The Sun. — London, England, 1824-09-09 00:00:00

LORD COCIIR&NE. When Lord COCHRANE was deprived of his rank in the British Navy, ordered to be de spoiled of his honours, his Knighthood, banners of the Bath, &c. kicked out °fHenry the Seventh's Chapel, after the memorable verdict and sentence following the Stock Exchange persecution, his Lordship, among other things, was required to give Up the medallion, &c. of the Order of the Bath, possessed by him as one of the Knights. This he declared he never would do, except into the King's own hands. 'Those honours had resulted from Royal favour, and the King only should person a ll y ta k e from him such customary pecu harities of the Order as were in his power. The modal he accordingly kept ; but it is now under stood he has, by the recent arrivals from South America, returned the medal, with a letter ad dressed to the King, to be forwarded to his Majesty. —Lady Cochrane is now in this country, and Lord Cochrane is positively corning home; and it is inferred, from his Lordship having so sent the medal, as well as from the speech made by Sir J. Mackintosh in the House of Commons as to the propriety of restoring him, that Lord Cochrane has some expectation, in the event of his returning to England, that he would be re stored to his rank in the British Navy. Lord Cochrane certainly returns home, and it is added that he feels so little indebted to " politics," as not to be likely to mingle in party feuds here after. The composition of the letter accompany. ' h g the medal is spoken of in the highest terms. --(Morning Herald.) THE A 11.11 Y. CAAiI day the Dukes of Clarence and Wellington are expected id Rochester, t o w i tness the trial of pontoons upon an entire af liew,ln Struction, at B r id ge -reach, by the Officers and a party th e 14 14 Staff Corps. Sir - Henry Torrens on Monday re /14"d the troops [stationed at Chadian', on the Lines ; arid there is to be another review to-morrow, when the Duke of 'Wellington is expected to attend. ulThet, 067th Regiment of F o ot em b ar k e d at C or k , on the 30th Ch at h tt - m - 01 1N . the Baltic Merchant and Speke transports for The 3 t l aid last division of the flth Regiment of Infanryar. r ived on mouth from al th M e ath that, on board the Surrey t rans p ort , at Ply. to ' truitDetachments of recruits have recently marched from the Re ing Department, in NVestminster, for Maidstone, Canter. t V , Isie of Wight, and Bristol. Berea of two hundred fine recruits have been already e , n- 1 +filled at the Isle of Wight Chelsea and Chatham, for the Royal African Colonial Corps. detachment of fifty men eging to the 2th and 40th runneghnents of I n f antry, under t b he lon command of Lie o ut. Clinton, ete 20th Poor, will arrive on the I.lth instant at Chatham, Portsmouth, preparatory to embarking as guards, on boa!il v e 14 ,4 East convict ship at Deptford, which is destined for ~ew South 'Wales. _ _ • " I'RU!SIAN LOAN NF.G OTIATED BY Mg. N. M. R amo n to IN LON DON IN 1818.—The half yearly dividend on the above loan, ‘vhich becomes due on Friday, the Ist of Octob e r next, will be paid bY Mr. M. Rothschild, on that and war succeeding day (Sundays excepted), be. teen the hours of ten and two, at his counting -14,4441 No. 2, N ew -Court, St. Swithin's-laue. 4he dividend warrants, with a list thereof in nu merical order, must be left one day for exami nation, 11 111 "nsequence of th e ex p ec t e d di ssolut i on of :" r :'sment, the Candidates for seats in th e new Irliorneet are beyond all p rece d ent . N ot on l y '`"e sons o f N o bili ty, b ut the landed and com. I ,,. °)P reial interests, are equally anxious t o b ecome -41"Thers at the - approaching Election, which has °cca sined a most ex traordin ar y sensa ti on w i t h .) , a l lmis who have any interest in Boroughs. II "'dykes have been r e c e iv e d fro m T r i n id a d t o .:" end of July. All remained quiet : the cola. n 'sts did not seem to view the amelioration pro. .e 1 43 with the same hostile feelings with which th e ,Y 'regarded it at its first promulgation. rdercantile l e tt ers h ave b een rece i ve d f rom litienos Ayres to so late a date.as the 2d of July, Revers days later that those received by the Wad -Bingitam packet. They do not, however, contain "Y news of interest. Not any intelligence, we 1111 derstand, h ad been received up to the above date, as to the state of affairs in Peru. ec Lett ers, dated t h e 17th of August were re. tved yesterday morning Im re H antit. at the Colonial Office, We hov e Whoa.. heard th a t th e Rev. W. S. AUSTIN . , arriv a l enter) ve, - announced yesterday, experi. ante frot.nY g r eat difficulty in obtaining a convey. erefused to take emerar a ; having several captains .iicaPProted, •indeed, him on board their ships. So Wore the rabble against the fl • Gentleman, that he was., for several days, Idebted to the p o li ce for protection from per. nal violence. We trust, for the honour of hu. Allan nature, that these statements are exagge rated..