The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-29 00:00:00

EVENING SUN LORD MORPETII IN NEW YORK. cFrom the York lb-raft! of the let. D-e.) still drew's Society, took place last evening at the City Hotel. The dining-room was decorated in an exceed . IngI ) appropriate and beautiful manner, and the dinner was served in a style which reflected new credit on the Messrs. Gardners, whose high reputation is too well-known and established to require any more explicit eulogy from us At six o'clock the company sat down to dinner. At the cross table were seated the President of the Society, D. S. Kennedy, Esq., supported on his right by Mr. Edwards, the President of the St. George's Society ; Mr. Faber, the President of the German So - eiety ; Mr. Golden, the President of the St. David's Society ; Lord Morpeth ; Sir James Alexander; Rev. W. Stark ; John Johnston, Esq. ; and on his left by Mr. Os borne, the President of the St. Patrick's Society; Mr. Hoxie, the President of the New England Society ; Ald. Benson, the President of the St. Nicholas'Society Lieut. Bradford, Rev. M. M'Clootie, H. Maxwel, Esq. At the other tables were Mr. Gibson, and the other gen tlemen composing the deputation from the St. An drew's Society of Philadelphia ; Messrs. Dyson, Nell stood, Brand, Gordon, M‘Donald, Brown, Mackie, Had , dock, Morris, Professor Pattison, Drs. Cumming, J. A. Houston, Mercer, Clirehugh, Scott, Montgomery, Re. After the cloth was removed the following regular toasts were given by the Chairman, who prefaced each of them with a few very appropriate, ant, indeed, eloquent remarks :—" The day, and all who honour it." " The Land of Cakes." " The Land we live in." " The Queen." Three times three and cheers. An them—" God save the Queen," beautifully and effect ively sung by Messrs. Clirehugh, Phillips, Maynard, and Rosier. " The President of the United States." " The Mayor and City Council of New York." " The memory of Wallace and of Bruce—names dear to Scot land and liberty." Drank standing, in solemn silence. " The Parish Schools of Scotland—the modest but efficient sources of her moral and intellectual distinc tion." " The capital of our native land, the abode of science, and the seat of hospitality." The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Lord Morpeth, which was drank with three times three, and enthusiastic applause. On the subsidence cf the cheering Lord MORPETH rose and spoke as follows :—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I came to America rather with a view of gaining a little repose from every sort of public exhibition, and with the hope of being able to leave my poor patches of rhetoric to keep dry • on the shelf till my return, and therefore it is with Some surprise that I now find myself upon my leg s , for the third night running, before a crowded auditory, in the city of New York.—(Loud applause.) However, Gentlemen, the kindness—the extreme kind ness with which you first invited me and have now wel comed nee to your hospitable feast, as well as the high and useful objects which gather you around this board to partake of it, seems imperatively to call on me for a few words, and a very deep feeling of grateful acknow ledgment.—( Renewed applause.) Though indeed lam rather at a loss to make out my title to be so con sidered, I cannot pretend—to my misfortune I speak of it—to any claim founded on Scottish birth or blood ; nor even on the superior good fortune of baying any Scottish property !—(Laughter and cheer ing.) I might, indeed, pass myself off as a " borderer ;" but then the rights under that character were not always of ti.e most perfect tenure.—(Renewed laughter.). Many a foray, and many a raid, were then the order of the day ; and my direct an cestor, who went by the name of " Belty did not leave a very peaceable reputation on either side of the Scottish border!—(Great laughter.) But other times have come, Gentlemen, and the beacon fires blaze no longer on your native hills, nor steel clad warriors encounter each other on your plains. And as it is on the banks of the peaceful Teviot, so let it be across the broad Atlantic !—(Great ap plause.) And, Gentlemen, in addition, and support • - .Of this great progress to better times and to more chastened feelings, institutions like the present, which associate fellow , countrymen together under the all-compelling law of charity, and call in, as we See to-night, even those who are without its imme diate pale, within its gentle influence, exert a great and a hallowed influence. They make the more wealthy and influential classes familiar with the sight of human misery, and thereby give them the best incentives to entertain a sincere and an honest repugnance in any way to augment the fearful mass of it amongst their brethren. Even out of the sphere of their own direct operations they spread a mild and more humane feeling over the cold surface of society. They remove unfounded prejudices, smoothe Uncharitable asperities, and they bind, tighter and tighter, the links of the golden concord, which in the words of prophecy is one day destined to unite nation and nation;, and earth to heaven.—( Applause.) There fore, gentlemen of Scotland, though you be far away from the land of your birth—and perhaps in some respects you may almost find this, as much a " land o' cakes" as that which you have left—(Great isughter)—although you no longer look upon the blooming fields of the Lothians, or tread Your own mountain heather, yet continue to cherish an institution like this, which connects you With Scotland, and your Scottish recollections, by better links than those even of ancestry or lineage.— (Cheers.) You, Gentlemen, natives of Scotland, in all past history, and in every portion of the globe, hav e borne a s4nal share in all the exertions, and in all the successes of our common empire.—(Great applause.) You Piave supplied a series of able and just raen to fill many of the sovereignties of India—you Are this day with your hardy and intelligent sons Peopling the wide-spread fields of the Canadaa— and it is but recently that the shouts of your heroes rose above the burning ruins of Canton.—(Loud ap plause.) Your trophies in literature, too, have always kept on a level with your trophies in arms. You have a Burns—you have a Wilson—and the Universe seems to dispute with you the exclusive pro perty of the fame of Scott.—(Renewed applause.) These laurels, Gentlemen, I believe you will continue to win ,‘lnd to wear, both in peace and in war, wherever YOU can find an appropriate field for the develop 'Tient an d exercise of your energies. But you have even yet had still higher vantage ground, " has bee n most appropriately alluded to in one of the toasts of this evening—in the schools that t" and flos Irish in all your parishes, and in the Ininistrations 04 a zealous and laborious clergy— and in that Bible which, when the necessity for the con junction arose, y ou grasped in one hand, and the clay - 11 ,.!0re in the ottser.—(Tremendous applause.) These, `*ensiemen, are the most solid foundations of your past, the surest gi sarantee of your future greatness. Bear "'Clic then, Gen tlemen, with you, whatever new region YO4 may explore, or whatever fresh territories you may °ceisp y . To institutions and pursuits high and holy as thes e to whic b I have so imperfectly adverted, On Association lik,s this, is a most worthy handmaid ; a nd ! Gentlemen, w ith right good-will I thank you for bav rig all owe d me so be present at its celebration.— (," Lid, continued, and enthusiastic applause, amid which tnet Noble Lord resumed his seat.) PHILADE,LPHIA—DEc. 7. Ls addition to the developments that have already been mat le in different parts of the Union, I observe that the nals of. the south have begun to comment at gre at length and with much ingenuity on the increase of eot on in British India and Texas, both of which pro 4n, ring countries are likely to affect the interests of the eot ton-growing States ; and as it is undersood that Texas tivi a again apply for admission into the Union, there can be little doubt that the cotton prospects of the young re- Pt Min will materially influence any decision of Congress. T' he United States iron manufacturers are anxious for a pr 13tective tariff on iron ; 6,397,370 dol. of bar iron, and 1,012,312 dol. of manufactured iron, having been im ported last year, chiefly from England. All the other tot tnufacturers support the " home league" warmly ; but is t ooking over the foreign commerce of 1841, I find that already the exports of the United States exceed the im- Nrt s by c)4,944,427 dol., while, in 1840, the exports ex ceed's, ed the imports by about the same amount. Surel y an excess as this, 5,000,000 dol. in two years, will —Oll decrease the sound portion of the United States' debt to Europe, and mater iall y chan g e the commercial reolarth between the two wor lds. New En g land, New Ip ;, Pennsylvania, and ail the middle and northern State s are f avou rable to a high tariff; the southern States, -, on the contrary, are opposed to it. Title whole tariff question is of the highest importance t ° t 1 ie commercial and nnumfacturing inte rests of Eng i4n I, and indeed to kindred interests in ever y p art of -t-. . ope. iith regard to State debts, letters from Harrisburg I ° ui.tively assert that "there will not be the slightest dif ty in meeting the interest due in February on Penn- Pily ania loans and stock." This is ch eer i n g. Th e pub c debt of Indiana was about 14,000,000 (101. ; but un- Pail l interest added makes nearly 15,000,000 dollars. 