The Sun. — London, England, 1839-09-17 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION IMPORTATION OF COOLIES INTO GUIANA. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM T. GLADSTONE, ESQ. 1 TO THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY. 1 1, Belgrave-street, August, 3, 1839. 1 My Lord,—ln consequence of what has recently passed in both Houses of Parliament on the subject of the introduction of natives of India into the colony of Demerara, Mr. Gladstone, my father, has felt it neces sary, for the vindication of his character, to make public all the facts connected with his properties that bear upon the subject, and to court the fullest investi g ation. In connexion with his friend, Mr. Moss, of Liver pool, he chartered the ship Hesperus, of 330 register tons. to proceed to Calcutta, where about 170 Hill Coolies were engaged and embarked for Demerara. Previous to this being done, the people were examined I before Magistrates specially authorized for the purpose ; ' and the agreements made with them, and entered into of their own free will, were read to them in their own language, confirmed by them, and certified by the su perintending Magistrates previous to embarkation. The ship was provided with an experienced captain and other officers, and an able surgeon, all carefully selected for the voyage, to whom Mr. Gladstone engaged to pay 10s. premium for each Coolie landed in Demerara. Among those who embarked were several old infirm persons, whose age and state of health must have been overlooked. Mr. Gladstone has always had reason to believe, from the evidence given him, and the reports made by the 'captain and surgeon, that the se people, previous to embar cation had been subjected to much privation, a case well known to be too common with them in Bengal ; that when they came to receive as much food as they could consume, repletion ensue& which, added to other causes connected with their general health, occasioned the death of 11 of their number, several of them chil dren, within six days after the ship sailed from Calcutta, notwithstanding the surgeon's best exertions to save them. The rest enjoyed good health until their arrival at Demerara, after a p a ssage of three months. When landed iu Demerara the people were divided between Mr. Moss and Mr. Gladstone, in the propor tions in which they were interested--viz.. Mr. Moss one-third, and Mr. Gladstone two. thirds of their number. Mr. Moss's were located on his estate of Anna Regina, as Mr. Gladstone's were on two of his estates called Vreed-en- Hoop and Vreedestein, under his instructions 1 to his attorney, Mr. Jame; Stuart, that they should be placed in the dwellings previously provided for them, 1 and treated with kindness and attention. The conduct of the Coolies on Mr. Gladstone's estates has been repc,rted to hint from time to time as satisfac f, tory ; the; are represented to be a quiet and inoffensive people, performing the moderate field labour assigned to • them cheerfully and willingly, the quantity required being about four.fifths of what was at the same time performed by the hired negro labourers with whom they i work. A fter sonic months had elapsed, some of the people, chiefly the old, were attacked with complaints of the liver and dysentery, the seeds of which they had brought fro m Bengal ; these, added to the effect of the chap"e of climate on infirm persons, and notwith stand; ag the unremitting attention of the surgeon who ha,. the medical charge of Mr. Gladstone's estate, 12 ti them died at different periods, everything ordered or required for their comfort and benefit having been abundantly provided, and negroes in constant attendance upon them while in hospital. The people continued cheerful and contented ; but evil-disposed persons have recently goce among them, and have endeavoured to create a bad and dissatisfied feeling, in which they may have partially succeeded, as it is at present too gene rally the case in England, where similar effects are produced by the Chartists and others among the lower classes. The Coolies are regularly supplied with the food sti pulated for in their agreements by the Calcutta Magis trates, which is to quantity more than they can con sume ; and they regularly sell the surplus to others who may be disposed to purchase the rice, which is of the best quality. About twelve months ago, and not long after they were landed, it appears that one of their bead-men, or sirdars, an interpreter, thought proper for some offence to take upon himself to flog several of the people, I think three or four. The act was undoubtedly unjustifiable ; but it was afterwards proved in Court. to have been of a very trifling nature. At the time this took place the manager of the estate was absent on his duty at a distant part of it. As soon as he was made acquainted with what had happened, he reprimanded the sirdar severely, which was also done by Mr. Stuart, the attorney, informing him that he had no power under the law to inflict any punishment, and had incurred heavy penalties in doing so. He pleaded in justification that such was the common practice in Bengal and the Mauritius, where he had been. Report charged the manager with being a party to this act ; and the Governor'et the colony, in conse quence, required that he and the sirdar (whose name was Jacobs) should both be discharged ; to which, as regardA the manager, Mr. Sanderson, Mr. Gladstone's attorney, Mr. Stuart, refused to consent, believing him to be falsely accused; as has since been established by the voluntary statement made by this man on his trial, which has since taken place, arid during which he acquitted the manager of all previous knowledge of the act. A wish bas been expressed in Parliament that the whole of the Coolies in Demerara and Berbice, about 400 in number, should be sent hack to Bengal by the Government, at the public expense. Such a measure, as far as Mr. Gladstone is concerned, would be injuri ous to his interest, inasmuch as that during the time they have been in the colony they have had to gain experience, which they are now applying usefully to his advantage ; but should that course be adopted by Par liament, and Mr. Gladstone be indemnified and repaid the heavy expense he has incurred in procuring and engaging these labourers in Bengal, and taking them thence to Demerara, amounting to more than 201. each, be is ready to relinquish their services and to cancel the agreements of all those who may really desire to re turn now to Calcutta, should there be any such in his service, which is very doubtful, this fact being first ascertained by authorized persons of respectability. This, I think, is all that can be required, and Mr. Gladstone is ready to abide the issue. I have, &c., T. GLADSTONE. REPORT OF THE GENERAL HEALTH OF THE COOLIES THAT CAME FROM CALCUTTA, DURING THE VOYAGE TO BRITISH GUIANA IN THE SHIP HESPERUS. The whole number of Coolies on board when the ship left Calcutta was 168, including six women and eleven children., and they were. attended by two interpreters, who spoke their language, and were well acquainted with their habits and national peculiarities. With a few excep tions, the Coolies were strong, healthy-looking people, though in many instances very emaciated, from the defective diet, that is, in point of quantity, to which they are constantly liable in their own country. They were all examined by a medical officer at Calcutta, and were likewise vaccinated previous to going on board. They were in the ship for two days before it sailed, and from the sudden alteration that took place in the quantity and quality of their food, diarr hoea and dysentery soon made their appearance, ac companied in many ca , es, with vomiting, cramps, rice water evacuation, , , and other symptoms indicative of cholera, which continued with great violence for nearly a week and then disappeared as rapidly as it care on ; those cases that were fatal proved so very rapidly ; and in addition to the g' eat weakness that was present pre venting any very energetic treatment, there was the further obstacle of their prejudices against taking any medicine that was not made by themselves. With the exception, however, of these instances, of which 11 were fatal, and almost all of them old men, except one child only five years old, the heath of the Coolies was particularly good, nothing of any importance occurring beyond a fee, cases of dysentery and one case of hemeralopia (day blindnesa). When they arrived at Demerara there was only one out of the whole number (156 who was eempiaining, and their appearance and con dition were so altered by the good treatmenl, and regular food that they had enjoyed during the voy age of 90 days, that they did not look like the same people who had so lately' been reduced in their owe eoulary to a single handful of for a days' allowance. They were always happy and contented, utlderste o d perfectly for what purpose they had been engaged, and repeatedly expressed their desire to give a tistaction by behavi ng we ll. Th e ir comfort and happi nessb the estat es to w hi c h they have gone in British Gui ana have been Provided for in the most liberal man , net, anal they are co • tion with th e treatme n n t t in t n h a e l y ly h e a x y p e ressing their satisfac- I am perf ec tl y convinced myself, AW of met with ; in short, from what I 5, them in the East indi e , s , that a most fortunate eh and thei r manner o f lif e th e re, change for them h as t a k en place by sending them to Demerara,hi e and th a t f ew w ill w i s h to return at the expirati on o f t own country, after havi ng enjoyedrap4prenticeship to their abun dance that they were utter stranger s . to bef comfort and J. P. RICHMOZie. D, M.D. EXTRACT OF A LETTER. FROM MR. JAMES STUART TO MR. JOHN GLADSTONE, DATED DEMERARA, M AY 1838. 