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

WEST INDIES. The Forth, royal mail steamer, arrived at Falmouth on Wrdi:esday morning from the West Indies. Dates or sailing —from Vera Cruz, A ug. 7 ; Tampico, 8 ; Ilavannah, 15 ; Nassau, 18; Bermuda, 23 and Fayal, Sept. 1. Sh e b r in gs J ama i ca dates of August 8, and La Cluayra, July 28. Passengers —from Barbadoes, Mr. John 11.1‘Chlery and Master Knowles ; from Ber 'biee, Mr. S. Davison ; from Demerara, Mr. W. A. , Brifton Stipendiary M ag i strate; from La Guayra, M. Cotta and Mr. John I3oulton ; from Gre nada, Mrs. Roberts; from Bermuda, Mrs. Tucker; from Madeira, Mr. It. Davis ; from Jamaica, Mr. John Clark e , M r. George Prince, Mr. Joseph Me rrick and wife, and Mrs. L av i n i a O ughton, Baptist missionaries. On freight, 135,000 dollars, 400 doubs loons, 352 ounces of gold dust, 44 of silver, and 115 serous of cochineal. Captain Burney., master, and Mr. Brown, purser, of the late Medina, are come home by the Forth. After landing the mails, she re ceved at Falmouth a supply of coals, and proceeded up Channel at 5 p.m. The Forth came up direct from Mexico, but brought no specie thence. The Dee left Havannah for the Gulf of ' Mexico on the 10th August. The Tay furnished the Jamaica mails, and will be the next to come to n kland. The Clyde had not sustained such severe injuries by going on shore on Pelican Point as was at first anticipated. She left St. Thomas's on the 10th, August for Turk's Island, and on the 12th Se ptember thence for Portoßico and the other islands, with the English mails furnished by the arrival out of the Medway. The Solway had taken down the Gulf letter s of this steamer. Her Majesty's sloop of war Pilot left Havannah for oCVera Cruz on the 13th August. The Bever was at ralicios the Thu n d er a t B ermuda. Spanish men War at Havannah—one frigate with Admiral's flag at the fore, one corvette,. three brigs, two schooners, arnd two s t eam -vessels. Mexican men-of-war at Sacri leiPs, the City of Dubli n ( s t eamer ) , one b r i g, and a schOoner. - T.he Mexicans still appear determined to carry on the; w ar against Texas, and proposed to sen d Y 800 'nen' instantly to capture Campeachy, if they could d " so• The sickly season at Vera Cruz had passed by. -Peotints from Havannah represent the extreme un healthinesS of tlu port, and that many British sea men and masters, of ships had fallen victims to the direful leVer prevalent there. protilf,rom Jamaica it is learnt that Lady Elgin was im ki in health. The House of Assemblould not ~ feet y w eet earlier th an t h e accustorhed period in No verfilier. The im m ig rat i on of Krumen from the coast of Africa, if judiciously conducted, was re garded b y t h e planters of Jamaica as a great ad vantage t o th at colony, and would tend to afford such an impulse to the labouring population as was calcu lated to produce the most salutary effects. It is urged that the Government agent, in obtaining these to people, should offer them the advantage of returning their native country again in a course of years, an inducement which f ew o f the better hands would, from their inigratory disposition; refuse. The crops were superabundant in several districts, and some mer hhachants complained of not having sufficient vessels nd, near their ports, to receive the produce. On e whole, the affairs of the island commence to as sume a better state of things than had for some time existed. We learn from St. Kitts that the crops were low. T he necessity for immigration was urged on all hands a t D emerara. B us i ness very flat. The negroes ap eared to be making strong efforts at this colony to pro v id e grOunds and houses for themselves, and were generall y disposed to work ; the employment of their earnings in the purchase of lands had drawn off from the retail dealers much of their custom. The shares of the banks were at par. Government measures had not recently met with such opposition as formerly. The Gr ea t Li verpool steamer arrived at Falmouth 22a ult., 418 " nn Wednesd a y morn i ng, from Alexandria Malta 27th, Gib ra l tar Ist inst. Passengers r. ;LA and Mrs. W oo d coc k and female servant, Mr. Mrs:. Bamheity, Mr. Dent and servant, Captain Lie son, Mr. K e y sen , M r. Gwyn, Captain C ogan , t enant W oo li s t an, R ev. Mr. Malan, Mr. an d Air s S. Sharman, child, an d servant ; Sir Gardner "inson Mr. Fitzgibb on , M r. Palmer, Mr. S. Giles, R.N , Mr. Car me l], D r. H owell, and T. W. }farther, barrack -sergeant. ()win g to the work occasioned by both of these Inaitsi having to be sorted, the West Indian letters and papers,Will not be delivered in time for the exr i qol'l' ES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROY44-17-ACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sept. 2d. Nymph cutter, Sir John Bayley, Bart., from Plymouth and Dartmouth. 6th. Harriet schooner, J. Beardmore, Esq., from Bri*hton. mess. 70i, : Ariadne, - cutter, W. Peareth, Esq., Guernsey. SAILING S. Sept, 3. Cynthia cutter, Richd. Frankland, Esq., for InyinfMth and Cork ; C orsa i r d o., J o h n Con greve, Ils , f.,:plymouth; Gem schooner, Marquis of Ormonde, 7thi... Flirt do., Sir B. R. Graham, Bart., for Jersey. YA(IITS, AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. lIISpr,, Stid°ner r s—Galatea,. H aw k, J ac k -o ' -Lantern, Xarifa, Camilla, Ariel. Cu ltersAriadne, Emerald ;Nymph, Fanny, Me- dir!a l Nautilus, F o r es t Fly, Phebe, Rein-dee r , S apphire, Talisman, Iris. I awls—Alarm, Breeze, Water Lily. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Thl! Dowager Countess of Listowell has left Oatehill House, and the Earl of Errol has taken it. The Countess and family are expected on Thursday nex• t. L ord Fitzhardinge has left Gothic Hall, and 41 r. Atullins has taken it. The CoUntess of Darnley, with the Earl and family, are at Beach Villa ; Mrs. -AA:Wright" at Egypt House ; Lord Rokehy, at th e Cottage : Ir. Congreve at the Seventh ; Lady -.,. °o ce, at the F ourt h ; L ady Elizabeth Hope Vere, at .- r 0..0 folk H ouse ; Mr. R. Meiklana, at Mr. Genesti's _ q ° ll se ; Mr. P owe ll , at T ra f algar ; Sir 11. Walton Ti r (lhi s brother, at Sir John Hippesley's ; Lady De t °Sey ' at the Kin g ' s H ouse ; L a d y P au l et, at W hite I'ft ; Mr. Alloway, at Rosemount; Mr. Mildmay, t! Rose L o dg e ; Sir E. Paget, at the Castle ; Sir Bel ,lngiam Grah am , B ar t ., at H arr i et L odge. S i r Jas. aham, Bart., l e ft G ran th am H ouse on T ues d ay for t kiry but his Lady and family remain., Mr. Sergt. 7. -j ouiburn, No. 2, Bath-buildin gs ; M r . Burgess, No. - I , rs ; the Rev. Mr. Robinson and General . Truman, at I t ro spect Hou se ; Si r J o h n B ay l ey, at B eac h C ottage ; I ; B aring, Pelham h ouse. - the want of a grea t er num b er o f goo d h ouses, de t'-`)...1y situated, has been long felt. We have reason I "pe that before next season, a number of elegant ~e t ached vill as w ill b e erected on one of the finest Z i les the eye can 'wish for ; they will command views site he haroour, road-stead, and the whol e o f th e oppo coast to Ports mou th, i nc l u di ng S ou th ampton P.aters. The land is now being laid out in building ots, on the estate. T HE INFANT SAPPI-10.—The engagement of this Nt%ittnklerfiil little creature at the Adelaide Gallery termi nal", :is! to-morrow (Saturday) evening with her benefit, • uieh her Majesty is said to have largely contributed , • will be honoured with the presence of most nobility who still linger in town. We un • !ftittl th at i t is the intention of Mr. Vinning to take 11 ; tanoiter to th e C on ti nen t i mme di a t e ly, i n or d er th a t il l . ,'!'onderful musical faculties may be developed under Italian masters. ,ik:. B l‘ LONDON RAILWAY COMPANY THIS DAY).— P ri ; 11 ,"ql-yearly general meeting of the Directors and thew, VI in this Company was held this morning at • "ilieos, 11, Abchurch-lane, for the purpose of re ltft, p li g,the Atatenrient of the accounts from the secretary, ich 1 . 1-. was resolved that another effort should pr„;; 4l4 ' to rescseitate the Company, and a resolution was ittiti, ar ' : (I to be sainnitted to the whole of the Proprietors i i t. "ing. the Llrectors to raise a further sum ' ofmoney i the Purpose o f carrying out the original intentions ( tra llistte il t li e lPany. This was the whole of the business „ 14 . ,e A T • ehilst the Anti-Corn-law League vigorously and eSSIVitly pursues free-trade, it deserves the support jip„. v erY Lib era l . F or the first time in this country , it l i t ;ts an organ i sed and a b le resistance to the land thei-eotnbination. in Parliament. It seeks only to place fai -e .' ll l-grow er. and the manufacturer on the same Nit ground of competition for the general good. Agri : by , 1 ,` . " is Just as much a trade as any other ; governed th , tine laws, foll owe d f or th e same o bj ec t s . Gain ,tiee same stimulus to both, and free trade is more gainful 1.4, 31 any monopo which landowners can frame for eS . - Rra nt ly iner. .4 1 .„ 1 :` fly do you not tha n k G o d," sa id M ause r to an that since I have b een y our ru l er , y o u have dus t b een afflicted with the pl a g ue ?" " G o d is too tus li 41 send two scourges at once," was the reply ; but it the speaker his life. _ of ' d' GLOVE TBAD E .—A s an i ns t ance o f the state kn,,,,,Vreesiwn of this branch of manufacture, which for *, 10 1 ( suprlied so l arge a port i on o f employment to t h e !'lied pop u l a ti on o f our c i ty , an d to t h e w i ves lv,"tughters of agricultural labourers in the county, t1" 144 Y state that a manuf ac t urer recent ly so ld 470 tvh i !,'s of glove s a t Gd. a d ozen , t h e mere cutt i ng o f i ,_ ( . - 1 1 did not cost less than Sd. a dozen.