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AVESEITI) STAR and BLACKWAIL PACKETS. Packet and Railway Fare included in one payment upon every Isi Passage. by.,*•-• •I , To other Packets call at the GRAY'S or ,GREENRITHE ritOU THE NEW TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. an WEEK DAYS.-At 7,7 h, 8%, 9 34, 1134, 1,2, 3, 45 6,6%, 7. 71, 11, 12, 1,2, 3,4, 5. 6. 634, 7, aid FIIO X, THE BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLA.C . KWALL. 711 e Trains starting One Quarter of an Hour before each of WEE these times. 4E, 5,6 , Dand 7.AYS.-At 9, 9)4, 10)4, 11, 1134, 12, 114, 2%, 3 . 14, n Fity • AYS -At 8)4 9 9 34, 10% 1 1 , 134, 2%, 334, 434, 5, t h d 7 w a .. Pa res--To or from London-Fore cabin, and Second Class Rail ; Saloon aul First Class Railway, is. gu TO from Mick/van and intermediate Piers-Fore Cabin, 6d. ; T°'siolB 9d. r a „ f Le lB .-Tor Twelvemonths, 41. 45.; Six months, 21. 15s. ; Three OtiMIL 1 58. To be had of the Collectors on board the packets ; let • k, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ;or of Mr. Saunders, Bruns !a-Wharf, Blackwell. - ° ar Office, Sept. 23, 1846. IviETROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE .. SOCIETY, No. 3, PRINCES-STREET, BANK. The D IRECTORS hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums p ith c i lne ou the sth of OCTIplEit. next, that the same must be paid T h il thirty days from that date. sr"! Premiums are payable yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, on the of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either kerthich stveral days constitutes the commencement of the year to If be t's. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the Society, as pr ) :_ b ers. on the sth. of .October next, should appear, or lodge their I psals, at the Office, on or before that day. 14 (118 iioe.ety, for mutual and general assurance, appropriates all p al profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives for the kg, term of life as Members of the Society. An abatement of ing u l l tu ll has been made at the rate of 45 per cent. for the year end -4,42 4th of April, 1e47,, uuder the confident expectation of a con 14,Zahatement at that rate, at least, to all Members of five years' — ''ng and upwards. RICHARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendent. PrinCes-street; Bank, Sept. 9, 1845. - ~......._ y CTORIA LIFE A SgTJRANCE COMPANY, No. 18, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY. Sir JAMES DUKE, Alderman, M.P., Chairman. tem t BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Depaty-Chairman. i ll , In Barnard, Esq. Thomas Nesbitt, Esq. if.'r s 'ee Baldwin, Esq. Jahn Nolloth, Esq. Ajig °4l,l ll, Esq., F.R.S. Charles Phillips, Esq. Goldsmld, Esq. Major-General Robertson 410iir., Law Jones, Esq. Daniel Sutton, Esq. ' llll , Esq. O'B. B. Woolsey, Esq. 41% efri„,..aanrances are effected by this Company on every description o r "`. on a profit or non-profit scale. tk a edit of half the premiums for the find live years allowed on Poll p errected for the whole term of life. lel9; ie 3ln ent of Premiums so arranged as to meet the convenience or A d ," Of the Assured. A Policy may be made an abseinte sernriey rsontn, ep ees continue to be made to Assurers on real or undoubted p a „4 ,o, :!urity, for terms of years, repayable by instalments. C 0,, '"eniar attention is requested to the detailed Prospectuses of the WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary. tNGLISH and SCOTTISH LAW LIFE ASSURANCE and LOAN ASSOCIATION. 12 . Waterloo-place, London; 119, Princes-street, Edinburgh. Established in 1839. Subscribed Capital, One Million. ItFE ASSURANCE, ANNUITIES, REVERSIONS, AND ENDOWMENTS. A union of the English and Scottish Principle of Assurance. uOMPREHENSIVE and LIBERAL SYSTEM of LOAN in ak — ' e lion with Life Assurance, on undoubted personal or other utit y. tle -- -...ured participate in two-thirds of the profits. J. HILL WILLIAMS, Actuary and Secretary. t ritE CATHOLIC, LAW, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated under the 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 110. , Capital, One Million, in 50,000 Shares of 2W. each. Deposit, U. per Share. t he 8. New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. tr tr , .business of this Company comprises Assurance on Lives in " ) rin, the Purchase of Life Interests and Reversions, the Sale 414 e l l nediate and Deferred Annuities, the Endowment of Widens lip o ildren, and the Advance of Money upon Real Property and P ro a Proved Pers Securitis. e P ctuses and every other i n formation may be obtained upon ucacto n WM. NORRIS, Secretary. WATIoNAT, LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL. LONDON. Capital 4500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. Institution embraces important and substantial advantages 4 44 'e 4 Pect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured iu,,' 411 occasions the power to borrow, without expense or for klso7 of the Policy, two-tkirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; 1te, 1 4 1 . option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in to meet other coaveniences or necessity. tktei -ur ances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible I le re DIVISION OF PROFITS. 11 4 rem ar k able success and increasing prosperity of the Society 4 toup,l' i leki the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare e ;i bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per _cent. on the premiums paid effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. A, A. a Pre Bonus ! Bonus in , 4 a g Assured Premium. added. i Cash. ET g may • Ifi 0 g Borrow. •. • . 9 %.** .'-----... _ I 4 4 . , r 1837 £217 15 1 4100 0 11',£16 . 0 4.,4445 0 tO i n „ —s • "• 1 jlB3Bl 192 3 0 87 1 41 13 10 21 395 11 1 1 ,0 a 4 :1839 165 11 10 74 1 9 11 3 11 346 2 2 s.i. r 3 4 1 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1L217 15 I'4loo 011', 192 3 0 87 1 4 165 11 10 74 1 9 116 7 6 54 010 111 6 8; 49 10 .01 £l6 0 4',£445 0 0 13 10 2! 395 11 1 11 3 1 346 2 3 718 10 296 13 4 710 4 247 4 3 h l ll --- d -ee raber of the : -ivislon of profits is ye ar annual, and the next will be made in .. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. clAs._},Rom FORTY TO SIXTY PER t CENT. SAVED. ,-, t ,acto n !acts taken for lighting • Towns, V illages , Mansions, Mills, ',4tlr t r i l i " , , Railway Stations, Signal Light., Dockyards, Lighthouses, .arr tn ? , , Colleges, Hospitals, Theatres, Public Institutions, Prisons, i°ltli s, Schools, Unions, Poorhouses, Public Gardens, &c. &c., "le ' -ut e and brilliant Gas, by FRANCIS'S PATENT GASLIGHT llkftt in c*a S, either by purchase or retrtek--Applicationg at the n , 4 4 are, 1 . 7 Vactory, 112, High Holborn, and Eagle-street, Red Lion ;nelpie y n clan, where the Gas can be seen, manufactured on the ''' P erYin t ' l this Invention, from 10 till 4 daily.—Prospectuses and ° rrnation may be obtained. T R E UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved TO be bad at the Patentees, 60, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross. t - ` l h .Patentees b e g to call public attention to the following facts, I.advantages resulting from the invention are various and 14,,'1ng. Independently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the com hip,_4ol3- is perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light %t k 7,...rt0 discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and bums bt 'TY for Any. period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects qpill the most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have fP the introduction of gas in dwelling-houses, to the expense of th,gs, to ite'destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, /cc. ; tC are entirely obviated by the "PATENT UNIVERS AL GAS 4 1 , 41 1 k ." As the cost of laying on gas is muck lower th an is com tittt6a I QPPOAtki, .it is adapted for private dwellings , as well as for Nec'uses, hotels, manufactories, and public buildings. One of the lk s " burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum AsZ e asUrablyloWer than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of - it or trouble: • • roerits.of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing tldthi,. - ' - other. now light, are shown by the annexed authentic of nu l. qpalities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. T r act from the troceeings of • the Institution of Civil Engineers, Asclay, gfti NV; 1846, Sir Jerrie RENNIE, President, in the Chair. l'h eh -gts burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. , t t ciPatneveltywas the introduction of a stream of air te the rh il ' e of the name by a hollow butt on in the middle of the burner. ti t,it air passing up through the hollow stem of the button, was 1,1 ' 4 , and passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, t! t hPinieng withforee on the name of the gas curved it outwards th t thap e . o f tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with Th e 'Ubur e tte hydrogen Ps, Produced a very perfect combustion, to *t u ne was quite whife down the top of the burner, was very steady, amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, et if,: these burners have been used. In comparing the consump tion v ` 4 S N .;! burners with that of the con centric ring burners, and trying letter of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a te- light, with a saving of rather more than one-third." - CERTIFICATE. .44 F L ' c Caz3fi ri cAL Scoor..