16, The Hesperus arrived on Coolies the sth, w i t h 156 Cool in 96 days from Calcutta, calling for on e d ay at Ascen sion for a supp!y of water. The Whitby, which saih.da fortnight before her, arrived the same day in Berbice • I was in the country when the Hes p erus c ame in, but Mr. Mathieson immediately wrote the house to announce her arrival. The agreements with the people were all made out in Calcutta according to law, and sigr.ed by two Magistrates, and we had no difficulty or trouble in landing them. They appear a fine body of men, well selected, cheerful, and contented. From their appear ance, I should say that they have been taken great care of d ur i ng t h e voyage ; th er e was only one sick man landed. Indeed, the state in which they were brought here reflects great credit on the doctor and captain of the snip, to whom the people seem much attached. I thebope to b e a bl e to sen d you D r. Ri c h mon d' s re port of voyage by this opportunity. It appears that they lost by sickness eleven, including chidren, and all EWSPAIIiti ii., c - - - . 1 - 4 li t . - ' ) I 1 >3 within the first six days. They had o death from sick ness since the 10th of February, though I regret to say that two were washed overboard in a severe gale of wind. The doctor attributes the deaths almost en tirely to over-eating themselves when they first came on board." THE BALTIC. The Baltic Sea covers a surftte of 160.000 square miles, which is about three times the area of England. The small degree of saltness in its waters is tiecasioned by the absence of tides, and by the extent and number of the rivers which empty themselves into it, which, on the melting of the snow in the high lands There they have their source, pour down a vast teAume of water to their mouth. Notwithstanding the great extent of the Baltic, its form does not afford so large an area as might be expected for the purposes of navigation. Sailors complain that they have net good sea room. Though the Baltic is about 900 miles long from north to south, its breadth at one point does not exceed 30 miles, and the mean breadth of its main body is not more than 120 or 130 mites. The Gulf of Both nia, the northern limb of this sea, 400 miles in length, is only from 30 to 100 miles broad ; the Gulf 'of Fin land, running 280 miles to the east, is from 30 to 70 miles broad ; and the width of the Gulf of Riga, extend ing about 100 miles in the same direction, is only from 20 to 60 miles. Thus the complaint of mariners appears to be well founded ; and, in addition, tht re ate 'sand banks in many places, and the waters are generally' shallower than in the ocean. The wares do not rise high in storms, but are short and abrupt. As many as 33 British ships have been lost in a single year in the Baltic, and annually the loss may be estimated at two per cent ; while the commerce of the iduited Ringloni and the United States is tarried on tit a loss of ()lily one per (sit. by shipwrecks. Inturanc,s on v: sels tur the Baltic are effected at a high rate to cov e r this ,us risk. The Br tis iv, ssel , enp'oyed in the Baltic trade do not average more than 200 toils. burthen, an their crews consist - of about nine or ten men. Vessels of largo- size cannot enter the harbours S uth of the Gulf of Finland. No-th of this point the harbours are deep,r i ond would adm t vessels of 600 tons btirthen and upwards; hut as yet the trade it tno incon siderable to require any but small craft. 'rhe countries on the Baltic are actively engaged in shipping ; bur from the comparative shallowness of their harbour:, the vessels employed are of small size. All vessels which pass the sound bring to opposite Elsinore. where the narrow channel is commanded by the bat tery at Kronborg and here they pay a tol varying from 1 to 1 per cent. on the value of their cargo, which product a 120,0001. to 150,0001. to the King of Denmark. The right of collecting this toll is guaranteed by old treaties with every maritime power in Europe, a treaty to this effect having been concluded between England and Denmark before the middle of the fifteenth century. The Sound-duties had their origin at a very early period, when the Han - -e Towns agreed to pay tolls to Denmark on condition of light houses and landmarks being constructed on the dan gerous coast of the Kattegat. Merchant ships usually take in a supply of provisions at Elsinore, and this alone is a considerable stimulus to its industry. The harbour is formed by a small wooden pier, and is only accessible to small vessels ; but the roadstead affords good an chorage. The town is well built, and principally con sists of one long street. The inhabitants, seven thou sand in number, are engaged in shipping, the fisheries, and in a few local manufactures. Elsinore is about twenty miles from Copenhagen.—Penny Magazine. DISTRESSING CASE OF SEDUC, TION. At the Police-office, on Friday, a distressing case of seduction came under the notice of the Magistrate, The unfortunate young lady is not, we imagine, judg ing from appearance, more than 16 or 17 years of age, possessed of considerable personal charms, and was being educated at a highly-respectable boarding-schoo in the vicinity of Edge-hill at the time of the occur rence. It appears from what transpired that the young lady, since her residence in this part of the country, has been educated in a highly respectable style, at an expense to her mother of little less than 1601. per annual. The father of the young lady is at present abroad, and holds a commission in the Navy. Soon after she came to Liverpool she was introduced, at her mother's house, to a medical man, whose name we deem it prudent, in the present stage of the business, to omit ; but who cannot advance the plea of youth or inex perience as the cause of his conduct. The intimacy thus formed was subsequently carried on by the de fendant after the young lady left her mother's house, and his appearance in the neighbourhood of the board. school was very frequent. Ultimately the young lady was decoyed from the school by her seducer, and she is now encienle. When these facts came to the ears of the mother, the poor girl was forbid the house, and being deserted by her betrayer, was compelled from ne cessity to seek refuge in a house of ill fame. On Thursday evening,about nine o'clock, she appeared at the Duncan-street Bridewell, charged with attempting to annoy her mother by getting into the house, and the latter refusing to see her, the interference of the police became necessary. The mother of the poor girl, a woman of very respectable appearance, was present, and in reply to a question from the Magistrate, stated. weeping bitterly, that she had not seen her dangh ter for four months. Magistrate— It has been stated to me that this poor girl has been wandering about the streets, and that you refuse to take her in ; do you know the state in which your daughter now is ? Mother—No, I do not. Daughter (weeping)—My mother would not see me ; I made many attempts, but she would not see me ; she knew of my situation. Magistrate—She is your child, and in a state of desti tution. Will you support her ? Mother—l cannot take her home. Mr. Rushton here expressed his regret that, in the present state of the case, he had not the ability to interfere. The case would, probably, soon come before him in another form, when be would take such means as would effectually secure the ends of justice. In the meantime, if the girl became charge able to the parish, they must let him know. The mother then left the Court in tears, followed, after a short in terval, by the unhappy girl herself, who appeared to la bour under great mental excitement.—Liverpool Chron. DONCASTER RACES.—Bell's Life in London, price id., of Sunday next, September 22, will contain are ample and exclusive account of the Races at Doncaster: an Engraving of the Doncaster Cup; and a Portrait of the Winner of the Great St. Leger; together with all the Sporting and Miscellaneous Intelligence of the week. Office, 170, Strand. Early orders to country agents arc indispensable. Bell's Life in London is out in time on Saturdays for the Birmingham two o'clock train. The Crescent frigate is fitting at Sheerness as a depot for captured slaves. She i 3 to be furnist ed with the Raleigh's rigging, masts, and sails ; and when ready will proceed to Rio de Janeiro, to prevent the necessity of having to send these poor creatures tack to Sierra Leone before the prizes can be legally condemned by the [nixed Commission. They will now be received on board the Crescent, until they can be apprenticed or sent back to their native country, if they wish it. —Deconport Tele graph. SPAIN.—The Queen Regent ordered, some time ago, thet the splendid chapel of Grenada, built by Fcrdi nand and I.abella of Cestile, and which threatened to tell to ruins, should be thoroughly repaired. This has Leen non complet-el, and the chapel is again open f r the in.pectioe of the reli g ious, or lovers of ancient Spanish art. A new pe. riodical dart, literature, &c. b..s just appeared in Cadiz. Its r , tle is The Aureola, and it has to app , ar ev,ry week. 'The admired picture of Raphael, " The Holy Family," (-tilled La Perla, has been engraved and published by Spanish artist. Tile Journal de la Manche states that the har. vest is quite finiehed in that district. and al the carp is G nerBl:v cn-aking• *h.. i.rips are good in Los er Normandy, and a fall in price is expected. A letter train Rittiins states that the vines are much improved by the recent rains. The grlpes have swelled out, and present an excellent alp arancie It is expected t.h.tt the vintage will commence in that d:stiiet in a few days. Tit is TortY FORGERIES.