The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-21 00:00:00

FRANCE. ----- - Two telegraphic dispatches were received in Paris on Sunday evening. The first, dated from St. Etienne, 11 o'clock A.m., announces the departure of the Prince for Lyons by the railway. The second dispatch is dated Lyons, 20 minutes past 4 o'clock. The Prince -President has just arrived, and experienced a reception described as still more enthusiastic than that he had met in any other town he had visited. " Vive rEmpereur l" " Vive Na poleon 111 !" were the only cries uttered by the popu lation and the troops. The new Municipal Council of Toulon, installed on the 13th, placed a credit of 100,000 f. at the disposal of the Mayor, for the reception of the President. Five battalions of infantry and two squadrons of hussars have been ordered to Marseilles for the pas sage of Louis Napoleon. The Droit Commun cites the following incident, during the stay of the President at Bourges : " The parish priest of Henrichmont, the senior mem ber of the clergy of Bourges, now in his hundredth year, bat who has preserved the use of nearly all his faculties, had caused himself to be carried to the Arch bishopric, where, seated in an arm-chair, he attracted the notice of the Prince, who addressed him with much kindness. The venerable clergyman said to him: — `Monseigneur —Three of my parishioners are at Lam bessa, in Algeria. Three families claim them with tears and supplications. Although deluded, they are my children, for it was I who initiated them to the religion of Jesus Christ, by the holy baptism. They are my children, for I presided at the most important rites of their life, and I now come to implore their pardon from your Highness, too happy, if, at the close of my ex istence, I can render that service to men whose protector and father I still consider myself, notwithstanding their fault." He then handed a petition to the Prince, who ac cepted it, saying :—" Monsieur le Cure,—You may , be certain that your demand shall be taken into seri ous consideration, and that orders shall be given in consequence." Several other families of political offenders also implored and obtained their pardon. Amongst them is a lady, a mother of a family, well known for her excellent sentiments, at whose request the Pre sident granted her husband leave to return to his home. - - The 211oniteur publishes 50 addresses, voted by as many municipal councils of the department of the Nievre, which were presented to the President on his passage through Nevers. They all demand the re establishment of the Empire in the person of Louis Napoleon and his desewadante. SWEDEN. On the 91 the Governor of Gothenburg reported several cases of supposed Asiatic cholera as having appeared about three miles from that place, whith had all ended fatally. The Government imme diately made preparations for establish in g a quaran tine at Gotha-Elf, in case the disease should spread. The cases were supposed to be what is called sporadic cholera. RUSSIA. The Emperor of Russia, by decree dated the Bth, relieves General Tehernyscheff, on his demand. from ;be post of Minister of War, which he has h e ld for twenty-five years, and appoints Prince Dalgt— rouki, who was joined with him in the departmenr, as his successor. The decree en'tcts that the Generai shall retain the presidency o f the C ounc il o f th e Empire. It also nominates Generals Berg and Ig natieff members of the Council of the Empire, and makes different promotions in the suoerior ranks of the Russian army. The Russian consul at Jassy recently communi cated to the Hospodar of Moldavia a decree approving of the mortgage bank just established in that place. Two years ago, Rus;ia refused to sanction a similar bank because it had been got up under the auspices of the Prussian consul. A latter received in Paris from St. Petersburgb, of the 6th instant, states that the apostate Bishop of Smolensko has sent a circular letter to the various members of the clergy he had induced to follow bini in his schism in the year 1839, announcing that he is determined to do penance in a convent until his death. He concludes by beseeching the clergy and the people whom he led away at that period to return to tho bosom of the Catholic Church. The Russian Go vernment, having been informed of this circular, have announced that the Bishop is insane, TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. This is certainly one of the very best exhibitions in the metropolis, abounding, as it does, with such a multi tude of objects highly pleasing and intersting to the visitor. Since the enlargement of the exhibi tion, many subjects of interest have been added, and at the same time greatly improved the whole appearanco of the establishment and given twofold interest to the various groups of figures by increase of space, thereby displaying them to more advantage than formerly, when they were much too crowded toge ther. A new interest, we may say, is here called forth by the loss of the Great Duke, who is represented like life, in the costume of an English General ; and, if this figure alone constituted the whole of the exhibition, it would well repay the trouble of a visit. In the first of the new suite of rooms are displayed a number of portraits, of great personages, and among them we observed a splendid painting of the Queen, copied by Sir George Ilayter, by the kind permission of her Majesty, from the original, at Windsor Castle. executed by the slme distinguished artist. ART IN THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Information up to the 9th instant has been received from Mr. Owen Jones and Mr. Wyatt, who have been appointed by the directors of the new Crystal Palace to collect illustrations of the art of the continent. The travellers had reached Rome. The results of their jour ney appear hitherto to be highly successful. At Paris permission had been obtained to mould several of the finest works in the Louvre, amongst others, the Great Nimrood, from Egypt, several of the best Venuses, and colossal statues by Jean Goujon, in all about 400 pieces, 80 of which will be above life size. Casts of the Ghi berti Gates have also been secured, as well as of the Principal of Michael Angelo's ISgures in the Medici Chapel, at Florence, an important series of cinque cento ornamentals, and fine works of Lucca della Robbia, Donatello, &c. From the museums of Naples a most valuable collection has been obtained, and arrangements have been made to enable the Pompeian court to be so carried out as to pre sent a faithful transcript of that peculiar mode of con struction. To this end the services of the first painter officially attached to the excavations have been secured, who will bring to this country at the close of this year the result of his studies made on the spot daring the last twenty years; every ornament will thus be painted from tracings made on the walls of Pompeii. From Luccu and Piss several fine works of the Pisan ,- 4 have been secur„d, and some interesting works of the Cinque Cento period. The letters furnished by the Foreign-office have natu rally been of great assistance in smoothing the way for tli acquisition of these treasures. As, however, they did not reach Mr. Jones and Mr. Wyatt till after they had left Perim, the following paragraphefLoting e t r h e e a S t Siècle _ loses none of its unwel come force:—,, rent being taken, not only of the great Sphynx , eeti n b e n d t also of a certain number of the finest statues, Egy ptian, Greek, Roman, and French, the whole being des tined to form part of a great exhibition, to b e _ formed I n , the new Crystal Palace, near L o nd9n. Last year the French Government made an application to the admi nistration of the British Museum, for leave to have caste taken of some Greek monuments there, which would have been useful to French artists. The board_ at once refused. This year the Administration accords the made to it by the founders of t he Cryst al _ Fa lace.ir The English will now soon be enab led to adm e the casts of the finest pieces of sculpture in the Frenoh museums." SURVEY OF PALESTINE. However vast the accessions to our geographical knowledge of the Holy Land have been of late years, much remained to be done before it could be said that we possessed a tolerably complete account of that cou n t r y. A considerable number of eminent men are continually devoting their time and their energies to the cause of an extended knowledge of that r egion —some as residents on the spot or as travellers, o thers as labourers at home ; and not a year Passes without some new works of travel or research being publisheel. But the nature of the country is so difficult for exploration—the dangers and impedi ments in travelling among its population, consisting of tribes of the ~ greatest possible rogues," are so manifold, and the climate is 90 trying to Europeans, that it is not to be wondered at if there are large districts still unknown and unexplored, in spite of their u nceasin g efforts, Even when travellers have b ee n successful enough to explore such unknown dis tricts, they have frequently been unable, from cir cumstances,to make their observations sufficiently to s lay down their discoveries on the precise-- 3 o as . map with a satktactoiy. degree of correctness. lastde Velde, late of departed When, therefore, Lieutenant Vio, the Royal Dutch Nagy, to explore a year for the Holy Land with a vieb-,blanks those hither to remained portions of it which onjectur a ll y _ maps, or which Sunda_el:l:nds, and as i his undertaking was looked on with great interest • have been delineated c i n our known from his surveys* the projector being well the (an and researches in the author of the " Gezigten nit IN e tl . ndo ‘ Indie": in large folio, of illustrated and descriptive account, the Dut c h E ast I n di a A rc hipelago), and of the l arg© and spl en did map of Java, pu bl is h e d in 1845. Very hitherto few e x p er i enced and practical surveyors had visited P a l est i ne. Lieutenant Van - ri 9 Velde has just , c his l returned to this country with the results 0/ . a ; boors, having successfullyaccomplished a portion a,, least of his task. .... 