The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-08 00:00:00

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Whiht his Majesty is paying his visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle, the officers of his squadron will not be 11,-gkett.d here, hut will be invited to a series of enter tainments to be given by the naval and military officers at the port and by the inhabitants of the borough. On Tuesday, the day of their arrival, they will be invited to dine with the Commander. in -Chief, Admiral Sir. Charles Rowley. On subsequent days they will be entertained at dinner by the Lieutenant-Governor, Major-General Sir Hercules I'akenham. A ball and supper, to be given by the naval officers in commission, and for which pre parations On a magnificent scale are being made, is to take place at the Royal Naval College, iu the dock-yard. Intelligence has been received here this afternoon, which places it beyond a doubt that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will come to receive the King of the French on his arrival. SURREY ri HEA'iRE. A new three act military drama, entitled The Eve of Battle ; or, A Woman's Nerve, was produced here last evening with complete success. The piece is evidently an adaptation from the French, and the interest turns upon the fate of two, Antoine (Mr. E. F. Saville), and Eugene (Mrs. Henry Vining), both of whom have been drawn as conscripts. Antoine is impetuous, honest, and open-hearted; Eugene, inlbecile, weak-minded, but kindly-natured. Their father, on his death- bed, has commended Eugene to Antoine's care, and Antoine obeys his father's dying injunctions. Antoine loves Therese (Mrs. H. Honner), and is b e l oved in return. Therese pities Eugene's forlorn condition, and thus raises Antoine's jealousy. The c onscripts are placed on guard at a fortress, in wofhtihce enemy, Therese an important prisoner, the General Therese has appointed to meet Eugene !here ; to prevent the meeting, Antoine induces Eugene to desert his post, and then, horrified at what he has done, seeks to bring him back, leaving the 1 1 3 0k unguard e, d . is ii ndzzigmu T sk h e er t, es a e n d comes,shshoots s tassumeshe prisoner, Eugene's who Therese to escape. An alarm is given, and ho ru s h i n in answe r to the hurried inquiries of those at the report of the musket, says it is Eugene who has done the deed. In the next act his courage, Eugen e promoted and honoured for but the imbecile lad, unable to comprehend what has occurred, at once states that he had deserted his post and fallen asleep. He is arrested, tr ied, and condemned to be shot. The agony of An iteoate nay be imagined ; he, through his ill-founded Mi usy, is, in fact, th e mur d erer of h i s brother. dnight arrives—the procession, preparatory to the Military execution of Eug*ne, is formed, the poor boy is kneeling on his coffin, when Antoine rushes before him and shields him with his body. At that instant a mine is sprung, which blows up a portion of the fortress.. and the troops rush in with Therese at their head. She has discovered a plan of the captive Gene ral's to betray the fortress to the tliat th e enem i es ' troops are destroyed by their own mine, saved the fortress, and, as her reward, receives the life of Eugene and the hand of Antoine. The whole weight of the piece fell upon Mrs. Honner, Mrs. H. Vining, and Saville, and they sustained it nobly, Saville announcing it fur repetition amidst the loud applause of a crowded house. There is a comic under plot, in which Neville, as an Itish sergeant, Miss Terrey as a village coquette, and Lewis as a conscript determined to be a hero, kept the house in a roar. Vale Was announced for this last part, but was unable to aPpear in consequence of severe indisposition. Lewis, however, was a most efficient deputy. STRAND THEATRE. The bills announced for last night a new farce, Under the name of Yankee Land, which belongs rather to the class known upon this side of the Atlantic by the comprehensive name of " drama." It is by no Means ill-contrived or ill- written, and it would suc ceed for a time by its own merits, if these derived no additional force from the acting of Mr. Daniel Marble. The notion that an American comedian, par excel lence, must be a caricaturist of his own countrymen, is happily contradicted by this gentleman, whose per formance as Lot Sap Sago last night, convinced every one that he did not depend upon provincialism or mannerism. lle imitates local peculiarities with the truth of life ; but he expresses also the common feel ings and pasdons of man with equal and much rarer truth. He might abandon Yankeeism for ever, and ue at once a favourite upon the English stage in the most touching characters of our native comedy. If he chooses to remain with us a season or two longer, he will draw as crowded houses, and receive as much ePpl:use in Tyke, in David, aye, and in Dennis bulgruddery, as in all his Yankee characters together. There were some awkward apologies, and some un explained omission 4, in the entertainments of last ni ght. It is to be hoped they will not occur again. a hether such mistakes occur from sulkiness or acci 111%1' t hey are as prejudicial to the artists . and the 'le; as they are painful to the audience Majesty's ALiinT,.... EVENING.--Her ... ' A if, SATURDAY_ ." -V:i WS FROM OTAHEITE. ship Hazard, Commander Bell, left S a n Blas, on Jaen 10, fur Oahu, the capital of the Sandwich IsLrids, conveying Consul-General Miller 4nZlY;ilaeprpeoinitteeial r td im en ir c a e l , a ii nd m a ni r a r a is:e i d n t t h h. e a re D A:l b a l r i e n h , was met with, and people employed in anchor, the chain of which had been earned away. immediately getting up her The Hazard was ordered, and sailed therice to Otaheite to deliver dispatches ; Dublin, to sail next day, was reported to have passed t through the Society group for Valparaiso on the Is and the of April, towards Valparaiso. The hazard arrived off th e reef at Papeeti May 7th, when a boat was ord ere d on shore with four hands, Dr. Veech charg e o f the dis and Li eut. Rose patches. in command and in at Pap eet i , and delivered the o ff icer had landed dispatches to Li e ut. Hunt of the Basilisk, who had assumed duties of Briti s h Consul, and a f ter remaining on shore from t h e pier a quarte r o f an hour, and w h en about 100 yards cruisin , on returning t o t h e Hazard, Was g off and on , outside the reef, the boat to hailed from an armed barge be the French f r i gate La Charte, and was ordered b y the officer to th e " Maison" (the house of the Ad m i ral), or to the frigate, to either of whi c h h e point e d ; b ut Lieutenant Rose turned his boat round, and proceeded for the pier, in order to get an ex planation from Lieutenant Hunt as to what was re quired. On arriv;ng alongside the wharf, Lieut. Rose said he would neither proceed to the " Maison' nor to the frigate, or anywhere else at the bidding of French authority, He was then ordered to get out of hi s b oat into the barge m oment he , which h e d i d, at the same directed the British man-of-war ensign and pendant to be hauled down, and unbuckling his 'sword delivered it to the officer ; the barge then pro ceeded towards the French frigate La Charte, towing the gig of the Raz trd. On getting alongside, Lieut. Rose was directed to go on board:, his crew remain after in their boat. A long consultation ensued, and being on board the frigate two hours and a half, the sword and he was deli vered up to Lieutenant Rose, was told th at h e might go on board his own vessel. He demanded an explanation and an apology: but was replied to that there was " no apology.' " No communication was allowed with the shore: , And the second officer of the frigate said that he had been treated in a similar manner by the British some years ago when on the Gibraltar station. Lieutenant Rose was politely dealt with on board La Charte. On arriving on board the Hazard, Lieutenant Rose reported to Commander Bell the conduct of the French towards him, when it was deemed most ad visable to pursue their voyage for Sydney, on which station the Hazard was destineel, rather than to make for Valparaiso to fall in with the British Admiral. The French ship -of war Uranie, 60 guns; La Charte, frigate; another frigate ; and the Phaeton steamer were there; and another French frigate remaining at the peninsula, where the first battle was fought with the Otaheitians. The Queen and her husband were on board the Basilisk. About 100 Europeans had en listed under the Otaheitian banner, among whom are some runaway gunners' mates. The hazard on her voy age toars ney, touched a t Navigator's Island, for wo od and yd water, and whilst she remained there an assemblage of the chiefs, thirty in number, was held at Tootooilah, over which the King presided. The result of the busi ness of the day was the adoption of a petition to her Britannic Majesty, to afford them and their people protection • and to give them in proof of her Royal favour, a fiag emblematic of annexation to England. The petition is said to bc. extremely well and appro- 1 priately got up. The natives were sadly afraid of a visit from the French ; but they had resolved to die rather than to allow them to occupy their native soil. The Hazard arrived at Sydney on May 23d. The vessel having on guard the French Roman Cailiolic Bishop, with several nuns and others, which sailed from Brest some months ago, bound to the f4an(lwich Islands, had not arrived. It was currently reported in the South Seas that she had foundered off • Cape B orn, The brig Arachne, Captain Pearse, which furnished the above information, sailed from Sydney on June 8, and landed her mails and dispatches at Falmouth ; also Lieutenant Rose, R.N. who s to England by his commander to repo r t on the above sent transaction. The Arachn e also furnished a mail fr om Ad e l a id e, take n up to Sydney by the Hawk e; an d an ither from the C a l ypso. Welli ngton, New Zealand, convey e d to S ydney by A mail h as also been landed, ex the brig Vernon, `Webster, from Madeira, which vessel reported that her Majesty's packet Swift had arrived at Madeira, on her outward voy2ge from hence towards Brazil. P asse The West I n di a steam-ship by here t o -d ay, at ten A. m., homeward-bound, d LLOYD'S SHIPPING. L 01090 1 ,7. OCT. 7.