The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-10 00:00:00

who l eers in 6 Tilt" u wirg 41°11 ei 822 ; to foyer, 375 ; to Ramsgate, 58 ; to tendon, 278. • TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. i s " ,--- Evc!ry lover of his species will rejoice that your self, and other influential joornalist., are employed in clic "ting attention t o th e cry i ng ev il s o f m id c i ty b ur i al grounds and def , :ctive drainage of populous districts, as ever present and powerful causes of disease, but not less ;so, that you now seek to arouse the publie mind to the s raecintuieraptortancr.: of the erection of public baths, for the Pers'onal ablutions of the millions. That such e t i teet i the use of the masses, and th a t suc h atten nih " t° rzteanl'ness, is extremely desirable, every one will duesonly would foreigners no longer be able to speak us derisive] as " A nation wearing clean linen on dirt • k• . a ins, but individual, and the general comfort, d ta lk and happine ss , wou ld b e l arge l y promote d ; an d i i 2 t ittl, the co mmon enemy, wou ld , as regards the public be pushed from his present proximity, some years the distance. tvery medical man kn ows h ow e ff ec t ua ll y di sease i s li ne e d off by s t r i ct attent i on to un i versal personal clean ih"B,Y habi, and also ilow extensively it is engendered, where ts obtain. 6 As, how(rier, public baths in all ou r c iti es an d t owns , a l r'sing our p o p u l at i on i ntent on h av i ng them, will, C Il ikuh'e, be a wor k o f t i me ; an d as, w h enever we can " (*Lain ail the good we desire, we call it wisdom to re ll ''Q, or do, a ll t h e good a e can, suffer me to name and o r e4tr unend, through your columns, a mode of bathing, . bath, accessible to all in all places, and equally effi itnt With any other mode, both fur cleanliness and 6, 41 t, and which when adopted only for a short tune, it, nines an absolute luxury. I refer to the sponge bath, t.,;:yensive use with travellers, whose numerous changes Zi.htd almost every other method. The invariable re- Litt i t of the daily use of the sponge and cold water is the t iu ment of the hi g h es t possible state of health. freedti' scarcely be a dd e d, th a t it i s a spec i a l protec sand ° lll " colds," and is highly curative of rheumatism, the l oca l complaints. itT* , 4 Ile humblest individual may secure the advantages 01.P!easure of this bath, as a sponge with a small vessel r e ,, l ."fr, and four or five minutes of time, are the only 54 es- I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. ,Edinburgh, Sept. 7, 1844. O'CONNRLL'S LIBERATION. The REJOICINGS IN LIVERPOOL. Qnews *)f the decision of the law Lords o n th e nerror, reversing the judgment of the Co ur t o f J jowee 413) 3 'Aerie!), in Ireland, diffused the m os t li ve l y ia g angst the repealers of Liverpool. The follow sg„,Plrticulars have been furnished by a Corre wOjent who was a witness of the proceedings by b a ;l7,t the satisfaction of our Hibernian friends was b i Ztested :—" On Thursday and Friday evenings a i v ll e her of streets in the north and south ends, as 43 the centre of the town, were illuminated, 0 n p of the - witidows literally blazing with candles. 11 ) i:'"uraday evening several large fires were lighted. Pr o Wa S made know n t o th e re p ea l staff, who very vatlPerlY appointed a deputati on to proc e ed t o th e ilie:ns localities for the purpose of advising the ini thit.se,ntrubers congregated to put out the fires, lest tr.g o sn ° l lld give any annoyance to the local authorities, ach y Productive dill-consequences. One gentleman tor t , e a c( sed th e diff eren t assem bl ages e ff ect i ve l y, and leiO,L'enl not to sully the triumph which their beloved 4 4 7, after un j us t su ff er i ng , had achieved over parti ty 3 , ll dges; packed juries, and a Tory administration, 80,:Ying ground for even the shadow of a complaint tri t L st- them. Everywhere the deputation was warmly k i i 4 7, and inAll cases the speaker's advice was tkPtlY acted upon, the fires being i ns t an tly offended; the people declaring that they meant not to Th e but to testify their joy a t what had taken place. Isti s 3 ; expressed their determination, however, to Ivitd r ,Y themselves by mere ly ex hibiti ng li g ht s i n th e i r qie er t is, and said they would even suppress the tverenig sound of the bagpipes and violin, which ekti.Previously heard at every corner. O n F r id a y on t : t g the ill um i na ti on was even more genera l t h an ot *z ie Previous one , b u t no fi res were li g ht e d, so 411: 4 have the children of Erin. become to those qtr t hey believe to be acting for th e i r goo d. Indeed, %r e : n utlet of those who take an interest in repeal ki tril 'as truly meritorious in thus, by counsel and preventing the possibility of anger or colli- Liverpool Albion. 144% • ", ,`RUCTION BY LIGHTNING OFGIMSTON FARM, 1 ,% tir '4l `' n wlCH,,KENT.—On Sunday night last, during p„ -e atlful storm which visited the eastern division of ( 44, - ,," ll aty of Kent, a most extensive pile of buildings t aile,' 4 . as Gulston Farm, at the village of Ash, four fir e ° m Sandwich and nine from Canterbury, was set l gri: 4 l3 Y the lightning, and the whole of the produce, 41...‘ural implements, and a quantity of live stock, ae l4 r in ec l • -The whole was the property of M A r. Cole ,lttas'Oraler, and was the yield of 100 acres. beut a r before ten o'clock a era.sh, preceded by light il'ii°v°f the most vivid description, during whiFh. the ,tkir:tis appeared to open • and pour forth liquid fire, t'ver the barns. • In an instant the flames is . s h ued Cry portion of the building, and . burned . wit c ll. 4,l:din witnessed, until the who!e line, cov . ering l u a p ze quartet- of an ac: e of ground, was in . a from % /el top to•the bottom. The parish engine 1: 4 , , !eh was sent for as were also those from Canter tai buethe fire by the time of their arrival had ob h • fie,.. 6 , c) 4vin . a held, that it Was with great difficulty - 1; en could approach EnfEciently near to . play 1 4t 1r}t e burnin g mass. however, by their un • exertions the fire was prevented from ei.c lising to the farm-house and the stabling behind it, tif i eu t _PelY of water from a neighbouring pond witelenr qoti tit was found impossible to save the building h or ',6tOrtd therein. In less thin one hour and a a ke he I r v i t e l° ., the farm . , exclusiee' of the premises above b were consumed ; fifteen irgs ot the best breed urned to 'death, as were also one bull, one bullock,. * er e 4 l t 'we It is a fortunate circumstance that no lives 1 1 : t, 41 1 t,,, ,,e i l ta s . t n • d. . m b u uring the whole time the storm raged fear ch praise due to the firemen for the in ,set the displayed in facing the war of the tie latet and the violence of the fire. The police acted Kltteitetrie‘ sae assisting . those Who were disposed to Noe 'lte engines, and it is only iustice to say that as .11, e ,'" re required csme forward to do j o Qv tlia to stale that Mr. Colernin is insured e eontOnts in the Sun Fire-office, and; the building ,tke6l\rorwieh Union. i i i, K ° c)b Jotin:—..At our port, on Monday morning ? i %lC ie ., r6 waste good attendance •of shearers, mostly 4. here was little or no hiring until about seven •', when •seen witty Irishman, purposely to put a 1 1 .1 ,,kt i e l -19 the farmers, eau sed the town-crier to announce, o,fa °f drum, the following intimation: ` Wanted 300 meu for the railway between Berwick tk g g " 41 aspath—wages I8s." After which a f a irish 1, sin Wa rnenced, and those who were lucky enough to kls 'Masters were hired at from Ils. t 0.135. per week. 1, 4 C f „J"ke which was only, intended for the farmers, 1 1 1 : 1 ," u nprofitable to some of his countrymen not in t piir e i; r eti as they immediately commenced to dispose of ONit, °° lte At - about one-third of their price, fully ex -11414t° be instantly engaged for, the railway at the ; ca ges,of 18s. per week.—Kelso Chronicle. 11 11- 1 1 7 N1 ' FROM LOUIS PHILYPPE TO HER MAJESTY. it i ' v t:,""`"nareh steam-vessel, which arrived here' from th!y h Thursday morning, brow ht, over an exce_e_d th Lo yal -Char• a-bane, similar to those used by hi t ere family during the Queen . 's visit last ear to 1ii' 4 4,,7 • 411 :d'En. It appears that, in the course . of the d e xcursions made by King Louis Philippe an t 'a% l 'guests in the neighbourhood of Eu, the Queen I,..ll(l4o,lPressed her admiration of those commodious ';„ 4l ,yehiel ; and the King, immediately on his "' •L'ar' vehicles ordered this one to be constructed as a th e e4t her ts, Ala t y The Char-a-basic was landed 'he P p ier, aadini j m e ediately left for Windsor, drawn by t ail A . , s a e s, the vehicle .being too high to. be conveyed tt 1 4 when placed upon a truck, it would not rid er the arches and tunnels.--;Hampshire Indepen- It! r, th e nazi her Majesty's Highland piper,. in ',.rci v ,,'" ) al costume, will accompany her Majesty during e 4 tit:,"' Progress through the Highlands. "kt •slsosyriox OF Miss PEEL.—We regret to learn the tadtti t p ae counts received from Drayton Manor yester -1„,3% ; ra oen,,res ecting the. health of the above young IV O - h re unfavorable, Sir Charles Clarke, and Dr. iA' (4.- Birmingham, are in constant attendance llt,etr afflicted patient. Citlies;ll.l4B INCIDENT.—The following singular th e red Illustrative of the 'instinct which prompts the t • rlbe _when pressed .by .dire necessity, .to. throw es on the protection of man, occurred . on the pi t N L ll.!`)f Sabbath last. As Mr.. George Dippie was heq,-; vralk,around his garden, he was not a little sur• rQ(4-4„°bserving a small bird suddenly drop down at 4 ) st . ' ."(Itteling and emitting piercing cries of distress. tel'at„ l .,M, aiediately afterwards a hawk, which had been °f: the little songster, darted downwards in the ' eetl en unconscious of* ,or unawed by his . pre -4s , 4 „, , I 1 4 44 in s attack his foot with considerable violence. e, kw thebird of star 't 11 pray was secured, and deprived er of injuring its intended victim, which thus ruthless talons. The hawk,- now made an 114,everg c:aetive, was detained in " durance vile," where, Il i t leei2t did not long surviwe its disappointmen_ 14:'Itu Nh '' la the course of the evening.