The Sun. — London, England, 1833-09-26 00:00:00

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Gentle° 1 will dilL, Rutley, I in Pros s o o offs, As9° the Ear10t11; 1 . h ay 0 1 0 01' )che, th e c p , o I with b" r f :,,, t p New 1`" )as, in intentiooto :eeping We be of PlY ° : o , such purr" thus, i"; t sustaioe reralcl. the g 3 p ears th s ,, t or! Ites th i ! N 3 out in eeSe l s _ The h e r brougo' re Dlitelj ,4115 pr. 3 1 ,1 t p a.t, - ( w. nurder ° I sta te. t ole res P ee 90 , ot o cert l6° 1 0 mock' ► tor o f the e ~ iti'l° bar t ° ke rd to 0 0 , 0 e igh nt C sore o cro i‘ IVI. f THE LOSS OF THE AMPHITRITE, I have, &c., H. D. CHADS, Captain, 11. N, Th e Ko ti• George Elliot, C. 8., &e., Admiralty. A ri , 1 ' lew nights ago forty-three houses, with tteinliall their contents, in the village of Celles, near 43- I, 4ltB Pe• in the Vosges, were consumed by fire from a6b104,,e,",.er9 which had been dried in an oven. A child o v a Ore years cld was burnt to death, and another, ae 1 ,: t e°oB l3ed a similar fate only by throwing himself out of ,;': 4d n'iv, by which he broke his thigh. Several head -•tfe were destroyed. French Paper. betB,4°,llE DUTIES.—At Fraserburgh, in 1808, Mating° fie harbour was improved, and the Act for regu its due s i new schedule of dues was obtained, the shore 114 let at from 451. to 46/. per annum ; but the revenue t I,2:',ce gradually increased, and in 1832 it amounted o 426 / ' - 'l . At Peterhead, in 1810, the harbour dues yielded LelV e . ' ' ju t in 1 832 they amounted to 1,9011.. Stone- L ad it) before the improvement of its harbour in 1826, Stone bad I t n reie nne from 40/. to 601. ; in 1831 the shor e dues Inerh,crewied to 5591. 9s. 4d. At Burghead, where for the g I. regular quays existed and no revenue was drawn, sia num '' "ut due no w y ield from 2001. to 230/. per i A ...."46erdseenHerald. ( at C I , ,rl.leeting of the medical profession was held ' to b;e'l'eld on Thursday, at which an address was adopted l gstel Pr "ented to the late medic a l o ffi cers of theaAmierras: ti o4 nlititution, as a tribut e o f th e i r respect and d d the y °f t heir con d uct i n res i gn i ng their appointments when arld t b:uld no longer hold th em w i t h h onour to themselves 1,11 profession. ter CAVERNS IN T I PPERARy.—In a let- t 1 Kingsborough, by a correspondent of the 1 % ice ' l ,: - 4 'l/ -Free Press, it is stated that there is a prac ' etv,,4ned by some of the visiters to tLe stupendous ill ' 4 ° II the Alichelstown estate, which, if persisted in, 1 ( ttondeerveentually ruin the beauty of these subterranean .. Yes on 4, Many persons, not content with feasting their 'loss "'c scenes presented by the unparalleled cot-mea ..4lv4;l4a,e:' W hich at once delight and astonish them, take Ittiro,:,'Re quantities of the spar, and thereby spoil the . 4 11 3 , , r Y uf these splendid pillars, which rise so inajesti ttiza:d Prop the arches of this palace. eeka ,th•CCWERY OF A C A VE.—AbOUt three 'Nu t f,"' sonle workmen on the lime-stone works at Illeiliii 'easant, near Pontypool, discovered a natural 1 , e ulav g '„ ,h ich led into the interior of the rocks, forming $ h 4 %I°ot approach to an extensive apartment, of the I ith 6 1 ; .ahout 18 feet, most magnificently ornamented %sit ett-ritig crystals and petrifactions, and a variety of st4l4rltehae:reditialltecitil'i From this apartment several passages ffteierBent directions, and, it is supposed, extend . L ance of three miles from the entrance. It is to t ltits ure d. th at the beauty of the cave has been, in some • thanessitnselv'-","°Yed by the anxiety of visiters to possess 7 °' Portions of the petrifactions, Sm.—Mon• i th eillzire Aterzin. o f ' itlit,bl:;.'l.The Chinese at one time measured I it ,!,llin, broke_eings of the English nation by the quantity i ,iti'l.he fr,erchiZ to a Year. A Chinese historian observes, chants of Canton make the sale of their brittle ;it I:le4e_barometer of European passions, and as often as ,;60,„:_ngtu.ents they say, 4 The last year has been a i it t i t e nt i t W ": in England.' China is not imported to the Oatles am 1. B°ole years ago; our own manufactured oiti for4.,those. of the continent have superseded the .Q,ltst. ,ine brittle ware of Asia, and the wise men of t Ott kt 44 Empire now say the English have subdued all Illit cope t er ;antdllyituhcaevriel.no nastrimionial strife, and seldom --- OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO TILE CON DUCT OF THE CONSUL AT BOULOGNE ON THE AFFAIR OF THE AMPHITRITE. Boulogne, Sept. IS. Sir,—Having closed a most diligent and patient inquiry into the conduct of William Hamilton, Esq., his Majesty's consul at this place, connected with the wreck of the Amphitrite transport, I beg to report my opinion thereon for the information of my Lords Commissionersof the Ad miralty. The charges brought against the Consul may be classed as follow s :- 1. An indifference as to the commercial interests of Eng land, by not looking to the state of the weather on the day of the wreck, inasmuch as he made no inquiries as to the fate of a steam -vessel that left the port the evening previously, and by net establishing the means of having information given him When any British vessels might be in distress. 2. In not being present to offer rewards to any person who would carry an order off to the captain of the ship to land with his erew. a That although he was made acquainted that a British s hip was on shore at twenty minutes after seven o'clock, he did not appear on the spot till a quarter before eleven, and then was dressed as for an evening party. 4. That if he had been present, and used his best efforts, he might have been able to have saved the whole of the crew and the convicts; or, at any rate, to have rescued a great num ber from drowning. Upon these charges upwards of fifty wit_ busses have been examined, and I shall endeavour to give a ' l,l "nniary of their evidence as it bears upon each separate charge. Upon the first, it is proved that the Consul was down at the port early in the morning on the dsy of the wreck, tusking very anxious inquiries as to the probability of the safety of the steamer that had sailed the previous night. It ill also proved that on all occasions of foreign ves sels being in distress, the French authorities send notice to the respective Consuls. Upon this ores aion it was net known till the return of Henin and the pilot-boat, at near seven o'clock, that it was a British ship. The Coinmissaire de la Marine was very ill, confined to his house, and the Lieuten .nt du Port, who was on the beach opposite to the ship, forgot to do so in the anxieties of the moment, and the feeling that no further aid