The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-11 00:00:00

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The same day the Prince and Princess de Joinville and the Du chess de Nemours arrived at Compiegne, at five in the evening. There was a grar.d dinner, to which the gen tlemen engaged in the hunt were invited. On the 7th a grand battue was to take place in the forest of Laigne. Ale Duke de Morapensier was expected. Another hunt w , ff as er to tak e pl ace o n the Bth, at which the Princesses t() , l 3e present. fl n - "Way says the Commerce, the profes s o rs and oth eroweers at „ 'took. )- formal leave of General Boileau, the B h.; uienmed-r of the Polytechnic School, who very Gene ral after retired. Almost i m mediately thereupon e neral It os t o l an was installed in his place, and took possession of his apartments. Another jou rnal states that the letters of convocation to the pupils have not been s ent out, and, therefore, that it is impos , ible that seven tethen of them on ly having received no letters reg erd 'elves as expelled. The Siecle, however, declares that this expulsion has taken place, and publishes the names of the pupils expelled. Accounts from Africa state that Abd-el-Bader has taken refug e near Miliana, a part of the country wher e the jurisdiction of the Emperor of Morocco is not much respected. lhe Toulon nais s a y s that Marshal Bu g eaud has taken the conclusion of the treaty of p eac e with Morocco so Much to heart, th a t it has made quite an old man of him. The treaty" says the Toulonnais, " is, in fact, very I ), ll Viic, but we should not have thought it would have -a u so much i n fl ue nce on the mind of the Duke , for he will break it whenever he finds it convenient to do so." 'de Nyon, the French Consul - General at Tan g iers, arri v M ed at Toulon on the 4th, from Morocco. The treaty w ith Fr ance h as b een rat ifi e d by the Emperor of Arrneeo, and a letter from a correspondent of the Debuts gives the details of the interview between the Duke of ulneksberg and the Paella of Larache upon the occasion. A letter from St. Petersburg states that Count Orloff : v _NlPoint e d P res id ent o f t h e C oun cil of the Military i'eoul, in place of the late General Tolstoy. • The number of vessels which passed the Sound dur ing the first nine months of this year amounts to 15,849. The Augsburgh Gazette, under its Prussian head, M ates that t h e Super i or T ri b una l o f the censorship dis plays a great activity, and that almost daily the journa ls •contain proof s o f the liberal spirit which presides over Its decisions. nelhe last accounts frem St. Petersburgh express re coil:l7 a pprehensions as to the health of the Empress, the • Plaul t in her chest having become more and more violent. The " Pri n u gs 6 urgh Gazette of the sth instant say s : make Prince A Milosch ha s left Servia for Italy, where he will _ the Mor long stay, his journey being induced by political g iv ell• The Cabinet of Vienna is said to have called aeon Prince to clear himself from suspicion of hay it Is in " L 'w l en aged aged in the late agitation of Servia, and, added, he Prince has returned an assurance that he has been a total stranger to those attempts at insur rection." The E rl °431"17-11.6.611310137.&337.18. „, a of Jersoy (Master of the Horse) leaves town „e.:nesday )rning by the eight o'clock train for the . 7 a don st a ti on o f the L on d on an d Bi rm in g ham Rail ?a3', to be i n rea di ness to rece i ve her Majesty and the ince Consort upon their arrival at that place, on their way to Burleigh. Lord and Lady Prudhoe have arrived at Stanwick 'ark, near Richm on d, Y o rkshire, from visiting the Duke ,I . °L ' Duch ess o f N ort h um b er l an d, at Alnwick Castle. Grace has recovered from his recent attack of gout. Lord •- , a pier who has been on a tour in the East, has °rived fro m Constantinople. His Lordship has since gone to Sa. The Earl gton of R i pon, we are gratified to learn, is now recovered from his late attack of illness, which compelled the Noble Earl to remain some days at Doncaster. Earl Somers has been elected a member of the Cam bridge Camden Society. The Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, the highly esteemed head master of Eton College, has been likewise elected a member of that antiquarian Society. Earl Fitzwilliam and the Ladies Wentworth Fitzwil ham intend to le.sve Wentworth House, Yorkshire, at the close of the present month. for Milton Park, the Noble Earl's hunting seat, near Peterborough. Lord and Lady Ashley left town on Saturday to join the circle assembled on a visit to Viscount Melbourne at Brocket Hall. The Countess of Wilton left town on Saturday, for Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray. The Earl of Wilton has gone from Badminton to Heaton Park, Manchester, for a few days, on leaving which he will join her Lady shit; and family in Leicestershire. Lord and Lady Montagu and the Hon. Miss Montagu are prolonging their sojourn at Leamington Spa. The Earl of Aberdeen and Sir Robert Peel will both lAve the honour of accompanying her Majesty tomor row upon her visit to the Marquis of Exeter at Burleigh Mouse. His Excellency the French Ambassador received the Earl and, Countess of Beverley, Lord and Lady Mahon, Lord Lovaine, and a select circle to dinner on Sunday evening, at the Embassy in Manchester-square. Ildl u. mil Aso :Jai An incendiary fire occurred on Saturday evening a l Withdean, near Brighton, and a barn full of corn, the property of Mr. Gorringe, farmer, of that place, was de stroyed. A man named Leadbitter has been appre hended on suspicion of having caused the fire. The Admiralty have entered into a contract with Mr. White, shipbuilder, of Gosport, to break up the Levia than convict-ship. She will be moved into the dock at Portsmouth for that purpose. All the materials will afterwards be sold at the monthly sales. The Lord Mayor, Alderman William 'Hunter, and Alderman Sydney (the Sheriffs), with several members of the C ommon Council, atten d e d Di v i ne service at Christ Church, Newgate-street, yesterday morning, when a sermon on behalf of the parochial schools was preached by the Rer. Michael Gibbs, M.A., the rector. This gentleman (son of the Lord Mayor) & has been ap pointed his L or d s hi p ' s chaplain. i It s generally understood that Earl Fitzwilliam's hounds will meet at Burghley on one of the days on which Prince Albert w ill b e th ere , i n or d er t o a ff or d hi s Royal .11 IghnFss an opportunity of hunting with one of the best Packs In the kingdom. It will be recollected that at the last Central Criminal capitalthe offence of firing at and wounding Mr. Smith at Shooting Gallery in Holborn, and was acquitted on theii ground of insanity. The prisoner was remanded to "'gate, to await her Majesty's pleasure as to his r541.l dig- The un f or t una t e gent l eman i s now a b ou t t o b e ansferred to Bethlehem Hospital, under the warrant of the Home Secretary, as a criminal lunatic. The western wing of the hospital for consumption at prompton is rapidly progressing, and; under the super intendence of the Messrs. Bird, the builders, it is much hoped will be roofed in before the final closing-in of the winter. As soon as t h e f un d s w ill p er mit it is the in tention of the building committee to proceed at once with the whole desi gn . Th e est i mate d expense o f t h e w h o l e erection lies between 16,000/. and 17,0001. One SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. GOODWOOD, 1845. FIRST DAY. Nominations for the La ant Stakes of 50 cove, each, fur two . y Duke o f Beaufort's Tarim & ears old. Lord G. Bentinck's Ennui. Princess Alice. f by Jereed, out of Vacuna. f by Redshank—African's dam. c by Bay Middleton—Marrowfat b f Kill Craakie. Ler.' Chesterfield's cby Don John—Lady Sneerwell lir. Cooper's Madcap. Mr. T. I)awson's Grimston. Lord Eglinton's Thursites (late Brave Boy). Sotades (late Tom Taylor). Lord Exeter's c by Colwick, out of Mecca. Mr. Forth's c by Slane, out of Eclio. Mr. Gratwick's f by Eli; out of Frederica. Mr. Gregory nd Moonbeam. Mr. Greville's Motilla. Mr. Gully's f by Touchstone—ady Moore Carew. Mr. Herbert's c by Wintonian, out of Zebra. c by Venison, out of Pet. Mr. A. Johnstone's fby Pantaloon, out of Rebecca. Mr. Maher's c by Sir Hercules, out of Helen. f by Birdcatcher, out of Perdita. Sir J. B. Mills's The Slot. Mr. Mostyn's Sharpshooter. Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Pompey. Mr.. Payne's Collingwood. Duke of Richmond's c by Elis, out of Baliena. c by Elis, out of Reel. Mr. W. Sadler's The Pretender. Mr. Wreford nd Cambaules. THIRD DAY. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, fur three years old. mile and a half. Cowe, Rose of Cashmere, Comrade, Alarm, Anti Repealer, and Laird o'Cockpen. ATTCAR MEETING.—Nov. 7 AND 8. The Cup (16 dogs) was won by Mr. Clowes's Cataracv and Mr. Standish's Snake, who divided. The Sefton (8-dogs stake) was won by Mr. Shaw's Shamrock; Mr. Ridway's Rokeby ran up. The Croxteth Stakes (8 dogs) were won by Mr. Wynne's Baroness; Mr. Clowes's Countess ran up. The West Derby (8 dogs) Stakes were won by Mr. Wynne's Baroa; Mr. Swan's Strike a-light ran up. NEWMARKET MEETING (CONCLUDED). SATURDAY. Deciding Course for the Derby—Mr. Fyson drew Fullsail, and declared Flash the winner. Deciding Course for the Cup—Mr. Nash's Captain beat Mr. Bagge's Traveller, and won the stakes. Deciding Course for Oaks—Mr. Bagge's Top beat Mr. Drinkald's Egeria, and won the stakes. Deciding Course for Port Stakes—Lord Stradbroke drew Mintman, and declared Miracle the winner. Deciding Course for the Rutland Stakes—Mr. Fyson's Farmer beat Mr. Gillett's Crocus, and won the stakes. WooDcocKs.