The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-14 00:00:00

ATHENS. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. (From the United Service Gazette.) We mentioned in our last Gazette that detachments been ordered to be held in readiness to embark ffom Ireland for the Mediterranean and the colonies. 1 . 7 e now proceed to enumerate the strength of the re pective draughts which we then alluded to, and to give detail of others which have since been added to the st For the West Indies-4 officers and 31 men from the depot of the 33d Regiment. 1 Captain, 2 Ensigns, 2 Sergeants, and 60 rank and file from the depot of the 47th. 1 Captain, 2 Ensigns, 2 Sergeants, and 80 rank and file from the depot of the 52d. 1 Major, 1 Captain, 2 Ensigns, 3 Sergeants, and 80 rank and file from the depot of the 81st. For Jamaica-1 Major, 2 Captains, 2 First Lieute nants, 2 Second Lieutenants, 3 Sergeants, and 60 rank and file, from the depot of the 2d battalion, 60th ; 2 Captains, 2 Lieutenants, 2 Ensigns, 3 Sergeants, and 100 rank and file, from the depot of the 82d. For Bermuda--The service companies (complete) of the 2d battalion Rifle Brigade. For Maita-1 Lieutenant, 2 Sergeants, and 40 rank and file from the depot of the 19th; 1 Lieutenant, 1 Sergeant, and 30 rank and file from the depot of the 88th;. 1 Lieu tenaTit, 1 Sergeant, and 30 rank and file, from the depot of the Ist battalion Rifle Brigade. For Corfu-1 Lieutenant, 1 Sergeant, and 30 rank and file, from the depot of the 97th. For Gibraltar-1 Captain, 1 lieutenant, 2 Sergeants and 50 rank and file, from the depot of the Ist battalii _ . I Major, 1 Captain, 1 Sergeant, and 25 rank and file, from the &int of the sth Fusileers. 1 Lieutenant, 1 Sergeant, and 40 rank and file, from the depot of the 7th Fusileers. 1 Captain, 1 Sergeant, and 40 rank and file, from the depot of the 46th. 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 Lieutenant, 1 Sergeant, 1 Drum mer, and 40 rank and file, from the depot of the 48th. All these detachments are to be embarked for Cork. • IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE. COMMUNICATION FROM COL. CRICHTON. THE LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF FERMANAGH, AND COPY OF SIR R. PEEL'S AN S WER. " Crom Castle, Sept. 6. "Sir.—ln consequence of the manner in which you have been attacked during the late debates in the House of Commons, in allusion to a certain offensive seal which has been affixed to the return of the Member for the county of Fermanagh, I, as Lieutenant of this county, considered it my duty to call a meeting at the earliest moment, for the purpose of giving the gentry an opportu nity of disconnecting the Conservative party from the conduct of the individual who has so rashly caused the stigma to be cast upon us. «I feel much pleasure in forwarding to you a copy of the protest, signed by all the principal gentry at present in the county, expressive of their disapprobation of such conduct, and of the insult offered to the feelings of the Roman Catholics. I have likewise sent copies to each of our Members, in order that. they may make what use of them they may think proper in the House. " I trust this document will remove from your mind any impression that the gentlemen and landed proprietors of this county are capable of festering the feelings, imputed to them, or of disgracing by such unworthy and un haritable actions the party whose principles you ad v ocate. " I have the honour to remain your humble servant, " JOHN CRICIITO).T, Lieutenant of Fermanagh. " To the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, &e." " Enniskillen Court-House, Sept. 4. " In consequence of a correspondence having appeared in the last publication of our county papers, and our at tention being called to the report of a speech said to have been made in Parliament by Sir Robert Peel, alluding to certain circumstances regarding the conduct of our High Sheriff in the recent return of our County Mem bers, in which the Right Hon. Baronet states he has been asked whether he intended to associate with parties who have offered a deep insult to the religious feelings of their countrymen, &c., " We take the earliest opportunity, at a meeting con vened by the Lieutenant of the county of Fermanagh, of entering our decided protest in condemnation of an offensive seal having been affixed to the return of the writ, as disavowed by our late High Sheriff, and we totally disconnect ourselves with the person or persons who could be guilty of any act which could impair the kindly feelings that up to the present period have so happily existed in Fermanagh' between all classes of her Majesty's subjects, and we feel it right to state, that in no part of the empire does greater tranquillity or more marked obedience to the law exist than in our loyal and united county. " Signed by JOHN CRICHTON Lieutenant, Crom Castle, and thirty-five gentlemen o ithe county." " Whitehall, Sept. 9, 1841. " Sir—l hasten to acknowledge the letter which I have had the honour of receiving from you, and of the document which accompanies it, expressing, on behalf of the principal gentry of Fermanagh at present in the county, their marked disapprobation of an act to which public attention has been recently called, and which was calculated to wound the feelings of our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects. " I assure yon that this document was unnecessary with a view t,) remove from my mind an impression un favourable to the body from which it proceeds. I could not entertain a doubt that the gentlemen of Fermanagh would deeply lament and entirely disapprove of the act in question. _ _ _ "But though the document may be superfluous for the particular purpose for which it was intended, I have re ceived with cordial satisfaction the communication which you have made to me. • " I rejoice that at a public meeting of the gentlemen of Fermanagh, convened by yourself as Lieutenant of the County, sentiments such as those of which you have been the organ should have been expressed, so calculated to discourage throughout Ireland provoking and irritating demonstrations of party feeling and to remote the causes of dissension and " The proceeding which you have adopted is calculated to give strength and confidence to the Government, which it has been my duty to form in obedience to the commands of her Majesty. " It assures me that the course which I have firmly resolved to pursue with respect to the administration of Irish affairs will meet with the cordial support of those whose friendly co-operation is almost essential to its suc cess. "My firm persuasion also is, that it will be followed by consequences ma snore important than any that are connected with mere party interests, that by setting the generous example of forbearance, and by allaying angry feelings, it will go far to paralyse the agitation by which Ireland has been distracted, and to enable the real friends of that country (whatever be their religious distinctions) to lay the foundations of internal peace and improvement. " I have, &c. " ROBERT PEEL. " Lieutenant-Colonel John Crichton, Cram-Castle, Belturbet." SUIPS'ING INTELMG.ENCE. (LLOYD'S.) LIVERPOOL„ SEPT. 11 and 12.—Wind S.S.E., mode rate.—Arrived the Cigar, Harvey, from Buenos Ayres, ;;911 , A July 5; Samaritan, Davie, Alexandria; Collector, Pearce, Palermo. S a il e d the Orixa, for Manilla ; Earl lyre',-, Calcutta ; Suetana, Jamaica ; Dash and Cornhill, Newfoundland ; Albion, Constantinople ; Marquis of Bute, Sydney , ; Tallahassee, New Orleans; Birmingham, New York; ,lem, Tampico ; .Atalanta, Africa; Commo dore, Montreal. Arrived off the New York, from New York, sailed 19th ult. The Thomas Banks, bound to Demerara, has put back leaky. DEAL, SEPT. 11.—Wind W.N.W. t) S.E., moderate. 12—E.S.E. to S.E., moderat ..—Arrived dr: Mosley, f r om N. America. Arrived from the Ri ver and tailed', the Vancomer, for Columbia River; Lloyd's, New Zen larr 7 ; Edward Hayes, Rio Janeiro ; B en j am i n Green , St. Kitts; Toronto, Montreal; Ann, River Gambia ; Gi n ,.. corn°, Georgie, Malta ; Nankin, Calcutta. Sailed the outward bound. ItosoATE, SEPT. 12.—Sailed the Johanna., La Guayra; Rosebud, for Constantinople. OFF DOVER, SEPT. 10.—Vargas, Hamburgh, for Cuba. PORTSMOUTH,E .S.E. SEPT. 1 1.—Wind N. W. t o S . S .E. 12—Wi —Arrived the Joh n Li ne f rom Lon don,d and sailed for Madras ; He ndrick Hudson, from London, and sailed for New York. Sailed the Edward, for Batavia ; Sultan, Port Phillip. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 12. Sailed th e B raganza (steamer), for Gibralt ar. COWES, SEPT. 1 I.—. Arrived Christian, Olsen, Monte Video ; General Evans, Lo ndon, and sailed for Mad eira. FALmotrra, 10.—Wind S. to S.W. fresh. 11 —Wind S. to E.S.E.—Arrived the Havannah, 'Balder stove, from Aux Cayes ; Yarmouth, Ancona ; Peterel Packet, West Indies, left St. Thomas's 18th ult. Sailed the Ranger Packet, for Brazil. Arrived off, the Mer cu , from Quebec ; Paroquet, .Alexandria. JJERSEY, SEPT. 6.—Arrived the Laurel and Apollo, from Labrador. Sailed the Rowena, for River Gambia. BRISTOL, SEPT. 11.—Arrived the Pomona, Smith, from Trinidad. MILFORD, SEPT. 11.—Arrived Bertha, Elliott , Le g horn. Dumax, SEPT. 10.—Sailed Quebec Packet, Savannah. KINGSTOWN, SEPT.lo.—ArrivedClem ti na, Gibraltar. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. —Th e B ro thers, from St. John's to Cork 24th ult., lat. 47, lon. 37 ; Mida, 3d inst. , lat. 48, lon. 21, b y t h e J . Walker, arrived at L i ver p oo l Urania, London, to Monte Video, July 19, lat. 34 S., lon. 52 W. ' • Cambysses, Li verpoo l to S i ngapore, 11 th ult., lat. 12 N., lon. 23 ; Georgians, Jamaica to London, 7th inst., lat. 48, lon. 11, by the Christian, arrived at Cowes. Tanyore, London to Bombay, July 23, lat. 16 S., lon. 33 W. ; Ducondie, Buenos Ayres to Cowes, sth ult., lat. 11 N. lo n . 