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STE Am T 0 IT ALY, FLORENCE, ROME, NAPLES, &c. 1. /P e PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA the COMPANY beg to announce that their new Steam ship ib ie T rlEß, Captain OLIVE, built and fitted up expressly for this owzd start Irons Southampton on WEDNESDAY, the 30th of Sep 'Qaoer, for Genoa, Legheri, Citiva Vecchia, and Naples ; and thence ": Ward the Company wul dispatch a steamer resularly on the 1 5 th Toll' month to ports. „„f Families travelling to It a ly will find this route expeditious, eco "Teal, and interest ing. fair t !" , for first - cliss passengers, servants, horses, and carriages, p an , °, goods and p arcels, may be had on appl i cat i on at th e C om - J's offices, 51, St. M ar; - axe, London. 411 z, 19, 1846., - REMOVAL. CULVERWELL has REITOVED to No. Gr eat JO, ARGYLL -PLACE, Rii:GENT-STRE Gr. (leading t 4 wh alarlb orough-street,) where h.: may be con. , :ulted, cs 1 3 : e till Three, and in the Ev en i n g fr 9 m S e ven till Nme ; au,d loged aise his several publicatien.3. of w ich entirely new and en editions have recently been mag be obtained. PORTRAITS by tile AGENCY of LIGHT. h ew , Mr. BEARD, sole Patentee of the Daguerreotype, ha our introduced a NEW PROCESS of COLOURING PHOTO nlor-ile PORTRAITS, which, with other improvements, imparts lfe-like and beautiful effect than has hitherto been attained. 1,,`,.. 4 rt1, Nine till Six, at 86, King William-street, City ; 34, Perla .;""street ; and the Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street. A„,.; gr eat improvement has been effected by the patentee.—Times, Z. , ' 22, RETURN TICK ETS.-GREAT WESTERN /t it ?? and after th e I s t of September, RAlLWAY. 1846, Return Tickets on this waY will be Fo r - avlable as : 1 1Neci . distance node xceeding follows 50 miles, on the same - day they are , except on Saturday. A Ticket taken on that day, beim, tv ~ l anle fort he return journey on Monday. 5 etexceeding 100 miles, on the same day they are issued or the ,;(Stlnday not being counted). tt e ceeding 100 miles, on the same day they are issued, or either two next ays (Sunday not being counted). By order of the Directors, CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. SHEFFIELD, BUXTON, LEEK, POTTE RIES, AND CREWE RAILWAY. d e in Psance of the Resolution passed at the eeng of Sharehol• h ls, h u el r d u at the Albion Hotel, Manchester, on M the ti 20th day ofJuly ;7 4 by which the Company was dissolved, the Directors have deter- Zned to return to the Shareholders Seventeen Shillings and Six : nee per Share, and to pay to them a further pro rata division, if Y, of any balance of the Funds of the Company which may remain `Lift all claims shall have been discharged. Forms, to enable Shareholders to receive the same, may be had on 4 4 1 1 cation to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, Leek. By order, R. Y. CLARKE, Secretary. Leek, 21st August, 1846. 1-4 AIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEW -1 CA STLE -UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction , AZ.,_ - L 4 uacashire , and North Yorkshire Railway Companies, now ii.ZZggitinated.) ten lice Is hereby given, that interest at the rate of four pounds per he let4p.t..fer annum, will be allowed on the present deposits, teef from the T u lle tut:l4 ll lY last, and on all b fu e t e u m re e ct i ll: e fr h oi t rah l e st da payment. day ofJanuary, tuelirsto4l4suecfh j d u e l p y osi e t f s w to hie e h due notice will be given. By order, TIIO3. ROB. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman W. H INGRAM, 1 Secretaries. 4 „,...._Augtiat 11 , 1846. C. MOORE WILSON,J RPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEW kLat 6 LIV .U MaPN-TYNE JUNCTION AILWAY COMPANY un Itad er P oo l , O nchester, and Newcast ß Tyne ie-uPon Jctio n,, Are.i a nnashire and North Yorkshire e Railway Coinpanies, now Th o lgantatedster Rated e gl, of Shares in this undertaking being now nearly coin giStrait„"" nolders of scrip who have not yet forwarded the same foF re ly% be on are requested to do so without delay, as the share register air s° , lo tely closed on the Ist day of OCTOBER next, after which at th e Shares not transmitted for that purpose will be registered It 44:1131,3 of the o r i g i na l a ll o tt e es. ter, aociecjnested that the Scrip in the original Liverpool, Manches war,,Weastle upon-Tyne Juncon Railway Compauy mabe th e g el led tO the Secretary, at 22, Parliament-street, London, and eott ra : in the original Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway W ill so u l t° he Secretary, at 31, Princess-street, Manchester, who readyor deity Th e c an a eknowlegment for the same. ertineates under the common seal of the Company will be to the Shar eholders, By order, okgned) THOS. ROB. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman. W. H. INGRAM } Secretaries. C. MOORE WILSON All gust 1 1 ---___ . 1846, - 1 3 °8 TON STAMFORD, and BIRMINGHAM RA I L WAY COMPANY (STAMFORI) to WISBECII). Th e REGISTRATION OF SCRIP. ko, et for T . -neorporating the above Company having received the t t inefo? 4 t, all persons holding scrip for shares in the Boston, R.,.rethe transmit September the same to the . at the Company's Offices, 18, Abingdon-street, Wes.trnin '°rlh, i n en tnPanied by same im filled up according to the subjoined 14 e s r ' order that the may be duly reg.stered. Receipts for eer titleet w i l _ I be given ; and on the completion of the registration, h ri n — ' under the seal of the Incorporated Company will be deli ,elellange. l'iseci",:uares will be reduced in number to meet the capital autho trecht raised by the A tand the snareholders will have full Dahl '' v ela to th e • Company for the amount 04 e a , L ern in the books of the Jieri p eu share, "eetri a 7 be sent to the Secretary on registered letters ; and it is 1 7_ 0 11ILI . for greater security, that parties forwaiding scrip "nala tr• ‘' a cross the face of each certificate " Forwarded for By order, Ca ra Dan EDWARD DANIEL, Secretary. 'w, L Y ' s Offices, 18, Abingdon-str eet,suai nster, 12th A ugus t, 1846. itc'ste 'n, B l' a ll „ M CLAIM FOR REGISTERING SCRIP. —°%, and Birmingham Railway Company (Stamford to Sir, , hera3,44o...the holder of scrip W for isbuch.) shares in the above Company, 4lte l y ,..Ln be entered on the register of the Boston, Stamford, 140 ritti W ille - * Li ana Railway Company as the proprietor of my rateable et i neor Dara ,,the stock of that ConaPany, under the provisions of the A t ung the same. T e ti .. l ab •uutres•..• .•Nes. - No. of Shares. T0ta1.......... Name in full .... •.•• •• •• •• • • Profesa , on or Business .. • • • .. • • WiIARFDALE RAILWAY COMPANY, late LANCASHIRE and YORK S HI RE NORTH - EASTERN .+LWAY COMPANY. the Ant General Meeting of Shareholders held at Scarborough's "e l . L e —eds, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 1846, pursuant to advertisement e vening the same, MATTHEW WILSON, Jan., in the Chair. W - 4 Moved by MATTIaw WiLsoN, jun., Esq. 3 seconded by JOSEPH SAINT JOHN YATES, Esq., and unanimously .A lte solved, That the report of the Directors now read , be received , ftyl ted, and printed, and circulated amongst the Shareholders. L ' s Moved by MArruEw WILsoN, jun., Esq. ; seconded by JOSEPH 14E01 SAINT JOHN YATES , Esq., and unanimously tha t ved, That the following gentlemen be appointed auditors, and % et hey be paid annua lly th e sum o f 201. eac h, as a remuneration for it s aerv ices:—John Dewhurst, of Skipton, Esq. ; John Wilkinson It_rieY4 of Fence End, Esq. wa3 mov e d by MATTHEW WILSON, jun., Esq. ; seconded by FRANCIS Resolved BILLAM. Esq., and unanimously Of th. Company That the Directors be empowered to pay to the Secretary ' l MMany for the time being, a salary not exceeding 2101. per It moved by JonN BOTTERILL, Esq. ; seconded by Jonx BLACK BURN, Esq., and unanimously Of th e c e , +4 That the following gentlemen be appointed the Di s r o e n ct t o i l e s loong o ,. °ln t ,PanY4 for the ensuing year, viz. :—Matthew Wil . '4 'scl, ; Joseph Saint John Yates, Esq. ; William Wilkinson, toolds ',,°4183 Mason Johnson, Esq. ; Francis Billam, Esq. ; James ; Richard Waddilove, Esq. Lightly Simpson, Esq. ; It 14Harper, E eq °Vell by WILLIAM THRELFALL, Esq. ; seconded by JAMES I ,, , teSei A NICHOLSON, Esq., and unanimously Of V itl,That the sum of 6001. be set apart annually, out of the h , r "oes C ompany , as a remuneration to the Directors for their t t • shall "'Mk divided amongst them in such manner as they wai, Mr've4 by WILLIAM FIRTH, ESQ. ; seconded by THOMAS MANN 1 ":1 49 4, LEE, Esq., and unanimously or i e f• + hat the thanks of the Shareholders be given to voted the till 3OS ee°: their past services, and that the sum of .be It }per r emuneration therefor. pp ed MATTHEW WILSON, Jun., Chairman. 111—,eu b y ) DAANT - oN LUPTON, Esq. ; seconded by CHARLES legOlV e d AltitON CoURTENAT, Esq., and unanimou sl y ison 4 T hat the best thanks of this meeting be g iv e n to Matthew day ' f a ' , for his very able and courteous conduct in the chair (Signed) ANDREW PATON, Secretary. T $E UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER . „,The o .„„ so to 50 per Cent. Saved I 141 1 :',.