— Worcester ,_ll N RIGDTON,—DILEADFUL ACCIDENT BY LIGHT-. ": c \‘• 1 ,• Duri ng t h e rag i ng of the storm at Br i ghton, on ounesday evening, on e o f the Brighton pike, named t 1 . 1 1 Cooke B. No. 4, wa s s t r u c k by the electric fluid. ,„ uPeArs that a b out e i g h t o ' c l oc k C oo k e was proceed the'lit Town H a ll, for the purpose of going on night tY, when,. On ascending the steps, he was struck sense 'Several of his companions ran to his assistance, Carried m into the hall, and fetched , Aelr. carerCdy , it‘o e e t o irvos surgeon to the force, under w los intt he was completely deprived of sight. us " lightning appears to have struck his head. During t ` i ' . != greater part of the niht the poor fellow was Il and he now lies in as most :Several other persons received slight shocks from e electric fluid. pitiable state, totally t) u - ritEss.----At Mansfield, there are hundreds of I.l'alies who h ave not a bed to lie upon. their houses 1;: 211 ?) . almost destitute even of the meanest furniture. ve Poor have littl e wor k, an d , i n s h ort, are ac tually 11. Corresponden t of the Vonatifter Gauge, T LI .LN +J I24 • DI:Y.) ~:i1 nd delivered:;:: ie defenilant in-street. f of deliver S., led that the .much as all to appear ides that hi; t. ) that Court. , if unt elairned.or DA Y). d rs a farmer of debts, and ?ailable aEsets pound. of assignees . , . aongst Which rahum Elton, he bankrupt Jas. Barclay ' gs E4i,,_i DAY.) . very sharp, at the bar r said in his toes. In the ig in the seal iumph, which to him and ,ea. Ile (the the Captain les, and told Mum to the n board, and gl an d. The ref Used to was unloaded. [le time with , c 1 isoner to the red, when he DAY.) inhabitant% of derick-street , . moyed by the n the above th arrived at ities have, : 4 taken up,the. the occupants• Lblishments of e Magistrate/ as the parties m they were lext sesions. D A Y . ) waggon, wa s sborne, under to town from he sat down ). While he n came along, ~ we situation , lyself when I is chap." lie silk handker 'he witness al - Arms, gai re lan, who toolg lossession the —Committed' L NEWS.. ) THREE. • ith but littl e Lil Money,. and. • e-and..a.asa fer ha s heet'e l eed at 93k. ExChritier Duthh ye per Cii,tsv, 67. ,) xl 'has eol;,, ds, which a Shares ' haa sold at 180, , n and Derby °ghoul, at NV esternl:ijil ‘irestern, _•ounties, 7ighton, 33. the Fi ve at 21; pyr:i Lamer, letterSid' Jamaica, inai le dates of the r the last tWo Ind the gene' extremely 'e so. The I had been far h of this in• received fro 0. :e€ l , are well .• Were being )er agai"4 [Tient •in th e an i m petus Lbarrassinent s disappearing' , shipping, and we from One is consequen t. betwee n It is state itity o f su gar nnot now be premiums el ionths baYil despatch ?ssels Inig o brought it h no vessel i 5 te, the polici L' July 31. rather better , alarm. Tl lB minatlon not tbt produce "e acquir ed nt of labour he staple tir" ' meet the e% • • Cruz to the ' ' '' , l Scarcely ansr tl or political LT ONE. Ire to ••• 81 . 6s. BX. to 481 to to ▪ to 591 to '• to to 030 41 to to -- to -- to —• IS DAY-) cloudy. to IV. N. Ai )001 S CU, 11l err raltar 2d last. :.S.E., fre,:eb' rth Havalv nd Fayal Bahia 29 0 " ebec. Aria' Nevis. John's, NO' ce of vheat 3l lge. late visit 1 1 he princiPg Prince td o n of the or AndrezkO T of Yublic • ionth he incline" ;., 11 to have the, ,st o a , f 31an. 5, hose AOlO- 1- ' ll , l Liege. 111 50 et hith this rer pe has jus t chemistri, Professor 01 ,f th e prin• y afternoa- TH !:S TT Y, LONDCW- FRIDAT.EVENING. SEP ['EMBER 9. u/42-. 14 . - - RIER MAJESTY'S - ARRIV AL AT the part of the municipal authorities, to which her SCONE PALACE. Majesty is entitled. • - • • <a- • • ' "That the whole arrangements connected with her PERTH., TUESDAY l'l - IGIIT.—The demonstrations of Majesty's arrival in the city having been devolved on loyalty and gladness which everywhere greeted her a Committee of the Council, it is necessary to inquire Majesty from the metropolis to the river Forth, into their proceedings, and therefore the Couacil awaited her on its northern shore, which she reached I hereby appoint the following members as a Committee about eleven o'clock. The towns and villages through I to make the necessary investigation, and to report which the Royal cortege had to pass in her Majesty's 1 pain przern." _ journey northward vied with each other is decorations Mr. BLACK said the Town Council ought to put and devices in honour of the Queen,- and their popu- itself right with the public in the matter. He had lation, in holiday attire, sent forth one continuous written out a statement of facts connected with the shout of joy. landing of her Majesty, and if Mr. Deud would At the confines of the county of Perth, and about permit . him, he would read that • stateme n t, an d per ten miles distant from th e anc i en t c i ty, the road in- haps it might be found to answer the purpose they tersecta the Willi hills through Glenfarg. The glen had in view. Mr. Black then proceeded to read the is a narrow ravine, formed by an opening or breach statement in question, which was to the following through a mountainous chain t'rom three to five miles effect : in length, and gently descends from south -to north. "in the brief statement of facts connected with the The Farg, an inconsiderable mountain rivulet, mean- landing of her Majesty in . Scotland, the most of which ders down the glen to whichit giVes its name : and so came under my own observation, it is not my inten narrow is the pass. that in many places there is barely tion to throw blame upon any_ one, but merely to room for the ro a d an d th e b roo k to keep clear of vindicate the Magistrates and Council from charges each other. Althou g h not possessed of the sublimity recklessly made, but which I shall be able to show are and grandeur which belong to many of the inoun- entirely groundless. This explanation I consider due, taro passes amongst the Grampians, Glenfarg affords not only to the members of Council who had not the a delightful drive, being closely hemmed in on either same opportunity, of . observing the transactions as side by cleft hills of considerable height, richly myself, but it is especially du e t o o u r cons tit uen t s , wooded to th e i r summits; and the many t or t uous who have a right to see that the affairs of the commu windings of the road present an ever-varying variety nitv are not unmanaged by their representatives. to the eye of projecting and Over-hanging. rocks ;of a I may premise, that as far as her Majesty was cascades of foaming watersS. fringed. by birch ; and concerned, you all had thefullest proof of her kindness hazel bushes ; or more placid spots, where " the pure and condescension, and her desire to gratify the limpid stream glides smoothly along, in gentle eddies wishes of her Scottiah, subjects, in the readiness with through the underwood, sweet murmuring." Emerg- which she altered all her previous arrangements, for ing from this defile the luxuriant and richly variegated the purpose , of accommodating the inhabitants of vale of the Earn opens gradually upon the view, em- Edinburgh. bracing an extent of champaign country from 20 to " When it was understood that the Queen intended 30 miles in length, and varying from 10 to 6 miles in to visit Scotland, • the Town Council resolved on width. making such preparatiOns for her reception as might This fertile and delightful strath is enlivened and he most respectful to her Majesty and most grati enriched by the mansions and parks of a number of fyinss to the inhabitants. Although this intention of the nobility and gentry, exhibiting all that cultivation her Majesty was generally reported in the public and refined taste can add - to na t ura l f ert ili ty an d journals, tha Lord Provost had no official information beauty. Her Majesty kept the Great North-road, on the subject, and much doubt and uncertainty pre cutting rightacross the valleyuntil the cortege reached vailed both as to the fact itself and as to the time and its verge, then turning off by the base of the northern manner of her progress. hills, proceeded to Dupplin Castle, the seat of the "On the 16th of August the Council remitted it Right Hon. the Earl of Kinnoull, which was reached to the Provost's conunittee to make the .