The Sun. — London, England, 1842-09-06 00:00:00

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'RAN CIS .. , • _ Francis Bradley, who was convicted, at the last assizes held in this town, of having killed his wife by the administration of poison, was hanged, on Saturday last, at twelve o'clock, on a gallows erected at the north-east corner of Kirkdale Gaol. After his condemation, the unhappy man was con fined in a cell, where two turnkeys were kept con tinually with him. Notwithstanding the conclusive evidence on which his guilt was established, and the I emphatic manner in which the Lord Chief Justice exhorted him to prepare for death, it appears he cherished an expectation of a reprieve so long as there remained the slightest room for hope. The convict, who was a Roman Catholic, was re sidiously attended by the Rev. Peter Wilcock, one of the priests of St. Anthony's chapel. For some weeks the daily visits of the Rev. Gentleman were unat tended with any good effect, the convict remaining hardened, impenitent. and deaf, to the exhortations of the minister. Mr. Amos, the kind and excellent Go 'rernor of the prison, describes the attention of Mr. Wilcock to have been of the most untiring and affec tionate character, but for a length of time his kind efforts were unava ili ng. Though the prisoner was repeatedly informed by those about him that there was no hope of any commutation in his favour, he still clung to the cherished impression. A memorial in his behalf was forwarded to the Secretary of State. The answer returned was to the effect, that the case Was of such a nature that her Majesty could not be 1 recom mended to gra n t a repr i eve. At length, the impenetrability of the prisoner's character gradually atubbowa gave way as his fate beca me more h ope l ess, and h is rn vanished before the certaint of a proa c hi ng death. Recently he attended closely to the religious i nstructions of his reverend attendant, and conformed strictly to the discipli ne w hi c h hi s Ch urc h prescrib e d . eeghtThe e xecution w as , a t fi rst, fi xed to take place at o'clock on S atur d ay morning. It was after determined de termined to a lt er th e h our to twelve 0 clock, from a humane consideration that a re prieve might arrive by the early morning train. !It had, however, got abroad that the criminal FM to be hanged at eight o'clock, and those whose bad taste induces delight in such exhibitions we e arly on th e a l ert. Even at six o'clock, we are in re formed, nu merous i ndividuals, of both sexes, were seen wending their way towards Kirkdale. Long -11 fore eight a cons id erable multitude of the humbler classes had assembled in front of the scaffold, and, though most of them must have had avocations in the . town, by far the greater number waited till the sen -3' tence was carried into - effect. noon thecrowd was At the app roac h of the spectators was c augmented. Amongst re a number of fem a l es , several of very respectable appearance. If the multitude evinced no ne o f that brutality which we have some times seenpacs described as occurring at execut i ons in with other , they, at least, behav e d i n many respects unseemly indecorum. While waiting for the ap sPieloaurationceg, of the criminal, they lightened the time by throwing cabbage stumps, and other seemlyun „i,., pranks; and one fellow was detected in the act -` picking a pocket. He was immediately secured and taken within the prison. , The convict retired to rest about twelve o'clock on In'r riordani3rng.nigpt, and slept till four on Saturday he Reverend P. Wilcock entered the condemned clos e cell at si x o ' c l oc k , and continued in attendanc e on the prisoner till he ceased to ex ist The Under -Sheriff arrived from Preston at half past eleven o'clock, when he joined the Governor of the prison. At a quarter before twelve the prisoner .'',v,. 1 !5 cond uc t e d from the cell to the press-room. butills demeanour was firm, and his countenance pale, calm. H e i s a short, stout-built man, about five mark four inches high. His features are l ar ked and stern-looking, hi s eyes small and stron rather da rk, and hi s f orehead low. His head was uncovered, a , nd he w ore a blue coat, with brass buttons, drab trousers, L'*6 and boots. His demeanour in the press room 1 2 as 'respectful and devout. About ten minutes to ° str clock th e pr i soner, attended by his religious in fruct°,r, the pri nc i pa l turnkey, and others, was led 1 , -in the pres s - room to t h e pinioning -room. His self "session never fo r a moment forsook him. As he Passed through the yard he bowed to some of the turnkeys Who sto o d near. Mr. Wilcock walked on his right hand and read, in a faltering voice, several passages from the service proper for the occasion. The unfor tunate man walked slowly, but steadily, up the flight of steps leading to the pinioning-room, and, when there, he stood for a short time engaged in prayer with his pastor. He was placed in the chair, and the work of pinioning was performed by the executioner, who was brought from York tor the occasion. The chair upon which he sat was immediately in front, and commanded a full view of the gallows;. indeed, th ere was but a short pl a tf orm , erected temporarily for the purpose, between him and the place of execution. He kept his eyes intently fixed, for a long time, upon the spot, during which his lips were continually moving, as ,thou g h he was engaged in d eep mental prayer. The . nev- P. Wilcock asked him if he had anything more ftl4 Say- He replied, in a loud, unshaken tone, " No; othing more. After being pini one d, h e extended his b ban s d to the v ar i ous o ffi cers connected with the esta -11 ,! li hment, whi c h th ey s h oo k , and at twelve precisely was led ou t t o hi s f ate, Mr.W ileo - ..k accompanyi ng him to the scaffold, and reading while the executioner ste adjud the app ara t us o f d eat h , the lips of the convict _.all the time moving as in prayer. A loud buzz ran theugh the cr ow d w h en h e made his appearance, and next instant all was silence. At a given 4 trial the drop fell. A struggle was apparent for : m oment, and it was t h ought he had instantly 115 ired, but in a lit t l e hi s sufferings evinced them le by the c onvu l s i ve movements of the hands and 4 8, which continued some two or three minutes. ~," hen he ceased to move, and it was evident life Faa extinct, the executioner, in reply to a question ~,_1 ." 1 a gentleman present, said, in a tone of the 'goat b usiness-like indifference, " Oh, we generally Rive them a three feet drop, but he's a light weight.' Th e unhappy convict made a statement, which at his request, taken down in writing by Mr. see n We We subjoin a copy, by which, it will be O 1 ,: 11 ,_, the culprit acknowledged that he was " satisfied n his sentence." He signed the document with .8 °W n hand, in bold, but not very elegant characters. TILE CONFESSION. ti on II Francis Bradley, make the following declara orl : -.- -1 die i n th e fa i th of the Holy Catholic Church, which forth lam truly sorry to say, I have be en an un tY memb er . I earnestly beg of all my breth ren I die P r ay, after my d eparture, for the repose of my soul. • c 'h peac e w i t h a l l mankind, forgiving sin ;eerelY from my heart all who have ever injured or of j4lided me, an d craving forgiveness of all I have in eredo offended. I depart this life satisfied with my i s i ee, and cheerfully submit to the death which it i th e will of God Ishould suffer; hoping, through the e rl h u „ n ,_ i te merits of our Lord and Saviour, Jefus 1 4 ist„ , to obtain pardon for my sins and life everlast tVe, 1 - heg to return my poor, but best, thanks to of G overnor of the prison for his humane treatment offi,te , and al so t o t h e keepers of the gaol and other tae — ,;" l ,hdividual s , f or th e ki n d ness t h ey h ave shown 1 , , 't .- t ihri urin g my— confinement. By my ord er an d di the above declaration has been written. 0y,.. (Signed) " FRANCIS BRADLEY. Airkdale Sept. 18422' i Lio n The crowd dispersed immediately after the execu ,, , ho ur, Lae body, after having been suspended for an of th e as taken down and buried within the precincts th e , gaol, in pursuance of the sentence. Bradley . is Thurth criminal who has been hanged at Kirkdale. her *li e fi rs t i was Thomas Barlow, for the murder of his hush' th e second Betty 'Rowland, for poisoning mur der' the third, William Hill, for rape and 'mu -6 buried tnn t .',. i a : Warrinoton ; and the fourth Bradley, for the 1. 4 th," r r'i Mgr wife. The last-named culprit is - s ame ave with the other three. %Da Duke de Nemours, on his arrival at St. Omer, aday la s t, was received with particular marks of has Z\Z ".4.1 as well a s o f res p ect . Hi s R oya l highness 41e tl ,t by the C ar di nal de la Tour d ' Auvergne, severalie ord s, the Pr e f e2ts of the Pas-de-Calais and the Wer e a nd all th e c i v i l and military authorities. Addresses t ru l f tleliv ered to the Prince, who relied to themwith ti ( f ) 6e 'eension and feeling. When alluding to the Duke s 1,1,, eans, he spoke with great emotion, saying that 'tl l , l l ll ` ) r.Y could never be sufficiently regretted or honoure, , hi a pat it should be his constant endeavour to fulfil Ittf. IltieB with zeal in order to acquire the esteem and , ecti o . 