The Sun. — London, England, 1837-09-14 00:00:00

CORN AVERAGES - -- For ~(;11/4FERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, i,..„‘Tx.''..tVeek ended Sept. Cities, made up from the Returns of the m,i,er,iaoirsoi,ni the diftbrent and Towns in England and Wales, per B W a h rt eat ******* *** 5 " t ' 34 : 6d, 1 Oats ********* 935. 3d. I Beans ...... ...40s. Od. '5B. 11d. ey ......... :9s. Od. I Rye 34s 7d. I Pease Inr..ERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS Wheat.., .... Mi. 4fl. I Oats Bari 235. 10.1. Beans 40s. 4,1 eY ....... .. tPs. 3d R ye l6s. 3d. I Pease 375. 9d. DUTIXS ON FOREIGN CORN. 8V",eat....... 2Ss. Bd. I Oats ......... Ids. :d. .15. 6,4 ?mei'', ....... 19s. 10d. I Rye ...... .. 15s. 6d. I Pease .... l4s. 6d I Beans ... .. ........._______ THE MARKETS. -(THIS DAY.: WAY MARKETS. —(At per Load of 3 reuse%) CUMBERLAND. ,Xl, 5 to £4 10 Coarse heavy Lowlandlq d H y 4 5 a ttew Meadow ii e2 °W a 4 14 5 0 Useful Old DittoaY. '''''''' '''''''''' '''''''''' 7 -7 ... 5 5 5 1 ° Pine Upland ReadO; . .a.n.dit.; ****** ****************** 5 5 6 5 Clover,Hay ******** - . grass Hay Oat Straw ........ ...£2 4to .f. 2 ti 2 8 2 I Wheat Straw S MITHFIELD. .€4 Ca m ars " hiavY Lowland Meadow Hay 4 "gvir Meadow Hay 5 Useful Old Ditto 5 due Upland Meadow arid ne grass Hay lee Hay (extra fine ......£7 0 Generally •• ...... Ua► Straw ......... #2 4t , .£2 6 I Wheat Straw WHITECHAPEL. 5 to £4 15 5 5 o :i 5 ' 7 5 10 O 6 6 6 2 t i ~L 4 0 to £4 5 • 0 5 0 Neese Meadow Hay 4 4 1 0 4 13 Meadow Hay useflil old Ditto ............... .................. .......... ; 5 2 Vine Old Meadow and R Hay lr Hay ................................... ..... 22 2 4 Clove Straw ........... 18 to .f 2 0 Wheat raw COAL MAR Per Ten. C A ctair's .. . . ............... 20 0 her anfieldMoor. ........... 21 HebbuMain ..................... 19 6 Ord's r n Main .................. 21 6 Redhugh ................... 17 6 Wylaouth Hartley ............... 20 6 Willington ............... ..... ................ 22 0 LValls End Bell ;;;;1170;:n...... 2 1 6 " a ils End Beviicke and ... 21 6 WFall al ls End C lark and Co 19 3 walji sforth ............ 3 v:nd Heat0n....... . 0 Ships arrived since', .KET.— Sept, 13 Per Tan s. d. Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth I Walls End Northumberland Walls End Belmont • 2$ 6 Walls End Hetton 2l 0 Walls End Larobton Walls En 1 Russel's Hetton 24 0 Walls End Stewart's ....... Walls End•Hartlepool 24 11 iWalls End Butterknowl. l4 6 Walls End Gordan 2l 6 Walls End Tees 2'2 6 Walls End South Durham 2l 9 last market—day, 67 COUP_ CORN M _____ AAkter Quarter. m u ernlrlehZ tt ---- "" eF i dPert lree ce .rarin ,ster G uildf Healey Neretord •tlaider t h eatt ° M /leadinoUth 4 g s 4l , •iifire UX- I esbu bri dge W aq tage %O ri nst ....— w erees t er_____ ve , Per ~ he at Quart er . er ........... bite ... Ilan Red . ............ 7 .. ........... g. to s. 4 4 50 47 52 3 6 48 3 8 50 44 5! 35 46 3A 54 42 58 3 5 40 42 68 32 58 46 49 34 57 44 5 45 51 3 n 44 40 48 32 52 30 40 59 _..... 53 50 DURING THE WEEK. KET Barley. Oats. $. to s. I s. to s. 30 31 122 30 31 I 25 Ilea n s. 30 40 16 22 32 36 i 26 30 27 32 20 25 20 30 26 30 28 35 20 30 26 32 23 26 28 32 22 29 32 42 28 34 24 38 20 28 32 34 22 29 25 35 20 27 30 34 20 28 33 40 28 32 28 30 20 24 35 - 22 32 28 32 17 :78 24 34 20 25 27 34 22 26 - 21 22 36 30 32 rt- S. tO B. - 33 22 46 - 46 - 46 - , 43 - 34 44 3t 40 33 42 41 46 - 42 Pease. 8. ta a - 40 34 33 - 42 33 42 36 4 - 35 33 48 4(S 48 LEWES MARKEL—Sept. 12. s. d. to s. d. Per Quarter. s. el. to 8 cl. 56 0 6,1 0 Oats 2l 0 22 6 50 0 58 0 Pease 32 0 36 0 40 0 43 0 Oil Cake...lll. t's. per Thousand. _____ ~.."n Pe r Bushel. CHELTENH A M MARKETS. a. d. to s. 41 Pet lb. d. to d at .. 7 Marie.... ................. 6 6 7.76 Beef 9 Oat i ! .... .............. 3 6 4 0 Mutton atan_.. ........... 7 ; .......... 3 6 4 0 V eal P eas : . .. .................. 5 3 6• Po r k 7 8 .................... 4! 68 Lamb II 9 Hay : to 6/. 103. Od. our ton. MARKET.—Sept. 12. .... w heat, Old HULL 525. 545. 58s. New 46 s . Ns. 54s " „------ Foreign —B. —B. —B. In b on d... —s. —s. — B. it% Poland ."---- Small or Feed.... —s. 16s. 18s ;Zs— Foreign —s. —s. S. ... .S. •• - s. — a• .:laarley, Norf & Suf —s. —s. 325. Linc. & Wold —s. 28s. 325. ;12e"----..... Foreign t., .- d• ' - '• —2. anS ... .. ... .. .. ... 325. aft. 483. Foreign ...... ... —s. —s. --s. !ease. White . .... ". ..... " - 445. 455. 465. Grey 32s :.16s. 40s. ?ease. .......... .. ..... 345. —l. 40s. Foreign 365. 38s. 4Cs. 'a P t lefli. In bond none Free, per last 271. 284 Os. rto YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) fro m I AL SEPT. I3.—WA r rived the Bonne Mere, fr og l t be 13.—Wind! S. W.— raerara ; Elizabeth, f ro m G rena d a ; C um b er l an d , to •` New Orleans ; and Marquis of Chandos, from Glasgow, John's, New Brunswick. 1, 1 4 .krtz. , ,m, SEPT. I3.—A rr i ve d t h e F ame, from R i ga. fro 44 GaTa, SEP T . 13.—Arrived o ff port the St a ti ra , B a k er , ; J amaica ; and Grant, Sayers, from St. Vincent. A PaTsmot.TTn, SEPT. 12..--Wind W. S. W., blowing h ar d.— i i• t r vett the C a l cutta , W y b urg, from Virginia. Off port, the 8 1 t, Reathc o t e , f rom Ri o Janeiro. f t 4411 0EOSS SEPT. 13.—Arrived the Speculator, C orne b y , ab a onega. th ' 4lll otPrlt SEPT. 12.—Wind W. S. W., gales.—Arrived %Lima Breeding, from Odessa. frp .4lll3 To ' l, SEPT. 13.—Arrived the Princess Charlotte, Pike, -x,41 Jamaica. SEPT. 12.—Arrived the Hibernia, Donalide, 7 1 St. John's, New Brunswick. fr o ntaeooL, SEPT. 12.—Arrived the Manchester steamer, Cadiz. Off port—the Mary Somerville, from Calcutta ; Johnstone, from Aricata ; and British King, Quebec. tt'rOCETON, SEPT. 12.—Arrived the Barrington, Hudson, l i t t St. P e t ers b urg b ; Siberia, —, from Memel. het'LL, SEPT. 13 . —Arrived the Ulysses, Pratt, from Que- Rob Roy steamer, from Hamburgh. htmßEß.—Arrived William the Fourth steamer, Hamburgh. R a awicx, SEPT. '.—Arrived the F ame , H arrower , Ri ga . CL SEPT.3.—Arrired the Castor, S m ith, f ro m TD • "ago dit • . e, C uba. 12.—Arrived the Mount St. Elphinstone, Parker ni Bombay; Vigilant, —, from Demerara; Mary bad from Demerara; Catherine, Potter, from Grc- Qair a ' f r j°h n „ Peat, - , from Quebec; and Esther, Sin p' fr om Archangel. ENTL AN r A • d the Bloom , Laing, from St. •et , D , RITII.-- MVC ktr e! : °llr gh ; Mary Swan, from St. Petersburgh ; ret, Littlejohn, from Riga Heard, from Riga. fro,„l3l,,ItbEEN, SEPT.ll.—Arrived the William Simpson, —, 't• Pet b L tiT ers urg,,. R, SEPT. 12.—Arrived th e Mi gv i e , R enne l , Li s b on. steamer ' f rom It_l.rnou'ru, SEPT. I3.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Shannon eq S EPT. °C CESTER, S EPT . 13. Th e Cato, from Quebec, has tott' fellest d theraine pier at Sharp ness , an d d oes not appear to b e d. a The 0- ----- driv en --' u eeor de Lion, f rom Li verpoo l to Montreal, was oti ll' t h ell e O n shore near Dandrum Harbour durin g a heavy gale, ishore n ight of th e 10 t h instant—part of the cargo washed on Itst llle ePhia, from Ostend to Faro, was on shore near Rams ,reirsterday, after being assisted off the Goodwin Sands. Rams the e Intrepid, from Newcastle to Rouen, i . m. into Wh . ithy, r I°th instant, with damage, having been in contact with a e ssel, lelassats SPOKEN WlTll.—Mary, from Leith to Mauritius, 19 t i; Wt., lat. 15, long. 23; Amity, Mauritius to Lond on , l etat • I ' l t., lat. 21, long. 9 9; and Victoria, Bristol to Ca - 1 4 % 31st ult., off Fayal, by the Corn, Turner, arrived , at lor,,el'Poal. Jane, Trinidad to London, 14th ult., lat. 29, of l' . . 62 , by the Trinidad, arrived at Liverpool. Rob Roy, list,PerPool, for NnT York, lat. 36, long. 46, by the [ll - arrived at Milford. LIVERPOOL SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Win d E. S • Wednesday, S e p t . 