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port, idsor. New co to 4 29, eyed. W . ,' a )ggt d ph of The ngor, d the DI for , ak on 3.W., )mbo; Y. n Ss.. heats, mplei arceli pplies of et rather 7 for The at the aglish 1,975 Peas. 1, 208 mr. iposed r, sup quali• 3ed in 11 cur- he ex ) coast being d late 3valier Supply week. luta- lollop doing 3 to GM 7a 221 241 61 Ise 61 21S Is uSS 121 351 151 401 10s 350 I3e 361 133 363 161 401 'Tel 431 cis 351 01 350 off the rid for 1, have Rape again ;Ei can Is 43 Is 19, Is 3511 hi 55S is 485 Is 455 3 485 81 58 81 OS 41 lOS 2410‘ stook mport orrel -1850, 1847, 423 i is et stock, r own ,rably ) sea- math The supply of Sheep having exhibited a great falling off, the Mutton trade ruled firm at an improvement in value of 2d per Sibs, and a good clearance was effected. The primmest old Downs realised 4s 6d per 8 lbs. Prime small Calves were scarce, and quite as dear. Otherwise the Veal trade was in a sluggish etate. The top figure for Veal wad 4s per Blbs. We had a moderate inquiry far Pigs, and late rates were well supported. For *lbs. to enk. tho offal. S. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d Inferior Beasts..... 2 2 2 4 Enferlor Sheep •• •. 3 2 3 6 Second quality •• .. 2 G 3 0 Second qual. Sheep 3 8 310 Prime large Oxen.. 3 2 3 6 Coarse-woolledditto3 10 4 0 Prime Scots ...... 3 8 310 nouthdown Wether 4 0 4 2 Large coarse Calves 210 3 6 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Prlme small ditto .. 3 8 4 0 Large Hogs ...... 210 3 6 buckling Calves ..19 0 23 0 Small Porkers • ... 3 8 310 Lambs ........ •. 0 0 0 0 Quarter old Pigs ..17 0 22 0 TOTAL ST7PPLY AT MARKET. Be 25,640 asts. Rheep. I Calve 303 3205. ( Pigs. 5,225 FOREIGN SITI`PLY. Beasts I Sheep. I Calves. Pigs. 2,563 7,010 203 A. Statement and Comparison of the Supplies and Prices o Fat Stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Marko' on Monday, Oct. 6, ISM, and this day, Monday, Oc 4, 1852. Per Blbs., to sink the ofials. Oct. 6, 185 s. d. a. d Coarse and inferior Beasts ... 22 6 2 to 2 2 8 4 Second quality ditto ... ••• • Prime large Oxen 2 10 Prime Scots, ••• ••• ••• 4 2 6 Coarse and inferior Sheep... ... 2 8 210 Second quality ditto ..! ••• 3 0 3 4 Prime coarse-woolled ditto ... 3 6 3 8 Prime Southdown ditto ... 310 4 0 00 0 0 Large coarse Calves ... ••• ..• 2 3 2 Prime small ditto ... ••• ... 3 4 3 6 Large Hogs •• r•• •-• 2 4 3 2 Small Porkers ... 3 4 3 8 Beasts ... 5,051 Sheep and L am b s .. ... 27,090 Calves ... ..• ... 185 Pigs • 5501 SUPPLIES ON SALE, OCT. 7, 1850.—8 sheep, 27,340 ; Calves, 253 ; Pigs, 540. OCT. 8, 1849.-leasts, 4,6`21; Sheep, 27, 234; Pigs, 180. NEWGATE AND Z.EADENHAILL. During last week about 3,500 carcasses of Meat were received from various parts of the country chiefly per railway. With Meat killed in the metropolis we are heavily supplied, but its general quality is very inferior. On the whole the trade is inactive at our quotations. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. o . d. to s. (1. Beef, inferior...... 110 2 2 j Mutton,inferior .. 2 )3 210 - middling .. •• 2 4 2 G middling •• 3 0 3 6 prlmelargo .. 2 8 210 ; prime •• .. 3 8 4 0 prime small .. 3 0 3 4 Pork,largo..•• 210 3 0 Ye tt•• •• ••..•• • • •• 3 0 4 0 - small .. •• .... 3 2 810 BOROUGH AND SPITAMPIELDS. The supplies of home-grown Potatoes continue large, anal in good condition. The imports last week were 178 tons from Dunkirk, 44 sacks from Boulogne, 58 tons from Calais, and 3 baskets from Harlingen. A steady busi ness is doing at full prices. Regents, 80s to 1003; Shaws, 80s to 955; other kinds 35s to 65s per ton. Oct. 4, 1852. s d. 8. d. 2 oto 2 2 2 4 210 30 3 4 36 3 8 30 3 4 3. 6 3 8 310 4 0 42 4 4 00 0 0 28 3 6 38 4 0 210 3 6 3 8 310 5,225 25,640 1 320 :casts, 4,261; ,740 ; Calves, ZIOROD'GR BOP DTANCEZIT. Unusually large supplies of n© Hops are on sale here, chiefly in good condition. There are still numerous hackers of the duty at from 245,0001. to 250,0001. Good useful qualities are in fair request; but all other kinds are dull in sale. Present rates as under :—Farnhams, 1003 to 112 a; Country, 90s to 100 s; Mid and East Rents, 80s to 130 s; Weald of Rents, 76a to 90s; Sussex, 10s to 76s per cw•t. WOL. Most kinds of English an O d Colonial Wool are in im proved request, at full prices; but foreign qualities com mand very little attention. The imports, last week, were 1,200 bales from Port Philip, 32 from Leghorn, 234 from Alexandria, 4 from Rotterdam, 24 from Swan River, 96 bags from Seville, and 282 from Hamburgh. TALLOW. Our market still continues excited, and prices are again on the advance. To-day P.Y.C., cn the spot, is selling at 40s 9d to 41s 6d per cwt. Higher rates are demanded for forward delivery. Town Tallow 4s per cwt, net cash ; rough fat, 2s 3d per Blbs. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. I 1852. Steck this day •....• 20,131 41,860 26,718 34,933 33,519 Price et y, C . 1. t 45 4 5 65 6g. d t 3 0 6 3 57 8 9 0 11 t na tis 6 o d d 3 3 8 9 %1r 40s 9d Delivery last week .. 2,313 2,492 2,004 2,019 2,345 'Alto from June 1.... 32,668 25,355 29,302 28,952 25,944 Arrivals last week 4,055 5,315 5,782 7,809 1,404 Ditto from June 1 ... 45,742 41,742 30,896 27,352 18,835 Price of Town ...... 47s Gcl 39s 6d 415 Od 41s Gd 435 lid sTATESIENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. PETERSBURGH. 1852. 1851. 1650. 1849. T allow dispatched from Cron- Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks. stadt to Sept. 8, 0.9.... •• 21,199 41,056 58,141 69,137 In ships loading and lighters 20,578 29,545 20,470 17,921 Total loaded off, Sept. 10, 0.9. 41,777 70,601 78,611 87,r 61 Loaded off afterwards - 32,860 40,635 31,308 Total at the close of naviga tion 119,246 118,369 London •••• • • • • 12,413 31,266 24,472 25,923 Liverpool 957 4,483 12,912 10,798 Bristol •••• • • • •• • .• 2,147 1,203 3,265 2,803 Other English ports 1,803 1,615 3,377 8,292 Ireland ...... • • 1,503 631 2,942 4,005 Scotland .... •••• •• •• 110 250 2,027 3,051 Germany ••• • •. 2,276 1,608 6,721 8,008 2,425 6,265 I 21,199 41,056 58,141 69,137 MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY). DARING ROBBERY.— William Taylor, an ill•looking Young fellow, was brought before Mr. Bingham charged with having stolen a silver watch, the property of Mr. Alexander Stoepel, professor of music, 22, Paddington street, Manchester-square. It appeared from the evidence of prosecutor, that on S sturday night he was standing in Tichborne-street, listening to the strains of a band of American musi cians, when he felt a sharp tug at his watch-guard, and on putting his hand to the latter he missed the watch produced He immediately raised an alarm, and the prisoner, whom he had previously noticed standing close by his side, ran off, and suspecting him to be the thief lie (witness) followed as fast as he could, as far as JFraayn-street, where (the prisoner) was stopped and given in charge. A witness who was proceeding close by where the prisoner was stopped, proved seeing him throw the watch away. Witness subsequently pick e d it up, and gave it to the constable. The prisoner, who denied the charge, was committed for trial. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST Traffic —Week ending Oct. 2, 1852 . ... £14,481 0 5 Traffic —Week ending Oct. 4, 1851 ... 14,772 17 4 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 196,220 1 11 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 210,699 1 0 Total number of Passengers—Week ending Oct. 2, 1852 ... 85,145 Passengers ..£11,669 9 4 Goods 2,811 11 1 Total .. £14,481 0 5 Total miles open, 1852, 17314; ditto, 1861, 173 1 / 4 . London Terminus. Oct. 4, 1852. DRITRY-LANE THEATRE. Poor Old Drury ! After the vile experiment that endured for five nights in July last we had hoped that no will o' the wisp manager would have revived the sorry game, but " one fool makes many," and on Saturday night the house opened with a company— and such a company, of the illustrious obscure. Richelieu was the play selected for massacre. The Cardinal was represented by an actor of whom, despite his failings, it is but just to say that he took the part on a very short notice, and displayed earnest ness ; so let him pass. The De Mauprat holds eminent rank in " the awkward squad," and the Barad as felicit ous l y i m i tates i n vo i ce the drone of a bagpipe. The impression produced altogether on the audience was one of a very grievous nature, and it was capped by a Benet Divertissement, perpetrated in fifth-rate style, which sent them home at midnight with rueful countenances. Th ere were two redeem ing features of the night ; a very good orchestra, and the clever gymnastic represent at i on of the Brothers Buislay. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Milliners for the "Wanted 1,000 Spirited Young Gold Diggings is truly " a new and original farce, principal male c h aracters andfriend, Torn by Stirli ng C oyne ." The are Joe B eggs (Mr. Hoskins), his Tipton, a me di ca l s tudent (Mr. Compton). These two worthies are d e termined on a frolic, and Joe Bagwa, the lawyer's clerk, gets his master , MreiSnined gleton (Mr. B en d er ), out of the way, 19 .y n a feigned lette r f rom a country cl i ent. Th e coast Del he opens his great project, which is to post bills, .g cleared, some ann mincin g th a t 1,000 spirited young m i lliners are warted for th e go ld di gg i ngs. " This Tom Tipton performs for him, and it s success is immediately proved by the rush of numerous applicants. To receive th em , B iggs an d Ti pton h ave assume d f e male attire, and the fun was greatly enhanced by the clever Personation of such pleasant actors, who each repre sented a different type of antiquated womanhood. Evi• deuc es of manhood presiding over the establishment are found in eveyy cupboard and on every shelf, and hoots, razors, and trowsers rouse alarming suspicion, till at last, du ring the temporary absence of the mil liners, the pseudo ladies are detected indulging in PiPes and tobs.cco. This brings matters to a climax ; the fraud is detected, and female vengeance aroused ; ari a llea dies e.nd scissors become fearful implements in the hands of the enraged nymphs. The indignant master , discovering he also has been hoaxed, returns at this critical moment, and vows vengeance ; but an incipie nt liaison having been discovered between him and or eof the young ladies, he purchases secrecy by a gem oral pard on and a champagne: supper for the entire party. The spirit of the farce is very cleverly sus tai, led, and it was played amidst a continual roar, tha t e nded in vehement approbation, which pro non ,raced it a triumphant success. ( IaTY OF LONDON THEATRE. L'his truly elegant house opened on Saturday last for the season, with a well-selected company, and was fin( d to the ceiling; the opening drama being the _E? *rant ; or, the Old World and the New. There ar , s several excellent additions to the company, and M iris Wallack, niece of the celebrated James Wal la( :k, made her first appearance. She has a good TUE SUN, voice and person, and acted the part of Nora with energy and natural pathoz. Mr. Travers, from Sad. ler'sWells, enacted her lover, and did all that could be done with the part entrusted to him. Mr. James Worrell, many years a member of the Haymarket and Adelphi, seems to have carved out a new line of business. He was the villain of the piece, Flatsnake, and acted with discrimination and judgment, while his dress was artistic to a degr ee . H e w ill prove a great acquisition at this theatre. In fact, all the actors did their best towards the success of the drama, and it and they were decidedly successful. Much praise is due to Messrs. Johnstone and Nelson Lee. The house has been newly painted and decorated, and the East enders ought to be proud of such a splendid theatre, which might vie with many of our West•end establishments. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GENERAL VISCOUNT HARDINGE, G.C.B. MY LORD,—To have been the friend of Wellington, his companion end associate in the field, and at the council table, was ind e ed honour sufficient for any Englishman , but to have been selected by her Most Gracious Majesty to perform henceforth " all matters respecting her Maj,sty's military service which have heretofore been transacted by his Grace the late Com mander-in-Chief," must suroly, my Lord, be more than enough to satisfy the highest point of your mili tary ambition. Upon the important and sacred duties that this office will entail upon your Lordship to perform, it is, lam sure, unnecessary here to dwell ; you must feel their full force with every pulsation of your heart, and every nerve you have must be vibrating with emotion each time you place yourself in the old warrior's chair as you think about them. The result, however, of the well or ill performance of your work can only be shown in the hereafter by the moral and social condition of the army. You cannot, my Lord, raise its military renown one iota. It has long reached the highest point, and long may it remain there. Give our sol diery what arms you please, no sort of victory can add to their fighting glory ; but Wellington and Na poleon have left nothing to be done by their succes sors to show the courage or the prowess of the troops they led. It required the physical force of more than whole of Europe, involving Great Britain in an enor mous debt, before the French army could be checked in its career of victory—and the navy of the British empire, what can it do that will ever surpass its ancient or modern exploits? As regards crime, however, particularly drunkenness, much, I am sorry to say, remains yet to be done in the British service. Has it not struck your Lord ship that the proper moment has arrived for an at tempt at least being made to instil a higher tone of feeling amongst the soldiers, and to try if it is not possible to banish that much-felt stigma—corporal punishment—from our military code ? The question of its abolition has, as we all know, been much con sidered and canvassed, and by many officers corporal punishment has been considered as indispensable in the British army. To me it appears that we have now a favourable opportunity to get rid of it. Can not, my Lord, the respect, the love, the veneration even that attaches to the name of Wellington, be made the means to so desirable an end? Many a soldier, who does not and will not fear the lash as a punishment—and I have known many receive it without a cry or a word—such men would greatly dread to be in any other way degraded before their comrades--if deprived of the power of showing their courage and endurance under pain. Cannot, then, the name of Wellington be made the instrument of reformation to the evil-doers in the army ?—can it not clear our defaulter book of all disgraceful mili tary crimes ? I think it can—and I speak from long experience in looking after soldiers. To accomplish this I would suggest, that a medal be struck, having on one side the words " Truth—Wellington—Duty," and let the other side be left blank ; thus after any fixed period of service—say five years—of a soldier per formed without trial by a court-martial, let him have his name and number engraved upon it. Let this be his badge of honour—let it be placed on his breast in front of his regiment, by his commanding officer's own hands. If, after once he is in possession of this medal, he should unfortunately commit himself, so as to deserve corporal punishment—and who may not fail some day ?—let him be brought out before his comrades, and with all the preparations for corporal punishment, the lash even shown him—then let the name of Wellington, whilst it screens the army in general, by preventing the actual infliction on one of its members of this disgusting punishment—let it also be the means of giving the individual offender a chance of redeeming his lost character, by forcing him to dwell with feelings of gratitude and of pride on the memory of that great man, whose name alone must ever prove a safeguard and tower of strength for the Throne, the institutions of the country, and the integrity of the empire. Let the medal be taken from the offender's breast and returned to the War-office, and only restored to him after com plete repentance and improvement to be shown in a continuance of good conduct for three years—and let every soldier who may be in possession of one of those medals on discharge have any other reward or honour conferred on him that his Sovereign and his country may think fit. I have named five years at first, because I think that no medal ought to be given until there is just reason to hope that it will never be forfeited—and because I consider that no commanding officer would have recourse to corporal punishment to support dis cipline until every other means and power he had at his command had been exhausted in the attempt to correct his men ; and if everything else is tried, if all officers and non-commissioned officers strictly and kindly perform their duty, making all proper allow ance for th e o ff ences o f y o ung soldiers—in short, acting up to the spirit of that kind and benevolent Commander-in-Chief, Lord Hill's letter then do I feel sure that the Wellington medal will be worn by every soldier in the service— and many a dare-devil fellow, who would not dread the lash, will d rea d th e di s grace and dis honour of losing what w ill h ave b ecome more valu able to him than his life—he will bear about the proof that he is a good citizen and a good soldier, that he has followed the example left him by the greatest commander England has ever known, and in the day of battle he would sooner surrender his life than allow a single Wellington medal to fall into an enemy's hands. It will not be then around his colours alone that the British soldier will rally, but every fallen comrade's medal will be to him a barrier to retreat, and when the advance was sounded, the medal suspended at the breast of the leading soldier, would prove the guiding star to victory or death to all his companions in arms ; for all will feel that they carry about them not only the honour of England but the spirit of Wellington. Truth, Wellington, and Duty will become the invincible watchwords of the army, and punishment become unknown ; for every medal; that is given away will remind the soldier of those two great virtues upon which the high and noble character of Wellington was formed—love of truth and faithful performance of duty, qualities which cause England and its Sove reign to mourn as much for the man as for the hero, and which have commanded the respect and esteem of all foreign nations. The sword has fallen from mighty hands—England has lost her master mind—we ne'er shall look upon his like again, but supported, my Lord, as you will be by every soldier, and united as all Englishmen must be in defence of the rights of the Crown and the in stitutions and safety of the country, let us hope that the British army will not, at all events, degene rate, nor wisdom entirely desert our councils.