The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-20 00:00:00

A ' DREADFUL rum-STORM.- I" A it PUBLIC MEETING, held at the LON 1, - 1 1 bON , r , A •t, • - 0 3Itc, ...- - ..• i mix, Blshopsgate-street, the 17th Auousr,lB46, it •,•-- -Ya i ulghness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., in the chair, ".$ mound by J. ALERT:ITT, Esq. ; seconded by W. T. ILIFF, Esq. ; and carried unanimously— itlencTllat the severe losses vrhiCh the nurserymen, florists ad gar 'queers', in the nei ghbourhogd of the metropolis, sustained j in n conse ...,, .. - e of the dreadful hail-storm on the let day of August instant, • ., t i c a. d izr_ put W arTl m': nest sympathy, and - demand all onrefforts to alleviate It w a '1.'48 otcasioned thereby." g 41 0`.'ed by J. COOK EBl. ; seconded by R. SELDON, Esq., and ' Ttrat carried unanimously--- t a Public subscription be now commenced, and a fund raised ` , _ as e relief of the s u ff erers." w moved by M. SANOSTER, Esq., setorided by W. TRAHAR, Esq., ' That M and carried unae.'imeusly— t•„, —essrs, essrs. Barclay and Ce.., Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and roul;alessrs. Jone s Loyd and Ce,, Messrs. Scott and Co., and Messrs. as ihoved It %. g and Son, bankers, boo equired to receive subscriptions." i ? 3 ' W . - A.. Colins, Esq., seconded by ROBERT Run , SON, E " That • ,( 1., and carried unanimously— ISztr e. ,,, dairies CO,f,k, Esq., of Mincing-lane, be appointed trea ; ~,.__ ••aa Moved by . That Ca pta in LAMONT, seconded by ROBERT WRENCH, i '. . . 4 Esq., and carried unanimously— the Right non. the Lord Mayor Benjamin Hawes, Et,q., M.P. John Ailnutt, Esq., Clapham W. T. Iliff, Etii., M.D , Newington 4. F. Yonne, DI., M.D., Kennington J ohn Bl4.ght, Esq., Brixton-hill J. Bernam, Esq , Brixton • dairies Coppock, Esq., Cleveland-row _ J. Chapman, Esq., North Brixton William Davis, Esq., St. Paul's-churchyard J. E. Hadow, Esq., Mincing-lane G. Jeffs. Esq. Kennington•oval T. J. Pring, Esq , Kennington-common • M. Sangster, Esq., Park-road, Stockwell Win. Sandilande„ Esq.. South Lambeth I. Seldon, Esq., Leadenhall-street _ And wir.. Trailer, Esq., Whitehall-yard, seljt,-aurnittee, svith power to add•to their slumber; by any of whom 414)7nr, for,,his Te?,_t'olus will be thankfully' received." `• Luanks of the meeting were given to the Eight Hon. the Lord b "'-•.ndric•ss in attending the meeting, and to his Royal ' %itii t)? 88 we Duke of Cambridge, for his kindness and sympa thy the c h - e ? el liects of the meeting, and for his condescension in ta king o. B llbsr r ; `he 7 , -. -r,Dtions will be received by any of the above-named Bankers, E4.,..!asurer, the Committee, or Secretaries. . NEVILLE, Ebenezer House, Peckham,/ iiiss:,, following Hon. Secretaries. Commit R. C UTLER, 97, Farringdon-street, ~.e roorn, Horns Tavern, Kennington. m . eetm^ : Subscriptions were announced at . !ho . h e Yet Tlighness the Duke of Cambridge - b £2l 0 10 10 Th e Z t Ron. the Lord Maor 0„; zo prietera of the Gardene y rs , Chronicl e 10 10 Jei, ' a Cook, E sq . I s 41 Allnutt, EN. ' 2i,. ssr ' s • J. A. Ilenileison and Company - - - - 1 0 0 10 0 4 . essrs. Batt and Batley li S inith, Esq., Dalston ' lO 0 t h . e4 lii Ilawes. Esq., M.P. Z„. S. Scholey, E sq. - - - lO 0 - - 1.,•,A. Coomb e , E sq. - - 10 10 5 5 inert Barclay, Esq. - - - . - - - 5 5 81:," r s• Lawson and Son, Edinburgh -- - - 5 5 bed l a .ksb e • or.ith and Son, Hamburgh vrinirt 14.adson, Esq 4 ghis , `„ c.Trahar, Esq. ..... 5 5 aar- - C o p` Es ------ 5 't 4 w ' q. -..aistaa l j Ik, Es q Esq. - - - - - 5 5 ••‘esier, ~ftalea Lamont, R.N. liesi n . e l Lacob W-- Wood d Sons and SIMS , .. tra,ne. . J )3ell' EN., Istorvvich .a Messrs. Guru and 11`314111 V. Prager tsq. . - _ Vies age G. Low and Co. Ed wArd Marlborough, Esq. Braddock Dainas and Bradd °c,_ ... ---.., bauson, Eq., Edinburg.. It. 11.Solley, Esq. - Itichard Gibbs, Esq. - ~.-11 --- Carstairs, Es., Edinburgh --- /lanai°, ts q , • Sandllands, Esq. - 4 c)11 4 Ilan J, Esq. : 4, ekalunall, Esq. "' _ -K. Seldon, Esq. " - IV. T. ilia tag. - - It. Obbard, Esq. " - - T. Clarke, 40. .. - _ krit Itushell, V — - - . atPlul Ligliton - . ~..-a -eN... G crossman . *lr a v • • t"-.1a.• . alartles - - haes Esq. - - - .. II: Yydgso', Esq. - ~. 44111,"ritsq. - - Alr, Thoatn,' ./1 , 3,. er - - igorn tArrack, Esq. - - as Sonthey, tr.q. a. l't ing, Es q. . - - 5 5 - 5 5 - 5 5 - 5 5 - 5 5 - 5 5 - 5 0 -5 ' 0 - 5 0 - 5 0 - 5 5 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 2 0 - 1 4tT.,tl 44,...._ektees UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. " 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved ! to call public attention to the following facts, liti t 4l 4„ g, lt,ges resulting from the invention are various and lIi" 0 11 ~MloPendently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the corn "tgerfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light or R „ 'te ' 4 , ll ,Y for an It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns 1 11 4 ,,""s "`"3" Period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects A tt i 4 e to tt Most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have logs, , Introduction of gas in dwelling-houses, to the expense of 11 01 " e a re "3 d estruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, &c. ; opllrelY obviated by the "PATENT UNIVERSAL GAS so„ rs 413 the cost of laying on gas is muck lower than is coin % hoo s " °B ed, it is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for o. burners, 'ebs, manufactories, and public buildings. One of the Wa - , t 'ssur ab 1 arnply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum e or 'Y tower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance T har roubl 04oeri .r 3, ot her of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing k t i l , l :Sls off,, k nown light, are shown by the annexed authentic ~ittot fro'te qualities of the UNIVERSAL . GAS BURNER. ~7scitt y 26 he Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, The bo rn til _ May, 1846, Sir Joni; RENNIE, President, in the Chair. ,_tent,"`trielo„i - ,vr of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. Of 'l,;a,eitY Was the introduction of a stream of air to the ll oato, d ht air D t as e aC o t rn e by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. p as - L.llit through the hollow stem of the buttoo, was th,, - "Loglo o . hilt by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, tke ca rd ap t o " t with force on the flame or the gas curved it outwards waaTh. e rf a r „, b4 rett, d a ,_tuliP, while the oxygen of the air, mingling •iN ith r,t, ,I L Ydrogen gas, produced a very wirfzet combustion, her e t nply i t i gao white down the top of the burner, was very steady, the ' t the se 1, ettonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, I,ose burne'tilers have been used. In comparing the consumption be ttet v ia or that of the concentric ring burners, and trying b_ -. Wii," v ° lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a a saving of rather more than one-third." eo ,Ect rictle CERTIFICATE. I., l4l „ r ller s ' Sciroor..—" In testing Clark, Mc 45per tali gave -;,.„. Gas Burner with one of the best shawdowless ' L ore pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROBT. LONGBOTTODI, Secretary,Dl Att e „%! a Seri es CERTIFICA TE. Uni„. c o experiments made upon Clark, Mc Niell, and Co.'s ma tltha ecn ,ersktl Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily csta hg -homy arid the quality of the light. Tested against ~„."'usrs, Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a ``o. 4ut at least 25 per cent., and against three fish-tail burners, ner s 2 40 per cent. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is supe any other burner." T. W. BEATER, Consulting Chemist, Ole ,-, J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. ztei l , NTVERSAL GAS BURNER is used nightly at the Poly- L et l il l t,, Institution, and may he had and seen from 11 till 4, at the 1 4 , 4 ' d es td, 60, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross ; and of all Gas Fitters it WEATHER.- TRAVELLING.SEA • eor 4IA REGISTERD PALETOT in London, only at ,:,`" 11 , opposite the Royal Exchange; and the chief Llama 7,▪ 11 ar ehouse, 114, Regent-street. Do not be deceived by a iNhb o ,_ i ? , name, placed in the windows of a few petty shops in the ' , Li, 114 Isrie;,",.ood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " H. J. and , Regnt-street." ,RGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur rtsr it s.esi having gained such great approbation, and the demand I.,,Peeq„,n,‘lntilltg to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most s't th et ,`"Y to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public atibe,al Patronage of the same ; its utility and great convent ti,elge ,o„ourtiates have recommended P, to the most distinguished bl va• It ;;Ilections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda tx,ll.4 to fP t ePared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint ]; 4 , 4 •le bc a rnilles, .411 possible care has been resorted to, by eac t, 'sett la p elealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well Siih • „.te, t ,.