The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-12 00:00:00

i t cil tee , will': a . 016 I r Cl o gh, C PARKS IN MANCHESTER. On Tu bridgedd from the Manchester Guardian.) Nri lass evening an aggregate meeting of the t4 d ..e r ( .es of Manchester and Salford, convened m th tTI tisement and placards, was held in connection ktb e ; 'cerement now making fur this important object, Th, firse-Trade Hall, Peter -street. el of the hall 'eras nearly filled by half-past s hile t , .ec e k, and there was a goodly number of ladies in b et , o r l f Abov e t a quarter before eight o'clock, a 1: 111 1cea a gentlemen and operatives who had been an to l'eeakers, came upon the platform. Amongst Ve, a v e . noticed the Rev. William Huntington, Rector ; Mr. Malcolm Ross, Dr. Lyon Playfair, Holland, Mr. Edward Watkin, Mr. J. Falvey, 14, ptr • . c Jarnin F o th erg ill, M r . Ab e l H e y woo d, Mr. Wm. 14,3cworth, Dr. John Watts, Mr. R. J. Richardson, ty p eg Leach, Mr. Ralph Smith, &c. &c. At ten Bi t h tt s ti before eight o'clock, on the motion of Mr. R. J. 4 4 41 :ca, second e d by M r . Morris, the chair was Th e Mr. Abel Heyvvood. L ;I4I3I3 tAN, in opening the proceedings, having L I 4 4t 7PY of the placard by which the meeting was advertedsto the large and important meeting kt1; 11 , 11, ' Town-hall at which the wealthy of the town s led, t lol and Lord F. Egerton, a gentleman and a i ii 'gave 1,0001.—( Applause.) Several gentlemen tp t i„• "_cester, whose names were enrolled in every sub t4",c to promote the well being of the working clas- E N. * e subscriptions. Sir B. lleywood, Sir Thomas a' an d many o th ers o f considerable influence came tet t iq and advocated this question, not only by their hou t e e l i k _hut more practically by their money. This „Ng 7 , "%Pinning of one of those progressive move • 'lst tt - PW making throughout the kingdom ; for a S t 'Metre now existed in the minds of the higher and se a classes to promote the welfare of the working than at any former period. He hoped that the "5 1 , 14 4 g cla sses wou ld d o a ll t h ey cou ld ( an d th e y cou ld 4 4 1 .. e 1 1 if th e y c h ose ) t o carr y ou t this noble object. • ,1 • RICHARDSON came forward to move the first k 4 it d laine He had been in most large towns in the th gdom, and in some on the continent ; and, ' t4 t e Pleasure and healthy recreation enjoyed by 1 11 % e s and all classes, he had deeply regretted that N e e ropolis of manufactures should have no public Iv walks for its industrious community. He dwelt 101 extent of the Glasgow Green, two miles in length; th e Nottingham Meadows, where he had seen h undred games of cricket being played at once, I ttet' a s live o'clock in the morning. Nottingham • I n, th which had been attempted th to be wrested at from itl,ey could amain claim as eir own, , 4 Lam „Neo 'e park s of Lodon were now open to the people; ip' a t r k ge extent of ground had been set aside for their wl' lt Ze east end of London, to be called the • In B r i s t o l the people had beautiful walks le e • ' l acks of the Avon, and on St. Vincent's rocks, h undreds t t of people might be seen walking in the lre t t .' In Dundee the Government, during the late k le o ," , c ontributed a sum of money to be expended in Pft>4°R Magdalen-green, where the inhabitants may t e breezes from the hills of Fife, the calm zephyrs N s r Curse of Gowrie and the bosom of the Tay. In 1 1 , 4 i ti tiCe s , Perth, Arbroath, and Aberdeen, the inhabis ,`. (l their spacious inches for - healthy recreation. 'ltih r neis Egerton had Laid that he was in arrears to 4eitants of this town, and was only paying an in (Applause)—and he was glad to see a kin- N I - .."11g animating others to give their thousands ) , 4 0s, c ir hundreds. Ile was quite sure, from what he 4t, the the working classes, that they would indeed be ' 4 %1 1 ,7 for this assistance, and would show their grad -4 doin g their best to contribute. In their benefit L t tt:Pl shop clubs, and private coteries, let them make i %op ort s . Let it not be said, " We'll hare a park kgli at i t uere, or yonder ;" let that be left to the parties 0% So well come forward with their funds in pro ,cf this object. The parks would doubtless be in I,ltitill%litricts where they would do most good to the v ttl tb F classes. In a few years they would have the '`, l e . of walking on their own lands, and saying, in !IlL' i gnity of freemen, " These are for us and our t it :' for ever." He concluded by moving the first s LEACH seconded the resolution. lekr t e v• W. HUNTINGTON, Rector of St. John's, in tit le i ,, 3 4l l the resolution, said he had the most sincere 011 t ,,in giving whatever support he could, in his ." In Manchester, to this most important resolu eNZ•nd, if ever there was a measure to unite men of ta, e lnient s and opinions together, it was this. During tt O h e Years' residence here, he asked himself how he 1 2 lie he promote the welfare of the working classes, s h 7 l ieved they required nothing more than whole t,litti;:ti healthy amusement and he desired, that, i; k plil itu /8 view, there might be longer hours of leisure.— ‘:r, tit s e.) He hoped that nothing would be said, how , irrelevant to the subject of the meeting. If ytterlatives followed it up as they ought, they would e qual,. or a greater account than had already been Ile was glad to see medical men present. From di exPerience he spoke when he said that many in ,tk th b ed from th e i m p ure an d smo ky atmosphere. In b"Vnths, h e h a d l o st, while living within the town, I rs tits l cred children • and, since he had removed to 4 N i'ir ts, his family had enjoyed a health which he iN wished every labouring man to enjoy. It was q r ,l for m en to built and live in towns, as for rabbits ' burrows ; and the country was as dependent on q u "„ 118 as the towns upon the country. Venice had i 7ItCY Paris, her boulevards ; and London, her h as The sam e l ove o f t h e coun t r y prevailed here, ""t er i Witnessed by the numbers flocking by the Bridge ‘ti_li,(l3l4beket-boats,,and by the railway to Alderley Edge. been told by a noble lord, of George IL that, t. J, tunes's Palace, he said to his minister, dit Co ll 's scarcely worthy of a king's garden; what •t ri)3lll st to join St. James's Park and Green Park to j u g a rdens ?" The reply was, " Please your Ma p 3 , t three crowns"—meaning the crowns of Epg • l et e land, and Scotland. His Majesty took the hint, Ors thee parks alone. Lately, in Scotland, on the o ' the Highlands, he bad witnessed the most b4 4 a nd friendly intercourse between landlord and L ts ell.. and he did n ot see why there might not be such i'l A , Ikt urse in the public parks and gardens of Manches "en the master manufacturers and operatives, %P e at mutual benefit. He by no means despaired • e at i ! l g this come to pass. He dearly loved the honest r4 l Pap s of Man c h es t e r ; he would rather see them with \, with more bronzed and sun-burnt faces.— 44" Dean Milner, of Cambridge, said he had never h l ed With an honest operative (of Leeds, of which :44 e was a native) without learning something which tt cot know before. Professor Sedgwick, when last "lei,:cchester, had beautifully said, that there should t , % rd s % a ° high a hedge between rich and poor, that the '414 and offices of Christian kindness and sympathy h4l? t pass over.—(Hear.) In the contemplation of e thouks of creation around them, in these public parks eP t o they .ht could hardly fail "to look from nature Okt' ''are s God." He hoped when thus enjoying re 'Alibalc'tiltl every evening, the public would less desecrate the but join in public worship on that day. It had by thj, i u by one gentlemal that the people would tear f e te eh 'upwers and root up the trees, but he did not be ll:118 w "Ything of the kind. He hoped that in these gar ld be statues, porticoes, and ornaments ; and i Re should have no longer to go abroad for pattern te, b ` r s) but find the sources of design in these beauti- I ,c i i , e L LHe hoped that, ere long, these pleasures of Allon would be changed into pleasures of posses , - VlPPlause.) •• }/loa ms moved the second resolution, which i t Ir. eev L a nded by Mr. R. SMITH. 1 ,44 ( 1 ALCOLM Ross, in supporting the resolution, said 'een asked what use would these parks be applied T kt li ti e had been told that on an evening lately a thou- IL %tsb"T e tery hands had been seen joining in one game of h . 4 h a" ' This was one of the uses of these parks. In r p ll te u ' a rks he hoped there would be public fountains of ri . ‘ ,. 4 ter, seats for the invalid, the sick, and the aged, i ll tc, te er Ythiug that could contribute to the rational and recreation of the people. [Mr. Ross then read p lott er 4 received from Sir R. Peel, which we have pub '44l 11 1 another place. It was received with the most it 4 Itsi • aatlC and repeated cheering throughout the vast tahi 1 1 4, - • H. HOLLAND, surgeon, said he had been re- Ni t 4" to bring forward a few facts as regarded the cr the population. In all towns there was a very , 11 1 4 6. excess of mortality; and a commission had been ii t h l i a g into the causes of this excess, the report of fa t "e held in hi s band, and one of the commissioners : I th vr esent, watching the proceedings of the meeting B es s %Nat interest. In this town there was a large ex tp 4 a t Mortality over that of rural districts, amounting i'lt4 tl chester to 10,259 extra deaths more than in an "clu e w as of the healthy part of the country. "elv e ,",_fte not inevitable ; and therefore to resign them- I t i %op : 0 it was not patienee, but folly, if not guilt. The Ri ess e re the principal sufferers, as shown by coloured R req n a rld. curves of the mortality of different classes in "N.2 1 ,_. Half the gentry survived to the age of forty led half the children of the operative classes ti‘ ktr it °* ore the age of five years. Very much of the , 'nodality among children would be removed, if 1 4 111( ilt, ! `'„'' c ld only have fresh air. The remedy was to o ,"ar mode of life in this town that of the country. ,i l ete`,: ni ng and cleansing our streets, and having in ,Acelf:s of public health ; remove burial grounds from K Ai s et and have places of public recreation and ex rJet,-1. and we will make a large subtraction from that ha lily', I tY, and increase the means of health and strength, " 4 , Ite n is e ss and enjoyment. Let every one contribute his ` c ? tiLlwever small ; if he gave all he could it was equal tive:‘,‘'unation of thousands from the wealthy. Let all Pk t i c ;`-'r all would enjoy the advantages of these public h,ll 'RA,,,rld Playgrounds ‘atin h c ‘IRDIAN put . the resolution, which was passed ) 111 eusly. Mye ste T rtomes FALVEY, in moving the third resolution, Rie tt ir : (l to the magnitude of the meeting as exceedingly I pg' e l Yla g, and a proof of the great interest that the work s'eporias took in this question, which so immediately and tS t , ft ntly concerned them. %D.