„ — ,_"`eeS beg to call public attention to the following facts, t ..._ — .40,11," "ares resulting from the invention are various and I,7„tiorn. I ndependently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the c9ra "'nerto—,„Perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light Len It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns or Z I UY for ~, any period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects mad e t the most deli ca t e co l our or the finest fabric. Objections have ottin t he introduction of gas in dwelling-houses, to the expense of S:IL to its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, &c. ; istritttz•Ll-e entirely obviated by the "PATENT UNIVERSAL. GAS 1 310 41 8 :: AS the cost of laying on gas is much lower than is corn elqb..?; "uPPosed, it is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for ses, hotels, manufactories, and public buildings. One of the ha_ burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum I,.."_leasurably lower than spirit, oil, or candie, with the avoidance of .Ste or trouble The ritsthe " Burn t erZ r ' e it e s h b e rilliar t i w cy t a h n e d e an co n n e economysu ai r t p ti s e s n i t n i g e oth. 1, 71)411 °nS of the n qu w a il liti l e i s gi o ' ei th UNIVERSAL GAs BURNER. ~Atm Tuesday, tfrom the Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers, y, 26th May, 1846, Sid ingenious RENNIE, President, in the Chair. T i „ A gas burner ofa novelw. thetn construction was exhibited. introduction of a stream of air to the titre o rin f c principal novelt e y b y a hollow button in the middle of the burner. Zhe air passing up through the hollow stem of the but t o n, was and passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, an d ing with force on the flame of the gas c urved it out,vards ha t ile g e of a tulip while the oxygen of the air, mingling with fh e erb ure ap tted hydrogen gas, produced a very perfect combustion, name w . unit white down the top of the burner, was very steady, \7 ~w a s am - pl — y demo e nstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, &tere these burners have been used. In comparing the consumption tL t hese burners with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying b," oer o the two lihts bthe phtometer, the new burner ttePr liwght,f with a saving g of rather o more than one-third.. gave a Po„ CERTIFICATE. ?ECIINIC Cirsartcar, ScnooL.—" In testing Clark, McNiell, roan °, s Universal Gas Burner with one of the best shawdowless ers, it gave a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 45 Per cent." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROOT. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, . 41n CERTIFICATE. pat In a a series of experiments made upon Clark, Mc Niell, and Co.'s blush', Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta ega,r, in economy and the quality of the light. Tested against sit; bu rners, Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 ( 15 holes) , it affo rded a of at least 25 per cent., and against three fish-tail burners, ri ot ‘l ._ 40 pe rt r he cent. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is supe nYburner." T. W. KEATES, Consulting Chemist, The J. I). PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. leei t ITNIVERSAL GAS BURNER is used nightly at the Poly h•_Ulu I nstitution, and may be had and seen from 11 till 4, at the `w ee,l SO, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross ; and of all Gas Fitters iettin Q LADIES TRAVELLING, the Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of the Sun, will find qOWLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing guorn Preparation for Cie Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan attbr'lld relaxation allaying all heat and irritability. and immedi tn,'sla,rording the , plea.iing sensation attending restored elasticity of b,1 1%, kin ' The numerous varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Su t n- Yth r eales, Tan, and Discolouratiens, are pleasingly eradica t ed Atir4 Kalydor, and t o skin rendered delicately seft and clear. et ?ion t l and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive s ec- Wtil e Y e L ne Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those to ente nnttnent of Europe together with the " elite" of the Aris braw!„ and " Haute Volee," from the sultry climes of India, an d ~ the e Czar a l'reems of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of 6d. am ga ud Salons of St. Petersburgh and Moscow .- Pr i ce 4s. 0. /1 • Per bottle. ge7l a lit!! of spurious " Kalydors" containing mineral astrin :laYrerulnous to the complexion, and which, by their repeal " RoNs,T?n, endanger health. 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It will be observed that the notification is signed by Major Caine, our efficient chief magistrate, who has since been gazetted as Acting Colonial Secretary, during the sixteen months' leave of absence of the Hon. Frederick Bruce, whose health compels him to go home, and who, his friends think, ought to have taken the step long ago. He leaves the colony with the universal esteem of every one in it. A case of piracy has just occurred on the river, and created an unusual sensation here, both on account of the value of the capture, and the circumstances attending it. The fol lowing is the fullest account, and it is borne out in all essen tial points by three of the sufferers, who have since been ex amined before the marine magistrate. I do not remember anything more graphic in the history of buccaneering than the depositions contain. - . PIRACY. ' On Thursday last the schooner Privateer was dispatched for Cumsirgmoon with upwards of 300 chests of opium. About three o'clock p.m. the cutter Grace Darling brought intelligeece to that anchorage that she had seen the schooner in possession of pirates off Lintin. The Grace Darling, being merely a pleasure boat, was unable to cope with the pirates, but made all speed to Cnmsingmoon, where she and the Theresa were manned, chiefly by the captains of the receiving vessels, and took the southern passage. Another cutter, the Echo, in which were one captain, six mates, and ten Manillamen, took the opposite and less accustomed route. From the heavy squalls to the southward it was concluded that the piratical vessels and their prize would probably be driven up the river, and the Echo therefore steered northward, and had the good fortune to sight the Privateer about five o'clock the same evening, having two China vessels near her. The pirates probably took flight on finding they were discovered, for when the Echo made up to the place and boarded the schooner they had disappeared. It was found, however, that the guns had all been removed and the rigging cut adrift, and a portion of the opium (since ascertained to be 72 chests) taken away. At this time it was too dark to give chase, and the captors therefore bore up for Cumsingmoon, where they arrived next morning about ten o'clock. The crew of the Privateer had originally consisted of thir teen, chiefly Mardilamen, besides the captain and a European passenger, an officer of a merchant vessel. The Echo found only four persons on board, one of whom was a passenger. He states that the Privateer, white proceeding from Hong Kong to Cumsingmoon, came up to what appeared to be two large fishing-boats, and that Captain Martell, being un willing to injure their nets, passed to the leeward, when one of the boats, seizing the opportunity, put up her helm, and, dropping alongside, boarded the schooner with an over powering number of armed men. Captain Martell, who had been writing on deck, fired his rifle at them, and run below to procure more fire-arms. While attempting to force his way on deck again, and after a severe struggle on his part, he was stabbed in the side and thrown overboard. We have since received some further particulars by the schooner Theresa, which arrived here last night, bringing with her the gunner and a seaman, who had been miracu lously saved. It seems that when the vessel was boarded. the chief mate, the gunner, and three Manillamen leaped into the boat astern, which was immediately pursued and seized by the pirates, who brought their prisoners on board, and threw them into the hold of one of their junks. In the course of the night they were one by one brought on deck, where their arms were pinioned, and having been chin-chinned with lighted joss paper, they were told to drink as much salt water as they pleased, and then tossed overboard. Of these victims two were so fortunate as to extricate their hands in the water, and being expert swimmers contrived to make their way to the neighbourhood of Macao. The other four were confined below in the privateer and strictly guarded. Altogether six of the crew have lieen saved—two Europeans and four Manillamen. We understand that some difference of opinion has arisen about the Echo's exclusive claim to salvage, and that the matter is to be referred to the arbitration of two Englishmen and two Americans. The value of the property recovered amounts to a large sum. Since the above was in type we have been favoured with the evidence on the subject of the piracy, taken before the marine magistrate. It is subjoined : illustrative of the oppressive nature of the game laws was brought before the magistrates on Monday last, at the War rington petty sessions. An Irishman, named Felix Slavin, was charged by the gamekeeper of Mr. J. W. Patten, with having offered for sale a young cock pheasant. It appeared that the prisoner was standing with the bird in his hand at the stall of a dealer in game, and the gamekeeper, coming by and seeing this, gave him into custody. The poor fellow gave a rather confused account of the manner in which he obtained the bird, which was alive, and produced in Court ; but the facts appeared to be, that he was