The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-21 00:00:00

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The ofth tmeil will be glad to receive the names of sw th . friends , e co ...._ cause as may be disposed to co-operate in corn pleting the -"netnews in their respective localities. .., r M anchester, 17th November, 1842- the Saviour of Miracles in having saved the city front e beirg altogether 1 destroyed. (FURTHER PARTICULA RS .) Funchal, N ov.:. We are still without news from the interior of the island, but from all places on the coast the intelligence is truly distressing. Another Sardinian schooner was wrecked at Porto Santa, and the Aguia, from Lisbon, which was eight days off the island, had a narrow escape. The Success is returned, and leaves to morrow for Demerara, and the following vessels have also arrived since the storm :—English war steamer Wilberforce, from Sierra Leone; ship Thames, from London;, schooner Castle Loriam, from St. John's; American schooner Itho, from St. John's; Greek polacca Pelican, from Gibraltar; and the Portugues• chooner Aguia from Lisbon. No. 15,675. LONDON, MONDAY' -- 11/ NG SUN, NOVEMBER 21, 1842. PRICE sd. THE SUN is P u blished EVERY MORNING a t FIVE O'CLOCK, i n Ti me f or t h e EARLY TRAINS and . TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK., for POST, containing PARLIAM_ENTA.RY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE TILREE PAPERS, m orn i ng ; Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION,at ONE CHARGE. I P ar : p I Y per ery HE LOSS OF THE RICARDO. course to a re-augmentation, if circumstances should arise to make it necessary. Some further discussion followed, in the course of which several Metnoers declared that they should give an affirmative vote to the former of the two questions, merely because they were apprehensive that the sys tem of railroads would not otherwise be realized. The Assembly then came to a vote on the two questions, when there appeared— plan of Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. Thomas Earl of Dundonald. THE COURT. DREADFUL STORM at MADEIRA Fe Vt. L l. l 441 ,Fs I" —6 —;' 505 5 4 .1 5e5 , i 26 70s 64 , NS 06 . 54 :d 21 6 V 1 21 0 6 ;i 8 7; 9 ,•,'' tee (t. 7 7 9 95 IL -; or. er4 0- 0 of al NATIONAL LOAN FUND .LIEM; AsSUR. ANCE SOCIETY, FOR GRANTING ASSURANCES, DEFERRED AN: gUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Partial :lent. DIRECTORS. T. LAAIIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. ,•Unction, M.D. , F. R. S. John Rawson, Esq. dotal Griffith th Frith, Esq. John Riddle todart, Esq. Hu nter , _ Gord on , E sq . Clement Tab or, Esq. m "rfle Lungley, E sq . I Joseph Thor apson, Esq. kitkit e AUDITORS. e. Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Grave , i, A.M. F. R. S. A cruARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.. R. A. S. PHYSICIAN—J. Elliot:on, ALD,. F.F L. S. B q4clT olt SURGEON—F,. S. Symes, Escl x.--111essrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Ommanney. 7i 4 ,"KEßs—Alessrs. Glyn, Halifax, istillf., and Co. the ~e C nost rational motives to Life Assuranco are found in litovi„C i a n adopted by this Society ; viz. join ed to a secure affop" a; death for inheritors of the A3szrec', tke Society vi rn ir•succou r to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre- Pityments) is the event of unforeseen reverses. Annual Division of Profits. r -- ---!.FIRaSON CAAIROUX, Secretary. %M — " Iv C HESTER.—OLD SPREAD EAGLE HOTEL, HANGING DITCH. * RA- CK ENTRANCE FROM CANNON•STREET.) - F. W'ESTALL respectfully informs the eat er , • COMMERCIAL PUBLIC that he has taken and vezZ: Von the ab o ve newly built, spacious, elegant, and con ' thef t ': Premises, lately occupied by Mrs. Ho:den, formerly of Se i„,"ltdled House Tavern, and trusts, from the liberal system th - `" l, is to adh ere to i n catering for the taste and comfort of 811i:4 4 ' 16 . to receive a fair share of support. The Wines, te l d - ,.., , and Cigars , have been selected with the greatest care, will be of first-rate quality. London Porter, Burton 4 ., , , ,. Capital Stabling and Coach-house. tClii'S IiRES - SI.SIG CASE, tla2 most port -4001,_ Vile ever invented, being only the size of a pocket itet.i'Dll4.l containing one pair of Mechi's ivory handle peculiar lir kuh rkz, ors, his Magic Strop and Comb, badger hair Shaving -8l 5 Patent castellated Tooth-brush, and a neat useful B nap. d; u Pl, price only 251. The same, with Hair-brush and i tavell b ,l l ! . 355. To Military Men, and as a steam-boat or ~.t i °ll. -. 14 companion, this invention is an invaluable aequisi mliee„.,,,-11 immense variety of other Dressing Cases, both for M ft :7 gentlemen, either in fancy woods or lea:her, at all teesi; ' suit either the economical or the luxurious. An ex kltl.gea 3 took of Writing-desks, Writing-cases, Work-boxes, Paper Pitelle abler; Razors, Strops, Table Cutlery ; superb n r",_elle Artices, &e. ... --11, 4 ' et °rY, 4. Leadenhall • street, four doors from Cornhill. Sit , r:-.--- * ' E lt SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive 10pp6 1 ,1 1,1 injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver e A''ed by the introduction of a new and perfectly match lilACl-lIATA PLATE. C. WATSON Cate ALDER TON 'i t ,' NO3. 41 and 42, BAItBICAN, and No. 16, NOR gstiortr ( AGATE, aided by a person of science in the anaal- Ise st.L °F Metals, has succeeded in bringing to public notice the ....with Silve r in Iles, o r',lniful article ever yet offered : possessing all the rich appearance—with its durability and hardness elte ri v e _lts Perf ect sweetness i n use—un d ergo i ng , as it does, a enti ol ;'l 3 rocess by which all that is nauseous in mixedmetals is a bd , t • extracted-- resist ng all acids, may be cleaned as Silver, lioirti. manufactured into every article for the Table and Side- ki t s s. d. I s. d. utspoons and Forks, I Sauce Ladles .... r do .. RL'iert d o ............... 16 6 Tea Spoons, per doz... 5 6 p d0z..... 12 6 Gravy Spoons... —luell. Lad1 e5.. .......... 6 6 3 6 is N ataen lsegs the Public will understand that this metal Gol d ;arty his own, and that Silver is not more different from far e l .. toan his metal is from all others ; the Public will there the v : 1 ", v e no dif fi culty in discovering the animus which directs 4 1 4 `.rAtlent attacks made against him, by a party who is daliy "pr o :,,R from the unparalleled success which has marked the lydrsa of ins New Plate since its introduction. C. W., t es ,, l / 4t e this Party, courts comparison, feeling confident that the 4 1 ' 4 , Will establish its pre-eminence. 11 42, BARBICAN, and at 16 NORTON FOLGATE. ' , 1. 1 I • 7 EIt TEA SERVICES. I .4i t d . 4 ' COX SA VORY, Working Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, p r i cm, seven doors from Gracechurch-street, submits the Vi e g°f the following SILVER TEA and COFFEE SER the t 'S• The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on shell feet, tin ea and coffee pots with a flower ornament on the lids. The T he t_,'. Patter n is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls. ulape of either is new and elegant. COTTAGE PATTERN. KING'S PATTERN. 4h.,,_' ' X S. X S. -IMbitt_Silver Tealiot ...12 0 Strong . Silver Tea-pot I2 0 )3 .4 i tt Sugar Basin 61n Ditto Sugar Basin 710 to Milk Ewer. 410 Ditto Cream Ewer 5 Coffee-pot 15 0 Coffee-p0t..15 0 Ditto --1 ,4, 'Complete —438 61 Complete £4O 0 let`kriety of upwards of fifty Tea and Coffee Services may tie 4 , 1 4 the'Show-rooms, where may be selected every arti- Pil it i'lver, requisite for the sideboard or plate-chest. Pam 'Nis ' 3 f prices, illustrated by sketches of the various articles, ;I# . forwa-ded, pi.stage free, to any part of the kingdom 0 41 1 , C 0X SAVORY, No. 47, Cornhill, London, seven door —'keechurch-street. Cp 4,4 1 „15, COLDS, INFLUENZA, HOARSENESS, StSit6 i .%' ll A, AND INCIPIENT CONSUMPTION. ESSENCE OF LINSEED is an in- Louie. '4'4 remedy. Price ls. lid. and 2s. Rd. per Pro k I tti riel in he i inrnemor'al Linseed has been proverbial for its Veovery ,reure of Coughs and Colds ; but previous to the tbe.t c ; t :' the present Chemical Essence, it was merely used 17,Z,nee e — n „ ° , r !ea, and its . benefit comparatively limited. This L' 44l Y e o - '`ales all the medicinal properties of Linseed in a bs, piZentrated form, , combined with other medicinals and w r,ing the most certain and efficacious remedy for ~.Cliilt i r , je n ,r , has yet been discovered. Totted C 8 ,-;oughs, as recent ones in Adults, will be re th 4! feet doses of Simco's Essence of Linseed (fre . quently l ever anc 7); old standing Chronic Coughs may require per ittithrotti ut they ultimately yield to its curative powers. h be ,,n persons, who previously had not been able to lie 1 1111 .4 fr o ' I ; have received the utmost benefit. and others suf- . etlica ne 4l Influenza have been speedily cured by this valuable al>"--....!LAti by all respectable Medicine Vendors. A.C. --- -------_______ : _ltn• 1 A IIL E- ST RE ET, PICCADILLY, (directly „ opposite the York Hotel), and 841„70, KING WILLIAM-STREET J CI T Y . __ ' 11 : AND HEARING.