The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-28 00:00:00

?nth D Se' Bill' /fled naed y Of [lOO the hil filch hii Oa' rep, Nl• OC e F the h is Lica ms) noiC 04 the the st- the for an -01 lea - r•imma Campb e ll i s quite recovered from her recent severe i ndisposition, and accompanies her noble parents to ;Scotland. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lorn will -arrive at Inverary castle, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess, about the latter end of September, when the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and a large party are expected to assemble. the The Russian Prince Schischmaroff, family, and suite, Cuout and Countess Persen, Count S. de la Sparre, ,Count 13 etancourt, &c., have a r r i ve d a t th e B ruusw i c k CLotel, from the Continent. rort The Duk e an d Duchess of Hamilton are expected in man squ are squa re on F r i day, from Easton Park, Suffolk, b3early in the ensuing week they proceed 0 Bath. he Earl o f C awdor, Lord Emlyn, and party, have ti7good sport a t C aw d or Castle, N. 8., hav i ng killed on e 1 . 41 trap 80 brace of moor game. V-Alton John Somerset and Miss Somerset have left on Towers, the splendid seat of the Earl of Shrews -11117, to join Lord John Somerset, at Clifton, where his 41ordship has the command of the troops stationed there , . Lord an d Lady Claude Hamilton have left town for (14 Avverykie Hou se , N ort h B r i ta i n, t h e seat o f t h e Mar -18 Bof Aboorn. adY Alice rc Peel and family returned from the Conti at last week. C o l one l P eel, her Ladys hi p, and f am i ly, 1 Blatt to leave L on d on s h or tly, t o p ass th e w i n t er l'aris. ISCELLANEOI7 S. IN. It a Ppe AZ ars that, by m i s t a k e , t h e name o f th e H on . tsgarles Langdale was omitted in the copy of the ad -10°8,3 of the English Catholics to Mr. O'Connell, sent die t t 7 Irish newspapers; -. and that the name of Mr. Mid ; of Stockeld P ar k, Yorkshire, has been since a dded to the address. of We have to caution our readers against the imposition man who represents himself to be a Swede, and ,0 41 - 02Euerices his address to gentlemen in the street by . 9g the way t o th e S we di s h C onsu l, en di ng by 1 1 ;pg'ing for money to enable him to reach the Consul's u B e at Richmond, or to obtain a night's lodging. He fret at t o h ave an order on his Consul for money, or oft Y t° Possess S we di s h co i n , an d, b y a p l aus ibl e t a l e , 4t VI induces the unwary and benevolent to give him lime.th He is a young man, of the middle height, t hair and complexion,, and speaks English re rKeblY well. v>ilarge finner-whale was caught near Spurn Point, loo t l. e d,nesday morning last. It was alive when taken, fe et e l ect in the afternoon. It measured from 35 to 40 , r,' r orn the tip of the nose to the tail. ne Lord Mayor and Aldermen, the Governors of }47ltnuel Hospital, are going to erect twelve additional 4 e e ses for the aged, and take in twenty additional chil- AkieNrhe c hild ren are clothe d , f e d , an d e d ucate d . rae o — "an Wood, on Saturday, in a Committee of Alder this'avre notice of a motion that he should make for charh 'OO h 1 to be pl ace d on th e same f oot i ng as Ch r i s t- S o . leste 7ra uee r -nY letters were received at the principal insu .dreadroffices in th e City, d e t a ili ng th e p ar ti cu l ars o f t wo Wi n l lll fire s w hi ch occurre d in t h e qu i et v i llage of lai r ; s t 'lln, situ a t e near Ch ar d, D evons hi re , w hi c h ter hoos-e'esu in the complete devastation of no fewer than 30 Ott T ow Wednesday last a public dinner was given in the 'actio n Tonbridge, to the Rev. E. Vinall, on the oc los• of his resi gn i ng the curacy, which he had held 15 , se lit . a cAfter the dinner the Rev. Gentleman was pre - by the ch a i rman (S y d ne y All e y ne , E sq .) w ith a owes, ft nd elegant silver salver, weighing upwards of 70 I,:s, bearing an appropriate inscription. een tl e Prese ntat i on of colours to the 49th R eg i ment re • lest/ re turned from China, took place at Winchester t4to rk rd ar in the presence of a numerous body of spec try wno had congregate d f rom a ll par t s o f t h e coun . Fridays t Criterion imposin Stowm ceremony. riday ash he arket and Colchester the e w i lts turning the corner from the high road up to for theinhester railway station, to deliver its passengers atip p : eleven o'clock up-train, it suddenly upset, it is 4 4tol: e ' from turning the corner too abruptly. Fortu- L4 t ll o one sustained any injury. wis e night, between eight and nine o'clock, the pro • Logie, seamen's potatoe shipper, 9, Cock llsio—,,tekliff, were discovered to be on fire by a person t c e : .Y. No person was in the house at the time, qtaii,le having left a few minutes before, and the I Pa now in Scotland. The house of Mr. Lome leiltepost entirely destroyed, but the flames were pre " from extending. be k W tx , COURT CIRCULAR. tal "aeoad -s ", TUESDAY.—Prince Albert inspected the hi' 1 30 h ,Lattalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards in gar of Pri), " r e this morning in the Great Park. The ~._ ..c e P s IV ,,,, , aitiri B . ‘/ . 18 attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in ! rt The r‘ is• N et° Queen took an airing this morning in a pony 0' e t . Ai n for bi upwards of an hour. Prince Albert drove the R o J"ty out. The royal party was attended by t ter n• Colonel Grey on horseback. so o; Ili% t M ajesty the Queen Dowager, after lunching a' Ivith he Duchess of Kent at Frogmore House, went aa. the Q Royal Highness to the Castle on a visit to of , uee n -te Q • entr eee IL L een Dowager was received at the . grand Ic• i lliwn.: "Y Prince Albert, attended by Viscount be yeas e-tren,,,, Colonels Grey and Wylde. Her Majesty 1 6, Lady Gore and the Misses Gore, and ei tieuntldastice.hrieuse: by °I lient was attended by Lady Charlotte le At t _ Lao bo., we ntY minutes past four o'clock the Queen to blic",liger took her departure, accompanied by the P r ,luess of Kent, in a pony carriage and four, for )% 4 1 05 wore, on her return to Bushy Park. Prince 11 r, yen conducted her Majesty to her carriage. The tuit e t o t ss of Dunmore, Viscount Hawarden, the Hon. ol -,.,h 0 ,,,, G r a rey, and Col. Wylde, also attended the Queen ia 1,, ger . to the royal entrance. . t e l t 'le Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice were el l th e ti t carriage , drive this forenoon, accompanied by it r *tig Do w ager Lady Lyttelton. The Princess Royal i o taken in the pleasure-grounds adjoining , the . astl e. ~„,. 1 4 The Royal Family were also taken airings A Thyfternoon. O tea* Viscountess Canning has succeeded the Coun to . v D unmore as the Lady in . Waiting on the Queen. 0 jetty) : 11 n.t Hawarden (Lord in Waiting on her Ma o 4 j est ) lef t i Ze t cl at the Castle this morning. His Lord e he afternoon. o he r Tn ?earn Dowager, attended by Lady Gore, left 1r - ' ° Ftlink, f ee, Bushy House, Bushy Park, yesterday it 'Val 1-1: '''' r Progmore Lodge, to pay a visit to her 6 4 rx tte rWar t i s ghrle ss the Duchess of Kent. Her Majesty t l 'ioe en. , Proceeded to Windsor, on a visit to tile 'l' Lad j'n the evening the Queen Dowager, attended T he . Y Gore, returned to Bushy House to dinner. 1 tt „., ir R 0 ..._; _. and the Duke highnesses the Duchess o . f Gloucester s terd e 1 v ; j uice of Cambridge arrived in town yes the C" Ir wil Kew, The Royal Duchess honoured o t e rlce °4llltes s of Mansfield with a visit, at her resi t "uth' es i n Langharn-place. In the evening the retur ne d °f Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge kd to R ew. a oa,• Peowb ' l gnor de Pietro, Archbishop of Beyrout in r , ; )1 Po r 4 : 1 ; and Nuntius from the Holy See to the Court i 1 b are ga., Was presented to the Earl of Aberdeen I ~... ti de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister. 1 il • 'll .'S'S PATENT METALLIC CAPSULES. 14. e Were bte, „ h ighly delighted yesterday by a visit to Mr. `tree t i.,'-tent Metallic Capsule Manufactory, I, Wharf bl°t '.tY-road. The metallic capsule is one of tt t l h e e s t Yor b 74 'al and important inventions for securing bo tloa Tri?chiced; it is applied to bottles of every descrip °ll4ll,t%the greatest facility and rapidity, and when It ravil / Pued the bottle cannot be o n e without t d . e- Il atr l t the capsule. It is formed of the purest tin, tikttl: therefore non-corrosive and incapable of being i t n h g e ; 11 1)1 11 6' 1 by acids. With regard to the strength o we Mention the fact that we saw at the mann attar-1, a bottle of soda-water, the cork of which was t.ee tlt by the capsule alone, without the intervention the i hi ck 1: or strng. The 'capsule was torn off, an . : i ghe t -stit ntlY flew out, 'the soda-water being in the . 7our e d - state of effervesence. The cork had been th . us ,Tese e- ,„• ° r some days. The process of manufacturing tne e p - elles is excedingly beautiful, and at the same are aira—Aritabl simple. We may premise that they , 6 1. 1(1 e tk a - t nil th f ac e titled at about the rate of thirty a minute,. apparatus is set in motion by a steam-engine Trorse power. bla an e f of which the patent metallic capsules_ are tl• uaZured, is the celebrated banca tin, the produc . e 'tti c ; East Indies, which is entirely free from any oxi-p i f " °r other sort of corrosion. A sufficient number o oo lut tl f this t; being melted in a furnace of peculiar t oe._ I t r h, - , e -. 