„ ! hav ing their signature, without which it cannot be C 4, and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed Itticsrat-'4-N OHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after 4l r that has given the greatest satisfaction for many IV Arela 1 '4 4. 611 ' e, 10 7. Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. the LADIES TRAVELLING. it()"" oast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of b w li the Sun , will find thee .depa,„ 4 „INTO'S KALYDOR a most refreshing relac:°4 for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan the port!' - 7„ 41 , 1 0n allaying all heat and irritability. and irnmedi kttrn' Hl l7, tit o Pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity n of Tau, varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Su zhrif ' , au, and Discolourations, arepl . e . a ft singly eradicated and clear. Its eon 1 1 3 ig re , ,,and the skin rendered delicately Wth. _the c,.,..reshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec iee„lcoritin ,trt and the Royal Family of Great Britain and those 'NI 44 - 47 1 t of Europe, together with the "elite" of the Aria- Zath;?-en,,haute Voice," from the sultry climes of India, and the tele alld th e of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the_ t.48411136edw. arpeSertooTtssi:f .St. Petersburgh and Moscow.—Price 4s. 64. ,ant latterly Purtous "Kalydors" containing mineral astrin -14„ seti on. Tus to the complexion, and which, by their repel liekrlC;L.ol3:`,,"anifer health. The only genuine has the words °Olst, IC -ALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND Corn 20, Ha tton-garden is also engraved (by desire of the bo ttle °lllosissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each kle b, -Tern, the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per cher er „ il" -L Ral Ydors" are fraudulent counterfeits. _ ISU COLLEGE OF 1. i I I i Y GETAIsi NEW-ROAD, LONDON. , OR MORISONIAN SYSTEM OF MEDICINE. 2 A . an imal bodies consist of fluids and solids. a . Tulle in a state of embryo all animals consist entirely of fluid s . f rom and by the fluids that the solids areforme d. ^e l "" e fluids contained in the human body arc four times the iglit of the solid s . tt t d e 'r he Chief of the fluids is the blood, from which all the others iht 6 t' T r it ° ol . oixl not only repairs every part of the human machine, slt,,kiSo carries with it all the rubbish, or decayed parts, to be depo ekt, in the intestines, previous to being expelled along with the ik ll ,2ent. xne blood is the life—the primum mobile--the first agent— which all others derive their origin. , 5 ~I t ealth depends upon the purity of the blood. 'he purity of the blood d e p en d s upon it s h av i ng f ree outlets for itiee!Yed particles. .ser,•,.. o isease is induced by the choking up of these outlets in the ‘rf a 7. 13 Y reason of an accumulation of glary mucous ou the inner „. 1 1. - %?! ihe intestines &c. rciii.";:lis a ccumulation is occasioned by anything that weakens the tr °4 or hurts estion, but chiefly by the poisonous drugs and 12. eattnent of the faculty er.rdihe hoPurities thus detained in the blood occasion every ape '4ll' . 10ase, according to the quality of the humour, or the parti h.ls, 4 1 . s 11 tY in which it is lodged -7,4ect.l,ll,,lseases proceed from one source, therefere they must all This °fle medicine. bgQy atedicine must be a vegetable purgative, innoxious in it -15 he nowerffil to pervade the whole system, clear 1 5. sbee - and purifyt he blood. Best,,. tie eentioned mucous, bs 'ottvery of a vegetable compound, capable of being di islte '"4111 g with the blood, so as to impart to it that energy "lerat " t. ridding the body of all superfluous humours was a ej 16, nE thg — has disc overy b made by James Morison, the Bygeist, eft ql t i P"tion Atoris' e rn's Pills, the Vegetable Universal Medi -'1(lort, College of Health, Hamilton-place, New-road, HEALTH, t A ST AP ERIENT AND ANTI BILIOUS 31ED1CINE FOR GENERAL USE IS h i° It.4,s,MPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH which [lead ,,,,-t..hcocatut ally relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa rfrawache,. sic gimping or prostration of strength. They remove the chest, &c., are ni g h!, I rlAiv -i n re th' dizziness' pains in * create appetite, relieve itte i '. o r 4 ,,, 1 stomach, promote digestion, 44 4 r%rer s "wciriePression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit, and divers, Rh 0 are continually suffering from drowsiness , Th is b e app s in t he head and ears, advantages that will not they offer heaviness, Cagkelated. y rte,:,-I,e4l,lteatta4 has for many years received the approval__ of a t in he . tvith' the f o l iowi asses of society, and y inconllnat t t ribl Pcr elissi 4g letter has been kindl" forwarded ' refer any respect ,o pt rso on to publlsh it, and, if requisite, to ' l's k 4 t° its author : o on 3 o l t r. ns Prout, . r..Drout, 229, Strand, London. . Si beitt,it'---I feel 4 e te3ti Pleasure in being able tr to ea b ' e Ex ar ete m r ; s A tr p o r n il g 2 a% d 1 8 , 1 4 41 n 4 s . o-, alth , ,, _re, onY to the excellence of your " Frampton's 1 11 . 01 rierlrki 417,191 ch I consider a most. safe, efficacious, and very superior re4r rcl ati e v - e lein . 9 ' The Widow of an ' officer, an elderly lady, and f, °tilt,. _ mi. or ~,t —lle, has used them—very rarely having recou d rse i' o th em'uerisi eines for a long period of years ; she has recommen ed egr o Ptfh enl v c ly a,„.. Y. and in one instancel n which she induced a person , th raor ciblar , and supplied the first box herself; they have proved or kS, tz ° ,f th e , Y ,, efli cacY. I think that perhaps there is scarcely any A 1,„; fri end man y Patent medi c before the public of equal value ru ' e tt - ' he 4_ nee d" — eertainly none possessed of superior claims ciati ot 'P3' on all occasions to give there my individua recom em ' and aria, Sir, "Your obedient servant, ** * e Po Itl, l, % P i ; Prot 229, Strand, London, price Is. 1% d. and 2s. 9d. 44t5k 1 ,10,, , - 0 by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the forßt:l4l34lll:44,___ltMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the ' -.'" cC ' Thorgm Front, 229, Strad, Londoi," on ate • —•••••-- • - • tirg. • Al , • k 1- . * * , tito4'"'"l 'C T---c4A• ~Y 4 , 1 • a4ic ; 1, „ ,• ir , • _.4 Z/Vi krAt -•- ; " - sir' J. - /1\..-‘4l-; "2d. In consequ ence th ereo f, t h e Gove.ninent will employ all its resources and powers to rendei the war effectual to the reparationof the injury donetae Mexican nation; it will complete the bodies of perma nent militia,. and levy new forces at once to the . . l xtent it shall deem necessary, both to fill up the bodi ss at pre sent on fisot, and to create others of the same desc.riP tion; and if it shall need other special powers, Congrt '613 will confer them." This report bears date the 16th u lt., b u t we fi n d it i n a paper of th e 27 t h, an d we k now not at all what act i on was taken by Con gress u p on i t . The diplomatic c or p s p a id t h e i r respects to t h e Pre sident upon the 21 s t , t o f e li c i tate hi m upon h i s elect i on ' . The British Mi n i s t er, M r. Bankhead, addressed the President on the subject very briefly, and in very general terms. The reply of the President is of the same chat racter—not a line in it possesses any interest. Advices have been received from Durango, giving au account of an action between a body of Mexicans and a band of savages, in which the Mexicans were utterly de feated, with the loss of their commander and others, left dead on the field. This occurred early in June. The situation of Matamoros and the north-eastern de partment is represented in the Mexican papers as de plorable. Without the speedy arrival of aid they are lost irrecoverably, say the Mexicans. Copies of the Republic of Rio Grande had been received in Mexico. The papers say they are written in bad Spanish— Shocking ! . . _ At fou — r o'clock on the morning of the 21st inst., there was a slight shock of an earthquake felt at Vera Cruz, which lasted some seconds. It was accompanied by great agitation and roaring of the sea. The papers pray heaven to spare them from the calamities of the elements, while they are suffering from the evils of a foreign war. The