The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRULAIL WINDSORC, MONDAY.—To-daC y was the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The auspicious event was celebrated at the Castle. Shortly before seven o'clock the band of the Royal Regiment o f H orse Guards assembled on the South aner ate, bene a th hi s R oya l Hi g h ness ' s apar t men t s , d aseven o'clock precisely commenced a serenade. ZPa hfirst pi ece per f orme d was " The Reveille of ," introducing a chorale. Several selections from the works of Mendelssohn, ri ' i r e tin g e d, by command, by Mr. Tutton, the master of e i n iand, were then play e d, the performance con . m g - w i th " The Coburg March." The serenade occupied an hour. t h e n Royal Hi g h ness th e D uc h ess o f K en t arrived at th e Castle, from Frogmore House, at half-past tight o'clock, to conratulate the Prince on the aus picious occasion. g grio!i!iltoyal Hi g h ness wa lk e d ou t i n th e pleasure of the Castle. , _ l he Earl o f J ersey, M aster o f t h e H orse, arr i ve d . 4 !!.the for enoon, and had an audience of his Royal •tillchness. His Lordship afterwards took his departure. In the afternoon Prince Albert walked in the royal gardens. 4 , A number of the nobility and gentry called during Te day at the C as tl e to pay t h e i r respec t s . A mong r. were th e M arqu i s an d M arc hi oness o f T homon d, rd James O'Bryen the Countess of Norbury and lady Georgiana T o le r , Vi scoun t an d Vi scoun tess i j L 4 .,"'ick, Rev, L or d W r i o th es l e y R usse ll, L or d an d Iladdo, Sir George Hayter, Colonel Sir , Geo rge, Lady, a n d Mi ss C ou p er , Lieut.-Col. Bouverie, t?el and Mrs. Berkeley Drummond, Captain the Hg R.N., Captain Copeland, R.N., Captain R e 4 00. and Mrs. C. Grantham Scott, Captain the on ourable James Murray, Captain C. Seymour, z e Honourable the Dean of Wi n d so r and 7g' .e Honourable Mrs. Hobart, Captain Pitt, irGore, Lady, and Miss Ouseley, Lady Charlotte Gore, Countess Wratislaw, Mr. Osborne Yeats, S 4l ' and Rev. R. B. Stopford, Hon. Mrs. and Miss a Pford, Rev. Isaac Gosset, Rev. William and Mrs. 11 1 4 t111 ,ing, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, Miss FrA and Mi ss Emma Codrington, Sir William zl e tnantle Miss Hervey, Miss Hervey Bathurst, h r • C. Wemyss Lieutenant Hon. S. Jocelyn, Lieu .ant-Colonel Turner, Major and Mrs. Trent, Rev. u- t 11 7; Knyvett, Sir John Kirkland, Sir Joseph atiey, H on. Henry and Mrs. Ashley, Hon. Lady to m & la Marquise d'Harcourt, Mr. and Mrs. liar 9..ersoen; 4 1 . ,, u d rt ' AI iSS Cavendish, Mr. Francis Cavendish, Major General and Lady J. Wemyss, Lady ernor Grant, Captain the Hon. and Lady Mary Hood, the 'of and also the Naval and Military Knights W indso r , /I,er Royal Hi g h ness the Duchess of Kent dined at Castle in the evening. ' band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in at tieecleans :during dinner, and performed the following tir.assian Army, March Zadooski. bY?rture, Oberon i e tl i t ish Homage Waltzes P o l e ,._ e tinn, Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti. ov Favourite Tolbecque. er ture, La Part du Diable ataworth Quadrilles A "t eight o'clock the Eastern Terrace of the Castle T 7 wurninat e d. Th e b a ttl e ments of the Terrace had hcHltilluous row of white lamps defining the outline. ci circular fountains and the vases in the gard . en v ar; ° sed within the Terrace were illuminated with ili t Zated lamps. The flower-beds were ingeniously ly et . — "aated to represent glow-worms, and the shrubs aimenhung with lamps, forming imitations of fruit tiefowers, the whole having a most fanciful and hating e ff ec t . • tt e i words " Prince Albert " were introduced in lo wd taPes, on the flight of steps leading from the en to th e T errace. 13 rt :' Georg e ' s G a t eway was ill um i n at e d with a royal Ill wiek star, supported by the initials " P. A.," Pearl lamps a addition to the illumination of the Castle Ter fit most brilliant display of fireworks took place Bade°lodges f orm i ng th e en t rance t o the Long Walk, follo4" the direction of Mr. R. Fenwick. w s ' exhibition commenced with a royal salute, by :ei, with a display of moonlight fire, succeeded throw,ntautiful change to green, then to crimson, to un elg a very strong reflection on every sur low„,,ing object. A flight of brilliant rockets fol d' With a discharge of sosasonds. T he first fixed piece consisted of a splendid break ded after working several evolutions, di %vitt, itself into three horizontal wheels, finishing 1 . 0 4 a discharge of golden fire, a flight of large ik e ts, several brilliant and tail star shells. thar r an d Roman candle battery was next fired, dis- Th g e ta n g i Try description of coloured . stars. Geri •,„ (:) ," ° wed a chequered piece, with every de lent!. ° I `coloured fire, accompanied by discharges ...?oloured shells and mines, a display of crimson fire, . 4 KI A several raeteor rockets. l arge piece of firework, called the " Turning No ll " With triangle wheels and a royal star, all re -.7'lng at the same time, and exhibiting variegated %l ours. A flight of large rockets, with blue, green, Purple, amber, lilac, and crimson stars. toh - .,!plendid piece of firework of large dimensions, t' i ning every colour known in the pyrotechnic art; discharge of variegated-coloured rockets, it °!lellu ling with a Royal Brunswick star, with the 4tials P. A , accompanied by flights of rockets , candles ' , shells, mines, and coloured fires. d il l ell ten to twelve thousand lamps were employed the illuminations. tie: th e town the day was observed with the usual t il ; n strations of respect ; the bells of the church trkia Joyous peal, and in the evening the royal es tne ,.. .„ Th e ; ~„" itiuminated their houses.. , Pria e s 41 °3'41 Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the llieing; Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken of %Vie the morning, and in the afternoon the Prince Sag e -- ,` B and the Princess Alice were taken a car- Lyt teit ":_ive, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Her thi e . , Highness the Duchess of Kent took an 5 14 - 11 carriage in the afternoon. VA T CTORIA THEATRE. 7.:h e th v letor.ia theatre re .opened last evening, after rer i c3it recess, during which the theatre has been gee'vated and the corps dramatique reinforced. The CoChosen for the opening night were La Catarina, oli e w version of Auber's opera, Les Diarnans de la l'aci e rciz ne, in which Miss Vincent sustained the cha- Th e with great spirit, and was much applauded. 18. 1) ; ° Peretta o f N o lin which Mr. Binge, from Drury tew' Ll 1 . 1 , 1 . . 1 ade his first bow to a Victoria audience, and a uutlesque f rom the pen of Laman Blanchard, ita tled th jack an d th e B ean Stalk, with Miss Vincent th o ;: e irenowned Jack. This burlesque is one of ti e ; Parlous bits of fun for the production of which 8 0 - r e „"ard is so celebrated. It is a regular the 4, - ,. 4111 er," and, however much gentlemen who do -s i,litnate drama may be inclined to sneer at those ‘11, 0 , e 7 1 y make people laugh, yet it is these last, after n 't win, and they may reply to the sneerers in tail t "s of Lulli to M. de Louvois, in answer to a t C• reProach " You would be but too happy to i ee ;e s ame if you could." The getting up of all the bey," was admirable, and if he goes on as he has we doubt not but that Mr. Osbaldiston will a Prosperous season. The house was crowded. lOw - Ay „INDIAN — ENCAMPMENT, 1 4 ,7 1 113'S CRICKET-GROUND. *,xhif ) s i t rlay the loway Indians, who have been rice.Al l ,a for some weeks past at the Egyptian Hall, the _ , encamped at Lord's Cricket-ground, for .:th e P : 1 ; 1 " a exhibiting their sports in the open air. 1 i i.,„,-rrived in the ground at two o'clock, when t he . fe. s ol s Pitched the wigwams after the native Indian dr o 1 and lit a fi re i n th e c entre of each. A caul the - g Co ntaining their food was then suspended over heiZ" in one of the wigwams for the purpose of ip th e"ked, and the Indians ascended a stage erected 9e grbunds, and performed several of their national ees to native mus i c . The cauldron was subse 41cintlY brought on the stage with much ceremony , it s t ile Medicine -man, having poured a portion of tae,"ntents on the ground (after the classical sea r of making a libation), the Indians With" themselves around the cauldron, and eatr ln uell ceremony partook of its contents. Mr. se re ' W ho was in attendance, explained that this s erved Y Was a religious one, which always was ob -rhev ,rY eathe Indians in making a fresh encampment. Itod'" performed the Eagle dance, the most ani tree Part o f the war dance. T arge t s we re then arch ed la the ground, and they exhibited feats of f or f el. . lr ) Using, ho wever , li g ht and embarbed arrows c ool ea r nacident s . Aft e r the archery the ball play Th e . " en ecd• This was a most lively, amusing scene. Rill ball, 'which res em bl es an ordinary tennis-ball, is th e e b k, by India n rac k ets, an d as the loways struck tasted and ran aft er it over the grounds, the ani ttast7,aPPearance of these Sons of the Forests con sole e t' strangeily with their ordinary grave and te se ta ,, -4 1, demeanour. The ga me itself bears a strong La anee to the Irish game of hurling. At °clock the Indians left the ground for the to t,l ) e ti all Hall. These sports are, we understand, *tit j r n e , l l3e , ated every day this week. This is the , anda "Lan encampment ever formed in England, Tree,„„ as an exemplification of the manners of the lasen, with whom the works of Cooper have made ti los ? laminar, the exhibition is certainly one of the interesting in London. The company was te st ;ails a d nd fashionable, and seemed much in' ea and elighted. greatly regret to hear that there is no probabi- Yea r — ,the usual annual furloughs being granted this that The army is s o wea k, an d i ts d u ti es so numerous, 4titteall are required to b e p resen t. B u t the disturbed fitm e °f our relati ons w ith F rance , an d th e s till dubious l oq ,or Ireland, are said to be the chief causes that fur- Pis are not t o b e grante d t hi s w i nter .