—" In testing Clark, McNiell, Uniyersa• :Gas Burner with one of the best shawdowless no it gave a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 - 7 Der cent" GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROUT. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, CERTIFICATE. , a series of experiments made upon Clark, Me Men, and Co.'s %lil t ,. 'Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily este ktt,7„ in economy and the quality of the light. Tested against ttia' burners, Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a lips ?r at .least 25 per cent., and against three tish-tail burners, 4 6 " per.f cent. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is supe nY other burner." T. W. KEATES, Consulting Chemist, J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. toie il h,;; UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER is used nightly at the Poly tet;Le institution, and may be had and seen from 11 till 4 , at the %:"`ees. 60, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross ; akd of all Gas Fitters. Ott'r-,e, eat EVE.—This Establishment will be closed on TUESDAY, 2 5t 1111,„ h-. and WEDNESDAY, the 30th instant, resuming business 11 ,7 3 . 1 THURSD.A.Y Morning. tlslTED.—Several YOUNG MEN in the Ready-made and or, ks departments. And ieveral YOUTHS from the age of Ten to sixteen years, ad C kSHIERS. Apply at Nos. 85 and dgate, at nine o'clock. LANDLORD'S ADVICE. A landlord and tenant (so we have heard say) Had a meeting together on business one day. The tenant,' it seems, puiiki a ve , y long face, And mournfully stated.the facts of his case. ---. lie told Mr. , Landlord what cash he had spent, And said he was sadly behind with his rent. And he hoped he'd excuse him not paying his due, But the landlord, of course, look'd remarkably blue. I'm f umy (said he) that my rent isn't ready— Your payments have never been any too steady. I think you're at tonmuch expense, my . gookman, You should try to be saving as much as you can ; In clothing, for instance, how much might be done, 'n3'. purchasing garments of MOSES and SON. The clothing you buy is a hundred times worse, Yet a terrible hole does it make in your purse. Had your money at MOSES' fam'd warehouse been spent, You'd never have been so behind with your rent. Now take my advice (said the landlord) I pray, And tryto improve by the next q uar t er d ay. You'll find that you'll seldom be left in the lurch, If you purchase at Aldgate, righ tracing the Church." LIST OF PRICES. EMI IL/Di. Tv r ' a. d. gic k •eed Taioni .....• • ••• • • •••••••• •• • • •• • •from 0 7 6 "eiterihid .:2d Codr i ng ton Taglimns ...... •. „....... 0 18 6 B ummer Coats in ,very description and make, including theNregistered Coat •• • • ••• • o •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 1 2 0 uses in every material • .• •••••••••• • • •• • • • • • • from 0 2 3 etendid attern Summer Vests •••••••••• •• • • • • • • • • 0 2 3 rbrnere p ers and Pi an ditto, in en dless variety •......0 4 Flak 6 p ack and Fancy Satin, ditto ........ •••• • • • • t° ek ditto .... • .. •......... • • •............. 13 0 XADI TO of every material adapted for the season, in any _ Quilting of style and fashion , to order .....• ....from 0- 016 'ailtin g vests, 65.6 d. each, or three fur.. ••• • • • 0 19 0 4311 1nere ditto, in every variety of pattern ...• •0 8 6 bath), ditto, plain and fancy ...... ,• • .......... . b i t t „ lo , Cloth or Casimere ditto ,• • • • • 08 0 Illack Single-milled ditto • • 0 13 6 Single -milled Trousers, in every pattern. . . .. ld 6 ',gle-milled and Albert Victoria ditto • • Dr Black Dress ditto ••• • • • ..... ..... .• 1 6 0 V ess C oats ........., ................ ..... - 1 12 0 p'tto. best manufactured • • •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 2 15 t r ock Coats ••••••••••••,•• • •• •• • • • • • .. • . from 1 15 0 i tta• •best manufactured .. ••••• • .. • • •••••••••••• 3 3 0 „ Iliarning, to any extent, at five minutes notice. article purchased or made to measure, if Rot approved of, immediately exchanged. or the money returned. ter a ""Z v e — E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hat. Cloth;zsys, Outfitters, and general Warehousemen, regret to be tl,4 l ed to guar j the pnbluc against imposition, but, having learned tl,e the untrade,:manlike falsehood of being connected with It a `• or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many in st, roe bvietls rassns, they have no connexion with ot her house in or out of ondon. 41 4 7, 4 n 4 those who desire geuifte Cheap Clothing should, to prevent Loa d v l' ° oll l ntment, call at or send 10 the Miaories, and Aldgate, City, . 411,1• „ (OSES and SON. Tailors. Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, -; Aldgate• Wutfltters, Nos. 154, 155, 156, 157, Ilinorics, and 83, 84, 85, City, London. aldr:• -- -The entrance to the Bespoke Department is at 84, * l4O b .erki a , us nese transacted at this Establishment from sunset en ' a l- eve ning till sunset as Saturday even i ng , when it Is manned legiock PUBLICATIONS. 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' S" 4 kl - /,.- No. 16,854. LONDON, FRIDAY, J . v E ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. A CHEMICAL LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, daily, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Also a LECTURE on the ELEOTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH daily. MACINTOSH'S REVOLVING ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending In clined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY, the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, all in action. HALLETTE'S AT MOSPHERIC RAILWAY VALVE. The OPAQUE MICROS COPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, exhibiting a fine Collection of Living Objects. A beautiful Picture of .the CHAPEL in the CONVENT of St. CATHERINE, near Jerusalem, by Mr. Charles Smith, is one or the New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. EXTENSION STOCK No. 2. Notice is hereby given that the Half-Yearly Interest on this Stock becomes payable on and after the sth October next. The Holders of Certificates upon which the full amount of 61. I3s. 4d. per Shale has been paid, are requested to transmit them to this Office on and after the above date for examination previous to the interest being paid. _Notice is also given that the present Certificates will, in the option of the holders, be exchanged for other transferable Certificates, or the Stock will be registered. The interest will be remitted half-yearly on the Registered Stock. By order, C. P. RONEY ) Secretary, Bishorgate Station, 23d Sept., 1846. D ENDRE VALLEY RAILWAY AND CANAL COMPANY. Notice is hereby given to those parties who have not paid the Call of 2/. per Share, that unless the same be paid Tilts DAY the Shares will, by the provisions of the statute, be liable to forfeiture. Dated this 25th day of September, 1846. 11, Old Jewry Chambers. E AIIN GT 0 N'S LONDON and MAN CHESTER RAILWAY. At an Adjourned Meeting of the Committee appointed by the Shareholders to investigate the affairs of this Company, held the 26th day of August, 1846, D. W. HARVEY, Esq., in the Chair; _ . It was Resolved,—That as the number of Shares returned to the Committee exceeds 15,000, yet as the total issue of Shares exceeds 50,000, the Committee feel, that until a far larger amount of Shares shall be notified, no negotiation can be opened with the Directors. Holders of Shares, therefore, who desire to bring the affairs of this Company to a speedy and equitable adjustment at the, least possible expense, are requested to :transmit their names, and the number of Shares they respectively hold, to the Chairman of the Committee, D. W. Harvey, Esq., Old Jewry, London, not later than the Ist of October, after which day no communication will be received. , D. W. HARVEY, Chairman. LEICESTER, TAMWORTH, COVENTRY, BIRMINGII.A3f, AND TRENT VALLEY JUNCTION AIL WAY, The Directors have already announced to the Shareholders that arrangements were pending with the London and Birmingham Railway Company (now,the London and North-Western), having for their object the transfer of the line to that Company, and the return to the Shareholders in this undertaking of the whole of their deposits. The Directors recommend the proposed arrangements to the Share holders, as being much to their advantage, and most calculated to ensure the speedy completion of the line, and to afford the best guarantee of its being efficiently worked for the public convenience. Those of the Shareholders who are desirous of receiving hack, in conformity with these arrangements, the full depo3it of 21. 2s. on each share, are requested to transmit their scrip to Mr. Henry Cassin, the Accountant to the Company, at the Company's offices, at No. 3, Church-court, Old Jewry, London, at any time between the hours of Ten and Three, from .Monday, the 21st instant, to Monday, the sth of October. On the scrip, or bankers'-gecelpts, or secretary's receipts for scrip, being delivered up the holders thereof will receive back the full de posit of 21. 2s. upon each share. Those parties who (as holders of shares in the original Coventry and Leicester and Coventry, Nun eaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Companies) have only paid a de posit thereon of it. 55., may in like manner receive back 11. ss. on each such share. Sept. 17, 1846. (Signed) EDMUND PEEL, Chairman, DAVIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES is. sd. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, .s. 6d. ; Yellow Soap, 425. 465., 525., and 58s. per 1121b5.; Mottled, 88s., 60s. and 641.