people of Tlaeotalpam, on learning of the blockade of Alvarado, enlisted, to the number of several hundreds, to defend the bar, and a few thousand dollars were raised by subscription to erect fortifications. Both the departments of Chihuahua and Durango are suffering from the ravages of the Comanches and Lepans. Their outrages are partially attributed to the intrigues of the North Americans, some of whom have been seen with the Indians. BRIGHTON and DOVER RAILWAY . COMPANIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. feel it to be an act of duty to call your atten tion to an instance'of criminal negligence on the part of the Brighton and Dover Railway Companies, which, but for the mercy of God, might have been fraught with a frightful sacrifice of life. Owing to repairs now going on, one of the lines of r a il s f rom t h e A nnerley to the Sidenham station is impassable; and the consequence is, - that for that distance the down and up-trains have to traverse the same single line. At twenty minutes past eleven on Monday morning, I was waiting at the Annerley station, when a down-train was seen approach ing at the usual speed, and just as the locomotive had passed me, I heard loud exclamations from the numerous wor kmen, who at the same time were waving their hands ; and then, on looking through the arch of the Annerley bridge, I saw a policeman violently waving his red flag, and an up-train rapidly approaching. At this instant the two trains, rapidly approximating, could not have been at the most more than 200 - SiaWs asunder ; the distance could easily be measured, but I feel certain it was, if any thing, less than stated. Both engine.drivers turned off their steam and applied their breaks, and in this way fortunately the collision, which to all the by-sunders appeared inevitable, was prevented. The trains were long ones, especially the up-train, and full of passengers. Now, Sir, in a case like this, which, if it had occurred in the dark , I hesitate n o t to affirm must ha ve en d e d i n a fearful collision—. for there is a bend in the line at this spot preventing, in conjunction with the bridge, the approach of a train being seen at a distance—in a case, I say, like this, there must have been gross and criminal negligence in some quarter or other ; and although no injury was done to life or limb, it is the duty of the Government Inspector to insti tute a rigid inquiry into the matter, to ascertain who is the party to blame, and then, be he high or low, a secre tary or ntpoliceman, to inflict a punishment, if indeed ho has any means of giving efficacy to his investigation, com mensurate with the wrong committed. Several questions immediately suggest themselves in such a proceeding. How came it to happen that in a distance of eight miles between two stations, New Cross and Croydon, provided with the electric telegraph, two trains travel ling in opposite directions were so timed, as by any possibility to allow of their meeting on the single line of rails ? This is the fundamental question, and whoever is responsible for controlling the transit is responsible for this gross and dangerous negligence. What is the gain of such splendid and beneficial discoveries as that of Professor Wheatstone, who, by placing in our hands a messenger which in vee locity outstrips light itself, has given us a power to regulate the comparatively creeping locomo• tive, if these railway officials are to be allowed to dis use it? Then the question would arise, was any charge given to the engine -drivers to observe special caution in approaching the single line? If not, the parties who start the trains at both termini were guilty of neglect of duty. All the rest is a subordinate matter, for it re lates to engine -drivers and policemen—men of no educa tion, and who will, whilst the present preposterous system continues, again and again be guilty of that gross indifference to safety which marks the conduct of all ignorant persons engaged in perilous undertakings. To expect forethought, judicious alertness, and prompt mental action on sudden emergency from such a class indicates a total want of knoWledge of the human mind. In reply to all this, the authorities may attempt to make light of the matter ; but it w as tho ug ht no trifling occurrence by those who were present. One of the workmen said, "It had made him shake all over." I enclose my card, and if any inquiry b tuted, which I repeat for the sake of pry.vee be ionnanstid future safety is urgently demanded, shall he happy on being called upon to that effect , to give evidence to the inspector. I state this, because it is certain that there is a species of intimidation exercised by the official gentle men of these railways, which, as in the case of the Poor law Commissioners, repels useful and confidential com munications from their subordinate officers on ordinary occasions, and which, on any unusual inquiry, tends to stifle the truth.--Your obedient servant, Aug. 18. VIATOR. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, AUG. 15.—AUTHORISED REPORT.—The market opened this week without any change, and remained so till Thursday, when the passing of the American Tariff became known; immediately after, prices took a start of several shillings per ton, and the market has closed with much firmness, at 735. for No. 3 ; 765. to 775. for mixed Nos.; and 795. to 80s. for all No. 1. Cash, f.o.b.— one of the most extensive makers having made a sale of half No. 1 and half No. 3, at 80s. cash ; and most of them are not disposed to sell to any extent at present rates. SU3IS BORROWED UNDER TUE POOR-LAW.—It ap pears by a return just laid on the table of the House of Lords, that the total amount of money borrowed under the provisions of the Poor-law Amendment Act, in the unions comprised in the account of the population of unions (or dered to be printed 22d of May,1837) has been as follows:- 480,1211. borrowed for buildings, alterations, &c., of work houses ; 14,594/. " borrowed for any other purpose," making a grand total of 494,7151. borrowed altogether. The total sums expended by the said unions on account of legal pro ceedings relative to the settlement of poor persons during the years 1836, 1837, and 1838, were respectively 5,9211., 4,217/, and 4,4151. The average annual expenditure of the years 1833, 1834, 1835, on account of such proceedings in the parishes comprised in the same unions for the three years prior to the formation thereof, was 9,6231. GREENLAND FISHERY.—PETERHEAD, AUG. 6.—The Enterprise, Martin, arrived here from Greenland, full ; left the ice 12th ult., and reports as f o ll ows : —E c li pse, 5 fish, 120 seals, 75 tuns; Dublin, 3 fish, 400 seals, 40 tuns; North of Scotland, 1 fish, 35 seals, 15 tuns; Commerce, 4,000 seals, 40 tuns ; Sarah and Elizabeth, 6 fish, 2,900 seals, 75 tuns; Forth, 2 fish ; Swallow, 1 fish, 90 seals; Anna, 2 fish, 3,400 seals; Jane, I fish, 1,500 seals; Bon Accord, 3 fish, 70 seals; Union, 900 seals; Hannibal, 1,600 seals ; Fairy (Dun dee), 50 seals; Hamilton Ross, 1,100 seals; Flamingo, 900 seals; St. George (London), 700 seals; Constantina, 1,200 seals ; William Ward, 40 seals ; Eliza, 2,800 seals. And also reports the Fairy, of Dundee, and Hamilton Ross, of this port, being beset in the ice 27th June, but expected to be got out; also met the Commerce and Union getting among the ice to the fishing ground. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE EARL OF ALDBOROUGII AND HOLLOWAY'S I'ILLS.—An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine, after every other means had failed. See extract of hls lordship's letter, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845 To Professor Holloway,—Sir, I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stornaob, which all the most eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the Ts c/ Continent, had not been able to effect—nay, not even the waters Carlsbad or Marienbad.—(Signed) Aldborough." These 71 ,2 so drtr1 Fills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach, Sold___( .2 l . . Etl y .fra2tl4 Hol loway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Otritud, siao 0[ Weems Teilderfa tarmu I 1 ",-"m" .. 