( thel resolutions of a practical nature were agreed to, riu broke up. 4411- 411si,,IFICSILVER FROM CHINA.—This metal, so ex. t he ) ,.'„TY, employed in medicine, in the amalgamation oi metals in water gilding, the making . of birover -' ,_the silvering of looking glasses, the of 1- 1 -e 'ee and thermometer tubes, &c., has hitherto 'l„Mported chiefly from Spain, Germany, and Peru.. froi ll 'A_owever, there is a prospect of its being obtained 'oa k . I ,' B ina, some of the provinces of which have been (1 ,1 1,1 1 , - "vn to yield it in considerable abundance.. One „""e - „ r n ain novelties in the Chinese import consists in '„Ve ill e - " e of package, the metal being simply poured into liCk -e k of bamboo,ode about a foot long and three inches rn ," aV ing each end firmly closed with rosin. This th e ' l . - "" of package is found quite as serviceable as `vhii,, l- 9 11 bottle in which mercury is usually brought, iS llghter, and in every way more convenient for 14 4ki t. T It • Specimens wore recently shown in . the 44, 1 :" market ; an d f ro m the remunerating prices bleats they brought, it is expected that renewed ship ttiSiy °I the article to Europe will take place on an ex scale.Bombay Times. SIR R. PEEL AND THE MAN CHESTER PUBLIC PARKS. We have very sincere and very great gratification in laying before our readers the copy of a letter re ceived by the Honorary Secretaries of the Public Parks Committee from the Premier—a letter which reflects honour upon the Right Hon. Baronet for the sentiments it avows, the associations adverted to, and the acknowledgments made ; and which we commend to general attention as a noble example, worthy to be followed by many other gentlemen formerly con nected with Manchester, and on whom it has much stronger claims individually. The following is the Premier's letter : ' Whitehall, Sept. 7, 1844. " Gentlemen,—Although I have no longer any per sonal connexion with the town of Manchester, by pro perty or other local tie, yet, considering .Blanchester to be the metropolis of a district, to the industry of which I and my family are under very deep obligations ; and most heartily approving of the wise and benevolent de sign to provide for those who are doomed to almost in cessant toil, the means of healthful recreation and harm less enjoyment, I willingly contribute to the furtherance of that design,and offer mycordial wishes for its success. " I request my name may be added to the subscrip tion which has been commenced for this purpose, for the SUM of on 3 thousand pounds.—l am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, " ROBERT PEEL. Malcolm Ross, Esq. ' Edward Watkin, Eiq.' This munificent donation is, to our mind, greatly enhanced in value by the graceful and lib2ral terms in which it is conveyed. We hail it, too, as a pledge that, in the estimation of every benevolent mind, no petty party feelings should be allowed to obtrude into this excellent design for the benefit of a large and industrious community. That object which commands from Sir Robert Peel on the one hand, and from Mr. Mark Philips on the other, such substantial proofs of their cordial and generous support, can scarcely, even to the most suspicious mind, be deemed a political movement to serve a party purpose. We trust to find the example of Sir Robert Peel, addressing itself with all the weight that justly belongs to it, to those who, after having realised handsome fortunes in Manchester, are now enjoying them in other parts of the kingdom. They, too, are under deep obligations to the industry of Manchester; and we hope they will not lose so fa vourable an opportunity as is now presented, for proving that they are not insensible to the claims herein made upon their liberality. Let the strength of their past associations and reminiscences be shown by their present zealous and cordial generosity. We understand that, at a meeting of the Commit tee on Public Parks on Monday, a resolution was una nimously adopted, expressive of their high apprecia tion of the opinions expressed by Sir Robert Peel, and conveying to him their sincere thanks for his munificent gift, and for the gratifying terms in which he has communicated it.—Manchester Guardian. 'fHE BOWYER GALLERY. lIEPTAPRIEMION. Who has not heard of the celebrated Bowyer col lection of pictures—a collection which it was the labour of a life to form, and in the formation of which a princely fortune was expended ? We were highly delighted yesterday by viewing this admirable collection at the splendid gallery of Mrs. Parkes, 22, Golden-square, where they will remain on vLiw until their final disposal by drawing, after the Art Union plan, on the 30th of this month. As every seventh ticket is a prize, the somewhat fanciful name of " Heptaprwmion" has been given to the scheme. In the meantime we would advise all lovers of art to embrace the opportunity of inspecting the collec tion before it is finally broken up. Among the works are many pictures of a high historical in terest—we may mention the Coronation of George IV., the Trial of Queen Caroline, the House of Commons receiving a Message, in all of which every figure is a portrait as examples. There is also a magnificent picture by Charles Landseer—" The Death of Douglas at the battle of Langsyde"—which is valued at 500 guineas ; and several exquisite speci mens from the easels of Turner, Stanfield, Hayter, Stephanoff, Collins, Leslie, and almost all the modern artists of eminence. The collection of engravings is also most beautiful, and according to the. Art Union plan, every holder of a ticket is entitled to an engrav ing. The collection is open gratis to the public. The rooms have every day been crowded to excess. ws is should Victoria but it is cy is ill it choose than the leen, and itric and :sense of nidity of d on the and at a t public; it calum- 3aron de and, had hey pre tifieation m memo" was per ch in the pass • is de Ll' r to th e ye to the e sevella licence!' until the elapsed' e Grow King ° f a conse, customs Prussitto duties es of the ;olitre in le Wise lort dutY duced (-1 ograrbi c a at )11- ilot-boat raft, at it w as latfOrols. 'pair of the 10 1 hem that boats to been lir 'rorn th e had been e mselo s , they • the - )ut 0011- t on the f stor ighhat house s ', ace t t !" stree t " ter. tter fro?, siness nd esP e : quanta.cdispose put, as ~ ime, t he . sir 0 014 ss )use h at red th ill 5110 icier the 1- squ are' •id re s " n cd to o%ld 000 w orn s t l ,. e fendal"" ?tion us a il mace tir rds, said rislaturo 'view t° d. De -31 17° ' Icl other an d re it marl n of th ° Brixton f o r 0 0 tensing )tive fur Dad ones Le the! r , pu blic ess a id out con- P aid . r at effee' bbY cl ,l . 0 by , Pr illl3 s Alb er t ita sea ivea Ori mf n• ing th e era' tzg 'll this rre , de j eroo ' relit il33b. ;he P r % Psi r° 0 111 55 y a g' of oce o si yue o i/V TL .E SUN, LONDON, T. TTRSDAY EVENT G, SEPTEMBER _l2, 1844._ TANGIETtS AND MOGADORE. The Illessager of Monday evening publishes a report received from the Prince de Joinville, giving in more de tail than hitherto an account of his proceedings against Morocco, with a notice of the affair of the 23d, already mentioned in the Toulon journals. The report is ad dressed to the Minister of the Marine : " On board the Pluton steamer, Mogadore, Aug. 21. " Monsieur le Ministre,—l am about to render 3 ou an account of the purely military part of the operations upon the coasts of Morocco, in the course of August, by the squadron under my command. On the sth in the even ing the resolution t• attack Tangiers was formed, and all the preparations were made. On the 6th at day-break, the steamers V6loce, Pluton, Gassendie, Phare, Rubis, and Var came and moored close alongside of the Jem mapes, Suffren, Triton, Cassard, and Argus, in order to be ready to tow them to the posts assigned them. The calm, which generally prevails in the morning in the Bay of Tangiers, rendered this necessary. About eight in the morning the squadron was in motion. I pre scribed that they should take their stations running from east to west, mooring with two anchors, one with a strong warp to the east, on account of the bid quality of the ground and the east wind, which had for some time blown with violence in the day. The Jemmapes was the first to come into line, but after her first anchor was fast, her tow-boat was not able to stretch her chain to its full length. The Jemmapes, however, succeeded in bringing her broadside to bear upon the place within four cables' length. The Suffren and Pluton, perfectly directed by Captains Lapierre and Bouet, also took up excellent po sitions. The Argus found a compensation for her long and painful winter station at Tangiers, by laying her self to at the extremity of her draught of water, in a po sition where she could give much and had much to re ceive. I cannot give too high praise to her commander, Lieutenant de Vaisseau Jean Gerard, and the officers and crew of this small vessel, for their zeal and devoted ness excited the admiration of all. The Cassard placed herself so as to play on the scarp marked L on the map I send you, and whose fire enfiladed our line. The weak ness of tug-ships, added to the force of the currents, pre vented the Triton and Belle Poulo from immediately fixing themselves at their posts. The Triton came up with her sails, and the Belle Poule, after being ably ex tricated from a critical position