The Sun. — London, England, 1845-09-22 00:00:00

ICB OF 'rail: y . of the Et.-1 4- s in the FaY° l • arred as saw - is to the coun--. retur n to St. • loudly to P!' 3- 1 the reception 3valent in that t enjoys under ppose t h e Igo narrative of en the sojourn of >land. resent circuni 'er a better or feelings of inue to affit , " ression and re— nodern histors'r 'he bad harvest d the overflow" in the spring ery ra vaged ev ebe Listrict. T h prolonged bY. , _ if sowing of .tpal food of tnv he price of t bi !! !arce ly to adm so that, to the' ape rad dedo,6l: In the rotor of the authori have been r e : ish the dreadfil s ot all; the Civ,l.l, suit of the bad 'l ad to call the 16, and A n ted OM, ed to, a fanir l rks, lie was Llse alarm. 1 1 1 : licated from UP severe ever rne r re va s most ev, y increased , an' at palatinates of ; well in part of line and all the t. In those es' ople, deprived to of ttry, divided in food, w bleb 1.5, g er than to affore the unavoidable n i s h the number ;ometimes drive otities are not al' could remain un• mplacable, coul ind "S remain • ould see iv:thing; h e c auses o f tb h s e )3r w hich it inig a w has been ew • He reratedll self with his oWo onc e ; and he be anxiety usu al t he w ith e eve of using 3 Georg (for• °2l Warsaw, ,reap ar ound. The OS 0 in reviews 1950 ees. But I t h e students of One day, the Ote' itarsaw in bis U neg lected to nco, e immed iately' m, and he hiraiwi' he was. One era)," be ebrupor o your Sovereign ?' g men with terror* well, that another of your Bmperer 'e myself known ti he schools receife w i t h due solere t their head. 1:13: ranks, inquirtee the i s satisfied with [was on his glis tw sly} replied, `calo imperor then t ts, and fastened b 0 sly a plain-looltie; fingers to WO , his s uit e, snou t (I oz a ?xression, pPlics p s wretch, capable thus described her r his good condueb lessor ventured to r state, uebanoW, `r Con in Polanci, the Eta 'inclotgte°ntle terms, Ile ho the gave ire to the student': celebrated spee wsavv. On tnie 0 :ion to the stue:to 're henceforwa°'l' of a the good opin4 l os e their k oe . s c o 1 ° ction among 0 , ts be obliged to O r o , It is not difficteh this imperial s 4 0 during the $(9" 3serves notice% eor passed in cog e Wierz b n a), I°s "re h ere all reviws eel n front of the o ° 4 ring out o f it, reb, rent "btib ti e , Tolstoj, neY,erof word in ban' oo heed, while the Pao y, that be OPireeror stay of the VrePeo )st frequented strase d of spectOnrs, ovtice ignation• g o o' n, beyond the r Th e General 100 this day in the be Poland. It 05)1,0 an he be, Wifheia e re putation 0 v tie any coratnen‘s 1 , for sufficiently &P ei/ t Of h be heard a t /I o e fully understail which aspires t°,oo, le triumph, if o c : A that is seAr'' STEAM S* . • 101/4. trsday, the brig Op gnash, Nova toi a driven OP,ciiiii a board gr• l'',,At iP iteamer Shatliv; ti ich founded 11ielc, i's, New D ron er. 0 r from the entritot which 0 of tot , essel left the Co i i , ' rything Eve • P• 4110 t h e 12th inst., roof • bY lird., w b l o b h sb el )wards •ay S ligh t ~" r t h a n us ual, r f ie' fl W sf s on deck a gine at if 014. 101 l lea ma de a 0001/00i fe a t noon they, of / log'. 16.0 Vi'.4j d blew a whole, ;ere d with difficult)a 00 P.m, they, fano, bet, sea beconing gti found great cliOtticia At gh, 30. pit, f til t ' the safety o 0,0 ed of the eneine9l.ooo as over the°lo4 i; ions at the pnrill/coftieo anner they eoetegict A( pumps, healfyo Sae with all possi? 40 difficulty in l'e P' the water in t he i o ir contend with o`, Ol e itrong gate fr?'_',-„, il ashes of lighteo fol B ing the vessel, 'et, is Y found thei.,WijorioP L 4.7 W. 00 P" f ell on of the go?' le Avers of ril'e,l foli; sea continue ote Lag 2i. feet ni.. will; rking the pelJiar' o,°B, steering', efe;;.o l'- 1g to keep d°c(J: ith buckets' Ai °ti t ° in the salve ---focillPe' running n'itbi,,ipt Pcri to steamer k ept e'' , f the brig il l , ':: Ili: heir ocertioli'beo/11,0 deck petnP. jog • le water gallid.oreo ' lof 1 aO B a spina be c , ntrap; thee ,a dip! out in the hqeeptilu ndeavour to ,-,,e,be10 if& ri ' "Ilif; I%rql if 31 TO /WV - - , ti'• 4 ' 4 yoto lii, Dice, $O , of sun office,' Goof 0 ° x oy, in 13,16. No. 16,568. vessel clear with only.ono pump, aided by the use ° f the buck e t s . Th e water4kained rapidly upon them— the crew became exhausted and dispirited from their Protracted and dreadful exertions—the vessel was in a enitieg state—the water was ascending high in the giae-rnom—and in this last extremity of distress the leaster and crew took to the boats, being at the time 60 miles from land, and having no means of keeping the easel afloat. They then after a laborious and danger ?us passag e in the b oa t s , t h e sea running ver y hi g h, suc ceeded at tee) P. Si. in reaching the brig, which proved to 15 ! the Jane, o f S underland, having only save d a portion of their clothing. On leaving the steamer there was , 11 1 ore than fi ve feet of water in the hold, so that i t was Lropossible she could live three hours afterwards ; they wAs ere then in lat. 50 . 51 N., and long. by chr. 10.50 W. stated in the commencement, the Jane was bound s u b! Sw ansea, but was driven up to Yenarth roads by ate of weather, bringing with her the crew of the eaee Qey The means of furnishing our readers with this accou nt /v " only placed at our disposal at a very late Currien Thursday night, so that, as it has been most compiled, it possibly may be found to be inac eurate some of its details, which inaccuracies, should ‘Y be found to exist, we shall be most happy to correct in our next number, as also to supply any particul , rs which we may now fail to give. —Cardiff and Met etyr ulloctian, Sept. 19. 11-11, -Ps -161 SHOP of EXETER AGAIN. held SEPT. 18.—A very numerous meeting e as the par SY, in the Vestry of St. Andrew's Church, for o i m v u rPoso of considering the Bishop of Exeter's i p4.oris relative to the questions of church-rates and createdrts, the promulgation of which has recently th r z taich .urrise, and no little dissatisfaction the cL ptiont the diocese. ' The discussion, together with ward ens 'g of a corrspondence between the church brief de and the Bishop, occupied several hours,. buta sufneet'etiPtion of the main points in issue will probably ._ iti 'Port a l ze bie the general reader some idea of the great to th e sea vhieh the inhabitants of this town attach Th e R ' ei nent of the church-rate question. e xPlai th , l ev ; Jortis lIATCHARD, the Vicar, who presided, side sat i", the Object of the meeting in a speech of con kr l ength. . A read v.-, RINGSTON one of the churchwardens, then Vi car "° correspondence which has passed between the the a;the gist ON Bishop, and also between the wardens and Mr. Martin, Chancellor of the diocese. The ric to kis correspondence is, perhaps, all that is mate- Atdre the Public. It appeus that in the parish of St. exact ed here is no record of any church-rate haviug been n r, s v" Troni 1603 to 1817, and then only resorted to the litchi: l4 ' 4 e° of a storm which damaged the fabric, ani fo 11'41 of for repairs of the church having been . had iwaielyr defrayed out out of the pew-rents. The practice to an ?"en sanctioned by previous bishops, and was found purpose,all obviating, at the same time, s ut Vetext for strife and centention between the church th e °ti tles and those who conscientiously object to se,,,PakYinent of church-rates. It will, however, be dr e t "Y the following extracts from a letter ad -4:48 d m the churchwardens by the present Bishop of praeLer, ; that his Lordship is resolved to discontinue the of „,1 1 . F° of pew -rents in parish churches, the consequence pelieP,liwould be, that the churchwardens would betcootrne feeii make a church -rate, however repugnant h to t h il ga of the parishioners. His Lordship, in alluding custom of pew -rents, says .._.. • he present practice I cannot but condemn, as wrong In itself, te tt ,„„_ and contrary to the laws, both ecclesiastical and rvial. It has not even the excuse which I was will forg to believe it had, of long and uninterrupted usage, P : r wf is now before me, by the evidence of former ciatetPts, subscribed by the churchwardens of the several !s, that from the year 1826 (how much earlier I know sertfool:334 inclusive, a church-rate of 6d. in the pound iesnnually raised, and in the last four years of the , of 2 0per cent. in addition. The existing practice is 4 ier as s a recent departure from re-established legal go, and recent return to an old and illegal abuse. Upon the whole, it is most manifest, that as a bi s h o p f ..ati ... 0?1d depart fro m ' my duty, if the knowledge of such the- being forced u p on me , I s h ou ld any l onger tolerate , I d o , t h erefore, hereby absolutely forbid the c h ar ' of St. Andrew's to continue the practice t affixing rents to the s ea t s i n their parish church ; and l require them to order the seats according to % such manner as they shall, on just consideration, deem most suitable and convenient to all the parishioners. (Signed) " H. EXETER. " Bishopstowe, Sept. 13, 1845." At the conclusion of the reading of the documents, The Rev CHAIRMAN remarked that the Bishop was Obviously in error as regarded a church - rate haling peen made within th e ti me s p ec ifi e d. F or his own part, his sole object was to preserve harmony among his pa /ishioneri and most deeply should he regret to find a t ,. h z tirch-rate introduced. So long. as God blessed him "`th l .l health it should be his business to protect the ware of rich and poor indiscriminately. He was that some persons objected to the practice of "Bents, but that was a source of voluntary, whereas . iloxi At n , h•rate was a compulsory, and therefor e an ob k'eji -43 impost. He should regard it as the funeral . Par' W . al t peace, harmony, and Eood-will in the 14.