—Kelso Chrfmck ittie •,„,141. STORMS IN STAFFORDSHIRE.—On 1 burs ristetliTZ)6 and yesterday, this neighbourhood was o tt ha,"., t ue most long-continued storms, accompanied toi;!attu e ,,, v J,raio, known for some years past. The storm d fltq l el l l 3 , -4 b about ten o'clock on Thursday evening, an 4 11 as t Ba r ged was the atmosphere with the electric t k i 4 , t ,iith c ' t use a constant succeasion of vivid flashes of tig,;"'er aecoinpanied- by -long and loud peals of ai D ,3atic: `" rain descended in torrents during the con et'l,ll storm, which abated shortly. after mid rat, A r 'Y Yesterday morning, however, the storm w ith increased v iol e n c e, an d cont i nue d until ot,qlln o'clo c k, w h en i t ceased. The sky, notwith oiit'hQ dtPresented a lowering aspect during the whole Peilv!ite'Vocl towards evening the storm again broke the t iaq kk riti yielence of the preceding evening. It is a enable circumstance. hat the previous fine weather ' 4 4' e r4 o , o " le li d the agriculturists to harvest their crops, or it ter l-cne es-veenld have been disastrous.—Stafford -4i t1„ 110 N."--The Lord Bishop of Bangor held t c - ' 1 °TI Sunday last in the Cathedral Church of i;. 1 , % : 11 en the following gentlemen were admitted 43 :4 . ! seti ci i c 'S order .of deacons !--Hugh Norris Lloyd, k Ittkles e !, lr ," l jesus Oxford ; James Hughes, eiw t : !eon ege; ; O N f ord.. . tt' Qk : T%). W.AGEs Ar„ lte..tsce—At port on '2, 4 tt eild ' r ning last for hiring shearers, there was a , tec.' a nee of Irish reapers. Wages were from -- over Watch. , Ear no` ,' ch 31r. their -- ---_~- THE PIMLICO SLATE WORKS:- This extensive establishment has begun to attract amongst the highest quariers the attention which it de serves, and already many of the nobility havegiven large orders to Jr. Magnus, the proprietor, for various ar ticles of decorative - furniture, and for fitting up, on a large scale, of staircases, halls, bath-rooms, apartments, &c. Wednesday last his Royal Highness Prince Wil liam of Prussia and suite, accompanied by the Duke of Wellington, honoured the proprietor of the works with a visit in Upper Belgrave-place. The Prince was much pleased with the numerous and various specimens in the show-rooms, and expressed his surprise at the ap parently perfect transmutation of simple slate into the most costly marbles and precious slabs of stone. Amongst the articles which excited admiration was a perfect imitation of lapie lazuli, and an enamelled slate billiard-table, similar to one which Mr. Magnus recently made for Strathfieldsaye. His Royal High ness and the Duke of Wellington subsequently ex amined the machinery for sawing, planning, moulding, and polishing slate, all of which are exceedingly curious. They then visited the enamelling houses and the rest of the works, with all of which they were highly gratified. The processes used at this esta blishment are exceedingly interesting, and the • re sults are perfect. Slate, a commodity hitherto used for the most, common purposes, and hut for few of them, is here cut, by means of instruments of great power, into balustrades, tablets, mouldings, mullions, sashes for windows, door-frames, and many other things. It is polished, painted, or stained to represent so closely the most beautiful marbles, that the eye can detect no dif ference between the original and the copy. It is then submitted to the process of enamelling in stoves or heated closets, or furnaces, where it remains for eight days or more, as the necessity may require, and is then polished or finished off, and, having undergone all this, presents a most splendid and costly appear ance. Thus tables or slabs of Sienna marble, of Negro antiquo, of the verd antique of lapis lazuli, and of the rarer specimens of Italian and oriental marbles, are produced, which are said to be harder and more durable than real marble, and capable of resisting very great external force. Neither are they affected by heat or frost, and, being perfectly non-absorbent, are of pro digious durability. Some of the enamellings of flowers, animals, landscapes, and so forth, are very fine as works of art, and will well reward the inspection of the curious. The Duke of Wellington, who has patronized th's invention, some time since forwarded with his dispatch to Colonel Malcolm several speci mens of the enamelled slate to Hong-Kong, and large orders for baths and other things have in conse quence been received by the proprietor from that country within the laso two months. The slate is principally from Merionethshire, Carnarvonshire, and Cornwall.—From the Times journal of Sept. 9. [lt is a curious coincidence that at the moment so much of deserved praise is properly bestowed on the Pimlico Slate Quarries, that Mr. George Robins should be directed to announce the sale, by public com petition, of the slate quarries in Merionethshire, in North Wales, in - which Mr. Magnus, alluded to in the Times report, is so largely interested. It may be called the parent quarry to the one at Pimlico. It is proposed that a company should be established to carry out the peremptory instruc tions of the board of directors; such a speculation Would appear without risk. It is strange, and as Shakepeare would say, "it is passing strange" that at the moment so much interest i excited in respect to the use and great utility of slate, that another quarry is in the market, and is placed also under the controul of Mr. Robins, in Carnarvonshire. It is stated of this that it is the most extensive con cern throughout the empire, and it is said, with ap parently great truth, that it promises a speedy aid certain fortune] A POTATO RIOT AT APPLEDORE. - We are furnished by a correspondent with some par ticulars of a singular outbreak which occurred at Apple dore about two or three weeks since, we believe on .Sa tUrday, the 17th ult. The origin of the fracas, it appears, was a farmer's wife having boasted, when on her way from Appledore to Bideford, that she bad made a sove reign of a few potatoes, in Appledore, the week before, and that cn the following week she intended to make more. The potato-dealer inquestion, it seems, made the money by selling her potatoes at 14d. per peck; and this successful inroad upon the pockets of the Appledorians led to her determination of making even a larger profit on the following week.. This' circumstance becoming known, the ladies of West .Appledore made up their . minds to resist the imposition that was to be.practised upon them, and having assembled in a - very formidable body, they went to the different farmers' wives who frequented the market, informing them that they had agreed among themselves to give ninepenee, and no more, and they vowed vengeance against all who should be induced to exceed that price. Some of the dealers were quickly intimidated i n t o com pli ance , b u t (Ours for a time stood firm. What aggravated the case op the part of the dealers was a well-ascertained fact, that they had purchased them in Barnstaple market at 70., and even 6d. per peck, and endeavoured to make the Appledore people pay them 14(1. One of the farmers' Wives, we are told, made -application to a magistrate in the neighbourhood, who advised her to prevent a dis turbance by selling at the Barnstaple price. A farmer sat on his hamper, in a corner, and swore stoutly that he would not sell for less than Is.. per peck, and went-to Ilideford for the assistance of the police, who tOld him that if he offered his potatoes at a fair price there would be no riot, and . declined to interfere. The women, r..othing daunted by the resistance' offered to t hem, took posseSsion of, the potatoes, served them out -to the -public at their own. price (9d. per peck) and threw the money into the baskets. One of the inhabitants, with a view of en • forcing order, read past of the Riot Act ; but this was a sort -of dead letter to the fair sex of Appledore, - and they gained their point; They " served out" the fanner who u ent to Bideford for the police, by giving him a black eye ; an " old chap," who stuck himself up in a corner in defiance' of the fair belligerents, and the pleas ing information communicated to him by one of,;the party, that unless he ", carne'to" they would lash him to' the stern of a boat and tow him from Appledore to stow. With the..fear.of su c h, a coo l er b e f ore hi s eye s , the old gentleman at length gave way, sold out his pota thes, and put the money in his 'sack. In the afternoon, to cekhrate the' victory they. had obtained, the Apple dbre women had a " grand tea," and some gentlemen . Who admired the courage . and patriotism they had evinced, supplied them with spirits for the remainder of the day. [All the theory in the world is not equal to experiments of this kind.]' : ---/Vorth Devon Advertiser: MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE.--On Friday last, as the steam-boat, 'Waterman No, 7, left Woolwich on her voyage to London; among her passengers was a gentle man respectably attired, and , accompanied by a lady. They were observed by the other passengers to be en gaged-in an earnest con versa ti on , an d the lady appeared very much excited. When • the vessel was between Charlton and Woolwich Point, the gentleman gave 'his Walking-stick to the lady, walked deliberately to the stern of the boat, and jumped overboard. The steamer was going at full speed by the flood tide, and made con siderable way before an alarm was given. Mr. W. Phillips, the master, immediately ordered the engines to be reversed, and made every alert to save the unfortu nate man ; but though he was observed to struggle for some time in the water he ultimately sunk before assist ance reached him. The lady appeared distracted—and as there appeared to be a determination on her part to jump overboard likewise, Mr. Griffiths, a timber-mer chant of Woolwich, watched her closely, and on the arrival of the boat at Blackwell, gave her into the care Of a police-constable, who promised to conduct her home. She refused to give either her name or address, or fur nish any particulars with regard to the unfortunate de ceased, mere stating that he was a gentleman residing at Boston New Town. From further information, on in quiry being made at Woolwich, it appears that they were Observed walking in a lane in the vicinity of that town, apparently excited, and the lady in tears. The body, has not been recovered, although the river in that part has been several times dragged. DEATH OF SIR THOMAS TANCRED, BART.