The Sun. — London, England, 1837-09-13 00:00:00

THE HARVEST. to The h arvest has became general, and abundance is likely repay the labours of the husbandman, both as regards ain and potatoes. The harvest , generally notwithstand ing "pai_the late ra i ns, i s now nearly all, if not wholly, got in in uos t every p art o f the country, more particularly west- Ward. The practice of early cutting, so strongly recom mended iu wet seasons, is now more generally adopted ; but the old system of employing month's men is, in some parts, still p ers i sted in , and the h a rve s t, consequently pro 1, ged, b y allowing to each man a certain number of acres, eh ll ll oth erw i se might be inned in about half the time, and more b e tt er condition. The barley and oats have preyed _e tha n an average crop. the greater h as b een most successfully harvested throughout part o f thi s ne i g hb our h oo d . Th e crop i s excel lent. The e ars are h eavy, the grain is in good cond i t i on, but the straw is short. The barley harvest has only corn aienced, and the weather hitherto has been unfavourable, bu t we hope it is now clearing. Should we have a dry fort f Ight th ere will be as fine a barley season as we have had Or s ome years. The potatoe crops are abundant, and the Potatoes are large, sound, and well flavoured. The turnip _ ll . elde, for the first time for three years, are one mass of be; and we trust that this valuable crop is now placed " n Yend the reach of the fly. As for the orchards, they are :I.eularly unequal in their produce, some being overladen, thees being almost without fruit, though the former is by far most common spectacle, and where there is a crop :a as e xce ll ent in quality as :in quantity. In short, Pro de nee has this year been most bountiful to us.—Somerset Gazette. a The fine weat h er of the last week has enabled the f armer 1 7 house hi e l ong -out-standing wheat, and in the more back award distri cts i n this county, it has enabled him to gather capital condition. We hope that the sample gene "Y will come t o mar k et b etter t h an i s ant i c i pa t e d, b u t, andeubt,e(lly, ma n y samp l es w ill b e very i mper f ec t. Th e barley, °eing a little l a t er th an th e w h e at, has given our a. 4 rie ultural friend s a f a i r opportun it y t o reap a ll th e advan e ' ea °f dry weather, and we hear that the quality is as hleellent as the crop is abundant. Hop-picking may now "_e said t o b e general throughout the hop districts ; the hops will telltee to hand very we ll, an d i t i s expecte d t h at t h e crop well in the scales.--Hereford Times. on The harvest on the banks of the Wear and the surround ' g district, has now become general. The crops of wheat soils ll P ° ° the lo w strong sel l s are th i n ; b ut upon t h e , hi g h li g h t h ea e "Y, and if well harvested, will be an excellent p i rn a Pr• Mr. I saac H es l op , o f H y l ton Woodhouse, corn orfee"reauld.his wheat h arves t on S a t ur d a y l as t.—Sunderland Nothing can b e more grat if y i ng an d i nsp i r i t i ng t h an t h e vortesent favou ra bl e weat h er f or t h e comp l et i on o f th e h arve st, ei t n i w . hic h , happily, little remains to be done in this vi ,. 1, and, as we hope, in all parts of the county. A cor- P4eNldent wr i tes us i—" I n t h e ne i g hb our h oo d o f Kid du r itinster th e h arvest i s near l y comp l ete d , an d t h e pro-- th ma is rep orte d l arge i n quant i ty an d exce ll ent i n qua li ty s e o poor man's harvest (the potato crop) has also this sea fon b een , favoured by Providence to an unusual extent, i b . r ,,, t t u e crops are larger and better than can ever be re c.",ueredo,' Hop picking has commenced in this plan atl°ll. It is thought that the crop will equal, if not sur ta.itdh.e fine and abundant growth of 1826.—Worcester The green crops throughout Scotland are nearly all cut, ' l 4 the p ro d uce i s very goo d . Th e turn i ps seem to b e estter th an in England. LOTHIAN.—The weather since the first week of 4 e month, which was wet, has been very favourable to ve getation and particularly so for the filling and ripening °;, the grain cro p s o f ever y des cr iption. Potatoes and tur ,ltes, Conseq uen tly, s peedily recovered in a great degree e check experienced by the previous heavy rains, and are n ow for th e most part exce ll en t ; w hil e th e c rops, though - ,, 13 4 ,many cases much laid, have, with some trifling exceptions 'ere over luxuriant, sustained no injury ; and the dry temperature that has commonly prevailed enabled ere to attain maturity in that slow but progressive manner liv,licalculated to ensure a fine plump sample of grain of ".,' the different varieties. Harvest commenced partially ; I vu llt a fortnight since, and during the last week has been O t Y general throughout the greater part of the country.— With the present delightful weather shearing is pro eressit- g rapidly in every direction ; and already a part of e wh eat an d b ar l ey i s sa f e i n t h e s t ac k i n the e a rlier part of the country.—Scotsman. to It may not be generally known that a cutting from the ef th e otato plant, which is usually deemed only as th _!se, will ! , if planted, strike root and produce the fruit of 4e g' valuable esculent. An individual . who . is . fond of gar oftlng pursuits, having been told of this curious property . th e p o t a t o plant, in order to make " assurance doubly resolved to try the experiment. Accordingly, in last, he took a cutting, or top, from the early potato, u Planted it beside a gooseberry bush, in some garden kund at Town View, in the presence of a witness, re ,lting, if the top struck root, carefully to watch the pro fess of its growth, and try the result. On the 3rd of e Ptember, in company Put into with the person who saw the top the ground, it was dug up, producing two potatoes, f ully ripe, which may be seen at the office of this paper. — /feudal Mercury. We daily see report s that the crops throughout England are most bountiful. Now, we cannot report as to other counties ; but thus much we can say for our own, that t neither Wh eat nor Barley is an average crop with us — the former i s much better than' was expected, and should tt yield w e ll, w ill , perhaps, be a fair crop. The latter, on tthe contrary, i s b a d , and the worst certa i n l y on t h e b es t a u reip soil s , and neve r recovere d t h e d roug ht o f May and u°e, for althou g h a green a f ter-growt h f o ll owe d t h e ra i ns , th at seldom proves of much use, but often the reverse. . 4 4 far as the harvest has proceeded during the past month, we should say that about half the Wheat is arried in the country, although we fear that it is not all got 1 1 well, owing to the injudicious haste in carrying, which f , B ar ra or impatience has, in some instances, induced. Of ey very little has been carted, and we see an immense ,Jeadth lying on the swarth, and, we fear, in a very bad con anion. The early-sown oats were carried early without ; l e t , but by far the greatest proportion remain in the field. th e . an s , as yet, have not ripened kindly, but should the wea e tak e up, we hope that they may be got well, as the Pto highly spoken of. Turnips generally are most luxu t w at, but we th i nk the Swedes are t h e b est crop o f th e its ° • Mangel- wurze l, too , i s lik e ly t o be v er y good. This eful root i s ga i n i ng groun d i n N ort h amptons hi re . W e .. ev er saw the p astures l oo ki ng more d e li g htful ; they are lerYwhere covered with a rich coat of herbage, and will afford abundance of keep throughout the autumn and win -1.. Old hay is scarce and dear, and likely to realize a Z e at price ; good new is making 61. per ton. The corn iloakets, in consequence o f t h e l ate ra i ns , h ave r i sen , an d b i t c ll old wh eat an d b arley have b een muc h soug h t a f ter . o f W heat is worth 645., good new 60s. per quarter. The ol t rade is gradually reviving, although we question much it s„ e ver reach es th e pr i ce i t ma d e l as t year.