The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-18 00:00:00

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King, after seeing his family in h4,„,a` d, will go to Eu, from which place he will pro ceed ts ` • t;ligland. ni The King and Queen of the Belgians, with the Princes, sons, and suite, arrived at Ostend on Saturday last. f ey are to return to Brussels on the 22d. hie Constitutionne/ says that their Sicilian Majesties hi ll arrive at Paris at the end of October, and it believes tl ht their visit is connected with the Duke d'Aumale'a kaaoured marriage. AL Cortina, ex-President of the Spanish Cortes, and Ix - Nlinister, and M. Cautaro, ex-Minister of Finance, ti ve arrived in Paris. The aremberg Cerrespandent has a Berlin letter of the B th, saying:—" The Empress of Rassia is expected ijms the winter at the Palace of Belle Vue, in Berlin. ur Bing, it is said, is to have an interview. with the 4 4 3 'peror Nicholas, at a place on the frontier, near isa . , s Ti e Univers states that several French and Italian Jesuits have just embarked at Bordeaux for Madagascar, a here they intend to firm a missionary settlement. The Pope has appointed a.n auditor or rota for Spain. T he appointment is provisional, but it is re g arded as an i ndicati on of the approaching settlement of the differ tlees between the Papal Court and the Spanish Govern 'bent. IVe read in a letter from Trieste, of the sth:—" The • ( ''rei gn de Metternich has given an audie nce to all the as - • )re •lgn Consuls. The French and English Ambassadors • 71 ' the Court of Austria have arrived, and it is generally Porteclthat a conference will he held on t he affairs of , I taly. The Emperor and Empress of Austria have ju 4 1, In consequence of the failure of the harvest in Ps' Aand, k a ?rri• the inundations of the Vistula , t he Emperorrilaholas has interdicted the exportation of corn f rom that country. • A. letter from Leipzic of the. 11th inst., announces that t he'tuwn of Plauen had been on fire for two days, and !fits still burning. The elturch, the great pharmacy, and 16 0 houses were already destroyed; but the town library was fortunately saved. Th e Mayor of, Dieppe has given notice that in con sequence of tiae postponement of the visit of the King t a ,tal Royal - 2innily to the chateau d'Eu, the ceremony Of' , " inauguration of the statue of Duquesne, wh ich was to have been honoured with their presen ce, and had arefere been postponed, will take place on Sunday next. The culture of rice has just been tried with full suc cess at Camargue, near Arles. The vegetation of the 40 P is so fine, that nu doubt remains of the soil, Ca- taargu e being perfectly wall adapted to it. At a. recent sitting of the Municipal Council of Paris, a I.jste was come to that the Prefect should be requested rnsnake inquiry as to the various communities formed ;" ttt . Paris—the Scours Ursulines, and others — the mem — ' "!. ra of which, under pretence of furnishing charitab l e aid, &c., obtain admittance into families, and employ an V t Quence which may be turned to an improper ac count. the Council demand that none of these societies shall Permitted unless the law respecting them be fully * 'llloarned to, A. letter from Athens of the 31 st ult. , in t he Sud of , states that dissentions had already commenced. new Ministry, particularly between M. Metaxa. sb / P Colletti, the farmer having ma n i fes t ed a deter :94oP. to appoint only his own pa rtisans to Govern iatfices. In consequence of this misunderstanding, L `elections for the capital had been postponed. • LAW Alm) POLICE. henry Steward, for burglary, and William Windsor, 41 , ; '*ell-known thief, for picking pockets, w e re respec .7v* sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to ten y e ars' transportation by the Recorder , in the Old Court ; ; 4_ 11 ", William Franklin, the pig - dea l e r, who robbed an of .'!! l Man.named Ward of 1091., the produce of the sale twenty-five pigs, was sentenced to be transported for gi r , star term by Mr. Commissioner Bullock , in the New `"tPart, At Bow-street, Emily Brockwell, a servant girl, ' t i ll oo a rged with robbing Mr. William Cunningham of los,in gold, was fully committed. Caroline Stuart was again brought up at Queen %tlare, on a charge of practising the most revolting cruelty on three children named Tyler. The children w ~Fre.exarnined, and on their evidence , tog ether with tha ‘2 t I several persons lodging in the same house, she was "lainitted to take her trial. as A. drover, named Edward Drake, was committed from -a larylebone on a charge of horse-stealing. At Union hall, John Cooper , alias Timberlake, `G eorge Jackson, and ' George Weston, charged with ..I( 43bing the house of Thomas Brundall, of Agnes-street, ' l Vaterloo.road,.of 121. 10 s., some sil ver s p oons, and other 'article s , were committed for trial. They had obtained admittance to the prosecutor's house during his absence by pretending to be police-officers, acting under a search warr ant . „T i h2 Gravesend magistrates continue their cru sade ' ls t:Sunda amusements. James Riddell, the pro frn ti'edet7, of a shooting gallery on Windmill - hill, was is. 641. for weighing persons on Sunday last. T he driver of a Blaekwall omnibus, named Edward n ajngs, wearing the badge No. 8,162, was sentenced, at the Thames office, to fourteen days' imprisonment, for a 'grious driving. • • c tstriLT—r IiSICION ABLE. • The Duke of Sutherland and the Marquis of Lorn Lave Duurobin Castle, Sutherlandshire, at the close of phis week, to join the Duchess and Lady Caroline Leve &l, Gower, at Erskine House, the seat of Lord and Lady Blantyre, near Glasgow, from whence the Noble Duke • and Duchess, and Lord and Lady Blantyre, repair to Inverary Castle. The Duke of Wellington is at present staying at Rimer Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of • ouro, aeCompanied by Miss Hope Vere, are expected 1 0 arrive there from Germany during the present week. ' :rhe Duke of Richmond, Lor d John Manners, and ' 4l r. Dickens, of Sussex, left Glenfiddich Lodge, his grou se shooting-box in the Highlands, on Friday, and ' r ive terd p at. ayGoring don a short visit to Mr. Lumsden, of Clooie, at.- Castle .cn Monday. ' The Duke de Melfort, the Earl of Mansfield, his Ex ' cellency the American Minister, and Mrs. Everett and kiss Everett, the Earl and Countess of Sefton, the Earl of - Durham, and Ladies Maria a nd Alice Lambton,l the Lady of Camperdown, and Lad y Elizabeth Duncan, '4 4 4 Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Fox Maule, M.P., and lion. Mrs. Manic, the Hon. E. J. Stanley, M.P., Viscount Ingestre, Lord Gray, Lord and Lady Bel • haven, Lord and Lady Ruthven, Sir A. Campbell, Lady • Elizabeth Moncrieffe, and Miss Moncrieffe, Viscount Fieldi n g Sir Sir David and Lady Anne Ba ird, &c., have been among the recent visitors of the Marquis and Mar ' ohioness of Breadalbane at Taymouth Castle. ' The Earl and Countess Poulett left town on Saturday ' foi Hinton St. George, their noble seat, Somersetshire. The Earl and Countess of Cawdor and Lady Mary Campbell arrived at Drumlanrig Castle on Thursday 'l,tst, on a visit to the D uke of Buccleuch, 'from Cawdor Castle. Viscount and Viscountess Emlyn, the Earl and Countess of Desert, and the Hon. 0. and Lady Caro line Duncombe, who have been staying with the Earl and Countess at their ancient baronial family residence in Nairnshire, left there in the previous week. , Viscount Melville and the Hon . Misses Dundas, who have been among the circle invi ted to meet the Royal visitors at Ravensworth Castle, have taken their depar ture thence, and are arrived at Melville Castle, near Edinburgh, for the season. Viscount and Lady Marianne Alford have left town On a visit to the Marquis of Northampton, at Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers are not expected to return to this country from Vienna, where they are now staying on a visit to Prince and Princess Nicholas Ester. hazy, until the first week in November. ICLX3CMLUA.2III3O'OI3. The white marble' statue of her Most Gracious Ma ' jesty, which arrived in the St. Katharine's Dock last week by the schooner Effort, from Leghorn, has not been landed, as reported, but still remains on board the vessel which is lying at the rear of the Dock-house. The white marble statue of his Royal Highness Prince Al ' bert, arrived upwards of a month before that of the Queen, having been brought to the St. Katharine's Dock on the 9th ult., from Leghorn, by the schooner Mary • Ridgway, Captain Trail. It was immediately landed and safely conveyed to Buckingham Palace. Two ladies, of the sect of the White Quakers, were • apprehended in the streets of Longford, where they dis played themselves in the supposed costume of Eden, viz., ' a garment of leaves twisted together, rind covering them from the waist to the knee. Lieutenant Richard Nantes, on half-pay of the 55th regiment of foot, has just been appointed one of the military knights of Windsor, in the room of the of last late - Ilajor Anderson, who died in the early part month. Mr. O'Connell has caused the bed on which he slept 4 during his incarceration to be removed to Merrion square, and has supplied Mr. Cooper, the deputy-go vernor, with a