walking in Bew sey, and as he went along he saw this bird lying on the road hurt, and unable to get away. Naturally enough, he picked it up, came into the town, and seeing a bird hang ing in the poulterer's shop, went and asked the prfce of it; -on being told, he produced his bird, and asked what it was worth. Some conversation then took place be tween the prisoner and the man in the shop—the prin cipal being absent—which plainly showed that the pri soner did not know what sort of a bird he had got, when at this period the gamekeeper came up, and he was secured. The poulterer's man appeared as a witness, and admitted he thought, when he first saw the bird, that it was a corncrake. The tact of offering it for sale was not satisfactorily made out. The gamekeeper said that he had recently turned about fifty-six young pheasants loose into the preserves, near to the place where the prisoner alleged he had found this one. He had bred the birds at home, and he had no doubt this, one had strayed out. The prisoner, in defence, stated that he found the bird as already related, and that he did not know what it was. He hoped their honours Would be merciful, as he was a poor man, and wanted to get home. Mr. Beaumont urged that the charge was not proved, but the magistrates thought differently, and inflicted a penalty of 10s., with 10s. 6d. costs, or, in default of payment, six weeks' imprisonment. Ulti mately the money was paid, and the prisoner liberated. THE CROPS.—The wheat harvest may now be said to be concluded in this neighbourhood, although here and there portions of the crop are remaining out in consequence of the fickle weather which has prevailed during the week. IMPORTANT NOTICE. To Hotel-keepers, Wholesale Warehousemen, and Capitalists. FOR PEREMPTORY SALE, IN ONE LOT, THE - 6 1 11i§iiA11.1 HOTEL, with all the suit able FURNITURE, brilliant Looking Glasses and Mirrors, valuable Services of CHINA and Rich Cut GLASS, several thousand ounces of massive SILVER PLATE, a vast quantity of Sheffield PLATED WARE, HOUSE LINEN, and all other requisites for an extensive establishment ; the whole of which will he Sold by Auction, in the Salerooms, No. 9, Upper Ormond Quay, on TUESDAY, Ist Sep tember, 1846, at One o'clock afternoon, by order of the Mortgagees. This eminent and unrivalled establishment (now in full business), contains an immensity of accommodation, having one hundred and fifteen apartments, exclusive of bath rooms, cellarage, basement, &c„ with extensive stabling and carriage-room attached, and being situate in one of the most fashionable and leading thoroughfares in the City, presenting as it does a most imposing front of 90 feet, with an average depth of 180 feet, embracing the Houses Nos. 19, 20, and 21, Upper Sackville-street, in the city of Dublin, with all the extensive build ings and improvements thereon, renders it an object of great attrac tion to the capitalist. There is capability sufficient in these premises, should they not be eontinned in their present lucrative business (by very trifling alterations) to be formed into one of the largest and most complete of the leviathan establishments in the most commanding situation in the, Metropolis. For rent, term, and particulars, apply to Messrs. M`Causland and Fetherstone, No. 21, Wellington Quay; and for cards to view the premises apply to John Littledale, Auctioneer, in whose office an in ventory of the furniture and effects may be inspected. Note.—As this sale will be conducted in the most peremptory manner, and as an inducement to Intending purchasers, a portion of the purchase-money (to be agreed on at the time of sale) will be allowed to remain out on approved security, at 5/. per cent. PIRACY.—CASE OF THE PRIVATEER. Minutes of Investigation taken before me at Victoria, this 21st day of June, 1846. Hector Munro Todd is sworn—l am a seaman on board the Privateer ; I joined her last Sunday. Wednesday, the 17th instant, at daylight, got under weigh for Cumsingmoon, with 202% chests of opium. 0 a leaving Hong-Kong we had on board fifteen souls—viz. :-- 1 captain, 1 mate, 1 European passenger, myself, 7 Manilla.- men, Chinese steward, cook, boy, and a woman belonging to the captain. At three P.M., in passing to the northward of Lintin some four or five miles, we saw apparently a fishing boat standing the same way as ourselves, NKith lines over a n his weather side. I saw but one man in the boat ; he waved his hand for us to go to leeward of him, edging his boat gradual I y down upon us the whole time. We were going about thre e knots. On passing to leeward of the boat, the captain, seein g the sails were becalmed and the boatstill dropping down on thie schooner, hailed her to keep off. A waive of the hand f,:ir us to keep off was made by the man on board the bout. Our helm was hard up, but being to leeward of the Chitha boat, the schooner had no steerage way. Seeing the bout every moment coming closer, the captain took up his rif!te and fired; a shower of spears, at least fifty, were instantly hove into us. The captain called out for muskets. I wes it below with two others to hand them up ; passed up one, whit h the captain fired. Before I could get up any more, stinll:- pots were thrown into the cabin, filling it with smoke. I was nearly suffocated, and rushed to the hatchway. The Chinese cook was before me. Saw a Chinaman make a cut at the cook's head with a cutlass. Observed the vali se' was in the hands of pirates. I crawled into one ,of the berths of the cabin. There were four of us in tl:te berth the Chinese cook, the European passengo r, one Manillaman, and myself. As we were in tiae berth, the pirates pricked us with long bamboos from the deck. The cook went on deck. The piracies afterwards came down in force ; they threatened to murder us ; one spoke very good English. I went on de , sk to work the schooner. The captain was missing ; the after locker on the starboard side was covered with blood. Our Chinese steward and captain's cock-eyed boy were laughing and talking to the pirates—both were dressed in the cap tain's clothes. The boat of the schooner was gone. T lie Chinese cook of the schooner and the captain's worn an appeared frightened. The pirate boat had left us ; sate was standing towards Lintin. The schooner was in charge of 40 men. An English boat hove in sight. I was shoved below. I heard the boat h ail the schooner. The reply was—" Captain down bel ow a-sleep." Whilst I was below the second tit ne, the Chinaman who spoke English said to me "if you p ro mise not to take the schooner to Hong-Kong till the worm. 3g, I will spare your lives." We promised. A few minutes of ter this conversation I heard a heavy crash, then another. Two boats had come alongside. I think the hour was betwc ten five and six. During this time we were guarded by one man with a cutlass. Suddenly he dropped the point, and jumped on deck. The noise then ceased. We looked through the skylight and found the pirates had shoved off, taking with them the Chinese steward, cockeyed boy, cook, and captain's woman. The guns, too, were go ne, two four-pounders, one six-pounder, and one one-pound swivel. The rigging was much cut ; we contrived to get the stay foresail on her, and steer to Cumsingmoon. About n ine p.m., a schooner from Cumsingmoon hove in sight, and tate took us into Cumsingmoon. Francisco Antonin° states as follows :—I am a native of Manilla, and a seaman on board the Privateer. After break fast in the morning we left llong-Kong. I was ordered to draw and clean the guns, three large and two small. I .did so, and oiled them. They were not reloaded. [The evidet ace of this witness corroborates the statement of the deponimt Todd, with the exception that he saw two boats instead_ of ore at the time of their capture near Lintin. Investigation resumed on this date :- 22d of June, 1846. The Third Edition, just published, price 55., APRACTICAL TREATISE on STRICTURE of the URETHRA; its Causes, Varieties, and Cure; by AN IMPROVED METHOD of TREATMENT, of such efficacy, that by its adoption Urethral Contractions that had resisted for periods varying from ten to twenty years, all the ordinary means of cure, have been in a few weeks completely and permanently removed. The mode of cure is illustrated by numerous cases, showing every peculiarity incidental to each variety of stricture to which the Urethra is liable, and the modifications in the treatment consequent thereon. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L. Published and Sold by H. Bailliere, Medical Bookseller, 219, Regent street, London; Messrs. Maclachlan, Stewart, and Co., Edinburgh; W. Strong, Bristol ; Hedges and Smith, and Famin and Co., Dublin ; Simms and Denham, Manchester ; W. Grapel, Liverpool; and all Booksellers in town and country. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Sixteenth Thousand, In a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6d., or post paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage Stamps or Post-office Order. IQELF• PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that are produced In them, by solitary habits, and other eitc2sses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. Rynaldo Gonsalves sworn—l am a native of Manilla, said gunner of the schooner Privateer. Was on board when at tacked by pirates en the 17th instant. Between two Bind three o'clock on the afternoon of that day I saw two boats astern of us. They were standing the same course as ourselves, and overhauling us fast. I told the captain they were bad. " No, no," he said, " only fishiing boats." The Chinese steward belonging to the 1- 'ri vateer also said, " Never fear ; only fishing-boat." One boat was far ahead of the other, she came within fifteen fathoms of our larbour quarter. We kept ithe schooner away, the boat did the same, outsailing us. On getting abreast of us the captain sung out " Wylo, wvlo,"—then came the spear, then came the fire (from stink pots), then came the stones on our deck. The boarding immediately followed on the fore part of our deck. The captain was aft, he tired his own musket into the boat, raid I saw him opposing the entrance of the Chinese into ithe after part of the schooner. He had a cutlass. A spear N ras thrust at him from the boat, it entered his side, and he f The pirates then boarded in force. Ido not know what be came of the captain after he fell. I was wounded with a sthak pot in the face and tell down. I saw the pirate throw the mate overboard. They a f terwards threw me overboard.l was picked up by our own boat which we had towing astern. In the boa t I found th e mate and three Manillla mhaedn.proTcheeedpedainatbeorulvt " a eut'w quartere pulled away in the boat ; of a mile only, when the pirate overtook us. All hands were put in separate plawes below in the hold of the pirate, two in one place, two. in another place, the mate below the poop—five in number. It was between three and four o'clock in the afternoon. I do not know what took place after this, until some time in dock. The on deck by the The Manillanaan w m a ig s h e t on b fi e n t e w d el vv ve o a 3 o rdered p i ra t e s ; shortly after I heard a gitplash in the water. Ten m i nu tes after I was called on • deck; my arms, above w th i e th n w ig h h o t m —i t the elbows, were lashed behind my back. I was also tied at the wrists. This completed, I was told. to sit down on the rail; I did so. In broken Eig lish and Portuguese they said " now you can drink so much water as you like," and launched me o ver board. I floated nearly upright. I succeeded in relea sing one of my bands, opened my knife with my teeth, and cut the lashing off my arms. At six o'clock in the morniiag I landed at a spot outside Macao, and was taken thither )in a Chinese boat. At Macao I met John Nacito, Manilla' nan, one of those retaken with me in the schooner's boat, but .con fined in another place on board the pirate boat from w'bich I was thrown overboard. The Governor. of Macao put John Nacito and myself into prison ; we were released at their der cession of Lleerjeebhoy. There were 100 men on board the pirate. John Nacito sworn—l am a Manillaman, and a seaman on board the Privateer. On our late trip to Cumsingn soon from Hong- Kong were attacked by pirates near Cumsingnoon. To avoid the spears and save my life I jumped overboard, and gained our boat towing astern. There were five of us in the boat—mate, gunner, two Manillamen, and. self. We cut the painter, and pulled away from the schooner; were pursued. takes, and put below in the bold of the pirate boat. My eompanion in confinement was a Manillaman, named Sadio. I do not know what became of him. He was taken on deck before I was. About midnight I was called up, and asked if I would have [ some water. On replying in the affirmative, I wee told in By SAMUEL LI'3IERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; It is feared that some damage has been done — to the un finished ricks by the heavy storms which have occasionally descended. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, however, it is believed there will be an average crop of wheat, and the quality is excellent. Hops have improved amazingly fast, fast, and the duty is rising. With regard to potatoes, the news papers from all parts of the country, including Scotland and Ireland, agree in the universality of the disease. Growers have accordingly been so anxious to sell, that a great de cline in price has taken place. We observe it stated that at -Redditch twenty acres of garden ground were last spring allotted by Colonel Clive ; nineteen-twentieths have been planted with potatoes; the blight has attacked the whole, and the resnit will be the loss of the poor men's labour, the rent, and cost of seed. Similar accounts have reached us. from other parts of the county ; and it now becomes a serious question what substitute shall be provided to supply the wants of the poor in the forthcoming season. Mr. Wil liams, of Pitmaston, has proposed that the cotta gers' gardens and allotment grounds should be planted with Swede turnips during the yet remaining period of the growing season, and suggests that the farmers should direct their labourers, who are now engaged in hoeing, to remove the superfluous plants of this root carefully, eo that they may be available for the cottager's garden. It may be very well to plant the gardens with turnips, if the poor people have any pigs or cattle that will eat them, but as a substitute for the potato they will be wholly insufficient. It is bad enough for the poor to subsist upon potatoes, and it is a considerable descent to be condemned to Swede turnips for their daily dinner. There is but one lower step, and that would be to the fate of Nebuchadnezzar.— Worcestershire Chronicle. Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS OF TUE TREATISE. _ THE POTATO DlsEasE.—As any fact connected with this fearful disease is of importance, the following ex periment, tried by a gentleman in the neighbourhood, may lead to useful results. He planted some seedling potatoes, and covered them with glasses ; they seemed to thrive remarkably well, and, to all appearances, were totally devoid of the disease. He then took the glasses off some of the plants, and exposed them to the influence of the atmosphere. In a short time, the plants which had been left so uncovered, showed undo ubted symptoms of the presence of the disease, while the others were perfectly good. A few leaves of the plants covered by the glasses were left ex posed, these leaves also withered away, the parts covered remaining sound and healthy : . This would lead to the supposition that atmospheric influence is solely the cause of this disease, so destructive, and we fear so universally prevalent. Another gentleman informed us of a field :of potatoes that looked in all respects healthy when he visited it one night, but the next morning were withered, and seemed as if a blast had taken them all. Another instance we have heard of is that a gentleman, who has a field, of potatoes, in which the leaves of the plants in a line had all become withered, and were dying away just as if a ball of fire had passed through the field in a direct line. These facts may be of service in coming to a conclusion as to the real cause of the disease. We may add that hardly a crop in this neighbourhood is exempt from its ravages.—Hump. shit e Advertiser. The Vierzon Railway Company has had the whole of the line delivered up to it by M. Flonearre, the bead engineer. The line, it is thought, may be opened towards the end of October.— Oak/7mi. HAMER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrances and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— CIiArTER 2. 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' • j • - r 411,- " er l p? • f, F* , • Ns: ''se/* s• - • ~ HAMBURGH and FLANDERS MAI S BRUSSELS, AUG. 18ate : The average price of whea in the week ending on Saturday- 5 .A , was 22f. 72c., and that of rye 17f. 66c. per hectolitre. The King gave audience yesterday to a great number of persons. the house of theh ' 4 We said yesterday, that on Saturday a person, severely wounded an.l almost dead, had been found in a hop garden at Jupille. lie was recognised as M. Da e i a n l e i . eut H en e an w t as in im th mia the 11thRegiment el removedof an inhabitant of the commune, where the physician declared that the wound had been inflicted a consider able time, since the blood which had flowed from it was o f t o Infantry coagulated and decomposed. M. Dachet having revived by the attention paid to him, was able to declare that he had inflicted the wound himself, but he refused to say what arm he had caused the wound with. He died yesterday. The potato market at Brussels was well supplied yes terday, but the prices were firm, with a slight tendency to rise. Two hundred sacks were sold, from 7f. to 7f. 50 c. ; and 7f. 25c. per 100 kilogrames. One sample sack was sold at 7f. 75c. The retail prices are from 7to 8 centimes per kilograme. The city of Louvain have resolved to erect a statue in honour of the celebrated painter, Quinton Matsys. KIEL, AUG. 16.—What was generally expected has come to pass. Of the subtitutes of the deputies to the states who withdrew from the assembly, only four ap peared yesterday at Joyehoe, who, with the six that re mained at their post, make ten. As such a minority cannot enter into any deliberations, the Royal Commis sion will declare, 'in a short sitting to-morrow, that the assembly is officially dissolved. it is expected that the Assembly of the Estates of Sleswich will be convoked— some say for the 15th, and others for the Ist of October. The Estates of Holstein will be convoked immediately after the new election—it is believed on the Ist of January, 1847. Well-informed persons say that the Government intends previous to take a step, without de parting from its dignity, yet in a conciliatory spirit, in order to allay the excitement, in some measure at least, so far as depends on it, that it may be possible for the deliberation of the Estates to proceed without inter ruption. Count Eugenia Von Reventlow having resigned his post, as Minister Plenipotentiary at Berlin, Count Molski is gone to that city as Minister Plenipotentiary from the Court of Denmark. VIENNA, AUG. 9.