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' l 3 O 13° Que en 0 0 w ho ort 00 4 otarl ; Or' w ith ,t 4 4attlr" SAO !,St. GI V n nirig , •rbe" 13 3 o e 4 lid J;ac~ .at the Place. at 9 0 05 S. 114 13° s'Sa,tUrCi°l at - • a ften oo F ie tinis ter° e ls anc el leof el' • gr . a yillgi ' rolin i c e ji , Du tri, g en lef , ,, t o flerrie ° l o d A 1101111 A tO' reissue" or khe )00L, f /4evi vies GOO' Vi i " for iilica ti°ll or e 61 dire ctors 0 a a n a.- the nod fr°lll 58 done Day. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE Fair average supplies of home-grown wheat were on sale lu, t most of the leading markets held on Saturday. All findsk sold steadily, at full prices. Barley was in improved r nqid at uest, and the turn dearer • whilst all kinds of malt were previous rates. Oats commanded very little atten t!.l'°n but beans, peas, and flour, were quite as dear as in L ne previous week. The whole of the continental markets have been rather !a we for spring corn, at very full prices ; but the sale for wb9P.t and flour has fallen off. The stocks at the various • Vr is up the Baltic and Black Sea are comparatively small. ail. the United States, flour has produced more money. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were small. From abroad, we received 19,373 quarters of Ivheat 5,579 barley, 7,778 oats 1,6 60 beans, 4,014 peas, lO tons 9,136 linseed, 448 rapeseed, 22 mustard seed, 134 slimily seeds, 35 sacks, and 9,082 barrels of flour. The supplies of English wheat received fr esh u p to our 3 narket, to-day, coastwise from Essex and Kent, were but 3 uoderate, and in very middling and inferior condition, g i sing, in some measure, from the prevailing wet weather. By land carriage, the receipts of that grain were compara ' 'Pre small, since the show of samples of both inland white • Was limited. ; nevertheless, the demand for all kinds, ow ' "kg to the thin attendance of millers, most of whom re feed to get into stock with the corn i n its p resent condition. wus in a very sluggish state. Really fine samples sold at 4 411 prices ; but all other kinds were with difficulty dim ) posed of at late rates. Th e amoun t o f b us i n ess doing for forward delive r y was small ; yet the growers were firm in their demands. There was a full average supply of foreign wheat in the markt, but we observed a great scarcity of selected quali ' lies. For all kinds, the inquiry ruled heavy, but we have 3 ao actual decline notice in the quotations. Several floating cargoes of Black Sea wheat changed 1131 1 , 1 s on Irish account, but th e inquiry was by no means active. The show of both English and foreign barley was • i„ 34 • from extensive, yet the sale fo r that article ruled heavy. -t'ine malting parcels realised previous rates ; but the value f other kinds had a downward tendency. Lalt, the show of which was but moderate, moved off **lowly at late rates. Notwithstanding that the show of oats was but moderate, the trade was in a sluggish state. In prices no change took place. We had a moderate inquiry for English beans, at full quotations ; but foreign parcels were a dull sale. In the value pf peas no alteration was noticed. The transactions were limited. The flour trade may be considered steady, at late rates. CURRENCY PER IhU Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red .... new 35e to 418 Diti0........ old 40s 528 Ditto, White new 388 4 , s Ditt0........ old 44s 55s liorfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 428 46s Ditto, new •••••• 31,1 41e R 3 a--Old ............ 31e 328 'ERIAL MEASURE. Malt—Chevalier • • • • 60s to 62s Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed 17s 221 Potato ...... 210 24s Youghal and Cork, Black. •• •• .. 16s 94s Cork, White . 16s 25s Scotch, Feed. • • .• 21s 258 Beaus—Tick . • • ...... 338 358 Pigeons .... 368 40s Peas —Grey .. • • •• • • 298 34s Marla . • • • • 329 353 White. • • • • • . • • • • 348 37s Boilers • • • • • • • •• 378 41s Floor—Town-made.•• 378 438 Suffolk • • • • • • 293 353 Stooktn 80 Norfolk 30s 858 .. 315 33s Barley—Gri n di ng 26s 28s Malting ........ 31s 33s Chevalier .... . 33s 35s Malt —Suffolk and Nor- folk .... ........ b4s 58s Brown ........... 46s 52* Kingston and Ware 533 605 FIELD. SMITH Foil the time of the year, the imports of foreign stock into London l as t we ek were tolerably good, the total arri val having amounted to 4,612 head. During the corre sPonding period in 1851, we received 7,797 ; in 1850, 6 ,815 • in 1849, 5,4.86 , • _ i 1848 2 517 • and in 1 84 7, 4 , 529 n , head. From IMPORTS INTO LONDON Len WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. lambs. Calves. Fig, . 434 _. 105 -. . -. 191 20 62 _. 630 • -- 166 - 41 -. 1,053 73 ". 205 - 263 -. 872 Tonningen. liamburgh. Antwerp... Ostend__ Nien Diep Dordt ..... • Rotterdarn. , . ~__ - ••• 25 ... - 10 ... 41 Total. ... ... 873 ... 3,242 ... ... 406 ... 91 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pig s. 1851 ........ .1,865 ... ... 5,155 ... 518 ... 258 1850 ......... 1,271 .. 4,233 ... ... 205 ... 196 18 49 .......... 1,090 ... . 4,243 ... ... 109 ... 44 8 48 ......... . 590 ... 1,798 ... ... 129 ... 847 .......... 817 ... 3,580 ... ... 132 ... The following are the imports of foreign stock into the United Kingdom during the first nine months of the pzesent and two previous years : 1850. 1851. 1852. 2 Beasts Cows Calves Sheep 84,073 114,256 Lambs Pigs To-day's market was but moderately supplied with foreign stock, the general quality of which was inferior. From our own •ng districts the receipts of beasts put up this morning were tolerably extensive as to numbers, but very deficient in weight and condition. Notwithstand ing that the weather was unfavourable for slaughtering, all breeds of beasts commanded a ready sale, at an advance in the • no rations paid on Monday last of 2d per 81bs, and a t^:al de trance was effected. A few very superior lots were MASS a, 4s 2d, but the general top figure for beef was 4s pct. B.os. From Lincolnshire Leicestershire, and Northampton shire, we received 2,800 shorthorns ; from other parts of England 600 of various breeds, and from Scotland 90 horned and polled Scots. The numbers of sheep were very moderote, the time of year considered. The butchers purchased all breeds some what freely, and the currencies improved 2d per 81bs. The Frimest old Downs readily produced 4s Gd per Blbs. Other breeds in proportion. Calves, the supply of which was limited, sold steadily at lat e ra t es. The pork trade ruled firm, but no change took place in Pricc s. Per 81bs to sink the offal, s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts ...2 2to 2 4 Second quality ...2 6 3 0 Prime l argo oxen 3 2 3 8 P rime Scots, &c. 310 4 0 Inferior sheep ...3 0 3 4 Second quality P lirnecoarse-w11d.3 10 4 2 s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 4 4 4 6 Jaye° crse. calves 2 8 3 6 Prime small do _3 8 4 0 Large hogs 210 3 6 Small porkers 3 8 310 Suckling calves 19 0 22 0 Quarter old pigs 18 0 22 0 TORSION surrul. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts She ep 23,221 Sheep Calves 213 1 Calves Pi gs3s4 1 Pigs A 'statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday,Nov.l7, Nov lB5l, and this day, Monday, Nov. 15 , 1852. 1,364 2,346 Per Ms, to sink the offals. Nov. 17,1851 s. d. s. d.. Coarse and inferior beasts ... 2 4to 2 6 Second quality ditto ... ... 2 8 210 Prime large oxen ... 3 0 3 4 Prime Scots, (Sze •• "" 3 6 3 8 Coarse and inferior shee . p . 210 3 0 Second quality ditto . 3 2 3 6 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... ... 3 8 310 Prime Southdown ditto ... 4 0 4 4 Large coarso calves 2 8 3 6 Prime small ditto 3 8 310 Large hogs 210 3 6 Neat small porkers 3 8 310 Beas ts •• • •• • ... 4,805 Sheep ... ... 24,060 Calves...3oo Pigs 480 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Nov. 18, 1850.—Beasts, 25,730 ; calves, 191; pigs, 391. N0v.15,1852 s. d. s. d. 2 2to 2 4 26 3 0 32 3 8 310 4 0 30 3 4 ;3 6 3 8 310 4 2 44 4 6 28 3 6 38 4 0 210 3 6 3 8 310 Nov. 19, 1849.—8ea5t5,4,221 ; sheep, 26,800 pigs, 286. :098 ; sheep, NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. calves, 125 Since our last report, the demand for each kind of meat —the arrivals of which from the provinces have exceeded 9,00 0 carcases—has ruled very inactive, but we have no "allge to notice in prices. Thd general quality of the beef 1 1 offer is very middling. From Homburgh four baskets o meat have been reported. s. d. s. d Mutton, Inferior 2 8 2 10 Do.,middling 3 0 3 6 Do., prime 3 8 4 0 Pork, large 2 6 3 6 Do., small 3 8 4 0 Per 281bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. , P beef, inferior 20 2 4 " Do., prime 26 2 8 prime large 280 3 0 " 0 ., do. small 3 2 3 4 Veal 2 8 3 10 BOROUGH HOP. The old duty having been declared at 244,8241. 2s. 5 d., or somewhat under previous estimates, our market is firm, and a large amount of business is doing as follows :—Mid and East Kent Goldings, 125 s to 160 s per cwt ; Weald of Kent, 78s to 88s ; ditto, choice, 90s to 94s ; Sussex, 74s to 82s ; ditto choice, 84s to 88s ; Farnhams, 100 s to 120 s ; ditto choice, 130 s to 145 ; County ditto, 90s to 100 ; ditto choice, 110 to 125. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of home-grown potatoes are liberal, and in fair average condition. The imports from abroad, since Monday last, have amounted to 8 ba g s from Hambur g h, 3 0,, ' hampers 31 bags from Rotter dam, 75 tons 23 sacks from -uunkirk 15 bags from Harlingen 50 tons from Calais, 9 01 ditto from Rouen, 195 ditto from Elmshorn, 55 ditto from Leer, and 32 bags from Amsterdam' moderate business is doing as follows :—Sent and Essex regen ts, 85s t o 1006 per ton • ditto shaves, 7 5 s to 85s ; ditto middlings, 5 5s to _ York regents, 80s to 110 s ; Scotch ditto, 80s to , Lincolnshire ditto, 758 to 85s ; foreign, 60s to 80s. WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool, at which rather over 50,000 bales were disposed of, were brought to a close on " ed nesclaY• The advance established in pric es di n g their continuance was dto Id per lb. In the p riva "? contract market th ere is more doing in English wools, but colonial parcels— as the manufacturers are now well in sto w k —command very little attention. The imports last 332 ZIE were 1,394 bales from Geelong, 266 from Melbourn e, from Bombay, 120 from Hamburgh, 79 from Leghorn, „),=..f.rom Taganrog, 413 from Launceston, 809 from Poe p ip, 10 from Naples, 62 from Alexandria, 29 from Calais, and 83 bags from St. Petersburgh. momp-. TALLOW. Although th e i m p or t of tallow last week was large, and the stock is upwards of 43,000 casks. The demand is ste ady, at further advanced rates. Out of the quantity returned as shipped from St. Petersburgh, there are 5,000 casks frozen in. To-clay, P.y.C. on the spot is quoted at 4 , 58 3d per cwt. Tow n tallow 45s per cwt. net cash ; rough ,i a t , 28 bid per 81b. P ar ti cu l ars , 1852—St oc k this d a y, 2 4,013 j price of Y.C., 45s 3d • delivery last week, 3,750 ; d 4to from J une Ist, 42,774 ; arrivals' last week, 14,067 ; ditto from J une Ist, 45,159 ; price of town, 47s 3d. THE SPECULATIVE MANIA.—The accounts of the Bank of Prance, for the past mon th, aga i n indicate the effects of the speculative mania. The October statement showed a decrease of 800,000/. in the bullion, and there is now a further falling off of 1,50(1,000/. On the other hand, th e advances on French stock and railway shares Present an increase of 1,600,0001. In the bills dis counted, which increased 1,000,0001. in October, there has also been a further addition of 800,9001. SOUTH AMERICA. The Royal Brazilian Mail packet, Severn, Cap tain Chapman, from the Brazils, &c., arrived at Southampton yesterday, and landed her mails. The dates are :—Buenos Ayres, Oct. 2d ; Monte Video sth ; Rio de Janeiro, 15t, 7.50 a.m. ; Bahia, 19th, 7 p.m. ; Pernambuco, 22d, • 5.40 p.m ; St. Vincent, 30th, 10.25 p.m. ; Teneriffe, Nov. 4th, 10.30 a.m. ; Madeira, 6th, 11.50 a.m. ; Lisbon, 9th, 4.20 p.m. The Severn brings 41 passengers. The freight on board includes 5651. gold and 22,7711. diamonds. The screw-steamer Forerunner, now overdue with the mails from the west coast of Africa, ar rived at Teneriffe before the Brazilian packet Severn touched there, but had not reached Madeira when the Severn left. The Propontis, now overdue, with the Cape of Good Hope mails, was hourly expected at St. Vin cent when the Severn left that Island. The screw-steamer Calcutta, which left Plymouth on the 15th ult., with the Cape and Mauritius mails, arrived at St. Vincent on the 28th, and left on the 30th ult. REVOLUTION AT BUENOS AYRES.—On the 11th of September, while General Urquiza , p rovisional director of the Argentine Confederation, was on his way to Santa Fe, with Sir Charles Hotham, the Buenos Ayrean party, consisting ehieflyof members of the Parliament which Urquiza lately dissolved, seized upon the Government. By this coup d'etat the Buenos Ayreans get rid of an Administration disposed to govern less for their province than for the whole state, and hope to avoid the National Convention, which might have limited their future influence over the general direction of the republic. No blood has been shed, General Urquiza pre ferring to leave Buenos Ayres rather than sacrifice human life. But although Urquiza has thus retired from Buenos Ayres, he has not resigned the di rection of the Confederation. In consequence of these proceedings the late Chamber of Representa tives assembled in the forenoon, and, having recog nized the movement, declared themselves reinstalled, and elected General Pinto, Governor of the pro vince, who has named Dr. Alsina, Minister-General. In the evening of the 11th a proclamation, signed Manuel G. Pinto, appointed Dr. Francisco de las Carreras to the Ministry of Finance, and Don Jose Maria Piran to that of war. A dispatch was sub sequently received from Urquiza, in which he gave a tacit approval to the movement, and ap pointed Colonel Baez, to act in his behalf with the new Government. The Provisional National Administration not having been assumed by the Buenos Ayreans, the new Government has only a provisional character, and cannot deal with international questions ; hence the work of opening the navigation of the great rivers has yet to be begun. The new executive had , sent a message to the Chamber of Representatives with the draft of a law opening the Parana under regulations to be agreed upon with the littoral provinces. BRAZILS. RIO DE JANEIRO, Rio what at pre sent attracts most attention is the Convenio, which will cause no slight wonderment and indignation at home. The Convenio is an attempt on the part of the shopkeepers, who have dealings with the interior, to prevent importers selling their mer chandise except to parties established in this city, and causes great excitement. The dissenting En glish and French houses having failed to come to some understanding with the anti-free-trade dealers, have announced iu their public papers that their stores are open to all classes of purchasers. This step will, no doubt, have the speedy effect of breaking up this dictatorial league. We have no yellow fever now in Rio de Janeiro. The English vessels of war in port are—Boneta, Centaur, Herald, Torch, and Trincomalee. FRANCE. The manifesto of the Count de Chambord, so often alluded to, has been received in Paris. It is as follows " Frenchmen,—During the trials my country has been exposed to I have condemned myself to voluntary inac tion and to silence. I could not forgive myself if I had for a single moment aggravated its embarrassments and its perils. Separated from France, it is yet dear and sacred to me, as much, and more than if I had never quitted it. I know not if it will be allowed me some time to serve my country, but I am very certain that it will not have to reproach me with a word or an act which can affect her prosperity and her repose. It is her honour as well as mine—it is regard for her future —it is my duty towards her, which induces me to raise my voice this day. " Frenchmen ! You desire monarchy ; you have ad mitted that it alone can render you, with a regular and stable Government, that security of all rights, that guarantee of all interests, that permanent record of a strong authority and of a wise liberty, which found and secured the happiness of nations. Do not give yourself up to illusions which, sooner or later, will be fatal to you. The new Empire proposed to you cannot be that temperate and durable monarchy whose benefits you await. People are deceived, and they deceive you, when they promise them to you in its name. True Monarchy, traditional Monarchy, sup ported on hereditary rights and sanctioned by time, can alone put you in possession of these precious advantages and enable you to enjoy thbm for ever. The genius and the glory of Napoleon were not sufficient to found any thing stable ; his name, the memory of his acts, can still less do so. Security is not re-established by disturbing the principle on which the Throne reposes ; and all rights are not consolidated by disregarding that which is amongst us the necessary basis of the Monarchical order. The Monarchy in France is the Royal House of France, indissolubly united to the nation. My ancestors and yours have passed centuries, labouring in concert, according to the usages and the necessities of the period, in the development of our noble country. The French, during 1,400 years, alone amongst all the people of Europe have always had Princes of their nation and of their blood at their head. The history of my ancestors is the history of the progressive greatness of France ; and it was that Monarchy which endowed her with the conquest of Algiers, so rich in future prosperity, so rich already by the high military reputations which it has created, and the glory of which is added to all your glories. " Whatever may be the designs of God with respec, to you and to me, who have remained the chief of the ancient race of your Kings, the heir of that long line of Monarchs who, during so many centuries have increased, and caused to be respected, the power and the fortune of France, I owe it to myself, I owe it to my family and to my country, to protest loudly against false and peril ous arbangements. I, consequently, maintain my right, which is the surest guarantee of yours, and, taking God to witness, I declare to France and to the world that, faithful to the laws of the kingdom and to then adition of my ancestors, I will religious l y preserve, tmy last breath, the deposit of the hereditary Monarchy of which Providence has intrusted to me the care, and which is the only port of refuge where France, the object of our love, may, after so many storms, at length find rest and happiness. " Frohsdorf, October 25, 1852. "HENRY." The protest of the Comte de Chambord was posted on the walls of Dijon, at Orleans, and at Nantes, during the night of Friday. It has also been placarded in several of the southern cities, and the police are using their utmost efforts to sup press it. The Constiiutionnel has been sold by its present proprietors for one million of francs, and now be comes the property of M. Mires, the proprietor of the Pays. It is probable that the two papers will in course of time be united, under tho tittle of Journal de l'Erapire. It is thought that M. Mires will make the Constitutionnel a joint-stock company, with a capital of four millions of francs, under the direction of a Government commissioner, who will have a complete control yver the political opinions as wel as the money matters of the concern. In the list of the members of the Bonaparte family lately published by us some names wero omitted, viz., those of the Princess Letzia Bona parte, married to Mr. Wyse, the present ambas sador of England at Athens, and their children, viz., Alfred Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse, residing at the chateau of residingfThouron, near Limoges; William Wyse, Bonaparte LouisNapoleon n Waterford ; Marie Stadholmine Leti z i a B onaparte W yse , marr i e d to p C a o r u t n A3 t W d y e se S ; ol a ms nd , living in Paris ;BoAnadeplintee Wyse Bona-; the last two living with their m o th er at a Viterb o. Al these are grandchildren saysthi nok:f—pLr proceeds e e d n s ip ß fti o r Bonaparte, the a p e savogrnoti Vice royalty brother of the Emperor Napoleon. The “lnformation, o A rm ck a b t a io r n o , f w Al hic gi h e w rs e f King Jerome, out t about Prince t N o apoleon invested e ß d on w a art- royalty o our African possessions." and A UST RIA AND THE DUKE'S FUNERAL.