—N ava l and uttary Gazette. THE LEVANT MAIL. From Beyrout our advices are of the 3d inst. Essad Pacha returned there on the 2d, after completing the disarmament of the population of Tripoli, and re establishing order and tranquillity in that town. Twelve of` the most influential inhabitants had been arrested by his orders and sent to prison. The moun taineers of Beisciarre, who had assumed a hostile at titude, had returned to their duty, the Pacha having thought proper to suspend the collection of the miri until their claims should be examined. The Ottoman fleet, with the exception of two ships of the line sta tioned at Tripoli, was still lying at anchor in the roads of Beyrout on the 25th ult. The British fri gate Tyne sailed from Beyrout for Alexandria on the 31st. _ _ Our private correspondence from Alexandria on the 7th inst. announces that Mehemet Ali, after having received a visit from his son, Said Pacha, who followed him from Alexandria to Cairo, had consented to receive Ibrahim Pacha, and had subsequently con sented to resume the administration of affairs and to return to Alexandria, whence a steam-boat had been dispatched on the 7th inst., which was to meet his Highness at Atfe. Much apprehension was felt at Alexandria that the inundation of the Nile during this year would not be sufficient to produce good crops. No case of plague had been reported for some days. The Geyser was waiting at Alexandria to con vey Lord Ellenborough to Marseilles. His Lordship was expected to arrive at Alexandria in a few days. Our letters from Jerusalem of the 18th ult. state, that a very considerable sensation still existed there amongst the French and other Christian population, on account of the murder of the French Consul's ser vant (mentioned in one of our former letters). It was even said that the Consul was so alarmed at the ap pearance of affairs, that he would write to his Go vernment to supply him with means of protection for the French now in his neighbourhood. Our letters from Constantinople of the 7th instant state, that the intelligence from Alexandria had pro duced a lively sensation in the Turkish capital. The Ministers immediately met in council, at the country seat of the Grand Vizier, and the result of their deli beration was, that Masloum Bey, the Minister of Justice and Chargé d'Affaires of Mehemet Ali, should repair forthwith to Alexandria to inquire into the real situation of affairs. Maslouna Bey accordingly em barked on the 7th in the French steamer to fulfil that important mission. The last packet from Salonica conveyed to Constantinople 227 other Albanian pri soners, among whom were several chiefs, who were thrown into prison to await their trial before the Su perior Council of Justice. The Russian steamer Polar Star had arrived with the family of M. Cata cazy, former resident Minister of Russia at Athens, where he had resided for some time. A libel on the Minister of Finance having been received by the last Levant packet, and profusely circulated in Constan tinople, Baron de Bourqueney had given permission to the Ottoman police to examine all the brochures arriving by the French mail, and to seize such as it might disapprove, of a political character. Our naval intelligence from Malta is to the 15th inst. Beyond the arrival of the two Dutch frigates, the Rhin, having on board his Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands, and the Jason, both from Tunis, there is, however, little to communicate. They are both performing quarantine. Her Majesty's steamer Acheron returned to port on the 13th inst., from Toulon, where she had been obliged to put in, in consequence of the violent gale of wind she encountered. She was ten hours under full steam from this port to Toulon. The sea broke over her in a fearful manner; at one time she had six inches of water on her decks. She got under the lee of the islands of Hyeres, for shelter from the fury of the gale. The Acheron was the bearer of the news received at Malta on the 4th, from Alexandria. No communication whatever was allowed with the shore. The quarantine flag was hoisted on her arrival, and the Captain, with Mr. and Mrs. Carter Smith, landed with the dispatches. After waiting an hour at Tou lon, the Acheron returned to Malta. On leaving she took no mail, and several letters sent by her in the hope of being landed, were brought back to the senders on the return of the steamer to this port. The Oriental arrived this morning, and will leave port to-night, for Alexandria. The Sydenham had been sent from Barcelona to Marseilles, with dispatches by a Queen's messenger. The Tyne and Belyidera had arrived off Alexandria, from Beyrout, but having exchanged signals with the Geyser, put back again for the port they had left. The Polyphemus leaves to-day fur the lonian Islands and Greece, with mails; and the Acheron for Gibraltar, with the intermediate London mail. The Orestes was at Argostoli, and about to pro ceed to Samos ; the Medea at Corfu, Snake and Virago at Athens, and the Beacon at Poros. The news of the bombarding of Tangiers reached Malta on the morning of the 15th. The following is the disposition of the fleet on the Mediterranean station : Malta Harbour—Ceylon, G, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Lieut. R. Curtis ; steamer Locust, Lieut. Commander J. Lunn ; Alecto, Lieut. W. Hoseason. On Surveying Duty—Beacon, Commander Graves. Gibraltar—Caledonia, 120, Captain A. D. Milne ; Albion, 90, Captain Lockyer, C.B. ; Formidable, 84, Captain G. F. Rich ; Warspite, SO, Captain P. W. P. Wallis; Scout, 18, Hon. J. R. Drummond; Hecla, Commander John Duffil; Vesuvius, Commander Ommanney; Sydenham, Lieut. Commander Mapleton. Pirxus.—Savage, Lieut. Bowker ; Virago, Com mander G. G. Otway. Coast of Syria.—Tyne, 26, Captain W. N. Glas cock ; Belvidera, Captain Hon. G. Gray. Chalcis.—Snake, 16, Hon. H. B. Devereux. Alexandria.—Geyser, Commander Carpenter. Corfu.—Orestes, Commander Cannon; Medea, Corn mander Warden. Constantinople.—Devastation, Commander Kitchen. PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES. We have been informed, and are most gratified at learning, that measures of military precaution of the usual kind in fortified towns have lately been adopted in this invaluable fortress. To whatever intone: nience such a measure may subject the inhabitants of this island, it is, nevertheless, called for by circum stances. There cannot be a shadow of doubt that, whenever France considers hostilities about to take place with England, she will attempt a coup de main on Malta. It is not for us to point out the most vul nerable point in either harbour, nor the means of pre venting a furtive nocturnal entrance of the one part or the other, and of securing the entrance into Val letta, in case of an attempt of the troops located in the other cities and suburbs. These are matters we are not bound to deal with, and which, no doubt, those who have the responsibility of keeping pos session of the place have already calculated in all their details. It is sufficient for us to re- peat—we will do so a thousand times if necessary that France has commenced naval and military operations, incompatible, if carried out, with the in terests of England ;—that a similar course, simul taneously pursued by Spain, and some of the northern Powers, the former confessedly under French in fluence, is of a nature to show a common intention of throwing down a formidable barrier to French ambi tion to the westward. In Tunis we have a British Consul insulted—the Bey intimidated—a Maltese party conciliated—with a contemporaneous 'stirring up of parties within the Island of Malta. In Egypt we have the opening act of a new French intrigue. We havealso a pamphlet which, boyish as it is, and however covered up with hypotheses, is evidently in tended to heighten the moral influence of France, and to weaken that of England, with Powers subject to the maritime superiority of either Power, and to in timidate those in the united kingdom who are engaged in the pursuits of maritime commerce. Whether these demonstrations will be acted upon now, or, being found too premature, will be desisted from till a future period, we neither know nor care. This we know, that whenever they may be persisted in England has the power, and her Administration will, no doubt, have the firmness, successfully to re sist them. To talk of British commerce on the sea being a vulnerable