—It scents the gentle. man first suepect. d—a solicitor, who is a member of the Wesleyan Society—eas not guilty of the forgery. He has placed in our hands," says the Manchester Guardian. the , no,t clear and satisfactory proofs that he was not th, author of the letters in question, or any of them ; and the! they were written by other parties, whose names have been furnished to us, and whose handwriting we have compared with the writing of the forged letters, and have satisfied eurseiees beyond all doubt of their perfect identity. We feel bound to add, that although in one respect the conduct cf the individual suspected has been in our judgment indis creet, we are thoroughly satisfied that he was guiltless of any participation whatever, either in the original contrivance or the actual perpetration of the fraud, or any part of it; and that it was altogether planned and executed by others whose names and whose respective shares in tin transaction are known to us." The Manchester G uar di a) , acquits Sir George Murray's Committee of any participa_ tion io thin ecand ilous hueeiess., MANCHESTER IMPERIAL BANIC.—At an ex traordinary meeting of the shareholders in this Company, the re.oluti.n p ,ssed at the extr•iordinary meetina of share. holders on the 22 i August, tor the making a further call of 51 per share, was col,firmed. A GULL GULLED. --011 Monday last, as two yt,ooruntgrougtesntwleimthenmwinenroew,iimaul-iitntgle t b h i c si m o, s „ .l K ve , s is: i ß th fi ridg sh e i , n t , ea gull, which had been hovering near the pl ice, after several attempts darted down and swallowed the bait, wherebe it was instantly hoelted. The bird, after fluttering for some time, wee ultimately captured by the youthfu: anglers. —Kelso Chronicle. A slight shuck of an ecathquake was felt at Mer thyr,tThe e morning, Cardiff,eh shock w aasn alsod Llandaff on the Ist instant, at one in the , aged s'ivner A l B r P i e s r to felt at Newport, an t d o th g o e th t s e out p ho l a o u a f t c n e d b t s i e in :i ge t years ag o fears were entertained and n s district. — e have aan :Monument re etandit shh ee produce which ofi nh ndt c t u r Lon donhche y c : no i l°nddimuchrinduced u e Bridge , a„kend o f 0 wi b t mischief; e n n g off the upright, w ould and but it was intended to e ; I„ei u n t the project was re linquished effort instead of preventin g would that • . _ SMUGGLING IN, THE UNITED . TIIE REGISTRY OF DESIGNS. 1 STATE g. —...--. i i Seizetres , - -e- - ----- This is one of tls, 'e e ry Goveenmeht accomplished in the late Ses§ioil it is the andbavl.b.eth 1.1 '.'",1e at Boston, New York, Phil-taw food thm g , vrtileb the stablishment of an offi c e; by Act et Parliarhent (2d tic. del his. ileitimore of Yorkshire goods,to the amount e. 17), which enables ,the inYentrir & proprietor of any of 3 '! 1 e,6001., which had been imported without paying the amount of d o t imposed by the Tari manassed. to some in- The fraud new design C a eily all d Cheek:to ettain the eichisive copy y seems to have be en i ff. tight of it for a short period. Upon payment of three gui stances fine br oa d cloth ngey was wrapped inside of flannel ; ( - teas any design is registered ; and by the Act of regis in other s c l ot h was i nvo i ce d a t half rice in others the :ration its proprietor has the "sole right" to it, whether p, lengths we re mar k e d ' on ly t wo -thirds of what they it be for a "pattern or print, to be worked into or ,corked on, or printed on or painted on, any article of really w ere , and in others, fine woollens were packed in the middle of wors teds which pass duty free. In these manefacture, being a tissue or textile fabric—except lace and linens, cottons, &c., which are protected by various various ways, from one-half to nine-tenths of the duty was evaded.other Acts ;" or " for the modelling, or casting, or the The correspondent tsf the Morning Chronicle says embossment, or the chasing, or the engraving, or for any other kind of impression or ornament, on any acrid. of that " such *liquifies are destructive of the high cha r meter 'Ol English merchants end manufacturers, ruinous manufacture, not being a tissue or textile fabric ; or fo both to the fair exporter in England and the fair im- the shape or configuration of any article of manufacture. " Models, castings, embossments, chasings, and engravings porter in the States, besides d.esteoyng every chance of competition for Aineriteen wool-growers and manufactu- of metal, are protected for three years :other designs rers, and cheat* the American revenue." twelve months. No person, without license of the pro- All hall to the giant smuggler ! He is the Great orietor, is able to use, print, work, or copy such regie tered designs, or any original part thereof ; or to publish Rogue who corrects the Great Fool, The people of or sell, or adopt it wholly or partially, by making addi- England choose to eat dear bread rather than cheap, Lion to or subtraction from it ; under a penalty of not and the people of the Ignited States, by way of being a less than five and not exceeding thirty pounds for every match for them, Choose to wear dear broad cloth rather than ch apt They say to us :—" As you will not take offence i which penalty is rec overa bl e b y summ ary pro re• our corn without exacting heavy duties upon its int- ceeding before j ustices of the p eace . portation, we shall not take your Yerksldte cloths with- The monstrous trouble and extravagant cost of ob out exacting heavy duties" %letting all the time that raining a patent created a strong necessity for an office o it ie they who pay tilt duties, not we, and that it is :a of this kind, which will obviously have a most benefici it sily sort of revenge to pinch their own backs because influence on the arts. Deservedly and solely will it we are idiots enough to pinch our bell;ess perplex the Brummagem pirates, who chiefly thrived They have, however, one great seleantage over U. upon wholesale plagarisms and robberies of other men's brains. Before the passing of this Act many a rash The smuggler comes arse! helps them in spite of them selves ; !or our get& are more easily portable than their inventor spent thousands of pounds to accomplish that which his next-door neighbour lay in wait to pirate and ere, ispi! e even were there nn frauds at their Custom reap the fruits of. Although this measure has been in lienFes, it would be imeossiiile. with a frothier extend iee from the shores of Nova Seotta to Lake Superior, operation since the I st of July, scarcely a single act of registration has been effected. The public know nothing er xeep those goods tint. timagh an army of fifl thou about it, for the Whig officials seem ashamed of the send men were constantly employed for the purpose. meritorious deed, which they have kept a profound They tneetnaliimously resolve to pay forty per cent. secret. Not a single notice of it, except a solitary and snore then they need to do for their coats, waistcoats, unmeaning advertisement , have we seen in any of the and trousers ; but the smuggler, ever on the alert to avail himself of the advantages offered by foolish legis- public papers, though e v ery manufacturing town in the lation, sees that by a saving to them of twenty per cent, kingdom would rejoice to learn the existence of such an sad a gain to himself of filesame amount, he can drive office. We, shall keep a watch on its proceedings. — e thriving trade, and he sets to work accerdingly. Spectator. The Government of the United States, no doubt,will punish severely the parties" concerned in the fraud ; but they reckon without their host if they euppose that they can thus prevent the introduction of Eaelisli goods without the exorbitant defies inipoeed by the Tariff. All the effect produced iiy the prevention of frauds at the Custom-house will be to give additional encourage ment to the " free trailer" on the Canadian borders, and Congress will at last discover that the amount of duty imposed ought never to exceed the profit which the smuggler can obtain, on an average, by a breach of the law. The Americans, we have said, have a great advan tage over us in the lightness of the commodities with Nhich we can supply them. They have, in the porta bility of bales of cloth, and their own wide frontier, the nest corrective of their own bad legislation. What , ve want from them is too heavy to be smuggled. The " free trader" laughs at heavy duties on silk, for his isk in introducing so light and portable an article is only ten or twelve and a half per cent. ; but a hundred per cent. would not cover the risk of smuggling wheat ; and thus, in the most important article of human wants our legislature cannot be in-sensed by the great c orrec or of other blunders in commercial policy.