1 3, 1837. E. —High Water, i past 8. tii SHIPS ARRIVED. 1,,„211. Ellison, from Exeter; Marianna, Taylor, Yarmouth; ii,'''')nd, Owens Newport • Churchill, Williams, Towcy, 11°4-(l444"linson, Owens, ; ' Robert Napier, Coppin, Lon- I t'tit r Y ~* Glasgow Hutchinson, Dundalk ; William Turner, 14 1)e. 1, 11 ' . " °rn baY ; Trinidad Packet, Griffiths, St. Vincent ; , 41 t 5 1 " •ester, M'Kellar Cadiz and Lisbon; Chieftain, Connor, ill°t e; and Zion, Odessa, at Falmouth. 111 1.4 ~NTE RED FOR LOADING, SEPT. 13. 4,64;qhipaferr o , R ugger, for Gibraltar; Dumfries-shire, Cowan, Elizabeth, Wood, Odessa; and Jane, Percey, St. New Brunswick. I:i\llVriiiberreorLeeE, AR E D OUTWARDS, SEPT. 13. Harrison, for Maranham ; Westmoreland, 1 1 . ,'14: t i t i Halifa x ; Clarissa Andrews, Thompson, New York ; Vi, 4 in 4 'ua , , .„ narker, and Luffer Fresina, Potzer, Rotterdam; Woo ' L'ssan, Hamburgh ; Stirlingshire, Browne, Monte Ttl o I. Lanark Si son Halifax ; and Union, Vander 1 Ostend. ' mp ' L l ,, orth s G, SHIPS SAILED, SEPT. 13. p ON 1 ; 4) ; A-i l en, for Gibraltar; Indian, Borth wick. . ernam- Auriana, Jones Berbice ; Catherina, Si'2,a, Hamburgh ; s ‘.t 'gq'' ll ri, Ca‘ 1 'L. • Mona G' l ii Mauritius, 111 h ia, ti ' -e.y, Lisbon , . , , , &c. ; 1 , 9 4 4 , 0 °eh, Rotterdam ; Brimd, Groom, St. Thomas; - h9 r , is:1) Gibraltar. not any LTelegraphic communication, 1, W I VE , It p n __ :11 e gitv e .- ''o L COTTON-MARKET, SEPT. 13. <,4 ( 1 Y(te n i "gai to report a very quiet day in the trade.- 108' 16, 0 4 at the business transacted has been small, only tits basi n b • l'•- - • ‘rid i... .g een sold but srthexcepti on of mid. 1 oilry,stogrrertor American, wil. ; have declined i t d. per ' 'tars quotatio;„ weirs firmly maintained. I`o,ll°aThlode- --"------- 4 tie h , 4 , wiee b'Urville sailed on the 7th from le h " t 'lla d;" the AstrNlabe and Zelee, on a voyage of svNt p ,eeov ery. By speojui or d er o f th e King he is 4 4, ate nearer to the south pule than has yet been lib 1 %, VI, qj i r , 1 11 4‘ 4 , 1 1 liejer waling, a schoolmaster of Macclesfield, ‘ l , N 7 t i te i -. l; e th at t it person named_Reddon had insulted his li'4 %la o r der o the house of a neighbour .. wherehe t,Oeltint,for expostulate with him. Whilst Wal i n g Odtin Pt ition • " t. -"' '' r tilddon's coming home, he got into a most 14:::r , rectl , 's , . Which increased to so great a degree on e.444:.reavroaisrinntcalet,:gttl: at he sunk back in a chair and ex eo Died b . e quest w . 1 tiri e . Y t h e . , .45 le God" the body, and .. a r ver , dt_ c et ei o d f 1 , 7. of returned.—maccie.y, D 1 aY m • ~ 4.e, C hels e • , as r. M Henry Hewer, of Ma -1:11 h e g ede n i ) , 3 a, Was riding along Sloane -street, the ani .4'ecLad with s tumbled ' and threw Mr. Hewer forward- on . 1 , tiis life violence that his skull was severely frac- Quell tp, t. crier have f 4. e b i. , e . , r _ h _. n spaired of N 4 r Othe rs p • v tiavre, IL n 4 prop ose d f or th e ra il roa d from Rouen to Dieppe. .~.~ VVINDSOR-WEDNESDAY. The Queen, the King and Queen of the Belgians, at tended by the Marchioness of Tavistock, the Countess de Merode, and Lord Alfred Paget, left the Castle this morn= ing for Claremont, where the loyal party Intended Spending the day, and afterwards Petothi b: in the evening to the Castle to dinner, The Duchess of Kent remained at the Castle, as her Ma jesty Queen Adelaide was expected, but she did not come. The dinner party, yesterday evening, consisted of the Queen, the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Duchess of NW, the Marchioness of Tavistock, Marquis of Co nyngham, Lord Lilford, Lady Ch a rl o tt e C op l ey, L a d y Mary Stopf or d, E ar l or Roscommon, Marquis of Tavi stock, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, Lord Gleneig, Viscounts Palmerston and Melbourne, Miss Mur ray, Miss Leicester, Hon. C. Murray, Miss Cavendish, and the rest of the suite. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Cambridge returned to town on Tuesday evening. At ten o'clock yesterday morning his Royal Highness, attended by Colonel Keate and Captain Ste phens, left Cambridge House, Piccadilly, for Dover, where it is expected his Royal Highness will remain some weeks. Viscount Palmerston returned to town yesterday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Dispatches from Major-General Sir W. Nicolay, Governor of the Mauritius, were received yesterday, at the Colonial Office. M. de Bourqueney, the French Charge d'Affaires, trans acted business yesterday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE CHANGES. Lord Heytesbury for Heytesbury, in Wiltshire; Mr. Hans Busk, from Tunbridge Wells, for Glenaldor, in Rutland shire ; the Hon. Charles Lennox Butler for Pengelly House, in Hertfordshire; Lord Hawke for Womersley House, in Yorkshire; Baron Gersdorff on a tour; the Hon. Colonel Lygon for Spring Hill, Broadway, in Worcestershire; Col. a..d Mrs. Lines for Brunswick -terrace, Brighton ; Mr. Peter Labouchere for the Marine Parade, Brighton; Jas. Bennett, Esq., Mrs. Bennett, and family from Marshall Thompson's Hotcl ; Miss Chauncey from ditto; James Rolland, Esq., Adam Rolland, Esq., and Miss Roll an d f rom di tto; Mrs. Cuthbert from ditto ; N. B. Edmondstone, Esq., and family from ditto. ARRIVALS. The Rev. N. Toke and Mrs. Toke at Marshall Thompson's Hotel; John F. Schroder, Esq., at ditto; the Rev. John Fellows, jun., at ditto; Major R. Jebb, in Charles-street, from India ; the Rev. John Fellowes, jun., at ditto ; the Hon. Capt. Macdonald, at Mivart's Hotel, from Windsor; Mr. J. J. Carr, at ditto, from Vienna; Mr. and Mrs. Randolph, at ditto, from their seat in Cambridgeshire; Mr. and Mrs. Dick enson, at ditto, from their scat near Tiverton, Devonshire; Mr. Hubert Galton, at ditto, from his seat, Warley Hall, Salop ; Mr. Henry Aston, at ditto, from Windsor. DEPARTURES. Baron de Haber, from Mivart's Hotel, for the Grand Duchy of Baden ; Mr. and Mrs. Bourke, from ditto, for the Palace Killala, their scat in Ireland ; Mrs. Morrice and Miss Caven• dish, from ditto, for Ireland. H E is ixcellency Baron Bulow has arrived at his seat, Teyel, near Berlin, where his family reside during the terrible ravages of the cholera, which has produced more deadly effects this year in Berlin than on its first appear ance, two or three years back. Baron Bulow will return in November, unless promoted to a higher office in the inter nal administration of the country. General Sebastiani, already much improved in health, has returned to Paris, in full vigour of mind and body. He was with the King, his master, at Com piegne ; he will return to his embassy on the sth of Oc tober. Another eminent Corsican diplomate, Count Pozzo di Borgo, who happens, so singularly, to be the col league and rival of his c ountryman in London, had also returned from the waters, rid for the present of the gout. He is expected in six weeks to come, and relieve Count Kisselef, the present Charge d'Affaires of Russia at the Court of St. James's from his charge. His Serene High ness Prince Esterhazy has arrived in Vienna, and after vi siting his Imperial Sovereign, and Prince Metternich, is expected to spend three or four months betwixt his beau tiful chateau near the Austrian capital and seignorial resi dences in Hungary. His Serene Highness's youngest daughter, l a t e 'y marr i e d to a no bl eman now in command of a regiment on the frontiers of Poland, is expected to come and pay a visit to England next season. The King of Hanover was expected in his capital on the Bth ; after a short stay there his Majesty will pro ceed to Gottingen, to be present at the rejoicings on the occasion of the secular jubilee of the University. His Majesty the King of Bavaria arrived at Bechtesgaden on the 30th ult. His illustrious relative': the Dowager Empress of Austria, had arrived there on the preceding day. The Emperor and Empress of Austria were to leave Ishl on the 2d inst. for Mariazell. All the Prelates of Austria had already arrived at that place of pilgrimage, to assist in the religious solemnities to be held there during the stay of their Majesties, on the 6th, 7th, andBth of Sep tember. On the 18th the Court was expected to arrive at Schonbrunn, to pass the autumn there. The Duke of St. Alban's, attended by his surveyor, inspected the state of his mansion in Piccadilly on Monday last, preparatory to the intended improvements. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford and family in tend leaving The Doune, in the Highlands of Scotland, about the 10th of October next ; and are expected to arrive at Woburn Abbey about the middle of the month. The Earl and Countess of Munster returned to Belgrave-street on Monday last, from a visit to the Earl of Egremont, at Petworth, Sussex. Lord and Lady Wriothesley Russell arrived at Bed ford House, in Bclgrave-square, on Monday last, from Chenies, in Bedfordshire. M. Odillon Barrot arrived at Mannheim on the 3d inst., from Baden, and set off again on the following morn ing for Belgium. It is confidently reported that Lieut. W. H. D--ff, of the 21st Fusiliers, is about to be united to the accom plished, beautiful, and wealthy daughter of a sporting Baro net, residing not a hundred miles from Grosvenor-square. The Postmaster-General has lately caused the two dials of the great clock at the Post-office to be illuminated. There was nothing new at the Haymarket Theatre last night, if we except the novelty which Mr. Power im parts to every repetition of his favourite characters. His Irish Ambassador, and his 111'Shane produced roars of laugh ter from first to last. Grisi gave a concert at St. Leonard's, on Monday, for the benefit of the St. Leonard's National Schools, which was attended by all the rank and fashion sojourning at that watering place. Buckstone, Dowton, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam, are un derstood to bs among the new engagements at Drury-lane for the approaching season. The Duke of Bordeaux has been at Vienna since the beginning of August, a circumstance which has not failed to afford matter for much comment. 'We are assured, however, that the Prince has, during the whole of his stay, preserved the strictest incognito, and has seen very little company except that of the French nobleman at whose house he has been residing as a guest. Among the presents of the Emperor of Austria about to be sent to the Sultan is a valuable collection of mathematical and optical instruments, and some very fine models (with a full description of their use) of many of the newest inventions in the art of war. As the King and Queen of Bavaria and the Dow ager Empress of Austria were driving out at Bechtesgaden, on the 3d instant, the horses took fright on a bridge over a forest steam. The ungovernable animals had already ;Token the aide-railing of the bridge, and the carriage would infallibly have been precipitated into the water, if a hussar in attendance bad not had the presence of mind to cut the traces. The Minister of the Netherlands and Madame Dodd paid a visit last Monday to the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, at Bushy House. His Excellency, it is reported, will Shortly take a trip to the Hague. Mr. and Lady Georgiana Codrington have arrived at Paris, from the South of France. The Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P., is receiving a select circle at his seat, Invereshie, in Aberdeenshire. Capt. Ellice, eldest son of the Hon. Member, has purchased of the Duke of I3eaufort the fine mansion late in the occu pation of Lord Alvanley, in Park-place. A new spacious chapel of ease to St. Andrews, Holborn, is now in rapid course of substantial erection ad joining th e b ur i a l groun d o f t h at par i s h, i n Gray's Inn road, having a frontage to the latter. The Impresario and excellent musician Puzzi, with his co-lessee, Mr. Mitchell, are expected daily in Paris. They have made a most prosperous tour through the great towns in the north of Italy. They are said, among others, to have secured the services of the famous Taccani. Mr. Rodwell has just finished his new opera for Covent-garden. It is to be called Mathilde. The prin cipal characters are to be supported by Miss Sheriff, I\l. Wilson, and Mr. Phillips. A correspondent has furnished us with the opinion of an able Counsel on the subject of unfounded objections to the right of voting for Members . of Parliament. The Counsel is of opinion that where the objection is obviously made for the purpose of annoyance, the voter has a cause of action on the case. Where men of straw are put for ward by the Tories, the members of the Associations ap pointing them will, of course, be looked to.—Aforning Chronicle. 111 E IN, LONDON, lin URSDAY, SEPTEMBER LI, 18: COWES-WEDNESDAY ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON. " ISLE OF WIGHT PARSONS." Sailing from Southampton to Cowes, as the young flood was making against us, to avoid it our vessel skirted along the edge of the mud, which runs out to a great distance along the western shore of the river, and into the solent to the south, near Calshot Castle. I noticed several very large black birds busily employed in the shallow water and pools on the mud. Passing very near two of them, I enquired of one of the sailors what they were ; he said they were " Isle of \% Parsons." As this seemed to me a cu rious name for a bird, and one I had never heard of before, I asked why they were called so, and if they had no other name ? He told me that some people called them " Cor morants," but that the first was the most common name, and that it was given them by the fishermen, in conse quence of the vast quantity of fish and spawn they de stroyed--indeed they were their greatest enemies. —From the Jou-nal (f a Bag Man. A young woman, nursemaid to a lady residing at Moir',. Library, was on Friday taken before C. B. Roe, Esq., one of the Magistrates of the Isle of Wight, on a charge of stealing a muslin collar from the shop of Mr. Wm. Put tick, draper, of this town. By the evidence of Mr. H. Butt, one of Mr. P.'s assistants, it appeared that the col lars were in a basket near where she stood. She was not seen to take it, but a part of it was seen under her hand kerchief, which she held in her hand on the counter, and which she took an early opportunity to put into her pocket. She was allowed to go out of the shop, then called back into an inner room, where she denied the charge, took her handkerchief from her pocket after some opposition, and the collar was eventually found on the floor near where she was standing. On this evidence she was committed to Winchester gaol, and the parties bound over to prosecute. Her master gave bail for her appear ance at the sessions, as he stated that she had lived seven years in the family, and that he had never before heard a word against her ch arac t er . H er mother and sister were also in his service. Mr. P.'s assistant informed the magis trate that they had repeatedly lost articles, and that this was the third case they had detected within a few days. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. THE ST. LEGER. it to 2 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirus—offered 6 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff—offered 6 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mango—freely offered 7 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Henriade 10 to 1 agst Mr. Heseltine's Slashing Harry—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's A l ahometan—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. S. Fox's The Doctor—taken freely 18 to 1 agst Mr. Fairlie's Abraham Newland 25 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Egeria—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Dardanelles 33 to 1 agst Mr. Golden's Robin Hood colt—offered The offers, this evening at a late hour, were to back the field against three. At a later hour than usual, the highest offer on the field for the St. Leger was 5 to 1. Henriade retrograded to S to 1, laid in scores; and, afterwards, 200 to 20 was taken by the same gentle-. man. There appeared an improvement in The Doctor. Offers were made to back Slashing Harry against the Duke of Cleveland's colt.-4 to lon the field for the Doncaster Cup, freely offered. LICHFIELD RACES.— TEINSDA Y. The Staffordshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft. , and 5 only, &c., with 50 sovs. added. Two miles. Mr. Garrard's b. c. Cornborough, 3 yrs I Lord Bagot na. br. c. Heron, 4 yrs 2 Mr. E. Peel's br. h. Morrison, 4 yrs 3 The Members' Purse of 50 sovs., with a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each added. The second to receive 20 sovs. Two miles. Mr. Day's ch. c. The Drummer, 4 yrs S. Day 1 Lord Chesterfield's b. f. Vacuna, 3 yrs Mr. It. Peel na. b. f. Cantata, 3 yrs Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. heats, one mile. Mr. Fowler's b. m. Mersey, 4 yrs Calloway 0 1 1 Colonel Anson's br. f. by Tramp, 3 yrs • Mr. E. Peel's ch. f. Post Haste, 4 yrs Mr. Crutchley's b. c. His Grace, 3 yrs Mr. Hicks na. b. m. The Queen, aged Mr. Mackercth's b. f. Creusa, 3 yrs A 8 HFORD RA CES.—WzDxEsDA v. The Town Plate of 50 sot's. Heats, two miles and a distance. Mr. Shelly's ch. h. Reuben, 4 yrs C ooper 1 1 Mr. G. Cobham' s c h. h. Whalebone, 4 yrs 2 2 Mr. llodges's gr. f. Swan, 3 yrs Mr. Saour's b c. Bob, 3 yrs The Ripon Stakes of 3 soys. each, and 35 added. Heats, two miles and a distance. Mr. Shepherd's gr. c. Jim Crow, 3 yrs ...E. Hawkins 1 1 Mr. Carter's b. g. Pumpkin, aged 5 2 Mr. Rogers's ch. h. Cicero, 4 yrs 3 3 Mr. Ash's b. f. by Theodore, 3 yrs .. Mr. Hodges's gr. f. Swan, 3 yrs... 2 0 4 dr ABINGDON RACES—WED:VP-7Sn.! r. The Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. Last mile. Mr. Rawlinson's ch. c. Chadlington.. Mann 1 Mr. Wreford's br. f. Madastra The Cup, by subs. of 10 sovs. each, second saves his stake. 4 Heats, about a mile and a half. Mr. R. Palmer n. Lucifer, 5 yrs Macdonald 0 1 Mr. T. Houldsworth's Felix, 5 yrs. Mr. W. S. Blackstone n. The Skater, 4 yrs. 3 dr. The Holme-park st a k es o f 10 sovs. eac h , h. ft., with 20 added. Heats, the Abingdon course. Mr. Worth's Barney Bodkin, aged .. Dixon 5 1 1 Mr. C. Finch's Oberon, aged Lord Abingdon n. Mad of Hampton, 3 yrs 2 dr Mr. Duffield n. Rambler, 6 yrs. ...... .............. .... Mr. T. T. Morland n. Doncaster, 3 yrs. ... .... . Mr. Pusey n. Sister to Desperate, 5 yrs. The Old Berkshire Hunt Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft. Heats, two miles. Mr. King's Victoria, 4 yrs Capt. Faillie's Don Sebastian, 6 yrs. Mr. Munro's Harold, 5 yrs Mr. Foster's Village Lass, 3 yrs. The Yeomanry Plate, with 50 sovs. added—heats, the Abingdon Course —was won in two heats by Mr. Myre's Romantic, 5 yrs (owner), beating Mr. Matthews's Vandyke, aged, and two others. LEICESTER RACES—WEv.vEsDAr. her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Thrice round. Mr. Bird's b. c. Redshank, 4 yrs Duke of Rutland's b. h. Florestan, 5 yrc Lord Suffield's ch. h. Turban, 5 yrs The Belvoir Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 20 added. Heats, twice round. Mr. Spriggs's gr. g. by The Abbot, 6 yrs. Mr. Berr,ngton's br. g. Jim Crow, aged. Mr. Pink's br. g. Ruby, 5 yrs. 1 1 2 3 3 LIVERPOOL OCTOBER RACES. —Ocr. 9. A Hurdle Sweepstakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft., with 50 added by the Gentlemen of Liverpool; four yrs old, lOst. 71b ; five yrs 1 Ist. 61b ; six and aged, 12st. A winner of one Hurdle Race or Steeple Chase to carry 51b. extra, of two, 71b. extra; thorough bred horses, 51b. extra. Two miles. Gentlemen riders. Mr. Conway's br. h. by Bedlamite, aged; Mr. T. Fergusson's gr. h. Rust, aged; Captain Lamb's b. g. Vivian, aged; Mr. Chau ner's b. g. Polyanthus; Mr. Lucas's gr. g. Isaac, 6 yrs; Mr. Al'Donogh's ch. g. The Disowned, aged; Mr. Churton's b. g. Mazeppa, 5 yrs. A Mir - die Siveepstakes of 10 sous. each, 5 ft., with 25 added by the Proprietors of the Race Course, for horses that have hunted with the Cheshire Hounds, Sir Thomas Stanley's, and Mr. Leech's. 12st. each. Once round. Gentlemen riders. Zanga, Fop, Fitzmauriee, Wonder, Fanny Ashton, Queen Mab, and The Disowned, arc entered. A Hurdle Sweepstakes of 7 sovs. each, 5 ft., with 25 added by the Proprietors of the Course ; four yrs old, lOst. 71b ; live yrs, 1 Ist 61b ; six and aged, 12st. A winner of one Hurdle Race or Steeple Chase, before starting, to carry 51b. extra ; thorough brel horses, 31b. extra. Heats, once round and a distance. Gentlemen riders. Mr. Igoc's br. h. Sir Thomas Laurence, aged; Mr. Churton's b. g. Mazeppa, 5 yrs ; Captain Lamb's Vivian, aged; Mr. Speed's gr. g. Isaac, 6 yrs ; Mr. Forrest's b. m. Fanny Ashton, 6 yrs ; Mr. Jones's bl. h. Indian Rubber, aged ; Mr. James's Queen Mab, aged. In consequence of the recent tremendous gales in the West Indies, the premium of insurance on West Ind:a produce from all ports, except those of Jamaica, where the hurricane was not felt, has risen from .50s. to ten guineas per cent. upon all ships which cannot be warranted to have sailed on the Ist of August. This great advance has been currently given at Lloyd's, and also at the various insurance companies. GLIMPSES OF HUMAN CHARACTER.—Oh the glorious glimpses into the dark recesses of the human heart that are caught by the glare of the gas-lamps in Fearon's gin-shop! Histories of whole lives written in wrinkled brows and haggard cheeks that ought to be smooth and beautiful! There is a faded human flower—faded, but still how lovely—moodily gazing on the floor, the glass em pty, the lip burning dry, the breast heaving, the aye balls throbbing—for you see that the eye would weep only the fountain of its tears is parched ; she looks up—a wild laugh—a loud jest—oh ! what a story is there of a broken hearted mother, and a father bowed down with grief! A man tall and sallow ! After one quick gulp he turns to go away—his hat is drawn over his eyes—his walk is hurried —he casts a look round him —what a glare in his wild eves —a tiger is knawing at his heart ? Is it conscience ?—is he a robber ?—has he dared the law, and is there blood upon that hand with which he is fumblinz in his pocket ? Can't you read his story without. asking? D on ' t you see h e is an author, and has some difficulty in c itching the stray penny in that " aching void."— United Service Journal for September. SEPT. B:—Arrived, the brigantine Mischief, William Lyon, tsci, SEPT. b.—The Clown, Ketch ; trace the Duke of Poi fand, I. nt to Lord Bin4h;.m. SEPT. 11.—The Ann cutter, the Hon. Wm. H are . A greater number of carriages have arrived by the steamers this week than in any other similar period this year. Should the weather set in fine, the Island may ex_. pect more eottipany thah evert eluting !Mit Mt:MLitt The Friends of Reform intend dining together at the Vine Inn, on Friday. They know they ‘vill be all marked men ; but it is satisfactory to see that there are still a few who dare act independently in spite of the threats of Ward and Co., none of whose tenants of course must show, without making up their minds to a " notice to quit." They know how Mr. Ward served all his tenants who did not vt.te for Mr. Campbell, the man that could only poll 300 voles in the Isle of Wight!!! and can expect no less now. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. (Abridged from Courier.) TUTESDAt SECTION A.