The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-12 00:00:00

L A R. ?.n and Princei this morning, Alajt sty and Cust'e in aP' veather pr€ ven, I out this iroro eft the Castle, ve o'clock, for a Railway 0, 1 1 y a trooV.', )5t Lieut. special train' 11 0 „ (1 , : aain at the C 5 ert, attended, le Hon. Georg! citing, arrived k yesterday a ft ' ted by a port l , sinus of the u' hnot, Equerll Wylde, EV° rriage and to' less were ree„,, ol lain and the P' Prince Alber t, ert, attended l yesterday a w r, of Cornwall' :on. Miss LW, Royal Hig,, 11 . 11 ; ernoon, at visited her 1 3° ., er, at Gloue°l 1g of the Cl l l o evening. i; if ghts, inclose d appropriate t ormolu c olutn, Faraday's pr if e lights all means of toe in this instan t lating shaft • himself mu` is appli ca tion' iste and brill tended by Ls! , the Earl De" 'ylde, honou r° , pence yester giment of f 9 l at seven o'cic' e her Majesti q. Royal n i ty, at Glouces fence in Wtr e ,b i Dn. Sir J, ( 7, 4 e Right iv sin ess yesteras of Ceylon, !, were nee. ; BE Vr°' at the G 4 ds of the 0 le badge ",;,; i id Is of a lanr f t Y he part ci he husting 3 l3 his order 0 ' 11 and pled ll/4 4 i ed loave91:1 11 1 ted, then, 1 . 4 , of some ti 13 1:,) ans by vett 'brow off t h ' jr . trated, that , lation couluo ley possesist, A and his or )tally a bateu , i l ; rests entr i House of 1;1 iepresentanfri, and Mr. irity in Par'o id the prese i , on be in a 111 d r the poWer tt ion, it Wil l Wherevej 4 re, the She ire, in the i'4" -oved, upon?: votes of °cel l that the pr e : Bucking llo , popular C 0 peless. lehise this and fruit' d is to bring : { o the elect o , ,nd this is t o stly invite TIIE THEA rRES. STRAND. After DouEsar de Bazan, who, in the person of Mr. Roberts, still continues to draw crowded houses, a new romantic, aquatic burlesque, entitled the Knight and the Sprite ; or, the Cold Water Cure, was pro duced at this theatre last evening, introducing Mrs. Walter Lacy for the first time to a Strand audience. She had the nonour to make her bow in the character of ,ir 'Hildebrand, a gentleman engaged in knightly pursuits, who is the. YiVDI of Sir Florian, "a very hut knight, but a very cool fellow" (Mrs. Montgomerie), for the love of Bertelda (Mrs. Coleman Pope), " a Bohemian Lady Macbeth slightly compressed," but sallying forth in quest of ad,entures, she meets with Ondine (Miss Broieley), a water nymph, supposed to be the daughter of Jan Tic kletrou. z (Mr. It. limier), a fisherman, and falling violently in love with her, marries her, the marriage being duly registered by Ondine's uncle, Dabblehorn (Mr. H. Hall), " half demon, half Dutchman, Registrar-General of the Eel-pie and other Islands." Bertelda turns out to be the real daughter of the fisherman, whereupon Sir Florian at once re jects her, and sprinkles his handkerchief with lavender to get rid of the ancient and most fish-like smell emanating from her ancestry. Sir Hildebrand, how ever, - makes love to her, invites her to a water party o n board the Lily steamer, which is Sunk by Ondine, and in the well•known caves at the bottom of the sea all is explained, and Sir Hilde brand having called " peccavi," is made happy with Ondine, while Sir Florian takes Bertelda for better or worse. This burlesque, which is from the pens of G. A. A'Beckett and Mark Lemon, is the very best w hich has been produced of late years. Every couplet is an epigram, and even Aladdin must yield the palm to the Knight and the Sprite. The artistes exerted them selves to the very utmost. Mrs. Walter Lacy was the very pink of knight-errants as Sir Hildebrand, and Airs. Montgomerie, as Sir Florian, was the beau Ideal of knightly exquisites. The curl of her mous tache was magnificent, and the cool contempt with Which she turned away from Bertelda, on discovering that she was the fishmonger's daughter, at the same time with the most affected nonchalance sniffing at her perfumed handkerchief, was superb. During the Course of the evening she danced the Polka in the most elegant manner. Her costume was beautiful and appropriate, and this rising actress has added much to her well-earned fame by her personation of Sir Florian. Hall, as Dabblehorn, was the funniest of devils, and v'as deservedly encored in a nigger song. Romer and IN lrs. Melville, as the fisherman and his wife, were Most laughter-moving. Romer's melodramatic. act -I!.'g was an admirable trarestie of the " interesting" _lee of busin ess , and elicited roars of laughter. Our little favourite, Miss Bromley, was most happy as Ondine, and sang several ballads with exquisite taste and effect. She is a great acquisition to the Strand celn Pan3'• The .mounting of the piece is beyond all ~ k a li ,. As a spectacle alone it would have a lung run. ius'bra n d' s banquet-hall is a miracle in the way of ilLoenery. It is like one of Martin's pictures ; and en such a s m a ll stage, the painter has been en convey the idea oisuch immense space, is an "ecqnpreh ens ibl e Mystery to the uninitiated. The second and scene, however, is. the' opening scene of the act, in which, on the borders of a lake, by moonlight, • introduced a grandpas der Ombre, which certainly 'throws all previous shadows into the shade. We have a shadow dance'of three, and, instead of one shadow, which at the Italian Opera was thought a most marvellous effort, we have three shadobsa—three kept daticing to their own shadows, each Aept perfectly distinct from the other. This is cer tainly the most wonderful scenic effect ever exhibited Upon any stage, and was rapturously applauded. The sinking o f fh e ship, too, was admirably managed, and the last scene is a chef d'ceevre of splendour. This Piece is a d ec id e d hit-o.e great st hit of the season. the expense incurred in ti! getting up of this piece Must have been enormous, but it is money well laid out, for the Knight and the Sprite will draw crowded houses for months to come. The principal actors Were called for at the conclusion, an I Hull announced the piece for repetition every evening, amidst a per fect hurricane of applause. OLYMPIC. The Olympic opened for the season last night under the management of Miss Davenport, a young lady who, as a juvenile phenomenon, was some few years ago " all the rage." Our old friend Rayner spoke an ef fective opening address, after which the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, with Mr. Hudson Kirby as Romeo, and the fair manageress as Juliet. Mr. Hudson Kirby is an energetic and powerful actor, but somewhat coarse withal. There is stuff about him out of which to make a great actor, if he will but study hard and eschew bad models. He has much to learn, and more to unlearn ; but if he will devote himself to assiduous study and refine his taste, he will ultimately become a great—a very great actor. His Romeo was a very unequal performance—at certain times exceedingly beautiful—at other it was coarse, almost approaching .to vulgarity ; but still there was promise about it, which is more than can be said of the majority of Romeos at present on the stage. Miss Davenport's Juliet was a performance of great promise ; her features are expressive, her person is good, her voice is beautifully silvery, and in the more level parts of her character she left nothing to be de aired: Her declamation is perfect. She was evidently suffering from extreme nervousness, and in the more impassioned parts scarcely did justice to her Powers ; but when she gets used to her audience this n ervousness will d;sappear, and in young tragedy she will prove a grea t acqu i s iti on t o th e L o ndon stage. Mr. Robert Roxby, as Mercutio, although somewhat too Pircical, was very good; many of his points told most l'tiv"ly• The tragedy was folio ved by the farce ( ..:f it Chip of the Old Block, in which our old friend admirabley ner a:e:o‘ r th w e it c h hip was himself. We hail this hi delight, but cannot help asking to—` Why did you ever leave us ?" The perform ances concluded with Don Ccesar de Bazan, the t b i:loitous Don being admirably personated by Mr. Robert Roxby. The house was crowded. IMPROVEMENTS AT BROMPTON.— Among other buil dings and i m p rovements now i n progress i n the B nei ghbourho o d o f B rompton, may b e not i ced t h e uew ?pitel f or C onsumption and Diseases of the Chest. of which his Royal Highness Prince Albert laid the first — "lie in June last. The western wing is rapidly pro „Orbslaing. and, it is hoped, will be roof e d in before the etmg of winter. bbSOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—On Thursday last the nn of D awlish presented a very animated appearance, t g thr onged with visitors at an early hour, all anxious . o be spectatrs of the anticipted blasing of the ciffs between the town and the Par a son and Clerk rocks, l for the purposes of the South Devon Railway, which, it was stated, Was fixed the distin,4uished persons present we noticed Sir T. to take place at else en o'clock. Among Ae lab& Bart., M.P., Sir R. W. Newman, Bart., Sir J. buntze Bart., J. B. Swete, and H. B. Swete. Esqs., and 1111 3 5 t of the distinguished families of the neighbourhood. Mr! Tirtinel came down from London, for the expreSs P u rPose of being present at the explosion, and was accompanied by C. B. Fripp, Esq., one of the Dir e ctors, and NV. PrincPp , Esq., the Secretary. The operations w ere conducted under the immediate direction of Mr. Glennie, the resident engineer, and Mr. Findlater, the contractor for the work. The first chamber was fired shortly befor e two o'clock, and the others, nearly twenty altogether, were let off in succession, as rapidly as might be with safety. Nearly three thousand pounds of powder were expe n d e d i n these explosions. The result was most pgtisfactory, immense masses'of rock having been de fttobpd from the position which they had occupied with out Intereuption for centuries. N occurred — Davenpo r t T e l egraph. o accident o f an y ki n d INCENDIARY Futes.