The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-13 00:00:00

J Ji ..•~• 5 di ss% i.;!‘ It Of 4 . Tal 74 21% .... I% - 54 is - 6% 26% 1470 1411 . lOX 26% 3% i% .... g G LOUCESTER.—Arrd. Falcon, Buckingham, St. An linnes, New Brurswick. MELYORD, SEPT. 11.—Wind N. to N.N.E.—SId. Sun lower, Brazils. 14 ARY1PORT, 12.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Dykes, British A merica. CLroz, SEPT. 11.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. James Ewing. Maitland, Jamaica; Mount Stuart Elphinitone, Mar- I rn, New York. Std. Robin Gray, Valparaiso; Vulcan, t. Thomas; Peggy, Newport . nd t Jamaica; Thalestris, ou SZPT 11.—Wind N.W.— A rrd William Si llies, Canton. The following has been posted at Lloyd's NOTICE TO MARINERS. Danish Consulate General, London, Sept. 12, 1848. beg to inform you that I have this day re• ceived official advices, dated Copenhagen, the sth inst., s litting that the armistice concluded between the king dom of Denmark and the German States, on the 26th ~1 11 t, has been ratified, and that the vessels captured by 140 , Danes will, acco rdingly, be liberated as soon as pos -41,°16 ; also, that orders have been sent to the Commsn wera of his Majesty's sh ps, blockading hostile ports, to l ithe the blockade without delay. (Signed) (p.p.) FLETCHER WILSON, Danish Consul-General. J. PRIESTLEY, Secretary. Captain G. A. Halstead, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.I CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY Tkte present week's arrivals of English Wheat having terl small, the show of samples of that grain to - day was limited and of improved quality. Although the attend• truce of buyers was by no means large, the demand for %II descriptions was firm, and Monday's prices were well PPorted in every instance. There was a slight im rrorement in the sale for Foreign Wheat, both bonded and free; but we have no actual advance to notice in the quotations. Barley moved off steadily, at late rates; but Malt was dull in sale, with a very moderate supply ( 2 1 ) offer. For Oats, the supply of which was small, we dad a better demand, at an advance of 6d. per quarter. Valli, Peas, and Indian Corn, as well as Flour and ' o %l i were quite as dear. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. Flour. 1,490 qrs. 90 qrs. 80 qrs. I,l7oslkb 70 -- , 6,150 -- URllah Ilic l . 1 ' 14 42 7,660 I 740 Malt. 1,020 qrs. INTIIITECELAPEL. Our market was very steady to-day, and prices were Well supported in every instance. Beef, from 2s 8d to 31 6 d; Mutton, 38 6d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 4s to ss; Veal, 31 2d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Sibs by the Carcase. BOROUGH HOP MAREET. Several pockets of new Kent and Sussex pockets have been disposed of at from 90s to 105 s per cwt. A large 114 1 ) Ply may be expected by the end of the present week, picking is now becoming pretty general. In year- Brig and old Hops, so little is doing that prices are Almost nominal. The duty has advanced to 205,0001. Yearlings —Sussex pockets, 21 4s to 2/ 10s; Weald of rent ditto 21 6s to 2/ 12s ; Mid ,asid East Kent ditto, al 12s to 51 per cwt. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES. 13 0NCASTER, MONDAY NIGHT, TWELVE O'CLOCK. . Shortly after our parcel was dispatched for the express ttein this afternoon, Justice to Ireland made his appear- Linea on the race-course, and, with Templeman on his nu'ir, took a good gallop; this seeme to asure his "lends that he had received no material d injury s from his mishaps on the train, and on the strength of this impres -1100 a few pounds were laid out on him at 6 to 1, at Which price he remained up to the close of the betting— tbe general feeling, however, was by no means favourable. "'ninon was steady at 100 to 55, anything above which Would have been taken. Surplice was backed for a large turn at 3 t 01,5 to 2, and 2 to 1, and left off at 9 to 4, takers. xlatcatcher was backed in two or three quarters at an average of 7to 2. 25 to 1 offered agst Assault. 7to 4 was laid on The Flying Dutchman for the Champagne, and $ to 1 agst Lady Wildair for the Great Yorkshire filkodicap. The room was crowded for several hours, but business was exceedingly flat. TUESDAY. The night-trains brought a considerable accession of c'repany into the town, but not to the extent that might hove been expected from the importance attached to some the principal events; a great number of lodgings, therefore, are still unoccupied, and now that the opening of the railway to Askerne has completed a direct com munication with Liverpool, Manchester, and many of the great sporting towns in the north, and thereby enabled those who elect to do so, to come to the races and return t he same night, they are likely to remain so. The weather continues remarkably fine, and notwith atinding the badness of the entries, and the certainty of titan fields for all the races, there was a fair attendance. he following is as full a return of the day's sport as S weepstakes of 100 sovs, each; for four yrs old. Cup Course. (4 Subs.) Sir R. Bulkeley's Montpensier walked over ' 1 : 10 Cleveland Handicap of 20 SOTS. each, h ft, and only 5 , &c., with 60 added; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 sovs. towards expenses. One mile. (24 Subs., 10 of whom declared.) Duke of Bedford's Saddle, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Pettit) 1 Lord Clitden's Wunota, 4 yrs, Tat 51 b Drinkald's Good Boy, 3 yrs, sat 71b ... 3 Sir C. Monck's Vanish, 5 yrs, 7st 7lb Lord Warwick's Yardley, aged, 7st 91b 5 kr. Worthington's Sheraton, 5 yrs, Bst ... 6 Betting-6 to 4 mist Wanota, 7to 2 agst Saddle, 4to 1 agat Sharston, sto 1 agst Good Boy. Wanota made ,the running at a good pace, followed by Rodney, Yard 47,•and Saddle, Sharston next, and Vanish last. This Order continued to the stand, wherd Good Boy was beaten; and Saddle, challeng in g the favourite, defeated bun t cleverly by half a length , G ood Bo y beatin g Vanish h Y a head. Run in 1 min. 43 secs. Match, 100. Half a mile. LordLerd Stanley's Strongbow , B st 71 b ••• (Butler) 1 Glasgow's b f The Provost, Bst 41b ..• ... 2 5t02 on Strongbow, who won by two lengths. Run Le 51 secs. The Champagne Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ft; for two Yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Sat 51b; the second to save his stake, &c. Red House in. (32 Subs.) Lord Eglinton's The Flying Dutchman (Marson) 1 Lord Zetland's Ellen Middleton . 2 ) 1 1 r. B. Green's Cigarette ... ... 3 Colonel Anson's Raillery ... ••• . . ... 4 fir. Imperatrix ... 5 5 to 2 o n The Dutchman, who made nearly all the runni ng and won in a common canter. Run in 1 min. 13 ' secs. S weepstakes of 5 says. each; for two yrs old, &e. St. Leger Course. (4 Subs.) Ew bank's Louisa Newell, 4 yrs, 7st 11b... ... 1 kr. Whitworth's Ellen Loraine, 3 yrs, sst 71b ... 2 kr: Meiklam's Otterburn, 3 yrs, 6st 21b ... 3 kr. Hawke's Miss Harrison, Est 111 b Jh'en on Louisa Newell. Won in a canter. Time, 3 'um. 20 secs. LATEST ST. LEGER BETTING.—Two o'CLocx. 10 to 6 agst Canezou 6 to 1 agst Justice to Ire -10 to 6 sgst Surplice I laud 7 to 2 apt Flatcatcher Springy Jack will not start. It is thought that the starters will be confined to the abov e fo ur , Cannibal, Assault, Sponge , and Besborou g h. Broth er to Swallow is here, but is very doubtful. xecREtoTr IORESIIIR E HANDICAP. to 1 agst Eu 6 to 1 agst a to 1 agst Lady Wildair CESAREWITCH STARES. • 12 to 1 agst The Cur. The ground continues in the best possible order. DONCASTER, TUESDAY NIGHT. LATEST ST. LEGER BETTING, 2 to 1 agst Caneziu—t 5 to 1 agst Justice to Ire 2, to 1 agst Surplice—t land to 2 agst Fla t atcher—t 30 to 1 agst Assault YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 4 : t o I agst Executor 6 to 1 agst " to 1 agst Ludy Wildair CSSAREWITCH. 12 to I a pt The Cur 1 25 to 1 agst Meaux 25 to 1 agst Executor DERBY, 1849. 11 to 2 agst The Flying Dutchman—taken - - ALL ENGLAND. Clark, c Crookes, b Smith • 8 Dean, c Ditchburn , b Smith .„ ... 16 4 Martingell, c and b Sm ith Parr, b Smith ... ... 22 A. Mynn, Esq., b Smith: 9 N. Felix, Esq., c Beldon, b Lambert ... 13 R. a. King, Esq., c Bell, b Smith ~, 5 Dorrinton, b Lambert ..• ••• ... 14 Sewell, ran out ... "' 6 Guy, b Bell ••• "' 9 Hillyer, not out Byes 13, wide 9 ..• 22 DISHOPSWEARMOUTII. J. W. Elliott, Esq., b Clark ... 4 W. H. Crookes, EsQ., bllyar ... 5 W. Beldon, Esq., Parr, b Ilillyer 0 P. Ditchburn, Esq., cllyer, b Clark 0 Booth, b Clark ... I P. Smith, c Dorrinton, b Clark ... 0 Redshaw, not out ... . . 0 J. Peacock, Esq., not out ..• ... 0 Byes, 1 ... 1 CRICKET. THE ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND v. TWENTY TWO OF BISHOPSWEALIMOUTII AND DIS TRICT. From Ripon the Eleven of England wended their way to Sunderland, where they were on Monday met by twenty•two of that district. From the exhibition, so far as it has gone, however, it will be inferred that the play at Sunderland has not as yet made any very great pro gress. At this place the Eleven made the largest score they have yet been able to accomplish during the cir play the score stood trait. At the close of Monday's A GOOD CIISTOMER.—A short time ago a maiden lads was in the habit of sending to a certain post-office, not in this county, to purchase a shilling's worth of . 4 . l Zueen's head s , w hi c h o f cours e she duly received. At l et she wrot e a p o lit e note t o th e p os t mas ter, requesting but to give her thirteen to the dozen, which he ought s to do, a; she never dealt at any other shop, or put her kettne tato inq other post-office.