The Sun. — London, England, 1839-09-27 00:00:00

EVFNING EDITION. possession of it, certain it is that it is most completely in his Power. The Ganges and Implacable passed Gibral ' t!Lr some days before the Powerful, but the latter ar rived the day before them. In sailing together from Malt a t h e P owerful also beat them by their own report. The Implacable did not join at the Dardanelles till five days after the Ganges ; she is a very indifferent sailer. It is supposed that she is at present too deep in the water, having once been a favourite ship, and it is hoped may yet alter for the better. The contest between the Gange s and the Powerful was a very sharp one, the lat ter having, however, the advantage. The fleet is in good order ; the French ships are also fine vessels, having 100 guns on two docks—none of them are smaller than the Powerful. There is said to be a scarcity of midshipmen in the French fleet. The following is an extract from a letter from her Majesty's ship, Vanguard, SO, Captain Sir Thomas Pellowes, Knight, dated Basicha Bay, August 12 : " Before this arrives, you will have heard of our cruize 'With the Turkish fleet to its junction with Mehemet ! Ali. W e followed it from this place down half way between Rhodes and Cyprus, where a letter from Alexandri a arrived with the answer to the Capitan Pacha's proposals. He immediately shaped his course for Alexandria, and we joined our Admiral with the in telligence, at his cm:zing ground, off Cape Gatta, Cypr us ; from thence we wore dispatched again to the French Admiral, to acquaint him that our squadron was on its way to join bis. The junction was made on the 6th, so we are now a formidable force, ready to repel any aggres3ion from the Russians. The fleet Consists o f 16 sa il o f th e li ne (10 E ng li s h), 3 frigates (2 English), 3 corvettes (English), 2 large steamers, and 2 brigs (1 English) ; the Ganges, Powerful, Im placable, Daphne, and Hydra having joined from Eng land. The French ships' names are Jena, Hercules, 100 guns each ; Jupiter, Genereux, Trident, and Triton 90 guns each ; Amazon, frigate, and Comete, bri g ; the St. Petri, Diadems, 90 guns, and Monte bello, 130, are also expected from France. Captain Walker has been requested to retain his situation under the young Sultan. Our Admiral goes up to Constanti nople to-morrow (the 13th), to aid the Diplomatic ar rangements pending during the confused state of affairs. The squadron watered at Paros on their way up." CARLIST PROCLAMATIONS. ORDER OF THE DAY ADDRESSED BY CABRERA TO HIS ARMY. " FELLOW SOLDIERS I—The most premeditated and frightful treason has just been consummated in the country which first raised the cry of fidelity for our lawful Sovereign. It commenced with assassinations, which filled with grief the hearts 'of the Royalists, and It finished by selling the noble cause we sustain under the pretence of a peace which is impracticable. It de livers the persons of our august Princes to foreign slavery, and it also immolates the Royal army, which covered the country with glory, and was the admiration of Europe. " Shame be to the infamous soldier (vii soldado) who has sold his honour at the price of gold ! Eternal dis grace to those who gratify their vanity by titles of Vic tory,' by such low and such dishonourable means! " Navarre and the Basque provinces are reduced by fallacious promises of the acknowledgment of the fueros. The day will come when they will weep for their blind confidence. " The kingdom of 'Valencia, of Catalonia, all the co rona/a of Aragon, can aiso claim the fueros of which they were deprived by the other war of succession. " My sword shall not be restored to its scabbard without having obtained them—without having secured fo r my country true happiness, a protecting Govern ment, and an honourable peace, and one worthy of the sons of the Cid and of Pelavo. Such are the un changeable sentiments of your 'General, and in their de fence he will shed the last drop of his blood. Viva ! Carlos Quint° ! Religion for ever ! Our local privileges for ever ! (Signed) "Count of M °BELL A. " Head-quarters of Chulilla, Sept. 12." The Count d'Espagne in Catalonia has also issued the annexed proclamation : " Catalans !—The most infamous of any treason re corded by history has just been consummated by tho apostate of legitimacy. Don Rafael Alaroto, of hateful memory, after having usurped power, by casting at his feet th e dead bodies of the faithful chiefs whom he had assassinated, has continued his intrigues by means of terror, and, yielding to the revolutionists the territory acquired by loyalty, conceived the perfidious notion of delivering over to the enemy not only the army under his orders, but also the sacred person of the King. The treason advanced at gigantic stridee, and the infernal policy of the apostate, in concert with the chief of the enemy, b roug ht t o th e brink of the precipice the most holy cause ever defended by any nation. But Providence, who watches over Cacho ,. lie Spain, whose inhabitants shed their blood for their religion, our beloved King, and his Royal family, has extended a hand to save our Sovereign and his army from danger, and rendered the diabolical tricks of the Masonic clubs useless. The impious revoiutionists would seduce the credulous by publishing Espartero's bulletins of pretended successes, and that a vital blow has been given to our cause. Providence has, however, saved our brave battalion s who had followed a General who bas shown himself in the face of Europe to be without honour, probity, conscience, patriotism, gra titude, and without one even of those sentiments which are found in the most debased souls. " A despatch of General Harispe, dated Bayonne, the 31st o f August, ann ounces t h at iloroto, after hav ing perpetrated his treason, remained with the enemy. Catalans! your bravery has been hitherto admirable. You will not retrogade. Believe not their impostures. Shut your ears to their promises of union, of fraternity, which they make ever by foreign missal' The Royal Junta of the Principality will have neither Peace, nor convention, nor compromise with the ene mies of God and our King. The motto of our Junta 18 , the restoration of our religious and monarchical Principles, the legitimate rights of our King to the thron e of his ancestors, and the mutual and indivi dual rights to result from a solid peace. Such are the great objects demanded by our Sovereign, whose free-will will be the guide of of the Junta, and to which all true Spaniards must submit to obtain these precious ends. Do not fear, brave Catalans ! The enemy knows that it cannot sustain itself by ordinary means, and hence it has recourse to intrigue, perfidy, and treason, which are the vile instruments of the cowardly and desperate. The constancy which characterises us will crown our efforts, and God will bless them in granting to us the most glorious and decisive triumph. " Comte D'ESPAGNE, President ; JACINTO DE ORTEU, Vice-President ; GASPAIt DIAZ DE LABANDERO, BARTOLOME TORROBA DELLA, NARCISO FERRER, YGNACIO AN DREU 'I SAN, MATEOSAUPONS, MANUEL MILLA, JOSE YGNACIO DALMAN, SAL VADOR VILLELLA. " Avia, Sept. 10, 1839." MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (THURSDAY EVENING.) POST.—The Bank Directors held their weekly Court today, and the meeting was one of more than ordinary interest. The most prominent subject before t hem was an application, on the part of the agent of the United States Bank, Mr. Jaudon, for tempor,,ry ac commodation in behalf of the Bank of the United States, the amount required being about 300,000/. The cause a ssigned for this application is, that the banking-house o f Hope and Co., of Amsterdam, have not thought proper to confirm the arrangement lately entered into b etween them and Mr. Jaudon. There is said to be "me feeling of jealousy respecting the future agencies of the Bank, but we rather think Messrs. Hopeand Co. h ave been deterred from proceeding in the matter by the knowledge of what has taken place at Havre and Paris, and the precautionary measures which have been adopted by the banking interests of Amsterdam. The affairs of the Bank of the United States in Europe are by no means in ii less favourabl e position at present than they have been, but the contrary. To meet the bills drawn on Messrs. Hottinguer and Co. specie to the amount of 1,800,000 t., or f rom 70,000/. to 75,0001 sterling, has just been remitted to them ; but Messrs. Rothschild having interfered for the honour of the United States Bank in France, it became necessary that steps should be taken to remedy the disappointment which has oc curred at Amsterdam. The Directors of the Bank of England, after a patient and lengthened investigation of the circumstances of Mr. Jaudon's application, declined acceding to it in a direct form, but intimated that, if th e gentlemen of this city and Liverpool, by whom it was backed (and the number included several houses of the highest respectability,both asbankers and merchant s), were disposed to take upon themselves the responsibility of guaranteeing the reimbursement of the sum applied for, it should be afforded for a limited period, namely, for one 'month, so as to give time for the return of the Liverpool steamer from New York. The Bank Directors, although they have, we doubt not, a good o pi n ion of the leading American stock s , o f w hi c h th agency of the United States Bank holds a large quantity, do not find it convenient to make advances upon such securities, and it is well known that the re gulations of the establishment do not admit of their supplying them to Mr. Jaudon in the ordinary way of business. The money will be furnished to the respective urn's, we understand, in the shape of Consols. The decision of the Directors is one which is calcu lated to give very general satisfaction. It at once s hows the good feeling entertained by them towards the Philad e l p hi a institution and its agent. as we ll as a praise worthy anxiety to extend every possible aid to the com mercial interest which they can do consistently with their duty to the public at large. We refrain from gaing into all the particulars we have heard in connection with this business. An outline of the case i s all that is necessary for the guidance of the public, and this we believe to be essentially as we have given it. A numb er of rumours were in circulation in the course of the day, owing to the length of time the Bank Directors were in deliberation, and Consols declined in 50u5.......