—Considerable sensation has been created in this county, by four exceedingly destrue.. live tiree which have broken out in such a manner . as . to lathe 110 ' doubt of their being the work of incendiaries. One of them took place on Monday night last, on the farm of Mr. Samuel Pridharni at Chorlton Fitzpaine, and not enly destroyed the whole of the barns, stables, and out-buildings, but also numerous ricks of old and new hay, of upwards of three hundred seams. The flames at one time raged with such fury that it was with the utmost difficulty they were restrained from spreading in mph a manner as would have endangered the entire vil jage. The second broke out on the premises of Mr. Hodge, of Bafeptoe, and destroyed twenty-five acres of wheat and fifteen of oats and heaps, and other property to a considerable amount. The third fire happened on Wednesday morning last. at Broadclist, on a farm occu pied 14y one of the ttnarits of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., M.P. A rick of wheat, with a quantity of reed straw and a number of out-buildings belonging to the farm, were destroyed. On the very same morning another fire broke out at a farm a few miles distant, belonging to a Mr. Calloe, but the flames were extinguished before Ofty great mischief w as e ff ecte d .—Devonport Independent, 14.EALS (IP THN IRISH PEASANTRY. —B u t what of their meals? I say it with sorrow, that in this respect they are as ill off as in either of the respects to which I have referred. For ten months in the year their sole, or almost sole food, is potatoes and a little salt; and as the summer approaches and their stock of potatoes becomes nearly exhausted, they are often obliged to content themselves with a single meal a day. It, the &yen or eight weeks which intervene betw, en the going out of the one potato crop and the corning in of another, the efil:y food on which the Irish peasantry live is what is firmed .! oif ; about," ca ll e d i n Scotland " porridge. " 1114 is a simple dish i it 4 milde of a little oatmeal pat into a vessel with boiling water, lied stirred about with a piece of wood until it acquires a certain consistency. It is then eaten with a little milk, if there he th. means 6,c nrocuring any, but it is much oftene r made a meal of qi. 2tif, . trecompanine.nt at all. Th e meal is gene p, y peoenre4 lem it some p e as an t a degree above the 11 . pifq f p.s who m q ui F p 4 A the peasantry have never, 4‘ thia . siteteriqf the year, a farthing of Fpopey, they , either work in return for the meal, or pay tkise who were kind enouelt to accommedate them with it with the fruits of their harvest labours. It is rieht to add, that the Irish peasantry invariably melte a point of pay ing for the meal thus given to them, however great may be their privations. There is with them a mingled sense of honour and gratitude in all cases where they have been thus accommodated by their neighbours.--Impres sions of Ireland and the Irish. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE. T ATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY. The quotations quoted below are made up to the close of the room, but as they vary in some respects from the betting in the early pert of the afternoon, it will be as well to give a list of the principal transactions :-1,100 to 100 asst Alarm; 1,700 to 100, twice, agst the Irish lot; 800 to 50 and 900 to 50 agst litdgcr, 25 to 1 agst the Cobweb colt —the takers willing, but, for want of layers, unabe to go on ; 35 to 1 sevk ral times, and in one bet 1,000 to 25 agst Young Eclipse ; 2,000 to 45 ago Clear the-way ; 1,000 to 25, taken freely, agst The Laird o' Cockpen ; 1,000 to 20, several times, agst Cabin Boy ; 1,000 to 20 agst Twig ; 2,000 to 30, twice, agst Dust ; and 1,500 to 15 agst Seaman. The Rebecca colt and Newsmonger wire not priced, and Fitzallen, al though backed once at 28 to 1, dec!ined several points, and left off without friends. The final averages were as follows : DERBY. 16 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken 16 to 1 agst The Irish 1 , 4 11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm 16 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger 22 to 1 agst Cloud Peel's Cobweb colt 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pain (tiro to E. 0.) 25 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Ides 25 to 1 ugst Mr. Gully's Old England 33 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen 35 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse 35 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit 40 to 1 agst Duke ofßieh unond's Laird o' Cockpen—t 40 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt 45 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-way—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Twig—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy , 50 to 1 agst General Yates's Seaman 50 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Devil's Dust 2000 to 35 agst Colonel Cradock's Jinglepot—taken 1500 to 100 agst Old England and Weatherbit. A match for 100/. was run on Liverpool Race-course on Saturday last, between Deerslayer, ridden by Mr. Bretherton, and .Jack, ridden by Mr. Wilde, and won in a canter by the former. The distance was two miles. ATTCAR MEETING.—Nov. 7 AND 8. The Cup (16 dogs) was won by Mr. Clowes's Cataract and Mr. Standish's Snake, who divided. The Sefton (8-dogs stake) was won by Mr. Shaw's Shamrock; Mr. Midway's Rokeby ran up. The Croxteth Stakes (8 dogs) were won by Mr. Wynne's Baroness; Mr. Clowes's Countess ran up. The West Derby (8 dogs) Stakes were won by Mr. Wynne's Baron; Mr. Swan's Strike a-light ran up. NEWMARKET MEETING (CoNcLuDED). SATURDAY. ~_ , Deciding Course for the Derby—Mr. Fyson drew Fullsail, and declared Flash the winner. Deciding Course for the Cup—Mr. Nash's Captain beat Mr. Bagge's Traveller, and won the stakes. Deciding Course for Oaks—Mr. Bagge's Top beat Mr. Drinkald's Egeria, and won the stakes. Deciding Course for Port Stakes—Lord Stradbroke drew M;ntman, and declared Miracle the winner. • Deciding Course for the Rutland Stakes—• Mr. Fyson's Farmer beat Mr. Gillett's Crocus, and won the stakes. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Nov. 11.— Wind N. to N.W., fresh breeze and cloudy. DEAL, Nov. 9, A.m.—Wind S.S.W., hard ; P.M., W.S.W., moderate ; 10th, W.S.W., a strong gale.— Arrd. 9th, Mauritius, Simpson, Antigua; Luzon, Boston; Feiro, Miramichi. 10th, Shalford, Tate, Mauritius ; Cumberland, Brice. and Welcome, Quebec. 10th, at ten A.m., the wind shifted to S.S.W., strong gale with very severe squalls until two P.M., when it moderated and shifted to the westward ; several vessels lost anchors and ran for Ramsgate ; the remainder of the outward bound rode out the gale all well, most of them with two anchors down. The Earl Leicester, from Odessa to London, got on the rocks off Deal Castle, but was assisted off leaky, with loss of rudder and pieties broken, and will proceed to Ramsgate. The hull of a vessel of 358 to 400 tons, on her beam ends, copper apparently new, and net long in the water, being quite clean, was passed, sth ult., lat. 33 N., lon. 59 W., by the Mauritius, in the Downs. The John and Mary, of Dublin, from Quebec to Liverpool, out 57 days, was spoken. 24th ult., with 4 feet 10 inches water in her hold, and making 2 feet 6 inches per hour, having sprung a leak the 21st ult., by the Cumberland, arrived in the Downs, which has experienced very severe wea ther since that time, and it is feared the John and Mary will not get home. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 9.—Wind S. to W.N.W. ; 10th, S.S.E. to W., squally. —Arrd. Oriental (steamer), Alex andria, left 24th ult. ; Malta, 29th ; Gibraltar, 6th inst. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 10.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Nimrod, Bombay, sailed August 10; Cape of Good Hope, Sept. 19 ; Ascension, Bth ult. FALMOUTH, Nov. 10.—Wind S.E. to E., fresh breezes. —Arrd. 9th. Canopus, Esnouf, Labrador, sailed 14th ult. ; Lady Wright, Caves, sails split, &c. ; Ann Raw, Ichaboe. 10. Himalaya, Bunn, Valparaiso, with loss of bulwarks ; Tam O'Shanter, Lawrence, Ichaboe. Sld. Peterel packet, Madeira, &c. Off, Neptune, Bahia for Hamburgh; Actif, Rio Janeiro. WEXFORD, Nov. B.The James Matheson, Cushing, from Liverpool to China, got ashore in the North Bay, here, this morning, with fore and mainmasts cut away, crew saved, cargo expected to be saved if the weather moderates. P.S. The vessel is full of water. DROGHEDA, Nov. B.—The Ellen Gower, Duff, of Dumfries, from Liverpool to Newry, got ashore this morning at Baltriggan, but is expected off if the weather moderates ; crew saved. LEITM, Nov. 9.—The Caroline, Hopperworth, from Steids to Stettin, has put in here for repairs, being very leaky. The Sunderland, Davidson, from St. Petershurgh to Gloucester, arrived here this morning from St. Mar garet's Hope, in a very bad condition. OFF Coax, Nov. 6.—Wallace, Valparaiso. OFF CAPE CLEAR, Nov. s. —Ann, Falcon, Jamaica for Liverpool, with mainmast sprung ; Albion, Quebec. LEITH ROADS , PREVIOUS TO Nov. 7. -cArr d. Theo dosia, St. Petersburgh for London, leaky and both pumps going. LOUGIISWILLY, Nov. 6.—The Robert Burns, Messen ger, from St. Petersburg!' to Liverpool, has been brought in here waterlogged, having been on Skerry Vow Point, and has been beached. TEIGNMOUTH, Nov. 7.—Arrd. Leander, Miramichi. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 9.