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'W" '''ning at Seven, in lieu of Half-past Seven ; and the Eight o'cl 0 , 7 1 !e ning boat from Grar'esend will be discontinued, except on Sundr From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, Y Sundays ineluded) at Ten, Eleven Twelve, Three, Fc nr, Six, and Seven From the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, It Sayan. Half-past Nine, Half-past Twelve, Two,* Four, SiX, and So ven. • On Sundays at Five instead of Two. Ir•r*---Yore Cabin and Seconi-class Carriage, Sixpence; Saloon sesi First-class Carriage, Ninepence. SW Office, Gravesend, Aug. 28, 1844. No - . 16,237. LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING- S 1.%:: AUGUST 30, 1844. PRICE s d. CIRCULAR NOTES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT. THE LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK. • has commenced the issue of CIRCULAR NOTES for the 'me< ''.. Travellers and Residents on the Continent. These Notes are pay-- VAC at every important place in Europe, and thus enable a travel], r • ° vary his route without inconvenience. No expense is incurred ex cept the price of the Aamp, and when cashed, no charge is made for - - co mmission. , For the. convenience of the public, these Notes may be obtained titer at the H e ad Office of time London and Westminster Bank , i n, th btirY ; or at time branches of the Bank, viz.:- 9, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL. 213, HIGH HOLBORN. 4, STRATFORD-PLACE, OXFORD-STREET. 3, WELLINGTON-STREET, BOROUGH. 87, MC:II-STREET, WHITECHAPEL. - - By order of the Board. .• JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, General Manager. ------ .. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAI EXCURSION from LONDON to BATH, BRISTOL, T ANTON. and EXETER, and back, on MONDAY, September 2, 1844 U , and following days. The Directors of the GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY hav o ' l4 terrained to afford to persons desirous of visiting BATEI, BR ISTOL, TAUNTON, or EXETER, an opportuni t y of § o d ing, by means of the following "EXCURSION TRAINS , " 84 duced Fares : • SPeclal Trains will leave London for Bath and Bristol on Mo n -2d September, at 7 o'clock, A.M., and on Friday, 6th Septein. • v e*, at 3 o'clock, P.M. • Returning from Bristol and Bath to London either on Wed_ R ay. the 4th September, at half-past 7 o'clock, A.M., or on S aturday, the 7th September, at 4 o'clock, P. M. SPeCial Trains will leave Bath, for Taunton and Exeter, calling • • 4., . • 94 t Bristol, and starting thence half an hour later on Tuesday , 3d ". t (Taber, at 8 o'clock, A.M., and on Saturday, 7 th Sept em b er, at • * Mock, 1.. x. Returning from Exeter to Bristol and Bath 'i• ther on Tuesday, 3d September, at 4 o'clock, p.m., or on Friday, ' ti t September, at half-past 7 o'clock, A.M. The Reduced Fares will be, for these Excur.ion Trains, Ist Class. 2d Class • -1411 40 11,1,0_Bath,Arul Back ilatit to London anti Back.. } ` -L ondon to Bristol and Back Bristol to London and Back ...... • 1 2 1 stol to Exeter and Back Exeter to Bristol and Back ...... 1 Bs. 1 Is. teeter to Exeter and Back ` -l eter Bath and Back t 20s. 12s. x _ The Tickets will enable Passengers to travel by any of the E eili sion Trains, Up or Down. BT this means, parties may travel from London to Exeter or Taunton, by taking the 7 A.M. Train from London, on the Mon. may, to Bristol ; proceeding thence to Exeter or Taunton, on Tues. 413' Morning. They can remain at these places until Friday morning, when it , i' e 7 will retu rn t o B r istol, and reach London by the Saturday v b e ning Train, from Bristol. . 4 . a - "lrther particulars may be obtained by application at the Pad . t t ° Exeter, Taunton, Bath, or Bristol Stations, where Tickets to be obtained ; and for any number exceeding twenty, taken ▪ one individual, an allowance of Is. per Ticket will be made. i,SRFORD, near STAINES. Fifteen Miles from Hyde.park. '''PERIOR FARM, MANSION, and GROUNDS, TITHE. kFREE, and LAND.TAX REDEEMED. ESSRS. ADAM MURRAY and SONS beg to announce that they are directed to SELL by PRIVATE -11 TRACT, iv i at v io e n ry , eligible FREEHOLD ESTATE, in a dry and healthy and genteel neighbourhood, about three miles front es, and 71Yseven with miles from Windsor,anddet coMpris ingdomesti a nea c t, gentle . Mansion, attachedached offices, i elLs tare.greunds, paddock, walled garden and hot.house, green :se, ash.pond, double c oach-house , and six.stalled stable, and er 7 convenience ler the comfortable residence of a family. The Lase contains a drawing-room and a dining-room, of good dimen -SZ. library, nine spacious and cheerful bed.rooms, housekeeper's s. entrance.hall, butler's pantry, large kitchen, and cellaring. 1it, 410 , an excellent FARM, let on lease, which expires 25 th "'eh next , containing 228 Acres of productive arable, meadow, Sher P a st um land, with a convenient farm-house, barns, stables, and til " er vr suitable agr icultural buildings and labourers' cottages, toga r wi th several Copyhold Cottages and Gardens. • kit ue. further particulars apply to Messrs. Adam Murray and of :i t S urveyors and Land-agents, 47, Parliament.street, London , ns cards to view the estate may be obtained. CONVEYANCING.—A SOLICITOR, of seve t,w, ral years' practice, PREPARES CONVEYANCES on the fol gmenVertns,;—Leases, 2/. Assignments, Bills of rat e ' ;'• los. ; Wills, Bonds, and Deeds in general, on equally mode atelnc,-enrni„ ,„. 8 . Purchasers of property at public auctions will find a - Alyi -;: s" 4 t) per cent., and the title thoroughly investigated, by ap- B. i t t° at the Officei, I, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. Letters for hr M. attended to. Debts recovered, free of all charges to creditor, a eooll nlssion of 10 per cent. Unexceptionable references. THE LONDON MARBLE AND STONE West. WORKINGCOMPANY, Esher-street, Holy - weft-street, Milbank, kkcjirster (est tblished 1821), are enabled, with their PATENT 814 he ; IC ERY , to execute Chimney Pieces, Monuments , Tablets , .beettra.or Furniture, and every description of such Work, with an te dueV eY ,L r !P i tity of execution, beauty and durability of Polish, and Th e i k,‘', l , cost, which cannot be obtained elsewhere. 63,1 tain - '" c are invited to inspect their extensive SHOW-ROOMS, The i l lhe largest stock in this country. or s , - ,- -(3 intIFX S . supplied with every description of Rough Slab Blocks, tio r n l , ex e ;,;.;:;e: accurate Blocks sent to the Works cut to order. . o n ~eettrate in copying the Address, to prevent impost tient, b e • - •‘ A nPany having no connexion with any other Establish ...ut that in Esher-street. a VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. TRUSTEES. Mr JAMES DUKE, Alderman M.P.. Chairman. IiIENJA MIN HAWES, Es q., Deputy Chairman. BENJAMIN BA RNA RD, Esq. .„, CHARLES BALDWIN, Es q. peculiar advantages are offered by this Company. Th.ttg br'arties assuring the lives Of others may make their imam( s seeure, w l . ,tw ithstanding the life assured may go out of the limits of Europe, 4„ t hout the necessary permission of the Directors having been pre. It obtained. li e ' l 2'_ it of half the premiums for the first five years allowed on po g3 effected for the whole term of life. i.;,.. 