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. ' • Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans parent Wax, Is. Bd. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Store Candles, 5%c1. ; Extra Waxed-wick Moulds, 6%d. ; Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. per gallon ; Solar, 3s. 3d. , Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Wind-or Soap, is.t per packet ; Palm, is. 4d. ; Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. Roe e, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ; Hale's erior Paragon Composite, requiring no snuf fing, 914 d. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse 6 St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. DIAMOND CARCEL LAMP-NEW LIGHT. The DIAMOND CARCIEL LAMP is the best light in the world. The Carcel Lamp is used in all the Palaces in Europe ; it burns oil, but is free from all imperfections of ordinary oil lamps ; burns from sunset till morning without attention ; is so simple it cannot be mismanaged ;no cleaning required for years. Ihe Gem, the Vesta, and all other Spirit or Camphine Lamps given aww - at half-price, but such abominations are dear at a gift. The Diamond Carcel Lamp is the only light—perfectien in light—the public will have none other. Designs to suit every taste. To be had only, and seen burning daily at the PATEJNTEE'S Immense Lamp Depot, 447, West Strand, ten doors from Lowther Arcade. BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, NEW ROAD, LONDON. Care of an AFFECTION of the r+PINE, and a Complication of Disorders of upwards of Thirty Years standing by MORISON'S PILLS, the Vegetable Universal Medicine. Lady Sophia Grey, of Sandiway, near Northwich, Cheshire. For further particulars of her Ladyship's case address as above. N.B. The public is hereby informed that no Chemist or Druggist is - allowed to sell Morison's Pills, they are only to be had of the .- . Hygeian Agents. In places where there is not an Agent, the pills can be forwarded by post, on sending a Post-office order to the British College of Health, payable to Morison and Co. 'TALL OF ROME, GREAT WINDMILL STREET, HAYMARKET. Professor TURNOUR begs most respectfully to inforn the Nobility, Subscribers, and Public, that he has produced that novelty never before attempted, viz., the introduction of FEMALE MODELS of COLOUR, who will appear every Afternoon and Evening, in varied groupings, expressly arranged for them. Stalls, 2s. 6d.; Boxes, 25.; Pit, is, Doors open at Half.past Two in the Afternoon, and commence at a Quarter past Three purictually. Evening performance, Half-past Eight o'clock. Venus will ;Ise from the sea till further notice. MIDLAND RAILWAY. EXPRESS TRAIN BETWEEN LONDON AND NEW CAiTLE. On and after the Ist of OCTOBER NEXT, the Down Train will leave Euston Station at Twenty-five Minutes past Nine, instead of Half past Nine in the Morning, and arrive at Newcastle at Five Minutes past Six, instead of Seven in the Evening. The Up Train will leave Newcastle at Twelve at Noon, instead of a Quarter past Eleven, and will arrive at Euston Station at Nine in the Evening. By order, Derby, Sept. 24, 1846. J. F. BELL, Secretary. HOT WEATHER.—TRAVELLING.—SEA SIDE.—The REGISTERD PALETOT in London, only at 22, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange; and the chief Llama Cloth Warehouse, 114, Regent-street. Do not be deceived by a similarity of name, placed in the windows of a few petty shops in tho neighbourhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " U. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street." 0 YSTERS.—J. S. SWEETING, ever anxious to meet the wishes of his friends, the public, has. made arrangements to supply them per rail with the best and real NA TIVE OYSTERS. They are taken from the beds at Burnham, near Maldon, in Essex, every morning', transmitted by the Eastern Counties Railway, and are delivered daily before Twelve o'clock, at his Fish and Oyster Establishment, 159, CHEABSIDE, adjoining the General Post•ofice. Very superior Oyster Rooms. Reid's Stout and Crowley's Alton Ale. N.B. Wenham-lake Ice and Refrigerator Depot. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Abo Russian Cor vette, Captain Reedueef, sailed from Spithead this morn ing for Cronstadt. Orders were received this morning to commission the Rattlesnake, 26, for surveying service. Captain Owen Stanley took up his commission, and the pendant was hoisted at noon. Her complement ordered is 170, in cluding officers, marines, and boys. The Adventure, naval transport, sailed this morning with stores for Plymouth and Cork. The Plover, 6, Captain Richard Collinson, C.B. was ordered to-day to proceed to Chatham to be paid Off. The Hastings, 72, advance-ship, was brought down from her moorings yesterday, and taken into the basin to-day. She is to be docked as soon as the Naiad coal depot comes out, there being but one dock out of six at this port into which a ship can be taken without dis masting her. A number of artizans from this dockyard have been employed lately on the beach under Osborne-pier, in laying a tramway for her Majesty's bathing machine to run upon. The Andromeda, 44, at Devonport, built at Bombay in 1829, 1,215 tons, after the French President, is about to proceed to Cork as a meal depOt. The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir henry Blackwood, Bart., sailed from Madras for Trincomalee on the Ist ult. The Pilot, 16, Commander Wilson, sailed from Madras for Moulmein on the 20th of July. The Sapphire troop-ship, Master Commander Fittock, arrived at Hong-Kong on the 20th of July, from Chusan. The Vulture steam-frigate, Captain M'Dougal, left Hong-Kong on the 2d of July, for Chusan. The Vestal, 26, Captain Talbot, sailed from Hong- Kong on the 20th of July, fur Chusan. The .Samarang, 26, Captain Sir Edward Belcher, ar rived at Anjeer on the 10th of July fibm Singapore, and sailed same day for England. 43;- Minute guns havo been itistinctly heard from the direction of Cowes, doubtless on the occasion of the ar rival of the remains of the late Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron, the Earl of Yarborough. • Ponrsmourrt, SEPT. 23.—The Plover, 6, surveying vessel, Captain Collinson, C. 8., arrived at Spithead this afternoon from China and the East Indies, on which station she has been employed since August, 1841, in surveying the China seas, in conjuction with the Young Hebe. The important news brought by the Plover will be found in another place. She was built at Calcutta for a pilot boat, and named the Lady William Bentinck. This is her first appearance in England, and certainly she presents rather an awkward contrast b the Recruit, still at Spithead; but she has, nevertheless ' done the State good service. She brings later dates from the Cape, St. Helena, and Ascension than have reached England by any other source. She brought mails. The remaining companies of the 74th Regiment em barked this morning on board the Scourge steam bomb vessel, Commander J. C. Caffin, and that vessel left immediately for Leith. The Bulldog steam-sloop, Commander Davis, having at last got her engines into working order, left this afternoon for Plymouth. The Ajax steam guard-ship was towed up to-day from Cowes by the Echo steam tug, in charge of Mr. Flynn, master of the Victory. The Fairy, steam tender to the royal yacht, was docked this morning. The Fancy tender, Master-Commander Allen, sailed to Cowes last evening with the Earl of Yarborough and Lady Colchester. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 23.—The Seringapatam, 42, was towed to Woolwi?la on Friday, to be fitted for service as a hulk at that port. The Raven, 3, Lieutenant Stephen, has proceeded from Portsmouth to Yarmouth, to convey the volunteers entered there to this port. The Drake, Goodwill, and Manceuvrer lighters have delivered stores from Portsmouth and Chatham during the past week. The Drake has gone to Chatham, the Manceuvrer to Woolwich. _ The Worcester, 50, and Chichester, 50, continue their fitting; as advanee ships in the basin. The Formidable, 80, Euryalus, 44, Horatio, 44, and Berkenhead steam frigate, are in dock. In Harbour Ocean, 80, African and Wildfire steamers. PORT ROYAL, AuousT 24. DISTRIBUTION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN AND WEST INDIA SQUADRON. In Harbour—lmaum, 72, with the broad pendant of Commodore Pring, second in command of the station; Pickle, 3, Lieutenant Henry Bernard; and H. C. M. schooner Teresita, Lieutenant Perez. At Vera Cruz—Endymion, 44, Captain Lambert ; Alarm, 26, Captain Frankland; Rose, 18, Commander Pelly; Electra, 18, Commander Maitland; and Daring, 12. Commander Matson. At Halifax—Vindictive, 50, Captain Seymour, with the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Austen ; Hyacinth, 18, Commander Francis Scott ; and Vesuvius steam sloop, Commander O'Callaghan. At Ne w fOUTi d I and _ andAtui Bay 4 FundY7--Persian, 16, Commander Henry Coryton ; Viper 3, Lieutenant Gray ; and Columbia steamer, Lieutenant Shortland. At Bermuda—Thunder, 26, Commander Edward Bar nett ; and Hermes steamer, Lieutenant Carr. At the Bahamas—Lark, '3, Lieutenant Lawrence, on surveying duty. The Teresita, Spanish war schooner, arrived on the Bth instant from St. Jago de Cuba. The Pickle, 3, Lieutenant Bernard, arrived on the 21st instant from Port-au-Prince, where matters are in a comparatively tranquil state. The Hyacinth, 18, is to convey his Excellency Sir John Hervey, appointed to the government of Nova Scotia, from Newfoundland to Halifax. His Excellency had addressed a letter to the Commander-in-Chief, ex• pressive of the meritorious services of 