—Hereford Times. TIIE SUN, LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER l3 1848. DEFENCE OF LAMARTINE. Our promised translation of the pamphlet recently penned by M. de Lamartine has been unavoidably delayed by the non-arrival of our copy of the original from Paris. As yet we have not been able to obtain an, impression of the " Letter to the Ten Depart ments, &c." We can only account for this delay from the circumstance of the first edition having been bought up with such avidity by the Parisians•them selves as to prevent the possibility of its exportation yet awhile. Immediately, however, that a copy of this celebrated brochure reaches our hands we will re sume our translation from its pages. It will be re membered that our fragment—namely, the first ac cusation and its rebuttal—has already appeared in The Sun; and for the opportnnity of giving an English version of even that passage we must ac knowledge ourselves indebted to the Paris journal the Commerce, which had adorned its columns with those excerpts in their original language. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. THE KAFIRS. (From the Cape Shipping Gazette, of June 29.) According to the accounts received by yesterday's post several depredations have again been recently committed. _ _ --------------- The Grahams Town Joatrnal notices, among others, the following as a case of great audacity " Lieutenant Dawson, 45th Regiment, while proceed ing, on Monday, from Fort White to Fort Cox (a dis tance of seven or eight miles), in British Kafraria, was stopped by two Kafirs, who robbed him of his coat, sad dle-bag, containing some wearing apparel, shot-belt, and powder-flask. They also took the bridle off his horse, leaving Lieut. Dawson to resume his journey as he best could. lie had been out shooting, but had fortuately (or perhaps unfortunately) left his gun at Fort White. He had some money about him, and this, it is stated, was taken with his other property—in fact, stripping him of every portable article, except his shirt and trousers, and in which plight he had to find his way to quarters." NATAL. The accounts from Natal by the Gem are of a favourable character. There is, however, nothing special to note, beyond the tranquillity and pros perity of the settlement. The best evidence of the progress of the colony is that which the vessel brings, in the shape of 120 bales of Natal cotton. These, according to the Natal Witness, are to be regarded as merely the earnest of many thousands which, within a very short period, will be shipped from the ports of the colony. Tile following paragraph from the same paper, contains information of some interest : " On Saturday last, the bar was sounded by the port captain, and at half-tide twelve feet of water was found. This clearly proves our bar is not so dangerous as has been represented; for, even six days previous to full moon, this quantity of water was found at half-tide. What then would be the case on the full and change, and high tides? We should say, sufficient to bring over vessels of large burden; and a small outlay of capital, judiciously employed, is all that is required to prove our harbour can be entered with the greatest safety." It is satisfactory to know, from the statement made by the Colonial Secretary at the meeting of Council on Tuesday, that the construction of the sea wall in 'fable Bay, and the prosecution of other important improvements in the ports of the colony, are only delayed by the need of a competent director and superintendent. This want, there is every reason to believe, will soon be supplied. We may, therefore, hope, before the close of the year, to see several of the useful works to which we have referred in pro gress. It is currently rumoured that the Earl of Elgin I will not continue long at the head of affairs in Canada, owing to the delicate state of the Countess's health. DEATH OF SIR HUGH EVELYN, BART.—This vene rable Baronet, whose name may be familiar to the public from the fact of his being the lineal descendant of John Evelyn, the distinguished author of " Silva," and also of George Evelyn, who first introduced gunpowder into England, died on the 11th instant at his residence on Forest-hill, Sydenham, at the advanced age of 80. The decased married a Miss Hathaway, of Southwark, but not having any issue, the title becomes extinct. DEATH OF MAJOR PHILTOTTB.—Major Philpotts, who, since his recent arrival from India, had been resid ing with the Rev. Mr. Anderson, of Keswick, died sud denly at the Queen's Head Hotel, Newcastle, on Thurs day evening last. He had travelled to that town by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, and on arriving at the hotel was conducted to an upstairs apartment, where in half an hour afterwards he was discovered by one of the servants lying lifeless on the floor. The advice of Mr. Newton, Sir John Fife, and Mr. Glenton, was obtained, and those gentlemen pronounced that life had been some time extinct, owing to the bursting of a blood vessel, accelerated, in all probability, by some other disease under which the Major was labouring. An inquest was held on the following day, and a verdict returned of— " Died by the visitation of God." CHARTIST APPREHENSIONS.—MANCHESTER, TUES DAY AFTERNOON --This morning the Rev. Joseph Barker was brought up at the Borough Court by Mr. Beswick, Chief Superintendent of Police, on a charge of sedition. He was arrested at Bolton last night, having intended to speak from the hustings at the nomination, this day.—Mr. Richardson, solicitor, Bolton, said he ap peared on behalf of Mr. Barker, to suggest certain names as bap. Mr. Harris, Superintendent of Police at Bolton, had seen the names, and knew them to be good.—The gm nweoaoswyrtne. Magistrate nn mt o r said .Mrßichardson h Beswickt at they said must tha that that b he eat e wA c ol e ur r i t d i fiHed write i i rt n i es the oh va etr proper sthis morning, s. gcOgurivt.ingMhri.B A o i p a i u n d i e o t oof thethe p b r a i i s l 0 . n e T r e isv b a h i a l t were now in court. Mr. Maude, to the prisoner—What areare you? Mr. Barker—l am a printer and publisher at Wortley, near Leeds. Mr. Maude—We must call upon you to find bail, yourself in 2001., and two su re ti es a t 1001. each, for your a pp earance to answer this charge. If you can satisfy Mr. B esw i c k o f t h e suff i c i ency of your hail we cannot refuse t o t a k e i t. M r. Richardson— You 3 cannot hear that question now.—Mr. Maude—No, we must have notice. The p r i soner was then removed.' Before the Court rose, Mr. Ivie Mackie, wine -merchant Ducie place, and Mr. James Hibbert, shopkeeper, Oldham-street, tendered them se l ves as b a i l for Mr. Barker, and, being accepted, Mr. Barker was liberated from custody. FIRE AT SEA.—The steamer Motala, belonging to the Swedish Government, caught fire off Tjarholvad, On it s way from Stockholm, on the 27th ult., and in a short time the greater part of the deck was in flames. The commandant succeeded in running the vessel on a sand bank, and assistance was rendered from the land. All the passengers and crew were saved, but notwithstanding all the efforts employed the fire could not be got under for an hour-ard-a-half, by which time the upper part of the vessel and the greater portion of the cargo were destroyed. Some few articles, however, were thrown into the sea, and among them two pianos of Erard of Paris. The steam-engine of 80-horse power only sue stained slight injuries, and was removed to Blookunstallen, LITERATURE. NASOLOGY; or, HINTS TO THE CLASSIFI CA7ION OF NOSES. By Eden Warwick. 1 Vol. Times innumerable we have entered on the perusal of some new work with a feeling of eager and plea surable expectation incited by the attractive promises of the title-page ; but again and again we have expe rienced the fallacy of expectations derived from such a source. What is in a name ? we cry with Shaks pere, when we find, as is too often the case, a most attractive title affixed to some most uninteresting work. And what is in a name ? we may again very correctly repeat, when we find in the instance before us an almost repulsive, or, to say the least of it, a somewhat unattractive name attached to a very inter esting and attractive book. We must confess we took up " Nasology" with no very strong predilection in its favour; but we must also, in common honesty, admit that on laying it aside we were dis posed to consider it one of the most agreeable and interesting volumes it had fallen to our lot to peruse for a considerable time. In the first place the reader becomes favourably disposed to wards the author's idea, because it appeals to his sense of justice. All human features have in their turn been the subjects of peculiar panegyric, save and except the nose ! It would be impossible to enume rate a hundredth part of the fine things which poets have said in praise of the visual organs from those of the maiden "now brightly bold, now beautifully shy," to those of the hero which " melted in love, and and which kindled in war"—the lips, again, as vide Sir John Suckling and all his predecessors and followers in the paths of poesy, have been the subjects of especial commemoration—nor have the cheeks, robed in " Loves proper hue"—" the lovely hue which comes and flies"—been in want of eulogists ; while the brow and the head have been seized upon by the phrenologist, and subjected to the most ac curate analysation— but the nose has hitherto inspired neither poet nor philosopner. The