—MATHEMATICS AND rtitsitt: Sir DAVID BREWSTER in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN called upon Dr. Robertson to read his Report on nutrition. After remarking on the degree of perfection to t*hieli Bradley, a century ago, had brought astronomical calculations, the Learned Member proceeded to detail the subsequent improvements which had been in troduced intti this sublime science. He then produced a series of calculations which tended to elucidate the aberra tions observable in the relative motions of the stars. He instanced the observations made at the Royal Observatory, at Greenwich, vs the most accurate on the subject of sidereal disturbances. These observations, from their num ber and their exactness, were worthy of dependence in de ducing astronomical results. He then proceeded to com pare the results of the Greenwich observations with several theories of natation, accounting for the discrepances which presented themselves in the comparison. Mr. BAILEY stated that the result of Bradley's observa tions wonderfully coincided with those just detailed. Mr. RUSSELL next read his report on waves, the object of which was to determine the influence exercised by the form of channels, &c., on the tidal wave, and also to inves tigate the mechanism of its propagation. For the pur pose of ascertaining the effect which the form of a chan nel on the tide's wave, it was found necess to select two channels, one simple, and the other complex, in form. The Dee was chosen as a simple channel, direct in its course ; the Clyde was fixed upon as one of a complex character. Mr. Russell then detailed, with great ability and perspicuity, the results deduced from his observations, enumerating the various means which had been employed for the purpose of generalising upon the tidal phenomena. From the experiments which he had made, he came to the conclusion that the velocity of waves was as great in their reflection as in their progression. He then explained, by various diagrams, the mechanism, propagation, velocity, &c., of waves. The velocity of the tidal wave in the river Dec was equal to the velocity acquired by a heavy body in falling one-half of the depth of the channel. Whenever a wave acquired a greater head than the depth of the chan nel, it was uniformly found to break. Mr. Russell then noticed the circumstance that the direction of the wind very materially affected the height of the tidal wave in the river Clyde. The Chairman tendered the thanks of the section to Mr. Russell for his interesting communication. Mr. WHEWELL here proposed certain questions to Mr. Russell on the subject of the generation and propagation of waves which presented phenomena of an identical character with tidal waves. These questions led to a very interest ing discussion. Mr. BLACKBURNE next read a paper on geometrical theo rems. Professor POWELL then read a paper on the absorption of light. In introducing the subject, the Learned Professor dwelt upon the advantages which had resulted from the co-operati o n of the different Members of the British Asso ciation. He then proceeded to notice the capricious phe nomena exhibited in the absorption of rays of light. Various theories had been advanced to account for these pheno mena. Amongst others, that of Von Redi was noticed, which supposed that different rays might be retarded in their passage through certain media, and come out super posited upon other rays, and thus form complex rays. This theory appeared to Professor Powell highly satisfactory. The only defect to be supplied in it was some numerical law for the facts. Sir W. R. HAMILTON read a paper on the possibility of resolving equations of the fifth degree. He took the theory of Abel as a text in discussing the subject. Mr. HANWARD read a communication on the tempera ture of slate and granite, giving a series of experiments which proved that the temperature of granite was consider ably lower at the same depth, than that of slate. A MEMBER gave the result of some experiments on the temperature of rocks in mines, which differed very mate rially from the preceding. The business of the section then closed for the day. SECTION B.—CHYMISTRY AND MINERALOGY. Shortly after eleven Professor Faraday, President of this section, took the chair. He was supported on his right by Professors Daniel and Apjohn, and on his left by Professor Miller. Mr. J. J. GRIFFIN, the author of several popular works on, and in connexion with, chymistry, then proceeded to lay before, and explain to, the meeting some new specimens of chymical apparatus which he had constructed. They consisted of glass vessels for solution, of various sizes, from sd. to Is. in price, test tubes, Bohemian and English retorts, vessels for containing solutions, spirit lamps, and gas furnaces, vessels of Berlin porcelain, for the purposes of drying, retort and tube holders, funnels, filtering paper, test frames, test paper in books, gas holders, and pneumatic troughs. The beauty and simplicity of this apparatus was particularly striking, and elicited marked admiration from the meeting. Professor FARADAY was happy to give his testimony upon the great value cf such an arrangement of apparatus. —(Hear.) It was astonishing what an extreme extent of chymistry could be taught by it. It was important to the scientific world to think that they could furnish a laboratory for from .51. to 10/. with vessels superior to that Dr. Wol laston commenced working with. They were greatly obliged to Mr. Griffin. Professor FARADAY then said there was a paper read at this section on Monday in great haste, or, indeed, scarcely read at all, by Dr. Golding Bird, on the crystallization of metals by voltaic action. Mr. Bird, it appeared, had left the room, as well as numerous others, who did not expect that the paper would have been produced. He felt that it was upon a subject of intense interest, as they all must re member the great excitement which prevailed at the last meeting of the Association on discovering that artificial crystals could be produced by means which were only then supposed to be active agents in the mechanism of the earth. The experiments of M. Rccenel, Mr. Cross, and Mr. Fox were of the greatest importance to science ; but all that they had been able to state of the mineral veins which were found in the earth was, that they were, in all probability, formed by chymical or electrical currents. The difficulty had been to un derstand how a current running round the earth should cause the crystals to be deposited in particular and very limited places, the currents themselves being general. It came to this, that, supposing they sent a current round in a certain direc tion, and brought it to a given situation in the earth, they should find crystals where the current made the juncture. This was as far as the experiments of the above-named gentleman went. Mr. Bird said, that he obtained crystals not only at the extremities of the current, but in the in terval between. It was of the utmost importance to find out whether such were really the case.