4 Policies of five ars' standing, hal the amount paid, after the jear's premium, ye may be borrowed thereon by the Assured. Aar t a a'so made to Assurers on real or undoubted personal AtteY'for terms of years, repayable by instalments. th. c oLion is particularly requested to the detailed Prospectuses of Nviirwhich may be obtained at the Office, 18, King larn-street, City. or by letter, addressed to the Secretary. WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary. .111131.41, and WILSON, WOOLLEN WARE -4o ND beg reectffilly to announce that their EX- 4 0N1, - : - '-` of AUTU MNAL FANCY GOODS will take place on Pr orn - ` INErr, the 2d of September. 'till f4r L h e great success of their ENGAGED STYLES in Trowser- ird gr,, -..4 last few seasons, they have been induced to produce a --v Q_nrii:Z; C , variety, and they may confidently state, from the exten ,,-- rad s .'talready on hand for America and the Connent, as well b l'ectio n ' ',nat the styles of the present season will he found, on in l°ol li - ;` ° be fully equal, if not superior, to any former year. The P 4 llre lit g been purchased some months since, B. and W..feel great i° 4 ntry.,; ° Civing their friends the advantage of old . priecs. To inkri, --I Yers they would submit that the present time is most 00,4 - "eht s a dr i? fox purchasing as a month later the new wools come into t. and the best'l;atterns will probably be gone. All Winter 4 ella re !led forward as October. The three best designs for Trou- J tbjt , 'lle Russian, the Saxony, and Prussian Doeskins. ' M Perted, several cases of rich French Velvets for dress ; : r ai s i n. s ,„ v et'Y elegant assortment of Parisian, Cashmere, and Thibet 'Oliti, -"ati ng3 ; very fine and thin Autumnal Cloths for Walking ii,.:11 1-ehoi. ition toST.e th large stock of general H Woollen Goods. , add s 2, M E ARTIN'S-LAN, CARING-CROSs. 1-1 E PATENT COMPOSITE CANDLES . ,„ e andles burn without snuffing Chandra to the light given than the ella se , "eBt Tallow Candles. The Patentees respectfully beg all pm - - Stijl to ask in the shops simply for '' Price's Patent Candles," as . 71 liosolitators have adopted the fermi "Composite." They are sold .ora, t of the respectable Tallow Chandlers throughout the King n4tld 0,., 14 „.are supplied wholesale to the trade by Edward I'rice ` , lerk e - .' , u elmont, Vauxhall, and by Palmer and Co., Sutton street, -1) k V MS'S FINE WAX CANDLES, Is. sd. per lb.; doSt e , th ey only require trial to prove them the handsomest and ,retaih;:nj'lnlcal candles in existence, that do not require snuffing. ' 4 . ---,,' Perin Candles, 2s. 2d. per lb.—Superior transparent Wax, 2s. soap. - ne Wax 2s. Best kitchen and office Candles,sld.—Ex ' Moulded Ca ' tidies, with the improved Wax Wicks, 7d.—Yellow .__, 4Gs , r alld ~ , 5 25., and 58s. per 1121bs.—Mottled, 60s. and 64s.—Wind -2.---ea,,.aun. Is. 4d. per packet.—Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d.—Rtre, ~.wltt, 4",Phor, Is.—Superior Almond, 2s. 6d.—Superfine Sealing -7.• (Id 8 '„ 611 . Per lb.—Refined Sperm Oil, 7s. Od. per gallon—Solar Oil, 'Riott,',., -, or Cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. s '" - --....Ztne (opposite New Slaughter's Coffeehouse), Charing-cross. 4 EA RTBURN, &c.—Certain and immediate ,kive h h the in Alkalineh of business, by night, or on a journey, is ObA r , ) , t Pe Pure Preparations of 81-CARBONATE of ' lr4 ee l , -- " POTASS, compressed into Pills by Brockedon's Patent Akin N ~ They furnish an ever ready and instant remedy to those hdiß w Tseases of the digestive organs, Heartburn, Sick-headache, Sold ~_?, &c , produced by Acidity. 4 , very .',llolesale b Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; and by ' ll lillatit'ist amid I;ruggist in the United Kingdom. Price One .*----- -----.2 10 -x, or in Family Boxes, Ilalf-a-Crown. PUBLIC NOTICE. 434, OXFORD-STREET. SKI PPERS, O W NER. CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS. Iti. s ?neos . f N Totr o Gratis, l . y j al I F. Agents. in der the Sh.... P °l ttronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the Kent, an 4 the Lords of the Treasury, is universally re "cltlei4ed by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing disorders gi c , l3 ° the Eyes and Head. --r RESTORED'—NERVOUS HEADACHE AND DEAFNESS e~4lt r n b Lthe Most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! e " accomplished is fraught with pleasure; many thousand rain 'limn accomplished by its use, at a trifling expense, yet k gfler" 111 , its operation. It testimonies be necessary to induce the ro 1,,,,La Make trial, Kings, Lords, and Commons have used it. ' l l . the 't reasury have sanctioned its use. Their . late Ma. 11,„ , etiti o : Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical qt4it, ) , 7 8- -With that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised Ee celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as Grim. 4 i. sh * F. " S nuff" for its efficacy in removing all diseases incident 4e! and H ead. J. Guthrie,Esq., F.R.S. See .1. B. Lach kilatinn Letter, Whitehall . Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it Ih r i ,,..l.b a e r etlslog—see his Reports touching its utility. The late ane e "., Y, with many others, recommend Gnmstone's Eye tettirmi - cad rt " Man's best Friend," and the "Student's Vade A 111, 1 ts in Brews also recommends its use a: a preventive See his t — ubrar, °v• the He states that the tenacious sympathy of the bl t , itn e , a te, within the nostrils, with the nervous system, that Grim. .2' 1 4 t,,Y e Snuff, when frequently taken, must be of the greatest 4.lhe consumer ; and, further, recommends its universal ite4. IN; 4 Preventative. Lw A a che a rna s..f Hatfiel, having witnessed many cases both of ni n , d ,.Phthalmia, has kindly given his testimony thereof. ii.,, 41 / 1 4,,'.e Many th,msand Tistimonials of Sight restored and ‘,' ll W ' rec t bY G MSTONE'S EYE SNU FE 40ely, Lhirristone t' " April 20th, 1E44. vt..• - • ilierritenk,4. feel bound by a sense of justice to inform you of ti kt or eel us cure effected on myself by taking . a few pinches of ,her gyrated Gemstone ' s Eye Snuff, hich, my case, ought itrifil e 47, called Ear Snuff,' it hiving effectually relieved me from iaAerty 'Min which I have been suffering for many years. You are lkin.,,,rnake any use you please of r his communication, since rikElr regret if the extraordinary qualities of your Eye Snuff 4.17 nown. 'Mrlto n e _ I SIM, dear Sir, your obedient servan", Le in ~,,.!_ocotland. • SI MARGARET MACGREGOR. 4alay 8 ': ll eh for the truth of the foregoing fact s and statements, talc %V 1,1 1 . 1 4. " JAMES SHUTER, Kentbury, Berks.' ''••• - lr e it7fe lte Ynolds, editor of Chambers' London Journal, &c.. &c., kiStim ki . d e?- macr uceet. iatin Bg lacafr pain s,iar' and can now write without spectacles If 4 11 44 s-roa. J. alcsa faxing the church, Park.street, Wiedsor; cured 1 1. L a s ' sight and head lie th S i'emher M S : , and /311. - Itch ael‘ Opht halmia . Whitehall and ii.Obseitlittnse Tavern LL u regis ?e f tter t SSandlsl2. nnly e el Mtion—W. e GRI5IS LONE is the sole inventor, ti 4 O4O genuine is prepared by him. itWZ,Qus Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in h et.. W,y i k i Sitila. id., 4:. 4d., Ss., and 15s. 6d. each . ,.by the Alu % d °TtiNE, at Wm 434, Oaford-street, 1 otten illeit th e 4 : end ( late of No. :9, Broad-straet, Bloomsbury), ite ; and can also be obtained in . all the Cv, and Cities. A liberal allowance to Shippers . 4 , and all Vendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. Thi 4 11, 11 g 1 qualit: every to all ouarters of the globe, and retains ._ a ° nest Les m every climate All Snuffs and Cigars shipped quantit niThee. 