could he given. Also, that the house of Adams and Couch, who are the agents for Lloyd's. and who generally obtain the earliest intelligence, always give information to the Consul, and did so upon this occasion, one of the part . ners going up with it himself, and reached the Consul's house in less than a quarter of an hour after a note sent by 11Ir. Wilks, and when he found the Consul dressing him self to go down to the beach. (Upon the second, it was never doubted that the crew who were known to be in such imminent danger by everybody on shore) would have been too happy to have ftecepted the assistance offered, and no person would have thought it necessary to send an order off for the crew to l ands and that, too, when it was not known to what nation the b elonged ; and when it did become known, it was then t OO late, the time for all human aid had passed, and no reward would have tempt e d any persons to have made the trial,l7, Reward s were o ff ere d b y Mr. Hawes and Mr. but in vain. q U pon the third, it is proved that it was about a u a rter b e f or b e i ght o ' clock a note from Mr. Willis arrived two the C onsul ' s house, situate nearly in the centre of the had t° „wns, which was the first intimation that the Consul ol a ship being on shore. It should here be ob•erved, that although there are about 50 British naval and mili ttiwY officers residing a t B ou l ogne, i n all parts of the t ote I ha ve not b een ab i e to discover a single individual is ° k new of th e c i rcumstance at the time it occurred. It a, "° proved the Consul dressed himself in a rough °:ov er his coat and c l oa k, w i t h strong boots, and a cravat 'cehis face, as Le usually did when he went on similar ssions ; that he lost no time, although informed by lb eagent f ur Ll oyd ' s that he could be of no use for two hours, but quitted the house for the beach at a quarter the Past eight o'clock, and that he was on the beach before vessel went to pieces, and before any of the bodies Were washed on shore, and attended there till past two oclock in the morning, rendering such assistance as he could on so distressing an occasion. Upon the fourth, it was not known, till the bodies Were washed on shore, that the ship had convicts or pas sengers on board. Every preparation was made for the ocrew at the Humane Society's house, as the destruction the shi p was i nev i ta bl e. E veryth i ng was done by the eneh authorities that is usual on such occasions, and all frame it w ou l d have been i mposs i ble to have used torches "'RI the state of the weather, it blowing a tremendous gale of wi n d , and also that the loss of a single life cannot be attributed to the want of conduct in the Consul. hFrom the fo rego i ng esta bli s h e d f acts, I beg to state, as ie A e l en.seientio us op i n i on, that William Hamilton, Esq., f rom l es t Y's Consul, is most fully and entirely exonerate d rill:;All and every c h arge and imputation m a d e aga i nst w n er to add, th a t th e testi credit on ° of his conduct, as a public officer, refl ec t grea t con leave elusion of this most melancholy subject, I beg 4r .leuredtoalladd, as some consolation to the relatives and Ir s t nda of the unfortunate sufferers, that they may be was done to save and to restore life ; that me ere aid was no t wan ti ng , t h ere h av i ng been (to the r;dit of th e gentlemen of that profession in this place) " endless tha n seven g i v i ng t h e i r ass i stance ; the conveni • and mf o the Marne Hotel ere i thro w 44 , 1 no co orts pen by the open-hearte i d proprietor, Mr. mme Barry diately ; A ti t here were some of our own countrywomen, Mrs. be Bti n, Mrs. C urt i s , M rs. J e ff ery, and Miss Haw e s, with servants, who, setting aside that which would have of 4 , 4 . 1 a15e deli cacy on such an occasion, and with firmness sc ene °d, notwithstanding the horror and heartrending th t hat had so suddenly burst upon them, undertook a ll e offic es of most kind and tender nurses. Dances which continue to excite surprise that more London vessels donor tit and refit at this port. The loss of lives and property which so frequently occur in the channel, by the wreck of large homeward and outward bound merchantmen, miuht he etrirely pre vented, and the owners not be subjected to so great an expense i►► tendering goods to the trade. Six weeks' to two months' provisions and wages, besides wear and tear, may not 'infrequently be saved, if the voyages to the E,►st or West Indies were to commence from, and end at Plymouth. The few ideas that I have endeavoured to put together are of every day comment in this part of the country, and lam certain it will give great satisfaction to the community if you will permit your columns to be made the medium of their representation. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, Rymouth, Sept. 21. PLYMOUTHIENSIS. STEAM CARRIAGES. Steam travelling on common roads appe (rs to be making rapid progress. We had scarcely recovered from our sur prise at witnessing Mr. Hancock's exhibition of his car riage a short time back, when our attention was called to th e arrival of another, the property of Lieut.-Colonel Sir Charles Dance. This gentleman has spared neither trouble nor expense in his endeavours to perfect the machine in which he arrived here on Friday last, accompanied by se veral passengers, among whom were Mr. Gordon (author of a Treatise on Steam Travelling), and Mr. Field, of the house of Maudesley and Field, whose name as an engineer would give sanction to any undertaking i❑ which he was concerned. This engine diff:rs materiall y from Mr. Hancock's. It is composed of two separate carriages, the one containing the passengers, the other the engine and machinery. This latter acts as a drag, and can readily be detached. On their arrival at the• Gloucester Hotel, the vehicles were separated, and the steam carriage was removed to .Messrs. Palmer, Green, and Co.'s Foundry, where it was examined by -everal persons, some of whom conversant with machinery admired the simplicity of its construction, and the pre caution that is taken in the formation of the boiler again s t the possibility of any accident occurring from that quarter. It is difficult to divest people's minds of fear where high pressure engines are used ; but here the steam is generated in tubes, and any one at all conversant with the subject must know, that whilst there is small probability of a part of the tube bursting, yet were it to take place, it would be attended with no mischief whatever. Sir Charles Dance had determined to return to town the following day; and at ten o'clock on Saturday morning everything was ready. The carriages were linked