4,. M. Van de V e ld e commenced his operat i ons at >f -, :r ii , . ' r.; Beirout,surveying the westernslope of Mount Lebanon ak far as the Leontes; which river he crossed, and • il4nce proceeded to Hasbeiya, situated at the foot of - *punt Hermon, with the i ntention of making that /Ace one of his principal stations for taking observa , , ns. A misfortune befel hi m here, which had well ?A . n +' fth put an end to his 7, - .. i ik adartal-io e, He was robbed ,x. V ~,• - , ...:....--.- • , • THE SUN, of the whole of his money and effects, barely saving his journals and instruments. He resolved, however, to proceed with his operations, and was happily as sisted therein and encouraged by his European friends at Beirout. After having traced the course of the wild and romantic Leontes, be thoroughly explored the whole of Galilee —the northern portion of which, Belad Besharab, has hitherto been almost unknown owing to the savage character of the inhabitants, who do not allow Europeans to pass through their country, or make travelling very hazardous when they do. M. Van de Velde owed his success mainly to his being so fortunate as to meet with the Seikhs of Belad Be sharah, who were assembled at Tibnin when he arrived there, and whose favour he secured. They enabled him to travel unmolested, and gave him an amount of information which be could not otherwise have obtained. He also discovered the sites and ruins of important ancient places ; among which may be mentioned Hazor and several Pixenician towns. The Waly of Korrain, with the castle of the same name, south of Tibnin and the surrounding parts, were found to be the most beautiful region of Galilee ; abounding in perennial streams, luxuriant vegetation, noble forests, and romantic scenery — yet possessing scarcely any inhabitants. M. Van de Velde went thence to Aces, surveying the surround ing country ; and proceeding to Mount Carmel, which interesting but little known region he tho roughly explored. Continuing his survey tow, rds the south, through Samaria, he discovere d the cities of Dothan, Ai, and other important places. From Jeru salem be visited the region along the wes tern region of the Dead Sea—a dreadful desert of weary mountains and without water. The shores of the Dead Sea itself were not omitted; and careful investigations were made, in order to verify the discoveries of certain re cent expeditions in that q uarter —the correctness of many of which, however, M. Van de Velde found serious grounds for doubting. He then extended his journey on the western side as far as Beersheba_ crossing in various directions the country between that place and the ancient thence an d returning once more to Jerusalem. From thence he continued his explorations of the northern portions of Judaea, as far as Jordan and the Dead Sea, and thence he pro ceeded nor thwards —making the eas t ern por ti o n o f Samaria (chiefly from Sichem to the Jordan) his fi e ld of o b servation, ascert a i n i ng an d identify ing the sites a nd ruins of Akrabi, Daumeh, F a sailus, the oasis of Kurra wa , Wady el Feryab, and other interest ing points. He then crossed the Jordan about where, according to ancient writers, Pella should he situat e d ; and ho h a d t h e sa ti s f ac tion of finding the ruins as first discovered by Irby and Mangles, whose statement and description—hitherto looked on as rather doubtful, he entirely corroborates. The . region round Beizan. Mount Tabor, Nazareth, Nam and Endor, Snnen, Jezreel, and the Lake of of Tiberias, next claimed his attention. His design to extend his survey to the east of that lake was un happily frustrated by the wars then going on in those parts between the Druses and the Bedouins. He therefore followed the valley of the Jordan to the Hulsh Lake and the sources of that river, after hav ing previously made another tour into Samaria. Again reaching Mount Lebanon, he ascended the peak Tomat-Niha, which affords a very magnificent view and a most valuable point for observation—the range of vision extending over the whole of Samaria. He then went across Lebanon and anti-Lebanon to Da mascus—returned from that place to Ccele-Syria— explored there the sources of the Orontes, and mi nutely investigated the wonderful monuments in that region—and after surveying various other parts of Mount Lebanon, he made his way to Beirout on his return to Europe. During the whole of this extensive and laborious survey, Lieut. Van de Velde had withstood the dangers of the climate ; but on reaching the coast of Sidon he was attacked by fever, and would probably have fallen its victim, had he not at once determined on being carried into a boat and conveyed by sea to Beirout, where be went on board the steamer, which soon after bore him in health and safety to Trieste. The results of this undertaking are said to be of the utmost importance to the geography of the Holy Land. In addition to his surveys and scientific ob servations, M. Van de Velde has, we are informed, made no less than one hundred sketches of the most interesting points visited by him, of which very few have been seen before by any European. It is to be hoped that his labours will soon be laid before the public.—Atheneum. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. - -- TAUNTON, SEPT. 18.—This morning, at ten o'clock, the adjourned inquest on the body of Lambert Eaton, the engineer who was killed on the Bth inst. on the Bris tol and Exeter Railway at Creech, near Taunton, was resumed at the Taunton and Somerset County Hos pital, when, after hearing the additional evidence, the jury delivered the following verdict : " That Lambert Eaton, the driver of engine No. 20, working the express train down, on Wednesday, the Bth day of September, 1852, died on Monday, the 13th day September, 1852, from injuries received by reason of the said engine, No. 20, getting off the line of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, near the invert, in the pariah of Creech St. Michael, near Taunton, and that there has not been any direct or satisfactory evidence to prove by what means such engine, No. 20, was thrown off the said line or occasioned the accident and death of the said Lsmbert Eaton. The jury unanimously recom mend the attention of the engineers of the Bristol and Exeter Railway to the state of the substratum and packing of that portion of the said railway leading from the western terminus of the invert at Creech St. Michael. DISFIGUREMENT OF THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE._ . _ _ The Gresham committee met on Wednesday last on the subject of the objection taken to the alteration par tially made in this fine building by bringing forward the shops in its external walls. The committee was called at the instance of the Lord Mayor, who is chairman ex officio, and who had very properly suggested that the works should be suspended until the matter could be discussed in the Court of Common Council, under the notice of motion given by Mr. Norris for Thursday next. We have not been able to learn any of the particulars of the discussion in the committee, but we have ascer tained the result, which is, that the Gresham committee have declined either to suspend the works or alter the avowed determination. The report of this result has been received with disappointment and regret by those who feel an interest in the character of our national buildings. To them it appears that the irregularity and want of uniformity (presuming that every sacrifice is to be made to pecuniary considerations) will do great dis honour to the city of London in the very centre of its place of moat conspicuous improvement ; and it is believed that a powerful effort will be made by the Corporation to prevent the more than contemplated mischief. It is reported that the contract for the alterations projected has been taken at about 1,4001., but there is every reason to believe that this sum will be much exceeded. It is also said that the money has been borrowed from the Bank of England at a very low rate of interest, and that the tenants who re quire the alterations are to pay rents at the rate of 5 per cent. on the building. From this circumstance of the increased,rents the great irregularity complained of ap parently arises. Some of the tenants wish that their shops should be brought forward, and are willing to pay the expenses which must attend the alterations. Others of the tenants object to such a proposition. The conse quence of this disagreement is, that out of twelve spaces on the south side of the Royal Exchange, eight are al r.lairti:satnioia. d four remain in their original condition. At the SOl atil•eitit corner two out of three have undergone and one is take place it. and the whole of list the east end two are now being altered, inpainted and finished as if no change were to We understand th at have been loud effort made to derive s in A thth t ee t i h r e east side only two are altered, the Gresham committee to " that all argumentatir n e o g rthro opi nions of the public. si : cle ..fr rmains untouched. several distingu ished foreigners condemnation of the despicable such a source, and be adopted to induce respect the feelings and Z.E LD S . The letters received f rom the . AUSTRALIAN GOLD tralia n colonies extend to the 19 th of Jun Rain had been inclusive.the parties at very abundant, wh ich had greatl y im peded the gold diggers, but these w ere a g ain resumi ng operations with general success. l e n some cases n work were realising very large sums. An i nstance is mentioned of one man alone obtaining 7 2 Ounces of gold in one day, and a party of four men had ob tained several splendid specimens at the Louisa Creek, one nugget alone weighed 157 ounces, and the rest were also very valuable. The Meroo and its tribu taries had received a large accession to its popula tion, while large numbers of persons have flocked to the Stock Yards, Tamboroora Creek, Golden Gully, and Bald Hill, being attracted thither by the reports of their extraordinary richness. The water is the Turon was too high to admit of any reasonable prospect of successful operations in the bed claims of that river, and the diggers had left for other localities. A new field of great promise had been discovered about 50 miles west of Molong. The Braidwood diggings I were flooded. The gold licences issued to the 31st of March last, for Sydney and Melbourne, amounted to 120,2501. Owing to the arrival of large remittances of specie from England the price of gold at Sydney had advanced considerably, and the latest price was 665. to 665. 