..,7rel G. BEN TINCK said that at the close of the few ob -• ' h at i iens which he had, in a House of fifty Members, to make he should feel it his duty to move that it be read a nos l e . ,; w , e , this day three months. This Bill was neither more steyesttei:i. -uan an intention to overturn the whole of our colonial ' and to take from the colonists the last slice of pro since n which they possessed. Hardly six weeks had passed lLe the Free-trade Bill had received the sanction of the e i s gl a si s atur er and they had already evidence of its fruits. urßi e °Y had the millowners of Oldham, Stockport, Ashton a er-Li ne, and Dukinfield, given notice to their workmen t t he y should re d uce t h e i r woges 5 per cent. Such was also tthhecase with respect to Glasgow ; and he would read an e ,!traet from the trade circular of Messrs. Gibson and Ord, of ‘'laliehester, which showed that the business in which they were ▪ i _ engaged was never at so low a depressio n, or in e ° a state of gloom at this season of the year as it al now, And he would tell the House that the 'artless of England, who were the best customers of the manufacturer, and who saw how corn was falling off to 40s. quarter, would hold their hands from removing the evi before they saw whether they bad the power to purchase V w els- When the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Can ada first introduced his free-trade measures, flour in fallen so ada was six dollars the barrel, but it bad now to four dollars; and wood, which! had sold readily at cevenpence a foot, could now hardly find a !Ilarket at 3d. a foot, and he had heard that one house, which the give n or d ers f ur IGO,OOO / . wort h o f d ry goo d s , h a d re t rac ted e whole of it. Such was the state of the colonies. If th p ro tection o f t h e manu f ac t urers were d e stroyed in the colonies w e effect must be, that they who sought todestroy the middle, be n—the merchant, the manufacturers—and who sought to merchants themselves, to become such would be e th nn lielled to seek for the cheapest carriage for f n eil : goods, and they would consequently employ ""To ships instead of the ships of this country. The te.lult must be the destruction of the navigation laws and the Prosperity of the shipowners, and consequently also of the B lr i elaant s of this country. Arid all this was to be done by a th l „° , 3ly printed on the 11th of this month, and forced through haste, nouse with what he could not but term the most indecent when one half of its members were gone to the moors with anothe r portion had left for the Continent : this, too, done a a bill, the object of which was neither more nor less thao t i l 7 w t°Plete overturning of the whole of the colonial system of h ad ' empire. His Noble Friend at the head of the Government thi said well—as everything he slid say was said well—that ' b a ,s Quurary could not stand a revolution a year; but now we should ,a revolution not once a ear, but once a week, and he be W luti anting to the agriculturists of this country, to the he oufacturers themselves, to the colonists, to the party which not ' "P r esented, and, lastly, wanting to himself, if he did b e PPose this re ,A a ill, d that day tas he di to the hree months.utmost, and move that it r _thir . 1 d time I.:,,, I LINDLEY seconded the motion. said t il.'utlN RUSSELL had hoped, when the Noble Lord That I,:` three.fourths of the Members had gone to the moors, turns „." Was amongst them. When the other House of Parlia- Could W al ed the Sugar Duties' Bill with only ten dissentients, it the L ew a r si _lY be said that this Bill was opposed to the wishes of carrying ' t ure. and in his opinion, this Bill, which was only Sorely .out this same principle, was still less open to objection. rhea ~ i f the colonies supplied this country with sugar at the His rate, they ought to be entitled to receive provisions Hi s this country also at the most moderate rate. do N oble Friend had alluded to the navigation laws. No übt persons might use what ships they liked for the trans mission of their commodities, but then the support of the British navy would become a matter of consideration if this course were adopted to a great extent. He considered the doctrine that protection led to greater wealth than free trade IMO fallacious. In this case he cons idered that no danger Woufel resu lt to this country or the British possessions from the r . ) pa3 A s l i r n ., g S o P - O th O is NEß ßill. h adso much objection to the Bill in its present form, that he should give his vote for the motion of the Noble Lord. Mr. BRIGHT said, no doubt, during the absence of the Noble Lord from the House of Commons in the list few days he had been making a tour in the manufacturing districts, but if the truth were told it would be found that he derived his in formation from the columns of the Standard newspaper, and that it was contained in a paragraph which had no other foundation than the brain of a too imaginative editor. had no hesitation in saying that wages were low in the manufacturing districts, and that food, he was glad to say, was sold at a moderate rate ; but no man -would dare to say that wages had keen reduced, for that was not easily possible, for the corn-law had not yet been actually repealed. ln.the memory of the oldest inhabitants of the manu facturing districts the labouring classes were never more fully em p:.oyed, and never derived more comforts from their week's cages than during the present moment. He (Mr. Bright) cheered the Noble Lord when he spoke about the navigation laws. He c heered beztatuie he considered that the principle of free trade 11ue, " bad been carried out with respect to corn and sugar, would be ultima tely arrived at with respect to ships.—( Cheers -- " ll4 Th. L . esd eorge . Bentinck and the protectionists. ) in Canada was was n otorious that corn was cheaper before ,to the ' than after protection was given out fo r Canadi He should not have addressed the House the staternents of the Noble Lord. He believed there as ,0, no ground for them, and th at the Bill before the House 1 1„ - „,7 we Productive of much ben e fi t to this countr y and the c° l4 -55,--- ( Hear, hear.) r ' BERNAL would support the Bill, although at the Mae time he considered it would not be productive of much benefit to the colonies. likelMr. RENLEY said that he did not consider s ho e d ill as to produce any good effect, and be therefore op- Pose it. Sir B. DOUGLAS thought that the effect of the Bi ould - be t o bring the colonies into angry collision with having Legislature at home. He thought, that after they withdrawn protection from colonial produce, entire at least, give them leave free and k ed r i Veave—to purchsse in whatever markets they chose. He tred M e r e asserted, and he repeated, that colonies and free thee could not co-exist. The colonies were released from ir they u trade with this country, and in no other country could find a trade so extensive as the one they carried Kith us. He had received many and voluminous y mnlnunications from all parts of the colonies, expressing Peat disapprobation of the manner in which they had been treated, and at the present measure and others which preceded He should therefore give his support to the amendment of the Noble Lord on the opposite side of the House. Mr. M. GORE also opposed the Bill, on the ground that it Would seriously injure our colonial possess,ons. He considered they were bound to keep the commercial management of the colonies in their own hands. Mr. NEWDEGATE thought it was a serious matter for the House to abdicate its colonial authority, considering the feelings that prevailed in the colonies. It would seem as if th e &use wanted to go home, being tired of its work, and therefore decided to leave the colonies to make what arrange- . bents t h ey thought fit for the regulation of the colonies. Mr. ESCO TT thought the Bill a just one, and imperatively required after the recent commercial changes that had been made. He considered her Majesty's Go• 'ferment were not to blame in bringing forward the Bill at that late period of the sessio n, nor was the Bill itself of so much importance as to provoke a long dis cussion ; but it now assumed an extra importance, from the ( 'Position o f the Noble Lord the Member for Ly nn, who Ir'a ; 0 " declared to be the le ad er of a g reat and hifiuentiat party. The Noble Lord professed to be a t i s r .eng supporter of the colonies ; if so, how could he oppose ia Bill, whi c h was absolutely necessary after the commercial nig these which had passed fo r the welfare and p ros p erit y of '4lese colonies? His opposition was perfectly inconsistent. •„:the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHLQUER said the t/11 Was absolutely necessary , considering the p osition in which e colonies were now placed. The principle of the Bill was ? 0 t a new one, having been applied in several instances before in relation to the commerce of the colonies. he t h ought P. BORTH WICK supported the Bill, because `"eght it would be effectually protecting native industry. Strange rs were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared — For tke amendment Against it Majority in favour o f the Bill —39 The Bill was then read a third time and passed THE PAVILION AT BRIGHTON. PECHELL wished to know from the Government Wnetizer it was intended to sell this palace by Act of Parlia inent or by powers which were possessed by the Commis sion„„ t Woods and Forests. , T he CO AYCELLOR of the EXCHEQ UER re p lied that it would lye sold by Act of Parliament. Any.Linconve 'li, c hee which might be suffered by th e inhabitants in conse quence of the ; sate would be duly considered, and if it were necessary, componsation would be made to any parties who fight stiller damage in consequence of the sale. NAVAL AND ,'MILITARY DEPARTMENTS BILL. This Bill then went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES PREVENTION BILL. The report on this Bill was agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third timei2R,lljonday. 110iii,'S—(FERGUSON'S) ESTATE BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. Lord JOHN RUSSELL begged to give notice, that on reading the first order of the da y on Mond ay next woull state the whole of the q uestion of the distres s h Ireland, as well as the whole of the measures 1 / 11 i4 bad been taken to relieve tint distress, lad the ammo THE v ,SIIN, LONDON, MON'DA.Y______BVIANINci-;_AUGUST'_I7I MO. which the Goyernment were now prepared to popose on that subject. The House then adjourned at a Qlarter to Three o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS, (From the Vines . and Proceedin.93 of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, AUG 14. Messengers from the Lords brought up the following to which their Lordships have agreed: — Grand Jury Cess Bonds (Ireland) Bill—Prisons (Ireland) Bill—Books and Engravings Bill—Amendments to Ply mouth Great Western Docks Bill, - without amendment— Liverpool,.Orniskirk, and Preston Railway Bill—Newcastle upon-Tyne and Carlisle Branch Railway Bill—New Zealand Company' BB I-- Al andarnus (Ireland) Bill—Citations (Scot land) Bill, with amendments. .. BARRACKS. On the motion of Mr. Henley the following return was ordered, from each barrack in the United Kingdom 1. The date_of its erection, if known. 