-IVlanchester FASHIONABLE AN•D LITERARY GOSSIP. The New York Corsair contains another paper from the pen of N. P. Willis, entitled " Jattings down in London." Mr. Willis is at the Open, where Taglioni was performing, and thus gossips about things operatic, things fashionable, and things literary :—'• Well, I looked at this marvel of delight, from the same box with a very different marvel, Lord Brougham ! He came to pay his respects to the lady who had honoured me with one of her ivory tickets, and sat out the Cachuca with the delight of less learned people. He was dressed very young, with a black stock and no collar, and rattled away at the ope .atic gossip very brilliantly and gaily, evidently quite forgetting both wig and woolsack. From the chat of himself and others in the box, I learned that Taglioni was living apart from her husband, who had gambled away three or four fortunes for her ; that Monsieur Devoisin (I forget bis name, but it sounds like that.) was a vaurien altogether ; and that the din seuse was, in private life, irreproachable and ad mirable. When she was called upon to receive the ilttnage of titled anti fashionable London at the fall of the curtain, I could see, in one glance, four persons plying their gloved hands more industriously, whose united applause, one would think, might have passed for a very pretty compliment by itself : Lady Blessing ton and D'Orsay in a box opposite, Bulwer just over her Ladyship's head, and Lord Brougham beside me : Bulwer and D'Orsay, by the way, seemed to have formed an alliance to introduce the white cravat, as they were the only men at the Opera who wore them. They are no longer domiciled together, the Count having given up his separate establishment, and now living alto tether at Gore House, Lady Blessingson's residence. D'Orsay's beauty is in high preservation, but he has re formed his life altogether, drinks milk, and goes to bed at ten o'clock (not a.m.) I met him driving, yesterday, I a very splendid turn-out of a curricle and pair, an in crease of style corresponding to Lady B.'s additional splendour of equipage. There is a dash of melancholy grown over D'Orsay's face since I saw him which is not unbecoming. I would not give much ter what remains for him to discover in the fields of pleasure, yet, if ever man was capable of its keenest. zest, it was le beau D'Orsay' at twenty. Lady Bulwer and Sir Edward are, as you may know, regularly separated. She is living at Bath. I can find few who have ever read her book in the class for which she pro bably wrote, and people rather wondered at any curiosity about it. It has, they say, however, had a great sale among the tradespeople. Bulwer looks thinner and more worn than ever, but dresses with much more care and display than he used to do ; indeed, the rule seems to be universal, that the frame must be embellished as the picture decays. Lady C. Bury has, as they say in London, got herself into a precious mess' with her Life and Times of George the Fourth.' One or two of her friends, I was told, made an effort to receive her after its publication, but it was found that her company was malsain, and she is now cut altogether. I was ex pressing a regret, at a dinner party, that she should have been so unwise, when a lady of some celebrity pre sent objected to the phrase. Why unwise?' she said : Lady Charlotte was starving in the midst of these 500 friends, who would not have lent her a guinea to save her life. She had the opportunity of choosing between these friends and a thousand pounds. Who would hesitate ?' You see there is a practical way of looking at things even in high life." AMERICA.—EIiza Emery warws ail the giris south and west—hosiirs, bucket':, and all—to Lok out for her gay, decviving, runaway husband, Davi,l. She says that he has er,telly left her, and told the folks when he started, that he was going south atid west to marry a ho sier. Eliza thinks he may easily be known, and to prove =a' s, " David has a scar on his nose where l seraiched it." —New York Era. THE DUCHESS OF LANCASTER NEW IRON STEAM PACKET.—Tiv., Lancaster and Liverpool Steam Navigation Compauy's e ce iron steamer, the Duelifts of Lancaster, arrived in the Lune on Thursday. This See new vessel is intended to ply with goods and passenger: , between the ports of Lancaster and Liverpool, with greater despatch and punctu tlity than has yet been done. She is built by Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead, the maker of thirty other iron steam vessels. The engines of th.. 7, Duchess of Lancaster are made by Messrs. G. Forrester and Co., Liver i ,ool, the makers of the Liverpool, trans atlantic steam- boat. They are two of 45 horse power each ; her paddles make :32 strokes yer minute. As soon ' as the Duchess of Lancaster hove to, oposite the Com pany's office, great numbers of our townspeople availed themselves of the opportunity to go on board and inspect her. There appeared to be but one opinion as to the use fulness of the vessel in furthering the mcle and commerce of the town and port.—Lancaster Guardian. 'CARLISLE AND MARYPORT RAILWAY.— The Directors of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway held a meeting at Aspatria, on Saturday week, at which it was decided that four miles at the west terminus should be opened during the next month, and that in about a month afterwards four additional miles shuold likewise be upeo.cd. At this meeting the site for theMitr)port station was also determined upon. The place selected is contiguous to the junction of Ratrick's projected line with that of the Maryport Company.—Carlisle Patriot. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL.- 011 Friday the large boa constrictor at the Surrey Zoological Girdena cast his skin for the first time since his arrival in this country. It measured 22 feet in length, and 27 inches in eircumfereece, and was thrown off almost entire in one piece. He fed immediately afterwards, and swallowed four mints, and a small pig for his meal I He had not previously eaten any thing for five months. The Revenge has been less successful than the Powerful in enlisting men at . Cork, and we perceive that the Irish papers have taken up the lament of the want of seamen, and are ringing the changes on all the calami ties to be apprehended on that score. The scarcity of seamen proceeds from three causes ;—first, that whilst several line-of-battle ships have been commissioned this, year, none have been paid off; secondly, the progressive and vast increase of our trading ships, causing a mere than ordinary demand, and by raising the wages, inducing the generality to prefer the merchant service to the Reyal Navy; and thirdly, the numbers that desert from our shipping in the ports of British North .America, and find their way into the United States, where they meet with ready employment, for the Americans appear to depend entirely upon British seamen for the majority of their crews.—Naval and Military Gazette. _ . LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING.—MoSt of our reiders will be aware, that the Earl of Wilton, '.:axing determined upon a voyage to the Mediterranean, time since announced that the races which have hecil hitherto run at Heaton Park would be transferred to Li verpool. His Lordship, in making known this change, promised a continuance of his support and influence in endeavouring to make the races at Aintree as attractive as when run over his own ground s . Accordingly he prevailed upon the Earl of Chesterfield to become one of the stew ards, and itds sporting Lord has the Earl of Sefton for his coadjuii , .. The high estimation in nhich the Earl of Chesterfield i. in all the sporting circles, the indefa tigable ardour , pith which he enters into all business con nected with the turf, and the zealous co-operation to be expected from the other Noble'steward, who has always been a zealous supporter of the Aintree course, give assu rance of a most attractive meeting. The races will com mence next Wednesday week, the 25th instant. Tee entry list contains the names of nearly all the most distin guished horses of the day, and several three years' old will, doubtless, he present whose running in the St. Leger will most likely give increased. interest to their performances here. Hosts of distinguished visitors have been invited to Croxteth and Knowsley, at the former of which a race ball will be given on Friday. A ball will also be given at the Wellington rooms, on the Wednesday, under the patronage of the stewards of the races. On the Tuesday evening preceding the races, a meeting will be held at Mr. Lyrin's, Waterloo Hotel, for the purpose of naming the steward, and arranging the stakes for the year NO.—Liverpool Albion. EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.—On Friday week ac a person was walking in the beautiful grounds of Henry Cowper, Eeq., of Twain Water, he chanced to look alto one of the highly ornamented vase- , ( which stand in front of the drawing room window, for the purpose of con tainingT fliaers), when to his great astonishment he per ceived inside of it the nest of a small bird, with three eg g s in it, which seemed quite fresh, though so very late in the ‘ear. It is, indeed, one of the most singular instances o f he kind which has been remembered in rh:it part of the county for some years, as the aperture which admitted the bird is not more than three-quarters of an inch in breadth. —Herts County Press. - • WEYMOUTH, SEPT.I2.—A grandrowing match having ueeu announced to take place this day, between lour-oared bo.ts, io six hews, under the management of Horsford, Esq. (the mayor.) and Mr. Harbin for a purse of sovereigns, at two o'clock the band of the Dragon Guards took their statian en the esplanade, while the nu merous }acing hoist.