—Wind S.E., moderate ; 10th, S.S.E. to S. ditto.—Arrd. England (16th ult.) and United States, New Yolk. 10th, Herculean, Gibson, and Sytnmi- try, Bombay ; Matthew Peace, White, Ichaboe ; Unicorn, Ton sel, Buenos Ayres ; Prince Lellewym, Gibbs, Macao ; Selina Watts, Porto Rico ; Isabel, Griffith, Antigua ; Emily, Foyle, and Ranger, M'Millan, Paraiba ; Cantab, Maracaibo ; Archelaus, New Orleans and Boston ; Southerner and St. George, New York ; Dorchester, Crowell, Boston ; Perseverance, Bennett, St John's, New Brunswick ; England and Oak, Quebec ; Eusebius, and Margaret and Anne, Newfound land. Off, William Mitchell (supposed), China ; Agri cola and Indus (ditto), Calcutta ; Rosendale (ditto), Macao; Czar (ditto), Ceara; Islaen (ditto), Barbadoes; Satellite, Argentina, Greenock, Greetelewe, Chacoes, Carena, and Severn. NOTICE TO MARINERS. t ! THE NEW LORD MAYOR. Nuw that the celebration of the Lord Mayor's day is over, we think it right to explain to our very numerous ' correspondents who have written to us during the past week on the merit of the Right Hon. Gentleman who fills the civic chair, the reasons why we did not avail our selves of their communications. If, in compliance with their wishes, we had kept up from day to day a running fire of paper pellets against Mr. Alderman Gibbs, we might have been suspected of having some other than a pubiie object in view. We certainly were auxious that a man of unimpeached integrity should be first magis trate of the City of London ; but the citizens were inert when they ought to have been active, and the conse quence has been that they have now got Mr. Alderman Gibbs as Lord Mayor, and we sincerely hope that the good will be far greater than the credit they will derive from suci. a choice. But we are perhaps wrong in using the word "choice ;" for we have heard that the show of hands en Michaelmes-day exclud. d Alderman Gibbs from the return to be made to the Court of Aldermen, and that if the Comman-hall had been then polled, that fact would have been established beyond all dispute. But it is something to have a friend who will go " thorough " on the hustings, and who is capable of converting, by a partial glance and a decisive tone, a minority into a ma• jority ; and such a friend to Alderman Gibbs the return ing officer is confidently said to have been on the day in question. His boldness took the citizens by surprise, and prevented them from giving that resistance which ought to have been offered to his decision. We further deem it right to say a few words in answer to a charge made by one of our morning Contem poraries, in reference to a paragraph from one of our correspondents, and an advertisement which appeared in the Times of Wednesday last. We are charged with "Egging on the ruffians and blackguards of the metro polis, and with a determination that nothing should be wanting to complete the ovation of Mr. Alderman Gibbs ;" and " that under no possible circumstances could the brutal persecution threatened in the disgraceful paragraph quoted be justified." With regard to the paragraph from our Portsmouth correspondent, we have no doubt that it was founded on fact, and that, if necessary, we should be able to prove the truth of it. As to the advertisement, we have only to say that it was received and paid for, in the usual place and in the usual way, that it attracted no attention, and that it appeared in the Times of Wednesday last together with 1,174 other advertisements. That, so far from its being iatended by us as any attack upon Alder man Gibbs, we did not know that any such advertise ment had appeared until we were ourselves attacked upon the subject in the columns of our Contemporary ; and we must confess that we now strongly suspect that this same advertisement so much ,complained of was a ruse de guerre on the part of some of Alderman Gibbs's friends, for the purpose of enabling the writer of the article in question to publish his virtuous indignation, and thereby endeavour to get up a spurious sympathy in favour of the object of his protection. In our opinion, however, there is already before the public sufficient to justify the reception the Lord Mayor has met with without the need of any additional incite ment. There is no doubt of the fact that he was or is still churchwarden of St. Stephen, Walbrook, and that he has held that office for about twenty years—that till lately no account has been given by him of the moneys received by virtue of his office during that period, al though such accounts were repeatedly demanded. There is no doubt that the church of St. Stephen has been suf fered by the churchwarden to fall into such a state of dilapidation as to render it positively dangerous for the public to pass under its walls. That the rector, Dr. Croly, described it on the 19th of September last as " in a disgraceful state, that he had seen the rain trickling down behind the aisle, that a stream of water might at that moment be seen close to the pulpit, and that a por tion of the tower had fallen in." We have the same authority for stating, that two years' income was then due to D. Croly as lecturer, that five quarters' salary was then due to the organist, and six quarters' salary due to the sextoness. These facts were openly stated at a vestry meeting of the united parishes held on the 19th of September last, and no contradiction has been given to them. If these imputations are true, Lord Mayor Gibbs has been mercifully dealt with. If they are not true, why has he suffered them to remain uncontra dieted ? Times. AN AMERICAN PORTRAIT. THE ELECTIONEERING SKELETON ! The Americans are indeed a funny sort of people. The following is one of the many specimens of the numerous plans adopted by the several newspapers opposed to the election of Henry Clay to the Presi dential Chair, and intended in ridicule of him. There is a cut in the paper from which we copy it, repre senting Mr. Clay's coat of arms, with the words "shoot lower" across it, and " war, pestilence, and famine ;" at one corner four or five playing cards, and at the opposite end a cocked pistol. At the head he is represented firing at his opponent, and a bottle in the centre of his assailant, marked " brandy." NORWICH, SATURDAY. ELECTION OF MAYOR. - (FRO3I A CORRESPONDENT!.) Use Town Council met this day at twelve o'clock, the Biayor, William Freeman, E,q., in the chair, who in formed the meeting that the first business was the eke ' Lion of mayor for the ensuing year. J. 0. SPRINGFIELD, Esq., rose, and expressed the high gratification he felt in proposing to the notice of ' the Council Sir William Foster, Bait., the mention of whose name novas received with the most rapturous shouts of Applause, both by the Council and a most respectable and crowded audience. EDwAnD WILLETT, Esq., briefly seconded the nemi nation. A. A. H. BECKWITH, Esq., the late Tory Town Clerk, rose also to second it, and to express his most perfect concurrence in the election of the worthy Baronet, which was carried unanimously, amid loud and repeated plandi ts. SAMUEL S. BEARE, E3q., proposed as a fit and proper person to till the office of sheriff, John Betts, Esq., which being seconded by ARTHUR DALRYMPLE, Esq., was also unanimously carried. .The next business was the eh ction of eight gentlemen to fill the office of aldermen. The following, who went out by rotation, were re-elected :—Jeremiah Butcher, James De Year, Jeremiah Colman, Charles Jecks, Joseph Tunis and Henry Woodcock, Esqs. John Pyman and Henry' Tillett, Esqs., were elected in the room of William Gordon Edwards and George Edward Simpson, Esqs., who retire The further business of the Council was adjourned to Tuesday next, at twelve o'clock. The fown Council now consists of 16 Aldermen, all Liberals; 27 Liberal Councillors, and 21 Tory Council lors, being a majority of 22 in favour of the Liberals. This has been a proud day for Norwich. The accept ance of the office of mayor by Sir William Foster has created universal joy among all classes of Liberals, and, as a matter of course, the contrary among the Tories. To Sir William the great majority of the city look to rescue them from the present disgraceful representation in the House of Commons. No individual is so well qualified from his rank, wealth, liberal principles, gen tlemanly and courteous bearing, and great influence, as Sir William Foster; and should he be induced to accept the representation in conjunction with our present ex cellent Member, Mr. 13. Smith, the Noble Marquis who now misrepresents us need not trouble himself to come amongst us, for most assuredly would he be defeated. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) RYE, Nov. 7.—Not observing any account of the elec tion of town councillors for this borough in your excel lent paper, I beg to hand 3 ou the following as the result of the election. The town council arid aldermen are all of the Liberal school of politics, and the mayor is also of the same stamp this year. Four of the councillors went out by rotation. The polling commenced and went on as usual on these occasions, none but the Liberals taking any interest in the election, when, to our utter surprise, about a quarter to four o'clock, up comes a lawyer's clerk with about thirty votes, and takes the lead of the lowest number of the Liberals on the poll. The Liberals, enraged at this mean and discreditable trick (every way worthy of the Tories), hasten up to the poll, when, be fore half of them could get the voting papers, the clock struck four, and the poll closed, leaving numbers unable to record their votes against the little knot of disappointed expectant Tories, struggling in this town, many of them old freemen of the once rotten borough, thus leaving the lawyer's clerk, who, it appears since, with the assistance of his master, had been privately canvassing the whole night before, and laying their plans with the little nest of Tories, how to gain the election by a ruse, for to attempt it openly, they knew, would be morally impos sible, having some few years back attempted it, but re ceiving such a sound lesson that they were then satisfied it would never do again. The following is the state of the poll : Mr. W. Honeywood (L.) Mr. T. F. Plomley (L.) _ _ Mr. F. W. Thorpe (L.) 52 Mr. H. Paine (T.) Mr. W. H. Chatterton (L.) AFFRAY WIT II POACHERS. TWO MEN SHOT. NEWCASTLE-lIPON-TYNE, FRIDAY.