—Wind this day at noon, W.N.W., fresh brute. and fine. !DAY., Oc r. 6.--A at., Wind, N.W. by W. ; P.M., W.N.W. to W.—Arrd. Arachne, Pearce, Sydney ; Wa terloo, Van Dynn, Batavia, for Amsterdam ; Maria, Lonsdale, Calcutta; Ocean, Dempster, Trinidad; Rober tine, Paton, Dominica ; Richmond, Ferber, Algoa Bay ; :Portland, Valparaiso ; Brunswick, Beck< tt, and Rob.?rt and Isabella, Quebec ; Africaine, Gambia ; Vernon, Webster, Madeira ; Severn, Hill, and Lebes, Quebec. Sailed, Parkfiell, Cape and Port Phillip ; Princess Royal, ditto and China ; Majestic, Ichaboe ; Mary, Russell, Llanelly and Luna ; John Renwick, Bermuda. STRANRIER, OCT. s.—The French brig L'Eole, of and from Granville, from Newfoundland, foundered, 24th ult., lat. 47, lon. 17—crew saved. SHIELDS, OCT. s.—The Independent, Kickley, of this port, from Quebec, in coming up the harbour this morn ing grounded on the In-Sand, but is expected off next tide, after discharging deckload. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 6.—Wind W.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Manilla, Lloyd, Calcutta ; Flowers of L'gre, Annan, Madras; Bolivar, Fennick, Bombay; Placid, Cellerey, Pern imbuco; Ironside, Brown, Paraiba; Violet, Simson, Came:vons, sailed July 8; Blundell, Trinidad; Demerara packet, Cousens, Demerara; Charlotte, Elizabeth Bentley, Favourite, Frederick, Henry Gardner, Pearl, St. Martin, Clyde, and Alexander Edmond, St. John's, New Bruns wick; Signet, M'Pherson, Miramichi; Lancet, Johnson, Dalhousie; Canton, Jane, Kilby, and Liverpool, Quebec; Iron Queen, O'Brien, Bahia; Ann Dingwell, Liney, La Guayra; Rothschild, Apalachicola ; Kathleen, St. Andrew's; Nelson Village, Buetush ; 'Manch est. r, Quebec; Lord Maidstone, St. John's, New Brunswick; Father Mathew, —. The Lord Vivian (cutter), from Dublin, with stores, is aground in West Hoyle, with her Ma jesty's steamer Nugent assisting her. PETERHEAD, OCT. 4.—The Nancy, of Kincardine, from Alloa, foundered this morning off Beerhamness ; crew saved. YARMOUTH, OCT. s.—The Laura, Payne, of and from Ipswich for Blythe, was wrecked last night on the Scoby Sand ; crew and materials saved. SHEERNESS. OCT. s.—The Mary, Grant, from Bombay to London, got on the Knock Sand this morning, but was assisted off in the afternoon, and proceeded for the River. ST. JAGO DE CUBA, AUG. 28.—The Celia, Large, from Jamaica to London, struck on the West Reef of Mara guanna, Ist inst., and filled ; crew and passengers saved. DEAL, OCT. s.—Arrd. Onyx, Brown, South Seas ; Brahmin, M'Arthur. China ; Pearl, Burrows, and War- lock, Bell, Calcutta ; Adelaide, Wharton, Moffatt, Gil bert, and Lady Kinnaway, Bombay ; Planet, Millie, Mauritius ; Ellen, Bluett, Berbice ; Dorothea, Craig, Genoa ; Amity Hall, Ford, Jamaica ; Lei;ee, Higgins, Baltimire, Salvestor, New York, both for Rotterdam. Sld. Prince Albert, St. John's, N.B. Put back, Eden, for Ichaboe. COWES, ()CT. 6.—Arrd. Glenalyon, Gibbs, Aux Cayes. BELFAST, OCT. s.—Arrd. Sarah Stewart, Low, and Standard, M'Mullen, Quebec ; Hiram, Jones, New York. SHIELDS, OCT. s,—Arrd. Independent, and Marinus, Dick, Quebec ; Ceres, Johnson, Mirarnichi. HULL, OCT. 4.—Arrd. Zillah, Patterson, St. John's, N.B. sth. Bethel, Curd, Houghton, Wilson, and John Burrell, King, St. John's, N.B. 6th. Harriet, Forbes, St. John's, N.B. ; Lord Mulgrave, Leckiss, Miramichi. DUMFRIES, OCT. 4.—Arrd. Diana, Cowan, St. John's, New Brunswick. STRANRAER, OCT. 3.—Arrd. Richard Brown, Duncan, St. Vincent's, for the Clyde. CLYDE, OCT. 4.—Arrd. Egerton, Levens, Pictou. DUBLIN, OCT. 3.—Arrd. Cynthia Ann, Reid, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Indian Queen, Tuckey, Bar badoes ; Pharoah, Mozambique, and Mariner, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Margaret, Pettycudrack, Mary, Barbara, and Recovery, Quebec. Sailed, Eleanor and Corlock, St. John's, New Brunswick. _ KINGSTOWN, OCT. s.—Arrd. Argent, Hardenbuck, St. John's, New Brunswick. WATERFORD, OCT. 4.—Arrd. Laurence. Quebec. CORK, OCT. 3.—Arrd. Waterville, Mills, Pernam buco ; Henry Duncan, Kent, Quebec. 4. Cape Breton, Kerr, Luna ; Father Mathew, Pugwash. Sld. 4th, Oxnard, Boston ; Garland, Newfoundland. DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MAILS. For Holland—The Ocean, with to-night's mail. For Hamburgh—The John Bull, with to-night's mail. ARRIVAL OF FOREIGN MAILS. At Southampton—The Lady Mary Wood steamer from Gibraltar, the 28th Sept. ; Cadiz, 29th Sept. ; Lisbon, Oct. 1 ; Oporto, Oct. 2 ; and Vigo, Oct. 3, inst. The Great Liverpool steamer, with remaining portion of Indian mail ; Alexandria, 21st ; and Malta, 26th ult.; and Gibraltar, Ist inst. The Severn steamer, with the Mexico and West India mail. Ship letters were received in town yesterday from China, Madeira, St. Helena, La Guayra, Sierra Leone, and Ascension, from Calcutta to April 24, by the Mars, Lonsdale, arrived at Dover ; from Sydney to June 5, by the Arachne, Pearse, arrived at Falmouth ; from Mauritius, June 22, by the Wasilale, M'Kenzie, arrived at Brixham ; from Algoa Bay, to July 17, and St. Helena to 13 Aug., by the Richmond, Furber, arrived at Gravesend. NOTICE TO MARINERS. BEACON ON BONDEN ROCK IN TROMSAL SOUND. Admiralty, sth October, 1844. Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit to you herewith, for the information of the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, the translation of a notice received from her Majesty's Consul-General in Norway, relative to the erection of a beacon on Bonden Rock in Tromsal Sound. —I am, Sir, your most obedient, humble servant, (Signed) JOHN BARROW. William Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. (copy.) "NOTICE OF THE ERECTION OF A MARK OR BEACON ON BONDEN ROCK IN THE CHANNEL, OR IN-SAILING TO TROMOE SUND. _ . "On the Bonden Rock, by the easternmost channel or in-sailing into Tromoe Sund, has been erected a mark or beacon, which, seen from sea, has the appearance of a shortened cone. It is painted yellow, is fourteen feet high by eight feet in diameter, and is thirty feet above the level of the sea, lat. 58 deg. 30 min. 40 sec., lon. 9 deg. 4 min. 40 sec. E. of Greenwich, and may be seen from a distance of from six to eight miles English. " The Royal Norwegian Marine Department, " Christiania, Sept. 13, 1846. (Signed) " PETERSON." EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Arachne, Pearse, from Sydney, in • the Downs, sailed June 6 ; Maria, Lonsdale, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed April 29, St. Helena Aug. 15 ; Richmond, Turner, from Algoa Bay, at Gravesend, sailed July 19, St. Helena Aug. 13 ; Wasdale, M•Ken zie, from Mauritius, off Brixham, sailed June 23, St. Helena Aug, 17 ; Birman, Guthrie, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed May 1 ; Brahmin, WArthur, from China, in the Downs, sailed April 20, St. Helena August 6 ; Pearl, Bunows, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed April 22, St. Helena Aug. 5 ; Moffatt, Gilbert, from Bombay, in the Downs, sailed May 19, St. Helena August 12 ; Lady Kennaway, Spence, from Bombay, at Gravesend, sailed May 19, St. Helena Aug. 13 ; Bolivar, Fenwick, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed June 4, St. Helena Aug. 19 ; Lord Lyndoch, Canney, from Bombay, in the Channel, sailed March 14, Callicut, 31st, St. Helena July 22 ; Warlock, Bell, from Bengal, off Dover, sailed April 29, St. Helena August 6 ; Adelaide, Whar ton, from Bombay, in the Downs, sailed May 16, St. Helena August 8. Arrival at Launceston—Louisa, May 25, from London. Arrival at New Zealand.—Tuscan, from London. Arrivals at St. Helena.—Grafton, Aug. 5, from Ceylon, and sailed to London; Cheverell, 10th, from Bombay, and sailed 11th to Hull. Arrivals at Sydney—Hindoo, June 8; Mary Sharp, 11th; Enmore 22d; Georgetown, 22d—all from London; Briton, 2Gth, from Liverpool; Royal Saxon, from Cork. Departures from Sydney—William Stoveld, May 30; Cremona, June 2; Skerne, 18th—all to London. Arrivals at Aden—Sea Horse, Aug. 2G, from Bombay; Augusta Jessie, Harvey, Sept. 22, from Mussowah, and sailed 7th to Mauritius; Saucy Jack, Paddle, Sept. 4, from Mauritius. EXPERIMENTS IN THE MARSHES.--WOOLWICH, OCT. s.