The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-06 00:00:00

v./ 11 1'E OF GOOD 1 - HOPE. letter have received Cape Town journals and . private . fete to the . 3d of September. The . following ex vai° comprise all the news relating to the Kafir been" T he operations of our troops appear to have a oftupeded by the want of supplies, and "cuciencyhe means of carriage. ,1240 ofa the South African Commercial Advertiser, Sept. 2 .) ill.tpiilitary operations of any moment have taken , t,.al Xafirland since those already before the pub it li n e . . ._e vovernor continued in the camp on the Buil I. 4.'114 Andreas Stockenstrom and Colonel Johnstonn were ho"r4tood to be moving on the upper - Kei, with . the ot P tL e l Of to the fugitive chiefs and the main c bo t d h y e ear ell ' "tile. Colonel Somerset, with most t h al rY, was in the vicinity of Waterloo Bay, refreshing n frfolh°Pses, which had become absolutely unfit for action St ta re mere exhaustion and - hunger. At Waterloo . Bay him il i e . ,.. l l,,it is reported, as 1,200 tons of provisions and Ve il ', " have been successfully landed. Much _i n . ci . ) . n s- - co, "" i , , of course experienced at that newly di g,loedriedklaotling-placei in a houseless country, the segi, et 'Ling exposed to wind and weather and likieL . ' and it may be to some pilfering on the . naked th e If; There is also here, as at all other points on j eti el tier, a feariul want of the means of transport. d.. vid i , v ,ltY on the part of Government and of private in i _ w ea t', on it is to be hoped a favourable change of as there, wills peedily remove the heaviest of these evils,. e ea , b.., terlo o n i .. no doubt that, for months . to come, Wa Y will be the principal station in that part of i t i ll ; w u erla nd ,--the troops and frontier inhabitants depe .... r ' Will t t 3 i u n it almost for their entire subsistence. klo he ex oney employed in erecting substantial buildings ..f whi c , l3 ° , e . i to any risk of eventual loss, as the district o 461 ,...' it is the natural port must at all events remain for gee ci c l to the clony. Some fears have been expresse_ or u s . safety of the goods from the want, it is alleged a , forc e .ilffieieet guard; but as there is now so great zilZ6, in the immediate n eighbourhood, and as not only ue7p,rhettevearrtly of individuals, but the existence ofthe Y depend on the security of the stores, this 4l etig ethb"4 duly attended to already. to prove e whole a the frontier the drought threatens ee _. etiem,,, sai.ore destructive to the inhabitants than the h o ,. ', gragsjona bee l. Fur hundreds of miles not a blade l ' fro m r a green thing is to be seen. A private letter Graham's T teadily b e paid for ewil states that " 301. to 40/. would the distres-s tihs or Relief) e truty grl/4,t.,, is vraggon to Fort Beaufort, where oard at the fur the Kat r They write to us (B Beaufort For th e river cannot possibly be forwarded." g a " - -e4 we sent to Port Beau f the e ouot ry t Present the di stributing machinery e in tenor, ,bout arrested, and thousands of people in the or actually Eat river and Somerset, are on the verge ° f flour Yin the gulf of famine, while vast quantitie h ear , ed , rice, and other articles of first necessity are ven if forage %al t. Pat Port Elizabeth and other points on the %We, th e could be found for the drauht Itha ost h e re is no water; so that immediate relief seems I ' l lll b e elielss: yet there must be relief soon, or there one tt. frightful mortality. ehief Stock of news is of a favourable character. The sortie forttech has" come in," or surrendered himself, with filed of is , _ ..13 people. This unfortunate man has i 44(11,? !rem the beginniag his abhorrence of the . . t , 4 pi.,,cr, ids c onduct in the earl • part of the outbreak i 4-le tha t he has been throUghout perfectly sincere. (Prolix the Frontier Times.) Th e 1 Rautenbag's Drift, Aug. 24. Frid a , 4talirs ho had a fight with the thirty men on r'S (J 3 e ' the w ins l t, on the frm of Mr. Lovemo WOuniriaggle3 Flat, and where an ti o Hottentots were Fieteed, were forelayed by the active and brave of the fightcurnet Casper Buchner, from the . day Ilitslifr, until Sunday , the 23d i n stant, lnd the t ot,t-'.h's River Poort. On Sunday, the 3 2 G Gonna • Nr !Ilne O'Clock, they murdered a Fingo or lqci 1 11 the servic e of the Fouria family, and a Hottentot mus ets.", Still rtliSSing ' both were well armed with _ h the r• • - • cattle. herds , N..atirs took 220 head of ca • Two of the • itto,, ,, , rtt in .,.. i , ',,,i) managed to escape, a th,ill'inenee to kield Cornet Buchner, who star . started in less nd brought the thki.,,,°4 hour with 12 mounted Burghers, avho still had e ' 4 that could walk and 20 men on foot, and followed the heigehlt4eY into the Zuu , rberg. When he arrived on . the °I LuWtop the Kafirs were in sight, driving. us I.,__. . , i ris, u'kqy bvfore them. Buchner so as to get left the footmen to kfi r "", and made a detour with the horse M ) s tl i t ° I the enemy, in which he succeeded. The t s ess r- ''4(l. ained such confidence by their recent sue-- Hi t ' t hat tl?fi • consisting l ltof b charged Buchn . er's . small party, othirt but eight men, to within ten yards—but they tiraiti.te their cost that they had not to do with run -44.4• The enemy was at least 100 strong , and the 'flg wh' h completely beaten, ;thole ic they. were notwith b e Dutchmen. Iti ai ei the cattle recaptured by these 8 brave . b t were were killed, eight leen ttriPessible to say how many a great number. Ns s een °fa ll mortally wounded or dead , and the blood 40t trickline down the backs of for our horses. 1 ,, 4 elan was touched on the side of the Burghers. the 0 : * * All we want is forage 1 C e h end mare which thirty men the Kafirs had with them in e ' , ll h - 1 kte and which the e re at Quaggas) When the .1111 able to capture, fell into our hands. work has Adcock and the Field he 4 . , a t is over the Governor will see where e o e ril eon,. * • * * Mr. W. B Inet lloolman were with the party. %% 1 4 Private letter date 0 " a most interesting ac. dated .‘ Camp, Fort Beresford, e 01,,,,? A lountains, August 1, across a most dan ge,ol4` la given of a convoy teli ah . 4 . Part of the supplies country, o t f oFortPeddie, under Lieu ittia,T; eilevil, of the Cape Town Volunteers. He wa , kueh e n ,' bY the enemy in correct great . numhers,and with err t,„"eturraitintion, during the night, but by his eli a 4 re" me tets and firmness he saved the whole of *liar' w ith the loss of only one man, wounded in the T heen leers, ~ , r l' o e r C aptain"S a l mond ' s men, Cape Town Volun eoolin unfortunately drowned in Waterloo Ba, when ha v e gan shore from one of the vesels there. T y he nameseived, h ut yet been rec eived. ~ (P- TABLE BAY. ,erotti the South iiiiican commercial Advertiser.) .. kwattr in Table the grand work of constructing a bi,d mence_ Bay is now approaching an actual eon] . nutes roent, the public may feel some interest in the mi an 01. evidence taken on this subject by the first effilam d ken in 1 836, on which their report was founded, an Ivhich again formed the ground-work of the report of o the second conanaission ot 1845. From th e evidence the Merchants, masters of vessels, and others engaged i : n ii b e commerce of which this bay is the centre, it will that seen, that it was not on the light or trivial grounds ta vast an undertaking was recommended to Government. , vast an to the re _ port of this commission a great,. "provemnt as enected in the bay by the erection ot a_:iv.artjetties s they are called, at which goods are now 'tiritiefly landed or shipped. But the grand evils— the l4.'anee at which the shipping must ride, the dangers to ow 1h they are exposed, and the detention and delay . sog from these circumstarces, with the occasional 4 1 ' 4 ° I . life and property to a large amount remained of 4%13 the character of the Cape as a resort for ships the asaes• For an effectual cure for all these evils groat work auired . now about to be commenced wa f s trhee ape ' tal d It Will soon take away the reproach o alltarttThe ero -:-------------____ in many , w . Pe at this end of the colony, and also r t the eastern . u.u ght to provinceS, p.. , ' are eastern fine in appearance, a tleizes"?dent extensive this year. If the weather con which have es n e d ap b e e d yo t n h d e hE tt ., favo ur extensive there will be one of the most abundant este ever known at the one Town paper. Itukatuttoritlus papers have been received to the 13th of poin-' A deputation of merchants and planters pro thi to the fl,ove f 15s. on rnor a plan to introduce 12,000 Indians :sear, the expense to be paid stamp -tax o eth %tar ok t f - -veetle 0 engagement for each , ofteii 3' promised . , :ach of them. His Ex • them reply in writing, as words were (Itelk;1 11§3tinderstood or misrepresented. They are f anewith Itte,Z want of draught oxen since the cessation o Mules 50/. Madagascar. Colonial bullocks fetch Pllt stx LORD M AYO D INNER OF THE R ELECT. ttvgtj6ir OeOrge Carroll, the Lord Mayor Elect, ten': 14 he company on Monday last, at thettohe _ Lord latt44ollt occasion of his Presentation 1 o f her Ma- clock Mems.rStaipvlt.l.stharogvideic a 5 most appr splendid hal e f ri p te a r s; 4Ni:llo,e:tit' to Which tehePcompany sat down a t - I:the °el4' Right Hon. the -- •utli Lti Were anaong the company, the Rig— Cope 1137°r* Aldermen L eas Sir Peter Laur ie , Duke, •ritrp ""tePhrev G'bh u .ll ' er , Sir Sidney James s ; 4hq r r4ls) W" Bun ter .ls' u°P roce Moon, Baylis ; tlaci itfr4 Challis tied ico, tect!v'k)4l% Cobden tihelLlClrhapiain of the Lord M ayor eit) ' 'Mdlls•gUnder-Sheritf ‘eyor klieje,""eeentlary .Cotter • the Town-elerkOne •••; r , reant, the QC:' tile Iletnenabran ' ci , r the Common is t he Tic PtareLler, Mr.y. Laurie, Mr. Hyland, 84.-n ratu- Ations bri;:', Atayor Elect received ' the warm nearco games. Ilioli„ effi'l4l brother . Magistrates upon his arnest ex liNasi - e' 411 (1 "t from the e tit ,in,„f , I was evident , e upon the verb 0, jlsat,ll,, ,! bethren, that they loolse, tables were st ,„! i.ks ix „,4_,ll4eral nianue r in winch the uality of tht t'il'e'uti% is,4,4tproUrable omen of the io h n o.p bestowed upol. ou 5m17:11..,N43,c,,t,,(Mi. ?e. The approba h t e _. . e _ Chi t satisfactionMugistr, at the ntuaY ii,l W ho Will cease to their dv i ll th 441.044 as strongly testifi e d . he had ma safe 1it1e.4114 silccessful exertions 801rilA, --",---,-,________. and Ori n tat c(.41.1r--Pl.