The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-19 00:00:00

*1 rack him, and struggled to g e t awa y ; an d some fourt°lell coat, el !' with their h eavy hobnailed boots, kicks him in bobs as he lay, till they had kicked a hole in his great tai ,l)..nd all his left s id e was as black as his hat. P ice.co nstable 56 C sa id the prisoner and his corn. h aro oes been put out of the public-house for riotieg to Pay fur the liquor which they had had, t4 L , s4 ei n n e t n t b o e T a o rt ta quarrel and fight in the street. When them he received a haavy blow on the a od from one of them which knocked him down and him insensible. u_.e,Prisoner denied the charge. tl `` - ` r tIi.RDIVICK. said, that such brutal conduct towar is ti o e l Phee must the isited with severity, and checlied in tie 6,, otherwise y should have to - double the force. ittcl i tit "tieed the prisoner to one month's imprisonment, the two ' l ' d labou r in the House of Correction, on each of Sis e l assaults the punishments to be. borne succes ktY• Th e first complainant was also granted a war against the others who were engage d i n th e assau lt. ?SOUTHIV ARK.—till-HS DAY.) o ;r g Mb rray, a tall, po wer f u l-l oo king man, was of f tbe ed bef ore Mr. Seeker with assaulting and biting Loci,„greater portion of one of the fingers of a Mrs. Tthe wife of th e mas t er o f a coast i ng vesse l. 4,4 complainant, who h a d one o f h er arms i n a sling, he r that at a late hour the preceding night, as she-and t li th v e s y b h: ar a c tl i d were passing a house in Windtnill.str it ce , aria , a great noise and screams of murder. .er th o n.;"" ue rnediately went into the house, and on seeing fereVoner attacking two women, he immediately inter pr;so '° l ' their protection, when he was assailed by the the 80 who, being a very powerful man, got him down had -00 r. The complainant finding that her husband e rede n c ? chance in a struggle with such an adversary; yro t - Ina from to his assistance, and in attempting to extricate 6, : the grasp of his assailant, the latter . got one of it ofeeers into his mouth, and actually bit a portion _ sa e , ‘ ll 3' this time the police came to the spot, and att e s `, 44 e difficulty secured the prisoner, and took him .t 4 tne station-house. Asa , t a h e course of the investigation it was ascertained itao,ue Prisoner had entered the house in the first in- Ti. 4 w ith a female, and insisted on remaining there. Ittt andiady, however, insisted on his quitting, and in h,teaTting to enforce it was struck by the prisoner, and es„ e re.a for help having attracted the attention of the lady",alnant and her husband, they went to the a ' sist anoe, when they were treated in the brutal lttn nit er above described. Th e d tie, efendant said that he was attacked by the par t° :arid in defending himself he was compelled to resort l v nee, but was not aware that during the affray he itlatten the complainant's finger. !_l'ar,e,,e°alPlainant having exressed a wish that the 2 1 li te - d ra ight be summarily disposed of, the Magistrate "alt a Penalty of 403. on the defendant, and in de- Yo PaYruent he w as comm itt e d t o gao l f or 21 d ays . S HIP -STREET.—(THIS DAY.) *elf -"ant IVhitton, twenty years of age, describinghhei.m the tt e: B B gaStrian, was charged on suspicion of being f oi ° i 'Y to the debah of his wife, Ellen Whitton, under ,Eci,„,°4ing circumstances:— glej t „ - at d Allen a carpenter, of No. 8, IVlaidstotie- street, , 11 , 1 `'rai - o ?1, deposed that about one . o'clock yesterday "'arl." ° '-' " 0 was proceeding towards the Canal-bridge, ;*llea b e row, Hackney, on his way homewards,. i' e heard in that direction some persons quarrel. 11 ,t, ai;l ,hastened towards the spot, and upon arriving " ob - R ' I°ol zing over the parapet of the said bridge, 4 04 -erv.,l th the prisoner and a female standing o pen t;-•° towing-path, and distinctly heard the a h a ha v e the words, " Sooner than put up with what ' 4 3eelf;; e thought proper to call me, I will drown Aster,' ~!nd ; immedi a t e l y a f ter s h e t h rew h erse lf into the kaki, w in:less ran rou n d, an d o bserving the prisoner eolioig,°% he said t o hi m, catc hi ng h o ld o f hi m b y t h e "tat vagabond, what, are you slat going to tea 4 -1 ' womanout ?" Prisoner then said, " I'll give liEa <' do so; you know me, don't you?" WitnetT •uee, ea I don't know anything at all of you whateve ll r. d ' itaeee' had by this time sunk. He (witness) ca e tlati e "„, fur assistance, still holding the prisoner, who tai'„'at efforts to escape. Deceased was in about pi Ut. ?• 3 got out with the drags, and the prisoner eolqP4 into the custcdy of the police. Deceased was aota4d to the door of the Sir Walter Scott public- IV I 'o t could not obtain admittance there. . Past on e constable 165 N, said that at about ten minutes a ce (eclock yesterday morning he was on duty near Lo th ,°„'io bridge, when he heard cries of " Police," and ig e " °r other officer hastened to the place whence the 14:tla,P'eeeded, and on arriving thereat he took charge aCatal'tisoner, whilst his brother officer fetched Mr. ad ed ' , a, surgeon, who did all he could to restore sus t'littao„allinsation without avail. We could not gain ad . - . rat er ns and Mr. Morgan expressed his opinion that if Ve " 4 41 have been accomplished the deceased might i ' „hve rp t 2:,een restored. Deceased was afterwards "Ittir to the s t at i on -h ouse. W i tness had made '0 b e ''S about the prisoner's character, which he found t J indifferent, as, although h e h a d been married t''Poo.T.e° indifferent, h e h a d, d ur i ng t h at period, been cor . 31 la a t i ng With another female as a single man. ° 4, a°troliTost in strong language, deprecated the t o s -4 ' t of th • ' remanded him for a week. po , v • e prisoner, and l , q 4 tete for further inquiries respecting him; and 'k'eeitions that the behaviour of the parties of the the lie„;,a,Jter Scott" should be properly represented to as'og justices. HE FOREIGN MAILS. fo ) . ` l ie fop POST-OFFICE NOTICE. titrn e n -° ; , wi ng notice, relative to the departure of the tarij i ;" B , was en Saturday issued at the chief office, (2, 4 -uhe nd Iptto,t.`,lll4seLlar Mails.—The next mails for Vigo, 27 th ' lA "it, Cadiz, Corunna, &c., will be dispatched "Th e t ltist. t a , ilB for 4 n tid .,, i 't, /Le., Mails, via Southampton.—The next sYpt, ; l or) tar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, led 0 1 „ 414, C hina, &c., Southampton, will be he !20th ins*. 1 e•,Marseilles.—The next mails for the .014, 8 4 . r viaatteah Egypt, India, Ceylon, China, sL &c., , " e id es, Rill be dispatched on the 24th n ritish North ; I, e.—lhe next mail e j'eu, Bert nuda. and the United States, will be dis ,eued 19th ; nst. (this day). a id West Ind'' n Mails.—The next mails for th e B r i t i s h Porei n •olonies.', in the West Indi es (excepting 4uerniuda, f , anJuan de Nicaragua, New Granada, Chili, it nd Peru, b u t i nc l u di ng M ex i co, H onduras and Haven- Venezue is and Madeira) will be dispatched sth November. " Sydney, New South Wales. —The next mail will be `ttspatched 31 3t inst. 411 s Madeira, B raz il s, an d B uencs Ayres.—The next will be dispatched:sth November. the 24 th in Rotterdal A.—The next mail s w ill b e dispatched on st.." 1L) kt„ .(i'').---1' his morning, a Harriet, the be 88, Upper Stamford 0-eet, six dr vs after her confinement, F vecl an d rar ,st affectionate wife of Mr. David Nutt, of Fleet -street, aged twenty-four. Tx/ T P % 1, 41.' FE FIRE IN SOUTHWARK.—On Saturday kterr. ' ri;•oon John Cantill, who received . such fearful in 1. " 8 at tt.,, fire on the 9th inst, in Bent -street, St. 'reer , , - Guy' s 'B, 'Southwark, expired in the accident ward . of stateet,, lio. spital. The girl Emma Sharp also lies in a .t, NWhieh leaves no hopes of her recovery. A , yl' - -4 OF SIR EDWARD PAGE TURNER, .BART,-- Thomas e tc , announce the demise of Sir Edward George sp i red a ge l c " Turner, the fifth Baronet of his line, 6. 7 1 17 - &le et , () ,.,4 Friday last at Tonbridge Wells, aged 4 en. Joi. , ) was the second son of the e t f hi E rd lee b , ar N on e e r t fel b k y Iletl,augbt.er of Joseph Howell, Esci., of J o h n bi lrn in 1789, and married in 1818 11 the daughter He succeeded hi s C 4 . V i r illiains, Esq., of Southern barer,r4thr, the fourth baronet, in pte lB . 43. aT Londonhe first ree reh sas second son of John Turner, Esq., 0r,,,, t ;11t , who was chosen chairman ofth a e s E sa a m st ed ln t d h ia e 11 44 1 4 - ' ll r in 1733. The second baronet mole („ f Page on succeeding to the e e l, stat r e s s , of his grand taraii:,"'',r Gregory Page, of Wrickl la Bedfordshire, with the till states, which chiefly lieh Kent. The , , are Succeeded to by Edward Tar ,?.in Henry, son to the Ti t ' 1 ax t , c . t, ton ROBBERY OF BANK-NOTE{ AT ROGERS 4 4 u ns.— 'ithin these last few days circumstances t th 4t e derstood to have transpired which leave no th e i ''re long the large amount of propertyand stolen from ee„l4eking-house ot Messrs. Rogers (it , - I .er e d . o „ That the whole of the notes, to sa t t h is e Pro , v ( :, ) ,„"Pi e are still in existence, has been I ,`' Dy the fact, that a few days since n ed pub ic liar,°'aer of which does not appear in the ‘vp " e g Crd circulated, but which was stolen ar at ty th s e en t d im in e g , it _,,a forwarded to the banking house, the p printed t i 1. note,f l a i s c n t t o rutihn b i 3et i tc,Zauesting the receipt of it to be ack t n s owledged in the would be re sto4aPers, and the whole of the n s aeat accordingly u Peu the payment of 10,0001.