—The accounts received from Spa, Belgium, at the close of last Week, confirm the account of the death of the above Baronet, who expired at that watering-place on the 29th ult., in his 75th year. The deceased was son of the fifth Baronet and Miss Smith, daughter of Mr. Thomas Ash ton Smith, and married in 1805 Miss Crewe, second daughter of the Rev. Offley Crewe, of Muxton, Staf fordshire, who has been dead some years. He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father in 1782. He is succeeded by Mr. Thomas Tancred, born in 1800, and married in 1839 to Miss Selby, youngest daughter of Mr. Prideaux Selby, of Turrell House, Northumberland. DEATH or THE HON. LADY BROOKE PECHELL.— We have to record the demise of the above lady, Hho expired, after a short illness, on Eriday night, at the family mansion, in Hill-street, Berkeley-square. Her Ladyship, who was the only surviving daughter of Ro bert Edward, ninth Lord Petre, married, 13th April, 1833, Sir Samuel John Brooke PechelL The families Of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, Lord and Lady, Petre, Dowager Lady Petre, Earl and Countess of Arun del and Surrey, Captain and Hon. Mrs. Pechell, Mr. I'. and Hon. Mrs. Weld, the Earl and Countess of Carnar von, Viscount and Viscountess Andover, are placed in mourning by her Ladyship's death. RAILWAY ExcußsioN.—The inhabitants of Ports mouth,. Gosport, and . Southampton, were treated by the South-Western Railway. Company to a very cheap trip to the " Great Metropolis" yesterday, in second-class carriages, with the privilege of staying until Thursday. The charge for this trip was Bs. there and back. Tickets were issued at the termini, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last—a most judicioui arrangement, thereby ascertaining how many carriages would be required, and providing them, thus avoiding the confusion and disap pointment which has attended several trips on other lines recently. Upwards of 1,000 availed themselves of the favourable opportunity thus "afforded of seeing London and its sights. The train; consisting of 23 carriages, and drawn by two engines,' left Gosport at half-past nine, and Southampton at ten, most punctually in both cases. On the Gosport train arriving at Bishopstoke, it was found the train was too long to be joined to the Southampton train '; . and, after.waiting a minute or two, the Gosport train proceeded ahead, and stopping only at Winchester, Basingstolo,. and Woking, arrived at Va"ifx hall at half-past one; . 'having performed the journey in most splendid style, satisfying all, disappointing none. Towards the memorial to the late Earl of Lonsdale upwards 9f 7004 has been subscribed. NC-1, SETTEMBER 10, 1844. THUNDER STORM. SIX PERSONS KILLED AND TWELVE SE VERELY INJURED. , HAZEL GROVE, MONDAY MORNING.—On Friday even ing last this village and its neighbourhood were visited with one of the most terrific thunder storms, accom panied with a heavy fall of rain, ever before witnessed by the oldest inhabitant. About five o'clock in the after noon the clouds began to lower, and in a few minutes the rain came down in torrents, accompanied with loud peals of thunder, which followed in rapid succession. The flashes'of lightning were so frequent and so vivid that the whole - village appeared enveloped in flames. In less than an hour the little brook -a hich flows through the village rose and overflowed its banks, rushing into many of the houses contiguous and destroying much va luable property in its course. About half a mile down the brook is situate a very fine cotton mill belonging to Mr. Cooper, known as the Wellington Mill. At this point the river banks also gave way, and the water rushing into the yard drowned the fires and stopped the works. Many of the hands were extri cated from the devouring element by the use of ropes which were thrown to them, and which they tied round their bodies, when the other hands from an elevated position drew them through the water to the land. As soon as the hands were all rescued from the mill, they took refuge on some of the more elevated posi tions in the neighbourhood. A number of them went 'round a considerable distance towards the village, keep ing on the higher grounds. On their way ame they had to cross the brook about half a mile above the mill. The water was at that time running over the bridge nearly knee deep. On the left of the road stood a brick wall of about 200 yards in length, behind which there remained a large reservoir, once used for supplying water to a factory then situated on its banks, but which has been pulled down many years. About thirty of the mill hands agreed to cross the bridge in a body, under the protection of the wall. They had not preceeded more than half the distance, when the banks of the reservoir gave way, letting its contents, with great violence, against the well under which the unfortunate people were walking. In another instant the wall was swept down, burying upwards of twenty of the poor creatures beneath its ruins, and carrying others down the stream, which now became frightful to look at. All the houses near the spot were instantly filled with water, many of the inmates being comp lled to take refuge in their upper chambers. The alarm was given, and shortly a number of persons came to the assistance of the unfortunate children and young persons, who had been either drowned, killed, or wounded. As soon as the contents of the reservoir had spread over the adjoining field, and, in some measure, left the road passable, a number of men ventured up to their middle in the water, and com menced removing the fallen materials, from beneath which five persons were taken out dead, and sixteen others severely injured, some of them having their legs and arms broken or dislocated, whilst others were severely bruised in various parts of the body.' Many others were swept down the stream, and washed on the banks in the adjoining fields without sustaining material injury. There was one girl still missing, and, as it was now dark, all the efforts of her friends to find her proved fruitless until the next morning, when she was found clinging round a tree, quite dead. Those whose injuries were considered dangerous were taken to the Stockport Infirmary, where they now remain, but are said to be out of danger. There are five girls and one boy dead ; all of whom were interred yesterday. On Saturday night, an inquest was held on the bodies, before Charles Hudson, Esq., coroner, and a respectable jury. In each case, a verdict of Accidental Death was returned. BRIGHTON, SEPT. 9.—The weather yesterday was ex ceedingly, sultry, and towards the evening dark clouds gathered in the horizon. About seven o'clock the storm burst with fearful violence over the town, shaking the houses to their foundation. It was during the evening service, and we understand that numbers fainted away with fright, and the scene altogether was most appalling. The storm continued to rage with unabated violence for upwards of two hours ; the lightning was awfully grand, and the thunder kept up a continual din, and rain fell in torrents, running like a river down North-street and the other streets leading to the centre of the town. In, the midst of the storm the excursion train started at its usual time ; but nearly half of the passengers who arrived by it in the morning chose to incur the expense of staying a night in Brighton and taking a fresh ticket in the morn ing, to braving the turbulence of the atm os ph ere . - Petersfield and its -neighbourhood were visited on Thursday last ,y one of the most violent storms of thunder, lightning, and hail, that has been witnessed in that vicinity for some years ' • it was remarked that in one part of . the storm, for the space" of twenty minutes, the , thunder was incessant ; the rain and hail poured down at intervals in torrents ; and in the neighbourhood of Sbeet and Liss, the hail-stones_ - measured from three to five inches in circumference, and such was the quantity which fell, that although the temperature was high and the air sultry, whole cart loads were lying on the ground even on the following morning. The roofs on the green houses were literally smashed, scarcely a frame being left unbroken. Some potatoes, which had been dug up in the morning, but left on the ground, in a field, near Liss, were broken to pieces, and the fragments scattered in all directiona.—Hampshire Telegraph. On Thursday last, this town and neighbourhood were visited by a most tremendous thunder storm, which , lasted for nearly three hours without intermission, with heavy showers of hail. At Totton, Redbridge, , and Millbrook the hail came down in such torrents that it broke a great number of sky lights and windows_; in some parts the roads were entirely inundated. We have not beard of any damage done by the lightning, but we fear there is a great deal done in many places. In the evening it lightened so fast, that some of the oldest in• habitants of the town cannot recollect seeing anything like it before.—lbid. On Thursday evening a heavy storm of rain, aecom panied by lightning and awful' thunder, passed over this city, and very heavy rain fell in the course. of the night. We understand that at: the Mynde Park, Muchliew church, hail-stones• of such large dimensions fell,- that upwards of 300 panes of glass were shattered in the hot-houses. &c. - Considerable damage has tam been done in other parts of the county.—Hereford Timirs; CAt4TEIIBUIri, MONDAY.