0 11, is a po drawn off through a common tapping preportable vessel, surrounded by a charcoal fire, ini,; s erve the intensit of the heat, and conveyed on a u atiC ll re railway, and y cast, on a metallic platform, into PleParatory to being rolled. The bands are then 11 ▪ il e u, to the rolling, or laminating mill, to which, as van er i. 1 10 the other machinery, motion is given by a & tit roll ers ateani-engine. This mill comprises several sets t i l s s i each reducing the ribband of metal, to which t n s. uas given a new form, little by little, until it is % - atite e f ° ll gil for the subsequent operations, and at the ;1 14 n'a . i in fo e giving to one side of the ribband brilliant 0141, ran polish. The metal, now wound . up into % 4 u extensive coils, is taken to the cutting ma wi There the machinery grips one end of a coil, L eit eals; tll , l , °ll t any aid from the workman, cuts it into ded "ises suitable in diameter to the capsules - im -._, to be ' produced from it, and continues to make tihba"livei them until the whole coil of metallic tittr:lttl' is !IPended, when another coil is supplied. This ; ; somewhat similar to the process used at the . iafiZ.lle preliminary work of coining; but the motion ,Tron,, L it e'Y more rapid, the discs being cut and carried ;ails pith speed such speed that it is impossible to keep la to tt lltn, or count them. These discs are now dropped , s _ tt Pltia,,, ° l l Per, from which they pass into a recess, where NtPanfe , or stamp, grips each into a partially forme sobs IV the next operation, which is erfectl self ti 6, and exhibits , an application of the eccentric mo st.Pati t:ee"ingly beautiful and novel, the capsule is taken raktt..ie first of thirteen stamps, or plunges, placed ho- Il4 tio a 7Y, and to which, forward, receding, and lateral re e s alternately given ; and the capsule, having thus Passe c r i Partial elongation or improvement in form, is Of the thino the second, and so on, one by one, to each 4 Deli, ,een stamps, until it is delivered by the last h in e 410 by 'late, having embossed upon it the name of t ton tt i whore it is to be used, with a description of the Prot e , t t4 of the bottle or other vessel it is intended to or D L itt It will be readily understood that each stamp It4a t„„ie.l:.presses against a corresponding mould or die ; l a th e i r ' 41 -1 have capsules upon them at the same time, *itb wl..various stages of progression. The precision to t,loh these stanaps pass on the capsules from one i.4o44::'l•her, and, in the intervals, perform their own im- Portio4 of the vrork—is another almost marvel- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY lous proof of the high inventive genius and consummate mechanical skill of the present day. There can be very little doubt but that these capsules must eventually su persede the old, and we may now say, barbarous method of securing corks in bottles and wine —indeed, the prin cipal wine and ale merchants, confectioners, perfumers, chemists, mid Italian warehousemen, hare already adopted them. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EGHAM RACES-TUESDAY. Egham is now so complete ly out of the world, and the means of i 3 inhabitants, for the purposes of sport, so contracted, that it is surprising, not that the races should be curtailed, but that there should be any races at all. The loss of the income hitherto derived from the gambling booths increases our surprise, and almost raises the question whether the exertions of the inhabi tants, without more powerful assistance from the neigh bouring gentry, will be sufficient to avert the fate that the diversion of traffic into new channels, and other causes not worth inquiring into, have entailed upon meet ings that once stood high in public estimation. Of the meeting that commenced yesterday under the stew ardship of Captains Bastard and Martin, it is un necessary to speak at length ; if the prizes were deficient in valuo and importance, they had the recommendation of quantity, and bad greater publicity been given them, would, we doubt not, have attracted a much larger attendance. It is due to the Committee to state that their arrangements on the Course were made with a commendable regard to the accommodation and amusement of the visitors, and that, with one exception, they were carried out in a creditable manner by Mr. Cox, the newly-appointed Clerk of the Course ; the exception was a want of attention to the usual allowance of time between the heats, so much lati tude being taken that the racing was not brought to a close until seven o'clock. But for this drawback, the day's sport, if not of first quality, was calculated to give satis faction to a company not particularly distingue, nor suf ficiently numerous to be profitable to the booth and stand proprietors. The following are particulars of The Gold Cup of 80/.., the winner to be sold for 600 L, Two miles. Lord Exeter's Pergolaria, 3 yrs, 6st 111b......(Pettit) 1 Mr. Death's Misdeal, 5 yrs, 9st Sir G. Heathcote's Miss Wilfred filly, 3 yrs, Est 111 b 3 Lord G. Bentinck's Gaper, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 4 5 to 2 agst Misdeal, Miss Wilfred f, and Pergolaria, and 3 to 1 agst Gaper. The running for the first half mile was made by Gaper; it was then taken up by Pergolaria, who made the pace tolerably goad, was never caught, and won cleverly by a length. Miss Wilfred f a good third. Gaper was beaten off early. The New and Old Windsor Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 20 added, 3 yrs old, 7st 71b ; 4 yrs, Bst 7lb ; 5 yrs, 9st ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 21b ; mares, &c., allowed 31b; winners once, 4lb extra; twice, 71b extra. Heats, three-quarters of a mile. Winner to be sold for 80 sovs., &c. (6 Subs.) Lord G. Bentinck's Vol au Vent, 3 yrs (Abdale) 0 1 1 General Wyndham's Hashed Venison, 3 yrs 1 0 2 Mr. Matthews's Tub Thumper, 6 yrs 0 0 3 Mr. Payne's Audrey, 3 yrs .. 2 2 dr Mr. Bastard's Radnor, 3 yrs Mr. E. R. Clark's Llangollen, syrs First heat—Even on Audrey and Hashed Venison against the field; a very fine race between the two; was won by a head. Second heat-6 to 4 agst Hashed Venison, 2 to 1 agst Audrey, and 3 to 1 agst Vol au Vent ; won by a length. Llangollen fell about two distances from home, and broke his rider's collar-bone. Third heat-5 to 2 on Vol au Vent, who won cleverly by a length, and was claimed. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; 3 yrs old, 7st 516; 4 yrs, 9st llb; 5 yrs, 9st 1116; 6 yrs and aged, lOst 21b. Two Two miles and a distance. - Sir G. Heathcote's Campanero, 3 yrs (Chapple) 1 Lord Exeter's Pergolaria, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Ramsbottom's Pine Apple, 4 yrs 3 Mr. Balchin's Moustache, Yyrs - Lord G. Bentinck's Gaper, 4 yrs 5 Betting-5 to 4 agst Pine Apple, 5 to 2 agst Pergo laria, and 7 to 2 agst Campanero. Campanero and Pergolaria went in advance at a strong pace to the turn, where the former, who was rather impetuous, ran out to the right, Lord Exeter's mare following him. Pine Apple and Moustache, keeping straight, went on toge ther to the first gap, where Campanero and the mare joined them, and the four ran in company to the three quarters of-a-mile post ; Campanero then took a decided lead, made the rest of the running, and won easy by two lengths. Pine Apple and Moustache were beaten off at the distance, and Gaper never had a chance in any part of the race. The Rurmeymede Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added. Winner to be sold for 1501., &e. Heats, one mile. (5 Subs.) Mr. T. Coleman's Devil among the Tailors, 5 yrs, Bst 8Ibs Mr. King's Young Lochinvar, 4 yrs, Bst 41b 5 1 0 dr Mr. Balchin's Epaulette, 5 yrs, Bst 81b ..... 2 3 3 dr Mr. Brooke's Dean Swift, 6 yrs, Bst Tub 3 dr Mr. Stanborough's Isleworth,s yrs, Bstl llb 4 dr The first heat was won easy by a length; the second, by a length; the third was a dead heat ; and the fourth walked over. _ _ . - - THE LATE DERBY.—We understand that within the last few days some important disclosures have been made in connexion with Ratan's running for the Derby, and that a full investigation will take place before the Jockey Club, at one of the Newmarket October Meetings. Several parties are said to be deeply implicated. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) STO LIRBRIDGE RACES-MONDAY. The Stand Purse of 251., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each ; the second to receive 51. out of the stakes. Heats, one mile. (5 Subs.) Mr. Worthington's Gipsey Queen, 4 yrs, Bst 41 b (Marlow) 0 1 1 Mr. Fowler's Filly, 4 yrs, Bst 41b Mr. Flintoff's Countess of Lichfield, 4 yrs, Bst 41b 1 2 0 Mr. Painter's Oberon, aged, Bst 51b Mr. Wildmaa's Coheiress, 4 yrs, Bst 41b 2 dr The Stourbridge Handicap, of 5 sovs. each and 35 added. One mile and three quarters. (16 Subs.) Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Arthur) 1 Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 4 yrs, Bst 61b 2 Mr. Saunders' Nix-my-Dolly, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b The following also started but were not placed :—Mr. Flintoff's The Elbe, 3 yrs, 6st 81b—Mr. Davies's Princess of Wales, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—Mr. Wildman's Coheiress, 4 yrs, Est 101 b. The East Worcestershire Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 30 added. Heats, one mile and a half. (7 Subs.) Mr. Naworth's Clinker, aged, Bst 81b Mr. Saunders' Caitiff, 5 yrs, Bst 21b 1 2 2 0 Mr. Frost's Utica, 4 yrs, fist 121 b 2 1 2 0 Mr. Barton's Glideaway, 3 yrs, 6st 31b Mr. Hawkin's Nix-my-Dolly, 5 yrs, Bst 71b 0 0 dr. 0 Mr. Copeland's Assay, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Mr. Hayman's Fair Ellen, 4 yrs, Est 121 b 0 dr. Match, 501., 1 mile.—Mr. Batson's Kitty Clover, aged, lOst (Owner), beat Mr. Saunders' ch f by Tulip, llst. TUESDAY. The Ladies' Purse of 301. added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Heats, two miles. (8 Subs.) Mr. Hawkin's Clinker, aged, 9st 61b (Bradley) 2 1 1 Mr. llawkin's Nix-my-Dolly, 5 yrs, Bst 13st 1 3 2 Mr. Fowler's The Duke, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft. Two miles. (5 Subs.) Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid, 3 yrs, Est 51b, walked over. The Himley Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 30 added. Heats, one mile and a-quarter. (6 Subs.) Mr. Buckley's David, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (Whitehouse) 1 3 1 Mr. Flintoff's The Rhine, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b 2 1 3 Mr. Hobson's Charity, 3 yrs, 7st 41b HUNTINGDON RACES—TUESDAY. The Huntingdonshire Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 50 added. Heats, two miles. (23 Subs.), ten of whom paid 5 sovs. each. Ld. Sand wich's bc by Liverpool, 3 yrs, sst 101 (Carter) 1 Lord W. Powlett's Eclogne, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b 2 Mr. Ward nd Bourra Tomache, 4 yrs, sst 131 b Colonel Peel's Hartshorn, 4 yrs, Est 41b 4 Mr. Phillimore's Syntaxina, 6 yrs, 7st The Hinchingbrook Plate of 501., winner to be sold for 1501. Heats, once round. _ _ _ Hon. G. Ongley's Fama, 6 yrs, Bst 131 b (Sly) 4 1 1 Mr. Rogers's Prosody, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b.. Mr. Booth's Donnybrook, 4 yrs, Bst 61b 2 dis Mr. Wesley's Miss Lucy, 5 yrs, Bst 71b 3 dr Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added ; the win rer to be sold for 3001. Heats, one mile. (5 Subs.) Colonel Peel's Seaweed, Bst 21b (Nat) 2 1 1 Mr. Edwards' Trudget, Bst 81b 1 2 2 Mr. Booth's Repealer, Bst 51b 4 3 3 Mr. G. Thornhill's fby Ruinous dam, Bst 21b. 3 dr PAISLEY RACES—(CONCLUDED). The Two-years Old Stakes of 20 SOTS. each, h ft, with 20 added ; colts, Bst 51b; fillies, Bst 21b. T.Y.C. Lord Eglinton's Pythia (Howlett) 1 Mr. Merry's Pilot Mr. H. Johnstone's Rose of Cashmere, and Mr. Ram sey's Minden also ran. Won by a length. The Silver Bells, with 501. added. Two miles and a dis. Mr. Ramsay's Lady Skipsey, 4 yrs, Bst 1 Mr. Merry's Cable, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b 2 Won easy by two lengths. The Hunters' Stakes of 10 sovereigns each, h ft, with 20 added. Gentlemen riders, 12st 71b each, &c. Heats, two miles. Mr. Cook's Zoroaster 1 1 Mr. Fawcett's Wanton Mr. Harvey's Tom Forester Won easy. The Railway Stakes of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 25 added Heats, once round and a dis. Winner to be sold for 1001., &c. Mr. Merry's Christopher, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b 1 1 Mr. Cook's Zoroaster, aged, Bst 13Ib Sir J. Boswell's Interest, 4 yrs, Bst 31b 3 3 A fine race. 3 dr The " Aftershots" Free Handicap, with a purse added, was won by Geneva, beating Prudence, Whistle Binkie, Wanton, and Interest, by a head. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. LEAMINGTON STAKES (WARRICK). 6to 1 agstCouncillor—(t) I 7to 1 agst Algernon—(t) 6 to 1 agst Mosque 8 to 1 agst Advice—(t) GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP (DONCASTER). 6to 1 agst Mickey Free— 6to 2 agst:the two—taken (taken freely) to 100/. 6to 1 agst Artful Dodger Bto 1 agst Rowena—(t) —(taken freely) 12 to 1 agst any other—(off) ST. LEGER. 3to 1 agstTheCure—(oft) I Bto 1 agst Red Deer 4 to 1 agstlthuriel—(t and I 10 to 1 agst Valerian aft offered) I 13 to 1 agst The Princess 7to 1 agst Bay Momus 113 to 1 agstFoig-a• ballagh WESTMINSTER SCHOOL.—We are requested to state that the Queen has signified her royal pleasure that au additional week's holydays be granted to the young gentlemen of this school, in celebration of the birth of the infant Prince. The school will, therefore, meet on Wednesday, the 25th 91 §eptember. DR. WOLFF'S IMPRISONMENT AT BOKHARA. Captain Grover has communicated to us the fol lowing account of Dr. Wolff's imprisonment at Bukhara : The last letter written by Dr. Wolff, while at liberty, was written at Bokhara, on the 16th of April, before he entered the city. He had no writing paper, and this letter is written upon scraps torn from his memorandum•book. A Turcoman had just arrived from Merv, bringing him a lamb as a present, and he took advantage of his return to send a few hurried lines. He is surrounded by people of Bokhara, Kokan, and Taschkand, and, therefore, says his information may be depended upon. He trembles somewhat for Stoddart and Conolly, for they are not seen at Bokhara, and the person alluded to in M. de Ghersi's dispatch, he has ascertained to be a Persian, and the European young man with him is an Italian watchmaker, named Giovanni. However, he says, " nobody has witnessed the execution of Stoddart and Conolly, whilst Youssaf Khan, &c., were publicly executed. The Khaleefa (Holy-man) of Merv, tells me positively that Stoddart was alive. Ido not feel much apprehension for my own safety, but should I be detained, pray get the Queen herself to write a letter to the Ameer, for he felt deeply offended that his letter, which he wrote by Stoddart to the Queen, was answered by the Governor-General of India. Get also the Em peror of Russia to write. Whatever happens pray take it as coining from the Lord. Did not our Lord suffer ?" The man sent by the Assef-ood-Dowlah to com mand the escort which was to protect him against the Turcomans, turned out a great scoundrel, and the Doctor was obliged to ap peal to the Turcomans for protection against his escort. Between them, however, the poor Doctor was plundered of everything, and, on entering the city, he was deserted by all except one man, named Hussein, and he was looked upon as a man whose d'iom was sealed. When, however, the King ordered Nayeb to receive him into his house the scene changed, and all predicted that danger was over. He was in troduced to the King, kindly received, and he plainly told the object of his visit. The following day the King's Chamberlain, accompanied by the Comman dant of the arsenal, ordered him to write in their presence the letter in which the King de clares that he put Stoddart and Conolly to death in the month of July, 1843, and of this letter he had to make a translation in Persian, He was then told that he was free to depart. The letter having been dispatched to Captain Grover, the Doctor received an intimation that he would be de tained. Having a slight fever he wished to be bled; this being communicated to the King, permission was refused, the King saying that bleeding was not good for him. Dr. Wolff had recovered Co lonel Stoddart's " official seal." The Doctor writes, " pray for me, and thank God with me, that he bath hitherto helped me." At first he wore his clergyman's robes, and rode about the town unattended, which, he says, the Russian Ambassador, who had just left, was not allowed to do. In another letter he says he has adopted the Bokhara dress, but does not say whether this was done from choice. On the Bth June he writes two lines to Colonel Shiel, in which he says, that in spite of all the pro mises of the King, he is now a prisoner at Bokhara, and that he has not the least hope of being soon re leased. ONE WORD TO CAPT. WARNER' Sin,—Your deeds in the Press have of late cer tainly been very great; your challenge in the daily papers, which is now before me, is a curious spe cimen of evasion or want of straightforwardness. You say that at five miles' distance you will destroy the largest vessel across the Goodwin Sands, without having had any previous communication with her, but you do not say that you will have no communi cation with the position the doomed vessel is to occupy. Why should you know where the vessel is to be before you go to it ? Why do you fix the position across the Goodwin Sands ? Because, if ignorant of the place, you could not previously set your trap to catch the mouse ; and secondly, if in deep water for five miles, your line of communication would sink too deep, perhaps break by its own weight, and your doomed vessel escape destruction. The Goodwin Sands would, however, support it near the surface, and ensure the explosion. What wonder is there in this ? Why could you not have said a hundred miles at once? Because that would have divulged your means of communication. Now, Sir, I could blow up St. Paul's (God forbid I ever should), and be in Manchester at the time. There is nothing to be wondered at even in that ; but I must first lay my line communication. All these things were practicable before you, Sir, commenced studying the subject. But are they applicable, economically applicable, to the practice of war ? Certainly not. If a squadron lay in an enemy's harbour, can you blow them up ? Yes, you will say, but you must lay your trap first! And, query, is there not equal danger in laying the trap as to the mice, when caught ? Will you, Sir, engage to go on board a Government vessel without knowing her destination ? Will you, on being con veyed to within five miles of an object, whether ship or fort, without any pre v i ous c om munication with that object or the position it occupies—will you then blow it up at the moment of command ? I fancy I hear you say, No, that is not your mode. Now, Sir, the darling object of your dreams for years past can be done, and by means, the appli ca ti on o f which is perfectly simple, and which you, Sir, cannot accom plish. There is an individual who will perhaps be shortly called upon to prove this position, and that person would have no objection to go on the vessel prepared for you, and with a piece of ordnance of long range, if allowed to have one shot at the doomed vessel, and almost at double the range the piece is usually effective, will so far destroy the doomed vessel as to leave you, Sir, nothing to do. That person, too, will perform his experiment before assembled thousands. No trickery will be reso rted to—all will be plain and above board ; and, what Is infinitely of more value, the means are not onlyap plicable, but easily adaptable to the present engines of warfare, can be managed with perfect ease and safety by those already in the employ of ordnance, and more economical than even the present admitted system now generally practised. Again, the main secret can be kept from others by Government, whilst yours, Sir, could not be kept six hours ; indeed, I may say it is well known (at least in its general principles) even now, and as a discovery for general application, not worth one farthing. I, wish for no better position than to prove yours an infernal of little use. As I have no doubt the world will soon be acquainted with the comparative effect and value both of your invisible and my visible means, I shall at present leave the subject, remaining, yours, re spectfully, CRITO CURIOSA. Manchester, August 26. THE LONG RANGE AND INVISI BLE SHELL. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The importance of Captain Warner's invention is incalculable. Like all extraordinary discoveries, a host of sceptics has arisen, and, as was the case when gas was first introduced, thousands are ready to scorn and ridicule the discoverer of this irresistible power, who are quite unable to appreciate the value of the secret. The prejudice of naval and military gentle men of the olden school, who are unwilling to be put out of their usual way, can be readily accounted for, but with others the opposition can only proceed from an unworthy jealousy of an original and persevering individual ; and it shows a great want of liberality in men of education, if it is not approaching to malice, to attempt running down Captain Warner by insinua tions and assertions altogether gratuitous and un tenable. Its adoption as an arm of war, it is evident, would disturb our present tactics in both land and sea service, the consequences of which may be rea dily conceived, even were the secret to be preserved by a country where the utmost freedom is given to foreign Powers to inspect our arsenals and manufac tories. It is most probable that if Government is in duced to purchase it, the object will be its suppres sion, as is understood to have been the case with an invention of the late Michael Logan, engineer, who had discovered a mode of gunnery, which would, if adopted, have rendered useless the present science of projectiles. The celebrated Napier of Merchiston, who invented the Logarithms, it appears, possessed the power of an engine, or power, by which a whole field could be cleared of an enemy at one fell dis charge ! When urged to divulge the secret, he ob served that there were already too many methods for the destruction of human life, and he would be no benefactor to mankind were he to multiply them; it accordingly died with him. EXTRAORDINARY FEAT Or PEDESTRIANISM.—Yes terday a great number of persons assembled at the Rose mary Branch ground, at Peckham, to witness the per formance of a match undertaken by Blanks (better known under the cognomen of the Warwickshire Antelope). The match was to run 10 miles and pick up 100 stones, placed on the ground at a yard apart, to be fetched se parately and deposited at one end, making in the whole a distance of 15 miles, 5 furlongs, and 200 yards, and complete the same within one hour and 40 minutes. The stakes were 301. In the bettinr , the odds were on time. The ground being measured, he commenced his hercu lean task by running the 10 miles, which he completed in 59 minutes. lie then went to work at the stones upon the ground, and which he cleared in 38 minutes—thus -accomplishing the match in 97 minutes, and having three minutes to apace. EVE NIN G, A U GUST 28 844. FRANCE AND MOROCCO. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. HERALD.—The news of the brilliant victory obtained by Marshal Bugeaud over the Moors, as re corded in the recent telegraphic dispatch from the French camp, appears to have produced a singularly opposite effect upon two of our Contemporaries ; for whilst it has filled one with the gravest apprehensions, it has supplied an apparently fruitful source of merri ment to the other. Their mirth and despondency appear to us to be equally out of place. We can dis cover nothing ridiculous in the statement that the private baggage of the Emperor's son, as well as the tents and artillery of his followers, was captured (the shaving tackle of Napoleon formed part of the spoils of Waterloo); or in the fact that eight hun dred of the enemy were left dead upon the field. Still less can we understand why so decisive a battle, and one which holds out so fair a prospect of termi nating the dispute between the two countries, at once, should have produced dismay instead of exul tation in the minds of those statesmen and politicians who are anxious for the maintenance of the peace of Europe. Much as the frightful loss of life recorded in the Marshal's dispatch is to be de plored, it is far better that such should have been the case than that thousands upon thousands should hereafter be sacrificed in a long and fruitless contest, in which victory on the part of the French could purchase no corresponding advantage, and which might eventually lead to con sequences disastrous to the rest of Europe. What ever may have been the merits of the original dispute, it cannot be denied that the Emperor of Morocco has behaved, in all his later negotiations, with great perfidy and faithlessness. At Tangiers, as well as on the Moorish frontier, his sole object appears to have been delay. The Prince de Joinville has been blamed for having commenced operations against Tangiers with the knowledge that the Em peror had signified to Mr. Drummond Hay his acquiescence in all the conditions imposed upon him in the ultimatum of the French Government; and this charge, although it has been more than once satisfactorily refuted, was repeated no later than yes terday, by a Contemporary, as still demanding ex planation. Now, so far from there being any foundation for such an imputation, it has been dis tinctly shown that whilst the Emperor refused to comply with four out of the seven demands of Spain, he insisted on the withdrawal of Marshal Bugeaud altogether from his frontier ! It moreover ap pears that whilst these negotiations were in progress his son was hurrying to form a junction with his father's main army, with a reinforcement of 20,000 men! The Prince de Joinville had, there fore, no alternative; and has even been abused for avoiding, as much as possible, the destruction of life and property at Tangiers. The Marshal, on the other hand, appears to have found the same difficulty in ob taining anything like a definite answer to the ulti matum of his Government ; and it was not until he became satisfied that the army before him would soon be increased, by the arrival of the Maroquin Prince, from 20,000 to 40,000 men, and that affairs " were every day becoming more menacing," and until the enemy had assumed the offensive, that he was induced to attack them; and looking at the com paratively small force at his disposal (from 10,000 to 12,000 men), his victory appears to have been most decisive. Now so far from such a defeat being calculated to lead to a protraction of the war, it is much more likely to put an end to it altogether. If the French deserve credit for their assurance theat they have no view to ultimate occupation in their present operations, and if we accept this disclaimer, we can have nothing to fear, so far as the general peace is concerned, from this quarrel, end when it may. To infer its prolongation, how ever, from such a defeat as has just been sustained by the Maroquins, at the hands of a force vastly inferior to them in numbers, and that too on their own van tage ground, is most perverse. Had the Moors beaten the French, there might have been some pre text for the apprehension ; for in that event the Em peror would have begun to consider himself invin cible ; and it might have taken some time and large reinforcements to have altered his opinion. It is true that he cannot fail to be aware of the extreme diffi culty of penetrating into the interior of his country, but he has witnessed the sacrifices which the French have not hesitated to make (whether wisely or not is not the question) in Algeria, and may fairly infer therefrom that, even if he should be enabled to make head against them, he can only do so at a severe cost to himself. Such are the reasons for our belief that so soon as the first fever of his resentment has sub sided he will discover the folly of further resistance, and yield, on all reasonable points, to the conditions demanded of him. CHRONICLE.—The tidings brought by the above express are indeed important. Another port of Morocco bombarded, and anisland occupied and garrisoned! Here is the casus belli so recently and so vauntingly demanded by our Ministerial Contem porary. Here is a considerable " endangerment of our convenience." Here is " occupation l" It may be said that the occupation is but of an island, only two miles in circumference, Ti. and at least a quarter of destroyed, it of course commandsdisland f town, the port, port a n o d f bay, and is, to all intents a n d e a mile from the shore. Mogadore, and since the p e n n r c p e o s s o o s f , a t n h e o o t o o n w p a n t l a o r n e con travenes, the wish of the English of all three. Yet it evades, pation, and Admiral de,oi rather av l i,e a t a n d a n b d i i e r e s c i t r l e y ra c o a n ; France should not occupy, a mystification of Lord what Aberdeen. The he dext e r t 1 1 that It . is but a quasi-occupa laugh in their sleeves at indeed, with which th mediator, tricked, and deceivedlasoetur Foreign they no doubt Minister consider into French have gulled, and confidence for the At first theyth few months would be amusing, if our interests were not so deeply con cerned.interested, and w h en theye quarrel arose between were and allp declaredaci pacific, all it a t l e l b d e is a - Spain and Moroccopressed the English Government to act most injurious calumny difficulties provocative, of difficulties .or demands. suppose . that they urged Then came . their o wn in conjunction or in quarrel,. got up so adroitly was of course one. On this the continuation of the Spanish lulled by france comin mistrust . of the British Ca binetexcited, but then it was forward to declare that she required but three Moorish troops, fb things —the dispersion of the .