27 ; R osanna, Bombay to London, 23d ult., lat. 35, lon. 44, by th e Ci gar, arrived at Liver pool. Ruby, of Newcastle, for Miramichi, 6th inst., lat. 48, lon. 18, Lady Grosvenor, Naples, 9th nit., lat. 49, lon. 7, by the Havana, arrived at Falmouth. When, on the 6th September, 1833, I trod for the first time the sacred path of Eieusis, and from the sum mit of Parnassus my gaze swept over the plaids of At tica, Athens presented a lamentable spectacle. Shattered and disordered by the reckless hand of war, she clung in scattered fragments around the hekatompedon of Mi nerva. It was dawn ; the mass of ruins which the pas sage of time had heaped upon the soil were slowly peering through the veil of darkness which obscured them ; the soft tones of the dawning light melted down the harshness of their jagged forms, and brought out in beautiful relief the fine outlines of the lonian archi tecture. At the time I speak of, the temple of Theseus re sounded with the neighing of horses stabled in its sanctuary, and tents of the Albanians shouldered the wells of Stoa. From the column of the Agora were seen &elfin; in the wind the white tunics of their young girls, suspended there to dry, and a family of gypsies had taken up their abode in the Temple of the Winds. The pro py!tea were converted into powder stores ; the mosaic pavement of the Olympian Jupiter's temple vibrated be neath the peasant's flail; a mosque reared its head in the midst of the temple of Miner',a ; while the owls, scared by the first beams of day, hastened to take shelter beneath the roof of their ancient patroness. And yet, although the fury of mankind had lent ;ts aid to the destroying influence of time, although it is true Lysander dealt the first fatal blow to Sparta's rival, whose destruceon was by his commands corn nienced amid the flourish of trumpets—although the Goths, the Macedonians, the Romans, and the Ottomans had in turn directed their attacks on the glorious city, —although Lord Elgin had with sacrilegious band ran sacked her ruins, the old town of Theseus, declined and pillaged as it may have been, nevertheless displayed im posing vestiges of its former grandeur, whereas of the Roman town, the town built by the Caesars, all that re mains unlevelled with the soil is a gate, bearing this in scription, " This is the town of Adrian, and not that of Theseus." It was on the 12th of April, 1833, that the Turk ish Commander, Osman Effendi, delivered Athena into the hands of the Bavarian troops, and that the standard of the Greeks was hoisted on the summit of the Erechtbeion. There were then not more than 20 habitable houses in it, and the interv,l be tween the remains of antiquity and the modern ruins was occupied by the tents of the Albanians. Here and there were visible a few dirty coffee-shops and miser able stalls, exposing for sale the spoiled stocks of the Marseilles and Trieste warehouses. In the evening the air was filled with the barking of countless dog- or the braying of donkeys browzing in the wilderness of thistles which covered the charred soil ; and the narrow and tortuous streets, winding through heaped-up ruins, resounded with the nasal chanting of some strolling musician, as he scraped his two stringed lyre with a piece of quill. The only locanda (inn) then to be found in Athens was kept by an Italian named Cossali, who had married a Viennese, They were an original couple, and both one-eyed, but nevertheless looked well to the main chance, and charged pretty dearly for their goat's flesh, which theykserved up at the table d'hote under all possi ble shapes. They sold a small wine of Trieste, disguised under the pompous appellation of Burgundy, and for the four walls of a room, with the use of an iron bed, one chair, and a table, they exacted 5 francs per diem. Through out the whole town there was but one p!aintain and one palm tree ; indeed, this was the only verdure that it was possible to descry for half a league round. This mournful picture was still before my mind's eye in all the vividness of its wretched colours, when, after an absence of eight years, I lately made my entry on board the gabarre Phcenix into the Gulf of Egina, steering towards the Piraeus. Tne wind was contrary, and we were obliged to luff the whole night. The moon threw a pale gloom over the summits of Hymetta, and the whole coast lay before us in a broad light, re lieved with massive shadows. I could distinguish a long row of houses ranged in a semicircle, and, on inquiring the name of the place, I was informed, to my great sur prise, that where I had formerly beheld only a few mean buildings the Pirasus now stood, a new town, al ready consisting of ],500 houses. I passed the night on deck, whence I at length be held the sky light up with rosy tints. In a short time the sun appeared above the mountains, the wind freshened, and our three-masted vessel sailed majes tically into port. What was my amazement at the appearance of the Piraeus! What activity ! What a crowd of coaches and boats coming and going ! Mules and cabriolets are stationed on the grays, and wait for passengers to take them into the town, the entry to which is by an excellent road. The hackney car riages go at a round pace, and are exceedingly cheap. We made a halt midway in an olive wood, where re freshments may be obtained in wooden booths. For two glasses of Rosinato wine and a cigar I paid ten leptas, or about two sons. After about ten minutes' stay, we started off again, and soon reached the height of the Acropolis, ascended the side of the Pnyx, and beheld Athens before us. We stood at the commence ment of the new street Hermes, and, in the distance, appeared the Royal castle in process of construction. Tne existing town extends to the north-west of the Acropolis, 500 metres beyond the ancient wall of enceinte. It will form a hemicycle round the Poyx and the Acropolis, which is to terminate at the temple of Jupiter Olympus, and the temple of Theseus will stand in the mit:dle. The street of Hermes cuts the town in a right line from east to west, and is 1,200 metres in length and 16 broad. Two principel streets run from north to south, namely, the street of Xolus, which strikes off from the Temple of the Winds, and the street of Minerva, which begins at the portieo of Adrian The space included between the Temple of Tnescus and that of the Winds contain none but irre gular streets, with houses of mean appearance. The finest quarter of the town is that which stretches be tween the Temple of the Winds and the tomb of Lysi cates. Of the private houses, none are very remarks. ble; among them, indeed, are some vast buildings, but they are constructed without style, and with but little solidity. The King's palace will not be completed before a lapse of four or five years. It is a fine monument of a simple and elegant style of architecture, and not without an imposing aspect. It is calculated that in a year King Oho will be enabled to take up his residence there, to gether with his entire household. His actual residence consists of two buildings united by a gallery, the rent of which is 20,000 drachms per year. Among the public buildings we will mention an exceedingly pretty little theatre where Italian operas are performed, the Civil Hospital, the Lithographic Printing-office, the two Barracks, the Mditary Hospital, the Bazaar, the Mint, the Schoolhouse, the Church of St. Irene, and the University. Two aqueducts have been restored, and are sufficient for the supply of the inhabitanri. In the interior of the town, as well as in the environs, are inclosed numerous gardens, and a number of canals are in course of construction, for the purpose of carrying off the impurities of the town. In the evening I visited the Acropolis. The de clining sun was darting his rich golden rays upon the Parthenon. I was seized with a feeling of reverential awe as I reflected that the very height on which I now stood had witnessed the meditations of so many great men, who to the present day have formed the admira tion and instruction of mankind ! Socrates, perhaps, had leaned upon this pillar! And now fragmentary remnants of the great epoch of the Greeks havo become spectators of the advent of a new and flourish- ing era. The Acropolis is now being cleared from the rubbish with which it was encumbered, and during the progress of the work several antiquities have been discovered". The Parthenon has been freed from the modern build ings ,by which it was surrounded and disfigured ; its columns have been raised and restored, and its steps cleansed. The Erechtheion has been restored, and the statue carried uff by Lord Elgin will be replaced by ao otlaEr, sculptured on the model of those which have been preserved. The Temple of Minerva Pales is also rising from its ruins ; it had been destroyed during the last war by the tall of a bomb, and the whole family of the trai tor Cures was buried beneath it ruins. The Acropolis is guarded by invalids. A Suliot, with a copious gray beard, officiat9d as my guide, and when I was about to return he led me to a projection of the Pelasgian wall, whence he began to explain the magnificent pa norama which lay stretched beneath us. " There lies our Royal town," said he ; " Heaven be thanked that I have lived long enough to see it rise again from its ashes. It has not been in vain that my blood has flowed in fighting against the Turks." In the bazaar they were beginning to light the lamps, and the town was growing more and more ani mated. The din of evening was succeeding to the silence of day, and the inhabitants, whom the Ilea' of the day had confined within doors, were beginning to perambulate the streets. The mode of life adopted here is Oriental with a certain admixture of German manners. Thus the business of the day is so divided that the principal meal is taken at mid-day, as though it were in the very centre of Germany. In other re spects, in spite of the Greek hatred for all foreigners, the presence of Germans has a marked influence for the manner of the indigenous population. ThustheGreek ladies have lear ned to p a y attention to the care of their households, and they even frequent the bazaar to pur. chaie provisions. Greek ia pri v girls ate, are be - place TIT TIT FOR TAT. --A gentleman of Stockt on , on frequent. The ceremonybetween e t r a m ke a s Wednesday night last, was roused from sleep by a thun- cause t h e h o ly syno d have n charged the clergy not to dering knock at the door • and on poppii g his night- pronounce a benediction e the union of a native woman capped head out of the window, to inquire the n a t ure o f with a "miscreant." The Gre eks rarely marry European his untimely visitor's business, was informed that Mr. women, for no other reason tha n that the y are scarce; R— had sent him an " objecti on ." — "Indeed !" said the ladies in want of husbands would make a good specula gentleman, and looked at his watch, wanted a few minutes to twelve o'clock . He found that it tion by coming to Athens ; the article is in great r.e and, therefore, quest. There is also a want of servants, who are paid preparing an "objection" to Mr. 