111 r. Hele, the master, and two warrant officers of the Hyacinth, on the occasion of the late melancholy fire at St. John's, which the Admiral caused to be read on the quarter-deck of the Vindictive, Mr. Hele having joined that ship from the Hyacinth. Admission, ls. ; Schools, Halt-price. ENERAL TOM THUMB, the American man X in miniature, is giving POSITIVELY his FAREWELL LEVEES in the Provinces previous to his final departure for the United States. He will be in Pentance, Saturday, Sept. 26 ; Bodmin, 28th, and then proceed to Launceston, T o rrington, Bideford, Barn staple, Crediton, Bridgwater, Wells, roome, Trowbridge, Devizes, Andover, Newbury, Abingdon, Farringdon, Cirencester, Stroud, Tewksbury, Broomsg,rove, Kidderminster, Sronebridge, Dudley, Walsall, Lichfield, Stafford, Newcastle-under -Lyre, Hanley, Maccles field, Knutsford, Warrington, and Liverpool, Ireland, Wales, &c. The Little General will appear in all the extraordinary costumes and performances which he had the honour of exhibiting THREE dif ferent times before HER MAJESTY at BUCKINGHAM PALACE . and the Courts of Europe. The Little General is 14 years old, 24 inches high, and weighs but 15 pounds. His Miniature Equipage, including Ponies, Chariot, Petite Footman and Coachman, and the General himself, all weigh less than 700 pounds ! The General will hold his Levees in the DAY and EVENING. Admission, One Shilling. Children under Ten half-price. T. SHEFFIELD, Secretary. SLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 21.—The committee for the im provement of the condition of the working classess held a meeting to-day. Mr. Charles de Brourkere commu nicated his report on the questions put by the Minister of Justice, relative to the measures to be taken in favour of the population of Flanders, who are left without work by the crisis in the linen trade. In the discussion which took place, the utility of a society for exportation was generally recognised. But, at the same time, the meeting agreed on the necessity of immediately, and by all possible means, procuring work for the population. Neither the Minister for Foreign Affairs nor the Minister of Justice were present at this meeting; but M. Stephins, of the Department of the Interior, and M. Sarlet, of the Department of Foreign Affairs, took part in it. There will be another meeting on Monday. Great preparations are making for the September fetes. Since yesterday, workmen havelbeen engaged in the erection of a vast platform on the Place Royale, where the great vocal concert is to take place. It is in the middle of the Place Royale, and is surrounded with candelabra, which are to light it up. The Tree of Liberty is on the centre of the platform so that this most important part of our national fete will take place under the shadow of this symbol of liberty. There is every appearance that the musical solemnity, organised by the Belgian and German Association, will have a very grand effect. Seventy-five societies, of which twenty-five are German, will have their representatives at Brussels, and the numbers of performers, vocal and instrumental, will be 1,200. It is affirmed that Meyerbeer has just finished the score of an opera, to be called Struenvee. The celebrated composer is expected in a few days at Spa, where he in tends spending three weeks before going to Paris. His Majesty the King of the Belgians, who is now in Switzerland, • has been ordered to drink goat's milk, for which he will remain in the canton of Appenzel till the end of September. While the prices of corn, butter, eggs, and other arti cles of food are rising in the markets of Brussels, we are happy to announce that potatoes continue to fall. On Monday white potatoes were sold at the rate of five francs per hundred killograms. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 22.—0 n the 15th, in the evening, the Queen of Denmark passed near Keil ; the municipal authorities, a deputation of the university, and a great number of the inhabitants, went to meet her Majesty. The burgomaster addressed a short harangue to her Majesty, begging her to intervene as mediator with the King, in order to terminate as soon as possible the un happy difference between the King and his people. The Queen replied in a few gracious and affable words, that this difference would be shortly terminated in a sa tisfactory manner. The Queen was greeted with the warmest acclamations, and continued her journey with out entering Keil. The same evening it was reported that the people in tended to repair to the residence of the chief of the po lice, but the troops and the police prevented the execu tion of this project, and the evening passed without any, actual disturbance. THE BITER BIT.—A well-dressed man, passenger by the third-class train leaving the Euston station at seven o'cicck yesterday morning, took Punch from out of the hands of Mr. John Gibbs, the station newspaper vendor, just as the train was in motion; and when it had left the platform at journeying speed had the bravado to shake the copy at him. Mr. Gibbs, feeling that he was impudently tricked, followed him by the next train, at half-past seven, to Watford, at which station he over took the trickster, and demanded the money for Punch, also his fare to Watford and back, on pain of being handed over to the police. He, to his chag rin, paid the money, viz., threepence for Punch, and 2s. 6d. the fare, to the amusement of the passengers ridinc , in the same carriage, who had been much annoyed by him up to the time of being overtaken by his determined and adroit pursuer. . . _ We find the following in the Constitntionnel :—" A friend, travelling in Persia, communicates to us in a letter the following fact, as showing the state of the country. To go from Khorassan to Daghar, on the road to Teheran, the Aras, the Araxes of the ancients, must be crossed, but as there are neither bridges nor ferry boats, it must be forded at a place called Klisseh, where the river is both deep and broad, and the current variable and uncertain. At this place is posted a detachment of Persian cavalry, whose duties are thus defined. When a ,traveller arrives with a firman, or passport, from the Government, the officer in command orders one of his men to ride into the river, and if he reaches the opposite bank, the current is considered to be fordable, and the traveller is allowed to cross with his suite. It frequently happens that the soldier is carried away by the current, and is no more seen or heard of, and the officer obliges the traveller to wait till the river becomes lower, and then the experiment is renewed. Although the favour of these trials is granted to none but personages of dis tinction, they are sufficiently frequent to cost the lives of nearly one-third of the detachment every year." We find the following in the Gazette des Tribu nauz. It is a good story, but we know.nothing of its' authenticity:—" M. Mousseau, a wine dealer from the Yonne, came to Paris on business, and during his stay had given him as curiosities fifteen addresses of M. Fortier, the dyer, which are engraved from a plate so designed as to be close imitations of the notes of the bank of France for 500 f. each. When he had finished all his transactions in Paris, he took a place in the mail coach to return home, but having to visit a customer at Brunoy, he arranged at the coach office for his being taken up at a certain point beyond that town, on the forest of Senart. A little before the time at which the coach was to pass, and which was just in the dusk of the evening, M. Mousseau was at the appointed spot, waiting for the arrival of the coach. While in this expectation, five men came out of the thicket and demanded his money or his life. He at once saw that resistance would be in vain, and retaining his presence of mind as well as his courage, parleyed with the robbers, told them that they would ruin him, as he had in his pocket-book fifteen bank notes for 500 f. each, which he would imme diately surrender to them if they did not ill treat him. They assured him of their forbearance, and then, at his earnest request, restored to him one of the notes to pay the expenses of his journey. This arrangement was scarcely concluded, when the noise pf the coach coming up was heard, and the robbers made off. M. Mousseau got into the mail, rejoicing at the presence of mind which had enabled him thus to cheat the thieves, and save the real cash he had in his pockets." A person of fashionable exterior, calling herself the Hon. Mrs. W—, who had been staying several days at one of the principal hotels in this town, took her depar ture somewhat abruptly on Friday last, without paying her tavern bill. She had wormed herself into the con fidence of some of our tradesmen (one of whom, a stable-keeper at the eastern part of the town is minus about 501. by her patronage!) by a free use of the name of a distinguished pianists who has recently returned from the continent to resume her professional avocations in Brighton. The Hon. Mrs. W— has aLio recently returned from Paris, where she went by the name of Mrs. It was there she accidentally met with the lady in question; but we are informed that her conduct was so unbecoming that she was ejected sans ceremonie from the hotel. She then came to England, selecting Brighton as her next place of abode, and having male herself acquainted with the tradesmen of Madame —, succeeded in incurring some bills, which afterwards she forgot to pay. She assumed all the manners of a lady of fashion, and acted her part admirably. She went off very euddenly last Friday, by one of the trains, and e tt e. STEAMER. no thingsiNtausLsAinaceDbiseecnovhEeßaryd l o N f ron —On Tuesday afternoon a ma, named Smith, one of AB -lher cA ß •v;s ig e h is t 7 the crew of the Emerald Gravesend steamer, observed a brown paper parcel in the cabin, and as no one applied for, or claimed it, he took it to the booking office imme diately after the vessel reached Gravesend. There being no name or address upon the parcel, after a short delay it was considered advisable to open it and see what it contained, when, to the utter surprise of all, the body of a newly- born female infant presented itself. It was shortly removed to the custody of the police at the Town-hall, and a letter was forwarded to Mr. Carttar, the coroner, informing him of the circumstances. ' It. is about two years since a similar parcel was left on the seat of a Gravesend steamer, containing an infant in a state of decomposition. The Copenhagen journals publish the postal con vention between the Governments of D.