The Sun. — London, England, 1846-07-20 00:00:00

. . • . 4....... . TII E StIN LONDON, M 0 '-lAA Y , M. OaNl .N a, JU L Y 20, 1846. , -6.,• . .111.4.0. Y ~-.......................mme... . . , ,S 011.1••••••.••••••.........., • ............ .......................... a. •••••,.............•••••••••••••••...1 ..••••••••••••4“......, .................... 1....... , -. . ' 4 . r.r . t i Z 1 , 2. . LITERATURE. . 1 REI er 314- t pry, the science of gastronnmy, a science which teaches , • • . . ....._. " 1 CO l e &Is o ABUIIGH la:VIE IV, No. CLXIX. I the art of extracting from food, animal and veg, teble, THE •, R.EATENUE Ear c . . m A e 15th, • ai , tr , are we more rejoiced in the perusal of the I the nutritious port:' es in s ell a maneer as to please the The s: ... , 1 4(1,) .ga keVieir than wh, , n its contribotorS contrive ' eye and the Otste, white at the same time the material , f Great 'i " r tte their ahstr w t di squ isiions an d ana l, t ive.l Its t.'cor.etnt- , ou to t.'“. , w m , st. The tollowing . rassge • as of Income, compared with the Expenditure; the Amount of nixes repealed or reduced, and of Taxes S ai e u a ] ,•deem- it " with the • ; - -t. .. tb• , illy • , shows that M. Sot ,r has had cons durable experience onxpeDuelihtturev the i re l iyat i d the u S t i . irpltis, or Deficiepcy moving cacents alma o vo,ra ). , , , ~ , _ .... e. . antries, ,in Sr.Ort, they embellish the expositlons the s tOtect ot sr la hhe treats. t An Accountjmpos,,,si.h(oiwisitninggutilslehhtm the t n y t pr o in f ei l p i a ev l " It u e e teis r l fee tl i l v e ed &i a P n i d t a 1. the ot . E the '- ' an ' 'st ati ri lieded; the Annual Charge of the Debt; and the i3alaneee ill the Exchequer at the Close of eaoh Year, for the Period e Ale abetter great truth b ersonal reminiscences of " Dttring the last ten montos I had to furnish 25,000 din from 1836 to 1845, both Years inclusive. . of the . s 4 :rigi or nator, and associate yp with their oescrip- tiers. for the gentlemen of the Reform Club, and 38 dinner istward . . • - - ' - • the fermi- 3teas 4 great mind the vicissitude . s of parties of importance, comprising above 70,000 dishes, and to Net Recsipt ' - . • we: TAXES IMPOSZD. Balances Rod man, In the resent number this feature is in- Provide daily for 60 s-wales of the establishment, indepen- TAXES REPEALED OR REDUCED. r g u o lu o ll tbe Ex i c n be th g e uer of Expenditure, • Capital of the 1 tak usually . t Wed P s . , . dent of about 15,000 visitors which have seen the kitchen „ Lave re- - t '''tn() t with very considerable adroitness, and occupies department in that lapse of time." E Revenue, including ma ee con- v ki i . 8 prominent position in the collection of artic.es. Surplus. Deflaien o Y• - _ _. .. . . , __. Fur•Ddeebdt ' andl Chtji‘t Re 411 111 1 . 4 ,1' hinist-lf of the recently published memoir of The result w that ~ x perieneo we have in this volume. f., after deducting Charge Estimated Debt. at the He ~i v(?s os tells of fare t , r pertirs ef all sizes, frem a Drevvbacks of Estimated Unfunded. 1 Ye if Great 4 it; by Dr. G. E. Guhratter, the Reviewer has 1 and Collection. Amount. PRINCIPAL ITEM. Amount. PRINCIPAL ITEMS. Close of the e Right au Prod evili a aced a most fascinating melange of memo- eoronetion briequet to a hacholor's snit party in cham bers. Ile also gives us plans of kitchens of all sizes, Repayments,. -- Year. sever Hous 's Most ko ttlit ;.. rYspecting that w(inderYul phitersopher, ap- ---,-------- ---.---- .0.0•••••••••••••••••••• Extra- % , Le_ and Life 'Y d eneaginely inscribing his paper the from the mugnific , mt g,astr'onomical laboratory of the Re- ...- ---.-- X. • X- X. ae. X. X. x ----- . the 3 form Club to my " kitchen at Lome," which is suited to ' sE• 4. X. X. 59.010 log a States; a__ , -, e . ('Pepper 1.• •• • ••• . tie®, "11 Genius of Leibnitz." ' When it is the means and requirements of the solitary bachelor. has, on • Pond liteli a l 'retl that this extraordinary character was, , Secre . ttis e P l i more fully entitled to the designation of au Let all those who are tired of the eternal roast and I L S N u e g li a , s i nt E p e a r s t sta India mp s i ,. z ii i 39,470 1,003,786 Paper and Paper Hanging ... 394.500 3,991 DUTD , 788,398,570 29,243,599 6,049,3 2 • • ig corn- beiled, alternating with chop and steak-who think that 1836 52,949,397 50,819,305 2,130,092 ..• •... I Spirit Licenses 142.000 0 . that : ) ,411 1 ,Z 1 genius, that his writings are marvellously and in 305.96. , o , o 3c O is ~ . .. . . ' refer. the fol- klst• °ll s, that there is scarcely a single branch of mutton broth is not the only potage in the world-that 4 % 1111 ' 11 owlechre which has not derived from his Intel- there are methods of dressing fish other than plain boil; 234 630 merit ••• • • . ••• -., ••• ••• ••• ••• ... ••• • 655,760 786,319,738 24,489,571 4,127,973 • 14 some -* • ing and frsine, and other sauces than melted butter- 1837 50,663,353 51.319,113 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 289 8,423 decid 345,228 785,373,740 29,260,238 4,594,884 Bill t allel of 1 name elucid at io n or some a d ornmen t, that nurchase M. Sovurs's beok. They will find that it. is 1838 51.375.520 51,780.748 •.• •.• .:...... 1, 3 ( 4 ) 3 6 44 ( 8 ) ,:0 1 ( 1 0 2 00 6 0 63,418 Stage COttelleS existing 1 ?'`ON te is enrolled amen the members of the 1,512,792 786,512,734 29,434,062 3,707,425 indeed that which it pr.,f•tses itsaf to be-a gastronom:o 1839 51,927,495 [Customs, five per cent. con tad the ele,ssm!tiociety, that his body was aimnst as regenerator. . I Excise ts di . t . t . o ::: after teen the 58,440, 9 87 •... ... ht lim p in motion over the earth as his sentience i United - 787,448 075 29 381 718 3,858,465 wita kietn• "in the realms of knowledge, and that the ATR E.4TISE 0V RA //, WA Y SURVEYING 1840 51,95(403 1,258,939 Postage ... ... ... 1,240,000 2,274,240 i Ditto, Spiri , , I 1 , y -ninth I Ifie .. • I Assessed Taxes, ten per cent... 311,477 repot A 'which efluu r i end literary history of the generation in which AND LE VE LLING. By John Que.ged, Surveyor. 53,444,353 ... ... 1,593,97 0 LPosta g e, Abolition of Franking 118,567 i thence the re • s ued may be said to have radiated about him, This should be the vade mecum ~f the young railway off tl and of A sti :: surely no one individual but will acknowledge surveyor. It is strictly a practical work, containing 1841 52,363,949 54,465,318 ... ... 2,101,369 27,170 Rice in the Husk ... •... 21,832 ... ... 201,113 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 790,874,608 29,450,145 3,653,810 12 le ter, that . I U, would prove a noble and not an unprofitable ' 'nothing, superfluous. while noth'ins essential has been . rCuffee ••• ••• ••• 6 10 08 9, 4 77 1 : 5,629,989 Property- Tax ... 5,100,000 • ieiset forunde Export Duty on Coals ... 141,930 1 straits,. 4 11 ~,h „ investigation. Remarkable, however, as forgotten. Matters which have been hAherto treated and , that , remain- l tila: . " 1 / 4 0 phic exertions were, prail , e as they ti•xt-beeps in such a manner as to appear abstruse 1842 51,244,335 . 1 E Ti x m po be r r t D an u d ti W es ood ...... :.... Spirits, Ireland ••• ••• 240,000 791,250,440 29,428,120 1,380,059 55,223,873 ... ... 3,979,538 1,596,366 I Chher Customs Duties ••• 579,639 Stamps, Ireland had 1 . ‘ leate el „ a uggestive as they were, his books are difficult, are so simplified by Mr. Quested as to bec0me77,779 -.-. 121,745 sews: parallel. itismetN....twelle.tvreier se p h e o ru r, s as ed t , except by the bibliographer or plain and comprehensible. The work is profusely 11111 - Stage Coaches ... - . aortherte Timber and Wood ... ... .126,453 peen. ; his intense, and in several in- trated with maps and diagrams. 240,000 ""'' 790,576,392 29,269,160 4,716,019 hims the said. re epitiolis.proff)und labours in the field of knowledge, .••.•••,•••••••••••.........."'''..'''''''".'"MiMl 1843 56,945,041 55,501,739 1,443,304 ... ... 411,821 1 Spirits, Ireland ••• ••• empanys lying Ate ser n usec i e into his-mere name-a name which can,. See point,l - Coffee ... ... ... • ... 86,174 I Currants 95 816 fecal the Co- hie e e Ile ver be forgotten. Leibnitz, by his astonish fski, rsaeo• THE CAUSE OF HOT AND COLD SUMMERS. 458,810 i Wool •. • 00.1 ••• ••• ' 97,140 .„ ~, schei ts ocean, ~_ A1 v ., 4 -. lilt as weeas by his pertinacious industry, 1844 58,459,751 55,103,643 3,356,106 „, ,„ 787,598,145 30,495,459 6,254,113 Yc .v era,- it AN "sed himself with every sectional de- Dr. Ryer, the able professor of chemistry to the . I COME the line tkoh le e ci ti t,?f science and literature. nearlyAs a metaphysician he Polytechnic Institution, in his lecture on Wednesday i Marine Insurances ..," ..•,.. 6 10 8 :9 0 5 4 9 2 Glass ... ••• •.. ... 41 ,000 Oat if t t•• , , ... ~. Bill I last, made some observations on the equalisations of „, „, ... 2,309,857 i • I his less eminence, because of the phantasms they „. 129,183 1 . tion subjectm nth, "ls imagination unhappily amalgamated with temperature by atmospheric and marine currents, which . ... ... ,he serail . 1 7 if, - ; „and this circumstance is sufficiently evidenced are not only interesting in themselves but also of vast • S C Mll o og t l t aa o rs n s e's' Wool 1 Auctioneers' and Appraisers' ?. 1111 lowever,- importance as euides to thr prognostication of future23,72o 785,053,022 i 28,253,872 8,452,090 sewe els e l eelsosterous theory of " Monads," and that ,of Licenses eti a. 3 lbe con- 1845 57,690,704 .., 380,386 , _ 14( 41) o te :tstablished Harmon than which perhaps no weather. The Doctor having shown that in the atmos ernment here there are always two currents of air passing in 53,873,062 3,817,6 42 ... ... 4,535,561 Coals, ohe uE.auxsptoormtsDputnyties.,. ... 115,438 23,720 the . hey in speculations were ever conceived. His PAuctions .„ ... •,. 305,000 .specting.' 64 00e ethic Insisten6 11 11i1 q ill physics may likewise be attributed to a ar s e • opposite directions and at diff.rent altitudes-the upper _ I.Glass ~. ••• 1 ,, ff, . e . , ~, -----'''..