-necessary at two o'clock. In this splendid mansion the Queen arrangements for her Majesty's reception, and from did the noble family the honour to partake of a sump- that time they met daily in the Council-chamber, to tuous dejeuner. Dupplin Castle commands one of the he prepared to act as soon as they received autho best views of the valley of the . Earn, both to the cast ritative intelligence of the Royal movements. The and west.' Seen from that spot, this extensive tract of only member of the Cabinet then in Scotland was the country has the appearance of a well-cultivated garden, Duke of Buccletich; whose guest it was understood fenced in by hills on the north and south, and divers'. her Majesty was to be while in this quarter. The fled with lawns, and woods; and cultivated fields; Lord Provost applied to his Grace for information while its serpentine river traces its capricious course, on the subject, and was told that it was the with many fantastic windings, towards the Tay. intention of her Majesty to come as privately as A deputation of the Town Council, consisting of possible on this occasion of her visiting Scotland. As the Lord • Provost, Magistrates, and city clerks, was soon as the 'Committee received this information, received at Dupplin, and had the honour of present- being persuaded that it was impossible that her Ma ing an address to the Queen. jesty's first visit to the capital of . one of her king- From Dupplin eastward to Perth the most striking doms could be private, they appointed a deputation to and prominent object is Moncrieffe-hill. This moun- wait immediately on the Duke, and to represent to taro rises 756 feet above the level of the sea, and is him the injudiciousness of any such arrangement ; under cultivation to a considerable altitude, its heights and after consulting:his Grace, it was agreed to send being richly wooded, with here and there bold pro- a memorial to the Home-office, strongly urging a minences of rock protruding themselves. At the ells- public entrance to the city, which memorial his Grace tance of about three miles . from Dupplin the road is kindly offered to transmit, and it was sent off on the carried over the western shoulder of Moncrieffe-hill, 17th of August ; but no answer to this memorial Wits now reduced to the height of 182 feet. Before ever received. The consequence was, a continuance ascending this eminence, the view northward is en- of doubt and uncertainty in regard to the whole pro tirely shut out by the line of hills which flank Strath- ceedings ; all that had been ascertained by this time earn, but upon gainingthe summit a scene bursts at was, that her Majesty would land at Granton, and it once upon the view which for panoramic effects may was expected she would arrive on Wednesday, the 31st. be held as unsurpassed, if equalled, by any within "At the meeting of Council on Tuesday, the 30th, her Majesty's wide spread dominions. Upon reach s it was resolved to send a deputation, consistirg .of ing this spot the invading legions of Rome were so Bailies Richardson and Thomson, Treasurer Drys enraptured with the sight as , simultaneously to dale, and Councillor Black, to Dalkeith, to endeavour exclaim,—" Ecce Tiber, ecce Campus Martins,"— to see some of her Majesty's Ministers, who were "Behold the Tiber, behold the _held of Mars !" expected hourly to arrive at Dalkeith. Here her Majesty paused for a time to enjoy the " A letter was immediately despatched, craving an lovely landscape which now stretched out before her, and audience of such of her Majesty's Ministers as might appeared to be highly delighted with the scene. The be in Scotland, and the messengers were desired to surprise excited by the first blush of the exquisite pro- wait the arrival of the Ministers, if not already at spect now unfolded gradually yields to admiration 9f Dalkeith. its component parts. On the right, the massy and " About one o'clock in the morning of Wednesday, lofty hill of Kinnoull, rising 600 feet above the level the messenger returned with an answer saying her of the sea, attracts the eye, its western side studded Majesty's Ministers would be prepared ' ; to meet the with cheerful villas and luxuriant parterres, and its deputation at Dalkeith, at half -past nine o'cloCk. southern front presenting a perpendicular breadth, whil e their a range of There were p resent w i t h th e d eputation at this con of Do ver ; it i s fermi- exceed s th a t o f the cliffsrugged ro c k s , h a lf a mile in lti- ference Sir Rob er t . P e el s th e Earl of Ab er d een , an d. the Duke of Buccleuch. •- The•menibers of the depu nated to the east by the magnificent policies of Kin- Cation pressed a s strongly . as they could upon her fauns. The foot of this sublime mountain is la,red b aj!sty's Ministers the importance of the Queen the pure waters of the smooth' gliding Tay, a strealyn per r ktng her entrance . into_ Edinburgh_ in such a man which pours more water into the ocean than any other as river in Britain. Lifting the eye off this delightful So scene, and following the course of the river, the an- verei6m. s o i u r sa ß nd e s be t r o t p p a e y their s respects to their So sembaisednottbto disappoint the ardent desires of the h s e u r r e A d i a j t e h s e t y , deputation, cient city of Perth arrests the attention, with its that from what lie l nes b v el of a stately bridge, its towering steeples and spires stand- disposition, she would . ' e prepared to make her en- , ing out in bold relief, and still: adorning the place trance to the city in . whatever way would be most. which was once dignified with the name of the metro- agreeable to the inhabitants. The programme which polls of Scotland, and which ranks in point of prece- had been previously drawn up by the Town Coun dence as the second Scotch burgh. cil was shown to Sir Robert, the plan proposed Beyond Perth, and on the opposite bank of the for the deliverance of the keys of the city, and river, stands the ancient Royal Palace of Scone, once the order of the procession. all which met with the residence of the Scottish monarchs, and still a his acquiescence; and so kindly and courteously princely fabric, peering out o f , th e thi c kl y - wooded did Sir Robert and Lord Aberdeen andthe policies in whi c h it is embedded. Here the Sovereigns Duke of Baccleuch enter into the plans proposed, of Scotland were crowned in days of yore ; and with that they agreed that if there was no notice of the many interesting events in civil and ecclesiastical his- Royal squadron appearing in the Frith till it was tory Scone is Intimately connected. As the eye doubtful if her Majesty would be able to pass through stretches northward, the distant views assume an the city before it wits too dark, that arrangem en t s alpine sublimity and magnificence. First the lower wou ld be made for postponing the procession till the range of the Grampians borders the expansive plain succeeding day ; and if notice could be received of her in the body of the scene, and behind them rise in Majesty's approach at.a time when it was doubtful towering grandeur the lofty summits of the upper whether her ogress could be :wide through the city range, until the view is bounded by their cloud- advantage° r not,, that they would consult the piercing peaks. Never was this sublime and splendid deputation : liesproceedings to be adopted; and it scene beheld by human eye under more auspicious was agreed that a portion of the deputation should wait circumstances than it was this day seen by Queen in the Council:chant :el - and a portion at Granton, Victoria. The sun, which, throughout th e d ay s h one from three o ' clock till haff.:past four : and if by that forth in all its brightness, had now reached the far time there was no signal of her Majesty's approach, it west, casting his mellowed rays at a gentle angle was understood there was no possibility of the arrival over the enchanting scene, and producing the perf ec - of the Royal squadron bef ore d ar k, an d th e d eputa ti on tion of light and shade on its hills and plains ; the first would not be called to attend her Majesty's Ministers tints of autumn have enriched the foliage of its stately to receive instructions. • .. trees, touching them with its enriching auburn ; and : "On the return of the deputation from Dalkeith, a full flowing tide fills the bed of, the noble Tay, bear- they issued a notice to th e p u bli c , th a t h er M a j es t y ing on its glassy bosom barges and vessels of va r i ou s would make her entrance into the city in such a burden, all glittering and gay in honour of the Royal manner as would be most gratifying to the inhabi visitant. tants. An:other placard was issued by the Lord Descending from this commanding and delightful Provost and the Sheriff, stating that her Majesty could not arrive that day, and that due no ti ce wou ld eminence, the Queen approached the ancient city o f Perth through the splendid avenue which intersects be given to the public to be in readiness. This was the South Inch, one of the spacious city parks.. On not an act of the Council ; but after what had taken the high grounds in the neighbourhood of the city, place, the Lord Provost and the Sheriff were justified and along the line of road, m u ltit u d es • of delighted in expecting that they o'clock on 'Wed nes d ay even i ng, would be enabled t o g i ve d ue spectators greeted her Majesty as the Royal cortege warning. About te n moved along. At the South Port the Queen was re- B a ili es Richardson and Thomson and Councillor ceived by the Magistrates and Town Council, and the Black, accompanied by Mr. Sinclair and a Lieu- Lord Provost, in elegant Court . • attire, presented the tenant of Police, went down to Granton to inquire if keys of the city, which were graciously received and th ere were any tidings of the Royal squadron, and returned by the Sovereign. Ihe gates of the city before going down Mr. Sinclair had engaged printers were now thrown open, and her Majesty and retinue to b e rea d y at any hour 4 the night t o p r i n t suc h passed through under a magnificent triumphal notices as it might be necesSav to publish to the in arch which had been erected for the occasion. It habitants. is almost incredible that a structure of such e'.e- "No signal having been seen of the approach of the gance -and beauty could have been ompleted within Royal squadron, the Li e ut enan t o f P o li ce was des i red Ito remain at Granton th rong h th e night, and as soon the brief period of ten days. The city architect has as tidings were received o f the squadron being in the the merit ofthe design, and lie has completely succeeded in the formation of such an edifice as to do honour Frith, to hasten to Bailie Richardson with the infor to the town, and to be not unworthy of the dignified mation. This he did about three o'clock in the morn occasion. Its contour resembles Napoleon's triumphal ing, when Bailie Richardson immediately -went down arch at Paris. The city arms were emblazoned on its to Granton to receive the instructions of her Msjesty'a capitals, and the Royal standard, surmounting its lofty advisers, that they might be immediately conveyed to height, waved in the gentle breeze. Outside the gate, the Magistrates and Council. The remainder of this and close to it on one side, the -Lord Provost, Magiss statement I give upon the authority of Bailie Richard trates and Town Council occupied a platform ; and on son, who w as i n f orme d b y Li eutenant S tevenson, a the other side the ministers and elders of the Pres- messenger from the ' Duke of Buccleuch, that the bytery of Perth had similar accoannodation, the Royal squadron was in Aberlad y -bny, while, in fact, ministers dressed in their gowns and bands. The th e y were a ft erwar d s di s c overe d to be on the opposite Magistrates and Council, in carriages guarded by the side of Inchkeith, but.concealed by the island. high constables, in a handsome uniform, escorted the " B a ili e Ri c h ar d son remained on the pier, where Sovereign and retinue through the city, passing the Duke of Buccleuch and Sir - Robert Peel also were, through Prince's-street, St. John's-street, and George- and expected instructions front them. While waiting street, to the bridge. 