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eseseesse-- bad not tende re d hi s resignation to Go ..sese vernment. He wae seal aware that it was to the power of the (levee:s eem t o supersede a chief justice in the Felonies, but he submitted that .11._a were within the power of tlee Government, it was con zsrarreyoentaeget,,h,dethipei:ritoovfthe honstitution, that, for the sake of should supersede those who held Lteeedatshittete,eit7irse. any' part of the Queen's dominions. He be- Henr Roper was in the seventh year of the j ee rTnance of his duties as Chief Justice of Bombay. Five Year. rs' service would gem to him a retiring pension of 7001. per ee and seven years' service would have entitled him to a wh i p ing Pension of 1,0001. per year. The period of service , : , f l e mitii h would have entitled him to the full retiring pension, eee tt - sen . 4 Per Year would have expired on the 2d of November 4, , Yet her Majesty's late President of the Board of Control l ia ‘ c l i ~4 ' he would show to the House, perpetrated a job,. as . he Sh!,n)iight proper to supersede Sir H. Roper by appointing leavid Pollock, when there were yet four months to run forepension Sir Henry Roper would be entitled to his full retiring serious But this was not all. There was another and more 1 4 us • view of the case, and it was this—that by the ‘, O „ of the land, as soon as Mr. David Pollock el:es,i)Pointed Chief Justice, be became legally Chief Justice ef try77Y ; then a ll authority by which Sir Henry Roper could t hat seledlately c ease d . The result of this was, that every ti which should b e h e ld b y Sir Henry Roper, between the er th. u i the appointment of Mr. David P o ll oc k an d th e arrival 111,,e tie's of hi s appointment at the East Indies, would be an that tri :Is al ) and ev ery cr i m i ni l w h o shou l d be convicted— the apl convicted—would stand before the s es the co untry y as a murdered man, and that was one of etittlsteri9ll in which h er M a j esty ' s l ate M i nisters performed the eel al duties of their places. At that very moment (he It it know whether the Bill aas actually in the House, bet te e t :Ire not he believed that it would be laid_ on the table e tho i frht) it bed been necessary to introduce into the el r e ss enee of Parliament a Bill, which, under the title If the East 'retie Pafreeage Bill, was in point te e o s ut a Bill for concealing this nefarious job, and at Th. - fi e time to grant an indemnity to the perpetrators of it. le t i:lleet of the . appointment of Mr. David Pollock was to *LI , 4 vacancy in the Commisslonership of Bankru tcy, with th';eullter:wartt the private secretary of Lord Lyndhurst, and le pers ! l proceeding wa. this :— S.r Henry Roper was to he haeded by the appointment of Mr. D. Pollock . which would p eli le, _.th? office ef Chief Comrnesioner in Lenden fer the th e ` ° ' Insolvent debtors vacant . . Mr. David Pollock was n in his turn to be succeeded in office by Mr . . Phillips, e ebtotnissionr of the Court of Bankruptcy at Liverpool, and secretary' t ovacancy there, to which Mr. Perry, the private tee"retare make a thss Lord Chancellor, had been since ap rnt,d:, of He (Lord George entinck) had nothing , ag ainst the character of Mr. David Pei sia : ay he did not wish to say or to insinuate b e t' a he was unfit for the discharge of the high duties to which .had been appointed. He believed that his legal attainments e e erc great, and though he might be something out of practice, wass'egarded the courts of that portion of the law which he t , , to administer from having been now occupied for some t_se an Insolvent Debtor ' Commissioner, he (Lord !IT, ehfliadentiaineek) did not mean to say that he was not office of Chief Justice of Bombay—though lent out being 65, was rather greater than that of those who were J tim . ° Ut h th the East Indies to fulfil the situation of Chief itir : 9ll ll4 d g en erally attained. Well, then, with respect to otainst hi l s 5 "M nothing to say against his character e r ease l e n , e legal att ainments. He believed that a more capable relief os zetli , ti n,g the office of Chief Commissioner for the heir.) s 'l33oiverit debtors did not exist.—(Hear, be i mputed Med . ° t o e far as he was concerned it could not eint. that he had taken any part in this job. The W 1 which h e ,f3ooe e bad vacated entitled him to a salary which he eticceee d Or annum, and the office Per e e entitled him onl to a salar t ; 1,500/.. r it t i i l le e l:e r 'et ee Priv ate reasons , and y a feeling to which he would i s , foul:Wed upoadomestic calamity which he had met , the .-- ,e,"se Mad e it desirable to him personally to leave Liverpoo l, l 1 14 t hat ell whe , re he met with this calamity. If it shoul d settee r• I hillip s was indebted for his promotion to that u ello; 4'4 e to the fulfilment of the wishes of the ex-Lord Chan (l. I l i u dt to the patronage and friendship of another, who he hee e era eorge Bentinck) might say, supplied the office of i lov eri a Lurd Chancellor during the existence of the late sitiese—lnt-performing the legislative duties in the other 'eteei ll °` Parliament which were abandoned by others Nttinstg those Part of defending her Majesty's Ministers St le taut attacks which were constantly made o . n "%e e l ,: - "at Rouse, though not in this House, and upon their O e is di. and consistency in a late proceed ing—that was eletei'Paragement to Mr. Phillips, and he (Lord George of /4) rejoiced. that Mr. Phillips, through the interference it , Wer e li ,e r°u gharn, should have obtained the appointment, if in e , tio elle his interference that he did obtain that e ; mak e e could not say that he had no charge h 'i his R e ,, , against Lord Brougham as to the reward gins, ;rite and teal in the defence of her Majesty's Ate Itid g . re - ,'Tqa or, hat which was intended to have soothed ut te e "ud his Pe elin When he came to another part h e is rase, and gs. le es Isetre,looked at the appointment of Mr. Perry . *try eu to say that he thought it was a very great job; Mr. ha th' as he believed had had no practice for some years ~,,,,i.: courts of law , ' an , as d he was informed, he was aceem 10,rder te t s ' i l , L iveepool by Mr. Commissioner Conroy in it. seltr eat a e-arse him in the new duties he had to perform. He - ' d e h - c/ r this matter as though it was an appomtmen * ell Z a t he Lord Chancellor, Lord Lyndhurst, but, as he was t h": C h- r: the appointment did not rest in the gift . of the t-e Board aec %'or, but it rested in the gift of the President of tllell °` ‘eontrol. He believed that the appoint.nent was er hi h e i,,? r e!d upon Mr. Perry, unsought and unasked ttat fat : in fact, it was actually pressed upon him e cared ~ President of the Board of Control. ' ' rd Lveetterhether the appointment . was to be attributed to t e‘ he emitti_uret or the Earl of Ripon, it was a job, and one of latemtue_esartous job eerpetrated It would . be for he to Sit „,,,-t °Pliosite to sho w me justification of tt, and s . r. d ._ ~...- e : tieliedetr of a simil s a o rkin - d.ltcame with peculiar e l g r u e lie t r e st, who had e present and from Lord tGovernmen t, exhibited such feelings in 1841 with, ....._ n t o it ; . ;ran ;y for ritable Trusts Bill • =A more , profit d ne . ver been diselaYed th i d iv ifeeretave Z n 'i t t e t s P a a ti t t r l ° i l t a rentr h a a sted very strikingly with the °r folksle , std with regard to the Lord-Lieutsnaney ,40 Was entitled ire wee, J vacant. There was a man, however, what t h e i to the latter' dignity, bit he was guilty of Ilas e- rter ettel ty ate of Pet Minister could not overlook—he the e" crime of consistency with his tipt ° nei Political opinions and fidelity to his former t hirty d e , The appointment was, therefore, left vacant for He I, ll aYs until the present Government came into power. be nt s Lewd Ge orge Bentinck) thought he . had . stated staffi- Zt title him to call for an investigation of the cir o't:bceens connected . with that appointment ; and . he IL o S ght he had a right to ask why so great an infraction of co nstitution had taken place, as well as to ask for all Neorrespondence which related the appointment of Mr. And when that corre iposOeeelt as Chief Justice of Bembay r" nee was produced, he thought the country would be clis e,e9. to agree with him in believing that her Majesty's late reie t ? st ers were not the only men is the country capable of ad theterin n • g the affairs of government.. He recollected that on le n Vit which proved fatal to the existence of the late Admi • h t ration it was observed by some that there were no other m en t ltee th° co untry capable of carrying on the government—t h at . %ti e s :ere the Only men who could be trusted with the appetrit- Shet - th S u the bench. In reference to this he would observe etoe,t the had an opportunity of judging of this, from the l un- Nee.% innouncement which had been made by the ate s u„ovi e - e,Tr of the Exchequer. He would now conclude by kee late eior the production of the correspondence relative to -ereib„„.lPPointrnent of Mr. Pollock as Chief Justice of " pith 5 11"hith ~.. C. HORHOUSE said, in answer to the appeal 44 4 he been made to him by the Noble Lerd , the best Zi t t 'at e tte ueetld do was to state the facts of the case, as ante he of them. Shortly after he entered had his - tent. es of President of the Board of Control he ha e lt . to e ea , let iese "ed to the appointment of Mr. Pollock as t tie f :Vnit,o?! h ,Rotnbey. ()n looking over the correspondence kr, f s d 41 % 7', aPpeintment,he found . that certain irregulari- Pe ke ': he el te leace in connexion with it, which made it neces id I that uptisult the law officers f the Crown. It ap nf le the „ s i r Henry Roper, the late Chief Justice, but ; N I. ee,7 41 7 part of last year written to the Earl te ed i e rleesti e rrealling a desire to retire from his situation, he late lY bpi t c h at his retirement should not acceptedim - noted ' 'retni the 2d November following, at which time %t e e b e . oe es', n em& reed to recetve the pension for seven yeers' ti l-Catl fite Y;a l rs ll , o tr i e th e ott er . whereas, if he retired at the . expootra he 4th * Would be only entitled 27th A to iar r e e h ce , iv a e nd s arrived in England.on the on !. - " 11 b of Mae following the Earl of Ripon, having ale he r Ma e etiati er , , testy pleasure on the subject, . e l ven ) 'rota tee time requested, so as to entitle him to the le tters t r.t ir ar : ' t eu Pe e_! °_s ion Lord Ripon wrote in consequence to e , Patent t h h. p e r . ri Secre h tary for the Colonies, to make out office on Mr. Pollock from the 2d 13,,,,,: i which f " t •act Was n a g t t th e esaine time communicated to the 404 ofoDirectors of the East India Company. Mr. Glad eeae, wr le to the Earl of Ripon, saying that the appointment e ppo i n not be made in that Corm—'het a judge could not be f Illpoe ted in prospective. In reply to this the Earl o be wrote hack , desiring that letters patent should and tint, appointing Mr. Pollock Chief Justice forthwith; Chief eccorslingly letters patent were made out appointing . him the Justice from the Ist July, and a clause was inserted in e ; Patent annulling the patent of Sir .t Henry c l r :rienr..l snits vo.".sequence of this was, that all the cm an d l e ule , ll took place before Sir Henry Roper after that were not th ß!l, as he ceased to be Lord Chief Justice. For this state of of e, g gs, y the ad v toe of the oc A e t e t d o i r n o g e s y :u Ge a n n