The Sun. — London, England, 1839-09-02 00:00:00

EVENING- _EDI lON. ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Mr, M. W. Balfe took a benefit here on Satur day night ; and his wife made her debut before the British public on the occasion. She selected the character of Amina in the Sonnambula ; and she went through her task—by no means an easy one —with great credit and success. Madame Balfe was, some years since, o7e of th e p r i nc i pa l dra matic vocalists at Milan ; and the stage, therefore, is not new to her. Her acting was throughout good, though occasionally the effect was somewhat marred by her foreign pronunciation ; yet her exe cution of the music was finished and tasteful. Mr. kazer personated Elvino ; and Mr. Balfe, who was vary warmly greeted, was the Count. The satis faction of the audience was loudly expressed ; and at the close of the opera Madame Balfe was led before the curtain by her husband and Mr. Frazer, in obedience to a general call. The opera of Scaramuccia concluded the entertainments ; which also include performance as surprising as it was gratifying. Between the operas, Miss Day, a mere child, played on the pianoforte a fantasia, the diffi culties of which, though great, she surmounted with apparent ease. Her execution is certainly sur prising, and it naturally elicited the most cordial applause. The house was well filled in every part, and the season, therefore, for it was the last night, has terminated well. THE DAGUERRE SECRET• At the weekly sitting of the Academy of Sciences of Paris, on Monday week, the process of M. Daguerre, for the formation of photogenic drawings, was, as had been previously announced, communicated to the public. From an early hour all the seats allotted to the public were occupied, and upwards of 200 persons disappointed of gaining admission, were stationed in a crowd in a court of the Institute, and formed a kind of scientific enzeute. Every body was anxious to hear the secret, every body to catch the vzot ; all were desirous of lea rn i ng w h e th er their own scientific conjectures would be confirmed or not. _ _ _ . At three o'clock M. Arago commenced his explana tiou. We shall not attempt to follow the great savant through the details of his long statement, a large pro portion of which related to the history of the discovery —a subject already pretty well known to the public ; • and we shall only mention so much of that part of it as s belongs to MM. Niepce and Daguerre. / The late M. Niepce, M. Arago proceeded to state, appeared to have commenced his photographic experi ments in 1814. His first connection with M. Daguerre commenced in 1824, when, through information received from an optician at Paris, he learned that this gentle man was engaged in an independent series of photo genic researches, and especially in trying to fix the images of the camera obscure: They associated their labours in 1829. It is proved that for the photographic copying of engravings, and for the formation of plates fOr engrave a, in an advanced state of preparatory ' sketching of the subject, this gentleman was, in 1826, possessed of the secret of making shades corres pond to shades, light parts to lights, demi-tints to demi tints, Sze.; and that he also knew how to make his drawings so produced insensible to the ulterior action of light. The sct of partnership, drawn up between M. Niepce and M. Daguerre, and which afterwards stood good between his son and the latter gentleman, states thet some entirely new methods had been discovered by M. Daguerre, and that they had the advantage of being able to reproduce images from sixty to eighty times more rapidly than by the processes previously adopted. It appears that M. Niepce, in his own photographic researches, had first made use of a sheet of silver covered with the purest bitumen (called, in France, Bitume de Judee), which had previously been dissolved in oil of lavender. He used to beat this sheet of silver till the oil was completely evaporated, and only a kind of whitish powder remained adhering to the surface. He then placed the sheets so prepared in the focus of the camera obscura, and obtained the image of the object ; but the trace was hardly visible. To obviate the imperfec tion, M. Niepce next thought of plunging the sheet, when reteoved from the camera obscura, into a mixture el oil of lavender and oil of petroleum—a method that suceeded, and augured still further improvement ; for the image became visible like an ordieary engraving, and on wasting the sheet with distilled water left the representa• lien permanent. As a further improvement •of this, M. Niepce used a new mixture of sulphuret of potassum and iodide, but the light acted very slowly upon it, and the iodine, spreading itself over the surfac , , rendered the image confused and chscure. The oil of petroleum, - first used by tips - gentleman, was found to have the pro perty of attaching those points of the metallic surface which had l , een preserved front the action of light by the shales, while it was of no effect on those parts touched by the solar ray s. It w Is at this stage of the invention that M. Da gucrre's I.thours were joined to those of M. Nie l ee ; end rt is only fter a long series of experiments, carried ' on with utyvearicrl perseverance for many years, that after M. Nicpcc's death, M. Daguerre has at length resolved the problem to its present extent. We omit the history of these experiments, and pass on at once to the actual process as now used by its author. • A sheet of copper, phit c d with silver, is washed care fithy in a sohation of nitric acid. which removes from it all the extraneous matters on its surface, and especially any traces of copper from the silver surface. A sight degree of friction is rseptishe in this process, but it mu,t not he applied alwa in the 'same tlrection. M. Daguerre has observed, that with the friction used ha a particular manner, a shc.l of copper thus plated with silver answered better than a sheet of silver alone ; an:l he inters from this, that voltaic agency is not unconnected with the cif,:tct. When the sheet is thus prepared, it is placed in a closed box, and exposed to the vapour of iodine. This vapour is made to pass through a very fire sheet of gauze, to render its distri-. bution more eqaable over the suface of the silver ; and in order to effect this object (which is quite indispen sable) more certainly, the sheet has a small metallic rim raised round all its ed g es. A thin coating, of a yellow colour, is thus formed on the surface of the sheet, which is estimated by M. Dumas at not more than the millionth part 01 a millimetre in thickness. The sheet, when covered with this substance, is of the most ex cessive sensibility to light, and is thus ready for the camera obscura. M. .Dagucrra, in the instrument which he uses, employs a piece of unpolished glass, which he brings first et all into the focus of the lens, in order to determine the exact point at which the sheet should be placed ; and, as soon as this is determined, the sheet is placed accordingly. A few seconds, or minutes, according to vhe time of day, the state of the atmos phere, &e., suffice for forming the photogenic image ; but it is hardly, if at ail visible on the surface of the sheet. To make it so, the sheet i s pl ace d i n anot h er box, and exp ose d to he vapour of mercury, heated to 60 degrees Reanaur, or 167 degrees of Fahrenheit. One of the most curious circumstances attending this part of the process is, that the mercury must act at a certain angle. If the drawing is intended to be seen vertically, it must be suspended over the mercury at an angle of 45 degrees ; if it is to be seen at an angle of 45 degrees it must be suspended horizontally. Ou being taken out from the mercury bath, the sheet is plunged into another bath o f th e hyp osu l p hi te o f so d a ; this solution attacking the parts upon which the light has not been able to act, and respecting the light parts —being the very inverse of the action of the mercury. It may be supposed, therefore, observed M. Arago, that the light parts of the image are formed by an amalgamation of mercury and silver, and the dark parts by a sulphuret of silver, at the expense of the hypo sulphite of soda. M. Arago observed that no satisfac tory reason had yet been given for this latter part of the process. The sheet is finally washed in distilled water, and the operation is terminated. The drawing, thus obtained, is perfectly irsensible to the action of light, but it is liable to injury, just like a crayon or pencil drawing, and requires to be presered under a glass. The effect of the who',e is miraculous ; and as an instance, we may mention that one of the (leavvi ngs exhibited by M. Daguerre, on Monday, was 'the view of a room with some rich pieces of carpet in it ; the threads of the carpet were given with mathe atied accuracy, and with a richness of effect that was quite marvellous. Such is the process of Da nerve ;we must add, that it i s found that the sun-light does not act equally • well at all hour s at equal heights the day, nor even when the sun is ab o o f t v e e the horizon. Thus the effect is produced better at the after von ; and hennclenthtlee D morning than at two in immense value in measurin g the e gbuintensityerrot y o p f e i m g be of ,• The camera obscura employ Daguerre may • be put in a box two feet 'keg, two feet price of the e et ol t e h apparatus and two and a half feet high ; the may be from 400 francs to 4.20 fra ncs ' price of each metallic sheet is about three or fourfranc M. Daguerre has entrusted the manufacture and selling of the apparatus to the house of Al roux, Gi roux, in the Rue de Coq, St. Honore. We need hardly say that the most enthusiastic Cheers responded from the grave benches even of the Academy, on the termination of M. Arago's descriptio n ; and the President, M. Chevreul, complimented M. Daguerre in the warmest terms.