—the ee acknowledg -I,oraotieedtiltio :, a p . ,7 This wasrequest beeo ent -. ; but' as to the compromise, Whi r . ertained; and, from a variety of ci t r h c a u t m h s a t 11".iele have transpired but which would be at present ere asser tl lY injudicious to notice, further than the s an i c le es t of a t!: 0 doubts are now entertained but that the the whole at the same titnte stolen property will be recovered, an to . the e such evidence 'll be adduced as to lead e a e ll vi a e p ti " 13 f have !o:are.d, stating the offender. Paragraphs have occasion-- II `circulated o uThis is incor rect, for that some of the stolen notes the Continent.. the steps taken by the solicitor for the . prose- R:ent l i n e ',: tirl ll ! 6:11t over to the Continent r a ba m n o k s e t r i , nt m ell o i n g e e y nt . r rige, ~,,:,:i wh o visited every . t!ssia, render the n tg e o a t f i e a ' ti b o lF at woefthtehewmhoilme y this country and it is, th e vvell. notes are at the p o e f ss t i h h e le s ; to a l n e d n Poll s , A few , Present period secreted . in the metro eleciclata ft, uaYs or weeks may, in all probability, tebbery, - this extraorclinary and hitherto mysterious ~. AnoTitei) b .Vria --• -LtOEBERY OF A BANKER'S CLERK.—n ill ' - 'sY, a clerk belongin to the parent establishment of e 14°11(1 °n and Westminster Bank, in Lothbury, was robbed of his case it is said, whilst proceeding down tree f the alleys 'leadin from Cornhill to Lombard ft. JousAs far as we have been able to ascertain the S of the cas; it was the duty, it appears, of this . t gentleman to take up on the following day, dis rotoprured bills of exchange', which from neglect, or fand not been properly advised upon, the day ~,, their ng due, and was, consequently, furnished til,lll, re eney for that purpose. Although the extent of Znl 4 ess is said to he comparatively inconsiderable, the ,Y really available part of the contents of the case l in eu lg a 401. Bank of England note, yet there appears to t Ve been B( ze blame attachable at head quarters in not lothseisctainrrgyinegen that most indispensable precaution, viz., upon all occasions of the guard chain, se t4!el3, attached to the cafe. The purloined case con -4114'1 s^ c‘orae railway scrip, said to be of the value 14 about o/. • ,e:Xhe great room of the Society of Arts is, it is said, 1,1„!9g eeeerated under the direction of Mr. Hay, of "141341 '0, in a style worthy of the magnificent alle tcnieftiPaintings bequeathed to the institution by Barry. -.-06 server, -_-__: E SUN, LON DON'. MONDA EVEN - ING; OCTOIT,Eit 19, Iz-liPeT NUMEROUS FIRES. ALARMING FIRE AND PROBABLE LOSS OF LIFE.— Last evening, between the hours of seven an4l eight, a fire, attended with very serious, if not fatal, conse quences, broke out in the private residence of Mr. Thorne, situate at 1. Church-Flace, St. Mary, Newing ton, within a short distance of the parish church. The disovery was made by some of the inmates, by hearing a loud crackling noise proceeding from the upper portion of the premises. Upo❑ getting to the second floor, one of the bed-rooms was found completely enveloped in flame. An instant attempt was made to extinguish the fire by pouring buckets of water upon it. Whilst the parties were so engaged, they were horror-stricken by hearing a sort of _half-stifled cry, which, upon inspection, was found to proceed from one of the beds in the room; the flames at the same time were mounting most fear fully. A young man, however, at great risk, rushed forward, and succeeded in rescuing a fine infant, about four months old, much burnt about the head, face, and arms. As soon as the fire was some what subdued, a distressing scene presented itself ; in the farther end of the room was perceived an object moving, which, at first, was imagined to, be a cat or dog, but upon getting up to the same it was found to be a child, almost suffocated. It appears that the child, on finding the place was on fire, had managed to crawl out of the bed, and not being able to get out of the room, succeeded in forcing its way to the place whore it was found. During the morning of Saturday the metropolis was visited by the outbreak of the follJwing fires LIMEHOUSE.—At an early hour, the premises in the occupation of Mr. W. Joel, known as the Coopers' Artns, in the Old-road, Limehouse, were discovered to be on fire. The police constable on the beat was the person who ma , :e the alarming discovery. Having sprung his rattle, he set about awaking its inmates. After cenci derable trouble he accomplished his object ; and they at length succeeded in effecting a safe retreat out of the windows. Notwithstanding that the firemen exerted themselves to the utmost, they were unable to get the flames subdued until the shop was burnt out, the stock in trade, fixtures, and other effects consumed, and the remainder of the premises severely damaged by fire and The cause of the disaster could not be learned. water. CLERKENWELL.—Another fire took place the same morning, upon the premises numbered 38, Red Lion street, Clerkenwell. It commenced in the apartment occupied by Ur. J. Sheppard, newsvender. The whole of the furniture and wearin7 apparel,' with the window glass in the apartment, were destroyed. FIRE IN CHEAPSIDE CAUSED BY A RAT.—Between the hours of eight and nine on Saturday morning, the resi dents of Cheapside perceived smoke issuing from the premises of Mr. Joseph Baker, tobacconist, situate opposite Bow Church. Feeling convinced that a fire was burning within, intelligence was sent to the Watling-street engine station. In the course of a few minutes Mr. Superintendent Braidwood and three engines arrived. Upon breaking open the front door it 'was proved that about 5,000 fusees had become ignited, and there is little doubt if the discovery had not been so opportunely made, that the whole of the premises would have been consumed. As it was the fire was speedily extinguished, the damage not being very con, siderable. After the fire was got out, an examination was made to find out the cause, when it was found that a rat had worked its way from the bottom of the flooring, and had got amongst the fusees, when in nibbling them the friction had caused them to explode, and hence the disaster. INCENDIARY FIRE...—DOVER, OCT. 18.— Last night intelligence reached the town that an extensive 'fire had broken out, at six o'clock that evening, in the farmstead of Mr. William Nethersele, farmer, at West- street, a village, situated three miles from the town of Sandwich, and seven from Dover. The fire is said to have broken out in a barn, and in little more than a tarter of an hour to have communicated itself to three Other burns, three outhouses, and some stacks, all of which were totally consumed. Fortunately, its ravages stopped, as the dv;elling-house, stables, and several other buildings, were in close proximity to the burning pro perty. Three fire•engines were dispatched to the spot from Sandwich, but could not prevent the property which had become ignited from totally falling a prey to the devouring element. The conflagration presented an imposing spectacle, and its reflection in the heavens was distinctly discernible at Dover up to a late hour last night. Mr. Nethersole is reported to be insured' to the full. STOPPAGE OF TIIOROUGHFARES.—On Saturlay he Westminster commissioners of sewers stopped the lillowing thoroughfares for the formation of nevi ones Eury-street, Denmark•street ; all that part of Holborn between Oxford-street and St. Giles's Church, St. James's-place, and St. James's street. FLOODS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOCD OF TEM METRO POLIS.—The very heavy rains of the last few days, par ticularly the almost incessant deluge which commenced at a late hour on Saturday night, and continued with unabated force till past mid-day yesterday, have laid the meadows near the Lea deep under water, and have con verted that river into a mischievous brawler. In the vicinity of Waltham, where legendary lore has immor talised it in connexion with the heroic times of our his- .ory, its turbulent manifestations yesterday afternoon bes w pOke for it something of the olden Danisl spirit of turbulence and invasion. Here the various channels which tradition has assigned as the handiwork of our great Alfred, were swollen to complete overflow, and the water rushed down with the force of a mountain torrent. The road at Waltham Holy Cross, which several times passes across these channels, was in some parts flooded. All along the stream the meadows, particularly in the lower parts, bear evidence of the vast amount of rain which has lately fallen. Considerable apprehension was at one time entertained for the flocks pasturing there, but it is stated that little or no damage has been sus tained in this respect. The Mole, the Wandle, the ethoelpe, the Brent, and other home rivers, have also lost al, t e r et c , l h niet pastoral character, and for the "cerulean" HIDE 14,w grounds adjoining one resembling turbid pea soup. The .pa roining these streams are likewise flooded. -gravelled the Board of • K I T - Pedestrians across -Hyde-park owe ori gratitude for the formation of ; a third several well completed. One new o t o h tpaths, which have just been gat c e onnects the entrance in Pic cadilly with the Victoria- gate; aji te oth H er d the Victoria with the Grosvenor-gate 3 e 7 park Terrace gate with the bridge over the Serpentine. All these were much wanted, as was proved by the footwaws which the public made for themselves ; and it is only giving the au th or ities due praise for their consid era t en ess, thus - record their good deeds. INSPECTION OF THE CHELSEA OUT-PENSIONERS. The local companies of the Chatham division of Chelsea outepensionerswere inspected on Saturday morning, th e 17th inst. These veterans assembled at the invalid Depot, St. Mary's Barracks at ten o'clock, and they were formed into six divisions, whence they were marched on to Chatham Lines, where they were drawn up in line, and at eleven o'clock the Commandant of Chatham Garrison, Colonel Sir Thomas Wilshire, K..C.8., accompanied by his major of brigade, Captain John S. Wood, arrived on the ground. After going through various evolutions, the division was marched off to St. Mary's Barracks, when they were dismissed, Captain Jenkins complimenting them for the attention they throughout had paid to their drilling. The strength if this division is, 4 sergeant-majors, 16 sergeant's, 14 corporals, 10 drummers, and 228 privates, being an in crease to their strength of 22 since their spring drilling. Sir Thomas Wilshire inspected the stores during the day. The ground, although damp with the rains for the last week, was well attended, to see the novelty of these old soldiers. "2EE LATE VISCOUNT ALLEN.