The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-03 00:00:00

• "' RIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY) r „, (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCLIELL.) hen-Q..,ere was only one undefended cause set do s wx! for , es r . ng this morning, and was not of the slightest inte heThe Court was then adjourned till the 17th inst. t i„_. following days have been appointed fur sittings ng the vacation :—October ht, 15th, 22d. and 29th; all writs must be lodged in the Sheriff's-office at St three days before the day of hearing. BANKRUPTCY, -(THIS DA ) (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) T O'd IN RE DONALD 31`LEAN. ba ti k aY whoappnt for the last examination of t . his ab h , r aPl, had, however, not surrendered, be'►ng t o i ) ;'u , and the time had been enlarged to the 22d Oc proor: The business of the day, therefore, was to receive A of debts. na -4 111 ,P r rf was tendered on behalf of a gentleman of the ran. - e t Page, for the sum of 14,0001., on a bond for vuey , After lent. r eo , a short discussion, the Learned CommissiosEn an,',.' the `Fed evidence as to the consideration for the bond, Proof stands over till the next meeting Th e w hole amount of debts proved did not exceed 5001. 8 m °W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) t h a ,ZY Ann J ones, a woman of bad character , was a f '.ged before Mr. Henry with stealing 4/. in gold and T~ r P e nny-piece frcm Mr. James Mason. Pla e , - , e "nPlainant, who gave his address 38, Michael's this; "mtepton, said that, shortly before two o'cicck 01 1 1;;;„ °111i ng, he was passing through Constitu tion-hill, Sraik;:" way home, and met the prisoner there. She him LIP to him, seized him by the arm, and dragged n.: te the railings at the side of the street. H e offered aliesle first agreed to, but, having got the shill in g , she ah attacked him. He pushed her away forcibly, but meek ß e caught hold of him. and put her hand into his eat Ile then knocked her down. A policeman foZa,P then, an d h e gave th e prisoner in charge. He from yke had lost four sovereigns and a fourpenny - piece uis pocket. at t? i l e icell 'all A 69 said that he was on Constitution-hill str a , t ime, and found the prisoner and prosecutor ascr,,g li ng together. He took the prisoner in charge, /Asti a n veyed her to the station. She denied that she i ll tit -1 money about her. She struggled violently both t or ! street and at the station, and they were obliged to 1 1 ,,F Crb mouth open with a key, in order to see if she kou t rY t hing in it. Four sovereigns were found in her k r ',and three shillings in her pocket. Polk; Inspector Martin, A division, corroborated th e I tar 144113 evidence as to the prisoner's violence at the li r ic ' n ' T ,, S he was quite sober, but pretend ed to be drunk. eas e ,."Elitiv said this seemed ;to him to be a very bad stieh e feared that such attacks uponpassengers y tao l' e rsons as theprisoner were becoming very com k Ike must comm p it the prisoner for trial. 0 1A -4, dußßo' sTREET.—(THIS DAY.) Gea r . Was ge R i chard Russell, a boy about 12 years of age, ste a l ; t ±mght up before Mr. Hardwick, charged wi h It e , n g a silver watch from Mr. Kelly's, 2, Vigo-street, to r o -n l - street. It seems that the theft was committed Whohued as Tuesday week, since which time the boy, IL„,, —e u with Mr. Kelly as errand boy, has been missing. ftltheet that-"nahthße Ratcliffe, Mr. Kelly's servant, deposed to the watch was missing on Tuesday week, after aPiril s oner had lef t . n l ° n C rampton, one of the prisoner's p la y mates, said (lawe f !' Russell yesterday, and asked him what he had oth; w ,ith Mr. Kelly's watch ? 'Russell said, one of the i l ; " 0 3s had pawned it for 16s. d ay, e constable who took him into custody only yester had on the information he had received, said the watch T i t i l ,?t Yet been found. t at e Prisoner, who denied the charge, was then re ed for a week. y esterd DEPLORABLE CASE. gen e • aY morning an inquiry of some duration wa s Sur, Into cY, at bthecfore HuntsmanM an d r. Wiliam Cart Ho e unds, Park-placfr, the Coroner for , )4 0 ,, v l a ce, Walworth respecting the death of Francis is V e Y , aged 37 years, a costermonger, lately living chile ark-row, East-lane who died under the melan evideneeeir.eurnstance briefly detailed in the following Corote • • JarY, having been sworn, proceeded with which Rav e e r to view the body, the appearance ot . Ivetittlataistakeable evidence of extreme destitution and kar uar i d Y,-lowley stated that the deceased was her bus e* Ile was a co3termonger and hawker of fish ; but, th e ; ll , B equenc e of ill health and the want of employment heat 'ad suffered great privation, being often in the h es a the common necessaries of life. (The wit ntta here became so weak as to be almost unable to fr e " , ,,Which she assured the Coroner and Jury arose see m the want of proper nourishment. The Coroner, glass her exhausted cunditon, ordered her a seat and a om 8 ° F wine, which were supplied by the summoning k e ,, ce r after which she proceeded.) That the only th,; 118 they had of livinc , were by selling and pawning th r - r goods, &c. They had not tasted any meat for bee weeks, and the only food they had was a little o ri 'a,d and tea daily for the deceased and three children. Monday morning last the &ceased went out in search ;,,,,riork and returned again about eleven o'clock, much !ei 4 ,!lausted, and aft er a s h ort t i me h e was se i ze d w i t h a fit. fitness became alarmed, and called in a neighbour, who raised the deceased from the ground, but he was quite insensible. Mr. Bell, surgeon, of John -street, East lane, Ras sent for, and attended, but life was extinct. A. Juror—What is the reason, when you found your self in such deplorable circumstances, that you did not make application to the parochial authorities ? Witness (crying, bitterly)—Because my husband would rather I)ut up with anything than do so. Brooks, the relieving officer, said be had known the tie ceased for some years. He was a very sober , steady 14 n, but l a t ter ly h e had been much reduced, owing to ~a dull state of the occupations he followed. Other evid ence h av i n g been taken, confirmatory of the for egoing,, facts, elle COR ONER remar k e d on th e d e plorable nature of e Tn e ,ase; after which, The jury recorded a verdict of "Death from natural 13,Anat the close of the inquiry, the jury expressed great 4 au t a thY for the unfortunate family, and kindly raised scription in the inquest room to relieve their imme -I,,,pri, wants, which was benevolently headed by the "u3' Coroner. 1`• t he HoLnoßN.—Yesterday evening, between *as boors of four and five o'clock, considerable alarm gre e i e u i ted in the neighbourhood in consequenca of the bleat volume of smoke which issued from the establish 01h Mr. Sp arrow, tea, coffee, and pepper dealer, 95 , Ar e r n, whose premises extend into Dean-street. The lia r i e ti gifiated in the wood-work at the back of the cy fot th 'while coffee was being roasted. Had it not been /Ire s peed arrival of two engines from the London . guish_ s t ablishment, by which the fire was soon extin keat:f, serious injury would have been sustained. For pl the lama e done was very trifling. that t he FLEET-STREET.—We understand a ca r - , -e. West front of Temple bar is to be adorned with of t hT eu n, consisting of a fresco of the French picture pas i e , sentinel thus addressing Napoleon :—On ne passe tsiel!Punch. Ste am i '"TATlON OF CATTLE.—The Batavier Dutch s hill., which arrived yesterday morning at the St. datn: r i irl e's Wharf, after a quick passage from Rotter quant„alidefl 80 sheep, 70 oxen, 20 calves, and a large "Y of German yeast. are ~1 11 NEW HALL, LINCOLN'S INN.—The public be no w admitted to view the interior of this building by ers , orders. ROYAL PAVILION.—A petition is in the course Q e :ignature at Brighton, praying the Queen and the t o "Mount that the Pavilion may be preserved as a Yal residence. OFFIC E OF MASTERS IN LUNACY, LINCOLN'S INN.- 1 4 111 S notice wa s issued at the office of asters in Lunacy and visitors o f lunatics, that, during t he vacation, the office would only be open on Wednes days and Fridays between the hours of twelve and two. CONVERSIONS TO CATHOLICITY. —A correspondent tforms us, that on last Sunday, the 23d instant, in the Parish of Kilianne, five members of a Protestant family, ' ll arcied Hughes, were receiv e d into the Catholic Church b 1 the Rev. P. Rossiter.—Wexford Independent. PRINCE ALBERT'S SLATE VISIT TO LI VERPOOL.— j-l er Majesty has sent to the Mayor of Liv er p ool and the Chairman of the Dock Committee, proof copies, most magnificently framed, of Winteralter's po r t raits of t he Royal Family, as a mark of her satisfaction at the ';; L eeption given to her illustrious consort in July last. i tr u eY were accompanied by a very flattering letter from " 4 "r• Anson, written by royal command. TIM LATE ROBBERY AT THE NORWICH RAIL .. 1,0 Y 1,0 STATION.—Up to the departure of the last train for li clorl yesterday at ternoon the perpetrators of the exten- Xa robbery o f no t es and gold at the Norwich station of 1, 6 Norfolk Railway on Monday, had not been tak en. t Fr om the information sent to all parts of the count r y a nd : O eotland-yard metropolitan police - station , it app ears the amo unt stolen, 8461. 