nose has been the subject of much unmerited neglect until the advent of Mr. Eden Warwick, who, under taking the justification of this ill-used member, has acquitted himself of his task in a manner highly creditable both to himself and to his subject. His very philosophical " hints" are of a similar character to the speculations of the phrenologist. He considers the nose as a strong indication of individual character, as will at once be seen by an enumeration of the six divisions of his "classification of noses." First, there is the Roman nose, which especially indicates strength of mind and firmness of purpose, with various other qualities which we have not time to particularise : next there is the Greek nose, which is an evidence of refinement and intellectual ability ; it is generally the accompaniment of a poetic temperament, but unless it verge on the Roman-Greek, or Grceco Roman, its possessor will be deficient in resolution. Thirdly, there is the Hawk, or Jewish nose, the peculiar mark of cunning and shrewdness. Fourthly, there is the wide-nostrilled, or Cogitative nose, which indicates a cogitative or thoughtful mind. This, according to Mr. Eden Warwick, is immea sureably the best nose, or at least it is an indication of very valuable characteristics. The Cogitative nose, when combined with the Greek or Roman, is the dis tinguishing type of all great men, and as all who pe ruse this agreeable book will doubtless wish them selves possessed of this desideratum, the author has kindly introduced a chapter telling his readers " How to get a Cogitative Nose." But to proceed with our category. The fifth class contains the turn-up, or as the classifier terms it " poetice, the Celestial nose." This is by no means the index of a celestial character, the epithet only refers to the direction of the nose itself, otherwise the term would be quite of the lucus a nen lacendo character. The more celestial the nose the less celestial is the disposition of its pos sessor ; a " genuine celestial " is the mark of impudence. Forwardness, and self-sufficiency are, in a more or less degree, generally the accompaniment of the celestial nose. The phy siologist, however, naturally desiring to conciliate his fair readers, has gallantly made an exception in their favour—with ladies, the celestial nose is an indi cative, not of impudence, but of wit ! Perhaps in this distinction he is not far wrong, at least, according to the ordinary estimation of the world, for many a bit of salient raillery or playful badinage is received with a smile or a bow when coining from ladies' lips, which, if uttered by harsher voices, would q , ive rise to rumours of horsewhips and "satisfaction. Sixth, and lust in the class of noses, is the Snub nose, which is indeed not only last but least, according to the diagrams and definitions of Mr. Eden Warwick. This nose is not so much an indication of character as of want of character, i. e., of downright stupidity. Such are the classes into which the vindicator of the rights of noses has divided those members of the human face. The enumeration w e have given is but the skeleton of Mr. Warwick's very interesting work. His definitions are illustrated by both pencil and pen and ink examples. We are shown specimens of all the various kinds of noses mentioned, and portraits of historical characters whose careers serve to illustrate the author's theory. We have neither time nor space to particularise these very interesting illustrations, and supposing we had both time and space we should be loth to deprive the reader of the pleasure and ad vantage of studying them for himself. under Mr. Warwick's agreeable guidance. After dwelling upon the characters of individual noses, Mr. Warwick pro ceeds to remark upon " national noses ;" but we have already followed him far enough, and therefore take our leave of him, commending the volume on " Nasology" to our readers as an interesting, in structive, amusing, and agreeable work, notwith standing the contrary expectations which its name may chance to suggest. NARRATIVE OF THE E XPEDITI ON TO THE AIGER IN 1841. By Captain Allen, R.N., and Dr. 7 Itornson. 2 Vole. In the month of May, 1841, three steam vessels left England, bound on a distant and perilous expe dition—an expedition holy in its object, auspicious in it s co mmencement, but unfortunate in its conse• quences. All that science could suggest, or the precautionary appliances of human ingenuity could vessels devi d devise, were made atdoethuisse arduous n i o n ns th a e n c d on p s e t r r t u l c o t n i s on a o d f ve th n e_ interest ture. The preparations excited general and attention; even royalty took part in , t , he initiatory v proceedings ; and when at length the n Albert, the " Wilberforce," and the " Soudan weighed anchor and steered their course towards the shores of Africa, the warm sympathies and anxious hopes of many thousand hearts went with them. The object of this expedition was the suppression of the slave trade. Al! other means having proved fruitless, it was proposed, to arrest that unholy traffic at its source. The Go vernment, accordingly, resolved to send out an expe dition which should ascend the river Niger and its great tributary streams by means of steam- boats, with the view of entering into commercial relations with those chiefs and powers on its banks within whose dominions the internal slave-trade of Africa was carried on, and th e ex t erna l s l ave -t ra de supplied with its victims. Such was the object of the "Niger Expedition ;" the fortunes of which expedition are faithfully narrated in the volumes now before us— volumes bountifully adorned with pictorial illustra tions and crowded with anecdotes and adventures. Captain Allen has here distinguished himself in a threefold capacity—as an artist, an author, and a commander. The drawings are from his pencil, the narrative is for the most part from his pen, and, throughout the expedition, he was continually placed in most arduous and responsible situations, in which his abilities were fully tested and his perseverance and fortitude fully proved. The narrative of this momentous expedition is necessarily most inte resting : the only f a ult we h ave to f i nd with it—a fault whi c h some persons will perhaps consider an additional merit—is a too great elaboration of details. The style is natural and agreeable, and the details of which we speak never become wearisome. The most i n t erest i ng port i ons are perhaps those which reter to the native tribes visited by the captains of the vessels in their charac ter of her Majesty's Commissioners. Some of the interviews, or palavers, as they are termed, between the strangely snatched parties to the n ego ti at i ons are mo st amusing. One king Abs, who, nevertheless, acceded to the terms of the treaty propo se d b y hi s sister Sovereign , g rew impatient of the embarrassing questions and long exordiums of her Majesty's emis saries, and at length put an end to the conference by exclaiming, " The slave palaver is all over now, a n d I do not wish to hear any mo r e of it. Notwith standing the impatience of this individual king, the Commissioners were on the whole favourabl y received by the blacks. The expedition was, however, soon arrested in its progress by the sickness of the crews of all the vessels. The Soudan was sent down the river with the sick, and the other ships endeavoured to continue their :course, but in vain; and while the indefatigable Captain Allen was endeavouring to make one more attempt, orders were received from the English Government putting an end to the unhappy expedition. No pains have been spared to render these volumes a complete and authentic history of the expedition. The appendix contains the instructions from the Admiralty an d a ll o th er o ffi c ial documents relating to the expedition, to which is added an elaborate " esti ma t e o f expenses, " toget h er w ith th e " vital statistics of the expedition at its close." Cap tain Allen has prefixed to his narrative accounts of all former Africa rieat owexpeditions ar a r nd at ive explorationsr refers, of , and h as thata added of d t to it some interesting remarks respecting the negro inhabitants of Southern Africa. Annexed to these is a vocabulary , containi ng numerous words in various African dialects, and also a dictionary of the natural history of the country. Besid es th e p i ctor i al illus trations to which we have already referred, these volumes are rendered more valuabl e b y accurate maps of the Niger and the part of Africa through which the Niger flows. To the conclusion of his " Narrative " Captain Allen has appended some very sensible remarks upon the slava question and upon the best mode of ameliorating the condition of the African. His method is the old established one—" Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow." He considers that it would be a far wiser and more efficacious course for Eng land, in-tead of attempting the impossible task of giving her civilization and her customs to the Afri cans, to assist them in developing their own civiliza tion, and reforming and civilizing their own customs. He would found native colonies at the confluences of the rivers and other places, and entrust to these natives the task of maintaining the liberty of their fellow countrymen. But we do injustice to Captain Allen's idea by this rapid sketch of it; we must refer our readers to the original proposition, which is to be found at the conclusion of the second volume of this narrative. It is well worthy of attention, and we doubt not that some day this scheme, or a scheme somewhat analogous to it, will be put in practice. NEW MUSIC. I WAS DREWr AMING OF THEE, CICATTY.Written by II . J. Jewell. Composed by 11 eilinyton Guernsey. A characteristic melody, simple but pretty, nicely harmonised, and well adapted. THE GUADALQUIVER and MUNTAZA ZE MANI. Two Ballads, written by Austioick West brook, Esq., the Music by the above-named talented Composer. The poetry of these charming ballads is decidedly superior to the general run of compositions of this kind, and the music is of that pleasing and catching character that we have no doubt of their popularity. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SUNDAY, SEPT. 10.— II er Majesty and his Royal Highness, accompanied by the Countess of G-ainsborough, Viscountess Canning, and the rest of the Royal suite, attended Divine service this morning at the Established Church of Scotland at Crathie. The service was performed by the Rev. Mr. An derson. THE NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL. NORWICH, SEPT. 12.—The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service at the Cathedral this morning, which was crowded in every part. His Royal Highness afterwards, accompanied by the Bishop, visited the exhibition of pictures, the flower show, the Hall of Commerce, the National School, and other public institutions in the town. The streets have been thronged throughout the day with people all anxious to testify their respect for the illustrious visitor. It is now one-and-twenty years since a member of the royal family (namely the late Duke of Sussex) visited the ancient city of Norwich, and the excitement which such an event occasions may be well imagined. The rehearsals have been continued to-day at St. Andrew's hall. The concert this evening bids fair to draw a crowded audience. The theatre is open for the week, Miss Helen Faucit being the " star." She performs this evening in the Hunchback. THE HARVEST. We are happy to state that the weather, since last week, has been all that could be wished for agricultural purposes, and farmers, with the most praiseworthy ex ertions, are busily engaged cutting their crops, and housing such as is considered fit for leading. Corn in this neighbourhood is in excellent condition; and, if the present weather holds, our harvest operations will soon be brought to a close. Tho crops generally are not heavy, but the quality is highly satisfactory. Potatoes are, in many places, a sad failure; but with a continua tion of the present fine, warm, dry weather, it is confi dently hoped that the blight may not prove so disastrous as was imagined.—Hull Advertiser. Fortunately for the country the unfavourable weather which we alluded to as having retarded the harvest in the beginning of last week, cleared up on Friday, since which day it has been as favourable as could be wished. The consequence is, that a large quantity of grain has been cut, and a fair portion carted in excellent condi tion.—Carlisle Journal. Since last week harvest operations have made considerable advances. The corn in this neighbourhood is, generally speaking, ready for the sickle, and considerable progress has been made in housing, or stacking that previously cut. Last week, with the exceptio❑ of Tuesday, which was partially wet, has been one uninterrupted week of splendid sunshine, and has materially assisted, not only in bringing to maturity, but in improving the quality of the yield, so that those persons who profess to be prac tically acquainted with the subject, give it as their opi nion that the product in this locality will be what is termed a full average. The continuance of favourable weather will also have a very beneficial influence in ripening a large breadth of oats now growing in some of the higher districts of Craven. With the exception of small patches of after-grass, the hay harvest, even in the most elevated situations in this locality, is now completed, and will be found an average yield.—Leeds Mercury. The prospect of the harvest farther north are most cheering. In Bedlingtonshire, and along the whole east coast of Northumberland, from the Tyne to the Coquet, hardly a rig of wheat rema i ns uncut. O a t s are , i n many places, backward, b ut the present fine weather will bring them fast forw ar d . Turnips prom i se f a i r ly ; and potatoes are pretty ce rta i n to turn ou t a grea t deal better than was feared. Generally speaking, in that part of the country there is likely to be a fair average yield of food, both for man and beast. The roads swarm with Irish, the supply of whom far exceeds the demand, and the great bulk of them appear to have come too late. Last Sunday afternoon not less than three or four thousand attended the harvest hiring at Morpeth, most of whom failed in securing employ. ment. In our own immediate neighbourhood the wheat crops almost everywhere are off the ground. Various opinions prevail as to the probable yield; but there need be little doubt that, on the whole, the harvest will be fully an average one, so far as this country side goes. A very few days more of fine weather will suffice to win all the wheat on this side the border. Shearers' wages are just about one-half of what they were last year.— Newcmitle Guardian. CARDIGAN.—The recent fine weather has quite en livened the farmers in this neighbourhood, and the corn of every description is being rapidly got in. A portion of the various crops has been already secured.—Car narvon Herald. CARNARVON.—The weather in this part of the Princi pality has of late been very fine, affording the farmers a good opportunity of securing their crops, and the yields of a heat, barley, and oats, in thisneighbourhood at least, have been plentiful.—Carnarvon Herald. The glorious weather of the last fortnight has put a new complexion on the prospects of the coming winter. In Kent generally very little corn is now out, and if the weather hold up for a few days more the fields will be entirely cleared. The accounts of the potato crop are various, and in some sort gloomy; but we believe the disease is not so wide-spread as was at one time antici pated.—Dover Chronicle. TICEHURST. —We aresorry to say that the wheats have been considerably injured in this locality by the heavy rains and uncommonly damp state of the atmosphere. Where little or no attention was paid to the shocks, the corn sprouted, became quite green, and the sheaves were literally matted together; much of it was stacked in a very damp condition. Since the fine weather has set in, harvest operations have been actively performed, and it is to be hoped the produce of the northern districts of the king dom will be secured in a much better state than ours has been. The hops have been battered about by the stormy winds, and will, according . to the present ap pearances, be small. The glorious weather we have had lately should elicit the warmest gratitude to the Author of all good. The potato disease is general with us, and we fear but very few sound ones will be obtained.— Dover Chronicle. Another week of fine seasonable weather, with the exception of Sunday night and Tuesday afternoon, has enabled the farmers throughout the county to clear the corn-fields of nearly all the wheat, in excellent condi tion. In the colder districts the season has, on the whole, been by no means unfavourable; and the same remark applies to the later sown crop in the more genial dis tricts. The chief mischief has occurred in the open and usually early parts of the county. The week has been a busy one all along the western border of the county, and in the adjoining valleys of Radnorshire, Brecon, and Monmouthshire. The cutting of wheat, oats, and barley, and the making of hay, have in many cases gone on this week simultaneously. The potato failure is, unfortunately, quite as extensive as we had previously understood. The Sall 11 of the fields its many parts is quite offensive to the passenger along the roads. Every . here we learn that plots of this tuber, which were per fectly sound and of excellent quality up to the last few weeks, have begun to decay. Many persons anticipate that the effect will ultimately be to render the potato only available in future as an early vegetable. The weather has produced its natural effect upon that fickle plant, the hop. The bine has made great advances, and the conditi on o f t h e b urr i s qu i te as f avou rable as could have been hop e d f or , cons id er i ng th e s t a t e of the season. The duty is estimated at 17,0001. or 18,0001. for the district; and indeed some persons are sanguine enough to talk of 20.0001., the sum named before the cold tem pestuous weather of the latter weeks of August; but we have not heard of anything being done at such an estimate. Should this weather continue, however, such un advance will be by no means unlikely. n i ____ many parts of the county the growers have engaged their pickers, and will commence on Monday; in some places they have already begun.—Hereford Times. A SHBURTON.—The weather has been exceedingly fa vourable for the closing of the corn harvest, which, with the exception of a few fields that were sown late, and not as yet fit for the sickle, has terminated.— Western Times. CREDITON.—NearIy all the barley has been saved in this neighbourhood in capital condition.— Western Times. NEWLY N, WEDNESDAY.