—It is said , we believe truly said, that Count Colloredo, t he Austrian Minister at th e Court of St. James's' is not include d n the invitations which the Earl of Malmesbury has for a full dress dinner at sh ed gn- ers ffice who have on Satur s d e a nt next, to all the distingu foreignbeen deputed by their respectiv ofovernments to be present at the funeral of the DukeWellington.—Observe. 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Sold by all ch nista, and at Profe ssor 244 T or lielloway'a Establis hment strand, J19Z19314, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, NOTTINGHAM, NOV. 14.—This town and neighbour hood has during yesterday and to-day been visited by ono of the greatest floods ever remembered—more exten sivel even than the great floods of 1831 and 1824. A considerable quantity of rain fell in this district on Sun day and the commencement of the week, while on Thurs day it rained without intermission, and on both Friday and yesterday did not cease for any length of time. On Friday the water rose rapidly, and there was every indication of a large flood. Considerable anxiety was accordingly felt by the graziers and farmers around to rescue their cattle from the impending danger. But for this timely caution, a much greater loss than has now been sustained would have been the consequence. At the village of Wilford, two miles from Nottingham, labourers were employed during nearly the whole of the night, making safe the embankments, and securing the property from the threatened inundation. A very great amount of damage has, however, been sustained. The banks of the Trent were overflowed, and soon the neigh bouring pastures were completely inundated, placing in imminent peril the cattle that had been imprudently left grazing thereon. At Chilwell, a village five miles from Nottingham, wEere the land lies also low, a hundred sheep, the property of Mr. Pearson, have been drowned ; a great deal of other damage has also been done in this neighbourhood. At Sawley, four miles from Chilwell, which is situate near the Trent, the property de stroyed is immense. We have just heard of one fanner who has alone lost 150 sheep. Other de scriptions of property have also severely suffered. At West Bradford, two miles from Nottingham, the water was never known so high since 1798. A culvert unfortunately burst in this village during Saturday morn ing ; the inundation which followed was fearful. At Anbolton, Colwick, Snenton, Beeston, Clifton, Barton, and other villages approximating to the town, a great amount of damage has been sustained. The water crossed the line of rails at Long Eaton, six miles from Nottingham, put out the fires of the boilers, and the trains were unable to proceed. This delayed the delivery of letters five hours, the mail bags having to be sent by the old coach road. All traffic up the Midland line from Nottingham to Leicester ceased, the flood crossing the line for a considerable distance. The cotton and lace factories of Messrs. Morley, Greaves, Gregory, Thornton, and Hardy, have all ceased working. These buildings are situated in the meadows, which being now almost one vast lake, the fires of the steam-engines were put out by the water which inundates the lower part of the factories. Of course considerable loss will be sus tained here. At the great bridg e which crosses the Trent, about a mile and a half from the town, the scene is equally appalling. Drowned cattle and sheep have been floating through the arches at intervals during the day. One cow was propelled alive by the stream through an arch of the bridge. Some sheep have also been lost in the Nottingham meadows. The navigation bridge, which crosses the Nottingham and Derby Canal near the town, it was feared would be washed away. A number of 'men, however, were got to work, a lock near the bridge was forced back, and thus broke the force of water which before was dashing against the bridge with terrific violence. This could not be effected before a great deal of the foundation had been f orce d away. It will give some idea of the extreme height o f th e fl oo d inundations ground, when we state that a house just being e rec t e d i n th e meadows has been nearly covered by the wa t er. Th e owner of the property placed it upon a rising where he considered it would be safe from the workmen had proceeded with the buildin g as hi g h as a ; the second storey. At the present time not mo re than been lately e foot of the building is visible. All the wharfingers, -roadcoal dealers, &c., whose warehouses are near the banks of the canal, have ceased business ; the houses adjoiningec n te are in undated ; a public - house has also been built here,sd , a are overflowed, and the inhabita nts are obliged to live in the second storeys ; a ladder is p la ced against the ' upper storeys, by which they are enabled to g o i n an d n co u m m e be o r u o t f dwellings. h of ou th ee e s ir wbiebbavebn On e theQu r e e the water having filled the cellars and got into the and foun dations of the building, a considerable loss of property will be the consequence. In a low district of the town, called the Poplar, the streets have been completely flooded. Within a couple of miles of the town are seve ral lone houses ; these are at present surrounded by water, causing great alarm to . the inhabitants ; boats have been dispatched, so that any necessity they may require may be supplied them. Numbers of the country people were prevented attending the market yesterday ; and we have heard of butter and other commodities being spoiled by the transit. Coal, timber, and other descrip tions of property have been throughout the day swept down the Trent ; this renders it evident that a great loss has been 'sustained in Derbyshire and Leicestershire. We have not heard of any sacrifice of human life. Num bers of farmers and country people stayed in Nottingham all Saturday night, not daring to venture home through the flood. At the time of the dispatch of the above intel ligence the flood had not at all abated. SHREWSBURY, SATURDAY NIGHT.— This town and county, as also the adjoining county of Montgomery, are at the present time nearly deluged by the flooding of the Severn and other rivers. The heavy and almost incessant rain that has fallen during the last fortnigl, THE CONTINENT. SPAIN. We have received advices from Madrid of the 9th. Preparations were making for opening. the Cortes, which was to be done by the Queen in per son, with a speech from the Thron e. ladrid Bourse, Nov. 9.—Three per Cents., 46.1 ; the Deferred, 251 : Exchange on London, 50, 45. PORTUGAL• The Severn brings Lisbon letters and papers of she 9th inst. The electoral proceedings were going on quietly, and the Government seemed to have every chance of an important majority, unless a threatened junction of the Ultra-Septembrists and Cabralists should take place. M. Emilio Cabral, a brother of Count Thomar, had been shot, but politics had nothing to do with the assassination. Mr. Barry, the chief railway grantee, had arrived at Lisbon, and, at a conference with the Ministers, presented a statement of modifications in the con ditions of the grant, respecting which the Govern ment seemed disinclined to come to any decision until it should see the position the project assumes when the prospectus shall have been published and laid before the English public. A much-needed decree had been issued by the Government, requiring tax-collectors to give more satisfactory security, as a check to the continual frauds on the Treasury. An equally necessary de cree, to improve the postal communications in Portugal, had appeared in the Gazette on the 9th. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Inflexible was at anchor in the Tagus • also the American brig schooner of war Dolphin, repairing damages sus tained during her surveys near the Western Islands. GERMANY. The late rumour in Vienna, that the Belgian Go vernment has requested the mediation of Austria and Russia in its_ differences with France has been contradicted. The night mail from Cologne to Coblentz has Veen attacked and robbed : the mail bags were after wards found on the road, a considerable number of letters extracted, and the stun of about 9,000 dol lars carried off. ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette contradicts the state ment made by some organs of the clerical party, that Lord Minto had waited upon the King of Sardinia, at Stupinigi. A letter from Florence, in the Opinione of Turin, of the Bth, states; that a new Tuscan loan of 70 millions of francs is spoken of, a great part of which is to be applied to the aggrandisement of the port of Leghorn. A letter from Rome, in the Augsburg Gazette, states, that the French general in command at Rome has found it necessary to order houses again to be searched for arms, the acts of brigandage which daily occur, and are on the increase, show ing that malefactors know where to get arms when they want them. HOLLAND. His Majesty has returned from his long sojourn in Italy and Upper Austria in apparently perfectly renovated health. The Second Chamber is now occupied in the ex amination of the law for settling the Netherlands Government in the East and West Indies. The debates on the question will be very interesting, and will probably occupy several days. The settle ment of the West Indies question gave rise ;to a very animated . discussion in the committees. FIRE IN SOUTHWARIC.—Yesterday, morning, between the hours of three and four, a fire, attended with consider able destruction of property, broke out in the extensive premises of Mr. Robert Brown, a basket-manufacturer, No. 3, Gravel-lane, Union-street, Southwark. After three or four hours' hard work, the firemen got the flames sub duced, but not until the warehouse was burned out, and several of the adjoining more or less damaged. The occu piers of three houses in Orange-street will also be serious losers ; for their habitations, and all they contained, were completely deluged with water. The origin of the fire could not be ascertained. Mr. Brown was insured for the stock in trade and buildings in the Phoenix Fire-office, but none of the sufferers in Orange-street were insured. HIGH TlDE.—Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon the ut most alarm was again experienced by the inhabitants of each side of the river Thames, in consequence of the tide rising considerably higher than " high-water mark." The various wharfs and outlets again sent forth tremendous streams of water, which entered the lower floors and did a vast amount of mischief. Since the fearful visitation on Friday last many of the poor people had taken the precau tion to dam np their doors with clay, &c., so that those who were careful sustained much less damage than they other wise would. The accounts received last night by the dif ferent railways state that a few miles out of London the eye can perceive in flat countries nothing but immense sheets of water. The cattle, it is reported, in some parts have been washed by the force of the water a long distance away, and several horses have been drowned in Surrey. Fortunately the wind yesterday was less boisterous than on Friday, and did not drive the tide so fiercely up as on the previous occasion ; but notwithstanding a considerable amount of damage has also been done to the different craft riding at anchor in the Thames and in the pool of London. BIRTH IN A RAILWAY TRAIN.—The passengers by a train of the South-Western Railway had their anxieties awakened, on Friday last, by the critical condition of one of their fellow-travellers. A young married woman, re sident at Farnham, was proceeding to join her husband in London, and had not been seated in the train many minutes when symptoms of approaching maternity became mani fest. It was found impracticable to remove her from the train before reaching London, when a surgeon was imme diately summoned. A practitioner ;from the Waterloo road promptly attended, and a fine female child was placed au jour before the removal of the female from the carriage. The mother and child, who are doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances, were removed to No. 9, Charlotte-street, Waterloo-re ad. COMMERCE AND THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The following facts serve to illustrate the advantage of vessels calling for orders at ports which, like Plymouth, are con nected with the metropolis by telegraph. The brig, Catharina, Captain Liddle, from Odessa, with a cargo of wheat, bound to Falmouth for orders, b e ing unable to fetch that port, put into Ply mouth on Tuesday night, the 26th ult. The master landed the next forenoon (Wednes dax), when he was advised by his agents there to announce his arrival to his consignees in London by electric tele graph. He did so, and the next morning their corres pondents at Plymouth received instructions from there to take and forward samples of the cargo. This was done on Thursday by the evening mail train, and on Friday . the master received orders by telegraph whither to proceed to discharge. INCENDIARY FIRE IN EAST KENT.—On Friday night a most destructive fire broke out on the premises of Mr. George Kelcey, Woollage Farm, Womenswould, about two miles from Barham. The farm is the property of Mr. J. P. Plumptre, of Fredville, the late represent ative for the county, and consists of oo acres, mostly arable. Two wheat stacks, two oat stacks, and one ea ch of barley, san foin, clover, hay, and peas, were entirely consumed, with two large barns, stable, and outhouses, which were also totally destroyed, as well as the farming implements and grain on the premises. The dwelling-house and two barns were fortunately saved, but had not the wind been favour able, nothing could have prevented their estruction. A reward of 1001. is offered by Mr. Plumptre d for the appre hension of the party or parties concerned. The fire has created a great sensation among the farmers of the neigh bourhood, especially those who have many stacks about their premises, as it is evident the incendiary spirit is on the increase, at least in Kent. THE LATE MURDRR AT MILTON.—On Saturday, the adjourned inquiry was held at Milton, in the parish of Buckland Monochorum, touching the death of Mrs. Mary White, who was murdered on the 29th of October, in her bed. Several witnesses were examined, but nothing was elicited to implicate any one. At the first examination, it was proved that the murder was com mitted by some haavy sharp instrument ; arid, in conse quence, nearly every house in the village h as been searched, but nothing has been found. The jury re turned a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown. COLLIERS.—A meeting of the coal and iron masters west of Dudley was held at the Talbot, Stourbridge, on Friday last, when it was agreed to raise the thick-coal colliers 3d. per day, making their weges now 4s. per day. They also came to the resolution not to advance the prices of coal or iron at present. Fears were, however, entertained that the colliers now out upon strike would not return to their work und er 4s. 6d. p er day, being the amount they gave notice for ; but it appears that after playing the greater part of the week, they have resumed work at the price a_greed upon on Friday. D E ATH OF THE FOUNDER OF THE SECT OF RANTERS. —Last week there died at an advanced age, in Stafford shire, Mr. H. Bowie, an individual who has had a greater influence on his age than many a intln of whom the general public hears a great deal mere. This obscure individual was founder of the sect called Primitive Metho dists or Ranters a sect spread over the American Union, and having its chapels in every large town of the manufacturing districts in this county. MURDER. —On the Ist inst., a murder was perpetrated at Curraghmore, Roscommon, in Ireland, under the fol lowing distressing circumstances :—On the night above mentioned, a number of persons were playing cards at the house of Patrick Mullins, of Curraghmore, amongst whom was the deceased, Patrick Kelly. A boy, named Thomas Keys, appears to have been annoying the card players, and was put out of the houv, but he continued the annoyance outside the door, when deceased went outside to prevent him. When outside, Kelly and Keys caught hold of each other, but some others of the com pany separated them, and Kelly returned to the card table. Keys lurked about the place until Kelly was going home, when he attackedhim, assistedby his mother and sister. In the scuffle Kelly received a blow from a stone in the eye from Thomas Keys, which cause d his death. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY. —On S an at , u ag rd e a d y 54 yemorningyears, expireda n ol d ilady, the namedaccident ward e Elizabeth f t S h t e . i Th Sou om th a - s E g ct a r r e es gardener h e residing at the 24th the se 2 t a 4 a t t t h i G o by an accident on the North Kent or Gravesend branch of s a li ste o rn spit ßail al fr w om ay t . he effects of injuries sustained oafrriviunngdaayt, th Deceased was the wife of a r ne e ef London-bridenh i the ge , r i n station,s K ent . and O B. o t n h e t h e evening etnriani train it Clli s t° to b p e'd.hfeort°ke tphaessetnraginersfotro alight, but before deceased had P. time to reach the platform the train moved on, ,and she fell between the carriages and the edge of the platform. that the inundated districts would have been so fearfully can nd hardlypr e p ar prepared think ke that any inhabitantsone n e t o expect f raa moment em f l e o n o t d , but w supposed e deluged as they are at present. The Severn nearly en circles Shrewsbury, and the town being built upon several hills, the extreme lower parts of it are always liable to be inundated by floods, which are unfortunately of fr tha f t e h q as uen ta t cu k oc enp r i r a e ee nc h e. ere T fe h r e th la e st and last fif t t h y e g yea re r a s t e es e t en fi rr oo4 on the 7th of February in . the present year, when pro asthedewsatrtoe yr,edth; e a n quantity, ju g judging fmpreor pro perty the a present r l e a s r e g n e t a h m e i o g n h n t t o w f water yet to come down fromthis flood will be considerably ra g e t e r than the last. The lower parts of Frankwell Wales, and the unceasing rain at present f a lling, and Mardol, the Smithfield-road, Chester-street, Coton hill, St. Julian's. Friars, Coleham, and