4he 1 , 11 wall which his brother was surrounded. On tr cc"ing of Tuesday, having exercised the division . the n'neral d'Hautpoul, the Royal Duke went to visit Elfaut. In the front he found a simple i 1 11 4 141111 f ~ tr e P nt of ,designed by Lieutenant Pradier, of the 1 1 t the line, erected in stone, at the common lafa-11.'e o fthe officers and men of the second division of tp 4 1 4 r3, to the memory of the Duke of Orleans. It is ~hscrrorm of a pyramid, and with the usual appropriate 1 - 1 , 13t .. ,kns ; bvars the record of the battles in which Atitw' n ee Royal has distinguished himself, viz. Te,: e rP, 1 832 ; Mascara, 1835 ; the Iron Gates, 1839 ; tamps'ata de Mouzaya, 1840. On his return from the the Duke de Nemours gave a grand dinner. In ttith ev "ing the Prince received a great many of the tq,orities from var i ous parts of the department, some '"lng from a great distan ce . Th • ttf th e ee Tines of y es t er d ay had a complete v i ndication 'ltivit i- Corn-law League against the charge of caused or fomented the recent disturbances. Our "IPorary repudiates the idea that the League or I),e,4l:lther politieal body has occasioned which induced out ha and admits that it was starvation which he Nbworkrnen to demand higher wages. " They asked read" nir scutsto " appe ase t h e i r hunger ;" and i n pursuing e they h ave lately adopted. they were obeying e ct .ions o f no other voice than that of their own Di offi_ apatches are regularly forwarded by the Post- Dkv`f_a mails every evening, from the different public de- , ji4iiii:ents, to her Majesty in Scotland. In former years bite r documents used to be conveyed by Governinen Bengers. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left Faisshot Park, the residence of her Royal . Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, yesterday, for his resi dence at Kew. The President of the Board of Control had an in terview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial office. Dispatches from the Governor of British Guiana were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Lord and Lady Hamilton Chichester have left Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, for Belfast, Ireland. ENtiLISH OPERA HOUSE. • A new zoological dramatic sketch (we copy the designation from the hills) called The Lion King, was produced at this theatre last evening, for the express purpose of introducing the extraordinary performances of Mr. Carter, with his beautiful collection of lions, tigers, panthers, and other wild animals. We always thought the performances of Van Amburgh most ex traordinary, but his performances are certainly sur passed by those of Mr. Carter. In his first scene, Mr. Carter is diScovered in a reclining attitude on an elevated platform. The scene represents a forest, and Mr. Carter personates a sleeping Arab. A tiger springs upon him ,they roll together over the platform, and, when on the stage, after an apparently desperate struggle, he overcomes the tiger, places a collar round the animal's neck, attaches a cord to it, forces the tiger under a tub, and pulls his tail out of the bung hole, thus realizing one of the illustrations to Bay ley's facetious "Tale of a Tub." He then leads on a young lion, knocks the tub over, seizes the tiger by the cord attached to the collar, and leads the two animals several times round the stage. The docility of these two animals is quite astonishing. They jumped upon Carter, fawned upon him, and played with him as a pet dog plays with his master ; they seemed quite to enter into the spirit of the per formance, and acted their parts admirably. In the concluding scene Carter enters a cage, 'in which are a number of lions, tigers, and panthers. He plays with them, makes them jump over his whip, climb the bars of the cage, jump on his shoulders, lie down with him, roll over him, 4nd when he leaves the cage leads out the young lion with him to the front of the stage, where the lion is bound with garlands by two young ladies, who each hold one end of this chain of flowers. forming a tableaux on which the curtain falls. At the conclu sion of the piece Carter was loudly called for, and made his appearance, leading the young lion, the other hero of the night, to share in the applause. Thy Lion King was followed by a musical bur letta from the pen of Pierce Egan, entitled Life in D u bli n . Th e d ramat i s persona of this piece are our old friends, Tom, Jerry, and Logic, who have migrated to Dublin in search of fun, frolic, mirth, whim, and adventure. The Dublin adventures are to the full as entertaining as were their London ones, and as the piece has had a run of three seasons in Dublin, we conclude that it presents a faithful pic ture of life on the banks of the Liffey. The scenery is excellent, and the Diorama, representingthe voyage to Dublin, is a beautiful work of art. We have, more over, a real pony race and a fancy ball, rivalling in splendour the masqued ball in Gustavus. With such appliances, it is no wonder that the piece was de cidedly successful, and we doubt not but that the present attractive performances will draw crowded houses every evening. WHAT IS A NEWSPAPER ? This is a question, though apparently simple, which cannot be answered in a moment. The query might be propounded a hundred times, and be replied to as often, with as many different meanings, and yet with perfect accuracy. A newspaper is a mirror which reflects intelligence from all quarters of the globe, as the first four letters of its name denote—N EW S— (north, east, west, south). There is not an event which does not, sooner or later, make its way, through a variety of secret channels, to this reservoir of public information. From the great occurrences of the wide world, to the little incidents of private life, we are made acquainted, by this notorious "tell-tale," of what is passing. in the earth ; and nothing can be more interesting, or exciting to our curiosity, than a newspaper just published from the press. It is laid upon the breakfast-table in a folded form; and while we open its damp sheet, we are moved with a prying, eager, and anxious anticipation, to which nothing but the newspaper itself can afford satisfaction. There is something innate with our very nature, which craves so for information, that such a source of communica tion as a public journal, becomes sn object of un equalled interest; and history, biography, romance, poetry, or any other species of literature, is almost in variably set aside, when this great literary informant makes its entree. On opening it we find it to be a cabinet of curiosities, in almost kaleidoscope variety. So diversified, in fact, that unless our mind is fixed on one particular feature, we become bewildered with its diversity, and are as much perplexed in making a se lection as a child while culling the blossoms of a va riegated flower garden. " Among its printed columns may be traced A paragraph for each peculiar taste." Whilst we are disposed to philosophy, divinity, poli tics, or what not, we are sure to be accommodated with some " tit-bit," according to our fancy, and seldom is it that a newspaper reader lays down the " broad sheet" without sumo gratifications. A news paper (viewing it in another light) is an universal critic on society. Whatever is produced is brought under the inspection of this eagle-eyed scrutator. Books, music, machinery, and i n d ee d everyt hi ng else, natural or artificial, are made the objects of comment by this great commentator ; and it is often an useful sieve in separating the " chaff from the wheat"—the good from the good for nothing." Nor is there a man living (whatever his pretensions)—who does not flinch and cringe beneath the castigating stripes of a newspaper critique. A newspaper is often a spot of ground on which talent and genius spring up and blossom ; and, but for this fruitful soil—this culti vated bed— " Full many a. flower were born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert air." A newspaper (in another character) is the mighty ex poser and corrector of public abuses and offences. Like the famed Argus, its eyes are ever on the watch ; and few errors or delinquencies can escape their con stant vigilance. But to represent a public journal in all its phases, would be an interminable task. What, then, must be the nature of the operations by which it is produced ! What diversity of gift—what won derful instruments of art—and what astonishing faci lity must be called forth to its accomplishment ! Were it a vulgar detail of casualties, collected and commu nicated in a loose and imperfect style, we might re gard it as an object of less astonishment ; but when we know it to be a source of almost ad infinitum intel ligence—presented in a correct and interesting form of literature, we can scarcely be persuaded that so vast a project is the accomplishment of four-and twenty hours. THE LATE MARQUIS OE HERTFORD.