The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-08 00:00:00

COURT Cliti ULAR. WIN )SOR, SUNDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, and th e Hereditary Prince and Princess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and part of the Royal suite attended Divine Ser vice in the Chapel at Cumberland Lodge. The Rev. 41 . J. Cooper officiated. In the afternoon her Majesty and her Illustrious Con ", and the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and the whole of the suite, promenaded f ° l ' some time on the East Terrace of the Castle, amid the delighted company. We have authority to contradict the report of the em barkation of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent for the Continent on Tuesday next. .' lei' Majesty the Queen Dowager and suite arrived at „ terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway, in Ptston-square, soon after ten o'clock on Saturday morn ashin two carriages and four, from Bushy Houso, y-park, Her Majesty, attended by the Count( as °t . Sheffield, Lady in Waiting, Lady Mary Fielding, and the Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse, left town by special train, at half-past ten o'clock, for Gopsall Hall, - 4icestershire, to honour the Earl Howe with a visit. Several of the Cabinet Ministers went on Saturday Afternoon to Blackwell, and partook of a white bait tinner. riespatches were received yesterday at the Colonial °Mce f rom t h e L0r..1 High . Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and also from the Governor of Malta. Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert Walk e d to Adelaide Lodge, and returned through the Little Park to the Castle. Her Royal Highness "the Duchess of Kent, Mr. and lady Mary Stanley, and the Hon. Miss Stanley, and r, and the Hon. Mrs. George Edward Anson, joined the Royal circle at dinner yesterday evening. - ANTI-CORN:LAW LEAGUE to the DUKE of WELLINGTON. The Anti-Corn-law Deputies now in London, fur the Purpose of procuring the total and immediate repeal of .9 41 Corn and Provision-laws, have, in compliance with the suggestion of your Grace, prepared a brief statement or • their case, which they beg to submit to your Grace's a ttentive perusal. The Corn-law is framed to keep up the price of corn ac a higher rate in this country than the natural price. :he only way in which this can be effected is by making rn scarcer here than abroad. The Corn-law, therefore, t g ° effect its object, must make food scarce and dear. The middl e a nd upper classes of society being able to t s t ° nsUrne the same quantity of bread under any circum tillnees, the effects of scarcity and high price fall upon working classes and the poor. Upwards of twenty ',Miens of ou r p o pulation consist .of working men and ieir families ; they consume, probably, three-fourths of the food produced in this country, so that it is out of wages that the increased price of food is princi- IY paid. I . he House of Commons has repeatedly declared by L s votes, and the reports of its Committee s, that it is so ti i i in the power of Parliament to regulate the wa g es of our, y e t a l a w is maintained for securing an artificial P r ice for f o od out of the earisings of the working classes. four Grace is aware that the Corn-law is defended f n the groun d t h a t w a ges rise and fall with the price of t r cl ; The erroneousness of this statement is sho wn b y th e facts--That the rate of wages rose during the eaper y ea rs 1835 and 1836, and has continued to fall ra pidly during the last three years of dear food ; wages Irela n d are 6d. a-day, with wheat at 60s. a quarter ; itn n d wages are 4s. a-day in America, with wheat at 40 s. quarter. T he Corn-law is said to benefit especially the agricul tural labourers; but their wages are in ordinary times lo wer than those in the trading and manufacturing dis triGtts, as a proof of which we call the attention of your Grace to th e fact that there has been a constant migra "n of lab oure rs from the rural to the manufacturing , "'Unties. It is said that the repeal of the Corn-law would throw th at out of c u ltivation. The Deputies are of opinion at it w ou ld no t h av e such an effect, and they appeal to the superior practical judgments of Lord Spencer, the t! Lord Leicester, Earl Ducie, and ether high autho rities, in support of their view. at is contended that the British agriculturist is not fse to compete with the foreigner. The British menu se._ turer is obliged to compete with foreigners at their 4 h l v n doors abroad, and why should not the agricu turist able to meet their foreign rivals in this market ? ,The costs of freight and other charges for bringing t neat from the place of growth in Porand or America, i g I =ngland, is upwards of 15s. a quarter. This expense no thingss natural protection for our agrieulturists, which el) can deprive them of. If our poorer soils produce ti °et three quarters of wheat per acre, here is a protec tut,against the foreigner of 2/. ss. an acre. This na wo.::,Protection, even under a perfectly free corn trade, r i o `uu Place the English manufacturer under a most se- Itdisadvantage. Th: is, asserted that the manufacturers are protected. ea,turotection is nominal, and not real. The manu dutiCrs have repeatedly petitioned that all protection 86, 4 L ip called, imposed professedly for ,their benefit, S on , e abolished along with the Corn - law. Up pri g Persons seem to believe that the Corn-law keeps Corn -late ces generally. This is a grievous error. The n„ t he do es not keep up the rate of wages ;it keeps Of price of nothing but food ;it depresses the value ! England besides. Manufactured goods are cheaper itt than in any other country, The Corn-law has been defended on the ground that 6 !le land of this eountry b ears exc l us i v e burdens—such as !tthe, land -tax, church -rates, poor-rates, highway-rates, and county rates. The tithe never did b‘ long to the land :per, and therefore he cannot be justly said to pay that 1 11 h has always been the property of the Church. The r `nti-tax which was settled in 1692. and has not been in , lased to the present day, notwithstanding that the faller of land has increased probably sevenfold, bears a , — "aler proportion to the whole amount of taxes in this L ° Untry than in any of the continental states. The ‘*''), ling and manufacturing popu'ation pay their own " u reh-rates; the cities and towns maintain their own : t reets and highways; boroughs corporate support their L gi n Police and maintain their prisons; towns not incor- Zated contribute equally with the agriculturists to the t , n ntY rate. It is, therefore, demonstrable that the fo und pay their full share of local rates. But it will be "`th e that the landed interest are exempted from many general taxes paid by the rest of the community, gr s. which we need only enumerate probate and leg ac y Mies. It is contended that the repeal of the Corn-law would 4 ,,Pire the home trade. It is impossible to separate the I, vlt tr e from the foreign trade. A great part of the hom e s4O is carried on in the large manufacturing and t radin g z 0 ,.. 'ns- Manchester is a larger consumer of its own tett on manufactures than the whole county of Bucks. Y ou cannot increase the home trade without increasing rur f ore i gn trade, or extend your foreign trade without eliding your home trade. They are one a nd the same thin g. A lt is alleged by our opponents that the object of the riti-Corn-law League is to obtain cheap food, for the Pu rpose of being able to reduce wages. We have fre- Inently declared that we desire no t a reduction of I a g e s, which reduction is rapidly going on at the pre nt ti me , hut the maintenance of wages ; not to be able o b .compete with foreigners — tha t we alread y do ; our Ject is to exchange our productions for the corn and Pr ovisions of other countries, and there b y to extend t ide, augment the supply of fo od, and increase the d % land for labour. We are told that, if the Corn-laws were repealed, it Wo uld be impossible to pay the interest of the national t h t- The bulk of the state tax es, for meetin g the in rest of the national debt, and the other e x p enses of the ti ?rernment, are paid by excise and custom duties I' (41 tea, coffee,a sugar, tobacco , soap , malt, and th er articles of general consumption. The tax It 41 corn yields no regular revenue to the state. ,1 th e tra d e in corn were free, by which food z e uld be obtained at a more mo derate and steady pr ice, the people would have more mo ne y to s p end u p on Lk sugar, &c., and thus the revenue would be benefited 18 35, when corn was 395. 4d. per quarter, there was an loverflowing Exchequer. During the last t hree y ears, W hilst wh ea t has been upwards of 6 0 5., and populat ion Master by nearly three millions, there has been a defi c ~i en t revenue. It will be found, as a general rule, that tt i l l enever food has been abundant, and consequently e ap, the revenue has flourished, and vice versa. The, Corn-law is defended on the ground that it would f d angerous to depend upon foreigners for a supply of 1 ,, °°4 - In 1810, when we were engaged in war with al tl.nst every European power, we importea 1.491,000 quer -:1;4/01 wheat, nearly half a million of which were ob tained from France alone. In the ten years of war, from i 45 to 1815, during part of which period we were engaged ward s hostilities with the whole world, we imported up - of five millions of quarters. No country could "' p rohibiting the transportation of corn to England , unless by r u llibiting exportation altogether ; for whe n once a shi p C s cle are d ou t o f port, even fur a coasting voyage, it is Yend the control of its Government, and may convey g ttrgo to any destination. i "e would especially call your Grace's attention to the 'lnestion, as to how the increasing numbers in this c ountry are to be employed and subsisted, unless a free te° Pe be given to our foreign trade? The agricultura l po ta Lation continues to increase, but the land does not offer an f erQ esing field for their employment. They have hitherto °Und a resource in the towns. If this outlet be stopped tts _ landowners land must support the people in idleness. The Zitlowners must either allow the increasing population Z . ,hecorne their customers in the manufacturing and . 