The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-10 00:00:00

Pr erne' 822 ; Dover , t 375 ; to Ramsgate, 58 ; to imndon, 278. SIR To , 'D self = - - vry ..uv• , ••• 114_ and other influential journalist, , , are ,-mp,oy,d t ro teti _,fig attention to the crying evils of mid city burial eve r and defective drainage of populous district:, as ,o,rttesent and powerful causes of disease, but not less v ttst 40 ' 4 You now seek to arouse the public mind to the fre portanee of the erection of public baths, for the er,lu.ent personal ablutions of the millions. That such ti o pons for the use of the masses, and that such atten tdmitt.o c leanliness, is extremely desirable, every one will usor us ,Only would foreigners no longer be able to . speak din derisively as " A nation wearing clean linen on 11 ) , 4k ins.;' but individual, and the general comfort, a j i " , and happiness, would be largely promoted ; and . t e te the common enemy, would, as regards the public aa tile pu distance Every. Medical man knows how effectually disease is 11 4 „ e u off by strict attention to universal personal clean- El t h -- ; and also how extensively it is engendered, where Y ha bits obtain. l ° wever, public baths in all our cities and towns, tkrPosing our population intent on having them, will, Sotmust, be a w or k o f ti me ; an d as, whenever we can se t: l ain all the good we desire, we call it wisdom to gy m ' Or do, all the good we can, suffer me to name and ablnend, through your columns, a mode of bathing, ti 4 , a .th, acces s ibl e to a ll i n a ll pl aces , an d equally etli litie a v ith any other mode, both for cleanliness and Isi to ;„' and which when adopted only for a short time, iti e Z e l an absol u t e l uxur y. I refer to the sponge bath, forgaalve use with travellers, whose numerous changes stilt etlitnost every other method. The invariable re itta°' th e daily use o f t h e sponge an d co ld wa t e r i s the en:l:lent of th e hi g h es t p oss ible state of health. tiv ef ue ed scarcely be added, that it is a special protec ekl r°lll " colds," and is highly curative of rheumatism, t)ther local complaints. humblest individual may secure the advantages of,,,"easure of this bath, as a sponge with a small vessel INl t ?r, and four or five minutes of time, are the only Edw-"tes• I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, A COMNIERCIAL TRAVELLER. uurgh, Sept. 7, 1844. 0 CONNELL'S LIBERATION. , t 4 REJOICINGS IN LIVERPOOL. the t f ne ws of the decision of the law Lords on the (L e : , error, reversing the judgment of the Court of Jo y. l 8 Beach, in Ireland, diffused the most lively amo ngst the repeaters of Liverpool. The follow tporticulars have been furnished by a Corre- Rhi ch el lt who was a witness of the proceedings by ak it i f the satisf ac ti on of our Hibernian friends was 4titti aste d :—" On Thursday and Friday evenings a v (e irer of streets in the north and south ends, as tk ie as the centre of the town, were illuminated, I. h of the windows literally blazing with candles. ursday evening several large fires were lighted. Pro Rea made known to the repeal staff, who very h:f h .Y appointed a deputation to proceed to the 1 4 11 7 'oealities for the purpose of advising the im boor—Lbanlbers congregated to put out the fires, lest uould give any annoyance to the local authorities, kki re .Productive of ill- consequences. One gentleman ,ttld C h s ed the different assemblages effectively, and ev , e ra not to sully- the triumph which their beloved . i' l ,',after unjust suffering, had achieved over path °Y — les, packed juries, and a Tory administration,. Igtti gi e : i ,B' ground for even the shadow of a complaint RteeQ t nem. Everywhere the deputation was warmly At om and in all cases the speaker's advice was Itte tk rY acted upon, the fires being instantly „,c'ffe ll - c it e , (l ; the p eo pl e declaring that they meant not to out to testify their joy at what had taken place. kti BN , ,Pressed their determination, however, to t hemselvesailic by merely exhibiting lights in their theerrys, and said they would even suppress the * ,„ .. ere b , ll4 solind of the bagpipes and violin, which f 7eohl; e, Pusly heard at every corner. On Friday 41 h e °illumination was even more general than th edi Previous one, but no fires were lighted, so 11 „tonn t ,have the children of Erin become to those eeh b a ueY believe to be acting for their good. Indeed, 'tts ; 44 et of those who take an interest in repeal 'tik ir ', 4B truly meritorious in thus, by counsel and 41%.,...1",yreventing the possibility of anger or colli- Zlverpoo/ Albion. --=----- 11 t 4 4:8118UCTION BY LIGHTNING OF GULSTON FARM, 1h S A 11 d r IIb WICH, KENT.—On Sunday night last, during tfteadful storm which visited the eastern division of 4 * a -144 Y of Kent, a most extensive pile of buildings Z i lea fr " Gulston Farm, at the village of Ash, four 4„ b c) ta Sandwich and nine from Canterbury, was set 4 tri r „Y the lightning, and the whole of the produce, to th - l u 'tra' implements, and a quantity of live stock, 141 41 -14 a e d• The whole was the property of Mr. Cole iit„tH'tsrrbaer, and was the yield of 100 acres. light a ,t befor e ten o'clock a crash, preceded by ßoii? the most vivid description, during which the Pr v r l ' appeared to open and pour forth liquid fire, 't t4 B- "er the barns. In an instant the flames issued !p ry oveey portion of the building, and burned with a Nrri e ldona witnessed, until the whole line, covering up fr -48 of a , 0 111 t h 'loader of an :tele of ground, was in a blaze 1 446 Z, t° l 3 to tbe bottom. The parish engine front was sent for as were also those from Canter tij, but the fire by the time of their arrival had ob t'u), ed • 0 'e fi r s- - flu a hold, that it was with great difficulty -e t"en could approach sufficiently near to play d aps the burning mass. However, by their un ,tetkii`ea exertions the fire was prevented from ex e s n li g , to: the farm-house and the stabling behind it, 4 41 i s FP'Y of water from a neighbouring pond was plen ttse,'_ ..ut was found impossible to save the building or 11 4 , wi',ltored therein. In less than one hour and a half ‘lst et , j u k ule of the farm, exclusive of the premises above ' , or s were consumed ; fifteen pigs of the best breed burned to death, as were also one bull, one bullock, t e° w• It is a fortunate circumstance that no lives : 41 1).: °st • During the whole time the storm raged fear `Npid a nd much praise is due to the firemen for the in '444 't3r they displayed in facing the war of the ele- I Nt S and the violence of the fire. The police acted It 4l t ete ditably in assisting those who were disposed to th e engines, and it is only justice to say that as b, y i r "' were required voluntarily came forward to do fet e are gl a d t o s t a t e th a t Mr. Coleman is insured theei n ntents in the Sun Fire-office, and the building ° rwich Union. 0, tb °ol 3 JOKE.—At our port, on Monday morning Was a good attendance of shearers, mostly e els T here was little or no hiring until about seven when some witty Irishman, purposely to put a ip the farmers, caused the town-crier to announce, 44 4 10 - , ) ,' of drum, the following intimation:—" Wanted I ,kin' t ately, 300 men for the railway between Berwick kt ti,r' ek burnspath—wages 18s." After which a fairish t%tai g , co mmenced , and those who were lucky enough to k• i t h. - wasters, were hired at from lls. to 13s. per week. ;44 '8 joke, which was only intended for the farmers, ; 11 ,e 4? unprofitable to some of his countrymen not in '44 , e t , as they immediately commenced to dispose of „' ti t ; ° Ks at about one-third of their price, fully ex- Rh e to be instantly engaged for the railway at the Pl t t h w ages of 18s. per week.—Kelso Chronicle. 'ti ld l. l%l T PROM LOUIS PHILIPPE TO HER MAJESTY. p a 'onatch steam-vessel, which arrived here from 31 • 4 - 1 ," Thursday morning, brought over an exceed Vandoorne Char- a-bane, similar to those used by t de faoily during the Queen's visit last year to 1 11 e 1. 114 p n -at eatt d'Eu. It appears that, in the course of the l• t, - ,"us excursions made by King Louis Philippe and ( N 4 sti Yx l guests in the neighbourhood of Eu, the Queen fr xpressed h e r admiration of those commodiou s t a' vehicles ; and the King, immediately on his p re a t o Paris ordered this one to be const ructed as thN to her 'Majesty-. The Char- a-bane was landed toar b Pier, 'tild immediately left for Windsor, drawn by I:.l.°"ses 'th vehicle being too high to be . conveyed se - "Wire' t vio l a placed upon a truck, it would not d , as, NN - -erit. pat e th e arc h es :xnd tunnels.—Hanipshire Indep en- twit z' 1 , 1 e sty's Highland piper, in A kat_ aCkfty, her her Majesty during ro v lral costume, will accompany .hlands. ItiCt Progress through the A ' At th 4P OSITION OF MISS PEEL.:-We . reg ret to learn Afte "tecounts received from Draytoi, Manor yester- My Moon, respecting the health of the above young N; ere unfavourable, Sir Charles Clarke, and r. 11 P.,.°t • t s z i. of m Birmingham , are in constant attendance d patient. 4:4IILAIt afflicted I te NCIDENT.—The following singular C0 pt, ,... illustrative of the instinct which prompts the '44 4 7 1 tribe when pressed by dire necessity, to throw t ,!er ti i e „" v ell on the protection of man, occurred the ' 1 44 -.1 of Sabb:ith last. As Mr. George Dippie was NWalk aroufld his garden, he was not a little sur ly f (374 Observing a small bird suddenly drop down a 414""2, fluttering and em'tting piercing cries of distress. pa r t i matediately afterwards a hawk, which had been 411111 e salt of the little songster, d arted downwards in the jlle o "'regionunconscious of or gnawed by his pre ttnd struck ckhis foot with considerable violence. th e ' lls teat the bird of prey was secured, and deprived P llea b ,, ll °Nver of injuring its intended victim, which than h Ellin is ruthless talons. The hawk, now made an ev 6 captive, was detained in " durance vile , " where, liavifi'e,r, it did not long survive its disapp ointment, °le din th e course of the evening...JO /so Chronicle. 