point now that steam-vessels are in use is ridiculous. Was it a serious vulnerable point in the last war, when protected by sailing vessels? Certainly not. But a steamer will protect a merchant fleet better than half a dozen sail ing vessels. Neither can France place on the water an equal number of steam-vessels with England fully manned ; but she would have to combat against Bri tish sailors, with sea-sick soldiers ; nor can she dis perse her guerilla steamers over the ocean, unless accompanied by transports loaded with combustible matter, whereby to produce the steam they move by. Be all this, however, as it may, the Island of Malta ought in the meantime to be most diligently watched against surprise ; and when our neighbours shall attempt to scour the ocean without coals, to put in practice the schoolboy exercises of fighting, running away, joining, and disuniting forces, they will soon find that there is nothing new in this ; on the con trary, it is as old as the first details of the history of play-grounds and warfare. But single-handed fight ing is nothing when powder and fire-arms are the means of offence. No man can carry his own depOt with him, nor can any depot be safe without a n as sembled force ; and, in this respect a steam-vessel may, by analogy, be compared to an individual, since she cannot carry with her a supply, for any length of time, of what she is most in want of in order to in sure her efficiency.—Malta Mail. ,e- TRIPOLI, JULY 22. The British Consul-General, ten days ago, dis patched a courier to Malta. However, no letters were permitted to be sent by that conveyance. The affairs in the mountains have been settled without bloodshed : a demonstration was sufficient to keep that people in order. The difference had been settled by the old Barachala, colonel of the irregular cavalry, and attached to the present Government, like to the ~: THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST '2 7 , 1844. Caramanlies in times past. If the rule of the present Pacha is hard and oppressive, on the other hand it cannot he denied that he had established a perfect tranquillity and safety throughout the Regency. The roads are now cleared of the robbers and highwaymen. Communications by land with Marzuck, Gadanes, and Bengazy are regular, and every week a courier departs on dromedaries. The spirit of independence and rebellion is suppressed, and the troublesome Arabs are forced to keep peace. The skill of the Pacha in all the branches of the administration is very remarkable ; he is a particular ruler, and keeps the finances in admirable order. The fear of his sagacity is so great, that none of the employe attempt to defraud public money. In fine, the Pacha has established a firm Government, that is unpleasant for swindlers and for riotous people accustomed to per petual rebellion. To organise a regular administration in this lawless country is very difficult, and impossible to be done without force. Single individuals may suffer, but the whole benefit from it. The Smyrna papers praise the Pacha, and we praise him too, if imposi tions, taxes, and duties 'would be more moderate, and taken in proportion to the annual production, and not according to the currency in circulation. The French Chancellor Ledeaux left on the 20th instant for Tunis. The news from the interior is important. The re maining son of Abd-el-Gelil, who fled to Toba, a town in the interior, half•way from Marzuk to Bernan, had a struggle with the people of the large country called Wadey, on the occasion of the spoliation of a kalifa or caravan ; in consequence a battle was fought, and the son of Abd-el-Gelil was killed. Rumour is also in circulation that his relation, the last of the great Saf fanasser, had been likewise killed in this battle ; how ever, the Arabs are incredulous as to the particulars of Saffanasser's death, looking upon this as an inven• tion of the Government. Surely the death of both must be agreeable to the Turkish rulers, and is neces sary to give greater quiet to the country. The French have taken possession of Tuggurt, and have sent a message to the large country called Sauf, at present an independent place, to submit or to suffer the fate of those who rebel against French rule. The people of Sauf, who have 10,000 men fit for war, are little disposed to submit, and have written to the Pacha of Tripoli, claiming his protection, and offering to take the Sultan for Sovereign. The Pacha has answered that he is willing to send the Turkish Government and Administration to Sauf, de claring this country to be a dependency upon Tripoli. This proposition is much more than the people of Sauf wish for. This fact is of high importance, the boun daries of the French conquest now touch upon the Turkish empire, and quarrels will not fail to happen, like those with Morocco, and provoke new conquests based on the right of strength. DUCHIES OF CORNWALL AND LANCASTER. The two following tables show the gross and net re venues and expenditure of the two Duchies: — DUCHY OF CORNWALL. An Account of the Gross and Net Revenue of the Duchy of Cornwall, from the Ist of January, 1843, to the 31st of December, 1843, showing the amount of re venue which became due, the moneys received and paid within the time, and the arrears and balances at the end of the preceding and current year. INCOME. Rents and arrears of rent received from £ the Ist of January, 1843, to the 31st of December, 1843 Fines on new grants of leases Dividends of stock, being the produce of the sale of lands under the land•tax Redemption Acts, sales, grants in fee, and enfranchisoments of copyholds under Acts of Parliament Compensation in lieu of the tin coinage duties Produce of Royalties of the coal mines in the county of Somerset Produce of Royalties and reservation of dues of mines in Cornwall and Devon 2,842 1 104 Stannary Court fees, and all other casual revenue • g D wi P ll R be E re S ad E with NTA interestST STATE O the FMOROCCO. PA Th S e T follo A w N in pre sent juncture : The empire of Morocco, vernacularly Mogh'rib-al-azza, the farthest west, is a remnant of tote great African monarchies formed by the Saracens in Mauritania ; and it was the dynasty of the Edri sites, whose capital. was Fez. It was dubbed empire from %being formed by the union of several small kingdoms, or rather large provinces, perpetually at variance among themselves, till at length they were subdued and united under one sovereign by the Sche riffs. At first it was recognised to consist of the kingdoms of Fez, Morocco, Suez, Tafilet, Tarudant, Mesquinez, Sugulmessa, and Tremezen ; but they have all latterly merged into those of Morocco and Fez. Anarchy and intense discords have reduced their boundaries ; but the empire is still possessed of A surface at least equal to that of Spain ; and the pre sent ruler is of a family which has, dispite of nume ous revolutions, maintained itself in the musnud for about three hundred years. The empire of Morocco is on the extreme west of North Africa, bounded on that side by the Atlantic Ocean ; on the east by the river Mubria, which parts it from Algiers; on the north by the Mediterranean Sea; and on the south by the river Sus, beyond which is the Sahara, or Great Desert. This extensive space is finally diversified with hills and valleys, a great part of which has never yet been visited by Europeans, and there are various rivers flowing from he great Atlas range of mountains, which traverses the empire in its greatest length, at some distance from its southern and eastern boundary, and attains the height of nearly 12,000 feet. These rivers dis enabogue into the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic .)cean, the large ones forming bar harbours, which, though now so neglected as to admit of small vessels ,nly entering them, might readily be converted to good stations for steamers. A ramification of the great mountain range turns to the north, and is there known as the Lesser Atlas, of which Mount Abyla, or Ape's Hill, opposite Gibraltar, may be deemed the northern scarp. The country generally rises from the sea shore, which in many places is rocky and in accessible, and extends in wide plains ascending like terraces one above the other, the eastern being always some hundred feet higher than that immediately west )f it, until at the range of the Lesser Atlas they pro bably attain an elevation of 4,000 feet. Morocco is necssarily warm, but not so much so as might be expected from its geographical situation ; the interior is cooled by the mountain winds, and the margin experiences the alternations of land and sea breezes, while the climate is at once mild and salu brious. The seasons are divided into the dry and the wet, the latter generally being from November till Alarch. The soil, where cultivated, is in the highest legree fertile ; but there are everywhere large tracts entirely uncultivated. Corn, dhurra, fruits, rice, maize, and pulse, are extensively reared in most of the ~lain districts ; and there are raised and collected, oil, cotton, tobacco, indigo, sesamum, gum, honey, wax, salt, saltpetre, hemp, saffron, and madder-roots ; they have also tnanufactories of linen, scull caps, norocco leather, barracans, shawls, carpets, soap, and hides. The declivities of the mountains are sprinkled