—Literary Gazette. The wet and warm weather whieh we had for e list few d lys in the n ourhood of Dublin is consider ed very unfavourable. Nevertheless the accounts which we have received from al! part 3 of the country are generally satisfactory.—Dublin Evening Post. E.—The Cas- STORMS IN THE CASFIA SEA .—The Sea, which is generally so tranquil, was violently agitated by storms in the early part of July. Eighteen Russian a n d P ers i an vesse l s , va l ue d with their cargoes at three millions of rubles, were wrecked, and ninety-fives lives were lost. DON CARLoS TAKEN PRISONER.—It is ru moured that the Devon lighter, which arrived here yester day, with despatches from the North Coast of Spa'n, has brought hone the rims that Don Cbrlos is taken prsoner. —Plymouth Journal of Thursday. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Globe of Saturday thus alludes to the pro ceedings at Eglintoun Castle :—" In these piping Mmes of peace, nothing. can well be more warlike th u the holiday doings from north to south—from Wellington Festivals to Eglintoun Tournaments. The only men of peace going have been those scientific gentlemen who have just been holding their m eeting at the late seat of warfare h Birmingham —we may add the Durham Clergy, who have addressed Lord Londonderry against duelling—in pursuance of the praiseworthy example of their brethren of Bath, who remonstrated with the Noble Mem ber fo r that city, on the like occasion. Nothing, we may say in passing, can be more creditable to the clergy than the manner they have begun to vindicate the precepts of their pro fession in this matter. But . Lord Londonde rr y h as other " fish to fry" than to meditate any answer. That eminently wise nobleman has been getting on horse ick, flanked by a pair of halberdiers, in his robes of velvet and ermine, wearing hit coronet, and making a great —figure of himself; as King of the Tournament. It is very unlucky the rain should have come down so un mercifully on the gallant knights, though, by cooling their courage, it may possibly have prevented man slaughter. Not that there was quite so much danger of such a catastrophe as in " the free and gentle pas sage of arms" at Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It was not likely that much mischief would be done with spears cut against the grain, to attest the charms of a Queen of Beauty who came to the lists in a close carriage. All this is extremely spirit-stirring." The Courier allud es as f o ll ows t o some o f th e recen t Ministerial changes :—" Ministerial changes are never so sure to be improvements as when they prove parti cularly disagreeable to the Tories. This should be one of the essential principles regulating all new appoint. ments in the Cabinet—as indeed it appears to be. Lord John Russell has been appointed to the Colonial Secretaryship, in the place of Lord Normanby ; the change is especially distasteful to the Tories, and their ridicule is a certificate of Lord John's eminent qualifications for that arduous and responsible office. The Marquis of Normanby succeeds to Lord J. Russell's position at the Home Office ; the removal is the signal for the renewed abuse (if abuse of Lord Normanby ever ceased from the moment of his first landing in Ireland) in all Tory quarters ; and the excellent qualities he displayed in the Executive Government of the country to which his services have endeared him are ad duced as proofs of his profound incapacity for the duties of Home Secretary. This change will therefore be entirely satisfactory to the country. Lord Howick retires altogether from the Government. Even this seems to kindle no pleasure in Tory breasts, notwith standing the boldness with which that Noble Lord could sometimes launch out into Liberalism, exem plified particularly in his declaration relative to the Church of Ireland. But perhaps his Lordship's more recent declaration, that he had assented to the Ballot being made an open question solely with the view of retarding it, may have induced the Tories to suppose that his Liberalism is on a par with his logic, as in th single instance it was. We do not, however, hold this example to be a fair illustration either of Lord How ick's liberality of character or clearness of judgment, which are generally to be respected ; still it is under stood that his good qualities as a Reformer are over shadowed by others that render his resignation no source of weakness to the Cabinet." The Standard makes the following observations on the Cinque Ports dinner to the Duke of Wellington : " The Cinque Ports banquet to the Duke of Welling ton—for a detailed account of which we stand indebt ed to the Times of this morning —adds another to the many gratifying testimonies which have already been afforded of the reverence in which the character of the Duke of Wellington is held in this country by people of all parties in politics. It is scarcely possible to imagine a more noble or exhilarating spectacle than appears to have presented itself on this occasion. The congregation of so large and respectable a body of persons, for the pur pose of rendering their earnest and affectionate homage to the great Captain of the Age, was alike honourable to themselves, and their illustrious guest. To Lord Brougham was deputed the grateful task of proposing the health of the Noble Duke—a task which his Lordship performed in the hest possible taste, and in a flood of eloquence which appears to have electrified his audience. Unrivalled as are Lord Brougham's powers when his feelings are deeply excited, we hardly remember a passage in any of his brillialit speeches which is so instinct with ' thoughts that breathe and words that burn,' as hii splendid eloge upon his Noble Friend. Twat such an oration, with the greatest and most deservedly-popular man in her Majesty's dominions for its theme, should have been received with an enthu siasm so unbounded as to beggar all description,' is by no means surprising. Its mere perusal is calculated to stir the heart like the sound of a trumpet. The esteem which pervades every order of Englishmen for the Duke of Wellington is one of the redeeming signs of the age ;"nod so long as this indication of right feeling continues uninpaired, we shall not despair, however evil the star that_ may be in the ascendant." GREAT LEINSTER and MUNSTER RAILWAY COMPANY. The th:r3 yearly general meeting of this Company was advertised to take place on Saturday in conformity with the Act of Incorporation, at the Company's Office, 62, Moorgate, but shortly before two o'clock a sufficient cumber of Shareholders not having arrived to form a a meeting, Henry Bainbridge, Esq. the Chairman, stated that as it did not appear likely they would be enabled to form a meeting, it might be as well that the Proprietors present should hear the Report read. The SECRETARY then read the Report, from which it appeared that the total amount which had been received was 24,3261. that which had been expended 19,8551,, leaving a balance of 4,6711. ; that communica tions had passed between the Directors and the Govern ment, which had led to no b ene fi c i a l resu l ts , a l t h oug h the Directors had been in hopes from the declaration of Lord Morpeth, that the impediments in their way would have been removed ; but as the Company must meet again in two months, they were in hopes that something would be done in that time ; but till the in tentions of the Government were known, it was the opinion of the Directors that the interests of the Com pany must remain in abeyance. Mr. OSWALD wished to knew if the whole of the original deposit had been expended, and also what por tion, if any, of the first call? The SECRETARY said that up to the lst of July no portion of the first call had been expended, nor had the whole a the original deposit. Mr. OSWALD wished to know how much of the original deposit remained up to the present time? The CHAIRMAN said that up to the present time 175/. 