---A dreadful en counter took place last night between a party of watchers and some poachers on the Ravens worth estate, in which two of the keepers were dreadfully wounded, and now lie in a precarious state. It appears, from the statement of the head keeper, Henry Wallace, who has been only about six months in the service of Lord Ravensworth, that having been told that some of the under keepers had heard the report of a gun in the preserves at Hagg's wood, on Wednesday night, he determined on placing a strong watch there on the following night. Accordingly he went himself, with three others, named respectively George Grundy, Peter Johnson, and George Ironside, to the south side of the wood, and sat down under a kedge. After remaining there about an hour, two men came down the wood, but the watchers did not observe them till they had approached to within a short distance of where the watchers were sitting. Wallace, on ob serving the men, shouted, " Hallao, ye blackguard fellows, what are ye doing there?" He then got on his feet, and went towards them, when one of them ex claimed, " Stand back, ye b ," and fired immediately, the shot taking effect near the left shoulder, the aim, in the dark, being evidently at the heart. Grundy had made an advance immediately after Wallace ; and the other poacher, without saying a word, levelled his piece and fired almost instantly after the first shot. Grundy -was wounded in the groin and thighs. The other two watchers had fallen back into the wood, and were not near enough to render assistance. When the poachers had disappeared, the whole proceeding having occupied little more than a minute or two, Ironside, who lives at Klibbleswerth, a small village in the immediate neigh bourhood, went and got a cart, in which the two wounded men were convey e d to th e i r h om es. It was about nine o'clock at night, and exceedingly dark. The poachers could only have been a few yards from the keepers when they fired. Medical aid was procured as soon as pos sible, and a great number of the shots have been ex tracted ; but th e men cont i nue in a very precarious state. The police are scouring the district, endeavouring to find out the perpetrators of the diabolical act, they being supposed to be pitmen ; but there is little chalice of their succeeding, for the night was so dark it would be impossible to identify them. THE GLASGOW MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. — Not a syllable does the Guardian say about the anniversary of the gunpowder plot last Tuesday. Changed times! Not a syllable does it say either about our municipal elec tions on Tuesday, on which it was wont to discant at great length, and with considerable gusto,—it on the winning side. The Guardian was in high feather when the H. Dunlops, Bains, and Browns, and other kindred Non-Intrusionists, were " l or d s paramount" in the coun cil. Now they are all out of it. There is scarcely the ghost of a Non - Intrusionist or a Non-Erastian, pro perly so called, t o b e seen 'in the Council! But in their room and st ea d we h ave a c lear and decided majority- 7 -yes, a positive and decided majority—of good and consistent supporters of the Church of Scotland. So frail and fickl e were the " Free " —so consc i ous were they of their own imp o t ency or wea k ness , that they put up no candidate on the principles of the Guardian in any one of the wards of the city a lthough a few weeks ago the Guardian h a d almost seized the poker and the tongs for a real free battle. They withdrew their own pet favourite, Mr. Fleming, the ironmonger, in the fourth ward—they allo we d him to retire sub silentio. So much for the progress o f f ree fanaticism i n t hi s c ity. G oo d bye toit Sic transit glori a mundi.—Scotch Reformer's Gazette. The following has been received at Lloyd's, from the Hydrographic-office : Admiralty, Oct. 25, 1844. REVOLVING LIGHT ON THE ROCK OF WRECK OF TIIE EDGAR.--The operations for the recovery o a f t t s h p e i w h e r a e d c wk dg t l h l e , E w d e r g e a r d i frigate, sc ontia a w a n d ic o h n w t h a e s e i a a n t n . s d ß u b a t r a r h l e a o r w i P t: a e r o t o f y p e t o h r f a a t Royali operations y w a h a l E p n g g e e f a g s e e a e a n r n s d t , arrived at Woolwich, their h dea -quarters, last week. Corporal Richard Jones is stated to have got up nineteen iron guns during the season, besides other articles; and, when the rough and generally unfavourable state of the weather which prevailed during the greater part of the operations is taken into account, it is surprising that he recovered so many. It is, at the same time, proof that he must have exerted himself with exemplary activity and industry. The corporal has the reputation of being the most skilful diver in England. Corporal Girvan also was very successful in the laborious services of diving, while health permitted him to continue at it, but he was prevented from rendering any particular assistance for some weeks previous to the close cf the operations, owing to an accident to the safety valve of the helmet, which occasioned his serious indisposition ; he is now perfectly restored to health. ABERDEEN RAILWAY.—The connexion of the an cient and flourishing town of Aberdeen with Edinburgh and Glasgow, and all the proposed and present railways in the South, promises to be one of the best lines yet projected, and an indispensable auxiliary to the agricul ture of the extensive district through which it will have to pass. The development of the resources of Scotland by steam navigation, which brought them within reach of the great markets of England and its metropolis, was an era in her agricultural prosperity, and likewise an immense benefit to the Londoners, whose food and pro visions were cheapened by the abundant supplies thus obtained. What steam navigation did on a small scale, railway transport will now do on a comparatively greater one. No town of the size and importance of Aberdeen can long remain excluded from the general highways of the nation ; and we are certain, by its position, it will soon take a start in prosperity that will place it in a commercial point of view on a par with Dundee and Leith, if not with Glasgow itself. The projected line will connect Aberdeen with all the principal towns of Scotland, such as Arbroath, Dundee, Forfar, Perth, and I Stirling, where its vivifying influence will soon be felt. We may say, as a general rule, that the success of all railroads which have two large cities as their termini, and pass through numerous other towns, is perfectly certain, because a large passenger traffic, which is always the most remunerative, is, as it were, guaranteed to them. The company will be easily able to prove, from undoubted official returns and statistical evidence, that the traffic will yield a return of 8 per cent. to the share holders. Our personal knowledge of the district sur veyed by Mr. Cubist inclines us to place implicit confi dence in the fairness of the estimate and the practica bility of his line.—Atlas. THE WINTER ASSIZES.—We are informed that an intimation has been received by the authorities that Mr. Justice Coleridge (who is to preside at the\winter assizes at York and Durham) will take the Yorkshire assizes first. Although he has not yet positively concluded the arrangements, it is his present intention to open the commission for Yorkshire on Thursday, the 28th Yorkshire Gazette. Commander Wm. Crispin is appointed to the Vic toria and Albert. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, 1844. EXPENSES OF REGIMENTAL MESSES. The following general order has been issued by order of the Commander-in-Chief:— " Horse Guards, Oct. 28, 1844. "Complaints having reached the Commander-in- Chief of the great expense attending the regimental messes of the officers of the several regiments, and the Commander-in-Chief being sensible of the great inconvenience and injury to a numerous class of most meritorious officers, who cannot afford to incur such expenses, from his recollection of the long ex perience he acquired by the exercise of the com mand of a regiment for many years in garri sons, cantonments, aid the field; and advert ing, moreover, to the gracious consideration of a late Sovereign, and to the handsome pro vision made by Parliament to supply with wine the officers of the army, and to enable them to consume that article without pecuniary inconvenience, it is his duty to draw the attention to the subject of the gene ral officers of the army, and of the commanding officers of regiments. " his Grace accordingly desires that commanding officers of regiments, battalions, and depots, will call the attention of the mess committee of officers, in each, to the necessity of forming an estimate, at the commencement of every three months—viz., January, April, July, and October—of the expense of keeping the mess table for the officers at the station, including therein attendance, maintenance of table linen, the expense of wine, beer, and provisions of all sorts. " That the fourth of the allowance paid by the public for