—Northainp 44t,4ire C'hronicle. 11 0 , 1 °It 'Ats.—Harvest has commenced in this neighbour -44". Some fields of excellent barley have been cut down, h ay the crops generally seem abundant, and promise to ere e a good appearance in the stack-yard. The potatoe l a , p' which proved such a failure and loss to poor families t , ie " Year, is looking remarkably well throughout this dis erititf and, at the numerous roups which Lave been held ge _ In the range of two or three miles from the town, have oreotehriarltlyy.ssioxld at from is. 6d. to Is. 10d. per running fall yards. lu 11 ri Wednesday a field of oats was cut down near Ferry- Dr If the weat h er cont i nue f avoura bl e , harvest will be de " . tY general in thi s n eighbourhood in a few days.—Aber e4 W • e hav e bad tolerable weather for the harvest since our i n and field labour has been incessant. Early this morn- A I L i t was rat h er so f t l oo ki ng , b u t a vas t num b er of W 4 - . ter s appeared a t the C r o s s, many of whom were hired. s i ,i, s ees 20d. We are sorry to say it has since come on to gle Ma a v a ..Y. Barometer, 29.35.—G1a5g0w Herald el of P: r " NTaltz a h n , M as t e r of the Horse to the King for i llB3 la, ha s arr i ve d a t Mi var t' s H o t e l from Vienna, 4 4 . - I. " e Purp ose o f purc h as i ng some o f t h e mos t valuable horses after the northern meeting. I FRCII RATES.—We understand that proceed - N fr re 'ative t o t h e C hurch-rates i n B ra i ntree par i s h are in 11 48 ° 1112 5, and that Mr. Burder, one of the opposition party, ti4stiecently received a citation to appear before the Ecele t%penal Court. The defence is, we hear, to be at the `"hot; of the Dissenters of the county generally, amongst ma ,I4bscription will be raised to defray the costs of ‘ - ' l4ll. re; in g ,the point at issue. In the mean time, the hired, which is in a most dilapidated state, is to be re d 6° 41 th ' congregation,in wet weather, nowbeing s nne"v Herald. keekltu enienced.— Essex „ 4°A.111 .----Some sensation was excited _here last 411) 44 11. the ar r i va l off the h ar b our o f the Sykanits of the en, with timb er f rom Q ue bec, by the circumstance zatite having been confined in irons during nearly the ir t4 , lo 01~ of the homeward passage. A great many vague he it were idle to detail, got afloat. -ge -avi ng come on shore, and surrendered himselfto 144, ttl.thorities, was admitted to bait!. A precognition has , 1 1- 114t a w e a e : I t t a , k e e r n, but the result has not transpired. The c, l° 0 Atevieto. n the vessel coming into the .L. 1 44,, ..unate young woman, who had been co -I,ialtw!,th a man- at Chichester, was discovered port. — on Mon vNith a cottag e opposite the barracks in that city Cj olla t brOat andnite dead. From various suspi hrH til jet. rie;dstearneeres attending ci the discovery of the body, was 1 1 _ 5 l'erY little doubt but the unfortunate girl's paramour . CO3IMIsSIONS OF INQUIRY. AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPENSE OF COMMISSIONS 0: INQUIRY IN EACH YEAR, FROM 1807 TO 1836, BOTH INCLUSIVE. , .4* THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1837. YEAR. AMOUNT. 1807 £38,023 1808 1809 1810 1811 ...... 31,725 1812 58,667 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 Total YEAR. AMOUNT. 1822 £64,994 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 ..... 65,275 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 .........£1,689,136 NOTE.—The principal part of the payment for 1836 is for The Record Commission £19,820 The Charity Commission 24,456 The Corporation Commissioners 31,396 £75,672 Average of six years ending 1830 £73,735 Ditto ditto ditto 1836 . 78,574 TRADE OF RUSSIA. The Russian Commercial Tables, published annually by the Government, have just appeared for the year 1836. The fol lowing are the general results : Rubles. Exportations in 1836 to foreign coun tries 271,431,513 To Finland 3,792,773 To Poland 283,748,232 Importations from foreign countries 233,820,965 From Finland From Poland ...... 2,472,681 .237,251,204 Difference in favour of exportation 46,497,029 The importation of precious metals during the year has exceeded the exportation by REVENUE FROM CUSTOMS. R. C. Amount of duties received Excise on Salt from the Crimea ... 716,798 55 Er;;epot and Warehouse Duties 461,147 2 Duties levied for the benefit of particular towns 1,596,402 69 Total Increase in this branch of the revenue, as com pared with the preceding year.. The expense of the administration of the douanes bas amounted to 8 per cent. on the receipts. GREECE. ARGOS, Auo. 8, 1837.—Considerable sensation has been created lately in the political circles at Athens, in conse quence of the following affair. A Signor Usiglio, an Ita lian gentleman, lately arrived in Greece, furnished with a British passport, granted him by the English Minister at Florence, and regularly endorsed by the Greek Consul at Malta, has been forcibly expelled from Greece at a few hours' notice, without any communication being made to the British Mission at Athens. On a representation being made to Sir Edmund Lyons, he applied to the Greek Go vernment for information on the subject, which, after con siderable delay, was granted. The reason which Monsieur Rudhart has given, in writing, for expelling from the country a person having a British passport is this—that Greece cannot be allowed to become the rendezvous of political intriguers, and that the Government had informa tion of Signor Usiglio's being a member of a secret society , in Italy 1 The English Minister is said to have pro tested against the conduct of the Greek Government, and to have referred the matter home to his own Government. Most people infer that a secret treaty exists between Austria and Greece ; indeed it is very evident, by the uniform tenor of Austrian diplomacy, and her acts in this country, that she is desirous of acquiring a preponderating influence, or of bringing Greece to a level with the petty Italian States. It is also thought that ere long the other European Powers may hear of a Commercial Treaty between Austria and Greece, granting the former exclusive privileges , which would be a fatal blow to the trade with England. In va rious parts of Greece brigandage is at its height, and ap pears to be tolerated by the Government, as an excuse for calling in the aid of foreign troops. The Austrians have just put into active operation a regular line of steam-vessels between Trieste, Greece, and the Levant. A French squadron of five sail of the line is expected in these parts. Altogether this country continues in a sad unsettled state as regards its internal management, and some how or other appears to be a doomed land. Commerce is nearly at a stand, credit is gone, and money has disappeared. Unusually early rains have done considerable damage to the currant crops in the Morea and the lonian Islands, just now about gathering in. The plague, which broke out some months ago at Poros, was entirely confined to that island, and has disappeared ; neither has this country yet been visited by, the cholera. The heat for the last six weeks has been un usually intense, and there has been considerable mortality among children.—Moi ning Post. MAD DOGS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) ELY, SEPT. 12.