—l have the honour to remain, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient servant, AN OLD SOLDIER. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN MEETING AT AIR-FRIDAY. The dm i r r iri s:i a r l e ii H m an A dicap of 10 sovs, each, h ft, and 50 Captain aiillaurdle .S added. Two miles. (6 Subs.) nton's Hippolytus, Key's Little Jack, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (Oates) 1 me, 4 yrs, 7st 71b Mr. Lor 2 3 o b y y s . a each, head. and 50 added. Two 3 miles Mr. Spiers as , over eight hurdles. (4 Subs.) Captain Benedict, Newreail aged, 11st 71b (Thrift) 1 Mr. Boston's Tar' Flight, list 71b Lord Ailsa's Chameleon,tar I lot 7lb 3 , list 71b VP en by The Free Handicap o f -6 two lengths. miles over hurdles (3 Susbays. each, and 25 added, two Hunter's Roman Chal, 11;), was won easily by Mr. Tartar and Maid of the weit t . 81b (Mr. Scott), beating YORKSHIRE UNION R IJN WEDNESDAY NEXT.—Entries for the MEETING. Hunt Stckes, 10 soul. each, and 504 Yorkshire Union tak.es onvvfn;n6 yrs, Bat 71b Acomb, aged—Agis, aged—Garfo4edi Two miles. 5 yrs— Peg Top, aged—Burndale, 3 Yrs—Sweep, yrs—Sir Robert, 5 yrs. Match for 50 sovs. Priory Stag agat Bb Tally Ho Stak es. Two miles. Butcher. Master Begot, View Halloo, Peg Top, Squire of Mal_ ton, Quiz, Little Queen, T ordesillas, Sailor, Sir R obert. Scurry Stakes. Black Eyed Susan, 3 yrs, (201.) Priory Stag, aged, (201.) Sweep, 5 yrs, (801.) Snowdrop, 3 yrs, (801.) - - DEATH OF SIR JUKES GRANVILLE JUKES CLIFTON, BART.—The death of the above gentleman took place on Friday evening, at his ancestral seat, Clifton Ball, Notts. The deceased Baronet had been for a considerable time in a declining state of health. He is succeeded by his son, now Sir Robert Clifton. ADVANCE OF WAGES.—It is gratifying to be enabled to state that the Messrs. Bailey, of Nantyglo, have volun tarily announced to their six or seven thousand workpeople that wages would be advanced in a month from Monday last. '1 he cheering news has spread great joy throughout this important district.—.2l/oinnauth Merlin. - --• A tragical event has occurred in Perla. Mr. Saville Morton, one of the correspondents of the Daily News, has lost his life by the hand of a former friend—Dlr. Bower, who was impelled to the fatal act by jealousy. _ LONDON, -THE MAGAZINES, &c. BLACKWOOD. _ Bulwer's wonderful " Novel"—not only, in many respects, one of the most remarkable of the author's productions, but also, to our thinking, one of the most extraordinary fictions in the range of our national literature—is manifestly fast approaching the period of its termination. For complication and entangle ment of plot we know scarcely anything more sur prising, unless, indeed, it be the marvellous lucidity of its unravelment. " Vanity Fair" upon its very title page claimed for itself the merit of originality for inasmuch it was " without a hero"—poor Dobbin being scarcely less unworthy of the title than young Osborne, most selfish sad empty-headed of coxcombs. The work with which Sir Bulwer Lytton has been long adorning the pages of Blackwood has the more elevated merit of possessing more heroes and heroines than one can very readily enumerate. Heroes—any one of them sufficient to secure interest to the ordinary three-volumned romance might be found, for example, in warm-hearted, thoughtless Frank Bazle - dean, in clever, unprincinled Randal Leslie, in the gentle poet, Leonard Fairfield, in the hard statesmen, Audley Egerton, and best of all, in the loveable dreamer, Harley, Lord L'Estrange—to say nothing even of that grand portraiture of the ruined genius, John Burley, of the silky usurer, Baron Levy, of the dissipated roué, Count Peschiera, of gentle Parson Dale, of bluff Squire Hazledean, and of Doctor Riccabocca, the good, the wise, and the generou', or, as he is now proved to be, Alphonso, Prince of Monte leone and Duke of Serrano ! What a catalogue ! Then of heroines have we not abundance—from the brilliant Violante to the gentle Helen, from the Squire's " Harry" to the Parson's "Carry," from the dead Nora to the living Jemima—and so on through the whole motley concourse, showing the Varieties of English Life among the gentler as well as among the sterner sex of the present generation ? But the story draws on to its conclusion, and we are breathless for the denouement. Harley—transformed by the emotions of Revenge—is collecting all the principle characters of the work at Lansmere. And so ends the masterly instalment of "My Novel" in the October number of Blackwood, the last incident being the news of the sudden dissolution of Parliament. Another "con tinuation" is the fourth instalment of" Katie Stewart" —a domestic tale of Scottish Life, which is gaining, we doubt not, upon the interest of many hundreds, as it is upon our own. Whoever the writer may be— (can it be Aytoun ?)—he has evidently a poet's feeling for nature and a poet's knowledge of the human heart. " Are there not Boasters among Us ?" is the title of a paper penned manifestly by one who can sympathise to the full with those abominable vaga bonds the Iconoclasts. Everything is a mockery to him—possibly we may presume himself included. A second part is give❑ in Ebony this month of the biographical criticism on Lord Jeffrey, and the maga zine also contains a brief but eulogistic notice of the death of the Duke of Wellington. Besides a re view of Werne's " Journey to Mandera," Black wood has a thoughtful analytical notice of M. Guizot's volumes upon Corneille and Shakspere. TAIT'S EDINBURGH. " The Governments of Continental Europe" are continued in the present number, this month's instalment relating to Spain. The virtual national bankruptcy of this magnificent country, the geographical position of which is, perhaps, superior to that of any kingdom of Europe, is strongly animadverted on. From its unwise and impolitic commercial code it may be regarded as the very paradise of smugglers. Entire districts live by the illicit trade, and the transition thence to regular highway robbery, or to the bandit system, is easy and natural. The ecclesiastical despotism—utterly incompatible with civil and political liberty, with intellectual and religious freedom—is also exposed. The continuation of " Norman Hamilton" is worthy of the preceding chapters. "A Few Words upon Beards" must also prove deeply interesting to all votaries of the " monarch beard," who by their present devotion to " the martial moustache," the haughty imperial, or the daily expand ing whisker, proclaim their adhesion to man's " distinguishing," as it is his " most ancient and honourable, appendage." "The Beet Sugar Manu facture, its introduction into Ireland," is also well worthy of notice. The same may be said of several other well-written papers that appear in this month's number of our liberal North British contemporary. BANKER'S. We have here a second article on what has been termed " Dangerous Life Assurance." The admi rable pamphlet of Mr. B. H. Strousberg is largely quoted from in the present number, as well as the very able brochure of Mr. W. Swingy, which appears to us completely to rebut the charge brought forward of want of ade quate security for the satisfactory liquidation of the liabilities of the junior establishments. The excellent paper on the " Laws of the Currency of Ireland." read by J. IV. Urilbart, Esq., before the statistical section of the British Association, on the 23 of last month, is inserted. There are also some " Strictures on Scotch Banking," and an interesting account of the " Financial Position of the Great Western Rail way." The usual notice of " Banking and Com mercial Law" for this month relates to the dealings of bankers with married women—a very important an interesting branch of the subject. There is also a more than average amount of commercial intelligence, which must prove exceedingly useful to the readers of this well-conducted magazine. SPORTING REVIEW. There are two excellent engravings in the presen t number—of Margerette—celebrated in the annals of coursing, and own sister to Marmosette and Mock ing-Bird—and also " The Thames Regatta—the start from Putney." " Craven" gives an admirable acc ount of the " Racing in September," showing that twenty years' experience referred to in his noti c t has been taken due advantage of. "Doncaster Doing s, b y Ern " Gayhurst," is something in