—The favourable change of weather within the last few days has acted beneficially upon the corn crops, and caused a stirring among the whole body of yeomanry. The harvest is now on all sides proceeding in a very satisfactory manner. We hope, however, that the rain which has fallen during the past night will neither cause any serious damage, nor be of any long duration.—Cornwall Royal Gazette. W ADEBRIDGE —The recent glorious weather _ caused the greatest activity in this neighbourhood, so e has that the greater part, indeed, nearly the whole of the corn, is now safely housed, and in much better condition than was expected .—Cornwall Royal Gczetle. The harvest in the neighbourhood of Risca, Abercarn, Mynyddyslwyn, Newbridge, Bedwellty, Gellygaer,bB4C;; is progressing steadily. A great deal of corn has been secured in good condition, although there is still a con siderable quantity in shock, and some uncut , but not in jured. There is also a quantity of hay here and there, many of the farmers being obliged to turn th eir attention exclusively to the corn harvest.—Monmouthshire Mer lin. The weather for the last four or five days h as been all that could be wished for. The warmth and th e sunshine have egain visited us, and gladdened every heart. A few fields in this neighbourhood, belonging to Mr. Jame, skinner, &c., we perceive, have yielded a second crop of hay. The harvest has proceeded with all the possible rapidity which the condition of the crops per mitted. The accounts from every quarter are of a cheer ing character.—Cambrian. I)ARLINCTON.—We are, happily, again able to report a week of progress in the harvest field ; for, though visited during that period with occasional rains, no lengthy or serious detention to operations has even re sulted. Though the sickle has been busily employed, the wheat stooks have, from prudential motives, so soon us dry, quickly disappeared, and in many instances the bare stubble appears, while the adjoining crop is not yet sheared. Spring wheat and crops on late land need, however, a continuance of sun, otherwise they will severe ly detract both in quality and quantity. Instances of the pota t o disease are being more g enera ll y favouredT e bul bulk by of reported, though suc h are found to be confined very locally, and n u t even then, to be so devastating as befor e . :owin g mostly good, and those the season, vigorous and plentiful.— Yorkshireman. DRIFTIELD.—The uninterrup t ed continuance of th e vigilant green sep cropsv isiison re glorious weath e r of the last ten days has enabl e d f armers era on the Yorkshire Wolds to secure a great breadth of the wheat crop in very fine condition, and, happily, the fears which filled every breast a fortnight ago, as to the result of the harvest, have been dispelled. In this important district scarcely any sprouted corn exists, except in a few instances where seeds had been sown with the crops, and the sun and rain could not penetrate. Th e w he at , crops being rather light in the straw, corn was not laid, and was thus prevented being injured by the continued wet weather. At Driffield market on the 31st ultimo, the effects of this glorious change were sensibly felt in the turn of the previous upward tendency of prices ; and the fall of 6s. per quarter at the principal markets has to the gloomy prospects of a p proaching given winter a cheering and different aspect. On Monday the wind veered round from north to south, and the day was very sultry; on Tuesday night there was a rather heavy fall of rain for several hours, but on Wednesday the weather was again fine with a drying breeze. Should the weather continue fine during the week, the whole of the wheat in the neighbourhood of Driffield is expected to be housed.— Yorkshireman. SNAlTlL—Althi.ugh we have bad occasional showers we have had more than a week of fine sunny wea ther, accompanied with a brisk wind, which has con tributed materially to the dryin of the corn, and getting in the crops in good condition. The com plaint in this district, however, is general that the crop will be far short of an average. Our only anchor of hope is that the splendid weather of the last week may check the potato disease, which is exceedingly prevalent among the early varieties on the low sand land. The late crops, however, are looking remarkably well, and with the prospect of a plentiful supply of turnips, we trust the fear of any great scarcity is without founda tion.— Yorkshirtman.• BARNSLEY. —Harvest operations continue to proceed rapidly in this neighbourhood. We have had above a week of fine weather, in which a great quantity of wheat has been secured in good condition, should the weather still continue favourable, a few more sunny days will see most of the precious grain safely gathered in. The potato disease seems generally prevalent in a greater or less degree ; but as there has been a greater quantity planted this year than the last, we hope, after a ll, th a t scarc ity an d dearness will not be experienced to that extent which is anticipated by the fearful and complaining.—Hull Advertiser. PoTAToEs.—Some of cur potato growers have com menced taking up their crops, though the larger growers generally defer it until the close of the harvest. The disease appears to be general and most parties are anxious to have them up and sorted. The produce in the field is not so much tainted as the earlier sorts in the garden, where from one-fourth to one-third are unfit for use. No apprehension is felt in this district of any scarcity; the produce is so abundant, and the breadth of land planted of a greater extent than on any previous year.— Yorkshirchan. In the neighbourhood of Kelso harvest work is now far advanced. The greater part of the grain has yielded to the sickle, and a portion of it is already in the stack yard. Labour, from the commencement of harvest, has been abundant, and farmers have thus been enabled to avail themselves of every favourable hour fur shearing or leading. At the Dunse market, for engaging shearers for the week, there was a great attendance of Irish reapers, but few farmers to hire them—wages with 'vic tuals, from 9s. to 10s. per week. The operation of shear ing will be nearly over by the end of the week; and if this dry and favourable weather continues a large por tion will be stocked and secured in the barn-yard.— Kelso Mail. WINCHESTER.—The weather, during the past week, has been highly favourable to harvest operations; most of the wheat and a large portion of the barley is now se curely housed. The potato disease still progresses; in digging, a very large portion of the tubers are found to be entirely decayed.—Hampshire Independent. ANDoVER.—Here everything depends on the success ful operations of apiculture; and the very long unset tled state of the atmosphere has prevented the labourer from following his out-door work with advantage to himself or his employer. The frequent showers have precluded the possibility of turnip-hoeing, and we never saw so many acres of this plant not hoed out as is to be observed this season. The hay season and harvest were equally unfavourable for labour. The labourers, con sequently, accustomed to these occupations, have been unable to work their full time, and lay by that portion of money which they look forward to at this period to pay their house rent, firing, and lay in their little stock of clothes.—Hampshire Independent. RUGIIY.—The very favourable weather that has conti nued, with the exception of a slight interruption on Thursday, during the last ten days, has caused quite a clearance to be made iu this neighbourhood, and it affords us considerable satisfaction to find that the wheat pre sents every appearance of being an average crop, both as regards quantity and quality. With respect to barley and oats, from the late period of the year at which they beingwere last sowed, they instead h a e v f ec n r s h t a nge t h isd season, places with h and t t he e wheat, proba bility is that neither the yield nor the quality will be so good as last year's produce.—Coventry Herald. LEICESTER6HIRE.—The favourable change of weather has materially improved the harvest prospects. Since the commencement of the present month a great quan tity of corn has been got in under the most favourable circumstances, and the quality of the grain is less injured from the long wet weather than could have been expected. Some corn in the early harvest was carried in a very damp state, and will be long ere it is fit for use, and of second rate quality. We are happy to be able to state that no injury has been sustained which will render the wheaten flour unsound, therefore we shall have bread of good quality. Notwithstanding all the forebodings of a scanty produce, we indulge the hope that it will not be materially below an average, yet, certainly less than last year. The great bulk of white corn in this vicinity is secured, and if the present fine weather continues a short time longer, the late barley crop will be well got in, and the harvest concluded. We regret that no improvement is visible in the potato crops, and they are decidedly more affected with the disease in this neighbourhood than last year.