4ko„i .." 11 be forwarded throukh the General Post, by 4 1 . ou ris ad e ers. A 2s. 4d. canister, with postage, will cost ay. ikraz - _ THE SUN u published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O ' CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Puilislted ix Time fur the AFTERNOON TRAINS mu d a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARI and a ll other NEWS in LONDON up io that flour, - INVENTORS awl other GENTLEMEN in the JL possession of INTERESTING MODELS or WORKS of ART, who intend to deposit them at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI TUTION, are respectfully requested to forward them on or before tite 31st in;t:, in order that they may be inserted in the REVISED CATALOGUE. All such works are received gratuitously, and the depositor has free admission to the Institution. Working Models are Pay Explained, and, where the subject admits, are described in a r.nture. It. J. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary. N.B. The Institution is open Daily, as usual. FRANCE AND MOROCCO. (From the Times.) tations: of John Bull himself? John] Bull has fleets; knows he has ; sees he has ; but of what value are fleets if merely to watch in silent awe or scorn the work of enemies ? It would be exhilarat ing to learn what old Commodore Owen is parposing, now he sees this next step at Mo adore. A wonder is, how he restrain e d the blood of his British tars from rising before this. And a miracle it will be if lieute nants, captains, and even cockswains of her Majesty's naval service are to h e kept idle as they are left, from some direct act of i mpeac h a bl e i mpetuos i ty. I t i s , high time to demand . from M. Guiaot the terminus of Morocco nndortalflozs- For this country, It has nothing to inquire about Abd-el-Fader—whether the war is only to end by chasing him from even the bare possibility of aggression on Algeria, or whe ther it end where it commenced, leaving the Lrnir unsultjugated. That is th e b us i nss of France. But England has to see that in the martial race after Abd-el-Bader, her commerce is not affected, her political alliance not touched—the Moroceu realm net pies - ent4 from t:emaiaing intact, All that England is to see is, that her path over the Mediterranean is free; that she retains, as she was accustomed to hold, the command, for the passing to and fro of her ships, the outlets and outportl which connect it with the ocean. The envy and jealousy of France at the strong position of Britain in that sea, so far from exciting surprise, is simply nrtural and most likely, But England is not to relincitto_h her powu in that w iquakr because envies it by t'ratiOrSbe44lfitty SiQuacti , geodr solid,--Briti sh characteristies prise, industry, courage, dauntless perseverance, a free and lion spirit ; and she shall keep it, let the naval grm4rr i ent; of France aspife to what they may — let pseudo-democracy in France growl till the bull dog ire of her five hundred years' rival be fairly up. Let England's cannon roll from the neighbourhood of Ilovaki ore till its reverberations be caught up by the Orilfi!altar roa, and where the puny thunders a the Suffren, La Belle roule, the Jemappes ?—let echo answer where. But war is not a tiling to wish for, if It pan he decently averted. It is not to be denied, however, that a suspicious indication of the necessity or inevitability of it is given by this n@w 000upation on the French pant; an in an4lety it is awaited to see what events op England's part will arise Asa coun terbalance, or at least as an admonition to French am bition, that thus far shall it go, but not farther, wool ; this duty has since been increased until the money duty amounts to 35f. on unwashed, and 55f. on washed wool, and has become very burdensome to European commerce. The export of oorn is totally prohibited, and whole p rov i nces pro d uc i ng enoug h to load a whole fleet are reduced to the most abject poverty. The Sultan finding that, notwithstanding this excessive in crease of duty, th e p ro d uce allowed to be exported was still purchased, and that the purchasers continued to gain a profit upon it, he determined to appropriate to himself a portion even of this gain.. The merchants of Mogadore, in order to meet these heavy charges upon their exports, were obliged to augment the prices of the merchandise they imported from Europe. Now the im- port duties amount to only 10 per- cent.—the Sultan could not take more upon tilts goods to be consumed by his own subjects, becauso their poverty would prevent them from purchasing if the prices were raised too high. But there must be added to the 10 per cent. the regalos, or particular claims of the Pacha and the chief officers of the customs, and also the perpetual frauds committed in taking the weights and measures. To prevent the decay of the commerce of Mogadore, Abderrahman con ceived the idea of granting credit for the customs duties to Moorish and Jewish merchants, and to one or two European houses. This gave birth to a crowd of small dealers without oapital, who went keadlong into specu lations, and the trade of Mogadore lost all its solidity, and the Sultan runs the risk of losing several millions as soon as it is stopped by the war." The violence and rapidity with which the succes sive operations of the French force:: engaged in the war with Morocco are carried :on, have at least the advantage that they strengthen our hopes of a speedy termination of this dangerous and embarrassing state of hostilities on the confines of Europe. It was a favourite argument of the organs of the Qpposition, who have attributed to France the formal design of subjugating the empire of Morocco, that the war was to he protracted by every imaginable artifice, and the Moors menaced by the slow and staady prones.-4 of the French armies, tending not only to the defeat of their troop; but to the conquest of their territory. It must, however, now he confessed, that if any arti fices have been used for the purp(ses of delay ; they have not been adopted by the French. Marshal Bogeaud has fought a pitched battle against an army at least three times as numerous as his own ; and the Prince de Joinville has proceeded with the utmost rapidity to destroy the principal mercantile port of the empire. We trust that an interval may now inter vene, during which the effect of these operations on the Sultan A.bderacimm may be discovered. The French Government continue to demand the very same terms, and no others, which they pro posed before the war began, namely, the disso lution of the large bodies of troops collected on the borders of the province of Oran, 4.nd thp f;g4:: sation of thosesupplies and . that. shelter in the fefi:if' tory of Morocco which have so long enabled Abd-el";'' Rader to carry on a harassing system of warfare along the confines of the Desert, The strongest as surances have been, and are still given, that the conces sion of these points by a formal treaty will at once restore to France that security whtch is all she claims, or has any right to claim : and will terminate the war. 'TATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUIt - ANTE SOCIETY, 16, CORNIfILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. limpowered by Act of Parliament. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last anaual investigation, to declare a second Bonus, averaging 60 par cent. on the amounts invested on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. SUBMARINE OPERATION -461 " - V irv-114 V 1i ; Or- 4gk4 0 4. 11 - MITI- All, These have been proceeding with great vigour under the able and zealous superintendence of Lieu tenant Barlow, the executive_ engineer. The great mass of timber imbedded in mud, composing the centre of the hull of the Edgar ' which was discovered on the 23d of May, and which from an accurate sure vey taken by that officer stood 13 feet higher than the general level of the bottom, has been lowered ten feet by the continual removal of pieces, which have either been loosened or fractured when necessary by , frequent small explosions. The quantity of gunpow der expended in this manner, from the commencement of the season to Saturday, the 17th instant, inclusive, was more than 3,900 lbs. Amongst the large masses of wreck recovered, the greater part of which has been piled either on the watering island in the dock yard behind the rigging -house, or on the island in the harbour, near Clarence victualling-yard, 40} feet in length of the keel has been sent up. Thirteen more guns have been recovered since our last notice of these operations, of which nine were sent up in one week, from the Bth to the 13th of July. The first of these guns was discovered by sweeping, and the others found not far from it, at the distance of from twenty to twenty-five fathoms nearly north-east of the two lighters then moored over the hull. Of these guns Corporal Jones sent up four, viz., one 32-pounder, two 18-pounders, and one 12-pounder. Lance-Cor poral Girvan sent up one 32-pounder, and one 6-pounder ; and Private Herbert, of the East India Company's Sappers and Miners, sent up two 18-pounders, and a very large fragment of a 24 pounder, wanting only three feet near the muzzle of its total length. On the 10th instant, the volunteer seamen of the Excellent, who had been practising diving for two months at Spithead, taking it.in their turns for one day at a time, ceased to be employed, and afterwards returned to their ship with a certificate from Major- General Pasley, chiefly in consequence of the favour able report of Lieutenant Barlow, but also partly from his own occasional observation, not only of their being well qualified as divers, and of their zeal and diligence as workmen, but also of their regularity and good conduct when off duty, and of the friendly ' manner in which they had behaved to the sappers and miners, riggers, and pensioners, and others employed in the same service. In this satisfactory communica tion, addressed to Sir Thomas Hasti ngs , th e i r com manding officer, the fact of one of their number, Quartermaster Germain, who took the place of one of the constant military divers when ill, having on that occasion sent up a piece of' the keel of the Edgar, was noticed. Lieutenant Fairholme, R.N., an officer of the Excellent, also had authority from his com manding officer to remain at Spithead one week with Lieutenant Barlow, with the laudable view of learn ing the art of diving, as well as the use of the voltaic battery for submarine explosions, &c., and went re peatedly to the bottom, as Lieutenant Barlow had also done. On one occasion LieUtenant Fairholme met with one of the •regular; divers at the bottom, and from want of experience went round him before he returned to his own ladder, in consequence of which his breast or signal line became entangled with this man's, and on being hauled up his feet were upper most. This accident, which only caused him a tem porary headache, was another confirmation of the su periority of Mr. Liebe's improved diving apparatus. Had the same thing happened with the original diving apparatus of Deane's pattern, in which the helmet is open at bottom, this valuable officer must inevitably have been drowned. An accident had previously occurred on the 12th of June, by an air-pipe separat ing from the pump on deck, whilst one of the volun teer seamen divers was at the bottom; but no injury was done to the individual in consequence, as the safety valves with which that and all the other helmets had been fitted by General Pasley's directions, and which at the time were all in perfect order, prevented the air from escaping, and the man was drawn up perfectly unconscious that anything was amiss. The same accident happened to Lance-Corporal Girvan, lon the 27th of July, whose air-pipe on deck separated from the pump, on which, being fully aware that something had gone wrong, he made the signal, and was drawn up sensible, but much injured, especially about the throat and head, as the air rushed violently out of his helmet, in the same manner as if no safety valve had been attached to it. General Pasley, on receiving the report of this accident—the third that happened in the course of three seasons from the same cause—was very much grieved, and at the same time surprised. The first two accidents alluded to were easily accounted for, as the helmets of the divers had not been all provided with safety-valves at that time. But this last accident at first appeared in some mea sure unaccountable, fur no report of the state of the helmet had been made in announcing it. But as soon as the helmet was carefully examined, the cause became apparent. Owing to the safety-valve not having been taken to pieces since the commencement of the sea son, it had become clogged with verdigris, so that it could not shut properly, and a great portion of the air was enabled to escape inconsequence. Girvan was imme diately- sent to Hasler Hospital, and, under the excellent advice and treatment there, is rapidly recovering, his general health fortunately . not having been injured, and his eyes only remaining weak and bloodshot. After this accident, Lieut. Barlow had the safety valves of all the helmets taken to pieces and cleaned, and this practice, which has thus been proved to be indispensable, will be repeated once a-week for the future. Before this occurred, even the divers them selves placed such confidence in these valves, that they were not aware of the necessity of overhauling them. Another accident, but of a less serious nature, after wards occurred to Private Sticklen. After having done his work at the bottom, whilst being hauled up by signal to the lighter whence he had descended, his helmet struck against a pig of ballast attached to a diver's rope-ladder hanging over the side, which broke one of his three glass eyes, so that the water rushing in filled his dress and rose nearly to the top of his helmet ; but, as this occurred near the surface, he sustained no injury or inconvenience, except swallow ing some salt water. Besides the volunteers of the Excellent, three vo lunteer seamen of her Majesty's ship Collingwood, now at anchor at Spithead, and carrying the flags of Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, were instructed in the art of diving under Lieutenant Barlow, and the system followed was personally inspected and ap proved by the Admiral himself, whose ship is provided with a complete diving apparatus. The air-pumps had always been examined and cleaned; the necessity of which, if neglected, constantly forces itself upon the attention of the divers and their assistants, but the state of the safety-valves, unless periodically exa mined, could only be known by an accident. The operations at Spithead were much impeded and retarded by such very violent gales