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''' . .-.-- ---- -- z French er a tone. 18i ; re d 12/ per ity, 183; to l Es; per lb. 3uano— changelz fe'44 - 44 rITISTOM-11.00SE, LONDON, OCT., B 4!). ‘._./ For SALE, by Order of the Honourable the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs, at the Commercial Sale Robins, Mincing lane, on Monday 22d, Tuesday 23d, Wednesday 24th, Thursday, 25th, and Friday 26th, October, 1849, at Twelve o'clock at. Noon precisely, the following GOODS for Home Consumption, viz.:— Agate, Beads, Brooch-pi:ces, &c. ; Amber and other Mouth-pieces, Artificial Flowers, Basket and Basket-reticu'es, Beads, Berlin Em broidery, Boats ; Boxes: Brass, Lucifer, Paper, Snuff, &c. ; Braces, Brandy, Brooch Paintings, Buttons, Inlaid Cabinets, Cameos ; Car pets: Aubussm and Turkey, Candelabras, Cashmere, China Ware: Cups and Saucers, Jars an i Beakers, Pl 'tee, &c. ; Clocks : Carriage, Dutch, Bronze, Marble, Ormolu, &c. ; Coffee, Cologne Water, Combs, Embroidery or Needlework, viz.: Collars, Chernisettes, Habit-shirts, Handkrehiefs, Shirt-fronts, &c. ; Feathers, dressed ; French Chalk, Fans, Frames for Embroidery, Geneva, Glove-studs, Gutta Percha Figures, Hair for Bracelets, Guards, &c. ; Ivory carved Chess-men ; Jewellery; viz Bracelets, Brooches, Chains, Chatclain Ornaments, Ear-rings, Shirt, Shawl, and Head Pius, Studs, Waistcoat-buttons, Watch-hooks, &e.; Jewel-cases or Coffers, Knives, Lamps, Leather Boot-backs, Purses, Souvenirs, Visites, &c. ; Lace : Ancient and Chantilly, also Veils, Musical Boles, Musical Instruments, viz.: Accordions, Cornopeans, Flutinas, Jews'-harps, Trumpets, Molasses, Paper Box-tops, Bands, Labels, &c. , Parasol-handles, Prints, Pipes, Pipe-bowls, Tubes, &e. ; Porcelain, Dresden, Dutch, French,'&c. ; Perfumery, viz. : Bandohne, Co.srnetiqucs, Oleophane, &c. ; Purses, Purse-friu ;es, Garnitures, iiinaps,&c. ; Rum, Segars, Se gar-cases, Sevres, and other Porcelain mounted; Silk Worm•gut, Silk Braid, Bags, Dresses or Robes, Silk Gloves, Galon, Handkerchiefs, Hat bands, Mits, Vestings, &c. ; Shawls, long and square, Snuff, <cap, Sponge, Spangles, Spirits plain and mixed, Stays, Steel Chains, Sciss ;is, &c.; Silvered strings, Sugar, Swiss Carvings, Cettag,s, &c. ; Ten, b acco, Tobacco Ashes, Toys,Vestments, Waistcoat-pieces etnbrolder,d, Walking-sticks, Watches : Gold and Silver, Watch-keys, Speings, &c. ; Wire, Gllt, • or Plated, Wine, Wood (sawn), a Ilat,h BJat the " Mary," and various other goods. , For Exportation, or for Home Censurn:ition, on payment of the duties—Sonnets, Coffer, Cordials, Hops, Divi divi, nAasses, Raisins, Rice, Pepper, Silk Manufactures, Saccades, Sugar, Tamarinds, Tea, Wine, &c., &c. For Exportation only—A Clock, Books, Cards, Cordials, Prints, Spirits, Varnish, Wine, &c., &c. The above goods may be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Cue tom-hears, Thames-street ; at the St. Katherine, the London, and the West India Docks; and at the Tobacco-ground, Rotl'erhithe, on Thursday 18th, Friday 19th, and Saturday 20th of October, 1849, from Ten o'clock in the Morning until Three o'clock in the Afternoon, and on the days of Sale from Ten o'clock in the Morn ing until Twelve o'clock at Noon. Take notice, that goods sold at this sale will no tbe delivered until after two clear days of the day on which they are sold, and that no lots can be paid for at the office of the Receiver of Fines after Two o'clock in the Afternoon ; and that on the days of sale, money will not be re ceived loy.the Receiver of Fines after Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Castom hostse, Thames-street, London, price ls. each. E. :TING. r. No . 17801.] LO DON N, SATU „ RDAY „.. a 4; . OCTOBER 13 ) 1849. [PRICE OD. kirk. trd k (t) of (t) vood (t) ►m.(i) PUBLIC4TIONS. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. FOREIGN• OFFICE, OCT. 9, 1849. The gum has been pleased to apprord of Mr. Charles Benjamin as Consul, at Demerara, fo: tl e United States of America. WAR-OFFICE, Ocr. 12. 19th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Charles Kyd Skeete to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Burns, who retires; Ensign Frederick Charles Ashworth to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Skeete, Oct. 12. 24:h Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant Thomas Mad It n to be Quartermaster, vice Price, deceased, Oct. 12. 36th Foot—Captain Hairy Lecky, from the 9)t h Foot, to be Captain, vice Barnston, who exchanges, Oct. 12. lighted and extinguished at the hours fixed by the barrack-master, acting under the order of the Board of Ordnance. proceeded to the North Kent station, on his return to London. Captain Worth, late of the Calypso, who was com pelled to go into Melville Hospital when the ship was paid off, is so far recovered as to be able to walk in the dockyard for air; but he appears still to be in a very weakly state. Inuneciately in 3 vol?., post Bvo., H ANDS NOT HEAR TS. A STORY OF THE DAY. By Miss WILKINSON. Richard Bentley, New Bur:ington-street Another circular of the 4th inst., after alluding to the failure of percussion caps, directs that they should be examined before they are issued for use ; and directs that the commanding officers shall impress on the non lominissioned officers and men the necessity of keep ing the caps free from &imp. Owing to the state of the south-eastern counties of Ireland, and the consequent increase of staff duties in them, Colonel Sir Charles O'Donnell has been directed to pr-ceed from Waterford to Kilkenny, for the pur pose of conducting the Adjutant-General's department of that district. Callum woke cart (t) er (t) lrost(t) y Club sh Con acha, to n miler, up what SIR E. BULWER LYTTON'S NEW WORK. This day is published, CAX T O N S; A FIMILY PICTURE. By the Author o' " Rienzi," In 3 volg, post Svo., pried 31s Gd , William Elio& wo,d ald Sons, Elintmin4ll and London. Orders reee'ved by all Booksellers. Woomlctr, OCT. 11.—The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk, arrived at Woolwich to-day to bQ refitted. The Archer steam-sloop went down the river this morning under the char ; !e of Lieutenant Robinson, with Mr. Trickett, assistant to the chief-engineer. She ran the measured mile six times, end was found to have attained an average speed of seven and nine-tenth knots per hour. The engines on this occasion, with the screw propeller reduced to 9 feet in diameter, made 47 revolutions, a great difference when compared with 23 revolutions, the number she made with the screw when 12 feet 6 inches in diameter. She left at 8 o'clock A.M., and accomplished her trial and returned to Woolwich at 2 o'clock P.M. T H E This day is published, a New Edition, in foolscap 3v0.. price 95., of L AYS OF TILE SCUT rrsu CAVALIERS. By W. E. AYn)UN . , Proressor of Rhetoric in the Universi!y of Edinlrargh. Wiliam Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. To be had of al Books3llers. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Earl of Flying ff in the THE EDINBURGH RE VIEW, No. CLXXXII., Is pub'ished this day. CONTENTS I. Reason and Faith ; their Cairns and Conflicts. 11.. Agriculture anl Science. • 111. Tennys:,n's Princess—Schoo:s of Eng:ish Poetry. IV. The Electric Telegraph. V. Schools of Design. VI. Unsound Social Philosophy. VII. Statistics of Coal. VIII. Pepys's Diary. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. 1, Mu fti, Earl ndwich, ord En 7. Pow- Stanley, era, Sir age, the Hon. H. )n, Hon. L Paulet, , Major Captain Bat , ,tard, Payne, ills, Mr. Lley, M r . Stanley, itler) 1 man) 2 lengths. breu yrs own) 1 filler) 2 man) 3 rson) 4 ates) 5 it Cotton )n easily rlow) 1 man) 2 in three 'ettit) 1 utler) 2 ths. Run utler) 1 :man) 2 length., , bat 71k ; irds, 9 , ,t; acted, he. arson) 1 dney), 2 tman) 3 man) 0 jun.) 0 .(Sly) 0 )gers) 0 larpe) 0 Day) 0 [neon) 0 ;at Philo- Old Fox by F ar . a ruck of who had limited in The CO), Run in !d; colt', d for 150 Mann) 1 Da}) 2 4 a }ma. attnan) 1 binson) 2 !ad. The upwardo. binson) 1 :keray) 2 Butler) 0 :moan) 0 ..(Sly) 0 Oates) 0 Evans) 0 kefield) 0 Raton) 0 Iton) 0 .