6d. per ounce at Sydney, and 645. per ounce at Melbourne, with the prospect of a further i t t_dvance. A very large amount of business had "en transacted at these rates. The Money Market 1 at both places was eas i e r, and the banks had r esume d advances o the deposit of gold. The shipments of gold fr om Sydney e up tr; the sth June, amounted, at ' the rate of Ss whilst from Melbourne ez , to the sum of 1,464,6851., the exports to the 22d of May only, had been tohe extent of 32 tons 4 cwts. 2 qrs. tlu9rlnbsed. 8actz.2,328 ) which, 9081. The at 655. per ounce, is re- The value of the shipments f ro m both places in the L on d on mar k e t m ay be esti mated at 4,500,0001 The excitement in the trade LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING-, SEPTEMBER 21, at Sydney occasioned by the demand for goods suited to the Melbourne market had subsided, and it is now reported to be in a generally healthy state. Pro visions of all kinds continued in demand. Wool was quoted at ls. to ls. 4d. Hides and skins sold readily. Tallow had advanced to 251. for beef, and SOL for mutton, with a good demand. Exchange was at 61 per cent. discount for Bank bills, and 8 per cent. for private bills. The intercourse between Sydney and Melbourne had considerably increased, and several steamers were plying regularly between the two ports. From Adelaide the accounts represent that colony to be quickly regaining its prosperity. The amount of gold received overland was very large, and steadily increasing. Property which had been severely de pressed was recovering to something like its former value. The number of persons who had left the colony for the gold fields amounted to 18,000 souls. MANSLAUGHTER AT MANCHESTER. At the Borough Court, Manchester, on Thursday, James Connor, an Irishman, was charged with having caused the death of Edward O'Brien. On Tuesday even ing, the prisoner, O'Brien and his wife, were drinking together at a beer-house, after which the deceased went to the Edinburgh Castle, in Henry-street, where he re mained until nearly twelve o'clock, and on going home he found that his wife had not returned. In :the morn ing, as she had absented herself during the whole of the night, he went in quest of her, when he met her with the prisoner. Upon this he commenced chastising her, and the prisoner interfering, a fight was the result. After this he and his wife went home, but going out again be tween ten and eleven o'clock he met the prisoner, and another scuffle took place. In this contest both the men fell, and O'Brien being the undermost, his head came is violent contact with the kerb-atone, by which he received such injuries that he was obliged to be carried into his own house. Ho remained there until about five o'clock in the afternoon, when be was conveyed to the infirmary in a state of insensibility, where ho died about eleven o'clock the same evening. There were very slight external appearances of injury on the de ceased, but he had a laceration:of the scalp, and was bleeding from the nose and ears. Yesterday O'Connor was again examined, O'Connor's wife being joined with him in the charge, and both were committed for trial at the assizes ; the wife, because she vt as the cause of the fight and joined in it. The cause of death was marked by a laceration on the right side of the base of the skull, and a large quantity of blood extravasated beneath the fracture ana over the general surface of the brain. This was caused by the blows the. deceased had received and the fall. :SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING' PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—This day a week will have passed since England lost the greatest of her sons, and as yet the slightest pessibl-1 intimation has been given of the way in which this country will perform her last debt of gratitude. There is to be a public funeral, it is an nounced, and, it is further reported, on a very grand scale. The arrangements, however, are not yet defi nitively settled, and among those arrangements still left in darkness are the place, whether Westminster or St. Paul's—the attendance, whether it will profess to include the two Houses of Parliament—the regi- meats to assist, and of course the time, besides every other detail. The only clue given us is a general re ference to the funeral of Nelson, and we have seen it expressly, and almoss authoritatively, stated that the precedent of that occasion is to be observed. The only reason we can imagine why so extraordinary a promi- nence should be given to did precedent is that it hap pens to be the only precedent at all to the point since the publication of the Annual Register. But, as the poet t e ll s us, " Vixe'refortes ante Agamemnon," there were great Englishmen before the compilation of that very convenient Annual, and among them are the names of Monk and Marlborough, both of them far more to the point than Admiral Lord Nelson. All the world naturally compares Marlborough and Wellington, and all the world gives the palm to the latter. With Monk the comparison is not so obvious, though per haps more just, taking into allowance the peculiarity of the circumstances under which Monk was called to act, and the necessity he was under of acting a double part. Wellington, more fortunate than either, has never had to change his allegiance or to disguise his loyalty. But these three men were the most renowned and most meritorious subjects of the British Crown— Monk in the 17th century, Marlborough in the 18th, and Wellington in the 19th. This is the series. The two former are the precedents to he folllowed in the present instance, and England will show her self very degenerate if she does not bear Wellington to the tomb with as much solemn p om p and expressive circumstance as marked the obsequies of Monk and Marlborough. The Chan cellor of the Exchequer, who will, we presume, have some voice in the matter, speaks in a recent biography with pathetic regret of the age of stately manners, now almost gone by. We can assure him that on a just and adequate occasion, such as the present, the people of England are prepared for quite as much state as ever. They are resolved to honour the man with whom they have been accustomed to identify the fortunes and character of this country, and whom they regard as the providential agent for securing to England and the world the longest term of prosperity, order, and peace that they have ever enjoyed. It is time to speak with emphasis and precision on the sub ject, because we have beard some ridiculous rumours, which may or may not have an atom of foundation, but which, in the absence of authentic announce- ments, we can only disbelieve. We have heard it said that the Duke cannot he buried in St. Paul's because there is no place near St. Paul's where the artillery can fire a salute, and that there are not troops enough within call to keep the line from Apsiey House to Sr. Paul's, besides those who will join the procession. it is also whispered that the Guards attend none but Royal funerals. The only word we can find for these objection-, is that expressive monosyllable with which Mr. Burch.-11, in the " Vicar of Waliefle:d,” describes the ceeiver.-,tien of the fine Loudon ladie , , "It is all fudge.." There are plenty of places near St. Paul's whf nny mimber of nine-pounders could be discharged with ne more damage than blowing out a few panes of glass already on the go, and making a little work for the glaziers. If the Tower is too far, Smithfield is but a quarter of a mile off. Bank side, on the south bank of the river, opposite St. is not 700 yards off. But terra firma is not in dispensable, and the cannon could be fired from hulks or dockyard lighters moored in the middle of the stream. Waterloo-bridge itself, the position and great elevation of which would make up for its greater distance than the other localities mentioned, might with great propriety be converted into a bat tery for the occasion. St. Paul's, beyond all doubt, is the right resting place for the great Duke. Whether by the side of Nelson, where there happens to be ample space, or in some distincter site, he should be laid within our grandest temple, and where there will be room for a suitable monument. Westminster Abbey is now so crowded with statues of all sorts, styles, ages, and sizes, that order and propriety have become as impossible as in an old curiosity shop in Wardour-street, or a statuary's yard in the New road. We trust that we shall never see the Duke's last monument swamped in that motley marble throng. St. Paul's is our Pantheon, our Valhalla, our Chapel of the Invalides ; and when strangers ask for the tomb of Wellington, we shall have in St. Paul's an edifice, the state of which, if it be not all that could be desired, will at least not promote a smile. We shall never be able to say as much for Westminster till it is cleared of its surplus marble po pulation. The alleged want of troops sufficient for so lengthened a procession, if there be a particle of truth in is, throws rather a serious light on the question of national defences. Is it possible that with our nu