—TESTIMO NIALS. II MON . IAL S d . SPEC Th e Messrs, S. and 13. SOLOMONS' Newly- i nvente d Inip,;" ! ' ;ICLE LENSES . afford astonishing relief to extremely ever... e eL vision We give them the decided preference to bri a „,.. °titer kind — of L tis—the clearness of the transparency th e e. every o bjectvery e distinct, and enables individuals to view Partit°,°,'t Minute particle With perfect accuracy. They are i the -;'harrlY pleasant by candle light, as they appear cooling to •tti l k - -•, and so fte n E bright and brilliant lights : ek nlnnd 11 I Gr eat George-street, West veia,t e, • sq., 51. D.„ T • J. 4 . J..p - • Sigtnond, Esq., M.D., 24, Dover-street: J o h t) a ettigew, Esq., Surgeon, F. R. S., Saville-row. A, nthehamsbotham Esq. M. D. , Broad-street- building s. !A T , 1 3Y hite, E ' se Su i rgeon 3, Parliament-street. . Itled-,"rie°4'irlie.reiEh7l., g i irgeo - ,29, Newington-place, Kennington D 7, Upper Gower-street. W e "- G ffi g °n' Duncan DI. s' 3, Leadenhall-street. ~ ri the and ,Juucan, urgeons, I s ) . -l aY, Es , a i d L 3, Surgeon, lsleworth. "• I? L ug Y E.,MIL, Surgeon, 33, New Broad-street. 1, I„,as, F.sq , Es 5.D, Exeter' Wro.l an d 'r Pordon . q ,III.D. I,' Ile% " w ' e ' Esq., 51. - D . , Bennett-street, Bath. (lee r 1. " 0 4, Esq., M.D .., Blandford. w ; i t il ibi.. i l t i L ah r a tr, i v e: r oE e n n s, e q e E , :rt E mq s . q .Ds . , o s rg L e D on . lo T en e i n i b st y , . 2l , u. sC9umson, Ei " ,111 - 13 Cheltenham. South Audley-street. , M.D,, thlat° Cojwily, Esq.;sl.D; hAtenhana. orn Allnatt, Esq. M.D. Walli igford. ~,as Willis, Esq.' m 0 Brig iton 4 6 "iffith s , E .sq. " kend • ,- gurgeon . : Hammersmith. 4.:es Tuenraiieley: E Es s q q . „ , Surgeon, Manchester-street, blanches Ch ad square. ti,.'. ,-olebourn , Esq., Surgeon, Surgeon, 29,Camden r-Itown. d-place , K en kron. ktlie:l:47,,n'nEer;(ll:. ~Sumeon, 50, Pat liament-street. Surgeon, 26, Berke ley-squa re. I. 4 llntr ' "1., Surgeon, 15, Lower Brook-street, w t r G e. rosvenor A R : bsPiiit,Zsth, Su , ,von, Denmark-MI. Surgeon. 10, Charlotte-st., Bloomsbury. t ., J • 1 1 44 ' ,1 : i rt,.. E'sq sti ' s urg eon, 3•2, Golden-square. Insbur. ),..,`'• Hi:47g o . ;geon, 23 Charlotte.street, Moa j t o ar ti N a , o "::li s Surgeo r n ' 46, Davies-street, Ber k e ley-s q uare 3 th e qlaei ag i. , Surgeon , A east, ~.t he above list . of Nuneaton , Testirnoni N l I s T a h r e w fo u r t e k sthhiere. public, Vjs i s• oolomons Opticians and Aur c is o ts N , s p ta u te c t T h o at ß t , he h i y r 'Nei l th il _ LE OPERATIVE VOICE I not i "usands of Deaf Persons have beengrehaetnly fi b x en ed efi i t n e t d o , h e 'ar3er tha n a seven-shilling-piece, uncomfort e„ %lig of the ear i s soft and easy, and not mor i e .n its epro,s.use the faintest place. ileitnor perceptible than having and w a piece of wool is heard distinctnes th • s • - Whisper at a public assembly hilesesestebetmKpionrgtaztldnetv inv Cons are patronized by their Ma n:2P! the PrineessesgAZunsei ' Hanove r d so p and their s reßoyaloe R osa, I i g . h n : he7jihe Pess Esterhazy the Princesses Mary an d tp,he Arch the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, and their Graces Vek,,seoutuoiSheispono,f..Canterburi, the late Duke of Norfolk, the Lord Hi ll, gs, v hire, Argyle, Man chester, and Marlborough, c. Sm. he t t u i h o s _ e rve tht, lessrs. Solomon, state that they have n, con tad v _il with ntrsons of the same name in Ireland and Scotland, Ree ui tl at they do not emp loy any Travellers or Agents ; the mot mine . article are only to be had . n London, at their Esta otejlents.39 A lbernarie-street, Pic cadilly, apposite the York v... mill 76 R ing William-greet. Hank VRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTIi. Thi ee , Price Is. 11,id. per box eorttr_ cellent family PI 1.1. is a Medicine of long tried efficacy for I ,linpr o ,l all Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, the common tit esi J.. nrwhich areCostivenes_ ,s Flatulencr, Spasms, Loss of Appe. i i ntl ic r: 47 litheeadtaye.hse Giddiness Sense of Fu lness after Meals, Dia. browsines.s,and Pains in the Stomach and Rowels leaciitVi°n. P r "do'cing a Tciipid State of the Liver, and a consequent th e 4 ,i,!) , of the Bowels causing a disorganization of ev ery . function of yer a ,,72 , e. will, in this 'most excellent preparation, by a hale perse- Ittheagi' be effectually removed. Two or three doses will . convince , .sr r ged ef its salutary effects The stomach will speedily regain .leitty take place ; a healthy action of . the liver, bowels, and kidneys will .'esid ''''e and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaun -0 riel*aranee. s trength activity, and renewed health, will be the Pa Avi „ hult or s Medicine, according to the directions aecom. th t 2A each box ; and Usher' after too free an indulgence at table, Kir_ekly restore the system to its natural state of repose oess, 13, 1 4, 1 2! a Ft) LI. HABIT, who are subject to Headache, Giddi. fi t)* ef H i -s lues% and Singing in the Ears, arising from too grea a th aigero ood to the Head, should never be without them, man s } , l'Oft upiAimPterris Will be entirely carried oft by their immediateoe. a1i,,k,„,,,,„.., ALES, these Pills are most truly excellent, removingthe tee ; ti:`"on.s : the distressing Headache so very prevalent with he Ste' ot Spirits, Dullness of Sight, Nervous Affections, awn le trin , Ples, and Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy and ? 00 111 to the complexion. lien o f :,,,e4,,nt. sate, easy Aperient, they unite the recommenda l iN g ' l'estr k i - ."" 0 9eration wiih the meat successful effect, and require . I „.V.ltti - n,',.,,0f diet or coofinement durin g their use ; and for EL i'scili ' h `..OPLE they will be found to be the most comfortable tioL T be hitherto prepared t%lox land r rout, 229, Strand, London, Price Is. I%d. and 26.9 d. atioik by the venders of Medicines generally throughout the Ask f ~ Liatn e a ,,,.," r RAMPI ON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the ' l4 itclsess of "lb Pout, 22P, Strand , London," onthe witein keut „ e ____ . . . OTII4OI I.ollaPs OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 1- 11 1) The DAILY PUBLIC LECTURES &livered by Dr. Ryan, Professor Bachhoffner, and the other Lecturers, are varied and extended to all the most recent DISCOVERIES in ART and SCIENCE, and are familiarly illustrated by means of the hcst MODELS, APPARATUS, and DIA GRAMS, including the COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MA CHINE. Dr. Lardner's Working and Sectional MODELS of the STEAM-ENGINE, &c. &c. The subject of the Daily Lectures (for each week) is suspended in the Hall, and the hours at which they are delivered are Twelve, Two, and Three o'clock in the Day, and at Eight o'clock in the Evenings. On Saturday, at Two o'clock, the Lecture will be on the STRUCTURE and FUNCTIONS of the EYE, by Dr. Ra leigh Baxter. The extensive Exhibition is open Mornings and Evenings, except Saturday Evenings.—Admission, Is. Schools, half-price. LONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY. The Postmaster-General having countermanded the in strbet'ons fer conveying the Night-mail from London to Brighton by a Train at 8 30 P.M., the said Train will be DIS CONI INUED on and after the Ist of DECEMBER, and the previous Train arrangements will be RESUMED, by running the Three o'Clock Down-Train Deily from London, and the last Up-Train from Brighton at Six, P.m., instead of Half past Six. By Order, C. R. MACKENZIE, Sec. 10, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, Nov. 19, 1842. ti HINT PANCRAS, MIDDLESEX. ►_7 CONTRACTS.—The DIRECTORS of the POOR of the said Parish will meet at ST. PANCRAS WORK HOUSE, on TUESDAY, the 6th day of DECEMBER NEXT, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, to receive TENDERS, and to contract with srane Person or Persons for the supply of 100 IRON BEDSTEADS, 400 YARDS of CANVAS, 100 PAIRS of BLANKETS, 100 BED RUGS, and TWO TONS of FLOCK, for the use of the Poor of the said Parish. Particulars may be obtained at the said Workhouse. Tenders, sealed and endorsed (" Tender for - ") to be sent in not later than the above hour ; and parties tendering, or some per sons in their behalf, must be in attendance at the same meeting. By Order of the Directors, JOHN MIGA HEY, Cleric. 