'house's vote, he dis- from 30 to 35 francsper month, patched a messenger to his ,d had it served • I are very well off ; the before the expiration of the time allowed by the Act of in this country. Workmen H ere Parliament. slowsaroused in his turn, and pric which is a great deal eof labour is twice that of the material. German rewarded in h coin, was not nearly his grateful as ' workmen are particularly sought after. Locand . a . s might have been anticipated. But his friend Mr. P are in great abundance, but there are few which will have the approbation of his own heart, in having ca n be safely recomm en d e d. O ne of the hest acted upon the good old principle that ~ 9 .49 good tu r n i s t h at of Pullmans, who k eeps a G erman bos deserves another.' --Gateshead Observer.l telry. - Those who prefer the Oriental cuisine take up their quarters in the Greek inns, the proprietors of which are Maltese ; there may be Lad the co/ueyatix, a kind of pumpkin, roasted arin (lamb) pamies, and other national viands. The wine-merchants frequeutly let a portion of their premises to artizans of every call ing ; in some you may see a tailor, a boot.m.aker, a clockmaker, and a weaver, all quietly pursuing their avocations under the same roof, and within a short distance of each other.. Cafes are in great vogue ; the most brilliant of these are in the streets of lEolus ; among others there is one kept by a Sxiss named Ro bert, a native of Berne. A Greek and a Maltese have recently set up establishments in opposition to him. The business is one of great profit ; the cafes are crowded from morning to an advanced hour of the night with persons who play at domi noes and billiards, read the daily papers, and talk politics. This is the greet hobby of the Athenians of the present day ; the jabberers of the Agora have re appeared with the return of liberty. There is not a soul, down to the poorest cobbler's apprentice, who does not believe himself called upon to give his opi nion on the affairs of the state, and this fe'ver of po litical discussion, which aomtes every human head, is kept up by a numerous supply of newspapers. In proportion as the state organizes its,lf and gains in strength and order, property returns into existence and commercial relations become more numerous and ex. tended. The place is infested with tourists ; every day sees fresh arrivals of English, who, loaded with guide books and travelliog•maps, promenade under the colo nades and inspect the monuments of antiquity. At the same time a taste for the arts is inculcated ; the Italian Opera is much frequented, and in families whose cir cumstances areeasy music is cultivatei. Every Sunday the musicians of the garrison assemble at a short di:- tance from the town to execute overtures, cevatinas, &c. These concerts attract crowds.—French Paper. EXTRAORDINARY CROP OF OATS.—We had shown us the other day a remarkably fine specimen of Friezland oats, grown in a field belonging to Mr. VT. Broomhead, of Ridgeway. It consisted of a stern mea suring more than seven feet in length, and the ear con tained 306 seeds. No pains were taken to select the above from the rest in the field, for the whole crop pre sents the most gigantic uniformity.—Sheill I Inde pendent. CAPABILITY OF THE IRISH SOIL YOR PRO DIJCING FINE FLAX.—A sample of flax, of most supe rior fineness of fibre and fairness of colour, now lies at our office for inspection. It was grown and handled in the neighbourhood of Armagh, and a parcel of 150 stones of the same quality was purchased, at a very high figure, at the market of that town. The gentleman who left the sample assured us that a small parcel of even finer flax, of home growth, was exhibited on the same occasion, and which he is confident could not be sur•- passed by the product of a foreign soil. • These circum stances ought to convey much encouragement to our flax cultivators, and to our Belfast Society, in the exer tions now making by . them to extend and improve the culture of this most Important crop. Should a better system of growth and management, in the course of a year or two, enhance the value of Irish flax by but ten per cent, some 200,0001. or 300,0001. would annually be expended in this country for this article alone, instead of finding its way, as it now does, into the pockets of our Dutch or Belgian neighbours, never to return in any shape.—Northern Whig. We have lately witnessed a most singular fact, having the greatest interest in vegetable physiology. In the garden of John Radford, Esq., of Winchmore-hill, near London, there stands a bay tree, which appeared to be killed by the frost of last winter, and the whole of whose leaves became brown and apparently dead. Of the latter - many fell off as spring advanced, and the branches gradually acquired new leaves. In this there was nothing at all remarkable ; but the singular fact is, that the leaves—hard, brown, dry, and to all ap pearance dead—have gradually recovered their green colour, and are in some cases completely re stored to life ! The green colour makes its ap pearance at the base of the leaf in the first in stance, and spreads upwards, along, and right and left of, the mid rib. There can be no mistake about this circumstance, for so very strange a phenomenon natu rally attracted attention ; 'and we learn from Mr. Rad ford that he has distinguished the dead-looking leaves with notches and other marks in order to be quite sure that it is they which are restored to life. A leaf now before us, marked as dead a week ago, has now the green colour spreading along it, in the manner we have described, to the length of rather more than an inch. That the sweet bay-tree should never be cut down after it appears to be killed with frost, is well known ; but that its perfectly dead leaves should be capable of re viving in this extraordinary manner, is to us an event without a parallel in 'either the animal or vegetable kingdom.—Gardener's Chronicle. HINTS TO THE CHOLERIC.—AII experiments with cups and saucers, glasses, vases, mirrors, &c., are much better performed, for obvious reasons, at other people's houses than at your own. It is very pleasant and quite pardonable to sweep a few glasses off the table in a fit of enthusiasm now and then—when you are dining out ; but it is perfectly ridiculous to proceed to such ex tremities at home, where the modes of venting rage are infinite. For a somewhat similar reason, I differ from those who systematically tear their own hair when they fall into a paroxysm ; there is no occasion for it, because you might happen to be wearing a wig, and the effect would be ludicrous. It is far better to thrust your hands desperately into the loose locks of somebody sitting next to you, tearing them violently for the space of an instant, and then apologizing for the wildness of your excitement and the extreme sus ceptibility of your feelings. Your sensibility and the frankness of your disposition will find many admirers ; but to pull your own hair has at best but an affected and theatrical look. The practice common to many of the choleric—that of taking off their hats, flinging them at the first object they see, and then kicking them, regardless of expense—is one that seems to have arisen out of an instinctive feeling, but until lately it was to be condemned as ruinous to those who fall very frequently into a passion. It is less excep tionable now ; the cheap hats are immense con veniences to the choleric. It is better, however, to snatch a friend's off his head and set your foot upon it, taking care to pick it up immediately, tenderly putting it into shape a little and brushing its injured nap, and returning it with your unfeigned regrets. I should not forget to mention one ingenious expedient, which is sure to produce a speedy relief to over-excited feelings. It is recommended on authority as infallible. You shall first lock the door of your sitting-room, and then lie down on your back upon the rug before the fire, taking at the same time one of the bell-ropes in either hand. In this position you will find a little violent pulling very pleasant. But don't leave off merely be cause every body in the house comes rattling at the door, desiring to know, not for their own, but for Heaven's sake, what's the matter. Keep on tugging at both bells until the door is broken open—you will then come-to quite comfortably.