by Captain Massin, of the Gassendi, came into line about ten o'clock, but, as the fire of the town was nearly silenced, the presence of these ships became useless, and I sent them to cannonade forts Abdel Selim and El Arbi el Saidi, which fired some balls upon us. All our movements were made without any opposition from the enemy. At half-past eight we opened our fire, which was answered with vivacity. However, at the end of a quarter of an hour, the Arab gunners deserted their batteries, the parapets of which were beaten down by the remarkable cor rectness of our fire. The batteries only prolonged the defence of the place. One of these was casemated and situated at the upper part of the Marine Fort, and the other was that of the Casbah. The fire of the Suffren was solely directed against the casemated battery, and in the end put it completely out of condition to act against us, while the Jemmapes drove the people from the Casbsh.l At ten o'clock in the morning all was over. I remained with the Suffren before the town till five o'clock, when, finding it made no further at tempt at defence, I withdrew. You know with what ob ject I attacked Tangiers. According to your instruc tion I was not to occupy it. My object was obtained the moment that, by the silence of its batteries, the town acknowledged itself vanquished. As I have already had the honour to inform you, the quarter in which were the residences of the Europeans was scrupulously re spected. The town was on fire in several places from the rockets thrown from the steamer Rubis. Through out the day every man rivalled his fellow in zeal and coolness. I have nothing but praise to bestow. At the point of day the posts of the ships were marked by buoys. Captain Daquesne acquitted himself of this duty, which was attended with risk, with his usual cou rage and intelligence. We have three killed and seven teen wounded. The ships have sustained some slight damages. The Suffren, which was the worst treated, received scarcely fifty balls. The enemy's loss is stated at 150 killed and 300 wounded. The busi ness being done, the steam-boats towed the ships to their mooring-grounds. The 7th was passed in re storing the ships to a condition to go to sea. On the Bth I was joined by the steam-boat Groenland, whose ser vices I required to go to Cadiz for water, provisions, and coals, for the squadron. On the 11th the squadron was assembled before Mogadore. New difficulties, and of more than one kind, here awaited us. For four days the siolence of the wind and the roughness of the sea pre vented us from communicating with each other. An chored upon a rocky bottom, our anchors and cables broke, and the loss of them deprived us of resources which were indispensable, in order to obtain our object. Some vessels had only one chain and one anchor, and the latter deprived of one of its flukes. We could not think of maintaining ourselves before Mogadore under sail. The violence of the currents and of the gale would pro bably have carried us too far, and we should have lost the opportunity of acting. Besides, in causing the steamers to get ready to proceed with us, they would have consumed their fuel, and in leaving them by them selves they would be exposed to run short of provisons and water. It was therefore necessary to remain at anchor. At last, on the 15th, the wind abated, and there remained of the hurricane of the preceding days but a great swell from the N.N.W. Knowing how rare fine days are at this season of the year in those latitudes, I immediately made my arrangements ; but a new inci dent occurred to thwart our designs—the wind fell com- pletely. Our vessels, tormented by the swell, were un governable, and I could not think of employing the steamers to take the ships of the line to their post. The preparations which were being made on land proved that we would not be permitted to approach as easily as at Tangiers. A single ball could put the engines of a steamer out of order, and force it to stop in a critical position, from which we might not have been able to withdraw it, and where it could not defend itself. The steamers were, besides, a resource which we were bound to take great care of, in order to bring off our ships of the line from their position over a rocky bottom, with the swell of the currents running in shore, rnd it being cer tain that, as soon as the wind should begin to rise, it would blow from the offing. At last, in the afternoon of the 15th, a feeble breeze from the N.N.W. having arisen, we took advantage of it, and the squadron set sail. I bad communicated to all the captains a plan of attack, and assigned to each his post, once that the signal to execute the orders was given. lam only an eye-witness, endeavouring to act the part of a faithful historian, and relate with a lively admiration, and a profound acknow ledgment, with what zeal, what devotedness, and what intelligence, on the part o f every one , th e or d ers were exec uted. The soundings of the line of position had been executed in the open day, by Captain Maissin, of the Gassendi, and Lieutenant Touchard, belonging to my staff. The three ships o f t h e li ne first reached their moor ings, the Triton, Captain Bellanger, in advance, lead ing on the squadron under the fire of all the enemy's bat teries. She Ist go the anc h or w i t hi n 700 me t res o f th e tow n, without having fired a shot in return. The Suf fren and the Jemmape s followed. The latter vessel and the Triton placed themselves opposite the batteries of the west of the town. The Suffren took up her posi tion on the northern channel, firing in a slanting direc tion on the marine batteries, and, in front, on the round fort, situated on a little isl e , at th e en t rance of the chan nel, whilst with her sternchasers she answered the bat tery on the island, the raking fire of which annoyed her. The entering on this delicate position under the enemy's tire, without any of us deigning to offer any reply, dues grea t honour to the capt a i ns who execute d i t . O nce i n `our plac!', we opened our fi re. The mar i ne b a tt er i es were quickly abandoned, but that of the west presenting about two score of guns, well sheltered behind stone epaulments upwards of six feet thick, held out for a c onsiderable length of ti me. The Jemmapes, C ap t a i n iNlontagnies, which was the object aimed at by all these guns, at last got the better of them, though not without a serious loss caused by well-directed shell. Twenty men were killed or wounded on board this vessel, amongst w h o m was a young midshipman of great promise, M. Noel, mortally wounded by a spli n t er o f a s h e ll, grave in juries to the rigging, and a number of balls in the hull, are proofs of the energetic resistance of the enemy's gunners. Once that the fire of the ships of the line was well opened, orders were given to the Belle Poule frigate, and the Cassard, Volage, and Argus brigs, to enter the harbour. The frigate was to engage with the marine batteries and the brigs with those of the island. The Belle Poule and brigs passed under the stern of the Suffren. Capt. Ilernoux took the frigate to the bottom of a bey, where she scarcely had her berth, firing on one side on the batteries of th e town, an d on t h e ot h er on those of the island. Large rifles placed in the round tops, fired at six hundred . yards a t th e gunners o f th e island. The effect of this bold manoeuvre was such that the marine batteries were immedi ate l y d eserte d . Th o brigs anchored in aline before th e three batteries which pro t ec ted the landing-place of the island, and imme diately engaged in ananimated confli c t- w ith th em . At last, seeing that the fire g was slack en i n e , I ordered three s t ea mers, the Gassendi, th . e Pluton, and the Phare, to enter the port. They carried on board, 500 men for landing, under the command of Capt. Duquesne and Lieut.-Col. Chauchard. These steamers posted them selves between the openings of the line of brigs, giving their fire to that of the other vessels, whilst the landing flotilla was being formed. At half-past five, the flotilla advanced, under a sharp fusillade. The men jumped on shore with enthusiasm, the wounded in the boats dash ing forth the first, and, clearing with a run a steep talus, they carried the first batte r y. Th e secon d master of the Phare, named Toche, entered the first, and planted the French flag. From this battery, two detachments, one led by Lieutenant- Col. Chauchard, and the other by Captain of Engineers Coffinieres, we re dispatched to make a circuit of the island, and to rout out 300 or 400 Moors from the posts which they occupied in the houses and the batteries. They drove them to a mosque, where a great number of them took refuge. The door was battered in with cannon balls, and the men rushed in. The resistance was sharp. M. Pottier, an artillery officer, a young man of great merit, was killed, and several office rs were woun d e d, viz., Capt. Duquesne, Lieut. Coupvent-des-Bois, and Sous-Lieut. des Palliares. Our men were engage d un d er obscure vaults in the midst of a smoke w hi c h p reven t e d anything from being s een. The . men of th e A rgus and Pl u ton, however, persisted in penetrating. I judged that we should lose a great many men for no purpose, and withdrew them. We surrounded the mosque, and the night coming on bivouacked the troops. At daylight next day 140 men su rrendered. W e picke d up near l y -)00 of the dead bodies o n the island. This being taken, and the fire of the town complet e l y silenced, I gave orders to the Asmodeo to take the ships from the coast, which was done during the night. The wea ther was fine. I kept the Belle Poule in the pass. She continued during the whole night to fire on the marine ports, to prevent their b ein gre - occupied. On the 16th the steamers Asmode luton, and Gassendi, and the brigs Cassard and Pandour, laid their broad sides front of the tongue of sand on which are the forts of the Marine that I was extremely desirous of CROSBY HALL. MISS CLARA SEYTON'S LECTURE ON ENGLISH COMIC OPERA. Miss Clara Seyton delivered, for the first time, her new entertainment on English comic opera, on