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The tide had just then began to flow, and finding the ground tole rably quiet, we proceeded, by beginning at the top„uni had worked ' about a foot downwards, when,' on exposing the next six inches, the ground swelled suddenly, • and ~. large quantity burst through the opening thus made. This was followed instantly by a large body of water. The rush was so violent as to force the man, on the spot where the burst took place, out of the frame (or cell), on to the timber stage behind the frame. I was in the frame with the man, but upon the rush of the water, - I went into the next box (or cell) in order to command a better view of the irruption ; and seeing that there was no possibility of their opposing the viater,l ordered all the men in the frames to retire. All were retiring, except the three men who were with me, and they retreated with Inc. I did not leave the stage until those three men were dosi-u the ladder, of the frames, when they and I proceeded. about 20 feet along the west arch of the tunngl ; at this moment, the agitation of the air by the rush of the water was such as. to extinguish all the lights, and' the water had gained the height of the middle of our waists.— I was at that moment giving directions to the tin t T ipc!n; -in what manner they ought to proceed, in the daiie,Ao effect their escape, when thelf and I were knocked down and covered by a part of the timber stage. I struggled uncler water fur some time, and at length extricated myself flout the stage, and by swimming:, iierd being forced by the water, I gained the eastern arch, w h er ; : : rot a better footing, and was enabled, by laying hold of the rar . 2way rope, to pans; a little, in the hope of encouraging the mteu who bad' been knocked down at the same time with myseli: This I en deavoured to do by calling to them. Before I reached the shaft, the water had risen so rapidly that I was ,Put of ray depth, and, therefore, swain to the visitors' stales— the stairs for the, workmen being occupied by thugs wh o had so far escaped: My knee was so injured by the timber stage that I could scarcely swim, or get up the stairs ; but the rush of the water carried me up the shaft. The three men who had been knocked down with me, were unable to extricate themselves, and I am grieved to say, they are lost; and I believe, also, two old men and ,one young man in other , parts of the works." An early meetingyof the proprietors of the Corn pany will be called, and it will be for them to decith, whether the work shall be prosecuted further or abandoned altogether. Qt VICTUALLING OFFICE, JAN. 10, ISM THE Commissioners for Victualling his Majesty's Navy, &c. do he'reby giva Notice, that on FRIDAY, the 18th inst., they will be ready to receive T enders in writing, (sealed up), and treat for Two Thuusand Four hundred Sacks of BISCUIT SI EAL. Two Hundred Sacks of Kiln-dried Household FLOUR. Thirty Tons of COCOA, British Plantation. Four Hundred Quarters of PEASE, (Kiln-dried). Thirty Tons of New RAISINS, and Twenty Tons of New OATMEAL. To le delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores, at Deptrord, one-half of each of these Articles by the Ist of February, and the remainder by the Ist of March next. Samples of the Cocoa, Pease, Raisins, and O atmeal, must be produced by the Parties Tendering. The conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office. to. g llos. ed. Os. 41. 105. 51. Os. Si as. 71. Os. 51. Os. 31. 15s. 41. 103. No. 11,027. .Xl3B • ?1.1 0 . 13 0 . 5 10 LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1828. PRICE 7i). This day was published, in Sri?. price LEMENTS of RHETORIC, compris. lud ing the Sabstance of the Article in the Encyclopecth Metropolitana, with Additions, &c. By RICHARD WHATLEY, D.D. QUARTERLY REVIEW.—No. withstanding done grea t good, an d we sincere] hope, will be induced to do more. NOVEL AMERICAN STEAM-BOAT, &c, ton. to. The Review of Hallam's " Constitutional History of England" is marked by a strong spirit of hostility towards that gentleman and his principles. He is accused of a persevering enmity to the " Anglican Church," of a want of candour, in his cha racters of Lord Stafford and Archbishop Laud ; and more particularly - of an envenomed hatred to Henry VII. Mr. Hallam, it seems, has accused Henry of penuriousness, we know none but an ultra Tory Reviewer who would venture to dispute this fact. It is notorious as the sun at noon day; the very chroniclers and ballad-mongers of the day have recorded it. Mr. Hallam's his tory—adds the Reviewer—" is the production of a decided partisan; presenting not the history itself, but the philosophy of history, and to be received with the more suspicion, because it deals in de ductions and not in details." This is general enough, and easily said ; when, however, the Reviewer pro ceeds to details, we find that Mr. Hallam " deals in deductions," merely because he comments with some freedom on the critic's Tory principles; and is to be received with suspicion, because he takes a Whig view of the constitution, and refuses to canonize Lord Stafford. " Est modus in rebus" says a sensible old writer, and the " modus" in this instance will be found in a temperate mean, between the staunch Whiggism of the Historian, and the Ultra Toryism of his Reviewer. In the United States a new species of river con veyance is coining into use, which unites the advan tages of a floating-house and a steam-boat. This is accomplished by having one vessel for the machinery which draws another exclusively devoted to the ac commodation of the passengers, the two being con nected by a narrow bridge. The following description of a splendid concern of this kind, is taken from a book lately published at Baltimore, under the title of " A Tour to the Lakes," &c. Lo. Principal of St. Alban's Hall, and late FeNow of Orit College, Oxford. Printed for John Mnrray, Albemarle -street, London and J. Parker. Oxford. d. to d. -14 17 . 531 21 Each Tender must specify the Price in words at length, and b e delivered before One o'Clock on the day appointed ; and the person who makes the Tender, or some person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. 911 CLARK'S GENERAL OUTFIT • TING WAREHOUSE, for the EAST an( WEST INDIES and SOUTH AMERICA, EX ETEI 'CH NGE, STRAND. tl. t.o 1. ti. o 2 .1 0 er.ch THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL. 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THE DIRECTORS have caused NEW , TABLES to be calculated, i n w hi c h th e re l at i ve v "lcs of the lives of the two sexes are at all ages distin guished ; in consequence of this improvement— the or The younger Male Lives are insured a t P rem i ums b e l ow dinary rates. The Female Lives at rates lower than any other Office. Life Assurance raay be effected for N or th an d South ' A merica, for the East Indies, for any of the British Colo nies or G arr i sons , f o r a co n tinued or an espec i a l M ar i t i me I:68k, for the Whole of Life, or for the duration of any Mi -1 ' — rY, Civil, or Diplomatic Duty. lour-fifths of the Prefits are divided among the Assured, • wheth er at home or abroad. A M e di ca l Offi cer atten d s d a il y , at T wo o 'Cl oc k , in „ °ruing ; and at Three o'clock, in Waterloo-place ; before "'em only it is necessary to appear. P hysicians are appointed in all parts of the Kingdom. HENRY P. SMITH, Actuary. • ROYAL MAIL COACH-OFFICE, LAD-LANE. 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WATERHOUSE and SON, Proprietors. lir The Proprietors of the above Carriages will not be t " t uuttible for any Parcel or Package whatever, nor for ~- 11, ) ; Passenger's Luggage above the value of Five Pouwle, a - L'ls the same be entered and paid for accordingly at the „._ '- `4 of the delivery of any such Parcel, Pack sage, or Pqs --Ntr' BLuggage, to them or their Agents. IRE TRUE "DR. STEERS'S OPODELDOC," 11 1 ROM its penetrating quality, is found de eidedly superior to any other external application er; : t omoting the natural circulation when i n a t orp id sta t e , ta e A B' from Cold or other causes, and in giving vigour to parts affected. When promptly and copiously rubbed area cures Rheumatism, Chilblains, the Cramp, Sprains, a b ruises, &c . If dissolved, and applied on the first p b „ . ises, ',mice of Chilblains, it prevents their breaking. The g p l e xi tin -4 use of this valuable Remedy has induced many eff et — , 4 t to sell spurious imitations of it, which are without ‘.p**,,, That only is genuine which has the name...... ea e h vi ewbery" engraved in the Government stamp o n f3 l i kittie. Price 2s. 9d. hon, e dby F . Newberg and S ons , a t th e O r i g i na l Ware but Dr. James's Powder, St. Paul's Church-yard ; th e many persons mistake the House, observe that it is by J, 4 4 from Cheapside, th e N um b er 45. S o ld a l so nare; 4 ,nger, 150, Oxford -str ee t ; H aw ki ns , B on d- s t reet ; i i ;) Ludgate-street; Stradling, Royal Exchange; and e gEr, 29, Dame-street, Dublin. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PoRTSMOUTN, JAN. 12.—We hare no foreign are rival of ships to mention this week; a strong easterly wind which prevailed in the early part having been succeeded by a calm and fog. Letters from Malta to the 14th December state, that the time of the departure thence of the Asia and Albion, for England, depended upon the com plete refitment of the Asia, which, from want of stores, might be delayed until the end of that month. The ships lying there were—Asia, Albion, Nirarspite, Isis, Glasgow, Dartmouth, Talbot, Philomel, Wolf, Alacrity, Musquito, Brisk, Rose, Gannet, and the Hind and Racer cutters, with four Russian ships of the line, two frigates, and a corvette of that nation, and parts of the French and Dutch squadrons. Yesterday, the Coldstream, which arrived on Wednesday, from Madras and St. Helena, proceeded for the River. The destination of the Challenger frigate, Capt. Fitz-Clarence, it is understood, is altered; she will take the new Ambassador, the Right Hon. Sir Wm. A'Court, G.C.8., to St. Petersburgh. The Briton frigate, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon, it is said, will escort Prince Miguel, in the Portuguese frigate Pearla, to Lisbon. The ship Mary Ann, with the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, and other passengers, on b oar d, l e f t t h e Cape of Good hope, on Oct. 25, for Calcutta; she arrived there, after experiencing heavy weather, but without loss, on the 14th previous. The pas sengers were all well. His Majesty's ships Owen Glendower and Helicon were lying at the Cape. The Tribune frigate, at Chotham, as well as the Blonde, at this port, are ordered to be commission ed, one to relieve the Doris, in South America,•tite other, the Aurora, in the West Indies. PLYMOUTH, JAN. Io.