merous railways we cannot concentrate in the metro polis, at six weeks' notic3—for the funeral need not be earlier—enough men to keep Piccadilly, the Strand, and from Temple-bar to St. Paul's, and give a mili tary aspect to a funeral procession ? Undoubtedly there are enough in the country. The lines of Torres Vedras extended, if we remember, eighteen miles, and the Duke kept them against 60,000 men. From Apsley-house to the west part of St. Paul's is not more than two miles and a half. And now for the Guards. There is about as much truth or sense in the notion of - the Guards never assisting except at a Royal funeral as in the celebrated speech, " The Tenth never dance." The Guards performed the principal part in the funerals both of Monk and of Marlborough, as our readers may see for themselves in the accounts which we have extracted from the cotemporary journals. On the former occasion the streets from Somerset house to Westminster Abbey were lined by " the Red and Blue Regiments of the Train Bands of Mid dlesex," the originals of the Horse Guards red and blue now existing. At the head of the procession marched " his Royal Highness the Duke of York's Troop of Guards. " His Majesties Troop of Guards marched next after thein, commanded by his Grace the Duke of Monmouth ;" the word " troop," in both these cases, being equivalent to the " regi ment" of our days. In the next place marched his Majesties regiment of Foot Guards, commanded by the Right Honourable Colonel John Russell." Then came the " Proceeding," in which, apparently occupying a post of honour, occurs " Ensign John Churchill, one day to be borne to the grave in similar state. " And after them, next to the Proceeding,' (which took this place command, as having been the General's Then came the funeral the by h is Majesty's regiment own o r f C g c s a trt e). 8 a car, the mourners and their attendants. " Next after the horse of honour or state, her Majes ties troop of Guards closed the rear of the Pro ceeding,place by particular order, as havi having been the defunct's own troop of Guards." And are we to be told, after this, that hi Grace's owe regime nt, the Grenadier Guards, is no only to be denied thi s precedence, but is to take no which his h aGdr thisae e part at all in the funeral ? The idea is so utterly preposterous that we are ashamed to mention it, and we are quite sure that if every man of the Guards, horse and foot, red and blue, is not at his post at the funeral of E n gland's greatest man, it will go very hard with that branch of the service for the future. The public feeling will not be satisfied unless every service, every officer of State, every great institution of the realm, every relic of ancient chivalry, takes its due place and share in this national act. Stich an occasion is not merely one of a century, for there is always the thought that it may be the last. Whether we hope that England may never again be exposed to suoh dangers, or fear that she may not find among her sons so powerful a champion, we may equally doubt the recurrence of so grand an occasion. We are often told, indeed, that the days of pageantry are gone by. How can that be said when there is not a single office, not a herald, not a form, not a name, in the description of the " Proceeding" at the funeral of the Duke of Albemarle which does not still survive ? We have only alluded to the ceremo nial at the funeral of the Duke of Marlborough. It was on the precedent we have described. Though conducted at the expense of the magnificent Duchess, that did not prevent the attendance of the Guards. The " order" begins thus Detachment of Horse Grenadiers. The two troops (i. e., regiments) of Grenadier Guards. The four troops of Horse Guards according to their priority. The Coldstream regiment of Foot Guards. A train of artillery," &C. The order ends, " A hundred Horse Guards to close the pro cession." As the procession had to start from Marlborough House, the direct way thence to West minster Abbey would not have left room for it; so it entered St. James's-park through a gap in the garden wall, went up Constitution-hill to Hyde -park-corner, so through Piccadilly down St. James's-street, and, passing the front of M a rlborough-house, t h rough Pall mall, Charing-cross, and King-street to West minster Abbey. This circuit, found necessary for the proper development of the procession, could not be less then the distance from Apsley House to St. Paul's. It is needless, however, to say that nothing will be done or .decided in a hurry. The funeral cannot take place, as we hear, for five or six weeks ; and though a ceremonial of this melancholy sort hanging over so long is not without inconvenience, we would rather submit to the delay than that a great national duty should be inadequately discharged. CHRONICLE.—It is only , the common dictate of nature that impels mankind in all times to honour departed worth with funeral ceremonies. We are not philosophic or self-confident enough to reason agai ns t the general consent of all religions, ages, and degrees of civilization. It is easy to discourse on the useless ness and the unpractical nature of public funerals...._ to demonstrate how unprofitable to the living are heraldic pomp and processions, which certainly cannot benefit the dead. It is undeniable that almshouses may, in a sense, be more permanently beneficial to sosaiety than statues or monuments. "In a sense," we say—but in a sense which we never find consistently or logically carried out—in the same sense in which all income or pro perty beyond what its possessor absolutely needs for personal use might be confiscated for the good of the poor. A public funeral can only be condemned upon principles which would equally forbid the pur chase of a picture or a work of art. We de fend, therefore, the decision to honour the remains of the Duke of Wellington with a public funeral, both upon the natural fittingness and right of the thing, and also for its practical tendencies. A. public funeral is an exceptional thing, and the Duke of Wellington was an exceptional man. The " Iliad" ends with funeral celebrations, and such a career as the Great Duke's demands an epic termi nation. The solemn drama of his life would halt without it. Honoured and titled in life, it were in consistent that he should not receive the nation's last tributed to exalted worth— Ilia saltem accurnulem donis. We can do no more ; but this is the very ground upon which we do thus much. Perhaps we shall be told that it is the man that dignifies the hearse—not the hearse the man. A nobody, even though a duke, acquires no honours or respect by being encased in a sarcophagus of basalt ; whilst there are those who would glorify plain deal boards. We know it. But it is not because a man is above all honour that his countrymen are released from the duty of showing him any. Great deeds dignify more than titles; but we have hardly yet arrived at that supersensual state of society which can dispense with prizes and re wards. A public funeral is the only legitimate coin plement of Strathfieldsaye and a dukedom. And it relieves, while it expresses, the popular sentiment. If we venerate, we mast express our reverence in external actions. The late Sir Robert Peel was a purist in the matter of posthu mous honours—he absolutely prohibited everything like a public funeral. But the universal feeling has proved too strong for personal taste—the individual prejudice has been overruled—popular gratitude and veneration are irrepressible—and our cities are be coining studded with statues of the man who, by an ticipation, discouraged any outward recognition of his worth. It is enough, then, to say that, since the popular voice is in such matters irresistible—irresisti ble as the impulses of the heart, apart from the logic of the head, always are--it is better to accept than to repress the national sentiment, and to do, with becom ing solemnity, that whicb, whether we like it or not, will be done irregularly and informally. The public feeling will always find some mode of expression, and it is the duty of the State to give it a fitting one. We cordially hail, therefore, the formal resolution which has been adopted by the Crown to honour the memory of the Duke of Wellington with a public funeral. All that the British people can do in this matter it ought to do, and the country hen determined to do its best. Were it nothing else, the Royal determination shows a graceful sympathy with the unanimous wish of the people. "Unanimous," we have said—yet we must, p. rhaps, rtcall the word. It is hardly possible to ex , .Pct that the clecisio:a will not meet with some eav:le. Tres occasion is ton tempting for that prig- I.:ism which topes philosophy at the expense of deny m m's st couseitution, and for that false economy which cannot !iee that there are times when prefuseness itee!l is the truest and wisest economy. Mereever, there is so much in British funerals, as usually conducted, whicai is absolutely revolting, that we cannot be surprised sit sensible people being pre judiced against any magnified form of what, even in its simplest aspect, is barbarous and repulsive. We do not want our hero's funeral turned into an alle gorical _Me with Fames and Victories, and tinsel tro phies, and muslin transparencies; nor do we desire a display of the undertaker's vulgarity of mountains of black feathers, with a velvet packing-case, miscalled a hearse. We trust that the arrangements about to be determined on will be creditable to the advanced taste and sense of propriety of the age. In such matters we ought to have made some progress since the death of Nelson. We want something higher at work than Mr. Dow biggin's chief upholsterer, or the costumier of a minor theatre. We arts about to bury a Christian and a Captain ; and although English processions are a proverbial failure, the present occasion affords a rare opportunity of not only retrieving our assthetie character, but