-- consequence about 4- per cent. They left off at 90 to for Money, and 901 to for Account. Exchequer Bills closed at Is. dis. to Is. prem. Great Western Railway Shares were sold at 5 to 4 dis., London and Brighton 13? to d dis., and London and Birmingham at 51 to 53 prem. per share. Some changes are about to be made in the direction of the London and Croydon Company. Mr. B. Baines, of the Stock Exchange ; Mr. Newman Smith, of Brighton ; Mr. R. Hollond, of Hastings, M.P. ; and Mr. L. Ri• cardo, are said to have been proposed. Ihe affairs of the Company, from the complicated state in which they have been represented to be, would appear to require the must business-like management ; but of the gentle men we have named there are some who cannot, we should conceive (such have been their habits and pur suits in life), be prepared to give the necessary utcen- Lion to its interests. TIMES.--The city has been occupied to-day with various reports respecting new measures at the Bunk for the further contraction of the circulation, and a consi• derable decline in consequence took place in the funds. They did not, however, lead to any public announce ment on the subject. Other rumours were, and these are supposed not to be without foundation, that an application for assistance had been made to the Bank of England by the agent of the United States Bank, which had produced a very lively discussion in the Bank parlour, where the inconsistency of any inter ference in the affairs of an institution not of English origin, and whose securities could scarcely be of the legitimate banking class, was very strongly urged. The result of the application has, however, according to the best version of it, been favourable, but under guarantees, from third parties, and with a limitation of time in the first instance, till the arrival of the Great Western steam-packet from New York, which it is expected will bring remittances of the proper quality, and of amount sufficient to cover existing engagements. There is an account in circulation which in part differs from this, by stating that the guarantee is for one month absolutely, so as to afford the chance of other arrivals besides that of the Great Western, and even allow time, if necessary, to de spatch a vessel to New York. The sum applied for is either 250,0001. or 300,0001., for both sums have been mentioned. With respect to the bills drawn on Paris on behalf of the United States Bank, nothing has transpired beyond the reiteration of the assurance that they have been accepted by Messrs. Rothschild, but no explanation has yet been given of the manner in which this is arranged, or of the security by which those acceptances have been covered. The claims now forthcoming here, on the agent of the United States Bank, are of course wholly distinct from those in Paris, and are said to arise chiefly out of post notes and bills of exchange, which have been circulated by that bank through its enormous business nearly all over the world. The whole of them are payable at the agency in London. This affair may possibly end well, but it has caused mean time, and will do so now till it is disposed of, great disquiet all over the City. The great sales of stock which took place in the course of the day, and which produced the decline in the funds, have been ascribed to some knowledge of the intended appli cation to the Bank. A third version of the nature of the advance to the United States Bank is, that it will take place in Consols, the sale of which, therefore, will necessarily follow at once, and create a further additional pressure on the money market. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—Her Majesty took her usual ride in the Park this afternoon on horseback, attended by a large party from the Castle, including Earl Cow. per, Viscount Melbourne, the Hon. Miss Spring Rice, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Baroness Lehzen, Miss Quen tin, Lord Byron, Colonel Wemyss, Earl of Surrey, Hon. Major Keppel, and Sir George Quentin. The Countess Cowper and the Hon. Miss Pitt drove in a phaeton this afternoon to Buckhurst. The Coun tess of Sandwich and the Hon. iNliss Paget left the Castle in a carriage at the same time as the Royal equestrian party. Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta returned to Frogmere Lodge. The Earl and Countess Cowper, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, and the Hon. Miss Paget, will form the Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening in addition to the members of the Royal Household in waiting. The Duchess of Gloucester arrived at Gloucester House at two o'clock yesterday afternoon from her re sidence, Bagshot Park. The Household of her Royal Highness arrived in town in the course of the morning from Bagshot. The Princess Augusta, attended by Miss Wynyard, left Bagshot Park (where her Royal Highness had been staying on a visit to her Royal Sister) yesterday morn ing for her residence, Frogmore Lodge, near Windsor. The Belgian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Lord and Lady Cholmondeley and family arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, yesterday, from their seat, Holly Hill House, Southampton. , . Despatches from Sir John Franklin, Governor of Van Diemen's Land, were received yesterday, at the Colonial Office. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—Trruasnair. The attendance was thin, and there was no betting worth mentioning. LIVERPOOL RACES.—WEDNESDAT. The Trial Stakes did not fill. The Eglinton Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft for two-yr-old colts, bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 51b ; the winner of the July or Ches terfield Stakes at Newmarket, or the Champagne or T. Y. O. Stakes at Doncaster, 51bs extra; of any other T. Y. 0. Stakes albs extra ; if more than one, 2lbs extra for each one after the first ; but none to carry more than 71bs extra. Those that have started and not been placed at Liverpool July, Goodwood, or Doncaster, allowed 31bs extra; twice, and not won, allowed 51b ; in Scotland or Ireland once, and not won, allowed 51bs ; twice, 71bs. Allowances deducted from extra weights. T. Y. C. (7 Subs. ) Mr. Meiklam's br. 1. Remedy, by Physician ......(Darling) 1 Col. Synge's b. c. Polydorus, by Priam out of Rose .. 2 Lord Stanley's b f Betsey Austin Mr. Speed's b c by Muley, d. by Longwaist 4 Betting-6 to 4on Remedy, 3to 1 agst Polydorus, and 4to 1 against ?slulev colt. Won in a canter. The Palatine handicap Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 200 added by the members of the Palatine Club, for all ages. Two miles. Twenty Subs. Mr. H. Robinson's br h Melbourne, 5 yrs, Bst 61b(Marson) 1 Mr. Ramsay's br c Lanercost, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b Lord Miltown's b f Medea, 3 yrs, sst 10lb Mr. Bell's b f La Sage Femme, 3 yrs, Fist 71b Mr. Graydon's ch c Clinker, 3 yrs, (let 41b (Llb over) 5 Betting-5 to 2on Lanercost, 6to 1 agst Melbourne, and 3 to l agst La Sage Femme. A good race between the first two, and won by a neck. Match for 5001. each, h ft, T. Y. C.—Mr. Fowler's b f Lalla Rookh, Bst 91b (Darling), beat Sir James Boswell's ch f Queen Anne, ist 71b. 3tol on Lalla Rookh, who won by half a neck. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 50 added ; for three-yr-old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst Sib. Tie winner of the Derby or the Doncaster St. Leger 121bs extra, second for either, or winner of the Oaks or Drawing Room Stakes, or Cup at Goodwood, or Cup or Gascoigne Stakes at Don caster 7lbs extra. Maidens allowed 41bs, and horses that have started and never been placed allowed 71bs. One mile and three-quarters. Eight Subs. Lord Eglinton's ch g Zoroaster.. ... walked over The Selling Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added ; three olds, 7st 21b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, Bst 121 b ; six and aged, 9st 121 b. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs. The second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for 200 sovs. M ile-and•a- half heats ( Six subs. ) Mr. Speed's ch c Aimwell, 4 yrs... ...... (Mr. Jones) 0 1 1 Mr. Dayson's b c The Blue Pill, 3 yrs Lord Stanley's br c Charlatan, 3 yrs Mr. Clarke's ch cby Recovery, out of The Nab, 4 yrs 3 3 0 Mr. Clark's ch c Auckland, 3 yrs 0 2 0 Mr. Dickson's b c Anvil, 5 yrs 2 0 0 Three capital heats, the last won by half a neck only. BEDFORD RACES—WEDNESDAY. Her INlajesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles. Mr. Thornhill's eh h Mendizabal, 6 yrs, lOst (Conelly) 1 Mr. W. Scott's b f Fame, 3 yrs, - ist lllb Mr. Webber's b g Harold, aged, 10st. Won easy. The Two-yr-old Stakes of 10 sows each, with 20 added from the Fund. Three quarters of a mile. The winner to be sold for 3001. (Eight subs.) Mr. W. Key's i f Marialva, by Gambol, Bst 41b. (W. Cotton) 1 Lord Tayistock's b f Lucy, by Glenco, Bst 41b. Mr. Hussey's ch f Roxana, sister to Red Rose, Bst 41b 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Bat son's ch f Runt, Bst 41b; Mr. Alpin's b c by Laurel. out of Dew-Drop, Bst rib; and Mr. Pettit's b t Miss 'Romer, Bst 41b. Won easy. The Duke of Bedford's Purse of 50/. for three-year-olds. Two miles. Mr. Corbet's br f Jenny Jones, Bst 41b (S. Mann) 1 Lord Tavistock's ch c All-Fours, Bst 71b Mr. Drage's b h Johannes, Bst 71b Mr. F. Hussey's b f Red Rose, Bst 41b 4 Won by half a neck. The Woburn Stakes of 10 sous each ; two-mile heats. The winner to be sold for 3001. &c. (8 Subs.) Lord Albemarle's b f Barcarole 4 yrs ••• •• (E. Edward) 1 1 Mr. .J. King's br h Ruby, 5 yrs, yst Mr. Goddard's ch c by Shortwaist, 3 yrs, ist Mr. T. Hussey's b f Red Rose, 3 yrs, 65t I Ilb Won easy. Sweepstak es o f 5 sovs eac h , w i t h 25 a WALSALL RACES.—W dd E e r HsPAY • eats, onceroun and a . (6 subs. Mr. Ba rrow ' s b m Catherine dis , aged 2st 51b( ) Hopwood) 1 6 1 Mr. Mo ss ' s b r c Ascanius, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b ..... 619 4 3 Captain Lamb's br c Speed, 3 yrs, ist 31b Lord Warwick's b c Melodrame, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b.. 2 2 dr Mr. Jack son ' s b c Wings, 3 yrs, 7st 31b 5 3 dr Mr. Pa r k er ' s R osetta, 3 yrs, 6st 71b Three well-contested heats. The Bar r Beacon Handicap of 20 sovs each, 10 ft., and 5 only, &c., with 30 a dd e d . Twice round and a dis. (17 subs, 11 of whom d ec l are d .) Mr. T. Walt er ' s b r h King Cole, 6 yrs, 9st (Marlow) I Mr. W. Saunders's m Kitty Cockle', 5 yrs, 7st 61b 0 Mr. Fowler's h r f P ru d ence, 4 yrs, ist.. 0 Captain Lamb's br h Gardharn. 5 yrs, 7st 101 b 4 A splendid race, and won by half a head only. A dead heat for second. The Hurdle Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, and 20 added. Heats, once round, and a dis., with three leaps in each heat. The winner Adam t s o ,s b b e s oinldfo Kitty, 7o 4 I.&c. Mr;ors, lOst 41b. (M r. W. Saunders) Mr. Barker's ch g Leopold, aged, list 91b ................... 9 Won cleverly. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1839 BICESTER RACES-WEDNESDAY. The Troop Cup, for horses that have been on duty this year; ridden by members; mile and half heats, was won in three heats by Mr. Aplin's ch g O. Y.C., 5 yrs, list 41b, beating Mr. Painter's b m The Cook, 5 yrs, lOst 131 b, and another. The Town Handicap of 10 sovs each, with 30 added. Two miles. Mr. Robbins's b g Single Peeper, 3 yrs, Bst 9lb 1 Mr. Tranter's bg by King of Diamonds, aged, 9st 111 b 2 Mr. Lucas's b m Talebearer, 5 yrs, Bst I llb 3 The Ilicester Stakes of 5 sees each, with 30 added, for horses that have been regularly hunted, Sze. ; three years, 9st 81b ; four yrs, lOst 101 b; five yrs, I Ist 71b ; six yrs, 12st ; and aged, l2st 21b; mares and geldings allowed 31b, thorough bred horses 141 b extra ; winners once 51b, twice 71b, and thrice 101 b extra, in addition to the above. Heats about two miles. The winner to be sold for 1201, &c. Seven subs. \lr. W. Leeg's Stickb r, aged (h b)... ......... ...(Roe) 1 1 Mr. W. Robbins's b g Single Peeper, 5 yrs 0 2 Mr. J. Pettifer's br in Catchflv, 3 yrs . 2 dr Mr. Savin's b g Miniature, 5 'yrs (h b)... ........ Two others started, but were not placed. The winner was claimed. A Cup to be trotted for by horses that were out on duty at quar ters with the Bicester Troop in 1839 ; ridden by :Nlembers of the Troop, &c. ; thrice round ; was won by Mr. J. Aplin's gr m Madame Mantalini (11. Painter), boating Mr. J. Fos ter's b in Bonny Lass and two others. Handicap of 3 sous each, with *2O added. Thrice round and a distance. The winner to be sold for 73/, &c. Mr, Lucas's Talebearer, list Mr. Owsley's Victoria, I Ist 131 b Two others started, but vi ere wst placed OSWESTRY RACES.7—TuxspAr. A Cup of 501, given by Sir W. W. Wynne, Bart., added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and five only, &c. One mile and a half. Ten subs., sof whom declared. Mr. Holken's ch in Maid of Monton, 5 yrs (T. Clerke) I Mr. E. Peel's gr c Saul, 4 yrs, ist 41b The following also started, but were not placed:—Sir T.- Stanley's b h Cowboy, 4 yrs, 9st ; Mr. Collin's gr g hale, aged, 9st ; and Mr. G Ogden's b c St. Leonard, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b. Won by two lengths. The Shropshire Stakes of 20 says each, h f, and 5 ft only if de clared, &c., with 50 added by the Innkeepers, The best of heats starting at the chair. (7 Subs, sof whom declared. ) Mr. Collin's gr g Isaac, aged, Bst .. The North Shropshire County Members' Plate of 50t., added to a .weepstakes of 5 says each, h ft, for all ages. Mile and half heats. (5 Subs. ) Mr. Collin's gr g Isaac, aged, Bst 131 b (Darling) 2 1 1 Sir T. Stanley's bc. Apothecary, three years, ist ... 1 2dr Mr. Meiklam's b g Wee Willie, four yrs, 7st I Ilb ... 3 dr The first heat won by half a head, and the second easily. THE EFFECTS of A REVIVAL. On Thursday afternoon, last week, a young lady, Miss Miller, daughter of the late Mr. Miller, rector of the Grammar School, Dundee, went with one of her sisters and a neighbour to the lodgings of the Rev. Mr. Burns to converse with him on her spiritual condition. While he was speaking to her she fell down apparently in a fainting fit ; but, on medical aid being called in, it was discovered she was dead. As this melancholy event has caused a great sensation in the town, we .:hail, in giving an account of it, adhere, as nearly as possible, to the Rev. Gentleman's own words ; but we must first tell how he introduced it. On Thursday evening, the usual revival meeting was held in St. Peter's Church, when Mr. M'Allister delivered an address, after which Mr. Burns went into the pulpit, and prayed that " the death —the temporal death—of some might be the blessed means of bringing thousands to life." When the prayer was over, he produced a letter, which be had received, part of which he read, nearly as follows :—" The bearer of this is the young girl to whom, two or three weeks ago, you spoke on the subject of her soul. In the evening address you took occasion to mention the circumstance. She has since attended the prayer meetings as often as possible, and the result has been a most wonderful change for the better in her temper, which used to be irritable. On Sabbath last, she attended divine service, and after the congregation was dismissed you again spoke to her, and gave her a tract. On Monday evening, she went as usual to the prayer meeting, and was much affected. She was praying for her father on Tuesday morning ; but, alas when she was that interestingly engaged, in telligence was brought that her father had been found drowned.—(Great excitement amongst the audience.) The first words the poor afflicted child spoke were— " Oh, it is not his body, it is his soul I grieve for."— (Sighs.) After a pause of a few seconds, Mr. Burns said, " My dear friends, the Lord is teaching us in a very remarkable way. This afternoon I had an instance of his treatment ; but, in fact, I can hardly speak of it. Last night I did feel enabled, thanks be to God, to speak very plainly about certain matters regarding your eter nal concerns ; and I said, if you remember, that it was perhaps the last time I would speak to some of you ; but certainly I did nut think of one individual, to whom, indeed, it was the last time.—(A pause.) On the day that I had an opportunity _of adressing some of you in the churchyard (the fair day), I observed a lady near me ; and the next day I discovered she was in eternity —I trust in heaven.—(Another pause.) My dear friends, many came, as usual, this afternoon, to con verse with me, among others a young lady, who, after wailing some time, came into my room, and said, with deep emotion, that she was afraid she had not yet really come to Christ. I thought she had come to Christ ; for I had had many interesting conversations with her, and I had great reason to believe that she was one of the first fruits of this work of the Lord at present going on. I began to speak to her a little calmly, and said she ought to have good reason for saying so. I took a tract, and writing her name upon it, gave it to her, with a promise to pray for her--a promise which I can never now fulfil. I wrote out a few texts, which I thought suitable for her case, and gave them to her with the tract ; but I was struck to see the tract fall out of her hand.—(Considerable excitement, sighs, and an excla mation of " Oh, Lord !") She sank down upon the ground. Her sister and another neighbour came in from an adjoining room. She appeared to be in a fainting fit at the time ; a doctor was sent for, and when he came to see her, he found that she was in eternity !—(Great excitement.) My dear friends, when I came to this meeting to-night, I left two of her sisters, weeping indeed, but weeping tears of joy ; for they believed that she had gone to Christ. She was here last night, and I thought that she might have been much excited by what she heard, for it was a very alarming message ; but I was told by her sister that she was filled with joy, and was very happy, and rejoiced that she had heard the message from God last night. She had been very often anxious to come to speak with me in private ; and two days ago she was coming, but she was so timid and afraid, that, alter coming to the door, I was told she went away again to get her sister to come with her ; and now, my dear friends, I trust she is with Christ. We are weeeping here.