—Considerable alarm has been excited here by the melancholy occurrence of four individuals and several dogs having been bitten by a mad dog. Three of the sufferers are boys under twelve years of age, and the fourth a girl about fifteen, and all of them are children of labourers. Two of the boys are bitten severely—one in three and the other on two different parts of the body ; and as the dog was in a highly rabid state, fearful apprehensions are entertained for the result. A strong impression of the efficacy of the Caxton medicine prevails in this town and neighbourhood, arising from its having been frequently ad ministered within the last fifty years, apparently with effect ; and it has been resorted to on the present occasion. A gentleman resident here tried an experiment with it a few years since, by administering it to one of two pointers that had been bitten by the same dog, and by abstaining from the use of any preventive measures with the other dog. The latter took the disease and died, while the other escaped. A boy was bitten last week at Soham, sixteen miles from this place ; and it is a remarkable circumstance that a sister of his lost her life about three years since by hydrophobia occasioned by the bite of a cat. It is in contemplation here to petition the Legislature against the use of dog carts. BALLOONING. Yesterday there was what is now called a fete day, at Lord's Cricket Ground, and amongst the promised amuse ments there were to, be several partial ascents with Mrs. Graham's balloon, for the purpose of exhibiting the powers of a newly invented parachute by a Mr. Hampton. The exhibition had drawn great numbers to the ground, and some disapprobation was expressed when no parachute ascent appeared likely to take place. The fact was, that the in flation of the balloon up to six o'clock, was very incom plete ; but at last - it was determined - to - make an ascent, and Mrs. Graham got into the car ; the balloon went a short distance across the ground, but the ascending power was evidently insufficient. Mrs. Graham then got out, and a Mr. Adams, we believe, having divested the car of every thing it contained, even including ropes and ballast, made another attempt. The balloon cleared the wall of the ground, but came with great violence against the chimneys of a cot tage at a short distance, some of which it smashed to pieces. It got clear, but had only proceeded across a bye-lane when the car became entangled in some trees in an- adjoining gar den. Mr. Adams contrived to alight, and amidst great uproar and confusion the balloon was secured without da mage, and conveyed by the Greve-road (about half full of gas) to the ground. Great complaints were made by the parties present ; but a promise to attempt the parachute ascent to-morrow (this day) restored something like order. The parachute was on the ground, and appeared like a large chaise umbrella. It is composed of oiled silk and covered with netting. In principle it does not materially differ from Garnerin's ; but the crowd around was so great at the time we saw it, that we are unable to give a very exact account of it. THE NASSAU BALLOON.—After a voyage of fifty minutes, during the latter portion of which the rain fell very heavily, Mr. Green and his companions effected a safe landing in a field at Little Haddam, in Hertfordshire, thirty six miles from Vauxhall Gurdens. A large number of per sons witnessed the descent, and rendered the aeronauts every assistance. After packing up the balloon, the party repaired to the Angel Inn, which is situated about a mile from the place of descent, where a large company were as sembled to celebrate " Harvest Home," and they were re galed with good old English fare—beef and plum-pudding. The party returned to town by post the same evening, and arrived at Vauxhall by half-past twelve o'clock. Yesterday morning, between twelve and one o'clock, a fire broke out in the workshops of Mr. Whitlock, coach maker, Turnham-green. The policeman on duty disco vered the fire and alarmed the inmates. The Brentford, Acton, and Hammersmith engines promptly arrived, with two from Booth's distillery at Brentford. Though there was a good supply of water, all exertions could not suppress the fury of the flames ; the fire communicated to the show shop and dwelling-house. The premises, with the stock are consumed. Mr. Whitlock is on a shooting excursion in the country. It is not known whether he is insured. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY NIGHT.—The Seventh Annual Meeting of this Association commenced here this morning. Every necessary arrangement to promote the comfort and convenience of the members visiting Liverpool has been adopted by the Local Committee. The various institu tions, public, commercial, and other buildings, manufac tories, &c., and everything worthy the inspection of the curious, have been thrown open for gratuitous inspection. The Sections were held in their respective meeting rooms this morning at the usual hour of eleven o'clock, the Committee having met the hour previous to decide upon the papers to be read. SECTION A.—MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. —Sir David Brewster in the Chair. The subjects dis cussed were the report on tidal observations, by Mr. Lub bock ; Mr. Bird on aerial ascents ; Colonel Gould on telegraphic communication ; Mr. Cunningham on mag. netism ; Professor Whewell on an anemometer ; Mr. Osler on the same ; and Professor Powell on the dispersion of light. SECTION B.—CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY.--Mr. Crane, of Inyscydiou Iron-works, read a paper on the use of anthracite coal in the smelting of iron, by which it ap peared that there were advantages in a considerable saving of' fuel, whilst the quality of the iron was improved. Dr. Kane made a communication on pyroacetic spirit, in which he established analogy with alcohols, and illustrated nu merous forms, both in elementary and compound bodies, by which their analogy is proved ; and Mr. G. Bird read a paper on the crystalization of metals by voltaic action, independent of the proximity of metallic electricity. SECTION C.—GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY.—Professor Sedgwick in the chair. The communications were a report by the Rev. Professor Whewell on the relative level of the land and sea ; the Rev. James Yates, a report on mud in rivers ; Captain Denham, a report on the tidal capacity and deposit of the Mersey ; the Rev. James Yates, a report on the fossil vegetables in the new red sandstone of Worces tershire ; and H. E. Strickland, Esq., on gravel. SECTION D.—ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY.—W. S. MaCleay, Esq., in the chair. Dr. Traill exhibited a specimen of the Argos Persicus, or poisonous bug of Mianneh, in Persia, an insect to the bite of which is attributed fever, and not unfrequently death. It is positively described by Sir R. Kerr Porter and Dr. Morier, and a messenger was sent after General White, who was Envoy to the Persian Court, to warn him against sleeping in a part of the country in fested with the insect, from the almost certainty of death. Mr. Gray described a new water lily from Guiana, and also made some remarks upon the production of insects from silica, ascribed to Mr. Cross. He had, along with Mr. Children, repeated the experiments in the manner described by Mr. Cross, but without any result, and his opinion, which was supported by that of the Chairman and other members, was that they had been produced from the water employed in the experiment. The Rev. Mr. Hope read a communication from Sir Thomas Phillips on a mode of de stroying book-worms. SECTION F.—STATISTICS.