wine shall be carried to account against the amount of this estimate. " That the allowance of wine supposed to be con sumed by each individual member of the mess shall be fixed, and the balance of the expense shall be divided among the number of members of the mess present; and the commanding officer will, with that information before him, fix the weekly amount for the messing, including the stated allowance of wine for each officer; and it must be clearly understood that no officer can be called upon to defray a larger expense than that thus required to defray the charge of this estimate. " The Commander-in-Chief does not take upon himself to specify what wines the officers of the army shall drink, of what quality, or in what quantity ; but that on which he does insist is, that none shall be required to defray the expense of such wines ex cepting those who choose it. Those who have dined at the table of the messes of officers, know that there are well-understood means of informing the officers of a regiment of the moment at which the allowance of the day has been consumed ; and those who do not choose to incur further expense should then be expected to depart. Officers niay choose to invite one or more friends to dine with them, for whom, and the expense of their entertainment, the inviter alone must be re sponsible. " The corps of officers may think proper to invite to dine an individual, or another corps of officers, and to give upon such occasion a more expensive dinner, or to have more expensive wines, than at the usual mess dinner ; but all the expense upon such occasions, beyond the usual estimated charge, whether on account of dinner, attendance, or wine, must be defrayed exclusively by hose who may think proper to affix their names to a paper, notifying the intention of some to give such entertainment; and the Commander-in-Chief desires that it may be clearly understood by command ing officers of regiments, battalions, and depots, that his Grace requires them to give their special counte nance and protection to those who may, from any mo tive, decline to be parties to incurring such expenses. "It has long been the practice of the army for of ficers upon joining a regiment to subscribe a fixed sum to purchase or defray the charges of the mess utensils ; and it is positively required in page 125 of the Ge neral Regulations, that no part of the wine money shall be applied to this purpose • but it is to be clearly understood that, excepting the limited subscription above referred to, no officer can be called upon to pay more on account of mess expenses, than the weekly amount fixed to defray the balance of the three-monthly estimate of the expense of keeping the mess table, as hereby ordered. " The general officers who will inspect regiments are particularly requested to attend to, and report upon, the execution of the provisions of this general order, and they will mention in their respective re ports the amount of the weekly charge of the mess of each officer. " By command of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wel- Lngton, Commander-in-Chief, "JOHN MACDONALD, Adjutant-Gen." DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. (Abridged from the Plymouth Herald.) It becomes our duty to state the particulars of an alarming conflagration, which took place on the morning of Friday, the Bth inst., on the premises of C. Tanner, Esq., Tavistock-road, and which has occasioned the destruction of much valuable property. Mr. Tanner carries on a large manufactory, employing a number of persons, and has always on his premises a very extensive and valuable stock of wool, leather, bark, and other materials; and, con sequently, when it was known that a fire had broken out in his establishment, the greatest consternation was felt. The fire (the situation of the premises being in a high part of the town) was observed at an early pe riod in the citadel by the sentinels, and with an ear nestness which cannot be too highly valued, that gal lant corps, the depot of the 7th Fusileers, was called to duty. The citadel engine was got ready, and the soldiers, commanded by Major Yea, and assisted by the other officers, succeeded in bringing their en gine first on the ground. The West of Eng land followed in a few minutes, dashing up in fine style, quickly succeeded by the County, the Royal Marine, and the Dockyard engines. The agents of the various establishments, and a large body of Royal Marines, commanded by Colonel Mitchell, and a division from the 44th Regiment, were also present. The alarm was given about one o'clock, the engines were in full play before half-past, and all danger of the flames extending to the other buildings was over by two o'clock The whole of the damage was con fined to the stack of buildings in which the fire ori ginated. It is considered that the fire commenced in the engine -house, but the immediate cause is not known. The property destroyed belonging to Mr. Tanner is estimated, we hear, about 1,5001., and we understand that the whole of the premises and stock are insured in the West of England office. We should not close our account without stating that the inhabitants of theSe towns cannot too highly appreciate the valuable assistance which they receive, on occasions of this description, from the military. We should also fail in our duty, if we did not no tice the zeal displayed at all times by the officers and men of those public establishments—the Royal Naval Hospital and Dockyard, their engines with a sufficient force are always in attendance in cases of fire, and the service they render is invaluable. OPERATION FOR SQUINTING PERFORMED UNDER MESMERISM.—On Tuesday last a novel but successful operation was performed upon a child ten, years old, named Martha Clarke, for removing that unpleasant visual imperfection called squinting. The child was taken to Mr. Toswill, surgeon, on the 30th ult., to be operated upon for this defect, but from the difficulty of inducing so young a person to sit quiet during so painful and delicate an operation, it was proposed that mes • merism should be resorted to. The first time this was attempted the mesmeric state was produced in sixteen minutes, and her arms rendered completely rigid. At the time she had no knowledge about mesmerism, nor that anything of the kind was about to be tried upon her. So unconscious was she, indeed, of the existence of mesmerism, or that she had been in such a state, that afterwards she said to her mother, " I am so sorry I went to sleep ; but I could not help it ; Mr. Toswill looked at me so." Subsequent to this, she was mes merised several times previous to Tuesday, when Mr. Toswill ventured on the operation. On the occasion there were present, beside Mr. Toswill, Messrs. Spencer and Downing, surgeons, Mr. Joseph Biggs, Captain Jackson, and Mr. Atkinson, from London, who is a friend of Dr. Elliotson's, all of whom, with the exception of Mr. Spencer, signed a document, stating their firm conviction of the absence of all consciousness or pain in the little pa tient during the operation. Mr. Spencer dissented from the general opinion, believing that she manifested signs of feeling pain. The time in which the operation was performed was two minutes and a half, during which the other eye remained perfectly closed and motionless, without any bandage being placed over it, which is usual in such cases. The arms, which had been fixed in an horizontal position, gradually relaxed ; that nearest the eye operated on sinking doifn to her side. When de mesmerised, and told that the operation had been per formed, she looked up, and with childlike simplicity and surprise exclaimed, " Has it!" In answer to questions put to her by those who were spectators, she said that she had no knowledge of what took place, nor felt any pain, but she had dreamed that she was at Hannah Colton's house, blowing the fire to make the pan boil. In what way this dream could be induced by the circumstances in question, is a phenomenon which we shall not here attempt to solve. As all our readers are not aware of the mode of the operation in question, we may state that it is briefly as follows :—The lid being held open, the eye to be operated upon is forced to a straight position ; a piece of the white of the ball is then laid hold of by a small pair of forceps, pulled up, and cut ; this being done, a hook is introduced, and being passed round to the back part, the muscle is secured, brought forward, and divided by the scissors of the operator.—Leicestershire Mercury. On Monday last, a numerously attended meeting was held at the house of Mr. James Phipps, the sir of the Horse and Jockey, Arnold, for the . purpose of form ing an association for the legal ProtFeW ) n of r-oot roads within the parish, when a. .00-"" —w ere e tlierasolvea bl nu mber enrolled .; members, out of which a committee was chosen to manage the business, and the meeting was then adjourned to next Monday evening.—Nettinyha»i Review. LISBON. The Portuguese Government has given notice that the light on the Cape la Roca, or the Rcck of Lisbon, has been altered from a fixed to a revolving light, each re volution being completed in two minutes. During the first minute it will present a red light, the greatest in tensity of which will contine thirty seconds ; and during the second minute it will present a bright light, the greatest brilliancy of which will also continue thirty-one seconds. The light is in lat. 38 deg. 46 min. 5 sec. N., and lon. 9 deg. 29 min. W., being 498 feet above the level of the sea, and may be seen in very clear weather at the distance of eight or nine leagues. ilydrographic-office, Admiralty, Oct. 25, 1844. LIGHTS IN THE BBLTS: The Danish Government has published the following notices Great Belt—A fixed light has been established on the westernmost point of Zealand, called Reefs Nie, at the western entrance of the Great Belt. The light stands on a tower to the height of 70 feet above the level of the sea, and is visible to the distance of three leagues on all bearings, excepting those between W. N., and N.N.W. Sprogoe's Island light revolves four times in a minute, and in future will appear every night. Little Belt—The fixed light on the island of Bargol has been elevated to the height of 30 feet above the level of the sea, and is now visible on all bearings except that of S.W. by W., where it is concealed by the town of Bargol. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Stratford, Tuit, from Mauritius, sailed 25th August ; her Majesty's ship Nimrod, Glasse, from Bombay, at Plymouth, sailed August 10, Cape Sept. 19, Ascension October 8 ; Herculean, Gibson, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed July 24 ; Symmetry, Butler, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed July 15 ; Hope, Crawford, from China, at Dublin, sailed June 5, St. Helena Sep tember 18 ; William Mitchell, M'Lachlan, from China, at Liverpool, sailed May 23, Anger July 16, St. Helena Sept. 6 ; Indus, Taylor, from Portugal, at Liverpool, sailed May 17, Mauritius August 5, St. Helena Sept. 6. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—City of London, previous to 18th September, from London, and sailed 14th to Simon's Bay ; Phlox, from Liverpool, and sailed 17th to Mauritius ; Brilliant, Cowan, from —, and sailed 17th to Ichaboe ; Owen Glendower, Sept. 3, from Portsmouth ; Repulse, from Algoa,pay ; Maid stone, from Portsmouth ; Guardian, from London ; Frederick Huth, from ; Mary Ann, from Madras ; Sussex, from Java; Robert Ingham, from London ; Isa bella, frona . —; Sibelia, from Liverpool; Martha Jane and Spy, from ; Emma, Sept. 15, from Marseilles; Vigilant, from Mossell Bay ; Lord John Russell, 17th, front Live , pool. Departures from Table Bay— Harmony, Sept. 9, to St. Helena ; Agile, 19th, to London. Arrivals in Simon's Bay—Mobile, from Penang, and sailed 15th Sept. to London ; her Majesty's ships Ves tal and Bittern, and her Maj sty's sty aurier Thunderbolt, Sept. 13, from Alga Bay; Agincourt, Neatby, from London. Arrivals at Mauritius—Maggie. Aug. 21, from Mus • cat, and loading for London ; Hope, 21st, from the c.ipe ; Zuleika, 23d, from Calcutta ; Java, 24th, from London, Loading at Mauritius for London—Ann, Fal con, Pauline, Houghton, Tar, Maria, and Briton. Arrivals at Mitavia—Mona and G unga, from Liverpool. PEDESTRIANISM.-.—A man named Alabaster is now engaged on Parker's-piece in attempting the arduous task of walking 1,000 miles and the same number of fur longs in 1,000 successive hours. He starts from the New Inn.— Cambridge Independent. THE " EMBODYMENT." " Henry Clay, the liv ing personification and embody meat of Whig principles." Whig address. IN 1777 born; In 1805 quarrelled With Cu!. Davis, of Ken tucky, which led to his first duel : In 1808 he challenged Humphrey Mar shall, and fired three times at his heart : In 1525 he challenged the great Jo hn Ran dolph, and fired once at his he art but without effect : 1111838 he plan ned the CHILLEY DUEL, by which A MURDER was perpe tra ted, and a wife made a ma ac : In 1841 , wk nien 6 5 years old, and gr e y h e a ded, is under 5000 dol- lars BONDS to KEEP T B—. E P EACE ! At the age of 29 h e PERJURED himself t o ecure a Seat in the Unite S tates Senate. In 1824 he mad e a n infamous bargain with John Quin c y Adams, by which he SOLD OUT for a 1,2001. a-year OFFICE. He is also well kn own as a GAM BLER, and SA BATH BREA. KEE, Ms? OLITICS are precisely and exactly those of the Hartford con • vention fed eralist : op posed to e qual rights, equal la W and in favour of mono . polizing laws a n d char tered privile ges. Also h e sus tai ns the fe roci o us Alge rines in their deeds of BLOOD AND MURDER. before fire I n r E e . —O broke n Sunda yo nie l premises belong ing to Mr. Calloway, draper, three doors from Astley's Amphitheatre. The first discovery was made by t he Tirn g' shortly shop-boy, who was sleeping in the kitchen, and who was awoke, in consequence of hearing a loud cracking noise, proceeding from the shop ; he immediately jumped out of bed, and tried to alarm his master. Finding, how ever, that he was unable to accomplish that object, he rushed up stairs, and broke a square of glass in the first floor front, and then shouted " Fire," which brought the police and some of the neighbours to the spot. The fe male servant and the lad were taken from the first floor down a ladder, and thereby escaped uninjured. Mr. Calloway, however, was not so fortunate, for thinking he could subdue the flames with the aid of a bucket of water, he ran down stairs to procure one, but he was met by a huge sheet of flame and smoke, which forced him backwards, destroying the hair on his head, and sadly burning him about the face, neck, and ears. He managed, after considerable difficulty, to reach the kitchen area, nearly suffocated ; and, before he could be rescued, the iron grating over the same was compelled to be forced. In the meantime, the flames had broken through the roof, and were extending in the direction of the theatre. The valuable stud, consisting of 63 horses, were let loose, and turned into Amphitheatre row, when some of the animals commenced kicking and plunging in a most fearful manner. Some mules that were in the stables, upon perceiving the fire, could not by any possibility be made to stir ' • and, had the flames reached their atables, they must have perished. The flames were extinguished by 6 o'clock ; but not until the buildings and the stock-in-trade, furniture, &c., were nearly destroyed. The damage is very considerable, and will fall upon the Sun and Imperial offices. IRON COLLIER.—Some curiosity has been excited by the arrival in the Thames of a Newcastle collier, a fine looking vessel, built of iron, and fitted with a screw propeller, worked with an engine of twenty-horse power. She is 139 feet long, 27 feet 6 inches wide, and, when loaded with 340 tons of coals, her draught is only 11 feet 9 inches aft, and lafeet 3 inches forward ; her hold is divided into separate chambers, after the prin ciple of C. W. William's water-tight bulkheads, herme tically closed falie floor, into which the water can be ad mitted by large taps, for ballast, and when not required Is pumped out again . by the engine. Her bows are sharp and wedge-like, and her stern unusually project ing; though low, her counters are so fiat that she lifts with every swell, and itis nearly impossible for a wave to break over her taffrail. ---• LEEDS AND LONDON Mans.:—ln entire day has been gained by the merchants of Leeds in their commu nications to and from London, by an arrangement which came into effect on Tuesday last, the sth instant, when a mail-cart commenced running to Wakefield, to meet the up-day mail from Newcastle. The mail leaves Leeds at eleven at night ; the London letters being delivered in Leeds, at eight P.M., allows three hours to reply; and the Leeds letters by this mail being delivered in London in the afternoon, time is allowed to send a reply the same evening. In this way a whole day is saved in the ob taining of an answer.—Doncaster Gazette. PREVENTION OF HYDROPHOBIA.--The Frankfort Gazette says :—" A gentleman of Saratorf has disco vered that the most efficacious remedy for the bite of rabid animals is the insect called tentania aurata, reduced to powder, and given to the patient. Dr. Wagner has tested the remedy, and met with most satisfactory re -1 sults." LITERATURE. FORGET-ME-NOT. Ackermann, London, 18 44. The " Forget-me-Not" is one of the oldest, as well as the best, of the Annual fraternity, having now been in existence, we believe, semewhere about fifteen years. During this protracted period it has seen .dozens of more showy and aspiring rivals rise, decline, and wholly disappear, and has at present scarcely a single competitor in the field. We do not wonder at the steady popularity which this annual has uniformly met with from the day when it was first started, for it is edited with great skill and care by Mr. Shoberl, who thoroughly understands the art of catering to the public taste in these matters. The volume for the present year contains not less than ten plates, some of which are of an average character in point of exccu ' tion, while others display superior excellence. Among the better class, we may mention "Aurora's Fan," which represents an arch, coquettish young girl turn ing her fan to excellent account in the way of flirtation, while a youth stands beside her, evidently much impressed with a sense of her powers of capti vation. This clever plate is engraved by Mote from an original design by Lange. " Trent" is a sketch of this fine old town, taken on the spot. In the fore ground we see a quaint, old-fashioned bridge ! panning a broad sheet of water, while the back-ground is made up of a picturesque range of mills, clothed with trees, and gracefully varied in their outlines. " Mary M'Donnell" is a full-length portrait of a buxom young Scottish lass, who is sitting alone on a naked crag, at whose feet boils a raging sea, while a sharp, clever sheep-dog is keeping a vigilant look-out ahead. This picture is full of spirit and animation. Of the remaining plates, the best are those entitled" Miranda," and the "Cousins," which last is a portrait of two young female relations who are engaged in the mos confidential conversation, probably on the merits o their respectives lovers. The prose and verse com munications in the volume are neither