-e p un . and the sending of punishment of the Moorish offi cers,tant province. But, whilst bd-el-Kader to some dis demands, the conduct, f ilst M. Guizot made these cative, that he never gave a . Marshal Bugeaud on the frontier was so week's time to the ennina i . on . s. At length Mr. Emper or Dru mmond of Morocco to accept or act upon such n Emissioned to try his powers propositions. o rn f e p n e d rsu i a i s a i Y on wwia.tah the , Emperor, and our accounts allege - ecl, the Emperor yielding all letter ue one, written to convey which demands. that he . pe perfectly ly s althefat impres sion, not a diplomatic we published was a friendly the general fact and h asevidently sought for informa tion m on this the informationsubject at i m the ugeaud. ' o p on u t g r n a s din th ti e on ex a a r c e ti a t s ud fo e ll o o f w our letter. The terms of its "Everyone knows that the Emperor refused four of demanded i bi Spain, and that lie the seven conditions t d ed from th e thisre c Now, it is pretty three demands of the Emperor did grant the would have been able France.to contradict If he had not, the Debats it is very natural that the assertion. And demanded when the . Moorish Emperor consented to recal and disperse his army, to punish should demand that his Ab-el-Kader to retire, he facilitated by Marshal Buefforts to do this might be ge t a h ud , s retiring also from his menacing position on de mand on the part of the Emperore frontier. Such a unreason able, and even if the French adobjecti ons t o gran t it, was not nevertheless, the Emperor having de mands, ought to have had at least ceded all their inducing the French to postponeeahosta the effect of although it appears that all their 0 hostilities. But, own conditions had been obtained, the French had another excuse for keeping open the differences, an d hos tilities. This was the dem and of Sp ain. pr prolonging to our letter, the Journal des Debats . In answer triumphantly exclaims—Oh, the Emperor would consent to but three of the seven dema nds of Spain I now time to enter int o the justice . of We have not all these de mands, of which we feel certain that the Emperor ceded the material p art ; but we remember that Lord Aberdeen, on the 13 t h of Ju ne , declared that both Spain and France d esired that England should em ploy its efforts to mediate, and bring about an ar rangement. If so, is it not hard that France should bombard, because all those demands w uncon ditionally granted ? But independentlye not of such con siderations, we must most strenuously protest against France thus assuming the exclusive mbard. protectorate of Spanish interests, and ag ainst her b o mg, block ading, and occupying the p orts of Morocco,n order to enforce, not a Fren ch, but a S panish ult i matum; i ultimatunt; and we must say, that if Lord Aber deen has suffered this, he has, indeed, put the cope-stone upon a serie s o f policy the most imbecile and p usillanimo us hey that ever disgraced a British Administration. TIMES.—The spectac le of the Mauritian expedi tion continues to animat e the ardo ur of thei French marine, and to amuse the imagination of the French people. But will it end in nothing beyond spectacle ? Will the chapter of accidents reveal nothi ng beyond the innocuous flash of artillery, and the part i al over throw. of ill-conditioned forts ? Will the c of anmen ading always be restricted to the functions a national scold ? Will the Prince Admiral content with punishing a covert and! passive foe himself . castigation diverge into aggression, and that Or will was the natural penalty of insidious hostility which. be dis torted into an excuse for a scheme of vast and dan gerous aggrandizement? These are questions whiCh eh are necessarily suggested by the very character and origin of such a war as the French are waging • against Morocco ; .and every day which passes in_ creases their urgency and their importance. -Shim his cannonade of Tangiers the Prince de Joinville has attacked Mogadore, and after having razed the town and fortifications, taken possession of the island and the port. This latter fact is one which may add to the embarrassments of diplomatic nego tiation, unless after-information modify or explain I it. It is the first in s t ance , d ur i ng t h e expedition, I of the French having occupied the place which they besieged. It is not indeed a departure from the general understanding which prevails in such cases, but from a promise given either explicitly or by implication in the present one. But at the same time it is such a departure as may be palliated by the prac tice and necessities of aggressive warfare. The terms of hostilities between two independent nations are not of course to be dictated by any third party. Eng land cannot direct France how to besiege Moorish towns or demolish Moorish forts. She cannot say to the French Admiral, " You must always anchor your ships at such a distance; you must never set foot on an island which commands the object of your attack; or having once landed, you must embark again within such and such a time." Language like this would be equally arrogant and absurd. But she has a right to say to any country carrying on a marl time war in the the vicinity of her own possessions, " You shall not make this a war of aggrandizement; you shall not make acquisitions injurious to the com merce and influence of England ; you shall not add to your, nor infringe upon our, empire in the Mediter• ranean. You shall not retain one rood of land, what ever may be the success of your arms, or the submis sion of your foes." England may speak thus in the spirit of self-assertion and self-defence, of salutary jealousy and politic precaution, and with the help of a strong arm and large resources to support her both in her remonstrances and her demands. Yet it is easy to see how these conditions of hosti lity may appear to be violated even where there is a full intention of adhering to them with good faith. The island off Megadore has been occupied by the in vading squadron. This is prima facie a violation of a compact between France and England. But it is not necessarily so. The island, we believe, commands the town, fortification, and port, in such a way as to render its occupation a condition necessarily prece dent to the successful attack of the town itself. If this be the case, it is as yet only a seeming, not a real, infringement of their engagement on the part of the French. But if this occupation continue after its necessity has ceased—if other places are occupied in the same way without excuse, or retained after the causes which may be supposed to justify their occu pation have ceased to exist—then we shall have no hesitation in declaring that a breach of trust has been committed—a gross wrong done, for which this coun try is bound to demand explanation and redress. In the meantime, however, we discern no reason for suspecting our neighbours of any such intention, or convicting them of such misconduct. And it were rash—worse than rash, it were unjust, insulting, and quarrelsome, to rush to the conclusion—a con clusion which would militate against the positive assurances received from France—that the occu pation of the island near Mogadore is only the prelude to a system of African conquests and European annoyances. We hope better things. We trust the good sense and the good faith of the French King and his Ministers will exclude this new element of strife from the too ample magazine of feuds and jealousie-. We trust that the self-knowledge of the French people will prevent them entering on the mad attempt of raising a maritime empire in Africa. And when we say this—speaking as we do with a know ledge of, and a firm confidence in, our own resources —we would not be understood as impugning the cou rage or personal prowess of our rivals. An unneces sary and superfluous amount of indignation has been kindled in Paris by a hurried phrase in an extempore contribution to our columns. No one, least of all a British officer, would deliberately charge Frenchmen, whether sailors or soldiers, with whole sale cowardice. But any one, and especially a British naval officer, might be expected to criticise the sea manship, the gunnery, and the nautical address of a French Admiral and a French fleet. Nor would any one be so likely as British officers to see and un derstand the deficiencies and errors of those whom they criticised. Accustomed to the quick, neat, noise less, manoeuvres of an English man-of-war—to the rapid dash of an English frigate—to the admirable precision of English gunnery—they would of course exult at the comparative slovenliness and awkward ness of French tactics and practice. Nor should our neighbours be so intensely disgusted at this sort of criticism. It is no fault of theirs that they are not born sailors. But it is the fact—a strong, unalterble fact. They are not for the sea, nor the sea for them. It is not in their role. Their genius loves the land. With us—but why repeat the familiar boast, which the experience of the past has made a household pro verb, and which it were indeed treason to doubt but that the future will confirm ? For the result of a maritime collision with France, or any other power of Europe, we have no fear whatever. Our men, our ships, and our skill, are as they were in the best days of our history ; and we hope not to be driven to the necessity of war, much more than we dread the pro bable issue of a contest which, on every other ground, we are earnestly anxious to avoid. THE FJItENCH IN MOROCCO. (From the Times.) ORAN, AUG. 17.