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UTH AUSTRALIA. • riONTRAC-T FOR' CONVEYING THE 1.,.../ TWO-PENNY POST LETTER BAGS. NOTICE is hereby given that her Majesty's Postmaster-Ge neral will be ready to RECEIVE TENDERS on or before the 16th Day of October Next, for CONVEYING the TWO PENNY POST BAGS by HORSE RIDES, MAIL CARTS, OMNIBUSES, or STAGE COACHES to the fol owing Places : ----~,r•------ TOWN Rums. Charing -cross 14 Despatches per Day 21 Double Miles. tPortland -street North row 14 do. 37i do. Step ney do. 21 do. Southwark E do. 10 do• SHORT RIDES. Camden-town South Lambeth 2 do. 6 do. Camberwell • Hackney . 4 o. 15fr do. COUNTRY RIDES. Barnet Edg Bromley 3 do. 37i do. eware Enfield ... ... 2 do. 24 do. 3 do. 346- do. Hampton Harrow Hounslow * 3 do. 36 do. Croydon 3 do. 36 do. W oodford-bridge ... 2 do. 25 do. Woolwi c h do. 20 do. Woodford Highgate. Hampstead 1 do. 5 do. Stanmore Twick en h am 1 do. 13 do. Kilbu rn BRANCH COUNTRY RIDES. From Bexley to Blackheath.. 2 Despatches per Day 16 Double Miles. Carshalton to Mitcham 2 do. 6 do. Kingston to Wands worth 2 do. Kingston to Putney 1 do. Romford to Strattord 2 do. Fulham to Brompton 2 do. W oolwich to Deptford 1 do. Norwood to Dulwich 2 do. W altham -cros s to Ed monton 1 do. Barking and Ilford to Stratford......., N.B. Theforing. Rides are ~ m ployed every Day, Sundays Excepted. 12 do. 6 do. 16 do. 5 do. 44 do. 75 do. 4i do. EArtLy lIRANCH COUNTRY RIDES. From H H o °"slow to Brompton ... 1 Despatch Daily 9 Double Miles. unslow to Kin t 1 do. 63 do. Barn e t t • gs on *** ~►'altliam-cross o Highgate 1 do. 6i do. atthant-eross to Stoke- Newington Croydon to Brixton 1 do. 6! do. N.B. These Rides are employed every Day throughout the Year. The Conditions and full Particulars may be seen on applica tion to the Superintending President of the Twopenny post office, General Post-office. Tenders are to be sealed up and addressed to f o Her Majesty's Post master -General," and endorsed " Tenders for Conveying Twopenny Pest Bags," and they must be sent in before Twelve . o .:Clock on the 16th October Next; / 3 - Tenders will be received for the whole or for any portion of the above Lines of Road. By Command of Her Majesty's Postmaster-General , W. L. MABERLY, Secretary. General Post-office, Sept. 2, 1839. FAMILY ENDOWMENT SOCIETY._ Provident parties may assure to their kindred or Friends provision for every con tingency of life at a small cost. Full particulars, and an Explanatory Pamphlet, may be had gratis at the Society's Office, No. 12, Chatham Place, Black friars. STANDARD OF ENGLAND LIFE AS SURANCE COMPANY. a, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY. Capital, ONE MILLION. Lower Rates of Premium than those of any other Office ; hence an immediate and certain Bonus is given to the Assured, instead of the remote and contingent advantage, offered by some Companies, of a participation in their profits. Liberal Commissions are allowed to Solicitois and Agents. Premiums on 1001. for the Whole Term of Life. Age Annual Pre-I s. d. I s. d. I£.s. d. I s. d. mium ► 10 11 1 19 7 2 13 5 3 IS 8 By Order of the Board of Directors, W. WRIGHT, Secretary. BENEVOLENT INSURANCE AN NUITY, and NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY. 851, Strand. ,Capital, £250,000., in Two Classes of Shares; namely, 10,000 of £2O each. Deposit, 10s. per Share ; and 10,000 of £5 .. . The Earl of Euston, M.P. Lord Teignmouth, M.P. PATRONS. Lord Skelmersdale George Birk beck, Esq., M.D. DIRECTORS. ......... H. G. Boldero, E sq ., M .P., Chairman. Sir E. L. Bulwer, Bart, M.P. Amos Gann, Esq. J. P. Beavan, Esq. James Garrard, Esq. James Bourdillon, Esq. A. B. Granville, M. D. , F. R. S. I )uncan Campbell, Esq. Thomas Hutchinson, Esq. PHYSICIANS. A.B. Granville,M.D.,F.R. S. I J. S. Campbell, M.D. BANKERS. The Bank of England. The Board of Directors considering, that through the prac tical working of this Association during the past year, its uti lity to every class of society, as well as its particular adapta tion to the wants of the industrious and productive classes have been clearly demonstrated; considering, also, the eagerness shown by the last-mentioned classes in connecting themselves with this Institution through ,the various modes of insurance which it alone affords to them have resolved to further these interests, by issuing the Shares reserved for that purpose, namely, 10,000 Shares of 51. each, for the purpose of placing within the reach of persons of small means an opportunity of participating in the advantages of mutual insurance, besdes the remainder of the 201. Shares yet unappropriated. A deposit to be paid of 2s. 6d. on each 5/. Share, and of 10s. on each 201. Share, and further sums of 2s. 6d., and 10s. respectively, at the time of signing the deed. Application for Shares and Prospectuses to be made at the Office of this Society, No. 351, Strand, or at Mr. Heseltine's, Stock Broker, Finch-lane, Cornhill. **,„, Shareholders will be entitled to two-thirds of the net profits, an d the remaining thir d added to the Subscription Capital. HENRY WILSON, Actuary and Secretary. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AS SURANCE AND DEFERRED ANNUITY SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. 67, New Buildings, North Bridge, Edinburgh ; 36, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; 28, South Castle-street, Liverpool ; ;47, Princess-street, Manchester ; 9, Clare-street, Bristol And 14, New Bond-street, Bath. Capital,.,soo,ooo/. EMPOW ERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. PATRON—His Grace the DUKE of SOMERSET, F.R. S. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Col. Sir Burges Camac, K. C. S. Robert Hollond, Esq., M.P. John Elliotso n , M.D. F.R . S . George Lungley, Esq C. Farebrother, Esq., Ald. J ohn Rawson, sq. H. Gordon, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Dr. Olinthus Gregory, F. R. A. S. Professor Wheatstone,Y. R. S. PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq. ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S. By the new principles of Life Assurance and Deferred An nuities, established by this Society, many essential advantages, besides that of securing a provision for a family or for old age, are gained by , the Assured, and thereby an additional value is given to each Policy. Premiums payable annually, half-yearly, quarterly, or monthly, or in the increasing or decreasing scales. Females assured at diminished rates. Extension of limits of travelling. Policies in force seven years not forfeited by suicide, and two thirds of the premiums paid at all times available to the assured. Two-thirds of the profits of the Society divided ANNUALLY amongst parties assured on the participating scale of Premiums. SPECIMENS OF DEFERRED ANNUITIES. PREMIUMS. BENEFITS, ITo secure, on Options Secured, on attaining thel Annuity.£lo 0 0 age of Sixty-five, by an Annual attaining the Cash 82 10 0 Premium of 21. 12s. age of 65, the policy o 7 8 1 option of g › . .to .› . Payable Payable ttcp. 15 1 Payable '-'" Annuity. Cast. Policy. ,7, i:g aanually. One Dis -41 , Sum. parity. -- IX- s. d. X. 8. d. .X. s. d.! --- X. s. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. 90 A 7 to 6 394 11 0 i 466 0 0 1 20 015 11 10 010 0 0 0 25 i 26 15 10 '9 21 0 0261 0 0 1 30 019 6 l 6 7 1 7 311 30 113 19 8 115 : 5 01136 0 01 40 1 17 3 27 311 19 410 Also Annuities commencing at the Ages of 50, 55, and 60. Two-thirds of the Premiums paid, returnable, in case of pre. ma:ure death. Immediate Annuities for all ages, granted on very favourable ernt,, A Board with a Medical Officer is in daily attendance at two o'clock. Prospectuses may be had at the Offices, or any of the Branches, or Agent s i n t h e principal Towne. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. EASTERN BRANCH. -5, Castle-street, St. Mary Axe. HYAM HYAMS, Manager. Now ready, the Second Volume of THE COLLECTED WORKS OF SIR, HUMPHRY DAVY, BART. Edited by his Brother, JOHN DAVY, M. D., F. R. S. Containing the whole of tho Author's Early Miscellaneous Papers and Lectures. Vol. I. Contains a Memoir of the Life or Sir HUMPHRY DAVY, with a Portrait, complete in itself; price 10s. 6d. in neat cloth boards. " This collection from its variety and interest promises to be one of the most valuable republications of •ur time."—Spee- tator. " We congratulate the public most sincerely on the publica tion of a complete and hsndsome Edition of Sir H. Davy's Works."--United Service Gazette. " This Memoir is a worthy record of the Life of our great Philosopher, and should be studied by the youth of England, that they may know how mighty a power resides in the mind to conquer difficulties."—Britannia. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. MRS. HOFLAND'S NEW WORK. On the 20th of September will be published, in 12mo. elegantly , bound, illustrated with plates, embossed roan, gilt edges, price 55., FAREWELL TALES. By MRS. HOFLAND. Printed for A. K. Newman and Co., Leadenhall-street, London. Where may be had, New Editions of the following, by the same Author : Africa Described Integrity Decision Moderation Energy Patience Fortitude Reflection Humility Self-Denial Young Cadet, or Henry Delamere's Voyage to India. And in 18mo. half-bound, roan and lettered, price 2s. 6d. Affectionate Brothers Good Grandmother Alicia and her Aunt Merchant's Widow Barbadoes Girl Panorama of Europe Blind Farmer Rich Boys and Poor Boys Clergyman's Widow Sisters Daughter-in-law Stolen Boy Elizabeth and her Three William - and his Uncle Ben Beggar Boys Young Northern Traveller Young Crusoe. Ina few days, a mUdh En argea Eamon, with the New Official Tariffs. Price Bs. CLARIDGE'S GUIDE ALONG THE DANUBE, TURKEY, and GREECE, And including the Overland Route by Egypt to India. 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By Mr. MONCK MASON. - This is a curious and highly interesting volume, embracing the scientific Observations of Mr. Green, with much curious Detail, Anecdote, and Description, giving the names of some five hundred persons who have ascended ; also relating the par ticulars of Mr. Hollond's celebrated expedition to Nassau; it i also valuable, as being the only book extant on the Theory and Practice of Aerostation. F. C. Westley, Child's-place, Temple-bar; Madden and Co. (late Parbury), 8, Leadenhall-street. CABINET UPHOLSTERY an d DING, at the CABINET-MAKERS' T LEADEN H ALL-STRE ET BED. ,enr S e ADINC, SOCIETY, 71, d . agree ably to Act of Pa rliament ; bein g the Manufacturers in • all its branches. The system upon which this is conducted precludes sibility of competition for c hea ne s the pos p s ,quality, and y durabilit , as no house in London can manufacture at t heir prices. The Society wishes it to be thoroughly understood that they do not • - stss,l goods for sale, like the baraeers and h b receive haw.— a er le themselves, dasisers, but they make every artie which enables them confidently to warrant their goods of the b es t materials, STOVE ON PRINCIPLES EN TIRELY NEW, AND and if any fault appears within twelve months, it will be made UNEQUALLED FOR COMFORT AND - ECONOMY. good free of charge. A trial is earnestly solicited of those about By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. to furnish, as the only criterion by which the merits and de- rrHE CHUNK PATENT STOVE, eided advantage of purchasing at this establishmen +can be fairl o IL invented by Mr R. PROSSER, Civil Engineer, is distin estimated. . guished from all others by its entire freedom from dust or The funds of this Society provide for the members in sick-smoke, its great economy of ' fuel, and its perfect safety from hope ness, old age, an d burial ; they therefore sincerely . that fire. It has been "ofcomfort in the nursery and their humble endeavours will meet with public patronage. oed-room of he invalid, a source great executed; and lists through affording an uniform temperature Estimates given, and orders punctually . the day and night, with only one supply, while the an extract • of ,prices may be had, from which the following is with . most delicate test cannot detect anything •• ' leather, spring which is injurious :mahogany lounging chairs, covered with .13. , to health—it merely warms the air without se s •ts, 455. ealph ; mahoesny chairs in horse-hair seatnig,. ea . ,: decomposing ; A ; and, as there is no door, none of the gases each s Trafalgar, 17s. b 6d. ditto ; mahogany sofas, 90s . h generated by combustion can pass into the apartment. h any four-postbed- Wherever warmth • mahogany Pembroke' tables, 21s. ; mahogany is required, 0 'a mimed as desirable this Stove is applicable. It is steads, 600, ;. tent ditto, 20s. ; turniture, ditto, 2s. l ; a j nd dress- greenhouses for ' the drawing-room as the laundry ; for warming chairs, 25.; cane-seat ditto, 3s. 6d. ; japanned stands in tables 69. each ; japanned drawers, 345. each ; mahogany ditto, 445. ; feather beds and mattresses, warranted free dust or smell, or the money returned ; solid rose-wood chairs,lo expense of building stuffed with horse-hair, from 255. each ; couches' tg. s• ; t ditto 100 tables, from 41. 10s. ; InAhoganY ditto. 70s. each ; from sumption of P l ing cabins it is twenty-four hours, 'nvaua d ble bit.ls,vssesses extraordinary claims, the very great flues, and afterwards the immense con sOP ,lbeing avoided. For workshops and, ships' e Price_ is!•ing ;two j a e n n u c fa . duredi, Plain, 31, • ; it requires attention p once in which time the coat. will only not exceed Fluted, 3/. 10:. fancy chairs, 7s. 6d. eachthe Sole Proprietors, BURTON, WEIIS-STREE• RIPPON and NN inflow-curtains and bed-Earnwi es made from the newest whom be had detailed Ca r, OXFORD -STREET ;of desi'us. I )1(1 furniture cleaned, and re- tnaclo. Portable and solid may Warranted Table Catalogues of the Prices of Fenders furnitu.'"e for Ship cabins, Yachts, and Stearn -boats elegantly Fire-arms. _ Cutlery, Superior Nickel Silver, ' fitted. &c., 20 per cent. under any other old -establ ished House, which be forwarded for a singlepostage. 71, Leadcsihall-streot. C. LAVERS Secretary can Established 1820. o. 14.665 TO GRAVESEND, FROM CHELSEA, VAUXHALL, LAMBETH, AND WESTMINSTER, Without Extra Charge. qIHE STAR PACKETS from LONDON -1 BRIDGE, with Branch Boats, to and from the above Places: — From Chelsea and Vauxhall every Morning at 9 and 11. From Lambeth and Westminster at 20 min. past 9 and 20 min. past 11. The Branch Boots will await the arrival of the Packets at London-bridge, upon their return in the Afternoon. Fares—Fore Cabin, Is. 6d. ; Saloon, 2s. HAY AND CORN HARVEST —RICK CLOTHS, MAR QUEES, TENTS, FLAGS, &c. &c. BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, DUKE-STREET, SOUTHWARK, begs to in form the Nobility, Gentry, and Agriculturists in general, that he has a large stock of Rick Cloths, of various sizes, both new and second-hand, the latter in excellent condition, baying been only used at the Oxford Agricultural Meeting in July last The Canvass was made specially for the occasion, is of the best quality, and admirably adapted for Rick Cloths. A Warehouse at 208, Piccadilly. "FUSES, &c., to be LET, by JACKSON and CO., in various situations, in the following Trades, and many others !—Tea, Coffee, Chop, and Eating Houses ; Public Houses ; Beer Houses ; Brewery ; Baker s ; Tobacco nists ; Grocers ; General Dealers ; Green Grocers ; Coal and Potato Dealers ; Oil, Colour, and Italian Business ; Cow keepers, Dairy, and Alilkwalks ; Private Houses ; Lodging anises, &e Particulars may be had at the Offices of Messrs. Jackson and Co., Auctioneers, 26, Brydges-street, Covent-garden. N.B. Letters to be paid. CIRCULATION of the LEICESTER , PAPERS. It will be seen by the following extract from the last Offi cial Stamp Return that THE LEICESTERSHIRE MERCURY is the most Extensi►ely Circulated Paper in Leicester and the County : Leicestershire Mercury 30,500 Leicester Journal Leicester Chronicle Published early every Saturday morning by A. Cockshavr, Highistreet, Leicester. London Agents : Newton and Co. ; R. Barker; Clarke and Lewis; M. Hammond; C. Mitchell. PUBLICATION S. Just published, Bvo., price ls., THE SPEECH of LORD BROUGHAM at the DOVER FESTIVAL, on proposing the Health of the DUKE of WELLINGTON. Corrected by Himself. London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Now Ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Plates, VICTORIES of the BRITISH ARMY, By the Author of " Stories of Waterloo," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. NEW VOLUME OF " THE STANDARD NOVELS." Now ready, in a neatly bound pocket volume, Embellished with Engravings, MR. 11 0 0 K'S JACK BRAG," FOR 'SIX SHILLINGS. " Literally sunning over with fun."—Athenaeum. " Those who relish a hearty laugh should read this novel. It is the most side-splitting work of the season."—Sun. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ' o „ 4 ' To be had also of all Booksellers. Now ready,:in 3 vols., post gvo., CONFESSIONS OF A THUG. By CAPTAIN MEADOWS TAYLOR isy I:AY i _ Of the Service of his Highness the Nizam. " If this work fails to arouse the feelings of the public to the suppression of Thuggee, no other can ; as no other can be bet ter calculated to excite the lively interest of the reading com munity. To the admirers of romances it will afford a treat, such as they have not had for many years ; for not one of those publications contain so many fearful scenes ; while the truth and reality of these will lend them an interest such as no mere fiction can excite."—Atlas. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NEW AND SPLENDID EDITION OF GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, To be completed in Eight Monthly Parts. On the Ist of October will be published, beautifully printed in large Bvo., price 2s. 6d., PART I. OF THE NEW STANDARD EDITION OF GULLIVER'S TRAVELS: Illnstrated by upwards of Four Hundred Wood-cuts, after designs by Grandville. With Notes and Elucidations from Various Original and Manuscript Sources ; an Essay on Philosophical and satirical Fictions ; and a New Life of Swift. By W. C. TAYLOR, LL.D., M.R. A.S., &c., Of Trinity College, Dublin. London : Hayward and Moore, 53, Paternoster-row. This day is published, T HE BRITISH AND FOREIGN RE VIEW. No. XVII. CONTENTS. 1. Waagen on Art in England—Pictures anelPicture-cleaners. 2. A Rural Police. 3. The Corn Laws—Hungary and the Baltic. 4. Wheaton on the Law of Nations. 