1 ' tt A ll y lil Ma STORMS IN STAFFORDSHIRE.— On Thurs. ,4ioti erring and yesterday, this neighbourhood was h the most log continued atoms, accompanied "), itr o „"'"Y rain, known for some years past. The storn! -0 h. - eod about ten o'clock on Thursday evening, .and 4 , 14 11 elQrged was the atmosphere with the electric_ illk4eetj; to Cause a constant succession of vivid flashes of ;" ; 1 44;;Ptning, accompanied by long and loud peals of ;Tau b : the rain desceaded in torrents during the con- Int. -e ,bf the storm, which abated shortly after mid yesterday morning, however, the storm . It .hce t l lt ged with increased violence, and continued until " t kith'"en o'clock, when it ceased. The sky, netwith v't th e d ' presented a lowering aspect daring the whole °tit, „ iv l s aY, and towards evening the storm again broke t t °'fie m t he violence of the preceding evening. It is ad e e ntial circumstance that the previous fine weather the e nabied the aiculturists to harvest their crops, or 414 " ° 117. e - quell oes would have been disastrous,--Stafford ,. eurY. 1,.* 4 ord. ' N47l ON.—The Lord Bishop of Bangor held its di 'nation on Sunday last in the Cathedral Churc h of trit e t l e g t h e e, when followinggentlemen were admitted holy order of deacons —Hugh Norris Lloyd, :I" o 'ar of Jesus College, Oxford ; James Hughes, °sus College, Oxford. 44 .YxsT Onti a WAGES AT KELSO.—At our port on Rte tt a Y morning last for hiring shearers, there was a 12, , to ttendanca of Irish reapers. Wages were from las • - " - Border Watch. THUNDER STORM. SIX PERSONS KILLED AND TWELVE SE- VERE IX INJURED. • uNDA MORNING.—On Friday even its:; lest Lins village and its neighbserlesski w ere visited with one of the most terrific thunder storms, accom panied with a heavy fall of rain, ever before witnessed by the oldest inhabitant. About five o'clock in the after noon the clouds began to lower, and in a few minutes the rain came down in torrents, accompanied with loud peals of thunder, which followed in rapid succession. The flashes of lightning were so frequent and so vivid that the whole village appeared enveloped in flames. In less than an hour the little brook which flows through the village rose and overflowed its banks, rushing into many of the houses contiguous and destroying much va luable property in its course. About half a mile down the brook is situate a very fine cotton mill belonging to Mr. Cooper, known as the Wellington Mill. At this point the river banks also gave way, and the water rushing into the yard drowsed the fires and stopped the works. Many of the hands were extri cated from the devouring element by the use of ropes which were thrown to them, and which they tied round their bodies, when the other hands from an elevated position drew them through the water to the land. As soon as the hands were all rescued from the mill, they took refuge on some of the more elevated posi tions in the neighbourhood. A number of them went round a considerable distance towards the village, keep ing on the higher grounds. On their way home they had to cross the brook about half a mile above the mill. The water was at that time running over' the bridge nearly knee deep. On the left of the road stood a brick wall of about 200 yards in length, behind which there remained a large reservoir, once used for supplying water to a factory then situated on its banks, but which has been pulled down many years. About thirty of the mill hands agreed to cross the bridge in a body, under the protection of the wall. They had not pr needed more than half the distance, when the banks of the reservoir gave way, letting its contents, with great violence, against the wall under which the unfortunate people were walking. In another instant the wall was swept down, burying upwards of twenty of the poor creatures beneath its ruins, and carrying others down the stream, which now became frightful to look at. All the houses near the spot were instantly filled with water, many of the inmates being comp: lied to take refuge in their upper chambers. The alarm was given, and shortly a number of persons came to the assistance of the unfortunate children and young persons, who had been either drowned, killed, or a ounded. As soon as the contents of the reservoir had spread over the adjoining field, and, in sonid measure, left the road passable, a number of men ventured up to their middle in the water, and com menced removing the fallen materials, from beneath which five persons were taken out dead, and sixteen others severely injured, some of them having their legs and arms broken or dislocated, whilst others were severely bruised in various parts of the body. Many others were swept clown the stream, and washed on the banks in the adjoining fields without sustaining material injury. There was one girl still missing, and, as it was now dark, all the efforts of her friends to find her proved fruitless until the next morning, when she was found clinging round a tree, quite dead. Those whose injuries were considered dangerous were taken to the Stockport Infirmary, where they now remain, but are said to be out of danger. There are five girls and one boy dead ; all of whom were interred yesterday. On Saturday night, an inquest was held on the bodies, before Charles Hudson, Esq., coroner, and a respectable jury. In each case, a verdict of Accidental Death was returned. BRIGHTON, SEPT. 9.—The weather yesterday was ex ceedingly sultry, and towards the evening dark clouds gathered in the horizon. About seven o'clock the storm burst with fearful violence over the town, shaking the houses to their foundation. It was during the evening service, and we understand that numbers fainted away with fright, and the scene altogether was most appalling. The storm continued to rage with unabated violence for upwards of two hours ; the lightning was awfully grand, and the thunder kept up a continual din, and rain fell in torrents, running like a river down North-street and the other streets leading to the centre of the town. In the midst of the storm the excursion train started at its usual time ; but nearly half of the passengers who arrived by it in the morning chose to incur the expense of staying a night in Brighton and taking a fresh ticket in the morn ing, to braving the turbulence of the atmosphere. retersfield and its neighbourhood were visited on Thursday last by one of the most violent storms of thunder, lightning, and hail, that has been witnessed in that vicinity for some years ; it was remarked that in one part of the storm, for the space of twenty minutes, the thunder was incessant ; the rain and hail poured down at intervals in torrents ; and in the neighbourhood of Sheet and Liss, the hail-stones measured from three to five inches in circumference, and such was the quantity which fell, that although the temperature was high and the air sultry, whole cart loads were lying on the ground even on the following morning. The roofs on the green houses were literally smashed, scarcely a frame being left unbroken. Some potutoes, which had been dug up in the morning, but left on the ground, in a field near Liss, were broken to pieces, and the fragments scattered in all directions.—Humpshire Telegraph. On Thursday last, this town and neighbourhood were visited by a most tremendous thunder storm, which lasted for nearly three hours without intermission, with heavy showers of hail. At Totton, Redbridge, and Mil'brook the hail came down in such torrents that it broke a great number of skylights and windows ; in some parts the roads were entirely inundated. We have not heard of any damage done by the lightning, but we fear there is a great deal done in many places. In the evening it lightened so fast, that some of the oldest in habitants of the town cannot recollect seeing anything like it before.—lbid. On Thursday evening a heavy storm of rain, accom panied by lightning and awful thunder, passed over this city, and very heavy rain fell in the course of the night. We understand that at the Mynde Park, Much Dew church, hail-stones of such large dimensions fell, that upwards of 300 panes of glass were shattered in the hot-houses, &c. Considerable damage has also been done in other parts of the county.—Hereford Times. CANTERBURY, MONDAY.—Last night (Sunday) a thunder storm, the violence of which has not been ex ceeded for many years, passed over the eastern part of the county of Kent. So early as 7 o'clock in the even ing the murmuring of distant thunder was heard in the direction of the coast by Ramsgate, and in the course of another half-hour the flashes of the lightning became in creasingly frequent. From the highest portions of the city of Canterbury the scene arising from this conflict of the elements was awfully grand, the electric fluid now dazzling the eye of the beholder with its murky glare, and then with imposing brightness striking its vein of forked fluid along the firmament in the most instant and determined manner. Shortly after 9 o'clock the storm was at its height, and then and for upwards of an hour afterwards, the loud crashing of the thunder was truly terrible. All along the border of the beautiful valley in which Canterbury lies the winding of the Stour was dis tinctly seen, the lightning being so extraordinarily vivid as to bring out even the minutest objects. The heaviest peals of thunder appeared immediately over the locality of the cathedral, and, from its great altitude, it was feared that it might sustain some injury from the ex treme violence of the storm ; but upon visiting it this morning we find no damage done to that noble structure, except that which the wear of years has effected. Rain began to fall in heavy drops soon after the btorm com nienced, and by nine o'clock it descended in torrents, the streets of the " ancient city" being overflowed by . a complete deluge of water, from which many persons in the lower parts of the city suffered much trouble and in convenience. It is rumoured in the neighbourhood that considerable damage has been done to the standing-hop bines, and that many trees in the woods throught Kent have suffered severely. Up to nine o'clock this morning (Monday) the reporter has not heard of any uncommon case, or of any loss of life, either human or animal. Se veral of the inhabitants declare the storm to have been the most violent known in the vicinity for the last twenty years. It was not quite over before midnight, and at the above hour this morning the rain still falls heavily, with every prospect of a continuance. At Brighton the storm was equally severe. It lasted about two hours, and the rain fell during the whole time with the utmost violence. FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE.—Yesterday morning, at a quarter to five o'clock, a policeman belonging to the K division, in going his rounds in Charles-street, St. George's-in-the-East, discovered the shop of a barber, named Goff, on fire. lie instantly gave an alarm, but so rapid was the spread of the flames that toff and his lodgers, four in number, were obliged to make their escape by the windows, and had narrowly escaped seri ous injury, if not destruction. Goff himself, in his fright, leaped from the one-pair window, and in his fall has badly dislocated his leg. The poor man was unin sured, and the loss of his little property will be of serious consequence to him. SUPPOSED SUICIDE.—The body of a respectably dressed man was discovered on Saturday afternoon in a field belonging to Mr. F. Wills, at Sellywick, and an old pocket pistol, which appeared to have been recently dis charged, was found lying near the body. The charge I had entered the head of the deceased through his mouth. The body appeared to be that of a person about 65 years of age, five feet six inches high, bald-headed, hair and whiskers sandy and gray, hands much freckled, and with warts upon them, particularly on the knuckle of the forefinger of the right hand. The deceased was dressed in a black coat, waistcoat, and smallclothes, drab kersey mere gaiters with gilt buttons, blue worsted stockings, low shoes, black silk neckerchief, and hat. A farthing and some small shot were the only articles found in the pockets, and there is no clue to his identity. The body now lies at the Malt-shovel, Selly Oak, to await a Coro ner's inquest.—Birnzingham Gazette. IST ARROW ESCAPE, BY THE SAGACITY OF A HORSE. —On Saturday last a young child had a narrow escape for its life, and was miraculously saved by the sagacity of a horse. The child happened to be playing in the street at the west end of Kirkaldy, when two carts were passing under the charge of one man, he sitting in the foremost cart, and holding the other horse by the halter, a slave being between the two. The child having run in before tho hinflmost horse, and the horse observing its perilous con dition, reiuse4 t, , ,. go forwafd ; and though repeatedly urged by its less observant drive f, rather than do 1,a,7,pd r ove the death of the child, which would have been inevitable, he fell d own on his knees, and lay till a young woman, who oLsprved the perilous position ni the child, rushed out of her masper'a house, and snatcikail up the child before the lazy driver had left his seat in the cart, ole au other person came to its rescue. The child was carried to its motive: unhurt. —Edinburgh G W It i E 4I3 :I I I :). L I c lj al:r i l fi N A diations by " Pegasus ;" bows arrived at poncaster i \ jun., 170, Strand, will insure a copy by return of post. I L E ; I D:: _, " E 0 SUNDAY, r ega h e r SEPT. ngsan l d S p .: L and other Important preliminaries ; Engraving of the Doncaster Cup. A sixpence inclosed to Mr. Clement, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1844. THE PIMLICO SLATE WORKS. This extensive establishment has begun to attract amongst the higlestqlarters the attention which it de .nd a' T-PR`' , s- ~f h , ivt.give!lL , To orders to . ;;; :, :or, for various ar• ticles of decorative furn` are, and f,,r "sting up, on a large scale, of staircases, halls, bath-rooms, apartments, &c. Wednesday last his Royal Highness Prince Wil liam of Prussia and suite, accompanied by the Duke of Wellington, honoured the proprietor of the works with a visit in Upper Belgrave-place. The Prince was much pleased with the numerous and various specimens in the show-rooms, and expressed his surprise at the ap parently perfect transmutation of simple slate into the most costly marbles and precious slabs of stone. Amongst the articles which excited admiration was a perfect imitation of lapie lazuli, and an enamelled slate billiard-table, similar to one which Mr. Magnus recently made for Strathfieldsaye. His Royal High ness and the Duke of Wellington subsequently ex amined the machinery for sawing, planning, moulding, and polishingslate, all of which are exceedingly curious. They then visited the enamelling houses and the rest of the works, with all of which they were highly gratified. The processes used at this esta blishment are exceedingly interesting, and the re sults are perfect. Slate, a commodity hitherto used for the most common purposes, and but for few of them, is here cut, by means of instruments of great power, into balustrades, tablets, mouldings, mullions, sashes for windows, door -frames, and many other things. It is polished, painted, or stained to represent so closely the most beautiful marbles, that the eye can detect no dif ference between the original and the copy. It is then submitted to the process of enamelling in stoves or heated closets, or furnaces, where it remains for eight days or more, as the necessity may require, and is then polished or finished off, and, having undergone all this, presents a most splendid and costly appear ance. Thus tables or slabs of Sienna marble, of Negro antiquo, of the verd antique, of lapis lazuli, and of the rarer specimens of Italian and oriental marbles, are produced, which are said to be harder and more durable than real marble, and capable of resisting very great external force. Neither are they affected by heat or frost, and, being perfectly non-absorbent, are of pro digious durability. Some of the enamellings of flowers, animals, landscapes, and so forth, are very fine as works of art, and will well reward the inspection of the curious. The Duke of 'Wellington, who has patronized this invention, some time since forwarded with his dispatch to Colonel Malcolm several speci mens of the enamelled slate to Hong-Kong, and large orders for baths and other things have in conse quence been received by the proprietor from that country within the laso two months. The slate is principally from Merionethshire, Carnarvonshire, and Cornwall.—From the Times journal of Sept. 9. THE ATTACK ON MOGADORE. (From a Correspondent of the Times.) GIBRALTAR, AUG. 31.—8 y the packet which left this on tl.k , 210 , , t , '. authoris , d French account of the attack ~it .. 1 / 2 1,4atiore as tai , itrdeo. Ihe following is the best English account, received partly from an intelligent ()nicer on board lone of our vessels of war there, and partly from Mr. Willshire, our Vice-Consul, who, with some of his family, was concealed in the town during the attack. Mogadore was bombarded by the French squadron under the command of his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville on the 15th of August. Hostilities began at nine o'clock A.M., by the Moors firing twenty-one guns before the French had taken up their position, but the fire was not returned until two P.M.. The batteries were silenced; the Deputy-Governor and all the Moorish authorities and Moslem inhabitants, with the exception of ten or twelve, having previously fled, leaving the gates open behind them. The Kabyles called in for the de fence of the town then commenced breaking open the shops, bazaars, and also the custom-houses, until near midnight, when they fled with their booty, fearing the French would land early in the morning and take pos session. It is difficult to ascertain the loss of life on the part of the Moors. The Jemappes, 100 ; Suifren, 90 ; Triton, 80, liners; the Belle Poule, 60, frigate ; and the Pluton, steamer, were the ships engaged on the 15th, with a few brigs. On the 16th the Belle Poule and Asmodee threw se veral shot into the town and island; 900 French were landed on the island in the afternoon, and, after a rude encounter, took possession of it, having some officers wounded and some men killed and wounded. The Kabyles returned on the morning of the 16th in greater force, and, finding the gates shut, threatened to set fire to everything if they were not instantly opened. After some delay this was done, and the rush of the Kabyles through the streets was distinctly heard by those Christians and Jews who were concealed. The merchants' houses were immediately attacked, and the cries and shrieks of men, women, and children pierced the air in every direction, and were heard by Mr. Willshire and party during the whole day and night. Our Vice-Consul, Mr. Willshire, escaped in a miracu lous manner. His daughters and their governess had previously got on board the Heels, and during the bom bardment were safe on board the Warspite; but Mr. Willshire, his wife, Messrs. Allnut and Lucas, clerks in Mr. Will:hire's establishment, Mr. Robertson (a mer chant), and his wife and four children were on shore the whole time. Mrs. Willshire had four or five daggers raised to her throat by these wretches, in hopes of extorting money. Her presence of mind, and her knowledge of the Mo ghrebi dialect, saved her. One of the ruffians seized upon Mr. Robertson's little girl, a pretty child about nine years old, and scratched her arm several times with his dagger, calling out " money " at each stroke. Mr. Robertson himself, as he tried to escape, received a sabre cut on the right elbow. After hours of agony and suspence they managed to escape the attention of the Kabyles, who were too intent upon booty, and got to the Waterport about three o clock in the morning of the 17th. Mr. Lucas bad found his way there an hour be fore, and, lashing together three planks, which fortu nately lay at the gate, he paddled himself off to the French brig of war Cassard, then about a mile off. A French boat was immediately sent to their assistance ; and the Prince, made acquainted with their escape, sent them in a steamer to the Warspite. The Moors for two hours fired pretty well, but their best gunner, a Spanish renegade (Omar el Alge), being killed, they became dispirited and abandoned the batte ries. The French fired better than they previously had done at Tangiers • they went in under their fore and mizen topsails, and fired pretty quickly. An old Moor never desertel the Consul's family the whole time; and a Jewess, much attached to the family, abandoned them only to return to those allied to her by the ties of blood. Mr. Wiltshire's house was set on fire the moment he left it ; a large quantity of tea, sugar, English goods, and produce of the country, gum, skins, almonds, &c., was destroyed in the conflagration. Auc. 23.