—Colonel Paterson, Lieutenant-Colonel Dansey, C. 8., and Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer, Assistant Director-General of the Royal Artillery, attended in the marshes yesterday afternoon to witness various experi ments. The first were carried on by firing at a shield placed in a butt at a range of 200 yards, the intention of the inventor of the shield, which was composed of alter nate bars of iron and wood, was to ascertain if it would prove a defence if applied on the same principle to pro tect steam-vessels when fired at. The shield was only three feet long, by two feet ten inches broad, and ten inches deep, according to its curved form. The bars of iron were three inches broad, and three-quarters of inch thick. Five out of the ten rounds fired at the shield struck, and went through, breaking the lower part into minute fragments. The same inventor, Captain Addison, then submitted a,plan for heating shot to a red heat, by placing sixty 12-pounders into a square cast metal furnace, nearly similar in appearance to a stove. The shots were admitted six each, at ten different entries, five above each other, and, after the furnace was heated, which occupied an hour and three-quarters in the first instance, the heat became so great that the shot were heated red hot in twenty minutes, and afterwards in less than a quarter of an hour The invention appears far superior to the rough grating hitherto used, and it does not consume much fuel. It appears to be formed in such a manner that in the time of peace it would answer the purpose admirably:of heating store or barrack-rooms, and only requires some modification to regulate the draught according to the state of the wind, to render it highly useful for many purposes. Experiments were also carried on by firing two 24-pounder guns on heavy carriages, and two 24-pounders on ship carriages, to test the strength of Alderton's platform. Seventy rounds have now been fired out of the 100 intended f.ir each gun, and the platform still remains in good condition. RE-CONSECRATION OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH,DOYER —On Tuesday last this church was re-consecrated by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury—the restoration (or re-building) and extension of the sacred edifice hav ing rendered the ceremony necessary. The Archbishop was attended by his chaplain, and about forty of the clergy on the occasion, and the performance of the cere mony was conducted with considerable splendour, and with all solemnity and order. His Grace was ccnducted up the nave of the church t' the altar by the civic autho rities, and after the reading of the usual petition, the Archbishop proceeded to the consecration and dedication of the church. The Rev. Mr. Puckle read the morning service, and the Rev. B. Harrison, chaplain to the Arch bishop, preached the sermon. A collection, amounting to 201/. ls. 54d, was then made, and the service con eluded in the usual form, when the congregation sepa rated. His Grace left Dover a few minutes after, and, with the Rev. Mr. Puckle, proceeded to Waldershare, A to dine with the Earl of Guildford. THE SUN, LONROM, TUESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 8, ts4l. SCOTCH BANKS. EDINBURGH COUNTY - MEETING. At a meeting of the freeholders, heritors, and commissioners Of supply, h&ld at Edinburgh last week, Sir JAMES G. CRAIG said, that, at the request of several gentlemen connected with the county, he begged to bring before the meeting a matter of very great importance. He had every reason to believe that Sir R. Peel had the intention to bring in a mea sure next session regarding the banking system of Scotland. The rumour of this intention had excited great apprehension in the minds of those who take an interest in the subject. The nation was wedded to the present system, believing it to be the best in any country, and they naturally were exceedingly jealous of' any interference with it. Ile reminded the meeting of the attempt which was made in 182.5 to alter the system ; and when Committees of both Houses of Parliament unanimously reported that it should not be interfered with. If then there was no ground for interfering with the system in 1825, there was less ground now; and, therefore, he begged to propose the following resolutions :- 1. That the system of banking which has been car ried on in Scotland since 1695, and, with the addition of one pound notes, since 1704, has met with the most cor dial approbation of every class of the community, and particularly of all those engaged in mercantile and agri cultural pursuits. 2. That so far fiom any change being called for, the opinion throughout the entire country is, that no reason whatever has been' assigned for interfering with what has worked so well and so beneficially for all classes, who unite in deprecating any alteration in the existing system. 3. That constituted as the Scottish batiks are at pre sent, the safety of the currency may be considered be yond question. Independent of the responsibility of the individual parties, the banks now in operation have paid up capital of twelve millions and a circulation of notes little exceeding two millions eight hundred - thousand pounds. 4. That although the Scottish banks make all their payments in their own notes, and gold is scarcely known in the circulation, the habits of the country, and the peculiar mode of operating on cash accounts, have re stricted the entire circulation to the small amount just stated ; which is found sufficient, with occasional varia tions to a very moderate extent, to meet the wants of all classes, whether engaged in trade or agriculture; and the improved mode of carrying on monied transactions has tended to dim'tiish the currency, notwithstanding an in crease in the number of banks, as well as a great in et ease both of mercantile and agricultural capital. 5. That the circulation of bank notes in Scotland is much less, both in proportion to the population and to the general business of the country than that of Eng. land, although England has nouotes under five pounds. . „ 6. That the cimulation of the Scottish banks has no direct dependence, or at least depends in a very trifling degree, upon the state of the foreign exchanges, but varies, as is shown in the regular returns made to Go vernment, with the demands of trade, or with the regular recurrence of terms and great cattle markets. 7. That the change from one pound notes to gold would be attended with many inconveniences in a country situated as are many important districts of Scot land, not only from deficient weight and counterfeits, but from the increased risks of transmission, rendering it vexatious to the people, accustomed as they have been to a currency which for so many generations has ac quired their entire confidence. 8. That a diminution of so important a portion of the circul.tion of- bank notes in Scotland as those below five pounds, extending to nearly three fifths of the whole, would militate in an essential degree against the general accommodation, both by the principal banks and their branches by the means of cash credits on proper security, to almost all persons beginning the world, whether as merchants or farmers. That no class of the community has derived more beneficial aid from this system than the landlords and farmers of Scotland—the improve ments of the soil during the last century, and the im mense improvements now in progress, having been in a great degree produced by the pecuniary aid afforded by these credits, and any change which shall deprive the banks of the power to grant them will be highly injurious to agriculture from one end of Scotland to the other. 9. That for these reasons, and considering that the system of Scottish banking has stood the test of the rebellions of 1715 and 1745, the crisis of the French Revolution the panic of 1825, the great failures of 1837. and the critical period of 1839-40, and passed through all not only unscathed, but standing higher than ever in general estimation, it would be not only impolitic, but would be highly injurious to the best interest of the country, to interfere with the present currency." He did not propose that these resolutions should be adopted immediately. On the contrary, he thought it of great importance that the subject should be de liberately considered, and with this view he begged to move, that the resolutions be remitted to a Com mittee, who should be requested to report thereon to the next meeting of the county, on Tuesday, the 19th November. Some might be disposed to say, that this was not the proper time to bring forward this subject. He begged to differ with those who held this view. It was a matter of such importance, that it was better to stop the measure before it was brought forward— if there was any reasonable ground for stopping it— rather than object to it after it was brought forward ; and as he had reason to believe that some such mea sure was in contemplation, he thought it but just to the Minister himself, that he should know the opinion of the public before he had committed himself on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) Tile Earl of ROSEBERY expressed his concurrence in the proposal to remit the subject to a Committee; and the motion of the Hon. Baronet was unanimously adopted. Sir Jolts HorE then read to the meeting an extract from the minutes of a meeting of the county cif Had dington, held on the 17th September, on the subject of the currency, recommending the county to direct the attention of their representative to that subject, and request him to communicate with the other re presentatives of Scotland, and in conjunction with them to give the most determined resistance to every measure which tended, in a material degree, to change the system of banking and currency in this country. PUBLIC BATHS TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Will you ha the kindness to raise your voice on a subject which I am sure must strike every one with astonishment—it is, the very great want of swimming baths in the north and north-west parts of London. The parish of St. Pancras, with a popula tion of about 170,000 prsons, is without a single bath of any description. St. Alarylebone, with nearly 230,000 inhabitants, has certainly not more than six private warm baths. If some person was to erect a tepid swimming bath somewhere by the corner of the Hampstead and New-roads, I am certain that the monetary returns would very fully repay him for the outlay. The want of such accommodation is sadly felt by the gentry and respectable working men in that neighbourhood. Trusting that the publicity of these lines may in duce some enterprising person to supply this great deficiency in so populous a place, I am, Sir, your humble servant, A LOVER OF CLEANLINESS. IRELAND. ILLNESS OF LADY lIEYTESBURY. DUBLIN, OCT. s.