—Arrived the Portuguese ships of war Pearla and Tigo, from Torbay, to await the orders of Prince Miguel. His Royal Highness is expected at Salaam on Sunday, previous to his leaving this country. Sailed on Sunday the Onyx, for Sierra Leone; Ann and Amelia transport, for Malta ; Stentor transport, for Ceylon ; Vigilant, on a cruise ; Bittern, with seamen for Portsmouth, but put back by strong S.E. winds. The Infernal bomb, Captain Gilbert, is coming here from the River, for the Mediterranean. Remain—Britannia, Ocean, Windsor Castle, Genoa, Erebus, Linnet, Reynard, Nightingale, Bramble, Tyrian, Antelope, and Hope transport. At the Island—Leveret, Royalist. In the Sound—Briton, Undaunted, Britomart, Bittern, Pearls and Tigo (Portuguese), and seven sail of horse-fitted transports, waiting for orders. ENTHRONEMENT OF THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER. WMCIIESTER, JAN. 10.—The ceremonial of en throning Dr. Sumner, the new Bishop of this dio cese, took place to-day in our Cathedral, being the first instance of a Protestant Bishop having been en throned in this city. The novelty of the circum stance attracted a vast concourse of persons, at least 10,000 in number, to witness the ceremony, the good order of which was effectually preserved by a special body of police. Soon after nine o'clock, the weather being very favourable, every avenue leading to the cathedral be gan to be crowded by all ranks of persons. The usual service commenced at ten, the stalls, seats, galleries, and every accessible part of the vast edi fice being thronged with people. At the conclusion of the first lesson, the Clergymen on duty, and their Officers, left the choir, and proceeded to the chap ter-room, where his Lordship awaited their arrival, i❑ order to be escorted to take possession of the Mother Church of St. Lawrence. This ceremony having been performed by his Lordship's tolling the bell at St. Lawrence, the pro cession was joined by the Mayor, Recorder, and Aldermen of the city, attended by their mace-bear ers, and other officers, all in their robes of office, and returned in the same order to the cathedral, the choristers singing a hymn on passing up the centre aisle. Immediately on entering the choir, the Bi shop advanced to the altar-table, where he knelt for a short time, and then returned towards his throne, to which, having first taken the usual oaths before the whole congregation, his Lordship was handed by the Chancellor and senior Prebendary, who stood on either side of his Lordship's seat. The new and elegant throne, which is but just completed, and has been ornamented by rich drapery of purple velvet, trimmed with gold, was thus occupied by the suc cessor of him for whom, but two short months ago, it wore the sable dress of mourning, —occupied, too, by one who, less than ten years since, was a humble curate at an obscure village within his present diocese ; but now, passing threugh successive preferments of less magnificence, has succeeded to the second Bishopric in the kingdom.— rile enthronement being completed, the service of the day proceeded, being rendered more than usually impressive by a selection of grand and appropriate music. The most beautiful performances were b C e a 1 a Deunt i n C. K en t's Anthem " Bl esse d thou, Lo r d G od of Israe l , " an d a grand h's Hallelujah Choru s from the .111miah. The blessing at the conclusion o f the service was pronounced by the Bishop himself i n an au dibl e an d i m p ress i ve i congregation dispersed. manner , immediately after which his Lordship retired, and the mmens e The Bishop's lady sat with some other ladies in a new and handsome pew near the throne during the whole service. After the ceremony, his Lordship received several of the clergy of his diocese, who were in attendance for that purp ose . I n t h e a f ter . noon his Lordship dined with the Mayor of the city, and a large but select party, at St. John's house, while his tenantry were liberally regaled at one of the principal inns. There is much varied information put forward with tact and felicity in the present number of the Quarterly. The first article, entitled " New South Wales," is a lively digest of Mr. Cunningham's late publication on that subject, and gives an impartial account of the commerce, manners, Aborigines, emi grants, and convicts of Australasia. Sidney Town, however, is the chief object of analysis, the inhabi tants of which the Reviewer humourously describes as being divided into two factions; the ille gitinzatcs, or 'voluntary emigrants, and the legi timates, or convicts who have fallen under the lash of the law. Thislast faction is subdivided into two minor sects, each of whom are as " tenacious of the assumed