--(Times.) By letters from Alvarado to the 211th of June, learn that the robber chief, Gomer, had seized a convoy of 250 mules, on its way to Mco, Wen with qui c k s il ver and merchandise exi the prop e rty Of English an d A merican merchants, that he had demanded 25,000 dollars for the eve se of th e goods.' Th e G overnment, how crefused to allo w th e merchants to sego. i l tate with G omer, and sent down 500-men against fib 1 l but wh o , on meeting his banditti, refused to 1 ,1:t. Lett ers o f t h e loth of July, from Alva. ", State, that the matter still continued un settled. These statements differ from the ac. coo t! .p t 8 contain e d i n t h e American papers of the 114(0 of this robber chief ; but their ' authenticity e are a ssure d , be relied on. e r n we e, Marbl e b ust of the lamented Dr. E. D. ;Ch o i r , by Ch antrey, is now placed in the ves fineu" BPsti of the Uni vers i ty Li brary, atnong those ecio) metis of anci en t sculpture 'Willa that /a ted ( lovelier brou g ht f rom G reece . Th e c l B ` ()ears a more striking resemblance to Dr. ttit tl !ice in hi s earlier years, than after his consti. ti,, l°l , lll ad been impa4red by unremitti n g att en . h o " " e sc ientific pursuits: With respect, how tupW, to the exqu i s i te b eauty of the sculp pn el threre can he b u t one op i n i on , as i t not only g eals the other works of Cliantrey, but adds more wreath t o t h e numerous and wen t, ri .ne d. d laurel s o f this eminent Artist.—(Cam. 'raper.) THE KING. Wumson, SEPT. B.—This morning, the weather being favourable, His MAJESTY walked atter breakfast through the grounds surrounding the Great Park. The King and suite likewise took an airing in the pony phaetons early in the after noon towards Sandpit Gate, where his Majesty stayed a short time, and afterwards returned to the Royal Lodge. FASHIONABLE CIZANOES.—The Duke of St. Alban's and the Ladies Beauclerk, at their house in St. James's-square, from their seat, Gatton, Surrey; the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, for Broadstairs ; the Earl of Carnarvon, from his seat, High Clare, Berks, on a tour through Scotland ; the Earl and Countess, and the Ladies Ashburnham, at Paris; Lord Alvan ley, from Surrey, to town ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith, from Brighton, for Leicestershire; Sir Andrew Barnard, Bart. for Windsor ; Lady E. Campbell, from Brighton, for Hastings ; Capt. and Mrs. Seymour, from the Isle of Wight, for Leices tershire; Mr. and Mrs. Harford, from Lewis, in Sussex, for Kent; Mr. Robert Munro, from Busbridge Park, in Surrey, for Margate; Colonel and Mrs. Sotheby, from Southampton, for Havre de Grace; the Countess of Dartmouth, from Blackheath, for Lord Bagot's seat, Blithfield, Stafford shire ; the Countess of Carnarvon, for the Earl of Egremont's seat, Petworth, Sussex; Lord Nugent, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Jersey, at their seat, Middleton Park, Oxford shire; Hon. Col. Leicester Stanhope, for Paris; Sir Jacob and Lady Astley, at their house in Hereford-street, May-fair, from the Continent; the Marquis of 'Worcester, at Holding's Ho tel, Dover-street, from Paris ; Earl Stnir, from Thomas's Ho tel, Berkeley-square, for Brighton ; Hon. George Edwardes, at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from a tour; W. E. Powell, Esq. M.P. at ditto, from a tour; the Hon. Mr. Twisle ton and James Page, Esq. from ditto, for Lord Eardley's seat, Belvedere, Kent; General Coglan, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-place, for Tunbridge Wells ; J. Howard, Esq., from Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, for Oxford ; George Heskeith, Esq., from ditto, for Brighton ; Richard Tyrrell, Esq., from ditto, for his seat in Staffordshire; Mr. and Mrs. Berkeley, from ditto, for their seat in Worcestershire ; Mr. and Mrs. Northey, at the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street, from Sussex ; Mr. and Mrs. Wormer, at ditto, from Bath ; Major and Mrs. Rice and Family, from ditto, for the Continent; Mr. Carleton, from ditto, for his seat, Seaton, Kent; Hon. Mrs. St. John and Miss St. John, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, from the Continent; Mrs. Macleane, J. Macleane, Esq., and Miss Macleane, at ditto; John Wright, jun., Esq., at ditto. ii , . ~, , ,q..,,.* ..„.„,,..-. ~ it r^.• 1. 0 0 . .;_ ;4 ,, - ,• ~.- , ",4 :7 g , , ~., 0 e . 2 -, : .\ 2 1,1.,, j „, . eiTriplOA , :„. . ... r ' 47 . . . ' 44, .. , ,N; -4"-=,,-:.:, *;;.,,:. 'Th op, , r • , e to ..!"•=----iir":•-" .... 4., 1 • ..., t g li -1 4 f .X., -CR OF 'Y-l'irit, r l, -. ' - i -: ‘' t - Ili ii••, - ). • ''' , • J-4 , • , rf• PLACES OF FASHIONABLE RESORT. BRIGHTON, SEPT. 7.