—CoIoneI Sykes in the Chair. A paper was read by the President on the Statistics of Deccan, embracing the extent and physical features, the geology, climate, botany, zoology, &c., with the adminis tration of justice. In geology it is remarked that 205,000 square miles belong to the trap formation, and 700,000 square miles of igneous rocks and granite, the latter for mation extending from the 25th degree of latitude to Cape Comorin, and including the island of Ceylon. Agricul ture, though rudely conducted, is very productive, and in one particular head of corn 61,380 grains were produced from one seed. Vitality is stronger than is generally be lieved ; even during the cholera the deaths were one in 39 only ; and during six years the author lost none of his at tendants, whilst in a native Regiment in that period, the deaths were less than one in 100. Dr. Taylor read an abstract of the Annual Report of Regents of the University of the state of New York on the progress of national edu cation, made to the Legislature March 1, 1837. The whole number of students belonging to Academies, under the controul of the University, was stated as 6,056, of which number 4,590 had pursued their classical studies in the higher branches of English education. Mr. Ashworth read a Report on the state of education in the borough of Bolton, in 1837. In that town are twenty-one Sunday Schools with 9,867 scholars, being 191 per cent, of the school-going population, of whom about 2,000 may he estimated as being in attendance, both at daily and Sunday-schools, leaving the number of 7,867 receiving in struction at Sunday schools only. In the Sunday schools there were 2,014 scholars in four schools connected with the Church Establishment ; 1,085 scholars in one Roman Catholic school, and 6,768 scholars in sixteen schools be longing to various departments of Dissenters. There are also five charity schools, with 692 scholars, including the two infant schools, and likewise a grammar school, where scholars have been entered at 120, according to the Report to Government. Mr. G. R. Porter read a paper on the Growth, Progress, and Extent of the Trade between the United Kingdom and America, from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the present time, illustrated by ex tensive tables. The shipments of British produce and ma nufacturers in the year 1836, amounted, according to the value declared by the shippers, to 53,368,5711., of which sum America took 12,425,6051. or 23. 28 per cent. The total shipments in 1835 amounted to 47,372,270/., of which America took 10,568,4551., or 22.31 per cent., the difference between the two years being on the total ship ments, 5,996,301/„ and on the shipments to America, 1,857,150/. It was very obvious, not only that the habits and predelictions of the citizens of the United States lead them to give a preference to British goods, but that ours is the cheapest market in which they can procure many arti cles necessary to them, whilst we are out of all pro portion the best consumers for the raw produce of their soil. The average annual value of articles of British growth and manufacture to every citizen of the United States is 16s. 94d. SECTION G.—MECHANICAL SCIENCE.—Dr.: Robinson, of Armagh in the Chair. The papers read were Mr. Williams's account of a new pump, which he calls Treffo's process, the chief merit of. which appears to consist in the steadiness of action and continuous flow of the water, on which some discussion ensued as to its being merely a mo dification of the common fire-engine, and from Mr. Russell, of Edinburgh, an interesting paper on the Mechanism of Waves, considered in relation to steam navigation. At the last meeting the author had been appointed by the Associa tion to institute along with Mr. Robinson a series of expe riments upon the subject. The paper was illustrated by a series of well executed drawings, but without detailing the in teresting elucidations, the following results were arrived at : That the wave which Mr. Russell has named the great wave of translation, and is the great impediment to the progress of vessels in rivers and canals, is materially diminished by atten tion to the form of the banks and bed of the river. He had found that the parallelogram was the best form to obviate that resistance, which was corroborated by Mr. Fairbairn, who had seen in one instance in the Forth and Clyde canal, when a vessel was going at the rate of seven miles an hour, the stern actually touched the ground, proving the great opposition occasioned by this wave to her progress. He likewise noticed the gradual alteration that had taken place in the form of steam-vessels in the River Clyde, which has undergone a complete revolution, the stern being now nearly the shape of the stern formerly, and now of a very acute make, whilst bulging out of the centre of the midships which is now the greatest breadth, the effect being that they produce very little wave towards the side. THE DINNER.-At five o'clock, 500 members of the Association sat down to dinner at Lucas's Repository. The Marquis of Northampton presided. On the removal of the cloth, The Noble CHAIRMAN rose and said that that meeting, although not a political assembly, but a scientific one, yet he was sure there was no one present but would respond to the toast he had the honour to propose—" Her most Gra cious Majesty the Queen."—(Cheers.) " 'The ocher members of the Royal Family" was the next toast. The CHAIRMAN afterwards proposed " The Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool." The MAYOR returned thanks. The Noble MARQUIS, in proposing prosperity to the British Association, said he rejoiced exceedingly when he looked round the room and saw such a brilliant assembly ; that he, as their viceroy, might consider himself as dining in great state, surrounded as he was by such a body of dis tinguished gentlemen. That was his " last dying speech," and in the evening he was to be " turned off," and to give his sceptre into more worthy hands. They would then say —" The king is dead—long live the king." The " Health of the President elect," and other toasts were then drunk. A general meeting of the Association took place at eight o'clock in the evening, at the Royal Amphitheatre, when the Marquis of Northampton resigned his office of Chair man in favour of the Earl of Burlington. The annual report, which was very elaborate, was read by Dr. Trail, and a statement of the finances of the so ciety was made by the Treasurer, by which it appears that the society have a balance in hand of upwards of 5,0001. A large addition is expected to die funds from the number of tickets sold, which even now greatly exceed the number sold in Bristol last year. The foundation has been laid of the first house in Wellington-street North, in the Strand, of the range of new houses that is to complete the street, which will be a con siderable improvement in the neighbourhood when finished. On Thursday a man named Isaac Bairstow ate, at the Angel Inn, Lee-bridge, in this town, 40 raw eggs, and drank nine noggins of rum ! He seemed very anxious to finish his proposed quantity, 100 eggs, but the person who " stood treat" declined the offer,-..Hal Express. PREPARATIONS FOR THE RECEP TION OF THE QUEEN AT BRIGHTON. BRIGHTON, TUESDAY.