of devising a ceremonial which shall tell on the hearts of its innumerable and sympa thizing spectators. The Army, the Court, the Se nate, the University—all claim the Duke of Wel lington as their head—all must be represented in the procession ; and if the detestable black cloaks and abominable hat-bands are dispensed with —if every official person attends in his ceremonial dress—something rich, imposing, and truthful may, or rather must, be the result. British funerals are ordinarily offensive, because they are got up in the most vulgar and tasteless spirit, for the sole purpose of making an undertaker's bill ; but they might be so arranged as to form the most becoming and affecting of ceremonials. We cannot doubt, however, that the same spirit which ordered a national funeral for the nation's greatest man will take care that it shall pre sent nothing repulsive either to artistic taste or to Christian feeling. St. Paul's already possesses me morials of military heroes which make us blush for our country ; but let us hope that the obsequies of our Greatest Captain will be the beginning of a new and better mode of bestowing public honours upon the dead. But further, whatever arrangements may be made, we claim for the British people their full share in their last tribute to their hero. The funeral which is announced is to be " public"—not a show to be got up for the gratification of the privileged holders of Lord Chamberlain's tickets—not a display to be confined to the aristocratic quartier but one in which peer and artisan, City and Court, are alike to participate. A public funeral which does not traverse the public haunts of men, is a self-contradiction. A procession requires space; and we trust that nothing grudging or partial, either in the details of the ceremonial or in the spirit in which the public are to be asked to share in it, will mar that unanimity of sentiment which has so sig nally attended the nation's loss. The Duke of Wel lington, though born and fostered an aristocrat, was, after all, the man of the people—raised to his great ness, and sustained in it, by the public voice. He was, in the highest and truest sense, the most popular man of his age ; and in all that remains of him the people have the first right. Already his ashes are taken pos session of in the name of the English commonwealth —the Duke of Wellington belongs no longer to his own kindred—his country has received him to herself. We have charged ourselves with a high commission— let us see that we fulfil it honourably to him whom we try to honour, and becomingly to ourselves ; and it may he that, among the myriads who shall witness the Great Duke's obsequies, their splendour may kindle in some hearts the desire to emulate, if not the deeds, yet the patriotism and the loyal fidelity to duty I of the Duke of Wellington. Cis 18 and the embarkation of the different parties at Green wich occupies' a oonsiderable time. At ten o'clock, the company not having arrived to fill t he bar g es, the River Fencibles were obliged to proceed towards Greenwich. The barges then, without attending to any particular order, rowed down the river singly as soon , as they had taken in their company. About twelve o clock all the persons who were tt assist in the ceremony were assem bled at the governor's house. The body was then car ried from the saloon to the great hall, and placed on board the state barge. The coffin was covered with a velvet pall, adorned with escutcheons. There were four barges connected with the funeral which were covered with black cloth; the company in these were all in mourning cloaks over their uniforms; all the com panies' barges followed. The procession moved much faster than was apprehended, the barges being rowed by picked men, and the whole arrived at Whitehall soon after three o'clock. The corpse was afterwards removed to the Admiralty, amidst a double line of troops. Minute guns wore fired the whole time of the procession by water, and the flags of all the vessels in the river were lowered on the masts. Before break of day on Thursday (9th) the most extensive military preparations were made for the burial of this illustrious warrior. At ten o'clock upwards of 160 carriages, of which 60 were mourning coaches, had assembled in Hyde-park. In St. James's-park were drawn up all the regiments of cavalry and infantry quartered within 100 miles of London which had served in the campaigns of Egypt, after the victory of the Nile, and a detachment of flying artillery, with 12 field-pieces and their ammunition, tumbrils, &o. The following is the order of the procession from the Admiralty to St. Paul's, which was headed by the Duke of York, his aides-de-camp, and staff:—A detachment of the 10th Light Dragoons, four companies of the 42d Highlanders, the band of the old Buffs, playing " Rule Britannia;" drums muffled, the 92d Regiment, in sections, their colours honourably shattered in the campaign in Egypt, which word was incribed upon them, borne in the centre, and hang with crape; the remaining com panies of the 42d, preceded by their national pipes, playing "The Dead March in Saul;" the 21st and 31st Regiments, with their bands, playing as before; re mainder of the 10th Light Dragoons, trumpets sounding at intervals a solemn dirge; 11th Dragoons, Scots Greys, preceded by :ix trumpeters, sounding the " Dead March;" detachment of Flying Artillery, with twelve field pieces and tumbrils; six marshalmen on foot, to clear the way; messenger of the College of Arms, in a mourning coach, with a badge of the college on his left shoulder, his staff tipped with silver, and furled with sarsenet; six conductors in mourning cloaks, with black staves headed with viscounts' coronets; 48 ensioncrs from Greenwich Hospital. two and two, in mourning cloaks, with badges of the deceased on their shoulders, and black staves in their hands; 12 marines and 48 sea men of his Majesty's ship the Victory, two and two, in their ordinary dress, with black neckerchiefs and stock tugs, and crape in their hats; wutermen of the deceased, in black coats with their badges; drums and fifes; drum major; trumpets; sergeant trumpeter; Rouge Cr Ax Pursuivant of Arms (aluuo in a mourning coach), in close mourning, with his tabourd over his cloak, black silk scarf, hatband, and gloves; the standard borne in front of a mourning coach, in which was a captain of the royal navy, supported by two lieutenants in their full uniform coats, with black cloth waistcoats, breeches, and black stockings, and crape round their arms and hats; trumpets; blue Mantle Pursuivant of Arms (alone in a mourning coach), habited as Rouge Croix. The guidon borne in front of a mourning coach, in which was a cap tain of the Royal Navy, supported by two lieutenants, dressed as those who bore and supported the standard; servants of the deceased, in mourning, in a mourning coach; officers of his Majesty's wardrobe, in mourning co-idles; gentlemen, esquires; deputation from the Common Council of Landon; physicians of the deceased in a mourning coach; divines in clerical habits; chap !sins of the deceased in clerical habits, and secretary of the deceased in a mourning coach. Trumpets. Royal Dragoon , Pursuivant of Arms (alone in a mourning coach), habited in blue mantle. The banner of the de ceased as a Knight of the Bath, borne in front of a mourning coach, in which were a captain of the Royal Navy, supported by two lieutenants, dressed as those who bore and supported the guidon. Officers who attended the body while it lay in state at Greenwich, in mourn ing coaches. Masters in Chancery, and sergeants-at law, Solicitor-General, Attorney-General, Prime Ser geant. Judge of the Admiralty. Knight Marshal; Knights of the Bath; Baronets. A gentleman usher (in a mourning coach) carrying a carpet and a black velvet cushion, whereon the trophies were to be de posited in the church. Comptroller, treasurer, and steward of the household of the deceased in a mourn ing coach) in mourning cloaks, bearing white staves. Next followed the carriages of the different degrees of nobility, and great law officers, who attended to show their respect to the memory of the de ceased, beginning with the younger sons of barons, and ending with dukes. Duke of Cumberland in a coach and six. Duke of Kent in a coach and six. Doke of Clarence in a coach and six. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in a coach and six, in which were his Royal Highness's aides-de-camp. Five trumpeters, sounding a solemn dirge. A herald (alone in a mourn ing coach) habited as the other officers of arms. The great banner, borne in front of a mourning coach, in which were a captain and two lieutenants, as with the other banners. Gauntlet and spurs, helm and crest, target and sword, surtout, each borne in front of a mourning coach end four, in which were heralds, ha bited as before. A mourning coach, in which the co ronet of the deceased, on a black velvet cushion, was borne by Clarencieux King of Arms, habited as before, and attended by two gentlemen ushers. The six lieu tenants of the Victory, habited as before, bearing the bannerolls in two mourning coaches. The six Admi rals, viz., Caldwell, Hamilton, Nugent, Bligh, Sir R. Curtis, and Sir C. M. Pole, iu like habits, who were to bear the canopy, in two mourning coaches. Four admirals, via, Wlaileahod, Savage, Taylor, and Har vey, in like habits, to support the pall in a mourning coach. The coffin, stripped of its velvet pall, and placed on a funeral car, supported upon a plat form, covered with black cloth and festooned with velvet richly fringed and decorated with escutcheons on each side, between which was inscribed the words " Trafal gar" and " Bucentaur;" the car, modelled at the ends in imitation of the hull of the Victory; its head towards the horses was ornamented with a figure of Fame; the stern carved and painted in the naval style, with the word " Victory" in yellow raised letters on the lantern over the