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of d ' li, h havi ni Licks ilit/ her O h r, carct ed wit" 6 fe til* 104 seri f - • r by b r is ) riSo oe : st me , C Ow for bli c a . (1 foal— , of t b° s broug b reW ¢n o P er Ves , iseP— lit be' 1.1 40 _, V "It; t ! e n c r ibs t Ile 151 s 9 ° l ` c 3 (1). by eed don -13101: (OW g rfigir for o g r . t hei at, left HER MAJESTY at BLAIR A THOL. ► me, bull peremptorily refused to retract the letter, and BLAIR ATHOL, SUNDAY. so all further communication upon the subject was The rain, which came down in drizzling showers then (at three o'clock yesterday) finally concluded.— 1 h eve the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, throughout the afterncon of yesterday, increased to a AIATHEW J. MARTYN. torrent at nightfall, and has been pouring- down with- 5, Middle Gardiner-street, Sept. 13, 1844. out intermission for the last twenty hours. The , ARREST Or MR. DILLON BROWNE, M.P. royal standard, which was hoisted at the castle on Mr. Browne, M.P., was last night arrested on a the arrival of her Majesty, is now drooping on t h e warrant, charging him with writing a letter to Mr. flag-staff, and all around looks cheerless and desolate. Coffey calculated to incite him to commit a breach of the peace, and this day all the parties appeared at The surrounding hills of Ben-y-gloe, Ben-y-vraekie, ' Henry. street Police-office, before Mr. Duffy. and Skeballion, are scarcely visible, and a dense mist j Mr. Browne was attended by Mr. Keogh as his • has taken up its abode, and appears as if it were likely Counsel, by Sir Valentine Blake, Bart., and Mr. Mark to make some stay in the valley in which the castle of Blake, M.P. Blair Athol stands. Mr. Henry Grattan Curran acted as C..unsel fi Her Majesty drove out towards Bruar yesterday Mr. Coffey. r. Keogh stated that he appeared on behalf of Mr. afternoon in a carriage and four with outriders. Her Robert Dillon Browne, to submit to the consideration Majesty was accompanied by the Princess Royal, of the Bench the facts connected with the misunder - lesely Caroline Cocks, and Viscountess Canning. Sir standing between him and Mr. Coffey. He then Edward Bowater rode by the side of the carriage on proceeded to detail the case of Mr. Browne, which, to horseback. Her Majesty made a second effort to see a certain extent, appears in the correspondence given the f a ll s o f B ruar yes t er d ay , b u t un f or t una t e ly, on above. He designated the article in the MonPor, which gave rise to the correspondence, as a gross eer , arriving at the bottom of the fall, a pitiless storm sonal attack—a very lame, low, and vulgar produc- Compelled her Majesty to make a precipitate re- tion. All Mr. Browne required was a retractation of treat to the castle. The heavy rain, however, the statement, and a public apology in the journal Which has been falling for some time past will which contained it; and as no gentleman could adopt materially increase the beauty and grandeur of the such a contemptible article, he did expect that repa --Waterfall. Th e numerous "b urns " an d moun t a i n ration would be instantly made to him when he lied to Mr. Coffey on the su. T lr of rills which po u r d o w n t o th e hill s id e h ave ra i se d th e .1. 11 1 1) 11 1) . BBrowne did not imply that he ect intend he ed et to te take body of water to a torrent, which is now rushing any further steps ;on the contrary, it was final and through the rocky chasm, and tearing along in its conclusive as far as he was concerned. resistless course the bouek, and heather which have .Alr. Duffy—He says in this letter, " I here unhe accumulated on its rocky banks during the recent sitatingly declare that your conduct is unworthy of a drought. Her Majesty will, therefore, on a future gentleman and a man of courage. If this stimulates yoi4t r o f i i e v o e , i h ne re the lie s i lti t s h fa a e t t' A on ir l 1 3 -e r q o u w i n re e ," occasion, see the falls to a greater advantage than if meant c. that she had been successful in gaining access to them Mr. Coffey should make him the just reparation' to Yesterday. which he was strictly entitled—namely, an apology His Royal Highness Prince Albert, as we stated for the injury inflicted upon him. yesterday, went out deer-stalking with Lord Glen- Mr. Duffy—The meaning of Mr. Browne was ob lyon. His Lordship had previously sent out large vious. The course he suggested ought to be repudiated by every person, and he (Mr. Daffy) would certainly numbers of his foresters and clansmen, to drive the require the writer of that letter to give securities to deer into the passes of Glen Tilt, and the weather keep the peace. being favourable, th e P r i nce h a d an o pp or t un it y o f Mr. Keogh proceeded at some length to detail his "enjoying this noble sport under most favourable cir- version of the transaction, and in the course of his ournstances. His Royal Highness succeeded in kill- remarks contended that all his client sought was the log three red deer, which were immediately forwarded withdrawal of the offensive paragraph, one which was to the castle. not aimed against his political character, but invaded the sanctuary of his private life. He applied for that A pew had been fitted up within the village church redress to Mr. Coffey, because, on a former occasion, of Blair Athol, for the reception of her Majesty, who when he was libelled in the same paper, he applied to had expressed to her noble host her intention of the editor, who then denied his responsibility—now I attending Divine service thii morning, and notwith- he looked to the registered proprietor, and he was Standing the heavy rain, her Majesty is expected met in the same way—and although Mr. Coffey rlere at t w elv e o ' c l oc k thi s morn i ng . could not adopt the low, vulgar, malignant article in question, still he would not afford that justice which he was bound to give the gentlemen injured by it. Mr. Curran then replied at considerable length on the part of Mr. Coffey. He said the true facts of the case were set forth in the letter of Air. Martyn, dated yesterday (published above). He said the first inti mation Mr. Coffey received of the displeasure of Mr. Browne was from two gentlemen, Mr. M. Blake and another, who walked into his office. They held up the Monitor to him and said, " Sir, we call upon you to retract this statement, and to make a full and ample apology for inserting it." The manner of these gentlemen was offensive, and Mr. Cofey not wishing to intrust himself with the discussion of the subject, referred them to Mr. Marten. That gen tleman at once declared that Mr. Coffey could not, and ought not to be considered personally responsible for the article complained of; suggested who the pro per party was, and, on retiring, Mr. Blake and his friend admitted that Mr. Coffey could not be consi dered responsible in the manner sought, although legally he was. Mr. Martyn conceived the principle for which he contended was thus admitted ; but no— on communicating with Mr. Browne, that gentleman resolved to hold Mr. Coffey alone responsible for the article of which he complained. And finding that the original cause of quarrel was not sufficient, he says " I will break new ground; I will write such an insult ing letter to him that he must fight me." Unless he was actuated by the most malignant feelings towards Air. Coffey, he would not have adopted the course he did. Counsel assured the bench that he could vouch for the correctness of Mr. Martyn's statement, and further, that the course he pursued had the full appro bation of two gentlemen holding commissions in both branches of her Majesty's service. Mr. Browne declared that he never heard of Mr. Coffey's name until this transaction, and Mr. Coffey denied that he was actuated by any hostile feeling to Mr. Brown. Mr. Keogh replied, and after a good deal of " hard hitting " between the learned counsel—not of each other—but of the principals— Mr. Duffy said, that looking to the language and the spirit of the letter written by Air. Browne, and its subsequent publication by him, he should call upon that gentleman to find sureties to keep the peace to Mr. Coffey. Mr. Keogh—To Mr. Coffey ? Mr. Duffy—And all her Majesty's subjects, for seven years, himself in 4001., and two sureties in 200/. each. Mr. Keogh intimated that his client was ready to comply with the order of the bench, and mentioned that Sir Valentine Blak3 and Mr. Geoghegan (of the county Galway) were present as sureties. The parties then retired to the clerk's office, and, after a short time, the recognizances were duly ex ecuted, and the parties left the office. AFFAIR OF HONOUR The following correspondence has been published in the Dublin newspapers " Hibernian Hole], Thursday night, ten o'clock. "Sir,--I shall feel obliged if you will be so kind as to give insertion to the following statement, which I think it necessary to make respecting a liberty which Was taken with Mr. Dillon Browne in the Monitor •Aaper of a recent date. Immediately after the paper itlluded to was brought to the notice of Mr. Browne, waited upon Mr. Coffey, the registered proprietor of that newspaper, and demanded, on the part of Mr. Urowne, reparation of the offence that was committed, "Pon which occasion Mr. Coffey declined to make kV atonement, and stated that on that evening, or frilly the following morning, he would refer me t o a end, for the purpose of arranging ulterior proceed " R's • on that evening Mr. Martyn waited upon me lbd left his card, which I received with the accom- Noying letter from Mr. Coffey:— ' l ‘ 