The Sun. — London, England, 1834-08-22 00:00:00

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():Marshal Gerard was attacked a few days since with a fit fsci at i c gout, and is confined to hi 4 bed. He has not, t .' w ever, ceased t o g i ve hi s attention to the i mportant af airs of the War -office. The reMRS contain thes followinc , account of the ru mour relative to Burgos, mentioned in our Stock- Ex change article and which we `: One of the most respectable banking-houses in Paris, may presume to be a stranger to all Legiti matiat yesterday on 'Change the t that Burgo s had received and proclaimed Don Carlos, tto evinc e his gratitude, immediately published a decree• eby h e fi xes his residence in that city. Then the pre der was alleged by a second decree, to have undertaken the acknowledgment of all the Spanish debt. This second Bur of of the news on account of it s n a t ura l tendency to pro a rise in the funds, created a suspicion of the authen "city of the other." T he Indicate-21r of Bordeaux states that several frigates otttad sloops of war are expected at Royan, towards the tlotreoduetrhs. of the riv er w h ere t h ey w ill b e stat i one d t ill f urt h er A sloop o f 20 guns h a d a l rea d y entere d t h e road ad, and cast anchor at Lormont. T he J ourna l de la Guienne, a legitimatist journal of iiordea ux, of the 17th inst., has nothing that tends to con r' the account s f rom t h e f ront i er pu bli s h e d b y t h e G azette cie „Prance. It states that Don Carlos continues in Biscay, 1 5,000 men, and abundant means of transport, and eeiLtradicts th e news of Rodil ' s entry into Elisondo. rbe Au gs b urg Gazette of the 16th instant quotes the fin ds 4 at Vi enna on the 11th, 5 per Cent. Metalliques, 98+ ; Pier Cent. ditto, 88+ ; Bank Actions, 1,236. eumnieittheaeve received the f o ll ow i ng f rom Z ur i c h The a ir ppointed to revise the federal compact question its task on the 7th inst., and first entered upon the of the representation. The majority rejected the PPPositio n f or its being made in proportion to the popula t , l on. • committee is composed of the deputies for Zu t'ch it ueerne, Zu g , Gl ar i s , F r ib urg , S o l eure, B as l e , Scaff dpeusea, St. G a ll , the Grisons, Argua, Thurgau, Vaud, and i t nev a. At th e secon d s i tt i ng, w hi ch was h e ld on t h e 9t h , to o k Diet into cons id erat i on the art i cles re l at i ve to t h e " and the p owers o f t h e F e d era l Government ; eii several m em b ers conce i v i ng • t h at as t h e prin thPe f a propo r ti ona t e re p resen t a ti on was rejected, an7v,s.d compact would be without any solid foundation, ,e°ns equently be radically defective, declared that it ob • u 'd be totally useless to continue their deliberation upon thjetcts which would thereby become merely accessary, and ly to ascertain if there were any means of this • the revision of the compact . after the rejection ch ant ,' P r ineiPle, or whether, renouncing every species of Di et the revision became altogether impossible. The ; 1 1e et, in its sitting of the 12th inst., received the report on ;up re vision of its standing orders. The assembly entered L e " a debat e on the report article by article, and it will her eafter be sent to the States ad instruendum. The first and r le les, relative to the opening and closing of the Diet 41 „ ,to the functions of the President, were adopted without ,„ri discussion. They contain very nearly the former re be ti°l 's only, the numerous formalities which have hitherto It:4 observed at the opening of the Diet, the Federal Sa- Si r e ', a nd the titles of Your Excellencies,' and Most Hon. s ' aro abolished. The discussion is to be resumed at the ne xt sitting," Th e of s h T emps has th e f o ll ow i ng upon the financial resources Co Para The Count de Toren°, in proposing to the fore7ens the moiety of the . Spanish debt as it concerns the upon g creditors exclusively, grounded this violent measure ei t ;he deficit of the Treasury. If this reason were . suffi ' nalf the Governments of Europe, beginning with our : would b e to-morrow i n a state o f b an k ruptcy, an d yin hers e lf would have b een i n open b an k ruptcy 250 th at ago, for it is shown by the registers of the contadoria ee e d at the time of Philip 11. her expenditure has always ex ed her revenue. To proclaim that such is the case at e ,:, e nt is to tell us no more than everybody knows. But lef t ; 't Was necessary to do to justify, if possible, that in tale n i g to pay her debt Spain merely yielded to an inevi o e .atalit Yy was to prove evidently that the country had cei me Y, of fulfilling its engagements. It is scarcely con e th a t t h e Cabinet of Madrid should not have per il that the w h o l e _ ques ti on li es th ere , an d no t i n an em ir/ e a ssed state of finances, which most of the Governments Whi laY experience as well as Spain. Now this question, reference"l de Toreno eluded, may be solved completely by ti a to the statistics of Spain. According to an offi 4, document drawn up by the Cortes in 1822, the follow ' are the disposable resources of the country Francs. itt'Z t i of establishments of pi e ty a n d confraternity 540,000,000 uit t ' , orumanderies of military orders 103,000,000 L otto °o the , the J esu i ts, remaining unsold +Jot, e Inquisition, abolished 13,500,000 Littsupvressed convents t,' °f the secular clergy, deduction made of one hi.ttZt,belonging to bequests ' „' the Crown, solely that disposable, and includ- I r e 'ue mono xilized manufactories eY of I. Id:- 27,000,000 Itop - Aleuma 4,800,000 vt s' of Communes (Baldios) of the Crown 540,000,000 -IXat oely lo eel esiasti' e 1,750,200,000 if roN domains property 571,800,000 qo u b th e t S are entertained of the valuation of this pr?p if erty, 4 , Rep ° ,,", ° _ , w ing' facts would prove that it is far from beine o x- f i a, - Zeu• In 1820, property belonging to the convents 1 9 4 .5 7 - ,,`" Saragossa, Oviede, and Valencia, was sold for the valua tiO4 (),000 reals, or nearly 5,000,000 francs ; th e °1.42 Only 8,695,000 reals. In Catalonia and Cadiz t _ IralaPattic'e realized was more than twice the amount o a f ba ll; If 1 ,„ II; and at Seville the increase was will twice and no !eneralize this excess in value, itbe seen that th atSp a i the state of Europe is far more favourable . to No; than in 1820, the 1,750,000,000 . arising from dis -3,00'e ec clesiastical property may be carried to more than 1 41 000 ,000. I t s h ou ld a l so b e remar k e d, th a t th e a b ove passes- far from containing the account of all the resources o f iY Spain in national property. It includes none ;", "longing to the Crown, which is more valuable 4111 ,-fx si v e th an anyw h ere e l se . It on ly di s poses of one t ne communes nominally possessed by the Civil List. p , ''" r o , )ert . ,, , it only g i ves 1,750,000,000 f or th e ecc l es i as ti ca l Where as th e va l ua ti on was ma d e t o amount to t 't l °, ° o o by Cabarus on detailed research, established thi s e 4clastra l operations. Without in any respect disposing of 141 blf r° P e rtY, we may nevertheless consider it a part of the wealth, w hi ch adds to the 2,300,000,0 0 0 o f dis inte ekral P r operty, a guaran t ee o f equa l amount securing the 4 4 0 o ,,PaYment of the debts of the State ; and it is with " °,o oof. of landed property, the appropriation of , C orte to the wants of the State has been demanded by the 11' den dur ing two centuries, that the Minister asks Spain 1 01 l ts debt. It is easy to conceive that a country, by itlu t se ries of abuses, monarchical -prodigality, and dis hein:3 ev ents, may be reduced to the sad condition of tvh ieb to meet it s engagemen t s ; b u t th a t coun t r y h e with the m eans o f satisfying them, should listen to as : f ti ra l °±: j % prop osa l of evading payment, would brand itself Illisdeeptalent b an k rupt. We cannot believe that such a } lO OO ,. u would be tolerated by a nation so remarkable for sentiment. The project of Toreno is the most sA 4led fable Phenomenon that political events have pre an li the pre sent d ay, so pregnant w i th won d ers. I t i s afil s — , a o f r flagra nt i n j ustice, and the Minister, in what he eominits a political error of such enormity, that S e'a IS ViltY of it may consider himself fortunate if he Pe the clnzrg e of error alone." Total.. ..2,323,000,000 FRENCH FUNDS.