(Cliff) 0 ashano 0 rison) 0 ;harp) 0 town) 0 tiller) 0 , dney) 0 wood) 0 rison) 0 Elicit) 0 adulphua, 10 to 1 to 1 apt ich, wi th a 1 oth era his p.3int by Taro le joined ty yards, bird, Par sec. ,wo R.M. :man) I !man) 5 .ntia 3 Day) 4 Cathleen. breast to Lampoon the last in 1 min.. b. D.M. ced over. s St. Ro‘ vv's f, by Payne' ace. lemein de Bras itch be- - Ames P• to Peter, , rk, Mrs. r-square. Inbar, Qt sir. orksbire, I, second the late ch Ilos- Esq„ of rge 'Cook's. a-house, a Owev► Edward surer to 3 wife of lkinson, 'ndhatu, Dbiflo o Thomas r Great Bucks► ~~ N G, of ro. 112'. Linsl ° IRISH PEAT CHARC OAL. THE IRISH. AMELIORATION SOCIETY, Established by a Royal Charter of Incorporation, dated Jan , ary 26th, 1519, which limits the responsibility of Subscribers to the amount of their respective Subscriptions. The LORD DE MAULEY, Chairman to the Court of Directors. MAJOR-GENERAL MACLEOD (late Chief Engineer in Bengal), Chairman of the Committee of Works. Chief Office, 9, Waterloo-pla e, London. Capital Stock, 500,0 01., divided into Shares of 101. each, to be paid up, in pursuance of the previsions contained in the Charter and Deed of Settlement, by a deposit of 10s. a Share, and Calls not ex ceeding 104. each, nor to be made within less than three months time after the payment of any previous Call. Twenty-one Days' Notice of every Can is to be given to each Shareholder, by letter from the Secretary. The First Call was payable on the 25th September, 1849. . . Thls Society was formed for the purpose of beneficially employ ing the Irish peasantry in the manufacture of Peat Fuel and Peat Charcoal from the Peat Bogs of Ireland, and, in the gradual, but permanent, reclamation of the Bog Lands. - The teat Charcoal thus produced le an article of cotviderale commercial value for many purposes ; and it hat been shown by recent public exhibitions, and any person who doubts may satisfy himself privately, that it is of ine , thnable value as a deodorizer and disinfector of night soil, which immediately on being mixed with the charcoal bee,om to a dry inolorous powder, c Table of being handled without inconvenience and packed ha bags and transmitted by railway or any other conveyance. The manure thus produced is deemed by scientific men to be equal if not superior in quality to Guano, and may be purchased at one fourth of the cost of that well- known manure. The Directors have established these facts at their own risk, having for some months past had an experimental Station at work at Derrymullea, in the county of Kildare, where, in addition to having satisfied thems:lves that they can make Peat Charcoal and sell it in London with a satisfactory profit at front 40s. to 50s. a ton, their operations have proved that if duly sup torte Iby the public, they will be able to employ constaatly and most beneficially thousands of the half-starved end half-naked Irish peasantry. The system adopted and proposed to be acted upon by the Society in the employment of the labourers is task worth, wills a far remu neration in money; and the Directors feel bound to state, that so far as th3y have been enable .1 to carry out this system, they have experienced froos the labourers a degree of industry, alacrity, and docility, for which they were totally unprepared. The people em ployed have by severe labour clothed themselves and their ilunilies, cultivated their patches of land previously lying waste for want of seed, aid in so•ne cases have purchased pies ; and they say all they want to make them happy is constant employment. The Directors earnestly ap?eal to the pubic for support : to those desirous of promoting the permanent welfare of Ireland, the oppor tunity is offered, by contributing to the funds of thi Society, of open ing up in that country a new field of useful and profitable labour, to Which a limit can scarcely be assigned. Those who feel interested in removing from the densely popu lated towns of England the cause of pestilence and death, may fur ther that object in the only rational, because the only natural way, by assisting to provide the antidote. The aid of Agriculturists is looked for, because the labours of this Society promise to render available to them millions of tons annually of the most valuable manure, now worse than wasted. And though this Society was formed rather on philanthropic than on commercial principles, the Directors assure Capitalists who may feel inclined to invest in the Stock of this °ociety, that they will receive a quick and satisfactory return for any capital they may so employ. By order of the Court, JAMES BLAKE, Secretary. To whom application for Shares may be made. r HE LONDON MERCHANTS' & TRADERS' .1L ASSOCIATION' for the PROTECTION" of TRADE. 101, Wood-street, Cheapside, and 5, Swallow place, Hanover-square. A PUBLIC DDT , TE It, in support o• the principles of this Society, and with a view t its extension, will take place at the London Ta vern, Bishopsgate-street, on MONDAY, the 22.1 instant, The Right Honourable the LORD MAI Olt, 11 P., in the Chair. The ti,t of Stewards will be announced in futuro advert cements. Tickets, One Guinea each, to be had at the Offices as above, and at the Bar of the Tavern. T S. MORGAN -4 eeretary. V. POCOCKE, Manager of the West-end Office. Just published, I,TR. WISE'S NEW BANKRUPTCY ACT, with full explanatory .Notes, and a very copious Index. By EDWARD WI ;E, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. Author of " The Law of Riots," the " Index to Meeson and Wels'.Y." &e. , Price Bs. 6d. b oar d s ; 9s. cloth; 105. 61 half-bound ; lie. 6d. bound, or circuit binding ; Is. extra, interleave!. " This act has been edited iy Mr. Wise, the barrister, in a manner which do s him wry kreat credit, it bein 4 prefaced 'ly an introduc tion, in which its provisions are digestod, and accompanied by notes explanatory of the several clauses."—Times. London : John Crockford, Lawflines Office, MORTGAGE LOANS. l A ANCASHTRE and YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY, The Directors of this Company are prepared to receive TENDERS for LOANS on Mortgage, for periods of Thre Five, or Seven years, for which interest at the rate of four-and-a-half per cent. per annum Will be allowed, payable half-yearly. Further particulars may be known on application to the under- Signed. S. WM. BULTEEL, Treasurer. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Dissolving Views. of Rome.—Lecture and Experiments, with the Hydro-Electric Machine.—Lectures on Chemistry—Exhibition of the Oxy-hydrogen Microscope.—Diver and Diving-bell.—The Chroma trope.—Explanations of Models and Machinery. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (except listurday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission. ls.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, Is. ANOVELTY for the approaching season is in preparation to which a distinguishing name has not yet been given, but which the inventors, Messrs. NICOLL, can recommend as one of the most useful, warm, comfortable, and graceful articles of gentlemanly attire ever produced. Specimens can be seen at 114, 116, and 120, Regent street, and 22, Comilla, as also TIIE TREBLE Garment, or PALETOT, called TIIE NICOLL, which retains all the characteristics of the famed Paletot (registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65) le its exterior, and has the additional advantages of being convertible from a warm to a light Overcoat, or versa, at the pleasure of tke wearer, or as the mild or cold nature of the weather may re quire. This garment must be seen and worn to be properly appre ciated ; it will be found, perhaps, the best preservative of health in this variable climate. THE NICOLL has been secured by Royal Letters Patent in ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTL iND, and the COLONIES ; it can, therefore, only be purchased in the country, or abroad, of Messrs NICOLL'S (the patentees) recognised AGENT. 4, and in LONDON only of themselves, viz., at 114, 116, 120, REGENT -STREET, and 22, coamirLL. TIM NICOLL PALETOT (Regd. 6 an d 7 Vict., cap. 65) WAREROONIS, 114, 116, 120, REGENT tiTREET, and 22, CORNMEAL. Also for Nicoll's Morning Coat, now in almost universal request for the Country, Riding, Walking, Seaside, &c. Shooting Jackets adapted for the Moors, &c. Many have assumed the ust of the word PILE:TOT, but Messrs. NICOLL are the sole Patentees of the design and material. NArESSRS. NICOLL'S Wholesale and Counting. House Departments for the London Branches in the Sh'p- NW and Woollen Trades are in CHANGE-ALLEY, CORNHILL, and 120, REGENT-STREET. i s A A E. . One half the wend are desolately single, and the other enppogiag them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a Reuse of right determine the former, and miscalculatai hopes em hitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea Of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un- Comprosiag harry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the etey marriage set tleaaent. Honour and justice demand that health shoeldform as item In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Bligeted hopes er neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, it these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hiedered DY n"elnterpretatlon of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cnriesity, but far the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other little publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by r oat Is. 6d.) called " What to E at, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pump 'lets, but equal In quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere tphemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob aerv.teee of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as be WOfi..l ')43 done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always en the "sunny side of the way." The above works nmy be had of Sherwood, 23, paternoster-rave ; Carvalho, 14T, Fleet-street • Mann, aS, Cernhill ; Spokes, 5, Holborn hill ; or direct (by post or other- Wise) `roes the anther (who may be conferred wit% personally, Mornings n 1 eveninvil). 