5. Lamartine's Poinas.—La Chute d'un Ange. 6. England, Austria, and Turkey. 7. The State of the Nation.—The Chartists. 8. Church and State.—The Russo-Greek Church. R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street. LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 6, 1839. TEAM TO ST. PETERSBURGH k... 7 Calling at HELSENBURC. and COPENHAGEN. The ST. GEORGE STEAM-PACKET COMPANY'S Steam-Ships Sail regularly from off the London Docks, for the above Ports, as under:— The JUNO, Lieutenant WYLDE, R.N., Commander, on MONDAY, 16th September, at Eight o'clock in the Morning. The SIRIUS, Lieut. WATERS, R.N., Commander, on TUESDAY, October 1 ; and will continue to leave London on the Ist and 16th of every month during the Season,re turning from St. Petersburgh on the same days. Further information afforded on application at the Spread Eagle, and 44, Regent's Circus, Piccadilly; and 56, Hay market; or at the Company's office, 137, Leadenhall-street L ONDON AND BRIGHTON RAIL WAY COMPANY. _ _ Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 15th July, 1837. CALL FOR THE SIXTH INSTALMENT, 8/. PER SHARE. ...... Notice is hereby given, that the Directors of the London and Brighton Railway Company have this day made a Call of Si. per Share in this undertaking, and the same is directed to be paid on or before the 24th day of September next, to either of the undermentioned Bankers, viz.— LONDON—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths; Messrs. Ladbrokes, Kingscote, and Co. LIVERPOOL, The Manchester and Liverpool District MANCHESTER -Bank, on account of Smith, Payne, and Smith. BRIGHTON, HORSHAM, Z The London and County Joint LEWES, TUNBRIDGE— S Stock Branch Banks. GL A SGO W—Glasgow Union Bank. DUBLlN—Provincial Bank of Ireland. Proprietors of Shares are therefore requested to pay the same accordingly. JOHN HARMAN, Chairman. London and Brighton Railway Office, 10, Angel-Court, Throgmorton-street, August 29, 1839. TUST OUT, the EMPEROR of CHINA'S fiC SAUCE, the finest in the world, publicly introduced to the English in 1839. This Sauce was originally prepared by an eminent English Physician, residin& in India, where it sig nalised itself in an extraordinary manner for its richness, fulness, piquancy, and strong digestive properties. In India it main tainod a celebrity previously unknown among sauces, and was there considered indispensably requisite, with every kind of fish, meat, game, made dishes, or curries. As a stimulant to the ap petite it is unequalled, possessing a smartness not met with in any other condiment, and is strongly recommended by the Fa culty, for its purity and fine tonic property. These are original and rare qualities combined ; consequently, bon vivants, the Clubs at the west-end, and all persons of good taste, pronounce the Emperor of China's Sauce to be the finest in the world. Sold, wholesale, and for exportation, by D. Morse, the sole proprietor and manufacturer, 16, Cullum-street, London ; and retailed by all respectable chemists, grocers, oilmen and frui terers, throughout the United Kingdom. HAM HOUSE—" THE ROYAL OAK."—At a short distance beyond Gay's summer-house (Twickenham) and on the same side of the river, stands Ham House, formerly the residence of the noted Duke of Lauderdale, and where he and his four colleagues, Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, and Arlington, held those secret meetings which acquired for them a name infamous in English his tory, the Cabal—a word which their initials happened to compose. In the house, now the residence of the Countess of Dysart, are preserved many memorials of the Lauderdale family. According to tradition this is one of the places in which Charles 11. took refuge after thebattle of Worcester ; and it is said that the great gate leading to the Ham avenue has never been open to any meaner visitor since the hour when the fugitive King, after he left the wood of Bosoabel, was admitted within it for a night's shelter. Another tra dition, which is still more questionable, asserts that here also, as at Boscabel, he hid himself among the branches of an oak to escape a party of his eager pursuers. A shat tered trunk of a tree in Ham-lane was formerly shown to the visitor as the identical Royal oak ; and a fair which is annually held on the. spot on the 29th of May has tended to countenance the belief among the people of the neigh bourhood, who have no notion that any incredulous and too precise examiner into dates and facts should deprive them of their traditions. However, " truth is strong." and truth compels to us say, that their Royal oak is only a counterfeit. —Rambles among the Rivers—in Bentley's Miscellany. THE SABBATH.—But blessings, and ten thou sand blessings, be upon that day I and let myriads of thanks stream up to the throne of God, for this divine and rege nerating gift to man. As I have sat in some flowery dale, with the sweetness of May around me, on a week day, I have thought of the millions of immortal creatures, toiling for their daily life in factories and shops, amid the whirl of machinery, and the greedy craving of mercantile gain ; and, suddenly, that golden interval of time has lain before me in all its brightness—a time, and a perpetually recur ring time, in which the iron grasp of earthly tyranny is loosed, and Peace, Faith, and Freedom, the Angels of God, come down and walk once more among men ! Ten thousand blessings on this day,—the friend of man and beast The bigot would rob it of its healthful free dom, on the ono hand, and coop man up in his work. day dungeons, and cause him to walk with downcast eyes and demure steps ; and the libertine would desecrate all its sober decorum on the other. God, and the sound heart and sterling sense of Englishmen, preserve it. from both these evils I Let us still avoid Puritan rigidity and French dissipation. Let our children and our ser vants, and those who toil for us in vaults, and shops, and factories, between the intervals of solemn worship have freedom to walk in the face of Heaven and the beauty of earth ; for, in the great temple of. Nature, stand together Health and Piety. For myself I speak from experience ; it has always been my delight to go out on a Sunday, and, like Isaac, meditate in the fields ; and, especially in the sweet tranquillity, and amid the gathering shadows of even ing ; and never, in temple or in closet, did more hallowed influence fall upon my heart. With the twilight and the hush of earth, a tenderness has stolen upon me—a desire for everything pure and holy—a love for every creature on which God has stamped the wonder of his handiwork—but, especially, for every child of humanity ; and then I have been made to feel, that there is no oratory like that which has Heaven itself for its roof, and no teaching like the teaching of the Spirit which created, and still overshadows the world with its infinite wing.—lVilliam Hewitt. A TALE FOR THE LOVERS OF THE MARVEL- :.ors.—At Bow-street Police-office, an elderly woman, said to be a bad character, was brought before the Magistrates, charged by a police constab le with bein g drunk and creating a disturbance the pre v io us ni g ht, in Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The constable stated that the prisoner was found by the side of the railings of the burial-ground in Portugal-street, expressing great alarm, and loudly asserting that she had seen a man, or some unearthly object, having the appearance of a man, digging with a spade in the burial-ground. The police man looked in the direction pointed out by the prisoner, and there, sure enough, was somebody, or something, ap parently digging up plants. This object the prisoner declared to be a visitant from the other world. The po liceman being of opinion that the ghost, if ghost it was, had no more right than a mortal, under the provisions of the new Police Act, to disturb the peace of her Majesty's subjects, endeavoured to take him into custody ' • but his ghostship having no desire for a night's lodg ing in the station-house, very coolly placed his spade over his shoulder, and stalked solemnly away. The guardian of the night, albeit stricken with fear and apprehension, pursued the nocturnal visitor at a more re spectful distance, until at length he heard him strike his spade on the pavement, and immediately afterwards the ghost, marvellous to relate, instantaneously vanished. On returning to - the burial ground, the policeman, his cheeks blanched with fear, his hair " like quills on the fretful porcupine," could not discover that the earth had been at all touched, notwithstanding the holes which the ghost had been so plainly seen to dig. Not being at all able to ac count for this most true yet most strange and unaccount able circumstance, he thought the best thing that could be done would be to take the woman to whom the ghost first made himself visible into custody, and she was accordingly locked up for the night. After hearing the statement of the policeman and of the prisoner, the Magistrate declared he could not make anything. out about the incorporal being who had made night hideous by his pranks • but as the prisoner appeared to be merely a spectator of, not a participator in the strange proceedings, he would discharge her. The prisoner and the policeman then left the office, evidently not quite recovered from the alarm they had so recently experienced. Yesterday (the sth of Sept.) 39 years the island of Mehl became a part of her Majesty's dominions, and the three senior veterans engaged in the blockade and cap ture of it are all living, viz., General Sir Henry Pigot and Admiral Sir George Martin, to whom the formidable fortress of La Valette surrendered on the sth of Sept. 1600, and General Lord Lynedoch, to whose exertions in the blockade and capture much is due. On Wednesday night an inquest was held at the Red Lion, Princes-street, Westminster, on view of the body of John Lightfoot, aged 41, whose death was occa sioned under the following singular circumstances :—Mr. Thomas John Walsh, house-surgeon of Westminster Hos pital, deposed that the deceased was admitted about a fortnight since. He had a compound fracture of tho thumb. He went on favourably until Monday morning, when a vein burst in the arm, which was stopped with great difficulty, after the loss of upwards of a quart of blood. A consultation of the principal surgeons of the Institution took place, when it was decided as the only hope of saving life that the arm should be amputated. The operation was performed, but he never rallied, and died on Tuesday morning.