1, Gordon-street, Gordon-square, Nov. 19,1842. ROBIN HOOD HOTEL AND COMMERCIAL INN, CASTLEGATE, YORK JHOLIDAY, in retiring from the above busi • ness, on account of other engagements, embraces this opportunity of gratefully acknowledging to his Commercial, Professional, and other Friends, the obligation he feels for the kind and very liberal patronage and support with which they have honoured him during his occupancy of the Robin Hood—.a patronage which has placed that house, as a Commercial and Assiz., Hotel, amongst the first in the city. J. H. has great pleasure in recommendirg as his successor Mr. DANIEL ADDISON ; and can confidently assure his Friends and the Public that nothing will be wanting en the part of Mr. and Mrs. Addison to merit a continuance of their favours. DANIEL ADDISON respectfully acquaints the Friends end Supporters of Mr. Holi day, and the Public generally, that he has entered the above Hotel, where, by unremitting attention to the comfort and wishes of his guests, moderate charges, and the very best of providings, he hopes to prove himself worthy of a continuance of that patronage and encouragement which have been so liberally bestowed upon his predecessor. KING OF PRUSSIA'S SPEECH. BERLIN, Nov. 13.—The following is the Speech of the King of Prussia, on closing the session of the provincial States. After the Assembly had been for mally dissolved by the Minister, the Deputies were conducted to the King's apartments, where his Ma jesty received them, and spoke to them to the follow ing effect : "He had not, he said, thought proper to address them in person on their first assembling together, for if he had done so, he could only have tendered them good advice, or have spoken to them of the confidence he reposed in them. Neither of these courses had ap.. peared suitable to him. The word 'confidence' had been so much abused in modern times, that he should have felt less inclined than ever to speak of it, at a time when the presence of the Committees was in itself the best proof that could be given them of the confidence reposed in them by their King. "To have tendered them good advice would, he thought, have been wholly unbecoming ; but now, when they had brought their labours to a close, it be came his duty to address them in terms of thankful acknowledgment. At a moment when he saw him. self surrounded by deputies from all the provinces, his heart felt a longing to speak openly to them. With the utmost attention and interest, nay, he might say, with the utmost fondness, he had, since 1823, observed the progress and development of the provincial States, and he had called together Committees of those States. "Firstly, to form a central point, which was not possible according to the Constitution as previously existing; and, " Secondly, to consult, noiselessly, but efficaciously, as to what was best for the country and the national character. " lie was of opinion that every representative as sembly—whether a Communal or a Provincial Diet, a Committee or an assembly of Commiitees—com bined in itself a double character, and he felt it of im portance that he should explain his opinion on this subject to the members present. The States were the representatives of their own legitimately-acquired rights, and of the rights of those who had elected them ; and, secondly, they were the independent ad visers of the Crown, of an independence nowhere else to be found, their own independence strengthened by the mandate of those whom they represented. " Of this truth every representative ought to be fully aware, and not less of the truth that he was not to be a representative of the mere wind of opinion, or of the ephemeral doctrines of the day. It had af forded him much satisfaction to recognise this con viction in the proceedings of the States from their first institution ; particularly in the Diets last assem bled, whose proceedings had gratified him much. He charged them, when they returned to their several provinces, and resumed their places in the assemblies that had deputed them, to convey his acknowledg ments to those assemblies. " lie had felt desirous of addressing these remarks to them, and at the same time to assure them of his cordial thanks, for the spirit in which they had con ducted their deliberations, and for the complete man ner in which they had justified the confidence he had reposed in them." After this address his Majesty entered into familar conversation with several of the members, who all ap peared to be in the highest spirits when they left the palace. PRUSSIAN STATES GENERAL. BERLIN, Nov. 9.—The debates on the 28th and 29th continued to turn on the question of the railroad scheme, which a great majority continue to favour, though all parties look with dread and aversion to the possibility of a re-augmentation of the Salt-tax. The Minister of Finance, however, contended for the necessity of reserving to the Government the power of having recourse to the only practicable means by which, in case of a deficit, the national finances could be maintained in their present satisfactory condition. He would consent, nevertheless, to submit the two fol lowing questions to the decision of the Assembly :- 1. is the Assembly of opinion that the realisation of a comprehensive system of railroads, by State assist ance, is to the interest of the country, even if that realisation is impracticable without a reservation of a possible, though highly improbable, re-augmentation of taxes, not to exceed the reduction of 2,000,000 dollars, intended to come into force on the Ist of January next ? 2. Shall his Majesty be entreated, in order not to weaken the effect of the reduction of taxes, to desist from such a reservation, inasmuch as the Assembly is ready to give a confident assurance that even without such a reservation, the country will always be ready cheerfully to contribute, not only such supplies as are indispensable, but likewise whatever may be required for the promotion o important national interests ? Several members urged an unqualified assent to both eN.er questions, the and in support of this view agai n wen t arguments already adduced in favour of rail -1 roads. They argued, at the same time, that the ne cessity of having recourse to a re-augmentation of the ' Salt-tax, could only be looked on, in the present flourishing state of our finances, as a very remote pos -1 sibility ; and, should the necessity arise, other means might easily be devised, not only for making up the deficit, but also for realising other undertakings called for by the interests of the State, including the entire abolition of what would still remain of the Salt-tax. It was urged, in opposition to the previous remarks of the Minister, that the competency of the present Assembly to entertain the questions submitted to its consideration was very questionable. The reduction of the tax, it was argued, ought to be looked upon in the light of an accompl;shed fact, and the re• aug mentation of the tax could, in that case, he deemed as nothing else than the imposition of a new tax, a mea sure which came only within the attributes of the Pro vincial States. _ . To this the Presiding Minister replied, that the As sembly was not called on at present to vote either a new tax or to re-impose an old one. No one ques tioned the principle that the Provincial States must be consulted before any new tax was imposed on the country. The King had certainly announced his in t:ntion to effect a reduction of taxes, from the Ist of January next, but the King had not abandoned his right to decide on the details of that reduction, and was desirous of reserving the power of having re- IN ANSWER TO TIIE FIRST QUESTION, Ayes. Noes. The province of Prussia ” Brandenburg 5 I, Pomerania ll ..... 1 f t Silesia . 9 f f Posen.. ll ~ Saxony II Westphalia , 6 .... 6 The Rhine Total.. IN ANSWER TO THE SECOND OUESTION, Ayes. Noes. The province of Prussia . ...... 12 11 Brandenburg... 7 97 Pomerania l2 If Silesia 8 17 Posen 8 ..... 4 t 1 Saxony ll I, Westphalia-- 11 7) The Rhine ..... 13 Total Those divisions were then considered to have brought the discussion on the railroad question to a close. A motion made by a Member present to thank the Presiding Minister for the judicious and efficient manner in which he had conducted the discussion, was unanimously agreed to. In their sitting of the 31st, the Committees of States were occupied with a discussion on the present state of the law regarding the regulation of private river. The object of the Government is to modify the law, so as to enable large districts to avail them selves of the means of irrigating or draining their lands. THE ARCHDUKE FREDERICK OF AUSTRIA. WrooLwictt, Nov. 17.—At eleven o'clock this morning his Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick of Austria, attended by Baron Lebzeltern, Counts Karoly, Maronivich, Kohel, and Dumont, and other members of the suite, accompanied by Captain Fitzroy, R.N., as Aide-de-Camp and interpreter, with Captain Boldero, M,P., Clerk of the Ordnance, ar rived in two carriages and four at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and were received by Colonel R. J. J. Lacy, Colonel Cleaveland, Colonel J. E. Jones, Assis tant-Adjutant-General, Royal Artillery • Colonel Mercer, Royal Marines; Lieut.