—The Earl of Stair, and the Earl of Landaff, are continuing their stay with us, the former at the Royal York, and the latter at the Marine Hotel. Sir H. Lowe returned to the former this evening ; Lord Cranstoun and Lady Ashburton have removed thence to a private mansion in Re gency-square. Mr. G. Wyndham is returned to East Lodge. Sir George Prescott is arrived. Sir A. and Lady Johnston alighted at the New Steyne Hotel this morning. To:4mm F. WELLS has of late been so crowded with com pany that families have been obliged to proceed to other places, not being able to procure lodgings or accommodation at the inns: . . Among the flishionables at present there are the Mar chioness of Donegal', Lady Ellenborough and family, &c. Baroness de AVilloughhy entertained the Marchioness of Westmeath, Colonel Fremantle, Miss Fitzroy, and a select party, at dinner, on Tuesday, at her house, Whitehall. Michael Angelo Taylor has taken a beautiful residence about two miles from Doncaster, where he will entertain a select party during the race week. Lord Sefton and his family, Mr. Lambton, and Mr. Creevey, are to participate in the pleasures of Mr. Taylor's hospitable board. Mr. YOUNG, of Covent-Theatre arrived yes terday, from Paris, and a number of English fashionables; amongst them the son of the Bishop of WoncesTEtt, came from Calais, on board the Lord Melville steam-packet. We are very sorry to learn that Sir ASTLEY COOPER., during his absence from town on Sunday. met with an accident to his knee, which at present confines him to the sofa, although we understand that the nature of the injury is such as is not likely to detain him very long from town.—The VICE-CHANCELLOR is so far recovered from his operation as not to require Sir ASTLEY's attendance. Mr. Baron GARROW'S charge to the Jury'in the case of Porter v. Jones, at Wells, has been the subject of general conversation and admira tion at the bar on the Western Circuit. Ills con densed yet luminous view of the evidence differ ing so essentially from the dull, dogged recapitu lation of evidence which is sometimes heard from the Bench, and the strain of eloquent indignation in which he animadverted on the exraordinary scenes of depravity which that trial developed, are calculated to make that charge long remem bered as a judicial chef d'reuvre. At the close of the trial Mr. Adam was heard to observe to Mr. Baron Garrow, " My Lord, this day's proceed ings remind me of former times ;" alluding, we presume, to Mr. Baron Garrow's forensic exer tions when he was at the head of the English bar. Ah ! Adam (said Mr. Baron Garraw) have lost my animal spirits, and with them almost all that is worth possessing."—" Pardon me (said Mr, Adam), your Lordship has shown no want of 'animal spirits this day." JoAlforn SoIITHCOTE.—Some days since several inhabi tants of Pitt-street, Kent-road, applied to the Magistrates at Union-hall for their interference. Their complaint was against the proceedings of a religious Rect. The sect denominated themselves "''he followers of Joanna Southeute," anti in the performance of their ceremonies an old woman was selected f'rom among them, who' was stripped, put into a coffin, and laid out in the paraphernalia of death, with winding sheet, &c., and candles placed round the coffin. In this situation the dis. ciple would sometimes lay for a couple of hours, to all appear. ance dead, until at length the spirit would operate. On the first kick of returning animation perceptible, she would set up a shout of exultation that would re-echo through the whole street, from one end to the other, surpassing even the famous " Irish howl." This latter part of the ceremony, the appli cants said, was the annoyance which they and their families chiefly suffered from.—ln compliance with the application, two or three of the officers were sent down to Pitt-street, but the party against whom the complaint was lodged, having an inti mation of what was likely to occur, made a rapid movement off, in the direction.of Norwood, taking with them a pig, which they intended'to sacrifice to the manes of poor Joanna, whom they expected a visit from every day.- The pig was to be sacri ficed by fire, in the presence of the followers, to each of whom was distributed a portion of the animal, as a peace offering, to be presented to Joanna when she made her appearance among them.—The nuisance has not since been repeated. The Rev. WILLIAM PALMER, M. A. of Queen's College, has been presented, by the Lord Chan cellor, to the Vicarage of Polesworth, Warwick shire, on the recommendation of the Trustees of the late Sir FRANCIS NETIigIiSOLE. POETRY. EPITAPH, On a Tomb-stone in an Irish Country Church-yard. A little spirit slumbers here, Who to one heart was very dear; Oh ! he was more than life or light, Its thoughts by day—its dream by night! The chill winds came--the young flow'r faded And died :—.the grave its sweetness shaded. Fair boy! thou shouldst have wept fur me, Not I have had to mourn o'er thee; Yet net long shall this sorrowing be— Those roses I have planted round, To deck thy dear and sacred ground, When spring gales next those roses wave, They'll blush upon thy mother's grave. THE THEATRE. HA YM A nKET.