of wind in the early part of the month of' August, that the divers were prevented from working from time to time.' The Success frigate, in which 'they were quar tered, rolled and pitched violently. The Drake sail ing lighter was obliged to take refuge in Portsmouth harbour, and the operation of sweeping for guns and wreck, which was carried on at all times when prac ticable, by Major-General Pasley's orders, was necessarily suspended ; but on the 23 d of August when he again visited Spithead, he was pleased to find that an 18-pounder had been sent up tha t morn, s e epbging by private Sap pers an at the distance of about 15 fathom s to the north-east of the lighter. Next day, when he repeated his visit, a dS Miners,ticit' Sticklers, which of th was Eas t discovered India large floor-timber, broken by some of the previous which Jones, he who sentaf t u e r• b es ides staves of casks, &c., 91 shot of various sizes, explosions, i o tookns , w d a o s wn sent a ul large b g y e crate,CorPo Corporal ' chiefly 32-pounders, lying over a mass of shingle; for The bombardment of Mogadore is one of the leading operations of the maritime campaign, which was foreseen and projected from the moment that hostilities became inevitable ; and in this respect it is less calculated to call forth our animadversion than the attack on Tangiers. Indeed, although no very detailed account can yet have reached us of the pre cise mode of operations adopted against this place by the French squadron, we are enabled to form a toler able conjecture as to the nature of the attack, by our knowledge of the preparations made by the order of the French Government for this very purpose. The port of Mogadore is known to be too shallow to admit of the close approach of ships of the line within such a distance as to effect the destruction of the fortifica tions. With a view to this circumstance some light vessels, called brie canonieres, carrying four guns, were prepared some time ago in one of the principal French arsenal:., ar;d ordered topin the squadron. These gun boats were to be placed undeethe comPl4nd of an officer well known for his services on the coast of Africa, the late Governor of Senegal, who probably supplied the French Government with the requisite information as to the state of the harbour of Mogadore. If these facts are accurate, as we believe they will turn out to be, it is probable that the bombardment was com menced by the gunboats, and that under the shelter of their fire a landing was effected on an island situated at the mouth of the harbour, from which it became practicable to bring a heavier battering train to bear upon the city. The nature of this mode of attack will also explain the very considerable loss of men which Appears to have attended the action. We must, however, wait for further particulars before the accuracy of this supposition can be ascertained. Several circumstances connected with Mogadore and our own relations with the Empire of Morocco tend to heighten the anxiety with which we await the arrival of further intelligence. That port is by far the most important place of trade in the empire, and we might almost add on the whole coast of Africa, for since the French occupation of Algeria the cara vans from the interior of the country, as well as the merchants of Morocco, are principally supplied with British commodities through Mogadore. The total and fierce devastation of such a city—not only of the fortifications, but of the city ; the occupation of an island in the harbour, in which a French garrison has been placed ; the establishment of a blockade; and the possible, if not probable, destruction of British property by the bombardment, are events which can hardly fail to increase the danger which already beset, to no small amount, the maintenance of our pacific relations with France ; and, although we refrain from expressing a peremptory opinion on a case which is only certainly known to us at present through the imperfect medium of a telegraphic dis patch, there is certainly enough known already to call forth the utmost vigilance on the part of the Queen of England's Government. As it is, however, most important not to allow this reasonable anxiety to degenerate into excessive apprehension, it is well to bear in mind the analogy which certainly exists between these operations of the French and our own recent proceedings in the war with China. We assume that the object of the two Governments in both wars was the same, namely, not the acquisition of territory, but to compel a bar barous Court, ill acquainted with the real strength of the enemy it affected to defy, to accede to certain conditions calculated to give peace and security to the future relations of the two countries • to this we added, which the French do not on this occasion, a' specific claim of indemnity, and the occupation of an island. The mode of enforcing compliance with these demands of ours was by attacks or contributions levied on the maritime towns, and eventually be the invasion of the principal river of the empire. With some allowances for circumstances peculiar to China, and for the interest other European States have in Morocco, the cases are not so dissimilar as to allow us to express any very lively surprise or irritation at a conduct on the part of France so like that which we should probably have held under similar circum stances. Most earnestly do we hope that this parallel will not end in the work of violence and the opera tions of war; that the same liberal and temperate spirit which dictated the conditions of the British treaty with China will prevail in the future adjust ment of the quarrel between France and Morocco ; and that the Sovereign of that country may not be driven by his own obstinacy or other causes to pro long this disastrous and unequal contest. In the meantime, the next few days will probably clear up the facts, and determine the course of policy, both with regard to Morocco and Otaheite, on which the peace of the world depends ; and we have reason to believe that, if the balance drops to the side of war, the present French Ministry will retire from the direction of the Government, overpowered not by the Opposition, but by a crisis in affairs they have anxiously laboured to avert. THE NON-IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. The passing of such a remarkable Bill Has furnished a subyct for many a quill some regard such an Act as a national boon, Which is certain to bring about good, very soon; And others are quite disappointed P. learn, '1 hat the statute for debtors has taken this turn. With regard to ourselves, we shall never egret, For, to tell you the truth, we are deeply in debt; Yes, yes, an amount most enormous we owe And, but for this Act, we to prison must go. In fact, we can scarcely tell what would be done With mighty in olvents like MOSES and SON. The reader, no doubt, w.ll be struck when he hears That MOSES and SoN are so much in arrears. But let us explain. The amount that we owe Has nothing to do with our capital no. 'Tis " gratitude's debt" which we thus have contracted, Through the liberal manner the public have acted. A vast " debt of thanks" is the " debt" that we owe, For favours which millions of patrons bestow. Anil this is a " debt" which we never can pay— But mark ! 