10. Argyll-Wars Recentestreet: and all Itooksellers. THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by 2u Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by east, direct from the Establishment, 33. 6d. in postage stamps, ndulgence, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on CO.ISIVOthie Intinnities and decay of the generative system, from ex with re Infection, and the Inordinate use of mercury, imaufteanra on Marriage, and the mean. of obviating certain dis t. IsER R V Is • Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and ford-street, Surgeons, Is, Berners-street, Ox- Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, _ Paternoster -row Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-stree: ; Starie, 23, Titehborne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden kall-streot. Pan? I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive !wpm and is ill us t rated by Six Coloured Engravings. asT 11. tre a t s of the consequences resulting from excessive indnl- F e roo, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generati ve ncapac it y. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. th Paivr 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in ePrl nuu7 or secondary form, and esntaixs axplicit directions for their treatna , nt. This ,ection Is illustrated 5y Seventeen Coloured 411 graTlitgl. k P OT IV. contains a Prescription for the Pre ven ti on o f Disease simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob viate& This important part of the Work should not escape the Seder's notice. d PanT devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its t i l v l's TOO causes of unproductive union arc also considered, and subject critically and philosophically inquired into. 17! ~ZEk..ottni.iL BATA OF STalkend is exclusively employed in treat nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c, 11 s. and 33*. per p The C oncentra t ed Detersive Essence, as anti-syphilitic :`'nedi, eruptions .T, for purifying the blood in cases ofinfection, s econ d ary symp errn p iirifying specific Pills, 25. 9d., and the abuse of mercury I Is. and 335. per bottle. 45. Gd., and I ts, per box, a t..ecnve remedy for gonorrhcoa, gleet, stricture, and chronic inilamma u of the bladder. Consultation fae, If by letter, if. A minute B. t.u t ! of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. acksts, with advice, to be had at the E3tablis'lment only, by the f II • saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attea jute A oe, " 6 'ally at 19, Flamers-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele ‘lll till Y wa, and rlyo to Eight cm Banday• from glom to Osto. FLOODING OF THE DON AND THE DERWENT.— DONCASTER, OCT. 11.—One of the most destructive floods that has visited this neighbourhood for some time, happened in the early part of the week, and occasioned a great destruction of property, and even loss of life. The recent heavy rains were noticed to have the effect of gradually swelling the river Don, and on Monday the flood overflowed its banks, and laid the surrounding coun try completely under water. That portion of the Great Northern Railway which extends from the station of this town across the Bently and Marsh Ings, attracted much anxiety for its security, The filling up the Chis wold had the effect of contributing to the overflowing of the adjoining lands and the western side of the embank ment was flooded to a great depth. Some idea may be formed of the extent of the inundation when it i• known that the down lino was completely undermined, and the chairs, sleepers, &c., exposed to view. In the vicinity of the town much mischief has been caused. Many dwellings were inundated. A promising lad, son of Mr. Harrop, of this town, was carried away by the current, near the wooden bridge on the course. In the vicinity of Rotherham the flood proved very destructive. The rain commenced on Saturday, just before midnight, and continued without intermission for nearly twenty four hours. The Rother and l)on were swollen to an alarming extent, the water overflowed their banks, trees were torn up, houses flooded, and, indeed, the most serious consequences were threatened. The bridge to Masborough was only reached by carts, and up the river four vessels which had been raised over the banks were left on the grass when the fl md subsided. At Sheffield somewhat similar devastating consequences were ex• perienced. Accounts have also reached here of the overflowing of the Derwent on Monday, and the occa sioning of a melancholy loss of life. SPIRIT DRINKING IN TUE UNITED KINGDOM. — From the Excise returns, just issued, the following sum mary of the consumption of spirits in the three king doms, fEorngthiaenhd ... . ... 430 0 Gallons. half-year ending 5 thJul July, taken ll T s. Scotland... 3,239,000 I re l an d ..• ••• .3,091,000 Total .•• 10,437,000 Giving an annual consumption to each individual of the population, according to the census of 1841, of; in Eng land, 4 pints; Ireland , 6 pints; S3otland, 20 pints. - At the Middlesex Sessions yesterday the consi deration of the applications made for music and dancing licenses was continued. The application made for licensing the Hall of Rom. , , Windmill-street, was with. drawn; that for Saville House, Leiceiter-square, was L , railted; but it was refused in the case of the Craven Head, Drury-lane, and the Parthenium Assembl3 Rooms, 72, St. Martin's-lane. DESTRUCTION OF A MOUNTAIN BRIDGE.—The Vedette des Alpes states on the night of the Ist of Oc tober, during a violent gale of wind, preceded by a thunder storm, the suspension bridge of Savines, in the ILutes-Alpes, was carried away. This deplorable event has plunged the inhabitants of the district into conster nation. The accident is attributed to the force of the wind, although some think that the lightning affected the cast-iron work of the bridge. VISCOUNT BRACKLRY, M.P.—We regret to state that accounts received at the Earl of E.tisnsere's, in B , lgrave-square, from Worsley Hall, do not hold out the aightest prospect of the above young uoblemani (heir to the immense Bridgewater property) recovery. 40th Foot—Brevet. Major George Edward Aylmer, from the 931 Foot, to be Captain, vice Macgowan, who exchanges, Oct. 12. 44th Foot—Lieutenant William Hanmer to be Captain, by purchase, vice Owen, who retires; Ensign ,George Whit 3 to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hanmer, Oct. 12. 56th Foot—Ensign Marcell Conran to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ward, who retires, Oct. 12. 60th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant. Colonel Henry Dundas Maclean, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice John Temple, who exchanges ; C a pt a i n Willi am Fan shaw Bedford to be Major, by purchase, vice Maclean,who retires; Lieut. George Waldegrave Bligh to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bedford; Second Lieutenant Robert Wilmot Brooke to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bligh, Oct. 12. 61st Foot—Captain William Henry Vicars to be Major, without purchase, vice Stephens, deceased; Lieutenant William Edward Durand Deacon to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Vicars, July 28 ; Ensign John Henry Lukis, from the 3d Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Deacon; Ensign Thomas Edward Gordon, from the 4th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Parks, deceased, Oct. 12. 29th Foot--Ensign James Webster to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robertson, who retires, Oct. 12. 83d Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Spring to be Captain, without purchase, vice the Hon. W. Gage, deceased; Ensign William Hall to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Spring, July 15; Ensign Edward Meurant, from the 46. h Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hall, Oct. 12. 90th Foot—Captain Roger Barnston, from the 36th Fo.)t, to be Captain, vice Lecky, who exchanges, Oct. 12. 93.1 Foot—Captain John Anstruther Macgowan, from the 40th Foot, to be Captain, vice Aylmer, who ex changes, Oct. 12. BREVET.— Captain Thomas Prior, of the 73d Foot, to be nii)r in the Army, Nov. 9, 1846. Commission by the Lord:Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry—Matthew Wharton Wilson, Esq. to be Captain, vice Ferrand, who retires, Oct. 6. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 9. The following promotions have this day taken place, consequent oa the death, on the Bth instant, of Admiral of the White, Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen, G.C.13.: Admiral of the Blue, Hugh Downman, to be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red, Alexander Wilmot Schom berg, to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White, James Noble, to be Vice. Admiral of the Red. Vice -Admiral of the Blue, Sir Charles Richardior, K.C.B. to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red, Sir,John Louis, Bart., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White, Charles Sibthorp John llawtayue, to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue, John Pasco, to be Rear- Admiral of the White. Captain Ralph Randolph Wormeley to be Rear-Ad. miral of the Blue. The following Retired Captains have also been pro. moted to be Retired Rear-Atheirals, on the terms pro posed in the London Gazette of the Ist September, 1846, without increase to their pay :—Charles Ber tram, George Hills, Henry Fanshawe, Isaac Hawkins Morrison, George Ba.rne Trollope, CB., Sir Thomas Mansell, K.O .H., Thomas Groube, Hercules Robinson, William Black. VIE NATIONAL DEBT. The Lords Com Missioners of her Majesty's Treasury haying certified to the Commissioners for the Redwrion of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th Geo. IV., c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof for the year ended the sth day of July 1849, amounted to the sum of forty-one thousand three hundred and ninety-eight pounds and eight pence; The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of ten thousand three hundred and forty-nine pounds ten shillings and twopence (being one•lourth part of the said surplus of forty one thousand three hundred and ninety-eight pounds and eightpence) will be applied under the provisions of the said Act, between the 12th day of October 1849, and the sth day of January 1850, to the following purposes; viz : To be applied to the purchase of 5t0ck...£10,340 10 2 Add interest receivable o❑ account of donations and bequests, to be applied to the purchase of Stock 1,791 0 6 £12,140 10 8 National Debt Office, Oct. 10, 1849. S. Ilicnikm, Comptroller• General. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Warren Boulton, pota to salesman, Broad.. court, Bow-street, to surrender, October 22, at half past eleven, and Dec. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman•atraet; Wilde, Union-court, Old Broad-street. Thomas Vansittart Bowater, factor, Warwickshire, Oct. 25, and Nov. 14, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Underhill, Birmingham. Joseph Wilbraham, builder, Aldgate, Oct. 25, and Nov. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, cffici..l assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Bolden, Su and. George William Salter, builder, Prospect-row, Ber mondsey, Oct. 22, at half-past one, and Dec. 3, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquat d official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Butler, Tooley street. William Rowett, broker, Liverpool, Oct. 26 and Nor. 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Norris and Co., Bedford row; Bell, Liverpool. Watkins,Philip tavernkeeper, Wacton, Herefordshire, Oct. 20 and Nov. 13, at half-past ten, at the Birming ham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birming ham; Hammond, Leominster; Parker, Birmingham. George Plant, grocer, Stafford, Oct. 20 and Nov. 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit more, official assignee, Birmingham; Hiern, Stafford; James, Birmingham. Thomas Frederick Paull Hankins, clerk, cider merchant, Hereford, act. 20, and Nov., 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham Di s t r i ct C ourt. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith and Son, Southampton street, London; Gwillim, Hereford; Suckling, Birming ham. Peter Roberts, dealer and ohapman, Vauxhall-road, Birmingham, Oct. 25, and Nov. 14, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Rushwortb, Birmingham. Henry Featherstonhaugh Wooster, shipowner and cornchandler, Britannia-place, Wandsworth-road, Oct. 22, at one, and Dec. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman -street; Darke, Newman 's-court, Cornhill. S2muel Watkins Saunders, engineer, Park-road, Brixton, Oct. 22, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 3, at halt past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-chambera; Bateman, Essex street, Strand. Richard Beard, metallic plate manufacturer, Parlia ment-street, Oct. 23 and Nov. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Fiddey, Temple. William Maude, licensed v:etualler, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, Oct. 22 and Nov. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fott, official assignee, Man chester; Gaskell, Bolton-le-Moors; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row. Joseph Knight, builder, Stanley, Leek, Staffordshire, Oct. 25 and Nov. 13, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignnee, Birming ham; Williams, Hanley, Staffordshire. Thomas Osborn, swordmaker, Birmingham, Oct. 27 and Nov. 24, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit more, official assignee, Birmingham; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. Henry Solomon, James Smith, and James Dunston Galer, grocers, Dale-end, Birmingham, Oct. 27, and Nov. 25, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Wright, Birming ham. George Milsom, horse dealer, Saint George, Glou cestershire, Oct. 26, and Nov. 23, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Treherne and White, Barge-yard-chambers, Bucklersbury; Sabine, Bristol. Peter Walker, cotton waste dealer, Manchester, Oct. 23, and Nov. 13, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis:rict Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Worth ington and Co., Manchester; Fox, Finsbury-circus. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. C. M. Collett, Hammersmith, and Lincoln's Inn-fields, attorney, Nov. 5, at twelve—R. Pope and J. B. Pope, Adelaide-place, London-bridge, Criggleston, Yorkshire, and elsewhere, brick and tile manufacturers, Nov. 5, at eleven. In the Country. T. B. Molyneux and P. Witherby, Liverpool, mer chants, Nov. 13, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—M. Burton, Manchester, cotton spinner, Nov. 6, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS. C. Jepson, Malton, Yorkshire, innkeeper and farmer, 55., any day on or after October 16, between &even and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. G. Burton, Bradford, Yorkshire, engraver, 2s. 6d., any day on or after October 16, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Xoung, Leeds. ISarah Greens Eyre, Leeds, Yorkshire, innkeeper, 2s. 9d., any day on or after October 16, between (levee and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. J. Hickson, Eecleshill, "hear Bradford, Yorkshire, 81, any day on or after Oct. 16, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. W. Angus, Gateshead, Darhane, banker, lid. on Sa turday, 13th inst., or any subsequent Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle upon -Tyne. W. Potter, Birkenhead, Chester and Liverpool, mer chant, Is., oa Thursday, Oct. 11, or any subsequent Thuredsy, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. W. Jeffreys and J. Meek, Liverpool, merchants, 203., on Thursday, Oct. 11, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. Southern, Liverpool, builder, Is. 20., on Thurs day, Oct. 11, or any subsequent Thursday., between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liver pool. J. D. Anderzon, Pavement. Moot-fields, linendraper, 4s. 6.1., on Saturday next, and three subsesquent Satur days, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. M. Maclean, Basinghall-str ee t an d Stroud, cloth factor, 611., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Sa turdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. G. Simons, King's-square, Goswell-road, watch manu facturer, is. 5:1d., on Saturday next, and three subse quent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. P. S. Samson, Royal Saloon, Brightbelmstone, book. seller, Is. Id., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office or Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. E. W. Jerningham, Henrietta -street, Covent-garden. banker, lid., on Saturday, Oct. 13, and three subse quent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the offiae 01 Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. NO I'ICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basingball-street. T. Parfrement, King-street, Holborn, bootmaker, Nov. 3, at twelve-E. Archer, Clare-street, Clare-market, baker, Nov. 3, at half-past twelve-G. V. Bennet, Quad rant, Regent-street, goldsmith and jeweller, Nov. 5, at twelve-S. W. Rickman, Halisham, Sussex, innkeeper, Nov. 3, at half-past eleven-J. Triggs, Southampton, upholsterer, Nov. 2, at eleven-J. Smith, Saint Run welds, Essex, innkeeper and dealer in calves, Nov. 5, at half-past eleven-W. Parfitt, Gravesend, builder, Nov. 2, at half-past eleven-N. Cobb, Colchester, Essex, up holsterer, Nov. 5, at twelve-T. Withers, St. Dunstan's• hill, wine merchant, Nov. 5, at one-B. C. Siely, North Walsham, Norfolk, money scrivener, Nov. 2, at two-W. T. Farey, Ram Inn, West Smithfield, licensed victualler, Nov. 2, at half-past twelve-W. Davis, Lock's-bottom, Kent, brewer, Nov. 2. at eleven. In the Country. J. Stevenson, Brecon, grocer and teadealer, Nov. 6, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol-Elizabeth Bussell, R. Bus sell, and C. Bussell, Gloucester, builders, Nov. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol-J. Turner, Oldham, Lan cashire, cotton spinner, Nov. 8, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester-T. Kenny, Liverpool, bookseller, Nov. 6, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool-C. Penn, Liverpool, victualler, Nov. 6, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool- J. Wells, Chawson, Salwarpe, Worcestershire, cattle salesman, Nov. 7, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham -C. Nixon,Birmingham, glass and picture-frame maker, Nov. 10, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham-G. Monro, Birmingham, hackneyman and coach proprietor, Nov. 10, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham-J. Bodily, Southam, Warwickshire, farmer, Nov. 6, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham. By the Vice-Chancellor, Nov. 2. A. Peacock, Liverpool, corn merchant-G. Viner and H. Viner, Bristol, brew ers-Sir G. Rich, Fenchurch street, City, corn dealer-S. Langdale, jun., Stockton upon-Tees and Yarm, Yorkshire, corn dealer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Taylor and J. Taylor, Cudham, Kent, farmers- J. Hartley and W. Hartley, Sutton, Yorkshire, manu facturers of worsted goods-J. A. Nichols, G. Nichols, and T. Nichols, Northgate and Kirkgate, Yee kshire, printers-J. Chellingworth and E. Reiley, Birmingham, engravers and printers-J. H. Dew and W. Blenkarn, Old Jury, City, and Stratford, Essex, auctioneers.-J. Clabburn and E. Sparks, Norwich, oatmeal and groat manufacturers- -S. Plant and T. Slack, Macclesfield, Cheshire, trimming -manufacturers-11. Smith and Betty Smith, Witton, Cheshire, tailors and drapers-W. Dutton and G. Dutton, Northwich, Cheshire, curriers and leather. cutters-_J. Smith and J. Smith, jun., Derby, tailors and woollendrapers-E. W. Madgwick, W. G. Wood, and J. Feenan, Manchester, engravers-F. Dar nill and C. Throop, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, tim• ber-merchants-W. Hardiman and W. C. Tully, Liver pool, plumbers-S. Stott and J. Kershaw, Buckley.mill, Lancashire, woollen manufacturers-G. Keutes and N. Haden, Iligh-street, IVapping, mast ann block-makers -T. Phillips and W. Fraussen, Wood-street, Cheapside, wholesale and retail boot and. shoe-manufacturers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Charles Palmer, Greasley, Nottinghamshire, farmer. Cullingwood Hunt Jeffery, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, bricklayer. Thomas Plower Lewis Cross, Chester, attorney-at-law. William Jefferson, Chester, proctor's law stationer. James Hounslow, Buckland, Lear Dover. Philip Hughes, Hodnet, Shropshire, blacksmith. Richard Cleophas Sims, Southampton, accountant. Charles Hounsell, Southampton, plumber. George Tute Young, Leeds, commission agent. William Sewell, Sutterton, Lincolnshire, boot and shoe . maker. Giles Rickard Jose, Carmarthen. William Tomlinson, Standbridge, Plymouth, Lieute nant, R N. William Charles Henson, Stamford Baron, Northamp tonshire, baker. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. T. Macfadyen, Glasgow, pianoforte merchant, to meet, Oct. 15, and Nov. 6, at one, within the Star Hotel, Glasgow. J. W. Wallace, Dumfries, merchant tailor, to meet Oct. 19, and Nov. 7, at twelve, within the Commercial Inn, Dumfries. G. Lugton, Swinton, Berwickshire, merchant, to meet Oct. 17, and Nov. 7, at twelve, within the Black Bull lun Duns?. John NPLachlan, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, hardware merchant, to meet Oct. 18, and Nov. 8, at one, within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending October 9, 1849, is 2:s. 7 1 7 0. per cwt. THE ARMY. The following order has been recently issued from ;he War-office:— " GENERAL ORDER. " Horse Guards, Oct. 10, 1849. " The Commander-ia-Chief is pleased to approve of General officers commanding districts in Great Britain granting leave of absence to officers, and furloughs to non-commissioned officers and soldiers, under the follow ing regulations and restrictions, viz..— " 1. The leaves of absence, granted under this order to officers, may commence as soon as the half-yearly inspection shall have been made. The furloughs, granted to non-commissioned officers and soldiers, may com mence from the first of next month. " 2. These indulgences are to terminate on the 10th of March next, when, in conformity to her Majesty's regulations, all officers and soldiers are to be present with their respective regiments. " 3. One field-officer, one half of the captains, and one half of the subaltern officers, are always to be pre. sent with their regiments. " 4. No officer (except in the performance of duty, or for the purpose of joing his regiment) is to quit the United Kingdom without having first received her Ma jesty's special permission. " 5. The officers employed on the recruiting service, or upon the staff of the army, arc not to be included in the number hereby fixed; for the constant duty of the regiment. 6 ‘ 6. The applications for leave for regimental pay masters and medical officers ace to continue to be made in the mode prescribed in the regulations and orders for the army. "7. In cases of short leaves of absence being requested by adjutants, riding -masters, quarter-masters, or vete rinary -surgeons of regiments, it will be necessary that a special report shall be made as to the mode in which their dudes are to be performed during their absence, and that the commanding officer is satisfied. " 8. The proportion of non - commissioned officers, trumpeters, drummers, and private men, to whom fur loughs may be granted, is not to exceed ten per troop or company. " When regiments are not stationed in garrisons or military districts, the officers commanding are at liberty to use their discretion in granting the indulgence of leave of absence, under the foregoing restrictions, to the officers and soldiers under their command. " This order does not apply to the officers and soldiers doing duty with depot companies of regiments on foreign service. " His Grace expects that the general and other officers, who are empow e r e d t o gran t l eave o f a b sence un d er t h e provisions of this order, will strictly confine that grant to the proportion of officers herein specified. " By command of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington, Commander-in Chief, " JOHN MACDONALD, Adjutant-General." A circular has recently been issued from the Horse Guards stating that some of the barracks in England and Ireland are at present lighted with gas, and that the Board of Ordnance contemplate extending the system to other stations, when arrangements can be advantageously made for that purpose ; but that the lamps must be lighted, extinguished, and kept in repair by the troops; and that the corporal of Pioneers, or some other non commissioned officer acting under the direction of the quarter-master, and assisted, if necessary, by fatigue men, is to be responsible for the due performance of the duty. The non-commis sioned officer is to report to the subaltern of the day, who, in order to prevent accidents, and to see that the duty is, regularly performed, is to make his round of the barracks to see that the lamps are properly MALTA, OCT. 2.—Her Maj-sty's steamer Dragon ar srrived on the 28th ult., and immediatkzly on the arrival of the Medusa with the outward TuAian mails got up her steam to join the Admiral with di-patches received by her. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Elindostan arrived on Saturday at half-past four A.M., having made the run from Southampton to Gibraltar and Nla.lta in eight days and a half—a most extraordinay passage. She left port on Sunday evening a few hours after the arrival of the Medusa from Marseilles. .The scre w - steamer ( merc h ant ) Bosphorus, f rom . faverpool,. has arri ve d, an d sa il e d f or t h e L evant. S he is a beautiful specime n o f a screw b oat, an d ma d e the oassago out in 13 days, inclusive of stoppages. DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon, receiving ship, bear ng the fig of Rear-Admiral Edward Harvey; the Spitfire and Locust, steam-ships in ordinary. On a Cruise—The Caledonia, 120, Captain T. W. C it ter, bearing the flag of Vice Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief; the Howe, 120, Captain Sir J. Stirling; the Queen, 116, Captain C. Wise; the Powerful, 84, Captain the Hon. H. S. Dun das; the Vengeance, 84, Captain the Right Hon. the Earl of Hardwicke; the Prince R.gent, 92, Captain Hardt); the Thetis, 36, Captain 11. Codrington; the (lacer, Captain C. W. Beddoes; the Frolic, Captain N. Vansittart. Steamers—The Odin, Captain the Hon. F. T. Pelham; the Porcupine, Lieutenant E. F. Roberts; the Bulldog, Commander Key; the Rosamond, Com mander Foote; the Oberon, Lieutenant Gardiner; the Sharpshooter, Lieutenant-Commander Bailey; and the Dragon, Captain W. H. Hall. 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Michael Forristall, Esq., 13, West-square, Southwark—Deputy - Chairman and Managing Director. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C,13., Director of the Hon. the East India Company, end of the London Joint Stock Bank. Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark. Edmond Beaks, Esq., Carlton Villas, Maida-hill. Henry Clark Duppa, Esi., Malmain.hall, Stoke, near Rochester. Gaorge Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey. James Marshall, Esq., 24, Carlton Villas, Maida•hill. ACTUARY—WiIIiam Henry Archer, Esq. SECRETARY —William Norris, ESC!. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every information promptly forwarded on application to the Actuary or Secretary, at the Office, 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. THE ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY. For Allowing Annuities to Aged Persons ORM in Prosperity, from all Parts of the United Kingdom. Founded A.D. 1827. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONS. - . Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, and his Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, K.G. Persons desirous of becoming Candidates at next Election are requested to apply for the Forms of Recommendation, as they must be returned to the Office, duly !tiled up, o7ior before the 30th instant. The Committee earnestly solicit Contributions to euable them to extend the usefulness of this important charity. STEPHEN J. ALDRICH, Secretary. Society's Offices, 18A, Basinghall-street, Oct. 1, 1849. PANY'S FLOTILLA. At Southampton—The Paella, Erin, Indus, Sultan, Ripon, and Queen. En route to Gibraltar and Southampton from Malta, the Euxine. At Constantinople—The Taguis. En route to Alexandria from Malta, the Hindostan. UNITED STATES SQUADRON. On a Cruise—The United States steam-frigate Mis sissippi, bearing the flag of Commodore Charles W. Morgan ; Constitution frigate, Lieutenant J. S. Rowan (Acting) ; Jamestown corvette, Commander Mercer. FuREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN PORT. The French steamer Leonidas; yachts, the Yeterel Firefly, and Sapphire; the Russian Government corvette Calypso ; Tunis brig Nassir ; Ottoman schooner Sajah ,Caters. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—Her Majesty's yacht Fairy, Captain the Right lion. Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, G.C.IL, embarked the Court at East Cowes this morn ing at a quarter-past nine for Gosport, where they dig ,-mbsrked at a quarter-past ten under the usual salutes and ceremonies, the guard of honour being furnished by 'he 4th (King's Own) Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Gould. The dignitaries of the port ind garrison were in attendance at the Clarence-yard, as usual, and the Royal train left that establishment for Loudon at twenty-five minutes past ten in the charge of Wr. Cornelius Stovin, general m: ,r of the South- Western Railway. The Superb, 80, Captain Purcell • aerrdered this •norning to prepar e fo r sa ili ng w i t ' . . ttitrfor Cork— it is supposed to take the position lately occupied by the Ganges, 84. now tilling up her complement to the sea going establishment for foreign service at Dovonport. It certainly was high time the Superb was moved, al though the hospitality and urbanity of her captain will be a loss very extensively felt ashore. It is rumoured very strongly that Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8., M.P., one of the Board of Admiralty, will be appointed superintendent of the Devonport dockyard. Admiral Sir John Talbot is, we regret to say, very ill, The Ganges, 84, Cartain Smitb, CO., at 15vonport, has received orders to expedite, with all possible speed, her departure for the Mediterranean, to join Sir William Parker's fleet. The Encounter, steam-corvette, Captain Gordon, was ordered from Spithead to Lisbon yesterday, and sailed about four P.m. The Terrible, Termagant, Vulture, and other first class steam•frigates will be put in commission shortly at the respective ports where they are now stationed. The Stromboli, steam•sloop, Commander Lord Ame has W. Beaucle➢rk, arrived at Woolwich on Thursday, from the North, to refit. The Dasher, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Parks, arrived at Sheerness, on Thursday, from the coast of Scotland, to be paid off. The Pigmy, steam-tender, towed the masts and spars of the new 50-gun frigate Phaeton, at :Sheerness, from Chatham to that port on Wednesday. The Phaeton and the Indefatigable, the latter at Devonport, are expected to be put in commission daily. The Leander, 52, Captain S. Dacres, will be undocked to morrow, and the Termagant taken in. Wind N.E., fresh breezes and cloudy. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 12.—Her Majesty's steam•vessels Conflict, 8, and Virago, 6, -- are ordered to be commissioned forthwith. Hcr Majesty's steam-vessel Myrtle arrived yesterday from Portsmouth with marine artillery for the Spiteful, Virago, and Conflict. _ _ Her Majesty's brig Wolverine, 12,Commander Falcon, is ordered here from Portsmouth, to be paid off. The mainyard of her Majesty's ship Ganges, 84, Captain H. Smith, was sent aboard yesterday after being repaired; her topmasts are on end. Her Majesty's iron steam-vessel Trident, 6, Lieutenant- Commander H. Risk, having had her bottom scraped and payed up with tar, will go out of dock to-morrow. It is reported here that La Hogue, 56, steam guard ship, Captain M'Dougall, is ordered from Queenstown to the Mediterranean. _ Orders have been received from the Admiralty for Sir John Louis to make preparations for giving up his ap pointment as Admiral Superintendent of the dockyard. It is stated that Mr. Turner, formerly Master Ship wright of Bombay, will be appointed to the office of Second Master Shipwright's Assistant in the Devonport Dockyard,vacant by the superannuation of Mr. Aylward. Four labourers were discharged on Wednesday for not being punctual to their time. Off - the Port, on Tuesday, the packet-ship Gladi ator, Captain Williams, twenty-one days from New York for London. She landed several passengers here, among whom were the Misses Vansittart. CHATHAM, OCT. 12.—The Wolverine, 12 guns, Commander Maxwell Falcon, is out of the hands of the dockyard, and will leave this port on Saturday the 13th instant. Her destination is reported to be the coast of Africa. The Bacchante, 44 guns, serving for many years as a I , z wet at Standgate creek, has been returned to Chatham, and she is now undergoing examination by the shipwrights, to ascertain whether she is fit for further service. The Brilliant, 22 guns, Captain Watson, was paid off at Sheerness on the 9th instant. The marines, con sisting of 1 sergeant, 1 drummer, and 24 privates of the Royal Marines, under command of First-Lieutenant Gill, joined their head-quarters at Chatham the same day, and two privates proceeded to Portsmouth, to join their head-quarters. The sailors and marines were brought up to Chatham from the Brilliant by the City of Rochester and Victoria steam-boats, and during the passage several extensive robberies were committed ; the sailors' bags were ripped open, and their clothes and other property taken away ; one sailor lost the whole of his clothing,:with the bag ; and the first lieutenant, Mr. Nelson G. Spencer, on board the Victoria, had his carpet bsg stolen. The gentleman immediately gave information to the police, and the same afternoon the carpet bag was found at the Cross Keys public-house, High-street, Chatham. A waterman of the name of James Dobson was apprehended, and evidence having been given before the magistrates of Rochester yester day, Dobson was committed for:trial for the robbery. On searching the steam-boats a large quantity of stolen property belonging to the sailors was found secreted in the forecastle, amongst the ropes and other lumber. The Childers, 12 guns, and the Wanderer, 14 guns, will be taken into dock to make good their defects, when the Daring, 12 guns, is put out of dock, which is expected next week. Mr. J. Helby, measurer at this yard, has been re• moved as such to Portsmouth yard, vice Mr. D. Hard ing, promoted to foreman of the yard a: Sheerness. Rear-Admiral Sir Ch arles Na p ier paid a visit to this yard, and after inspecting the Tiger, new steam-ship, building, which is in an advanced state towards comple tion, the gallant officer proceeded to the Horatio, fitting for a screw steam-ship; and after remai n i ng some time took a view of funeral parts of the yard, and thence Rear-Admiral Sir Charlei Napier, K.C.8., visited this dockyard yesterday, and after a minute inspec tion of the Terrible steam-frigate went over the dock yard. The Terrible is having two of her boilers taken out, which will enable her to carry a - greater number of troops than she could have done when fitted with four boilers. The Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain T. 0. Knox, received about twenty men and boys from the Fis gard, about that number having been selected by the gallant officer, and several have joined from other quarters. Captain Knox has issued notices that he still wants petty officers and able seamen, and will, 1,0 doubt, soon hav; his fail complement o f ? 