place they hold in society, as was the case in the early stages of some of our North Ame rican colonies, where the descendants of the mounted highwayman would, hare disdained to sit down at the same table with those of the footpad, who, on his part, would have treated with scorn the progeny of the common pickpocket." This reminds us of the Ordinary in Jonathan Wilde, whose nice sense of dignity (sympathising duly with the burglar) l i would not allow him to be seen in company with the operative in petty larceny. Sidney Town, by all accounts, is the very Paradise of pickpockets. Its manufactures are hourly increasing, its climate is uniformly salubrious, and its inhabitants so far ad vanced in civilization, a; already to boast of their crier. cons, and their actions for breach of promise of marriage. In illustration of its improving com merce we quote the following remarks : In Sydney they manufacture hats, beavered with the far of the flying squirrel, which are said to look well and to wear well, except that they become soft, and lose their shape in moist weather. Here also are carried on for sale, soap making, tin-ware, workings in brass and iron, saddlery, harness and whip making, boat, shoe, and straw-hat making : all kinds of common.petory-ware, large jars and tubs for salting meat in, wine and water coolers, and spruce beer bottles, are manufactured in sufficient abundance for the wants of the whole colony, and sold sheap. Carts, drays, ploughs, harrows, and other instruments of husbandry, are made of good and strong materials, and are sold at Eng lish prices ; the colonial coasting vessels and boats are built of gum-timber, which is stated to he as durable, and every. way as fit for ship-building, as Indian teak. The progres sive improvement and civilization of the colony may further be inferred from the state of society in Sydney, where private carriages are kept, and few individuals, if any, who pretend to what, in the slang tongue is called respectability, are without their gip or riding-horses. Every town has its post-office, and a regular system of post-horses is esta blished for the conveyance of letters. A four•horse stage coach runs twice a-day, and a caravan once, between Sydney and Paramatta, and another coach thrice a week to Liver pool, while a third proceeds from Paramatta to Windsor three times a-week also—no mean proofs of the general wealth and prosperity which this infant colony has attained. Nor while comfort and convenience are thus studied, is the improvement of the mind by any means neglected. Speaking incidentally of the Sidney convicts, the Reviewer describes a curious infatuation still preva lent among them, that by proceeding northward of the island, they will not fail to reach China. Num bers, he observes, have fled from time to time in this direction, and among others an Irishman " who set out on this expedition, and after three weeks hard toiling, was cheered with the distant crowing of a cock. A garden, with a snug cottage, gave a new fillip to his joy, and the more so because of its close resemblance to those.he had left in New South Wales; but on seeing an European, in whom he discovered the features of Colonel Johnstone, he was in ecstasy, and hallooed out, " Arrah long life to you, Colonel ; And what has brought your honour to China all the way ?" The fact was, that the Irishman, in keeping straight forward, had made some unfortunate " right about face," and thus travelled back to within a few miles of the spot from which he had started. Many are still per suaded that the Blue Mountains are those of Con naught, and when they take a freak of making their way to Ireland, they always go southerly, because Green Erin being colder than New South Wales, and the cold winds blowing from the south, the laud of their fathers must needs lie in that direction." " The Life and Writings of Lucian " is a smart and spirited Review, and imparts much novel infor mation respecting the wittiest and keenest of Greek satirists. In his admiration, however, of his subject, the Reviewer remarks that the old INlilesian legends will mostly find their prototype in Lucian. This is pretty much after the fashion of Sir William Jones, who with equal enthusiasm and more plausibility derives the heathen mythology unreservedly from the East. With the exception of this fanciful theory, the article throughout is judicious. We could indeed have spared the illiberal sneer at Gib bon, who, however culpable in his religious notions, is assuredly correct as an historian—but then the Reviewer would have lost a point. " Heber's Indian Journals" sets forth with added lustre the amiable, enterprising, and enlightened character of their author—of whom the Reviewer speaks in terms of unqualified, but merited, praise. After a variety of interesting descriptions, ex tracted from the :Bishop's Journals, he comments, briefly and cautiously, on the subject of the East India Company's present monopoly, which he indirectly condemns. On the subject of the Suttee he is equally cautious, but his deductions are unfivour• able to its condemnation. Lord Cornwallis, he observes, Lord Teignmouth, Lord Wellesley, Lord Minto, Lord