new one instead, declaring that he would • keep it as a memorial for his children. The Recordership of Cork is vacant by the death of Mr. Robert Bennett. The appointment is vested by the . Irish Municipal Act in the Lord Lieutenant. The situation of Counsel to the Irish Office, vacant by th e recent death of Mr. O'Hanlon, has not yet been filled up. We have heard that some new ar rangements, with respect to the transactio n of business in the Irish office, are in contemplation. At a most numerous meeting of the men of Wexford, held on Thursday last, a befitting address to the Libe rator was adopted amidst the greatest enthusiasm. Amongst the gentlemen who spoke at the meeting were the Mayor (chairman), Very Rev. Doctor Sinnott, Rev. Mr. Murphy, Messrs. Greene, Kenselah, Macelonnell, &c. Jenkin Morgan, who, with Frost, Williams, and Jones, was sentenced to be hanged at the Monmouth Special Commission in 1840, for the Newport riots in 1839, but whose sentenco was subsequently commuted to impri sonment in the Millbank Penitentiary, has been lately released. When he was arrested he was the proprietor of three houses, had a well-stocked farm, and was other wise most comfortably situated. Upon leaving the pri son be found himself and his family houseless and is now endeavouring to raise a subscripti on to enable him to support his wife and children. Earl Bathurst, on Saturday last, caused thirteen sheep to be distributed amongst the labourers in his em• ploy for the purpose of commemorating the old Eng l is h `‘ hovetit home. ' - . HER MAJESTY at BLAIR ATHOL. household are as much in the dark upon this point as the rest of the world ; and it is needless for us to be throwing out mere conjecture on:The subject. • MANNING THE NAVY. . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. BLAIR ATHOL, MONDAY, SEPT.I6. The rain continued to fall without intermission Sia,—To our insular position may be ascribed, .per haps, through ages, our integrity as a people and em pire. Essentially it has had to do with—has indeed formed us—a maritime people. The sea has not only been a natural defence for us, but as the necessary medium of access to other nations, it has invited us to its bosom, made us familiar with its sportings, and has formed the basis of our greatness and strength. To our outgoings upon the seas must be ascribed our commercial greatness, and our political influence among the nations. The growth of our marine is the natural result of our geographical situation ; and the matchless strength of the naval—the light arm of our country—and its successes; are the legitimate products of its necessary continual exercise. • For such power lodged us we may be thankful, and of it justly proud; and our delight, as a people, should be in its nut cure, and the full maintenance of its efficiency and supremacy. Indeed, the intelligence and the com mon sense of the country, if consulted, would with united voice cry out, " Uphold, increase, at whatever cost—by all,possible means—the naval power and re sources of the kingdom," as at once the secret and the guarantee of our prosperity and safety. It is within the province of-sober calculation to conceive of our superiority at sea being subjected to even more severe tests than any to which hitherto it has been exposed. Attention to the formation and possession of pow erful navies, by more than one or two of the most powerful nations of the earth, and not directly de pendent,. as we ourselves are, on this particular "arm of service," for their political importance, should suggest to us, very forcibly, in what an enlarged state of efficiency our navy should always stand, and that whatever can be made subsidiary to it, should secure encouragement from the Government and the nation. throughout the whole of yesterday, but theinele- ANCIENT REMINISCENCES OF ATHOLE. (From the Perthshire Constitutional.) History, not of a very remote date, shows us that Kings and Queens have, ere this, visited these romantic regions. Lindsay, of Pitscottie, gives some interesting details of former royal movements on this remarkable arena. The following quotations will not mency of the weather did not deter her Majesty from attending Divine service at the village church. A number of workmen had been engaged until, a late hour on Saturday night in fitting up the chieftain's pew, which, on this occasion, was destined for the use of her Majesty. Fresh cushions were placed on all the seats, and it was lined I hroughout la ith red velret, and every preparation t hat the most careful attention could devise was 1 x aade, to render it fit for the reception of its illus t cious occupant. IVith that punctuality for which t very member of the Royal Family has been so emi nently distinguished, her Majesty arrived at this humble place of worship a few 'minutes before the '. commencement of Divine service. Lord and Lady ,Glenlyon, in their britschka, preceded the royal party, and shortly after the arrival of his Lordship, one of the royal close carriages, with a pair of horses and a single outrider, was seen driving rapidly down the avenue which leads from the prin cipal entrance to the castle. The guard of Athol '..Highlanders, who were stationed' at the gate which has been recently erected presented arms as the royal .carriage drove along the road; and Lord Glenlyon, accompanied by clansmen, inclu '.everel of his noble relatives and ',Ling the Master of Strathallan, Sir David Dundr, s , Kier of Kindroggan, Oswald of Dun nikier, Cap %min Drummond, &c.; all of whom were attired ir 4 the national costume, were drawn up out side fie porch of the village hurch to receive her Alai-sty. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, IV . scountess Canning, and Lady Caroline Cocks, were also in the royal carriage. On alighting her Majesty was conducted by her noble host to his Lordship's pew, and shortly after the arrival of her Majesty, another of the royal car riages drew up to the church, containing Lord Aber deen, Lord Liverpool, Lord Charles Wellesley, Mr. G. E. Anson, and Sir James Clarke, all of whom occupied places in the hack of the royal pew. Upon these feudal principles also, which, even upon the pre sent occasion, were not departed from, places were assigned in the back of the pew for Lord Glenlyon's steward, and some few of the principle members of his Lordship's household. The Highland Chieftain, with Lady Glenlyon, sat beside Lady Canning in the front seat with her Majesty. Divine service then commenced according to the Presbyterian form of worship. A psalm was first sung, in excellent time and tune. The clergyman, Mr. Irvine, then delivered an extempore prayer, after which another psalm was sung, and the sermon fol lowed, Mr. Irvine taking his text from the thirteenth verse of the fifth chapter of Matthew, " Ye are the salt of the earth." Mr. Irvine's sermon was a plain, straightforward discourse, devoid of all flourishes of rhetoric, and was delivered in a broad Scotch accent, but Mr, Ir vine's enunciation was so clear and distinct, that every word was perfectly intelligible to the English portion of the congregation. We were happy to find that the clergyman had the good taste to abstain from those pulpit panegyrics and personal allusions, which, on former occasions of a similar nature, have been so distasteful to her Majesty. In the short prayer which followed the sermon, and which concluded the service, the Queen and the Royal Family were mentioned, as a matter of course, but beyond this there was no al lusion, either directly or indirectly, to the presence of the Sovereign amongst the congregation. After the service, according to a custom still exist ing in some parts of Scotland, wooden boxes attached to thin poles, and called " ladles " by the Scotch, were handed into all the pews, in order that every member of the congregation might contribute his mite towards the support of the parochial poor. her Majesty ap peared to look with great interest at this method of collecting alms, and Prince Albert was evidently anxious to contribute, but a plate being placed at the kirk door, at the entrance to the chieftain's pew, enabled her Majesty, the Prince, and the members of the suite, ,to leave their donations on going out of the church. At the conclusion of the service her Majesty was conducted to her carriage by Lord Glenlyon, an umbrella being held over her Majesty to protect her from the rain, which continued to pour in ceaseless torrents. Her Majesty was fortunately provided with india-rubber goloshes, or she would have infallibly caught cold, as the thick muddy newly-laid gravel, through which her Majesty was compelled to pass, was but little adapted for lightly-shod ladies. Her Ma jesty wore a black silk dress with a mantelet of the same material, and a white drawn crape bonnet. Prince Albert wore a white hat with a crape, and all the members of her Majesty's suite also wore the Court mourning. At four o'clock the mists were seen scampering away from the mountain tops, and the rain suddenly ceased ; her Majesty availed herself of the propitious change in the weather, and left the castle in her garden chair, drawn by two servants in plain liveries ; her Majesty was accompanied by Prince Albert, and proceeded through