--,•• I . the i 1 21) 448 ntien c , and one which our reviewer happily or heated stratum passing from the equator to the poles, , , , s ers etorr the "as "his love of 'hypothesis, his fondness for in) Par t and the lower or cold air from the poles to the equator, Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, July 3, 1846. , ED P. CARDWELL. spat prof as pro - ~- s sets ' e n.e „ l abstract,_ . and his impatience to arrive at a thus regulating the distribution of temperature over the • --: prof ry. : rights 'girt ill In jurisprudence Leibnitz was, on the con- earth-proceeded to prove that in the mighty . ocean . An Estimate of the Population for each of the Years 1836 , stroi subjects,An Account of the Value of the Imports into, and of the Exports in than a proficient, he was en originator; his itself we have precisely the same imenreint conditions to 1845, both inclusive, so far as the same can be given ; ' ' her pro - i r e ts eit iZ l ie , t in this d u ivision of lear u ninr4 . "beingtstified by res. b el ec t. om l e t ,, i . s .,, a . ell known that heated matter expands from, the United Kingdom. during each of the Ten Years also, the Number of Persons Committed for Trial i e pres shs al h°ending JanUary, 1846, calculated at the Official Rates of ' , fs et ~,,,e Nova 1 ethodus and caw, C o t' besides and ti ;titer, while matter under the influence of Valuation, and distinguishing the Amount ot the Produce A Statement of the Numbs an,l Tottnags of vessels entered Inwards and cleared Outwards in each Year, England and Wales in each of the niel Years ; together "Itli "' Peter Gm-at having nominated elm as one cold contracts and becomes heavier. The water on the With a Statement , showing the Ratio of Increase or e re a s rr e of ewe/ te ecou n • the surface of the ocean becomes cooled down by • two causes ColonialitedtKuirnefidardiseexpeoxrptoedaefrdor also,the from 1836 to 1845, both inclusive, distinguishing Foreign Vessels from British, and distinguishing also the Decrease in the Triennial Periods ending with 1836, B ictiltural : eat of ., ell to compile his code of laws fir the govern- ' a V r a ld lut ia o n f uktertenigsaonfdtteUnlB39, 1842, and 1845 respectively; also the Proper- poss -first, by abstraction of heat owing to the floating ice Foreign from the Coasting Trade, sh. all be : at el ,2l l e Russilis-an intention which was unfor- a ating the Amount of the Produce and Manufactures of the United Kingdom, exported therefrom, according to the Real . tion of Commitments to the Estimated Amount of the trite: be a Ital y k i s !, frustrated. As a theologian Leibnitz rather. Passing from the northward. Now the co sled water being rendered denser sinks and forces to the surface or Declared Value thereof. . .. . Population in each of the said Years. ' Con lby th; o .` ll 'much than achieved much ; and of the stick- 4 . ..0 . 9 . 1 in t nee, 0 lli ti ~."Ki. i larity of his religious views we may judge from other portions of warmer water, .which again . coin- g 77 - ' Value of Exports from the United ,7.12, e s t, e• Ts o FOREIGN TRADE. COASTING TRADE. municates heat to the air passing over it. The i'l e Ts' Kinseom, calculated at the Official ,e - ' e .s ss, g • -0 • ~ =rl - t l 0 1 exam lesirt t h l ks ee 7vnmstance that he flasteeed himself he had - "IN • h - - '•` • doctrine cool water spreads itself at the bottom of the sea e, .= e te e e Rates of Valuation. 11:-..''' t :=. 4' 2'•, ) •. T o a., a 0 .13 t,t . v. i Increase or De- T, ecif, w" Of q v Is shed a. metaphysical solution of the i.: ..... 52 ,s. ' E a E 'B' 1 crease of the Com- or ot and flows towards the Equator, Producing compensatieg re :'- e '2 e Gova O s ; de esubstantiation. in philology. and antiquities 4= ',.. •• it . - c .. .s.) '..a E 2.' - 0 .t.' , o •••' a. • reen I"" eb b :: an innovator ;in autobiograph'y he has given a currents in opposite directi.ins. Thus the ocean tends r:. f.. ...s e. e 2 .:-.• :-) .5. f , „; 1 ,. - , e... - , -, .. ,7 -yi .:4' INWARDS: OUTWARDS: INWARDS: OUTWARDS : .;.: a: rs Ev. 1 eeei 0 , maments in has to regulate the temperature of the earth, moderating 2 : ':: -:: -a ‘ ' ''''' . :4 * . ;:i 71 '',:' r• I. F. - 4 .. 2.4'.. 2 ;••• -. . c!i == '..., telC 4 , ll g though somewhat egotistical account of him the heat of the torrid and the cold of the frigid zones. ei , - - .4. 1..1.'s .`e' 'a , r.: = g.: l4 g . ••• -. 6 , ;Li wet by h e . 4 fie k ,in history he commenced an absolutely colossal c '•• 4: ! ?s,' 7 .. e 1:-. ) ?s, • '''2,?: i ..-• s e e'. el -e. -ese ee E-. PI ,T, E±! S', * r- i -4 ,:, BRITISH. FOREIGN. BRITISH. FOREIGN. BRITISII. BRITISH. 04 Unite ' k- glitio f dating th • narrative N I ? n 9 Brunswick, L Every seaman is aware that the Gulph Stream is an e. ► e e- el •-' e' A ;.: -:. .... ?.. 73 ~ c! 0 tin 1 each Three Years. Sena* ° , . 9 -" , ;' I'' t ... 4 P 4 . `. : 3 3? - • ____ i . N I - before the creation of man, interpolating example of these compensating currents : and Dr. Ryan a, e , cate tondo $ .•• 1: Cy.. ... ' ? ---- •- .. c Increase, , 5.9 1 0 248 "collateral disquisitions upon heraldy, genea- stated that he had met many naval officers who had _e_____ -- --- __l 1836 14,906,000 20,984' lin rlO 1 the _ t g a u r. i li t areof, ct f Years Ships. Tons. Ships. Tons. Ships. Tons. Ships. Tons. Ships. Tons. I Ships. Tons. per cent. 1 , - ,,y, and chroaology, so that as the reviewer ascertains d the oos , ihil , ty of steering through the Gulph .E. .C. .C. x. .E. 1837 15,105,000 23,612 lin 639 ver Ce/y insinuates, " the work wo ' uld, doubtles • have Stream 1836 14 347 2,505,473 7,131 , 983,899 14,207 2,531,577 7,048 1,035,120 123,785 10,337,545 , 133,341 10,762,690 . les hates ! doubtless q j►ublished in successive volumes to this day, if 'dipping thermometer in the mer e ly by a 1837 2 , , , M 2,617,166 , 'k , -1-:A 1. 1 25 1 , , 9 6 N 1 . 4 5 ,: 9 1. ) ; t:g,g7 6 7 8 ,V ) 1,A1 : 21 l i g 3: 0 1 11 1 1 0 0 19 a 09,545: 133,34 1 100:989215 iB3B 15,3070 X) 23,094 lin 662 an i of' their 0 , 0 70 ,tz and his patron had live as long' and subscriber' Dr. Ryan proceeded, in the next place, t { in p er e ease r cm' t. 1" be ' 1838 61,296,513 92,4.33,967, 12,711,01-105,164,4'9 50,06 ,/ o explain ter- 1837 54,76 4 ,285 7e,544 07 . 1 1 13,235,49 T) 85,779,5 . ?3 42,067,22: 1 573 1839 15,511,000 24,443 lin 634 rain meteoroloeical conditions which have not before 1839 17,6:3 . 5 3,101,0 10.326 1,331,365 17,066 3,096,611 10,698 1,398,096 ; 130,254 10,610,404 ' 142.895 11,266,073 hal th t -tt ir heirs, would still have been able only to predict . 6' 048121 97 394 666 12 795 990 '110,190.656 53,233.5801840 15,718,000 27,187 lin 578 ma. the Year been noticed. Thus it was always possible, late in the 1839 •-, ' '' ' " ' 06430 1840 17 8.3 3 197 001 10,198 ' 1,460,294 1 ,633 3, J,9 10,440 „8 , 1 ,2.1 , , 4 „ 7 ' •2 ( 2 841 488 88' 33 •' 9 10 766 057 1 6 127 11 41 - 991 -,/ i ' 1841 15 92" 867 27,760 lin 573 the 1841 18.525 3 361,211 9,527 i 1,291,160 18,464 3,429,279 9 0 86 1,336,892 131,3:„1 ,86 , , 40, , ,ti 0, 1 7 10 '9 071'1 "B'7 11 5 252 -, '' x. lein4 , Pearance of the ► last voluuse "' His ac u•untance winter, or very early in the spring, to prcgnosticate the 23,373 . 116,902,887 51,634,623 1840 67,49 0 - 10 102,706,850 ; 13,774,165 -116,481,015 51,4 , • , , , ..... . 1841 64,444,268 102.179,514' 14,7 (Increase, 21.2 (LS.) ‘l,:q the classics rend whit polite lirera g thre wasr heat or coldness of the succeeding summer, by aster- 154: 65,253,286 100,255,380113,586.422 113,841,802 47,381,02318 987 3 ' 294 725 8 054 ' 1,205,363 18.785 3.375,270 8,375 1,252,176, 127,840 10,785,450 ' 141,010 11,302,657 1842 16,141,000 31,309 lin 515 the 1 per cent. (L.S.) • 47cther Catholic and he appreciated the various 1842 19:500 :645,346 8,54111,301,950 19,334 3,685.833 8,705 1,341,4331131,461 10,822,176 141,697 11,321,138 ' free t h e the comparative amount of new ice formed in 1843 16 356 000 29 591 lin 552 e Kers with li '' 1843 70,214.912 117,876.659. 13,956,283 131,82.917 52,279..709 1844 19 687 3 64.7 464 9,608 1,402,138 19,788 3,852,822 9,816 1,444,346 , 133,898 10,964,707 145,242 11,394,861 trot low down as Russia -- s-- 13 .8 4 14 398 I'7 14 916 64 8 584 )92 , 1844 ia,441,aa3 1.50 ,i1„1.5. • , a 5 , ~. ' ' - 1 - ' ,044,000 26,542 1 m 624 • . !k:. ~,, an a so e n dy Catholic taste maintaining the no latitudes, even as 1845 ,21.001 4,310,639 11,6a1 le da,o, 9 20,231 4,22°,451 12,296 1,796,136 . 144,903 12,485,854 '158,454 11.114,104 . • • ! 44 , id ofnierit. ; "qv n- sin bool , ' • and Sweden. It seems that the colds and wetness . that was ever written was entirely .._ ... . .... .. . . 1845 16,796,000 24,303 lin 691 pre _ rcE. . h. Leibnitz Besides revelling in the abstruse stil e_ sti:ll found sufficient o ' • pportunities to corn- of our summers is influenced by the quantity of . new ice which, during the heat of that season, is continually - - 1845 85,281,953 134,599,116 16,280,870 ; 150,879,986 60,111,082 Office of the Inspector-General of Imports and Exports, W. IRVING. Custom House, London, July 1, 1846. JNO. COVEY, Registrar. cent. H. MANNERS SUTTON. the sa" eeverai „t...„liberated from northern waters, and as it flaws towards pa - sled e • ple a t ; of verse, though as a poet he scarcely with Custom House, London, July 2, 1846. , (le , from I le l ~._ above , ja ~ . ettiocrity. A creator, an originator, and tcurrentcools down the the equator the snpernaten wi Dover; lSl:nhoYate)r hunself in all departments of know- . . Mt waters of the cc-an as well as the wind passing over its Lob e . x e nr :vertheless retained a passion for reading not dr: b rg o . rougl i t surface, and thereby condenses the atmospheric moisture,. e .ee la t e ce e dad bthe most indolent student. And in producing be wis s 'e"r s 'and panof rain, and otherwise reduces the temperature of bourg. ! b ,. a t h. _ ou il es . his gigantic ex., , rtions, he con- the atmosphere throughout many of the European lati tudes. Dr. Ryan is confirmed in this opinion, by theupon the prosperity oSECOND EXCURSION TO ROT- perturbable want of feeling for the comfort of the passes- ca .7 . 4tit t ,; : g out his protracted and eventful career to ROYAL AGRICULTURAL - " uf those almost innumerable masses resided at a distance.-(Cheers.) TERDAM. gars, who were anxious to arrive at their destination. rbourg. i her "„ a voluminous correspondency with almost fact, that the hot summers here for many years have of our countrynen who . . le! !qv Jacuridual aamneet his contemporary pailosophers. open proceeded y win inters in b • t • which scarely any new ice CIETY'S SHOW AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. Th . i 1 meeting commenced at Newcastle on And they had found that just in proportion as the menu- From the Ipswich Journal.) These preliminaries having been at length gor through, w i IN. * %it•L aPpears to have been the drawback to this a formed w s in the high northern latitudes. This was Monday. On Tuesday the implement-yard Is annual . was thrown facturing part of the population of the country prospered Irswica, JULY 18.-The public are again much in- the Orwell again proceeded on her voyage at ten minutes and thrives, so did the agriculturists find a ready market Steam-boat to seven, an with the English d • h and Dutch colours flying, of 4 V 4 linary mind was its ire xhaustible fecundity and - the case last winter, and also in the winter preceding open to the public, and at the same time the public ex- debted to the Eastern Union Railroad and ad, Gel li ' 'ell 'stiv e • the summer of 1842, while on the contrary cold and e 4 ness. No sooner was any of its many mar- amination of the workinp of the prize implements on the for their produce. This and many other instances Companies for the opportunity afforded on Wednesday was off the wharf opposite the Hotel de Pays Bas pre- 10 , Lit 3 schemes d 1 d , etnes un erta eels. than a thousand others grew, damp summers have always succeeded winters giving e arns o f Mr. enr H y Hall, of Gosforth-cottage, com- d• • • f " showed that the various s interests o societydepended "•• • ! fine - f Rotterdam. The ci ely at ten minutes to eight, announcing her arrival by last of visiting the port and town o e s ~ nrift , -ea; -ere ~..