—[The rest of the sen tence was inaudible, but we understood Mr, Burns to say that, while we were weeping here, she was rejoicing in heaven.] She died without a struggle, and was so calm that the medical man standing by thought she was in a fainting fit ; but, when he began to bleed her, he found there was no blood. Many things will be said about this ; but I cast the case upon the Lord. One of my friends said to me, It is a pity she died in your lodgings.'—' No,' I said, it was no pity. I give glory to God for it, for making me a witness of an end so calm.' The Lord will, I hope, lead us to improve this event. I can say no more, my dear friends." Mr. Burns then sat down. He immediately rose and gave out a psalm, which having been sung, the congregation dispersed. We understand these revival meetings con tinue to be held every evening, commencing about seven, and ending between ten and eleven o'clock.—Dundee Chronicle. SCOTCH DROVERS AT BARNET FAIR. A fair is held annually at Barnet, on the great north road, in the vicinity of London, for the sale of cattle and horses collected in the north of England and in Scotland in the early part of the season. The fair for 1839, con cluded last month, was well attended by purchasers— upwards of 45,000 head of cattle and 10,000 horses having changed owners. Since the introduction of steam vessels to the northern parts of Scotland, espe cially the Moray Frith, the transit of cattle to the me tropolis has become a matter of easy accomplishment, but it will be a long period before journeys by land be superseded. It is a question if the old system be ever totally done away with, as the following description of the route and the method of accomplishing it will show—besides, many of the cattle are pur chased at markets in the interior of the coun try, and the eas y progress o f t h e an i ma l s i n theirjourney southward improves their condition previou s to their bei ng su b m i tte d at t h e L on d on mar k e t. The majority of the dealers who attend Barnet Fair, the great metropolitan market, generally reside in some of the rich and fertile counties on the borders of England and Scotland, and when the opening Spring and genial April showers revive nature in all its beauteous forms, supplying with ample store of provision the sweet-smell ing cows and their numerous progeny, these enterprising men proceed northward s , in some instances as far a s th e Kyle of Sutherl an d, heft) re they commence operations. In their progress southward they visit the Muir of Ord, and collect as they proceed through the eastern parts of Inverness-shir e and Nairn, Moray, Banff, and Aberdeen-shires, the beautiful small Highland breed of cattle that had been purchased the previous season by the ever-active agriculturist s of these districts. The mar kets are so excellently arranged throughout Scotland, that by the period of the dealers meeting at Falkirk Tryst they have generally collected a very large stock. The cattle are then formed into lots of about 1,000 each, and en trusted to a number of Scottish drovers, and the dealer sees no more of them until he meets the whole at Bar net. The commencement of the journey is usually cal culated from Keith, in Banffshire ' that spot being i n a manner a key to the Highlands of the north of Scotland and the fertile plains of Morayshire. The journey from Keith to Barnet occupies thirty-four days, the average number of miles travelled each day being sixteen. The pay of a drover is two shillings per day and the expense of his bed. When he crosses the Tweed he is allowed what is termed night wages, to the amount of one shil ling extra from the owner, and one shilling from the grazier who supplies food for the cattle. The amount realised by a drover for the whole journey is about 81., and from 10s. to Iss.for return money. The majority of the drovers return by land, in parties of twenty, and accomplish the distance in thirteen days, at an avera ge expense of one shilling per day, including food and ledg ing. And yet one of these men, whose whole ward robe would not fetch fourpence in Rosemary-lan e , i s entrusted with seven to eight hundred pounds to p ay the expenses of the food r equired by the cattle, and th e tolls to be passed during their journey. The number of Scottish drovers who visit Barnet fair annually is about 1,500. Last year about 800 thimble-riggers were pre sent, and, by sleight of hand succeeded in winning a large sum from them. This would have been a sad tale to tell their wives and friends in the north, and but a poor excuse for the loss of their hard-won earnings— they, therefore, watched the motions of the pea and thimble gentry, and being convinced that cheating was the order of the day, on a given signal they surrounded the thimble-riggers, and compelled them to return them all their money. A gentleman residing in the neigh bourhood, who was present on the occasion, was so well pleased with the thrashing the gamblers got, that he gave the Scotsmen three sovereigns to purchase bee r .— Correspondent of the Inverness Journal. • SOCIETY.--A benefit i on behalf of N t E h l e tS funds this°institution took place on Wednesday at that highly popular place of amusement, the Royal Grecian Saloon, City-road. The entertainments provided for the amusement of the audience, which was both numerous and respectable, were tastefully selected, and great credit is due to the performers for the manner in which they exerted themselves on this occasion. Every thing passed off with the utmost unanimity, an d we are happy to say that a considerable sum was realized for the benefit of the Society. A ROYAL MALEDICTION,___W hen the trial of the murderers of Sir T hom as Overbury was going for wards King James I. w ent from Whi tehall to Theobalds, and so to Royston, and ha vin g sent for all the J u d ges , he knelt down in the m idst of his L or d s and servants, and judgment, d e g d m e th e se rit. words tha to you, as will a nswer for it at the great a n d d rea df u l d a y o f theexamJuidngeetsh:i—s matter you l‘iiyLords, I charge strictly, without favour, affection, or partia lit y ; and if you spare any guilty of this crime, God's curse light upon you and your poste rity ; and if I spare any that are guilty God's curse light on me and my posterity for ever."—Sir Antho n y Weldon's t you Memoirs. —I Yet notwithstanding this curse James par doned the Earl and Countess of Somerset, although fully convicted of the murder of Overbury. The decapitation of Charles 1., the banishment of James 11., and the ex tinction of the direct line of the Royal House of Stuart, are awful comments upon the Royal imprecation.] I TO the CHARTISTS of SHEFFIELD. My Plundered Fellow-Townsmen,—There are in this town about 6,000 adult labourers, and 8,000 great and small capitalists. There are also about 10,000 skilled workmen, who (being themselves capitalists, and more dependent for their well-being than any other capitalists on the conservation of the public peace), would, because they must, whatever their in clinations might be (in any case of tumult or convul sion short of the general overturn), join the other capitalists. From these facts, (and one or two others, too ludicrously notorious to mention), I draw the fol lowing conclusions. That you could not, if you were unanimous (which you are not), carry by physical or moral force, or any means whatever, any great public object, without the assistance of some of the other pro ductive classes. That the children of the Sunday schools, who walked through our streets in procession last Whit- Mnnday, were then better prepared and able to contend with the military than you were. That if you were, this day, arrayed for fight with all your present means (be they what they may), a troop of soldiers' wives from the barracks, if they made their appearance un armed, and with or without their husbands' cloaks over their shoulders, would scare you out of the parish. And that the adult daughters of the other productive classes (because they have surplus funds, which you have not, and cannot have, until you get rid of the C orn -l aws ), cou ld , if nee d were (not by coming behind folks, as some of your leaders advise you to do), but in fair battle, and without the aid of a single policeman or soldier, defeat and exterminate you. The estimate on which I found these conclusions applies, I believe, not only to Sheffield, but, with suffi cient exactness, to all England, Scotland, and Wales including the agricultural districts. To Ireland it does not apply, f or i n t h at country two-th i rds o f the popula tion are p o t atoe -f e d l a b ourers, and the remainder capi talists, chiefly shopkeepers ; vet with what ease those potatoe-fed milli ons h ave been and are kept down by a mere fraction of the other classes, and about 10,000 soldiers, the mournful history of " the Isle of Suffering" too truly shows. For potatoe-fed men, having no surplus, arc necessarily slaves —.and the Breadtaxry mean to bring you down to potatoe wages. You will soon, then, I venture to hope, see the folly of allowing yourselves to be led the wrong way, by paid agents of the scoun drel Breadtaxry, who, favoured by your deplorable ignorance, have contrived to place themselves at the head of the Chartist movement, not merely to defeat that wise and holy movement ; but, by so doing, to sus tain the all-beggaring food-monopoly, and make the Liberal cause itself hateful and ridiculous. Fellow-townsmen! there are cases (and yours, I fear. is one of them) in which nothing is so unwelcome as truth ; yet, I trust, you will receive this letter as I in. tend it, and believe, that the last man in the world who would willingly mislead, or ever insult you, is EBENEZER ELLIOTT. Sheffield, 23d September, 1539. LONDON DOCKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—Sitice the Bth June, 1838, a notice has been put up at the Iron Bridge, Old Gravel-lane, signed by the Superintendent, that the passage is unsafe for loaded carts and waggons, and yet no repair or new bridge has been made. Why repairs have not been made, or with whom the fault rests I know not ; but this I know, it is a heavy libel on some party. And I now call the public at tention to it, as the near approach of the Tunnel will make that opening a place of greater traffic than it has been for years past.