—George Cruikshank's Omnibus. On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held at the William the Fourth, Lewisham-road, before Mr. Carter, on the body of Mr. Archibald Trollope, aged 53, who committed suicide by hanging himself under very afflicting circumstances. The deceased was in early life in the merchant service, and for a number of years com manded a West Indiaman. After leaving the service he became a general merchant, and carried on business in the Commercial-road. He retired about four years back. The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary derange ment." MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—Our recent letters from Malta mention an affair of honour which had just taken place in that island, and which ap pears to have excited a great sensation in Valetta. The brother of a Noble Duke (Lord Sussex Lennox) arrived in the Great Liverpool, under an assumed name, at Malta, and having immediately waited on Major S. H., of the 19th Regiment, and all preliminaries having been arranged, proceeded to fight a duel wish another mili tary gentleman holding a situation in the Staff of that garriion (Captain Narcote, of the Rifle Brigade, Mili tary Secretary). Lord Sussex Lennox fired without effect, and his adversary having discharged his pistol in the air, his Lordship was, with difficulty, induced to lis ten to an accommodation, the terms of which are said to be of a somewhat singular description. This done, Lord Sussex Lennox left the next day for England. During the time the parties were on the ground they did not ex change a syllable. The circumstances in which the dis pute originated, together with the corresp"ndence, will, it is further affirmed, in all probability, be published. This affair was the one topic of conversation at Malta when the mail came away.—United Service Gazette. THE GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH RAIL WAY.—A line of permanent rails is now nearly hid be tween Winchburgh and Wyndford. An engine ran seve ral courses between Linlithgow and the south-east end of the tunnel upon Saturday last, proving the rails, and making experiments of its power. Arrangements were nearly finished upon Tuesday night to have the rails laid through the tunnel, and to complete the line between the above-named places, about 28 miles, so that the engi neer and contractor might make a survey of the works with the locomotive engine upon Wednesday. In two or three weeks a line of rails will be finished upon the whole line.—Stirling Observer. CAUTION TO BATHERS.—Yesterday a fine young man, nearly 20 years of age, of the name of George Brick, residing with his father, who is in busi ness in Lambeth, went with some of his companions to bathe at Battersea ; whilst in the water one of the iron steamers passed them, and the swell and commotion she caused was such, as to take him off his legs and draw him so far into the stream th a t, a lth oug h h e was a t o l er . able swimmer, he could not regain the shore, and was drowned. Search was mad e fur hi s b o dy w i t h a ll pos sible expedition, but an hour nearly elapsed before it W:AS found. A RUSSIAN'S•ESTIMATF. OF, AUTHORSHIP. —A popular Russian fable (by Kruiloff) represents an author and a thief in hell. They are in two separate kettles, and the devil has lighted a huge fire under that belonging to the man of letters, while the light-fingered hero is only enjoying a gentle degree of warmth. The author reproaches Satan with his partiality, but the latter justifies himself thus :—" You are a much greater sinner than the thief ; his sins have died with him, but yours will survive for centuries." Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, wth two of the Princesses, attended by Baron Knesbeck, came to town from Kew on Saturday, and visited Mr. Linton's private exhibition of his sketches of the scenery of Greece and its islands, Malta, Sicily, Calabria, and North and South Italy, at the Gallery in Pall-mall. The Royalparty remained nea r ly two hours iri the rooms, appearing to take much interest in the several studies, and on their departure expressed themselves ..highly gra tified. 5u8.8. , 77 , r SESSIONS. (1 , :, - -fore Mr. :cud a Bench of These Sessions commenced yesterday Sessions House, liorsemonger-lane. The number of pri soners in the calendar is 89 ; of these 23 can neither read nor write, 19 can only read imperfectly, 43 can read and write imperfectly, 3 can read and write well, and 1 has received a superior education. The Grand Jury having been addressed by the Chair man, retired to perform their duties, and shortly after returned into Court with various bills. George Williams, indicted for stealing a handkerchief and other articles, the property of William Ranger, at Capel, pleaded Guilty. He was sentenced to seven years transportation, having been previously convicted. James Draper was indicted for stealing at Bagshot a saddle, the property of Habakkuk Robinson. It appeared from the evidence, that on the 13th of August last the prisoner was ta'zen into custody at Siaines, on a charge of picking pockets. While on the road, in custody of a, policeman named O'Toole, some persons accosted the prisoner and asked him what he was in custody for. The prisoner replied " I don't care about this, but it's about something else that I am afraid of being transported." The policeman asked. him what he meant by that, when the prisoner said "I am afraid about stealing a saddle at Bagshot, about nine months since, but another man was in that as well as myself." The policeman asked him who he had stolen it from, when the prisoner replied—" from Mr. Robinson. I drew the staple of the coach-house door, and a man named Rose went in and stole the saddle." The prisoner was taken before the Magistrates at Felton, on the charge of picking pockets, and was discharged for want of evidence, but the policeman Butler stating to the Magistrates his belief that there was a warrant out against the prisoner at Bagshot, he was remanded for three days. On his removal the prisoner said to Butler, "If I am taken to Bagshot, I am safe to be transported," and he then made the same statement to Butler, that he had previously made to O'Toole. He was then taken to Bagshot, and committed for trial on the present charge. It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Robinson's saddle was stolen in March last, and that it was found shortly afterwards in the loft of a person, named Farn dale, to whom the prisoner had previously offered it for sale, but who had refused to purchase it. The prisoner had told Ferndale that the saddle was the property of a man named Rose, who had employed him to sell it. Farndale stated that he was not aware the saddle had been concealed in his loft. Mr. LOCKE having addressed the Jury for the prisoner, The CHAIRMAN summed up, and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment in the Guildford House of Correction, with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A case of some interest came on before the Lord Mayor. A charge of embezzlement was made against the traveller of a mercantile house in Lawrence-lane, but as the conduct of the defendant was evidently in fluenced by the mere principle of securing to himself an amount of compensation to which he considered himself entitled, and acted upon legal advice, we omit the names of the parties. • The solicitor to the complainants stated that the de fendant was liberally paid by them for travelling in the country for orders in their business, and that it was ' considered necessary to call him off his last journey, and to require from hint an account of the goods and money he possessed belonging to his employers. With their demand for the particulars, however, the defendant most positively refused to comply, although he admitted that he had in his possession both money and goods which were the property of the complainants. The defendant's solicitor stated that his client had, while in the country, received information that all the clerks employed by the firm had been discharged, and that his own fate would be similar to theirs upon his arrival in town. Being convinced that he was, con sidering the nature of his connexion w;th the com plainants, entitled to a more ceremonious notice of dis charge, he determined to retain in his hands as much property as would recompense him for the time for which he thought himself justified in demanding pay ment, more especially as the complainants had disposed, of their business to another person. It was his (defen dant's Solicitor's) advice to his client to give up all the stock unsold by him, with the exception of just as much as would be likely to cover a verdict in a court of law ; and the defendant had declined giving an aceount of the particulars of his account, in the belief that legal advan tage might be taken of it to defeat the argument of the liability of the complainants. The solicitor to the complainants insisted that the de fendant had no right whatever to detain either goods or money of his employers. Whatever might have been the intention of the complainants with respect to that gentle man, before he refused to give in his accounts, that re fusal would certainly cause his dismissal. If such con duct were to be endured, there would be no security for any house, however extensive. The first mercantile houses in the country would be at the mercy of their servants, upon the pretext that the latter were appre hensive of being discharged without due notice. The defendant's solicitor said that his client never en• tertained a thought of detaining more than the small amount requisite to cover costs. Everthing else he was ready to give up, and he was ready also to go into. n Court of law to show his right. The first thing he had done upon arriving in town was to endeavour to obtain an interview with the principals of the firm, but he never could accomplish that object, and the customers with whom the defendant transacted business were those, which were made by himself. It would be monstrous to suppose that a man engaged in such business could be' discharged without notice; and he knew that possession was nine points of the