together, and the passengers, among whom were one or two gentlemen of this town, took their seats. The party took a turn round the enclosures of the Grand Parade, intending to hay, proc(eded further into the town ; but the crowds of boy. and children that accompanied and surrounded the car riage made the gentlemen in the inside fear that from (heir heedlessness seine accident might happen, notwith standing all the precautions taken by the steersman; and they, therefore, deter mined to proceed on their journey at once, and Sir Charles gave orders to that effect. The carriage proceeded at a moderate pace till it got beyond Preston, when the speed was increased. Nothing could ex ceed the ease with which it passe.] along ; it ascended and descended the hills without the smallest interruption, and the steersman seemed to have the most perfect corn tnand of it, guiding it with the greatest readiness and facility, and checking or accelerating it at his pleasure. The rate of travelling was carefully timed, and varied between 10 and 12 miles an hour. The first stage was about 10 miles, when they stopped to take in a fresh supply of fuel and water; and here our informant left the carriage. Accounts, however, were received on the following day from one of the gentlemen who travelled with it to London, that they performed the journey i❑ five hours and fifty-five minutes, including fifty-six mi nutes for stoppages, so that the time occupied in tra velling was within 5 hours. When the steersman becomes better acquainted with the road, so as to know when 1 to put on the full steam and when to husband it—also, when better arrangements are made for supplying fuel and water at the different stations, even with the car riage in its present state, the actual time of travel ling will be much shorter; and it may he made to ac complish the journey in litss time than the fastest stage coach. With the improvements which may be reasonably expected for this mode of travelling is quite in its infancy —a sufficient speed may be given to answer the expectations of the most rapid traveller on common roads ; but it certainly will never be able to compete saith that effected on railroads. We understand that a prospectus is issued for forming a Company to travel by steam on common roads; and it is well known that active measures are taking to establish a railroad. It is impossible that both can succeed ; and it may therefore be a question which should be adopted. The railroad would no doubt carry the day ; but the capital required for the one is a million, while the other might be carried into execution for about 20,000/.—Brighton Guardian. LISBON AQUEDUCT. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNAL; RAIL ROADS. The Officers of the Rifle Brigade quartered here are contrihuting very much to the pleasure and entertainment of the inhabitants, and of our numerous visiters. They performed at the theatre last evening the much admired play The School for Scandal, to the great delight of a very crowded house ; and this evening they give a ball and supper to the same party. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The theories of steam navigation and of inland communication by railroads and locomotives, were formerly held in something like contempt, but practical experience, like truth, which rubs out the rust of prejudice, has proved the extraordinary ad vantages to be derived from the universal applica tion of these superb results of science—these mag nificent illustrations of human design which, to future ages, will he the peculiar mark of the early period of the nineteenth century. The writer, Sir, is prepared to show how, in a variety of respects, the structure of the steam ship, with its particular requisites, the construction of iron or railroads, and the locomotive engine, are object, of national benefit in the abundant use of the ma terial applicable to those purposes—that, in fact, all classes of persons derive more or less good from their establishment. The uses to which they are applied are now so common that it is only necessary to point out to what place they may be advantage ously extended, and immediately capital and science flow there in one united stream to afford and derive the great benefits which are eventually the certain results. The inhabitants of these towns must certainly reel much indebted to you for the notice contained n your article on railroads inserted in The Sun of he 20th instant. To prove that you are not wide of the mark in estimating the rapid progress of the system, we are not without proposed lines of public railroads in this county—of private, we have already several. We might also refer to an article in the Cambrian, a Swansea newspaper of extensive:circu lation, which simultaneously avows the same senti ments as yourself with respect to the gradual pro gression of this means of communication, and gives us an outline of one of those gigantic undertakings, which now so much excite the consideration of our great capitalists, and the holders of mineral property all over the country. You observe, " If the Birmingham Raiksay open to the inhabitants of London the trade and manu• factures of the midland and northern counties, the Bristol Railway brings the metropolis into imme diate contact with all the west of England, Wales, and the south of Ireland. * * Nor will the western railway stop at Bristol ; its utility will be come so apparent that the line will be extended to Exeter, and thence to the great depots of our navy and commerce in the west, Devonport" and Ply mouth. You were pleased to name Devonpoit alone, I have presumed to add the name of the sister town Plymouth, as it is to the trade of Plymouth I desire to call the attention of your numerous readers, more especially those in the west. Some years ago there were frequent intimations of the intention of the East India Company to make this place a trading place for their produce, for which purpose there are now the most extensive conveniences. It has been stared, and I believe very truly, that the losses of the Company, and, par consequence, to the country, in the navigation of the English Channel anti the Thames, are as great as all the other losses of the Company at sea; and that, for this reason, it was considered to be de sirable to load and unload their large ships at this port. At the time referred to, any idea of a rail road reaching from Plymouth to London would have been looked upon as the hallucination of " some poor wight, fit inmate for St. Lukes." Even now one might scarce dare to urge certain opinions were it not that the desire to do service overcomes the dread of exciting ridicule. When, however, it