the grounds to view the Falls of the Tilt and the Fender which had derived additional grandeur from the recent heavy rain. Her Majesty returned to the castle shortly before seven. There was no addition to the royal dinner circle last evening. At an early hour this morning her Majesty walked abroad with the Prince to enjoy the fresh morning air. The rain had entirely ceased during the night, and as the day dawned the sun shone forth in all its splen dour, and showed the surrounding scenery in all its beauty. Her Majesty and her illustrious Consort were accompanied in the morning walk through the grounds by the Princess Royal, who was mounted on a Shetland pony, and attended by a groom and servant. After breakfast the Prince left the castle with Lord Glenlyon to shoot grouse on the hills around the castle, which have been hitherto strictly preserved. The birds having remained unmolested on their native moors are far from wild, and will lie like stones, so that the sportsman may walk over them. The Prince will return early to the castle to ac company her Majesty in her drive this afternoon. The carriages are ordered to be ready at two o'clock. — Post. be devoid of interest at the present time : " In the summer of the year 1529, King James V., accompanied by Queen Margaret and the Pope's ambassador, went to hunt in. Athole, where he remained three days most nobly entertained by the Earl of Athole, and killed thirty score of hart and hynd, with other small beasts, as roe and roebuck, wolf and fox, and wild cats. The Earl of Athole, hearing of the King's coining, made great provision for him in all things pertaining to a Prince, so that he was as well served and eased with all things necessary to his estate as he had been at his own Pa lace of Edinburgh. For I heard say, this noble earl gart make a curious palace to the King, his mother, and the ambassador, where they were so honourably lodged, as they had been in England, France, Italy, or Spain, concerning the time and equivalent for their hunting or pastime; which was builded in midst of a fair meadow, a palace of green timber, wound with green birks, that were green, both under and above, which was fashioned in four quarters, and in every quarter and nuke thereof a great round, as it had been a block-house, which was lofted and geisted, the space of three house height; the floors laid with green scharets and spreats, medwarts and flowers, that no man knew whereon he zied, bnt as he had been in a garden. Further, there were two great rounds on ilk side of the gate, and a great portcullies of tree falling down with the manner of a barrace, with a drawbridge, and a great stank of water of sixteen feet deep, and thirty feet of breadth. And also this palace within was hung with fine tapestry and eras ses of silk, and lighted with fine glass windows in all airths ; that this palace was as pleasantly decored with all necessaries pertaining to a prince as it had been his own royal palace at home. Farther, this Earl gart make such provision for the King and his mother, that they had all manner of meats, drinks, and delicates that were to be gotten, at that time, in Scotland, either in burgh or land— viz., all kind of drink, as ale, beer, wine, &c. - of meals, with fleshes, &c. ; and also the !tanks that were around about the palace, were full of delicate fishes, as salmonds, trouts, pearches, pikes, eels, and all other kinds of delicatefishes that could be gotten in fresh waters, and all ready for the banquet. Syne were there proper stewards, &c.; and the halls and chambers were prepared with costly bedding, vessel and napry, according for a king ; so that he wanted none of his orders more than he had been at home. The King remained in this wilderness at the hunting the space of three days and three nights, and his com pany, as I have shown. I heard men say, that it cost the Earl of Athole, every day, in expenses a thousand pounds. All this sumptuous edifice was purposely consumed by fire on the King's departure."—Lin4ay of Pitscottie, History of Scotland, p. 225, ed. 1778. Another old writer thus describes a grand royal Highland hunting match. It is to be hoped this may not frighten our own beloved Queen from braving the dangers of Glentilt : " In the year 1563, the Earl of Athole, a Prince of the blood-royal, had, with much trouble and vast ex pense, a hunting match for the entertainment of our most illustrious and most grcious Queen. Our peo ple call this a royal hunting. I was then a young man, and was present on that occasion. Two thousand High landers, or wild Scotch, as you call them here, were employed to drive to the hunting-ground all the deer from the woods and hills of Athole, Badenoch, Mar, Murray, and the counties about. As these Highlanders use a light dress, and are very swift of foot, they went up and down so nimbly, that in less than two months' time they brought together 2,000 red deer, besides roes and fallow deer. The Queen, the great men, and others, were in a glen, when all the deer were brought before them. Believe me, the whole body of them moved forward in something like battle order. The sight still strikes me, and ever will, for they had a leader whom they followed close wherever he moved. This leader was a very fine stag, with a very high head. The sight delighted the Queen very much, but she soon had occasion for fear. Upon the Earl's (who had been accustomed to such sights) addressing her thus, ' Do you observe that stag who is foremost in the herd ? _Mere is danger from that stag ; for if either fear or rage should force him from the ridge of that hill, let every one look to himself, for none of us will be out of the way of harm ; for the rest will follow this one, and, having thrown us under foot, they will open a passage to this hill behind us.' What happened a moment after confirmed this opinion—for the Queen ordered one of the best dogs to be let loose on one of the deer—this the dog pursues, the leading stag was fright ened, he flies by the same way he had come there, the rest rush after him, and break out where the thickest body of the Highlanders was. They had nothing for it but to throw themselves flat on the heath, and to allow the deer to pass over them. It was told the Queen that several of the Highlanders were wounded, and that two or three had been killed outright; and the whole body had got off, had not the Highlanders, by their skill in hunting, fallen upon a stratagem to cut of the rear from the main body. It was of those that had been separated that the Queen's dogs, and those of the nobility, made slaughter. There were killed that day 360 deer, with five wolves and some roes."—Barelay's Contra Monarchomacus. In ancient times, the heads of various and remote clans were accustomed to meet at certain periods, and 'in appointed places, attended by a number of followers, and commenced a rigorous campaign against all the inhabitants of the forest, which never failed in pro ducing a most abundant slaughter ; but fond as the Highlanders were of the chace, and useful as it was to their subsistence, they did not pursue it to the neglect of more important avocations. ''Though hunting," says their proverb, " be a good help, yet the chace is but a poor livelihood." The great hunting matches were the means of preserving a social intercourse between tribes who lived far distant from each other. A ge neral hunting match has been frequently t he method by which their greatest enterprises have been sug gested and matured, without a suspicion being ex cited beyond the mountains. Huntings were often given in compliment to the visits of friends, and the vassals were summoned in suitable numbers. The chief could, of course, muster his clans by hereditary right, and they were, besi des especially bound to hunt with their superior, the Highland servitudes being hunting, harting, watch ing, and warding. The gallantry of the ancient Caledonians led them to honour a stranger with the danger of the chace; in other words, he was allowed to expose himself to the greatest hazard, and hence have the opportunity of gaining the most renown. We boast, and justly, of our registered seamen. We proudly number them by hundreds of thousands, as if at the first note of approaching war they were certainly ours to command. But how widely does commerce scatter them to other lands. What num bers of them are yearly given to add strength to other navies than ours; and what difficulties are encoun tered in moments of peril,.to men, with full comple ments, our " wooden walls." It is true we have our coasting vessels in numbers—particularly in the coal trade—on which we rely with some confidence for a considerable supply of brave and seasoned sea men ; but, notwithstanding all these, it strikes me that a school might be formed, of such vast extent and utility, and possessed of such self-sustaining power, as well as producing immense current benefit to the country at large, as would prove of .the last ser vice in case the empire should ever be pressed, in its most vital quarter, by a coalition of powerful foes. Now, for the formation of such a school as that I am about to propose, there are many concurring fa vourable circumstances, and some urgent reasons be yond what I have already