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would have possess=ed tie right of voting, but that was not the question under discussion. The five names were accordingly struck out. John Harmer, jun., and thirteen trustees claimed to vote in respect of an Independent chapel in Back-lane. It was proved they had the control of the rents, and their claims were therefore allowed. There being still several objections to go tl.rougli, the Court adjourned until the 19th ti October. IRELAND. - DUBLIN, SEPT. 23. SPECIAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE LATE MURDER AT SLIGO. The Mail of last night contains what purports to be a e p ee 'al investigation into the barbarous transaction before a bench of Ma g 'eetrates ; but it is only doing justice to our contemporary to Fti!.e tl.at the Mei/ does not appear to have identified itsi if wit,t, Qr given tho slightest credence to the monstrous nrd improbable story which has evident!) bent' got up by deeper and more designing men than the os tensible prosecutor in the case. The following is , the re port as it appears in the .columns of our contemporary : A special investigation was held at Tubbercorry, county Sligo, before the following Justices :—James Little, Chief Ma7istree. county Cavan ; Major O'Hara, John Ffolliott, Wood, Jos. M. NI-Donnell, and William S. Trace% James Charles .1. M•Dermott, ;',,n :qr. Little, the Chairman, said—We Ilan met here for the purpose of investigating a matter of the nu.;!!: serious i m p o rtance. and one deeply affecting the character of' a clergyman' of the Roman Catholic persuasion. Mr. Little addressed the Rev. Mr. Spelman, and said—Mr. Spelman, if you are. not already aware, it is necessary to apprise you that you stand charged with being accessary to the taking away the life of a fellow-creature. The charge preferred against you is, that you were present, aiding and abetting, when the deceased Thomas Allen was bound with cores, in the most cruel manner, with M'Kenzie, the prosecutor, and violently forced into a waste house, where their faces were muffled, and from thence carried away into a wild mountain, and there kept for six suc cessive days and nights, without' food, until the deceased Allen paid thereby the for - reit of his life, from impeiton went and the wounds inflicted upon him, M'Kenzie, the survivor, will detail the particulars of this melancholy case. The informations were then read, upon which Mr, Little asked Mr. Spelman if lie had any thing to say in his de fence, as he should now have a fair opportunity of doing so, and having any witnesses examined he might choose to produce. • Mr. Spelman then said something which could not be collected. Mr. J. M4Donnell said there was a great inconsistency in the statement of M'Kenzie in his informations now, and the evidence he gave on the Coroner's inquest ; that then he swore there were only four men present, and he now swears against the Rev. Mr. Spelman. Colonel Perceval said he dissented from Mr. M4Don nell's statement, and requested to be sworn, and give his testimony upon oath. Colonel Perceval, M.P., sworn—States that *Kenzie had named five, and not four persons, as having actually struck him ; that there were many there whom he knew, but who did not strike him ; NI 4 Kenzie made this state ment before the Coroner, and he (M'Kenzie) did not men tion the names of any of those who did not strike him ; this circumstance was strongly impressed on his (Colonel Perceval's) mind, M'Kenzie having told witness of it. when he went to see him the•day before the inquest, and he then distinctly stated that Mr. Spelman was present with the party who maltreated him and Allen. Mr. Little called upon M'Kenzie to state distinctly what his charge was against Mr. Spelman, when his informations were then read : " County of Sligo, "By James Little, Esq., one of her to wit. Majesty's Justices of the Peace for said County. " The informations of Thomas M'Kenzie, Carowntubber, in the parish of Achonry, barony of Liney, and county of Sligo, who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists, and examined, seith, that on the 12th day of August last de ponent, with the late Thomas Allen, deceased, were em ployed on behalf of Mr. Cooper and Colonel Perceval to conduct a freeholder to Sligo election ; they (deponent and said Allen) proceeded to where the said freeholder, Edward Gouldrick, lived, and upon returning back, at Cloonacool, in said county, deponent and said Allen were met by a riotous mob of persons, consisting of about thirty, and in a few minutes afterwards said mob increased to about one hundred ; when deponent and said Allen first met the said mob, the car (which conveyed them) was stopped and seized by one of the mob ; several of them seized deponert and said Allen, and dragged them out of the car and beat them severely, among whom deponent recognized Daniel O'Connor, Denis Preston, two other Prestons, called Paddy and Dan ; Charles Durkin, O'Connor (thinks Jack is his name), M'Gretticot, Paddy Tarpy, and his two sons ; the father said that his (deponent's) head should be cut off; Jack Wynne and Luke Wynne (his son) —the father said (deponent) should be murdered long ago ; George Ormsby and son were of the party ; deponent does not know the son's name ; Patrick Tuam, Rochford ; thinks his name is William, and the Rev. Mr. Spelman, were also of the party ; deponent would know several others of' the said mob if he saw them again ; deponent and said Allen were hauled by said mob into a waste house, were severely beaten, and there remained for some time; when the said Rev. Mr. Spelman and others came in to see them ; and Mr. Spelman having examined their wounds, deponent begged to know if they would be liberated ; said Mr. Spelman replied they would, towards evening, and in a few minutes after the said Mr. Spelman said, "Boys, do your duty" (addressing himself to the rioters ;) whereupon deponent and said Allen were muffled, vviat their faces _covered so that they could not see, and wne also tied, and then further beaten to a merci less degree by said mob, and deponent was stabbed several times in the thigh with a small sharp instrument, and then dragged c 5 to the mountain, where they, the said mob, put them into d waste house, and from that into ano ther, where they remained during the night ; and towards daylight deponent anti said Alien loosed themselves and es caped a considerable distance, but were taken and dragged off to the mountain by some of said mob; among those who took them (deponent and said Allen). deponent recognised three M'Eutires, two M'Carracks, and Mick Reynolds, of Leitrim ; knows the persons of M'Entires and 1114Carricks, but does not know their Christian names ; would know se veral of the remainder, if lie saw them again, who muffled and tied them again, and left them beside a rock or hill for some time, where they attempted a second escape, but were re taken, and again dragged back to the mountain, being muffled and tied as before, and then thrown into a sated pit, where they (deponent and said Allen) remained for two days and nights ; being then exhausted from wounds, fatigue, hunger, and cold, were unable to travel, but were carried partly, anti partly dragged to another waste house, where they were discovered by Dominick Wynne, who, with the assistance of Luke Brennan, brought them to Tubbercorry on a horse, where he n* sa d Thomas Allen died from the effects o f said outrage, and deponent with difficulty survived. Sworn before tne this day of September, 1837." M'Kenzie being called a second time, Mr. Little ad dressed him and said, you have nothing to do but fairly and honestly state what happened to you or occurred. Mr. M'Donnell said to witness, you left Mr. Spelman wholly out of the examinations upon the inquest. I put the question to you at the time, and you did not charge him then. Colonel Perceval here said—M'Kenzie, at the Inquest, named five who struck