is ' apparent that railroads are approaching our very thresholds, it is at least worth speculating upon what may be the results. In doing this, we may be led to adopt conclusions, biassed probably by our wishes. These are matters for the correction of such as really feel interested in the subject of these re marks. In arguing the same, the public may attain to something like correct conclusions on the im mensely important changes which are evidently on the eve of transpiring. It is all-evident that London will ere long be the central point of a large series of railroads—to the establishment of which it is not improbable the great city may owe the extension of its existence as the metropolis of Britain —the principal seat of com merce and the arts. The railroads will in no small degree make up those deficiencies in the trade of London which must result from the falling off of its shipping interests. That London must yield large portions of its maritime commerce to the out ports will follow as a matter of course on the general adoption of railroads. In competition with the dangerous navigation of the English Channel (of which the fatal effects of the late storm are an apt though melancholy illustration) will be pu t the safer and more expeditious rout by railway to some port, as Plymouth for instance, where the open sea may be gained in a few hours. Why Liverpool should reap the greater portion of the depreciation of the London shipping interest s , or the change of location of the London merchants, i s not so readily accounted for. The navigation of the coast, and the egress and regress from and to the Mersey, are fraught with almost as much danger as are the narrow Straits of Dover, arid the sands at the confluence of the Thames and Medway. A s much may be stated with respect to the ports of Bristol and Gloucester, and the confluence of the Severn and Avon. Plymouth is, beyond compari son, the very best outlet to the great Atlantic. I ts bold shores and safe anchorage, with its island beacon the Eddystone, render it also the most ac cessible at all times. It has been usual to speak of Plymouth as a naval depot merely. The surprising stimulus which trade has received at Plymouth since the commencement of peace is much com mented on, and is only to be accounted for by the extensive improvements of the town and its vicinity —the erection of the breakwater, and the establish ment of various factories in the neighbourhood. It is but fair to add to this, that, during the last twenty years, an accession of several spirited individuals has given a fresh tone to the mercantile concerns of the port. Plymouth, Devonporr, and Stonehouse, have a united population of nearly 100,000 soils. It is worthy of remark, that in 1821 there were only 21,000 inhabitants, and that in 1831 there were 31,000 in Plymouth only ; that the town is still increasing in size, in trade, and in resources. The commercial marine of the port has increased in a manifold degree during the peace, and can be further extended to any and every purpose that might be required. There are private yards in which vessels of the largest description may be constructed, so thin, in fact, the mercantile importance of the port of Plymouth is at least as great as the political importance of Devon port. Thus a vast amount of commercial and Go vernment influence is concentrated on this spot, which is decidedly the best situation for land com munication, from the sea to the metropolis, of any place in the United Kingdom ; and, therefore, with the certain consequences which must result from the general establishment of railroads, is a quarter to which the attention of capitalists and that of the large trading companies of the empire might be profitably applied. Even without the advantages of a railroad com munication, Plymouth affords great facility of being made a more considerable entrepot for merchandize. There are now the most abundant means of form ing extensive establishments. By the recent dis posal, by Government, of that mass of stores and offices, and the long frontage of quays, formerly side the N ava l Vi ctualling Establishment, Lambhay, ad joining S utton Pool, and by the recent clearing of the s i tes o f several lime -stone quarries on the water y ami otoife of df the t very al lines h arbour , v steam - p acket e r )s of moderates terms.eat o n r T t s most etpl rigcooipb nrii e r lises are to be ob i t h ht e raus e d n ae t rff e so r rpodf t r ed isi g spirit to Plymouth e larger class steamers. Large vessels can always command the s • ervic e of steamers to tow them into and out of the harbour. The easy rate of freight, to and from London, Bristol, Liverpool, and other ports—the low rate of the rent, and the very mode rate charges for port and harbour dues, are citcum- The fine aqueduct which supplies Lisbon with water, and which was recently stopped by the army of Don Miguel, may be justly considered one of the most magnificent monuments of modern construction in Europe, and in point of magnitude is not inferior to any aqueduct the ancients have left us. That part which is situated in the valley of Alcantara, about a mile from Lisbon, is an admirable structure, consisting of thirty-five arches, by which the purest water is conveyed ever a deep vale formed by two opposite mountains. The total height of the main arch from the ground to the summit is two hundred and sixty-three feet ten inches. The breadth of the principal arch one hundred and seven feet eight inches. The thickness of the piers in general is twenty-three feet eight. Th e arc h es on eac h side the princip a l one di m i n i s h i n b rea d t h, as the piers on which they rest decrease in height, according to the declivity of the hills. In building the aqueduct much judgment was employed, but it weuld contri bute to the beauty of the structure if the curves were similar, instead of which fort: teen of them are Gothic or pointed arches in a range; the rest are semicircular. No part of is has failed. Over the arches there runs a yanked corridor, nine feet six inches high, by five broad (internally). A passage also runs through the centre of it for the persons who constantiy attend to keep it in order. There are two thoroughfares for foot passengers; that is, one on each side the corridor. They are five feet wide, and have stone parapets. The honour of executing this noble and useful structure, was reserved for John V., who laid the founclation'in 1713; nineteen years after, the whole was completed. The city of Lisbon, in testimony of their gratitude, raised an arch to his memory, which bears this inscription " Joann , s V., Lusitanorum. Rex. Justus-Pius. Aug. Felix. vprieraxo.ip