—Verdict, " Accidental Beath." WINE.—Good wine is a cordial, a good cor dial, a fine stomachic, and, taken at its proper season, invi gorates mind and body, and gives life an additional charm. There can be found no substitute for the fermented li quors that can enable man to sustain the mental and bo dily labour which the artificial habits of society so con stantly demand. Temperance and modeiation.are virtues essential to our happiness, but a total abstinence from the enjoyments which the bounteous hand of nature has pro vided is as unwise as it is ungrateful. If, on the one hand, disease and sorrow attend the abuses of alcoholic liquors, innocent gaiety, additional strength and power of mind, and increased capability of encountering the ever varying agitation of life, are amongst the many good results which spring from a well regulated diet, in which the alcoholic preparations hear their just proportion and adaptation. - Dr. Sigmond. On Wednesday afternoon, about half-past three o'clock, as the Hon. Captain Gordon, R. N., was driving in hi s g ig with his prom along Parliament-street, the horse, having been frightened, started off, and falling, threw them both out. The captain was much hurt, and was conveyed to his residence in Park-lane, in a coach. The groom escaped with little injury. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE: PORTSMOUTH.—The new three-decker, Queen, 110 guns, recently launched at this port, is in preparation for sea service, and will be commissioned shortly, to relieve the Princess Charlotte, 104, as flag-ship in the Medi terranean. There is no truth whatever in the reported return of the Donegal, 78, to Plymcmtb. She was at Lisbon on the 21st ult., as also the Hercules, 72. and Hastings, 72, recently arrived on the station, which were kept in constant readiness for sea. vv The tender brig Pantaloon, 10, Lieutenant Tryon, was ordered away by Admiralty telegraph on Thursday to Yarmouth, it is supposed for the purpose of bring ing volunteer seamen to this port. The new steam vessel Hecht, Lieutenant Crap-, proceeded on Monday from Spithead to Plymouth, where she is to await orders, it is supposed for the West Indies. She is upwards of 700 tons. The Madagascar, 44, Captain Wallis, will come into harbour to be paid off all standing; as soon as the gale moderates. She arrived at Spithead on Saturday last, from Newfoundland, which she left on the 11th August, but brings no news. It is said the Blonde, 42, will be commissioned here forthwith. The Pylades, 18, at Plymouth, and Wanderer, 16, at Sheerness, are ordered for commission, and will hoist the pendant in a few days. The Pique, 36, Captain Boxer, will be ready to take out the new Governor-General of the Canadas about Friday next, and will immediately return to Spithead to he paid off. As soon as the weather moderates, the Edinburgh, 72, Captain Henderson, will go out of the harbour to Spithead. Her orders are not yet arrived, but it is still supposed that she will go the Mediterranean for a few months. The Blenheim, 72, Captain Sir H. Sen house, will go to Lisbon as soon as her crew is completed. The new brig Crane is commissioned at Woolwich for the packet service, and Lieutenant J. Hill (a) 1810, is appointed to the command ; she will have fifty men, including officers. The Belleisle, 72, Captain Nicolas ; and Druid, 44, Captain Lord Churchill, have sailed from Plymouth, the former for Lisbon, and the latter for New Zealand, with the Governor, Captain Hobson, R.N., and suite. Earl Minto, First Lord of the Admiralty, accom panied by his colleagues, have arrived at this port on a visit of inspection. The Persian, a new brig, to mount 16 guns, will be launched shortly at Pembroke dock-yard.—Brighton Gazette. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The attendance was thinner than on Monday, and no busi ness done worthy of particularising. b to 2 agst Bloomsbury—taken 11 to 4 agst Charles the Twelfth—(offers to take 3 to 1. ) 13 to 1 agst Euclid—taken 16 to 1 agst The Provost. 16 to 1 agst The Commodore. 25 to 1 agst The Lord Mayor. 25 to 1 agst netman Platoff—taken. 25 to 1 agst The Corsair—(take 30 to 1). 40 to 1 agst The Mountaineer—taken. WTwo . yrs tr ld W s l vr C e K e ps ß tak A e C s E of S- 25 W so E v n s. N ea E c z T v : y. c. Mr. T. Critchley's bl. c. Dunstan ( Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Flintoff's br. c. The Plover The Warwick Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each. Four Miles. Duke of Richmond's Confusionee, 3 yrs (Howlett) 1 Mr. Collin's Isaac, aged... .....,••.. ••• 2 Mr. Isaac Day's Caravan, 5 yrs The Borough Member's Plate of 501. Heats Two Miles. Lord Brooke's ch. f. Petty Larceny, 3 yrs (Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. T. Walter's ch. m. Fairy, 5 yrs ••• ...... 0 2 Mr. Tome's b. f. Eliza, 4 yrs Mr. Cavendish's b. m. Isabella, 3 yrs Mr. W. Hervey's gr. c. Master Eady, 4 yrs 0 0 Mr. J. Day's br. f. Canace, 3 yrs , 3 dr The Hunter's Stakes of 10 sovs. each. two mile heats, were won in two heats by Mr. Collett's Duenna, aged (M:. Sanders), beating Single-Peeper, 5 yrs, and Mr. Hawkes's Sarcophagus, 4 yrs. TH U RSDAY. The Castle Park Stakes of 10 sons each for three and four- year-olds. Mile. Five subs. Mr. Collett's The Dean, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b .(Whitehouse) 1 Nlr. Fowler's br c Profligate, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b Lord Warwick's ch f Petty Larceny, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b Even on Petty Larceny ; 2 to 1 agst the Dean ; and 5 to 2 agst Profligate. Won easy. The Stand Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 30 sovs added. Two miles Five subs. ....(Darling) 1 2 Mr. Collins's Isaac, aged, Bst 101b Mr. Buckley's ch Lillie, 3 yrs, 6st.. . Mr. Bristow's oh f Susanna, 3 yrs, 6st Three to one on Isaac, who won easy. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two miles. Mr. J. Day's Caravan, 5 yrs, lOst Duke of Richmond's Confusionee, 3 yrs, Bst 21b 3 2 Mr. Collins's Isaac, aged, I', st 31b 2 dr Both heats won easy,' even on Confusionee ; 2 to 1 agst Isaac ; and 3 to 1 agst Caravan before starting; and 6 to 4on Confitsionee after the first heat. The Town Plate was not run for when this account loft. ST. LEGER BETTING AT WARWICE.-5 to 2 agst. Charles the Twelfth (taken), 5 to 2 agst. Bloomsbury (offered), 14 to 1 agst. Euclid, 16 to 1 agst. The Provost (taken), 16 to 1 agst. The Commodore, 25 to 1 sgst. The Corsair (taken). 30 to 1 offered agst Hetman Platoff; 6 to 5 offered on Charles the Twelfth agst. Bloomsbury. PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.—The weather since Monday has been so unfavourable, the rain pouring down almost without in termission in every district of the county, that partridge shoot ing can scarcely be said to have begun with us. The more hardy class of sportsmen have fired a few shots ; but the labour in the field has been immense with a comparatively small -re turn.—Brighton Paper. There was a tolerable muster of Dublin nobility and gentry at the Currah Royal September Meeting, which commenced on Monday. Lords Howth, Clonmell, Miltown, Rossmore, St. Laurence, Hon. Colonel Westenra, M.P., J. Maher, M.P., J. Power, M.P., Col. Synge, &c. Mr. Maher's b. c. Eloas, out of Perdita, won the Anglesey; Earl Howth won a match of 100 sovs. with his b.c. Claret, beating Mr. Mont gomery's ch. h. Cordova. The Noble Earl walked over in another match with Mr. Power, M.P. The weather was most inclement. THE TOURNAMENT.—It is currently reported that the ominous Marquis of Waterford has occasioned the damp on , the spirits of the visitors to Eglinton Castle. How the deuce they ever decided on having anything to do with such a wet subject, is to us a mystery. ANOTHER DANDO.