‘d their colours, and a ei tnal gut having been fired from the Pier Head, a few minutes after two, the above two gentlemen, in a welt-mantled, sir •oared galley, crossed ;he bay to the place of startir.g ; and at half-past two the first heat commenced by a contest between two beautiful four-oared gigs, the Royal George, and Mary, which was admirably rowed across the hay to the Pier H .ad and hick to the plat., of starting, the laver coming in rat by two lengths only. The second, third, aul fourth heats were rowed in g;gs equally well mann , d, ant at fire o'cloA the fifth heat commenced by a contest b'tveen the faur un successful boats in the first four heats,which, after a desperate struggle, was won by the Royal George; but the crew were too much knocked up to c(ratend for the prize, in the sixth heat, and a few minutes before six, the four firs' boats in the previous heats on the firing of a pistol started, and a more beautiful match was never seen on this part of the coast, for they all continued nearly abreast of etch other till within a quarter of a mile from the place of starting, when, by extraordinary strength on the part of the crew of the Arrow, she came in about half a length a head of her opponen.s, amidst the firing of guns and the greeting of the assembled multitude. The weather was most propi tious, and this town has seldom appeared to greater ad vantage than it did on th i s occasion, the rank and fa•hion of the neighbourhood havi , g assembled on the esplanade and sands, and the splendid band of the 1/ . ago.n Guards lendted much to anirn .te the enlivening scene. Saturtlai next, the '2lst instant, being St. Matthew's bay, the Lord Mayor, Alderine,i, and Sheriff,. with th, Governors of the several Itby al Ho-piton. will attend divine service at Christ's Church. /sl-svgate-street, vhere a sermon will be preached by the Rev. Edwari Rice, D D., H.,:idroastf.r of Christ's Hospital, pr , ocher to the Philanthropic Society, and vicar of Horley, Surrey; atter which they will repair to the G- , at Hail, iu Christ's Hospital where two orations on the benefits of the Royal Hospitals, will he delisered, according to annual custom, by the two senior scholars, who are about to proceed to Cambridge ; the one in Latin, by George Henry Farr; the other, in English by Robert Andrews. Five poems w ill alai be recited by others of the senior sclillarn, viz, a Greek Sapphic Odeon " Britannia," by Hugo D. Harper ; a Latin Alcaic Ode on " the Praise o f C omme rce," by ilenryNewport ; Greek lambics on " N apo l eon a t St. Helena," by Samuel Phillips ; Latin Hexameters on 34 03 es conducting the Israelites," by John A. L. Airey; a , English Poem on " Christ's Hospital," by H, J. Suinner ALAine. THE STEAM-SHIP LIVERPOOL.—We are happy to learn, that every berth on board that favourite steamer, the Liverpool, has been engaged for some time past, and upwards of forty applicants have necessarily been disappointed. Some slight inconvenience having been sus tained, last voyage, by the ietting of the main saloon sofas to gentlemen who would take no refusal, in their anxiety to proceed by the Liverpool, the Directors, this voyage, e ts rion hi e o u n a t nti g d i ai r f byk o ei pa r fnr t p o u tg a p hr i si i have declined to let one, notwithstanding the most pi-es n e e r o . s a t P d a a a y nT m s :ih p e r errge Liverpool ii6pve beinge p t r i i e o p P o a luP f n :i d 'is t ic :cE e a l i ct t ni h s cm t ucl o ep N r ui e ie o at s de . : m e bsr forate d himself Hon v D e a m n b ie e i r. We A b m st o e n r g ha o s th s e e r cu i r r e rd d iv t i h d r u e a e ls s , Her cargo, we hear, will be a very valuable one. Numers . state-rooms t l ' and family. This gentleman came by the Liverpool on snaerealtasrthaieoseti taken possible. obukseae officerssi bamtglhl their determiwation to do a ll i n her fourth voyage.—Liverpool Albion. MEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE BANK of LIVERTooL.—On Friday the annual meeting et the Proprietors of the Bank of Liverpool took place at the Clarendon-rooms, South John street, T. Sands, Esq., in the chair. The Report began by alluding to the continu e d prosperity of the establishment at the close of another year. No additional shares had been issued. Tile paid-up capital of the Company, on the 30th of June. amounted to 467,8251., and the net profits of the year. after paament of current expenses, and provisions for bad and deubtful debts, realized 53,6091. Bs. 7d., from which the Pr , prn.- tors have received two half-yearly dividends cf the per cent. ca,h—amounting to. 47,662/. 165., leaving a surplus of 5,926/. 18s. 7d. to be carried to the reserved surplus fund, which fund now amounted to 109 : 6021. 7d, The Report then alluded to the present monetary pie-sure, partly i which the Directors attributed partly tothe adverse acme. of a deficient h a r ves t last year on the foreign exchanges. to a w al ) a . r , g a e n d partly to hea v y invest.e mount of capt'al from it, laz. legitimate channel s of trade to invested in tire fat o ur able undertakings thdraw of alof the• day, rrents in foreign secut ides, withdrawn in like manner fron - , mercantile capital. On the whole, Cr , . Rcoort gave sa ti n faction to the Proprietors.—.Live r p oolPa p er. BATH.—The colossal head of Jupiter, sculp tured from a block of Bath stone, weighing upwards of six tons, by the late Mr. Osborn, a native of Bath, has been offered to and accepted by the Victoria Park Com mittee. This colossal head, which exceeds in dimension= that of Memnon in the British Museum, is a very strikill: achievement. The Bath Chronicle is eloquent in its praise. The features are strictly ideal ; the expression n sublime. The severe grandeur, me-jesty, and placid clia meter of the physiognomy remind us of the statutes or .I::piter as represented by the Greek sculptors in the purest peri o d o f art ; b u t we are assured, on good autho. that this remarkable work is not a copy. The artist was at great expense in working out his bold conception, which was exicuted under circumstances of difficulty which would have crushed the spirit of enterprise in any common mind. After the accomplishment of his wishes, a long and most afflicting sickness, which resulted in dech, en, tirely exhausted his means. His widow and family are left destitute, with but, for their sole possession, this colossal bust. ‘Ve trust that by securing this noble one , . inent for the Park, the generous public will subscribe ~ sum that will preserve the artist's widow and family floe. immediate want. The Castellano of Madrid states, that whet, Espartero and Maroto were negociating the Convention, a French Envoy, who was present, proposed to give a, account of the arrangement to his Government whirl, would guarantee the treaty ; but that Espartero risinfr from his seat and offering his hand to Maroto, said—" Is my word of honour, which I pledge solemnly, a sufficient guarantee for you ? If you are satisfied with it, we el( not require any other security. In the contrary ease, let the affair be decided by our armies." Maroto is reporter-. to have replied—" Your word of honour, as a General, is for me a greater guarantee than that of France. Ido no require any other." And the zrei,ty was t:, en THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT.b.MIIIIIIJ.7_ 109 SUMMARY. - • The Woke of List etetiltigi §lVakitig of OA entertained abrdad respecting the general Wiley of Go vernthenti Says i•—" It sloes so happen that foreign ob servers of English politics—lookers 'en s who sometimes may see Mord Of the gattte than these relic play, do differ very widely from certain disinterested domestic oracles in the estimate which they give of the recent tenor of our Administration. The graver portion of French politicians and publicists, Liberal and Conserva tive, have not discovered that imbecility in the course of English Administration which those Sir Oracles who would rule the realm so much better, are so fond of announcing. On the contrary, they have much more often afforded their testimony (and if sometimes in a spirit only half friendly; it is so much the stronger) to the comprehensive and enlightened policy dis played in the conduct of our affairs. Whether they acknowledge the attention to popular wants and feel ings manifested in the adoption of the bold experi ment_of the penny postage, and the establishment of steam-packet lines for drawing closer our communica tions with all our Transatlantic colonies, and ulti mately with all the great ports of North and South Ame rica—whether they look at the spread of our colonization on the Indus and Ganges, its extension in Australia and the surrounding archipelago, the prompt military move ments that have disconcerted encroachment in Asia, or the faithful and consistent alliances that have reconciled peace and progress in Europe—we do not go too far in saying that the language of respect for our policy is all but _ _ invariably expressed, whet - her with or without cordial approval, by the most authentic organs of opinion amongst our nearest neighbours. We must be per mitted to set this testimony, with some degree of pride in its justice, against the, splenetic and monoto nous railings from notorious quarters at home. It is not, however, merely for the purpose of recording such testimonies, but to mark a peculiarity in their nature, that we note them at present. While the self-styled champions of Church and State, of rank and of religion, at home are charging on the policy of the present Ad ministration a covert, and insidious, and ever-to-be dreaded propensity to undermine all that is orthodox, venerable, and established, observers on the Continent ascribe to the Melbourne Ministry an earnest solicitude to uphold the integrity of existing institutions by the eotwession. and proposition of practical objects of ex . tern j An i ; r it : -irnal improvement, The Courier makes the following comments on Lor d Palinerston's Foreign policy :—" It has bect7.' much the fashion with a large portion of the public press to abuse Lord Palmerston, that it need excite no wonder if a large portion of the public at times forget the important services which he has rendered to his country, or the persevering zeal with which he has laboured to promote the cause of civil and religious liberty throughout the world. On his accession to office in 1830, there were few public meu in any part of Europe who believed it pos sible to maintain the general peace. A popular revolu tion in France had just led to the ejection of one dy nasty and the enthronement of another, but the insepar able consequences of successful insurrection had begun to manifest themselves, Many were feverishly anxious for yet greater changes, and the ease with which one popular triumph had been achieved, encouraged the belief that further popular movements need but be at tempted, to be certain of equal success. Such a state of feeling in France was felt to be dangerous to the re pose of all adjoining countries, and it is scarcely to be wondered at that Germany, after what she had suf fered from one French