• ~r •L.- --: •t • .-.1, .r, that the much new ice. menced. The weather being exceedingly fine, the at- intimately upon each other. This, then, was an argu- arrangements were on the most ample scale, and afforded the report of a small cannon. ea - - sae e.-:.,- enie ~,t• fewer went which he should address to them as a farmer : The the best possible accommodation to all who wished to Though the passage °. rough ti, rough one, it is only right n ; - - - ......... ..i......i,„ ..b.i. of the passengers landed in the ' w: Eike- LITERATURE. ti c i NBUIIGH REVIEW. No. CL IX. 'lie cr , are we more reioiced in the perusal of the ~. Ui p„A , , ''kl,) v“ nevren , than wl - coi its contributors contrive rl'or.tte their abstract disquisiions and analytical Ke e il l' with the moving circumstances of biography; " in sr.ort, they embellish the expositions t great truth by personal reminiscences of s 4 :rigi ne nator, and associate with their iiescrip %beat.'" a great mind the vicissitudes of IN._ . -I: ean. In the present number this feature is in ill r'n with Vert , considm.able adroitness, and occupies Atti ' l;' )st Prominent position in the collection of artic.es. nit ; by of' the recently published memoir has itlis I , t , t, by Dr. G. E. Guhratier, the Reviewer has l ibilie tti nced a m..st fascinating melange of of!mono lt;..' rl , specting that nderAil philosopher, tip ' e t elY and engagingly inscribing his paper the httie r ,,Ctnil Genius of Leibnitz." ' When it is Derby "eyed that this extraordinary character was, liiii t O , More fully entitled to the designation of an ) ,(111 1 0 1 : 1 genius, that his writings are marvellously 4 4i,, -th t °ll s, that there is scarcely a single branch of ~fttit' -' Knowlwdge which has not derived from his intel !fi t s : ll ig elucidation or some adornment, that !(0)41 the is enrolled among the members of the 414, 8 , mciety, that his body was almost as N a : t ilt lY in motion over the earth as his sentience itie tit i ly ° in the realms of knowledge, and that the tee n "e and literary history of the generation in which tlie re i Yished may be said to have radiated about him, 11 1 , 41 :_s surely no one indivial but will acknowledge %L s ! Would prove a nobler.nd not an unprofitable k i dl . for investigation. 11 , :miarkable, however, as ittih! 11 ° 1 / 4 0phic exertions were, profu-,e as they 1 4,p,, Piggestive as they were, his books are th e - Z2' ever purused except by the bibliographer or aktZi!rie scholiast ; his intense, and in several in- 1 !te epi ,,els prof.:)und labours in the field of knowledge, oir e "" l eiser7.l. into his-mere name—a name which can,. key t, lb' ver be forgotten. Leibnitz, by his astonish tiversatii. t ~_ A m , - 1 y as well by his pertinacious industry, 14 111 4 "sed himself with nearly every sectional do t/sol:it of science and literature. As a metaphysician he ZOieh ~: t he less eminence, because of the phantasms nth! ; "'s imagination unhappily amalgamated with tilli h a nd this circumstance is sufficiently evidenced k !B pa r ePosterous theory of ' Monads," and that ,of %s r , !e - established Harmony"—than which perhaps no Sei e vl n s ionary speculations were ever conceived. His diets in physics may likewise be attributed to a Ni tess t'alidepey, and one which our reviewer happily the kit e s as " his love of 'hypothesis, his fondness for Nati e ,!Y abstract, and his impatience to arrive at a 4 4; 41 ' In jurisprudence Leibnitz was, on the con . % trig,_ . irejl - fe than a proficient, he was gm originator; his ,1 4 fee l s ill this division of learning being testified by '"e t k , sets Aram Methodus and Ratio Corp,ris; besides ofth e .of Peter the Grsat having nominap.d him as one kept :U flea to compile his code of laws for the goveri ttiat title Russias—an intention which was untor- Vl3' frustrated. As a theologian Leibnitz rather aa s na ~."4 much than achieved much ; and of the strik ills - „,_"gifiality of his religious views we may judge from ttee oo r,:umstance that he flattered himself he had of I,? 1 ished a. - metaphysical sAution of the doctrine he Z asubstantiation. in philology, and antiquities ells s, h l an innovator ; in autobiography he has given a telf.7 ll g though somewhat egotistical account of him ds,,ln history he commenced an absolutely colossal 11,46"ption of Brunswick, dating the narrative Loos before the creation of man, interpolating Leas " collateral disquisitions upon heraldy, genea by, and chronology," so that, as the reviewer Oety insinuates, " the work would, doubtless, have 17 t ,. i tublished in successive volumes to this day, if s t , az and his patron had lived as long, and subscribers, she it heirs, would still have been able only to predict spitlripearance of the last volume !" His acquaintancg Hthe classics raid wit,. polite li:erature was ither. Catholic, and he appreciated the various 4 1,k : 0 _7_ 4 F! an absolutely Catholic taste, maintaining N id o'pgle.bool: that was ever written was entirely t i. _ .r . tn.erit. Besides revelling in the abstruse stu i:4' sel4eibnitz st):11 found sufficient opportunities to corn- I N x i : b ti Pkaces of verse, though as a poet he scarcely logei nn : e 'alediocrity. A creator, an originator, and ate& himself in all departments of know- I' ', 6 er Nertheless retained a passion for reading not 4 4 1:0 „ 3te ee ded by the most indolent student. And in I S, .vsei s h 'snd pauses of his gigantic exertions, he con '‘4l... tis it i toughout his protracted and eventful career to ”b,tlyi II a voluminous corresponAency with almost wiht.-radividual amongst his contemporary philosophers. t !tai• t a ppears to have been the drawback to this Ng f , r ainary mind was its inexhaustible fecundity and velkiti•Stiveness. N o so oner was an y of its many mar !4_sit f Schemes undertaken than a thousand others grew, 'h e re, o u t o f th e or i g i na l : i nsomuc h so, that the ' l4 tl era 6 ents of Leibnitz are little better than a multi s'4l°f Stupendous fragments—" his never completed , 44 , k _ t ing Machine—his fragment of an Universal Net ----his improved watches, which were never 7%, eted—his Hydraulic and Pneuniatic engines, which 1 : 1 ,4 . 0 ?Illy in theory—his Swift Carriages, which ex h.'s 4'3' in imagination." —to which we may subjoin la% 'el") , of Brunswick, already mentioned, with a 4 , 111 14 Pr other uncouapleted projects -and unful 64tit , t etentions. Nevertheless, it is most certain tios i during his erratic and multifarious exer t?' „„'..," achieveill much that was advantaimous is Karging the scope of human knowledge. triou si togcea contains, according to the present illus ef 80 44 tan of. Westminster, Dr. Buckland, " the germ w ets his th. e most enlightened speculations of modern . I,: ' 'his philological writings are fraught with L io ps r aulkartant discoveries ; and he incited after ages a/ Et - ' 4 , the medical, anatomical, and surgical sciences Pro* 'y nd of sagacious hints. "It is in these i e ,'.; et'.c glimpses of great truths," says the re wher "in almost every department of science—truths bf 4 1,0. it was left for after ages fully to evolve and esta 'l%—that this great man entitled himself to a place *41% almost all the very greatest minds—with Aristotle, Witla Bacon, and with Newton—in all of whom the same titleaity was remarkably exemplified. It is given to such Welds atone to predict and foreshadow the coming dis peinsations of philosophy ;—to catch from the mountain heights of their contemplations (if we may modify a Thought which ha s occurre d to more than one wr i ter ) !If first radiance of the rising sun, when to the rest of this world's inhabitants he is still below the horizon." _e could willi ng ly, were not such i rrelevant, dilate 2Pon the whole career of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz, g roin his birth at Leipsic, on June 21, 1646, till his death, his sev , ,ntieth year, on N ovem b er 1 4, 17 16. Th e ta circumstances , . however, which we have already enume b..,te, will amply attest the vastness of his O l aliant but unconcentrated gen i us . U pon t hi s partial -041 the article in the Edinburgh Review speaks learn 1Y and eloquently ; it i s at once a di spass i onate an d e nthusiastic piece of critico-biography, and its most re 21,oarkable sections are those de - voted to the only com -p te literary work o f L e ib n i tz, hi s Th eo di c e e, to the Illeological opinions 'broached in that strange and en 14".vae lling volume, to his pre-established harmony, and to the controversy which occurred between him self upon his Differential Calculus, and Newton upon his itllZions. From the passages relating to the constitu tion• of the Universe, we are tempted to extract one of the heart beauty r A nd thoughtfulness : it does honour to heart and mind of the reviewer. th " Though we, cutainly cannot demonstrate that this is th ls ' best of sal possible worlds,' and that it was necessary af t 80111 e eNi'L should be admitted, we are far enough from pee, l eg tb at that faith to which, as we have said, the r a ni .• 2 sntri to be ultimately relegated, is a faith entirely wit li bilit.:"oni ; or that it is destitute of those grounds of robe wh2, 4 1>on which alone an , intelligent reliance on the . truths,._ A n v,kez of natural or revealed theology, can be maintained. des:' ''ere the immensely prevailing character of benevolent lb i 'g n Which pervades the universe, contrasted with the fact ~ t . t t evil always appears either simply concomitant, or in volved as a consequence, never as an ultimate end, and that "‘" apparent evil is often found to be connected with real o _43d, is o f i nca l culable benefit as suggesting an approximate !elution. And this confidence is yet further increased, when W_ . e see th a t iii proportion as our k n owledge advances, man s o 4 e the an c i ent o bj ections against the wisdom, and some against goodness of th e const i tut i on of the un i verse d i sappear; — that they were in fact nothing more than the offspring of ignorance. We thus learn to believe that all would vanish in like manner if we were but omniscient. The course of reasoning is much the same as that by which we experi mentally establish the first law of motion ; it is but an ap proximate solution, yet conclusive: or we are led to suppose that the anomalies which we behold, are like those regres sions of the planets which so much perplexed the early astro. nomets, and which arise from our seeing them from a false centre of observation. Place us in the true centre of the system, and, as science has now shown, all these irregularities disappear." • Those are 'beautiful and elevating considerations, ex pressed in beautiful and devilled language. Without being invidious upon any other contributor to this Quartee.y, we must in candour acknowledge that for a very ce,usiderable peatyi past we have not encountered a Paper so peculiarly to our own liking, so sagacious in 41141 'jsis so melow in diction. or so symmetrical in con 11‘_t 'action. It em b e llishes the pages that have been a dorned by the lucubrations of Brougham, Jeffrey, Syd 'll.,.e3' Smith. and Macaulay. A notice of " Glassford's '_Yrical Translations" appears to us to be die ,rted ,in too lenient and eulogistic a strain, seet breathes of the pensiveness of a a lfriedship e tia e d by death, rather than of the rigour of frigid Lti e• The " Language and Structure of the Statutes " vl , l lUable, possibly. more for its novelty than for any left ier characteristic; and two papers, devoted individuaily t c ) • the consideration of Spain and Borneo, will be l 'ariously attractive. We congratulate literary aspirants generally upon the kindliness of tone w hich is observ able. in a critical notice upon the dramas of Mr ' White—Earl of Gowrie and Ki n g o f the commons. If It might be taken as an augury, no more Keatses are to be killed by Quarterlies, no more Byron! are to be goaded to the publication of satires by the acerbity of those Periodi ca l s ; no more Tennyson's will have to wait the eight of many years before even their existence will be i acknowledged. It is a generous effo rt in the right d- rection. the of the strangest and oddest compilations ever contained in the blue-and-buff covering is , one ~ en titled th e "L on; Parliament and Sir Si mon D Ewes. and one of the most ingenious "The Sahara and its Tribes." We shall endeavour, if p s sible, to comment al , )om.ynonit elsewh. , re upon a very exc.