—On Monday last, that capital sports man G. L. Coham, Esq., out of 18 shots killed 15 wood cocks. A similar occurrence in this county and at this early season has perhaps not before been heard of.— 'Meitner's Exeter Gazette. SUMMARY OF i N F` NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) The Eagle, 50, has been commissioned at Chatham, by Captain G. B. Martin. The Amazon, a tweed 42, will be ccmmissioned next week. The Princess Royal, transport, will shortly embark from Parkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight, draughts of the 23d and 71st Regiments, for service in the West Indies. The Fair Rosamond, schooner, was paid off yesterday. The Sylvia, cutter, arrived on Wednesday from Jersey, with sick men for the Hospital. The Leviathan, convict ship, is to be broken up in the dock-yard, by Mr. White, who has taken the contract for the purpose. The Scourge, first-class steamer, was floated out of the dock, in which she has been built, yesterday. Her dimen sions are as follow :—Length, 199 feet between perpen diculars ; extreme breadth, 36 feet. Burden, in tons, 1,124. Engines, two of Maudsley's tubular boilers with two funnels-420 horse power. She will carry 20 guns on the maindeck, but on her flush or weatherdeck will mount the following armament :—Two guns, 68 pounders, 64 cwt., nine feet lung ; two guns, 42-pounders, 84 cwt., ten feet long. For tiring shells, pivot guns, two 42- pounder carronades of 22 cwt. each. The Amphion, 42-gun frigate, now on the stocks, is being lengthened by the bow, by Mr. White, of Cowes, and is to be fitted with a screw propeller, with a mode rate sized steam-engine. She is getting ready for early commission. In Harbour—Victory, Excellent, Victoria and Albert, Nautilus, Volcano, Comet, Fearless, Dwarf, and Echo, steamers, and Diligence, naval transport. Captain Drinkwater Bethune, who is appointed on a special mission to Borneo, has received his instructions from the Admiralty, and will proceed forthwith. Captain T. Waters, Royal Marines, has retired upon full pay, after 33 years' service. Mr. Edwards, Master, R.N., and the Chief Officer of the Clyde Royal Mail steam-packet, died of yellow fever on board that vessel on the 6th cf October. The third officer, Mr. Jellicoe, was also attacked ; he has re turned invalided in the Trent. A vessel at Scilly reports having spoken the Experi mental Squadron on the 31st ult., in long. 9. 30, but brings no report of their proceedings. The Admiralty have issued orders to build a new wooden second-class steam-frigate with paddle-wheels, at Woolwich, on the plan, we believe, of Mr. Fincham. She is to be 500 horse-power, and of the following di mensions : Ft. In. 208 0 37 0 33 6 Length . Breadth • Depth Tonnage nearly 1,400 tons. Mr. White, of Cowes, is also instructed to build a first• class steamer to carry 20 heavy guns on her main deck together with a heavy armament of hollow shot guns on the upper or spar deck. Trial will be made on Thursday next of Captain Nor ton's concussion shells, against the hull of the Swiftsure, and some other projectors will also essay some experi ments, we believe at an early hour in the day. The French Consul, A. Van den Bergh, Esq , has re ceived directions from King Louis Philippe, to make every inquiry into the_circumstances of the widow and mother of the Artillerymen Walker and Miller, who were killed by the accidental discharge of a gun they were loading on the King's Bastion. This inquiry is preliminary to his Majesty awarding them some pension. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS. (In honour of her Majesty's Visit.) Lieutenants—Thomas Smith (c., 1815), of the Vic tory, and acting flag Lieutenant to the Admiralty Board; Richard Jones (b., 1823), of the Victory, com manding Officer of the ship at the moment of her Ma jesty's late visit to her in remembrance of Trafalgar's day ; James C. Prevost (1835), flag Lieutenant to Sir Charles Rowley; and W. C. Chamberlain (1840), com manding the Dwarf (who acted as flag Lieutenant to Admiral La Susse) to the rank of Commander. Mates—Robert C. Tattnall (1838), of the St. Vin cent; and Alexander George West (1841), of the Fire brand, to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—G. B. Martin, C. 8., to the Eagle. Commander—William Crispin, to the Victoria and Albert yacht. Lieutenants—John Daly and George Hancock, to the Eagle ; H. W. Hire, from the Snake, to the Bonetta, vice Lowcay, dismissed that ship •, A. Barrow (addi tional), to the Snake, vice Hire ; J. W. Robert (addi tional), to the Snake, vice Franklin, dismissed the ser vice; G. Pyne (additional), from the Formidable, to the Warspite ; W. Robson, to command the Nautilus, vice Tringhana, promoted. Purser—John Thomson (b) to the Eagle ; V. A. Haile, to the Accountant-General's Department, at Somerset house. Master—Angelo L. Vanzetti, to the Eagle. Mate—Mr. James King, to the troop-ship Apollo. Assistant-Surgeon—Andrew Moffit, to the Eagle • Robert Willcox, to the Volcano ; Dr. David Lyall, and J. A. Miller, to the Formidable ; G. Yen and Dr. Coulter, to the Penelope; John Forbes, James Croninn, G. Simpson, and J. Wade, to Victory ; D. Dungan and J.' Collings, to the Agincourt. r ßoyal Marines—Captain Appleton and Lieut. Driver, to the Eagle. THE UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 9.—The England packet-ship, Captain Bartlett, reached the Mersey this evening, with dates from New York to the 16th ult., one day in advance of the last steamer. There is nothing in the papers of much interest. The elections were proceeding vigorously, and the journals are almost exclusively occupied with these contests. The Whigs in Pennsylvania claim a victory of 4,000. A speech delivered at Boston, by Mr. John Quincy Adams, against the project of an annexing Texas to the United States, had caused some atten- tion. Nothing later from that country relative to the election of Mr. Anson Jones, the new President, had been received. The Canadian papers are also mainly filled with electioneering news, but there is little to be gleaned from them relative to the general issue. LATEST COMMERCIAL NEWS. Ntw YORK, OCT. 15.—The operations at the Stock Exchange this morning were tomoderate extent. State Stocks were firm. United State Sixes sold at 17 per cent. premium ; Pennsylvania Fives advanced 4, ; Far mers' Loan, 4 ; and Norwich and Worcester Railroad, ; Mohawk Railroad declined f, and Long Island Rail road 4 per cent. At the Public Stock Exchange, Far mers' Loan improved 4 per cent., and Norwich and Wor cester Railroad, 4 ; Long Island Railroad declined 4, and Canton Company 1 per cent. The Stock Market has been remarkably active during the last three weeks, and prices of all descrip tions have improved. Ohio State Stocks have advanced considerably, and are now in very active demand for permanent invest ment. The elections in that state having secured a Whig majority in the Legislature, we do not doubt that their stocks will still further advance, and become favourite objects of investment. The probability of the passage of a new banking law will undoubtedly increase the demand for these stocks, and in a short time place them in permanent hands. There is a fair demand for specie. The packets of the 16th instant will take out about $300,000. The Bank of New York has this day declared a semi annual dividend of 4 per cent. payable on the Ist of November. FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—London is at 110 ; Paris, 5.21+ ; Amsterdam, 404; Hamburgh, 354; Bremen, 794 to 794. SPEClE.—American Gold is at par to prem.; Sove reigns, 4.83 to 4.85 ; Napoleons, 3.83 to 3.85 ; Spanish Doubloons, $16.20 to $16.30; Patriot Doubloons, $15.85 to $16.00 ; Spanish Dollars, 4 to 5 per cent. prem.; ICarolus Dollars, 7 to 8 per cent. prem.; Mexican Dollars, 14 to 14; Five Franc Pieces, 944 to 944. fr ß om osA tu rt i r sh Eir p . , -- w P hi r c i vats h s d tatement that has been g v T e n al n et: ALEßT,eerrfshaveect r e f ul beena, t refutation COMMANDERrt oectehivee published by an American shipper, whose ship was boarded and searched by an officer and boat's crew of the Alert. It appears that the vessel in question was supposed, and not without reason, to be engaged in the slave-trade, and that the search was conducted through out in the most becoming and proper spirit, and with the - utmost' f or b ea rance, notwithstanding the obstructions offered by the skipper of the supposed slaver.—Northern Whig. CONDITION OF THE hum Pooa.