—The engagement of Miss PATOY having closed at this Theatre, and her talents transferred to the English Opera House, the part of Susanna, in The Marriage of Figaro, was last night assigned to Madame VESTII IS. It was sup ported with vivacity and feeling, anti she gave the airs with skill and taste. The audience was numerous, and the boxes in particular were oc cupied by a fashionable audience. The general applause was abundantly shared by Madame VESTR IS, and LirroN in Figaro, and the whole went off with successful animation. ANTIQUITY OF TUE FOUNDATION OP TUB Co mma TU EATRE.—The Coburg, although the last erected of our present Theatres, has to boast of higher antiquity as to its foundation than any of its rival structures on either side of the river. The marshy lands on which this fabric is built re quired artificial aid in laying its foundation, and as about that time the ancient palace of John of Gaunt, -Duke of Lancaster, called the Savoy, was taken down for the purpose of opening a com munication to Waterloo-bridge, the proprietors of this Theatre contracted fora sufficient quantity of the ancient stones of which the Savoy Palace had been composed, and had them transported in barges to the Surrey side of the river, and on those materials the superstructure of the Coburg Theatre was raised. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK RACES, TUESDAY, SEPT. 7. The Guy Stakes. Sir T. Stanley's b. c. Portrait, by Rubena . 1 . Mr. Tomes's b. c. Sir Gray - - - 2 Won by a head. The King's Plate was won easily at two heats by Mr. West's Sharper, by Octavius, .5 yrs. The I.eamington Stakes of 20 sov. each, 15 ft. Two miles. Sir I'. Stanley's eh. c. General Mina, 4 yrs, 13st. 111 b. .1 Mr. Mytton's Euphrates, aged, Est. nib. - . 2 Ten started. Sweepstakes of 5 soy. each, with 501. added, was won by Mr. Mytton's br. c. Whittington, by Filho da Puta. The St. Leger Stakes was walked over fur by Uuy Faux ; and the 100 tov. Stakes, by Neuter. that most attracts the att ent i on of strangers w h o come t o P ar i s, IMPROYEMEN Tt PAIITC—One of the things is the extraordinary quantity of new houses which are seen in every direction. Those who do nut build repair their dwellings. It might be supposed an immense tire had spread through different fairingt the town ; and that the people were zca lously re its rav ve , Every where we see scaffoldings d; are hewing stone, makmg mortar, sq u ar and iteaterials heaped together. A st and.: fidwetsic e mil ot exi : l inue their Work )vith^ an Tetivity that end ed. Elegant - henries, Cbmninalon Sly la id out, rise as i t by enchantment, and the Parisian himself, w ho goes for a short time out of town, hardly recognises on his return the place of his abode. It is remarkable enough ii e snn ric ira t tt e i itr e l l eth e l o 4t , that private hotels are not built, and that grand hotels are changed into houses, which shows a general state of opu lence, and no colossal fortunes. The latter belong chiefly to the flank, and prevail most at the Chausee-d'Antin. It may also be observed, that building speculations are not limit ed to the districts of the rich, but are extended from the Faux bourgs of St. Germain and St. Jacques to the Barrier du Trone. It appears that the industrious class has a tendency to increase its pleasures, to be better lodged anti better clothed than for merly. Cynic moralists find this change pernicious, and cry out against the pro gress o f l uxury and the corruption of morals; we, however, only see in it the natural effect of the present state of society.—( Constiturionnel.) NEW ROADS.—Arnotig the Improvements un dertaken in London and the environs, none seem more useful than the extensive works now going on for making new roads and levelling hills. In Kent and Surrey, the advantages gained this way are highly important. Shooter's. bill, which some time since was almost insurmountable, is now much more easy of ascent. The soil to a great depth has been cut away from the highest part, and thrown into the declivity, in consequence of winch, great relief is afforded to the horses, and the progress of travellers much accelerated. Solid chalk hills have been cut through near Northfleet, and the ro a d much improved. In Surrey, the new road now making from Wandsworth over Wimbledon common to Kingston, advances rapidly. The workmen are now cutting through Itobinhood-hill, and with the soil they have raised a level which is to be carried to the new road on the Heath. The ground is removed in machines upon an iron rail way, and shot into the valley which forms the bed of the road. When this raised ground forms a junction with the road on the Heath, the public will have a beautiful level carriage-way on the south of the road now used. It is to intersect the Kingston road near Coombe Warren, and the rise above Itobinhotxt toll gate will thereby be removed. A great number of labourers are employed on this extensive work, and the masses of soil al ready separated from the height through which a passage is to be effected affords a remarkable appearance. RoQErts, the. father of the kidnapped child , has returned to Leeds, without being