•llent article on " k., 1 P rAection;" it is a kind of last and crushing blow to the bugb ear monopo l y . Th e talent of the Edin b u r gh iceview has long been proverbial— that talent i s 'law more brilliant and solid than ever. E s x ti c h l a e n g e u e e s r . . Net liecv. t ' iP ' - • Capital of the i of Expenditure, TAXES REPEALED OR REDT,ICED. 1 TAXES DIPOSZD. Ch Ann the .. 3 Revenue, including Fun D d e e b d t 'and Annual in the e l after deducting Charge Surplus. Deficieney. _. . . . , __. _. . ? - . 1 1 Drawbacks of Estimated Estimated at the and Collection. Amount. PRINCIPAL ITEM, Amount. PRINCIPAL ITEMS. Unfunded. I Close of the Year. - - ---.- [Pepper ... ... ... 59.010 1 Sugar. East India .„ „. 39,470 • 1,003,786 { Paper and Paper Hangings ... 394.500 3,991 1936 52,949,397 50,819,305 2,130,092 ..• ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ... ••• I Spirit Licenses "• OPP 142.000 788,398,570 29,213,599 6,049,302 LNewspaper Stamps ... ... 309,000 1837 50,663,353 51.819,113 ••• - 655,760 234 ... •r• r•• ••• • • ... 630 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• . ••• 786,319,738 24,489,571 4,127,973 1838 51.375.520 51,720.748 ... •.• 345,228 289 ... .•• ... ••• ..• ••• 8,423 ••• ••• ••• •••• •••• •••• 785,373,740 29,260,238 4,594,884 1839 51,927,495 53,440,287 ... ... 1,512,792 63,418 Stage C 0 !Who 786,512,734 29,434,062 3,707,425 [Customs, five per cent. ... 1,060, 9 26 • I Excise ditto ... ... 438,000 53,444,35 3 ~. ... 1,593,970 1,258,939 Postage . ... ... ... 1,240,000 2,274,240 { Ditto, Spirits ... ... ... 344,000 1840 51,050,083 787 448 075 • 29 381 'lB 3,858,465 i Assessed Taxes, ten per cent... 311,477 ' ' ' " LPosta g e, Abolition of Franking 118,567 1841 52,363,949 54,465,318 ... - 2,101,369 27,170 Rice in the Husk ... ... 21,832 - _ - ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 790,874,608 29,450,145 3,653,810 rCuffee - ••• ••• 201,113 Property • Tax • I Timber and Wood ... ... 608,414 .. ... 5,100,000 Export Duty on Coals ... 141,930 1842 51,244,335 55,223,873 ... ~. 3,979,538 1,596,366 { Export Duties - ... 109,778 5,629,989 Spirits, Ireland ... ... 240,000 791,250,440 29,428,120 1,380,059 1 ()Ater. Customs Duties ••• 579,639 Stamps, Ireland LStage Coaches ... ... 77,779 - ... 121,745 Timber and Wood ... ... _128,453 1843 56,945,043 55,501,739 1,443,304 ... ..., 411,821 1 Spirits, Ireland ... ... 240,000 "' ''' ••• ••• ••• ... ... ... 790,576,392 29,269,160 4,716,019 Notree ... - - • ... 86,174 1 Currants _ ... ... 95,816 6,106 „, „, 458,810 i Wool _ ,„ .„ ... ' 97,140 .., .., 787,598,145 30, 49 5, 459 6, 254 , 113 1844 58,459,751 55,103,645 3,35 i 'Marine Insurances ... ... 101,959 Glass •,. ••• ~. ... 41,000 Sugar . • ••• ... ... 2,309,857 - Molasses ,„ „. ... 129,183 . Cotton Wool .... ••• 682,042 Auctioneers'_ . and Appraisers' 1 . 0 , _ 1845 57,690,704 53,873,06 9 3,817,642 ... .., 4,535,561 Coals, Export Duty . ~. -.. 115,438 23,720 Licenses -3,720 785,053,022 28,253,872 8,452,090 Other Customs Duties .., 380,386 etl •,. Auctions ••• .., •,. 805,000 LGlass ,„ ,., •,, .., 624,000 -----,_ _ ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SO- . CIETY'S SHOW AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. This annual meeting commenced at Newcastle on Monday. On Tuesday the implement-yard was thrown open to the public, and at the same time the public ex amination of the working of the prize implements on the farm of Mr. Henry Hall, of Gosforth. cottage, com menced. The weather being exceedingly fine, the at tendance was very large on the farming field, not fewer than twenty thousand people having visited the ground in the co'irse of the day ; but the number of visitors to the exhibition of implements was very scanty, and but few seemed to take a lively interest in the development of this department of agricultural science. The exhibi tion was, nevertheless, a very interesting and important one. The number of articles exhibited to-day was 727. This is a decrease compared with the number of last year, but'the judges of the exhibition state that shat is lost in point of number has been gained in point of quality, the new implements shown being singularly well adapted for improved cultivation, while the modifica tions on those exhibited which formerly obtained prizes were all of a simple and highly practical descrip upon the prosperity of those almost innumerable masses of our countrymen who resided at a distance.—(Cheers.) And they had found that just in proportion as the manu facturing part of the population of the country prospered and thrives, so did the agriculturists find a ready market for their produce. This and many other instances showed that the various interests of society depended intimately upon each other. This, then, was an argu ment which he should address to them as a farmer. The other classes comprised in the toast were equally in terested in improving the science of agriculture, and thus to add to that sui , ply of food which, if the farmers of England bestirred themselves, would enable them to scatter plenty throughout the land.—(Loud cheers.) The Duke of CLEvELAND proposed " The Mayor and 1 Corporation of Newcastle." He hoped, that notwith standing what had taken place, this society would con tinue to flourish.—(Hear, hear.) Entertaining, as he was known to do, very strong opinions in this respect, he must yet say that he neither despaired nor desponded. — (Hear, hear.) He certainly might be allowed to say that agriculture had received a heavy blow and great dis couragement.—(lronical cries of " Hear.") But there was no reason why they should relax their endeavours, or why they should not exert themselves to the utmost. His advice was, wherever improvement had not taken place, to go on, as far as in them lay, to create that im provement. Much was still to be done in every district in England.---(Hear.) They were now cast entirely upon their own resources.—(Partial cheering.) He must take the liberty of denying the fallacy that they could improve agriculture to any extent. Manufactures might be carried on with a skill, an industry, and a power of machinery which reduced the matter to a certainty; but in agriculture they were &pendent upon the weather and the seasons, let their ingenuity be what it might. The MAYOR of NEWCASTLE returneekthanks on behalf of the Corporation. Mr. GREY, of Dilston, p ro p o sed " The Labouring Classes." ]Mutual dependence existed between the te nant-farmers and the tillers of the soil, and the condi tion of the latter could not be improved until the former were raised above the annual or tenant-at-will system. They bad been told that there was a limit to agricultural improvement, but he was satisfied that it would not be reached in our day.--(Cheers.) Lord Barman, in returning thanks for his health, expressed his cordial approval of the principle and prac tice of the society, and congratulated the members on its increasing prosperity. This society had, since its com , -mencement, paid eleven thousand pounds as prizes,and it now numbered nearly 7,200 members. In 1839, at their first meeting at Ox:ord, 249 cattle were entered for show; this year they had had 613. At Oxford they had 23 im plements ; this year they had 732.--(Cheers.) Their object was to improve the various districts which they visited, and he sincerely hoped that they would leave a lesson for the benefit of the district in which they , now were, for he had never seen a district in which drainage was so much net ded, or in which the farmers so de lighted in the cultivation of weeds.—(Loud laughter.) Viscount MORPETH, in proposing the health of the judges of the show, said, I believe it is known, upon good authority, that an illustrious foreign Prince, who has recently visited our shores—l wish he had been present on this occasion, together with our own illus trious Prince of our own good old soil—among all the spe cimens of beauty exhibited to him, manifested the greatest admiration for a certain roundness and plump ness of proportion.—t Uproarious laughter.) Now, I ca nnot but think that if his Highness Ibrahim Pua had been here, he would have found much to admire in English cattle as well as English ladies. (Loud laughter and cheers.) But at all events he would not have complained of their being too slight and sylph-like in their proportions.—(Loud laughter and cheering.) He would have, I am sure, especially applauded' the smoothness of outline, and the filling up of all irregular parts which they displayed. The toast was drunk with the usual honours. Mr. Tow, of Riley, acknowledged the compliment. After " The Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland," and " The Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland," Mr. LIDDELL, M.P., gave " The health of the Presi dent elect." The immense company.then separated. , The-sal.of the stock, ,which, terminated the proceed. ings of the meeting. 