—The condition of the great body of the people is deplorable in the ex treme. It is computed that there is, on an average, at least 2,000,000 of open acknowledged paupers—persons who live all the year round in a state of the most extreme poverty. There are myriads more of the peasantry who are not one whit better off, and yet are not professed mendicants. When there has been a failure of the po tato crop, the two millions of avowed beggars are usually swelled to half a million more. How the v er y l owest class of the Irish peasantry continue to live at all, is the subject of amazement, not only to all those s t rangers who visit Ireland, but to such of their own countryme n as are in better circumstances. Their cabins are unfit places for the beasts of the field to live in. They have rarely anything in the shape of window s i n t h e mud huts, which they call their cabins. Glass is wholly un known to them : so that if there be any perforation in the wall, it only answers the purpose of letti ng out the smoke; for they have no chimneys by which they can escape. I need not add, that a hole whi c h w ill l et out the smoke must needs let in the wind and th e ra i n. The . door is a great thing an Irish cabin. It answers the double purpose of a window and chimney ; and there is often a regular contest between the smoke in seeking egress from the cabin, and the light in seeking ingress into it.—lmpressions of Ireland and the Irish. FORGED NOTES AND BASE the last few days, the tradesmen of Stockton, and others more or less interested in the monetarytworld in that town, having been informed that a considers M number of base 5/. notes, sovereigns,half-sovereigns, half-crowns, shillings, and six pences, were in circulation, a kind of a panic took place, which ended in the capture of several suspicious cha racters. Some respectable persons are implicated, and several have been already apprehended, while the police are on the alert for others, who are supposed to be the principals in this nefarious transaction. Many of the notes, as well as the counterfeits in gold and silver, have, it is generally supposed, found their way into circulation at the late fairs in the north of England. Plates of copper, steel, &c., with moulds of various kinds being every day brought to light, it would be premature to say any more on the subject at present, as from this simple notice the public will be on their guard. In addition to the above, minor robberies and depredations of almost every kind are daily taking place, and are evidently most alarmingly on the mcrease.—Newcastle Advertiser. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yestcrday was the birthday , of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. In ti e morning the Royal Horse Guards (dismounted) and the first battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards marched from their barracks into the Home Park, and were inspected by the Queen and Prince Albert. After performing a variety of evolutions, the Scots Fusilier Guards fired a feu de joie in honour of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's birthday, and then gave three hearty cheers. The two regiments defiled in review order, formed in line, and presented arms, the bands playing " God save the Queen ;" after which her Majesty and Prince Albert retired, and the troops marched off the ground, their respective bands playing popular marches. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness ex pressed their approbation of the regularity and pre cision of the evolutions performed by the troops. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied her Majesty, and the whole of the Court were present at the inspection, viz., Lady Portman, Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss Liddell, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, the Earl of Morton, Captain Meynell, Colonels Arbuthnot and Wylde, and also Admiral Sir William Parker. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and Prince Albert yesterday, to offer her congratulations on the auspicious event. After the inspection, her Majesty and Prince Albert promenaded on the Terrace and the grounds adjacent to the Castle. his Royal Highness Prince Alfred was taken an airing in the middle of the day. Sir Robert Peel left the Castle yesterday morning for town. Earl Delawarr and Admiral Sir William Parker also took their departure from the Castle yesterday. At noon the Queen and Prince Albert took eques trian exercise for some time in the Great Park, at tended by Colonels Arbuthnot and Wylde. The royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Countess Wratislaw, Dowager Lady and Miss Lyttelton, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Sir George and Lady Couper, Colonel Richardson, Colonel Montagu, and Captain Francis Seymour. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in attendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band attended and performed the remainder of the evening. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken for pony exercise. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morn ing in the private chapel of the castle. The Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated. The Duchess of Kent attended Divine service in the parish church this morning. Lady Charlotte Dundas and Sir George Couper were in waiting on the Royal Duchess. Her Royal Highness afterwards received the sacrament. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town on Friday night, from Scotland. The Noble Earl had an inter view with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had as inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Satur day, at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir Robert Peel arrived in town on Saturday morning, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Sir James Graham and the Chancellor of the Exchequer had interviews with the Right Hon. Baronet. In the afternoon Sir R. Peel left his resi dence in Whitehall-gardens, for Brighton. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Gibraltar. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO NORTHAMPTON. At a public meeting of the county of Northampton, convened by the High Sheriff, held on Saturday, and nu merously attended by noblemen and gentlemen, the fol lowing address having been moved by the Marquis of Exeter, and seconded by the Marquis of Northampton, was unanimously adopted : " To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. " We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the nobility, gentry, clergy, and other inhabitants of the county of Northampton, in county meeting assembled, beg to approach your Majesty with the expression of the high gratification we feel at the honour your Ma jesty has done us in visiting our county. We take this opportunity of assuring your Majesty that, however much your Majesty's conduct has endeared you to every class of your Majesty's subjects, none can feel more strongly than we do the most ardent wishes for your Majesty's health and happiness; and it is our most earnest prayer to the Almighty that he may be pleased to grant to your Majesty a long and peaceful reign, during the whole course of which you may witness the increasing prosperity of your people." The Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, in seconding the ad dress, said, the fact of her Majesty honouring their county with her presence would have been quite sufficient to call forth an unanimous feeling of loyalty.—(Cheers.) When her Majesty came into the county, she would un doubtedly feel great pleasure at finding herself traversing the halls of the descendant of the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.—(Hear, hear.) She would feel proud that she, also a female Sovereign, was visiting the halls once inhabited by one of the greatest statesmen that ever swayed the destinies of this country ; and her Majesty would feel, and the country would feel, it to have been a proud thing that a female Sovereign should have been able to command the services of such a man as Lord Burleigh.—(Cheers.) Her Majesty had always been most anxious to forward the prosperity of the manufac tures of the country by patronising them in her court, therefore that would be a reason for those among them who resided at Northampton greeting her Majesty with a cordial welcome. With respect to those who fol lowed the most important of all arts, that of agriculture, it was needless for him to say that Prince Albert was the first and greatest farmer in the land—first in station, and most anxious for the promotion of agriculture. Earl SPENCER proposed a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff for having been kind enough to call that meet ing, and said it must be most gratifying to every inhabi tant of the county that an address to her Majesty on the present occasion should have been unanimously adopted by the great county of Northampton. Her Ma jesty, as it had been well said by his noble friend who had preceded him, deserved the attachment and devo tion, as she had them, of the people of this country. — (Loud cheers.) It was a good thing that the country should congratulate itself that her Majesty was in the habit of going amongst her people, to see what they were—to see the people over whom she had the honour to reign—a people attached to her by their loyalty gene rally, but particularly attached to her in consequence of her exemplary conduct.—(Loud cheers.) It was also important that the Sovereign of this country should see what it was that so endeared her to her subjects ; it was desirable that, being, as she was, an example of domestic life, she should see that to that princi pally she owed her popularty.