•nmark and Eng land. By this treaty the postage between the two coun tries is fixed at one penny for each single letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, and for every letter exceeding that weight the charge is to be increased according to the English rate of charges. No postage is to be charged for newspapers sent by the packets of the respective Governments, but such as are conveyed by private vessels are to pay one penny a sheet. APPOINTMENTS. SEPT. 22.—Charles H. Houghton, Second Engineer Supernumerary, to William and Mary ; William Ibbett, Third Engineer, to William and Mary. COAST-GUARD APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant Thomas C. Woodman, chief officer ; Lieut. William Webster, chief officer ; Lieutenant H. B. Davis, chief officer. A CHILD ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.—An inquest was held on Wednesday, before H. Footner, Esq., at An dover, to inquire into the death of William Henry Robert Denison, aged two years and eight months, eldest son of Henry George Denison, Esq., a gentleman residing at Walnut Tree Mansion, Salisbury-road, within half a'mile of Andover. It appears from the evi dence of Francis Masters, Esq., brother to the lady of the house, that he had only on Monday evening last come down to pay his sister a visit; that on Wednesday morning, immediately after breakfast, about half-past nine, he (Mr. Masters) went into the drawing-room, where the child followed him. After playing with the child a few minutes on the sofa, on an instant the child ran into the corner of the room, where stood a loaded gun, having the shot belt hanging from the muzzle. The child caught hold of the belt, and pulled the weapon towards him, on seeing which Mr. Masters sprang from the sofa, took hold of the gun, and while drawing off the woollen case or cover, it suddenly went off, lodging the whole charge in the head of the child. The child struggled three or four times, and it is sup posed died in two or three minutes after the calamitous affair. Dr. Octavius Hammond was sent for, who was there in seven or eight minutes. On his arrival he found the child had been dead several minutes, from in the forehead, caused by gun shots. One over the left eye had completely crushed in the bone ; there were other perforations which would have caused death. The jury, after a brief consultation, returned a verdict of " Accidental death, from the discharge of a gun." Mr. Masters seems to feel acutely this unfortunate cala mity, and the parents are nearly distracted at this sudden and untimely bereavement. FETE 'TO THE INSANE AT THE LUNATIC ASYLUM, DUNDEE.—The sixth anniversary of the settlement of Mrs. Kilgour, the present matron of that institution, was held on Wednesday last. For several days previous the patients were busily engaged in making preparations for the event. The external gate was splendidly decorated by a triumphal arch, surmounted by a crown, which attracted , considerable attention from the passers-by. Other arches were erected at suitable places, and flags hoisted at different parts of the building. Cake and other extras were served at dinner, which was enlivened by speeches and music from the patients. As the after noon was fine, about a hundred sat down to tea on the green sward ; and, after dancing some time, the com pany adjourned to a large ball, which they have agreed shall be called in future the ball room. They there en joyed themselves for some hours in country dances, reels, &c., which wero performed in such a manner as would have done credit to any assembly. Several interesting speeches were made during the evening, and a number of excellent songs sung. The instrumental music was performed in capital sty le by two of the patients. A number of the old servants were invited, mid two young ladies and three gentlemen attended to assist in the damping. The decorum which prevailed during the various entertainments was perfect, and the recollection of it will be fresh for a long time to come in the memory of all who were present. As a proof of its effects on the minds of some of the patients, it may be mentioned, that two of the " depressed" were roused from their lethargy by the stir around them, and that they not only took a hearty interest in the business, but declared next day that they felt considerably better in consequence of the previous day's excitement. The first patient that was admitted into the asylum was present, and seemed to enjoy the sport with as much relish as the youngest member of the company.—Dundee , Courier. BOBBERY BY A SERYANT.—Yesterday information was forwarded to the various police stations that Thomas Preston, a porter, in the empty of Messrs. Verrey's, Regent-street, had absconded with the sum of 801., the produce of a cheque with which he had been entrusted to pay certain Government duties. The impression is that he has got on board some vessel for Ireland, accom panied by his wife and two young children. The Earl and Countess Somers have during the last fortnight received much company at Eastuor Castle, the family seat in Herefordshire. ff . :: IF Ng SEPTEMBER 25, 1846. OPENING OF DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Mr. Bunn co mmences hi s campa i gn on Saturday week, with the strongest corps, both for opera and ballet, that has ever yet appeared in an English theatre. His prima donna is Madame Anna Bishop, whose fame is European, and who for some seasons, at the San Carlos at Naples, nobly sustained the honour of England as a musical nation. She is the only English cuntatrice who since the days of Storace has been acknowledged in Italy, the native land of opera, as a prima donna assoluta. Madame Viardot Garcia, the sister of Malibran, will, there is little doubt, also appear during the course of the season, and it appears that Mr. Bunn still holds the nightingale of Germany, Jenny Lind, to her engagement with him. Among the debiitantes are Miss Messent (who has won golden opinions as a concert singer), and Miss Re becca Isaacs, whose debut on the London boards, some years since, was most promising, and who has of late been practising most assiduously in the provinces. These are in addition tWliss Romer, Miss Rainforth, Miss Poole, and Met r irs., Borrani, Burdini, St..etton, and Harrison, and all the old favourites. Schira will resume the baton of conductor, and Tully, first of musical drill -sergeants, ' continues to be chorus-master. Three new operas, one by Lavenu, another by Balfe, and another by Wallace, a e already in preparation, and it is hoped that MeyerEe,r may be induced to visit England during the course of the season, and produce and conduct his last and greatest Work, The Camp of Silesia. The Drury-lane corps de ballet will also be exces3ively strong. The sylph-like Flora Fabbri is engaged, as is the graceful Plunkett; and Car lotta Grisi, the first danseuse in Europe will, in all pro bability delight the kabitues of Drury-lane with her majestic and intellectual interpretations of the inspira tions of Terpsichore. Several debutantes will also put in their claim to the admiration of the English public. Among them are Mademoiselle Sophie Fuoco, from the Acad6mie of Paris, Mademoiselle •Paderna, from La Scala and San Carlos, Mademoiselle Benard and Mademoiselle La Broderie, from the Acad6mie of Paris. Judging from the known tact of Mr. Bunn, recollecting that he was the first to' dis cover the genius of a Lucile Grahn, and of a Flora Fabbri, and to introduce them to the Eng lish public, we cannot but augur favourably of the success of these debiitantes. Certain we are that Mr. Bunn is not the manager who would tolerate medio crity in any department. Madame Guibelei, Made moiselle Louise, Mademoiselle Adele, and Les Sceurs St. Louis still continue members of the regular corps de ballet, and Messrs. Wieland and W. H. Payne as grotesques, Mr. Risley and his sons as classical posists, and Messrs. Theodore, Huguet, and Blasis, also con tribute their services. Two new ballets are pro mised us one, Ersilie, composed expressly for Flora Fabbri ; - and another, Betty, which is now turning the heads of all Paris. Grieve undertakes the superintendence of the scenic de partment ; Harley is stage manager, and W. West is the superintendent of spectacle. Mr. Bunn most assuredly deserves success, and with such means there can be no doubt but that he will - do more—he will command it. PRICE SD. mob, who succeeded in battering in the walls of Mr. Church's house, into which combustibles were thrown, evidently with the intention of setting it on fire. " In defence of our lives and property it became ne cessary to have recourse to