—Before the arrival of the news of the grand victory obtained by Marshal Bugeaud over the Moors on the 14th inst., we had heard that the Mar shal was nearly surrounded by the enemy, and expected to be attacked every hour. The enclosed proclamation gives you all the information which I have on this last affair on the frontier, which is indeed grave, and will convince all that war has begun in earnest. The Marshal continues to receive fresh troops, both from France and other parts of Algeria. The two ca valry regiments are now complete. The Hussars, con sisting of 588 men and 501 horses, have already joined the Marshal; the 10th Chasseurs, consisting of 505 men and 359 horses, have arrived here. The best riders are to have Arab horses, which is the reason the horses do not equal the number of men. Five more regiments of cavalry are expected—one of Lancers, one of Chasseurs, one of Hussars, and two of h eav y horse. Without ca valry it is impossible to proceed in the interior, infantry not being sufficient to cope with the vas t numbers of ca valry which the Moors are capable of bringing into the field. However, 500 infantry came yesterday in:the steamer from Algiers, who had previously arrived there from Port Vendres. It is rumoured that some 20,000 addi tional troops are expected. The fresh troops are to be distributed on the coast, and the troops ayuerres are to join the Marshal. But this is evidently exaggeration. Nevertheless, if the Marshal intend seriously to invade Morocco, and to march to Fez, several additional regi ments will be needed. Perhaps, however, this victory of Isly may induce the Moors not to expose themselves to fresh diasters, but to listen to peace. Yet we must not be too confident; on the contrary, this defeat may ex asperate, not humble, the Moors. Extermination alone may reduce the Moors of Morocco. It was the intention of the Marshal to have remained on the defensive, and to have waited the result of the naval operations of the Prince de Joinville on the coast of Morocco, as the Marshal found himself in want of cavalry as well as provisions and military stores. The Marshal is also encumbered with sick. A few days ago, 250 sick were brought from the hospitals of Tlemcen to Oran, and 1,000 mattrasses have been sent to that place for the accommodation of invalids. As the season advances, the sick are expected to increase, and these mattrasses are a provision for them. The Marshal would, undoubtedly have remained on the defensive, had b he not had a good opportunity of attackinc , the Moors. It seems he sought the enemy for fear of being over whelmed with increasing numbers. As to the exact amount of troops which the Marshal has now with him, I cannot tell you. A person who has just come from the camp says about 17,000. It is ex pected that the troops will be sent direct from France to Jemaa, El Ghazaout, near the mouth of the Malwia, so that it will be difficult for us to learn all the movements of troops in this province. We were here all a good deal astonished—though, where French officers, employes, and diplomatists are concerned, nothing should astonish us—at the receipt of the news of the bombardment of Tangiers, which reached us last Sunday. We had heard of nothing but peace, and up to the last moment the highest military authori ties here gave out that things were in statu quo, that is, up to the moment of the arrival of the news of the bombardment. Indeed, a proclamion, con taining the preliminary arrangements of the peace, had been published in Oran on the sth, dated the 4th inst., and nothing to the contrary had been heard of the affairs of the frontier. But the grand puzzle is, that whilst on the sth instant peace was proclaimed in Oran, orders had been dispatched from herd on the 4th to bombard Tangiers, and which was bombarded on the 6th. This affair, if we may judge from what we hear or see, has confounded the authorities of Oran as much as ourselves, whilst it has completely driven mad with vex ation the people of Gibraltar. A grand piece of chi canery or treachery has been played off by some parties. The steamer which brought us the news of the bom bardment of Tangiers was the Etna. There had been reports that English vessels were supplying the Moors with arms and the munitions of war, so the Etna (French steamer) called on her way at the mouth of the river, on which is placed the port of Tetuan. There the Etna saw two merchant vessels, a Portuguese and an English vessel. A boat from the Etna boarded them, and I be lieve attempted to search them. The English captain was not very communicative ; the French man-of-war boat was moro successful with the Portuguese. How ever, the affair ended in nothing. This little event shows not the less the animus of the French, and their disposition to do something to involve France and Eng land in a war. I imagine you will hear of this via Gibraltar. Amongst local topics, we have again the Garde Na • tionale. The son of the late English Vice-Consul, Mr. Enos Welsford, was this week put in confinement, for having obtained a substitute for an hour when on duty. His punishment is five days' imprisonment. People o are getting in prison every day for these breaches allowed f d. cipline. But the most galling is, a person is not to find a substitute. This is the way the French civilise and colonise Mica I I am quite convinced' that if the French authorities were aware of the infinite annoyance which they give families, they would moderate this mad .system. I am sure they would permit persons to pro• lideflubstitutes., On Monday last thire was e. proclamation given out, that all the Garde Nationale must appear at the review of Wednesday in regimentals, at their own expense, unless could prove that they did not earn more than two francs per day, or had not that amount. The con sequence of this order has been to get some two hun dred sentenced to prison for disobedience to orders. These people go to prison by turns, until the whole have had the benefit of French civilisation in Africa. You know that in this " Garde" there is more, or at least an equal number of foreigners. The question is, whether an Englishman is to be forced to serve in this " Garde" —not to be allowed to find a substitute—not to be able to transact his business, by being called upon duty perhaps at the moment when his affairs most demand his attention—to be obliged to wear a foreign or a French uniform—to be obliged to purchase this at his own expense (some 6/. sterling), though he remains but four months in Oran—with numberless other vexations. I cannot conceive that these things can be demanded of British subjects. We could not demand them of French subjects in our colonies. At any rate we do not. I be lieve for some breaches of paltry discipline a person can be put in prison for forty days ! In such a case a person may be ruined. It is quite time that our Con suls laid this before our Government. But then there is the horror of the " Exequatur" staring them in the face. I cannot close my letter without asking—" Whether Government are not yet convinced that Abd-el-Kader is not to be caught?" -:--in other words, whether, M. Guizat having declared to all the world that the main condition of peace with ihe Emperor was that that Abd el-Kader should be arrested and conveyed to some safe asylum on the Atlantic coast, our Government is prepared to see the French, under the pretext of getting this im possible condition ceded by the Emperor, invading Morocco, and preparing it for a French province ? This is the question it is necessary to repeat until Govern ment opens its eyes. The Moors are blinded by fanaticism, and the unfortunate condition of their birth ; but no authorities have shown greater blindness in this affair than the British, when all their experience of the I‘l9rocco people and its Government ought to have taught them, that the strong, the last hold of Islamism in the West, would not stoop to the Christians ; that no good Mussulman would arrest Abd-el-Kader ; that to arrest Abd-el-Kader is looked upon as violating the liberty of the Prophet ; that the Emperor is unable to control the remote and immense districts of Arabs, some of them the most hardy and determined in the whole world ; that the Emperor, ever so anxious for peace, could not, dare not, make it with the French, or any other Christians ; and yet, our wise people in Gibraltar, including the worthy Governor, all declared to the last moment, " that there would be no war." At the moment of closing my letter, another courier, it is said, bas arrived from the Marshal, ordering all the disposable force to be sent forward immediately to the camp, as the Moors were again on the offensive, and coming down with immense reinforcements—with clouds of cavalry. We have reason to believe that so much of a para graph which appeared in our yesterday's impression as represents her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester as being about to relinquish the Royal domain at Bag shot, in compliance with the wishes of the Queen, is en tirely without foundation. Her Royal Highness has, we are informed, exchanged Bagshot-park for the house at Richmond at her own request, and solely from a desire to be near her sister. Nor is there any better foundation for the report that the vacant residence has been assigned to Prince Albert, the wishes of the Royal Duchess being alone consulted in the arrangement, and the future destination of the Bagshot estate not having been as yet even thought of.—Times. THE LATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN HOLBORN.