Tues day evening, at Crosby Hall. This new lecture, like her former one on comedy, is distinguished by its accuracy, its research, and the delicacy and discrimi nation of its criticism. It embodies an immense mass of useful information in a small compass, and is copiously illustrated by anecdote and song. As a literary composition it reflects the highest credit on this very talented young lady, and as an effort of memory it is perfectly marvellous. The lecture occupies about two hours in its delivery, and she recited the whole of it without having recourse to a single note. After giving a rapid sketch of the history of music, and of English opera in particular, up to the time of Handel, she dwelt somewhat at length on the compositions of that divine master, and gave as a specimen, " Heart, thou seat of soft delight," from the Ads and Galatea. Her next illustration was " Can love be controlled by advice," from the - - Beggar's Opera, and after relating several most amusing anecdotes connected with the production o that opera, she sang " Cease your funning" in ex . cellent style, and was encored. After paying an ele. gant and well merited tribute of eulogy to Bishop Percy, who was the first to revive a taste for genuine English poetry in an age corrupted and spoiled by the imitators of Pope, and who may be considered as the literary parent of Walter Scott, she gave us the exquisite old ballad, " Oh, Nanny," as a specimen of Percy's poetical powers. This ballad was certainly the gem of the evening—nothing could exceed the feeling and expression which she infused into this exquisite old air—there was no attempt at the introduction of misplaced ornament for the mere sake of display—all was simple, all was beautiful. Since the days of Miss Stephens we have never heard any of our delightful old English ballads so exqui sitely given. This part concluded with the song of the " Country Wedding," composed expressly for the fair lecturer by Mr. Masters, and which was given with a degree o' espieglerie, which told admirably. The second part commenced with a rapid review of the history of the ancient minstrels, among whom Blondel was not forgotten, and his song, " Your beauty, Ladye fair," the song by which he discovered the lion-hearted King in his captivity, was the illustration. The words have been preserved by Dr. Burney ; the air has unfortunately been lost. Miss Seyton sang the words to a very expressive and beau tiful air, composed for the occasion by Tom Cooke, in which she accompanied herself on the harp. She then gave a history of the Court Masques, the original of the English Opera, which was brought to perfec tion by Arne, as a specimen of whose style she gave us " Pray Goody," in which she was rapturously en cored. "Lullaby," which was also encored, was given as a specimen of the compositions of one who, had he lived, would have founded a school of English opera worthy of the character of England— Stephen Storace. "Love among the Roses," by Doyle, and "I once was a maiden," by Jackson, of Exeter, were given as illustrations of The Lord of the Manor, one of our best comic operas, on the author of which, General Burgoyne, Miss Seyton passed a high and merited eulogium for his literary talents, which have scarcely had that justice rendered to them which they deserve. His military failures have been chronicled, whilst his literary triumphs—more worthy of being held in remembrance—have been forgotten. He was one of the most accomplished men of his day, and his works are those of a gentleman and a scholar. His Lord of the Manor is one of the pleasantest of our ballad operas ; and his Heiress is the best of our sentimen tal comedies. How comes it that this delightful co medy has never been revived ? After some interesting anecdotes of Sheridan and the Linleys, the lecturer concluded with a sketch of the career of Charles Dib den, the beautiful old song, " Wapping Old Stairs," being given as the finale. This is a most difficult song for a lady to sing—it is literally steering be tween Sylla and Charybdis—for if the singer seeks on the one hand to avoid maudlin sentimentality, there is danger on the other of degenerating into vulgarity. If, however, the happy medium is hit, Wapping Old Stairs" is one of the most beautiful, one of the most truly poetical, of nautical ballads, and such was the case last evening. Miss Seyton exhibited exquisite taste and great judgment and discrimination in her manner of giving this beau tiful ballad, and was rapturously applauded. At the conclusion bouquets were showered upon her from all parts of the room, which was crowded to excess, not a single seat being unoccupied. NUMBER OF IRISH IN MANCHESTER.—The Leeds Mercury of Saturday last, in a communication from its Manchester correspondent, on the reversal of O'Connell's sentence, says, " What course the Irish part of our town [Manchester] population, supposed to be fully one-fourth, purpose taking, to express their joy at the news," &c. Now, it is one of the important uses of the recently published census returns to expose and put down those loose and exaggerated statements of num bers which are too often put forth by the press. So far from the statement of the Leeds Mercury's Manchester correspondent being true, that the Irish are " supposed to be fully one-fourth" f the population of Manchester, they are known to be not quite one•eighth ! The total population of the borough of Manchester, in 1841, was 242,983, of which 30,304 were Irish ; 14,3.53 males, and 15,951 females. The Irish population of Liverpool is 1 49,639 ; and the Irish population of the entire county, 105,916. About four-fifths of the Irish people in Lan cashire are therefore to be found in Liverpool and Man chester. In Salford there were 3,996 irish in 1841. — Mancha* 04ard1art, COURT CIRCULAR. A deputation from the South Wales Railway, con sisting of R. Frederick Gower, Esq., J. K. Brunel, E , q., Mr. Hunt, the Solicitor and the Secretary, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The accounts received in town yesterday morning from Drayton Mlnor, Staffordshire, respecting the health of Miss Peel, were slightly favourable. At seven o'clock on Tuesday evening there was some very slight amendment in Miss Peel's state.• The pulse WeIS lower, though still at 120. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo niAl-office from the Governor of Hong-Kong. PROGRESS OF THE ROYAL SQUADRON. CROMER, MONDAY, MIDNIGHT.—The royal squa dron passed Cromer coast-guard station precisely at forty-five minutes past twelve. Her Majesty's yacht was well guarded to prevent accident from collision; the weather fine, the atmosphere rather hazy, with a light wind from the north, and her course was N.N.W. for the Dudgeon Light (twenty-eight miles distant), and outside of the Hasborough Sands. At daybreak, on Tuesday morning, the royal yacht was abreast of the new Sand Light, near the entrance of the Humber ; and at precisely nine o'clock the royal cortege passed Flamborough-head, the extreme east point of the coast of Yorkshire. A letter states that her Majesty's yacht passed within a mile and a half of the land, two steamers following close in the rear. The weather was very hazy at the time, and very few persons assembled to witness the sight, as the squadron was not expected to pass until two or three hours after. There was a fine breeze blowing from the westward, but none of the steamers availed themselves of it by setting canvas. At Scarborough considerable preparations had been made to welcome her Majesty, and a number of vessels had left the harbour at an early hour to meet the royal yacht. At ten o'clock the squadron was ahead of the Castle, within two miles of the land, headed by her Majesty's yacht, when a royal salute was fired from the fort. After leaving Scarborough, the royal yacht con tinued the north-west track close in along the coast, passing before twelve o'clock the Great Yorkshire Cliff, Robinhood Bay, and Whitby, where similar demonstrations of loyalty were exhibited. The squadron bore away in the direction of Sunderland. TYNENIOUTIL NEAR NORTH SHIELDS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FIVE o'CLocx.—(Extract of a letter.) —lt being well known at Newcastle that her Ma jesty and the royal squadron would be off Tynemouth Bar in the course of this afternoon, caused thousands of persons to come down the North Shields Railway, and by noon the entire beech, fortress, cliffs, and ruins of the venerable abbey, were crowded with spectators. The day was truly beautiful—a brilliant sun, with a gentle westerly wind, and the sea, as smooth even as the Thames at London-bridge, covered with a large number of boats, and several steamers, crowded with people who had gone out to greet her Majesty and her illustrious husband. At about half-past two o'clock two steamers were seen beating up the inner channel, and on their nearing the most intense interest was manifested, as they proved to be the royal yacht, and the standard of England flying at the mainmast, and another large Government steamer. The latter was apparently picking out the track, and the steam yacht was following about a mile astern. A company of the 26th Regiment, under the command of Colonel Moltram, stationed at Tynemouth garrison, were drawn out on the esplanade, and presented arms as the Royal yacht passed, but, to the astonishment of all, no salute was fired from the fortress. The fisher men of South Shields did exhibit all the loyalty they could muster, and fired several guns from their frail crafts, at the same time lowering the colours they had hoisted. The Tyne steamer went close alongside of the royal yacht (which was abreast of Tynemouth Bar precisely at half-past three), and loudly cheered the Royal party. To the great disappointment of the visitors neither her Majesty nor Prince Albert were on deck, nor could they be observed through the cabin windows. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, how ever, acknowledged their loyalty on the part of her Majesty. The two steamers came close in shore within about a mile, and it was a most beautiful sight. They were apparently passing through the water at the rate of twelve miles an hour; and the general opinion amongst the pilots was, on account of the fineness of the weather, the steamers would go inside the Fern Islands, and reach Bamborough at about nine o'clock at night. The passage from London to Tynemouth effected by the Royal yacht is the quickest on record ; the distance, 320 miles, was ac• complished in about twenty-nine hours. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Arundel and Surrey, in Chesham-place, from Arundel Castle; the Hon. Mrs. G. A. Cravan, at the Grosvenor Hotel, Park-street; Lord Seymour, M. P., in Spring Gardens; Gomersal, Esq., and Mrs. Gomersal, and Miss Jones, at the Caven dish Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Italy; the Earl of March, from the Duke of Richmond's, Gordon Castle, N. B.; Earl and Countess Cadogan and the Ladies Cadogan, at Queensberry House, Piccadilly; Mansfield Forbes, Esq., and Miss Forbes, at Nelson's Hotel, Great Port land-place, from Aberdeen ; the Misses Sutton, at ditto, from Birmingham ; Mr. and Mrs. White, at ditto, from Reading ; T. Watson, Esq., at ditto, from Havannah ; S. Richards, Esq., at ditto ; M. Koudriaffsky, from a visit to Count Nesselrode, at the York Hotel, Brighton; Mr. Wombwell, from the George Hotel, Portsmouth ; Baron de Talleyrand, at Manchester House; Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., from a tour ; Schwabey, Esq., and Mrs. Schwabey, at Fenton's Hotel ; John S. Harford, Esq., M.P., at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, St. James's, from Blaise Castle, Bristol. DEPARTURES. The Hon. A. Willoughby, from the Terrace, Picca dilly, for Grimsthorße Castle, Lincolnshire; Mr. Denny, Enniskillen Dragoons, from the Cavendish Hotel, Jer inyn-street ; the Earl and Countess of Egremont and Miss Stevens, on a cruise in the Jeannette yacht ; Lord A. Lennox, M.P., to assume the command of the 72d :ighlanders, at Buttevant ; Lord Loftus, for the Albion :otel, at Brighton ; Sir F. Nicholson, R.N., from Wil- liam-street, Knightsbridge, for Cowes, Isle of Wight ; Lord Foley and the Hon. Miss Foley, from Grosvenor square, on a visit to Mr. and Lady C. Sanford, at Nyne head Court, Somerset ; Norton Knatchbull, Esq., from the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, for Provender Hall, near Ashford ; Lady Selina Needham, for Brighton ; Captain Clifford, on a visiting tour in the north ; Mr. R. Neville, on a visit to Mr. and Lady Caroline Sandford, at Nynehead Court, Somerset ; Lord and Lady Bean mont, on a tour ; Mr. Attwood, M.P., for the Marine parade, Brighton ; Robert Fox, * Esq., and Mrs. Fox, from Nelson's Hotel, Great Portland-place, for Wen dover, Bucks ; J. Jackson, Esq., and family from ditto, fur St. Maloes ; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Brand, on a visit to Lord and Lady Dacre, at the Hoo, near Welwyn, Herts ; General and Mrs. Wood, for Bath ; the Honourable C. A. Murray, from Fenton's Hotel, for the Royal Pavilion, at Brighton ; Sir A. and Lady Clifford and family, from Eaton-square, for the Isle of Wight ,• Captain Ormsby, Ist Royals, for Bath ; the Earl of Lonsdale, from Carlton-terrace, for Paris ; the Hon. Hanbury Tracy, for Bath • G. B. Farnham, M.P., for Quorndon Hall, Leicestershire ; the Dowager Countess of Ashburnham, from Eaton-square, for Southwood Villa, Ramsgate ; Captain Nias, R.N., Portsmouth ; Count and Countess de Bouval, on a visiting tour in Wales ; Major-General Morrison, M.P., for Greenfield, Clakkm annan. CHANGES. Lord and Lady Lurgan, at Brighton, from the Conti nent ; Sir John and Lady Shelley, from Lord Be lhavens seat, Wishaw House, N. 8., on a visiting tour in the north ; Mr. J. Lefroy, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Lefroy, on a visit to General Lord Lorton, at Rockingham Castle, Sligo, from a visit to Sir R. and Lady Gore Booth, at Lipadel House, Sligo ' • Lady Carbery and suite, from Lord Carbery's seat, Laxton Hall, Northampton, for Lord Carbery's seat, Castle Freko, near Cork; Mr. Mar shall, M.P., and family, at Brighton, from Herts •, Lord and Lady Aberdour, at New Sanghton, N. 8., from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Morton, at Dalmahoy House ; the Right Hon. G. L. D. Dawson, from Buxton Wells, on a visiting tour ; the Countess of Clare and Miss Elliott, from Bath, on a tour ; Lieutenant-Colonel Rollen, from a visit to the Duke of Richmond, at Gordon Castle, for the south ; Sir A. Hood, Bart., from his seat, in Somerset, on a tour • Lord and Lady Dungarvon, from Bath, for the Earl of dork's, Marston House, near Frome ,• the Marquis of Kildare, from a visit to Lord and Lady Adare, at Dunraven Castle, on a tour. NEATH, SEPT. 10.—General Nott arrived here yesterday, and received a most enthusiastic welcome from his native town. Triumphal arches were erected across the streets, and the houses were decorated with laurels, &c. The bells rang merry peals—all the shops were closed, and thousands of people collected together to have a sight of the "Hero of Ghuznee," by which term he was loudly greeted. On his arrival at the Rope-walk gate, at the entrance to the town from the Bristol road, he was met by the Mayor, several magistrates, the Town Council, and a great number of respectable persons who escorted him in. The horses were taken out of the carriage, which was drawn tin :by men to the In; once his home, where many of his youthful days were spent. The Mayor, R. Pheyson, Esq., then presented the address from the Town Council, congratulating him on his arrival, to which he replied, but in such a low tone of voice that little could be heard of what he did say. He has been forty years in India, and appears to labour under severe indisposition. The gallant General, after sleeping last night at the Castle Inn, left this morning, accompanied by his two daughters, for Carmarthen. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF AN INFANT.—The rail way train which left Liverpool at half-past eleven on Monday morning, was attended in its course to Birming ham by one of the most providential escapes ever re corded. When the train approached within about five miles of Crewe, a piercing shriek from a lady passenger told of some sad catastrophe, and on stopping the train it was found that the door of a first-class carriage had opened, and a child of two years old had fallen out. The engineer decided to go on to Crewe; from thence an en gine and carriage was sent back express to the scene of the accident, and wonderful to relate, the agonised mo ther found her child uninjured. The express engine overtook the train at Birmingham, and she came on tor town with the child so mercifully restored to her, making myself master of ; their cross fire cut off the communications of the town with these forts. Under this protection, Commandant Ilernoux and Captain E. Bonet headed a column of 000 men for landing. But everything had been deserted at our approach, and the landing was effected without resistance. All that re. , "mined to be done was to complete the work of destruc tion which had been commenced. The tesitlt of the day was the spiking of the guns, and throwing them over the ramparts, the demolition of the embrasures, the inundation of the powder-stores, and the taking away three standards and nine or ten bronze guns as trophies. I have left entire the vast warehouses of the customs, which are full of merchandise of all kinds ; we must otherwise have burned them, and I was afraid that the fire might reach too rapidly the immense stores of powder and shells in the casemates of the forts. I then sent back the troops and the crews. We were masters of the island and fort ; the town batteries were no longer to be feared, and I considered our operation as termi nated. After our departure the town, being without defence, was taken by the Kabyles of the interior, who set fire to, it. The sack of this unhappy town is com plete—the inhabitants have fled in all directions. In a few days there will remain of the beautiful Souerah, which Muley-Abderrhaman called his beloved town. only the walls, riddled with balls and blackened by fire. The lesson is a severe ene. I will not name any person ; for to name all who did their duty with courage, intelli gence, and devotedness, would be to name everybody. I will merely call your attention to the families of the men va ho were killed and to the future fate of the wounded, and also to the comfort of all who, at the sole name of France, have so nobly accepted the hard duty of keeping garrison in the island of Mogadore." A postcript to this report, dated the 25th, says " On the 23d our establishment on the island was completed, and I sent away to Cadiz a part of the squa dron. In the course of the day a gun was fired from one of the towers of the town commanding the country, and the ball having fallen in the midst of us in the port, we destroyed with shells the houses near the tower. I then sent Lieutenant Touchard, the chief of my staff, with 160 men, to fix scaling ladders against the tower. The detachment scaled the wall without opposition, and spiked the last gun that could play upon us. From the height of the tower the town could be seen ; it appeared deserted and horribly devastated. This operation, which was not absolutely necessary, has had the advan tage of showing the garrison of the island that, with its own forces and the resources of the local station, it keeps the town completely at its mercy." IRE LAND. NATIONAL BANQUET TO MR. O'CONNELL. DUBLIN, SEpT.lo.—The following notification has been issued : "At a meeting of the friends of repeal, held on the 6th instant, W. S. O'Brien, Esq., M.P., in the chair, it was resolved that O'Connell, and his late fellow-captives, should be entertained at a public banquet, in commemoration of their liberation from their recent unjust imprisonment. " The banquet will accordingly take place in Dub lin, on Thursday, the 19th of September, 1844. " By order of the Managing Committee, " JOHN L. ARABIN,} (Lord Mayor Elect) Secretaries." " JAMES O'HEA. It is likely that the banquet will take place in the Rotunda, or in the King's-room, in the Mansion house. POPULAR REJOICINGS IN THE COUNTRY. GALWAY, SEPT. 9.