with forests, in which the cedar, cork, ilex, carubba, walnut, accacia, and olive trees are prominent ; and though iron, copper, lead, and antimony, as well as ;old and silver, have been produced to a certain ,ixtent, the mineral wealth of these mountains may be said to be as yet unknown. It is truly a luxuriant yet indigent country, favoured by nature, but ne glected by man. With soil and climate so excellent, if cultivated with tolerable skill and industry, Morocco would yield in quantities the products of most other parts of the globe : but this cannot be hoped for in a country groaning under the galling yoke of oppression. Still their agriculture, it seems, is equal to the wants of the people, these wants being most blindly curbed down to mere animal desires. The great dogma of the politico-economical school, that " cheap corn is a blessing," meets its full refutation in this country ; where the cheaper the corn the more are the people proportionably poor and wretched. Domestic inimals are numerous, amongst the foremost of which must be named their horses, since they have ever been famed for rearing those animals, which, though inferior in size, have for ages excelled in elegance of symmetry, fleetness, hardihood, and peculiar locility. The sheep, which are considered as indige nous, produce a wool of eminent staple and softness ; and the oxen, cows, asses, mules, camels, and goats, are esteemed in their several kinds. Poultry, pigeons, partridges, and indeed game of all kinds, ire everywhere plentiful ; and the coasts have many varieties of fish. The woody and uncultivated tracts abound with deer, antelopes, and wild boars; and the southern district with bears, panthers, hyaenas, lions, wolves, monkeys, snakes, cranes, and ostriches. As ;night be expected in such a climate, they are abun lantly provided with musquitoes, and all " the light inilitia, of the lower sky.' But the most dreaded of all animated evils is a visit from the locusts, which takes place ever and anon to the waste of whole pro vinces. The creatures are considered to come from the Great Desert, where their myriads are mar shalled, and start on their northern incursions in a dense body, devastating as they go, for after devour ing all other vegetation, they even tack the trees, and ;trip them of their leaves and bark. In retaliation, they are brought to the markets pickled, and eaten by the Moors. There are many difficulties, and some almost insu perable, in the way of the inquirer into Moroquin statistics. From all we could gather a few years ago, the population of the whole empire might amount to about 7,ooo,ooo—plus or minus—it having under rile a serious diminution in the course of the pre ceding century. Of the number above stated, about half consists of Moors and Arabs; one-quarter con sists of the Berbers or aboriginal inhabitants ; with nearly half a million of Jews ; and the remainder will be found negroes, with a very few Christians, and still fewer renegadoes, which last are deemed " pariahs" by all, only intermarrying among each other. The Moors are the principal inhabitants of the towns, where they fill the higher offices of Govern ment, and form the military class ; hereditary dis tinctions, however, are unknown among them • by birth they are all equal ; and they admit no diffe rence of rank, except such as is derived from official employments, on the resignation of which the occu pant mixes again with the common citizens. They are the only nation of Morocco with which the Euro peans have had an immediate intercourse. Their lan guage is the Moghreb, a dialect of the Arabic, inter mixed with many Amazirk (the original tongue) and Spanish words. They , are tall, handsome, and of every shade of complexion. The Arabs are the next important branch of the Moroquin population, although evidently not an indigenous portion. Their language is a tolerably pure Arabic, and they are supposed to be the de scendants of those who fled from Yemen, when the Mahometan tenets were first promulgated. They are widely dispersed over the plain, where they still adhere to their no-made wanderings and pastoral avocations, and are at once active and intelligent. They live in dusky encampments called douars, each consisting of numerous tents, and having large flocks and herds, from which, with a slight attention to agriculture, they entirely subsist themselves with food, home-made raiment, and surplus for markets ; but they are expected to pay the garahm, or pro perty tribute, and are obliged to provide passing troops with corn, butter, honey, and meat. The Berbers, Berebbers, or Brebes, are known as the Amazirghif, who, if not the aborignals, are the most ancient inhabitants of North Africa. They are divided into two great families—the Ereefins, or dwellers on the Ereefe mountain range, and the Schelluhs, who occupy the branches of the Greater Atlas—the first being herdsmen and hunters, the latter working principally in agriculture and handi craft—while both classes are temperate, agile, war like, and hardy. Armed with a long gun, sword, and dagger, in the use of which they are very expert, the Ereefin is an object of alarm to the enemy. The Berbers only intermarry with each other, and are somewhat irregular Mahometans, as they eat wild boar's flesh, and drink wine of their own making. The Jews are a mystery, both here and throughout Barbary, being very numerous, and intermixed among all the people whom we have spoken of. Their condi tion is best among the Ereefins, but among the Schelluhs and Moors they are exposed to the most ignominious treatment. Yet, under all their oppres sion, the Jews contrive to have substantial advan tages over the Moors ; better understanding the na ture of trade, especially that carried on by the incom petent medium of exchange of commodities, they are the active agents and brokers in all large bargains. The negroes are the last in number of the people of Morocco, yet constitute an important branch of its population. They are usually imported as slaves, though, on good behaviour, frequently obtain their liberty ; and the kind liberality with which they arc generally treated ensures the propriety of their con duct. From among them is formed the body-guard of the Emperor—a force once very formidable, but, at present, not above 5,000 or 6,000 strong. The Government is absolutely more arbitrary than the Turkish ; and that their Emperor, or rather Sul tan, is the most despotic of all despots, uniting in his own hands the various ramifications of power, without the shackles of council, divan, or laws. His authority extends not only over the lives and proper of his subjects, but their consciences too, of which ty , as the representative of Mahomet, he is the spiritual guide. He is the farmer, judge, interpreter, and, when he pleases, sole executor of his own decrees; and the duties, coins, weight, and measures, are consequently as variable as his own opinions. The capricious ty ranny of the monarch is as inconceivable as the abject passiveness of the subject, who, with arras in his hands and means at command, thinks of nothing but unconditional submission. Thus a bad Government, and a worse religion, have corrupted sentiments and enslaved the understanding:, as well as the persons and consciences, of the people. But the Moors have no notion of sovereignty without despo tism ; and to the inherent quality of this tyranny in repressing improvement, the low state of Moroquin knowledge may be ascribed. Education, therefore, is in a dreadful lethargy, for, as Monsieur St. Olan remarked :—" The Moors of Morocco are not much addicted to reading." Yet it is scarcely five cen turies ago since the intellectual light of those regions beamed in Spain ! With such motley and contradictory elements, it is difficult to predict the consequence of an invasion of Morocco on a complete scale, or what would be the nature and amount of its army on a crisis. In this manner he might raise from 150,000 to 200,000 men of sorts with barely any distinction of uniform, and variously armed, but all capable of enduring hunger, thirst, and fatigue, with the utmost patience. Indeed, men imbued with the principle that though it is necessary to do their duty, yet it is not necessary to live, are not readily put down ; and opium and predestination, as Prince Eugene observed, will make any man brave. Averse to the sea, though dreaded as rovers, they never were good sailors, but on land seem ever ready for action : and with them a stranger and an enemy are synonymous terms. Their general plan of attack is that of riding up till within a couple of hundred yards of the enemy, when they level muskets, fire, wheel round their horses, and gallop away at full speed ; after which, when beyond shot-range, they re-load and return to the charge with loud yells. If the enemy gives way, or exhibits signs of fear, they venture to push for wards; but if attacked, man to man, with the sabre, we may safely consider their resistance as likely to be very short, since they are obliged to hold both bridle and gun in one hand if they use the sword with the other. The latter they avoid to the last moment, preferring to rely on the swiftness of the attack and retreat, and on a dexterous use of the musket. We are here speaking of the Moors; but