—The per sonal property of the late Marquis or Hertford has bet n sworn under 700,0001., the duty on which will amount to 10,000/. It is stated, on the best authority, that the report of the executors being about to commence a civil action against Suisse is totally without foundation. It was at one time thought that a dispute would arise with respect to the property left by some of the codicils, in consequence of their being without a date ; but all has been amicably arranged. The executors are allowed by law 12 months from the death of the late Marquis to pay all or any of the respective bequests to the several per sons therein named ; but whether they will avail them selves of such a privilege in the case of Suisse is not at 'present known. It is said that he intends leaving a power of attorney in this country to receive the amount, and that he intends shortly leaving England to join his wife. We have it from good authority, although we cannot actually vouch for the f a ct, that th e r ecen t prose cution of Suisse was not with the consent or wish of the present Marquis of Hertford, and that many extraordi nary facts in reference to this singular case were kept from the. public eye.—Britannia. Yesterday evening an accident occurred to a fine lad, mimed Joshua Wardell, ten years of age, whose pa rents rtside at No. 20 atoupell-street, Cornwall-road. It appears that the lad had been sent on an errand by his mother to the Borough Market, and, whilst crossing the road in Park-street, he was run over by a cab. The driver, who had previously called to th e l a d to get out of the way, and who exhibited the greatest regret at the o ccurrence, immediately stopped his horse, and the child being placed in the cab, was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital. The wheels had passed over his neck and head, and considerable doubts are entertained of his ultimate recovery. This is the sixth case of accident (three of which have terminated fatally) in the family of the lad, and three of theta having beets run over by vehicles. A man, 22 years of age, named Wattrelot, who acted as assistant to his father-in-law, a farmer, named Foutry, at Carvin-Epinoy, was tried before the Court tn . Assizes of the Pas-de-Calais, on the 25th ult., for the murder by poison of his father •in-law, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law, the motive for his crime having been to become more speedily in possession of the property, which at their death would belong to him in right of his wife. The father-in-law was murdered by mixing ar senic in his soup, and six days afterwards the murderer adopte , l the same course with the two female victims. He was found guilty by the Jury, .but (to the astonish ment of the Court) with extenuating circumstances. He was, consequently, sentenced to imprisonment for life, with hard labour and exposure in the pillory. A letter from Alexandria, 22d ult, in the Sema phore of Marseilles, says—" It was supposed that the Pacha had renounced the intention of sending out his fleet, but the contrary appears to be the case, for, dur ing the last two days, the ships have been taking in provisions, and Said Pacha has been sent for by his father. This sudden determination has given rise to va rious conjectures. Some say that the fleet is about to be sent on a secret mission ; while others assert that it is to join the squadron of Admiral de la Susse. There is reason to believe, however, that the Egyptian fleet will not proceed to any distance from the coast, and that the chief object in sending it out is for exercise and rasuceuvres." THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAI ( 114'0 I RNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1842 ROYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND. We have accounts from -Edinburgh up to Satur day, from which we are glad to learn that her Ma jesty and Prince Albert were in excellent health and spirits, and were highly delighted with the romantic scenery around that ancient city. Her Majesty had quite recovered from the fatigue &the voyage, and, with the Prince, was enjoying herself in visiting some of the places in the neighbourhood. The city was illuminated in grand style on Friday night. The effact, particularly the view of the Old Town from Prince's-street, with ten thousand. lights shining like the starry firmament, excited great admiration. On Friday' morning his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Grace the Duke of Buc cleuch, set off. from Dalkeith Palace to visit Arthur Seat, and to contemplate from its lofty summit the unrivalled view around. After this spirited under taking his Royal Highness and his Noble host re turned to Dalkeith Palace. Throughout the day the inhabitants of Dalkeith, and the immense- concourse of visitors who were in that-town, were in the expectation that her Majesty would drive abroad. They were not disappointed, for at a little past four o'clock, her Majesty and Prince Albert were seen issuing from the Dalkeith gate, in a carriage and four; opposite the Royal pair, sat the Duchess of Buccleuch and the Duchess of Norfolk. A carriage and four followed, containing several ladies of the Royal suite. The Duke of Buccleuch and the Honourable Colonel Bouverie rode by the side of the Royal carriage. Her Majesty looked extremely well, and repeatedly bowed in return to the enthusiastic cheering which greeted the Royal party in riding through Dalkeith. The, Royal party drove in the direction of Dal. housie and Melville Castles, and returned to Dalkeith Palace in about an hour, entering by the Edin burgh gate. The following are extracts 'froth letters and the Edinburgh papers, giving accounts of the illumination and the beacon fires kindled on the hills throughout the country on Wednesday night. THE ILLUMINATIONS. On Friday night the whole ofthis great city was illu minated in honour of the Royal visit to Scotland, and certainly a mor:! splendid sight was never witnessed 'I hose who have only seen a public illumination of the streets of London can form no idea of the gran deur of the effect produced -by an illumination of Edinburgh ; not but that the variety and brilliancy of the devices exhibited on such an occasion in London on the fronts of the club-houses and public offices far exceeds in detail and piecemeal anything that was exhibited last night in Edinburgh ; but then the general effect in London is vastly inferior, because, from the locality of the streets and the flatness of the general surface which they occupy, only small portions can be viewed at the same time and from one point of view; but in Edinbur g h, a l i ne of illuminated houses forming almost three sides of a parallelogram, and extending at least three miles, viz., the whole range of Prince's -street and the line of the Old Town, stretching from the rock on which the Castle is built, and running eastward nearly a mile, can be seen at one view by a spectator standing on the Mound, by which the two parts of the city are joined. In addition to this, the immense height of the houses in the Old Town, lit from top to bottom in every window, and the height of the hill on which they stand, afford a coup d'ceil which for gene ral splendour of effect was magnificent and imposing beyond what can be well expressed by any descrip tion. There were, moreover, some very good speci mens of variegated lamps describing crowns, wreaths, the letters V. and A., some brilliant illuminated gas stars and crowns, &c., and some well designed allego rical transparencies. George-street was very fine, and so was St. Andrew's-square. In the old city, the Canongate, the Lawn-market, an d ' Bank-street, were equally good. All the public institutions were brilliant with oil or gas. The Exchange, the College of Justice, the Theatre, the Re gister-office, the Post-office, &c., all vied with each other in good taste and vivid light. The banks and club and assembly rooms were also good, and so in deed was every large and public building. There was scarcely a house which was not.lit up in every win dow, whilst every empty house had a man stationed at the door with a lighted torch. The general effect was increased by the lighting up of Nelson's Monu ment, which blazed from top to bottom, and stood a pillar of light overlooking the whole city, and by the firing of salvoes and discharging showers of rockets from the Castle, the old tower and turrets of which were occasionally lit up with blue and red fires, spreading an almost magic light upon the battlements and embrasures, which were rendered as distinct as if it had been midday. The crowds of people in the streets were immense ; it was a living stream of hu man bein g s, a ll i n goo d humour, and all actuated and brought t oge th er b y th e best feelings of veneration and loyalty towards Queen Victoria. THE BONFIRES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. Among the numerous modes by which the Scottish nation are testifying their loyalty and affection to their beloved Sovereign, none has been so grand and _ magnificent, or on such an extensive scale, as the large fir e s on the summits of the mountains. These fires. mere all preconcerted. throughout Scotland , and so judiciously arranged, as t o t a k e p l ace simulta neously last Wednesday night, by which time it had been confidently believed th a t . h er M a jesty would have landed in her Scottish dominions. from the state of the wind, that even t cou ld • no t take place until early on Thursday mornins. But the large fires on the hills had a m os t splendid effect during the night of the Royal squadron heating up the Firth of Forth, and