—The Vesuvius arrived off Mazagan at a quarter-past 7 o'clock A.M. The batteries were all manned, and bodies of cavalry were coming into the town from Azimore. Orders had been issued to fire upon any vessel that might approach within range, and it was only by strong remonstrances on the part of Mr. Redman, our Vice-Consul, that the orders were not obeyed. The Governor would not give permission to the Vice-Consul to come off (there being Custom-house accounts pending), but promised to send him under a strong escort to the Sultan at Rabat, to be disposed of as his Majesty might think proper ; his two brothers were allowed to embark. The Vesuvius has brought from Mogadore Mr. and Mrs. Willshire, and four daughters, Miss Archer, Mr. and Mrs. Elton and son, Mr. and Mrs. Robertson and four children, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Allnut, Mr. Levi (a converted jew and missionary), and Mr. Grace ; from Mazagan, the two Messrs. Redman. The French did not enter the town of Mogadore, but a force landed after the people had abandoned it, at the battery near the Waterport gate, whence they took off 12 brass guns, and rendered useless many others, accord ing to their statement forwarded hence by last packet. A matter yet remaining to be shown to us here, though perhaps cleared up by the French official details which will have reached England ere this, is, if, as has been stated in the French account here, 180 dead bodies were thrown into the sea after the island had been taken, what became of the number of wounded which must have been on the ground ? Whether in open field or an attack against a fortress, the proportion of wounded may be rated at from five to seven times the number killed, and yet, neither from the French accounts from our own ships of war, nor from the Consul's party, has one word been mentioned here about the disposal of wounded Moors I This omission is the more remarkable on the part of the French, as, according to what may have been seen by their account of the attack which reached this, some details of minor importance w ere g i ve n. One version as to the prisoners here is, that those embarked by the French were persons found i n th e fortress, having been confined r eference the t letters he Emperor fromfoa n g political 'Tangiers crimes.published In to the Times, the following ord er was p u blished in the Gib •in r 7 b Chronicle h t ro e n r i e by c le yesterd a y : -- " Her Majesty's steam vessel Vesuvius, at Gibraltar, Aug. 30, 1844. " General Memorandum, No. 157.—Various offensive paragraphs having appeared in some English newspapers with reference to the late proceedings on the coast of Barbary, the attention of the several captains and com manders of her Majesty's ships and vessels under my command, and more especially of the Warspite, is called to the mischief which attends on such unlicensed publi cations, written for the most part, as they must be, without accurate knowledge, with false views, and under wrong impressions. " They are directed to impress the minds of those whom they respectively command with a just sense of the evil consequences and mutual ill will they may give rise to between the subjects of her Majesty and those of friendly powers. And, with reference to the 9th Article, sec. 2, chap. 5, page 96, of the Admiralty Instructions, they will call for strict obedience to the directions it contains, assuring those who may transgress herein, that, if discovered, they will be visited by the high displeasure of the Right llon. the Lcrds Commissioners of the Admiralty, and be made responsible in every case for any mischief which arises from the practice. " E. W. C. R. OWEN, Vice-Admiral. " To the respective Captains, Commanders, and Commanding Officers of her Majesty's ships and vessels in the Mediterranean." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—Iier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at the Castle at twenty minutes before seven o'clock this morning, to take leave of the Queen and Prince Albert. Immediately after her l'ajesty's departure, the Royal Duchess left the Castle for her residence, Frogmore Lodge. Precisely at seven o'clock the royal party left the Castle for Woolwich, to embark on the Royal Vic toria and Albert yacht en route to Blair Atholl Castle. The illustrious party occupied three carriages and four, and left in the following order : The first carriage, containing the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal ; The second carriage, containing the Viscountess Canning, Lady in Waiting ; Lady Caroline Somers Cocks, Maid of Honour in Waiting; and Mademoi selle Charlie, in attendance on the Princess Royal; The third carriage, containing Major-General Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting, and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert. A party of the Royal Horse Guards, urder the command of Cornet Sheffield, formed the escort from the Castle to the Slough station of the Great Western Railway. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the royal party travelled by a special train to the Paddinjton terminus. The unfavourable state of the weather_ prevented the Royal Family from taking their accustomed airing this morning. Viscount Canning arrived at the Castle last even ing on a visit to her Majesty. His Lordship left the Castle this morning. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Dowager Lady Clinton, Earl Howe, and the Earl of Denbigh, left her residence, Busby House, Bushy Park, in a carriage and four, for the Euston-square terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway, at a quarter before ten o'clock yesterday morning. Her Majesty arrived at the station at a quarter past eleven o'clock, and was handed from her carriage by Sir Horace Seymour. The Hon. Miss Wheatley and the Hon. Miss Eden followed from Bushy Park soon afterwards. At twenty minutes before twelve o'clock, the Queen Dowager and suite left the terminus by a special train for Witley Court, Worcestershire. Her Ma jesty's suite consisted of the Dowager Lady Clinton, Lady in Waiting; Hon. Sophia Wheatley and the Hon. Miss Eden, Maids of Honour in Waiting; Earl Howe, Lord Chamberlain ; and Lady Georgina Cur zon ; the Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse,; Sir Andrew Barnard, Clerk Marshal; Sir Horace Sey mour, Equerry in Waiting ; Sir David Davies, Phy sician to her Majesty; Captain Edward Curzon, R.N., Comptroller of the Household ; and the Rev. George T. Hudson, Chaplain to her Majesty. Their Royal Highness the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary- Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, arrived in town yesterday from Kew. Their Royal Highnesses left Cambridge House in the afternoon for Kew. Mr. Ord, Sir John Rennie, and a deputation from the Direct Northern Railway, transacted business yesterday atthe 'office of the Board of Trade. Lord Wharncliffe, Lord Pesident of the Council left town yesterday for .Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. The Earl of Haddington returned to town yester day from Woolwich, after attending the embarkation of the Queen and Prince Albert. His Lordship transacted business in the afternoon at the Foreign office. [lt is a curious coincidence that at the moment so much of deserved praise is properly bestowed on the Pimlico Slate Quarries, that Mr. George Robins should be directed to announce the sale, by public com petition, of the slate quarries in Merionethshire, in North Wales, in which Mr. Magnus, alluded to in the Times report, is so largely interested. It may be called the parent quarry to the one at Pimlico. It is proposed that a company should be established to carry out the peremptory instruc tions of the board of directors; such a speculation would appear without risk. It is strange, and as Shakspeaxe would say, " it is passing strange" that at the moment so much interest is excited in respect to the use and great utility of slate, that another quarry is in the market, and is placed also under the controul of Mr. Robins, in Carnarvonshire. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence left his residence in St. James's Palace at six o'clock yesterday morning, for Woolwich, to be in readiness to receive the Queen and Prince Albert on the Victoria and Albert yacht. Dispatches from the Governor of Gibraltar were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. It is stated of this that it is the most extensive con cern throughout the empire, and it is said, with ap parently great truth, that it promises a speedy and certain fortune] FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. A POTATO RIOT AT APPLEDORE. We are furnished by a correspondent with some par ticulars of a singular outbreak which occurred at Apple dore about two or three weeks since, we believe on Sa turday, the 17th ult. The origin of the fracas, it appears, was a farmer's wife having boasted, when on her way from Appledore to Bideford, that she had made a sove reign of a few potatoes, in Appledore, the week before, and that on the following week she intended to make more. The potato-dealer in question, it seems, made the money by selling her potatoes at 14d. per peck; and this successful inroad upon the pockets of the Appledorians led to her determination of making even a larger profit on the following week. This circumstance becoming known, the ladies of West Appledore made up their minds to resist the imposition that was to be practised up'Jn them, and having assembled in a very formidable body, they went to the different farmers' wives who frequented the market, informing them that they had agreed among themselves to give ninepence, and no more, and they vowed vengeance against all who should be induced to exceed that price. Some of the dealers were quickly intimidated into compliance, but others for a time stood firm. What aggravated the case on the part of the dealers was a well-ascertained fact, that they had purchased them in Barnstaple market at 7d., and even 6d. per peck, and endeavoured to make the Appledore people pay them 14d. One of the farmers' wives, we are told, made application to a magistrate in the neighbourhood, who advised her to prevent a dis turbance by selling at the Barnstaple price. A farmer sat on his hamper, in a corner, and swore stoutly that he would not sell for less than is. per peck, and went to Bideford for the assistance of the police, who told him that if he offered his potatoes at a fair price there would be no riot, and declined to interfere. The women, nothing daunted by the resistance offered to them, took possession of the potatoes, served them out to the public at their own price (9d. per peck) and threw the money into the baskets. One of the inhabitants, with a view of en • ARRIVALS. The Hon. Charles Augustus Murray, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from a visit to the Earl of Dunmore, at Dunmore Castle, near Falkirk, N.B. ; Montagu E. N. Parker, Esq., at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from a tour ; Mr. Spencer De Horsey, from the Isle of Wight ; the Hon. Mrs. Adolphus Cape], at the York Hotel, Albemarle-street, from a visit to Lord and Lady Maynard, at Eastow Lodge, Essex ; Pooley, Esq., at ditto, from a tour ; Captain Francis Seymour, in Piccadilly. forcing order, read part of the Riot Act ; but this was a sort of dead letter to the fair sex of Appledore, and they gained their point. They " served out" the farmer who went to Bideford for the police, by giving him a black eye ; an " old chap," who stuck himself up in a corner in defiance of the fair belligerents, and the pleas ing information communicated to him by one of the party, that unless he " came to" they would lash him to the stern of a boat and tow him from Appledore to In stow. With the fear of such a cooler before his eyes, the old gentleman at length gave way, sold out his pota toes, and put the money in his sack. In the afternoon, to celebrate the victory they had obtained, the Apple dore women had a " grand tea," and some gentlemen who admired the courage and patriotism they had evinced, supplied them with spirits for the remainder of the day. [All the theory in the world is not equal to experiments of this kind.] —North Devon Advertiser. MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE.—On Friday last, as the steam-boat, Waterman No. 7, left Woolwich on her voyage to London, among her passengers was a gentle man respectably attired, and accompanied by a, lady. They were observed by the other passengers to be en gaged in an earnest conversation, and the lady appeared very much excited. W hen the vessel was between Charlton and Woolwich Point, the gentleman gave his walking-stiek to the lady, walked deliberately to the stern of the boat, and jumped overboard. The steamer was going at full speed by the flood tide, and made ,con siderable way before an alarm was given. Mr. . Phillips, the master, immediately ordered the engines to be reversed, and made every effort to save the unfortu nate man ; but though he was observed to struggle for some time in the water, he ultimately sunk before assist ance reached him. The lady appeared distracted—and as there appeared to be a determination on her part to jump overboard likewise, Mr. Griffiths, a timber-mer chant of Woolwich, watched her closely, and on the arrival of the boat at Blackwall, gave her into the care of a police-constable, who promised to conduct her home. She refused to give either her name or address, or fur nish any particulars with regard to the unfortunate de ceased, mere stating that he was a gentleman residing at Hoxton New Town. From further information, on in quiry being made at Woolwich, it appears that they were observed walking in a lane in the vicinity of that town, apparently excited, and the lady in tears. The body has not been recovered, although the river in that part has been several times dragged. DEATH OF SIR THOMAS TANCRED, BART.—The accounts received from Spa, Belgium, at the close of last week, confirm the account of the death of the above Baronet, who expired at that watering-place on the 29th ult., in his 75th year. The deceased was son of the fifth Baronet and Miss Smith, daughter of Mr. Thomas Ash ton Smith, and married in 1805 Miss Crewe, second daughter of the Rev. Offiey Crewe, of Muxton, Staf fordshire, who has been dead some years. He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father in 1782. He is succeeded by Mr. Thomas Tancred, born in 1800, and married in 1839 to Miss Selby, youngest daughter of , Mr. Prideaux Selby, of Turrell House, Northumberland. ARUNDEL YACHT CLUB. The sailing match amongst the fast yachts belonging to this highly - respectable club, for a very handsome silver cup and cover, came off yesterday between Wool wichoclh T . lowing had b e en ent e r e d : — done much H a i nes, for E its sq advancement, commodorebei being t thehe i I dc a lca z unn a b° r d, d r w. , Gh fi roTe ehhnae tons,fwsi Messrs. A ckbourne and T. Charles, red with white dice ; Bermudian Maid, 7 tons, Mr. H. Bailes, red over white ; Halcyon, 7 tons, Mr. H. Banes, blue and white stripes ; Dauntless, 7 tons, Mr. T. Ed wards, blue with red cross. The commodore's cutter moved to the starting place off the upper end of the town of Greenwich at a little after twelve, and having seen all in readiness, Mr. Haines gave the signal at twenty-five minutes past twelve. The Dauntless took the lead in very good style, and held it until the second round, when the slight wind died off, and the little fleet became becalmed. The Hazard then took the lead, and won the race at twenty minutes after seven, the Halcyon being second, and the Dauntless third. The weather was ill adapted for a race of this de scription. ,a interest. l e t Lord Stanley has a lread y issued his farewell address to the electors of N orth Lancashire, and several indi viduals have been n a m ed as likely to claim the honour which he has relinquis h ed. It was at fir s t con fid en tly a had determined t o come t As Mr. Parker hasasserted Catholics of the nor thern districts of this county, i t was generally be lieved that the Tories influence had, with their u sua l a d ro it ness , res olved upon bringing that nfluence into op era ti on . It ered considerablefe that r forward R. rd I Townley influence l e l e o rj Parker, amongstrer, Es h q e . ' appears, however, that Mr. Parker ha s given p l ace to Mr. T. Clifton, so n of T. Clifton, E 5.. ., of Lytham Hall, a connexion, we understand, of the L owt h er fam i ly, and one who is likely to be anything but a f avour i te w i th the Catholics, as he abj ured their faith some years ago, and is now uttached to the evangelical Church party. We have not heard of any movement on the part of the Liberals, for, to use the words of a writer in the Man chester Guardian—" I t is a matter of general observa tion, that his Lordship .s va cation of hi s seat at t hi s mo ment is, at all ev ents, judiciously timed for his party, as the election will take place under the register of last year. Had his acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds been a few weeks later , his s uccessor might scarcely have realised his Lordsh i ps anticipatipns,,, Since the above was written, we have. seen Mr. Clifton's address, an il!- written compositor of the most commonplace order, both as regards ideas and expression. It contrasts wofully against the well-balanced a n d v i gorous periods of Lord Stanley, w ith which it is vaunt i ngly placed in juxtaposition. Mr. Clifton makes the usual promises to attend to all interests and to do good t o every b ody. Of course he will "cons!der it a paramount duty to main tain our institutions in Church and State ;" a phrase that is kept stereotyped in every Tory printing-office could scarcely escape a writer of Mr. Clifton's calibre. In a string of equally trite clap-traps, which we forbear to copy, he promises to support the Tory Government. We have not learned on what day the e l ect i on i s to ' ta k e place ; but, as Mr. Clifton declares so short a period will elapse that he will not have time to make a regular can vass, we presume matters are to be pushed forward as rapidly as p o ssible. —Liverpool Albion. Lord Beaumont was married yesterday morning to the Hon. Miss Browne, daughter of Lord Kilmaine. The royal party are to be escorted from Dundee to Blair Castle by a body guard of the Sixtieth Royal Rifle corps. At a meeting of the Joint Committees of the Town Council and Harbour Trustees, held at one o'clock to - (Lay, it was agre.;d inameliately to proceed with the pre parations for her - Majesty's landing and reception. GUANO TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—There lately appeared in the Liverpool Albion and Glasgow Courier, an article on the guano trade, in which the sovereignty of his llighnes3 the Imaum of Muscat over Latham Island, is attempted to be im pugned. As the article above referred to might lead parties to enter on the rash and fruitless speculation of attempting to remove without authority the guano from the said island, I take the liberty to request you will give