'took Oboe on Friday. - perturbable want of feeling for the comfort of the passen gers, who were anxious to arrive at their destination. These preliminaries having_ been at length got' through, the Orwell again proceeded on her voyage at ten minutes to seven, and with the English and Dutch colours flying, was off the wharf opposite the Hotel de Pays Bas pre cisely at ten minutes to eight, announcing her arrival by the report of a small cannon. Though the passage was tl. rough one, it is only right to state that the whole of the passengers landed in the highest spirits. To Capt. Rackhatn they expressed themselves highly delighted with the seaman-lihe man ner in which he had conducted his craft, not only in the earlier but in the latter part of the voyage. There can be little doubt that the Orwell would have made the passage in less than 12 hours .but for the heavy seas she had to encou nter, which sadly retarded her progress, as well as the detention she experienced from the want of a pilot, together with the ordeal she had to undergo from the Custom-house officers at Brielle. As it was, with all these disadvantages, the accomplished her voyage within fourteen hours—a fact that reflects the highest credit upon the skill and enterprise exhibited by Ipswich in steam navigation. It is unnecessary for us to enter into any description 'of either the Meuse or of Rotterdam. Steam navigation have brought them into such close contiguity with Eng land, that all such descriptions would be superfluous. The company upon landing was, as usual, beset by touters from the river hotels, the Hotel de Pays Bas, and the Bath Hotel. A skirmish ensued between the respec tive rivals for the luggage, and one or two blows were exchanged, to the infinite amusement of some of the Dutch denizens who, smoking their meerschaums, wit nessed the contest. The skirmish was, however, soon put an end to by a posse of Custom-house officers, who took possession of the whole of the portmanteaus and carpet-bags, which were laid under strict surveillance, and half-an-hour elapsed before they were restored to the owners, which was done only upon payment of a fee of fourpence from each owner. In the course of the day various parties, escorted by Commissionaires, inspected various localities ; at four o'clock, p.m., excellent dinners were served up at the rival Inns, the company drinking the healths of our gracious Queen Victoria, and the King of Holland. Soon after the arrival of the steamer at Rotterdam, Mr. Arthur Cobbold, and a party proceeded to the Hague, taking with them copies of The Sun, and other London Evening Papers of the date of. the departure from Ipswich. These it was expecttd would be read in Amsterdam in the course of the day, thus proclaim ing through Holland tho advantages of Harwich Har bour, as the point on the English coast from whence the route to Northern Europe may be most expeditiously performed. At 511. 10m. A.M., on Thursday morning, the Orwell left the quay at Rotterdam, on her return voyage. The usual delay took place at Brielle, and at about a quarter past eight the Brielle pilot was dismissed, and the steamer stood out to sea. There was every prospect of a rough voyage, the wind blowing strong from W.S.W., with a terrible sea. The landsen suffered ac rse. cordingly; 2h. the vessel, however, gallantlm y held her cou At 25m. P.N., a steamer, with all sail set, was descried, bearing S.E. by E., about three miles distant, and steer ' ing S.E. by E. This was supposed to be the Norfolk Company's steamer, which had left Yarmouth that morning for Rotterdam. It was calculated that the Orwell was then from 55 to GO miles from Brielle, and that the steamer in the distance would not make that point in less than 5:I; or 6 hours. According to this es timate, the Norfolk steamer would not reach Rotterdam before half-past ten. At half-past 4 the English .coast was visible, and pre sently the tower of Aldeburgh Church was recognised. The steamer was then directed towards Harwich harbour, in the face of a strong ebb-tide, and entering the Orwell river, arrived at " The Bridge" at a quarter past 10. Here the River Queen steamer was in attendance, and the Ipswich Custom-house officers made the usual search and took charge of the vessel. The passengers arrived in Ipswich by the River Queen shortly before 12 at night. 1 We understand that it is the intention of the Orwell Company to send their steamer on another excursion, to Antwerp or Ostend, the week after next. TERDAM. (From the Ipswich Journal.) Irswicu, JULY 18.—The public are again much in debted to the Eastern Union Railroad and Steam-boat Companies, for the opportunity afforded on Wednesday last of visiting the fine port and town of Rotterdam. The arrangements were on the most ample scale, and afforded the best possible accommodation to all who wished to enjoy railroad transit, with a voyage to sea, and a short sojourn in a town which, by commercial opulence and enterprise, ranks deservedly as the second in the king dom of Holland. At three o'clock P.. 111. on Tuesday, a train left London, with John Chevalier Cobbold, Esq., and a party of gen tlemen, arriving at Ipswich station precisely at half-past five P.M. They immediately proceeded to the Orwell Steam Company's wharf; where the Orwell steamer, under the command of Capt. Beckham, with about 130 persons on board, including several gentlemen from East Suffolk, with their respective families, were in waiting. The whole of the passengers being embarked, the Orwell left the wharf precisely at 20 minutes to 6, with the Dutch colours flying at the mast head. No sooner had the Orwell been released from her moorings, than the large crowd of people assembled on either sides of the river and on Stoke Bridge, raised a succession of hearty harms for the success of the voyage, which were cordiaily responded to by the voyageurs, and the Orwell speeded majestically on her course down the river, the pleasure of all on board being materially augmented by the fineness of the weather, though a brisk breeze from the S. W. portended a heavy swell at sea, and a rough passage. When off John's Ness, a large company on board the River Queen Steamer, under the command of Captain Wells, in passing saluted the Orwell with a succession of hearty cheers, which were answered with alacrity. The Orwell arrived at Har wich at 31 min. past 6, and after a stoppage of 20 min., received on board a party of gentlemen who had em barked on board a craft from the Jetty. At the entrance to Harwich harbour, the company were agreeably en livened by the arrival of some splended yachts for Har wich regatta, under full press of sail. These were soon left far behind in the distance. The first point to which the Orwell steered her course was the Shipwash light, which she passed at 6 min. to 8. Her course was now steered direct for Brielle, and being regularly out at sea, many of the passengers began soon to ex perience the inconveniences to which landsmen are liable. The sky became overcast, and a heavy swell caused the Orwell to roll a good deal. This continued throughout the night, and it anything increased on Wednesday morning at 2, and indeed long after the Dutch Coast loomed in the distance. To those, how ever, who felt none of these qualms, the scene throughout the night was of a character which impressed all present with a full view of the majesty and grandeur of the ocean. Towards eleven o'clock the atmosphere in the zenith cleared, unfolding to contemplation a blue canopy of stars. All around, as far as eye could view, was one unbroken expanse of foaming and rolling sea. A-head of the vessel, the horizon, fur about 20 deg. in altitude, presented a mass of vapour. In the centre of this, the crimson disk of the moon peered through the clouds, and soon afterwards shone effulgently in the clear atmosphere. The appearance she presented from the atter deck was peculiarly novel. As the Orwell rolled from side to side, the moon assumed the semblance of a huge crimson ball flitting across the bows of the vessel. Indeed the scene altogether almost surpasses description, and will be long remem bered by those who witnessed one so full of interest. No sooner was the. Dutch coast in view, which appeared like a long line of vapour, than all on board were on the look-out for the Dutch pilot vessel. In vain however was their expectation—no Dutch pilot vessel was to be descried, though the telescope was put in re quisition. If anything, the sea at this time ran higher than at any previous period of the voyage, and nearly the whole of the passengers were sent below. In this manner, the Orwell beat about for at least an hour, when no pilot boat coming to her assistance, Cap tain Beckham ordered the helmsman to steer direct for the channel to Brielle. Having passed the Gorce Light the Orwell neared the Oas:er Bank, the soundings occasionally varying from six fathoms to three. In this manner she proceeded a considerable distance ; on the right, between the Orwell and the shore, a long line of breakers with the masts of a wreck as a warning of the hapless fate of some other vessel; on the left, at the distance of a quarter of a league, the hull of a fine vessel, which had only a few days before got into the shallow waters of this dangerous shore. The captain and crew of the Orwell, however, were steady and cool in the discharge of their duties, and after guiding the vessel safely through all dangers, came alongside the pilot vessel, which was moored about a quarter of a mile from Brielle. Hailing the pilot vessel in true nautical fashion, with a force of lungs only to be equalled by the stentorian powers of Captain Askew, who bad occasionally enlivened the company during the night with a miscellany of nautical jokes, the first indication of anything living being on board the pilot vessel, was four or five sailors suddenly springing up from the bulwarks, succeeded by a figure dressed in white, which flitted to and fro, and which proved to be the long-wished-for pilot, who had just "turned out." We shall not stop, of course, to report the "salutations" which passed on either side in English and Dutch, or rather, we should say, salutations which were exchanged in a sort of non-descript language, though from the tones of voice, the meanings of the re spective parties were perfectly intelligible even to lands men. In the midst of the Jargon, a boat was lowered from the pilot vessel, and into this the pilot precipitated himself, his jacket and other portions of his attire being very considerately thrown after him by the crew. Having about half made his toilet, the pilot boarded the Orwell, where he was soundly reprimanded for his neglect, and reminded that ',intimation some days before had been forwarded of the hour at which the Orwell would arrive. The fellow, who was a little round fat plump man, of the Rip Van Winkle school, with a merry twinkle of the eye, and altogether, indeed, the very impersona don of good-humour, apologised, as far as he was able, for his neglect, alleging, in extenuation, that he had been beating about all night in the offing, and not meeting with any vessel, had concluded that none would arrive, and consequently had sailed back to the spot where he was discovered, and had " turned in" to rest himself after his fatigues. The pilot, who was received on board at half-past five, conducted the Orwell to the Brielle, where she arrived at ten minutes to six. Here she was boarded by the Custom-house officers, the 1 official entering the saloon, and without ceremony or dering one of the tables to be cleared of the breakfast ap pendages, that he might the better be enabled to take an inventory or the stores. In this office he displayed all the gravity of a Dutch burgomaster, with the most ,i t Drift. prep S t ' Spide r , cs A s e south' half-1 0t kam pton• ventn or arriving alf later. he 0016 If this be true it is a discovery of immense importance to the agriculturist, enabling him at an early period to take those precautions necessary for his welfare. THE SQUADRON OF EVOLUTION. CORK, JULY 14.