-- (Lcheers.) A d _. (Lo ud . of, (4 , 1 ral PuiLmes felt confident that the substitution . ge„feuorch-rate for pew-rents, would tend to raise up (11;: k s trife and heartburning. It was only the other ties t the Bishop of London sanctioned the authori- SOl e o ' ' V eSt Hackney in adopting pew-rents, for th e r ate. P o se Pose of g e tti ng r id o f the necess i ty for a church great he Bishop of Exeter was und ou bt e dly a m a n o f etlle,ttalents, but he had met with his match in their ex- Pari 4 L i vi car and th e c h urc h war d ens, w h om the L por,s oil ers were b oun d to support in that most ftirn- A er t contest. Pro poto a long di scuss i on, a series of resolutions were Port th " and agreed to, pledging the meeting to sup- Net, churchwardens in their resistance of the Bishop's th e e,..mQ obvious object being to furnish a pretext !or th at " a a etion of a church -rate. It was further resolved, Lish o ec 'PY of the resolutions be forwarded to the A ,rPtof Exeter for his Lordship's consideration. ei„ ti ,,_":e of thanks to the vicar was carried by accla vt, Itlkd meeting separated. TR . -- -,E ASU R Y WARRANT. POSTAGE. e thei,riclars Gazette contains a Treasury Warrant, altering -- Pla te ll e t : e __ . s °I postage on letters sent to the following itiVir.st, that onall letters not exceeding half an ounce wel4ht,. transmitted by packet-boat between any of th e °eau c aps a tries or places following--that is to say, the the °ll fil li s o c p o e a , sotr :rf.iyApe;arhtsia,onthteheßenadstesrenay,Coast places 1 11 or t6'Z I, Y t P i ons in il indostan, Ceylon, the" Mauritius, K ee res:t't•i Ocean n r i ? EiG `: 1111 ' t he Bay of Bengal, the Indian s ea .and, or Chine , places re "" at is to say, any ports in China, the ° owi n o ti g ia 1 11 4134 ( 1 s, and any of the countries se Sea, the p • . and Ne w z 1 e hilippieee, the Moluccas, Australia, to say tiPeetivelY, next hereinafter mentioned--that is coast ' f e Cape nt . Good Hope, between any of the countries and Persia° Gulf the ! coast of Arabia, the Red Sea, the any ports on the eastern poets i n " - ,,,n 15 , tee Bay of Bengal, the Indian Ocean, any twee pt betw'een Indi a -,-, l'aindosten, Ceylon, the Mauritius, the East PhiiBlands, any ports in China the Chinese Sea, the (ee e j - r in s, the Moluccas , Austr ' alia, and New Zealand Australia and New Zealand), or be - - bel e : l e t wo Ports in any of the countries or places herein_ Port s ihnvrentioned charged and taken (excepting ports in Australia and on e u.,7,43e1Y Zealand), there shall be Th.:l.llom rate of postage of is. Wee4 t on every letter not exceeding half an ounce in .e t f i e le transnaitted by the post between any place t illi,the United Kingdom and any port oron placetere shoonntims of Panama (conveyed by . packet boat), _ _ s Ti ' i xt be paid an uniform rate of British postage of ee l , n weight, on every letter not exceeding half an a o n un pia L ( wher e transmitted by the post betweer! the'resnever situate) within the United Kingdo y m and 41: I sthmus of Panama, there shall be f oh i a s r . g d °t P s ' e l' any other port or place on the eastern coast and in weight, tver y tta uniform rate of British postage o ~ charged on Quitter not exceeding half an ounce i ted • ir y the post on the western t ed b between any place within the sid e r ki d by and any port or place there tie % cr);,the said Isthmus, or on the western coast of Arne slialiTe sea conveyance being by packet boat), Pos z -e c harged and taken an uniform rate of British SUel i ta r e e t al . 2 8., in li eu o f the rates heretofore payable on e Te at tera as aforesaid.. Wei e h, on every letter not exceeding half an ounce in le ec i , Posted in or addressed to the island of li_e_ligo . - "ransreitted between any part of the United .b..ing oc r , ancl lieligoland direct by packet boat or private o e ,Vr, yid the territories of Hamburgh or Bremen (con hi",°Y direct packet boat or private ship between the teeree" Kingdom and the territories of Hamburgh or th e -"en), there shall be charged and taken, in lieu . of rate ot t e r heretofore payable on such letters, an uniform the firsteEßrish postage of 6d. ; but the rates fixed by ea,", econd, and third clauses of this present te rns' eh all not extend to the letters of soldiers or sailors l a au servic e of her Majesty or of the East India Cora le I ,:'. Provided such letters do not exceed half an ounce j et , eight, and be forwarded in conformity with the ex ;l,, rgulations. be Q at all printed British and colonial newspapers may witielrveyed between any of her Majesty's colonies, tat k e n t .! Passing through the United Kingdom, by • boat free of British postage; and that all printed ritiah tWe e and colonial newspepers may be conveyed be *lthetiettulY °f her Majesty's colonies . by priato ship, rat e of Passing through the United ta ay 11 Id.post - master-general each, which sum the n Kingdom, at a sea veyi: ° i v° as a gratUity to the captain of the vessel co - ,thg the s ame. cok:t on every printed newspaper (whether Bilt . i.h, Lista ial, or foreign), passing through the United King jest.:,"eYed by packet-boat between any of her Ma or r ho colonies and any foreign pert or ports within au e 1.,," countries, islands, or places mentioned in the fore‘ielnause of this present warrant, or between any such tri4h ports, there shall be charged and paid a rate the ngdna, then a packet rate of Id. teited poste of 2d. ; and, if not passing through tZ li e st °a. every printed British newspaper sent by the . eetw een or withi an y Places within British North America . th reo , n the British West Indies, without passing t ell 4 - , tile United Kingdom , there shall be paid (in for t , I,‘"e rates lirretor,)re chr..r&,able thert -,,, ` or ~••Ilntl rate of 1, 1. 34 'tl t red', ar '''''nbar of roil 2I 1 1011. re r.; e , -s :he swede may be conveyed. —Gm under this any new v 'uY Printed supplement or additional sheet to post._ stater shall purpose of charging the Warrant, be deemed a distinct news. ;o the distarc ...;il -- i f, :, 0 - '' ..-- _... . .... -' 4. ~ ~ . t ... .0-, ,*-- ,„, 1 i - gs: ,y- „ 7: ' ' 4 4, - -,. 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The 12th clause states that no printed newspaper, either alone or together with a supplement or additional or any separate printed supplement or addition to a newspaper, or any printed price current or commercial list, shall be conveyed by the post under the regulations of this present warrant, unless the same shall be sent without a cover, or in a cover open at the sides, and unless there be no word or communication printed on the paper after its publication, or upon the cover thereof, and no writing or mark upon it or upon the cover of it, except the name and address of the person to whom sent, nor any paper or thing inclosed in or with the same. The other clauses relate to the powers of the Treasury Commissioners, or any three of them, to alter the rates as they may see fit. THE LATE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. (From Be li's Life.) Very great exciteniefit has prevailed respecting the termination of this fight. Fresh instances are reported of the disgusting scenes and the grass outrages perp trr.ted on the roads to and from the field of battle. Almost every person having the semblance of respecta bility was hustled or stopped, and every pocket cleaned out, while some were actually thrown down, and their boots taken off, to ascertain whether they had there concealed their cash. The toll-keepers were in many places surrounded, and "cleaned out" of all their takings, in search of which visits were paid, with unblushing effrontery, to their houses. Almost every publican was rabbcd, the upstairs rooms often ransacked, and resist ance treated as a serious offence ; such gangs of preda tory marauders were never before let loose on the pub lic. It was openly said at Nottingham and elsewhere, that any money betted against Ceunt was safe, as it was never intended to let him win. It appears that the :referee, who was present in the Subscription Rooms at Doncaster during the week, still adheres to the decision he gave respecting the battle on the field. He appeared to be strongly excited by the statements that had been made with regard to his con. duct, particularly by what Spring said in his speech at the benefit of Caunt, " that the referee decided under the influence of intimidation, and that in fact from his own acknowledgment in the presence of several persons, he bad not seen the last round." This the referee repudiates very strongly. He acknowledges that he said that he knew his own life and the lives of the Editor of Bell's Life, as well as Tom Spring, Molyneux, and several others would have been placed in jeopardy, had he not decided in favour of Bendigo; but he states that no apprehension, arising from this knowledge had in any respect biassed the opinion he gave upon the last round. He denies that any appeal was made to him when Bendigo struck Caunt on:the abdomin in the 92d round. He described Caunt as a great, big, overgrown fellow, awkward, and no fighter, who could neither hit nor stop with precision, and who depended on catching and hugging his man at the ropes, and hanging or falling upon him. He spoke with indignation of the length of the spikes in his shoes, and designated him as a man in every way objectionable, and said he would not mind fighting him himself " on horseback," a position in which the referee, it is under stood, has already signalised himself. In answer to these statements, it is urged that Caunt had no other means 01 opposing his man but by the system he adopted, fur Bendigo invariably endeavoured to fall and elude him immediately upon having delivered a blow, and that Bendigo's plan of falling to avoid a return, and, after a round was finished, jumping up again to catch his opponent treacherously and unawares, was unmanly, and contrary to the rules of fair fighting. The report is, that Bendigo, who was himself in the town of Doncaster, apparently quite recovered from the consequences of his late conquest, has, however, suffered severely from the punishment given him, and that one or two of his ribs were broken in the falls to which he was exposed. DurinE the last week a letter was addressed to the editor of Bell's Life, as the stakeholder upon the occasion, from a solicitor on the part of Caunt, giving; him notice not to pay over the stakes without his con sent, under the penalty of legal proceedings being com menced against him ; but this, it is supposed, will be withdrawn, after the decision of the referee, which is contained in the following letter addressed to the editor of Bell's Life, stakeholder, &c., and which, it is pre sumed, will terminate the disputes upon this knotty question : TO THE EDITOR OF "BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON," preach, had not proceeded hale a mile, when ho caught a glimpse of his Grace through the pine -trees, running at the top cf his speed in an opposite direction from the river. To turn his horse and gallop after the Duke was the work of a moment, and having succeeded in his object, the next point was to place the unhappy Nobleman under shelter. One of the boatmen who had followed the Duke into the woods having reached the spot where Colonel Cockburn had overtaken his Grace, underto )1c to conduct the party to a farm-house, about a quarter of a mile lower down the stream. "To this humble dwelling the Duke was taken ; but when laid upon a sofa in the only habitable apartment of this building, his Grace's agitation increased to a violent degree ; and, while labouring under frightful spasmodic affection, he entreated to be removed further from the river, as he could hear the rippling caused by the current. In compliance with this request, the Duke was supported by Major Bowles and Colonel Cockburn to a barn, about one hundred yards in the rear of the dwelling•house, and a rude bed of clean straw having been piled together in one corner, his Grace was laid upon it. It became evident to those around the sufferer that the dreadful crisis was approaching; indeed, the Duke him self was aware that his lust hour was at hand. His Grace was perfectly calm and collected and resigned to his fate; so much so. that a very short time before he breathed his last, the Duke wrote a letter to Lady-Mary Lennox, his eldest daughter, the contents of which re lated to family matters of a strictly private nature. From the moment this task had been accomplished, the Duke grew gradually worse, and appeared to be sinking. Towards evening his Grace was seized with shivering fits, and the extremities became cold ; but his senses Lever forsook him: he recognised every one around him, and prayed to be released from his sufferings. About eight o'clock this revered and lamented Nobleman breathed his last, with the resignation of a Christian, and the fortitude which is inseparable from the just and the good.