P.P. to.e.:tvi Lu jul3cstr.ae sitania. in Firmata. p . P rofl a i c g e a . tis S . tab) I : l ffi i ta c . ui V ta i t r i i b b u u s s . . Glo- Imo..viN. a u tu a r d a e . vig P e e n r t e i 7 A es. nn A or q u u m as . . s l p n a . Urbem. In. tw3 P hi u heo u i acid : ln o ue e . oes aqueduct, m uun dcm m e n ptaa s hion u esa :. es.ax.oppwpe. superintended e the Q.O.c b nfecit. Gratitudinis. Ergo. Optimo. Principi. et Publicae. Utilitatis. Auctori. Hoc. M el a o d f e A i n n g an mnte.h defrayed Deo.construction tnphscetc b r by architect tx a l In ; a i o. x ' of one rei upon every pound of meat sold in the capital. From the remains of some walls which have been ound, it is supposed the Romans who inhabited Lu sitania attempted to build an aqueduct in the place where the present one is raised. THE LATE AIR. AND MRS. HARGRAVE, Os' DUBLIN. --A few days after the melancholy event by which this amiable lady and gentleman, with their young and interesting family, were lost near Swansea, an attempt was made, with the assistance of a steamer from Liver pool, to raise the yacht in which they perished, in the hope of thus recovering the bodies of the children, who were supposed to have been asleep in the cabin when the accident occurred. As the masts of the yacht had all the time remained visible above the water, sanguine hopes of success were entertained ; but when operations were com menced, and the ropes strained, the deck in which some of the graPplings were hooked gave way, and the attempt was abandoned. Since then, however, the bodies of four of the little sufferers (three girls and a boy) have been found, but those of Mr. Hargrave and of the eldest of the young ladies on board, are still missing. The body of one of the seamen has also been found.—lrish Paper. LIVERPOOL COTTON -MARKET, TUESDAY. —There is scarcely any business transacting in the cotton market; not more than 200 bags have been sold to-day. Prices continue, of course, merely nominal. The public sale fixed for Friday is expected to determine prices. ARRIVALS. The Countess of Darlington, in Upper Brook-street, from Brighton ; the Earl and Countess of Surrey, i❑ Hamilton-place, from Worksop Manor, Notts; Sir Bourchier and Lady Wrey, in Waterloo-place, from their seat, Tavistock, Devonshire; Sir H. Halford, Bart., in Curzon-street, from his seat, Wiston Hall, Market Harborough, Leicestershire; Hon. Colonel Grant, in Charles-street, St. James-square, from Hastings; Sir John Carteret, at Windsor, from Scotland; Sir Mark Wood, Bart., and the Hon. E. V. Harbord, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's. street, from Suffolk; S. S. Prime, Esq., and G. Hawkes, Esq., at ditto, from a tour; Lady and Miss Campbell, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Warfield, Berks ; the Rev. Mr. York, at ditto, from Cambridgeshire ; General Ramsford, at Gould's (late Hitchcock's) London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Italy ; Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins, at ditto, from the Continent; Captain and Mrs. Hawkins, in Regent-street, from Cheltenham ; Miss Clarke, Mrs. Cheap, and Miss Cheap, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish square; Hon. G. Ongley, at ditto; Viscount Melbourne, from Idrocket Hall ; the Duke of Richmoid and Mr. Secretary Stanley, from Lancashire. DEI'ARTURES. The Duke of Norfolk, for his seat, Fornham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk; the Duke of Manchester, for his seat, Kim bolton Castle, Huntingdonshire; the Countess d'Orsay, and the Hon. Mrs. and Miss Gardiner, from George Byng, Esq.'s, M.P., St. James's-square, for Brighton, on their way to Naples; Mr. and Mrs. Carden, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Chelten ham ; Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, from ditto, for the Continent; Lieut.-General Sir Henry Fane, Bart., from Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, for his seat, Ringwood, Hants; Sir William and the Misses Struth, from ditto; Wm. Cunningham, Esq., from ditto, for Hertfordshire; Mr. and Mrs. NV. Kinlock, from Brook-street, to Scotland; Christopher Domville, Esq., and the Misses Domville, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish_ square; Rev. W. Domville, from ditto; Hon. J. Buchanan, from ditto; Rev. T. Pennant and Mrs. Pennant, from ditto; F. \V. Frankland, Esq., and Captain E. Frankland, from ditto ; Monsieur Avignon, from ditto; the Earl and Countess of Dur ham and family, from Cleveland-row, for Lambton Castle; the Earl and Countess Dundonald, from Cowes, Isle of Wight, on a tour; Sir W. Gordon, from Chelsea College, for the Orchard, Undercliff, in the Isle of Wight; Lord A. Beau_ clerk, on a Continental tour; Lord and Lady Montague, from Ditton-park, for the North ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, from East Hampstead-park, for Hayling Island ; the Earl of Shaftesbury and Lord Ashley, for Broadstairs ; Ad miral Sir Henry and Lady Bayntun, for Weymouth ; Mr. amt Lady Frances Ley and family, from Cotton-garden, for Wey mouth ; Lord Clonbrock, for Cowes, on a tour ; the Earl of Ripon, from a visit to Mrs. Lawrence, at Shirley Royal, for Earl de Grey's seat, Newby Hall ; the Earl and Countess of Rothes, for Leslie Castle, N.B. ; Colonel and Lady Isabella \Vemyss, for Kirkaldy. GOODS WAREHOUSED (LONDON An ACCOUNT of the OFFICIAL VALUE of GOODS WAREHOUSED in the Port of LONDON, for the Years 1831 and 1832. Year 1831 1832 WILLIAM IRVING, Inspector General of Imports and Exports. Inspector General's Office, Custom House, London, Aug. 27 1833. The Marquis Wellesley intends to arrive at Kingstown on Wednesday, and to sleep at the Marquis of Anglesea's marine villa that night. The next day he will enter the city. On assuming the vice-regal office he will repair to the Lodge, Phoenix-park, where a full dress dinner party of forty will be entertained by the Marquis of Anglesea, who will sleep that night at Dublin Castle, and depart immediately afterwards.—Dublin Register. On Saturday morning the Duke of Richmond visited St. John's Market : he was accompanied by Mr. Banning and another gentleman. His Grace then pro ceeded to inspect the Post-office steam packets, which he found in the best possible order. He embarked on board the St. Winifred, commanded by Lieut. Sarbfield, R.N , and inspected the Rock Lighthouse and Battery. On the preceding afternoon, the Noble Duke had attended to see the departure of the Post-office steam packet for Dublin._ Liverpool Albion. The Duke of Buccleuch and two or three noble friends are pursuing with ardour the sports of the field at Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfriesshire, a baronial seat inherited by his Grace from his kinsman, the Duke of Queensberry. Lord and Lady Montague, Lord and Lady Marsham, and Lady and Anne Scott, are staying on a visit at Drumlanrig. Lord John Douglas Scott has returned from his trip to Portugal i❑ his yacht, the Infra, and has joined the battalion of the Grenadier Guards quartered in the Tower. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland have arrived in town, at their Mansion-house, St. James's park, from the North. THE LORD CHANCELLOR.—A paragraph was inserted in our last week's publication, extracted from the John Bull, which stated that " the Lord Chancellor, in order to allay pain of a distressing nature, was obliged to have recourse to laudanum." We have received a communication from his Lordship's brother, Mr. James Brougham, dated Brougham, Sept. 19, utterly contradicting the statement of the John Bull. "I have great satisfaction in telling you," says Mr. Brougham, " that the Lord Chancellor has no pain or complaint of any kind whatever—that he never took laudanum or opium in the whole course of his life—that he is enjoying the very best health—and that there is no man of his age, not even among the mountaineers of these counties, more likely to live thirty years than the Lord Chancellor ; and as fur the story of his sleeping fifty hours, which the same paragraph gives, I was with him the whole way, and I do ❑ot think he slept five hours in the carriage, contrary to his usual habit, and probably because he came in an open carriage." We are most happy to give this testimony to Lord Brougham's healthfulness and haleness, -- Carlisle Patriot. A few years ago, the late Mr. Wilberforce was engaged at the Committee of the African Institution in a discussion with the present Chancellor, and some other members, upon a point that involved the necessity of a conference with the Minister. The duty of calling upon him was, of course, imposed on Mr. Wilberforce; but it was a habit which he had acquired by a constant interruption of visiteis, to defer all matters not imme diately pressing, to a leisure hour that seldom arrived. Brougham, aware of this, urged upon him to seek the in terview without delay; the Committee being assembled in the adjoining street to the official residence. Mr. Wilber_ force, however, had already become entarigled in conver- sation with others; and Brougham, finding his efforts in effectual, seated himself at the table, and hastily wrote a letter, which he h..nded over to Mr. Wilberforce to sign. " That," said he, " will s-ttle the matter without more trouble." But the veteran senator was not so confiding in the Learned Lord's address as was expected. He read the proposed epistle with unusual caution ; and, returning it to its author, emphatically quoted the patriarch's N% ords, " The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hand is the hand of Esau !" A more felicitous quotation, in reference to the political characters of both parties, as well as to its immediate application, cannot well be conceived ; but even Brougham could not rival this illustrious man in a pointed yet courteous repartee.— Christian Advocate. COURT CIRCULAR. His MAJESTY, attended by HERBERT TAYLOR, ar rived in town about a quarter-past one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from the Palace at Windsor. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND received the KING at the Palace, on his arrival, and afterwards lunched with his MAJESTY. The KING gave audiences during the day to the Hano verian Minister, the Duke of RICHMOND, Viscount PAL • MERSTON, Viscount MELBOURNE, Mr. Secretary STAN LEY, and the Earl of ALBE3fA ALE. His MAJESTY left the Palace at St. James's about a quarter-past six o'clock, on his return to Windsor Castle. The Russian Ambassador and Princess LIEVEN enter tained the Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND, and a select party, at dinner last evening, at their residence at The United States Charge d'Affaires visited Viscoun PALMERSTON yesterday at the Foreign-office. ARRIVALS —Viscount MELBOURNE, from I3roeket• hall; the Duke of RICHMOND, and Mr. Secretary STAN. LEY, from Lancashire. DEPARTURE. -Colonel GREY, from town for Dublin ; the Colonel ha, been appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Marquis WELLESLET. DOVER, SEPT. 25. His Excellency Prince TALLEYRAND, accompanied by the Duchess de DINO and his suite, arrived here last evening, and embarked for Calais this morning, under the usual salute. I _ / _ /(1 / ) REMARKABLE TIGER HUNT, We have just been favoured with the following extract of a letter from Java, of the 19th of Dt• cember, 1832. The letter was written, as its con tents evidently prove, by a " true son of the ocean," ,Ind is addressed to his brother, a distinguished Member of the Royal Academy. It is dated from Wono Langen Mill, Piobolinga district. " At 7 a.m., on the 2d of October last, I set out with my two sons, a Berzoekie man in my ser vice, and about fifty natives, armed with pikes and hogspears; I was armed with a gun anti spear. The tiger for which we were on the leok out was in a valley about two miles and a halt distant from our port. The moment we arrived near him we commenced operations. About nine t.m, we effectually drove him out of his den of underwood, and, while he was doubling the brow of a bill, I had a rap at him, which took effect about six inches astern of his talerail. Had 1 taken his tafferail, it would have disabled his tiller ropes, arid he would have been forced to heave -to, and we should have had some sport with him whilst in that situation. He now made over to the west side of the valley, and into a thorny bush. In half an hour we started him again; he then ran along the western side of the valley into another bush; several spears were now thrown at him, but without effect. We followed, and soon roused him again; he n 0%% made a start for his old station on the east side or the valley; he seemed to be very much fagged on account of the heat and a want of water, and became difficult to arouse him ; several spears flea after him, but they fell short. All this time, although pretty close, I could cot get a shot ar him, sometimes on account of my people, arid at others not wishing to throw a shot away, not knowing how soon I might require it in self defence. Close to his heels we followed him across the valley. He now took shelter in a bush on the side of a hill, where he remained growl ing for some time. He now saw that he was it, danger, so he made a start from that bush to another just at my feet, and lay for at least ten minutes, not ten yards from where I was with one of my