—A man named Haslan was brought before the Brighton Magistrates on Tuesday, charged with having obtained from Mr. Ede, who keeps an eating-house in North-street, a quantity of provisions, for which he had not the means of paying. He was dis charged in consequence of the non-attendance of Mr. Ede. Shortly after his liberation, be went into an eating house kept by Mr. Rice, in Little Castle-square, and asked for sixpenny-worth of meat and vegetables, and a pint of " fourpenny." Having despatched his first supply, he called for another, which was furnished to him by Mrs. Rice, who at the same time asked for the money. He replied, " I will pay you presently ; I shall want some tobacco, and I will pay for all together." He had after wards a slice of plum-pudding and some tobacco ; on being furnished with which he said he had no money. " Then why did you ask for the meat and beer?" said Mr. Rice. " Because I was hungry and dry," was the pri soner's answer. " But," said Mr. Rice, " if you are hungry, I can't afford to keep you ;" and he accordingly handed the prisoner to the Town-hall. " Where did you sleep list night," inquired Mr. Wigney. "ln the black hole," was-the reply. " And where the night before?" " In the black-bole." " And the tight before that?" On the beach." " Then," said Mr. Wigney, "you must go to the House of Correction, to bard labour, for a month, as a vagrant."—Brighton Gazette. MADRID, AG. 27.—A caricature is published here representin g ; Don Carlos in uniform, with his sword belt across his shoulders, bawling out . 1 I em not a-going; let them carry me away." One of his volunteers, having him mounted astride over his shoulder, lugs his Sylvan Majesty to the back-ground, where a ship is seen at anchor near the sea-shore ; the Bishop of Leon, wearing his in signia, is seen squatting in a wheelbarrow, being, nolens volens, rolled to the same untoward destination, and showering anything but his apostolical benediction upon his conductors. MADRID, AUG. 27.—Letters from Vittoria of the 24th state that General Castaneda has taken Aceta, with seven pieces of artillery. On the 22d the guides of Alava and some Hussars and Dragoons took mounted Facciosos, and killed two on the spot. Amongst the pri soners is a commandant of Carlist cavalry. Three mil lions of reals (30,0001.) are forwarded this very day from hence to the head-quarters, to pay up the army for half the month of July. Our troops were well received by the Ayuntamiento and some of the inhabitants of Durango, upon. entering that place; the rest stayed in their dwellings, without any annoyance being given them. According to other letters from Logrona, Aug.'23, Count Belascoain (Leon) set fire to Alio and Discartello, because the inhabitants had fled, carrying off every thing—even their crockery. Only six houses were spared, where the females had chosen to remain. A num ber of prisoners of both sexes from Corolla, Centronigo, Rinccn, and Soto, were brought in here yesterday, charged with being spies of Cabrera, discovered by a Rebel Colonel who had deserted to Espartero. The burning of Allo and Discartello took place on the 18th and 19th. Three Car list battalions garrisoned the forts, but such was their cowardice, that they ran away after firing some straggling shot—wounding four Christinos. On the 21st, the divi sion was firing Cerauqui and Manera. The Ist, 2d, and 3d battalions of Navarre have mutinied against their Chiefs ; and the sth, with their guides, had entirely dis solved themselves. The Madrid journals of the 27th ult. mention the arrival of a courier at the British embassy, with the acceptance by the British Government of Maroto's propo sitions made to Lord John Hay. The Madrid Gazette contains the programme of the ceremonial for the opening of the Cortes on the Ist inst. The Infante Don Francisco de Paulo has been elected a Senator by three colleges in the province of Toledo. VOCAL PHENOMENON.—MESSINA (SICILY), Auo. IL—We have here a vocal phenomenon, which is perhaps unprecedented. It is a girl, only eighteen years old, gifted with a bass voice, which for extent and power rivals that of Lablache 1 Her name is Clorinda Senganelli. Yesterday she made her debut at the opera of Messina in the part of Orovisto, in Bellini's Norma, and was received with great favour. Her success is, however, solely ascri bable to the extraordinary nature of her voice, for her me thod of singing is as yet very imperfect. Mdlle. Senganelli, who was born in the village of Galbi, near Syracuse, may be termed a rustic beruty ; she is tall and broad shouldered, and per features, with her large black eyes and long and thick hair of the same hue, denote a masculine and ener getic temper. BRIGIITON.—The talking canary, which has excited some astonishment, died last Saturday evening. The owner states that she had refused six hundred guineas for tbe bird. It had been exhibited only twenty-two a weeks. MR. LILLYVICK RE-APPEARS AMONG THE Krawtosas.—Mr. and Mrs. Kenwigs were at supper. At sight of their perjured relative, Mrs. Kenwigs turned faint and pale, and Mr. Kenwigs rose majestically. " Ken wigs," said the collector, "shake hands." " Sir," said Mr. Kenwigs, " the time has been when I was proud to shake hands with such a man as that man which now sur weys me. The time has been, Sir," said Mr. Kenwigs, "when a wisit from that man has excited in me and my fantily's boozuma sensations both nateral and awakening. Bat now I look upon that man with emotions totally surpassing everythink, and I ask myself where is his koaour, where is his straight forlardness, and where is his human natur ?" • " Susan Kenwigs," said Mr. Lillyvick, turn. ping humbly to his niece, "don't you say anything to me?" " She is not equal to it, Sir , " said Mr. Kenwigs, striking the table emphatically. " What with the nursing of a healthy babby w , and the reflections upon yo ur cruel conduct, four pints of malt liquor a day is hardl y able to sain her." " I am glad," said the poor col l e ctor, meekl y , " that the baby is a healthy one. I am very glad of that." This was touching the Kenwigses on their tendert-st point. Mrs. Kenwigs instantly burst into tears, and Mr. Ken wigs evinced great emotion. " My pleasantest feeling all the time the child was expected," said Mr. Ken wigs, mournfully, " was athinking, if it's a boy, as I hope it may be, for I have heard it's uncle Lillyvick say again and again he would prefer our having a boy next—if it's a boy, what will his uncle Lillyvick say— what will he like him to be called—will he be Peter, or Alexander, or Pompey, or Diorgenees, or what will he be ?' and now when I look at hiss—a precious, uncon scious, helpless infant, with no use in his little arms but to tear his little cap, and no use in his little legs but to kick his little self—when I see hire e-lying on his mother's lap cooing and cooing, and in his innocent state almost achoking himself with his little fist—when I see him such a infant as he is, and think that that uncle Lillyvick, as was once a going to be so fond of him has withdrawed himself away, such a feeling of wengeance comes over me as no Iseguage can depicter, and I feel as if even that holy babe was a t telling me to hate him."—Nicholas Nichleby. PRICE sd. ~ ;ANUFACTURES OF SAXONY (From " Porter's Progress of the Nation.") The cotton manufacture of Saxony has already be come of twice the extent that ithad reached before the union ; while the linen and woollen manufactures of that country have not experienced any increase. The reason for this difference is, that the persons engaged in the latter, which are more ancient branches of ieklustry in Saxony, are so far " protected," that is necessary to serve a regular apprenticeship, and to obtain admission into the guilds or corporations established in the manu facturing towns, before any man is allowed to carry on the business ; while the recently established cotton ma nufacture is without restriction or regulation of any kind, so that any person who can purchase or hire a loom is at liberty to become a cotton-weaver. miserably T The i tan I n e u vr fa manufacturers are g wages in i es Saxony. encouraged stated by the on the best authority, that in October, 1837, " a man em ployed in his loom, working very diligently from Mon day morning until Saturday night, from five o'clock in the morning until dusk, and even at times with a lamp, his wife assisting him in finishing and taking him the work, could not possibly earn more than 20 groschen (2i. 6d. sterling) per week ; and that another man, who had three children, aged 12 years and upwards, all working at the loom as well as himself, with his wife employed doing up the work, could not earn in the whole more than 1 dollar 8 groschen (ss. 4d.) weekly." The wretched manner iu which the poorer classes in that country subsist may be inferred from the facts exhibited by official statistical returns, that the annual consumption of meat, in the principal manufacturing districts, including the town of Chemnitz, does not average more than 28 pounds for each individual of the population, and that at least one-half of this quantity consists of pork. If this provision were equally divided amongst the entire number of inhabitants, it would amount to scarcely more than half a pound weekly for each individual ; but, as the actual distribution is, of course, very different from this, it is very probable there are many among the labouring artisans who rarely, if ever, taste animal food. The quantity of cotton hosiery made in Saxony has increased immensely of late, and from its cheapness has not only secured the monopoly of the markets afforded throughout the union, but has also been shipped largely to the United States, to the exclusion, so far, of the goods made at Nottingham. It may be stated, on the respectable authority already quoted, that cotton gloves are furnished by the Saxon manufacturers as low as six groschen, or Pd. sterling per dozen pairs ; stockings at one dollar, or per dozen pairs ; and nightcaps at eight groschen, or ls. per dozen. Stout cotton caps, which are worn by the car, men and common people in that part of Germany having stripes in six different colours upon a black grouud, cost 12 groschen per dozen, or lid. sterling each. These low prices are not the result of the same cause which has gradually reduced the cost of production in this country. Hitherto the machinery used in Saxony has been of the commonest sort, so that the cheapness of the manufactured goods has been owing to the low rate of wages, a rate which compels the artisans to labour long and diligently, in order to ensure for their families the scantiest supply of the most common ne cessaries of life. The capital of the English manufac turer, which empowers him to employ the most perfect machinery, joined to his greater experience, has hitherto enabled him to compete successfully in most branches of skilled labour, but these advantages cannot be long re tained in competition with greatly reduced wages. The profits which the Saxon manufacturers are thence en abled to realize will speedily lead to the introduction of improvements that will place our dearer processes at a still greater disadvantage, and as it is anything but desirable that we should retain our present relative position through the increasing hardships of our operative weavers, there appears to be but one course open to us, in order to avert the evil—that of still further liberalizing our com mercial system, and especially of lessening the cost of the prime necessaries of life, by abolishing all restric tions uron the importation of food. The want of capital, which has hitherto been the chief obstacle to the still greater extension of the cotton manufacture in Saxony, would, in time, be remedied by the successful operation of the existing establishments ; but the manufacturers in that country, unwilling to wait for so 'gradual a development of their resources, have had recourse to the expedient of establishing Joint Stock Companies. The total capital of associations of this character that have been recently formed, and which are now proceeding to the accomplishment of their various objects, amounted in October, 1837, to nearly 13,000,000 dollars (about 2,000,0001. sterling)—a large sum for that country, and the greater part of which is furnished by the bankers and other capitalists of Leipsic. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF THE UNITED STATES. The variations and irregularities in the weights and measures in use in the United States, and which, in almost each State of the Union, differed from the rest in a greater or less degree, have on several occasions attracted the notice of Government and the Legislature there. Various inquiries were set on foot to ascertain the extent of these differences, and provide a remedy, on several occasions, the last being in 1830, pursuant to an order of Congress. These resulted in reports made on the subject by the Treasury department, ac companied with statements in detail of the mode in which the examinations were conducted ; and the comparative verifications obtained. In some in stances, it is stated, " the bushel was found to differ quite six quarts, and the 281 b. weight between two and three ounces." The differences noted in the yard-stick were less, although it was " usually too long." Serious inconveniences were, of course, found to be experienced at the various custom-houses from such a state of confusion, which besides, to importing merchants in particular, must have been attended with an infinity of trouble, to say nothing of the risk or actual loss incurred. From the measures at length adopted a greater uniformity of system will be ensured for the future, by which the exist ing evils will be remedied. In according with the " authentic units ascertained and recommended" by Mr. Hassler, a person of high scientific acquirements, on whom the task was devolved, orders were given for the preparation of the necessary standard, from which stan dard weights have already been " completed and de livered to the respective custom-houses." Standard measures of capacity and length have also been made, and, after being su‘)jected to the proper tests for com parison and final adjustment, would, in like manner, be distributed at an early period. The following is the standard scale of proportions for the new weights and measures :—the avoirdupois pound (which is the pound of commerce) to be derived from the troy pound of the mint by the legal proportions of 5,760 grains, which constitute the troy pound, to 7,000 grains troy, which, constitute the avoirdupois pound. The liquid measure to be the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches, and the dry measure the Winchester bushel of '2,150,42 cubic inches, according to the standard of 36 inches adopted as the English yard. Every care appears to have been taken that the standards should be fabricated of the best material to guard against deterioration and incorrectness arising out of wear and tear. Brass being decided to be the most suitable material for the standard, and it being important to have it of the best quality, it was accordingly. prepared from American zinc ore and the purest copper to be obtained. The result has been the production of brass of a very superior quality, prepared in this city by the superintendent and his assistant. The adjustment of the standards appears to have been effected with the most laborious attention and scrupulous nicety, and must have been a work of con siderable difficulty, the extent of which will be under stood when it is stated, that " the scale to test the weights can be turned by a ha'r, and the thinnest silk paper can be detected on the end of a yard." On the whole, the accomplishment of an uniform system of weights and measures throughout the American Union will be regarded with interest by the mercantile classes of this and other countries.—Times. Mr. T. B. Macaulay, M.P., left Edinboro]) c for London, on Monday evening.—Scottish Pilot. The " Aurora Borealis" was remarkably vivid and magnificent in the firmament last night, presenting one vast shifting flame of light from the northern to tie southern horizon.—Scottish Pilot of Wednesday. ELECTIONS AND CABINET h e is not repla o c r e m d e b r y e CHANGES. — Manchester has lost a thorough repealer, in the resigna.. tion of the President of the Board of Trade, and it will be -a disgrace to the constituency if m rll o m po i l n y or consi anot her "as pool as he." That the first manufacturing town in the world, whose very fate depends on freedom of , u a s r if e trade constitutional richer, fai lgniraoonra.det t c r l a a d s :, in s t h e u rc u s ll s, return o l a : should os a Nui d il, n a dh - ioapctoi make:i db f ei e t . d • &rations, al! party interests, all mere faction politics must bo made to yield to this. principles or political doctrines worth, except merely for this, that they prosperous, and n ationally mare happy. Arc these ends to he sacrificed to the means ? Or, commerce decay by restrictions and tariffs, does any man expect that this kingdom can be saved from ruin, a:vial, political, and national? Be not deceived. With freedom good The eyes o fo f llow ; * without it none ; I' s town elect . an anti commercial ad owti'ilitiircbaieldeetf every y r y it o iv t at hc l. the country are upon and revrietton, all professions of dis tv:ecsastcwoilfl b rn e o d n i o re l l y iever', and all our complaints of pjustice to trade, and the crippling will sound eery of commerce by the land oTners, like humbug and hypocrisy.— , Cora.hw Circular. .TOURNEY INTO THE INTEMOR.