—Brighten Herald. THE NAVAL RETIREMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your well-known advocacy of the claims of the navy induces me to lay before you a f;:w remarks on the n-lval retirement, which is about to be consummated only with respect to the Post List, to the exclusion 'of the commanders and lieutenants, which must bo pre mised from the fact, that not a word has been said of the other rank, either in the way of promise that their case shall likewise meet with due consideration now, or at some future period, or even a word of consolation to the effect that they are not wholly forgotten. Standing as their claims do in many cases preeminently superior, to their seniors in rank, it can hardly be believed that such partiality as this can be intended, and that such an extensive and sweeping retirement as to include nearly half of the captains, should be only extended to one class, and that class, already possesing all out of the few, verp few rewards, that have been doled out, at various periods to the British navy. The present limited retirement cf the captains alone, besides disorganising the service and causing an undue disparity to exist between the captains and commandera inconsistent with their relative ranks with the army, both with respect to pay and widow's pension, is calcu lated to cause much discontent, as the old commanders should at least be justly compensated, ere innovations calculated to depress their rank are introduced ; there fore, should it be found that this long-sought-for retire ment is to be confined to the captains alone, the only concludon we can arrive at is, that what has been done was not done from a sense of justice and gratitude to those veteran officers, but only with a view to remove the impediment, which they constantly presented to the advance of the younger and more fortunate scions of the aristocracy, who have crowded into the service since the peace, and that it is to make room for these favoured sons of fortune that the old war officers are to be thrust aside. THE A,.RLVIY. CAVALRY. If it is the intention of our rulers at the next session - of Parliament to treat the other Lists as they have that of the captains, no one would complain at the delay, as the poor can never hop =) to be served at the same time as the rich, and Lazarus must await until Dives has dined, that he may partake of the cruets that may remain. Not that I would be understood to detract from the merits of those fortunate officers who are to partake of the sum granted ; which, though tolerably liberal, as it when applied to one rank only, is in amount such as many of our nobility could give their ladies as pin money, and when coming from a great nation to that nation's chief support, her pride, her boast, her glory, is but an in glorious testimony of her gratitude. If the other ranks of the navy hope to obtain that compensation for their services which is so justly their due, now is the time to make the effort, before the next session of Parliament, while the subject is under the consideration of the House. An appeal should at once be made against the injustice of leaving them wholly unconsidered ; and, with the aid of your valuable advo cacy, and that of tthe preas in gener.,l, which should:be invoked in their behalf, I doubt not of success, as it is to be hoped that the spirit of equity, justice, and con sistency will influence the Government to go on with the eood work which they have so boldly begun.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, Exeter, Sept. 19, 1845. JUSTITIA. INFANTRY. LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1845. on an impartial report of that kind that it can come to a satisfactory decision. Two communications from M. Payen and M. Phil'ippon were made on the disease which has attacked th e p o t a t oes i n H o ll a nd, Belgium, some parts of Germany, and the northern and western departments of France. Th e i n f o rmation now given does not add much to that which we previously pos sessed. It seems to be admitted on all sides that the disease is a parisitical vegetable, and that it exists only, although to a great extent, in certain localities. Equally certain is it that the disease is apparent where it does exist, and that no danger can -possibly result from the eating of potatoes which, being boiled, present no appear ance of taint or decay. M. Payen is of opinion also, that, where the tubercle is only partially diseased, the sound parts may be separated for use, by the extraction of the diseased portion, and that, where the potatoes are only slightly attacked, they may be given safely as food to animals, if the water in which they are boiled be thrown away. This, however, is reasoning without knowledge of the precise operation of the poison ous principle, and of its being taken up by the water. It would, we think, be very dangerous to act upon the opinion of M. Payen to any extent without first trying the effect on a small scale. M. Biot presented to the Academy an apparatus which is used in Germany by the sugar manufacturers to try the strength and cha racter of their syrup, and also by medical men as a test in diabetic urine. It is of very simple construction. It consists of two concentric prisms of nickle, one of which is fixed, whilst the other, to which the eye is applied, is moveable. They are separated by a tabe, which is filled -with the solution to be examined. The two prisms are so placed that the light polarised by the first may be refused by the second. The solution is now introduced. A coloured object is teen, which is at first blue. The moveable prism is now turned until the object is yellow. The angle of rotation to arrive at this tint gives, by means of a table, the quantity of crystallisable sugar contained in the solution. M. Bourguy read a paper to prove the exist ence of nerves in the serous membranes. M. Arago read a communication from Professor Owen, of London, and corresponding member of the Academy, on the fossil teeth of a monkey of a particular species. A paper was received from M. Matteuci on the electrical powers of the torpedo. He shows that the dis Charge proceeds from a particular part of the body, between the back and the belly, and not, as has been asserted, from all parts of the eel. 2d Dragoon Guards—Head-quarters, with the band and staff and one troop, under the command of Lieute nant Colonel Charleton, arrived in Dublin, from Long ford, en the 18th September, and occupied the Royal Barracks, having been relieved by the Bth (Royal Irish) Hussars. Major Campbell and Captain Knox have joined head-quarters from leave of absence. The troop from Athlone, under Captain Tothill, arrived in Dublin on the 18th instant, and joined head-quarters. The two troops from Dunmore and Mobil], and detachment from Clone, arrive in Dublin by 19th, to join head quarters, having been relieved by three troops of the Bth (Royal Irish) Hussars. 31 Dragoon Guards, Ballincollig—Assistant-Surgeon Tufnell has joined head-quarters from leave of absence. 24 Royal North British Dragoons.—Two troops and head-quarters, with the band and staff, under the com mand of Major. Ricketts, arrived in Dublin from Dun dalk, on the 18th instant, and occupied Portobello Bar racks, on being relieved by the head-quarters of the Ist Royal Dragoons. Lieutenant Philips, riding-master, 2 subalterns, 2 sergeants, 1 farrier, 30 rank and file, 6 officers' chargers, and 31 troop horses, recruits, and young horses, are stationed at New Bridge. Lieutenant and Adjutant Reid has joined head-quarters from leave; Lieutenant-Colonel Clarke is on leave. Sth Royal Irish Hussars—The troop at Athlone is under the command of Captain Rodolph De Salis ; 30 troop-horses which were cast were left behind at Porto bello Barracks, Dublin, to be sold by public auction at the Royal Horse Bazaar. sth Fusiliers—The band of the sth Fusiliers had to do garrison duty on Sunday, at Enniskillen, there not being a sufficient number of rank and file to mount guard, as all the disposable force had been marched to wards Killesbandra. 6th Royal Regiment, Mullingar—The company, con sisting of Captain Finlay, Lieut. Balguy, Ensign Mosse, 2 sergeants, I drummer, and 60 rank and file, march from Shannon Bridge, for Mullingar, Sept. 20, halting at Athlone on Sunday, the 21st inst., en route, will arrive and join the head-quarters on the 23d, having been relieved by a company of the 75th regiment. 7th Royal Fusiliers, depot Charles Fort Kinsale, under orders for Naas—Theist division of two companies will halt at Fethard, on Sunday, 28, en route, and will ar rive at Naas by Oct. 4, there to occupy the barracks. The head-quarters and one company, under Major Lacey Yea, which marches from Charles Fort on Sept. 23, will halt at Clonmel on Sunday, en route, 29th inst., and will halt at Ballitone on Sunday, Oct 5, and will arrive on the 6th October. Officers on leave of absence:—Lieuts. Porter, to Sept. 30, Miller and Watson, to Oct. 7. Effec tive strength.-1 acting sergeant major, 14 sergeants 5 drummers, and 246 rank and file. 32d Regiment, Cornwall, Athlone—The company, consisting of Brevet Mejore Browne, Lieutenant Weare, Ensign Birtwhistle, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 54 rank and file, march from Banagher for Athlone 20th Sept., and will halt on Sunday at Ballinasloe, en route, and will arrive and join head-quarters on the 22d inst., having been relieved by a company of the 75th Regiment, Ath lone.