Hastings, Lord Amherst, Mr. Edmonstone, Mr. Colebrooke, Sir Thomas Munro, and Mr. Elphinstone, are all averse to authoritative interference ; and every successive government, at Calcutta, at Madras, and at Bombay, by which the question has been entertained, has been compelled, after the most anxious investigation, to declare its conviction that all measures of a peremptory or coercive character would be productive of injurious con sequences, A curious illustration of the ill-effects of persecu tion, and of the bigoted obstinacy thereby engen dered in the minds of the persecuted, is shown in the fact that in Poonah, the metropolis of a Hinds° nation, only four suttees or burning of widows took place during seventeen months; while in the pro. vince of Calcutta, by far the most tractable and ciyi lized throughout India, the enormous number of 408 occurred in one year alone. The Reviewer adds that so far from decreasing, the suttees are annually aug menting, more particularly in those places where attempts have been made to suppress them. This single fact speaks volumes; though c very lover of his kind must ardently desire to see so barbarous a ritual abolished. Coinciding with a remark made by the I3ishop, the Reviewer proceeds to observe, that at no very dis tant lapse of time a separation must take place between India and the mother country, and several independent states be thus introduced into the so cial system of the civilised world. He then :everts to the question of the " Suttee," and concludes with some temperate remarks on the dangers tobe appre hended from its too sudden abolition, " Amendments ; of the Criminal Law" Sires a very fair account of the Statutes as they existed be fore the late alterations—it describes their clumsy and, in some respects, laughable complexity—their vagueness of terms—their prolix diction—their ut- ter want of applicability; and then analyses, in an able but somewhat overcharged style—the nature of Mr. Peel's amendments. That this gentleman de deserves great praise for such spirited improvements there cannot be—nor has there ever been—the slightest question—but that he alone is the grand originator--passing by the names of Romilly and Mackintosh,—is not precisely the fact. lie has, not- The remaining articles on " The Reformation in Italy"—" The Literary .Annuals"—and " De Roos's Travels in the United States," we must dis miss with the remark that they will each repay perusal. The last especially, for the " Quarterly Review," is more than usually liberal. It speaks of the Americans in a spirit of the most perfect candour, and strives to prove that their present policy is decidedly to che rish peace and unanimity with the rest of the world. War, says the Reviewer, would go far to ruin them. We wish the Quarterly would be equally plain spoken upon another momentous question : on the politics of the day, however, it is close and cunning —not a word escapes it on the subject, unless, in deed, when in speaking of Hallam's History, it writes itself down, vaguely and unsatisfactorily, a Tory journal. Surely something more than this, in the present posture of affairs, has a right to be looked for from the leading Review of Europe. INDIAN REVELRY. A number of these Indians, who drink at two fountains, had just been visiting the English agents at Romaine Island, on lake Huron ; and among the presents distributed among them they had received some barrels of whiskey. This was soon circulated through the encampment, almost every member of which soon became violently heated and maddened by it. It is the usual practice of the female Indians, when they see intoxication in their own tent, or in the camp, to preserve to themselves the strictest so briety, that they may be enabled to prevent or miti gate the frequently dreadful consequences of intern , temperance in the men. But, on this occasion, the women were more completely inebriated than the men, and with the exception of a few young per sons, all were plmaged in the most frightful state of intoxication. The hell of Virgil and of Dante, or even that painted by Orcagna, at St. Maria Novella, in Flo rence, in a style so deeply impressive, are only faint sketches in comparison with that full display of ter ror and death presented in the tragedy now acted : a tragedy exhibiting in all their horrors the Bac chantes, the Furies, the Eumenides, Medusa, and all'the monsters of history or fiction. Hatred, jealousy, long-standing quarrels, mortal antipathies, all the ferocious passions, were in most exasperated excitement and conflict. The shrieks of the women and children, mingled with the yells of these cannibal's, and the bayings of dogs, added the tortures of hearing to all the agonies which ap palled the sight. Standing on a mound of earth with my cutlass in my girdle, my gun in my hand, and my sword half unsheathed at my side, I remained a spectator of this awful scene, watchful and motionless. I was often menaced, but never answered except by an expressive silence, which most unequivocally de clared that I was ready to rush on the first who should dare to become my assailant. My Bois brae had concealed himself, and I had great difficulty in rallying