able to succeed either in the acquisition of his child, or in the apprehension of the depraved wretch who is the cause of all his trouble and anxiety. The latest date up to which he traced her was about the 10th of August, at which time she was at James Cooke's, Vauxhall, Glasgow-street, Southwark: she seemeirlinxious to leave the child there, represented it as her sister's, eod that it belonged to Lambeth parish, and she said she would take it to the work house. There is reason for suspecting that she is employing herself in harvest-work, but the-place of her concealment is of course unknown. On Thursday a consultation was held at the Court-house in this town, by a number of gentlemen, when it was determined to offer a reward of 501. for the woman and child together, and 304 for the woman alone. Irt addition to which it is intended to issue bills and to advertise, in the hope that justice may yet overtake the woman, and that the child may be restored to its heart-rent parents. The following description . may be of some utility :—"rhe child is between three and four years of age, and can tell his name; has light hair and corn plexion, light blue eyes, rosy cheeks, a m o l e on one of his shoulders, a re d mar k o n the middle of his back, and turns in his right foot. The woman is twenty years of age, and stands above five feet high ; has brown hair and eyes.',4 Leos Inds. pendent, Sept. 7. ) DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—LAUDEII, SEPT. I . —Between two anti three o'clock this afternoon a tire broke out in the house presently occupied by Matthew Glass. The hou se b e i ng thatch ed, and f rom a scarc i ty o f water , th e d evouring element so rapidly increased, that the whole house was soon in one desolating flame. From the exertions of the neighbours around, almo s t all the furniture was got o u t, although much injured. The house belongs to a young boy of the name of Dickson, whose father and mother died a few years ago, leav ing six orphans, altogether unprovided for, to mourn - their loss ; and whose dependence has since been chiefly placed in drawing the annual rent. The house not being insured, it is hoped the humane will at this time extend their bounty to the poor children who have lost their little all by this unfortunate event. • MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, SEPT. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Mary, Turner, from St. Domingo. Came down from the River and remain, the David, Cargill, for Grand Canaries ; and Zealous, —.-, for Trieste. PLY MOUTH, SEPT. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the George, Parry, from Fayal; Levant, Freenan, from St. Kitts; Ann, Cordiner, from the Brazils ; Mirables, Rutherford, St. Vin cents. Off the Port the Lady Arabella packet, from Mexico : sailed the 14th of July, the Master landed, and proceeded to London with dispatches. Sailed the Superb, Smith, for Alicant. FALMOUTH, SErr. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Francis Freeling packet, from Jamaica : sailed the 3d of August, and from Crooked Island the 10th ditto; Osborn packet, from the Leward Islands : sailed from St. Thomas's the 14th August. Sailed the Admiral Cockburn for Van'Dieman's Land. LivEttrow., SEPT. 7.—Arrived the Pacific, M'Cawcn, from Buenos Ayres: sailed the 2d of July; General Brock, Eden, from Paraiba : sailed the 21th of July ; Havana Packet, Euston, Havannah ; Peace, Bellamy, and. Pyramus, Baird, from Quebec ; Nancy, Davies, Ilucktush ; Ann, Ferguson, Marseilles; Fanny and Echo, Sicily ; and Iris, Butcher, from Lisbon. Off the Port the Xenophon, —, from Bay Chaleur. SE PT. B.—Off the Port the Echo, Dunlop, from St. Vincents ; Ceres, Blanshard, Cape Henry ; and Virginia, Knight, Virginia. The East India Company's outward-bound ship Astell put into Santa Cruz the 23d of July, and was expected to resume her voyage on the following day. THE GREAT CANADA RAFT. [From the Quebec Mercury of the 31rt of July.] The long-expected launuft of the great ship took place on Wednesday morning last, at the point of the island of Orleans; in presence of a large concourse of people.---, The St. Lawrence, which, but a few years ago comparatively 'peaking, had borne on its wave only the rudely-constructed canoe Of the native Indian, has now floating on its waters the largest ship in existence, or of the building of which, for navi gable purposes, we have any authentic record. This immense vessel has, with great propriety, been named the Columbus. • Her dimensions are as follow :__Length 300 feet, breadth of beam 50 feet, and depth of hold 30 feet : her model is also as extraordinary as her dimensions, being precisely that of a Cana utan battean, that is, perfectly flat-bottomed and wall-sided, and the stem and stern-past nearly or altogether perpendicular, and both ends sharp alike, without any fulness, as is the case in bows and sterns of ships of the usual construction. So that her floor may be compared to a parallelogram, with an acute eauicrural