The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-19 00:00:00

MIGVELIT E INSUTtRECT lON. (From the Tinu a ) witgentleman, just arrived from Op,rto, has . favoured •us lOth PY of the following p ro ulamati,,a, issued on the PRO LEGE ET GngOlc• IN Tux Nalta OF H. M. F. M. Dow MIGUEL I. ' Issued PROCLAMATION _ed by th e G eneral-in-Chief and Military Director; Re iguald*Blacdonnell, to the soldiers, Royalists, and patriots ef Ports a l Sold' g • ti 'era and Royalists,—Wbat with Charter and Constitu on p • (t an ', °rtugal has become the prey of faction and the sport . . le a F re llY ;it is, therefore, you who must rise and take the in ei li rens ; h s —u•ng your country from the state of degradation br ao ,:" it lies. The crisis has arrived, and the remem is 0; of Past events ought to spur you on to exertion ; for v revol at l Y n ar n Which, you have lately waged with invasion and -Lou r f l i v. , you were not vanquished, von were betrayed. capital eet Was captured in a simulated combat ; your our was occupied without even the form of defence; de a 7 ll3- Was subdivided and rendered ineffective ; and, when finally assembled, it was decoyed to tie c :ra, and there cajoled into a needless and base capitali ass in B ,ueh were the combined effects of domestic intrigue th e , " r eign chicanery, aided and abetted by the perfidy of b ,. e councillors who surrounded the throne, and to whom, , t i' va a ( i . dire fatality, your destinies were confided. Your wre lu g adversaries, conscious of their own weakness, k__ astonished at their own success : they instinctively tis s_ew that they owed no such advantage to any virtue in ,i'ne_rUseves, yet they cunningly made the most of this occa wL',. and strove to impose on Europe the belief that all as due to their proper wisdom and heroism. The foreign Vis i s teemed with the productions of their pen, professing, g as t ie , to be histories of the war, productions of invidious as ' c i sinister character, in which facts were garbled, distorted, fh e auPpressed, in order that you might have censure and a st y l elight have praise ; but this wretched ambition was tii.. Is for in public, if success made them vain—in secret f •;tr fears made them cruel ; and while abroad they were ac . The with the pen, at home they were active with the poinard. . ue Convention of Evora had scarcely been concluded when 11 Plot was formed for its violation; though the Royalist ar med force had been dissolved, the Royalist party was still ItMdittinished in its numbers, and still unchanged in its sen aintents, it formed the vast majority of the Portuguese atis o see° • As it could not, therefore, be destroyed in body, es . arse was had to assassination to destroy it in spirit; ~,.....- ` rY Royalist of any leading, and who bore a good name, ?„''' doomed to be a victim. A system of murder then coin - •Lenced, and rapine and sacrilege were its concomitants. ' 'an who had laid down their arms, returned to their homes, and founded their " hope of security on the faith and s olemnity of public treaty, were persecuted and attacked. slain 80 1ne• were arrested, 'and dispatched in prison—some were ,in the street—and others were butchered at their own ,gornes, in the midst of their horror. stricken families. T here was not a sanctuary which the dirk of the assassin didv not invade and pollute with crime. The Convention of a s o a nia w eal as disregarded as if it never had been. This policy did not, in strictness, appertain either to takChartists or to Septembrists ; each of these parties, if t o a b a as a body, was certainly free of the crime, and ought P att ic j' ve oifn ja,tice free of te blame. It was not the parties, but the I olicv of Ministries that led to the who Ity.....SliniAries chiefly composed of unprincipled men, and zith °Moja' knavery scrupled not to betray both friend cal lous e to rn h en wh°, in fine, were justice,eed of power, rendered then, SUspiaugrrioaustifY eer tun tt , S-a lne ; who sacrificed humanity, and de their selfish propensities. What they were for the c th eY are now and such would continue to be re of polies character is for ever the same. No other re vohltio • mY is, indeed, to be expected from a raw and the e , a arY Government, that must needs be a mockery . to ese eyes of the nation, and thus kept alive to its own_ m tlhhatiewat7; the nation, is no authority so unjust and cruel as soldiersl h , and is haunted by the fear of contempt. Ra 1),... --- Royalists, your fate has been hard! fortune w its •••• cruelly severe and public opinion has done you andi g ' Y " sacrificed your wealth to maintain the altar Yet tent on t h rone in their Divine and legitimate purity, and Vesf„" 4 ve been denied the principle of patriotism. You dee m `u ns Your lives in the active discharge of what you . de" i'''' Lo be a duty, and yet you have than fl our as ...., cs d of moral virtue! you fought better than your adver- ZZand that too under every disadvantage, and yet you these been decried and stigmatised as cowards! I make and ‘ . 4BB ertions boldly, for I speak of facts which I know, I s s s . °l conduct which I witnessed. A knowledge of these tja;:-Piltable facts has enabled me to advocate your cause boutbr as u g Europe, in despite of opposition, and the remem has brans r good and noble conduct impels me now to y o : the field, and fills me with pride while I thus address ,s r for I -- k new you will learn with delight that the war of -nation is declared. t s i n Miguel I. has this day been proclaimed King of Per tda, and the Algarves with their dependencies ; based on fundamental restoration of the Cortes of Lamego, and the :Mental laws of the monarchy. oo a a t ancient and legitimate standard now waves in hostility to both charter and constitution, and lour vacillati ng governments. It i s th e s y m bol of e et Z t faith, of your laws, of your King, and of your and t r Y• It is the signal for you to arm, to muster y ottr ° march and to rally around it, that you may recover th e ' , r ights and redress your wrongs. Many of the best and o ur vr i avest of the Royalists are already with me in the field. t em Ptan is formed and our system is established. Our sys si„ Is co nciliatory, and it therefore is national. We recog fiekirmn,e as enemies, save those whom we encounter in the are am " e make no distinction of party; men of all parties insti e ;"gat us, and every appointment shall be founded in for s , - sTomotion shall be strictly confined to the operating ro es .: and vsJour and obedience shall be the sole recom and uati . °n • I make this declaration in the fulness of honesty Th e e d an u,sur, for my will is good and my power is ample. geast: e ' s of every brave Man shall be rewarded. The sp.- th e i r r'..,c.erporals, and soldiers shall daily and duly receive last, a “„"ns and their pay, sunderg as the campaign sha l This f:„, w hile they remain my immediate command. to see ;,` semPowered to promise, and this I pledge myself .... c luaiatoC. 4 . ° rmed, and you are all of you sufficiently ac -411 the -It h my character to know that I never break faith Seidl trG°Ps. evil which ; the era " Ro . • c° ll lMand Zahsts, in December, 1833, when I quitted at antarem I foresaw and foretold all the the Power i$ the sequel befel you, but as I bad not then intact, "' l ' to do you any good, I retired with my character .." and . tho se Made my resignation serve as a protest against all 1 sin Peat, which did you any harm. It is, therefore, e i n Peat, that in the war which you then waged with inva t "'" end revolution, you were not, vanquished ; you were be . • raYed. nis now time to regain, by your own loyalty and ' b r avery, what you lost by the treachery and imbecility of . ' Mhers: You have only to do, after a lapse of nine years, what YOUr forefathers' did after a lapse of sixty—when they spurned a s ,fore' yoke,"deposed a foreign King, and placed upon the '~urone l the native and legitimate Braganza. • 4 -rrn, then, and 'hasten to the standard of your ancestors , by that . standard which first was unfurled against the Moors.. by t he founder of yOur monarchy; that standard .which first g u ided the wa as a volant beacon, to oriental navigation; th at standard , Y m:hich so lately, in Portugal, in Spain, and in Prance' so frequently triumphed over the hosts of Nappleon. ll it i e t You are not called upon to rally around itin force on ° ma of the dangers to be braved, and the obstacles to be all s „ rn loanted; for to vanquish a weak and spurious Govern ;rot, continually haunted by fear, but little force will be O ttir ed• You are called upon to prove, by your readiness is . a rl;n, that the state of political feeling in Poriugal has been raalY misrepresented. You are also called upon to prove, j i Yeut energy in the field, that the character of the Portu vr esa Royalists has been foully ealuMniated ; and, finally, 111 °: are called upon to join in the enterprise, that numbers th s ° give to it the andeur of nationality; and, above all,. su s ra anY as possible may share in the glory of its 1 , 0 listey, -ru guese—lt is not to my voice alone that you n v ow . re* -; You listen also to the voice of year dethroned so e 'DI wh o spe to you from his exile. Th e esen;s:al-in-Chief and Military Director, . Lo ngi; REGINALD MACDONNELL. -ve the King Don Miguel L asso 'Y c;above been apprised of the fact of a number of rioter s n i gB having lately started in the suburbs, the pro •th which profess to afford servants and others moving bank 3, B t tb ordinae ranks of society . all the security of savings' lishin e j l th a m uc h l a rger rate of interest than these estab as fiv e `3 pay. In one or two cases it is st a ted that as much tkar ect : er cent. is allowed for moneys paid in, and all the dePosir-r °f savings' bank business being assu m e d, the p art y ti me, 'rig is permitted by the managers to withdraw, at any th e su ms from ii. to 5!. if a larger demand is made upon it 4s t tahli s h rnent, proper notice must be given; and should as th e enu t o greater amount than 251., three months is fixed term date of repayment. It is not alone the high rate of in- Proffered on these deposit% which in ordinary money that transactions is not considered indicating asafe basis of business, picion of the associations, but the stronger at exeited 8" taah girls „ in one particular instance several poor servant conshf ' A° h ad sn disposed of their savings have experienced erable difficulty in getting them returned when they e _ ° : plied for them. The greatest caution ought to be rcised on the part of persons who with commendable pru -I°s nee seek means of increasing the surplus of their income Y laying it out at interest, in selecting a savings' bank Which is really known to be under the management and su perintendence of trustees and others who have not so much in view the desire of profit as the security and lafet i of the earnings of the poorer classes of the community.ins nvostrnent in Consols, eurit With a lower rate of interest , like an Will be fotind in the long run much more ad van t ag e ous to the depositor than the uncertaintyrosec of a high rate of interest accompanied by the y of a return of principal.— Times. IRISH PROVISIONS.