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5 rminium. z' Donna • 4 added. Berms in `S p 0 Assured: Cash. E e g i s may s 0 0 Borrow. • P a 8"1* I 8 1 37 X 217 15 11100 011 1838 1 192 3 01 87 1 4 1 0 00 34 j 1839 165 11 101 74 19 1849 j 116 7 6 54 0101 ,1841 J 11l 6 81 49 10 01 I £l6 0 4 1 £445 0 0 13 10 21 395 11 1 11 3 11 346 2 3 718 10i 296 13 4 710 41 247 4 5 bLt division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in •••mber of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. P, lAMOND) CARCEL LAMP-NEW LIGHT. The DIAMOND CARCEL T_,1341.' is the best light in the tirrld. The Carcel Lamp is used is: all the Palaces in Europe ; it burns th. but is free from all imperfections of ordinary oil lamps ; burns 4:IM sunset till morning without attention ; is so simple it cannot be s n l r nanaged ; no cleaning required for years. 'the Gem, the Vesta, sit other Spirit or Camphine Lamps given away at half-price, but th e :l 4l ,b o rninations are dear at a gilt. The Diamond Carcel others 1),!- 4,1 3' light—perfectieu in light—the public will have none k_Zris to suit every taste. To be had only, and Nesturnng daily PATS:NTEE'S Immer.seLarap Depot, 447, Strand, ten 17, from Lowther Arcade. Cr FORTY TO SIXTY PER CENT. SAVED. Ch t orie Contracts taken for lighting Towns, Villages, Mansions, Mills, ' Railway Stations, Signal Lights, Dockyards, Lighthouses, nk rra. „.s, Colleges, Rospitais, Theatres, Public Institutions, Prisons, pith 5C11(X44 4 Unions,' Poorhetises, Public Gardens, &c. &c., n _Al , l,l l tre brilliant Gas, by FRANCIS'S PATENT GAS-LIGHT 4„, I tATITS, either by purchase or rental.—Applications at the , `4 and "ractory, 112, High Holborn, and Eagle-street, Red Lion 1311J„i',.1,0"adon, where the Gas can be seen , manu f a ctured on the ter t, if:e of this invention, from 10 till 4 daily.—Prospectuses and l'aformation may be obtained. relH E UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. SO to 50 per Cent. Saved ! TO be had at the Patentees. 60, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-eross. The Patentees beg to call public attention to the following Facts, 1 111 e advantages resulting from the invention are various and Z L riking. Independently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the com )T,lVon is perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light ip , dorto discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and bums 444 tilily for any period; and such is its purity, that it neither affects soils the most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have 7._irtinegto the introduction ofas in dwllin:-houses, to the expense of , to its destruction off urniture, e draperies, gold moulding, Ice. ; e ss are entirely obviated by the " PATENT 'UNIVERSAL GAS 11 29 4 E1t. As the cost of laying on gas is muck lower than is cam csilY supposed, it is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for .o-ho hotels, manufactories, and public buildings. One of the L rn all 'Primers is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum ,:" I, cra.surably lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of asie or trouble. ere other merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing l"Jr other known light, aro shown by the annexed authentic ,tract of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. fAtract from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Tuesday, 26th May, 1846, Sir Jonri RENNIE, President, in the Chair. A gas burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. L T he Principal novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the . titre of the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. T he air passing up through the hollow stein of the button, was "eat ed , and passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, and impinging with force on the flame of the gas curved it outwards the shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with t, thrburetted hydrogen gas, produced a very perfect combustion, Lim flame was quite white down the top of the burner, was very steady, ,7 was amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution , where these burners have been used. In comparing the consumption of these burners with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying th e Power of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a .eetter light, with a saving of rather more than one-third." 1 T GUILDHALL, SErr. 19, 1846. lIE 'COM illl I' ("FEE For LETTING the CITY'S „ v LANDS will meet at Guildhall on WEDNESDAY , the 14th Za. of 'October next, at One ,o'clock precisely, to itEcEiyE TEN t4)ERS for LETTING on LEASE for TWENTY-ONE YEARS, 24urn Michaelmas, 1546, a House, No. 19, en the north side of ,1- gtreet buildings • and also a House, No. 36, on th e south side of HoundsditA. 'rut t iler particulars may be obtained, a n d pl ans seen , b y app l y i ng at the Otlice of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. EARD'S COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC POT ; ie „ rent improvement has ß been effected by the patentee ; the na th es ed of colouring renders the portraits agreeable and life-like."— Mr, Beard's portraits are most brilliant in effect."—Spectator. tt. :_tablisluneuts at the Roy a l P o l y t ec h n i c Institution, Regent set ; 3 4. Parliament -street, Westminster ; and 85, King William- City AL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, ROYAL EXCTIANCIE, LONDON. (Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1720.) FIRE INSURANCES. fitni nsnal fifteen days allo we d f or p aymen t o f P rem i ums 4exi ne due at Michaelmas will expire on the 14th day of October 'I . LIFE INSURANCES. Zwo-thirils of the profit on the Company's Life Business since De nber, 1841, will be apportioned, periodically, among Policies for '! ; without involving the Assured in any risk of Partnership. rh e c *iv_ oinpany has returned to the position in the Royal Exchange t t rn 'h it had occupied in the former building from 1720 till its do- by fire in 1338. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. GOVELNOR—Thomas Tooke, "Esq. SUB-GOVERNOR—WiIIiam F,',IXI , IIsOn, Esq. DEPUTY-GOVEIINO2.—The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville. )1e DIRECTrALS. u i 'rY Bainbridge, Esq. 1 Si - c J. W. Lubbock, Bart. „fn-.ec'rge P. Barclay, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. nond 5. P. Calvert, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Ara Garrett Cattley, Esq. Edward H. Palmer, Esq. 3;„ e , 4 .ander Colvin, Esq. John Henry Polly, Esq. ,`,"l,Fttri Davidson, Abraham G. Roberts, Ecq. I I P"n Deacon, F....', 1 . Charles Robinson, Esq. IV er Wm. ' ' d ale W. Grenfell, Esq. Sir S amue l Scott, Bart. / 4 „ 4 , 1 R T.. "Hibbort, Et q. Willi am S o l tau, E sq. ah. - „s' e . t 'Holland, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. J o b — ,?.'ge Larent, Bart. Octavius W Young, Esq. C. Lochner , Esq. Charles B. Young, Esq. ALEX. GREEN, Secretary. ITED KINGDOn . LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. Established by Act of Parliament In 1834. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman I IANANEL DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Eon Anderson , Egq. Charles Graham, Esq. t ci ' l 'olton B. Avarne, Esq. F. Charles Maitland, Esq. t. Leaniyard Boyd, Esq., Resident William Railton, Esq. ox Ile yd, Esq., Assistant- John Ritchie, Esq. ein dent F. H. Thomson, Esq. 'wits Downe.s, Esq. Surig,on—F. Hale Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners-street. Ce,mpany, established by Act of Parliament,- affords the most N ,,t security in a large paid-up Capital, and m the gret SLICCOB9 lilMek has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its annual being upwards of 82,4100/. 1841 the Company added a bonus of 21. per cent. per anntlm on u,! . 11 3 n assured to all policies of the participating class from the me they were effected. e „„ T he bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of De '''oher, 1840, is as follows: — Sinn Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to I'olicy. £ 5 ,000 •••• • • • • 6 years 10 months •• • • £683 6 8 5,000 .. 5,000 ••• • 4 years .• •.•••• • • • • 400 0 0 Thes,ooo ••••• • • • 2 years .••••. • • • • • 200 0.0 , premiums, nevertheless, are on th e mos t • moderate scale, and ;,...11 one-half need be paid for the first 11Ve years, where the limn ce is for life. br; v erY information - will be afforded on appl i cat i on t o th e R es id en t Iv "tors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. T ,ennos. Boyd, Esq., of No. 8, s, Edward Pall-mall, London. ATIONAL LOAN PUND LIFE ASSUR• AIC CE SOCIETY, 26, CO':artllLL. LONDON. Ccpital £ 5 00,0 00 - EmP`Avered by Act of Parliament. *,111,131 Institutio n el/al:races important and substantial advantages h i r' respect to 1' r • • 10 : 4 Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured IX, on all ocer.sion , „ the power to borrow, without expense or for anre of tb' j PoP,y, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; t7rstlie 0,,,ti0n. of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in -46,,t3„ t° Ille'et other coPveniences or necessity. hte," -7 .als:es for terms ' of years are granted on the lowest possible DIVISION OF PROFITS. e remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society e nabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare fourth 44 l.each Policybonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. CERTIFICATE. ___ _l'oz.vm . enrue CHEMICAL SCHOOL" In testing Clark, MeNiell, ' nq Co,'s Universal Gas Burner with one of the best shawdowless b urners, it gave a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 AO 25 per cent." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROM'. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, CERTIFICATE , "In Uni versal ries of experimentS-1;;L-4-0-n. Clark, Mc Niell, and Co.'s f atent Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta 411shed in economy and the quality of the light. Tested against 4 rgand burners, Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a g of at least 25 per cent., and against three fish-tail burners, .4, 43 per cent. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is supe rior to any other. burner." T. W. KEATES, Consulting Chemist, J. D. PALMER; Mechanical Inspector. The UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER is used nightly at the Poly- Uthnic Institution, and may be had and seen from 11 till 4, at the r4 tentees, 60, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross ; and of all Gas Fitters. the Establishment will be closed on TUESDAY, 'Re 29th, and WEDNESDAY, the 3 0th instant, resuming business 4 8 usual on THURSDAY Morning. WANTED.—Several YOUNG MEN in the Ready-made and "POke departments. And several YOUTHS from the age of "_oUrteen to sixteen years, as C 4 SUIERS . Apply at Nos. 85 and 86 . Aldgato, at nine o'clock. ALANDLORD'S ADVICE A landlord and tenant (so we have heard say) Had a meeting together on business ono day. The tenant, it seems, puli'd a very long face, And mournfully stated the facts of his case. He told Mr. Landlord what cash he had spent, And said he was sadly behind with his rent. And he hoped he'd excuse him not paying his due, But the landlord, of course, look'd remarkably blue. " I'm sorry (said he) that my rent isn't ready— Your payments have never been any too steady. I think you're at too much expense, my good man, You should try to be saving as much as you can ; In clothing, for instance, how much might be done, By purchasing garments of MOSES and SON. The clothing you buy is a hundred times worse, Yet a terrible hole does it make in your purse. Had your money at MOSES' fam'd warehouse been spent, You'd never have been so behind with your rent. Now take my advice (said the landlord) I pray, And tryto improve by the next quarter day. You'll find that you'll seldom be loft in the lurch, If you purchase at Aldgate, righ tracing the Church." LIST OF PRICES, BEADY MADE. X s. d. Tweed Taglioni •• • • •• • •• •• • •• . • • • •• from 0 7 6 Chesterfield and t lodrington Taglionis .............. ,„ o is 6 Summer Coats in every description and make, including the registered Coat • ..... • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 2 0 Blouses in every material .. Splendid pattern Summer Vests • • •• • • -• • • • • •• •• •• •• 0 2 3 Cashmere and Persian ditto, in endless variety • • .... 0 4 6 Neck and Fancy Satin, ditto ........ • • • • • • • • • . Fancy Trousers.. • • • • •• •• •• .. ••• ... •••••••••••• 0 4 6 clack, ditto •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 9 6 Drees Coate.. • . Frock ditto ............. ...... . ..... ..............• 1 3 0 HALL OF ItOME, GREAT WINDMILL STREET, HAYMARKET. Professor TURICOUIt bags niost respectfully. to inforn the Nobnity, Subscribers, and Public, that he has produced that novelty never before attempted,.. via., the introduction of FEMALE MODELS of COLOUR, who will appear every afternoon and Evening, in varied groupings, expressly arranged for them. Stalls, ,2s . ; Boxes, 2g. ; Pit, la. Doors open at Half-past Two in the Alteinooniand commence at a Quarter past Three punctually. Evening perforrnahce, Half-past Eight o'clock. Venus will rise from - the sea till further notice. OFF/CE OF THE GAS-LIGHT. AND COKE COMPANY, 19, Now Bridge-street, Blackfriars. London, 22d Sept., 1846. I - DO hereby , give notice, that, pursuant to th e Bth Bye Law of this Company. W ILLiAM BATEMAN, Esq., . , the Deputy Governor Of this Company, has given me notice in writ ing of his intention to stand for the office of Governor at the election which will take place at this Office, on TUESDAY, the 6th day of Oetobernext. - • - By order, - CHARLES BURLS, Secretary. "• 'TOT WE ATHER.- TR AVELLING.-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 a H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street." rilE CIGAR WAREHOUSES, LONDON. Fine FOREIGN CIGARS, of all makers, 175., IBs. 6d, 205., and 215 . . per lb: ; Government - Manillas, 17s. 6d. per lb.; also Brit ish made, from the best •tobiteco imported; cheroots, 65.;. cigars— Cuba, 7s. ; Havannah. 7a. fid,and Bs. 6d. ; Cabanas, .Bs, 6d. ; Silyas, Bs. 6d..; Prindpes, 9s. 6d. ; the, union cigar, equal to any foreign, 12s. 6d, per lb. At Messrs: TOSSWILL ana Co.'s, Commission Merchants, im porters, and manufacturers, 6, Pudding-lane, Eastcheap, adjoining to Gradechurch-street. - (BIDEFORD ANI O TA p STOCK RAILWAY The Shares'in the above Company, with the exception of a very few, have been sent in, and the return of , los. per Share made thereon. .. Such parties. as may still be in possession of these few remaining Shares, are informed the Compiny's Caeca will FINALLY CLOSE on FRIDAY next, the 25th instant, and that, until that date, attend ance ails be given every Tuesday and Friday; from Eleven to Three toyeeeivo—and exa:Mlne Scrip, and. pay the said 50s. per Share now due. • - . - - • ..By. order, . • FRAS. CLOS, Secretary. 24,_ ni Finsbigy-pavecT4 IV , Sept. 9,.1846. LEICtSTEIt ''TAMIVORTH, COVENTRY, MIININGILAINI, AND TRENT VALLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Directors have already announced to the Shareholders that arrangements were pending with the London. and Birmingham Railway Company (now.the London and North-Western), having for their object the transfer of the line to that Company, and the return to the Shareholders in this undertaking of the whole of their deposits. The Directors recommend the proposed arringements to the Share holders, as being much to their advantage, 'and most calculated to ensure the speedy completion of the line, and to afford the best guarantee of its being efficiently worked for the public convenience. Those of the Shareholders who are desirous of receiving back, in conformity :with these arrangements, the full deposit of 21. 2s. on eack_share, are requested to transmit their scrip to Mr. Henry Cassin, the Accountant to the Company, at the Company's offices, at No. 3, Church-court, Old Jewry, London, at any time between the News of Ten • and Three,- from Monday, the 21st instant, to Monday, the sth of October. .. On the scrip, or bakers' receipts, or alcOtary's receipts for scrip, being delivered np the holders th6reof will reeelve back the fUll de posit_of 21. 2s. upon each share. Those partieS who (as holders of shares in thc original Coventry and Leicester and Coventry, Nun e.-.tori, Birmingham, and Leicester. ompanies) have only paid a de posit thereon of ii. 55., may in like manner receive back 11. ss. on each-such share. . Sept. 17, 1846. (Signed) EDMUND PEEL, Chairman, li\T OR TII A MPT ON, BANBURY, AND CHELTENIIAM RAILWAY. . _ _ The Committee of ManageMent, having new ascertained the amount' lialptikl of gotCu/rummy; and having also fully in vestig,43o44.fielnettlicettipafbject; have s4tch.AatlsfaCtiett - in• subs 'nutting the , followidgefatiksitions for the ateeptanee of the share s holders :- Ist. .That it It net expedient at present to ienew the application to Parliament for the entireline from Northampton to Cheltenham. 2d. That a renewed application be made to Parliament in the next session for a line from Northampton to Banbury. 3d. That for this purpose the capital be fixed at 450,0001., in 22,500 shares of 201..each,-which shall be offered to the shareholders in the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Company, in the proportion of one new share in exchange for every two shares in that undertaking. . _ _ Parties accepting this proposition will have credit for a deposit of 2/. 2s. upon each - new share; and will be entitled to receive back 125., the proportion remaining in hand of the deposit of 4/. already paid on two shares in the old undertaking. The London and North-Western Railway Company have agreed, under a joint direction, to subicribe one:third of the capital, and to take a lease of the line inpOrpetuity, With 'a guarantee of 4/. per cent: per annum, and half of the surplus profits. The Committee have great satisfaction in stating that they have no - reason to anticipate any opposition to interfere with their obtain ing the Act in the ensuing-session of Parliament, and that the trafPc on the line will be such as to render it highly remunerative to the Shareholders. MADE TO MEASURE. Coats, of every material adapted for the season, in any variety of style and fashion, to order.. ..... ...from 0 16 0 Quilting Vests, 6s. 6.1. each, or three for.. • • ........ 0 11) 0 Cashmere ditto, in every variety of pattern Satin ditto, plain and fancy • • ............ 0 14 6 Ditto, Cloth or Casimere ditto ........ . • 0 8 0 Ditto, Black Single-milled ditto 0 13 6 Spring Trousers, In every pattern. .... . • 010 6 Single-milled and Albert Victoria ditto . Best Black Dress ditto— • • ..... ................ 1 6 0 Dress Coats ........ ............ . ...... ....... . I 12 0 Ditto, best manufactured • • . Frock Coats .............................from 1 15 0 Ditto, best manufactured .. •••• .. •• 3 3 0 Mourning, to any extent, at five minutes notice. Any article purchased or made to measure, if not approved of, Will let immediately exchanged, or the money returned. Obeerve—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Tlit• t ' S, Clothiers, Outfitters, and general Warehousemen, regret to be -0 -ined to guard the public against imposition, but, having learned that the untradesmanlike falsehood of being connected with th ena," or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many hi stenees, and for obvious reasene, they have no connexion with , ny other house in or out .3f London. And those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should, to prevent (11, aPPointment, call at or send to. the .flaories, and Aldp;ate, City, Lor.don. P:..I4OSES and SON. Tailors. Woollen Drapers, Hatters. Hosiers, ant Outfitters, Nos. 134, 155, 156, 157, Alinories, iuld 83, 84, 85, " 11 86 , Aldgate, City, London. xlez.—The entrance to the Bespoke Department Is at 84. Al4gate. 14.0 ---.... bni*ness transacted at this Establishment from sunset cn Friday evening till sunset en Saturday evening, when it is resumed at twelve o'lock , , .LAI) - IFN . TRAVELLTNG, Visiting the Sea Coast,br otherwise exposed to the scorching rays 01 the Sun, will lind ROWLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing preparation' for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan guor and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, and immedi ately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the Skin. The numerous varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun burn, Freckles, Tan,. and Discolourations, are pleasingly eradicated by the Kalydor, and the skin rendered delicately soft and clear. Its purifying' and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec tion by the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those of the Continent of Europe, together with the " elite" of the Aris tocracy and " Haute Yolee," from the sultry climes of India, and the Drawing-rooms of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the Czar and the Salons of St. Petersburgh and Mtscow.