-Colonel M'Bean, Major Hardinge, K.H., Major Sandilands, and Bri gade Major Cuppage, of the Royal Artillery ; and Major Sandham, Royal Engineers. Colonel Jona than Peel, Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, arrived shortly afterwards, and accompanied his Imperial Highness over the various departments. On the Archduke Frederick of Austria alighting from his carriage, the guard of the Royal Artillery presented arms, and a salute was fired from a field battery stationed on the wharf of the Royal Arsenal. The first place visited by his Imperial Highness was the foundry, where he was received and con ducted over that department by Lieutenant-Co lonel Dundas, C.B. The Archduke examined the beautiful brass leaves of the Corinthian order cast for Nelson's monument, and appeared pleased with their chaste and elegant appearance. From the foundry his Imperial Highness proceeded to the boring branch of that department, where a most complete and perfect set of machinery bores the solid brass, according to the size of the calibre re quired, and turns with the greatest nicety and beauty the exterior. These works have just been completed by Napier, and are now in full operation, performed by steam power, and scarcely requiring any manual labour, the whole, even the moving of the guns from one part of the building to the other, being accom plished by machinery. A great number of twenty four and twelve-pounder guns were in progress of being finished, and altogether the party seemed much pleased. In one of the wings large metal gans are bored, and the operation was witnessed by the Archduke. From the boring establishment his Imperial High ness proceeded to the laboratory department, where he was received by Col. Cockburn and Lieut.-Col. Dansey, C.B. On entering the rooms set apart for making percussion caps, the beauty of the machinery and the rapidity of the work entirely done by hand, and mostly by boys, appeared to give great satisfac tion. His Imperial Highness remained some time in this department, and witnessed the whole process, from the cutting out of the metal in the form of a Maltese cross, until brought into its finished form and filled with the igniting composition, and varnished for preservation until required for service. The building occupied by boys employed in making blank and ball cartridges, was also visited, and the rapidity with which the ivork was accomplished appeared to sur prise the visitors. In another building in this de partment is a powerful machine, invented by Napier, and worked by hand, for making musket balls by compressure, and his Imperial Highness witnessed the whole process of forming balls with great rapidity from bars of lead. From the laboratory the Archduke proceeded to the carriage department, and witnessed wood-cutting by circular saws arid forming lance poles, and in an other branch of the same department planing immense planks by Bramah's circular machine, the whole moved by steam power. His Imperial Highness here examined two powder cases for magazines either for land or sea use, and as they are made of a square form, they are easily moved about, and being capable of being stowed in less compass to the extent of fully one• fourth than could be accomplished with the same quantity packed in barrels. From the carriage his Imperial Highness walked across the field, where upwards of 28,000 large guns of various calibre are arranged, and upwards of 4,000,000 of shells and shot visible almost at one view, and entered the store department, where accou trements are always kept in readiness to supply 10,000 horses at an hour's notice. In one part of this establishment his Imperial Highness appeared much pleased with some cavalry saddles, and the complete manner in which other saddles were fitted with moun tain howitzers, and cases for 56 small rockets attached to each saddle. In the lower part of the extensive storehouses are always kept ready for use a large supply of naval instruments, and other articles fbr sea service. From the store department the Archduke proceeded to the proving department, where: he was received by , Lieut.-Colonel Chalmer. Previous to entering, his Imperial Highness examined the three large brass gulls, about 18ft. long each, sent home from India , after the capture of Ghuznee. He also examined a large gun of the new model, weighing 113 cwt., and appeared gratified with its beautiful symmetry and just proportions. In one of the wings of the proving department the Archduke witnessed the fragments or rather corroded masses, formed of the guns which were recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose, af ter having remained in the water about two hundred years. In the proving department, Lieut.-Colonel Dundas and Lieutenant-Colonel Chimer showed the mode by which large guns were fired on the percus sion principle ; and in another part his Imperial High ness witnessed the operation of a beautiful and supe rior invention for measuring the diameter and correct ness of the bore of large guns. In the same building are guages for measuring the correctness of balls and shells, the operations of which were all exhibited. His Imperial Highness then entered his carriage and drove to the Marshes, where he witnessed spherical shell practice, by the B and D field batteries, under the command of Colonel Cleaveland. From the Marshes the Archduke and suite proceeded to the garrison, and after shortly examining the barracks of the men, entered the splendid mess-room of the Royal Artillery, where he partook of an elegant dejeuner prepared for the occasion. During the time his Im perial Highness and suite were at the mess-room, the band of the Royal Artillery played several excel lent tunes in front of the colonnade, and a guard of honour attended, under the command of Capt. Weller. The Rotunda was afterwards visited, and the im mense variety of arms of all periods of history, and objects of interest in this national repository, appeared to give great delight to the party. . . At three o'clock the Royal horse Artillery assem bled on the common, under Colonel Dyneley, C. 8., and went through their evolutions, notwithstandin g the wetness of the ground, in an admirableC manner; and his Imperial Highness expressed to Col. Dyneley his approbation of their manoeuvres. The Royal Horse Artillery then marched to the - upper part of the common and fired a salute as his Imperial High ness returned to town by the Blackheath-road. WOOLWICH, Nov. 18.—The Firefly steam-vessel, at present in dock being repaired and coppered, has been ordered to be fitted with rotatory engines, of the The Acheron steam-vessel sailed for Sheerness on Wednesday, the 16th. The Mastiff surveying vessel, Master Commander Thomas, and the Woodlark, her tender, arrived on Wednesday, the 16th inst., from the Orkney Islands, and will remain at Woolwich during the winter season. The Lightning steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander William IVinniett, returned from Walmer Castle to Woolwich on Wednesday, the 16th. The Falmouth, which sailed from Woolwich for Portsmouth last week, was under the necessity of putting back to land her sailing master, Mr. Everson, who was taken dangerously ill on the passage. The Falmouth sailed again almost immediately after land ing the master, and has been obliged to put back a second time, having run foul of a brig. The Magician, an iron st eam vesse l o f 360 tons, built by Messrs. Ditchburn and Marc, proceeded down the river on Wednesday, the 16th, under the command of Captain Sir Francis Collier, Knt., C.B. and K.C.13., superintendent of her Majesty's dock yard, Woolwich, to try engines of 110 horse power, which had been fitted in her by Penn and Son, and the speed attained is said to have been 15 knots per hour. APPOINTMENTS TO THE MEGMRA.