—P4itis, Ave. 20. Five per Cents., i f f. 20e 25c. 20c. .1:our per Cents., 9if —c. illluitr(_, per ('ents., 75f. 44 ) c. 35c. 30c. k et , v , L,- , , !,775f. —c. .‘ene de I wir M. 4 5r !,tria I; i'v e .i p:i ' Cenis ---- ., p 4 45. 34% 304, !! nte Espagne, Five per Cents., 35.5...., 26 34 27. ; d'Espagne, Three per Cents.. . .:zo. :4 ry•ll,spanish Loan, 42% 4334 4 -/4 n . • i'ient, Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Le ts., 43 % 4311 an Loan, 2.0 f. • , 75f 42. 42;(,. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. 05f oc. Cne inonth, paper, 2 t: 2"•P,c. ; mony, — f • 12 ,. 4c Ihreonionths paper 25f. 15e. ; ni°l--4' 25 ' ' . --Cours ifutliAtique' N L IVIri, Men__ ,OOL COTTON MiRKET, AUGUST 20.— . p ri -untinue to have an exceeding quiet market for cotton, and e"rernain stationary. Sales of the day 2,000 bags. %5, . T y a ', riORRIBLE DEPRAVITY. _Yesterday Anne Ka- Il i ', es t was beld on the body of a female name —Yesterday an 1101, killed in a drunken affray Sunday,respecting a 4, - ". 4 1 to n on ected with the r tt pound note. The circumstances coTI ceful to 11 44,,,, 1 : gin of the quarrel are, we regret to say, disgraceful . r,onee'rY—a foul blot upon the character of the poor wret w c h h e e n s it 6 L tt ed In it--but still more debasing and abominable * .'llo;'• -11 "11 that the tempter to the crime is an individual ect. it t 1 , w 7,. c ia a respectable rank in society. The money:ca ) for the eoz it4 .Th t.he quarrel commenced was the price paid . Itrio‘rnlnation of tha child of the deceased ! This is a fact br the t o the police magistrates of the Head-office--the letter 1)1i, debauchee to the pander is in the possession of the ehildel!laii Corcoran—the facts have been admitted by the kn o ll ' the woman who received the money, and they were before te the unfortunate woman who has been already called *r ote e dread tribunal of her Creator. The person . who rpr,,tce letter, and who aid the money for the vilest of Rahnifil C"s , is in the power of li tle Government—he °,llriable profession, the supreme and controlunlimited coveni. rit ,.'erA . b vested in the King. We demand of the . Iti.)d rile tavestigation into the circumstances of this most foul pro`-' transaction —we tell them where they can t o ob • i ll nd we call upon them, as the guardians of the people, procure the tl, I l i t , p to the contempt of mankind a wretch who traffics in likt,. ell 'ltir of the poor, and who, to gratify his unnatura , io r , .., , . Prok s ,, , ‘MLEISe4. infant females, and brings disgrace u p on nutted to in Which at least-non e but gentlemen should be per l'ellurilt— ° )4l9 ria' Morning A' eigister of Wednesday. GERMAN PAPERS. DARAMADT, A.t79. 9.—Our readers will recollect that the motion respecting the freedom of the press, made in the last session, and which was claimed as a right, founded on Act 35 of our Constitution, has been renewed this session. We hear that the Government, in its negotiations on the subject with the Committee, has caused its opinion to be very decidedly expressed. It may be interesting to state those opinions, as well on account of the importance of the subject considered in itself, as because it may be presumed that uniform measures on this very point have been resolved upon in the conference at Vienna, and consequently that no German Government will express opinions different from what has been agreed upon there. The Grand Ducal Government declares that it never can or will accede to the views expressed in the motion of M. Trommler, that the 18th article of the Act of the Confederation does not di rectly secure the freedom of the press, and still less unli mited freedom, but only promises that the Diet of the Con federation shall still establish uniforin regulations respecting the freedom of the press, and for securing the rights of authors. and publishers against piracy, that consequently the esta blishment of uniform regularity for the freedom of the Press, is reserved to the Diet. That the resolutions of the Diet of Sept. 20, 1819, have accordingly established regulations conformably to the 18th Article of the Act of Confederation—that Art. 35 at the Constitution of the Grand Duchy, which is more recent than the restoration of the Diet of Sept. 20, 1829, declares the press and the book trade free, but with the observance of the laws against abuses, either already existing, or to be hereafter enacted. That as excepting the above mentioned resolution of the Diet, no law against the abuses of the press had been pro mulgated to the whole of the Grand Duchy. The Con stitution had, therefore, expressly recognized that resolu tion, as well as the whole relation of the Diet, to the affair of the press, though as the Act of Confederation and the resolution of the Diet of Sept. 20, 1829, are anterior to the Constitution, they did not derive from the latter their validity in the Grand Duchy. That Art.2s of the Constitution had never been understood in any other manner by any of the preceding assemblies of the States till the last, that as the press is subject in .the Grand Duchy to no restrictions beyond those which &re called for by the Legislature of the Confederation, and the regulations necessary to carry it into effect, in which the censorship is equally to be reckoned, and as such a state of things cannot be unconstitutional, since it rests on laws of the Confederation, and even on those upon which the constitution was founded, so that there is not even the shadow of reason for a doubt whether the Legislative ordinances of the Confederation fully har monize with the principles of the constitution. It is evi dent that the suppositions on which the motion in question proceeds, are unfounded, both in law and in fact ; and that the demand set up in the motion is of such a nature, that the Grand Ducal Government, in conformity with its obli gations as a member of the Confederation is not empowered to entertain it ; that consequently it cannot make an agree ment with the Estates in any regulations upon this subject, which are not founded on the continuance of the censor ship, as long as the latter subsists by the laws of the Con federation, and which do not recognise beforehand all the regulations which may in future be established by the laws of the Confederation, so that any regulations for the Grand Duchy which are ag reed upon, with the concurrence of the Estates, may be in harmony with such laws of the Confe deration, and the Government be at liberty to make their legislative regulations of the Grand Duchy agree with such as may be established by the German Diet, as its duty as a member of the Confederation require the Government, that it was not disinclined on these principles to take into consideration, if it were desired, any regulations that might be calculated for legal enactment, and to prepare them for being submitted to the Assembly of the Estates, for their constitutional co-operation.—Frankfort Papers, Aug. 16. VIENNA, AUG.II.-5 per Cent. Metalliques 984-4 :per Cent. 88 ; Bank Shares 1236.—AllgenteineZeitung,Aug.16. THE Fr'Y LONDON, FRIDAY; --AUGTIST-ffl',--1634 hours, and - one continued night of twenty-four hours ; while circles everywhero within the polar the days and the nights respectiVely are for six :months More than tWenty.:fonr - hours, extending . even as .we advance towards the poles throUgh the time of many of our days and nights. How are the inhabi tants of these regions to understand the week of the creation, if limited to the literal interpretation of the inspired record ? Professor Silliman. LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE.—The Aberdeen tradinr , smack Mansfield arrived early yesterday morning from Aberdeen. •On the voyage one of the passengers, Mr. Dup.- can, adv_ocate, Who it is said, had beeo for some time labouring under an aberration of intellect, when near Scarborough. threw himself overboard, and was drowned. The melancholy cir cumstance is rendered the more distressing by the fact of the unfortunate gentleman's sister being also a passenger on board the Mansfield at the time of the sad event. Travelling was never cheaper than at present in most parts of England. One may travel in any of the steamers on any day except Sunday for one shilling to Gravesend ; for three shillings outside to Cambridge ; for ten shillings ditto to Oxford ; from Southampton to Havre in the steam-boats for five shillings. A person may travel outside to Cheltenham or Gloucester for twelve shillings, and on by the same con. veyance to Hereford or Monmouth for six more. COLOUR OF TIIE EYE.