the Berber tac tics are, after the first fire, to rush in pell-mell among the enemy, with bayonets fixed to their long guns, which they manage with impetuosity and bravery, placing their dependence rather on steel than powder. But should a powerful enemy succeed in occupy ing the plains of the country, with their towns and, cities, it is still very far from completing the con quest of Morocco ; and even to maintain such occu pation, it would require that the conquerors should be absolute in the maritime supremacy of the Mediterra nean. Under this military cantonment, the fastnesses and elevated table-lands of the extensive Atlas range must remain independent sine die; for they teem with an unsubdued race, in command of difficult passes untraversed as yet but by themselves, and where even the footsteps of the stranger would be instantly traced by their keenness and sagacity. Full of fire, strength, and courage, they are suspi cious, cruel, and implacable ; and not at all remarkable for sparing those who fall into their clutches. They already view in Abd-el-Kader—who is descended from one of the most ancient of the Arabian families—the gallant defender of their faith, and the heroic chief of the Holy war, in which light the present contest with the French is univer sally regarded. A cry against them has broken forth throughout North Africa, and given birth to a feeling wilich will interfere with colonisation. Fanatically attached to the rights of their soil, their religion, and their race, the Amazirghis—whose very name signi fies noble and free—live in a state of almost indepen dance, under the administration of their Omzargh, Amzgar, and Amueran, elders and lords who are here ditary, and ever ready to lead. Their scheiks are also active and intelligent in warlike affairs, as, in deed, they are expected to be : " The want oicourage in a chief;" saith one of the proverbs, " is the standard of revolt." They are at once very inclined and well calculated for hostilities, as the rulers of Morocco have frequently found ; for the mutual jealousies of the mountain chiefs seem to be the only causes which preserve to those rulers the shadow of authority over the tribes. The population of the Morocco empire is variously represented. Jackson professes to have had access to the Imperial Registers, and gives the following as the result :—City of Morocco, 270,000 ; city of Fez, 280,000; city of Mequinez, 110,000 ; other cities, 135,000; provinces, 13,991,000. Total, 14,886,000. There is evident great exaggeration in this statement. More recent travellers have set down the population of the city of Morocco ms 30,000, and the other towns in proportion. Another writer is of opinion that the entire population is not beyond 5,000,000. Perhaps 6,000,000 is nearer the truth. The plain between the Atlas mountains and the sea is between four and five hundred miles in length ; and the highest peak of the chain is 13,050 feet. In 1547, an Arabian chief, of the race of the Schireffes, ascended the throne, and his posterity still rules. THE GORGON STEAM-FRIGATE. Extract of a letter from her Majesty's steam-ship Gorgon, dated Monte Video, May 16 : " The Gorgon is what we call in nautical phrase high and dry' on the beach, but as sound as ever. In a very heavy gale of wind on Friday, 10th May, two of our chain cables broke, and we let go the third cable, and tried to steam out to sea; but failing in that, and being without anchors of sufficient size re maining to hold the ship, we were driven up on the sandy beach in this bay, about two miles from Monte Video, and there we stick fast. The ship is 204 feet long, and draws 17 feet of water ; she is eight feet deep in the sand, and is raised up eight feet above her usual line of floatation. We are busy in taking everything out of her, engines, boilers, &c., which will occupy two months at least, and then we shall heave her off. The French, American, and Brazi lian ships of war have offered their assistance, and the beach we are upon is in possession of the party who are at war with the Monte Videans, and they have offered us several thousands of their soldiers if necessary ; so I think there is no doubt about our get ting off again. We think to be afloat in a month, and it will then take us two months to get all her stores in again, so should we return to England with the utmost dispatch, we could not arrive there for six months from this time ; in this case we should sail home, but if we wait to put our engines together again, we could not possibly get to England for some months longer. The ship is uninjured. The con tending parties in this wretched country vie with each other in showing us every attention ; an officer of the outside party lives on board to attend to our wants, and provide us with everything the country affords, and we are more comfortable than we have ever been before. This day week we were expecting to go to the coast of Africa, but fortunately that cannot now happen. We are very well off as to our living and comforts in general ; we have a good supply of beef, mutton, poultry, and vegetables on reasonable terms, also milk and butter; and we always bake our own bread. The weather is getting cold also, but clear end dry; we have just put on our winter clothing ; the air of this country you know is remarkable for its freshness and purity, and we are all so delighted with the health and plenty which we enjoy, that we do not wish to get afloat again for a month or two at least. Many 4 our men had not been on terra firma since they left England, and they pretend to fear they will be sea-sick when we get afloat again. The war of extermination still rages with brutal ferocity ; the beach and country are strewed with the uninterred bones of its wretched victims. These cold-blooded and barbarous scenes have sickened me of, at least, this kind of prolonged and revengeful war which we may call the Indian system of war. In Europe, where fleets and armies are so expensive, the contend ing parties seek each other, a battle is fought and peace restored; but here a large portion of the popu lation live by war; they avoid general combats, they plot schemes of revenge with Indian patience and cunning, and exult over their fallen foes in a manner shockingly revolting to the feelings of those who have been accustomed to civilised life. The Indian females fight on horseback alongside their husbands, and throw the lance with great accuracy. Even hospitals are not respected ; lately an hospital was surrounded, and the doctor and all the patients put to death. After the ship is off the beach we shall have to drag her over the ground in seven or eight feet water for nearly a mile before she will float, which will occupy several days. The tides are influenced with the vginhd t , and they rise when it blows from the S.W. (whic did when we went on shore), and the people all say here, that it had not been so high for twenty-eight al during houses t he near h u t r r h e i c b a e n a e c when e N w v a s e h g e l years s un a d s . it S w e as ver down. ' --------- fren dnesday last a very serious GIG ACCIDENT.---....,11. was riding in his gig on the Kingston. The Baronet had . accident occurred to Sir John Broughton , .Bart., at arrived opposite Fleet Lodge, Upper and shyed. Sir John was when of the gig into the road, and fell with such pitched out t as break his collar-bone, and otherwise injure h h i l s am h O r r: e a d i took fl' gh t forcehim He o was assisted by some persons passing at Ode time, and afterwards taken to his own residence by Mr. Harding, the farrier, at Kingston. Dr. Sudlow Roots was soon in attendance upon him, and he is fast recovering. HIM' TlDES.—Yesterday afternoon, shortly after two o'clock, the neighbourhoods on the banks of the Thames were inundated by the encroachment of the tide, which was of unusual height. Some of the steam -boats had some difficulty in passing under the different bridges, owing to the funnels coming in close contact with the upper part of the arches. Parts of Wapping and Tooley street, near the banks of the river, were quite impassib!e for some time ; the river also rushed into the cellars and kitchens, doing considerable damage. THE BUTTER TRADE.—Great excitement prevails amongst the merchants and persons connected with the butter trade in this city, in consequence of intimation having been received from the other side of the channel, that extensive frauds are practising on the Weigh-house brands, the qualities of butter shipped at this port hav ing been altered. An investigation is to take place before the sub-committee of the committee of merchants.