illuminated the waters during the night, all the fires being visible by the squadron for about fifty miles around. Their effect is stated to have been magnificent, as bonfire after bonfire blazed forth in streams of light to cheer and welcome the Sovereign during the night, and served to lighten up the Forth, and pilot the Royal squadron to their moorings near Inchkeith. These large fires, therefore, served both to welcome her Majesty during the night along her Scottish shores, and illuminated and guided her course up the Firth of Forth, the effect of which was most imposing from the ocean. It may not be known to all our readers, that these beacon fires, in ancient times, were invariably used to raise the Scottish war riors to assemble in arms during the fierce wars that raged between England and Scotland. The numerous beacon fires on Wednesday night were lighted up as tes timonies ofjoy, affection, and loyalty. That on the rugged and craggy top of Arthur Seat, which is eight hundred feet above the level of the sea, was sublime, and, from the darkness of the night, shed a flood of light over the whole surrounding romantic and picturesque scenery of Salisbury Cragg s , and also to a very great distance. Arthur Seat beacon was got up by the Earl of Haddington, as Keeper of the King's Park. The Noble Earl caused to be prepared the most splendid fire we ever have seen blaze forth on that romantic peak. This fire was erected on a circular area or base, of which the diameter was 40 feet, and the height of the pile varying from eight to ten feet. It was composed of about 180 tar barrels, besides those of turpentine, l 5 tons of coals, about 40 cart loads of wood, besides tarred canvass, yarn rope s , & c ., and was seen about fifty miles distant. His Lordship's beacon was the signal to the whole mountain s within sigh t, whch in their turn telegraphed to more distant hills, and thus the beacon fires were simultaneously kindled throughout Scotland. From Arthur's Seat and the Calton-hill, above fifty beacons were seen lighted up simultaneously from all round, taking their sig na l s the romantic peak of the Scottish metropolis. To enumerate all these would be impossible, but we may record some on this memorable occasion, while to mention those in the distant counties is impracticable. In Mid Lothian • there were Car. nethy-hill, otherwise called Loga„ House-hill, nearly 1,800 feet high, Capelaw-hill, about 1,600 feet high ; Caerkelaw Craig, another high summit, all on the Pentland Hills, the Braid, Blackford, Car berry, and Soutra Hills, the latter 1,000 f eet hi gh, and Dalmahoy-hill. In East Lothian and Ber wickshire, Lammerlaw and Lammerinuir range of hills, from Dunglas and Coldingh am , to their termination .at Soutra-hill ; a:raprane Law, North Berwick Law, ssport, Ninewa r Black Castle, Garleton, and the Moorfoot Hill s. i n Lin_ lithgowshire, Binny Craggs and Dichinont Hills. In Fife there were Kelly Law, Largo Law, the west and eastern Lomonds, the latter being 1,700 feet above the level of the town of Falkland, which is situated at its base—Dunearn, Raith, Dysart, W ---inghorn, Pet ty cur, Burntisland, Dunfermline, Carolin e H ill, Salini Hill, and along the whole high grounds near the southern shores of Fife, the latter reflecting g a bright glare of, light on the Forth. In Clackmannanshire were visible Tullibody,Tulliallan, and packmannan's ancient Tower. In Perthshire and Kinross-shire the Ochil Hills, Fossaway, and Tulliebole Hills ; and in tha latter county the Cleish Hills, while it —enartie Moun tain blazed a torrent of light from its high summit, and an equally dazzling beacon was on the crest of Dumbegloe. In Peeble4shire was seen the Black mount of Walston ; while in Lanarkshire Cul terfell, one thousand sevea hundred feet above the level of the sea, and Tintock or -Into, which is Gaelic, and means a Th e Hill of Fire," and the Cairn on the top of which is elevated 2,400-feet above the level of the sea, were even discernible, spreading the tidings over that important county. The above is a very imperfect enumeration of the beacons within sight of Arthur's Seat, but to which must be added the small isles in the Frith of Forth, the beasons upon which cast a broad bright glare over the waters. These and many more beacons of loyalty and welcome formed a splendid galaxy, a luminous tract, a combined radiance, the effect of which cannot be described ;" but we may venture to assert, that an equal number of beacons, and of such size and on such an extended scale, never occurred simultaneously in her Majesty's Scottish d om i nions. REPORTED SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT. We have seen a letter from Edinburgh,_ dated Sa turday, givingan a ccoun t o f some fatal accidents by the fall of a scaffold on the Queens entrance into the the immense multitude, the band playing " God save the Queen." On the route up the cheer ing continued with some animation, and her Majesty seemed quite overcome with the warm greetings of the populace. The Queen remained in the Castle about half an hour, viewing all the interesting me • mentos with which it abounds. She seemed especially interested with Queen Mary's-room, and looked ex tremely thoughtful during her stay in it. The Royal pirty returned through the most public portion of the new town, and amid the same gratifying acclama tions of her people. The enormous gun termed " Mons Meg," and which was present at various sieges in Scotland, seemed to attract much of the Royal attention. All the various e*ensive views were remarked on with spirit and mirth in her discourse with the Prince, and toe attending officers. Her Majesty also surveyed the regalia, which h a d been removed from its ordinary place of keeping to the officers' mess room. Through out the whole time of the procession the weather continued fair, but soon afterwards set in wet. IVe regret to say a serious accident occurred by the falling in of an erection, by which 10 or 12 per sons have been muc h injured. With this exception, all has gone off well. c'ty, but have no doubt the account is greatly iexag gerated, as there is not a wor d res p ec ti ng it in any Edinburgh paper, or in the letters of correspondents. The only other reference to it is in a Glasgow paper of Saturday, which is to the following effect : " During the Royal progress on Thursday the fall of a scaffold,, which had been temporarily erected within the railing that encloses the nursery in the North Loch, in front of Prince's-street, took place. The scaffolding was about fifty yards in length, and perhaps five or six in depth. At the moment our eyes lighted on it, it presented a most frightful aspect. A mass of human beings were thrown together in the wildest confusion. So far as we could learn, no per son was killed on the spot; but the broken bones, bruises, and other injuries, must certainly be of the most serious character—we likewise saw several wo men, and also men, but chiefly the former carried out on shutt ers , t o a ll appearance dead. Many others, whose damage was slighter, were carried off in cabs rind hackney coaches." HER MAJESTY'S PROGRESS THROUGH EDINBURGH. EDINBURGH, Saturday Night. To-day Edinburgh has been the scene of Joyous loyalty and d e li g ht. Th e Q ueen an d Prince Albert, accompanied by the Ministers taking the tour with them, have gone through the city in procession. They have met the joyful acclamations of a loyal people, and the whole afthir has passed off in the manifesta tion of that true loyalty and devotion which the Scottish people have ever been foremost to observe. Almost from day-break this morning the people be gan t o b e as ti r i n ta ki ng up their positions so as to obtain a good view of the cortege, and at eight o clock the streets were completely lined with people. Tens of thousands flocked forth in their gayest attire, and it is impossible to imagine a more lively scene than the whole city presented. Her Majesty was announced to leave Dalkeith Palace at 10 o'clock : she reached the neighbourhood of Holyrood about half-past 10, entering what is called the Duke's Walk, and thence proceeding on wards towards the old town of Edinburgh. Both sides of the Royal carriage, in which was seated the Queen, and on the right Prince Albert, wer e we ll guarded by the Royal Archers in their very beautiful and appropriate costume. The Dragoons were at the head of the cavalcade, and another company followed behind. About half-past eleven o'clock a Royal salute from the Castle announced their ap proach, and at this time the scene was most brilliant and exciting. The Royal Celtic Society of Scotland had taken up their position in the High-street, some distance below the Castle, and in their splendid cos tume gave a great additional interest to the spectacle. The Duke of Leeds, Christopher Campbell, of Islay, and also the Marquis of Lorn, were amongst the gal lant tribe in full costume, and excited universal ad miration. As the Royal procession came up the Canongate the cheering was most deafening, and especially at the Cross, where the Celtic Society were posted, to gether with the Magistrates, and where the city keys were presented. At a few minutes before twelve the Queen reached the barrier, and, stopping close to where the Magistrates were stationed, was