'Throughout the entire line the there, about six o'clock the Royal fleet was discovered streets were occupied by . various incorporations, to be on the other side 04.' Inchkeith, and about half.. trades and professions, in di s ti ngu i s hi ng un if orms past e i g h t t h e R oya l yac ht was moore d a l ongs i de of and liveries. The high constables and peace-of- Granton-pier, when the Duke of Buccleuch and Sir ficers, aided by one thousand operatives, each Robert Peel went aboard, and on their returning- to bearing a white rod, preserved admirable order the pier the Queen landed and entered her carriage, throughout. • Every opening in the streets were a b ou t n i ne o'clock. . platforms, and every window crowded "'Th e D u k e of Buccleuch an d Si r R o b ert P ee l t h en population. A s h er i nt i mate d to Bailie Richardson that her Majesty Majesty passed along , the densely thronged multi- f oun d it necessary to procee d i mme di a t e l y to fitted with a up W w el i l t • h dressed and joyful Dal tudes rent the air with their deafening cheers, and keith, consequently, instead of being able to ye the waving of handkerchiefs from the. casements in- previous warning to others, he followed her Majesty dicated the universal joy. . Her Majesty app eare d i n to Edinburgh. excellent spirits, and received and returned the gratu- " The first notice given to the public was by the quartersgrace. The firing of the two guns . from the Castle at half-past r h e ss ed condescension i nte Perth fromand ali seven o'clock, which was understood to be done by an m lat u i l o t ns itud N e v .throughout the course of the during the night, and than from order from the Duke of Buccleuch ; but had that precedent. Not fe w er preconcerted signal been attended to, the Queen day, was beyond all i w th li in ch u p e added to the .populit- . 40,000 to 50,000 strangers were would not have landed till half-past 9 and before she and order, and peace, and could have arr . • dat the b. ••• • in S herprogress, it 1“, tion. All was regularity 000 gentlemen would have been about ten o'clock, by which time no accident occurred. In the eveninghr County - hall, : hall, ‘ t. ‘ l . l ( e m inhabitants ( sat down to a sumptuous banquet int e bonfire 3 - and " Frot t; took would have been generally assembled in honour of the Royal visit, while place at the conference s f their heights.deputationwhat ' neighbouring w i t h her Majesty's Ministers, the Council coloured lights illumined the of afield by were Earl pia jus t i fi e d in expecting that due warning would Her Majesty honoured the Earl She is to have been given of the time when the Queen intended . ht o clock . dining at Scone Palace at eight ' sleep in the same Royal residence. ' •to land. Th e Council took, ev er y means i n t h e i r power to get this information —not so much for their own sake, as for the sake of the public—but no notice ofthe expected time was sent to the Lord Provost, or to any member of Council. Whether, then, the disap pointment was occasioned by some unaccountable misunderstanding, or in consequence of mismanage ment, it must be obvious to every impartial inquirer that the Town Council at least, are entirely blameless." Mr. MACAULEY said, that the statement they had Just heard read might be satisfactory to some members of Council, but was not so to him. .The Council wanted the Queen to - do what they would ask no friend or relative to do. Mr. Black had said that the island of Inchkeith shaded her Majesty from view, bpt had they not an. observatory ?—(bear, hear, and laughter') - There illtS it talk of mist and fog, but he believed the Royal squadron had been been at a much EDINBURGH TOWN COUNCIL. THE LANDING or HER MAJESTY. The Town Council met on Tuesday, and as it was understood that a, discussion would ensue relative to the landing of her Majesty on Thursday last, a good deal of interest was excited, The Lord Provost was in the chair. Upon the reading of that portion of the minutes which referred to the proceedings of the Council with reference to the landing of her Majesty, Mr. Dzun rose and submitted the following motion on the subject : " That the Council deeply deplore the untoward occurrence of Thursday morning, whereby tha entrance into, and progress through the city were un+ accompanied by those ►eal and dutiful attentions on past repairing, which the Affgharis have inflicted upon us. They are not ours ; we do not hold them as ours; we should not give thlm back as ours; and we earnestly hope that no arrangement will male them ours. -13efore concluding, we cannot re :ist call ing our readers' attention to one part of our India: correspondent's communication, which, in the most unsuspicious way, evidences the audacious falsehood of Lord Palmerston's famous boast, that by this war Lord Auckland had opened to our merchants the trade of Central Asia. Arguing earnestly against the po hey of a retreat, our correspondent tells us that " with: the exception of those who fear that their emoluments may be lessened by the increased expenditure of the war, and of some mercantile egotists ,who care more for having the market imnzediately opened it Alfghan istan than for the hon our o f G rea t B r it a i n, or the security of India, the general desire is for obtain ing justice from the Atfghans," and that we are not to regard as the unbiassed opinion of India " the clamour of interested speculators, who are eager to seed their goods instantly into Central Asia, in arch?. it make large profits there, even at the expense honour." With such persons we are far, indeed from sympathizing. But this their clamour does show most palpably, that a trade existed with those regions, which Lord Auckland's war, far from having created, has interrupted and continues to interrupt; that In dian trade and Indian merchants, tar from profiting by it, are energetically—nay, are accused of being dishonourably anxious for its termination at all hazards; and that an interruption of commercial pros. perity will have to be added to the other responsibili ties of a Government which prolongs it one day beyond what honour and justice demand. CHRONICLE.—It is a very edifying spectacle for honest people to see the rogues who have cheated them quarrelling amongst themselves. . A contention is just now raging amongst the Irish Tories respect ing a vacancy which has taken place in the repre sentation of Dublin University by the elevation of Mr. Jackson to the Bench. As it is necessary for the business of the Government to have an Irish law officer in Parliament, the new Solicitor-General, Mr. Smith, very naturally offers himself for the vacancy. Unfortunately for him, however, the Government happened to be most cordially disliked by a large body of its own .supporters, and they are rejoiced at an opportunity of inflicting upon it a signal humilia tion. Violent attacks on the Maynooth grant, and the National Board of Education,- were effectual in exciting much useful fanaticism in favour of Sir H. Peel when he was in opposition, but his Government necessarily support both. Even this might have been fOrgiven - to a Tory Government, if it remembered its friends, but some hot partizans amongst the legal chiefs of the party, who had almost settled with themselves in what Courts they were to assume the judicial ermine, find unexcectedly that high professional character and sonic approach towards moderation in opinions are considered so desirable in candidates for the bench, that they are not likely to be entrusted even with the duties of assistant-barris ters. These personal mortifications do not answer veri well for public grievances, and therefore the old topics of Maynooth and the Education Board are again resumed, and employed against the present Government with as much virulence of language as was formerly used against the Whigs. This Tory opposition party has its candidate for the university in the p erson o f Mr. G. A. Hamilton, a . gentleman who has not even the recommendation of having been educated within its walls. This point of university etiquette is waved in consideration of Mr. Hamilton s being ready to "go the whole hog" against the Government. He is supported by the Dublin Evening Mail, the organ of the Orange party, which in an article on the subject, after attack ing Lord Eliot as the " assailer of the Protestant clergy," says that the conduct of the Government in opposing Mr. Hamil ton is at least consistent. _Lord Eliot's high character is pretty well