—Last night, the sub-committee appointed to make arrangements for the reception of the Queen laid before the general committee their report, which recommended that barriers be erected across all streets branching into the line of road from St. Peter's-place to the Palace, and that no horses or carriages be admitted within such barriers. That two arches be erected, the first, a rustic arch, near St. Peter's-place ; the second, a triumphal arch, at the end of Marlborough-place. That platforms be erected on each side of the road, for ladies only, between the triumphal arch and the palace. That the public bodies of the town be invited, and the stations be appointed between the two arches ; as likewise the va rious public bodies and schools of the town. That a pa trol of soldiers be requested to be in attendance to receive their orders from the high constable. That her Majesty be received by the high constable at the entrance of the triumphal arch, and conducted thence to the palace gates. That the committee be requested to wear purple sashes, and all to be on foot. That on an early day after the ar rival of the Queen, a dinner be given to the child ren o f t h e various schools in the town. A display of fireworks to take place in the evening. A letter was read from Cap tain Pechell, M. P., on the subject of a regatta, offering every assistance in the arrangements, should it be decided to have one ; and some recommendations were thrown out by the Gallant Captain, that on application being made to the Lords of the Admiralty, one or more government ships might be stationed off Brighton in honour of her Majesty's arrival, and continued during her stay. Captain Pechell presented 5/. towards the subscription. A resolution was passed dividing the town into 27 districts, and committee men were allotted to each, to collect subscriptions. The committee do not, it appears by their report, recommend a general illumination ; but we understand that the feeling of the town is in favour of it. Some hints have also been thrown out relative to a balloon ascent on the day of her Majesty's arrival. VEXATIOUS PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE REFORM ACT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sin,—Many representations have been made to you of the imperfect state of the Reform Bill, which admits any elector, or any person claiming to be an elector, to object to every elector in the borough or county, and put him to the trouble and expense of attending annually at the Bar rister's Court to protect his vote. I have been a householder for thirty years in this parish, in a house rated at 27.51. a year to the king's and parish taxes, and yet I may be struck off the register if I should be out of London, and unable to attend at the time of the Registration Court. Surely it is incumbent on Parliament to prevent such possible abuse, as that may be carried to an extent to affect every election for the borough or county. I enclose the notice which I have received of the objec tion to my vote for the borough, that you may give it pub licity, if not already done, to the vexatious interference which is now allowed to take place with the suffrage, which ought to be better protected. I am, your obedient servant, Bryanston-square, Sept. H. JOSEPH HUME. " 57, Harley street, Cavendish-square, " August 28, 1837. " SIR,--I deem it to be my duty to apprise you that in consequence of the refusal of the Marylebone Vestry, or its officers at the Court-house, to produce the parish-books, from which to ascertain the names of parties qualified to vote for Representatives of this borough in Parliament, as explained in the accompanying extract from the Times newspaper, I have been under the disagreeable necessity of objecting to your name on the overseers' list, in common with a variety of others. At the same time, I beg to ap prise you, that should access to the books be obtained, and the requisite information procured as to your qualification, between this period and the holding of the Revising Barris ter's Court in October next, the objection will be with drawn. For this, and any other trouble which may be oc casioned to you, the fault will rest with those who ha►e the controul of the parochial affairs, and not with, Sir, your obedient Servant, WM. P. BODDY. " P.S. Should you deem any communication on the subject necessary, you will be pleased to address to me above." " THE MARYLEBONE VESTRY AGAIN. "The Radical-ridden parish of Marylebone seems doomed under its present rulers to perpetual disgrace. " It may be remembered that last year, when the Con servative party were desirous of checking the overseers' (or, rather, the vestry) list of voters, the rate-books were, by some unaccountable accident, sent to the bookbinder's to be bound up, instead of being, as they ought to have been, at the Court-house at the very period when they were most wanted. This became a subject of remonstrance. It caused considerable annoyance to many of the electors, and greatly inconvenienced the proceedings in the Revising Barrister's Court. It was believed that this year a recurrence of such disgraceful proceedings would not take place, but, strange to say, the Radicals have been at their dirty work again.' These men, it will be understood, actually wake out the list of voters, although, for form's sake, it is signed by the overseers. Not content with leaving out a large number of respectable qualified voters, such, for instance, as these in Portland-place (which compelled the Conservatives to issue a public advertisement, calling upon all parties to examine the lists, and see that their names were on), they have again withheld the rate-books from examination as to the disqualified parties whose names they themselves have inserted. It having been understood that the Conser vative party would be permitted this year to examine the books, they proceeded to do so, and bad examined them in part. Upon their quitting the Court-house on Wednes day last, at the close of the hours of business, leaving a great portion yet to be completed, it was understood that they were to proceed with the examination on the follow ing morning. "In the evening of the Wednesday it appears that a clique, calling itself the 4 Committee of Management,' held a meeting, at the fag end of which they passed a resolu tion, ordering the rate-books to be sent forthwith to the bookbinder's.' Upon the parties applying the following morning for the books for examination, as arranged, they Were told they could not be furnished with them, as they were at the bookbinder's. This was immediately com municated to Mr. Scadding, Secretary of the Loyal and Cer...stitutional Association, who went directly to the Court-house, where he received the same answer. He and another rate-payer then formally demanded an inspection of the books, and were referred to the bookbinder. Upon going there, the bookbinder stated that he had received directions not to show them to any one ; and upon being asked who gave him such directions, he said he was desired not to tell. He, however, offered to show the books, or return them, upon receiving an order from the Court-house. Upon this the parties returned to the Court-house, where any order for inspection was again refused. Mr. Scadding then made application to one of the overseers, pointing out to him many inac curacies in the list, and informing him of the conse quences of its being inaccurately returned to the Re vising Barrister without the mean* of redress which the Reform Act affords being given, and stated what had oc curred at the Court-house, and that the following day (Fri day, the 25th) was the last day for serving notices of objec tion. The overseer, naturally indignant at this conduct, accompanied the parties with a •estryman to the Court house, where the books were refused, or access to them even to the overseer or the vestryman. Mr. Scadding then gave notice that he and other rate-payers would attend at the Court-house on the following tnorning (Friday), to demand an inspection of the books, and required their production, and afterwards sent the following notice in writing to the vestry clerk, the clerk of the Court-house, and the over- seers : " Take notice that I shall, as a rate-payer of the parish of St. Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex, attend at the Court-house of St. Marylebone, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of to-morrow, Friday, the 25th day of August instant, and repeat my application for an inspection of the poor-rate books of the said parish for the year 1836, which has this day been refused, and at such time and place I hereby further give you notice, and require you to produce the said books ; and if the same shall not be then produced, and such inspection shall then be again refused or evaded, legal proceedings will be adopted against you, and such other party or parties as have been, or shall or may be, aiding or abetting therein.