The Sun. — London, England, 1855-09-07 00:00:00

'NEW HOPS. Tf you require a few Pockets of New ',fops, we are promised some New Farnham. Farnham Countries, Mid. Kent, Wea.d of Kent, and on Monday next, and shall be happy to execute your com mands; the prices will ranee trom about Si. 53. to 7/. 7g., and as soon as the Market is settle I fur the New Crop, our Representative will do himself the pleasure of waiting upon.you. and we respectfully Solicit year commands. THE DUTY QUESTION. The extraordinary universality of an excessive produce of Hops throughout the Plantations, battled to an estimated duty never known from 1524, when Hors were 'first introduced into this Kingdom, until now; and for severatweekrthb generally entertained opinion has been favour .ble to a duty of 300,0001, and amongst Its supporters are many of the firms of the large breweries throughout the Kingdom,. who generally contrive to possess the best infor mation upon the subject.. To the more uninitiated, yet very Interested persons, who make constant inquiries upon this subject, the deductions for anticipating such a groffth will not prove uninteresting, neither will the exposition of the points on which those rely who are opposed to such an estimate. Tbose who are In favour say that the present unrivalled Plantation is about 57,000 acres (the returns are not yet published), viz., last year's acreage, 53,823 acres, and about 3,500 acres of additional plant this year; alto, that the general appearances never were favourable —that the Coiegata Plant (a coarse rank creppy cue), grown prin cipally in the Weald of Kent and Bussex, was never more exten sively cu'tivated, and that the• land Is in higher cultivation—they are further induced to back the duty, because in 1126, with an ave rage of 50,471 acres, we grew 269,331 duty, and a similar crop on 57,000 acres would be over 300,00'1. In 1850 the average was only 43,127 acres, and the duty paid 233,0001., the present acreage, that year, would have given over 300,0001. duty ; again in 1832, with a Plantation of 4 ,157 acres, we grew 244,8601. duty, therefore, had 1852 the benefit of this year's Hop-land, 300,000/. would have been paid. The contrary arguments are—that m too y years muc back 1,210 much credit tHatepnhiflolsr additionallacreage ; as f,r instance, many were taken as the acre of Hop land, because the culttern was to plant Hops 6 feet apart in squares, and as an acre of land contains 43,560 square feet, that quantity divided by six times six gives 1,210 hills ; but the practice of planting altered—and instead of intervals of six feet, many planters gave six and a half and seven feet of land apart, and thus 1,210 hills, whei.cchined it m a , ny bu l t ns n tat o n w ces in =pa for an acre in 1826 greatly exceeded the collector of Tithe does not count hills, he takes the statute acre and hence part of the increased acreage, as shown by the returns ; they suggest also that too much reliance is placed upon the un harvested crop, which is never secure till bagged, and that if in all the croppy years -ince 1801 you take credit for the highest duties of the best districts only in those respective years, and add them to gether, they will fall short of 300,0001. T 1311.1 the highest daty ever paid, By the Rochester district was in 1847 X 99,011 Cussexry anterbu • 18 35........ 56,910 „ 1819 ~ 78,525 By the Worcester district was in 1846 .• • 36,082 We believe there was a f rea k of nature when . ' Worcester once paid more, but we cannot find the returns. „ Farnh im ~ Kingdom 1852 1826 294,907 We have caref u ll y v i ewed both sides of the ques £ tion, and our opinion is joined to those who think 3%0'4. will not be realised. The crop just now is in places visited by mischief—it is to he hoped it may not extend widely, but red rust and mould are present, and every accident seriously threatens the duty reaching the mush to be desired goal.—We are, your most obedient servant 4, WOLTON & CO. ROYAL. OPERA, DRURY-I.LNE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE SLAVE. Characters by Messrs. Stuart, Herberte, Manley, F. Robinson, James it. Anderson, &c. To be followed by THE MOUNTAIN SYLPH. Characters by Messrs. Farquharson, Halford, Elliot Osier; Misses Forrest, Dyer, and Lucy Escott. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of boxes and pit, is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; stals, Is.; private boxes to admit two persons, los. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office inen from 10 to 6 daily. .tOYAL HATMARKI.Z. Coder the management of Mr. Bnekatene THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. After which, LE GEGARRERA DE SEVILLE. Vera Nena. Followed by COURT FAYOER. After which, THE SP.A.NISH DkNCERS. To conclude with A' KISS IN THE DARK. .)1( r.M.4 Under the Management of Mr. CHABLzaI THIS EVENING. Will be performed HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING. After which, KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Katha. Tine, Mri. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey. Mr. C. Kean. ttEALTIM ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Direetrees, Ms. Jame Ce'este. THIg EVENING, Will be performed VICTORINE. Characters by Messrs L Mur. ray, C. Selby, P. Bedford, Wright, Parselle, &c.; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. L. Murray, &e. After which, HOW'S YOUR UNCLE ? To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. aSTLKY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHF.ATIsE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Lord Byron's MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE, with all its original effects and splendid spectacle arrangements. After which, the Equestrian EXERCISES in the ARENA, in ented by Mr. Wlllam Cooke. To conclude with a favouriteAfterplece. Boa•otiice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. 'est. Acting Manager, Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director, W. Cooke. iun. Formerly it used to be regarded almost as much high treason to wish well to the enemies of the country, as to entertain the thought of tke death of the SOVEREIGN. It would seem to be other wise nowadays. For the well-wishers of the Russians, the sympathisers with the Russians, the deprecators of the War against the Russians--if they continue, as they unquestionably do con tinue, to be the merest atom of a minority, when considered numerically in comparison with the vast aggregate of the population—number amongst them the names of most of those of our public men who have, in some way or other, been dis tinguished for their statesmanship. These eminent characters are distinguished indeed, at this crisis in the affairs of the nation, if for anything at all, certainly for their sympathy with the Russians. They proclaim it. They insist upon the inutility and causelessness, and therefore, of course, upon the cruelty and absolute inhumanity of the War waged by England and France, united with Tur key and Sardinia, upon the Russians. Remem ber, too, that such are not the opinions merely of Political Bagmen like Mr. Con- DEN, of men who can see no further beyond their nose, in matters of international policy, than the length of that good cloth yard which was of old the measure of the strength of our English bowmen, but which, in the hands of our political hucksterers of to-day, is but the in strument for the measuring out of the honour, and glory, and renown of the empire by the miserable criterion of mere mercantile expediency. Opinions such as those we have mentioned, more over, are in no way restricted to trading reli gionists like Mr. BRIGHT, a class of men who seem to square their conscience by the rules, not simply of expediency, but of actual profit, legis lative actuaries, who would strike the balance of our imperial policy, guided by considerations of L. S. D., and not by a sense of Right or Justice, or by the force of any such unsubstantial and purely abstract principles. No—the views of our pro-Muscovite patriots are entertained by men of greater mark than the " gumptious" member for the West Riding, or even than the " bumptious" representative of the city of Man chester. They are the views no less of the very statesmen whose ignorance, whose fatuity, whose delays at one moment and precipitation at an other, whose lust for the retention of power, and whose greed for the perquisites of place were among the chief of the proximate causes of the very war against which their voices are now so loudly inveighing, with such very admirable consis tency ! They are the opinions not only of Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. COBDEN, but of those more nota ble recruits who are going through the ignominy of the goose-step of the drill of folly in the awk ward squad of the Peace-at-any -Price Party —raw recruits who, like the ragged regiments of FAL- - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THN DAY—Morn. 16 min. aft. 11—Evening 0 min. aft. /1 To-MORROW—Morn.S6 min. aft. 11—Evening 25 min aft. 12 THE . 