6s. 3d. of the first call had been expended—that was up to the Ist of August. Mr. OSWALD asked what accounts were outstanding against the Comp my ? Tue. CHAIRMAN said they were very trifling. There was a bill they expected from their engineer, Mr. M'Niel, but it was not of any very considerable amount. Mr. OSWALD wished to know what was the annual amount of their expenditure, as they were going on at present ? The CHAIRMAN—About 1,0001. a-year. Mr. Osw ALP—According to the Report of the last two half-years it appeared to amount to 2,5001. a-year ? The CHAIRMAN said that included other expenses besides the amounts incurred during the current year. The SECRETARY said the amount of the expenditure during the last half-year amounted to 7.551., which em braced a considerable expenditure incurred in Ireland, and which would not occur again. The CHAIRMAN said that although this could, in fact, be considered no meeting, and as nothing official had taken place, they might, of course, do as they pleased, but he would suggest the propriety of having the Report printed and circulated among the Share holders. Mr. SMITVI wis,hed to draw the attention of the meeting to one or two points. It appeared to him, from the correspondence which had taken place between the Government and the Directors, that they were much in the same situation they were last year. There IV -IS the same array of facts on the part of the Directors, and the same putting off system on the part of the Go vernment, which would gradually exhaust their means. As there was to be a meeting next week he would sug gest that the Directors, before that time, should endea vour to discover some means to husband their resources, so as to enable them to take advantage of any contin gency that might happen. He did not doubt but th a t the attempt of the Government would be renewed next Session. Lord Morpeth, after withdrawing his plan, had said that if private enterprise did not go on, he should turn his attention again to the subject. Now as it was impossible for private enterprise to form a railway in six months, he had no doubt the Government would repeat their attempt of last Session, which he was also convinced would fail, as that had done. It was gratifying to see that the Belfast and Armagh Railway_though it had been refused any Government aid—had been already opened between two considerable towns. And the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Com pany, though also refused Government assistance, had been enabled to commence. So that next Session, the x s e Governmentn commenced could b e re f err ed to several railways actually or the e b o y m p p a r i n v y a t ebee, in nterprise. Could , not the p the meanwhile, re duced, t h e offices, The CHAIRMAN s fo . r instance, could they not be given up? ; enter into this '-?1a he really could not at present q u estiti e on.. The offices were taken for two or thre e years. did not think the Government would give th em . ,aid. The prop er p er i o d, how ever, f any or considering the quesio of conti nua nce, or Pro o which did a pp ea r closing of the Compa n y in effect to be suggested by th questionte w ould be when, in two months hence,, it Po was ri whether the firfei; ore of shares should take place. Sa laries could not stop all at once. THE stiN, LONDON. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 2 ic-39. Mr. OSWALD asked if any call had been paid since 2.2(1 . Ju1y ? CHAIRMAN—No. Mr. OSWALD said he thought it would be well not to abolish the Company, but to reduce the expense to a cipher, keeping up the Company still. By this means they would be able to continue as long as Lord Morpeth was a Minister.—(A laugh.) Otherwise 11, would soon drive them from the field. The Govern ment wished to discourage all private enterprise, and make Ireland the field for their own jobbing to promote the interests of their political supporters. Mr. BRYSON suggested, as one of those unfortunate persons who were to have their quietus in two months, that they should only be called upon to pay 1,0001. for the current expenses of the next twelve months. He thought it neither just nor politic to forfeit their shares. The CHAIRMAN did not conceive that any benefit would accrue to the Hon. Gentleman, even if his sug gestion were carried into effect. Besides, it would be very unjust to those who had paid the call.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. SMITH thought the best way would be for thes( parties to contribute the money and bring it with then: on the day on which the Directors would have to cal on the proprietors to affirm the resolution of the Board that their shares were forfeited. They could then sa) —" Here is 1,0001., don't pass that resolution." That would, probably, have some weight with the Directors and the Proprietary. The CHAIRMAN thought that was a very good sug gestion, but h wished it to be understood that he dit, not offer any opposition to the proposal that had beet made by Mr. Bryson. As there appeared to be n( chance of having a meeting he thought it was useless tc wait longer. The CHAIRMAN then quitted the chair, and the Pro prietors present left the house. ACCIDENT TO LADY CHARLOTTE FITZWIL LIAM.-0a Wednesday evening, whilst Laiy Charloth, Fitzwilliam, accompanied by the Ladies Dorothy anc Albreda Fitzwilliam, were taking an airing in Wentworth Park, in a carriage drawn by two ponies, they took frigh , and ran away in the direction of the stables. In passing through the gateway the carriage came in contact with r gate-stone, which overturned the vehicle, and so injure( Lady Charlotte as to render her for some time insensible. A messenger was instantly despatched to Dr. Heathcote. of Rotherham ; but we are glad to learn that her ladyshil has not sustained any serious injury. Her Ladyship's sisters escaped uninjured.—Doncaster Gazette. At the half yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Northern and Central Bank of England held at Man chester on Thursday. it was agreed that the firm should b• dissolved. The outlines of a new bank, to be called the Alliance Bank, were submitted to the meeting. It is understood that Mr C. Wood has resigner the office of Under Secretary to the Admiralty, in conse quencee of the retirement of his relative, Lord Howick frum the Administration. A frightful account of the sufferings of a French corps, on a recent march in Africa, is given by the Sen tinelle de I'Armee. It states that, according to a repor made to General Gucheneuc by the officer who was chid in command of a detachment sent from Oran to Mostaga nem, the corps commenced its movement at four in tht morning of July 16, for the fountain of Gaudiel, a dis tance of six leagues, each man carrying on his shout ders the usual weight of 501bs. On the way not a droi of water was to be had, nor was there a leaf to shelter tht men from the sun, the heat of the atmosphere at nint in the morning rising to 45 degrees of Re,uneur, of 133 of Fahrenheit. Several of the men fell suddenly, as i' struck by apoplexy; some were saved by immediate bleed. ing, but others were obliged to be abandoned. At 11 one hour before the time of reaching Gaudiel, 200 mei: sank at once, overcome by fatigue. However, die! halting for some, 140 recovered sufficiently to drag them selves to the place of bivouac. The remaining 60 woe afterwards carried in by the horse soldiers, who took then. en croupe. Three men died on the ground ; a sergeant of grenadiers became mad, seized one of his officers by tht arm with his teeth, and held so fast that it was necessar to break them before he would loose his hold. Afterwards. on seeing a pool of water, the poor fellow plunged into i and was drowned. Most of the mules which carried th. officer's baggage, and of the dogs which followed th troops, died from exhaustion. Two nights since, as a person named Lebaillet, a cook at a restaurant, was returning home through th, Rue du Poncenu, he was suddenly attacked by an indivi dual, who, without saving a word, struck him violently re the head. Lebaillet defended himself vigorously, and a , the same time that he struck his assailant bit him in th hand. lie nad succeeded in throwing down his adversary when he was stabbed repeatedly by a second ruffian in th, back, on the bead, and in the eye. The two wretches the, made their escape. Oue of them named Hurand, a youn;. man, but who has already been in the hands of justice, wa , arrested with the mark of the bite, which be had receive, upon his hand, and was recognised by his victim. The ,the: off_•nder, who is only 18 years of age, has also been taken and acknowledged his crime. Lebaillet, notwithstanding the prompt aid which was afforded him, is not expected t survive.—Paris Paper. FISHING IN THE THAMES.-tit the Man• siun-house on Friday morning a deputation of the Therm, fi,herrnen attended before the Lord Mayor to complain o certain watcrinen who let out their boats to gentlemen tc. fish on Sundays, which the fishermen were prevented fron doing. His Lordship said it wa, a hard case on the fisher. men, and he should see proceedings were taken ugaias the offenders. TRAVELLING IN NEW GItANADA.—We en tcred to. day a second lake smaller than the last. Th( entrance was through a long narrow passage, along wbicl the boat was forced with the greatest difficulty over a spe cies of water-lily, whose close-twisted and enduring root formed such a dense resistance ; that at one time we ha , ' come fears of not being able to eff2et a passage; and i was only by stimulating the Bogas with whisky to fresl exertions, that they persevered and worked their vva ti through. rho toil was most excessive, and could onl) have been endured by such a race of mortals as these. 