the same style , but well worthy of perusal by those devoted to our national sport. " Red Deer Hunting in the New Forest," " s P " The Mist and the Moor." " The Sportsman roest - gress," "The Unsuccessful Man," and Atherby," will also attract much attention. The number is in every respect exceedingly well got U. in the best .. ,_ THE DODD FAMILY ABROAD. li - eilny Dodd Harry Lorrequer "is himself again. , " The Correspondence of the different respective Mensuers o f the Distinguished Family" is again style of Charles Lever, new facile princeps as the first living delineator of Irish characfer—.miss Dodd, Mrs. Dodd, Betty Cobb, and his vari himself, all reveal their feelings to their friends. Poor Kenny's lamentations over ous misfortunes—the jealousy; or Pretended jealousy of the fair Jemima, occas ioned by a che que to his lawyer, a certain Monsieur Marie Jean de Ras. tense, whom she believes to be A Madlie. " M ary Jane," and the numerous lawsuits in wi 1 ni between leaartiohweduhee through rhns green peas e i 1 ahh n e ii ne - ss in volved. He certainly does not appear disco vered the economy of leaving s_b o d r a o t e u o k — s h results of ef thehis had his own " mutton and tur p ni ° p d s peas for nothing," for a residence on the continent. the fair is- There is a vein of sound sense runnti:_g who our have abl able enjoyeduu r, who epistle, sayings wahnidchdosiheogwes and de the e st difference injurious i f n or im m a er subservience to " the white sergeat productions There are revelled in the witticisms of Mickey Free, who will not anxiously look out for the new instalment from his pen, and it is sufficient to say th at they will not be in any degree disappointed with the contribution now under notice. MISCELLANEO us. s M a gazine is dull er th an usua l , merit of bre v it y . Th ere i s The Gentleman' poor r specting the R a i sers an d th e i r because it is more transc endenta l. The article on s L o e m ib e n e i a tz rio h u a a s m th a e tter p characteristics, and some graceful remark s upon Pope—a poet who is one of the paramount rulers in English literature. We protest, however, against the critic's assumption that, because two poets have similar expressions, the later writer necessarily bor rowed the ides, or the turn of thought, from the elder. The third number of the Englishman's Ma gazine disappoints us. We think well of the at tempt to bring down the price of magazines, but then their quality must not be brought down also. There is too much carping here at eminent men. Disraeli, Dickens, and Ali son are not to be sneered down so easily as some of the " unappreciated" may fancy. Lawson's Mer chant's Magazine opens with a clever plea in favour of young Life Assurance Companies, which contains a great deal of truth. We also notice a well writ ten paper on City Architecture, which has the merit of being too brief. There is a great collection of statistical information on subjects of commerce, which will be of much use to mercantile men. This maga zine may now be considered as firmly established in public favour. The Farmer's Magazine rejoices, as is its wont, in the progress of agriculture, and no pe riodical has contributed more efficiently to the advancement of this good cause. The best article is Mr. Rowlandson's on the " Science of ,l'ltinuring." The remarks on " The Effects of the tve Gold Fields on Agriculture" are extremely in genious and practical. In the Eclectic Review a very good memoir of the famous Admiral Blake is ' founded on Mr. He pwor th D ixon's t somewhat he has hasty and verbose biography. There is a clever vindication of Shaks pere s personal character from un founded remark s of M. Guizot. Some verses—of the nursery rhyme class —called " Quiet Hours, by a Little Brother and S . t " er, receive as much paise as any but an Eclectic critic would give to the poetry of Coleridge or Tennyson. The lines on a" Shetland Pony," quoted " as giving indication of various kinds, which we hope may hereafter make itself felt and MONDAY EVENING, OCTOB ER 4, known in the productions of riper years," is sufficient to show how juvenile mediocrity is . puffed. We give the first and the last verse : .‘ Black Billy! my pony, My infancy's pet, I've lost thee for ever, But I cannot forget, " Thou dost not, my pony, Remember me stili, Or those joyous rides O'er woodland and hill." This is sad stuff. On the other hand, we have read the article on the capabilities and prospects of Australia with much pleasure and advantage. It is lucid, explicit, and full of facts. The Church of England Magazine contains its wonted quantity of religious literature, which, if not very brilliant, is written with an excellent purpose. Mr. Joseph Fearn's Hymns for Sundays strike us as wanting the simplicity and the earnestness of sound and trust ing Christian faith. Dr. Forbes Winslow's Journal of Psychological Medicine, published quarterly, is distinguished for the value and variety of its papers. The subjects in the present number include information relating not only to this country, but alto to France, Germany, and America. The paper on " Homicidal Monomania," with its curious anecdotes and illustrations is deeply interesting. We think highly, also, of theremarks on and " Statistics of Crime and Prisoners." The present number concludes the fifth volume of as useful a work as medical science and jurisprudence were ever benefited by. The Ladies' Companion opens with a compilation, by the late Lady Blessing ton, called a " Memoir of Madame Geoffrin," an almost forgotten contemporary of Marmontel. This memoir is not worth publication. Mrs. Newton Crosland's stanzas, " Helena, " evidently would not have been written but for the appearance of Mrs, Brown ing's remarkable poetry. Mrs. Crosland writes prose very gracefully, but her verses are—verses. She rarely pours out her soul in song :—it is the differ ence between water pumped up, and water spontane ous gushing through the flowers. We admire the American stories and sketches in this magazine ; they give it interest and value. Mrs. Abdy's Irish is well set off by the foil of Mr. W. H. Lovell's un musical Manz Legend. The criticism in this maga zine is good, and agreeably conveyed in the form of conversation. The present is by no means a good average specimen of the work, but even this is by many degrees better than when it was successively in the hands of Mrs. Loudon and Mr. Henry Chorley. Sharp's London Magazine, the British Journal, the Charm, the Picture Pleasure Book, and Newton's London Journal have also come to hand. Mrs. S. C. Hall is :about to become the editress of Sharp's 1 London Magazine. NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE. PORTSMOUTU, SUM: IY.-It is reported here that her Majesty has graciously signified her pleasure that the name of the leviehan line-of-battle ship Windsor Castle, 140, shall be changed to that of "The Duke of Wellington," in token of her .Majesty's high es teem for the memory of that lamented hero. This resolve on the part of the Queen will be universally applauded, as we have nothing bearing the name of the deceased but two wretched old 74's (the Welling ton and Wellesley). By the death of Rear-Admiral of the Red William Fisher, which occurred on Thursday last, the follow ing promotions take place :- Rear-Admiral of the White, William Fitzwilliam Owen, to the Red squadron. Rear-Admiral of the Blue, Sir D avid Dunn, K.C.H., to the White squadron. Captain William James Mingaye, Jan. 29, 1822, to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. The following is O'Byrne's epitome of Rear-Ad niiral Mingaye 8 services :- " William James Alingaye entered the navy Sept. 16, 1796, as a volunteer, on board the Anson, of 46 guns, Captain Philip Charles Durham; and in the course of the ensuing month was present, we believe, at the defeat of the squadron under Commodore Bompart, carrying troops for the in►asion of Ireland, and (in company with the Kangaroo, 18) at the capture, with a loss to the Anson of 2 killed and 13 wounded; of Lo Loire, of 46 guns and 664 men (including troops), 46 of whom were killed and 71 wounded. After an attendance of some time upon the King off Weymouth, lie accompanied Capt. Durham, in Febru ary, 1801, into the Endymion, 40, in which ship, besides assisting at the capture of La Furio, privateer, of 14 guns, he escorted a convoy of ten Indiamen home from St. Helena. In 1802 he became in succession attached to the Alarm and Amazon frigates, both commanded by Captain William Parker; and on next joining the Mag nificent, 74, Captain William Henry Jervis, he was wrecked on the Black Rocks off Brest, in March, 1804. On February 8, 1805, having in the interim served with Captain Jervis on board the Tonnant, 80, he was nomi nated sub-lieutenant of the Tickler, gun-brig, Lieu tenant Commander John W. Skinner, stationed off Bou logne, where he remained until presented with a lieu tenant's commission, dated July 6 following. Joining then the Belligerent, 64, Captain Hon. George Byng, he served on shore with the naval brigade, under that officer, at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope, in