2. The materials of which it is built. 3. The number of sleeping-rooms for the use of the pri vates and non-commissioned officers. 4. The dimensions, length, width, and height of each room. 5. The number of windows in each room , the number of fireplaces in each room, and any other means of ventilation in each. room. 6. Number of men each room is regulated to hold. 7. Number of men, women, and children usually occupy- ing it. S. How the barrack is supplied with water, and the dis tance from the buildings. 9: What accommodation each barrack affords for washing for the men, for their clothes, and for cooking. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the rotes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. FRIDAY, AUG. 14. SUPPLY.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made, and Question put, " That a sum not exceeding 20,0001. be granted to her Majesty on account of the works for en larging and improving Buckingham Palace, in the year 1846." The Committee divided : , MAJORITY—AYES, 55. Anson, Colonel Fox, C.'R. Parker, John Arundel. Earl of Gibson, T. M. Pechell, Captain Baine Walter Gladstone, Captain Plumridge, Captain Bentirick, Lord G. Gore, Robert Reid, Colonel Berkeley, Captain Goulburn, Henry Rich, Henry Berkeley, H. Grey, Sir G. Russell, Lord J. Bridgemau, Hewitt Hamilton, G. A. Seymour, Lord Brotherton, Joseph Hawes, B. Shell, R. L. Browne, W. Henley, J. W. Smith, Benjamin Buller, Charles Hobhouse, Sir John Somerville, Sir W. Byng, G. S. Howard, P. H. Spooner, Richard Cowper, W. F. Humphery, Aid. Stewart, P. M. Craig, W. G. Jones, Captain Troubridge, Sir E. Cripps, W. Labouchere, Henry Wood„ harles Douglas, Sir H. Lincoln, Earl of Wood, Colonel T. Dundas, Admiral Macaulay, T. B. Dundas, David Mackinnon, W. TELLERS. Ebrington, Viscount Manic, Fox Tutliell, H. Ferguson, Sir R. Morpeth, Viscount Hill, Lord M. Fleetwood, Sir P. O'Conor Don MINORITY-NOES. 6. Warburton, Henry TEL:LEBO. Wawn, J. T. Hume, Joseph Williams, W. Protheroe, E. Bowling, Dr. DMIMI, George Tollemache, F. J. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LANCASTER RACES. —Tun RSDAY. The Selling Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 20 added, Heats, once round and a distance. (5 Subs.) Mr. Osborne's Bedale, 4 yrs (Abdale) 4 1 1 Mr. Wilkins' Barbara Young, 4 yrs - 1 3 2 Mr. Birch's Talleyrand, 5 yrs 2 4 3 Mr. Phillips' bm by Physician—Theano, 5 yrs Won in a canter. The Hurdle Stakes were won, in two heats, by Mr. Smith's Cumberland Lassie, beating Mr. Hopkin's Chintz Print, and Mr. Barton's Ibrahim Pacha, by a length. SALISBURY RACES.—FRIDAY. Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, h ft ; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b; winners once, 31b, twice, 51b extra. T.Y.C. (4 Subs.) Mr. Wreford's b c Whirligig Mr. Boyce's Cottisford Won in a canter. The Salisbury Handicap of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and only 5 if declared, with 150 added; the second to save his stake. Two miles and a quarter. Mr. John Day's The Hero, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (A. Day) 1 Mr. Jones's Miss Shirley, 3 yrs. sst Mr. J. B. Mill's Giantess, 4 yrs, Bst 61b Won in a canter, by two lengths. The Gold Cup of 100 sovs. Two miles. Mr. John Day's The Hero, 3 yrs, Est 10Ib, walked over. The County Members' Plate of 501., added to a handicap of 5 soya. each. T.Y.C. (7 Subs.) Mr. Jones's Miss Shirley, 3 yrs, 7st (Donaldson) 1 Mr. Sadler's New Forest Deer, 5 yrs, Bst 61b 2 Mr. Dixon's Fraudulent, 3 yrs, 7st 61b 3 Mr. Herbert's Miss Letty colt, 7st 131 b Won by a head ; Fraudulent a good third. The City Bowl of 18 sow. with 12 added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya. each. Heats, one mile. (5 Subs. ) Mr. King's Sparsholt, 4 yrs, ist llb 2 1 1 Mr. St. Loe's Eliza, aged, Bst 81b Mr. Dixon's Fraudulent, 3 yrs, sst 131 b Sparsholt won in a canter, and was claimed for 2501. PLYMOUTH, DEYONPORT, AND CORNWALL RACES. TmunspAy. The County Members' Plate of 25L, added to a Handicap of 3 soya. each, 2 ft. Heats, once round and a distance. (4 Subs.) Mr. King's Flash of Lightning, 3 yrs ...(Mr. Scobell) 1 1 Mr. Waring's Fortuneteller , aged 2 2 Mr. St. Aubyn's Alexandrine , 4 y rs •• 3 dr Mr. Goldsworthy's Blackhal l, 6 y rs .. 4 dr Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two miles. Captain Crofton's Zuleika, 3 yrs (Stockin) 1 1 Mr. Frost's Cavendish , age d ... 2 2 The Devonport and Storehouse Plate of 601. (handicap). Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Shipley's Brunette, aged (Moon) 1 1 Captain Crofton's Rose, 4 yrs ... Mr. Wilkins' Red Rose, 6 yrs 3 3 Mr. King's Flash of Lightning, 3 yrs, The Chelson Meadow Plate of 304, added to a Handicap of 2 soya. each. Heats, one mile. (5 Subs.) Mr. Goldsworthy's Woodbury, 3 yrs (Moon) 0 1 1 Mr. Hex's Flirt, 5 yrs 2 2 2 Mr. Wilkins' Red Rose, 6 yrs 3 3 3 Mr. Carlisle's Blackhall, 6 yrs 4 4 dr Mr. King's c, by Glaucus, out of Dick's Dam, 4 yrs 1 dr The Tradesmen's Plate, of 100 soya, added to a Handicap of 15 soya each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared; the second to save his stake. Two miles and a distance. (12 Subs.) Mr. Whitworth's Lady Sarah, 5 yrs, Est 1 llb Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzwilliam, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Bedale, 4 yrs, sst 71b Won easy. The Maiden Plate, of 50 sovs •, for 3 yrs old, 7st 61b ; 4 yrs old, B=t 41b; 5 yrs old, Bst 101 b; 6 yrs old and aged, 9st. Mares, &c., allowed 31b. Heats, one mile and a quarter. Mr. M. Jones's British Tar, 5 yrs .. 1 1 Mr. Hopkins's De Leine, 4 yrs Mr. Hornby's br cby Bran, dam by Whisker, 3 yrs 3 3 Won by half a length. The Vale of Lane Free Handicap, of 10 goys each, h ft, and 25 added. One mile. (5 Subs.) Sir J. Gerard's The Snob, 4 yrs 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Bedale, 4 yrs 2 Won easy. Her Majesty's Plate, of 100 guineas ; 3 yrs, 7st 51b ; 4 yrs, 9st 41b ; 5 yrs, 9st 111 b ; 6 yrs and aged, 10st 21b. Heats, two miles. Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, 6 years 1 1 Mr. Stardish's Maid of Disley, 3 yrs ............... ......... 2 dr Mr. Thompson nd Lavender, 4 yrs Won in a canter. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. EBOR HANDICAP.-4 to 1 agst Bourton (t)-6 to 1 agst The Druid (t)-10 to 1 agst Columbus-12 to 1 agat Laura colt-16 to 1 agst The Dart. GZEAT YORKSHIRE STAK ES.-5 to 1 agst lago. ST. LEGER. —5 to 1 agst Pyrrhus the First-6 to 1 agat Sir Tatton Sykes-8 to 1 agst Grimston-10 to 1 agst Fancy Boy-10 to 1 agat Traverser-10 to 1 agst lago-15 to 1 agst Brocardo-25 to 1 agst Mount Callan (t)-25 to 1 agst Erin-go-bragh (t freely)-30 to 1 agat Poynton (t) DERBY.-1,000 to 20 agst Lord Warwick's Jereed colt (t). (A. Day) LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LoNDox, AUG. 15.—Wind S., light breeze, and fine clear sultry weather. DEAL, Ana. 14.—Wind N.N.W. Arrd. Alexander, Wightman, Calcutta; Carena, Woodmas, Ceylon; Childe Harold, Lilley, Bombay ; Robert Heddle, Baker Fernando Po ; Alert, Schell, Rio Grande , for Hamburgh, Arabian, St. John's, New Brunswick. Arrd. from the river, Caledonia, Chalmers, Sierra Leone ; Venetia, Gray, Quebec. Arrd. from the river and sailed, Tudor, Say, Calcutta; Stebonheath, Knight, Cape of Good Hope. L. —Sid. Mary Ann, Cumming, Calcutta; Centaur, Nichol, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 14.—Wind W.N.W., moderate.—Arrd. Magnificent, Vinell, New Orleans; Brenda, Flanders, Mobile; Colossus, M'Donald, Savannah. Sld. Aurora, Henderson, Charleston; Ann M'Laster, M'Lean, Montreal ; Souter Johnny, Little, Montreal ; Mercy, Macbeth, Montreal ; Harry Lorrequer, Jeffers, Quebec. Off port, Holtiuguer —. STAxo, AUG. 11.—The Agenoria, Blyth, of Sunderland, m from Quebec, was struck by a sea 24th or `2sth ult., inlat: 59 N., lon. 11 W., and was abandoned by the crew, dis inasted, and waterlogged ; crew saved by the Numa; from Liverpool to St. Petersburgh. BERWICK, AUG. 13.—The sloop Ann, of Arbroath, is sup posed to have foundered off the coast with all hands, her boats having been picked up off this port, and taken into Craster, near Alnwiek.' SUNDERLAND, Ana. 14.—The Cicely, of Newcastle, was towed into this port, yesterday, leaky, and with rudder broken. LIVERPOOL Ave. 14.—The Isab ella, Robinson, of hand h a ven, struck 'on the West Pier , Kingstown, yesterday, sunk at the mouth of the harbour; crew saved. MILFORD, Ana. 13.—The Ne w Holland, Bradley, from ' Newport to Grenada, has put in here, making a little water, and been laid on the ground to discover and leak. IPL E. TRADE- AND SHIPPING AT CONSTANTINO The agent at Lloyd's at Constantinople has transmitted his annual report on the trade of that port for the year 1845 The document comprises a general list of navigation con• nected with the port, a note of arrivals of all shipping, Britisl and foreign, from beyond Gibraltar, with such details as are likely to be interesting to nnderwritere and others, parti culars of damage to British shipping and to manufacture, au annual account of exports of Turkey produce in 1845 and 1844, and an approximate value of imports by British and foreign vessels, made up with much care, and approaching very closely to reports made thereon to Government. CURRENTS OF THE OCEAN. Several pieces of paper have of late years been. transmitted to Lloyd's, which have been picked up in various parts of the world inclosed in bottles, relating, it is asserted, to certain vessels, which, upon enquiry, cannot be traced to have any existence, whilst in other Instances, the writers of these documents go further than a mere desire to ascertain the current (already known in many cases) of the ocean, and profess to give particulars of expectant shipwreck of a vessel, of which there are many of the same name in existence, and which would, therefore, by publication, produce much painful anxiety. The peculiar particulars which a seafaring man would, if of any education, give, are in these cases entirely omitted, and therefore immediately expose the ignorance and weakness of the writer. W hen these documents have been picked up on the French coast, the authorities are put to incredible trouble from their anxiety to further the object of the writers, and the maritime interest generally, and in many cases it is clear is produced by persons ignorant of the subject upon which they profess so much anxiety. DEATH OF ME. WARD.