°ll N'ov. 4. The Peninsular Bingham, bltrrived till."'" steane ship Madrid, Captain k from the "Ilinsul -B,,vening at half past nine o'cloc A , 'L drid has sti bee It, cringing the usual mails. ' Zhe small of 64 . rd fe‘V kelta 7 •o f specie. and a cargoßitinnie e t' sty S , hi h l ) ; s of war'eib.. at g Liso— r I HQ F r h brig ‘-Ygee ":,.,,s"'Ps an() us)alli American Le - Port u g ueserene Icitisdern-"4 stesiller eabrador • and the usual fieships Of th,"2. The 13ritish squadron Consisting of five the booth" r,,i and one stea-mer, were standing Tagusill on the apt efs-',"aoael, at the entrance of the 's steam ship „october, at five x. The Company as the kailrhitrn was steaming out of Vigo Bay n. It. ProTh-„_,SRAIL DEBTS thenACT. the list of districts Aot in' to he constituted for purposes of this Act, the , di3t,s i we Published yesterday, an omission . occurs These at e the Illlttlbered from 39 to 46 inclusively. understand th at 4.,? metro ere ct districts, of which we The lEtttfllvare to be in Middlesex, two in Surr e y me t ropoli s south of re ,i,eric:eesonap(riisl) the whole of the oto _, d includ ,nhg qeenwieahnandtsNYotnoTwerClit.t°Theelgother six consist re -I:,,,etiivelY of Westminster, two divisions of the Tower . i --m'ets, and three other districts, formed by subdivid -11 all the withi. , metropolitan portion of the district now (ii. tho jurisliction of the County Court of Mid ti.6"(. The city of London is not within the scope of ...e Act, COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSDII, TunnaDAY.—Her Majesty walked this morning on the Eastern Terrace. His Royal Highness Prince APth , rt, accompanied bj the Earl Spencer, Lord Byron, Sir Frederick Stovin, and Captain the lion. A. Gordon, enjoyed the sport o shooting. Their: Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their usual pony exercise this morning. her Royal Highness the Princess _Helena was also taken for an airing. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford and the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter left the Castle today. The royal dinner party ut the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, the Earl and Countess Spencer, Lady Is-Lella Wemyss, Lady Caroline Nforant, the Rev. Lord Wrio tbesley Russell, and Sir George Couper. The band of the Ist Life Guards attend durinr , din ner. Her Majesty's private bsnd afterwards attend in the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridce and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. His Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse alio visited the Royal Duchess yesterday. M. Stra:enus, the Netherlands Charge d'Affaires, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Right Hon. Edward Strutt, Earl Granville, Sir. Edward Ryan, and Captain Brandreth, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. The Attorney-General had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home office. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the West India colonies. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Chief Secretary for Irelan left town on Tuesday night for Dublin. Lord and Lady Alan Churchill arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Upper Be'grave-street, yesterday. from West Huntinglan, Yorkshire. DUTCH AN!) GERNIAN PAPERS. THE HAGUE, NOV. 3.—DRAINING OF THE LAKE OF ILtanLEm.—When the trial was made of the engine called the Leeghwater, all the parts moved with great regularity, and the eleven pumps, at every stroke of the piston, raised sixty-six cubic metres of water. Though every time such a mass of water was raised, the engine was subject to a pressure of more than 200,000 kilo grammea, hardly any shock was felt in the vessel, and the only noise that was heard was that made by the flowing off of the water that was raised by the pumps. The number of strokes of the piston was about seven in a minute, the water was raised to the height of 1.30 to 1.50 metres, and the pressure of the steam in the bailer was from 301bs. to 351bs. English. If it should be necessary in draining the Lake of Haarlem to raise the water from a greater depth, the force of the steam engire may be safely increased by 701bs. English, and by this means the celerity of the play of the pumps might perhaps be increased. At present, taking the operation as it was on the Ist of October, this steam engine is able to raise, deducting the loss, 450 cubic metres per minute, or 648,000 in 24 hours, which is about 45 millions of ordinary pails; the power of the engine may be estimated as equal to 300 horse power. Whatever be the quantity of coals em ployed to obtain so great a power, the expense may always be d•min ished by the continuance of the operation. A former experiment has also proved that no more than two kilogrammes of coals per horse was necessary to ob tain one horse power, whereas seven kilogrammes of coals were required for the old engine employed at the Zuidplay. Notwithstanding the important saving of coals which the Leeghwater affords, the engine still re quires 200 buabels of coals to obtain the result expected from it. SECOND CHAMBER OF THE STATES-GENERAL, Nov. 2.—The central section made its report on the pro ject of law relative to the disposal of the surplus of the colonial revenue from 1845. The discussion of the pro ject was fixed for to morrow morning at eleven o'clock. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 3.—We are able to state the number of passengers and the receipts of the Rhenish railway during the month of Octob 1846 :—Pas sengers, 30,780 ; Passengers' fares, 38,4301 85c. ; Receipts for merchandise, horses, and carriages, 10,109f1. 29c. FRANKFORT, OCT. 31.—1 t is reported that several arrests have lately taken place in the Grand Duchy of Posen, in consequence of the investigations that have been made into the disturbances in Poland. The pro- ceedings against the Poles, it is now said, will probably not begin at Berlin till the month of May or June next year. BERLIN, OCT. 28.—Our city has been the scene of a deplorable event, namely, the death of the eldest son of the Minister Van Bodelschwiugvelmede, who was killed in a duel with M. J*", brother of the well-known pro prietor of an hotel. The cause of the duel is variously stated. The duellists went to Treptow ; but when the deceased had received a severe wound, and lost much blood, they departed in another carriage. It was not till the day before yesterday that the event became known, in consequence of the increased illness of the wounded man ; unhappily his wounds proved mortal, and be died yesterday at the age of 23, to the gr.-at grief of his afflicted family. According to information that may be &prided upon, the lam for regulating the position of the Jews in the Prussian dominions is to con tain, in many respects, an extension of the existing laws.—Dutch Papers, Nov. 4. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. The first meeting for the season of the Sacred Har monic Society took place on Wednesday evening. The first part of the performance consisted of a miscellaneous selection of sacred music ; the second, of Sphor's magnificent overture, The Last Judymmt. In the rat part we had a Te Deem and a Jubilate, the compo sition W.' His Royal Highness Prince Albert, which prove that His Royal Highness is an excellent and sound musician. The choral writing in these compositions is very file, and the voices blend together most effectively. Miss Dolby's execution 'of " Clouds o'ertake," from Handel's now almost forgotten oratorio of Susannah, was the vocal gem of the first part. The Last Judgment of Sphor is now, thanks to the exertions of the Sacred Harmonic Society, as familiar to the lover of sacred music as the Messiah of Handel. It was admirably given last evening by Misses Birch and Dolby, and Messrs. Hobbs and Phillipps. The duet " Forsake me not" was ex quisitely given by Miss Birch and Mr. Hobbs. The hall was crowded in every part. NATIONAL ANTI-POOR-LAW PROVIDENT AND BENEVOLENT UNION. this institution, was held yesterday afternoon, in the large A public meeting, convened to promote theo objects e c tsof ro sm of the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ; the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair. pori:,epoosfedthpelachh to of alleviate,nders if f f A n t the institution, tor ß etn . e ov, l3 . l3 ( t i L e t detailed i e s i\ d t i r i e l h s 3 e: and sufferings which In pre vail amongst the working classes of the colmuutizd the early part of the last session it wans herself a in the ( by many public men, nay, even by the Q speech fro m th e thr o ne, that the newl(liceoeor-1 soma asv hadre respects found to be n o t on ly defective, but cruel and oppressive, and yet the session closed evil. ed It without any decisi ve s t e p s b e i ng taken to remedy was mainly to this fact that they were indebted foi:the Formation of a society whose chief object was to devise neans for bettering the condition of the working classes of the count r y, an d he was happy to inform the meeting that since its foundation at St. Alban's, only a month ago, communications had been made to the heads of the church and leaders of the clergy, the majority of whom approved of the objects of the society, and promised to use their influence in its attainment. It was not then intended to seek to abolish the Poor-law, but to induce the rich to come forward and assist the poor, who were anxious to do the best to relieve themselves to steer clear of the Poor-law. The Hight Hon. Gentleman in the chair had, throughout the past year, entertained princes and nobles, men of learning and science, at his table, but before quitting the office ho had so faithfully and honourably filled, he felt there was a duty which he owed to the poor, and that duty ho was now discharging.—(Hear, hear.) His Lordship felt that, as poverty and wretchedness increased in this country in the same ratio as wealth and riches. there must be something wrong in the system, and therefore it was that he called upen his fellow -citizens to come forward and assist in promoting an institution esta• blished for removing that anomaly.