law. The solicitor to the complainants stated that his clients were ready to pay whatever claim for delay of allow ance the defendant might be justified in making, and that in the present case they had both a civil and a cri minal remedy. The LORD MAYOR said he considered it to be the duty of every traveller to make weekly returns of the cash he received to his employers, if it were for no other reason than for the credit of the customers, who should always appear in the ledger as having paid their accounts oppo site to their names. No man could be justified in with holding cash upon any pretext. That was a maxim of his as a man of business. With respect to the deten tion of any part of the stock as security for compensa tion for any injury which might be made matter of dis pute in a Court of Law, he should deliver no opinion upon that sort of way of securing a man's self against contingencies. The solicitor to the complainants said that the defen dant admitted that he held a sum of money, the very course which his Lordship had so strongly condemned. The defendant's solicitor—l should be glad to know what specific charge you bring against my client ? The solicitor to the complainant- 2 1 charge him with embez zlement of his masters' property. The defendant's solicitor—Can you produce a witness as to any item ? The solicitor to the complainant—l cannot, for he refuses to give his master the particulars, but I have his admission as to the detention of the money, and I call upon the Lord Mayor to remand him. The defendant's solicitor—l deny that there is the least ground for the accusation of a fraudulent dealing upon the part of my client. The Loan MAYOR—I cannot remand the defendant in such a case. I can only advise that the whole of the money be given up, and that the accounts be imme diately rendered, as business subject to irregularities of such a nature cannot be propettly carried on. I really think the parties had better retire and settle the affair. The parties accordingly retired, but his Lordship was not informed whether any arrangement resulted from his equitable proposition. A sturdy rough-looking native of the county of Cork, named John Mack, who said he travelled about the world with bits of goods to sell, was charged with having vio lently assaulted a policeman. . The policeman said that as he was on duty on London Bridge, he saw the defendant and three or four other men who, from their gentlemanlike manner, appeared to him to have come from the same side of the water shoving the people off the pavement. He went up to the defendant, who was evidently the most rebellious, in the hope-of prevailing upon hint to allow the rest of the public to get out of the way of the coaches, but he met with a sort of opposition that astonished him. The de fendant not only abused him with words but struck and hit him, and in the midst of the conflict between them another of the party seized the complainant's rattle, and broke the complainant's head and rattle against each other. The defendant was, however, the only one of the assailants who was apprehended. _ The statement of the jilaicer having been confirmed by a gentleman who was passing, The LORD MAYOR asked the defendant what he had to say. John Mack said that God knew he would tell nothing but the truth. He and two men and another woman were walking very qui e t over the br id ge , w h en some b o d y pushes up against him, an d as he wasn't likely to be knocked about witho u t asking what for, he first civilly put the question, but th e only answer he got was from the policeman, who caught him by the collar. Now he wouldn't deny that Tom Walsh, who was of the party,. did just the very thi ng t h e policeman accuse d of having done, so that h e f e l t very sore at being seized like a thief when he was on l y acting lik e a ge ntleman, and then, to be sure, as hi s pass i on was up, he warn particularly tender in hi s conduct to t h e ma n who pro voked him. 't very The LORD MAvoß—But what have volt to say about biting the policeman ? John Mack—l'aith, as he put his finger in my mouth I didn't think he put it there for any other purpose, and I bit him as well as I could. The policemen said that the defendant bit him to the bone. The Long MAYOR declared that the conduct of the defendant was most brutal, and ordered him to pay 20s. to the poor man who had been so desperately assailed. The money was paid. GUILD HALL, Yesterday, Mr. Martin, an Inspector in the City Police force, appeared before Sir P. Laurie, to give some explana tion relative to the report of the case of a man named Green, which appeared in The Sun Of Saturday. It was quite true that up to about six weeks ago no refreshment was given to the prisoners confined during the night in station-houses; but since that time an order had issued from the office of the City Commission, by which, under certain circumstances, 3d. was allowed at night, and the same sum in the morning, to procure coffee and bread for th e p r i soners ; b u t th a t or d er , b y so me accident, did not reach him (Martin) until this (yesterday) morning. With respect to the second charge, of his refusal to send a messenger to let Green's family know where he was, he considered himself equally free from blame, as some nights, perh a p s , th ere wou ld b e ten or twelve prisoners confined, and if he were to send a policeman to each per son's home all the men would be sent away from their legitimat e duty. Sir LAURIE said he wished that the regulations at sta h t the r nisLtation of relief or iood at the - station-houses was a mat ter which required great cautionon the part of the inspector, as instances were almost daily brought to this Court in which unfortunate persons would break lamps and win dows, and commit other offences, for the purpose of getting the shelter of the station house, and he thought if food were to be given there indiscriminately it would be holding out a dangerous inducement to such persons. The inspectosr should remember that the rates ibr the support of the police were raised from the very poorest of the population, as well as the wealthy classes, and therefore economy was indispensable. After paying Mr. Inspector Martin a high compliment for his general hu manity, and his anxiety to avoid anything like frivolous or vexatious charges, the worthy Alderman said he per fectly exonerated him from any blame in the transaction. SP t NG 12% TEL L I GEN C.E: Y. A K DONCAFTER, SUNDAY AFTERNOON.—Scott's lot, con sisting of satirist Van Amburgh, llesling! on, Black Beck, Auckland, and Attila, arrived this morning. LATEST BETTING. 7 to 4 on Coronation 16 to 1 agst Middleham 9 to 1 agst Satirist 20 to 1 agst Eringo 9 to 1 agst The Squire 30 to 1 agst Tearaway 16 to 1 agst Van Amburgh 30 to 1 agst Galaor 46 to 1 agst Osberton. The following are expected to start :—The Squire, Middleham, Pagan, Cattonian, Osberton, f by Muley Moloch, out of Mystery, Coronation (at Sandbeek Park), Eringo, Galaor, Satirist, Van Amburgh, and Tearaway. SUNDAY NIGHT.—The London train this afternoon brought a considerable accession of company, and many of the principal lodgings h ave b een t a k en , hut the town is far from full yet ; the inhabitants, however, are still confident of a good meeting, and certainly the extraordi nary fineness of the weather is calculated to neutralise the indifferent character of the entries. Coronation ar rived yesterday at Sandbeck, and is as well as ever. Tearaway is here - : he was out this morning, but at so early an hour, that the curious were disappointed. He is not liked, and 30 to 1 may . be had without difficulty. Middleham is also here, but not in favour. The pre ent betting is offers to lay 7 to 4 on Coronation, or take 2 to 1 ; 9 to 1 agst Satirist (taken); 10 to 1 agst The Squire (taken); and 12 to 1 agst Van Amburgh ; no others backed. It is quite uncertain how many will run; the " guesses" range from 8 up to 14. The following bets have been laid on THE DERBY. 22 to 1 agst Mr Wreford's Wiseacre 33 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland 40 to 1 agst Mr. Coombe's Criterion 40 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Robin 40 to 1 agst Mr. Allen's Belcceur 50 to 1 agst Mr. Cooke's Palinarus. BOW-STREET. CRIM CON.—Patrick Murphy was placed at the bar before Mr. HALL, charged with having assaulted Cecilia Fleming, a very pretty-looking female, in Portugal street, on Sunday night. On the complainant being placed in the witness-box she said she did not wish to press the charge against the prisoner if he would express his sorrow for what he had clone. The Magistrate asked the prisoner if he would avail himself of the kindness of the complainant. Prisoner, with laughable gravity, placing his hand on his heart, said, "No, your Worship, this case shall be gone into, and I will take every punishment the law can inflict," at the same time trying to look pathetic at the complainant. Mr.' HALL said, if that were the case the com plainant must proceed with the case. She stated that she was married and was passsing along Portugal-street, last evening, when the prisoner came up to her and after walking a short distance, he struck her violently on the head and tote her bonnet. Mr. HALL—Was there no cause for it ? Complainant hesitatingly—None, your Worship. Mr. HALL—You seem to have something behind that you wish to hide from me. Complainant simpering— Well, Sir, he formed an attachment to me. Mr. HALL—What before your marriage ? Com plainant hanging her head—No, your Worship, since. The prisoner sighed heavily, and buried his face in his hands. Mr. HALL—What without the knowleage of your husband ? Complainant—No, yuur Worship, my hus band knew of it, and the prisoner visited our house. Mr. }TALL said the prisoner - had better take advan tage of the complainant's kindness, as, if he did not, he should be compelled to fine him, which