1 1th 'ices from that State assert the "intention of the Le g'Bl attire and people to resort to all the means in their Poxer to recover from their difficulties." G over nor ‘n ,t titt, of Mississippi, perseveres in his opi n i on as t o r4on-paym e nt of the bond of that State, and says, in s. lll e t ter t o th e Ri c h mon d Enpt irer, written unde r the elee "ell excitement doubtless, "A demand will probably be 111 " de on the Government ,if the United States, f or t h e , 11 :ixn.nit of the bonds referred to. This will raise an ea tti 1:g and perplexing question. This State has defined T.• l osition, and will maintain it, be the consequences 'flat they may. I firmly believe that four-fifths of the t e "l )7 t. , of this State prefer going to war to paying the s." It affords me pleasure to remark that the ortl tern and western journals, and people generally, t e9nti sine to dent:mice and condemn the conduct of Ms ?pi. Several of the southern and middle States are "ra tour of an ear ly resum pti o n of specie payments by t , _ b ctnks ; but I do not think it can possibly be effected. 'Be !tonnage for 1841 of vessels entering the U'rifted States from Canada is - " I3 P orts from Canada lin. the year just ended -'3tunated at) -u ' x ', 3 o2ls to Canada (estimated at) .... ) .t should b e remem b ere d t h a t co l on i a l gra i n , b e i ng ad bl, into British ports free of duty, a large quantity ' L T nit, Id St a t es grain goes into Canadian p o rts, at a v e ry c a dot v, and is sent to England as Canadian. Green .B " r t le . e d groun coffee a a duty on entering te l ush p, 7ovinces, d but by p som ys e omission, coffee roasted 2,289,939 (whole) pays no duty. A great quantity, therefore, ..A +*.“‘, qi,,,.„ font .. ;~, .. ,ince. acme burglars broke into the house of Mr. Gerrow, of Ameliasburg, Upper Canada, when a young female followed them into Mr. Gerrow's bed-room, fired a loaded gun, and wounded one of the villains, upon which the rest fled. A slight riot occurred last week at Kingston, Upper Canada, owing to the captain of a mer chantman having hung the United States flag above the British inadvertently while displaying the colours for the purpose of drying them. The rioters who tore it down were arrested and fined. Things in all the British pro vinces appear to be in a prosperous condition. A roan named Pomaiiivill; murdered his own father near Montreal, on the 30th ult. Advices from Colombia state that the United States Minister is a prisoner there, and that the Americans have been obliged to take refuge on board an English man-of• war. In Central America, Colonel M'Donald (British), has imprisoned Quixano on board a ship, in consequence of his having threatened the British and Americans. Carthagena is still besieged by the Revolutionists, and the people are suffering much from hunger and yellow fever. The British forces at Belize (Honduras) were ex pected at our latest dates to advance immediately into the Guatamaleian territory, and demand the release of British subjects wrongfully imprisoned. The accounts of dreadful ravages by the small pox at Tahiti, Sandwich Islands, are confirmed. From Buenos Ayres, there is no account of a battle with the Montevidean fleet, later than August 4. 14,385,000, in Treasury notes, formed part of the Buenos Ayrean currency, and the port re mained closed against flour. Fayal is sufirring from drought ; and Jamaica from yellow fever. The Florida war is coming to a close. Wild Cat and Hospitalka, two formidable chiefs, with 250 Seminoles, are on their way up the Mississippi to the far west ; and Captain W.,,de's company recently killed eight Indians, and captured 63. A large and most destructive fire has occurred at Natchez, and I am sorry to find in my Note book records of the accidental burning of no fewer than seven factories and mills in the northern and middle States within the last week. Nearly fifty free coloured persons left Baltimore last week, as emigrants to the British Island of Trinidad. Two duels with swords were fought, on Friday week, at New Orleans, between four French (Creole) merchants, when two of the combatants Monsieur Cheoremont and Monsieur Landreux, were killed. The Prince de Joinville gave 300 dol. to the French Society at New York, and 200 doll. to a poor French family anxious to return to France. There are 59 Jewish synagogues, and about 50,000 Jews in the United States. 30,000 dol. worth of tea was destroyed by a fire last week, in New York. Another frigate and _deep of war are ordered to be completed at Brooklyn. LOSS OF THE STEAM-SHIP SAVANNAH. We have been favoured by Mr. Oram, the third steward of the Savannah steamer, with the following highly interesting, but pa'nful account of the wreck of this ill-fated boat : We left the port of New York on Friday, Nov. 26, and proceeded prosperously on our passage until Sun , day morning, when it commenced blowing heavily and continued with increased violence during the whole of that duy and night. About eight o'clock on Sunday evening, it was ascertained that the vessel had sprung a dangerous leak—sha being then seven or eight miles from land—off that grave of many a manly heart and many a stout and noble barque—Cape Hatteras. The vessel was soon ascertained to be in such a con dition that Captain Crane advised all hands to take to the boats. The captain, his wife and child, with ten others, including four females, embarked in one of the ship's bouts. I being intimately acquainted with Ash well, the cook, endeavoured, at the risk of my life, to find him, in order that we might together, in this mo ment of peril, embark in the same frail boat. I did not succeed, and stayed so long in the endeavour, that when I returned, an effort, somewhat more than human, barely enabled me to leap from the vessel to the boat. About fifteen minutes after, such was the violence of the storm, we lost sight of the steamer, leaving on board about seventeen individuals, fifteen of whom were hands be longing to the boat. lam confident that the whole are saved, as the vessel, when we left, had three good boats remaining. _ _ The boat, after leaving the ship on Sunday night, was driven at the mercy of the winds and waves, with out one particle of food, or even one drop of water, until Wednesday morning. Suffering severely, we were silently, yet forcibly, cheered on by the calm but noble bearing of Mrs. Crane. Oa Wednesday morning, worn out with fatigue, we had resigned our oars and committed ourselves in des pair to the still foaming billows, when " A sail—a sail," was descried, by one of our brave firemen, which infused new life into our exhausted frames, and enabled us to approach near enough to show our signal of dis tress, which was observed by the brig Rowena, Capt. Dill, bound to Philadelphia, who did everything pos sible for the resuscitation and comfort of the shipwrecked party. Since the above, we received the following statement from Captain Crane, who arrived here last evening, in the Norwich,lin a very exhausted state : LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP SAVANNAH, J. K. CRANE, COMMANDER.—Sunday, 28th, commenced blowing a gale from the N.E. ; at 10 A. 1 ,01, began raining; at twelve made the land about the Nag's Head, the wind hauling easterly and blowing a gale, the ship behaving nobly, and the engine working well, the sea increasing, and heaving us in shore. At half-past four lighted up a little ; saw the Cape, land bearing west ; still steering S.E. by S. and not gaining off shore, took in the fore sail, and haulez! off E. by S., everything working well, At six P.M. the engineer reported he could not keep her free with the pumps. I asked him if they worked well. He said yes, but that she had sprung a leak. I told him that was impossible, as the boat was too strong ; but I soon found to my sorrow that it was but too true. Immediately all hands went to baleing, but to little purpose, the water gaining on us so fast that it soon put the furnace fires out, and then our pumps were useless, and the sea made a breach over us. The boats were then ordered to be got ready, which was immediately done ; but in lowering the starboard quarter boat, they nearly stove her, and then let her go with only two persons in her, Mr. Johnson, of Cedar -street, and Mr. Kilpatrick, the engineer. I then had the other quarter boat cleared away, and got the females in her, with the intention of getting her to the leeward, to get some necessary articles in, but the falls getting foul, I jumped into her and cut them away, and finally succeeded in getting the boat clew-, but could not get alongside of the steamer again. Thus we were left adrift in an open boa: in 18 fathoms of water, off Cape Hatteras, blowing a gale at north, with thirteen persons on board, and four of them females, without a drop of water, or an ounce of provisions of any kind. After being in the boat half an hour, the wind hauled to the north-west, and blew harder than ever, with a tremendous ugly cross sea. It broke into the boat twice, and nearly filled her. Thus for forty-eight hours we were scudding before the sea, not knowing what course we were making, and not one with a dry thread on, or hardly moving our position, the females sitting in the bottom of the boat the whole time. On Wednesday moderate weather ; at eight discovered a sail to the eastward of us ; got our oars to work immediately, and