sons, who was making an opening into a bush, so that at length I got a clear sight of him ; but before we could finish our task, he made a spring, with an in tention to clear the heads of three men who were to my right, at about a fathom distance ; but they received and put three pikes and a hogspear into him; the former entered his belly, the latter entered his starboard shoulder; this he took with him, but the pike-staves all broke. This shock to his delicate frame brought him down on one of the mea, on whom he left the marks of three of his paws, but he got into a bush before I could turn round to have a rap at him. This was his last move. It now just 12 at noon. We gathered up our broken pike-staves, bound up the wounds of our man, and sent him off to the mill, to await our arrival; but, determined not to give up our prize, we remained quiet for about an hour, to rest ourselves. During this time he growled once, but faintly; he was at that time drawing the hog spear out of his lar board shoulder. This gave him much pain, and made him growl. We now saw the bush shake very much, so we again began operations by cutting down the small bushes to get a sight of him ; this was soon done, and I put a shot into his head. Our work was now done, so we went up to him; but I think that he was closing his book more from the pikes than from the shot. I had him carried home. His weight was 3331b5., stood three feet three inches high ; length of body six feet, tail two feet four inches. I then dressed the wounded hunter. He was fourteen days under my hands. He had ten wounds on his body, left arm, and head. This, you will say is no children's play." VENDEAN WARFARE. The peculiar nature of Vendean warfare is thus graphically described by General Dermoncourt, in his publication entitled The Duchess de Berri in La Vendee:—" A Vendean, as I have already stated, confounds every strategic calculation of the military art, especially those made for open plains, As for the army, which you expect every moment to encounter, it vanishes like smoke; fur, in truth, it has no existence. When a day is fixed to strike a blow, at day-break, or even during the night, the tocsin is sounded in the village fixed on as the point of union. The neighbouring villages reply in the same manner; the villagers quit their cottages if it be in the night, or their ploughs if in the day, throwing upon their shoulder the gun, which they scarcely ever quit, stuff cartridges into their belt, tie their handkerchief round a broad-brimmed hat, which shades their sun burnt countenance, stop at their church to utter a short prayer, then wend their way from all parts of the country to the common centre, inspired with a twofold faith in God, and in the justice of their cause. Then come their Chiefs, who acquaint them with the cause of their being assembled; and if it is to attack some patriot column they state the road which the column vi ill pursue, and the hour it will pass. Then, when this information is well understood by all, the Chief in command gives them the plan of the battle in the followin, words :—" Scatter yourselves, my flue fellows !" Then each breaks, not from the ranks but from the group, marches off his o n way, proceeds onward with precaution and in silence, and in a short time every tree, every bush, every tuft of furze bordering either side of the high road, conceals a peasant with a gun in one hand, and supporting himself with the other, crouched like a wild beast, without motion, and scarcely breathing. Meanwhile the patriot column, uneasy at the thought of some unknown danger, advances towards the defile, pre ceded by scouts, who pass without seeing, touch without feeling, and are allowed to go by scathless; but the moment the detachment is in the midst of the pass, jammed in between two sloping banks, as if it were in an immense rut, and unable to deploy either to the right or to the left, a signal is given at one extremity, and is repeated along the whole line of ambuscade, to signify that each is at his post; then a human cry succeeds—one of war and of' death. In an instant each bush, each tuft of furze, glares with a sudden flash, and a shower of balls strikes whole files of soldiers to the earth, with• out their being able to perceive the enemies who slaughter them. The dead and wounded lay piled upon each other on the road ; and if the column is not thrown into disorder, and the voices of the officers are heard above the firing —if, in short, the troops attempt to grapple body to body with their assailants, who strike without showing themselves--if they climb the slope, like a glacis, and scale the hedge, like a wall, the peasants have already had time to retire behind a second en• closure, whence the invisible firing recommences as murderous as before. Should this second hedge be stormed, in the same manner, ten, twenty, a hun dred similar intrenchments offer successive shelter to this destructive retreat; for the country is thus divided for the security of the children of the soil, which seems to show a maternal solicitude for their preservation, by offering them a shelter everywhere, and their enemies everywhere a grave." The Duke of Richmond is on his return to Goodwood, where his Grace has invited Sir James Gra ham and a few other distinguished friends for the pheasant shooting season. The Admiralty yacht will convey the Right Hon. Baronet from Cowes to Shoreham or Chi (+e, er. CHESTERFIELD IN THE COUNTRY.--The new code of fashionable rules and maxims, which, aided by its rich accompaniment of " modern instances" has been so favourably received in the Court Journal under the designation of " Chesterfield in London," is to be suc ceeded by a similar series applicable to all the various wants and positions of country residents and visitants, and distinguished by the title of " Chesterfield in the Country." The first portion of this new " system of government" will be developed (for the benefit of all the subjects of the empire of fashion) in the forthcoming number of the above Journal, to be published on Saturday nest, the 28th instant, and the orders should be sent to the newsmen forthwith. By the important Bill of last session for trai ferring to the body of the inhabitants with a 1 household qualification, the election of their Tom Councils in the Scotch burghs, the system self-election, which had existed for more th three so c oi e t o ) t e u h r i c e, and osrropti corruption which oandhad li been the s manag e ole of it, sour r,, for ever destroyed. But this Bill alone cou not correct all the evils which the previous it oolicy had produced, or render unnecessary t 1 investigations of the municipal