—The departure of Sir Robert Gordon, the British Ambassador, is universally re gretted. He was on the best terms with Prince Met ternich, and his connexion for so many years with the Austrian Noblemen, made us hope that the Whigs would take advantage of his position and leave him. Many persons, however, are firmly persuaded that in less than a year he will return to his post.. STOCKHOLM, Au°. 11.—The heat has in many places been 81 deg. and 82 deg. by Reaumur. (104 Fahren heit). Letters from Oresund, speak of 38 to 43 deg. (about 111 to 129 Fahrenheit), it is not said whether in the shade or in the sun.—Hamburgh Pap! rs. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy eff( teci on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. Bonus Bonus in g - g Assured GI .5. Premium. added. Cash. r i't' ay z o Borrow. ' 0 o X Xs. d. r 60 1000 34 1 Li 1837, 1833. 1839' 1849 1841 £21715 1,.£100 0111 192 3 0, 87 1 165 11 10; 74 1 9, 116 7 6 54 010' 111 6 8, 49 10 0 !Xl6 0 4!£445 0 0 13 10 2! 395 11 1 11 3• l l 346 2 3 7 16 10 ! 296 13 4 710 , C 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CANIROUX, Secretary. HOT WEATHER,.-TRAVELLING.-SEA SIDE.—The REGISTERD PALETOT in London, only at 22, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange ; and the chief Llama Cloth Warehouse, 114, Regent-street. Do not be deceived by a similarity of name, placed in the windows of a few petty shops in the neighbourhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street." SALES BY AUCTION. ADDLE STONE, SURREY. Vallable FREEHOLD and COP] HOLD ESTATE, delightfully situated in this much-admired, dry, and healthy Village, within a Quarter of a Mlle of the Station on the Epham Branch from the South-Western Railway at Weybridge, One Hour's ride from Lon don, and One Mile of the capital Market Town of Chertsey. MR. WARREN respectfully announces that he has been favoured with instructions to SELL, at the Crown Inn, Chertsey, on WEDNESDAY, August 26, at Two, in Eight Lots, FORTY ACRES of LAND, of excellent quality, and in part tithe free, most desirably situate in the highly respectable and improving village of Addlestone, and possessing the very extensive frontage of 500 yards to the high road leading from Windsor to Guildford and Brighton, and admirably adapted for building purposes ; also a com fortable Farm-hous, barn, yard, and out-buildings ; the whole having been held on lease by the late Mr. Perry and his widow, whose term expires at Michaelmas next, when (or before) possession may be had. May be viewed upon application to Mrs. Perry, at the farm-house, pposite the George Inn, Addlestone, where printed particulars, with plans, may be obtained ; also of Messrs. Bridges, Mason, and Bridges, solicitors, Red Lion-square ; at the Griffin, Kingston ; White Lion, Staines ; Greyhound, Richmond ; Bear, Esher ; at the place of sale ; and of Mr. Warren, land and timber surveyor and valuer, Isleworth. SOUTHAMPTON AND NORTH/U.III'TO ST. Extensive and highly improvable FREEHOLD PROPERTY, well adapted for commercial purposes and for investment, yielding at the present low rents between 6001. and 7001. per annum. MR. V. J. COLLIER has received directions from the Devisees in Trust of the late S. S. Taylor, Esq., to SELL by AUCTION, at the Royal George Hotel, Southampton, on THURSDAY. 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 years, at a rent of 1911. per annum. Valuable and extensive Premises at Northam, presenting a frontage of about 1,100 feet to the river Itches, 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 -1 use and premises, let on lease for five years, at a rent of 1091. ; the Anchor public-house, let on lease for fourteen years, at a rent of 441. per annum ; a small House and nine Tenements, let at rents amounting to 841. 6s. 6d.; a large plot of Freehold Land, well calcu lated for the erection of dwelling-houses or a manufactory, 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, amounting to 131. 103. per annum, secured upon six newly built cottages. Also, Six 1007. Shares in Northam-bridge, a 1001. Share in Bursleden-bridge, Two Mortgages of 150/. each on the Botley and Waltham turnpike-road, and a Mortgage of 100/. on the Southampton Pert Dues. The Northam estate possesses vast ca pability for improvement, and affords great scope for the exercise of commercial enterprise in the formation of docks, wharfs, ware houses, factories, &c. It is exempt by statute from the port dues of Southampton, and in the hands of a spirited capitalist or public com pany, aided by the judicious outlay of a moderate amount, could not fail to be greatly enhanced in value, owing to the rapidly-increasing commerce of Southampton, where a very large portion of the pas senger and goods traffic of the kingdom Is now concentrated, and which must inevitably increase with the extension of the railway system, which will shortly place this flourishing town and port in direct communication with all parts of the world. Particulars and plans may be had of Messrs. Page and Moody, solicitors, Bugle-street, Southampton ; at the place of sale ; and of Mr. V. J. Collier, Moorgate-street. PUBLICATIONS. Just published, price ss. FRANKS on URINO-GENITAL DISEASES. Part I. On Gonorrhoea and Gleet, exemplifying the influence of a Scrofulous or Scorbutic state of system in producing those Morbid Secretions, and showing that the true nature of their diseased action is irritative, not inflammatory. Published by the Author, 90, Blackfriars-road, London; and may be had of Johnston, 68, Cornhill; Starkie, 4, Strand; Sanger, 190, Oxford-street ; and by order of all booksellers. LOSS OF THE BRILLIANT. The subjoined is a copy of the official document re ceived at the Colonial-office on the 13th of this month : " Government House, St. John's, July 22, 1846. " Sir,—l have the honour to commuicate to you the circumstances of the wreck of a vessel named the Bril- liana, bound from Cork to Quebec, with about 100 pas sengers on board. on a part of our coast near Lamaline, on the 12th of May last. The whole of her passengers, with the exception of one young female and an infant, were safely conveyed on shore by the judicious means adopted by the master, and on the following day they reached Lamaline, where their immediat e wants were provided for by the magistrates, and the whole sent on hither as soon as vessels could be provided for their conveyance. "In St. John's, where they reached on the 3d ult., private subscriptions were received to the amount o 1271. 6s. 2d. currency, for their benefit, and the Govern ment provided such additional means es were necessary to proe procure to theirethem food, and places of destination. t o hire rrh e vessels e to convey them late calamitous fire was mainly the cause of their em barkation being delayed till the 15th of June, when they sailed for Quebec." The rest of the document related to some pecuniary expenses of no interest to the public. (Signed) " JOHN HARVEY. " To the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, . . Colonial-office." THE TWELFTH OF AUGUST. (From the Inverness Courier.) In this quarter, sportmen found the 12th all that could be desired. The weather was cloudy, with a fine, cool breeze, sufficient to prevent ardent sportsmen from being overheated by too eager exertions to carry home their game-bags brimfull. Many found the birds very wild—a sure symptom of approaching rain, which fell constant on the 13th, rendering it a blank day on the hills. The same variety of weather has alternated daily since. Tape-worm, we are sorry to hear, is prevalent this season—fatal to the birds on some moors ; on others it is only suspected, from the grouse being les plump than usual. A sportsman of long experience informs us, that be has noticed the disease mostly in old birds, particu larly hens ; and, strange enough, last year it was prin cipally seen among the cocks. The Moybeg party found their stock of grouse had suffered but little, as they anticipated a thinning similar to several other districts. In proof of their abundance, in the afternoon of the 17th instant. J. C. Freebairn, Esq., shot 44 brace at Balvonie Lodge. The demand for shooting continued to increase as the 12th approached ; and, in addition to the list we gave last week, we now give several names, added within the last few days .—Dallas moors are taken by M. Innes, Esq.