The Sun. — London, England, 1837-09-11 00:00:00

Li`v ERI-'OUL --- LIVERPOOL WOOL MARKET, SEPT. 9. The Foreign Wools which were brought forward for sale last week closed on Saturday. A great number of consumers attended, and as tke sale advanced prices seemed to improve, probably to the extent of 2d. per lb. Some parcels of Buenos Ayres sold at 31d. to 5-d. ; East India aid. to 74d. ; and small lots of Turkey and Russia at full prices. Since the close o f t hi s sale by auction little business has been done in this article. Current prices per lb. :-Russia Wool, 6d. to 7d, ; Odessa, fine, Is. to Is. 9d.; Buenos Ayres, 3id. to 4d. Magad ora and Barbary, 3d. to 4d. ; Washed Peruvian, 80. to 91d. Unwashed ; ,i ditto, 6d. to 7d. ; Portugal R. lod. to 19 . ; Portugal Low Marks, 8. 1 ,-d. to 9. 1 ,d. ; German Fleeces, ls. 2d. to Is. 4d. ; German Assorted, Is. sd. to Is. Bd. ; German Lambs, Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. ; Spanish R., ls. sd. to l "' 9 d.; Spanish F. S., Is. 3d. to Is. 10d ; New South Wales, Is. to ls. 9d. Imports this week, 495 bales ; imports previously this year, 32,320 bales. English and Irish W oo l s are soug ht after, and prices are looking upwards. En g li s h s u p e r a kins is rather scarce ; Irish Hogs have this week fetched 16d. and wethers, laid. Cur rent prices (Irish) per lb. :-Irish Fleece, mixed lots, 12i-d. a 141; Irish Wethers, 12d. a 13d.; Irish Hogs , 14 d. a 15d.; Irish Combing Skin, 121 d. a 131 d.; Irish Short Skin , pd. a 12d. Imp or t this week, 73 bags. Import previously is year, 1,884 bags. Current price (English) per lb.: --Down, Ewes, and Wethers, 12d. a 13d.; Down Tegs,l4d. it 15 d.; Combing Fleece, 14d. a 15d.; Combing Skin, 13d. a 15d.; Head Skin, 11d. 120. The arrivals of Scotch Wools this week have increased, and the demands have also kept pace with the arrivals. There small decline in prices of Laid Highland since last week's r eport, some small lots of which were sold at Bs. 9d. Cur rent prices per stone of 241bs. :.-Laid Highland, Bs. 3d..a 95.; White Highland, 10s. 6d. a 1 Is. 6d. ; Laid Galloway , 93 . a 10%; White Galloway, los. a 13s. ; Washed Cross Cheviot, Ils. 6d. a 1 9 s. ; Unwashed Cross Cheviot, 103. a 11 s. ; Un washed Cheviot, I Is. a 12s. ; Washed Cheviot, 13s. a 14s. ; White. Cheviot, 15s. a 20s. ; White Combing Skin, 18s. a 195.; White Combing Grey, 7s. a 11s. .LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, SEPT. 9. We have aga i n t hi s wee k extens i ve sa l es t o report in Cotton, the nand, pa r ti cu l ar l y i n t h e ear l y par t o f it, having been very active . 4 2ind general. Prices have in consequence advanced, and, though the market closes tamely, may be quoted l i 4d. to t/ i d. higher in the current qualities of American. Brazils continue in fair demand, a nd, Pernams a n d M aran h ams are *d. higher. Bahias are readily Table at previous quotations. Egyptian is not much inquired for, nd is unaltered in prices. Sea Islands are in good demand and rather higher. Surats fully support previous quotations, and some qualities are I ,ficl. higher. 6,500 Americans and 600 Surat have b een taken on speculation, and 1,000 American and 100 Surat for export. 250 Sea Islands and 400 St. Domingo are announced for Public sale on Friday next. d. d. 1 d. d. 4 60 Sea I s l an d s l3 to 20 i Demeraras .... oto 0 7 0 Stained ditto 7 9 Peruvians .....0 0 6,500 Uplands 1 51 Bii 550 Laguayras 64 7* ,610 4 Mnbile, &c.... 5 8 2,630 Surats .... 3 5i 16.00 NeW Orleans 5i Bii 70 Ben , als ... 66 ° Egyptians Bl —lO 60 Cart b hagenas ... 5 0 89 0 Pernams, &c B,- —lOl Manilla 0 0 5 50 Bahia s 77 0 5 Maranhams 8 —9l Barbadoes 1 Sawginned 61— 7*i Smyrna o— 0 The sales of Cotton to-day amount to 3,000 bags, at yesterday's prices. Bales. Taken on speculation this year Same in 1836 Porwarded to the country unsold this year Same in 1836 Increase of lnaport this year compared with the same date last year .. Increase of stock Decrease of quantity taken for consumption 30,800 Decrease of quantity taken for export C° l llparative View of the Imports and Exports of Cotton into and from the whole Kingdom, from the let of January to the 2d Inst., and of the Imports and Exports for the same period last year : Into the Kingdom this year. Bags. American South American West Indies, Demerara, &c. .. East Indies 27,665 Egypt, Scc. Total of all descriptions Same period last year. Bags. American South American West Indies, Demerara, &e. East Indies Egypt, &c• Increase of Imports as compared with same period last year Exports in 1837. American, 41,655 ; Brazil, 2,681 ; East India, 50,112 ; West India, —; Other kinds, —. Total in 1837 Same period last year Stock. Sept. 8, 1837 Same time, 1836 285,600 ~ 272,500 LIVERPOOL IRISH PROVISION MARKET, SEPT. 9. BUTTER.—The arrivals of Butter in our market this week Lave been great. The demand for Home Consumption mo derate—consumers buy with great caution, taking only what th e y require for present wants—the full prices of last week have in the cases been realised. BEEF AND PORK. -- Somo considerable sales have been made for ships' stores, but at a trifling decline in prices. Some small lots of Pork have been taken for exportation. BACON has been in request, and sales of heavy middles have been made at 645. per cwt. ; the better descriptions are how ever scarce. There has been but little done in Hams and Lard, the latter of which continues scarce. The following are the current prices :—Butter: Belfast 965. 995., Banbridge 945. 965., Derry 90s. 988., Coleraine 9 45. 955., Newry 925. 935., Sligo 955. 965., Waterford 965. 975., Carlow 965. 975., Limerick 945. 955., Cork dry thirds 8 8g. 895., pickled seconds 925. 945. Beef per tierce, prime mess 975. 100 s. Bacon per cwt. 525. 645. Hams per cwt., dry 57 5. 595. Pork per barrel 725. 755. Lard per cwt., firkins 565. 645., bladders 70s. 725. LIVERPOOL SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Saturday, Sept. 9, 1837. Wind S. E..—High Water, 4h. 53m. p. m.—Arrived the Formosa, Mitchell, from New Orleans ; Ruthelia, Thompson, f rom do. ; Marion, Sparling, from Savannah; Mary Kumball, Preets, from do. ; Earl Grey, Ada,nson, from Manilla; Hey -I"rth, Garnett, from Africa ; Alecto, Ayshford, from Jamaica; Tally Ho, Griffiths, from Demerara ; Pizarro, Luge, from Copenhagen ; Brazillois, De Vries, Antwerp ; Jean Hastie, Robinson, Halifax; Princess Victoria, Stephenson, Odessa ; C.ravan, New Orleans; Expedition, Davies, Tralee ; Alert, !loge, Wexford; New Pursuit, Aberaven; Heart of Oak, Davies, Cardiff; Turtle Dove, Isaac, Newport ; Venus, Rich ards, Swansea ; Liverpool, Johnson, London ; Comet, Car. d iff; Clonmel, Pond, Waterford ; Glasgow, Dundalk. ENTERED FOR LOADING, SEPT. 9. Euphenia, Cowan, for Havannah ; Vigilant, Cassen, Malta; Midas, Kerrwoth, Pernambuco ; Charles, Alinnio, Rio Ja lto ; Martha, Hughes, Sierra Leone ; Supe r b , Plutt y , St. ""( 14 s, N.B. ; Catharine, Rahms, Amsterdam. CLEARED OUTWARDS, SEPT. 9. John Cumming, Thayer, for Savannah ; Buzzard, Cuming, Africa ; Harmony, Marshall, Gibraltar; Sophia, Laguna ; Mechegan, Sturges, New Orleans; Caspian, Patten, Bom b,/; ; Twee Gebrocdsrs, Rieke, Antwery Le Vigeau, Ro berti, Bordeaux; Ellen Esnnan, Plumaell, Leghorn ; Lady Anna Ellice, Forrester, Demerara ; Bugand, Erorm, St. Thomas's; Royal Micul, Kennedy, Jamaica; London, Hood ley, Calcutta; Anna Sophia, Butcher, Genoa; Superb , Bris . col, H o b art T own ; J erem i a h, M‘Lauren, Leghorn; Chandos, Surart, Demerara. SHIPS SAILED, SEPT. 9. Matthero Plummer, Dixon, for Hamburg; Emanuel, Rod tn,an, Stettin; Atlas, Schmids, Antwerp ; Bsrmsburg, Kukr, lau ; Jamaica, Weston, Bahia ; Thomas, Reid, Berbice; Ernest George, Hamburgh; Andre, De Greene, Ostend; Vernilia, Kransburg, Rotterdam. SHIPS SAILED, SEPT. 10. Amelia, Law, for St. Petersburgh ; Ira Cumming, Hayter, ,6lrvannah; Ranker, Donaldson, Venice; Lord Nelson, Qum uen, Bayonne; 9th Cceur de Lion, Robinson, Quebec. SHIPS ARRIVED. Mountaineer, Williams, from Jamaica; Ilerald, Duff, Charleston ; Chas. Hammerton, St. Domingo ; Orwell, Had rPh, Dantzic ; Bengale, Teulon, Mobile ; Rookery, Sharp, J amaica Liverpool, Godfrey, Quebec; Velocity, Roberts, Otto ; Elizabeth, Dick, Africa ; Colchester, M'Leon, St. An tr,evv, ; Maria, Ostend ; Gnginila, Wiggins, Pekul ; Saxon, Manifold, Charleston ; Sir C. Campbell, Halifax ; Britannia, ". ; Aimwell Scott, New York ; Columbia, Stenson , Mo -11i1C; Arcadia,' Wylie, Liverpool, N.B. ; Earl Roden steamer , .