—Last night (Suriday) thunder storm, the violence , of which has not been ex ceeded for many years, passed over the eastern part of the county of ICent. So early as 7 o'elock.in the.even ing the murmuring of distant thunder was heard in_the direction of the coast by Ramsgate, and in the course of another half-hour the flashes of the lightning became in ereasingly frequent. - From the highest portions of the city of Canterbury the scene arising from this'conflict of the elements was awfully grand, the electric fluid now dazzling the eye of the beholder with its 'murky glare, and then with imposing brightness striking• its vein of forked fluid along the firmament in the most instant and determined manner. _Shortly after 9 o'clock the storm was at its height, and then and for upwards of an hour afterwards, the loud crashing of the thunder was truly t rrible. All along the border of the beautiful valley in which Canterbury lies the is>ipding of the Stour was dis tinctly seen, the lightning being so extraordinarily vivid as to bring out even the minutest objeets. • The heaviest peals of thunder appeared immediately over the locality Of the cathedral, and, from its great altitude, it was feared that it might sustain some injury from the ex treme violenceuf the storm ; but upon visiting it this morning we find no damage done to that noble structure, except that which the wear of years has effected. Rain began to fall in•heavy drops soon after the storm com menced, and by. ninco'clock it descended in torrents, the streets of the " ancient city" Icing overflowed by in complete deluge of water, from Which many persons in the lower parts of the city suffered much trouble and in convenience. It is rumoured in the neighbourhood that considerable damage hat been done to the standing-hop bines, and that many trees in the woods throught - Kent have suffered severely. Up to nine o'clock this morning (Monday) the reporter has not heard of any uncommon case, or of any loss of life, either human or animal. Se veral of the inhabitants declare the storm to have been the most violent known in the vicinity for the last twenty years. It was not quite over before midnight, and at the above hour this morning the rain still falls heavily, with every prospect of a continuance. At Brighton the storm was equally severe. •It lasted about two hours, and the rain fell during the whole time with the utmost violence. FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE.—Yesterday morning, at a quarter to five o'clock, a policeman belonging to the K division, in going his rounds in Charles-street, St. George's-in-the-East, discovered the shop of a barber, named Goff, on fire. lie instantly gave an ularm, but SO rapid was the spread of the flames that Goff and his lodgers, four in number, were obliged to make their escape by the windows, and had narrowly escaped seri ous injury, if not destruction. Goff himself, in his fright, leaped from the one-pair window, and in his fall has badly dislocated his leg. The poor man was unin sured, and the loss of his little property will be of serious consequence to him. SUPPOSED SUICIDE.—The body of a respectably dressed man was discovered on Saturday afternoon in a field belonging to Mr. F. Wills, at Sellywick, and an old pocket pistol, which appeared to have been recently dis charged, was found lying near the body. The charge bad entered the head of the deceased through his mouth. The body appeared to be that of a person about 65 years of age, five feet six inches high, bald-headed, hair and, whiskers sandy and gray, hands much freckled, and with warts upon them, particularly on the knuckle of the forefinger of the right hand. The deceased was dressed in a black coat, waistcoat, and smallelothes, drab kersey mere gaiters with gilt buttons, blue worsted stockings, low shoes, black silk neckerchief, and hat. A farthing and some small shot were the only articles found in the pockets, and thereis no clue to identify. The body now lies' at the Malt-shovel, Selly Oak, to await a Coro ner's inquest.—Birmingham G aze tt e . NARROW ESCAPE, BY THE SAGACITY OF A HORSE. —On Saturday last a young child had a narrow escape for its life, and was miraculously saved by the sagacity of a horse. The child happened to be playing in the street at the west end of ICirkaldy, when two carts were passing under the charge of one man, he sitting in the foremost cart, and holding the other horse by the halter, a space being between the two. The child having run in before the hindmost horse, and the horse observing its perilous condition, refused to go forward ; and though repeatedly urged by its less observant driver, rather than do so, and prove the death of the child, which would have been inevitable, he fell down on his knees, and lay till a young woman, who observed the perilous position of the child, rushed out of her master's house, and snatched up the child before the lazy driver had left his seat in the cart, or any other person came to its rescue. The child was carried to its mother unhurt.—Edinburgh Witness. "BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON," SUNDAY; StPT. 15.-- GREAT DONCASTER MEETlNG.—Foregatherings and pre dictions by' , " Pegasus ;" horses arrived at Doncaster ; and other important preliminaries ; Engraving of the Doncaster Cup. A sixpence inclosed to Mr. Clement, jun., 170, Strand, will insure a copy by return of post. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENI THE - ATTACK ON—MOGADORE. (From a Correspondent of the Times.) GIBRALTAR, AUG. 31.—8 y the packet which left this on the 24th, the authorised French account of the attack on Mo4adore was foraurded. • The following is the best English account, received partly from an intelligent officer on board line of our vessels of war there, and partly from Mr. Willshire, our Vice-Consul, who, with some of his family, was concealed. in the town during the attack. Mogadore was bombarded by the French squadron under the command of his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville on the 15th of August. Hostilities began at nine o'clock A.m., by the Moors firing twenty-one guns before the French had taken up their position, but the fire was not returned until two P.M.. The batteries were silenced; the Deputy-Governor and all the Moorish authorities and Moslem inhabitants, with the exception of ten or twelve, having previously fled, leaving the gates open, behind th em . The Kabyles Called in for the de fence of the town then commenced breaking open the shops, bazaars, and also the custom-houses, until near midnight, when they fled with their booty, fearing the French would land early in the morning and take pos session. It is difficult to ascertain the loss of life on the part of the Moors. The Jemappes, 100 ; Suflren,' 90 ; Triton, 80, liners; the Belle Pottle, 60, fri'sate ; and the Pluton, steamer, were the ships engaged ° on the 15th, with a few brigs. . On the 16th the Belle Poule and Asmodee threw se veral shot into the town and island; 900 French were landed on the island in •the afternoon, and, after a rude encounter, took possession of it, having some officers 'wounded and some men killed and wounded. 'lhe Kabyles returned on the morning .of the 16th in greater force, and, finding the gates shut, threatened to set fire to everything-if they were not instantly opened. After some delay this was done, and the rush of the Kabyles through the streets was distinctly heard by those Christians and Jews who were concealed. The merchants' houses were immediately attacked, and the cries and shrieks of men, women, and children pierced the air in every direction, and were heard by Mr. Willshire and party during the wholellay and night. Our Vice-Consul, Mr. Willshire, escaped in a miracu lous manner. His daughters and their governess had previously got on board the Heels, and during the bom bardment were safe on board the Warspite; but Mr. Willshire, his wife, Messr s . All nu t an d L ucas , c l er k s i n Mr. Willhire's establishment, Mr. Robertson (a mer chant), and-his wife and four children were on shore the whole time. Mrs. Willshire had four or five daggers raised to her throat by these wretches, in hopes_ of extorting money. Her presence of mind, andsler knowledge of the Mo ghrebi dialect, saved her. One of the ruffians seized upon Mr. Robertson's little girl, a pretty child about nine yt ars old, and scratched her arm several times with his dagger, calling out " money " at each stroke. Mr. Robertson himself, as he tried to escape, received a sabre cut on the right elbow. After hours of agony and i s c usp ll b) ! inecse, whotll y e a r n e a t ge oo d n t t o e n e t s t e t p a p o n e b t o h o e t y a , t a t e n n d t i g o o n t of t t 1 1 : e e 1 1A 7 r t at h. e rp .m o r r t a L b u o c u a t s t h h a r d e efoo'clock his a t y h e t h m e r o e r a ni ng of nhour be fore, he and, lashing together three planks, which fortu nately lay at the gate, he paddled himself off to the French brig of war Cassard, then about a mile off. A French boat was immediately sent to their assistance ; 'and the Prince, made acquainted with their escape, sent them in a steamer to the Warspite. The Moors for two hours fired pretty well, but their best gunner, a Spanish renegade (Omar el Alge), being killed, they became dispirited and abandoned the batte ries. The French fired better than they previously had done at Tangiers • they went in und er th e i r f ore an d wizen topsails, and fired pretty quickly, An old Moor never desertel the Consul's family the whole time; and a Jewess, much Attached to the family, abandoned them only to return to these allied to her by the ties of blood, ' • Mr. Wiltshire's house was set On fire' the moment he left it • a large quantity of tea, sue-ars English goods, and prOduce of the country, gum,. 'skins, almonds, &c., was destroyed in the conflagration, . AVG. 23.