fire-arms, and many Chinese were killed and wounded; but fur these vigorous mea sures it is highly probable that our factories would have been pillaged and burnt, for during all these melancholy events the Chinese officers either neglected to appear, or, if they came at all, it was with so contemptible a force as to be instantly driven back by the populace. In formation of the tumult was conveyed to you before 7 o'clock, and we are aware that an immediate communi cation was addressed by you to the Chinese Govern ment, but it was not until nearly 10 o'clock that an efficient force arrived. We doubt not that the culpable dilatoriness of the Chinese authorities would be complained of by you without any suggestion from us; but, as we think more de cided ineasure3 than any which it can be hoped that they will take are imperatively necessary for our protection, it is to our Government we must appeal for such ; and we, therefore, respectfully, but most earnestly, entreat you to recommend that one of her Majesty's ships of war should be permanently stationed off the foreign factories, so as to afford us that instant protection which otherwise we must look for in vain. This safe guard is extended to her Majesty's subjects at the other ports opened by the treaty, for at Shanghai, Ningpo, and Amoy vessels of war lie close to the respec tive consulates, and at Fuhchow as near as the river will admit. The trade of Canton, exceeding in extent that of all the other ports united, should, we submit, not receive less protection, and no aid can arrive from Hong- Kong, or even Whampoa, in time to meet dangers such as those we have just experienced. " We are quite aware, Sir, that in ordinary circum stances foreigners look to the Government of the coun try in which they'reside for protection, but we take leave to remind yew/4,0y the treaty_ of peace concluded by, Sir Henry Pottinger, it is enjoined that the British Go vernment shall keep at each of the ports a vessel of war. We have further to observe that it is declared in the pro clamation of his Excellency Sir J. F. Davis, dated the 18th of May last, that the population of Canton is not sufficiently under the control of the local Government to admit of her Majesty's subjects availing themselves of the right of entry to the city of Canton conceded to them under th e Emperor's own hands. " Under these circumstances, and until the Chinese Go vernment can control their own people and protect us, we have ventured to suggest a measure of which we urgently solicit your recommendation, and which ap pears to us the only one which will be effectual to pre vent the recurrence of scenes so painful to our feelings, so prejudicial to our interests, and so foreign to our habits and pursuits. " We have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient, humble servants, "A. CAMPBELL "J. P. WATSON " J. S. ANDERSON " T. D. NEAVE _ _ " GEORGE LYALL " A. CARTEit "J. WORTHINGTON " J. CROOK " JAMES D. PARK " MANUCKJEE PES " J. G. LIVINGSTON TONJEE GEORGE BARNETT "J. SHEPARD " WM. HASTINGS " JOHN BELLAMY " BENJAMIN SEARE "J. WHITTALL " LEVIIsI JOSEPHS " C. RYDER " S. E. PATIILLO " W. ELLIS " D. BURJORJEE " ALEXANDER GRAY " F. CHAPMAN " F. DUVAL " C. S. COMPTON " T. C. PICOPE " R. J. GILMAN " W. H. VACHER " P. DUDGEON " J. WILLIAMS " A. WILKINSON " PHILIP W. RIPLEY " W. W. DALE " J. CHURCH " W. BLENKIN " S. MARJORIBANKS " D. BYRAILTEE R. " H. D. MARGISSON " A. WALKER " S. MACKENZIE " J. SILVERLOCK " W. BARNETT " P. CHALMERS " R. ELLICE " D. JOHNSON " A. BUGNON " B. KENNY " JOHN J. MURRAY " COWASJEE PALLAN- " AMMEROODEEN AND JEE SHAIK DAVOOD " J. L. MANN " P. N. POCHAMJEE , t H. H. SMITH " BYRAMJEE MUN " T. BUXTON CHERJEE "A.E. H. CAMPBELL " NANACKJEE BO- " ARDASEER RUSTOM- MANJEE JEE " MARTIN FORD." " NUSSERWANJEE BY RAMJEE FUCKERJEE " British Consulate, Canton, July 15, 1846. " Gentlemen,—l have received your letter of the loth inst., and having attentively perused the whole, beg now to inform you that, in compliance with your request, I shall immediately lay the subject before her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Superintendent of Trade, by whom it will be submitted to her Majesty's Government for their determination.—l have the honour to be, Gentle men, your obedient servant, " F. C. MACGREGOR. " To A. Campbell, Esq.; D. Jardine, Esq.; C. S. Compton, Esq.; and others." " TO CAPTAIN TALBOT, HER MAJESTY'S SHIP VESTAL. " Canten, July 14. . . . " Sir—As chairman of a committee at a public meet ing of British subjects, held in Canton on the 13th inst., in consequence of the recent disturbance, I am directed by the committee to hand you a copy of a resolution passed at that meeting, and to express the opinion of the committee that the present situation of affairs is such as to render it highly expedient that immediate effect should be given to the wishes of the community. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient servant, " A. CAMPBELL. " Ist Resolution—proposed by A. Wilkinson, Esq., seconded by W. W. Dale, Esq.; " 4 That it is the opinion of this meeting that it is absolutely necessary for the protection of life and pro perty, that one of her Majesty's ships of war be perma nently stationed off the factories, and that the letter now read, praying her Majesty's Consul to recommend the stationing such a vessel, be adopted."' " TO A. CAMPBELL, ESQ. " Her Majesty's ship Vestal, Blenheim Reach, July 14. " Sir—l do myself the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this day's date, enclosing the copy of a resolution passed at a meeting lately held by British subjects in Canton, in consequence of the recent disturbances. " I have to request that you will assure the gentlemen of my entire concurrence in the opinion therein ex pressed, and that I shall cordially advocate its adoption. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " CHARLES TALBOT, " Captain and Senior Officer in China." " TO F. C. MACGREGOR, ESQ , HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S CONSUL, CANTON. " Canton, July 15, 1846. __ . _ " Dear Sir,—The enclosed copy of the two chops pla carded on the walls by order of the Chinese authorities have jest been sent to me, and I am informed they state, and particularly the chop marked by me No. 1, that the late disturbrnce had been occasioned by some English men having gone out and shot three Chinamen, and that the guilty parties should be discovered and punished so soon as Keying returned. They thus charge the death of the Chinamen to the English, without any allusion to other foreigners ; and instead of explaining to the people that the foreign community only acted in their own defence against an unruly mob bent upon the destruction of property and upon plunder, we are thus held up to them as the guilty parties, and as having killed and wounded Chinamen without even pro vocation. " The deception thus practised upon the people, and the instilling into them such feelings of enmity against British subjects, must be productive of the worst con sequences, and are no doubt the cause why at present some of our countrymen are treated in the back streets in an uncivil and rude manner. " As chairman of the committee, I have considered it proper to bring the facts alluded to to your notice, and I feel assured that you will adopt such measures as the circumstances of the case may seem to you to require. " I remain, respectfully, dear Sir, " Your most obedient servant, " A. CAMPBELL." "British Consulate, Canton, July 16,1846. " Dear Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday, containing two proclamations. These were already in my possession. I had fully noted their contents and tenour, and in my correspondence with the local authorities have taken due care to rectify any mis conceptions they may have formed at the outset of the late unfortunate affair, from various and imperfect re ports of it. " I remain, dear Sir, your obedient servant, " F. C. MACGREGOR. "A Campbell, Esq., Messrs. Dent and Co. " P.S. I take this opportunity of acknowledging :the receipt of another letter from you of yesterday's date, in which you enclose a copy of one you had addressed to Captain Talbot, of her Majesty's ship Vestal. _ " F. C. M." "To F. C. MAcGßEcion, 851:4,, HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S CONSUL. " Canton, July 17, 1846. "Dear Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of y ur letter of yesterday, by which I am glad to learn that your attention had already been directed to the objectionable chop referred to in my previous com munication. The committee entertain the hope that your remonstrance with the c hinese authorities will have the effect of cau s i ng to be removed from the walls the present offensive chops, and of their being replaced by others embracing a more correct statement of facts. "I have the hononr to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, "A. CAMPBELL." THE RIOT IN CANTON. CANTON, JULY 18.