er A a c , t of Parli a h , -Q nght i b n to legalise the pr 'ent was considered to be the only remedy t , p an rl d ia a m ß en d t l . fo l r lle th g a a t l Per lure the other House o a Stleireg le u a la e r n a e s w th h ese proee l ed ft in s were, he was bound to state 1 t hat they were net enusua , tr g a similar course had been fre- l t luently ad ,pted by former Governmeists. Having stated thus 1 r ti aeh - he did n t consider it necessary to say more. When the b 441, which was before the , other House of Parliament, came n there, tilt' weole subject might b . e diseussed, at prese,nt he did u••t consids , r it rght to t% further into the 14 uett;i,m; an . if his Noble Cfnit(Lerd G eorge B er einck ) wished fur any additional tr: ° , l l. o % a o tion whice he could give him, he would be most haepy 4 % t r v, J W. HOGG was bound to say that the course adopted t ie e I st. Gevernment in re'erenee to the appointment fer l' e t • ; "e Ct ief Justice of Bombay was nut an unusual one, far test a '4° li ar proceeding had token piece during . the last , 1 The reason of it was obvious, for if the Judge? ' i ° tit -4 : l a did net notify to - the Home Government their P" f o r ed o to resign, their successers . . could nor be ap i'liet, e in time to ' carry on the administration of justice. o, t s wer e h r appointment of Governors , law, then every et e ni ers ' in India had been deem on the same principle. Every ":loit that had been issued in regard to India was l a tr i i e ,,' l snc i t t h h e e .iia tv rteres erded so as only to take effect on t the worded in India. The the i rk ' inv ariably Y wa l s, that the old governor h p o r u o l s d ls a io d ft mlist s e w r produced s his letters p a , 'W till the new one arrived, t ee ec u t :r u ?emmission, as the case It b might be. be. as right that cor,d ee . o .should know exactly how the h se as m h a e tt h e a r ( s t had descri e h e e n d th e 'ed in India, and they were such .. e u t to h e s ti e • the u ATT ORNEY-GENERAL saill the obser fe va w tio w n o s rd o s f . The e , ° '4- Baronet required that he should say . a the late Attar""n• Baron e t h a referred to the opinionof answer, thettne'e- General (Sir W. Follett ), but to that he would th e f . " 'Tinton he was about to give hadtl sanction of late Attorney lee Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the lee e e' r , s er the preeent. Lord Chancellor, and he believed the late ne w e4nameellor el Now the law of the case was, wizen a l e so. %te e ,' hers patent was issued to revoke the old one, under le '" a Geve rner-General 1 an other officer in India . acted . ... .ie ea, ,„_ t nera or y . . all s Leen under consideration was iss ied in the usual form t tl et e s ee l letter s patent. It was worded in the customary way,. Chl:f ritt th e aPpotiement of Mr. David Pollock to the office of Pre e e li t s siee, and containing the usual . clause revoking " wree, ' Patent appointing Sir Edward Roper. The 1114 to' matter teas, therefere, perfectly regular, accord- S it ',he Usual form in which such appointments were made. and Qt.. u • W• HOGG wished . to know if it was lawful for the East'n to appoint the parties without the certificate of the India Co, ile A °°Par 'Y ' Ale TTORNEY- GENERAL intimated that it was. t ik e tetthaienit • i s e.,:t NVO A TL leY was not prepared to say at that moment p oi , was illegal to issue a patent for givin g effect to an an on a future day, even though the office might be full Nobj Li ne !Inch issue was made. He trusted, therefore, the e e..n e Lord the Member - for 'Lynn,' after • what h ad L P " sl h i ' ''''" , !(l be satisfied that in Phis re. e(M t ' Pat(llt was issued in the usual way. tlen, wool S. W ortley), however, while speaking tn • this ques t"Mi not glo w the opportunity to pass without bearing it g_ FtfA nis testimony to the high character and qualification of Mr. Ditvid Pollock and Mr. Phillips. From all the opportunities he had had of acquiring a knowledge of those gentlemen, he must say that the charges of the Noble Lord against them for the mode in which they had obtained their ap pointments were most unwarrantable. The Noble Lord seemed to think that public men, in obtaining particular offices, were always influenced by corrupt and improper motives. The Noble Lord, however, after what he had stated about the late Mr. Canning and other Members of that House, and the way in which these charges had failed, should take care how he made similar charges in future. After those affairs, he (Mr. S. Wortley) had hoped that he would not again have acted in such an objectionable manner. Mr. HUME thought the House had nothing to do with what the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn might have stated on previous occasions. What they had to do with was the present appointment, which he thought looked very much like a job. Looking at the patent making the appoint ment, it appeared to him to contain a downright lie.—(Cries of " Order.") He repeated a lie, for it declared that Sir Henry Roper had intimated his resignation, whereas he had only in timated to the Gavernment his intention to resign at some dis tant day. Lord LINCOLN said the wording of the patent was the same as in all similar documents. The Hon. Member might call it an error if he liked. Mr. HUME—Then he would say an error if it was not a lie, though he could not but look upon the whole affair as a most suspicious and objectionable pro ceeding, and one which he must condemn. He thought the course that bad been pursued by the late Government with respect to this matter deserved the highest animadversion. He could not, for the life of him, see the justice of a competent judge being superseded by one who understood nothing of the laws be would be called upon to ad minister. He thought the House and the country were in debted to the Noble Lord for bringing this question forward. Mr. BERNAL thought that all feeling of irritation ought to be set aside on this subject. Sir G. GREY said that the appointment of Mr. Pollock as Chief Justice of Bombay revoked the appointment of Sir H. Ro,ier, and, therefore, it became necessary to have an Act of Parliament on the , object . Mr. GO.ULBURN defended the course pursued by the late Government. If any party was to blame, it was Paliament itselt. The course the present Government had pursued was the right one. He c,mplained of the Noble Lord bringing the subject forward without notice, and that he should have made charge- agaira4 a man as honourable as himself of nefarious practices —(Hear, hear. ) Mr. HENLEY hoped that the House would• not be led away from their decision by the legal hare which had been started by the Hon. Member the Chairman of the Board of Direc'ots, or the personal nutter introduced by the Hon. M: tuber for Bute. Lord LINCOLN said, that a more unfair misrepresentation never tell from the lips of any Hon. Member in that House than the speech of the Hon. Member, and he was the more surprised at it as that Hon. Member was habitu • ally correct. The course taken by his Noble Friend the Earl of Ripon was to write to Mr. Gladstone to ask him to make out a reversionary appointment, to commence on the 2d of November. Mr. Gladstone wrote, in answer, that such a thing could not be done; and the Earl of Ripon then re quested that the appointment should at once be made out. He thought that they had reason to complain of the course taken by the Noble Lord, for the notice was so w orded as to induce the supposition that it was a mere ordinary question, and one upon which no discussion would take place. Mr. DISRAELI said that the late Ministers ought not to complain of being taken by surprise, for the notice was given that the question would be asked at a time when every Hon. Member in the House would be at liberty to express his opinion upon it, and of course such a course intimated that it was to be no ordinary matter. It was riot usual to.give any further intimation, unless it was intended to take a course adverse to the Government. and no such course was to be taken in the present instance. The defence as to there having been similar appointments would he uo justification, for he denied that the circumstances of those appointed were similar. He believed that Lord Lynd hurst was perfectly immaculate as to the appointment in ques tion, believing, as he did, that that Noble Lord was always influenced in his appointments—lst, by what was due to his party ; 2d, by what was due to the public and to his friends. He believed that the whole transaction was to be set down to the account of the late President of the Board of Control. That Noble Lord commenced the transaction when the Government of which he was a member was in extremis, and completed it when it was only the phantom of an Administration.—( Hear, hear.) The members of the late Government evinced such extreme sensi tiveness with regard to imputations on their character, as to remind him of the nervous irritability of certain females who had lost their character. He could not help thinking that there was a close affinity in the feelings with which they were respectively influenced. The Hon. Gentleman, after repelling the imputations of the Hon. Member fur Bute, said that no answer had been given to the Noble Lord with reference to the appointment. The President of the Board of Control had fully confirmed the Noble Lord's statements; and he was very much afraid that though Lord Lyndhurst might come out clean of the disgraceful transaction, another noble, but not so learned, a Lord, would not be so fortunate. SMALL DEBTS BILL. On the motion of Sir GEORGE GREY, the House re solved itself into committe pro forma on this Bill, that the amendments might be printed. After a short conversation the Bill was ordered to be re committed on Thursday next. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK hoped that those who were to be appointed judges under this Act would have time to get rid of their common-law practice. The Bill was then ordered to be printed, and to be recom mitted on Thursday next. THE NAVY. On the order of the , day for receiving the report of the Committee of Supply being read, Mr. BERNAL wished to ask a question of the Honourable and Gallant Gentleman opposite (Captain Berkeley), It was in reference to the naval supremacy of Great Britain. The question he wished to know from his Hon. and Gallant Friend was, how the personnel of the navy was hereafter to be maintained—how, in fact, the ships of this country were to be supplied with efficient men in case of any emer gency ? The best .ray for maintaining peace was to be prepared for war, and when they saw the exertions of other countries to improve their navies, they ought to look well to this point. The present plan.of dismissing men at the end of three years' service was must objectionable, and be wished to know it it was to be maintained? Captain BERKELEY said the subject came under his more especial consideration, and he could assure the Hon. Member that the subject was under the consideration of the Admiralty, and they were doing all they could to place the navy on the most efficient footing. The merchant navy at the present time contained some of the most efficient men in the world, and the object of those with whom he acted would be to place the service in possession of such a reserve force from these, in case of any emergency, so as to turn out, in forty-eight hours, one of the most powerful and efficient naval forces in the world.—( Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. HUME, Admiral DUND AS said, in addition to what had fallen from his Hon. and Gallant Colleague, he would do his best to place the naval service on the best footing, so as to meet any possible emergency. Mr. WILLIAMS complained that the system of three years' service had operated to drive great numbers of British seamen into the American navy. This matter ought to be remedied. He wished to know from the Hon. and Gallant Admiral (Dundas) whether the iron steamers were really fit for the service, as he had learned that when one of them received a shot it completely incapacitated it for use. He should like to know if it were se. _ Admiral DUNDAS said there were much fewer seamen going into the American service than hitherto. and the service was generally improving in this respect. With regard to the iron steamers, these referred to were constructed at the instance of the predecessors of the present Admiralty, and until the effi ciency of these steamers was better proved, it was not their in tention to construct any more. Captain PECHELL hoped the present Admiralty would look well into all the matters connected with the navy that re quired improving, and bring forward a definite plan on the sub ject which the House could understand. Mr. COWPER defended the proceedings of the present Admiral y. He highly approved of the system of establish ing Sailors' Homes, and he hoped that every facility would soon be given for doing so. Mr. HUME wished that some general system or plan should be laid down upon the subject, so that it could be pro ceeded with early next session. After some further observations, The Report was then brought up. • Captain PECHELL wished to know whether there was any power of altering the retiring pensions in the service without an order in Council ? Mr. COWPER said, that in ordinary cases there was, but such an order was sometimes required. The Report was then received. The Report of the Committee of Ways and Means was then brought up and received, as was also the Report on the Public Works (Ireland) Bill. The Report of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) Salaries and Compensation Bill was then bniught up and received. The Report on the Income-tax Deduction Bill was also up and receiv e d, an d th e Bill was or d ere d to b e rea d a brought third Th e ti ; e av t a o l - a m n o d Military rrow Departments' Bill was read a third time and passed. TItEW ZEALAND LOAN ACT AMENDMENT. House then went into Committee on the New Zealand Loan Act Amendment Bill. The clauses having been agreed to, the House resumed, and the Chairman having reported progress, the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. CiiIIRT OF EXCHEQUER (IRELAND) BILL. The House then went into C ommittee on the Court of Ex chever (Iceland) Hill. Tiae claw-es having been agreed to, the House resumed. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) isILL. The Public Works (Ireland) Bill was then brought in and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to morrow. The Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod here attended to summon the House before the bar of the House of Lords, to bear the royal assent g,vea to several Bills (for which see Lords' report ). On the return of the SMAKEIt, Mr. Ht:ME moved an humble address, that her Majesty will be pleased to request from the Prussian Government copies of any report, and of any regulations adopted thereon, by that Government, for educating, specially qualifying, examining, or testing the qualifications of persons for the public service in civil and military offices previously to their appointment; and that her Majesty will be pleased to lay such information, or a translation thereof, before this House.—Agreed to. FLOGGING. Mr. HUME presented a number of petitions against the con. 'nuance of fl %ging in the army and navy. The Hon. Gen. leman also presented a petition against the Bible monopoly. EJECTMENTS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passit. RATEABLE PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was also read a third time and passed. CUSTOMS DUTIES' BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, the House resolved itself into Committee on this Bill. CUSTOMS DUTIES' (No. 2) BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and the House having resumed, the report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND), No. 4, BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT BILL. This Bill passed through Committee, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow. The Tithes Commutation Bill was postponed until to morrow. The Steam Navigation Bill was read a third time and passe,". MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords brought up several Bills, with amendments, which were ordered to lie on the table. Tke other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Seven o'clock. ABSENCE OF MIND. —d.N. gentleman in Third-street :ntende•i to take a dose of Omans's Boneset Pills on going to bed, in stead of wliirh he laid the pills on the bed, and swallowed himself. lie did not discover his mistake till be tried to dress himself in the morning.—lanke paper. fq.ESON, WP.I)IIISDAV NIOII,IqING, AttatTgl 4 10, lB4t. HAMBURGIT ANDERS MAIL. 1 1°1°63 BRUSSELS, AuG. Chamber of Representa tives agreed yesterday to treaty between the Nether lands and Belgium, by a majority of 65 to 6. Six members declined voting. Within a short time we have regulated by treaties our commercial relations with four important powers—the Zollverein, France, the United States, and the Netherlands. Henceforth we shall enjoy in these principal markets of the Continent, which are near to us, particular privi leges for some of our principal manufacture s. Yester day a considerable majority in the Chamber sanctioned the treaty concluded on the 29th of July with the Netherlands ; in this majority were such as M. Delfosse, M. Osy, Messrs. Rogier and Lebeau. We rejoice at this. Certainly next to France if there is a people with whom we ought to wish to live in harmony, and exten sive commercial intercourse, it is Holland. There was a difficulty after the unfortunate difference which arose between us at the beginning of this year ; it was, to effect a rec inciliation in which neither of the two nations should suffer, either in its dignity or interest, looking over the list of men in our Chamber, who in subscribing to the treaty have set aside their political opinions, and consequently forgotten that this treaty would be a source of moral strength to the Ministry. We may, therefore, say boldly that the two Governments in signing the treaty of the 29th of July, hare listened to the voice of reason and interest, which on both sides was equally averse to the reciprocal hostilities of the tariff. The King and Queen arrived yesterday evening (Tues day) at Ostend. from the Isle of Wight. Al7O. 14.—The Chamber of Representatives met yes. terday at half-past two, and agreed to a project of loan for a vote of credit of 3,712,000 francs to the Department of Public Works, and to another of 160,000 francs to the same department. The Senate received from the Chamber of Represen tatives two messsages, relative, Ist, to the treaty with Ilolland ; 2d, to the vote of credit, 3,711,000 francs for the Department of Public Works. AUGUST 15.—The Senate heard ye4terday the report to a seoond pr ject of law sent up from the Clamber of Representatives, and commenced the general debate on the treaty with Holland. The discussion was fixed for eight o'clock in the evening on which the senate sanc tioned the treaty with Holland, and the projects law for the votes of credit for the Department of Public Works; after which the Minister of Finance read the Royal ordinance closing the session. The Chamber separated with cries of " Vive le Roi." The King and Queen have arrived at Lacken. THE HARVEST AND THE CROPS. INVERNESS-SIIIRE.—The cutting of barley is now going on in several favoured situations in this neigh bourhood. Generally, the reaping of barley will be universal, if the weather hold good, in a week or ten days. We were in Strathglass last week, and were much struck with the fine field of oats and barley in tbat beautiful district, many of them ripe for the sickle. The pasture, too, on the hill-farms is more luxuriant than it has been known since 1828. The •cops in general are nearly a month in advance of former years, and they never presented a richer or better appearance than they do this season. Fears are entertained for some fields of potatoes in this neighbourhood. The stems appear blackened and decayed, as if by the effects of the mysterious disease ; but we trust these un favourable symptoms may be traced to the late thunder storm. In Harris and other western islands the disease undoubtedly prevails. THE Ps IITHSHIRE IncaL.isos.—We are sorry to say that unequivocal symptoms of the potato disease having penetrated into our highland districts aye at last too manifest. Within the last few days, the mysterious blight and blackening of the leaves of the "shaw " as if frosted, can be too generally tr a ced over the whole country, though be-west of Aberfeldy, with few excep tions, the evil may not be so palpable to the hurried passer-by, as the fields for the most part retain a some what greenish, or at most, a brownish or ripened tinge. We learn that even in this modified state the root has been found in a state of decomposition, and utterly uneatable for human food. Shearing will be commencing in ten days or a fortnight in the more early districts; and should the crops be got properly and without ecaith harvested, there is a good prospect of quantity and quality, but the delay of Saturday last has made sad havoc in the more luxuriaut fields is lodging the same.—Pothshir f Advertiser. THE MOORS. PEsnrrtt, Acu. 13.—8 y the break of day, yesterday, sportsmen were in watchful readiness in the moors and mountains all Britain over, to commence grouse shooting, and ere the sun arose reports of Joe Mantons were heard in rapid succession, indicative of the slaughtering purposes of the knights of the trigger. On nearly all the moors in the north a most fatal disease exists amongst the grouse, scores of which were found dead on the heaths, while others are so sickly that they can scarcely fly further than a few yards at a time. The others are pretty strong on the wing, and i'. was with difficulty that they were come within range of. However, with ardent perseverance, several gentlemen enjoyed an excellent day's sport. The Lion. Col. Lowther, M.P., on the Earl of Lonsdale's preserves, on Shap Fells, Westmoreland, bagged thirty brace of fine birds, and Henry I,:mther, Esq., of the Guards, his eldest son, brought down upwards of twenty brace. Viscount Ranelagh, Mr. Milos, and another party who are on a visit at Lowther Castle, on High Howe and other preserves, had most excellent sport, but our correspondent had not ascertained the precise number of birds that each gentleman killed. On Roderip Manor, near Ashton Moor, W. Parker, Esq., of Yanwath Hall, shot twenty-four brace ; Timothy Featherstonhaugh, Esq., of the College, Kirkoswald, twenty-three brace ; and Richard Tinckler, Esq., of Eden Grove, bagged nineteen brace, but the birds on the manor were only email. No intelligence has reviled us of the sport on the 12th, except that Mr. Dougal bagged 17 brace on his moors of Glenferness, on the forenoon of that day.