1 1`uin towns, or submit to maintain them as paupers in the Place of their birth. „_ e would also direct the attention of your Grace to "nes increase of local rates during the scarcity and high Price of food, particularly of the poor-rates. The dis n2ntent of the people has also led to an augmentation of en acted army and o f th e rural police. The Corn law was r fteted am id s t tu m ult and bloodshed, and similar scenes i t ve atten&Kl the frequent recurrence of scarcity under operation of the law. Te have arguel the question thus far as one of policy and expediency ; we finally, and above all, refer our ease to th e stan d ar d o f e t erna l justice, and we appeal fr oth the d ec i s i on o f P ar li amen t ar y majorities, Govern izi ti lts, and Ministries, to the God of Justice. Signed, on behalf of the Conference, P. A. TAYLOR, Chairman. DEPARTURE OF THE BRITANNIA STEAM SHIP.— 441 vERPO OL , FRIDAY MORNING.—At about half-past five last night, the Britannia weighed anchor, and pro ceeded on her voyage to Halifax and Boston. She carried ant a very large mai Sir .1111 an Di‘Nab. 1 aria eighty passengers, including LONDON BRIDGE.--11l consequence of the partial repairs which the carriage road of this bi:dge is about to 'ilitdergo, the f o ll ow i ng notice was on Friday . 4 . _`sued by /Jae L y ord Mayor :—" N ot i ce is hereby given that on 2 cci after Monday, the 15th d ay of August instant, no car riage, cart, waggon, or other vehicle, will be allowed to Ls over L on d o4 -b r id ge i nto the City,—By order of tha l 4 Mayor." FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, AUG. 4.—His Excellency Earl de Grey, Viceroy of Ireland, accompanied by his family and suite, arrived last night at the Hotel d'Angleterre, on his way to some Spa in Germany. BRUSSELS, Auc s.—The funeral service ordered by her Majesty the Queen, for the repose of the soul of her brother, the Duke of Orleans, was performed to day in the church of St. Jacques de Candenburg. The Queen and her suite, in deep mourning, arrived at eleven o'clock. The church was hung with black. The number of persons desirous of paying this last tribute of respect to the memory of the Duke of Orleans was so great that they could not find room in the church. Several members of the diplomatic body were:present, among whom were the Papal nuncios, the French Ambassador, with _his secretaries and all his family, the Spanish and Danish Charge d'Affaires, and several of the members of his Majesty's household, and a great number "of persons of distinction, civil and military, attended on this melan choly occasion. The Minister of Foreign Affairs has presented to the Chamber of Representatives a project of law, ratifying the convention concluded between the Belgian Government and the King of Holland (as Grand Duke of Luxemburg), for the purpose of facilitating the completion of the canal of the Meuse and Moselle. THE HAGUE, AUG. 3.—From a detailed account of the damage done by the late fire at Leenwarden, it ap pears that the number of the sufferers was forty-eight, and the total amount of their losses 99,550 florins. By a Royal resolution of the 15th of August, 1839, a Commission was appointed to propose the necessary projects of law for adjusting the new codes of the kingdom of the Netherlands to our Indian possessions. The Corn misson, at the heal of which is Mr. C. J. Scho lien, of Old Haarlem, President of the Su preme Civil and Military Tribunals of India, has now completed an important portion of its labours, by the completion of" regulations for the judicial or ganisation, and the mode of proceeding in the courts of justice in the I)utch East Indian possessions." These regulations having been carefully examined by the de partment of the Colonies and of Justice, and by the Council of State, has been approved by his Majesty (by a resolution of the 25th July), with the addition that these shall serve as a basis , for other plans which shall be drawn up for the same purpose. AMSTERDAM, AUG. s.—The funeral service for his Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans was celebrated to-day in the Roman Catholic Church. WANT of RESPECT for the DEAD. TO THE EDI7OR OF THE SUN. - - _ beg to call your attention, and that of your readers, to the following brief statement of the conduct of the Rev. Mr. Onslow, of St. Mary, Newington Butts, that being the only remedy afforded for my outraged feelings as a son, and the only means that I am aware of by which the Rev. Gentleman may be deterred from treating others in the like manner. On the 3d inst. I left my home (Watford, Herts) for the purpose of attending the funeral of my mother at Newington. After the service had been read in the church, we were informed that the grave was too small, and the above-named Rev. Gentleman said that the body should remain in the church until the next morning, under lock and key, and he gave strict injunctions to the sexton accordingly. Relying upon the Rev. Gentleman's solemn engage ment, I and the other relatives of the deceased returned home, and appointed to attend the completion of the ce remlny the next clay. On our arrival at Newington accordingly we found, to our horror and astonishment, that the coffin had been ignominously jammed into the grave the evening before, about seven o'clock, and left exposed during the night. It was intended that the coffin should lie upon that of my late father ; bu - so hastily and uncouthly was it consigned to the earth, that it lies jammed in about three feet above the other. The ceremony was completed, but whether the corpse remained in the coffin it is impossible for us to say ; but under the circumstances we are naturally suspicious, anl our feelings are harrowed up by doubts and fears that it may have been taken away in the night, as the coffin was quite bare and exposed. On our remonstrating with the Rev. Gentleman for his violation of his engagement, he observed, that if we felt aggrieved we might make a complaint to the Bishop; but I informed him at once of the course I intended to pursue, and that I should prefer making the public ac quainted with the facts through the medium of the public press, so that, if possible, such scenes might be prevented in future.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS YOUNG. High-street, Watford, Herts, Aug. 5, 1842. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—Observing in your paper of this evening, under the head of " Concussion Shells," an account of expe riments at Woolwich with shells on this principle by Sergeant-Major Moore of the Royal Artillery, I beg to state that, having read the report with great attention, I have no doubt the invention alluded to is identical with my concussion shell, with which I made expe riments on the warren at Woolwich in October last, in presence of Lieutenant-Colonel Belson (then Secretary to the Select Committee), and other Artillery officers, and more recently on the sands near Deal, in presence of Admiral Sir George Cockburn, and Major Hardinge, Commander of the Artillery.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN NORTON, Late Captain of the 34th Regiment. Junior United Service Club, August 6, 1842. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES.—FRIDAY.—(CONCLUDED.) Handicap Plate of 401. Heats, one mile. Mr. Balchin's Dromedary, 5 yrs, Bst 51b 4 1 1 Colonel Wyndham's Singleton, 3 yrs, 7st 21b 1 2 2 Mr. Goodman's Chummy, 3 yrs, 6st 81b Mr. Theobald's Glenury, 3 yrs, Sat 10Ib 3 dr First. Heat.—Even on Singleton. Won by a length. Second Heat.-5 to 4on Singleton. Won in a canter. Third Heat.—Won very easy. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—(FRIDAY.) ST. LEGEK.-6 to 4 agst Attila (t), 12 to 1 agst Fire away (t), 20 to 1 agst Cattonite, 25 to 1 agst Seahorse, 25 to 1 agst Rosalind, 25 to 1 agst Artful Dodger, 25 to 1 agst Agreeable c, 30 to 1 agst Master Thomas, 40 to 1 agst Meteor, 50 to 1 agst Belcceur. Belcasur has been sold to Mr. Collins. DERBY, 1843.-25 to 1 agst Philip, 25 to 1 agst Aris tides, 30 to 1 agst Cotherstone, 30 to 1 agst Canton, 30 to 1 agst c out of Attila's dam, 33 to 1 agst Parthian, 35 to 1 agst New Brighton, 35 to 1 agst Pharaoh. WOLVERHAMPTON STAKES.-5 to 4 agst Retriever, (take 6 to 4), 3 to 1 agst Heslington. HARWICH RACES - WEDNESDAY. The Tradesmen's Cup of 60 sou., added to a Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; the second saves his stake. Thrice round. (12 Subs., Bof whom declared.) Mr. Hornby's Champagne, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (Thompson) 1 Mr. Lees' nd Lady Mary, 4 yrs, 7st 61b Mr. Smith's The Maid, 5 yrs, 7st 31b . . 3 Won by two lengths. The Hunter's Stakes of 7 soya. each, 5 ft, with 20 added; 3 yrs, 9st 51b ; 4 yrs, lost 71b ; 5 yrs, llst 51b ; 6 yrs and aged, 12st ; winners extra. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Simpson's Aggravator, aged (Owner) 1 I Mr. Hindle's Blucher, aged The Willoughby stakes of 5 soya. each, with 20 added. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Alker's Tariff, 3 yrs. Est 1101 b ( Blackburn) 1 1 Mr Temple's Fanny, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b Mr. Spink's Margaret, 3 yrs. Est 101 b Won in a canter. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA—DONCASTER, 1842. Acceptances for the Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and only sft if declared, &c. Leger Course. Charles the Twelfth, 6 yrs, 9st 121b—Hyllus, 6 yrs, 9st 91b —&eight-ef- Hand, 6 yrs, 9st 71b—Little Wonder, 5 yrs, 9st--Dr. Caius, 5 yrs, fist 51b—Middleham, 4 yrs, Bst 41b —Heslington, 4 yrs, Bst 31b—Galaor, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—i lions, 5 yrs, fist—Retriever, 6 yrs, 7st 91b—Miss Stilton, 4 yrs, 7st Blb —Ararat, 6 yrs. 7st 71b—Prince Caradoc, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Ermen gardis, 4 yrs, 7st 71b— tirnagll, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Ernest the First, 6 yrs, 7st 71b—Humphrey, aged, 7st 61b—Pagan 4 yrs 7st 41b— Quilt Ai mad, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Disclosure, 4 yrs, 7st—Our Nell, 3 yrs, 7st—'l hirsk, 4 yrs, 7st—Tubalcan, 6 yrs, 7st 61b—Espe reliza, 4 yrs, Est 121b—Sybarite, 4 yrs, 6st 10113—Master Thomas, 3 yrs, 6st 101b—Belle Dame, 3 yrs, list 101b—Wiver ton, 5 yrs, Est 71b—Jack, 3 yrs, Est 61b—Seahorse, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—Scalteen, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—William le Gros, 3 yrs, 6st 61b—Paragon, 3 yrs, Est 31b Moss Trooper, 3 yrs, fist— Woldsman, 3 yrs, 6st—Dev d.among-the- Tailors, 3 yr 4 , sst 111 b —Brother to Garland, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Whistle Hinkle, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Mermaid filly, 3 yri,"sst bib—Happy. go-lucky, 3 yrs, sst 61b— Conqueror, 3 yrs, sst 31b, Acceptances for the Cleveland Handicap. Galanr, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b —Knight of the Whistle, 4 yrs, Bst 41b Compensation, aged, Bst—Wee Willie, aged, Bst—ThErsk, 4 yrs, 7st 91h—Our Nell, 3 yrs, 7st 71b—Paltemon, 4 yrs, 7st 41b— Bellingham Lass, 4 yrs, 7st—ldolatry. 3 yrs, 6st 91b—William le Gros, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—Frea, 3 yrs, 6st—Retainer colt, 3 yrs, sst 101 b. LISTS or VOTERS.—In consequence of the 31st o, July falling on Sunday this year, the lists of voters were exhibited on the church and chapel doors yesterday, and on Sunday next, and may be seen at the house of an overseer during the first fortnight in August. Those persons who desire to secure their votes should not fail to see if their names are inserted ; and also that names have not been improperly put on. It is better that claims, in cases of omission and objection, where there is sufficient ground should be made by a registration society, where there is one. The following are the grounds of objection :—Peers ; aliens, under twenty-one years of age ; idiot or lunatic ; officers in the Excise, Customs, Stamps, Post-office, assessed taxes (if appointed by As sessed-tax Commissioners) ; new police ; conviction of bribery, or anyother crime ; pauper; dead; premises not of sufficient value, not a house, warehouse, counting house, shop, or other building; chambers, if a street door ; lodger, where the premises are not included in the above description ; landlords who did not occupy a suf ficient part ; servant, as secretary, manager, or other wise, not being owner or tenant ; not occupied twelve months ending the 31st of July. or let the premises during any part of the year ; bankrupt or insolvent ; not rated or claimed to be rated ; poor-rate not paid ; window tax not paid ; non-residence within seven miles from the 31st of January to the 31st of July ; partners, where premises do not give 101. a-year to each partner ;or not in partnership for a year ending the 31st of July, or want of qualification in other respects as above. Notice of objection or of claim must be served on the overseers. STABAT MATER.—The final performance of this fine composition took place on Friday at her Majesty's Theatre, before an audience almost as numerous as those w hich have attended on the previous occasions. Not withstanding the distaste which has of late been evinced , upon religiou s grou n d s, for 'this composition, it was again received with loud applause, and Eubini was, as before, encored in his air crentree. The choruses pro duced a magnificent effect, the stentorian voice of the great Padre Lablache swelling conspicuously beyond his compeers. Whatever be the objections which are raised against this species of entertainment, it appears to be a general Source of regret that this should be the last nuportunity (for this §ettson, at least) of hearing it in its • - - narfection. presen, , —4 Viscountess Pollingtou have left Viscount batbs. Dover-street, for the Ll --""" THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY 'MORNING, - AUGUST 8, 1842. SURREY THEATRE. The opera of Guy Mannerinq was played at this thea tre (for the second time this week) on Friday night, to a crowded house. The sweet and pleasing scotch music was beautifully sung by Miss Homer, Mrs. Searle, and Mr.. H irrison ; indeed we almost might say that the opera was twice played in one night, as almost every s.ng was encored. Dibdin's hurletta of The Quaker fol iowei, Leffler playing the part of Steady. His tinging of the " Lads of the Village" was a treat of no ordinary character. Mr. W. Smith played the part of Solomon, and kept the house in roars of laughter. BURNS'S SISTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. have read in your'paper of the 25th instant, a letter, written generally in good feeling, but erroneous in some particulars, respecting the subscription for Burns's sister. As the individual solely concerned in originating that subscription, and all along conducting it, and as be:ng generally conversant with the family circumstances concerned in the case, I can assure you with the greatest confidence that the three sons of Burns are not _thirty liable to the least shade of censure. Delicacy towards these gentlemen forbids me to enter into particulars; but I trust that the public will receive my humble testimony on the subject in the way in which I am obliged to give it, and as all that is strictly necessary on the present occasion. I am happy to take this opportunity of stating that I consider the future comfort of Mrs. Beg g as now amply secured.---I remain, Sir, year most obedient servant, ROBERT CHAMBERS. St. Andrew's, Fifeshire. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. July 28. Falcon, yawl, Rev. Denis George, from Mil ford and Plymouth. 29. Petrel, cutter, Earl of Ilchester, from Weymouth. Dream, cutter, George Bentinck, Esq., from Portmoutb. 31. Resolution, schooner, Duke of Rutland,from Brest. August 2. Fanny, cutter, Sir Edward Scutt, from Cherbourg and Havre. 3. Ariadne, cutter, W. Peareth, Esq., from Sandgate. 4. Pearl, cutter, Marquis of Anglesey, from Plymouth. SAWN G S. August 2. Intrepid, cutter, Earl of Tyreonnel, for Portsmouth. August 3. Resolution, schooner, Duke of Rutland, for Southampton. Dream, cutter, Geo. Bentinck, Esq., for Cherbourg. Circassian, schooner, Wm. Lyon, Esq., for Cherbourg. Corsair, cutter ; John Congrave, Ch*ourg. Brilliant, schooner, G. H. Ackers, Esq., for Werbourg. Cynthia, cutter, R.. Frnnkland, Esq. , for Cherbourg. Esq , for YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Sehooners—Merlin, Harriet, Jack-o'-Lantern, Hawk, Ariel, Camilla, Gitana, Hussar. Cutters—Pearl, Nautilus, Sparrowhawk, Hebe, Petrel, Phebe, Aurora, Talisman, Flower of Yarrow, Midge, Sahire, Ariadne, Medina, Fanny. Yawls—Alarm,Breeze, Water Lill y . The Secretary has sold the Gh ana schooner, of 168 brough, Esq., of Hambrough Castle. to John Ham tons, the property of E. N. Harvey, E sq . , The harvest proceeds at a rapid rate. So bad a crop of corn was never before seen in this island ; the very wet autumn and snring, followed by such a continued drought, has ruined the farmers. Since March, with the exception of a few trifling showers, there has been no rain EXPRESS FROM PARI The following appeared in our Afternoon Saturday : Edition of PARIS, AUGUST 3. We have just received an extraordinary express from Paris, bringing the important intelligence of M. Sauzet's election as President of the Chamber. Be fore the first scrutiny the numbers were— Sauzet 2lO Odillon Barrot Dufaure Dupin l6 Berryer No candidate having the " absolute majority" re quired, a second scrutiny was proceeded with, when the Ministerial candidate was elected by a majority of 2.5. This first defeat of the Opposition is regarded in Paris as of considerable importance. PROTEST of DISSENTIENT PEERS AGAINST THE REJECTION, ON THE SE COND READING, ON 4TH AUGUST, 1842, BY THE HOUSE OF LORDS, OF THE EARL OF RADNOR'S BILL FOR THE TOTAL REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS. DISSENTIENT. I. Because there exists great distress in the country, arising from the depressed state of commerce and ma nufactures, and aggravated by the high price of corn, which would be greatly relieved by the passing of this Bill ; inasmuch as, Ist. A large quantity of wheat and other corn, now in bond, would be forthwith released and brought into the market, and the present prices consequently lowered; and 2d. An opening would be thus afforded for the future interchange of our manufactures for the agricultural produce of other countries. IL Because, even if the hope which may reasonably be entertained, that there would thus be brought about a revival of commerce with foreign countries were to be disappointed, the immediate operation of this Bill would not fail to give a stimulus to the home market, inas much a the diminished cost of necessary food would leave to the consumer increased means for the purchase ,of other articles, and thus the general fund for the em - I ployment of labour would be increased. 