51, Dominick-street; Scptember 10, 1844. Sir—Upon the subject of our interview this "iIY, I beg to refer you to Mr. Martyn, who will ct ltatnunicate with you. . " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " JAMES CHARLES COFFEY. `M. Blake, Esq., M.P.'" At one o'clock in the afternoon of the next day i l Vednesday) I had the honour of an interview with 4 Ir. Martyn , when he adhered to the position which Coffey thought fit to occupy, and discussed the :PPeintment of time and place, I suggested that - • ha Martyn the following morning, and • waited upon Mr. Browne to have that point de finitively arranged, I returned to Mr. Martyn, fi nal arrangement in compliance with his wishes, I d e f e rr e d th e lull arrangement until three o'clock. At that hour r• Martyn declined either tendering an apology or Bk eetioning a meeting, upon which I again waited 1 1 1 213 n Mr. Coffey, who adopted the views of Mr. Mar in, and refused to refer me to another friend. Mr. n rovvn y e then addressed the following letter to Mr. xa o ff . e "' September 11, 1844. Sir,—l have just been informed by my friend t r• Mark Blake, w h o wa it e d u p on y ou , on my par t, at b . You have refused to give m e an y re d ress f or av ing published an article offensive to me in the last the o f th e M on it or, o f w hi c h newspaper you are lne registered proprietor. I did not expect that such Course would have been adopted by an individual I _ l% ilern, as a member of the Irish bar, I presumed to 'lB a gentleman. I have now but one other appeal, Which is made to your feelings as a man and an 4 rialnan—feelings which, I trust, will be evoked Alien I here unhesitatingly declare that your conduct ! t i t:Unworthy of a gentleman and a man of courage. 41 thi s stimulates you to give me the satisfaction I Noire, you can still commu n i ca t e w ith my f r i en d, ,"t• Blake.—l have the honour t o rema i n , Si r , your ao Qdient servant, "'R. D. BROWNE. " J. C. Coffey, Esq.' " ~" At twelve o'clo c k, noon , M r . M ar t yn aga i n ii al ted upon me, and demanded a withdra w al of M r . r owne's letter, which I declined doing, unles s th e a rticle in the Monitor was withdrawn, and an apology )4 44 for its insertion. Mr. Martyn then declined t r aceeding further in the business. After this, I gaited until the hour at which this letter is dated, en I came t o the con c l us i on th a t it was th en neces " tl 'Y to insert this communication in the public prints. " I have the honour to remain, Sir, " Your obedient servant, " MARK BLAKE." To THE EDITOR, OF THE DUBLIN EVENING POST. Sir,-With reference to the statement of Mr. ark Blake, in which he adverts to interviews and I . °Oversations held with me, as the friend of Mr. Coffey, ~r'eg to state that I refused to permit Mr. Coffey to t , sl re Mr. Dillon Browne a hostile meeting, on the il l.(4 ind that that gentleman had no claim for repara lp from Mr. Coffey, " personally," in the position t 4r . Browne had then assumed ; and throughout the Ootire negotiation I disavowed, on the part of Mr. e fr eY, any " personal" responsibility for the matter ° , lll plained of. uf l protested against the principle that the proprietor f a newspaper s h ou ld b e h e ld persona ll y respons ibl e o 1 „the contents of it ; and to exemplify the justness I ,„'ois position, I fully e x pl a i ne d t o M r . Bl a k e h ow to gr easonable it would be that the proprietor of a ti: a'spaper, h av i ng no means o f b e i ng persona ll y cog olaant of a ll ma tt ers w hi c h m i g ht appear i n i t , s h ou ld, , v o i t i Withstanding, be held per sona lly res p ons ibl e to all 0 happened to feel themselves offended, in conse eenee of matters which mi g ht ge t p u bli c ity w ith o ut a sancti on or k now l e d ge ; an d I s t ate d t h at equa ll y lia l ihis liability i n a cour t o f j us ti ce was ascer t a i ne d, tL ,.., W as his personal irresponsibiliry perfectly under s, --10 . Upon these grounds I altogether refused to rnetian or recognise Mr. Browne's demand, as it was then made. however invariably expressed my readiness on half or of Mr. Coffey to give Mr. Browne a meeting th au explanati o n, w h en th a t gen tl eman h a d t a k en x t e Prop er pre li m i nary s t eps to ena bl e hi m to ca ll on - 11 7. Coffey "personally," nam e ly— w he n h e h a d ap %led in the ordinary way and in the usual quarter redress, w hi c h mo d e h e h a d on a f ormer an d a re thl:t Occasion recognised and adopted, and it was in of event of that application for redress so made being th, a ,sed, and that Mr. Coffey sanctioned its refusal, ti„, 4 ' " discussed with Mr. Blake the appointment of and place." 'K oi r. Bl a k e , upon b e h a lf o f M r. B rowne, re f use d t o 11 it ke the a ppli ca ti on i n th e way I suggested, where panl declined permitting any retractation or meeting. 4 Nbsequ en tly t o th e commun i ca ti on o f my final C er mination to Mr. Blake, the letter of Mr. Browne Air. Coffey was handed to me, and as I regarded it f,„ 141 unjustifiable attempt to influence Mr. Coffey's ei„ - ?er, and even to irritate him to sacrifice the prin w'''ne of personal irresponsibility which I conceived he p c ) , bound to maintain as well as in Ids individual al ion a s proprietor Of the Monitor, as on behalf of tr other proprietors of public ,journals; and as Mr. (I, l 9 l vne thought proper to offer by it a voluntary and lit 'berat e insult to Mr. Coffey, for the purpose of 44 8.i ng him to abandon the course T, as his friend, le i . l) ,,, t ed, I felt myself imperatively hound to direct Coffey not to notice it further, and in this opinion th,"e had the gratification since to be confirmed by vi i _aPProval o f t wo ex p er i ence d m ilit ar y gen tl emen , uta I have consulted. h 1 . „ 44 an act of court s ey to Mr. Blake, I yielded to 1 4 anxiety to afford him an opportunity of retract- Browne's letter. I endeavoured again to ex n, as simply as I cou ld, that everythi ng h e so ught p e ; ‘ 4l be had by him, if he would only take the pro itoieourse. Ile o ffered to withdraw the letter, if I I, 4 4e rtook t o h ave an a p o l ogy f or th e i nser ti on o f th e 44graph he complained of; published in the Monitor; 8 he added, that he would not then, as he had at t itti " l'equir e d, i ns i st on M r . Coffey's personal retrac gr,,,,94 and ap o l ogy . I re f use d thi s p ro p osa l u p on th e ti ( ;' ll 4. ls first stated, and I intimated my determi! uan "`' adhere to the position I held from the coin raent. Mr. Blake then asked time for consi- A,‘"° o , which I, of course, at once acquiesced in. " an hour's deliberation, Mr.. Blake came back to AMERICAN NEWS. (Further extracts from the American Papers brought by the Acadia.) FROM NICARAGUA.—By the schooner May, Capt. Knapp, at this port from San Blas, whence she sailed 2d instant, we learn that the port of San Juan was still blockaded. There was an American brig (name not recollected) from New York, James Roberts, master, lying at Blewfield, which. Capt. Knapp thinks will have to return without discharging her cargo. All the vessels from the straits of Gibraltar and Italy have been obliged to land their cargoes at Salt Creek. The British have appointed a Minister and Consul for the Musquito Shore, who had arrived and taken charge of the port cf Blewfield, in the name of the Musquito King's son, and had commenced making new laws. A tonnage duty of 50 cents per ton will be levied on all vessels arriving at Blewfield, Penil Key, or Corn Islands, during the present month of August. Bocaton and Salt Creek were the only ports of entry held by the Colombians, and it was generally under stood that the English would soon take them in charge as belonging to the dominions of the Musquito King. NEW INVENTION.—Mr. James B. Lipp advertises through the Cincinnatti Gazette, that he has invented an improvement on the steam-engine--changing its whole features, simplifying its construction, and ad ding a large per cent. to mechanical efficacy. The officers and crew of the British sloop-of-war Rose, at New Orleans, rescued eleven gentlemen from a boat which had capsized in the harbour on Sunday week. The Rose is said to be the first vessel of war that has visited the harbour of New Orleans since 1817. FIREMEN'S RIOTS.—The Philadelphia papers state that on Saturday evening, about nine o'clock, in con sequence of the ringing of an alarm bell in the southern part of the city, a general alarm of fire was raised, which drew the Fairmount Engine Company in the district of Southwark. Great excitement pre vailed, as a conflict between the Weccaco Hose and Fairmount Engine Companies was feared. At the corner of Second and Catherine-streets a fight en sued between two or three persons, in which the Fairmount took part. For a time dreadful conse quences were threatened ; the residents in the neigh bourhood became alarmed and closed their houses. Finally, however, without any serious results, the Fairmount proceeded out of the district, when the excitement subsided. These difficulties, in part, grow out of a single city being divided into several muni cipal governments. Fire-engines belonging to one district create jealousy in coming into another, and riots ensue. Nothing but the most thorough reform on every exciting topic and subject which legal mea sures can reach can save that city from such out breaks. IlAyTi.—By the brig Republic, Captain Smith, which arrived here last night, eleven clays from Port au-Prince, we have papers and letters to her day of sailing. Although the island was tranquil, yet serious fears of further disturbances were entertained by those acquainted with the movements going on among the people. LATE FROM MEXICO.