0, the shores el this lake arc large beautiful trees, actually alive with red monkeys and iguanas, a most disgusting lo )king animal of the lizard tribe. These red monkey , make a dreadful marine-, especially at daybreak ; multitude of them toge ther' send forth sounds bear ing so strong a resemblance to the roar of a lion, the' we took them for such until better informed. At nigh , we anchored some distance from shore, amid were perfeetl, free from mosehetos. At daylight we entered just suci another tangled passage as that we passed yesterday. Thi: fully merits the appellation which it bears, namely, that of " the Infernal Paaage." The " patron" or skipper of the boat, however, did very wrong to attern i A g oing through at this hour of the day. Had be but w a it e d until the sun's power had been sufficiently felt, this prudence would have saved us from an hour and a half as severe purgatory as may well be conceived. For at that very moment the prow of the boat struck the thick bed of the lilies, the ail was perfectly filled with a species of small gnat, whose sting was instantaneous and excessively painful. There was ro way of keeping them at hay. Tney attacked our very eyelids, lips, nostrils, and the interior of the ears, All the flapping of hands and handkerchiefs was entirel‘ without avail against the countless legions of such blood thirsty and tormenting animals. AS a last resource, we were obliged to roll ourselves completely up in sheets; yet within these folds, friendly as they were, we well nigh en dured all the horrors of suffocation, not daring to leave even space sufficient for respiration ; for the very moment • the smallest aperture was made in our wrapper, in poured a stream of these malignant little wretches. Never should I speak disparagingly of moschetoes again after this ac quaintance with the gnats that infest the Cienagas o' Santa Marta. Off at half-past five A et. Had bad poling to-day, owing to obstructions in the river, caused by trees, logs, and bushes. Over some of these large bodies of wood the water runs like a mill-sluice, and the boat being necessarily kept out from shore in order to get around them , _ the water becom e s t oo d eep f or t h e poles to reach the bottom ; and then their only plan is to propel the boat by applying the poles to the obstructions themselves, while the bowman keeps it close in by means of a wooden hook. The exertions made to pass these places are often terrible to witness; not unfrequently the wood-hook breaks, the poles slip from off the smooth surface of the wood, and away goes the boat, like a bolt from th bow, a mile or so down the current, until she is swept into shore again by the boat-sweeps, which are nothing more than flat pieces of board, about two feet long and six or eight inches wife, lashed to long round sticks. Occur. rences like these try all one's patience, causing as they do the loss of ground, which, step by step, had been gained by so much toil and expense of time. A crew of Bogas at their daily meal presents a scene worth describing. An immense red earthen pot is brought reeking hot into the midst of the savage group, as they are all seated, orrather squatted down on their hams on the fore-deck, each man having a calabash shell and wooden spoon, with which he scoops up the messes of thick boiled rice, plantains, and birs of black jerked beef, all mixed together : they ate enormous quan „titles and very fast, washing it all down with the water of the river, fresh and muddy as it runs past the boat. The patron eats of the same food ; but his mess is handed him aft, and I generally added something from my own table, with a glass of claret. The dinner hour of the Bogas re• gulated our own, as it would have been very foolish to stop the boat again. Yet their behaviour on such occasions subjected u% to witness the most revolting scenes of filth, and conduct much below that of the brute creation.—. Steuart'; Bogota. _ _ On Monday morning, about four o'clock, a number of Mr. Wilson's men went down the shank at Da'marnock Coal Work, as usual, to their employment. Two of the men, who had arrived a little later than the rest, but who were to work at the farthest off wall, after having got about 700 fathoms from the bottom of the shaft, arid about 35 from the place they were to work at, their lights coming in contact with some fire damp which had accumulkted in the pit, it exploded, and b th the men were killed upon the spot. One of the men was considerably burned, but the opinion was generally enter tained by their fellow workmen, that they had met their death from the falling of the roof, occasioned by the explosion. Every exertion was mede by their neighbours to bring the men to the surface, and not more than fifteen minutes elapsed before the first was brought up. It was, however double that time before the same exertions could be successful in the CAW of the other. The men, Ix e are informed, were brothers—their names James and Pinkerton Sudden. The one had been an artilleryman fur twenty four years, and was only goine to commence work at Dal marnock for the first time on Monday —he was unmarried ; the other, we are sorry to say, has left a wife and family to lament his loss. A boy, who was a short way behind the brothers, escaped with only his hair singed. Several others also saw the fire from a distance and escaped.— Glasgow Argus. It is understood that the Chancellor of the Ex chequer will continue in town for some time, for the pur pose of melting, the necessary preliminary arrangements for carrying • ff L :,..t,4l.4.4hinen. o f t h e uniform penny postage. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY EVENING. The public ordinary was lidd yesterday evening at the Town Hall, which was well provided for the oeca ;ion, with accommodation for upwards of 800 members, the galleries also being filled with ladies. The chair was taken soon after iitc by the Marquis of Northamp ton, who was supported on his right by Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister ; and on his left by the Earl of Dartmouth. _ . _ After the toast of the " Queen," the CHAIRMAN gave the Queen Dowager and the rest of the Royal Family." In this be complimented the active and never-failing exertions of the Duke of Sussex towards science, and the honour which he had conferred upon himself in his Presidency of the Royal Society. The next toast was " the British Association." The CHAIRMAN congratulated the meeting on having as their President the individual for whose exertions the Associa tion was mainly indebted for its prosperity. They were on the eve of the most important at empt at science and discovery that had perhaps ever been made in the new Antarctic expedition. He regretted on the present occasion the absence of many who threw a lustre upon the Association, amongst whom was Sir D. Brewster, to whose high conception of its great utility the Association was mainly indebted for its existence ; as also the absence of Sir John Herschell, who had, however, contributed too much to its interest not to show the appreciation which he still held it in. He mentioned these names because rumours had gone abroad of their secession ; but although it, was undoubt edly true that they were not here, he could assert that none of these distinguished names had quitted its ranks. Another individual whose absence he regretted was Professor Phillips, whose attendance was prevented by the illness of an esteemed friend and relation, Dr. Smith. This individual was one of the sis upon whom the University of Oxford conferred an honorary degree during the visit of the Association within its ancient walls. He might indeed be esteemed the father of mo dern geology from the tnrn which his investigation took, ' squally valuable to the zoologist, from the variety of new forms which had been brought to light. He had now to mention the formation of an establishment for mining records—a point of great importance to the mining world, as individuals would not now be likely to throw away their money in attempts that were useless. The Association afforded in its meetings an opportunity for philosophers and men of science to meet from all parts of the country. The British Association appeared, as it were, to ann.hilate distance, and bring time together, and it bad the advantage of promoting intercourse amongst men of science, not only of this country, but from the Continent and from America. The next toast was the health of the President of the Association, with thanks for the zeal he had shown on the present occasion. The Noble Chairman said that it was well known he was the son of the Archbishop of York, and whilst he was the worthy son of so revered a sire was a proof against all gainsayers of the connec - Lion between religion and science. It was impossible not to notice the attack which had been made against science on the charge of irreligion. It had been so said against Galileo and Copernicus, but as we may be mistaken in the interpretation of the book of nature, may we not be equally so in the word of God ?. It is aot consistent to impute unto others opinions which they do not entertain, and he was well satisfied that the opinions of the most celebrated geologists, against whom these imputations were directed, were sincere in their belief in the Christian religion. Those who were afraid that science would go against Scripture showed that want of the thorough confidenCe he had in it. The il lustration of revealed religion was under obligation to geology, and particularly with respect to the opinions which had been entertained of the origin of man. Some had supposed that man had existed ad infinitunz ; others conjectured that he was progressive in his formation ; but geology confirms the views given in Scripture, by illustrating that man was of comparative modern date in the works of the Creator. _ _ Professor WHEWELL next proposed the Scientific