January, 1806; after which he was, it appears, ap pointed, June 10, 1806, to the Bombay, alias Ceylon, 32, Captain Wm. Jones Lye, on the East India station, whence he invalided, August 10, 1809-March 19 and December 31, 1812, to the Cossack, 22, and Druid, frigate, both commanded in the Mediterranean by Cap tain Wm. King, with whom he continued until July 5, 1813,-and March 5, 1816, and July 21, 1817, as senior, to the Eridanus, 36, and Royal George yacht, Captains Win. King and Hon. Chas. Paget, each em ployed on home service. As commander, a rank he attained Oct. 2, 1817, Captain Mingaye served, from Oct. 1, 1818, until paid off in January, 1822, in the Cameleon, 10, on the Portsmouth station. He waa ad vanced to post rank on the 29th of the month last men tioned; became acting captain, July 23 ensuing, of the Royal George yacht; obtained command, in July, 1824, of the Romney, 50, annee-en-flute, fitting at Chatham; and, from Jan. 8, 1825, until the abolition of the service in 1831, was in command of the Hyperion, 42, lying in Newhaven Harbour, on the establishment of third-rate, for the purposes of the extended coast blockade." Retired Captain Sir Charles Burrard, Bart. (Jan. 29, 1832), being senior as a commander to Captain Mingaye, also succeeds to his retired flag rank under the terms of the order in council of 1846. Captain Norwich Duff (April 23, 1822), A.D.C., is now the senior captain on the active list. Captain R. F. Rowley comes within the senior list of 14s. Gd. per diem, and Captain N. Corry succeeds to the 12a. 6d. per diem half-pay list. Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joscelyne Percy, C. 8., the Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, has returned from the Continent, and has re-hoisted his flag in the Wa- terloo, 120. - Rear-Admiral Superintendent Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8., struck his flag last night on boardg of the Neptune, 120, Portsmouth Harbour, and proceeded on a month's leave of absence. We understand that the duties of admiral superintendent will be per formed during the Admiral's absence by Captain Henderson, C. 8., of the steam-reserve squadron. Captain B. Martin, C. 8., of the Victory, has re• turned from a month's leave of absence. The officers and crew of the Arrogant, 36, screw frigate, before paying off, subscribed a day's pay each towards the fund for the relief of the Birkenhead widows and orphans, which has been received by the secretary. The committee met at the Royal Naval College, on Saturday last, and relieved a number of persons who lost relatives in that unfortunate ship wreck. The SO-gun frigate Leander is to be paid off at Portsmouth on her arrival, and to be recommissioned at once. _ Commander G. B. Jeffereys, late flag-lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Dixon, is appointed to the Royal Naval College for study. Letters from Ascension to the Bth of August have been received. The Cygnet, 8, Commander White, sailed from St. Helena on the 25th of July for Cape Lopes and St. Thomas's. The Water witch, 8, Commander Gardner, arrived at St. Helena on the same day, and was to sail on the 3d of August for St. Paul de Loando. The Prometheus steam•sloop, Commander Foote, left St. Helena on the 31st of July, and arrived at Ascension on the 7th of August, and was to sail in a few days for the Bights as " senior officer." This vessel is reported to have been the sickliest vessel on the coast of Africa since the fatal Eclair. Lieutenant Arthur Fox died on board of her at sea of apoplexy on the sth of August, and was buried at Ascension with full honours. The celebrated Meg era iron steam troop ship, ' A Artillery y ur on to coal. Commander John Johnson, arrived yest erda y from Woolwich on her way to the North Ame rica and West India station, and came into She has two companies of Royal for Barbadoes. A Swedish yacht, called the Svriege, arrived at Portsmouth last week, and has been sailing about for the last few days. She was hauled up on Mr. White's patent slip, at Portsmouth, yesterday, and has caused much attention. She is ,built nearly on the lines of the famous yacht America, and rigged like her, but not finished off so nicely. She is above 100 feet in length, and of great beam, has a long sharp, over hanging bow, and a long keel, which will be further increased by her receiving now a false keel of ten inches aft, tapering to nothing forward. Her draft of water was about seven feet forward and 12 or 13 feet aft ; her masts are very taunt, the mainmast about 90 feet ; both masts are fished to strengthen them, which disfigures them somewhat. Like the America she has considerable sheer, and turns up for ward ; she has not yet been measured, but by the old measurement will probably be nearly 300 tons bur den. She is quite new. Her builder, a Swedish gentleman, has a barque building on similar lines in Sweden. The Svriege is, it is said, to sail against the America. The latter yacht is in Portsmouth harbour, and has been occasionally in and out for the last week. So soon as the Svriege has received her false keel she will be again launched from Mr. White's slip. Her crew are all Swedish seamen. Avon steam-tender, Master Commander Veitch, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning with super numeraries from Plymouth. She sailed again in the evening on her return. Ajax, 56, steam guard-ship, Captain M. Quin, went out of dock at Portsmouth on Saturday. She will be completed by the dockyard by the 10th inst. Her crew will have the customary 14 days' leave, when she will probably return to Cork. Blenheim, 60, screw-ship, Captain Henderson, C. 8., is gone into dock to have a leak stopped, which was occasioned, we understand, by her screw going down by the run when out on her cruise. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 3.—The Lords of the Admiralty are expected to arrive at this port on Thursday next, the 7th instant, for the purpose of making their first official inspection. The Tortoise lighter arrived on Thursday from Pembroke with the caulkers sent from Devonport to work on the Windsor Castle. Twenty shipwrights and two labourers were ex amined by the surgeon on Friday, preparatory to superannuation. The schooner Alpha, Captain Hunter, belonging to Mr. Charles Roberts, of Sunderland, put into Ply mouth on the 28th ult. in a most disabled state. She registers 102 tons, and left Escumbrere and Faro on the 27th of August, with lead and cork for Leith and Newcastle. On the 17th of September, in lat. 46.30 north, long. 14.35 west, she experienced a gale from east south-east, and shipped a heavy sea, which washed two hands overboard, cleared two-thirds of her deck load, and carried away bulwarks, stanchions, bill. nacle, watercasks, chain-plates, &c. In this condition the master was left with the mate and one seaman only (the complement being five bands), and after cutting away the mainsail and gear to save the masts, he was compelled, with the other two, to keep seven hours at the pumps to save the vessel from sinking, and he managed, by great exertion, to bring the shattered ship, without further help, safely into port. The two men drowned a re supposed to have been washed away while relieving the helm. One was a native of Ports mouth, James M'Dougal, the other a Scotchman, Alexander Robertson. The American merchant-ship Franklin King, 1,108 tons register, belonging to Thomastown, Maine, was towed into Plymouth on th e I s t inst. She left St. John's, New Brunswick, on the 15th of August, with 490 standard deals and palings, bound to London. On the 17th of September, in lat. 47 deg. 30, min., long. 20.25 W., wind E.N.E., she was, at three o'clock in the morni ng , h ove t o un d e r close-reefed main topsail ; at twelve at noon a heavy sea from E.S.E. struck her lee bow, broke in the forecastle , and washed the contents of the cabin out of the win dows. At five P.M. she was completely waterlogged. During the day two barrels of bread and a cask of LITERAT URE. TEGG'S CONCERTINA PRECEPTOR. This appears to be a worthy companion to the " Preceptors" already published for learners of the violin, flute, pianoforte, and accordion. By prac tising the exercises and scales, and ;he selection of popular music contained in its pages, Eny person may speedily attain a proficiency in the above-named fashionable instrument. It is compiled and arranged by J. F. Haskins, Member of the Royal Conservatory of Music, at Paris, and editor of the Geneuphonic Theory of Music. EWING'S PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION. The thirtieth edition of this well-known compila tion has come out, with great revisions and improve ments, by Mr. F. B. Calvert, of Edinburgh. New Selections, most judiciously culled from our best writers have been added, while none of the standard beauties, have been removed. The volume is just what it professes to be, one calculated to assist the teacher, and to improve the pupil, in reading and recitation. SHARP'S NEW GAZETTEER OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. The ninth part of this truly national work ad vances as far as the