him. Among them were two of the name of O'Connor. He said he was struck by others, whom he would know if he saw again, but whose names he did not know, or did not recollect them. There were many present in the mob who did not strike him. lie knew some of them, and could name them. There was a circumstance connected with the case which made him (Colonel Perceval) recollect well M'Kenzie's testimony, nameiv, that the day before the Inquest was held, M'Kenzie told him that the Priest Spelman• was of the party, but did not strike him. M'Kenzie was not called upon at the lequtst to name those who did not strike him. Arthur Parkes, a sub-constable, was then sworn. Recol lects. the Nth of last month. Saw Mr. M'Hugh, Parish Priest, who said there were two men who were greatly beaten in Clona , lool. Witness then got a car to go for the two men, who had been nearly killed ; witness and his comrade went on ; they met a woman and asked her where were the men who were beaten ; she said they were in Luke Brannan's house or premises : saw a great gathering of people at Luke Brannan's door outside ; they were in a row ; saw them stooping, as if lifting up stones ; the carman swore s , they are lifting up stones—l'll go no fertlier ;" "don't be a,:aid,' said witness, " we are with you—drive on ;" he refused, and would ton go further ; witness took the eel-- bine, and denve the horse throe : eh the crowd, close to the door ; witness went into the house ; there was a number of persons in the house ; saw Mr. Spelman in the house, whispered to two or three men that were in it ; witness asked " where were the men that were beat ?" " what need you care," said the man outside the door ; Mr. Spelman then turned round to witness, and asked " what brought !slut there ?" and appeared to be very angry at the " Mr. M'fiugh sent him down o time • witness replied see if the men were in need of a doctor at the time ;" Spelman sa;s 4 " Eh ?" and nodded his head, and witness followed him ; met tvitness's comrade outside thti door, and asked him the same question—what brougiit him there?—his con-az:de repheti he eznie on duty ; lie said he heard men were beat there, and his otliccr ordered bim to come there, and make the proper report, and Alr, also bid him come. The mob, or " gathering," was thou closing in on witness and comrade, and Mr. Spelman said " Don't be afraid, lads—you shan't be towbed--Only I am hero, very probably you might be badly treated." Still witness was not content, and Mr. Spelman said, " don't be afraid, you shan't be touched—there is no man here who has more influence than I have in the parish." Witness said to his comrade, "don't be afraid, I have a gentleman's word for it." Witness said he knew th e whole of the pa, ty, addressing Mr. Spelman, and another man said, " you don't 'mow me." Witue.s asked Mr. Spelman to see the prisoners, and he said, I will. He then spoke to two men, and said, Parkes, neither you nor I will be allowed to see them. The man then replied to witness, we will not let them go till ihe elec non is over. Witness said it was a bad way to treat them ; they might . be dead before the election was over. Mr. Spel man said nothing to it. Mr. Spelman then told witness the conduct of Allen and M'Kenzie, and said it was in con sequence of their shouting and liuzzaing, and - having struck a man with a pistol, that they were taken, and 'witness said there was a man up, who struck the driver . of their car with a loaded whip, and witness then drove off; witness says that if Allen end M'Kenzie were in the house they must have heard them ; witness was under the impression that they were in the house at the time, but since is led to understand they were in the barn, or back of the stable ; heard from *Kenzie and others in Cloonacool, that they were in the barn ; parted with Mr. Spelman, and drove off towards home, and was followed by a man who said, Mr. Spelman would bring witness aed comrade word whether the prisoners were in need of a doctor; Mr. Spelman followed witness, and said he was ex amiuing those men, and said they w e:e in need of a doc tor ; he described the wounds of each of them, Allen aria M'Kenzie, and said Allen was more beaten than the other ; well, said witness, a doctor will not come here, ceeept we come with him ; Mr. Spelman then said, you have no business to come here to irritate the people, for those are a people determined to do their duty ; witness took his leave and drove off ; the word was---( 4 turn out, turn out," by a great mob, as he, witness, thought to obstruct them, but they let them pass ; witness and Mr. M'Hugh got a doctor, vis:, Tut:troy, and Nr. Al‘ Hugh, sent him on his own horse to visit the men that were beat.' By Mr. Spehnan—Were you in the house that day ? I was. Andrew sub constable, sworn—Says his comrade parkes was in the house that day. Saw his comrade inside the door of the house ; witness is sure of this. Thore were several mobs followed them on the roads. They were coming from different quarters. They came but a short distance from Brannan. Thinks there were about 100 about Brannan's, and from 30 to 40 about every door in the village. The people did use menacing language ; they said there were two men boat there, and what was that to them (witnesses)? They would not let them go until after the *erection was over. Saw the crowd which intimidated witness and comrade, It was owing to the kindly way in which witness and he took the people, that they were not ill treated, and not to the ungentlemanly manner of Mr. Spelman. Mr. Spelman did address witness in an ungen tlemanly manner, he having a whip in his hand, with the thong of it wound round his wrist, and asked him, in an angry tone of voice by what authority he came there ? Witness thinks, from his (Mr. Spelman's) manner, he was the first in the crowd to obstruct him in his duty until his comrade Parkes said that Mr. *Hugh sent him there. Witness said they merely came to make inquiry after the beaten men. Witness said he had a just right to be afraid of the mob. Witness stood for a few moments. Major O'Hara—How long did the whole last? About fifteen minutes from the time witness got off the ear, or under it ; at Mr. Spelman's first Appearance he was the very first man to obstruct him in his duty ; witness told Mr. Spelman, on his asking him in an angry manner what brought him there, that he came on duty to find out the nature of the outrage, and to report it, which, if he did not do, he would be reported himself; asked Mr. Spelman would he allow witness to see the prisoners ? Mr. Spel man said he did not know could be influence the people to do so, but would ask leave of them ; some said they would give him liberty, others said they would not. Mr. Little—What happened after that ? The crowd said they would allow no person to see them ; the carman was getting uneasy, and witness and comrade followed him, and drove off ; the crowd raised a shout ; after witnesses drove about twenty or twenty.five perches a man came after them, and, calling on them to stop, came up, and said, Mr. Spelman told them to stop, that he had got liberty to see the prisoners, and would come uack to tell witness and say whether they had need of a doctor or not ; in about ten minutes Mr. Spelman came up and two men with him, and said he had seen the prisoners, that they had several cuts on their heads, but not mortal ; it, was Mr. Spelman's opi nion they were in need of a doctor ; witness said, from the rumour of the people being beat, a doctor would not come without the police to protect him ; Mr. Spelman then said, do not come back here irritating the minds of the people, for I am certain they are a people that will do their duty ; witness bid Mr. Spelman good bye, and then drove into Tubbecorry. Mr. M'Donnell—Where did you meet Mr. Spelman first? Four or five yards from Luke Brannan's door ; it was after Parkes spoke to Mr. Spelman ; witness did not know of anything to have occurred to change Mr. Spelman's tem p.,r or manner from the time Parkes saw him to the time witness met him. Mr. M'Donnell then said, Mr. Spelman was kindly dis posed towards witness, and asked how witness could recon cile his statement now to his former saying concerning the whip, and his rolling it round his hand, at the time when Mr. Spelman spoke out, and said, what brought him (wit ness there ?