—The p im ortations of provisions of various descriptions from the principal lrish ports into the Port of Liverpool during the past week. being from the 31st of July to the 6th instant exclusive, consisted of the follow ing articles, viz.:-6,743 firkins,.243 half firkins, 1,236 bas kets, casks, &e, and 84 boxes of butter; 628 sacks of flour; 61 sacks, 380 quarters, 89 tons weight, and 1,220 barrels o f oat; 106 tons weight, 258 bags, and 154 other packages of meal ; 124 sacks and 24 tons weight of barley; 55 sacks t,,, n 'alt, 182 packages of bacon, 239 barrels of pork, 575 g'uges of linens and cottons, 372 sacks of farina flour, 32 in„-rr,e's of general provisions, 65 bags of malt, and numerous ' - eaages of beef, whiskey, seed, lard, hams, and various ovttither articles. In the same period the following is a WID - Irtn! l i_ in in of the principal and most noticeable arrivals of a (l aer e „ character, from the same quarter, at the port of Lon -418" boxes of salmon, 1,377 boxes of eggs, 756 ham e of hams. 3.526 packages of bacon, 917 packages of lard, an , o f malt, 848 casks of porter, 100 cheeses, 13, 194 boxes bar• rels h packages of butter, 822 packages of pork , 2,237 and 8,707 quarters of oats, and 124 pigs, in addition bales of paper and various other articles of food fe —lnor nvortance, and of merchandise of too numerous mid ge ral a character to be further enumerated or specifically men; Toned. INTELLIGENCE.—CHATHAM, AUGUST 13, -I Q 3 tertia detachment, consisting of 2 corporals and 29 • Y evening privates, with 5 women and 14 children, of the 99th .Regiment, under command of Adjutant Rupert Barber Deer ing, of the 99th, arrived at the Invalid Depot from Graves ,lld, at which lacetbe disembarked from the ship Templar, t vi a Ptain Brov?n, from Y New Sou th Wales. Most of the men ete wounded in the late engagement with the New Zea enders. - „ me were r e quired to be taken i nto the hos p ital aL Port Pi tt. and the remainder ware removed to St. Mary's Bah ; Brompton. Lieutenant R. 0. F. Steward, of the Rejiment, came home in the ship, as als o a detachment of the 2701 Regiraent, consisting of 1 sergean t, 1 cor p oral I V 1 0 privates. This latter detachment left t he Ca p e of I , o od Hope as a convict guard, with convicts for Hobart u „ c 'w, , and at the time of their embarkation the 27th were _'"er orders to proceed to Englhnd; but owing to the re- Zaet.it outbreak with the Kars the regiment has been de- T o ni w e n ,nad the detachment was removed from Hobait 99 - New t South Wales, where it embarked with the 9 9th for England on the 20th. of April, in the expectation of ,veeteing with their regiment at Chatham. One women and h g came home with the 27th. OR E A, S WIMMI N G o MATCH YOR 201 AND THE anc r riox r.— stuCM Monday evening Pewters (the London) ~,11; 'bermes (the Oxford) champions, decided their claims I.l4, 4r ning superiority between lhlackfriars and Vanxhall V im bes , and after a very aclAiirable contest, the Londoner •Ds.is opponent gave up $ Weetagneter-bridge. LITERATURE. FO REIGN QUARTERLY RE V 1 E IV. The article entitled "Portugal and its late Rulers," in the July number of the Foreign Quarterly, will be read with much interest at the press true, and particular account" ef the career of f the nt time. It is a "ull, Brothers Cabral, and we quite colour in opinion with the writer, that • " Western Europe has offered no parallel in recent times for the bare-faced effrontry with which official:peculation and venality have been practised during the last four years in Portugal, where it was not one individual alone of a ministry, but the majority of its n:embers, who made either stock jobbing, or contract selling, or patronage vending, the great business of their public lives ; and notwithstanding the noto riety of such practices, carried on year after year, they en joyed the favour of the court up to the latest moment, to an extent unequalled by any former administration." The government of the Cabrals "Sprang out of a rebellion planned by a disgraced employe, the elder Cabral (Joze Bernado da Silva Cabral) in 1842, and executed by the younger brother, Antonio da Costa Cabral (then Minister of Justice), who set the novel exam ple of abandoning his portfolio, to upset the Government of which he was a member." The elder brother Joza da Silva was originally an official in the Court of Relacoa of Oporto, and to which post he had been appointed during the constitutional regency, while at the same time his.younger brother Costa Cabral was appointed to a magisterial situation in Penella. On the return of Don Miguel, Silva Cabral became one of his most zealous partisans, and proclaimed him as absolute King at Nellus, whilst Costa Cabral remained a Pedroist and emigrated to Belgium. Silva Cabral, at the fall of Don Miguel, passed over to the winning side, and persuaded Don Pedro that all through the reign of Don Miguel he had been secretly attached to the Queen's cause. Don Pedro conferred on him a magisterial office in Oporto, and here be exer cised his ingenuity in arresting Miguelites, and seizing their property for the State. A mysterious loss of much of this property in its way from the coffers of the Miguelites to the Treasury brought Silva Cabral into bad odour, and he was dismissed from the office he held in Oporto. He was, however, soon after appointed to the office of Corregidor of the district of Roio, in the neighbourhood of Lisbon, and here he imprisoned a priest named Da Silva, and seized all his property, which was of great value. In consequenee of the severities exercised upon him, the unfortunate priest died. An in - vestigation took place. The witnesses declared it was their profound conviction " that the imprisonment of the deceased priest had been concerted in order to ad mit of those robberies being made, which were abetted by the Corregidor," and the judges to whom the matter was referred, decided against the Corregidor; and this is the man who was recently appointed by the Queen of Portugal, Minister of Justice and Religion. Costa Cabral, on his return to Portugal, was appointed to a judicial situation in the Azores, and was elected as De puty for St. Michael's to the Cortes. He distinguished himself by the violence of his ultra democratical opinions, and contributed largely to bringing about the revolution of 1836. In the clubs he was constantly denouncing for assassination all those who opposed his views, and was called, and seemed proud to be called, the Murat of Lis bon. Silva Carvalho had procured him his ap pointment to the Azores, and of course Silva Carvalho was the object of his unceasing attacks. By Count Bomfin he had been brought into the Ministry, and, of course, he immediately commenced a series of intrigues against him, which ended in the downfall of his ministry. His influence over the King Consort became very great in fact, the King was governed by his German favourite Dietz and by Costa Cabral ; and, at length, while still Cabinet Minister, he left Lisbon, and put himself at the head of an armed force to destroy the government of which he was a member, and to restore the charter of Don Pedro, which he himself had helped to set aside in 1836. He succeeded, and for four years he and his brother were ministers. "In that period he suspended the Constitution three times, and cau,ed the Queen to affix her signature thirteen times to ordinances in vio lation of the written charter, which is the fundamental law of the state." When he came into power he was pennyless ; when he was expelled from Portugal, the other day, by an indignant people, he was possessed of large estates, large sums in the public securities, of a castle at Thomar, and a palace in Lisbon, the produce of the most barefaced peculation; and yet no Minister ever received such support from the Court as Cabral ; and it is to force him upon the unwilling Por tuguese people that the Spanish Government is at this moment concentrating its forces on the Portuguese fron tier; and to support him that the Spanish Minister at Lisbon, Gonzales Bravo, contrary to the law of nations, interfered in the internal concerns of the State to which he was accredited. This, however, may be accounted for, by the fact, that Cabral is in league with Dietz, the German favourite of the Portuguese King, and that Dietz, if not an agent of France, is certainly one of the warmest of the upholders of French - influence and of French interference in the affairs of the Peninsula. The article on the French political preachers of the sixteenth century is worthy of study. The writer clearly shows that the ob ject of the Guises and the League was to esta blish a sacerdotal democracy, and that the preachers openly enforced the duty of assasssinating all those opposed to them, as a " holy, heroic, praise r worthy deed, which would assure Paradise to the per petrator ' • and one of the Garin declared, in a sermon, that the family of Jacques Clement, the assassin of Henry lIL, ought to be ennobled. The massacre of St. Bartholomew was constantly held up as an example worthy to be followed ; and, even after the League was suppiessed by the firmness and wisdom of Henry IV., Boucher, one of these preachers, declaimed bitterly against the edict of Nantes, and published a treatise in defence of the attempt at regicide, made by Jean Cha tel, in 1595. The writer thus concludes :- 6utt 'lLi u st worthytu. Tsui le nofotseribiorugsetcounteomjlualtiiotnhaetveunurinfuort:: fathers were watching with painful anxiety every phase of this, to them, fearfully tragic story. Their faith and peace were equally at stake. Spanish money was as actively em ployed against Elizabeth as against Henri 111. or Henri IV. The knife of the assassin had doubtless been more than once prepared for her. Hundreds of cunning Jesuits and wily preachers, educated expressly for the purpose, were sent into this country in disguise, and were busily engaged in sowing, in private the same seditious principles. A Ligua was prepared' for England, if it had succeeded in France. Let us not, then, judge too rashly the statesmen, who, in condemning Mary of Scotland, thought that the death of an ambitious woman, a Guise by her mother's blood, a ready instrument in the hands of her family, was necessary for the safety of their country. The designs in which she partook were those of the Spaniard, the pope, and the house of Lorraine; and when she manifested her zeal for the establishment of the Catholic church and the overthrow of heretics, it was to be done by means such as those employed on the continent by Spain, and the pope, and the Guises. It, is thus that, at certain periods, to understand our own history, it is necessary that we should have something more than a superficial knowledge' of that of the surrounding nations." In addition to these articles, we have an admirable review of " Stoke's Discoveries in Australia," an inte resting " Biography of Herder," a stirring account of the attempt of Burlamacchi at Lucca, in the year 1546, to originate a movement for the nationalisation of Italy ; a learned review of the " Oxford Graduates ;" recently published work on Modern Painters, and several amus ing notices of recent American publications. THE ECLECTIC REVIEW. No. 11. New Series. A prosperous course seems to lie before this periodi cal; and its contents, for excellence of writing, for variety of contributions, and for uncynical morality, justify the success which they promise. " Methodism as it is," though of anything but general interest, is a paper so agreeably compiled, that it will be perused with at tention, especially as it relates to a very large and in fluential body of our countrymen. Some of its ani madversions are not altogether undeserved ; many of them are richly merited. " The HiAtory of the Dog" is a capital collection of memorabilia relating to that- ,most sagacious of animals ; but we marvel' that the writer, while referring to Youatt and Martin, as authoritits, entirely overlooked the recent and excentric narrative of Jesse. There is likewise an elegant little dissertation on the last twenty years of the reign of George I 11., evoked by the concluding volume of Mr. Knight's "Pictorial His tory of England." Never was any similar fragna-nt of time in the records of England, or possibly of Europe; so fraught with wonderful occurrences, or so remarkable for an array of extraordinary personages. Parlia mentary oratory was then at its parehellion; Pitt, Fox, Burke, and Sheridan, were as habitual haranguers of the House at that period, as Russell, Hume, Duncombe and Wakley are now-a-days. Poetry was only, second in excellence t o th e Shaksperianand Mil tonian eras ; Coleridge, Shelley, Campbell, and Byron issued their couplets as irregularly as Bulwer, Tenny son, .Elliott, and the author of the " New Tim‘m," do in our generation. The startling news of an Aus terlipt or a Trafalgar are now replaced by intel ligence of a division upon some , free-trade ques tion, or (according to the ;nal a dro i t fascetiousness of Lord Brougham) the latest bulletin of the potato disease, Hallam and Lingardi n inop history philos ;ll h a y z litt and Gifford in oritiaisal ;Bentham Erskine in forensic and Hall in pulpit eloquence; Mack intosh as a biographer ; Foster a s an essayist, then occupied posts which are now almbst vacant. Sydney Smith was to his day what Punch is to ours. The Waverley Novels were then devoured with avidity, like that evinced by the public for Martin Chuzzlewit and the like. Brougham and Jeffrey were then reviewers ; their present representatives we cannot enumerate. Miss Mitford has been succeeded by Miss Martineau ; in lieu of Miss Edgeworth we have Mrs. Gore or the Countess of Blessington. The parallel might be con tinued almost ad infinitum, and we fancy would not be altogether uninstructive. The closing years of George 111. are among the most memorable lessons of humanity ; and it is singular enough to reflect how at that great epoch the imaginations of men were filled Iv the names of two extraordinary charac ters, Napoleon and Byron—the one the hero of the sword and of the sceptre, the other the hero of mis anthropy and the pen. With other contributions upon Thomas Cartwright, the Argentine Republic, &c., the Eclectic Review is readable and instructive. BORDEAUX AND ITS WINES. By C. Coca Those who relish that most flavolirous of all beverages, claret, will relish this very agreeable volume. And who, we should like to know. does npt relish claret? If there actually be, any individual with a palate so callous us not to be tickled by the vine juice of Medoc, we should be uncommonly glad of an introduction to him, and should prize his friendship as that of an unique specimen of hu masa', Bverybody at all worthy at being considered as anybody has std Aired the ingenuity with which Si n b a d the got rid of the Old Man of the Sea, by present ing w ith a calabash of wine ; and we could s car ce ly t o ,Ue upon i ourselves to blame the old gentleman, supposing y b h o i d m Sailor y Haut-Brion. The book, now the wine n qaestiolwr ere suc a hz ß ine . asLafite, or ChAleaux- Margaux, or Lett , or Hu m as e a ra kin u d b r i ed ripeness with the fruit ageorative ; the descriptions con wad as ple4sautly from lyingtlunesll,ll 11;174;0:c:co, ;% TB:„E, StN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, ATIGUTT 19, 1g46,. the tongue of the writer as its subject may be presumed to ti ejsle over the tongue of the reader. Mr. Cocks has' evidently • undertaken his- account of "Bordeaux, its - Wines, and the Claret Country," with an epicurean osto, and he knows moreover precisely what inftnima tioN to introduce, and how it should be introduced. To our thinking there is nothing whatever superfluous in his, chapters, nor are their contents in any instance su perficial. The theme is ostensibly familiar to the author, and he treats it well ; and if the conceit may be permitted, we should say that he treats it so well because it is so familiar. A history of Bordeaux, with which the volume commences, is singularly interesting ; it describes the growth of that beautift.l town, from the period when it was denominated Burdi gala by the Romans, down to its reception of the Dukes de Nemours and d'Aumale in 1845. Besides this, we are regaled with a charming narrative of its antiquities, its modern buildings, the character and customs of its in habitants, its system of public instructions, and the cele brated personages of which it is the birthplace; among whom should be especially mentioned the renowned "Legislator of Nations," Charles Secondat Montesquieu. A railway trip to La Teste, and an excursion by steamer to Royan, follow, and thereupon the reader is inducted to the pith of the whole performance—a description of the qualities, the localiti , s, the seasons, and the manufacture of claret. Separate accounts are devoted to the six great wine districts of Upper Medoc, namely, the Arrondisse ments of Bordeaux, Lesparre, Libourne, La Rial e , Ba is, and Blaye. f the meaner of the composition, we shall afford our readers s,me inkling by transcribing the accounts of the ceremonies, of the vintage, and of the preparations necessary before the pressure of the grapes, and the fermentation of, the liquid that exudes upon that pressure. The following is more than merely graphic ; it is photo-graphic:— . _ _ ,HOUSE OF LORDS N . .PROTEST AGAINST THE THIRD READING'OF THE - SCOTTISH JOINT-STOCK BANKS BILL. DISSENTIENT-- HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Ist. Because the Bill is inconsistent with those free and liberal principles of trade by which her Majesty'f Ministers are understood to be governed, inasmuch as, under the pre tence of removing a monopoly disadvantageous to the public, it covers the monopoly with a protection that fixes it more firmly than ever. While it professes to open the door to an equal dispensation of chartered privileges to all Scottish banks that may petition for them, it bars it, at the same time, against any bank but such as may choose to submit to vexatious conditions; calculated to create in the public mind individious distinctions between them and the old chartered banks, which by this Bill are to be exempt from such conditions. 2d. Because the legislative interference with the manage ment of joint-stock companies, which this Bill provides, is erroneous in principle ; but, even if it were sound, the incon sistency of its application is conspicuous, as it imposes rigid rules and restrictions on one class of banks, whose consti tution and unlimited responsibility offer to the public the "most perfect security, while it exempts from all such inter ference another class of banks, less securely constituted, and in which the probabilities of mismanagement are as great, if not greater. 3d. Because the confining of certain privileges to one class of banks in Edinburgh, while the banks in other large towns are, by this Bill, to he debarred from the attainment of such privileges on equal terms with their competitors, is disadvan tageous to the public; for the exclusive privilege of re ceiving depesits of public money, trust funds, railway de posits, &c., greatly increases the trading power of the char tered establishments, and the large sums which are thus di rected to these banks, in place of being permitted to flow in their natural channels, enables them to change the rate of discount when the existing state of commercial affairs does not warrant such a step, and the relations depending between other banks and the public are thus liable to be disturbed, and speculation encouraged. 4th. Because the Bill takes away all discretionary power of granting charters of incorporation to banks founded on such equitable principles as circumstances may at the time suggest, and as was done in the case of the Commer cial and of the National Banks of Scotland, and because it limits the power of her Majesty to the granting of charters according to the specific provisid/is of this Bill only; that is, upon terms and conditions which no bank in Scotland is likely to accept. Consequently this Bill, if passed into a law, will become an act for no apparent object of public ad vantage, but in reality an ac t f or preserv i ng to the five chartered banks of Edinburgh their existing monopoly. RADA OR. . Last night was the last subscription night of the season. The opera was I Puritani, the ballet Le Jugement de Paris, and between the opera and ballet the "National Anthem" was sung, and, of course, all present rose from their seats. The house, at this moment, presented the most brilliant coup d'ail. The effect of the bouton d'or draperies was very fine; the idea of " the framed pictures," which had suggested the adoption of the colour, was here completely realise I. There will be one more extra representation on Thursday —the farewell "long Thursday" of the season, of which last night may be considered the legitimate termination. At this, the close of the season of 1846, we cannot take leave of Mr. Lumley without congratulating him on the success—the great and deserved success —which has attended his enterprising and spirited management. A success achieved too, in spite of a continued succession of ill-natured attacks upon the manage ment and all connected with it. These attacks, however, were so palpably groundless, that we think they did rather good than harm, inasmuch as they not unfrequently drew at tention to the virtues of omission iu the management, which but for these would have passed unnoticed; for instance, a great outcry was made for an opera to be com posed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, when it was found that Verdi was too ill to finish Lear in time; Now, with the music of Don Carlos still ringing in their ears, we think that the majority of the subscribers will consider that Mr. Lumley exercised a very sound and judicious discretion in acting as he has done. The season opened with great brilliancy. So completely were the audience on the opening night surprised and delighted by the novel and gorgeous, yet tasteful, character of the decorations, that they actually when the house was fully lighted up gave three rounds of enthusiastic applause. The opera chosen for the opening was Verdi's Nino, and the manner in which this opera was produced and conducted, at once established Balfe's fame as a conductor, and secured to hi m hi s pes i tion. This is an opera which, perhaps, more than any other, de pends for its success on its chorusses, its orchestral effects, and the general ensemble of the music, and therefore upon the abilities of the conductor, and yet deprived of that which all his predecessors for the last fifty years had enjoyed—the as sistance of Dragonetti, whose marvellous powers of " pulling up " an orchestra have passed into a proverb, and to whose exertions are due no inconsiderable portion of the credit which former conductors have enjoyed; deprived of the invaluable assistance of II Drago, Balfe con ducted this opera in a manner which left nothing to be de sired, in a manner so admirable, that Nino and I Lombardi, an opera by the same composer and of the same ch arac t er , have been repeated more frequently during this season than any others, and have always drawn crowded houses. After Easter came Grisi, Mario, and Lablache, the glorious trio. They made their debut in I Puritani, and here again we had an opportunity of observing how Balfe conductedan opera of a totally different character ; and with a perfect recollection of the night when this opera was originally produced, and of the manner in which it has been conducted during each suc cessive season, we have no hesitation in saying that Balfe need not shrink from a comparison with any of his pre decessors.' The production of I Lombardi was the great operatic "fact" of the season ; the cast was amazingly strong, and the mise