„ alston, Dundalk; Niinble, steamer, Colbeck , Wbiteha ven ; of Carlisle, steamer, Irons, Carlisle ; Nithsdale, saeamer, ‘ 2 • o nning, Dumfries; Hibernia, steamer, Williams, Belfast. RY the improvements going forward at Apsley House, it wou ld a pp ear that the " Great Captain " has not • Yet determined on raising the siege. The barricades are d i T th rgeing a complete renovation at the hands of the house enrat or , and the " patent-safety" iron window shutters, fo startling mementos of Tory Governmont , which were I " tne rlY black as a dunmaon grating, are now an emerald g reen e . • W e trust that though the for tifications continue, urn. present hue may be considered as indicative of his red n 'Ts intention of propitiating the favour of the people by r een 'ing his pledge of no longer obstructing the final ar lantingrern,nt of the Irish Retrrnßill, seeing that Lord Mel ne It stsinstteinlldPedre,mier. tn ereor • we hear, to hold a centenary in com oe• a tlon of the first formation of the Methodist United . Ivas ie : Y in 17 39 ; and at the last Conference a Committee ti ut iPPointed, including the Secretary and President of whi ei r d Y. and several of the most distinguished preachers, effect delib erate on t h e mos t suitable means of g ivin g fleet to this resolution.—Doncaster Gazelle. 4 - Ref ehel se °rln Association is in course of formation for port of Kensingt on , B ram pt on , and Fulham," for the sup r Voters, Liberal pr i nc i p l es, f or atten di ng to the registration i the rs, and f or t h e protect i on o f the interest of all Refor mers distri c t." Th e A s sociation will commence i ts / P" ) ceetr in g B by a public dinner on Thursday next. _A t ‘..; 1, 1 , 6 1-1 1. .1 •, . Viscount Melbourne left town on Saturday afternoon for Windsor Castle, on a visit to the Queen. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from Sir William Nicolay, Governor of the Mauritius. Ten horses belonging to the King of Hanover were put on board a lighter at the Custom-house Stairs on Saturday, and taken to the North Star steam-packet, to be conveyed to Hanover. The North Star left the river yesterday for Hamburg. Workmen are employed at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street. The Right Hon. Gentleman and family will remove from Mans field-street on their return to town. Viscount Melbourne, and a select party, dined with Lord Holland, at Holland-house, Kensington, on Friday evening. 0 11,T it IN T LL IGEN BETTING AT ST. JAMES'S. 7 to 2 agst Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff 7 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Henriade—taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mango 11 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirus—taken freely 11 to 1 agst Mr. Heseltine's Slashing Harry 12 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Emprise 15 to 1 agst Mr. Fox's The Doctor 15,t0 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mahometan—taken to 'lOO/. 18 to 1 agst Mr. Walter's The Prime Warden—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Fairlie's Abraham Newland 25 to 1 agst Mr. Golden's Robin Hood colt 30 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Blakey Topping THE HIPPODROME RACES. The fourth and last meeting terminated on Saturday with the best day's sport of the season. Everything, in short, went off in the happiest manner. The weather was fine, the ground in good order, the company exceedingly numerous, and the running so close that none could have departed unsatisfied. Besides a great number of fashionables connected with the turf, there were present in the Stewards' Stand several foreign No blemen, who entered heartily into the amusements, and ex pressed themselves highly gratified with the excellent spirit which pervaded all the arrangements of the course. The fol lowing is a return of the racing : The Farewell Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 30 added, for tiro years old. Winner to be sold for 60 sovs., if demanded, &c. T. Y. C. 7 Subs. Captain Fairlie's b. f. by Shakspeare, Bst. 41b Parnby I Mr. Bond's ch. c. Kennington, brother to Rioter, Bst. 21b 2 The following also started :—Lord Egremont's Clio, Bst. 7lb ; Mr. Carter's b. c. by Sir Benjamin Backbite, Bst. 71b ; Mr. Sad ler's br. 1. by Defence, out of Euryone, 7st. 131 b ; Mr. Boast's b. Bucella, by Sir Benjamin, Bst. 41b ; and Mr. Marley's br. c. Bro ther to The Stag, 81t. 71b. A beautiful race, and won by a head only. The winner was claimed. _ The Bayswater Handicap Plate of 501. Heats, two miles. Mr. Hennessy's Bravo, 4 yrs, 9st. 61b...G. Edwards 0 0 1 1 Mr. King's b. h. Hectic, 5 yrs, Ost. llb Mr. For,ter's br. m. Mike, aged, 9st. 61b (h. b.) 0 0 3 dr Mr. Bond's b. m. Candia, 3 yrs, 6st. 131 b Mr. S. Smith's b. m. Eagle, 9st. 81b Mr. Boast's gr. g. Stranger, 5 yrs, 7st. 41b 0 0 dr Mr. Clark's b. 1. Shakspeare, 3 yrs, 6d. Ilb 0 odr Mr. Messer's b. f. Armenia, 3 yrs, 6st. 131 b Alr. Payne's ch. m. St. Ronan, 5 yrs, 7st. 81b The first heat was a dead heat between Eagle and Mike ; the second was won cleverly, the third by a head, and the fourth in a canter. The Olympic Stakes of 3 sous. each, er 5 if post-entered, with a Purse added. Heats, two miles, with four hurdle jumps. 7 Subs. Mr. Elmore's Lottery, aged, 1 Ist. 71b Mr. J. Mason 1 1 Mr. H. Smith's Saccharine, aged, list. 111 b 0 2 Mr. Galloway's b. g. Talbot, aged, lOst. t llb Mr. Seffert's Paddy, lOst. I Ilb 0 4 Mr. Oliver's ch. g. by Rector, 6 yrs, 10st. 111 b Mr. Boast's Stranger, 5 yrs, list. 41b 0 dr Won cleverly. Saccharine fell at the third jump in the first heat. The legitimate sports of the season being brought to a close, we would recommend the inhabitants of Kensington to with dra v their opposition to an establishment so admirably con ducted, and so popular with all classes, and suffer Mr. Whyte to reap the benefit of his expensive and unceasing exertions. ST. LEGER BETTING AT THE HIPPODROME. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mango—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Heseltine's Slasing Harry—.taken 10 to 1 agst Lord Wilton's Epirus 15 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston s Alahometan 22 to 1 agst Mr. Fairlie's Abraham Newland—taken The rest as before. On Friday as a high spin iced horse, driven by a gentleman in a gig, was passing over the hill in the race-ground, he sud denly fell down, struggled violently two or three minutes, and expired. A gentleman on the ground bled him, but it was of t.o avail. It was caused by the tightness of the collar. WEST ESSEX YEOMANRY RACES. These Races took place on Nazing Mead, near Waltham Abbey, on Thursday last, one of the finest courses in England, and were attended by a very numerous and elegant assemblage. The first race was for a very handsome silver cup, to be run for by horses the property of Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of the Corps that had been ridden as chargers during the preceding permanent duty, carrying I2st., heats, one mile and a distance, was won by Mr. Bruty's Phosphorus, beating Mr. Algar's Yeoman, Mr. Webb's Maid of All Work, and Mr. Clark's Jack Spiggot, &c., after two well contested heats. Second Race.