—(Cheers.) Mr. GOLDING BIRD then exhibited specimens of the copper which he had produced by means of voltaic agency, and proceeded to detail other experiments which he had made in connection with the formation and crystallization of the protixide and carbonate of copper. The oxide had been previously obtained by M. Becquerel, by means of a tedious process, but Mr.. Bird obtained it in a eery perfect crystal, by the aid of the following arrange ment. A piece of glass tube four inches in length was closed at one end, by means of a plug of plaister of Paris, and immersed in a glass cylinder, filled with a solution of copper, the tube being filled with a solution of potash : on immersing an arc formed of zinc and copper into the fluids in such a manner, that the zinc leg of the arc may (lip into the alcaline solution, whilst the copper may dip into the solution of that metal contained in the exterior cylinder. Under these circumstances an exceedingly weak electric current is developed, not, however, sufficiently energetic to reduce all the copper present in solution to the metallic state, but of sufficient intensity to cause the decomposition of the perisalt of copper, and its reduction to the state of protixide crystals, of which, after a few days, became de posited on the plate of copper which served for the negative electrode. These crystals resembled so closely the native forms of oxide of copper, the ruby copper of miners, that they could scarcely, by the most experienced eye, be distin guished from them. Some specimens of the kind exhibited by Mr. Bird, vied in transparency with the native ruby. Some further discussion ensued, when Dr. FARADAY summed up by saying that it was proved, by careful examination, that crystals can originate inde pendent of the extremities of the current, there being no nucleus formed and it be possible to demonstrate the fact by any tangible experiment, such proof would be opening the door to a very large addition to chemical science. Dr. Faraday then called upon Mr. John B. Hartley to read his paper on preventing the corrosion of cast and wrought iron in salt water. When they considered the manner in which cast and wrought iron was introduced into the con struction of vessels, as was the case at this port to a great extent, it would be highly important to hear any means by which it could be rendered capable of resisting the corro sive action which it sustained from salt water. - - - Mr. HARTLEY, the son of Mr. Jesse Hartley, dock sur veyor of the port, then said that upon clearing away the soil from Jackson's Dam an iron sluice was discovered, which had been immersed in salt water for the space of twenty-five years. Upon taking it up it was found en crusted with barnacles, shells, and sea weed. Some of the iron was in a - state of excellent preservation, whilst the rest of it was entirely decomposed. The lid of the sluice was fastened by means of a brass bolt two and a half in c h es i n d i ameter. In connexion with this pin it was that the iron was in a preserved state. By some inadvertance all the iron work was broken up and taken to the foundry. In 1825 another valve was taken up, which had been in the water the same time. The top joint of the valve was similar to the one previously found, having an iron pin working in a brass socket, which was again in closed in an iron case. All the iron in connexion with the tifatg wa in excellent preservation, whilst that removed from it was corroded; Mr, Hartley exhibited a part. of an iron chain, which had been so corroded in eighteen months as to be quite useless, as well as a piece of Iron from the keel of the John Bull, which had been in the water nearly twenty years , . It was as light as a piece of fir, and could be cut with a knife like plumbago. In consequence of this discovery, all the iron-work employed beneath the level of the tide at dock gates, &c. had been placed in connexion with brass, either by having brass plugs fastened into it or by being some way worked up with it, and the result had been the preservation of the iron. Dr. FARADAY said, that it was decidedly proved that cast iron could be so preserved. Dr. ANDREWS then read his paper upon some singular modification of the ordinary action of nitric acid on certain metals. This gentleman showed, that by introducing a piece of platina wire in connection with this metal whilst it was violently acted upon by nitric acid, that the action of the acid almost entirely ceased, but that the metal in most in stances changed colour. This he accounted for by sup posing that the platina caused a current of nitrus acid gas to play round the metal, and by this means preserve it from the action of the acid. Dr. FARADAY said it was most useful to science to show how metals could be saved from oxydation. It might have been the same influence which had been incidental in pro tecting the cast-iron from the action of the sea-water. It was a great thing to see a substance like iron, which English men might be said to live upon, liable as it was to the cor rosive action of sea-water, or nitric acid, protected from their influence when brought into contact with other substances. They were much obliged to Dr. Andrews for drawing their attention to the subject. It was in this way, by observing causes, that they were enabled to get at laws. The meeting, which had been crowded throughout, then adjourned at half-past one. SECTION C—GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY. Professor SEDGWICK having taken the chair, commenced proceedings by reading a letter from the Bridgwater-office, in Manchester, inviting the members of the association to inspect the colliery tunnels at Worseley ; the rendezvous to be Worseley Inn, about 1.50 yards from the entrance to the tunnels. A letter was also read from Mr. Frith, of Northwich, expressing his willingness to accommodate a party of thirty to visit the salt mines. It was subsequently arranged that Saturday should be set apart for these ex cursions ; and papers were ordered to lie till Thursday morning for the signatures of individuals wishing to attend. Mr. H. G. STRICKLAND then read a paper on the nature and origin of the various kinds of transported gravel oc curring in England. Sir PHILIP EGERTON remarked, that the remains of mammalia had been found on the plain of Cheshire. In the progress of cutting fur the Grand Junction Railway, two grinders of the elephant had been discovered in a bed of gravel replete with marine shells. Professor PHILLIPHS said Mr. Strickland had opened a very interesting subject—the distinction between deposits made by the sea and fluviatile, or river deposits. It was of the highest importance to know whether the country was wholly or partially under water at the time of the de position. At the time of the deposition of much of the erratic gravel, it should be remembered, England and \Vales were two tracts of land ; between them was a large strait, connecting the Mersey and the Bristol channels. Along this line there would be a mixture of flint and shells, with portions of secondary rock, arising from the action of a great current of water sweeping the different sides of the channel. The absence of bones was not much to be rested upon. He had found in one of the highest wolds of York. shire erratic gravel from Cumberland, exhibiting bones of the elephant and other organic remains, 600 feet above the level of the sea. Mr. TRIMMER had seen, in the county of Carnarvon, 1,400 feet above the level of the sea, and five or six miles distant from it, shells imbedded in granite and limestone pebbles. Mr. MALLET read an interesting paper on the me chanism of the motion of Swiss glaciers. The glaciers sometimes moved twenty-five feet in a year—a phenomenon for which the usual solution of the weight of the ice, and of the superincumbent snow, given by Saussure and other writers, was utterly insufficient to account. The great primuni mobile was not weight alone, but hydrostatic pres sure, arising from the melting of the under surface of the ice by the superior heat of the rock beneath. Mr. WELD observed, that in 181.5 the glaciers made a remarkable advance into the valley of Chainouni, and the high floods which occasioned the inundations of the Rhine took place. On the gates of Constance were marked the heights of different inundations, some of them at intervals of 100 to 150 years. In 1816 occurred the highest flood ever known ; and it was observable that inundations had generally followed a great increase of temperature, preceded by a year of great cold. SECTION E.