—Coc k Examiner. TUNIS, JULY 18. It seems that fate will not desist from oppressing the poor Maltese, who have chosen Tunis for their asylum ; since their Consul, on one hand, permits their dwellings to be searched so as to ascertain whether any smuggled tobacco is there concealed; and, on the other, the people and the Bey's public force avail of such permission to profit by the detection of such smuggling. Such, therefore, is the sad condition of the poor Maltese, who speculate in that article. Now for facts : A few days ago, the tobacco contractor took eight quintals of tobacco from a Maltese resident at Tunis, besides many more quintals of that same article, from various other places in the same city. Moreover, on the night of the 22d of June a Mussulman of Nabel thought proper to surprise some Maltese, who were introducing into the city some tobacco from the shore. When the Maltese had nearly saved their tobacco, the impudent assailant advanced abreast of the leading escort, and ordered them to lay down their tobacco. The Maltese offered to transact in some way or other with the Mussulman, but the latter, instead of coming to the proposed terms (though he was not one of the contractor's employes), more wantonly persisted in annoying the Maltese, who, having lost all hopes of carrying on his contraband, discharged a pistol at the Mussulman and killed him on the spot. Next day a report was circulated, that the killed Turk had, before his death, declared that his mur derers were persons lodged at an inn kept by a certain Shellughi, whose real name is Giuseppe Muscat. The British consular agent of Nebel (Salvatore Borg), in consequence of Sheih Abdilla's report, arrested all the persons found in the said inn indiscriminately, without inquiring whether the innkeeper, or the other inmates, had any hand in the business, whilst Vin cenzo uereb, who had murdered the Turks, had already embarked for Susa, and thence, God knows where. Sir Thomas Reade, on hearing the agent's report, detained in gaol for some time the pretended murderers, and afterwards sent them to Malta. Queen Victoria has sent to this Bey a present con sisting of jewels, worth nearly 8,0001. sterling. The Sardinian steamer is preparing to depart for Genoa, and the cause of so much disturbance has not yet come to light, it being still unknown how the Sardo-Tunisian difference was settled. The general opinion is, that all the manoeuvres of the Sardinian navy, in the seas of this regency, will only tend to wards weakening the respect formerly shown by the Tunisians towards Europeans. The corn crop is plentiful. The olive trees and the vineyards are wonderfully loaded with fruit. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-THR TURN OP LIFE.- CURE EXTRAORDINARY BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.-A respectable woman, aged forty-seven, named Graham residing in Scotland-road, Liverpool, was in the mos critical and dangerous state for nine months, being sometimes almost choked with phlegm, with shortness of breath, palpitation of the heart, together with a general derangement and debility of the whole system. Her life was in the greatest danger when she commenced the use of these miraculous Pills, which restored her to the highest state of health in five weeks. They are the finest medicine in the world for females of all acres. Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's establishment, 224, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medi cine throughout the civilised world. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS' LIBRARY.—The pre sent library is wholly unworthy of the first assembly in the empire. It consists of little more than 4,000 volumes, and is in many respects imperfect for the purposes of ge neral reference. It contains no collection of cases heard by the Lords or Privy Council ; nor is there a complete series of private Acts of Parliament, nor yet of the mul tifarious official papers printed by order of the House. But it is in other particulars defective. Small as the col lection is, the arrangement, or rather the want of ar rangement, has been found to create much inconve nience, whenever it has been necessary to search for precedents. This difficulty was remarked particularly during the discussion of the memorable question of " privilege" raised by the arrest of the Sheriff's, when the librarian and three assistants were occupied nearly a whole week in searching for a particular case supposed to bear upon the subject. The contents of some of the presses are not known to the oldest officers of the House ; in one is deposited a very mysterious green bag, which again encloses a Post-office bag of letters, unopened, of the year 1690. During the session there are generally from sixty to eighty Members consulting the musty archives. Strangers are admitted to the library on the Speaker's warrant, but the privilege does not appear to be held of much value, for it is very rarely solicited. It was admitted, when the state of the library was referred to a Select Committee, that a complete set of the printed papers of the House of Commons is not in existence ; though it is believed that detached portions are preserved by private individuals, the possession of which by the House is an object of much tinxiety : It is understood that the collection will be greatly increased before the opening of the new Houses of Parliament, several impor tant addttions having been recently made by the pur chase of private libraries. INGENIOUS EXPEDIENT.—On Saturday one of the most ingenious expedients which the endeavours of cab men and omnibus drivers devise to elude the vigilance of the police was discovered by the merest accident at the Bow-street Police-court. It is the custom, on the conviction of a cabman of any offence, for the clerk of the Court to write on the back of his license the descrip tion of offence he is convicted of, the date of the convic tion, and the penalty inflicted, which is signed by the convicting magistrate, and the number of convictions guides the registrar of licenses as to the propriety of issuing fresh licenses to the same drivers, three convic tions in one year incapacitating a driver from holding a license for the next year. On Saturday a well-known cabman having been convicted by Mr. Twyford, handed in his license to have it marked. Some surprise was evinced by the magistrate and clerk, who knew him well, that he had beee allowed his license again this year, as he was a well-known offender, but still greater surprise was caused by Mr. Bowstead, the second clerk, declaring that as fast as he wrote on the license, his writing be came dim, and when dry he could rub it out with ease. Mr. Twyford expressed his surprise, when, in holding the license between the light and the eye, the signature of the same magistrate was dimly traced to a previous conviction six weeks before, but so very dimly as for the signature alone to bo visible. The driver was questioned about it, but he, of course, knew nothing, and it was not until one of the summoning officers proved that he had been convicted in the same Court six weeks before, that he gave in. The fact was, that a chemical process had been used so as to eradicate, except to the most prying eye, the fact that the defendant had been convicted, so that for several years one of the most refractory of drivers had been bearing with the registrar the most unexceptionable character, besides incurring only small fines from magistrates on account of first offences. Mr. Twyford detained the license, and declared he should make a representation in the proper quarter, so as to put a stop to such underhand proceedings. SINGULAR CAB ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, a singular accident occurred on the cab-stand in St. Clement's-churchyard. The driver of a cab was quietly sitting on his box waiting for a fare, when the horse suddenly took fright, and by its plunging overturned the cab, throwing the man with some force into the road. Attempts were made to quiet the animal, but without success, until at length the cab was so much knocked about that the body fell off. The horse then galloped off towards Temple-bar, and was not stopped until it came in contact with the shaft of a large waggon, and suffered such injury that it was soon after killed. Though the streets were much crowded no one was hurt. 206 14 4 £40,100 18 111 EXPENDITURE. Salaries and allowances of the principal .£ s. d. officers of the Duchy, and their esta blishment of officers and clerks 4,836 11 10 Salaries, allowances, and other expenses connected with the new Stannary Court... ... 1,065 0 3 Salaries and allowances of all other officers, receivers, and agents, em ployed in the collection of the revenue 837 15 4 Superannuation allowances and annuities 1,656 5 5 Donations and charities 3Bl 5 0 Law charges 544 12 10 Tithes, and expenses of tithe apportion ments Surveys and maps Audit expenses Disbursements and incidental expenses Rents respited and exonerated Investments in the purchase of the Sur render of beneficial leases 2,000 0 0 Payments made to his Royal Highness's use'.. 18,579 7 6 Balance due to the Receiver-General the 31st December,lB42, including arrears 2,585 16 1i Outstanding arrears due to his Royal m o a n i n i t n h g e 3 i n 1 s t t hDeecem handsbe r n , r 18 0 43 e 1,904 10 3i 3,996 1 1 Balance Receiver-General Highness e highness General 69 15 9 421 2 7 193 19 8 901 4 2 95 10 6 £40,100 18 11 DUCHY OF LANCASTER. An Account of the Gross and Net Revenue of the Duchy of Lancaster, for the year ending Michaelmas, 1843, showing the amount of revenue which became due, the moneys received and paid within the year, and the ar rears and balance at the end of the preceding and cur rent years. £ a. d. INCOME. Rent and arrears received during theyear ending Michaelmas, 1843, deducting 5,4901. outstanding arrears 23,031 16 1i Fines on renewals of leases Sales, grants in fee, grants of rents and enfranchisement of copyholds, under Acts of Parliament Dividends on stock, being the produce of sales of lands under the Land-tax Re demption Act, and of grants in fee, sales of rents, and enfranchisement of copyholds, under Acts of Parliament 927 9 2 Casual revenue, and all receipts not in eluded as above Balance (including balance to Michael mas, 1842, on the account of the Re ceiver-General) £33,037 18 01 EXPENDITURE. X S. d. £ s. d. Salaries and allowances of • the principal officers of the Duchy, and of their establishment of officers and clerks 5,949 3 0 And of the law officers of the county Palatine . 