9s. Id., was in chequ es, Bank of En gland notes, gold, and silver. The p ro p ert y was p l aced in a bl ac k leather bag, and it was stolen out of the cashier' s office. The Norfolk R ailwa y Com p any have offered a reward of 1001. for any inf ormation that af t l lead to the capture of the thieves. At p resent the atr appears v er y mysterious. Re DREADFUL ACCIDENT. _Yesterday morning an nam ed of a most dreadful character occurred to a lad Ted Samuel Cooper, aged fifteen years, whose friends residethe at Mill-pcnd-bridge, Bermondsey. t appears that Ironworks unfortunate b was employed at the King and Qucc , ri : p. ll works Rotherhithe,. and while engaged in the plain tr,'„ c 'ele, some portion of the machinery caught his lii,," e rs, which drew his right leg between the works. s tn " screams brought the workmen to his assistance, who Nv - pped the engine, but not before the poor fellow's leg ttittiaatsterniyost frightfully torn and mutilated. He was imme carried to Guy's Hospital, where be was promptly ti r : elu lK l to by the surgeon connected with the institu -13;11. The poor lad is progressing as favourably as can expected. 1 14.1,11 -AL DEALING IN REGIMENTAL NECESSARIES. etisfaey with which military necessaries are disposed o ee rh ue , neighbourhAd of Chatham is matter of frequent rPaltaei t. A case of this kind came before the county ma at Rochester, on Monday, in which James Chalklin ityii.charged with having sundry articles of this description imt l , possession. The case was heard ex parte, as the offender did ist - w thi nk it prudent to make his appearance. From the u i t. 'aent of Bales, a constable, it appeared that on the 14th eeasaries, he met Chalklin carrying a bundle containing regimental oti e eparies, which he took from him, and meeting him again had T uesday, the latter asked him to restore the articles he the taken from him. The constable, however, handed him ans s ummons for his attendance before the magistrates to v eer the charge. He was adjudged to pay treble the pr i A e ,„ ° _,f the proigtty found in his possession, or to be im p S LIE. in blaidstone gaol. cc. J THE SITN, LONDON, THURSDA. Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1846. THE RIVER PLATE. (Extract of a Letter.) MoNTE VIDEO, JUNE 9.—After several attacks during the months of April and May upon her Majesty's ships and steam-vessels, from the batteries of San Lorenzo, Tonolero, and other forts on the banks of the River Plate, and that of Parana, the last, and most severe, was that at the former place, on the 4th of June. The firing lasted for nearly seven hours, and most providen tially the loss on our side was not so great as might have 13,-en expected. We regret to announce that Mr. Barnes, clt=rl; in charge of her Majesty's steam-vessel Lizard (Commander Tylden), and Mr. Webb, the master's assistant, together with two seamen, were killed by a shot from one of the batteries as the Lizard proceeded up the river, and the same shot which caused the death of those officers and men wounded Mr. Miller, the as sistant-surgeon. Three others of the crew were likewise wounded. Lieutenant E. J. B. Proctor, commanding her Ma jesty's steam-vessel Harpy, received a shot between his body and one of his arms, by which be was much injured. The barrancas, or cliffs, are about 120 feet in height, thereby enabling the enemy to fire down upon the ves sels, many of them .being ccmpletely "riddled" or per forated with shot. In some instances her Majesty's steam- vessel Alecto (Commander F. W. Austen) was so near the shore as to be made fast by her cables to the trees. The sudden change of temperature must be very trying to those on the station, the thermometer having within a short time varied from 80 degrees to 28 deg. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Lizard had receive:d tour shots through her steam-pipe. 11er Majesty's steamers conveyed 109 merchant-ves sels down the river, four of which went aground, and by order of Captain Sir Charles Hotham were burnt, their crows having been Previously put on board other vessels by officers and men from her Majesty's steam-vessel Alecto, whose boats, one commanded by a Lieutenant, and the other by the acting Paymaster and Purser (Mr. Pidcock), rescued them, taking care to preserve clothes for them. Previous to the action of the 4th, a rocket party was selected from the various ships, and mustered on board the Alecto. This mode of warfare proved very destruc tive to the enemy, who evinced strong feelings of hatred towards the English and French ; and whilst the boats from the Alecto were rescuing the crews of the four vessels which had grounded, they were subject to a con stant firing from the battery. It is repqrted that Rosas has succeeded in landing two 68-pounders near Buenos Ayres, which were subsequently sent up to reinforce the batteries of San Lorenzo. This is the third action which has taken place on this station within four months. During the absence of the fleet up the river, a revolution had occurred in Monte Video, in which many lives were sacrificed. Rosas and Oribe have issued a proclamation that the officers and men of any boats or vessels bearing an En glish or French ensign shall be treated as pirates, and put to death. On the 6th the Alecto proceeded to Obligado, and then to Monte Video, where she arrived this day with dispatches. Her Majest3's ship Resistance was at Monte Video. Altogether the warfare has been severe ; and inces sant energy, exertion, and skill are required by our officers and men, to preserve the navigation of these important livers, and to prevent depredations and piracy ; although it is evident that our present ford on that station is quite inadequate to the entire and im mediate suppression of the usurpers and their numerous followers. MR. LEADED, M.P., and the "TIMES." TO THE EDITOI? OF THE SUN. SIR,—If you will insert in your paper the enclosed answer to a very unfair and unfounded attack upon me in the Times of this morning, I shall be very much obliged to you.—Your obediJ. tTEMPLE LEADER. Putney-hill, Sept. 2, 1846. " Sir,—l should have taken no notice of your extract from a French paper yesterday, but for your comments on it today. The story of the deer, roebucks, stags, hounds, and huntsmen in pea-green liveries, is merely a stupid hoax, like others which have in former years ap peared in a French paper, and probably by the same hand; my only surprise is, that there should be any person in London silly enough to believe so very silly a story. You, however, make this absurd nonsense the foundation for a false charge against me. You say that the Member for Westminster does not even pay his con stituents the compliment of remaining throughout the session to represent them in Parliament.' This is entirely untrue. I was in England and in the House of Commons before the end of January. I have voted during the session on almost every question of importance; and I was in the House of Commons on Friday when Parliament was prorogued. As to my con nexion with the electors of Westminster, I have com municated my intentions to those of the electors at whose request, and through whose honourable and independent exerticns I first became a Member for Westminster — and I believe they are satisfied that in not resigning my seat I have acted according to their wishes, without re ference to my own convenience. Your insinuations against my patriotism require no answer. I feel certain that lam quite as good an Englishman at heart as any writer in the Times, and I cannot think that an ardent admiration and a sincere respect for the many brilliant and great qualities of the French nation need in the least diminish an Englishman's honest love of his own country. " Your obedient servant, - "J. TEMPLE LEADER. "Putney-hill, Sept. 2, 1846." DERBY ELECTION. THE NOMINATION. DERBY, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—The nomination took place in the Town-hall this morning, at nine o'clock. W. E. Mousley, Esq., the Mayor, presided. No sooner were the doors open than the hall was com pletely crowded in every part, and it was soon evident that the blue lambs were bent on creating the usual up roar. By the firmness and determination of the Mayor, however, tolerably good order was kept, and the object of the Tories was completely frustrated, for each speaker was heard, and the hollow pretensions of Sir Digby Mackworth to represent the electors of Derby were com pletely exposed. Mrs. Strutt, Miss Strutt (sister of the late Member), and other ladies, were in the gallery. In other parts of the hall we noticed many of the gentry and tradesmen of the town. At nine o'clock Mr. Strutt entered the hall, accompanied by his friends, and was received with several rounds of cheering. Shortly afterwards, Sir Digby Mackworth and his friends entered, and a similar demonstrrtion was made by his supporters in the body of the hall. The usual preliminary proceedings having been gone thrrough, Mr. J. B. CROMPTON rose to propose the re-election of Edward Strutt, Esq., and in doing so he referred to the zealous and faithful manner in which that gentleman had discharged his public duties during the sixteen years he had had the honour of representing the borough in Par ment. Adverting to Mr. Strutt's appointment to the im portant office of President of the new Railway Board, Mr. Crompton said the selection shoe ed that Mr. Strutt's ap titude for business eminently qualified him for such a position, and it was an honour to the town that they had returned such a Member to Parliament. As for his in tegrity, he (Mr Crompton) need say nothing upon that point ; his whole political career was before the electors, who knew that he had faithfully discharged his duties. Mr. D. Fox seconded the nomination in a speech of considerable length, in the course of which he stated that the appointment which Mr. Strutt had accepted would not shackle his independence, but that he would go to the House of Commons free to vote according to his principles.