-Mr. E. S. F. Cheeseman, Clerk in charge ; Mr. T. C. Pullen, Second Master ; Mr. W. J. Pollard, Mate; Mr. R Brenan, Assistant-surgeon. Mr. Thomas Lloyd, assistant to chief engineer, in the Woolwich dockyard, has been , appointed chief en gineer, in the room of Mr. Peter Ewart f recently deceased from injuries he received by the breaking of a chain employed in placing boilers on board one of the steam vessels in the basin of the dockyard. LOSS OF THE RELIANCE EAST INDIAMAN. F. H., a shipmaster, has addressed a letter to a Contemporary respecting the Reliance, in which he thus satisfactorily, we think, accounts for her loss : " The light on Dungeness and that on Cape Gris nez, on the French coast, are only 23 miles distant, and nearly opposite ; they , are so similar as to be easily mistaken, especially in hazy weather, and their relative positions are such that the mere difference of one point and a quarter in steering will direct a ship to either light in coming up Channel. For example, a ship bound up Channel is on the fair way track, abreast of Beachy-head ; the course (magnetic) east by north would take her to a fair berth off Dungeness, and east a quarter south would take her to Cape Grisnez on the opposite shore. Now, Sir, it too fre quently occurs that sufficient attention is not paid to steering in these critical situations, and we will sup pose a case that I have known to occur :—the helms man " yaws " the ship about, and alters the course half or three quarters of a point to the eastward, and the consequence is that the Dungeness light has not been observed (in hazy weather very probable), and shortly afterwards the light on Cape Grisnez is seen right ahead, or a little on the starboard bow ; the commander imagines this to be Dungeness light and hauls his ship more to the eastward to go clear of the English land; when, in point of fact, he has directed her right upon the French coast. This, Sir, I am persuaded has tended to the loss of ships, and perhaps in the present instance ; an alteration to sufficiently distinguish the two lights would do away with the danger. " In conclusion, I beg to state, that masters of East India ships are more lihely to fall into the error to which I have alluded than others ; their ships are generally taken to Spithead by pilots, where they join them outward bound, and therefore have not so many opportunities of acquiring a knowled ge o f th e Channel above the Isle of Wight: ALL CHURCHES THE SAME. ------- The English c l erg y re f use Christian burial to per sons not baptised by an. Oxford or Cambridge man; the Scotch clergy refuse Church rites to those who bury their dead on Sunday; and the Catholic clergy, as will be seen by the following letter from Gibral tar, are equally intolerant. When will the people think for themselves ? " GIBRALTAR, OCT. 29.—The longietxhiis city lons -existing fer ment has among the Catholic population o reached to a point of the greatest exasperation, i n consequence of an occarrence which h a s just taken place at their church. Mr. Carlo, an old and highly respe:table Catholic gentleman, universally known and esteemed by his fell ow -t ownsmen, died suddenly during the night from a fit o f apoplexy . The moment his family perceived the d anger, t h ey sen t for a doctor and a priest ; but wh en th e l atter arr i ve d, the patient had expired, and th e c l ergyman could d o no more than recite the usual prayers on such occasions. The fol lowing day, application having been made to the clergy to bury the d ecease d , hi s a ffli c t e d widow and family learned th a t t h e rites of sepulture would be withheld, i n consequence, as w as al leged, of his having di e d withou t co nfession. It was represented to th e Reveren d G en tleman that the deceased had been attacked so suddenly, that it was impossible for his fatnily to apply to the church earlier than they had done. The doctor's certificate, and the verdict of the Coroner's inquest were pro duced to prove the suddenness of the death ; but all the pressing solicitations as well of the particular friends of the deceased as of other most respectable inhabitants, proved unavailing ; th e priests were in exorable. In the afternoon th e numerous f r i en d s o f the deceased attended his fune ra l, an d , k now ing that another burial was then to tak e p l ace, th e y e ntered the church in the hope of fin a ll y preva ili ng on the clergy desist from the ignominious treatment of a worthy and much respected family. It was found, however, that the clergy had purposely countermanded the other funeral, and barricaded themselves in their own house, leaving the church wide open, and without anybody in charge. A considerable crowd soon collected, and a body of persons, in a high state of excitement, forced their way into the house of the clergy (adjoin ing the church), on which the priests made their es cape, with the exception o f t h e Irish chaplain, Mr. Devereux, and a Spanish friar, both of whom were seized by the crowd, and, after experiencing some ra ther rough treatment, were forced into the church where the body lay. An altercation there ensued between these two worthies, the Spanish friar accusing Mr. Devereux of being the cause of the whole pro ceeding, and volunteering to perform the rites himself —an announcement which had the effect of at once calming the infuriated people, as if by magic ; and when the police arrived to quell th e di s turbance, the ceremony wa s proceeding q u i et l y, and the f unera l , headed by the friar, was attended to the cemetery by an infinite multitude, anxious at once to show their respect for the deceased, and their disapprobation of the conduct of the clergy. This attended with a more fatal result, i s th e f ru it o f the unwise s ystem diturbn pursued which, by priests now in posses sion of this church, by making s a the withholding of the p rov id ent i a ll y , was no t funeral rites a weapon of warfare in the perilous qnarrel which they have had the insanity to create with their flock ; and the indignation of the popula tion may well be conceived, when it is stated that, in the same week in which this occurrence took place, no less than four bodies of Roman Catholics were re fused Christian sepulture by these ministers of the Gospel. Already several families, rather than allow their deceased friends to be buried lik e dogs , (a fa vourite expression of their pastors), have had success ful recourse to the charitable offices of the Protestant minister; and the edification experienced by the by standers, and their surprise at the e xtraordinary con trast between his demeanour and that of their own • priests, has produced a state of feeling vouch will not be long in manifesting its fruits. FAILURE Thames IN,as `thrown 0 F A NK.— Theetaotwnf Ilenley-on e co nsternation on Thursday morning, by the announcement th a t th e bank of 'Messrs. J. D. and T. Lydall, the on l y l oca l bank in the town, had suspended payment. I t was market day, and the effects were very B w A n into great apparent, as business was nearly at a stand. Bills were published and circulated throughout the town, oa lli n _ a meet ing of the cre ditors, to be held at the Tomn- g hall this day (Saturday), at 11 o'clock, when a statement of their affairs will be made by a Committee who have been intrusted to make a preliminary inquiry. CONVENT IN LIVERPOOL. — In Mount Vernon street, at the top of Pembroke-place, a building has just been erected, which must prove of considerable interest to those who have never seen a place of the same description. It is intended for a Convent, is built in the Gothic style, and has a very neat appear ance. The premises are nearly finished, and will be ready, we believe, about the beginnin g of the year. The Sisters of Mercy, who are about to commence their labours in this town. in visiting the sick and ministering to the wants of the lowest and most de graded of the human race, are coming, we believe, from Dublin and Birmingham.—Liverpool Mercury. IRELAND. -- DUBLIN, NOV. 17. --- The Derry Standard mentions a rumour that Captain Jones is about to retire from the representation of Derry, to e way for Mr, Smith, the Attorney-General. "CALMER CASTLE, Nov. 17.—The keen north easterly wind, which has prevailed with considerable violence throughout the day, has induced her Majesty to remain within the Castle, and not to venture out, except once, and then but for a short time, upon the ramparts. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal have not been taken beyond the walls of the fortress, from the same cause, during the day. His Royal Highness Prince Albert walked upon the beach for some time this morning, immediately after breakfast, " alone and unattended." Her Majesty contemplated taking her departure from Walmer on Thursday next, for Brighton, there to remain for three weeks or a month ; but the visit of the Court to Brighton, and also the departure of the Court from the Castle, have now been indefinitely postponed. Her Majesty and the Prince have graciously for warded, through Mr. G. E. Anson, ten pounds each to the crew of the Poll, which was capsized the other day on going to the Lisbon steamer. DEAL, THURSDAY EVENING.—The wind has blown very hard throughout the night and up to this even ing, from the east north-east, and there are conse quently but very few vessels lying in the roads. The bodies of William Dawes and Thomas Jarman (Deal boatmen), who were drowned on the 22d ult., were washed on shore in the night, the one at Walmer, and the other at No. 2 battery, about three miles to the north of the port. These two men, who have left wives and families, were drowned in attempting to board a foreign ship in distress, which had hoisted signals in the roads during the height of a violent gale from the south-west. It blew very hard last night from E.N.E. Her Majesty's ship Thunderer sent her top-gallant masts on deck, during the night, and upon the ebb tide she struck her topmasts. At half-past nine o'clock this morning a foreign bark, and the English schooner Margaret, of Lancas ter, slipped anchors and cables, and ran round the South Foreland. The Russian ship Iris, for Shields; the Austrian ship Drago, for Antwerp ; and the English brig Smalls, for Whitby, remain, with the Lavinia, from Honduras, for London. FRIDAY EVENING.