—One of those serious disturbances which the inefficiency of the Chinese authorities and the strange apathy of our Government suffer to proceed un checked to such alarming Extent, occurred here on the evening of the Bth inst. The disgusting state of the thoroughfares in the neighbourhood of the factories, thronged with filthy mendicants, and obstructed in every conceivable manner, has been long a subject of complaint, but no efficient measures have been taken to remedy evils from which serious consequences were evidently, at any moment, likely to result. On the afternoon named an English gentleman got jostled in the crowd, and in making his way through it was struck by a Chinaman. The blow was of course re• turned, and the Chinaman, picking up a large stone, threw it at the foreigner. The latter closed with his antagonist, and seizing him by the tail, dragged him to wards the house of Mr. Church, a part of Mingqua's llong, from the windows of which the occurrence had been witnessed by some gentlemen, who proceeded to the assistance of their countryman. The cnlprit was then brought into Mingqua's Hong. A mob soon collected around it, and a furious attack with stones commenced. Information of the state of affairs was given to her Majesty's Consul, and was by him communicated to the Chinese authorities. This was between six and seven o'clock, and about eight the Consul and Vice-Consul arrived ; but there being neither a Chinese nor English force at hand, the mob, wholly unchecked, and then greatly increased in num bers, proceeded in their work of destruction. A storm of missiles was kept up on the house into which the offender had been dragged, who, however, in the confu sion, not being very carefully looked after, had con trived to escape. The shower of stones soon shattered the venetian; damaged the window-posts, and began to make an impression on the soft brick-work of which the house is built. More efficient engines of mischief, how ever, were soon found. The door-posts and railings were torn down, and used as battering-rams, until a breach in the walls was made ; and the mob pro ceeded to fire the house, in which in a few minutes more they would doubtless have been successful, when the whole range of factories would probably have been destroyed. Her Majesty's Consul, the American Chargé d'Affaires, and most of the foreigners in Canton, had been waiting with perhaps too exemplary patience the arrival of the Chinese authorities ; but further forbear ance would have been madness, and it was determined on to go to the relief of the houses attacked, and their inmates. The gates were accordingly thrown open, and a strong party of English, Americans, and other foreigners, headed by the British Consul and tho American Charge d'Affaires, issued out. The mob was repeatedly warned, but did not disperse, retiring to a little distance, but still keeping up volleys of stones, until at length shots were fired, and several Chinese were killed and wounded. This was about nine o'clock, more than two hours after notice of the affray had been sent to the Mandarins, but who were still anxiously looked for in vain. These strong measures cleared away our assailants, who, how ever, only retreated down the avenues leading to the fac tories, and considerable alarm was felt lest our houses should be attacked in the rear, and fired. Our party was then divided, and posted as well as circumstances would admit, and though in several places during the greater part of the night the mob seemed inclined again to attack us, the bold front presented kept them in check. At past ten o'clock the Chinese officers arrived with a large force, ar d proceeded to clear the streets, in effect ing which, however, some of their soldiers were roughly handled, and one party came howling to one of our posts for protection. We kept watch all night, but were not further disturbed. The next day a public meeting was held, and very numerously attended, and resolutions were unanimously passed affirming the necessity of a ship-of-war being permanently stationed off the factories, and appointing a standing committee to address our Go vernment on this subject, and to take such other steps as exigencies might demand. Guard was kept again the following night, and it passed over quiety ; things continue now apparently tranquil, and the Chinese guard is being gradually diminished. Reports as to the casualties vary a good deal. The Chinese proclamations speak of three killed and six wounded, but four bodies were counted on the night of the affray, and of four wounded taken to the hospital one died the next day. We hear also that some of the bodies were thrown into the river by order of the Man darins, as the quietest way of getting rid of them. Their conduct throughout the affair has been thoroughly Chinese. They are magnifying the casualties in their correspondence with our Consul, and affect great in dignation at what doubtless they in their hearts rejoice at, for, above all things, they dread such mobs as assem bled the night in question, and received so severe a lesson. In their proclamations to the people, on the other hand, they understate the number killed, and are lavish in their promises of what they call justice. One chop of a very objectionable nature is enclosed. It assumes that the men were killed by the English, and says not a word of the jeopardy in which we were placed by their ownmostshameful tardiness. Our Consul remon strated against the English being thus singled out on an occasion when the Americans and all foreigners acted together. Our allies, indeed, are personally the only sufferers. A Parsee has his leg broken, and a young German was knocked down by a severe blow on the head, and had a shower of stones upon him. He was confined to his bed for a day or two, but happily has not sustained any serious injury. The merchants, shopkeepers, and all the respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood, are greatly delighted with what was done, for the mob had begun to plunder them, and their danger was as great as ours. Conspi cuous among the plunderers were many members of the Triad Society, occasionally making signals to one another. The members of this society are greatly feared by the Government and people. As well as we can un derstand, they appear to be en organised band of plun derers, though it is said political objects are connected with the association. It is reported that these black guards intend another attack. We do not feel quite secure, but 'hope the worst is over, and trust that the very serious affray which has taken place will call the attention of her Majesty's Government to our situation. It is shameful that we should be left to the protection of a Government which requires three hours to collect a force sufficient to disperse a street mob. By the treaty we have a right to station a ship of war here, and indeed are bound to do so; but independent of these paper rights, surely if the Chinese Government cannot protect us, the British Government should; and if the China trade is worth preserving, humanity and common sense alike demand the stationing on the spot an efficient and disciplined force. It was surely wiser to prevent such affrays than to go to war about their consequences; and our trade is not to be sacrificed, nor are our lives to be endangered, for the sake of a nonsensical punctilio. CORRESPONDENCE. "TO FRANCIS C. MACGREGOR, ESQ., HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S CONSUL AT CANTON. " CANTON, JUL/ 10. " Sir,—The disturbances of the evening of the Bth inst., of which you were in part a spectator, it is unne cessary to relate. " You are aware that for more than two hours a part of the foreign factories was besieged by a furious TRANSLATION OF CHOP. " Li, the acting magistrate of the district of Nanhai, issues these explicit and urgent commands:— " On the Bth instant a wrangling quarrel broke out between the English and the Chinese, and it proceeded to such a degree that three of our people were killed and six wounded. Though the English were certainly in the wrong, yet it is my duty, as magistrate, with a view to prevent lawless men from plundering the houses and shops of our people, to lead out the troops for the eupprassion of disorder, and for the protection end e s ; fence of the place. " The bodies of the dead and of the wounded have'becn examined, and tlae several cases duly reported to the superior authorities, instructing the English Consular officers to search out the murderers and punish them ac cording to the laws. " We, the officers of the Chinese, are to our people what parents are to children. If you are wronged and injured, the exercise of justice (in your behalf) shall not be withheld; but there is reason to fear that some of you, seeking to vindicate your cause, should again by your wrangling assemble the multitudes, and excite quarrelling, so that those who are in the right will find themselves among those who were in the wrong. More over, should the mob once assemble, it will be difficult to prevent vagabonds from improving such an occasion to commit acts of depredation and violence, and the cala mities may extend to your own shops and dwellings; then it would be difficult to discern between the good and the bad, and should you be once seized, you may be stricken by that just indignation which is due to the vagabonds. Crimes ought to be redressed; for, alas! they are not without cause. How much to be deplored would it be, should any of our good and quiet people, by giving momentary vent to anger, and currency to ru mours, involve themselves with the vagabonds, and then be left to suffer as being alike guilty with them. " Right it is, therefore, to issue these commands. Un derstand, ye people of every class, that it behoves you to await the examination and decision of their Excellen cies the high officers regarding all that has transpired. Each one must keep quiet, in his own sphere, and attend to his own affairs. lie not, on any ac cur t, renew ihe e rangling, and so create new disorders that may !e id to grave consequences. " I, the magigrate, in preserving the local peace, ar.d with a view to the protection of your persons and pro perty, have again and again instructed and admonished you, and you ought to lock up and regard the feelings of my heart, yielding obi dience withcu: cpposition. "Canton, July 11, 1846." DEATH OF VISCOUNT TEMPLE- TOWN. , We have to announce the demise of the above Noble Viscount, who expired at half past ten o'clock on Mon day morning last, at Castle Upton, county Antrim, Ireland. We understand that his Lordship on INionday week complained of a slight cold, which continued to increase in virulence, and at length brought on an in flammation which terminated in his demise. '1 he Hon. Lieut.