111. Because the repeal of the present Corn-laws is a measure eagerly desired by a large portion of the people, whose patient endurance of their sufferings entitles them to every consideration, and who attribute to it their dis tress. and think that to its repeal they must look for relief. IV. Because I believe that this Measure, so eagerly desired by the .suffering people, would be highly beneficial to every class of the community. Experience proves that this country does notzrow corn enough for its own consumption, and as it appears from returns on the table of the House that from the year 1770, on each succeeding period of ten years, a larger supply of foreign wheat has been required than in the preceding period, and there can be no doubt that this progression, caused by a rapidly increasing population will continue, a con stantly increasing deficiency of food will require to be made up by importations from foreign countries. V. Because it is for the interest of all parties that this supply should be commensurate in extent, and co temporaneous in time, with the demand, and that it should be obtained at the smallest possible cost ; and while no legislative provision can, by any contrivance, secure these objects, the sliding scales of the Acts pro posed to be repealed by this Bill have a direct tendency to prevent the attainment, and to aggravate the inconve nience, both of a rising and of a falling price, by hold ing out inducements in the first case to withhold the supply, for the purpose of advancing the price, and con sequently lowering the duty ; and in the other, to pour it into an already over-supplied market, to avoid the higher duty consequent on a lower price. VI. Because that which no legislative wisdom can accomplish, will best be effected by the unceasing vigi lance of unrestrained commercial speculation, in the same manner as the wants of the population of this great town are, without any legislative provision or administrative care on the part of the Govern ment, at all times adequately supplied from different parts of the kingdom ; so if the arrangements of com merce were not interfered with by mischievous legisla tion, would the kingdom itself be supplied (always suffi ciently, never superabundantly) by the unrestrained in tercourse of traders, from other parts of the world, while the competition amongst the traders themselves would insure to the country the lowest possible prices, con sistent with the true interests and powers of the producers. VII. Because a moderate price of food is manifestly for the advantage of all the consumers thereof ; the alle gation that a high price is rendered necessary by the great burdens imposed on the people, cannot by possibi lity apply to any but the producers ; and the benefit of a low price to all others, is undoubtedly net the less for their having other heavy burdens to bear. Indeed, the producers themselves have the same interest, in as far as they are consumers ; and inasmuch as the well-being and prosperity of the whole tends to the benefit of every part, I hold that the reaction of the general prosperity on the producers themselves, would more than compensate for any loss consequent on their being deprived of their I monopoly. VIII. Because it does not appear that the British agriculturists have ever suffered from legitimate foreign competition, or need entertain any apprehensions of it. The periods of agricultural distress have been precisely those when no foreign grain has come into the market, and the years when there have been large importations, have been those of high prices and agricultural prosperity. IX. Because the sliding scale is fraught with other great inconveniences. It holds out temptations to inte rested persons te influence, by fictitious or fraudulent sales, the averages for their own advantage ; •sometimes to the injury of the public, always to the detriment of the revenue ; and by the uncertainty which it introduces into the amount of duty at any particular period, it keeps out of the market the traders of distant countries, and especially of the United States of America. Thus coin petition is limited, the country is deprived of all the be nefits to be derived from the intercourse which would arise from this trade with the people of distant countries, who are precisely those most able to supply our wants, "and most willing to take our manufactured goods in ex change ; and we narrow our sources of supply to the countries of Europe with which we can more expedi tiously communicate. We voluntarily and unnecessarily deprive ourselves of an ample, and betake ourselves to an inadequate market. X. Because it has been found that under the operation of the late Act there have occurred great fluctuations in the foreign trade in corn, Sometimes, for several years consecutively, the importations have been very great; in others, also consecutively, quite trivial; and the trade has thus assumed a character of unsteadiness and uncer tainty, totally inconsistent with a regular exchange of manufactured pods. The consequence has been, that these large occasional importations have caused such a derangement in the exchanges, followed by a correspond ing export of bullion, as has produced an alarming de rangement of our currency, to the great detriment of com merce, and the imminent danger of public credit; and to such an extent, that on a late occasion the Bauk of Eng land was constrained to apply for-assistance to the Bank of Paris. The Act of the present session, does not, in my opinion, remove the probability of the recurrence of this danger. XI. Because I believe that the free intercourse in corn will not permanently or materially lower its price. Uni formity of price in every country would necessarily fol low, limited only by the expense of carriage from the cheaper to the dearer country ; and the price in each will be regulated by the cost of profitable (the only desirable) production in the dearest. XII. Because the same free intercourse will afford the greatest possible security against the variation of price in different seasons. The trade in corn would be no longer subject to the uncertainties of the present system. And the foresight of traders, sharpened by interest, and en lightened by extensive communications with every part of the world, would enable them so to apportion and hoard up the superabundance of one year or country for the supply of the deficiencies of others, as to produce the greatest attainable equality in every season. XIII. Because this happy state of things, by removing as far as possible from every community, and from every member of each community, all uncertainty of the neces sary supply of food, and all uneasiness on that score, would leave them at greater libeity to pursue eadh, that separate vocation, manufacture, or trade, which would be most profitable to the individual, person, or State, and consequently most conducive to the advantage and wel fare of the whole. XIV. Because no measure of precaution, no extent of military power, no depth of diplomatic ability, would so much as this free, unrestrained, and universally profitable intercourse, conduce to the stability of the peace of the world. XV. Because I see ground for apprehension, that if the harvest of this year should be abundant, and followed by a succession of favourable seasons, we shall fall into the same state in which we were in 1834, 5, and 6. Corn will become abundant and cheap—manufactures will probably revive, and, possibly, the necessity of the repeal of the Corn-laws will be forgotton by those who now de mend it ; but on the other hand there will be complaints of agricultural distress. Corn cultivated at a great ex pense in expectation of high prices, will be produced in abundance, and will again fall so much in value as not to remunerate the producers. This again will lead to a diminished cultivation, and after a few o 'ears bring back high prices, the necessity of foreign importation, and a renewal of distress in the manufacturing districts ; and as each period of such distress has heretofore been more severe and more prolonged . than the preceding, and has been accompanied by a larger importation of foreign corn, I doubt not the next will exceed any hitherto witnessed. This alternation of suffering and prosperity of the agricultural and manufacturing classes, aocom panied in every case by .a directly opposite condition of the other interest, is calamitous and full of danger. The well-being of each ought to be dependent on, and con temporaneous with, the well-being of the other, and there seems no reason in the nature of things why the two interests should not uninterruptedly advance together in prosperity and wealth. And as I believe that this state of things would be best brought about by leaving un controlled the free current of national industry, I gave my cordial support to a Bill, the object of which was to leave free and unconstrained the trade in the most im portant article of the food of the people. RADN, BROITG HAM. KINNAIRD AND ROSSIE, CLONCURRY. We understand that there is a slight revival in the warp. tatting branch, but to what extent does not at pre sent appear. This extensive manufacture being but ip few hands, the masters have every ivinone keeping the actual state of the denutild from their work -people. --Nottingham Journal. FUNERAL SERVICE FOR THE , DUKE OF ORLEANS. The funeral ceremony performed on Wednesday at Notre Dame must rest without parallel for magnificence and solemn pomp. The crowds which visited Notre Dame during the three last days were struck with the rich solemnity of the scene ; but, the vague ideas com municated from the casual view obtained in a hasty visit sink into insignificance compared with the deep impres sion left on the minds of the spectators by the splendour and deep religious feeling which pervaded the whole ceremony of Wednesday. So great was the anxiety to be well placed on this solemn occasion, that as early as seven o'clock persons had collected round the various entries of the cathedral, and at half-past eight extensive queues had already been formed. The crowd thus assembled was composed of persons in deep mourning, and belonged to the more re spectable ranks of society. At nine o'clock the doors of the cathedral were opened, and the public admitted. As each ticket specified the door by which the holder was to enter, and the gallery where his seat was reserved, not the slightest confusion arose. All the steps and sides of the various staircases leading to the tribunes were covered with black. The light of day had been so carefully excluded from every part of the interior of the church, that the eye of the spectator could not at first distinguish more than the leading features of the funeral decorations. By degrees, as the gloom became more familiar, the details gradually unfolded themselves, and it was universally acknowledged that the effect was in the highest degree magnificent and solemn. The immense body of the nave from the vaulted ceiling to the ground was entirely covered with black, decorated above with a frieze of Byzantine ornaments in rich silver embroidery. The pillars were closely enveloped with black as far as the capitals, the ogive however being left bare, and standing out .in admirable relief from the black hangings. Between the pillars, banners of black and blue silk, embroidered with silver, were suspended, bearing the words Oran, Coleak, Bli dab, Bouffarick, Douera, Mihab, and Bibans, where the Prince fought at the head of the army in Africa. Huge banners of black and blue silk, richly embroidered, bearing the cipher F. P. 0., were also suspended from ' the vaulted roof. Immense silver poles ran through the liner part of them, with large silver ornaments at the sides, and with immense silver tassels falling from the lower corners. Two ranges of sepulchral silver lamps of exquisite form and workmanship, were sus pended from the roof at each side of the centre aisle, and a third row went down the middle. These were of great beauty, and each contained 36 burners.) The side aisles were lighted up in a similar manner. A I range of silver candelabra, of antique form, with urns at the top to contain incense or other inflammable Matter, said to be designed by Isabey, ran down each side of the church. Between the pillars galleries were constructed fOr the public, and under the organ sintklar structures were erected. Under the galleries ran a rich frieze of silver embroidery, and high up on the side aisles, below the groins of the roof, a similar line of ornament was placed. Silver lace of the richest descrip tion ran down the black hangings along the pillars, and the black round the gothic arches was edged with the same material. Eight ranges of seats were erected at each side down the whole length of the centre aisle, rising one over the other, and covered with black, the lowest row on the ground, and the highest rising to mid distance between the plinth and capital of the pillars. These extensive amphitheatres were destined for the de putations of the National Guards and of the troops of the Line. The transepts were entirely covered with structures of seats rising one above the other to a con siderable height, where the Peers and Deputies took their places. The upper part of the choir was decorated like the nave, and the galleries of this part were orna mented with stars, Greek crosses, and cyphers. A mosaic dazzling with embroidery, a frieze of the same description, and ninety silver lamps ornamented the high altar in front of the Cross. In the centre of the church, at the Cross, rose the ca tafalque, which was one of the most splendid construc tions of the kind ever beheld. A large pedestal, 58 feet on every side, served as a platform for fourteen eerie tides ofsilver, supporting with their colossal dimensions the raised platform on which was placed the coffin. Au immense canopy, 106 feet high, of embroidered velvet lined with ermine, descended from the top of the vaulted ceiling on the sides of the catafalque.. The curtains «•ere tied up to the pillars of the Cross by tri-coloured flags. A flight of 25 steps, decorated with candelabra, similar to those in the aisle, and urns for incense, as cended to a level with the platform. All round the body tapers were placed, amounting in number to 500. In the upper part of the canopy a vast number of lights were burning, thickened so as to form circles, and placed in the centre in the form of a crown. In the aisle be yond the catafalque, rows of lights were also placed in silver lamps, thus lighting up brilliantly all parts of the building. The urns along the aisle and on the steps to to the canopy contained spirits of wine, which were set fire to immediately before the ceremony commenced, and it may be mentioned, as a proof of the exact man ner in which everything was calculated, that they ceased burning only a few minutes after the termination of the service. In entering by the grand portal, when all this vast number of lights were burning, the first appearance of the church was absolutely dazzling. All the fires, dart ing forth their rays along the long black vault on so much silver and embroidery, produced on the eye for a moment the painful sensation of a hasty glance at the Sun. When the first surprise was past. and the eye could steadily view the decorations, the character of mourning, though on a very magnificent scale, was so clearly marked out in the general arrangements of the cathedral, that the heart grew cold, as it thought of the sad occasion of all this pomp. - The grand object amidst the whole was at once perceived to be the catafalque, and the architect's object was evidently to make every other decOration in the church subsidiary to the effect which that construction should produce. The brilliant mass of light with which it was surrounded, the profu sion of silver embroidery which decorated it, and which went on increasing in splendour from the lowest step of the pedestal to the top—the Ducal crown ' by which the whole was surmounted, all contributed td' make it the , dominant object in the church. The tribunes were filled in a short time after the doors were opened, about half of the congregation being ladies. At half-past ten o'clock the various great bodies of the State and the schools began to arrive, and the seats be low began to fill. The heat at this period was excessive, from the vast number of lights, and the female part of the congregation suffered severely. The crowd increased by degrees, as the different deputations arrived, and at a quarter to eleven the whole aisle was one moving mass of uniforms, embroidery, and costumes of various bodies, as General and Staff-officers, Ambassadors, the Mem bers of the Council of the Chambers, moved on to take their seats. The hum of voices and the sound of feet, ! necessarily consequent on the entrance and arrangement of so many thousand persons, gradually increased until within five minutes before eleven, when it reached its height. At that moment a slight " Hush " was heard, and instantly the voices became silent, and the order and solemnity suitable to the occasion were restored. The huge bell of Notre Dame, which had from time to time throughout the morning set forth a melancholy toll, now sounded continuously, and amidst its mournful peal the clergy moved forward in grand procession towards ths Grand Portal, to receive the Princes. On the side seats might also be seen the heads of the Civil List, the Prefect of the Seine at the head of the Municipal Councils of Paris and the banlieu, the Aca demy of Medicine, the Tribunal of Commerce; the Juges de Paix, the Royal Council of Public Instruction, the Mines et Chaussees, the Jewish and Protestant Consis tories, the Chamber of Notaries and Avoues, and other public bodies. The Chamber of Peers took their plaoes in the right transept, with the Chancellor and Grand Refeudary at their head, and at their right were placed the Ambassadors and their several employes. Amongst them was seen Lord Clanricarde, formerly Anabassador at the Court of Russia, who had come from London to attend this ceremony, the Duke of Orleans having honoured him with his friendship. The Chamber of De puties sat opposite to the Peers, in the other transept. In the part of the church reserved to the choir, the Archbishop of Paris took his place, surrounded by the suffragan Bishops of his diocese, the chapter of Notre Dame, the Cures of all the parishes of Paris, the Cure of Isteuitty, and the chaplains of the civil and military esta bli s h men ts, amounting in all to nearly 300 clergy men. The Bishop . of the Holy Land and the Chevalier Bandini del Pitti, in his dress as belonging to the order of Jerusalem, were present. The upper galleries near the choir were occupied by the Ladies of Honour of the queen and of the Princesses, the ladies of the Ambassadors, the wives and relations of the Ministers, and other persons of high rank, Precisely at eleven a salvo of twenty-one guns, fired from behind the Cathedral, announced the arrival of the Duke de Nemours, the Prince de Joinville, the Duke d'Aumale, and the Duke de Montpensier. The Princes, who were attended by the officers of the King's household, as well as their own, were met at the porch by the Archbishop and his clergy. They wore long mourning-cloaks over their uniforms, and took their seats on the chairs planed for them at the foot of the catafalque. Their countenances were exceedingly sad, and their whole bearing was very much cast down. The Duke de Nemours and the Prince do JoinviLle sat in the centre, the Duke d'Aumale on the right, and the Dpke de Montpensier on the left. O n the right o f th e p r i n ces, a little behind, sat the Ministers, and on the left the Marshals, in full uniform. As soon as the Princes had taken their places, the funeral service immediately commented. The "De Profundis" was chaunted in the choir behind the catafalque, low at first, b u t, w h en the choristers joined in, gradually swelling into a rich and mournful harmony. The mass for the dead we , given in full choir, in which the whole of the clergy joined, their voices rolling through the whole space, and rising to the vault, at once solemn and affecting. The moment of the elevation of the Host was announced to those outside the cathedral by the firing of a cannon, and to the troops by the rolling of the dr ums , Another discharge of artillery and the tolling of the bell announced the Absolution, which was pronounced by the Archbishop of Chalcedonia, the Archbishop of Aix, the Bishop of Nancy, and the Bishop of Anglers, who ascended the steps of the pedestal on which the catafalque was raised, and were assisted by the Vicars- General. After them the Archbishop of Paris performed the same solemnity. This being done, he descended half way, and stood on the right side attended by his assist ants, and there held the holy water for the four Princes, who ascended one after the other, and, having received it at his hands, sprinkled with it the last receptacle of their beloved brother. After the Princes, Marshal Soult as President of the Coensil, the Chancellor as representative of the Chamber of Peers, M. Laffitte in the name of the Chamber of Deputies, and the Count cl'Appony u the oldest resident foreign Am iiikssador, performed the same sad office. This was, without exception, the most affecting part of the day's proceedings, and made a profbund impression on all present. It WAS impossible to behold the young Princes, Sb 4-i Tale with emotion, and borne cloth. with,glW o tlesarad- ,-0 ing slowly and sadly from the Wtifagetey-afta belcing,- . 