poop ; the c offin placed on the quarter deck, with its head towards the stern, with the English Jack pendant over the poop, and lowered half staff. There was an awning over the whole, consisting of an elegant canopy supported by four pillars in the form of palm trees, and partly covered with black velvet; the corners and sides were decorated with black ostrich feathers, and festooned with black velvet richly fringed, immediately above which, in the front, were inscribed in gold the word " Nile" at one end; on one side the following motto—" Hoste devicto roquievet;" behind the word " Trafalgar," on the other side the motto—" Palmam gat meruit &ran" The carriage was drawn by six horses in elegant furniture. Then followed Garter principal King of Arms (in a mourning coach), habited as the other officers of arms, with his sceptre, attended by two gentlemen ushers. The chief mourner, Sir Peter Parker, in a long mourning cloak, with his two supporters, being Admirals Lords Hood and Radstock,land his train-bearer, the Hon. Captain Black wood, all in mourning cloaks over their full uniform cloaks, black waistcoats, breeches, and stockings, crape round their arms and hats. Six assistant mourners, being admirals (in two mourning coaches), in mourning cloaks as before. Norroy King of Arms (in a mourning coach), habited as the other officers of arms. The banner of emblems, in front of a mourning coach, in which were a captain and two lieutenants of the Royal Navy, as with other banners. Relations of the deceased, in mourning coaches. Officers of the navy and army, ac cording to their respective ranks, the seniors nearest the body; the whole in 50 mourning coaches. The private chariot of the deceased lord, empty; the blinds drawn up; the coachman and footman in deep mourning, with bouquets of cypress. The whole moved on in solemn pace through the Strand, to Temple Bar-gate, where the Lord Mayor of London, with the corporation, waited to receive the procession. On the arrival of the military preceding the whole, his Lordship advanced and spoke a few words to the Duke of York. As the procession advanced within the City, the carriages of the Common Council, as had been previously adjusted, fell in before the physicians of the deceased ; the aldermen and sheriffs before the Masters in Chancery, and the Lord Mayor between the Prince of Wales and the heralds at arms. In this order the proces sion entered the cathedral, which was filled at an early hour with spectators of the first distinction. The High land regiments who preceded it entered the church, and ranged themselves on the outer side of the passage. A party of sailors closed the procession, bearing the thus flags of Lord Nelson's ship the Victory. From the lateness of the arrival of the corpse most of the service was performed by torch-light. The order of the inter ment was as follows :—The body having been taken from the funeral car, was borne i n to th e c hurch and c hoir by eight seamen of the Victory, according to the following order,. the body covered as before. The pall supported by admirals, terse admirals on each side sup porting the canopy; three lieutenants on each side bearing bannerolls. The chief mourner and his two supporters were seated on chairs at the head of the body, and the six assistant mourners and the four sup porters of the pall on stools on each side. The relations of the deceased were also near them in the choir. The officers of the navy and army who followed in the pro cession remained iu the body of the church. The carpet and cushion (on which the trophies were afterwards to be deposited) were laid by the gentleman usher, who carried thorn, on a table near the grave, and behind the place which was occupied by the chief mourner, The coronet and cushion borne by Clarencleux King of Arms was on the body, and the canopy borne over it. At the conclusion of the service in the choir a procession was made from thence to the grave, with the banners and bannerolls as before ; the officers of arms proceeding with the trophies, the body borne and attended as before, the chief mourner and his supporters, who placed themselves at the head of the Krave, and the assistant mourners and th e relations of the deceased near them. The service at the interment being over, Garter proclaimed the style ; and the comp troller, treasurer, and steward of the deceased breaking their staves, gave the pieces to Garter, who threw them into the grave. The interment being thus ended the standard, b anners , bannerolls, and trophies, were dep - sited on 'the table behind th e chief mourner; and the procession, arranged by the officers of arms, returned. A grand funeral canopy o f state, of black velv e t, was borne over the coffin by six admirals, supported by six small pillars, covered with the same material an d crowne d by six p l ume s of black ostrich feathers; the vellum were fringed with b lack and decorated with d ev i ces of fes toons and symbol* of his Lordship's victories, and his arms, crest, and coronet, in gold. The canopy was removed from over the body a little before it was lowered, that the splendour of the ornaments of the BALLOON NAVIGATION. The Constitutionnel has the following from Bag neres-de-Luchon, dated the 10th :—Whilst the jour nals have been recording unsuccessful attempts to navigate with balloons, we have witnessed here a fact proving that the impossibility of navigation in the air is not absolute, and that with genius and persever ance we may arrive at the desired result. Yester day the inhabitants of Luchon and the numerous visitors were invited to the Prado, on the banks of the Pique, to witness the experiment. The intrepid aeronaut, who was to make it at the risk of his life, is a man of about 35 years of age, named Antonio Moles, and resides in the small town of Birbastro, in Arragon, not far from our frontier. In the meadow of the Prado was a platform, on which his apparatus way placed. It consisted of a balloon of an ovoid shape, inflated with hydrogen gas, of merely sufficient sloe to support his weight, and that of the articles he had with him, and at the same time to have an ascentional power. To the network of the balloon was supende d a small table, on which Molei lay on his belly, his back being also secured to the network. To each of his legs between the knee and the instep was attached a kind of umbrella, acting freely on their sticks, and the silk of which was turned outwards. In each hand was a s ort of band-screen of silk, opening with hinges, and expand ing or contracting at will. A rope from the valve of the balloon was placed round his neck, and round his body was a belt containing sand, and about six or seven pounds of shot as ballast. When the signal for letting go was made, the balloon rose gently to a height of about 200 yards. The areonaut then began to make use of his means of impulsion. His legs were alter nately crossed, and then put out at full length, the first motion closing, the second opening the umbrella, giv ing a point d'appui upon a large surface of compressed air, and causing the balloon to advance, whilst the arms were moving in the same direction. The atmosphere being at this time calm the aeronaut found no difficulty in directing himself in a direct line on the axis of the valley towards the north, and the speed appeared to increase progressively as the apparatus worked better. We saw him in a short time stop at the turning of the Cier du Luchon, and return to wards us with the same rapidity ; half an hour sufficed for him to perform a distance of 18 kilometres (about 11 miles) going and returning. When he found himself over our heads he performed the movement of turning, but rather slowly, as he wished to turn very short round, it would have been very easy for him to have made a long turn, by using his legs like a swimmer when he wishes to turn to the right or to the left. It was thus that he made the tour of the basin of Luchon in 18 minutes, passing over the villages of St. Mamet, Montauban, Jazst, Antignac, and Moustagon, and, returning to his starting point, he came to the ground slowly in the same meadow from whence be had risen. It is more easy to conceive than express the enthusiasm and excitement of the crowd of persons who had assembled. The aeronaut was conducted in triumph to his residence, and he has announced a second ascent for Sunday next. It is to be hoped that there will then be a little wind, in order to ascertain whether that will not prove an insurmountable obstacle. Antonio Moles has assured us that he has the means of overcoming any diffi culty of that sort, as readily as the beat vessel on the ocean. SEABORNE Zil AI ri S. IN signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-onic by the night—and It by the morning —dispatch.] When made up in From what when PLACES. GeneralPost-office'port die- due. London: patched. America (by Brit. pkt.)N Sept. 2 ..Liverpool.. Arrived America (by U.S. pkt.) N Sept. 21 Liverpool .. Sept. 28 America (by U.S. pkt.) M Sept. 29 Southampt. Sept. 22 Australia (via South ampton) M 20th of each ro onth Southampt. Sept. 24 Ditto (via Marseilles) N 24th of each month Dover .. Oct. 17 Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N 2d & 14th each mo.'Plymouth.. Nov. 30 Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth Alexandria* • • ...... N 19th 3c 30th of me.' , Dover .. Sept. 18 Belgium •• •• N' Daily • • .. Dover .. Daily Brazil . • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Oct. 12 Buenos Ayres M 9th of the month Southampt. Oct. 12 California(viaChagres)M 2d& 17th of month Southampt. Oct. 16 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of the month Plymouth.. Sept. 26 Cape de Verds N 2d of the month .. Plymouth.. Sept. 26 Constantinople* .. N 7th 17th 27th ef mo Dover .. Sept. 20 Central America M 2d & 17th of men. , Southampt. Sept. 16 Channel Isles .. Mori., Wed., & Fri. I Southampt. Tu. Th.tiat Chili .. . M2d & 17th of math Southampt. Sept. 16 France .. Mt N Twice daily .. !Dover .. Twicedally Greece* .. . N 7th 17th 27 th of mo Dover .. Sept. 19 Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Holland M Wednes. & Satnr.. London .. Sue. Thu) s Honduras . N 17th.of the mouth Southampt. Sept. 16 Ireland .. M& N Twice daily .. ..1 Holyhead • . Twicedally India(via Southamp.) M 20th of the month'Southanspt. ISept. 