—Captain Kyrle's company, with Lieutenant King, Ensign Boissier, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 58 rank and file, march from Purtumna, 19th Sept., halting at Bal linasloe on Sunday, 21st Sept., en route, and will join head-quaters at Athlone on the 22d, having been relieved by a company of the 75th Regiment. 34th Regiment, Cumberland, Athlone, under orders for Cork.—Officers on leave of absence:—Lieut. - Col onel Geo. Airey, to 10th Oct. ; Major Brown, to 14th Oct. ; Captains Matthews, Lang, Simpson, Schreiber, and Tal bot, to 30th Sept. ; Lieutenants Robertson, Brisbane, Maxwell, and Oxley, to 30th Sept. ; Ensign Sir George Henry Scott Douglass, Bart., to 30th Sept. Recruiting —4 sergeants and 16 rank and fie. Effective strength —43 sergeants, 1 sergeant-major, 17 drummers, and 780 rank and file. The first division marched this day from Athlone to Cork, to embark for Corfu, under the cemmand of Lieut.-Colonel Airey. 35th Depot.—Two companies of the 35th Depot, from Nenagh, under command of Captain Beamish, with Lieut. Baker and Ensigneßussell and Daveney, marched into this garrison yesterday, and this morning left en mote to Kinsale, head-quarters. Captain Beamish's company will be stationed at Bandon. 38th Depot.—Mojor Campbell, Capt-in Smith, and Assistant-Surgeon Browne, 38th Depot, are to join the service companies at Gibraltar. 41st (Welsh Regiment), Royal Barracks, Dublin— Brevet Major Cochrane is going to sell out, and Captain Montizambert is going to exchange into a regiment in India. This officer is on leave of absence. Lieutenants Colonel Browne is commanding. 44th (East Essex), Richmond Barracks, Dublin—The following officers have joined head-quarters from leave of absence :—Captains Browne and Cary. Officers on leave of absence, Captain Gardiner, to the 30th Sept- ; Lieut. Noake, to 30th Sept. ; Ensign Cooper, to 30th Nov. ; and Surgeon Ross, to 24th Nov. Recruiting.-3 ser geants and 6 rank and file. ROYAL MA RlNES.—Second-Lieutenant C. J. Ellis, of the Portsmouth division, embarked on board her Ma jesty's ship President, 10th instant. First-Lieutenant Ramsay, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, i fifer, and 25 privates, embarked from the Chatham division to her Majesty's ship Juno, 12th instant. First-Lieutenant Elliott, 1 corporal, 1 fifer. 22 privates, embarked to her Majesty's ship Victory, and relieved Lieutenant Sawyer and an equal number of N. C. officers and privates, 9th inst. First-Lieutenant Phillips, 1 corporal and 16 privates of the Plymouth division were relieved from her Majesty's ship Caledonia, by Lieutenant Walsh, and equal num bers of rank and file, 9th Sept. instant. Assistant Sur geon Henderson has two months' le-ve of absence from the battalion in Ireland, commencing on the 10th inst. Lieutenant and Adjutant Wade, of the Plymouth division, has three months leave of absence from the 11th instant. Brevet-Major Morrison has his present leave extended for one month for the re-establishment of his health. Lieutenant and Adjutant Travers, of the Chatham divi sion, has one month further leave. Assistant-surgeon Morrison, of the Plymouth division, has leave of ab sence for one month from the 16th instant. Lieutenant- Colonel Stevens has leave for 14 days. Lieut. Parke, of the Artillery Company of the corps, has further leave for one month. First Lieut. Arnold, of the Portsmouth, and First Lieut. *Cullum, of the Chatham division, have been allowed to exchange divisions, 17th instant. Pay sergeant Patrick Smyth, of the Woolwich division, having solicited and obtained his discharge 1173111 the corps, the Board of Admiralty have marked their sense of his exemplary conduct for a period of 22 years, by awarding him a pension of 321. Bs. per annum for life. Lieut. Phillips has three months' leave of absence from the 19th instant. 5 tth Regiment (West Norfolk), Fermoy, are ordered to move into Cork, to embark their service corps for Gibraltar, on board of the Blenheim and General Palmer transports. The depot companies will remain at Fermoy. Major Moore is on leave of absence. Colonel M. Fane is commanding. 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment, Royal Barracks, Dublin—The company from Beggars' B us h B arracks joined head-quarters at the Royal Barracks on the 17th inst. 70th (Surrey) R eg iment, Newry, und er or d ers f or Dublin, and on arrival at head-quarters will occupy barracks in Great Ship-street. Lieut. Oswald Pilling, 1 ensign, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 38 rank and file, occupy the barracks at Athy. Two companies are at Naas, under Brevet Major Paschal. 73d Regiment—Depot, Spike Island, Cove of Cork. Offi.:ers preseth, m a jor Eyre, commanding ; Capt a i ns Frence and Ricard ; Lieuts. Campbell, M urra y (d epot paymaster), and Littlehales ; Ensigns Nash, Hickam, and Ramsay ; Assistant Surgeon Hodgson. Effective strength-1 acting sergeant major, 12 sergeants, 6 drum mers, and 424 rank and file. At Camden Fort, Cove, Lieut. D'Arcy, I sergeant, and 16 rank and file. At Carlisle Fort, a detachment of 1 sergeant, and 16 rank and file. Her Majesty's troop-ship Apollo will sail from Ports mouth to Coik harbour on the 20th Sept., to take on beard the servile companies for conveyance to the Cape of G,-yi Hope. Crif-,(31' ref sent, nc,At Lieutenant- Col. V.lmiermettion commauthug ; Brevet Major Smith, Captains Widdrington, Combe, Browne, and O'Connell ; Lieuts. Wardlaw, Faust, Biase, Wellesley, Nash, Hough ton, and the Hon. W . J. Granville Chetwynd ; Ensigns Hall, Owen, Wocd, Knox, Peto ; Paymaster Court, Lieut. and Adjutant Bicknell, Quartermaster Hickson, and Surgeon :11-13t , an. Effective strength of six com panies and head-quarters, 1 sergeant-major, 23 ser geants, 11 drummers, and 409 rank and file. Recruiting —4 sergeants and 8 rank and file. Colonel Love and Captain Pinkney are on the staff at Carmarthen; Captain Parkinson is on leave till he retires on half-pay. ADMISSION TO NATIONAL BUILDINGS. The Honourable Member for Montrose, Mr. Hume, is adding to the imperishable glory of a well-spent public life by labouring to obtain for the humbler classes of the people of this country free admission to the national monuments of our greatness, our piety, and our homage of the fine arts—to our palaces, our cathedrals, our mu seums, our philosophical and mechanical institutions, and our other repositories of the humanizing creation of heaven-born genius. Few living statesmen have served their country so usefully, so perseveringly, and so dis interestedly as honest Joseph Hume. When he en tered Parliament, upwards of a quarter of a cen tury ago, he found the finances of the country in a state . of the greatest conf us i on — extravagance an d jobbing every department of the Government— the public accounts purposely perplexed by corrupt subordinates, so that Ministers themselves did not un derstand them—and the most reckless disregard of the principles of economy in every office under the Crown. Like almost every great benefactor of his country in the House of Commens, Mr. Hume addressed all the energies of his indomitable mind to the accomplishment of one great purpose. He had resolved to penetrate the mysteries of the State expenditure —to lay bare every avenue to public corruption—and to este - blish the real responsibility of Ministers by placing the nation in a position to judge of their fidelity as stewards of the patronage of the Crown, and the taxes of the people. His first attempts were naturally unpromising. The country could not judge: of the importance of hits labours ; and the courtiers, whom his exposures annoyed, assailed him with gibes, sneers, and menaces. But to threats and entreaties he was equally deaf. Gradually others joined him ; his perseverance wearied out Minis • try after Ministry ; and at last the most important re turns were ordered, to escape from the fatiguing cross questioning of the then lion. Member for Middlesex. Nor ware his labours confined to exposures of the extra vagance of the Government in the House of Commons. To the Ministerial heads of the public departments he privately communicated plans for cutting down the expenditure in their respective offices, and was content to award to them all the merit of originating such of his suggestions as they adopted. This gave him an influ ence with Ministers but little understood out of doors, and the result was the full and complete accomplish meat of a purpose which has saved this country the pro fligate expenditure of millions of public money ; which has placed the whole scheme of our finances within the comprehension of a school-boy ; and which has infused a spirit of honour and of integrity in nearly all our public offices. But finan cial reforms did not satisfy the patriotism of Mr. Hume. He was one of the first to expose, and one of the most active in removing some of the worst abuses of the Irish Church. None toiled harder to procure the passing of the Reform Bill. He assisted in the work of Corporate Reform ; and though he was not in Parliament when Sir Robert Peel's Tariff was introduced, the Premier's Budget had been submitted to him before it was opened in the House of Com mons. Mr. Wyse had his aid in maturing his scheme of National Education. Mr. Wallace had all the benefit of his experience, endeavouring to reform the abuses of the Post-office ; and Mr. Hutt could calculate upon no surer supporter when dwelling I upon the hardship of the Sound and Elbe dues to British shipping. For the last two years he has more especially addressed himself to the business of obtaining for the people free admission to our national monuments, with a view to enlarge their sympathies, purify their tastes, and exalt the standard of their moral feelings ; and, we are delighted to add, with most gratifying suc cess. Principally through the exertions of a society of which he is chairman, and which numbers amongst its members Lord Francis Egerton, Lord Lowther, Lord Worsley, Lord John Manners, Mr. Hutt, and others, ninny of the national edifices hitherto closed against the working classes, by reason of the fees charged for viewing them, are now either wholly or partially open for some days of the week free of any charge whatever. For instance, the British Museum is open free, three days in every week ; the National Gallery is free four days ; St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey (except the chapels) are free every day; the Society of Arts is free five days ; Hampton Court Palace six days ; the Woolwich Model every day ; the Norwich Cathedral an hour daily ; the Bath and Wells Cathedral every day ; the Durham Cathedral (except the chapel of the Nine Altars) every day ; and the whole of the treasures of the Tower of London can now be inspected for one shilling, instead of eight times that sum. Liverpool ad mits its mechanics to its Botanical Garden two days in the week, free of expense ; the Royal Botanical Garden of Edinburgh is open, free to all applicants ; and the Dublin Botanical Garden is accessible to the peasantry, free of charge, two days in every week. Now, it has reached the ears of Mr. Hume, and some other members cf this patriotic s )ciety, that Hull boasts of a Zoologi cal and a Botanical Garden—that our Philosophical Society possesses a Museum—that we have a magni ficent old parish church—that Beverley Minster is a glorious specimen of gothic art ; and they are curious to know to what extent the working classes may participate, without charge, in their humanising influences. Mr. Hume urges that fifteen years' experience has satisfi( d him that the people, when admitted free to cathedrals, museums, and gardens, uniformly conduct themselves with the greatest pro priety ; and that the effect upon them, mentally and morally, is of the most gratifying description. They acquire habits of personal neatness in dress, politer forms of speech and deportment, a greater love of order, and a general desire to extend the boundaries of what ever knowledge they may possess. The more imperfect their own acquirements appear, the more eager are they to obtain a better education for their children. We regard this reasoning as incontrovertible ; and only regret that we are s 3 little in a condition to boast of what Hull has done in the way of throwing open public places for the rational recreation of the working classes. Some answer, however, must be returned on behalf of the proprietors of our Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Shall we say that it is contemplated to throw them open gratuitously for even one day in the week ? Or shall we say, that to all subscribing their names as working men, they are at all times open upon the payment of one penny .? Before returning any answer, we :hall be glad to receive infor mation from the best informed quarters upon these and other questions indicated by the whole tenor of this ar ticle, The subject is an important one, and we shall early return to it.—Hull Advertiser. FEARFULLY VIOLENT DEATH OF A MOTHER AND UNTIMELY BIRTH.—A frightful accident, from the upsetting of a vehicle, occurred on Friday evening last, by which one poor woman lost her life—one had her wrist broken—one had her hip dislocated—a poor girl had her face so disfigured as scarcely to appear human—and indeed the whole of the occupants of the carriage, nine in number, were more or less seriously maimed. The melancholy particulars transpired on the inquest over the body of Annie Wilson, which was held before Mr. Badger, at the house of Mr. Hoyland, of Wood lane, farmer, Stannington, on Monday evening last. De-- , ceased was the wife of Mr.i Wm. Wilson, of Hall-car-place, Sheffield, joiner, and the unfortunate couple had invited a few friends to accompany them to the funeral of one of their children. The time fixed on was Friday evening, at the Unitarian Chapel, Stannington—the Rev. Peter Wright, a Unitarian minister—who keeps a school at Sheffield, not being able to perform the service earlier in the day, at so great a distance from home. After the funeral, the atten dants called at a neighbouring inn, where they baited their horse and partook of same slight refreshment, after which they started for Sheffield, about eight o'clock. Their route lay through Hoyland Wood-lane, a steep, rough, and dangerous road, which, being little frequented, was thickly studded thsoughout with large project ing stones. Dennis Wilson, a brother-in-law of the de ceased, was leading the horse, and nine persons, chiefly women and children were in a light spring cart, in which the corse of the dead child of the Wilsons had been carried to its last resting place. They had scarcely got to the top of this rugged lane when the horse, it is supposed, from having been pinched by the collar, became restive, and tried to run Mr. Dennis Wilson, who was leading him, resolutely kept hold of the bridle as long as he could; but in the strug gle, the bit was pulled out of the horse's mouth, and the bridle over his head. The bluffs, or blinders, being thus re moved from his eyes, the horse darted off at full speed, with his living load behind him, down the steep and fearful decli vity. Mr. Wilson having lost hold of the bridle, seized the bottom of the collar, and was dragged for some 30 or 40 yards and then thrown into the road with great violence. When the horse had proceeded about 100 yards, the carriage upset, dashing its occupants on to the stony road. Mrs. Wilson unfortunately fell under the carriage, and there remained till the male portion of the party were able to remove it, when she was taken up insensible, and conveyed to the nearest house, viz., that of Mr. Hovland, of Stannington-wood-lane. There she remained insensible till Saturday evening, when she died—and when the attendant females were laying out the body, they - discovered that the unhappy woman had given birth to a six months' child, which also lay dead by its mother's corpse. No blame being attached to any parties, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."—Sheflield Iris, Sept. 18. THE APIARY.—By many it is feareil that the present will prove an indifferent honey year, in consequence of the marked absence of heat early in the season, when our floral treasures of every description should be most brimful of saccharine matter. In Borgue, which has been justly called the Hvbla of Scotland, the white clovers suffered so often from blasting rains that they withered early, greatly to the detriment of the industrious insects who feed on their petals. petals. Jn some cases that fell under our own obrrvtiiffiojo the hive inmates perished, either from cold or inaenittwtoen, t hives a combination of both. In a case lately, svher a q uarter were smoked, the produce in both scarcely pint. A correspondent, in speoking of 13 r and until a the results of bee exceedede, says —smoking will be general in a few days, husbandry are thus tested, 1 a cannot even guess at prices. Scanty as the produce was e in 1843-4, I fear it will be still persons maintain that the bees smaller in 1845. gathered more honeySfamm eGth ult. to the Bth inst. than they did during the preceding summer by name, but not to in reality. Wh e n a labourer had three pints of honey to dispose o 1, . r as was dm ie enough the case, he us e d t o for -AO 3., .V—" ma y thank the bees for buying many wee odd - things for the family." Within the last few years, I knewatthae wor ki n g man who made 3 /. by one season's honey, and same time retained a stole for breeding for the following.— Scotch Paper. THE PLYMOUTH FISHERY.—Great quantities of fish have been caught during .the past week, by the trawlers and hooking-boats, and a large quantity of pilchards has been brought into the t own f rom the Cornish coast. On Friday last so numerous were the hakes, that cart-loads of that lash lay on the quay for want of mawns to put them in. We hear that arrangements have already been made, when the railway to this town is completed, to forward this valu able article of food to the manufacturing districts in the course of sixteen or eighteen hours. Fish being so abundant in this town, the hake is comparatively neglected, except by the poorer classes. There is no, doubt that the speculators will meet with a good profit in the transport of the hake and other figh int 9 the districts of the =O.—P/pm:ma Jou rn al, . STAKEHOLDER, &C. Sir,—An appeal having been made to me as referee, through the medium of your paper, by Mr. Spring, to reverse my decision in the late fight between Bendigo and !;aunt, on grounds unworthy of my consideration, I request you will confirm that decision by paying over the stakes to Bendigo, who, in my opinion, is justly en titled to them. It was with the greatest reluctance, and at the particular request of my friends, and the una nimous solicitation of the backers of the men, that I accepted the office ; but I shall always consider it one of the greatest acts of folly I ever was guilty of in my life. In discharging . my duty, I endeavoured to do justice to the contending parties to the best of my abilities and judgment ; and, arriving at the conclusion I did, and now confirm, I was actuated only by a complete conviction of the justice of my decision, and not from the intimidation of the " roughs," as Mr. Spring states in his letter. It would redound more to tho credit of the ox-champion, if be termed my decision an error in judgment, rwher than a direct robbery. Such insinuations against a gentle man who undertakes the office of referee, merely to oblige both parties, and unanimously chosen by them, are not calulated to induce any gentleman in future to accept it ; and, in taking leave of the ring, I should ad vise all my young friends to avoid so thankless and un satisfactory an office. Had I been under the intimi dation of the " roughs," I had several opportunities of putting an end to the fight before the conclusion, by acts on the part of Caunt. A noble lord and several gentlemen who stood close to me during the whole fight can corroborate this state ment. I most positively deny that I stated to any one that a man going down without a blow, after he himself had treacherously delivered blows, was fair. In no one instance, in my judgment, did Bendigo break the laws of fair fighting. I must also contradict, in the most positive manner, that I even stated to any person that 1 did not see the last round, which Mr. Saunders, of St. Martin's lane has advanced. I saw every round distinctly and clearly, and when Caunt came up the last round he had evidently not recovered from the 92d. After the men were in position Bendigo very soon commenced opera tions, and Caunt turned round directly and skulked away with his back to Bendigo, and sat down on his nether end. He never knocked Bendigo down once in the fight, nor ever got him against the ropes in the last round. In my opinion Caunt got away as soon as he could from Bendigo, fell without a blow to avoid being hit out of time, and fairly lost the fight.