presented byj the Lord Provost with the keys. His Lordship thus addressed her Majesty : " May it please your Majesty, " On the part of the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the City of Edinburgh, I beg to con gratulate your Majesty on your auspicious entrance into this ancient metropolis, now graced for the first tune for ages with the presence of a Queen. " These keys, committed to us by your prede cessors, have been fondly retained by us amongst the vestiges of those warlike times when walls and gates defended against hostile inroads. Under the protection, however, of salutary laws, firmly administered by a succession of illustrious Mo narchs, from whom your Majesty is sprung, we no longer require such shelter. We have the happiness to confide the security of this northern capital to a brave and orderly population, united in their allegiance to their beloved Queen, and dignified by the possession of that pure and peaceable wisdom, which is at once the ornament and bulwark of our times. " And now, with all humility, I deliver into your Majesty's hands the keys of our city." Her Majesty returned the keys, graciously replying that they could not be in better custody. This ceremony concluded, the entire procession, joined by the Royal Celtic Society, the Lord Pro vost and Magistrates, &c., &c., proceeded up wards towards the Castle, amid the shouts of W ORKING TAILORS (From the Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain.) The evils arising from bad ventilation of places of work will probably be most distinctly brought to view, by the consideration of the evidence as to its effects on one particular class of workpeople. The frequency of cases of early deaths and orphanage, and widowhood amongst one class of labourers, the journeymen tailors, led me to make some inquiries as to the causes affecting them. Mr. Thomas Brosynkiw, tailor, aged 52 : " It is stated that you have been a journeyman tailor, and now work for yourself. At what descrip tion of places have you worked ? I have always worked at the largest places in London ; one part of my tine I worked at Messrs. Allen's, of Old Bond street, where I worked eight years ; at another part of my time I worked at Messrs. Stultze's, in Clifford street, where I.worked four years. At Messrs. Allen's they had then from 80 to 100 men at work • at Messrs. Stultze's they h a d, w h en I worked there, about 250 men. " Will you describe the places of work, and the effects manifested in the health of the workmen ?-- The place in which we used to work at Messrs. Allen's was a room where eighty men worked to gether. It vas a room sixteen or eighteen yards long, and seven or eight yards wide, lighted with sky lights; the men were close together, nearly knee to knee. In summer time the heat of the men and the heat of the irons made the room twenty or thirty de grees higher than the heat outside ; the heat was then most suffocating, especially after the candles were lighted. I have known young men, tailors from the country, faint away in the shop from the excessive heat and closeness; persons, working-men, coming into the shop to see some of the men, used to complain of the heat, and also of the smell as intolerable; the smell occasioned by the heat of the irons and the va rious breaths of the men really was at times into lerable. The men sat as loosely as they possibly could, and the perspiration ran from them from the heat and the closeness. It is of frequent occurrence in such workshops that light suits of clothes are spoiled from the perspiration of the hand, and the dit:t and flue which arises darkening the work. I have seen 401. or 501. worth of work spoiled in the course of the summer season from this cause. " Taking your account of the average loss by ner vous exhaustion and. bad habits to be two hours . ' work for twenty years, and twelve hours daily work for ten years in additio::, supposing him to be employed full time, it would be a loss of the value of 50,000 hours of productive labour (of the value at sixpence per hour, 1,250/.); or, if he were only in work half a year at a loss of 25,000 h ours ; so t h at if h e were employed the half time at the full wages, or full time at the half wages, such workmen will h ave l os t t h e means of putting by a sum of not less than 6001. to to maintain him in comfort when he is no longer able to work ?—Yes, I think that would be found to be correct. Very few do save • but I have known some save considerable sums. I knew one man, of the name of John Hale, who saved about 6001. He was not one of the most sober men, but he was in constant employment, sometimes at Allen's and sometimes at Weston's, and he was very careful ; but he died when he was about forty-five. I knew another man, whose name was Philip Gray, who used to prefer the smaller shops. He was a man of a very good constitution, and he lived until he was about seventy. He was a journeyman all his life, and he had, when he died, more than 1,5001., all saved b ay London journeywork. He u se d t o li ve i n a b aker ' s shop in Silver-street, Golden-square." HAMBURGH MAIL. CRACOW, AUG. 24.—.-On occasion of the late fete at St. Petersburgh, the Senate of Cracow sent an Ad dress to his Imperial Majesty, as one of the august protectors of that free city, which, together with the homage of the most profound respect, expressed the grateful feelings and the wishes of the inhabitants of Cracow for his Majesty's person. His Majesty has been pleased to return the following most gracious answer to this Address : " I thank you, Mr. President, for the expression of the feelings which you manifest to me in the name of the City of Cracow, on occasion of the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of my marriage. This period has, indeed, abounded in the blessings of Divine Providence. In kthis long series of years the free city of Cracow has received repeated proofs of the constant care which we, the Emperor Alex ander of glorious memory, and myself, have never ceased to devote to the real interest of the country. Agreeing in this respect with my august co-protec tors, I shall not cease to wish to you all prosperity and happiness. I request you, Sir, to be the medium of conveying these feelings to the inhabitants of the country under your administration. I give you with real pleasure, on this occasion, the assurance of my perfect esteem. (Signed) "NICHOLAS. "Peterhof, July 18, 1842." HANOVER, AUG. 29.—1 t is said that the marriage of the Crown Prince and Princess Mary of Alten burgh will take place in February next year.—Ham burgh Papers, Sept. 2. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bauss ms , Sam 3 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , 52% Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent 10: Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 91 70% -:-- (1840) 100% Loan City ,hl Y l:l2 ven FourMdili ns, ditto . p e r Cent. Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. 86 flank of Belgium, Five per Cent National 50ciety. ........ Excha 'v. on London (short) „.„.„ —Brussels Papers, Sept. 3. A lih N !MIA—VIENNA, Aua. 26 Five per C ents . Metalliques . It 911, Four per Cents. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 00000000000 100% Three per Cents ... 77 Bank Shares ... -.•.".. 000 1034 Allgetneine 'August*3o. HAMBURGH BORSEN HA.LLE. Sart 2. - - Austrian 5 per Cents. 110 109 Si Bank Shares 1655 165 Anglo-Russian Loan IW% N Russian 5 per Cent., Ist serie s , Certificate— 103)4 1 031 Inscription, let series lO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series 94 97y 4 Ditto in Certificates 97% 97.4 New 4 per Cent (1840) Bo* 89 , 4 Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ......... 51)6 51!4 Ditto 5 per Cent. Polish Bonds New Ticket 5....... .,,,,, l6B Anglo- Danishan, 3 per Cent. — 81 Spanish, New 5 pn Cents. lB EXCHANGES ON LONDOV. HAMBURGH. SEPT. 2.-13 9%, Two months 1.1 8. PETERSBURG, Ave 26.—Three months, 37% pence. RIGA, Arlo. 15. —Three Months, 38. STOCKHOLM, Auo. %.—Seventy-five days, 12 11. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Auo. 30. Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. —.. 