4 hid a last farewell to him who , scareely kfoitiiigilt lieriire, full of life and promise. was conkitietecheertaiTof-reigtEl ing over so great a nation, without.being_dsepl, totielt4l. The mind too recurred to thosejtiourtfer; c‘rho were absent, and imagination pictured , the afflictii)it` of ,he sorrowing group at Neuilly, as they offered up prayers for him they had lost. It was a painful moment, and left after it a deep and sad impression. The Princes immediately afterwards retired, and were followed at once by the vast congregation. The service lasted two hours and twenty minutes, and the number of persons present may be imagined, when we state that about three quarters of an hour elapsed before the church was cleared. No accident occurred during the day. ABYSSINIA. THE ABYSSINIAN .MISSION 1S HOW Somewhat more than a twelvemonth since niiorliarris and a party of Bombay officers left on an exploratory tour to the interior of Africa. The expedition . originally consisted of Captain Harris, Bombay .Engineers Capt. Douglas Graham. of the Candeish llbeel Corps; Captain S. Horton, of her Majesty's 49th Regi ment ; and Doctor Kirk. of . the Bombay Medical Establishment. T 1 these were afterwards added Assistant-Surgeon Impev, then serving on board the H. C. brig-of-war Euphrates. Six pieces of artil lery, and 600 stand of arms. formed a. portion of their presents. H. M. S. Endymion. which after wards reached Bombay, had on hoard a number of additional gifts of importance. The H. C. brig-of war Euphrates was attached to the mission, with the view of keeping open the intercourse with Aden. Captain Ilarris left Bombay with Sir James Carnac, on the 27th April, on board the H. C. war-steamer Auckland ; and arrived at Aden on the Bth May. The remainder of the party fol lowed four days afterwards, on hoard the Cleopatra packet-steamer. After providing at Aden the requisites necessary for their journey, they pro ceeded on board the Euphrates for . the coast of Africa, taking with them thirteen artillerymen, and four of her Majesty's - fith Royals. , The mission'reached Tajoura in the kingdom of Shoa, in safety. Tajoura, though occupying a somewhat conspicuous place on the map, is merely . axillage of 70 or 80 wooden huts, with a couple of mosques built of stone. Its harbour is roomy, and has anchorage for several large ships a considerable way from the shore of the open sea. The Chief is styled Sultan. lie re• seises an annual tribute of 200 head of cattle, camels, &c., from the neighbouring Darakil, and a stipend of twenty dollars.froM 'Leila, to which he is subordinate. The principal exports from Tajoura are slaves. Its chief communication is with the African country called Aousa, peopled by Habookah Christian s . here Captain Harris and his party were at first very favourably received. Captain Morton was seizel). with brain fever, and continued for some time so ill that he was-obliged to be left behind. On their journey inland, two of the soldiers they had taken with them were murdered, tas also was their cook. The party had encamped in a ravine, when during the night a scream was heard from one of the tents, when it was found that a sergeant of the 6th had had his throat cut—a soldier was stabbed to the heart-- and the belly of the cook cut across. The murderers— supposed to be Gallas—escaped. The mission, reached Anchobar, the capital of Shoa, in lut y. They suffered severely from extreme heat and want of water—having, contrary to the remonstrances of the natives, quitted the coast at an unfavourable period of the year. Their journey was 370 miles ; this they peri'ortned in 47 days—the baggage ard. presents requiring 200 camels for their transport. The entire route is described as one waste howling wilderness. Anchobar is situated on an extensive plain 8,200 feet above the level of the sea ; it con tains about 10.000 inhabitants, mostly Christians_ The name of the king is Saloo or Shalepee. He is a good-natured drunken fellow, about the thirty-eight 111-ss.oll years of age. Since July, 1841 i re mained at Anchobar. Captain Horton and Dr. Impey having returned, its members are, ( Harris, Capt. Graham, Dr. Roth, and Dr. Kirk ; the last name.) gentleman having been appointed Deputy Assay-. lila.ster to the Mint, is likely bye-mold-bye to rettun, Anchobar was visited in June, 1835, by the German Missionaries Isenbing and Kraaf—the latter of whom has been of great assistance as interpreter to our party. They have been very favourably . r ece i ve d throughout : it. had not, until their arrival, been visited by any Christian since the days of Alvarez in 1520. Some . months since, a very imp or t ant Me moir was forwarded by Captain Harris t o th e B om b ay Government, 7 by whom a. copy was. pre sen t e d ta the Geographical Society—relating to a. mag n ifi cen t river said to disembogue itself about two degrees north of the line. This river, which is called - the (.:;oolob„ or Bergamo, is of great size, spreading out, atone part, of its course to the extent of four miles. It is said to take its rise in the mountain-land jr, t north of the line. It has never as yet been vis - „ te d , so far as is known, by any European ; anal; our in formation concerning it is derived entire) -,from the natives—chiefly from the slave-dealers, It is + said to be navigable for many hundred iniks inland. This does not appear to have been heard (ti by at„ - of the Missionaries—at least no notice is taken of 'it in the published portions of their Journals. In 1811, Capt. Smee and-Lieut. Hardy were despatched, in comman. of the H. C. cruizers "'ornate and Sylnh, to survey ttie east coast of Africa, from Cape G-arda n mi south to the island of Zanzibar. The chief object of this search having in view the discovery of the emb•Juchure of the Doora river—most probably the. liame as that deSeribed under a different name by Captain Harris. They were not fortunate enough to discover the mouth ge of the stream of which th e y were i n quest, b ut found in lat. 0 deg. 13 min. S., " a lar seamen e ) n p ; rbzo eetuhnd eAra extensive stream b " calledb orR o . g T ,loos (not u e River(no t unlike our Go ra pidly); and Gevind by the Soomalies. It does not appear to have been examined with any considerable degree of care. Its bar is so shallow that boats can only enter it at high water ; and it has scarcely any c h o e n s e i r r ac ab t l e e r pr o o f po the r_ imper fectlycoast tk seems nowh to no t u u s 1;11ai likely and trade. This portion o f Af r i ca i s st ill very . t r h o a m t t tion of the waters which flow from the interior may be absorbed in the arid and burning sands before reaching the sea. We have only alluded to that por tion of Captain Harris's memoir which treats of the Goolob : the rest is full of matter of interest in refe rence to the manners of the inhabitants in the interior ; which will, we believe, shortly appear in the Transe.:-..- tions of the Geographical Society.—Bombny T6lles, June 8. Letters of the 10th of March have been received film Captain Harris. He had accompanied Salloo, the King of Shoa, on a great military expedition to the west. The people marched against seemed a poor helpless race, and were qui eklysea ttered before the men of Shoe. Three thousand are computed to have fallen ; the country was everywhere laid desolate with fire and sword - ; and the army, rotten and half noseless, returned hi triumph. The members of the mission continued in good health.—lbid, June 11. SALISBURY.--SUPPOSE D MURDER OF TWO InFANTS. —On Thursday an inquest was held in this city, before Mr. Wilson, on the bodies of two children, twins, aged two years, who were found suffoested in a wash tub, in the yard of a lodging house, in St. Anne's street, kept by 4 person of the name of Brasher. The parents of' the children are Irish, of the lower order, and their names are Charles Ester and Mary Ann Ester. From the e x amin a tion o f th e witnesses it, ap. peered that the children were found between one and two o'clock on the previous day in the wash-tub ; and from its height and the difficulty, they must' have had to olimb it, suipicion of their having been-wilfully suffo- Fated by some person or persons has arisen. The follow.. ing are the most important portions of the evidence : " Elizabeth Jacobs examined—l have been living At Mrs. Brasher's for six months ; my husband is a i ii .. bourer ; the Esters came there on Monday i the chil dren were always crying, and were very troubl esom e . On Tuesday the mother was out in the town the greater part of the day, and on that evening she asked use to nurse one of them, and she would. satisfy me for my trouble; and I said I could not, as I was washing for Mrs. Brasher. She then went up stairs with them, and remained with the child that was ill. I never saw her again till the next morning. About ten o'clock she came to me In the washhouse, and asked me if I would take one of the children from her while she gave the sick child some medicine. 1 agreed to take the child, but it would not come to me, so I followed her up stairs, and she put the children down at the foot of the bed, and they cried very much, and she then clasped her, hands and said, ' Oh, w h a t a m I to do with my ch,.l- dren ? The Lord o f H eave n send that my child.rett may be stretched before night ;' and I replied, ' Don't say that, mistress, for children are troublesome. I have had twins of my own, and they do give trouble.' " The evidence of this witness also went to show th at the mother on hearing of the death of the children d id not exhibit such signs of grief as might have been e x p ec t e d from maternal feelings. The inquest, after a long in vestigation, in which several witnesses, and amongst them two medical gentlemen of the city, were exam i ne d , i was adjourned by the Coroner, n order that a post mortera, examination of the bodies of the children should b e ma d e , The mother has been taken into custody, but not ex , unlined on the inquest. ALARMING FIRE IN WHITE -STREET, 130ROUGH.,-- Shortly after two on Friday morning, a fire of a very alarming character broke out on the premi ses b e l ong i ng: to Mr.Hullett, furrier and skin-merchant, No. 34 White-street, Southwark, within a short distance of George's church. The fire was first discovered by police constable Simon Savoury, M 155, on going his rounds. No sooner was the door burst open, than the flames were blown with amazing rapidity into every room, and the inmates were compelled to scramble over the .back premises almost in a state of nudity. The flames very soon reached the roof, which shortly after fell in with a. tremendous crash, and the flames then shot forth into th© air, and illuminated the horizon for miles round. Att a tittle bef ore si x o ' clock the fire was wh olly guished, b u t not b efore the place was entirely burnt down, not even t h e b are walls remaining. It could not be ascertained how the fire originated. Mr. Hullett'a loss must be immense, but he is insured in the T.dicenued Victuallers' office. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. We had pleasure, at the Whitsun holidays, in referring to the performances at this theatre, which we think we then stated, having secured the servics of the late Mr. l i Ducrow's stud and company, had in addition to the above title, taken unto itself the new and more high-sounding appellation of New Royal A mphitheatre of Arts." At the time to which we refer, Mr. R. Ilonner was the lessee and manager of the.house. On the lamented death of Mr. Davidge, however, Mr. Honner became acting manager of the Surrey, and having despatched his talented little wife to Liverpool, Mr. T. Greenwood has, as we understand, become sole lessee and manager of the Wells. The performances during the last week have commenced with an historical, equestrian, romance, founded on the Crimean war of independence, entitled The Conqueror's Steed Karabagh, or the Prophet of the Caucasus. This piece is little more than one of those gorgeous spectacles which we have been accustomed so often to witness at Astley's in its palmiest days. There is scarcely any plot in the piece, nor should we deem it neces sary to describe it if there were, as we learn that it is to be withdrawn to-day to make roam for Lalta Rookh. Thew hole of the new scenery in the piece is exceedingly good, the properties and decorations are superb, the costumes are in good taste, and the- situations are effective. Several dances and gymnastic feats are introduced which gave considerable satisfaction, and a Russian ballet was very nicely gone through by Master Maskell, Miss Parting ton, Miss Smythies, and Mademoiselle Susanne. A pretty little song, entitled " The nice little man," was very pleasingly sung by Mrs. R. Barnett. The spectacle was succeeded by " A grand selection from Ducrow's popu lar scenes of the circle." These were of the usual cha meter, and gave the greatest satisfaction to a crowded and respectable audience. Master Andrew Ducrow, is certes, a most astonishing youth. His feats on the horse, in our opinion, equalled, if not excelled, those of any of his compeers, not even excepting Signor Hillier himself. The Flemish youth, surnamed " the Sprite of Ants‘ erp," performed some most fearful and astonishing feats on the corde volante. The performances concluded with the drama of The Rock of Arpennaz, in which Messrs. Lyon, C. J. Smith, Dry, J. Herbert, Richardson, Miss Richardson, and Mrs. R. Barnett were remarkably good in their re respective roles. We are glad to observe that Mrs. R. Barnett has much better parts assigned to her now than when Mrs. Honner was at the theatre. Mrs. Barnett is a lady of a pleasing manner and considerable talent. In conclusion, we must observe that we could not but miss with regret the absence of Mr. Henry Marston, and Mr. and Mrs. Honner. Mr. Lyon, who, we suppose, is meant to supply the place of Henry Marston, though a fine dashing man, by no means possesses the sterling qualities for an actor which rendered Mr.-Marston so great a favourite with the frequenters of this house; neither do we observe any one to supply the place of Mr. and Mrs. Honner. The whole female strength consists, indeed, of Miss Richard son and Mrs. Barnett. On the whole, we may safely say, notwithstanding, that this theatre continues to main tain the prominent position which it has long held amongst the minor theatres of the metropolis. EXPERIMENTS WITH PERCUS SION AND CONCUSSION SHELLS IN THE MARSHES AT WOOLWICH. Woonwlcx, Auc. s.—At half-past one o'clock, P.M., Major-General Drummond, Director-General of Royal Artillery ; Major-General Sir Hew D. Ross, Deputy- Adjutant-General to the Royal Artillery ; Colonels Pa terson, Lacy, Dansey, Dundas, Chalmer, Belson ; Majors Vaughan and Hope ; Captains Pallier, Robe, and Grant, of the Royal Artillery, attended at the marshes to witness experiments with percussion shells, the inven tion of Mr. Tuck and Serjeant Freeburn ; and concus • sion shells, the invention of Serjeant-Major Moore, of the Royal Artillery. Mr. Tuck had eight 32-pounder and eleven 6-pounder shells ; Serjeant Freeburn, two 56 -pounder, and Ser jeant-Major Moore, four 56-pounder, or 8-inch shells. The first shell fired was one of the 6-pounders (Mr. Tuck's), from an iron gun, and it burst at the mouth of the gun. The second, 32-pounder (Mr. Tuck's) burst at the mouth of the gun. The third, 56-pounder (Serjeant Freeburn's), entered the bulwark, or representation of a ship's side, but did not burst. The fourth, 32-pounder (Mr. Tuck's) struck the bulwark, and burst in side. The fifth, 6-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), burst on striking the bulwark. The sixth, 32-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), entered the bulwark, but did not burst. The seventh, 56-pounder (Serjeant Freeburn's) entered the bulwark, but did not burst. The eighth 32-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), struck the bulwark, but did not burst. The ninth, 6-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), did not burst. The tenth, 32-pounder (Mr. Tuck's) burst at the mouth of the gun. The eleventh, 56-pounder (Serjeant-Major Moore's) burst at the mouth of the gun. The twelfth, 32-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), did not burst. The thirteenth, 6-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), struck the top of the mound and burst. The fourteenth, 32-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), did not burst. The fifteenth, 56-pounder (Serjeant- Major Moore's), entered the bulwark and burst betwixt the sides with good effect. The sixteenth, 32-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), did not burst. The seventeenth, 6-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), burst on entering the bulwark. The eighteenth, 56-pounder (Serjeant-Major Moore's) en tered the bulwark and burst with excellent effect. The nineteenth, 6-pounder (Mr. Tuck's) entered the bulwark and burst. The twentieth, 56-pounder (Serjeant-Major Moore's), entered the bulwarks and simultaneously burst passing through one side, with tremendous effect, be twixt the bulwarks. The result of the experiments to-day show that the two 56-pounders fired on Serjeant Freeburn's principle did not burst. Two only of Mr. Tuck's 32-pounders were good, the fourth and eighth; and three of the 6- pounders, the sixth, seventeenth, and nineteenth, the thirteenth bursting on the top of the mound ; the con • struction and singular shape of the shells being liable to cause them to deviate from a direct line. Had the prac tice been at a greater distance than four hundred, the range to-day, there could have been no calculation of the course Mr. Tuck's shells would have taken. Under these disadvantages the firing to-day was of, a very superior description, and the aim excellently taken. Two of the guns, the 56-pounder and a 32-pounder, were fired with Lieut.-Colonel I)ansey's improved friction tubes, and went off in every instance admirably, although en trusted to gunners and drivers who have never witnessed their action before, the firing of a blank one by Lieut.- Colonel Dansey, before the experiments commenced, being sufficient to instruct the men to discharge this most simple, yet important discovery. The bursting of three of Serjeant-Major Moore's shells out of four appeared to give great satisfaction to the officers present, who complimented Serjeant-Major Moore on his success, and expressed their opinion that they were decidedly the best yet submitted for trial. It is also satisfactory to know that no danger is to be ap prehended to those employed in firing, by the introduc tion of this shell, in the event of its principle being adopted after future experiments, as it is equally safe to work as the snells at present in use. Percussion shells, on the contrary, are equally dangerous to those who work them as to those against whom they might be di rected, in the event of the least want of care in moving them about, and daring engagements this could not be obviated, and they could only have been made avail able in defending fortifications. Serjeant-Major Moore's invention,retaining the present port-fire, and adding aeon , cussion principle to cause the shell to explode the moment , it strikes an object, seems most likely to be successful. SHUGBOROUGH HALL SALE. FRIDAY.—The works included in Wednesday's sale being of a much more valuable character than the two preceding days, much better prices were realised, and there was a fuller attendance of fashionables,. many of whom were considerable purchasers. We subjoin a few of the principal works disposed of :—Horace Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting in England, 5 vols., 1762-71, and one other-51. 16s. 6d., Slatter. George Omerod's His tory of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 3 vols., London, 1819-18/. 7s. 6d, Edwards. Polychronycon, black letter, imprinted in Southweriie, by Peter Trueris, the XVI. daye of Maye, 1527-41. 155., Slatter. A fine tall copy, in russia, with the frontispiece, of Samuel Purchas, his Pilgrimes and Pilgrimage, containing a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Land Travel's, by Englishmen and others, 5 vols., London, 1625-281. 75., bought by the Knight or Highhury, a gentleman very curious in books. Joh. Jac. Scheuchzer's Physica Sacra, fine impressions of the plates, in 5 vols., Augsburg and Ulm, 1731-5-5/., Anson. The Rev. Stebbing Shaw's History and Antiquities of Staffordshire, large paper, 2 vols, half-bound russia, London, 1797-1801- 7/.105.,80hn. A re [narkablyclean anddesirable copy,with a brilliant impression of the frontispiece, bound in russia, of John Taylor, the Water Poet's, Works-101. 