—Price 4s. 6.1. and Ss. 6d. per bottle. Beware of spurious " Kalydors " containing mineral astrin gents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repel ant action, endanger health. The only genuine has the words ROWLAND'S KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the Hon. CommissiOners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each bottle. - Sold by the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per = ors. other " Kalvdors" are fraudulent counterfeits. A CROSTIC addresed to MR. .G-ItIAISTONE ON MS -INCOMPARABLE EYE SNUFF. O ifted of men, who by thy wondrous art, It enownedin• every clime, through every part, • n Europels wide and civilised domain; M idst Asta's countless millions, and again, S,treteiting . from Afric's broad and scorching shores T o where the mighty Niagara roars : " 0 111 herb accept this tributary lay, •N•or deem - that I can ever well repay, • - - - •• • • E xcept in gratitude sincere, profound, • • uch.wondro,ss benefits Iso long have found. 'en from-the - Moment i was led to try • .y OUT marv'llotos Satire, the SAVIOUR OF TOE EYE E ase, health, and comfort, now attend my day. S afe from the lamp's bewild'ring dazzling blaze, N or dreading e'en the Sun's Too burning rays. U Mit, in former days, for much employ, F eeling, not seeing : now, indeed, my joy, F ree and unbounded, thrives without alloy ! Sept., 1845. J. M. S. Observe—The gigantic balance of all, the Public Press ! eulogise this:excellent compound of British Herbs. The reader will remem ber that this celebrated 'Eye Snuff has bean before the Public up wards of thirty-three years, advancing in the favour of all who use 'Li ;This odoriferous Snuff is sold loose at Gd. per ounce, or in canis ters bearing the above Royal Authority, and the sanction of her . .lialesty's Lords of the Treasury on each canister, `at Bd., Is. 3d., 2s: 4d., 4s. 4d., Bs., and 15s. Gd. each ,by all Tobacconists, Merchants, and others, This Eye Snuff is exported in white stone canisters to all quarters of the globe. A liberal discount allowed ;to Merchants, S':',!""pers, Agents, and others, on taking large quantities. Look well to the Signature of the Inventor, W. GEMSTONE, .24, OXFORD STREET,- and 24, KING STREET, LONG ACRE LONDON. 4 1 , 31, For the convenience of Tobacconists, Grocers, and others who sell this lierbaceons -Eye Snuff loose, and wish to have it in large quantities, they can be now supplied with canisters containing ten pounds, or upwards, if required. sending a Post Office Order for 35., a 2s. 4d. canister will bp. returned, with fult'partleula" poste& included, and et) on in like 40Dertion, ~jvL c Na. 16,852._ LONDON, W t.cvLit ,0/3, ii ., t l- : .k . - '- : xi , (:: ;,. . # ~ d 'l . ; , 'X k '' ' , i, ' - . 17.7. , .1. 41' ' .7. ''`,. ,__ . • .'. ; I ~ e , -' ....''..` --,, 1,h! ,, ,4:-• --...' . 0r,, , . . :• , .., . °XI .• 34,4 • --,,, :-,., - --T-' - '-'- - 1 - .--74 , -.. : ,, i*•#_,., ..' - ' 4 , - ,)' AP.' --i -- io . i iss ~,_ ~,..''''..•••••-''''''''''', " „`„,l„ — BO3 T - -ot / 1 4. 4 ": * ''' . - 4, . .-, ' • -- '' •• 0 , 4. 1 / 4 1, . .. - .ir, , ,, , ,.• ' i .T.',.. , ... .: 1 , • l it'.+ • • 1, • R''' '•'. ' VI ' ' ''''' • - ~k w. _, f' _.29-,41.4"34:: \ .4,, , ~ ,V, . ./. . - -,to -.-- -----, ). 1 •S' W t. , - , , ) ' ...- -,-,.. ,+., K S -- --- ' ~ , „,, ~- 1 ~.....,:,.. i ,,- ....4 .1. , i , ,, ,, - i -. --_ , '-., . , ~.. .. 1 1 , KIEL ~ P.ol ,! '..4i''"„' A!. ' ~.. ''o ' ..-,d6“:" .z.N . ''''''' bliorr.e ''.• cii? . .., ' " , THE' GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION comrANY's splendid end powerfni first-class STEAM s'IIIPS are appointed to leave—• • ' The Custom House or Tower for— HAMBURGH, carrying her Majesty's Mails—Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. from Diackwall Pier, for— ROTTERDAM and the RHINE, carrying her Majesty's Mails— Every Wanesday and Saturday, at Ten, Morning. ANTWERP and the RHINE—The Wilberforce, every Thursday, at Ten, Morning. OSTEND—Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday Morning._ From St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for— HAVltE—Every Thursday and Sunday, .at Nine, Morning. From London-bridge Wharf, for— BOULOGNB—Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morn - CALAIS—Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. ilULL—`7Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. YARMOUTII—Reduced Fares—Every Wednesday and Saturday at Six, Evening. _ . . _ RAMSGATE—Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at half past Nine; Morning ; Blackwall, Quarter -past Ten. • Eroin Brown's Wharf, Poplar, for EDINBURGH—Reduced Fares—Sept. 26, 30, and Oct. 2, at Ten, From'Colnaah's Irongate Wharf; for— NEWCASTLE—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight, Even . tug. - BRIGHTON and DIEPPE—Every day, Sundays excepted. DOVER and BOULOGNE—The Magician, every day, Sundays excepted. To secure Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing hours of departure, fares, &c., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street; 37, Regent-circus ; and 35, LeadenliallLstreet. A NTWERP, BRUSSELS, and the RHINE. 1 - 1 LONDON to COLOGNE in THIRTY HOURS. (Sea Passage Seven Hours only.) 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Forms for sending in Scr ip may be had on application to the Se cretary at the Company's Offices, No. 3, Prince's-street, Westminster, and to prevent accident or loss, it will be desirable to endorse on each Scrip " forwarded to the Secretary to be exchanged for new Scrip," with the date. • - Should there be any holders of Scrip, who are not desirous of con tinuing their subscription, they may receive back on each share the amount of 1/.75. (the balance of the deposits paid), on application for that purpose to the Secretary, end the delivery of their Scrip. EDMUND PEEL, Chairman. EDWARD H. BARWELL, Deputy-chairman. By order, • - ...WILLIAM BURGESS, Secretary. Offices,No. 3, Pei:wet-street, Westminster, September 22 0 1846. A , fiNESDAY %I' ra, t- , M 11 SEPTEMBER 23 , 1846. PRICE SD. IHEREBY give NOTICE and request that no GOODS may be sent to our house at. Glasgow, or without my special order, as th 6 business will in future be carried on at Leek alone, and on behalf of the subscriber, JOHN GAUNT. Leek, Staffordshire, *l7th September, 1846, GLOUCESTER, ABERYSTWITH, AND CENTRAL . WALES RAILWAY COMPANY. At a Meeting held at the 'London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 1846, at the requisition of five Shareholders, the Hon. Ilenry F. Berkeley in the chair, for the purpose of determining whether the above Company.should be dissolved pursuant to Act 9 and 10 Vic., cap. 28, the total number of Shares represented amount ing to 2,293, ,and the number required to form a quorum being 9,625, the Chairman declared the meeting adjourned to FRIDAY NEXT, the 25th inst., at One' 'clock precisely, at the same place, for the purpoie of taking the votes of the Shareholders on the question of the dissolution of the Company. Shareholders intending to vote for dissolution, who cannot attend the meeting, are earnestly requested to send their scrip or proxy to the undersigned a. D. CLARK, Agent to the Requisitionists. 11, Bueklersburs, Sept. 18, 1846. PUBLICATIONS. NEW VOLUME of MR. JAMES'S WORKS. On the 30th instant will be published, 61'111E BRIGAND; or, CORSE DE LEON. ,Mpdium f"„ with Frgntispiece, price Ss cloth. Being , the , TenthValume of the Works of G. P. E. JAMES, Esq. N e * The previous volumes (each complete in itself) may be had se parately. Contents : Vol I. The Gipsy. Vol. V . Philip Augustus. 11. Mary or Burgundy, VI. Henry of Guise. 111. The Ilugonots. VII. Morley Ernstein. IV. One in a Thousand. VIII. The Robber; and Vol. IX. Darnley ; or, the Field of Cloth of Gold. Landem : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh. _ Edinburgh Regiment of Militia—John Fletcher, jun., Esq., to be Captain, vice William Eraser, resigneJ, June 27. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant-of Northumtk - srland. Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry— Lieu tenant John Cookson to be Captain, vice Wcaverson, deceased ; Cornet Adam Atkinson to be. Lieutenant, vice Cookson, pro moted ; Cornet James Henry Hollis Bradford Atkinson to be Lieutenant, vice Parker, resigned, Sept. 10. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. David Maiic;,. penmannfacturer, Houndsditch. BANKSRUPTS. John "Lamont, ship-owner,Weliciose • square, to surrender Sept. 30, at two, and Nov. 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom bard-street ; Linklater, Leadenhall-street. John. Richards, jun., banker, Reading, Oct. 2, at half-past two, and Nov. 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tux quand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Holmes, Great James-street, Belford-row. William Evnns, draper, Piccadilly; Oct. 7, at one, and Nov. 5, at two, at the • Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's- place, Old Jewry; Lloyd, Milk street, Cheapside. Richard Benbow Bradly. j eweller, Bishopsgate-street With out, Oct. 2, at two, and Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Lepard and Co., Cloak-lane, City. Peter Thorn, bottled ale merchant, Castle-street, Leicester square, Sept. 30 and Oct. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Philp, Great St. Helen's. William Aston, mister, Lapley, Staffordshire, Oat. 3 and 31, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Jackson, Gray's Inn ; Great wood, Birmingham. George Grant, tailor, Kidderminster, Oct. 13, at ten, and 27, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Boycot, jun., Kidder minster. Edward Swanrick Boult; stock broker, Liverpool, Oct. 6, and Nov. 