—Elgin Courier. Sir P. Murray Thriepland, Bart., bagged to his own gun, on the 12th of August, on the Strathbraan shootings, 1031- brace of grouse and 8 hares. Tins Moons.—The morning of the twelfth dawned as auspiciously for the sportsman as could be desired. Since the storm% and floods of last week, the weather has been fine, but comparatively cool, with westerly breezes; and the slightest touch of frost made the scent lie strong. So far as the accounts have reached us, the sport will be about an average on the principle Highland moors ; but, of course, we are unable to give the first day's work. The mail, which passed Blair at mid-day, and the Duke of Wellington which came down four hours after both brought a number of boxes, the produce of the morning's work, some of which were addressed to the leading members of the nobility now in London. There are few changes in the principal Perthshire moors this season. There is a new party at Falar ; and Thomas Brown, Esq., and party, from Glasgow, have got Amulree, formerly Mr. Fox Maule's; and Charles Gray, Esq., and party, also from Glasgow, the fine preserved moor of Logiealmond, belonging to Castle Huntly ; John Ewing, Esq., at Bruar ; and Robert Graham, Esq., Calvine. The other Athol and Rannoch moors are tenanted as formerly.—Perth Courier, Thursday. SHEFFIELD—THE Moons.—We are sorry to find that the grouse on the moors was proved, by yesterday's sport, to be very scarce. As usual, numbers of gentlemen were up and stirring at an early hour, but the birds were wild and high on the wing, and were with difficulty got at. The largest bags we have been able to hear of was 12 brace, and our neighbour, Mr. William Aldam ' brought down 11 brace out of 24 shots. The prices varied from 105. to 12s. per brace, at which price our neighbour Fox is said to have sold be tween 70 and 80 brace.—lris. (From the Inverness Courier.) No shooting season could begin under more favourable auspices than that of 1846. The fogs which enveloped and shut out the distant landscapes have been dispelled by the thunder of last Saturday, and now the bracing atmosphere invites the young sportsman, inclined for an early shot, to roll himself in his plaid and listen for the first crow of the old ,cock, as, on fluttering wings, they rouse the young broods—many of them destined, ere evening, to fall, at the sound of the gun, on their native heather. We have often wondered, on looking at maps which give the lines of rail ways, that no enterprising publisher ever thought of a sporting map, where, in a similar way, shootings might be outlined and described—noting down deer corries—the bold peaks where ptarmigan are found—the heath-covered up lands, where dwell innumerable broods of grouse—and the fantastic old birch clumps, sloping to mountain streamlets; winch are the choice habitations of black game. .We present lists of parties all intent on seeking, at least, " The freshness of the mountain air, Which bloated ease can never hope to share." LIST OF SHOOTING PARTIES AT FORMER QUARTERS. Inverness, Sir St. George Gore, Bart.; Gildermory, the Earl of Selkirk ; Mar Forest, the Duke of Leeds ; Loch Leg gett the Marquis of Abercorn ; Torlundy, Lord Abinger ; Balmacaan ' Lord Reidhaven ; G arv i emore an d Glenshiero, Lord Maidstone, Sir J. M. Stanley, Bart. ; Dundriggan, Sir H. Meux, Bart., Richard Arabin, Esq.; Inchnacardoch, Colonel Porter ; Ardgay and Greenyards, Colonel Long ; Glendoe, W. Weinman, Esq. ; Corrour, Mr. Compton ; Coul, Colonel Matheson ; Fairness, A Campbell, Esq. ; Brae - ro3, Mr. Crawford ; Invere rne , Ch ar l es St. J o h n , Esq. ; Craigdarroch, Horatio Ross, Esq. ; Boath, J. C. Freebairn, Esq. ; Invershie, W. Evans, Esq., M.P. ; Pitmain, E. Lave rack, Esq., Messrs. Gladstone ; Kinrara, R. H. Clive, Esq., Mr. Ince, Mr. Merrick ; Torrish, H. W. Meredith, Esq. ,• Gernserie, B. Borough, Esq. ; A uc hi ntou l, M r . W ar t e r and ' friends • Erchless Castle, S. M . B ou ld erson , E sq ., T. Bark worth, Esq.; Castle Leod, R. Reid, Esq., Mr. Granville, Mr. West; Gruids, R. Johnson, E sq . ; Skiradvie, Mr. Tollemache ; Kincraig, Lord Russell ; Glentilchan, Mr. Mercer, Mr. Wil liams; Lochindorb, Mr. Campbell of Blythswood ; Corrie mony, Sir E. Vaughan, Ralph Creyke, Esq.; Scatwell, Mr. Petre ; Eskadale, Captain Mitford ; Relugas, George Orred, Esq. ; Invercauld, Lord Castlereagh ' • Helmsdale, George Alston, Esq. ; Logie, G. 11. M. Bak e r, Esq. ; Latheronwheel, Mr. Grevilte ; Benevreic, Colonel Ross; Glenroy, B. North, Esq. ; Loubcroy, J. M. E. Jones, Esq. ; Mamore, R. Blan chard, Esq.; Newtontnore, G. R. B. Berney, Esq.; Edinbein, James Lockhart, Esq. ; Roseholl and Culrain, J. Jones Esq., M. Steel, Esq., Mr. Lees; Calder, Halkirk, R. Nicholson, Esq. ; Rothes and Birnie, Lord Saultoun ; East Glentruim, Sir John Mackenzie; West Glentruim, E. Macpherson, Esq., P. Purcell, Esq.; Crowdale, Mr. Bruce, of Kennet; Guisachan, S. Steers, Esq.. W. Peel, Esq.; Belle ville, Mr. Macgildowny, Mr. M'G. Casement; Ardgour, Mr. Montague, H. St. John, Esq.; Upper Lochtreig, H. Blair, Esq. ; Inchrory, Lord W. Bentinck ; Attadale, P. Mitchell, Esq. • Scourie, Sir. Taylor, R. S. Sitwell, Esq. SHOOTING QUARTERS TAKEN FOR THE PRESENT SEASON, AND ON LEASE. Fasnakyle, Captain Inge, Lord Bateman, E. L. Gatacre, Esq.; Kinlochchewe, C. G. Eversfield, Esq., Lord Paget, Captain Blair, Captain Graham, Captain Lewis; Coigach. 'C. M. Campbell , Esq. ; Dalmagavie Messrs. La Touche ; Grant Lodge, J. Vibart, Esq. ; Carr Bridge, Sir H. Wilmot, Bart.; Aviemore, Mr. Gordon; Dulsie Bridge, Mr. Boden ham ; Gaick, Mr. Des Yaws; Glenbrean, W. B. Wain man, Esq.; Phoness and Dalwhinnie C. C. Martyn, Esq.; Corrybroughmore , A. Macmahon, isq., Hon. W. Stuart ; Farr, S. E. Colby, Esq., Captain Skinner; Sanquhar, Captain Shawe ; Culnakyle, Hon. H. Coventry, Captain Ferguson ; Langwell (Ross-shire), J. Robertson, Esq.; Upper Killin, D. C. Majoribanks, Esq., Lord E. Hill, Mr. Broadhurst ; Foyers, W. Ramsay, Esq. ; Lochalsh, E. Buxton, Esq.; Loch Rosque, Captain Bishop, Mr. Ci idland, Major Merryweather, Lord Suffield; Balblair, Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., Sir G. Houston, Bart. ; Knocks - , J. W. Perry, Esq. ; Langwell (Caithness), J. P. Wilson, Esq.; Mop Beg, George Orred, Esq.; hlonalia, Hon. F. De Grey ' • Glenfintaig, B. Locke, Esq. ; Glenevis, C. T. Master, Esq. ; Finzean, Messrs. Callwell ; Blackball and Birse Forest, R. Winsloe, Esq. ; Kiltarlity, E. Bligh, Esq. ; Banchor and Free, C. Woodmas, RaCi., Mr. Erskine; Poolewe, Mr. Callender, A. Houblon, Esq., Dr. Cumming; Dundonnell, Walter Boyd, Esq. • Morar, J. G. Symons, Esq.; Auchinault, T. Garde, Esq.,'W. G. Jackson, Esq., Mr. Power; Lower Killin, J. King, Esq. ; Dummaglass and Aberchalder, S. D. Penrose, Esq., Mr. Wilson, C. F. Colmore, Esq., Captain Young; Strath tummel, L. Melville, Esq.; Glenlivat, C. Goring, Esq., M.P.; Gledfield, J. A. Smith, Esq.; Craigguanach, It. N. Turnbull, Esq. ; Lochshiel, S. Simpson, Esq . . ; Duntelchaig and 13u nachton, Mr. Grierson ; Kellochy, W. E. M ac ki n t os h, E sq . ; Stittenham, J. T. Tisdall,- Esq., Colonel Moore ; Torridon, Walter Berwick, Esq.; Sir A. Humble, Mr. Macarthy ; Strathaird, J. W. Eyton, Esq. ; Harris, Mr. Lloyd, R. M. Leeke, Esq. • A c h na carry, Tomline ; Mi gav i e , C a pt a i n Downes ; sidi s s e r, Mr. Caldwell, Esq. ; C a ntray, J. S. Hodgson, Esq., Mr. Staunton ; Kilmorack, E. I. Collingwood, Esq.; Diebdale and Salachie, M. W. Forde, Esq., J. F. Close, Esq., Mr. Close • Dalmally, H. Brooke Esq. ; Loch Eilt, G. Wood, Esq.; Dalcrombie and Dalbuie, Rev. J. S. Casborne ; Errogie, Mr. Powell. SPORTING PARTIES AT TIMM. OWN RESIDENCES. Dunrobin Castle, the Duke of Sutherland, Lord Stafford ; Armadale Castle, Lord Macdonald, Lord Cardigan ; Cawdor Castle, Earl Cawdor, Lord Emlyn, Lord Thynne, Hon. A. Campbell ; Beaufort Castle, Lord Lovat, the Master of Lovat, Hon.— Fraser, Captain 511sstyn ; Glenquoich, Ellice, EA., ; Rtrathconan, o ßalfour,_ the Marquis of Salisbury ; TiriV_ I h _C r. I J Ross, Col. 11. Ross ; Cluany, Mr. Mackenzie, Seaforth o. ; Lewes, Mr. Denys, g rry, the Marquis of Conyng ham,Msjor Houston ; amieson, Mr. Hamilton ; To matin, L. Maclean, Glen i‘ a l Cluny Castle, Cluny Lord Hathert ' on, Earl of Leicester, Tolls, E lN a l r r i . . 5i Mathesonoutch e s E M sq . P .: ; W. Baillie, Esq., Lord Gifford, the Macpherson; John rf 0 B u r e , n E b o . Duke of Manchester, Lord Grosvenor; Mow, H. W. White, ; _ uic art, Sir J. J. R. Mackenzie, Esq. ; Clime. Mr. Mackintosh, of Balnespick ; Achany, James Rhidarroch, J. H. Mackenzie, Esq. L hl h Matheson, Esq Bart., J. Brown, Esq. ; -------- LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND, VOL. IX. BY AGNZS STRICE:LAND.—The career of Mary of Modena, Consort of the ill-fated James the S econd, was so eventful, that this volume, which. is dedicated to her life, w ill p rove one of the most int eresting of Miss Stickland ' s v ery interest ing series. History t ells us but little of this unfortunate, but noble•minded lady, and the greater portion of the facts now laid before the pul!lic have been sifted and select e d f rom the secret archives of .r ranee- One of th e most i nteresting extracts taken from this source is a pa r t o f a MS. diary, kept by one of the nuns of Chaillot, of the sayings and doings of the exiled Queen during her occasional retreat to that con vent, after the death of James the Second. This diary throws great light upon the p erso nal history of the royal ex iled family towards the latter part of their lives. To one of her friends in the convent the Queen also addressed a vast number of letters, from which we have copious extracts i n this volume. Miss Strickland , like a true woman, most heartily sympathises with the fallen Stuarts. She would have been a Jacobite a hundred years ago; now she speaks with sympathy of the sorrows that are past, an d d e di cates her book to the most illustrious of the House of Brunswick.