—An elegant silver cup, presented by the Ladies to the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Pri vates, was won by Mr. Algar's Yeoman, beating Mr. Jessopp's ch. h. Nigel, Mr. Bruty's Phosphorus, &c. The first was a dead heat between Nigel and Yeoman. Third Race.— A silver cup, for the beaten horses, was won by Mr. Webb's Maid of All Work, beating Mr. Clarke's Jack Spiggot, &c. Fourth.— A match between Mr. White's hr. h. Warwick and Mr. Johnson's Alabaster, afforded most excellent sport, and was won by the former. The racing was very good, and the meeting afforded much satisfaction and amusement to the neighbourhood. 'WESTERN MEETING AT AYR, SEPT. 7. Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 20 ft. Two miles. 4 Subs. Lord Kelburne's ch. c. by Albany, 3 yrs... Nelson Lord Eglinton's br. f. Palestine ... Won by a length. Two-Years-Old Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft., with 50 added Three quarters of a mile. 8 Subs. Lord Eglinton's b. f. I3ellona ...Lye Mr. Ramsay's br. c. Count Lauriston Mr. Inglis na. b. c. Beresford Lord Rosslyn's b. c. Brush Mr. Alexander's ch. c. Beagle Won by a length. The Eglinton Gold Cup, by a subscript= of 20 sovs. each, h. ft. Two miles. 4 Subs. Lord Rosslyn's b. h. Shamrock, aged Capt. Williams 1 Lord Eglinton's b. g.lus, 4 yrs A splendid race, and won by only half a neck. Plate of 50/. One mile and a half heats. 9 Subs. Sir J. Boswell's b. f. Sunbeam, 4 yrs Holmes 1 1 Lord Eglinton's b. g. The Potentate, 5 yrs First heat won by a length. Sunbeam walked over for the second heat. FRIDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, p.p. One mile. Lord Eglinton's Pilot, aged Capt. Williams 1 Mr. Alexander's Mwonides, aged ...... 2 Plate of 501. Heats, two miles. Mr. Merry's hr. f. Florenta, 4 yrs Edgar 1 1 Mr. Stirling's Forester, 6 yrs 2 2 Mr. Davidson's br. g. Milton, 6 yrs Match, 50 sovs. each, p.p. One mile.—Mr. Campbell's Splen dour, aged (Captain Williams), beat Mr. Burnett's Sir Roger de Coverly, aged. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, p.p., with 20 gs. added. Once round and a distance. Sir J. Boswell's b. an. Lorna, 5 yrs Capt. Williams 3 1 1 Captain Kirk's b. g. Suffolk, aged Mr. Campbell's b. g. Roulette, aged 2 3 3 A Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, p.p., with 30 added. Mile and a half. Sir J. Boswell's b. m. Bella, 6 yrs Lye Mr. Ramsay's Despot, aged ... Sir J. Buswell's ch. h. General Chasse, 6 yrs Lord Rosslyn's b. h. Shamrock, aged NEWT ON ABB 0 TTS RA CES. —TauzsDAr. The Torquay Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with '2O added. Two miles Sir W. P. Carew's bl. m. Vision, 6 yrs, aged... Col. Gilbert I Mr. Taunton's bl. c. Mustapha, 3 yrs ...... 2 2 The Hurdle Race ( Handicap) was won in two heats by Mr. Car lisle's Countess of Devon (owner), beating Sweet Briar and two others. Handicap Sweepstakes. Mr. Ley's Rattle, 4 yrs Mr. 'Taunton's b. in. Preference, 3 yrs 2 42, CURRAGH MEETlNG.—Tmeutspir. The Queen's Plate of 100 gs. for three yrs old, Bst. each ; 31b. al lowed to fillies and geldings. Two miles. Mr. Fergusson's ch. c. Harkaway, 3 yrs, 7st. 91b "Mr. Watts's br. c. Croughpatrick Nermanby Stakes of 15 sous., 10 ft., for two yrs. old ; colts, Bst. 41h ; fillies, Bst. ; 31b. allowed to untried stallions or mares ; 51b. to both. Anglesey Post. Mr. Knox's ch. c. George Doyle 1 Mr. E. Kelly's gr. c. Friar Mr. Maher's ch. c. Skylark, out of Perditto (both untried) Three others started, but were not placed, and two paid , forfeit. FRIDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs., h. ft., with 25 sovs. added. Second horse to save his stake. Mile and quarter on the Peel Course. Lord ALltown's The Elect, 3 yrs, 6st. 121 b ll. Neille 1 Mr. Knox's b. m. 'Lora, 5 yrs, Bst. 81b Lord Howth's b. h. Emu, yrs, fist. 71b Three others started, but were not placed. Challege of the Wellington Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 5 ft. Three Years Old Course. Mr. Osborne's gr. c. Mercury , 3 yrs , 7st. 51b Captain Stanley's br. c. Austerlitz, 4 yrs, Bst 2 Mr. Disney's ch. c. Birdcatcher, 4 yrs , 9 st. 21 b ............ 0 Mr. Ferguson's ch. c. Harkaway , 3 yrs , B st . 111 b .................. pd This race is disputed. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for mares; three yrs old 7st. 71b ; four, Bst. 131 b ; five, 9 st. 101 b ; s ix and aged, 10st, Four miles. Mr. Osborne's b. f. Maria, 4 yrs Lord Milltown's ch. f. The Cruiskeen, 3 yrs Mr. Hutchin's bi. f. by Sir Hercules, 4 yrs _ Five others started. Sweepstakes of 5 goys. each, 25 added ; one mile and a half on Peel Course ; three yrs old, 7st 61b ; four, Bst. 61b ; fire, Bst. 111 b ; six and aged, 9st. The winner to be' sold, as usual, with his engagements, for 70 toys., if demanded within a quarter of an hour after the race ; 3 sovs. each for entrance. Mr. W. M‘Donogh's ch. c. Atio - "ean, 4 yrs ... ..Wynne 1 Lord Howth's br. f. Bacchante, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Watt's br. c. Croughpatrick, 3 yrs Two other started. A beautiful race. The winner was claimed. —Alocken The son of the late Mr. Cobhett has published the Home-office correspondence relative to a petition to the Queen for a remission of the fine of 1,0001. levied upon his father in 1809 for his remarks on the mutiny which broke out in Ely among the militia. This petition was forwarded to Lord John R uss ell with a letter requesting his Lordship to lay the same before her Majesty. Lord John Russell, through his Secretary, Mr. Phillipps, replied that he had considered the statement contained in the petition, and was of opinion that be ought not to recommend the remission of the fine to which that statement related. A clergyman living in the vicinity of Towcester, enquired of a youth, upon business, the other day, if lie were a Dissenter ; finding he was, the holy man took up his own child, and said—" My dear, rather than see you rise into life to become a Dissenter, I should prefer seeing your head cut from your shoulders!" Reader! mark this new doctrine of our National Church—better murder our children, or get some one to do it for us, than allow them to worship God without hell, book, and surplice;" THE: SUN, LONDON,ffMONDAY, SEPTEMBVit 11, 1837. 1 - ;:A.TIONAL LOAN LIFE ASSURANCE (From the Sunday Times.) There is in our advertising columns the prospectus of a new Insurance Company, denominated " The National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society," to which we wish to call public attention, especially the attention of the productive classes of every de scription, for whom this institution holds out very many important advantages. The society being already established, it may be useful to point out what are its leading principles, and the prospects of public advan tage which it presents to our view. First of all, it makes the assurance of its stability doubly sure by a subscribed capital of half a million sterling, although it is well known that societies of this kind have rea- lised enormous fortunes, without the aid of anv original capital, but merely by the accumulation of . the pre miums paid by assurers. Secondly, it multiplies the inducement to assure life, by introducing, besides the contingency of death, that of misfortune also, into its system. In all other life assurance institutions the advantage of effecting a policy is reserved for the children, or heirs of the party assured. The Na• tional Loan Fund Life Assurance Society go to work