—lntelligence was received in town on Saturday of the death of G. H. Ward, Eaq. , at his residence i n Hertford, at an advanced age. The de ceased gentleman was the father of the Hon. Secretary to the Admiralty. He was the author of " Tremaine,' and formerly held the office of 011 e of the Lay Lords of the Dowd of Admiralty. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTEL LIGEN CE. Woomvtor, Ats. 14.—Commander Smith, R.N., with the crew and Royal Marines - of the William and Mary yacht, and Mr. Stuart, the pilot who navigate d the Amphion steam frigate down the river on her experimental trip on Thursday, remained on board all night at her moorings at Greenhithe, and the Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander Petley, proceeded to Greenhithe, this morning, returning with the Amphion in tow at a quarter past eight o'clock. A singular and fatal accident occurred at nine o'clock on Thursday even ing to one of the crew of the Lightning, named George Ro binson. On the arrival of that vessel opposite Woolwich Dockyard on her return with the party who went down the river in the Amphion, the late George Robinson was desired to go down from the Lightning into the boat, and make the vessel fast to the mooring buoy in the river, and he stepped upon the buoy for that purpose, and placed the rope through the iron ring attached to it, but some delay having taken place in his returning the end of the rope to those on board, he was repeatedly calledupon, without returning any answer. Another of the crew was sent to the buoy to ascertain the cause, when he was horror struck to observe that his com rade was dead, and lying on the buoy. The body was im mediately taken on shore, and Mr. Stuart, surgeon, was promptly in attendance, but life was extinct, and all attempts to restore him unavailable. The Janus, steam-vessel, formerly experimented upon with rotary engines by the Earl of Dundonald, has returned to Deptford to be fitted with machinery, to render her ser viceable. The Odin steam vessel, recently launched at Deptford, has been removed to the East India Docks, to be fitted with her machinery. The Trident steam vessel, Lieutenant Commander Rigge, left Woolwich on Wednesday afternoon, for Devonport and Malta. The Trident is externally a very smart looking vessel, and is to be placed at the disposal of 'Lieutenant Wag horn, of overland journey celebrity, to aid him in testing the merits of toe Trieste route. The Sidon is ordered to be commissioned immediately at Woolwich, by Captain W. H. Henderson, C. 8., and the following officers have been appointed to her:—Lieutenant, G. H. Gardner; Paymaster and purser, R. M. Jeffery; Gun ner, John Rose ; Boatswain, William Tilbury; and Carpenter, Thomas Wiley. APPOINTMENTS TO WOOLWICH DOCKTARD.—Mr. Wil liam Chambers, acting inspector, confirmed, vice Stuart, pro moted ; r. Thomas Ridgway, to be acting inspector, vice Chamber's. The following circulars have just been issued : "Admiralty, July 3, 1846. "MEMORANDIML—Whereas in article 5, sec. 1, chap. 2, page 6, of the Queen's regulations, it is ordered that—' In the event of an officer being in command of one of her Majesty's ships abroad, as Commodore of second class, or as Captain receiving official notification from the Admiralty, or the Commander-in-Chief of the station on which he is serving, of his having been promoted to the rank of Flag Officer, he is forthwith discharged to the supernumerary list for a passage to England, and another officer is to be appointed to the temporary command of the ship, unless the senior officer on the spot, or himself, if the senior officer present, shall from peculiar circumstances consider it essen tially necessary for the benefit of the Queen's service, that such promoted officer should continue for a time to retain his command of the ship as Commodore or Captain as the case may be ; in which case it shall be permitted for him to retain the command as long as so requisite, and no longer; but he is not to hoist his flag nor assume any rank or command beyond what he previously held in the said ship, unless, while so ernployetl, he should meet with a flag officer, junior to himself, having a flag flying, or shall be called to attend as member of a court martial ; under either of which occurrences he is to hoist his proper flag without any special order to that effect, and to take rank and command accordingly. Every flag, how ever, so hoisted, without a special order from the Admi ralty, in consequence of so meeting a junior flag officer with his flag flying, or being so called to attend as a member of a court-martial, shall always be immediately struck, on parting company from such junior flag officer, or on the closing of any such court-martial, and no increase or alte ration of any kind, either of pay or of officers or retinue, or claim of prize or freight money, or other advantage, shall be allowed because a flag be so casually hoisted, un less the Admiralty, in consideration of any peculiar cir cumstances attending such occurrence see reason to order otherwise. "And whereas no provision has been made expressly to govern the cases of other officers similarly circumstanced, such as a commander, whilst commanding a sloop of war, re ceiving official information of his having been promoted to the rank of captain, but not appointed to any rated ship on the spot ; or a lieutenant receiving official information of his having been promoted to the rank of commander. My Lords are therefore pleased to direct that the principles established in the article before quoted is so far to govern in the latter cases that such officers, notwithstanding their having received intimation of their advancement, are not, whilst they continue to perform the duties of :the inferior stations they held previously to hearing of their promotion, to be entitled to assume any superior command, or to receive any higher full pay than previously possessed, except in the event of a commander so circumstanced being required to attend a court martial, in which case he is to take his seat thereat according to his rank as captain. But officers under the circumstances before mentioned are to be su perseded from the ships in which they have been serving with inferior rank, so soon as the public service will admit of it, either by a senior officer placing an officer piesent to act in the lieu of such ofillier promoted, or if the officer pro moted should be himse the senior present, then he is to discharge himself from such inferior station, directing the officer next in contrand to him to fill such vacancy, until the pleasure of the Commander-in-Chief or of the Admiralty be made known thereof, unless circumstances should induce such senior officer so promoted to consider his thus acting may prove injurious to the public service at the moment, and in such case he is to act as before directed, immediately the service will admit of his so doing. " By command of their Lordships, " H. CORRY. " To all Flag Officers, Commanders-in-Chief, Captains, and Commanding Officers, of her Majesty's ships and vessels." " Admiralty, July 20, 1846. " MEMORANDUM. —The Lords Commissioners Of the Ad . miralty are pleased to direct, that no clerks assistant shall in f future be rated or entered on board any of her Majesty's ships at home or abroad without their permission. By command of their Lordships, • .‘ U. G. WARD. • have e3..e ° heel trmpO ‘ ari e lVio n l . re t r h ed e d ca o u ck se y 'or a rd it e a x o p r o igi se i et i, t t o h t e h b e u s l u l' n s with small sheets of tin ; and the workmen are ordered on no account to leave their working clothes on board the ves sels, but to hang them up in a place now appropriated for the purpose. The Secretary of the Admiralty (Mr. Ward) is reported to have said, that in addition to the sixteen iron steamers already in commission, and four built which are not yet in commission, " there were seven more now building by contract, including the Sidon, the largest of the whole, which was of 1,954 tons, mid 7blo horse-power. The Sidon is a wooden vessei, built and fitted with engines under the direction of C,Anniodore Sir Charles Napier. The Simoom is an iron vessel, building and being fitted with engines, &c., by Mr. Robert Napier, of Glasgow. The following are some particulars of this immense ship : Feet Inches Length, extreme 250 0 Ditto, between perpendiculars 243 0 Ditto, on the keel for tonnage 2lB 41 Beam, extreme Depth from below the upper or sheer deck 30 0 Draught of water Power of engines Diameter of propelling screw ... 10 6 Distance of every part of the engines, boilers, and steam-chest, below the water line, six feet. To stow 800 tons of coal. She has 32 gun ports on main deck. Armament preparing for her— Upper or sheer deck : Cwt. 2 8-inch guns, weighing 4 8-inch guns, weighing 2 32-pounders, weighing 25 Main dick:— 12 32-pounders, weighing There is one chimney, which is the only part of the appa ratus connected with the engines or boilers which is to be seen on the upper deck—the main deck—or the orlop deck. APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS AT THE ADMIRALTY. August 11.—Lieutenant George M. Gardner, to the Sidon ; Paymaster and Purser Robert M. Jeffrey, to the Sidon; Master's Assistant, William Edward Warren, to the Hound. _ _ _ _ August 12.—Master's Assistant William Long, to the Dasher; Master's Assistant Alfred Forrester, to the Ocean. Promotion.—Acting Second Master John James Brown, to the rank of master; seniority, Auzust 6. August 13.—Lieutenant J. C. Hughes, to the Contest; Master's Assistant Alfred Forrester, from the Ocean to the Trident ; Midshipman Nelson G. Spencer, to the Victory, as supernumerary ; Naval Cadet Richard Knighg, to the Victory, as supernumerary. To all Commanders in-Chief, Captains, and Commanding Officers of her Ma jesty's ships and vessels." SHREWS/MS, THURSDAY.