—Parkes having replied that Mr. *Hugh sent hint there— Mr. Little—Did witness see Mr. Spelman before Parkcs delivered Mr. M'Hugh's message?—At the same time. Mr. M Donnell—Did Parkes see Mr. Spelman before witess (Fife) saw him-?—fle did ; told him that the Rev. Mr. M'Hugh sent him there. Mr. M'Donnell to Parkes (who was then called in) — Do you recollect your answers at the Coroner's Inquest ? Witness said he was sure Mr. Spelman's influence saved himself and comrade from being badly treated by the mob ; the first thing witness saw in Mr. Spelman's conduct was, asking him in such an angry and passionate manner what brought you here (twieg before e ' witness could answer him) ; witness never recollects being in conversation with Mr. Spelman before that day ; witness cannot say what the con sequcece would be only for Mr. Spelman's interference. Doctor Tuoiny was next examined—His evidence went to show that Mr. M'Hugh, the parish priest, sent him on his own mare, and he brought dressings for the wounds of Allen and M•Kenzie ; that he met Spellman, the Catholic curate, accompanied him, and endeavoured to get him per mitted to see the wounded man, but that a stranger same to them, and angrily told them that they should not see the prisoner:, and appeared more hostile to father Spelman than even to himself. The species of fruit most abundant in Covent garden market on Saturday were. plums, more numerous than even apples and pears. The prices were unusually low, ranging from Id. to 3d. per pint. Mushrooms were plentiful. and rather cheaper than last week. There were a few walnuts sold at 2s. per hundred. Currants are now getting scarce ; on Saturday they sold at from 4d. to 6d. per pint. Onions, cucumbers, turnips, and carrots were more than usually plentiful, especially the first. There was a much larger supply of elderberries than last week. By the Newcastle Improvement Act, the harbour master is empowered to visit all steam-boats leaving that port, and to examine and report the state of the machinery, to the Mayor, who has the power to call a Jury to examine into the seaworthiness of the vessel, and, if danger ous, to prevent its being used.—Tyne Mercury. The steam-shin called the Great Western has ar rived in the river 'Thames, for the purpose of receiving her engines. She was built at Bristol by Mr. Pattison, and measures about 1,320 tons, old tonnage. When first launched she drew eight feet eight inches water abaft, and seven feet eight inches water forward ; with GOO tons ( f coils on board, she draws eleven feet three inches water in the river Thames, or about eleven feet at sea, which shows that the displacement of the first two feet four inches above the light water line is equal to 600 tons, and, as she may be safely put down to 15 f ee t wa ter, the next four feet will displace, at least, 1,200 tons more, making her total displacement 1,800 tons at the least, which re iy be thus distributed :-500 tons for machinery ; 800 tons for fuel ; and the remaining :500 tout for additional stores, merchandise, and passengers. She has now the greater part of her stores on board, as cables, anchors, sails, &c., which of course leaves nearly the whole 500 tons for mer chandise and passengers. She is fitting up in a very com modious manner fur the convenience of passengers, The saloon will be very lofty and airy, and the state rooms (sleeping cabins) are large and convenient. The paddle or main beam.' are formed of four pleau; of timber, each 12 or 13 incite; square, confined together at the ends, and Separated to the distinau of six or saven inches in th e ndidie of their length , on the i‘aino principle as the bow beams or Mr, Smart. Her size, when tea a . by herself, does not appear so great as it really is , and it is only wheii on board, or seen alongside her vessels, whose size is known, that her magnitude is appreei44,f. l ,.., She is nearly as long as the large steam vessel Victoria , no w biiilfhp in the ricer Thames, but is not so wide nor so deep as t hat ifailaTitze, Animals' Frlcnd Societkl.4 d i , a g te l z? t ifi f z i .t v d i ; o n v a r .: tion bf 100/, bas, we are glau . List we e k it s agents caused John Rozear liu°d Mr. Thompson, at Dover, for cruelty to an ass ; Chan cellor's Chelsea omnibus driver, to he fined at Queen's square, by Mr. White ; Charles Drake, - Gilbert, and the cabman, 1,521 ; also the two Kennington omnibus drivers of Ball and Hedges to be heavily fined, by Messrs. Trani anal Jeremy, for cruelty to horses with raw necks, and furious driving, NATIONAL LOAN FUND. So numerous have been the projects within the past two or three years, to which public attention has been directed through the medium of the press, i n th e s h a p e o f prospec tuses., and the representations put forth by Joint-Stock Companies that we are apt to look with some degree of suspicion ow each new project which presents itself; . whi:e we cautiot conceal our surprise that so few comparatively should. succeed in obtaining public support. True it is, that a nominal capital (nominal, in the true sense of the word) is assumed, a board of direction formed, solicitors' instructions given, and advice taken, the several - officers duly installed, and the company may indeed be said to be constituted in every particular but one--that of the actual .subs.cription of capital. The many vague speculatious thus introduced, have from the extravagance, of the ideas of the projectors, or from their being of a nature calculated alone for individual enterprise, deterred the public from joining them, and hence the ill success which has at tended their endeavours of inducing the public to em bark. This observation, however, will rot apply to companies formed for working Mines, for Joint- Stock Bank , , for Railway undertakings, or Assurance Companies, where individual capital and enterprise is not co-equal with the importance and magnitude of the undertaking. In instances of this nature, we find that a large subscribed capital is indispensable, and a combination of interests and talent equ Illy necessary to carry out sue cessfaVy the objects for which the Association is formed, and thus, Joint Stock Banks, Railways, Insurance Compa nies, and in many instances the working of mines are carried on by public companies with advantage. Our attention has been most particularly directed to the consideration of the subject of the employment of capital tinder 4 " Joint -Stook" management, front the perusal of the prospectus of a Company, bearing the title of " The National Loan Fund, Life Assurance, and Reversionary Interest Society," with a capital of 500,0001., divided into 50,000 shares, on which a deposit of 2i. per share, or 100,0001. is to be made—thus establishing a large working ca pital iu the onset, with powers to inceeese it, as the prospects of the Company may justify. The advantages attendant on L:fe Assurance require no comment from us, providing as they do for those who might otherwise be without pro vision, or unable to protect themselves, and this effected by a comparatively trilling annual payment. Although nume rous are the institutions of this nature, and that they have multiplied of late years, a reference to our columns will attest—although there is a progressive advancement thus made, in the observance of prudence and ecenotny its exercise naturally engenders, we yet find that those who avail themselves of the advantages form but a small mino rity—and to render this mode of investment more popular, to render its application more general and practicniiy useful