stated. We have a rapidly increasing and necessitous po pulation. The demand for, and the consumption of, food is in an increased corresponding ratio. It is supposed, perhaps truly, that double the preSent amount of provisions supplied to our hungry and teeming masses, could be consumed by them with vast advantage and. infinite satisfaction. The facilities and general, intercourse with mankind at large, pro mote such supply ; but immediately and among our selves, the progressive extension of railroads, the almost universal intersection of the entire country by them, present an easy and swift mode of transit to the interior, and every pert of these islands, of the products, not only of other lands, but of the neigh bouring seas. Vast attention has been paid to increase the pro ductive powers of the soil, and with the aid of science and capital much has been accomplished ; but how little attention has been bestowed upon that endless depository of food for human subsistence, the sea, where are exhaustless treasures of food to be had along all our coasts, and to which, by its very abun dance, Providence calls upon us to take, eat, and be full. So scanty is the supply of fish, excepting on our sea board, that in many of the interior pat is of the king dom the people scarcely know how to prepare it for the table, yet it constitutes a most acceptable, de sirable, and nutritious article; and were it only taken and supplied in abundance, as easily it might be, the general comfort would be promoted, and the means of the community at large very much in creased, for, instead of its being offered for sale in limited quantities, in only some localities, and at high prices, it might be in every market, in vast abundance, and at exceeding low prices. Admitting, then, that such vast supplies of an ex cellent and nourishing food are at hand—may be had along our whole coast for the trouble of taking it up from our seas—would not the formation of fisheries, co-extensive with our extended sea-board, be equally as worthy the attention of scientific societies, of the wealthy, and of the Government itself, as are agri cultural or any other societies whatever? But to re ?urn to the argument with which I set out—the policy and necessity of keeping up the full and commanding efficiency, the naval power and capabilities of our vast empire—would not this, indeed, prove a nursery of men, of men not removed at the bidding of commerce to every quarter of the globe, but of men— seasoned men, fearless and brave, around our own homesteads, at our very doors, and pre senting such a front of preparedness as any Government might glory in, and account strength ? To give efficiency to such a body, its formation being accomplished by due encouragement, let the idea of drilling our militia, only, in this case, at sea instead of on land, be carried out. .Let proper seasons for the different sections of our coast, the least productive on such lines of coast be chosen, for taking up all the enrolled eligible men of the class for ship practice for a limited period, say one month annually, and within our own seas. F or i n d uce ment, let bounties be given. Let Government sanction be afforded, and a new ele ment of national strength will spring into existence, which, concurrently with those already existing, will constitute us, at all times, a prepared and increasingly strong nation. Thus prepared for every contingency, we shall best avoid war, and peacefully and triumphantly march on to fulfil the hi g h mi ss i o n which Providence has assigned us, of ad vanc i ng an d extending civilisation, commerce, religion, and good-will to all men , u n t il all the earth shall b e hound up in the bonds of one common interest an d b ro therhood. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant , A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. Stirling, Sept. 13, 1844. (From the Glasgow Argus.) Her Majesty, we may state generally, is living in the most perfect retirement, and it is honourable to the district, as well as to the strangers who have resorted to the neighbourhood, that no attempts have as yet been made to intrude within the precincts of the Castle grounds. A better locality for securing the privacy she desires it would be almost impossible to se lect, for, without having her path crossed by a solitary stranger, she may ride miles upon miles amid scenery of the most pleasant and picturesque description. In dependently of the pleasure-grounds, which are of vast extent, there are numerous beautiful rides. Glentilt is within a few minutes' walk of the Castle, and here her Majesty may find ample scope for contemplating nature in her most sublime and magnificent aspects; the glen containing some of the finest scenery to be found even in the Highlands of Scotland. The demesnes of the Castle present many other attractions; and beyond them the celebrated pass of Killicrankie, the falls of Brewer, and other places of note which it is said her Majesty intends to visit, afford sufficient room for gratifying the most ardent curiosity. That it is the wish- of the Queen almost entirely to devote her self to the peculiar pleasures which the scenery of the district affords, is shown by the fact that no company is to be invited to the Castle during her stay there, and that she has provided herself with scarcely any of the ordinary means of amusement. There is not even a band of music in attendance—all the usual concomitants of Court life have been abandoned, and her Majesty lives with as much simplicity as the most humble gentlewoman in her kingdom. Prince Albert is the constant companion of the Queen in every little walk and excursion; but it is the intention of his Royal Highness to devote a por tion of every day, when the weather will permit, to field sports. The Prince is described as an excellent shot, having from infancy been accustomed to prac tise with his gun, under the direction of his father, who was one of the most keen and experienced sports men on the Continent. On Thursday a large quantity of powder and shot arrived at Blair for the use of his Royal Highness; and in order to follow out his fa• vourite amusement as much as possible in the costume of the district, he has provided a shooting-jacket, with a plaid to match, of the Murray tartan. The Prince appears to be in more robust health than when on his last visit to Scotland. The Princess Royal is very frequently seen riding, or running about the policies, and as the Highland guard, whenever she approaches them, present arms, they are much more frequently called upon to dis charge the duty towards her than to either of her royal parents. She is almost constantly attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, and two servants. Her Royal Highness is a stout active girl, and appears to be in the enjoyment of the most perfect health. Not a single soldier has been retained at Blair Castle, nor indeed in the district, the guardianship of the royal party being solely entrusted to the Athol Highlanders, an exceedingly fine-looking body of men. There are in all about 160 of them ; but they take duty in rotations of twenty each. Their dress and accou trements, which are of a very superior kind, have been provided by Lord Glenlyon, but the expense of their maintenance falls upon her Majesty. They are accompanied by five or six pipers who, at stated in tervals, serenade the inmates of the castle, being the only kind of instrumental music heard within the grounds. As to the future proceedings of her Majesty in Scotland, we may state that they , are either uncertain, or kept a profound mystery. The members of the CHARGE OF FORGERY. STOCKPORT, MONDAY NIGHT. (Before the MAYOR, Sir RALPH PERDLEDURY, Knt. , CHAS. BA KER' ESq., JONATHAN THORNHILL , Esq., THOMA S WALMSLEY, Esq., and RICHARD SYKES, Esq.) Mr. John Kenyo n Winterbottom, who was appre hended in Liverpo o l a f ew days ago, after having been absent from this neighbourhood since August, 1840, was charged with forgery upon the Pelican Life As surance Society, for the sum of 5,0001., which was payable to the family of the late John Isherwood, Esq., of Marple Hall, upon his death, and which sum was received by the prisoner on his presentation of an be signed by Mrs. Isherwood an d her three da ughters. aut A h l o r ri . theS ty u p sh u , rp rti s n o g lic th itor to the Bankers' Association for the Prosecution of Forgers, attended on the part of the Pelican Office ; and Mr. Brandt, barrister, of Manchester, assisted Iv Mr. Reddish and Mr. W. Vaughan, solicitors of town, was engaged for the defence. The investigation was conducted in the committee room of the Court-house , to which only the reporters filledLthoe Mr.n directionsd s o u i in Winterbottompm, to but ot o 5 and the parties interested in the case were admitted. The prisoner seemed extremely dejected, and fre quently wept during the inqui r y. Mr. William James Tat e sa id—l am age nt to the Pelican Life Assuranc e - office, and reside in Man chester. I was in that situation in December, 18 3 9. Know the pri soner, Mr. Winterbottom, and was well acquainted w ith him. On th e 20t h D ecem b er , 1839, I had a con versation with h im respecting the li f e as surance of the late Mr. John Isherwood, of