—The New Orleans Pica yune of 18th instant records the arrival there of the British sloop-of-war Rose from Vera Cruz, whence she sailed on .the Bth instant, bringing papers from the city of Mexico to 25th July only. The Rose was dispatched to New Orleans NI ith the English mails IA hich were intended for the steamer Tay, which ran aground on the Collorados on her way to Ilavannah. The officers of the Rose reported that the health of Vera Cruz had much improved, the fever having materially abated Santa Anna has placed the remains of the brave and ill-fated Gen. Sentma nat at the disposition of his friends in the United States. This is but an act of proper respect to the memory of the dead and to the feelings of the lir ing. Gen. Ampudia sailed from Tobasco on the 14th of July, and on the 16th arrived at Vera Cruz. It ap pears that both the French and Spanish Ministers at Mexico addressed the liveliest protestations against the summary execution of the subjects of their re spective nations at Tobasco. The President shows himself resolutely bent on enforcing the law against the exportation of specie, whether gold or silver, which shall not have paid the duty imposed by law, and he calls upon his custom-house officers to exercise the utmost vigilance in the premises. Nothing about the designs of Mexico towards Texas. TUE WAR ON TEXAS.—In less than three months :ws mnied b) . C o unt de clock, for t six. Peers are the belie the 20th port that Guard of ;1 the first, he seetou Royel t., arrive d sent on )ads fa r French has the ;hid) le lay. I" ple of th° Te Alex' roughs by tte of la, 12th fo r ire to Ile- ,r of the at Rolf, the Aor rdieu, de' have been tinge y es • and ow/ est to the ing o f the Ilan Mat parish 1 vas foul rred. Farria' ir. Alder 3oraeb ° toured t° the 1 01. pres sione , rere eacti stunel° 3s be Gree n , been I . n. ling a t " c i ~a se r be ' en de r pare n° : corrob° r the P r ' , tencedi m i l i s oned horse THE SUN, LONDON, TIT.‘I I S . DA Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1844. 5 the Al x'can army in three divisions will invade Texas. The Indian warriors on our borders and in our south-western territories will naturally desire to take part in this contest, and will light up the torch of a fierce and savage war, unless prevented by the timely interposition of our Government. United States troops should be stationed all along our southern frontier, with instractions to prevent the savages of Western Texas, Santa Fe, and Mexico from committing depredations upon our citizens. The election for President of Texas takes place on the first Monday in September. Burleson and Jones are the candidates. The first is in favour of annexa tion, the latter against it. Jones is supported by the influence of Houston, now President ; but it is be lieved the popularity of Burleson will elect him. :Tones is openly in favour of an alliance with Eng land, and the establishment of a policy unfavourable to the interests of the United States. MEXICO AND TEXAS.--It was stated in our paper of yesterday, that a messenger had passed through Corpus Christi_ with dispatches from the Mexican Government to that of Texas. The dispatches, it is to be presumed, consist of papers already published in this country, announcing the revival of a state of hostilities between Mexico and Texas, and paioticu larly the proclamation of General 011, addressed specially to President Houston, a translation of which appeared in the papers of this city. It is reported, however, in the Galveston Civilian, that " a renewal of negotiations is also invited under good auspices;" and we shall not be surprised if this prove to be a fact. 'We have no belief in the sincerity of Santa Anna's pretended preparations for an invasion of Texas, and think it quite possible that while he is amusing his countrymen with formidable preparations for war, he is seeking elsewhere an apology for delaying active hostilities.—N. 0. Bulletin, Aug. 16. MEXICO AND Taxa.s.-The Neu, Orleans Re publican says :—" We learn verbally that 4,000 troops stationed at the city of Mexico have received march- ing orders to form part of the army for the Texas in vasion, as well as 3,000 from Jalapa, and the various contingents from the departments are rapidly arriving. We are also authentically informed that a merchant of Vera Cruz has contracted with the Mexican Govern ment to build eight gun-boats, of 80 tons each, to be employed in transporting troops and operating against Galveston and other portions of the sea board of Texas." FROM TEXAS.—SICKNESS.—An arrival at New Orleans brings dates to the 7th instant from Galves ton, the 6th from Houston, and 28th ultimo from Ma tagorda. The only news is that the yellow fever has been prevailing to a considerable extent in Galveston for some time past, being principally confined to the German emigrants. ENGLAND, TEXAS, AND MEXICO.—The Houston (Texas) Telepraph of Wednesday, July 31, contains the following paragraph : " We now learn upon the authority of Captain Elliott himself ' that England had advised Mexico under no circumstances to acknowledge the indepen dence of Texas, but to keep up an armistice with her as long as possible ; and in case a successful attempt at annexation between the United States and Texas took place, then to go to war, and England would back her in the contest.' This confirms us in the opinion we have long entertained, that our independence will never be acknowledged by Mexico while there is a prospect of annexation. England will resist this mea sure as long as it can be resisted by diplomacy. And our Government journal admits that the influence of England over Mexico is almost, if not entirely un bounded.' " Mexico is believed to be on the verge of another re volution. A letter from the city of Mexico, dated 31st July, contains the extraordinary announcement that Santa Anna and the officers of the army have agreed to suspend the functions of the Constitutional Go vernment during the war on Texas, leaving the supreme control of the Republic in the hands of General Santa Anna, with power to force contributions of men and money to sustain the war. It was considered pro bable that the National Congress would be summarily dismissed by the President. LATER FROM ST. KITTS.---WO learn from Cap tain Babbage, of the barque Mae, 12 days from St. Kite 4 that-Ahe day previous to his leaving, there was a very heavy hurricane there. Two British brigs were in port at the time, one of which parted both chains, put to sea, and arrived at St. Thomas, leaving her captain on shore. The other parted oae chain cable, but brought up by the other anchor within cable length of the shore. When Captain B. came out, the schooner Laura had dragged her anchors till she was near the shore ; but succeeded in getting them, and proceeded to sea. FROM MATANZAS.—Capt. Lawless, of the schooner Robert Mills, at this port, from Matanzas 18th inst., reports that on the morning of his leaving Matanzas, Vargas, the intended mulatta General-in-Chief of the contemplated insurrection, was shot with another of his accomplices. Capt. Lawless reports very bad prospects for the coming crop, which will be at least from one third to - one half short.— Providence Journal. Extract of a letter of Captain J. L. Loberts, of the brig Ursula, at Bluefields, Musquito shore, South America :—" This port is now in possession of the English, and a British flag flying here. A tonnage duty of 50 cents per ton on all vessels trading here or any part of the Musquito shore, is to go in force on the 31st of August of the present year. An English man-of-war has been here and landed a Governor and some arms. It appears they are going to take pos session of the coast as far down as Boco del Toro. The report here is, that the man-of-war has gone down to blockade Salt Creek." Lirds.---Advices to the Bth of June have been re ceived at Baltimore. General Vivanco had retreated to Arequipa, pursued by General Castilla. It was feared that Vivanco would embark for the North and not give battle, which would prolong the war for several months. Business dull at Lima. MONTEVIDEO, JULY I.—This city is still, be sieged by land and water, by the combined forces of the Argentine Republic, under the command of Ad miral Brown and General Oribe. The city is mostly defended by French volunteers numbering but little over three thousand ; and the besiegers are not nume rous enough to dispossess them ; but having entire posscsmon of the surrounding country, they are able to cut off supplies of fresh beef, &c., and occasionally are fortunate enough to capture a straggler, who, if he happens to be a Frenchman, is sure to lose his head soon after. The English and French have here very respectable Fquadrons, watching the movements of both parties— the commander of the latter has by proclamation with drawn his protection from all Frenchmen who have taken up arms in this war and refused to lay them down again. _ _ _ The Matagorda Dispatch states that from all por tions of the country bordering on the Colorado and Caney rivers, and most of Western Texas the ac counts of the crops are most flattering, and cotton picking has commenced under most promising pros pects of quantity and quality, and no sickness existed there up to that date. We . do not find a word about the annexation ques tion or the relations with Mexico. LATE FROM TILE BAHAMAB.