him to my side, where he at length appeared to feel more confidence and security than elsewhere; for he became convinced that there was a greater probability of escaping the threatened catastrophe by courage and resolution than by indecision and terror. But it became necessary for me, for a few mo ments, to quit my intrenchment. The life of the chief, Cloudy Weather, was in danger. I was his host, and he was the father of the beautiful Woos eita, who, by giving me timely notice, in two instan ces, of plots forming for my destruction, and thus kindling into stronger power the fierce and mena cing expression of my countenance, had been twice my preserver. I darted forward with her and my Bois brulj, who now became a hero, and we saved him by disarming of their knives the two assassins who had attacked him, and against whom, merely with a small piece of wood, ho defen ded himself like a lion. We pushed him into his tent, and committed him to the care of a warrior chief, one of his intimate friends, who was enjoined to protect him and prevent his going out. He found, however, a knife, which had been con cealed; and whether from that impulse natural to Indians, which often occasions them in their pas sion to make a victim of the first man they meet, or whether through real mistake, he rushed on his friend and stabbed him with repeated thrusts : we, however, returned instantly at the call of Woascita, and fortunately in time to prevent the completion of murder. The son of the wounded savage, about eighteen years of age, entered the tent, and surveying with an expression of terrific dignity the assassin of his parent, with heroic self-possession thus addressed him:--" Thou hast stabbed my father—thy own friend—l ought to avenge him, and I leould do it— but thou wouldest not have done this, hadst thou sot been intoxicated—l pardon thee." In this young Indian, the son of Bear's-heart, I perceived Rome a nd Greece united. He was the hero of the day. lie was not only able to resist the temp tation of liquor so exceedingly attractive to Indians, but he contributed greatly to mitigate the effects of its deadly influence. I • embraced him with sentiments such as these savage people had never before excited in me. The noble conduct of this young matt is also one of those circumstances which infuse such contradictions into the character of Indians, and almost preclude the power of defining them. In order to testify my admiration of his con duct, I gave hi m a liberal quantity of p ow d er, t h e most valuable present that, situated as I wa s , I cou ld possibly b es t ow u p on him. 1 would h ave con f erre d on him an empire, had I been able ; but my desti tution was even greater than his own.'—Beltrarni's Travel:. M. CIIAMPOLLION, jun., of Paris, the cele brated Oriental scholar, and able decypherer of the hyero glyphics of Egypt, was elected, on the Ist instant, an ho norary member of the Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. " This barge in all respects, except breadth of beam, and machinery, resembles the finest you ever saw. It certainly exceeds every thing I have ever yet seen, in all that enters into the composition of safety and comfort. It is towed by the Co»zmerec, an unusually fine steam-boat, and of great power.— The connection is by means of two pieces of timber, sonic six feet long. TheSe are fastened to either side of the bow of the barge, and uniting in the form of a pair of compasses, the upper or joint part receives a bolt of iron, which rises out of the stern of the Commerce. The correcting parts work on swivels, hence none of the motion of the steam-boat is com municated to the barge. Communication is had be tween the two by means of a moveable platform some two and a half feet wide, with hand-rails on either side. Openings are made in the stern of the Com merce, and in the bow of the barge, in which this platform rests. Some of the advantages which the barge possesses over the steam boat are, in the se curity from the effects of a burst boiler—freedom from heat and steam, from the smell of grease mid the kitchen, and front the jar occasioned by the ma chinery, the whole barge being set apart for eating, sleeping, and walking. The cabin in which we dine is below, and is the same in which the gentleman sleep ; and 180 persons can sit down at once, and each have elbow-room sufficient for all the pur poses of figuring with the knife and fork in all the graces of which these two instruments are susceptible. At the termination of this im mouse dining apartment, and towards tho bow is a bar sumptuously supplied with all that can be de sired by the most fastidious or thirsty. The births occupy the entire sides of this vast room; these are curtained, and in such a way as to afford retirement in dressing and undressing—there being brass rods on which the curtains are projected, and these arc thrown out at night. In the day the curtains hang close to the births, as usual. Nat above this are the ladies' cabin and apartrnents—state rooms ra ther, furnished in the most splendid style, and in which a lady has all the retirement and comfort, which the delicacy of her sex requires. Over the bar, and upon