—(Cheers.) It would not be so much against the Poor-law that their efforts would be directed, as to procuring a better administra tion of it. He might mention hat 75 young ladies, who had been brought up in the lap of luxury, and who had till the even i ng of their lives filled the office of governesses in the highest families of the kingdom, had applied to the society for relief. They could only afford it to three ; and what, let him tsk, was to become of the other seventy-two ? They could not go to one of the existing union workhouses. Well, then, the present institution was to meet such cases as these, an i he hoped the City of London would not be backward in supporting IL—(Heer, hear.) The proposed union would consist o f three classes— friendly societies, building societies, and insurance so cieties. It was proposed now only to approve of the principle of the plan, and a future meeting would be called for sanctioning and carrying out the details. A resolution approving of the principle was, on the motion of Mr. L. HANSARD, seconded by air. WIRE, unanimously agreed to, and the meeting was subse quently addressed by several gentlemen who have fre quently distinguished themselves in advocating the cause of the poor. A vote of thanks was afterwards carried by acclama tion to the Chairman, and the meeting, which was numerously attended, broke up. EXTENSION OF TILE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH TO THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.—The Eastern Counties have, we understand, intimated their intention of carrying out an important extension of their electric telegraph to the Royal Exchange and Lloyd's, for the accommodation of the merchants and underwriters, by which an instan taneous communication will be obtained with Liverpool. The company's engineers are now engaged completing the electric w i res a l ong the Easternunties branch lines, from Ely, Peterborough, Stamford, Syston, to Derby; hence along the present Derby, Birmingham, and Manchest(q. lines to Liverpool. The wires will be conducted to the Royal Exchange from the Shoreditch station in lead and iron piping, similar to the present gas pipes, proofing posts tieing erected at cer!%in dis tances, in order to keep the wires in proper working condition. THE SUN,_ LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1846. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT rERSAL L'S—YESTERDAY. A f,w of the small number of subscribers now in town dropped in" in the course of the afternoon, more, we imagine, with the desperate hope of meeting with some of the absentees, and closing their Newmarket accounts, than with any idea of business or future events. This hope was not realised—those who were absent on Monday, were non est yesterday, and we are not aware that twenty pounds were rubbed off the heavy balances due in many quarters. The Derby betting, as may be well imagined, was very slack; still, as several animals were backed, chiefly in small amounts, we are enabled to present a moderately good list of prices. 16 to 3 agst Scott's Lot—taken 16 to 3 agst John Day's lot 7 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp 1000 to 30 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian—taken 1000 to 25 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken 1000 to 25 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy—taken 1000 to 25 agst Lord Straibroke's Marpessa colt—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale—taken 40 to 1 agst Sir R. 13ulkeley's Brother to Joinville— taken and afterwards offered 45 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Christopher—take 50 to 1 1000 to 20 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart 1009 to 20 agst Mr. Mostyn's Projectile—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Mostyn's West India Planter 1000 to 15 agst Lord Eglinton's Eryx—taken, and after wards offered Offers to back the field agst eleven. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1847. WEDNESDAY. Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Lady Con stance, 8.4 71b, agst Sir J. Hawley's Piccinino, 7st 71b. Match, 1,000, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Greville's Alarm, &t 71b, agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser, 7st 71b. FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1847..—TuEsnex. The Hopeful Stakes of 40 soya. each. Last half of Ab. M. Count Batthyany's Sis. to Circassian Maid—Duke of Bed ford's Duplicity—Mr. Cooper's Slug—Mr. Etwall's c, by Venison, out of AEgis's dam—Lord Exeter's Tippet, Dove, and Tisiphone—Sir J. Gerald's Lucy Ashton—Mr. Greig's The Earl of Richmond—Mr. P. Goodwin's The Fostered Buck—Sir J. Hawley's Lovelace—Mr. J. Moore's Blaze —Sir J. B. Mills's f by Venison, out of Tenebrosa—Mr. Mostyn's fby Touchstone, out of Olive, and Daughter of Toscan—Mr. Payne's f by Buzzard, out of Layla—Colonel Peel's Teetotum—Mr. Phillimore's Lady Laura—Captain Pitt's Halloa—Duke of Richmond's f by Mus, out of Priam— Mr. Roberts's Practice—Mr. Roles Sea-room and Egyptian Queen—Lord J. Scott's Rundisford—Lord Strathmore's Sweet Sauce—Mr. Vernon's Glycena—Mr. R. Watt's f by Lanercost, out of Cara, and fby Touchstone, out of Ohio Mr. Worley's Grist. THURSDAY. The Rutland Stakes of 30 sous. each, 20 ft. From the turn of the Lands in. Count Bathyany's Ptolemceus—Duke of Bedford's Du plicity—Duke of Bedford's c by Sir Francis, out of Cowslip— Lord Exeter's Sword Player, Fencer, and Tippet—Sir J. Gerard's The Merry Wife—Sir J. Hawley's Love-lace—Mr. Lowther's Chapelgorie—Mr. Marson's fby Sir Hercules, out of Pawnbroker's dam—Sir J. B. Mill's f by Venison, out of Tenebrosa—and Lord Strathmore's Sweet Sauce. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1847.— TUESDAY. The Clearwell Stakes of 30 sous. each, 20 ft. T.Y.C. Lord Albemarle's The Empress—Colonel Anson's Crusade —Mr. Batson's c by Plenipo, out of Revelry—Count Bathy any's Egremont—Mr. Brooks's f by Lanercost, out of Ido latry—Mr. Cooper's Protection—Mr. J. Day's Conveyancer —Lord Eglinton's Astrna, and sister to Sir Henry—Lord Exeter's Sword Player, Xanthus, Vulcan, and Dove—Sir J. Gerard's Donna Hermosa and Rockley—Mr. Greville's Ross lyn—General Grosvenor's Sir Rowland de Blois—Sir J. Hawley's Cavatina—Sir J. B. Mills's f by Venison, out of Jingle—Mr. J. Moore's Blaze—Mr. Mostyn's Loadstone and Propeller—Lord Orford's c by Grand Duke, out of Adelgund —Mr. Payne's Glendower and Panic—Colonel Peers The Architect, and fby Slane, out of Hester—Mr. Phillimore's Flintstone—Sir It. Pigot's c by Ells, out of Manto—Duke of Richmond's f by Mus, out of Priam—Mr. Rolt's Sea-room and Imperial—Mr. R. Watts f by Lanercost out of Care, and f by Touchstone out of Ohio. WRONESDAY. The Bedford Stakes of N sons. each. To stint from the Ancaster post, and finish at the Duke's stand. Sir J. Harley's Lovelace—Duke of Bedford's Motacella (31b)—Sable (31b)—Lord Chesterfield's c by Charles XII , out of Dean Swift's dam—Mr. Payne's f by Buzzard, out of Layla (31b)—Lord Orford's c by The Colonel, out of Bay Dorothy (31b)—Lord Eglinton's c by St. Martin, out of Deuce—Mr. Barnes c by Plenipo, out of Liberia (31b)—Mr. Lowther's Chapelgorie—Col. Peel's Franciscan (31b)—Lord Exeter's f by Gladiator out of Toga—Lord Spencer's Lanista (31b)—Mr. Bouverie's Prairie Bird—Mr. Neville's The Hussar—Lord Stratlimore's S , ncerity—General Gros venor's Sir Rowland de Bois—Lord Albemarle's The Empress. FRIDAY. The Prendergast Stakes of 50 sovs. each. T.Y. C. Lord Albemat le s Kangaroo—Colonel Anson's Crusade—Mr. Brook's f by Lanercost, out of Idolatry—Lord Eglinton's Astrma and Sister to Sir Henry—Lord Exeter's Fencer, Dove, Vulcan, and Tisiphone—Sir G. Gerrard's Matadore—Mr. Greville's Rosslyn—General Grosvenor's Sir Oliver—Sir J. Hawley's Lovelace—Mr. Marson's Pius IX.—Sir J. B. Mills' Deerstalker, out of Firefly—Mr. Payne's Glendower and Pama —Colonel Peel's The Architect, and f by Touchstone out of Malibran—Mr. Bolt's Sea-room and Egyptian Queen —Lord Strathmore's Sincerity—Sir J. Spry's ch by Slane, out of Bastile, and Mr. H. T. Worley's Caversham. HOUGHTON MEETING, 1847. —THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each. Ab. M. Duke of Bedford's Motocilla—Lord Exeter's Sister to Pergularia—Mr. Greville's Rosslyn—Sir J. Hawley's Ca vatino—Lord Lonsdale's c, by Ratcatcher, out of Souvenir— Sir J. B. Mill's Deer Stalker—Mr. J. oore's Blaze—Mr. Mostyn's Fallow Deer—Lord Orford's c, by Grand Duke, out of Adelgund—Mr. Phillimore's Flintstone—Lord Strath- more's Sincerity—and Mr. H. T. Worley's Narva. GOODWOOD, 1847.—Finsr DAY. _ The Levant Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 30 ft. Half mile, Lord G. Bentinck ns. f, by Touchstone, out of Olive—Mr. Cooper's Slug and Protection—Lord Exeter's Tippet—Lord Eglinton's De Witt and Glen Saeldell—Mr. Ford ns Head ingley and Bromptim—Mr. Gully's Odie Ochiltree (late Lost my Mama)—Mr. Mostyn's Loadstone and Daughter of Tos car—Mr. Payne's f, by Buzzard, out of Layla—Duke of Bedford's f. by Venison, out of Sherbet—Mr. H. T. Worley's Caversham. The Malcomb Stakes of 50_sovs. each, h ft. T.Y.C. Lord G. lientinck na Daughter of Toscar—lir. Cooper's Slug—Lord Eglinton's De Wit and Glen Saddell—Lord Ex eter's Tippet—Mr. Gully's Odie Oehiltree (late Lost my Alatma)—Sir J. Hawley's Vexation—Mr. Alastyn's Fallow Deer—Mr. Payne's Glendower and f by Buzzard, out of Layla —Duke of Richmond's f by Venison, out of Sherbet, and Hefter Skelter—and Mr. H. T. Worley's Caversham. WORCESTER RACES :VEDNESDAY. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 addud. Mile and a quarter. Mr. Wall's Milliner, 3 yrs ..... . ..(llutchinson) 0 0 1 1 Mr. Minor's Caressima, 4 yrs . Mr. Williams's Arkwright, 3 yrs 0 0 0 3 Mr. Parr's Attorney, 4 yrs 0 0 2 dr Mr. I', ice's Sailor, aged Mr. Yea's BrAwalda, 4 yrs ... . Mr. Johnstone's Blind Ilookey, aged ...... 2 0 0 dr Mr. Davenport's Florine, 4 yrs - 0 0 0 dr Mr. Mostvn's Chartist, 3 yrs Mr. Baker's Redskin, 5 yrs Mr. Pratt's Deodara, 4 yrs.. Captain Thompson's Etona, 4 yrs Mr. W. Oates's Mr. Mamtield, 3 yrs ...... 0 dr Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 added. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Warness's Rosa, 4 vrs (Carlisle) 0 1 1 Mr. E. Jones's Mersey, '3 yrsv Mr. Bullin's Faith, 3 yrs 0 0 3 Mr. Davenport's Thurgarton, 5 yrs 3 0 0 Mr. Brailsfurd's Rosin the Bow, 3 yrs Major Martin's Trifle, 5 yrs 0 0 0 Mr. Moore's Conservative, 4 yrs Mr. Yea's Little Jack Homer, 3 yrs 2 0 dr Mr. Langham's Eiimea, 3 yrs 0 dr illr. 