pulled for her with what re maining strength we had. As soon us they discovered us they hove to, and took us on board, where we were treated with all the kindness possible. S.le proved to be the brig Rowena, Captain Dill, of and bound to Philadelphia, and thirteen human beings were tbu, preserved from a most awful death. On Saturday came to an anchor to the northward of Cape May. On Monday morning saw a steamboat coming from the southward ; made a signal to her, and she came alongside and took us all on board ; she was the steamer Norwich, Captain Levy, from Norfolk for New York. The Captain kindly treated us with everything in his power, for which we return him our most heartfelt thanks ; and may the Almighty reward him, and also the Captain of the Rowena, for kindly preserving the lives of 13 human being:, who could not have lived 24 hours longer in an open boat. Names of those in the boat saved :—Captain John K. Crane, lady and son ; Mr. Phillips, mate ; Mrs. Kent, wife of the steward ; Mrs. Moore, wife of one of the waiters ; John Kent, steward ; William Oram, waiter ; two firemen, names not known ; Wm. Harth, jun., of Charleston, Theodore Murray, of Brooklyn, passengers ; Lydia, stewardess. Names of those drifted off in the other boat before the Captain left—Mr. Kilpatrick, engineer ; Mr. John son, passenger. Persons left on board—Mr. Dunscomb, 2d officer, and four seamen ; Daniel Hill, 2d engineer, and four firemen ; John Ashfield, Ist cook ; 2d cook unknown ; and Mr. Schneeds, an engineer of S. C., passenger, for which two whale boats were left on the promenade deck.—New York Herald of the Bth. SHIPWRECK.- INTERESTING NARRATIVE. " Mansion House, Havannab (la Cuba. " In my last letter I informed you that I had taken my passage by the American ship John Taylor, bound to New Orleans. Accordingly we set sail from Liver pool on the sth of September, and got elear of the Channel about the Bth, after which we had fair sailing till we cleared the Azares, which was about the 20th. It then fell calm until the 30th, during which time we made nothing on our course ; but beat up a few degree to the south and got into the trade,' which carried us on rapidly to Antigua, which we made and cleared to the south on Monday, tbe 18th of October. We made the Grand Cayman on Sunday, the 17th, where we lay u about two hours to take in fresh provisions; after which we continued our course with a fair breeze till twelve o'clock, A.M. of the 18th, when (by observation) we were 37 miles so u th of Cape Antonio. A bout this . t me commenced blowing hard, which caused the capt nto l occl ie er in the to raliants and double reef the topsails. gale coo t ;.n'ued increasing until about four o'clock, wh en t h e j ib wen t to rags ; the reefed foresail, in the act of taking in, followed its example. We were now ridi ng un d er a C l ose -reefed maintopsail, with the wind increasing to a hurricane, and the ship evidently carried by th e current . Though so neat land, the thick 'state of th e weat h er p r evented our discerning any object. 50 yards from the ship, whilst night was fast approaching, with the most dreadful lightning right over our heads that I ever beheld—the obscurity increased to almost • material darkness,' for at each instant, compared with the vivid flashes, we could scarcely conceive it to be the mere absence of light. About half-past eight, P.M., our main topsail reef flew into a thousand atoms ; the main top-gallant mast was blown away as a rotten branch is carried from an aged tree by the March winds of the north, the til ler ropes snapped, and our ship drifted at the mercy Of the tempest. At n i ne , p.m , she struck, our fore and main masts went by the board, and our beautiful ship lay a groaning wreck. The sea swept fast over her, which caused the captain to order a portion of the bul warks to be cut away in order to clear the main deck, which was at times knee deep in water; nothing further further could be done. " The steerage and second cabin passengers had rushed (many of thorn naked) to the chief cabin, and clung about us in their agony, for in all humaricalcula tion few were the moments of our existence. In the moment of anguish and tribulation the weak borrow strength from those who from nature or habit can look with a serene countenance on the danger that unmans themselves, and thus did the presence of two or three persons inured to hard scenes and danger impart an inexplicable confidence to most of the others. Those by whom 1 was most annoyed were three or four Methodists, who, instead of comforting others, knelt down in the midst of the rest and roared out at the top of their voices, Do spare us this once,' and such like rant. I was almost obliged to swear at them to make them a little silent, for I was afraid they would dri%e the poor females into fits. A gentleman connected with a commercial house in Liverpool, who was pas senger in the first cabin, lent a hand as long as the deck could be kept, and in the moment of most immi nent danger gas one of the coolest men I ever saw, doing all that a man could do to console the unhappy without seeming to devote one thought to himself. " What an eternity-like night ! It seemed to most of us as though the earth had forgotten to revolve, and that morn was destined never to dawn again. Nothing could be discerned beyond the ship's side but the white waves that were beating around and over her ; and though it was well known that we were on a bed of coral rocks, yet we could not tell how far we might be from the main land. Mornin g broke at last amid loud exclamations of thanksgiving from the weak, and even the strong did not forget to breathe the silent prayer of heartfelt gratitude to the Supreme Author of light. I should have observed, that soon after twelve o'clock the tempest in some degree abated, and some hope was entertained that she might. ride it out till the morning ; the well was sounded, and it was found that she had made but little water; all took a turn at the pumps, and she was soon laid dry. At four the hurricane had abated considerably, the pumps were again manned, and in five minutes she was dry ; we, therefore, no longer doubted that she would ride it out in safety. As soon as it was day the long-boat was got out, and the passengers were landed with some diffi culty; for though we found the ship within 100 yards from the land, lying in a sandy bottom, surrounded by coral rock, yet the sea continued to run high. t length a rope was made fast to a tree on the shore, and so it was managed to ferry the long-boat across, the Captain's gig having been stove in the first attempt to land. One poor young fellow, a native of Sheffield, who has an uncle and aunt abroad, in exerting himself to aid in landing the women and children, was carried out by a wave and drowned. He was got out almost directly, and every exertion made to restore animation, but in vain. Oa the 20th (the day after) a few of us volunteered to go in seAzah of inhabitants, and the authorities, in order to obtain the necessary succours. Luckily, just before we started, a mountaineer from a considerable distance made his appearance, who served us for a guide, and so we set out, well armed, for 1 expected nothing less than wreckers, robbers, or pirates. The spot where we were wrecked is called Lapunta del Olandes, on the south side of Cape St. Antonio, as we proceeded along the sea coast towards Cape Corrientes. It was about eleven o'clock when we set out, and we had not proceeded far when we found it impos sible to go on ; the heat was intense, and, increas ed by the reflmtion from the sea, rocks, - and sand, soon became insupportable ; for my own part I felt suffocated, t and groaned with the difficulty of respiration. Our pulses were at 120. We now crept under some palm bushes, and lay until we felt relieved, when we continued our march until dark. Not being able to proceed we supped upon those birds we shot on our way, with some cheese and biscuit we had carried from the ship, and then stretched ourselves upon some palm leaves and slept till break of day, when we again put ourselves en route. As we were walking along the beach we observed a number of fishes playing on the surface of the sea. I siegled out one and fired ; the ball passed through the spine just below the head ; the fish floundered fur a short time, when I jumped in and caught him by the gills. I found it to be a fine red :fish, something like the besago of Biscay, weighing about 12 lb. In about an hour we reached the first backwoodsman's cot, called the' Mashora.' Here we were received with a most hearty welcome by two whites and two blacks ; one of the latter spoke English. Our fish was cooked ; they gave us plain tains roasted upon the embers ; coffee made of maize sweetened with honey, and an abundance of limes, of which we drank the juice. Again we started, contiau hag our course through trackless woods, our guide cut ting his way with a long hanger he wore. For a long distance we had nothing under foot but coral rock as sharp as needles ; then commenced the lagoons, for we were just at the end of the rainy season, and of the most dreadful hurricane that has been known for forty years. It some parts trees, plantations, houses, and every thing else have been blown down, and the country, in some parts, laid thirty feet under water. We were one day, for two hours at a time, up to our middles in water, and for three days we were at least six hours out of the twelve in