—We have a file of the Nassau (New Providence) Gazette of the 14th inst. There is no news. The Royal Mail Company's steam-packet Tay, Hayden, with mails for Bermuda and England, left Nassau on the 10th. She brought to Nassau some passcngers from Havannah, who were compelled to leave Cuba in consequence of suspected participation in the late insurrectionary movements.— New York paper. FROM RIO GRANDE.—The brig Nimble, Ferrell, arrived this morning from Rio Grande, which place she left on the 2d July. The rebels were not quiet, but still strong and numerous in arms, and often cap turing villages and considerable towns.—Baltimore Patriot. The Mexican authorities are recruiting sailors for their navy very rapidly in all the Mexican ports on the Gulf. With these it is intended to act against Texas. The rate of wages paid is said to be so high as to tempt the cupidity of English and even American sailors, from whom thus far almost all the recruits have been made. FROM NAuvoo._W T e have intelligence from Nau voo to the sth instant. All was quiet. It appears that the reports of the appearance of Joe Smith and the appointment of his son as prophet are false, and originated in a desire to injure the Mormons abroad. Sidney Rigdon had returned to Nauvoo from Pitts burg, and preached to the people on the 4th instant. In consequence of the death of Samuel Smith, Joe's brother, since the death of the prophet, Sidney Rigdon will be chosen Patriarch of the Mormon flock. He is their master spirit, and will make a shrewd and energetic leader. There are five widows of the Smith family now living in Nauvoo; the mother of all, and the late wives of Joe, Hiram, and their two br o th ers Accessions to the ormon strength continue to be quite large. In Nauvoo the usual activity is apparent, and the temple is steadily going up in its unique form and shape. Its style of architecture is of the pure Mormon order. THE HARVEST IN .SCOTLAND. —The weather is so dry, and so admirably adapted for carrying on and com pleting the labours of the harvest, that we have nothing in the shape of complaint to make, and can only repeat what is now pretty well known—that the crop is not more satisfactory in respect. of bulk than in yield and quality. Every variety of grain, upon every variety , soil, has been successful; and although an occasional thin field may be seen, they form the exception to the general rule. In this neighbourhood, reaping is all but at an end ; and in the latter districts, in the neighbourhood of Linlithgow, it is fully half over. Much is already in the stack-yard in the finest condition, and a week or ten days of such weather as we have enjoyed for some days past, will secure the whole crop in all the earlier districts of Scotland. —Scotsman. BELFAST AND BALLYMENA RAILWAY.—We are gratified in learning that, of the 7,500 shares to be issued for this undertaking, more than one-half have already been taken—a considerable number of them by English capitalists. It is searo . ,.ly a fortnight since the prospectus first appeared.—Banner of Ulster. LITERATURE. ENGLAND AND WALES. Chapman. and Hall, London, 1844. i This. 7s a translation from the German of Kohl, one r of the most, indefatigable travellers of the day, and forms the Nineteenth Part of the "Foreign Library." It is an account of a recent tour made by the author through England and Wales, and describes in v i v id language the impressions made on a foreigner by the betm.ties of our scenery, the number and splendour of our principal cities and towns, and more especially, the wealth, bustle, and population of o u r manufac turing districts. At Manchester, where M. Kohl took up his residence for some time, he was asto nish ed at the wonderful and incessant activity per vadi,ng the place, and the decided marks of opulence which met him at every turn. He visited most of the lcipal factories, and speaks in animated terms of the) cleanliness, regularity, and subordination main t;ned in them t and paid !Articular attention to the Mt'nchester Hospital, which he describes as an "in stitution offering a fund of most interesting medical. statistical, and miscellaneous information." Of all the English counties, Yorkshire seems to have been the one which most struck our author's fancy—and we do not wonder at his preference, for it is a noble dis trict, rich in old baronial mansions and parks,- and containing, more particularly in the North Riding, some of the most magnificent and diversified scenery in the kingdom. Alluding to the aristocratic feelings of some of the Yorkshire Squirearchy, M. Kohl says :—" I am told that there are in Yorkshire, as in Westmoreland, Saxon families among the gentry who date their grandeur back far beyond the Conquest, and are far prouder than the less anciently descended nobility of the country." M. Kohl is a pleasant, sketchy writer, whose observations, however, are sel dom remarkable for their depth or acuteness. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Alecklenburgh Strelitz, accompanied by the Princess Mary, left Kew yesterday morning for Badminton, Gloucester shire, to honour the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort with a visit. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Baron Knesebeck, have left Ravensworth Castle, the seat of Lord Ravensw o rth, for Drumlanrig Castle. Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Miss PEEL.—Very gratifying accounts of the health of this young lady were received in town yes terday from Drayton Manor, to the effect that Miss Peel is going on most favourably, ,and is quite out of danger. Dispatches from the Governor of Hong-Kong were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also received from the Governor of Gibraltar, from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and from the Governor of Malta. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Jamaica, and also for the Governors of the other West India Colonies. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Marchioness Wellesley, at Rutland Gate, from Rose Mount, Cowes, Isle of Night ; the Duke of Mon trose, in Belgrave-square ; Vice -Admiral Sir J. A. Om menu, from his seat in Hants ; Sir. W. Curtis, from Ryde, Isle of Wight. DEPARTURES. The Very Rey. the Dean of Westminster, for Ryde, Isle of Wight ; Sir Charles Morgan and Lady Rodney, for Tredegar House, Monmouthshire ; General Sir E. and Lady Harriet Paget and family, for, Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight ; the Earl of Pembroke, from Stratton street, for the Continent ; Colonel Gore Langton, M.P., for Newton Park, near Bath ; Captain Walpole, R.N., for Portsmouth ; Colonel Frith, for. Bath ; Rear-Ad miral Lye, for Ryde, Isle of Wight,; Fitzherbert,Esq , fur ditto. CHANGES. The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham and Lady Anna Maria Grenville, at Wotton House, near Ayles bury, from Stowe ; General the Hon. Sir W. and Lady Lumley, at Lumley Castle, near Chester-le -street, from a tour ; the Earl and Countess of Enniskillen, at Flo rence Court, Fermanagh, from a visit to Sir A. and Lady Brooke, at Colebrooke ; Lord and Lady William Russell, from Frankfort-on-the-Maine, on a tour in Germany ; Sir Robert Sale, ani'Lady Sale, on a visit to Dr. Kennedy, in Merrion-square, Dublin, from Derry ' • the Earl and Countess of Balcarras , at their seat Lancashire, from a continental tour ; the Hon. Colonel Wingfield, at his seat, Ballina, from Cork his Rt-ar-Admiral Deans Dundas M.P., at Bath, from seat, Barton Court, Berks ; ' Lord Clonbrock at Clonbrock Ahascra, from Cowes, Isle of Wight ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Blandford, from the Ma rine Parade, Cowes, on a tour. COMPENSATION TO SHERIFFS' OFFICERS. In consequence of the operation of the new In solvent Act, it is determined by that large, influential, and singularly useful body of men, the sheriffs' officers, to apply to Government for compensation. We give a few of the most heart-rending cases : Lazarus is a ruined man. There was a time when he could make twenty pounds by bail-bonds before breakfast. Now, he can't make twenty pence. Had a flourishing sponging-house always full. Nov, there isn't a soul in it. Did a good deal in small acceptances under twenty pounds to clerks, and su c h people—who'd trust 'em now ? Calculated that his loss by the Bill was five thousand pounds, every honest penny. Moses is also a ruined man. Has his sponging house empty, and dreadful expenses going on. Time was when he could get a guinea a-day out of every prisoner; now, the money goes to creditors. Believes that all the world will be insolvent, with nobody to arrest 'em, if the Act isn't repealed. Has lost by it— for he is a conscientious man, and has calculated every penny-6,000/. 17s. 61d. Aaron -- is entirely ruined, with nothing but his wine and coal business to provide for his family. Can't get off his wine, because he can't discount small bills. Can't sell his coals, because nobody will give ready money for 'ern_and can't give credit because of Lord Brougham's Bill. Thinks the world is going to end, or Parliament had never passed such a wicked l aw . Had a beautiful sponging-house. In fact, was born in a sponging -house, as was his father and mother before him ; all that's g ,re. Used to maks five cap tions a-day ; hasn't nabbed a single soul these three months. If there's to be any security for property, Government can't give him less than 8,0001., besides p l ace s in the Treasury for his five little boys.