— Weekly Chronicle. LITERATURE. FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW. The article entitled " Portugal and its late Rulers," in the July number of the Foreign Quarterly, will be read with much interest at the present time. It is a "full, true, and particular account" of the career of the Brothers Cabral, and we quite concur in opinion with the writer, that " Western Europe has offered no parallel in recent times for the bare-faced effrontry with which official peculation and venality have been practised during the last four years in Portugal, where it was not one individual alone of a ministry, but the majority of its members, who made either stock jobbing, or contract selling, or patronage vending, the great business of their public lives ; and notwithstanding the noto riety of such practices, carried on year after year, they en joyed the favour of the court up to the latest moment, to an extent unequalled by any former administration." The government of the Cabrals "Spring out of a rebellion planned by a disgraced employe, the elder Cabral (Jeze Bernado da Silva Cabral) in 1842, and executed by the younger brother, Antonio da Costa Cabral (then Minister of Justice), who set the novel exam ple of abandoning his portfolio, to upset the Government of which he was a member." The elder brother Jose da Silva was originally an official in the Court of Belaßoe of Oporto, and to which post he had been appointed during the constitutional regency, while at the same time his younger brother Costa Cabral was appointed to a magisterial situation in Penella. On the return of Don Miguel, Silva Cabral became one of his most zealous partisans, and proclaimed him as absolute King at Nellus, whilst Costa Cabral remained a Pedroist and emigrated to Belgium. Silva Cabral, at the fall of Don Miguel, passed over to the winning side, and persuaded Don Pedro that all through the reign of Don Miguel he had been secretly attached to the Queen's cause. Don Pedro conferred on him a magisterial office in Oporto, and here he exer cised his ingenuity in arresting Miguelites, and seizing ' their property for the State. A mysterious loss of much of this property in its way from the coffers of the Miguelites to the Treasury brought Silva Cabral into bad odour, and he was dismissed from the office he held in Oporto. Ile was, however, soon after appointed to the office of Corregidor of the district of Ro9io, in the neighbourhood of Lisbon, and here he imprisoned a priest named Da Silva, and seized all his property, which was of great value. In consequenee of the severities exercised upon him, the unfortunate priest died. An in • vestigation took place. The witnesses declared it was their profound conviction " that the imprisonment of the deceased priest had been concerted in order to ad-. mit of those robberies being made, which were abetted by the Corregidor," and the judges to whom the matter was referred, decided against the Corregidor; and this is the man who was recently appointed by the Queen of Portugal, Minister of Justice and Religion. Costa Cabral, on his return to Portugal, was appointed to a judicial situation in the Azores, and was elected at..l)e -puty for St. Michael's to the Cortes. He distinguished himself by the violence of his ultra democratical opinions, and contributed largely to bringing about the revolution of 1836. In the clubs he was constantly denouncir , for assassination all those who opposed his views, and was called, and seemed proud to be called, the Murat of Lis bon. Silva Carvalho had procured him his ap pointment to the Azores, and of course Silva Carvalho was the object of his unceasing attacks. By Count Bomfin he had been brought into the Ministry, and, of course, he immediately commenced a series of intrigues against him, which ended in the downfall of his ministry. His influence over the King Consort became very great in fact, the King was governed by his German favourite Dietz and by Costa Cabral ; and, at length, while still Cabinet Minister, he left Lisbon, and put himself at the head of an armed force to destroy the government of which he was a member, and to restore the charter of Don Pedro, which he himself had helped to set aside in 1836. He succeeded, and for four years he and his brother were ministers. "In that period he suspended the Constitution three times, and caused the Queen to affix her signature thirteen times to ordinances in vio lation of the written charter, which is the fundamental law of the state." When he came into power he was pennyless ; when he was expelled from Portugal, the other day, by an indignant people, he was possessed of large estates, large sums in the public securities, of a castle at Thomar, and a palace in Lisbon, the produce of the most barefaced peculation; and yet no Minister ever received such support from the Court as Cabral ; and it is to force him upon the unwilling Por tuguese people that the Spanish Government is at this moment concentrating its forces on the Portuguese fron tier; and to support him that the Spanish Minister at Lisbon, Gonzales Bravo, contrary to the law of nations, interfered in the internal concerns of the State to which he was accredited. This, however, may be accounted for, by the fact, that Cabral is in league with Dietz, the German favourite of the Portuguese King, and that Diet; if not an agent of France, is certainly . one of the warmest of the upholders of French Influence and of French interference in the affairs of the Peninsula. The article on the French political preachers of the sixteenth century is worthy of study. The writer clearly shows that the ob ject of the Guises and the League was to esta blish a sacerdotal democracy, and that the preachers openly enforced the duty of assasssinating all those opposed to them, as a " holy, heroic, praise worthy deed, which would assure Paradise to the per raior ; and one of the Garin declared, in a sermon, that the family of Jacques Clement, the assassin of Henry 111., ought to be ennobled. The massacre of St. Bartholomew was constantly held up as an example worthy to be followed ; and, even after the League was suppressed by the firmness and wisdom of Henry IV., .Boucher, one of these preachers, declaimed bitterly against the edict of Nantes, and published a treatise in defence of the attempt at regicide, made by Jean Cha tel, in 1595. The writer thus concludes : " It is a history worthy of serious contemplation even in our own times. But let us not forget, above all, that our fore fathers were watching with painful anxiety every phase of this, to them, fearfully tragic story. Their faith and peace were equally at stake. Spanish money was as actively . em ployed against Elizabeth as against Henri 111. or Henri IV. The knife of the assassin had doubtless been more than once prepared for her. Hundreds of cunning Jesuits and wily preachers, educated expressly for the purpose, were sent into this country in disguise, and were busily engaged in sowing, in private the same seditious principles. A Ligue was prepared for England, if it had succeeded in France. Let us not, then, judge too rashly the statesmen, who, in condemning Mary of Scotland, thought that the death of an ambitious woman, a Guise by her mother's blood, a ready instrument in the hands of her family, was necessary for the safety of their country. The designs in which she partook were those of the Spaniard, the pope, and the house of Lorraine; and when she manifested her zeal for the establishment of the Catholic church and the overthrow of heretics, it was to be done by means such as those employed on the continent by Spain, and the pope, and the Guises. It is thus that, at certain periods, to understand our own history, it is necessary that we should have something more than a superficial knowledge of that of the surrounding nations." In addition to these articles, we have an admirable review of " Stoke's Discoveries in Australia," an inte resting" Biography of Herder," a stirring account of the attempt of Burlamacchi at Lucca, in the year 1546, to originate a movement for the nationalisation of Italy; a learned review of the " Oxford Graduates ;" recently published work on Modern Painters, and several amus ing notices of recent American publications. THE ECLECTIC REVIEW. No. 11. New Series. A prosperous course seems to lie before this period cal; and its contents, for excellence of writing, for variety of contributions, and for uncynical morality, justify the success which they promise. " Methodism as it is," though of anything but general interest, is a paper so agreeably compiled, that it will be perused with at tention, especially as it relates to a very large and in fluential body of our countrymen. Sane of its ani madversions are not altogether undeserved ; many of them are richly merited. " The History of the Dog" is a capital collection of memorabilia relating to that most sagacious of animals ; but we marvel that the writer, while referring to Youatt and Martin, as authorities, entirely overlooked the recent and excentric narrative of Jesse. There is likewise an elegant little dissertation on the last twenty years of the reign of George 111., evoked by the concluding volume of Mr. Knight's "Pictorial His tory of England." Never was any similar fragment of time in the records of England, or possibly of Europe, so ' fraught with wonderful occurrences, or so remarkable for an array of extraordinary personages. Parlia mentary oratory was then at its parehellion; Pitt, Fox, Burke, and Sheridan, were as habitual haranguers of the House at that period, as Russell, Hume, Duncombe and Wakley are now-a-days. Poetry was only second in excellence to the Shaksperian and Mil tonian eras : Coleridge, Shelley, Campbell, and Byron issued their couplets as irregularly as Bulwer, Tenny son, Elliott, and the author of the " New Timon ' " do in our generation. The startling news o f an Aus terlitz or a Trafalgar are now replaced by intel ligence of a division upon some free-trade ques tion, or (according to the mal adroit fasciousness of Lord Brougham) the latest bulletin of the potato disease. Hallam and Lingard in history ; Ilaz • litt and Gifford in criticism ; Bentham in philosophy ; Erskine in forensic and Hall in pulpit eloquence ; Mack intosh as a biographer ; Foster as an essayist,' then occupied posts which are now almost vacant. Sydney Smith was to his day what Punch is to ours. The Waverley Novels were then devoured with avidity, like that evinced by the public for Martin Chuzzlewit and the like. Brougham and Jeffrey were then reviewers ; their present representatives we cannot enumerate. \Liss Mitford has beef succeeded by Miss Martineau ; in lieu of Miss Edgeworth we have Mrs. Gore or the Countess of Blessington. The parallel might be con tinued almost ad infinitum, and we fancy would not be altogether uninstructive. The closing years of George 111. are among . the most memorable lessons of humanity •, and it is singular enough to reflect how at that great epoch the imaginations of men were filled by the names of two extraordinary charac ters, Napoleon and Byron—the one the hero of the sword and of the sceptre, the other the hero of mis anthropy and the pen. With other contributions upon Thomas Cartwright, the Argentine Republic, &c., the Eclectic Review is readable and instructive. BORDEAUX AND ITS WINES. By C. Cocks. Those who relish that m os t fl avourous o f a ll b everages , claret, will relish this very agreeable volume. And who, we should like to know, does not relish claret? If there actually be any individual with a palate so callous as not to be tickled by the tine -juice of Medoc, we should be uncommonly glad of an introd uc ti on to hi m, an d s h ou ld prize his friendship as that of an unique specimen of hu manity. Everybody at all worthy of being considered as anybody has admired the in genu i ty w i t h w hi c h Si n b a d the Sailor got rid of the Old Man of the Sea, by present ing him with a calabash of wine ; and we could scarcely, take upon ourselves to blame the old gentleman, supposing the wine in question were such wine asLafite, or Chateaux- Margaux, or Latour, or Haut-Brion. The book, now lying open before us., has a kindred ripeness with the fruit age of which it is commemorative ; th e d esc riptions con tained IA its pages come u glibly and as pleasantly from the tongue of the writer as its subject may be presumed to tickle over the tongue of the reader. Mr. Cocks has evidently undertaken his account of "Bordeaux, its ' Wines, and the Claret Country," with an epicurean gusto, and he knows moreover precisely which infurina tion to introduce, and how it should be introduced. To our thinking there is nothing whatever superfluous in his chapters, nor are their contents in any instance su perficial. The theme is ostensibly familiar to the author, and he treats it well ; and it' the conceit may be permitted, we should say that he treats it so well because it is so familiar. A history of Bordeaux, with which the volume commences, is singularly interesting ; it describes the growth of that beautift.l town, from the period when it was denominated Burdi