7 1%AiEUM.-Bkrll 077101. Sept. 7. TSZEIIOIOIIIIII. nr TEI /DEAD& 62 b. gi,cst sinct noon yesterday. 52 °west this morning and during the night. 62 —this day, at noon. 3ABOMEETZR, 30.55-1 great rise. WIND. N.N.E. to N.E.—Fresh breeze, with heavy clouds and occasional sunshine. r ur y *ll t LONDON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 : !W. The Baltic season has virtually- slipped by, and Russia need entertain no further apprehensions respecting the operations of the British fleets. The northern malefactor has been respited for nine calendar months, and may now strengthen his defences, and make all suitable preparations for, the reception of his assailants in 1856. He has . received a salutary lesson as to weak points, and has learned by experience what it is he must provide against on the next attack. That he will profit by that which has been so painfully acquired seems certain. There is no Sir CHARLES Woos at the head of the Russian Admiralty to pooh pooh every useful suggestion, and rest contented if he can carry on matters along the beaten path in the old jog-trDt pace. It is by no means clear that the amount of damage inflicted on the stores and buildings at Sweaborg will not be more than compensated by the valuable information afforded to the defenders, as to the actual capabilities of mortar-vessels, gun-boatS,.and the rocket service, against which they can make full provision at their leisure. The question then naturally arises, Why should we be contented with an incomplete measure ? If it was indispensable that something should be done by the fleet to satisfy the nation, why did they not undertake, an easier task, which they could dispose off in workman-like style ? If Sweaborg was too much for their powers, why not be contented with Revel, or Abo, or Riga? A trifling duty properly performed would have been far better than a more import ant one left unfinished. Last year we had Bo marsund. It might not have been all that was expected by the nation, but such as it was the Work was fully accomplished. It was left in such a condition that the CZAR could not repair the damage during the winter. It no longer remained " a menace to surrounding nations," or a defence to Russia. But not so with Sweaborg. By its bombardment thp CZAR has suffered a certain amount of pecuniary damage, but that is all ! He can, by the simple outlay of Money, not only repair the mischief, but be even better off than ever—inasmuch,- as he has ac quired a knowledge of our mode of operations, against which he can provide when we come pre pared with the necessary appliances, which have been so urgently demanded by the nation for a considerable time. The fact is, as truly stated by Sir CHARLES NAPIER, that "a great opportunity of destroying Sweaborg has been lost by the imbecility of the Admiralty." It is quite clear, from what has taken place, that if the fire could have been maintained for a few hours longer the remaining vessels . could have completed the work, and hare finally disposed of Sweaborg_-and, with it, of Helsingfors—which would have followed, as a matter of course, when its protection and defence was got rid of. But we wanted a few mortar vessels l From the paucity of boats of that class at the disposal of the Admiral, too much was placed on those which he had, and they Were speedily " used up." Forty-five hours were all that they could continue at the extraordinary rat e required, and but a few mortars remained avail able at the end of that time. This was the fault, of the Admiralty, who might and ought to have provided for the failure of these important arms. w e agree with Sir CHARLES NAPlER—whose letter will be found in 4 i ( oth er part of this day's STAFF, are very well known to have been recently marched through Coventry. Conspicuous among these pro-Russianites such notorious provokers of the War against the CzAR, such notorious origi tors of that War, such notorious promoters of it from first to last as--the Earl Of ABERDEEN, the War-Prime Minister ; Sir JAMES GRAHAM, the War••First-Lord-of-the-Admiralty ; Mr. GLAD STONE, the War-Chancellor of the Exchequer ; with Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the War-President of the Council, and War-Secretary for the Colonies, and War-Leader of the House of Commons ! These are now, we all know, the chiefs of the pro-Russianites who have merged very recently into avowed leaders of the Peace at-any-Price Party. These—the very statesmen whose folly or wickedness, call it what we will, gave rise to the very War they are now so shame lessly deprecating ! From the outset some among them were suspected. Lord ABERDEEN, for ex ample, from the beginning, was branded by us in these columns, as a pro-Russianite. Latterly the others have had their loyalty to the national cause seriously questioned. Until the time arrived, when compelled one by one for very shame to quit the office they had each clung to with such unscru pulous tenacity, they let fall the mask and appear iu their right forms as the friends of our enemies, as the antagonists of the cause they themselves had 1 for a selfish object nominally espoused, as the de- ! • ,J—.b:zil 1110 t - ' " t"~ TO BREWERS, MERCHANTS, AND impression —that spare mortars would not alone MALTSTERS.—fIIBERNIA CHAMBERS, LONDON MUDGE, BOYoUGH, t'eptemeer 7,1855.— 0 n and after the 'nth inst. the have been sufficient. There should have been shove will he our Address, our present temporary Office is 7, RED LION STREET, BOROTJOH. the vessels themselves, ready to take the pl ace o f those placed hors de combat by the rapidity of their fire. But this additional force was not pro vided—nor even the inadequate substitute of spare mortars. Sir CHARLES WOOD, the respon sible party, was contented to slumber on, in the vague hope that the party with whom he was most closely connected, would be enabled to cobble up a precarious truce that would have dispensed with the necessity of exertion on his part, We believe that it was Mrs. HALL who laid down the principle that Boards are invariably " desperate stupid I" The Board of Admiralty certainly forms no exception to the general rule. On the contrary, it exceeds all others in obtuse ness. This probably arises from the fact that its head is, generally speaking, perfectly ignorant of the matters which he is so improvidently allowed to control. Even were his heart in the right place, and he himself desirous of doing his best, it would be a mere matter of chance whether he might blunder in the right course. He might possibly do so, but the chances were in favour of his doing wrong. But how greatly are those chances increased when the political " Jack of all trades," the incompent financier whose failure in the Exchequer was so notorious—the blunder ing autocrat of India—was pitchforked into the situation of First Lord ! If any naval officer held the position now occupied by Sir CHARLES Woon, it is almost impossible that he could have neglected the precautions so obviously required. And the question for the people to answer is, whether stolid ignorance and avowed incapacity shall be admitted as an excuse for shortcomings which have