en scene magnificent. We have already given a list of the operas performed during the season, which it is, therefore, unnecessary to repeat. With regard to the performers, the present season has introduced two to our notice of great promise —Madame Sanchioli, whose powerful voice and energetic action will, when somewhat refined, entitle her to aspire to the rank of prima donna, and Mademoiselle Corbari, whose sweetness of voice and artless ness of manner have created a general feeling in her favour. Castellan, notwithstanding some one had thought proper to kill her in Russia in December, returned to us in March, im proved in voice, in science, and in acting. Fornasari has been with us since the commencement of the season; and Grisi, Mario (whose marvellous improvement both as an actor and a singer we have repeatedly had occasion to notice) and Lablache have been with us since Easter. In the choerographic department we had on the opening night the new ballet of La Catrina, with Lucile Grahn as the heroine. Her pas strategique in this ballet created quite a furore, and La Catarina was repeated almost every night until the arrival of Cerito and St. Leon, when the gorgeous spectacle of Lalla Bookh was produced; the pas de neuf in this ballet was perfectly original, and exceedingly beautiful, and on the " long Thursdays " it generally formed a portion of the evening's entertainments. Eoline, Alma, Ondine, and various s t oc k b a ll e t s , were re peated during the early part of the season, and at length in the month of July came La Gitana, and Taglioni. She re peated the Gitana for a few nights, and then was produced the great hit of the season, the Pas des Deesses, which has been repeated every evening since its first production, and which has created quite as great a furore as the Pas de quatre. The Deesses Taglioni, Cerito, and Grahn, are confessedly the three greatest danseuses in the world, and they were sup ported by Louise Taglioni, Demellisse, and Cassan, either of whom, on any other stage, would rank as premiere danseuses. Hitherto each season of Mr. Lumley's manage ment has been an improvement on the preceding one. How it will be possible for him to surpass the glories of the season of 1846, we are utterly at a loss to imagine. " The vintigeis are disposed in the following manner. The women and children are employed to eut off the grapes. They ought to reject and pick away whatever is defective, unripe, parched, or rotten : one cutter is allotted to every row of vines, and the grapes thus cut are put into baskets. For every eight rows of vine there are two carriers of bastes, or buckets, thirty or thirty-two of which make a charge, or load, which again is composed of two small tubs, called do nilles, placed on a cart. A carrier, termed a videpanier, re ceives the basket of every vintager, as soon as it is full, and empties it into the bucket, which is carried on the back of another, to be emptied into the tubs placed in the cart. A commandant, or inspector, is set over every twelve reges, whose duty is to hasten the cutters, and to see that they do not forget any of the grapes. When the two tubs on the cart are full, the bouvier, or ox- driver, conveys the load to the cuvier, a spacious outhouse, where the wine is made. " When the tubs have arrived in the cuvier they are re ceived by four or five men, who empty their contents into the pressoir, or winepress, which is made either of wood or stone, and composed of four sides, sixteen inches high, and joined at right angles, having a bottom of.nine square feet; this press is about two feet from the ground, and slightly in clines towards the front. The men next scrape the grapes off the stalks; this is done either with rakes, or by rubbing the bunches on a wire sieve. The stalks having been carried away into another press to drain, the grapes are thrown into a heap, and trodden by the men, who, bare legged, and fol lowing each other, tread round the base of the heap till the whole is gradually levelled and crushed. Some proprietors are averse to the foulage, or treading of grapes : confining the operation to the dgrappage, or scraping the grapes from the stalks, they instantly pour the fruit entire into the vat. While this operation is being performed, a hole in the front of the press allows the matt, or juice, to escape into a tub, called gargouille. The men empty this juice into long buckets, termed comportes, which are traversed near the top by a long stick, for the purpose of being carried by two men, who pour the juice into the cures or vats. It is usual to fill these vats only to within fifteen inches of the top; otherwise there would be a risk of losing much wine at the time of fermentation." PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedin gs of die House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY; AUG. 18. Messengers from the Lords brought up the following Bills, to which their Lordships have agreed : Court of Common Pleas Bill—Sugar Duties (No. 3) Bill— Militia Pay Bill—Forms (Assessed Taxes) Bill—Naval Medical Supplemental Fund Society Bill, without amend ment—Amendments to Booth's Charities (Clowes') Estate Bill—Duke of Cleveland's Estate (Bathgate and Wrington) Bill, without amendment—Caledonian Railway (Clydesdale Junction Railway Deviations) Bill, with an amendment— Taff Vale Railway—Allhallows (Northampton) Tithes Bill —Glasgow and Bdfast Union Railway Bill—Poor Removal Bill—Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company Bill—Sion College Bill—East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway Bill—London and South- Western Rail way (London-bridge Extension) Bill, with amendments. DEATH OF SIR C. WETHERELL. This venerable and much-celebrated lawyer, whose name has been rendered familiar to our readers by his providential escape from the Bristol rioters, his determined opposition to the Reform Bill, and other measures, and by his connexion with the Government on the occasion of the prosecution of Thistlewood and his associates, expired at half-past five o'clock on Monday evening, at Preston Rectory, Maidstone, from the effects of the melancholy accident, the particulars of which have already been recorded in this paper. He breathed his last in the presence of his nephew, Mr. Nathan Wetherell, barrister, Mr. Peach (his clerk), &c. &c., being for some time previous, indeed we might add from the mo ment of the accident, quite unconscious of all that was pass ing around. Yesterday morning the melancholy news was conveyed to Lady Wetherell, the Hon. Mrs. Warneford, ber mother, Archdeacon Wetherell, the Rev. W. Wetherell, the brothers of the deceased, Mr. Richard Spooner, M.P., who is married to a sister of the deceased, and to the family mansion, 34, Berkeley-square. Lady Wetherell, it will be recollected, proceeded to the bedside of her now departed husband on Tuesday week, but returned to town on the following day agreeably to the re quest of the medical gentlemen in attendance upon the Right Hon. and Learned Knight. As a politician and a public man perhaps no one was better known than Sir Charles Wetherell, and though his extreme opinions for many years past found but little sym pathy throughout the country, all admired the honesty and candour which he displayed, particularly upon resigning the Attorney-Generalship when the Catholic Emancipation Bill was brought forward by the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel in 1829; and we need hardly state that in so doing he made a heavy sacrifice, as otherwise he would have long since been called upon to fill perhaps the highest office of his profession. Sir Charles Wetherell was born in the year 1771, being the third son of the Rev. Nathan Wetherell, D.D., M.A., of University College, Oxford, and Dean of Hereford. At a very early age the deceased evinced a strong desire for the legal profession, and in 1790 he entered the Inner Temple as a student, having previously completed his education at Oxford. In 1794 he was called to the bar by the Honour able Society of the Inner Temple, and of that institution he was the leading bencher for many years. His progress as an advocate, principally in the Chancery Courts, was pretty rapid; in the course of time he received a silk gown, and in 1823 was appointed Solicitor-General, being on the occasion knighted by his late Majesty George IV. In 1826 he suc ceeded to the Attorney-Generalship, an office which he re signed on the formation of the Canning Ministry in 1827 ; but the formation of the Wellington Government in 1828 once more witnessed him the King's principal law officer. In 1829, the Government of which he was a member deter mined upon conceding to the claims of the Roman Catholics —a course which met with the marked disapproval of Sir Charles, and resolving not to sacrifice principle for in terest, he resigned, and never again held office under Government. The deceased was first returned to Parliament for the now disfranchised borough of Boroughbridge ; ho also repre sented Oxford for a considerable period, but latterly he de clined taking any part whatever in the proceedings of the Legislature, as he never could reconcile himself to the ma chinery of the Reform Bill, which, like other measures deemed by him inroads on the constitution, he emphatically but unsuccessfully opposed. Since his retirement from Parliament, Sir Charles de voted himself to his professional duties, his practice being ,contined to the Courts. Apart, however, from West minster Hall and Lincoln's Inn, he held three lucrative ap pointments, viz., those of Recorder of Bristol, standing counsel to the University of Oxford, and leading legal adviser to his Majesty the King of Hanover. In his addresses to the House of Commons while a Member Sir Charles was generally very satirical and sometimes per sonal in his remarks ; in consequence he was involved on many occasions in conflicts with Hon. Members. Indeed, in various ways the deceased showed tokens of eccentricit3, more particularly so in his manner of dress, which his oldest friends seldom remember to have seen adjusted in an orderly manner. Sir Charles Wetherell did not enter the married state until far advanced in life. He had completed his 60th year when he espoused the daughter of the late Sir Alexander Cooke, of Studeley Priory, Oxfordshire. By this lady, now dead several years, he had one child which expired four months after birth. He married a second time about eight years since Miss Warneford, the daughter of Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Warneford, of Warneford-place, Wiltshire. This lady, by whom the deceased had no family, is about forty years of age, and is heiress to a large property. At the time of the melancholy occurrence Sir Charles, it appears, was returning from an inspection of an estate which he purchased some months back. It is generally understood that he has died very wealthy, if indeed not enormously so. Though a member of the Inner Temple, he kept his offices for many years back in Stone-buildings,' Lincoln's Inn. About four months ago he purchased the splendid mansion formerly occupied by the Earl of Abergavenny, in Berkeley square. The mortal remains of the deceased will, it is understood, be interred in the Benchers' vault, Temple, unless his repre sentatives should resolve otherwise. Mr. Cocks has presented to merchants and connoiseurs in wine a volume for which they will be grateful, and in recommending it as we have done, we cannot surely be performing any disservice to the advocates of total absti nence. For the teetotallers, as a body, we entertain feelings of the most unaffected respect, but the teetotal lers themselves cannot but acknowledge, that, taken in moderation, wine may be eminently beneficial, and that a supreme authority has declared that it " maketh glad the heart of man!" This volume cannot therefore prove, in any particular, prejudicial. GAUGE EVIDENCE. The History and Prospects of the Railway System, illustrated by the Evidence given before the Gauge Commission. By Samuel Sidney, Author of " Bristol, a Free Port," 6-c. We have here the gauge evidence arranged under the separate heads of " Narrow Gauge Evidence," " Uni formity of Gauge Evidence," " Intermediate Gauge Evidence," and " Broad Gauge Evidence." The evi dence is preceded by a brief history of the gauge ques tion, in which the author avows himself a " Narrow Gauge Man," and it is illustrated by a map, showing the territories of the respective gauges. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' FETE AT VAUXHALL.— MR. H. GREEN'S ASCENT DURING THE STORM LAST NIGHT.— The fancy fair and fete champetre, in aid of the funds of the Licensed Victuallers' School, was yesterday resumed at the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. The fineness of the weather in the early part of the day, combined with the attractions of a nocturnal aeriel trip with fireworks by the veteran Green in his coronation balloon, drew an immense assemblage of spec tators, in fact on no occasion has the" royal property" been so crowded. Unhappily in the evening a most unpropitious change in the weather occurred, which materially affected the programme of entertainment, and a facetious announce ment was made that in consequence of the waterworks there would be no fireworks. The inflation of the balloon in the Waterloo Ground commenced at an early hour in the after noon, but the wind blowing strongly from the south-west, and the rain descending in torrents, the filling of the ponderous machine proceeded with great difficulty. Rather than disap point the public, Mr. H. Green, brother of the aeronaut, determined to brave the storm, and , if possible, make the ascent with pyrotechnics. The inflation of the balloon having ter. minated, it was exhibited to the public by means of varied coloured lights, which had a very pretty effect, but Mr. Green soon discovered that the ascending power was not sufficient, and was compelled, most reluctantly, to decline taking with him a most ingeniously constructed machine with fireworks, invented and arranged by Darby the artiste of Vauxhall. The balloon was literally saturated, the net ting absorbed about 300 cwt. of water, which occasioned the balloon to collapse, in consequence of the contraction of the cordage, so that the balloon, about 111 feet in circumference was reduced to about 108 feet. After the arrangement of the usual preliminaries, Mr. H. Green stepped into the car, wet to the skin, amidst the cheers of the assembled crowd, and pulling the "liberating iron," the balloon arose but slowly into the realms of air. Mr. Green took with him but a small quantity of ballast—between forty and fifty pounds. The balloon took a north-easterly direction, and Mr. C. Green predicted that his brother would descend in the neigh bourhood of Hackney. The entertainments were kept up till a late, or rather an early, hour this morning. 'BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOOL SOCIETY.—On Sa turday afternoon a meeting was held at the house of the in stitution, in the Borough-road, for the purpose of presenting a testimonial of respect to Mr. Cornwell, the senior tutor in the normal school of that establishment. The meeting was very numerously attended by the masters of the society's schools from all parts of the country. About 60 of those gentlemen sat down at five o'clock to an excellent repast, which was provided by the committee of the institution. The subsequent proceedings took place in the lecture theatre, to which the company adjourned at six oslock. Mr. Crossley, the master of the central school, presided on the occasion. Messrs. Ames and Althans, the secretary and treasurer of the fund committee, read addresses, warmly ex pressive of the gratitude and respect entertained towards Mr. Cornwell by his former pupils. The testimonial, which con sists of a massive silver tea service, was then presented by Mr. Ryder to Mr. Cornwell, who delivered a very feeling and appropriate reply. Mr. Dunn, the secretary of the so ciety, complimented the subscribers on the graceful manner in which they had evinced their estimation of the high at tainments of their tutor, and their determination to pursue the studies which had been commenced during their residence in the society's training establishment. At the conclusion of the meeting the chairman adverted to the circumstance of his having received, from a number of the youths who had been educated in the model school, a similar tribute of their regard, and in an impressive manner urged the teachers pre sent to persevere in a firm, unvarying line of duty, assuring them that they could not fail by such means to secure ulti mate success. FRANCE.—OTAREITE.—Some of the French journals state that dispatches have been received by the French Go vernment from Otaheite, according to which the attempt of the French to land at Wahine proved a failure, they being repulsed with a loss of 110 men. Governor Bruat intended avenging this defeat, and had begun to organise a large ex pedition; but England is said to have interfered, and not only has the expedition been abandoned, but the fort at Wahine is to be dismantled. France is said to have given up her claims to the island, and a treaty to that effect was to be concluded with the husband of Pomare, who is king of Wahine. The command of the Uranie frigate is said to have been taken from M. Bonnard, and entrusted to M. Mal manche. DEATH OF GENERAL WULFF.—Lieut-General Wulff, of the Royal Artillery, died at the residence of his daughter, Lady Hardinge, on the Gun Wharf, Chatham, on Monday, the 17th instant. at the advanced age of 83 years. DEATH OF B BON DEDEL.—We regret to announce the demise of his ExcAlency Baron Dedel, the Netherlands Minister at this Court, which event took place on Monday last, at his residence in Wilton-crescent. _ DEATH OF THE PRINCE DE ROHAN ROCHEFORT.— PRAGUE, AUG. 7.—The death of his Highness the Prince Benjamin Rohan•Rochefort has the more deeply affected the inhabitants of Prague, to whom he was known, as the dread ful catastrophe was wholly unexpected. He arrived here in the aftefnoon from one of his estates, intending to leave the city in the evening of the same day. Towards sunset, in order to refresh himself after his journey, he resolved to go to the military swimmin g institution. In spite of the warn ing of the superintending officer, the Prince ventured the dangerous leap from (or over) the barrier, when he was so unfortunate as to be carried under the raft, and though all the swimming masters followed him, it was with the greatest difficulty that they got him out of the water. All means taken to recover him were unavailing, his exertion in leaping having doubtless caused a rush of blood, which proved fatal. DEATH OF THE REV. JOHN CHEVALLIER.—We have this week to record the death of a most valuable and much esteemed magistrate in this county, the Rev. J. Chevallier, M.D., of Aspal-hall, than whom f ew p ersons li ve d more universally esteemed by his relatives, his friends, and his neighbours, or who will be more generally missed and la mented by them now that he is taken away. Dr. Chevallier, for many years pas t, has taken a l ea di ng i nterest i n a ll the plans for improvement of the district in which lie has re sided; and his name will be long identified with the agri culture of this county,.bY the widely-extend e d re p u t a ti on which the " Chevallier county,, barley has acquired, which was first cultivated under his !iuspices, and on th e es t a t e w h ere, for many generations, his family have resided.—lpswich Express. DE A TH OF R AR- ADMIRAL TRENCH.--On Sunday morning, at six o'c E lock, t h ke Hon. Willi am Le Poor Trench, R ear -Admiral, breathed islast at his residence, nearßallina sloe. He was in the seventy-sixth year of his age, and re: tained his faculties, unimpaired, to the moment of his disso lution. Disease of the heart was the cause of his death. He was the uncle of Lord _ClicartY, a n d f or a considerable period acted as h is Lordship's agent. SINGULAR ROBBERY.--Yesterday Mr. Inspector H en d erson , belonging the New C ross station, Bent-road, 2 gave information to Mr. Superintendent M a ll a li eu , a t th e station of the R division of the Metrop o lit an P o li ce , i n t h e Blackheath• road, that the galvanic apparatus used for the electric telegraph had been stolen. He had no clue to the robbery, but it was suspected that a p ar t y o f l ow f e ll ows fre quenting the vicinity of the spot whe re th e apparatus h a d been fixed were the thieves. It was used lately for the pur pose of trying experiments on th e cutt i ng through the in dined plane between.the Kent-road station and Sydenham. It had been placed at considerable expense, and would, if sold as old metal to dealers in marine stores, fetch very little. It could, however, be made no other use of. Mr. Henderson left an engraved pla n of the apparatus, f or th e purpose o f assisting the po li ce in their exertions t o t race t h e property. POISONOI/8 BERRIES. — Another person died yester. day, in the London Hospital, from th e e ff ects o f eat i ng a pie, the principal ingredients in w hi c h were called bilberry , herts, but which, there is no doubt, contained berries of the t nightshade. There are three other persons in the same hos pital who are in a state of great suffering, from eating berries l' of a similar description; one in Guy's Hospital, and two in 1 the R evd F ree Hopital, Gray's iim-lane. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE NEAR LEAMINGTON.—An event of the most distressing nature occurred on Friday last, at the seat of the Rev. W. Field, Learn-house, midway be tween Warwick and Leamington. For a series of years past, Mrs. (and now the Misses) Field had conducted a seminary for young ladies, on this beautiful spot, at the back of which the river Learn steals silently along its banks, being orna mented by variegated shrubs, and so suitably decorated by the band of man, as to render it one of the sweetest retreats of which the midland counties can boast. A young lady of property, twenty years of age last December, whose friends reside at Manchester and at Bristol, at her own desire, and at her own expense, became a pupil of the Misses Field on the Bth instant, and on the afternoon of the 14th was found a corpse, being rescued from the river by the gardener, who, at the first alarm had followed some of the young ladies to the spot where she was last seen . Th e young lady, i n various letters which she left upon the bank, and which were found uppn her person, sp o k e i n th e hi g h est terms of praise of the klisses Field, but she appeared to lament the want of an earlier and better education, and to think she should never become a " true school girl." A most respectable jury sat upon the body on Monday evening, and from the evi dence then adduced it was feared the family of the deceased was tainted by insanity, and a verdict—that she destroyed herself while under that influence—was returned. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT HAMMERSMITH.