water, and the rest on coral rocks, or amongst roots and brambles. On the second day, at night, we reached a cottage called the ' Aula,' where we were well received by a numerous family of young and old, of all colours but milk-white, and were most generously treated, and, like the first we met with, would not hear of being paid for anything. On the third day, having shot about a dozen pigeons on our way, we reached an estate called the Arreta,' where we were quite feasted, overwhelmed with kind ness, and our pigeons cooked for us to carry away with us the next morning. On this, the fourth day of our absence from the wreck, we reached the first authority Don Francisco Lugo Macienda de Le Remote.' We were exhausted by the fatigue we had undergone ; my legs were covered with wounds and swollen to nearly the thickness of my thighs, whilst those of my companions were little better. In all my marches I never encoun tered anything half so dreadful as the country we had come through ; certainly, although you well know I can endure much, all the gold in Cuba would not in duce me to make another such march. Don Francisco Lugo is an excellent man ; he treated us with parental kindnesss, lent us three ounces of gold to proceed with (for our English money would not pass), and furnished us with horses and a guide to proceed to the village (Pueblo) of Guarres, where we were met by Dr. Don Jose Escovedo, a physician of the place, who invited us to his house, gave me dressing for my legs, and offered us money and everything else we needed. The follow ing morning we proceeded to Final del Rio ;' here we found the Lieutenant-Governor, Don Jose Callaba, who immediately brought us to his house, treating us with the utmost kindness. He further took upon himself to return the three ounces' we had borrowed from Don Francisco Lugo, paid our guides four and a half ounces,' obliging us to take two more to continue our journey, for which he lent us his own horses, to take us to Colonic); where we saw the steamer Serena, commanded by .Captain Don Antonio Espinosa, who received, among other things, a splendid sword from her Majesty Queen Vic toria, for saving the lives of some British subjects. This gentleman received us with open arms, and told us that if the steamer were his own he would proceed to the wreck forthwith, but as he was not the owner he could not do it on his own responsibility. He gave me a letter to one of the owners, soliciting leave to go to the wreck. We reached here (Calla de la 0 vra) by the railway from San Felipe, and immediately pro ceeded to the American Consul's, whom, as it was Sun day, we did not find in the way. As the case was urgent, for we had been 11 days on our way, and bad left 205 fellow-creatures on a desert coast, without any visible means of subsistence, and my mind was very un easy, I resolved not to sleep till I Lad got the affair in a right channel. "We drove to the house of the British Consul, who, after many verbal civilities, when I put the question home as to how we were to proceed in order to re lieve the wreck, kindly told me that As a man he commiserated their unhappy condition, but as a Consul he could have nothing at all to do with them, as they were deserting their country and flag !' After what we had met with at the British Consul's I was in des pair ; but at last thought of the American Vice-Con sul there. To our great pleasure we met the American Consul himself, who told us that as Consul he could only serve the American crew and cargo, but that he would take upon himself to succour all, and carry the passen gers to their destination. He has also set on foot a subscription to pay our expenses, &c. This morning the Captain-General Valdez, our old opponent in Cata lonia, sent for the American Consul, Mr. Irish, and told him that he should give him 300 dollars from I,is own pocket towards the subscription. I trust this may be appreciated, and contrasted with the apathy of our own Consul. The American ship Clarion is chartered to go to the wreck, and I am now on board, ready to sail in five minutes."—Letter in the Times. BARNARDCASTLE.—A great number of geese have been stolen in the neighbourhood of Barnardcastle, this winter, principally about Startforth. One knowing far mer, thinking to secure his geese from depredation, had a string conveyed from the door of the goose-house to his bedside, with a fire-shovel attached to the end ; but orifortunately, he one evening forgot to fasten the string, and next morning he discovered that six geese had been stolen.—Tyne Mercury. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1841. THE DUKES OF BUCKINGHAM AND MAR f , WROUGH'S AG RIC ULTURA L LABOURERS. The condition of agricultural labourers around the Duke of Buckingham's Wotton domain is deplorable. In W.aldesdon, an adjoining parish to Wotton, at this time upwards of thirty able bodied labourers —some with wives and families—are unable to ob tain work, and are now on the verge of starvation, their only means of subsistence being begging from door to door. Marlborough and Buckingham are the Lords of the soil in Waderesdon, the greater portion of the parish being the property of these monopolist Dukes. A correspondent writes us as follows :—On Friday af ternoon, two half-famished looking men called on me, soliciting my assistance by a trifle of cash to enable them to purchase some food, or a bit of broken victuals from my hands. Their appearance cou vinced me they were not regular tramps. I called them into my office, and f o u n d they were from a neigh bouring parish. In answer to my questions, the fol lowing mournful tales were told me. They came from Waddesdon—a place with which I was acquainted —one of the parishes adjoining Wotton, the re sidence of the Duke of Buckingham. The first I questioned gave me the following replies :--" My name is Daniel Turner ; I am 23 years of age ; be long to Waddesdon. I have tried to get work in the parish, but cannot. I have only had txo days' work within the last seven weeks. When in work the farm • ers would give me a shilling a-day. As I could not get work, and was almost starved, I applied to the guardians for relief ; they say I am an able-bodied chap, and must shift for myself. They would neither relieve me nor let me go into the workhouse. I would rather be in a workhouse, or even in a gaol, than to be obliged to beg from day to day for my living, round the coun try, as I am." The other individual gave me, in answer to my questions, the following distressing tale :—" My name is John Bull, of Waddesdon. I am twenty-four years old. I have had only four day: work for the last eight weeks. When in work 1 would earn a shilling a day. There are as many as thirty out of work in Waddesdon. I have, with Turner, been begging for the last month fnr my living. I have neither father nor mother ; as I cannot get work I must either beg or starve. The parish will not assist me ; they say I must get work,' and that I cannot do. If the farmers of our parish would only employ one man to every forty-five acres of land, there would not be one of us out of work. They will not employ us ; the parish will not assist us ; and I suppose I must be starved. If I go to Waddesdon I have no home or place to lay my head, nor will the farmers give me work. If they would, I could get lodg ings, and work for my living." I told him he was liable to be imprisoned for begging from place to place. This brought from him the following energetic reply : " Yes, Sir, I know it, but what am I to do ? I keep myself to the truth, and if I am taken up for so doing, I cannot help it. In a prison I should not be starved ; and begging is the only thing that I have to save me from perishing." He declared he had never been before a justice in his life. Is not this a bad state of things ? The Standard says,“ Bucks is the pattern county." I pre sume it meant for beggary and starvation. Devonshire is said to be bad for agricultural labourers, I doubt whether it can be possibly worse than Buckinghamshire. THE SPANISH PRESS. MADRID, DEC. 13.—The election of officers of Ayuntamientos now in progress throughout the thousand pueblos in Spain that enjoy that privilege has afforded occasion for the development of political views decidedly at variance with the well• being of this kingdom, and, if their dissemination proceed unchecked, likely to lead to foreign interference as well as civil discord. An extract from a recent number of the Republican jour na l, El Huracan, now published i n M a rid without a name to evade the law of libel, will suffice to show the unscrupu• lous tendency of this periodical, and the boldness to which its party has attained in the capital : " Fortunately we have in Teruel a worthy colleague, La Centinela de Aragon, who relieves us of a consider able port:on of the weight of our task. In Barcelona there is another of our colour, although somewhat pale and sickly, El Constitutional ; and in other points journals are about to be established. Here, in Mad rid, on the Ist of January next, El Peninsular, a peri odical of principles similar to our own, will see the light, edited by our political friends, and likely to do good service to the cause. Already we find it acquiring high consideration in the important and populous cities, and even in the hamlets and solitary farmhouses they talk of a republic, and discuss its possibility and ap plication in Spain, losing all fear while entranced with the idea of the beauty and perfectibility of