—The remains of the above nobleman n ere interred on the 22d ult., at Gibral tar, every respect being paid to the rank of the deceased. His Excellency Sir Robert Wilson, the Governor, and the officers of the different military depots attending the obsequies. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Gibraltar dis charged the sacred offices. lce see by the French journals that Mr. Lumley engaged Carlotta Grisi, soon after her return from Ire land, for the three years next ensuing. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT THE CAMDEN TOWN RAILWAY STATION.—On Saturday morning an accident of a most frightful character, and which it is expected will terminate fatally, occurred at the Camden Town railway-station, to a carman named J. Mills, aged twenty-three, living at 15, Peter's-lane, Cow-cross, under the subjoined particulars. It appears, that as early as between five and, six o'clock, the unfortunate man, with others, was engaged in moving luggage, &c., at the station, and whilst so employed, he by some unaccount able means got jammed between two trucks, and received such injuries as to render his immediate removal to the hospital necessary. He was placed under the care of Dr. Quain, the house physician, by whom it was ascer tained that the unfortunate victim had sustained a severe injury in the abdomen, besides other internal injuries, so as to render hit recovery doubtful. He remains at present in a very precarious condition. DINNER TO CAPTAIN ELLICE..--SOUTHAMPTON, SATUP.I)AY.—Last week a dinner of a very sumptuous description was given at the Dolphin Hotel by the officers of the Royal Mail Packet and Oriental and Peninsular Steam Companies, to Captain Ellice, R.N., who, for the last three years, has been stationed at this port as super intendent of the mail department. Besides the official gentlemen connected with the companies, Capt. Mangles, Captain Allen, Captain Hemsley, and other gentlemen to the number of 25, were present. Captain Richard Barton, superintendent of the Royal Mail Company, was in the chair, and Captain Sparkes, of the Peninsular Company, occupied the vice. After the usual loyal toasts had been drunk, the toast of the evening, that of " The Health and Happiness of Captain Ellice," was proposed, and that gentleman replied in a neat speech expressive of the pleasure he had always experienced in his official connexion with them. The social party en joyed themselves until a late hour; Captain Ellice, whose courtesy and urbanity of manner towards all with whom he came in contact during his residence here was conspicuous, leaves his post very shortly, and will be succeeded by Sir John Gordon Sinclair. ATTEMPT OF A PRIVATE TO STAB AN OFFICER ON CHANGE, AT LlVERPOOL—Yesterday afternoon the 3d Buffs were paraded on 'Change, prior to the departure of that fine regiment for Ireland ; and we regret to say • that a savage attempt was made on the occasion, by a private, to stab one of the officers. It appears that the private was drunk, and that on his arriving late was re primanded by the officer. Suddenly the fellow made a blow at the gentleman with his musket, but fortunately, by stepping back, the blow was avoided. Before, how ever, any one had time to interfere, the villain made an attempt to, stab the officer with his bayonet, which he fastened on the end of the musket. The blow was parried, and he was placed under arrest and taken across to Dublin with the regiment, where, no doubt, he will t. receive the punishment be so richly deserves. We re gret that such an off houid be committed, because the conduct of the 'regiment while in Liverpool was most exemplary , —,6ioerpool Journal of siturday. LITERATURE. THE TEMPLES AND TOMBS OF EGYPT; NUBIA, AN PALESTINE. 2 Vols. By Mrs. Romer. Already known as an observant traveller and as r picturesque writer by her work upon " The Rhone, the Darro, and the Guadalquivir," Mrs. Romer carries her own passport to public favour. To say that these two volumes are remarkable for purity of composition and for an intense appreciation of what ever is beautiful or admirable in nature and art is merely the utterance of facts which the most super ficial reader could not fail to recognise. This pro duction, however, claims attention on much higher grounds. In perusing its pages we not only find clever' delineations of scenery, shrewd observations upon a remote and extraordinary race, and sagacious reflections upon African and Asiatic society; but we find the work to possess infinitely nobler charac teristics. The authoress enters upon her pilgrimage with a foreknowledge of the wonderful regions in which she is about to make a temporary sojourn. She beholds a spot hallowed by some celestial reminiscence, and her mind is at once crowded with a thousand memories of the occurrences by which its very name has become a household word in every corner of the globe. She sees, for the first time, some 'other locality memorable for some deed of earthly great ness, and a flood of historical associations streams over the page upon which she is describing its appearance. This of itself would alone tend to render her account of the three renowned countries whit} she has recently visited, most welcome. But beyond these advantages, the writings of Mrs. Romer possess others. Ancient and modern authors appear to be equally familiar to her, and are referred to with equal felicity. The Book of Books and Ijiodorus Siculus are recurred to just when such a recurrence is most suitable in referring to the times of antiquity. Lane and ChateauVriand are quoted with similar felicity in relation to what may be termed contemporary days. While, however, we acknowledge the various excel lencies of these volumes, we must likewise observe that the subjects of which they treat bear about them selves a fascination which is altogether irresistible. Egypt, for example, is luminous with an historic glory, which perhaps no other country in the world possesses to such an astonishing extent. From the despotism of the Pharoahs to the benignant govern ment of Mohammed Ali—from the period in which the subjects of Cheops were engaged in fabricating imperishable structures in the wilderness, to our own age, when steam vessels are plying between the Nile and almost 'every European port—the soil of Egypt has been the arena of a succession of marvellous events. Not to journey back so far as the epochs when Moses vied with a necromantic priesthood, and When Joseph was its wise and salutary lieutenant, we discover the renown of Egypt in more recent times. Here it was that Thebes, with its hundred gates and streets of palaces, out shone all other 'cities ; here Alexander founded the great city which he intended to be the metropolis of the globe, and which was to perpetuate his name to posterity ; here Julius Caesar acquired a vast propor tion of his warlike glory, and became subservient to the charms of Cleopatra ; here Marc Antony, for a similar reason, " lost a world ;" here Pompey perished, and Cato committed suicide. We should, however, ex ceed all reasonable limits were we merely to enumerate all the facts associated with this region, of which the asetic labours of St. Jerome are not the least memo rable, when he was receiving the houseless patricians of Rome after the invasion of the barbarians. It is frpm the recollection of these mighty occurrences that Mrs. Romer's work possesses such an exceeding charm, and because, moreover, she revives most of those occurrences in her lucubrations. Everything in Egypt .reminds her of, or suggests to her reader some antique or modern glory ; the Nile, the peregri nations of Bruce; Aboukir, the heroic victory of Nelson ; the Pyramids, the wonderful prowess of Napoleon. In Palestine, again, the authoress is most fortunate in the subjects of her contemplation. Pales tine !