perhaps would have the effect of lodging him in prison. The prisoner's heroic bearing evidently cooled, and he said he was sorry for what he had done, but he was excited by the female ; she had met him by appointment. Complainant—Yes, but you owed me some money. Mr. HALL said as the prisoner had expressed his sorrow the complainant was no doubt satisfied. Complainant said she was perfectly satisfied, and the parties left the Court together. Edward William Allen was placed at the bar charged with having embezzled the sum of 201., the property of a gentleman of the name of Butcher, residing at Mahon, in Essex. It appeared that the prisoner was paying his addresses to a sister-in-law of complainant, and in January last they paid a visit to the complainant, and on their de parture he rave the prisoner 201. to pay to a house in London. This payment had never been made, and in March last the complainant received a letter from the prisoner stating he had paid the money when in a state of intoxication, but he could not tell to whom. He pro mised that the money should be re-paid, but it had not been paid, and the complainant came to London on Sa turday, and, seeing the prisoner, gave him into custody. Mr. HALL said the case was out of their jurisdiction, and he thought it would not amount to larceny, but only to a breach of trust, and the only remedy would be a civil process. He would, however, bind the prisoner over to answer any charge that might be brought against him at the Sessions in Essex. KINGSTON POLICE. The following case will serve as a caution to the gentry living in the neighbourhood or the metropolis, and may prevent them from being imposed upon by de signing persons Mary - Anne Jones, a young woman, respectably dressed in a suit of mourning, was brought before Sir Richard Frederick, charged with obtaining, by false pre tences, five sovereigns from Miss Combe, the sister of Mr. Henry Combe, of Cobham. A professional gentleman attended in support of the proceeding against the defendant. Mary Coleman deposed that she was lady's maid to Miss Combe, and on Thursday last the•defendant came to Mr. Combe's residence, and gave her a paper, or peti tion, to show her mistress. The petition represented that the defendant's father had carried on the business of a builder at Cobham for fifteen years, and that, by his death, his family had been reduced to a state of great distress, and one child, eight years of age, being blind, some benevolent persons were endeavouring to get up a subscription, in order that it might be placed in some asylum. She showed the petition to her mistress, who said, that if the petitioner was known in Cobham, doubt less some of the respectable inhabitants would assist the subscription, and she should then herself be happy to do so. The defendant being told this, went away with the petition, and brought it back shortly after wards, when the signatures of several influential persons, with sums of money attached to their names, appeared to be appended to it. Among the signatures were those of several of the principwl tradesmen, Mr. Saunders, the brewer, and also that of Mr. Currie, a gentleman of for tune, residing in the neighbourhood. She showed the document to her mistress, who immediately gave her five sovereigns, which she handed over to the defendant. The witness added, that shortly after the defendant had gone away, one of the parties whose names bad been affixed to the petition, came to the house, and on the sub ject being mentioned, the fraud was discovered. Mr. Currie deposed that the prisoner called upon him, and upon her making a representation similar to that spoken to by the last witness, he gave her five shillings. The signature to the paper and the pretended amount of 21., represented to have been paid by him, were both false. Witnesses were then called, who proved that the tale of distress told by the prisoner was a pure invention, and that no such persons as herself or the pretended family had ever resided in the parish of Cobham. Sir RICHARD FREDERICK asked the prisoner what she had to say in answer to the charge ? She replied that a woman who lived in London had applied to her to take the paper to gentlemen's houses, and had promised that she should be will paid for it. She said she could not read or write, and did not know the contents of the paper, and was not aware she was was doing wrong. _ . Sir RICHARD FREDERICK said the offence was duly proved, and it was one of a most mischievous description, He therefore felt it to be his duty to commit her to the House of Correction for three calender months. CALAMITOUS OCCURRENCE AT TIIE HERRING FISHING. (From the Berwick Warder.) We regret to leave to record this week an accident of a peculiarly distressing nature which has taken place on ' this part of the coast, in addition to others, involving the loss of property to a greater or less extent, caused by the state of the weather, and tending at once to cripple the exertions of those engaged in that i m p ortan t branch of industry, the herring fishing, and to cast around them the gloom of affliction arising from the loss of relatives and friends. On Friday evening last, although the sky was overcast, the weather was yet so tine that it was scarcely possible to anticipate the slight est danger to the boats engaged in the fishing, and all of them at the various stations on this part of the coast put out to sea as usual, while some, as in the dis tressing case more immediately under notice, were en couraged by the apparently settled calmness of the night to risk their floats nearer to the rocks than is their prac tice. The aspect of the weather continued unchanged till about 12 o'clock, when a tremendous gale sprung up from the north-east, placing the lives of the boats' crews in the greatest jeopardy. Most of them hauled their nets, many of which being full of herrings, were lost in the hurry and confusion consequent upon the exertions of the fishermen to escape the danger. One of them, however, the Jebus, of Eyemouth, having unfortunately taken up a perilous position near the shore at Marshall Mea dows, from which the crew were unable to extricate themselves, the consequence was that the whole on board, ive in number, perished. The details of the accident have not, of course, been ascertained ; but it is supposed that while the crew were in the act of hauling their nets, and before they could sail, the boat had been caught by the gale, and driven amongst the rocks, after which it hail capsized. The crew con sisted of Thomas Dougal, the skipper, aged 52 ; John Dougal, his sun, aged 15 ; George Dougal, sen., and George Dougal, jun., his nephews, both aged 38 ; and John Grieve, a labouring man, aged 24. The body of the buy and one of the Dougals, who, it is thought, had attempted to swim ashore, were found on the beach on the following morning, and conveyed to Marshal Mea dows barn. The body of the other George Dougal was recovered during the day, and the other two were found entangled amongst the nets in the water. On Monday morning an inquest was held by the Coroner on the bodies •at Marshall Meadows House. The evidence related entirely to the finding of the bodies by the servants at Marshall Meadows. There being no evidence as to the cause of death, the Jury, in com pliance with the technical requirements of the law, gave verdicts of "Found drowned" and "Found dead," ac cording as they were taken out of the water or picked up on the beach. On the same day the bodies were put into coffins and removed by their sorrowing relatives, and on Tuesday the remains of John Grieve were in terred in Ayton churchyard, and those of the other four were deposited in Eyemouth burying-ground. By this lamentable occurrence three widows and seventeen chil dren have been left in destitute circumstances. Thomas Dougal has left three sons and two daughters, the youngest about five years old ; George Dougal has left a widow and five children, the youngest four months ; the other George Dougal has left a widow, at present preg nant, and seven children, the youngest eighteen months old ; and John Grieve has left a widow without chil dren. We. are happy to learn that a subscription has been opened for the relief of these destitute families. PETITION THE QU EEN.--A correspondent says:—Pray urge on your readers the importance of petitioning the Queen as well as the Houses of Parlia ment on the distress of the nation, and repeal of the Corn-laws. The Queen may otherwise be deceived by the Tories as to the f e elings of th e country. Up to yesterday, the Liberals have a gross majority of 339 over the Coniervatives on the predekt registry.