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Cook-street, Liverpool ; Humphries and Co., Gray's Inn-square, London; Forshaw and Co., Sweeting-street, Liverpool. John Orange, boot maker, Liverpool, Oct. 6, at one, and Nov. 5, 4 eleven, at, the Liverpool District Court. Cozenove, official 'assignee, Liverpool ; Oliver, Old Jewry, London ; Evans and Son, Liverpool. William Lancaster, ship owner, Liverpool, Oct. 6 and Nov. 3, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Co., Old Jewry chambers, London; -Pewherton, Liverpool. P/Intthew jfin . .; cubinet maker, Richmond, York, Oct. 8 and NoV7 5; - at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official tignee, Leeds ; Jones and Co., John-street, Bedford-row, London ; Harle and Clarke, Leeds. Ebenezer Hodgson, ironmonger, Richmond, Yorkshire. Oct. 7, and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court, Young, official assignee, Leeds; Fiddey, Temple, London ; Simpson, Richmond; Lofthouse, and Nelson, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. At the Count of-Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Bird, timber merchant, Club- row, Bethnal-green, Oct. 15, at eleven-:-W. M. Smithson, printer, Canterbury, Oct. 15, at one—H. and J. Wilkins, wool merchants, London wall, Oct. 15, at twelve—C,C. Barley, grocer, Wisbeach St. Peter's, Cambridgeshire, Oct. 20, at twelve—J. Rudman, oilman, Bath, Oct. 23, at twelve—R. Nelson, hotel keeper, Great Portland-street, Oct. 23, at hal f-past' a eleven—C.Clarke, draper, Goswell-road, -Oct. 23, at eleven. In the Country. 11-Parker, 0. Shore, J. Brewin, and J. Rodgers, general dealers, Sheffield, Oct. 30, at,eleven,..at the Town-hall, Shef field—A. Hall, innkeeper, Manchester, Oct. 16, at twelve, at the_ Manchester Distri'tt Court—G. W. and J. F. Gee, drapers, Leeds, Oct. 14, at one, at the Manchester District Court—J. Taylor, A. Adshead, S. Garner, J. Warren, W. Hulme, and W. 'Barnes, cotton manufacturers, Stockport, Lancashire, Oct. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—W. Rafe,. music seller, Manchester, Oct. 14, at. twelve, at the Manchester District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the ebnirary, on the day herein mentioned. T. 13. and.WWalter, ,grocers,'lpswiob r Suffolk, Oct. d 6— W. Rouse, baker, Neptune-street, Rotherhite, Oct. 16—F. C: Gray, ' lodgiiighouse' keeper, Dalstan, Oct. 16—J. R. Miskin, grocer, Chatham, Oct. 16—R. Spooner, licensed victualler, 'Buckingham -street, Oct. 16—W. M. Smithson, printer, Canterbury,;Oct. 15—H. Elkington, chemist, Maida hill East, Oct. 23—8: L. M. Rothschild, diamond merchant, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's' Inn fields, Oct. 21—D. A. Morel, dentist, Langharn-place, Marylebone, Oct. 21—T. Moger, poulterer, Holborn-hill, Oct. 14—G. Prince, wine merchant, Ronisey, Hampshire, Oct. 14—T. Kempster, builder, BlaCkman-streit, Southwark, Oct. 14—P. Garbanati, carver and glicler;' Woolwich, Oct. 22—E. Hodgesovine merchant, New-iotid, Oct. 22—S. Puckering and W. T. Makins, woollen merchants, Hull, Oct. 14—T. P. Derham, linendraper, Bristol, Oct. 15—W. Watts, builder, Chelten ham, Oct. 15—J. Hill, sharebroker, Leeds, Oct. 1 5—R. Bleikley, builder,' Liverpool, Oct. 13—R. A. F. Kingscote, merchant, Sandg,ate, Kent, Oct. 13—J. Scholes, general dealer, Matieheste, Oct. 13—C. Allen, malster, Tadley, Southampton; Oct. 13- 7 G. Longtield, tailor, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, Oct;l3 THE GOVERNMEN i T AND THE IRISH DISTRESS. DEPUTATION FROM THE COUNTY OF CORK TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. The deputation consisted of Edward Deane Freeman, Esq., High Sheriff of the county of Cork ; Sir James Anderson, Bart. ; the Very Rev. D. M. Collins, P.P. of Mallow ; the Rev. H. Somerville, Rector of Doneraile, and the Rev. C. B. Gibson, Secretary to the Mallow Relief Committee. The deputation were received by his Lordship and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his Lordship's house, Chesham-place, at ten o'clock on Tuesday, the 15th inst. The interview lasted for an hour and a half. His Lord ship and the Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a patient hearing to each member of the deputation, and appeared not only disposed and anxious to hear their statements respecting the condition of the county, but also to re ceive any hints they were prepared to offer respecting future and more permanent legislation. [A memorial detailing the prevalence of distress in Cork, and suggesting the remedies applicable to its relief, was then read. The substance of the document will be gleaned from the proceedings that followed.) The Rev. Mr. GIBSON, who spoke first, explained the objects of the deputation. He said—We are, my Lord, a deputation appointed to wait upon your Lordship and other members of her Majesty's Government, by a public meeting held in the county of Cork, at which deputa tions attended from the baronies of Duhallow, Orrery, Kilmore, and Fermoy, representing about 400,000 per sons. It is the decided opinion of this deputation— we say it with respect my Lord, but with a full conviction of its truth—that neither the English pebple nor her Majesty's Government are acquainted with the real social condition of the country, either as it regards the extent or the degree of distress. The members of the deputation, although living in the midst of the distress, were not fully sensible_p&ssonabeßressed with its nature until theyset about inetitutieg inquiries oil the subject. I beg to direct your Lordship's attention to the report I hold in my hand. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—Yes, I have read that report. The Rev. Mr. Ginsow—Although the report I hold in my hand has been drawn up with the greatest care, this deputation feel your Lordship would not act or le gislate upon un-eflicial information of this kind. The deputation would therefore press upon your Lordship and the other members of the Government the necessity that exists of forming a commission for inquiring into the social condition of Ireland. The Devon Commis sion was a land commission, and therefore did not treat, except incidentally, of the condition of those who have no land. Mr. Nichol's report had respect to the distress of the people in an artificial state of society, not in the natural state. What the country wants is a Cabin Commission—such a commission the deputation con ceive might be formed, and accomplish its work without much delay or a penny expense, as it would not be ne cessary to prosecute inquiries in more than the pro vinces of Munster and Connaught, as the legislation which would meet the destitution in these two provinces could not fail to meet the distress in Leinster and Ulster. The deputation also desire to call your Lordship's at tention to the Acts passed by the Government to meet the present distress. It is the pious conviction of the deputation, that works will not be passed commensurate with the distress. Neither landlords nor farmers feel disposed to tax the counties for such works. There are many unemployed and starving for want of public works which were thrown out at the ses sions. Those works are considered of questionable utility (and perhaps this may be the case with many of them already considered). The deputation would direct the special attention of your Lordship to the importance of employing the people on -the im provement of the land. Those who require money to improve their properties will net be able to take advan tage of the million under the Drainage Act, inasmuch as they cannot receive the money until two-thirds of the work be executed. And as they are to pay the labourer each week, they must go to the bank and raise money at about (with expense of stamp) 6f or 7 per cent. ; they must pay 3i per cent. to Government, and if we include the enginerring expense, and other ex penses,, the landholder who borrows under this Act must do so in the first instance at -a rate of interest amounting to from 10 to 12 per cent. As other mem bers of the deputation are to address your Lordship and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, I shall leave the further illustration of the subjecal have laid before you to them.' The HIGH SHERTPF begged to direct the particular attention of his Lordship and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the working of the Drainage Act. He possessed property which he was desirous of improving ; but under present circumstance:3 it was impossible to take advantage of the Act. He was also of opinion that public works would be opposed at the presentment sessions in Ireland. Gentlemen might agree to small works near their own demesnes, but net to the opening of good lines of road which awgil t improve the country and giap e aufficient employmeetclie s thceaght the wages of the country too low, and that laey should in no case, on public works, be less than 10d. or Is. a day. The Rev. Mr. COLLINS, P.P., Mallow—My colleagues on this mission from Ireland to your Lordship have said that the facts mentioned by them have broken suddenly and unexpectedly on their minds, and that it was by minute investigation that they became acquainted with the extensive distress by which they were surrounded. I cannot say the same ; unfortunately, I am acquainted with wretchedness all my life, and, as a Roman Catholic clergyman, lw daily contact with the poor, my feelings are worn raw by the pressure of the hard old harness of misery under which my afflicted countrymen groan. Sustained as I now am by the presence of gentlemen differing from me in creed and politics, I can make state ments to your Lordship which in their absence I would not venture to notice ; for I would thereby only bring my own veracity into question, without effecting the good that may possibly arise from the interview with which I am honoured by. your Lordship. The hotel where the Relief Committee of Mallow hold their sittings was a short time since surrounded by about five hundred persons, re presenting three thousand mouths, seeking employment or relief. I, as parish priest, was deputed by the com mittee to address them, inculcating patience, peace, and submission to the law. I did so, saying that the Go vernment after a few days would do something. I was met by exclamations from them, declaring " that every day was a fortnight, that the hunger was going like thorns through their sides; that they could not go home from excessive weakness, that they were miserable, and their wives and children." My Lord, the potatoes are so bad that the "stomach rejected them; they were wild, and black, and offensive to the taste—and that it was by a mixture of salt and water they were able to swallow them." I, my Lord, have