triangle at either extremity. Her tonnage by re sister is 3,690 tons; but she is thought to be capable of carry mg at least 6,000 tons freight: her stowage is somewhat em barassed by the massy beams which connect her side-timbers, or she would probably freight 7,000 tons. ThiS ship has been an object of general curiosity since she was first had down; her dimensions so far exceeding any which have yet been attempted in the largest ships of war, that even a faithful report of the bulk was received with suspicion, and a number of vague stories were set afloat as to the inten tions of the builders in framing this wonderfUl craft. It was imagined by many, that a solid mass of timber was to be built in something like the shape of a vessel, and co vered with an outward sheathing of plank aulliciently strong to render her capable of traversing the ocean at a favourable season, when good weather might be expected ; but as the work advanced it became evident, from the regular plan pur sued, and the solid manner in which her massy frnne was con nected, that something more was intended than a mere ship shaped raft ; she is now a complete vessel, and it is expected will prove sufficiently manageable, but will not probably per form more than one voyage. livery precaution has, however, been taken for the safety and comfort of those who are to navi gate her. Iler cabin and a safety-room being prepared, that should the vessel by any means become water-logged, the crew would endure but little inconvenience. Many persons enter tained doubts of the possibility of launching this stupenduous fabric, and there were not wanting those who affirmed that she would never float, but remain on the blocks where she was built, a monument of the presumptuous folly of the pro jectors. The events of Wednesday proved how much the wonderers and doubters had been mistaken, and showed how ably the work had been conducted, and how minutely and justly the builder had made his calculations. At half-past, or 35 minutes past seven, this ponderous mass was put in motion with as much facility as any smaller vessel, and slid majestically into taw St. Lawrence. The length of the ways was somewhat less than GU() fet,t, and precisely. one minute elapsed between the ,period. ,when she toured and that of her reaching the water, h r entrance into which was greeted by appropriate air* from the military.bands in attendance, and repeated salutes front the guns of the steam-boats, and which had been planted on the shore for that purpose. filer ways was much scorched by the friction of her motion, and so great a smoke arose, that distant spectators imagined some accident to have taken place. From her peculiar construction in the wedge-like f o rm of her stern, and the small proportion her breadth bears to her length, she created but little swell, even the smallest boats were hardly tossed, and no sensible motion was experienced on board the steam-boats and larger vessels. Three of her four masts were standing; that is, the first and second main -masts, and her try-sail mast. The sheers were also up for stepping the fore-mast, and her bowsprit was in ; the whole of these iese appear so small, when compared with the bulk ofthe hull, that they look like jury spars ; her main-sail is not larger than that of a small 74. As soon as she lost way, she was taken in tow by the steam-boats Swiftsure, Lady Sherbrooke, and Malsham ; and conducted to the Mommorenci Channel, where she dropped her anchor, which did not appear to be larger than we have seen on board a first-rate ship of war. The weight is 18 cwt.'.: qrs. Tits day was remarkably fine, and the river presented an ,• animated spectacle, no less than seven steam-boats and an I amazing number of rowing and sailing boats being upon the the water. Amongst the company in the different boats we saw some strangers from the United States, and several Gentlemen from Montreal. What greatly enhances the pleasure afforded by this memorable occasion is, that we have not heard of any, evert the most trivial accident occurring. BRlsTor..—Street-preaciling is carried on to an incredible extent in the city of Bristol. There is not an hour of the Sunday that you do not see one of those free orators holding forth to a multitude, and the practice seems in nowise to give offence to the city authorities. On Sunday last a fertile sub ject presented itself for the eloquence of these preachers— namely, the great fair holder., and to be holden, in the said city.. lland.bills had been distributed upon a vast scale, con tattling a solemn remonstrance against a tt en di ng t hi s p l ace of ungodly revelry ; and urging the faithful, and even thoee who were yet balancing between good and evil, to avoid giving encouragement by their presence to such wickedness. By the bye, on the Monday following, we beheld at the fair no other than the identical Mr. Joseph Butterworth, who is the senator himself, and who patronized that ever -memorable attempt on the part of certain fishmongers to restrain themselves from rending mackerel on a Sunday. The Bristol-street preachers ate ingenious men in their way. In allusion to the existing fair we actually heard the following scene uttered by one of them with a dramatic effect that was absolutely irresistible:— " Now, my dear hearers, I'll suppose that one of you, I don't care whether it's a man or woman, girl or boy, was thinking of going to the fair—mind its the Deevil that's driving you to it, and he whispers in your ear, Tom or Mary,' as the case may be, 4 won't you go to the fair?' The good angel on the other side answ ers , No, you must not—'tis a bad place for wicked people, and you must not think on such a thing.'