--That the colour of the eyes should affect their strength may seem strange ; 3et that such is the case need not at this time of day be proved ; and those whose are brown or dark-coloured should be informed that they are weaker and more susceptible of injury from various causes than grey or blue eyes. Light-blue eyes are, cateris puiibus, generally the most powerful ; and next to these are grey. The lighter the pupil, the greater and longer continued is the degree of tension the eye can sustain. _ Curtis on the Eye. TRAVELS OF DISCOVERY.—" Two volumes of great interest, which will be gladly received by the classical and religious world. To the Christian these regions have the high interest of having been early connected with the Gospel —of being the scene of the missions of Paul and Barnabas, and their consequent sufferings. Mr. Arundell's narrative is agreeably mixed with his fruitful accounts of striking scenery and adventures of the road. To this journey the author ap pears to have brought the information of the scholar, with the more general qualifications of a traveller—tact in observation of character in man, and a feeling for the picturesque in na ture. In his learning there is no pedantry ; while his style is easy, animated and pleasing. "—Morning Herald. PARISIAN RESTAURATEURS.—III the year 1756 only a few privileged persons in Paris were allowed to keep " eating houses." In that year, however, an ingenious cook opened a room, elegantly furnished, with the inscription— " Venite ad me omnes qui stomacho- laboratis, et ego restau rabo vos"—over its entrance. Its novelty charmed the Pari sians ; public opinion established the cook, and the word restaurabo gave a name (restaurant) to the new eating-house. Places of the same description multiplied rapidly, and as sud denly revolutionized the domestic habits of the citizens. Pre- viou; to the era of restaurateurs, the people of Paris dined at home with their families, but since that period the great majo rity eat, drink, and enjoy theniselves anywhere in preference to their respective domiciles.—Simeon's Letters to his Kins folk. DUNDEE STEAM SHIP-ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN.—This magnificent and powerful vessel sailed on Wednesday forenoon, with a great number of passengers and a valuable cargo of merchandise, for the flourishing and im portant commercial town of Dundee. The certainty of passing in the River her Majesty, on her return to England, afforded Commander Wishart an opportunity of displaying his loyalty. The Dundee was decorated with flags of almost every nation, and when passing the Royal yacht, off Purfleet, her Majesty was saluted with several guns, accompanied with cheering from the assembled passengers on board, the music on the quarter-deck giving in succession the airs " I've been roam ing," " Hail, Star of Brunswick 1" and " The King, God bless him 1" These honours were returned by the Royal party and by two steam-vessels in company, and her Majesty was also pleased to acknowledge these marks of dutiful respect, by re peatedly curtseying and waving her handkerchief. TILE ST. GILES'S GHOST.—The inhabitants of that classical neighbourhood, St. Giles's, were thrown into a state of considerable alarm by the report being circulated that " a ghost " for the last night or two had been paying visits to the churchyard, to the great terror of many persons. On Wednesday night about twenty minutes to eleven o'clock, a great crowd had assembled, and a tall figure was plainly dis cerned crouching over a grave. Some two or three of the bystanders, less superstitious than the rest, got over the railing and found, instead of a being " of no mortal mould," a poor Irishwoman. It appears that this poor creature, whose name is Ann Macarthy, living in Buckeridge-street, St. Giles's, has recently lost her son, who was buried l as t wee k i n th e above mentioned churchyard; and the woman having been told that some persons known to be resurrection men " had been lurk ing in the neighbourhood, she became fearful that they were waiting an opportunity to exhume the body of her child, and determined to watch the grave, the doing which raised the ap prehensions of the superstitious, and on Wednesday niq,ht last the crowd became so dense that the police were obliged to interfere. DREADFUL EXPLOSION OF GAS.—The neigh bourhood of Berwick -street, Soho, was last night thrown into the utmost alarm in consequence of a very powerful explosion of 'gas. The accident occurred at a public-house, which has for some months been unoccupied, at the corner of Kemp's court, Berwick-street, Soho. It has recently been taken by a person named Wissen, and considerable alterations had been made for its opening on Saturday next. The workmen about the house had, during the whole of the day, been aware that the gas escaped in some part of the building, but despite their efforts it could not be ascertained from what part. At about nine last night, immediately after they had tried it, the facia of the house was blown out with a dreadful crash, and so powerful was the shock that the sashes of a house facing, Mr. Mills's, were forced in and the windows broken. The alarm was much increased by the attempt of an uncommon large bear to escape from his cage, at Lawrence's, the other corner of Kemp's-court, who it seems is a celebrated purveyor of bears' grease. The infuriated animal broke some of the bars of his cage, and but for the timely arrival of a workman would very possibly have dispersed the assembled multitude. The acci dent is attributed to the escape of gas between the wood and brickwork. NATURAL PHENOMENON.-011 Sunday, the 3d inst. we experienced, pretty g enera lly th roug h th e p ar i s h o f Killyman, what I think may be justly termed a phenomenon. We had that day the very extremes of summer and winter.— The early part of the day was so warm as to make even the exercise of walking irksome. About two o'glock, however, there was a slight shower, accompanied by thunder. At three o'clock, or thereabouts, there was a heavy and dense shower of hail, or rather ice -balls, some of which I measured, and found nearly four inches in circumference. Fortunately the shower did not continue long (I think not half an hour), nor, from what I can hear, was it general ; had it been so, the damage that must have resulted would have been calamitous ; where it did fall, considerable injury was done to the crops. The thunder continued during the shower without intermission, and, b eca me still louder as th e s t orm i ncrease d. Th e R ector of our parish, the Rev. Mr O'Sullivan, weighed some of the ice-balls, and found them to be one ounce each. During the fall we felt the extreme of cold.—Correspondent of the Newry Telegraph.—[ We understand that a similar " ice" shower, ac companied by thunder and lightning, was experienced on the same day, in various parts of this as well as the adjoining county. —N e wry Telegraph.) ABJECT STATE OF THE RUSSIAN PEASANTRY. - - - —This was proved by the cruelty and insolence with which our drivers treated them. One instance will suffice. Whilst pursuing our journey, we noticed some trifling article—a piece of leather, I think it was—fall from a cart at sonic little dis tance before us, the driver, as usual, being fast asleep. After the cart had passed on, and while the dilizence was still some little way in the rear, a poor man stepped from the road side, and appropriated to himself the article that had been left be hind. Our conductcur, who, though active, was but a person of small stature, happened to see the transaction, and when he arrived at the spot, stopped the coach, and, springing to the road side, ran towards the culprit, who was in company with two other men, and seizing him by his beard, gave him a most severe chastisement with a switch, which he received without offering the slightest resistance, whilst his two friends looked on, without attempting to rescue him. They were all tall athletic men, and any one of them might, with the greatest ease, have annihilated the conducteur ; and would, no doubt, have done so, if he had been one of the bearded tribe. Now. making all allowance for the conducteur's being a kind of pub lic servant, and the peasant clearly a pilferer, such an adminis tration of summary justice a little startled us. But the Rus sians of the lower class are accustomed to be roughly handled; a beating is thought nothing of, and frequently passes down from one to another, after the manner of Captain Absolute, Mr. Tagg, and the errand-boy.