--Limerick I?eporier of Tuesday. MAIL PACKET STATIONS. The subject of the West India snail steamers occu pied the attention of the Town Council on Wednesday last ; and we hope that the matter will not be lost sight of until Government does justice, not only to this town, but to the great commercial interests of the country at large, by appointing as the station for those steamers the port which affords the greatest facilities for collecting and distributing the letters ; and that port will be found to be Liverpool. That Liverpool affords every accommodation for large steamers, is sufficiently established by the packets to Halifax, Glasgow, Dublin, and in fact to all parts of Ireland and Scotland. It may be objected, that, to and from Liverpool, vessels will have to make a longer sea-voyage than to and from one of the western points in the British Channel. This would be a good objec tion with regard to sailing vessels, but it is of no im portance to steamers, as has been fully proved by the speed and regularity with which the Hali'ax packets have performed their voyages . . All such considerations have been reduced to nothing by the extensive employment of steamers and railroads ; atad, in future, no place can be fairly selected, as a station for mail-packets, from which there is not a railroad leading to all the great towns of the kingdom. Nether Falmouth nor Dartmouth possesses this grand requisite; and the want of it has recently caused much delay in distributing the foreign mails, of which the merchants of this town have felt the effects, and respecting which they have loudly complained. Bristol and Southampton have also put forward their claims. These two ports are more convenient for transatlantic mail stations than either Falmouth or Dartmouth; but they do not possess the advantages that Liverpool does, whether we consider the accom modation to be afforded to the ships, the means of building, repairing, and fitting them out, or the very important consideration of collecting and despatching the letters. In the last particular, no town in the kingdom can at all compete with Liverpool. From this port letters can be despatched to Manchester, Leeds,York, Birming ham, Sheffield, and to all the great manufacturing towns in England, as well as to every part of Ireland and Scotland, more frequently, and in a shorter space of time, than from any other port that can be named ; consequently, by having the mails made up here, mer chants residing in most parts of the United Kingdom can have an opportunity of replying to the letters they receive by the packet from the West Indies, even when but a few hours elapse before the departure of the out ward mail. Besides the letters from the West Indies, it is more than probable that those from Mexico, the Spanish Main. the Brazils, and from the ports in the Pacific, will ultimately be conveyed by these vessels. The im portance of this correspondence cannot be overrated, and the great commercial communities which are in-, terested in it should at once exert thomselves to prevent any injudicious arrangement from being entered into. The Town Council and people of Liverpool will be greatly to blame if they fail to urge upon the Govern ment and upon the Legitlature the superiority of their port, in every requisite, for ensuring despatch to the packets, and a speedy diffusion of intelligence over every part of the United Kingdom.—Liverpool Albion. T H E 111 A F.:, ic, ET6.--- '..i .I‘..,:'=' , ~..i.. a : .:. i . CORN EXCHANGL. Last week's arrival s o f E ng li s h G ra i n were mo di , rate, but considerable of Foreign Wheat. The fre,h supply of all sorts . of Corn coastwise was short. Wheat obtaiiieti the it rtus of last week. Barley, Bean!, and Peas, dull at last quotations. 1n the Cat trade little done, and prices declined 6d. per quarter. Flour, as last stated. The duty on Foreign Wheat is re ported to be one shilLng next Thursday. The weather is now very fine. Ilt.iilVA LS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DU WIN fl LAS F W IrEl‘ Wheat. Barley. tialk, Flow English Irish - --- I 14w78 -- Foreign 61,419 '2,135 I , CO7 1,,0 6 1 rls raacps ox BOA RD OF SFII. Wheat,Red (01d)... ..... 54, 12s. Beans, Small (new) . ... 40.. 41s. - White (old) f 0:. 7iis. - (old) - Red OS41) .......524. 5•.5. - Tick (new) 35 375. - - Fine 5 S. 6's. ------ (aid) ---- Superfine .62s 6 , 5. - Marrow cnew) ..... 3:E.3". White 0840.-543 58s• -- t01d)......•• -1• -1. --- Fine 6 .s. 6 . 's Brank -- Superfine (33$ tif , s. Oats, Feed -s - 1 . --Foreien free 56. 70s. - New qyf 3Ss 40s. - Poland Barley 216 :124 -- New 25.25'. - Grinding ` , Ss 325. - Potatce -t.-s• - Malting 32, 35, --.-..-. sz tw Malt - Scotch -- Fine New fits. (335. - Irish 161. ..• 1 , 1, '3lr. Pease, Grey, New 14. 38s. Flour Town (per sack).... 60i• 651 * - Maple New 40, 4•N. - Seconds :,p S'. - White 34 , . 3gs. --.-- N.rtli Country.... 50- 555. - Boilers 37,• 40, Bran 6. 91. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply of Cattle was large,,,trade very dull, and a CO". , siderable reductiGn in prices was submitted to. Of Sheep :nd Lambs the supply was moderate, with a good trade. Of Calves the supply was short ; the demand brisk, at the present prices. Of Pigs the supply was middling, with a good trade, particu larly for fine young porkers, which were much in request. Beasts, 3,475 ; Sheep and Lambs, 22,100; Pip, 515; Calves, 110. Beef, 3s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 4, , . to 55. ; Veal, 4s, Bd. to ss. 6d.; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. 6d. ; Lamb, 4s. Bd. to ss. 6d. TALLOW MARKET. The trade operated with caution, and prices had still $ downward tendency. P. Y. Candle on the spot at 48s. 6d. a 48s. 9d., and 48s. 3d. for delivery in the last three month.. The market was dull. PROVISION MARKET. The Butter Market dull, and prices on the decline fa. Mils fine 925. to 955. ; but best Dutch was firm at lOCts. per cwt. Bacon dull of sale, and prices looking down. Prime Meat 60s. to 635. ; and heavy 58s. to 60s. per cwt. HOP MARKET. The demand was dull and prices were barely supported L . ,i 10 accounts are favourable, an d t h e d uty i s est i mated at IBo,oow Picking is general. • PRICE OF BREAD. 'the highes. ri , e of , irea., in :he Metropolis Is 1(lid for the 41b af Gucd Bread may be had at Y.l. PIII,,Ei OF SEEDS. Per Cwt. I Per Quarter gew English Rey Clover...sos SOs St. Fein s --- 0 Old t it, Ditto —s —s —s Rye Grass —s 25t 40 New Foreign Ditto —s 5Gs SOs Pacey Grass —s —s -- 0 01.1 Di to Ditto —s —s —s Linseed, for fe.di,,g ...—s to, 54 New White Clover 4gs Its 72s Ditto, foi sowing .......—s 50 t Old Ditto Ditto —s —s —s'Ditto, for crustni.g ....—s 4.zs 3. 0 New 'l're 0i1.... —s 26: 46s'Hemp — s 4Qs 5E4 Old bitto —s 24s 45s'Canary —8120512 5 s ',Fr folium s 4Ss 7081 Per Bushel. E .001 Carraway —s 46s 50s White Mustard.... 2s Od to 15s OC. Foreign Ditto —s 44s 50sBrown Ditto 14s Od to 178 0 Coriander..... —s —s —slTares ......... Os Cd tc Its PRILE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Town Tallow .. £2 51 6:slelting Stuff XI 17 0 Yellow Russia White o 0 0 Graves Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 5 1 ./ PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Bibs, Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ' , s rd PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton £5O 1 t Div°, refined Linseed Oil 32 C Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 1000) l3 I:1 tta, e.. ake, per ton 7 7 COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day, 92, r. cl. • Adair's Carr's Hartley ,7 0 Chester. Dean's Primrose l5 t; IA olyweil Ma n l7 0 New Tanfield Moor l5 ti Old Tantidd Pontop W indsor l5 9 Wylam .. Walls E 4 Bewicke and Co lB 6 Walls End Clennell lO 0 Walls End Heaton lB 0 Walls End Killingwortn Walis End Newmarch l7 t W. E. Braddyll's Herron s, d. Walls End Hetton ig 9 Wall,: End Lambton ...... Walls End Stewart's A 6 Walls End Adel- ide l9 3 Walls End Barrett lB 6 Walls End Brown's Deanery 1. 6 W all:, End Seymour Tugs l7 9 Wal a End lees Walls Eud Tees Hetton Blythe la 0 C ., wpcn Hartley Howard's Netlierton;uain... tb 9 Newton Main South Pelton COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. 1 Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. I.e..se. Per Quarter s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to a. 711 0 4 46 46 —• Dexham 69 8 36 39 'l3 28 Morpeth 64 76 32 36 20 1.6 36 40 33 40 Penrith 6B 2t 33 Sheffield — '7O 33 45 43 Winchest r 78 28 33 20 20 40 42 35 : 3 ' Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s. d, s.d. &d. s.d s.d s. d Carmarthen 4, 4. 78 00 40 00 2 3 56 00 0u 0 0 cowbrLge 7 9 80 0 0 40 0 0 30 5 0 53 a U 0 iwansea. X 76 84 40 44 26 30 5 6 60 5 6 0 0 Per 8011. ! Barnardcastlls 6 22 0 80 93 64 76 00 1 6 9u 100 Durham 17 6 13 6 80 90 59 69 00 106 90 10 1 l Richmond 19 0 a 0 80 90 60 10 0 86 L 0 00 is 0 Stockton l.) 0196 90 90 6 0 70 90 11 68010 0 WAKEFIELD CORN IIIARKEf 6 220 80 9 3 8 4 7 6 9 1 I 6 6 136 80 9 0 5 9 69 00 hl6 0 X2O 80 9 0 6 0 100 86 130 0 196 90 90 60 7 0 9 0 11 6 WAKEFIELD CORN IIIARKEf Wneat, Red, Norfolk and Stiftlk -s. 668. to 665. fine Ws. -----..- Lin. and Cam. -s. 655. to 68s. fine 67 . -- Yorkshire -a. 565. to 60i. fine 645. -- White . -s. 65.. to 765. fine 73 .--- Foreign, Iced -s. e 2s. to 654. fine 17;. White -s. 1.75. to 6Si. nne 70, Barley, Norfolk and Sufi%lk 3OB. to 3:35. fine 345. ---- Lincolnshire - Yorkshire Wold . 27s. to -s. fine 3O Foreign Beans, New ... 00000000 ...woes 00000 00 •••••••••• - - Old ••••••••• 0000000000 ••••••••••••• -s. to -s. fine -s• Oats, Potato -a. to 28s. fine Ats. --.--. Poland --- Vriuland and Small -a.-s. to 20s. fine 238. -- Nealing Mailin g 27s. to 2hs. Od. per I.oar I Halt. , ...5. 395. fine 435. per Load Rapeseed ..... -I.os. 341.05. S6l. Os. per Last NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. ' Red. White. Wheat, Northumberland 6‘2l 665. 641.68.0 --- Norfolk and Suffolk... ........ tfis. 683....... 691. 72,. ---- Berwick and Scotch 624. 663........ ..-3. 633. --- Foreign 603. 6f.5....... 645. 611. Rye, Norfolk And Suffolk 403. 423 —s. —s. Foreign •14s. 38e —s. —s. , Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk... Ws. 40s. ..... - Grinding and Feeding 34s. L'Os. Malt, Norfolk and Suttblk 593 62s Beans, Small 445. 465....... ~a. -a. I •••••••• •••• Tick .....„,. Ms 445. —4. —a. Pease, White 348. 401..... —5......, Gray . . 3ls Ms. —s. —s. I Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ...... ... 243. gds. —s. --,. --- -- Feed 20s :26. —s. --e.. --. Foreign ... 2os. 223. —ll.—e Flour per sack) sos. 553. —s. .....a. 33 to SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Aberdeen Ber wick Coldstream Cupar (Fife) Dunbar Elgin Inverness Kelso Barley. 6C to 70 45 50 47 46 65 59 65 58 60 H 8 60 4 3 54 54 66 69 67 azc, of the H A DDIN Wheat. .f 6,0 . Tai t;d Os Od ►vczagc....., Oats. I3eans. °atm. , 27 to 28 22 25 22 24 26 31 25 28 26 27 23 25 24 27 29 35 :39 40 measure v GfON Ci Bealey. 33s 6d :35s Od 303 Oil 21 to 25 —to 19 20 30 33 17 19 :..8 30 19 22 22 20 21 24 37 39 22 25 4$ s'l 21 2t 32 33 17 20 30 32 120 25 45 48 25 35 41 44 cries throughout the 0 )RN MARKET. Oats. Hems 2es 01 44s Od 253 01 433 Od 20s 04 423 Od . 