—Lady Ileytesbury, we regret to say, is in a most dangerous state. The medical attendants have scarcely a hope that she can survive the attack, symptoms of dropsy having appeared. lAt two o'clock on Saturday the answer to inquiries at the Vice-regal lodge was, '• Her Excellency is worse." Lord Ileytesbury, Lord Eliot, and the other rela tives of her Excellency are in the deepest affliction. BALLIN'ASLOE FAIR. The great annual sheep and cattle fair commenced yesterday. On Friday there was an advance in sheep of from 3s. to 4s. on the prices of last year. Another account represents the advance as ss. or 6s. per head. Wool was much inquired for, but an advance was demanded : " At an early hour considerable quantities of sheep were driven into Garbally-park, but not, however, to the extent of the number exhibited for sale at the fair of last year. Ewes seemed to be more in demand than others, and buyers, especially from Leinster and Ulster, were readily found at an advance of from 3s. to ss. per head over the prices of last year. " Mr. Pat. Taaffe's top lot of ewes brought, as I have been informed, very advanced prices. His wed ders were sold as high as 21. 12s. 6d. The prices given fur ewes varied from 11. 7s. to 21. 4s.—the latter sum was for very heavy stock. Two year-old wedders fetched, according to the condition and quality, from 303. to 50s. " Mr. John Fahey, of Loughrea, sold four mixed lots of maiden ewes and wedders for 31s. 6d. Mr. Walter Bourke, of Dumacreena, for mixed ewes and wedders, and Mr. O'Flaherty, of Lisadowna, obtained 345. for ewes, which was an increase of from 4s. to ss. over last year for the same description of stock. Mr. Charles Blake, of Tuam, sold a lot of ewes for 305., such as were with no inconsiderable share of difficulty disposed of last October for 255.; and he obtained for a hatter quality 325. Mr. Burke's, of Clegg, ewes fetched 325. 6d. Mr. Dennis got 435. for some fine wedders, and 30s. for two and three years-old ewes. Mr. Kelly, of Kelly's-grove, sold to Mr. Hopkins 200 two and three- years- old ewes for 3ls. 6d., and fcr a beautiful lot of ewe hoggets 465. Mr. Robert Fair disposed of 240 three-years-old ewes at 335. 6(1.; 200 three-years-old wedders at 485.; and 100 of an inferior quality, fed on light land,- at 455. Mr. Thomas Fair's good lot of three-years-old ewes brought 29s ; Mr. Hughes's ewes, three-years-old, 30s. ; and Dr. Colahan's two-years-old ewes 435. " There is a large supply of hogget rams of a very beautiful quality, and almost monster dimensions, but as yet no sales of any consequence have been effected, gentlemen anxious to become possessed of first-rate tups being busily engaged in the selection of other descriptions of stock. Mr. Rait has a prime ram, which he expects will bring close on 30 guineas. It is a cross of the Leicester and the old Irish, crossed again by the Cotswold. Already several horses, some of them thorough bred weight-carrying hunters, and animals well adapted for military chargers, have been exhibited through town, and, as a demand is expected, the prices will, in all probability, rate high. It is said that an agent of the King of the French is in Ballinasloe, and has been located in the neighbourhood since Monday, intending to pick up any good young horses sub mitted for sale, and the contractors for supplying the cavalry stationed in Ireland with chargers have also arrived. Well-matched carriage horses will be looked after largely, an English jobber being here to make purchases of that nature. " The nobility, gentry, and landholders of Con naught, assembled at the Ballinasloe fair, and all in terested in the prosperity of this province, are to hold a meeting on Monday, a t Gill a Hotel, on the subject of railway communication being extended to the remote districts of Galway and Mayo, the advan tages of which are now so self-ipparent. Lord Cle ments has expressed his intention of presiding on the occasion." QUEEN'S BENCH.—REVOLTING CASE. On Thursday a case of a sin„aular character was brought before Judge Burton, at his private residence in Stephen's•green. Mr. J. A. Curran appeared as counsel, Mr. Fitzgerald as attorney, for a respectable man named Esmonde. Mr. Martyn and Mr. Lodge attendei as counsel and attorney for a person named Joseph Millikin, an electrotype gilder, who it appears lived in Mary-street. The facts of the case, according to the statement of the counsel for Mr. Esmonde, were these :—To wards the close of the year 1843, Bridget Anne Esmonde, the daughter of Mr. Currant's client, was seduced by Joseph Millikin, and induced to leave her family ; un altercation is alleged to have taken place between Bridget Esmonde and her family, in conse quence of their desire to prevail upon her to return to her home. She summoned them before Mr. Duffy, of llenry-street Police-office, on Friday last; and her father and sisters, finding that a good opportunity to recover possession of her, endeavoured to force her home. A scene then ensued which baffles all descrip tion. Mr. Duffy was interrupted in the progress of his magisterial duties by the most terrific screams emanating from Miss Esmonde's sisters, father, and brother, all of whom were engaged in the attempt to compel her to accompany them home, in which they were strenuously resisted by Joseph Millikin. Mr. Duffy said he would afford every facility to Mr. Es monde to recover his long lost daughter, and the re sult was, that she was prevailed upon to go home. Since that occasion Joseph Millikin made an appli cation to Judge Burton for a habeas corpus, to be served on Mr. Esmonde, requiring him to produce his daughter, alleging as his reason for seeking the writ that she was treated cruelly by him ; and on Thurs day Mr. Curran, with Mr. Fitzgerald, attended before his Lordship, as already stated, to make a return to the writ. His Lordship desired Mr. Fitz gerald to make a return, which he accordingly did, declaring that Miss Esmonde was not in the posses sion of her father at the time when the writ was served upon him, nor had she since been so. Mr. Martyn produced an affidavit sworn by , his client, set ting forth that Miss Esmonde was confined in a peni tentiary in Marlborough-street--that she was starved, and otherwise badly treated. Mr. Curran, in reply, said that the institution to which Mr. Martyn referred was under the control and guidance of the Roman Catholic clergy of Marlborough-street Chapel, and that the treatment received by females who sought refuge within its walls was kind and benevolent in the extreme. Mr. Esmonde said that his daughter had been detained by force from him, in order that he might not be able to procure the facts from her ne cessary to sustain an action for seduction again^t Millikin. Judge Burton said that Mr. Curran should produce an affidavit verifying the truth of the return made to the writ of habaes corpus, and he would ad journ the case to Saturday next (in chamber), when he expected. Miss Esmonde would appear, and enable him fully to investigate the facts. It would seem that Miss Esmonde was of full age, and it might turn out to be a case in which he could not interfere, but for which the law in another way provided a remedy. The application for a habeas corpus on the part of an alleged seducer to get back from her father the person who he had led from virtue, and induced to abscond from his house, was very novel, and one in acting upon which required from him the exercise of great caution ; on the other hand, if the institution adverted to was one in which the girl enjoyed her freedom and was her own mistress, he could not see what impedi ment was in her way to enable her to appear before him and state her own case. His Lordship then an nounced that he would sit in chamber on Saturday to hear the case, and the parties withdrew. On Saturday Mr. Justice Burton si.t in chamber. . . At four o'crock the case of Millikin and Esmonde was called, and Miss Esmonde was produced. After hearing counsel on both sides, Mr. Justice Burton decided that as Miss Esmonde was of age, she was free to go where she pleased, and could not be controlled. After a most affecting advice from Judge Burton, who shed tears, Miss Esmonde consented to go back to the house of her father. Mr. Martyn and Mr. Lodge emphatically denied that they were counsel and agent for Millikin, having been retained by Miss Esmonde. in lighting his windows on the 9th of September, as a token of rejoicing for Mr. O'Connell's release from prison. Mr. Sullivan is a Protestant, and was one of several Protestants who illuminated on the occasion. —Leinster Express (Tory paper). PORTOBELLO GARDENS.