to the middle classes, appears to us to be the object of the promoters of this Company. It is justly observed, that to those " who arc uncertain of the future means out of which to make good the payment of the annual premium, or sub ject themselves, with the loss of their policy, to the wort& cation of having spent their money in vain," obstacles present themselves, and prevent many who would otherwise gladly avail themselves of these advantages, apprehensive of their in ability, at a future period, to make the required payment neces sary for securing the benefit to be derived from the policy. The proposition of this Company is, to meet the circumstance to which we have adverted—that of the-inability of the party to continue the annual payment—wherebyh e would, under ordinary circumstances, forfeit his interest ; but which, in this instance, would be available to him, inasmuch, that to the extent of two-thirds of the amount of premiums paid, the institution becomes a " Savings Bank." It is not our province to enter into the details embodied in the prospec tus of this Company, as to the peculiar advantages which from its novel principle are inferred ; our object being merely to direct the attention of our readers to the import ant question of the fitness of the undertaking to the esta blishment of a Joint Stock Company. The present ap pears to us to be one (the object of which is legitimate) well calculated to be of use and importance to the com munity at large, and as such deserving of encouragement. We have already occupied more space than we can well afford, but the subject admits of much being said, and to which we may have occasion to return on an early occa sion.—Muting Journal. Numerous parties of emigrants from S%vabia hare lately been passing through Saxony, on their way to Po land, where the Government encourages them to settle. They are in general wretchedly poor ; the only wealth they carry with them consists of their hands and their—children. The city of Ghent has now completed its iron rail road, which will be opened on the 28th of September. The section from Louvain to Tirlemont was opened on Thursday. Among the arrivals at Frankfort are—Monsignore Capaccini, Under-Secretary of State to the Pope, from Rome; the reigning Duke and Duchess of Nassau ; the Duke de Caylus, from Paris, &c. The University of Leyden has just sustained a great loss, by the death of M. Van der Eyk, Emeritus Professor of Natural History. The paving of Ludgate-hill, on the plan of 'raising the edge of the stones, instead of laying them down flat, goes on with great spirit. This mode was first brought into use on Holborn-hill, some years ago, and has been found of great assistance to horses in ascending that accli vity. The disadvantages attending it are that should an animal stumble and fall in going down the hill, the sharp edges of the stones arc sure to cut his knees very severely, and in frosty weather the ridges are apt to become so many receptacles of ice, thus greatly increasing the chances of slipping. The present attempt on Ludgate-hill does not scan to be so well executed as that in Holborn, as far as regards strength and durability. We believe Fleet-street is about to be re-paved on the same principle. The existing pavement has been down about eight years, and is in many places in great need of repair. In consequence of Mr. Fector having lost his elec tion for Dover, he refused to give the plate and other prizes usually given by him, or even to interfere in the matter, leaving it to Mr. Rice, who succeeds him. Mr. Rice re fuses to interfere in the business, and the Dover races are consequently likely to be discontinued. The Postmaster-General has granted a day mail to Chester, which will commence running early next week. Captain Beechey, R.N., in her Majesty's steam vessel African, is now surveying the ports of Donaghadee and Portpatrick harbour, as well as Lam, Loch Ryan, and Belfast Lough, for the purpose of giving the Admiralty a clear notion how those places stand in point of eligibility, and the fitness of each for a packet station. STAMP DUTIES ON THE TRANSFER OF SHARES IN PUBLIC COMPANIES —There can, we think, be no doubt that the heavy stamp duty on transfers of Stock in public companies is impolitic, if not extensi‘ely onerous and un just. The ad valorem duty on the transfer of shares should either be altogether done away with, or at least equalized. The duty at present levied is much higher upon small trans fers than upon the lamer ones. Connected with this sub ject the Economist of Saturday last has the following re marks :—" There are two lights in which the trans!er of shares in a public company may be viewed. In the first place, these companies are formed under the common law of ?artnership, by which persons may join together in any business, without any written agreement, and A may go out and B come into the concern in his stead without any stamp at all ; and the law would recognise the validity of the arrangement. But if A and B wished to have their bargain more distinctly defined by a written agreement; that agreement, to be of any legal use, must be stamped ; and the stamp required would seem to be the common agree ment stamp, which is the same whatever be the value of the transfer. In the second place, if A sells his interest in a concern to B, it may be viewed as a transfer of property, upon which an ad valorem duty is payable ; and the ques tion is, whether this latter, though the common practice, is the one absolutely necessary. From a communication which we have received, it seems to be the opinion of the Commissioners of Stamps that all transfers may be made upon a twenty-five, or at any rate upon a thirty shilling stam p. We infer that the Commissioners consider that the agreement stamp is all that is required ; or, at all events, that the ad ralo.'eni duty does not apply to transfers of this nature." The General Steam Navigation Company's packet, Caledonia, which left London on Sunday, the 11th inst., at eight o'clock in the morning, anch ore d at N ew W er k , i n the Elbe, at eight o'clock on Mond a y even i ng , h av i ng ma d e zsel would have g one up to Ham burgh the same evening , but owing to the darkness of the the been P a e6fT3egegtce i I d. 1 :36 1 1 h hours, the most r a pid th at h as ever yet v o t night the pilot refused to go up the river before morning, Th e cakdonia, whose interior arrangements are of a most splendid description, is the same vessel which, in the fearful storm of last ll.icember, owed her preservation to her excel lent gsmstruction and the skill of her Captain, at a time when several ships wyrio wrecked close to her on the Eng lish coast. The great exertions made by this C . : Qm p any have ,justified our most sanguine expectations with respect to the conveyance nf pods us well as of passengers and mails. The latest advices from Lisbon announce that the remonstrances of the British Minister had procured the bei.;:ii.n) of General Bacon ; and that he was, at the time of their depatturc, 4 a itor4 her IVlljesty's ship _Malabar. O. W. Brakenbridge, Esq., cr;wen 5:00/. towards building a church at Clcved on , flea . ; 734, and 4 14Ftb.cr S4TP . pf tnwardp an endowm ent f or t h e sii EtQn, Wirt. ? joy given tho grquPd for the site of l and 50h to the building rued, ot night, as gr. Sergeant Mereweather was retpreing from the Wilts Conservative dinner in his carriage, three men rPtilf4 put uPPn it, and commenced a furious attack. The servant was ntvah injured by the biolvs he received, but the Learned Sergeant escaped tititinqs BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY NIGHT.