—(Loud cheers.) W. L. NEWTON Esq., nominated Sir Digby Mack worth. He paid a high compliment to Mr. Strutt, both for his public and private character (which was unim peachable)—deeply regretted to stand forward in oppo sition to him—end then said that his painful motive for so doing was on account of the vote Mr. Strutt gave on the Maynooth question, and the dangers with which Protestantism was surrounded. Mr. JOSIAII LEWIS seconded the nomination. He was equally complimentary to Mr. Strutt, and set forth the No Popery argument as one of the main reasons why he opposed him at this election. Mr. STRUTT, on rising, was received with tremendous cheering and some hisses.. He dwelt at considerable length upon the Maynooth question. He said that not only was he not ashamed of his vote upon that question, but that he was prepared to justify it. Adverting to his appointment, he stated that when it was represented to him that his services were likely to confer benefit upon the country, he at once felt it to be his duty to accept the office, not as an object of personal ambition certainly, nor for the sake of the emolument of office, for if that were his desire, he had an opportunity of gratifying it eleven years ago, when he was offered a post in the Whig Government, but declined.—(Loud cheers.) He referred to the great measures of free trade that he had consistently and zealously supported during the whole of his public career—to the franchise, which ought to be extended as the education of the people ren dered them more fit for its exercise—to the objectionable system of church-rates, which he had always opposed— to the injustice committed by the Irish Church, with its enormous revenues and small duties—to national educa tion, of which he was an advocate, provided it was done without violating the rights of conscience—to- vote b 3 ballot, of which he was a supporter—to sanatory im provements, and other subjects calculated to promote the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the people. He then alluded to the address issued by Sir Digby Mackworth (of whom he knew nothing), and from which it was impossible to ascertain what were the Honourable Baronet's principles, and then said that if the electors should think proper to re•elect him he would serve them with diligence and zeal, and do his utmost to promote their interests, whether local or general ; but if, on the other hand, they should decide that his connexion with his native town must now and for ever cease, he would not say that he should not receive their decision with regret not on his own account merely, but on account of the great principles which he supported—but he would re tire from their services with the conviction that he had done his duty—(Loud cheers)—with the conviction that if he had lost their confidence in some matters, yet that he was unwilling to retain his seat by a compromise of principle.—(Cheers renewed.) If he should have to take his leave of them as a representative in Parlia ment, he should retire with the full persuasion, that if he must fall a sacrifice, there was no cause in which he would more cheerfully fall than the cause of religious liberty, and the cause of the oppressed people of Ireland. [Mr. Strutt resumed his seat amidst tremenduns cheer ing and hisses.] Sir DIGBY 111ACKWORTH was received with mingled cheers and hisses. He commenced by declaring that he would not vote for the ballot; that he would not have sup ported the Sugar Bill; and that he was connected with no political party. The only ground upon which he claimed their votes was in favour of Protestantism against Popery. The beauties of the one and the deformities of the other he pointed out. On being asked whether he would support church-rates,the Irish Church on its present footing, and whether he would oppose the grant to the Presbyterians of Ireland, and all otherreligious bodies, he replied, first, that church-rates were a tax upon pro perty and not upon conscience; that he would not inter fere with the Irish Church, which he considered was greatly improving in efficiency; and that he should sup port the Regium Donum. With regard to flogging in the army, he was in favour of the Duke of Wellington's regulations, that no man should receive more than fifty lashes, and he hoped for the time when it could be safely and finally abolished. These answers gave great dis satisfaction to the large majority present. The Rev. G. GAWTHORN (Independent minister) de signated the speech of the Hon. Baronet as exceedingly unsatisfactory, and made an excellent speech in oppo sition to the Gallant Colonel. Several attempts were made by the blue lambs to prevent a hearing, and two clergymen excited the disgust of all impartial men by their marked conduct. The MAYOR took a show of hands. A large number (including the blue lambs) were held up for Sir Digby Mackworth, but the preponderance was greatly in favour of Mr. Strutt ; and the announcement of the Mayor to that effect was received with several rounds of enthu siastic cheering. Mr. LEWIS demanded a poll, which will commence at eight o'clock to-morrow morning. The Tories are very jubilant, but they will be defeated. A misunderstanding, which occurred yesterday a u the lludson's Bay Company's sale is calculated to cause some excitement among parties connected with the fur trade. Perhaps the whole affair is open to explanation, but if the alleged cause of the grievance exists, it will no doubt be to the benefit of the company and its concerns that a remedy should be provided. It seems that a large buyer at these sales of beaver skins has discovered that the managers of the company have been accepting prices for this material 25 per cent. under the amount paid at the last auction, and it having hitherto been considered that the prices established at these periodical auctions shall be the prices current until the next sales take place, it has of course caused annoyance to parties connected with the trade to find that such a deviation from the understood general rule has happened. The subject being mentioned publicly, the attention of the court of the company will naturally be called to the question in dispute. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION.--A special meeting of the directors and members of this Institution was held yesterday in the large room of the London Ta vern, Bishopsgate-street. There was a vast number of subscribers present, and the interest excited appeared to be very general. At twelve o'clock, Charles Lushington, Esq., was called to the chair. The directors had issued particulars of their proposed amendments of the rules and regulations of the National Provident Institution, which not exactly according with the views of some of the members, they published and extensively circulated a prospectus of alterations in the proposed amendments of the rules and regulations. This document they consi dered should be discussed and determined upon at a ge neral meeting of members. The first opposed proposal on the part of the directors, was that portion of rule 3, which declared that the " Institution should be under the management of fifteen directors." Mr. Tyler moved, and Mr. Thompson seconded, a resolution to the effect that the maximum number should not exceed twelve ; but, eventually, alter protracted discussion, which lasted some hours, it was agreed that the Institution should be under the management of thirteen directors. Rule 23, respecting the mode of convening a special meeting, was also very much debated. The board of directors proposed that a requisition for that purpose should have at least fifty names attached, but an amendment diminishing the number by one-half, met with the approval of the ma ' jority. After several observations from the Chairman, Mr. Ingham, Mr. Cash, and Mr. Lucas, defending all the suggestions made by the directors, and replies made on the " opposition" side by Mr. Tyler, Mr. Thompson, and other gentlemen, further amendments were agreed to, and the meeting, which lasted from twelve till five o'clock, separated. TIIE COBDEN NATIONAL TESTIMONIAL FUND.—On Tuesday evening, the weekly meeting of the Manchester committee for the promotion of the Cobden National Testi monial Fund, was held in Newhall's• buildings, Market-street. Mr. George Wilson presided. The Chairman reported an increase in the general subscriptions, since the last meeting, of 2,0001. and upwards. In this sum was included a sum of 630/. from the Messrs. Darby, of Coalbrookdale. The report from Glasgow was, that 4001. additional had been collected during the past week, making the total subscribed in that city, 3,400/. The total subscription had reached about 71,000/. A letter was read from Mr. Alderman Kay, requesting his name to be added to the subscription list for 201. It was stated that the fund was progressing satisfactorily through out the kingdom, and after the transaction of some ordinary routine business, the meeting was adjourned to Tuesday next. —Manchester Guardian. SIX HOUSES CONSUMED AT CHARD.—In the course of Tuesday intelligence was received of a serious fire having occurred in the above town on Sunday last, which destroyed the King's Head Inn and six adjoining houses occupied by tradespeople. It broke cut in a range of stabling in the main street, fronting the church, and extended rapidly to the King's Head Inn and the other buildings, all of which within an hour after the commencement were totally destroyed. The amount of property consumed is reported to be little short of 1,000/. A DEPUTY WANTED.—" I can't speak in public— never done such a thing in all my life," said a chap, the other night at a public meeting, who had been called upon to hold forth ; " but if any body in the crowd will speak for me, hold his hat."