—the most venerable region of the globe, the land trodden by the foot of Divinity. The sentiments inspired by the recognition of the different spots most renowed in the Holy Land are, worthy of her woman's heart. Her weeping on the threshold of Jerusalem, her awe on passing the valley ofJeremias, her profound feelings on the summit of Golgotha, everything is consonant with the s6ehe of the pil grimage, and everything fastens the attention of the reader, from page to page, from chapter to chapter, down to the " finis." It must not be supposed, how ever, that this work is altogether of a sombre or me lancholy cast, on the contrary it is as variable as the climate with which Mrs. Romer is most familar. Many passages are peculiar for their vivacity, as others are for their reflectiveness. We will transcribe from the first volume a narrative of very singular interest, and present it as a specimen of the liveliness of description and picturesqueness of detail for which Mrs. Romer is remarkable. The following is an incident in the romantic life of a Circassian slave, who under the auspices of Mohammed Ali was created a dignitary of Egypt, and is now governor of the upper portion of that country, under the title of Selim Pasha. As a mark of the Viceroy's regard the latter offered Selim a wife from his own harem, a young slave beautiful and accomplished. The offer is accepted. Selim makes inquiry secretly as to the personal ap • pearance of his future spouse. He is told that she was " beautiful in face and form young, gentle, and accomplished—that she wrote like an Effendi, sung like an Alme, and danced—not like a Ghawazee—but in the more graceful and less immodest fashion of Stamboul." Then follows the narrative in Mrs. Romer's language. " This was more than enough to inflame the imagina tion of the young man, and he became enamoured of the image described to him, and sighed for the moment that was to render him the possessor of such a treasure. " At last it arrived. The lengthened preliminary cere monies of Egyptian marriages, which generally consume several days, commenced and appeared eternal to the impatient bridegroom. The day of the bath, when the bride, accompanied by all her female friends, made her ablutions ; the day of the henna, when her hands were dyed, and that she received the wedding gifts presented to her by all her late companions, the inmates of the Pacha's harem ; the agreement pronounced by the bride and bridegroom on e i t h er s id e of a closed door, and witnessed by the Cadi, to take each other for man and wife—all had slowly passed by, and the long-sighed-for day, in the evening of which the bride is conveyed in state to her husband's house, was at length ushered in. The gifts prepared by Selim Bey for the fair Hafiza, consisting of diamond ornaments, cashmere shawls, pieces of gold and silver stuffs, mirrors set in jewels, costly perfumery, and a profusion of th e mos t d e li cate sweetmeats, were arranged in silver baskets, placed upon trays covered with scarlet cashmere fringed with gold, and a light veil of azure gauze thrown over them ; and were borne upon the heads of Selim Bey's slaves, in magnificent new dresses, preceded by a black eunuch on horseback, through the principal streets of the city to the bridegroom's house. This ceremony took place in the middle of the day, and it was remarked that never had greater splendour or better taste been displayed at a private . marriage : Some time afterwards Sehm Bey proceeded privately to his new residence, in order to be there to receive his bride. " A little before sunset the fair Hafiza was conveyed from the Pacha's hareem in the citadel, to her new home, attended by a number of female slaves, who were to form her household ; all mounted upon magnificent asses splendidly caparisoned, and escorted by her future guardians, the black eunuchs of Selim Bey. She was met at the entrance of the house by her husband, whose gallantry prompted him to pay her the honours reserved for princesses alone ; he lifted her in his arms from the saddle, carried her up-stairs to the hareem, and after depositing her upon the square of silver damask spread over the corner of the sofa, in a splendid saloon, pro. strafed, and f dn b g efo h r i e s p h ia e e r e , a h n y d h k er iss s e id d e, he h r e f e c a e g t. erly The i un fastened the circlet of diamonds that bound on the long scarlet cashmere which had hitherto completely concealed her form, face, and even her eyes, from his view ; and the envious veil falling to the ground, revealed to the happy bridegroom's gum loveliness which surpassed even the description that had been made to him of it, and which was enhanced by the emotion betrayed by the fair creature herself. 'ale and red by turns, her eyes cast to the ground, and trembling under the scrutinising glance bent upon her, she sat in silent fear lest the first view obtained by her of her husband had failed in engaging his sympathy. But the exclamation of admiration that burst from his lips re-assured her, and the rapture of the moment was rendered complete by Hafiza confessing that from the hareem lattices she had often contemplated Selim Bey, when he followed in the train of the Pacha, that in her eyes he had long excelled all others in beauty and grace, and that she knew, from the joy she had ex perienced, when told that he was to become her husband, that his image had long dwelt in her heart. " Never did Mahometan marriage commence under such happy circumstances—never before did such inter change of tenderness and sentiment embellish the en trance of a moslem bride into her husband's house. Their mutual vows were interrupted by Hafiza's slaves bringing in the nuptial repast ; and in conformance with Turkish usages, the bride 'arose and prepared to wait upon her husband as a handmaid, while he partook of it. The morose pride of Turkish husbands, and the inferior scale in which all females are classed by them, and which prevents their distinguishing between a wife and a slave, not only permits such a vi o l a ti o n of the laws of gallantry, but exacts that these services should be performed in silence ; and when the bridegroom has b rmtho e at e elk n she, ob t h.n h c,eo u wru s errve s he Ted, the bride is allowed to r e tire, and rest n a i s n t h d e a e n ss ie o re t o h rui e sm r eon r f o t s o r m ea fy . iSelime Something Bey,a w d e i d f h e e i d v h a t e l stowed upon him by the Pacha, forbade his complying with such a custom. He compelled Hafila to seat her self once more by his side, and while he selected for her the most delicate morsels from the luxurious repast that was served to them, their mutual confidences recom menced, made up of tender questions and avowals—the unwearying tautology of a new-born love which ap peared to them to be the precursor of a long career of wtiansi e he S r e n l , im an b d et wa hot:g a h n t s h w i e m re o d f , reciprocal affection. asking An H d a n ti o z w a f o w r h t e h r e e first he e l!andlthldas gaivneenwthtaadbeirftuha,iofonrbheetwetoeon, itnhe,C,EaLr.catchsisericasa.asmsi: was a Circassian ! and Selim tenderly clasped the fair band of his bride. " Did she know from what part of the country she came ?—She was but eight years old when she had been sold, and sent to Constantinople, but she still remem bered the place where she was born. and she named it. —The village inhabited by her family ?—She named it too. What was her father's name ?—Khosrew. What her mother's ?—Ameneh. " These questions had succeeded each other with in creasing rapidity, and every answer returned had ap peared to heighten the eager emotions of &dim. " Had she any brothers ? he continued with still deeper earnestness.—One. What was his name, and how old was he ?—He was called Halil, and he was an infant in arms when she had been sent from her country. " Selim appeared to breathe more freely. And had she never had another brother ? he resumed.—Yes, she had had an elder brother, named Schamyl, but she had no recollection of him, for he had been kidnapped shortly after she was born, and her parents had never heard of him more. " As Hafiza pronounced these last words the counte nance of Selim assumed a deadly paleness ; he gazed at her for a moment with wild and haggard eyes, then violently dashing from him the hand he held in both of his, he arose and rushed from the room. " Unable to account for the sudden frenzy exhibited by her husband, the trembling Hafiza followed, and funnel him in an adjoining chamber, leaning against the ‘iall for support, his face hidden in his hands. "' What means this violent emotion ?' she inquired, timidly approaching him. 'ls my Selim ill ?' " With a gesture of impatience he bade her begone. " Selina, you are angry with me,' she persisted, cast ing her arms round him ; how have I offended you, oh my husband ?' " He struggled to break away from her, but in vain, for his strength appeared to have abandoned him. Leave me; as you love Heaven !' he faltered in a tone of anguish. Hafiza, our dream of love is at an end— /am your lost BROTUER " God is great !' ejaculated Hafiza, shrinking back in consternation ; he has scattered ashes rpon our head, but he has spared us the commission of a dreadful crime 1' " The unnatural union was immediately - dissolved, and both brother and sister eventually contracted more fortunate marriages . Selim Boy in progress of time be came Selina Paela, and his long tenure of office as Governor of Upper Egypt, proves that to this day he continues to enjoy the favour of his patron, Mohammed A 1: This is precisely such a story as Lord Byron would have revelled in " singing in immortal verse." Mrs. Romer, we regret to observe, has her prejudices as well as most other people. Sometimes, too, she evinces an ignorance of history which is deplorable. She says, in vol. 11., p. 178, " Jaffa has been lament ably celebrated in modern times by Napoleon's butchery of his Turkish prisoners and of his own sick and wounded." It is absolutely intolerable to see this old blundering calumny revived again and again in just such a flippant sentence as this, after it has been extinguished on the most conclusive evidence. We cannot afford either the time or space to give a detailed refutation ourselves, but we confidently refer every one who is not already satisfied upon the sub ject to Hazlitt, to Montholon, to Rovigo, to O'Meara, to the MSS. of St. Helena, to W. H. Ireland, and a multitude of unanimous witnesses. Sir Robert Wil son and Mr. Goldsmid have long since been proved to be romancers ; and among our own countrymen, besides Ireland, O'Meara, and Hazlitt, the calumnies have been discountenanced by Mr. Warden andby Dr. Clark, of Cambridge. Mrs. Romer will then find that the French soldiers were not poisoned, and that the Arab soldiers were punished as they richly deserved. Before leaving this very admirable work, we must observe that it is embellished by several characteristic lithographic plates. Mrs. Romer has written a beau tiful book upon a magnificent theme. which aro introduced solely to be turned into ridicule, are the only portions of the piece which are not too dull to be even ridiculous. Let the lessee cut out all the taMee taMee, and trust only to the spectacle and ballet, and the piece may run, otherwise it will have a very short life, but by no means a merry one. As it is, the audience lr.st night not only passed judgment, bat seemed inclined to move for speedy execution. The house was crowded. MR. OSBORNE MARKHAM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV. SlR,—The distant friends of Mr. Osborne Markham must necessarily be deeply shocked by the paragraphs which have appeared in your paper of to-day and yes terday, and I trust that you will have the goodness to relieve their anxiety by stating that the occurrence in the railway carrage took place when he was in a state of del.rium from approaching brain fever, under which disease he is now labouring. Yesterday he was consi dered by the physician in attendance and myself as in imminent danger, but to-day lam happy to be able to pronounce him decidedly better. His escape from ex ternal injury may be deemed almost miraculous, for, with the exception of a broken leg and a few trifling cuts, he has not materially suffered from his perilous leap.