gala of the Romans, down to its reception of the Dukes de Nemours and d'Auinale in IS-15. Besides this, we :.re regaled with a charming narrative of its antiquities, its modern buildings, the character and customs of its in habitants, its system of public instructions, and the cele brated personages of which it is the birthplace; among whom should be especially mentioned the renowned "Legislator of Nations," Charles Secondat Montesquieu. A railway trip to La Teste, and an excursion by steamer to Royan, filllow, and thereupon the reader is inducted to the pith of the whole performance—a description of the qualities, the localities, the seasons, and the manufacture of claret. Separate accounts are devoted to the six great wine districts of Upper Medoc, namely, the Arrondisse ments of Bordeaux, Lesparre, Libourne, La Reole, Ba ses, and Blaye. Of the manner of the composition, we shall afford our readers some inkling by transcribing the accounts of the ceremonies, of the vintage, and of the preparations necessary before the pressure of the grapes, and the fermentation of the liquid that exudes upon that pressure. The following is more than merely graphic ; it is photo-graphic:-- "The vintagers are disposed in the following manner. The women and children arc employed to cut off the grapes. They ought to reject and pick away whatever is defective, unripe, parched, or rotten : one cutter is allotted to every row of vines, and the grapes thus cut are put into baskets. For every eight rows of vine there are two carriers of bastes, or buckets, thirty or thirty-two of which make a charge ' or load, which again is composed of two small tubs, called do nilles, placed on a cart. A carrier, termed a ridepanier, re ceives the basket of every vintager, as soon as it is full, and empties it into the bucket, which is carried on the back of another, to be emptied into the tubs placed in the cart. A commandant, or inspector, is set over every twelve rt'ges, whose duty is to hasten the cutters, and to see that they do not forget any of the grapes. When the two tubs on the cart are full, the bowler, or ox• driver, conveys the load to the cuvier, a spacious outhouse, where the wine is made. " When the tubs have arrived in the caner they are re ceived by four or live men, who empty their contents into the pressoir, or wine-press, which is made either of wood or stone, and composed of four sides, sixteen inches high, and joined at right an g l es , h av i ng a bottom of nine square feet; this press is about two feet from the ground, and slightly in clines towards the front. The men next scrape the grapes off the stalks; this is done either with rakes, or by rubbing the bunches on a wire sieve. The stalks having been carried away into another press to drain, the grapes are thrown into a heap, and trodden by the men, who, bare legged, and fol lowing each other, tread round the base of the heap till the whole is gradually levelled and crushed. Some proprietors are averse to the fouluge, or treading of grapes : confining the operation to the egrappage, or scraping the grapes from the stalks, they instantly pour the fruit entire into the vat. While this operation is being performed, a hole in the front of the press allows the moot, or juice, to escape into a tub, called . gargouille. The men empty this juice into long buckets, termed comportes, which are traversed near the top by a long stick, for the purpose of being carried by two men, who pour the juice into the caves or vats. It is usual to fill these vats only to within fifteen inches of the top; otherwise there would be a risk of losing much wine at the time of fermentation." Mr. Cocks has presented to merchants and connoiseurs in wine a volume for which they will be grateful, and in recommending it as we have done, we cannot surely be performing any disservice to the advocates of total absti nence. For the teetotallers, as a body, we entertain feelings of the most unaffected respect, but the teetotal lers themselves cannot but acknowledge, that, taken in moderation, wine may be eminently beneficial, and that a supreme authority has declared that it " maketh glad the heart of man!" This volume cannot therefore promm, in any particular, prejudicial. GAUGE EVIDENCE. The History and Prospeets of the Railway System, Illustrated by the Evidence given before the Gauge Commission. By Samuel Sidney, Author of " Bristol, a Free Port," c. We have here the gauge evidence arranged under the separate heads of " Narrow Gauge Evidence," " Uni formity of Gauge Evidence," " Intermediate Gauge Evidence," and " Broad Gauge Evidence." The evi dence is preceded by a brief history of the gauge ques tion, in which the author avows himself a " Narrow Gauge Man," and it is illustrated by a map, showing the territories of the respective gauges. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE.—Au°. 12.—0 n the 7th of this month a great misfortune befel the commune of Noordlaren. About four o'clock on the afternoon the lightning struck the house of the farm, Willen Assies, one of the largest farm houses there, so that in a moment the whole build ing was in flames. The barn being full of hay and corn, it was impossible to save them. The inhabitants of Noordlaren were obliged to confine their exertions to endeavour to save the neighb airing houses, but they could not prevent the flames from setting fire to the opposite house, likewise one of the largest farm-houses in the place ; and as the stock of hay and corn was very lane the whole was totally destroyed. It was with great difficult)', and with the assistance of the inhabitants of the environs that the flames were hindered from spread ing still further. On the same day, at the same hour, a similar disaster took place in the village of Zandt. A violent thunder-storm burst over the fortress of Koe vorden, where the lightning struck a chimney, and the electric fluid passing through the roof, entered a cham ber were three lads were at work, who were completely stunned, but not hurt, and passed through an open win • dow. Several labourers at work in the fields, in different parts of our province, have suddenly fallen down dead, in consequence of the intense heat that we have lately had. _ _ VENLOO, AUG. 11.—The accounts of the disease in the potatoes in our environs are different. It seems, however, to be of little importance. THE HAUGE, AUG. 13.—His Excellency Prince Ester• hazy, formerly Austrian Ambassador in London, and suite, coming from Konigsworth, has arrived here. AMSTERDAM, AUG. 14.—We learn from Hanover that Prince Albert, son of Prince Albert of Prussia, arrived there on the 10th, on a visit to the King, intending to go, on the next day, to Wangoroog. Prince Albert of Prussia arrived on the 11th, at Hanover, and prcceedcd next day to the Hague. We learn from Bremen that the Dutch war-steamer, the Cyclop, arrived on the 9th, at Bremen, having to take on board a lady of distinction, who was expected there, and bring her to Holland. THE CAUCASUS. (EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.) 'rums, JUNE 20.—You have doubtless been informed by the official statement of the General-in• Chief of the incursion made into Kabardah by Schamyl in the be ginning of this month ; but that brief and miserable document can only have given you a very incorrect idea of that equally important and unexpected event. I wish I had sufficient talent to depict the inex _ pre)sible confusion, the incredible fright, which the sudden news of the apparition of the famous prophet of the Tschetscnenses, at the head of an army of more than 20.000 mountaineers, produced, not only on all the line between Grosnaia and Jekaderinodar, but even amongst the inhabitants of our quiet capital. The fright was so great that the enemy was believed to be already at the gates of our city. The unfortunate inhabitants of the ICubardah had much more reason to be frightened than we, who are separated from the spot on which the war has broken out by the great Alpine range of the Cau casus, and protected by good fortifications and a suffi cient garri.on. Those who suffered the most from this :ast sudden impetuous attack made by the mountaineers are the unfortunate Cossacks, of the line lately settled on the banks of the Sundja and the Teack, and who were too widely spread over the country to be enabled to offer a combined or much resistance. Here are, in a few words, some positive thtails imparted to me by a person well informed, who has just returned from Wladikawkas. Towards the end of April Schamyl was on the banks of thi , Argun, at the head of a small army, almost ex clusively formed by Tschetschenses (amounting to nearly 5,000 men), about 60 versts south of Grosnaia. At the same time he sent emissaries into Daghestan and Lesgistan to call the tribes to arms, and to promise them in his name the spoil of the whole country belonging to the Kabardians, who had submitted to Russia. This time Schamyl's promises and proclamations met with greater success than they had ever done before. A number of persons hastened to join him from every di rection. His small army was rapidly increased by the Lesgians, the Acoares, the Tojusches, the Gumbites, and other tribes from the mountains which surround the province called Great Tschetschina, followed the ex ample of the Tschetschenses, and brought to the service of their famous chief the strength of their arms, their courage, and their love of pillage and of booty. General Freytag, commander of the fortress of Gros naia, had been informed by his spies of a considerable movement in the interior of the forests of Tschetschina, and of Schamyl's intention to invade Kabardah. But the Russian General being aboastomed to hear the same news constantly repeated, and to see the threats of the enemy followed by no hostile attempts against Kabardah, considered those of Schamyl as idle words, and did not pay much attention to the meeting of large forces in Tschetschina, thinking that their leader intended to em ploy them in the defence of his residence, Widin, against which General Freytag was preparing an expedition. But Schamyl, who had heard that the Russians were marching all their forces towards the East, for the two expeditions which were to take place in summer against Tschetschina and Daghestan, immediately determined to proceed westward with the whole of his forces. It is probable that the difficulty of procuring provisions for the immense number of partizans whom the manly lan guage of his proclamation had induced to join his stan dard, obliged him to adopt that sudden resolution, the boldness of which can only be appreciated by those ac quainted with the nature of the seat of war, and the strong position occupied by the Russian army on the right wing of the line of operation. Schamyl crossed the Sunja between Wladi, Kaukas, and Nasran. All the st,nitzas (villages) built by the Cossacks during the last three years along the right bank of that river were sur prised, plundered, and committed to the flames. Most of the men escaped (thanks to the swiftness of their horses), but the vve.m , n, old men, and children, were made prisoners, and, shortly afterwards, the greatest number were put to death by an order of Schardyl, whose march was impeded by so large a cgrivoy of prisoners. The success of his enterprise, it is true, depended on the rapidity of his movements, for the alarm had been spread along the entire line, and Generals Nestorow and Freytag were collec;iug in all haste their tiisposable force to per.nte the enemy and cut off the retreat of Schamyl. The latter marched through Lower Kabardia, and crossed the Terek, bete een Jekaderinagrad and Prischipskaja, and on reaching the steppes of Upper Kabardia, he formed his army into two divisions, one of which, under his own command, proceeded towards the north, me nacing Georgia-fsk, whilst the other, headed by the Naib Haiti - nuret, advatic.A towards the west, in the direction of the territory of the Kubardia and Tartar tribes, in habiting the steppes to the north of the Elbrus. A small portion of the Kabardians, frightened at the approach of those savage hordes, which threatened them with de struction. j• lined the standard of Schamyl. Other tribes iutrenched themselves in their souls_ or villages, and op posed an obstinate resistance ; but the main part of the population abandoned the country and retired towards the north, in the direction of Stavropol. Upwards of 60 (wills were taken, plundered, and burnt by the enemy. The number of stanitzas, or Cossack villages, which fell into the hands of Schamyl is not exactly known, but is estimated at between 16 and 20. After ravaging the country between Georgiefsk, Schamyl suddenls marched to the east, re-crossed the Terek, between Mardok and Naurskaja, and re-entered the defiles of the Upper Tschetschina, without having experienced any severe los% from the inability of the Russian troops, in pursuit of him on three different points, to come up with his •;ntiti force. There were some skirmishes between the Cossacks and the cavalry of Hadj Muret, who had effected a junction with Schamyl in Lower Kabardia, and formed his rear-guard. The mountaineers, in one of these en counters. 