corporation con missioners. The information which these Con nissioners must collect, and the suggestioi which they may make, cannot fail to he of ei trenie utility towards a more efficient reform, I enabling the Crown or the Government to recon mend declaratory acts where the law was former] obscure or obsolete, and to introduce new enact tnents where the law has been hitherto defectiv or unwise. A great body of evidence had bee formerly amassed and printed by order of Par liament, on the rnalversation oldie Scotch burgiv in the excellent reports of the Committees o 1793, 1819, 1820, and 1821. .A comple! bill of indictment, or articles of impeachment ,night have been drawn up ag linst the whol, body of corporators out of these materials Submitted to a proper tribunal, this indict lice must have been followed by an immediate condemnation ; but before the reform of Patlia ment such a tribunal could not be found. Afte, ;ill, however, the evidence formerly collected re lated chiefly to the financial mistnanagement °Hu burgh concerns—to the embezzlement of their revenues—to the alienation of their property— to the contraction of unnecessary debts, and time imposition of illegal burdens. The investigation now set on foot happily embraces a wider sphere, and is likely, even in matters of administration, to be conducted on a more searching and rigo rous plan of scrutiny. The Commissioners very properly classify the objects of their inquiry under several heads, namely-1, The property, revenue, debts, administration, and management of the burghs ; 2, Their taxation ; 3, Their jurisdiction ; 4, Their patronage ; 5, The ex clusive privileges of corporations; 6, Their setts or constitutions ; and 7, Their police. The information to be collected under these different heads of inquiry can at present be obtained from no single source, and probably cannot be gleaned with any accuracy from all the documents put together, to which a legislator or a state,man can apply. We need only refer to the contents of former reports, which detail the examination of only a few cities and burghs, to show, from the sample, what a rich harvest of exposure awaits the labours of the Commissioners. Under the first, or administrative head, they will not proba bly find a single burgh in Scotland free from the charge of gross pecuniary mismanagement, nor a single set of councillors and magistrates with clean hands, up to the year 1821, or ev as first seriously tit threatened. t time pne w ecd h u. e ni n the ary Th re l e l s e co f i o ut ) r r, m c oe sf eaActEetdd o which c greedy r ' might N satisfiedm acwitlneds i , as a t t it i ch d aela with most sd ta academic, ambitious extent of patronage,t,h7yaiiN, ecclesiastical, tit corpo rators, with out excee di ng their corporate income or encroachi ng on t h e i r trust property, has been run into debt t o t h e amount of nearly 500,0001.; and cannot now , f rom t h e want of funds, fulfil many of th e o bli gat i ons wh i ch it had solemnly contracted. Chu rc h es w hi c h i t had enga ,, ed to build, for th e necessary re li g i ous accommodation the i n h a bi tants , h ave not ye; lad their foun dation st one l a id ; an d i n the midst of its em barrassments, th e lib era l l egacy of 10,0001., left for the p ur p oses o f education by the late Dr. an their s d e e d bt a debts are l 58651. estimated Since at nee 4 Bell, is not f ort h com i ng to fulfil the objects of the trust. By th e report of the Committee of 1819, 1011., and their only p roperty to meet such an incum -1„. ce is tat time the evil has been immensely aggravated by im prudent engagements and unprofitable under takings. We formerly alluded to the case of Aberdeen, which had been in a state of declared insolvency for two years, from 1817 to 1819, its municipal funds bein g delivered up t o its creditors, and respectable burgesses declining to accept of municipal offices. The property of this burgh had been dishonestly alienated by its self-elected councils ; and even the charitable funds, with which the magistrates had been intrusted, had been embezzled, or perverted from the objects of the trust. The amount for which it became bankrupt was 230,0001. The debt of Dundee in 1819 amounted to 16,0001., and its whole income only to 2,0001. ; but since that burgh obtained a new sett, its affairs have been differently ma naged. We might pass in review the whole of the Scotch burghs, and show that their debt is in proportion to their magnitude. To what a frightful extent this peculation and mismanage ment must have been carried in periods when public opinion imposed no restraint on the most flagrant abuses, and what a mass of public pro perty has been alienated for private advantage, may be easily imagined from time small portion now remaining for common good out of the li beral endowments conferred by sovereigns and citizens on burgh institutions, or from the length of time in which the dilapidation has been in active progress. The evil was, 50 years ago, avowed by a Parliamentary Committee, though nothing was done to check it. " That the magistrates and council," says tile report of 1793, " possessed the power of selling and alienating the common land of the burgh, granted to the burgesses by their charters, or purchased with their common moneys, property, or revenue, and that this power might be exercised in any manner they chose, is not denied. That of the prices which had been received scarcely any part remained with the burghs, and that the power exercised before time union by the Town Councils of contracting debts, dis posing of the common revenues, and alienating the common lands of the burghs at their plea sure, remained unaltered and undiminished, is admitted." In the case of large cities, where the transactions of the Town Councils and magistrates, however corrupt, were obliged to be recorded, for the information of their suc cessors, and at least to be invested with the ordinary forms of business, embezzlement and dishonesty are traced with more difficulty ; but in the smaller municipal corporations corruption reigned with ou t s h ame or restra i nt. Th e cor porators looked t o th e " common good" as the authorised so urce o f emo l umen t s for themselves ' and either squan d ere d the wlwisincome, or suited thei r alienated th e t own p ro p e rty, as be s t u own interests. On a former occasion we men tioned the case of a bu rgh in Aberdeen s hi re, where the Town Cou nc i l consisted of ni ne self elected person s . The Provost, who had ac cepte d the post m e rel y for electioneering purposes, had continued in office fifteen years, but had never resided in the burgh ; Four of the other members 7T l