—Last even ing an accident of a serious character took place at the Broadway, Hammersmith. Shortly before eleven o'clock a splendid horse, drawing a Brougham, proceeded along the road from Kew towards London, having no one inside, and no driver on the box. On arriving at the Broadway, it came in contact with one of the Hammersmith Conveyance Company's omnibuses, which had just arrived from town, and which was setting down its passengers. At the time the accident occurred, there were still seven or eight persons remaining in the vehicle, all of whom, from the concussion, were thrown together with considerable violence, some of them receiving bruises. The pole of the omnibus was broken off, and one of the horses so severely injured that it was found necessary to slaughter him, and the other had one of his legs broken in several places. Neither the Brougham, nor the horse drawing it, sustain e d any i n j ury b eyon d a slight abrasion of the skin. CAMBERWELL FAlR. — Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, the fair on Camberwell-green commenced in the usual man ner, by beating of gongs, firing of cannon, and an extremely large supply of discordant instruments of every variety, which were brought into acti ve serv i ce f or th e occ asi on . The opening having been completed, the festivities of the day commenced, and were kept up until six o'clock last evening, when the company were suddenly put to flight by an unexpected shower of rain, which increased and conti nued for several hours. The booth s , s h ows , & c ., wer e very numerously filled during the day, and the line of road from the Elephant and Castle to Camberwell was crowded w ith thousands of fair-goin g f o lk s. A l arge b o dy o f police-officers of the P division were on duty for the purpose of preserving order, and for the detection of the light fingered gentry, who generally reap a rich harvest at the metropolitan fairs. The fair will close on Mors dar night. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, Bart., left Osborne House yesterday morning, on her return to her residence, Frogmore House, Windsor. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, honoured the performance of the Italian Opera with their presence yesterday evening. The Honourable Louis M'Lane, late Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to this Court, left London on Monday for Liverpool, to embark with his family on the Britannia steamer, which leaves for Boston this day. A deputation on the affairs of the Mauritius, consisting of Mr. Barclay, Sir John Reid, Mr. D. Barclay, Mr. A. Lewis Gower, and Mr. Hunter, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Edwin Chesshire, and Mr. R. Chesshire, jun., of Bir mingham, had an interview yesterday, accompanied by Mr. Spooner, M.P., with the Earl of Clarendon, President of the Board of Trade, and exhibited to his Lordship a plan and model of an improvement invented by Mr. E. Chesshire, for materially reducing the dangerous effects of collisions on rail ways. General Pasley and Captain O'Brien were present at the interview. The Attorney-General had an interview with the Chancel for of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Canada, and also for the Governors of the other North American provinces. Mr. John Wood s Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. DEPARTURE OF HER 'MAJESTY, PRINCE ALBERT, AND THE COURT. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 18.—Her Majesty having altered the day of her departure to Torbay, Plymouth, Falmouth, &c., to this morning, instead of Wednesday, the necessary Orders for the yachts, Victoria and Albert, Fairy, and Black Eagle, to be got ready, were issued yesterday, and soon after six o'clock this morning they were lying off Osborne Creek, with their steam up. At half-past eight her Majesty, Prince Albert, some of - the Royal Family, suite, and attendants pushed off from the jetty at Meade, and were taken on board the Victoria and Albert yacht, in her barge. At nine o'clock the three yachts put to sea, the royal yacht leading down the Solent, with the royal standard flying, and on passing through Cowes Roads, the yachts of the club and several merchant vessels were dressed with flags, and saluted her Majesty. At half-past nine o'clock, the Victoria and Albert yacht rounded Egypt Point, and was then out of sight; the wind was blowing strong from west, but the weather fine and clear. In the afternoon the wind shifted to the southward of west, increased considerably, causing a very rough sea : this would be felt more outside the Needles, but as neither of the yachts were in sight from Portsmouth at three r.M., it is ex pected her Majesty has either kept on her course down Channel, or put into Swanage or Studland Bay, to wait until the weather moderates. If the yachts reach Weymouth, they will he much better sheltered. DEPARTURE OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT FROM THE ISLE OF WIGHT. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 18.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and' Sir George Couper, Raronet, embarked from Mead's Creek, Osborne, shortly after eight o'clock this morning, in Admiral Sir Charles Ogle's sailing yacht the Fanny, and the wind being fair she arrived in Portsmouth harbour by half-past nine The Admiral was waiting in his barge to take her Royal Highness and suite to the Clarence-yard, and they landed at twenty minutes to ten o'clock. A guard of honour fur • nished by her Majesty's 3d Buffs, the commanding officer of that regiment, and Captain Carter, and the officers of the Clarence-yard were on the wharf to receive her Royal High ness. As her Royal Highness had arranged to travel by the mail train, which leaves Gosport at half-past ten o'clock, she was pleased to accept the offer of Mr. Grant, the store keeper of the department, to remain in his house until the carriages arrived, when that gentleman availed himself of the opportunity of pointing out to her Royal Highness the rooms. &c., which her Majesty, Prince Albert, his Majesty the King of the French, and the distinguished English and French ladies and noblemen who were with them, used in October, 1844, when they were prevented embarking in the yacht and French squadron by a heavy gale of wind, which compelled his Majesty and suite to return to London, and cross over to France by way of Dover. The Duchess of Kent expressed to Mr. Grant her thanks and hearty acknowledg ments for his attention, and on Mr. Mears, the superintendent of the terminus, announcing that the engine and carriages were ready, her Royal Highness, Lady Anna Maria Dawsun, and Sir G. Couper, were escorted to the platform by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, and the train quitted, leaving tne Gosport terminus at half-past ten o'clock. The Victory, and the other men of war in the harbour, were decorated with flags in compliment to her Royal High ness, and royal salutes were fired from that ship and the Platform Battery, on the Fanny yacht passing with the royal standard flying. WEYMOUTH.-TUESDAY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Her Majesty's steam yacht has just put into Portland Roads, with the royal standard flying at her mast head. A royal salute from Portland Castle greeted her arrival. The Eagle and other revenue cruisers have gone up into the roads, and our Town Council are now deliberating as to the best methods of testifying their loyalty and respect to our beloved Monarch. Colonel Freestun has most handsomely placed his yacht at their disposal ; and although it is blow ing a heavy gale from the S.S.W., with much rain at inter vals, the inhabitants are all on the gut vive, looking from the Nothe and Look-out, in the anxious hope that the Queen and Prince will honour us with a visit while their vessel is lying in the roads. We believe that guns are to be placed on the Nothe, in order to sahlte her Majesty from thence; and that, if pos sible, the Corporation will proceed to the royal yacht with a loyal address and invitation to honour us with a visit. P.S. It is just post time, and the gale is increasing, so her Majesty will not be able to leave Portland-roads to night, there is such a heavy sea in the Channel, and the wind seems likely to continue in its present violence. CUP OF WILLIAM TEE CONQUEROR.—The public libriiry of Caen has just been presented by Madame de Mathan with a most curious relic—nothing less than the well . known cup of William the Conqueror, which has been for centuries handed down from father to son in the family of Madame Mathan. SECESSION FROM THE CHURCH.—Dr. Duke, of Hastings, with his lady, and all the members of his family, has, during the last few dam conformed to the Roma Catholic Church. WILLS. ThelUght Hon. Lady ELIZABETH PERCEVAL, of Odell / Castle, Bedf.esishire, had made her will as far back as the year 1803, and lived to the age of eighty-three, with out having altered the same, saving a few legacies and directions by codicils. With this exception she leaves the whole of her property to her sister the Right lion. Lady Margaret Walpole and her children, subject to her direction and appointment, and to whom the administra tion of her selects were ()Tented. The executors ap pointed in the will being her brothers, the Right Hon. Charles George Lord Arden, and the Right Hon. Spen cer Perceval, both having pre-deceased her Ladyship. The amount of her personal property is stated at 6,000/. DOWAGER COUNTESS OF SCARBOROUGIL—The Right Honourable Henrietta, Dowager Countess of Scarbo rough, by her will, executed in June, 1837, has left to Richard George Lumley, Esq., of Tickhill Castle, Baw try, Yorkshire, a!1 her property, both real and personal, subject to the payment of any legacies which might be specified in a codicil or memorandum signed by her, and appointed him the sole executor, to whom probate was granted on the sth of August, by motion and decree of the Court. The personal estate was valued at 100,0001. The Countess died at the advanced age of eighty. Within two months after executing her will, her Lady ship made several codicils, being lists of legacies ; these were written consecutively on one sheet of letter paper, commencing with the date 19th of August, 1837, and each signed by her ; most of the bequests therein stated, amounting altogether to 17,000/., her Ladyship appears to have afterwards paid to the parties at various periods during her lifetime, and has erased their names, placing opposite to each the word " paid," and the date. Her Ladyship had also made a further codicil in May, 1844, and attached her signature, in which there are eight legacies of 1,000/. each, and four of 500/. each, but these intended bequests, amounting to 10,000/., are invalidated for want of attesting witnesses. ADMIRAL OTWAY.—Sir Robert Waller Otway, Bart., G.C.8., an Admiral in her Majesty's Navy, died possessed of personal property amounting to 60,000/. Ile had executed his will in 1842, and has made ample provision for his relict, Lady Clementine Otway, ap pointing her residuary legatee for life, and then the seine to be divided equally among all the children, to each of whom he has left a legacy of 2,000/. He has also left his lady the residence at Hyde Park-gardens, with the furniture and plate, carriages and horses, but subject to the payment of 300/. a-year to such son or grandson as shall inherit the baronetcy. To his brother, the Rev. S. J. Otway, and General Sir Loftus Otway, he leaves a pecuniary legacy to each as a token of affection, and specific bequests to others of his family. Leaves 50/. to be distributed among ten poor deserving persons on the Castle Otway Estate in Ireland. The acting executors are Sir George Graham Otway, Bart., the son, and Francis L. Beckford, Esq. Lady Clementine Otway, the relict, having a power reserved to prove hereafter. Sir Robert was Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. General Sir EVAN LLOYD, Colonel-in-Chief of the 7th Dragoon-G bas ds, late of Penney Hall, Shropshire, had, on his marriage with the Right Hon. Alicia, Lady Trimlestown, settled 22,000/. on her ladyship and their issue, and having provided for his two daughters on their marriage, viz., his daughter Alicia, now Mrs. Oakeley, and his daughter Louisa, now Lady Dixie, he leaves to his son, Evan Lloyd, Esq., subject to her ladyship's life interest therein, the whole surplus of the trust moneys invested in the Bank of Ireland, also the freehold and leasehold estates, lands, and hereditaments, farming stock, &c., and his personal estates in England, valued at 5,0001. To her ladyship he leaves, for her own ab solute use, all the furniture, plate, books, pictures, car riages and horses, and has appointed his son sole exe cutor. This gallant officer died at the age of seventy eight, and has been sixty-six years in the service, thirty two of which was in the 17th Light Dragoons, in which regiment he entered when twelve years of age. The late Lieut.