seen a mother feed ing her fever-stricken child with her own suck, adminis tered with a cup and spoon, and have seen a man go three miles to earn eightpence a day, while he left his wife and children in fever, with the house closed up, and no one to give them a drink of cold water during his ab sence, and his mind weighed down with the apprehen sion that some of the patients may set fire to the house in paroxysms of the disease, and all be a heap of cinders on his return. These and the like scenes, harrowing as is the mere announcement of them to your Lordship's feelings, are not new to me nor to any of my reverend brethren of the same persuasion. The recurrence of them is as frequent and uniform as it is affecting. The time is come for the mind of a great statesman to act in regard to Ireland. The whole social condition of that country ought to be closely re viewed and analysed, nor ought reference be made to maxims of legislation growing out of a highly arti ficial state of society. The mere elementary principles on which human society .is based ought to be brought into action to serve as a foundation for a new system of things in Ireland. To effect this, as well as to meet the pressing wants of the people, I would with due humility pray your Lordship to seek from the Legislature some thing like despotic power over landed property, so that YOU could enter any lands to reclaim and improve them, thereby to employ the people, and charge the expenses on the lands thus reclaimed ; such a power ought to be used with moderation by the Government, by their say. ing to a landed proprietor, "improve your lands, they are waste, or nearly waste for centuries; if not, we will do it for you, making it the first charge on the lands." The country gentlemen now dissipating their revenues as absentees in foreign countries, or at home as loungers in clubs, kennels, and news rooms, w ill be stimulated to exertion, and the Government would achieve the great work of raising the condition of the people by employ ment and wholesome industry. All classes connected with land in; Ireland are in a state of bankruptcy, in capable of discharging their engagements to each other. Things must come to a scramble, which among large masses of mankind is always a work of blood. Therefore the intervention of Government ought to be prompt and decided. A doctrine was laid down that the rate of labour on the Government works ought to be under that of the country. Nothing can be more fal lacious and unjust to the working classes than that doc trine. The price of labour is already too low in Ireland, and it ought to be the endeavour of Government to give it an improved direction. The supply there is excessive, and the demand almost nothing. Hence labour cannot in the market being a fair price no more than the air we breathe or the water we drink. Hence the principle on which the wages of a working man should be calculated is—what is necessary for the support of himself and family.—(llere his Lordship gave a marked assent, on which the Rev. Gentleman sat down.) Rev. Mr. SOMERVILLE—My Lord, it appears to me as if it would be an unnecessary eonsumntion of your Lord ship's time were I to attempt to add 'to the statements which have been made to you with regar d to t h e f ear f u l state of distress which exists in the different localities which we represent on the present occasion. I am a clergyman of the Established Church. I am lccated in Doneraile ; I mix very much with the lower classes of the people of the parish, and I can assure your Lordship it would be impossible to exaggerate the state of the destitution which exists there us well as in the adjoining parishes. Sincerely indeed do I hope, my Lord, that such measures may be adopted, such steps taken, as may be adequate to m ee t th e wan t s of the people ; for, my Lord, I will not conceal it from you, that unless some such measures be at once adopted, I vastly apprehend that the peace of the country cannot be preserved. Hitherto the patience of the people under their great privation has been above praise, but I more than doubt the wisdom of stretching their patience be yond its due limits. I can assure your Lordship that I spend many a sleepless - hour at night in consequence of the uneasiness which I feel—the-apprehensions which I am under as to the tranquillity of the country. Humble individuals as we may be, we come here representing thousands ; thousands are awaiting our return, looking with anxiety as to what may be the result of our mission. Sir JAMES ANDERSON, Bart., said that no language could adequately describe the misery of the Irish people in consequence of the destruction of the potato crop. That ho had made it his business to visit the poor in their wretched hovels, where he had learnedto demonstration, not only their privations, but also their fortitude and Christian resignation. No other nation had set such an example of practical philosophic patience. Though many of the poor were living on it for food, the small remain ing portion of the potato crop, being in a rapid state of decomposition, had become totally unfit for human sustenance. Under such complicated distress it could not be wondered that the people, being without employ pent, and consequently having no money to purchase bread, had resolved not to starve, and in order to pre serves the lives of their young children and aged parents, they would, unless speedily relieved, resort to the cattle, sheep, and corn of their wealthier neighbours. He felt it his duty to society at large to make Lord John Russell acquainted with the determination of his countrymen, expressed to him as one in whom they confided, and urge on his Lordship's attention the dreadful .conse quences that must arise unless prompt measures were taken to insure the peace of the country by affording adequate and productive employment to the working classes now on the verge of starvation. Owing to the patriotic press of Ireland, the people were well aware of those who had uniformly advocatad liberal measures, and that as his Lordship had been consistent in politics, he held a high place in public estimation. The people re membered that his Lordship had on all occasions voted for Roman Catholic Emancipation. They knew that he gave to Great Britain the Reform Bill, but they did not 4orget that that great measure, the tec - ond Magna C'harta, would not have become the law of the land had not his Lordship received the support of the Liberal Irish Mem bers, the members of the people. On this account alone the Irish consider they are fairly entitled to the most liberal assistance from the present Administration. Viewing the magnitude of the calamity with which it had pleased Providence:to afflict his country, he thought Government could not be aware of the universal distress, as the means of relief afforded to a starving nation were totally inadequate. His Lordship caused 20,000,0001. of money to be granted to relieve the blacks from slavery. The Irish people thus were aware that the Ministers, on great emergencies, had the power of using the public money to promote the good of the nation—and bearing in mind that the absentees had taken from Ireland since the Union upwards of 240,000,0001., and that the largest pOrtion of this most enormous sum had been spent in England—they felt that they had a legitimate right to expect that the Government would unhesitatingly cause large loans to be granted to the landed proprietors and others possessing real property, for the purpose of affording permanent, useful, and profitable employ ment to the working classes ; and lest that money so lent should not be applied to the purposes intended without the employment of the people, the Go vernment ought to have the power of superintend ence, so as to secure the money reaching the pockets of the labourers. Thus the working classes would receive tilt full benefit of the loans. It is absolutely necessary that the wages of the labourers should be in creased to one shilling a day, as one of the greatest causes of the poor Irishman's misery is the very small amount of money paid to him for his day's work. By bold, honest, and decided measures your Lordship can insure the permanent happiness and comfort of the Irish people—you possess the power of introducing capital into Ireland, all the country wants to make her a great and flourishing nation. As the loans would be for the benefit of the people, they should be made the first claim upon the land and other property—thus may the national peace of Ireland be secured for the future, and the misery , and wretchedness of the Irish be for ever removed with out augmenting the taxes of the British nation. The lasting gratitude of the Irish will be your Lordship's re ward—and'li acting fairly by a brave and loyal people you will make Ireland the right hand of England's strength, in place of being a thorn in the Ministerial side, which she will continue to be until ample and liberal justice be done to her. Lord J. Itussuu, in reply, read a paper before him describing the nature of the measures which have just passed through Parliament, which he thought should be sufficient to meet the present emergency. He acknow ledged they had no power of compelling presentment ses sions to pass works, but he did not think, under the pre sent state of the country, they would attempt to refuse them ; for such sessions were not only responsible to the GovOrnment for the faithful discharge of their duty, but they were subject to a higher responsibility, that of the county demanding such works. His Lordship was deeply, very deeply sensible to the permanently dis tressed social condition of the country ; he acknow ledged that the measures just passed were not calculated to meet it, and promised that the subject should receive the earliest and deepest consideration of the Government during the next session of Parliament. There were subjects of great difficulty to be encoun tered in legislating for a country circumstanced as Ire land was. Those lands in the hands of Government might be at once improved, but the case was different with respect to those that were the property of indivi duals. Still his Lordship did not shrink from the neces sity or duty of Government interfering, oven in such cases as these ; neither did he deny, that while property had its owners and rights, that such ownership and rights should not be flowed to interfere with the opera tions intended to develope the resources of the soil and improve the social condition of the people. The Rev. Mr. GIBSON directed the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the rules of the Lords of the Treasury, requiring that the wages in connexion with relief 'works shall be 2d. a day under the general wages of the district. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended the rule on the principles of political economy, and referred to cases where harvest work had been interfered with, and also to the case of men leaving work on the Shannon, where they were receiving Is. 6d. a day, for 10d. a day on relief work. Rev. Mr. Ginsox denied the truth of such state- ments, and said that landlords and farmers were com bining to keep down wages; that this was one reason for the opposition public works experienced at pre sentment sessions; that the Government did not approve of combination in the labouring men and mechanics to raise wages, and that it should not therefore be set the example by combining with Irish landlords and men of properties, to keep down the wages of the people; that he could not look upon the rule of the Treasury respecting wages as anything short of combination to depress them. That the great evil of the country was the low rate of wages, and that the social condition of the country would never be improved till wages were improved. Mr. Gibson proposed that wages should in no case be under 10d. a day. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that 10d. was a high rate of wages generally in Ireland. Mr. GIBBON replied, that if it were the opinion of English gentlemen that 10d. was a sufficient daily remu neration for the Irish labourer, God help the people! The CHANCELLOR—" God forbid we should think so; I merely mention 10d. as a high rate of wages in the country. I think the wages should be improved; and the minute of the Lords of the Treasury, requiring that the wages should be 2d. under the standard of the coun try, is not the law, and, if necessary, it may be modified." —Cork Reporter. NAV AL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TIIESDAY.—The Ajax, a 74 reduced to a 56, and converted into a steam guard, or " block" ship, was undocked this day at Cowes, where her metamor phosis has been worked under the superintendence of Mr. Fincham, jun. This ship, one of the class denomi nated " the 40 thieves," was built in 1809, from designs of the then surveyors of the navy, by Messrs. Wigram and Green, of Blackwall, admeasured 1,761 tons, and was commanded by the late Admiral (then Captain) Sir Robert Waller Otway, off Toulon, in Sir H. Blackwood's partial engagement with the French squadron, and sub sequently in covering the siege of San Sebastian in 1813. When formerly loaded, we are told she weighed 3,028 tons, but it is now expected that her weight, caused by her conversion to a steam guard-ship, will be increased. The reduction of stowage room, by the occupation of much of that space by her machinery, will, of course, be considerable, although not so much as to preclude her carrying more than six weeks' provision for 400 men, as has been stated. The following are her dimensions and intended armament:— Length of gun-deck Extreme breadth Depth in hold ARMAMENT. ft. in. 176 0 ~ 47 6 ~ 21 0 Quarter-deck 1 56-pounder 85 cwt. 2 B.inch 65 cwt. each. Forecastle Upper-deck Lower-deck 26 42-pounders 66 cwt. each. Total 56 If mounted and manned as above reported, she will prove a formidable ship, and yet do a little " honest" work. The Echo tug, with the Assistant-Master-At tendant and Foreman of Shipwrights afloat of this Dockyard, went to Cowes this morning to tow the Ajax to this harbour, where she will remain until her services are required. The Fairy royal yacht, as soon as her Majesty had landed this morning at the Clarence-yard, was brought alongside the Dockyard and dismasted, preparatory-to being docked, a leak having been discovered somewhere in the vicinity of her screw-propeller, as was the case some time since. The dock not being quite ready, she will not go in until to-morrow. The Rattlesnake, 28, fitting for surveying service, under Captain Owen Stanley, was undocked this morning. The Lightning steam-vessel, Petley, master, left this afternoon for the eastward, taking supernumeraries. The Scourge steam bomb-vessel, Commander Caffin, was removed from the jetty to-day, to make room for the Fairy to get her masts out. She came alongside again immediately afterwards, and is now embarking the baggage of the two remaining companies of the 74th Highlanders, for Leith, with whom she will leave to morrow. The Moozuffor, Hon. Company's steam-frigate, Cap tain Ethersey, sailed from Spithead this afternoon, for Bombay. APPOINTMENTS. Dr. Thomas Graham, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Ma dagascar. Coast Guard—Lieut. Everard Digby, Chief Officer. Sir Thomas Bourchier, K.C.8., Captain, to the Poic tiers, and Captain-Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard. Owen Stanley, Captain, to the Rattlesnake. COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON MRS. CUMMING. SEVENTH DAY. The adjourned inquiry in this case was again pro ceeded with yesterday, at the Horns Tavern, Ken nington. Mrs. Cumming was present, and evidently as firm and composed as pre;iousl3% The proceedings commenced with the cross-examina tion of Mr. Solomon, by Mr. Edwin James, and which went to show that the several sums paid to Mrs. Cum ming was in the presence of Mrs. Mitchell, who it was alleged exercised an undue influence over Mrs. Cumming, but this witness (Mr. Solomon) put in several vouchers, and gave the most satisfactory explanation on every point to which his cross-examination went. Mr. Stephen Hutchinson—l am a civil engineer. I have known Mrs. Cumming since 1830. I have not visited her, but I saw her in my house. For the period I have known her (sixteen years) I never observed any thing in her conduct to induce me to believe that she was not perfectly sane. The last time I saw her was in May last. Mrs. Anne Evans said, I was engaged by Mrs. Cum ming to go into her service, in September, 1844, in South-row, New-road. Mrs. Inman was the nurse to Captain Cumming. I heard the captain abuse her, and call her the most vile names, even when she wished him good night. The captain used to go out secretly and take a cab. Mrs. Cumming used to order him to be driven round Regent's Park. She used to be greatly affected, and shed tears at the conduct of the captain. I heard her say that he sold off her goods three times, and he would sell them off again.' He used to object to having his room cleaned. An opportunity of doing so was taken when the captain was out taking the air.— (This witness described at great length Mrs. Cumming's attention to the captain, as to his food, supply of linen, &c., detailing several acts of impropriety towards her self and other servants, in consequence of which she was obliged to leave the house.) Captain Cumming on one occasion pawned his spectacles and snuff-box for drink, and Mrs. Cumming redeemed them. She was of a very irritable temper. The house was very orderly kept. At the conclusion of this witness's testimony, the jury, as usual, it being two o'clock, retired for refresh ment. The interim was well occupied by the counsel on both sides, who entered into a consultation, in which they continued for upwards of an hour, when they re turned into Court. It was then announced that an arrangement had taken place. The COMMISSIONER said, however he respected the opinion of the Learned Counsel, yet, he felt it his duty, to protect the jury from any unpleasant posi tion; he would go and see the lady, as they were bound to give Et. verdict on their oaths. After that interview he would be best enabled to suggest the course which should be adopted. Mr. James said that the jury should know the terms of the arrangement. The Learned C,OMMISSIONER then, in company with Mr. James and Mr. Petersdorff, went to have an inter view with Mrs. Cumming, and in about ten minutes again returned into Court. The C'ommissioNEß, addressing the jury, said that in ordinary . cases they might be discharged, as was the practice in the common law courts by the withdrawal of a juror (all parties consenting), but in the present in stance tat arrangement having taken place, the commis sion hawing been issued by the Lord High Chancellor, a difficaity arose as to what report he could make to his Lordship ; without first consulting him he could not dis charge the jury. In the arrangement great liberality was sh by all parties, and he therefore proposed an adjouri ui lent until he had taken the opinion of the Lord Chant:nib o, when the jury would be re-assembled to h e ar the ,result. This was agreed to on both sides. Mr.; Petersdorff said that before the jury separated, he was b zippy to inform them that the person of the lady was fi !vm - On tihis announcement, Mrs. Cumming was imme diately. surrounded by and received the congratulations of her friends on the happy event. Dr. 3 lillingen, however, said that be had a claim to retain tho lady under the certificate until she was legally discha ri ;ed. The. Learned COMMISSIONER said ho would take the respoz .bility on himself, and would undertake that she should -appear when the Court met again. Mrs... Cumming then left the room in the company of her fr is ads. She seemed deeply affected, and the un derlinAt of York llotbe greatly disappointed. She en tered a: • carriage with Mr. and Mrs. Hutchins, and drove off fr.( un the Horns Tavern once more restored to liberty, to they eevident gratification of the jury and many by stand ert ;. WI lel t the jury re-assembled the Lord Chancellor's opinion, as well as the terms of the arrangement, will be corn= to icated to them. Thug,. ; this singular and extraordinary inquiry has ter minatet virtually, though not formally. F. aTiiTa ACCIDENT ON WESTMINSTER.-BRIDGE Yestorda) afternoon Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Chequers, Tothill-street, Westminster, on the body of Thom as Do üble, aged 56. The deceased lied been many years \ valtet at Tindall's Hotel, Old Palace-yard, and on Sundar:night 19th July, he was crossing "Westminster bridge„ -wheia his foot slipped in consequenr:e of treading on a p iee a of oragge peel, and he fell from the kerb-stone into tl ae -carriage-road, and fractured his r ight leg. He was nun, 3ved to the Westminster Hospital, where the limb I vas set ; but he gradually sank, and expired on Saturday • last, from disease of the lungs, birought on by the juju) cy. Verdict in accordance with the medical testilvion y. E or GOLD.