—The following is the result of observations on the character and features of the country forming the peninsula between Lake Alexandrine and the Gulf St. Vincent, made by the Governor during a recent journey : Between the river Torrens, on the north and north west, and Encounter Bay, the Lower Murray, and Lake Alexandrine on the south and south-east, the couttry is intersected by three great mountain neveies ; the Mount Lofty, Mount Barker or Great Ironstone, and Mount Wakefield ranges. The first, after attaining a central elevation at Mount Lofty of about 2,450 feet above the level of the sea, falls very gradually to the south-west, until it terminates in low cliffs on the sea shore, between Onkaparinga and the Aldingha The summit of Mount Barker itself is about twenty feet higher that Mount Lofty. This elevation, how ever, is only continued for about a mile, by from fifty to 'one hundred yards in width. Beyond these limits, the ground on all sides drops suddenly for eight hundred feet, and Mount Barker stands like an isolatedhill on the great table-land beneath it This table , land, however, (on which Mr. Dutton, of Syllney, has just selected a district for special survey), is still about 1,600 feet above the sea. It runs to the south-west in a broad belt, parallel to the Mount Lofty range ; its surface covered with beautiful undulations of lightly_ wooded low hills and gentle valleys. At from ten to fifteen miles ' south-west of Mount Barker, it falls ra ther suddenly to about 1,200 feet, and becomes covered with a stringy bark forest. From ten to twenty - miles further to the south-west, sharp, precipitous ridges, some of them attaining an elevation of frora 1,800 to 2,000 feet cross it in different directions. Between these, still upon high table land, are formed the rich valleys of Miponga, the Upper Finnis, and other streams flowing severally to the .westward, eastward, and southwarde Immediately afterwards, enterir"e along the range still to the south-west, enormous branches strike off towards the sea, and from heights of from 1,200 to 1,500 feet, fall precipitously into it along the line of coast, which extends from Mount Terrible, the southern boundary of the Aldioghe Plains, to Yankelillab. Other large branches from the same range shoot off from Miponga to the eastward of south, and fall with a more gentle descent towards the great bend of the Lower Murray, in the neighbourhood of Currency Creek. Mount Wakefield is scarcely to be considered as a distinct formation from the Mount Barker, or Great Ironstone Range ; it is rather a mighty disruption From its south-western extremity. Between the two, for 25 miles from Yankalillah, in Gulf St. Vincent, to the mouth of the Inman in Encounter Bay, runs a very lovely valley, varying from about six to ten miles in width, well watered, and rich in soil for agriculture, and in herbage for pasturages. In this valley are " Disabn Hills," which separate the eastward from Yankalillah. Their summits are clothed with pastures, and their height is not above 800 feet above the sea, while that of the precipitous mountains which bound the valley to the north and south is from 1,200 to nearly 2,000. The summit of the Mount Lofty range is narrow. The summit of the Mount Barker range maintains a breadth of from six to ten miles, and though hills and ridges frequently intersect it, their elevation above the general summit is small as compared with its height above the level of the sea. Contrary to the ideas which have generally prevailed concerning the geography of tVs portion of South Australia, the Mount Barker or Great Ironstone, and not the Mount Lofty range, is that which divides the waters which-flow into th e Gulf S. Vincent from those which . fall into the Lower Murray and Lake Alexandrine. Between the summits and the great valleys at the base, both in the Mount Lofty, and the Mount Barker ranges, runs a belt fre quently from three to four miles in width, of very thickly set, narrow, and tortucus spurs. These form at first sight the greatest obstacles in the way of practicable roads ; but on research, good passes over them may almost everywhere be found. The small valleys between these spurs are very rich and well watered. The lower slopes of all the mountain ranges are almost every Where composed of slate. In the Mount Lofty range it is generally " transition slate," very much re sembling the greywacke slate of North Wales. Pro ceeding to the eastward or southward, it becomes harder and of a red colour, and still further to the south it appears as " flinty slate, mica slate, and hornblende slate." The surface above the slate is always grassy ; extensive sheep pastures are upon it. The summit of Mount Lofty is capped with a highly ferruginous sand stone, and large portions of the Mount Barker range, with a conglomerate of iron-stone and angular pieces of quartz. Upon the ferruginous sand-stone and the iron-stone conglomerate were invariably found stringy bark forest or brush. In the brush, the subjacent rock was generally covered with strata of sand ; while in the stringy bark forest, the rock is in a state of partial decomposition, was nearly bare, or covered with small pieces of quartz. The great agents of mountain elevation to the south ward appear to have been sicnite, greenstone, and horn blende rock ; immense masses of these frequently ap pear on the surface in the mountains between Yanka lillah and Encounter Bays. The agents of elevation to the northward appear to have been quartz and quartz rock ; dykes of these, from eight to ten yards broad, frequently traverse the more elevated ridges ; they sometimes pass into tolerably distinctly formed granite. The iron-stone in the conglomerate sometimes passes into good compact red ore. Mr. Finnis found some rich specimens of this mineral on a mountain to the north of the Inman. The basin of Adelaide to the west of Mount Lofty range, that of Aldingha, between the Mount Lofty and Mount Bar ker ranges, and probably those of Yankalillah and Encounter Bays, between the Mount Barker and the Mount Wakefield ranges, are filled with marine fossil formation. It lies upon slate, and consists of alterna tions of calcareous sandstones, flinty sandstones, clays, , and chalky limestones. Some of the beds are very thick, with well preserved marine fossils. At the base of Mount Terrible the calcareous sandstone takes a coarse oolite structure. It is in large solid blocks, and may, hereafter, become useful freestone. On a very rough calculation, the great tract of the country to wllSch these notes refer may be covered— one-third with and, adapted for agriculture or pastu rage, one-third with stringy bark forest, and one-third with brush or rock. Of the value of the first of these nothing need be said. The second, the stringy b ar k forest, must increase in value with the increase of the colony, and be an extensive source of future wealth and c onvenience ; and concerning the principal part of the third portion, the brush, it may be suggested, that many lovely plants flourish in profusion, and when the party passed through it, such were flowering and flourishing in great variety and beauty ; the vine, a plant which also loves a dry soil, ought to bloom luxuriantly. The shrubs in the brush generally grow in clusters, with broad clear intervals between ; in these the vine could be planted at once. These observations have, of course, reference to flourishing and sheltered portions, the scrubby and exposed tracts of it can never be of use.— South Australian Gazette. FRENCH OFFICERS.—Each officer has to pay a sum equal to three or four days' pay, and ho has entrance to any part of the theatre, excegt the family boxes, for one month. This accounts for seeg so many military officers in the provincial theatres. Here officers of the French army are not admitted into the society of the respectable inhabitants, as they are in England, unless the bear special letters of introduction ; and as their pay is My one half what the British officer receives, they would have no resource but the barrack-room, or the coffee-house, if it were not for the facility of going to the theatre at a cheap rate. A stranger is forcibly struck on entering a French provincial theatre, with the number of officers of the army, all sitting together, and apparently without having any acquaintance in the Bourgeois part of the audience. He will be inclined to suppose that this exclusiveness k l the fault of the officers, but the contrary is the fact. The French officer is usually a well-behaved man; but, as in most cases, be rises from the ranks, the monied aris tocracy look down upon him with indifference. It is only when he attains the rank of Major (Carman thnt), or Colonel that his society is sought after. There is not a class of men in France whose situation is less to be envied, than that of the French officer under the rank of a Commandant. His pay is miserable, and there is no general mess , as in the English d a i n n e y ,at welln t which, eby societycontributing o f his srjmanydays' pay, he can superiors. In the F renc h army the captains have t heir mess, the lieutenant s theirs, and so on, unless the officer be a married man, i n which i l case he lives in the barrack room, upen the most modest fare. Sometimes, when the regiments are is garrison, those who can afford it dine at a table d'hotc ; the nm her is, h o wever,small, for at lest two-thirds have no orker resource than their pay ; yet many of these are so econo • mical in their habits, that they contrite in ten or Meer years to acquire a sum which enables them to quit the ar my and establish themselves i n b us i ness —f or i n France promotion is slow, and all have not the patience to wait for it. Louis Philipr e, in the hope of attaching the army, which is s yid not to he well affected towards his dynasty, more to his interest, has recently augmented the pay ; but it is ?Ail' far from sufficient to place the officer, as to his expenditure, in' the position of a gentleman.—Hand book to Paris. PHILADELPHIA, AUG. 13.