—Farraline, by Mr. Powell and Mr. Adams—Conon and Highfield, by 11. Wigratn, Esq., and Captain B. G. Knight—Laggan and Glenmasarin, by Captain Boyd and Mr. Clifton—Lochcarron, by R. Clifton, Esq. RETURNS OF GROUSE BAGGED ON THE 12T11 AND 14 rll INST. Viscount Milton, and Sir James J. R. Mackenzie, Bart., at Kinlochuichart, bagged 73 brace of grouse, and 4 mountain hares, on the 12th; Mr. Grierson, 10 brace at Bunachton; at Cabrich, Mr. Cashborne and Mr. Williams, 21 brace on the 12th, and on the 14th, Mr Cashborne IS and Mr. Williams 16 brace; Mr. Coltby 32 brace, at Shalvany; Mr. Randall, 15 brace, at ditto; on the 12th, George A. Ames, Esq., 15 brace, at Culcu ' thel, and on the 14th, 14 brace, a hare, and two snipes; Lord Gifford, Lord Grosvenor, and Mr. W. Baillie, 63 brace, at Dochfour; Mr. nickintosh, of Balnespick, 25 brace, at Clune; Mr. Hodgson, 23 brace, at Can tray ; at Lower Killin, Mr. King, 23, and Mr. Smith, 25 brace ; at Castle Leod, Robert Reid, Esq., Mr. Granville, and Mr. West, 103 brace ; at Dunmaglass, Captain Young bagged 21 brace, Mr. Wilson 33, Mr. Colmore 27, and Mr. Penrose 47 brace. The Pitmain party bagged as follows:—Mr. Laverock, 112 brace, Mr. Maershin, 90, Mr. Stewart, 321, and Mr. Berry, 16 brace ; and at Beaufort Castle, Lord Lovat bagged 61 brace ; Captain Boyd and Mr. Clif ton, 60 brace on the afternoon of the 12th, and 110 brace on the 14th, at Laggan and Glenmasserin ; at Dundreggan, Sir Henry Meux, Bart., and Richad Arabin, Esq., had 107 brace on the 12th, and 103 brace on the 14th ; on Upper Killin, Lord E. Hill, 58 brace, and D. C. Majoribanks, Esq, 60i brace on the 12th, and 47 brace by Lord H., and 501 brace by Mr. M., on the 14th; at Balmacan, Lord Reidhaven got 36 brace, and 3 mountain hares, on the 12th, and on the 14th, 46 brace, 4 hares, and a brace of plover; T. Garde, Esq., W. 0. Jackson, Esq., and Mr. Power, at Auchinault, had 130 brace on the 12th. The Moy Beg party, George Orred, Esq., Mr. St. John, Mr. Freebairn, and Colonel Custans, bagged 60 brace in five hours, and on the 14th, 36 brace, 5 hares, and 2 teal. At Erchless Castle, S. M. Boulderson, Esq., had 93 brace and 8 hares on the 12th, and 84 brace on the 14th; at the same place, H. A. Benie, Esq., 29 brace and 2 hares on the 12th, and 24 brace on the 14th; on Fairburn Moor, H. M. Fowler, Esq., and a friend, shot 421 brace on the 12th; at Aldourie, Captain John Fraser and Mr. Ruston, 16 brace and 4 hares on the 12th, and 11 brace on the 14th; at Enockie, Mr. Perry got 20 brace. At Moy, Donald Macbean, gamekeeper to the Mackintosh, killed 67 brace of grouse and 8 hares, with one gun and dog. MR. LEVEIN, HIS SPLENDID WORKMANSHIP FOR THE QUEEN, AND THE FURNITURE WOODS FROM NEW ZEALAND. —We are happy to announce that her Majesty has been pleased to confer upon Mr. Levein the appointment of Cabi net-maker to her Majesty, in token of the very elegant speci mens of workmanship made by him from the woods of New Zealand. Her Majesty the Queen was the first to patronise him, and he has secured great favour with her Majesty both by his workmanship, his skill, and his woods. We are much pleased that a testimonial of this nature should have been conferred upon Mr. Levein, not only as an old colonist, who, in common with ourselves, has stood by the colony " through evil report and good report ;" but also as a most enterprising man, who has himself gone into the forests and cut down the timber which is now eliciting the admiration of all connois seurs of cabinet workmanship in this country. We trust Mr. Levein's success will be commensurate with the spirit of en terprise which he has exhibited. The New Zealand Company estimate Mr. Levein and his high character so much as to have permitted him the last five years to use their principal room as his magnificent show rooms, where the public have daily gratuitous admission. The Barons Rothschild have contributed greatly to his success by their continued patron age.—New Zealand Journal. COMPLETION OF THE NELSON LETTERS. The seventh volume of " The Dispatches and Letters of Lord Nelson," concluding this truly national work, greatly ex ceeds in public interest either of those which have preceded it, interesting as they were all acknowleged to have been. This recommendation it owes to the vast amount of new and important information which the editor, Sir Harris Nicholas, has succeeded in combining with the letters of the hero during that momentous period of his existence which immediately preceded the glorious Battle of Trafalgar- Illustrative of that extraordinary naval conflict, there is added to the narrative of Sir William Beattie, of what took place before the battle; letters from Captain Blackvi - ood, then commanding the Euryalus ; from Admiral Sir Ednvard Codrington, of the Orion ; from Vice Admiral Lord Colaing wood ; and from Captain Pasco, Nelson's signal lieutenant. A copy of the log of every British ship in the action ' com munications from the Marquis:de Salano. Governor clCadiz ; and Vice Admiral Alava ; as well as French and Spanish accounts of the battle. It is not venturing too much to assert that no book ever was published *hat appeals more forcibly to the attention of the whole British nation. DEATH FROM POISON..—UNFORTUNATE MISTAKE. — A rcsl4ectable woman named Gough, residing at Old Windsor, who was employed as charwoman at the stables of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at Frogni , ,re House, near Windsor, met with her death on Wednesday, in consequence of 'lrving taken a large quantity of oxalic acid in mistake for Epsom salts. It appears that she. was engaged on Wednesday in cleaning the rooms of her Regal Highness's grooms and stable-men, but, finding her rma,vcililesnof lett, and returned to her house at Old Windsor, Frogmore, about noon. She told her daughter, wti.. resided. to dissolve some salts in water, whie air with her, than she drank off the the cupboard. his was no sooner done I that the paper, tunately discovered draught, when it was unfor quantity of oxalic acid. She wirain in stead of containing salts, enclosed a qt h would be found 11l a paper in death put an end to her sufferings. re mained for but a short time in the. most excruciatin g torture when S N 7 AUG UST 22, 1846. Portuguese that I should have plenty soon. Then they bound my hands behind my back, bid me sit on the rail, and launched me overboal I managed to free myself from the lashings, and made for the shore, which was plain to be seen. I was in the water two hours. Hector Munro Todd examined, on his former oath, says, that the schooner was taken by surprise. There was another Chinese boat in sight, but as we passed to windward of her, cannot say whether she had, any hand in the business. FREE TRADE DEMONSTRATION AT STAFFORD. _ STAFFORD, WEDNESDAY.—Yesterday was a gala day in Stafford. The triumphs of free trade were celebrated with every demonstration of enthusiasm and delight, and the utmost harmony and concord prevailed throughaut. The committee under whose management this demon stration came off, applied to the county magistrates for the use of the Town-hall, but were refused it. They then covered in what is called the Butter-market, and made arrangements for holding a soiree, at which old and young, rich and poor, might attend. The committee also ofered to give the poor in the workhouse roast beef and plum pudding, but the guardians peremptorily re fused to allow this to -bP done, and used tbeir influence also to prevent the out-door poor from receiving it. The rector of the parish also thwarted, as far as he could, the efforts of the committee, refusing to allow the children attending the Sunday parish school to join in a pro cession of all the other children in the Stafford Sunday schools, which took place in the morning in honour of the occasion. Notwithstanding these disadvantages, the whole affair was spirited, and did great credit to the free-traders. About five hundred partook of tea, after which Sir Joshua Walmsley, of Liverpool, on the motion of the Rev. Mr. Hill, was called to the chair. Sir JOSHUA WALmst.Ev, after some observations of a complimentary nature, spoke at some length on the un expected success that attended the efforts of the Anti- Corn-law League. He said, to appreciate their labours it was necessary to bear in mind the forlorn condition in which this question stood only a few years since ; not that the great body of the people were indifferent to its importance, or that they had not endeavoured to throw off its burdens ; they had felt and suffered long and deeply, but they had been cunningly misled. The constituencies were tampered with—fallacies were de vised.; misrepresentations. _widely disseminated; until the corn-law by many was considered a blessing—the " ultimo. thule ' of legislation, an act by which the people were benefited, their wages kept up, their moral conduct improved, and through which their best and dearest privileges were sustained.—(Hear, hear.) Public opinion was so widely misled on this subject, that, in 1841, Lord John Russell's Administration was scattered to the winds for daring to propose even a fixed duty of Bs, per quarter ; and that Minister, to whose able advocacy we have since been so much indebted for the passing of the Bill, then doubted, or assumed to doubt, the wisdom of our demand.—(Hear, hear.) We can scarcely be surprised that others were less enlight ened. The agricultural interest had long been induced to believe that its prosperity was dependent on protec tion ; that without its aid our fields would cease to be cultivated—our people to be fed. The wealthy and the powerful had propagated these opinions. Fathers had transmitted them to their children, landlords had im pressed them on their tenants, tenants on their labourers, until the frequently-asserted fallacies, like the oft-repeated lie, was at length believed by its propagators themselves. The wonder, there fore, is not that contagion should have been so widely spread, but that the poison should have been so soon eradicated ; that the little band should have overthrown the citadel of monopoly. Truth, how ever, is great, and will prevail. It is scarcely eight years since, after a long series of endeavours to enlighten the public mind in their various localities, a few men met in Palace-yard as delegates from Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, and other towns, desirous of laying the griev ances of the people before the House of Commons. visionaries;re Their peai, de w m e a w n ae d nr de w ta even ev a r e reused, e f u d m sed a as n , d ye a m n o d fa g w t ohg h e u e n es wane spokewarmest ur ir o eb f ne d t r o ss total of the public peace ; by some cons id ere d in s ane, by others the people, those who were desirous of their ameliora tion, were offended at th e b o ld ness o f th e i r d eman d. At hat period I happened to be one of three deputed to receive a distinguished nobleman who was one of the foremost in his anxiety to advance the condition of the people. Mr. Cobden was also present. After a long discussion of the question, and expressing himself much satisfied with our argu ments, and recommending their dissemination, he re quested to be informed what were our ultimate objects ; and when informed that they were a total repeal of the corn-laws, he answered, more in sorrow than in anger— " As well might you attempt to overturn the monarchy." It is no little gratification to know that this nobleman voted for the repeal of the corn-laws, and I dare say he feels now that the monarchy is no less firmly based on the affec tions of the people than it was before.