763 210 6,712 510 The like account of receivers and agents employed in the collection of the re. 202 8 1 venuo The like of stewards and bailiffs of ho nours, manors, lordships, and hun dreds, and others not employed in the collection of the revenue 602 8 8 Annuities and retired allowances 1,227 0 0 Donations and charites, including sti pends and eleemosynary annuities Law charges Surveys, valuations, repairs and im provements Labourers wages, expenses in holding manorial courts, land-tax, and other charges fixed by law, rents, insurance, audit expenses, books, stationery, and all other expenses not included above 3,584 18 Purchase of stock from moneys arising from grants in fee, sales of rents, and enfranchisement of copyholds Payments made out of this revenue to her Majesty's Keeper of the Privy Purse Balance remaining on the account of the Receiver- General to Michailmas, 1643 4,941 12 3! Balance then remaining i n the hands of receivers or agents 712 5 4i 4,941 12 34 62 17 6 Arrears discharged £33,037 18 043 SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—TIIE LICENSED VICTUALLSREe SCHOOL.—yesterday being the anniver sary of the birth-day of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Licensed Vict ua ll ers gave their annual felt and fancy fair, in honour of the day, and for the bene fit of their school, is the g roun d s o f the Surrey Zoolo gical Gardens. The concourse of company was very great ; crowds were arrivi ng d ur i ng th e d a y, and several d t h ou sand visitors must, i n the course o f i t , have passed through the entrance gates. The articles to be disposed of, consisting of such things as are generally se©a on these occasions, were arra nge d un d er t en ts in the usual m anner. The purchas ers seemed l ib era lly inclined, and a brisk sale was kept up. I n a dditi on to the sights ex hibited in these grounds on ordinary occasions, an excel lent military band was in attendance ; there was also the Russian family Kantrowitz dressed in their national cos tume, who sang their native melodies with very good effect. Herr Meyer, called the " magic siffieur," also attended and displayed his art ; and, in a word, the series of amusements and exhibitions lasted for many hours, to the delight of both the young and the old. The a ppearance of the children of the school, who were pre sent, was very good ; no children oould have exhibited a more cheerful, health y, and clean condition. In the eve ning fireworks we re di scharged, and the great fi re o f L on don in 1 666 was repeated. The w h o l e was we ll ma naged, and speak s well for the arrangements o f t h e gardens under the new proprietor, Mr. Tyler. EXTRAORDINARY LRAP.—On Thursday night, between one and two o'clock, the following very stran‘ , (. occu rrence took pl ace at the Northumberland Hot el,b Dublin :—lt appears that a gentleman, who gave his name as William A. Marsh, and said he was a native of the county of Westmeath, went to lodge at the above hotel on Monday, where he continued up to the nigh( in question, and at the hour stated he got out of bed and leaped out of the window into the street. Police constable 45 C was near the spot, and took up the gen tleman, who did not seem much hurt, although he had leaped, according to the policeman's account, from the third story ; but the gentleman himself said it was from the second window of the building. The constable ac • companied Mr. Marsh to Sackville-place station-house, where he (Mr. Marsh) told the following story to Mr. M`Cann, the inspector on duty :—He said he was IN and that they were hurry aroused from his sleep by hearing the voices of persons e could not &fame. The noise, in the closet, who were speaking about going on board a w su h r ic e h tr h i he said, continued for some time, and in a very confused manner, so he got afraid, and leaped out of the window. His left arm was a little hurt. He refused to go back to Mr• M'Cunn had the hotel, and as •no charge against ho brought him to the • Prince of Wale, the gentleman, a i ng steamerf s o m i e r p a l a p c e l e , Hotel, where he we nt to bed. lt is little short of a per , Marsh escaped feet miracle that Mr. M almost unhur' considering the dangerous leap he made. DEATHS IN THI MILL P.Ausox.—An in, was held last eveni n g in the Millbank P r i son (late len, tentiary), before Mr. Higgs, on the bodies of Robert James, aged 24, and John Ward, r aged 41 , conv i cts under sen tence of transportation. Ile body of James was the mos t emaciated ever see n even within this prison ; the appearance was that of a human skel e t on w i t h s ki n d raw n tightly over it, the bones almost pi erc i ng t h roug h it. Mr. Samue l Hatehard , deputy:governor, said the deceased Robert James was received into that gaol on the 28th of March last, from Exeter gaol, und er sentence o f transportation for ten years, having been convicted on the 2d of January at the Exeter Sess ions o f housebreak ing. n e h a d been in that prison before for three years and a half, having been previously convicted of a similar crime, and sentenced to ten years' transport a ti on , w hi c h w as commuted to the above term of imprisonment. When his term expired he was sent to hi s nat i ve place (Exeter). The dece ased on his second admission told him that for some time before he committed the crime he had where he remained until his death, been sleeping under hedges, and was nearly starved. Dr. William Baly, physician to the prison,. said the deceased laboured under scrofula. an consumption when admitted. After he had been in about six weeks . he was removed (yesterday) morning. He bad wine, brandy, eggs , w in h to ic t e too il k ifir i tT l :2, this and everything he required. For p i s n w t i h c h a t town on the sth of gaol, the last three mont hs he became so emaci ated that it was surprising he lived so long. In fact he h a d never seen so thin a man. In this case a verdict of " Di e d o f con sumption" was returned. With reference t o th e ot h er deceased (Vard), it appeared that he was recei ve d into having been pcornisvoinctoedn at tle the 2d n sessions July of horse steali n g , and sentenced to ten years' trans portation. On the 9th of the p r esent month he was at tacked with water o n the brain ; he fell into a state of in sensibility, and died on Sa turda y. Verdict, " Died fro.n ifr o h m el d i water on the brain." 667 16 2 418 3 11 418 3 11 MODERN FRENCH MANNE RS. By this time I became aware of a truth which had dawned on my mind, that the French common people have lost much of that grace of manner which once distinguished them above all other people. More courteous than the Italians they could not be ; but, while their manners were more artificial, they were more playful and winning. All this has changed. I did not remark the alteration so much with regard to myself as in their mode of speaking to one another. The " Madame" and " Monsieur" with which stable boys and old beggar-women used to address each other, with the deference of courtiers, has vanished. No trace is to be found of it in France. A shadow faintly exists among Parisian shopkeepers when speaking to their customers; but only there is the traditional phraseology still used ; the courteous accent, the soft manner, exist no longer. I speak of a thing known and acknowledged by the French themselves. They want to be powerful ; they believe money must obtain power; they wish to imitate the English, whose influence they attribute to their money-making propensities, but now and then they go a step beyond, and remind one of Mrs. Trollope's description of the Americans. Their phraseology, once so delicately, and even, to us more-straightforward people, amus ingly, deferential (not to superiors only, but toward one another), is become blunt, and almost rude. * * Perhaps more than any people, as I see them now, the French require the restraint of good manners. They are desirous of pleasing, it is true ; but their amour propre is so sensitive, and their tempers so quick, that they are easily be trayed into anger and vehemence. * * * On board these long, narrow river-steamers I found the same defects : the air most agreeable to a traveller, of neatness and civility, was absent. There is, however, no real fault to be found, an I I should not mention this were it not a change ; and I sincerely wish the French would return to what they once were, and give us all lessons of pleasing manners, instead of imitating and exaggerating our faults, and adding to them 'an impress all their own ; a sort of fierceness, when displeased, which is more startling than our sullenness. As I said, this has no reference to any act towards myself; but the winning tone and manner that had pleased me of old no longer appeared, and it was in the phraseology used among each other that the change was most remark able.