more equitably, and as we believe, far more profitably even for themselves. By giving a man a claim upon them, in case a reverse of fortune should happen to him, they create the strongest inducement to - life as surance, and thus give the very strongest stimulus to economy and prudence, in order to enable those who live upon the fruits of their own exertions to secure them- selves,as well as their families, against misfortune and the probable consequences of the death of the head of a house. The contingency of misfortune has also another most important advantage. In the old system of as surance, the policy generally fell to the ground—no matter how large the aggregate of the sums paid in premium, when misfortune befel the party assured. Thus no one but a person sure of a certain income could, with any degree of safety, Tun the perilous risk of assuring his life. Consequently the wealthy few alone were enabled to take advantage of the assurance offices, while the industrious millions were altogether excluded by the system itself from the doors of these valuable institutions. This great evil is, we are glad to perceive, totally corrected by the better system of the society whose prospectus we are noticing. The great mass of our countrymen, whose industry is the source of the national wealth, may now assure their lives for their own benefit and that of their families with as much confidence as if they were the recipients of an income arising out of land, houses, or the funds. This im provement of the system of life assurance will doubt less greatly benefit the society who have introduced it, by swelling the number of policies probably a hundred fold ; but it will as unquestionally contribute in the same, or a greater degree, to the public good, by ex citing a spirit of economy, sobriety, and providence in the breasts of the industrious classes. The vast sums that are now spent in folly and dissipatio❑ will be pru dently laid by to make up, by their aggregate quarterly or half-yearly amount, the sum required to pay the premium upon a policy of perhaps one, two, three, or four hundred pounds—aye, or it may be as many thousands in many instances. WINDSOR-SUNDAY. Yesterday the Queeu, attended by many of the ladies and gentlemen of her court, left tbe castle on horseback and rode for some hours in the Great Park. This morning her Majesty attended Divine service at St. George's Chapel, with the King of Belgium, the Duchess of Kent, and the Duke of Cambridge, who arrived at the castle on the previous eveninc , from visiting Queen Adelaide at Bushy Park. Lords Palmerston and Albemarle, with others of the court attended her Majesty to chapel. The service was Boyce in C ; and the anthem " Wherewithal shall a young man," &c. The Rev. Dr. Markham preached. This afternoon her Majesty rode into the Great Park in an open carriage, accompanied by the King and Queen of Belgium and the Duchess of Kent ; followed by another carriage in which were Lord Albemarle, the Marchioness of Tavistock, Miss Murray and M. Van de Weyer. The Duke of Sussex and Lord John Churchill left the castle on Saturday afternoon ; and shortly afterwards the Lord Chancellor, Lord Melbourne, and Lord and Lady Albemarle arrived. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. Sir Edmund and Lady Antrobus, front Cheam, Surrey, for Amesbury, in Wiltsh're ; the Eal of Lonsdale, from Cottes mere, for Lowther Castle; Colonel Peach, for Idlucut House, Shipton-on-Stour, in Warwickshire; the Earl of Dartmouth, for York ; the Earl of Bradford, from Weston Hall, Shiffnall, Staffordshire, for Castle Bromwich, near Birmingham ; Miss Sheriff for the Crown Mills, in Hertfordshire, Vice-Admiral Codrington, for Brighton ; Colonel and Lady Elizabeth Steele on a tour ; Rev. Sir Samuel Jervoise, Bart., for Edg worth Park, Horndean, Hants ; Sir Thomas Winnington, Bart., from Cheltenham, for Stamford Court, Worcester ; the Rev. Robert Thurlow and family, for Boxford Rectory, Suf folk ; Mr. John Weyland, for Woodribing Hall, Atticbury, Norfolk; Lady Henry Spencer Churchill and Mr. William Whateley, for Sussex ; Mr. Quintin Dick, to Curzon street, Mayfair, from a tour ; the Baron and Baroness Dinisdale for Hatfield; General Sir Charles Egerton, Bart., on a tour; Mr. George F. Heneage, for Hainton Hall, Lincolnshire ; ARRIVALS. Edward Rawden, Esq7,;lldil;Mis3es Rawden, at the Ber ners Hotel, from Highvvorth, Wilts; the Rev. James Clay and Mrs. Clay, at ditto, from the scat of General Bonham, Great Worsley-place, Essex ; Thomas West, Esq., and Mrs. West, at ditto, from Derby ; the Rev. James Dalton and Mrs. Dalton, at ditto, from the Continent ; E. H. Hardman, Esq., at ditto. The King of Sweden has expressed much regret at the accident which has befallen the Marquis of Waterford ; and his Swedish Majesty has ordered instructions to be sent to the Governor-General of Norway to institute an imme diate enquiry into the cause and circumstances of the te cent affray at Bergen, in which the Noble Marquis received so serious an injury that his life was despaired of for some days. Princess Massime, who has just died at Rome of the cholera, was the daughter of Prince Xavier, of Saxony, younger son of Augustus the Third, King of Poland. Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Aus tria intended to leave Ishl on the 4th inst., and after passing the Gth, 7th, and Bth, at Mariazell, to return to Vienna on the following Monday. The Wellington Bazaar, in aid of the new Church, held in the grounds of the vicarage, Wellington, Salop, last week, under the patronage of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, &e., realised the handsome sum of 939/ 14s. 4d. Count Augustus Capo d'lstria, accompanied by three Turkish officers, arrived at Odessa on the 18th ult., coming from Constantinople. Thalberg has abandoned his intention of visiting Russia ; and at present has resolved upon fixing his resi dence chiefly in this country. Count Hunnyadi, an Hungarian nobleman of great wealth, arrived at the Clarendon Hotel on Friday evening, from Vienna, for the express purpose of attending Doncas ter races. It is a curious circumstance that the Hunga rians display much more congeniality with the English than with the Germans or French. At the grand festival given in honour of the inauguration of Prince Esterhazy, as ober gespann of the county of Edimbourg, the five leading mag nates present were proficients in our language, and decided Anglomaniacs. Count Urhna, Master of the Horse to the King of Wirtemburg, has arrived at the Clarendon from Stutgard. The Count and Countess de Szechenyi took their departure for Antwerp yesterday morning, in the General Steam Navigation Company's ship the Ocean. The Earl of Wilton's seaj, Heaton-park, near Manchester, will be very gay during the present week, on the occasion of the annual races. Part of his Lordship's stud will be sold at Heaton during the race week, by Tat tersall. The Prince of Lichtenstein, Prince Gagarin, and other foreign personages of rank will, it is expected, leave town on Thursday next for Doncaster, to remain there du ring the races. Apartments are engaged at the Angel Inn for Prince Lichtenstein and party. The Bishop of Ferns and Ossory is so indisposed that he was unable to attend the late visitation of his Clergy ; the episcopal duties devolved upon Archdeacon Irwin. Major Campbell having had the good fortune to survive his tenure of office as Lieutenant-Governor of Sierra Leone and its dependencies, has become entitled to a pension. Colonel Doherty, his successor, assumed the Government of the colony on the 15th of June. The Noble Governor of Madras, Lord Elphinstone, has appointed Lieut. Maitland, of the Artillery, to be his Aide-de-Camp, vice the Hon. Charles Henry Maynard, resigned. Lord William Compton, second son of the Marquis of Northampton, has entered the naval service as midship man, and is appointed to the Melville ship of the line, Hon. Captain Dundas. When the late Duchess of St. Albans, upon the death of Mr. Coutts, came into possession of his princely fortune, she most generously presented each clerk in the house of Coutts and Co., with the sum of 50/. ; and a few days since, Miss Angela Burdett very handsomely conveyed her request that the donation should be repeated. The Marquis of Queensbury, one of the Lords of her Majesty's Bedchamber, lies in a very precarious state. Preparations have already taken place, for the pur pose of building a splendid palace for the Bishop of Ripon to reside in. The drawings of the elevation show the pro jected building is intended to be magnificent. Lord Lovat is entertaining a distinguished circle of sporting friends at Beaufort Castle. Viscount and Viscountess Hovvick have arrived at Novar House, Ross-shire, on a visit to Lerd William Bentinek, M.P. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived at Ha.ddo Castle, his seat in Aberdeenshire, the beginning of last week, from a visit to the Earl of Mansfield at Scone Palace. Captain Back reached town on Saturday morning, and immediately proceeded to the Admiralty. His Grace the Lord Archbishop of York has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Thomas Robinson, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, late Archdeacon of Madras, Lord Almoner's Reader and Professor of Arabic in that University, vacant by the resignation of the Lord Bishop of Hereford. On the 6th instant, the Rev. John Weber, D.D., was instituted to the rectory of North Luffenham, in the county of Rutland, diocese of Peterborough, vacant by the death of the Rev. William Hardyrnan, on the pre sentation of the master, fellows, and scholars of Emmanuel College. The Rev. G. Ainslie, M.A.., of Emmanuel Col lege, in this University, and minister of St. Peter's, Wal worth, has been presented to the vicarage of Barkway, with the rectory of Reed annexed, Herefordshire, vacant by the death of the Hon. and Rev. John W. Peachy.—Cambridge Chronicle. Mr. Charles Knight, the publisher, of Ludgate hill, .has met with a serious accident at Bruges. He was bitten in the calf of the leg so severely by a dog, as to leave it doubtful whether it will not be necessary to resort to amputation in order to preserve his life. The General Committee appointed for the celebra tion of her Majesty's arrival at Windsor, held a Meeting at the Town-hull, on Monday, when . the expenses were found to exceed the collection by upwards of 80/. The defi ciency will fall upon the shoulders of the Committee. 'lime Earl and Comtess of Shrewsbury are enter taining a select party at Alton-towers. 'l i h e Earl of Shelburne, accompanied by Lady Mary Fitze:orris, has arrived at Leamington Spa, for the benefit of his health. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, and the Marquis of Stafford, arrived on Thursday last at Dun robin Castle, oar a visit to the Duchess Countess of Su therland. OWEN REES, ESQ. We announced on Saturday the lamented death of this most worthy, kind-hearted, and highly respected gentleman ; and we have now the melancholy satis faction of adding our own sincere tribute of regret to that of our excellent Contemporary, the Literary Gazette, from whom we copy the following : OWEN REES, ESQ. W e had written the notice which follows this, when ac counts were received in town of the death of Owen Rees, Esq., late, and for a long period of years, one of the princi pal partners in the extensive house of Messrs Longman and Co. It was only at Midsummer that Mr. Rees, after a period of more thaw forty years of great responsibility, re tired from the cares and anxieties of business, with the pro spect of enjoying his remaining years in repose, at his beau tiful residence in Wales, where he had done much, not only to improve his own estate, but to introduce valuable im provements into the surrounding country. Previous to his leaving town, an entertainment was given to him, as a tri bute to his integrity and gentlemanly conduct ; and above forty of his oldest friends and associates assembled to pay this gratifying compliment. And few men in the metro polis, perhaps, ever had larger opportunities of cultivating the acquaintance and intimacy of men distinguished in all the walks of Literature. Moore's Works, Scott's Works, and, indeed, a number of the works of the principal authors of the age, bear testimony to the important share Mr. Rees had in bringing forward their productions, and of the friendly intercourse which subsisted between them and him. Mr. Rees was a warm patron of the drama, and an acute and excellent dramatic critic. He had, we believe, been unwell for a few weeks, and thought his native air might restore him to health and strength. But, alas, for human hopes ! he gradually declined, and at last yielded to fate, on Tuesday, the sth. Mr. Rees was about 66 or 67 years of age, and unmarried.—Literary Gazelle. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—No sooner has the National Gallery been erected with a view—independently of its more immediate object —of adding to the architectural e mbellishments of this great metropolis, than, it is proposed—as rumour ssserts— to plant the fine open space in its front with trees and shrubs, so as to conceal the building from the public view, as if it were an object of national disgrace. That so pre posterous an intention should really exist would seem incredible ; yet, it has obtained such general belief as almost to baffle the hope that it will prove otherwise than true, if not prevented by the timely expression of the public indignation at such an act of folly. It were well, then, Mr. Editor, if you and all the public prints were to remonstrate against the execution of a project so devoid of taste. And, as apropos to the subject, allow me to suggest an arrangement calculated to improve the appearance of the ' building. On each side of the portico stands a pedestal well fitted for the reception of two equestrian statues— to one. of these, I would remove the ill-placed statue of the venerable George the Third, near Pall-mall East. On the other should stand a statue of the same dimen sions of our late patriotic King, William the Fourth, to whom the nation owes a large debt of gratitude, its sense of which might be evinced by a public subscription to defray the expense of the work. I have, I trust, said enough to enlist your powerful aid in the cause, and with ardent hopes for its success, I remain, Mr. Editor, Sept. 9. A LONDONNER. We are glad to notice that the Morning- Chronicle has seen reason to believe that a pamphlet recently put forth under the title of " Domestic Prospects of the Coun try under the New Parliament," is not quite what it was presumed to be—namely, a veritable sketch of the future course of Ministerial .proceedings. It was indeed high time to correct the overflow of attachment emanating from the friend—if friend he were—who declared the Ballot, ex tended Suffrage, National Education—all the leading ques tions which have formed the grand demarcations of party, should be considered as of small comparative moment when placed beside the prolonged existence of Lord Melbourne's Administration. Until the meeting of Parliament, which cannot be far distant, it were, we conceive, premature to round any discussion upon the intentions of Government. In the meantime, we feel bound to disbelieve the allegation, direct or implied, that Lord Melbourne will frustrate the hopes of the people. If we have