—.New York paper. COURT CIRCULAR. The Hon. Colonel Grey arrived at Osborne House on Tuesday, and relieved Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk Mar shal) in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to the Queen. Colonel Bouverie also arrived, and relieved the Hon. Captain Gordon in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Viscount Palmerston arrived from Broadlands. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, left Osborne House at half-past seven o'clock yesterday morning, to embark in the royal yacht. The Lord Charnhetlein went on bard the yacht. in attendance upon the Queen. The Lady in Waiting, the Maid of Honour in Waiting, the Hon. Miss Kerr, and the Equerry in Waiting (the lion. Colonel Grey), were in the royal suite. Lord John Russell took his departure from Osborne House yesterday morning for town. Their R yrr,l Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Prin cess Alice rode yesterday in the plantations of Osborne House. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, left her resi dence, Marlborough House, at twelve o'clock 3 esterday, to pay a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Richmond. The royal suite included the Countess Haack, the Earl Howe, the Earl of Denbigh, and Baron de Witzleben. The august party occupied two carriages and four. After visiting the Duchess of Gloucester at Richmond, the illustrious party drove in open carriages to Kew Gardens, and visited their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz at Kew. Luncheon was served to the royal visiters. - - Hrr Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Prir cess of Prussia, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and suite, left Kew in the afternoon, and returned to town shortly before seven o'clock. A deputation from the Society of British Artists, con sisting of Messrs. Hassell, Clint, Stevens, Tennant, and Hill, waited on Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home office, with reference to the application of the Society for a royal charter of incorporatl.on. The Earl of Elgin had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Wilshere, M.P., and the Mayor of Great Yar mouth, had an interview with Mr. Tuffnell at the Trea sury yesterday. Lord Seymour had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. Dispa'ches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Ceylon. Lord John Russell returned to town yesterday from a visit to her Majesty, at Osborne House, Isle of Wight. THE MAGAZINES. DOLMAN'S MAGAZINE. To Gulielmus Linwood, M.A., the article entitled " Greek and Latin Poetry at Oxford and Cambridge" will prove a very bitter pill, to everybody else it will be, in common parlance—nuts! We must acknow ledge that the perusal of those seventeen pages has been altogether a delicious treat ; nor can this be surprising when it is remembered that the principal portion of the compilation is composed of cullings from a work every leaf of which the reviewer truth fully and beautifully observes " glitters with He liconian dew, every page of which is thickly sown with jewels of great price !" Nevertheless, these very quotations derive an additional lustre from the sympathetic and elegant criticism by which they are linked together. We owe a debt of gratitude to whomsoever has furnished us with this delectable melange: nevertheless, we cannot but say that his occasional churlishness at some minor blemishes of composition sounded harshly to us, however much they might have been deserved. Sometimes, indeed, to our thinking his exceptions to a translation amount to vomething little short of pedantry. For example, he objects to the line-- "The flowers run wild—the flowers we sowed," being rendered thus— " Intonsi exultant flores—quam sevimus hortum." Now, though scarcely literal, we opine that " intonsi exultant fibres" is, no doubt, a quaint, but still a very apt and by no means an inelegant version. He calls, moreover, " aurati soils" a piece of Haynes Bailey Latinity, and its extravagance is thereby very happily expressed ; but when he places the phrase " gemmea prata" under the same stigma we conceive that his fastidiousness extends rather too far. With a very little trouble we could adduce a list of synonymes to that phrase from the pages of some of our choicest poets—Herrick, Thomson, Marlow, and others. Jewelling and painting the green turf are scarcely removed from each other a hair's-breadth as illustrative of the same idea; and of the latter ex pression a striking specimen recurs to us at this moment. The literary sinner, be it observed, is ano less illustrious personage than Lord Brougham. In a noble hymn, penned many years since by that gifted man— a hymn beginning with the words " There is a Gud ! all nature cries"—the following lines occur : " But Thou, too, mad'st that floweret gay To glitter in the dawn;* The hand that fired the lamp of day, The blazing comet launch'd away, Painted the velvet lawn." That closing verse is delicately and even exquisitely pencilled : to our mind " gemmea prata" is not a whit less permissible or picturesque. IVe will not, how ever, tarry over these littlenesses of hypercriticism, though many of the exceptions here made in Dolman would justify us in so doing. We are too thankful to the writer for the pleasure he has afforded us to cavil with him upon these petty asperities of manner. We must give our readers some inkling of the repast they may find in this magazine if they are willing to become partakers ; and we can only do so by transcribing one of the interpolated poems. Nevertheless, we are somewhat baffled to make the selection' " Sing a song of Sixpence," turned into choice Greek and still choicer Latin, tempts us, with its description of the queen in the kitchen, eating bread and honey : " Mel mandit panemque morans regina culina." A charming version of Moore's " Oft in the stilly Night," by Mr. Kennedy, is a still greater tempta tion : then there is "Brian O'Linn"—the gentleman with the sheep-skin breeches—in Greek ! a superb translation of "The Burial of Sir John Moore ;" another of Byron's "Isles of Greece," and another of Jonson's " Drink to me only with thine eyes." Here, however, is " Auld Lang Syne," done into Latin by Mr. Drury ; and it is such a beautiful performance that we are induced lo give it entire. We shall be forgiven by the lovers of true poetry. TEMPUS ACTUM. Priscorum immemores esse sodalium, Lapsis ex ammo quos adamavimus, Prtscorum immemores esse sodalium et Acti temporis—hoc decet ? Acti, care comes, temporis ob dies, Acti, fide comes, temporis ob dies, Spumantis pateram combibe Crecubi Acti temporis—ob dies. Flores in calathis nos amaranthinos, Una per juga quot devia legimus, Sed lassos peregre traximus heu 1 pedes Acti temporis a die. Quin solem ad medium margine fontem Certatim vitreo fluorine lusimus : Atqui inter fremuit nos mare fluctuum Acti temporis a die. Amplexum, comes o fide, morabimur Dulcum—labra labris et manibus manum ? Depromptie quis erit jam modus amphora Acti temporis ob dies. Potantes cyathi lege Tidebimus Uter Threiciam siccet amystidem : Plenum fundite, 10, fundite Cteetzbum .Acti temporia ob dies. Acti, care comes, temporis ob dies, Acti, fide comes, temporis ob dies, Spumantis pateram combibe Cmcubi Acti temporis ob dies. So much for this delightful contribution. " The Dihreoch's Legacy," by John Keegan, is a singular fragment of romance, and will be perused with plea sure. " The Vicissitudes of Illustrious Dien' are continued as usual, and the extraordinary history of that extraordinary man Sir Walter Raleigh furnishes the author with a noble subject. The article is written with enthusiasm, and the character of our great hero drawn dispassionately throughout. The readers of the Dolman will assuredly welcome such scenes as —Raleigh and Spencer conversing by an Irish river by twilight—Raleigh smoking his silver pipe at midnight from a lattice overlooking the Thames —Raleigh caressing his child Carew in a dungeon of the Tower—Raleigh near the shores of America —and Raleig h on the scaffold at West minster. A most a g reeable cr iticism upon the writ ingsbdyue to a m an w h o a l wa ys Mr. Ivers—gi v ing the wr ites so well —conclu de s an admirable number. Warren, justly rren, mead of p i- \ r a l is' e DOUGLAS JERROLD'S. For the last two or three months we have missed "j liners uniper g l ie hdtgeahtolsri from his accustomed stand. Where Prince of Cabmen P—Parliament is up—the Opera and the party going season is over —the large theatres are closed—the weather is fine —for cabmen this should b . e a tim e o f l e i sure; l e t us hope, therefore , that Juniper H e d ge h og w ill ply hi s pen now that his whipis at leisure; or rather that he will lash the asses of the earth, seeing that he now has little call to lash the horses thereof, and that he will come out " str ong " i n th e nex t . number. We can spare our modern Diogenes. Moreover, we miss " St. Giles and St. James." In stead, thereof, we have a long tale by 'William Ilowitt, anent " Sampson Hooks and his Man, J. Ling," a well told tale of the doi ngs o f a ' modern Sir Giles Overreach and his man Marrall—a true picture of a village tyrant and usurer, albeit the catastrophe is somewhat improbable, for it is very improbable that a cunning f e ll ow lik e S am p son , Hooks should, after h avin g embezzled his own note of hand for 1001., have kept the not e t o b e pro d uce d i n ev idence against him—the true Sampson Hooks would have destroyed it; but had he done so " po etical justice" would have been offended. The tale, as we have said, is well told, but we could have been well content, if we could not have both, to have exchanged " Sampson Hooks and Joe Ling" for " St. James and St. Giles--William Howitt for Douglas Jerrold. We have, however, the " history for Young England,"and the story of the Mad Parliament is well told and ad mirably commented on. The paper on " the True Sup port of Genius" is admirable, because it is plain, good, honest common sense. We commend it to the attentive study of all those who drivel puny sentimentalisms about genius dying for lack of patronage. Angus Reach furnishes a smart article on the aristocratic mania for a multitude of names bestowed by a baptism in the waters of the Jordan, and we have an eloquent plead ing for the abolition of the punishment of death in a paper, entitled " The Gibbet—its Death and Burial." in this, as in all the preceding numbers of this most suggestive magazine, there is much to meditate on, much instruction pleasantly communicated ; but still we miss our old friends Juniper Hedgehog and St. Giles and St. James. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW. " Historical Fallacies," is the commencement of a series chiefly remarkable for its audacity. The wri ter absolutely endeavours to prove that THE SPARTANS WERE NOT BRAVE ! It has been cunningly sug gested to us that the writer of this article can be no other than Colonel Mitchell—the redoubtable Colonel Mitchell—the man who received a bit of plate from the Emperor Nicholas (a toothpick or something of that description) for traducing the memory of a dead enemy of Russia! Surely there is the master-hand in the very object of the paper. " The Spartans were not Brave !"—"Napoleon had no talent !"—the pater nity looks suspicious enough. Somewhere towards the conclusion of the last century an Englishman published a theory in which he endeavoured to show that the sun was literally a gi gantic mass of ice radiating light and heat, a hypothesis little inferior to the one that the moon is made of green cheese. Well, here in September, 1846, an anonymous scribe undertakes to demon strate that the Laceedemonians were cowards. Talk of our advancement in enlightenment indeed ! Bah! Generations upon generations, heroes after heroes, have reverenced, nay, so to speak, have worshipped the almost divine valour of these same Spartans : Plutarch has memorialised the intrepidity and nearly superhuman devotion of that race : their i splendid ex hibition of patriotism at Thermopylae has become a household truth—a spectacle for the emulation of mankind, and The Oxford and Cambridge Review has at last discovered that the whole is an agreeable fabrication. " The fellows were arrant poltroons," says the writer, " and men have hitherto been dolts to worship them for a virtue they never possessed." " Buzz ! buzz !" said Hamlet the Dane to Polonius. " Buzz! buzz!" say we to the author of " Historic Fallacies" We commend the whole race of grumblers in England to the paper headed " Necessaries of Life." It will render their vision less jaundiced—it will ease their blood of much bile, and dispel many of their lugubrious meditations. It is singular to reflect upon that unanswerable fact, that many of those things which are called the necessaries of life by our peasantry were literally the luxuries of Creesus and Cleopatra. " Pierre D'Aubusson" is completed, and forms an enthralling and instructive piece of biogra phy. " The Colliery and Mining Districts" must be read and re-read—it deserves it. " Church and State" is of considerable importance among the contributions to the present number. REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE. (From the Mark-lane Express.) We have experienced almost uninterruptedly fine weather during the week ; and harvest operations, which had been brought to a stand by the previous wet, have again been actively resumed. Another week of dry weather would probably_suffice to enable farmers to get in the remainder of the crops of grain in England, but it will require a longer, period to finish the harvest in Scotland and the north of Ireland. The change from gloomy wet to fine sinkny weather has, as might have been expected, had some effect upon the grain trade, and a check has been given to the upward movement in prices ; the real cause of the recent advance, viz., the potato disease, having for the moment been lost sight of. We have no hesitation' in stating, however, that the future range of prices of corn, and indeed of all kinds:of provisions, will depend entirely on this one question—if the disorder should really prove as serious in its conse quences as it seems to threaten, the present inactivity will certainly be only temporary. We will not go the lengths which some writers on this subject have, who do not teiitite predicting the total destruction of the potato drop ; but supposing only one-fourth part of what is usually grown in the kingdom should be lost, this would' leave so great a void to be filled up by substitutes as to require an importation of foreign grain on a more extensive scale than has been required by this country for many years. In esti mating the probable deficiency at one-fourth we are most likely much below the mark, but we have no wish to exaggerate the evil. The loss of a fourth of this important crop is, however, a matter of sufficient mag nitude, more particularly as we have no surplus produce of other articles. The yield of wheat may, perhaps, be about an average; but it is admitted on all hands that the spring-sown crops have, as a whole, turned out de fective; and we cannot, therefore, come to any other conclusion, but that a large importation of foreign corn will be required, to obtain which it will be necessary to pay high prices. For the moment, a calm has succeeded to the excitement of the preceding fortnight; and we should not be surprised to see a re-action to the extent of a few shillings per quarter in the value of wheat. Our reason for supposing that this may occur is, the probability that for a week or two to come farmers may (as is their custom immediately after harvest) bring forward rather large supplies; and as the millers have lately bought pretty freely, tey may, after so important an advance as that recently established, perhaps deem it prudent to refrain from making further purchases, par ticularly if the weather should continue fine. Already the deliveries from the growers have increased, and at many of the markets in the agricultural districts a larger quantity of wheat has this week been brought forward than the demand has been enabled to take off; still no actual reduction in quotations has hitherto occurred. At the principal consuming towns the inclination to purchase has also fallen off. The reports from Liverpool, of Tuesday, state that business has become dull ; later in the week the inquiry again improved, and on Friday buyers experienced some difficulty in securing either wheat or flour at the cur rency of the preceding market day. From Hull and Leeds the tone of the advices is more subdued ; but at Wakefield, on Friday full terms were realised for new wheat. In the western and north-western parts of the king dom holders had, it appears, displayed more firmness than at some of the places already referred to ; and the business done at Birmingham and Bristol on Thursday was at prices about 2s. per quarter above those of the previous week. From Scotland we learn that farmers had been so busily engaged in the fields as to have had little leisure to bring grain to market ; which circumstance, together with the usual complaints of the spread of the potato murrain, had, notwithstanding the somewhat dull ac counts from the south, rendered holders of corn unwil ling to sell except at enhanced rates; and prices of most articles were quoted higher at Edinburgh and Glasg ow on Wednesday. At the former town samples of wheat, barley, and oats, had been shown, mostly of inferior quality; that of the wheat is described as coarse, and not altogether free from sprout. The letters from Ireland continue to give a truly de plorable account of the prospects of the potato crop ; in many districts it is reported to be wholly lost, and no part of the island appears to have escaped the infliction. Under these circumstances the value of all sorts of food had undergone a further rise, and nothing but scarcity and high prices were talked of. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have rather increased, 6,326 quarters have been received this week, against 4,656 quarters the preceding eight days. A considerable proportion of this supply was, however, sold by sample previous to arrival ; and the quantity exhibited at Mark-lane has not been large. On Wed nesday there were only a few runs fresh up on the Essex and Kent stands, and scarcely anything from more remote counties ; the demand was, however, extremely languid, and considerable difficulty was experienced in effecting sales at previous rates. Later in the week the anxiety to realise became greater, and in partial instances a slight decline was acceded to on Friday. The millers are even now but indifferently stocked. They appear, nevertheless, satisfied to buy from hand to mouth, and by no means disposed to enter into extensive operations at the lately enhanced rates. The inquiry for free foreign wheat has also fallen off materially of late ; and though holders have remained tolerably firm, unless an impetus be given to the demand by a return of wet, or a still further spread of the po tato disease, the value of the article may probably undergo a temporary depression. At the same time we can hardly expect any material reduction from present terms, for there is certainly little prospect of large im portations nt present, and our own stocks are already greatly diminished. Prices of Wheat have for some time been higher on the Continent than in this country, and the recent rise here is likely to cause a further en hancement abroad. This, and the comparatively high duty, for it has now risen to the highest point (los. per qr.) under the existing law, must have the effect of checking consignments from the Baltic. The recent im portations from thence have been landed in bond ; and the same course will probibly be pursued with any car goes which may still come to hand. At present the quantity under Lock in London is trivial ; on the sth inst. there were only 8,394 qrs., and the exports have since been as large, if not larger than the import!. The demand for bonded for shipment to France still con tinues, but no operations of consequence have been en tered into since our last, the terms asked having been too high to allow of the execution of the orders which have been received. Since the advance in the top price of Flour to 465. per sack, the bakers have bought the article much more cautiously than before; and the inquiry for Nor folk and other ship samples has also fallen off. In American Flour the transactions have been on a restricted scale, and on Friday purchases might in some cases have been made 6d. per barrel below the extreme rates last week. The ,stock of this article in bond in the kingdom consisted, on the sth inst. of 39,096 cwts., and there were on that day 20,389 cwts. in London. Barley, of home growth, has come to hand sparingly, only 490 qrs. having been reported up to this (Saturday) evening. The principal part of the supply has consisted of new , _ the quality varying from fine to i nferior. The latter has been very dull of sale, but really choice malt ing parcels have been eagerly taken at full prices, 38s. and even 40s. per qr. having been paid for the best. In foreign Barley nothing of interest has been done, and there is no change deserving notice. The high rates paid for the new English must influence the averages before long, and it is not improbable that the duty may recede later in the year. At present there is not much Barley in bond here, but we may expect some quantity from the north of Europe. Malt of fine quality has been in fair request, and has commanded high terms. The market has been sparingly supplied with oats of home growth, but the receipts from abroad have been very liberal, 31,661 qrs. having been reported during the week. This large foreign arrival, together with the improvement which has taken place in the weather, has caused a decided reaction in the trade. On Wednesday factors had not yet made up their minds to accept lower terms, and buyers being unwilling to pay former rates, scarcely anything was done. On Friday the operations were on rather a more extensive scale ; but to induce the dealers to purchase, an abatement of Bd. to is. per qr. had to be submitted to. English beans have sold readily at Monday's advance, and foreign have also met with attention at fully previous prices. There has been a speculative inquiry for peas ; maples have brdught 385., boiling 455. to 475., and in some cases choice qualities 50s. per qr. FOREIGN CORN TRADE. By the steam-ship llibernia we have accounts of recent dates from North America. Oar letters are almost silent as to the result of the harvest, but as prices had rather receded than advanced at the principal markets, we conclude that the produce of the crops had realised expectation. Advises from New York of the 15th instant, inform us that the sale of Flour had been more or less interfered with, owing to the scarcity of vessels and high freight demanded for England. Few captains wero then willing to accept less than 2s. ad. per brl. to load for Liverpool ; whilst shippers bad been endeavouring to close charters at 2e. to 2s. 3d. per brl. The difficulty experienced in obtaining ships, and a falling off in the English demand, had caused a slight depression in the value of Flour, and there were then more sellers than buyers of pr ime Michigan and Genes see, at 4 dollars per brl. Southern Flour was then still held at 4 dollars 121 c. to 4 dollars 25c. per brl. with but little doing. The inquiry for Wheat had become slow. New Southern was quoted 80e. to 82c., old Illinois (red; Ste. to 86c., and Genessee 93c. to 95c. per bushel. Rye and Indian Corn had been taken to moderate extent for export, at fair prices. The accounts from Canada say very little as to how the harvest was likely to terminate, but there, as in the markets of the United States, prices had tended downwards, which may be regarded as a good omen respecting the productiveness of the crops. At Montreal, on the 11th of August, the demand for Flour was languid, and the sales during the week had consisted of 500 brls. fine at 21s. lid., 1,000 brls. extra fine at 21s. 100., and 500 brls. superfine at 226.9 d. per barrel. The demand for wheat bad fallen off materially, and the stock in stores had increased ; still holders had displayed considerable firmness. From the north of Europe the reports are still without interest, very little business having been done at any of the leading ports for weeks past, and quotations having consequently almost become nominal. A. letter from Dantzig, of the 22d August, states, however, that Wheat had engaged some attention since the English mail of the 15th inst., and that there were then no offers of de cent stout qualities of mixed or high mixed below 435. to 455. and 465. per quarter free on board. The weather had been favourable for harvest operations, which were fast drawing to a close in that neighbourhood. The re ports of the yield of the wheat crop were not generally favourable, and the few samples of new, which had been received from the banks of the Vistula, had proved of •`. /~~ '`; N ..., ';‘-1C ) • indifferent quality and weight ; the latter bei k 591b1. to 601bs. per bushel: • From the nearer ports the accounts relati tiar yield and quality of the wheat crop are e whole, rather unfavourable ; the belief that th p SAW of wheat would be short had assisted to keep up prices, and quotations were not by any means lower either at Rostock on the 24th, or Stettin on the 22nd, than they bad been previously. The Hamburgh letters of the 25th instant, state that the demand for wheat had improved since the previous post day, owing to the advance in the English markets. A few purchases had been made for shipment, but the principal part of what had been taken had been fcr local consumption. Saale Wheat, weighing from 581133. to 601bs. per bush., had sold at from 41s. 9d. up to 435. 9d. per qr., and for fine 621bs. marks equal to 465. 3d. per qr. had been paid. Barley, to be shipped from Denmark had found buyers at 21s. to 225. per qr., according to weight; and Danish oats, weighing 391bs. per bush., had realised 19s. per qr. free on board. From the south the advices are of a more lively chit,• ructer; for though little or nothinc , seems to have been done in wheat at any of the M editerranean ports on British account, the demand had, nevertheless, been active. From Marseilles we learn, under date of 22d of August, that considerable purchases of wheat had been made there at very full terms, equal to 465. 9d. per quarter having been paid for superior soft Odessa, and 40s. 9d. for very inferior quality. Indian corn had been in re quest at 235. 9d. per quarter, free on board. At Trieste and Venice little or nothing had, it seems, been done in wheat, but Indian corn had met a ready sale, at about 21s. 6d. per quarter. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—This morning, at 45 minutes past seven o'clock, her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Royal Family, and their respective suites, embarked on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, at Osborne pier, and at 50 minutes past seven o'clock put to sea, in company with the Fairy tender, under the charge of Lieutenant Cro zier, the Black Eagle Admiralty yacht, Master-Com mander Cook, and the Garland steam-packet, Master- Commander Smithett. The royal squadron took the western passage, passing through Cowes Roads at eight o'clock, under the usual honours. The Recruit, 12, Commander Slade, arrived this morn ing from the eastward. The Orestes, 18, Commander Cannon, was ordered this morning to the eastward to be paid off, but her orders were subsequently countermanded by the Lords of the Admiralty, and she was towed into this harbour this afternoon, where she will be dismantled and paid off. A Board of Admiralty, comprising the Right Hon. the Earl of Auckland, G.C.8., Fir s t Lord ; Vice-Ad miral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8.; Rear-Admiral J. W. 1). Dundee, M.P., C.B. ; Captain M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., M.P. ; the Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., attended by Captain Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy; Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, RN., Second Secretary : and Captain Brandreth, Director of Engineering and Architectural 'Works, arrived last evening at the Cla rence-yard at twenty-five minutes past six o'clock, on their annual visit (the first of the present Board) to this port and its dependencies. Their Lordships were met, on arrival in the Clarence yard, by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, the Commander in-Chief ; Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, Superintendent ; of the Dockyard Captain Pasco, o f the Victory ; Cap tain Carter, of Haslar Hospital and the Clarence-yard ; Captain Robb, of the Gladiator • Commander