—Cove never presented so exhilirating and stirring an appearance as it did on yesterday (Monday), in consequence of its being understood that the fleet would commence the evolutions and landing of guns. Ste.. for the attack of the forts on that day. At about eight o'clock in the morning, when the sailors and marihesfrom thevariousvessels began to embark in the boats for the purpose of landing for the attack on Carlile Fort, our beautiful harbour presented an appearance which it would be difficult for poets to de scribe or artists to paint. Boats put off in countless numbers from the v,ssels of war in port, and made their way towards Corkbeg, where they landed over 2.500 marines and about 500 seamen, to proceed with the tactics attendant on the at tack of a fort by sea forces. The marines and seamen having been landed close to Corkbeg-bouse, marched through the domain towards the fort, the boats moving off. according as they landed, and anchoring some distance from the shore, for the purpose of keeping afloat, it being ebb tide. Having arrived at the fort, the seamen commenced hauling the guns into position; they consisted of 6 heavy 24-pound carronades and 6 eigh teen-pound carronade field lives, which had been landed from the ships of war on the previous Saturday. On the arrival of !he spectators from Cove at the scene of action, nothing could exceed the magnificence of the view which was presented to their sight. In the rear of the fort were over '2,500 marines and 400 sailors in position ready to make the attack, while the country in all directions exhibited a scene rarely to be witnessed in that quiet and lovely locality. Thousands of fashionably-dressed ladies and the elite of the gentry of all the surrounding country from dozens of miles round were momentarily pouring in on the ground, until it resembled more an ordinary fashionable promenade than a field of warfare, while to add to the picturesque effect which was produced. numbers of suttlers were seen squatting them selves in various parts of the field, but in such a manner as to be without the line of operation. At twelve o'clock the signal was given to commence operations, when six heavy guns were drawn into position on the east side of the fort which were manned by sailors of the fleet ; and a similar number were destined to attack it on the opposite side, while the marines lav in reserve in a sheltered angle of the field of operation. All the attacking force were under the command of Captain Willes, of the Vanguard, who was seen on horse back in all quarters of the line; and the principal field bat tery was under the immediate command of an officer of the Excellent, who came purposely from Sheerness to direct the operations of that branch of the service. [A detailed and animated description of the evolutions of the day, for which we cannot find room, follows.] ARRIVAL. OF THE HIBERNIA 120, AND TRAFALG•R 120. Scarcely were the forces embarked when a large vessel was observe l to the southward making sail for the harbour, which proved to be the Hibernia, of 120 guns, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker at the foremast. As she neared the port it was observed that she had a consort, which shortly after made her appearance, and was found to be the Trafalgar. 120 guns. Signals having been made between the Queen guardship, the St. Viio bearing the broad pen dant of Sir F. G.llier, and the Hibetalia, the St. Vincent im mediately proceeded to fire the salute, which was promptly acknowledged by the Hihernia. She then came into har bour and anchored to the south of the line, and was speedily followed by the Trafalgar, who anchored close astern of her. On this day a grand exhibition was to have taken place, as it is the intentbn of the force to settle the fort by meat .s of ladders, and to take possession of it, while another party defended it from within. We undersood also' that the ves sels are running out springs on their cables to enable them to form in line of battle and engage each other to-morrow, so that Cove is likely to rejoice in a very extensive borrowed population for the next week—numbers of persons having already arrived from Waterford, Clonmel, and Limerick, and thousands more being daily pouring in.—Cork Reporter of Tuesday. ,se ay. b 34 wile ny (Aber tion. At five o'clock in the afternoon abotit 600 members and friends of the institution met in the Music-hall, Nelson-square, to hear a lecture from Professor Johnston, on the chemical principles involved in the preparation of manures, and their action upon crops, with demonstra tions. Lord Portman, President of the Society, occu pied the chair, supported on the right by W. Miles, Esq., Ail s . for Somersetshire. Various questions wet e put by gentlemen present, which were answered to their satisfaction; after which Mr. Smith, of Deanston, de livered an interesting address on the subject of preserv ing the sewage of large towns, in order to supply the country districts with liquid manures, which would answer all the purposes of bone dust or guano, at much less cost. After giving several instances in proof of the value of preserving the sewage of large towns, he stated that he aas now associated with some gentlemen in London with a view to carry this system fully out. They intended, and indeed offerea to pump liquid manure, and deliver it eleven miles in the country, at three pence a ton—spreading it on the ground fur that charge, and guaranteeing its excellence its quality. They had already contracted to supply 28,000 acres of land, and in a short time he would he able to lay a detailed statement of his views on the subject before the public. A good deal of discussion followed Mr. Smith's address, and many points of practical importance were touched upon. Lord Portman then said they had had an exceedingly suc cessful and practical discussion, and doubtless great good would result from it; but in order to the full bene fits of agricultural science beine realised, the co-opera tion of landlord and tenant must be secured.—(Cheers,) His Lordship, in further illustration of the advantages of liquid manure, stated -ome instances of its effects which he had witnessed in his own neighbourhood, and then urged on all present the necessity, not only of educating themselves, but of educating their sons and grandsoes a!so.—(Cheers.) Those who, like himself, had come from the south, would doubtless return with the convic tion, that in pint of education in agricultural science they were far behind those in the north. It was impos sible to it as he had done at that meeting e and not be struck with the deep-toned earne, tness of the farmers present, their shrewd observations and the practical character of their study. It was evident they were edu cated men.—(Hear, hear.) A vote of thanks was then passed to the Noble Chairman, and the meeting separated. The award of prizes fur the stock was issued on Wed nesday evening. On Thursday the general show-yard was opened to the public in the morning, and throughout the day was crowded by . visitors. During the morning the high rate of admission rendered the company select and fashionable ; but, at one o'clock, when the charge 'was reduced to a shilling, the rush became so tremendous, that another entrance was found necessary to prevent serious consequences. Notwithstanding this precaution, several children were trodden under foot, and were rescued only after great exertions. The show itself was considered by competent judges much superior to any of the Society's previous ones. The quantity of stook was large, and the quality gene rally good. . A fatal accident unfortunately occurred in the yard. A boy venturing too near one of the competing horses, received a violent kick ;be was removed to the in- CHRISTENING OF THE INFANT PRINCESS.—We Un firmery, and soon afterwards died. derstand that the christening of the infant Princess will take THE PAVILION DINNER. place, at Buckingham Pa give a grand dinner and an even lace, on Saturday next; upon which The public dinner took place in the afternoon in the occasion her Majesty will capacious pavilion. At four o'clock about 1,300 persons ing party. s at down, under the presidency of Lor d Portman, with SUGAR DUTIES.- - Th e Act 9 and 10 Vic. , ca p . 29 (of information an i d the Earl of Egremont (the president elect) in the vice- the present session of Parliament), entitled "An Act f or . As granting unto her Majesty ; _until the sth day of August, chair. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who is on a visit at Ravensworth Castle, entered with 1846, certain dutie.snoon.saungdafuimrzttedd into h the United King by the new Premier, that g u n t the kingdom, testottheerevenue depart the chairman, and was received with much warmth. Amongst the distinguished personages present were the d omeatsni S ' evening, Duke of Cleveland, the Earl of Chichester, the Earl of guidance of the officers of the Customs in the ma was intimated on Monday night, and again on Thursday t Sheffield, Viscount Morpeth, Sec. &C. f Commons for discussion with re- The Earl of CHICHESTER, in proposing (after dinner) he should probably h has t g l , i r n o b u e t e h n e ho p Hou t se a o. en d t uti a e t evening move the continuance the toast, "Agriculture, Manufactures, and Com- of the ° a fford measure in re l l t a y ti present sigar op s po o r r tun a . further limited period of mores," urged the importance of bearing in mind the time, in order newt fact that a reciprocal interest exists between these great spect to the f 1 to give a copy of the to the subject, it portions of the community. When he first joined objectma.vbe funseettiice which is very succinct,lleawnd Octs now h the this society, and indeed till about eight months ago, he lowing°effect :—blost Gracious Sovereign, we, vour to ?Lj e e Majesty's great interest in the prosperity of agriculture, most dutiful and loyal sub acts, the Commons of a the and, what is not identical, be took great interest in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parlia the prosperity of manufactures ; but, until the period to mea t assembled, towards raising the necessary suppli e s which he had alluded , he w a s not himself a practical far- to defray .your Majesty 's . public expenses, have freely and ell er. Having now become so, he would venture to state • voluntarily resolve d t° g ive . and grant unto y our al e i es s e to the meeting the source 'from which he drew en- the duties hereinafterrminnttioned, and therefore do most couragement, under God's providence_ and those other humbly beseech yo e u e Queejn'sy that it may be enacted; and and higher considerations which ought to encourage us , be it enacted by andt consent ofmost excellent Majesty, by and in every difficult task. They were all aware that the ' mith the Commonsadyiee in this present the Lords spiritual and tern farmer. in the course of his operations in husbandry, ; Lor d al b and hea uthoritv of the same, efi Parliament assembled, was in the habit of watching those signs which Provi- ! on sugarT t and molasses, and the bountiesat the llol duties imposed b denee le,s given us, and by which we judge to a certain an Act passed in the session of Parliament a hvoZile t n h i e n r e t o , lee, Bth : deeree what weather and seasons we may expect ; and and 9th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled though we were not able to foretell for a long time to- ' an " Act for granting to her elajesty, until the sth day of gether what weather we should have, yet if we were ! July, 1846, certain duties on sugar imported into the United sedulous in watching those signs. we should generally i Kingdom," shall be tu,..rther continued until the sth day of malts pretty sure guesses what they would be, ; August proximet 18 `Y ) . 