—The Garland steam packet, Master Commander Smithet, with their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians on board, passed the Nore about six P.M. yesterday, en route to Ostend. They were saluted with twenty-one guns from the Ocean, the flag-ship of the Commander-in-Chief. The Trident, new iron steam sloop, Lieutenant Commander Charles G. Rigge, destined for a packet in the Mediterranean, passed down in about an hour after for Portsmouth and Southampton. On her voyage hence to Greenhithe on Sun day last, she broke down, and it was feared she would have to proceed to Woolwich to have her engines put to rights, but fortunately the damage was not much, and after a suc cessful trial in Long Reach yesterday she proceeded on to Portsmouth. Lieutenant \Nraghorn having selected her for his experiment in the Mediterranean, great dispatch has been made in getting her ready for sea, scarcely a month having been occupied in her equipment. The North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart., daily expected home from the West India station, is ordered to be received and paid off at Chatham. The Birkenhead, iron steam-frigate, also fitting for the pendant here, will not be ready before the end of September. The Recruit, iron 12-gun brig, Commander Slade, has bent sails, and will leave the fitting basin to-morrow. She has five months' provisions on board, and the following armament, viz., ten 32-pounders, 25 cwt. each, 6 feet slung, and two 18-pounders, 20 cwt. each, 6 feet long, with two 12-pounder carronades for boats. Draught of water forward, 13 feet 1 inch ; aft, 14 feet 5 inches. Height of mid{ hip port, about 5 feet from the water's edge. Mr. Ditchlllarn, her constructor, inspected her on Tuesday. The Hound, 10, Commander Wood, is all ataunt, and is now being painted. Her armament consists of the following guns, viz., two 3'2-pounders. 32 cwt. each, 6 feet 6 inches long; and six 32-pounders, 25 cwt. each, 6 feet long; with two 12-pounder carronades for boats. She will go into har bour next week. She is nearly fully manned. The Recruit is not yet half-manned, from which it would appear that Jack prefers the " wooden widls " to iron ones. The Raven cutter, Lieutenant Stephens, has been to Yar mouth for volunteers, from whence a goodly number of seamen are constantly procured for general service. Ships in Dock—The Horatio, 44, fitting as a block ship ; the Euryalus, 44, as a convict ship; and the Birkenhead, steam frigate, for commission; also the Dart, 3, brigantine, building. In Harbour—The Ocean, 80, flag ship, pro tem. ; the Raven, 3, and the African and Wildfire, steamers. CHATHAM, AUG. 14.—The Mutine, 12 guns, Commander Robert B. Crawford, in dock, was paid off oa the 11th inst.; a collection on the day of paying her off, was made on board by the gallant officer in command, when his officers and crew subscribed upwards of 111., which the worthy officer placed into the hands of the widow of the late John Hammond, who unfortunately lost his life while in the execution of his duty off the Cape of Good Hope. This ship has the whole of her copper stripped off her bottom, and the workmen are engaged making good the damage she sustained by getting on shore in the straits of Madagascar, while chasing a slaver. She will then be fresh coppered, and placed again in commission. In Harbour, the Bull-dog steam sloop, fitting for sea. TROOPS FROM HALIFAX AND MERMUDA. —The following detachments of regiments arrived at the Invalid Depot, St. Mary's Barracks, Brompton, consisting of twenty-two men attached to the 2d Battalion, Rifle Brigade, fourteen men of the Reserved Battalion. eighteen men of the 77th Regiment, and six women and eighteen children, ten of them being or phans. These troops are from Halifax; they embarked on board the troop-ship Athol on the 20th June last, and at Bermuda took on board detachments of the Ist Royals, 7th Royal Fusiliers, 19th Foot, 23d Welch Fusiliers, and 71st Highland Light Infantry, to the number of 57 men, with se veral women, and a company of Royal Sappers and Miners. On their arrival at Spithead the troops, with the exception of the Sappers, were placed on board the ship Princess Royal. The whole of the soldiers will be discharged on pensions. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Contest, 12-gun brig, Com mander M'Murdo, sailed from Spithead this morning, for the coast of Africa. Commander Douglas, lately appointed to ' the Pantaloon, goes out in her. The Columbine, 16, arrived from Chatham yesterday morn ing. She came into harbour this forenoon, in consequence of a leak having been discovered in her bow. It is as yet un certain whether it will be necessary to dock. The Comet, Lieutenant Johnson, sailed last night with dispatches for the Channel Fleet, under Sir W. Parker, G.C.B. The Rifleman steam-gun vessel is to go to Woolwich a few days, to receive her engines. She is being rigged for that purpose. The Gladiator steam frigate, Captain Robb. and the Athol troop-ship, are refitting. The latter is to be reported ready for sea on Tuesday next. The Mercury cutter sailed last night for Yarmoush, to fetch Lieutenar t W oolridge and a party of divers, belonging to the Excellent, who have been employed in blowing up a wreck. The Penelope steam frigate is refitting with the utmost celerity. She will be ready for the pendant about the end of the month. ROYAL MAUINES.—The following gentlemen having passed the requisite examination at the Royal Naval College, will receive commissions next week :—Messrs. lAarris, Wilson, Dunn, Parry, Cox, and Taylor. Snetasress, Au°. 13.—The Columbine, 16, Commander Booth, having had her compasses adjusted and undergone the usual inspection by the Commander-in-Chief, sailed on Friday for Spithead, where she is to be paid advance wages, and afterwards proceed to the East India station. The Goodwill lighter arrived on Monday from Portsmouth, and the Duck on Tuesday from Plymouth, with stores for the dockyard. The Goodwill has gone to Chatham, the Duck and Rochester remain unloading. The Dragon steam-frigate is very nearly ready for the pendant. The riggers have gammoned the bowsprit, and it is expected she will be very shortly commissioned. Since the fortunate discovery of Are Ou board this vessel, and the regsed, and the military allowed to act, then they said the Government must:be answerable for any excesses com mitted by the people, as to day there is what they call an after-kirmess in the same parish. After obstinately refusing for some time, the heads of the Government at last gave way, the:permission for the guard of citizens to continue their functions was granted, and the pro clamation withdrawn, so it is to be hoped that to-night will pass off quietly, though some still entertain fears lest the lower orders, in their cups, which they always indulge in at these kirmisses, should forget themselves. I shall not close my letter till to-morrow, in case there should be anything to communicate. Monday, August 10.—Thank God, the night has passed over quietly. The streets were of course full of people, excited enough, but more with joy at having for the second time got the mastery than anything else, and I trust now that everything will subside into its usual quiet. We are now all pondering what the King will say and do. At present he is as . still as a mouse, possibly waiting till the flume has burned out. The principal citizens are drawing up a protocol which is to be pre sented to the King in person, by a deputation of the first people in the town, giving a fair state ment of the affair, and also it is said they intend complaining of the excessive dearness of every thing here, begging for a diminution of the taxes with which Cologne is burdened, on account of its being a fortress. I hope and trust that all will end well, for though an absolute monarch, he has certainly shown himself to be a good King, and it is to be hoped that he will show his moderation now. Next Sunday is kirmess in our own parish, and I assure ynu we look forward to it with some anxiety, as the. St. Giles of Cologne is situated in our parish, and if any disturbance was to break out, it would be no joke in such a low neighbourhood ; but there is yet a whole week to that, and in that time the excitement will doubt less, ,have subsided. The officers are in sad disgrace. There is a talk of sending them all to Coventry, and might t ing h ha t ve em bee o n u t t h o the ef consequences, Casino. if When I think what rnment had not given way, it makes one shudder. In England such a thing would cause a few broken heads, and be done with, but here every man has been a soldier, and still belong to the militia to a certain age, so that they well know how not only to defend, but to organise themselves, and these Cologne the conduct of the military was i p s eo b p u l e when t on h e o t pi e n i i r o b n lo o o n d t i sup are h esub subject t perfect inel f l u r p ie s s. T rts of h t e h re e country, viz., that shameful in the extreme, and that the citizens of Co logne have behaved most nobly in doing their best to e andnd i e r ts .11 h a ving Two or l e f t t h the re e travelling l p a r w e s s e o r v f e th t eE h e nl agnplides a ht c om e pe o nu f ngi t so h ht e beaten the i t 3 0 - f f , by the military, being accidentally in the crowd. I forgot to say there were also some disturbances on Thursday, the 3d, which gave rise to the scenes of Tuesday. VVe have also had a shock of an earthquake here, but very 'slight. We did not know It. It seems that this year is to be an eves ful one. Business is still very bad, and no wonder, with the hot weather and this state of confusion. Adieu. THE INSURRECTION at COLOGNE. The following extract from a private letter, which has been kindly banded to us for publication, gives a vivid account of a very serious outbreak at Cologne : COLOGNE, AUG. 16. My dear —, I received your kind letter on Tuesday last, for which many thanks, and reply to it in haste, sooner than I intended, fearing you might all be alarmed and anxious by the newspaper reports of the dis turbances in. Cologne. We have indeed very narrowly escaped a serious revolution, and although very great excitement still exists, still I trust, by the Government not having recourse to violent measures, that all will end well. I must now give you some account of the af fair. It all arose from one of the kirmess's, or Saint's day-feasts, and had no political grounds whatever. Last Sunday was St. Martin's kinness, which is held in that part of the town, near the Rhine, and where the market place is. On the 3d day of the kirmess (Tuesday), some boys wanted to let off some fireworks, which is not al- ~. The Yoyal Yacht Squadron of Cowes, Isle of Wight. lowed here. The police interfered, and the people, who 2. The Royal Western Yacht Club of Plymouth. were already much displeased by finding that pi- 3. The Royal Victoria Yacht Club of Ride. quets of soldiers had been placed about the market, 4. The Royal Southern Yacht Club of Southampton. began to murmur. The soldiers were ordered to 5. The Royal Eastern Yacht Club of Leith. clear the market-place. This was, of course, re- 6. The Royal Northern Yacht Club of Glasgow. sisted, as no cause had been given for such a pro- 7. The Royal Harwich Yacht Club. ceeding, and in the fray a gendarme cut down and 8. The Royal Cork Yacht Club. killed a man, literally hacking him to death. This was the 9. The Royal Kingstown Yacht Club (Ireland). signal for battle. I have heard from au eyewitness that 10. The Royal Mersey Yacht Club, LiverpooL it was something quite awful to witness the dead still- 11. The Royal Thames Yacht Club. G During the present week the Hon. G. A Byron, R.Y. S. ness that prevailed, while the priest administered the (Phantom yacht), Sir J. R. Carnac, Bart. (heroine yacht), last sacrament to the poor dying creature. Hundreds and several other leading yachtsmen, have joined the United stood silent there, with faces white with passion and Yacht Club. The annual subscription is eight guineas. clenched fists. The battle then began between the ASCENTS OF MONT BLANC.