--Yesterday, the morning's performances were a new oratorio, by Haeser, called the T iumph of Faith, and a miscellaneous selection of sacred music-- Previous to the oratorio, Mendelssohn performed one of Sebastian Bach's organ fugues with con siderable effect. This was announced to take place at the commencement of the second part, but the time wgs changed, in order to enable him to leave Birmingham by the half-past eleven o'clock morning mail for London, on his route to Leipsic, where he is compelled to be by the end of this month. The music of the oratorio is light and airy, and has many prettinesses. The march and chorus in the second part was a superior piece of composition, and was listened to by the audience with much delight. Upon the whole, the oratorio was successful, notwithstanding in some parts there was a want of originality. A selection of sacred music followed the oratorio, in which Grisi, Albertazsi, Clara Novello, and others took part, Handel's double chorus—" Immortal Lord of earth and skies," was admirably performed both by the vocalists and Instrumentalists, and was loudly applauded and encored. The performances concluded with Handel's concluded with Handel's chorus—'• God save the. Queen!' In the evening there was a fancy ball at the Town-hall, which was well attended. The total receipts of the festival, it is said, do not amount to so much by a considerable sum : s upon the last meeting. The reason assigned is—not t at there has been a less atteru'a Ice,.but that the donations have not been so great as formerly. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1837. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sze,—l have this moment seen your paper of the 22c1 i ,st , in which you mention my having performed the part of Idreno, in the opera of Semiratnide, at the Birmingham Festival. I beg, therefore, you will do me the justice to correct a slight mistake in your assertion, as on that ye; y night I was performing the part of Otello with Madame Pusta, at the Bristol Theatre. My reasons for not fulfilling my engagement at Birming him were,—that the opera in which I was to have appeared wis not played, and on Semira milk being substituted, I d clined playing at the festival so insignificant a part as lireno. On my refusal, I believe Signor Brizzi was en g Igcd, and if he did not succeed to your -satisfaction, it is rather hard that I should be censured for it. I am, Sir, your's, &c. Bch, 23d Sept., 1827. ALBANIO CURIONI. M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, has re turned to town from Ramsgate. 0 to among the new faces about to appear at the approaching season of Drury-lane, in genteel comedy, is that of a lady who has for some time qUitted the stage ; report bespeaks her as possessing youth and personal at tractions, gifted, moreo ver , w ith talents of a higher order than those required for the light and trifling compositions of the present day. A successor to Vestris has long been wished for. AN ODD CUSTOM.—Having arranged to spend a Sunday at Cowes this journey, I feasted my eyes during day-light on its beautiful scenery, and the splendid yachts which were hourly arriving and sailing. In the evening I went to the old church which 1 found very unlike most of our London ones, being most respectably attended ; it was lit with wax candles, and the service passed on in the usual way, till while kneeling, and the clergyman in a most im pressive voice was delivering the prayer before the sermon, I heard a confused noise of "puff, puff puff"—and on looking up was surprised to find that nearly all the lights had disappeared —not more than four remaining in the gal leries out of fifty ! I was not a little puzzled to account for this dark trick, unless it was on the score of economy, as we certainly could hear the scriptures expounded as well without the lights as with them. Next morning, having business at Moir's Library, I was mentioning the circum stance, when a gentleman present said :—" Sir, your sur prise could be nothing equal to mine. I had never before attended the evening lectures, and was last evening•doing duty for Mr. —. When I rose to read the portion of scripture I had chosen for my text, I could hardly distin guish any person in the galleries ; and at first, thought all that part of my congregation had left me. Indeed, Sir, you can hardly conceive the effect this unexpected pro ceeding had on me. I afterwards enquired the reason of it, and was told it was an old practice, originating with the Minister's Warden, a very demure personage ; but whether it was to save the candles—to prevent the gentlemen gazing on the ladies—or the ladies on the gentlemen, or on each other's di esses, he could not tell ; but it certainly had the effect of fixing all eyes on the parson, as he was the only individual distinctly visible ?"—Journal of a Bagman. Last night the entrance to the London and Bir mingham Railroad, at Euston-grove, presented a scene of confusion and excitement, in consequence of the assem blage of a vast concourse of persons, who had attended there for the purpose of meeting their friends and relations, passengers by the railway conveyance from Boxmoor and Harrow, and whose fears and apprehensions were greatly excited by the non-arrival of the trains at the usual hour. Nine o'cleck arrived, and still no appearance of the trains, which seemed to establish among the crowd a full convic tion that some disaster had occurred, and which actually turned out to be the case ; for, on the arrival of the Harrow train about twenty minutes past nine o'clock, it was ascer tained that it left Harrow about five minutes past seven o'clock, and, on their accomplishing about two miles and a half of the journey, three of the carriages were thrown off the line. It is supposed to have occurred through some stones and gravel from the road having by some means got on to the rail. Although the passengers were terribly frightened no accident whatever was occasioned by the circumstance. The delay was atti ibutable to the want of the necessary implements for replacing the carriages on the line, as the accident happened some distance from the place where they could be procured. The Boxmoor train was also detained by the s ime occurrence, as at this spot there was no outlet by which it ccitld pass on to the other rail. The only personal inconvenience was the delay of time, and, to one gentleman, the loss of his hat. On Saturday a packer, Lamed Butterworth, who worked at Mt ssrs. Frost's, St. James's-square, put an open knife, blade upwards, into his breeches-pocket, when, on s cop:ng down to his work, the blade ran it.to his body, %,oun ling the intestines, and -causing his death in a short titne.—Manchester Chronicle. A steam-boat has just been launched on lake \Val lenstads, in Switzerland. Notwithstanding that wind and tide were both against it on its first trip, it traversed the entire extent of this stormy lake (four Swiss leagues of 2,719 toises each) in sixty-seven minutes. It will in fu ture perform the duty of a post and diligence, by convey ing letters and passengers regularly in this important dis trict, where no land route at present exists, although it is the only direct communication between Zurich, the Grisons, and Lombardy. Last Friday afternoon, as a girl, aged ten years, was nursing her sister, an infant of eighteen weeks old, at the corner of Bow-street, Covent-garden, she was accosted by a respectably dressed female, who handed her a note, and asked her to deliver it a few doors off, for which she should receive sixpence, and, in the meantime, she would take charge of the infant. The unthinking girl gave up the child to the woman, but, on her return to the spot where she had left it, both woman and child were missing. Infor mation was soon forwarded to the Bow-street station. house, where every description was given of her appearance, but, up to last evening no tidings of either had reached the disconsolate parents. It appears that the child-stealer has been observed watching the residence of Mr. Gilson, Princes-street, Drury-lane, for the last fortnight., and, from in►ormation received in the course of yesterday, there is every reason to believe that the woman will be very soon apprehended, and the