the system. What all agree npon is, that nothing worse than what exists could be invented, and that it will be impossible to sustain it ; neither can it be abandoned to its own natural course of decomposition. " Already we arc adults, already re can resist, combat, and conquer the dangers that rise around us, since we have been able to overcome those that threatened us still more furiously at the epoch of our new-born liberties. Inva riable in our principles we aspire to destroy the Constitution of 1837, the Throne, and the Regency of General Espartero -- to realize the union of Spain and Portugal, and establish be tween both countries, on the basis of perfect equality, a federal Republican Government upon the basis of a Constitution formed by ourselves after the most deliberate meditation, which is al ready prepared, and which we shall publish at the proper time. Let nobody imagine that we wish to impose this Constitution upon the people ; we only pro pose it as the complete explanation of the system which has been advocated by us for so long a time, and that the public may, if it or reject and bur n it, i n t h e exercise of t he i r sovere i gnty. " pleases, adopt it, or amend or modify it, This treasonable style must, at present, go free and unpunished, as the law of libel stands ; but it is known that the Minister of the Interior is pre pared with a Bill to submit to the Cortes to remedy the serious deficiencies which exist in this department ; and then we may hope to see something like smity restored to the periodical political literature of Spain. Preparation is making in various tribunals, both civil and military, for attaining a better state of things Don Jose Diaz Gil has been appointed Minislro Togado of the Supreme Tribunal of War and Marino (the council of appeal in military trials) ; Don Francisco Valdes, Mariscal de Campo, has been named Gefe Po litico of Huesca, and various appointments have been made in reference to Cuba, Porto Rico, and the ON THE STEAM NAVIGATION OF GREAT BRITAIN. (FI orn the Journal des Debats.) England is increasing in an extraordinary manner her means of communication with every part of the world. On March 20, 1840, a contract was entered into be tween the Government and the Royal Mail Steam Navi gation Company, by which the latter engaged to orga nise a line of steam-packets between England and the Gulf of Mexico. In less than 20 months from the signing of the contract the running of these vessels has commenced. The conditions imposed on the company were that they should build 14 large steamers, each of 400-horse power, and capable of carrying the heavy artillery now in use. An these vessels were to be completely found in every respect. From the time the Company should be prepared to commence the running of these vessels they were to despatch, at equal intervals, twice in a month, a steamer, which should first carry the mail to the island of Barbadoes, and from thence into the Gulf of Mexico ; and the Company were bound to take measures for the landing and receiving mails at all the different points at which they were to touch, in an interval of not exceeding 22 days (except in case of accident) from their arrival at 13arbadoes to their de- I parture from Sainana, in the island of Hayti, on their return to Europe. The Government, on its part, engaged to pay to the Company an annual sum of 2 40,0001., payable, in equal proportions, every quarter. Not twenty months have elapsed since this contract was signed, and already eight of those stupendous ves sels, ready for sea, have assembled at Southampton, which is to be their point of departure. These vessels are said to be magnificent ; and in the trial trips to which th e y h ave b een su b mitted have shown their amazing powers, none of them performing less than twelve knots an hour, and one of them, the Clyde , fifteen. The remaining six vessels will be at Southamp ton by the 15th of next month. One of these fine vessels started last week for her voyage, and will be the first vessel that has made the run between Europe and the Gulph of Mexico by steam power alone. Others will follow in regular succession. This activity does honour to the Directors of the Company; but it is not only to the continent of Ame rica that the English direct their attention. In the other hemisphere they evince no less efforts to unite their Indian possessiong viith Engl an d b y means of rap i d an d regular communications. The port of Bombay has be.. come one of the m os t- i mportant points of the globe for steam navigation. Her steamers regularly ply to the mouths of the Indus, the Persian Gulph, the Red Sea, and Suez, where they every month transport the corres pondence from India, China, and the Indian Archipe lago, carrying back in exchange the correspondence of Europe with Asia. The last courier which came by that route was the bearer of no l ess than 50,000 let ters for Europe. This is not ell. The presidencies of Calcutta and Madras would also have their direct com munication with the mother country, without being compelled to make use of the Bombay line ; and have, therefore, established a separate line of steamers, which, from next month, will run to Suez, touching at Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta, to take and carry passengers from and to those different ports. Four steamers, of 500 horse-power each, are already ready for this ser vice. In the meantime every exertion is making at Bengal for the extension of steam navig a ti on o f the i magnificent river Ganges ; n a short t i me t h e voyage from Calcutta to Bewares , which cost the unfortunate Jacquemont 89 much labour and time, will be performed as easily as the voyage from Paris to Havre. Steam navigation will shortly establish mania com munications between the different points of the mar , nificent empire which the genius of England has founded in the South Sea. A steamer has already commenced running between Sydney, Port Philip, and Van Die men's Land. It is announced that other vessels will soon arrive to form a rapid communication with all those points by which England has attached the great Continents of New Holland, Van Diemen's Land, Norfolk Island, and the island of New Zealarid. It is talked of, and it is an idea which will be eventually realised, of establishing a regular line of steam-packets between Sydney and Ceylon, or Calcutta—that is to say, to place New Holland at a distance of from seventy or eighty days' run from Europe, whilst hitherto the voyage from the coast of Europe to that antipodean Continent has seldom been less than from five to six months. When we witness such marvellous results as these of the genius of England, we cannot avoid making painful reflections as to our own country. Where are our Transatlantic steam-vessels? When will they ba ready to commence their voyages? Are the great sacrifices offered by the Government in promotion of this affair to be for ever without result? It is scarcely credible, that the gratuitous gift of steamers, and the formal promise of an allowance of more than a million of francs annu ally, has not yet induced the people of Havre, our first Fort, and within fifty leagues of the capital, to form a Company for the service of the line to New York. EXTRAORDINARY RUN WITH THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCIPS HOUNDS ACROSS THE BORDERS. A few days since the Duke of Buccleuch's hounds met at Kelso Bridge, the morning exceedingly favour able, the wind, albeit not southerly, yet soft and balmy, more like a day of April than one of Dark December. Everything looked well for sport, and the freshness and beauty of the moss seemed to impart an elasticity to the body, and buoyancy to the spirit of the large and well-mounted field, and which all were satisfied must be the forerunner of sport beyond common. Among the many sportsmen present were Lord Dunmore, Campbell of Jura, Sir Hugh Campbell, Sir David Baird, on his famous horse Pioneer, the winner of the light weight Eglinton Steeple Chase, Mr. Spottiswoode, Mr. Tod of Drygrange, Mr. Grey of MiHeld Hill, on his well-known mare Grace Darling, Mr. Meiklam, on a dashing brown horse, Mr. Balfour on his neat grey nag, Captain Low, Major Dickenson, &c. Williamson, after waiting a few minutes to allow the field to collect, drew Wooden Dean blank, and then trotted on to Redden Rig, (the property:of Sir William Elliot, Bart., of Stobbs, and No celebrated in song by Mr. Campbell, of Saddell), where a few speculators had waited trusting to his coming there. After draw ing two or three small places, a fox broke from a piece of gorse, and putting all the rules of heading at defi ance, ran right through the whole body of horsemen and disappeared in the large wood. It was now evident that if the fox should prove a good one, the prog nostics of good sport would be verified—for the hounds settled to their fox as they never do except when the scent is first rate. They dashed down the wood as fast as if they had been running at a view. '[his immedi ately had the effect of scattering the field, and fifty red coats, who were a minute before altogether, were, e'er the heunds had cleared the first field beyond the wood, in at least twenty different parties and places. The line was from the wood nearly north, at a slapping pace, to the bottom of the Shidlaw ground. The lead ing men at this time were, Mr. Spottiswoode, Sir H. Campbell, Mr. Grey, Williamson, and Balfour. The hounds now took a sharp turn south, and