104 1 4 1 Prussian English Bondi, 1 t330, per cent. 1.0 4 , Exchange on London 6 21q, 6 V3A, Prussian State Gazette, Aug. 31. EXCISE CASE. At Clerkenwell police-office yesterday, William Thompson was brought up before Mr. Combe, on a charge of not having paid the Excise duty on a hack ney -coach let for hire. Mr. Procter, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the Crown. The defendant is the proprietor of a number of hackney -coaches let out by him to cabmen. It appears that by the Post-office Duties Act all coaches in the metropolis licensed to carry passengers, which go so far as ten miles from the General Post-office, are liable to pay 2s. 6d., or a fifth of the fare. Alexander Stewart, a stamp-distributor, and a Ma gistrate of the county of Perth, deposed that on the 16th of July last he was taken from Bury-street, St. James's, to the ninth mile-stone on the Harrow-road (twelve miles from the Post-office), in cab 394. Robert Drew, an officer of Excise, stated that the the cab in question was the property of the defendant. Witness had left at defendant's house, previous fo the 16th of July, a sheet, in which he should have entered the journeys performed in his cabs. On the sheet being returned, it was found to contain no entry of the journey of Mr. Stewart. Mr. Thompson. stated, in his own defence, that he could have made no such return, as the driver of the cab had not informed him that the Journey in ques tion had been performed. The cabman confirmed this statement. Mr. Combe said that the case of Mr. Thompson might be a hard one ; but he was answerable for the conduct of those whom he employed. Ha should sentence him to the minimum of the penalty allowed by the law—a fine of 51., and the payment of IL Ils. costs. The fine was paid, and the prisoner dischargel. A dreadful storm burst over the department of the Pyrenees-Orientates on the 24th ult. The river Basse was in an hour swollen more than four metres above the usual level, a metre higher than ever was known before. In the quarter of Perpignan, known by the name of the Blanqueries, the waters entered into every house up to the windows of the first floor, carrying away doors, fur niture, and everything within its reach. Several horses were drowned ; the machinery of a cotton manufacture was destroyed, and the goods carried away ; a brewery and all its apparatus comp l etely disappeared ; and all the tanneries were very seriously injured. The fau buurg suffered exceedingly from the torrent, which r( se above the bridge, and carried away everything that came in its way. The weighing bridge of the town, weigh ing 60,000 kilos, and bearing a waggon of forage weigh ing 40,000 kilos, was borne to a di s t ance of 50 metres, In the town, the quarter adjoining the Basse, from the Hotel des Ambassadeurs to the Rue St. Martin, was en tirely inundated. A rapid current issued from the Hotel of the Prefecture, and extended the whole length of the Rue d'Espira. All the shops were entirely submerged. From every side might be be heard cries of distress, from women and children, without its being possible to organise any means of rescuing them, so rapid was the current.—Ceret also suffered severe ly f rom this inunda tion. The streets were all inundatedl , and the gardens, meadows, and properties near the river were much in jured. Seven men, working in the fields, were swept away and drowned.—At Arles, six persons, one . of them a young girl of si x te en , p er i s h e d ; an d a sheepfold, con taining 150 sheep, was carried off by the current.—Se veral communes of the arrondissement of Prades have suffered ; and at Ille, the electric fluid killed a child. THE PALACE OF SCONE. " CROWNED AT SCONE." The situation of Scone is magnificent. At the foot of the park, and in sight of the windows of its ancient palace, the Tay rolls, a majestic and un troubled stream, in breadth about a thousand feet ; and the environs of Perth on its opposite banks are extremely rich nod beautiful. On the right the Grampians terminate the view, and swelling fields richly cultivated bound the prospect on the south. Among these high grounds opposite to Scone, is the nearly ruinous castle of Hunting-Tower, surrounded by aged trees. It was a seat of the powerful family of Ruthven, Earls of G-owrie, and was the scene of one of their mysterious attempts on the person of James VI. Upon their final forfeiture it fell to the Crown, by whom it was granted to the Athol family, and being sold by the late Duke, is now used in part as a factory. Scone Palace is situated about two miles from Perth. Though from its vast size, and unadorned style of architecture, together with the dark red stone of which it is built, it is generally reckoned a heavy pile of building, yet its general appearance is un doubtedly magnificent, and is well suited to its repre sentative character of Royalty. Scone was long a favourite residence of the Scottish monarchs, and the Abbey was the scene of their i coronations for many ages ; the celebrated stone on which they sat, was carried from Scone by Edward I. of England, and is still preserved in the Coronation chair at Westminster Abbey. At the Reformation the Palace and Abbey of Scone were destroyed, but the former was restored about the commencement of the seventeenth century. In it King Charles 11. was crowned in 1651, ton years be fore his coronation at Westminster, and here James VIM (Chevalier de St. George) was also crowned in 1715, when he attempted to recover the throne of his ancestors. Since these times Scone has not been the scene of Royal pageantry, and in 1803 the old Palace was removed by the late Earl, who erected in its stead a splendid mansion, designed by Mr. Atkin son, which was finished in 1806. The attributes of those high days Now only live in minstrel lays ; Strength was gigantic, valour high, And Ntisdom soared beyond the sky ; And beauty had such matchless beaw, As lights not now a lover's dream. Near the door of the Palace is a mount, called the Mote-hill, - where the Barons who attended the li t oyal coronations are said to have emptied out of their boots a quantity of earth which had been gathered on their own estates, a custom originating in the wish of each to stand on his own land during the ceremony. In an adjoining wood, within a few hundred yards of the house, is a beautiful sepulchral chapel, in which areseveral splendid monuments in white marble. One of these was erected by the late Earl to the me mory of his first wife, Henrietta, Viscountess Stor mont, daughter of the Coant Burial", in Saxony. She lies buried in Saxony, where she died ; but her heart is deposited here in a white marble urn, with a Latin inscription, written by her sorrowing husband. HALL, SALOON, AND ANTE - CHAMBER.—The great entrance to the palace of Scone is in the east front, near the south corner. From the vestibule, which is 17 feet by 14, the visitor is conducted through a hall (20 feet square, and lighted by a dome) in a straight line, to the saloon. This apartment is lighted by theee large painted windows, which look into one of th 3 interior courts of the building. About the middle of the saloon on the left is the ante chamber, conducting to the dining-room and great drawing-room on each side, which are of equal dimen sions, and with the ante-room extend the whole length of the south front. The window of the ante room is a Gothic oriel of richly stained glass. DRAWING-ROOM AND LIBRARY.—In the drawing room are many valuable paintings, several of which are by Titian : there is a fine portrait of King Charles I. by Vandyck, and another of the great Marquis of Montrose. The roof of the drawing room is' groined in stucco, after the model of the former one in the old Palace. The library, which leads from the drawing-room, fronts the west; it has two small turret-rooms, filled like the larger room with valuable books. A door on one side of the fire. place enters the end of the saloon, and that on the other to a corridor, 109 feet by 22. TILE Music-Room.—Adjoining the library is the music -room. Over the fire-place hangs a portrait of the great Lord Mansfield, as Lord Chief J us ti ce o f England, by Si r Joshua Reynolds, as also some fine portraits of the present family. Directly opposite this room is the great staircase, conducting to the rooms above. Next to the music-room, and in the corridor before-mentioned, is Lady Mansfield's sitting-room, in which are some beautiful cabinet paintings, principally of the Italian school. In a bed room near the family apartments is a screen worked by the unfortunate Mary, Queen of Scots, during he r;onfinement in Loch seven Castle. Froin the middle of the corridor an arched cloister conducts to the centre' of the Great Gallery. This splendid room is of the same dimensions as the former Coro nation Gallery, and part of the old walls are still pre served. The floor is of dark brown, inlaid with lozenge-shaped black oak. It is lighted from the east by eight pointed windows, the upper panes ernbla ioned with the arms of the successive Viscounts Stormont and Earls of Mansfield, all painted by the Countess. At one end of the gallery is a magnificent organ, and at the opposite extremity are spacious fold ing-doors leading to the hall which connects the vesti bule and saloon. At the organ end of the gallery is the billiard-room. The great stair leads to the bed-rooms above, some of which are splendidly furnished. The state bed is of crimson damask, with the full Royal arms of Bri tain embroidered in gold at the top and head. This bed was presented by George 111. to the late Earl. In an adjoining room is a bed in which Queen Mary slept, worked by herself; and in another, one which was used by her son, James VI. In these apartments there are several curious portraits of the Royal house of Stuart. In the cloister between the gallery and corridor are portraits of George 111, and Queen Char lotte, by Ramsay ; and some ancient coats of arms' cut in stone, and built into the wall. Scone contains a b ou t 125 rooms . It is said that ninety of these are bed-rooms. There are many beautiful cabinets of ebony and japan, and others in laid with lapis lazuli and brass, some of which for merly belonged to the palace, and to the " Heroes of the time of old." " Here Galuad sat with manly grace, There Morolt of the iron mace, And loi - e-lorn Tristrem there ; And Dinadam, with lively glance, And Lanval, with the