publicity to the follo wing facts of the case, for the information of your numerous commercial readers : The writer of the article in question asks, who is the Imaum of Muscat ? and where does he live ? &c. I would remark, in reply, that the Imaum of Muscat represents the dynasty of that name, which has ex isted for the last two centuries, and whose authority for many generations past has extended over the pro vince of Oman, in Arabia, as well as on the coast of East Africa, from Cape Delgado, in about ten degrees south latitude to two degrees north of the Equator, with the islands and banks adjacent thereto, including Zanzibar, Pemba, Moufea, Latham Islands, &c. The independence of the Imaum of Muscat, and the in tegrity of his dominions, is recognised by the Go vernments in Europe, America, and India. With the British East India Company his Highness contracted a treaty offensive and defensive in 1798; with the British Imperial Government a treaty of commerce in 1839 ; with the Government of the United States of America :he concluded a convention of amity and commerce in 1832. He has also treaties of some an- ..... tiquity with the Government of France, the dates of which lam unable to specify. Hence the identity of the Imaums of Muscat as independent sovereigns can not be disputed by the subjects of any of the contract ing parties. The writer of the said article labours under a mis take, when he insinuates " that Latham Island is only under the protection of a Sheik, who governs the island of Zanzibar." The fact is, the palace wherein his Highness the Imaum has resided at Zanzibar (which is his principal naval station) for the last three years, is within forty miles of the island of "Fungel Rhuviel," which is the ancient Arabic name of this guano island, that was discovered to the English many years back by the Latham, East India man, and introduced on our charts as Latham Island; consequently, from its proximity and connexion with the Imaum's dominions, it is as much (by inter national law) his property, as any oyster-bank, island, or shoals, in the vicinity of British or other posses sions, and his Highness is as competent to transfer the deposit on the said island to other parties, as he is competent to make a present to the Crown of Eng land of one of the nineteen sail of pendants belonging to his Government. _ _ It consequently becomes ti consideration for the owners of the Alan Ker, or any vessels employed on a similar adventure, how far her proceedings will be legitimate, and how far they may subject their vessels to confiscation abroad, and themselves to the conse quences of litigation at home.—l am, Sir, your obe dient servant, VERITAS. London, Sept. 9th, 1844. DEATH OF THE HON. LADY BROOKE PECHELL. We have to record the demise of the above lady, who expired, after a short illness, on Eriday' night, at the family mansion, in Hill-street, Berkeley-square. Her Ladyship, who was the only surviving daughter of Ro bert Edward, ninth Lord Petre, married, 13th April, 1833, Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell. The families of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, Lord and Lady Petre, Dowager Lady Petre, Earl and Countess of Arun del and Surrey, Captain and Hon. Mrs. Pechell, Mr. T. and Hon. Mrs. Weld, the Earl and Countess of Carnitr von, Viscount and Viscountess Andover, are placed in mourning by her Ladyship's death. RAILWAY EXCURSION.—The inhabitants of Ports mouth, Gosport, and Southampton, were treated by the South-Western Railway Company to a very cheap trip to the " Great Metropolis" yesterday, in second-class carriages, with the privilege of staying until Thursday. The charge fur this trip was Bs. there and back. Tickets were issued at the termini, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last—a most judicious arrangement, thereby ascertaining how many carriages would be required, and providing them, thus avoiding the confusion and disap pointment which has attended several trips on other lines recently. Upwards of 1,000 availed themselves of the favourable opportunity thus afforded of seeing London and its sights. The train, consisting of 2$ carriages, and drawn by two engines, left Gosport at half-past nine, and Southampton at ten, most punctually in both cases. CM the Gosport train arriving at Bishopstoke, it was found the train was too long to be joined to the Southampton train ; and, after waiting a Minute or two, the Gosport train proceeded ahead, and stopping only at Winchester, Basingstoke, and \Yoking, arrived at Vaux hall at half-past one, having performed the journey in most splendid style, satisfying all, disappointing none. Towar4s the lnemprial to the late Earl of Lonsdale upwards of 7004 has been subscribed. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM TIM MORNING PAPERS OF TRU DAY. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. TlMES.—Letters from Amsterdam dated the 7th of September, state that the Minister has given notice that he will reduce the Five per Cent. Domein Losrenten, upwards of 15,000,000 guilders, giving Four per Cents. in exchange, at 96 per cent., unless the money is claimed by the 28th inst., in which case they will be paid at par. These bonds are issued by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and few of th em are h e ld ou t of Holland. It is said in the City that the Bank of England have suffered a forgery to the extend of about 8,0001. Consols, by a clerk in the establishment who was away on leave of absence. The distinction which the Bank of England has made between bills of exchange drawn in or near London and those drawn in the country, calling the first notes, and second only bills, has puzzled some readers of the resolu tion passed on Thursday, as they do not know in what class promissory notes, properly so called, ought to be placed. According to the practice of the Bank, these also are classed according to the place of their origin, and a promissory note dated within twenty miles from Lon don (the limit fixed in all cases) would be called a note, while one drawn beyond that limit would be styled a bill, in Bank parlance. This classification of promissory notes is liable to some objection, as it is less analo gous to that of bills of exchange than it appears at the first glance. The bills of exchange are classed according to the place from which the drawer dates, and no regard is paid to the acceptor. Now, the maker of a promissory note exactly corresponds to the acceptor of a bill of exchange, and yet, as w e have seen, it is on his act that the classification is made to depend. Probably the distinction is thus inaccurately made in the ease of promissory notes on account of the comparatively small importance which attaches to these documents in the Bank of England. So few is the number taken by that establishment, that, as we understand, their proportion is something like 1 to every 5,000 bills of exchange. Some persons seem to have felt a difficulty in compre hending the statement at the bottom of the resolution, that the bills must not have above 95 days to run, and to think that no bill will be taken payable at a longer period after date. This is completely a mistake. The Bank do not in the least mind how long after date the bills are payable, but require that the time they have to run when brought for discount shall not exceed 95 days. This condition being complied with, they offer to dis count them at 2i per cent. when drawn in the country, and 3 per cent. when drawn in London. It has become a subject of solicitude among the nume rous persons who place deposits in savings'-banks, what rate of interest is to be allowed by the managers in future under the new Act, which comes into operation on the 20th of November next. By what occurred at a meeting held last week at Cain's-cross, near Stroud, for a bank of large business, embracing from its position a populous manufacturing district, the rate, then thought to be a fairly remunerative one, is likely to be settled at 21.185. 4d. per cent., or 7d. in the pound. As the Government have fixed the allowance for trustees and managers at 31. ss. per cent., this will leave 6s. Bd. per cent. to cover the expense of management. Ad verting to the old or existing practice in that respect, it is shown by Parliamentary returns that on a rate of 3/. 16s. Oid per cent. the difference on the rate to depo sitors has fluctuated between 7s. 7d. and 9s. 4d., but that in none of them it has been so small as the present difference. Hence the consequence will follow with the larger description of banks of a great di m i nu tion of the reserved fund, while with smaller ones it must prove im possible to carry them on without a further reduction of the rate to depositors. The example set by the Cains cross Bank is a liberal one, especially as it was shown at the meeting, that after the payment of expenses, there could not remain a balance for contingencies of more than about 201., but it was wisely urged that a conces sion made to depositors would increase the profits, and that too hard a bargain was so impolitic, as tending to make them withdraw the funds by which the institution is supported, that an experiment at least of the nature pointed out was desirable. SUN.—Stocks do not close so well as in the morning. Consols, 991 4 both for Money and Account. Exchequer Bills, 755. to 775. prem., being steady. New Three-and-a- Half per Cents., for the opening, were 1011. India Stock was 2824 to 2831. The Foreign Bonds left off firmly. Spanish Actives at 23i 4 ; the Three per Cents. at 34 to ; Portuguese Converted at 46 to 454 ; and Mexican at 35k. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 62i The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Bristol and Gloucester, 27 ; Dublin and Cashel, 7 ; Great Western, 74 to 76 ; Ditto, Half, 40 to 39 ; Ditto, Fifths, 15 ; Great North of England, 20 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 11 ; Birmingham, 120 ; South- Western, 37i to 35i ; Lynn and Ely, 3 ; Midland, q- ; North British, ; Northern and Eastern, 12 ; Ditto, Scrip, Hi to 10 ; South-Eastern, 5Q ; York and North Midland, 55 ; and Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, to 1 premium. Chichester and Brighton, i ; London and Brighton, 2* ; and Greenwich, 3i to 34 discount. London and Westminster Bank, premium. THE ENGLISH NAVY.