Abbeyforgate are in a dreadful state, the water being in many places several yards deep. As might naturally be expected, nearly all communication between the centre of the town and the suburbs is suspended, and provisions, &c., have to be conveyed to the houses by means of boats and " coricles." The first floors of many of the houses are filled with water to the ceiling, and as there is no probability of those houses being properly dried before the summer, the mortality of the town likely to be f e a r f u lly i n creased. The "Quarry" meadows a dj o i n i ng the t er mi n us of 1 7 and Birmi ng h am - Railway pre senthe h . i and e s wsbtuhe sheets of water of immense extent. We are sorry to say that the poor of the town will be by far the greatest sufferers ; but it is somewhat consolatory to know that the parish authorities intend, as soon as the waters abate, to present the poor with coal and bread. At Butlington, near Welshpool, and, also at Newtown, the inundations were very great, especially at the former place, where for several miles round nothing but water and trees and a stray farm-house here and there is to be seen. The Aberystwith mail did not arrive in Shrews bury until twelve o'clock last night, its appointed time being nine ; and the coach was literally swam across the road at Butlington, requiring no less than six horses to accomplish the task. It would be difficult to estimate the loss of property. At Ironbridge, Bewdley, and Bridgnorth, the Severn also overflowed its banks, and devastated property to a considerable extent. The river Ony, in the south of Shropshire, has also flooded , de stroying a vast amount o f proper ty. A bridge, level with the rails near the Onibury station, on the Shrews bury and Hereford Railway, has been partially destroyed by the flood. Eor the last two days, through trains have been stopped, and passengers have been obliged to as yet, heard of any loss of life. cross over from one train to another, by means of a tem porary woodeh bridge. The Kea and various other rivers are also flooded, and when a proper estimate can be formed, we have no doubt the destruction of property will be found to have been frightfully large. We have waste every thing in its way.not, GLDUCESTR; SATURDAY NIGHT. Great alarm is ex cited in this town and the surrounding country in conse quence of one of the greatest floods in the recollection of man sweeping over the vale of the Severn, and laying The Severn was very high yesterday, but rose rapidly m the night, and the inhabitants of the lower streets in the city on coming down stairs this morning were astonished to find their lower floors under water, and th e i r f am ilies swimming about. The flood made its appearance in places where water had never before been k nown t o percolate, and as the river is still rising at sunset, the inhabitants look forward with great apprehension to the night. Many people had to be rescued from their houses in boats, and by means of ladders raised to the upper windows, an d the re are a a few lone louses in th e fi e ld s which are perfectly inac cessible, and the f a t e o f w h ose i n habitants cannot be ascertained , Cattle and horses have been seen floating down the river, and th e l o ss through this means will be i m mense. As y e t we have h ear d o f no loss of life, but communication westward is almost put an end to. Dur ing the whole of the day the Severn flood has been flow ing into the Gloucester and Berkeley ship canal through flaws in the " stop gut" used in the mouth of the c a nal in case of flood t o keep out the river water. This gate has not been closed for thirty years, the water in the Severn never having before, in recollection, risen to such a height La to lead to this precaution being employed. Should the river rise much higher, it is feared that the bank of the canal, which just now is full of large ship ping, may bur s t, in which case the most deplorable con sequences must ensue to the vale country below. The railways are suffering much. The water of the Severn is up to L level with the rails of the South Wales Rail way, near the city, and it is feared the embankments will be damaged, On the Bristol and Birmingham line there has been a slip near Cheltenham which restricts the traffic at that place to one rail. HEREIFORD, SATURDAY.—The deplorable accident to the Hereford and Gloucester mail, as reported in to-day's papers, has thrown quite a gloom over the city. The deceased gentleman, Mr. Hardwick, a respectable soli citor, of Hereford, was returning from London on some railway business, when he met with his death in a man ner already described. Two of the mail bags only were recovered ; the rest are lost beyond recovery. The coach is completely covered with the flood, but the place is watched, RUGBr.—The extraordinary floods with which the country has been visited, more especially throughout the northern and eastern counties, have been productive of much more mischief than could possibly have been anti cipated. Not only has the traffic of many of the prin cipal lines of railway been impeded by being covered with water for miles, but several bridges and even via ducts have been carried away. The Midland line had its traffic impeded to a considerable extent by being covered with the flood ; and the difficulties which had arisen in consequence were greatly aggravated by th sudden giving way o f the Crom er -hill Viaduct, near Leicester. This occurrence created the greatest alarm, and the traffic, which had been previously only partially I stopped, was now entirely suspended. After some con- 1852, siderable delay, it was resolved to entirely suspend the traffic of the line on Friday. Ultimately arranngements were made by which the Midland traffic has since been carried on to the Hampton Junction of the London and North-Westerni e ßailway, via the Birmingham and Derby . line. The Cromer-hill Viaduct was rather an exten sive structure, crossing a valley through which runs a small river, and the floods from the hills it is stated had caused the water to rise in the valley to the height of some 20 or 30 feet, and the force and pressure of the water upon the centre piers of the viaduct was so great as entirely to force them away, thus causing the structure to fall in for a considerable distance. The Trent Valley line, which Was opened about four years since, and saves between twenty and thirty miles in the journey to Manchester and Liverpool, is completely under water, and the safety of the traffic not being guaranteed, the authorities of the London and North-Western Railway thought it prudent not to per mit the mails which left London on Friday night to proceed that way, and orders were given for them to proceed to their destination on the old London and Birmingham route. It was exceedingly fortunate that this foresight was exhibited by the railway authorities, for had it not been, the most serious consequences might have resulted, as during the night Tamebrid,ge, which crosses the Trent Valley line near Litchfield, was washed away, and its fragments scattered about over various parts of the line, rendering a train passing over it an act of the most imminent peril and danger. It has there fore been resolved to entirely suspend the traffic of the Trent Valley line until the waters have subsided. So great was the flood in this part of the country that from Rugby to Stafford, and the whole vicinity of Birmingham and Coventry, was completely under water.• Even the main line of the North-Western was not exempted, as the sleepers are in many parts covered with water, and it was even currently rumoured that eve n so far up the line towards London as Wolverton a bridge had been carried away, and portions of the line were com pletely under water. Measures of a precautionary cha racter have been taken by the managers of the traffic department of the North-Western Company, Captain Huish and Mr. H. 0. Bruyeres, to secure the public, as far as human foresight possibly can, against theprobability of accident and with that view orders have been issued for all the trains passing over what is , called the north ern division of the line to proceed to their destination via Birmingham and vice versa, and also that the ordi nary pace shall be reduced to a much lower rate of speed than usual. The circumstance, as may naturally be ex pected, caused a general delay of all trains, in some in stances to the extent of three or four hours. The up day mail did not arrive until a considerable time after it was due, although the flood was said to be to a very great extent subsiding. The telegraphic messages from different parts announce this to be the case, and hopes are entertained that, if there should be a cessation of rain during the night, those portions of the line at pre sent under water will be in a state so as to enable the plate-layers to ascertain the security of the lines for pub lic traffic. On the Great Northern line, nearly the whole of Lincolnshire being under water, the traffic on the main line through that county was stopped, and the Great Northern Company, it is stated, have been com pelled for some days past to use the loop line instead of the main line for their traffic. The same remark may be applied to the Eastern Counties Railway, which in many parts of Essex is covered with water, and the traffic par tially impeded or wholly suspended. The traffic on the Oxford and Birmingham line has been also, we are in formed, entirely stopped. SWANSEA.