—(Cheers.) In the annals of our history as a nation, I am not aware of any act calculated to produce so much good as the repeal of the corn-laws. The effects of this measure are already felt in the fall in price of the first ne,'es sary of life—bread. Its ramifications will extend to every portion of the known world, and carry peace, civi lisation, and comparative comfort to the whole human race. After some observations, showing the intimate connexion of agriculture and commerce, Sir Joshua Walmsley paid a high compliment to the various leaders of the free-trade movement, referred to the _present op- position of the country party, expressing his confideiat hope that it would soon die away, and then said—The requiem of the corn-laws is the advent of the fall of every other monopoly; already are they tottering to their base. A little further struggle, and it will be all over. I trust many of us will live to see the day when we may congratulate each other upon the fact that the words "customs " and " excise " are erased from the statute-book--when all taxes that press upon the proJuctive classes shall be removed, and that little measure (the sliding-scale), so long redolent with evil, be applied to its legitimate purpose, the re gulation of taxation to the power to bear it, and property be made to pay its due cost to protection.— (Cheers.) To achieve these things will require time, and the force of public opinion must be brought to bear on our representatives. The power is in our own hands. Let us exercise our electoral privileges with vigilance and honesty, not bartering our birthrights for a mess of pottage, but remembering that we hold our electoral privileges as a delegated trust for the non-electors also, and shall not have done our duty until we have extended their rights and privileges to them.—(Cheers.) A. METYARD, Esq., delivered an eloquent address on the general question of free trade, reviewing its whole history—its present,position and future prospects. R. Sidney, Esq., the Rev. Mr. Hill, and the Rev. Mr. Graham severally addressed the meeting. The meeting soon after separated. CORNISH PILCHARD FISHERY. (From the Penzance Gazette.) MOUSETIOLE.—During the last fortnight the drift boats belonging to this place have had very good catches of pilchards—the last week, several of them having taken from seven to eight hogsheads each. The selling price has been from Is. 2d. to ls. 4d. per hundred. A few boats have had good catches of hake—many to the extent of three hundred and four hundred, which sold at from 3s. to 3s. Gd. a burn (twenty-one.) Some boats had their nets injured, in consequence of their fouling the hooks of fishermen who had anchored their boats and were fishing with lines in the wake of the drift-boats. The greater part of the luggers are re turned from Ireland, a few having remained to see the result of the herring fishery, as the prices are encou • raging. Three or four of the Mousehole boats, on their passage home, put into Milford Haven, owing to con trary winds, when they were overhauled by the revenue officers. Some half-dozen bottles of Whiskey were found, and the boats were detained. The magistrates, however, considered the affair too trifling to make a seizure upon; and ordered the boats to be released—no forgetting to reprove the too nice interference of the revenue officials. PENBERTIL —Last Tuesday the sein at this Cove, under the superintendence of Mr. Henry Poraery, took up 400 hogsheads of fine pilchards, a part of which were brought to Mousehole and cured. MOUNT'S BAY.—The seins have not been very suc• cessful; one or two have shot, but the fish secured have been inconsiderable. On Friday night last the " Old Lizard" sein at the Lizard inclosed 1,000 hogsheads of pilchards, but owing to the force of the tide nearly all escaped. ST. IVES.—The boats have taken no pilchards since my last report. A few hundreds of mackerel have been brought ashore. On Monday and Tuesday the weather was very rough. The seiners were put in pay this week. There are 92 seins, employing some 420 men, which is about half the number of seins and men engaged in the fishery at this place last year. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday se'nnight a young man called Peter Downing, son of the late Mr. Peter Downing, of the Ship Inn, Mousehole, fell over the quay at Castletown, Isle of Man, and was killed. A young man called Charles Choak died on board the boat Union, of Mousehole, at Kingstown, on the homeward passage, thus the boats have lost two hands in prosecuting their labours this season on the Irish herring fishery. Rot Tan SALT.—In consequence of the great demand for this article for the purposes of fish curing, the price has been advanced by the merchants. A further ad vance is anticipated, if there be good fishing, in the absence of a large supply. DUNBAR HERRING FISHING, AUG. 18.—Yesterday the fishing was pretty fair, but this morning it is very par tial, and but for two boats which had separated from the Sleet bringing in about thirty crane from new ground, the fishermen would have been very desponding, as they fully expected a good take this week. The herrings taken by the two boats are of a very fine quality, and are evidently a new shoal. None sold to curers to-day.—Caledonian Mercury. FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP IN THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS.—We learn from an intelligent Highland farmer that the potato failure is spreading with disastrous rapidity in the Western Highlands and Islands, and that the poor people whose chief, and in many instances sole, dependence was on their crop of potatoes, are already beginning to suffer privations, which, when winter sets in, must be of the severest description. There is no prospect, we believe, of there being a potato crop either for focd cr seed. It would be true charity to these people wereit made widely known amongst them that there is abundant em ployment to be had, at remunerative rates, in the low country harvest. Already, we are glad to hear, there have been large reinforcements from the highlands of reapers of our inadequately supplied harvest fields. Hundreds more will still be welcome. We trust that in this way many a decent and industrious family will, by their own exertions, place themselves beyond the reach of want or dependence, during a winter which is looked forward to in the Highlands with deep de3pondency.--Scottish Guardian. LOST OR MISSING, OR SAVED. Missing—Captain, 1; mate, 1; Manillamen, 3. Saved—Manillamen, 4 ; European, 2. Taken away by pirates— Chinese steward, 1 ; boy, 1; cook, 1 ; woman, 1. Total, 15. The Privateer is a small schooner engaged in river traffic, and has hitherto been considered as safe from piratical attacks, which have rarely been made unless upon native boats, and never before, I think, on an English vessel. But success in the present instance may encourage to greater boldness in future, unless something effectual be done to put down the pirates. Government lately built one gunboat, of ridiculously small dimensions, to guard a hundred miles of a great river, with innumerable islands and creeks, haunted by lawless gangs, who have no respect for their own autho rities, and are losing all dread of ours. It would have been better had the thing been left alone than attempted with such inadequate means. The little gun-boat will soon be known to all the pirates on the coast, but without striking terror into them. On the present occasion, she passed the place where the privateer was taken not an hour before, and was allowed to be out of sight before the attack was made— the pirates being thus as safe as a housebreaker in former times, after a Charley had cried the hour, and given notice of his whereabouts, and that the coast was clear for a time certain. Another case of piracy is given on Chinese authority : A case of piracy is reported by the Chinese as having hap pened on the 4th of June. Eight small junks, having pas sengers and earthenware on board from Canton, bound to Amoy, had left the Bogue, and were going along at a very rapid rate, when the foremost was attacked by a fishing smack full of men. The others, either frightened, or being ignorgrit of what had happened, tan too Last to leeward to render any assistance. The sailors, however, defended themselves manfully, and did not yield the deck until six of them were wounded. Then the pirates jumped on board, took away every valuable article, and extorted a heavy sum for their release. Two of the junk men are very