a fear, it is not that Ministers will open the Parliamentary campaign with an anti-popular policy, but that they will be unprovided with any scheme of procedure which can merit the name of policy. Surely, they will not bestow that designation on acts that almost necessarily accompany the mere retention of office. The more obsequious adherents of the powers that be ap pear exceedingly sensitive as, to the movements of all who, in contravention of their own peculiar notions of political propriety, outstrip the views of Reforming progress as signed to the Administration. If these persons wish to profit by wholesome counsel, they will turn their solicitude to an opposite direction. The chivalry of Liberalism will find quite enough to do in encountering the desperadoes of the Tory gang, without expending its fire upon its natural allies. The course of Government is by no means difficult. The people are not impatient for the advancement of fit vourite legislative schemes—nor do they long for the grati fication of a morbid appetite for novelty—but they desire, and rightly, some assurance that the ruling power shall not remain passive to their best interests, anlthat, in support. ing it, they may repose on the conviction that it is earnestly disposed to promote, to the best of its ability, the correc tion of abuses, and the equalisation of rights.—Hull Ad vertiser. The King of Hanover will not go to Berlin to be present at the great military manwuvres. His Majesty and the King of Wirtemberg had both been invited, but the cholera having broken out there, the King of Prussia thought it his duty to write to both their Majesties that, under existing circumstances, he could not expect them to expose themselves to personal danger, and it is not believed that either of the Royal guests will visit the Prussian capi tal for the present. THEATRES. It was a bold, but at the same time a very judicious, step in the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre to engage C. Kean upon his own terms, viz., fifty pounds a night, besides a be nefit, and the nights to extend to the number of 40. Thus it is pretty certain, if nothing untoward should occur, that C. Kean will receive at least two thousand five hundred pounds for his exertions. This experiment is a dangerous one in some respects on the part of the actor, who, we are told, has been realising during the period of his retirement from London between 4,000/. and 5,0001. a-year. This, of course, he risks to a certain extent ; but supposing the pos sibility of his failure in the metropolis, a contingency we own we do not at all contemplate, his reputation is so firmly established in such places as Dublin, Edinburgh, Liver pool, Manchester, Birmingham, &c., that it is not a little that will damage it. The Edinburgh and Dublin critics have always claimed and exercised a judgment of their own, not at all dependent upon the opinions of a London audience: The part in which Charles Kean means to make his re-debut (if we may use the word) among us is Hamlet, one object being that he may avoid the charge of direct imitation of his father, whom we are confidently assured he never saw in that character. Resemblances from blood and habit cannot be avoided ; nor, ,considering the great pleasure we formerly derived from the father's performances, wo would wish them to be avoided. It is a fact that ought to be known, , that during one of Mr. C. Kean's recent en gagements at Edinburgh ' for 25 nights, he played Hamlet nine times, and Richard the Third eleven times. The period for the opening of the minors, the Olympic and the Adelphi, draws near, and all is activity in tho,e places of amusement. W. Farren succeeds Liston, as we have already stated, but it seems doubtful whether the lat ter has yet finally and completely retired from the profes sion. Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will also be at the Olympic, supported as usual by inferior but well-chosen members of the company. Everything here is done with the utmost completeness, and the nicest taste and discrimination. Power, as we mentioned some weeks ago, opens the Adel phi ; Yates will find himself well repaid by the receipts. Macready has made overtures to Hammond, to engage his services for the ensuing season at Covent-garden theatre. Mr. W. H. Wills, the author of The Law of the Land, has been engaged by Webster to furnish a new three act comedy for the Haymarket Theatre. There is much pro mise about this young writer, and at all events his produc tion will be an original one. _ _ _ Jerrold's sin:ular story, Perditus Mutton, the Mau who bought a, Caul, which appeared in the last New Monthly MagSziie, is being dramatised, for Harley to appear in at the opening of the St. James's.—Observer. THE PRINCE OF AUCTIONEERS. The following portrait of the greatest hero of the hammer now living—that has ever lived—or probably that ever will live—is copied from the last Number of Blackwood's Magazine:— " There is still something like character left in this level world. The London auctioneers are characters. The celebrated Christie, who flourished about half a cen tury ago, still figures in the records of auctioneer elo quence. The hammer in his band was his thunderbolt ; with it he knocked down more oaks, hills, palaces, tied parks, than he of Olympus ever smote with his fires. His tongue was the cestus that embellished, graced, and co loured all that it touched. It was he who rounded a de scription of a hut in view of Tyburn by pronouncing that it had the advantage of a hanging wood in view, and talked of a running stream in the neighbourhood of a mansion— the mansion being a warehouse, and the stream Fleet Ditch. It was he who found the perfumes of Arabia in the neighbourhood of a coffee-shop, and promised the beau ties of a tropical landscape in a field planted half with pota toes and half with tobacco. But if he was eloquent, de scriptive, and Irish, he was, notwithstanding, an honest man. To expect him to be a man of his word was out of the question, yet he was faithful to his engagements, and though estates slipped through his fingers as fast as through those of Lord Barrymore or Hughes Ball, he made mo ney. George Robins is now the successor to the fame of this celebrated personage. George Robins is now by far the most eloquent man of his own profession. . The fa mous Maugraby, who now figures in Alexandria, to the astonishment of the Quarterly Review and of all the loungers of the Mediterranean, is a bungler compared with the dextrous touch, the quick prediction, and the unhesi tating dexterity of George Robins' skill in the ideal. His fame is, like Mr. Green's, above the earth ; like Mr. In gilby, he is the prince of conjurors ; and, like the late George Canning, for fancy, figure, and fiction, is unsurpassable. As an evidence that our panegyric is not ill-founded we shall give three examples of his eloquence which have met our eye in one column of a newspaper. The first is a cot tage in Devon, which he offers for public competition,' the word sale being altogether below the subject. He de clares that this cottage is situated in a spot which even those accustomed to the varied loveliness of this beautiful county, universally admit to be the Garden of South De von ; that it is completely embedded in its own wild, luxu rious grounds ;—it stands,' sits s George Robins,' in need of no auxiliary beauties, for Nature bath most liberally gifted it ; it is inaccessible to the sight, save only from the sea, upon which it peeps, and obtains a view of the limpid Bay of Babbicombe, which has, with great truth and jus tice, been likened to the Bay of Naples.' This is pretty well for a cottage. " We now come to something of