—Lincoln Mercury. GREAT VIADUCT ACROSS THE DEE, IN THE VALE OF LLANGOLLEN. While the speed to be attained by mechanical inge nuity is being intensely considered, the architecture of our railways is not forgotten, and we feel pleased to have it in our power to notice one of the most daring and stu peivnednourissee.fforNtvseorf e s f k e i r ll te an t d he ar g t re to nt wvihaidcuhetthneerw in railway of completion across the valley of the Dec, in the vale of Llangollen, the dimensions of which surpass anything of the kind in the world. While the tubular bridges across the Menai Straits and Con way River are, from their novelty, attracting much yo has given a s e s u attention, the undertaking referred to has proceeded nearly to completion without any considerable notice being taken of it. Its vastness of proportions may • be better conceived when it is stated that in magni tude it far exceeds what is considered the greatest effort of human skill in connexion with railway com munication—the Stockport viaduct. The Dee via duct (for this is the term given to the one at Llan gollen) is upwards of 150 feet above the level of the river —being 30 feet higher than the Stockport viaduct, and 34 feet higher than the Menai bridge. It is supported by 19 arches of 90 feet span, and its length is upwards of 1,530 ieet, or nearly one-third of a mile. The out s line of the structure is perhaps one of the handsomest that could have bean conceived, both as regards its chaste style and attractive finish, and its general ap pearance is considerably enhanced by the roundness of the arches, which are enriched by massive coins, and the curvilinear batter of the piers; this style of archi tecture imparts a grace and beauty to the structure without impairing its strength. The greatest attention seems to have been paid to the abutments—the only part of the erection, in reality, where any decora tive display could bo made. In the middle of both, on each side, there are beautifully executed niches in the Corinthian order, in addition to some highly finisht,cl masonry. The piers are neatly wrought at the angles, and at the base of nearly each there is a bedding of upwards of 460 square feet of masonry. With the exce.ption of the entradoes of the arcbes,which as t h e durable,whole structure equal in is sre built composed n o t f i 11 l s u t e o s n o e r t if o f n b e r brick, t richness and brilliancy to Darlydale. The viaduct has an inclination from end to end of ten feet, and connects that part of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway be tween Rhos-y-Medre and Chirk. Viewed from beneath, the vast structure presents a noble and truly grand appearance, and its bold pro portions with its height cannot fail to call forth ad miration from the most indifferent beholder. While the view below develops what art can accomplish, that from the summit surpasses in richness and luxuriance of the picturesque any landscape in the kingdom. Situated in the middle of the far-famed Vale of Llan gollen, there is all that nature and art can bestow to make the view charming and beautiful. On one side are bold and swelling hills, on the other a plain teeming with luxuriance far and wide. Within view are Castell Dinas Bran, or, as it is commonly called, "Crow Castle," which is situate on the crown of a conical hill; the glaciated rocks, Winnstay, and Pont-y-Cyssyllte, or the Dee Aquaduct. This last structure, which con veys the Ellesmere Canal, is within a short distance from the viaduct, and from its beauty and extent im parts additional interest to the locality. The viaduct has been erected by Messrs. Makin, Mac kenzie, and Brassy, contractors, at a cost of upwards of worthy during remark that l a w t h u o p l e 100,000/., bein g u p war d s of 30,000/. more than the Stock port viaduct. Th e ccst of the timber required to form scaffolding, &e., for it s erect i on was 15,000 1 ., an d be tween three hu n d re d and four hundra d masons alone were employed rtny t o t i S m a e t u o r f d c a o y n laststru c n ti n eei on e .l d t en is t of consequen ce occurred to any of the persons employed in erection, but on that day, we regret to say, one of the workmen was killed on the spot by a portion of the scaffolding falling upon him. Within a few miles dis tance there is another viaduct in course of building across the valley of Ceiriog. This structure will be upwards of 120 feet high, and will have ten arches of 45 feet span, and one of 120 feet. The entire length will be at least 850 feet, and will have cost, when completed, a large sum of money.—Liverpool Mercury. We understand Madame Dulcken, accompanied by the inimitable John Parry, Madame D'Okolski, and Miss Eliza Nelson, purpose leaving town Sbortly, to fulfil engagements at Exeter and its neighbourhood. TuE EXCISE DUTY ON Hors,—A meeting of hop growers was held at the George Inn, Hurst-green, on Thursday last, to memorialise the Lords of the Treasury for the repeal of the Excise duty on hops. G. C. Cour thorpe, Esq , took the chair, and there were present — Major Curteis, Messrs. Tilden Smith, Vinehall, Dawes (Rye), Neve (Benenden), Fagg (Cranbrook), J. and T. Hilda., &c. Resolutions in accordance with the object of the meeting were unanimously carried, and a deputa tion appointed to present the same. A short time since Mr. T. L. Hodges, M.P., Mr. Edward Barrett Curteis, and Air. Pomfret had an interview with Lord John Russell, on whom they urged the memorial of a large number of hop-growers in the Wealds of Kent and Sussex. His Lordship most decidedly refused to post pone the half-year's duty payable in November ; and on the subject of the rt peal of the duties said, "it was im possible for him at present to make any promises, but he thought it would be right for memorials to be sent to the Lords of the Treasury, stating the position in which the hop•growers were placed by the duties, and which memorials should have serious attention." Ale morials on the subject are now in operation.—Maidstone Gazette. _ S T . SAVIOUR'S, SOUTIIWARK.—Yesterday, a meet ing of the parishioners of St. Saviour's, Southwark, was held in reference to the defective state of the sewers in that district—Mr. Thus. Bailey in the chair. After a lengthened conversation, in which complaints against deodorisers vied with descriptions of the highly infec tious and dangerous character of the noxious' gases evolved from the ill-constructed and imperfectly cleansed sewers, on the motion of Mr. Watson the following re solution was agreed to:—" That the immediate atten tion of the Sewers Commissioners be called to the nui sance arising from the gullies and sewers, whereby the inhabitants living in many parts of the parish are de prived of the beneficial occupation of their premises and the advantage of a thoroughfare in the street is sus pended, and that they be requested to take such steps as will remedy the evil complained of." A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. EXTRAORDINARY TROUT.—A trout of very large dimensions, and in most excellent condition, was caught by Mr. Edwards, jun., of the Uxbridge Arms Hotel, on Monday last, in the cele brated lake of Quellyn. The fish measured two feet five inches from tip to tip, and was fifteen in girth. Its weight we estimated at twelve pounds. Larger specimens of trout have, we believe, been occasionally caught, but fish of this magnitude are by no MOMS Common as far as trout are coucernetl. Carnarvon Herald. CD trla 92bition DONCASTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE ST. LEGER STAKES. Surplice Canezou Flatcatcher Won by a head. FRANCE. ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 Letters received in Paris from the departments announce partial disturbances, and complain of the menacing attitude assumed by the operatives. The miners employed at Rive-de-Gier, in the neighbour hood of Saint Etienne, had struck work for the pur pose of obtaining an increase of wages and a diminu tion of the hours of labour. They refused to work upwards of nine hours a day, and demanded 4f. 25c. (3s. 6d.) for that time. The Attorney-General of the district having remonstrated with them, they returned to their employment on an understanding that their demands should be taken into consideration. At Lille some alarm has been created by numbers of uemployed operatives parading the town, demanding work. At St. Servan and St. Maio the population rose to prevent an English sloop from loading corn and potatoes, which were purchased for the English market, but the gendarmes and the coast guard having marched against the rioters, whilst the National Guard refused to act, the :quays were cleared at the point of the bayonet, and the sloop having received her cargo proceeded on her voyage. PRUSSIA. A Berlin letter of the Bth says :—"The most con tradictory rumours are circulating in town. Some say that M. PINDER, superior president of Silesia, was to be charged with the formation of the new Cabinet; others continue to pretend that Messrs. PuiLLippia and UNRUH have a good chance. Messrs. BECKERATII, MEVISSEN, &c., were also spoken of. It is a complete break up. All these rumours are so many suppositions. An absurd rumour declares that the KING had refused to accept the resig nations of Ministers ; that the proclamation to the army was accorded, and that Ministers remained, declaring that they yielded to the wish of his MA.. JEST/ . ! The news from Frankfort and Schleswig have augmented the agitation. The Funds have fallen 11 per cent., and Railway Shares from 3 to 4 per cent. There reigns in the city an increasing emotion as in the days of March. MODENA. Advices from Modena, of the 2d, announce that the Duke, in consequence of the agitation reigning in the town, had placed two cannons before the gate of his palace. An Austrian superior officer having attempted to interfere in a menacing crowd, received a pistol-shot in his hat from one of the bystanders. The perpetrator was discovered. ROME. On the occasion of the secular anniversary of the death of Saint JOSEPH CALASANZIO, who