led to so deplorable a failure, and such serious damage to the best interests of the United Kingdom and of the civilised world ? Nor is this all in the case of the present "First Lord." We fear that there is something more serious even than incapacity to be guarded against. We know that he has been the colleague of Mr. GLADSTONE, of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and of Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT —that he has been the henchman of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, whose tergiversation has so grievously damaged his own position, and disappointed the people of Great Britain. Should the present Ministry be modified, Sir CHARLES WooD, like his great prototype, the celebrated " Vicar of Bray," would be sure to retain his position, or at least to keep a seat in the Cabinet, to which his re tarding the operations of the War, and preventing the real humiliation of the enemy would give him the best title. Under existing circumstances there is more than mere " incompetency" to be guarded against. But even under the most fa vourable auspices it would be essential to modify, or rather to abolish, the Board of Admiralty, and co obtain some kind of security that the party nominally responsible, understood something of the matter which he was expected to control, and could make provident arrangements to provide for the exigencies that would probably arise in the natural course of events. TfiE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EYENING, SEPTEMBER 7. 1853 precators of a war their own evil courses had pre cipitated. Sir J. GRAHAM, for instance, was one of those far-seeing statesmen who, in 1853, vituperated with all kinds of personal scurrilities the thrice elected ruler of a neighbouring people now happily our august Ally, thereby confirming the opinion long cherished by the AUTOCRAT, that Russia had nothing whatever to fear from the possibility of any solid union of the interests of France and England. Yet this same illustrious, and far-seeing, and over-cautious Administrator— after being the very man to preside as First Lord of the Admiralty over the maritime districts of Great Britain during the first campaign of this mighty contest with the giant power wielded by the irre sponsible Government of St. Petersburg—this same Sir JAMES GRAHAM had the hardihood, on Friday, the 31st ultimo, while referring to the War with Russia, to speak of " the prodigal and fruitless expenditure of millions of the public money" upon it [precisely the same despicable argument dunned into our ears for months past by Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. COBDEN], and who, later or upon the same occasion, in a vein of lachrymose so lemnity, spoke of the railway he was then inaugurating as a work for which a blessing might not unreasonably be expected, " for it is a work," said he (with a side glance of reprehension upon the War), "of peace and of mercy"—adding, " Such are all GOD'S works"— and then—" Our works are generally of a more doubtful character." The Russian War all the while being essential, the handiwork of Sir JAMES GRAHAM himself, and with him of Mr. GLAD STONE, and of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and of Lord ABERDEEN, and for that matter of Mr. COBDEN, and of Mr. BRIGHT, and of the rest of these very Honourable Pro-Russianists Peace-at-any-Price mongers. Surely MAwwoRM was their prototype, surely with him they might say, sententiously and sanctimoniously—" I likes to be despised !" For, have they not evidenced in their genius the true flavour and unmistakeable characteristics of the Hypocrite ? The poor unlucky people, the industrious, hard working, orderly, and much-enduring people of the metropolis must bestir themselves. Like the stray goose which every aspiring lad of the village considers himself entitled to have a pluck at, they are again marked out for victimisation. St. James's-park is to be bisected by the construction of a carriage -way from Marlborough-house to the Birdcage-walk. In other words, it is to be de stroyed. It is really too bad this continued tampering with the enjoyment of the masses. With a restric tive Beer Bill, an insidious Enclosure Bill, and a pestilent Sunday Trading Bill fresh in every body's recollection, comes a fourth scheme, which, if carried out, will utterly deprive one of the plea santest retreats in the metropolis of its attractions ; and, what makes the matter woroe, the author is not this time a senatorial Mawworm, a money hunting heir, or a foolish lordling, ambitious of Parliamentary renown, but a Cabinet Minister, a Metropolitan representative, well acquainted with the wants and necessities of the people, and who has hitherto been accounted one of their most sin cere and liberal-minded friends—to wit, Sir BENJAMIN HALL ! Yes, if most accounts be true, to this zealous and successful sanitarian, and, as was thought, en lightened Commissioner of the Board of Works, by whose instructions a band of music is stationed every Sunday in Kensington-gardens, to the grati fication of thousands, is owing this ill-advised and injurious scheme. The public may wonder, but mere wonder won't do ; they have to deal with a fact. The inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Westminster and Pimlico want a carriage way in the direction of Marlborough House, and although their desire could be gratified by permitting them the use of the existing drives round the Park, the scheme in question is deemed necessary. But then these drives are tabooed for the use of Royalty and a favoured few, and to let in a mob of carriages would be desecration. So rather than Royalty or nobility should be deprived of an exclusive right, or be exposed to an imaginary annoyance, thelpeople are to be plucked. Accus tomed day by ilay, or Sunday after Sunday, to repair to these delightful gardens, and pass at once from the dust and turmoil of a bustling and multitudinous metropolis into their verdant shades and the tranquil enjoyment of their thousand natural and acquired beauties—the industrious masses are practically to be deprived of this pri vilege, and to carry elsewhere, if they please, for interment, the memory of their ill-remunerated toil in pent-up localities, rank with an unwhole some atmosphere, simply that Royalty may escape the possibility 'of a fortnight's annoyance per annum ! Who or what set the Right Honourable Baronet in motion in this direction we are unable to say. Whether the scheme was concocted in compliance with a Court hint, or in order to win Court favour, Sir BENJAMIN best knows, and the public have the liberty to guess ; but of one thing we are tolerably certain, that if it has had any coun tenance from her MAJESTY, which we doubt, a proper representation of the case will cause her to withdraw that countenance, it being noto rious that her MAJESTY has always displayed a praiseworthy solicitude for the welfare of the less- favoured portion of her subjects. On the other hand, so to speak, we are reluctant to believe that a popular representative like Sir BENJAMIN HALL would condescend to fawn even for a coronet —which he is said to want—on royalty. It is for him, however, to satisfy the public on this head Whatever was the inducement, they have a right at least to complain of his haring lent his sanction and authority to the scheme, and also to expect its immediate abandonment. Failing a direct in- timation of this, their appeal must be to the QUEEN from her misguided Minister. FAILURE OF NASHYTITS MONSTER GUN. We regret to learn that Mr. Nasmyth's wrought iron gun has proved a complete failure, and this not on ac count of the mechanicle difficulties which had to be en countered—formidable as they were —but from a most unexpected peculiarity in the material employed, when brought together in so large a mass as was necessary for Mr. Nasmyth's purpose. It seems that wrought iron, so tractable under all ordinary conditions of working, can not be welded together in very large masses without undergoing a change in its molecular arrangement, ex ceedingly injurious to its tenacity. As we understand the explanation which we have received on this point, an immense mass of iron like that which Mr. Nasmyth has welded together continues so long in an incandescent and soft state that a process analogous to crystallisation takes place within its substance, whereby the fibrous texture, from which it derives its tenacity, is destroyed, and it becomes even less capable than cast iron of resist ing the explosion of a heavy charge of gunpowder. We understand that, in addition to the unfavourable result obtained by Mr. Nasmyth at Patricroft, another experi ment of a similar nature, made under the direction of Government, has preyed a complete failure from the peculiarity in the material to which we have alluded ; and a large gun which had been completed was found utterly unfit for use. Indeed we believe it burst into many pieces on the first trial. Mr. Nasmyth's experi ment has consequently been abandoned.