—Those who feel any solici tude (and who does not?) for the strength and efficiency of our naval service will be glad to see that the Admi ralty has at last decided on commissioning a number of brigs, which, although not of themselves constituting a very efficient force, supply the means of manning larger vessels, if ever their services should be required. For this tardy deference to the reiterated opinions of men who were the best qualified to judge of the interests of the service, we may take some slight credit to ourselves, for we have never ceased to remonstrate against the ab surd parsimony which crippled the number of our effec tive ships, and left us unprepared against any sudden emergency which might occur. It is not any apprehen sion of a collision with France or any other country that renders us so keenly alive to the evils produced by a nig gardly economy in the a dministration of our marine. In the case of war, indeed, its effects are quickly and painfully felt ; for then it is almost impossible to man a number of large ships with competent crews at a mo ment's notice ; and the mischief is nearly as great in time of peace ; for whenever the Admiralty determine to commission one or two ships beyond the usual num ber, the great efforts which it is requisite to make on the spur of the moment in order to procure men, and the length of time whic h n ecessarily elapses before the cre ws are completed, stamp on the preparation an im portance far beyond the urgencies of the case, and give rise to a vague and groundless, but often a most inju rious, alarm. We are convinced, and wish that the Government were equally ' convinced that the most cer tain and honourable method of preventing unnecessary squabbles and dishonourable compromises is to be pre pared beforehand with a strong and effective armament; and we are glad to see some signs, however tardy, of this conviction on the p ar t o f those upon whom the protec tion of our national interests and the guardianship of our national honour primarily devolve.—Times. DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL BARON DE RAIGEN FIELD.—This gall an t o ffi cer exp i re d a t hi s seat in Kent on Saturday last, in his 74th year. The Baron entered the British navy as far back as April, 1783, and retired with the rank of Rear-Admiral on the 10th of January, 1837. His commission as Post-Captain is dated April 9, 1802. DEPARTURES. The Earl of Fingal' and the Hon. Messrs. Plunkett, from the York Hotel, Albemarle-street, for the Conti nent ; Lady Nugent, from ditto, for ditto ; the Hon. Captaiu and Mrs. O'Grady, from ditto, for Ireland ; J. Ashley Warre, Esq., from. Lowndes-square, for West Cliff, Ramsgate. CHANGES. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, from the George Hotel, Portsmouth, on a tour ; the Earl of Durham, on a visit to the Marquis of Breadalbane, at Taymouth Castle, N. 8., from Lambton Castle ; the Earl of Ilches ter, from Cowes, on a cruise in the Petrel yacht ; the Countess of Kilmorey, from Leamington Spa, for Brigh ton ; Lord Brougham, from the Clarendon Hotel, Lea mington Spa, for Brougham Hall, Westmoreland. TILE QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOT- - LAND. (From the Dundee Advertiser.) PREPARATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION OF ROYALTY. — The Town Council and Harbour Trustees of Dundee are bestirring themselves in a proper spirit in preparing for the anticipated visit of her Majesty and Prince Albert. . ___ Satisfaction is generally expressed st the liberal manner in which the Harbour Trustees have voted funds to meet the necessary expenses. Apart from public indications of a loyal and public spirit, we understand that about a . hundred of our young citizens are forming themselves into a body to guard the Roy a l p ar ty through the town —in other words, to constitute a Royal Native Body Guard. The citizens generally arc animated with the most lively feelings in anticipation of the " eventful day." Much advice is tendered as to the mode of he ralding the progress of the Royal squadron, when it approaches our immediate locality. It appears that, through the instrumentality of David Hunter, Esq., of Blackness, arrangements will be made to fire Royal salutes at Carnoustie. It is besides recommended that salutes should be fired from Broughty Castle and Ferry- Port-on-Craig, and that bonfires should blaze OR all the neighbouring heights. Altogether, there is no doubt that the public display will be honourable to the district, and worthy of the august occasion—the congregated thousands appearirg in their best dresses to greet the arrival of Britain's illustrious Sovereign. We understand that a communication has been re ceived by the Secretary to the Trinity House of Dundee, stating that it is expected the members of the House will pilot her Majesty into Tay. The Directors of the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Company have very handsomely placed the steamer Perth at the dis posal of the Master and Brethren of the House, for this duty. ROYAL VlSlT.—Yesterday morning, Mr. Paterson, Union-street, received an order from Blair Castle, to forward immediately a large quantity of fruit, in anti cipation of her Majesty's visit there in the course of next week. We also understand from a letter shown to us by Mr. Paterson, that improvements are in progress at the Castle for the better accommodation and comfort of the Royal household. PREVIOUS ROYAL VISITS TO DUNDEE.—Passing over the fugitive visits of several Princes of the Stella line, above two hundred years have elapsed since Dundee has been honoured by the presence of royalty. The last crown( d Monarch seen in its streets was James the Sixth of Scotland, and First of England. About fourteen years after his accession to the English throne, James, as he informed his Scottish subjects in a proclamation, began to experience " a salmon-lyke instinct—a great and na tural longing to see our native soyle and place of our birth and breeding." In 1617, James, says Wilson, "began his journey with the spring, warming the country, as he went, with the glories of the Court ; taking such recreations by the way as might best be guile the days, and cut them shorter, but lengthen the nights (contrary to the seasons) ; for what with hawk ing, hunting, and horse-racing, the days quickly ran away, and the nights, with feasting, masqueing, and dancing, were the more extended." After his reception on the 16th of May, at Edinburgh, James proceeded by Linlithgow and Dutufermline to Falkland, where he arrived on the 19th, " and once more enlivened, with the sounds of his hunting horn, that noble park which had been his favourite scene of amusement in youth. On the 22d, he went to Kinnaird, the seat of Sir Joha Livingstone, where he spent eight days, probably in the sylvan sports. On the 30th he advanced to Dundee, and was welcomed by the town clerk, in a panegyrical speech, and by two Latin poems." To the disappointment of the inhabitants of Aberdeen, who had also made preparations for his reception, Dundee was the northern termination of the Royal progress, on account of the necessity of the King's returning to Edinburgh in time to prepare for the meeting of Parliament. The last visit of the Queen, the beautiful and unfor tunate Mary, in 1563, does not appear to have been, by any means, so agreeable to the inhabitants of Dundee as the one now expected. It is thus quaintly recorded by Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie in his Chronicles : " Att this time, thair was ane parliament proclaimed to the second of September. Vpoun the aught day of Julij preceiding, the queine was married with my lord Darnely, in Edinburgh, in the Abbey of Hollirudhous. with great pomp and triumph, quhair the most pairt of the nobilitie was present, except my lord Hamiltoun, quhy was governour to the queine in her minoritie, the caries of Ardgyle, Rothus, and Murray. And thair was ane herald sent to thir lordis, to chairge theme to cum to Edinburgh to the queine, quhilk they refuissed, and war put to the home." " Vpoun the 12 day of September, the king and queine maid the earle of Lennox luftennent of the wast borderis, and thairefier cam to Stirling, Fyfe, and Dun die, and tuik sundrie gentlemen of Fyfe and Angus to put them in w aird, for airt and pairt with the fcrsaidis lordis who war at the home. Vpoun the 20 day of Sep tember, the king and queine cam to Sanet Johnstoun, and maid ordouris and statutis thair. Att this tyine4 the king and queine went to Edinburgh to ane coursall. It being, understood that her Majesty will land at Dundee on Wednesday the 11th current, the Banks in town will be shut on that day. (From a Second Edition of the Dundee Advertiser.) FRIDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK, P.M. THE ROYAL VISIT. Her Majesty and Prince Albert arc expected to arrive here early on Wednesday. Sir Neil Douglas, Com mander of the Forces in Scotland, will be in Dundee on Tuesday to make the necessary military arrangements. HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) THE SPEECH OF AUGUSTUS STAFFORD O'BRIEN, Esq., Member for North Northampton shire, in the House of Commons, Wednesday, Jun:: 26, 1844, in the Adjourned Debate on the Hon. C. P. Villiers's Motion for a Repeal of the Corn-laws. W illiam Blackwooci and Sons - London a n d Edi n b urg h. 1844. Pp. 28. Published for the Agricultural Pro tection Society. We have often thought that a concise and accurate history of the League would be both interesting and useful. A narrative of the rise and progress of an association, whose avowed object is the removal of all restrictions upon commerce, in perfect confidence that the consummation of their labours would produce employment, End diffuse comfort and happiness amongst the great body of the people, would neces sarily contain matter for anxious inquiry and solemn reflection. But that a " history of the League" should be published for the Agricultural Protection Society, bearing the respectable, yet imposing names of Messrs. Blackwood, containing only a speech of Augustus Stafford O'Brien, Esq., M.P., in the House of Commons, albeit carefully prepared, and afterwards revised and corrected by himself and his colleagues of the Publication Committee, was indeed prireter spent! We do like the "litera scripta manet" principle. To all public speakers "just allowances" must and ought to be made. A fertile imagination ; the ap plause of a listening audience; the excitement of rude or impatient antagonists, sometimes betray the practised orator into exuberant metaphor, complacent confidence, and rash or unconsidered declarations. But when the lucubrations of calm contemplation (and such this speech undoubtedly is) have undergone revision and correction, and are issued to the world for profit or for fame, we and all have a right to scru tinise, to test, to compare, and, if need be, to deny, to contradict, and to expose. This principle Mr. O'Brien has largely applied to the speakers and writers of the League; for about three-fifths of the publication be fore us consist of extracts from the circulars and papers of that body. 