—The most enthusiastic joy per vaded all classes here yesterday, on the receipt of the intelligence of the reversal of the judgment. There was a numerous meeting of the inhabitants in the square, at which Francis Comyn, Esq. (Woodstock), presided, and the Right Rev. Dr. Browne, now Bishop of El phin, and many of the leading gentry and traders were present. All the trades were dressed and had their flags and banners. Little Christopher French, the grandson of the Liberator, was out to see the sport. When the people got a sight of him they would have him with them. They brought him to the Parent Temperance-room, placed him in the President's chair, and cheered him. They then took him out, had the handsome chair covered with crimson cloth, carried on their shoulders, and the fine little fellow was placed in it. They carried him in triumph through the town. Whilst sitting at the club-house window we saw the procession pass by, and little Christopher in the chair, waving his hat, and huzzaing for " O'Con nell and Ireland. If he were forty years of age he could not have acted in a more manly way. They took him back to his residence, and he then returned them thanks for himself and his grandfather. They have invited him this evening to a soiree which he is to attend. . . . . . CLONMEL, SEPT. B.—ln this important commer cial town the popular manifestation at the triumphs of O'Connell was the most enthusiastic we ever wit nessed. The people seemed almost wild with joy. But all was order, and the Conservative party are loud in their praises of the moderation of the people. Bonfires and other demonstrations took place on Friday night. Every hill was blazing. The illumi nations last night were on the most splendid scale. The people were advised that Mr. O'Connell wished that the slightest insult would not be given to any of the opposite party, nor the least offence committed on any house that was not lighted. This advice was acted on to the letter. A few of the Conservatives appeared apprehensive that some outrage might be committed. Up to half past eight o'clock, this feeling was predominant. Some of them, about that hour, ventured amongst the people ; they saw that there was not the slightes indi cation on the part of the people to annoy ; they went for their families, and almost every Conservative in town paraded the streets until after eleven o'clock. About nine o'clock several of the Conservatives — W. J. Legge, Mr. Harvey, Dr. Collett, Messrs. Prosser, Patterson, and Ferguson ; Mr. Bradford, Mr. David Hughes, and Dr. Malone, were seen busily engaged in preparing to light their houses. Oh ! it was a scene worthy the Liberator, to behold such a commingling of feeling ; in fact, all parties were vieing with each other, in seeking terms of gratulation at the happy prospect that the results of last night would bring about. Mr. Ni--, a respectable Conservative, joined us in the Main-street; he exclaimed, " Can I believe my senses? no insult, no injury; if I was told on last night that I could walk the streets with safety, I would not believe it. This night (said he) lays the foundation for a state of things that I never dreamed of. If one were sure that the conduct of the people would be such at all times as it is this night,,l, for one—and I may speak for the rest of the Conserva tives in this locality—would be repealers." There was not one drunken man to be seen. DIOCESE or CLOGHER.—Te Deum was sung on Sunday last in all the Catholic churches of this exten sive diocese by desire of the Right Rev. Docto r M'Nally, Bishop of Clogher, in thanksgiving for the liberation of Mr. O'Connell and his fellow-sufferers. LEITRIM,' SEPT. 7.—Our hills were all covered with bonfires, for the triumph of constitutional law had in the case of our beloved Liberator. COUNTY OF CORK.—The Cork Examiner of yes terday contains detailed reports of the rejoicings in Kinsale, Mallow, Charleville, Fermoy, Kanturk, Newmarket, Middleton, Passage, and various other towns in this Yorkshire of Ireland. There were illu minations and bonfires in all directions ; bands playing through the streets, and the people, although in ecsta cies at the glorious news, conducted themselves in the most orderly manner. The Examiner thus closes its report :—" This morning's western coaches have brought us accounts from our various correspondents, of the popular rejoicings on Saturday night. Clona kilty was brilliantly illuminated, and the streets were traversed by bands all night—tar-barrels blazed in cessantly. The same enthusiasm was manifested in the patriotic town of Skibbereen. The sea coast from Courtmasherry to Dunmanus was in one blaze of light. Bantry had its rejoicings, and the ancient borough of Bandonbridge contributed its quota of tar-barrels. In the latter town disturbances were apprehended from the Orangemen, but the night passed off quietly." POPULAR COMPLIMENT TO LORD CAMPBELL.—One of the most remarkable circumstances connected with the procession in Dublin on Saturday was the ap pearance, in one of the carriages of the Trades, of two Highland pipers, in their national costume, who continued to play, during the whole procession, the well-known air of " The Campbells are coning' this being intended as a marked compliment to Lord Campbell, one of the three law Lords who have saved the British Constitution by the reversal of the iniqui tous judgment. DEFENCE OF THE IRISH COAST. The following strange announcement appears in the Cork Examiner of yesterday :—" Great activity prevails in the forts rouud this harbour as to the putting them in a proper state of defence. At Cam den Fort long swivel guns of large calibre are in the course of mounting, and some furnaces have also been built to heat balls and shells." The following paragraph appears in the same journal :—" Three of the transports, which have been waiting in Cove for the last month, sailed on Satur day for India, and three more, the Coromandel, Earl of Hardwick, and Harbinger, followed them this morning. The loss to the several tradesmen who had contracted to supply the troops will be enormous in consequence of the departure of those vessels without their freights. One victualler in Cove, it is said, will lose 501. by the provisions which he had prepared for them being left on his hands." IRISH LAW CHANGES. The Evening Post of this afternoon states that Chief Justice Pennefather was in London on Satur day last, with the object, according to report, of ten dering his resignation to the Premier, who had been so suddenly hurried to Drayton Manor by the me lancholly intelligence of the illness of Miss Peel. The same journal contains the following : " JUDGE BURTON.—It is said that this venerable judge retires from the bench in a month or two. He will leave behind him the character of an amiable man and a sound lawyer, notwithstanding his sanction of the sixth and seventh counts of the monster in dictment." The post adds that the Attorney-General is spoken of for a judgeship, and asks, " Can this be possible?" f REGISTRY OF MARRIAGES.—The office of Regis trar-General under the new Act for the regulation of Presbyterian marriages, has been conferred upon William Donnelly, Esq. MR. O'CONNELL AND TRIAL BY JURY. - - Last evening dinner took place at Cogers'-hall, to celfibrate the great principle involved in the reversal of the judgment by the House of Lords in the case of " O'Connell and others v. the Queen," especially as re garded the sacred character of the jury list. The attendance was such as to prove that the feeling of the public generally sympathised in the reversal of the judg ment in question, for the room was crowded to excess. The company consisted chiefly of the gentlemen who take an active part in the politics of the district of St. Bride's —a pretty good proof that if the opportunity were afforded, many thousands of the citizens of London would have been happy to manifest their feelings in the same way. Mr. Wood occupied the chair ; and Mr. W. R. Williams, one of the members of the Common Council for the ‘s ard of Farringdon Without, officiated as Vice-chairman. Amongst the gentlemen present we noticed Mr. Low, Mr. Gurney, Mr. Burnard, Mr. Bur nett, Mr. James, Secretary to the Middlesex Reform Registration, &c. The cloth having been removed, " The people," The Queen," &c., were given by the Chairman with appro priate observations, and responded to by the company. The CHAIRMAN then gave the healths of Lords Den man, Cottenham, and Campbell, and in doing so took an opportunity of adverting to the great question which these Noble Lords had to decide upon. lie contended that they were clearly right in their judgment, seeing that the grounds upon which Mr. O'Connell and his co conspirators were sent to prison was in respect to counts which were declared to be bad even t by the judges of this country. He particularly eulogised the judgment of Lord Denman, in consequence of that nobleman's vindi cation of the independence of juries, and said that two things were now established by the judgment of the House of Peers, namely, that it was not a crime for men to meet in large masses to petition against an admitted grievance, and that in order to a jury being a good one, the list from which it was to be selected must not be tamporcd with.—(Hear, hear.) The toast was drunk with enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of Mr. O'Connell and the other State prisoners, and full and complete justice to Ireland •, and in doing so said that the whole course of Mr. O'Connell's life, as a politician, had been straightforward and consistent. He commenced by ap plying the powers of his great mind to the emancipation of his Catholic countrymen from religious disabilities, and he was now using his best energies to make his country what it ought to be—a happy and contented por tion of the empire. This was an honest and legitimate object, and one in which any man might be proud to be engaged, and sure he was that no Englishman would tamely stand by and see a man attempted to be crushed fur such exertions, without entering his protest against the attempt ; and, if necessary, lening his best aid to make such an attempt ineffective.