—l am your obedient servant, THE OLD SQUIRE. Doncaster, Sept. 18, 1845. HYDROPHOBIA. THE LATE DUKE OF RICHMOND. The following particulars ' given by Mr. Tolfrey, in his recent publication, will be read with interest, par ticularly by the (and there are many in Brighton as well as in Sussex) who personally knew the estimable Nobleman to whom the melancholy details refer. It will be necessary to observe that the conversation, with which the account opens, took place at a tent dinner-party in the woods, given on the occasion of lay ing out the site of a new town : " As the Duke was sipping his claret, he observed to Colonel Cockburn, ' I don't know how it is, Cockburn, but I cannot relish my wine to-night as usual, and I feel that if I were a dog, I should be shot for a mad one." " What must have been the feeling that could have dictated such an extraordinary speech ! Was it the re sult of disease ope:ating on the nervous system, and af fecting the mind in connexion with the accident itself ? This is scarcely conceivable ; for, up to the moment of the utterance of this singular expression, the Duke had never alluded in any way whatever to the circumstance of having been biten. The insidious poison lurking in the veins may have given rise to sensations which called forth the observation ; but under any circumstances it must be quoted as a remarkable instance of prediction, if not prescience. To the majority of the party present the words were unheaded, or perhaps looked upon as a quaint and passing observation. Not so, however, with ' Colonel Cockburn and Major Bowles, who viewed the 1 matter in a more serious light ; for as soon as the meet ing broke up and the Duke had retired to his tent, they held a consultation, and communicated their thoughts as well as apprehensions to each other." The disorder unhappily made progress ; and the fatal result is thus described by Mr. Tolfrey:— " Colonel Cockburn and Major Bowles pressed the Duke to partake of some nourishment: but the tea and coffee were untouched, and an impatient gesture of the hand betrayed the sufferings of the object of their soli citude at the sight of liquids. The meal was hurried over with all practicable dispatch, and the Duke con sented to accompany the gentlemen down to the river and embark in the canoe ; and it had been decided upon that Major Bowles was to attend the Duke while Colonel Cockburn rode from the place of einb:.,rkation to the Rapids, there to make arrangements for the Duke's being conveyed down the Ottoway to Lachine, about nine miles from Montreal. Leaning on the arm of his com panion the Duke walked to the river's side, but the moment his Grace saw the water, a spasmodic seizure told the agony he was enduring. lie was turning away from the obnoxious element, when his Grace was en treated to muster resolution and enter the canoe. With a desperate effort he did so. exclaiming, as he rushed into the frail bark, ' Charles Lennox never was afraid of anything.' " Major Bowles quickly followed ; the Canadian boat men shoved off, and the canoe, with its illustrious freight, was soon floating down the current. Its course, how ever, was but of short duration • for a few seconds had scarcely elapsed ere the Duke, in a paroxysm of agony, seized one of the Canadian boatmen by the throat, commanding him with frantic earnestness to row to land. _ - _ " The mandate was of too imperative a nature to ad knit of a ref usal ur e“,,n. delay : iL was oh..yed on the in sta!:`_ ; and the can• - le 1. d s..T:reely grated on 019 Atraed bz‘tore the Duke had leaped upon the bank, and was making for the woods. Col. Cockburn, who had mounted his horse for the purpose of apprising the Batteliers at the station at the head of the Rapids of the Duke's ap- THE GREAT BRITAIN. The experiment of building of iron a ship of 3,500 tons, and of adapting a steam-power of 1,000 horses by an entirely new arrangement of machinery, to propel her by means of that novel instrument which is called a screw (but which our readers will better understand by considering it as approximating in form to a windmill with its arms), the whole involving, as we are informed, an outlay of 160,0001., was so bold and original, that, while we admire the courage that ventured to undertake it, we most heartily congratulate her owners, captain, and constructor, on the complete success which has at tended her voyage. On her rounding-to off the Co burg Dock on Monday morning, we observed that a portion of the screw, probably rather more than one foot in height appeared above the water ; this, we are informed, was occasioned by the great weight of the cargo in the fore hold, which, as the coal became consumed, brought her down by the head, and put her considerably out of trim. To this, and to the bad quality of the American coal supplied to her, may be attributed much of the increased length of her voyage, and both of these causes will, we under stand, be remedied in future by omitting to bring such heavy cargoes, and by providing the coal of this country. On gaining her deck, and conversing with some cf the officers and crew, we were told that in some very heavy head winds and high seas she had encountered, especially on the outward voyage, she had behaved particularly well, rolling rather deep, easily, and without any strain ing or jerking ; scarcely pitching at all, and taking no Water on deck. To our eyes, the deck and rigg ing (except the main-topmast, which had been car ried away in a gale), the airy promenade decks, and the splendid saloon, with its thirty-four Sienna marble columns, appeared just in the same state as when we bid her adieu on her leaving the Mersey. We examined the carpentry work, but could not find any symptom of working ; and, in answer to our inquiries, were assured that the absence of the usual tremulous motion, creaking of bulkheads, or, in fact, any yield ing whatever, excited tha astonishment of several nay.il and other passengers accustomed to these voyages. We next visited the spacious and elegant " engine -room," so unlike similar apartments in any other vessel we have ever seen. The chief engineer appears to bo a very steady, cool, thoughtful man, expressing the most perfect confidence in the accurate working of the massive machinery under his command, which he said had worked the en tire outward voyage to " soundings," without being once stopped, and, after working in a similar manner, without a pause, back to England, required literally no repair. The novel mode of turning the screw shaft with three times the velocity of the engines, by means of four substantial pitched link chains, appears to have been quite successful, as they have not yet lengthened by the wear, and work even more queitly than at first. The " screw" also has stood the voyage well, and looks as it did when we inspected it in the Gravin g Dock. It is said, however, to have scarcely sufficient surface —a defect which will be remedied in the one which is now being constructed for her at Bristol. Mr. Guppy is introducing several improvements, founded on observations made in this and other vessels. In short, the problem of propelling by means of the screw on ocean voyages, may be considered as most satisfactorily decided in the affirmative, and we heartily congratulate the owners of this gigantic ship on the success of their speculation. We understand that a large number of pas ' sengers have already engaged berths, and that on the ad vertised day the Great Britain will leave the Mersey for New York, when we hope again to accompany her to the light ship.—Liverpool Mercury. THE LATE STORM NEAR ROUEN. At the last sitting of the Academy of Sciences, at Paris, a most important communication was made by M. Pouillet on the storm near Rouen, of the 19th ult. Our readers are aware that the owners of the property destroyed on that occasion have brought an action for indemnity against the insurance companies, assigning as the ground of action that the destruction was the result of electricity, and that they are, therefore, in titled to recover. According to the clause in their poli cies which provides compensation by loss from lightning (le feu de ciel), several reports declaring that elec tricity was present in the storm of the 19th, and that the buildings were thrown down not by the mere force of the blast of wind, but really by an elec trical current, and even going so far as to assert that fire was visible, have been received by the Academy. The insurance companies, on their side, have not been idle. They have had recourse to M. Pouillet as one of the most eminent men to whom on such a subject it was possible to apply, and that gentleman, at their request, has instituted an inquiry and made investigations on the spot, the result of which is the communication now made to the Academy. M. Pouillet says it is with great regret he is compelled to declare that electricity had nothing to do with the calamity in question. He states this with an appearance of sincerity that cannot be doubted, and his character stands too high for it to be supposed that as the paid agent of the insurance companies he would I make any but a conscientious report. High as the repu • tation of M. Pouillet stands, however, and great as may be the influence of his opinion when weighed by a tribu nal, as a scientific communication it is only one opinion trg ringt several given by gentlemen . v,ho, although they :we not so eminent iiiscien..:o its M. Pouillet, 111-,(1 the same opportunities us himself of inquiring into facts. It is possible that the tribunal before which the claims of the insurers will be brought, will appoint a scientific commission to report on the subject. it is only, in fact, ~~-~ ,It--.-0-.- - z----. 0 ‹.-- ) ORDNANCE CORPS. Rifle Brigade—Depot. Ist Battalion, Pigeon House Fort, Dublin.