'fo those who have read, in the Parliamentary re ports of the day, the speech of Mr. Stafford O'Brien, as it was delivered in the debate on Mr. Villiers's motion, little had been sa id o f this pamphlet beyond calling attention to the affected im portance of its title. But as the Publication Com mittee have probably destined this favourite produc of their chairman to bear upon the title-page of some future edition the stately announcement of " seven tieth Thousand," a dignity already conferred by them upon the work of a Fleet-street tradesman,* we should be wanting in respect to the "Member for North Northamptonshire" if we were not to do what in us lies to ascertain the validity of his claim to such extensive notoriety. Few readers will take up this reprint of Mr. O'Brien's harangue without being prepared for dis gust or entertainment in a competent proportion of abuse of the League, nor do we think that either class will be disappointed. And inasmuch as the ob ject of this publication is to describe the character, conduct, and proceedings of the League, we will commence our notice of the literary part of Mr. O'Brien's work, with his description of the members of this pernicious confederation" : " Take one of our modern philosophers ; one of those men with just knowledge or rather sciolism sufficient to addle their heads and harden their hearts men who have learned so very little, and that little so very badly, as to be actually ignorant of their own ignorance; who are ever ready to spring to an abstract remedy to prescribe for a complex case ; who, untaught by the consequences of a thousand errors, continue still to dogmatise and blunder; men to wham experience comes in vain, and to whom time only adds obstinacy to error ; who, without the least power of seeing into the life and truth of things, are ever enamoured of some tawdry theory, and ready at all hazards to embrace it ; who never looking high, or deep, or far, are perpetually patching and re daubing their systems, which are as perpetually splitting and cracking, falling to pieces and passing into infinite nothingness as soon as ever practical life comes near them with its touchstone; and who reject nothing except toleration towards those who differ from them, and veneration towards those who have gone before them. These are the men—it were easy to mention more of their characteristics— of whom Napoleon said, Give them power, and they will grind the happiness of any nation to pow der ; and I am sorry that the Noble Lord (Howick), with his abilities, with his earnest convictions, and with his honest purposes, should for a moment lend himself to them ; for their power would be the weak ness of our country, and their ascendancy would peril the existence of all we hold best and dearest in it." We believe there is no class in society, from the Peer who makes the laws, to the peasant who suffers by them ; from the merchant who imports the pro duce of foreign climes, to the handicraftsman and me chanic whose labour moulds that produce into a ser viceable form ; from the landowner whose rent-roll is his boast, to the tiller of the soil who starves amidst the plenty he brings forth; which has not sent forth its numbers to swell the ranks of the League. Bishops we believe there are none, but of ministers of the Gos pel a goodly array; and, in our cursory glance, we have also noticed the names of officers of rank in the army and navy, physicians, and barristers. This varied band, amounting in numbers, if we mistake not, to very many thousands, must be especially grateful to Mr. O'Brien for his estimate of their learning, knowledge, principles, and conduct. Difference of opinion may exist upon any subject of general or national interest, without imputing to the one side or the other "impudent in terference," " insulting arrogance," " impertinent presumption," or a wish to " destroy the institutions of the country." All these expressions, and others of a similar tendency, are to be found in Mr. O'Brien's pamphlet ; and possibly we may hereafter find reason to regret that he should have deliberately indulged in language of calumny and vituperation towards older and wiser, if not better, men than himself. In the commencement of his speech, the Honour able Member for Northamptonshire trusted that, as the corn-law was the subject of the debate, the House would excuse him if he confined himself more strictly to it than Lord Howick had done. Those who came to listen, and to learn or to judge, would reasonably expect from a Member on that " side of the House," after such a preface, some reasoning and argument in opposition to the motion of the Member for Wolver hampton, tending to prove the policy and p ru d ence , or at least the expediency, of the corn-law as a mea sure of general benefit and utility, founded upon the advantages which the nation, or " the agriculturists as a class," have derived from them since the termination of the war. In the address of a Member who could " scarcely imagine a more noble office than that of a statesman devoting himself to the examination of the vast question of the people's food ;" in a debate in results in of his b e e ‘ which that vast question was the only subject, some oft e h ," might t have e been broughtability, w tnhd peculiare experi ence," i - n c fitness ; but throughout a lengthened speech, not one • passage in favour of the corn-law can be found, ex cept the following trite remarks :—" The arguments, Sir, in favour of the principle of protection have been repeated in this House as often as the question has been brought forward. The particular burdens upon land ; the necessity of being independent of foreigners for a supply of food; the desirableness of maintaining agriculturists us a class in the important position they now occupy; the perils of so vast an ex periment in the face of all experience ; these are the reasons which, in my mind, are convincing against the abolition of our corn-laws. I do not say that they are the only ones ; I do not say that to other minds they are the best ones." Upon this text, often as we have heard it, Mr. O'Brien might have expatiated. The opportunity was afforded him of furnishing the public with information which has long been sought. The nature of " the particular burdens upon land," whether they be the poor-rates, according to Sir R o . bert Peel ; the county rates and the malt duty, accord ing to Lord John Russell ; or the hop duty, land tax, and tithes, according to others ; the manner and the proportion in which all or any of these burdens p re ss peculiarly on the agricu l tural interest, and the rea son why one class of persons in a c • ommunity should be protected at the expense of the remaind er, h a ve been listened to and read withattention. would are points on which information would be valuable, be cause it would be new ; for no . author or orator bas l) hitherto made out e ven a r facie case in favour of protection on the ground o f any one or all of the so orici called peculiar burdens. " Independence of fo reigners" has become a byeword • the arguments against it are as well understood as the plainest aphorism, whilst those which have been brought forward in its support have fallen into disuse by absolute inanition. Bu But ' the desirableness of main taining agriculturists as a class, in the important position they now occupy " is a phrase (but no more than a phrase) deserving more notice. Of whom does Mr. O'Brien here speak ? Does he allude to tenant-farmers and farm-labourers ? They doubt less are agriculturists in the proper sense of the term, and form two very important classes. But alas 1 they will look around in vain to discover the importance of the " position they now occupy." Does the im portance of the tenant-farmer's position consist in the uncertainty of the price of his produce, occasioned by those laws which Mr. O'Brien defends ? in having that produce diminished, and his fields ravaged by animals which he dares neither use nor destroy ? In the investment of his capital in land, the possession of which he may be deprived of he knows not how soon, or for what capricious or fortuitous reason, without return or re.. turn or recompense ? in the degradation he must submit to by accepting an occasional allowance in .----__ - * Seventieth Thousand. Corn Laws. An Appeal. to ' Tradesmen in Town and Country, by One of Themselves. London: John 011ivier, 59, Pall-mall, 1844. (N.B. Solct by the Agricultural Protection Society.—ED.) ..x.I Is inth j l' cupi' Lffair• bassi' ablite' abou t P lace , Jon At e. eao RAO cold , doe° woof ill al ° in the !Earl n ear , St ich )1 !' ther f a l the. or os 0 v ens sell 1 1