24 India (via Marseilles) N Bth& 2 4th efmonth Dover lOct. 3 India, via C. of G. Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. l 'Sept. 25 Mauritius 14th of month Plymouth Sept. 26 Mediterranean (vie I Southanspton) M 20th of the month Southampt. Ang. 24 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) N lith&24thofmonth Dover • • lOct. 3 Mexico M 2d of the month.. Soathampt. ;Ist ea. mo. Madeira 21,9 th of the month Southampt. 'Oct. 12 Malta* .. 7th ' l7th ' l9tl427th 1 Dover ( Arrived ( Pc3Oth of month J Naples* .. • • • • N ,sth 15th 25th ofme Dover • . , Sept. 22 Papal States* .. 14 sth 15th 25th ef mo Dover .. Sept. 22 Peninsula .. M 7th 17th 27th ef mo Southampt. Sept. 26 Peru M 2d & 17th of math Southampt. Sept. 16 Tuscany* .. • • N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • • Sept. 22 West Indies .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Sept. 16 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month .. Southampt. • The mails to those a, 12d of the month .. (Southampt. lountries thus marked (*) are convoyed by Wes. French packet via ht, RACKETS.—EXTBAORDINART MATCH...-4 match of a very extraordinary character was played here on Thurs day afternoon, at the Racket Court, Eglintoun Arms, Maud lin-street, for 421., between Mr. John Mitchell, the cham pion of England, and the proprietor of the house, and a gen tleman of Clifton, who is considered to be one of the best players in the west of England. By the conditions of the match the champion was to have his wrists locked with a pair of figure of 8 handcuffs ; the winner of the best three games (of 15 each) out of five to be the winner. At three o'clock, the hour fixed for commencing, the matter had proved so attractive that the galleries of the court were completely Mitchell the crowded with gentlemen of Clifton, Bath, and Bristol. After four very severely contested games on both sides, the cham pion winning the first, and in the third the game at one time being 14 all, the amateur won, and was greeted with loud applause j b o y u h rn is al f . riends. We understand that on Mon day next (this day) the Clifton gentleman means to play a match wt to decide the championship of the west of England giving ltlh, et p mh r e es 7e e h n ina t me c ap h ci a he ra ng p eaf i m on e , , 3 b l u r. t, J o efferies ; after which Mr. of this gallant ofp i cer, Colonelof England, f e is eur t s o e, p w la i y th th h e i m s h b a o n t d h s , 1799 ; became lieutenant DEATH the colonelcy al' Or LIEUT.-GENERAL th L e o s r o T t ur h e i — ieg The n d t, en h t a h s He entered the army as cornet, August, 1807 ; lieutenant been reported. lieutenant-colonel' July, 1800; captain, 1801'; major, t G ed ene t r o al Loftus served lB-11 ; and ►ieut.-general, 1813; colonel, 1830; major-gene ral,the time it was at the last promotion. and was 1 of the 50th, April 11, 1851. was present at the battle of Busaco, detachment a o s r the na st h division f re A t i reat to the lines of employedwith the 2d battalion of the 3 a 81 p atpihoeirn. during e d c r e a m s , rn it a c t l i v d a e n d c e thein storming of which took possession of the Tete-de-Pont, St. and the other forts on the right bank of the Guadiana, ri'thval' and to which General Phillipon surrendered ; battle of Salamanca, B To a r d r :j s oz N-- caroure of Madrid —commanded the light troops of the sth division upon the advance to Burgos, retreat from thence, action at Villa Muriel, and other minor affairs. He has re ceived the war medal with three clasps for Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor, Badajoz, and Salamanca. MELANCHOLY AND DISTRESSING CASE.—On Fri day afternoon, about half-past five o'clock, a woman named Wood was proceeding along Carey-street, when she was ob served to stagger and fall. It appears that she had that morning been to visit her child, that was lying dangerously ill at St Thomas's Hospital, where, on arriving, she was told the child had expired. This preyed on her mind, added to which she had taken no food that day, which caused ex haustion, and hence the accident. She was conveyed to King's College Hospital, where she was treated with the utmost care and attention by the house-surgeon till Satur day, when she left quite recovered. FUNERAL OF LORD NELSON. As we are now enabled from authority to announce that a public funeral will be accorded to the remains of the great Duke of Wellington, it is deemed neither inap propriate nor ill-timed, on the present occasion, to offer the reader an account of the obsequies of the naval hero of England, Lord Nelson. It is derived from the Annual Register for the year 1806, and it has been copied by all the biographers of the victor of Trafalgar. The Great Hall at Greenwich Hospital was on Sun day, the sth of January, 1806, thrown open for the ad mission of the public to see the coffin which contained the body of our naval hero, when the confusion and im petuosity of the crowd, who had been long waiting for admission, was such as was perhaps never equalled. It was calculated that upwards of 20,000 persons were un able to gain admission. On the second and third days the crowd was equally great; but some troops of Horse Guards having arrived to assist the volunteers, the in gress and egress were effected with more regularity, though not without many persons suffering severe in jury. The arrangements for the solemnity were as fol low:—In the funeral saloon, high above the corpse, a canopy of black velvet was suspended, richly fes tooned with gold, and the festoons ornamented with the chelenk or plume of triumph, presented to his Lordship by tho Grand Seignior. It was also decorated with his coronet, and a view of the stern of the San Joseph, the Spanish admiral's ship, already quartered in his arms. On the back field, be neath the canopy, was emblazoned an escutcheon of his arms, the helmet surmounted by a naval crown, and en riched with the trident and palm branch in saltier — motto, " Palmam qui meruit terat;" also his shield, or namented with silver stars, with the motto, " Tris juncta in uno;" and, surmounting the whole, upon a gold field, embraced by a golden wreath, was inscribed in sable characters the word " Trafalgar," commemorative of the proudest of his great achievements. The Rev. Mr. Scott, the chaplain of the Victory, who, in consequence of his Lordship's last injunctions, attended his remains from the moment of his death, sat, as the chief mourner, in an elbow-chair at the head of the coffin. At the foot of the co ffi n a pedestal covered with black velvet, richly fringed with alternate black and yellow, and supporting a helmet surmounted by a naval crown, ornamented with the chelenk, or triumphal plume, with models richly gilt, end his Lordship's shield, gauntlet, an d sword. Ten mourners were placed, three on each side of the chief, and one at each corner of the co ffi n , all in deep mourning, with black scarfs, their hair full powdered in bags. Ten banners elevated on staves, and emblazoned with various quartering? of his Lord ship';; arms and heraldic dignities, each bear ing its appropriate motto, were suspended towards the co ffi n, five on each side. A ra ili ng in form of a crescent, covered with black, enclosed the fu neral saloon from the great hall, by the ellipsis of which, from right to left, the spectators approached and receded. Both the hall and saloon were entirely sur rounded at the tops by rows of silver sconces, each with two wax lights, and betwe en each two an escutc h eon o f his Lordship's armorial dignities. The aquatic part of es into their barges day, the Bth. The the e nt r p a r u e : e e s o s f i o t h n e t o rs o e v k e r p a l a l c c e t o y n c W o p d a n ne --..—.—. ---------___ cc;,ffin might be rendered more visible to the spectators. 'There . was an excellent contrivance for letting down the body into the grave. A bier rose from the oblong piper turo under the dome for the purpose of supporting the coffin. This bier was raised by apparatus being totally concealed below the pavement 01 the church. invisible machinery. the, The procession departed in nearly th e , same order in which it arrived. When the Duke of Clarence ascended the steps of St. Paul's he stiddenlY stepped, and took hold of the colours that were borne hi the Victory's men, and after conversing with one of 03e , gallant tars, he burst into tears. On the entranc!? of the tattered . flags within the communion rails, the Prince of Wales, after conversing with the Duke of Claret:O.! sent and requested that they might be brought as O a t the grave as possible, and, on observing them, altboU; at some distance, the tears fell from his Royal Eigh° 4 9 ; The four vergers of St. Paul's GAtbadral, who ILI'. the exclusive property of the church, are said to 1it.190. made more than a thousand pounds by the daily Ad°, I fd sions to see the preparations for the funeral of 14 :,, , Nelson; the door money is taken as at a puppet' e , ( , l „! and amounted for several days to more than 401. each ea i __ -- - THE COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the guantiti corn, &c., received in the port of London from the poi E ss ex, from the 13th &pt., 1852, to the 18th Sept., both inclusive :—._,_—.----------, ~ . 1 0; g; CD ,--1 4:1 0 jCA til I Colchester Harwich I189; 216 1 74 Leigh Maldon ' 250 200 ; . :11 5 80 3 5 6 , 1' follow y; ',:',;: • ' • CHELMSFORD, SEPT. 17.