known in England, and the manner in which he is assailed by the disappointed party in Ire land will confirm the general estimate of the value of similar attacks on Lord Normanby and Lord Mos. peth. The Mail then goes on to inform Mr. Smith that his success is physically impossible: What the physical. obstacle is to be we are not told, but we pre-. sume it means the bludgeons of the under-graduates, whose conduct has so often rendered a contested elec tion in the Irish University a disgraceful scene of up roar and confusion. The reliance on these physical force men, who have no votes, seems to imply some distrust of the parties with whom the election would legally rest. The Mail then proceeds to exhort its Tory brethren of the Press to be up and doing against the " common enemy," meaning the Govern ment, and reminds them in prose heroics of the opi nion of Cicero—" That the surest way to the at tainment of true glory and authority in :my country was to sustain the good and virtuous when they hap pened to be oppressed by the great and powerful, and his proudest boast was that he himself had acted upon that principle in defending Roscius against Scylla." Noble, truly, is the spectacle of these good and virtuous men, to whom Sir R. Peel has not given as many places as they desire, combining together in one great act of self-denial, at the imminent risk of forc ing the Government to recognise their claims. We must, however, object to the implied c om p ar i son o f Scylla and Sir Robert Peel. Sir Robert is certainly so far like Scylla, that he is, according to the best of his abilities,- a dictator, and, like Scylla, he got into power, at the head of an unprincipled aristocratic party, many of whom expected unbridled licence un der his regznie;.but he did not, like Scylla, give free play to the infuriated passions of his sup porters, and this is his unpardonable crime, in the eyes of those who recklessly fought for him in Ire land, and who now as recklessly fight against him. The Mail is obviously in sad despondency as to the result of this election, hilt puts a bold face on the mat ter. It thinks it necessary, however, to hint to the clergy, with friendly bitterness, that if they support the Government their motives will be suspected ; and, after imploring them to form diocesan committees for managing the canvass and the election, concludes: "We tell the clergy that this audacious attempt at converting the college into a Government borough is not only calculated to prove a heavy, blow and great discouragement to Protestantism,' but is the deepest wound ever meditated against the Church of Ireland." In this we have only to admire the tenacity of exist ence, so much beyond that of the feline species, which the Irish Church establishment possesses. Not nine, but ninety lives must an institution have which has survived so many heavy blows, and great discouragements, and deadly wounds.' And still she flourishes, ready to receive as many more mortal stabs as it may suit the views of her supporters to have inflicted. Her gashes heal so kindly, that we have no fears for her at the present crisis. Emanci pation Acts, Tithe Acts, Corporation Acts, May nooth Grants, and Education Boards, every one an " infernal machine" made for her destruction, have all exploded harmlessly. This pop-gun affair of the College election, even though Sir R. Peel's Solicitor- General should succeed, will not be fatal. Having braved the Whigs in power for eleven years, and having been left by so many Whig measures in peaceful enjoyment of health and revenues, the threatened establishment may coolly look Mr. T. B. C. &c. Smith, or as he is called for shortness, Mr. Alphabet Smith, in the face, and say, by the Classic assistance of the Mail, " Contempsi Catdinm gladios, non pertiniescam tuos." HERALD.—It has been noticed as remarkable, and exulted over as significant, that among the Minis ters and elders of the Church of Scotland who pre sented the Address at Dalkeith Palaoe to her Majesty, on her visit to Scotland, from the commission of the General Assembly; the names of Dr. 13ryce, Dr. , Grant, and Mr. Robertson, of Ellon, are not to be found. Tile explanation, we understand, may easily be afforded. These gentlemen. —some of them cer tainly not the least known among the moderate party in the Kirk—were shut out by the dominant majority of the Assembly from taking a part with their brethren on this loyal and gratifying occasion, because they are sympathising with an d supporting the ministers of Strathbogie in yielding obedience to the law of the land, a s laid down by her Majesty's Judges—that is, being explained—because they are refusing to receive the interpretati on o f c i v il statutes it the hands of the Church Courts in opposition to the decrees of the secular tribunals ! The cause of the exclusion of Dr. Bryce and his friends from honours enjoyed by others of their order, coupled with the occasion on which it occurred, presents a somewhat remarkable feature in the picture which the Protestant Kirk of Scotland is now exhibiting to the country. Some may think that this cause ought to constitute the proper pass port to such honours ; and that, when sought from the hands of a Protestant Sovereign by those who would overturn the very foundations of every Protes tant throne in Christendom, they were not at least so very well deserved. greater distance. Nothing was more easy than for the Lord Provost and Council to have told the ihha-: bitants that they could not say when . her Majesty would land, and then the people would have been . pre pared, and no disappointment would have occurred. Bailie I'HOMSON said Sir R. Peel stated it depended entirely upon 'the time .of her Majesty's arrival when she would land. Mr. MACAULEY did . :'not mean to say that the in-. l tentions of the gentlemen of the Council were not good, but there - was blame somewhere. - He believed Sir R. Peel answered something in this way :—" My Lord Provost, her Majesty's Ministers were all there (Granton-pier), the military were all there—and then Sir Robert added, very mildly, he could not see why the Lord ProvOst and the Magistrates were not also there.—(Hear, hear, and cries of " Oh, oh!"): Now, that was the tim e t o h ave met Si r R. Peel, and to have told him that he knew they were to have a proper notice, and that they begged to tell him he was mistaken, although he was the Minister of a great na tion.—(lfear, hear, and laughter.) But there \vas no such attempt made . to justif y th e i r cOnluct. They coon: ) , pocketed the affront, and now they came for ward with a justificatory statement. But his Lord ship and the Council were grossly affronted in coining, from the Palace at Dalkeith. ,He (Mr. • MacauleY) had the misfortune to p u t hi S f oot into h i s Lordship's carriage, end, although he had no hand in the trans action at all, he was hooted, being mistaken, he sup posed, for his Lordship . or one of the Magistrates—a great mistake certainly.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Mr. URQUIIART obs erve d , that the question was, whether the Council h a d d one their duty ? H er M a -s jesty's Ministers had been blamed; but, humble as he was, he denied they were to blame, and that no pro mise had been made that they would give the Council notice. Bailie TI OMSON would suppose the entire Council had been at Granton to receive her Majesty—he would suppose such a case, but what then ? How were the public to have notice ? — (Hear, hear.) Would they have had time to inform th em thought it was fortunate th ey h ad not been at Gran ton, and had not been placed in that: pOsition, for in such a case the public would h ave bl ame d t h em f or deceiving them.—(Hear,hear.) , (Hear, heir.) Ile And if they had all been at Granton, they could not have done more than his friend Bailie Richardson had d one . —(n ear ,) , Sir W. DRYSDALE said the Council had heard a variety of statements as to the landing of her Ma jesty, and the publi c , he believed, were sat i s fi ed t h at the Council were not to blame.—(" «I\o, no.") Hear, Lear," and Mi. BANKS wished to know whether Mr. Black's statement was to go forth to the public ?—(Hear, hear.) When the information was given to the Com mander of the Forces of her Majesty's arrival, he rose and dressed himself, and got his troops under arms. The police had also their men ready. Why, then, were the guns not fired, and notice given to the Council. There was a flag also to be hoisted, and Mr. Hamilton, who had been written to, informed him (Mr. Banks) that he did not receive the letter to do so till two hours after her Majesty had landed. . Bailie. TuomsoN said he was present when the whole of the signals .were talked over, and the Duke of Buccleuch was to make them through Major HoOper. ,This having been done, the Council were not to 'blaMe for any error that occurred in that respect. Mr. GRIERSON MB of opinion that in the interview they had had with Sir R. Peel and Lord Aberdeen, Sir Robert admitted by . his manner that there had been a premature landing.—(" hear," and " No.") Mr. LOTHIAN said he had come to the Council to support - a motion for an inquiry, but after what had occurred, there was so much excitement exhibited, that he did..riot knoiv hoW he could select any parties present to conduct such inquiry.—(Hear.) He cer tainly could not select Mr. Macauley or Mr. Deud. Mr. MACAVLEY said, he considered it very impro per and unfair to say that any member of the Council could act in a partial or unjust manner, and he hoped Mr. 'Lothian would'retract his statement. Mr. LoirmAN said, on the previous evening, on the Wednesday, it was admitted that notice was to have been given by Mi n i s t ers to the Council in the event of her Maj es t y arr i v i ng .