crossed Sir David Baird, who was riding a little to the right, who of course took the lead, and held it by at least half a field over those beautiful large enclosures from this point for about three miles by Wark-common, Lempit law, and Presscn Mill, until a few seconds of hesitation at the Hoselaw Main plantations allowed about fifteen men to get on terms with the hounds. Up to this point the pace was desperate, and the country very deep, and even the few seconds of doubt was a matter of great moment to the steaming. and heaving flanks of the horses. In less than a minute the bounds cleared the plantations, and were again streaming over the open fields towards the Wideopen covert. Here the field divided, or rather the leaders of the field, Mr. Grey, Mr. Tod, and Williamson, keeping the direct line of the hounds through a heavy turnip-field, the others taking a line to the west, which was directly upon the Wideopen covert. This looked a little like speculating—however, they were cheated, for instead of turning for the Cherry trees country, the fox still pressed forward, and crossed the Beaumont, about a mile above the Mindrum-hill. The river caused a slight check, not to the hounds, but among the leading men. The banks were steep—a good deal of fresh in the stream, and it looked ugly ; however, it was of no use hesitating, the longer you looked the worse you liked it, and Williamson was the first to he seen up to the buttons of his unmentionables swatteriug through. This was the signal for a general plunge ; and as the river varied much in depth the cool. in g received was not exactly equal —some were only belly deep, to their agreeable surprise —others got their boots filled, Jura we observed deliberately swimming down the stream to seek a landing place. All at length got out, and at the right side ; and if the riders were tie comfortable, the horses were decidedly refreshed by their bath. The resolute varmint seemed now de termined to try the metal of all the hounds, :nen, and hems, charging straight up Paston-hill. Mr. Grey and Mr. Meiklam were first into the Yetholtn-road, Wileamson and Sir D. Baird next. Mr. Grey took the fence into the field above—one of those places which try a horse severely when a little blown—a rough steep scramble up a bank, with a hedge on the top, and a bank still rising on the other side. The others kept the road to the gate. Oa getting to the top of the hill, the hounds were stringing down to wards Kilham Haugh ; and a great body of the field, by keeping the flat, now got in and joined the hounds, when they crossed the Beaumont again at Langham Bridge. They ran their fox up one of Mr. Hunter's fields, in the direction of Flodden, but came to a check, and at this moment Mr. Spottiswoode and Mr. Grey viewed the fox down to the banks of the river. William son immediately threw them forward, and again the pace became terrific pest Kilham and Longknow Whin, right over the beautiful but bursting hills to Heathpool. One hour and five minutes to this point. The first flight was composed of Williamson and Tod on the right, George Grey and Jura on the left—the two former having a little advantage, the body of the field taking the flat round to Newton. The hounds were now evidently much blown, and straying like a flack of wild geese— the area wet and uncomfortable—the horses crying " bellows to mend." Still the fox, one of the true Cheviot breed, held on his way, and with undaunted courage faced the tremendous and all but perpendicular side of Newton 'For. This seemed to bring despair to the desperate, and all, by one consent, flew off ; and, after watching the hounds climb the steep ascent on the respective roads, Williamson and one other only made a resolute push to reach the pack, arid when they got to the summit they were without companions. The fear ful bill accomplished, Williamson and the man who had followed him, found easy riding over the table land, and over by Wooler Common ; and after, per haps, the severest run on record, ran into their fox near Middleton Hall. Williamson got the hounds as far as Lees,where he and his pets were welcomed to supper and repose. THE DOVER HORNBLOWER. A diligent sportsma:t in the antiquarian field may easily find some thing to attract notice amongst the preserves of Dover. Few places hare been more rich in antique bits, and there are yet many perishing records, which require the fos tering care of the antiquary to prevent their being lost for ever. Every lane, shop, and church (as Shakspeare says), yields matter for a hot brain ; and the book-worm will find in Dover, what is frequently wanting in other towns—a general desire amongst men of all parties to afford every information connected with its early history. The horn-blower has been, time out of mind, a functionary of some importance in Dover; and a. special fee has al ways been allowed whenever his services were required. Formerly almost every official announcement was made by sound or bugle, but by degrees the custom became less pre valent, and the horn gave place to the drum and hand-bell. The drum was used to summon the inhabitants to re move the beach from the haven ; and the hand-bell be came the peculiar attribute of the Town-crier. In good old times, when horn-blowing was in its zenith, monks, friars, mayors, and lord wardens revelled in sack and venison ; theatrical entertainments were given at the private houses of the Mayor and Jurats, and the ex penses of such representations were defrayed out of the corporate funds, without any cavilling on the part of their fellow-townsmen, who were liberal by nature rather than by name; the morris•dancer, with his jingling bells, enlivened the quiet unpaved street ; lads and lasses tripped it merrily round the may pole ; trade flourished, and tradesmen ranked high in society ; commerce was not looked down upon by great people in a small way ; taxation and machinery had not reduced the bold peasant• of England to become the creature of charity or voluntary exile ; the artisan and labourer earned an independent livelihood ; poor laws were unheard of, and there were no guardians to advertise for beef and collies for the pauper! Men were content to hear a sermon at the parish church on Sunday, and return to business on Monday. Your parish busy body was a thing unheard of : but, tempora mutantur ! England appears in this respect but the brilliant reflec tion of what she was. " There is something ( as my aunt says) rotten in the state of Dunkirk !" A truce, however, to croaking : this is the season of beef, pud ding, and compliment, therefore— " Gentle, simple, great, and small, A merry Christmas to you all." —Dover Chronicle. A MAIDEN LADY.—The Public Advertiser of December, 1777, states that on " Sunday se'nnight were interred at Woolwich, the remains of Mrs. Gott, a maiden lady. She left 50s. on condition of being carried to her grave (and attended only) by females, which was I complied with, so that there were no male officiators at her funeral, except the parson and clerk." Mr. Commissioner Fane has returned to the Earl of Darlington's, after attending Lord Westmorland's , funeral. MADAME FREZZOLINI. - TIDE NEW PRIMA DONNA. The interest and applause which this young and ta lented female has gained in the vocal circles of the Continent has been almost unprecedented, and certainly has not been equalled since the early career of Cate- Idei. As it is generally supposed that she is to be the new pri►ra donna for the ensuing season, the follow log brief sketch of the principal events of her life may prove interesting to our numerous musical readers : Eminia Frezzolini was born at Ovieto, in the Papal States, in 1819 ; her father is still one of the best pass voices in Italy, and an excellent musician, and under his instruction his daughter at a very early ago Lecame a talented pianist, and she studied counter point with more strictness than is usual with females, under Neucini, the celebrated professor of the Ly ceum at Florence. In singing, her first master was the elder Ronconi, the father of one of the most talented artistes that Italy possesses of the present day. The late Madame Malibran having heard the young Enainia sing, took a deep interest in her mu sical education, and declared she would one day become one of the glories of the lyrical art of her country, and it was at Malibran's especial desire that her brother, Manuel Garcia, afforded the young and inter esting eleve the advantage of his instructions. She was afterwards confided to Tacchinardi, with whom she studied in 1836-7 ; at the same time she was studying declamation under the celebrated masters Morrocchesi and Martolini of Florence. In the carnival of 1838 she made her debut at the Theatre Cocomero, at Florence, in Beatrice di Tends, and shortly afterwards in Mario Visconti, which was written specially for her. Her success was immediate and immense ; the oldest and most experienced dilettanti adopted the young debutante as their future hope, and followed with soli citude each of her performances. Besides the fine and rare qualities of her voice, it was remarked she pos sessed a certain method of intonation and an enlarged style ; her acting was at once pronounced superior to any cantatrice then on the Italian stage. From Flo rence she went to Sienna, and all the managers were outvieing each other in offering her engagements. In less than three years she sang at Ferrara, Pisa, Reggio, Bologna, Brescia, Turin, and Milan. At Vienna she