7.1"7 Z a ./ constitution was appointed. Pens. yPt 'fla , C°uto, Arrillaga, Bonilla, Tagle, Romero, and Val€ sncia were appointed. We annex a transl a ti on o f t h e projet de lo or bill, reported in relation t o th e war, b y the cora mittee to which it was referred. Bocanegra and Valera •lia were among the members of this committee. After it short report upon the circumstances of the case, the com mittee proposed the following:— " The extraordinary National Congressef the Meff./10111 Republic considering: " That the Republic ii the United States of Ameri:ltte, with notorious violation of all right, has instigated and protected openly and perseveringly the insurroction of the colonists of Texas against the nation which fled ad mitted them upon its territory, and generously A:Wed them with the protection of its laws. " That it has incorporated the same territory of Texas into its union by an Act of its Congress, notwith-" standing it has always belonged by undisputed right to the Mexican nation ; has been recognised as such by the United States themselves, as appears by the boundary treaties of 1832 and 1835. " That it has not maintained the solemn assuraneos and reservations in regard to the rights of the Mexican. Republic, which by means of its agents it had made its conformity with those treaties. " That it has also invaded the department of Tamau lipas, introducing an army upon the left bank of the Rio .Brav,o, giving occasion and origin to the battles of the 80.1 and 9th of May of the present year. " 9.'hat in time of profound peace, and during the established relations of amity between the two countries, it has itcraded by land and sea the territories of the California,~'. " That it .has blockaded the ports of Matamnros, Vera Cruz, and Tan.Npico of Tamaulip as, opening its fire upon the defences of ,the latter. " That it has aut,horised alevy of troops against Mexico. " That it has decla,"ed war against the republic, wider the pretext th a t th e sa id states had been invaded, when, in fact, they made the invu'‘ion• "And, lastly, considering that the nationality of that Mexicans is seriously compromised by the power and the spirit of usurpation, flagrant. l v manifested by the neighbouring nation of the United' b7+.ates—Decrees, exercises of its " Ist. The Mexica n na ti on , i n t h e natural defence, is actually in a s t a t e of war with the United States f America. LON DON, TH URSDAY 7 :4 4: , • - _, , „ C- G . ... ,_ . ~z , t,„. , e . s -, .. --, * AUG UST 20, 1846. _ _ TEAM TO ITALY. 1.7 The PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM - NAVI GATION. 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NOTICE to the PROPRIETORS of ORIGINAL LEEDS and CARLISLE SHARES. The Directors having resolved to equalise the amount of deposits paid on the different Scrip Shares iu the Northern Counties Union Railway Company, hereby give notice to the holders of Original Leeds and Carlisle Scrip, that they may revive the sum of One Pound Two Shillings and Sixpence upon each share of 251., on the registration of the same. The Office of the Company, at No. 1, Poets' Corner, will he open every day, from Eleven to Four o'clock, until forty-eight hours pre vious to the general meeting, on the 25th of August, for the purpose of registration. By order of the Board, CHAS. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary, /11HE NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION AL RAILWAY. (Late YORKSHIRE and GLASGOW UNION. and YORK and CARLISLE.) Incorporated 27th July, 1846. FIRST GENERAL MEETING. 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EDINBURGH, SATURDAY.—The inauguration of the splendid monument erected in this place to the memory of Sir Walter Scott, took place to-day, and as the occa sion was regarded as a truly national one, multitudes of people were collected from all quarters to witness the in teresting ceremonial. Unfortunately the day opened, most unpropitiously, and till after cne o'clock the rain descended almost without intermission. In this respect it would appear as if a sort of fatality attended such de monstrations in Scotland, for it is a somewhat singular coincidence that the three most imposing pageants that have occurred in this northern part of the kingdom for, many years—the Eglinton tournament, the Burris' fes tival, and now the inauguration of the Scott monument —have been grievously marred in their effect by the, untoward state of the weather. Happily, how ever, the sombrous clouds which obscured the sky, and spread a gloom over the city, began to clear away about two o'clock, and for a short period a respite was obtained from the pelting of the pitiless rain, It was all the more grateful that this happened at the very time when the procession was about to move from the place of marshalling. The day was very generally ob served as a holiday, and but for the broken state of the weather, all seemed desirous to render homage to the memory of the great novelist, whose writings have added so much lustre to his native city. The public bodies and others who were to take part in the procession assembled in the grounds of the High School at one o'clock. After being marshalled accord ing to their rank or seniority, they proceeded along Waterloo-place and Princes street, to the Monument, in the following order:— Mounted Military Band. Auxiliary Scott Committee, in threes. Scott Monument Committee, in threes. Magistrates of Easter Portsburgh, their Constables, and Suite. Magistrates of Wester Portsburgh, their Constables, and Suite. Magistrates of Canongate, with their Constables, those of Calton, and Suite. Magistrates of Mussulburgh, with their Constables, and Suite. Magistrates of Portobello, with their Constables, and Suite. Magistrates of Leith, with their Constables, and Suite. Magistrates of Edinburgh, with their Constables, and Suite. Freemasons, consisting of various Lodges, and the Grand Lodge of Scotland, marshalled in the following order:— Grand Tyler. (with drawn swords.) Grand Tyler. Grand Steward. (With white rods.) Grand Steward. Compass. (Carried by operatives.) Level. Grand Steward. Grand Steward. Square. (Carried by operatives.) Plumb. Grand Steward. ';lrand Steward. Mallet. (Carried by an operative.) Grand Steward. Grand Steward. Cup. Cornucopia Cup. Grand Steward. Grand Steward. Grand Director of Z Grand Bard. {Grand Director of Ceremonies. Music. Grand Steward. Grand Steward. Usher of White } Bible Bearer. { Usher of White Rod. Rod. Grand Chaplains in their Gowns. Grand Steward. Grand Steward. Grand Secretary. Grand Treasurer. Grand Clerk. Grand Steward. Grand Steward. Senior Grand 1 Junior Grand (With Batons.) Warden. Warden. Grand Steward. Grand Steward. Past Grand Deputy Grand Substitute Grand Master. Master. Master. Grand Steward. Grand Steward. Grand Steward. (White Rods.) Grand Sword Bearer. (White Rods.) GRAND MASTER. Grand Steward Master of Grand Stewards Grand Steward with (Carrying Grand with (White Rod). Master's Rod). (White Rod). Grand Steward. Grand Steward. Grand Steward. Provincial Grand Masters. Past Grand Masters. • Past Grand Wardens, 0. Grand Steward. Grand Steward. Mounted Escort of Dragoons. The distance between the High School and the monu ment is about a quarter of a mile ; and it took fully twenty minutes for the procession to pass any particular point on the route. The Freemasons, with their banners and insignia, had a very picturesque appearance; and the magistrates, arrayed in their robes of office, with their respective suites, were not a whit behind them. Altogether the pageant was a very grand and imposing sight. Having entered the Prince's-gardens, in which the monument is situated, the Freemasons and others in the procession arranged themselves round the structure, while the magistrates, repr esen tatives of public b o di es , and officers of the Grand Lo d ge of Scotland, too k up their position on the steps of the raised basement on which the statue is placed. The signal was given, a cannon was fired, and e the statue was in a moment un veiled to the admiring yes of the congregated thousands who raised a cheer which made the welkin ring. The statue is a splendid work of art, and is the production of a native artist—Mr. J. Steele. It represents Sir Walter in a sitting posture, with a sheph er d s plaid round his shoulders, and his favourite dog , Maida, at his f ee t. It is executed in grey Carara marble, of colossal dimen sions, and the living likeness of tl,e Author of " Wa verley," in one of his most appropriate moods, with a book in his hand, and his mind absorbed in deep thought. After an eloquent prayer by the Rev. Dr. STEWART, of Douglas. Lord GLENLYON, the right worshipful master of the grand lodge of Scotland, performed the ceremony custo mary on such occasions, and then came forward and said—My Lord Provost, magistrates, and gentlemen of the original and auxiliary committees, I have to congratulate you, this day, on the completion of this splendid monument, which will stand to future genera tions as a memorial of that illustrious poet and novelist, the late Sir Walter Scott.