—A detachment of 19 rank and file marched from head-crtarters, Pigeon House Fort, to Beggars' Bush Barracks on the 16th September, to join the de tachment under the command of Captain Reynard, re lieving a company of the 67th Regiment. First Lieu. tenant the Hon. Ernest Fitzroy Neville Fane is on leave of absence to Oct. 31. A draft of 1 captain, 1 ser geant, and 30 rank and filo, are ordered to embark for the Mediterranean, there to join their service companies, to be escorted to the port of embarkation by an armed party and supernumerary men. Major Walpole is com manding the depot. THE CROYDON ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. The following is the report of Mr. Samuda, presented to the last meeting of the London and Croydon proprie tors, relative to the progress of the atmospheric system on the line : " I have the honour to report to your board the pro gress of the atmospheric works cn your line. From the Forest hill Station to, Croydon the atmos pheric apparatus is laid, the engine fixed, and experi mental trains have been run. " As far as relates to this portion of the line, it now only remains to complete the station arrangements, get the engines into proper working order, and instruct and practice the telegraph mtn and train conductors in their respective duties, to enable it to ba opened for public traiiie. " The whole number of atmospheric pipes intended for the New Cross line are prepared and ready to be laid, so soon as the road is sufficiently advanced to receive them ; the rest of the atmospheric apparatus belonging to them is on the ground, and this portion can be eom pleted within one month after the road is ready. " Atmospheric tubes and apparatus are in course of preparation for the other portions of the line, so as to enable us to follow up the earthwork and ballasting in alt cases without delay. " The result of the experimental workings has been in every respect successful, and has realised in the fullest degree all that was expected. " A speed of seventy miles per hour has been attained with a train of six carriages ; a speed of thirty miles per hour with a train of sixteen carriages. " Using only one steam-engine over two sections of main (a length of five miles) we have found it practi cable to attain a vacuum of more than twenty-seven inches in the whole length. And we have both ex hausted the main and run trains at a very high speed (upwards of sixty miles an hour) over the five miles with the aid of one engine only. " When exhausting the main with the engines, as in tended in practice,"working vacuums have been attained within the time calculated. " We find the- arrangements well suited for working the intermediate stations traffic. " Some slight delays have arisen from the improve ments in, and novelty of, many of the parts introduced in this the first single line of railway which works both ways on the atmospheric principle, rendering additions and variations necessary, which have only been shown to be advisable in the course of the experiments alluded to, but the whole are now in course of satisfactory com pletion. " J. D'A. SAMUDA." RAILWAY SPECULATION. The following is a further extract from the pamphlet we quoted in our City Article of Friday, entitled " A Short and Sure Guide to Railway Speculation," and it is worth attention from those who are interested in such transactions:— " As regards the purchase of shares in established lines, we have simply to compare the market price of the share with the dividend which it pays ; and the comparison is the more easy, as railway dividends have hitherto been less liable to diminution than those of any other description of Stock. It will be rempm bored that, within no very remote period, the dividend on Bank of England Stock has been reduced from 10 to 8, and from 8 to 7 per cent. ; but upon few, if any, of the great lines of railway have the dividends ever been reduced, except by spreading them over new crea tions of capital ; and as the shares into which this new capital has been divided, have usually been distri buted amongst the Proprietors at par, when they were selling at a considerable premium, the bonus thus given has been more than equivalent to any reduction in the dividend. The calculation, then, is within the capacity of a school-boy. Taking the value of money at four per cent., the shares in a railway that pays six per cent. per annum are worth 1501. each. If bought below these prices, the purchaser is receiving, pro tento, a better rate of interest than four per cent. ; and he will expect this better rate, in propirtion to any doubt he may have with respect to the dividend being main tained. This will apply to purchasing for investment. In purchasing the share of an established line on spe culation the same rule may he adopted. If shares already at a premium are expected to rise, they may be purchased with safety, should the dividend yield three or four per cent. upon the price of the day, in cluding the premium ; as, should the buyer be disap pointed in his expectation of an early advance, he is at least receiving an interest of three or four per cent. on the amount ha has invested, and may, therefore, wait patiently till the rise takes place. With this view, shares of 1001. each, paying. five per cent. dividend, may be worth buying at from 1251. to 1651. a share, and others in the same proportion, provided there is a rea sonable prospect, either of better dividends, or:of any other improvement in the value of the property. The shares of lines which are not paying any dividend, or a very trifling one, may be a good investment in the hands of th ose who are acquainted with the causes of the failure, and know that there is a probability of their being removed : but these remarks are not intended for them ; they are merely addressed to the inexperienced. CHARING-CROSS BRIDGE. On Saturday a long and stormy meeting of the share holders of the above company was held at the office, Hungerford-market, to consider the propriety of leasing to the Central Railway Terminus Company. The meeting was exceedingly crowded. Mr. W. Hawes, Chairman of the Directors, having taken the chair, the report of the Directors was read. It stated that the Deputy-Chairman had, subject to the approval of the board, agreed to lease the bridge to the Central Terminus Company on the following terms — namely, for 186,000 L, being 160,0001. for the bridge, and 26,0001. for the debt of the company, reserving the right of the Market Company, and to each proprietor the right of taking a portion of the shares in the Central Terminus Company. This offer being approved of by the board, it was resolved to submit it to a general meeting of the proprietors. At the previous half-yearly meeting of the shareholders it met with their unanimous sup port. On the 18th instant, a letter was received from a gentleman connected with a company about to be formed offering higher terms for the bridge ; but the Directors, conceiving that .they had already completed, as far as they could, an advantageous treaty with the other Com pany, declined to entertain the proposition until the determination of the Shareholders on the resolution to be submitted that day had be. .n taken, and which the Directors believed would be much to their interest. The Chairman then moved that the offer of the Central Rail. way Terminus Company be accepted ; after which Mr. Stutely, Deputy-Chairman of the Hungerford-market Company, said that the Terminus Company would have a very prejudicial effect upon the market, for they in tended to make a passage from the bridge to the Adel phi, which would seriously injure the market. He also observed that the subsequent offer by the other Company was 20,0001. more than the Central Railway Terminus Company, and would do them no injury whatever. He moved an amendment, that it was inexpedient to accept the offer of the Central Railway Terminus Company, After a lengthened discussion of about three hours, a show of hands was taken, when the majority was found in favour of the original motion. A poll was demanded, proxies being included, when the amendment was de clared carried by a majority of about 80. The meeting then separated. MR. O'CONNELL AT DARRYNANE.—An English gentleman, with whom we have conversed, has given us a very animated account of a day at Darrynane, the great episode of which was a hunt with those celebrated " little beagles," which have so often formed the theme, 'and we be lieve with justice, of the Agitator's praise. Nothing could be more complete than the transformation of the " embodied thunderbolt off Conciliation-hall"—such was thefigure made use of by our English friend—and the merry hunter of the Kerry mountains " inhaling the ocean breeze that comes freighted with health and vigour from the coast of Labra dor." In the evening a large party of Englishmen, Irish men, Frenchmen, and Italians, Tories, Radicals, Conserva tives, and Repeaters, sat down to a board, which, said o ur ceiend, " bore all the characteristics of that of an Irish Prince." "It was," he added, " a real Conciliation-hall, from which all those topics with which this extraordinary man sets the world by the ears were carefully excluded. Every man felt at hone with his neighbour, and, above all, with his host, and when the old retired for the night. with that bland and affectionate expression which he throws into his face at his own fireside, those who would have battled with him foot to foot on the political or religious arena, could not restrain the wish that his lot had been cast in those quiet scenes of domestic life which he seems above all men Irving most suited to adorn." Sixty strangers were entexi - nined and slept at Darrynane Abbey on Wednesday night.—Tralee Chronicle. LOVE AND MESMERISM, HY HORACE SMITH, ESQ., AUTHOR OF 4 . BRAMBLETYE HOUSE," &C.—TO Mr. Smith, for nriu t y a long year, we have been indebted for numerous interesting and valuable works of fr;tion ; and we sincerely hope that he may yet indulge us with many volumes as full of interest, as fell of beauty, as those which are now before us. " Love" is a very charming tale of Venice—of Venice during the first campaign of Bonaparte in Italy, Amelia Lamedano, its heroine, is ono of the loveliest and most grace ful of all Mr. Smith's creations; and her character is very finely contrasted by that of her friend Ippolita, the sister of the hero, Cosmo di Moliniella. The characters are greatly varied, and ably sustained throughout. " Mesmerism" is a ~ Auction of altogether a duferent clws. Bordering on the i .. 0,1-natural, it s exceedingly curious in its c'instructi,n, rxcites an intense and thrilling interest, and, with much of admirable moral, it throws much light upon the obscure and as yet little understood subject of animal magnetism.—Naval and Military Gazette. 4. '3 .!d: , ~~ -- 75 7 ~ x • . "' L -21 v!'t : \- • r emu ..