—BALLOON ASCENT. The ascent of Mr. Hampton, the aeronaut, in his " monster balloon," which is little inferior in size to the " great Nassau " itself, took plice on Friday, from the Portobello Gardens. Mr. Hampton de scended on the grounds of M. Callaghan, R-d., Ar tane House, a few minutes before five o'clock ; and arrived, with his balloon, at the Portobello Gardens, at half-past six o'clock, accompanied by some friends, who followed him in vehicles. THE WEST INDIES. (From the Jamaica Morning Journal, Sept. 9.) The present mail will convey to our distant readers the intelligence that the Jamaica House of Assembly has been dissolved—that new writs have teen issued for a general election. The dissolution toJk place on the 2 6 t h of August. The eather throughout the island is represented as favourable, and the prospects of large crops general. The parishes to leeward are said to be looking remark ably well. Coolie immigration, it is thought, will not be favour ably regarded by the new House of Assembly, nor en couraged to the extent which parties in the mother country seem to desire. The proposition for a loan will of course not be necessary, if the views of members prove, as they are expected to do, adverse to the new immigration scheme. To African immigration there does not exist any strong objections. It is likely there fore to continue. The island remains healthy and perfectly quiet and peaceful. .... - KINGSTON, SEPT. 3. The Royal Mail Company's steam-packet Trent, with the mail of the Ist of August, appeared in the offing on Saturday evening, but could not reach Port Royal, on account of the dangerous situ ation of the keys. She therefore anchored outside, and passing round that place, reached her moorings off the company's wharf early yesterday morning. EXECUTION OF THOMAS BROWN FOR MURDER. (From the Cornwall Chronicle.) The above-named criminal, who, it will be recollected, was convicted at the last July Cornwall Assizes for the murder of James Miller, of St. Elizabeth, was executed on Tuesday last, the 27th instant (August). The gal lows was erected in the gaol-yard. The necessary ar rargements having been completed, the prisoner was led from his cell at seventeen minutes past eleven o'clock. On arriving at the scaffold, the Rev. Mr. Maeintyre and the prisoner knelt at the foot of the ladder. At the conclusion the prisoner stood firmly up and looked around him for a moment, putting one foot on the lad der to ascend ; but seeing Mr. Delisser on his right, he said, "Me Massa Delisser, shake me han' now." Mr. Delisser cordially shook hands. He next turned to the Rev. Doctor, who also warmly shook the prisoner's hands. Other persons attached to the gaol, who bad ministered to the prisoner's wants while there, seemed also to attract his attention. The ceremonies ended, he ascended the ladder, during which he said, " I don't de serve what lis to suffer—l don't deserve it—l will die like a man—l hope God will give me the spirit." The assistant of the executioner, after the prisoner had gained the platform, ascended to pinion his arms, on which he said, " Massa, me don't want dis man here." The man descended ; and this arrangement. having been accomplished by the executioner himself, he said, " I want to speak one word before lam done. Yearry rne, massa," addressing himself to the rector, who told him that that gentleman (pointing to Mr. Delisser) would tell him when to speak ; and Mr. Delisser shortly after said, " Now, Thomas Brown, say what you have to say." He replied, " Tel dem witness dat prove against me dat I forgive dem freely from my heart ; I hope dat massa (meaning God) will forgive dem." He paused, and then added, "I hope my Lord Jesus will forgive dem too. And now me bredderin, onoo all good bye." The rector, fearing lest he should become excited, then said to him in a soothing tone, " Remember what I said to you." He replied, " Yes, masse, I have nothing more to say," and became calm and collected. The cap and rope having been completely adjusted, the rector commenced to read the funeral service, during which, at the words, " Suffer us not, at our last moment, for an) pains of death to fall from thee," &c., the rope by which the drop was fastened was cut ; it fell down with a loud clap, and the wretched man, after a few brief shudders and weak struggles, seemed to enter into eternity with little visible suffering. It was one of the most impressive and orderly conducted executions we have ever wit nessed in this country. FEARFUL COLLISION ON THE CROYDON RAILWAY. —(FunTit En PARTICULARS.)—Saturday morning, at half-past twelve o'clock, a monster train, divided into two parts for the convenience of conveying passengers to the Bricklayers' Arms and the London terminus, left Croy don with about seven hundred persons. The London passengers took their places first, and the train started off, followed in a few minutes by those for the Brick layers' Arms terminus. The train for London reached the Annerly station about twenty minutes before one, where, unfortunately, the lamp at the tail of the train went out for want of oil. This circumstance not being observed by the conductor, the train went on, followed immediately by the second one, when, in less than a minute after, the collision took place, attended with an awful crash. The greater part of the passengers were asleep in both trains, having been spending the day at Croydon fair, and were returning at a late hour much fatigued. They were awoke out of their slumbers in the greatest consternation. On the stopping of the trains lamps were pr,,cured, when it was discovered that one of the car riages had been forced off the line and much damaged. A first-class carriage in the London train was much broken, the panels being smashed, together with the windows. The last carriage was broken into splinters. The in jured persons, between thirty-five and forty in number, were speedily released from their painful and embarrass. ing situation, and proceeded to the Annerly Arms' public-house, where they remained upwards of an hour, during which the trains were put in order. Many of the sufferers, both male and female, presented severe contu sions of the head, arms, and body, and two females were severely cut on the temple and eye, another had her skull fractured, and was put to bed and attended by a surgeon. Many of the sufferers presented black eyes and bleeding faces. Some lost their hats, and others their bonnets, shawls, and reticules, during the darkness and confusion. The trains ultimately reached the Bricklayers' Arms and London-bridge stations at three o'clock, with those who had received slight injuries, and thus ended their trip to Croydon fair. The directors have expressed their readiness to make good the loss and damage of property, and surgeons' bills, created by this unfortunate event. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—One night during the present week a barrel containing yeast was deposited at the Hertford station of the Eastern Counties Railway. Being in a high state of fermentation, the cask burst, and it was forced against the roof with so much violence as to occasion considerable damage.—Hertford County Press. THE MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—This highly promis ing club has obtained leave to prefix the word " Royal" to the club, and its title will henceforth be " The Royal Mersey Yacht Club." The Honorary Secretary of the Club has received letters from Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Wilton, the Marquis of Anglesea, and other noble men, consenting to become honorary members of the club ; and also a notification from Sir J. Barrow, Secre tary to the Admiralty, granting permission for the ves sels to carry the blue ensign of her Majesty's fleet, with the distinguishing marks of the club, which it is believed will be a Liver and Crown in the fly of the ensign. AWFUL OCCURRENCE.—On Monday evening last a joiner, of the name of Thomas Jamieson, a native of Ayr, was married at Stirling, and on Tuesday the couple, accompanied by Elizabeth Jamieson, a sister of the bridegroom, drove to Callander in a drosky, where they met with another joiner, James Taylor, a native of Stirling, but who has resided for some time at Cause way-11,04, and was working at Callender. While there, they had a desire to visit Bracklinn. Th© party set off unknown to Taylor, but he suspecting where they had gone, followed briskly, and unfortunately came up to them just as they were about to enter upon the bridge, which the young woman, Elizabeth Jamieson, was objecting to do, when he seized her in mere wanton ness to place her on the giddy pathway, which is a wooden structure scarcely two feet broad, with a railing upon it, and stretching over a yawning chasm of most gloomy and forbidding appearance, upon which but to leok thrills the nerves of the hardiest not accustomed to such scenes. She, in her endeavours to avoid the dis agreeable object, fixed her hold upon the railing, which gave way, when both were precipitated into the abyss below. Every one who knows the place can easily form an idea what the consequence must be. The body of Taylor could not be got at the time, having been carried away by the stream, and must have been dreadfully mangled ; while the girl was found with the life still in her, but with little prospect of surviving. At four o'clock yesterday afternoon, when our informant left, the woman was still alive, and the body of Taylor had not been found.—Stirling Observer. INCOME-TAX.