—Afaschssfer Guardian. The Duke of Northumberland, who arrived in town on Tuesday, from Keilder Castle, Northumberland, where he has been enjoying the sports of the field, left last night to join the Duchess at Alnwick. Lord Saltoun is at present at Ness Castle, where a large circle of friends are entertained with Highland hos. pitality. His lordship intends to reside permanently at Ness Castle. sai (FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.—ArrivaIs Sept. 2 Siby+, -schooner, Franci. Rufford, Esq., from West of Scotland, came into harbour to lay up. 3. Minx, y iwl, Lord Londesbornugh, Belfast ; Eugenie, schooner, John Wardlaw, Esq. ' Eastward, and pro ceeded \Vest ; Zoe, schooner, H. M. Haminersley, Esq., West of Scotland. 5. Beatrix, schooner, Sir W. P. Carew, Bart., Plymouth and other ports. Sailing's— Sept. I. lone, schooner, Sir H. Oglander, Bart., for Cowes Harbour, to lay . 5. Gloriana, schooner, J. Gee, Esq., Hamble River, t o l ay up • Frisk, cutter, G. Ark ' wright, Esq., Portsm ou th. G. Stella, cutter, R. Fraiikland, Esq., Cork. Yachts at and about the Station—Capricorn, Cecile, Irene, Zoe. Enchantress, Alarm, Wizard, Nymph, Brilliant, Aurora, Minx, Plover, Gem, Beatrix. Lieutenant-General Sir R. Gardiner, late Governor of Gibraltar, has arrived in England. THE WILTSHIRE ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. —This as sociation will bold its annual meeting at Chippenbam, on September 11th, 12th, and 13th, under the presi dency of George Poulett Scrope, Esq., M.P. A VESSEL ON Sion.—SKAGEN, August 29.—The Jacob Prentiss, Kelly, from Memel to Bristol, with timber and hemp, was stranded on the Scaw reef this morning, and is very leaky. Endeavours are being made to get her off . H.M.S. NERBUDDA.—Some uneasiness has been occa sioned by the protracted absence of her Majesty's steamer Nerhudda, which left Algoa Bay on the 10th instant for Simon's Bav, and has not yet been heard of. The Hydra and Frolic were bath sent to sea on Thursday to look out for her.--Cape Town Mail. COLLIERS' STRIKE.—Th e colliers are still out on strike in Wishew and Dalzell—Coatbridge and Airdrie also sympathise. The aim is ls. aeslay advance. Meetings and processions with music are taking place daily.— North British Daily Mail. KETHAM STEAM-YARD.—An immense block of granite weighing 121 tons, forming the centre-piece over the gateway of the principal entrance to the yard, was put in place on Monday week. F. is a beautiful specimen of granite, and was brought from the quarry of Messrs. Greenwood and Co., Gunnis Lake. PRICE OF BREAD IN EDlNBURGH.—According to the price of wheat and flew in the Edinburgh market, the four pound loaf will be sold at 911. and 10d. ready money, according to quality ; and 101 d. credit.—North British Daily Mail. REDUCTION IN PRICE OF MALT WHISKY.—The act of last sesion permitting the use of malt duty-free in the distillation of spirits, and which comes into opera tion on the let of next month, will, we are informed by a distiller, reduce the price of malt whisky about 6d. a gallon proof, or sd. a gallon 11 over proof.—Bang Journal. A MORMON PREACHER DROWNED IN THE LYNHER.— A young man named John Dudman, of Bath, aged 20, a Mermen preacher, who had for several days been in the neighbourhood propagating the doctrines of the note lions Joe Smith, was accidentally drowned in the River Limber whilst in the act of bathing. Deceased was ae comraa:ed to the river by a person named Gartrell, whom he urged to bathe with him. Gartrell refus. d, and persuaded the preacher not to venture in a particular Hart of the river on anceunt of a strong current there. Disregarding advice, Dudman immediately plunged into the stream, and for some time bore himself up by swim ming, stating that he was providentially protected and feared nothing. His sit'iation in the river being danger ous, Gartrell handed out a pole close to him, by the aid of which he might have saved himself, but, refusing this proffered assistance, he almost immediately after sank.— Plymouth Mail. THI LASH.—On Tuesday last, at Winchester, Staff Sergeant Crowdy, of the 23d Royal Welch Fusiliers, un derwent this punishment in accordance with the finding of a court-martial, which had sentenced him to be degraded to the rank of private, to forfeit all claim to a pension, to receive 50 lashes, and to be imprisoned for 6 months for robbing Pay-sergeant Purcell, of the same regiment, of the sum of 37/.105., money he had in hand on regimental account for payment of the men. It appears that while Serjeant Pursell was out on business in the town, Crowdy, by means of another key, unlocked the door of the room in the barracks where Pursell was quartered, and where he had left his cash-box, with the key in it. Crowdy having abstracted the money, no suspicion fell on him for a day or two, when it was found he had been trying to get gold for two pounds worth of silver, and about that amount of silver was known to have been in the cash-box. On searching his room the sum of 291. 15s. was found tied up in a handkerchief belonging to Ser jeant Purcell, and which was lost at the same time as the money. In the face of such evidence, it is not surprising that the delinquent was sentenced to the most degrad ing punishment the law would allow.—Banyskire Independent. NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—Some dissatisfaction has been expressed in Norwich in reference to the long periods fer which the accounts of the musical festival held last year have been withheld from the public. The sums derived for the local charities from the festival have been progressively declining of late years, and it is stated that no surplus accrued from the last meeting. This supposition would seem to be warranted from the follow. ing statistics of the attendance at the festival since its establishment in 1824 : Yoar. Patrons. General Comp. First meeting 1824 ... 495 6,993 Second meeting 1827* ... 709 8,362 Third meeting Fourth meeting 1833 ... 699 ... 5,385 Fifth meeting 1836 ... 850 ... 5,362 Sixth meeting Seventh meeting Eighth meeting 1 845 .., 1,013 ... 6,724 Ninth meeting 1848 ... 1,013 ... 6,201 Tenth meeting Eleventh meeting A suggestion has been made in one of the local papers that two grand concerts should be given every year, in stead of six triennially. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—THE AFRICAN TWINS.