a higher order—an estate in the same county. This property,' says George, needs not the artificial aid of ornament throughout the county, for it is too well known to require panegyric ; but the following concise and imperfect statement is intended with a view to illumine only those at a distance :—lt is seated in a luxuriant valley ; protected during the incle ment season by an amphitheatre of hills ; surrounded by park scenery of surpassing beauty, with a never-ending combination of hill and dale ; adorned by majestic woods, the constant undulation of the grounds combining to form a perfect Claude scene. The abundance of fish caught within sight of the drawing-room would render the voca tion of a neighbouring fishmonger a work of supereroga tion. The winter appears a stranger to the estate, and the climate is so congenial to longevity, that even an East Indian valetudinarian, who in despair had resigned himself to a very limited period of years, may here fid a solace, arising out of the salubrity of the air, that will awaken to him the cheering prospect of a renewed lease of health and vigour.' " The pastures come in for a share of the panegyric, and are described as possessing the facility of fattening cattle with great quickness ; it being further declared that Smithfield owes to them a heavy debt of gratitude.' The estate has another treasure in A Magnificent Rock of 'Marble, which appears interminable ; and if profit be in the mind's eye of a purchaser, he will find the rock capable of erecting a second city of Bath.' This we look upon as a showy specimen of his grand style ; the next and last exhibits his genius in the picturesque and poetic. "This is the delineation of a third estate, the mansion of which is described as being seated, or rather nestling under the brow of a hill.' We are told that the ma jestic timbcr which ornaments the hanging woods includes the monarch of the forest, with pines of stately growth ; the rising grounds afford shelter from the wintry wind, while the valley, teeming with wild fertility, refreshes and aids the delightful illusion. The mansion is of stone, of modern elevation, avoiding all the faults of the present school ; within there is that which passeth show, for com fort in its most intelligible form prevails throughout.' " All this is very clever, and must be very tempting, but George Robins has another bait for the purchaser, a bait for his ambition—and if any man, with a few thousands to throw away, has a desire to figure at a county election, the auctioneer has found out the spot for him. It may not be amiss,' says he, to allude to the forthcoming contest for , this district, when the possessor of this estate will put in very strong claims to be one of the representatives of the county.' * * * All this we think irresistible ; and after this varied display of his talent, who shall venture to deny that George Robins is the - Prince of Orators and Auctioneers ? - " The question has been disputed whether a man of ge nius is, or is not, ignorant of his own powers. We contend that he is not, and quote our celebrated auctioneer as an example. The newspapers mention that, some time since, he met a professional brother, of provincial fame, of the name of Watkins. Sir,' said the London luminary, I am happy to recognize in you the George Robins of the West.' 'Sir,' said- the Man of the West, I reciprocate the compliment, and am proud to see in you the Watkins of the Metropolis.' " There have been hints that he has made large collec tions for his history ; and in en age when every man writes his memoirs, when no great man dies without being in stantly pounced upon by a host, that, like the kites or vul tures, blacken round his dying hours to pick up all that they can lay hold of, we hope that George Robins will tic!., the great man ; make his fame secure ; write his own biogra phy, for fear of accidents ; and let what will t:o - iise o f pla cards, harangues, and hammers, make himsejf the Shak speare of all auctioneers to come." TILE DISSENTERS' INSURA: ‘ ,Te E This g reat and important undertAing, w e un d ers t an d, i s proceeding most prosperously in, spite of the attacks of the Tory press. The prinei;oles set forth are so sound, and at the same time, so valpable, that we marvel they have never been adopted before. No doubt moral and religious habits contribute greatly to tbir duration of human life, and the benevolent object of makiin,.; a provision for the widows and children of deceased dissenting ministers (for whom there is no existing fund) is lkpyond all praise.— Brishtun herald, RETURN OP CAPT. BACK -THE ARCTIC REGIONS. The Dublin Evening Post of Thursday contained inte'.- ligence to the following effect :—We have just had tie pleasure of an interview with Captain Back, the c mender of her Majesty's ship Terror, who, it may be re membered, went out in June, 1836, to look for Cap ail) Ross in the North Seas. The Tcrror arrived in Lo Ali Swilly yesterday morning in a very disabled state, having three chains round her bottom, and part o: her helm broken off. The crew had been locked up in the ice from August, 1836, till August, 1837 ! During the en tire of that weary and dreary period the crew suffered se verely from scurvy, and several of them are yet afflicted with the disease. They lost their gunner and two men in the ice. They are as noble a set of fellows as could be found anywhere, and are in great spirits at their safe return, none of them having had, for many months, the least hope of seeing British ground again. The only human beings they saw during their entire voyage were four Esquimaux Indians ; and they never dropped anchor since they left this country until yesterday morning. Captain Back is just about to start by the mail, for Dublin, and thence proceeds direct to the Admiralty, via Holyhead, the bearer of his own deipatchcs. The Terror is in such wretched condition that she must be beached immediately to prevent her going down where she lies at anchor. Captain Back had intended to put into some port on the Scottish coast, but was unable to do so, through a dread of foul weather, which would have inevitably destroyed his vessel. NVe are not able to present our readers with any further parti culars of this voyage. (From the Freeman's Journal.) We arc enabled, through the kindness of one of the officers of: the above ship, to inform the readers of the Freeman's Journal of the safe arrival of its intrepid crew, to whom were assigned the perilous duty of trying the long sought after but still undiscovered north-western passage. The courage and dauntless intrepidity with which the ship's company endeavoured to surmount the obstacles op posed to their efforts by the climate, and the fearful and dangerous consequences resulting from these exertions, were almost incredible ; and, indeed, their return, after an ab sence of twelve months, the greater part of the time hem med in by one wide impassable sheet of ice, appears all but miraculous. The hardships endured, the dangers encoun tered and triumphed over, are of such a character as must render their history at once affecting-and interesting. On Sunday night last the ship put in at Lough Swilly in an almost sinking condition, the men incessantly la bourine- at the pumps, and the hull of the vessel se cured ° by chains and cables, to keep her together. It appears she was encompassed by the ice at the latter end of August, 1836, at which time her crew consisted of sixty souls, including officers, who were at various times exposed to the most imminent perils from the- constant concussion of huge masses of ice, which were dashed against the vessel with tremendous violence, threatening either a violent and sudden