this middle apartment or tier, is an apartment where the gentlemen dress, shave, and read. All around this second story, it being, I should judge, not over two-thirds the width of the boat, and resting on the middle of the deck, is afine walk, with settees, where you can sit or lounge when you please. Then comes, and over all, the grand promenade, with an awning, when the sun or rains requires it, over the whole." ACCIDENT AT THE THAMES TUNNEL, (From a Sunday Paper. ) At six o'clock on Saturday morning, the nigh, " gang " left their work, and were succeeded by the day men, cons►st►ng of 130 excavators. Mr. Brunel, jun. was present when the relief took place, and was giving directions to the workmen at the moment when the melancholy accident happened. Mr. Brunel, jun. was at box No. 1, in which two work men, named Ball and Collins, were employed, and he remarked that the water drained through the soil at the shield much more rapidly than it had done for soma time. The soil appeared, which for some days had been strong and clayey, much looser, and water and sand poured through the left of the box, but not in such quantities as to create a supposition that the evil could not be soon remedied. Mr. Brunel, jun., at about half an hour past six o'clock, was standing in box No. 1, when several hundred weight of mud was forced into the tunnel through the left corner of No. 1 shield. The boxes No. 1 and 2, which had been in a very precarious state, had yielded to the pressure of the high tides of the season, and permitted the influx of the river. The water rushed with such extreme velocity, that the force of the air threw one man upon his back on the stage, and extinguished the gas. At one pe riod about eighteen men were all immersed in the water, besides Mr. Brunel, jun,; and that gentleman and twelve of the men, after being repeatedly driven against the wood-work, and severely bruised, were taken out at the shaft nearly insensible. Mr. Brunel, jun., was knocked down with Ball and Collins, and at the same instant Jephtha Cooke, who was a bottom box-man, in attempting to escape, got behind the rush of water, which cut off his re treat, and he perished. Ball, Collins, and Cooke, were destroyed almost instantaneously. The rush was so violent as to destroy the lower part of the staircase by which the labourers ascended and de scended, so that it was utterly impossible for them to save themselves. Three other men, we lament to state, hare also perished. Mr. Brunel, jun., was brought out with his ankle much injured in his exertions to save the unfortu nate man.. He gives the following account of the melancholy event :—He was at work with the men in the first box, about 595 fed under the river, when all of a sudden the earth broke in, as he then sup posed, through a hole not more than six inches ; but such was the velocity with which it came in, that three men were struck down. He instantly jumped off the stage, upon which he was standing, and attempted to make his way to the shaft, but turned back again in hopes of saving the unfortunate men he had left behind ; but finding all attempts imprac ticable, he swam to the shaft, and effected his escape with the injury above stated. The water immediately rose to the height of high water in the tunnel, and the works of course are stopped. Mr. Brunel, sen. was at Rotherhithe when we left : the river had been examine], and the hole discovered. It is not so large as the hole caused by the former accident. Orders were sent for the diving-bell to be brought to the spot, and also for a supply of a large quantity of bags of clay. The following are the names of those whose bodies arc now in the water inside the tunnel : Thomas Ball, leaving a wife; John Collins, leav ing a wife and two children ; Thomas Evans, and W. Seton, single men ; Jephtha Cooke, 'Ravin , s i x chil dren orphans ; and John Long, leaving a wife. bodies cannot b e b roug h t out t il l some portion of t he , water is drawn off. A meeting o f th e Director' °l the Thames Tu nne l C om p any too k p l ace on Satur day afternoon, which was attend e d by the 111 "srs. Brunel, who reported th e ex t ent o f t h e viisc h lef, and the time and e x p ence w hi c h wou ld be Incu rred in pie, a time, remedying the same. Thi s disaster' fo drove Mr. Brunel t o a s t a t e of frentY• fie, how ever, has no doubt of ultimate 0 ' 55 " The following letter was o „ Saturday laid befort the Directors of the Thames Tunnel Company, which had been written 17.9 Mr. -Prune!, jun., when suffering under great bodily pain Saturday Morning, Jan. 12. " I had been in the frames (shield) with the workinei, throughout the n ight, having taken my station there sl 10 o'clock. During the workings, through the night, symptoms of insecurity appeared. At six o'clock morning (the usual time for shifting the wen), a fresh set, Mr. Gravat went down at three o'clock yelterday morning in the West India Dock diving-boll, to examine the extent of the opening, but from un fortunate combination of circumstances, was unable to reach the precise spot which he was anxious to attain. Last evening at-five o'clock, it being then low water, another descent was made by Mr. Graem, and he then minutely examined the orifice, which he found to be of an oblong shape, extending from West to East, and in length about seven feet. It is quite perpendicular, and the grcund on either side sound, indeed so muck so . that notwithstand ing the strong current that must of course have accompanied the influx, it still remains unbroken.