Societies of Great Britain, and the Vice-President the Marquis of Northampton. One great utility which the Association possessed was that of bringing into the provinces in one great body, those s4ho were distributed in the scientific societies of the metropolis, and concluded by proposing the Universities of Great Britain. Mr. BUCKLAND returned thanks, and stated that felt, that a strong n it the last meeting at Newcastle, the co nnect i on o f ein u e mo and e m ct wasagriculturemaclive to ass e astsabbsh troogla agricultural y section, in which such matter could be p ro p er l y con . c s adered ; but this ground had bean ably occupied by he exertions of that society. Tire attention of Go vernment had latterly been drawn to the subject of economic geology, principally through the exertions of Mr. De la Beche. It was surprising that whilst al nest every nation had paid attention to the subject, England should, until now, have been the only exception. Our transatlantic brethren were sensible of the import ance of the subj,:ct, for each State hai a collection which might be esteemed a geological reporter. Here nothing had been done but by the exertions of private i9dividualg, and one in particular, whose dangerous ill ness had been named, who had laid the foundation of that which had become so high a fabric. He also al luded to another commission of great practical and na tional importance, as showing the philosophical principl on which structures should be founded ; he eluded to the inquiry into the quality of the stone to be used in building the new Houses of Parliament. The mining records which had been deposited in the public office, for the purpose, showed the advantage which would re sult from the accumulation of such resources. The Marquis of NORTHAMPTON next gave—" The Trade and Manufactures of Birmingham," in which the cause of science was most directly concerned. The MAYOR returned thanks. The Marquis of NORTHAMPTO N said that in propo sing Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister, he did so with greater satisfaction, because his countrymen wer, associated with ours both in blood and feelings. Al though they were not the countrym en of Herschell, they were of Newton, and he rejoiced to see one of their most distinguished men at the shrine of British science. (Loud cheers.) Mr. STEVENSON thanked the meeting for his country and for himself. It was scarcely necessary for him, after his three years' residence, to give that meeting the solemn assurance that America sincerely desired a con tinual peace with Great Britain.—(Cheers ) It was the interest of his country to continue so ; for what interest could be stronger than that between mother and daughter ? It was their desire to do so because they were bound together in strong and glorious ties. They were allied to us in blood, religion, ha bits, and associations, and they worshipped the same God in the same manner. These were interests strong enough to maintain that union between the two countries which some might in vain attempt to dis sever. We live in an enlightened age, which may 'justly be called the age of improvement, and of' those arts par ticularly which give happiness to man, and improve hu man nature. Can we look about with apathy when we see the workings of mechanical arts, or those wondrous developements in geology, chemistry, astronomy, and everything which tends to improve and adorn mankind. We see the mighty power of steam proudly walking over the waters like a giant refreshed in its strength, and overcoming the winds and waves ; and what, he would ask, could induce more to the extension of civilization ? It increased the prosperity of nations, and made neigh bours of people who had never seen each other before ; and who can assign a limit to this great power which, on its applications, is probably yet in its infancy ? In the Association they had nothing to do with the strit. of political opinion ; they were brought together by one congenial feeling and in spirit of peace and union, every. thing was calm around them. He concluded a very eloquent speech by giving his ardent wishes for con tinued prosperity.--(Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed the distinguished foreigners present. The Compte DE PAmßoun returned thank s i n F renc h . _ _ The Marquis of NORTHAMPTON next proposed the Noblemen and Gentlemen present, or who had given their countenance by throwing open their houses for the reception of the members. He was happy to see near him the Noble Vice-President, Lord Dartmouth, and also Lord Bradford ; and it gave him great plea.•ure to state that Sir Robert Peel had also given his counte nance, and had accommodated many members of Drayton. Lord DARTMOUTH returned thanks by expressing his warm interest in the prosperity of the Association, and his opinion that the effects of its visit would be felt with advantage in the town and neighbourhood. The next toasts were—" The Philosophical Institu tions of Birmingham," which was responded to by Mr. HODSON, who feelingly alluded to the recent loss of Mr. Corrie ; and " The Governors and Masters of the Free School," acknowledged by the Rev. Mr. LEES. The latter stated that they had just adapted to their classical school, one for the arts and sciences; the connec tion of which could not but be advantageous. Earl DARTMOUTH having taken the chair, the thanks of the meeting were voted to the Marquis of Northamp ton, who efficiently discharged his duties. LOUIS PHILIPPE AND A SHAM NAVAL Fleur.—The King, with the Queen and Princesses, ac companied by the Ministers of Finance and Justice, Gene. rals Delaborde and Romigny ' the Countesses of Rumigny and Angelet, the Commandant of the Military Division, and the Prefect of Rouen, went on Monday to Treport, where their Majesties and Princesses embarked in the long boat of the Royal yacht Reine Amolie for the Veloce. As Soon as the Royal party were in the boat, they werA saluted by the Veloce, Pollux, and Tonnerre steamers, the Reine Amclie, the Itideur, and the Levrier, then in the road stead. When the King and Royal Family were on board all for nearly an ho ur an d a ha lf . At four their Majestiesthe Veloce, the ships manoeuvred as if in a naval action landed and return e d to t h e Ch atea u. In the meantim e the Minister of W ar h a d arr i ve d at the Palace. All th e por,,nages who acer:mp .. ti! Rov'll narty in Lad ;e honour of dining with their. Majesties. THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH. (From an Article on the recently-published Collection of his admirable Writings, in the Scotsman.) Mr. Sintli was one of' the triumvirate who esta blished the Edinburgh Review, and his numerous con tributions to that journal entitle him to stand on a leve with his two distinguished coadjutors. Less abundani and varied in his intellectual resources than Brougham ; less subtile, acute, and eloquent, than Jeffrey, he is yel in some respects superior to both. In strong common sense, in knowledge of the world, in wit and pleasan try, he is without a match among living authors . and it is in truth the happy union of these qualities which has made him by far the most popular didactic writer of the present age. His style is occasionally somewhat rough, but always marked by precision and vigour. It is the style of a well educated man of thi world, who would be ashamed to display the smallest tincture of literary pedantry. His wit, though thi quality which strikes the reader most, is by no means superior to his logic ; it. is seldom the mere gar nish of his theme, but usually belongs to the very substance of his argument; for it will be found, that while apparently playing with a subject, he is analyz ing it with the dexterity of a skilful disputant. H, loves the practical above all things, and never wanders into the abstruse or the recondite, and has no vocation to fabricate or retail systems of philosophy. Indeed, judging from his writings, one would say, that he had never opened a volume of metaphysics, or dipt into a work of pure speculation, in his life. In discussing a subject he avoids minute points and arguments, which, though sound, cannot be rendered palpable to common understandings, but seizes its great features, and having placed them in strong lights, sets them off by abundant illustrations, which are sometimes satirical, sometimes droll, sometimes picturesque, but - always appropriate and striking. The consciousness of great powers and good aims renders him remarkably frank and fearless. N•. clergyman—and very few laymen, have spoken upon delicate questions with such edifying plainness, or cas' aside conventional falsehoods and sophisms with so little ceremony. His range of subjects is not great, but within that range he is master. He is the Bacon of common sense applied to practical questions. In read ing his works, we are often reminded of Swift. Like th, Dean of St. Patrick's, he has great gra,p of mind, much decision of character, much plainness of speech, and surprising fecundity of wit and humour. Like him, hi handles common topics, which he embellishes with fa miliar illustrations ; like him, he hates cant and fanati cism, and is at no pains to conceal it. But the spirit o . Swift was dark, morose, and cynical, while Sydney is hearty, social, and philanthropic. ' Swift libels Kumar• nature itself, while Sydney libels only its most mis chievous