—(Applause.) I am sure that all of you must have experienced the greatest delight in participating in the proceedings of this day. It was, I thiuk ? IA 1840, Chic Fay prcdeceion laid tilts f9widoical stone of this beautiful structure ; and we must all feel deeply grateful to the great Architect of the universe, that in the course of its erection, not a single accident occurred—a circumstance, I believe, almost unprece dented in the rear i ng o f such a stately edifice. I will not detain you longer. No words of mine can express the feelings of pride and pleasure with which I have pre sided at this most interesting national cez emonial ; feel ings which, I have no doubt, are fully shared in .by the many thousands I now see around me. I beg, therefore, es my final duty, to hand over this monument, duly finished, to the care of the committees, and to the Lord Provost and magistrates of Edinburgh, as a testimony to the memory of the great novelist and minstrel, in whom Scotland has been so highly honoured. --(Applause.) The LORD PROVOST then, addressing Lord Glenlyon, said, I congratulate you, the Right Worshipful the Grand Master, and I congratulate the countrymen of Sir Walter Scott, on now seeing placed on its pedestal, in this magnificent monument, a statue worthy of its shrine. This tribute of a nation's gratitude to one of the most honoured of her sorts adds a new feature of beauty and grace to his native city, but the halo of his genius sheds a far brighter lustre over the name of Edinburgh and of Scotland. As one burning torch not only illuminates the sphere of its own brightness, but kindles the latent fire in others, so who can tell how many dormant spirits have been roused to arduous and successful exertion by the honourable example of Scott ? Even here we see how the glowing genius of the poet has stirred the soul of the architect, and awakened the talents of the sculptor, whose skilful chisel has moulded the rude block into the all but breathing form and features of Scotland's darling son. (Loud cheers.) While we lament the untimely fate of the gifted archi tect, we rejoice in the, growing vigour of our citizen sculptor, who, by this exquisite work of art, has given earnest of future productions that will rival the works of the most celebrated artists of this or other coun tries. The sister arts of architecture and sculpture here vie with each other in presenting their richest offerings to the genius of poetry, history, and romance, and they are themselves signally honoured in combining to honour him who has contributed so largely to the in struction and enjoyment of the human race. This mo nument and statue, admirable for beauty and durability, I trust will long adorn our city ; but though they crumble into dust, the author of Waverley ",has reared for himself monuments of more surpassing beauty, and more lasting endurance, and more extensive celebrity.— (Cheers.) The forked lightning may dash these turrets to the ground, the tooth of time will corrode these marble features, but over the monuments of his mental creation the elements have no power—these will continue to be honoured at home, and under distant and more genial skies.—(Cheers.) Continents, as yet unexplored will be taught by the wisdom of Scott, and enlivened by his wit, and rivers unknown to song will resound with the lays of his minstrelsy ; but nowhere will the memory be cherished with fonder attachment and more endearing delight than in the cities and the hamlets of his own be loved Scotland.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. BOYLE, Portobello, then pronounced the blessing ; after which the national anthem was played by the band of the 3d Dragoons, and the pro cession returned to the High School in the same order in which it set out. This ended the proceedings at the inauguration. PRICE SD. Glenlyon, in connexion with prosperity to the Grand Lodge, to which Mr. Melville replied. The Rev. Dr. :Mmes proposed the health of Mr. Steele, the sculptor of the statue of Sir Walter Scott ; to which Mr. Steele replied. Mr. Gordon proposed the memory of Burns, which was acknowledged by Colonel Burns, a son of the poet. Mr. Milne proposed the Executive and Auxiliary Committees of the Scott Monument, in con nexion with the names of Mr. Guthrie Wright and Councillor Dick, which was acknowledged by these gentlemen. Mr. A. M'Neill proposed tine Lord Provost, which was acknowledged by his Lordship. Mr. Robert Chambers proposed the Memory of Kern'', the architect of the Monument ; Mr. Pringle, the City of Edinburgh ; M r . A. M'N e ill, t h e Fi ne Arts of Scot:- I land ; Archdeacon Williams, British Literature ; Dr. Schmitz (rector of the High School), the Music of Scot land, and John Wils - on (the vocalist) ; the Lord Pro vost, the ',ldles ; Mr. McDiarmid (editor of the Dum. Dries Courier), the Croupiers ; and Mr. Gordon, the Drama and Theatre, in connexion with Sir Walter Scott's writings. In the course of the evening the company were cn livened with several songs from Mr. Wilson and Mr. Donaldson, and with several spirit-stirring airs from the band of the Ist Royals, who were stationed in the gallery. The company, after spending the evening in the most agreeable manner, separated about half-past ten. AFFAIRS OF MEXICO. The following summary of affairs in Mexico (from he New Orleans Picayune) is valuable, from its minute ness and general accuracy, and will be read with interest by those who take an, interest in the condition of that sad spectacle of a republic:— The discourse of General Paredes before the Mexican Congress was pronounced on the 6th of June. It has already been received and published in the United States. Congress proceeded at once to organise the executive power, by a decree that it should be deposited provisionally in a magistrate elected by a plurality of the votes of Congress, and that a Vice-President should be elected at the same time to act in the absence of the President. This decree was passed on the 10th of June, and on the 12th the election was held. General Paredes was elected President, receiving 58 out of 83 votes. General Bravo received 13 votes, and General H errera 7 votes. I General Bravo was then elected Vice-P res id ent, re- ceiving 48 out of 82 votes. The highest opposing can didate was D. Luis G. Cuevas, who received 17 votes. General Paredes took the oaths of office on the lath as provisional President, and at the same time pro nounced another discourse, in the most notable passage of which he expresses his confidence that Congress will grant all the supplies and make every effort necessary to defend the national cause. He reviews at length the wrongs which Mexico has endured at the hands of the United States, and concludes with desiring permission to assume the command of the army in the field. In the absence of Senor Bustamente, who was ill, Dr. D. Louis Gonzaga Gordoa presided over Congress. He replied to the President in substance, that every ques tion of domestic policy shrunk into insignificance com pared with the invasion of the country on the frontier of the Rio Bravo; that the Mexican who should think of aught else than the injustice and treachery with which their soil was trampled, and the necessity of avenging their outraged honour, had no right to claim a share in their patriotic devotion. On the 18th permission was granted to Paredes to place himself at the head of troops, and proceed to join the army of the north. General Gonzalez Arevalo was to leave the capital on the 19th, in command of the ad vance of the forces of Paredes. General Mejia was in the actual command of the army of the north, Arista, having been o r d ere d to Mexico, and Ampudia to re main at San Luis Potosi. (A paper of the 27th ult. says that General Arevado, instead of proceeding to the frontier, had marched for Guadulajara to put down the insurrection.) General Bravo left Vera Cruz for the city of Mexico on the 24th, to discharge the functions of President in the absence of Paredes. Our papers are not late enough I to contain his arrival. The committees of Congrees upon foreign relations and upon war made a joint report on the 16th on that part of the message of Paredes relating to the United States. The report recommends the passage of a bill declaring Mexico to be " in a state of war with the United States." We do not find that the bill had ac tually been passed. The project of the law or bill will be found below. The cannonade between St. Mary's and the three Mexican gun-boats, Quereiana, Union, and Poblana, at Tampico, is mentioned in all the Mexican papers. They claim no great victory, but express themselves satisfied with the valour displayed by the Mexicans. We see no mention of any loss which was suffered. A. report is mentioned in our correspondent's letter and in the papers before us, that the Americans had taken Altamira, a sea-port lying directly north of Tampico, and only a few