—We had very heavy floods in this neigh bourhood on Sunday last. The heavy and con tinuous rain which fell during Saturday night and Sunday morning caused a complete overflow of the rivers Twrch and TaWe to an unusual extent. At Cwmtwrch several bridges were carried away, and among others the one opposite the Gilwain mine works, which was a strong bridge of many years' standing. At Ystra dgynlais all the houses in Water-street were inundated to a depth of thrte feet ; the flood surrounded one poor sick woman in her bed, which terrified her to such a degree, that' it is feared the result will be fatal. The stream entered the cellar of Penybont Inn, where it de stroyed two or three barrels of cwrw da, and a quantity of butter and cheese was spoiled. At Ystalyfera Iron Works, the whole plain was in one sheet of water—the water in and about the houses in front of the furnaces was sufficient to carry a pilot boat. An immense quan tity of timber of every description was seen passing down with the flood, and among it one cow ; we have heard of no loss of human life. At Ynispenllwch and Clydach, the flood in the river Tawe rose to such a height that the houses were completely inundated, the lower storey being under water to the depth of four feet, and great damage has been done to property on the banks. At Clydach, on Saturday last, a man, named Rees Rees, a carpenter, in the employ of the Yniscedwin Iron Company, re turned to his home at Clydach, and bad to purchase a loaf of bread at a shop ; he has been up to the present time missing. It i s supposed he fell into the river, and was carried away by the flood into the river Tawe, as his hat and handkerchief were found on the marsh near Morriston. There is great probability that he has been carried out into the bay by the flood. CHATHAM.—The accounts received on Saturday and yesterday from various points on the coasts of Essex and I Kent, particularly from those places adjacent to the river Thames and Medway, described the tides of Friday afternoon and Saturday morning as having attained a much greater height than has been known since the de structive floods in 1841. On Friday, so little was any unusual flow of water anticipated that the customary precautions for securing property were omitted by per sons having premises, &c., at the waterside. The wind, which had been blowing during the morning from the S.W., suddenly changed at noon to E.N.E., blowing with great violence, and urging the water from the North Sea into the estuary of the Thames and Medway, rushing up both rivers with the greatest velocity, forcing its way through ill-secured sluices, and breaking over the sea. The low lands and marshes were quickly over flowed. The flocks of sheep were not removed, and a very great number were consequently drowned. On the bulks of the Medway, the whole of the marshes at Stan gate, Otteram, Halstow ' Upchurch, and Lower Rainham have been overflowed. The low lands in the Isle of Shep pey, bordering on Queensborough Swale, have shared the same fate, and the loss of property has been immense. In Sea Reach the tide at three quarters flood is represented to have rushed up with such sudden and fearful violence as to cause the vessels there to drive a considerable dis tance, and ultimately they were obliged to let go a second anchor. Those steamers that were bound up the river used only as much steam as kept their paddles in motion; and steam-vessels bound down the river were compelled to anchor in consequence of the velocity of the current, the water rising several feet in an incredibly short period of time. Parts of Chatham, Rochester, and Strood were flooded to some depth, and a large qbantity of pro perty damaged. The marshes on the Kent and Essex sides of the Thames are represented to have had the appearance of vast lakes. A breach was made by the force of the sea in the Ordnance Wall at Sheerness, and as soon as the tide ebbed the whole of the available troops in the garrison were employed in repairing it with fascines, bags of shingle, &c. The damage sustained by shipping by collisions and getting athwart hawse has been immense. Most providentially the occurrence took place in day time, otherwise there must have been a fearful sacrifice of life as well as property. Every pre caution that could be devised for the security of property was adopted at low v*ater on Friday afternoon, notwith standing which the water forced its way into the low grounds on Saturday morning, doing an immensity of damage to garden, household, and other property. OVERFLOWING OF THE SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—We have suffered greatly in the West of England from the heavy floods of rain that have fallen. On Friday there was a heavy fall of rain, accompanied with a strong wind from the south-west. In the evening, the train which leaves Exeter at five minutes past six on reaching Teign mouth found the line overflowed with water, that had broken over the line, and had left it submerged about eighteen inches. The' quay, built at Teignmouth by Mr. George Hennett, the spirited railway contractor, was washed away, and the waves of the sea dashed over the carriages, so that the passengers were obliged to close the windows, and as the train proceeded from Teign mouth towards Newton the fire was put out by the water, and the engine had to make the best of its way with the steam already generated. Fortunately that proved powerful enough to draw the train on, and it eventually 'got clear without any damage. The train was a long one, and there was a delay of an hour in consequence of the overflow. DONCASTER, SATURDAY.—On Saturday the lower part of Doncaster, at the north end of the town, was flooded to a considerable extent by the overflowing of the river Don. The inundation commenced at a point of the river called Isabel Wash, about half a mile above the town, and thence flowed in an immense breadth towards the canal and mill-bridges. It crossed Marsh-gate with considerable impetuosity, completely submerging the lower part of the houses on each side of the street, and compelling the inhabitants to abandon that part of their dwellings. The neighbouring fields were inundated to a great depth, the walls and fences being covered by the waters, which presented the appearance of an extensive lake. The flood-dike overfl owe d its banks, and waters, rising above the canal-lock, swept over it, and it was feared the lock itself must give way, as it had done before under similar circumstances. 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The invisible Organic Vibrator,...o. e c r s e ; l lright kinds of Acoustic instruments for the rel , f opposite the deafness.— 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, t extreme York Hotel, LITERATURE Village Life in Egypt. By Bayle St. John. 2 Vols. Chapman and Hall. To those who desire information concerning the most interesting country in the world, as the author has justly styled Egypt, these volumes will afford great satisfaction. They present us with most lively sketches and scientific details—they enter into the character of the people, and describe the changes that now are working in what has till lately remained so long unchanged. Time has almost mi raculously spared the wonders of the Valley of the Nile, but it is to be regretted that destroyers more rapid in their devastations, and more merciless in their doings, have assailed those glorious chefs d'oeuvres of antiquity. The monuments from which forty centuries have looked down on the formation and passing away of empires, the changes of reli gions and the decay of races, are now being swept away from the country they adorn and the people they immortalize. The rude hands of the uncul tured European or the unlicensed attacks of the Arabs and Turks, are undermining the stronghold of ancient arts, and, in the age of a vau nted civili zation, reducing to ruins what hordes of savages have spared, and what exterminating warriors have passed by uninjured. In the following passage the author has ably exposed these outrages : 7 " The western plain of the Theban valley, with its overhanging mountains, presents far more numerous objects of curiosity than the eastern. We here revelled in tombs and temples from morning to evening. The vocal statue was of course visited, and a witty com panion of mine wrote at the basement—' Mem : non. audii.' I may add, that this was the only occasion on which any of our party wrote upon rock or monument. For my part I have always made a point of abstaining from inscribing my name. In some cases the practice may be harmless enough ; and it is interesting to find the signature of a celebrated person—Bruce, for example • in an out of the way place. But why every vulgar tourist, in these modern days of steam navigation and tranquillity, when travelling in Egypt is easier than travellino . in Wales, should think it necessary to com memorate his presence—not ion c e modestly, in an un occupied corner, but fifty or a hundred times, and by preference, in the midst of an inscription, or on the cheek of a painted or sculptured goddess, I cannot un derstand. The columns of Carnac, the tombs of the Kings, the Pyramids, the Caves of Weni Hassaer, every monument in fact from Philae to Alexandria, are defaced by the names of obscure individuals of all nations. The Arabs follow up the example, and when we add the combined efforts of antiquaries and Turks, it is really surprising that anything remains in ligypt worth visiting." The Kinnears : A Scottish Story. 