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient ser vant, GEORGE HARRISON. 67, Brook-street, Hanover-square, Oct. 17. " THE GREAT BRITAIN. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING, OCT. 18, 9 A.M.— Just as we were about to dispatch our express for Lon don, the Nortern Whig of yesterday reached us, in which we find the following:— " The Great Britain remains in the same position (due west) she was in when I last wrote. The landing surveyor from the Newry Customs has been superin tending the landing of her stores for the last two days; and he has relaxed the rigidity of the Customs rules at first adopted, much to the comfort of all on board. The stores are deposited in the watchhouse of the Coast guard, very near where the vessel lies. On Thursday a party of gentlemen came from England who are in terested in the concerns of the ship, among whom was Mr. Patterson, who supeerintended her building at Bristol. _ _ _ " Mr. Gabriel, R.N., who assisted in bringing off the Gorgon steam-frigate when aground in 1845, has also been here for several days, examining the position of the vessel, and communicating with the agents and owners, with the view of undertaking to float her, which he ex - presses himself perfectly able to do, provided he is sup plied with the requisite materials and hands. He has made drawings and calculations, from which he feels quite sure of success. " Mr. Coppin, from Perry, who succeeded in raising the engines, &c., of the Rambler, lost on the Maidens, came here on Thursday, and had communications with Captain Hosken. All hands on board now muster about thirty five, but several are about to quit here tomorrow. Mr. Patterson examined her very minutely, and ex pressed his opinion that she had not suffered any injury at all likely to effect her being got off." THE WEST INDIA MAILS. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Severn, Vincent, commander, arrived at Southampton yesterday morning, after a rapid passage, bringing the usual mails, 20 first class passengers, 35 casks of coffee, 17 casks of ginger, 212 packages of pickles, &c., 58 bales of tobacco, 161 bales of sarsaparilla, and a small quantity of specie. Her dates are—Demerara, the 18th; Trinidad, the 20th; Barbadoes, the 24th ; Grenada, the 26th; St. Jago de Cuba, the 19th; Jamaica, the 23d; Jacmel, the 25th ; Porto Rico, the 27th; and St. Thomas's, the 29th of September; and Fayal, the 11th instant. From the various islands we have our usual files of papers ; their columns are chiefly occupied by articles and discussions on the New Sugar Duties Bill. Public meetings were about to be held throughout the colonies, and it was intended to memorialise the home Govern ment en their present critical position, and pray the adoption of the most stringent measures for the total suppression of slavery all over the world. At Trinidad a severe shock of an earthquake had been felt on the 6th of September, during the hours of Divine service ; it was preceded and accompanied by a rumbling noise ; the motion was at first tremulous, but ended with a violent vibration sufficiently strong to set the bells of the churches ringing. It lasted more than a 'minute. On the 13th a still more severe shock was experienced, and some part of the congregation in Trinity Church had a narrow escape of being killed by the falling of a portion of the building. Happily no serious accident occurred at Trinidad, but it was ru moured that Dominica and some other islands had sus tained serious damage from the earthquake and a hurri cane. Our papers from Barbadoes are to Tuesday, Sep tember 8. As they make no allusion to the earthquake of the 6th, we presume they did not feel it. The wea ther and the crops are favourably reported. The markets were abundantly supplied with every descrip tion of native esculents. Yams were at 2 dollars per cwt., and sweet potatoes 60 to 80 cents. The Colonial Legislature was adjourned to the 15th. The heat was intense, but the general health of the island was stated to be good. Arrivals from America have been plentiful. The quantity of sugar shipped to the above date has been 20,883 hogsheads, 1,267 tierces, 790 barrels. Rain fallen for the month, 6.47 inches. The exchange was 494 and 495 dollars for 1001. sterling at 30 days. Our latest dates from Tobago are to the 3d of Sep tember. The quantity of sugar shipped for the pre sent year from this island is 2,660 hogsheads, 332 tierces, 435 barrels, being a decrease when compared with last year's return of 968 hhds, 207 tierces, and 176 barrels. A corresponding decrease in rum and mo lassos is also reported. '1 he following translation of a late law of the Re public of Hayti, for the amendment of the navigation laws of the Republic, will be serviceable to such of our readers as may be engaged in the trade with Hayti:— , A LAW TO PERMIT FOREIGN AND HAYTIAN VESSELS ENGAGED IN EXTERIOR COMMERCE TO LOAD AT ONE OR ; MORE PORTS, AND TO ACCORD CERTAIN ADVAN- TAGES TO THE NATIONAL FLAG. The President of Hayti, with the advice of the Coun cil of Secretaries of State, has proposed, and the Senate, after the three prescribed readings, considering that it tends to encourage agriculture and commerce, to give facilities to the export of national products, considering also that it is expedient to accord certain advantages to the national flag, has enacted the following law : Art. I.—Foreign and national vessels trading on long voyages, after having effected in the port of entry an entire discharge of the merchandise destined for the country, are permitted to proceed to one or more open ports for the purpose of taking in such part or entire cargoes of produce as they may require for exportation. Art. 2.—The same vessels will be permitted to take in a cargo of mahogany at the port of the Great Salina of Artibunite, after having entered at an open port, where they will be measured and inspected. The Customs' dues shall be regulated according to the dimensions and full tonnage of each vessel at the rate of 500 feet the ton. They will be paid in the port of St. M Ar ark. t. 3.—Every vessel that shall go from port to port, in virtue of the first article of the present law, shall pay the following dues :- 1. Two hundred Haytian dollars for vessels of 150 tons and under. 2. Two hundred and fifty Haytian dollars for vessels above 150 tons to 200 tons. 3. Three. hundred Haytian dollars for vessels above 200 tons. Art. 4.—Haytian vessels built in the country trading on long voyages, or to the neighbouring islands, are ex empt from tonnage dues and other expenses of port or clearances. Art. 5.—A1l former laws and decrees contrary to the present law are repealed. Art. 6.—The present law shall be enforced by the Secretary of State of Finance and Commerce. Given at the National Palace, at Port-au-Prince, Sept. S, in the 43d year of the Independence. By advices from the Havannah we learn that the town was illuminated upon the arrival of the news from England of the new Sugar Duties Bill having passed ; and it was reported that 12 vessels were about to be fitted out to proceed to the coast of Africa. The price of slaves was said to have advanced 25 per cent. ; a boy 14 years of age; with good muscle, bringing readi l y in the market 400 dollars. The Severn had fine weather during the passage home. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 18.—THE MAILS.—The Gib raltar mail packet the Madrid, Captain Bingham, left the docks yesterday at 3 P.M. with the outward Peninsular and Mediterranean mails ; also 40 passengers and full cargo of bale goods. The Royal West India mail packet the Dee, Captain Allan, left the river yesterday, en route for the West Indies, &e., with the usual mails, a light cargo, and 104 passengers, among whom was the Bishop of Barbadoes and family and the Governor of Antigua. Her Majesq's steam-ship Cyclops arrived in the river yesterday with Lord de Walden and family from Lisbon ; which place she left at 11 A.M. on Monday last. The Cyclops, after landing his Lordship, proceeded round to Portsmouth. Arrival of mails :—The Oriental Company's steam-ship Queen, Captain Russell, from Gibraltar, arrived in the docks at 11 P.M. yesterday, and landed her mails of the following dates—Gibraltar, Oc tober 7th ; Cadiz, Bth; Lisbon, 11th ; Vigo, 13 th ; and Corunna, 14th. She has a full fruit cargo, and 25 pas sengers. The Queen spoke with the Prussian corvette lying at Gibraltar, with the body of Prince George, from Civita Vecchia. The Royal West India mail packet Severn, Captain Vincent, arrived early this morning, and landed the West Indian (not the Gulf) mails, which were forwarded by trains immediately , to London. Her dates are—Jamaica, Sept. 23 ; St. Jago de Cuba, Sept. 19 ; Demerara, Sept. 20 ; Trinidad, Sept. 19 ; Barbadoes, Sept. 24 ; Grenada, Sept. 26 ; Porto Rico, Sept. 27 ; St. Thomas, Sept. 29 ; and Faye), Oct. 11. The New Oriental Company's iron steam-ship Ripon arrived round from London this morning, and will start for Alexandria on the 20th, with India mails, &c. MAR FOREST.