'left 200 kilh'd in the field, but upwards of 1,500 Kabardians followed Schamyl into the mountains, and the booty captured by him in Kabardia is immense. Sir James Graham, Bart., passed through Carlisle on Saturday, en route for Netherby, where the 'Right Hon. Baronet is expected to remain some time. It is stated that the principal object of his visit is connected with the effects of the recent floods upon his estate, and the stock and crops of tenantry, which are considered to require particular attention.—Carlisle Patriot. NEW SIGN OF DEATH.—The following important discovery is calculated to be of great service in cases of suspected death. The communication was lately made to the Royal Academy of Sciences, Paris, by 31.Ripault, who, in directing the attention of members to the discovery, observed, that it consisted in perfect flaccidity of the iris when the globe of the eye is compressed in two opposite directions. If the individual be living, the pupil retains its circular form, notwithstanding the compression ; It dead, the apwr ture becomew irregular, mid the circular form is lost. A SPANISH ROBBER. (Extract from a letter dated Madrid, August 8.) An act of singular ferocity took place a day or two ago in the prison of Salamanca. A notorious robber and murderer, of the name of Patino, the terror of the sur rounding country for years, was lately captured and tried by court-martial. lie was at first sentenced to be shot, but the military authorities thinking such a mode of punishment too honourable for such a miscreant, obtained its commutation to strangling by the garote. On the morning of the 3d instant, the turnkey pro ceeded, as is usual, to inform the criminal that the Judge of First Instance, accompanied by the escribano, had arrived, to announce, in form, his sentence, and to transfer him to the condemned chapel, pre paratory to his execution. He was found with one of his legs released from the fetters, having skilfully em ployed a file fur that purpose, which he had concealed on his person. Though still bound to the iron bar which traversed the dungeon, he flung himself on the turnkey, seized the massive keys, struck him on the head, and dashed him against the wall outside. He then locked the door, and shut himself up in the cell. The officers of the prison, the judge, and chaplain implored him to cease such fruitless resistance, and to open the door, or pass the keys through the grating. He refused, and uttered against them the most horrible imprecations. A blacksmith was called to undo the lock, but he did not -- succeed, its massive strength resisting all his efforts. Half a-dozen strong men then tried to break open the door with crowbars and heavy pieces of timber. They suc ceeded, and the door fell in fragments. The fury of the criminal rose then to its height. lie placed himself be hind a strong beam which went across the upper part of the door on the inside, and, brandishing the formidable key, actually broke the head of the first man who at tempted to effect an entrance. The wounded man was dragged out by the legs by his comrades. The others tried to enter in a body, but it was impossible; the door. way was too narrow. For more than a quarter of an hour he kept them at bay, and answered to the entrea ties of the officers and the prayers of the priest with the most awful blasphemies and the most disgusting ob scenities. He then flung the keys at their heads with his utmost force, and severely wounded two persons. Seeing all entreaties useless, a party of soldiers was called to the spot. The officers of the guard once more summoned him to surrender, but he replied with the grossest ribaldry and the most insulting gestures, and howled defiance to the whole garrison. The soldiers were ordered to load their muskets; while they were doing so he wounded the officer with a piece of lime .stone. The priest seeing that he was about to be shot down like a wild beast in his den, entreated the men to fire low, so as to disable, but not to kill him, in order that some chance might yet remain of repentance. A shot was fired, but it missed him. The ruffian fell back to a dark corner of the dungeon, as far as his chain permitted, and from thence flung stones and pieces of mor tar at his assaulters. Another shot was fired through the grating, and broke his leg. The wound rendered him savage beyond all description: He bellowed, and howled, and foamed in rage; and still, dragging his smashed and bleeding limb along, flung missiles at the soldiers, who yet did not dare to venture into the dark tress of the dungeon. A third shot was fired, and his shoulder was broken. The arm fell lifeless by his side, and he lay on the ground. He called out that he sur rendered, but only because he could no longer resist. They entered, and he was dragged along the flo or, bathed in his blood. As they were in the act ofreplac ing the broken fetter, he collected his remaining strength, and with his left hand struck the turnkeys with the iron on the bead, and laid him at his feet. Three or four men threw themselves on him, and completely mas tered him. Ire was then removed to the condemned chapel, after the sentence had been duly notified. He was subsequently visited by the priest, who employed every effort, but in vain, to bring him to a sense cf his condition. His exhortations and prayers were replied to with the filthiest obscenity and the most horrid execra tions. To the last moment he continued the same ; and even on the scaffold, seated on the fatal c h a i r , w i t h the coldinstrument of death about to clasp his bare neck, this monster in human form shouted to the horrified crowd about him curses and imprecations on God and man ! RosslNL—The account of the gran maestro's present doings are so contradiory as to deprive each other of all credit. According to some, the visit of the delegates from the Paris Italian Opera has revived his all-but extinguished musical ardour, and having long been without a piano, he goes every morning to a friend's house, and thumps his instrument for several hours a day, composing a new and splendid work for the Parisians. Others say that a new opera will be all a humbug, a piece of patchwork made up of pieces from the Donna del Lae" and some of his forgotten operas, w ith nothing new but the title and the libretto, which is to be manufactured after the music has been put together. We are, moreover, told that arrange ments have been made for producing this new work (what ever it may be) at her Majesty's Theatre next season. We must wait patiently till time shall solve this great mystery. The Milan Gazette says that a new chorus has been com posed by Rossini, and sung with enthusiasm at Bologna, in celebration of the political amnesty granted by the new Pope; but another journal (the Pirates) asserts that this was merely a chorus from one of his old operas, to which he put ne wjwords. DEATH OF SIGNOR GABUSSI, THE COMPOSER. This clever musician expired on Saturday morning, after a short illness of thirty-four hours, having long laboured under a diseased liver. He was a native of Bologna, and was in his 45th year. lie visited London during the musical season for some years past, and was universally respected for his talent, of which Rossini had the highest opinion. CHARGE OF BRIBERY AT ST. ALB,AN'S.--RIOT.- Yr. Manlove, jun., who went up to town with Lord Listowel, In his carriage, immediately after the declaration of the poll, with the five sovereigns alleged by him to have been given him in Mr. Cabbell's committee-room for his vote. returned on Wednesday evening, whets a mob of the very lowest description, connected with the Tory party, created an uproar. Mr. Manlove prudently took refuge in the police-station till the morning. On Thursday evening riotous pro ceedings were again commenced, by rough music, &c. ; but on a re presentation being made by some of the inhabitants to the Mayor, he, with great promptitude, issued orders to the police immediately to suppress the disturbance by their personal exertions, as well as pressing assistants. It is presumed that these rioters did not volunteer their services. Some one paid them.--Hertford Reformer. AMERICAN BAR ELOQUENCE.-" May it please the Hon. Court and Gentlemen of the Jury—the defendant in this case, wilfully and maliciously, with all the fury of a fiend, emerged from the wild wilderness with all the terrific frenzy of a roaring lion, and with his gigantic strength he did then and there seize my in ' offensive client by the colliv—and tore his shirt 1"--4mencoAPeoPer• ---"'"lflrm MANCHESTC u.--Our m ar k e t h as been quiet durin g the past week, STATE OF TRADE. w :ch the exc e pti on of goods suite, ble for printing. Parties forcing sales of 40-i nc h go l t I end " 72.. reed shirtings are obliged to submit to very low prices. Indeed, there is scarcely anything d oink this description of cloth. W e antici pate a fart her l de mand for printing cloth if w, have fine w ea th er . for a w,' few weeks ; and the reduction in the American tariff for prints will also have a teLltlency to improve - them 26-inch 60 reed-printers, 31b. 12'nz. to 41b., at 3s. .9(1. to 4s. ; 26-inch 66 reed-printers, 4113, 40z., at 4s. 4d. to 4s. 41d. ; 27-inch 66 reed-printers, 41b. Boz. to 41b. I.`toz., at 4s. 6d. to 4s. 9d. ; 27 inch 72 reed-printers, 41b.. .I4oz. to 51b., ss. 3d. to ss. Gd.; 36-inch 66 reed-printer s, Mb. to Mb. Boz., at ss. 1 cd. to ss. 40. ; 36-inch 72 :reed printers, 51b. 10oz. to 61b., at 6s. to 6s. Gd. ; 361- inch shirting's in proportion ; 40-inch gold end shirt ings, GO-reed, 4t 7s. to 7s. 9cl. ; ditto, 66-reed, at gs. d. to 9s. lid. ; ditto 72-reed, at 9s. to 9s. 3A-d. In yarn -there is very little doing, And prices of some counts of :mule twist have declined Is. Bd. to Is. 4d. during the we ek ; for water twist there is Pot much alteration to notice.