—MEDICAL SCIENCE. Dr. CARSON, this morning, took the chair at this sec tional meeting. The first paper read was "An investiga tion into the cause of death from a blow on the stomach ; with remarks on the means best calculated to restore ani mation, suspended in consequence of such accident ; by Dr. Holland." Dr. HOLL4ND proceeded to read his paper, and after wards said, he was aware that the views he had introduced were calculated to produce considerable discussion, as they differed so widely from the views generally professed. He had only observed one case of death from a blow on the stomach, and that had proved fatal, and had led him to the present inquiry. On examination, he had found that there was rather a florid appearance immediately about the pit of the stomach, on the mucous membrane. There was also more or less vaseularit, but not greater than had been observed in sudden death during the progress of digestion. He was of opinion that the semilunar valves would not be seriously injured. A long discussion took place on this subject, in ‘‘hich Dr. Copland, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Williams, and Mr. J. Mur ray took part. A vote of thanks was then moved to Dr. Holland for the very important paper which he had brought forward. A short lecture was then given by Dr. CARLISLE on the formation of the os sacrum in man as compared with some of the lower animals, with a view to show that the os sa crum consisted originally of separate vertebra.. Some other papers were then read, thanks were given to their respective authors, and the section then adjourned. SECTION F.—STATISTICS. EDUCATION. JAMES lIENWOOD, Esq., in the Chair. Mr. W. It GREGG, Secretary to the Manchester Sta tistical Society, read a report on the state of education in the city of York. In 1836 the population of York was estimated at 28,000, of whom 7,000, or one-fourth, were calculated to be between the ages of five and fifteen, and of these 4,700, or 67 per cent., were under a course of no minal instruction in the Day and Sunday Schools ; and 2,300, or 33 per cent., were under no course of instruc tion at all. LIVERPOOL. Mr. MERRITT read a paper on the state of education in Liverpool, intended partly as a reply to the Report of the Manchester Statistical Society oa that subjuct. The So ciety had taken the whole population of the Parliamentary borough in 1835-6—estimated at 230,000, and calculated that of this number one-fourth, or 57,500, consisted of per sons between the ages of 5 and 15, who ought to be under some course of instruction ; 31,300 attended no schools whatever. Mr. Merritt entered into several statements for the purpose of showing that the proportion of persons be tween the ages mentioned was one-sixth or one-seventh only, and not one-fourth of the whole ; that the number of children to whom education should be furnished, according to this rule, was only 36,516, instead of 37,500, leaving a deficiency of only 9,400 without instruction, and from this number he made a deduction on account of children edu cated elsewhere, leaving the total 8,500 only. Lord SANDON, the President of the Statistical Section, here entered the room, and took the chair. Mr. TATE read another paper on the same subject. Mr. FRIPP read a report on the state of education in the parish of Siddlcsham, Sussex. The result was, that out of a population of 1,002, 231 children were receiving some sort of education. SECTION G.-M ECH A NIC A L SCIENCE. The PRESIDENT took his seat at eleven o'clock. Mr. HAWKINS stepped forward for the purpose of exhi biting a small bust beautifully wrought in marble, the whole operation having been performed by machinery. Mr. FAIRBAIRN made known the result of his experi ments in hot and cold blast iron. At the request of the Association, he said, he and his colleague had made a se ries of experiments on the relative strength of hot and cold blast iron. The investigation had been conducted with great care, and after a great variety of methods. They had varied the form of the metal, and had subjected it to every description of strain. Casts of 4 feet 6 inches long and 1 square inch in thickness had been subjected to a strain from weights. Wishing to ascertain whether the iron, having given way ,to the pressure, only re quired time to break, they found that one bar of hot blast broke in 37 days, with a pressure of 4481b5. The first iron which they experimented upon was from the Carron works, hot and cold blast. They found that the Carron cold blasts broke with a pressure of from 394 to 4841b5., which gave a mean of 439. The hot blasts 407.4 to 10 9 .1, which gave a mean of 404.7. Their next experiment with the cast 14- inch in thickness, but with the bar planed down to an inch. The object was to try if the ski n or outward surface offered any material resistance. The result was with the hot blast 478.6 to 429.3: mean 452.3. With the cold blast 448.6 to 456.6: mean 452.6. Mr. FAIRBAIRN went on to detlil his experiments in the different sorts of iron which he received from Scotland, Wales, Staffordshire, &c. Mr. ETTRICE described an artificial horizon which he had invented for the purpose of taking observations at sea, when the natural horizon was obscured, but the heavenly bodies tigible. Professor HENRY presented the section with a set of maps of the canals, railroads, &c., of the United States. In these States, he said, there were about 2,000 miles of cana►, and 1,500 miles of railway. About 3,000 miles more or railway were in progress, but had been partially suspended in consequence of the recent commerci;zl embar►a sments. Seine questions were put relative to the speed of steam vessels in America. The Professor said, he was a professor of physics and not a practical engineer, but he had himself gone on the Hudson at the rate of 15 miles per hour. Dr. LARDNER entered upon his discourse in elucidation of his labours respecting steam navigation with India and the United States. The Learned Doctor merely went into the preliminaries, reserving the main part of his discourse till to-day (Wednesday). A table was then read, compiled from the logs of several of her Majesty's packets, of one Post-office and one private packet, showing the nun:ber of pounds of coals consumed in each during every two hours, the rate of sailing per hour, and the duty, or number of miles the vessel could be taken on the expenditure of one ton of coals per horse power. A ton of coals per horse power carried the Africa, for instance, over 1,054 miles. THE ASSEMBLY. The first soiree took --- plaCel;stlJ;fit and proved very at tractive. The magnificent suite of rooms was crowded with a mingled assemblage of savans and fashionables. Lords and ladies, doctors, merchants, and professors, were grouped together in the most delightful confusion. inc company began to arrive at eight o'clock, and the cair s continued to set down without intermission till nearly ten, and at intervals for some time after. About half-past nine the doors of the refreshment room were thrown open, and the apartment was soon so completely crammed, that it was with difficulty the individuals who had bee❑ fortunate enough to get places at the tables could partake of the delicacies set before them. Shortly after ten o'clock the company began to depart, and the departures bee lire general about eleven. Shortly after that hour the whole company had disappeared. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.