fairy lance, And Mordred, with his look askance, Brunor and Belvidere." TAYMOUTH CASTLE. De Vaux had marked the sunbeams set At ere, upon the coronet Of that enchanted mound ; A bannered castle, keep, and tower. With battled walls and buttress fast, And barbican and ballium vast, And airy, flanking towers, that cast Their shadows on the stream. —Bridal of Triermain. Taymouth, formerly called Balloch, was acquired by Sir Colin Campbell, of Glenurquhay, Knight of Rhodes, about the year 1840 ; f rom hi m i s li nea ll y descended the present peer, whose ancestor was created Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, by King Charles 11., in 1677. The wings of the original castle, which were all that remained of the old fabric, were lately removed, and the present mansion, a design of Elliott, architect of the Regent's bridge, built, though Lord Bread albane has even more altered and improved it by his taste. On entering the visitor passes through a hall, the lowness of which tends to increase the effect produced by the grand staircase, which rises to the full height of the central tower, and is embellished in the richest style of florid Gothic architecture, copied from Henry Vll.'s chapel at IVe3tminster. This superb stair is lighted from above by long pointed windows in the upper part of the tower, and below, open galleries, lead to the rooms in the higher stories. The windows in the centre tower are filled with stained glass, re presenting vari ous p ar t s o f t h e f am i ly armorial )ear ings, taken from ancient authorities. Their softened tint is particularly beautiful, reflecting various colours on the rich ornaments, and harmonizing with the dig nity and grand features of the lofty edifice. The suit of state apartments is extensive, and mag nificently furnished; some of the public rooms are of great size. The Baronial Hall is a very splendid apartment : at one end is a large mullioned widow, representing, in stained glass, the Earl and Countess of Breadalbane in the centre, and in the different side compartments, the effigieS of the successive Knights and Barons of Glenurquhay, descended from Sir Colin, each having painted on his shield his own proper heraldic bearings. Other devices in the same style occupy the small divisions in the upper part : all of which are taken from an illuminated MS. on vel lum, in Lord Breadalbane's possession, made out and fainted by Sir Duncan Campbell, seventh Laird. Taymouth is situated in a delightful valley of the Highlands, and is perhaps one of the choicest resi dences in Scotland. The deer-park is very extensive, and is covered with fine old trees, particularly a cele brated avenue of majestio limeg.aearly a mile in length, the vista of which is like the regular and continued arches of a Gothic cathedral. Lord Breadalbane's estate is about 100 miles in length : and before the abolition of heritable jurisdic tion, the power of the family was immense, as the valleys are very fertile and populous. In 1819 Taymouth.was visited by Prince Leopold, who was received with a Royal salute from the fort : and Lord Breadalbane having summoned part of his vassals to appear before him, in honour of the illustri ous visitor, about two thousand men assembled before the Castle, in full Highland costume, and after going through various evolutions, formed into detachments, and retired by different avenues to the sound of their respective pibrochs. THE AFFGHAN WAR. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—As our readers will expect, we recur to day to the subject of Lord Ellenborough's proposed withdrawal from Affghanistan. We are disposed to speak cautiously of that Noble Lord's policy, because it is at present plainly unintelligible to the Indian world, who have far more opportunities for making themselves acquainted with it than ourselves. One or two points, however, are plainly level to English judgments; and among these, first and foremost stands the impossibility of retreating one step with honour, so long as English subjects, British, Hindoo, or Mahommedan, remain in the hands of Akbar Khan. On this, we trust, there is in the English or _ _ Indian world no difference of opinion. It would be neither more nor less than a base desertion of those whom, if we cannot protect, we have no right to call ourselves a Government or a nation. If Lord El lenborough has seriously contemplated such an act, we have no more to say for him. Differences of opinion may exist as to the best means to be adopted for their liberation : negotiation, exchange, money, and the sword, will each have their partisans ; each is open to objection and difficulty. But that that libe ration must be a part, nay, more, a condition prece dent to any pacific arrangement, to any relinquish ment of territory, is a sentiment which comes home as an axiom to every English heart. It is impossible to believe that it was or is intended so to betray our countrymen and women. The policy which left them in the hands of our lawless enemies would be as execrable as that which placed them there. And now as to the omission to march direct upon Caubul : if that omission resulted from indecision—if Lord Ellenborough allowed himself to be played with by the Afghans, to be delayed by promises, and hopes, and understandings held out by this people of approved faithlessness ; or if the inaction re sulted from any indifference to the recapture of the English prisoners (which would be evidenced by a retreat not conditional upon their re-delivery), then any English writer or thinker is justified in saying that Lord Ellenborough is not fit for the crisis on which he has fallen. But if, as we most certainly hope—as _ for the credit of the British Government we are willing to believe—the question of advance has been one of mere military policy, it would be a somewhat ludicrous act of presumption to pronounce as yet dogmatically on the merits of that course. A Contemporary . tells us that we shall march to Caubul, but that we might have done it more easily long ago. This of course is the mere Opposition talk, which may be dispatched as such. " Whatever is net done, of course ought to be done—whatever is done, might have been done sooner and better." So it was while the Duke of Wellington was carrying into effect his long-sighted policy in the Peninsula; so it always will be while human nature and political contests remain the same. The charge may be true, or it may be false : but which it is, the maker of the charge has no proofs which a man engaged in earnest i upon the administration of affairs would not laugh at. We may further add the exasperation of our o wn troops as a reason for wishing to avert, if we can with honour, the necessity of a campaign. Already, it seems, atrocious excesses have begun ; an English regiment, part of Colonel Monteath' s expedition, having burnt to the ground an unresisting village, with all the usual and shocking accompaniments of military vengeance. The only pfovocation was the sight of some articles which had belonged to the un fortunate 44th. The officers, it need hardly be said, are no parties to this outrage, and the General is de scribed as highly displeased. But still we confess ourselves little anxous that the English name, wi • I has enough to b ea r already, should be further dis graced by a barbarous vengeance, inflicted, not on the treacherous leaders of our enemies, but on vil lagers who, so far a s th ey h ave been concerned in our disaster, have but been guilty of what, as against the French or Russians—at ...Algeria or in Circassia— most of us would have honoured as an act of wild heroism. This is not the way in which people are inclined to regard this matter, but it is a true Way. It is the way in which multitudes of Asiatics •' will look at it, and all Europe spe a k of it. Nor shall we be proud of a campaign which only teaches India to regard our rule as a cruel, unscrupulous, but irresistible tyranny. We are riot urging this state of the army as a conclusive reason against an advance. It is not so. Discipline may contain. it within 'bounds ; and, if not, when war is necessary its con sequences must be borne. But, though not a conclu sive reason, it is a most weighty consideration in favour of a pause, if possible, and when possible —a consideration • which will be felt by those, and they a re now many, w h om the thirst of conquest and vengeance allows still to perceive that blood is blood, and that a cruel or indiscriminate vengeance is no .less abhorrent to humanity than a tame desertion of those whom our national duties bind us to protect. We repeat, we feel the difficulties in which the Indian Government finds itself. We sympathize with'its wish to be quit of an expensive, sanguinary, 'and discreditable war. But such a quittance maybe bOught too dear. We demand, certainly, no extension of territory. On the subject of.retribution we might feel less sensitive than some ; but we should feel no hesitation or.mercv iu pronouncing our judgment on statesman who should dare to terminate the war before terminating the captivity of our countrymen. POST. —At a moment when it is perfectly noto rious that the army at Jellalabad is without the means of conveying the ordinary stores for half the number of men to Caubul, and, it' there,' they