—Accounts from Cha soldiery and the people. The former behaved most mounix inform us, that the very fine weather which has pre shamefully, using their bayonets and swords upon every railed there for some weeks past has led to several attempts one they could reach. At last the people began to throw (most of them successful) to explore the summit of Mont down stones from the tops of the houses. At eleven Blanc, and the even more perilous assent and passage of the o'clock the Dragoons came over from Deutz, dashing scenery in all the glory of its wild grandeur. On the 30th in amongst the people, and cutting them down without of June a French Count Alfred crossed the Col du Geant, with fire guides, to Cormayeur, without accident. 'On the discrimination, shouting out, " Cut the Cologne canaille 13th of July Count Bouille reached the summit of Mont down," "Down with the dogs,", &c. This shameful con - Blanc, having experienced rough weather. On the 16th of duct enraged the townspeople still more, but the military being too strong for them, they dispersed, and the streets July, another French gentleman, in attempting to cross the Geant, with five guidesSwas caught in a snow storm, and, were quiet by two in the morning, but not, lam sorry after wandering about the ice and snow for 14 hours , th e to say, without bloodshed. Six were mortally wounded party fortunately got back to the Mo ntauvert, where (four are since dead) and a very great number great apprehensions were entertained about them. On wounded more or less. Amongst the latter were Iseve- the 2nd of August Messrs. Greene, Popham, and Dutton, ral of the principal townspeople, who were returning with eight guides, crossed the Col du Leant is 17 hours, home quietly from the Casino, &c., and knew nothing of Il s e v a d i ntc?i•enmeaorsT l i o n s t t o o a ne er o e f v their e fn gu t i h d e e s, i c w e, h f o ro w m a s prec ipi tated which he was the riot until they were attacked and cut down by par extricated by lowering down another guide by a rope, his ties of soldiery, who came dashing up the streets: as if further fall having been stopped by his mountain pole catch they were mad. Clergymen, bankers, merchants, a l l ing luckily in the ice. A large mass of the Glacier du 'recut shared the same fate. They made 22 prisoners, mostly also fell in close to the party during their passage. On the people who had nothing to do with the affair. You may sth of August Messrs. Wolley and Hurt reached the summit imagine the excitement that prevailed the next day. of Mont Blanc, with six guides, led by the veteran Coutet, The heads of the town called on the Burgomaster to who thereby perfo rm e d his 17th ascent, 12 of which suc call a meeting. This he did, at which all the first citi- ceeded. The weather during their ascent was so clear that zens were present, thus making it no longer an affair of the party were . disti n ctly observed d fr a oaCh t am t rnii! d ar a ri i vin a fi the rabble, to assert their rights as citizens of Cologne. fAtthe summt The courage l and their considerate ano atte e ntion gui e for n the The presence of the commanding general, Von de Lundt, th ese safety ex p editiose, of the travellers, are highly spoken of. Professor was required (I forgot to say it was by his orders that the troops fell on the people); and a severe remonstrance Forbes, who has been staying for the last fortnight at the Montauyert, engaged in scientific researches, is about to ex was made to him and the president of the town. The plore the Tacul Glacier and the Col du Genie ter the same prisoners were required to be set at liberty, and purpose. It is also currently reported that Mr. Robert Peel, also a promise demanded that the troops should son of the late Premier, is daily expected in Chamounix, all be consigned to their barracks, that neither with the intention of ascending Mont Blanc. the police leer the soldiery should patrol the THE LATE STORM—MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AT town, and that citizens, the heads of the town, should be ALBION HOUSE, PIMLICO.—On Wednesday, Mr. Bedford, permitted to form a guard of themselves to patrol the the Coroner for Westminster, held an inquest at Albion streets, in which case they would ensure the peace of House, Shaftesbury-terrace, Pimlico, on the body of William the town. But they told the military authorities in ?lawP-Y, aged 25, whose death took place under the follow lain terms, that if this was refused and the military or ing circumstances :—lt appeared, from the evidence, that the P deceased, wko was the son of a farmer in Warwickshire, police acted, they would not answer for the copse- had been in the service of Mr. Smith, the proprietor of the quences. You have seen enough of Cologne to know above establishment, tOr a period of four months. During that the people must be in a dreadful state of excite- that time he had slept in one of the rooms on the basement went to dare to ask so much. There was no use in floor. On Saturday week, owing to the heavy storm that striving with the people, so at three in the afternoon visited the metropolis, the lower floor of Mr. Smith's pre the answer was returned from Berlin by telegraph that mises was laid which of the d upwar ds otweencled was ninein che s under o neowanll'ter, the terms were to be conceded. Upon this 6 00 of the inobliged t satisfied with y chief citizens formed themselves into companies, and consequence o aroomat thtope the house. Not feeling i the town remained quiet, although thousands assembled the apartment, he returned to his former 'bedroom on Sunday last, where he, slept for the night. The at the market ; yet by means of a few well aimed re- follow i ng d ay h e com pl a i ne d of having a bad cold, and marks and untie persuasion, the peace was not again it was agreed upon by his mistress, that a charcoal fire broken. It is impossible to describe the anxiety that should be made up to air the room. On Monday afternoon, prevailed until the favourable answer was given, and some charcoal was placed by the cook in a patent stove, and well it was for us all that the Government was wise put in the deceased's apartment, and at half-past eleven at enough to give way ; had it been otherwise, Heaven night he retired to bed, but whether he was aware of the knows what might have happened. stove being in the place, or knew the danger of the same, It has since been ascertained that the working classes the learned. On following morning, on the to deceased's bed-room to call him, she could had taken their measures secretly, to act in a most de- calkd going g be cided manner in case the citizens were not allowed to o b ta i n was Having obtained assistance, the door a take charge of the town. All the workmen and boat- sensible, with a violent movement of the whole frame. Mr. n forced, o answer.nd in deceased was found in bed, apparently men at the Rhine had provided themselves with long knives, and intended to cut off the bridge and send it Baynton, a surgeon, was called in, and he did all that was possible for deceased, but without effect, and he died the floating down the river, so as to prevent the Dragoons same day at one o'clock. The cause of death was congestion from coming near. The common market people had of the brain, brought on by inhaling the-carbonic acid gas provided themselves with sithes. Other workmen, armed generated by the charcoal. The jury, after hearing the with their working tools, were to attack and storm the evidence, returned a verdict, " That the deceased died from arsenals, so as to provide themselves with arms and inhaling a noxious gas, generated by burning charcoal ammunition; another party were to attack and burn the incautiously placed in his bed-room by a fellow-servant." barracks, drive the military out, and take possession of On Thursday last, as the railway train which leaves the town ; in short, a most fearful revolution was Canterbury twenty-five minutes after eleven in the morning, was passing towards Ashford, the engine - driver observed planned, and would have been executed most surely, if several cows on the railway ; he immediately shut off the the Government had not given way. The citizen guard steam and reversed the engine, but being at full speed at the were unarmed, and yet they kept the rabblequiet by time he saw the animals, he was not able sufficiently to check telling them they must not now commit any excesses, for the onward motion of the train before it had knocked down the honour of the town. So much for Wednesday. one of the animals, which falling under the engine was On Thursday, the cooper, the man who was first dragged by it a considerable distance. The animal was re killed, was buried, and the citizens determined to follow leaseed from its unfortunate position much injured, and him to the grave, not so much on account of the man, Boorman, the police tn e s i p ag ect p o r r es o a n at th i e mm lin e e dia b t e e t l w ee k rl ll C e r Can anter as for the purpose of making a demonstration to the Government of the real feelings of the people. I never bury y set the cow, thus rendering it tit for human . food. The ascertained to have been the property of Mr. S. saw such a sight. Hot as it was (95 deg. in the shade, beast were Sutton, of Wye-court; they had, in consequence of the ex - East Indian heat), everybody was in the streets. Every c essiv e heat, quitted the field in which they were grazing, window on the line of road was filled with women. and strayed down the river Stour, and thence got upon the The procession was more than , half an hour passing the railroad —Kent Herald house I was in. Generally, the processions here are EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A BARMAN.