—(Applause.) " Trial by Jury"—the health of Mr. Duncombe, M.P. —Sir Thomas Wilde, and the other Counsel engaged for the Traversers—" The Press," and other appropriate toasts, were given and responded to ; and the evening was most agreeably spent. A great many new members were proposed and admitted members of the Ancient and Honourable Society of " Cogers," who severally returned thanks for the honour. EXPERIMENTS IN WOOLWICH MARSHES, SEPT. 12. —Lieut.-Col. Dansey, C. 8., and Lieut.-Col. Chalmer, with a detachment of the Royal Artillery under the command of Capt. Ilennis, assembled in the marshes, at half-past one o'clock, P.M., to carry on experiments with Mr. Marsh's concussion shells. There were fifteen shells fired on this occasion, five of them 68-pounders, and ten 32-pounders. Two of the 32-pounders burst on entering the bulkhead, six in the mound immediately after passing through the bulkhead ; one exploded at from 40 to 50 feet high, having taken an upward direction after striking the base of the mound, and one did not burst, having en tered the mound to a considerable depth. The first 68- pounder shell went through the bulkhead, and burst im mediately after, in the mound ; the second burst in the bulkhead; the third burst in the bulkhead; the fourth did not burst, having entered the mound without touching the bulkhead ; and the fifth burst with tremendous effect in the bulkhead, tearing to pieces the iron bolts, three quarters of an inch square, which held the timbers to gether, and throwing forward two feet six inches at one end of the bulkhead, and six inches at the other end, seven strong pieces of oak made to represent the side of a ship, each piece twelve inches square and thirty feet long. The range was peculiarly favourable for practice; the experiments did not occupy above three-quarters of an hour, and the loading and firing less than twenty minutes of that period; but the destruction was awful, and greater than any . we have ever witnessed, show ing that it would be impossible for ships to resist the destructive power of these missiles. The experiments were made to ascertain if Mr. Marsh's invention of at taching caps with marine glue would carry a long range of 800 yards, and proved that they could be made avail able for any distance with certainty of effect, and no danger to those using them. PASSAGE OF THE INDIAN MAIL THROUGH FRANCE. —The following is an example of the rapidity with which the French carriage which conveys the English and French dispatches from Calais to Marseilles now performs the journey :—The Indian mail which left London on the 7th of August arrived at Calais at two and three-quarter minutes past eight on the morning of the Bth. Having left that town at ten minutes past nine o'clock, it arrived at Paris at thirty minutes past one in the morning. Having left Paris at forty minutes past two o'clock, it arrived at Marseilles on 11 th August at thirty minutes past four in the morning, having accom plished the distance from Calais to Marseilles within the space of 37 hours 20 minutes. The carriage con tained 50 iron chests of a foot square, in which were inclosed the English dispatches, and 16 wooden cases of various dimensions containing the French dispatches. The moment they arrived at Marseilles they were con veyed on board an English steam-boat, and in half an hour afterwards they were on their way to Malta, where a boat belonging to the Oriental Company was waiting to receive them. From Alexandria they proceed to Suez, and thence across the Desert to India. Less than five weeks sufficed to effect the passage from London to Bom bay. The same speed is observed on the return of the mails from India. Two couriers, one French and the other English, always accompany the carriage. Inde pendendly of these arrangements, the English Govern ment is about to conclude a contract with the Oriental Steam-boat Company, in order to have the Indian dis patches conveyed from Alexandria to Southampton di rect. By these means letters from India may be re seived in London every fifteen days."—Sud de Marseilles. COMMERCIAL PEOSPERITT.—An experienced com mercial authority, in noticing the remarkable revival of trade, states that the export trade continues good, and certain articles bought for the Continent have improved in value, whilst others are still quoted at steady rates. The healthy tone of commercial business has not this year, or, indeed, for the last six years, been more plainly perceptible than of late. Business for the last two months has been particularly brisk, prices generally high and steady, with little undue speculative operations having been entered into. Money has been plentiful, and commands only easy rates, still the additional im pulse to speculation by the readier means of procuring the necessary funds on the first onset by new firms, has not been injuriously acted upon. Articles adapted for manufacturing purposes command a ready sale, and former advanced prices are firmly maintained. The ex tent of actual business in the manufacturing districts continue upon a large scale, and several houses are said to have received orders too extensive to be immediately executed. The price of labour around Manchester, Bradford, Leeds, &c., has advanced in consequence of the greater demand for it, and a good season is likely to be sustained throughout.—Durham Advertiser. HOLTROOD PALACE AND PARK.—Considerable improvements are at present going on at this ancient seat of royalty. Workmen are repairing the crown which surmounts the grand entry. The roof is also undergoing necessary reparations, as well as the chapel royal. But the greatest fall of all the contemplated im provements—namely, the draining of the irrigated meadows—has now commenced in earnest ; and when completed, will be of immense advantage to the health of the citizens. The cut for the drain to accomplish this desirable object, extending from Duncan's-gate, St. Ann's-yards, on the east, to the foot of Arthur-street on the west—a distance of 1,000 yards—is now excavating, and a great many men being employed, the work is pro ceeding with great spirit. The depth of the cut is twelve feet, and the breadth ten feet. The dimensions of the drain to be built within it are five feet in height by two and a half in breadth, or thereby. The building of this drain is now begun. Mr. Lind is the contractor for this extensive work. We may also state, that the. powder magazine, in the royal park, is in the course of removal. We trust that the approaching visit of her Majesty to Scotland will have the effect of making the Commissioners of Woods and Forrests accelerate their operations at Ilolyrood, so that our gracious Sovereign, on her subsequent visits to Scotland, may have a resi dence of her own, instead of being forced to live in the palace (however splendid) of one of her subjects. — Edinburgh Pa er. HERRING FISHING.—The number of boats tw at , Peterhead prosecuting the herring up to this date they average ninety - eig ht crans fishing is 401,eachd. Along the coast several sales of full branded herrings have been made at 17s. At Wick the total average for the season is ninety-eight crans. By 23s.,the latest accounts but sales dull. from Ireland, prices vary from 225. to b . 3d. to 2s. 6d. Freight to the Baltic ports are frombe2os Irish ports is. 6d. to 2s. Salt may _ un er seventy per tun. At Fraserburgh the average is d crans—no sales.—Ross -shire Advertiser. Amonk; the numerous English travellers who are now passing throug h Paris, ledtowards __Madrid by th e comparatively quie t state of Spain, is Mr. C. Cochrane, the gentleman whom our readers may recollect as having performed some years ago the chivalrous undertaking of making a tour through England with his guitar in guise of a Spanish minstrel, the proceeds of which he handed over to the fund for the relief of the Spanish refugees, at that time raising in London. For this handsome gift, amounting to 601., Mr. Cochrane received a letter of kindly acknowledgments from her Majesty the Queen Regent on behalf of her exiled subjects.—Galignani. THE CLERKENWELL IMPROVEMENTS.—This day twenty more houses adjoining the area from which fifty houses have been removed above West-street, Smithfield, and which are to be taken down to make way for the new street from Farringdon-street to the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell, will be sold by auction, by order of the Clerkenwell Improvement Commissioners. The street will be about 1,450 feet in length (leading from West street to the back of the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell green), about 60 feet in width, and the houses on either side will have a depth .of about 50 feet. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE EXPERIMENTAL BRIGS—The pennants of the Daring, 12, Commander Mutcon, and the Water itch, 10, Li. utetunt-Commander Wilson, at Portsmouth, were hoist( d on Monday, and that of the Flying Fish, 12, Commander Harris, on Tuesday morning. The Daring and Wa,tcrwitch were taken out of the basin at Ports mouth on Tuesday morning, and are now lying at anchor in Portsmouth harbour. Both these brigs are fast getting their complement of hands.- The Mutine, 12, Commander Crawford ; the Espiegle, 12, Conander Thompson; and the Cruizer, 16, Com mander Fanshawe, at Chatham, hoisted their pennants on Tuesday afternoon, their respective commanders having arrived at that port. They will go into dock to day and following days to have their coppers cleaned previously to proceeding to sea. These at Chatham are expected to leave that port the latter end of the week. As we have before .tated, the 12-gun brigs are to have a complement of 110 each. INTERMENT OF CAPTAIN FISHER. The African, steam-tug vessel, returned to Sheerness, from Ramsgate, on Frielay. She landed the remains of Captain Fisher at that port on Wednesday, whence they were conveyed to Deal in a hearse, and interred on Thursday morning at Weimer. THE ADVANCED SHIPS.