better nor worse than usual. The article which has pleased us most by its whim and vivacity, is called " Extracts from the Diary of a Beauty," and is written in illus tration of "Auroras Fan." CASTING OF ONE THOUSAND 32-POUNDERS, AT LOW MOOR IRON WORKS. The fact having come to our knowledge that in structions had been forwarded to Low Moor for the execution of the enormous number of one thousand pieces of ordnance, of large calibre, we determined to learn the particulars on the spot. Accordingly, on making known our business, on Monday last, we were received with the greatest courteousness, and were fortunate enough to be present at the actual casting of some of the guns—a process fraught with the utmost interest to those who ever saw the like be fore, and one which can hardly be viewed with indif ference, no matter how often it be witnessed. We ascertained that the guns are all iron 32-pounders, technically "longs" and " shorts," though the inex perienced eye would fail to detect any difference in their lengths, and the actual difference, we believe, is only a few inches. There is a very ma t er i a l dif • ference, however, in their formation, as com_pared with the guns hitherto in use, the weight a the metal being infinitely greater in the new than the old, and varying also considerably in the n ew , ac cording to the drawings to which they are cast. Formerly, 32-pounder iron cannon were cast as low as 24 cwt. each ; hut these now being cast weigh twice, and in some instances almost three times as much, namely, from 43 cwt. to 56 cwt., and even to 62 cwt. each. This immense increase of metal affords, of course, a proportionate increase of strength to the guns, the bursting of one of which, after it has undergone the Woolwich test, may now be re garded almost as an impossibility. The principal portion of this additional metal is placed in the breech, though it much varies in some of the guns as to its distance from, or proximity to, the trunnions, as those pivots are called by which the gun rests on the carriage. Much difference of professional opinion seems to prevail as to the relative advantage and dis advantage of having the chief weight of the metal in each piece disposed in this or that particular spot. We believe, however, that all authorities on the doc trine of projectiles are unanimous in pronouncing guns cast on this principle that is, immensely heavy in and about the breech—to be capable of throwing a ball infinitely further than the old light guns, and with a proportionate economy in the ex penditure of powder. _ Each gun is cast perfectly solid, in a clay mould, suspended perpendicularly in a metal casting, and such is the bulk of iron employed, and so great is its power of retaining the heat, that each piece takes nearly a week to cool before it can be further meddled with : —for instance, on Monday evening last we could not bear to place the hand on the outer clay covering of a gun cast on the previous Saturday morning, and several days must elapse before the metal itself could be touched with impunity. The guns are drilled out with powerful machinery, and it the bore, which is guaged with the nicest possible precision, is found t , . vary a hair's breadth, it is at once sent to the fur nace and melted over again. If, however, the bore is found to be mathematically true, it is polished, also by machinery, till it is as smooth as glass and as glittering as silver. The crown and royal initials are then chiselled out just above the touch-hole, and after receiving a final scrutinising inspection, the gun is sent by the Manchester and Leeds Railw!! y to Hull, and thence tr ans p or t e d i n coasters to Wool wich. Here - it is subjected to the ordnance test. If it carry its range truly, and without exhibiting any symptom of inferiority of material, and corresponds in all respects with the drawing, it receives the Go vernment impress; and being freed from the rust which it has most likely acquired in its transit, is pronounced fit for service, and placed in the stores accordingly. If, on the contrary, it should, in the minutest particular, fall below the ordinary standard, one of the trunnions is struck off, so as to render the gun utterly useless, and it is then returned at the cost of the maker. We learn that not one of the guns included in the present order to the Low Moor Company has, so far, though a large number of them have been executed, failed in the Woolwich test. Sometimes guns are ordered for the purpose of being burst at Woolwich —that is, for the purpose of trying experiments until they burst. Lately, two 56-pounders were made here, nine feet in length, and weighing 98 cwt. each; and, although Colonel Dundas, the Inspector-General of Ordnance, by whose directions all orders of this nature are executed, has been conducting a priolonged series of experiments with them at Woolwich, he has not yet applied a force greater than their powers of resistance, and will probably b e some t i me b efore he does so. As fast as these new 32-pounders are being made—namely, at about the rate of twenty-four a week—the old 32-pounders are called in and melted down, their average weight being something under 30 cwt. each ; so that instead of saying that Govern ment are having 1,000 new 32-pounders made, it would perhaps be more proper to state that they are having that number of old ones replaced by those of an improved construction. Liverpool Journal of Saturday. BATA AND SALISBURY RAILWAY.—We under. stand, a Company, who will be prepared with the neces sary details for an application to Parliament during the next session, for a line from Bath, via Bradford and Trowbridge, to Salisbury, with a branch to Tringley, is about to be formed. We hear the projectors have every reason to believe it will have the approval of Govern ment.— Wiltshire Inclependext. The effects of Lord Brougham's Bill, for the abo lition of arrest for debts contracted under 201., have already been felt in the provinces. Mr. Commissioner Harris has had to adjudicate only upon nine petitions in Norfolk ; neither was there a single petition to be heard at Lynn or Bury. In many instances, both in the me tropolis and the counties, insolvents who have been re manded by the Court for various terms of imprisonment, have been released upon proper application to the Court of Bankruptcy, while on the other hand many bankrupts, remanded for various reasons, have been liberated by availing themselves of the Insolvent Court,—Norwich Mercury. A white whale was lately found stranded in Ans kerry, measuring about twenty feet in length. It had no teeth, and it is possible it is one of the Aodon variety —a small toothless whale —some of which came ashore in Orkney a few years ago. FATAL ACCIDENT DURING THE PROCESSION OF THE LORD MAYOR BY WATER.—On Saturday afternoon a coal porter, named Thomas Baldwin, aged twenty-nine, met with his death under the following circumstances: — While the procession of the Lord Mayor was passing up the river, the deceased was standing on the edge of one Of his employer's barges, when his attention became so riveted to the proceedings, that he missed his footing and fell into the water. About twenty-five minutes elapsed before his body was found, when every means were used to resuscitate him, but without effect. The deceased has left a wife and family. We have observed with pleasure the great activity which prevails in the export trade in apples from the island of Jersey. Large apples fetch 12f. a quarter, and those of moderate size 10f.—Le Pilote (Guernsey paper Paouric BARLEY.—A superior kind of barley, called " Britain's Defiance" was grown last summer by Mr. E, Brigs, of Swinstead, near Bourn, which presents strong claims to attention, and bids fair to supersede all other kinds in those places where it is introduced. It produced at the rate of eighty bushels per acre, weigh ing 651 b. each; and its inealing and saccharine proper ties are considerably greater than those of any other kind with which it has been tried. A single grain of it sown last spring produced forty-eight ears, each of which con sists of six rows of grain, containing about fourteen grains in a row, making a produce of 4,032 from a single grain.—From a Correspondent of the Bath Chronicle. FOREIGN CATTLE.—Ninety-eight head of horned cattle And 49,5heep have been this week imporio by tbft 'steam-ships from Ilamburo and Rotteii ion. __n u - a Packet, WOODCOCKS.—On Monday last, that capital sports man G. L. Coham, Esq., out of 18 shots killed 15 wood cocks. A similar occurrence in this county and at this early season bas perhaps not before been heard of.— Woolnter's Exeter Gazette. L,T ~, r-). i g' :' r't 7***4-‘,. ry , e. ,,, ; ,,, izik , , , - "' 7. ' 4 4,5) -:,:-; ,i, 4 •••,. '-4 THE LATE ST EXIIIBITION OF FALSE L.