Cannon, of the Orestes ; Mr. Grant, PALS., Storekeeper, and Mr. John Davies, Master-Attendant, of the Clarence yard ; and Lieutenant Rawstorne, of the Victory, their Lordships' chosen officer, who embarked them forth with in the Admiralty barge, and with the firg in the bow steered them, under salutes from the Victory and Platform battery, to the King's-stairs, Sallyport, where their Lordships disembarked, and were conducted by Lieutenant Rawstorne to the George Hotel, where a guard of Royal Marines was immediately stationed. Ther Lordships having refreshed themselves, pro ceeded to the Admiralty-house, the residence of Sir Charles Ogle, to dine, where the following guests were invited to meet them :—The Hon. Mrs. Talbot, Mrs. Henry Ogle, Flag-Lieutenant Collier, Rear-Admiral and Mrs. Hyde Parker, Captain Pasco, Colonel Jones, R.M., Major. General the Hon. Sir Hercules and the Hon. Lady Pakenham, Colonel Cardew, RE., Captain Sir W. Symonds Captain and Lady Harriet Hamilton, Col. Branareth, R. A., Captain Brandreth, RE., &c. This morning at ten o'clock the First Lord proceeded to the Dockyard to hold a levee at the Royal Naval College, whilst his gallant colleagues received their re spective friends at the George Hotel. The following officers were presented to the Earl , of Auckland, the Noble Lord, with handsome considera tion, receiving those earliest who had come from long distances to see him : Vice Admiral—Frederick Warren. Rear Admiral—Browne. Captains—Pasco, Gifford, Harrison, Hendry, Hutton, Pritchard, Mildmay, Searle, Bowyer, Blake, Collier, Gourley, Carter, Deans, T. G. Wills, Warren, Keele, and Hallowes. Commanders—W. E. Triscott, Sulivan, Matthews, Nolloth, Edwin, Willcox, Holbrook, Langtrey, Wore- fold Ommanney, Miall, Hodges, T. Mitchell, Sabben, Town, Purdo, G. E. Marshall, Roche, Sharpe, Pretyman, Fagan, Baynton, and Sir W. Wiseman. Lieutenants—David Welch (1812), First of the Vic tory ; Griffiths, Burslem, Dawes, J. West, Finch, Brydges, Rawstorne, Pritchard, Warren, Barnes, Tur ner, and Sadler. Surgeon—Dr. Irvine. Paymaster and Purser—J. Ozzard (1813). ROYAL MARINES. Colonel—Conolly. Majors—Wh) lock and Mercer. Captain—Stevens, R.M.A. First Lieutenant and Adjutant —A. B. Savage, R.M.A. llis Lordship rose at about twenty minutes past one o'clock, and will see the other officers whose names are upon the list to-morrow. At half-past one their Lordships embarked in the Ad miralty barge at the King's-stairs, and, followed by Sir Charles Ogle and Rear-Admiral Parker in their respec tive barges, proceeded to the Excellent, and witnessed practice, but which, to our thinking, was not in keeping with the name of the ship. Their Lordships' flag being hoisted at the main of the Excellent, Sir Charles Ogle was obliged to strike his and transfer it to the Gladiator steam-frigate, Captain Robb. At five minutes to five their Lordships left the Excel lent under a salute of 19 gulls, with manned yards, when Sir Charles Ogle's flag resumed its place at her main, and was at the same time struck on board the Gladi ator. Their Lordships landed, and proceeded to the George Hotel without visiting any other objects at the pert. This evening their Lordships honour the Superinten dent of the Dockyard with their company to dinner. The same guests who were at the Commander-in-Chief's last evening, are invited to dine with their Lordships this evening. The Comus, 18, Commander Thompson, was in the Obligado, Parana, on the 21st of April. The Eagle, 50, Captain Martin, with the flag of Rear- Admiral Inglefield, was at Monte Video on the 6th of June ; her movements very uncertain. The Hound, 10, Commander Ward, is destined for the coast of Africa. She is full to the hatches with provi sions, which are also stowed on the lower deck. She takes out 20 supernumeraries for the squadron. The Prince of Wales, Captain Hopkins, 1,400 tons, another of Mr. Green's splendid frigate-built ships, sailed yesterday at 5 A.M , from Spithead, for Calcutta direct, with the Lord Bishop of Calcutta and fifty other cabin passengers on board. In nine hours after clearing Dunnose, she discharged her pilot off the Start. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant David R. B. Mapleton, to the Torch. dit t: l trant Henry A. Norman, to the Devastation, ad- Lieutenant Charles B. Bayly, to the Devastation, ad ditional. Lieutenant A. R. Dunlop, to the Sidon.' Master W. J. W. Burney, to command the Mada gascar. Dr. David Graham Miller, to be Surgeon of the Sidon. Mr. W. T. Domville, to be Assistant-Surgeon of the Excellent. Mr. George J. Roberts, to be additional Assistant- Surgeon of the Vindictive. Mr. W. Evans (b), acting ditto. Dr. Archd. Armstrong, additional acting Assistant- Surgeon of the Caledonia. Mr. Augustus R.R. Preston, ditto. Mr. Andrew Clark, additional acting Assisting-Sur geon to the Victory. Clerk Alfred Whitehouse, to be Clerk in Charge of the Madagascar. Clerk Frederick Lucas, to be additional to the Dem ation. A. Banister, acting Second Master, to the Devastation. THE PRESS THAT KILLED THE COEN•LAW.—The following was exhibited on a board carried by the printers in Lhe free-trade procession in Manchester : This is the Press That printed the Circulars That called the Meetings That made the League That formed the Plan That registered the Men That bought the Freeholds That killed the Corn-law. SAINT GEORGE'S BLOOMSBURY.-011 Sunday this church was re-opened for Divine service, having been closed for repairs and alterations. The interior is now beautifully decorated. At the conclusion of morning prayer, the lion. and Rev. 11. M. Villiers, M.A., the rector, a ddressed the congregation on behalf of the Church Pasto ral Aid Society, after which a collection was made, amounting to 381. HAD THE OLD ROMANS CHIMNEYS AFTER ALL ? In the play of Julius Casar, says a Freemason of the Church, quoted in 'the Builder, we find an e x p re s sion which has ap peared to some critics to be an an achronism. Marcellus, one of the tribunes, rebukes t he citizens for their eagerness to run after Cesar— " Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome." (Act. 1., scene I.) But, although in the first place we think that Shakspere may be allowed a poet's privilege, and should not be judged by rules too strictly, yet it is not so certain that chimneys, or something thereto equivalent, were unknown among the ancient Romans, for Palladio says, "'1 he ancients, to heat their chambers, did serve themselves in this manner; they made their chimneys in the middle with umns or brad.retzt which bore up the architrave upon which we re thefe2 , s:: the chimneys, which conveyed away the smoke. -I‘, son's Translation, p. 103. it extensive been destroyed by fire. Not a sin g le bcok o. has lately The rich convent of Servite s, near Pragle., and valuable library could be saved. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. One of the most gratifying sights we ever witnessed took place at these Gardens yesterday. The boys of the Royal Hospital School Greenwich, between 700 and 800 strong, preceded by their band, paid their annual visit. The day was most auspicious, and the appearance of the School as they marched into the Gar dens, with band playing and colours flying, was ex• tremely interesting. At a signal they all formed round the lake, the band playing the National Anthem ; they then gave three cheers for the proprietor, who had liberally invited them. The band afterwards played some pieces (arranged for them expressly) with great precision and effect. The entertainment prepared must have afforded them infinite delight, and we doubt not will form the subject of many a yarn in after years. A most brilliant display of fireworks preceded the Eruption, represent ing a naval engagement, the band playing Rule Bri tannia. It was the most beautiful and effective display we ever witnessed, and we understand it will be repeated on Monday next. FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S WAR STEADIER SlDON.—Yesterday an inquest was held be fore Mr. C. J. Carttar, at the Duke of Sussex Tavern, Woolwich, on the body of Francis, a convict, aged 32 years, who met with his death under the following cir cumstances :—The deceased had been sentenced to fifteen years' transportation, and having served eight of that period at Bermuda, had been sent home for good conduct, and was in hourly expectation of receiving a free pardon. William Taylor, a convict guard, deposed that the deceased and a gang of convicts were assisting in putting stores on board the Sidon off the dockyard on Saturday last, and that whilst lowering a coil of rope weighing six or seven hundred weight into the hold, the rope, being too heavy, slipped over, upsetting the hatch on which deceased and the boatswain were standing, and precipitating them into the engine -room, a depth of six , teen feet. The deceased, whose skull was broken, lin gered in great agony for twenty hours. The jury re turned a verdict of " Accidental death." NEW POLICE-COURT AT CLAPHAM.—A new Police court is in the course of being erected in Larkhall-lane, Clapham ; hitherto the police charges have been taken to Wandsworth. THE NEW AERIAL OMNIBUS.—In consequence of the repeated blocking up of the principal London tho rpught'ares, a plan has been proposed for opening two lines of communication by means of strong lines of rope, capable of bearing the weight of 'vehicles. So that by suspending the carriages, the inconyeniorce of suspend ing the intercourse between different ' points will be-alto gether avoided. It is evident that the only method of surmounting the difficulties of transit which are being continually raised by paviours, commissioners of sewers, and others, is by literally passing over them. Stations for taking up and setting down might be opened at the various columns and steeples on the line of road, com mencing with the Monument on Fish-street-hill, stop ping at Nelson's pillar, for the passengers to and from Charing-cross, continuing to the Duke of York's, and concluding, while Piccadilly is in its present state of blockade, at one of the arches of Hyde Park-corner. — Punch. THE NEW PAVEMENT IN FLEET-STREET.