—Punch. THE REGISTRATIONS. TO WLR HAMLETS. by th e Judges Mud°gYelsatlic: revise the list of voters for the boro ug h Esq., the Learned Counsel appoi n t e d of the Tower Hamlets, opened his Court yesterday for that purpose at eleven o'clock, at the Court House, Wellelose-square. The sitting lasted till nearly five o'clock, and the lists of a considerable number of parishes were gone through. Mr. Boxer, solicitor, appeared for the Liberals, and Mr. Brutton, solicitor, appeared for the Conservatives. There were no objection s in any of the lists of parishes day, but there were some c l a i ms . we re as follow : of which were gone through gone Bromley, hr oe m through pieayrssh te.tshLeis thes onlairtds in which parish two claims w ere made and allowed. Christchurch, Spitalfields, in which four claims were made, of which three were allowed. Holy Trinity, Minories, in which there were no claims. Mile-end, New-town, in which there were no claims. Norton Folgate, in which there were no claims. The Old Artillery-ground, in which two claims were made, and disallowed. Ratcliffe Hamlet, in which there were two claims, which were disallowed. St. Anne, Limehouse, in which there were three claims, oat of which only one was all owe d. St. s. tolph in which there were no claims. St. George, in which , ai3° Without, Aldgat e , out of five claims, on e on ly was allowed. St. John, of Wapping, in which th ere were no claims. St. Mary, Stratfor dd Bow, in which there were no claims. St. Mary, Whitechapel, in which there were three claims, and one disallowed. there were two claims, bothstPaul, of of whichsh which aud,w two e were eei n w disallowed.allowed, ... and 0 f _.,.......- ..-- - In the list . of St. Matthew, Bethnal- green , a po i nt was a upon which a s e Mr. William Benson, of King-street, Old Ford-lane, was by agree mentrid number 'of of claimsconsiderable depended. importance, The case made the hinge upon which this particular class of claims should turn. The claimants, of whom Mr. Benson was thus made the representative, occupied com pound houses, and their rates had all been paid ; but it was contended by Mr. Brutton that the parties had not made their claim within the proper ti me . Mr. Boxer contended that the omission of these duly qualified persons was a wilful one, and rendered the overseers liable to a fine. The overseers last year had omitted this very sam e class of voters, and the then Re vising Barrister had decided that the claims of these voters must be allowed. Under these circumstances there could be no excuse for the overseers. Considerable discussion took place, and ultimately The Learned Barrister decided that he should reserve his judgment as to the fines to a future day, and until he had consulted vs ith Mr. Arnold (the Revising Barrister of last year). As to the validity of Mr. Benson's claim Le had no doubt ; it was a good one, and -he would now allow it accordingly. • Nearly sixty other claims belonging to the same cate gory were in consequence allowed. Mr. Moylan will sit again to-morrow (this day). MALYLEI ORE The revision of the lists of voters for the opulent and extensive borough of Marylebone has been appointed to take place on Monday next, the 23d inst. The Con servatives have made no less than 1,174 o bj ect i ons , whilst the Reform Association have made 's'B6. The claims of both parties are altogeth er i ns i gn ifi cant, b ut there are several hundred individual claims on the part of persons who are lodgers, and by the Chartists, who have formed themselves into a" Suffrage" Association. The number of voters in the register for the borough last year was 14,749. On the lists at the present time the number is 15,784, making an increase of 935 ; but that number, it is expected, will be much diminished by tl.e re vision. LOSS of the BRITISH SCHOONER ORANGE. The New York Tribune relates the following particu- lars of the awful sufferings experienced at sea by the crew of an English vessel : The ship Vicksburg, Captain Berry, which arrived at New York from New Orleans, fell in, on the 611 of August, in lat. 26 27, lon. 87 46, with an open bout, con taining seven persons, and took them on board. They proved to be the captain and crew of the British schooner Orange, which was lost on the voyage from Jamaica for Matanzas. Their names were as follow: Alexander Mac lonald, master; Wm. Young, mate; Ed ward Cook, Ri c h ar d E vans , J o h n B row n:II - 1w Roscoe, seamen; and Robert Wilkinson, cook. They had been thirteen days in the boat, which was only fourteen feet long. When fallen in with they were in 'a very ex hausted state, and three of them had to be lifted on board. The youngest of them, Wm. Roscoe, was totally insensible, and although every exertion was made to re store him, he survived but about three hours, and at sun set his body was committed to the deep. During the first night the mate was delirious, but has since, as well as the rest, nearly regained his health. Their thirst was excessive, and great care was taken in giving them water at first, and it was not until the third day that it was sa tisfied, at which time each person had taken about three gallons of water. - Captain Macdonald stated that on the 24th of July, at about two a.m., when in lat. 22 45, long. 85 4, his schooner was capsized in a sudden squall from the east ward. The lanyards of the weather rigg'isg were im mediately cut away, but the ballast having shifted, and the sails and masts being in the water, it was impossible to right the vessel. Fortunately, when she capsized, the jolly boat being in the bottom of the long bolt, turned over, and all hands succeeded in getting into it, and got clear of the vessel, which almost at the same moment disappeared. They were then left to the mercy of the waves, without provisions or water, or even an oar. Part of one of the masts was made use of to steer with, and the boat was kept before the wind till daylight. During the day the linings and foot boards were taken off, and converted into a mast, on which was spread the captain's shirt for a sail, and the boat was steered in a southerly direction, in the hope of falling in with land. In the afternoon a barque was seen to the westward, steering towards them, and when about two miles off hove to for a short time, then hauled southerly f or a b ou t half an hour, but before sunset she again steered westward. On the 25th, there being no appearance of land, the boat's course was altered to westward, with the hope of falling in with some vessel. Th e y con ti nue d this course till th 28th, the wind being all the time eastwardly. On this day, for the first time, it rained for about two hours. By using two pairs of shoes — all th e y h a d anions them— and by wringing their clothes, they succeeded in getting about half a pint of water each. From this time till the 31st they saw no vessel, and were without water. On the 31st and the day following it rained three or four hours, and they obtained sufficient water to quench their thirst for the time. From the Ist to the 6th of August they obtained no water, but on one of those days they picked up a piece of bamboo, which wall found to contain four small fishes about two inches long, which they divided among them; this was all the food they had while in the boat. On the morning of the 6th, three ships passed them, but it was supposed the boat was not seen by them. They were, however, soon afterwards gratified with the sight of the ship which afforded them relief, on board of which they received every care and attention. ASSAULT BY A POLICE CON STABLE ON HIS SERGEANT. At an early hour on Sunday morning a circum stance took place at Winchmore-hill, Middlesex, which has created considerable sensation in that dis trict. About four o'clock, Sergeant Hannan, of the N division of police, in going his rounds, missed police-constable Harvey, of the same division, off his beat, and after looking about for him for some short time, he observed him milking a cow belonging to Mr. Risley, a dairyman in the neighbourhood. Han nan crept stealthily along the field in such a position that Harvey had not the slightest knowledge of his approach until he was alongside, when he charged him with his improper cond uc t. Harvey made some trivial excuse, but the sergeant told him he must do his duty and take him to the station-house, and then laid of the left handcuff of the prisoner's coat with his right, and they walked together some short distance through the field, when Harvey, unperceived by his captor, drew his truncheon from his pocket with his right hand, and in an instant gave the sergeant a desperate blow on the head, which felled him to the ground. He then made an effort to escape, but was unable to do so, and repeated the blows on the ser geant's head, actually shivering his staff to pieces. the sergeant, notwithstanding, still held him, upon which the maul drew from his pocket a gouging chisel, and jobbed it into the head, face, and the arms of the sergeant, inflicting no fewer than thirteen or fourteen frightful wounds on his person. Hannan, with a death-like grasp, still held him fast, and his cries of " murder" brought to his assistance two men from the farmhouse of Mr. Risley, and also a farrier in the neighbourhood, just in time to prevent the sacrifice of his life, and Harvey was secured. The sergeant, who was reduced, from exhaustion and the loss of blood to insensibility, was removed to the farmhouse, and Messrs. Creswell and Ward, medical gentlemen at Southgate, were sent for, and promptly attended. A special messenger was also dispatched to the private residence of Mr. Johnson, the superin tendent of the N division, who lost not a momen t i n repairing to the spot, where he found every attention paid to the sufferer by the medical gentlemen. The sergeant remained in a dreadful state of suffering the whole of the