specimens. Each wields the club of Hercules but the one as a freebooter, against all who cross his path, the other as a true knight, to redress wrongs and demolish oppressors. We regret to see Mr. Smith publishing a collected edition of his works ; it looks so much lib closing his literary career, and erecting his own monument. His works have done a world of good, and his Letters to Archdeacon Singleton show that his powers are still as brilliant as ever. We be lieve there is more sterling wit and sterling sense in these three volumes than in any equal quantity of let ter-press published in the last hundred years. MARYLEBO •IE VESTRY. THE LATE DISGRACEFUL MUTILATION OF TOMBSTONES On Saturday the members of Marylebone vestry as sembled, as usual, at the Court-house, Marylebone lane, for the dispatch of business. Mr. A. DANIEL, parochial churchwarden, having been appointed to the chair— Mr. JOSEPH said he had to call the attention of the vestry to a subject of great importance in connexion with the mutilation of inscriptions on tombstones, now undergoing an investigation in Committee. It was known that the keys of the church were left in the care of parties who might be lamv.red with in reference to the burial register, during the investigation that was now going on respeating the alleged interpolation of the register, and whilst the register books were made a subject of reference, the greatest care should be taken that n' one, unless those on whom they could implicitly rely, had any means of access to them ; he should there fore move, " That the keys of the church be brought to Mr. Daniel, the parish churchwarden, when the duties of the church were over." Mr. FOSTER should like to know whether the church warden or the rector had the right to the custody of the keys ? Mr. FLOOD (vestry clerk) —They have a joint righ to the care of th4ln. Mr. FLOOD—AS the rector was 70 miles from town, ;And his warden (Lord Keynon) 300, he thought there could be no objeciton to placing the keys in the hand of their chairman the parish warden. The CHALRMAN—If I have the right to keep the keys I will enforce it ; if I have not the right, a vote of this vestry cannot give it me. Mr. Josr..m—From the answer of the clerk of the the vestry, and seeing that the rector and his warden arc out of town, you, Mr. Chairman, have a right to keep the keys. Mr. KENSETT—You should, Sir, keep the keys, as there is now suspicion and danger that they may be used for improper purposes, pending the present severe investigation. Mr: JoSEPH, consulting a book of minutes, said that he found there was a reso!ution pissed in vestry at the time of the building of the church, which stated that the church keys were to be kept by the church wardens. CHAIRMAN—I think that confirms my right. Mr. SODEN—Toe churchwarden's keeping the keys %could be only security for the time he kept them ; if the books th,qnselves were placed in his safe custody, the security would be much better. Whilst the keys were out of the churchwarden's possession, of mornings, the burial registers might be taken out and altered. Mr. JOSEPH, having been satisfied that the parish warden had a right to keep the keys, and would exercise it, withdrew his motion. CLARIDGE'S ASPHALTE. Mr. KENSETT, holding a specimen of the above as phalte in his hand, began by complaining of the little progress made by the Paving board ; and, after eulo gising Claridge's asphalte as a material for paving the streets, particularly the footpaths, said that the pro prietors had offered to lay down a whole street as a spe cimen, and he thought their offer ought to be complied with. lie had examined the portion of pavement laid down near Whitehall, and at the foot of the steps of the Duke of York's column, and though it had been laid down so long a time it was so little altered that the material might be considered invulnerable. So magnificent an idea had he of this species of asphalte, that he should litre each side of Portland-place to be paved with it. The Hon. Gentleman was proceeding to show the advantages of Clafic!ge's asphalte, when he was cdled to order, as speaking on a matter of which he had not given notice, and when there was no question before the chair. He then let the matter drop, but submitted a notice that he should bring the business specially forward next Saturday. REVISING BARRISTERS. Upon the application of Mr. Faulkner, of Gray's-inn, the Barrister appointed by Lord Denman to revise the list of voters for the borough of Marylebone, for the - use of the Court-house on Tuesday, the '27th of September, the day appointed for that purpose— Mr. BANISTER thought that one Barrister was quite sufficient, instead of putting the borough to the incon venience and expense of the two Courts, when he was informed by several members of the Vestry that repre sentations to that effect having been made to Lord Denman, his Lordship had consented that there should be but one Barrister and one Court. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, AUG. 29 —The Independent has the fol lowing letter from Ostend, 28th August " The Count d'Arschot and M. Praet arrived at Ostend yesterday evening. They will accompany their Majesties to Eu, for which place their Majesties will set out to-morrow morning at nine o'clock, and will remain there till the Royal Family of France leave to return to Paris. " Their Majesties will afterwards embark at Treport for Brighton. After a short stay in Eoglat.d they will return to Ostend and then to Brussels." Count Serrurier, the French Minister at the Court of Brussels, and the Count of Bassano, Secretary of Legation, arrived at Ostend on the 26th, in the evening, probably to pay their respects to her Majesty th.• Queen of the French, not knowing that her intended visit would not take place. BRUSSELS, Aug. 30.—We are assured that the fine collection of pictures in the Palace in trt hich the Prince of Orange resided at Brussels, is going to be sent to Holland. A number of fine stallions, purchased in England for the studs of the Government, has just arrived at Antwerp. The differences between the owners of the coal mines in the vicinity of Charleroi and the engineers of the :nines still continue. We learn that a general meeting will shortly be held, and that among other mea sures t (be brought forward, it will be seriously proposed to suspend the working of all the mines, if the chief engineer persists in imposing his regulations. This measure would be a public misrortune. By this inter• ruption of the works numerous manufactures, in which coals are indispensable, would be stopped, and at least 10,000 workmen thrown out of employment. Let it not be imagined that this desperate measure is a stratagem to make the engineer yield: it is founded on the abso lute impossibility of carrying his plans into effect. It seems that at the general meeting, of which we have spoken, that a Deputation will he appointed to wait on the new King, and ask for the revocation of the circular of the chief engineer of the mines. VIENNA, AUG. 21.---The illness of Prince Metter nich is decidedly abating. It is partly to be ascribed to the too az eat fatigue which he has and-rzntie in the : • , . , • • ' Yester which Austria is so deeply interested. lay's bulletin (in the Austrian Observer) was ifa :ourable. I am h appy to a dd th a t a further m irovement has taken place to-day so that a re apse is not to be apprehended. This news is a subject of general joy here. During the whole of he Prince's illness his palace in the city, and the villa in chichi he resides, have been, as it were, besieged with (nxious inquiries. Tile Emperor himself has continually nade the most particular inquiries of the course of the lisorder, and all the members of the Imperial family iave given the came fl a tt er i ng proof's of the interest in hey take his health. Baron Von Wangenheim, High Marshal at the Court of Hanover, irrived here a few days ago. It is supposed he is come on a special mission relative to the affairs of Hanover. TRIESTE, AUG, 18 —The Eichhoff steam-boat ha. irrived. It has on board Mr. Prokesch von Osten., Austrian Ambassador at the Court of Gret ca, who is :aid to have left Athens on account of ill health It is believed, however, that his extensive know ledge of the East will be made use of now that .he European Cabinets seem to be almost exclusively ngaged with the relations b .tweea the Porte and Me autnet Ala M. Prokesch is said to remember vv)ili much pleasure his residence in Egypt, and his acquaint. ance with Mehemet Ali. The accounts from the Ar• chipelago and Asia Minor afford little news of import ince, only that the French and English fleets are at anchor off the Dardanelles, and that the English ships of the line were on the way to Tencdos to reinforce Admiral Stopford's squadron, which consists of no ['ewer than ten ships of the line. The head-quarters of the Turkish army were still in Malatia, and those of the Egyptian army at Marasch, where Ibrahim Pacha now is. TRIESTE, AuG. 20.—Accounts from Alexandria of the Gth say that Mehemet Ali has accepted the me diation of the Five Powers. He is said to have ex pressed a wish to have the hereditary Sovereignty in Egypt and Syria, and that Chosrew Paeha, with whom ac cannot agree, should be removed from public affairs. However, he has accepted the mediation, and it will ippear, in the course of the negociation, what conces sions it is proposed to make to him. FRANKFORT, AUG. N.