Marple Hall, Cheshir e. The ins urance was for 5,000 L, and I had receive d orders fr om the principal office in pay the insur ance. H a d pr i n t e d f orms do not know w h ere t h ey are . H a d h a d pay the ex ecutr i x or a d m i n i s t ra t r i x 00 and M rs . I s h erwoo d j o i n tly ; 1. Had no conversation with it h a d reason to believe he wa s the agent to the was executrixent entirely with the e th Mr. Winterbottom Isherwood. The Winterbottom ; and prisoner pro duced the p ol icy , stating that he wa s authorised to receive the money. He applied for the usual forms , to be filled up, Mr. Isherwood being dead. When he announced the death, he did not at the same time produce the policy. He returned the forms to me properly filled up. Saw him several times before payment. On the 20th December, 1839, payment was made on his producing the policy to me, and feeling satisfied, from the evidence he ten dered, that he had a right to receive the money upon the death of Mr. Isherwood. The probate had already been forwarded to London. I then gave him a bill for 5,000/. at seven days on London. I remarked, when Mr. W. called, that I h a d no stamp in the office, and having no person I could send, Mr. Winterbottom went out and pur chased the stamp himself, and the bill was drawn out. I paid him for the stamp afterwards. In drawing the bill out I bad omitted to insert the words " or order." The prisoner directed my attention to it, and said without t h e words " or order" the bill would be useless. I interlined the bill with those words. I explained to him at the conclusion that it was neces sary to have the real indorsement of the individuals to whom the insurance was made payable, and not by pro e u ration; and if be did not obtain Vie individual COURT CIRCULAR. A deputation from the Direct Portsmouth and London Railway had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. His Excellency M. Dedel transacted business at the Foreign-office, yesterday. Sir James Graham arrived in town on Monday from the Isle of Wight. Mr. Chaplin and a deputation from the Portsmouth and Chichester Railway had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Dalhousie, at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches were received yesterday morning at the Colonial-office from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, from the Governor of the Mauritius, and from St. Helena. Dispatches were received in the afternoon at the Colonial-office from the Governor of New Zealand. BRIGHTON—TUESDAY. Shortly ofter pine o'clock this morning the Dowager Lady Lyttelton ordered the carriage, and directed the attendants to drive to the Pier. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice were in the Royal carriage, but the weather was too hazy for the royal infants to be taken out. On arriving at the saloon their Royal Highnesses were taken out of the carriage,' and the Prince of Wales and his sister walked to the outer plat form of the Pier, where they amused themselves for above half an hour by running about. On returning to the carriage the Prince seemed much struck with one of the towers, and, of his own accord, stopped to look at it for a few moments. The Dowager Lady Lyttelton led him to the carriage, and, on seating herself, took him into her lap. A strong mist was falling at the time, but it did not prevent them from taking their accustomed airing on the cliffs. The playfulness exhibited by the royal children was exceedingly . interesting to a great number of persons on the cliffs immediately opposite the Pier, who seemed very desirous of obtaining admission to the Pier; but during their Royal Highness's prome nade no one was allowed to go on. The Prince wore a black silk velvet pelisse and a leghorn hat and feathers, and the freshness of the sea breeze imparted additional bloom to his countenance. Baron Brunnow and Count Dmitry Nesselrode accom panied Count Nesselrode and his daughter to Buckhurst I yesterday. Baron Gurney has just taken a house here ; and the Countess Cadogan has removed from the Albion Hotel to a house on the Marine Parade. Braham and his sons sung at a concert here last night, which was exceedingly well attended. The veteran English singer was encored in several of his songs. J. Wallack commenced an engagement at the theatre yes terday evening in Rolla. Mr. Charles Buller was among the passengers for Dieppe last Friday. M. Rosales, the French Charge d'Affaires at Chili, left Brighton this afternoon by the packet for Dieppe. Braham and his sons are on the point of visiting Ire land and Scotland, and it is said they will, on their re tura, proceed to Holland- and Germany. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING; SEPTEMBER___IB signaturea the bill would not be paid. He then left nie, taking the bill so drawn, rnd ckpositlng with me the policy; it was numbered 11,012. Saw the bill in the hands of Mr. Lilly, late Secretary to the Pelicao Office, some months afterwards. • Mr. John Jackson—ln Decentber, 18:39, and pre viously I lived in the borough of Stockport ; and Ntit" :the Manager of the Bank (-f Stockport. Knew the prisoner, Mr. Winterbottom, at that time, being in the habit of transacting business with him. Re member receiving, uncle , cover, and a note, the bill now in Court; it W (1 .3 early in January, 1840; and it was addre:,sel to me in the handwriting of L. Wioterbottorn. I have since looked for that cover. but have not been to find it. It is three years , since I left the Lank. WheTi I received this bill I there Was another bill o' the kind between us. It was in December or early in January he drew part of the amount upon this bill; the remainder went to the credit of his account, which he had opened with us. Previously,- to that there was a balance of 300/. due to the bank. He chew bills to a large amount. His account remained open for months after the receipt of this hill. This would be after he absconded. The cover, or note, was written. The note accornrnying the bill- in question requested me to place the 5,00im. to his ac count, and to . give him drafts 'for certain amounts. He drew the whole, or the greater part e: this parti cular bill of 5,0001. The bill I so . received with file note is signed " Elizabeth Isherwood," ._" Miriam Isherwood,' "Ann Matrdalene Isherwood," " Maria Bellairs," and '‘ J. K. Winterbottom." I be lieve the signature, " J. K. Winterbottom," is in the prisoner's handwriting. The bill, I believe, was paid in London, in the course of business. I have not tl , e slightest doubt of it. Mrs. Elizabethlsherwood said—l am the widow o(7 the late John Isherwood. I have examined the blil authorising the payment of 5,000 L. by the Pelicfn Lite Office. The indorsement, ".Eliza is no"; mine. I never gave Mr. Wintel-hottem authmiry to sign any:bill or receipt in my name, or to receive the money. Never gave .him any authority to, sign for my daughters. Mr. Lilly first showed me this bill. The bill, I believe; - was for a sum between 4,000/. and 5,000/. I think it was 5,0001. • • Cross-examined'by Mr. Brandt--I am one of the executrixes. The'prisoner has !rid bills on account of my husband's estate. He paid some wages to the servants. He also paid a trifle of the funeral ex penses ; only about 2s. I was never con .ulted by my daughters as to their legal advisers, or who sheurd. draw out their marriage settlements. They mia-ht have consulted Mr. Winterbottom; believe they did. Miriam Isherwood, who resides with her mother, said that the signature, " Miriam Isherwood," behind the bill was a fergery. She also denied having au thorized either directly cr inlireetly, any person to sign her name, or receive the money. In the cross-examination the witness adraitted that Mr. Winterbottom acted as attorney an l genet 1. adviser for her and her sis;;ers. He atte„dd father's funeral. . Mrs. Magdalene Lloyd (late Miss Isherweod) gave similar testimony; and was confirmed by Mrs. Bel lairs, another daughter. living at Coventry. Mr. Brandt admitted that tha evidence justified the bench in sending the prisoner for trial ; and there fore, as his remarks in this prinful matter would be more appropriately and perhap more effectually ad dregsed to a jury, he should reserve his defence until he appeared before another tribunal. Mr. Winterbottom was then fully committed to Chester Assizes for trial. MONEY MARKET aid CITY NEWS. FROM THS DIOHIONG HAPF7f3 01' THIS DAY. • •7f...GAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on god atroiis is 91 1 which, at the EngliOr Mint F, ee of V - . 17s. 1C.:,11. per ounce for strneard *)-( exchange of is 39 ; and. tl7e - e::chnege at 1. 