-General Sir CHARLES Pumums, of her Majesty's army, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Neapolitan Order of St. Januarius, has devised his freehold messuage and lands at Linwood Lyndhurst, in the New Forest, and all other his real estate to trustees, to permit Lady Phillips to occupy the mansion for life, or, if judged more convenient, the trustees are empow ered to sell the estates, the surplus funds arising there from to be deemed part of his residuary personal estate, and to be invested on good security, the dividends, in terest, and annual proceeds to be applied for her own use, and after her decease to assign and transfer the principal to such of his nieces, the daughters of his late sister, Mrs. Emily Bignell, as shall be living and un married. Leaves to Lady Phillips, the carriages, horses. and household stores absolutely, and the use of all fur niture, pictures, books, plate, and other effects in and about the mansion. The acting executors are his re lict Lady Phillips, and her brother, Frederick Leman Rogers, Esq., a power being reserved to the deceased's brother, W. E. Phillips, Esq. This distinguished offi cer had served his country, for upwards of half a cen tury, in the West Indies, Egypt, Genoa, Sicily, and Malta, where he was for some years Deputy Quarter master-General. Sir JOHN SAUNDERS SEBIUGHT, Bart., late of Beech wood park, Hertford, has directed his executors and trustees, within three months after his decease to invest 9 ,000/. in their names, or of trustees to be nominated - by his son and the officiating minister of Flamstead, to be held and applied as a perpetual endowment for a na tional schoolhouse and school, lately erected by him at that place for the support of teachers, and the education of the children of the poor in that neighbourhood, in the principles of the Established Church. Has left legacies to all his servants, and annuities to the follow ing:--to his gamekeeper, his butler, his late groom, and cu o idow Wilson, 50/. a year to each. Bequeaths to his son, Sir Thomas Gage Saunders Sebright, Bart., the fur niture, plate, books, pictures, horses, cattle, and farm stock, at and about the park and mansion at Beech wood, together with the estate called Seddesley Woods, in Worcestershire, and all other lands and tenements; and to his daughter Frances, 7,000/., to be a charge upon his estates at Worcester and Salop. Leaves the residue of his personal estate in trust for his daughters and their issui., in certain portions and under certain provisions, on failure, for the children of his son Sir Thomas or the right heirs. The personal property was estimated at 90,000/. The executors are Sir Thomas G. S. Sebright, Bart., the son, and his nephew, the Rev. N. R. Calvert, Rector of Hunsdon, Herts. The venerable baronet was in his 79th year, and made his will in January last, being three months before bis death. He was Deputy- Lieutenant for the county of Hurts, which shire he had represented for nearly thirty years. The late Wm. TYRINGHAM PRIED, Esq., 'M.P. for St. Ives, Banker, London, of St. James's-place, West minster, and Trevethow, Cornwall, lies devised the whole of his freehold property to his sister, Mrs. Eliza beth Hoare, wife of Richard Hoare, Esq., and at her decease upon certain special trusts ; he leaves her the house at St. James's-place, with the furniture (except certain pictures), and the carriages, horses, &c. Be queaths all the furniture, plate, and other effects, at his mansion, at Trevethow, to Charles Tyringham Praed, jun. His shares in the Grand Junction and Grand Union Canal Companies he has bequeathed in certain portions, and has left several pecuniary legacies, and to each of the clerks in his banking house nineteen guineas, and to each of the porters 101., and to his own servants mourning, and one or two years' wages, according to service. lie directs 1,000/. to be applied to charitable purposes, in sums of not less than 50/. nor more than 100/., to be divided amongst such in stitutions or societies in England as the executors shall think proper. Gives to the Rector of Lelant, Cornwall, 100/., to be distributed amongst the poor of that parish. Leaves 100/. to the Cornwall County Infirmary, and 100/. to the Bucks County Infirmary, at Aylesbury. The residue of his personal estate to be divided equally between his nephews and niece—Ellen, William, and Edward, the children of his sister, Mrs. Whinfield. His personal property, liable to duty, was estimated at 45,0001. He appointed as his executors his partners, Vere False, B. J. M. Praed, and P. Johnston, Esqs. His death occurred on the Bth of July last, aged sixty five, and he made his will on the 6th of March previous. THOMAS BUNBURY, Esq., late one of the representa tives for the county of Carlow, of Lisnevagh and Moyle, in Ireland, has left all his real, freehold and copyhold, and leasehold estates, to his brother, Kane Bunbury, Esq., for life, and after his decease to his nephew, William Bunbury M'Clintock, and his heirs, for ever, upon the condition that he shall apply for the necessary license under her Majesty's sign manual to use and bear the surname and arms ofßunbury; and bequeaths to his brother, for his own absolute use, the furniture, books, farming stock and implements, and other effects at Moyle, the plate for his life only, and then to his nephew, John M'Clintock, absolutely, to whom he leaves all his furni ture and effects at Bath, and at the St James's Hotel, and also bequeaths to his nephew, John M‘Clintoch, a legacy of 50,000/. sterling, and 10,000/. Irish currency, secured on mortgage; and to his said nephew, William B. M'Clintock (to whom he leaves the reversion of his real estates) a legacy of 30,000/. To his cousin, Thomas Bunbury, 2,0001. To Mrs. C. Elmore an annuity of 403/., or a sum equivalent, and an immediate bequest of 2001. A few other legacies, including his bailiff and household servants ; and hopes that his brother Kane, on his succeeding to Moyle, will follow his example and give to each of the labourers and others employed oa the estate a suit of clothes, as he had done when he took possession. All legacies to be free of duty. The residue of his personal estate he leaves in trust, to pay the interest, dividends, and annual proceeds to his brother Kane for life, and at his demise to divide the said residue into three parts, giving two-thirds to his said nephew, W. B. M'Clintock, and the remaining third to his said nephew, John M'Clintock, absolutely. The exe cutors are his two nephews, W. B. M'Clintock, Esq., of Manor Mouse, Highgate, near Cloves, Fermanagh, and John M`Clintoels, Esq., of Dromeskin House, near Castle Bellingham, Louth, and William Elliott, Esq., of Har court-street, Dublin. The personal estate in England and within the province of Canterbury was estimated for probate duty at 180,0001., which is exclusive of the value of the real estates and other effects in Ireland. The de ceased died at the age of 71, and executed his will only two days before his death.—Post. DEATH BY FLY WATER.—CAUTION TO MOTHERS.— An inquest was held yesterday, at the Angel Inn, West Ilam, Essex, on the body of an infant child named Sophia Louisa Barfoot, daughter of Mr. G. Barfoot, the relieving officer. It" appeared in evidence that being much annoyed by flies, Mrs. Barfoot was supplied with a portion of what is called fly water by a female friend, and not being aware of its delete rious qualities placed a small quantity upon the window sill in a pomatum pot. The stuff was purchased at a grocer's shep in the neighbourhood, and bore the label of an Italian warehouseman in Tavistock-street, Covent •garden. On Fri day last, whilst the window was being cleaned, the pomatum pot was laid upon a chair in the parlour, and the deceased, who was eating some bread at the time, dipped it frequently into the liquid, winch contained a good deal of saccharine matter. The poor little thing soon sickened, and falling into convulsions died in twelve hours, notwithstanding the most prompt medical attendance. A verdict was returned in ac cordance with the evidence, but the coroner, Mr. Lewis, as well as the jury, very warmly cenaured the practice of vend ing such deleterious articles, without aome label descriptive of their valcil9lls prqertie§% • FORTIFICATIONS AT GOSPORI I . The new works at the Blockhouse Fort, on the Gosport, side of the harbour, are rapidly progressing towards comple tion, and will be of a very formidable description. On the side facing the sea is a double tier battery for 26 eight-inch guns, fourteen of which are already mounted, commanding the anchorage of Spithead ; while that part of the fort which is parallel to the harbour is well defended by a strong tower and numerous loopholes for musketry. The num ber of guns will be, in all, about fifty-six, very few of which will be less than thirty-two pounders, and the greater part of still larger calibre. Commodious bar racks for five officers and a hundred men are in the course of construction. All the new buildings within this fort are bomb proof. At Priddy's Hard, on the same side of the harbour, the powder magazine and ordnance station, hitherto almost unprotected, are undergoing such extensive alterations as will render them an extremely strong posi tion. The lines round Gosport, Portsea ,and Portsmouth, which have been for some years nearly disarmed, and in many places suffered to fall into decay, are being repaired and put into a state to receive a very large and powerful equipment of ordnance. A new and beautiful battery for six guns, in the ravelin of the Spur Gate, is already finished. It is pro vided with magazines, storehouses, and all the other re• quisites, and is most perfect in its arrangements. Southsea Castle. now used as the military prison of the district, is mounted with thirty-two guns, thirty-twos and twenty-fours, and we hear that it is intended further to in crease the artillery of this important post. Alterations on a very large scale are in contemplation for the works at the entrance of the harbour on the Portsmouth side. According to the projected plan, a double tier battery will occupy the space of the present saluting battery, from which seventy guns, by crossing their fire I\,ith those of the Block House Fort opposite, will render it perfectly impos sible for any vessel to force its way into the port. The following will, we believe, be found a correct list of the guns intended for the defence of Port: mouth and the harbour:— Two 50 pounders of 97 cwt. ; 17 eight-inch guns 0f65 cwt.; 15 eight-inch guns of 50 cwt.; 60 thirty-two pounders of 56 cwt. ; 38 twenty-four pounders of 50 cwt. ; 36 eight-inch howitzers; and 76 twenty-four pounders of 20 cwt. Making 244 guns