—The Marquis and Mar chioness of Lansdowne have arrived in this city. BERLIN, AUG. 21.—Two more officers arrived yes terday from Cqnstantinople. Those who were to go to • hat city, and have been prevented by the death of the Sultan, have received, according to their rank, an in iemnification of 800, 600 and 400 dollars.—Journal de Frankfirt, Aug. 28. ST. PETERSBURG, AUG. 29.—The foreign commerce at Russia, in 1838, offers some circumstances of which here has not been an example for a long time— an ex traordinary demand for our productions, notwithstand ing their high price, and consequently a considerable rise in the course of exchange. The deficiency of the harvest in England and other countries in 1838 has caused an increased exportation of corn from our ports. The following statements show how much the balance of our foreign commerce was in favour of Russia in 1838 : EXPORTATIoNS FROM RUSSIA. Value of Goods Rubles. To Foreign Countries 390 086.256 To Finland To the Kingdom of Poland 9,593,577 Rubles 313,525.687 Being 49,040.527 rubles more than in 1837. lIIFORTS. From Foreign Countries , 243 928,385 From Finland From Poland... 2,570,142 Rubles 247,715.492 Being 4,041,685 rubles less than in 1837. Excess of Exports So considerable a balance in favour of Russia led to an increased importation of the precious metals. The value of gold and silver imported from Foreign Coun• tries and the Kingdom of Poland into Russia in 1838 was-- Rubles Exputed 10,146,677 Excess of precious metals imported 20,005 277 Besides this krge quantities of gold and silver have been imported in 1839, which must be considered as . 1 consequence of the commercial operations of 1838. Journal de St. Peter.sbourg, Aug. 29. DUTCH FUNDS.—AmsTERDAm, AUGUST 30 Money. Bills. Actual Debt, per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per teat. 4:,,,,r_ 7',•ndic, 1 , ,,i per cent... Ditto, ditto, 3!-.' per cent 60% 81 yq Commercial Company, 4., per cent l72yy 173 Ditto (V , '22 and 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 1537. 5 per cent........ Loan 1c.37, 5v er cent. ... ................. Excli..thge on London, One month l2 05 Two month; —Dutch Papers, August 31. • ii.r.:1..t.-.IA N, 0 NDs—tiaussELs, AUGUST 30. Actual Debt, •, , 2!. per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent l. 1% Loan of rhirty Millions, 4 per Cent q -- SL}3 per Cent. 71% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent — Society of Commerce, , I;,per Cent ll5 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 74 National Society . - -Brussels Papers, August3o. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vmsuse, AUG 22. rive per Cenl.s. M,:talliques Four per Cents. Three per Cent,. - ........... ......... P-1 74 fi.ink Shares —Ait2euteine Zeitung, August 27 PRUSSIAN FUNDS,—BERLIN, AUGUST 27. Bills, Money. St. Schuld. Sch., .1':, per cent 'Ol. 113!,', Prussian Engoish Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 103 1b2% Exchange on London, three inont.s,... - -Prussian State Gazette, August 28 THE MARKETS. uOUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. er c nt«r •4 Pt irith Shctiielcd Winchester i'er Cardiff--- Cainiarthen.,. Lowbridge- Swansea Per Moll. tiarnardcastle uurham ttichmond Stockton 'neat. Barley. to 8. s. to t 74 - 38 4.6 72 25 46 86 70 - ,36 40 fio 6- 59 73: 41 f',B 73 33 40 1. d. 6.4. b. d. 0U 9S 00 401 00 103 00 41: 9 0 10 3 3 6 4 0 100 1. 2 36 46 8. tO 28 36 24 :-'2 23 27 (i. s, d. 00 44 00 3b 30 3 6 33 40 130 2CO 80 93 11 0 Is 0 7 0 801 18 0 21 0 7 0 901 170 196 V 0 9Y 70 88' 53 7 9 50 80 70 80 SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. neans (latino,l '►hcrdeen Ber wick Coldstrcain Cuparrife) Dunbar 7C to 8 42 52 55 48 65 59 7•? 55 57 45 15 4R 54 d 4 77 60 eti of the [MING ft good suppl to 31 23 to 2 :3 27 21 23 24 26 17 13 28 31 18 22 31 37 39 37 1 38 :8 35 33 23 27 2A 2 27 16 23 2:3 31 20 '23 2:3 26 20 '2'2 ! measure varies throug 1N CORN MARKE' ly of Wheat ; saes he —to 46 to 48 30 77 , 47 50 30 22 26 40 42 40 42 23 39 32 33 32 34 45 48 43 22 25 'out the country Elgin Inverness Kirkaldy Perth `Thr. Th There was a fallen slightly. —Aug. 30 vy, and prices have eint Second Wheat. Harley Oats. '74s Od 4:s 6d 334 ..41 684 Od 40s (1,1 3 .?ei 6(1. WS Od 3 s at 31s 6.1 I verage LKErfH CORN MARKET.--. Wheat. 1 Barley. I oats. 75s lid 40: rid 37s 4d 1 603 04 1 35s 64 3'l:: 61 sus Od i f.1,4s 04 27s 84 Pease. s Od —s Cd Beat. 478 0, 45 Od 415 00 Od I.lt2tvs. .Aug. • • ' - 40, 01 I ; 48 WI 46 , 03 • 46, Od 0:! Fifa -;eciond Third EDINBURGH CORN MARKET Aug. 24 Th • supply of Whew to-day was la' ge, that of other sorts of Grain less th n last We of esd.ty. Sales heav for all kinds. rirat , 11,1 e) I. :8.. od. 40s 4d. ' 36s 9.1 15s. Od E 8 0 34 0 3:1 0 43 0 CO 0 32 0 20 0 42 0 •erage price of Wheat 3/ 7: 7,1 first •iccond Third t;ch 45: Od 43 U 42 seef, per lb. PRICES OF PR , Os. 'd t 0 os --. 0 6 tl 8 )VISIONS eC. i , resh Butter, lb. s to 1, U ISalt Ditto. -,0 10 1 0 Veal AIM. 0 6 0 0 0 0 9 Lamp, per qr. 2 0 3 0 44 0 juartern Loaf ... :1 8 0 81 .'otatoes, 1 111:L 0 4 0 0 Ditto, per (Mt..... 54 0 93 0 Eggs, per des... 0 S 0 0 OatStraw;ltp......lo 0 :3 0 Wheat Ditto... 8 0 10 6 Barley Ditto -- 7 6 9 10 1 2 EDINBURGH MEAL MARK ET.— Aug. 27. We had a smal supply of all sorts of Meal, Flour, and Pot B rley Sales h atty. ?et Sack of 280 lb. Imp. First Oatmeal Second ditto 1 15 0 Peas enseal 1 11. Pot Barley from 3 GLASGOW CORN Wheat, le er s. d. 5. cl British, old -- new C,nada, free — 0 [Fish Sarley, par:l2olb Eoglish 3n 32 0 -voltish 2B 0 30 0 iAh Per Stone of 1411). first Oatmeal. Second ditto Itarieyweal 1 1 Pe-s •meal 0 1 IV to sts. per sad-. MARKET.—Aug. 26. Oats, per 21i41b. s. d. s. d. Irish Briiish 23 0 26 0 Beans, I , er 2601 h. English Scottish Fease, Scottish 23 0 34 Oatineal,per 1401 h Fr , ur, tier 2S4011) 5O 0 60 0 CORNWALL MhaKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) Whez t. Barley. Oats. —_____.,..... d• d. to r. d. s d. to s d. s. d. to 6. I. 0rur0..... • —0 00 —0 50 —0 41. Helltone St. Austell... Bodmin Liskeard 0 8 0 5 0 3 Launceston ' anwiford 9 0 4 0 5 3 2 3 4 Penzance. 5 8 3 8 1 4 9 4 — " MINI r , ;G INT Quantity of Copper ..res sold at 1 Average Produce ...................... Quantity of fine Ceoper .............. Amount of Sale, 10 oiiu I 0 :EL , 1G ENCE. Tens. Cwt. t2r, gedruth last week :!,62l 21 0 249 13 0 Average Staiffiard IU• 10. Od. P 3 O A u R n a K ;;;; A r el!ptaib oeuctsilx o'clock on CI DE IN ThursdayT EG bodyN G RE ENWICH y dressed was found l ifeless within the enelosu te called the Wilderness. SUI He appeared to be about twanty four year s of a of age, and was recognised by several Greenwich pen sinners as a person they had seen walkin f about the Pink in the aPernoon. A silver p tied case, lOs. 9d, in mon , y. and a loaded pistol were found in his pockets. As no violence has been done to the body, it is supposed death had taken place from poison ; and a post mortem exami nation is to take place previous to the inquest which will held on Monday. The deceased has not yet been identi fied. A pensioner stated that it was a )oung man of the name of Harris, whom he knew; and the sister was ac cordingly written to, informing her of the death of her brother. The poor young women came to Greenwich in the greatest agony of mind ; but upon approaching the door of the George Inn, where the body lay, the first person she saw was her own brother, who had also beard r 41 b it , T!, joy Greenwich Gazette. 04s Beans. s. s 41 42 44 42 45 d. s. ct 0 0 01 50 00. 50 5 `, 9 0 12 Oi 1 ,, 0 11 r I 90 11 01 76 BLI Peace s. to a. M- - 46 48 35 38 s d. s d 00 0 e 00 e o oa 00 0o o "7s O( "s 6 9n 90 0 I 00 00 EVENTIN 111'19()-Nr. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) VESSELS SPOKEN WITH ---The George Hall, from New castle to Qu,bec, on the 18th ult. tat 47, lon. 34, by the Ipswich, from Plymouth to Quebec. on the 20th, lat. 48, lon. 28; Bachelor. Lonlon to Quebec, 22d, lat. 48, lon 20, by the [lamp hire, Temperley, arrived off :11•Lrgate ; Hotspur, of NeweaFtl , ., Ist ult. off Cape Char ; liitsue, Liverpool tl Quebec. 5 lat 45, lon. 56 ; Aircy, Liverpool t' , Montreal, 17th, lat 49. 