—The twin negro children, who are joined together at, the lower part of their backs by a ligament of flesh sixteen inches in circumference, were onWednesday shown to a number of medical gentlemen and persons connected with the press, in the saloon of Drury lane Theatre. There can be no doubt of the genuineness of this rare physiological curiosity. The children, it must be avowed, do not seem at all the worse in health, intelligence, or hap piness, for the extraordinary bondage in which they have been placed by the caprice of Nature at their birth. They ran to and fro, they talk, laugh, and sing, and are pleased with the notice of strangers. One of them exclaimed, in answer to a remark she overheard, " I don't look like a nigger." Their hair is woolly and complexion a dusky brown. They will be five years old next month, and are both girls, one being named " Mill v," and the other " Bessy." We believe they manage to be enanimous, a s it i s d es i ra b le they should he, upon all their movements, and they will kiss each other with much sisterly fondness, although it is not very easy for them to turn their faces so as to look at each other. Their pulses do not beat together, and all the internal organs are belived to be quite separate ; and it is satisfactory to learn that there may yet be a chance of releasing them, before they grow up, from the incon venient situation in which they now are. It is said that their parents are negroes in slavery, in one of the Southern States, and that the first profits of their exhi bition in England will be devoted to purchase the liberation of the fatht r and mother. DETERMINED SUICIDE IN A RAILWAY TRAlN.—Yester day morning a tn.st determined act o f se lf-d estruct i on was committed in a railway carriage, between Notting ham and Derby, by a young gentleman named Payne, son of Dr. Payne, of the first -mentioned town. It ap nears that deceased left Nottingham by the ordin ar y t-ain at 8.40 a.m., travelling in a second-class carriage. In the same compartment were two gentlemen who pro ceeded as far as the Trent Junction, where they got out, and deceased was left alone. Trent Junction is equidis tant between Nottingham and Derby, being about eight miles from either place. The train on leaving called at Sawley and Draycott, two small stations, and then stopped at Borrowash ; the station-master at which place was proceeding to open the door when be saw the body of Mr. Payne hanging close to the door. The deceased gentleman had taken a black silk neckerchief from his neck, and had suspended himself from the ventilator at the top of the carriage door. He had also taken off his shoes, and turned his trousers up to the knees. He was immediately cut down, and although life was apparently not extinct, he was beyend hope of recovery. The un fortunate gentleman was conveyed to Derby, and Mr. Gisborne, the company's surgeon, attended him, but life was extinct. To show how determined deceased was to commit the rash act, we may state that from the time the two gentlemen got out at Trent Junction until he was discovered at Borrowash not more than 10 minutes could have elapsed. No letters were found upon him to throw any light on the cause of the deed, but he had 21. in money, a band-box, slippers, &c., as if proceeding on a journey. His parents have been made ac quainted by telegraph with the melancholy circum stance, and the body awaits an inquest at the Derby station. On the same day an inquest was held upon the body by Mr. Wbiston, coroner, at the George Inn, near the railway station, Derby, when evidence was adduced as to the finding of the body, and an opinion was expressed that Mr. Payne had taken away his lif e whilst suffering from an attack of inflammation of the bowels, to which, it appeared, he was very subject, occa sionally to such an extent as to deprive him of his senses fora time. The jury returned a verdict to the eff ec t that "deceased state had of m destroyed ind., himself, being at th e ti me in an unsound REFORMATION OF JUVENILE CRIMINALS.—The guar terly court of the governors of the Philanthropic So ciety was held at their offices, Crown-court, Thread. needle-street, on Tuesday, for the purpose of hearing a detail of the working of their institution, Redhill Farm, Reigate, for the reformation of juvenile criminals. Mr. William Gladstone occupied the chair. The Rev. Sidney Turner, chaplain to the establishment, reported that since April, 1849, there had been admitted into it 816, and that 629 had been discharged from it, so that the present number on the farm was 187. He added that, of the 629 discharged, 402 had been sent out as emi grants to the colonies, chiefly to New Brunswick, where there were at present 60 of them. During the last three months the admissions numbered 40, and the discharges 52. Of those discharged, 35 had been assisted to emi grate, 12 had been provided with employment (of whom one had turned out badly), and the other 5 either de serted or were sent away as incorrigible. Of those at present in the institution, 150 were the nominees of Government, which paid for their maintenance ; the cost of which for the whole establishment was, during the last six months, with an average of 195 boys, 3,2321., irrespective of 5901. paid in emigration and apprentice fees. This report was unanimously adopted, and some routine business disposed of, when the proceedings ter minated with a vote of thanks to the chairman, COWES, ISLE OFWlGlin—Sept. 6. THIS DAY'S NEWS LA IV INTELI-'.IG-ENCE.---(7' HIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. CommissionPr Fara)) IN RE W. G. BROWNE. This was a meeting for last examination. The bank rupt was described as a clothier, draper, &c., of Dart ford, Kent. The balance-sheet commenced July, 1852, and ended July, 1855, and showed—Capital at commencement, 501. ; debtor to creditors, 7411. 124. 3d.; profits, 6921. Credit—by good debts, 2121. ; stock, 363/. ; fixtures, 481. 108. ; trade expenses, 3771. 9s. Bd. ; domestic do., 3991. 12s. ; losses, 691. 10s. The bankrupt passed his last examination. IN BE PEMBLE BROWNE. This was a meeting for certificate. The bankrupt was described as of Carshalt m, Kent, wine merchant, formerly trading with J. E. Browne, at Melbourne, Australia, as a general merchant, and lately with Chas. Savant Walsh, 75, Grosvenor-vreet, wine merchant. The balance-sheet commenced July, 1854, and ended July, 1855, and showed—Debtor to creditors, 576/, 9,3. 6d.; cash received from his wife, 1731. 19s. 11d.; to liabilities of J. and P. Browne of Australia, 7271. 133. ld.; surplus Ist June, 1854, 8631. 163.; creditor by pro perty surrendered to assignees, 2691. 19s. 3d.; debtor to J. and P. Browne carries to losses, 5131. 163. (this is exclusive of proportion of profit and loss account) ; losses on sale of property under bankruptcy, 2301. ls, 9d.; losses, Walsh and Browne, 1401. ss. ld.; 7271. 13s. ld. The bankrupt came to this country from Melbourne about 12 months since, with the intention of returning. He alleges that the firm is solvent in London, notwith standing the London creditors have taken these proceed. ings against them. Mr. Welborne, solicitor to the assignees, had no ob jection to the bankrupt passing hie last examination. No opposition being offered by any of the creditors, His Honour allowed the bankrupt to pass his last examination. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. -(T HIS DAY. BOW-STREET'. THE WATCH ROBBERY IN THE STRAND.—This morning the two men named Joseph Levy and George Purser, charged with being in possession of a portion of the stolen property, were placed at the bar in accordance with the remand granted by Mr. Henry last Friday. The particulars of the case have been fully reported in The Sun. Inspector Mackenzie this morning informed the magistrate that he had not yet succeeded in tracing any more of the property, neither had he been fortunate enough to discover the principals in this case ; but, from information he had received, he thought he should be able to succeed in both objects if time was granted him. Mr. Henry said he should, in order to allow the In spector every opportunity of discovering the property, and also the principal parties in this case, remand the prisoners for another week, but he would take bait in the sum of 401. for each of the prisoners. Bail for George Purser was then tendered, and he was liberated. The other man, Levy, having been unable to pro cure the required surety, was again locked up. GUILDHALL. EXTRAORDINARY CIIARGR.—Mr. John Carter, jun., brewer, of Clifton, near Bristol, recently a town coun cillor of that ward, but lately become a bankrupt, ap peared before Alderman Humphrey, charged with per jury. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Parry for the defendant. Mr. Clarkson said he appeared on behalf of Messrs. Stuckey and Co., bankers, of Bristol, to prefer a charge of perjury or such other charge as the evidence would support. The perjury consisted of the defendant having made an affidavit in the course of proving the will of his elder brother, Mr. Edwin Carter, on the 21st February, 1847. The circumstances out of which the charge arose: were somewhat interesting and extraordinary. Some time since Mr. Edwin Carter, deceased, reiided at Chepstow, and was possessed of a considerable amount of property, between 30.0001. and 40,0001. By the will of the 12th January, 1846, he devised his pro perty after the payment of certain legacies to the defend ant and his brothers and sisters in fee, with tee right of their disposing of the same. Upon this will the brothers and sisters of the defendant with him, raised somewhere about 20,0001. , 0n this property by way of mortgage, and afterwards by way of transfer and conveyance of their several shares ; the property came into the pos session of Messrs. Stuckey, and Co., bankers, of Bristol. At the commencement of this year, the banking com pany proceeded to sell the property, and realised about 20,0301., on which the abstracts to the title were made out, when to the surprise of Messrs. Stuckey and Co., notice was served on them by a gentleman named Toge, stating that a will of the deceased Edwin Carter, had been found, which rendered the will of the 12th of January, 1846, inoperative, the will recently found, which conveyed the property in question; granting an annuity of only 1001. per annum to the other members of the family, for their lives, the fee being in John Carter, jun , and his children. This circumstance caused extraordinary sensation amongst those who lent the money on the property. Inquiries were made, and it turned out that one of Mr. Carter's sisters married a person of the name of Lasbury, and that about the latter end of the past month (August) Mr. Lasbury was sent for by one of the sisters residing with her father at Clif ton. He went there and iu the presence of Mr. John Carter, jun., the folkiwing extraordinary disclosure took place. Mr. Carter, sen., said that he considered himself a dying man and wished to disburthen his mind to Mr. Lasbury, and disclose to him what he ought to know. He then said that shortly after the funeral of his son Edwin, they met together, and two wills produced and read, when they thought (Mr. John Carter, jun., being then present), the will of 12th Jan., 184 Z, contained a more favourable disposition of the estate than the will of April, 1846, and that they there fore adopted the former. Now (Mr. Clarkson said), the family of Carter having obtained 20,0001. on that will, and the second being produced on the disposal of the property, to realise the mortgagees, the bankers had instituted these proceedings. Mr. Clarkson then called on Mr. Toge to produce the second will. Mr. Parry had no objection to produce the will, pro vided Mr. Clarkson undertook not to impound the docu ment. Without that promise was given, he should ob ject to the will and the other papers being produced. He was anxious to give every information possible. Mr. Clarkson ultimately g .ve the required promise, and the will was produced. The will of 12th January, 1846, was produced from Doctors' Commons, and the attestation proved. The various documents connected with the proving the will, signed by Mr. J. Carter, jun., were put in, and proof given by Dr. Bayford, surrogate, Doctors' Commons, that he administered the oath to the person signing his name John Carter, jith. Evidence was then given of the proving the will, and that the signatures were in the handwriting of the de fendant. Mr. Lasbury, the brother-in-law was called, and gave evidence in support of Mr. Clarkson's opinion. The case was then adjourned for a week, the defendant being admitted to hail. THE WRECK OF THE SHIP NASHWAUK.—ADELAIDE, S.A., May 2 8.—Tne Nashwa.uk, M'lnty re , f rom Liver pool to this port, which was ashore at Harnot's Creek, May 13, has gone to pieces, and the beach is strewed with wreck and cargo. WRECK OF THE SHIP AMANDA.—NORTH UIST, Aug. 28.—The Amanda, of and for Belfast, from Prussia, with wheat, was wrecked on tt.e 25th of August, en the Point of Airchnile, west side of South Uist ; crew and some of the materials saved. THE EMPEROR LOUIS NAPOLEON AND THE SCOTTISH LANGUAGE.—Mr. Henry Scott Riddell, of Teviothead, the well-known author of " Scotland Yet," and many other esteemed and popular national songs, was re cently, on the recommendation of a distinguished clergy man of the Established Church, employed to translive the Gospel of Matthew into the Lowland Scotch. He was informed that the translation was for a foreigner of high distinction. Mr. Riddell finished his task a few weeks ago, and be has now been informed that his em ployer is no less a personage than the Emperor of the French. The Emperor, he has been given to understand, takes a curious interest in languages, and it would ap pear is especially interested in the older language of Caledonia, the country of the progenitors of his Empress. —Edinburgh Advertiser. ROSES AND ESSENCE OF ROSES.—Certain districts in Bulgaria are entirely planted with roses. In spring, these flowery glades seem to be the asylum of happiness, for, as soon , as t h e picking commences, the young girls, so meanly dressed, usually so apathetic, are transformed into sylphs, an d reve l in the perfumed fragrance of the roses. The essences sold in Germany and the west of Europe are o bt a i ne d f rom Bulgaria ; but this branch of trade is daily lessening in i m p or t ance . Chemistry, eon• tinually progressing, no longer requires flowers to mak e roie-water. It obt a i ns i t from the detritus of the or game kingdom, just as it has borowed the scent of va nilla from pitcoa,l.—Colburn's New Monthly. LATEST NEWS. DANTZIC, THURSDAY, SEPT. 6, 8 P.M. The Vulture has arrived. She is not so seriously injured as was at firs supposed. There is not any news of importance. The weather is very bad. The fleets are healthy. BERLIN, SEPT. 6. Intelligence from St. Petersburg has been re ceived. The Emperor has given permission to Count Nesselrode to travel. A great fire has broken out at Moscow, which lasted 24 hours. General de Berg, who commands at Sweaborg, has been decorated with the order of St. Andrew. ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 5. An imperial ukase has been issued, abolishing, on the proposal of Prince Paskiewitch, the Field Commissariat of the army on active service ; Com missary general Annenkoff resuming his former charge. TRIESTE, SEPT. 5. Kadikoi is entirely destroyed by fire. MADRID, SEPT. 5. The subscriptions to the loan of 250 millions now amount to 115 millions. The reform of the tariff is being compiled. It is proposed to reduce the duty on cotton goods. The duty on paper and on wood is to be sup pressed. AUSTRIA. A letter from Berlin, in the Dusseldorf' Gazette, states that Austria is intent upon negotiating a new loan of from 250 to 300 millions of florins (the florin is about 2fr. 50c.) Councillor de Hock is to pro ceed to Paris for that purpose, but many doubt the possibiltiy of Austria raising such an amount of money in France. According to a report which is pretty generally current here, an additional treaty is said to have been concluded last week between England and. France, which, however, is not likely to be pub lished, as it is understood to relate to eventualities which the war in the East may bring forth, arid upon which an agreement has been come to by way of anticipation. Qui vivra verra. His Majesty the Emperor left his summer resi dence of Laxenburg for Ischl this morning. Reports from Montece:zro inform us of the fruit less efforts made by the French Consul at Scutari to bring about a good understanding between the Montenegrians and the Sultan. The discontent and distractions of the unfortu nate kingdom of the Two Sicilies is now gaining a very public interest. The more so, indeed, as se veral great European countries are likely to take part in the question, and are most certainly not over peacefully disposed towards the present King. It may he of some interest to your readers to learn that the Neapolitan forces consist of 88 battalions of infantry, 36 squadrons of cavalry, 17 batteries, and 43 ships of war, of which 29 are large steamers. This would make a total of nearly 80,000 men. THE MEDITERRANEAN. MARSEILLES, Sept. 4.