-Colonel George F. Upton was with his noble fatherat his lamented dissolution, and immediately on the serious nature of his Lordship's illness reaching town, the Hon. Lieut.-Colonel Arthur and the Hon. Edward John Upton departed for Ireland, and were ex pected to reach Castle Upton as yesterday morning. The Hon. H. Montagu Upton, the deceased Lord's eldest son, is absent, off the coast of Scotland, yachting, and is probably not yet acquainted with his father's unlooked. for death. The deceased John Henry Upton, Viscount Temple town, and Lord Templetown, Baron of Templetown, county Antrim, in the peerage of Ireland, was eldest son of the first Baron Templetown, by Elizabeth, third daughter of Mr. Shuckburgh Bongleton, of Poston Court, Herefordshire. He inherited the barony on the death of his father in April, 1785, and in 1806 was created a Viscount. He married, the 7th of October, 1796, Lady Mary Montagu, only daughter of John, fifth Earl of Sandwich, by whom, who died October 4, 1824, be leaves issue four sons and a daughter, namely, the lion. Henry Montagu, born November 11, 1799 (now Viscount Tern pletown), the Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel George Frede rick, and Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur, both in the Coldstream Guards ; and the Hon. Edw i ard John, and the Hon. Mary, married to Mr. John Eden Spalding. His Lordship was a Fellow of the Society of Arts. The unexpected death of this respected nobleman places the families of the Marquis of Bristol, the Hon. Colonel aid Mrs. Howard, the lion. Lieutenant-General Upton, Mr. J. and the Hon. Mrs. Singleton, the Earl and Lady Katherine Jermyn, Lord and Lady Alfred Hervey, &c., in mourning. DREADFUL FIRE AND MELAN CHOLY LOSS OF LIFE AT BRIDPORT. On Monday night last, soon after eleven o'clock, an alarm of fire was raised in South-street, which was found to proceed from Tucker's circulating library and fancy depot. It appeared that the servant girl, who had shortly before retired to rest, was alarmed by the pre sence of smoke in her bed-room, and a strong smell of fire; she immediately rang a bell to alarm her mistress, and called to her, and screamed for assistance, when Mr. Charles Tucker, druggist (son of Mrs. Tucker at the library, and whose premises communicate internally with it), went to her assistance, 'and by means of a ladder rescued her from a window at the back of the premises. He then went through his shop to the library, and on attempting to ascend the staircase lead ing to his mother's bed-room, found it giving way, the fire being beneath. He then retreated to the street and placed a ladder against a front bed-room window where she slept, and, on opening it, had a difficulty in enter ing, but, on calling his mother, received no answer, neither could he feel her in the bed. On returning to the street he got in at another window to au adjoining room, but she was not there. By this time plenty of assistance was at hand, and the bed-room was again entered by Mr. T., who could proceed no further, the landing-place being by this time in flames. The most intense anxiety prevailed for some time, in hope she had escaped, and was in the back garden or in some of the back premises ; but about six o'clock in the morning the melancholy forebodings of the bystanders were realised by the appearance of one of the thigh bones protruding from the ruins ; and in about two hours, after great exertions, a large portion of the remains were extricated and placed in a shell. Mean while the fire burnt with great rapidity, and the shop of Mr. C. Tucker was entirely destroyed, with a portion of Mr. J. Gully's, hair-dresser and seedsman, above the latter. Mr. Chick's, spirit merchant, was twice on fire ; and but for the most strenuous exertions would have shared a similar fate. The George Inn, and Mr. B. Ebdon's general grocery and china and glass ware house, were for several hours in the most im minent danger, the stock and furniture from each, with that of some other parties, having been re moved for security to the premises of the neighbours, who lent every assistance in securing a great deal of ♦aluable property. Had the wind been any point from the southward the destruction of property would have been immense. Towards the evening a heavy storm of rain came on, which stayed the further progress of the fire from the ruins. An inquest was held on the remains of Mrs. Tucker on Wednesday morning, at which no clue could be obtained as to the origin of the fire, and a verdict of a highly respectable jury was returned of " Accidental Death by Sm." . _ _ Mrs. Tacker had been a widow 19 years to a day, and was most detervedly respected for her integrity and assi duity in business, and her death in this most awful man ner has cast a deep gloom over the town in general. We hear that the parties were fully insured. But for the spirited exertions of Mr. Cornick, Mr. Samson, Mr. Vatter, Mr. Ebdon, and some others, who knew the adjoining premises well, and assisted the fire men in directing the engine-pipe, the whole of the corner of the street on both sides would have been destroyed. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.—The Committee on Australian Steam Communication held another of their meetings yester day, 24th instant, at their Committee-rooms, 30, Great Winchester-street, Broad-street, for the dispatch of business. The following were present:—Sir George H. Larpent, Bart., in the chair; the Hon. Francis Scott, 111. P., Henry T. Prinsep, Esq., John Wm. Sutherland, Esq., Mark Boyd, Esq., Samuel Browning, Esq., Captain. James Barber, George Hay Donaldson, Esq., John Lam bert, Esq., Jacob Montefiore, Esq., &c. &c., and Anthony G. Robinson, Esq., ,. the honorary secretary. SALE OF THE IV HITTLESEA ESTATE, CAMBRIDGE. SHlRE.—Yesterday, the freehold estate of Whittlesea., situate in the county of Cambridge, was disposed of by auction by Messrs. Smith, at the Auction Mart. The pro perty comprised the manors of Whittlesea, St. Andrew, of Whittlesea, St. Mary, and of the rectory of Whittlesea, St. Mary, which extended over nearly 25,000 acres, in cluding the fines, quit-rents, royalties, &c. ; also, about 2,100 acres of land, and the freehold, rent-charges, in lieu of tithes, reaching over 19,000 acres, with the perpetual advowson of the vicarage of St. Mary. The whole, which:was of the value of nearly 6,8001. per annum, was then put up in one lot, and was bou,ght in at 169,0001. It was th en p u t up i n three lots. The first lot comprised the freehold rent-charges of about 17,000 acres, yielding 3,0341. Os. 9d. per annum, exclusive of 2401. parochial rates, 70/. stipend to the vicar of St. Mary, 1001. also during the incumbency of the present vicar, and 133/. 6s. Bd., an annuity of one-third of 4001., pay able to the heirs of Lord Eardley, &c. This was sold for 68,000/. The second and third lots included the manors with several freehold farms, containing about 2,136 acres, producing an annual income of 2,9561. 19s. 6d., subject to 711. Bs. land-tax, and 81. 10s. fee-farm rent, with also the patronage of the advowson, returning 2461. 4s. Bd. per annum. They were sold for 99,5004 The population is about 7,000. There is an extensive fishery within the manor, and the country was hunted by Lord Fitzwilliam's hounds. The timber was tovbe disposed of at a valuation. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—The Ocean coach, MI• ning between Cromer and Norwich, left Cromer at eight o'clock on Tuesday morning with a full load, and had proceeded to Aylsham, a distance of some ten miles, when the horses were changed. The coach had not pro ceeded on its journey with the fresh horses more than a few hundred yards when the off-wheeler, a spirited mare, not long accustomed to harness, commenced kicking furiously, and caused the remaining horses to take fright and gallop furiously down the hill. The coachman vainly endeavoured to pull up, and in the attempt the " quarter rein" of the restive mare was broken. There were three ladies seated in front, and although the coachman and several passengers implored them to re tain their seats, in which they were held by force for a few seconds, two of them contrived to throw themselves off, and were precipitated over a wall about six feet high into a field. Singularly enough they sustained no in jury. The coachman now perceiving that the vehicle would be upset unless speedily stopped, contrived to pull one rein suddenly, and with such force as to swing tho horses round and to dash the coach against the wall over which the ladies had leaped. Two of the horses were severely bruised by the contact with the wall, and re mained perfectly still, but bleeding and exhausted. A labourer who was engaged repairing the road then ran up and secured the leaders. On the passengers descJend ing, it was found that the bar of the coach was smashed, and that the mare, which had originally caused the mis chief, was seriously injured. The Earl and Countess of Sefton (have, since the commencement of the shooting season received a constant succession of visitors at Acbnacarry Castle North Britain, I t