195 men. The engineer department of this frigate is now com plete, and consists of a chief engineer, with five other engineers, and twenty-four stokers. FIVE LIVES LOST IN. A , SEWER. Last night a fatal accident of the most melancholy and distressing character took place in that portion of Pimlico called Willow-walk, and where a number of new streets are at present in progress of completion. Before entering into a description of the facts as they occurred, it is necessary to explain the position of the sewer and the exact locality where the accident occurred. Near the top of Warwick-street, Pimlico, a new street has been commenced named Kenilworth street, the houses in which are the property of Mr. Cubitt, the builder. Along this unfinished street a short branch sewer runs from the main sewer in Warwick-street, and the end of it has been bricked up to prevent the sewage from flowing into the adja cent fields. It will be at once understood that iu a sewer thus closed in, gases of the most noxious and deadly character are sure to be generated. It further appears that when the catastrophe about to be related took place the tide was up, and that in the low-lying district of Pimlico the danger attending an entrance into such a subterranean passage was doubly great. With this :preliminary explanation the following narrative of the circumstances _will be easily under stood. Between six and seven o'clock in the evening Bishop, a police-constable, having been informed that much anxiety had been expressed with respect to three men who had gone at an early hour that morn ing into the sewer into Warwick-street, and had not since been seen or heard of, he immediately hastened to the station of the B division. Mr. Beckerson, the inspector on duty, promptly directed some constables to go and see if they could be of any assistance, as it was understood that some men were about to open what is termed a " man-hole " into the sewer, in quest of the missing men, and shortly afterwards from the distressing circumstances that succeeded, he followed with a number of other constables. The " man-hole " was opened in Warwick-street, and, one of the labourers connected with the sewers having descended, he returned almost immediately with the intelligence that the three men were lying in the sewer apparently dead. Others, as we are informed, con firmed this statement, but were afraid of venturing to them. Owing to this circumstance, it was determined to break into the end of the sewer in Kenilworth street, Warwick-street, which had been bricked up. This was accordingly done, and a crowd of persons having in the meantime assembled, the greatest anxiety was evinced to ascertain the fate of the missing men, and to rescue them if life was not yet extinct. Among those whose zeal in this humane cause was most strongly displayed was Mr. Henry Wells, a surgeon residing in the neighbourhood. No soonee was an entrance through the brickwork effected than this gentleman, with a want of forethought which is surprising when his profession is recollected, at once entered the sewer, which is from four to five feet in height. He was immediately followed by John Walsh, a constable of the B division, and Richard Sherwin, a labourer in the employ of the Commissioners of Sewers. These men had not been absent more than two or three minutes when Walsh re-appeared, bearing the lifeless body of Mr. Wells. The gallant fellow immediately returned, and a second time appeared at the entrance, carrying with him Sherwin, who had also been over powered by the noxious influences of the gases, but whose life was fortunately preserved. A third time poor Walsh entered the sewer, probably overcome by the excitement of the moment, and the stupifying influence of the atmosphere which he was breathing, for his doing so could serve no purpose. The crowd outside waited anxiously his return, but he did not re-appear, and it soon became apparent that he had fallen a victim to his own rash gallantry. After some time his body was recovered by one of the sewers-men, and was removed at once to the Claren don Tavern, at the corner of Kenilworth-street, but life was quite extinct. The extraordinary power of the gases collected in the sewer may be judged of from the fact that no trace of animation could be detected in the case of Mr. Wells, who was only two or three minutes exposed to their influence , and that not only was the skin of poor Walsh turned perfectly blue, but every piece of metal on his person was completely blackened. The body of Mr. Wells was removed to St. George's Hospital, that of Walsh lies at the Clarendon Tavern. After the excitement which this dreadful catastrophe had created began in some degree to sub side, efforts were made to recover the bodies of the three men still in the sewer. The street was broken up at two different points, and the greatest exertions were used to establish a safe communication with the sewer for that purpose. Till three o'clock this morn ing, however, the desired object bad not been accom plished. Mr. Superintendent Russell and a body of the police were present to facilitate the search, and to prevent the recurrence of so deplorable an accident as that by which two lives had already been sacrificed. Mr. Wells leaves a widow, to lament his loss. Walsh, the policeman, had just entered the service, and, though quite a lad, had already sh-Dwn great activity and intelligence in the discharge of his duties. It appears that the men bad entered the sewer in the morning, to make the necessary measurements preparatory to having it flushed. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Yesterday evening the inhabitants of Pimlico were considerably alarmed by a report that several men who had been ordered by the Commissioners of Sewers to examine the sewer formerly known as the West minster Common Sewer, which runs from Warwick street to Kenilworth-street, for the purpose of making preparations for flushing the soil, had gone down at five o'clock, and at that time (seven o'clock) had not returned. The police were made acquainted with the fact, and upon proceeding to the spot, they were in formed by the man in charge that two persons had gone down the trap near the centre of Warwick street at five o'clock, but that they had not returned, and he was fearful that some accident had happened to them. Police constable 169 B, accompanied by Mr. Henry Wells, surgeon, of No. 96, Warwick street, immediately proceeded to the other end of the sewer, which is situated about 150 yards from the spot, where it falls into an open sewer. Lights hav ing been procured, the police-constable went into the drain, and was immediately followed by Mr. Wells and two other persons whose names are at present unknown. Nearly half an-hour hav ing elapsed, and none of the persons returning, information was sent to the police sta tion in _ Roches ter row, and Mr. Inspector Moron t ook several officers to the spot, and ordered the men to commence ex cavating a hole about mi dwa y between 01' arwlck street and Kenilworth-street, in order toleotsie the foul air out, as it was fo und to be totally impossible enter in search of the missing persons. Whilst this operation was being performed, however, a young man, named Richard O'Kay, rushed into the Kenil worth end of the sewer, and succeeded in bringing out the policeman. Having deposited the officer, who was quite dead, at the mouth of the sewer he again returned and almost immediately afterwards brought out another dead body ; but whether that of one of the persons who first went in to search, or one of the labourers, could not be ascertained. As soon as O'Kay brought the second body out of the sewer he was ob served to stagger. He was laid hold of by two persons who endeavoured to support him, but he fell to the ground. He was then taken to the Clarendon Tavern, in Kenilworth-street, where Drs. W. Ord and 'Jen nings successfully administered restoratives. In the meantime some persons succeeded in getting out Mr. Wells, who was in almost a lifeless state, and was immediately taken to St. George's Hospital. SATURDAY MORNING, Two o'CLocK.-14 to half put an; 7416.-Zilog nearly forty putsons w i n NI Raged in euaysting the roads above the sewer in 0 Kenilworth-street, for the purpose of making aper tures over the spots where the bodies of the unfortunate victims of this dreadful catastrophe are supposed to be lying. The sewer atthis part runs at the depth of be tween ten and twelve feet under the road-way, and it is not expected that they will succeed in entering the sewer before six o'clock this morning. That three other men are at present in the sewer has been proved beyond a doubt, as when the parties were first missed,lthat is, when surprise was excited at their not corning out at six o'clock last evening, two persons in the employ of the Sewers Commission, named Christie and Whiting, went down the trap in Kenilworth-street, and there saw the bodies of three persons. The sudden shock at seeing the lifeless bodies of their fellow-workmen, and the effect of the carbonic gas, quite overpowered them, and it was with difficulty they brat a retreat. Upon inquiry at the hospital it was ascertained that " Mr. ‘Vell-e the surgeon, died before he arrived at that establishment. The unfortunate gentleman, who was the first to run in to endeavour to save the lives of ' his fillow creatures, had only recently established ' himself in the neighbourhood, and leaves &young wife to deplore his untimely death. Police-constable Walsh, who i; a relative of Mr. Cole, the deputy governor of Tothill field; Bridewell, had only recently been transferred to the 13 division, and WAS noted in the force for his daring tied courageous character. Directly he heard that parties were missing. witiout a moment's delay he rushed into the sewer, sti3ceded in bringing out one of the sufferers, but upon going in again he was overpowered by the gas; his body when-brought out was perfectly b:ack. Mr. Francis Morten, the clerk of the sewers for the Pimlico district, arrived at the scene of the catastrophe at nine o'clock with a large body of men in the employ of the Sewers Commission, to render any assistance that might be necessary. He informed our reporter that three men, named respectively Thomas Lee Carpenter, John All wood, and William Barton, in the employ of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers, were sent down for the purpose of measuring the soil in the sewer, in order that it taught be let, to contractors for removing or flushing out. The men not coming up as was expected at five o'clock, the usual hour at which they left off, two persons named Christie and Whiting, who are also in the employ of the Commissioners, went down into the sewer, where they saw the lifeless bodies of their fellow-workmen. LATEST PAR rICULARS.