2 - And be it enac te k t that a ll the when we he,ked around us and observed the state . clauses, powers, provisions, matters, and things contained in of tile leie-ieol.. Bot we hod also to consider, par- i the said Act, shall be extended to this Act, and to the duties ti.ielerly in large ividertakings. what we might expect i and bounties samehereby y continued, in as full and ample a man ner as if the had been , repealed and re-enacted in this to be the state of the demand for our produce. And I Act and made part hereof. 3. And be it enacted, that this when he entered into these speculations, the manner in ; Actby the present session may be amende d or r epealed any Act to be passed in which he directed his observations, to ascertain whether i• of Parliament. improvement in agriculture and the increase in agricul- ve • • IND-SOWN ( IR AIN. ----LiSt year, just on the eve of tural produce we , l'kely to be an employment in which i the barley harvest, a very high wind occurred in the neigh one mighr: safely eegisge, was toward, the sate of the i bourhood of Liverpool, which swept off from a ripe crop of country in general. 1-1 e tried to ascertain how far he 1 barley enough seed to sow an adjoining field that lay fallow. might, look e ie,n the prosperity of those great interests i The occupier of the land, observing the seed so freely seat w hieL we re included in the toast he now Proposed; and, , tered upon the soil, caused it to be harrowed in; it stood the en, his eyes were turned towards winter, shot up in the spring, and last week was cut down , in considering this queiti the north of England. They all knew how essential)i i and a sample of it . shown in the m ar ket, the same being of the pr9l3perity of the wrienitudets m utt dwayi dors th e fast deoriptono—Manciteeter o l i o *" • . _ -o—.. Nith rai teZe s Ova. Ply Lm a , fun, GO P . rt ruo; 1 " , ; 100— h Tr cti o ; Ours , N I to tr a S Go v ; ; C , ( 000 0 atb erP. b Pl at* , on 0- .Wing his , is li cAs 010 22) , 4 r. t. .1 0 „..7 f e. lis. Job s'll N An extensive fall of earth took place lately near Pedrazzi, in the Tyrol, by which a great number of trees were uprooted, and the farm of a man named Loss was Covered over with mud and gravel to the depth of three or four feet. The authorities, on hearing of the disaster, pro- ceeded to the spot, and ordered excavations to be made After two hours' work the body of a child was discovered, and shortly after those of the father and mother. All the cattle of the farmer were found dead. It is supposed that this lamentable accident was caused by the quantity of rain which had fallen. DESTRCCTIVE FIRE AT LIVERPOOL.—About one o'clock yesterday morning, whilst constables Campbell and Haggerty were on duty in the vicinity of the Custom-house, they perceived large volumes of smoke issuing front a splen did pile o f building situate in Cooper's-row, occupied by Mr. M'Eachen (late Appleton), as a cork-cutting manufactory. They immediately gave information to Superintendents Boyd and Abraham, who caused the alarm to be c.mmuni cated to the fire police-station. Before, however, time was afforded for the arrival of the engines, the flames had burst forth from the windows on the second floor, and in an incre dibly short period a mighty mass of fire seemed to pervade the entire of the building. Mr. Hewitt and Chief Commis sioner Brown were quickly at the scene of conflagration, and they directed the ufforts of the brigade to the preservation of the adjoining premises, in the occupation of Meisrs. Newton, Lyon, and Co., copp- r and zinc merchants. Mr. Dowling, the chief commissioner of the police, and Mr. Maxwell. in spector of salvage, now arrived at the scene of conflagration, and were unremitting in their exertions to suppress the flames. Thire being but a moderate breeze from the south west, the powerful engines brought into exercise checked the progress of the flames, which at one time threatened to enve lope the adjoining premises at the corner of South Jelin street, occupied by Me , srs. Dempster, the extensive shipping bakers, situate on the west side of the burning Luilding. Un forumitely no water cou!il be obtained fr the mains for three-quarters of au hour, ti flames m , anwhile making rapid progress, and at two o'clock the roof fell in with a r•Tort re , ernbling a peal of thunder. The scene at this period was truly grand; the heavens were comoletelv iilu minaletl, and tile sho er of sparks u hich succeeded the falling 10 of the out eclipsed any pyrot e chnic display of mod,,rti times. The premises and contents were t. tally destroyed, an.i the tire ; though still raging, it was hoped would be con «'e have not tined n, a i t n e il . ge a to u t , lie j Lie,rnoGi ier. ~F A! , l .ll)l'SDN..—'l7 l- mrs , lav the imnropriate tort ry of otherwi-e Alne Tollerton, in the !soffit Ridi n p 4 of Yorkshire, with the perpetual advowsen of the vicaraoe of Alne, was put up to auction by order of the High C.ntrt of Chancery. with the appToba:ien of the Hon. Sir G. i-to,e, one of the I;isters of the Court , at the public auction ,not a rt y's Inn Cotfee.house, the sale arising ~,,1 T. !I , ' J.,sep'a V,raio and of hers, a.ld the I.lw, "ntelia , s .;; alv..l...tii••N. The' bete was soiNect to the e:' pr,sc.nt. :it'd comprised about 164 i• wa.s.:lhout. :22V. Der annuTn and the wee at lb ,at -).)../. pal. : annum. Yiot highest offer tit tile lot Iva, , 01. Toe dc.joAear c.lid that the reserved price w 401111411 ya fi wt, 8114 UN gale 4)64 er oi f n it o f be 4 blo ri cl i ■ 11.• d" THE GASTRONO.II[I] IiE;EiVER.47'OI?. A Simpli ed and entirely Yea, Sydem of Cookery. By M. Scy'r of the isejOrm Club. Who has nut heard tne cuisine of the Reform Club? Who has not luard of its chef, Alexis Soyer and.his I" , t i at m on,t,r a la ('in,ft.irl'.lll •Di: , creme de l'.. l :ppt I:lo rahirn P ae l l a ? WO love Coo tu;,;of.' , .- • • e,oinifigsfi - , , rwarcl, ill pr(fPria Perscnut, and inforrni;l•_r ns , ‘!•t , ;n4h ,, ,1.; fnini)",,,ys to prOdlie , thou, ~tiwor;d. n:)t this buck of M. i;oyel . s.is destin9d to . P t "cluc , e a ic:volution in trui. , Englaakl, and to 1 4bititute for the fat gielisy unscientific school of cook". REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON METROPOLITAN SEWAGE MANURE. The Select Committee appointed to consider such plans as shall be laid before them for the application of the Sewage of the Metropolis to Agricultural Purposes, and to report their opinion to the House; to whom the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company Bill and the Reports of the Commissioners, and all Petitions on the subject of the said Bill, were referred; and who. e. empowered to Report the Minutes of Evidence taken before them to the house; have considered the matters to them referred, and agreed to the following Report:— Your Committee having directed their attention to the several documents referred to them by your Honourable House ; they have considered the scheme proposed by 'le Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company for carry ing away the refuse of the Ranelagh and King's Scholars' Pond Sewers, and rendering it available for agricultural purposes ; they have examined the objections made to that scheme upon public grounds in the several petitionse referred to them ; they have entered so far Into the 4 merits of the competing projects as to enable them to, decide, whether on their account, and for their sake, they Bill of the established company now standing for a se-4 cond reading, should be rejected .or postponed; and' after examining witnesses on the subjects connected with their inquiry, they have agreed to the following report:— With regard to Mr. Wicksted, who proposes to carry off the entire sewage of London in a tunnel of from 8 to 12 feet in diameter, and at a depth of from 40 to 80 fee t under the revel- of the streets of London, they believe) that the first experiment of dealing with sewage water' had better be tried upon a smaller scale, upon one or twee sewers only, and at a less formidable expense. It ap pears, moreover, from the evidence of Mr. Wick - steel himself, that the temporary concession of the two out lying sewers in question to other parties would rather facilitate than impede the ultimate development of his scheme. Your Committee, therefor., are not disposed to re commend the postponement or rejection of the present Bill for the sake of Mr. Wicksted's plan. _Neither would they be influenced to adopt this course by the considera tion of Mr. Higgs' project. Mr. Higgs proposes to construct, at the motnh of a sewer, or in some convenient spot to which the vivter of the sewer might be made to flow, three tanks ; ea ch of which tanks is to be of sufficient dimensions to coretain 'se maximum amount of' sewage brought down in the space of twelve hours. The precautions with which he proposes to deal with the sewage so accumulated, would probably preclude the possibility of any deleterious or offensive consequences, but the public mind is not at: present prepared to risk the establishment of any such reservoirs, and no company has as yet been formed to carry his scheme into execution. Having thus discarded the objections which might. possibly be urged against the Bill , on t he g round of its interference with a preferable competing measure, your Committee turn to those which have been either urged in the petitions referred to them, or elicited in tihe examination of witnesses. The main ground of complaint advanced by the owncit or occupiers of neigbouring lands and houses is that power'. has been taken in the Bill to construct reservoirs ore tanks fur the reception of stagnant and offensive sewage,' water. This power has now been unreservedly relin quished by the promoters. No reservoir, tank, or catch-pond can be constructed by the company under the proposed Act. The sewage will be conveyed in a co vered shaft from the main sewer into the well, from which. an engine will pump it into iron pipes. This process will be carried on in a closed building, and any fetid ex halations from the liquid during .he short period it re mains exposed to the atmosphere, will be conveyed into the furnace of the steam-engine. e-.ny silt deposited in the well by the remain.