3 - "•on Loncl,n at short being 25 i*.;; follows that se: - 1 is 0.53 per ce.a dearer in L on th , l in _`en's. By adv:ce'_• l '-- n -I )urea the price of fold is 434 k per mark, - c- att l 'eLig*hila ';1) - eiceo7:1!. per ounce fol. stendard gold, "•,_Veg an eichenv;e of 13 ; and the eme'tan...,e at iTamJin h on London r . ; shot ". being 13 it •:'eltuivstl -- -t ( - .:;01 , .: is 0.35 rar eon - cl.earer in London tarn in Fambarga. The course o: exchange at New York on London is 109;1 : per cert , and the pa exchange ; e:,ween• Eng • land and America being 109 2C-i0 ner cer - ,;:., it foll"ws that the er.0,9,1) - ) . ;e is 0.13 Fr cent. •1 P-von- o England. But the quoi.7a exchange at New Yo± beluT for bilis at GO ( .I sv6 si ; ht, the ,nterest must i) eked to the above di t:rerenee. ; - • With respect to reench Cnnape-ies coo:mei:rig for lines of rs'iwar, it is encler•atccil that tie French Ministry cunsmer that a - denorit so smell fn amount as 1/. per share woe% he - hold the En7,- lish capitalists in case of national. dir.larence. The adjudication sta., therefore, be i a 6. -eat de ;re in fluenced by the cogitriercirl. stals'lity • a - id of the representatives - of the Companies in independently of the English act Tne tiflue7o of French railivays is such, that capital i sts are always eager to embark in them ; buz the, i.aerence viVeh prevails respecting the peculiar lrws Afc3i*ng i them is liable to give opporier i ty to unser aprlous sprn, ,rs to make en excellent he)-vest of thi.: trnpore!y The state cf ove.. share marl:et for list few dr.vs Cu demonstrates the tiath of th;• , ,_ for it "Oil Oiverved that the stock of the majoi;ty of t'ie new1;1108 ':oduced stand at a high prero;rnr. An opi-ion was expressed the- other day that 1 1 ,e ne gotiation of the shares of the Orleans end Bordear-: Railway in the public market them in the forthcoming aajturzation. 1 11 , 1 t Op;^ ; 011 Wf s founded on the words of the Bth r-i tele of (We 3 of the. Act - dated the 26th of July last, which states " that no company shall issue shares neguilable be. re they (;hill be leg.oly constituted a so: iete aeon e." A letter rz ceived from the Company rays the have nc thing to do with the trers2 , 3t;ons; they hold she &net subset ibers liable to the extent of t" oe-ten l lls (Ur 61. per shave.), -whoever may be holder. lire que.,,i ten is, whether the French Con-rissioners a7rt ba with this explaration. A resolution has been a in 'another company (the Anthoue - ,1) of facing - the shareholders from r'l liabilities by tricirg on themselvc - 1 the expenies, shovld they be defeatA ta the comps,;-. for. The atmosv,heric between Bourglereine end Orsay has been acijur'icat•A to the St. Gets-nCotiap;ny.. SL N.—The Ern-lich :es leave off f-..r'y toe Consols bting 99::- for Money,. end 991 : r Arco: +t. EXchequerßil's touched 76'. premix 0, • 1 --i( S' continued at '204 to 205. There was not Tech doing in D:,ne , , Vat, they continued at at pre - ..eus rztls.' - Tao Eve e Cents. were 2 . 3 i to 2!; end tl . -e. Tir ae Certe., to Venesnela Bonds 42 • Ct 50 to 4; Buenos Ayter, 35 i ) C 6; and Greek Do-( 1 .!, The additional 4 -anseetions ;n Riilway Shaves have been these:--Bristol end F :et-r, ex eiv. ' were 10 to WI Chester end Iluiyheae, rnd 2el:. Dublin and Cast-el, B,'-; Wester : H- 1 r, 37; L. - castar and Carlisle, 141.; rive . icole-n1 lifrnchei;! - ,r, 107; Birmingham Thirds, 34 ; .o 23; Croydon, ex e'.v., 3; Lundoa enet Yorl:, Msn chester and Leeclz, He", 224 *1 23; Irf"1 -, ( 1 : 6; Sli:h Devon, 44; S - uth-Eas:ar, 5;; T 2nt VC'ey, 7; York and North Micilrnd, 53 to 55; 1";:t; - ) 27; Pce:s rid Lions, 7; Pr :s rid ) ,rleers z i r „men e - -1 91i- premien.. B:::;hton rid Ble 9; discount. The $ l .:- rr'as - a - cteler's, Tom, r-id Bordeav - : ( 1 1 .ti2-rhounrd l s) C have teen sold to day at -)rarirr - :Cho Isc.'i-'3,lFxahelages wen very firm this after aoor , 'lnc fo"ov, 'no' is t - lin.c I rat.- of 'he expo. .9 of Bullion N ",e pch.;i f Lonlor, for the weak ending Thetaday 17st:— Be,a to Rotta - rdem . VERDICTS .OF INSAA IT Y. At an 'nquestleld by Mr. N'treley, M.P., on tip body of a . womeu aged 22,• a :imps; Bess, , who bad Wien en oe,nce ofoxrlie, raid, end who, - elthough she continued to stiffer t' - !e most exci the 'bg agony wart her death, on Satox'ay Inst, did rll . she could to pre vent he:. f..ora being saver' end world not swallow volentooy tea or colic 3: lest some remedy should be ,v - ith it,' the Coroner r'd, *he de.; texmination.of some pet Air t ( "e iq Some One since he held, en inquest on a worrrn in Clarendon-square, who bod sw lowrd the ta'. .vir4est. preparation of sulphtii...3 , who 11. rvcd r'ne teen hours eftet %yards, suffei• ig the direst coti meal torment—for her Olive, joelat 1, throat end st on - qeb, must have been seemed as if a red-hot iron b-i been passed over • them—yet she never f' +now ledged what she bad done -=kept the r . I'z a her medical attendsnts; end it noi; 1 111 r r death that the tuith was .discover 1, " C ntlerren," con tinued the Coroner, " the -„Or2scnt is one of +- lose c-res in which there 51 no evidence of ;rseriti, though some persons tbly. , l( *'zit the vein aet of td—gr - ison is an evidence of unsound &id. E.:ch rn op - ion is very dangerous, for a Larson l•-•vng taken and laboux (7 under its efects, zeiriht ComiritlMlTder, and be on such ' en 00;";Oti on the pica of insanity. It w . ! 11 . be tound that pel 'rs who commit suicide adopt the meens hest crier! for the end they have in view. I Wnlr it is a very d , 13.; fors practice for coroners' ju , .:es to come b the conclusion tint persors who des . ; Toy • thz;m selves are insv'ie. srne 4e , ./ Iry be called to the Old Br"ey, redvefy & ;:e:nt difficulty in tyingfern for mu . 7 l ,er when 7r sf would be plead-d, becat - 71 no rnof' ye for corrn - i.,'ng the murder could be proved., end (r.ve6 could be shown in the previous rfe of the Inv.:defer. They might be told *hat' ney bri jest be ore re:.r.ned a verdict of insanity in a case o. suicide corri . r:. , A without motive, hr.v...ng tf ken `h rs well FS .ors eccentricities of cheracter into cons!detallon, end they might be told that wrnt of motive end eccen tricity in case of murder should weigh equally in their minds, and induce them to record avertr et of I went to get rid of the dangerot s pi. , -2i . tee of re.,a,.n when the evidence dcs not ing verdicts of inner-icy fully justify them. On ' - 7.1e other b-nd, we Vt.' told that there should be a v,r.‘rdlct of self-murder where there is no evidence of insanity, with the view of pre venting suicide by the dread of buri'l at midnight, with Out funeral rites, and in an unhallowed grave--a 844. very ridiculous and erroneous idea, because I do not believe that any person so i"-; his sersit've body r' to commit suicide, cares one straw how-that body is treated when deal. In the case beCore you, I ask, whether it is possible for you, with the evidence you have, to determine the state of mind the woman w. , s in when she took the poison ? I am of opinion that it is impossible, and I think it world be a mark of insr7ity to come to any determination of the sort. lem r'so of opinion that the proceeding.' of our law courts are t'ngccl with insrrity. Counsel, in cares of murder, plead that the murderer acted under unconi -ollable impulses, and the pl"a succeeds, and the culprit is pronounced insane and provided for during lire; but if a poor hi suffering from hunger, and I think such privation most likely to produce un controllable impulses, steels a loaf of breed, the plea of insanity: will avail him nought, and the House of :Col action -will be his lunatic asylum. Think you, if MtNairghten„ instead of murder;ng the unfortunate Mr..1)1 almond, had stolen his horse, or his ox, or his ass, or - anything that wes his, would be guilt less of the crime on the plea of insanity ? No, gentle men. I adVise you, then, in cases of this sort to pass a medium verdict—one neither of sanity or insarlty. The jury instantly acquiesced, and said, " Deceased had destroyed herself, but the state of her mind when she did so was not known to them." • PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. EMIGRATION. Return of Ships, their Names and Tonnage, em ployed in carrying Emigrants since the passing of the Colonial Passengers Act. Ordered by the House of Commons to •be printed, July 17, 1841. No. 503 . .. • This return does not. suggest to us any more favourable impression of the advantages derived from the establishment of what is called the "Land and Emigration Commission" . than we have found Our selves able to announce on former occasions. .It - is difficult to perceive why the Colonial Department should have been relieved at all of a branch of .busi ness so legitimately coming under their cognizance as the superintendence of free emigration from this country; and it is not less difficult to discover in what consists that superior management and energy of official administration which shall reconcile' the country to the cost of maintaining such a Commission and its staff. This return comprises -1. A Return of all Ships, with their Names and Tonnage, that have been employed in carrying Emi grants from the United Kingdom since the passing of the last Colonial Passengers'Act, as far as the same can be made up ; together with the number of such ships of which the Emigration Commissioners have had information of or . noticed. 2. A Copy of all the Correspondence which has taken place between the Public Boards and Public Officers, in the • year • 1843, respecting the emigrant ships Catherine' and John and Robert, conveying emigrants to' Cape Bieton and Canada. 