day and night, but yesterday morning he appeared much better, and went on favourably throughout the day, so that there was strong hope of his ultimate recovery. After the prisoner was cap tured a pocket handkerchief full of apples, and with which was also tied up the lantern used by Harvey on his duty, was found in the field, not a great dis tance from where he had been milking the cow, so that there could be no doubt the apples were the produce of some of the numerous gardens in the neighbourhood. His house was subsequently searched, when a great variety of the choicest fruit, onions of the finest quality, and also miscellaneous property, all the produce of plunder, were found Some idea may be formed of the sensation which the circumstance has created in the neighbourhood from the fact that the officiating clergyman at the Edmonton chapel of ease, Winchmore-hill, alluded to it, and asked the prayers of the congregation for the recovery of the injured man. Yesterday, Harvey was taken befdre a bench of magistrates at Edmonton, and after a very brief examination, the injured man not being able to attend, was remanded to a future day. UNEQUALLED RAILWAY TRAINS—OR Thursday morning last a special railway train (in four divisions) went from this district to Hull. Altogether it was de cidedly the most monstrous of all monster trains ever re corded. The number of engines employed was ten, the carriages 250, and the passengers conveyed amounted to the enormous number of 7,800 ! About 6,000 were from Leeds alone, and the rest of the passengers were taken up at the Castleford station. So extraordinary was the crowd of passengers at the Leeds Railway station, that two hours (from six o'clock in the morning until eight o'clock) were occupied before the last division of the train could be dispatched. _Averaging the number of passengers at 2s. each—which was the third-class fare to Hull and back, and consequently the lowest computation —the railway company would realise from this pleasure trip the sum of 780/. During the press of passengers towards the carriages, at the Leeds station, a woman, with a child in her arms, only a year and a half old, lost her ticket, and, anxious to regain it, stooped to pick it from the ground. She and the child were thrown down, and a short period elapsed before they could be rescued from the pressure of the crowd. The mother became much alarmed, and the child was slightly injured, but not killed, as is generally rumoured in the town. In a short period both the mother and child perfectly re covered ; the infant was conveyed forward to Hull by its father in the special train, and the mother, who had lost her ticket, was kindly permitted by Mr. Thackray, the head station master, to go free by the ten o'clock train, to join her husband and child at Hull.—Leeds Mercury. FIRE AT BERMONDSET.—A fire broke out yester day at noon upon the spacious premises belonging to Mr. Salmons, hearthrug, mop, and woollen-tilting ma nufacturer, Bermondsey. It commenced, from some un explained cause, in the cellars, the recept ac l es fo r fi n i s h e d and partly-finished goods. One of the workmen in passing through the yard was the first person who made the alarming discovery, and with the aid of other par ties endeavoured, by means of buckets of water, to sub due the conflagration ; in that, however, they were foiled, owing to the very inflammable nature of the stock, and in less than a quarter of an hour after the first outbreak, the entire stores, with their contents, presented one broad sheet of flame. The necessary intelligence having been dispatched to the engine -stations, the parish en gine, with five or six more of the London Establish ' ment, and that of the West of England, were on the spot. Some time unfortunately was lost in waiting for water, meanwhile the fire continued to spread through the flooring to the counting-house ; thence it fired the front residence. Many of the inhabitants were appre hensive that the flames would reach their own houses, and they commenced removing, for safety, their furni ture jut the open street. At length wet began to flow from the fire-mains in the vicinity, and a great stream was poured by the engines into those portions of the premises where the fire raged the fiercest. Much time was, however, spent before any impression was made upon it, but the firemen continued to work incessantly, ind at e igth got the mastery of the flames. The damage done is considerable. Lord and Lady Carbery have been placed in mourning by the demise of his Lordship's brother, Percy Evans Freke, Esq., who died at his Lordship's seat, Castle Freke, near Cork, on Monday se'nnight, in his 70 t h year. The deceased gentleman has left. sons by his marriage with the daughter of C. Harvey, D.D., the eldest of whom is heir presumptive to the barony of Carbery. - ORLEANS AND BORDEAUX RAILWAY. This railway continues to occupy a lively attention on the Stock Exchange. Several English papers have copied our article of last week. Each of the two Com panies of which we spoke have their partisans. The subscriptions for each are numerous. The Anthoward Company have closed their list to-day. This proves that the demand for shares in this Company has been so con iiderable in France that the Company has but little no-- cessi , y to have recourse to English capital for the de , posit required by the French Government. It will no doubt soon make known to its numerous subscribers what proportions of the allotment they can afford them. It appears that this railway ranks high in public esti mation, since the shares in the Makenzie's Company are negotiated on the Stock Exchange (though contrary to law), at a p rem i um o f one pound a share, a cent. per cent. profit, as one round a share has only been paid by them. It is a curious circumstance, for this railway, wit'► the uncertainty up to the day of adjudication which Com pany will obtain the preference, to see its shares sol I at a. premium of one pound, while the shares of the Antho ward Company remain unissued. These mysteries of the Stock Exchange are to us impenetrable. To pay a pound for what one can have for nothing appears a curious fact, and, above all, in opposition to the opinion of the Times, and other English journals, who state that the Anthoward Company has a better chance than its rival,. It appears that this line presents great prol.)abiliti, s of success, as the capitalists sustain it with ardour. We learn at this instant that another new Company is abut to be constituted for the same line. Amongst the Directors, it is stated, are the following parties : Lieutenant-General de Rumigny, M. Rivenaz, M. Benoist NI. Puncher, Drouellard, and Mr. Brunel, engineer. —Courier de l'Europe. The Bremen Gazette has an article from the Pc sh frontiers, 3rd Sept., which states that the Emperor Nicholas has approved of the plan of the Minister of War for very vigorous offensive operations in the Caner sus ; and that he is resolved, if not to make the cam paign in person, at least to be in the vicinity of the theatre of war. Count Nesselrode is shortly expected to return to St. Petersburgh. It is affirmed that he ha, communicated to the English Cabinet the decided intet • tions of the Emperor respecting the war in the Caucasus, and has obtained the assurance that the assistance sent to the rebels by English agents from Constantinople shall cease.—Hamburgh Papers, 15th Sept. Extract of a letter of Captain J. L. Roberts, of the brig Ursula, at Bluefields, Musquito Shore, South Ame rica:—" This port is now in possession of the English, and a British flag is flying here. A tonnage duty of 50 cents. per ton on all vessels trading here, or any port of the Mosquito Shore, is to go in force on the 31st of August of the present year. An English man-of-war has been here and landed a governor and some arms. It appears they are going to take possession of the coast as far down as Boco del Toro. The report here is, that the man-of-war has gone down to blockade Salt Creek." AYLESBURY RAmwAr.---Yesterday the half yearly meeting of the directors and shareholders in this railway was held at the White Hart Hotel, Aylesbury, William Rickford, Esq., in the chair. The report, which was read by the secretary, stated that surveys were now in progress for the formation of a line to Worcester from Banbury to join the London and Birmingham Rail way. It had been proposed, in order to save a distance of about two miles, to cross the Aylesbury line and to join the Birmingham Railway at another place. This, if carried out, would not only entail an enormous ex pense, looking to the nature of the country to be tra versed, but would render the Aylesbury Railway almost a dead letter. It was necessary, therefore, that some steps should be taken by this company in the matter. After the report had been read and adopted, Mr. Pigott suggested that the Aylesbury line should be offered to the new company, or to the London and Birmingham Company, for sale at the original cost, which was 60,000/., or, in case they should decline that offer, that the acquiescence of the Aylesbury Railway Company in the newly-projected line to Worcester should be con tingent upon the promoters of that line agreeing to make the Aylesbury line, the line of junction with the London and Birmingham. After some discussion, a resolution empowering th e di rectors to enter i nto negotiat i ons with the Birmingham Railway Company was agreed to, and it was arranged that a special general meeting should be called as soon as the negotiations had ceased, in order that the result might as early as possible be laid before the proprietors. A dividend of eight shillings per share, or four per cent. on the paid. up capital, was than declared and made payable on the 29th inst. In seconding the resolution for a dividend, a proprietor said he supposed this would be the last dividend that would ever be declared in this company. Thanks were then voted to the chairmain, and the meeting separated. TIIE QUEEN'S PROGRESS ALONG TIIE NORFOLK COAST.