revolution, should deem it neces sary to be prepared for war, if the revolutionary spirit of France should again make war unavoidable. Both coun tries accordingly prepared their armaments, and there is little doubt that had the temperate appeals of England not been made, menaces would have led to acts of hos tility ; and in the excited state in which all Europe then was, it is impossible to say to what fearful ex tremes the zeal of contending principles might not have been carried. To the Cabinet of Earl Grey, in which Cabinet Lord Palmerston held the same distinguished office he now holds, all Europe is indebted for her pre- servation from a war in which all existing institutions would have been destroyed, but from which it is very doubtful whether anything better than military des potism would have emerged." The Standard, commenting on some remarks in the Gibraltar Chronicle, respecting the aspect of affairs in England, observes as follows :—" What effect the changes in the recent Cabinet will have in improving the condition of these rarious and important interests remains to be seen. Mr. Baring will be a better financier than we have ever given him credit for if tie is able to reduce the chaotic confusion into which the ei-devant Mr. Spring Rice has plunged the country to anything like order. That Mr. Poulett Thomson will diminish the necessity for the large mi litary force that is at present stationed in that country is denied by those perfectly well acquainted with the necessities of the Canadas ; but. that he will render an applicatibn for a still larger military force indispensable appears more than probable to all who are acquainted with his avowed principles. and the bitterness of his hostility to those mea sures on which the prosperity of the people he is gone to govern chiefly depends. With such a Governor General, and Lord Normanky for a Colonial Secretary, it does not indeed seem very likely that the state of affairs in Canada or any other British colony will improve. How the commerce of the country is to be restored to its accustomed vigour by Mr. It. L. Shiel ; or the Turko-Egyptian question adjusted by Lord Palmerston ; we leave it to the ad mirers of those distinguished coadjutors of Lord Mel 7 bourne to explain. The affairs of the East are not only not settled, but are farther from any probable chance of amicable adjustment than ever. The only annoyance that really seems likely to be terminated, is the war in Spain ; and that by a course of policy which must ever cast an indelible stain on the honour of England." TREMENDOUS THUNDER STORM AT PERTH. —We were visited on Sabbath afternoon, with one of the most tremendous thunder storms experienced in this quart ter for many years. For some days previous, the weather was very rainy ; and on Sabbath forenoon there were several ;bowers, the appearance of the clouds indicating that the atmosphere was full of electricity. Shortly after four o'clock in the afternoon, the sky became fearfully overcast —the darkness increasing to an extent that made us more than once imagine night was about to usurp, prema turely, the place of day. There was a stillness in the air that was absolutely oppressive—not a leaf moved ; in the west, the sky was filled with huge masses of black and lurid clouds, broken up into innumerable fantastic shapes, whence quickly issued, flash after flash, and peal I von peal, of the most vivid lightning and the loudest thunder that we have seen or heard of for a long time. The very windows in the houses shook and rattled with the reverberation of the thunder, as if in a tempest of wind. The rain poured in torrents, and between four and five o'clock, was succeeded by a shower cf hail that may truly be described as of unparalleled severity at this period of the year. The pieces were extraordinarily large, and they fell so thickly and rapidly, that the eye could hardly discern through them an object a few yards distance. What with the washing noise of the hail, the gleaming lightning, and the rolling of the thunder, explosions fol lowing each other with almost the rapidity of thought, and the darkness overshadowing all, it was one of the mos appalling scenes we have ever witnessed.—Aelso Chronicle. THE WORLE MURDER.—The Dorset County Chronicle publishes a letter written a few days before his execution by Charles Wakeley, the murderer of the poor girl at Worle. A few sentences will serve to show the strain in which the epistle of this cold-blooded ruffian is written :—" My dear Father and Mother—l now write to take my last farewell of you in this world, which I leave in :he hopes and assurance of meeting you in the world to come in everlasting bliss. • • lam very well in my oody, and my mind has been very much relieved by he visits of two very worthy clergymen, by whose assistance and with the grace of God I hope to meet any Saviour in Heaven, and to be at his right hand in glory. I hope and trust that you will be found with ail in your lamps, and dressed in the wedding garment, I 'lope we may be all found so that when we stand at the ,uogment bar of our Maker, and that when 1-1 , comes in all the power, might, majesty, and glory, to judge the world, se may be found amongst His flock, and be received with trim into everlasting happiness, into a land that flows with , nilk and honey. • • My dear parents, a few days note, and I shall cease to live in this world ; yet some hing seems to tell me that I shall enter into the bosom of ny Saviour in Heaven, and then, my dear parents, sisters, And brothers, I will pray fur you until we meet in Heaven. I now bid farewell to this world, and all you my dearest ,riends, and I now hope to enter into the joys of my Lord, and commence an everlasting Sabbath." FLORENCE, AUG. 31.—Cardinal Lambrus chini has issued a circular letter to tbe Chancellors of the iionian Universities, by which the Professors are forbid len not only to visit Pisa during the meeting of the natu -alists in that city, but even to have any correspondence with the learned men assembled there. The letter is as :—" Sir, It hatdoubtless come to your knowledge that, in the month of October next, there is to be a meet ing of the Italian men of learning at Pisa, the necessary invitations having been already printed and circulated. As the Government of the Holy See has good and power `ill reasons to hinder the subjects of his Holiness not only from going to that place, but also from entering into any Ititten correspondence with that meeting, you are hereby .nformed that you may take measures to convey this inti mation to the Professors of the Universities, the Directoi of the Cabinets of Natural History, and of the Botanic Gardens, and the other men of learning who are under your jurisdiction: Firmly trusting that you will take such measures as your acknowledged prudence and wisdom shall suggest. I remain with the highest respect, L. Car dinal LAMIRUSCHINI." LISBON, SEPT. 9.—The following instance of the romance of real life appears in the form of an adver tisement in the journals of this city, Ardrew An tonio Fernandes, of St. Übes, makes it public, that, on the 26th of August last his ward and nephew, Manoel Antonio Fernandes, aged twelve years, ise., was clandes tinely abstracted from his care. There are strong g rounds for suspicion that his mother Gertrude Rosa has consented that the thread of his life shall be cut, and therefore all medical men who may have to examine his body, in case ,f his sudden death, are requested to ascertain. if possible, Thet4r p6ison may have beea admiais terea to him." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE ( From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 14.—The Pique, 00, Captain yesterday afternoon direct for (lebec, rxeellency the Right Hon. Poulett hating Oa board his Thomson, Ootetnor-Cienera:Z. t hat colony, and his Ex cellency Lieutenant-General Sir Riehae..3 D. Jackson, K,C.8., Commander-in-Chief of the Forces there. T he suite of the Right Hon. P. Thooista comprises Mr. Murdock, Secretary Mr. Symond, Military Secretary ; Captain Le Merchant, tied Mr. Baring, Aides-de -Camp, and Captain Pringle, attache, The suite of Sir R. Jackson consists of Colonel Sir Charles O'Donnell, Military Secretary ; and Lieutenant Taylor and Lieu tenant Warre, Aides-de-Camp. Lieutenant M' R Do N uga a ll, 36th Regiment, and Lieutenant Rowlett, .., ro g one passengers in the Pique, which has taken on board also about ten carriages, in deal cases, and seven horses. The Edinburgh, 72, Capt. Henderson, K.H., will sail to-morrow for Lisbon and the Mediterranean. The Blenheim, 72, Capt. Sir H. Senhouse, at present 40 short of her crew ; and the Lilly, 16, Commander Deere, will sail to-morrow for Plymouth, there to await for final orders. The former is destined for Lisbon, and the latter for the Coast of Africa. The Apollo, troop ship, Mr. Kerley, master com manding, refitting at Plymouth, is ordered to be in readiness for the reception of troops, on the Ist October. It is understood she will either embark the 7th Fusi liers for Gibraltar, or some regiment for the Cape of Good Hope. When the Gorgon pastod up the Straits with dis patches for Sir Robert StoprOrd, she left orders at Gibraltar to stop the Talavera, 72, coming out of the Mediterranean, and to send her back to rejoin the fleet at the mouth of the Dardanelles. The Viper, 6, sailed from St. Helena on the 10th of July, for a cruise. The Espoir, 10, arrived at Lisbon on the 27th August, from Cadiz. The Hercules, 72, Captain Barnard, is ordered. to Spithead from Lisbon, on her way to Sheerness, to be paid off. The Madagascar, 42, Captain Wallis, was paid off in this harbour on Thursday. The Phoenix steamer, Commander Robertson, has embarked Captain Garstin and Lieut. F. W. Ward, with ten bombardiers of the Royal Artillery, for service on the north coast of Spain. Lieut. Travers, R.M., takes passage in her to join Colonel Parkes corps, at Passages. 