—We learn from the Warwick Ad vertzser, that on Monday last, in pusuance of a requisi tion presented to the Mayor, and his Worship's conse quent appointment of a public meeting, to be held at the Court-house, many of the professional and trading inhabitants of the borough of Warwick assembled, "for the purpose of taking into consideration the mode of .as sessing the income-tax, and the place of appea l l ie am s s! all taxes; and also the propriety of petitioning n t ncom g e., , lature against the continuance of the tax upo income." has forwarded to S ir Resolutions in furtherance of the obj ect were agreed to, and the Mayor fthe Local Board of John Mordaunt, Bart. (Chairman o . of t h e m eeting Col. Fitzgibbon of Clare and the lion. The Earl Commissioners of Taxes for the district), a copy of them. u have been placed iu mourn in g b y the death of Mr. Thos. G. Fitzgibbon, who died at his seat in the countyne rick last week. It is calculated that the thirty-one railways or which Acts of Parliameit were obtained last session will require a capital of 11,741,7171. sterling. It is reported that Lieutenant Puddicombe intends to prefer an action for damages against Colonel Burton. R.M., whose letter respecting the Lieutenant's crimi• nality has been the subject of animadversion. 1 We are informed that the preliminaries have beer. arranged for a matrimonial alliance between the Hon. Captain Georgia n ß a o b , aserctso,nCliatiognhtoefrtohfe t E h a e r 14 1. .o e l f l k o n r o k w , nan bankerd ;Hiss of that name. The ceremony will take place during the present month. The marriage of Lord Loftus with the accom plished daughter of Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere, which was to have been solemnised to-day, is unavoidably post , poned for a few days. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. - - OxFonD. Ocr. s . —Michaelmas term commences on Thur,day next; the Latin sermon will be preached at St. Mary's church on the preceding day. Tuesday next is mentio ted as the day for the nomination of Vice-Chan cellor ; on this occasion the members of convocation usually meet at twelve o'clock. The meetings of the respective Colleges and Halls will be as follows : October 12.—Christ Church, Exeter, Balliol, Wad ham, Magdalene, Worcester Colleges, and St. Alban Hall. o:!tober 17.—St. Edmund Hall. October 18.—St. Mary Hall. • October 19 . —University, Queen's, Brasenosa, Merton, Lincoln. New, Trinity, St. John's, Jesus, Pembroke, Oriel, Corpus Christi Colleges, and Magdalen and New Inn Hails. October 26.—A1l Saints' College. The f allowing members of this University have been ordained by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol : Deacons—J. B. Riddle, of \Vadhaam College ; R. G. Swayne, of Wadham College ; G. C. Tooth, of Worces ter College. Priests—Rev. T. Beale, of Brasenose College ; Rev. J. L. Longmire, of Lincoln College ; R,qr. J. Clements, of Oriel College ; Rev. A. Seaton, of Queen's College ; Rev. G. C. Swayne, of Corpus Christi College ; Rev. H. M. Stowers, of St. Edmund Hall. By the Lord Bishop of Llandaff : Deacon—F. Woodward, of Brasenose College. Priest—W. H. Twyning, of Jesus College. The Rev. F. 0. Morris, of Worcester College, has been presented by the Archbishop of York to the Vi carage of Nafferton, Yorkshire—value, 1391. per annum. The Earl of Alum:Axle has presented the Rev. A. F. Hare to the Vicarage of Arundel, Sussex—value, 1991. per annum. _ _ The Queen has nominated the Rev. S. Pagan to the new Di,triet Church of Leverbridge, Bolton-le-Moors. The Lord Bishop of Ely has presented the Rev. IL. Sewell to the Rectory of Burgate, Suffolk—value, 5601. per annum. The Vicar of Haversham has presented the Rev. J. Wallis to the perpetual Curacy of Stainton, Westmore land—value, 891. per annum. J. Weld, Esq., has presented the Rev. J. Cree to the Vicarage of Chalden Herring, Dorset—value, 621. per annum. Earl Spencer has presented the Rev. T. R. Keppel to the Rectory of North Creak, Norfolk—value, 1,0772 per annum. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. s.—George Suffield, 8.A., has just been elected a Fellow of Clare Hall, on the Borage foundation. The following are the days appointed for meetings of the Philosophical Society during the approaching Michaelmas term :—Monday, October 28 ; Wednesday (anniversary), November 6 ; Monday, November 11 ; Monday, November 25 ; Monday, December 9. Congregations will be held on the following days of the ensuing Michaelmas Term :—Thursday, October 10, at ten; Wednesday, October 16, at eleven; Wednesday, October 30, at eleven; Wednesday, November 13, at t-leven; Wednesday, November 27, at eleven; Wednes day, December 11, at eleven; Monday, December 16 (end of term), at ten. The late Duke of Grafton was a member of Trinity College, in this University. It does not appear by the calendar that he ever proceeded to the usual M.A. de gree, but he received that of. LL.D. in 1835. H e was married and returned to Parliament for the University when Lord Euston, in the twenty-fourth year of his age. His colleague in the representation of the learned body was his college friend, the immortal William Pitt. On the occasion of his first return, at the general election of 1784, Lord John Townshend and Mr. Mansfield, after wards Lord Mansfield, were defeated. Lord Euston sat for twenty-seven years in the Lower House, as Member for the Cambridge University, and in 1811 was called to the House of Lords, by the death of his father, the third Duke, who was Chancellor to the University. Mr. Lewin Bowring, third son of Dr. Bowring, has won th gold medal, and the high proficiency prize of 800 rupees, in the examination of the writers in the college of Fort William, Calcutta.— Western Times. - W ESTMINSTER IMF ROVEMENTS.—RIGIIY \YAWN'S LINE.—Some of the inhabitants of Westminster having seen a plan for the proposed improvements, invited their neighbours to meet them on Tuesday last to consider the same. They had been unable to obtain a copy of the plan, but from what they had seen of it. reported that it was very nearly the same as that formerly projected and known as " Rigby Wason's Line," only rendered still more ob jectionable than that very objectionable line was. The following are some of the principal defective points which it was agreed to lay before the Commissioners of Woods and Forests and the public:-Ist. By "Rigby Wason's altered line," Westminster Abbey, which ought to be thrown open to public view, is left equally obscure as now. 2d. Instead of a direct approach to Pimlico from Westminster Abbey, it is a curved street from West minster Abbey to Vauxhall-bridge-road. 3d. It does not improve the approaches to the Palace, but diverges fur ther and further from it every yard it proceeds. 4th. It leaves the sewerage of Westminster unimproved, and does not touch the bad lanes, courts, and alleys, branch ing out of York-street, in the neighbourhood of the Palace, which are a continual source of malaria and con sequent fever. There were other strong points of objec tion to the proposed plan, but the foregoing were consi dered such radical defects that it was thought it would only be needful to call the attention of all parties con cerned to them, to insure its rejection, and a subscrip tion' was entered into, and a committee formed, to take the necessary steps to effect this. IRON TRADE.—The monthly meeting of the Scot tishironmasters was held here on Wednesday, at which there was a full a tt en d ance, an d the utmost harmony and good f ee li ng preva i led. A co d e o f regu l a ti ons was adopted, by w hi c h any undue increas i e in the make will be prevent e d ; f a i r remunerating pr i ces are expecte d to be maintain e d, an d t h e market protec t e d aga i nst suc h fluctuation s as h ave recently b e en experienced. The present light sto c k s , an d renewe d demand, wo u ld h a ve warranted an advance, but it was considered more pru dent, at this season of the year, when exports usually fall off, to continue the price of pig iron at 21. lsa. per ton, for all qualities, until the effects of the recent panic had completely subsided, and the o nsumers had an op portunity of supplying their immediate wants. While a moderate price has thus been fixed for the home market, it was agreed that, in the event. of stocks increasing, per mission should be given to allow a bonus to foreign mer chants, in order that a vent might be found at all times for any surplus produce, and thus the supply re gulated to meet the demand. Upon the whole matters bore a cheering aspect, and, under the sound and mature regulations which have been so unanimously adopted, the m ayfuture npsriodsepreerdi tyinofsotmheismimeapsourrteantbrane of trade secured.—Gla sgow Saturday Post. SOUTH WALES TURNPIKE ROAD COMMISSION. —The Commissioners, con,isting of the Right Hon. F. Frankland Lewis (chairman) and G. F. Richards. Esq., tlgether with A. E. Somerset, Esq., the Se cretary to the Commission, held their sittings at the Council Chamber of Swansea Town-hall, on Saturday and Monday last, for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of debts owing by the Swansea and Wychtree Turnpike Trusts, to comp ire them with the books of the Trust, and to determine who were the parties actually entitled to the money. It appeared that the amount of debts owing by the Swansea Trust was 11,5001., and by the Wychtree Trust, 3,0571. The Commissioners ex pressed their satisfaction at the manner in which the ac counts of both Trusts had been kept, and their approval of the general management of the business.—Carebrian. MR. HAMPTON'S BALLOON ASCENT AT DUBLIN.— The Dublin papers of Saturday report, with considerable length and enthusiasm, Mr. Hampton's balloon ascent from the Portobello Gardens, which seems to have been extremely fine and imposing. The weathe r was un favourable trip, and at one time fir. Hampton but with great skill he descended apleasantoverr i wastoalo4.er currentthe and sea,cy s of air, and was fortu nately blown over the land. The descent was made on Callaghan , hesitably t rea t e d. M r. Hamp ton Esq., Artane Ho use , w h e re the mr groundsHampto n f M. was most ton will ascend again in a few days from the same Gardens. LEICESTER COMPLETE SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.