—Barrow's Excursions in the North of Europe. THE PENGUIN.—At a recent meeting of the Zoo logical Society, Mr. G. Bennett read a note on the habits of the King Penguin, Aptenodytes Patachonica, Gmel., as ob served by him on various occasions when in high southern lati tudes. He described particularly a colony of these birds, which covers an extent of thirty or forty acres, at the north end of Macquarrie Island, in the South Pacific Ocean. The number of penguins collected together in this spot is immense, but it would be almost impossible to guess at it with any near approach to truth, as, during the whole of the day and night, 30,000 or 40,000 of them are continually landing, and an equal number going to sea. They are arranged, when on shore, in as compact a manner and in as regular ranks as an army of soldiers ; and are cli ssed with the greatest order, the young birds being in one situation, the moulting birds in another, the sitting hens in a third, the clean birds in a fourth, &c. ; and so strictly do birds in similar condition congregate, that should n bird that is moulting intrude itself among those which are clean, it is immediately ejected from among them. The females hatch the eggs by keeping them close between their thighs; and, if approached during the time of incubation, move away, carrying the eggs with them. At this time the male bird goes to sea and collects food for the female, whi c h becomes very fat. After the young is hatched, both parents go to sea, and bring home food for it ; it soon becomes so fat as scarcely to be able to walk, the old birds getting very thin. They sit quite upright in their roosting places, and walk in the erect position until they arrive at the beach, when they throw themselves on their breasts in order to encounter the very heavy sea met with at their landing-place. Although the ap pearance of the penguins generally indicates the neighbou r .. hood of land, Mr. G. Bennett cited several instances of their occurrence -at a considerable distance from any known land. THIS EVENING. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, ,Seveil o'clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, AUGUST 20, 1834. This day M. Van de Weyer, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of the Belgians, had an audience of his Majesty, to take leave, pro tempore, to which he was introduced by Lord Viscount Palmerston, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and c on d uc t e d by Sir Robert Chester, Kilt., Master of the Ceremonies. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. The following statement was circulated amongst the pro prietors yesterday; it will be found to furnish some curious details connected with this stupendous undertaking ;-- " LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. Length Breadth of way on embankments and viaducts Viz., For double line of railway, width of each 5 feet 10 Space between the two lines 6 Ditto outside ditto 6 feet each ...12-28 feet. In the cuttings (1 foot additional being allowed on each side for a drain) Cuttings : greatest depth Embankments and viaducts : greatest height Tunnels : Space outside the line of rails, 3 feet, making a total width of 22 feet. Height to the crown of the arch Levels of the line above the sea : Miles. London Station 2 Brent Valley ll2 13 Oxhey Ridge, near Watford mi. Colne Valley 30 Tring Ridge 420 53 Ouse Valley 259 59 Blisworth Ridge, near Northampton 64 Nen Valley 76 Kilsby Ridge, near Daventry 395 90 Avon Valley ___ _ 263 cii . 97} Reaves Green Ridge, near Coventry 377 101 Blythe Valley 4 1111 Birmingham Station 368 Planes. Great Inclination, 1 in 330, or 16 feet in a mile. Total length of planes; with an inclination exceed ing 14 feet in a mile. Ascending from London 25- miles. Descending ditto Total Sum of level planes Estimates---( Parliamentary). COST:-- For making the railway (at full prices for the X. labour and materials) 1,882,553 For land (1,250 acres) 250,000 For engines, carriages, stations, and contingencies 367,447 TRAFFIC : - £2,500,000 _ Annual passengers (persons now travelling), 488,342, at 2d. per head per mile Van,-waggon, fly-boat goods (average now con veyed 143,342 tons, at from 6d. to sd. per ton per mile) 447,646 345,761 X 793,407 IRELAND. DINNER TO MR. O'CONNELL AT WATERFORD. Mr. O'Connell, with Mrs. O'Connell and his family, ar rived at Waterford on Thursday last, and were received by a vast concourse of people with deafening cheers. After the cheers subsided he addressed them at some length. " It is a fine thing," he said, " to toil and labour for so brave and honest a people as the Irish. They beat us, however, on the tithe question this time, but, with the blessing of God, we will beat them next session.—( Cries of You will, .you will.') We will also have a rap at the rotten corporations, and grind some of the fat ones belonging to them." A great dinner followed on the succeeding day. On Mr. O'Connell's health being given, he made an eloquent reply, of which we have only room for the following extracts : " He saw the dawn of justice in Ireland in the conduct of the present Administration. The Coercion Bill had been abrogated—the old Ministry thought to renew it, but they were now out, and the Coercion Bill was annihilated.—( Cheers.) In that event he saw a dawn of hope for his country—lie saw the first movement of conciliation on the part of Ministers, whose duty and interest it was to do justice to the people of Ireland.—( Cheers.) They had changed the law of reversion, which he, as a lawyer, knew would be of infinite advantage to Ireland. It made property more secure, and increased its value very much.—( Loud cheers.) Those and other enlivening rays of hope had burst upon him, and in the fullness of his heart he could not help feeling that Ireland—the land of his love—was about to receive that justice which tyranny had withheld from her for centuries.—( Cheers.) He could not help alluding to the efforts of the expiring faction. They held a meeting, the day before in Dublin, and what would they think when they were told that they had to send to England for that prime buf foon, Lord Winchilsea, to conduct their proceedings. He was what was called at the Italian Opera prim buffo--and he made a most wonderful discovery—a discovery that must have asto nished the world; he found out, after deep research, of course, that the property of the Established Church never belonged to the Papists.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) Now he would ask the Noble Lord to read some of the original endowments, and he would there find that such endowments were given to the clergy that they might pray for the souls of the giver and his family.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord would, no doubt, give back all that did not belong to the Papists—which would be nothing—but would he give back all that could be proved to have been the property of the Papists? Oh no—it was a little more than he would wish to part with.—( Cheers.) There was one topi c th e y i n tr o duced at that meeting—it was agitation—and they agitated most furiously themselves—and, as they had set the example, he, with the blessing of God, would follow it up.—(Cheers.) But the agitation of the people for their rights should not resemble the agitation of their oppressors —th e people knew the course by which they won former victories, and their future struggle would be marked by peace and perseverance.—( Cheers.) By these means they would have a total extinction of tithes.