in addition to the present armament. INDIAN CURE FOR ASIATIC CHOLERA. A letter from Major Wallace, of the 46th Regiment of Native Infantry, addressed to the editor of the Madras Spectator, gives an account of many individuals (attacked by this dreadful disease) rescued from the very jaws of death, and when utterly given over, by administering the following recipes, from the year 1818. For a full-grown, robust man or woman, one teaspoonful of red pepper, one teaspoonful of black pepper, two teaspoonfuls of strong decoction made of cloves, cinnamon, and cardamoms. The above to be put into a large-sized claret glass, to which add sixty drops of laudanum, and then fill the glass three-fourths up with brandy or arrack, and then fill up the glass to the top with boiling-hot water, to which add some gra t e d nu t meg. Th e above dose to be divided into two equal parts, one to be given, and, if retained, which generally it will be, no more need be given ;if rejected, the rest to be given. Should this likewise be , vomited, a second dose to be similarly prepared and administered. Hot bricks to be applied to the chest, stomach, arms, legs, and feet, and the patient to be kept as warm as possible. The following morning a dose of castor oil to be given. To a person between twelve and twenty years of age, two. thirds of the pepper, laudanum, and spirits to be given, but the same quantity of the decoction, the glass filled up with hot water. To children between three and twelve years of age, one third or one- fourth, according to the age of the child, of the peppers, laudanum, and spirits, with one teaspoonful of the decoction, the glass, as before, to be filled with hot water ; this last to be divid e d into three equal parts, and adminis tered as directed for the others. Each dose when given to be as hot as the patient can drink it, without pain or inconvenience. After the dose, if retained, the patient will complain of excessive thirst and a burning sensation in the intestines. This is almost a certain indication of recovery; but nothing whatever should be given either to allay the one or palliate the other, till about four or five hours after the castor-oil has discontinued operating, when mullagatawnv, made strong with pepper and chillies, with some well .boile'd rice, should be given, and this food continued for three or four days after recovery : _ _ To a European, young and robust, the whole wine-glass to be given at one dose, if he is very bad with cholera. If the spices cannot be procured, a Strong decoction of ginger will answer the purpose.—Literary Gazette. CHARGE OF INFANTICIDE.—,ALLEGED RAPE.—Yester day an inquest, which was adjourned from Friday last, was resumed and concluded by Mr. William Baker, Deputy Coroner, at the Black Horse, in the Kingsland-road, on view of the body of a newly born female infant, the offspring of Mary Fisher, a single woman, which was found in the soil of a water-closet by Policeman Coles, G 126, at No. 4, Great Leonard-street, Shoreditch, where she was living; the parti culars of the first inquiry in reference to which have al ready been given. The inquiry was adjourned for a post itiortun examination, which was made by Mr. John Hall, surgeon, Paul-street, and Mr. H. Davis, surgeon, Worship square, who were of opinion, from the lungs floating in water, and other appearances, that the deceased had breathed. There were no external marks of violence. The mother of deceased said, that she was assaulted some months ago, against her wish, by a man, a stranger to her, who led her among some ruins, where he effected his purpose while she was in a state of insensibility, and that on her recovery she found her shawl in her mouth, and her dress was torn. Verdict, "That the deceased child was found immersed irt the soil, but by what means it became so immersed, whether by accident or design, there was not sufficient evidence to tba jury.,, - SUICIDE OF ONE OF THE PARISH SURGEONS AT Blum'ToN.—On Monday morning Mr. Thomas Baldey, pa rish surgeon at Brighton, not making his appearance at the usual hour, his servant became alarmed, and on knocking at the door she received no answer. She then informed the inmates with whom he lodged, who sent for the chief officer of police. The officer broke open the door and found Mr. Baldey lying in bed quite dead, with a small phial and a glass standing on the drawers at his bedside. On examin ing the contents of the glass it was found to contain prussic acid. A coroner's inquest was held on the body in the even ing, N‘hen it was proved that deceased had purchased an ounce of prussic acid at a chemist's, and it is supposed that be took the whole. Deceased had been unwell for some time, and in an apparently low state of mind. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." Deceased had been a parish surgeon several years. VISIT TO THE PEOPLE'S FAnx.—On Monday, a monster procession of vans and other. vehicles, containing passengers, took place from the metropolis to a districtealled Herringsgate Farm ' near Rickmansworth, in H er tf or d sh i re, which has become by purchase the property of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society. The object of this society is the location, on small farms, of the members selected by ballot, and who are also furnished with the pecuniary means for putting the same into cultivation. The company were chiefly conveyed in vans, of which 175 were engaged, which. lett Oxford-street at seven o'clock in the morning, attended by bands of music, banners, &c., accompanied by every de scription of vehicle, the procession extending to more than a mile in length, and proceeding in more or less order to the destination. The number congregated on the spot, includ ing persons from the vicinity, and those who bad arrived by train from London, could not have been less than 6,000. A great many marquees and shows were on the ground, which had the appearances of a very lively country fair. After an inspection of the houses, school-room, &c., a public meeting was held near a temporary hustings, which was addressed by Mr. Feargus O'Connor, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Smallwood, and several other friends of the cause. The arrangements, which were under the superintendence of the county rural police s were conducted with great order. The amusements were kept up till a late hour, and it was long after midnight before the majority returned to town. GRAVESEND REGATTA.—There will be a regatta at Gravesend on the 26th instant, in honour of Prince Albert's birthday, when several valuable prizes will be contended for. FOOT RACE AT THE BEE-HIVE GROUND, WALW ORTE . —The match between Piddington and Mathews, to run two miles for 20L, was won by the former, after a good race, on Monday. RELIC OF AN EXTINCT RACE.—A St. Vincent's journal notices a curious relic found on a neighbourhood islet —"A Curiosity.—An article deserving this name was found last week in a cave on the small island of Batawia, and is now in the possession of George Cropper, Esq. It was in tended, as it appears to us, for a child's couch, and is cut out of a solid piece of wood, either cedar or mahogany, the length 2 feet 3 inches, breadth 10 inches, height about 15 inches. It is so contrived that when not used as a couch, it can be placed upright on the hind legs, when it preseits the face of a man elaborately carved and standing out in bold relief with the arms resting on the breast. Some suppose it to be the work of the Charaibs who were sent over to Ba tawia after their insurrection, but the character of the face is decidedly not Charaib, having the appearance is ofa mu4mu ch elder antiquity than the insurrection of 17 5 0 tofahne E r osities may likely be found in the same cave upon o e lo ration, and which may lead f to v s a o s n t i something decisive a s s n to ot t ra er* origin. The cave itself . pea e r to have been visited for a long period." S ER I O US ACCIDENT ON THE ATMOSPHERIC RitzuwAy . —On Monday, the following serious accident o :;curred on the line of the Atmospheric Railway to a num named John Hawkins, aged twenty-three years, residing at Sydenham - -It appears that the unfortunate man was employed at the Dartmouth Arms' station, and while engaged on the plat form some portion of the machinery car - L I LA the sleeve of his frock, which drew his right arm in hfAween the works, and before he could be released the limb was most fearfully lace rated in several places. He was seen by a surgeon, and sub sequently placed in one of the carriages and removed to the accident ward of Guy's Hospital, where he was immediately put under the care of Mr. Norris, the house-surgeon. He is progressing very favourably. TUE STATE OP EUROPE.—England has had great men as Ministers—Pitt, Fox, Canning Grey, &c. ; but we doubt whether either retired from the public service with a reputa tion which Sir Robert Peel will carry with him. It is true there have been constant wars, continental alliances, and serious troubles which demanded great prudence and ability, but Sir Robert Peel has grappled with and overthrown, in the corn-laws, the great monopoly of the rich landholders who hitherto have ruled the nation, and having accomplished it, together with a revision of the tariff, and established re forms commensurate with the times, he surrenders the seal of office and retires to private life, unquestionably the great man of the age. The new Whig Ministry will no doubt get on smoothly, inasmuch as nearly all irritating questions are in a measure subsided. The query now is, what will France do? Guizot, under the Peel Ministry, could draw together the cords of a friendly alliance. Lord Palmerston and Lord J. Russell are no great admirers of French policy, and will not follow in the wake of M. Guizot. The query now in, will there not be a corresponding change of Ministry in France ? Louis Philippe has but one object in view, peace with England and the support of that Cabinet for his dynasty when he dies, to secure which he will be compelled to chang.et his men and his policy as England ch anges . O ne thing 131 certain, the present Ministry will not be induced to carry out and recognise any entangling alliances with France, What• ever may be their objects.—New York Sun. FATAL ACCIDENT AT A TURPENTINE STILL.—An inquest was held yesterday at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, before Mr. Joseph Payne, on the body of William Lloyd, aged 30. George Osborne said that the deceased was a glo ve cleaner, and was employed with witness at No. 108,Hig:s street, Holton. On the 25th of last month the deceased w as standing upon a still used for rectifying turpentine, when some means, which could not correctly be accounted for, the spirit caught fire, and in trying to extinguish it his clothes were in flames. He escaped from the building, and th e fire was quenched, but by that time he had received many sewers burns. Ile was taken to the hospital, and died there, on Sun ' day last. Verdict, "Accidental Death." 110BRERY.—Yesterday information was forwarded to the police of a daring shop robbery at Mr. Wyatt's, 26, Ebury-street, Pimlico, a watchmaker, the shop being plan"' dered of a number of valuable gold and silver watches, during the momentary absence of the attendant, with which the thieves got clear 911. rn bis aat ) a ad- 4161 a tly that 0 of 10w . 03- Lsillg the an d ; ,00 0 oe, Bain' V in, were Ape d 1 , co foal ,(1 so rn for obe l4 t" 0 10 CC he F J o, ore t. , the a l ij° con" boat % It 05 little ', 40 ,isell , ,vlbes bea t , e , o it ress 3 Sr' :3 tr:.' m ina, -Jill' Jetol Yre s' 3"r' of :01 1 4 ,„ vr , Er der, zo sm OID bsc-' .0 ts, rba rS a gst Yrst (t to i - t 5 gS :t,)". 2