— At the monthy meeting of this body, holden at the Town hall on Tuesday evening, it was moved by Mr. H. A. Collier, seconded by Mr. Booth, and carried unani mously :—" That this Association rejoices in the signal failure which has this year attended the efforts of the Tories to diminish the constituency of this borough ; but they cannot but regret, at the same time, that the possession of such an important right as that of the elec tive franchise should be made to depend in so great a' measure upon mere technicalities, instead of resting upon abroad and just principle." FIRE AT WESTMINSTER.—Sunday evening, shortly after seven o'clock, a fire, which at one time threatened very serious consequences, broke out in the premises in the occupancy of Mr. Leight, grocer and cheesemonger, carrying on business at No. 14, Abingdon-street, West minster, next door to Messrs. Noble's pianoforte show rooms. The fire was first discovered by an aged female. in the upper part of the building, in consequence of hearing a loud crackling noise, evidently arising from wood undergoing the process of combustion. She in stantly made for the shop, but on getting down the stairs she was nearly suffocated with the smoke. By dint of great exertion she succeeded in reaching the street, when she gave the necessary alarm. The parish-engine was quickly on the spot, and was got to work, and was followed by six or eight brigade engines with strong bodies of firemen, who succeeded, after much trouble, in , confining the fire to the lower part of the premises. Tie damage, notwithstanding, is very considerable , nearly the whole of the stock in trade in the shop b e ing destroyed. The origin of the fire, or whether or not Mr. Leight is insured, could not be ascertained. ABERDEEN COUNTY MEETING. On Tuesday, the Michaelmas meeting of the Land holders Commissioners of Supply, &c., of this c oun ty was held in the Conrt-house , Mr. rant of Tilly four, Convener of the County in the chair. After some routine business, a communication was read from the Chamber of Commerce, Glasgow, re lating to the Bills anticipated to be brought before Parliament, on the subjeet of the Scotch banks ; to gether with the resolutions adopted by the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, condemnatory of any inter ference with the present system. Similar resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Commissioners of Supply of the County of Haddington, were also read. Mr. GORDON, of Craig, said, from the important nature of this question, it would not be expected that this meeting could come to any resolution at present ; more particularly, as they were yet in the dark as to whether or not any change whatever in the Scotch system of Nanking would be proposed in Parliament. He would, therefore, move that these communications lie on the table. Sir MICHAEL BRUCE seconded the motion. Mr. GORDON, of Cairnbulg said, although no dis tinct announcement had yet fallen from Government, yet, from various circumstances that had taken place, it was extremely likely that some change as to the one-pound notes was contemplated. If this were the case, so important would it be to the country, that every exertion ought to be made to oppose the intro duction of any substitute in their place. He was not, however, at present prepared to move any resolution on the subject. The CHAIRMAN said there were two ways open to the meeting—either to adopt Mr. Gordon of Craig's motion, or to appoint a committee to consider the sub ject, and report to a future meeting. He would leave it entirely for the meeting to decide as to the better mode of the two, but he was rather in favour of a committee. ' After some conversation, _ _ _ Sir N. BRUCE said it appeared to him that to attempt any change in the currency would have the effect of rousing the whole of Scotland against it ; but, unless they were possessed of more proof of the intentions of Government to interfere, he did not think it proper to go so far as the county of Hadding ton had done. He hoped it would meet the wishes of all present, if to Mr. Gordon of Craig's motion a clause were added, deprecating any fundamental change in the Scotch banking system This was unanimously approved of; and it was further understood that the Convener should call an early meeting, if any measure be proposed by Govern ment on this important subject. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston had, by the last letters received from Germany, arrived at Dresden, from Berlin, and were to quit the Saxon capital this week for Vienna. ACCIDENT AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—On Saturday evening, shortly before seven o'clock, an acci dent of an appalling nature occurred in the pit passage of the above theatre, immediately contiguous to Vinegar yard. Several ponderous circular frames of wood, somewhat similar in appearance to the wheels of water mills, and which are used occasionally in the construc tion of scaffolding (for painting or repairing the ceiling over the pit), were placed in an upright direction against one of the walls of the aforesaid passage. Three boys. it appears, had climbed to the top of those wheels or frames, which, not being fastened (as they ought to have been), fell heavily from their perpendicular position on the hard flagged flooring immediately beneath. Two of the boys escaped most miraculously, with little or no injury ; but one, of about twelve years of age, was crushed, unfortunately, beneath the massive timber. He was taken up promptly, but almost insensible, one of his legs having been broken, and his whole person consider ably bruised and injured. So dangerous, indeed, was his case considered, that no time was lost in conveying the youthful sufferer to King's College Hospital, Portugal street, where he now lies in a hopeless condition. IMPROVEMENTS IN WESTMINSTER.—The ground behind Emanuel Hospital is now being cleared for the intended improvements, which will extend from the Standard in the Vauxhall-bridge-road to Westminster Abbey, through Mr. Elliot's pleasure -grounds, that large plot of ground belonging to the above hospital, dor4 Chapel-street, to the principal entrance into the Abbey. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen are determined to spare no expense to improve this charity property. LANDLORD AND TENANT COMMISSION. The inquiry was held in Kilkenny yesterday. The Commissioners in attendance were Sir R. Fergusson, Messrs. John Wynn, Redington, and Hamilton. MR. O'CONNELL IN DERR/ NANE. The Kerry Examiner contains the following:— " The Liberator, though received with enthusiasm everywhere on his route from Dublin, could not have been more warmly or cordially welcomed than on his entrance, and all through his native mountains; to Derrynane Abbey. The roads were thronged with joyous human beings. He sojourned for two days at Hillgrove, the hospitable mansion of his relative and agent, John Primrose, Esq., with his son John and lady, and the two sons of his friend, the Right Hon. David Pigot, where a large number of the neighbouring gentry were also entertained. On Monday morning he left, with his splendid pack of beagles, and hunted on his way to the Abbey. Within several miles of this lovely spot he was met by tens of thousands of the people, shouting their joyous wel come to their liberator and martyr. Here the moun tains were literally alive with human beings : the people from the shores of Berehaven and I3antry Bay came in v'achts and boats, accompanied by hands, to hail their liberator at his own door, returned prom an unjust imprisonment, but, blessed be God, in the best health and spirits. THE LATE ILLUMINATIONS. Sergeant Maher, of the 62d Re g iment, attached to the recr uiting party stationed here, and who, our readers will recollect, was charged with having his lodgings illuminated on the occasion of Mr. O'Con nell's liberation, has received orders to join the regi mental depot at Chatham.