—Some days ago, as a youno man, from the parish of Abernethy, was crossing the hills on his way to a market at Braemar, and whilst witi2in some distance of Mar Lodge, he was met by thc Duke of Leeds's gamekeepers, and conducted by them — although much against his inclination —to the Lodge, where he was ushered into the presence of his Grace. The poor Celt was threatened with the severest vengeance,, and took his leave promising, almost upon oath, never to retrace the same path. The practice of annoying the enthu siast who seeks to admire nature in her wildest which his forms in t h a t sublimely beautiful p art of our country, Grace of'Leeds at present occupies, is bad enough ; but the interruption and dela y caused to a pedestrian on 1 business, unarmed and alene,is an actin quite unworthy of the dignity of a titled Nobleman.—lnvernesh Courier. [ The banking establishments in Sheffield have agreed to allow their clerks a half-holiday evgry Thursday. COURT CIRCULAR. - - - WINDSOR, SUNDAY. Yesterday the Queen and lirince Albert, accompanied by the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, walked in the morning on the terrace and grounds of the Castle. • Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Berkeley Drum mond and Colonel Seymour, enjoyed the sport of shoot ing yesterday morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their usual exercise yesterday forenoon in the grounds around the Castle. The Royal Family took a carriage airing in the afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, left the Castle yesterday. The Earl of Auckland also took his departure yesterday. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne :arrived at the Castle yesterday on a visit to the Queen. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback, attended by the Hon. Miss Dawson, Maid of Honour in Waiting, yesterday after noon. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Buckley and Colonel Seymour, also attended • on horseback. The royal dinner party at the Castle yesterday in cluded the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and the Hon. and R .v. C. Leslie Courtenay. The band of the Ist Life Guards attended during dinner. Her Majesty's private band was afterwards in attendance in the Castle. This morning the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service in the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Cour tenay officiated. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse, attended by Barone. , s Scheel, Sir Andrew Barnard, and Baron Meysenbuch, arrived in town on Saturday morning from Cashiobury Park, Hens, -the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Princess visited and in spected Westminster Abbey and the Colosseum. Her Royal Highness left town at four o'clock in the after noon by the London and North-Western Railway, for Watford, on her return to Cashiobury Park. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz returned to Kew on Saturday from Windsor Castle. OLYMPIC THEATRE. - ----- This pleasant little snuggery was opened on Saturday evening, by Mr. George Bolton, with a very strong com pany, including (in addition to the lessee himself) Mr. Henry Betty, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Leigh Murray, Mr. John Howard, Mr. J. Cowell, Mr. S. Cowell, Mrs. Walter Lacy, Mrs. R. Gordon, and several other ladies and gentlemen well known on the metropolitan boards. He has likewise engaged a nume rous corps de ballet. The piece chosen for the opening was the Hunchback of Sheridan Knowles, which was very strongly cast. Mr. H. Betty was the Master Walter, who has been practising assiduously in the pro vinces since his debilt at Covent-garden some two years since, and who is greatly improved since that period. His Master 'Walter is an earnest and a feeling performance, full of energy and vigour. It is certainly the best thing he has done yet. Mrs. B. Gordon's Julia is exceedingly beautiful ; she has studied the character, and understands it thoroughly. The simple trusting maiden of the first act, whose whole soul is wrapped up in Master Walter, was pourtrayed with a most touching simplicity, and then, when she finds that Clifford, believing her affected waywardness (for after all her waywardness is affected) to be her na tural character, casts her off, the intensity of passion which she exhibited was sublime. Very fine, too, was she in the scene in the last act with Master Walter, where her pride, completely subdued, she bids him find out some mode to escape these nuptials. Indeed, her delineation of the character throughout was perfect, and henceforth she takes her rank as one of the first tragedians of the day. She was loudly applauded throughout, and was, with the other principal artistes, called for at the fall of the curtain. Mrs. Walter Lacy resumed her original character of Helen, and acted as she alone can act it, for though others have attempted the part, Mrs. Walter Lacy still re mains the Helen unapproached and unapproachable. Mr. Walter Lacy's Lord Tinsel was admirable. It was worthy of Richard Jones himself ; and Wilkinson made more of Fathom than we have ever yet peen made of the character. His quaint stolidity told admirably in the part. Mr. Leigh Murray acted Sir Thomas Clifford carefully, and Mr. John 'Toward made a great deal of the bookworm Modus. The comedy was preceded by the following address, which was spoken by the lessee, Mr. George Bolton ; Ladies and Gentlemen — Pray tell your friends our little boat Is christen'd, launch'd, and now afloat, Bound for whatever haven you And they incline to waft it to. We'll try to speed it to sueces— Unto which end I now address All present, with solicitation, To aid us by your approbation. D'ye wish to know our claim to this? List. end I'll tell you what it is. Our boat is built of English wood, And manii'd by English flesh and blood ; Our rigging is of wisdom made, By the best workmen I the trade, Set with such judgment as alone Our mighty authors could have done; Our masts are of the strongest sense, Fix'd with most solid arguments; Our flag the name of Truth displays, Surrounded by poetic rays; Our anchor is determination, To keep in sight of honour's station ; Our rudder's your support, which, lost, The ship must be to ruin tost. And last, to tell with what we're stor'd, We nb bad feeling have on board, But bring, in perfect preservation, Peace and goodwill to all the nation ; We'd quarrel with no class of men— With us let no class quarrel then— But treat us as to what we do, Giving us help, if help be due; We need the breath of every one To urge our vessel safely on ; Ourselves will do our best to steer Of all the town's displeasure clear; The Scylla and Charybdis shun Of least offence to any one. This fortune, then, to us befal— But Hope's our grog—so " Ilcalth to all !" The comedy was followed by a new grand burlesque , of spectacle, Poe t ry , dancing. The h o e i and singing very, very bad. It is intended to satirise entitled dogsrei The sin g C in i g v m it'a si r e music, spectacle, and dancing were good. The cleggrel the prevailing taste for spectacle and ballet, but the ob jects of the, others aversion to the spectacle and ballet, THE ROYAL MARRIAGE in SPAIN. (From the Times.) MADRID, OCT. 11.—The Gazette contains a decree naming the Infante Don Francisco de Assis Field Marshal (Captain-General) in the army. It is dated the 10th. A chapter of the Order of the Golden Fleece was held last n;.Aht at the Palace, for the purpose of con ferring on thr. , , Duke de Montpensier the Grand Collar of the Order. The Duke d'Aumale acted as sponsor ; the Infante Don Francisco de Assis, his father, Don Francis() de Paula, and the Duke de Rianzares were pre sent as knights. A grand levee will be held to morrow at the Palace, at two o'clock. The Royal marriages were solemnized last night at the palace at the hour and in the manner described in my dispatch of yesterday. The Queen- and her sister were richly dressed in white. lion Francisco de Assis wore the rich uniform of a Field Marshal, which was understood to have been a present to him from the Queen-Mother. He was deco rated with the insignia of the Golden Fleece and the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. The Dukes of Montpensier and d'Aumale were dressed in the uniform of French Generals, and they. also wore the Collar of the Golden Fleece and the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. The Queen and her sister were given in marriage by their mother, and the same office was rendered by Do❑ Francisco to his son. The Duke d'Aumale acted as father to the Duke of Montpeusier. The witnesses on the part of Spain were, Cartanos Duke of Bailen, and the Dukes of Castroterreno and Rianzares; on the part of France, the Duke d'Aumale, M. Bresson, and Baron Athalin, Peer of France. The officiating prelate commenced his functions by saying—" Senora Donna Isabella if. of Bourbon, Catholic Queen of Spain, I demand of your Majesty, and of your Highness, Serene Sir, Dun Francisco de Assis Maria de Bourbon, Infante of Spain, in case you know of any im pediments to this present marriage, and