-A delightfnl change has taken place in the weather since yesterday. The wind shifted to the south-west during the night, and the day throughout has been unusually fine and inviting. Her Majesty has promenaded in the course of the day in the gardens and upon the ramparts, but the Queen has not proceeded beyond the Castle precincts. This morning, shortly after ten o'clock, Captain Daniel Pring, of her iMajesty's ship Thunderer, had the honour of an audience of Prince Albert, when it was arranged that his Royal highness should honour the Thunderer with a second visit in the course of an hour, for the purpose of witnessing some target firing by the ship's company. Captain Pring then returned to his ship, in order that the necessary preparations might be made for the reception of the Prince, and immediately dispatched Lieutenant Hector Loring, the First Lieutenant of the Thunderer, across to Walmer, in the first cutter of 10 oars, to convey his Royal High ness to the ship. The Prince reached the vessel shortly before 12 o'clock, attended by Viscount Sydney, Lord C. Wellesley, Colonel Wylde, the Hon. C. A. Murray, and Dr. Preetorius. The news having spread that his Royal Highness intended to visit the Thunderer, there was a large party on board, who had just previously arrived from Deal and Walmer, amongst whom were the fami lies of the Rev. C. Lane (the Rector of Deal), Capt. Westbrook, R.N., Lieutenant Batt, R.N., and Miss Batt, Lieutenant Rice, R.N., Captain Box, Hon. East India Company's service ; Mr. Wootton, Mr. G. Leath, Mr. R. Pagley, &c. The Prince, upon his reaching the ship, was re ceived by Captain Pring, Commander Berridge, and the officers of the Thunderer, on the quarter-deck ; the yards at the same time being manned. A company of Marines (130 being on board), under the command of Captain Stevens, were drawn up in line on the quarter-deck, and received the Prince with a Royal salute, the band playing the national anthem. The scene at this time was most animating. Several vessels in the Downs, at anchor and sailing in the im mediate vicinity of the Thunderer, also manned their yards and decorated their masts and rigging with various awl innumerable flags. The Revenue cutters, Sealark, (Lieut. Quested) and Ranger, (Lieut. Baker) cruised off Walmer during the stay of the Prince on board. His Royal Highness first proceeded to the main and lower decks, and inspected, with evident interest and satisfaction, the admirable economy which pre vailed in this portion of the vessel. The Prince then took his station on the poop, upon the right of Captain Pring, surrounded by his suite and the numerous visitors who were permitted to be present. - Two targets were then laid out to the eastward of the vessel, away from the shore—one of 600 yards and the other at 300 yards' distance. This service was performed by the Pearless, Government steamer, Captain Bullock, and completed in about twenty mi nutes. The target nearest to the ship was composed of a stage, ten feet square, at either extremity of which was a staff surmounted with a small flag. The other target was a small boat, termed a " dingy," about twelve feet in length, with a flag flying from the top of its mast. Everything being prepared for the gunnery prac tice, and the order being given to beat to quarters, the men cast loose the guns throughout the ship, on the port broadside. The quarters being reported to Captain Pring by Commander Berridge, the orders were given to fire a broadside at the nearest target. This was executed with admirable precision, one flag staff being shot away altogether, and the flag on the top of the other staff carried away also. Next were fired two broadsides, by divisions, and these com pletely riddled and nearly destrowed the "dingy"— every one of the balls which did not strike the target falling close around, and within a very few feet of it. Had the target been of the usual size of a ship of war, there was not one of the shots but would have " told" with unerring effect. The next was quick single-gun firing, at the re mains of the " dingy,"lfollowed by a divisional broad side. The effect of the precision with which this was executed was soon perceived, by forcing out the off side of the "dingy,' knocking away her stern, and finally sinking her. The firing being ended, the men (the ship being supposed to be attacked by an enemy) were ordered by divisions of boarders to board ; then to repel boarders by several interesting evolutions in defence of ships of war, cl•sely supported by the gallant corps of Marines. The riggers and firemen were next seen aloft, ac tively employed in the various departments. The firemen (the ship being supposed to be on fire) with their fire-buckets, having long lanyards, reaching from the lower yards to the water, appeared to be endea vouring to stop the progress of the flames in their re spective vicinities. The riggers were aloft knotting and stopping the rigging supposed to have been shot away by the enemy. Thus terminated what nautical readers will under stand by the term "general quarters," and the guns were then ordered to be manned. At the termination of this most interesting display, his Royal Highness addressed Captain Pring, and expressed his highest admiration at the excellent discipline of the ship, and the beautiful style in which the whole of the nautical movements had been performed. Upon the Prince taking his departure, the yards were again manned as before, and the Guard of Ho nour drawn up on the quarter-deck. His Royal Highness was attended to the ten-oared cutter (which was steered by First Lieutenant Loring) by Captain Pring, and the officers of the ship. When the Prince had reached a distance of half a mile from the vessel, a Royal salute was fired by the Thunderer. The Thunderer left England in May, 1840, and was engaged in the whole of the Syrian operations. It was the only line-of-battle ship at Sidon (then commanded by the Hon. Captain Berkeley), and shared in the glories of Acre. It was since engaged in the Mediterranean, under the command of her pre sent gallant Captain. This morning, at eight o'clock, the Southampton, Captain Ogle, 50 gun ship, passed by Walmer Castle to the northward, and fired a Royal salute. The Southampton has just arrived from the Cape of Good Hope, and was proceeding to Sheerness to be paid off. This vessel landed Admiral King at Portsmouth. The Rhadamanthus, Government steamer, anchored off Walmer Castle last night, and sailed this morning for Dover, to embark troops for the Mediterranean. Captain Pring has received her Majesty's command to fire a Royal salute on Monday morning next, at 10 o'clock, in honour of the princess Royal, her Royal Highness on that day completing her second year. Mr. and Mrs. Butler (formerly Miss Fanny Kern ble) embark for the United States at the end of the month for the estate , in rhiladelpbia, Funchal, the capital of Madeira, and the whole of the island, has been visited with one of the most dreadful storms that has occurred since the flood in the year 1803, when upwards of 400 persons were swept into the sea ; and had the late deluge occurred at night, as was the case in the former catastrophe, there is no doubt but hundreds of persons would have been drowned ; however, as far as can be learned at present, few lives were lost except in the distant pa rishes, where several hundreds of persons have been carried into the sea. The last summer was exceedingly hot, and almost without rain, the weather remaining beautifully fine until the 15th of October, when the clouds began to envelope the mountains, which brought on the fol lowing day severe thunder storms, accompanied with heavy rain, continuing almost without intermission until the morning of the 24th of October, when the rain partly ceased. At ten o'clock the Royal West India steamer Dee arrived, and landed fifty-two pas sengers for the island. She was, however, prevented from proceeding until the following day, as the Ad miralty agent, who had come on shore with the mail, could not get on board again. About mid-day the whole of the island appeared buried in a one vast cloud, threatening total dark ness ; the barometer fell considerably. The air be came very oppressive, with a strong sulphurous smell, and the wind veered about to nearly every point-of the compass. At one o'clock the rain began to fall in torrents, and about an hour afterwards I perceived at a distance of about a mile from shore an immense rising in the sea, which was soon connected with a mass of dark clouds overhanging the bay, to