received two engagements at the Royal Theatre. bore she appeared in sixteen or eighteen different operas, of which five were written expressly for her. The works in which she more particularly shines are said to be Beatrice di Tenda, Ines de Castro, Lucia di Larnmer►noor, Lucrezia Borgia, and Elena da Feltre. Frezzolini possesses a superior soprano voice, finely developed, of great purity, strikingly brilliant, and full of eclat in certain tones. Tice strength of her organ is not of an extraordinary power, but it is certainly above the middle range, even when heard in so vast a theatre as La Scala, at Milan, which, with the San Carlo, at Naples, is the largest theatre in Italy, nay, in the world. At present she is singing at Modena. In March last Frezzolini was married in Milan to Antonio Poggi, a tenor singer of high reputation, and in every way worthy of associating his name with that of the celebrated cantratice. Pc•ggi and his wife form a duo the most remarkable of the present day on the Italian boards. They are both under engagements, for two years to come, to sing at Milan, Trieste, Naplee, &e., but the tempting and liberal offers made from Paris and London will cause them to break off with a portion of their engagements. SINGULAR DISCO VERY. A very singular discovery of an inscription was made some time since at Coxwold, near Thirsk, in York shire. The country was formerly, as its name implies, a forest ; but as cultivation has advanced, the trees have by degrees been cleared away. An ash was thus felled and split for fire-wood. Upon being riven asun der, the outer part of the tree was cleft in two like a case, leaving the inner portion of the trunk entire, and the following rude inscription was discovered, distinctly legible, both upon the inner part of the trunk, and, with the letters inverted, upon the outer casing. The in scription can, without difficulty, be thus read : THIS THE LOVNG TIME WITNES BEARE OF TOW rIOVRS THAT G r a WALK HEA RE " This tree long time witness bear Of two lovers that did walk here." There is no date to the inscription, but the period at which it was made may be ascertained, with much pro bability, from the following considerations. The trey is deposited in the museum of the Hospital at Kirk Leatham, Letween Stockton-upon-Tees and Redear. The porter of the Hospital, now living, can vouch for its having been there upwards of 70 years ; and the tradition respecting the tree is, that it was given by Lord Falkenbur, from his manor at Coxwold, to Mr. Cholmley Turner, who cried on the 9th May, 1757. It would therefore appear that the tree has been cut down nearly a hundred years. Also, by the number of rings in the wood, each indicating a year's growth, the tree appears to have been about 5.5 years old when the in scription was made, and to have subsequently grown for nearly 200 }ears. The closeness of the rings under the circumference prevent this estimation of the date from being regarded as more than an approximatio n ; but all th circumstances render it highly probable that the inscription was made about three centuries ago.— Tyne Mercury. AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN.—Left Mee rut on our way towards Kurnaul, and marched towards Sadanha, the former place of residence of the Begun' Sombre. This celebrated woman, who died about two years ago, was a half-caste, and originally married to Colonel Dyce, a German, who obtained during the civil wars of India, and after the downfal of th e Great Mogul, a nd before our taking possession of the country, one of the many small principalities into which the whole empire was subdivided. Aware of her husband's love for her, she pre tended, on a threatened invasion of his territories by the Mahrattas, to destroy herself, and caused a pistol to be fired near her palanquin. The plot suc ceeded. Her spouse said he would not survive her, and shot himself through the head, when she immediately seized the government, soon became one of our closest allies, and was confirmed in her usurpation, which she retained till her death, when, according to treaty, it lapsed to our Government. She seems to have been a strange mixture of good and evil. On the side of the former, she is said to have been kind to her people, and a good mother to her adopted children. On the other, it is argued that she was arbitrary, avari cious, and at times cruel. The worst story told of her is her having been jealous of a Nautch girl, to whom her husband had paid rather too much attention, having her buried alive, and seating herself above the place, smoking her hookah. The Europeans about her, how ever, deny the story, and say that, except to culprits, she was never cruel. She built and endowed a Roman Catholic chapel, which is very beautiful, inlaid like the Taj, the whole of the interior being of white marble. She is said to have died worth nearly 500,0001, which is all left to Mr. Dyce Sombre, her son-in-law, who is just gone to England with it.—Five Years in India. RUNAWAY MATCH OF THE LATE LORD WESTMORELAND.—His Lordship was twice married, and his first union was a runaway match. He had paid his addresses to the only (laughter of the wealthy banker of Temple Bar, Mr. Child. This gentleman being averse to the match, and not to be persuaded to it. the Noble suitor, possessinathe lady's affections, determined to run away with his bfide. In consequence, a post chaise and four an beau =tin carried away the confident pair, but the affair having reached the papa's ears, another pair of postillions and two pair of fleet horses were soon in re quest. Stimulated by the lavish promises of the rich banker, lost time was compensated for by the postillions, and the gay Lothario soon had the desespoir of beholdino• Mr. Child's equipage neck and neck with his own. In this crisis of fate, however, his presence of mind did not forsake him, and drawing a pistol, he shot dead one of the leaders of the pursuing post-chaise. Before the horse could be detached from the harness and a substitute pro cured, it was too late to pursue the fugitives, who were quickly married by the grimy high priest of Gretna. It is by inheritance from this first wife of the late Earl that Lady Jersey enjoys so noble a fortune, and is sleeping partner in that banking-house of which her parent, no less than herself, was " the child." CHURCH-RATEMEEFING AT STOKE, N O RTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—OR Thursda):, pursuant to notice posted on the church door, a meeting of the rate-payers of the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, assembled to tak e the propriety of grantin g a Ch urch-rate into their considera tion. There could not have been far off 1,000 persons present. The Ch art i sts offered considerable oppos i t i on at the meeting, and disapprobation was evinced through- Out. Upon seven ; and were o n Out. Upon a s h ow of hands being calle d f or th e ra te, six the he negative held hands re s p on d ed to it. A poll was th e n demanded, an d amidstugputive the derision of the being put, a forest of n shortly after it was opened the votes are stated to have been te n t o one against the rate. It was to recommence on Friday. On the evening of Friday week, as the Rev. J. A. Park, Rector of Elwick, was returning homeward from Castle Eden, he was rudely assaulted by several fellows, who in a most insolent manner demanded his money. The Rev. Gentleman, nothing daunted by their menacing attitudes, unbuttoned his coat, and placing his hand in the breast pocket, told them in a firm and deli berate manner, that the first who advanced should in an instant breathe his last. This had the desired effect. The villains were intimidated. The Rev. Gentleman reached home in safety, although he had not at the time either pistols or other arms in his possession.—Tyne Mercury. - A letter from Luxembourg, in a Frankfort Jour. nal, gives the following particulars of a late melancholy affair in that town:—"it appears that, at the ball supper at Diekirch, in honour of the King Grand Duke, M. Durion, the burgomaster, having made a speech against the German Customs Union, which was severely criti cised by a Dr. Kuborn, M. Dumont, the receiver of the registry duties, wen t u p to t h e d octor, w i t h a k ni f e in his hand, and ch a ll enge d hi m to repeat what h e h a d said. Kuborn having repeated it, Dumont plunged the knife up to the handle in his heart." VENING SUN LITERATURE. WARWICK'S HOUSE OF commaxs. Saunders and Otley, London. The design o f thi s publication is to gi important detail connected with the pr private history of the members of the F Commons, particulars respectin g each ency, the results of the two last genet, tions, and other statistical and political facts of general interest. It commences with a brief his torical account of the British Parliament up to the year 1377, in the reign of Richard 11., and from that period to the present time gives the names of the diffe rent S pea k ers, with occasional anecdotes respecting them, and the proceed ings in the House of Commons. Thus we learn that in the last Parliament of the reign of Charles 11. the Votes were first ordered to be printed; in the second of ‘Villiam and Mary, the Tory Speaker, Si: John Trevor, was expelled for taking a bribe of 1,000 gu i neas from the city o London ; and that Sir James Cust, who was cho sen in 1761, was the last Speaker who adopte the usual show of diffidence when presented fo the acceptance of the Sovereign, having described his appointment as the only inadvertent step the House could take, and entreated his Majesty George 111. to direct them to present some other person. The work altogether has evidently been compiled with great care, much of the personal information respecting the Members has been fur nished by themselves, and their political opinions are tested by the votes they gave on the sugar duties, the no-confidence motion of Sir Robert Peel, and the address at the openinc , of the last session. The state of the polls, with the names of the succet.sful and unsuccessful candidates at the last election, are given immediately before the description of the Members. The following account of the immaculate bo rough of Sudbury and its representatives affords a fair specimen of this useful publication : SUDBURY (SaGlk)-2. June 30. 