'We will do all we can to deftly. And if this is effected, whet more can be done, By honest insolvents like MOSES and SON? For the convenience of parties residing from town, on application, directions for self-measurement will be forwarded post free. READY MADE. s. d. Shooting Coats in every variety.,..... 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No wonder they did. This is the matter which makes a call—a fresh and imperative one—upon the attention of this country. The Morocco question may now be said to have assumed an aspect in which everything like the solid interests of Great Britain in the Medi terranean must take alarm. It will be inadmissible to argue that by the formal occupation of a certain portion of Morocco territory, France has only done that which, under the circumstances, was natural and proper for her to do. It will be senseless to assume that occupy where she conquers she must, if it were only for the sake of bringing the differences between herself and Abderrahman to a termination. When a post is occupied by an enemy, when is it to be relin quished ? The end of war may not be the surrender of parts of soil taken in war. A reason may be found for retention, precisely as well as for a first annexation. France may de mand the securities of an undisturbed peace ; and just as easily as she has taken the island off Moga dore, may insist upon the necessity of its remaining hers. Under these facts, what is England to do ? It has been said, touch Morocco, the merest point of it, to the effect of occupation, and the amicable relations between France and England are at an end. Now France has touched the 'Morocco territory. She has raised her banner on a portion of it. She has taken possession of a port on the coast mostimportant— most imminent to British interests. This is the limit the question has reached to-day. Now, what step is England to take in it? What course does Lord Aberdeen propose for himself? Remain passive ; wait, still; we suppose. But remain passive —wait on still idle spectators, for what ? Does Lord Aber deen know ? Can he tell this country, for what pur pose ? That France may extend the line of her occupation. That M. 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N.B. .N o busineis transacted at this Establishment from sunset on Friday till sunset on Saturday, when business i s s resumed till twelve 'clock. Cashiers wanted. No premium required. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT THE ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH.—During the last few days the authorities at the Royal Arsenal, at Woolwich, have discovered that an extensive system of plunder has been carried on in that stab!ishmen t. It is known that nineteen brass guns, o the average weight of about 22 cwt., and of considerable value, have been abstracted from the works, and under such circumstances as will, in all probability, involve a great number of persons connected with that extensive military establishment. On Wednesday last Sir J. Vt ebb, K.C.8., and Captain Fead, R.N., two of the county ma gistrates, sat for the purpose of inquiring into the cir cumstances, when, after a long deliberation, they re ferred the matter to Mr. J. Watts, the High Constable of Woolwich, and Samuel Watts, a most indefatigable parochial officer. We understand that the police have in their custody two iniividitals in reference to this matter. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED i n A L L THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION,' at ONE CHARGE, no other sort of ballast was then used at the time when the Edgar was fitted out. It now seemed almost cer nbtaneintroetnthhiaoetvgtehduentsiwiiuhsole of th e rema i n i ng woo d wor k wou ld t season e l a 32-pounder, h o 2e n - p; evening u b n u d t doubts er of that e discoveredr day, a 3 ent ertained ,b,y when, at the last slack tid n e sweep ing, was sent up by private Herbert, of the East India Company's service. Thi s gun was found at the dis tance of about 80 fathoms to the northward of the position of the hull of the wreck, over which the lighters are moored, and only twenty fathoms south of the Success frigate hulk, and, as other guns had previously been found twenty fathoms south of the lighters, it follows that the explosion of the magazines of the Edgar had scattered the of that ill-fated vessel to the distance of 100 fathoms from each other. The cause of this explosion is as much a secret as the so-called invisible shell by which Captain Warner recently destro-ed the John o'Gaunt off Brighton; but the fact of the Edgar's guns being thrown to such unexpected distances by the force of gunpowder, which is not to be despised, renders it possible, that by extending the sphere of action of the boats employed in sweeping, most, if not all of the missing guns, may be discovered in the course of the season. The number of those now re maining at the bottom is nineteen whole guns, and three small fragments of guns broken to pieces by the explosion of the ma azines ; ,rertainly not by any of t9CiabnAllit r_tbieutenann3arlow, to separate ; the parts of the reek. The removal of the lighters from their moorings being exceedingly troublesome and inconvenient, they have remained in the same position over the hull of the Edgar ever since it was discovered, whilst a launch has been de tached to a distance with a diving apparatus to search for guns, which, if found, are got up by means of the masthead tackle of the Drake sailing lighter. In sweeping for guns and wreck a great number of sinkers, or large stones, by which the wreck buoys were moored, have been discovered, and sent up from time to time by the divers, at considerable distances from each other, and even from the wreck ; for one of them, with a chain and the skeleton of a buoy attached to it, was found at the distance of 50 fathoms to the north-east of the spot where the remains of the hull—that part of the wreck which was most dangerous to ships' anchors—were situated. A number of small anchors has also been sent up by the divers, probably belonging to fishing• boats that have become entangled from time to time in the remains of the Edgar, owing to the inaccurate position of the wreck buoys. The Edgar must have sunk with her head to the eastward; because her rud der, which is now on board the Success, nearly per fect, was found to the westward of the wreck of the hull. In former years it had been proved that divers could make each other hear at the bottom, by speak ing very loud ; but not so as to hold a conversation conveniently. This year, it was found that writing might be distinctly read at the bottom ; for a mes sage on a piece of parchment, sent down by Lieute nant Barlow on deck to Lieutenant Fairholme, below was read, and an appropriate reply in writing on the same piece of parchment was sent up by the latter, who was provided with a pencil. It was found, after wards, that very small print may be read distinctly at the bottom, but pencil-marks, made on common paper or on a card, become obliterated. EXAMPLES. 1 o Y. a. tell 2 5 ta‘.4 ~ ' '' 1 Bonus Banns in ''' n 41 0.1 " i Premium. !ii i added. Caah. . I *'& ' g 01 0 P 0: ; 4:gg • ..0- 0 a -I-- ~i Xs. d. l , £ s. cl. Xs.d.Ae. d. .0 6. ds 1 11837 170 9 3 77 b 1 12 3 9 346 I 3 60;1000 74 3 4 1833 144 2 2 64 5 6 916 4 296 13 4 1 1839 116 16 0 51 511 711 9 247 4 5 The division of profits is anneal, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. This institution offers many important and sibstaatial advan tage, with respect botk to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of tke premium paid, (see table); also the option of selecting benetts, end the conversion of his interests to rneet other conveniences or necessity: ALl:trances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FEILGUSON CAMROItIX, See. LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITIES. The following are Specimens of the LOW RATEiI Gf PRE MIUM charged by the AUSTRALASIAN COLONIAL At4D GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY. Age .. • . 