31. 163.111 442ths. DALKEITH CORN MARKET. Wheat Caney. 1 Oats. Pease. 87s iu 39s 0.1 : 263 ea 463 Od 723 04 :;4s (4 i ...3s 4d 4-1 s Od 60s Oct :28: 04 IF'! 01 I —s 64 GLASGOW CORN Ni RKET. Wheat, per 240th. s. 1. 8.1. Oat: , , per 2641 b. British, old 36 6t039 0 1r 4 .1) ............—.... mew .... ..... .32 0 38' 0 British Canada, free 0 0 Beans, per 2601 b. Irish _ 3O 0 31 6 English .... Kirkaldy Perth 43 .- Th c. f. int Second Third First... Second • Third ,untry. Poke. 41s Rd --s Ott —s ocl 46s Od 44 nti —s 6d s. O. s. c. 17 t; to 20 3 190 200 Barley, per :3201b. . Scottish 22 0 23 0 , English `29 0 20 6 Pease, Scottish ~ ... 21 6 22 6 Scottish 25 0 28 0 Oatmeal, per 1!.91b.... 17 6 19 6 Irish A few evenings ago, as a young man of Vitro (Ille-et-Vilaine) was passing through the Forest of Pertre with a horse and cart, he was attacked by three men, who, after robbing him of a few francs which he had in his pockets. began to search the cart, thinking there was money concealed in it. In order to make him confess that this was the case, and to mention the place of deposit, they tortured him for nearly an hour by cut ting his hands and wrists with a knife in twenty places,. , 4 inflicting painful, although not dangerous, wounds. They" at length left him to continue his journey. .... ,' PLATE SUITED FOR PRESENT ATION.-- Committees or p r i va t e i n d iv id ua l s requ i ring splendid or simple articles of PLATE f o r p res entaten, may, by add ress i n g paid letter as u n d er , h ave drawingsl sent for their a pp rova l. "t 13 desirable letters should s t a t e a b ou t the suns intend.' to be expended. T. COX SAVORY. Silversmith, &c., 47, Cornhill Seven doors from Gracechurch- -- --- . . . .. street); .I, , nuson. Pamphlet, containing a detailed list of prices of Watches, Clocks, &c., may be k d ' Plate, Plated la A ted Goods, a raw, or will be forwarded, post free, in answer to a post-paid appli cation. . . BIRTH. On the 10th inst., at Lower Clapton, Mrs. Boult, of a son. MARRIF,D. On Saturday, the 11th instant, Lieut -Col. R. F. Melville Browne (late of the Bth, or King's Own), only son of General Gore Browne, to Hannah ELza, only daughter of the late Capt. Nicholetts, eldest son of Gilbert Nicholetts, Esq., Bromptrees, House, Herefordshire. On the Bth inst., at St. Marylebone Church, William Ward roper, Esq., of Welbeck-street Cavendish-square, to Louisa Marienne, daughter of the late Charles Hillyard, Esq., of Upper Clapton, On the 9th inst., at St. Nicholas's Church, Ewen Eversbed, Esq., of Brighton, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Thomas Goodall, Esq., of Brighton On the 9th inst., at Darlington, Robert, eldest son of F. Barclay, Esq., of Leyton, in Essex, to Eliza, daughter of J. Backhouse, Esq., of Darlington. On the 10th inst., at St. Pancras, Mr. James Hunter, of S idEnnuth-street, Regent-square, to Henrietta, youngest daughter of William Kilibe, Esq., Lime-street, City. On the 11th init., at All Saints, Poplar, John Livingstone aigie, Esq., of Finsbury-place South, to Georgina Warren, daughter of the lath Capta►n George Douglas. On the 11th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Henry Francis Earle, El., to Henrietta, youngest daughter of the late Sir George Dallas, Bart. On the 114; at St. Mary'F, Stoke-Newington, Mr. IL Simkin, of Uner Islington, to Lucy, youngest daughter of J. Huxley, of Newington-green, Esq. DIED. In Bedford-square, in her third year, Katherine Mafia, youngest daughter of Major Ward, 48th Regiment. many the 2d inst., at Coryton-park, Devon, Willi am T uc k e r, Es o q. n , fur the , i 2 a d niynys inst., y ears an Tralee, Captain H enry H . C tun i ng, of active magistrate for D evon an d D orse t. the 90th Light Infantry, eldest son of the late General Coming. On the Bth inst., at Prospect-place, Greenwich, Ann, wife of Mr. Charles Clark, aged 70 On the 9th inst.. at Aberybtwith, :Maria, relict of the late Charles Simpson, Esq., of Lichfield. On the loth inst., at Brixton, Stanley Archibald, third son of the Lite Mr. Charles Sehlotel. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, at The Suns Office, No. 112, Strand,in the county of Middlesex, Tuesday, September 14, 1641. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return applies and includes the money re ceived for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and merchandize £ s. d. Sept. 4. Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,344 19 1 3. Birmingham and Gloucester 2,102 18 8 5. Dundee and Arbroath 309 10 0 5. Eastern Counties 4. Glasgow and Ayr 1,691 9 5 4. Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 1,049 0 2 Aug. 28. Grand Junct. & Chester & Crewe 9,791 3 4 Sept. 6. Great North of England 1,352 4 5 5. Great Western 14,844 16 2 4. Hull and Selby 1,091 6 0 4. Lancaster and Preston Junction 484 16 10 3. Liverpool and Manchester 4. London and Birmingham 19,217 3 2 9. London and Blackwall 953 9 6 9. London and Brighton 8. Ditto Shoreham Branch 242 6 11 7. London and Croydon 9. London and Greenwich 935 18 6 4. London and South-Western 7,379 19 5 2. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury... 653 8 5 6. Manchester and Eirminghani ... 343 18 7 Aug. 30. Manchester and Leeds . . 5,066 17 4 Sept. 4. Midland Counties 2;904 11 0 4. Newcastle and Carlisle 1,770 11 3 5. Northern and Eastern 975 2 9 4. North Midland 4,89G 4 101 3. North Union 1,418 12 5 4. Preston and byre 660 1 5 5. Ulster 173 10 5 6. York and North Midland 1,783 7 8 DEPENDING ON ONE'S Wirs.—A journey man tailor, who left this n&ghbourhood on tramp a short time ago, played off the following not very creditable trick. Being " hard-up," (as the ph rase goes ), an d rat h er fatigued, he rested his arms upon a ga t e l ea di ng t o a corn firld, and was . ruminating, wh en a b o d y o f I r i s h men came up. Fancying, from the tailor's manner, that he was the owner of the field, and in the act of looking at the crop to see if it were ready for the hook, they at once asked for " the job." The 'tailor hesitated for a moment, as if in deep thought, and then gave a half negative. The hesi tation of the tailor caused the poor Irishmen to renew their entreaties, and at last the tailor said he had an ob jection to Irishmen, having employed some last year that did not do their work properly. The reapers assured " his honour" that they would behave " dacently" and do the work as it ought to be ; but his honour was not disposed to trust them, unless they would deposit a cer tain sum in his hands. The poor fellows raised several pounds, the fruits of their industry, which they placed in his honour's hands, receiving, in return, orders to commence cutting the wheat on the following morning. We are sorry to add, the tailor, who practised the decep tion, got clear away with his booty before the " mistake" was discovered. He may yet receive his deserts.--Der byshire Chronicb. J. BEALL'S MACHINE FOR SWEEPING STREETS.—The following description of this machine is given in the words of the inventor, we have not seen it, and therefore can give no opinion as to i ts use, for the purposes intended.) It may be used with forty shovels or scrapers, and eighty beesoms or brushes, made in a peculiar manner,—or forty shovels, with forty beesoms ; the number being more or less, as the size of the machine may require. The machine is. to be worked with horses. Oxford-street might be swept at one.sweep, collecting the mud, &c., close to each curbstone, in the time which it would requir e f or the horses to walk , from the one end to the other ; or, if more convenient, Ox ford-street might be swept by going once up and once down, collecting the mud, middle of the street. It is easily contracted, so as hc t i ° . &c., at each side, and in the allow carriages to pass. In snow and thawing weather, ~ by using the machine. about seven o'clock in ing, it would make a clear carriage-way, omnibuses and necessity of having additional horses to omm. coaches, &c. p th v e e ra nt the An occurrence :similar to that excited indignation in London, :thewanton destruction has recently taken which h recently of works of art in public exhibittons, in Ihe place at Cologne. One of the finestbeen pictures wantonly cut. pre sent exhibition of that city has ll FAT. About a fort- DEATH FROM neighbourhood of Whitworth, the disease now raging iiiglii. ago, a funkier in I t 3 le l D n f b near Rochdale, lost e_ on Saturday week, retailed it. sold it to a person who, among cattle ; after its d a ea p t e h rs h o e ns. gotliiot dressed, and a o n f d it th o e n n Z suddenly affected ; one the i\To following less man it is died, and . feared some others will not recover.— Liverpooll/icb Chro .... —LARGE SALMON. -011 Monday tian l i tt li y rt3 b ' Z i a t n% Drummond, of Srathallan, killed a with the rod, in the Tay, to the westward of our salmon .lastDtuheNKHEoLn.D•_,lr. h weighed 411bs. imperial. This; fine fish m have been the monarch of the stream ;as accord-. • tn ' t ‘ the testimony of the oldest " knights of the pirn," bridge, ing t? wine this is the largest salmon that has been caught in this quarter for the last half cent ury . T here is preserved kitchen of Dunk e ld H ouse the outlines of a tremendous lnion cut on a b oar d , kill e d nearly a cen tury ago. which weighed 561b s . D utc h . The anglers of shout therese s a nt day have t o content t h emselves with less the p . weighty results.—Perth Paper. The General Steam Navigation Company's Packet, the' Ocean, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-house on Sunday, ORNING SUN uy i • OM at ti her don and MORNING SUN THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14„ 1841. fEC STO Wax, Card! Pa tick Burk Four, Septi Tend Tii ig n i , will the u dint in t}l Bum one) tion fron . ; A 1, hl, ke ph SI