child restored to its parents. A nwel mode of gaining access to houses for the purpose of plunder has lately been restored to by the ever active thieves of the metropolis. A man, usually in the garb of a mechanic or groom, knocks at the door about the time that culinary operations are going forward, and ex presses his fears that the chimney is on fire, as he has seen sparks issuing from it. In the confusion caused by such an a nnouncement the servant frequently runs down to the kitchen to put out, or damp the fire, leaving the good-na tured stranger in the hall, who, of course, lays hold of hats, cloaks, and other articles, and makes off, without waiting to be thanked for his information. The trick was " tried on" about three o'clock on Saturday afternoon at a house in T a vistock-square, but without success. As Mr, Thomas Ray, of Appleby, was on Mon day riding on his pony just outside that town, a boy struck the animal a violent blow, which made it start. Mr, ltay dismounted, caught the boy, and figV C him two or three cuts across the shoulder with his whip. On his re-mounting the pony the poor gentleman staggered, and fell dead to the ground. It is supposed lie died from appoplexy, brought on by the excitement caused by the occurrence. On Friday evening a most tremendous explosion occurred at the Powder Mills, at Camwes, Corn;" all, but withgat an y disaster, further than the injury done to the houses and machinery, The concussion was much greater than was ever experienced at these mills, and the shock was v ery sensibly felt at the rerrqn Voqndry, which was oonsiduiably shaken, and the font door of a house at that / A le c was violently burst open. The cause of the explo sion is perfectly unknown, }JUMAK 7QQ1.,0 0 y,--Th e celebrated Professor -- dining in company with a gaudy, discordant, and silly chatterer, was asked to help her to the ns.ual concomitant of boded fowl as lie did he abstractedly murmured—" Parsley falad 10 parrpts," following mode of killing the worms which Frey upon the vine is said to have been adopted in France Atli success. By placing a number of lamps in well greased dishes among the vines, 30,000 moths of 0e i'v4e §peciell Ince cletrctied iq ppe Plichtt. SPOUTING INTELLIGENCE DONCASTER RACES Doncaster, Friday Night. The races terminated this afternoon with beautiful weather, and a tolerable average of sport. Of the general character of the meeting the accounts already published must have en abled our readers to form a pretty accurate opinion. It has barely furnished the usual quantum of racing, while on the two events usually so exciting the failing off has ken palpable, owing, as we have before stated,' to the inferior quality of the horses entered to run for them. That the company has bon so thin is attributable to a variety of causes, viz.—the elec. tions, the distress prevalent in-the manufacturing districts (al ways great- supporters of Doncaster), and the Birmingham Festival. " The appointment of stewards for next year has given much satisfaction, as there is every reason to expect that their influence amongst the higher class of sportsmen will have a beneficial effect. While on the subject we would suggest that, AS the narrow room on the priacipal .floor is notoriously inadequate to the accommodation of the betting men, a space should be railed in before the stand, as 14 Goodwood. A double benefit would arise out of this simple and cheap altera tion. Speculators would have room for their persons as well as their voices, and the ladies would get rid of a nuisance which, for years has been loudly and deservedly exclaimed against. The stakes, . 4 .Tec„ appointed for this afternoon's diversion were decided as follow : The Hornby Castle Stakes (third year) of 25 soya. each, with 25 sovs. added by the Corporation. Two miles. 4 Subs. Mr. S. L. Fox's bl. c. The Doctor The Filly Stakes of 20 soy:. each, with 20 added by the Corpora tion, for three yrs old, Bst. 41b. each. St. Leger course. 7 Subs. Mr. Blakelock's bl. f. Yarico, by Waverley—Fancy ........Lye 1 Mr. Powlett's b. f. Miss Letty, by Priam—Miss Fanny's dam... 2 Betting-5 and 6tol on Miss Letty, who took the lead, and ap peared to have so much the best of it at the distance that 10 to I was offered on her; Holmes.here looked round as if he had made it all right, and was not a little surprised when Yarico ran by him at the stand, and beat the winner of the Oaks in a canter. The Scarborough Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 sore. ft., for three yrs olds ; colts, Bst. 61b ; fillies, 83t. 31b. The winner of the St. Leger to,carry 71b. extra. One mile. 15 Subs. Mr. S. L Fox's bl. c. The Doctor, by Dr. Syntax... waked over Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, 60 saws. added by the Corporation, for beaten horses during the week. One mile. 5 Subs. Mr. Heseltine's b. e. Cowboy, by Voltaire, 3 yrs, 7st. 111 b 1 Lord Kelburnit's ch. f. by Actmon, 2 yrs, ist. 81b 2 Lord Mexbrough's ch. f. by Velocipede, 2 yrs, Gst. Bst 3 Mr. Webster's gr. c. Kochlain, 2 yrs, 6yrs 2tol on Cowboy, and sto 2 agst Apollonia. Cowboy took the lead, kept it, and won easy. The Town Plate of 100/., and the entrance of 33 guineas for the second. Heats, two miles. . . _ . Mr. Heseltine's The Bard, 4 y rs , B s t. 71b Heseltine 4 1 1 Mr. Bell's Miss Eliza, 3 yrs, ist 51b Mr. Clark's br. c. by Sir Hercules, 3 yrs, 7st. slb 3 4 3 Mr. Osbaldeston's Alit: Alac, 3 yrs, 7st. 51b First beat-5 to 4on Miss Eliza, 4to 1 agst The Bard, sto 1 agst Sir Hercules, and 5 to 1 agst Mic Mac. Second heat - 5 to 4 agst Miss Eliza, 9to 4 agst The Bard, and 10 to 1 agst Mic Mac. .._. Third heat-2 to lon The Bard. The second heat was won by a neck, and the other two cleverly. In the course of the week there has been some very heavy betting on the next Derby. The Early Bird has been backed to win at least five-and-twenty thousand pounds, and large sums have been laid out on the colt out of Nonplus's dam at 20 and afterwards 18 to 1 ; on Moue Adam from 40 up to 30 to 1; on Cobweb, beginning at 20 and ending at 15 to 1. Mr. Coombes's colt was backed at 12 to 1 after his race yesterday, and then dropped to 20 to 1. Harpurhey was backed a night or two ago to win nearly 10,0001. Volunteer has not been mentioned. Last prices:- 9 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Grey Momus—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird—taken freely 15 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt 13 to 1 agst Mr. Armitage's colt, out of Nonplus's dam—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham (Frederica)—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Richardson's Monc Adam 30 to 1 awt Lord Chesterfield's c. out of Tranby's dam—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Ogden's Harpurhey—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Cookes's Willibut—taken 4,000 to 2150 laid against each of the following six in one bet :—Grey Momus, Early Bird; Volunteer, Cobweb, Non plus, and D'Egville (laid several times). 1,300 to 200 against Grey Momus and The Early Bird (laid two or three times.) The field backed against the following ten : —Grey Momus, Early Bird, Volunteeer, Cobweb, Fanchou, D'Egville, Non plus, Harpurbey, Monc Adam, and Willibut. 2,000 to 20 cost Early Bird and Ninny winning the Derby and Oaks. THE OAE3. 10 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Ninny—take 15 to 1 THE ST. LEGER. 8 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's c. out of Sharpset's dam 15 to 1 agst Mr. Fairlie's The Hydra 20 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Henriade—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham—taken The winner of the Champagne Stakes is not yet named. Davie Gellatley is the name of a Derby horse belonging to Lord Chesterfield, and was applied by mistake. HEATON PARK STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Scroggins (taken), 6 to 1 agst Jupiter, 6 to 4 agsi Amurath, 7 to 1 agst Promise, 8 to 1 agst liirdeatcher, and 10 to 1 agst Cowboy. 