—(" No, • no ;" "Y es , yes. ") Mr. B LACK sa id i t was s o, and when they were t o have had n o ti ce o n th e IVednesday evening, it was equally necessary that they should have had notice on fiedl‘ltrh. Thursday morning. Supposi m: th e conceivedallini,AcinAuhLisLy.opinion,was very creditable to the that the lovers of fun among the p u bli c h a d b e e n m uch excited by the pre sent meeting, and they had been much furth er grafi - Ceuneil•—(Hear, hear, and laughte r ) Council could bring the civil and military auth or iti es before them, what could they do to them ? What ,result could they come to? He thought that after all that had been done—the beautiful arrangements they had made, on Saturday, the order and good con duct of the people during the illuminations, and the anxiety of all parties to do what was right—that re crimination" should not now be indulged in, an d. that a good u n d ers t a ndi ng would prevail —(Hear.) Mr. Gun( did. not intend to bring any accusatio n against Bailie Riehardstin. ' He should simply like to the Duke of 1 - 3ueelench on the pier on Tursday morn-, know whether tbiq Bailie.. asked Sir Robert -- Peel or. Bailie Ricu:tansox 'inn at what bow the Queen would lands? —(Hear.) went down to the pier at' a - quarter past three o'clock on Thursday morning, 1 - ntving- had an' intimation that the Comman der of .thei Tomes had, received orders to keep the troops under Grans. When the Royal yacht got along side the pier, Sir .Robert Peel and the puke went on board, and when they came on shore replied, that he a ll that was said by Sir Robert wtis that her shore, found it • absolutely necessary to land ' im mediately proceed , and to Dalkeith.' e The discussion was at length terminated by Mr. ROBINSON moing threvious question—the best way, he tho ug h t, of settin p g rid of a debate which had not, he conc eive d , done the Council much credit. If continued, he thought it might lead to a further indulgence of per sona li ties, which might not terminate agreeably. A general assent having been given to Mr. Robin son's proposition, the previous question IVSS csreed to, and the subject dropped. PUBLIC J OURNALS. SPIRIT of the PUBL FROM THE MOR NINAI pApEns OF THIS DAY. TlMES.—Though we think the re-delivery o f o ur prisoners by Mbar - Khan a sine qua non for ' the effectuation of any arrangement, and thoug h we are also inclined to consider that with those prisoners safe in our hands, there Would b e ve ry little further reason for carrying on the war, or reta i n i ng pos session of one foot o f the Aff g h an territory; yet we cannot agree with a C6 ntemporary in argu i ng as if it were almost indifferent by 'what means the were effected. It is and it is not true that the' only captives were liberated, .: So or main object of our advance would be to save these persons. 'The main i mmediate'oVect it is; but its etsheatßsrtintkih, (tilomvuergrilithent, long as that liberation importancels denied, not from the intrinsic value of ate that savage and civilized, the knowledge that a importance, God l)ut from forbid the that duty Ns.e shouldwhich for the sake of future world, England would have been bound to go i t ui h en e sdoe l r i n N; British generations of its subjects, to enforce upon the subject is never .deserted by his Govern case of M'Leod's arrest at : Not because his life would have been of equal value to those of the t Nm o eel x :B :n .Y r To in raik' ll e is tjh d e e n fe ll n a c l e l . lle- 11.' hy. ' hun dreds, or perhaps thousands, who might have perished in that contest, but in order that every English sub ject, in whatever country his lot is cast, may be pro tected by the consciousness on t h e part of himself and r any indisputable wron g hlaiimst„hethpaotec to for ce redress, t h ough it o may require the gigantic po wers of the British te e hint around he empire to pursue it with ..—e-f fl eet. Every ()Teat nation is hound to teach the wo r ld that to maltreat one of its subjects, is always, and everywhere, and inevitably, to. draw on t herw:elves the whole power of his country. It is for this individual im munity from wrong, that national greatness is prin cipally valuable - to tin honourable and unambitious people. The assertion of this immunity it is, and not the mere anxiety - to avert ce r t a i n bodily evil from M'Leod, or Shelton, or Mackenzie, which justifies the terrible remedy of war. Is the care ex ercised by this country over all her subjects—her unshrinking readiness to assert all their rights and redress all their wrongs, at' whatever cost of danger backi this determination e ; Meneed in buying from the hands of an enemy, media . e . v t or iin mediately, the persons of . those whose detention we consider to have been effected by a treacherous viola tion of all natural and conventional law ? Are we not by such an act holding out an invitation rather than a warning to future transgressors—a Prospect of reward instead of punishment to wroog - d,Oers---teaching our enemies to fleece, not to respect us? No, it must be by menace, and by performance, if necessary, of that menace, not by ransom—, v e/ ro non auro"—that our countrymen must be regained. And as we are con tent to risk our armies, to sacrifice our treasure, rather than leave them imviudicated, so must they submit, grievous as such a thwilt is, to an extension of their bitter captivity, rather than that their country should descend to unworthy concession for their redemption. Ilere, however, we must guard ourselves against one possible misconception. The relinquishment of what we as present hold in All. ghanistan we do not count antong concessions. In occupying Candahar and Jellahbad, or, if it so hap pen, Cauhul, we are not sppr.priating those cities, nor in restoring them should we be making any pay ment to the "haus. w e lion them as pledges till justice is- done us ; . they ~ire 'vintage ground from Which we dictate the terms of aeangement. Justice satisfied, and our countrymen lelivred, we have no further p',ea for retaining then', and they fall back, of course, to -their old masters. Unless, i n d ee d , by any evil. destiny the permanent-pssessio n of any of these territories should form t art of the satisfac tiq 4rnanded b' our rulers , fo! those injuries, now MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN AM) MIS WIFE.— The Rev. S. R. Carver, incumbent of Stunning. ton, was thrown out of his carriage on Monday, near that place, and killed on the spot. Mrs. Carver, a lady of fortune, to whom the deceased was only united in De cember lust, was also thrown out, and so severely hurt that she expired on Friday afternoon. '1 he unfortunate couple had just set out for a drive in their cne-horse chaise from Stannington to Sheffield, when the hone Started off at full gallop towards Malin•brid,;-e ' a Very dangerous c ons t ruct i on , narrow an d croo k e d , almost the form of the letter S, and xvith large pre iecting cop ings. One. of these stones caught the wheel, thrmi mg the carriage over upon the deceased. The bridge has preViously been the scene of two fa'al accidents, and will probably now be taken down and • rebui It.—Lirerpool PANTZIC, AUG 25.—The news of the bankruptcy of the hou se o f B or k er, i n L on d on , h as ( - mused a great con sternation here. This bankruptcy has given occasion t o the present state Of things, since the 12,000 lasts of wheat which belonged to that house must be brought to Market to satisfy the creditors that the decline of every shilling per last caused a loss of 35,000 dollars to that English house. The failure is fur 400,0004-sterling,-- Dutch paper, MONEY MARKET and CIT Y NEWS. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TlMES.—Connected with the savings'-bank sys tem, the fact is a remarkable one, that although the Savings'-bank Annuity Act was passed in 1833, the number of annuities payable under it on the sth of January last, as appea s by the Parliamentary return, was only 1,355, and the amount 22,8911., while the number of individual depositors, exclusive of chari table and friendly societies, was 824,162, and the amount of deposits 22,915,9401. on the 29th of No vember, 1841. Of the 555 savings'-banks in the United Kingdom, only 61 undertake the negotiation of these annuities, \ iz., 56 in England, 3 in Ireland, and 2in Scotland. The fees payable by each con tractor for purchase of such annuities are limited by the Act to 2s. 6d. admission fee, and Is. annually af terwards. Hence it would seem that the fees are too small to hold out any inducement to the extension of the annuity department of the savings'-banks. Yet the conversion of a portion of the claims of the say ings'-banks' depostors, which are increasing at the rate of about a million annually, into terminable an nuities, is a subject well deserving the attention of the Government. In reference to the high price of bread, the follow ing calculations may be interesting, as showing the position of the London and Paris markets, when in a more natural state than at present : In November, 1841, the price of flour of the finest quality in Paris was 63f. per 159 kilogrammes, which is equal to 395. 