dangerously wounded. It is to be hoped, as both English and Chinese suffer, that measures will be adopted for their mutual protection. Something of the sort was talked of last year; but I believe our authorities were not satisfied, and demanded better secu rity that the Chinese employed would not league themselves with the pirates. The Chinese are very active in denouncing piratical prac tices, but they are still more supine than ourselves in adopt ing active measures for their suppression. Several edicts on the subject will be found in the China Mail, communi cated by the native correspondent of that paper. DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER PACTOLUS. . A Belgian paper gives the following, strange tale, the truth of which it vouches for, and states that more ex tensive details are in its possession, and could be given, only that they might be prejudicial to the realisation of the enterprise :—" A distinguished French engineer, who was sent some years ago to Panama, to make geo logical researches, and study the question of piercing the isthmus, has brought back some specimens of gold which Baron Thenard, after chemical assay, has pro nounced to be of the greatest richness. The engineer states that he had gathered this gold in the sands of a river of the isthmus. Such are the riches of the grains of gold which this river rolls along that the natives, who are occupied in gathering them, gain fifty francs per day, and that the sands they wash contain still, after the operation, more than double the quantity of gold which they had obtained from them. 'The engineer had examined with care the course of the river to its source, and remarked that it traversed an enormous group of rocks, in the midst of which it must have been depositing for ages a vast mass of grains of gold. Ac cording to his estimates there must be far more than eight milliards of francs of gold mineral buried under these rocks. (One milliard of francs, it may be ob served here, is equal to forty millions sterling.) When the engineer made known the result of his researches and conjectures at home, he met only with incredulous hearers, and was treated as a visionary. Notvvithstand• ing he hasp given details so precise, he appears so cer tain of the success of a future exploration that several capitalists have resolved to confide to him the funds necessary for exploring on a great scale the sands of the river. For this purpose it was resolved not to form a company by shares, but to confine the enterprise to a certain number of capitalists willing to run the risks of the affair. The capital embarked in this undertaking will be either entirely lost, or will produce more than a ' million per cent. to those who subscribe the funds. The engineer himself engages not to require any share of the profits until the enterprise shall have realised three milliards of francs (one hundred and twenty millions sterling ! ! Here ale, as may be seen, all the riches of Potosi, all the gold of Pactolus, which it is expected will be found anited between the two parts of America. The preparations for the undertaking are already in an advanced state. The dredging machine boat for the operations is in course of construction, and the depar ture of the engineers and workmen will take place in two or three months. If this affair, which has been, in hand for several years, has remained unknown to the public, the reason is that the parties engaged in it look upon their capital advanced as being exposed to an ex, traordinary risk, and therefore are anxious to avoid being held up to ridicule by appearing to have too much confidence in the result of those researches." Such is the marvellous story. It is evident, from the length of years spoken of since the enterprise was first proposed, that the French engineer was one of those sent out in the famous bubble year of 1825 to make surveys in Panama for one of the projects of a canal, for which several companies were formed in that year, in this country and elsewhere. THE LATE MURDER AT THE GUILDHALL COFFEE-HOUSE. The unfortunate young woman, Susan Tolliday, was the daughter of James Tolliday, a whitesmith, residing in Maye's-yard, Castle-eden, in this town. The deceased was the eldest child, being about twenty-one years of age. She left Cambridge fourteen months since, when she went to London and entered into the service of Mr. Walters, of the Guildhall Coffee-house, Icing-street, Cheapside. John Smith, the murderer, was distantly related to his victim through his wife. It appears that he was a man of violent passions and of intem perate habits. A great degree of intimacy existed be tween Smith and the deceased, consequent upon their relationship, though frequent quarrels took place between them. About six weeks ago, the deceased had arranged to pay a visit to her friends in Cam• bridge, but instead of coming, she addressed a letter to her mother, in which she stated that ,she could not come until she had received another month's wages, as she had lent some money to "John" and he had not paid her. This was the last communication her parents received from her. Last Sunday morning a messenger, dispatched by Mr. Walters, brought a letter to de ceased's mother, stating that she was very ill and not likely to live, and that unless her friends immediately hastened to London they would not see her alive again. Her eldest brother, an industrious well-conducted young man, who has worked for Mr. Finch of this town for many years—suspecting from the tenor of the message, that his sister was dead, pressed the man to tell him the truth, but the messenger declared that when he left London she was still alive. Not the slightest hint of the murder was given to the wretched woman's friends, nor did a suspicion of the horrid fact cross their minds until the Monday daily papers arrived containing the particulars of Smith's examination and of the Coroner's inquest. Mrs. Tolliday and her eldest son left Cambridge on Sunday, by the six o'clook evening train. The particulars we have been able to learn of the family of the deceased are as follows:—The father came originally from Histon, where there are several branches of the same family located. He is a man between fifty and sixty years of age, and has all his life been subject to fits, which have prevented his being employed in his trade, and he earns a subsistence by carrying water and collecting manure. His wife, a very industrious woman, takes in washing and goes out as a charwoman, and although there are seven or eight young children, they are spoken of by their neighbours as always being cleanly and neatly clad. The eldest son, as we have said before, works for Mr. Finch. There is a niece of the old man's living in Barnwell, and another married woman residing in King-street ; and a nephew is an ostler in some livery stables in town. The unfortunate deceased was a girl of prepossessing appearance, and bore a very good character for steadiness and industrious conduct among her neigh bours.—Cambridge Advertiser. CHURCH PREFERMENTS.—The following appoint ments have taken place :—Rev. William Ponsford, to the rectory of Drewsteignton, Devon ; Rev. W. H. Drake, to the incumbency of Halsetown, Cornwall ; Rev. W. B. Kill pack, to the incumbency of St. James's, Devonport ; Rev G. R. Pry nn, to the incumbency of Par, Cornwall ; Rev. Dr. Parkinson, to the incumbency of St. Bees, and to be Principal of the Theological Institution ; Rev. R. W. Ford, to a canonry in Gloucester Cathedral ; Rev. J. Thackerav, to the rectory of Coltishall, and the rectory of Horstead, Nor folk; Rev. C. H. Burton, to be minister of St. Philip's church, Liverpool; Rev. W. Acworth, to the vicarage of Ashby Folville, Leicestershire; Rev. J. Gillies, to the incumbency Portwood, Cheshire ; Rev. J. Stewart, to the incumbency of West Derby, Lancashire; Rev. W. Warde, to the incum bency of Campsall, Yorkshire; Rev. J. S. Priestman, to the incumbency of St. John's church, Bridgewater. rADvEnTisEmENT.]—AN AUTHENTICATED CURE OF A FEARFUL CASE OF PILES BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT. — John Thompson. Esq., the very r spectable editor and proprietor of the "Armagh Guardian," en Irish newspaper, vouches as to the fact of an extraordinary ct.re of a case of piles of the most dis tressing nature, and of some years' standing, which was effected by these medicines when every other means had failed. The person alluded to is a gentleman of large estate, and great influence in the county of Armagh. No one need suffer long from piles, fistula, and what is termed " a bearing down," if they have recourse to these far famed remedies.—Sold by most of the respectable chemist throughout the civilised world, and at ProEssor Holloway's Esta- Ushment, 244, Strand, London. ORIGIN OF THE UPAS TREE STORY.—A real valley of death exists in Java ; it is termed the Valley of Poison, and is filled to a considerable height with carbonic acid gas, which is exhaled from crevices In the ground. If a man or any animal enter it, he cannot return ; and lie is not sensible of his danger until he feels himself sinking under the poisonous. influence of the atmosphere which surrounds him, the carbonic acid of which It chiefly consists rising to the height of eighteen feet from the bottom of the valley. Birds which fly into this atmosphere drop (10W11 dead ; and a living fowl thrown into it dies before it reaches the bottom, which is strewed with the carcases of various animals that have perished in the dele terious gas.—Dr. Thompson's Magic and Miracles. I j 5 ds; pOE