—( Cheers.) The legislative independence of Ireland would follow, and no m an f e l t more d eep l y on the subject than he did. When the question of Re peal was brought forward, he, Heaven help him 1 made a speech of five hours, but he had to introduce topics to prove the right of Ireland to independenFe, which it would not be necessary for him to do the next time he should bring it for ward.—( Chee rs .) Ireland never forfeited her rights—the union was not a compact between two nations, for be could well prove the union was brought about by fraud and blood.— ( Hear, and cheers.) The people were goaded to violence and rebellion—and, when weakened by their divisions, their rights were wrested from thew, and their country enslaved.— ( Hear, and cheers.) Next year be would . forgive them two fifths of his specch—(Laughter)—and in the mean time he. would advise his countrymen to be cup and stirring—for he would look upon the man as guilty of a crime who did not do something for his country.—( Cheers.) Every man in his sphere could be useful. There he was, a practical example of what an bumble mart might do ; there. he was, the son of a gentleman farmer—called to a profession of emolument—a man with poor talent—no poetic feelings, for no visions of glory flitted through his day dreams ; but Ireland was his first love—his maiden vows had been plighted for her happiness, and thank heaven, he lead never broken them:—( Cheers,) Let.the people rouse from their lethargy. Ireland's prospects were brightening—be saw the dawn of happier days, and his heart was glad.—( Cheers.) He- would take the part of the present Administration—he was, in fact, a ministerial man, but only so long .as he saw the Ministry disposed to serve Ireland.--( Cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") When he saw them making the beneficial changes here which they were making in England—when the Castle hacks and hangers-on were discarded—when the magistracy were purged of the paltry village politicians, whose trade was to traduce the people of Ireland—who lived on her sorrows, and grew rich on her misfortunes—when he saw a. Ministry prepared to do that, he was happy and joyful, and such a Ministry should have his support. That Ministry would become the friends of the people ; the concession of justice would cost them nothing, whilst the warm and enthusiastic shouts of gratitude from m'llions of Irish hearts would be a reward well worth earning. The people should make arrangements to give him three mil lions of signatures to petitions for next Session—( Cheers) — he would not take less.—( Cheers.) He was one of the best friends the Clergy of the Established Church had--he used every exertion to maintain vested rights—his motion se cured them 80 per cent. to be had at the Treasury, or in Ex chequer Bills, payable at every Custom-house in the country, and where was the landed proprietor who would Lot feel proud to have his rents so well secured ?—( Hear, hear.) And when it was proposed that the Clergy should pay back to them the million advanced to them last year, he opposed it. All this he had done as a Catholic, and he was sincerely one—but all that would not conciliate the Protestant clergy, therefore, as they could not buy them, they should fight them. They should attack corruption in every shape." NEW SALE OF BEER ACT. The following are the Heads of the Act for regulating the Sale of Beer and Cider, passed at the close of the late Ses sion of Parliament, the provisions of which, judging from the discussions in the House of Commons on the subject will be rigidly enforced : - An Act to amend an Act, passed in the first year of his pre sent Majesty, to permit the general Sale of Beer and Cider, by retail, in England. Licenses to be granted for the sale of beer, but not to autho rize consumption thereof on the premises, unless granted upon certificate. Every person applying for a license to deposit with the Com missioners of Excise a certificate of good character, signed by six rated inhabitants of the parish, and certified by one over seer. if not ten rated inhabitants in the place, the certificate to be signed by the majority of them, and the overseers, if they refuse a certificate, liable to a penalty of 51. Permitting drinking beer in a neighbouring house, or any street, deemed an evasion of the Act, and subjects the party so offending to a penalty. Liability of billeting of soldiers to extend to the retailers of beer and cider, the same as under the Mutiny Act. Appeal. Provisions as to the hours for opening and closing houses.— Opening five o'clock in the morning, to close at eleven at night ; and constables empowered to enter licensed houses under the Act. Penalties for making use of false certificates 20/., and to be disqualified for ever from obtaining a licence to sell beer or cider, and all retailers compellable to produce their licences on the requisition of two magistrates. Old duties repealed, and new duties granted in lieu thereof, and such duties to be under the management of the Commis sioners of Excise. Licences under the Act not to authorize the sale of wine, or to suffer it or other spirits to be consumed on the premises. Pe nalties on unlicensed persons, selling beer or cider by retail to be drank off the premises 101., on the premises 201. The board over the door to state " Not to drink on tho pre mises." Persons licensed to sell beer or cider under the Act liable to the penalties imposed by the laws of Excise for selling spirits or wine, sweets, or made wines, &c. The Act to commence the 10th of October in the present year. Lord .Denman is expected t o arrive at his residence at Stoney, Middleton, on Wednesday next, where he will pro bably remain until October. His Lordship's family are already there, and we understand that the house has recently been considerably enlarged.—Derbyshire Courier. TIIE SPEAKER.—The Right Honourable Charles Manners Sutton, the Speaker of the House of Commons, whose sojourn for four months at Lauriston House last year proved a source of mutual gratification to himself, his family, and the inhabitants of Dover, is, we are rejoiced to learn, again about to visit us. Eastbrook House, we hear, is engaged for the Speaker's residence this season. Liverpool House has been taken by a family of distinction, where, it is said, Lord Althorp is also expected. A house is likewise wanted for. Lord W. Russell.—Dover Telegraph. Our ambassador, Lord Minto, bad left Berlin for the capital of Saxony. Lord Chief Justice Denman, on pronouncing sen tence of death upon Sampson, at the late Wells Assizes, did not conform to the judicial custom of putting on the black cap, an omission which, having also occurred in other parts of the present Western Circuit, affords a presumption that this feature of the judge's awful duty is in future to be dispensed with. We are extremely happy to hear, that on Sunday last Mr. Coupland, surgeon. (who has the sick poor of Boston confided to his care), reported that all the cholera patients under his hands are now recovering, and that he had no new cases.—Boston Herald. We have to record the death of Charlotte Lady Chichester, of Youston Park, Devonshire, the wife of Sir Arthur Chichester, Bart., and the daughter of the late Sir J. iiamlyn Williams, Bart. She had long borne with Christian fortitude a very distressing state of health, and expired on the 18th inst. of a fit of asthma, leaving a husband and six chil dren to lament her loss. On the 14th Count Matuszevic, the Russian Am bassador, killed 55 brace of grouse, to his own gun, on Mr. Massey Stanley's moors at Killeen, near Inverness. TIIE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF MONTROSE.-- Their Graces and the Ducal House of Beaufort, we believe, are now the only occupiers of rank remaining in Grosvenor square. The Marquis of Hertford had a narrow escape the day previous to his departure from town. His Lordship was driving a pair of high-bred horses in a new ohaeton in Hyde Park, and when near the stone laid by the Duke of Welling ton, for the building now in progress, the horses took fright, and galloped off, taking the right, fortunately, instead of the left side of the road. At the angle, near the Hermitage, the animals rushed through the fence, and threw his Lordship and a young lady out of the vehicle, but happily neither received the slightest injury. The carriage was broken to atoms. It is reported in the military circles of Plymouth, that Sir James Cockburn, Adjutant-General of the Royal Marines, is about to succeed to the Governorship of St. He lena, with the Isle of Ascension as a dependency, having under his command a battalion, with a Field Officer of the corps.