1 1 20 MOGADORE. We extract the following description from the De buts : " Mogadore is comparatively a new town, having been founded by the Sultan Muley Mohammed in 1760, in order to have a port at the nearest point from Morocco, from which city it is distant about forty-eight leagues. Saffi, or Asfi, is the chief town of the province, only thirty-eight leagues from Morocco, seated in a hay, but has be,n abandoned as a port on account of its inconve nience and insecurity, from its being open to the westerly gales. The population of Mogadore may be estimated at about 12,000, of which 1,300 are Jews, and not more than 15 or 20 Europeans. It is the most commercial port of the empire, and returns a customs revenue of nearly 1,000,000 t. Saffi produces only between 50,000 f. and 60,000 f., and the twin towns of Rabat and Salee, whose united population amounts to 52,000 souls, and are next in commercial importance to Mogadore, pro duce no more than 380,000. The town is called Souerah by the Moroccomen, it being to the island alone that they give the name of Mogadore, after a saint called Sidi' Mogodoul, whose tomb Is to be seen cn the coast opposite Souerah, and, with its chapel, is an terior to the foundotion of the town. On the island alone, _w hich is two English miles in eircumfe ranee, there was formerly a small fort built by the Portuguese, of whom memorials are to be found all along the coast from Tangiers to the country of Sous-el-Acsa, opposite the Canary Islands. The con struction of the town of Mogadore must have been at tended with great difficulties, particularly the south-west rampart, facing the island, which is raised on several I rocks, against which the sea breaks with great violence, I and which are united by two curtained works. The whole of the north wall, against which the sea also beats with equal violence, could not have been erected without much labour and skill beyond the science and strength of the natiyes. The plan was laid down by European e c titineers, :ilia among them by a Frenchman named Cor nut. Masons and other artisans were brought from Europe, and some Frenchmen who had been made slaves were also employed as labourers. Cornut served the King of Morocco for ten years, but was so badly re warded, that he came back to rance as poor as when he left it. Muley Mohammed transferred to Mogadore the inhabitants of Agadir (Santa Cruz), and forced the richest Moors to come in from the surrounding provinces and build houses. European merchants were encou raged to come and settle there by being offered facilities for trading. and thus the new town was not only built but peopled within the space of ten or twelve years. But in a few years more the heavy taxes and duties and rigid prohibitions paralysed the course of trade, and drove three-fourths of the merchants away, and the popula tion, which had amounted to 25,000, has gradually dwindled to less than one-half. The site of Mogadore presents at a distance that picturesque aspect which gained it the name of Souerah, which means a picture. The minarets, which rise to a great height above the ramparts bristling with cannon ' certainly present from afar an interesting and bea u tif u l sight ; but the interior of the town does not reali se thi s p rom ise, a lthough its s t re ets are regular, a n d i t h as some very fi ne b u ildings. The port is formed by th e i s l an d, on t h e eas tern side of w hich the trading vesse l s are moored, s h e l tere d from the west and north wi n d s, b ut expose d to those from t h e south-west, whi c h f requently blow w i t h grea t forc e , and cause severe losses. On the island are four batte ries of masonry, and the most considerable portion of the fortifications can play upon the island and the moor ing place with good effect, being at only about 1,500 yards distance, It would be impossible to occupy the port, without having previously ruined all the defences which thus protect it. Mogadore has never before been bombarded by a European squadron, but has been twice besieged on the land side. It was gained possession of by the Chellous and Arabs after the death of Muly Mo hammed, during a war for the succession to the throne at the end of the short reign of Yezid. From 3,000 to 4,000 assailants got into the Cabash by scaling the walls in the night, but the next day they were driven out again by the garrison and the inhabitants with great loss, and the re bel army was compelled to raise the siege. During the flourishing times of the commerce of Mogadore, it ex ported to Lisbon, Cadiz, Marseilles, Gibraltar, and even to New York, large quantities of corn and wool, gum, al monds, olive oil, figs, wax, leather, goat-skins, aniseed, orange-peel, and many medicinal drugs ; and to the coast of Guinea were shipped haiks, small mantles of whole wool, and other light articles in woollen and cotton, and other manufactures of the country used by the blacks. The imports consisted of bar iron, steel, cutlery, and hardware of all kinds, cl ot h s, cottonades, silk handker lac therees , were looki chiefs, ornaments of gold an d s i lver, pearl, amber and coral time nec k glasses, sug a r, and spi ces . At that Christian houses of commerce es t a blished in the town, f orm i ng a small colony of about 100 Europeans. The S u l tans o f M orocco, i n sp i te o f their avarice and its gratification from the money the cus toms duties brought i nto their treasury, are secretly enemies to commerce, not only from their religion, but from policy. In order to deprive their subjects of the means of rebellion, they keep them poor, because rebel lion cannot be excited and maintained without money, and an army cannot be kept long together in that coun try without pay and the hope of plunder. A Govern ment has little to fear from a people divided into diffe rent races, where ao man is rich or powerful enough to form a party. But the free exportation of corn and wool with which the country abounds, and all extensive commerce with Europe and America might create large fortunes, and give to families , and es en t o t owns , suffi cient influence and strength to cause umbrage to a Go vernment ever jealous and alarmed. The Emperor Muley Soliman, the predecessor of the present Emperor, deeply impressed with these ideas, began to bring them into action by closing the gates of Rabat, Amazor, Dar Beida, Mazaean, Saffi, and Santa C ruz, order i ng the foreign merchants who resided there to r emove t o Mo gadore, with promises of protection and favour. Some time after he prohibited the exportation of wool, wheat, and oil, and laid enormously heavy export duties on other articles. The people of the town murmured, those of the country threatened revolt—the Government re presented it to be a sin to carry on commerce with in fidels. The present Sultan, without making any funda mental change in this system,the necessity of giving some protection to co mmerce in felt order to restore hi s trea sury. Having been fo r a long time Pacha of M