—The steamers and sailing - ransports which so lately crowded the port of the Joliette have taken their departure for the Crimea, laden with troops and military stores, with the exception of the City of Baltimore (which is ready for sea, but which is waiting for the clip per the Great Republic, to be laden with shot and shells, that she may tow her to Kamiesh), the Napoleon 111., Waterwitch, the French steamers Sull7, Egyptien, Prophete, the American steamer William Penn, the Sardinian steamer Count de Cavour, and the sailing transports Great Republic, Queen of Clippers, Astoria, Sala din, and Harmonie. The Prophete arrived last evening from Constantinople, which she left on the 22d of last month, with 60 invalids. The British steamer European sailed last evening, having on board 1,100 men, detachments from the 15th, 32d, 80th, and 86th regiments of the line, and of the sth, 6th, and 19th battalions of Chasseurs of Vincennes. She towed the clipper Titan, carrying 1,000 men of the 6th, 42d, 50th, 57th, and 62d Regts. The soldiers on deck formed as compact a mass as bees in a hive. The steam-packet Carmel likew ice sailed last even ing for Constantinople, taking the mails and 300 of the 10th Chasseurs of Vincennes. The men jumped on board with as much elan as if they were about to advance to the assault of the Malakhoff. Several Sisters of Charity likewise sailed in the Carmel. The quay of the Joliette is to-day encumbered with bombshells of all sizes, which are conveyed there in carts more quiokly than they can be received on hoard the transports in the dock. I observe, like wise, that a vast number of shovels are being shipped for the army in the Crimea, made up iu cases of 25 each. General Rostolan, commander of the f orces , re viewed on Sunday the troops arrived here for em ' barkation, consisting of detachments from the Ist, 14th, 34th, 44th, 66Th, 69th, 70th, awl 89th Regi ments of infantry, and sth, 6th, 10th, and 19th battalions of Chasseurs of Vincennes. The men were accoutred in heavy marching order, and ap peared to be all well calculated for the service for which they are intended. After the inspection General Rostolan proceeded to visit Abd-el-Kader, who arrived here from Constantinople by the Thabor on Saturday. This celebrated Arab chief is much changed in appearance since I saw him at the grand review in the Plain of Satory, com manded by Marshal Magnan. He is now broken in health, and has suffered so much from violent pains since his arrival here that he was not able to continue his journey to Paris until yesterday morning. Among the passengers arrived from the East within the last few days is a young man, a native of Marseilles, who commanded a brig freighted by Government to convey stores to Kawiesli. The brig was wrecked about three months since near Odessa. The crew were captured by the Russians, and the captain remained in that town on parole until he was lately exchanged. He gives a most lamentable account of the state of distress to which all classes in that once flourishing town are now reduced. Many hitherto opulent families, he says, are literally starving. The inhabitants are, more over, living in const a nt appre h ens i on of? being bombarded by the Allied fleets. The town is ' mined, be adds, and the Russian commander has orders to destroy it rather than permit it to be oc cupied by the Allies. There have been several sudden deaths in Mar seilles within the last week. Among others, Mr. Leigh, from Liverpool, who died after a very few hours' indisposition, though assisted by the best medical advice. His remains wore interred in the Protestant cemetery. RUSSIA. The Invalide Russe publishes the following ex tracts from Prince Gortschakoff's diary of the siege from the 14th to the 18th of August : "The fire of the enemy before Sebastopol, from the 2d to the 6th (14th-18th) of August, which was very heavy at times, became almost incessant after ni g htf a ll. The besiegers throw in a great quantity of hollow shells against the works of the town. " On the 4th (16th) the fire against the town was slack. " On the sth (17th), at 4.30 a.m., the enemy opened a new cannonade and bombardment. They had suc ceeded, for this object, in placing a large number of mortars in their nearest trenches. Th e fi re of the be siegers was directed against the Karabelnaia and the works which defend that part of the town. " On our side, despite the violence of this bombard ment, the artillery of the town replied with c,nstant success, and with no less energy than that of the enemy, and, by its well - directed fi re , s il enced on the sth (17th) so me of their batteries, and d es t roye d the embrasures of o thers. The serious damage done to our fortifications was repaired by us as well as possible, although the in cessant fire at short range of the besiegers considerably delays the works. "Our losses, which were moderate during the first three days, were considerable on the sth (17th)." The Invalide publishes the following details : "Aug. 2 (14th).---The war of mines is carried on in front of Bastion No, 4. We could hear the enemy' workmen. The explosion of a counter mine stoppea thorn. To-day the line of defence of Sebastopol was stiergthened by two new batteries. The enemy ccon tinuedto fertify Quaranti ne B .y, i ncrease d the thick ness and h e i g h t ef the defences o f hi s adva,eced trenches, and op ene d two embrasures in the old Volbynia re doubt. "Aug. 3 (15th).—We fired three smoke balls (caiou• fists) in front of Bastion No. 4, which for a time inter rooted the enemy's works. They fired two mine::: which did us oo harm. At 3.53 p.m. lire,/ Plyatolv, bats soproaoln-d Matt.ry No. 10. within the distends `," 900 sagenes, and fired shells. The besiegers succeeded to of opening ten embra,ures in their lower trench in front the old liainsehatka Redoubt against the Nornilo., Bf-1,41 " Aug. 4 (16tb).—The enemy succeeded in Plightli damaging one of - otir haf.teries by an expsion. A ,, g. 5 (17th), 4.30 a.m.—As observed alreadl,". enemy commenced a violent bombardment, to which batteries replied with similar vigour. This terrible fur was kept up for five consecutive hours, after ohich?: considerab'y s eel , coed. The fire of the besiegers .A directed again s t B as t on N o . 3, the Kornileff Ba`t: d toe three inter me d ia t e Bastions, Bastion No. 2, a n fp left half of the second section of the line of defence. A , the evening the enemy for a moment occ upied our Tit vanced lodgment s b e f ore B ast i on N o . 2, but Liente Loukaschevitch, in commarnd of that por tion of our and of our secre t posts, d rove them out, and our lea resumed its former positions. a al "Aug. 6 (18th).—Th e b om b ar d men t w as renew s daybreak with great vigour." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 31st ult. ha ve ; rived. They announce that the once f a mous,. the rceldo is about to re-appear. The committee ca not t Junta on tariffs, specially charged to make a "Jo, on cotton tissues, had held several deliberatie to It is said that the Minister of Finance lliter l i s t i t e present a measure to the Cortes for the delh e is regulation of the debt immediately a fter 0 , meeting. A lett e r o f th e I s t says that tberideidas cratic party in Gali c i a h a d h e ld a mee tings! u° fit ies de Reis, which was a tt en d e d b y several, a e l p w - bal of the Cortes, for th e purpose of discuaaleg, line of policy it is t o f o ll ow un d er ex i s ting Cl, O O stances, and especially in the event of the ot ber de la Victoria quitting the government. , - ` ll -Fitne; provinces, and especially in Valencia awl, : n ly'ea madura, the democratic party has lately.u'Llng consideral le activity. The government is a strict watch on the movements of the par t % t he is determined to act energetically against iii a all event of its being guilty of any illegality'. A nd Carlist band has appeared near Tarragd a, „ t he Marshal O'Donn e ll' s brigade, which was , ° ,7 f deri march from Burgos t o Madrid, has receiv ed s',po' to occupy Medina Cccli, an i mportant s trateg 4 " sition. in Aragon. THE WEST INDIA MATLS SOUTHAMPTON, S ° The Royal Mail Compally's steam-shiP 4 t 05,11 34 CaptainWoolley, arrived thi s morn i ng at from the West Indies, with the usual o ;i fi lti charge of Lieutenant C. P earson, R.N., It" agent. On her homeward voyage the Atrato exr eo strong head winds and much swell. The latest dates broualit by the Atrat° a t Grey Town, August 4 ; C o l on , 8 ; Demerg' rjg clt, Carthagena 10 ; Jamaica, 11 ; T r i n idad, (ire 15; and Jecmel, 12 ; Porto Rico, 14 ; Barbadoest and St. Thomas, 22. fp m The following is the list of passengers,,e ll poi° whence :—Hon. Judge F arqu h arson, Mire.. and child, Mr. and Mrs. H esse, M r , T. P.,,'„ 0 i0,; Mr. E. J. Davis, and Dr Harvey, from J a ii f , Sir H. Fletcher, Bart., Grenadier Guards, es' N. Askins, and Mr.lrish, fr om B ar b a does ;;'"" Cloke and Beresford, from St. Vincent ; lles o nington, from Nevis ; C a pt a i n Cobb, m e e Howard, Weiss, Blasy, &c., from Colon ;,,„ q uest De Nully Leseur, Kolff, J. Barr, Cayrol, ' O OO Sespes, Roubeau, and Fer ran d ou, Miss Pu frot° &c., from St. Thomas ; six invalided sestn ei r itif il her Majesty's ships ; and four distressed seamen—total 58. e1( 1 r The Atrato brings on f re i g h t $283,37-q ,lilfel dust and bars, $34,877 platina, $213, 361 - s4w 705 serons of cochineal, 43 serons of .le lar ifee, l() l pearls, 23 tierces of co ff ee, 109 b arre l s of n e o efg bags of cocoa, 12 packages of beeswax, saccades, 76 cases of c i gars, 4 cases o f for con' 37 bales of sarsaparilla, and a general cargt, sisting of 42 packages. T o t a l , 2,806 pacliaes The information respecting her MajestY d s s an d of war, at the v ar i ous W est I n di a ielei) at o d ' naval stations, at the (late of the most rein vice (August 11) i s as f o ll ows :—At Port ~ttef the 'I ermagant, Imaum, an d E ury di ce ; theattioP arrived on the 9th f rom Havana, and Was r : T l3l Boscawen, Argus, an d Espiegle, at Httl i ' t3-• to re' Wolverine sailed on the 9th for Greytown i t .01 0 lieve the Buzzard. Th e M ar i ner, at Grena us t 'fir Vestal, at Anti g ua ; th e A ra b an d D a ring vana ; the Mtdea, at St. Domingo ; the Se °r e at Bermuda. f ete The stations of the Company's steam-81)4 3 ;0111 as follow :—The Teviot, Capt. Moir, Spanish pet' the Clyde, Capt. Heenan, Spanish Main ; ths c , d je ' went, Capt. Reeks, Gulf of Mexic o ;• the fr, ce Capt. Hole at Gren a d a , b ro k en down ; the , t. Capt. Bridges, a t B e li ze. The Tama!) : 8 Parker, arrived with th e ma il s of the 2a cl, 16th, and is gone t o Wi n d war d Islands. ‘,",r3's Wye, Capt. Pow e ll, h a d not arr i ved on the from the Gulf of Mexico. tbe eta' The Atrato spoke th e f o ll ow i ng s hi p s on turn voyage :—Sept. 1, exchanged colou rs 51 00 ship Indian Queen, from Barbadoes to Cork ; jaa. the barque Caroni, from Trinidad to 14) 1 ,, II rcle t e Sept. 2, exchang e d co l ours w i t h t h e French —col' Manapany, from Guadeloupe, and the Charl es , o 4 ca; loner, outw a rd b oun d. S ept. 3, exehaAg' t olu b lours with the American ship Brewster , for westward. , ' ,„ fl aas , The Atrato waited seven days at St. am,— pow the Wye, with the mails from Mexico and Ja ta but she did not arrive. fro o The royal mail ship Eagle, with 11 ? 1 , 1 ,! i t into Demerara and Trinidad broke down, and r ;re fo r , Grenada, and there remains. The mails ! Ver t warded by a hired vessel. The chief engin es in a very precarious state from yellow fe ve lroor f Yellow fever has broken out among the 00: Barbadoes.at Two officers, of the 69th 11 , e „ g tese: (Lieutenants Allen and Dorington), and Li e- o f aT Cave, Ist West India Regiment, eight men Reg`, Royal Artillery, and eight men of the 6 'larri s l' merit, have died, as also the son of Capt. /Si• too, , barrack master. The troops are sent out o f We t ; and are in camp. The mails from Barb. r a",:ijaie sent on by a hired vessel—those from n l-3^ and Goadaloupt, by a French war-steamer'ot for Yellow fever was b e tt er a t S t. Th om as ; b, of the cases of small-pox w ere repor t e d on the vl3.' sailing of the Atrato. ate cili From Jamaica w e h ave th e story, so rep'i told„, of trade dull and no prospect of an '`iare ment. Mining alone seems favourable. tract the following mining report : Cb g ' " We are gratified to learn that the reports ° l s° ing-cross, th e p ro p erty o f t h e Wheal J a maica C ° wri t ' continue exceedingly favourable. The IniP ing h e. under date the 27 t h J u l y, reports as follows :-„-king " The lode in th e b o tt om o f the Wi nne , su' l yingut low bamboo level, i s a b ou t f our f eet wide, uol j erbsof present very trifling, with a good eavine frai l inches thick on th e f oot - wall. The groun d, u" Aide, still very hard f or s i n ki ng. feet ; " In adit No. 1 t h e l o d e is upwards of fou r ( t .aP iig ~ with two rich v e i ns o f ore on the hanging and I°°rid, the remainder of th e l o d e i s orey throughout!: will P ro , ing from prese n t appearances, I expect thelremore only increase in width, but become awe!" fitable oul-Y th " In adit No. 2 we are at present carryingrfe hanging wall-sile of the lode, which is too lA r t : is ° l ; s elude in one end. The present end, however' 1 0 , 6 :to throughout, and on that account we are 01 ''',g - ,bettv o t nearly all of the lode that is taken. I intew' 00 11 P t, drive a cross-cut the end, to prove the fo L o e r iche s o of the lode, which at present appears to be tu w itb s ° " Adit No. 3 remains as last t he reported, good spots of o re t h roug h out. t s irlce 'rit c) " 'ln the 50 f a th om (Willi ams ' s ) c roo'cli feet inter'ecticn of th e lode, we have driven 2 t O O in c h il ;de it. It consists at present of a branch front oe , °A'S thick, composed of nitive and yellow coPPe r B o ost 5 0 of iron, spars, &c., in a rich body of prian, 0 0 decomposed porphy r y, w ith a s li g ht under °l' pr esen 4, whole, as far as we h ave got i nto t h e lode ti oto t consider it highly p rom i s i ng , the g t r s 6° ° " P.S. Since writi ng th e a b ove , I l' s°e „ s t / 9 pleasure in infor m i ng you t h at we h a ve i t - Jo OD" m ost branch of yell ow ore f rom t h ree to f our irO ds cl 0 1 1 it William's cross-cut, and which has far exce e o rdiog' sanguine expectations. I lose no time in tor herewith some samples.' " COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENC‘ In the absen.T ce A o l‘ f l a A n l y C th A in MlAikeßaKetEisTeSb. owes, pro we C l° i h s a i v m e r b e u o t r f p e r w ov r i ezn o a n r s k , s to m g ake. Our m arket g en 01 4 but it is be so, for the demand-is small, j and there is as, If tion on the part of seller , to parcel out their g ° „ ° ieg iti' stocks are kept down, and bu•4iuess confined to l' e „ tool mate channels, there is some hope that thing! 030 be ie. out satisfactorily ; but if our market i s again t ° b oa undated with cargo after cargo, as hash eretofore ALEWIVES Out the case, the result to all partiemust be ruin°us" the into active demand for th t e coun ry, a s the sPr ing rings will not bear carriage. et a BEEF (duty, BUTTER (duty, 9 1 . 151. is a top pricey,' per cat.) —New butter has Oben at 15d. Another time 18d. would readiiy have f l a ir. worth 565. per hia°lll 2i. per barrel) —Are likely to her , given for this article, but in the present state of e 1 1 '0 i# .0 -t 9'4 well Itttleti6nue?lin.,r, 13EANDV (duty, 6s. per gallon)—ls worth 18.4. prig' BREAD (duty, 6s. per cwt.)—We can quote no for this article. baprerreLbarrel of 200 lbs.)--Stni ket COENMEAL (duty, ls. per barrel) The lots in th eill3r must he sold according to quality. 70' CANDLES (duty, 2-. 6d. per b. , x. 56 lbs )—Tg ll° ' ° ' to 9d. Composition , lsl(l. to 16d. ' h ColoniAl, C OFFE E (duty, 11. per cwt. on Brit's.. f ore i gn prohibited)—The little offering brings 3u3' '~~