3. A Return of the Number of Emigrants, distin guishing men, women, and children, shipped on board the ship Catherine; and a similar return of emigrants transhipped on board the ship John and Robert. Now, No. 2 regards the case of a party of emigrants from Tobermorey, one of the poor and overpeopled estates, if we mistake not, of the Duke of Argyll. The second letter of Lieut. Stark does appear to . us to disclose facts which called for some very signal repre hension on the part of the Government Commission. But we subjoin both this gentleman's letters, that our readers may form their own judgment on the matter : " Government Emigration-office, Belfast, August 24, 1843. " Sir ' —I beg to acquaint you, for the information of the Board, that the ship Catherine of Belfast has just put into this port. in a very leaky state. • She sailed from Tobermorey for Cape Breton and Quebec upwards of four weeks ago. . A store is provided for the reception of the poor people, and of course they will receive the requisite 'provisions, according to the Act, until the defects of the ship are either made good, or another ship prepared for their reception: They amount to about 220 adult passengers.—l have, &c. iSigned) "PETER STARK. " Stephen 'Walcott, Esq." " Government Emigration-office, Belfast, August 26, 1843. Siv,—l beg to acquaint you that some of the poor people in the Catherine (reported by me in my letter of the 24th instant to have put in here in dis tress) having determined to return home, requested would endeavour to get their head-money restored to them. Upon my urging them to proceed, and that they had always the ship's allowance of a ?ound of bread a day to depend upon, a most extraordinary in fringement of the Act was disclosed. " It appears that the bread in the master's charge was paid for by the passengers themselves, and in such proportions as their means admitted of. Thus, the greater number received half a pound per day, some feW the whole pound, and others none. I at once compelled an issue of the full allowance to all for three days, and finding I could obtain no other redress, I* consulted with'the magistrates as to whe ther they would grant me a summons against the master, with a view to the recovery of the hcad- Imoney, as well as to make good the deficiency of the 1 bread withheld. It being their opinion that they could not enforce it or assist me to obtain my object, I then demanded a summons against that individual for the infringement of the 6th clause of the Act, which was at once granted, and which had the effect of suck, an arrangement being made with the com plainants as to render my summons completely null, as I could not procure. any evidence ; the passengers lin a body acknowledging they had no cause of com plaint; that they were satisfied, and had been well treated by the captain in all their trials; &c.. " Many of the poor people embarked from four to five weeks previous to the ship's departUre, daring which 'period they neither received provisions nor any other compensation. " Every possible exertion is being made to get a ship just returned from Quebec ready for the pas sengers, and I hope to get them off at the farthest upon Wednesday next.—l have, &c., (Signed) "PETER STARK. " Stephen Walcott, Esq., &c., &c. " P. S. It is almost supe rfluous to state, that I will take care the necessary. water, provisions, &c.; &c., for the full ten weeks is made good; ere the required certificate is granted for the ship's clearance." A more diluted affair than the response of Mr. Walcott, the Secretary to the " Colonial Land and Emigration Commission," we have not often chanced upon:— " Colonial Land and Emigration-office, 9, Park-street, Westminster, Aug. 29, 18 43 " Sir,—l am directed by the 13oar d to ackno*ledge _he receipt of your letters of the 24th and 26th inst., on the subject of the arrival of the Catherine at Belfast in a leaky state from Tobermorey on her way to Cape Breton and Quebec. " With respect to provisions during her detention at your port, while the Commissioners regret that your summons against the master failed from want of evidence, they are glad to perceive that ariangercents have been made in consequence, which are satisfac tory to the people ; and they approve of your inten tion of requiring that the full allowance of provisions and water be made good before the ship be permitted to renew the voyage." What possible object was to be gained by the printing of so very satisfactory and remedial a reply to. Lieut. Stark's communication, we cannot divine. Oqr-admiration,too, at the usefulness of thiCommis sion itself Wakes stronger and stronger on perusing suchimportant announcements as these. It is grafi tifyiiigto learn, however, that those of the Tobermorey intending emigrants who persevered in their original design; safely reached - their Canadian destination. "Extract of a return from the Chief GoVernment Immigration Agent at Quebec, on the ship John and Robert : ," ¶ A good vessel, and all well supplied according to law, and -landed in good health. The passengers by this vessel - are a part of the unfortunate emigrants who embarked from the Western Isles in the sh;p Catherine inithe month of May, and put into Belfast n distress, when they were re-embarked:on board this vessel.—l have, &c., (Signed) " A. C. BUCHANAN, " Chief-Agent."' The first prize' in the list, that of t'o large silver rneda, I fu the twelve dattfias,, dissimilar blvoos, was award, d to Lady Paget. Extrr, pritcs s cte tbos anat.:N(l large silver medal, given by Mr. Groenu fuy the best spe cimen of 'ilium lancifulium (of which thrit gt.ntlemen had himself several splendid examples), to Mr. Schroder_ The Linnwan medal, given by Mr. Iliff for the best floral' device, to Mr. Henbrey, jun. A prize of 51., given by Mr. Tyler fur the best forty eight dahlias, dissimilar blooms, to Mr. Thomas Brown ; and a silver eup, value • 51. as., for the best twenty-funrclahlias,discimilaOlooms. to Mr. John Cook. The Directors of this Society judiciously -encourago , enterprise and competition amongst all grades of contri butors ; for while they stimulate the emulation of amateurs with the prospect of silver cups and medals, they are willing to commute the honorary reward for a pecuniary premium, which, to many of the professional exhibitors would no doubt prove a mare influential hr. centive. Altogether the arrangements of the day's ex- • hibition were of the most gratifying description. The day's entertainments were closed with the " Great• Fire • of London," represented with appropriate eclat, and with a startling resemblance to reality.' Thi se who havo not yet seen this vivid representation, would do weir to seize an opportunity of visiting it bei'vre its final v-itll.- drawel, at the close of the present season, as it F On! 3 , that preparations for the ensuing coo paign are alrc: - dy in progress • and a subject (said to h a ve been Stig4asted by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, end to be of uni- • ver - sal iaterest, and treated , 13 a novel: and magni ficent style) is destined to supersede the present gorgeors exhibition. • BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. It has been - pointed out to us that in the remarks on_ the Bank of England, returns inserted last Mon day, account .was taken of the item of " seve n days' and other bil!s," amounting to 1,030,354/. The de scription of notes comprised tinder:this designat ion is chiefly composed - of those minerally termed " Ba nk : post-bills," the principal difference between' ivlol and , ordinary notes is, that the former are payakle to the " order of a certain party, and the latter pay::tble to kearer." This species of note was formerly' in- eluded among the general mais of " circulation' in the Old returns, but is now classed under a separate head. .To find the actual circulation at the present time, in order . to compare it ,with previous periods , we must take from the new return - the amount of notes - issued ... £28,351,295 Deduct notes with the banking branch . ........ 8,175,025 Add seven days' and other bills •• 't20,176,27 0 . • 1,030,354 SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS The last flower show of the Royal South London Flo ricultural Society for the season was held. at this very attractive place of amusement yesterday, and was both numerously attended and well calculated to sustain the character of the establishment; as one combining a greater diversity of rational ent ertainment than is to .be found almost at any other place of public resort in the metropolis. To the ordinary recreations of the gardens there is added, on the occasion of these flower displays, an enjoyment of the most elegant kind, and the lovers ' of nature have the opportunity of gratifying a refilled taste by the contemplation of some of the most choice and exquisite productions, brought to the highest per fection of which they are susceptible by culture and skill. The fruit and flower sho w, the p rin c i pal fentUre of the day, was rich in the most luxuriant and refreshing spe cimens that can be raised at this period of the year. Not the rarest flower or the most luscious fruit, but had its re presentative there, while the presence .of the more : un pretending classes of these productions showed the perfec tion that may be attained bythe ed most tustr meagreyin the cultivation of objects even skil l of h promise in, their ordin ary e a r n a d t i delicate e d a t h h l e i ahotmo aspect. From the brilliant I was in apples, marigold—from the aristo e_yl C onlon, or the rustic potato—all dimensions which, grapes, 1 would ap r i cots , vie d fuchsias, coxcombs, if an artist wi a th tte e m u p h te o d th w er e i m n u ti l n at i e s , an h d e be liable to be taxed with exaggeration. If it be allowable to. individualise where so many objects were deserving of equal distinction, one might notice a pine— s blood pine—of real English growth, which in these days of West India importation was really refreshing to behold. The several marquees in which the specimens were laid out were crowded during the day by throngs of 6 animated spectators. ~ ~'.i .