miles distant. There seems no impro bability in the report. The General left in command of Vera Cruz on the 30th ult., formally declared that city to be in a state of siege, in order to prepare all the people for an antici pated attack upon it. The garrison of the castle had received orders to be on the alert, particularly at night, as the danger of a night attack was thought imminent. Our correspondent writes—" It is said" an attack was to be made on the 10th instant, but we know nothing more on the subject. The General to whom the command of Vera Cruz was intrusted is Rodriquez de Cela. A report had reached Vera Cruz that the Californias had separated themselves from Mexico, but nothing is said to let us know whether Commodore Sloat had any thing to do with the separation. The subject is men tioned by our Havannah correspondent. A communication has been received in Mexico from the commander of the troops sent to put down the insur rection in Jalisco, in which he attributed little impor tance to the events which occurred there, and expressed the hope that he should be able promptly to chastise the authors of the movement. The latest dispatch from Guadalajara is dated June 18, at which date General Pacheco informs the Govern. mont that he has possession of a good portion of the public buildings of the city, and the insurgents numbered only 1,200 and were daily dispersing. General Tornel has again assumed the functions of Minister of War. A large quantity of ammunition has beent sent to the city of Mexico from the CaA , tle of Perote, together with some mounted cannon and muskets. The papers are full of individual tenders of money to aid in carrying on the war. The Mexican Government has declared the ports of Mazatlan and Matamoros closed to foreign commerce. The publication of El Tientpo, the Bourbonist paper, has been discontinued since Congress has . commenced its session. El Indicador, of Vera Cruz, of the 23d ult. states that the English war steamer Vesuvius (which arrived at Sacrificios on the 11th) had left for Tampico to de mand from the commander of the St. Mary's explana tions as to his motives for not permitting the steamer Clyde to take on board specie, as the English steamers had hitherto done. It also says that the commander of the Vesuvius would take it on board his own vessel. In this connexion we may mention, that beside the Vesuvius, another English war steamer, a 50 gun frigate, and a brig of-war, arrived at Sacrificios on the 14th, from Jamaica. The Vera Cruz editor is at a loss to account for the concentration of such a force there by the English. A Spanish frigate and brig, and a French bark and brig, all vessels of war, were lying there on the 18th ult. Ou the 21st news was received at Vera Cruz that an American brig-of-war was blockading the port of Al varado. The next day intelligence reached there that some boats from the brig had pursued a Mexican boat across the bar. Somo boats from the Mexican vessels of war went to the assistance of the boat, and the people were called to arms. The Mexican boat made its escape. Say the Mexicans, " The victory was ours ; but there was none killed or wounded, as the Americans did not venture to measure strength with us." The American boats were by signal ordered back to the brig. Subsequently to this tremendous affair the brig went to sea. The whole is r e p orte d as a great outrage. An American sloop-of -war arrived off the port of Vera Cruz on the 30th ult., and an American brig-of war at the same date was seen sailing towards Isla Verde. On the 18th ult. there was an American frigate at Sacrificios, and a brig-of-war. On the 29th, the Spa nish ship Flar de Llanes spoke an American vessel •of war twenty leagues from Vera Cruz, which he supposed to be the flag-ship Cumberland. The Committee of the Mexican Congress to which was referred the report of the Mi n ister of Finance, in relation to obtaining resources for the war, on the 20th of June, reported a law to the following . effect:— " 1. During the existence of the war which the United States is making upon the Mexican nation, the Govern meat is authorised to raise the sums necessary for the war in the manner most convenient and efficacious, (but without taking possession of the private property of indi viduals or corporations), allotting to each class th e amount of money which it should . contribute to th e p u b lie defence, in the order it should judge equitable. "2. The Government is authorised to make use of all the national revenues, taking care to apply them in the best manner the circumstances will admit, to the fulfilment of the objects to which each of them is appropriated. "3. The Government is authorised to regulate the payment of the national debt. "4. To take measures for the regulation and improve ment of the public revenues and their administration ; consulting in everything relating to the organisation of the bureaus and the administration of the revenues the superior junta of the treasury, which it will organise in the manner which it shall deem most suitable." This report, signed by Senor Alamanamong others, was objected to at once awl in toto, as being too indefi nite as to the powers with which it would invest the Go vernment. Two members were then added to the com mittee, and the subjeci; referred back to them. On the 23d June, Paredes issued a decree for the organisation in the capital, of a battalion of infantry and two squadrons of cavalry from the commercial classes, which were to find their own equipments, and whose sole duties should be the preservation of order in the capital and the protection of private property. This measuro was adopted with a view to leave the garrison at liberty to march to the capital. Q the 20th Committee of Congress upon the form EXAMPLES. .J G. :,;:, o v a 7 , 1 ,;, 4 Bonus Bonus in iri g Assured 9 g Premium. 0 added. Cash. E 2 6' ; 7 9 may :i s . g Borrow. • , ---1--- L. a. 12; 1000 3 4 1 1839 Lll4 1:47 £217 15 I£loo 011 192 3 0, 87 1 4 165 11 10, 74 1 9 116 7 6 54 010 111 6 8j 49 10 0 *l6 0 4 1 13 10 2i 11 3 11 7 18 101 7 10 41 !£445 0 0 395 11 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. T HE CATHOLIC, LAW, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. , Incorporated under the 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 110. Capital, One Million, in 50,000 Shares of 201. each. • Deposit, It. per Share. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. The business of this Company comprises Assurance on Lives in every form, the Purchase of Life Interests and Reversions, the Sale of Immediate and Deferred Annuities, the Endowment of Whims s and Children, and the- Advance of Money upon Real Property and upon approved Personal Securities. Prospectuses and every other information may be obtained upon application. 1i M. NORRIS, Secretary.. REMOVAL. DR. - CULVERWELL has REMOVED to No. 10, ARGYLL-PLACE, REGENT-STREET, (leading to Great Marlborough-street,) whero he may bo consulted, as usual, Daily till Three, and in the Evening from Seven till Nine ; and where also his several publications, of which entirely new and en larged editions have recently been published, may be obtained. SALES BY AUCTION. TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause WARD versus SHEPHERD, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, Knt., one of the Masters of the Court, on TUESDAY, the 25th day of August, 1846, at the ,Albion Hotel, North Shields, in the county of Northumberland, at Four o'clock in the afternoon, in One Lot, The valuable ROPERY or ROPE-WALK, 400 yards in length, and 18 COTTAGES thereunto adjoining, situate at South Blyth, in the said county of Northumberland, late the property of Luke Anderson, of South Blyth, shipowner and ropemaker. Particulars and conditions of sale may be had (gratis) at the said Ma.ter's Chambers, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; of Messrs. Holme, Loftus and Young, solicitors, New Inn ; of Messrs. Crosby and Compton, solicitors, Church-court, Old Jewry, London; of Mr. Thomas Leadbitter, solicitor, Staple Inn, London ; of Messrs. Tinley, solicitors, Dockwray-square, North Shields; of Mr. Robert IYheldon, solicitor, North Shields ; and at the Place of Sale ; and at the principal inns at North Shields and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the neighbourhood. ST. LEONARD'S, IN WINDSOR PARK The SPLENDID SEAT of the late WILLIAM DAWSON, Esq., for the last four years occupied by LORD HADDO, delightfully situated adjoining St. Leonard's Hill (the noble seat of Colonel Harcourt), amidst the most romantic and elevated portions of the Royal Park, with a magnificent view of the Castle, the Thames, and rich surrounding country; also a former portion of the Forest adjoining, studded with venerable Timber, offering a choice site for Building. 3TESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON have X the honour to announce to the Nobility, and others seeking capital and beautifully situated residence, that they are instructed to SUBMIT to PUBLIC SALE, at the Mart, near the Bank of Eng• land, on TUESDAY, August 25, at Twelve o'clock (unless an accept able offer shall be previously made by private contract), in Two Lots. The above most justly admired and elegant noble MANSION, ad mitted to stand unrivalled (except, perhaps, by its princely neighbour, St. Leonard's-hill) in the whole circle of the Court. The Mansion is modern, and of an elegant and chaste style of architecture, placed on the vergo of a romantic and finely-wooded eminence, perfectly se cluded, overlooking a lovely vale and a great breadth of the Royal Park. with the magnificent Castle towering in the back ground, with the rich banks of the Thames, Eton College, and other interesting ob jects. The House contains a splendid suite of rooms with cast and south aspects, a beautiful conservatory, paved terrace, &c., sur rounded by a rich small Park of nearly 100 acres, adorned with handsome timber, noble avenue of elms, a sheet of water, with ex tensive terrace and other walks. About 20 acres adjoining will be offered in a separate lot, extending ttom St. Leonard's•hill to the Winkfleld-road, opposite Forest-hill, presenting a fine and romantic building site, bounded on one side by Lot 1, and on the other by some of the private drives and plantations of the Royal Park, through which, and the beautiful grounds of Col. Harcourt, are the approaches to this delightful domain. The estate can be viewed only with cards, which may be had at Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son's offices, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, and Windsor; or of Tnomas Webster, Esq., solicitor, Queen-street, Cheapside. KENT. VALUABLE FREEHOLD FARMS, in the Picturesque and healthy PARISH of WROTiIAM, about 23 Miles from Town, and 11 from Maidstone. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are instructed by the Devisees in trust under the will of the late Rev. George Moore, to Sell by Auction, at the Mart, near the Bank of England, on TUESDAY, August 25, at Twelve (unless an accept able offer shall be previously made by private contract), in Lots, FIVE very desirable FREEHOLD FARMS with suitable buildings, cottages, &c., in the beautiful, healthy, and fertile parish of Wrotham; the whole in very high condition, having been for some time past in the hands of the late proprietor, rendering them particularly desir able little properties for occupation or investment. Mr. Harrison, the bailiff, will show the farms ; and particulars with plans may be had when the day of sale is fixed at the neigh bouring Inns; at the Mart ; of R. Lambert, Esq., 32, John-street, Bedford-row; and at Messrs. Smith's offices in Waterloo-place, Pall mall. THE GREAT AND VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE OF WHITTLESEA, EXTENDING TO WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE CITY OF PETERBOROUGH. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are commissioned by the Noble Proprietors to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, near the Bank of England, in September, (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by private contract), The above truly important and valuable FREEHOLD PROPERTY, between Peterborough and Wisbeach in Cambridgeshire ; comprising the vast manors of Whittlesea, embracing nearly 25,000 acres, and in which are nearly 200 or 300 copyholders, paying quit-rents and fines, the greater part of the flourishing town of Whittlesea, the bank premises, several private residences, inns, shops, &c., being held of the said manor. Also, above 2,100 acres of most fertile laud, divided into compact farms, and let at low rents to a highly respectable and intelligent tenantry, with some very valu able dispersed parcels of land adjoining, aad contiguous to the town, portions eligible for building. Also, the Advowson of the Vicarage of St. Mary, and the Freehold Rent Charges in lieu of tithes, ex tending over nearly 18,000 acres, of the annual value together of up wards of 6,000/., exclusive of the valuable manors and living ; offering with its many advantages, a fine, influential, and solid pro perty for the investment of capital. There is a navigable ri ver . . through the estate, and the railway from Peterborough to Ely passes through Whittlesea. The entire property will be first offered in One Lot, and if notsold, will be immediately put up in Three Lots ; viz., 1. THE TITHE RENT-CHARGES. 2. THE MANORS AND FARMS. 3. THE ADVOWzDN. Particulars may be obtained of Messrs. Jones, Bateman, and Ben nett, solicitors, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; at the Auction Mart ; ofMr. John Waddelow, Whittlesea, who will show the estates ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, land agents, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. Very IMPORTANT and VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, embracing the entire PARISH of ADDINGTON, free of Tithes and Land-tax, and almost of Poor-rates, with its spacious Mansion, excellent Manor for Game, the Advowson, and several first-rate Grazing and Dairy Farms (let at about 2,500/. per annum), extend ing nearly to the town of Winslow, and only five miles from the county and borough town of Buckingham, distinguished as the family scat and domain of the late Hon. General Yore Poulett, forming a singrlarly eligible and solid investment for capital, in a proverbially rich and fine sporting county. valuable etired I s s y i o i na e or t t o an a t n F n ß ou t n E ee Ho tta r t E ti s ie rA a r tive wi 3 ,/rEssits. DANIEL SMITH and SON ar e p I r l em be ar s k , a2l p y by AUCTION In SEPTEMBER next, es, 1 -un an acceptable offer shall be previously made by Private Treaty. It comprises the spacious and sug ' s . tanti 1 with walled garden, capital stabling, &c. a i - mansion of Addington, lion, nearly in the centre of one of the tincti l e e r t tiloen domainsa gentle eleva tion, embracing the entire parish, nearly encircled in the fine rook, and chiefly rich grazing and dairy land, the whole tithe ' a free, and let to old respectable tenants at rents amounting to about 2,500/. per annum. The perpetual Advowson, with its parsonage and glebe, and the Manor, which is well stocked with game, appertain to the es tate., The timber is nearly all elm, a certain proof of the fertility of the soil. The high turnpike road from Aylesbury to Buckingham passes through the pronerty, close to the town of Winslow, and it is within a very easy distance of the several market's of Buckingham, Bicester, Stony Stratford, &c. This description of grass land is unlikely to be affected by any charnre as to Corn-laws or Tariffs, and the property therefore presents, with its peculiar and great local ad vantages, an indisputably fine and choice property for the invest ment of money, with a most enjoyable domain for residence, being in a perfectly rural district, and in the centre of several packs of hounds. A station on the Buckinghamshire Railway will be very near.' _ _ Descriptive particulars, with plans, will be published when the day of sale is fixed, and in the interim the property may be viewed by application to Mr. King, surveyor, Winslow, and every informa tion obtained of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, land agents and sur veyors, in Waterbo-place, Pall-mall, or of Messrs. Karslake and Crealock, solicitors, Carlton Chambers, Regent. street. SOUTHAMPTON AND NORTHAMPTON. Extensive and highly improvable FREEHOLD PROPERTY, well adapted' for commercial purposes and for investment, yielding at the present low rents between 600/. and 7001. per annum. AXIL .V. J. COLLIER has received directions .1.T.1 from the Devisees in Trust of the late S. S. Taylor, Esq., to SELL by AUCTION, at the Royal George Rotel, Southampton, on Tnuasnmr. August 27, at Twelve, in Lots, The ROYAL GEORGE HOTEL, situate in the High-street, Southampton, within a short distance of the pier, with a tap, stabling, and premises in the rear ; let on lease for fourteen y - eani, at a rent of 1911. per annum. Valuable and extensive Premises at Northam, presenting a frontage of about 1,100 feet to the river Itehen, and an extent of nearly twelve acres, consisting of the steam boiler factory, wharf, yards, &c. ; held on lease till 1850, at a renf of 1411. per annum. The Ship-building yard, with three launches (adapted to vessels of the largest tonnage), coal wharf, dwelling house and premises, let on lease for five years, at a rent of 109/. ; the Anchor public-house, let on lease for fourteen years, at a rent cf 441. per annum ; a small House and nine Tenements, let at rents amounting to 841. 