article " St. Helier." When completed it will yield in utility to no work of the same nature that has ever been undertaken. SHOWELL'S TRADESMAN'S CALCULATOR. A new edition of this useful little pocket volume, re-edited by C. 0. Rooks, has just been published by Tegg and Co. It is invaluable to all provision dealers, and especially so to butchers, as it exhibits at one view the prices of meat, calculated by the stone of 8 lbs. THE NEW EQUILATERAL TRIANGULAR TELE GRAPH. This invention of Mr. Henry Dempster strikes us as excellently adapted to facilitate the operation of tele graphing with flags ; indeed its reputation is firmly established, premiums having been awarded to it by the Royal Societies of Arts in London and Edin burgn, ana by the jurors of the Great Industrial Ex hibition, for simplicity, uniformity, comprehensive ness, and economy. THE ZOIST. The thirty-ninth number of this singularly inte resting periodical contains an amount of well-attested instances of the wonderful curative agency of mes merism, sufficient to stagger the most prejudiced sceptic. There are examples given, among the rest, of painless extraction of teeth, calculated to afford no small comfort to those who dread the wrenching of the dentist's formidable apparatus, and the following, though a comparatively unimportant 'case, bears such a naive impress of truth that we cannot avoid tran scribing it in extemso. The narrator is the Rev. J. Peed, of Seevey Castle, Ireland, who has supplied Dr. Elliot son, on the suggestion of the Archbishop of Dublin, with his notes of a late visit to London. " Oct. 14th. Returning from royal apartments at Windsor Castle, saw, at entrance door, a tall, spare policeman, whose left arm was in a sling. As the visitors crowded by him, one gentleman accidentally touched his hand, whereupon policeman winced and turned away apparently in great pain. Went np to him: What is the matter with you?'—P. ' I am in great pain; I have a gathering in my thumb, and have had no ease these five days.'—' Give me your thumb.' P. What do you want to do?'—' No matter; give it hero.' Policeman consents with a comical expression of coun tenance. I mesmerise the thumb (which is bandaged) for perhaps five minutes, placing it between the palms of my hands, and occasionally making tractative passes. How do you feel now ?'—P. My thumb is very com fortable; I feel no pain: you have put me into a per spiration all over: you are not mesmerising me, I hope?' Yes, but I am; try if you can stir your thumb.' P. I can now the pain has left: I can move it without pain.' Press with your fingers.' Policeman obeys with fear and trembling: ho tells mo the pain and sore ness has been so intense he dare not touch the thumb: 1 urge him; ho takes courage, and finds be can handle it without pain. P. ' But my arm! I have not been able to straighten it these five days: the inflammation runs up to my shoulder, (he traces its course). No matter, your arm shall be straight in less than five minutes.' I take it from the sling, make passes from shoulder to tips of fingers: the arm gradually becomes straight to owner's unfeigned astonishment. P. ' Can I move it myself?'— ' Try. He does so; bends his arm, then shakes it up and down—tossing it about like a child with a new toy. In a word, so completely were both hand and arm re stored to her Majesty's service, that he would have pocketed the sling but from advice to the contrary. " The scene was a curious one. I had many specta tors, and with the exception of the old beefeater, the passers-by looked on me as insane. An hour afterwards I met the policeman, asked how the arm was; ho replied first by taking the nd out of the sling and brandishing it, then thanking me repeatedly for setting the thief catching member all right again." There is a curious paper on the " Phenomenon of Levity in the Human Subject," and the concluding portion of one of profound interest, entitled " Me tallo-therapia ; or, Metal cure : new properties of Metals illustrated through Mesmerism ;" by Dr. Burg, of Paris ; translated, communicated, and sup plied with a note by Dr. Elliotson. By the applica tion of copper and English steel, various neuralgias have been cured in Paris ; hypocondriasis, hyste ria, chlorosis, palsy, and various maladies, have succumbed in repeated instances to the metallic treat ment, affording proof of the truth and practical im portance of the discovery which Mesmer enabled Dr. Burq to make. DEATH OF PRINCE GUSTAVUS OF SWEDEN.- Prince Gustavus, Duke of Upland, and second son of the King of Sweden, died at Christiana on the 24th ult. He landed there on the 16th ult. with their Majesties, and com plained of indisposition. On the following day he was seized with violent fever, which ended fatally. The Swedish Am bassador at Paris had issued invitations for a grand diploma tic dinner for this day, but it has been necessarily put off in consequence of the death of the Prince. CROYDON GREAT CATTLE MARKET (SATURDAY). —Saturday morning was the first of the annual two days' Michaelmas Fair at Croydon, and from an early hour the town was visited by thousands from all parts to witness the great cattle collection and feast on Michaelmas geese, a custom for so many years observed. Of beasts of every description such an abundant number has nut been known for years, particularly horses. The attendance of farmers was also numerous from all counties, and although at first business was not of an improved condition, yet an advance took place, and moderate prices were maintained. Much counterfeit coin got into circulation this morning. principally half-crowns, and several of the London swell mob had arrived by the train, but the police of Croydon were duly on the alert. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALlA.—Emigrants are HOW proceeding direct to Australia from the north of Scotland. On Friday the Jean Geary brig :left Aberdeen for Port Philip, with 70 passengers, all from the city and pounty of Aberdeen. Another vessel sailed lately from Banff with emigrants, and a third is now taking in passengers in the Aberdeen docks for the land of gold. SNAKES CAUGHT I N A WELSH RivEß. Our nothern contemporary, the Carnarvon Herald, reports that, " as Mr. Evan Evans. Llanidloes, was ground fishing in the Twymyn river, near Wynnetay Arms, he, to his great sur prise, hooked and landed two large snakes, one of them measuring four feet in length. lie has had extensive expe rience in fishing, but hitherto never met with such an un welcome prize." 1852, water were placed in the main mastheaJ, fearing the ship might sink further; however, after the gale, 3 reefed foresail and one reefed foretopsall were se', and the ship bore up without further ipjury fur this port. SHEERNESS, SUNDAY.._. Her Majesty's steam frigate Terr ble, 21, Captain James Hope, was spoke on Thursday, as she proceeded up the Thames on Li. way to Woolwich, to be put out of commission, and to have her engines and machinery thoroughly repaired. _ _ _ Her Majsty's iron screw steam-troopship Megwre, 6, Commander John Johnson, made her number on the 30th ult., as she passed down the Thames, on her voyage to Barbadoes. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-vessel Myrtle, Mr. Bouchier master-commanding, returned here from Woolwich on Friday, to resume the duties of tender to the Monarch, 84, g uardship of the ordinary. The boilers and machinery of the Myrtle have und!>r gone a complete repair at the factory of Woolwich dockyard. tier Majesty's brig Bittern, 12, Commander Vat, sittart was removed from the fitting basin on Friday, and warped to moorings abreast of the dockyard. She was swung yeterday for the purpose of ascertaining the local deviation of her compasses, and will proceed forthwith to the Little Nore, where she will take in her powder, and sail thence in a day or two for Spit head, en route to the Esst Indies. She is a few hands short of her compliment of 135. Her Majesty's screw line-of-battleship Agamem non, 90, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, passed by here from Woolwich yesterday afternoon, and proceeded round the Mouse to test the efficiency of her engines and machinery. Shortly before five P.m. she anchored in the harbour. A captain, subaltern, 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, 2 fifers, and 84 privates of the Royal Ma rines, together with a subaltern, sergeant, corporal, and 30 gunners of the Marine Artillery, are to em bark in her. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Lizaad was dispatched to Chatham yesterday at 9 A.M., with invalids for Melville Hospital. On her return in the afternoon she proceeded to the Nore, to accom pany the Agamemnon into port. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Cyclops, one of the advanced steam squadron of reserve, was ordered yesterday to take on board, with all possible dispatch, one month's provisions for 100 men. Senior Lieutenant Seacomb, Second Master J. W. H. Har vey, Mr. G. H. Shepherd, clerk, 20 marines, and 80 blue-jackets of the screw steam-ship Horatio, have been placed on board the Cyclops for temporary ser vice. She is to be commanded pro tem. by Lieute nant Seacombe, and Mr. F. H. Blaxhall, Assistant- Surgeon of the Waterloo, is to discharge the duties of medical officer. Mr. Hockley, Second Master of the London, is also ordered to embark in the Cyclops, which vessel will leave port to-day for Deptford, and thence proceed, in company with the Blazer steamer, to Milford, for the purpose of assisting in towing to the Clyde, and subsequently to Spithead, the leviathan screw three-decker Windsor Castle. Her Majesty's ship Hercules, 12, Commander Baynton, was taken out of dock on the 30th ult., and will leave Chatham probably to-morrow (Monday) for this port, and hence to London, to be placed in the East India Docks. Her Majesty's brig Daring, 12, Commander Gerard Napier, is expected here on Tuesday next, on her way to Spithead. Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, 72, was docked at Chatham on the 30th ult., to have her defects made good. Her Majesty's brig Nerbudda, 12, has been fitted at Chatham for commission. Her Majesty's ship Goliath, 80, has been removed to moorings in Long Reach. The officers and crews of the ships in commission were respectively mustered on Friday, by Captain the Hon. Montague Stopford, of the Waterloo flag ship. Vice-Admiral the Hon. Jocelyne Percy, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, has returned to his official residence after an absence of six weeks. The health of the gallant officer has derived much benefit during his visit to the continent. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, OCT. 2.—Chief Engineer Alexander Leys, to the Agamemnon, 90, screw steam-ship Sheerness. Surgeons Charles Smith (1843), to be Surgeon- Superintendent of the Duchess of Northumberland convict-ship; Charles T. S. Kevern (1836) to be su perintendent of the Didbrook convict-ship. Assistant-Engineers G. Goldsack (Ist class), John Lee (2d class), R. C. Reynolds (2d class), and Henry Lee (3d class), to the Agamemnon. Assistant-Surgeon John Barclay, M.D. (1846), to the Agamemnon ; Robert Sproule, to the Dee steam vessel, at Woolwich. The Agamemnon, 90, Captain Sir Thomas Mait land, C. 8., when she went down the river on Friday afternoon, made a speed of upwards of ten knots per hour until she arrived opposite Purfleet, when some small part of the engine which had been made of hardened steel, and too tightly fitted, became suddenly hot and set fast, which caused the breakage of an eccentric band. This slight damage was made good, and the corresponding part of the engine ground, so as to prevent the possibility of its heating and causing a similar accident. After the accident she was taken by the Monkey and African steam-vessels to the deep water below Gravesend, where she anchored for the night. On the following day (Saturday) she raised her anchor and started at 1 o'clock P.m., having on board Captain Sir Thomas Maitland ; Commander Hall, who had joined on the previous day ; Mr. Lloyd, chief engineer of the steam department at Somerset house ; Mr. Trickett, assistant to the chief engineer at Woolwich Dockyard; Mr. John Penn, Mr. Hartree, and Mr. Matthew, of the firm that constructed her engines ; Mr. Whitworth, engineer, Manchester ; and Mr. F. P. Smith. Immediately preceding her start ing, the Alexander of London, one of Mr. Blyth's ships, was coming up the river with a strong tide running, when the Custom-house officers in their boat wanted to board her, and the Alexander let go her anchor on being cast off from the steam-tug that was towing her. The anchor dragged a considerable distance, and had it not been that the African was promptly detached from the side of the Aga memnon she must have been completely crushed between the two vessels, but she fortunately escaped with the loss of her bowsprit and a rip in front of her paddlewheel. The Alexander came with considerable force against the side of the Agamemnon, and was turned completely round and clear of the larger vessel. The Agamemnon, in a few minutes after starting, began to draw the Monkey and African steam-tugs through the water, and it was amusing to witness the greatly increased rapidity of the engines of the smaller vessels when they were drawn by the screw steam-ship. When the Aga memnon arrived opposite the measured mile in sea reach the time was taken, and she accomplished the distance in 6 min. 24 sec., or at the rate of 9.375 knots, and the calculation gave her an average speed of upwards of 10f knots per hour. As the Agamemnon proceeded onwards, her engines, of 700-horse power, Messrs. Penn's patent trunk, worked in the most sa tisfactory manner, making 60 revolutions per minute without the slightest heating in any part. The cylinders of these magnificent engines are 78 inches diameter, equal to cylinders of 70i when the area of the trunk is deducted. The number of revolutions was from 58 to 60, or eight revolutions above the contract speed, and, notwith standing this high velocity of engines of 3 feet 6 inches in stroke, not the slightest jarring in any of the fixed parts could be perceived, and the boilers sup plied ample steam with moderate firing. The speed of the splendid screw steam-ship,drawing 17 feet 7 Inches forward and 20 feet 4 inches aft, propelled by a powerful screw of 18 feet diameter, with a pitch of 20 feet 6 inches, was the astonishment of all the captains and crews of the numerous sailing-vessels coming up the river with the tide, and Mr. Stuart, the pilot of the Agamemnon, had a most difficult task to steer clear of them when tacking, as they thought they could cross her path in ample time, inst Cadof which they had narrow escapes, and it was more ow i n g to the excellent look-out of Mr. Bean, Master of the Fisgard, and the care of the pilot, together with the admirable manner in which the engines could be stopped and set in motion, and the way in which she answered her helm, that her safe progress through so many vessels as were in the reaches below Graves end was accomplished without the least accident. __ s On reaching the Nore the Agamemnon's which boilers got clear of the mud, in some degree, passed into them while working in the basin w _a h t i Wool wich. She left the tugs several miles behind hi upwards a and,the fast steam-packet Dryad, belonging to the Woolwich company, was at that tim w e . he mile astern, being unable to keep up with her. City of Canterbury, a fast boat, on her passage t o keep in g up w ith in the former had 1 per Herne Bay, had great difficulty the Agamemnon, and althoug h kept ahead in fi ne Agamemnon foresails up; the Again style for upwards of three miles, until the City of Canterbury turned eastward for Herne 13a y. Between the Nore and Mouse Lights the epee d of the Agamemnon was tried by Massey's patent log for half an hour, and found to be 10 G.-10 knots, against a strong head-wind, the ,en - glues making 58 revolutions, and the rea ult was so satisfactory to Captain Sir Thou las Maitland and Mr. Lloyd that they congratulated 1N " Penn on the success of the trial, which exceed ed their most sanguine expectations. This fine yes sel arrived and cast anchor near the Waterl 00, 120, flagship at Sheerness, at half-past four o'cl.o and all the officers and crews of the vessels s ifloat came on deck to witness her surprising speed. T.he Admiral's yacht Triton came out to meet the . Aga - memnon, but was obliged to drop astern ; alth .ough going at her utmost speed the Agamemnon y 'wised her, and she did not get into Sheerness till some minutes afterwards. It is understood that no f tart her trial of the Agamemnon is considered necessary ti t !' is she is completely equipped and stored for sea. Sh to mount a 10-inch gun on a traversing platform at her bows, and her other 90 guns will consist of long 32-pounders, of 56 cwt. each, and 32-pounders, of 42 cwt., and she has ample room to work them with effect, should their services ever be required. Not withstanding all the reports of the high performances of the Napoleon French screw steam-ship of the same class, and about the same size as the Agamemnon, but fitted with engines of 1,000-horse power, it is very questionable whether the Agamemnon will not in all respects equal her, although fitted with engines of comparatively much less nominal poser, which do not occupy one-half the space, and probably do not weigh one-third of the Napoleon's. DREADFUL SHIPWRECK . LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.—We have received .intel• ligence this evening of the total loss of the American ship Mobile, Captain Furber, which sailed from port on Monday last fur New Orleans. The partici'. !ars of the melancholy occurrence, so far as we hays been able to learn, are as follows : The The Mobilo sailed from the Mersey, as above stated, on Mond ay last with up war d s o f f or ty peg sengers ansi a crew numbering about thirty went and proceeded safely until half-past two o'clock on Wednesday morning, at whi c h t i me s h e s t ruc k on Black water Bank, and shortly afterwards began to break up. At the time she struck the wind was blowing a perfect hurricane from E.N.E., with a very h eavy sea running, the only sails she carried at t h e ti me being the fore and maintopsails, close reefed. Sh ort l y after she struck efforts were made to launch the boats, but, in consequence of the heavy sea running at the time, they were fruitless. The scene on board the ill-fated ship a few minutes after striking bait) es all description. The poor passengers were running about in all directions cryin g out piteously for help, but, alas, there was none at hand, and at every suL.