—(THIS DAY.) The workmen succeeded at a few minutes before four in effecting an entry into the sewer in Kenil worth-street, when it was opened there was a further escape of pestiferous gas. Proper methods having been adopted to render the air contained in the sewer respirable, the workmen entered it, and succeeded in recovering the bodies of the lost men, at about fifty yards from the spot where they had first entered. The bodies were conveyed to the Clarendon Tavern. THE CHOLERA AT WINDSOR. The part of the town of Windsor, in which the cholera is now raging to so alarming an extent, is a small confined place called Garden-court, leading out of Bier-lane, at the bottom of Thames-street, but a few feet above the level of the Thames. In conse quence, however, of her Majesty having been advised not to take up her residence at the Castle until the disorder has abated, the local board of health (the Town Council) have resolved to adopt, at the eleventh hour, the most efficient means to effect so desirable an object. From Saturday last to Thursday no less than fifteen fatal cases have occurred in this very locality, thirteen deaths having taken place in the court, and two immediately after the removal of the afflicted persons to the Windsor union. The number of fatal cases since the outbreak of the cholera in this vicinity are between thirty-five and forty, only one amongst those who were attacked having recovered, through the medical treatment of Mr. Pearl. From the following description of Garden-court, in which the cholera has committed such extensive ravages, ,it can excite but little surprise that so many of the pcor residents have fallen victims :—ln the court there are ,twenty-one small houses, each consisting of three rooms, the whole of which are occupied, each room containing upon the average not less, including children, than five persons. These rooms are generally let out to separate families. The back doors of each house open close to the privies, which are in a horridly filthy state, the stench arising from them being most offensive to the w hole neighbour hood. Within five feet of the court there is an open stinking ditch running into the Thames, into which it carries the soil from some other houses in the neigh bourhood. This ditch at times is most offensive, esioL cially during the hot summer months. Into the rooms of four of the houses the soil from the privies in Thames otrtet absolutely oozes, rendering these habitations unfit for even a dog to live in, mach less human beingr. In the centre of a small yard there is a pump. from which water is supplied to all the inmates of this pestiferous court. This water is strongly impregnated with the stinking water of the ditches and drains by which the pump is surrounded. The town of Windsor is most wretchedly drained ; but it is to be hoped, since the Health of Towns Act is in operation in the borough, that efficient means will be adopted to remedy these evils, and others of an equally disgraceful na ture, which are inflicted upon other portions of the town. Mr. Creasy, the Government Inspector under the Act, who was engaged for several days in making examinations and inquiries throughout the borough, stated, in his report. to the Central Board, that there was not only "no proper drainage in Windsor," but that the "cesspools scattered through Windsor are more in number than the houses ;" that " the annual cost of cleansing these fetid receptacles (mostly un covered) is 1,000/. ;" that their " polluted oozings, at high tides, are floated into the very habitations;" and that, "in consequence of the spongy soil, the walls of many houses, in low situations, support as much vegetation as a decaying thatch." It was in con templation, by the local board of health, to remote those attacked by cholera (as soon as cases manifested themselves) from their residences in Garden-court to the borough gaol, in Sheet-street, within a few yards of the Infantry barracks, from which the gaol is only separated by the yard and back premises of a public-house, much frequented by the soldiers of both the cavalry and infantry regiments stationed at Windsor. The prisoners in the gaol (15 in number) were to have been transferred to the police-station, in the very heart of the town, the station affording very confined accommodation for such a number of inmates. The proposition was brought forward at a meeting of the board, and negatived by a majority of four. Had the local authorities deter mined upon carrying this plan into effect, it is very pro. babie that the project would have been very strongly opposed by the Duke of Wellington, the Commander in Chief, out of a very proper regard for the health and safety of the men ; for hitherto, we are happy to state, no symptoms of cholera have displayed them selves in either of the two regiments. Several of the houses in Garden-court are now untenanted, some in consequence of the deaths of the late occupiers, and others by parties leaving to escape a similar fate to those who have fallen victims to the disease. The medical men of the town have been unremitting in their attentions to the afflicted. POST OFFICE" _FINAL INSTRUCTIONS.' The following "final instructions" relative to Sunday duties have just been issued by the Post office : "On and from to-morrow (Saturday) evening a London bag must be n aie up in every provincial post office, and which is only to contain letters which pass through London for places beyond it, and the postage on which has been pre-paid by stamps. Newspapers, books, Parliamentary proceedings, sad all kinds of documents which pass through the post for less than full letter postage rates will be detained in the provincial post offices until the London bag is dispatched on Sunday. Foreign and colonial letters, whether pre-paid by money, s:r sort unpaid, as well as letters for the Government offices, will be forwarded in the Saturday night London bag. On and from Sunday evening next a bag will be made up in London for every provincial post town. " A measure is in contemplation for the relief of rural post-office me ssenger., which is to let them return home within an hour o r so after the y have del ivered all da th y e m exit r r n e i m ng e i t i n il d si o a t cl theirof comp~ ldeliveriesiingth r n r i e g l h ig t i ; uu s s o d th u a ti t es th i e n y Company may be enabl e d t o em th eir l t e o t te r r e s ni o a n i u S u a n t with their n u t l e t i n l d S t u o nd t h ay e , i families, during the principal • portion of Sunday.-- Oct. 12." ST. MARY -L). STRAND.—This little parish is likely to be the scene of a warm contest for the vacant office of vestry-clerk. The following candidates are in the Ii ld:---Mr. Isaacson, the vestry-clerk of St. Clement Danes; Mr. Moseley, the chairman of the board of guardians of the Strand Union; Mr. Murrough, solicitor; Mr. Score, the clerk to the commissioners of the income. tax; and Mr. Yonge, solicitor. The contest is said is be between the two first named gentlemen. DEATH OF ALEXANDER BROWN, Esq.—We have this week to record the death of Alexander Brown, Esq., of Beilby Grange, near Wetherby, who expired very suddenly, at Lancaster, on Sunday last, aged 32. He was one of the magistrates for the West Riding, and last surviving child of William Brown, Esq., M.P. for South Lancashire, and the tenth child whom that respected and revered gentleman has followed to the grave. The interment, which was strictly private, took place at Collingham Church, on Thursday. Most of the inhabitants of Wetherby spontaneously manifested their regard for the memory of the deceased, by accompany ing the funeral procession. —Leeds Mercury. THE GOLDEN PLOVER.—Several flocks of these b , attain' birds have been seen in the southern part of this county during the last few week!. This species has been always considered, most justly, a delicious dish. It figures conspicuously in most of the old bills of fare, and was a very favourite dish with Queen 1 Northamptonshire Guardian.