—l am your humble Servant, Wapping, Sept. 2.6, 1839. AN INQUIRER. POST OFFICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The collection of the Post-office revenue by a Government penny stamp being objectionable for many reasons, and in my humble opinion quite out of the question, I would beg leave to suggest the division of the postage between the senders and the receivers ; the senders to pay a halfpenny with, and the receivers a halfpenny for, every letter ; or the senders to have the option of paying the penny. This plan would save much expense to the country, and a deal of trouble and inconvenience to individuals, and at the same time would insure the immediate receipt of one half the Post-office revenue, which would be a guarantee for the payment of the other half. Your obedient humble servant, ROBERT SEATON. 20, Arlington -street, Sadler's Wells, September 26, 1839. [We are willing to insert any feasible suggestions on this now important subject, but we apprehend the half payment on delivery, proposed by our Cori espondent, would prevent that quick delivery which is one essen tial advantage of pre-payment.] CAUTION TO LABOURER EMI- GRANTS. The following is an extract of a letter which has been received by the agent-general for emigrants, from Mr. Wedderburn, the Government agent for emigrants, at St. John's, in New Brunswick : I hasten to inform you of this circumstance (viz. the calamitous fire at St. John's), that, if necessary, your va luable instrumentality may he available to check the reprehensible cupidity of individuals who may, as on a former occasion, be desirous to induce labourers to embark from Ireland, under the most fallacious reports of the wages they will receive to repair the damages. Such im positions were practised at home after the great fire here, on the 14th of January, 1837 ; and, notwithstanding the subsequent favourable season of the year, much disap pointment was experienced by the surplus immigrants from the deception ; and should a similar one be at tempted in the present case, matters will be worse. They will embark late ; in all probability have a diffi cult passage, and must arrive here late in the fall or be ginning of winter, when much of the work must of neces sity be suspended till spring ; and it is to be justly feared many would be ill provided for the inclemency of our winter, and in a state of unproductive idleness. Hu manity and duty, therefore, deeply press me to caution emigrants against embarking from home late in the sea son, in expectation o f winter work from the effects of the fire." The King of Prussia has ordered of Professor Rauch a colossal statue of Frederick the Great, which is to be erected at Berlin. The model of the statue is already finished. The Countess of Scarborough has returned to Portman-square for the winter months. . . . COACH ACCIDENT.-011 Wednesday morning last, Mr. Dowling, the Editor of Bell's Life in London, on his way from Doncaster to Derby, after the St. Leger race, in passing through Chesterfield, was thrown from the Criterion, Sheffield coach, and seriously injured. It ap pears that the coach in question, after the horses had been changed, was proceeding at a rapid pace towards a steep descent, when the horses becoming unmanageable the coach camp in dreadful collision with a post, thereby smashing the splinter-bar, and throwing off several of the passengers, among whom was Mr. Dowling, upon the stones beneath. Upon rising it was discovered that Mr. Dowling had the wrist of his right hand fearfully dislo cated, and the bone of the same arm broken; his head also was cut, and his hip painfully contused. He was con ducted to the house of Mr. Creswick, the surgeon, in the town, who skilfully rendered him such temporary aid as enabled him to reach Derby Railroad on the same after noon, by which he was conveyed to London, and he is now doing well. AN UNTIMELY DEMAND.—A provincial ac tress was performing the part of Lady Anne, in King Richard the Third, arid on delivering the following pas sage, " When shall I have rest?" she was answered by her washerwoman from the pit, " Never, till you pay me my three shillings and twopence I" A curious application of the Daguerreotype, it is said by the Fend Beige, is to be made at the opening of the railroad to Courtrai, if the weather be favourable. The camera obscure is to be placed on an eminence com manding the Royal pavilion, the locomotive engine, the train of waggons, and the major part of the cortege, and is to be brought into action exactly at the time of the deli very of the inauguration speech. " A discharge of cannon is to be the signal," this paper adds, " for a general immobility, which is to last the seven minutes necessary for obtaining a good representation of all the personages pre sent. The plate is afterwards to be enclosed in lead and deposited under the first stone of the foundation of the station at Courtrai." `SHY THE CORN-LAWS EXIST.—In 1828, when Mr. Hume moved. in Parliament, for a modification of the Corn-laws, Sir R. Peel said they were maintained because " it was the constitutional policy of this country to maintain the Aristocracy and Magistracy as essential parts of the community." In those days Sir R. Peel had less occasion for disguises than now. —Bath Journal. KINGS AND SUBJECTS.—There is ever and in all places a mutual and reciprocal obligation between the people and the Prince : the one promiseth to be a good and %rise Prince, the other to obey faithfully, provided he govern justly. The people therefore is obliged to the Prince wider condition, the Prince to the people simply and purely ; so that if the Prince fail in his promise the people is exempt from obedience, the contract is void, and the right of obligation of no force. That people is truly acquit from all perfidiousness which publicly re nounces the unjust dominion of a tyrant.—Hubert Lon gust's TrindicationofLiberty,l64B. GENTLEMAN.—The word " gentleman" is evi dently no mark of wealth or station. " You are no gen tleman," said a waiter in a tavern to a person who gave him threepence. Threepence more would have coasti • tuted the gentleman in the eyes of the waiter, and this threepence may have been withheld through poverty. What sort of a person," said an individual to his land lady, "is that who occupies your back parlour ?" " He is a tailor by trade," said he ; " but very much the gen tleman." This meant that he paid his five shillings a week regularly. Thus it seems that the word is not confined by any regard to the station or trade of the individual. There is no doubt that we hare all a vague conception of some thing when we bear of a man being a gentleman. If a man eat too heartily, he is not a gentleman ; and if another have nothing to eat, he is also not a gentleman.— Mirror. ROWING MATCH, TnE GREAT SCULLERS' CONTEST BETWEEN NEWEL AND POC,)CK.—This long-expected contest took place yesterday, and afforded a very high treat to the member: of the different clubs who witnessed it. At three o'clock Newel jumped into the blue wager wherry, belonging to Mr. Crockford, weighing 651b5., and rowed up the reach, to ascertain whether there was any necessity to cover her in; and in a few minutes after Pocock appeared in a no less beautiful specimen of light building, belonging to Mr. Dalgleish, of the Leander Club. At half-past thre;. they were at the starting place, and Pocock won the choice of station. They started from near the centre of the bridge at a beautiful pace, and were scull and scull for the first dozen strokes. Newel then led by half a length. At the Horseferry he was rather less in advance; hut, on the gun being fired when they faced Chandler's, Newel went past the Penitentiary a length ahead. Each rowed in splendid style, but Newel, between Vauxhall bridge and the Red House, proved the better man. He gained four or five lengths, continued, by excessive labour, to increase his advantage, and arrived at Putney bridge twelve or fourteen lengths in advance of his opponent. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir Henry Milford, in Curzon-street, from Leicester. shire; Captain Roebuck, 11th Light Dragoons, in Queen street, Mayfair ; 'General Sir Henry Pigot in Wilton_ crescent ; Lord William Beresford, Ist Life Guards, at the Hyde Park Barracks; Sir John and Lady Pechell at the Admiralty ; Captain and Lady Charlotte Berkeley at Lord Decies,Seymour-place ; Captain and Mrs. Brownlow Knox and family in Wilton-crescent ; Lord Alfred Paget at Uxbridge El...use from St. Petersburgh ; Colonel Hamil ton in Park-street ; Captain Biddulph, Ist Life Guards, at the Hyde Park Barracks ; the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, in Portman-square ; Sir Frederick Hamilton Bart., in Great Cumberland-place ; the Marquis and Mar. chioness of Salisbury, in Arlington-street; Countess Poulett, in Clarges-street ; Lord and Lady Hood ; Sir Hyde Parker in Jermyn-street ; Captain and Lady Geer giana Codrington, in Park-place; Sir Charles and Lady Morgan ; .1. H. Talbot, Esq., M. P. ; Lord and Lady William Fitzroy and family in Great Cumberland-place ; Hon. Lady Bedingfirld and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cary. DEPARTURES. The Hon. Mrs. Edward Stanley and family from Wil ton-crescent for Anglesey, Hants ; Miss Tate from Gros venor-place for Burleigh Hall, Northamptonshire ; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Sanderson for Gunton Hall, Norfolk ; Major-General Dickson, C. 8., for Warwick; Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Fraser and family from Park-lane on a tour; the Right Hon. Charles Tennyson D'Eyncourt for Usselby House, Lincolnshire ; the Duchess di Cannizzaro for Has tings; Lord Seymour on a tour; Major-General Sir Thos. Carmichael, Bart., for Dieppe; Mr. William and Lady Sophia Wyndham, for Norfolk ; Lord Henry Russell, for Sunning-hill; Lord Dec C 3, for Boulogne-sur-Mer ; Lord Northland and the Hon. Miss Knox, for Elstree, Herts ; Mr. and Lady Caroline Maxse, for Woolbeding, Sussex ; Lord Crawley, for Clandon, Surrey ; the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Fitzmaurice, for Windsor ; the Duke of Dorset, for Drayton House ; Lord and Lady Kilmaine, for Brighton. CHANGES. The Bishop of Winchester and Mrs. Sumner, at Farn ham Palace, from Jersey; the Earl of Lindsey, at Uffin - g ton House, from a visit to Lord and Lady Barham. at Exton Park ; Mr. John and Lady Stewart, on a visit to the Marquis of Ely, at Ely Lodge, Fermanagh ; the Hon. Robert Curzon, at the seat of the Baroness de la Touche, Parham Park, near Fetworth, from a continental tour ; the Hon. Stapleton Cotton, at the quarters of the 7th Hussars, at York, from Combermere Abbey; Sir Robert Mowbray, from the Views, Huntingdonshire, for the North ; Lord and Lady \rata, of Harrowden, from \Vouch stock, on a tour; Sir John Woodford, at his seat, Der wentwater Bay, from Carlisle ; the Earl of Lichfield, at Buxton, from Doncaster; Lord Templemore, at Glenfid diet), the Duke of Richmond's shooting quarters, from Gordon Castle ; Lord B'iyle, at Castle Martyr, nett. Cork, from Barrymore ; Earl Dunraven, at Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan, from Adare Castle, near Limerick ; Edward H. Green, Esq., on a visit to Sir J. W. Smith, of Down House, Blandford ; Lord Liverpool, at Buxted Park, near East Grinstead; Lady Ralph Howard, at Worthing ; the Duchess of Gordon, at Huntley Lodge ; Lady Charles Somerset and family, at Bognor Rocks. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The summer evenings' amusements at these Gardens closed last evening, after a most successful season. The Gardens were crowded. During the course of the even ing the band performed several overtures, &c., in ad mirable style, and the eruption of Mount Hecla closed the evening's amusements. The effect of this eruption is really sublime ; it is impossible for those who have not witnessed it to form any idea of its grandeur ; it is indeed the triumph of the pyrotechnic art. This season is remarkable for having introduced to public notice the Koniaphostic, or lime light. One small light, in the centre of the Gardens, was sufficient to illuminate the whole extent of the grounds,so as to make the most minute objects in the remotest parts of the Gardens distinctly visible. This light must eventually become of im mense practical utility, and we would suggest to the proper authorities the propriety of placing one on the centre of each of the bridges ; if this were done persons navigating the river at night would be enabled to dis cern their course as distinctly as at mid-day ; and thus these collisions which have of late been so frequent and so fatal would be avoided. The expense, we should imagine, cannot be much, but, at all events, where the safety of human life is concerned no considerations of economy should for one moment be suffered to inter fere. Mr. Cross is entitled to the gratitude of the public for having introduced this light to general notice. MARRIAGE OF HER MAJESTY -The France of Wednesday asserts that the British Cabinet has officially communicated to the French Cabinet the intended mar riage of Queen Victoria with a Prince of Coburg. The Duke of Wellington is expected to remain at Walmer Castle for two months. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton leave town next week on a tour. They arrived in Portman-square a few days since from their seat, Easton Park, in Sufi.ilk. Letters were received from the Marquis of Hert ford on Thursday, dated from Lyons. His Lordship in tended to pass a few days there, and then proceed to Ge. neva ar,d Turin; at d lastly to Milan for the winter, The Earl of Sefton, the Hon. Colonel Molyneux, and brother, arrived at Croxteth Hall, near Liverpool, on Sa•urday last, from Meggineh Castle, in Perthshire. The Countess and the Ladies Molyneux are passing the season in strict see'usion at Stoke Farm, ne,r Windsor. Earl and Countess Manvers and Lady Mary Pierrepoint are expected to leave Thoresby Park, near 011erton, Northamptonshire, next week for Cheshire, &c. They are going on a visit to their relatives, Lord Skcimcrs dale, at Lathom House, in Lancashire; and Mr. Wilbra ham Egerton, at Tatton Park, near Knutsford. The Countess of Pembroke and the Ladies Her bert intend to leave Wilton House, Salisbury, early in the next week for the South of France. Nice has been named for the month of November and December. Lord and Lady Henry Cholmondeley and fa mily arrived at Farranco's Hotel, Belgrave-street, on Thurs day, for their seat, Holly Hill House, Southampton. A letter from Athens of the 28th ult. states that Baron de Wetzbourgh, Colonel of Cavalry, and Aid-de. Camp of King Otho, has set out for the capital to be united to Miss Lyons, daughter of Sir Edward Lyons, the British Envoy in Greece. The Antwerp Company's steam-ship Antwerp, arrived on Thursday after a favourable passage, and bring ing upwards of eighty passengers; amongst whom were the Duke of Manchester, Sir Giffin Wilson, Sir Richard Ilene gan, Colonel Money, Captain Hotham, &c., with their families ; Lady Poer Trench and family, Mrs. Admiral Pamplin, &c. T HE WRECK OF TIIE ROYAL GEORGE.- Immense quantities of the wreck of this vessel have been picked up since the great explosion of the cylinder con tvining 1?„600lbs. of gunpowder on Monday, the force of which is expected to have almost shattered the wreck to pieces. On Tuesday the mainmast was picked up by the pilot of the lookout vessel belonging to the Netherlands Consul moored at Spithead, who conveyed it to the dock yards at Portsmouth. It bars a most extraordinary appear.. ance, and has excited very great curiosity. It is entirely covered with barnacles , all alive, some measuring eight inches in length. LADY FLORA IiAsTING. The Marquis of Hastings has published in the Morning Post the whole correspondence connected with the illness and death of his sister, the late Lady Flora Hastings, a step which we do not regret in one sense, as it triumphantly refutes the insinuations so basely promulgated against the La dies of the Court, Lord Melbourne, and her Ma jesty. We have hitherto. avoided alluding to this unfortunate and " untoward" affair, but as faction seems to delight in making a stalking-horse of the occurrence, we shall once and for all advert to it. The facts may be comprised in a nutshell, and are ' shortly these. Lady Flora Hastings, on her return from a visit to Scotland, presented a certain corporeal enlargement which led to the inference that she was pregnant. Lady Portman, as in " duty bound" com municated to the Queen her suspicion that Lady Flora was privately married, and while the matter was in suspense, she was necessarily prohibited from at tending at Court. Was there anything improper in this proceeding on the part of Lady Portman, and was it not the duty of a virtuous heart to cause Inquiry, and p revent ma li gnant scan d a l f rom tar nishing the character of Lady Flora herself, and every female member of her Majesty's household ? A medical investigation then took place, when it was irre fragibly d emonstrate d t h at t h e appear ance which had misled not only Lady Portman, but even the medical attendant of Lady Flora Hast ings, was the result o f disease, and of course every suspicion against the honour of Lady Flora was completely removed. After some amelioration in the disorder a relapse took place, and Lady Flora fell a victim afterwards to the same disease, her death having been very probably pre cipitated by the awkward exposure which had taken place, which must have grieved most poignantly a high-minded and innocent woman. During the embarassing denouement, the utmost delicacy and honour was manifested by her Majesty and every member of the Court, and the correspondence published fully acquits Lady Portman and every other party