why it could not and ought not to be contracted—that is to say, if there exist between your Majesty and Highness impedi ments of consanguinity, affinity, or spiritual relation ship, independently of those impediments that have been dispensed with by his Holiness—if you have made vows of chastity or religion—and, finally, if there exist im pediments of any other kind—that you forthwith de clare them. The same I demand of all here present. For the second and third time I make the same de mand, that you freely discover any impediment you are aware of." Al ter some moments of silence, no one replying, the Prelate addressed the Queen thus,—" Senora Donna Isabella 11. of Bourbon, Catholic Queen of Spain, do you wish for your spouse and husband, as the Holy Catholic, Apostolic, and Boman Church directs, Don Francisco de Assis Maria de Bourbon, Infante of Spain." The Queen kissed her mother's hand, and being again asked the same question by the Bishop, replkd, " Yes, I wish." He then said, "Does your Alnjesty give yourself as spouse and wife to his Serene Highness Don Francisco de ASsis Maria de Bourbon?" The Queen answered "I do. " Does your Majesty receive and accept the said In fante Don Francisco do Assis Maria de Bourbon for your spouse and husband?" " Yes, I receive and accept." The Bishop then addressed the Infante. " Most serene Sir, Don Francisco do Assis Maria de Bourbon, Infante of Spain, does your Highness wish for spouse and lawful wife Her Majesty Isabella IL of Bour bon, Catholic Queen of Spain, as the Holy Roman Ca tholic and Apostolic Church directs!" The Prince answered, " Yes, I wish." " Does your Highness give yourself?" &c. " Yes, I do." "Does your Highness receive and accept as your spouse and lawful wife Donna Isabella 11. of Bourbon, Catholic Queen of Spain?" " Yes, I do receive and accept." Then joining the hands of the Queen and Infante, and taking his crozier, the Bishop repeated in a slow and solemn voice— " And I, on the part of Almighty God and of the happy Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul, and of our Holy Mother Church, join in matrimony your Majesty Senora Donna Isabella 11. of Bourbon, Catholic Queen of Spain, and your Royal Highness Don Francisco de Assis Maria of Bourbon; and this sacrament of matrimony I confirm in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen." He then sprinkled holy water on the heads of the Queen and Prince, and performed the same ceremony —its words only varying according to the different ranks of the parties—for the Infante and the Duke de Mon tpensier. The newly married people retired to their apartments at eleven o'clock, Don Francisco taking an affectionate leave of his father and sisters, who left for their resi dence in the Retiro. A paragraph which occurs in the Ikraldo if this day, inst.rted perhaps with the intention of deceiving, would lead the public to suppose that the British Minister was present at the marriage ceremony last night. Mr. Bulwer was not present. There were partial illuminations last night. The public buildings, Government offices, and the houses of a number of the grandees were illuminated. The house of the French Ambassador, as a matter of course, was most brilliantly lighted up. It was remarked that the balconies of the Neapolitan Minister, Prince Carini, were quite dark—not a single torch or candle in the window. The balconies of the British Embassy were lighted ; but it was solely on account of it being her Majesty's birth-day. There were very few private houses illuminated. The ceremony of the velacion took place this day at the hour, and in the manner noticed in my yesterday's letter. The streets through which the procession passed were lined with troops from an early hour. There were one or two cries of " Viva el IVante Don Francisco" and " Viva (a Reina" heard. But, not withstanding the constant efforts of the Queen-Mother and the French Prince to attract public notice by bow ing, smiling, nodding their heads, Sec., no notice was taken of them ; nor were their salutes returned. In the passage leading to the chapel of Atocha, some well dressed people raised their hats as the Infanta passed. The Duke of Montpensier availed himself of the occa. sion to return the salute. It was, however, by no means intended for him, but only for the sister of the Queen. 'The procession returned from the chapel about three o'clock. The day was fine, notwithstanding a smart breeze. The troops looked well; and the hangings in the bal conies of the fine street o f Alcala had a gay appear ance. As far as the people were concerned, there were no signs of enthusiasm, nor anything approaching it. The Queen and her sister looked much as usual. A rumour has been in circulation here for the last three or fcur days, but which I have abstained, for ob vious reasons, from noticing before. It seems the cele brated physician, M. Orfila, who has been in Madrid for the last week or ten days, has been requested to give his opinion on the present state of the Queen's health, and as to the propriety of following the mode of treatment recommended by her Majesty's usual medical attendants, and heretofore practised with much advantage. It ap pears that M. Orfila, who is a distinguished member of the profession in Paris, recommended a total change in the treatment of her Majesty's complaint. This advice has not met with the approval of the Queen's physicians who have declared that if M. Orfila's system be adopted, they cannot answer for the result. One of them, M. Gutierrez, has actually resigned his place, as he refuses to sanction a mode of treatment which, in his opinion, may be followed by serious consequences. The presence of M. Orfila in Madrid at this moment of excitement, his French connexions, together with other circumstances not necessary to mention, afford occasion for a thousand stories and suppositions, which I refrain from alluding to more particularly. I am assured that a child of M. Bresson's, of the ma ture age of ten months, has been created Grandee of Spain, with the title of Duke of St. Isabel ! Who would not take up the trade of matchmaking at such a price ? It is said that about twenty persons were arrested yes terday—it is probable on some general charge of con spiracy, though some say they had formed a plot to break into the French Embassy. A good many groups of people were assembled last night in the neighbourhood of the Palace. They amused themselves by jeering at the servants and attaches of the French Ambassador, as they occasionally appeared at the windows. His Excellency's residence is only a few yards from that of the Queen. An unhappy individual was seen at the balcony, who was taken for one of the employes, and was consequently hissed. The fun rose higher when it was discovered that he was M. Bresson's cook, in white cap and apron. The crowd affected to believe that the worthy chef was the Duke of Mont pensier himself, and his Royal Highness became the subject of many a witticism of too liberal a kind to be alluded to more particularly. The Duke of Veraguas, Corregidor of Madrid,' has published a notice calling on all loyal people to exhibit as much enthusiasm as, possible, and to illuminate their houses. The illuminations will be repeated four nights. The Queen and her sister set out for Aranjuez to night. The Eco del Comercio was suspended to-day. It, to gether with the Espanol and Espectador, was fined 2,000 reels yesterday. OCTOBER 12. The Gazette of this morning contains the following decrees:— " Senora,—The constitution of the monarchy directs that the husband of your Majesty shall take no part in the Government of the kingdom ; but that regula tion does not prevent the person selected by your Ma jesty as your august spouse from enjoying the honours which are, as it were, annexed to the exalted position to which your Majesty his deigned to raise him, and which the reigning Queens of Spain have invariably conferred on their consorts.l " Your Majesty is, besides, empowered by the consti tution to grant honours and distinctions of all kinds. And for these reasons we have the honour to propose to your Majesty the following decree : "Senora, —At the royal feet of your Majesty, " JAVIER DE ISTURITZ, President of the Council and Minister of State. " JOAQUIM DIAZ DE CANEJA, Minis ter of Grace and Justice. " LOUVANO SANZ, Minister at War. "FRANCISCO Alt MER,O, Minister of Marine, &c. " ALEXANDItE MON, Minister of " PEDRO JOSEIIDAL , Minister of the Finance. Interior. " ROYAL DECREE. " By advice of my Council of Ministers, I hereby confer on my august spouse Prince Don Francisco de S IT N --.) / 1 " - r-J i rrft" ~ 0 otrii.!: Ai, ,_',‘ ', \:- f•.-, 4, k a Oct.obervll34kqt!' Dwlsittlniwz,,, . *te,- Prestaine-4- , iatmagetv.k?,- Assis Maria de Bourbon, the h with the style of Majesty. Iv " Given at the Palace this 10t1r (Countersigned) " JAVIEI " Minister o: the Coui " FOREIGN• OFFICE.