— In this journal on Monday appeared the final examina tion of the Hon. W. Touchet, at Bow-street, on Satur day last, for discharging a loaded pistol at Mr. Smith, the proprietor of a shooting gallery, No. 288, High Holborn, on the 6th of July. Last week Mr. Smith was thought sufficiently recovered to leave St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and on Saturday he attended at Bow-street and gave evidence of the occurrence. During the examination he appeared very weak, and gave his evidence suffering great pain. On his return home he became very ill, and was com pelled to have medical aid. He continued to get worse, and on Monday was again received into St. Bartholo mew's Hospital, where he now remains. The wound has broken out afresh, and portions of bone are forced through it. On inquiring at the hospital yesterday he was ascertained to be better than on the preceding day, but still he lies in a dangerous state. DESTRUCTIVE FlRES.—Yesterday letters were re ceived at the principal insurance offices in the City, de tailing the particulars of two dreadful fires which occurred in the village of Winsham, situate near Chard, in Devonshire, and which terminated in the complete demolition of no fewer than thirty houses. The first appears to have broken out soon after ten o'clock on Sunday morning, during Divine service, and on the alarm being raised the fire was found raging in the upper part of a house situate with twelve others, at the ex tremity of the village, and the thatch roof soon igniting the building was speedily re duced to ashes. A crowd quickly collected, and attempts were made to check the flames from running along the thatch of the adjacent houses, but ineffectually, for within the space of a quarter of an hour, no less than eight of the adjoining dwellings had caught, and, there being no engines in the neighbour hood, the fire extended its ravages until the whole of the buildings were consumed. The village had scarcely been restored to its usual state of quietude before it was again aroused by a second outbreak, far more destructive than the previous one, taking place at about half past ten o clock on Monday night. The flames were first discovered raging in a small out-house at the back of a dwelling in Church-street ; and the wind unfortunately being high at the time soon wafted the destructive element to the surrounding property, and scarcely had an hour elapsed after the alarm before upwards of fourteen houses were enveloped in flames. The distress that prevailed amongs the poor villagers was of a character truly heartrending. At an early stage of the conflagration an express was sent off to Chard for the fire-engines, but it was full two hours before they arrived ; and, as may be expected, the havoc in the meanwhile was most extensive. Six other houses, all tenanted by small tradespeople, had fallen with the rest, and it was sadly feared at one period that the whole village would have fallen a prey to the flames ; but the buildings being deprived of their thatch they were therefore preserved. It is supposed that these fires were the work of an incendiary, but nothing decisive is as yet known. The loss must be very heavy. RECREATION FOR THE WORKING CLASSES.—The Duke of Norfolk has promised, on the expiration of a few leases, to give up fifty acres of his land for a plea sure-ground, for the reereatian of the people of Shef field. In Birmingham the question has already been discussed in the Town Council, and the great advantage and benefit of-public parks unanimously affirmed. That body has opened a communication with Government, for the purpose of obtaining a grant towards providing the public walks, which, in Birmingham, with its 220,000 in habitants, are felt to be imperatively needed. DARING ROBBERY.—Last evening a most daring robbery was committed by two well-dressed fellows at the house of Mr. Blundell, 24, Agnes-street, Wa terloo-road, which was effected in the following auda cious manner :—The fellows knocked at the door, and asked if Mrs. Blundell was at home, and on being shown into the parlour, they produced a written note, which they stated was sent by her husband, who the men stated was locked up in the Tower-street sta tion on a charge of felony, and said she had better go as quick as possible to see her husband. The men then took out of their pockets a printed paper, which had all the appearance of an official document, and informed Mrs. Blundell that it was a search warrant, and they must search the house for stolen property, at the same time informing the lady that she must give up possession of everything she had. Mrs. Blundell, who was dread fully alarmed, and is only just out of her confinement, directed the nurse to give up the keys, when the fellows opened the drawers, and took out twelve sovereigns in gold as well as half a dozen silver spoons. Th men then insisted on having the boxes of the lodgers opened, which the lady positively refused to comply with. They then completely ransacked the house of every valuable article they could possibly lay their hands on, and with the greatest effrontery left the house, inform ing Mrs. Blundell that the sooner she proceeded to her husband the better. Mrs. Blundell, though exceedingly ill and weak, went direct to the Tower-street station house, and inquired for her husband, when she learnt no such person was in custody. Mrs. Blundell then returned home with the utmost expedition, and discovered that she had been most cruelly deceived, and her house stripped of nearly every available article, with which the fellows got clear off. Mr. Blundell is a respectable man, in the employ of Mr. Patrick, the extensive builder of the Belvidere-road. CAUTION TO HOUSEKEISPERS.—The following art ful system of robbery has been for some time prac tised at the west end of the town by an orga nised gang of depredators, who have hitherto suc ceeded in evading the vigilance of the police. Choosing an early hour in the morning, when the ser vant is occupied cleaning the door-step or passage, one of the confederates drops a sixpence or other small . coin into the area; the loss is then made known to the servant, who is in the most civil manner requested to restore the piece of money, and as it is visible from above, she is generally disarmed of all suspicion, and proceeds to com ply with the request, when the opportunity is immediately seized to strip the hall of coats, cloaks, or any portable property. THE LATE REV. ROWLAND HILL.--Last evening a very large public meeting was held at the Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars-road, for the purpose of commemorating the centenary of the birth cf the late Rev. Rowland Hill, and also to consider the propriety of erecting a memorial to him. The Rev. J. Sherman, M.A., the minister of the chapel, presided, and was supported by Mr. Prit chard, the Consul at Otaheite ; the Rev. G. Clayton, the Rev. Dr. Campbell, and several other gentlemen. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said that it had been suggested to him to take measures for erecting a memorial to the late Rev. Rowland Hill, formerly the minister of Surrey Chapel, now they had completed the centenab. but tf that his which bbirth.m]Neltanv,y,itphlanmsosht g bad ene e r e a n l recom mended, accept ance was, that which proposed to ere iool-house, where a erect within the neigh bonrhOOd of the cilapelaurlaal ue school-house, iremdev a e tio t n li s a si d n d gr i s tio o n f a sound, numberliberal, iladnrden might recei'scri pt this, it was proposed t o erect two large infant schools,to one of which should be in the Borough-road. Resolu tions to that effect were submitted and adopted, and up wards of 6001. was subscribed on the spot. Mr. Prit chard detailed at some length the progress cf education in Otaheite and the South Sea Islands, and theproceed ings termi na t e d w i t h a vote o f thanks to the Chairman. The garrison of Gibraltar is to be reinforced by another regiment, and another company of artillery. The 72d, at Buttevant, are hourly expecting the order to march to Cork, and embark thence forthwith for the • imerick Chtonicli. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 9is per mine, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 39 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 471, it follows that gold is 0.33 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By adviccs from Hamburgh the price of gold is 434 k per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 100 . . per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 94 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 9, it follows that gold is 0.35 dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The following is the official notification of the return of Mehemet Ali sent to the Consuls resident in Alex andria:— " In answer to the collective letter which was ad dressed on the 27th of July last by the Consuls-General of France, England, Prussia, Austria, and Russia, the undersigned is happy to inform the Consul of England, that the health of the Viceroy, the state of which had lately necessitated the departure of his Highness for Cairo, is completely re-established, and that, thanks to • this fortunate circumstance, his Highness has been enabled to continue the personal direction of affairs. " The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity to assure Mr. Stoddart of his distinguished consideration. " ARTIN BEY." The Guernsey papers allude to a great inconvenience which is felt at Jersey, in consequence of the bankers and traders not being able to come to an agreement as to the value of the five-franc piece. Some have determined that they will not take them for more than 3s. 1 ld. British money, w hich is called their " real value ;" while others insist on their being north ld. more. All. it seems are agreed that this state of things ought to be remedied, but