5,503. FREDERICK VILLII:ns,/. 284 Joseph Bailey, jun., t. DAVID DYcE-Somunli 1. 281 George Tomline, t. Charles Taylor, t. 271 David Jones, t. 271 - - - *Sombre-Dyce, David-Ochterlony: son of Gen. George- Alexander Dyee, by the dau. of Beltshaxzer-Louis Sombre, of Sirdhannah, in the North-Western pro vince of Ilindostan; b. 1809; m. 1840 the Hon. Mary- Anne Jervis, youngest dau, of Edward-Jervis, 2d Vis count St. Vincent ; was principal private secretary to her Highness Furzand-Azuzai-Comdosul-Urraikeen-Zeb ul-Nissa, the late Beg-um Sombre, a Sovereign Prin.- cess in Hindustan (who d. Jan. 27, 1836), and whose adopted child, we believe, he is, and to whom he was acknowledged heir by the East India Company. The whole of the landed possessions of her late Highness revert to the ITriiish, and the personal property, amounting to nearly half a crore, devolves by will upon Mr. Dyce-Sombre, with the exception of small lega cies and charitable bequests. The personal proved larger than the sum at which it is here estimated ; the mass of it, which was bequeathed to Mr.Dyce. Sombre, amounted to 83 lahlts, or 800,0001, independent of va rious smaller legacies to her other officers and to per sons about her establishment, and also to charitable institutions. The principal of these were to Mr. Troup, who married one of Mr. Dyce-Sonibre's sisters, 50,000 rupees ; to Mr. Sularoli, who also married another sister, 80,000 rupees. Ile is of the Catholic religion, and in politics is a staunch Whig.— Clarendon Hotel, Bond -street. Villiers, Ptederick-Aleynell ; b. 1803 : represented Salt ash in 1831 ; was returned fur Canterbury in 1835 but unseated on petition.—Bury-stre(4, St. James's-sq, CO URT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUL:: , ;DAY.-The Queen and Prince Albert took walking exercise both this morning and afternoon in the slopes and on the terrace of the Castle. Her Royal llighnes the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, also walked out to-day. Iler Majesty honoured Mr. Partridge this morning with another sitting, and Prince Albert honoured Mr. Lucas with a sitting to-day, for a whole length portrait. Their Serene Highnesses Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal and .Prinee Edward of Saxe Weimar, left the residence of their august Relative, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, Sudbury Hall, yesterday morning, for town. Their Serene ILighnesses arrived at the terminus of the Londo❑ and Birmingham Railway soon after six o'clock yesterday evening, and immediately proceeded to Mar:borough : house, Pall-mall. His Roval Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday, from his residence at Kew, and paid a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House. Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci arrived in town yesterday afternoon, from a visit to his Grace the Duke of Beau fort, at Badminton, G loucestershire. THE GREAT SPIRIT, ALCOHOL. The Barbadoes Libt Pal, in giving the report of a temperance meeting and its speeches, pre eats its readers with the fo:lowim_r, novel piece of elocution, then and there delivered : " Gentlemen of the Jury,—l appear before you to night on the part of the Barbadoes Society for the Sup pression of Drunkenness and Intemperance against the prisoner at the ear. He is elia , ..ed by us with being guilty of sund r y hi g h cr i mes and misdemeanors upon the lives, persons, and properties of our fellow-subjects of this island. His name, Gentleasen, is Ardent Spirit., or Alchohol, hut he passes coniwonly :a society. under the mere raicinating and gentlemanly names of Rum, Brandy, Gil), Whisky, &c. Gentlemen, the pri soner at the bar, nccording to the best information I can obtain, scar barn in Egynt. Now, this is worthy of remark ; in Egypt, the very place where the ancient people of God were evil trcated several hucdred years. Thence he was introduced to the African Moors— these, if I mistake not, were the descendants of Ishmael, of whom it is said in Scripture, His hand shall be against every man, and every man's hand shall be against him.' Fhe prlsaner, however, can only be a half brother to these, for while his hand is evidently against every man, he contrives to keep every man upon good terms with him, by which means he accomplishes more evil than he would if he were a true Ishmaelite By the African Moors, he was introduced to the Moor; of Spain, and through them he got into England, about 800 years ago. From that day to the present he has never ceased to perpetrale on his unconscious victims the most. horrid crimes that ever disgraced human nature. The first crime we charge upon the prisoner is murder ; and was it one sol:tary case, even of this atrocious crime, committed during the hour of excitement, we might pause, drop the tear of pity, and say no more, lest we should ex aggerate his offence. But, Gentlemen, the prisoner has been guilty of a series of murders—a system of villany unheard-of in the annals of the world. It is said that Bonaparte filled the pools of Europe with human gore ; but, Gentlemen, Bonaparte was a mere deanf in comparison of hint who now stands at this bar. Bonaparte's career was ended in a few short years, but the monster of whom I speak has now been murdering our countrymen during the long space of more than 200 years. Bonaparte killed only the bodies of men ; the prisoner's murders extend beyond the grave. He bas spared neither young nor old, learned nor ignorant, male nor female, priest nor peasant." SUPPLY OF THE CHINESE MAR- 1 KET WITHWO-0-I.ENS. The followin g i s an extract of a latter f rom L on d on , to a mercantil e h ouse in Leeds, wr itten in the month of March last, an d serves to account i n some d egree f or the falling off in the demand for woollen cloth to sup. ply the China market. We have s ubstituted the numlaers 1,2, and 3, i n t hi s l etter , to avoid the mention of names, but, the authenticity of the document is . up. doubted . _ " I am sorry to sa y, that since I came to London, 1 have discovered that considerable quantities of Belem' or German-made s triped lists (griped lists are the elOa, shipped to the China market) have come there for shipment, and are greatly cheaper than can be made in this country. I was told the same three month s ago, b y N o . I, the packers, who have had more to do with the China trade than any other packers in London. They bad then a lot in bond, intended for shipment, hw hich they assured me were fully equal t o the be s t York ir o nes,and very much cheaper, but I did tiotsec them. s L as e t , week I was at No. 2, another packer, who toll m e the same thing, and showed me the patterns of a large quantity they had shipped during the past year. I compared them with Yorkshire patterns, and they were decidedly better goods, made of better wool, a n d finer spun ; and No. 2 assured me they cos:: full 15 percent. lets thau Yorkshire prices. One of the largest Yorkshire (No. 3) manufacturers had seen them, and was astonished at the price, which he acknow ledged must supersede his, and that he could not com pete with them. No. 2 said they had shipped a great many of them last year, and they are allowed to land and finish then: again upon giving bond for re-shipment. Some allowanecs ought probably to be made for th. usual style in which persons are apt to speak earn extolling one class of manufactures at the FX pease of another class ; but of the l e ading facts, viz., lower prices, finer wool, and skill dis played in the making, there can be no doubt ; it is also probable that the goods mentioned might not have been re-finished, but merely re-pressed under . bond. The amount of the trade in these striped lists for China is very great. A few years ago they were made exten sively in the west of England ; they were introdur;ed into Yorkshire on the opening of the China trade, and a close struggle was for some tim e carr i e d on b e t ween the Yorkshire and West of En g l an d- manu f ac t ur e rs , but, in the end, Yorkshire triumphed. Within a very recent period one mercantile house in Leeds has bad orders for 3,000 or 4,000 pieces at a time of these goods, each piece being worth, on an average, from 4/. to 4/. 10s. What the aggregate amount of pieces may have been we cannot pretend to say, but we should not be surprised if it had reached 20,000 pieces per annum from Yorkshire alone. What it is likely to be in future, under the disadvantages beneath which the Yorkshire manufacturers labour, from the high price o f food, as compared with the manufacturers of Belgium, we shall leave our read e rs to conjecture.... 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