could not get back bef4e the setting in o f w i n t er an d i ts snows, Lord Ellenborough is attacked for not pushing the army onwards at all events. Why, if tile army did go to Caubul, and gain possession of the place, starvation would soon begin as it did last' year, and the choice would again between perishing ofhunger in the city or perishing by the sword in the snow-blocked passes in the mountains by which a retreat _might be at tempted. •And yet because the army is not forced into this danger—because Whig folly la not imitated by such a movement—it is exclaimed that Lord Ellenbo- - rough has - "deliberated and calculated the abandon ment of the -- British prisoners at Caubul ;" that he has abandoned "children to slavery —women to law less violence—men to butchery," &c. &c. Of all the nonsense we ever read in our lives this is the most outrageous. How can - any man in his senses sup pose that the best thing for the . prisoners is to try to, advance 'with an infuriated ar m y . u p o n C au b u l r'We say an infdriated army, because it appears from the treament of the village of Ally Boghan by the troops which advanced upon it from Jellalabad, that when the memory of the slaughter of our troops last Ja nuary occurs to their brother' soldiers, there is no re straining the execution of immediate vengeance. Upon all rational calculation, then, the advance of our army upon Caubul would be attended With cir cumstances most perilous to the prisoners. Probably it would lead to their being all put to death. No doubt among the reasons for not-attempting to push forward to Caubul, one very important one is the deep concern 'Sif the Government for the safety of the pri soners. Suppose our army were to reach Caubul, they would find no prisoners there. The prisoners would, by that time, either be killer) or carried off into the mountains where no army could reach them. We can only hope to get back the prisoners by means of some negotiation. They must be voluntarily given back for some equivalent. Though it were in our power to conquer Affghanistan, still we could not get back the prisoners by force. We trust they will never have to accuse the additional rashness and folly of Conservative policy, for aggravating the evils of their imprisonment, or hurrying them from captivity to a violent death. The plain matter of fact is, that so far as the intelligence received by the last packet can enable prudent men to judge, the Governor-Ge neral is adopting the best course which, under circum stances, he could adopt. He is not. abandonin g th e neighboulibod when it is necessary our power should still be felt, nor is'he rushing onward into a position which (until better provided) would be sure to bring a repetition of defeat and disaster at no distant time. CHRONICLE.—What idle absurdity it is to at- • tempt to turn p u bli c a tt en ti on from y Lofd Ellen borough's order to retreat, to a consideration of the • general question of the policy of having goneinto Affghanistan at all. Suppose everything that is said upon that subject were true, how could it justify the Governor-General's command to evacuate the country? The public mind will not he diverted by such devices as this from the only question that is really as issue. There is no doubt that Lord Ellenborough did com mand the evacuation of Affghanistan immediately. The difficulty of retreating through the Khvber-pass, and the unwillingnesS of General Pollock, without remonstrance, to carry such an order into effect, alone prevented the accomplishment of this measure, which all parties - agree in 'condemning as most disgraceful in its character and most disastrous in its consequences. If Lord Ellenhorough's decision rested merely upon the authority ofrumour, we should perhaps hesitate in adopt ing it as strictlycorreet; though the v ryexisten ce ofsucli a rumour, prevalent and generally believed through out India, is in itself an indication of great, mis management, and must be followed"by the molt per nicious consequences. See the effect of it upon the troops at Jellalabad. To what - mischievous results has. it not already led at Caubul ? Every account as cribes- - the : - , - success of Akbar Khan to the impres sion that time British troops were about to retreat. But it is not, unfortunately, upon rumour that thu belief in Lord Ellenborough's order is founded. The • order issued upon the 14th of May from the Adjutant -General's offi ce , puts it beyond question that an im mediate and general retreat was what was contem plated by the Governor-General. Even the corre spondent of the Times newspaper sa y ys that this order " seems conclusive as to the retreat. That the re treat wassto.have been " immediate" is equally cer tain. We are entitled, then, to assume that Lord Ellenborough did order an " immediate" withdrawal within the British provinces of the troops serving west of the Indus. Most gratifying is it to observe that this proceeding not only is not defended, but that every writer who has spoken of it condemns it in the most strenuous terms. This is the way in which the sulject is treated by the whole Press. So that we may be satisfied that that weak and inhuman order will never be carried into effect. Still, however, the consequences of having issued such a command have been already most disastrous. Not only has it established the mur derer of our Envoy and the gaoler of our people " in a decisive supremacy over the whole Affghan nation," but it has prevented the re-occupation of Caubul by the united forces of Generals Pollock and Nott. This fatal delay of the troops at Jellalabad *as not, as was charitably surmised by the palliators of Lord Ellen borough''s. proceedings, suggested by the difficulty of the march. Indeed, upon that point, as we have already observed, the Governor-General has proved his utter incompetency to give an opinion. The whole of the military operations which he did order were pronounced, when submitted to military authorities, to be impracticable. The retreat through the Khyber General Pollock refused to undertake, and the evacua tion of Candahar was countermanded. We are told, indeed, that Lord Ellenborough's incapacity will be compensated by the wisdom of the Duke of Welling ton. If his Grace were at Simla instead of Stmthfield save, there might be some reason in this. It is not by or ders from Downing-stre e t th a t time administration of India, least of all operation s i n a di s tant part of India, can be carried on. And y e t th e i n f o rmant of the Go vernment Journal distinctly says, "No move in ad vance seems to be intended ; and without it be ordered _ front ho no me, it does t appear to m e that the Governor- General will direct it." Most fortunately t,!ie"move in advance" h as b een " or d er ed from home and will be carried into effect. But it will be in violation of the orders of the Governor-General of India. Our experience of Lord Ellenborough's character, as a man and as a receiver of the public money, shuts out the hope that even such a censure as that wo u ld scare otter s P ee l will f ee l i t safe to remain him from his splendid and lucrative positi on; b ut we doubt if Sir R for the proceedi ngs of a man, longerwhose r wantes po o u t :: responsible judgment and decision, whose indif ference to the fungi of his country and the feelings of co untrymen,his glaring a s a c t ua lly •t o leave blur apologi s t,ann alrealso even among s t th e ob sequious writers of his party. lIHRALD.—When, after the disaster of Caubul, it was first announced that we were to prosecute the war, the reason assigned for doing so (the reason ac cepted by every man in this country) was, that it was necessary for us to retrieve our military character, because otherwise India would be lost. We alone exposed this fallacy, and we asserted that against such a danger no precaution could be taken, since, if real, the consequences must have appeared and rendered. the employment of military force beyond the Penin sula impossible, before any orders to that effect could be conveyed to India. Every man now knows that this reason, accepted by him a few months ago, was wholly without foundation, without discovering his own dangerous habit of reasoning without knowledge, and deciding without reason. The public mind was next worked upon hr the atrocities which (who could doubt) had been practised by the savage A ffghtuas op "tn f s li sw _ cmis trywomen and upon British officers. A fi!sy weeks bring us the intelligence that the prisoners arc safe and well treated. We are then told that we must prosecute the war to avenge ourselves upon a nation that we had attacked ii ithout cause, object, or provo cation. The Prime Minister of England improves on this suggestion, veiling its deformity by prostituted words of right and law. He tells the joyously ex ulting House of Commons that British troops are to • be sent forth to avenge on the Affghans the violated laws of war. Good heavens, England asserting the majesty of law! England speaking of law where she alone was the aggressor, and declaring war, for the first time, because she had been defeated When recently - we learnt by the mail before the last that Lord Ellenborough had had the courage to determine upon withdrawing (though lamentably not the knowledge which should have