'l' rift's The Tartar, 5 yrs 0 dr Mr. Ilaines's b g by Young Cadland, 4 vrs 0 dr A Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added, one mile and a quarter (12 Subs.), was won in four heats by Mr. Wall's Zela, 5 yrs (Wakefield), beating Princess Royal, The Dart, The Jolly Beggar, Auricula, Dritli e ld, Rowla n d, P or t o B e ll o ; 'l"Auld Squire, and Red3treak. First heat a good race with the first two ; second and third heats won by a length. Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya. each, with 20 added. Heats, one mile and a quarter. (12 Subs.) Mr. Wall's Zela, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (Wakefield) 0 0 1 1 Mr. Fliatofi's Princess Royal, 4 yrs, 7st 91b ... 0 1 2 2 Mr. Meesom's The Dart, 4 yrs, Bst Capt. Knight's The Jolly Beggar, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b 1 0 0 dr Mr. Mytton's Auricula, 3 yrs, 7st 21b ... 0 3 0 dr Mr. W; Oates's Dritfield, 3 yrs, 7st 9lb 0 2 dr Mr. West's Rowland, 6 yrs, Bst Mr. Baker's Porto Bello, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b ...... Mr. tempest's T'Auld Squire, 5 yrs, Bst 31b Mr. Evans's Redstreak, 4 yrs, Bst ......... 0 dr The first heat was well contested; second heat was won by half a neck ; the third easily ; and the fourth in a canter. TARPORLEY HUNT RACES.--WEDNESDAY. The Tarporley Hunt Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 a dd e d. Twice round. (17 Subs.) Mr. I'. T. Parker's Old Port, 5 yrs (Bond) i Sir W. W. Wynn's Tippoo, aged Won by a length. The Forest Stakes of 5 sovs. each. 2 miles. Sir W. W. Wynn's Tippoo , aged ..... (Capt. France) 1 Mr. T. Parker's Lucy, 5 yrs Mr. Glegg's Princess, aged _ 3 A line race. The Farmers' Cup of 151, was won easily in 2 heats by Mr. Pigott's Brown Bess, 6 yrs, beating Mr. Davies's Clodhopper, 5 yrs, and two others. NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING. THE DEIZBY.-FIRST TIES. Victory beat Fireaway Ajax beat Farmer's Boy Mentor beat Dutchman I Shakspeare beat Meteor. _ THE CUP.--FIRST TIES. Dunkirk beat Farmer Alaxe beat Raebael I Spinster beat Figaro Kt. Marshal beat Regina. Vesta beat Gip s ; Girl O AKS.-FIIiST TIES. I Fair Maid beat Wildair Dolly beat Goody I Fancy ran a bye. PORT STAKES.--FIRST TIES. Marshall beat Rosetta Fenella beat Apha I Mae beat St eamer Fenman ran a bye. The Exning Stakes for aged dogs. Mr. Dobede's Destiny beat Mr. Anstruther's Conjuror Lord Stradbroke's Maiden beat Mr. Gillett's Gitana. The Newmarket Stakes for puppies. Mr. Anstruth er ' s Clementina beat Lord Stradbroke's Maria Mr. Arabin's Ashdown beat Mr. Anstruther's Cream Mr. Vipan's Van Tromp beat Mr. Dobede's Doubtful Mr. Gillett's Ginger beat Mr. King's Revoke. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING TUE AMENDMENT OF TIIE LAW. —On W e d nes d ay evening the first meeting of this society was held at the Society's Rooms,2l, Regent-street. There was a very numerous attendance of members present. Of those on the council we observed the Right Hon. Stephen R. Lushington, Mr. W. Evvart, M.P., Mr. Com m i ss i oner F on b lanque, Mr. M. D. 11111, Q.C., Mr. J. 11. Koc, Q.C., Mr. George Spence, Q C., Mr. J. Pitt Taylor, &c. &c. Mr. Lushingtou presided. Mr. Koe read a report in reference to the admission of documents into the bankruptcy and superior courts of England as evidence, which at present are inadmissible in the courts of Scotland and Ireland, suggesting that they should be so admitted in the judicial practice of both the sker countries. The report was ordered to be laid on the table. Mr. James Stewart read a length ened report on the propriety of insuring the title-deeds of real property. A . t present, w h en property was sold, the whole series of title-deeds had to be investigated be fore the conveyance of the new sale was effected. This incurred much expense and trouble, which might be the appoint ment o f a responsible conveyancer toinvestsaved by ate the deed s , an d whose certificate would be sufficient. On this report cons id erable discussion took place. The meeting than adj ourne d. s i (r WESTERN GAS COMPANY. A meeting of the inhabitants of Kensal-green, called by the directors of the Westera Gas-light Company, in consequence of a requisition from the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, was held on Wednesday afternoon at the Plough Tavern, for the purpose of affording to the owners and occupiers of the surrounding property an opportunity of stating their real wishes with regard to the construction of the new gas-works ; as, at a meeti ing which was held a short time back, it had been stated, that the operation of the works would become a great nuisance by the exalation of noxious effluvia, and would thereby cause considerable deterioration in the value of the neighbouring household and other property. Mr. Taylor, the chairman of the Board of Directors, occu pied the chair. In opening the business, after explain ing why they had been called together, he assured the meeting that the works about to be erected were to be on an entirely new principle, which he could not at pre sent explain, because the patent for the invention was not yet sealed ; b u t w hi ch would entirely obviate and suppress all noxiou s e ffl uv i a. Mr. Palmer, the engineer, would be most happ y to answer any that might be put. y questions kr. MAIWELL then moved a resolution, deferringl i all opposition to the gas company on the part of the inhabit ants of Kensal-green until it had been practically ascer tain whether a nuisan ce wou ld b e created ur not by t h e new works. The resolution having been seconded, The CHAIRMAN, in responding to various questions that were asked, read extracts from several affilavits, made by scientific persons in the metropolis and in the country, to the effect that the proposed new mode of producing gas, as expl a i ne d to them by Mr. Palmer, would entirely prevent all noxious exhalations; and they further stated, that, generally speaking, the neighbour hoods of gas works were not unligalthy. Mr. PALMER, the engineer, explained the reasons of the nuisances generally complained of in the neighbour hood of gas factories; they were caused, he said, chiefly from the unconsumed coal tar which escaped from the furnace in smoke; from the escape of carbon during the . process of drying th e retorts; and from the manner in which the gas was purified by lime. His invention would supersede the use of coal tar; coke made from the Cannel coal would be used to dry or to charge the retorts, and in the purifying process the ammonia would not be al lowed to escape. Mr. Palmer, in answer to several other questions, stated that experiments had been made upon a very extensive scale, and that their success had been sufficient to satisfy the directors and the share holders of the value of the process; he hoped, therefore, they would be satisfactory to the meeting for the pre sent, as, until his patent had been sealed, he could not enter into more lengthened explanations. The resolution was then carried unanimously, as was another pledging the meeting to supp or t t h e com p an y . if they realised the expectations held o u t i n t h e affidavits that had been read, and in the explanations of the chair man and of the engineer. After a vote of thanks to the directors of the company and to the chairman, the meet ing separated, givii.g three cheers for the new Gas Com pany. In concluding the notice of this meeting, it is worthy of remark that the works, which have been some time commenced, will be the largest in London, the principal tank being 121 i feet in diameter. IMPRISONING TWO POLICEMEN. DEVONPORT, Nov. 2. —This day a Court of Inquiry was held at George's-square Barracks, before Major Bury, as President, touching the conduct of Lieutenant Palmer, of the sth Fusiliers, for having detained and kept in the guard-house two policemen when in the ex ecution of their duty. The circumstances were cer• tainly of rather a novel description. The first witness called was Inspector Darton, of the borough police, who stated that he was on duty on the morning of the 30th of No vember, about a quarter before two o'clock, when he was told by police-constable Hoar that dancing was going on at a house at the back of George-street, and believ ing that the party keeping that house was guilty of an offence by harbouring certain persons there, he went with the policeman, and found a man named Webber and a party of five females and two males. There was a jug on the table. Webber came up to him and asked whether he had a warrant. He replied that he bad not, 'and Webber told him he should leave immediately, say ing at the same time, "I shall make you prisoners." He then turned off the gas, and retr eate d to a coal cellar. Witness and Hoar followed hi m . H e t h en i g n o t outside for about knocked at the door for a considerabl e ti me, w h en the sentry on duty at No. 4 post, which i s j ust oppos i te, the three-quarters door of t h e of cellar, and locked them an hour. Wit ness came and asked what was the matter? Witness told him that two policemen were locked in the cellar, and could not get out, and whiled him to send to the main guard for a file of soldiers. Shortly after that a sergeant and some soldiers came, and the door was opened. The sergeant told them the officer of the guard had ordered him to take them to the guard-house. Witness objected at first, but at leegth went with them. Witness accom panied them, and when they were about to be put into the guard-house, Webber said, "Tak e care of them ; they are slippery rascals." Witness and Hoar were detained there until four o'clock. Police-constable Hoar gave similar testimony. Inspector Cook stated that be was on duty at the station-house on the morning in question. Shortly after three o'clock he received a note from Inspector Darton, brought by a corporal of the guard. The note stated that D.trton and Hoar were prisoners at the guard-house, and they wished to be released. Witness went to the guard-house, and saw the detained men there. Darton asked him to inform Superintendent Brockington of the circumstance, which he did. Brockington desired him to return and see the officer of the guard. He returned, and told