—The Vesuvius arrived off Mazagan at a quarter-past 7 o'clock A.M. The batteries were all manned, and bodies of cavalry .were coming into the town- from Asimore. Orders ..had been issued to fire upon any vessel _that might appronch.within range, and it was only by strong remonstrances on the. part of Mr. Redman, our Vices Consul, that the orders were n o t obeyed. The Governor would . not give permission to the Vice-Consul to come off (there being Custom-house accounts psnding), but promised to send him under strong escort to the Sultan at Rabat, to be disposed of as his Majesty might think proper ; his two brothers were allowed to embark. The Vesuvius has brought from Mogadore Mr. and 'Mrs. Wiltshire, and four daughters, Miss Archer, Mr. and Mrs. Elton and son, Mr. and Mrs. Robertson and four children, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Allnut, Mr. .Levi (a converted jew and missionary), and Mr. Grace ; from Mazagan, the two Messrs. Redman. The" French did.not enter the town .of Mogadore, but a force _landed after the people had abandoned it, ar the battery 'near the Waterport gate, whence they took oil' 12 brass guns; and rendered useless many others, accord ig to their statement forwarded hence by last packet. A matter yet remaining to be shown to us' here, though perhaps cleared up by the French official details which will hare reached England ero this, is, if, as has been stated in the French account here, 180 dead bodies Were thrown into the sea after the island had been taken, what became of the number of wounded which Must have been on the ground?, Whether in open field or an attack against a fortress, Ihe proportion of wounded . may be rated at from' five to seven times the rtumber killed, and yet, neither from the French accountsfrom our' own ships of war, 'nor from the C onss'party, 'has - One word been mentioned hero about tir the disposal of 'Wounded Moors ! • " This omission -is the more remarkable on the part of • the French, as, according to vt hat may have been seen by their account of the attack which reached this, some details of minor importance were given. One version as to the prisoners here that those embarked by the ' French ,were persons found in the fortress, having been confined there by the Emperor for political crimes. In reference to the letters !rem Tangiers published in the Times, 'the following ordeiwas published in the Gib• raker Chicnicle yesterday 64 her blajestses - steain Vessel Vesuvius, at Gitsralitits;;Atig. "General Memorandum No, 157. --Various offensive paragraphs having appeart.d in some English newspapers with reference :o thelate proceedings on the toast of Barbary, the Attention of the several captains and com manders of her Majesty's :hips and vessels under my esmtnand, and more especially of, the Warspite, is called tb the mischief which attends on such _unlicensed publis Cations, written for- the most part; as they must be, Without accurate knowl e d ge, w i th false views, and under wr4o6 They n g h e they3a are impressions. espec t directed vely to impress the minds of those ssh'command with'a just sense 'of the evil consequences and mutual ill will they may give rise to between the subjects of her Majesty - and those of friendly powers. 0 And, with reference to the 9th Artiele,.see. 2, chap. ;, page 96, of the Admiralty Instructions, they will call for strict obedience to the directions it contains, assuring those who may transgress herein, that, if discovered, th e y will be visited by the high digpleasure of the Right tron. the Lcrds CoMmissioners of the Admiralty, and be made responsible in every case for any mischief which arises 'from the practice. • • • " To the respective Captains, Commanders, and Commanding Officers of her Majesty's ships l ' a ß t . I I e V M . C edi li ter ° ra W nel N . ' " and vessels ARUNDEL YACHT CLUB. The sailing match amongst the fast yachts belonging to this highly -respectable club, for .a very handsome silver cup and cover, c ame off yesterday between Wool wich, and Greenwich, T. Haines, Esq., the commodore of the club, who has done much for its advancement, being the dcnor. The following had been entered:— Hazard, 6 tons, Messrs. Ackbourne and T. Charles, red with white dice ; Bermudian Maid, 7 tons, Mr. H. Bailes, red over white ; Halcyon, 7 ,tons, Mr. H. Bailes, ; Dauntless, 7 tons, M r . T. Ed . The commodore's c u tt er moved to the starting place off the upper end of the t own of Greenwich at a little wblauredsa,nbdlu wh i tee vi•ith s r t elc es ross. after twelve, and having seen all in readiness, Mr. Haines gave the signal at twenty-five minutes past twelve. The Dauntless took the lead in very good style, and held it until the second round, when . the slight wind died off, and the little fleet became becalmed. The Hazard then took, the lead, and won the race at twenty minutes after seven, t the Halcyon being second, and the Dauntless third. • The weather was ill adapted for a race of this de scription. . Lord Stanley has already issued his farewell address to the electors of North Lancashire, an d several indi nelel'Orl)-airnkteeerrsEt.sq.' a t fihrasdt determined confidently viCluals have been named as likely t o c l a i m the honour in T : influenceoh% amongst the C at h o li cs of the which he has relinquished. It wa s As Mr. Park er fi t do h re a ‘rv t aab lt rl de . northern districts of this county, it Was t°lls h a s s e7 c int o e n ed s generally be lieved that the Tories had, with their usual adroitness, resolved upon bringing that influence into operation. It appears; however, that Mr. Parker has given place to Mr. T. Clifton, son of T. Clifton, 85..., e of Lytham Hall, a connexion, we understand, of the Lowther family, and One who is likely to be anything but a faVourite with the Catholics, as he abjured their faith some years ago, and is now uttached to the evangelical Church party. We hive not heard of any movement on the part s of the Liberals, for, to use the words of a writer in the Man chester Guardian—" It is a matter of general obServa tion, that his Lordships vacation of his seat at this mo • went is, at all events, judiciously timed for his party, as the election will take place under the register of last year. Had his acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds been a few weeks later his successor might scarcely have realised his Lordship's anticipations." Since the above was written, we have seen Mr. Clifton's address, an written composition, of the most commonplace order, both as regards ideas and expression. It contrasts wofully against the well-balanced and vigorous periods of Lord Stanley, with which it is vauntingly placed in juxtaposition. Mr. Clifton makes the visual promises to attend to all interests and to do good to everybody. Of course he will "consider it a paramount duty to main tain our institutions in Church and State ;" a phrase that is kept stereotyped in every . Tory p r i nt i n ___ g office could scarcely escape a writer of Mr. Clifton's calibre. In a string of equally trite clap-traps, which we , forbear to copy, he promises to support the Tory Government. We have not learned on what day the election is to take place ; but, as Mr. Clifton declares so short a period will el4se that he will not have time ,be to - niak e a regu l ar can vass, we presume matters are to' pushed forward as rapidly as possible.—Liverpool Albion. Lord Beaumont was married yesterday morning to the lion. Miss Browne, daughter of Lord Kilmaine. OURT CIRCULAR. - ----- WINDSOR, MOND AY .—H er Royal highness ,the Duchess ::of Kent arrived at the Castle- at twenty minutes before seven o'clock this morning; to take leave of the. Queen and Prince Albert. Immediately after her Majesty's departure, the_Royal Diaehe,s left the Castle for her residence, Frogmore Lodgi!. Precisely at seven o'clock the royal party left the Castle for Woolwich, to embark on the Royal Vic toria and Albert yacht en route to Blair Athol, Castle. The illustrious party occuried three carriages and four, and left in the following order : The first carriage, containing the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal; The second carriage, .containing the Viscountess Canning, Lady in Waiting ; Lady Caroline Somers Cocks, Maid of Honour in Waiting; and Mademoi selle Charrie, in attendance on the Princess Royal; The third carriage, containing Major •General Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting, and Colonel liouverie, Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert. A party of the Royal Horse Guards, under the commandof Cornet Sheffield, formed the esicort from the Castle to the Slough station of the Great Western Railway. Her Majesty an'l Prince Albert and the royal party travelled by a special train to the I?addia3ton terminus. The unfavourable state of the weather prEvented the Royal Family from taking their accustomed airing this morning. Viscount Canning arrived at the Castle irst even ing on a visit to her Majesty. His Lords* left the Castle this morning. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attemZed by the Dowager Lady Clinton, Earl Howe, and tile Earl of Denbigh, left her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park, in , a carriage and four,for the Euston-square terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway, at a quarter before ten o'clock yesterday morning. Her Majesty arrived at the station at a quarter past eleven o'clock, and was handed from her carriage by Sir Horace Seymour. The Hon. Miss Wheatley and the Hon. Miss Eden followed from Bushy Park soon afterwards. At twenty minutes before twelve o'clock, the Queen Dowager and suite left the terminus by s special train -for Witley Court, Worcestershire. Eer Ma- jesty's suite consisted of the Dowager Lady Clinton, Lady in Waiting; Hon. Sophia Wheatley and the Hon. Miss Eden, Maids of Honour in Waiting; Earl Howe, Lord Chamberlain ; and Lady Georgina Cur zon • the Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse; Sir Andrew Barnard, Clerk Marshal ; Sir Horace Sey mour, Equerry in Waiting ; Sir David Davies, Phy sician to her Majesty ; Captain Edward Curzon, R.N., Comptroller of the Household; and the Rev. George T. lludson, Chaplain to her Majesty. Their Royal highness the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess f Mecklenburgh Strelitz, arrived in town yesterday from Kew. Their Royal Highnesses left Cambridge House in the afternoon for Kew, Mr. Ord, Sir John Rennie, and a deputation from the Direct Northern Railway, transacted business yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Lord Wharricliffe, Lord Pesident of the Council left town yesterday for .Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. The 1.1„,a4 of Haddington •returned to town yester day.frOm Woolwich, after attending the embarkation of the Qgeen and Prince Albert. His. Lordship transacted lusiness in the afternwn at the foreign office. • . Lord Adolphus Fitzclatence left his residence in St. Jadaes's Palaee'ut six o'clock yesterday morning, .for Woolwich, tcibp in readiness to rec e i ve tb e . Queen and Prnce Albert on the Victoria and Alliert yacht. Dispatches fronv the .Governor of- Gibraltar were r'eceiveileSterday at the Colonial-office.. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. . . ARRIVALS. The Ton. Charles Augustus Murray, at Fenton's Hotel, St. jaties's-street, from a visit to the Rid of Dunmore, at Dunmore Castle, near Falkirk, N.B. ; Montagu tl,Parker, Esq., at Fenton's 'Hotel, St. James' -street,' from a tour ; Mr. Spencer De Horsey, from the Isle of Wight ; the lion. Mrs. Adolphus Capel, at the York Hotel, 4140marle-street, from a visit to Lord and Lady Maynard, at Eastow Lodge ; Essex ; Pooley, Esq., ati ditto, from * thin! ; Captain Francis Seymour, in Piccadilly. DEPARTURES. The Eart of Fingal' and the Hon. Messrs. Plunkett, from the York Hotel, Albemarle -street, for the Conti nent ; Lady Nugent, froth ditto, for ditto ; the Hon. Oaptai4 an 4 Mrs. O'Grady, from ditto, for Ireland ; J. AshleylWarre, gs q ., frotn Lowndes-square, for West cliff, liunsuute.l 3 . CHANGES: The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, from the George Hotel, P*rtSnipit#, On tour ; the Earl of Durham, on ti visit ;to thet. - Alarquis of Breadalbane, at Tayrnouth Castle, p.n., frdnri LarebtOn Castle ; the Earl of Ikhes ter, fro 'Ciro-U,! bra' a,' ertiise in the Petrel yacht; 'the Count* of liihnorey, front Leamington Spa,TOr Brigh ton '; Lord 'Brotigham,:from the Clarendon Hotel, Lea mington Spa, tor Brougham Hail, Westmoreland. I _ T 1.4 The royal party are to be escorted from Dundee to Blair Castle by a body guard of the Sixtieth Royal Rifle corps. At a meeting of the:Joint Committees of the Town Council and Harbour Trustees, held at one o'clock to day, it was agreed immediately to proceed with the pre parations for her Majesty's landing and reception. GUANO TRADE. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—There lately appeared in the /,tverpool Albion and Olasgow Courier, an article on the guano trade, in which the sovereignty of his Highness the ImaUm of Mu cat over Latham Island, 'As attempted to be im pugned. As the article above referred to might lead parties to enter on the rash and fruitless speculation of attempting to remove without authority the guano from the said island, I take the liberty to request you will give publicity to the following facts of the case, for the information of your numerous commercial readers : The writer of the article in question asks, who is the Imaum of Muscat ? and where does he live ? &c. I would remark, in reply, that the Imaum of Muscat represents the dynasty of that name, which has ex isted for the last two centuries, and whose authority for many generations past has extended over the pro vince of Oman, in Arabia, as well as on the coast of East Africa, from Cape elgado, in about ten degrees south latitude to two degrees north of the Equator, with the islands and banks adjacent thereto, including Zanzibar, Pemba, noufea, Latham Islands, &c. The independence of the " Imaum of Muscat, and the in tegrity of his doininions, is recognised by the Go vernments in Europe, America, and India. With the British East India Company his Highness contracted a treaty offensive , and defensive in 1798; with the British Imperial Government a treaty of commerce in 1839 ; with the Government of the United States of America 'he concluded a convention of amity and commerce . in 1832. He has also treaties of some an tiquity with the Government of France, the dates of which lam unable to specify. Hence the identity of the Imaums of Muscat as independent sovereigns can not be disputed by the subjects of any of the contract ing parties. The writer of the said article labours under a mis take, when he insinuates " that Latham Island is only under the protection of a Sheik, who governs the island of Zanzibar." The fact is, the palace wherein his Highness the Imaum has resided at Zanzibar (which is his principal naval station) for the last three years, is within forty miles of the island of "Fungel Rhuviel," which is the ancient Arabic name of this guano island, that was discovered to the English many years back by the Latham, East India man, and introduced on our charts as Latham Island ; consequently, from its proximity and connexion with the Imatun c s dominions, it is as much (by inter national law) his property, as any oyster-bank, island, or shoals, in the vicinity of British or other posses sions, and his Highness is as competent to transfer the deposit on the said island to other parties, as he is competent to make a present to the Crown of Eng land of one of the nineteen sail of pendants belonging to his Government. QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOT- . (Vrotia the Dundee Advertistr.) AnATIQNis FOB TII:: RECEPTION OF ROYALTY.- 4n Poiinpo and llirbour Trustees of Dundee are g t h em fi ves in a proper spirit in preparing for ritirof llrr Majesty and Pringe Albert. t4orki*grneralli expressed at the liberal manner , the 114buur Trustees bay. voted funds to meet Priß The Ti bestirri the ant §atisfac ih %hie It consequently becomes a consideration for the owners of the Alan Ker, or any vessels employed on a similar adventure, how far her proceedings will be legitimate, and how far they may subject their vessels to confiscation abroad, and themselves to the conse• quences of litigation at home.—l am, Sir, your obe dient servant, VER ITA S. London, Sept. 9th, 1844. the necksatfeXphAes. Apart from public . inditatiens of a loyal anditblie spirit, we understand that about a hundred of our igoring citizens are forming themselves into a badi to guard the lloyal party thronglOhe tOwn —in oilier words, to constitute a Royal Native Body Guard.; ‘-The' eitiaerls gerierally are animated with the most:, fenl i niga in anticipation:, of the " eveutful day." Much advice is -tendered as -to the mode ef he ralding( the prdogress of ,the Royal squadron, when it approadhes,„ our! inmediate locality. it appears that, through the- instrumentality of David limiter, E:q., of Blackness ' - arrangements will be merle to 'fire Roy a l Salutes*t Carndust ie. It is besides' recomniended that Salutes r :chould • be'firederem Broughty Castle-atal Ferry- Port-or -Craig, awl that, bonfires should blaze ba air the neighluring heights. Altogethe r , there is no doubt that th public display will be honourable to the district., and **thy of ; the, august ~ occasien-7 t he congregated thousands appearirgin their best dreises to greet the arrival 41 illustrious Sovereign. We Understand that a ! communication has been 're ceived by the Seteretery . to the Trinity House of Dundee, steal:lW that it is _eXpected the members of the. How wilt pilot. her •Mijesty - into Tay. The Directors of , the Dunde4,7Plirth, and London Shipping Company have very'lcindslOrnely placed Ole steamer Perth at the dis posal of= the Master and Brethren of the Ilhuse, -for this dus.) x' VISIi.,--YcSteOny 'morning, Mr. i'aterson, Union--street, received an order from Blair Castle - ,qo forward 'inPu'ediatel4. a-large quantity of fruit, iu,anti cipatioa of her Majesty's visit there in the course of next week. - - We also understand from a letter shown to us by Mr. Paterson that improvements are in progres s at the Castle for the better accommodation an comfort of the Itoyal Hmisehold. PnEvIOUS ROYAL. VISITS TO DUNDEE.—Passing over the fugitive visits of several Princes of the Stuart line, above two hundred years have elapsed . since DUndeelas been honoured by the presence of royalty: The-last crowned' Monarch seen in its streets was James the Sixth of SCotland, and First of England. About fourteen years after his accession to the . English throne, Janies, as he informed his ,scottish subjects in a proclamation, began to exptrience a i a salmon-Dyke instinet = a great and na tural longing to see our native soyle and plaea of our birth and Ireeding." .In 1617, James; says Wilson. " began his journey with the spring, warming the country, tits he went, with the glories of the Court ; takings such recreations by the way as might best be guile the days, and cut them shorter, but lengthen the nights (Contrary to the seasons) ; for what with hawk ing, hunting, and horse-racieg, the days quickly ran away, rind the nights, with feasting, masqueing, and dancing, were the mere extended." After his reception on the 16th of May; at Edinburgh, James proceeded by Linlithgow. and Dlimfermline to Falkland, where he arrived on the 19th, and once more enlivened, with the sounds of his hunting horn, that noble park which had been his favourite scene of amusement in youth. On the 22d, he went to Eienaird, the seat of Sir John Livingstone, :Where -he spent eight dayg, probably in the sylvan sports. On the, 30th he advanced to Dundee, and was welcomed by .the town clerk, in a panegyrical speech, and, bytwo - Latin poems." To the disappointment of - the inhabitants . of Aberdeen, who had also made preparations for his' reception, Dundee was the northern termination of the Royal progress, on 'account of the necessity of the King's returning to Edinburgh in time to prepare for the meeting of Parliament. . • The:last visit of the Queen, the beautiful and unfor tunate Mary, in 1.563, does not appear te_have been, by ien any mes; so agreeable to the inhabitants o f Dundee as the one:now expected.' It is thus quaintly recorded by Robert Lindsay of Pitscottic in his Chronicles : " Att this time, their was tine parliament proclaimed to the second. of September. Vpoun the aught day 'Of Julij preceiding, the queine was married with my lord Darnely, in Edinburgh, in the Abbey of Hollirudhous, with great pomp and triumph, quhair the most pairt of the nobilitie Was present, except my lord . Hamiltoun, quhy was governour to the queine in her minoritie, the earles of Ardgyle, Rothus, and Murray. And thair-was ane herald sent to tl ir. lordis, to chairge thane to 'cum to Edinburgh to the queine, quhilk they reettitsed, and war put to the home." . . . Vpeun the ; 12. day of September, the king and queine maid the earle of Lennox luftennent of the vast borderis, and thairefter cam to Stirling, Fyfe, and Dun die;and tuik sundrie gentlemen of Fyfe and Angus to put them in waird, for airt and pairt with the fcrsaidis lordis who War at the borne. VpOun the 20 day of Sep tember, the king and queine cans to Sanct Johnstown, andinuid crdouris and statutis their. 