—Your's, &c., " E. W. SCADDING. " To Mr. James Hugo Greenwell, Mr. Henry Watts, Mr. John Foster, and Mr. John Hallett. " Dated the 24th day of August, 1837: " On Friday morning, the 25th, the parties attended at the Court-house, in pursuance of this notice, with seve ral other rate-payers, where they were met by the over seers, but a sturdy sullenness was still observed, and the books again refused to the rate-payers and the overseers. The consequence of this necessarily is, that all the parties residing in the districts where the books have been refused must be served with notices of objection, greatly to their annoyance—greatly to the inconvenience of the overseers, at an additional expense to the parish of publish ing a long, and in many instances useless, list of objections; and all this to gratify the spleen, or something worse, of a few mean-spirited and factious individuals. " It is trusted that this abuse will not go unpunished, but that the delinquents, their eiders and abettors, as ex pressed in the notice, will meet their due reward."—Vide Times, Saturday, August 26, 1837. The Scientific Congress of France opened their Session for 1837 on the sth inst., in the grand saloon of the Hotol do Ville Lit MO,Z. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY The half-yearly meeting of proprietors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway followed the meeting of the Great Western Company on Thursday, and was held at the Mer chants' Hall. The meeting was the most numerous and respectable of any we have witnessed since the undertaking was projected. Amongst the company we observed many of our leading merchants, and several of the Grctlt Western Directors. F. RICKETTS, Esq., Chairman, having taken his seat, opened the business of the day by requesting the Secre tary, Mr. Badham, to read the notice by which the meeting had been convened, which having been read, The CHAIRMAN said, it was with much pleasure he again met the proprietors ; but knowing, as he did, that the Re port about to be submitted to them contained much matter of interest, he would not occupy their time with an y obser vations, but at once call upon their Secretary to read it. REPORT. In again submitting to the proprietors a concise but correct ac count of the Company's position, it is satisfactory to the directors, after the lapse of several months of aggravated commercial diffi culty, bearing with pecxliar pressure on every undertaking depen dant on the application of surplus capital, to be enabled to state that, with the exception of such a retarded payment of the last in stalment, as is necessarily consequent on the period, they have not a single fact to communicate which can otherwise than strengthen that entire confidence in the ultimate distinguished success of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, hitherto entertained by all who are acquainted with its cheapness, its facilities, its security, and its resources. _ _ The particular facts establishing these advantages have been so fully demonstrated in their two former reports that the directors refrain from reusating them ; merely remarking on the additional value they derive from the defeat and abandonment, during the last Session of Parliament, of every Competing line betwixt London and the Western Counties, and a moral certainty, arising both from phy sical impediments and the new requirements of the Legislature, that the introduction of any other is effectually precluded. Since the last report two additional contracts, extending to the high road to Bridgewater, in the village of Lympshain, have been entered into on terms advantageous to the Company, arising from the easy nature of the ground. The greater portion of the land is purchased on the 11 miles comprised in the two first contracts ; and the contractor is availing himself of the favourable state of the weather to expedite the pro gress of the works. Aware, however, of the large amount of capital at present em ployed on the numerous and extensive railroads in progress through out the kingdom, and desirous of giving the greatest effect to the available means of the Company, by not operating on too large a surface at a time, the directors--though fully determined to com plete the line to Exeter—have resolved to finish and open such por tions of it, commencing with Bristol, as will enable them to secure an actual remuneration on the capital expended on its progress to Weston and Uphill in the first instance, Bridgwater in the second, aid Taunton in the third, so that investment and return may, in a good degree, keep pace with each other. They purpose, therefore, to limit the scope of this report chiefly to an exposition of such cir cumstances as will best enable the proprietors to form a correct opinion of the required outlay and ascertainable proceeds on these portions of their expenditure. The estimates of their engineer, which have been. hitherto so sa tisfactorily borne out by the contracts entered into for upwards of two-thirds of the distance to Bridgwater, and by the actual cost of land already purchased, warrant the directors in assuming that the cost of opening the line to that port, including the stations, loco motive engines, and every other expense, will, at the outside, not exceed thirty-five pounds per share. In stating the dividend to be reasonably anticiputed from this ex penditure, they are so fully sensible of the extent of prejudice they have to encounter, arising less from the misrepresentations of the interested, than from the inconsiderate assumptions of a few who are unacquainted with the facts of the question, and the credence .yielded by the many to assertions to which they have never exa mined the proof, that the directors would feel the declaration of truth itself to be unavailing, unless supported by that species and amount of evidence which they well know must remain unshaken by the severest scrutiny. They subjoin, therefore, as an appendix, an abstract, correctei to the present time, of the traffic, proved before the Parliamentary Committee under the investigation of adverse counsel, and illus trated by such references as can leave little room for doubt in minds accessible to the influence of testimony. To those who, dazzled by the celebrity which our great manufacturing towns have obtained from the magnitude and productions, rather than the travelling wants and habits of their population, conclude that these must of necessity create an extent of intercourse, for which it will be vain to seek a parallel in the other districts of the king dom, it will appear remarkable that the coaches at this time daily running betwixt London, Bristol, and Exeter, considerably exceed the entire number plying between London and Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester, before the opening of the Grand Junction Railroad. Yet such is the incontrovertible fact, as will be seen by any one who takes the trouble to refer to the appendix ; and it is on this plain ground, together with the acknowledged cheapness which natural facilities give to the construction of the Bristol and Exeter line, that the directors feel justified in holding out to the shareholders the expectation of a dividend of 13 per cent. on the outly before-mentioned to Bridgwater. To this it may be added that it is the peculiar advantage of this line to open up new sources of profit in its progress, at such short successive distances as can rarely be presented by any similar undertaking. The