— Western Luminary. Mr. Frankland Lewis has announced his intention of retiring from the representation of Radnorshire. It is re ported that Walter Wilkins, Esq., of Alaeslough Castle, will come forward as a candidate to represent the county of Radnor in his place. The resignation of Sir Daniel Sandford is much talked of at Paisley ; Mr. Kirkman Finlay is named as the probable Tory candidate ; and Mr. Crawford, who so nearly got in at the late election, declares himself ready to start again,' if called on by a majority of the inhabitants duly convened. STARCH DUTIES.—We are happy to learn that Mr. Ewing, with his usual attention, has intimated to the Secretary of the Meeting of Bleachers and Starchers in this neighbourhood that, after frequent applications to the Treasury, orders have now been issued to terminate all proceedings in Exchequer relative to starch duties.—Glasgow Courier. GA Rlt IC K'S It EA D I NG.—l'll tell you the most ridiculous circumstance in the world. After dinner Garrick took up the Monthly Review (civil gentlemen, by the bye, these Monthly Reviewers), and read Sir Eldred, with all his pathos and all his graces. I think I was never so ashamed in my life ; but he read it so superlatively that I cried like a child. Only think what a scandalous thing to cry at the read ing of one's own poetry I could have beaten myself; for it looked as if I thought it very moving, which, I can truly say, is far from being the case. But the beauty of the jest lies in this : Mrs. Garrick twinkled as well as I, and made as many apologies for crying at her husband's reading as I did for cry ing at my own verses. She got out of the serve by pretending she was touched at the story, and I by saying the same thing of the reading.—Mrs. H. More's Life. A little while previous to Munden's retirement his health was precarious, and Elliston agreed in consequence to give Munden 10/. per night, instead of a settled weekly salary. The number of nights not being specified, the lessee only called upon the veteran's services when he imperatively require:l them. This, as Munden recovered, was wormwood to him; however, the time of retribution arrived. His Majesty bespoke a play and farce ; Elliston omitted Munden's name because the house would assuredly be full to the ceiling, and employing Muuden would be throwing; 101. away ; but in the green room a notice was affixed, desiring ‘f all the company to attend to sing the national anthem." This was enough ; Munden joined the group, and, on the strength of the managerial notice, claimed and received his 101. that night. DAYS OF THE CREATlON.—Supposingthat there are inhabitants at the poles of the earth, how must they under stand the days of creation ? To them a day of light is six months long, and a night of darkness is six months long, and the day made up of night and day covers a year, and it is a day too limited by morning and evening. Such petsons, therefore, must suppose, upon the literal understanding of the. days of the creation, that at least six years were employed upon :the work. So also at the polar circles, there is every year one day, that is, one confirmed vision of the sun for twonty-four WHITEHALL, AUGUST 21. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Benjamin Collins Brodie, of Boxford, in the county of Suffolk, and of Saville row, in the city of Westminster, Esq., one of his Majesty's Serjeant Surgeons, and to the heirs male of his body, lawfully begotten. The King has also been pleased to present. the Reverend Hector to the church at Portnahaven, in the parish of Kilcho man, in the presbytery of Kintyre and shire of Argyll, vacant by the deposition of the Reverend Alexander Campbell. WAR OFFICE, AUGUST 22. MEMORANDUM. —His Majesty has been graciously pleased to permit the 51st (or the King's Own Light Infantry) Regiment to bear the words—" Corunna," " Salamanca," " Orthes," and " Pyrenees," on its colours and appointments, in addition to any other badges or devices which have heretofore been authorised to be borne by the regiment, in consideration of the gallantry dis played by the regiment at Corunna, on the 16th of January, 1809; at Salamanca, on the 22d July, 1812 ; at Orthes, on the 27th Fe bruary, 1814 ; and in the Pyrenees, from the 28th July to the 2d August, 1813. WAR-OFFICE, AccusT, 22. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Lord W. Beresford, from the 43d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hale, appointd to the 3d Light Dragoons, August 22. 3d Light Dragoons—Lieutenant J. R. B. Hale, from the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Jackson, appointed to the 43d Foot, August 22. _ _ 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—P. Kemp, gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Jones, who retires, August 22. 2d Regiment of Foot—G. N. K. A. Yonge, gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fanshawe, appointed to the 52d Foot, August 22. 3d Foot—Ensign J. H. Cameron, from the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Netterville, who exchanges, Aug. 22. 7th Foot—Ensign J. Meade, from the 43d Foot, to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Best, promoted, Aug. 22. 12th Foot--Ensign A. J. Netierville, from the 3d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Cameron, who exchanges, Aug. 22. 30th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. Bomford, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Gillespie, deceased, Aug. 12. 36th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel A. M. Maxwell, from the half pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice R. Nickle, who exchanges, Aug. 22. 43d Foot—Lieut. F. Jackson, from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Lord W. Beresford, appointed to the Ist Regi ment of Life Guards; A. L. Cole, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Meade, promoted in the 7th Foot, Aug. 22. 50th Foot—Captain the Hon. J. C. Best, from the half pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice H. Des Voux, who exchanges, re ceiving the difference ' Aug. 22. 52d Foot—Ensign H. D. Fenshawe, from the 2d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Murray, promoted, Aug. 22. 59th Foot—Major F. Fuller to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur chase, vice Fuller, who retires ; Captain N. Hovendon to be Major, by purchase, vice Fuller •, Lieut. W. A. Heathcote to be Captain, by purchase, vice Heathcote; H. W. Cumming, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Poyntz, Aug. 22. 69th Foot—Ensign E. Garland to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lowther, who retires ; J. Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Garland, Aug. 22. 79th Foot—Capt. F. Romilly, from the half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice J. Robinson, who exchanges, receiving the dif ference, Aug. 22. 87th Foot—Major-General Sir T. Revell, Bart. and K.C.B. , from the 99th Foot, to be Colonel, vice General Sir J. Doyle, de ceased, Aug, 15. 99th Foot—Major-General Sir C. Campbell, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice Sir T. Reynell, appointed to the command of the 87th Regiment, Aug. 15. HOSPITAL STAFF. J. A. D. M'Bean, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Bomford, eppointed to the 30th Foot, Aug. 12. MEMORANDUM. Capt. R. F. R. Cary's rank in the army is 6th January, 1833, instead of Gth January, 1832, and his rank in the Royal Regiment is 10th January, 1833, instead of Jan. 20, 1832. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex. Corps of Uxbridge Volunteers—A. 0. Medley, Gent., to be Ensign, Aug. 5. • WHITEHALL, AUGUST 21. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Frederick Day, of Hemel Hempstead, in the county of hells, Gent., to be a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM PARKER, money-scrivener, Horncastle, Lincoln shire, to surrender Aug. 23, at twelve, and. Oct. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. LEdwards, Pancras-lane, official assignee; Norris, Allen, and Anthony, Great Ormond-street. JOHN THOMAS ARMSTRONG, colourman, St. Martin's street, Leicester-square, Sept. 2 and Oct. 3, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Baddeley, Leman-street, Goodman's-fields ; Turquand. Copthall-buildings, official assignee. JAMES WALTHEW, merchant, Liverpool, Sept. 2 and Oct. 3, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool, Mallaby, Liver pool ; Chester, Staple Inn, London. WILLIAM REID EUING and HENRY BRETTARGH, ship-chandlers, Liverpool, Sept. 2 and Oct. 3, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Taylor, Roscoe, and Turner, Bed ford-row, London ; Crumps, or Lowndes and Robinson, Liverpool. HENRY RICHARDSON FANSHAWE, sen., silk-throw ster, Sept. 5 and Oct. 3, at eleven, at the Swan Hotel, Wells. Perkins and Frampton, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Miller, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire. CHRISTOPHER FRANKLAND the elder, maltster, Sus worth, Lincolnshire, Sept. 22, at five, Sept. 23, at ten, and Oct. 3, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Gainsburgh. Shearman, Gray's inn ; Spurr Gainsburgh. WILLIAM POSTLE, farmer, Worstead, Norfolk, Sept. 1 and Oct. 3, at eleven, at the White Swan Inn, Norlfolk. Sewell, Blake, Keith, and Blake, Norwich ; Wood, Falcon-street, Alders gate-street, London. JOHN PHELPS and ROBERT APPLETON, linen-drapers, Walworth, Sept. 2, at one, and Oct. 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 'Edwards, Pancras-lane, official assignee ; Hertslet, Norfolk-street, Strand. JOHN BELL, linen-draper, Norton Falgate, Sept. 2, at three, and Oct. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Ab church-lane, official assignee • Burt, Mitre-court, Milk-street. ANTHONY STRATTON and JOHN HENRY SECRE TAN, factors, Cheapside, London, Sept. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Freemen and Bothamley, Coleman-street, Lon don ; Cannan, Lothbury, official assignee. JOHN KESTERTON, coach-builder, Camberwell, Surrey, Sept. 5, at ten, Oct. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Drake, Bouverie-street, London; Cannan, Lothbury, official as signee. LOTTERIES.—UnIess in the event of a war, when the utmost resources of revenue might be required, or a serious decline in our finances, which nobody apprehends, it is not likely that we shall have any renewal of State Lotteries. Of the Glasgow Lottery, then, it may be said, that it is the last which we shall see " in our time :" those, therefore, who would. seek to better their worldly state in this way, should lose no time in doing so, by an immediate purchase at some of the Lottery-offices, where, as the day of drawing approaches,— being positively fixed for Thursday next, the 28th instant, — the demand for tickets and shares hourly increases. TYPE-FOUNDING IN GLASGOW.—THE MESSRS. WILSON.—The whole establishment of Messrs. Alex. Wilson and Sons, who have rendered this city so famous throughout the world for its letter-founding, has recently been removed to London, where, it appears, they anticipate that their exten sive establishment will be carried on even still more profitably than in Glasgow. We understand that the Messrs. Wilson have taken along with them the whole of the workmen em ployed in their type-foundry here, and very liberally took upon themselves the payment of their respective house-rents for the current year, or the responsibility of getting them sub-let ; and have, besides, been at the expense of conveying themselves and families to London. We have noticed the withdrawal of the Messrs. Wilson from among us, mainly on account of the pre eminence which that highly respectable family holds in the history of the art of type-founding in Scotland. The art was first introduced into Scotland by Mr. Wilson, Professor of Astronomy in the College of Glasgow, according to Dr. Cleland, about the year 1740. The Professor, in company with a Mr. Baine, first established a type-foundry in St. An drews, but afterwards removed to Camlachie, in this neigh bourhood, where they carried on the business till the dissolu tion of the partnership, by the removal of Mr. Baine to Dublin. After the death of the Professor, who, during his lifetime, had rendered the establishment one of the largest and most cele brated in Europe, the business continued to be carried on by his sons, and, latterly, by his grandsons, who have preserved in their family the same celebrity for letter-founding which distinguished their learned ancestor. •In leaving their native city, the Messrs. Wilson carry along with them the best wishes of a large circle of friends and the public generally.— Glasgow Courier.. A STORM IN TIIE ORKNEYS.—If the tourist has the good fortune to be in Orkney during a storm, he will cease to regret the absence of some of the softer and more common beauties of landscape, in contemplation of the most sublime spectacle which he ever witnessed. By repairing at such a time to the weather shore, particularly if it be the west side, he will behold waves, of the magnitude and force of which he could not have previously formed any adequate conception, tumbling across the Atlantic like monsters. of the deep, their heads erect, their manes streaming in the wind, roaring and foaming as with rage, till each discharges such a Niagara flood against the opposing precipices as makes the rocks tremble to their foundations, while the sheets of water that immediately ascend, as if from artillery, hundreds of feet above their summits, deluge the surrounding country, and fall like showers on the opposite side of the island. All the springs within a mile of the weather coast are rendered brack ish for some days after such a storm. Those living half a mile from the precipice declare that the earthen floors of their cots are shaken by the concussion of the waves. Rocks that two or three men could not lift are washed about, even on the tops of cliffs which are between 60 and 100 feet above the surface of the sea when smooth, and detached masses of rock of an enormous size are well known to have been carried a consider able distance between low and high water mark. Having visited the west crags some days after a recent storm, the writer found sea insects abundant on the hills near them, though about 100 feet high ; and a solitary limpet, which is proverbial for its strong attachment to its native rock, but which also seemed on this occasion to have been thrown up, was discovered adhering to the top of the cliff, 70 feet above its usual position.—Altderson's Guide to the Orkneys. THE BLIGHTEDJOURNEY. Among the hundreds of our poor northern countrymen and women who every autumn quit their native hills, and, too poor, perhaps, to afford the means of a voyage a:ross the Atlantic, are proud enough to form themselves into a band for the purpose of going down to the lowlands as reapers, was this year a party from the parish of Sleet, in Skye. They were accompanied by two young women, sis ters, Clementina and Christian Robertson ; who, besides what was to them the cheering prospect of acquiring a few honourably earned shillings, which they might carry back to comfort their aged father in their distant home, were buoyed up with the fond anticipation of seeing a brother, Donald, who bad for some months been employed on the extensive improvements now carrying forward on the high way at Mumrill Bridge, near Falkirk. As they approached this place their young hearts sank within them to learn; by two wounded men that an accident had happened at - the Alumrills, and that these poor fellows wei e obliged, with a scanty penny and exhausted frame, to quit the job and re turn to the Isle of Skye. A hundred times had the two girls to be assured that no one else bad been hurt, and that their brother was safe and well when these men saw him last. But the tale though flattering was false, for on Fri day last, as the workmen were removing the earth forming the old road, one of the waggons was standing beneath the bank, which four men were in the act of filling --two of them being placed between the waggon and the wall of solid clay, which was only about ten feet high—when a great mass fell, literally burying them beneath its ponderous weight, and breaking the shafts of the waggon. The