16n. 32, by the J y, arrived at Liverpool ; Alexander Biring, Mill, London to Canton, 16th July, lat. 10, lon. 24; Anna, N w York to Gloucester, 3d ult 47, lon. 38, by the Zoalous, arrived at Newfoun land; Water wqc;l, Figuera to Newf,undland, 31st July, lat. 40, lon -34 ; Flora, Havanr,ah to Ostend, sth ult., lat. 46, ion. 41, by the Terra Nova, arrived at Newfoundland ;Mary Stewart, N. wry to Qrt , ‘b-c, Ist ult., lat. 47, lon. 40, by the Rub .rt Raikes, a. rived at Newfoundland ; Langley, Riohards, Cork to Quebec, 13th ult , let. 50, lon. 28, with ballast shifted and loss of boats, bulwarks, &c., having been on her beam-ends in a t ale on the 7th, by the Rich ardson, Furness, arrived at Drogheda; East Indian, Blom. Batavia to Amsterdam, 2511 July, lat. 13 N., Im2- 25 W. ; Augustin. Soil!, Amsterdam to Brtavia, 24th, lat. 12 N, kn. 25 W., by the Kolonet, Koopman, arrived r-ii the Lizard ; Harnionus, Arnot, Archangel to Quebec, 11th ult., lat. 46, lon. 46, by the Creole, Taylor, arrived at Gloucester. The following has been received at Lloyd's : Consulado General de Espana en Inglaterra, London, August 30th, 1839. SIR-Having just received an official communication from his Excellency the Prime Minister of my august Sovereign, stating that in consequence of the censurable carelessness of the captains of foreign vessels destined to Spanish ports, in not providing themselves with the re spective certificates of their cargoes, and with the necessary bills of health from her Catholic Majesty's Consuls resi dent at the ports of their departure, the strictest orders had been is, -, ued on the 13th of June last, to the Commis sioryrs of the several Custom Houses in Spain, directing them not only to exact sach certificates from the merchants it the time of clearing their goods coming from abroad, but also to put in force and execution all the sanetary laws and regulations against those captains who should arrive at any of the ports of the Spanish dominions with out such bills of health from her said Catholic Majesty's Consuls. I consider it my duty to make known the said official communication through your office, in order that captains may go furnished with the said certificates and bills of health so as not to encoun er any obstruction during their voyages, or on their entering any port, and that merchants may not experience any difficulty in having their goods cleared. I have also the honour to enclose to you a list of such of her said Majesty's Vice-Consuls in the United Kingdom. and of the Ports where they are resident, as are authorized to grant certificates for goods and bills of health tor vessels shipping in their ports or in the districts of the Custom House belonging thereto ; and I beg to observe that no other Viee-Consuls or other persons than those named in the said list have any authority to grant the same, and therefore in those ports in which there may not be a Spa n'sh Vice-Consul established, should any certificates or bills of health he required, it is indispensably necessary that application should be made to me for that purpose, when the former will be obtained upon the usual petition and the latter upon exhibiting to me the bill of health of the Cus:om House belonging to the port whence the ship or vessel may be intended to sail. And lastly, it may be prudent to caution those captains who may be proceeding to any of the ports of the Spanish dominions that, as the number of passengers, if any, on board is rigidly required is be noticed in their respective bills of health, and as nei ther I nor any of the Spanish Vice-Consuls have authority to enter such passengers unless they produce their pass ports duly countersigned or granted as hereinafter men tioned, it becomes indispensable that such passengers should strictly observe the following regulations :—lf such passenger be a British subject he will have to obtain his passport fro n the Foreign-office and get it countersigned by the Spanish Minister. If a subject of any other fore go country he will have to procure a passport from the accre dited representative of his country in this king dom, to be also countersigned by the Spanish Minister; and if he be a Spanish subject, he will have to provide himself with a passport direct from the Spanish Minister; and in all instances it is necessary further particularly to observe that such passports can neither be granted nor countersigned by the Spanish Vice-Consuls. I have the honour to remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, JOSE MARIA BARBERO, Spanish Consul General. To W. Dobson, Esq., Sec. at Lloyds. List of such of her Catholic Majesty's Vice Con• suls in the United Kingdom, and of the Ports where they are resident, as are authorised to grant Certificates and Bills of Health for Vessels shipping in their Ports, or in the District of the Custom House belonging there to, and which are bound to any of the Ports of the Spanish dominions : Bristol Don Antonia Lopez Veldosola. Cork Bartholemew Overling, Esq. Dartmouth R._Langtvorthy Kingston, Esq• Deal Edward Iggelden, Esq. Dover Dublin John O'Neill,Esq. Exeter Samuel Banfill, Esq. Falmouth ......George C. Fox, Esq. Glasgow Robert Wardrop, Esq, Gloucester Jams Lloyd, E:q. Harwich Samuel Billingsley, Esq. I-lull Robert Keddii I,le of Guernsey .. James Priaulx, Esq. Ditto Jersey Charles Lequesne, Esq. Ditto Orknty and Shetland Arthur Anderson, Esq. Ditto Wight Thomas HarlEnA-, Esq. Junr. Leith Junes Gordon, Esq._ Liverpool Robtrt McWilliam,. Esq. Newcastle Edward Bitton, Esq. Penzance Richard Pearce, Esq. Plymouth Portsmouth John Waller Wilkinson, Esq. Ramsgate N. A. Auston, Esq. Scilly Henry Edwards, Esq. St. Ives, Cornwall Alexander Marrack, Esq. Swansea Benjamin Treacher, Esq. . Weymouth. Edward Day, Esq. Yarmouth Samuel Paget, E,q. Youghal Timmaq JOSE MARIA BARRERO, Spanish Cousul General. SPECTACLES UPON A NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR IMPERFECT SIGHT.—The numerous and very ill ffeets which have daily come under the notice of the Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists to the Royal Family, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, and 96, Cheapside, from the use of improper Spectacles, and being also incorrectly adapted to vision by inexperienced persons, have tended to injure the sight to an alarming extent. Messrs. Solomons, after thirty years' extensive practice and experience, have invented Spectacle Lenses which will be found to surpass anything of the kind yet laid before the public; they not only preserve the sight, but, immediately they are placed before imperfect vision, either by day or candlelight, the sight becomes cool and pleasant, and is at once brought back to its natural and original state, and the most minute particle is seen with exact distinctness. The Messrs. Solomons' Voice Con ductor, for deaf persons, is not the least perceptible, and gives immediate relief. These new inventions are patro niscA by the Royal Family, and have the sanction and un qualified approhati n of the principal members of the me dical profession. Testimonials from persons of the highest distinction are for inspection, who have had their sight moat seriously injured, and who have derived the greatest advantage from the Messrs. Solomons' new in vention.—No agents nor travellers are employed. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MORTON OF MORTON'S HOPE.—This work begins to excite much at tention. It appears to be one of a very superior order--- of intense interest, and masterly execution. The first portion of it is devoted to scenes in America at the corn niencunent of the revolutionary war, previous to Morton's d. parture for Germany. The author's adventures at the University of Gottingen are replete with amusement, and his delineations of the German student's life open up al together new ground. The style will frequently remind the reader of Bulwer and D'lsraeli, EIGHT-DAY CLOCKS. Three and a Half Guineas each, warranted. They are in ele gant cases, about 7i inches high. suitable to stand either on a bracket or mantel-piece. For Five Guineas each a consi derable variety may be selected from both in Bronze, Ormola , Alabaster, Rosewood, and Mahogany Cases ; also the skeleton movements, showing the en , ire mechanism, under a glass shade, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornbill, Lod. don (Seven doors from Gracechurch-street). SHEFFIELD PLATED WINE COOLERS , A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silversmiths , 14, Cornhill, London (opposite the Bank of England), have for choice in their warerooms a Selection of PLAIN and ORNA MENTAL ICE PAILS, to which they wish to dire, t attention. The price of the Plain Tub-pail (now much in use), 81. 10s. the pair ; the Classic Vase (very neat), 10/. Bs. the pair ; the Victoria Pattern, 151. th e pa i r ; t h a D resden Cooler, 19/. the pair, &c., all of w hi t.. are strongly mounted with silver, an d have Silver Shields for Engraving the Crept or Coat of Arms; A pamphlet is published, with drawiaki - Of the above and other articles of plate generally, which radyibe had on applica tion, free of cost. " u IR . On the 27 t h ult., at G ly nde, t THS he lady of Sir Hamilton Sey mour, her Majesty's Minister at Brussels, of a daughter. On the 28th ult., at the Forest, Walthamstow, Mrs. Henry Berthon, of a son. On the 29th ult., at Tenterden, Kent, the lady of Albert Owen, Esq., surgeon, of a son. On the 30th ult., at Hillingdon-heath, Mr-. Sims, of a daughter. On the 31st ult., Mrs. Frederick Ager, of a son. MARRIED. On the 27th ult., at Cheltenham, the Rev. Charles Thisbe' second son of ihe Right Elon the Chief Ju3tice of Ireland, to Emmeline Egerton, second daughter of Captain Sir Josia h Co hill, Bart., It N., of Belvedere-house, Dublin: On the 291,h ult., at Marlhoi ()ugh Church, Devon, George Howard Vyse, Esq , Captd.ti 2d Life Guards, to Lizzy, sixth daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Sir NI ichael Seymour, Bart., K. C. B. DIE n, On the 29th ult., at Margate, Mary Ann, wife of Mr. R. S. Culverwell, of Rathbone-place, Oxford -street. 0, aged 79, On the 99th ult.. at Ramsgate. R e b ecca, On the 31st ult., Elizabe t h , the wife of Mr. Francis 3lorris, of Grosvenor place , Ca m b erwell . wife of Georg e Emmett, E , q., of Balham 11 On the 30th ult., in Soho-square, Samuel Arrowsmith, Esq.) youngest son of the late Aaron Arrowsmith, Esq., aged 34. . ~ 7.1, 7 :DO I_,; ~.~.. ..., u. . ~ .. _........ _.. _.., _._. ~.a. VLI ~. .F) UC. tt'Sll UC'J~ ~ '~`~~