—(Loud cheers.) But i it was not only as an example of domestic life that she had shown herself one of the best monarchs that had ever blessed this country, it was also in her political capacity that she had signally distinguished herself. — (Cheers.) He did not recollect in the history of this country any reign in which it had not been possible for some surmises to be stated against the Sovereign as to his conduct to his administrations. They had seen her Majesty, however, in the beginning of her reign surrounded by an administration in which she seemed to have th the most perfect confidence. T hat administration, by e will of Parliament and of the nation, was dismissed, and another placed in its stead. Ha d there been the slightest sy.mp tom of want of confidence in the present administration? On the contrary, had it not been proved during the whole course of its existence that her Majesty had given to bis it the most careful and comp lete support?—(Cheers.) T was the conduct that endeared her to the hearts of a free people.—(Cheers.) It was very possible that there might have been some Sovereigns who knew that such a course ought to have been pursued, but be did not recollect any occasion when the administration had been changed that room had not been given for some surmises relative to the conduct of the Sovereign. With such principles, connected with such general good conduct as her Majesty had shown, it was very desirabl e that she should see what the effect of it was upon her subj conduct e cts, that she might be encouraged—though she wante no encoura which - m ent—to persevere in the same line of had endeared her to the people of this country, and made her a guardian and a blessing to them all.—(Cheers.) Such being his feelings with respect to what they ought to do, and their having voted the address unanimously, he thought there was every reason why they should concur in thanking the High Sheriff for calling that meeting.—(Cheers.) The HIGH SHERIFF returned thanks. Three cheers were then given for the Queen, and three cheers for the Marquis of Exeter, and the meeting sepa- rated. A meeting of the Mayor, magistrates, aldermen, and other authorities of the borough of Northampton, has also been held, at which the same feelings of loyalty and unanimity were displayed. The following is the address voted " TO TUE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " The humble address of the Mayor, magistrates, alder men, and councillors of the borough of Northampton. "Most Gracious Sovereign, " We, your Majesty's faithful subjects, the Mayor, magistrates, aldermen, and councillors of the borough of Northampton, beg leave to approach your Majes t y to hail your Majesty' s auspicious presence in this ancient borough. We beg to assure your Majesty of the devoted loyalty and attachment of this town, and that all classes of inhabitants are deeply sensible of the benefits en joyed under your Majesty's enlightened rule. We most earnestly pray that, under the protection of Divine ro vidence, your Majesty's reign may be long, prosperoP us, and peaceful ; and that y our Majesty's subjects may long feel the benignant influence of those private vir tues which adorn your Majesty and your Majesty's illustrious Consort, and which endear your Majesty to the hearts of the IMPROVEMENTS AT BROMPTON.— Among other buildings and improvements now in progress in the neighbourhood of Brompton, may be noticed the new Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, of which his Royal Highness Prince Albert laid the first stone in June last. The western wing is rapidly pro gressing, and, it is hoped, will be roofed in before the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY' EVENING NOVEMBER 11 1844. THE NEW LORD MAYOR. NORWICH, SATURDAY. EXPENSES OF REGIMENTAL Now that the celebration of the Lord Mayor's day is 1 ELECTION OF MAYOR -1 MESSES. over, we think it right to explain to our very numerous I 'l (risme A CORRESPONDENT.) 1 The following general order has been issued by correspondents who h a t e writte n to us during the past The Torn Council met this day at vs elve o'clock, the order of the Commander-in-Chief: — week on the merit of the Right Hon. Gentleman who fills Mayor, William Freeman, Esq., in the chair, who in- " Iloree Guards, Oct. 28, 1844. the civic chair, the reasons why we did not avail our- formed the meeting that the first business was the eke " Complaints having reached the Commander-in selves of their communications. If, in compliance with tion of mayor for the ensuing year. Chief of the great expense attending the regimental their wishes, we had kept up f rom day to day a running [ J. 0 . S PRINGFIELD, Es q ., rose, and ex p ressed the . fire of paper pellets againet Mr. Alderman Gibbs, we ' high gratification he felt iu proposirg to the notice of messes of the officers of the several regiments, awl might have been suspect, d o f h av ing some other than a 1 the Council Sir William Foster, Bart., the mention of i the Commander-in-Chief being sensible of the great public object in view. w e cer t a i n ly were anxious that , whose name was received with the most raptur ous shouts I inconvenience and in j ury to a numerous class of most a man of unimpeached i n t egr ity should be first magis- of applause, both by the Council and a most respectable meritorious officers, who cannot afford to incur such trate of the City of London ; but the citizens were inert and crowded audience. expenses, from his recollection of the long ex when they ought to have been active, and the conse- EDWARD WILLETT, Esq., briefly seconded the nemi quence has been that th e y h ave now got Mr. Alderman nation. perience he acquired by the exercise of the com mand of a regiment for many years in garri- Gibbs as Lord Mayor, and we sincerely hope that the A. A. H. BECKWITH, Esq., the late Tory Town Clerk, good will be far greater than the credit they will derive rose also to second it, and to express his most perfect ' sons, cantonments,and the field; and advert from such a choice. But we are perhaps wrong in using concurrence in the election of the worthy Baronet, ing, moreover, to the gracious consideration of the word " choice ;" for we have heard that the show of which was carried unanimously, amid loud and repeated a late Sovereign, and to the handsome pro hands en Michaemas-day excluded Alderman Gibbs plandits. vision made by Parliament to supply with wine the from the return to be made to the Court of Aldermen, SAMUEL S. BEARE, Esq., proposed as a fit and proper officers of the army, and to enable them to consume and that if the Comman-hall had been then polled, that person to fill the office of sheriff, John Betts, Esq., which that article without pecuniary inconvenience, it is his fact would have been established beyond all dispute. But being seconded by ARTHUR DALRYSIPLE, Esq., was duty to draw the attention to the subject of the gene it is something to have a friend who will go " thorough " also unanimously carried. ral officers of the army, and of the commanding on the hustings, and who is capable of converting, by a The next business was the election of eight gentlemen officers of regiments. partial glance and a decisive tone, a minority into a ma- to fill the office of aldermen. The following, who went "Ilia Grace accordingly j ority ; and s uc h e f r i en d to Ald erman Gibbs the return- oat by rotation , were re - elected : — Jerem i ah Butcher, officers desires that commanding of regiments, battalions, -- and depots, will call ing officer is confidently sa id t o h ave been on the day in James D e Vear, Jeremiah Colman, Charles Jecks, the attention of the mess committee of officers, in question. His beldness took the citizens by surprise, Joseph Torris, and Henry Woodcock, Esqs. John each, to the necessity of forming an estimate, at the and prevented them from giving that resistance which Pyman and Henry ' Tillett, Esqs., were elected in the room of William Gordon Edwards and George Edward commencement of every three months—viz., January, ought to have been offered to his decision. We further deem it right to say a few words in Simpson, Esqs., who retire April, July, and October —of the expense of keeping answer to a charge mad e by one o f our morning Contem- The further business of the Council was adjourned to the mess table for the officers at the station, including poraries, in reference to a paragraph from one of our Tuesday next, at twelve o'clock. therein attendance, maintenance of table linen, the correspondents, and an adv e rti se ment which appeared The Town Council now consists of 16 Aldermen, all expense of wine, beer, and provisions of all sorts. in the T.rnes of Wednesday l as t. We are charged with Liberals; 27 Liberal Councillors, and 21 Tor y Council- " That the fourth of the allowance paid by the "Egging on the ruffi ans an d bl ac k guar ds of the metro- lors, being a maj arit y of 22 in favour of the Liberals, p ublic for wine shall be carried to account against polls, and with a determination that nothing should be the amount of this estimate. wanting to complete the ovation of Mr. Alderman This has been a proud day for Norwich. The a cept- Gibbs ;" and " that under nopossible circumstances ance of the office of mayor by Sir William Foster