arrived at Rome in 1648, a Tridus was celebrated at Rome on the 25th, 26th, and 27th ult. On the third day the POPE went to the Church of Saint Pantaleon, and, having administered the sacrament, passed into the contiguous oratory of the college, and, being seated on the throne, published the decree for the beatifica tion and canonization of the Reverend Father PETER CLAvnu, of the Jesuit Society. The Porn, having received the thanks of the Father Postulator, replied : " I render thanks to God, who, in these days of so many difficulties, testifies to Italy, and to the world, how much lie has at heart his holy religion, by raising up men of fervour in those places where the labourers are few and the harvest is abundant. It is no small encou ragement given to us by the Lord, when he gives to our contemplation men who have for so many lustres devoted themselves to enriching the church with new new con quests. This consolation is the more grateful, as it is most painful to see in the times in which we live that there is being introduced into all Catholic Italy, and even into the centre of Christianity, Protestantism, not by one accomplice, but by thousands and tens of thou sands of accomplices. They manifest the most ardent vows for Italian nationality, and yet, in order to promote it, they use the most abominable means, calculated only to destroy it. At the moment when Germany, animat. d with the same spirit, acknowledges that a diversity of religions is the greatest obstacle to the end proposed, inasmuch as the Protestants form projects of a union, there are found in Italy men who, without dreading an immense religious scandal and an immense political danger, presume to introduce the pestilential seed of separation of the unity of faith in order to obtain unity of nation. This is the point to which passions blindly lead. Let us pray to God that he will disperse this darkness, and, confiding in Divine promises, let us recal to our minds that the gates of hell shall never prevail against the church." STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The improvement which has taken place in the weather during the two last days, and the appearance of a more settled state of the atmo sphere for the present, would probably have caused some improvement in our market, had not the good effects of the change been counteracted by the very unsettled condition of Germany, not only as regards the Schleswig-Holstein dispute, but also the internal condition of Prussia, and one or two other German states, which has caused a number of orders on German account to be countermanded. Some apprehensions are also excited by the continual spread of the cholera in the Levant, and especially at Smyrna, where its ravages have latterly become extensive, and have tended to check the purchases of the Greek merchants who trade to that quarter. Influenced by these causes, the market has been very quiet; but, although in some few cases rather lower prices have been submitted to, by parties whose stocks were accumulating, the great bulk of the spinners and manufacturers have been exceedingly firm in their demands. In all cases where orders have been given for future delivery, full prices have been paid; and a general impression appears to prevail that the troubles on the Con tiuent will be speedily appeased, and that an improve ment in business hero may be expected at no distant day. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had a brisk market to-day for flannels ; the merchants have purchased very freely, and rather better prices have been obtained by the manufacturers. The wool market has undergone little change since last Monday ; both prices and de mand are much the same as they have been for some weeks past. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAT.—But few purchases have been made to-day in the Cloth Hall, and the complaint is general of the lack of goods adapted to the present season. New orders come to hand rather slowly, but for the next month or six weeks there is every prospect is of full employment being given for the op eratives in t distriot. 11ALIFAR, SATURDAY. —Our Pie ce Hall all is a attended as ever, and the genera l worste d tradse thinly in th lY e district remains as dull as heretofore ; but those manu facturers who have turned their attention to fancy goods of very light texture—and, though by courtesy called worsted, yet containing as much cotton as wool—find pretty fair demand for such fabrics. Heavier goods, as I lastings, damasks, &c., meet with little or no sale. The demand for yarns has not improved, and what is doing is much below the productive power, as well as below the point of remuneration. Wool continues firm, bct the spinners, finding money and orders alike scarce, buy very cautiously, and the quantity bold is not large. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—We have no alteration to report about our cloth market. There was a good business done in the Halls on Saturday, but to-day the market ap pears less animated.—Manchester Guardian. NOXIOUS CONDITION OF THE supplied. Such concessions, when requested, not by the lawless and disa&cted, but by the public generally, are, on the part of the authorities, not less expe dient than they are imperatively called for." We may remind our readers that about three months ago the Observer gave a report of a meeting held upon this very interesting subject, and at which meeting the Earl of Harrowby presided, and said that he had received a communication from Lord Morpeth, in which his Lord ship promised every assistance in his power to remedy the evil. The remedy certainly has not as yet been applied. At the meeting referred to, Drs. Copeland, , Hodgkin, Lancaster, and other eminent medical authori ties adduced instances of the unhealthy condition of the waters of the Serpentine, and Dr. Hodgkin likened the probable effects he had himself experienced while cross ing the Park to those of the marshes in the vicinity of Rome, and gave various proofs of disease and death aris ing from the malaria produced by such stagnant water as that of the Serpentine. The result of the meeting was the appointment of a deputation to wait upon the Com missioners of Woods and Forests, but we have not heard with what success. The approaching autumn, at the latter end of which all water weeds rot, will be the best season for cleansing the Serpentine, and as every au thority consulted agrees that the water is stagnant, some means should be adopted to cause a perennial current of clean water to flow through it, which we know can be ac complished by having recourse to the various springs contiguous to the Serpentine.—Observer. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BELFAST. A very alarming fire broke out about 11 o'clock on Thursday night in the large stores belonging to Mr. T. Gray, of North}-street, which extended to the rear of those houses in Rosemary•street, which lie between the Rev. J. S. Porter's meeting-house and Hercules street. The structure in which the conflagration com menced is, or rather was, a large building, prin cipally used for the purpose of storing canes, cork-wood, and other miscellaneous articles. There was also in it a small steam-engine, for the purpose of grinding Indian corn, a considerable quantity of which was stored in the premises. A large number of pigs were like• wise kept in the offices, which communicated with the main building. It was stated that there was a consi• derable quantity of gunpowder in these stores, and much alarm was, in consequence, created in the neighbour hood ; but, on inquiry, we find that Mr. Gray's stock of that article was stored elsewhere, and that he had but a very small quantity in his shop. Before the engines could render any efficient assistance the fire had gained such a height that the attempt to save the store was abandoned, and the exertions of the firemen were directed to the prevention of flames commu nicating with the adjoining buildings. There can be little doubt that, bad the wind been high, the two Unitarian meeting-houses, which are s►tuated in the immediate vicinity of the store, would have been destroyed; but, fortunately, the burning mass was almost isolated, though lying in the midst of building run ning from North-street, Rosemary-street, and Hercules street. In less than an hour the store was completely gutted; after which, a range of lower offices or stores took fire, and as these communicated directly with one of the sides of the Rev. John Scott Porter's meeting-house, for some time great fears were enter tained lest that edifice should fall a prey to the flames. However, owing to the exertions of the fire men, all apprehensions as regarded that building were allayed. Shortly before two o'clock the whole of the front of the building facing Rosemary-street fell in with a loud crash; and, though many persons were present, we are happy to say that no accident occurred. We have already mentioned that there was a number of pigs on the premises, so many as 87; and we have been informed that no fewer than 62 were either burnt or had to be slaughtered in consequence of the injuries which they had received from the fire. The store, as well as the range of offices connected with it, is a mass of ruins. We understand the premises are insured. Though it was supposed that the fire had been completely subdued, we regret to say that it again broke out about half-past two o'clock on Friday, and, though every ex ertion was used by the authorities to stay its progress, the workshop of Mr. Murdock, cork-cutter, Hercules street, which was contiguous to Mr. Gray's stores, took fire, and, from the combustible nature of the materials which it contained, was in a very short time thoroughly gutted. Mr. Murdock, who is a very serious sufferer by this fire, is not insured. The origin of the fire is at pre sent unknown.