-,f ,xl,l__t_.., FINE ARTS AT EDINBU ROYAL INSTITUTION. We hare much pleasure in calling the attention of our readers to the arrangements which have been made in the Royal Institution building, by which a large, varied, and valuable collection of paintings, marble, and bronzes are now thrown open twice a-week for the gratuitous inspection of the public. It will be remembered that ar rangements were entered into between the Lord Provost and Mr. Sheriff Speirs, and the beard of trustees of the Royal Institution, with the view of having the painting ibequeathed to the university by the late Sir J. Erskine, of Terry, Bart, transferred from the college to the building of the institution, es affording better accommodation fur the display of these.paintings. Accordingly the south octagon of the central suite of rooms has been appropriated to this purpose, where they have been hung with great taste and judgment. In addi tion to the Torry collection, the directors of the Royal Institution have - very handsomely transferred teeiepamt ings to the board of trustees to be exhibited to the public on the same terms. In granting this invaluable boon to the community at large, the Royal Institution have foregone pecuniary emoluments, which in virtue of their lease from the boar.l of trustees they received by the annual exhibition of the Royal Academy, and from the exhibition of their own paintings. Their great ob ject, as well as that of the board of trustees, being to promote a taste for the fine arts, they have handed over their paintings to th e b oar d of trustees, deeming that their exhibition along with the Torry paintings will serve as a stronger inducement to inspection, and conse quently facilitate the attainment of the object which the two societies in common have in view. These paintings, which comprise specimens of the creations of the Caracci, Guido, Vandyke, Rembrandt, and other celebrated painters, are suspended on the walls of the central com partments. In the northern octagon also the fine large paintings of Etty, the property of the Royal Academy, are for the present at least displayed. The room adjacent to the southern octagon has been set apart for private contributions of paintings, and for the marbles, bronzes, tee. For the bet ter display of the latter, an octagonal table has been erected in the centre of the room. When to these col lections is added the much-admired gallery of casts, it must be admitted that within the walls of this elegant building is to be found an exhibition of the most attrac tive description. It is often sail of ti's ceuntry that it provides little or no means of ratio-.al itannement and beneficial recreation for the working cla , ses ; that, in short, the principles of conservation (.nd exclusion are too strictly applied to institutions whip h ought rightly to be open and accessible to all classes, rod in- , re particu larly to that class which, within themsi Ives, have little or no means of cultivating a taste for the sublime and beautiful, although it is admitted on all hands to be a most effectual means of elevating their thoughts and habits. We hail with pleasure the facilities which the Board of Trustees have afforded, and trust that the boon will be eagerly embraced, and that the visitors will show their grateful acknowledgments by in no way abusing the privilege so generously granted to them.—Edinburgh Advertiser. ,- - 15 N A, • ---: ( - •:- . 1 7 : F•; Ck. ~.„? ~ • -.: '..,1 ;'+' / %--. Ow I . " -•;,` , r. 1 .... ' r...t ,: .,.' i', '. 1 '....' , 1":,, , s : 1 ......, _ ~ , ..4 ! •,..1.1--..-..- COURT-MARTIAL AT LEEDS. A General Court-martial, consisting of fifteen mem bers, presided over by General Sir William Warre, K C. 8., has been sitting at Leeds since the Ist instant, by order of the Duke of Wellington, for the trial of Lieutenant W. Augustine Hyder, 10th Royal Hussars, on a charge preferred against him by Colonel Vande leer, the Colonel of that regiment. The Court did not conclude its sittings till Thursday afternoon; but its deci sion will not be publicly known till after the finding shall have have received the Queen's approbation. Mr. Warren was specially retained to conduct the defence, and the charge would appear at first sight to be of a very stale and trivial character, consisting of an alleged attempt by Lieutenant Hyder, when the regiment was stationed at Ballincollig, in Ireland, in October, 1842, to trick his Colonel out of two months' leave of absence, by proposing to a Mr. Oliver that he should lend Lieutenant Hyder a horse, which was to pass off as his own charger before the Colonel, for the period above mentioned, tied then to be returned to Mr. Oliver. The inquiry into this charge, however, soon led to very important disclosures ; and an incident occurred during the trial of a totally unprece dented kind in the annals of courts-martial, or, indeed, of any other court. The prisoner's defence consisted of a point blank denial of the charge, and an assertion that it had been concocted between Mr. Oliver and Colonel Vandeleur,—the roymer from spite, arising out of a quarrel about the raymcnt for a horse sold by him to Lieutenant Hyder, in October, 1842 ; and the latter, in order to shield himself from a serious charge of sys tematic ill-treatment and oppression of Lieutenant Ryder, preferred by that gentleman against Colonel Vandeleur to the Duke of Wellington early in April last. The prisoner succeeded clearly in showing that Colonel Vandeleur did not _prefer the pretest charge till after he had been required to answer that against himself Ey Lieutenant Hyder ; and in order to show the connexion between Colonel Vandeleur and Mr. Oliver is getting up the charge, required the production of a letter written by Colonel Vandeleur to Mr. Oliver, dated the 9th of May last, which it appeared, had elicited Mr. Oliver's letter containing a statement of the charge. An order from the Horse Guards had been obtained for the production of the letter in question, which the witness had accord ingly brought from Ireland to Leeds on the morning of the first day's sitting of the court-martial. During a tem porary adjournment of the court, however, it appeared in evidence, that Col. Vandeleur took Mr. Oliver into 'a room adjoining that in which the Court held its sittings, and he and Mr. Oliver then actually destroyed all the letters which the former had written to Mr. Oliver, in cluding that of the 9th of May. The discovery of this fact, which was elicited during a very severe cross-exa mination of Mr. Oliver, produced a prof •und sensation in the Court, and excited great interact end astonistl ment in military circles. It is supposed thet very serious notice of the transaction will be taken !iy the a.tzhorititis at the Horse Guards, and that a second eeurt-martial may be speedily looked for. Lieutenant Hyder's ac quittal is regarded as a matter of course, and the de struction of the document in question has excited great public indignation at Leeds.— Times. LABOUR IN NEW YORK. (From the New York Tribune, August 29.) ' Although Mr. Samuel Slick told a very good story, and was in other respects a worthy and companionable man, he was not much of a clockmaker. This is a branch of business about which a great deal is said and a very little generally known. The following facts have been furnished us by a Yankee operator from Connecti cut, who is considerable of a clock " case" himself, and is familiar with the budness in all its details. The number of clocks manufactured in this country is very great, and the improvements in the manufacture of the article introduced during the last four years have materially reduced the price as well as the wages of the operatives. Connecticut, we believe, is the only state in which clock " movements" are made. But there arc many shops all over the north where the cases are ma nufactured. There are about 20 of these in this city. The business thus consists of two distinct branches. The case-maker sells his cases to the movement-maker, or buys of him the movements and puts them in himself. Formerly the wheels for brass clocks were cast, then turned and smoothed with great labour. Now the brass comes rolled in plates of the proper thickness for the different wheels and is pressed out—one motion of the prey being sufficient to cut and centre the wheel. This saves much time and money. There are a number of firms in Connecticut that put ready for market 200 clocks a day, and they are sold at 2 dols. to 2 dols. 50c. a piece, according to quality. The cases (which are extensively manufactured here) are sold for 60 to 75 cents. each. Good mahogany and zebra cases, well made and polished, can be bought now for 65 cents.—the fame quality of article as would have cost two dollars three years ago. The wages of w or k_ men in the clock business are poor. An experienced and skilful hand cannot get more than 1 dollar or 1 dollar 25 cents. per day. A great many young men and boys work at the business who receive only from 8 dollars to 9 dollars per month. The movement or running part of clocks can now be bought for less than 1 dol. a piece —three years ago they were worth 2 dols. 50c. We know a gentleman who made a grand speculation in the clock bnsiness as follows : He sold his farm for 3000 dollars and added to ihis sum 3000 dollars in Lash, the whole am+ unt of which he invested in clock movements at 2 dole. 50c. a piece to be delivered as he wishe 1. This w s .ie three years ago ; and clueks being just then rather i dull of sale, be be bought"boldin fgoorn"sf3oreebnettstc apiece.rprices, uet_ r4o l w m h o i v s e m m o en ve ts . ments cost him in cssh 40 cents. mo_s:rehisthiasnthtehewya3wtehree worth to say nothing of the farm. clockmakcrs get rich. formerly ars ap sold ce. at ßu t the f late South, ye ars t hbring ingthe from 25 to . 100 0 r more knowing or less flush, purchase The clocks were Southerners, either more Yankee nation has been for in supplying Great very engaged * "improved patent buss clocks." Great Britain with numbers are also sent to the West India colonies some fetrnieandextteensuively and more to China. Nearly all that are mad e are no w sen t out of the country. There were three months ago probably 3,000 clocks per day sent frotn the state of Connecticut ; but since that time mans of th, manufac turers have run down, owing to their selling t. o much on tick, and the business has somewhat fallen off. TEE LATE Ma. THOMAS DAVIS.—The funeral obsequies of the late Mr. Thomas Osborne Davis, editor of the newspaper, took place at nine o'clock this morning. His remains were followed to their final destination at the cemetery of Mount Jerome, Harold's-cross, by a procession consisting of nearly eighty carriages ; amongst others were conspicuous those of Lord Clencurry, the Lord Mayor, and Mr. O'Connell, M.P., besides a great number of private equi pages. The members of the 'B2 Club attended in full force, their gay and glittering uniforms affording a sad contrast to the mournful spectacle of which they formed a part. Mr. Davis was ono of the original projectors of this club, the nucleus having been formed during the imprisonment of the Repeal conspirators in the summer of 1844. He was also the acknowledged leader of the " Young Ireland" section of the Repeaters ; and while the journal under his control was, by a new and peculiar style of writing, exercising an influence perfectly marvellous upon the minds of a population appa rently half ripe for any adventure, however desperate, it was his good fortune, by a happy art, never to give currency to one expression calculated to wound the feelings or hurt the self-esteem of a political opponent.---Dublin Paper of Thvrsday. • - . e€ ,