the sergeant that he wished to speak to the officer. The sergeant went to the officer's room, and, on coming out, said the officer requested him to write the names of the detained m en , t oget h er w ith his own, and answer for their appearance. Witness did so, and they were released. Superintendent Drockington, after corroborating that part of the evidence relating to himself, stated that after the men were released, he went to the guard-house and desired to see the officer. The sergeant said he did not like to disturb him aga i n . Witness told hi m t h at if he could not see the officer he should report the circum stance to the general. He was then admitted, and saw the officer in bed. He asked him the reason why the men had been detained at the guard-house ? when he made an unintelligible reply. The sergeant of the guard said he was not to know they were policemen. Witness told him he could see they were by their clothes, or he could have found th at out by applying at the station house. James Webber, the keeper of the house, stated that and as they came i n w i t h out his two men had entered hi s h ouse on the day i n ques tion, permission, and they had not a warrant, h e d es i red them to leave, an d t h ey refused. He then p u t out the gas and went i nto t h e coa l cellar, when the poli cemen followed with st i c k s or staves in their hands. He thou g h t hi s li fe was i n gre at danger, and he went out o f t h e cellar and locked them i n. There was a sent r y on N o. 4 post, send to the main guar d f or a tile O and he desired him to f men. Shortly after a picquet arrived, an d h e told the sergeant that the men had entered hi s h ouse w i thout leave, and he had made them prisoners. fi e t h en opened the door and gave them into custody. They were marched to the guard house. Lieutenant Palmer stated that he was officer on guard on the morning of the 30th. About a quarter after three o'clock the sergeant came to him and said he had two men in custody, at the instance of a man named Webber, who t c ld hi m that they had broken into his house. The sergeant wished to know what he should do with them, and w i tness told him that lie should ascertain who they w e r e . H e told him they were policemen, and witness di rec t e d hi m to send to the station-house and inf orm t h e authorities there that two of their men- were i n custody. The inspector of police came a short ti me afterwards, and witness di rected the m en to b e set at liberty, on h is pro mising to be answerable for their appearance. The su porintendent afterwards c a ll e d, b ut w itness told him he did not wi s h t o h ear any more about it, as the men we re set at lib e rty. H e asked the witness for his name, which was given. The sergeant of the guard corroborated the above stated ta had d P a d a o t c ric c u k r r e O d ' B a r s i en, b e r t o h r e e sentry b r e e d fe , r r a e d d d t n o g , that he knew the men were policemen. This closed the inquiry, and the whole of the circum stances Hon. e I b l b e e nry r7w M h o u h r r a a s y b , e o f ( o ) m r e rn b a e n e n were f ort h w i t h laid before Major-General the di nfign fined the for westernkee keeping n district. adis orderly house, is to be charged with the same offence, arising out of the above, on Wednesday. SUICIDE FROM REPUGNANC E TO MATRIMONY. 0 n assistance, been but she v Wednesday Mr. Mills held an inquest at th e British .Queen Sussex-street, Tottenham Court-road, on t h e body ' Rossetta Brown, aged 22 , servant of Mr. Jenkins, sur veyor, of No. 22, Huntley-street, who cut h er throat on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Jenkins stated that h e f ound deceased about five o'clock P.M. on Tuesday, lying in his cellar, with her throat cut , a n d a carving knife grasped inhlaerrs dead before i right hand. liet arrived. She had seatfor medicalass lae la much depressed mind. in On Monday last she said that she would rather die than marry a man named Payne, whom her sister urged on her as a husband. It f urt h er ' appeared that she had been long engaged to Payne, but that within the last year his visits ceased, and during the interval she received the attentions of another suitor. This person was accused by deceased's relatives of de stroying her peace of mind, and preventing her from having married Payne. On Monday last she had finally resolved, however , t o marr y , but wi shed that the d a y - should be deferred. While labourin g un der this dilemma she committed the act above proved. Some of the jury con trary to the opinion of the Coroner, wished to ma k e inquiries concerning the men. The following verdict was returned—" That deceased de: toyed herself, but i n what state of mind there was no evidence to show." A TOPER'S CHAMBER.—EarIy on Sunday morning last, some wearing apparel, almost new, consisting of a coat, waistcoat, a par of braces, a pair of shoes, and a cloth cap, was found strewed on the ground near the farmhouse of Trenhale, St. Erth, Cornwall. Alarm was immediately given, and it was conjectured that the owner had met with an untimely death. Careful search was made in all the ponds and ditches on the estate, but without finding the supposed unfortunate suicide. Next day a person from Germoe came and claimed the clothes, accounting for the loss b y statin g that he had been at llityle the preceding evening, and taken a cheerful glass, and on his way home he mistook Trenhale for his own residence, although they are nearly five miles dis tant, and he also thought the field was his bed.chainber, and consequently undressed himself and took a nap. On awaking he discovered his mistake, but it being very dark he could not find his clothes, and had to proceed home almost naked.— Western Luminary. RUSSIAN ARMENIA'. There are provinces of the Russian empire almost as unknown to the rest of Europe, at th e present d ay, as theinterior of Africa. Of these, Russian Armenia, con sidering its proximity to the Levant, is one of the most unknown. When Hitter prepared the first edition of his "Erdkunde," no European traveller had yet visited even the two great lakes of Van and Urmia, at the foot of the highlands of Armenia, and that learned geo grapher could collect but a few scanty notices from oriental writers on these regions, so interesting from the ancient traditions of the history of Upper Asia. These mountain lakes have since then become better known from the communications of good observers, such as Ker Porter, Wilbraham, Fraser, Kinneir, Monteith, Shiel, and Brant ; Hamilton, and especially that ad mirable writer Ainsworth, have issued full and au thentic accounts of travels in hitherto unknown parts of Upper Armenia. All these writers are Englishmen, who have done more for the geogra phical knowledge of Asia than the learned travel lers of all the other nations of Europe together. Of German travellers the unfortunate archeologist, Schulz, seems to be the only one who, from the writings he has left, has, to any extent, increased the geography of Central Armenia. On the other hand, that part of the northern border of Upper Armenia, near the Caucasus, has been made to us more through French and German inquirers, as, fcr instance, Tavernier, Chardin, Tourne fourt, Dubois, Parrot, and Behagel. Meanwhile there are many parts even of Russian Armenia on which printed communications are almost wholly wanting, such as th , Alaght‘s mountains and the shores of the great mountain lake of Goktschai, which, after the lakes Van and Urmia, is the largest reservoir of fresh water in Upper Asia. and exceeds both these great mountain lakes in depth, in the beauty of the surrounding moun tain scenery, and in the magnificence of its Alpine vege tation. When, in 1843, I undertook a jpurney to Ras sian Armenia, I indicated to myself the lake of Gokts chai, Ararat, and the mountain group of the Alagia, as promising the best results in both a geographical and a natural history point of view, and as more worthy a longer visit than any other district of this part of Ar menia. I left Tiflis early in May, accompanied by . Herr Abowian, a scientific and well educated Armenian of Erivan, who, during a residence of six years in Dorpat, had made himself acquainted with the German language and manners, and to whom I owe many valuable com munications on his native land and on the customs and mode of life of his countrymen. General Neidhard, the then commander in-chief in the Caucasus, had appointed Herr Abowian to accompany me in this excursion as guide and interpreter. Ivan, a Cossack, was my second fellow-traveller, and took his place beside the Russian postillion, in front of the carriage, often amusing me by his ready wit and shrewd answers. My second Cossack I had left behind at Tiflis, with my Hungarian servant, to continue the zoological and botanical collections already commenced in that part of the country, while I likewise hoped to return with a good booty, in both plants and animals, from the higher mountain land in the south.. After several days journey I reached the station at Pipis, where I made a halt of one day, in order to reconnoitre the surrounding country with hammer, botanising-box, and insect-net. Pipis lies in a valley enclosed by rather high moun tains. We here enter on the volcanic territory of Ar menia ; the highest peaks, however, scarcely reach the proper Alpine Zone. The volcanic nature of the rocks may be perceived by the conical form of the hills in the distance. It is a hard porphyritic trachyte, which here breaks out of the strata of a light-coloured, close, and very hard limestone, and of a sandstone pervaded by oxide of iron, at every point of the edge of the valley, and forms the pointed summits of the hills. From the plain, which spreads itself beneath Pipis, rises an isolated trachyte cone, everywhere steep and of an ex tremely curious shape, somewhat similar to the tra chyte cones in the Auvergne. A steep path is said to lead to a cave near the top, where a famous robber captain of the neighbourhood once held himself con cealed. On another conical hill, near Pipis, stands the Armenian convent of Subsarkiss. The Tschoshass, a small impetuous mountain torrent of clear, cool, pleasant tasting water, rushes through the valley. When I re turned from my first mountain excursion, beneath a hot sun, I enjoyed this