155., Rodd. Thesaurus Grmcze Antiquitatis reparatm et dis gestie ab Jac. Gronovio, in the original binding, date 1697; and Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanorum, a Joan. Geor. Grmvio, 1694-81.85., bought by . Lord Rosebery. or iginalcalim T nd h l o n rgn , tol i,t s hthe additional i a n rm th s e , o f Dr. Robert An tiquities of Nottinghamshire, date 1667-5/. 10 s., Bohn. Avery fine slipc copy y f 23 volumes of Piranesi's works relating to Architecture, all in perfect order, and half bound in russia-40J, B . oha. A very splendid copy of James Stuart's Antiquities of Athens, in 4 vols, with very fine impressions of the plates, date, London, 1776 and 1816-171. 25., Rodd. A splendid copy, in 3 vols, with very fine impres sions, Recueil d'Estampes d'apres les p'.us beaux Tableaux et . d'apres les plus beaux Desseins qui sont en France, dime suivant les differentes Ecoles, Paris, 1729-44- 181. 7s. ad., Long. The Ordnance Townland Surveys of Ireland, in 25 vols. calf, double-lettered, and in the finest state, produced after a spirited composition 94/. 10s., bought by Toovey. The Ordnance Surveys of England and Wales, pasted on linen, and arranged in 11 cases, &c., fetched 31/. 10s. ; bought by Rudd. The sale of the wines commenced on Thursday, and they being of very superior vintages, for which Lord Lichfield is celebrated, produced ver y goo d p r i ces f rom the more aristocratic portion of the company who were the principal purchasers. Some very choice old Port wines produced from 655. to 70s. per dozen, of which there were 42 dozens, the greater quantity being pur chased by Mr. Markwell, of the London Hotel, Albe marle. street. Sherry wines realised from 50s. to 70s. A young lady being at confession one day, after she had answered a great many questions, the Confessor de manded her name," . Why father," replied the lady, " my name is not a sin , . It ?" NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 6.—The Spartan, 24, arrived at Newfoundland on the 3d July, from Halifax. The Comet steam vessel was commissioned at Wool wich, on the Ist instant, by Mr. A. B. Usborne, master (1838), for surveying service in Ireland, Capt. Fraser, who is to command her, having not yet joined. The Imam was commissioned on Sunday, by Lieut. F. A. P. Stewart, as the guard ship at Jamaica, in lieu of the Magnificent. The George IV., having taken in a quantity of the bread intended for the use of the naval and military forces in China, the St. Helena Regiment embarked on board on Thursday afternoon. The troops were conveyed from the Isle of Wight to Spithead by the Echo steamer. The George IV. will sail at daylight to-morrow morning. The Columbia steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander Kortwright, left IVoolwich yesterday for Plymouth, where she will be paid in advance, and then sail for North America, to commence a survey of the Bay of Fundy, under the direction of Captain Owen. The Wulf, 18, Commander Hayes. is ordered to the East Indies, and was to sail to-clay from Plymouth. The Moffat, convict-ship, sailed on Saturday evening, partly loaded with convicts for Hobart Town ; she calls at Plymouth to complete her cargo, taking from this port the man Bolton, Admiral Bouverie's late servant, trans ported for attempting to kill the housekeeper. The ships Agincourt and Plantagenet, both for Cal cutta, sailed on Mouday. The ship Thomas Sparkes, for New Zealand, sailed on Tuesday ; she has on board two racing horses of first• rate celebrity, and will embark 20 mares at the Cape of Good Hope. The Royal West India Mail steam-ship Isis, com manded by J. F. Loney, Esq , late of her Majesty's steamer Lizard, sailed from Southampton OR the Ist instant, taking out thirty-two passengers and a large quantity of quicksilver. The Thunderbolt, a new steamer, will be immediately commissioned by the Hon. Commander Carnegie. The Frolic, 16, building by Captain Hendry, will be launched at this yard in the course of this month, and commissioned immediately afterwards. The Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, Master Commander T. Laen, is under orders to hold herself in readiness to receive on board Lord Stuart de Rothsay, for a passage to St. Petersburgh. His Lordship is expected to leave Ehgland for the Court of Russia about the latter end of the present, or early in the ensuing month. The Semarang, 28, and Orestes, 18, are nearly ready for commissioning. The Imaum of Muscat's corvette has been towed down to Woolwich, to be docked and refitted there. The Monkey, steamer, came into Harbour this even ing from Woolwich. The Lightning arrived at Pembroke Dock on the 27th ult. with Capt. Willson, Lieut. Ramsay, and a detach ment of Royal Marines, from Chatham, to relieve those who had been there forthe last two years, who left in the Lightning, on the 28th, for Woolwich; and on the same day Capt. Willson proceeded to P em b ro ke to relieve Capt. Smith, stationed there, on t h e rec ruiting service. The Lightning returned yest er d ay, an d sa il e d to-day for Chatham, with a number of invalids from the Guards and other Regiments serving in Canada, brought home in the Resistance troop-ship. It is said that Government is about to recommission twelve of the 10-gun packet brigs to convey as before the West India Mails. This much is certain, an inquiry has been made by the Admiralty as to the time it will take to give the following a refit for immediate temporary service :—Alert, Star, Pandora, Delight, Hope, Lapwing, Lyra, Magnet, Pigeon, Sheldrake, Tyrian, and Seagull. These brigs were recently paid off at Plymouth, as the Royal Mail steamers have superseded them.—[lf these brigs are intended to convey the mails across the At lantic, they ought to be dispatched from the harbour of Valentia, near Cahir, the extreme S.W. of Ireland; they would then always make ' here with easterly winds, they should land their mails from Spithead.] a Passage ; and if they come The Triton, merchant-vessel, 492 tons, has been hired to convey convicts for Van Diemen's Land, and is at present anchored off the Roy a l A rsen al, Woolwich, to take on board 225 of that unfort u nate class of beings. The greatest number are already on board, and she will sail in the early part of next week. The Wellington, New York Packet, Captain Chadwick, sailed on Monday last, full of passengers. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Pique, Nautilus, Imaum, Monkey, and Echo, steamers, Sylvia cutter. At Spithead—Resistance and George IV. Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., arrived here last evening, hoisted his flag this morning on board the Victory, and assumed the office of Superintendent of this Dockyard, vice the Hon. Rear-Admiral Bouverie. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. - - - PROMOTIONS — Commander, the Hon. Keith Stewart, late :of Ringdove, to the rank of Captain. APPOINTMENTS — Commander, W. N. Taylor, to the Rodney ; the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, M.P., to the Thnmderbolt. Lieutenants—G. R. Wolrige, to the Dublin ; John Mc. D. Smith, to the Resistance, vice Sli g ht, to the Daphne ;J. B. Cooystra , to the Madagascar A. Boy ter, to the Royal Sovereign, for ser vice of the Pike steamer. Masters—G. B. Hoffineister, to comma n d the Ju p i t e r , troop-ship, vice Fulton, superseded; J onas Coaker, to the Cornwallis, vice Hoffnaeister ; R. L. Barnard, to the Ferret. Second Master—John Way, to the Meteor. Surgeon—Dr. G. Burn, from the Magnificent, to the Imatun. Assistant-Surgeons— Wm. Roberts, to the Crane ; David Thompson and A. Woodcock, to the Iniaum ; Mark Hamilton (acting), to the St. Vin cen t ; R. L. Jack, to the Meteor. Purser—John Westwood, to the Salamander, vice Hillyer, sick at hospital. Mates—Frederick Robinson, to the Comet ; C. G. M'Gregor, to the Caledonian. Midshipman—C. Dickson, to the Albatross. Clerks-in-Charge—F. W. Cole, to the Spy ; Haller Snow, to the Hornet : J. Maccionall, to the Comet. Naval Instructor—M. T. S. Rainbrtish, to the Cale- donia. Clerk—J. D. Bowden, from the Victory, to the Imaum. s a rl s:e l ll their examina tions GUARD.—Lieut. Thomas Heales, to Selsey Bill Station ; C. E. Wilmot, to the command of a station of Coast Guard. The following mates are noted for promotion o GN t r i .. on ßTere to mmp t e h ler e : Selwy n , PLYMOUTH, vlieVeislliainm China, when rank when o f theyl lieutenant, u s the shall nt, respectivelysf so o n r t: t l, h lav e l i .Ho g hl. ia a e l vg l e a e n p L Maitland, R tir A s ic a . t ic th . e ßi ß ch oy a - a rd l been docked, d to the coast y ah m e on ia d, nr h de a res Pearce, LawrenceH Henry Kin', Halstead, , P a e n t d er ja ß s arc per la ß y . , PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4—The Spy, bri ganadnthinaed, h 3 e , r L n ie n u p t p e e n r a n n i t ea G ne . d ß: l of Africa, and will proceed for that station as soon as ready. The Wolf, 18, Commander C. A. Hayes, went out of harbour into the Sound on Saturday, was paid wages on Monday, and will sail, it is ex p ected this day (Thursday the 4th) for China ; she takes out 86,000 dollars, brought by the Calpe steamer from Southampton, to pay the troops in that part of the world. The Emerald tender arrived from Portsmouth, with supernumeries, on Monday ; and the Rochester lighter sailed on Tues day for Portsmouth, with supernumeraries. The Moffat convict ship, arrived from Woolwich on Tuesday, and has taken on board 190 convicts from the Stirling Castle for conveyance to Australia. The Wellesley, 72, Cap tain Thomas Maitland, ivill be paid off this day. In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, Spy, and Confiance steamer. In the Sound—WOW, and Moffat convict ship. RATHER WARLIKE. —We have just heard that a fleet of twelve sail of the line is to be fitted at Ports mouth, as " demonstration" ships, besides others at Plymouth and elsewhere ; an extraordinary demonstra tion certainly ; and one which .we trust may have the effect of preventing war, by showing that we are prepared endent. for Indep it is in the )f t oe ° 00v ; e Lb o M511,'• 0 6 ,der, ;e l coo' ;0 1,1 " Bir• Wa k 01 All,' vi., dis" last one rrni Ldo: 00 0 N I r I