7d. per sack of 2801 b. English. The highest price of flour in London at the same period was 655. the sack ; it therefore follows that flour was 644, per cent. higher in London than in Paris. In November, 1841, the price of bread of the first quality in Paris was 35c. per kilogramme, which is equal to 6d. for the 41b. loaf; English weight. The price charged by the high priced bakers in London at the same time was 10d. per 41b. loaf; it therefore follows that bread was 661 5 - per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. From this statement it appears that the bakers in London could at that time manage to make bread at nearly the same scale of charges and profit as in Paris ; nearly the whole of the great difference in price being plainly attributable to the high price of flour here, which was occasioned by the operation of our Corn-laws_ Taking another period ;—ln May, 1842, the price of flour of the finest quality in Paris was 58f. per 159 kilogrammes, which is equal to 365. sd. per sack of 280 lb. English. The highest price of flour at the Same period in London was 575, the sack; it there fore follows that flour was 56A per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. At the same time, May, 1842, the price of bread of the first quality in Paris was 33c. per kilogramme, which is equal to sid. for the 41b. loaf English weight. The sum charged at that period by the high priced bakers in London was 9-id. per 41b. loaf'; it therefore follows that bread was 69 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. The great difference in the price of bread here and at Paris must, as in the former case, be ascribed to the difference in - value of the raw material in the two markets, arising from the effect of our Corn-laws ; but it is also evident that although flour had fallen more in proportion in London than in Paris from November, 1841, to May, 1842, yet that the price of bread had not declined here in so great a ratio, it being in fact proportionably higher here than it was before. In the same manner, on comparing May, 1842, with the present time, although the price of flour here has fallen so much as to be very little dearer than in Paris, yet the price of bread has not lowered in the same proportion. On the whole, it is evident that the assize of bread in Paris causes the consumer to obtain the whole be nefit of a reduction in the price of flour immediately on the occurrence of a fall ; whereas here the reduc tion is always tardy, and seldom, if ever, equal to the amount required by the decline in the raw material. S UN.—The same indisposition for business continued until the end of the day. Consols left off at 92i 93 for Money, and 93 93i- for the Account, with rather more firmness. Bank Stock, 249 251 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 51 premium. The prices of Foreign Securities were Belgian, 101-i 1024-; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 52;; the } l ive per Cents., 1024 1023- ; Danish, 831 ; and Brazilian, 66 67. The quotation of Mexican continued at 35:1 for the Account. The Share Market showed more activity—Lon don and Birmingham were 183 185; Birmingham and Gloucester, 42 43 ; Great Western, 83 84 ; the Half Shares, 60 601; South Western, 59 60; North Midland, 56 58; the New Share,s, 271 281; South Eastern and Dover, 22+ 22: 4 1 ; Eastern Counties, 84 9 ; Northern and Eastern, 3Th 381; Black wall, ; and Brighton, 33* 33s per share. The quotations of the Bonds were—Peruvian, 15 16 ; Colombian, 201 21; Portuguese Five per Cents., 35 351; the Three per Cents., 21 211; Spanish Five per Cents., 16 161; and the Three per Cents., 21 211. _ _ _ Some statistics relative to the fisheries carried on by the citizens of the United States, received by the last arrival, have, to a certain extent, caused an alarm among our merchants. These accounts show that the produce of oil from American fishing is increas ing, while that carried on by our vessels in the North Seas is falling off. Each of these filets is correct,' but at the same time that this admission is made, the larger import of Southern oil, and the Circumstances under which the Greenland trade has declined, must be taken into consideration. For a number of years the Dutch were the first who fished on the shores of Greenland, where large settlements were formed for the purpose of carrying it on, and they had for a long time the monopoly of the trade. By degrees the whales migrated north ward, and our more enterprising countrymen took up what was to them a new branch of commerce, and which had been abandoned by the original dis coverers of it as not being sufficiently profitable. The same cause which led the Dutch to give the trade up, has obliged us to abandon it in a great degree, and the fish, from the in terruption they have received, have now proceeded to such a distance as to render it impossible to follow them ; therefore, while the produce of our Northern fisheries has dwindled to a mere nothing, it has been pushed so far that no competitor can be found to take it up. These circumstances, and the progressive colonization of the British posseSSions in the Southern Ocean, have led to the prevention of it in those seas, for which the deficiency has been supplied. The Americans have been fishing there also. The manner in which it is now obtained has caused a complete revolution in the trade. It was the custom to fit ships out at an enormous expense for a voyage of certainly three years, which was frequently protracted to four, and with the prospect of an uncertain return, made consequent loss to all concerned in the adven ture, inasmuch as each man on board had as much in terest in the cargo, pecuniarily, as the owner of the vessel. The increasing commerce of New South Wales caused the first step in an improved arrange ment; and the quantity of oil procured now is in reality greater, although it would appear from figures that our fisheries are greatly decreasing. The solu tion of this apparent contradiction is here :—The British residents in Australia send out ships at a small expense, and upon voyages of short duration, and land their cargoes'at Sydney, 8.4., froth whence it is brought to this country, as, an item ol general cargo, instead of fishery, although more ton nage is employed in carrying and taking it; and by this division of distance, much saving is effected to the ship-owner, with an increased profit to him, and a reduction to the consumer. • For instance, the quantity of oil shipped from Van Diemen's Land in 1835 was 2,154 tuns ; in 1838 it had increased to 4,801 tuns ; in 1832, New South Wales employed twenty-two vessels, which brought back 1,695 tuns of oil; in 1838 fifty-three which had cargoes amounting to 11,675 tuns. The value of the oil of British fishing imported into Van Die men's Land in 1828 was 11,268/. ; 1837, 135,210/. and from the official accounts published it will be seen that all these figures will have materially increased since those periods. It will thus be seen that the trade has merely been transferred from one name to another, but has not been diminished in favour of any other country. The quantity of oil brought into the United States, shows an increase in the last over former years, but nothing in the proportion above given, or in fact not equal to what might have been expected from the rapid improvement which has taken place in the commercial marine of that na tion ; and by the accounts Which for song time past have arrived from the Southern colonies, it would appear that the number of American ships decrease as the British make greater progress u , forming towns and sea-ports. The conclusion would seem to be, that no great fear should exist that this branch of commerce, so valuable to us, i s i n any danger, if it be properly fostered ; and as New Zea land and its immediate neighbourhood have now o become the principal fishing grou n d s, and an 3b t) a gressions in that quarter , which are increasi ng by France and America, who are endeavouring tc most jeal ous l y repelled. gain a footing there, should be PRICE OF •BREAD.—A correspondent at Exch r writes to us, under. the date of Sept. 2, as follows Noticing in the Bath Chronicle of yesterday your re marks on the subject of the price of bread, I trouble you with a letter to inform you, that in this city the 4111. loaf (full weight) is from sd. to 6id ; and none higher that: that. There cannot be better bread." We suppose that what may be done in Exeter may,also be done in Bath. —Bath Chronicle. The arrivals at the St. 'Catherine's Wharf. rin%‘ er. from Ostend and Antwerp, during the last two day:• were the Bruges, Captain Alain, and the Antwerpen, Captain Jackson. Air. Sergeant Talfourd and Son. Cap tain Biscoe, Count Posen, &e., came p asse ngers by the latter ship. THE BANKRUPTcY AMEND- IVIENT Yesterday a numerous and highly influential meet ing of the principals of some of ✓ the most eminent wholesale houses in the grocery, Oil, win-, and spirit trades was held at the London Tavern, for the par pose of receiving the Report of the CommitS•ce ap pointed at a general meeting held in May last, the purpose of improving the Bill fur the Amendment of t ..• Bankrupt Law, which had been . introduced to the House o Lords by the Lord Chancellor, and has since become the law of the land. Among those pre sent were It. Price, Esq., of the firm of Sir C. Price and Co., and Messrs. Gassiott, J. Travers, W. Ni cholson, and. W. Hawes, Esquires. Ralph Price, Esq., presided, and briefly explained the objects of the meeting, after which a Report was read and adopted to the °liming effect :—" That for the purpose of affording facilities to the creditors Of bankrupts, sug gestions altering and introducing new clauses had been made at interviews with the. Lord Chancellor, Lord :Brougham, Sir J. Gralann, and Messrs. Lyail, Masterman, and Hawes, with whim: assistance, and that of the Solicitor-General and Mr. .Counnissioner Holroyd, the Bill had been carried with several of the I suggested amendments, which bad a their object the compulsory opening of a fiat, should the petitioning creditor not proceed; giving autla‘rity to, the Com missioners of Bankrupts to direct the prosecution of fraudulent bankrupts, causing a balance'.sheet to be delivered by the official assignees previous to the pay ment of dividends, and the full accounts of all estates to be annually laid before Parliament. The Act was to be construed strictly for " the bone& of creditors of bankrupts." And the Committ& had .further to congratulate the trade on the apitointment of local Courts and official assignees. 