—The premium on gad at Paris is 16' :per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 175... .100. pea ounce for standard goIZI, gives an excha leg aof 25 ; and the exchanges at Paris on Lor.dos at short being 25 77i, it folloAvs; that gold is 0.17 per cent, dearer in London th an in Paris. By a. 'Nit 'es from Hamburgh the price of gold is 435-1 per it tart :, which, at th e English Mint price • )f3l. 17s. 104 d. per of Inc e for standard gold, gives an excha ng e of 1310 k; and t he exchange at Hamburgh on Los edo n at short being :3,3 101, it follows that gold is 0.06 per , cent. dearer in L andon than in Hamburgh. are informed that a fa vourite cat, belonging to a family at Hovinghaw, having lost her 'kittens, ot her owns cord adopted a chicken of the pheasa at fancy breed, whicl 1 . was domesticated. The chicken ap reared highly Pleas: ea with her nurse, and puss on capt uning a mouse or el itaininp.; any other food, carefully ca. mks it to the chicl ;en, which has imbibed many of the p eculiarities of the c et, and the two now lay comfortably tx gether, puss putt; pg her paw over the bird to protect it fi 'om harm. Yor, ',dare Gazette. E IxBTEMPER AMONG CANARIES.—Seve. ral of the can: try fanciers of this neighbourhood, have lost their mos ,t valuable birds during the last te n da y s b Y a sort of spa anodic cholera, the symptoms bei n g simi/i I . to those obs erve d in the human subject when labont ng under tha it 04 ><tible disorder.--Lancaster Guardian, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. an . llayes,licensed victuallers, Liverpool—A. Nord blad and W. Newton, cement manufacturers, Liverpool —G. Stockbridge and J. Xay, drapers, Oxford-street—W. Caul field and 'IL Minter, confectioners, Old-street-4. Boothroyd and T. Cliffe, linendrapers, Huddersfield—H. and J. White, silk dyirs, Macclesfield, Cheshire—J. and P. Rogers, vrharfingers ' Fenryn, Cornwall—J. Brown and J. Anderson, tea dealers, East Stonehouse, Devonshire—T. and J. Church, corn dealers, Bracknell, Berkshire—F. W. Simeon and J. Newman, printers, Bristol—J. and G. Blakey, hair dressers, Lincoln—R. C. Beck and T. Holcroft, oil refiners, Manchester —S. Beall and J. Webster, pawnbrokers, Great Charlotte street, Blackfriars-road- 7 -W. Butcher, T. Hodgkinson, and J. Partington, cotton manufacturers, Manchester—B. Payne and A. Bentall, drapers, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire —W. Clark, G. Maugham, J. Brown, L. Tomlinson, J. Harker, G. Kendall, and T. Pickles, lead miners, Grassing ton, Yorkshire—J. 0. Williams ande r . F. Keed, ironmongers, Crawford-street, Marylebone—T. D. Marsh and J. Godden, linendrapers,'Goswell-street, St. Luke's—W. A. Reeves and J. Richardion, brokers, Maidstone—H. Minton, M. D. Hol lins, and S. Hollins, patent button manufacturers, Stoke upon-Tfent—J,l3. Awde and G. Highmoor, cattle dealers, Lartington, Yorkshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. _ . _ James Smith, manufactUrer, Glasgow, Sept. 24 and Oct. 15, at two, at the office of Messrs. Taylor and Kirkland, GlasgoW. R. arid R. Watt, merchants, Glasgow, Sept. 25, and Oct. 15, at two, at the chambers of Mr. Steele, jun., Glasgow. GREAT - To - AC oirOxron.n.—This new work, by the author of " Peter Priggins," will perhaps be con sidered.as the most amusing of all his lively narratives. We understand it will be found to coneey_various ex tremely curious pictures of college life, in which under graduates and masters, proctors and scouts, learned doctors and idle students, are made to pass in review be fore the reader, and in all the picturesque features of life at Oxford. The author, it is well known, has had peculiar advantages fur observing all that is going on behind the scenes of that vast educational institution, and it is to be hoped that the result will be attended with equal pleasure and profit to the reader. MIGRATION OF SWALLOWS AND LAPWINGS.—The principal families of migratory birds are beginning to collect in large flocks, previous to their flight to their winter quarters in the " sweet south." For the last fortnight the swallows have held daily councils about the old farm houses on the banks of the river Irwell, Where 'they 1.1 snally — build their nests ; and for a longer time the lapwings have left their solitary dwelling places on the moors, , and have assembled in flocks of several hundredsnn the pastures and ploughed lands. A very favourite resort for the latter birds at this season is the public fieldnt Newton, which has been pastured for cen turies, and which must swarm with insects and worms. I have seen them there in very largo flocks many times during the last month. The failure of the accustomed supplies of food in their usual feeding grounds is no doubt threan'se of the movements of both these families of birds, and in a few days the increasing pressure of scnrcit will drive them away to milder climates and more fruitful piiituras.—Liverpool Times. PHENOMENON AT WATNYBROLCH, MONMOUTH SHIRE:—On Monday the bees and wasps congregated from east, west, north, and south, and engaged in deadly Warfare. They appeared in swarms as far as the eye could ace, and the ground for a large space underneath was covered'with the dead, mostly wasps. PROLIFIC POTATO.—The Superintendent of the Stocktoa.and .Darlington Railway sowed in his garden singlopotato,.in a h an df u l o f guano , an d i t h as pro -duce& sixty-two good and sound potatoes.—Newcastle Journal. [ ADVERTISEMENT.] ---A LIVER AND STOMACH COMPLAINT.--WONDERFOL EFFICACY OF HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.— The son of 1111.. Thompson, national schoolmaster, Stokesley, had been a most, precarious way for upwards of three years, and at last: became so consumptive as to be appa rently in a dying 'state. Three fistulous cores formed in his chest, *so that - the stomach usually rejected both food and me -dicine.-111r. • Robert Calvert, chemist, Stokesley, bears testimony that by the the of Holloway's Pills, the youth is now nearly cured of his ailments, his appetite and digestion being good, besides re gaining.strength and flesh ; yet, be it remembered, this sufferer was -nearly at death'sAloor. Is not this truly extraordinary? These Pills afeiadiTan . druggigs, and at the Proprietor's Establishment, 1344 1 Wad, PUGILISM. PHELPS (or BRIGHTON) AND SAMUEL MARTIN (OF LONDON), FOR 501. A SIDE.—The protracted and scientific contest between this pair of rising stars of the light weights came off yesterday, in the Kentish marshes, at Sea-reach, some nine miles below Gravesend, the point called the Lower Hope being chosen as the battle-field. After a steam struggle verses wind and tide, a landing was effected at the above-named place about the second hour after noon. The disembarkation, though at high water, was so intercepted by the dykes and drains of the river bank, that the casualties and disasters of a safe arrival on terra firma produced unusual merriment, both from sufferers and victims of the perils of field and flood. At thirty-five minutes after two, all preparations being duly made, the men stood up. There was a dis parity of some two inches in stature in favour of Phelps, although the weight of each man (9st. 31bs.) was alike. The reach and length of Phelps, who has but once pre viously shown in the P.R., was, however, considered to be counterbalanced by the more closely-knit frame of his opponent. The contest was marked by all the skill, tactics, and manoeuvres of the sparring school, inter. spersed by several rattling rallies at the close of rounds. At one period, about the middle of the fight, the odds of 6 to 4, which had been freely sported on Phelps, appeared in such peril, that the change of 6 to 4 on Martin took place. At this point the Brighton hero certainly seemed on the decline, but he recovered amazingly, and at the close of the sixty-first round, Phelps succeeded in throwing his man an undeniable cross-buttock, he thenceforth came up all abroad. From this - period Martin in vain struggled to turn the tide of defeat, which now set strongly against him, and in the 68th and last round he went down incapable of prolong ing the contest. Thus, at the close of three hours and one minute, Phelps was hailed as victor. Considering the lengthened nature of the conflict, neither man was heavily punished, Martin's disablement being consequent on the falls and hitting, and Phelps's from the latter cause alone. As the shades of evening grew into grey all parties re-embarked on board the Nymph, which ploughed her way to the Great Metropolis at a late hour of the evening. PEDESTRIANISM. SIIORTL AND AND TURNER.—Robert Shortland and young Turner walked their seven-mile match yesterday, for 10/. aside, near the Angel, Sutton, Surrey. It was well contested, Turner leading for the first three miles, w h e n Shortland collared and passed him ; from this time, although Turner contedded gamely, he could never overhaul his man, and eventually Shortland was at the goal full fifty yards before his opponent. In consequence of the late destructive fires at Liver pool and Greenock, the insurance companies demand premiums for sugar-houses. %~~1~.