6s. i 6cl. ; a large plot of Freehold Land, well calcu lated for the erection of dwelling-houses or a manufattory, now let as a garden, but the tenancy being determinable on a short notice, it is immediately available for building purposes ; and Freehold Ground Rents, tamounting to 131. 10s. per annum, secured upon six newly built cottages. Also, Six 1001. Shares in Northam-bridge, a 100/. Share in I3ursleden-bridge, Two Mortgages of 1501. each on the Botley and Waltham turnpike-road, and a Mortgage of 1001. on the Southampton Pert Dues. 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About six o'clock a very numerous company sat down to dinner in the Music-hall, the Lord Provost in the chair, who was supported right and left by Whyte Mel ville, Esq., of Mount Melville, deputy grand master, the Hon. Captain Jocelyne, Archdeacon Williams, J. T. Gordon, Esq., advocate, Pringle, of Why tbank, M.P., Sir Adam Ferguson, Dr. Memes, D. Milne, Esq., ad vocate, Alexander Robertson, Esq., of Eldin, Dr. Robert Lee, Le Chevalier Albert de Newell, treasurer to the Emperor of Austria, Alexander M‘Neille, Esq., advo cate, Forbes, M.P., Mr. Steele, the sculptor, &c. A number of ladies occupied the seats of the orchestra, and being in full dress, tended to a great extent to en hance the scene, which was one of no ordinary kind, banners and various devices appropriate to the occasion being displayed, amongst others the coat of arms of Sir Walter Scott, with the motto, " Watch weel." Dr.R. LEE asked a blessing, and Archdeacon Williams returned thanks, after which, The CHAIRMAN, who was received with much ap plause, said I have now to propose the health of our Most Gracious Sovereign, whose peaceful and beneficient reign commands the gratitude and the homage of her people, whoso private virtues have won universal respect and ad miration, and in whose domestic felicity her loyal sub jects rejoice. Her Majesty the Queen.—(Loud and long continued applause, the band playing the National Anthem. The toasts of " Prince Albert and the Royal Family," and " the Queen Dowager," were given and responded to with the usual loyal feelings of demonstration, after which the chairman gave " the Army and Navy." Captain BOSWELL, of Wardle, rose to return thanks for the honour conferred on that branch of the service to which he belonged (the navy), adding that the country, he hoped, well knew that when their services were re quired, they were ready to do their duty.—(Cheers.) Colonel J. NEILL returned thanks in the name of the army. lie was firmly persuaded that should the circum stances of the country require the service of the British army, they were ready to come forward and lay down their lives for their country.—(Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN again rose and was received with great cheering. He said--Gentlemen, or I should rather say ladies and gentlemen, I use no unmeaning hacknied phrase, nor do I assume a mere affectation of modesty, when I assure you that I feel altogether incompetent to the task assigned me ; and sincerely do I regret that the toast I have now to propose had not been placed in hands qualified to do it justice.—(Applause.) In pro posing the immortal memory of Sir Walter Scott, so various and so great are the excellencies to which I should advert, that I feel bewildered in even attempting to touch slightly on topics which would give scope to the most fertile imagination. If England boasts of the mighty Shakspere, Scotland may well he proud of Sir Walter Scott.—(Loud cheers.) In the spirit which ani mates his poetry he stands alone in his age ; in descrip tion he was unrivalled ; whatever he saw with his mind's eye he depicts with a truthfulness and vividness that place it distinctly before the eye of his reader.—(Continued cheers.) He reproduces the world of feudalism and chivalry, and his readers seem for the time to live and move in a society of knights of generous and lofty bear ing, clansmen of unbounded devotedness to their chiefs, ladies arrayed in feminine loveliness—(Great applause)— unswerving fidelity, and part a ki ng o f t h e courage o f t h e times. We are made witnesses of combats and tourna ments, of border raids, and fierce encounters of fiery spirits fond of martial adventure, and enriched with an absorbing love of country. But high as is the rank which Scott attained as a poet, it is as a writer of ro mance that he acquired his widest fame. No writer ever exercised so great an influence on the public mind—no writer ever gained so extensive a reputation in the same space of time. Italy, France, and Germany, as well as his own country, acknowledged his power.— (Cheers.) At the time that Sir Walter Scott produced the first of that delightful series of romances, the public taste in works of fiction had sunk to a low ebb.--(Hear, hear.) The novel was a name of bad odour; it was vicious in style, and questionable in morality. The author of Waverley succeeded at once in raising it to the highest level, by purifying its spirit and infusing into it a cheerful, healthful tone of feeling, brightening the path of humanity.—(Great applause.) On the literature of Great Britain his writings exercised a benficial in fluence by the lessons of simplicity and good taste which they taught, never tending to foster a bad, or to throw ridicule on a good or generous feeling ; perhaps the works of no author in any country, in any period, commanded a circulation to the same prodigious extent in the same space of time. The admiration won by his writings has been extended to his country. Those who have been delighted with his delineations have been at tracted to the scenes which he has so beautifully de scribed, and I may also safely say that even his own countrymen have viewed them with a deeper interest and increasing admiration, and as has been quaintly said of his country, had it not received its name before, it might now have acquired the name of Scotland. Were I even competent to speak of valuable contributions of a historical and miscellaneous kind which Scott has made to British literature, I would not so far trespass on your patience. I cannot, however, sit down without adverting to the claims which he has on our esteem as a man.— (Applause.) With reputation and talents which the most elevated might envy, he never assumed superiority over the less gifted and less fortunate. To the young, even to those in the humblest ranks, who sought his counsel, he was a kind and judicious adviser. To those rb ho required pecuniary assistance his hand was open as day. Although his company was courted by princes and nobles, he was not only the joyous companion of his equals, but he did not despise the society of the humble but honest cotter. None of his writings are more delightful than the letters in which, relaxing from his literary toils, he depicts the groups of friends and neighbours of all degrees bent on rural recreations. Men of genius have sometimes thought they were released from the trammels of ordinary mortals, but Scott took the most sensible views of the affairs of the world, and attended to all the proprieties of life. And his advices to others were at once mingled with the greatest kindness of heart and the most perfect sagacity. — (Loud cheerin g .) Al as t h at prudence should ever have failed him in his own case! but even here the glory and strength of his character stand out in bolder relief. Like one of his own chivalrous champions, fearful as were the odds with which he had to contend, he resolved to buckle on his armour, to summon up all his energies, and to vindicate his honour or die in the con test. He persevered amidst deep discouragement and sorrows to tax his powers to the uttermost, and, in his own words, " If there be a mental drudgery which lowers the spirits and lacerates the nerves, like the toil of the slave, it is that which is executed by literary composition, when the heart is not in unison with the work in which the head is employed." The struggle was too severe for his manly frame ; he conquered, but he fell, and, in dying, left behind him a renown which will only perish with the English language. —His Lordship resumed his seat amidst loud and continued cheering, after which Mr. WILSON, the vocalist, sung, and with great effect, the " Pibroch of Donald Dhu," a dirge h av i ng previ ously been executed by the band. Mr. PRINGLE then proposed the health of the Most Worshipful Grand Mater ktfis9 l l of Scotland, lord =.~ ~ `;' F: , Did- Pr:ce 254 11 Fa ____.. 53 14yo 1 4 144 Og• 105 r. 3g• 23., 7-04 IS!4 174$ .4