~... (14 04 cal:l3 Total £21,206,624. The last published return for the month ending August 17, was 21,980,0001., showing a decrease iu the circulation of about 780,0001. • The increase in the amount of the securities ap pears to be satisfactorily accounted for by the fol-' lowing explanation :—At the period of the last re- newal of the Bank Charter, the debt due from the Government was about 14,500,000/., and one-fourth part of this was paid off by a transfer of an equiva lent amount of stock. This stock was not divided among the shareholders, but was left, as so much as sets on which interest was annually received ;,,and it formed no portion of the basis of the . dtirreticy, but merely , part of the capital of the Bank, in the same manner as the remaining part of the debt of 1,000,0001., it was never included in the published averages. But in the present returns, one part of which is intended to show the position of the Bank in relation to the shareholders, the whole of the' property and assets of the Bank, so far as capable of having a numerical value attached to it, mu st neces sarily be inserted ; and thus the securities are sud-; denly increased, as compared with a 1 former returns: The only part of the new returns which is defective is the item in the Banking Department called " other securities," which, as we have noticed during the dis cussion on the Act, should have been divided into two—namely, " bills discounted" and "other securi ties." The portion required separate froia the rest is the " hills discounted; ' and the following table, taken from the report of the last Bank Committ ee, will :low the importance of the subject : Other Secueities First week in Discounts. and Loewe March, 1832 £2,937,000 1833 1,241,000 ...: . 2,839, 0 .00 1834 2,751,000 1835 2.470.000 ............ 4,878, 000 1836 2,901,000 ............ 8,213,1)00 1837 n,217,000 ............ 3,58V,C00 1838 3,292,000 1839 3,296,000 • 4.999,0'0 ' IS4O 4,321,000 The second column in this table does not incite& the investments which in the n ew returns are classed under the head of " Government securities," but are merely private and temporary securities, embracing East India and City boucle:, mertgeges, and advances on Exchequer-bills, stock,' &c. And the sudden and great fluctuations which • have taken place, bcth in the discounts, and the loans or advances, will clearly show that • the publication .01 the aggregate amount in one line will afford but little information. The present apparent dispOsitlon of the Bank of England to extend its discount opera tions by the lowering the rate of interest, renders the subject of much greater importance than in former periods. However much this omission is to be re gretted in a measure which in other respects appears to be highly satisfactory, it appears for the present to he without remedy; and the increase in the amount of bills discounted, if any, must ebe estimated hem other sourees.—Times - - . E X TENSIVE FIRE.. — : SU P FOS ED IN CENDIMitsm.— Between the linurs'of twelve and one o'clock this morn ing, the neighbourhood of West Smithfield was thrown into the utmost state of excitement, in consequence 'of the sudden outbreak of a most destructive fire upon the premises belonging to Messrs. Daveness and Co.; bird importers. &c., carrying on an extensive business -in Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell. Tl'e first discovery ale eeare,to have been made by a person through seeing ir. great column Of smoke and sparks mounting over the roofs* of the dwplling-houses. An instant alarm was spread, and the inmates were aroused from their slum bers. It was lien perceived that the fire was raging in the centre Of a building tilled with hay and straw:, over which were erected a range of premises con taining upwards of 150 dozens of lire pigeons. An attempt was made to save them, but the fire heirs , so powerful, the parties were forced to make a. precipitate retreat. Fortunately, the horses, were all got out in safety. About eight engines of' the Brigade, under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood, with one or two more from the parish stations, were remarkably quick in arriving, and were followed by the West of England engine and firemen, with Mr. Conuorton.. Watet was obtained in abundance, from which several engines were set to work, but the firemen, although they exerted themselves to the utmost, were ienable to confine the fire to the premises where it began, and very speedily a longe range of building, nearly 70 feet diee, became ignited. The engines were worked with full vigour until two o'clock, when it became e'ident that the flames were succumbing beneath the exertions of the firemen, and in the course of another quarter of en hour or so they were completely subdued.. The damage done is considerable, for besides the destruction of the 150 dozen pigeons, a great number of fowls perished in the fire, and the whole of the buildings above named are gutted. The origin of the fire is not precisely escer tained, but it is the opinion of one of the firemen that it was the work of some vile incendiary. The present is the third fire upon the same premises within nine months. The loss will be covered by an insurance in the Houd in-Hand-office. AMUSING INCIDRNT.—A gentleman, one of a pa recently on a tour throurrh the Higl-lends, writ.' , os:— " Having passed a deliglii;ul mo-...?'^,', on that swi' - 'm.t of stentners the Dolphir. comer , / eded by Captv'n Pir-teLilop,. we proceeded to touch at Ballechul:.b, iv Ali the inlein• 'on, , of making an excureion t' Glenco. We endrevoured tt land at the slate quisly, but as Oi• - 41 is our rap wee. thrown over to snare the vt:sel, it tors brag back to the. steamer. A body of natives soon co"ei.:FA 'e-em thee gunny, and seemed deterinined to prevent our : I *•xling - ,, regording with a jeal.o9s eye what Iliey cuel:A en in-. trusion by the SusPerifich. . Mop t toi.oret - ly eve wee..et provided with ieVo s7xepourders, one of wl'ieh ote is ,e s t e ntly pointed in tits tu,,:•e, on of Vie eremy, se' - ,-, „, 1e. , its protection, a sailor lendi i end FecaM:oe - rop?; 'I h.e., natives scrupered off in c'" over the shetee, then roving of Web, added tea the's.. shouts, ,caused no,!: 1 :3 a &Pt ion to the lue'eeaue Pewee of the seen`. o.7rasipee, soefnattai'lermYher O s f s 1 , we l ll te r T:r f o c i 1 in d g ' d " o n w d n th th e e v . e b r a y nl s :s gh or t their own own quarly. Those who,stood at Cie top or the eie 9l3 er ready to come to the ti'd of their comtadestf‘low; Ivo° so i p , a it n o ic j - E s e t:e p len ß t be induced to take R ha l e t h ß ey i nsteretly fled, sed "ov l d not any p a l,, in the' at trick. —Reslt-Shirdi LIRE AT MADELE T Y L T NI O ' Adrerilser. JUNCTION THE OTT E R IES.—A 9 .9 AY FR OM P THE GvAtt.r. understand that circulars have been sent to a number ,e influential persons in the Potteries, inviting them to at tend a meeting, before Which proposals for the formation: of this railway by the Grand Junction Company will ba hid. Meanwhile, the parties who contemplate tfle lin 3 from the Potteries to Crewe are proceeding with thew eerveys, and it is expected that the p lan will shtly le It "d before the public by an independent corapny.--. North Stoffordshire Mercury. [A DVERTISEMENT.] THE TURN OF LIFE !—CURE EXTRAORDINARY nY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—A respectable woman, a,escd 47, named Graham, residing in Seotland-road, Lnierpool, was in the most critical and dangerous state fbr nine months, being sometimes almost choked with phlegm, with shortness of breath, palpitation of theheart, tope. -thin with a general derangement and debility of tee whole system. Her life was in the greatest den; er 'when she commenced the use of these miraculous pi! e, which restored her to the highest state of health in five weeks. They are the finest medicine in the world rote females of all ages. Sold (else Holloway's Ointrneet) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, • Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable medicine vendors throughout the civilise& world. ~ A HINT TO OUR CABMEN.--According t o a report of the Prefect of m 6 Policef.o,nleeyof left ba l y :a dm r i ai s sr , ttai t ke h lee e sin h to a t c h k t eh n ier 7 ,vv • hackney-coach drivers of that capital deposited in the hands of the au thorities 2 2,719 t, i 1 n 8, a 0 11 97 during the year 1843. i I , w s. E. 'AVer' )vr of :!SS 31. 311 , 3 I 5 0 400 6, g 4 ;be, .2' 1 4 06-N% MM..... t s II *