— Every exertion is making to remedy what has taken place. Bags of clay are prepared and about to be dropped down. The smaller raft prepared on the last calamity is now brought directly over the ape"- ture,and a hole of corresponding size made through it, by which the filling will be completed. There is no doubt as to the ultimate success of this grand undertaking, if there be but funds to meet the ne cessary expenditure. Yesterday, though Sunday, the workmen were all busy. The shaft throughout the day was repeatedly dragged for the bodies o those unfortunate men who are missing. None o them were found; and, ac is probable, none will be until the aperture is stopped, and the water pumped out. The report of the chain of the diving-bell tn•eaking is false. _ _ Some weeks since an incident occurred at tiv:. Thames Tunnel which excited great consternation. In the course of the night Mr. Brunel, jun., and some others engaged in superintending the work, were alarmed by a voice from the farthest part of the excavation, exclaiming, " The water ! the water ! Wedges and straw here!" This was followed by a dead silence.. Those in attendance were at first paralysed by an apprehension that the men who were known to be at the spot from whence the voice was heard, had been overwhelmed by some dis aster. Young Mr. Brunel, however, boldly pushed forward with others,to ascertain what had happened, when they were overjoyed to find the men fast asleep and all safe. They had fallen to sleep fro►:► fatigue, and one of them made the exclamation when under the influence of a dream that the water was break ing in. THE NEW POST-OFFICE. The principal facade of this building is ex tremely elegant ; the outline is noble and simple ; the proportion and di s t r ib u ti on o f th e parts are good, and in harmony with each other ; and. the general composition is chaste and grand. The portico is beautifill in itself, and has a bold and noble projection, the effect of which is skilfully heightened by the recessing of the back wall within the general line of the building. The door-way i.~ nia;niliccnt. The order generally, and its members separately, are classical and ele~ gant, and closely follow the antique in character us bell as in proportions. The principal defect in the facade is the puerile employment of co lumns at the wings. They are perfectly useless, but their inutility is not their only fault; they are in the way, and injure the general effect. Had the projections been plain, they would not only have been grander in themselves. but would have happily enhanced the effect of the portico' in the centre. The front of Carlton House, now, alas, no more ! was a striking instance of the good effect of such a contrast. The termination of the attic over c wings is extremely faulty, and has a most snplaacilesllotted disagreeable effect when viewed in perspective. The hording almost precludes our judging .of the steps of the portico, and of the plinth to the building. With regard to the former, it is to be regretted that they do not project before the portico ; and allow the columns to have Posed , s Hospital, and at the firmly and grandly on. o tl f ie s la a t:_t t i o it r ig g , pearance of pedestals might have been avoid e d. granite, at a tl P ie The stylobate is in two courses of granite. A single course would have been much grander ; it) obtaining materials of and the large blocks New Hall of Christ Lon don Bridge, arc sufficie"t proofs that there would have been no o d w i a ffi rd ev s ftY Cheapside is well designed boldin g requisite dimensios• free' d T i gt h irl e ca i f i r d o . n t t The introduction of windows in the frieze is to be , regretted ; but their necessity enatheir excuse. The fronts in d us St. Ann's-lane have no architec tlll'?°:ilteprfr-uejlltiL'el:lai.ons. The arrangement and plan of the are excellent. The grand entrance portico is magnificent. It consists of a colonnade on each side, of the same order and iimensions as the columns of the portico, carried 1p impracticability reasoii 11) the whole height of the building, and running wil a l n p d ro n v o e t :1:i:bot Erectly through to Foster-lane. At first highs, I, might seem a subject for regret that a court ieoeitli, a p n ro d v a i=r f the little al consideration, i n d o e t r a l t .) to the building, of such a scheme. v ie careful and ingenious construction cannot be too highly ) commended. It may be objected , think, that the general character of the edifice il too rich and sumptuous for a public building, especially for °"e so purely official as a post office ; „,,d the display of ornament on this oc casion is the more surprising, as Mr. Smirke is sparing, to a fault, of architectural enrichments in his club-houses and other buildings, in which their introduction would have been most appro. priate.---21thencrum.