-- Manchester Advertiser, of Saturday. MANCHESTER -There hao been a :steady demand for sugar this week, and sales to a fair extent have been made at full prices; namely, Barbadoes from 465. to 525. and Bengal from 495. to 545. The market for silk cos. tinues in a depressed state, and the transactions t his week are unimportant. There has been less inquiry i'or cot• ton, and although no alteration can be quoted in pricer, the previous value is not easily obtainable.-Manchester Guardian of Saturday. BRADFORD.-WOOI-OUT market is well supplied with all kinds of combing wools, and the business doing it barely an average, as the prices are too high to induce the spinners to buy, except to supply their immediate wants. Yarn-There is more doing in all kinds of yarns o.nd a disposition to buy for future delivery; but the prices current are so very low that the spinners could not realise prime cost prior to the advance which is now being given on combing wages, and there is no disposi tion to sell, except at higher rates. Piece-The pros pects cf an early reaped and abundant harvest are very cheering, and hold out good hopes for a good home trade for the autumn. The acccunts from the west are equally satisfactOry; and the passing of the reduced ta riff and the Bondasi Duties Bill are looked upon as highly beneficial, 60 ....bat we may expect to be busy throughout the winter. Our market has been very tire, and on some kinds of goods an advance has been given. ROCHDALE.-The flannel market s; ill c o n tinues inac tive, and the demand limited. Wool has undergone little variation, either in price or quantity sold. NOTTINGHAM.-The market has this week b ‘ len very quiet, especially in the plain department. In :armies more has been doing, res]ly good patterns finding a r.'adY sale both for home and fofeign consumption.-Ifradj4 , rd Observer. l'arsixv.-An unprecedented stir exists here for the autumn trade at present. There ;s a very brisk demand for weavers, principally at tartan f a hrics ; and warpers and winders, in particular, have not beC'n so much in re quest for a dozen years past. This wort:: for winders is a great relief to the town, and affords the t oeans of sup port to many aged women who have long bee' in a very destitute condition.-Glusgow Saturday Post. IlAwrcK.-The trade of this place is uncommonly brisk. This is evidenced by the quantities of goods that are daily leaving our warehouses. We have heard. that one house cleared out about seven tons of hosiery last week, and other firms are doing business OH an equally extensive scale. A portion of these goods will cross the Atlantic, but the greater part are destined, we under , stand, for the home market.-Kelso Chronicle. THE HERRING FISHERIES. BERWICK, AUG. 14.—Our take of herrings on the first part of the week was very good, but these two mornings past there has been a great falling off ; the fish haviug apparently shifted their ground. Tuesday morning most of the boats were successful ; highest 20 crans. Wednesday, highest take 27 crans. Thursday, highest 12 crans. Friday, highest boat 3 crans, and several boats clean. Several of our boats did not venture out last night, in consequence of the threaten ing aspect of the weather. The fishermen say, there is a large amount of fish on the coast, and the shoal must have shifted, as the French boats seem to have removed. These last, it appears, follow the fish with more skill than even our boats can ; they are also better able to watch the movements of the shoal, being at sea all the day. Our men are full of complaints of their agressions on the top of their nets ; boats as large as 70 toils shooting nearer the shore than even our men dare do, and considerable damage has been done to our men's nets in this way. Three cargoes of herrings have gone southwards this week, and the market is still open to buyers. Price 14s. per cran to cadgers. EYEMOUTIL—This week's fishing has been far the best this season. On Tuesday and Wednesday morning a * takes were from 10 to 35 crans per boat ; prices from' 12s. 6d. to 16s. 6d. per cran—the latter price was given by the Yarmouth vessels. Six of them have sailed during the week with full cargoes. This morning (Thursday) the fishing has fallen off ; the takes are not so heavy, and there are a good number of spent fish. DUNBAR.—During the week there has been a fair average fishing. A few boats have to the ,sxtent of 2.0 and 35, but more generally the amount is Isom ten to 20 crans, owing to the number of foreigners ; the quan tities of fish sent in a fresh state by the rail, and the' anxiety of the home curers to make a beginning, prices still keep at 15s. and I6s. HOLY ISLAND.—In consequence of the very thick fog that prevailed, our fishermen did very little last week.- The weather, however, having cleared in some degree on Sunday several of the boats put off' in the even ing. The highest take on Monday was 13 crans. On Monday a few of the boats went south, and on Tuesday one boat had 49 crans—others a few hundreds. On Wednesday the highest we heard of was 27 crimps. NORTH SUNDERLAND.—Our fishermen have been very successful in the herring fishing during the past "'seek, and if their labours be attended by the like success for a short time longer, many of them will have their full com plement. At Beadnell and Newton they have beers equally fortunate, although here as well as at Beadnell. and Newton one or two have lost part of their nets. On Friday, Saturday, and Monday mornings, the boats were not all at the fishing, but those which were met with fair success. On Tuesday and Wednesday mornings the take was large, top boats 56 and 64 barrels each, Mon day and Tuesday prices were 14s. to 16s. ; Wednesday lls. to 13s. One boat received on Tuesday n3orsulg 1 cash .511. 4s. On the whole the fishing this week, up le' Wednesday, has been the best we have experienced for two or three years. ANSTRUTHER.—The fishing has not much improved. We give the highest takes from the Ist of August: — Aug. 1, 1 cran; Aug. 4, 1 cran; Aug. 5, 6 crans; Aug. 6, 10 crans; Aug. 7, li crans; Aug. 8, 10 crans. On Thursday last the fishing was general. ST. MONA NCE.—The success of the fishermen still' continues limited and partial, and the adventures of seve ral nights have resulted in almost total failure. Up to Saturday last the heaviest draught brought into this harbour has not exceeded seven crans; and the price has ranged from eighteen shillings to twenty-five shillings per cran. ZETLAND, Arc. 3.—The cod fishing has now ter minated, and, upon the whole, has been a complete 7ailure. A few of the boats have tried the herring fish mg, but without success, and it is currently stated that there is no great prospect. PETERSBURGH AND Moscow.—Anuther scion site. noble house is soliciting the suffrages of the reading public, through the medium of a book of travels of unusual clever ness and interest. We allude to " St. Petersburg and Mos cow, a Visit to the Court of the Czar," just published by Richard Southwell Bourke, Esq. (nephew to the Earl of Mayo)—a work likely to excite a considerable share of pub lic attention, from the new lights it throws upon the state of Russia and the Russians, and the equally novel picture it displays of the Emperor and his Court. The writer's noble lineage procured him immediate access to the Emperor SOd the Empress—to court banquets and fashionable assemblies —and the account he gives of them is as amusing as bis chapters on graver subjects are instructive. A NOTORIOUS BEGGING LETTER Imposine.—Fleary Campbell, with many aliases, was on Friday last taken before D. Barclay, Esq., and - other magistrates, at the Red Lion Inn,, D or king, c harged by the Mendicity Society with obtaining money under false pretences. Sir East Clayton East, Bart.,. having been sworn, produced a long letter lie had received at his residence, Hall. place, near Maidenhead, on the morning of the 19th of June last, bearing the Dorking post mark, and dated from Mr. Peters's, South -street, Dorking, June 18, and signed " Henry Campbell." The letter stated that the writer had been a captain in the 12th Light Dragoons, bad sold his troop, and entered into a spe culation that totally ruined him. That a concern was now offered him at Dorking that would enable him to support hie family, but he required a few pounds to pay for fixtures, fre.. He appealed to Sir C. East as a benevolent character, to add his mite to assist in placing the family of an old soldier in more comfortable circumstances. He enclosed a forged testi monial as from the Colonel of the 12th, with a attbt scrintion of 21. against his name. Believing the statement to be true, Sir Clayton East returned the testimonial with a Post-office order for 1/. The postmaster's wife proved paying the prisoner the amount of the Post-office order from Sir East Clayton East. An officer from the 12t Light Dragoons (now stationed at Brighton) proved that he had served thirty years in that regiment ; during that time no officer named Campbell belonged :o it. That he had searched the records of the regiment that morning, as far back as 1797, but could find no officer named Campbell had served in it, and that he did not believe the prisoner had ever served as a private in the regiment. The magis trates sentenced the prisoner to three months' hard labour in the Guildford House of Correctiotf: Mr. Knevitt, from the Mendicity Society, stated he had known the prisoner as an impostor since August, 1836, and that he had been convicted and imprisoned for a similar offence. Mr. Knevitt then drew the magistrate's attention to the 17th clause of the Vagrant Act, and requested that a copy of the present conviction might be returned to the Quarter Sessions, the prisoner being an old offender, who had brat for a long time writing in various names to the benevo lent, from Dorking, Reigate, Leatherhead, and other towns and villages in Surrey. The postmaster of Dorking proved he had given the prisoner letters in the name of Cam e bell. and paid him another Post-office order in that name, and that he first applied to him for letters in the name of blajot Bona ney. FIRE AT THE GREENWICH RAILWAY. -0 11 M0111%,X; between the hours of nine snit ten, the stores belonging to Mr. JoSeilts Horredine; occupying No. 113 arch of the Greenwich Railway, from! some cause unknown, took fire. The stock-in-trade consisted of large q uantity of linen, woollen, and cotton rags, the general cellar , tion of a marine store dealer. The flames shot up high above the railway, on either side, and for some time caused considerable alarm. Owing to the great distance of the place from the main street, a con siderable time elapsed before a sufficient supply of water could be ob tained to work the eng , nes. At length, however, by uniting the hose, the power of two engines was brought to bear upon the flames, but owing to the strong hold they had previously obtained, the whole length of the arch, nearly forty feet by twenty, was completely red with heat. By great exertions the firemen got the mastery over the flames, but before that was accomplished, a very considerable quan tity of the stock-in-trade was totally destroyed. The trains were running as usual at ten o'clock. t h e town of A large flight of locusts passed ova' o ve r the neigh. Sunderland on Monday evening last. They h°v n er l d ho hedges there. bourhood of Hendon, and numbem alight. ,? till, on .3, crowd beginning m ration in close company. south. 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