refreshment, of which during my stay in Georgia I had long been deprived, and drank frequent draughts of the fresh mountain water, without sustain ing the least inconvenience. I was, however, not a little surprised immediately after at meeting a Russian officer, who earnestly warned me against tasting the water of this spring. " The Tschoschass," he said, "is a true poison spring. All our men who drank of it were seized with dysentery or intermitting fever, and every Russian soldier is therefore forbidden, on pain of fifty lashes, to quench his thirst at this stream. The poor fellows are therefore obliged to drink the water of another stream, which was thick and insipid. Whether the opinion of the officer as to the pernicious quality of the Tschoschass was well founded or not, I could not of course positively ascertain during so short a stay; but the quality of the extremely clear and almost tasteless water itself in no wise maintained such an assertion. The next day, too, my Cossack, who had found some comrades from the Don, and talked away the whole night with them, told me that the soldiers of Pipis drank secretly the good water of the valley, in spite of the threatened stick, and yet found themselves well enough. The station of Pipis, the residence of a district cap• tain, presents nothing remarkable beyond a handsome, modern, building, which stands, as it were, at the en trance of the place, and b v its considerable extent, attracts the attention of travellers. To my inquiry as to the destination of such a party-coloured house, the post master informed me, to my astonishment, that it was a district school, of which the erection had ken ordered by a former governor- general, Baron Von Rosen. A district school in these solitudes, among rough Tartars and Armenians ! I immediately hastened to visit this wonder. The folding-doors of the building stood open, the interior was empty ; large desolate rooms, without furniture, mouldy walls on which the spider wove un disturbed her wide-spread nets, broken wind.ows, a large lizard which scampered through an opening in the wall on my entrance, damp air, and other evident tokens of the ruin that had already began in this only half-finished building, were all that presented themselves to the disappointed curiosity. But what had become of the teachers and their pupils, of the forms and desks which must have once been in this school-house P " None of them ever came in," said the cossack lieutenant, whom I found feeding his horse in the parlour, " when the Emperor visited his provinces beyond the Caucasug they every where wished to make him believe that iuropean civi lisation had begun to take root amongst these wild people, and those attempts at education were warmly encouraged and urged on by our chief officer at Tiflis. This fine house was erected in all haste, and shown to the Emperor as a proof of the extensive plan of the fu ture institution. Teachers were to come from Tiflis for all departments of knowledge, and for every language ; the Armenians and Tatars of all the surrounding country were to be enticed by presents of money to send their children here to learn European school wisdom. This child was to be taught the Bible by the priests, that the maxim of the Koran by the mollahs ; the plan was magnificent, but there was something in it more than met the eye ; for as soon as the Emperor had seen the new school-house, and expressed his satis faction, the hands of the masons and carpenters were suddenly paralysed. Not a ruble more found its way to Pipis for this humane object, and the architect disappeared before his work was finished ; so now we have sha;ed the empty rooms between us. The yard was a convenient place for our stables. My Cossacks laid themselves in the cool halls, in the summer time, when the heat out of doors was unbearable, and instead of the Tartar youths learning to decline matj (mother), and repeat the multiplication table as announced by the plan, the rooms echo nothing but Don songs and Cos sack wit." "This sort of trick is played upon our good Czar everywhere," said another Cossack. " When it was understood that the Emperor was about to visit the shores of the Goktschai, a sailing boat was hastily put together with banks of oars and sails, such as these blue waters had never borne before, lest the Emperor should be angry that so great a lake with so large a population on its shores, should be deprived of the advantages of water communication. On his arrival this was pointed out to him as only the commencement of a Goktschai fleet ; no sooner, however, had he departed from Ar menia, than all thoughts of using the boat for navigation were lost sight of, and probably by this time it has rotted away." This is not an inapt illustration of the system of appearances common throughout Russia.—Augsbarg Gazette. THE ORIGINAL METALLIC TABLET STROP, WITH FOUR SIDES, FOR KEEPING RAZORS IN PERFECT ORDER.-The metallic Tablet was invented by Mr. G. Saunders, of New York, in the year 1816. It combines the properties of both the hone and strop. By its use, that keen, smooth edge to a razor, so necessary to shave with comfort, is obtained and kept, without having re course to any other means. It is the only article of the kind that has been approved of and recommended by the first cutlers of Europe. Gentlemen are respectfully invited to bring a dull razor and test its efficacy before purchasing.—Depot, 278, Strand. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.—" As a repertory of original and diversified fiction this Miscellany has long stood at the head of its competitors. The number of first-rate writers who regularly contribute to it is sur prisingly large, and the selection of alternate gaieties and gravities made, is deserving of general encomium. To the new number just published a star of the first magnitude is added to the galaxy of poets, wits, and romancers who have hitherto shed their lights on Bentley's pages. In addition to Maxwell, Albert Smith, W. Jerdan, Miss Costello, Alfred Crowquill,lDr. W. C. Taylor, Henry Curling, and other luminaries, one has come from the Far West, whose lustre is surpassing, and whose fame is universal. J. Fennimore Cooper, he who has witched the world, old and new, with those un equalled sea stories, "The Pilot," "Red Rover," " The Two Admirals," "Le Feu Pullet," &c., has devoted blamed to the readers of the Miscellany, and hencefor ward they will be duly favoured with the coruscations of his genius. "Captain Spike ; or, the Islets of the Gulf," is the new romance begun by this eminent writer. Judging from the chapter given in the November num ber, we dare promise that its development will be ex citing, its story interesting, and its details instinct with life and reality. We have already made the acquaint ance of Spike himself, Captain of the brigantine Molly Swash, of his crew, and of a couple of those necessary agents in all adventures on shore or at sea, petticoats, one bearing the floricultural name of Rose Budd. Having seen the ladies on board, we behold the clipper looking craft bear away from a wharf of the renowned Yankee city of Manhattan, with tke intent of going through Hell-gate, and, as the devil would have it, we see her miss her mark, and go right bang on the Pot- Rock. The position and movements of the vessel, her captain and her crew, are described with extraordi nary graphic power and nautical knowledge."—Morning Post. PROGRESS OF AMERICA. THE TOWN OF CINCINNATI. A visitor to Cincinnati gives the following description of the extension of the iron and other trades in this flourishing town:— " The iron founderies here are numerous, and some of them immense establishments. The work turned out is as good as in the east, and almost as various in kinds. The steam printing power-press is one of the articles re cently turned out, and the manufacture of locomotives has just been commenced, The framing of models for new wo: k is already a large business, and every new invention from Europe or the east is aimed at with a skill and per severance that is sure to master every difficulty in the way of invention or imitation. Every kind of iron handicraft is wrought, from the colossal wheel to the screw, and from a complete engine to the finest w!re. The rolling mills deal with iron as a carpenter would with pine boards, or a cabinet-maker with the furniture of a parlour. Iron, indeed, is made by machinery to assume all the shapes and forms which the wit of man can devise, and is now as easily worked as wood, and almost with the same expedition. The rapidity of reducing the melted ore to the finest wire will amaze all those who have not seen the process of redaction. Locks, catches, bolts, bars, coffee•mills, kettles of every kind, shovels and tongs, stoves, lamps, large and small engines, sugar•machinery, all the paraphernalia of a private kitchen, or a hard-ware store, are manufactured in quantities suffi cient to supply the west, and with means equal to the wants of the country, it it were necessary. Uncle Sam may soon be supplied with muskets for the western di vision from this quarter, if he desire them, and as for hinges notwithstanding every hinge passes through twenty-seven hands, enough can ba made in a single manufactory here, too hang all the doors in Christendom. Of wire, too, I have seen enough made here, if their were workmen enough for the task, to put a girdle round the earth in forty minutes.' These Mammoth workshops are more valuable than so many mines of gold and silver to the city—they convert the rudest substances into the most useful in ventions. They are, indeed, great utilitarian store houses whence come many of the means of civilisation, the plough and all the implements of husbandry—the wheel and its endless revolutions—the screw and its super human power, the complete machine that cheapens all the comforts and luxuries of life—the many utensils of one's household, and without which what is now easy labour would be the severest servitude—Cincinnati is now the scece, I believe, of every sort of iron manufac ture, and in seeing what is done here in iron alone every day of the week, I have only learned more to be amazed at the enterprise of so young a city, and at the same time more and more to appreciate the goodness of Pro vidence in covering the earth, not only with the fairest