—The Young Widow. GREAT FOOT-RACE FOR 201.—Yesterday a very large number of persons assembled at the Beehive ground, Walworth, to witness the race between Bad cock, of Birmingham. and E. Smith, of London, both of whom have acquired some notoriety. The contesting distance was one mile. In betting Badccck was the fa vourite, Smith's friends being very shy and cautious. At the start Badcock took the lead, which he maintained and came in a gallant winner, his opponent and his friends appearing much discomfited and chagrined at the result. Yesterday a match of cricket was played between the Islington and Finchley Clubs, at Garrates- ground, Copenhagen-house, which terminated in favour of Isling ton, they winning by one innings and 89 runs. GROUSE SHOOTING.—We have a rather indifferent account of the sport upon the Monmouthshire hills, the extraordinary drought of the spring, conjoined with the unlawful proceedings of the biped poachers having made the birds exceedingly searce.—Cambrian. MERCHANT SEAMAN'S ORPHAN ASYLUM.--les terday the general meeting and autumn election of this charity was,held at the London Tavern, for the admis sion of four girls and eight boys into this institutiou. The chair was taken by Captain Nelson, the treasurer. A report of the Committee was read, from which it ap peared that, owing to an improvement in the finances, a double number of children were admitted at this elec tion. The amount realised at the last annual festival was 669/. ss. 6d., in which were included 50/. from the llonourable Sidney Herbert, M.P., and twenty guineas from Joseph Somes, Esq. Sixty boys and thirty girls were then in this asylum. At three o'clock the poll closed, soon after which the names of the successful candidates were announced, when a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the business of the day ter minated. VISIT OF PRINCE WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA TO LIVER POOL-LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—His Royal Highness Prince William of Prussia arrived at the Adelphi Hotel last night, en route from Scotland. He left Glasgow on Friday, slept at Carlisle on Saturday, and yesterday proceeded to Lancaster, whence, after having taken a view of the castle and the localities generally, he came by railway to Parkside, and thence to Liverpool. On his arrival at Lime-street station, he was met by the Prussian Consul, in full uniform, the Mayor, and Mr. Alderman Bramley Moore. His Royal Highness, ac companied by the Mayor and two of his suite, then pro ceeded in the Mayor's private carriage to the Adelphi Hotel, where he dined, the President Von Garlach, a Prussian judge, forming one of the royal dinner party. His Royal Highness took a tour through the town this morning, viewing the principal objects of interest with as careful an inspection as his limited stay would admit of. He started from the Adelphi at seven o'clock, ac companied by the Mayor and others members of the Corporation, and took his departure for Warwick Castle at half-past eleven o'clock A.M., by railway. His Royal Highness, after leaving the Adelphi Hotel, visited the Brunswick Dock, the Custom House, the Royal Mail steam-ship Britannia, steamed along the line of docks in the Redwing, visited the Waterloo and Prince's Decks, the Fish Market, the Assize Courts, and, finally, passed through the beautiful suite of rooms at the Town Hall. From Warwick Castle the Prince will proceed to Hampden, and thence to Drayton Manor, where he will make a brief stay with Sir Robert Peel. DETERMINED SUICIDE ON BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE. —Last evening, about a quarter to six, a respectable. looking young man committed suicide by throwing him self off the balustrades of Blacktriars-bridge, near the centre arch, when the deceased immediately sunk, the tide running down strongly at the time, and was never afterward seen. The deceased was observed to mount one of the recesses with the apparent intention of look ing at the craft on the river, and nothing particular being observed in his manner no notice was taken of him until he was suddenly seen to jump up on the balustrade, and before any assistance could reach him he had precipi tated himself into the river. Boats immediately put off and the drags were put in use, but up to a late hour last night the body had not been found. His hat was picked up, but it does not afford any clue to who the un fortunate person was. The name " Binden, maker, Cam berwell," is on the lining. THE OPENING Or THE ROYAL EXCHANGE....-We are given to understand that a meeting of the Joist Committee for the affairs of the Royal Exchange is to take place on Friday, the 30th instant, to receive the report of the progress of the works, and to fix the day upon which everything connected with the opening of the Royal Exchange is to be completed. On the day of the meeting of the Committee inquiry will be made as to the cause of the hitherto unaccountable delay which has taken place in the preparation of the building for the reception of the merchants and traders, to whom that delay has been so serious an inconvenience. Eight months ago it was announced to the public, that if the weather should prove favourable, the building would be ready for business in June. How then, ask numbers of our fellow-citizens, happens it, that although no obstacle of any kind has presented itself, and although the weather has been most auspicious, doubts arc expressed as to the completion of the works before the termination of another month ? It is positively asserted in the City, that without any extraordinary exertion on the part of those who are responsible, the merchants might have been " on 'Change" two months ago ; and people say it is hard to suppose that any public body or set of trustees, would so far neglect their duty as to wink at the violation of the contracts. The meeting of the Joint Committee on the 30th instant, hoWever, will ex plain all about it. ACCIDENT ON TIIE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAIL-. wAy.—As the last down train, on Sunday night, was proceeding in the neighbourhood of Balcombe tunnel, William Johnson, Jackson's stoker, while engaged in emptying a sack of coke on the tender, overbalanced himself and fell off. His right arm unfortunately fell across the rail, and the wheels of the train passing over it crushed it in a dreadful manner. The train was im mediately stopped, and the sufferer was conveyed by means of one of the engines and a single carriage with all possible expedition to Brighton. On arriviag at the terminus the poor fellow wa s p laced in a fl y and sent to the Sussex County Hospital, where amputation of the limb was performed, and the sufferer remains in a very precar ious state. 3,367, and week of and via Calais, B OULO GNE AND CALAIS.—The number of p e r sons who passed to and from France via Boulogne during the 500. we week eTnhdeingnulamsbt numbers Thursday, wasthe c 3 last year were, Boulogne 2,446, and Calai s , 69 6. FIRE AT HANDFORD HALL.—Between eig ht and the Lamb-fair Farm, at Handford Hall, brokein this out on town, neighbourhood. the immediate nine o'clock premises, which are of gr ea t which created on extraordinary Thursday ev ening, neighbourhood. The ex tent, are surrounded by a water _ _course and pale-fence. The farm servants h a d l e f t work about an hour when the alarm was given. The flames were seen issuing from a stood large straw-stack which _ in a corner of the yard, close to the fen ce , and immediately adjacent there was a range of corn and hay-stacks, forming a direct line of communication with the far hm- ouse, the barns, granaries, stables, and other outhouses. A large number of persons who were assembled at the fair quickly collected, and the engines were brought from Ipswich, together with the police and a party of the 4th Light Dragoons. By zealous and well-directed efforts, the flames were prevented from extending to the corn-stacks, which, owing to their position, must have inevitably spread destruction over the whole of the pre mises. The straw-stack was, however, wholly con sumed, but the loss is inconsiderable. It has been ascer tained, from examination, that the fire originated in the fence, a portion of which is charred, close to the spot where the straw-stack was situate. This fact raises the presumption of wilful design, but as yet no clue has been obtained to account for the outrage, nor is any person suspected.—lpswich E.tpress. THE Moons.—The accounts from the numerous sporting grounds in the county continue to represent the sport as unusually excellent, notwithstanding that the weather has not been, as a whole, for the past eight days, particularly propitious. The quantity of birds arriving at, and passing through, the city, on their route to all parts of the compass, is enormous, and almost bey2nd precedent.—Perthshire Advertiser. VEGETABLE DIET.—Dr. Lambe, now in his eightieth year, states that he has lived on a purely vege• table diet since 1804, and has brought up a large family on the same plan with success.—Medical Times. pr her 111. ~~, 1 41