. What!' asks the Ek eevil, you won't have a glass, or the like of that ?' —' You must not,' says the angel again, who cocks his ear, and hears all that the enemy of mankind is saying to poor Tom. The Deevil.- 4 Come, come, my poor fellow, you have been a-working hard all the week ; you have been sweating at the harvest, and it's the least you may take a little recreation ; now conic along then and have a bit of fun. Good angel.— ' You are a lost man, Thomas, if you go. In the first place, if you do nothing atall—ifyou don't getdruak, as it's like you may -eif you don't pick up a loose companion, as it's like you may —lf you don't lay out your wife and family's money., which they will be wanting befbre long—if you do none of these here things, mind Toni you'll at least de this—you'll be doing an you can to Make the place pleasant by your presence, and you'll be sanctioning those who get their livelyhood by such places.— There's a good fellow, get home and read a chapter of your Bible, or an instructive tract.' Then the Deevil says,— ' Come, my heart-of-oak, there's line music ; conic and see the wild beasts, the live lion, and the great cassowery. That'll do you no harm.' Mind, my dear hearers, cunning Sa tan is doing all he can to make poor Tom go; do you mind his arts and his wiles about the wild beasts, and the harmless things that they show at these fairs ? To be sure, there's no harm in looking at these creatures, if you do no more, if you don't do mischief by giving your money to people who will be the means of drawing hundreds of bad characters to gather. I say, Tom, good fellow, stay at home.' "—( Times.) BOW-STREET—('fars DAY.) SUSPECTED ROBREET.--Maitheto lieN, sturdy labourer, was this day brought up by Reed and Miles, the Officers, at the instance of Mrs. COUTTS'S (of Bolton-street), servant, on suspicion of having been concerned in an exten sive robbery, and with having in his possession a quantity of silver tea and table-spoons, two gold rings, and a quantity of sovereigns. The circum stances of this case were rather novel. The pd sorer was at work near the spot, and seeing a Jew pass by, he went up to him and offered the spoons for sale. The Jew, however, sus. pected that he had not come honestly by them, and went into the house of Mrs. Coutts, and asked the servant if they had lost any plate, as there was a very suspicious fellow close by, who had offered him some silver spoons for sale. The servant immediately went in pursuit of him, and coming into Piccadilly, he met the Officers, and gave the prisoner into custody. On search ing him, the property in question was found in geniously concealed about his person, and as he refused to give any satisfactory account of how he became possessed of it, he was remanded, and. publicity directed to be given to the circum. stance. The marks on the spoons have been rubbed out. MIDDLEsEx SEgstoNs.--These Sessions will commence at ilicks's Hall, before F. CosrsT, Esq., for the trial of traverses, larcenies, misde meanors, &c. on Monday next. We regret to state that there are, on the present occasion, ant increased number of larcenies f o r trial. The Old Bailey Sessions will commence on Wednesday next, at the Justice Hall, in the Oltt Bailey. The calendaris very heavy, and we re gret to add, that there are some very heavy charges for disposal. The number of street rob beries is very considerable ; but this may be ac counted for by the holding of Bartholomew Fair. SHOCKTNO OUTBAG E.—Yesterday en Inquest was held before Mr. ST max°, the Coroner, in the Board. room 'of the illiddiesex Hospital, on the body of a young man named Robert Scott, w h o di e d f rom - excessive loss of blood ; caused by several wounds received from a Cork-eutter'aknife. It appeared that the deceased and a man named Brown were employed in the brewery of Messrs. Reynolds, at Somers Town. On the Nth August, Brown asked the deceased for some brew— ing clothes; the deceased said he had not any but his apron ; Brown then took hold of the apron of the deceased, and cut it in two, and endeavoured to cut it across, but deceased pulled it away. Brown then cut at his hands, in a very great passion. and severed the thumb and fore-finger from off the left hand. :nett cried out, " Good God ! what have I done to deserve this? If you have any ill-will towards me, why not meet