—1 am truly sorry to record tl.e commission o' s,vc:ral murders in the south within the last few days. At Pickensaille, Alabama, Mr. W. B. Finley was shot by a man named Gerald. At Selma, Mr. M.Mul!in was killed by James Hamilton. At Ehzabeth, North Carolina, Mr. Sawyer was stabbed to the heart by Mr. Greg - Jry. At Pike, Mr. Peterhaugh was killed by Mr. Mica. At St. Louis, Mr. Brown was killed by Mr. Buchanan. All - these murders occurred in street or tavern broils ; and I am glad to ape that the southern and western press are becoming urgent in their calls upon the Legislatures to enact laws a gainst the wear ing of secret army—the one grand cause, united with in temperance in some instances, of so much bbodshed. The Commerce publishes a letter from St. Peters ' burgh of the 20th ult., announcing that the Emperor in tended 'appointing Count Nessehode, Count Matusche witz, and Baron Ruchmann, his representatives at the Congress of Vienna. It crdS believed that Count Orloff and Lieutenant-General DJ Witt would who repair to the Austrian capital, the former to watch the proceedings of the three Russian diplomatists, and the other to sift the thoughts and secret intentions of the Ministers of the other Powers. HERRING FISHING. WicK D ISTRICT.—The general average for the season may now be estimated at 10.5 crans per boat, only about 5 crans less than it was at the same period last year. The price of cured fish is on the advance, purchases having been made freely the early part of this week at 20s. Yesterday a good deal of business was done at 20s. 6d., and towards evening 21s. were given. From the accounts received from all the other stations, a further slight rise may c onfidently be looked for. ABERDEEN.—The herring fishery at this station, which commenced so prosperously, has fallen off, and we have scarcely had any to notice this week. PETERHEAD, AUG. 29.—The fishery here, since last week, has been partial, and the weather very bad. Last night, however, although extremely rough, the boats went to sea, but soon returned without shooting their nets, unless about fifty who remained, and were re warded for their hardihood by a good fishing, averaging about 20 crans. The general average, up to this date, is 116 crans. LATHERON. DISTRICT.--The boats, at Clyth, on Thursday, would average nearly 10 trans, and at Lyb ster 5 trans. HELMSDALE.—The fishing at this place still con tinues to prosper. The total average is now upwards of 140 crans per boat. ORKNEY AND SHETLAND.—The south isles of Ork ney would average about 10 crans for the past week ; at Stronsay rather better; but the total catch is also;very small. Shetland has yet done nothing to speak of. The whole average there, up to the end of last week, would not amount to 2 trans per boat. Their season, however, has hardly yet come on. STROMNESS, Auo.26.—The last week's fishing at South Isles has been very poor ; some boats have not measured a crap. BERNVICK.—We have much pleasure in recording the state of the fishing this week; as having been of a most successful kind. Saturday morning the fishing was, perhaps, the best ever seen here—the boats hav ing from 20 to 75 trans each ; and, what was very re markable, not one of them seemed to have missed the fish. Since that time the fishing has continued excellent. Most of our engaged boats have got up their complement, and some have got above 300 erans.—Advertiser. The herring fishing in various parts of the Frith has been most prosperous, a n d th e y have been sold in the city and neighbourhood very cheap.—Senitisla Pilot. HARVEST—WEATHER.—Judging from the. accounts received from the country this morning, we believe that the rain that had more or less fallen almost every day in London during the last week has been general ; but little wheat can have been got in, and it is obvions that if we do not soon have a few fine sunnyldays, the crops must suffer. From Ireland the reports of the weather are extremely un favourable. We learn, too, that the weather has been very inauspicious. Poland will be unable to meet the demand on her as the granaryZof the world. On the Rhine there have been heavy thunder -storms, with a chilly atmosphere. The crop of fruit has totally failed in that part of Ger many—a serious loss to the cultivators, as well as a great diminution of the beauty of the country. It is also feared that the vintage will prove a very bad one. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Tuesday night last, between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock, as Mr. R. Hughes, of Kensington Gravel-pits, was proceeding home ward on his way from town, and had arrived within a quarter of a mile of his residence, he was suddenly attacked by two men, who demanded his money, which, however, Mr. Hughes did not feel himself j u stified in complying with, and one of the vill a i ns knocked him down. They then commenced searching his pockets, and robbed him of four sovereigns, and abo u t s i x s hilli ngs i n silver, besides a valuable silver watch, to whi c h were a ttached a gold chain and seal. The watch has th e name o f " Hughes" engraved on the inner case. Mr. H ug h es h a d been drinking rather freely, and is in consequenc e un f o rtunately unable to give - t a e n 6 yd o e n. scription of their p ersons lik e ly to lead to their de ti ------- BODY FOUND IN THE RIVER.—On Wednes day an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, at the Sun and Horse-shoe, St. Dunstan's-hill, on the body of an unknown man which was found on Tuesday morning entangled among the works of one of the paddles of the Harlequin steamer, lying off the Custom-house. The stoker of the boat proved the finding of the body, and said it was dressed in a black coat and trousers, light fancy valentia waistcoat, boots, and cloth shirt. The height was about five feet six inches, and the hair very long and of a dark brown colour. The face was so much decomposed that the features were not distinguishable. The inquiry was adjourned, in order, by means of the press, to identify the deceased. DREADFUL COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIFE OFF DOVER. —On Wednesday intelligence was received in pounds, o s A ,f' bO l u fe t andh.ahi half-past property e rt y occurred elevent during the o dreadful o Sunday useveralgale on thousands night,u dtia the city, of a mast unfortunate disaster, attended with loss e t c h x k e ten o t n night off Dover. The particulars are briefly as follow : lo large powerful steam-ship, the Royal Adelaide, the property of the British and Irish Steam-packet Com pany, ou her voyage to Belfast, came in collision with a schooner called the Gil Bias, of London, with such tremendous violence that the latter sunk al most immediately. The night was excessively dark, and a good look out, it is said, was on board of the Royal Adelaide, but the schooner was not observed until within a few yards of her bows, consequently no human power could prevent the collision. The shock was terrible, the bow of the steamer was driven in, and the schOoner is supposed to be almost cut in two. The crew of 'the latter fortunately at the time were on deck, and saved themselves by jumping on board of the steamer, with the exception of a black boy, who was asleep in the fore cabin, who perished. The captain of the Royal Adelaide, fearing that his vessel would go to pieces, not knowing the extent of the damage, took possession of the helm, and 'steered her to Cowes, which they succeeded in gaining in a few hours. An examination then took place, and it was discovered that the vessel had not sustained such injury as to prevent her from proceeding on her voyage across the Channel. A great m an y of the passengers ref u s e d to go further, and came back to London. The master of the Gil Blss, Captain Herbert, and the crew, landed at the same time. The vessel was from the coast of Africa, and had a most valuable cargo, consisting of chests of gold dust, elephant's teeth, and palm oil. The cargo is re. ported to be worth 400,0001, and is the property of Mr. J. C. R. • Redmond, residing in the city. Her loss, if true, is very great. 'The cargo and vessel are insured at Lloyd's RAIN AND RExTs.--It has often struck us, as net the least evil attending the existence of the Corn laWs, that they make it the interest of one class of the community to rejoice in the distress of the rest, and induce an important section of capitalists to becom e mere gamblers in - grain. speculating up on p ublic calam ity, and trading in anticipation of the future visitations of the chastening pro vidence of God. While we feel that the vicissitudes both of the moral and physical (quid are silently working in men's minds a conviction df the solid foundation of our_ cause, and that the social convulsions which at present so shake the empire to its centre are conspiring with the gloomy prospect of the seasons to speak trumpet-tongued to those who are muzzling the oxen that tread out the corn, we are, God help us, far from rejoicing in the pro gress of our question by such dreadful means as this. Yet we cannot help, in sorrow more than in anger, comparing our present condition with that in which at this moment a free trade would have placed oz.—Anti- Corn-law Circular.