from designing, much less perpetrating a cruel act. It does not appear that there was any " plot"or "conspiracy" to traduce and injure Lady Flora Hastings, and Sir William Follett and Mr. Pollock have given it as their legal opinion that the facts of the case did not afford any ground for legal proceedings on the part of Lady Flora Hastings or her family. It seems that before the matter became unfortunately public, Lord Melbourne wished the Marquis of Hastings to keep it private, and to con sult with the Duke of Wellington on the subject. The Duke was consulted, and advised the utmost privacy to :be observed, but the ''Alarquis has erro neously followed another course, and in his attempt to criminate all and sundry, has most completely vin dicated the various parties he has vainly endeavoured to condemn. The anxiety of Lady Portman to have the affair investigated was honourable to her as one of the Court, and there was no other way to solve the suspicions and doubts which appearances justified than the course adopted. The vindication of Lad) F. Hastings from these suspicions has been clear and satisfactory ; her death, under the peculiar circum stances, must fill the most apathetic with grief and sympathy ; but the event itself, however much to be deplored, was not caused by " baneful in fluences," nor can it afford grounds of aspersion against any one. Her Majesty, Lord Melbourne, and the Court are as undoubtedly guiltless of any improper act as Lady Flora Hastings herself ; and it is not a worthy tribute to the memory of the in nocent dead to attempt unceasingly to vilify and traduce the equally innocent living.—Worcester shire Chronicle. BILLINGSGATE DOCK. Of late some large vessels laden with salt have ob truded themselves into Billingsgate dock, to the serious annoyance and injury of the numerous fishing boats which feed our great fish market, and on Tuesday the Lord Mayor, after the important business of the Court of Aldermen was concluded, laid before the Court a letter which he had received from Captain Fisher, the principal harbour-master, complaining that a salt-ship of upwards of 400 tons burden was in the habit of getting into the dock. The entrance of so large a vessel into a very limited space, which it had been the practice to appropriate to the oyster and other fishing craft, was, the letter stated, calculated to do much damage, sometimes crushing the boats, and sometimes fixing them in such a manner in an inconvenient position that frequently a whole day would pass away before they could be got into the river to return to their work. His Lordship stated, that he had in one case granted a summons against a captain of a salt-ship for damage, but before the time of hearing arrived the ship cleared out, and the captain laughed at Mr. Goldham, the clerk of the market, who had, in pursuance of his official duty, made the complaint. Au order was then issued to Captain Fisher to prevent any large sized vessel from entering the dock. A salt-vessel of the same di mensions had, however, managed to force her way into the dock after the peremptory directions had been given, and her ropes were cut away by the officer of the market, but there happened not to be water enough in the dock to get her out, and the inconvenience was intolerable. Alderman LUCAS said he recollected the time when salt vessels used to unload at the dock, but the autho rities of the Custom-house had taken away that part of the dock where those vessels were stationed on such occasions. The LORD MAYOR said that the nuisance had been aggravated by the circumstance just mentioned, for the salt was not unshipped at the dock, but the owners took possession of the Custom-house stairs, to the ob struction of all other persons. The salt was not for sale in the public market, but was thus made a means of annoyance for the accommodation of some persons who did not choose to pay wharfage dues. . . . Alderman Lucis commended the determination of the Lord Mayor to protect the fishermen from being injured by such vessels. The TOWN-CLERK said there was no doubt tbat the powers of the Lord Mayor, as Conservator of the River Thames, combined with those of the Harbour -master, under the Act of Parliament, were quite sufficient to prevent such a ship as had been described from enter ing Billingsgate-dock, and that the Lord 111 a) or had power also, as Lord of the Market, being Lord of all the City markets. The LORD MAYOR stated to the Court that he should take particular care to prevent a repetition of any such occurrence. "THE MISTAKE" IN THE ANT. ARCTIC VOYAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SlR—Greater pains have, I believe, been taken to render the voyage of the Terror and the Erebus pro ductive of enlarged scientific results than have been be stowed on all British voyages of discovery put together, since Captain Cook set nut with his old wooden qua drant and beech-bowl compass to explore the Pacific Ocean. The world will, therefore, be proportionally disappointed if, on the return of the expedition, it, should be found that the principal subject of in quiry for which the voyage was mainly under taken, terrestrial magnetism, has "fallen through," as the sailors say, for want of proper instruments of research. The voluminous paper of instructions pre pared for Capt. J. C. Ross by the President and Coun cil of the Royal Society, contains a very ample state ment of the principles on which his magnetic apparatus has been constructed, the purposes to which it is to be applied, and the grand results expected to be attained through their employment, No less than 29 pages of the Philosophical Magazine for the present month are taken up with a quotation from the " instructions" on this single subject, out of 66 pages devoted to the entire expedition and it s i nnumera bl e desiderata ; yet, in that extent of paper, not a word is said of what all practical men must feel to be of primary importance—the mode of making the artificial magnets themselves—the man ner of imparting to the passive steel that active prin ciple on whose proper lodgement (if I may be allowed the expression) the correctness of all sub sequent operations, observations, and calculations must depend. This grave omission excited my cu riosity, and I made particular inquiries respecting their preparation. I have learned with sorrow that an artist of this city " magnetized" the steel bars sent him by Dr. Lloyd of Dublin (to whom, I understand, all the magnetic arrangements were committed) by the aid of a voltaic magnet! The result is, that the bars are , good for nothing for the purposes of the expedition A " magi et" (if it can correctly be called one) made in such a manner is but a philosophical toy, possessed of properties that render it useless for all practical observa tions e connected regretted , with h o terrestrial llth o patient magnetism. research a T o l This ingenuityi s deeply to b displayed by Dr. Lloyd in th e construction of compli cated and delicateapjpacra.tiutso,ssa and nd allhis the bro t i h n e d r u N s ,o tr y y ag a e n r d s in observing a accuracy of Captain J. will be n the mtaltl matter, and wa shall lall I know not v there fore confine myself to an ex p osition of the nature of the sho is to with blame them, i evil committed ; leaving it to those immediately con cerned to take the speediest steps to remedy it. Not to lose time in discussing the minor faults of a bar or needle " magnetised by a voltaic magnet," I come at once to its grand and insurmountable misfortune, viz., that instead of having (like a magnet of the old and approved make) a single steady north pole created at one end, and a single steady south pole at the other, it is found to possess from half a dozen to half a hun dred north and south poles "consecutive throughout poles" itsl (a length. The number of these they are termed) will vary with the strength VENING FDTTION (of the voltaic current employed, with the time con sumed in the operation, and with the awkwardness of the operator. If he allow for an instant his steel bar or needle to " sit fast" or pause under the strong at traction of the voltaic magne,, ti.'