—On Friday headed by the police to clear the way, but this time information was received at the police station of the L divi there was nothing of the kind. Not a ghost of a police sion, Tower-street, that David Ballauce, barman to Mr. officer, soldier, or officer was to be seen in the town. Watson, landlord of the Artichoke Tavern, Lower Marsh, The way was cleared by the church vergers, then fol- Lambeth, absconded on Sunday night last with upwards of lowed two fine bands of music (not military), then one r tim lt en a g es st r er with t thehe was man related een management to o of the hna Watson, in s and of the singing societies, then a great number of y. latter residing a few miles out o f town. He also had posses priests, with candles, crosses, &c., then the hearse, sion of all the moneys belonging to the various sporting decorated with festoons of evergreens, and wreaths clubs held at the house, and most of the cash belonging to of immortelless then another cross. The hearse the holders of the prizes. Mr. Watson had no suspicion as was immediately followed by the friends and to his dishonesty until Monday morning, when he came to fellow workmen. After thorn came the " Man- town to transact some business, and found that Ballance was ner Gesang-verein " singing as they only can sing, away. He then expected to see him ret urn, but on his not and they were followed by at least 5,000 citizens of making his appearance o n Thursda y , Mr. Watson examined Cologne, in a triple line, with uncovered heads, and in his books, and discovered ni h i i i s e sz v io e y d w e i f t aeg i o s nl. n Ballance is is perfect silence, among whOm 3,000 were of the most a. married airaniel near d a m r man , a a d h her ccouchm w ent. Nearly 2001. of the money e respectable class of the people, as no great house was was the fortnight's takings behind the counter. He is 24 unrepresented either by the principal himself or some years of age, five feet seven inches high, light complexion, one for him. Those who formed the citizen guard wore high cheek bones, and had on when he left a suit of new a t y he ju fi d r g s e t THE LATE HAILSTORM.—Friday evening a mee ti ng o f the black, with satin vest, and black hat. a what white thi s r g i band aara i si,n whenbl u t t e t l o l n y - o h a o l t e h . a t Y E ri o u g e m l, amongst the demise crowds of was held at the Horns Tavern, Kenuingtot, to receive a merchant here, is one of them, besides bankers, &c. the nurserymen, florists, and gardeners of the metropolis the funeral passed, every head was un- report of the damage sustained during the late storm, pre covered, and you might have heard a pin drop. After it liminary to the public meeting to be held on Monday next. was over, they all returned quietly to their homes. But in The report described the principal sufferers to be Messrs. Not poop a le w w o word o w as spoken the evening there had very nearly been an uproar again, Chapman, Vauxhall, 3,000/. ; Messrs. Chandler and Son, through the folly of the commandant, guard-house. The who had ordered Wandsworth, 2,0001.; Messrs. Dickson, Acre-lane, Brixton, 2,000/. ; Mr. Higgins, Brixton, 1,000/. ; Mr. Myall, Bruns and began wick-road, Camberwell, 800/. ; Mr. Clark, Brixton, 7001.; people found this out _ to stormto assemble in great Messrs. Fairbairn, Clapham-rise, 6001. ; besides a vast num numbers, threatened. it, and getting stones to- ber of others varying from 3001. to 2001. and under, making gether for that purpose, but the citizen guard came and a total of at least 18,000/. persuaded them to d the guard to be doubled-at the c hi e f disperse, which they promised to do if THE DAGENHAM MURDER.—On Saturday Dennis they would let them sing one song. This they were Flinn and John Hennessey, two labourers, and a female, obliged to do, so they sang a s or t o f revolutionary song name d Ell en R an ki n , were aga i n exam i ne d a t th e Magis and went off. I should tell you that the mayor and citi- trates Court, at Ilford, on suspicion of being concerned in sells sent to the commandant, and remonstrated with him having doubled the guard, thereby exciting the pee- the murder of George Clark, the police constable, at Dageu forle to riot. After much ado he was obliged to withdraw e met here and there, but no- ham, Essex, when they produced witnesses to prove that P tpy. Friday night everything Flinn was at work for Curtis and Co., builders, at Stratford, at Loughton Church, at the time of the murder, and that Ellen Rankin was lodging with him at Loughton, which is fourteen miles from Dagenham ; and it was positively sworn thing further. that they slept together there on the night of the murder. yesterday (Saturday), t h e citizens held a meeting Hennessey also called his father-in-law, who swore that (which by the by they had done every day), for the Hennessey was at work with him, on the 29th of June, at o t o : t o f ci p u e i e o purpose of receiving the reports of all those who were Mortlake, and that he got up at half-past four o'clock on the it,w attacked l quiet.l went x a by the military. The Chief Justice, a sort of following morning. It was likewise proved that a pair of little Lord Chancellor here, is as eager as any of them white gloves found on the prisoner Rankin, which were sup in the cause, although he is a Government officer. We posed f fer hre a belonged to the deceased policeman, had been were all put in a fright again esterday, in consequence fe i n v , en in Kei y st, twoomp r a e n v , en n t au h i e e r d Margaret an i l? riscen, injured O h y k n t r e of a proclamation _from the y Government having been thistles while cutting the corn. The benclf having consulted sent to be inserted i n the paper for to-day, in which together, the chairman said the accused had clearly proved the guard of citizens were ordered to dissolve, and the an alibi, and were entitled to their discharge. military were to keep the streets clear. It contained LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.—The Great Britain also observations on the Tuesday's massacre, tending steam -ship, now out thirteen days, has not yet made her to rekindle the anger of the people. The editor of the appearance. She was not telegraphed when our express bag paper laid it before the c ommittee of the citizens, and it was made up at half-past four. There has been a communi was immediatelYresolved to protesfagainst this proclama- cation throughout the line to Holyhead all day. tion. A deputation waited on the President and General An action was brought in the Palace Court on Fri- Van de Lundt, and told them what they thought, advis- day, to recover the exact sum of 2/. for a cart sold. As ing the withdrawal of the obnoxious proclamation, and the case was defended, and counsel engaged, the costs will e be offering to give up their Sunday's pleasure (a great thing a n to ta u i t a B e / d ., r a he a n 3t y Court ai nf ld., Requestsa judgment n cou a nl i l n av ga e b an e n d for a Colognois to do), provided they would give them a the judgment equally rigidly enforced, many the shillings , promise in writing that neither police or military should Debts Act i • the action was, th ere f ore , c l ear ly to laid a in t er f e re with the people to-day (Sunday), but l eave the pan ishmeut la the injury of cords, tQr makieg a bona fidg 0114011 ward to kt o? order ad rip& If the/ were defence. - UNITED YACHT CLUB, LONDON.—To be eligible for this club, which is situate at 87, St. James's-street, a can didate must be either a naval officer of or above the rank of lieutenant, or have been a member of a yacht club for three years, or be now a member of one of the following clubs, viz.:— PROFESSOR FABER'S SPEAKING AUTOMATON, OR EUPHONIA. ThiS is the most extraordinary production of ingenuity and perseverarce that it has ever been our good fortune to observe. It is, without any cheat or fraud, in reality a speaking machine, and an object of the highest wonder. We are told that the inventor, Mr. Joseph Faber, is sixty years of age; he received his education at the Royal Polytechnic Institution in Vienna; lie is a Professor of Mathematics, and was for many years Premitr Calculator and Land Surveyor to the Emperor of Austria. He has devoted more than twenty-live years to the discovery and construction of a me. chanical combination which should possess all the powers of articulation. After obtaining the power of pronouncing all the other vowels by mechanical contrivance, he spent seven • years in finding means of artificially pronouncing the letter E. Professor Faber was the first man who analysed " Caou chouc," or India rubber; from this material he has formed the various organs of articulation, so as exactly to resemble those appertaining to humanity, and by means of keys, and bellows (for lungs); he has at last conquered every obstacle, and has: succeeded in constructing an instrument which will plainly and distinctly speak all languages, sing, whisper, laugh, &c. This wonderful result is now achieved for the first time, although it has often been before attempted with out success, and has often, during the last few centuries, been pronounced an impossibility by sarans of all countries. We should recommend those of our readers who are not so deficient of reasonable curiosity as to neglect a visit to this wonderful exhibition, to glance at Mr. Faber's book of Memoranda, inscribed by many of the most distin guished persons of the day. We recommend the book as highly amusing. Some of the inscriptions are remarkably characteristic. The greatest captain of the age writes :—" A wonderful piece of mechanism.—Weilington." The Lord Chief Baron bears his testimony to its excellence in the pithy sentence :—" The machine speaks for itself—rerburn sat." Mr. J. S. Buckingham, in a long memorandum, re quests the visitor, whose notions of perfect articulation may not be quite realised by the performance of the automaton, " to remember that it is a human work, and that man can , • riot equal the work of his Creator." Some half-dozen deep thinking inscribers content themselves with expressing their " entire agreement " with that original and profound ob servation of Mr. J. S. Buckingham's. Perhaps,. however, the testimony of such men as Dr. Ryan, Professor Bachhoffner, Mr. Sievier, Mr. Longbottom, and the learned editor of the Westminster Review, will go as far with the public as the pious exhortation of Mr. 8., and the satirist, who " fully agrees" with him. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— t .9. NAME OF RAILWAY. Week ending Aug. S Arbroath and Forfar ••• • • •••• • • • • Bristol and Birmingham .••• • • • •• • • Chester and Birkenhead . Dublin and Drogheda. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown •• • • .... •• • • Dundee and Arbr0ath........... Durham and Sunderland . • • .. • ..... • • Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • • • •• • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. Eastern •• • • • • .• •• • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glallgo••• and Greenock— •• • • •• • • Gravesend and Rochester.. • • • • • • • • • • Great 'Western ............. .. Hartlepool ...... London and North Western, &c. London and 81ackwa11.............. London and Brighton Londoa and Croydon London and South Western. • Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... Manchester and Birmingham........ Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Midland Counties . • • • • • • • • • • • ...... • Newcastle and Darlington • • • • • • • • • • Newcastle and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Newcastle and North Shields.. N0rf01k...................... North British .. •• • • ••••..• • • • • • North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbett, and Orleans • • • • Paris and Rouen . • . • . • . • • Preston and Wyre........ • ... • Richmond. Sheffield and Manchester...—. South Eastern........ South Devon •••••... . • . ........ York and North Midland . •• • • • • • • •• Last week. LOSS 1,020 1,171 500 4,116 8,996 402 2,314 1,200 294 21,770 866 47,696 1,440 10,530 8,943 1,410 7,925 20,105 3,230 2,134 570 1,451 2,334 7,216 1,508 839 1,198 634 3,255 6,247 2,4'0 10,180 1,050 1,07, 690 7,414 2,071 1,281 6,1g7 114645 1,091 1,324 8,080 1,203 601 6,717 Lady Brougham arrived at Brougham-hall on Tues day last. Her Ladyship had not bean in the north for some years. DEATH OF 1115 HIGHNESS PRINCE FLORENTIN SALM SAue.—We have to record the demise of Florentin Williams, reigning Prince of Salrr-Satin, who expired on the 2d instant at Bockhold (Prussian Westphalia). The deceased was born oil the 17th March, 1786, and succeeded his father, Prince Constantin Alexander, on the 25th February, 1828. In July, 1810, he married Flamina, Baroness de Rossi (who died Dec. 20, 1840), by whom he has left three sons. The deceased is succeeded by Prince Alfred, his eldest son, born December 1814, who married in June, 1836, the Princess Augusta V. Croy Dalmin. REPORTED VISIT OF TIER MAJESTY TO SCOTLAND. — The rumour has again been revived "that it is her Majesty's intention to visit Scotland this year for the third time. the necessary preparations for her Majesty and Royal Consort's reception at Blair Castle have commenced, orders having been received to that effect last week. It is not known the . preci;etit;Ltwhia; her Majesty intends leaving for Scot land, but it is supposed that it will be about the latter end of this month, or early in September, according as the Parlia mentary session may close. Her Majesty will proceed by sea to Inverness, and then, as is eupposed, proceed through the centre of the North Highlands, by Bridge of Carr, Kingussie, and Drammochter, to Blair." We have no means of ascer- taining upon what authority these details are given.— Perthshire COUlier, Aug. 13. THE ADELAIDE GALLERY.—Yesterday the sale of all the intetesting scientific, mechanical, and philosophical productions, at the Adelaide Gallery, took place at the auc tion rooms of Mr. Chadwick, St. Martin's-lane. The two celebrated electrical eels, Irons the River Amazon, in South America, brought 51 guineas; the gas microscope, 21. 125., the well-known steam•gun and target, 4/. 10s.; Tons Thumb's house; built expressly for him, 12s. ; Saxton's electro-mag- netic apparatus, 21 guineas; Pritchard's achromatic micro scope, 12 guineas—the sale altogether realising between five and six hundred pounds. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.—On Friday notice was given to the public by the Commissioners of Westminster-bridge that the thoroughfare for carriages would be closed till further notice on and after Saturday, the ,15th instant. ACCIDENT TO THE FALCON STEAMER.—NARROW ESCAPE OF THE PASSENGER.S.—An alarming accident hap pened on the morning of the Bth inst., to the I.Wcon steam. ship, commanded by Captain Bell, trading between London. uerry and Liverpool, by which the lives of all on board, amounting to near 300 persons, were placed its imminent danger. As far as we have been able to collect the particu lars, it appears that the steamer left Londonderry at a quarter past seven o'clock on the evening of the 7th inst., deeply laden, for Liverpool. The weather at the time was rather hazy, and so continued during the night. Towards the morning it came on a dense fog, and it seems the land was not seen after passing Ture Head, in the country of Antrim. Notwithstanding the density of the atmosphere the speed of the vessel was kept on, and at about half-past eight o'clock a sudden cry was raised " land a-head 1" In a few moments the iron-hound coast of Gowney Head, near the Mull of Galloway, was discerned through the mist, pro bably not more than eighty yards distant. The captain, who was on deck, immediately ordered the engines to be stopped and reversed, but unfortunately such was the rapidity at which she was proceeding through the water, that before she could be brought to, she dashed on the rocks and became a fixture. Instantly all was confusion, and the greatest dismay prevailed amongst the passengers, many of whom were of the poorer classes, who crowded the deck. The position of the steamer appeared most perilous; her bows were much elevated, and the water was fast rushing into her hold. The conduct of the captain during this trying period is described as being most determined and cool. The boats were promptly lowered. and after several trips the pas engers were safely landed on the beach. Providentially the weather, though foggy, was not boisterous. There was but little wind, and consequently but trifling sea. Had it been otherwise, owing to the peculiarity of the coast, a dreadful loss of life would inevitably have taken place. The preservation of the passengers having been accom plished, the captain tinned his attention to the best means for securing his vessel from destruction. Having obtained assistance trim the shore, she was got off and run into Clanyard Bay. On the news of the wreck reaching Strauraer, Lloyd's agent promptly sought the aid of her Majesty's steamer Asp, and a number of shipwrights being sent on board her, she proceeded to the disabled vessel's assistance. The injuries in her hold were then patched up so as to keep her afloat, and the Asp having towed her off the beach, she was conveyed to the neighbouring port of Ardrossan, where she will undergo the necessary re- pair. PINEAPPLES. - The supply of pines from the West Indies for the season has not yet ceased. A vessel has just arrived from Eleutheria, having the large number of 13,9'20 on board. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A BROTHER OF PROFESSOR FARADAY.—Yesterday, Mr. G. J. Mills held an inquest at the University College Hospital, as to the circumstances at tending the death of Robert Faraday, Esq., lately residing at No. 24, Albert-street,iilornington-crescent. The deceased gentleman, who had just attained his fitty.eighth year, was very highly connected. He was a brother of 'Professor Faraday, of the Royal Institution, and has left a large and numerous circle of friends, besides a wife and family, to la ment his premature separation. The jury having viewed the body, police-constable 96, of the S division, said that about eleven o'clock on the evening of Tuesday last he was pro ceeding along his beat in Munster-street, Regent's Park, when he saw a horse and gig coming along at a moderate pace, and as it reached the corner of the street, ran against the post, by which the deceased, who was driving, was pitched out on his head. Witness having given the alarm, the deceased was picked up in a state of insensibility, and conveyed to a Mr. Gillain's, in the same street, and subsequently to the hospital.—Mr. Colborne, the house-surgeon, stated that deceased was admitted shortly after twelve o'clock on the night in question, suf-• fering from partial insensibility, and appeared to have re ceived a slight injury to the brain. The usual course of treatment was adopted, but at seven o'clock the following morning his symptoms became worse, re-action did not take place, and he oied suddenly on the morning of the 13th inst. post mortews examination had been made, which showed a very extensive occiputal fracture, and a large effusion of blood in the cavity of the dura mater. The police-officer was recalled, and in answer to questions put by the coroner said that the deceased was brought to the above institution by five policemen, and not one of whom thought it his duty to make the friends of deceased acquainted with the catas trophe that night, although a letter was found upon him with his address, tee. The deputy coroner then expressed himself very strongly on the inattention of the police, in not having forwarded inthrmation of the circumstance to de ceased's residence. After some further evidence, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." UNPUBLISHED ANECDOTE OF THE DUKE OF WEL LINGTON.—One summer's morning the Duke was riding with his groom on the north bank of the Serpentine, when an unfortunate gentleman, who had got out of his depth in the water, hallooed lustily to his Grace for assistance. His Grace stopped his horse, and turning to the riser, replied— " Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington is only a subscriber to the Royal Humane Society; neither he nor his groom hold any office under that institution. He is not one of the park-keepers, and he has no connexion with the Metro politan police. The Duke declines interfering. The gentle man in the water may apply to any one of the officers of the Humane Society, or to a park-keeper, or to one of the officers of police." The Duke then touched his hat with his !Ore -1 finger, WI quietly rociccii...Alosanach ofthe 41mM. • , NEW GEOLOGICAL THEORY fall withSznPEaCieTllaNstG twoBA SyeekaLrsT,lCCaCpOtaLinUMM/eT S o r writt( n and publish e d, in the J ama i ca Ti mes , i o s n eve h r a ta s essays, with the view o f proving that in the magnifi cent columns of the Gi ant ' s C auseway, and those of Staffs, we behold the splendid relics of the stupendous bamboos of a far distant age ! ! In support of this novel hypothesis, be alludes to the fact of the sepa rate joints, both in bamboos and basaltic columns, being articulated with semispherical tenons, and cor responding sockets or mortises ; the tenon or the mortise being, in both productions, sometimes in the upper and sometimes in the lower end of the joint ; as particularly remarkable in the columns of o d Giant's Causeway. In reference to the establiihr theory of basaltic columns being crystalised At f . he rents of molten lava, he shows that it is oppeseu to e general laws of crystalisation ; and remarks upon t" utter impossibility of the separate joints, blocks, or crys.. ... tals, of which the columns are composed, selecting (if thus formed) their fellow-joints of similar dituneter, with corresponding sockets or mortises, and arranging themselves so closely and exactly one above another, till stupendous columns were raised many hundred feet in height, the length of the joints, tied diameter of contigu ous columns, exhibiting all the relative variety of dimen sions which marks a field of sugar-canes or a forest of bamboos. tome of the