c has " That the allowance of wine supposed to be con could the brutal persecution threatened in the disgraceful created universal joy among all classes of Liberals, and, sumed by each individual member of the mess shall as a matter of course, the contrary among the Tories. be fixed, and the balance of the expense shall be paragraph quoted be justified." To Sir William the great majority of the city look to divided amon g the number of members of the mess With regard to the par agra ph from our Portsmouth rescue them from the present disgraceful representation present; and the commanding officer will, with that correspondent, we have no doubt that it was founded on e in the House of Commons. No individual is so well information before him , fix the weekl y amount for the fact, and that, if necessary, we should be able to prov qualified from his rank, wealth, liberal principles, gen the truth of it. As to the advertisement, we have only to say that it was received and paid for, in the usual tlemanly and courteous bearing, and great influence, as messing, including the stated allowance of wine or f each officer; and it must be clearly understood that place and is the usual way, that it attracted no attention, Sir William Foster; and should he be induced to accept no officer can be called upon to defray a larger expense and that it appeared in the Tunes of Wednesday last the representation in conjunction with our present ex- than that thus required to defray the charge of this together with 1,174 other advertisements. That, so far cellent Member, Mr. B. Smith, the Noble Marquis who estimate. from its being intended by us as any attack upon Alder- misrepresents us need not trouble himself to come than that thus required to defray the charge of t h i s man Gibbs, we did not know that any such advertise - amongst us, for most assuredly would he be defeated. " The Commander-in-Chief does not take upon himself to specify what wines the officers of the army ment had appeared until we were ourselves attacked MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. shall drink, of what quality, or in what quantity; upon the subject in the columns of our Contemporary ; and we must confess that we now strongly suspect that ( FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) but that on which he does insist is, that none shal l this same advertisement so much complained of was a RYE, Nov. 7.—Not observing any account of the elec- be required to defray the expense of such wines ex ruse de guerre on the part of some of Alderman Gibbs's tion of town councillors for this borough in your excel- cepting those who choose it. Those who have dined friends, for the purpose of enabling the writer of the lent paper, I beg to hand you the following as the result at the table of the messes of officers, know that there article in question to publish his virtuous indignation, of the election. The town council and aldermen are all are well-understood means of informing the officers of and thereby endeavour to get up a spurious sympathy iu of the Liberal school of politics, and the mayor is also of a regiment of the moment at which the allowance favour of the object of his protection. the same stamp this year. Four of the councillors went of the day has been consumed ; and those who do In our opinion, however, there is already before the out by rota tion. The p ollin g commenced and went on not choose to incur further ex p ense should then be public sufficient to justify the reception the Lord Mayor as usual on these occasions, none but the Liberals taking I) art. expected to depart. has met with, without the need of any additional inc i t e- an y interest in the election, when, to our utter surprise, „Office rs may choose to invite one or more friends to dine with them, for whom, and the expense ment. There is no doubt of the fact that he wa s o r is about a q uarter to four o'clock, up comes a lawyer's still churchwarden of St. Stephen , Walbrook , an d that clerk with about thirty votes, and takes the lead of the of their entertainment, the inviter alone must be re he has held that office for about twenty years—that till lowest number of the Liberals on the poll. The Liberals, lately no account has been g iven b y him of the moneys enraged at this mean and discreditable trick (every way sponsible. The corps of officers may think proper to invite though such accounts were r e p eatedl y demanded. There fore half of them could get the voting papers, the clock to dine an individual, or another corps of officers, is no doubt that the church of St. Stephen has been suf- struck four, and the poll closed, leaving numbers unable and to give upon such occasion a more expensive fered by the churchwarden to fall into such a state of to record their votes ag ainst th e lit t l e k no t o f di s appointed dinner, or to have more expensive wines, than at dilapidation as to render it positively dangerous for the expectant Tories, struggling in this town, many of them the usual mess dinner ; but all the expense upon public to pass under i ts walls. That the rector, Dr. old freemen of the once rotten borough, thus leaving the such occasions, beyond the usual estimated charge, Croly, described it on the 19th of September last as " in lawyer's clerk, who, it appears since, with the assistance whether on account of dinner, attendance, or a disgraceful state, that he had seen the rain trickling of his master, had been privately canvassing the whole wine, must be defrayed exclusively by those down behind the aisle, that a stream of water might at night before, and laying their plans with the little nest who may think proper to affix their names to a that moment be seen close to the pulpit, and that a per- of Tories, how to gain the election by a ru se, for to er tion of the tower ha d fallen in. We have the same attempt it openly, they knew, would be morally impos- pap, notifying the intention of some to give d the Commander-in .- Chief a uthority for stating, that two years' income was then sible, having some few years back attempted it, but re_ such entertainment; an due to Dr. Croly as lecturer, that five qua rt e r s ' salary ceiving such a sound lesson that they were then satisfied desires that it may be clearly understood by command was then due to the organist, and six qu a rters' salary it would never do again. The following is the state of ing officers of regiments, battalions, and depots, that due to the sextoness. These facts were openly stated at the poll : his Grace requires them to give their special counte a vestry meeting of the united parishes held on the 19th Mr. W. Honeywnod (L.) of September last, and no contradiction has been given Mr. T. F. Plomley (L.) to them. If these imputations are true, Lord Mayor Mr. F. W. Thorpe (L.) 52 "It has long been the practice of the army for of- Gibbs has been mercifully dealt with. If they are not Mr. H. Paine (T.) true, why has he suffered them to remain uncontra- Mr. W. H. Chatterton (L.) dieted 7—Tames. and it is positively required in page 125 . of the Ge neral Regulations, that no part of the wine money shall be applied to this purpose • but it is to be clearly understood that, excepting the limited subscription above referred to, no officer can be called upon to pay more on account of mess expenses, than the weekly amount fixed to defray the balance of the three-monthly estimate of the expense of keeping the mess table, as hereby ordered. " The general officers who will inspect regiments are particularly requested to attend to, and report upon, the execution of the provisions of this general order, and they will mention in their respective re ports the amount of the weekly charge of the mess of each officer. " By command of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wel ington, Commander-in-Chief, "JOHN MACDONALD, Adjutant-Gen." AN AMERICAN PORTRAIT. THE ELECTIONEERING SKELETON ! The Americans are indeed a funny sort of people. The following is one of the many specimens of the numerous plans adopted by the several newspapers opposed to the election of Henry i Clay to the Presi dential Chair, and intended n ridicule of him. There is a cut in the paper from which we copy it, repre senting Mr. Clay's coat of arms, with the words " shoot lower" across it, and " war, pestilence, and famine ;" at one corner four or five playing cards, and at the opposite end a cocked pistol. At the head he is represented firing at his opponent, and a bottle in the centre of his assailant, marked "brandy." THE " EMBODYMENT." " Henry Clay, the liv ing personification and embodyment of Whig principles." Whig address. IN 1777 born; In 1805 quarrelled With Col. Davis, of Ken tucky, which led to his first duel : In 1808 he challenged Humphrey Mar shall, and fired three times at his heart : In 1825 he challenged the great Jo hn Ran dolph, and fired once at his he art andU R I a ) E 11 but without effpct : 1838 he plan ned the CHILLEY DUEL, by which A tra ted,ma- ni ac : In 1841, en 6 5 years old, and gr e y h e a ded, is under 5000 wifew"madPeearPe dol lars BONDS to KEEP T lIE EACE ! At the age of 29 h e PERJURED himself t 0 8 ecure a Seat in the Unite S tates Senate. In 1824 he mad a n infamous bargain with John Quin c Adams, by which he SOLD OUT for a 1,200/. a-year OFFICE. He is also well Ica own as a GAM BLER, and SA BBATII BREA. HEIL p OL ITICS are precisely and exactly those of the Hartford con vention fed eraliat : op posed to e qual rights, equal law and in favour of mono polizing laws a n d char tered privile ges. Also h o sus tai the roci Alge in their BLOOD AND fe ous rives deeds of DE u it. D E it. AFFRAY WITH POACHERS. TWO MEN SHOT. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FRIDAY.—A dreadful en• counter took place last night between a party of watchers and some poachers on the Ravensworth estate, in which two of the keepers were dreadfully wounded, and now lie in a precarious state. It appears, from the statement of the head keeper, Henry Wallace, who has been only about six months in the service of Lord Ravensworth, that having been told that some of the under keepers had heard the report of a gun in the preserves at Hagg's wood, on Wednesday night, he determined on placing a strong watch there on the following night. Accordingly he went himself, with three others, named respectively George Grundy, Peter Johnson, and George Ironside, to the south side of the wood, and sat down under a hedge. After remaining there about an hour, two men came down the wood, but the watchers did not observe them till they had approached to within a short distance of where the watchers were sitting. Wallace, on ob serving the men, shouted, " Hallao, ye blackguard fellows, what are ye doing there?" He then got on his feet, and went towards them, when one of them ex• claimed, " Stand back, ye b-," and fired immediately, the shot taking effect near the left shoulder, the aim, in the dark, being evidently at the heart. Grundy had made an advance immediately after Wallace ; and the other poacher, without saying a word, levelled his piece and fired almost instantly after the first shot. Grundy was wounded in the groin and thighs. The other two watchers had fallen back into the wood, and were not near enough to render assistance. When the poachers had disappeared, the whole proceeding having occupied little more than a minute or two, Ironside, who lives at Eibblesworth, a small village in the immediate neigh bourhood, went and got a cart, in which the two wounded men were conveyed to their homes. It was about nine o'clock at night, and exceedingly dark. The poachers could only have been a few yards from the keepers when they fired. Medical aid was procured as soon as pos sible, and a great number of the shots have been ex tracted ; but the men continue in a very precarious state. The police are scouring the district, endeavouring to find out the perpetrators of the diabolical act, they being supposed to be pitmen ; but there is little chance of their succeeding, for the night was so dark it would be impossible to identify them. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. (Abridged from the Plymouth Herald.) It becomes our duty to state the particulars of an alarming conflagration, which took place on the morning of Friday, the Bth inst., on the premises of C. Tanner, Esq., Tavistock-road, and which has occasioned the destruction of much valuable property. Mr. Tanner carries on a large manufactory, employing a number of persons, and has always on his premises a very extensive and valuable stock of wool, leather, bark, and other materials; and, con sequently, when it was known that a fire had broken out in his establishment, the greatest consternation was felt. The fire (the situation of the premises being in a high part of the town) was observed at an early pe riod in the citadel by the sentinels, and with an ear nestness which cannot be too highly valued, that gal lant corps, the depot of the 7th Fusileers, was called to duty. The citadel engine was got ready, and the soldiers, commanded by Major Yea, and assisted by the other officers, succeeded in bringing their en gine first on the ground. The West of Eng land followed in a few minutes, dashing up in fine style, quickly succeeded by the County, the Royal Marine, and the Dockyard engines. The agents of the various establishments, and a large body of Royal Marines, commanded by Colonel Mitchell, and a division from the 44th Regiment, were also present. The alarm was given about one o'clock, the engines were in full play before half-past, and all danger of the flames extending to the other buildings was over by two o'clock The whole of the damage was con fined to the stack of buildings in which the fire ori ginated. It is considered that the fire commenced in the engine -house, but the immediate cause is not known. THE GLASGOW MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.—Not a syllable does the Guardian say about the anniversary of the gunpowder plot last Tuesday. Changed times! Not a syllable does it say either about our municipal elec tions on Tuesday, on which it was wont to distant at great length, and with considerable gusto,—if on the winning side. The Guardian was in high feather when the H. Dunlops, Bains, and Browns, and other kindred Non-Intrusiouists, were " lords paramount" in the coun cil. Now they are all out of it. There is scarcely the ghost of a Non-Intrusionist, or a Non-Erastian, pro perly so called, to be seen in the Council! But in their room and stead we have a clear and decided majority—yes, a positive and decided majority—of good and consistent supporters of the Church of Scotland. So frail and fickle were the " Free"—so conscious were they of their own impotency or weakness, that they put up no candidate on the principles of the Guardian in any one of the wards of the city, although a few weeks ago the Guardian had almost seized the poker and the tongs for a real free battle. They withdrew their own pet favourite, Mr. Fleming, the ironmonger, in the fourth ward—they allowed him to retire sub sikntio. So much for the progress of free fanaticism in this city. Good bye to it ! Sic transit gloria mundi.—Scotch Reformer's Gazette. WRECK OF THE EDGAR.—The operations for the recovery of the wreck of the Edgar frigate, which was wrecked at Spithead in 1711, were discontinued on the 31st of October, and the party of Royal Sappers and Miners engaged in submarine operations with Sergeant Linsey, under Lieut. Barlow, of the Royal Engineers, arrived at Woolwich, their head-quarters, last week. Corporal Richard Jones is stated to have got up nineteen iron guns during the season, besides other articles; and, when the rough and generally unfavourable state of the weather which prevailed during the greater part of the operations is taken into account, it is surprising that that he re covered so many. It is, at the same time, pr he must have exerted himself with exemplary activity and industry. The corporal has the reputation of being the most skilful diver in England. Corporal Girvan also was very successful in the laborious services of diving, while health permitted him to continue at it, but he was prevented from rendering any particular assistance for some weeks previous to the close of the operations, owing to an accident to the safety valve of the helmet, which occasioned his serious indisposition ; he is now perfectly restored to health. ABERDEEN RAILWAY.—The connexion of the an cient and flourishing town of Aberdeen with Edinburgh and Glasgow, and all the proposed and present railways in the South, promises to be one of the best lines yet projected, and an indispensable auxiliary to the agricul ture of the extensive district through which it will have to pass. The development of the resources of Scotland by steam navigation, which brought them within reach of the great markets of England and its metropolis, was an era in her agricultural prosperity, and likewise an immense benefit to the Londoners, whose food and pro visions were cheapened by the abundant supplies thus obtained. What steam navigation did on a small scale, railway transport will now do on a comparatively greater one. No town of the size and importance of Aberdeen can long remain excluded from the general highways of the nation ; and we are certain, by its position, it will soon take a start in prosperity that will place it in a commercial point of view on a par with Dundee and Leith, if not with Glasgow itself. The projected line will connect Aberdeen with all the principal towns of Scotland, such as Arbroath, Dundee, Forfar, Perth, and Stirling, where its vivifying influence will soon be felt. We may say, as a general rule, that the success of all railroads which have two large cities as their termini, and pass through numerous other towns, is perfectly certain, because a large passenger traffic, which anteed tis always the most remunerative, is , as it were, guaro them. The company will be easily able to prove, from undoubted official returns and statistical evidence, that the traffic will yield a return of 8 per cent. to the share holders. Our personal knowledge of the district sur veyed by Mr. Cubitt inclines us to place implicit confi dence in the fairness of the estimate and the practica bility of his linc—Atlas. THE WINTER ASSIZES.—We are informed that an intimation has been received by the authorities that Mr. Justice Coleridge (who is to preside at the winter assizes at York and Durham) will take the Yorkshire a. sines first. Although he has not yet positively concluded the arrangements, it is his present intention to open the commission for Yorkshire on Thursday, the 28th inst.