-~ -~„r THE RIVER PLATE. (From the Gazette of last Evening) ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 21, 1846. Dispatches have been received at this office, from Rear- Admiral Inglefield, in the River Plate, addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, of which the following are copies:— Her Majesty's ship Vernon, off Monte Video, 17th June, 1846. Sir, —Adverting to my letter, No. 94, of the 9th inst., I have now the satisfaction of forwarding to you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of tb Admi ralty, a copy of the report I have received from Captain_ Sir Charles Hotham, of her Majesty's ship Gorgon, acquainting me with the successful passage of the con voy (of 110 vessels) under the protection of the Eneish and French vessels of war, named in the margin,* Past the batteries which General Roses bad caused to his erected on the heights of San Lorenzo, in the river. Parana, for the eicpress purpose of obstructing the pro gress of the convoy down the river. Although this success, owing to the grounding of the British barque Caledonia, was not perfectly comp:ete, yet I feel persuaded their Lordships will give tile fullest . credit to Captain Sir Charles Hotham, auti hiS colleague, Admiral Trehouart, for the able and'. judicious manner in which their arrangements were made, and also to all the officers, seamen, and royal marines serving under their orders, for the col/ and. steady manner in which this difficult service was . per formed, fortunately without a single casualty in any of the men-of-war or merchant vessels, a circumsta nee which, considering the strength of the position of tbe Buenos Ayrean batteries and continuous fire, cannot bitt be regi., , rded as quite providential. I trust their Lordships will permit me to call their attention to the names of the officers whom Sir Charles Hotham especially brings under my notice, as having occupied situations more promioent than others. Their Lordships will be gratified by learning, that the unanimity and good understanding which exist( d be tween Sir Charles Hotham and Admiral ,Triihouart, and the respective vessels under their orders, from the com mencement of the expedition, has continued r _vithout in termission, to subsist between the two squad:Tovs, a re mark which, I am happy to be able to assert, is 40 qually applicable to all occasions when English and French have been acting together, during the time I have' bad the honour to hold this command.—l hare the hon Our to be, &c. (Signed) S. H. INGLEFIELD. Rear-Adiniral and Commander-in-Chief. The Secretary of the Admiralty. Her Majesty's Ship Gorgon, Obligado, June 7. Sir,—l hvo.the honour to inform you, that the con voy of merchant vessels of all nations, amounting to 110 in number, have passed the enemy's batteries and obstacles in the Parana, in comparative safety.' The severe treatment which her Majesty's ships Alecto„ Lizard, and Harpy experienced from the batteries and infantry stationed on the heights of San Lorenzo, in their respective passages up the Parana (as exemplified in ,my dispatch of the 20th ultimo), rendered it incum bent. upon Admiral Trebouart and myself to adopt every precaution which might tend to obviate disaster. The heights or barrancas of San Lorenzo are sixty feet above he river, the face is nearly perpendicular, an d the ground, from the edge of the cliff, recedes ; a- table land, of five or six miles in length, extends from one end to the other, presenting a dead level, with every facility for transporting artillery on travelling carriages to any required point. At the , north end of this barranca, the cliff projects and tends westerly, thus offering a salient point for a battery commanding from Ist.W. to S.E. Half a mile to the southward, a position, nearly similar, had been selected for A second battery, and parapets, with embrazures, had begin erected for single guns along the remainder of the barranca; the general breadth of the navigable channel is about three-quarter of a mile, widening gradually from the north-west en— trance, with a current of three knots per hour running through. It was obvious that the nicest gunnery could alone drive the enemy from their guns ; the immense thick ness of the embrazures and parapets protected them from a flanking ilre, and such was the character of the ground, that even vv . .; th a spy glass nothing could be seen but the wheels of a cairiage or muzzle of a gun. Having carefully weighed these difficulties, Admiral Trisouart and I decided Oven the following plan of attack, as best suited to the i h 'etection of our convoy. That the heavy steamers of both squadrons should anchor and engage the batteries ;luring the time the convoy were passing, and that a masise,:t rocket batter y should be prepared on the island in tiot.3 of t second battery, distant about one thousand two 10n:drehe d yards : the convoy in the mean time passing at alloite'd distances under cover of the sailing ships and small ,steamers named in the margin.t Accordingly, being favoured with a breeze fro: n. the northward, at 6.30 A.M., on the 4th instant, I made the general signal for the steamers, Gorgon, FirebrAnd, Alecto, Gassendi, and Fulton to weigh. st 10 . 20 the Gorgon opened her fire; and the Firebrand and Gas sendi, having reached their appointed station one thou sand yards from the north battery, anchored ire All enfi lading position. The three remaining steamers, Gorgon, Fulton, Anti Alecto, proceeded past the batteries and anchored nine hundred yards from the barrancas abreast, and ti '0 thousand from the first battery. On the first gun being fired from the Gorgon, the' rocket party unmasked their battery , and opened a heavy and effective fire, which helped to divert the enemy's attention from the three steamers, who were passing within grape and musket range. At 10.40 A.M. the action had fairly commenced bo tween the batteries, pieces, field infantry, and the s teamers of the combined force, and the English rocket party ; a channel five hundred yards wide was left between the steamers and the islands for the convoy. At 11.50 A.m. the Dolphin, leading the convoy, passed the Gorgon, the respective divisions sailed by in their proper order, about twenty only remained, when I was sorry to see the British barque Caledonia, uninjured, and with the wind dead aft, run on shore on a small bank off the point of the second island. In 5011-assorted ,snd numerous a convoy of all sizes, badly equipped, and lumbered with enormous deck cargoes, I confess I ca.N culated on the loss of some, but I had hoped to have' been spared the pain of witnessing a fine English barque handled in a st) le by no means creditable to thoso on board, and greunded without any reason under the enemy's fire. I immediately signalised Alecto and Lizard to proceed to her assistance. At 12.50, the convoy having all passed, I made the general signal to weigh. The Caledonia still remaining immovably fixed, she had beaten over one bank, and lay on her port side, with her bottom exposed to the enemy's fire, through which, six or seven shot had already been put, and the officers sent on that service being unanimously of opinion that she could not be got off without discharging her cargo, by my direction she was set on fire to prevent her falling into the enemy's hands, and two coasting vessels, simi larly situated, were also destroyed. This was the only drawback to a most satisfactory day ; the arrangements answered even better than my colleague or myself had dared to anticipate. The enemy brought into play from sixteen to twenty guns ; during five months they had prepared heated shot and studied every stratagem to secure themselves and punish us, in stead of which we dismounted some of their guns, and drove them repeatedly from others. We selected the steam force in consequence of the ad vantage which their pivot guns give, and it is difficult to imagine finer gunnery than they displayed. Marvellous'. to say, that although each of these vessels were. hulled and hit repeatedly, and that more than three-fourths of the convoy were severally struck, there is not a man killed or wounded amongst us. I have received every assistance and support from the officers of this squadron, but some have occupied situations more pro minent than others, and I feel it my duty to bring them to your notice. The officers in command of the rocket party were Lieutenant L. B. Mackinnon, her Majesty's ship Alecto; First Lieutenant C. L. Barnard, Royal Marine Artillery, her Majesty's ship Firebrand ; Mr. David Ham, gun ner, her Majesty's ship Alecto ; the party were obliged to remain two days acrd nights concealed tin ter the enemy 'a nose, and they, with the marine artillery and seamen, deserve credit for the discipline and skill with. which they conducted their operations, and I consider that they rendered us most essential service. I have , repeatedly derived advantage from the ability - ad zeal of Mr. Henry Baker, 15.1s.ster of this ship, durnig my ab sence from the Gorgon; he made a most excellent chart of the passage and channels near San Lorenzo, and h© piloted this ship, leading the steam force past the bat teries, much to my satisfaction. Monsieur Mazares, Lieutenant commanding the. French steamer Fulton, on seeing the disastrous state of the Caledonia, hastened to her assistance, and I hope this officer will permit me to thank him for his uniform. and effective co-operation. In all my communications I have alluded to the great satisfaction I have derived in having Admiral Tr - houart as a colleague ; during eight months we have acted together, and I make bold to say that more perfect harmony and unanimity has never existed than between the two commanding officers, to whom yourself and Ad-. miral Laine entrusted the direction of the service in the Parana. —I have, &c., (Signed) CHAS. HOTHAM, Captain. Rear-Admiral S. H. Inglefield, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief. * English—Gorgon, Firebrand, Dolphin, Fanny, Lizard Harpy, Alecto. French—San Martin, Fulton, Gassendi, Coquette, Procida. t English—Dolphin, Fanny, Lizard, HarPY• French—San Martin, Coquette, PlOCida. SHOWER of Or BANK NOTES.—We have frequently seen extraordinary showers, such as showers of but terflies, frogs, fishes, and such " small beer," chronicled in the newspapers ; but really the most wonderful of all is that which took place in Paris on Monday last, be tween five and six in the evening, at which time tho passengers in the Place Vendome were astonished by a► shower of I,ooof. and 500 f. bank notes, which fell on tho bonnets of the ladies and under the feet of the horses. it turned out that a capricious puff of wind had sud denly whisked this windfall from off the desk and through the window of a hotel in the place. The notes were all safely picked up, the most part by the public, and at once returned to the owner. The notes picked up in the street amcunted to 123,000 f. Two notes, one of 500 r. the other of 1,000 F., comploting the 125,000 f. ;9,0000 in the bundle, had been borne by tl e wind to the roofs of neighbouring houses, but were recovered by two honest chimney sweepers who happened to be in the place. SECESSION FROM THE ESTABLISHED CIIUECH.—. Mr. Caswell, one of the junior members of the University of Oxford, was a few days ago received into the ROMSI), Catholic Church at Prior Park, near Bath. .