- water will likewise be removed from the well within this covered building, and precau tions may easily be taken for washing, and ultimately dieinfecting it, before it is carried out. 1. - lhe practise at present is to shovel it by hand labour frooa the bed of open sewer upon the bank, where it ljos until it is purchased by the builders to make up into mortar. The witnesses generally concur in stating that no ether solid ma tter will be deposited by th e running water of the drain. At any rate, the quantity will be so small as to be easily disposed of, without annoyance to the neigh bourhood. The station-house will not, therefore, be a. cause of nuisance, and the liquid will be removed in a far less offensive state than that in which it is now found, when backed in the open sewer by the high tide, and stagnating for hours together in the immediate vicinity of an inhabited district, to be afterwards poured forth at. low tide into the open bed of the river. The only danger or inconvenience, therefore, which can accrue to the inhabitants is from the breakage of pipes, or from the ultimate distribution of the sewage water upon the land. Your Committee are convinced that sewage water is neither corrosive in its nature, nor liable to generate ex plosive gases. It may, therefore, be as safely conveyed in iron pipes as the water of the Thames now is , by the several water companies : and the general testimony of witnesses, both favourable and unfavourable to the scheme, leads your Committee to believe that when pipes• are laid down in a bard solid road fractures are of rare occurrence. With the exception of the new ground be tween the station-house of the company and Belgrav e square, the proposed line is entirely of that character.. With the view, therefore, of avoiding all new ground in public thoroughfares, your Committee' recommend, that instead of pursuing the route proposed in the Bill, the pipes should he carried from the mouths of the sewers along the bank of the Thames to or beyoeirl Battersea bridge, from whence they may strike off int`o the coun try, without exposing the more thickly inhabh'e.d part of the town to the unnecessary annoyance of havi nie their roadways broken up. With regard to the application of the metrovolitau s ewage .water to the laud, your Comalittee are satisfied that it is diluted to so great an extent that its app.lica,e tion to the land will be less offensive than that of manure , in its solid state. Having thus disposed of all serious objections to the proposal of the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company, your Committee cannot conclude their report without urging upon the House the importance of a project which proposes at all times to carry away the drainage at the level of low tides, and to remove from the Thames the daily increasing refuse of London. It is true that this measure has lost something of its efficiency, in con sequence of the abandonment of the reservoirs- The result of this concession is, that no more sewage can be drawn at any time from the drains than can be disposed of at the moment to the agricul turist ; but even this comparatively imperfect measure will try a great experiment, and if the confident expecta tions of your Committee are accomplished, it will tot fail ultimately to realise all the advantages which were originally contemplated. Mr. Dickenson has proved the efficiency of liquid manures. The meadows of Edinburgh and of Mansfield have shown the power of sewage water. Mr. Thompson, of Clitheroe, and Mr. Harvey, of Glasgow, have established the fact that liquid manure may be applied at a cheap rate, by means of the mechanical contrivance of service-pipes and hoses, to crops in every stage of their growth. There will be found individuals, no doubt, in this co untry, of enterprise , to give further development to each of these experiments ; but it is only through the agency of a company that they may be all combined, and applied to the important purposes of cleansing our towns, purifyinc our rivers, and enriching our soil. It is under these impressions that four Committees recommend the proposed Bill, with the falowing modi fications and provisions, to the favourable consideration of your honourable House:- Ist. That a line should be adopted for the main pipe along the bank or bed of the river, to or beyond Batter sea-bridge, instead of the proposes line. 2d. That th© State should reserve to itself the power of resuming its entire property in the sewage, after s. certain - period, upon conditions to be specified in the. Bill. - 3d. That the power now specially reserved to theCoat missioners of Sews: s , sho uld be extended to any autho rity which may hereafttr be entrusted with the zasnage dtent of the sewers. for4tthh.eTsheacturcilta3reosrbethiVrpodubuicedie ainggitontsr. Bill p a ro cc v i r e iz ee arising from breaking or le.akagr otththe igsshall exempt sth. That nothing contained in the company from liability to the present legal remedies against nuisances. 6th. That nothing contained in the Bill shall exempt the company from the supervision and control of any authority which shall hereafter be established for such purposes. 13th duly 184 G. THE LATE MAJOR-GEprERAL M'CASKILL, K.C.B. (From the Perthshire Courier.) The late Major-General Sir John M'Caskill, K.C.8., who died gloriously in the bloody engagement at Moodkee, on the 18th of December last, was a native of the Isle of Syke, the birth-place of many gallant heroes. Sir John M'easkill was the last of four excellent brothers, three of whom died in the military service of their Sovereign and country. By his death his father's family became extinct, except two sisters, who still reside in their native island. Tites.e amiable ladies, whose moral worth render them worthy of being sisters of their gallant deceased brother, were fie" rally supported by a handsome annuity which he duti fully allowed to each. Their prospects at his destk were, indeed, gloomy in the extreme,, as they had no friend a of whom to claim support, and no resources whatever to depend upon for their maintenance. They had • no legal claim on Government, as their gallant brother left a widow and family to be supported by the public funds- Their case was alike distressing and hopeless; and although it was early represented at bead-quarters, there were 110 ta • ,arable replies, on account o f the stringe It regulations ct tne War-office. The Rev. Alexander Macgregor, of Kilmuir. deeply sympathising with their afflicted condition, took the liberty of representing it by letter to Sir R. Peel, on the 18th. of June. The appeal was not made in vain, and the result affords an illustrious display of the worthy Baronet's humane and generous heart. The following communications, in the; hand-writing of Sir It. Peel, are full of interest : " Whitehall, June 29, 1846. " Sir Robert Peel presents his compliments to the Rev. Alexander M'Gregor, and Legs leave to inform hiw, that Sir Robert Peel has had great satisfaction in recommending to the Queen that pensions to the amount of 501. each shall be granted to the Miss MCaskills, in consideration of the gallant service of their brother, the late Sir John bl`Caskill, mnd of his death on the field of battle." " Whitehall, June 29, 1e,46. " Sir Robert Peel presents his compliments to the MISS BlCaskills, and has great satisfaction in informing them that the Queen has been graciously pleased, on the recommends+ tion of Sir Robert Peel, to grant to the Miss M'Caskills pen sions of 501. each, on the civil list, for their lives." A crab fish of prodigious dimensions *as captured yesterday (Monday) morning, amongst the locks near lowa , Ironworks, by a youth who had scarcely reached his View. It measured nearly two feet from the extremity of one day► to the other, and the thickest part of the claw was rawit.s inohes is oirculagtece.--Ciankfirptiracket THE POTATO DISEASE We understand a disease has, within these few days, made its appearance amongst the early potatoes in the neighbourhood of Aberdeen, much more formidable than last year. This is the case, more particularly on the south side of the city, where scarcely a field is to be seen which is not more or less affected. The disease appears to fix on the stem about half way up, and in the course of a few hours the whole plant becomes blackened and decomposed in the same way as if it had been in a fermented state for days. On lifting the plant, the potatoes all present a yellowish mattery appearance at the end farthest from the stem ; and on cutting them through, the lairs are seen in circles outwards from a dull, blackish star in the centre. On cutting through the,potatoe there is a toughnes presented, as if it w ere clay. A friend with whom we convers e d on the subject, stated that he had just left a gardener in a field with all hands busy in pulling up the diseased stems, and gather ing them in heaps and covering them over with earth, in the endeavour to arrest the infection, as he conceived diseased plants were injuring the adjoining healthy ones. —.North of Scotland Gazette. LISKEARAL—The prospects of the potato growers in the neighourhood of Lisiteard are gloomy in the ex treme. The disease is making fearful progress, and there is every reason to expect that the calamity will be equal to, or worse, than that of last year, for most of the seed of the present crop was corrupt. All the early sorts are affected, and we cannot flatter ourselves that the winter potatoes will be in abetter condition when they arrive at the blossoming period of their existence. Some people have had recourse to the experiment of cutting off the tops; but decapitation seems a strange mode of preserving life. Although the disease is at first indicated by a decomposition of the leaves, it is quite evident that the malady originates at the root ; for a more propitious I season, as regards the influence of the atmosphere on vegetation, it thought, has been seldom experienced: the luxuriant appearance of all other foliage, and the flourishing condition of the vegetable kingdom in general afford ample proof of it.—Plymouth Journal. We are sorry to be informed tact in portions of the King's County the new potatoes are infected with the disease which proved so destructive to the last year's , crop.—Dublin Pilot. teaci A NOVEL MAIL.—The Charlbury letters are con veyed to and from Enstone by a mail drawn by two dogs, which travel with incredible swiftness, running a distance of three miles and a quarter, when haste is required, ui about 15 railaliteg..4l43i; la? Quartii47l.