me like a man, and not use that murdering knife ?" Brown, after this, cut him again, and seemed furious with passion. —Richard Jones, the principal brewer, and other witnesses proved these facts, and said that th e d ecease d' s fi ngers and hand were nearly cut off by Brown, who was a man of bad t em p er . M r. H. Hammond, honse-surgeon of' the 111 iddlesex Hospiml, stated, that the deceased was brought into the Hospital with a despe. rate cut across th e wr i s t, whi c h h a d severed all the arteries, and nearly the hand, from the arm. The deceased was bleed. ing profusely; every attention was paid him, and he seemed getting better for five days, but a fresh hemorrhage com. meaced, and upon the opinion of-a consultation of surgeons, it was found necessary to amputate the hand, which was done on the 4th instant, and he died tali days after.—The Jury, after consulting together an hour and a half, returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Win. Brown, who has absconded. BOSTON, SEPT. 7. --(Tit IfitrucANEl— afternoon, about one o'clock, soon after two clouds of peculiar shape, fraught with a tempest and heavily charged, had been observed to meet together in the south west, there came on here, and lasted for some minutes, a hurri. cane, said to be the most tremendous ever witnessed by the oldest inhabitant of ,'Vt.r.kowa. In Shirbeck-quarter, it seized the top of P. haystack, which it whirled about spirally to a great height, anti scattered far from the spot where it stood. • In Fligh-street, whereitsvioience increased, a large poplar.tree aid a hot-house were blown down, and the tilts forced from several buildings. A whole frame, belonging to a peachery 4 in a garden, near S out h end, was blown tit the distance of 30 or (1 yards, and every pane of glass broken ; elm-tree, in an adjoinin g gar d en, said to be 5 orti yards in eircumfer ence, was also blown down, and two others which stood in ad joining pastures. An ancient thorn bush sharetilthe same fate, near which some cattle had just before. been grazing, but were then, fortunately, out of the way. In Main It idge and itsim methate neighbourhood, where the hurricane raged with such dread-inspiring fury as caused the utmost consternation and dismay, much injury was sustained in various directions, for there some buildi ngs were p art l y unroo f ed , several windows'bro ken, a garden wall sonic yards in extent, overwhelmed, and the sails of a mill, used in a brick-yard, tattered into shreds in a moment of time. This hurricane was rendered still more . alarming by being accompanied and followed by a violent thunder _storm ; during which the lightning, which watt vivid and dillbsive, scarcely ever ceased for a minute, anti peal suc ceeded peal with little intermission. There-echoed crack of several peals was by sonic persons compared to the report oc casioned by resounding artillery besieging a town, and ma mensely extended in battle array. AWFUL EFFECTS OF TUE TUUNDER (Providential Escape.)—During the storm with, which the metropolis was yesterday visited, the vicinity of Vauxhall, and particularly Glass. house-street, were thrown into an indescribable state of alarm and agitation by the falling of a meteor on the tops of two houses, Nos. 29 and 30, which carried away a, stack o f c hi mneys, a portion of both roofs, and descended through the house, carrying every thing moveable with it in its course, until it reached the bed-room of Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, who were asleep. A body of flame here presented itself to their astonishment, which burst with a loud report, destroying every thing in the apartments. Providentially, though both houses were inhabited by a great 1 " 3 "Y lodgers, no one sustained any bodily injury. DARING AND EXTIANSIVZ RODUCHTe----A MOSt daring street robbery was ye•stert)ny committed near Shoe-lane, Fleet-street, on the person of Mr. JOUN JAMES, a senior clerk in the banking firm ot Messrs. SNOW and Co. of the Strand.— It appeared the clerk was returning along Fleet. street, with notes to the amount of upwards of 2,800/. in his pocket-book, which ht had inca u . tiously placed in his coat pocket. When near Shoe-lane, a person ran as if accidentally against hi ntion, his pocket, from wh e nc e , to hi s dis mt m l; a l i y sf handa ;i r e in f g o sofiW bad t : e a he instantly clerk being lame, was unfortunately prevented f rom pursuing the person who ran agai nst him, a n d who there is little doubt was the thief • I ni Me. diate information of the robbery was given at Bow-street, and bills were promptly issued, de scribing the numbers and value of the notes, and offering a reward of 5001. for the apprehension of the thief. Among the stolen notes were one for 5001., six for 3001.,and a number of others of smaller amount. A Hamburgh Paper of the 276 u lt. men ti o»s - the very e x t raor di nary fact of a Spanish woman in Valenci a , o f t h e name of JOSEPHA NATAttno, being brought to bed of SEVEN children ' ply ler le- / in-