.:7;.: s a po.en nduced which no coaxing or manoeuvring can subsequently get rid of; and so on. The existence of these opposing poles, scattered here and there, can be easily discovered by pre sen ti ng a very sma ll compass nee dl e ( magnet i ze d in the ordinary mode) to a bar prepared by a voltaic magnet ; and carrying it slowly alongside from end to end, when its sudden changes and repulsive whirls will clearly point out th e num b ers an d pos i t i ons o f a l l the poles in the ba r ; t h e north pole of the little needle in dicating the localities of the south poles in the bar, and the south poles similarly detecting its north ones, each pole of the little test nee dl e ma ki ng a po i nt at i ts op posite in passing. It is obvious that " magnets" ex hibiting such discrepancies cannot be depended on as true indicators of polarity ! Whether Dr. Lloyd or any of the Council of the Royal Society are yet aware of this fatal error in the construction of their magnets, I have not heard. Its importance may be judged of by the fact th a t C ap t ain J. C. Ross has been intrusted with additional magnetic apparatus to furnish observatories about to be esta blished be the Colonial Government at St. Helena, at the Cape of Good Hope, anti Van Diemen's land. If the magnets with which these instruments have been fitted up should also turn out to have been prepared by the action of a voltaic magnet, there may be no end to the errors of observation and calculations so en gendered. However, if a false step has been made,. the sooner it is corrected the better for all parties. G etting into the wrong path at setting out is a serious mistake ; the more we trudge in it the further we go astray. I remain, always inquiring N i CIA 800. STATISTICS OF PARIS. A recent discourse of the Prefect of the Seine to an assembly composed of the commercial notabilities of Paris contains some interesting facts connected with the recent exhibition of works of art and manufactures, 6 9 far more particularly as regards the commerce of that capital and the environs. Of 3,200, which was the whole number of exhibitors on that occasion, 2,050 belonged to the department of the Seine. The elegant specimens of times, of linen, and cotto❑ yarns, and of bats exhibited, were the produce of 818 manufactories. The specimens of workings in iron, copper, pewter, lead, and zinc, whether ornamental, or for the greater part useful, were wrought in 321 workshops of Paris. The instruments used in watchmaking - and for measuring time, and the machines of every kind for saving labour and time, were the production of 103 ingenious artists. For simple utensils of do mestic economy, 221, and for improved ap paratus for the purposes of economizing fuel and light, 81 admissions were granted. In painting, jewellery, plate, and plated wares, and sculpture, there were 3:37 manufacturers and artists of Paris. As proof of the superior merit of these competitors for distinction, it is assumed that not only were their contributions distin guished by superior workmanship, but also by the cheaper rate at which they could be offered for sale. The Prefect took occasion also to notice with commen dation the good understanding and the improved feeling which existed between the masters and workmen of Paris. This was owing to the fact that in times of stagnation of trade many of the masters, instead of turn ing off their workpeople, or a certain portion, perhaps the least skilled among them, had humanely preferred rather to shorten the hours of work, so that all of them might be able at least to earn sufficient for their most indispen sable wants. Certain facts were stated also relating to the genera I statistics of Paris, and its comparative progress in va rious respects, which are not without interest. The population for 1838 was stated as exceeding 909,000 inhabitants, among whom 67,759 paid a fixed duty for licenses, or patents as it is termed, to exercise different trades, callings, or professions, and the number of com mercial men of respectable standing (notables commer cans)was 920. In 1831 and 1832 the population amounted only to 774,000 ; there were only 44,746 licensed indi viduals, and 784 notable traders. In proof of the de I gree of general easiness of circumstances, it was noted that on the 31st of December, 1838, upon 28,218,000 f the amount of the four direct levies of taxes for the year, 26,989,000 f. had already been received or reco vered, and yet the expense under the head of " legal process" was greatly diminished ; legal proceedings had been less rigorously executed, the number of sales of household goods less considerable, and, lastly, the funds from the 13 centimes on patents destined to cover the de ficiency arising from " no effects," had yielded a sucplus of 360,000 f. The same fund in 1831 and 1832 was in sufficient by more than 100,000 f. The consumptiet: of Paris was also augmented. and the revenue derived from the octroi, or city dues, had attained to 31,862,0001. which was a higher sum than had been obtained since the Revolution of July, and exceeded that of tho prosperous previous year by more than 1,000,000 f. The new buildings constructed, which are assumed to be another sign of prosperity, were also on the increase. Permissions for different works had been given to the extent of 2,519, and among these buildings figure for 400. This number, it may be remarked, will appear insignificant here, but, as is well known to most people, the houses at Paris are upon a large scale, and exl, pressly calculated for the accommodation of a number of families in each, in distinct floors, with complete sets of apartments in each, equal to the common run of houses in this country. The exports declared at the Custom-house, by which the state of the foreign commerce of Paris may be ap preciated, amounted in value for 1838 to 90,128,144 f., of which 63,620,775 f. as ordinary exports, and 39,113,010 f. of exports carrying bounties. In 1837 the exports were but 94,065,2801., thus showing an increase of 5,052,964 f. for 1838. The results of the first six months of the present y,(!at in respect of the octroi revenue were, however, by no. means so favourable as compared with those of 1838, owing, as stated, to the long Ministerial disorganization, and more than that, to the insurrection of the 12th and 13th of May, to which perhaps ought to have been added the speculative mania which had produced such extensive ruin. The amount of the city revenue derived from taxes on consumption of all kinds forms of course the standard by which that consumption and the pros perous situation or otherwise of the population is mea sured and ascertained, as here for a similar test the products of the Excise and Customs are appealed to. In the first half year of 1838 the octroi dues in Paris were equal to 15,140,6391., but in the same space of 1839 they had fallen to 14,366,9491., being a dimi nution of 773,6931. From this defalcation, however, must be deducted 175,410 f., arising from a reduc tion in the duty on coal, which therefore produced so much less to the city, as was calculated upon before hand. Notwithstanding this decrease of revenue, however, the affairs of the city are so well managed by the municipal body, that the budget of expenditure is always prepared below the estimate of revenue. In 1838 the excess of revenue over expenditure was, through this foresight, equal to 3,000,0001. ; and in the present year the estimates having been fixed in the same pro portion, the actual deficit of 598,280 f., even if doubled by the end of the year, will be fully met, and to spare, by the 3,000,000 f. at which the estimates of expendi ture were prepared below the revenue. The prejudicial operation upon consumption of the two days' insurrec tion in May was strikingly exemplified. In the months of May and June of the present year, 418 oxen and 4,000 sheep less were slaughtered and consumed than in the same two months of the year preceding. To the insurrections were mainly attributed also the great increase in the number of bankruptcies, which, however, would rather seem to have been the natural consequence of that rage for shares and Companies, which in the Prefect's summary is referred to as a minor or secondary cause only, perhaps with a view to political effect upon the public at 'large through the subsequent publication of his speech. In the first six months of the present year the number of failures amounted to 467 ; in the same time last year there were only 207. The foreign commerce of Paris during all these unfavourable circumstances, was, however, pros perous. The Custom-house returns showed an increase of 13,605,000 f. over 1838, and ift his rate of progression ocn tinned during the whole year, there would Iyr at the end of it an augmentation in the whole of more than 26,000,000 f. It is remarked that as confidence has be come re-established, the enterprises which had been suspended were resumed, and there was every probabi lity that by the iendthe rfia first .o se f t d the m. o months hh e a se r ort t .e h tt e uh ren unfortunatesproe present etnht ey year ar r s e , results t i :e s . of the commence ment would be , if not retrieved, at as in 1.3", considerable. m I n F e b ruary , M arc h, and b l :bauaponscrukthi about mto d u hf u o c e r h r i esl n a lg m m 3 t e e l s but the withdraxals were the withdrawals amounted only to a Bs a s t : 24 t t r 89. 1 0 96 b U o t o t h o( a ) e oo b flfue n t teo d ai u st,ih r hn i ie n es g the same time this year they were s ps i r n ae c : r . a e s li a ne s ng e coe outf of og freat politicale r withdrawals ies distress,voefn tacsso well and the commercial crisis. On the whole, this summary of the Prefect's affords satisfactory evidence of a state of internal improvement in Paris and the country at large. The coach which runs from Paris to Dieppe, in twelve hours, is to be kept on till the end of October, in consequence of the extra packet from Ric. —Brighton Gazette. LITERARY STATISTICS.—The number of pe riodicals issued monthly from Paternoster-row is 236. There are also 34 quarterly publications. The amount of literary pensions—that is, pensions to men of science and literature, was, at the accesion of Victoria, 4,3001., and of royal and noble pensions, 129.348/. We are net regret ting the comparative smallness o f the literary pensions ; far from it, considering literary pauperism the most deplor able and reprehensible of all modes of pauperism, and f ar more mischievous and derogatory than aristocratic pau i with great ies ty difficulty, suj ec t perism. Even the fa ct is not more remarkable than, f or example, among a hu ndred others, a Parliamen t grant of o. ions obtained ofhe w r 70,0001., given without a word, , to erect addi t i ona l sta bl es --Twit's Magazine. to fo e ducate rherMaj t . h st e Y ig a n n o d r 3 an o ; oo millions