no one undertakes the necessary reform, which elicits the familiar remark, that what is the busi ness of everybody is the business of no one. Some statistics published in the American journals show the progress of the tollage system on the canals of that country for the last three years. The produce of the principal canals has increased, Albany, West Troy, • Utica, Rome, Syracuse, Albion, and Lockport, being among the number ; while on the Schenectady, Monte zuma, Lyons, Palmyra, Brockport, and Black Rock the produce has decreased. The increase in the tolls of the Albany Company, comparing 1841 and 1844, was $15,952, the amount in the former year having been $122,054, and in the latter year $138,096. In the case of West Troy the increase bad been $17,645, the returns in 1841 being $91,086, and in 1844 $108,731. In the case of Syracuse the tolls in 1841 amounted to $21,578, and in 1844 to $32,977, showing the increase to be $11,399. The principal items of decreaze occur in the returns from Black Rock, which exhibit a failing off of $10,469, the amount of toll received in 1841 being 822,358, while in 1844 it reached no greater aunt than 811,889 ; and also in the returns from Penn Yan an.cl Brocksop, in each of which there was a decrease of about $6,000. The Oswego returns showed an increase of s3o,s24—the difference between $16,475 in 1841 and $46,999 in 1844: Sabina and Fairfort each also showed an increase of $B,OOO. Buffalo, above all others, gives the enormous increase of $79.719, the returns for 1841 being $148,303, and for 1844 $228,022. The result of, the whole returns shows a net increase of 8175,308 in favour of the receipts of 1844, compared with 1841. Other statistics of the trade of the United States for the three quarters ending June 30, 1843, compared with the same period in the two previous years of 1841 and 1842, show that the exports had gradually diminished in' value from $106,382,232 to $77,793,783. Agricultural prodacts, including cotton and tobacco, and manufactures,' appear to constitute the chief items of decline ; and .the , great depreciation in the price of cotton seems really to be one of the most remarkable features in the statement,• since it is proved that though from $54,330,341, the item returned in 1841, there had been a decrease to 849,119,805 in 1844, the quantity of the staple exported in that year. exceeded by $262,000 the quantity exported in 1841. The total exports of cotton for the three years wore as follows:-530,204,1001b. in 1841, 587,717,0471 b. in 1842, - and 792,297,1061 b. in 1843. SUN.—Stocks close steadily. Consols were 99 for Money and Time; the former sellers. Exchequer Bills maintained the rise to 755. to 775. prem. The New Three — and-a-Half per Cents. were 1024 tol ; India Stock was at 282; and India Bonds were 935. to 955. There was a rise in Spanish Stock, some parties hav ing purchased to complete their accounts by settling day. The Five per Cents. were 221 1, and the Three per Cents. 331 to *. Mexican were firm at 35,i. Belgian improved to 1034. Dutch Five per Cents. were 104. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these:—Birmingham and Gloucester, 81; Ditto, New, 104; Chester and Holyhead, 2; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 151 ; Great Western, Half, 33+ ; Birming ham,ll4; Ditto, Thirds, 34; South-Western, 43* to 431; Croydon,Ditto, 5* ; Manchester and Leeds, 52; Quarter, 9; Manchester and Birmingham, 12; Ditto, Quarters, 24 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 281 ; Northern a nd Eastern, Scrip, 101; South. Eastern, 4i to i; Ditto, New, 71 ; York and North Midland, 55; Ditto, Selby, Scrip, 34; and Paris and Orleans, 17 to 171 prem. Blackwall, 91 to 1 ; Brighton, and Greenwich, 4* discount. British North American Bank Shares were 71 to 7 dis count ; and London and Westminster, 7 prem. The Exchange on Paris and Trieste was barely so good; nor that on Leghorn. On Amsterdam it was higher, and much the same en Madrid, Lisbon, Hans- burgh, &c. The following is the official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the. week ending Thursday last:— Silver Bars to Hamburgh St. Petersburgh £3,400 „ Coin to Rotterdam 12,000 „ Gold Coin to Port Philip GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the General Steam Navigation Company took place yesterdary, at the office of that corporation, 69, Lombard-street, and was numerously attended. The chair was taken by Mr. John Wilkin (in the continued absence, from illness, of Mr. Wolverly Attwood, the chairman of the company) at two o'clock precisely, when a report from the di rectors, with the half-yearly accounts, was read. From these it appeared that the operations of the company for the past half-year had been attended with increased advantage to the proprietors, and that the general con dition of the affairs of the corporation was calculated to give the highest satisfaction. The usual dividend being declared, the cordial thanks of the meeting were voted to the chairman and directors for their continued efforts in promoting the company's interests. We learn from good authority that the Admiralty have directed the officers of Woolwich Dockyard to sup ply the anchors, chains, and moorings required by Capt. Tayler to make the experiment of his Breakwater cif Brighton ; we trust therefore that no time will now be lost in setting really to work with the sections before the bad weather sets in.—Brighton Guardian. BRIGHTON, MONDAY.—By the arrival of the steam-ship Magnet, from Dieppe, we learn that his Majesty Louis Philippe, is expected at Dieppe, to be present at the fete to be given on the inaugura tion of the statue of Duehesne from the 3d to the sth of September, and it is expected that he will proceed thence to England. The Baron de Lagos, charged with dispatches from the Spanish Ambassador in London to the Spanish Ambassador in Paris, left London on Sa turday morning, and travelled by the Brighton Rail way, then across to Dieppe, and through Rouen to Paris, performing the distance from London to Paris in twenty hours, which includes stoppages for refresh ments, &c. _ _ _ Ma. DYCE SOMBRE. Since writing the letter which has been published in most of the daily journals, this extraordinary individual has taken his departure from Boulogne, which place he quitted for Paris on Friday last. His conduct while at the former place was not different from that of ordinary persons, and con sequently not such as to excite any particular attention. PRINCESS PROSPERO SCIARRA COLONNA.—It has been erroneously stated that this Noble Princess, who recently died at Rome, was the last surviving branch of the Ferdinand Cortez family of Spain. The Duke de Monteleone, who resides at Palermo, is a brother of the late Princess, and he has several children, and there are two more brothers of the deceased Princess, and other descendants of the family, residing at Naples and in other parts of Italy. NEW BANK CIIARTER.—On Saturday next seve ral provisions in the new Bank of England Charter Act - . will come into operation. By the first section it is pro vided, that from and after the 31st of August instant, the issue of promisssory notes by the Bank shall be sepa rated, and thenceforth kept wholly distinct from the ge neral banking business. It is further provided by the Act, that on the day mentioned there shall be transferred to the " issue department securities to 14,000,0001,, and also so much gold coin and gold and silver bullion as csgtacN . shall uo bnees notes t ihiosioaltsatetussbef reference ea r tmr of e neg q daro u tenhl i nddi r enc e abe d bivart b t leeon y l rtikuogtisrnhnonaegi bankingid_udarbe,Saturday up ialamAlyri iotnlnmnader, ex b bbna r teytm a . n wito e th, uh h Tenici o t hefßo enacted,theflifalit nnikioot lwille.tsiesta blishmenthunbiigestt from and after the 31st of August, th .1844, departmenta persons shall be entitled to demand from of the Bank of England notes in excletinsgsueeforgoldbui lion, at the rate of 3/. 17s. 9d, per ounce of standard gold. Provided always, that the said Governor and Company shall in all cases be entitled to require such gold bullion to be melted and assayed by persons ap proved by the said Governor and Company, at the ex pense of the parties tendering such gold bullion." From the 31st instant the Bank is to be exempted from stanip duty on their notes, and from that day the annual pay ment to the Government for the privileges conferred is to be 180,0001., instead of 120,C0N., as fixed when tie charter was granted on the former occasion. SIR ROBERT AND LADY SALE.. --- Sir Robert and Lady Sale are expected to arrive in Londonderry 09 week after next, on a visit to John Dysart , Esq., of this city, one of whose sons, an officer in the East India Company's service, married a daughter of the dts tinguished pair. Their only child, Master George Dysart, has resided in the family of his paternal grand papa since the death of its father, which occurred some Ylleoabresr ago gt a i p n ub l l n i c e lia d . inn l e t idsurcionngtehruipslastted ay,taondin‘Nyietehler no doubt that the gentry of the city and county will cheerfully avail themselves of this opportunity of testi fying their respect for one, whose heroic and persever ing defence of the walls of Jellalab ._ adw r a . s F on r l a y nL su ii r n pas: ; e a d s by that of the valiant d efenders of the " Maiden Chi," 155 years ago. — London derr y Sentinel. D EFENCE FROM LIGIITNING D the first who found out that lightning consisted of electric matter. This great discovery taught us to defend at h o o r u uo s no e md s 0 , rd a s n ut c ar l inn s d h g, i , taht a u nd pnedo t ep e rl m -es p t l oa e rr s em f , r a i o l F tah l y i egsyhtkniv keep ; a perfectly p themselves em id s i as fee ? i s i.en : at three or four feet distance from the walls.