—Northern Whig. THE WEATHER.—Since our last we have had a great alteration in the state of the weather, for while Saturday was throughout cloudy, with occasional showers, and while the rain fell nearly continuously and sometimes heavily from about eleven o'clock on Saturday night to about six o'clock on the following evening, Monday and yesterday have been through out fine and bright days. The temperature has however, even on these last two days, been very low for the season of the year. The maximum temperature was, on Saturday, 62 deg.; on Sunday, 67 deg.; and on Monday, 56 deg. The following returns by electric telegraph, at seven o'clock yesterday morning, show that the fine weather has been pretty general throughout the country, and the prevailing north wind would also seem to indicate that the lowness of temperature is also general:—Glasgow, S. fine; Edin burgh, W. very fine; Newcastle, W. very fine; York, N.E. very fine; Hull, S.W. fine; Normanton, N.W. fine; Leeds, N. fine ; Rotherham, N. cloudy ; Man chester, N.W. by W. fine ; Liverpool, N. fine ; Not- Nottingham, W. very fine ; Derby, N.W. cloudy ; Leicester, W. very fine; Peterborough, N.W. by N. fine; Brandon, W. flue; Yarmouth, E.N.E. cloudy; .Lowestotle. N. cloudy ; Birmingham, N.W. by N. cloudy ; Glouces ter, N.W. cold; Rugby, S. by E. slight fog; Chelmsford, N.E. fine; Colchester, N.W. fine; Gosport, N.E. fine; Poole, W. fine; Southampton, N.W. fine; Hertford, N.W. fine; Chesterfield, N.W. very fine; Crewe, W. fine; Alnwick, N.W. fine; Cambridge, N. fine; Chesterfield, S.W. by W. fine ; Ipswich, N.W. fine; Dorchester, N.E. fine; Dereham, N.N.W. fine; Newmarket, N.W. fine.—Manchester Guardian, of this day. THE RECENT MELANCHOLY CASE OF CHILD MCKIM It ON THE RlVER.—Yesterday Mr. Higgs held an adjourned inquest at the Ship in Milford-lane, on the body of Alice Tranham, aged five years. It will be re membered that on Friday evening last the mother of the deceased was on board the London Pride steam-boat with her child, and that when opposite Paul's Wharf she suddenly jumped into the water with the child in her arms from the larboard sponson. The mother was rescued by a waterman, hut the child was unfortunately drowned. The principal evidence that was given was tendered by the friends of the unhappy woman, who is at present in the Compter, with the view of showing that she was of unsound mind when she committed the rash act. The only witness of importance was Rebecca Fisher, of 8, Croydon-street, Crawford-street, who de posed that Ann Tranham and the deceased had lived with her for the last four months. She always appeared to be in a low, desponding state, and frequently com plained of her head, saying that she was sure unless something happened she would go quite mad. She left witness's house about two o'clock on Friday, stating that she was going to her aunt's in Red Lion -street, Holborn. Witness saw no more of her until after this melancholy occurrence. The Coroner, in summing up observed, that in inquiries of this nature every per son of the age of discretion was presumed to be sane and accountable fur his actions, unless the contrary were proved. In compliance,with the general rule, it would be better to leave the question of sanity to a superior court. The jury, after a lengthened deliberation, re turned the following special verdict :—" We find a ver dict of wilful murder against Ann Tranham, and we cannot separate without expressing our opinion that when Ann Tranham flung herself into the Thames, the said Ann Tranham was of unsound mind." THE GLASGOW YEOMANRY CAYALRY.--This corps, which promises to be one of the most complete of the n T o il u e nc h e l d a , rq u u e is th o e f oo ll m o m ug a l u a d s e w r. ill, B a o s is ha a s t p a r l e re se a n d t y kind in the empire , is likely to be embodied very shortly. a b t e B e n a d a e n a . fatherbu tis e o x t pet the t e e d home Noble has The examined Duke of the ila variousmil on commissions, and has approved of them. The uniform, it appears, will be blue, faced with red and trimmed with gold lace. The helmet will be of composition silver, having a plume of horse hair. The horse trappings will be equally splendid. PITCH AND TAR UNINTLAMMABLE.—On Saturday afternoon some highly interesting experiments took place in Mr. Royden's yard, Baffin-street, with the view of testing the non-inflammability of pitch and tar, pre pared by Messrs. Begot, Boissage, and Tindel, mer chants, at Bordeaux. The tar prepared by the new process is applicable, we believe, to sails, rigging, and other general purposes, and it is stated that if a ship's bottom be coated with it, it will be as effectually pre served from worms, shells, and seaweed, as it it were sheeted with copper or zinc. —Liverpool Standard. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday last as our respected rector, the Rev. G. F. J. Marsham, was out shooting with his brother, the Rev. J. J. Marsham, he fired at a partridge, which he killed, but some of the shots at the same time wounded his brother, and on e entered the ball of his eye, of the sight of which he Wa s instantly deprived. Other shots entered his chest and body. Mr. Woolcott, of Maidstone, surgeon and oculist, was immediately sent for, and we are happy to state that the rev. gentleman, under his judicious treatment, is go. ing on favourably, and hopes are entertained that he may recover his sight.—llfaidsione Gazette. GREENOCK, SEPT. 11.—Her Majesty's mail packet Banshee, Captain W. Smithett, arrived here last u even ' I g at five o'clock, and landed Lord J o h n R ussell and suite. The Banshee left the harbour of Kingstown at 4 40 P.M., and made a most wonderful passage of little more than twelve hours, against a - very strong head wind from the north-east, being at the rate of fifteen miles per hour. The Banshee has been greatly admired by many shipbuilders and others who have been to see her, and all are astonished at her beautiful form and ex traordinary speed. NIAGARA OUTDONE. —Among the cliffs of the Eastern Ghauts, about midway between Bombay and Cape Coalorin, rises the river Shirawati, which falls o into the A ra bi an Sea. Thebed of the river is one f i u n it d h ir a ec s t we b e r p ea , d a th ha ; li bu a t m t i h le e . edge of the fa u ll r i t s h This body of water rushes at first, for 300 feet, over a slope, at an angle of 45 degrees, in a sheet of white foam, and is then precipitated to a depth of 850 more, into a black abyss, with a thundering noise. It has, therefore, the depth of 1,150 feet! In the rainy seasons the river ap pears to be about 30 feet in depth at the fall; in the dry seasons it is lower, and is divided into three cascad e s of varied beauty and astonishing grandeur. Join our fall of Genesse to that of the St. Lawrence, and then treble the two united, and we have the distance of the Shira wati cataract. While we allow to Niagara a vast supe riority in bulk, yet in respect to distance of descent, it is but a mountain fill compared with its Indian American paper. v SERPENTINE. All those who have promenaded during the summer on the banks of that large pool of water, or miniature lake, called inappropriately the " Serpentine," in Hyde Park, must have observed the increasing impurity of its waters. A green slime has been gradually covering the surface, advancing from the banks and extending towards the middle. Ot mornings particularly, for an hour or two after sunrise, when exhalations are most perceptible, the offensive and no doubt noxious smell emitted from these waters, once celebrated for thei r purity, was observable, disagreeably and painfully so, to those who walked early in the Park, even at a reasonable distance from the water side. We have had several communications on the subject, one of which states " that the evil had now become so monstrous, as to have caused the so called river, and even that Fart of the Park in which it is lo cated, to have become positively deserted by their usual bathers and promenaders. The total number of persons who bathed in the Serpentine river throughout the year 1846 exceeded 350,000. But so great was the falling off, however, that the daily number of bathers had not, throughout the present summer, on an average, exceeded fifty, which, even reckoning for the six summer months, was only about one thirty-fifth part of the number pm.- viously quoted. The medical men residing in the neighbourhood had strictly ordered the families which they attended:to avoid this great tank of malaria—a pro hibition alleged to have been enforced upon his own household by Mr. E. Chadwick, a great authority in sani tary subjects, for several months past. In proof of the ex tent and character of the nuisance, and of the necessity of endeavours for its speedy removal it is related that a lady passing over the bridge at the eastern rise end of th e r iver, found the stench from the water so offensive, that such Sirs gave a Johntli n g facts to a it hung about her several days, and it licts attack With violent these, it is tothat as soon as (to whom the subject has been remitted) h as dis co vered veret. a remedy for the evil, that the same • will be forthwith 4 . N \- - - - -_____ f~ ~