oilier two narrowly escaped a similar fate. Not a moment was lost in extricating the men who had been overwhelmed. One had scarcely been conveyed home ere he died. Poor Donald was the other ; his ribs, and one of his legs were broken, and it was evident some dreadful internal hurt had been sustained. In this state his sisters first saw him. Their worst forebodings had been realized, and a thousand yearnings wrung them at that sad instant. His death took place a very short time thereafter. On Sunday evening the funeral of the two sufferers took place. All the workmen were there, and hundreds of spectators joined them, but the most touching sight was the two gen teel-looking sisters, the mere novelty of whose appearance, as they followed the corpse, wrapped up in their tartan plaids, excited intense interest. In the church-yard there were few dry eyes. One of the sisters fainted several times, andas they both gave loose to their pure heart-grief while they lay upon the grave, a dead gloom pervaded all. A few shillings were collected by some friends, and, as usual, when the really necessitous claim his aid, .Mr. Forbes, of Callendar, added a sum, with which these - sis ters again turned their steps homewards, feeling it impos sible to stay, far less to join a mirthful band on the hairet rig, in the country where the sad affair has happened, of which they will be the first to convey the intelligence to Skye.—Stirling Journal. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTER SALL' S. ST. LEGIR. One bet of 7 to 4 was made on Plenipo, and another of 100 Ma, not p.p., but the highest offer at the close was 13 to 8. Shelalah was backed at 11 to 2, and several offers made to take 13 to 2 about Warlaby Baylock. Bran again receded to 12, which was taken three or four times. Closing prices-- 13 to 8 agst Mr. Batson's Plenipotentiary 11 to 2 agst Duke of Cleveland's Shelalah (taken). 6 to 1 agst Mr. Heseltine's Warlaby Baylock 12 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Bran (taken) 15 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Bubastes 16 to 1 agt Sir J. Boswell's General Chasse 16 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Touchstone 16 to 1 agst Mr. Powlett's colt 20 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Marcellina (taken 25 to 1) 30 to 1 agst Cotillon and Delirium (taken) 500 to 400 laid on Lord Jersey's Silenus for the Derby agst. Bubastes for the St. Leger. Cur STAKES LWARWICK), T.T. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Viator (taken) 3 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Defensive (taken) ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES. A um. 20. The Rockingham Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added. A mile and half. 7 subs. Captain Gardnor's Messenger, 5 yrs 1 1 Captain Ricardo's Vestris, 6 yrs 2 , dr Captain Martyn's Co n t r i ver , 4 yrs 3 dr Mr. Hodges 's Caroline, 4 yrs . 4dr The Members' Plate of 50/. Heats, two miles. ' Captain Gardnor's c. by Catton, 4 yrs Mr. Wickham's Hackney, aged 2 2 Captain Martyn's Contrive, 4 yrs A Maiden Plate of 50/. was won in four heats by Mr. Stour's Raven, beatinr , Mr.Mills's Mis s Ell en , M r . N e ttl ee hi p ' s Blenkelltr, and three or four' others. THURSDAY.—The Gold Cup Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 50 added, were won in three two-mile heats by Mr. Gardnor's Omen, beating Mr. Wickham's Hackney and Mr. Na.sh's Rose Bradwardinc. The West Kent Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added, were wou in one heat by Mr. Wickham's f. by Robin Hood, beating Mr. Gardnor's Myrrha. LEOMINSTER RACES, ArGUST 20. A Plate of 501., given by Lord Hotham, was won in three heats by Mr. Fuller's Nell Gwynne, beating Mr. Wyatt's Manchester, Mr. Farmer's Bilbury, and Mr. Collett's St. Hilary. The Borough Stakes of 3 gs. each, and 30 added, were won in three heats by Mr. Coleburn's Merlin, beating Mr. Marshall's Lady Jane, Mr. Bowen's Brierly Lass, and four others. NEWPORT PAGNEL RACES, Auausr 21. The Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each. 10 subs. About three miles. Mr. G. Edwards's Dirce, 4 yrs 1 Mr. J. Day's Liston, aged Mr. King's Airy, 3 yrs A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 added, was won in three heats by Mr. J. Day's Little B o y Bl ue , beating Mr. Phillimore's Titian, Mr. Yates's Ince, and Mr. Payne's Skimmer. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Newman's Radical Mr. Sharman's Fitzwilliam 2 dr The Hunters' Stakes were won by Mr. Pettefer's Little Will, beating Sir. Price's The Cardinal, in two heats. The Town Plate of 501. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. G. Edwards's Dirce 1 1 Mr. Newman's Radical Mr. King's Airy BURTON-UPON-TRENT, Aua UST 20. Two-Year-old Stakes of 25 soy.. each. T. Y.C Sir J. Gerard's Wildon 1 Mr. E. Peel's Tony Lumpkin 2 Mr. Beardsworth's b. c. by Canteen a The Drakelow Stakes of 25 sovs. each, and 20 added Twice round and a distance. Mr. Watmough's c. by Figaro 1 Lord Chesterfield's Fanny Grey, 4 yrs A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, and 10 added, was won in two two-mile heats by the Hon. Mr. Ongley's Donnington, beating Mr. Willas's Perseverance and two others. TUNBRIDGE WELLS RACES, Auausr 21. The Tunbridge Wells' Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 45 added. Heats, two miles and a distance. Mr. Back's Ipsala... 1 1 Mr. Bishop's Jenny Wren Mr. Day's Non Compos 3 2 2 3 Duchess of Kent's Cup, value 70 gs. Heath, two miles and a distance. Mr. Day's Isabel 1 1 Mr. Balchin's Levity Five others started. The Ladies' Plate of 401., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sore. eAeh, was won in two heats by ➢lr. Messer's Flounce, beating Mr. Dockeray's Ellen, Mr. Coleman's Needle, and Mr. Pearce's Grass hopper. The Yeomanry Cavalry Cup was won in two heats by Mr. Elliott's Chance, beating Mr. Edwards's Young Noakes and two others. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Vic toria were again present. The company was immense, and the sport excellent. EXETER RACES, Avousr 20. The Devonshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., &e. 24 subs.' Once round. Sir L. Glyn's b. g. by Blacklock Mr. Ley's Lamdown 2 Mr. Peel's Changeling $ Mr. Samsbury's Easton 4 The Gold Cup, with 30 sovs. added. Heats, once roundand a dist. Mr. Finch's Cecilia 1 1 Mr. Scott's Barney Bodkin 2 2 Mr. Fisher's Parthence The Home Stakes of 10 Boys. each, and 50 added, three miles, were won by Mr. Taunton's Firmon, beating Mr. W. Moore's In trigue and Mr. Moorc's Spondee (dis.) A Sweepstakes of 10 soy& each was walked over for by Mr. Ley's Partiality. The winner of the Devonshire Stakes is christened " Halion." Their Majesties have expressed their intention of honouring Egham Races with their presence. They commence on Tune, next, and prom ise excellent sport. CRICKETING. BRIGHTON, Auc. '2o.—Sussex has:again taken the field Agana England, and for the sixth time in succession have experienced a defeat. The last match commenced on Monday in Brc'wn'• grounds, and terminated yesterday evening in favour of England by fifty-eight runs. _ ENGLAND. etTS9EZ. First innings... Second innings 1801 12 The play on both sides was extremely good, awl a more beautiful display of bowling we never witnessed. Lillywhite bowled with extraordinary precision, and even Pilch was puzzled. Lillywhita bowled this great batsman 28 balls in succession without his obtain ing a single run. Pilch got 18 runs in the first innings and 13 in the second. Cobbctt bowled well, and a new Sussex player of the name of Taylor acquitted himself greatly to the satisfaction of Sus ' sex to whom he will pr ove a valu able acquisition. The game ex cited very considerable interest, and attracted a large concourse of spectators ; but the interest of the game was gone at the conclusion of the two first innings, Sussex being so much in the back ground. The Marylebone Club, we believe, play only one more match this season, viz. at Leeds. A match is made for SII33€X 110 play the Marylebone Club and ground early in next season ; but the most interesting match would be the united strength of the twn counties, Kent and Sussex, against all England, and we arc greatly isaistake.i if the tw,) coaatieu do set prove otlec;nolui.