— Yorkshire Gazette. Commander Wm. Crispin is appointed to the Vic toria and Albert. CALAMITOUS FlRE.—Yesterday morning, shortly before 4 o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises belong ing to Mr. Calloway, draper. three doors from Astley's Amphitheatre. The first discovery was made by the shop-boy, who was sleeping in the kitchen, and who was awoke, in consequence of hearing a loud cracking noise, proceeding from the shop ; he immediately jumped out of bed, and tried to alarm his master. Finding, how ever, that he was unable to accomplish that object, he rushed up stairs, and broke a square of glass in the first floor front, and then shouted " Fire," which brought the police and some of the neighbours to the spot. The fe male servant and the lad were taken from the first floor down a ladder, and thereby escaped uninjured. Mr. Calloway, however, was not so fortunate, for thinking he could subdue the flames with the aid of a bucket of water, he ran down stairs to procure one, but he was met by a huge sheet of flame and smoke, which forced him backwards, destroying the hair on his head, and sadly burning him about the face, neck, and ears. He managed, after considerable difficulty, to reach the kitchen area, nearly suffocated ; and, before be could be rescued, the iron grating over the same was compelled to be forced. In the meantime, the flames had broken through the roof, and were extending in the direction of the theatre. The valuable stud, consisting of 63 horses, were let loose, and turned into Amphitheatre row, when some of the animal; commenced kicking and plunging in a most fearful manner. Some mules that were in the stables, upon perceiving the fire, could not by any possibility be made to stir ; and, had the flames reached their stables, they must have perished. The flames were extinguished by 6 o'clock ; but not until the buildings and the stock-in-trade, furniture, &c., were nearly destroyed. The damage is very considerable, and will fall upon the Sun and Imperial offices. IRON COLLIER.—Some curiosity has been excited by the arrival in the Thames of a Newcastle collier, a fine looking vessel, built of iron, and fitted with a screw propeller, worked with an engine of twenty-horse power. She is 139 feet long, 27 feet 6 inches wide, and, when loaded with 340 tons of coals, her draught is only 11 feet 9 inches aft, and 10 feet 3 inches forward ; her hold is divided into separate chambers, after the prin ciple of C. W. William's water-tight bulkheads, herme tically closed false floor, into which the water can be ad mitted by large taps, for ballast, and when not r e q uired is pumped out again by the engine. Her bows are sharp and wedge-like, and her stern unusually project ing; though low, her counters are so flat that she lifts with every swell, and it is nearly impossible for a wave to break over her taffrail. LEEDS AND LONDON MAILS.—An entire day has been gained by the merchants of Leeds in their commu nications to and from London, by an arrangement which came into effect on Tuesday last, the sth instant, when a mail-cart commenced running to Wakefield, to meet the up-day mail from Newcastle. The mail leaves Leeds at eleven at night ; the London letters being delivered in Leeds, at eight P.M., allows three hours to reply; and the Leeds letters by this mail being delivered in London in the afternoon, time is allowed to send a reply the same evening. In this way a whole day is saved in the ob , taming of an answer.—Doncaster Gazette. PREVENTION OF HYDROPIIOBIA.—The Frankfort Gazette says :—" A gentleman of Saratorf has disco vered that the most efficacious remedy for the bite of rabid animals is the insect called tentania aurata, reduced to powder, and given to the patient. Dr. Wagner has tested the remedy, and met with most satisfactory re sults." The property destroyed belonging to Mr. Tanner is estimated, we hear, about 1,5001., and we understand that the whole of the premises and stock are insured in the West of England office. We should not close our account without stating that the inhabitants of these towns cannot too highly appreciate the valuable assistance which they receive, on occasions of this description, from the military. We should also fail in our duty, if we did not no tice the zeal displayed at all times by the officers and men of those public establishments—the Royal Naval Hospital and Dockyard, their engines with a sufficient force are always in attendance in cases of fire, and the service they render is invaluable. 7~ T r DUTCH MAIL. \,,A,,';' , ''''' i 77'.% ROTTERDAM, NOY. s.—Private letters from -- ~ i , 4 dated 21st of August, received to-day by the o4iiihun tizl'"" -6 mail, announce the death of his Excellency Baron P. Merkus, the Governor-General. His mortal rtmains were interred, a wetk before the date of th,- fitter, at Soorabaya, with all thu honours due to his rank. We look with grief and anxiety for some particulars of the illness which has so prematurely removed from his high office this worthy man, who was still in the prime of life. Everybody here nn ho had the pleasure of knowing him is deeply afflicted at the unexpt•cttd new s of his death. THE HAGUE, Nov. 7.—Preceding accounts from Ba tavia announced that the deceased Governor was in a weak state of health. In hopes that the se a air might have a favourable effect, he set out in the month of July, on board his Majesty's stsatner, the Brorno, to make a voyage along the coast of Java. On his arrival at Soorabaya, he d, intending to pass some time on shore. This had at first a favourable effect, so that at the latter end of July he made an excursion for two days into the interior, which did not seem to fatigue him more than those alio accom panied him. lie now resolved to proceed in the Bromo to visit Banjoeaarge ; but on this excursion the symp toms of his disorder suddenly assumed such an alarm ing appearance, that it was judged advisable to return with all speed to Soorabaya, allele he died on the 2tl of August, in the house of M. Pietermaier, the tesident. His end was perfectly calm, and he re tained all his faculties to the last, so that an hour and a half before he expired he dictated a farewell letter to hi.i nearest re la ti*es. His loss is universally deplored in Java, which is no wonder, since, with the exception of a two years leave of absence, the deceased has passed twenty-eight years in India. M. J. G. Reynst, Vice-President of the Council of India, had, on the sth of August, a sumed the Govern ment as Governor-General pro tempore, in expectation of his Majesty's pleasure. THE IleouE, Nov. B.—The sections of the Second Chamber were engaged yesterday in deliberating on the communications sent from the First Chamber respecting the address in reply to his Majesty's speech. The central section has met to-day for the purpose. It is expected that it will shortly make its report, which will be taken into consideration without delay. The Stoats Courant of this day publishes a royal decree of Nov. 6, which opens a voluntary exchange of . inscriptions of the national debt at five per cent. into inscriptions at four per cent. to the amount of ten mil ions of florins. DUTCH FUNDS.—AmsTenosei, Nov. 8. atone , . 11111 a. A equal Debt. '2.4 per 6234 623 Ditto, ditto, 3 per Cent. Dlito, ditto, 4 per Cent. ditto 5 pet ce,it. nmwttSvndic,434 per cent ' 9 0)34 Ditto, ditto, 334 per cent ..... 8954 904 Commercial Company, 4t, per cent 140% 14134 Loan 1837, 434 per cent... Exchange on London, Onemonth 1234 Two months l2 6734 Hamburgh, One mxnth 25 Dutch Papers, Nov. 9. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Battux, Nov. 5. Bi'ls. Money St. Schuld Sch., 3% per cent Prussian English Bonds, 1830, I per cent Exchange on London.... Prussian State Gazette. Nov. 6. CASTING OF ONE THOUSAND 32-POUNDERS, AT LOW MOOR IRON WORKS. The fact having come to our knowledge that in structions had been forwarded to Low Moor for the execution of the enormous number of one thousind pieces of ordnance, of large calibre, we determined to learn the particulars on the spot. Accordingly, on making known our business, on Monday last, we were received with the greatest courteousness, and ' were fortunate enough to be present at the actual casting of some of the guns—a process fraught with the utmost interest to those who ever saw the like be fore, and one which can hardly be viewed with indif ference, no matter how often it be witnessed. We as certained that the guns are all iron 32-pounders, technically "longs" and "shorts,' though the inex perienced eye would fail to detect any difference in their lengths, and the actual difference, we believe, is only a few inches. There is a very material dif ference, however, in their formation, as compared with the guns hitherto in use, the weight of the metal being infinitely greater in the new than the old, and varying also considerably in the new, ac cording to the drawings to which they are cast. Formerly, 32 -pounder iron cannon were cast as low as 24 cwt. each ; but these now being cast weigh twice, and in some instances almost three times as much, namely, from 43 cwt. to 56 cwt., and even to 62 cwt. each. This immense increase of metal affords, of course, a proportionate increase of