-ROYAL DECREN. " Desirous of giving a public testimony of my royal esteem to Count Bresson, Peer of France, and Ambassa dor Extraordinary of the King of the French, near my person; and of perpetuating in his family the memory of the marriage of my beloved sister Donna Luisa Fer nunda, for the part he has taken in it as Plenipotentiary, I hereby grant to his son, my godson, Francois Paul Ferdinand Philippe de Bresson, the rank of Grandee of Spain of the First Class, trce of lanzas and medics anatas, with the title of Duke of Santa Isabel, for himself, his sons and successors in his house, male and female, born in lay , . ful wedlock. " Given at the Palace this 10th day of October, 1846. (Countersigned) " JAVIER DE ISTURITZ, Minister of State." Mary anxious eyes have been looking to the Gazette for some days past, in the hope of seeing a decree of amnesty there; or of mercy and pardon for those who are pining in dungeons, or eating the bitter bread of exile— but in vain. As yet not a word of hope is spoken. But what are the sighs of the exile, or the prolonged woes of the captive, in comparison with M. Bresson's child ! The wound of the country must be healed ; the hearts of an oppressed, an outraged, and a deceived people must leap with joy at learning that an infant of 10 months old—the infant of the French Ambassador— is created a Duke, and a Grandee of Spain of the First Class! The " eternal enemies of order," those who deplore the degradation of their native land, must be ununreasonable,ble, indeed, if th e y d o not b a il w i t h exultat i on this additional sign of a "new era of peace, order, and happiness." When the patriot Isturitz pronounced from the tribune of the Cortes those words from her Majesty's message, he must surely have thought of M. Bresson's child. The public buildings, and a few private houses, amongst which the most remarkable was that of the Marquis of Miraflores, were illuminated last night. There was a display of fireworks, which the Queen and Royal Family beheld from the gardens of the Retiro. There are some faint rumours of a change in the Ministry. Pavia is spoken of as likely to succeed Sanz in the War Department. lie was Captain-General of Navarre when Don Francisco was in Pampeluna with his regiment. Orlando is spoken of for the Finances, and Egana for Grace and Justice. Pavia is a worthy pupil of the Baron de Meer, to whom he was formerly aide-de-camp. his opinions are more or less those of his patron. Egana's absolutism is well known. It is the opinion of many persons that before many months ha'e passed over a completely absolute system—absolute in form, as it is now in fact—a ill be established in Spain, unless indeed some extraordinary events take place. The news of the revolution in Portugal was confirmed by to-day's post. The Herald() publishes a supplement expressly for the occasion. Its anticipations are high. " We cherish the hope," it says, " that very soon the Count Thomar will be by the side of the illustrious Mar quis of Saldanha at the foot of the throne of his Queen, to enlighten her with his counsels, and sustain it with his decision ; to protect it against misfortunes like the past, with his wisdom and experience. If this hope be realised, tranquillity will soon be re-established in Por tugal, and we shall have a motive the less to be unquiet respecting our own situation ; as—once established on solid and durable bases, the Conservative Governments in France, Spain, and Portugal,—we shall be able to present a formidable continental barrier to those who would desire to introduce in the bosom of our country the germ of those disorders that would destroy our peace, our prosperity, and our wealth." A grand levee was held at the palace to-day. The at tendance of grandees, military, civil, and ecclesiastical authorities, and foreign Ministers, amongst the latter of whom was Mr. Bulwer, was good. A number of persons are to receive titles; amongst them are said to be Senor Castro y Orozco, President of the Deputies; Donoso Cortes, the Queen's private se cretary ; Ariola, Fagoago, Carriquirri, Moreno, and others. Some of the officers of the household are to be created Grandees of Spain. The lady of General Nar vaez has been appointed one of the Ladies of Honour to the Queen. Gold Snuff-boxes have been presented to Arana, In troducer of Ambassadors, and other minor personages, by the Duke de Montpensier. Owing to the festivities, the Bourse remains closed for the next three days. M. PROCLAMATION OF THE QUEEN OF PORTUGAL. (TRANSLATION.) Portuguese,—The cries which from all sides daily reached my throne filled my heart with the most pungent grief, and my thoughts and cares of every mo ment were devoted to the restoration of public prospe rity, so violently shaken. Expressions of severity never issued from my lips, for that feeling is incompatible with the sentiments of ma ternal love which I nourish towards my subjects ; but at length, seeing the abyss into which the course of events was hurry ing the throne of my ancestors, the institutions founded by my father, and with the welfare and even the very existence of this nation, worthy of a better fate, I have resolved to set a term to so many calamities by interposing myself between that abyss and triumphant disorder. For this purpose, I have summoned to my councils men who, I hope, will aid me in accomplishing the ar duous task imposed upon me by my love for the noble people whom Providence has confided to my direction. The instructions which I considered I ought to give them are comprised in few words, and these I do not hesitate to repeat, feeling well assured that they will find an echo in every generous and faithful heart. It is not within the reach of human power to efface great events from the annals of nations. Whether jus tified on principle or merely admitted as facts, they must be recognised, and when they have attained an important magnitude, their consequences must be respected. Such was the popular movement which originated in the Minho, and which, altered and perverted, was re peated in other parts of the kingdom. The change which I have now made in the Administration, there fore, does not signify a reaction against that popular movement, but only against the excesses to which it sub sequently led. All that the people called for was the repeal of the tributary system and of the sanatory laws, as also the dismissal of the Ministers to whom they ascribed the sup posed vexations produced by those laws. Those conces sions were made and will be maintained. But the people could not wish that the code of their rights and liberties—that the talisman (sic) of a hundred fights—that the constitutional charter should be involved in the proscription; and so far were they from harbour ing such a desire, that, even in the very height of the movement, they constantly invoked and bailed the charter; and grateful, indeed, is this circumstance to my heart, which would have been severely pained to see ungratefully torn the sacred covenant that binds me to my people, and trodden under foot the greatest and best work of my lamented father, which he bound to the ex istence of my dynasty, and the name of which was united to mine in the mouths of those brave men who fell in battle to leave a legacy of liberty to this land. The author of the charter himself recognised in it the exigencies of time and experience; and time and expe rience have in fact shown that some of its provisions need revisal and alteration. I reject, however, au excess of authority which does not belong to me, nor will I by a simgle decree alter the fundamental law of the mo narchy. I shall, therefore, order my Ministers to pro mote that revision, but by the method which the charter itself prescribes. With full confidence in the virtues of the Portuguese people, I hope to see them rallying round my throne to aid me in consolidating the great work in which we are engaged. The day when I shall see the Portuguese family lay ing aside all former hatred and uniting, never again to be separated, will be to me the most glorious and memorable of my life. The whole secret of this de sideratum lies in the realisation of two great words— justice and duty. Let the empire of morality be proclaimed as the chief thing necessary; let principles which claim respect be no longer the sport of ambition ; let approved merit be the only title to preference ; let the most strict economy be established in every branch of the public service ; let all party distinctions cease ; let the faith of legal contracts be respected ; and no doubt a brighter day will dawn upon this heaven-favoured soil. It is my intention to send without delay to the several provinces, as my commissioners, persons who are zealous for the good of the nation for the purpose of collecting the complaints and representations of the people, in order that, taking them into mature consi deration, I may remedy such evils as may be discovered, and which my solicitude may not have been able to pre ♦ent. Finally,—it being my most earnest desire to repress all excesses, I wish it to be known that . the infl exi ble rigour opi nions,rigour of justice will fall, upon all those who, whatever may h to substitute the empire of terror shall attempt there will be no occa sionwithout distinction of per sons, x for that of morality. I trust that that, having once more sacrificed myself to the good s o n! sub.ects, I shall find in their loyalty and affection, to carry into effect this my fixed determination ; andt y i n th e j blessings of Providence, the only reward which I desire for my exertions. Palace of Belem, Oct. 6, 1846. (Signed) THE QUEEN. MARQUIS DE SALDANIIA. VISCOVNT OLIVEIRA. DON MANUEL DE PORTUGAL. JOE JACINTO VALENTE FARINHO. DRnnY-LANE THEATRE.—This house continues to be crowded night after night, to witness the charming performance of Madame Bishop. There is no chance of obtaining either a good private-box, or good seats in the dress circle, unless application be made some days before• hand. There has been no such decided hit since the memorable days of Madame Malibran. Lord John Russell will leave town on Thursday next, to join the distinguished circle to assemble .that day at the Marquis of balisbury's, to meet the Queen and her illustrious Consort. FATAL OCCURRENCE ON TIM DivEn.—Yesterday afternoan a party of children were proceeding up the river in a small pleasure boat, in the charge of a water man, when a lad fell overboard whilst attempting to reac some article out of the river. Every exertion was n. ad to save the poor little fellow, but w►thout the slighte st success. The occurrence h:„ , ppened a short distance abo We II