—This pavement, which the contractor boasted would last 25 years, has not answered the expectation of the public. Although only laid down a few days, the centre of the street, from Gosling's bank to St. Dunstan's Church, has, in many places, sunk nearly a foot. The whole of that portion must be repaved; which will again stop the thoroughfare between Chancery-lane and Fetter-lane for a few days. The whole of Fleet-street will be com pleted by Friday. RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES.—A label affixed to a celebrated pump in the Strand, bears the following in scription :—" This pump is locked during Divine ser vice on Sundays, and in the week." LOSS OF LIFE ON THE RIVER. Last evening the body of Charles Stevens, aged 13, was picked up at the Essex-street pier. The deceased and another boy were playing on the barges close to the pier, on Tuesday night, when the former fell into the river. His com panion was so terrified that he ran away, and said no thing about Stevens's fate until he was missed at night. When the body of the unfortunate boy was brought to his parent's residence, near Water-lane, his father, who was not prepared for the melancholy occurrence, lost his senses, and had, it is said, to be put under restraint. Advices from Launceston to the 17th of April, vid Sydney, mention the failure of Messrs. Henty and Co., of that place, who, it is stated, have stopped for 90,000/. The Launceston firm is solely represented by Mr. James Henty, of Launceston, who possesses au in terest (one-third) in the house of Ilenty, Brothers, at Portland. This latter firm is not, however, involved in the failure at Launceston. The creditors at the meeting seemed perfectly satisfied with Mr. llenty's conduct, as they voted to him a sum of 5001., with his personal effects, and an allotment belonging to Mrs. Henty, in which he posse ssed a life interest. Lusus NATURX.—The Boston Times says, "An ex traordinary freak of nature has appeared at Little Rock, PennsTvlania. The head of an infant, furnished with hair and teeth, has produced itself through the side of a little girl, only eigh'b years old. It is supposed that the two have been united in the womb, and have grown with each other's growth, until nature has taken this means of separating them. This, however, is not a very rational supposition." THE SPORTING REVIEW. The editor proceeds gloriously with his " Hand book of the Chase ;" it will be inestimable when finished. A portrait of Mendicant, the winner of the Oaks, by that prince of veterinary painters, J. F. Herring, sen., forms the principal embellishment; the other engraving is from a clever sketch by Bate man, "Take them while they're in the humour," and decidedly, judging from appearances, such as the heap of trout upon the bank, the angler with his back turned towards us, finds them excellently in the humour. "Adventures of a Hunter" proceed with considerable spirit ; and, as Scribble has in this num ber just conveyed the hunter as far as cover for the first time, we may anticipate a famous chapter in October. Harry Hieover, in his very utilitarian contributions, "Sound and Unsound Horses," treats of the defects discoverable in equine eyes, and also of all blemishes in their wind, ex. gr. broken wind, thick wind, inflammation of the lungs, roaring, wind sucking, and whistling. " The difference between whistling and roaring," saith Harry Hieover, " and the propriety of purchasing a horse that whistles, is merely the difference of music between the trombone and the penny trumpet. I de test both ; my reader may like both, or prefer one to the other !" " A Letter from New Brunswick " is lively enough; and the article on " English Sports" welcome enough. All the other contributions, ap pertaining to recent or forthcoming events in the sporting world, are smartly written, and will be generally acceptable. MONTHLY PRIZE ESSAYS. This publication (undertaken somewhat upon a similar plan as that which regulated a periodical en titled Tegg's Magazine) improves and mellows as it proceeds. One feature in it we would especially particularise—almost every contribution seems to be actuated by some sound moral purpose. Whether this be an affectation we know not, but it is manifest throughout. " Boarding- school Edu cation," for example, is produced as a cor rective to a pernicious system of tuition : the essay on the " Life and Death of Haydon" advocates the remembrance of indigent genius : a brief poem, called " The Dressmaker," is a wishy• washy ad dendum to the memorable " Song of the Shirt :" and the paper on " Public Punishment" we must pre sume to have sprung from a kindred benevolence. All these are essentially of a moral cast ; and though the work assumes from that circumstance a rather solemn and staid appearance, it is not the less genial on that account. The biographical and critical article on the celebrated John Paul Richter—one of the most remarkable men in literature, and one of the most eccentric and imaginative—is to our mind the most able contribution in the number. SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE. From the spirited manner in which this continues to be conducted, it appears to be proceeding prospe rously. It is a kind of compromise between the old Penny Magazine and a modern journal of light litera ture. The articles are varied and evidence talent ; some original, others quotations ; the embellishments are neat and picturesque, instance the one to Fanny Leigh, Queen Mary, and Peter Botte. One thing is certain—there is plenty of good material for the money. ABD-EL-KADER. (From El Clamor Publico.) " For a long time past Abd-el-Kader has kept up an active correspondence with the Emperor of Morocco and his Ministers, who have always supplied him with powder, muskets, and uniforms for his troops ; and those suppliea, of the value of several millions of rials, have always been punctually paid for. The Emir also pro cures the same articles from Gibraltar, through the medium of some English and Jewish houses, which have agents in the empire ; several of them are Consuls of France on the coast of Morocco. This accounts for the Emperor's refusal to admit as Consul Captain Pellissier, who certainly would not have suffered such a trade. The Emperor, however, has never concealed his admiration of Ab-el-Kader —an admiration amounting to fanaticism, as they may have seen who have lived in the intimacy of either the Emir or Emperor. We shall mention but one fact in confirmation of what we state. Until the French expedition to Morocco and the battle of Isly took place, the Emperor professed a sort of adora tion towards him, whom he called the Defender of the Faith,' and whose celestial mission he was the first to revere. The austerity of Abd-el-Kader's life,his talents and virtues, in some measure justified the Emperor's veneration, which was so great that it extended to the very things that belonged to the Emir. Thus, very often, after some of Abd-el-Kader's warlike deods, Abd-el-Rhaman would person ally write to him, and demand, as precious relics, his sword, burnous, or some other article worn by him. 'When the Emperor received these gifts, he used to put them into a chapel ho had built for the purpose in his palace, and where they were exposed to the veneration of his household and the faithful. Whether real or fic titious, that superstitious admiration which has been communicated to all the Moors may raise doubts as to the Emperor's good faith, when he recently gave France assurances of his sincere friendship. In addition to his relations with the Emperor of Morocco, Abd-el-Kader has kept up a correspondence with the Beys of Tripoli and Tunis, with the Paella of Egypt, the Sultan of Con stantinople, and the Ulemas of Mecca. All have replied, praising his bravery, and promising him their services. The Ulemas have sent him a gold seal, of the size of a piastre, as a proof of their satisfaction, and an encourage ment to his persevering in his desperate warfare against the infidels. It is with this gift that Abd-el-Kader seals his dispatches. In the intervals of repose that his wars leave him, Abd-el-Bader coins copper and silver money, whereby he makes a profit of two hundred per cent. Upon these coins is the inscription —" Victory depends on God, and with his help nothing is impossible." These coins are struck at Fekdempt. The Emir has also created decorations, one of gold the °tin r of silver, called Chika; they have the shape of an ostrich feather, and weigh two ounces. When he confers them he assem bles the chiefs composing his council and staff, orders the individual who is to be favoured with the decoration to be introduced into his tent, places it on his head, and after praying, blesses him." oe - HAVING AN EYE TO BUSINESS.—During a trial in the assize cunt, at Bristol, this week, a gentleman was taken ill, and was removed from the Court by a member of the legal profession. As the latter was assisting his sick friend up Broad-street, a person, making a low bow, popped a card into his hand and solicited the honour of his pa tronage. The card contained the na me an d address of an undertaker, Nvith the significant addendum, "Funerals com pletely served !"—Bristol Mercury. - . •