—The Pembroke, 72, was taken out of the basin, at Portsmouth, on Tuesday morning, and is now alongside the jetty. The Mo narch, 84, at Sheernes7, was taken out of dock on Tues. day, cad the London, 92, was hauled into the basin to be masted. The Dwarf, steam-vessel, at Portsmouth, Lieutenant- Com. Chamberlain, was taken out of the basin at the same time as the Pembroke. The Raven, cutter, Lieutenant-Coro. Stephen, left Sheerness, for Portsmouth, on Saturday, with super numerics, The Beagle, late surveying vessel, was hauled out. of dock, at Sheerness, on Monday, having had her bottom unstripped of copper, and covered with a mixture of Jeffery's marine glue and coal tar. The Speedwell, tender to the Blazer steam-vessel, has - lately been in dock at Sheerness, and had -the marine. glue, with which her bottom was lined, scraped off, the composition not having been found to answer, from the immense quantity of weed, &c , which was attached to it. She was doubled and coffered. The Fortitude, late .convict hulk, at Chatham; is dered to be fitted as a coal depot at that port, Mad She Defence, 72, for a hulk. The Camel lighter, Faber master, left Devonport on Tuesday morning, with a detachment of the 44th Regi-. ment, to relieve that at Pendennis Castle. The Tortoise, lighter, arrived at Devonport, from the coast of Ireland, on Monday evening. The Rochester, lighter, Grundy master, arrived at Chatham on Monday with stores from Devonport. There are in Sheerness Basin—Monarch, 84; AM.' Z in, corvette; Crocodile, troop-ship; and Vulture, steam frigate. In Dock—Vernon, 50; and Herald, 26. DOCKYARD SCHOOL AT SHEERNESS.—The school for the apprentices was opened on the 19th ult. Mr. John Drew is appointed schoolmaster, at a salary of 601. per annum. Toe boys assemble in the school-room at half past four, wash and have tea, for which they are allowed half an hour, then commence with writing, reading, arithmetic, geography, geometry, drawing, &c., finish ing by seven P.M. The number attending is 110. . SurEn/tieNnamoNs.=-Thomas Howard, third leading man of the store-house, has been superannuated from Chatham dockyard on a pension of 451. 10s. per annum; and John Crowhurst, shipwright, from the same estab lishment, on a pension of 251. per annum. George H. Davies, joiner, of Devonport Dockyard, has been super annuated on a pension of 241. per annum ; and Richard Beast, hired joiner, has been established, vice Davies. • FOREIGN MOVEMENTS. Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, the Commander-in• Chief in China, returned to Hong-Kong on the 2d of June, from his visit of inspection to the northern ports, and re-hoisted his flag on board the Agincourt, 72, Cap tain Bruce. The fleet in that quarter was comparatively healthy, and great care is taken to keep it so. The Driver steam-sloop, Commander C. 0. Hayes, with Sir 11. Pottinger and suite, sailed from Hong-Kong on the 20th June, and arrived at Bombay on the 29th July. The Driver had been at the Bogue, with the Castor, 36, Captain Graham, and the Spiteful steam 'sloop, Commander Maitland, with Mr. Davis and Sir IL Pottinger, to visit the Chinese Imperial Commiss ioner. The Vixen steam-sloop, Commander Giffard, left Hong-Kong on the 28th May, the Serpent, 16, sloop, on the 31st May, and the Cambrian, 36, Commodore Chads, on the 16th June, for India. These three vessels are on their way to England to be paid off. The Cambrian touches at Whampoa, for specie. The Fox, 44, Com modore Sir H. M. Blackwood, Bart., will relieve the Cambrian in India. The Agincourt, 72, Capt. Bruce, with the flag of the Commander-in-Chief ; the Minden, 20, hospital ship, Capt. M. Quin; the Castor, 36, Capt. Graham; the Did% 20; the Pelican, 16; Wolverine, 16; the Wolf, 18; the Spiteful, steam-sloop, and the Hon. Company's steam vessel Proserpine, were at Hong-Kong on the 20th June. It was rumoured that the Castor would be stationed at Chusan for protection of British interests and subjects in the northern ports, and that the Dido, with the Spiteful steam-sloop, is to proceed to Borneo to demand redress for the late outrages and the liberation of European prisoners, There are two other foreign squadrons in the Chinese se as—American and French. The American squadron in China, under command of Commodere Parker, con ' sisting of the frigate Brandywine, sloop St. Louis, and brig Perry ; they are all fine vessels, but not superior to our own. At present they rendezvous at Macao. T he , French frigate Cleopatra, Commodore Ccceille, is in that = harbour ; she is a frigate of the first class, and appears in fine order. Her consort, the Alctnene, is at Shanghae. ,t The rest of the French squadron have not yet reached China. ASCENSION, JULY 13.—The Tortoise, guard and store ship, for this island, Commander Fiulaison, has arrived here, from St. Helena, with a large supply of water. SIR WILLIAM FOLLITT.--It was with much plea sure we announced last week that intelligence received from the Continent indicated a considerable improve ment in the health of this gentleman, whose estimation by the public has made him as much respected as the appreciation by his friends has made him beloved. The frequent recurrence of illness at a period when his high standing, so honestly earned, has apparently opened to him a wide career of usefulness, has been a source of much regret. The origin of hi; indisposition is of a singular character, and has not, we believe, hitherto been made known. While at school, in Devonshire, on a fine autumnal day, when the evident approach of a gloomier season makes us appreciate more highly the genial sunshine of present enjoyment, three youths sallied forth on a school-holiday for a long ramble in the woods and copses which deck that most picturesque of all the southern counties of England. A plentiful Supply of blackberries, with which the hedge rows - abounded, delighted the palates of the strollers ; and present appetite having been allayed, if not satiated, the hat of one of the party was devoteebto the accumulated store, and their steps were turned homeward. An acci dental separation in the ramble left the one in charge of the commissariat department to pursue his journey alone ; and he, to beguile the way and lighten his load, made serious inroads on the stock in reserve. The result ww, that poor Follett, for he it was, fell under an attack of illness so severe, that his removal from school became necessary; and although careful nursing and the devoted - attention of his relatives enabled him at length to resume his studies at home, and subsequently to remove to col lege, it was long before his health was re-established, and his constitution never appears to have recovered wholly from the unfortunate circumstance.—Berivick and Kelso Warder. CHATHAM, SEPT. 11.—The three experimental ' 12-gun brigs, which were launched from this dockyard • in the month .of April last, were put into commission yesterday. The Mutine, by R. B. Crawford, Esq., commander ' • Cruizer, Edward G. Fanshawe, - Esq., com mander • and the Espeigle, by J. P. Thompson, Esq ., commander. Each of the commanders this morning hoisted their pendants, and issued public notice that they are ready for entering petty officers and able seamen. The Royal Marines, selected from the first division at Chatham, embarked from th e Dockyard-stairs this morn- • ing at one o'clock. The strength for each ship consists of one colour sergeant, one drummer, one corporal, and seventeen privates. Not any officer embarks. The depot of the 53d Regiment, which has recently sailed for India, consisting of about 150 men, with upwards of 50 women and children, arrived here from Manchester and joined the Provisional Battalion. The depot having brought with them a greater number of women than allowed 1), the regulations of the service, caused 'the officer in command to refuse the over-number of women accom modation in the barracks, and they were therefore turned out. The women, with their families, being total strangers to the place, knew not where to seek for shelter for the night, and they had recourse to the Medway • Union workhouse, where the whole of them were taken in on Saturday night last. Troops for Ireland—There . is no truth whatever in the report of two regiments having been sent from this g arrison on Saturday night, by two steamers, for Ireland. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAT.—At a late hour last night an order was received from the office of the Lord Chain b er l a in for the State apartments to b e re-opened to the pu blic this day, at eleven o'clock ; b u t i n consequence of the expected arrival of the Rin g o f t h e Frnch at the Castle, upon a visit to her M a j esty , t h ey w ill necessarily be closed on sotne days of the week for the extensive preparations to be made for his Majesty's reception. During the period they will remain open, the public will not be admitted on Tuesdays or Fridays. The effect of the guard-chamber, St. George's hall, the grand ball-room, the throne-room, the grand vestibule, and the Waterloo -gallery, is considerably heightened by the carpets being left down, ~ and nearly the whole of the furniture being still in those,. apartments, which were in use at the Christening: of the infant prince. The two elevated sideboards in St. George's-hall, at either end of the spacious: apartment, upon which were displayed the magnificent - tankards, cups, shields, &c., at the Royal banquet on Friday evening, and also the banqueting table, still re main. The portion of the State apartments which will, be devoted to the exclusive use of his Majesty the Kind of the French will be the Queen's closet, the Nines. drawing-room, the King's closet, the council-chamber , and the ante-throne-room. This is the only portion of the State appartments which have at present been ar ranged to be appropriated for the use of the French s ; Monarch. His Majesty will sleep in the apartment known as the Queen's closet, in which is the superb State bed of George the Fourth when Prince of Wales.. This room was also used as the dormitory of the King. of Prussia during the visit of his Majesty to the Queen at the period of the c hristening of the Prince of Wales. The remains of the Ilon. and Very Rev. George - Gore, Dean of Killala, son of the second Earl of Arran,,. were interred in Swinford Church, Mayo. The l a t e , lion. and Rev. Gentleman was in his 70th year. . ::- '274