comple tion of less than ten miles will enable the company, at au ample profit not included in the present or any estimate, to bring the pro ducts of a vast coal-field into the city of Bristol, at a charge of one shilling per ton : twelve additional miles, which bring the line close to the mouth of the Ax, and the natural harbour at Uphill will estalslish a line of communication betwixt the whole of the South of Ireland (including, of course, the southern coast of Wales), and Bristol, and London, of which the most sanguine can scarcely calculate the advantages ; and eleven miles more, by car rying the line to Bridgwater, will necessarily render it the medium of intercourse between the Western Counties, and London, and the North. Although, u the subjoined accounts will show, the outlay on the works is becoming heavy, the directors expect that the balance in hand, aided by th instalment now in coucse of receipt, will prevent the necessity, for some months, of a further call on the shareholders. Most of the permanent charges to which the undertaking is sub ject, having been fixed under an expectation that the whole line would be simultaneously in operation—and, under the feeling that all possible economy should be exercised—the directors have ear nestly applied themselves to the subject of retrenchment, have re duced several branehes of expenditure, and propose to relinquish a moiety of the compensation, so liberally voted for their services at the first general meeting. Carefully weighing, therefore, every consideration, whether of a public or private nature, which relates to this undertaking, the directors feel its vigorous prosecution to be their highest duty, and with a steadfast determination to fulfil it, cheerfully appeal to the confidence and support of all who are interested in its completion. Signed, on behalf of the Board. FREDERICK RICKETTS, Chairman. August 31st, 1837. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. • Statement of Receipts and Expenditure, 30th June, 1837. RECEIPTS. Deposit of 2/. 10s. per Share, on 14,988 Shares ...£37,470 0 0 12 reserved for landowners 15,000 First Call of 2/. 10s. per Share, on 13,978 Shares 34,943 0 0 12 reserved as above 1,010 in arrear 15,000 Second Call of 51. per Share, on 4,670 Shares ... 23,350 0 12 reserved u above 10,318 in arrear 15,000 interest received from Bankers and Shareholder, 1,401 13 11 Registration and Transfer Fees 53 17 6 £97,220 13 5 EXPENDITURE. Parliamentary expenses, including parliamentary R. s. d. agents and fees, solicitor's bills and fees to counsel, witnesses, canvassing, taking road- traffic, hire of committee-rooms, and all other law charges and dis bursements, up to the time when the Act of Par liament for constructing this line received the Royal Assent Engineering, including surveys of the whole line, plans, and sections, maps, professional evidence in Parliament, and all other expences and disburse ments in this department, up to the time when the Act received the Royal Assent Travelling expences of Directors and others, before, and up to, the time of obtaining the Act, and eoun try agency employed in relation to the line generally 1,739 2 10 Printing, advertising, stationery, bookbinding, and va rious incidental expences in Bristol and London, from the first projection of the undertaking to this time ... Expences connected with ascertaining and setting out the line since the passing of the Act 1,719 3 3 Purchase of machinery, implements, utensils, tools, maps, plans, &a., for use on the line, and at the en gineer's office ... Cost of the engineeer's office, furniture, and dis bursements Expenees at the head office in Bristol, consisting of salaries to secretary, book-keepers, And other clerk's, office furniture, rent, travelling expences, postage, carriage of parcels, &c. Salaries in the engineering and surveying depart ment, and draftsmen's salaries Purchase of land, surveying, and valuing, and com pensation for damages Law charges and disbursements since the Act was ob tained Direction frem May 19, 1836, to 30th June, 1837 1,800 0 0 Payments to contractors, and expences relating to their contracts Balance in the hands of the bankers 1:47,671 7 D 1 47,763 14 5 Balance in the hands of the secretary 92 7 0 5 £97,220 13 5 Since the period to which the above account is made up, viz., the 30th of June, the Directors have made various additional pay ments for the purchase of land, compensation for damages, wages on the line, and advances to the contractor, amounting to the sum of 10,2651. 1.55. ld., by which means the said balance of 47,6711. 7s. sd. , stated to be in the banker's hands on the 30th of June least, is re duced to the sumof 37, 405 /. 12s. 4d. .£47,671 7 5 Land and compensation ...£7,837 16 3 Contraetor _._ __ Wages, &c., on the line 812 10 0 Other payments 0,`65 15 £37,405 12 4 Epitome of the Estimate alluded to in the Report, of Traffic between Bristol and Bridgwater. Ten Coaches from London to Bridgwater, Taunton, and Exeter viz, ;—,Swiftsure, North Devon, Exeter and Devonport Exeter and Falmouth Mail, Bath and -Exeter Mail, Tra►eller, Telegraph, Herald, Subscription, Defiance. Nine Coaches from Bristol to Bridgwater, Minehead, Taunton, and Exeter, viz.:—Self Defence, Speculator, John O'Groat, Bristol and Exeter Mail, Exquisite, Times, Bee-hive, Tam 0' Shanter, Retaliator. Five Coaches from Bath to Exeter, Taunton, Tiverton, Barn- staple, and Lyme, viz. :—White Hart. Fast Coach, York house Day Coach, Lion Day Coach, York House Coach, Perseverance. Seven from Brktol and Bath to Weston, Clevedon, Yatton, and Wrington, viz. :—Alagnet, Sovereign, and five others. These Coaches carry Passengers travelling 4,144,192 miles per annum, which doubled, and taken at 2d. per mile, produce -£69,053 4 0 To which, add parcels, cattle, goods, &c., as' • proved by Parliamentary evidence 41,330 4 11 Yield a gross revenue of 110,353 8 11 From which deduct one-third for expenses Thus producing a profit on 35/. per share, or 525,000/. of 'paid-up capital, of above 13 per cent. . (neat revenue) .£78,538 19 3 T. R. GUPPY, Esq. said it must be highly satisfactory to the proprietors to have observed the means the directors had taken for carrying on the undertaking, and of ulti mately insuring its completion. They were now proceed ing in a course extremely economical, but still in such a way as would secure returns on the capital invested in a comparatively short period. Mr. G. concluded by moving the adoption of the Report. The motion was seconded by GEORGE JONES, Esq., and carried unanimously. P. MAZE, Esq. said the report reflected such credit upon the Directors, and bore evidence of so much good manage ment on their part, that he felt confident every one pre sent must be impressed with the conviction that they were entitled to their best thanks. It was his intention to move a resolution to that effect, but, first of nll, he would, with their permission, make a few observations. When they considered the storm and panic which had just passed over, they must admit that the Directors were entitled to a great deal of credit for the forbearance and discretion they had shown in conducting the affairs of the Company. He (Mr. Maze) felt confident, after the contents of the Report they had just heard read should be generally known, the under taking would go on vigorously and prosper. He was quite sure that, under the good management of the gentlemen in whose hands it was placed, it had nothing to fear. He thought the coal trade was entitled to their best considera tion, and the Directors appeared to have attended to it. There was already an extensive market in Bristol, but, if the price could be lowered Is. 6d. or 2s. per ton, the mer chants would be able to export it in much larger quanti ties. They knew that, in proportion as trade flourished, so was the value of property, and he was sure that, when Bristol came to realise the combination of the various im provements now in progress, the result would be a great accession to her prosperity—a prosperity that would not be confined to Bristol, but which would extend its benefits to all the country round. He could only say, he hoped the Directors would go on in the same course they had so wisely pursued, and then they must prosper. He would repeat that, the various improvements now in progress, c,mbined, could not but. put Bristol in a very different po sition from the one it then occupied. Mr. Maze concluded withmoving a vote of thanks to the Directors. 