'The Phoenix would have proceeded this evening, but on going out of harbour, by some accident she ran on the Flats opposite the Platform, from which she will not be able to get off until the tide lifts her, about !our o'clock to-morrow. She is to touch at Ply mouth. SfiOld_the services of V.?is vessel not be re quired at St. Sebas:.an, she is to procee' l thence to the Mediterranean to reinforce Sir Robert Stopffird's fleet. The Avon, steam-vessel, arrived yesterday front Ire land. The Fearless steamer sailed yesterday supernumeraries, and a small detatchment of troops, to Chatham. The Horatio transport sailed on Wednesday for Malta. NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. APPOINTMENTS. - Master -- Cole, to the Bri tannia, vice Vole. Mates.—James M. Boxer, to the Britannia ; Henry Chads, to the Excellent. Midshipman.—J. S. Darrell, to the Pique. Master's Assistant.—R. Creser, to the Blenheim ; Henry Jackson, to the Phcenix. Third Engineer.—William Henry Johnson, to the Blazer. Naval Instructors.—The Rev. George Cooper's appointment as Naval Instructor to the Blenheim has been cancelled. Mr. Parker has been appointed to the Blenheim as Naval Inigructor, his appointment to the Tyne being cancelled. The following Midshipmen passed for Lieutenants at the Naval College on Tuesday :—Messrs. 1:1; Cbads, K. W. Courtenay, Moutage Burrows, Edinbui;; ll ; H. J. Douglas, Carysfort ; John bode, Hercules ; C. T. Dench, Belleisle ; G. C. Kerr, Britannia ; A. Wi!mshurst, late Wanderer. —E. Barnes, B. A., qualified for Naval Instructor. Ships in Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Madagascar, Phoanix (steam frigate), Rattlesnake, Firebrand, Messenger (steamer), and Cracker tender. At Spithead—Blenheim, Edinburgh, Pike, Lily, Horatio (transport), La Belle Alliance (E. ludiaman). (From the Devonport Independent.) PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 14.—H.M.S. Be&isle, 74, Cap tain T. Nicolas, will go out of Barnpool in a few days, and will proceed to Lisbon, and thence for the Me diterranean. Her. Majesty's brig Partridge, 10, went out of har. hour on Saturday last. The Boadicea, transport, with convicts for Bermuda, sailed ou Tuesday. The Swail, tender, sailed on Sunday, with stores, for Falmouth. The aid, lighter, arrived yesterday (Friday) from Pem broke, with stores. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Heela, Lieut. Craig, sailed on Thursday for the West Indies. Her Majesty's sloop Nimrod was taken into Dock on Thursday, to be examined, previous to being put in commission. Comm MARTIAL.--A Court Martial was held on Monday last, on board the Britannia, at Portsmouth, on Lieut. W. 13. T. Rider, R.M., of the Madagascar, charges of unofficer-like conduct, a breach of the second article of war, and disobedience of orders having been preferred against him by Captain Wallis. Part of the charges being proved, the t.;ourt sentenced him to be severely reprimanded, and placed at die bottom of the list of Lieutenants. On the next day, Mr: W. Penny, gunner, of her Majesty's ship Lily, was tried by the same Court, on charges of drunkenness, and remaining on shore eight days without leave, which were preferred by Com. Deere. The charge of remaining on shore was proved, but in consideration of the prisoner's long service and good character, the Court adjudged him only to be dismissed the Lily, and deprived of a month's pay. The Court consisted of the following officers : Admiral the lion. D. P. Bouverie, President ; Captains Searle, Senhouse, Henderson, Boxer, and Hastings. In Hamoase—lmpregnable, 104, Captain Eden ; San Josef, 110, Captain Taylor ; Carron, steam-vessel ; Apollo, troop-ship, refitting. In Barn-pool—Belleisle, 74, Captain Toup Nicholas. In the Sound—Partridge, 10, Lieut. Morris. We have received letters from H. M. steamer Spitfire, 6, Lieut.-Cons. Kennedy, dated St. Thomas's, West Indies, August 1. The crew are at present healthy, but have suffered much from sickness. We regret to have to record the death of the surgeon. Mr. R. R. Arilott. Letters from the Jupiter troopship, Mr. Foulton, master, of the •M May, state being about to leave Co lumbo, for Trincomalee, to embark the 18th regiment for conveyance to Bombay, after which it was thought she would take troops to the Persian Gulf, and thence proceed to England. The whole of the East India squa dron were assembling, supposed for Canton. MALTA, Am 21sT.—The Zebra has relieved the Hazard at Smyrna. The Talavera left Malta for England on Thursday last, and has had a fair wind ever since. The Flower of Yarrow yacht, Lord Exmouth, arrived on Saturday hut from Palermo. Her Majesty's ship Inconstant, 36. Captain D. Pring, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir T. Har vey, K.C.8., was at Halifax, Aug. I. The Gallant Admiral intended to go to Bermuda, ta-meet the Win chester, and on joining her to visit the West India Islands. ELOPEMENT.—A young lady (Miss Harriet Gee) eloped from ber father's residence, 7, High-rew, Kensington Gravel. pits, on Wednesday evening. The voting lady is said to have been attached to a gentleman of the name of Davis, of Worcester, but her father had for bidden the continuance of the intimacy. On Wednesday evening, about eight, Miss Gee, without either bonnet or shawl, got over the garden wall, and so into the Mall, where she was received by a gentleman supposed to be Mr. Davis. The parties immediately jumped into a chaise, which bad been some time in waiting, and drove off. A letter has been received from the fugitives, but .its contents have not transpired. The young lady is reported to have a fortune in her own ight. AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 11.—MM. Paul Van Trisvingen and P. Van Elk have issued a prospectus, with proposals for establishing a new Steam Navigation Company for the communication between Amsterdam. and London. The capital of the Company is fixed at 500,000 florins—viz., 450,000 florins for building two powerful steam boats, and 50,000 florins for fitting them up for ser vice; as soon, however, as subscriptions to the amount of 250,000 florins shall be made, the subscribers are to be called together, in order to appoint a Committee, and then the building of one boat to be commenced. The capital to consist of 200 shares of 2,500 florins each ; for which interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum shall be paid till the steam boats are ready for service. The above gentlemen expect the most favourable results from this un dertaking as connected with the commercial treaty between and the intended r a il wa y to they nd have made a det a il e d est i_ the Netherlands erla T nd he s y and declaren England, mate, founded on ex perience, of the. expense . and probabl e receipt, and though the supposed mmenum of receipt h as teen taken as tbei basi s, they have good reason to expect that this undertakng will be successful. At the meeting of the Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction line, it was proposed to create half. h pu t them on a par with w h o l e s h ares, and secure sacr's b a e ' s "l besides on them an interest of 5 per cent, per an nual for tw-lve months, after the line shall have been opened. We have no doubt this will work beneficially for the concern. From our reporter's account of the pro. ceedings, it appears that this Company, like almost all others, is in no goad plight with respect to funds, ar ,4 , that it has been for some time generously sustained by the credit of the directors. A project is talked of about crossing the Thames, and, by this means, uniting the South Western with the Birmingham and Great Western lines. Add to this a terminus at Knightsbridge, and the Thames Junction will become one of the most valuable short lines in the kingdom.—Railway Magazine. A MOTHER'S INTREPIDITY.-011 Monday, as a collier's wife, at Tunstail, was banging some linen on a clothes line, her infant child fell into a well on the pre mises, and being missed, was heard in the water. The mother descended into the well, and succeeded in saving the child's life.— iajfordslare Advertiser. EVEN' gn ED ITI CORONEg'S INQUEST• IN STRAND SEWER.—Last night an inci:. , est W" DISCOVERY Or A HUMAN SNELICTON VIIP the Ship public-house, Millbank-street , be ore Mr. ti HIGGS, on view of the remains of a hum .‘n 51::eleton whin;' had been found in the Strand Sewer, uncle' • cir cumstances of an extraordinary natu re. held at After Thome Late, a man in the habit of going''‘,,..° :ewers in search of . oney, and Inspector Mullins I.,ad deser.lled the place where they found the skeleton, soave seventy yar - Js from Temple aar to the West, Mr. Robert Stodart stated that he was of opinion that the remains found w ere those of his father, from the circumstance of the shoe which he had seen, and could positively swear had been worn by him at the time he was missed, which was sinoe the 26th of April last, when he had been out drinking, and ca home about two o'clock in the morning ; he, boweves ell d;fi not stop a minute, but rushed o of the house, imagin;_ng some one was going yO murder him. His father was of unsound mind, bad beot three times cells fined, and when he became deranged b.c bide himself away. would try be lto The deceased had on when eft a blue coat, black trov7sers, light waistcoat , and low shoes ; be was about five feet eight inches' , in height, and 45 years of age ; his teeth were not g ood apes, and but few of them remained. the Mrs. Stoddart, of No. 9, Clerkenwell-green, mother of last witness, said she could swear that ' 1341 shoe produced had belonged to her missing Unbend. A Juror suggested that it would be as well to produce the remains of clothing that bad been found, and if those were identified, it would tend to fix the identity of the body. The clothes were produced, and after a close inspect tier, of them, Mrs. Stothard swore positively to the s;:jrt having been corn by her husband. The shirts worn by her husband wee plaited in at the top, but we like the generality of shirts, not at the bottom. The remains of the shirt produced corresponded with the witness's description. The CORONER here asked of lospector ,Mellins if be thought the bkeleton was complete, The Inspector said yes , with the except`icu' o f the hands and feet, which had rotted off. The Jury, after putting some furthe r quest:onhi to the relatives of the deceased , retur ned the follywi l verdict That the skeleton of a man had been fou'u"' and from the evidence adduced, there was every Tease' to suppose it was that of Robert Stoddart, who bad ; been missing from his home since April last, and who i at the time of being missed was in as unsound state of mind." THE MARKETS.