—The royal squadron was off our coast between seven and twelve A.M ,on Monday. At Lowestoft, the revenue cutter Victoria, and the Trinity steamer, fired salutes. At Yarmouth (where the Stromboli steamer had called during the forenoon, and taken on board a pilot for Dundee), the mayor and corporation were on the look-out all the afternoon and evening from Bird's Hotel, expecting that the squadron would bear down St. Nicholas's Gat. This was, however, very unlikely after dark. It was about nine o'clock in the evening when the royal squadron (which shaped a very outwardly course for the Lemon Lights) was off the jetty. Rockets were sent up by way of salute, which were answered by the Royal squadron ; and when off Mundsley, about ten minutes before ta olve o'clock, a salute was fired by the coast-guard, under Captain 11. Windham, of twenty-one rocket., which was answered by the Royal yacht. During the time the squadron was off our coast, all sorts of fireworks were sent up, at Lowestoft, and other places, as tokens of respect and I,yalty, and continued till long after the lights of the squadron were lust sight of.—Norfulk Chronicle. HER MAJESTY AT CAMPERDOWN.—After leaving the suburbs of Dundee, her Majesty's route for about nine miles lay chiefly through the property of the Earl of Camperdown. His Lordship had placed hi s hou s e at the Queen's disposal, but the offer was declined in the most gracious terms, as the royal party had ar ranged to proceed direct from the yacht to Blair. An express was sent on by the Prince on landing to Lord Camperdown, that her Majesty had com manded her carriage to draw up in front of the lodge leading to Camperdown, three miles from Dundee, when she was pleased most graciously to express to Lord and Lady Camperdown her acknowledgment of the loyal offer of the house. Lord and Lady Camperdown, with their family and visitors, as well as the tenantry and servants, were in attendance at an early hour in front of the gate, to pay their respects to her Majesty and Prince Albert. Her Majesty permitted Lord Duncan's eldest son (a fine boy of three years old) to present to the Princess Royal a basket of fruit, with which her Royal Highness seemed not a little pleased. Her Majesty and the Prince were most enthusiastically cheered.—Dundee Courier. LAUGIIABLE INCIDENT.—An incident occurred on the Royal journey towards Cupar Angus, which occa sioned con,:iderable merriment to the Royal pair. A dragoon had dismounted for the purpose of performing some service to one of the officers and had kt go the bridle of his horse, which started off at a racing pace through the fields. The dragoon could lend no assistance in the catching of his steed, and both man and horse were required to make up the com plement of the military escort. In this emergency, Colonel Kinloch, of Kilry, the Aide-de-camp of Lord Airlie (Lord-Lieutenant of Forfarshire), set off in pur suit of the lost animal, and, after sundry hair-breadth escapes, the Colonel was successful in his chase, and re stored the lost animal to its rider. The whole " run " was seen from the Royal carriage, and both her Majesty and Prince Albert evidently enjoyed the scene. The Colonel is a beautiful rider, and his horsemanship was displayed to great advantage in this little incident.— Dundee Advertiser. ESCAPE OF PRlSONEES.—lnformation has been for warded to Bow-street, and thence to the various metro politan and city police-offiees and stations, that three of the prisoners confined for various offences in St. Alban's gaol had managed to effect their escape therefrom Ix tween the hours of one and two o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday last, and, notwithstanding the efforts made by Mr. Dreyton, the Governor, aided by the police, to trace out their retreat, they have as y et been fruitless. Mr. Dreyton has o ff ered a reward o f 1 5 guineas for their appreh(ns'on. DREADFUL CASE OF BURNING.—OR Friday morn ing last a young man, about 18 years of I.ge, named Parradine, a farm-labourer, was found in a ditch, op pposit• the Phoenix public-house, in Staple Claydon, 13uckinghamshire, nearly lifeless and burnt almost to a cinder. It is supposed the poor fellow got drunk on the preceding night, and rolled into the ditch with a lighted pipe in his hand, or had some lueifer matches upon his person, which ignited, thus destroy ing all the clothes on his body, and burning his frame to a complete cinder, the lower part of his person being entirely destroyed, and the interior of his frame being visible as if he had been flayed alive ; indeed, the poor creature presents a most horrible spectacle, his body being thus mutilated, while he is in possession of his reason. Several individuals have been summoned before the borough magistrates this morning (Nlonday), on suspicion of having some knowledge of this frightful calamity. The poor fellow has a father and mother with a large family somewhat dependent on his exertions for a maintenance. TRAGICAL OCC URRENCE.—Yesterday the most painful exc:te neat prevailed in South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square, in consequence of the following tragi cal occurrence at the house of Mr. Manicorn, baker, No. 34, in the above-named street:--A female, named Mary Levy, aged 18 years, has for the last six months been in the service of Mr. Manicorn. Lately a suspicion had been en tertained that she was pregnant, which she firmly denied. Yesterday morni ng s h e w as up at seven o'clock, and h a lf an hour after war d s , having prepared her master's break fast in the p ar l ou r, she left the room. About eight o ' c l oc k Mr. M an i corn wan ting her, he rang the bell, w hi c h , s h e not responding to, he called her by name, but she nride no answer. He then ran up stairs, and on . reaching the second flight was horror struck at beholding her lying on her stomach on the stairs, which were in a pool of blood, her head resting on the top one, and by her side .an infant covered with blood. Ile descended into the street and alarmed the neighbours, several of whom re turned into the house with him, followed by Mr. Clark, surgeon, 3farylebone-lane, who pronounced her to be dead. The infant, a fine full-grown female child, was also dead, but had evidently been borp alive and then strangled, the string s o f i ts mother's ADron being tied tightly round its neck. THE NEW COMET.—By observations at the Cam bridge Observatory, on the night of September 15, the place of the comet discovered at llamburgh on Septem ber 6 was as follows :—At September 15, 13h. 26,6tnin., Sr sen w ich mean solar time ; right ascension, Oh. 44min. 29,95ec. i declination south, 12deg. 53inin• 32sec. MR• O'CONNELL'S-L-1.13-E- RATION. Last night a party of respectable tradesmen and others dined at the Angel and Crown, Seven-dials, to comme morate the liberation of Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P. After an excellent dinner, the chair was taken by Dr. Brady, who proposed the health of the Queen and the Royal Family.—(Drunk with loud expressions of loyalty.) " God save the Queen" was sung verse and chorus. The CHAIRMAN then said he wished he could find words to give expression to his feelings--.that expression which every on e w h o valued civil liberty was desirous to express. That feeling he did hope would ultimately unite Englishmen and Irishmen in one family.—( l p platise.) He was about to propose the health of a man who had made himself beloved and respected by his country. lle was speaking of a man who would enaan• cipate his country from the many embarrassments under tHch it had laboured for years. Mr. O'Connell seemed to be, under the dispensation of Divine Providence, the man to raise his country from degradation. Ireland, during many years, had been in a state of abject wretchedness, and it was ordained that Daniel O'Connell should come on earth to raise it to the rank it ought to hold among nations. Nothing could give him more pleasure than the sight of so many highly respectable Englishmen who had assembled with Irishmen to celebrate the triumph of I civil liberty. Mr. O'Connell had commenced by oppo sition to the union. That measure had passe], TO O'Connell continued his opposition, on the impression upon his mini that it was injurious to the interests of his country. lle had lately been made the object of a, prosecution, because he was opposed to an Act of Par liament. The Home Secretary had recently given notice of his intention to repeal various Acts of Parliament im prisoned th e me di ca l profession, yet the Government Mr. O'Connell for opposing one. He did hope that the meeting; would duly appreciate the merits of the man who had stood forward as the unflinching ad vocate of constitutional rights, and pay that respect to hint which was due to every friend and supporter of public rights. 1)r. Brady concluded by proposing the health of Daniel O'Connsll. The toast was enthusiastically honoured. Several toasts followed, among them " Justice to Ire land," " Our English Friends," &c. The proceedings were most gratifying. A DOUBLE ASSASSINATION.