- ceeding sea one or more of their number were wash ed off the wreck, until, in a very short time, all had dts• appeared, with the exception of eight seamen and one passenger, who had fortunately lashed themselves to the channels. A few hours after the vessel had struck the weather moderated considerably, and about 11 o'clock on Thursday morning two schooners hove in sight, and immediately bore down to the wreck. One of the schooners, which was bound to Glasgow, took four of the sailors and the passengers on board, and the other took the remaining four off, and landed them at Wex ford. When rescued they were in a very exhausted state from cold and exposure. They were forwarded to this port in the Wexford steamer, and arrived this evening, destitute of everything but what they stood in. Captain Furber, the commander of the ill-fated ship, together with all his officers, perished. There is no doubt the ship went to pieces on Friday, as great quantities of wreck, crates, several water casks, and portions of a vessel, were passed on Fri day night and Saturday. The Mobile was a fine ship of upwards of 1,000 tons burden, and nearly new. EIGHT LIVESLOSTBYTHE UPSETTING OF A LIFEBOAT. PRESTON, SATURDAY.--Our town was startled this morning by the receipt of intelligence from Lytham of the loss of eight lives by the upsetting of the life boat belonging to that place. This appalling ca sualty, by which eight women have been rendered widows and eight families of childen deprived of the means of subsistence, took place yesterday afternoon. Lytham, the scene of the unfortunate occurrence, is well-known as a watering place, and is situated at the estuary of the Ribble, some twelve miles from Preston. In consequence of the numerous vessels which have from time to time been wrecked off Lytham, it was deemed expedient to purchase a life. boat. For that purpose a considerable sum was raised by subscription among the visitors and residents, and a few months ago a fine boat was obtained from the establishment of Messrs. Beechin and Son, of Great Yarmouth (the successful competitors for the Duke of Northumberland's prize of 1001.) The craft (which was adapted either to rowing or sailing) was highly spoken of by nautical men, and pronounced it to go anywhere and through any sea, her superiority over other descriptions of lifeboats being said to consist in, first, her power of self-bal lasting, with water.ballast, in secure compartments ; secondly, of relieving herself of water in case of ship ping a sea, which she could accomplish in about 11 seconds ; thirdly, and lastly, of instantly self-righting in the event of her being capsized. Her draught of water, in ballast, and with a crew of 13 persons, did not exceed 20 inches. With these introductory par ticulars, we now proceed to describe the accident. Yesterday afternoon 11 hardy seamen, all natives of Lytham, set out to test the capabilities of the new boat, ell buoyant with the hope that their craft would prove its superiority, and would in future enable them to save the lives of any unfortunate souls who might require its aid. Little did they dream that what was to be the means of saving others would so soon be the instrument of their own destruction. Three out of the eleven were all who reached land again—one named Shannon, owing his life to being transferred as pilot on board the Thomas Clifton, a vessel bound for Preston ; and the other two narrowly escaped the fate of their comrade. The lifeboat left Lytham about one o'clock. Though the weather was squally, many per sons were congregated on the beach to witness her de parture, and the little craft seemed to make way very satisfactorily. What is called a "lug sail" was used on the occasion. It was observed by some expe rienced persons as the boat proceeded on its course, that too much sail was carried, considering the weather. When she got 5 short distance out a sea was shipped without any damage, the boat righting herself immediately. Between 2 and 3 o'clock, when dashing through the breakers at a distance of about three miles, the boat leaned over alarmingly, owing to the quantity of sail she carried. About that time a heavy shower came on and concealed the boat for a brief interval from the view of those on the look out. When next seen she was keel uppermost. Some men on the hills skirting the sea rushed down to the beach and gave an alarm, and it is needless to say that the most intense excitement speedily prevailed. Two boats were got ready with the least possible delay to proceed to the scene of disaster. The smallest of them was taken to the edge of the Horse bank (a large sand-bank in the Channel) , where it was moored. The crew then hastened across the ' bank, plunged into the water, and wade d t o the ill fated boat, which had drifted towa rds the sand, un derneath or inside of which they discovered two of the crew, named Richard Gillet and James Parkinson, the latter when taken up being nearly exhausted. It is almost miraculous that those two men s hould have held out so long, it being about four o'clock when they . were rescued ; but as the lifeboat has six apertures in her bottom, which formed a sort of dome over the two sufferers, an d these enabl e d th em t o br e athe freely. None of the other unfortunates being visible, the boat returned to Lytham about seven o'clock with the tv,vo survivors. The scene on its arrival was painful bed' yond description ; to say that it was heartrending in the extreme were indeed to convey but a very faint idea of the frantic excitement of the bereaved. The following is a list of the names of those who are lost —Hardman leaving a widow and six c hildr e n _. Cookson, widow and two children ; T. Gillet, widow and two children; J. Gillet, widow an d five children and Swann, widow and three children ; Davis, wido w three children : Whiteside, Thus, besides children w id ow and three children ; Winder, widow and two chil dren ate left widows, no fewer than twenty -six i s near her confinement. to bemoan the sad end of their parents. The wife of Winder, we regret to say, of b a d the co mm and the lifeboat, he acted somewhat recklessly Swann, a pilot, h f a s t ome of her sail. When the and it is considered t in not relieving her o over, Swann, 'with great presence of boat was turning mind, recommen ded his men to endeavour to make their,way round her, with the view of getting on bet keel to right her. Thi s was attempted, but u . The me n w h o are saved state that the n s boat did not upset ver y su dd en ly, and that at u c t o c e s try s y mut time as many as five of the hands were clinging ta her. One of the itwo Gillets disappeared only a few m inutes previous to the • arrival of assistance. Al though the crew had been furnished with belts and other appliances for the preservation of life, yat, strange to state, all these were left behind when the boat went out. At an early hour this morning se veral boats were dispatched . in search of the bodies, but when our correspondent left Lytham no tidings had been received of the deceased. The official account of the accident is to the fol lowing effect :—Yesterday afternoon the Lytbel lifeboat was ordered out for practice. It was insgTfl by Captain William Swann and nine men. Th e . w a 'n was very heavy and squally, from s _ e W h w as ref* W.N.W. After being out a short tim e turning home, when she was upset b . y h a revented het The painter fouled on a buoy, suddensquall. ine w o , h in c clu p din_g th e . cap from again righting. Eight oedf otwheedbothate.u. Thetain, were drowned. The two es s t a s v pre servation to adhering to the s accident occurred in the South Channel, off the Horse-bank. The melancholy event has cast a deep gloom ovet ;he whole village. Int ROYAL MARRIAGE. —The preliminaries for amt' trimonial alliance between his Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands and her Serene Highness the Princes- 1 Amelia of Saxe-Weimar, daughter of the late Duchess Id* of Saxe-Weim ar, and nie c e of the late Queen Dowager, hail been finally lompleted, and the auspicious event will be celebrated early in April next. The Princess Amelia sister to his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Sas" Weimar; and it will be remembered that her Serene 'lien nos passed a considerable period in this country, soule mw_ A year s ago, as the guest of her ill ua trioaa relative, the leatentre Queen Dowager. )n a Ins ?ing ore, by the nint ±er idod it it une. 68 p 71 p Y.) light Lrrd. Info, ), for 'ood- and nier, Sid. port, idon, bow- ly a Ayr, gan. )ked; P bad Sal ►aved r. G. litto; [onto anch, ghee, Con- , t. 41, ❑d , r w ith lo to here, New Pigs. 334 Pigs. 776 295 94 ,~ c A