1t further appeared that the Act would come into operation on time I Ith of Noventber next. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting at considerable length, and resolutions were passal for appointing a Committee to watch and re port on all future legislative measures relative to the Bankrupt Laws; for entering into a subscription for defraying the expenses incurred ; and returning thanks to Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, and .J2Master man, Esq., M. 1?., G. Lyall, Esq., M.P., and B. Hawes, Esq., M.P., for their co-operation ; as also thanks to the Committee, Honorary Secretary, Soli citor, and Chairman of the day. Mr. W. Hawes was appointed Treasurer. Previous to the meeting sepa rating, Mr. Elliott observed that the commercial world 'viii in a state of great immorality in respect to the Bandruptcy and Insolvent Laws, and would not be in a healthy state until bankrupts, &c., were made delinquents, as in other countries; while in England it was al wnyi considered that they were unfortunate, though they were in general either idle, extravagant, or dishonest, and as such as much deserving punish ment any pickpocket. The intervention of the Chairman prevented Mr. Elliott proceeding further. GREAT SCULL :,.At'S CONTEST. COOMBES AND NEWEL. • The great contest between these ceiebrated men, which has created the greatest degree of sporting in terest during the past month, terminated yesterday in a manner exceedingly unsatisfactory, pat in such a one as m:ght have been reasonably eapected, consider ing the violence of the weather. Diversity of opinion, on the merits of these men has run particularly high, and the result has inflicted a severe disappointment on the patrons of this sport • independently of w hi c h some very large sums have been won, not.by the supe rior merit of th e man , b ut f rom the etrect;of pure ac cident. The termination of the race mat aptly be said to have realised the old adage, " It is better to be born lucky th an r i c h , " for had'each pursued the even tenor of his way, without any particular visita tion of the elements, the victory, in all probability, would have been on the other side. It was a well known fact, established by daily • .observation, that the two best scullers on t h e Ri ver, hardly excepting Charles Campbell, the champion of many years standing, were Robert Coombes,- of I\lillbank, and Robert Newel ; of Battle-bridge-stairs, Horsely down, and the aquatic gentlemen were determined to bring them together. Coombes is a perfect pheno menon. There never was within our memory such a man upon the river; although never exceeding nine stone in weight, he defeated Kepping, George Gimp bell, Kelly, Phelps, Hill, and indeed every man but Charles Campbell ; and his very last Wager before that of yesterday was an effort to wrest from that person th e c h amp i ons hi p o f the Thames. It turned out an abortive attempt, and Coombes having left • London, two years elapsed without anything being done on his part. Of Newel the general inquiry seemed to be, even after this match was made, " What has he done?" •It was evident that he had; while in the employ of various g.ntlemen,, eihibited such pow. - er and science as induced those who were first rate competent judges to back him. Ile first came into notice in a sweepstakes match with Ellige, of the Tower, and Byford, of Lambeth. lie next rowed Henry . Ilaynard, and beat him, as also Pacock, well-known good awn : and . .orne efforts - were made to get up a match with him and the champion in the early part of this season, 'but failed in consequence of Campbell desiring what: is term " a waterman's wager, and his Opponent refusing iu • row anything but a clear right-away row. The pro sent match was then made fur 1001., the men .to row with tide from Westminster-bridge to Puepey. The betting opened at 5 to 4 on Newel, but sobered down to even ; and on Wednesday night, at the time of the last deposit, 5 to 4 was freely offered on Coombes, at Mr. Keasley's, where the backers had assembled to make good the money, and no takers; but money Was again being laid out at even yesterday morning, the foul weather giving, as it was generally considered, the heavier man (Newel) the advantage.i At four o'clock, amidst the pouring rain, the Leander, and some other club boats, dragged their slow length to time place of starting, and Newel having won thu choice of station, went to the arch near the dam; both boats were covered, but there was an 2IIMZ-• ing disparity in the size of the men. • Coombes looked about Bst. 1211 a, his adversary. about 10st. 61b. Both were eager, and at a quarter past four were off. The sculls of each party moved like li g ht n i ng • each was tryi ng hi s b est for the start, hut Newel had it, and led the way. At the Horseferry' he was a length a-head, at the Beacon half a length more, at Vauxhall-bridge two le ng th s or two and a half. On entering the Reach it was a general opinion that neither boat could live through it, but they, how ever, continued on, Newel still leading, and increas ing in each stroke his advantage. On arriving .off the silk-manufactory at Wandsworth, Newell,'Who was then 150 y ar d s a -h ead, was caught by a long wave, and shipped a heavy sea. Coornbes, who was rowing astern chase, gallantly came.right up t o hi m , and the wa s h or surf again breaking over him, his boat gradually went down by the head, 'and he was fortunately able to step into his cutter. Coombes was up to his alleles in water, and, drawing nearer the shore, rowed on to Putney, where he arrived jast before five, the winner of the race, but evidently in bad condition. Newel afterwards came up in his cutter, a picture of disappointment. ELOPEMENT AND RODUERY.—During the last two days much converFation has been occasioned throughout. the neighbourhood of Kensington Gravel-hits, in conse quence of the following occurrence :—.lt appears that en the morning of Wednesday last, a person named Gerr...m, a greengrocer, residing at No. 1, Uxbridg,e-street. Ken sington Gravel-pits, left his Lure about 1 . 01 u'dock to attend Covent-garden market, leaving wife (who, although forty•two yi ars of age, is still rather a fine ;twilling a n,ati) asleep in bed. On hi. return home, h e was surprised to learn that Mrs. Gerrem was (att. As the day advarced, taut she did taut return, he began t o h e alarmed, and from the inquiries he mt,de he soun taints! tht she had left the house, at fire o'clock in the morning. On examining the house, he found th at ,h e bad taken with her every article of valne,he po sses ,„,) , 'AS well as all his ready tneney, amounting t o ahem 901. Nit.. Gem m immediately communicated his IUSS to the police, and also 'di susf,icion that she had eloped with a Jourm Pruin, 20 years o f to , v, yinan caruenter, named who wits also missing from the neiiblibu hood. It r since bet!' ascertained that M rs. Ger b r ur. • • on board the E(-1""t"" the m.ziong seem 111511 ,ueen stelmer w- Weduoday left 111 Le n k i t g ‘t i t I ll t ( t ) ) l, r rein started the same v essel will put in for coal.:, ortsmouth ; wh e r,.. l th e he hope of reeover',ng his propc .rty should hi s wife in t persist in going to tl te " new orld." A serious accident occurred last n;ght about half past nine o'clock at the pier he a d o f tip: Ilinekwall Rail way station, which mayor may not Ir.:,ve led to Walcott-- sequences, for on that head ate haA7?. no information. On the arrival of the Gravesend steamer Satellite, one of ,he boats of the Star line, a resp‘ stably dres:ed woman, one of the passengers, on proceeding as she thought from the boat to the milway-onice to take the train, and from the darkness net discuvering the road, wade, a false step and fell into the water. She was saved with tome diffi culty by three of the crew who intrepidly lowered them selves to the water's edge and clinging to the lower tremities of the steamer succeeded fortunately at last, ater tishit:g about on chance for some time, in laying hold of her elo;hes and dragging her on board. There, taken to the cabin, it was found, after pains titken to re store anim a ti on , that life was not extinct. What ht came subsequently of the unf o rt una t e woman rescued so far from death by drowning is nut known. It cannot, however, be out of place here to notice, for the inflame lion of the Directors of that railway, That the pier is ,b ann .f u it y neglected in the matter of lights on the arri val or late steam vessels. It is stated by those present .hat one miserable light or lanthorn alrme was exhibited on shore for till the breadth of the pier before the sta tion-house where the Satellite brought . to, so that pas -;engt es Passing from the full br oa d li g h t of the steamer' aloon it.to almost perfect darkness are unable to discerta their way% Viscount and Lady Mary Beerhaven loft tiro St. Ku anqine's w hart; Tower, yesterday morning for Ostend, by the sti am-ship Burges, Captain Main. SUDDEN DEATn.--On Friday week; Jahn Tre— fl.rtha, of Nwlyn, left th a t pl ace in one o f ;he driving boats, appa good health ; On the following (tai- rently in his corp Le was l anded there, Ow poor fellowhavint. ex, Aired du r i ng t h e n i g h t; deceased was jilts G2d year.-- : l'Oniouth Journci,