3 vols. Colburn There is nothing romantic in this tale, no re markable events occur, and no striking personages present themselves ; but, nevertheless, few can fail to be interested in it, for it inspires respect for its high principles, and engages sympathy for its simple earnestness. The hero, it is to be presumed, is Alick Laing, the son of a wealthy millown.er, who was entirely engrossed with the cares of business ; he thought nothing else of much consequence, and plunged into a perfect vortex of mercantile affairs. Suddenly he was stopped short in his career by the power none can resist. The strong man was laid low in an hour by the stronger hand of sick ness ; it was found quite impossible for him to re sume his post, and he was obliged to own there were more things to be considered than he had dreamt of in his philosophy. The two sisters, Helen and Alice, are striking contrasts ' • but, with all her faults, Alice's character is by far the most genuine. Helen is too stiff and formal to be easy or agreeable. John Sinclair is well described as an enthusiastic young man, who was obliged to leave the study of the Muses for the toils of the work-day world, but who still retained his early feelings when he came back, in the prime of life, to the home of his early years. The very great dif ference that exists between him and Alick may be seen from the following remarks " You were right Alice ; I was selling myself body and soul to business. I was actually becoming unfit to comprehend any other obligation, so bound, hand and foot, to that pursuit that I could cast aside every obstacle that interfered with it. I wanted nothing but the brain's triumph over all toil and every competitor. Was it not the Bersekers of old, those traditions whose courage and daring became madness, under the influence of which they turned upon and slew each other. I half believe that I may have come of their line, only the change of times has forged me other weapons. The old stoic in dependence, that Colossus looming through the mists of antiquity, to which I was more than half-wedded, is but a devil's lie of proud pretension after all, a vast misshapen tower of Babel, that the Mighty Hunter' may have originated. I found that out when I knew that the love of kindred, and one true heart, clung to me like a mantle in spite of all my offences ; and when I laid my hand upon the Book that cancels the heaviest debt, and offer ing the armour of a free man, calls to the mightiest battle-field, I solved the problem. The stern indifference of man at bay, what is it after all but the glaring eye of the wild beast ? The weakest attempt at obedience and submission must be manlier and truer, and so grander— more in accordance with the calm of right reason, the stately harmonies and loyal faith of nature and science, even if the still small voice of conscience were silent, and the light of Revelation extinguished." " Alick Laing was now rallying John Sinclair on his business qualifications, incompatible with his old no tions of a student's relation to men and things. John Sinclair disclaimed the title - but, from the fulness of his heart, he praised a Audent's life ; he boasted of its lofty atmosphere—its grand dramatis persona. The daily worry of the office, the dull routine of profits and loss, what did they signify when the gas jet shone on the page which carried you among the jackals and willows of the Euphrates, to dig into the past with Layard, on a stroll through the acacias and myrtles, and over the green mystic m ounds of Etruria with Dennis into the interior of trackless Africa with the hyena, and lion, and leopard for your prey, with Cumming. With Nichol in the blue vault above, with Hugh Millar deep in his old red sandstone below, with Buonaparte and his marshals, with Chalmers and his Sabbath-school agency, with Barrow and his gitanos, with George Gilfillan and his literary men—cen turies back on the frozen snows, and by the springing geysers of Iceland, scanning old Sagas and Runic rhymes with Snorre Sturleson, or in the fresh present laying bare the frauds and fallacies of 'civilzied society, with those modern giants Thackeray and Dickens." The Story of Reynard the Fox. W. S. Orr. This is a new version by David Vedder ; it is illustrated by Gustav Gadtod. It is stated in the preface that this work has obtained extraordinary . popularity. " For centuries it has been a house hold possession. It has been lectured on in uni versities, quoted in imperial council halls ; it has lain in the toilet of princes, and been thumbed to pieces on the benches of artizans." The narrative is very amusingly rendered in these pages, and an instructive moral is deduced from it. There are several plates illustrative of the events, which are very well executeded, and add greatly to the `at traction of the book. The one entitled Temptation is the best. It represents a fox and a badger ; the former, while confessing his sins, is wistfully gazing at some fowls in the distance. On the whole, many will doubtless find entertainment here. Augustus Courtenay. By Lady Geraldine St. John. 2 vols. Shoberl. There are three tales in thes e volumes ; the first is the most melancholy, but all are sad in their na ture. Augustus Courtenay was a most unfor tunate man, w ho met with trouble after trouble, till, driven to 2 despair, lideommitted a rash act, which clouded the rest of his days after capricious fortune smiled upon his outward course. The evil conse quences of his crime were entailed on his innocent daughter, who suffered for what happened when she was a child of a few years old. The Diary of a sexag ena rian goes far to prove the fact that a man who appears the most courteous and pleasing in society, is not the most agreeable character at home. Selfish and inconsiderate, Frederick Clifford, aided by his handsome person and graceful bearing, con tinued to excite admiration from the many ; but he gained nb repect from even a few. " lanthe," the last story, i s the most cheerful of the whole ; but it is to be feared it is not so probable as the others. Few who have had. much experience in the crooked ways of the world will agree that things go so straight to the desired point as Mr. Granville found them. However, the characters are withell sketched, and for the most part pleasing on es, the exception of Miss Orville, b who obtains neither s ympathy nor respect. lanthe herself is thebest heroine of all here met with. --- Lady Geraldine Seymour. 1 Vol. Shoberl. This is an interesting and well-written tale, but it presents few attractions to the lovers of the mirthful. It represents forcibly the sin of deceit or subterfuge, and the evils of a marriage from pi que or pride. The conclusion is melancholy in the ex treme ;and, though the Lady Geraldine obtains little sympathy in her misfortunes from the treach some of f whom fill erous manner in which she destroys the happiness of her cousins, the reader cannot help regret-L. 9. that the weak and misguided, but unf ,4 in o. omunate Alice does not attain a happier destiny Th , a variety off ate characters, ere i s important parts in the tale, but most involved in the same fate. With this° them are the story is pleasing and attract' exception, is certainly a most important we, and the moral one, DEPARTURE OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN MAILS.—On Saturday afternoon, at 20 minutes past 12 o'clock, the (Cunard) Royal mail steamer America, Capt. Leitch, sailed from the Mersey with the usual 'United States and Cans ; dian mails, under the charge of Lieutenant Lee, R.N., Admiralty agent, for Boston and Halifax. The America carried out 5l) passengers and a good general cargo on freight. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, Nov. 9 I announced in my last that a vessel of war was sight. She proved to be the Phaeton, and during night the Admiral, with the Britania, Albion, Trafalgai, and Bellerophon, came into port wi th the Tiger and Scourge steamers. On the following day (3d) the Ven geance and Modeste came in, and on the sth the Fury returned from Tlinis. The Modeste has returned to Corfu to send down the Arethusa, and she will not be relieved until the arrival of the Wasp. The Scourge left us on the 6th for Gibraltar and England, to be paid off ; and the R e t r ibution is under orders to proceed to Constantinople, and send down the Sampson, lately despatched from Corfu, for service in the Bosphorous. The Astrologer screw steamer, from Liverpool, me with an accident in lat. 36.35 N., long. 12.31 E., frae turing the crank of her foremost engine, which mused the breaking- of the cylinder cover. She was towed' in here by the Brigand screw steamer, and will take three weeks to repair. On Friday a court-martial was held on board the Trafalgar, composed as follows :—Rear-Admiral Harvey, President. Captains Lushington, Greville, Lord Rus sell, Gifford, Carter, Lord Paulett, and Elliot, to try John Brown, second stoker of the Retribution steam frigate, on the prosecution of Captain Drummond, for the manslaughter of William Jeffries, a stoker of the same ship. 'the Court having consulted, returned a verdict of Guilt j, and sentenced the prisoner to he imprisoned for two years in one of Her Majesty's gaols in England. On Saturday the court re-assembled, Captain Drum mond being the only additional member, for the trial of James King, second en g ineer of Her Majesty's steamer Sheerwater, on five separate charges, viz., Ist, 2d, 4th, and sth, for drunkenness, and the 3rd for taking a case of spirits on board, contrary to written orders. On con sidering the evidence, the Court found the prisoner—on the first charge not guilty ; on the second charge, guilty ; thegonuilty; on the ft third charge, aggureilt,yg;uloltny.the fourth charge not The Court, in consideration of the previous good con duct of the prisoner up to the date of the first charge, sentenced him to be • dismissed from Her Majesty's steamer Shearwater, to be placed at the bottom of the list of third-class engineers, and not to be allowed to ad' vance to a higher class for the space of 12 months. I have received letters from Messina giving brilliant accounts of the visit of the King of Naples to that city, and the reception given to him. Balls, fetes, and illu minations were the order of the ' day, and His Majesty was much gratified at his reception. He bad pardoned very many of the political refugees, and will it is thought forgive many others. • The fleet will leave to-day for Gibraltar, whence a por tion will proceed to Lisbon, and a portion return here. I mentioned, in a recent letter, that a Court of In quiry had been held on Lieutenant M'Donald, of the Britannia, for nearly running into the Firebrand. I was misinformed. The officer brought before the Court and acquitted was Lieutenant M'Dougall, of the Firebrand. The India mail has arrived, and closes this morning early. There is no news of the least importance. The 18th, 80th, and 35th had left Rangoon for Prome, with a field battery and a company of artillery. Others would follow in three weeks. The Madras, from Southampton, has not arrived. She is fully due. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY. The Pitt, old 74, built at this dockyard in 1816, but never commissioned, is ordered to be converted into a coal depot, to be stationed at the Motherbank, to enable men-of-war to replenish their stock of fuel on an emer gency, without having to waste time and labour in dis. charging their powder, and to come into harbour to do so. It is reported, however, that the Pitt, after 36 years' inactivity, is so rotten as to be scarcely worth the expense of conversion, and this, we apprehend, is the case of too many of the ships in rdinary. The Russian frigate Pallas, 50, Captain Unkovsky, which arrived on Thursday, is to come to be docked for repairs prior to the pacific and Kamschatka, with Rear- Admiral Pontiatine, now in London, who will hoist his flag on board her here. A small iron screw steamer, the Fearless, of 200 tons, formerly engaged in the Bristol fruit trade, is now being fitted out by Mr. Camper, the yachtbuilder, of Gosport as a tender for the Pallas. The completion of the screw ships building in our dock yards is ordered to be expedited by the men being em ployed upon them at job and task work. A screw guard-ship is to be stationed at the Channel Islands to assist in their protection. The crews of her Majesty's yachts Victoria and Albert and Fairy were paid wages upon the new system (down to one month due) at they pay-office yesterday. The Frolic, 16, sailing-sloop, has undergone a thorough refit, and will be undocked to-morrow. The Egyptian Pasha's (Said's) yacht, Kassid Kheir, has been refitted, and is reedy to leave dock. The Gladiator, paddle-frigate, will take her place on Tuesday, to be overhauled and repaired. I PORTSMOUTH GARRISON.—GeneraI Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief the Army, Baron Ragland, Master-General of the Ordnance, and staffs, are expected at this port this week on a visit of inspection connected with the defence of the country. PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY. The gale on Friday night flooded all the lower parts of the towns of Plymouth, Totnes, and Teignmouth, and caused some damage amoung the shipping. These parts of the South Devon Railway near the sea at Dawlish and Laira were covered several inches deep in water. Her Majesty's frigate Indefatigable, Captain Smart, was towed from Sound yesterday by the Avon and Con fidence steamers into Hamoaze. To-morrow she will be placed alongside the jetty for the purpose of being dis mantled. Her crew will probably be paid off on Thurs day, and she will, it is said, be forthwith recommis sioned by Captain Hillyer. At 6 a.m. yesterday two line-of-battle ships were seen near the Start, with their heads off the land. Wind, S.E; SHEERNESS, SUNDAY. Her Majesty's cutter Active, Mr. Charles Anstey, Second Master -Commanding, left port yestercay morn. ing for Chatham on dockyard service. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Myrtle, Mr. W. S. Bourchier, Master -Commanding, having com pleted necessary repairs, has been removed from the basin to moorings in the harbour, and resumed the duties of tender to the Monarch, 84, guard-ship of the, ordi nary. Her Majesty's steam-vessel African, Second Master Gill, has made good her defects, and will be employed as heretofore as a steam-tug. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam ; vessel Cuckoo, 1, has been removed to moorings off Lapwell. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Lizard, em ployed as tender to the Monarch during the refitting of the Myrtle, was yesterday transported to moorings off the north end of the dockyard, preparatory to being taken into dock to have her copper overhauled. The officers and crews of her Majesty's ships Aga memnon, 92, London . 90, Horatio, 22, &c., were mus tered yesterday by the Hon. Montague Stopford, Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, and Flag-Captain to the Commander-in-Chief. P battalion consisting of 5 captains, 12 subalterns, 18 sergeants, 20 corporals, 15 drummers, and 300 privates of the Chatham Division of Royal Marines, and. 2 lieu tenant-colonel, 5 captains, 20 subalterns, 15 sergeants, 20 corporals, 8 drummers, and 300 privates of the Wool wich Division, under the command of Colonel Second Commandant Willes, with the field-adjutant and divi sional colours and band of the Chatham Division are under orders to form part of the funeral procession of the Duke of Wellington, on the 18th instant. Captain Farmar, of the Chatham Division of Royal Marines, has been granted a month's additional leave of absence, for thr benefit of his health. A yheesrteerodnayF.Friday t i forenoon,tide flowed gale blowing dlBvi fromoi ecnhtelEys.uShnigEtili se higher than usual, the sea, breaking over and washing away portions of the sea-wall at Miletown, and reaching very nearly the rear entrance to the Royal Hotel Gardens. Several artillerymen were employed until a late hour at night in filling up with with bags of sand the breaches in the embankment. Two Dutch barks, the J. C. Schotel, of Dordrecht, J. P. von Beest Holle, master, bound to Batavia, in ba llast, and the Java Packet, H. von der Ingeden, master, from Rotterdam, for Akyab, were assisted into harbour from theb E r za le e n th, R G an un ge fl r e , eatndanLdiaSlluanitkooSka,nds by the smacks The brig Robinson, of Hartlepool, Fofin,, and betts come into harbour with windlass, body, of _ broken, having lost an anchor and 90 fathom.s. board a chain and sustained sundry damages by being off Montrose. while at anchor, by the brig Charlotte., t in with loss of Several other vessels have a te° p anchors, chains, &c Whitstable.niaster has ent-street, Londost. IM.YORTANT MEDI _ Si9_ Reg ii g a mier., a" Just published, by • 2,1• 0 T. with Additions, -------4-161K ANE , GICAL WORKs, Edition, post free. as. 6d., Second rim s s . by IWO.. fil e tt l°t F lh A P LSE SPERMATORRIICEA. ON TRUE . with the to the Correction of wide-spread Errors and Cure of Su ff erers front Debility Of the ypochondriasis. the German of Dr. PICKFORD. Gencrati Translated from known to English readers by his frequent practi cal.. E r . PiClifOrd is t Cerman medical literature. This is the first c informs o , lit We us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi time, lie w. trust this may not be the last, if he shall 1 reader* ca other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his dotedr . n e t n o Y correct."—London In relation Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. v- . 7 The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this ~otost3o.eoteTmr:Vaoltmervfso euxt distress ing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Sperms torrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately described, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady "—Medical Circular, May 5, 1852 ' —" We have delayed so l ong upon the contents of the prelimin ary chapter, chapter, that we have sc arce l y left ourselves space f or any notice of the subject specially t reated of by Dr. Pickford; b u t the moderate price at which the ' b roc h ure ' is sold, places it w ithin the reach of every one Interest e d i n the matter."—Dublin Medical Pres s, A p r il 18,1852. THE CURE OF pies at on No. If. v° rinseTloitthic,pTriueletE3s.o6dF.,TbuyEpousti,frEereltilAs., , Ind: and apparently Intractable Forms. To which is added, a PR . RUATOR ce Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most IponjlrWr a_ t r e OBSERVATIONS ON THE TREATME NT OF SPE as: RIREA BY CAUTERIZATION BY F. B. COURTENAY, ... of England. Member of the ItoyalColie ; "Those who complain most loudly are t 1 .o . how to use the common instruments . about the sinwie cure of diseases, all the excesses and horrorsa o n per i n a d d i o lT n e s r e an nc a s The practice of sur giet s o flnseurfirgcle,:sooynlaynwd Danger. ii et o _ f ;i - ,,,;, , s be (Mr. C ourtenay) has geons has been marked with all kin.matrszdeo;fyp.vl,o,_6Bll jcononchnfee,r Bell's Surgical Observations.—" In proof of hi y s cases enccess t ..u._ u y treated,as bad gaisvaeinlythwebhicishtomryro.fsayingrecat m period of twelve Such ere cases ix., adduced, and xviii. No. ix. had it., xi,.. and on which he had operated. resisted, for a years, thkest.rena t u m t e c n a t se b s y x cli vi ll u t . a an tio d u, xix an . d a w pp as ear tin , w all removed in as many wee ks' co mplication of symptoms, of a more ag in duration, scvcrity,sf any gravated characte b y ilt. treatment adePted 7 detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the Courtenay proved eminently saccesaftu. tho Treatment of Stricture. —Preto:or I.l2ar_2_l The vacan t professorship of English language and literature at the London Universityhasbeen filled up by the appointment of Mr. David Maeson.—Mlle t 7 rt it °lt .n.". ? • • i k 7 N 8 414 . ti 2 ,3 ;ors < J and