—A double assassina tion was committed on Wednesday night between eleven and twelve o'clock, at Romainville. A sergeant of the 50th of the line, returning home drunk to the camp, knocked at the door of M. Wincker, the baker, and on its being opened, asked for wine. The baker, seeing the state the man was in answered very courteously, "My friend, you see I sell bread, and - not wine," and was returninr , into the house ...gain, with one of his men natnerMagnan, when the drunken soldier drew his bayonet from its scabbard and wounded them both. M. Wincker died very shortly afterwards, and Magnan, though not mortally wounded, had a narrow escape, as the weapon entered his side, and would have pierced his heart had not the direction been turned by striking against one of the ribs. The cries of the victims put some of the neighbours, who were still up, in pursuit of the murderer, who was taken, and has been delivered up by his Colonel to the ordinary court of .justice. WAR STEAMERS. — During the early part of the week a naval officer, from the Admiralty, was down here, inspecting the different steamers belonging to the port, in reference to their capacity as war steamers, in the event of hostilities requiring a resort to such means of defence. lie found sixty-one Warners fully competent to carry 148 large guns, several smaller ones, and a com petent number of men ; and expressed his admiration of their strength and capacity. The river steam-boats, tug-boats, &c., he pronounced capable of being converted into gun-boats of a most formidable description. It is gratifying to know of our warlike capacity, but we hope to remain long strangers to practical knowledge of the fact.—Liverpool Journal. FIELD SFORTS OF THE NORTIL—We hope Print • Albert will step a little further north, among our hills awl mountains, to try his rifle at the hardy deer which inh Ibit our glens and eorries. Scenes famous in story are numerous as the antlered herds of Inverness, Hass, and Suth( rland shires, and should the Prince fancy some target practice, our northern meeting will show him some correct shooting, together with sundry athletic games, unknown at Windsor. On Friday last, Lord Lovat, accompanied by Lord Emlyn And Sir Pyers Mostyn, enjoygd a brilliant da3's deer stalk ing in his Lordship's preserves at Glenstrathfarar Forest. With right and left shots Lord Lovat brought down a couple of (leer, and with three other rifle dis charges, a noble stag feH to each. Sir P. Mostyn also secured a very large well-headed stag. The party at Achnanault have had great success in deer stalking.. During the last week Mr. Chearnley killed two, of which one was the largest stag seen in Ross-shire for many years, a veteran, well known to the sportsmen of that county. Another of the party succeeded, on Thursday last, in striking and securing two very good stags, with right and left shots. Their sport has, in other respects, been very remarkable. On Wednesday evening, Mr. Chearnley killed in the river, with the rod, within one hour, four trout, whose joint weight exceeded twenty-five pounds. On the Glenmoriston Hills, Edward Burn, Esq., of Aberdeen, and friend, got each a shot at the deer, both of which they kill, d—Mr. Bnrns's shot being the only one he had at deer this season. At Achnaclairoch, Sir St. George Gore, Bart., had five successive days of superior grouse shooting in the last week in August, having bagged 376 brace and four couple of hares, which gives an average of 76 brace a-day of birds very strong and wild. On the moors of Dunmaglass, Mr. Stephens and Mr. M‘Naughton, in ten days' shooting, had 400 brace of grouse. At Muirton, A. Mackenzie, Esq., and friend, killed in one day lately, five roe-deer and several pairs of black game.—lnverness Courier. TIIE DANIIIII., SEFT. B.—The lowering of the im port duties on sugar and coffee has already had a re markable result The serious apprehension that the revenue would thereby be injured is now proved to be entirely groundless, as the import Vies already double the amount which they produced in 1842 and 1843. With this favourable state of things we have also to be thankful for the diminution of snig and the increase of consumption. Moreover, it will - loo t T t o t h, f ut i or reduction of the duties, and it is already asserted that al most all colonial productions, tobacco, excepted, wiil be put on the same footing throughout almost all the Ger man states as the Zollverein may place them. MURDER OF AN INFANT.—About a month after last Whitsuntide an unfortunate servant girl, of the name of Sheeting, came from Loweatoft to reside with her parents at Martlesham-heath, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, bringing with her an illegitimate male child, of whom she had been delivered about a month before. Six weeks after her return home she had occasion, at six o'clock in the afternoon of a Tuesday, to go to the Post-office in Woodbridge, and left the child in charge of - hcr mother until her return, which was about nine o'clock the same evening, when she found the child very ill. The poor child was retching, straining, and foaming at the mouth, and continued lingering until two o'clock on Wednesday morning, when it died. It was buried in Waldringfield chapel-ground the following Sunday. Rumours shortly afterwards spread through the neighbourhood that Mary Sheeting, the grandmother, had a short time before the death of the child bought arsenic, for the purpose, as she had stated, to poison rats. Suspicions then arose that the poor babe had been poisoned, and an application was made to Mr. J. Wood, Jun., of Woodbridge, coroner for the liberty of St. Etheldred, to hold an inquest upon the child. He accordingly granted his warrant fur the dis interment of the body, and gave an order for a post mortcm examination, upon which it was found that the poor infant's st omac h contained a quantity - of arsenic. An inquest was held at the Lion Inn, at Martlesham, on the Gth inst., and further adjourned until Saturday last, when sufficient evidence was adduced to satisfy the jury, who, eighteen in number, unanimously returned a ver dict of 4‘ Wilful murder" against Mary Sheming. The Coroner immediately committed her to Ipswich gaol, to take her trial at the next asaizes. DR. Wor.rr.—We are informed that, after much correspondence, and obtaining from our own Govern ment all the interference and aid it feels authorised to undertake for the release of Dr. Wolff, Captain Grover a few days since started for St. Fe - .ersburgh, personally to interest the Emperor Nicholas in the same humane and holy cause. We doubt not of his success with that great Monarch, to whom we feel certain, from all lately seen or heard of him, it will afford no small degree of gratifica tion to employ his utmost influence in Bokhara to libe rate the missionary from his perilous situation. Of Captain Grover's own exertions and sacrifices we cannot speak too highly ; they do honour to human nature : and if, from the mystery still hanging over the fate of our countrymen, they should be beyond the reach of help, there may be other Europeans in life whow 4 ll reap the benefit of this pro cee ding. We put the . because e have only the assertion of the barbarous lung of th e f ac t ; no public execution has been witnessed ; and imme diately after he forced Dr. Wolff to write the l e tt er an nouncing their deaths only last year, he i mme di a t e ly altered his course of conduct towards him, and threw him into prison, Is here he had no means of proving or disproving the truth. This does create a doubt, though a fearful and remote one.—Literary Gazette. ATTEMPT TO POISON PRINCE SHAHZADA TIMooR. _An attempt was mad e b y some one to po i son poor t Stiahzada Timoor, some three days ago, but fortunately it failed—failed so far that; in the manner the poison was administered, it did not prove ra's'. It appears that the Pr ince i s i n the habit of taking some compoun d medicine, mixed in liquid in bottles ; on taking one of these doses he felt a pain in the chest—of this he took no particular notice, but on repeating the dose the next day be felt the same kind of pain, only more .severe. He again, next day in the afternoon, took a third dose, and immediately after, on stepping into his buggy, he felt sick and giddy, when symptoms appeared in a vio lent form, causing him to vomit incessantly, with great weakness in the limbs. He is now, however, from the provid-ntial rejection of the poison, recovering fast. One of his servants, a Persian and Shirazee, in order to test the medicine, drank a portion of the contents of the bottle, when the poison acted I iolently upon him ; but, on administering milk and other medicines in time, he vomited blood, and is also d o in g we ll. The Prince's suspicions rest on two parties—viz., either on a party of four men who came from Dost Mahomed to pay their respects, or some supposed villains who may have been sent by his half-b ro th er , F u ttehju . his possession, which right belongs to Timoor, the heir and 'representative of Shah Soojah, may have put up some one to do the act ; but Ws is all a supposition.—Agra Ulcbar, June 29. DINGLE.—LII3ERATION OF O'CONNELL.---F O r want of space we can only give the following extracts froth .—This to w n was b o r t i li li ll an in tt l , e il e l o u : m re in sp a o te n d de o n n t r th r i i s da c y ve l ag iwigh g t and in particular e house of the Hon. Richard De lloleyns.—One cf the fi,htrmen not having time to c o ll ec t mater i a l f or a bon fire, actually burned his boat.—. Kerry Examiner. ambe r s laY s - yea CP bil e )0 rea se• the sb wee,, wit° sdr. r4kB Lind' wit h loge iati e ring o be 'lr. t o ivi' ich '1~;_, :~