—Carlow Sentinel (Tory paper). An investigation has been ordered by the rnagis tratßs of Philipstown district, into the conduct of Mr. Sullivan, clerk of petty sessions in Philipstown, ASCENT OF MONT BLANC-. It has been already stated that two French gentle men, Messrs. Bravais and Martins, had made an ascent to Mont Blanc. They have nciw made an offi cial statement to the Miuister oi Public Instruction. It is as follows: " We left Paris on the 16th of July, and arrived at Geneva on the 19th. Our first project was to choose tbr our meteorological station Mont Blanc itself, that immense mountain upon which, since the illustrious De Saussure, no traveller has had the op portunity, with sufficient means, of stud', ing physical nature in those high regions. The base of the moun tain, too, offered a vast field of research in the numerous glaciers with which it is surrounded, and with which are connected a multitude of phe nomena of a curious character. Having left Geneva on the 26th we arrived on the 28th at Chainouni, situated at the northern foot of the mountain whieh we proposed to ascend. Our instruments, our provi sion,, and our clothing, required no less than thirty-five men to carry them to the summit. The load which each loan had to carry was about 12 kilogrames (about 271b5.) and it would have been imprudent to augment it, for the ascent of Mont Llanc requires the use of all the physical powers; sometimes they are insufficient, and it is by no means rare to see the most robust person stopped in his progress before reaching the summit. We had with us three guides, cho.en among the most capable of the valley—Jean Mugnier, Mi chael Coutel, and Gideon Baltnat. They were to indi cate the route, and clear us a passage through the snow. We left on the 28th of July at half-past 7 o'clock in the morning. The weather was favourable in ap pearance, the sky clear, the air calm ; but there was a south-west wind in the upper regions. At 35 minutes pist 3 o'clock we reached the rock of the Grand Alulets, where we were to pass the night. It was a beautiful one, but the clouts, which were passing with extreme rapidity from the south-west to the north-east, caused us strong apprehensions for the fallowing day, which were soon realised. On the 29th, at ten o'clock, we had reached the Grand Plateau, which forms the northern base of the pyramid of Mont Blanc. This is a vast plain of snow in a slight declivity from south-west to north-east. It occupies the centre of a vast circus, which forms on all sides, to the north excepted, the high neighbour ing summits of Mont Blanc, and it is dominated by them to an angular height of from 20 to 30 degrees. " Arrived on this spot, we found ourselves enve loped in mist ; the thermometer marked two degrees (35 6 deg. Fahrenheit). A heavy fall of snow took place; a difference of level of 880 metres still sepa rated us from the summit ; to attain it was evidently impossible in the state of the atmosphere at that time. We therefore resolved to fit up our tent on the Grand Plateau itself, and to wait until the weather improved, so as to allow us to attempt the ascent. Our com panions were sent to Chamouny, and we only retained our three guides and two of our porters, who offered spontaneously to partake the chances of our enterprise. The bad weather continued the whole night, the wind was extremely violent, and the snow fell with out interruption. At daylight (a quarter to four) the centigrade thermometer marked 13 deg. (55.4 deg. Fahrenheit). The weather was such that we could make no observation, with the exception of some few experiments with the barometer and thermometer. The force of the wind was such that we were alarmed for the safety of our tent, which we sometimes held with our hands, and which we were obliged to strengthen by every means in our power. We therefore re descended to Chamouny, leaving in order under the tent the articles brought with us. During the descent the weather improved. We saw the snow which fell still upon the flank of the mountains, to the inferior limit of 1,500 metres (5,000 feet), and we knew that at Chamouny the temperature of the air had fallen to 5 degrees ! (41 deg. Fahrenheit). On the 7th of August we attempted a new ascent. The cir cumstances appeared more favourable than the first time, and the barometer was higher. We left at 25 minutes after seven with our guides or porters, and we reached the Grand Plateau at half-past she in the evening. 'We found it in good condition, but ,hortly afterwards the hail began to fall, and the storm threatened around us. The lightning was very fre quent, but the claps of thunder were weak ; though the interval between the lightning and the thunder proved to us that we were in the centre of the storm, and that objects were struck at less than a kilometer distant. The temperature of the air was lower than on the night from the Ist to the 2d of August, and only six degrees towards 4 o'clock in the morning, The storm which had lasted the whole of the night still existed in the morning. The wind blew with greater force. The snow began to fall in great quantity. During this time the rain inundated the valley of Chamouny, and several persons had become very uneasy on our account. In short at three o'clock in the afternoon our guides declared that we should be exposed to great danger if we did not regain the plain, in consequence of the avalanches and the absolute impossibility of descending the next morning, if the snow should fall as abundantly as during the preceding night. Our chief guide, Jeaa Mugnier, asserted that he could find our track in spite of the mist and the wind, which had completely effaced our route of the previous evening, and we ceded to his solicitations and descended rapidly. At half-past four o'clock the route of the Grand Mulets, which we had to touch, rose suddenly to our view, and we had to ad m i re th a t instinctive knowledge of the track of which our guide had just given us a proof. " Under all the circumstances we thought it better to make a third attempt. We thought that the month of August could not pass without affording us the op portunity of realising our hopes. With this expecta tion we left Chamouny o n th e 1 0t h of August, on our route to Cormayeur by the Great St. Bernard, and returned to the point of departure by the moun tains of Seigne and Bonhomme. During this excur sion abundant falls of snow had taken place on the mountains on the nights of the 14th, 15th, and 16th of August. On the 19th we were on our Morn ; the weather had improved, but it got worse ag.i 1, and we employed the 25th and the 26th of August in visit ing Sallanches, St. Gervais, and the mountain of Ls Jorelas, which leads to the latter town. On the 27th the weather had decidedly changed ; the ba rometer had ascended considerably, and the wind in the upper regions was at the north-west. There were flying clouds. Our departure took place on the 28th, at midnight. At daybreak we were at the entrance of the glacier of the Bossons, accompanied by seven persons of the valley. Although the snow was soft and difficult, at eleven o'clock we had reached the Grand Plateau, and at mid-day we commenced a regular series of meteorological observations, day and night, till the Ist of September. On the 29th of August, during a serene night, we set out with the intention of reaching the highest summit of Mont Blanc, which we reached at forty-five minutes past one. That is the most dangerous point of the ascent, and many travellers, exhausted with fatigue, or frightened with the impetuous wind, have given up the task. To these obstacles may be added the phy siological defects arising from the passage of the dense air of the valleys to the rarer air of the mountain ; these are somnolency, diffi culty of respiration, and nausea. Although the cold was at 7 degrees (44.6 deg. Fahrenheit), and there was a fierce wind from the north north-west, we were so fortunate as only to ex perience these effects in a slight degree. We had hoped to remain at the summit till ten o'clock at night, but the sudden fall of temperature, and the violence of the wind, made the cold almost intolerable; and we afterwards learned that Mont Blanc could not be perceived from Lyons during the whole of the 29th, in consequence of the mist which covered the horizon, These considerations determined us to descend at ten minutes before six o'clock in the evening; and at a quarter to seven we had all rallied again under our tent in the Grand Plateau. We did not abandon this latter station till the Ist of September at midnght, after a stay of twenty-four hours. At half-past four o'clock we definitively left Mont Blanc, without any unpleasant accident having arisen during the various departures and returns occasioned by our different attempts. We left Chamouny on the 6th of September, and returned to Geneva on the Bth. We are about to quit the latter city, and to pass twelve days at Faulhorn, to make in that new station a few observations of a snore delicate n n ß a l t a u n r c e , p a r and e n w t te h c i od c nu h csl o uf u dr o r e ms i nc onvenient po ttheteip.?r: n e a i t p a Mo i r Mont The repor • sults of the ascent, which were regular meteorological observations at Chamouny during many days, tend ing t o make known the law of the di u rnal v ar i ati o n of the barometer in that narrow valley. lt appears that the average temperature at the C; rand Plateau WEL% from 4 deg. to 5 deg. (39.2 and 41 deg. Fahrenheit) ; from ten o'clock in the morning till four in the after noon the barometer was stationary. It rose from four to ten in the afternoon, and fell again from ten at. night till four in the morning. 'The Archbishop of York has presented the Rev. Francis Orpen Morris, 8.A., of Worcester College, Ox ford, and Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Cleveland. to the vicarage of Nafferton, 'Yorkshire. EarLosios or GAS.—On Sunda the neighbour. hood of Bow-lane, Ch eaps id e, was thrown into a state of great excitement in consequence of an explosion of gas taking place in the excavation made in that thorough fare for forming a new sewer. It seems that shortly be -1 fore two o'clock the inhabitants were aroused by hearing loud cries of fire raised. Upon throwing open their windows they perceived that a space of ground was send ing forth large sheets of fire. At first sight it appeared as if the basement of their houses were in flames. The alarm thus created may be more easily imagined than. described, Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the. brigade, with a powerful body of his men, promptly attended with three engines. From the nature of the fir* it was found useless in putting the engines to work ; the firemen, therefot e, threw large quantities of mould upon the gas-pipes, but they were unable to get the fir* out until the servants of the Gas Company came sad a h ia off the further supply of gas.