42,000 to 200 laid that Sharpset does not win the next Si Leger, and the Purity colt that of-1839. A Q UATIC S. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.—SWEEPSTAKES MATCH.— On Saturday three of the first class vessels belonging to the above club sailed a match of pounds for tonnage, from Green wich to Gravesend, and back to a flag buoy moored off the Royal Hospital. A steamer was engaged to accompany the yachts, which came to the station as follows —l. Mr. Barron's Princess Victoria, of 25 tons • 2. Mr. H. Gunston's Sabrina, 21 tons ; and 3. Mr. T. Snooks's Widgeon, of 20 tons. As the three had frequently shown superior powers of sailing in various matches, and each had won public prizes, the match excited very considerable interest. The Sabrina was taken for choice against the field, but the others had numf•rous backers. At eleven o'clock W. H. Harrison, Esq., the Com modore, gave the signal for starting, the wind at the time blowing half a gale from the E. N. E. The Widgeon canted round and took the lead, but they were all close together down to Woolwich, where the Princess Victoria carried away her mast, which came down with a tremendous crash, and knocked knocked overboard one of th e crew , name d Anderson, who was, however, picked up unhurt. The Sabrina and Widgeon were now left to themselves, and one of the best contests of the season ensued. For ten miles they made tack for tack ; but at length the Sabrina beautifully drew by her opponents to leeward, and rounding her bows, took the lead, which she most gallantly maintained the remaining distance, arriving at Greenwich at five o'clock, the winner, however, by only one minute and 46 seconds. Pheasant shooting commenced this day. There are a great number of these beautiful birds in the preserves this year, and sportsmen report that the outlaying birds are tolerably nume roux, considering that the early part of the breeding season was unfavourable to hatching. The markets will soon be stocked by all sorts of game. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince o . Orange arrived on the 16th at Frankfort from Wiesbaden The gross receipts from the opening of the Grand Junction Birmingham Railway on the 4th of July, to the 2d instant, have been 46,4621., being an average of about 5,000/. per week. Of this immense sum 41,9421. have been received from passengers ; the number being in the first-class carriages 43,888, and in the second class 45,341. The remainder of the receipts comprises the following items :—parcels, 2,396/. ; gentlemen's carriages, 1,4631. ; horses, 520/. ; and expresses, 1201. No fewer than 740 mail-bags are taken up and set down every day on the se veral stations of the railway. DEATH OF CRARLES MACDOUGALL, We have this week to state, with feelings of no ordinary regret, the premature death of our t ownsman , M r. Ch ar l es Macdougall, advocate, who expired after a short illness, at Georgetown, Demerara, on the 27th of July last. He wcs carried off by the yellow fever, which has this season raged with unusual severity in British Guiana. Our readers may recollect that, previous to Mr. Maedougalls' deparaire, a public dinner was given him in Inverness, in August, 1836. We cannot do better than transcribe a passage from a let ter written by a gentleman of the colony after this melan choly event. The writer states that the Rev. Mr. H a i g had also been carried off by the fever, and he thus records the death of Mr. Macdougall :—" Mr. Charles Mao lou gall is gone—another of the many 'ictims of this pesti lence. He had been attacked and had recovered, and had gone to the country for change of air; but, alas! on his return to town, whether he had caught cold, or from what other cause is unknown, he was again taken ill and died, after a confinement of two or three days, on Thursday last ; regretted generally, and much more so than from his short residence in the colony might have been expected. His was a bard fate. A very extensive practice opening to him looking forward by the next packet for his appointment as Attorney-General (the salary of which office had been increased to 1,0001. a-year.) As he became more known, becoming better liked and more highly es teemed ; his society courted, his talents estimated and ad mired, and looked upon by every one as a groat acquisition to our colony, not only as an able advocate, but as a kind, warm-hoarte'd, upright, honourable man. His loss is justly, as it is deeply and generally deplored ; while perhaps it is even more keenly Mt by the los by whom he was asso ciated with hallowed remembrances olcountry and kindred." eon, On Friday morning Ow rate-payers of the parish of St. Martin in the ViQlds assembled very numerously in their vestry-ronm, for the purpose of making a poor-rate, to in elude the police and - county rates for the ensuing half year, Mr. Churchwarden Smith the chair. The amount re quired by the Quardians for the relief of the Poor for two agarterf.w •as 4,3501., in addition to 1,600/. d ue on t h e order ,2 .f bi y 17. The aggrivato required was 101131., toward, that tha parish had a credit of 4arly 700/. Mr. Webb, one of the overseers, p.,r4.)sed a rate of one shilliwg' and threepence in (14. , iunind. A sixpenny rate was then propoted, as an amendment, and a good deal of argument ensured.. The amendment; however, was carried by a large majority, upon which Mr. Wthh proposed a tenpenny rate, in addition to the 41'penny rate agreed to, contending that the statute .gave. the power of nicking a " rate or rates.' anti after a renewal of the argument, the secot.ti rate was 4Al§o aireeti tg, WINDSOR-S TUIiDAY. This afternoon th e Q ueen , acc ompanied by the Duchess of Kent, and a tt en d e d b y her distirguished visito rs, rode in the Park, in th e di rec tio n o f C u mberland Lodge and Virginia Water: The following distinguished visitors arrived in the coos° of the d a y :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess cf ccster and Lady Caroline Legge, from Bagabot Liar Li• verpool and his two d aug h ters , t h e L a di ci Jankimon atm Lord and Lady Surrey. The Royal dinner party of this tveoing . ineluiled the ftli* lowing t--,The Duchess of Gloucester, Dut.slitss of : ,Kent , Lords Torrington, Melbourne, Palmerston, Surrey, :Paget' and Liverpool ; Ladie s L egge , Uharlemont, Stopford , all ' Jenkinsons ; Marquis Conynghnm, BaronessLchzen , 1 1 °"' Mrs. Brand, lion. Misses Murray and Lister, Hon. Col , Cavendish, and Hon. C. A. Murray. Sur , mv.—This morning her Majesty attended Divine Serviec at St. George's Chapel, Prayers were reaa by 6 4 Rev. Wm. anyvett. The Hen and Rev. the VeryDo an of Windsor, assisted hy the Rev. D. Mark'ham, petfortr.ol the Communion service ; and the latter gentleman preP. c hed an admirable sermon from the 17th verse of the 7tit chapter of St. Peter. The service was King in C, zn the anthem " Great is the Lord," Hayes. Mr. E ) . - vey presided at the organ. Most of the Royal visitors Were present. In the afternoon the Queeti, accompanied by her Roya l mother the Duches s o f Kent, and attended by Lords Mel bourne and Torrington, the Hon. Colonel Cavendish , mid others of the Royal suite, walked through the slopes to Lode. Her Majesty on her return g rated th e visitors on the terrace by going round - the walks of the Po' Terre before she entered the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, accom panied by Lady Charlemont, rode out this afternoon in close carriage by St. Leonard's. - His R)y ;,l Highness the Duke of Cambridge a rrived at the Castle this afternoon on a visit to the Queen. Bar ca Stockixiar alio arrived. Te-.norrow it is expected her Majesty will visit the Que en Adelaide at Bushey. Her Royal Iliinness the Princess Augusta attended Di" vine Service this morning at the parish Church. The Rev' Isaac Gosset officiated, and preached an eloquent sermon from the 119th Psalm, 67th verse. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town at 5 o'clock on Saturday aft ernoon f rom D over. T he Princess Sophia aL d a select party dined with his Royal Highness, a t Cal" bridge-house, Piccadilly, in the evening. Yesterday In 01 ; °- ing, at half-past 9 o'clo c k, hi s R oya l H i ghness left town l°l' Kw. The Princess Augusta, attended by Miss Wynyard, ar rived at her residence in St. James's Palace at 1 o'clock 0 ° Saturday afternoon from Frogmore-lodge, near Wind s(lr. Her Royal Highness left town at 4 o'clock, attended by Miss Wynyard, on her return to Frogmore-lodge. Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador, and the Cowl' ' tess Sebastiani, arrived in town on Saturday afternoon from the continent. Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister, and M. de melauer, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, transacted busy' ness on Saturday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Crane, of New Brunswick, had an interview Si- i t h Lord Gleneig on Saturday at the Colonial-office. M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, has returned t° town from Ramgate. The Attorney-General and Lady Stratheden are on visit to Lord Miner at Abinger-hall, Surrey. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE• CHANGES. The Duke of Northumberland, from Keidar C a stle, fo r Alimick Castle; the Earl and Countess of Beauchamp, frost Madresfield Court, for Lincolnshire; Countess and La Georgiana Bathurst for Oakley Park •, the Countess o f Bridgewater, from Ashbridge Castle, Hemel Herne!" Herts, for Glou ces t er ; L a d y Gl ynn*, from her seat in ales. for Gordon Castle, in Scotland; Lady Louisa Fitzmauric e, from Worcestershire, for the seat of the Marquis of Laos" downe, at Bowood Park, Wilts ; Lord Ashton, from the 1516 of Wight, for his seat near S outhampton ; Mr. and Mrs. "• Mills, from Camelford House, on atour ; Lady Harriet G ar „' ner, for Fareha m , H ants ; L ord Middleton, for his seat Surrey ; the Bishop of St. David's, from the Deanery at Dur ham, for Abergwilly Park, Carmarthen ; Sir Robert Suffield , Bart., from Lincoln, for Normanby Hall; Colonel Sheldon, from Doncaster, for Chatsworth; Lord Walsingham, fr ogs Merton Hall, Norfolk, for Southampton ; Lard Redesdale and Miss Mitford, from Batsford Park, for . Gloucestershir e; Mr. Robert Parnther, for Hatfield H ouse ; General" Rebow' from Wi ven h oe Park, for Ramsgate ; Mr. Edward Turn c+ A n d over , f or Ll angennie Park, • Carnarvon ; the E l ' and Countess of Haddington, from Tynningharn House, Pr"; ton Kirk, N. 8., f or G or d on Castle ; the Earl an d Count es , Morley and L or d B or i ng d on, from a tour, fo r Saltrarn, :, Devonshire ; Sir John Lubbock, from The Grove, S ur rey, 1° High Elms, Kent ; Viscount Newark on a tour ; General Sir C. Dalbiac ; Bart., on a tour ; Mr. r.nd Frankland Lewis, from Park-lane, for Harpton CrArt. Ra u. norshire ; Mr. Gaily Knight, for Firbeck Bawtry• Yorkshire; Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw, on a tour ; Mrs. 13 " . tard, for Claverton Pa. k, from Cheltenhnin ; Mr. arid Mr' Hanbury Leigh, from Thomas's Hotel, for Richmond. Her Majesty, during the last season, took sinking lessons of Lab!ache. That celebrated vocalist, who 15 14 present in Paris, speaks highly, it is said, of hi s R o yal pu . pit's taste, and the quality of voice, which is a pure so pran? The Duke of Sussex is expected to extend his visit to Lord Dinorben until the middle of next month, when his Roy a l Hi g h ness i s expecte d to j oin the party assemb'e at the Earl of Leicester's, Holkharu Hall. • The Duke and Duchess of Angoulenie and th e Duke of Bordeaux will shortly remove from Kerchberg Gortz for the winter. Ou the way the Duchess will 'the Princess of Beira, at Salzburg, and the Duchess of Berri, at Gratz. Her Imperial Highness the A.rchduchcss phia, when on her way to Berchtengarden, likewise Sur prised the Princess of Beira with a visit. Prince Polignac has left Munich, where he had be er ' stopping:some time, for Eglofstein, near Ratisbon. The Attorney-General and Lady Stratheden are ° II a visit to Lord Abinger, at Abinger Hall, Surrey. The Swedish Minister of State, Baron LrieWel ly kiold, arrived at Frankfort on the 17th inst. - General Sebastiani, the Ambassador from the Cu rt of Louis Phillippe to th a t o f S t . J ames ' s, arrived in town on Saturday morning. • The saparation in high life, which _ 0 • ling talkel of, is at length, it is said, rheill' on the eve o a ranged. The Earl of Eldon whose ' 1 hand strength v gr e • greatly recruited by his anwaal , t visite a t has been : e north, has since left tow , :i for •EncoE4rlro b t e o his The est N at o e ble w 1 is no longer able to tb . joy his fa vour it e amusemen t of &A t " I ' Trd Ing.hi n allusio n t o this taste, it is said that George the I once ask e d L or d S towell whether Lord Eldon killed much game ? To which he replied, " No, please Y °er ' Maje s ty, my b rother only kills time. " ' • a The autumnal quarter commences this day, Iv' t " a fa; ; al. , x prospect of the continuance of fine weather for ar e " tural purposes. • - At the Lyndhurst Race-ball, W. A. iVlackinuont Esq , steward, held at the Angel Hotel, Lvmington , th e churchwardens, a t th e so li c i tat i on o f severa l C onse rvativ e ,. gentlemen, had the ch an d e li er w hi c h h ung i n the front 0' the communion-table of the parish Church removed for the purpose of li g hti ng up t h e b a ll- room !W e un d e rstand tha t it is in contemplation to cite the churchwardens in the Ecclesiastical Court for such conduct. It is confidently stated that the Marquises of West minster and Anglesey are to be raised to Dukedoms, the patents for which are in the office. Mr. Dyer, formerly of Plymouth, and late Secre; Lary to Sir Edward Codi ington at Navarino, is appoint. to a simil ar s it uat i on w i th Adm i ral Ommaney f o r the L's bon command. The death of Lady Vernon, Viscountess Bu lkeleY ; has cas t a g l oom over the town and neighbourhood 1010 L Stockport, of which she was lady of the manor, and i ti er greatest benefactress that ever blessed the place. , rb , Ladyship expired in her 53;1. year, at Poynton Park. from vast possessions which this lady possessed were deriveds. her late father, the Right Hon. Admiral Sir J. nor'° 7 Warren, Bart. K. 8.. and from her maternal gran/Vaal:0" Admiral Sir John Clavering, K.B. Her Ladyship is s ci ji , ceeded by her son, th e p resent L or d V ernon . In a hin tiOil to large sums to every public charity, her L atl P" t o r gave 5001. to build a free school, and the land on wllie h erect it, to the p ar i s h o f S t. T homas ; t h e l an d on 'Y , u ich `) to build the i n fi rmary, and .50 towards the building farad 01 the lands and grounds on which the Free Grammar Sen t is - built, an d 3001. ; 3,000/. to build and en d ow a ehuret! Edgeley ; 1,000/. t o b u ild t h at ut llandford, and 50° ,, 0 0 1 to Norburv. I n private charities Lady Vernon annuallys ac_ away eight th ousan d pounds. She built and endo w ,L 1 c no ' of ral row s Car cottages, to be given to decayed inh abitants St and their widows. t Aber- The Marquis of Waterford did not land a ~,ii.,, decn last week, as we were led to believe. His Lotrdil.ie, After putting on shore several of his party at tha inc P c '' ar _ ; proceeded in his yacht to Harwich, where be has 'shore at ived. Mr. Ricardo was one of the party put on o ~_1 1, ,... Aberdeen, and the individual who spent a night j ar v O, " w '', las's hotel here, as formerly stated. Mr. 111 learn, had severely shattered one of his hands with th e r e, ba , • teats of his fowling-piece, and came to Edinburgh o f Pr cr purpose of obtaining the advice and assist ance this 'the Lizars.—Caledonian Mercury. t this healthy a The metropolis has been seldom so ~,e n sc) time of the year as it is present, though there has uv great an abundance of fruit and vegetables,