strength to the guns, the bursting of one of which, after it has undergone the Woolwich test, may now be re garded almost as an impossibility. The principal portion of this additional metal is placed in the breech, though it much varies in some of the guns as to its distance from, or proximity to, the trunnions, as those pivots are called by which the gun rests ors the carriage. Much difference of professional opinion seems to prevail as to the relative advantage and dis advantage of having the chief weight of the metal. in each piece disposed in this or that particular spot. We believe, however, that all authorities on the doc trine of projectiles are unanimous in pronouncing guns cast on this principle that is, immensely heavy in and about the breech—to be capable of throwing a ball infinitely further than the old light guns, and with a proportionate economy in the ex penditure of powder. Each gun is cast perfectly solid, in a clay mould, suspended perpendicularly in a metal casting, anti such is the bulk of iron employed, and so great is its power of retaining the heat, that each piece takes nearly a week to cool before it can be further meddled with : —for instance, on Monday evening last we could not bear to place the hand on the outer clay covering of a gun cast on the previous Saturday morning, and several days must elapse before the metal itself could be touched with impunity. The guns are drilled out with powerful machinery, and if the bore, which is guaged with the nicest possible precision, is found to vary a hair's breadth, it is at once sent to the fur nace and melted over again. If, however, the bore is found to be mathematically true, it is polished, also by machinery, till it is as smooth as glass and as glittering as silver. The crown and royal initials are then chiselled out just above the touch-hole, and after receiving a final scrutinising inspection, the gun is sent by the Manchester and Leeds Railway to Hull, and thence transported in coasters to Wool wich. Here it is subjected to the ordnance test. If it carry its range truly, and without exhibiting any symptom of inferiority of material, and corresponds in all respects with the drawing, it receives the Go vernment impress; and being freed from the rust which it has most likely acquired in its transit, is pronounced fit for service, and placed in the stores accordingly. If, on the contrary, it should, in the minutest particular, fall below the ordinary standard, one of the trunnions is struck off, so as to render the gun utterly useless, and it is then returned at the cost of the maker. We learn that not one of the guns included in the present order to the Low Moor Company has, so far, though a large number of them have been executed, failed in the Woolwich test. Sometimes guns are ordered for the purpose of being burst at Woolwich —that is, for the purpose of trying experiments until they burst. Lately, two 56-pounders were made here, nine feet in length, and weighing 98 cwt. each; and, although Colonel Dundas, the Inspector-General of Ordnance, by whose directions all orders of this nature are executed, has been conducting a prolonged series of experiments with them at Woolwich, he has not yet applied a force greater than their powers of resistance, and will probably be some time before he does so. As fast as these new 32-pounders are being made—namely, at about the rate of twenty-four a week—the old 32-pounders are called in and melted down, their average weight being something under 30 cwt. each ; so that instead of saying that Govern -1 ment are having 1,000 new 32-pounders made, it would perhaps be more proper to state that they are having that number of old ones replaced by those of an improved construction. Liverpool Journal of Saturday. OPERATION FOR SQUINTING PERFORMED UNDER MESMERISM.—On Tuesday last a novel but successful operation was performed upon a child ten, years old, named Martha Clarke, for removing that unpleasant visual imperfection called squinting. The child was taken to Mr. Toswill, surgeon, on the 30th ult., to be operated upon for this defect, but from the difficulty of inducing so young a person to sit quiet during so painful and delicate an operation, it was proposed that mes • merism should be resorted to. The first time this was attempted the mesmeric state was produced in sixteen minutes, and her arms rendered completely rigid. At the time she had no knowledge about mesmerism, nor that anything of the kind was about to be tried upon her. So unconscious was she, indeed, of the existence of mesmerism, or that she had been in such a state, that afterwards she said to her mother, " I am so sorry I went to sleep ; but I could not help it ; Mr. Toswill looked at me so." Subsequent to this, she was mes merised several times previous to Tuesday, when Mr. Toswill ventured on the operation. On the occasion there were present, beside Mr. Toswill, Messrs. Spencer and Downing, surgeons, Mr. Joseph Biggs, Captain Jackson, and Mr. Atkinson, from London, who is a friend of Dr. Elliotson's, all of whom, with the exception of Mr. Spencer, signed a document, stating their firm conviction of the absence of all consciousness or pain in the little pa tient during the operation. Mr. Spencer dissented from the general opinion, believing that she manifested signs of feeling pain. The time in which the operation was performed was two minutes and a half, during which the other eye remained perfectly closed and motionless, without any bandage being placed over it, which is usual in such cases. The arms, which had been fixed in an horizontal position, gradually relaxed ; that nearest the eye operated on sinking down to her side. When de mesmerised, and told that the operation had been per formed, she looked up, and with childlike simplicity and surprise exclaimed, " Has it!" In answer to questions put to her by those who were spectators, she said that she had no knowledge of what took place, nor felt any pain, but she had dreamed that she was at Hannah Colton's house, blowing the fire to make the paa boil. In what way this dream could be induced by the circumstances in question, is a phenomenon which we shall not here attempt to solve. As all our readers are not aware of the mode of the operation in question, we may state that it is briefly as follows :—The lid being held open, the eye to be operated upon is forced to a straight position ; a piece of the white of the ball is then laid hold of by a small pair of forceps, pulled up, and out ; this being done , a hook is introduced, and being passed round to the back part, the muscle is secured, brought forward, anti divided by the scissors of the operator.—Leicestershil e Mercury. On Monday last, a numerously attended meeting was held at the house of Mr. James Phipps, the sign of the Horse and Jockey, Arnold, for the purpose of form ing an association for the legal protection of foot roads within the parish, when a considerable number enrolled themselves as members, out of which a committee was chosen to manage the business, and the meeting was then adjourned to next Monday evening.—Nettingham Review, BATH AND SALISBURY RAILWAY.—We under stand, a Company, who will be prepared with the neces sary details for an application to Parliament during the next session, for a line from Bath, via Bradford and Trowbridge, to Salisbury, with a branch to Tringley, is about to be formed. We hear the projectors have every reason to believe it will have the upproval of Govern ment.— Wiltshire Independent. The effects of Lord Brougha:n's Bill, for the abo lition of arrest for debts contracted under 201, have already been felt in the provinces. Mr. Commissioner Harris has bad to ad j udicate only upon nine petitions in Norfolk ; neither was there a single petition to be heard at Lynn or Bury. In many instances, both in the me. tropolis and the counties, insolvents who have been re manded by the Court for various terms of imprisonment, have been released upon proper application to the Court of Bankruptcy, while on the other band many bankrupts. remanded for various reasons, have been liberated by availing themselves of the Insolvent Court.—/Vorwiell Mercury. A white whale was lately found stranded in Ans kerry, measuring about tw enty feet in length. It h a d no teeth, and it is possible it is one of the Aodon variety —a small toothless whale—some of which came ashore in Orkney a few years ago. FATAL ACCIDENT DURING THE PROCESSION Or THE LORD MAYOR BY WATER.—On Saturday afternoon a coal porter, named Thomas Baldwin, aged twenty-nine. met with his death under the following circumstances:— While the procession of the Lord Mayor was passing up the river, the deceased was standing on the edge of one of his employer's barges, when his attention became so riveted to the proceedings, that ho missed his footing and fell into the water. About twenty-five minutes elapsed before his body was found, when e‘ cry means were used to resuscitate him, but without effect. The deceased has left a wife and family. We have observed with pleasure the great activiti which prevails in the export trade in apples from the island of Jersey. Large apples fetch 12f. a quarter, and those of mederate size 10f.—Le Pilate (Guernsey paper) Er / /. 1 ' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~_/ _. '_ ,! .. i