'Mt this tyme, the king and queine_wene to Edinburgh to ane coursall." It bong understood that her -Majesty will land at Dundee on'Wednesatty the 11th current, the Banks in town will be shut on-that day. (Froni aSecopd Edition of the Dundee Advertiser.) • ‘• FRIDAY, FIDE o'CLoes, P. DI, /VIE ROYAL VISIT. . Her iNialestY rind Prince Albert are expected to arrive here early on Wednesday, Sir Neil Douglas, Com mander of the Forces in Scotland, will be in Dundee on Tuesday to make the necessary military arrangements.. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF TMIS DAY. " • ' CITY, MONDAY EVENING. TlMES.—Letters . from Amsterdam dated the 7th of September, state that - the , Minister has given notice that he will reduce the Five -per Cent. Domain Losrentcn, Upwards of 15,060,000 guilders, giving Four per Cents. in exchange, at 96 per cent., unless the money is claimed by the 28th inst , in which case they will be paid at par. Thee bonds are issued by the Commissioners of Woods and Forest., and few of them are held out of INlland. It is said in the City . that the Bank of England have suffered a forgery to the extend of about 8,000/. Consols, by a clerk in the establishment who was away on leave of absence. The distinction which the Bank of England has made between bills of exchange drawn in or near London and those drawn in the country, calling the first notes, and second only , bills, has puzzled some readers of the resolu tion passed on Thursday, as they do not know in what class promissory notes, properly so called, ought to be placed. According to the practice of the Bank, these also are classed according to the place of their origin, and a promissory note dated. within twenty miles from Lre i .. don (the limit fixed in all cases) would be called a note, while one drawn beyond that limit would be styled a bill, in Bank parlance. This classification of promissory notes is liable to some objection, as it is less analo gous to that of bills of exchange than it appears at the first glance. The bills of exchange are classed according to the place from which the drawer dates, and no regard is paid to the-acceptor. Now, the maker of a promissory note exactly corresponds to the, acceptor of a bill of exchange, and yet, as we have seen, it is on his act that the classification is made to depend. Probably the distinction is• thus inaccurately made in the ease of promissory notes on account of the comparatively small importance which attaches to these documents in the Bank of England. So few is the number taken by that establishment, that, as we understand, their proportion is something like 1 to every 5,000 bills of exchange. Some persons seem tothave tilt a difficulty in compre hending the statement at the bottom of the resolution, that the hills must not have above 95 days to run, and to think that no bill will be taken payable at a longer period after date. This is completely a mistake. The Bank do not in the least mind how long after date the bills are payable, but require that the time they have to run when brought for discount shall not exceed 95 days. This condition being complied with, they offer to dis count them at 21 per cent. when drawn in .the country, and :3 per cent. when drawn in Leedom It has become a subject of solicitude among the nume . rens parsons who place deposits in savings'-banks, what rate of interest is to be allowed by the managers in future under the new 41,ct, which comes into operation on the 20th of November next. By what occurred at a meetinr , held 'last -week at Cain's-cross, near Stroud, for a b bank oflargebusiness, embracing from its position a populous ananufacturing district, the rate, then thought to be a fairly remunerative one, is likely to be settled at 21.185. 4cl. per cent., or 7d: in the pound. As the Government have fixed the allowance for trustees and managers at f3l. ss. per cent., this will have Gs. Bd. per cent. to cover the expense of management. Ad verting to the old or existing pip:lactic° in that respect, it is Oman by Parliamentary returns that on a rate of 31. 16s. 01F . d. per cent, the difference on the rate to depo sitors has fluctuated between is. 7d. and 9s. 4d., but that in none of them it has been so small as the present difference. ITence the consequence will follow with the larger description of banks of a great diminution of the reserved fund, while with smaller ones it must prove im possible to carry them on without a further reduction of the rate to depositors. The example act by the Gains cross Bank is a liberal one, especially as it was shown at the meeting, that after the payment of expenses, there could not remain a balance for contingencies of more than about 201., but it was wisely urged that a conces sion made to depositori would increase the profits, and . that too hard a bargain was so impolitic, as tending to make them withdraw the funds by which the institution is supported, that an experiment at least of the nature pointed out was desirable. SUN.—Stocks do not close so well as in the morning. Consols, 99i ; 4 1 both for Money and Account. Exchequer Bills, 755. to 775, prem., being steady. N ew Th ree - an d- a - Half per Cents., for the opening, were 1011. India Stock was 2821 to 2831. The Foreign Bonds left off firmly. Spanish Actives at 2311 i ; the Three per Cents. at 34 to s ; Portuguese Converted at 46 to 4.51 ; and Mexican at 35i. Dutch Two-and- a-Hall per Cents. were 62- The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Brist.)l and Gloucester, 27 ; Dublin and Cashel, 7 ; Great Western, 74 to 76 ; Ditto, Half, 40 to 39 ; Ditto, Fifths, ; Great North of England, 20 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, ; Birmingham, 120 ; South- Western, 37i- to 35i ; Lynn and Ely, 3 ; Midland, 54 ; North British, ; Northern and Eastern, 12 ; Ditto, Scrip, 10,1- to 10 ; South-Eastern, ; York and North Midland, 55 ; and Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux; a to 1 premium. Chichester and Brighton, -a ; London and Brighton, 2i ; and Greenwich, 3* to 34 discount. London and Westminster Bank, 7 premium. THE ENGLISH NAVY.--..ThOSe 'who feel any solici tude (and who does not?).for the strength and efficiency of our naval service will be glad to seo that the Admi ralty has at last decided on commissioning a number of brigs, which, although not of themselves constituting a very efficient force, supply the means of manning larger vessels, if ever their services should be required. For this tardy deference to the reiterated opinions of men who were the best qualified to judge of the interests of the service, we may take some slight credit to ourselves, for we have never ceased to remonstrate against the ab surd parsimony which crippled the number of our effec tive ship, and left us unprepared against any sudden emergency which might 'occur. It is not any apprehen sitin of a collision with France or any other country that renders us so keenly alive to the evils produced by a nig gardly economy in the a dministration of our marine. In the case of war, indeecl., its effects are quickly and painfully felt s ; for then it is almost impossible to man a number of large ships with competent crews at a mo ment's notice ; and the mischief is nearly as great in time of peace ; for whenever the Admiralty determine to commission one or two ships beyond the usual num= her, the great efforts which it is requisite to make on the spur of the moment in order to procure men, and the length of time which necessarily elapses before the cr ews are completed, stamp on the preparati on an im portance far beyond the urgencies of the cas e , an give rise -to a vague and groundless, but of.en a most inju rious, alarm. We are 'convinced, and wish that the Government were equally convinced, that the most cer tain and honourable method of preventing u nnecessar y squabbles and dishOnourah signs, dishonourable a p n a d rec n l ,e be a f r o e re g h la aV to W s i e t e a some stronghcompromises into be pre-' and effective armam en t ; however tardy, of this conviction on the part of those upon whom the protec tion of our national interest s and th e guar di ans hip o f our national honour primarily devolve.—Times. DEATH OF REAR-ADMIR BARON DE RAIGEN FIELD.