death, and, in the event of escape from this danger, to await slow but cer tain destruction by the appaling means of famine and cold. Deprived of fresh provisions or vegetables of any kind, disease spread amongst them with a rapidity only equalled by its virulence ; twenty-five of the crew were together afflicted by that well known scourge of the latitude, the scurvy, to which three of them fell victims—Donaldson, the gunner, a seaman named James Walker, and Alexander Young, a marine. No efforts on the part of the medical gentlemen who attended them could avert the conse quences; and, oppressed by an accumulation of sufferings which they were unable to endure, they died under the disease. The vessel lay in that perilous position for four months, drifting to and fro near Cape Comfort ; then driven by the current of ice along Southampton Island, as far as Sea Horse Point, off Baffin ; then at the mercy of the wind and tide, through Hudson's• Straits, by Charles's Island, along the Labrador coast. On the 6th of August they passed Resolution Island. From the 20th of September they lay surrounded, ex posed to all the horrors of the arctic climate, with the ther mometer 40 degrees below zero, until the ice commenced breaking in February, 1837. On the 15th of March they experienced the greatest shock they had yet encountered, a mountain of ice striking the ship with the utmost violence, and rending away every intermediate barrier, without the: slightest perceptible effort. The decks were obliged to be lashed to each other to prevent them separating, and the planks rising from their fastenings, the stern-posts, dead wood, and after-part of the keel were knocked away. In consequence of the repeated collisions, the water gained on the ship, and she was shaken from stein to stern ; a chair, cable was passed round her to keep her together, the Men constantly at the pumps to keep out the water, which at one time rose seven feet in the hold. Every exertion was being made at this time to prevent her falling to pieces— men and officers all emulous, and working as laboriously as they could, knowing their safety depended on the result of their exertions. So unremitting and fatiguing were the toils they endured, that all were excoriated more or less. The ship was built purposely for the expedition, being eight feet in depth through the bow and stern, two feet seven inches in the sides, with five additional bulkheads athwart-ships, of four-inch oak planks ; and two extra fore and-aft ones of the same thickness, two feet from the side, each side filled up with 25 tons of coal, for further strength and security. By the impetus of the ice the bow was lifted clean out o 1 the water as far aft as the mainmast ; her stern, as far as the seven-foot mark, was placed in the same predicament. In this condition she continued for 100 days. At the ex piration of that time they got a 35-foot ice -saw, worked by shears, and commenced the fatiguing operation of cutting through the bulk of ice under her, measuring in thickness more than -thirty feet. On the 11th of July they had completed so much of their task us but two or three feet. at the stern remained, when she righted. Immediately on this they made sail on the vessel, but a tremendous wedge remained stuck to her starboard side, between her fore and main chains, and they were compelled to have re course to the saw again, not being able to free themselves by any other method. By means of purchases applied to - the vast lump, it rose from under the bottom as it was freed, and, according to the laws of gravitation, floated above the water, being the lighter body, throwing the vessel on her beam ends, he( hug her over fully 27 degrees, the water pouring in in alarming quantities, and with frightful rapi dity. All hands, without distinction, were immediately called in requisition ; some proceeded to saw through the piece of ice, the cause of this fresh misfortune, and some ran to die pumps. With unremitting labour they conti nued these fatiguing but indispensable operations until five o'clock on the morning of the 14th, when the men were so totally exhausted and dispirited by their incessant exertions that they could work no longer, having to this period cut through to within ten feet. They were then called in for rest and refreshment. They had not been more than a quar ter of an hour removed from the work when a sudden.dis ruption of the ice took place, and the mass, separated from its bed, crashed with terrific violence against the ship's side,. tearing to pieces the lashings end spars that intervened to protect her against this casualty, which had, in some degrei been foreseen ; the strong shores or logs, and three and WI inch ropes, were snapped like pack-thread ; and, but fo r the merciful interposition of Providence, not a single being out of the entire ship's crew, would have lived i:o narrate the circumstance ; for, had they not been called iin but a few minutes before, all inevitably would have been crushed by the mass of ice on which they had just been labouring.. As the ice separated from her she righted and drifted along. A temporary rudder was fitted up, her stern posts having been carried away from the six-foot mark, as well as the dead wood broken off, her stern frame so shaker, that her run bad to be secured by 2 and 3i inch ropes, shores, and screw-bolts, and when fairly got to sea, a stream-chain was passed round her three feet before the mizen-mast, and another abaft the inizen-mast. In the early part of the passage home, across the Atlantic, they fortunately experienced mild weather, but subsequently it became rather unfiivourable, and the ship began to leak very fast. At one period, %%hen it became netessary to take the men from the pumps for about twenty minutes, during which they were occupied in shortening sail, the car penter reported six to seven feet water in the hold. In an instant there was a rush to the pumps, and all hands were busily engaged at them until they arrived at their destina tion. At first they directed their course to the Orkneys, but the wind proving adverse they hore up for Lough Swilly, where they arrived on Sunday night, after hardships and dangers almost unparalleled. They bad but twice seen the natives—once on their entrance to the Frozen Straits, and once at their departure. On both occasions they trafficked with them, and to profitable account it would seem, an old piece of iron producing skinS in abundance, and those Mbo had not this commodity to offer, were waling to barter their children for even a less article of value, if possible. When first immured up in the ice, they got up some plays and masquerades, but the cold and dan gers which momentarily threatened them with destruction put all idea of amusement out of the question, and as the ship was hourly exposed to shocks that left her con tinued safety a matter of the utmost sunrise, the provisions were kept on deck, and the boats lowered ready for every emergency. On entering the harbour of Lough Swilly, the exhausted crew could scarce remain one moment longer at the pumps, their unremitting labour at which . ha d d secured their safety. The coast guard, on being apprise of their distressing condition, iminedietely boarded the vessel, and afforded most timely relief to the worn-out mariners, and her Majesty's cutter, ii'ickam, entering soon after, sent 20 of her men for the same purpose. They endeavoured to beach her, but, unable to effect their purpose, were obliged to leave her, having her main deck housing thrummed un der her bottom. Seven of the sick were sent immediately on shore, where they are being treated with the utmost hu manity and attention by the hospitable and generous islanders.