fruits and flowers, but in burying beneath its surface what seems to be almost as necessary to one's happy ex istence. " With such a start no city in the west can overtake this, even where there are no local advantages. What is true of iron is true of many other branches of business. Everything is upon the go-ahead principle. If I should write a chapter upon the world of porkdom, and do justice to my subject, you would be more amazed, and hardly credit what one might say of the extent of this and other branches of the provision business here. The uses to which a hog might be put I never dreamed of till I came to Cincinnati. Literally from his tail to his snout, from his hoofs to his bristles, from his blood to his bones, and from his fat to his lean, the hog is a most useful animal. Not so much as a paw or a hair is wasted, and the reforms in this particular are equal to the reforms in any branch of business of this improving and utilitarian world. EPIDEMIC FEVER, FROM BAD DRAINAGE A most important practical illustration of the serious evils that result from bad drainage is furnished by a paper published in a recent number of the Pharmaceutical Times, a journal which seems likely to become of essen tial service to all who desire to apply the discoveries of modern chemistry to arts, agriculture, or manufactures. The town, and especially the vicinity of Nottingham have been lately visited by an epidemic lever, which has raged to such an extent as to excite the attention of the authori ties, who appointed a medical commission to examine the state of certain drains or dykes running from several ma nufactories in the neighbourhood. The manufactories are chiefly engaged in making starch and leather, and the refuse matter from these preparations is discharged'into the various drains which wind through the parish. The matter of these drains has been carefully analysed, and the Commissioners have come to the conclusion that the fever has been produced by pestilential exhalations from these drains, which, being left uncovered and uncleansed, exhale certain noxious gases, the result of decomposing animal and vegetable matters. The analysis of these noxious effluvia, and of the mud from whence they proceed, proves them to be of the same nature as those that abound in a great number of low districts in large towns (including parts of the metropolis) where drainage is wanting, and refuse matter is allowed to remain and rot in the street ; and of the same nature indeed (only more concentrated) as those unplea sant . effluvia to which even well-drained houses (accord ing to the present system of drainage) are subject when ever the river is swollen by rain or high tiles. This latter fact suggests the propriety of considering some scientific and more effectual method of removing sewage matter than permitting it to flow into the river, a plan not less wasteful than imperfect and injurious to public health. In connexien with this subject it may be ob served that an effect quite as injurious to the health, though somewhat of a different kind, is produced by the vap - Jur of damp soils, which, though it may be void of noxious odorous gases (and therefore not so dis coverable), is, nevertheless, a corrupter of the atmos phere, and extremely hurtful to the human economy, when breathed through that medium. Its effect is to produce in certain constitutions an insuff,rable languor and depression of spirits, a sense of extreme wretched ness, and, where the cause is undiscovered and continues to operate (which is constantly happening), a variety of bodily ailments, all characterised by excessive general debility. While, therefore, the subject of sewage drainage is exciting so much attention, it should not be forgotten that soil drainage is quite as essential to the public health. GOODS IN TRANSIT-U. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having had under their eonsideration a communication from the Board of Trade, enclosing a memorial from a Liverpool house, representing the inconvenience attend ing the present practice of opening packages of gocds imported for the purpose of re-exportation, the Commis sioners of the Customs Department have received a com munication from Mr. Parker, one of the Secretaries to the Treasury, to the effect that their Lordships have been pleased to approve of the suggestions contained in the Board's report, and to authorise them, in those cases in which the goods are to be exported from the port at which they have been landed in transits, to direct that the examination should not extend beyond one or two of the packages included in each entry, pro vided the goods be either immediately taken from the iinporting to the exporting vessel, or if landed from the importing vessel, that they be immediately placed in a secure warehouse selected for the purpose, there to remain unopened under the locks of the Crown, until taken out for shipment on board the exporting vessel ; and provided also, that the contents of each. package be specifically endorsed on the warrant ; and that the removal of the goods in each instance take place in charge of the officers of the Crown. No explanatory remarks need be advanced by us of the im portance of this order of the Lords of the Treasury, which is to extend to every port throughout the United Kingdom, and of which the principal officers of the revenue here, and the collectors and comptrollers of the several outports, have been duly apprised, for their information, and the guidance of the officers under their survey in the matter ; its immense advantages will be fully comprehended, and doubtlessly to an equal extent appreciated, by the entire shipping and mercantile trade of the country. The transit trade, especially from the European ports, by way of this country, to more distant quarters of the globe, has of late very greatly increased, so as to form a highly important branch of commercial traffic, and thus afford employ ment for our shipping, and otherwise lead to the most important mercantile resells, and this liberal and bene ficial relaxation of the hitherto strict revenue regula tions in the matter, upon the reasonable conditions mentioned, for the protection of the revenue, must prove of the highest importance and interest. This Treasury order precludes the necessity for application to the Com missioners on the subject, and it will be seen that how ever large the number of packages, one or two only in eash entry are to be examined, although, it should be remembered, that the practice of requiring an indorse ment of the contents of the packages, in the official do• cument before mentioned, is still to be observed. THE MARCH OF INTELLECt.—The following is a verbatim copy of a chimney-sweep's bill, handed in to the trustees of a place of worship in Liverpool, last week:—" The Trustees, &c., to —, Dr. To claning hor are flews, 10s." MELANCIIOLY REVERSE OF FORTIINE.—On Wednes day evening, Mr. Baker hell an inquest at the Olive Branch, Hackney-road, on the body of Mr. Edward Chapman, aged 70, formerly a licensed victualler, residing in Slater-street, Bethnal•green. About four months ago, deceased, who kept the Sun, Slater street, for many years, was obliged •to enter the workhouse. He was there put to the labour of the pump, of which he com plained, as he thought that after having been a rate payer many years, he ought to have been differently treated. Two months subsequently he left, and went to work for his daughter, at No. 13, Old Bethnal Green road. He was unable to earn but about Gs. a week, and was occasionally in want of necessaries, having no paro chial relief. On Monday evening last , while in bed, he suddenly died, death being the effect of the ossification o f the aorta. Verdict—" Natural death." OwnalsVeeidrenuesladtaeyd information of D the ß f l o N l G low n in O g lui r E o ß b l b E e s res the police divisions:—Stolen or lost from the coat pocket of Mr. Henry Aldhouse, of No. 38, Mary-street, Kings land-road, Shoreditch, a pocket-book, containing two Bank of England notes far tool. each, two of 501. each, 100/. in smaller Bank of England notes, and 470/. iu Ipswich bank notes, of venous amounts, all marked " IL A.," in the corner; also a cheque for 301. on Alexander's Bank. Ipswich, and a bill for 291. on Tinney, Clerkenwell, which was overdue. From the person of Mr. Mount, of Picadilly, at the free list entrance of the Atlelphi Theatre, a large thin gold watch. Front the house of Mr. Brown, Belgrave House, Park-road, Peek ham, various articles of value and wearing apparel. From the parlour of Mr. Littlejohn, No. 63, St. George's street, St. George's in the East, a valuable silver watch. F a rgoonaldEto watch, and College, t h ethe igold property chai of one chain attached, of ta t the students, e s t t , n e d n e a n ul ts e , " Fordahm." ..-..,.