—The management of his theatre produced last night a most humourous nautical extravaganza, intitled The Spitfire. The plot turns upon Shortcut (Mr. Compton), a tobacconist, and Shortcut (Mr. S. Jones), the Captain of the Spitfire, being namesakes. The Captain is in the debt of the tobacconist, who in the pursuit of his ward (Miss P. Horton), who has eloped with Lieutenant Seaworth (Mr. Brindal), gets possession of a box of clothes containing a uniform and a cocked hat, with these he infests his person, and gets on board the Spitfire as the veritable Captain. In the meantime, the Captain, to make the plot complete, has been taken prisoner by a Freec'i man-of-war, as he has been cruising in a pleasure yacht. Seaworth wishes to rescue him, and commands the Spitfire to chase the enemy. A sea-fight and its usual stage concomitants, blue fire, squibs, crackers, and watch men's rattles, succeeds with considerable effect. The to bacconist throws himself flat on the deck in an agony of fear ; the Captain is rescued, the French defeated, a re conciliation takes place between the ward and guardian, who is given in marriage to Seaworth, and all ends pleasantly enough. There is a good deal of wit and drollery in this farce, which was very well played by all concerned in it. It was given out amidst the unanimous applause of a very good house. On Wednesday an inquisition was held at Liverpool, to investigate the cause of the death of Ann Davies, a young woman, twenty-nine years of age, wife of John Da vies, a pilot, whose death was said to have been occasioned in consequence of violence inflicted upon her by her hus band. Alice Bradford deposed that she was mother to the deceased. On Friday last, in consequence of being told that some difference was taking place between deceased and her husband, she went into the cellar where they lived. Witness asked the prisoner the cause of the difference, but he made her no reply, on which the deceased exclaimed— " Oh, mother!" and made a " slip" to get past her hus band into the street. The prisoner caught hold of her by the petticoat, and clashed her with great violence on the cellar floor in a state of insensibility, and she never after wards spoke. The deceased was far advanced in preg nancy, and was delivered of a female child. Mr. John Marshall, a surgeon, stated that he found about three ounces of blood on the surface of the brain, arising from rupture of one of the vessels, which rupture was produced by a violent concussion. A verdict of " Manslaughter" was returned against the prisoner, and he was committed to take his trial at the Assizes. MODE OF DESCENDING TILE SALT MINES OF SALZBLIRG.—The machine is simply this :—A passage of the same dimensions as the one we had traversed descended almost perpendicularly from where we stood. Down this were fixed two round, smooth beams of timber of about nine inches in diameter, and placed in parallel lines one foot and a half asunder. Over and along the right beam is slung a rope, just affording room between that and the beam to admit the leg. The victim sits down, stretches a leg over each beam, as if astride across both, grasps the rope in his right hand, and leaning b.cek, so as to be in al most a recumbent position, away he slides at a tremend ous rate, the steepness of the descent, and his own weight, increasing the impetus to an almost frightful rapidity. Ail real danger however is obviated by the power which the rope passing through his hand gives him, a firm grasp of which serves as an immediate check. Thus a distance of 300 feet was traversed with the speed of lightning. The ascent is performed by means of narrow stairs, sunk deep between the beams.—New Monthly Magazine for Sept. We learn from Kouno that General Geestenswerg, who commands a portion of the troops reviewed by the Emperor near this village, very nearly perished in the Niemen. The General had to pass during the manoeuvres with his troops over a bridge thrown hastily across the river, and of which the construction was not solid. Hi s horse forced in a plank, and the General fell into the water. A Lieutenant threw himself after him, but the General having seized him by the body, and thus hindering him from swim ming, both sunk deep in the water, when a young man, who had newly joined the service as a volunteer, plunged into bringingthe Niemen, and at length succeeded in thm both safe and sound to the bank. The Emperor, who was a wit ness of this scene, promoted the young volunteer t o b e an officer, and raised the Lieutenant to the rank of Major.— Journal du Frankfort. The workmen employed in the excavation of the rail way through Carsebur❑ Muir last week, came upon a stone coffin situated about twenty yards distant from the south trench of the Roman camp, containing the remains of a human body, and a small urn in good preservation. At first sight, the skull seemed pretty entire, but after being exposed a kw minutes to the air, it crumbled into dust, as all the other parts of the body had previously done. A tooth, that had evidently seen service, was found in the urn, and which had doubtless dropped from the jaw in course of its long rest of somewhere about 1,000 years ! The urn had been made of burned vegetable earth, coated on the outside with clay, and carefully punctured all over, by way of orna ment. The heart of the deceased had probably been de posited in it. The coffin was of the usual antique dimensioni, nearly four feet long■, two-and-a-half feet broad, and of cor responding depth, to adroit the body in a folded position— an odd way followed in those times, of burying the bodies of distinguished personages.—Edinbure Evening Courant. CAPTAIN MARRYAT'S NEW NOVEL, &C.— Weare requested to state that the new edition of " Soar- ley Yow• ; or, the Dog Fiend," will be published on Sa turday next by Mr. Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough- street, who has now ready the following new works of fic tion :—I. " Uncle Horace," by Mrs. S. C. Hall, authoress of " Sketches of Irish Character," " The Buccaneer," &c. " These volumes," says the Literary Gazette, " whether for talent, feeling, or principle, do Mrs. Hall the highest credit ; and we congratulate our readers on hav ing to make " Uncle Horace's acquaintance." 2. " Stokes hill Place ; or, the Man of Business," by Mrs. Charles Gore, authoress of " Mrs. Armytage," " Mothers and Daughters," &c., 3 vols. " This work," observes the Ex aminer, " contains some of the most exquisite sketches we have ever met with, even' from the pen of Mrs. Gore." The above new novels may be had of all respectable booksellers, and at all the principal circulating libraries throughout the kingdom. The commercial interests of France are using great exertions, it appears, to establish steam communication, by means of home-built vessels, between her numerous ports and the different ports of the continent, as well as Eng land ; but although they succeed in constructing vessels of comparatively first•rate workmanship, they are compelled to send them to this country to have the steam apparatus fitted in whenever they desire to have them complete. Two vessels, the Paris and Vile de Buurdeau.r. both built by 111. VAse, of Havre, are now in the river, having the patent engines of Messrs. John Seaward and Co., placed in them. The Paris is finished, and was tried in the river yesterday. She is considered one of the finest French vessels that has appeared in the pm of London. She is nearly two hundred feet long, and of proportionate breadth and depth of hold, while her form and construction are ex tremely elegant. The engines are of two hundred•horse power, with five feet stroke and paddle wheels, of twenty five feet in diameter, m eking twenty-two revolutions per minute. The Pa. is belongs to a steam-boat company at Havre, and is intended to run between that port and Ham- burgh. The Editor of the Leipsic Gazette declares, in an swer to several letters which he has received, that no trace of any contagious or epidemic disorder of any ki n d, st ill less of the cholera, has appeared at Leipsic, o r i n any part of the country, or even on the frontiers ; but that, on the contrary, the sanitary state of the whole kingdom is as good as poseible.—Journal de Frankfort, Sept. 8.