—This gallant * oflmer ex 't on Saturday withthe British th e ra n nary f Rear-Admiraliced at his scat fn Kent last, a i s n fa h r iz , 74th year. The Baron entered' aekas April; on •1783, and retired 1837. His commission as Post-Captain lle lOit is dated of January, Aprd 9,:1802. I,OII4=SWOR HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE. THE SPEECH 01,' AUGUSTE/5.:57'4,F RI) (FROM A COR RESPOND , Nr O'BRIEN, Esq., Member fur North Nortlidpiptpn shire, in the liuusc of Commons, Wednesdav, 26, 1844, in the Adjourned Debate on the IL;;;. C. .1": Villiers's Motion for a Repeal of the Corn - -tiers. William Blackwood and Sony, London and Edinhnsjpiti 1944. Pp. 28. Published fur thc-Agricultural•Pro= tection Society. We have often thought that a concise and accurate history of the League would be both interesting and useful. A narrative of the rise and progress of an association, whose avowed object is the removal of all restrictions upon commerce, in perf ec t con fi dence that the consummation of their labours would produce employment, and diffuse comfort and beppi nees amongst the great body of the people, would 'week sarily contain matter for anxious inquiry and solemn reflection: But that a " history of the League" should be published for the Agriculture! Protection Society, bearing the respectable, yet imposing -nam es of Messrs. Blackwood, containing onlp a si cech cf Augustus Stafford O'Brien, Esq., M.P., in the House of Commons, albeit carefully prepared, and afterwards revised and corrected by himself and his colleagues of the Publication Committee, was indeed prceter spem! We do like the "litera scripts mance prmciple. To all public speakers "just allowances" must and ought to be made. A fertile imagination ; the ap plause of a listening audience; the excitement of rude or impatient antagouists, sometimes betray' the practised orator into exuberant metaphor, complacent' confidence, and rash or unconsidered declarations. • But when the lucubrations of calm contemplation (and such this speech undoubtedly is) have undergone recision and correction, and are i.sued to the world for profit or for fame, we and all have a right to scru tinise, to test, to compare, and, if need be, to deny, to contradict, and to expose. This principle Mr. O'Brien has largely applied to the speaker, and writers of the League; for about three-fifths of the publication be fore us consist of extracts from the circulars and papers of that body. lo those who have read, in the Parliamentary re ports of the day, the speech of Mr. Stafford O'Brien, as it was delivered in the debate on Mr. Villiers's motion, little had been said of this pamphlet beyond calling attention to the affected im portance of its title. But as the Publication Com mittee !me probably destined this fitvourite produc of chairman to bear upon the title-page of some future edition th stately announcement of " Seren tieth Thousand," a dignity already conferred by them upon the work of a Fleet-street tradesman,* we should be wanting in respect to-the "Member for North Northamptonshire" if we were not to du what in us lies to ascertain the validity of his claim to such extensive notoriety. Few readers will take up this reprint of Mr. O'Brien's harangue without being prepared for dis-. gist or entertainment in a competent proportion of abase of the League, nor do we think that either class will be disappointed. And inasmuch as the ob ject of this publication is to describe the character, conduct, and proceedings of the League, we will commence our notice of the literary part of Mr. O'Brien's work, with his description of the members of this pernicious confederation" : Take one of our modern philosophers ; one of those men with just knowledge or rather sciolism sufficient to addle their heads and harden their hearts; men who have learned so very little, and that little . so very badly, as to b e ac t ua ll y ignorant- of their' own ignorance; who are ever ready to spring to an abstract remedy to prescribe f or a com pl ex case ; w h o, untaught by the consequences of a thousand errors, continue still to dogmatise and blunder; men to wham experience co mes i n va i n , an d t o - w h om t i me ; • only add!, obstinacy to error ; who, without the least power of. seeing into the life and truth of things, are • ever enamoured of some tawdry theory, and -ready at all hazards to embrace it ; who never .looking high, or deep, or far, are perpetually patching and re-- daubing their systems, which are as perpetually splitting and cracking, falling to pieces and •. passing into infinite nothingness as soon as- ever practical life comes near the:n with its touchstone ; and who reject nothing except toleration towards• those who differ from them, and veneration towards those who-have gone before them. These are the men—it were easy to mention more of their .characteristics— uf „ wham Napoleon said, Give them power, and they will grind the happiness of any nation to pow- , ' der and lam sorry that the Noble Lord (Ilowi c k),, with his abilities, with his earnest convictions, and With his honest purposes, should for a moment lend himself to them ; for their power would be the weak-, hese of. our country, and their ascendancy wculd J eril the existence of all we hold best and dearest in it." We believe there is no class in society,.. from the reer : who, makes the laws, to the peasant who suffers by them ;. from the merchant who imports the pro e , duce of foreign climes, to the handicraftsman and me chanic whose, labour moulds that produce into a ser- di viceable. form ; from the landowner whose rent-roil is his boast, to the tiller of the soil who starves amidst .; the plenty.he brings forth ; which has not sent forth Os numbers to swell the ranks of the Leegue..Biehops'i ‘Ve believe there are none, but of mieist( rs of the Gob pet a goodly array ; and, in our cursory glance, we : . : have- also noticed the names of officers of rank in the army and navy, physicians, and barristers. This varied band, amounting in numbers, if. we mistake not, to very many thousands, must be grateful to Mr. O'B r i en for his ; estimate of their learning, knowledge, principles, and conduct. Difference of opinlin may exit upon, any subject of general or national interest, without . imputing to the one side or Co other." impudent in terference,. " insulting arrogance," " impertinent Presumption," or a wish to " destroy the institutions „ ef the country. " All these expressions, and others of d a slmilar tendency, are to be found in Mr. o'4 - pamphlet ; and possibly we mayhereafter find reason,; to regret.that he should have de!therately indulged in language of calumny and ‘ituperation . towards older e , and vvser, if Hot better, men than himself. __ . _ In the commencement of his speech, the lionour,... f ali!e Member for •Northamptonshire trusted that, as the corn-law was the subject of the debate, the House Would excuse him if he confined himself more strictly to it than Lord llowick had done. Those uho came to ge, w y exp Member on that " afte reface, some rEasoning n eo i lrt s pes t tlsit e teou n iaitoci. , ).:lo a ia: l l : lol ( ni l ea)t, al o y,elen u_ r(di l a.: d flit,:atiovirir r lge:l c ilusr a \hmu s :a i ,: f oie ri eluli a ist.i l eece il arie • ing to prove the dr expediency; of the sure of general benefit awl utility, founded upon the advantages which the nation, or " the agriculturists as a class," have derived from them since the termination of the war: In the address of a Member who could " scarcely imagine a more noble office than that of 7 , • a statesman devoting himself to the examination of o t ,% l fh e tile v i et a l s rt t ebs - c a l u u tl e t : sa t s i o o tr n 7l o til f se s T i e toibi iw o t p la, l ,s e" l s tni f lo o el o ‘o, d lne c t; ,b, a jne d de e te b , x a sp t o e emr i i l e : • .ence," Might have been brought forwar'd with peculiar fitness ; but throughout a lengthened speech, not one passage in favour of the corn-law can he found, ex ry - cept the following trite remarks :—" The arguments, 7: Sir, in favour of the principle of protection have , been repeated in this House as often as the question has been brought forward. The particular burdens • upon land ; the necessity of being independent of foreigners for a supply yfood; the desirableness of maintaining agriculturists as a class in the impoilant position they nom occupy; the perils of so vast an ex- -1 periment in the face of all experience; these are the'' reasons which, in my mind, are convincing against the abolition of our corn-laws. I do not say that they are the only ones ; I do not say that to other minds they are the best ones." Upon - this text, 'often as we have heard 'it, Mr. - O'Brien Might have expatiated. The opportunity was afforded him of furnishing the public with ' information which has long been sought. The nature of " the particular burdens upon' land," whether they be the poor-rates, according to Sir R - bert Peel; the county rates and the malt duty, accord ► - ing to Lord John Russell ; or the hop duty, land tax, and tithes, according to, others; the manner and the.' proportion in which all or any of therseembauiir: the rea d le e n r, toi e n x af p on e rd n m s ra e etri o od f n wt'hiteh attention. ' These' .„ s w p •o re n s l: peculiarly on the agricultural interest, and ) son why one class of persons in a community should l would be valuabl e , be-'r at the cause it would be new ;- fo r no author or orator has a l r a e e v p e p r o o b i t e n ec e ts n t e o l d n i s hitherto made out even a priniof ie ca of protection on the gr ou nd of any one or all in f lloft7ißri the sod' called peculiar burdens. "Independence of fo reigners ' hai b ecome a bye Word ; the argument's ' against it are a:.q well understood' as the plainest/ • aphorism, whilst th ose w hi c h h ave ' been brought t forward' in its Support : absOlute i nan i t i on. But has e . ' he tflaelslierla.rbliennteso'sistse i ofimain taming.)Yagriculturists as a class, in the important 4 position they now occupy" is a phrase (but no more Oari a phrase) • deserving more notice: Of; \Omni does Mr. O'Brien here speak Does he allude to tenant-farmers and farm- labourers ? They doubt less are agriculturists in the proper sense of-the term,- , and form two very important classes: B ut alas ! the y , will look around in vain to discover the importance of the " position they non' occupy." Does the im- , portance of the tenant-fariner's position consist in t-h& uncertainty of the price of his produce, ••occasioneck by those laws which Mr. O'B rien defends ?-.* in having that produce diminished,, and his fields 4 ravaged !)y animals which: he' dares nei t he r use nor destroy ? to the investment of his4 's. capital in land, the possession of Which. he 'may4 be deprived of he knows not how soon, or for4hatf capricious or fortuitous reasons' without return' or re.) turn Or recompense ? in the degradation he waist t an occasional - allo'vvance . submit .to by accepting st Seventieth Thousand. CornlawAtil , , An:Altpeal-to Tradesmen in Town and country, by One bf Themselves. London : John 011ivier, :59, Pall-mall, 1844. (N.B. 'sold by the Agricultural Protection Society.—En.) • J a t y vS intel" flair. Dassi r ilaire' abon i pin "" At ccl 50 aft e COI CL does 11 the a the r co these v eral ,viDg 101 i Icer s ' mi lt' i, i ll ,g,err !oni' 0 0. 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