all ap pearance charging tneniselves or drawing the water from the sea, for the space of about ten m i nu t es , fol lowed immediately by a heavy swell or rising of the ocean, which swept towards the shore ; and although I was at a considerable elevation above the level of the sea, it appeared high enough to sweep over the city; its force, however, was broken, and it subsided on the beach. The rain still continued in torrents, and at four o'clock the roar of the water in the river, which was forty feet in depth, began to give me some alarm, when looking out of the window of my house I per ceived' that the bridge was being swept away, and that the water was rushing into the streets. I immediately left the house, and on reaching the street the appal ling sight that appeared in every direction was enough to make the stoutest heart quake with fear. The street in front of the garden of my house was upwards of three feet deep with water, and hundreds of men, women, and children, were ading their way up the stream, flying towards the mountains, whilst others were flocking to the town, not knowing where to go for safety, amidst the most dreadful shrieks and cries that can possibly be imagined. As I approached to wards the river, the scene became still more awful, the water having burst open the wine lodges, and the contents being swept into the sea, whilst the streets in the neighbourhood were all overflowed with water, and the inmates of the houses escaping by ladders and over the roofs of the buildings. Upwards of 200 houses have been destroyed, or become untenantable by this disastrous flood, and the quantity of wine, corn, &c., swept into the sea and destroyed, is very great, but at present it is utterly impossible to state any thing like an estimate of the amount of damage done. A meeting was called on the following day (25th) by the Governor, and food distributed to the poor; at the same time, an arrangement was made to open several forts, Ice., for their accommodation, until such times as they could provide themselves with other houses. The authorities also made every arrange ment to prevent drunkenness in the streets, and rob beries at night, but as casks of wine were rolling about in every direction, and whole streets of houses open to any one who wished to enter, the inmates having fled, many robberies occurred, and many scenes of intoxication. The rain continued to fall during the night of the 24th, but the following day gave signs of the weather moderating, and in the afternoon it was fine, with a strong breeze from the S.E., which continued until three o'clock P.M. on the 26th, when it blew a hurricane from the south, the sea rushing over the beach, and entering into the streets in the lower part of the city. Six vessels were at anchor in the bay, but to me it appeared utterly impossible for them to ride out the gale, as the sea broke with ter rific fury over them, and the wind being dead in the bay, gave them no chance of escaping by making sail. At five o'clock the American brig Creole drag ged her anchor and was soon on shore—the whole of the crew were saved; and about an hour afterwards I observed the English schooner Wave was doomed to the same fate, the whole of her crew being saved by the exertions of Mr. Henry Crawford, who secured them ropes, &c., from a rock above where the vessel struck. It had now become dark, but as I observed a blue light from one of the vessels, and as the gale still continued, I determined to attempt to get to the beach to give all the assistance I could, as I apprehended the whole of the vessels must come on shore. I had some distance to go ere I could procure a torch, and over a very dangerous passage, the flood having made such dreadful havoc in the lower part of the city ; however, I reached the beach, and immediately heard the cries from another vessel approaching the - shore. This proved to be the Portu guese schooner Novo Beijinho; and I must say, that with the few lights we had on the beach, every ex ertion was made to save the .whole of the crew, but, unfortunaiely, four of them were drowned. Immedi ately afterwards a vessel approached burning a blue light, and which came on shore alongside the Novo Beijinho; but as the rain fell in torrents and the wind was still blowing a perfect hurricane, it was some time ere we could afford them lights or approach the vessel. She proved to be the Dart, of London ; and by great courage and good management all the crew were saved; and I cannot but praise the daring conduct of the Portuguese on the beach in rescuing the crew of this vessel, particularly Senhor Jacinto de Freitas Lomelino, as well as the activity of Senhor Nuno Dias, Senhor Francisco Antonio Rodrigues de Silva, and of Mr. Unwin, all of whom were indefati gable in their exertions to:save the unfortunate seamen. We got up a bonfire here as a signal for the vessels still at anchor ; and then left to prepare another at the wreck of the Wave, where we found only a few' boards left, which we soon had lighted, and were glad to find that the ship Success was still atanchorG;lobruiat we here learnt that the Sardinian schooner Madre Esperanza had gone on shore to the east of Fuxona, and not a soul saved or a vestige of her left. At nine .'clock the wind veered to S.W., and at ten p.m. I considered the remaining vessel, the Success, was perfectly safe, but I understand she owes her safety to the anchor of a large American ship w hi c h bad gone t o sea, an d which anchor came in contact with that of the Success, as she was in the act of being dragged on shore. At nine a.m. the following morning the Success got out to sea, and is no doubt safe ; but a wreck of a three-masted vessel is found at Porto Cruz (north of Madeira), without any of the crew, or even anything to distinguish her name. I apprehend this vessel must have come on shore pre vious to her having seen the island, probably in the night at the commencement of the storm. Several ships and barks are expected here from London and Liverpool, and doubtless it will prove to be one of these. It is utterly impossible to describe the state of the streets in the lower part of the city, and having seen the river in its force as it swept down the ravine, I won der that the greatest part of Funchal was not carried into the sea ; at the mouth of the river N. S. do Calhao, a fruit-market, and a part of a fort, with the entrance to the Praca Academica, are entirely swept away, and the bed of this river, formerly thirty or forty feet deep, is now filled up with immense rocks and stones brought down from the mountains, which I am afraid in the present poor state of Portugal can never be re moved. Three rivers flow through the city of Fun chal, taking their rise in the mountains, but the river N. S. do Calhao has now been the cause of the great est part of the disaster, and the houses on its banks that are not swept away will remain untenanted, a f il the bed of the river is now nearly equal with the streets, and liable at any time to overflow. The news from the interior, or rather the coast—for from the interior we bave none—is awful. Half of Maehio is swept away, and all the fishing-boats belonging to the village. In the parish of Madelena nearly all the houses and part of the population are gone ; in Calheta many houses are washed away. and Porto Cruz have suffered much,Faye' entire vineyards having been swept into the sea. Santa Cruz has suffered less than others ; but at Canico the disasters are great. The excellent road to S. A. de Serra has disappeared altogether, and instead of travelling the distance, as formerly, on horseback foot, and a person in two hours, it must be ontak.;:inilin, flood was twenty-two ag f e act o , f who arrived from there since the condition allCa mtahcehapliasceins hours on to depltheorable n with the h le a ad ve in s g uff f e r r o ed m lm,nonreohoalr l a e r s e s utterly impassable. and most of the roads On the 28th the Bishop, Governor, and all the principal authoriti es attended prayers in the Cathe dral,after which the h d y a a procession, carrying the figure of our Savi our on the cross, the size of life, as The following is an account from an eye witness of the loss of the ship Ricardo. The writer was on board the Ellenborough : "Fort William, Calcutta, Cadets' Quarters, Sept. 12. " We left Madras on the 2d of September, - and had a rough but quick passage up the Bay of Bengal. At length we got our pilot on board, and the same night, ahout 50 miles from the mouth of the Hooghly, I was awakened by a most violent shock, and, with many others, made sure that our vessel had struck. Rush ing on deck in cur shirts, we found that in the dark ness of night we had run down upon a large vessel, the Ricardo. The scene that met my eyes baffles description. The bowsprit of the Ricardo was on our poop ; and, of course, as it swept our decks, overthrew everything before it. The