basaltic columns of the Giant's Causeway consist of distinct groups bending towards one another at the tops, so as to resemble gigantic pillars and arches of Gothic architecture, which appes.raesee, Captain Morton observes, is one of the beautiful charac. teristics of the graceful tiambve. He also shows that bamboos, even in the present day, secrete silex or flint, the chief' component part of Basaltic Columns; and that the well-known material called vege table ivory, now substituted for animal ivory in many articles of crdinary use, is the production of an existing order of palm trees. Instead of admitting that volcanoes are the generators of Basaltic Columns, he regards them as the destroyers of these vegetable productions of a far anterior period and thus accounts for the fact of volcanoes being some times found in the neighbourhood of Basaltic Columns, and the similarity in chemical composition between lava and basalt. To show that there is nothing more preposte rous in the supposition that trees should have been con verted into stone columns, than that these columns should have been vomited forth by volcanoes, he alludes to the fact of there being now in the Texas a forest of stony trees ; and to the hard and ponderous nature of many of the massive timbers of the day (containing earths and metals), as also to the fact of their having, like the flinty shell of the cocoa nut., and the stones of our fruit, been secreted from a fluid sap, while the bones of the most gigantic animals, and the ivory tusks of the ele phant, &c., were once equally fluid, being, in like man ner, eliminated from the blood derived from vegetable food ! There is not, says Captain Morton, such disparity in size between the most colossal of the columns of the Giant's Causeway, and the bamboos of the present day, as between the monstrous antedeluvian lizard, the igua nodon, and our diminutive reptiles of similar tribes. The iguanodon was many thousand times as big as our lizards ; but bamboo, merely five or six times as lofty as some of the present day, would suffice to give us a mountain range equal in height to the most lofty and precipitous basaltic mountain in Scotland. Where the lowest coal bed is now found, there, the above-mentioned writer remarks, the surface of the earth most assuredly once was; that however deep, in what ever stratum, the remains of antediluvian animals are embedded, there too, though no longer evincing a vege table structure, must be the remains of the luxuriant, reeds, ferns, and grasses on which they fed, of the mon strous trees forming the primitive forests they inhabited. In the Isle of Arran we find coal overlying Basalt. in one place, and Basalt reposing upon coal in another. In Mount Mei,sner, in Hess, Basalt is found based upon a substratum of fosssil wood, one hundred feet deep! and this mountain towers over an area of forty miles of surrounding country; the inference is obvious. It is universally admitted that coal and wood were once vegetable productions growing upon the surface of the earth ; consequently the superior strata must, generally speaking, consist of the debris of subsequent animal and vegetable kingdoms, the chemical laboratories employed by the Almighty Architect of the Universe in fixing the vapour of the at moshere of the ocean, and adding them in solid strata to our expanding globe. Hence, the ex cess of the equatorial over the polar diameter, from the great luxuriance of the animal and vegetable kingdoms. within the tropics, and consequent accumulations of matter around the equatorial regions : while the remains of the elephant and the palm tree, the crocodile and the bamboo, are still found at the polar surface, where, count less ages past, they perished, th e di m i n i s h e d temperature permitting no subsequent vegetation of sufficient luxuri ance to cover their remains with succeeding strata. The Isle of Staffs stands forward as an instructive monument of the prominent part the vegetable kingdom has performed in the structure of our globe, in those re mote ages when Scotia, through the greater obliquity of the ecliptic, glowed beneath the verdure of a tropical sun ! The striking characteristics of the bamboo are too strongly manifested in its numerous small pillars. " bending and diverging in all directions," to admit of further mistake. The mystery which has so long hung over these, and the magnificent columns of the Giant's Causeway must, according to Captain Morton, be thus for ever dispelled. The volcanic theory of their origin, though supported " by all living geologists," must yield to the simple principles of nature, which not only ren ders basaltic columns, but many other apparently mys terious phenomena, susceptible of easy solution. Those persons may possibly be thunderstruck at the announce. ment, that trees have been converted into stone columns, who, in accordance with high authorities, have been ac customed to believe them to have been vomited forth by volcanoes ; but the fact, that the hardest and most brilliant of the mineral productions of the earth, the diamond, consists of carbon, the chief component • part .of the vegetable kingdom, of wood, coal, and charcoal, is certainly no)ess extraordinary. SINGULAR MARRIAGE AT SMETHWICK. One of the most novel and remarkable freaks which has ever occurred in this or any other part of the coun try, has been discovered at Smethwick, in the course of the week. About two years ego a rollickin g An ew. named Charles Wilkins, came to the town, wh ere for some time he was employed in an Fonfoundry. This, however ; was too hard work for him, and he b e t ook himself to that of a " navigator." His gallantry a n d devotion to the sex was always very conspicuous, and a romp with the servant girls one of his favourite amuse. ments. Shortly after he took up his residence i n the town, he became acquainted with an illustrious female, named Sarah Deakin, to whom he paid the most assi duous attention. After some time passed in agree able courtship, fortune smiled on his suit, every prepa ration was made for the happy day, and the ceremony was performed amidst all the usual joyous demonstra tions. The happy couple took up their residence in the house of Mr. John Badger, near the Swan Inn, and for a year lived in the apparent enjoyment of every felicity. Wilkins got a situation W. Chance. Esq., at the Plate Glass Works, and .v vas with his wife installed as one of the lodge keepers at Spon-lane. Months passed. Rumour, with her hundred tongues, was busy ; even his wife partook of th e general suspicion that her husband was not what he ought to be, and poor Wilkins became a marked man. Since his marriage he had become a most exemplary husband, he had ceased to crack hi, joke s w i t h the girls as they passed, and had even f orsa k en hi s accustomed pipe and cup at the Swan of an evening ; but notwith standing all this, was looked upon with suspicion. Even the hearty good-natured equanimity of Wilkins was not proof against such conduct; his house had become uncomfortable ; no young " olive plants" sur rounded his hearthstone, and his " better-half" bit came, from one of the most amiable creatures in the world, one of the greatest shrews. Life was bec , sming unbearable; so, determined no longer. "In the mind to suffer The stings and arrows of outrageous for tune," th a at m o e f ta ; but to tike "arms against . a sea of trouble, " he becam e nmnadreyrgom thang a woman! Charles Wilkins doffed the male attire he had or meta morphosis for not g le y s e s a r e s x , extraordinary caterpillar, became humble, pale-faced Mary Curzon ! t m en uc lo h n The astonishment of the wife way be conceived ; tem. pared with regret, because Wilkins had a l ways been a kind, though most eccentric husband. Sh e i s by no means unprepossessing in person, although from her short-cut 1 - ,air and semi-male attire, she presents a rather singular appearance. She is scarcely thirty years of age, about the average height of females, with regular though not very feminine features. In short, she was rather a stout, good-looking fellow ; and, although her voice was shrill for a man, yet her sex was never SW pected. It appears that she had been marr i ed about . ten years ago to a man another part of t h e country, but he behaved to her in such an improper manner that she was compelled to leave him. It was then she adopt e d male attire, in which she could travel without Qxciting attention; and, having once become accustomed Co its use. she adopted it altogether. Before coming to S met h wick she had been employed in breaking stones on the road side, and other out-door labour. From her feminine voice, the workmen used to call her "Suite." On a re cent occasion, when seized with illness, for which she was bled by Mr. Davis, surgeon, who remarked on the sin gular smallness of her arm, not the slightest suspicion of her sex was entertained. In addition to her marriage, her conduct generally favoured the deception, for she could smoke, drink, tell her story, and sing her song with any of the workmen, who looked upon her as a capital boon companion, but regarded with a degree of jealousy her conquests among the "fair sex." The Wife appears to feel somewhat ashamed of the whole affair, and Cur zon is not by any means communicative on the subject. Her motives in the deception are :lot very c l ear , an d it does not appear that she can giv e any very satisfactory account of them herself.— We,irerhampion Chronicle. T/IE Moons.—No shooting season could begin under more favourable auspices than that of 1846. The fogs which enveloped and shut out the distant landscapes have been dispelled by the thunder of Saturday, and now the bracing atmosphere invites the young sportsman, inclined for an early shot, to roll himself in his plaid and listen for the first crow of the old cocks, as, on fluttering wings, they louse the young broods—many of them destined, ere ere.ning, to WI, at the sound of the gun, on their native heather. We h ave often wondered, on looking at maps which give the lines of railways, that no enterprising . publisher ever thought of a sporting map, where, in a similar way, shooting might be outlined and described—noting down deer corties— the bold ' peaks where ptarmigan are found—the heath-covered up , lands, where dwell innumerable broods of grouse—and the fantastic old birch clumps, sloping to mountain streamleta, which are the choice habitations of black game. Our paper goes to press on the eve of the eventful 12th of t Augut, which prevents our giving this week any accoun t s of th e well-filled panniers which, we hope, sparfgor4 WeA V from tllO ilill2.wiitt:o ll os Ouriert n nis her itli e , 1, CO Info 3 011 ;on ands ,si of ra d )1 0 ' sta. ff . ° D .1010 0301 c rdsi ter by ; us on ft 01 ' 1 Weer adde° ds S t ' er by