7 The motion was seconded by E. W. MILLS, Esq., and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said, he could assure the proprietors that they had had to encounter many difficulties and to endure many anxieties, on account of causes which, he trusted, were now removed. He begged to assure the meeting, that the best attention of the Direc tors would, at all times, be devoted to furthering the inte rests of the Company.—( Applause.) C. B. FRIPP, Esq., in moving a vote of thanks to the Society of Merchants for the use of their Hall, said it gave him very sincere pleasure to take a part in the proceedings of the meeting, particularly as, viewing the respectable at tendance that day, he could not but feel certain that the works, which had had to struggle with obstacles, would now be carried on with energy to completion. The motion was seconded by M. H. Castle, Esq., and carried unanimously. The Chairman then quitted the chair, which was taken by S. Waring, Esq., and on the motion of M. H. Castle, Esq., seconded by W. Watson, Esq., a vote of thanks was carried by acclamation to F. Ricketts, Esq., for his able conduct in presiding over the business of the day. Mr. Ricsurrs, in acknowledging the compliment, said his hest exertions should at all times be employed in bene fitting the company, towards which he felt very great in terest, as he was confident it would be productive of much good to the city. The business her , terminated, but before the meeting broke up, S. 'WARING, Esq., announced that it was the intention of the Directors to go immediately to view their works at Backwell, where refreshments were provided, and they should be happy to have the company of as many of the proprietors as could make it convenient to attend, for whose accommodation, to and fro, carriages would be pre pared by Mr. Niblett. On Monday a most desperate attempt was made by a pauper in the Prestwich workhouse, Manchester, to mur der the Governor, Mr. Joseph Fielding. He struck the unfortunate Mr. Fielding a violent blow on the right side of the head, with a bar of iron such as is used by weavers for drying their work. This blow felled the poor man to the ground, and cut off part of his ear, and as he lay in a state of insensibility, the murderous villain struck him three times on the head with the same instrument, and then made his escape from the house. He was stopped in his flight by a shoemaker named Blakeley, who secured him and took him back to the house, when, finding that he had no chance of escape, he made an attempt to cut his own throat with a knife, but was un a bl e t o accomp li s h his object in consequence of the bluntness of the instrument. He appeared to be quite conscious of what he had done, and said that he had done what he intended, and was prepared to meet his victim in another world ! Mr. Fielding has been attended by two surgeons, Mr. Radford and Mr. Hol . land, but up to four o'clock yesterday be had not spoken, and the hopes of his recovery were very slight. The unfor tunate man is sixty years of age, and has been Governor of the workhouse for six years, during the whole of which time he has been remarkable for his humanity and kind- ness to the inmates of the house. Dennerley is in Custody at the New Bailey, where he will remain until the fate of his unfortunate victim is known. RoME, AUG. 24.--In the middle of the week the Governor issued a proclamation, controverting the report of poisoning, and threatening that all who spread such alarming reports shall be punished accordin g to law. Nobody now believes these senseless reports ; but such a declaration from the Government, if published in time, might have prevented many disorders, and the young Englishman would cot have been the victim of popular rage. Unhappily he has died of his many wounds. His countrymen have buried him with much solemnity. The society .formed a year ago by many rich families, to assist indigent persons suffering under the cholera, has commenced operations 'by fitting up several houses, where patients are received and provisions distributed to the poor. The day before yesterday the whole city was for a time thrown into a state of alarm, by a report that the populace had begun to plunder the magazines, and were committing the greatest excesses. All the houses and shops were instantly dosed, and many persons already believed that the horrors of Palermo were to be repeated here ; but it soon appeared that the whole was a common affray, which had taken place in the middle of the city, and was soon put an end to by the police. Another account excites more alarm for the public security. Above forty of the galley-slaves employed in re- building the church of S. Paul, seized the arms of the soldiers guarding them, and made their escape. The gendarmes have taken more than half of them, but the others fled and now infest the highways. By the insulating of the neighbouring places, we are as it were cut off from the whole world, and are likely to continue so till the first week in September, it being affirmed, which we cannot understand, that the troops will not be able to arrive sooner in the neighbourhood. It is said that the cholera has broken out in many towns in the neighbouring mountains of Albano. This would be the most likely to put an end to our state of blockade. Be sides Dr. Diet; sent by the Austrian Government, several physicians have arrived from other parts of Germany to at tend the cholera patients. It is said the Bavarian Govern• meat will also send some medical men, which is much to be desired, as the cholera is spreading and threatens to be very fatal. Every evening large fires are kindled in all the streets to purify the air. - • A pretty child, wrapped up in a blanket, was left late in the evening , a short time. ago, at the Palace of the Dean of Bangor, in Carnarvonshire. The cries of the babe brought the inmates to the door. It fell into good hands, for the Rev. Gentleman caused it to be well clothed and taken care of, and gave it a name. The good folks of Bangor, however, think that the inhuman parents should have left it at the Bishop's door, for the Reverend the Dean is saddled *hit a large family of child ren and grandchildren already. A letter accompanied the infant, stating that poverty was the cause of the act. POLITICAL THIEVES.—Tory is only another word for Thief. During the whole course of a Tory Administra tion, the plunder of the •people, and the enrichment of themselves, was their undeviating policy. The people of England at length opened their eyes to the fact, that they had been fleeced to the tune of 8.00,000,000/.—the 'Tories were disgraced, changed their title to that of "Conserva fives," and adopted " Church an d Constitution" as their motto. In this latter respect their audacity equals that of the footman, who was convicted a few years since at Nor wich, of stealing books from his master's library, and, w h o had actually presented his daughter with some tif the stolen property, in which was written with his own hand, ‘, An honest man is the noblest work of God !"—Sy Pulls Chronic*.