--Prices to-day Wheat, white, old 46s Od to 648 Od, red, old 40s to 468, new 355 to 405 • barley, 260 W 5l ;i6 chevalier 27s to 32s ; grinding 21s t0'278; malt 550 to 0 chevalier 55s to 58e; oats 19s to 250; pees, partrid e " : t9O to 368; white, 30s to 32s ; boiling, 34s to 368; dun, ,e,:w ,i; news:l2B: 36 to R -53; beans, tick, 32s to 345; barrovr tickdo SO ' ~, mazagan, 295 to 325. Or red I w i COLCHEnza, SEPT. 18.—Wheat, white 400 to 5 o _. :A ale to 45s ; oats, 18s to 235; beans, mason 285 to 325 ; t"0", to and small 32s to 368; peas, white 345 to 365, g re Y' ''' 32s ; barley, 285 to 325 per qr. . the „ m etal 'd Ili KIRKALDT, SEPT 18 —The following are = for new grain : . • Second Whea First 1 s od. 25s 6d Third 46a Od 27s Od 34s Od 22s Od i Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs Ei ADDINGTON, SEPT. 17.—T grain at our market to-day : Old Wheat First 458 6d Oats -215 °", 120 5 0 1 1 1 9 6 Ou imperial,. he follows Beal l X od ailod 2 s s od th wl nit sre Pea Pa —S oa ..—s o d —5 os Od. o f prices .4 Oats. Bella 0 '''d 22s 6d 345 20i , 10d 333 195 Od 325 07, 145 qrs., 120 sc :(! 716 (111., 706 54 i!! 361 qrs., 32 8 9( 1 496 qrs., 431 $ 4 ra 38 qrs., 3 6 IP 29 B a rleY; s 0 " 26s 4d Second 43s 7d I 4 Third ......... —...... 36s Od 22i 0 Total quantity of Old Wheat 113 market Do. New do. Do. Barley do. Do. Oats do. Do. Beans do. ad lbarnbtorf ............. ▪ 14s u s i i5O !Luraley ..... 155 gd Russell's klettoa ...••• Scarborough ...... .. .. 1459, iStewarts •-• • 145 ° sc a t Whitwell ................... 15s 0 Cassop •••• ............. 150 „d aartlepool ........ 155 pd Renee ......... 15 9 91 South Liartlepoo •••• rSouthhorn K e y e I 1 .0.e.• ................. 1 4 54 : 3 06 1 Ndelaido Tees •"''': 15s lees .. ............. 01 giXoll's BlerthYr 21s Cardiff ........ ..... 118 ..... Sold, 73. it,. of , i t i in COAL MARKE: Prices of Coal per ton at tl Bate's West Hartley 15s &II Holywell Howard's W. H. Neth lss 3d New Tanfield North Percy Hartley l4s 9d ltavensworth'sW. Hart 15s 3d South Peareth l2s Od lantield Moor Butes l2s 3d Wylam Wall'a End, &c. Harton Eleaton Northumberland Walker l3s 9d Eden Main Braddyll Hetton Ships at market. RAILWAY...--- --- -7-- -- sHARB MAlliWr''?. 1 STOCK EXCHANGE.—T h e to. visa ' 7 ' 0, inactive. The only transaction reported we... 4 3 2:1 Vale, 11 ~. 0 LIVERPOOL, SEM'. 74 v. ~, acw STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our share market visa 1 13 0 r",,,, fi to-day, and prices were firm. The transactions `sere 90 '‘.. e lo r ;:-- - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 74 d's . "Ditt 0, Preference, 6 11%8—Lancashireper and Yorkshire, 8 ",./s-1 ,7- ld , 41 I r a 1 , ter 5 11 ° — ' p v. " cent., 15 Yg -- ManCueS I o d 0 b Lincolnshire, 30—Midland, 77N, South-EAterntch ghenii ' 21% Dublin and Belfast JUIICtiO - 1 3 , fisia 68 ' 4)11- 8-16 dis. :,, as MANCHESTER, SETT• p dh r ee o na v dc e y d liAl3 appearance to-day, and 20. As o .. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market presents(J A s t o 1° and Birkenhead, ward. The transactions were as follof: __cheat re , hasehaidr,e,2a2nldCheshire, Junction, 7 41 3 air oc obi 221. Shares, 3 15-16 dis.--Egst • 0,. Preference, Quarters, 94/B—Lancashire and Yorklalli i re ' 3 ,l6 ~' A Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, ' sbefti a / Lon don and North-Western, 121 prices generally 11....1im 0; and Lincolnshire, 29,4 —Ditto New-I:gees:Geer: 9°,1,,6013's or North Staffordshire, 4 , A dis.,—Bristol and 1310131"1' 149%—South -Eastern and Dover, 21%. --------- , I J OOP C A S RECOVERY OF DEBTS IN THE CITY C 6 ~ 8 ° °Elf Recovery London of Small Debts and Demands within force, irf a and Liberties thereof," will come hit ° i n t, t' ll which day the Acts 10th and 11th ifictoria, ch b f ro pesh i te the 11th and 12th Victoria, chap. 15% will some of !be There are 139 clauses in the Act comprising wi, ', • t p oo ri m nc m ip en al ce p to ro e v o i t sio o n f s th in e thAeaCoartitoyn'sCourtvs tithe te ..,' ri! c u ' 4 COP..'" . r 1,,, e ti gf e a r Su amounting to 501., and in cases winherrieete P ir a h r e ti ju d g e' s r 1 actions beyond that amount the Sheriffs' Court is to presidemanlerbtehits Act, and cidtiborie con ili fi is to be holden at Guildhall, or where the CerP7b-o, Oa ..direct. The Act provides for the performance e , %b e coal 0 2, clerks, e bailiffs, and other officers connected with 'A pr in officers may be paid by salaries instead of fees. eo . be s i j may ro be provided for the purposes of the Act and nie ß t ; i r ty , 11 ; wed. All suits are to be by plaint. A jury of five 0 0.'4 summoned when required by either party. As in th e .. a tte Courts cou Act, an appeal is given under this Act to the o ot . e are rts on points of law or the admission or rejectielled yid to deuce. Defendants may be summoned on unsay s '', io eel s , 0 meats and committed to prison, which imprison oc.io . e pe r r e ate in discharge of the debts. Among the P°lo olft;i, Ir el by the Act on the City of London is one t 0 , 0 1 D e possession of small tenements, where the tenant u feee t o withoutbringing an action of ejectment. The Act' : charged are set forth in a schedule annexed to the - • t.'ll.' tated Constitutions, Disordered Liver , Y[ADvimisEmENT.]—Hollowa ndigestlotnh.r.iiij wonderful efficacy of this salutary edicine en d ,oi the effects produced en patients suffering froni'disesteloit. Ili; stomach, liver complaints, bile, and indigestion, are of the ( tif,if credible, if it were not confirmed by daily prods_Tfrota i . 1 7 0 . effected by them, and the permanent benefit derive"- ills 'l l O t use. re The exhilerating properties of these invaluasblelee A :tiedPiille for De vog tone y banish all nervousness from the systero, str egl7er or suffering the stomach, and thereby promote digestion. s the y 15 from dropsy should use Holloway FillS' i t drOSCIII m th a e la ra d O n s g t stand certain . remedy ever known for th! o nolloil TlB . — Establishment, m by , all Druggists and at POW s Strand. London. or P ori r o 9 00 1 SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BRISTOV".ens, I d S , SATURDAY.—Owing to the judicious measures ~,, ures 0 under t t u h e e e s bo n yg p it e uh r e i ee n r t a, endence of the dockmas ter ; 1 11 1 ; r esrj r t a h n r d eatened land basin has been laaverted, accident to and r.laßerurnific a 06 ( 100, - : cci M de r. t B !amcksvell, the lucs k io st vete: oiii not be interrupted. During the whole of yesterdsY " t Oh" and evening a number of workmen were engag e its f.• v is i d i° Ali' tackling, &_ c., to the caisson in order to prevent 1 ,„ tee the and, various experiments having been tried w-lose he safety, the men ventured under and proceeded to cl ose ebtit iogry sluice-holes through which the water might heveoefecS6 ingress, and they thus rendered the caisson-0°,40, r • vatertight. Between eight and nine o'clock last nigh :!;11l tide having become sufficiently adVanced to buoy the ' and the huge gate gently disengaged itself frerue drag floated on the surface of the water; it vas %niece !ill by o tackling into the basin and deposited in a Si`• en ee 11 ,. • , of the shipping. No further inconven:,,ta cols sinned ore be experienced by the shipping at way thatt,niJe. ~, i dby the water leavin the basin at e ach o be r, is estimated that the injury done to the ge" c r A the e' cl e p d a eu ir t ed wa fo s r u a ti b a o w ut iu lO t O h L e l'heim, medi,a,teCauebejb:-'loolo* lower c eye, which dock A tured some time since, unknown W any of the rides. se ttir ..--011 € te . THE NEW POLICE FOR AUSTRALIA. to 0. A . d v a a y . orders were received by the superintendeo , b 0 Ce . ,A ry?us divisions of the metropolitan police, iron' i d iecti", 4 uld h e 'dide r missioners, to inform the men that six wo nae ce li • ioe'' from those in each division who wished to bece _ diets _, D for the service in Australia. There are seventel reeD,"o. and the number thus formed will consist of pd w ell : to above five years in the police, and presu med to der talcA quainted with their duties. Each man viLl t tirj .v l''' vir remain five years, or incur the penalty of stm• i P " • ' ' per day ; passage and all expenses paid. et ~, jiviefe,,,d. to SCARCITY OF LABOURERS.— A fano" C° t° al p farm near Braughing in Hertfordshire we e "" to s e ''' ' of apply to the union at'Bishop's Stortford'for 03,tret.0 onv.too him to get in his harvest, there being no la. ° ke s e o ti employment in his parish, and he was obliged to te ploY d he e ra men, whose ages averaged 73 years each, 411- ,e• them three weeks. BIRTHS. , n the 11141 OF A SON. On the 20th inst. , a t Thurloe-square, BroMP.°-.,' „4,4 of William Digby. Seymour, Esq., M.P., of art ila. "'''' On the 1 8 th i nst., at Chester-square, th e f Charles Ridle o f the Oi l On the 18thy. inst., at Eaton square, the wife J. Drummond Moneyo,FrecAtourAoufGSuruternufi. rieg „ g ardeee' ° 6 4 eld. 1,0 On the 17th inst. , at New - str eet, S p On the 17th inst., at Torrington-square. the wife of . 1 3 1 M a yne. Esq. , at W J3u o rc o h t e h ll e ,ju l6 nlE i ton, the wife of Augustus P eat ` ) GPI tiagana, (It------ _ _..., ,i, •v. Tirn?-srra ce-roadv red On the ---- On the hYna L I r. 6 ,Br t t. h .havi i n ' i n es s st t : , a lli t ltgatiltheves Gosp,:ordiet,hstelsrirsilial3o:7sll: c T tai o ra w roe e fn ll e , je !sq Paymaster R.N., to Sarall ' A nn ' e t E a s t q. t , h Dl e a c st h e u r r A ch tten dant of the Da 0001,_,_ Brompton, William Langford, Es of Sumner-001N poi", E sq 3 u ci a ., re o , f toonSsaiorawh-sLquouttir'sea., elest 'daughter of DO I " DIED 00 11300' On the 16th inst., at Cbatham-lodge, Woolificbelv.ector G ag ro e a d hna B m o t , h, Sir John Webb, lint-, C. 8., K.C.U. , la a nd P ' 4 General of the Ordnance Medical Department. . so3 dfo f Sir eßarltB.,thageidns6t7. at Portland -place, b d' On the 17th inst., at Lorraine -place, 1-1011°Wei' 0 1 relict of the late T. Bristove. Esq., aged 81. p1,A. , , On the 17th inst., the Rev. Theobald Waliby Grimblethorpe-hall, Lincolnshire, aged 63. 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