great danger was, that our mizenmast would be carried away by it. It was a moment of intense anxiety. The bowsprit of the vessel came with fearful impetus against our mizenmast ; we all stood clear, thinking it must now fall ; for a moment, the Ellenborough shook as if every plank was loosened ; the mast wa vered; but the bowsprit of the Ricardo snapped short as she shot by. We escaped with our quarter boat and bulwarks stove in ; this was bad enough but very lucky we thought ourselves that it was no worse. The next evening we anchored in the Hooghly and the Ricardo, having rigged a jury bowsprit, came pu with us as we were preparing to weigh next morn ing. We had some difficulty in weighing ; and as the Ricardo passed us we stood looking at the ill fated vessel. I felt convinced, much to my cha grin, she would be in Calcutta before us. I turned to mention this to our pilot, when I saw him, pale as a sheet, looking in the direction of the vessel. I locked again through my telescope. The Ricardo was two miles ahead of us. Imagine my horror to see her at the very spot the pilot had five minutes before pointed out to me as the James and Allary Sands. Another moment and she struck, her top masts fell; for an instant she staggered and reeled; two minutes after all that could be seen of that noble ship was part-of her hull, and the tops of the masts just above the water. Such a spectacle I never could have imagined. There was something awfully grand as well as horrible in that sudden wreck. We could see the men swarming on the masts, and tearing off their clothes. We fired several guns, brought back a steamer, and sent our own boats. Our boats suc ceeded in saving eight men, many others picked up some also, but about 20 perished; among them the captain of the vessel. We saved his brother, who saw him sink, and his distress was terrible to behold." CHALMERS' LIBRARY.—This sale concluded yes terday at the rooms of Messrs. Evans, Pall-mall. How much the eight days m a y h ave produced we did not hear, but certainly consider a bly more th an if t h e books and manuscripts had been disposed of in any other way. At the same time the prices have been very unequal—sbme lots selling for much more than they were really worth, and many others for sums greatly below their value. It seemed throughout as if the booksellers were unwilling to bid against each other, unless one of them had a commission. Mr. Chalmers' Collection relating to Mary Quee'n of Scots sold for 101. 105., and Sir R. Douglas' " Genealogical Collections for the Baronage of Scotland," for 161. The latter was bought by Thorpe, who yesterday gave 151. 15s. for the " Collectanea Typog raphica Scotica," consisting of an accum u l a ti on by M r. Chal mers of curious and valuable materials for a history of printing north of the Tweed. Rodd was the pur chaser of Chalmers' Bibliographia Scotica Poetica," for 181. 10s., which we apprehend will be soon on its road to Edinburgh, and will devolve into the hands of one of the most enterprising and learned antiquaries that city has produced. Pickering became the pos sessor of " Ritson's MS. Account of Scottish Poets and Historians" for 121. 125.; we were in hopes that it would have found its way to the British Museum, where, if we mistake ;not, are deposited several other fruits of Ritson's research, to which this might well have been added. " Chalmers' " Caledonia," " Topo graphical Dictionary of Scotland," and materials for the intended fourth volume of " Caledonia," only brought 301. There was, one Sunday, at Holland House, during the life of the late lamented owner, a party o f twelve at dinner, and it was agreed, that when the same party met a week after, each guest should bring a list of the twelve best and most interesting works he had ever read. There was, of course, no concert or com munication between them, who were all men of lite rary pursuits and great attainments ; and when, at their next meeting, the lists were opened by Lord Holland, there was but one name found in all. MYSTERIOUS DEATH.—About three o'clock yester day morning a cabriolet drove to the Hoxton police station with a man who was supposed to be drunk. The door of the cab being opened, however, he was found to be motionless, and to all appearance dead, and upon his being removed to the station-house Mr Coward, the police surgeon, was sent for, who ascer tained that life was quite extinct, although there was still warmth in the body. Policeman Dormer, 205 N, it appeared had found the deceased lying in the City-road, and was about to procure the stretcher to remove him to the station-house, when a cab driver offered to convey him thither in his cab, and did so. A gentleman named Burton, who ac companied them, said that previously to the arrival of the police-constable he saw the deceased lying apparently in a fit, and another constable of the G division standing near him, as if waiting for assist ance, by I which time was lost. The deceased was identified as a young man of the name of Butcher, respectably connected, and it was st a t e d th at he had been a lawyer's clerk, but forsome time unemployed, and known as keeping rather loose company. It was ascertained that he was at th e Eagle Tavern until after one o'clock yesterday morning, but he does not appear to have been intoxicated. Some bruises hi an h d marks were observed up on th e h ea d and face, will form the subj ec t o f i nvest i gation before the w eCo roner's Jury, inf orma ti on o f t h e occurrence having been forwarded to Mr. Baker, the Coroner. EXECUTION IN PRANCE.—Francois Gateau, con demned to death in August last, for attempting to murder his wife, under most aggravated circumstances, was executed at Poitiers on the 3d inst. The Droll gives the - following account of the execution :—" As the public authorities thought it advisable, in order to strike the mind of the people, to have this execution made as public as possible, the day and hour had been stated beforehand. Hence an immense crowd had as sembled, and the rush round the scaffold was so great, that it .was necessary to place a double line of foot soldiers and cavalry to prevent confusion. Gateau expressed a wish to walk to the place of execution. This he did firmly enough; but on seeing the instru ment of death, he turned pale, and appeared ready to faint. Supported by his confessor, the Abbe Pascal, he, however, went up the steps steadily, and, having knelt down, received his benediction. In half a mi nute after he ceased to exist. From some misma nagement, the body was not sufficiently secured to the plank, and the knife, in severing the head, caused the body to roll over on the scaffold. The execu tioner's men hastened to place it in the wicker basket destined to receive it, but, in their haste to quit the spot, they forgot the head. In vain did the Commis sary of Police send to seek them, they were no t to b e found, and the head remained where it fell, no person cons enting to touch it. At last, the Maps' trate using his authority, ordered the carman, wh o was waiting for the body, to throw the head into the basket. This the man refused to do, and it wa s no t until after seve ral minutes' resistance that he made_ up hi s m i n d to obey. The head being a t last taken away with the body, the crowd dispersed." ENGLISH OAK—Womisop. It is well known that there is a number of beautiful oak trees, in the greatest perfection , growing in the neighbo u rhood of Worksop, but more particularly near to Welbeck, the seat of his Grace the puke of Portland, some ofwhich trees are of great antiquity, and of an immense size ; and others, aga i n, may be seen, exhibiting every age, in a state of lu xur i ant growth . The number of oak trees which have been cut down during the last few years have been eagerly sought after, and purchased, at very high prices, by the ship builders of both Hull and Liverpool, quantities of which have been transported to both of these important towns. It appears, now, that the Government officers have turned their at tention to the valuable oak timber grown in this neighbourhood, as there are, at the present time, a number of workmen employed, under an officer from London, in cutting up a large quantity of trees, which have been purchased for the use of her Majesty's navy. , We under s t an d th at these oaks are of such an excellent quality that, during the last week, upwards of sixty bushels of acorns, collected from the finest trees growing on the Sher wood Forest snd Clumber estates, have been forwarded to the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, to be sown in her Majesty's plantations in Hampshire. The country is much indebted to the Right Hon. the Earl of Lincoln, for his good judg ment and perseveriug industry in obtaining the choicest and finest description of acorn to improve the growth o f th e oa k in her Majesty's Wood . , and Fopsts..---,Doncadv Gazette.