-... AUS TRALIAN INTERESTS. (From the South Australian Register, June 6.) It is a coincidence some w h a t out of the ordinary course of events, that all the Australias—Eastern, Western,, an d Southern—should have experienced a change in the person of their respective rulers within a few months of each other. Governor Robe has recently succeeded Governor Grey in South Australia ; Governor Clarke has just followed Governor Hutt at Swan River ; and Governor Fitzroy is on his passage to take the place of our own Governor Gipps. Whether these new brooms, one or all, will be distinguished by that clean sweeping for which new brooms are usually valued, time alone can determine. The three colonies, so similar in soil, climate, and pursuits, and so identical in national habi tude and predilections, have so far a community of interests as to require th a t th e same genera l prin ciples of Government, legislative and executive, should be applied to the whole. And, notwithstanding the clamours of some of our owu colonists for political dismemberment, or, as they are pleased to call it," sepa ration," we are inclined to believe, as we have said on former oc msions, that if some system of federal govern• scent could be established, which, leaving each colony to 'native its own peculiar affairs, should exercise a com prehensive supervision over the whole Australian terri • tory, and legislate for what may be deemed national as distinguished from sectional interests, the result would be highly beneficial. There are at least two great interests in which the Australias have a common stake, and with reference to which it is desirable that their administration should be unif orm, an d their efforts in self-defen ce harmonised and combined. The first is immigration. As with the heart of one man, they desire, and, therefore, as with the voice of one man they should call for, and as with the energy of one man seek to pro cure a continuous influx of capitalists and labourers. They alike require this as the essential both to the maintenance of their present well-doing, and to the development of their still dormant resources. Put a stop to immigra tion, and the wheels of th e A ustral i an chariot must stand still, or drag on at a dull and sluggish pace ; give to immigration an impetus, not violent, but adequately brisk, and the progress of A us t ra li an prosper i ty will be rapid and triumphant. With a territory nearly as large as Europe, and larger than the United States of Ame• rice ; with a climate including all the varieties of the tropics and of the temperate zone : and with a seaboard commanding ready access to the treasures of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and to the teeming islands of the Eastern Archipelago, all we want, to give us fair play in laying the foundations of new empires, is, that England should send to us all the capital for which she has no domestic investment, and all the population for which she has no domestic employment. That capital and that popula tion would here germinate, and grow, and expand, and fructify, so as to become an ornament on the face of the earth, and a blessing to the human race. The other great Interest common to the Australias, and upon which, indeed, immigration itself mainly depends, is the land system. Of what avail is it that we are surrounded by these spacious regions, fit for all the purposes of civilised man, if a rapacious Government step in, and what with its extravagant demands for the freehold, and its despotic restrictions upon leasehold, places them be yond the reach of capitalists, whether as purchasers or temporary occupants ? Let the waste lands be offered for sale at prices which men of capital can afford to pay, or for lease upon terms and conditions with which it would be prudent and advantageous to comply, and men and money will flow in abundance. But let a contrary policy be pursued —as, alas !it has been, and is pursued—and men and money will wisely stay at home, as we have bitterly experied for years past. This train of thought has been suggested by the perusal of an article in the Perth (Western Australia) Inquirer, in which is given an extract of a letter written by C. Prin seps, Esq., of Calcutta. This gentleman, atter congratu lating the colonies upon the prospects open to them by the Mauritius market, says—" Believe me, however, nothing will give you an effectual start till you have shaken off the 11. minimum price, which bars all emigra tion to your colony. The Procrustean bed which the two last Colonial Ministers have subjected all Australia to must of course operate to the total exclusion 'bf all absentee capital, and must be got rid of coute qu coute." Upon this extract the editor of the Inquirer has the following excellent remarks, which, so far as they apply to Colonel Clarke, we would sincerely a ppl y to Sir Charles Fitzroy:—" The above i s i n per fect accordance not only with the popular feeling throughout Australia, but with public opinion in all parts, which is now most decidedly in favour of a low Government price for land. For ourselves we are really unaware of the existence of a single newspaper, pe riodical, book, or other print (with the exception of the reports of' the Land and Emigration Commissioners, and the dispatches of Sir George Gipps), which now advocates a contrary opinion. All the recent travellers in New South We s (including Hood and Murray, the latest writers of whom we have any account), have ex pressed themselves warmly opposed to the system of a high uniform price throughout Australia, and have ex posed the evils arising out of it ; nay, we obser-e by a late edition cf " M'Culloch's Dictionary," that ne, too, has become a convert, and exclaims against the folly of expecting that people will give li. per acre for land in Australia, when they can buy it in the valley of the Mis sissippi for a dollar. THE BRITISH AT ADEN. COLONEL MILNER. (From the Maidstone Journal.) The following copy of a letter from a corporal in the 94th Foot, to one of the servants at Preston Ball, Kent, is so creditable to the writer, and bears such undeniable testimony to the amiable character of our kind-hearted neighbour, Colonel 'Milner, and to the love which is de serv,tily felt for him in the regiment, that we have much pleasure in publishing it, as a just and pleasinr , testi mony to his character. Thu letter, too, is in itself highly interesting, and highly chsracteristic of the feelings which animate our gallant defenders egainst whatever odds they may have to contend. " Aden, August 18, 1846. " Your letter I received here on the 21st of June, and nothing gives me more pleasure than to hear that all in Preston Hall are well. Now, before Igo any further, I must not keep you long without knowing that before No vember next you will have the pleasure of seeing the Colonel once more in Preston Hall, as he expects to leave this some time in October next. He has had very bad health here lately, and is fully determined to proceed home—and another reason is, we are on the eve of leav ing this place to proceed to Calcutta, and as he will be in England in about twenty days from the time ho leaves this place, he considers this a very fitting oppor tunity to get two years' leave ; but as he is going- to re main some time in Gibraltar, he may not, perhaps, be able to get home, as I before said, until about November, and I sincerely hope he may arrive there ail right and well. He has already made application to the Com mander-in-Chief of India, for leave of absence for the above period. "W e are now engaged with the enemy ; we are up night and day watching for them. They are a very savage race of people—Arabs as they are ; and the force now against us is considered upwards of 6,000 men, commanded by one of their chiefs, who says he is determined on taking this place. The batteries are man,,ed, and our out-lying pickets on the alert in case of a sudden attack on their side. Every man of ours is under arms from sunset until six the following morning. They attacked our out-lying picket the night before last, in large numbers, but our gallant fellows soon made them retire in double-quick time, with a parting farewell, let ting fly after th m nine field-pieces, and a volley from right to left. Our heavy guns conanued their fire for upwards of an hour, fire-balls thrown, and tar-bar rels burning—and you might plainly see the enemy take their ch ad up as they were cut down by our musketry and artillery, and continued their retreat. This morning a party of horse went outside the wall, and discovered only two of the enemy— one dead and the other wounded mortally. He is now in the hospital, and seems to say that we will in a short time be attacked by upwards of 15,000, and they are commanded by a religious enthusiast. They make sure of destroying every man of us. They are well armed, but it they were a hundred times better, Britons stand before them—and I only hope, as the Colonel is on the eve of going, that he may have an opportunity, as he commands the whole force here, of showing a specimen of his military talents, as I know full well nothing is giving him more pleasure at this moment than our ex pectations of an hourly engagement—and, for my part, I only hope it may be a general one. lam one, these last two nights, that is in charge of the colours, which is counted a very high post. I must not forget letting you know that I am now full corporal, and have been for some time. I am, for my own sake, very sorry in deed to say that the Colonel is going, of which I need hardly tell you all—but again, when I cor.sider, in all probability, the benefit he will derive from it, it cer tainly gratifies me a good deal, and, as he himself re marked, he will come out seven years younger—that time will be looked for by all now in our regiment with the greatest anxiety. i l e m no u u st g n h o t t o fo m r ake forget l m et e ti a ng pr y e o s n ent al e l f k h no is o w n wthathewas kin watch— that he has had in his possession for a num b e r of y ears; keep it as long as I live ; and ) a w k a e y always will hear i always from him during his time in England , . . it came from Maidstone, and f in er aie, h tl is iat s l be short or long, I am sure forget letting me know wherever he is. I --rou must when not he arrives in Englan d. how he gets on with you he will not forget writing to m . e as usual, G., father ' Colonel speaks of the old man. Remember Give my respects to John D.. Mr. and sisters — o ften the me to all friends. I will conclude—God bless you all, and send your true friend safe home, with a happy and prosperous passage when he does proceed. Believe me to remain for ever, yours all sincerely, J. S., Corporal H. M. S. 94th Mgt., Aden, Arabia Felix." A case of considerable importance, it will be recol lected, occupied the notice of the Court of Aldermen a few weeks back, in the charge brought against Messrs. Roches and Co., of serious irregularities in their busi ness as brokers of the city of London. Their transac tions referring to the purchase and sale of railway secu rities, the committee of the Stock-Exchange have taken up the subject, and are about to institute a rigid investi gation into the nature of the complaint. At a meeting of the committee to-day the subjoined resolution con nected with the inquiry was passed:—" The committee having met to investigate the charge of improper dealing on the part of Messrs. Rochas and Son, Mr. Roches, jun., attended, and stated his willingness to enter into a full explanation of the case recently brought before the Court of Aldermen, but having alt.() stated that it was his wish that such explanation should be postponed until his father, who is now on the continent, could be present —` Resolved, That the investigation be postned until the returu of g r . &chap, sen., from the cont inent."'