-(YESTERDAY•) PRICE 0 BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 10d. for the 411, oat, ()nod Bread may be had at fNd. IMICES OF SEEDS. Foie Quarter. . for Cwt. N ew ' English Red Cloyer..._so , s ; 81: S u t ye F o ai r i ass 4 .....t ••04 -s. -s. Linseed, for feeding-`. 4as. 52.5. --a. 40s. 445 Old D,:' ,7 0410- *-° New Fe Mao ..- -2 " 61 / 3 . 633. I'aeey Grain ...., ....., , 51w.655. Ditto. for sawing......-s. 545. 564 - 7 5 , . pin!), for crushing...--s 425. 465. O s l e d w D vv itte hit l e il c il v .• e 7 i . 4. -Z . Old Ditto Ditto -.4...-.. Nes/ Trefoil ..._,. 14. z „ .. . anary ..--s 70s. 80s. Old Ditto -s, 1 4 s. Stk. . I.lem P -s 331 40s. ... s. 54 , 58 ,. - # 0,,,..". I ,.. lyatard... . .. Per flinniel Trefolium -s -, ---e. lls Gal . 14s ed, English Carraway Foreign Ditto -s. 50s. 5'.4. Browny oat, l75.Pd. 21s. ed. Coriander -s 205. 25s Tares ........ ss. 6 d 8 ' 06 Rapeseed, English fine :per Last V PRICES OF HOPS. Farnham Pockets (per cwt.) Oi 05. 01. Ps. to 01. Os. East lisni Pockets.-• 4 , 10s. 51. W. to 61. Os. Ditto 8ag5..... 3'103. Br (4, to 41. 43, Slid Kent Pockets Si. 105. 4/... 10s. to 5/ 12". Ditto Bags 3. 111 i, 01. Os. to 4i. Os. Sussex "if Os. W. Os. to 3'. ss. Yearlings (9. Os. 31.. 3s, to 3/. 104. Old !lids Old Duty estimated at 230,0901. PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, /sc. per 1121i.Z. Town Tallow sls 6d. Yet' w Soap .. .. - Od• s. 0 11 - Yellow Russia s.'s od. Mottled Whit e -a. Od. Curd ••• •5. ts' A. Soap Ditto ...... Melting Stuff .... Ditto Rough ............ 275. ed. PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d Per lb. a. tot. CrOpHides',.3, to 401 b, each 11 1:11 Horse Hides, f•erman ... 12 3",.. ....---47 80.- ..... 12 16 --- - - Spanish ... 13 r, --.; 60. .... ... 13 18 CalfSkins,3 o to4.lb.(doz) 15 Y: Bull Hides' _. .. lO 13 --.--40 50 ........ 18 2 ' -•. 17 19 ---5 O 60 ... ...., 21 213 Butts, V.triol English '•• •••• . 18 Seal Skins, large... ~...... II ~.,15 -- Foreign , -... Is, • 1 oreign Hides - mu ll - . 16 '- Dressing Hides ... . ... ii 14 1.' 4 1 --.-Shaved... 13 i 7 11341_°:,',1" ... 1 91 Be3i Saddlers' Ilides.i... 15 1612.....T' 0 12 Horse Hides, English .. It P, Sho:.'L'e, 2l ; Call Skins, if rounded '2d. to ....q , pt,.r lb. more. PRICE OF OIL. " 8 - I 2 51 ' .I RapeOil,brown, pe - ton, 35/ 10s.-Re6 , ed,37/. o s. I I;.'s ee- -' 2 t „ no 7/. Linseed oil Cake at the Mill (IWO), 131. 05.- Rape PRICE , F RAW FAT, per stone of 81' , .• 10 44- Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Meters) ......... II& c a k s e, per ty PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of good Store candles in the Retai l Sho p s is as folio '," Candles, per dozen, Bs. Od. ; inferior, Is. nd. • Moulds, 90. 04 Sixpence per doze, discount for Cash. COAL MARKET. 5,d Holywell Main ..... ........ ..... iii 6 Leazes Main l7 Oril's 11 edhugh 7 1 61 South Hartley 9 6 Townley . Wylam. 2O 9 W..11s End Brown's :,.. , Walls End Clarke and do- l9 Walls end Heaton _ . 29 9 Walls End Hilda 2! C Walls • End HOtopur ...... Walls End Riddell's l2 3 Walls hod Belmont ..... Walls Entißraddyll`sHettoll 43 Walls End Haswell Walls End Hetton Walls End Larnbton .... ...... 23 6' W. E. North Hetton Lyons. 22 0 Walls End Russell's Hetton k 3 6 Ships arrived since Cl• 3 4 0 Walls End Stewart'sT gi 6 I Walls End iarrington ell Walls End Brown's D ean''" ai 0 W. 4115 EndßieharclsoL l c oo 18 ~, NV, t.3.llichardaon's Ism,. 112 %Valls End South Dur, rees , V 3 Walls End Seynieur .. 2 , 2 6 Walls End Tees. ............. 0 ,W.dts End Tees H t , 3 Walls End Tennant ....-"" Walls End West Hett oo ...... II Blythe. Brampton Main 01 El icar Howard':: Netherton Main 10 0 St av ety Main l9 0 , Walls End Devonshire l9 Walls End Elgin 26 6 last market -day, 52 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST 'CO" . GUILFORD MARKET, A i. 5 , - Wheat, Old (Per Load) 191. to 20/. la 0 0 , to Barley (Per Qr.) 37 s. to 41 s• I Beans (Per Qr.) ..... " 40 44 Oats. 30 33 Rye Grey Pease, aos. to Its. • CHELMSFORD MARKET. Se •' 5 $. 0 Wheat, White 66 to ;4 Oats .. . ....................... 4 Red Barley 34 37 White ............. fN. J Cheralier 18 43 Beans, Tick .............. D a G r i n ding •••• 3 It is understood that the retiring pension of Sir John Newport, late Comptroller of the Exchequer, is t ° be 1,0001. a year. The Hon. Charles Murray tells us that the steward of the steam-vessel on the - Upper Mississippi, i° which he was a passenger, received 121. a month w ag es, besides his board, and what he received as presents. l,° this country such a person would conceive himself o'l paid with 21. or 31. a monlh. It is not the liberali t Lf the American shipowners, nor the illiberality of tile tish shipowner, which causes the one to give )21. 50d,th: other to give al., but the difference in the value of la b o u r in the far west of America and in England. w J 6 NEW POLICE ACT, 42 ND CLAUSE.-*".-- e not know how much longer Englishmen will subillt t°,ll: system or espionage that allows policemen to peep 1011,10'it the kevhcle of their doors, and bring information a 8 .0. them. Verily an gettlishm&n i a house is no longer his GM —Sunday Times. LEICESTER TRADE.—Tho demand is dultbsft. the season of the year. The wholesi.le hoaxes W e a ls(/' only for their immediate wants. The grove trade if,; b 5 much flatter; some glove hands have b een discharge,° _a 47- de, there are no great number out of employ in the hosier Y lea Wools and yarns are without altera tion. The lee sogi of wool in London, although a very large q uanta 6 d • submitted, went off better than was expected, from I d e : a pd per pound downwards. Prices were fully support e on some of the lower descripiions an advance woo res i t .94. but above Is. 64. the sales were dull, at a reductio n 0 • . per lb.—Leicester Chronicle. . • SECOND-HAND PLATE PURCHASE% A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths , No. 14, C°"_ a sa London (opposite the Bank of England) , inform Execatersfroto others, wishing to dispose of Second - han d Plate. that' v i c es having a ready sale, they can offer more advantageous reoer than can usually be given by the Trade ; payrent lasi fa Le received in cash. or the amount silo ed nu exchs l3ls. other silver. V .----------- PLATE.—T. COX SAVORY. Silversmiths 47, Cornhill (Seven Doors from Gracechn r, -th-street), Ll s , st The best wrought Fiddle-Pattern Spoons we s and For MS I rl 7s. 2d. p er ounce. The following are the ig„, Atb mended, but the articles may be had lighter or ile a ' . el• same price per ounce : oz. s. d. .1 1 . ° 12 Fiddle-pattern Table Spoons • 0 12 Ditto Dessert ditto 2O at 7 2 4 ; p' 4 12 Ditto Table Forks 2O at 7 2 I ;',, $ s 12 Ditto Dessert ditto 2O at 7 2 4il 4 - 2 Ditto Gravy Spoons ... ...... I 11 . . 1 Ditto Soup Ladle 4 Ditto Sauce ditto 10 at 7 1 i 0 I :g (s il t t r s o t n r g on ) g .. ) Sl° $ 1 Ditto Fish Slice 2 16 0 12 Ditto Tea Spoons . . 10 at 7 1 0 0 . N. B. A pamphlet containing a list of prices •- +i , or f ?li t° ,deWdaintchaness,wCerlotcokas,poticsct..p,:dayapbpeucabtaidoirs. "--' _.....------ :GfoporwoditartsoSSaulgtaSrP°T:nngs wr.l4liialtpDebadieit - --- --_______ .8 IR THS. , port' On Sunday, th e 15th inst., at 32, Deronshire -I tr ee " land-place, M rs . A. B. Chi s holm, o a daughter. I go- On the 15th in s t., th e w if e o f Mr. Thomas Riche'', 0' chester-street, 'Manchester-square, of a son. a Coo"' On the sth i ns t., a t Gib ra lt ar , th e lady of Long Esq Esq , his Belgian :\lajesty's Consul, of a daughter. i 0110 On the 14th i n st., i n Upper Woburn-place, the lady 0 Aldridge. Esq., of dahter. On the 15th inst. a ,in Guilford-street, Russell - WWI th e 16 : the of Luke F reeman , E sq ., of a daughter, still-born. 1,61 On the 16th inst., in Great Cumberland -pla ce, George Robert Smith, Esq.,of a son. _, o f the On the 16th inst., at Charterhouse.square, the le l ohn the Rev. William Goode, Rector of St. Antholin And St. Baptist, of a daughter. MARRIED. n f tba On the 10th inst. at Bnilth. John N. Lloyd, EK. _, -- „ 13 of Cottage, and formerly of the island of St. Lucia secou ' u 5- to Riehard Lloyd, late of Holloway-house, 'Middle/0,. Annie Jones, youngest daughter of John Jones, E s q., baUk e s f r o On the 12th inst., at Hammersmith, t.h• ReV' 1 %, to Thomas, M.A., of Eye -cottage, Leominster, HerefordslSfi. Mary, fourth surviving daughter of the late Morris Kg' t gt. army agent, of Vigo-street, and Great Ryder -s ir e.' James's. DIE!) On the 13th inst., at Rendlesham, the Right Non. Lord Rendlesliam. Mr. On the 7th init ., s uddenl y , Elizabeth, relict of the lat. George Glossier, of Red-hill, Kingsbury, aged 7.1. On the 9th inst., at Norton, near Stockton-on-Tees, W illisal -srh.' • London : Printe d and Pu b l i sh e d by muarici YOVx' is No. 112, Strand , at The Su ' Sinn Office, No. 112 tr a cer tine co unty of Middiesex.—Tues4iay, tl4ptember 17, 104 i t