__ (From the Berwick Advertiser.) Since our last we have had very boisterous weather. The wind which blew freshly from the east on Wed nesday last week, continued inr several days increas ing in fury, and at intervals was accompanied by heavy rains. The sea became more and more agitated with the continuance of the high winds, and, from Thursday last week until yesterday, our harbour was all but inaccessible. With the exception of a foreign galliott which entered on Tuesday and encountered very great risk, there were neither arrivals nor de partures at our port within the period mentioned. The Manchester steamer, which left London on Thursday morning, arrived in the bay at two o'clock on Saturday morning, but the state of the spa on the bar prevented her from entering the harbour, and the violent gale rendered it dangerous for her to remain in the bay, so that after firing a signal, she ran fi)r shelter to the Frith, and came to a safe anchorage op posite Charleston, where she remained until this day, and is at present hourly expected here. On Wednes day afternoon the Tweed showed symptom:: of flood ing, and the several vessels in the harbour increased their warpage, a precaution the necessity of which was proved next morning, when the river was swollen and rolled along with great impetuoiity, strewed with pieces of timber, bushes, and other articles, showing that the water in its course to the sea had ri, , en above the usual limits of the river. On Wednesday night the wind seemed to have exhatis:ed its - fury; it was then succeeded by a very heavy rain, and next morn ing was exceedingly mild. The wind vecTed slightly to the south, and the storm on the coast gradually abated. No serious disaster is ascertained to have occurred. On Sunday there was picked up by some fishermen on the Magdalen fields shore a pece of the stern bulwarks of a vessel, having the name " Era" on it ; and on Wednesday night a similar plank was also there picked up with " Harvest" painted on it. This latter appeared very old, and as if it had been long in the water: and we trust they are not indioa-. tions of any recent shipwreck. We have in another paragraph noticed a vessel dismasted in the Fair-way, opposite the Fern islands. Besides that loss, th e b r i g Iris of Whitby with grain from Dantzic suffAed ship wreck at Boulmer at 5 P.M., of the 2d instant. The crew were saved by means of the life-boat throu g h the exertions of Lieutena n t B run t on, o f the Aintnouth coast-guard station. The schooner Graham, of Perth, Sweeny master, bound to Blythe from Rouen in bal la4t, came on shore north of Warkworth at 8 P.M., of the 3d instant, crew saved, Portions of wreck and a boat came on shore at the Craster station, and are supposed to have belonged to the Elizabeth, of Moulden, W. Cole, master. The materials found are very old. At the caves near Emanuel Head, at Holy Island, portions of wreck and a boat have come on shore. They have no name nor mark on them, hut are supposed to have belonged to a foreign vessel. Rumours of other wrecks have been current, but the above comprise all that have been communicated by the authorities at the coast-guard stations, and we are disposed t o conc l u d e t h ey are all that have occurred on our coat. We have heard that on Saturday, Sunday, and again on Wednesday night, two lights were observed on shore near Hudshead, which were calculated to mislead persons in charge of vessels at sea, and give rise to serious consequences. We therefore hope the circumstance will be inquired into, and that the parties showing these lights, through inadvertence it may be presumed, will be made aware cf the fault they have committed, and the necessity of guarding against it in future. U.O WILTS, - SOMERSET, AND TVEY- MOUTH RAILWAY. The attention of our fellow-citizens is now, we are glad to say, fully awakened to the injurious c,lnse quences that must arise to the trade and commerce of Bristol, and of Bath also, should the scheme set on foot by the Great Western Railway Corn; a Iv, for lines of railway from Salisbury, 13rutport, and Wey mouth, to Trowbridge, and thence by way of Ale;k sham to Chippenham, be carried out agreeably to the proposed plan. Fortunately for the public, the Legislature is exercising greater care and watchfulness, previously to giving its sanction to any new railway specula tion than was the case a few years ago ; and the Board of Trade is also exercising a ramie some scrutiny into the merits of the several schemes which have to seek the sanction of P•arliament ; so that a reasonable hope may be entertained that, by making these authorities fully acquainted with the injustice that would be done to Bath and Bristol —by the proposed circuitous route to Trowbridge and Bradford, and by diverting the northern traffic from its legitimate course—the Great Western Rail way Company will be induced to reconsider its pro ject, and, looking n o t so l e l y to i ts own interests, adopt a line more in accordance with the requirements or the public. By the proposed scheme, the distance of Br.istol and Bath from Bradford will he increased, rail, no less than twelve miles; and passengers from the latter town, from Trowbridge, and indeed from all the other towns on the proposed branches, g oing to Bristol or Bath, w ill h ave t o h e carr i e d by a cir cuitous route this additional distance. After arriving almost at their place of destination, instead of finally reaching it by a direct course through the valley of the Avon, they will have to proceed out of their way to Melksham and Chippenham, and then return through the Box tunnel! Ana for what purpose? Simi ly that the northern traffic may be diverted from the Bristol and Glouces ter line to the Cheltenham and Great Western Union. Railway, the latter being the property of the Great Western Railway Company. To show that this is the object, aad to show, also, its injurious tendency as regards Bristol, nothing more is required than a glance at the plan (.f the intended railway : it will be seen that the aim has been to fix the point of junction so near to Swindon as that the traffic thence to the midland and northern counties shall be exclusively carried on the Great Western lines as far as Gloucester. If public advantage and accommodati3n lay in th;.,; direction, however much we might regret the diversion of the traffic from our own locality, Bristol would have but a weak case to present to the Board of Trade, and one that we could scarcely hope would be attended to, inasmuch as, now-a-days, in dividual and local interests cannot be expected to have much weight in retarding any great undertak ing. But we have hopes that the present movement, if followed up with spirit, will, by bringing out the facts of the case—by showing that the line as laid down, while it will damage Bath and Bristol, will afford no additional facilities to the public—that, on the contrary, many of the public, as passengers merely, will be inconvenienced by it, while the ouly party sought to be benefited is the Great Western Railway Company : we have hopes, if these matters be laid fairly and fully before the proper authorities, that the plan, as far as the circuitous route from Trowbridge is concerned (and to that, in particular, our opposition goes), will have to be abandoned.— Bristol Mercury. DEATH OF DYSON, THE HORSE-DEALER.—After a long and painful illness, Harmon Dyson died at the vil lage of Waltham Cross last week. He was one of the very few horse-dealers who have amassed large for tunes, but the bulk of his property Avas acquired during the late war, by contracting to supply the cavalry with horses. His illness was occasioned by the following singular circumstance : Dyson had been long personally known to George the Fourth, and though he supplied almost all the beautiful carriage horses for the Royal Mews, they had been for a long period purchased by different persons of the King's establishment, so that Dyson never came in contact with his Majesty until ac cidentally he himself one day went down to the Royal Lodge with two riding horses to show the King as likely to please his Majesty. Accordingly he Ras com manded to bring his horses in front of the Royal Lodge, where, to his great surprise, the King walked out, and, before looking at the horses, his Majesty, in his usual familiar manner, accosted him as his " old friend, Dyson," expressing the pleasure he had in again seeing him, and after some conversation about horses "in olden times," and making some remark upon Dyson'a horses, his Majesty said he would take both of them, and ordered the page to see that every attention was paid and refreshments given to Mr. Dyson. Dyson was so extremely agitated by this interview, and so cora. pletely overwhelmed by his visit to the Royal Locke, and by the kindness and consideration of the King, that on his return home his whole nervous system appeared to have received a shock, which in a few days terminated in a paralytic stroke, and from w bleb be never afterwards perfectly recovered, although, to the comfort and happi ness of the neighbouring po r, he lived to the p a t r i arc h a l age of 83. EXPORT or HORSES.—The well-kno wn h orse a e n apt . , for Hamburgh. Ten useful horses, purchased by Mr. emp loyee Brown of Hamburgh,arge of Sheet Anchor, purchased for the Duke of Brunswick. theWednesda i n charge Wednesday, T left at t t e h r i s s a rs r , t obyn steam-shi p Riby Nicholson, are intended to be shipped this evenin g (Friday) by the Victoria, and twenty from a valuable lot at the Paragon Inn stables, selected by mr. Schol. field for the MM. Strauss, of Vienna, are to be shipped to-morrow, per the Queen of Scotland, for Hamburgh. A further lot of ten or a dozen i s expected to be em barked by the Princess Victoria, for A t n werp.—Hati Packet. FORGERY ON TUE DURHAM COUNTY B ANICe— Much excitement has prevailed in Stockton and its neighbourhood within the last few days, in consequence of its having been discovered that a forgery had been committed on the Stockton and Durham County Bank, by an imitation of its notes. To what extent the forgery has been tarried is at present unknown ; but it is certain thtit six or seven 51. forged notes have been received by different tradesmen in Stockton. Two individuals, one of them formerly a respectable master currier, and the other a schoolmaster, charged with the crime, are already in custody ; and the police are on the look-out for others of the " establishment." Plates, moulds, notes finished and unfinished, with all the other apparatus of a swims mint, have been found on the premises of the suspected parties.—Durham Advertiser.