oga d ore before his accession, he h a d gained some insight into commercial affairs, an d as far as a Mus su l man can, ac quired some notions of civilisation. He at least compre hended hew c l ose ly it was connected with his own pecu niary interests, without troubling his mind about tho s e of his subjects, and in t he end transformed the adminis tration of the empire into one great undertaking for his own personal profit. His predecessor h a d treated all commerce with Christians as scandalous and impious, being denounced by the Koran. A bderrahman, to recruit his treasury, conceived an ingenious, device for meeting the prohibitions of the law of the I rophet, and contrived the devotees and teachersof to gain the assent of the doctrines of Islamism to the following sophistry :—The law forbids us to sell to infidels any food or clothing, but the law commands us to make war upon them, and for this we must have gunpowder ; there fore, by exacting from them a contribution of gunpowder for each sale we make t o t h em, we turn commerce to the maintenance and advantage Hof the true faith. This being admitted as unanswer able logic, gunpowder, the manufacture of which in Morocco is very inferior, was received from the hands of the Christians by the chief of the true believers, on pay ' ment of export duties. At first, one pound of powder and 15f. was imposed upon the export of each quintal of SOUTHAMPTON THEATRE. SATURDAY, Auc. 24.—The play-goers have this week had a great treat in the engagement of Mr. Webster, lessee of the Haymarket, and Madlle. Celeste, for four nights. The engagement commenced on Monday last, when the pieces forming the bill of fare, were St. Mary's Eve, a domestic drama, of an interesting plot, and a well written dialogue ; the Woman Hater ; and the Trum peter's Daughter. In the first piece Mademoiselle Celeste performed the part of Madeline, a French girl. Her pretty foreign accent suited the character well, and her acting in the more serious portions of the piece was no less feeling and impassioned than it was piquant and agreeable in the lighter and comic situations. The effect on the audience fully bears out this remark, for we ob served the sympathy of many of the fair sex excited even to tears. It was a beautiful and touchin g performance. The Woman Hater followed, in which both Celeste and Webster appeared. This is a very slight interlude with nothing but the good acting of the two " stars" to make it attractive. The pith of it consisted merely in the reformation of the Woman Hater's misanthropic ten dency by the irresistible effect of the charms of Madlle. Celeste,.as Leila.—The Trumpeter's Daughter is a lively and amusing farce from the pen of that prolific author, Mr. Coyne, written to introduce the Polha, which was danced by Mr. Webster and Celeste in a very graceful style. This was loudly and unanimously encored. The house was crowded. On Wednesday night the pieces were Victor and Hor tense, the Trumpeter's Daughter, and St. Mary's Eve. The plot of the first piece was interesting and gave full scope for the abilities of both Madlle. Celeste and Mr. Webster, who played the two principal characters. On Thursday the first piece was a lively and well got up farce, which was very popular at the Haymarket two or three seasons back—The Pretty Girls of Stilberg. A number of Cadets, headed by Ernest (Mr. Webster), who in the part gives an extraordinary personation of the Emperor Napoleon, play trick upon the village girls, of whom Margot (Madlle. Celeste) is the chief. They discover the plot and revenge themselves by adopt ing the uniform of Prussian troops and surprising the Cadets, in a slumber into which they fall after a riotous jollification, and make them prisoners. This scene was excellently got up. The dresses, arms, and accoutrements of the fair campaigners were complete, and they were put through their exercise by Mademoiselle Celeste in a very clever manner. This was loudly and deservedly applauded. Mr. Webster looked the fac-simile of Napo leon, and his personation of the Great Captain excited the greatest admiration. Last night Mr. Webster and Madlle. Celeste made their last appearance, and took their benefit, when the house was well filled. The pieces were Maria Ducange, The Pretty Girls of Slithery, and the Trumpeter's Daughter. This engagement has given great satisfaction. They opened at Ryde, Isle of Wight, last evening (Tuesday) to a most fashionable audience and are re engaged for four nights in the ensuing week here. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—Between Hol born and Oxford-street the line of the new street is in a state of considerable forwardness. The vaults for the houses on either side of the way are completed, and the width of the thoroughfare is now marked out ; through the whole distance a sewer about fifteen feet below the surface is being formed, and is nearly half completed. When the whole length is finished (which is now ex pected to be in the course of three or four weeks), there will be a direct communication between Holborn and Oxford-street, for foot passengers. Many now take this course, avoiding the circuitous way by St. Giles's Church. While digging the ground for the vault on the site which was formerly the area of the Rookery the workmen met with some curious remains. Outside the walls, where stood the hospital for lepers, was found the root of a vine, which is stated to have been celebrated for its fruit, and which was in good condition. Several pieces of marble slabs were also taken out of the ruins of the above hospital, as also a marble slab with the follow ing inscription on it:—" Buckeridge-street, 1688." It is not generally known that this Street was built shortly after the fire of London, and out of some of the materials, which were publicly sold after that disastrous calamity. A quantity of wood excavated here (some of which is oak) was discovered to be in a charred state. Several of the above articles are in the possession of the landlord of the Buckeridge Arms, which is the only house re maining of that neighbourhood. DEATH OF SIR CHARLES WATSON.—We have to record the death of the above venerable Baronet, who died on Monday last at Wratting Park, Cambridgeshire, at the advanced age of 93 years, having been born in 1751. He was eldest son of Admiral Charles Watson, the gallant naval officer, who so ably distinguishe i c i l hsit self in the action of the 3 d of May , I747, e and •? u rendered to his country, Geo r g e 11. conferred a baronetcy s seq tat n io e n n . tly ln he c l o d ns t i h d e era n t a i v o a n l on him, but before the pat ent of the creation was com pleted he died, and that di g nit y was eventually conferred o c i. om th m e an g d re o a f t s t e h rvic E e a s w s he di shadn daughter of the lat e S ir Joshua Co p le y , b y whom he leaves issue the .p re sent Baronet, Mr. Ch ar l es and six daughters. Sir Charles W. Wager Watson, a on late h i 3 s 3ar son, o n e t the married, deceased, n then in Misshis ninth Juliana )•ea r Copley,. 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EXPLOSION of an ENGINE BOILER Another of those terrific explosions which have of late disgraced this locality took place on Sunday night last at the colliery known by the name of the Deep Pit, and in the occupation of the Sheffield Coal Com pany. This pit is situate about two miles from the town, on the right side of the road to Eckington, and is one of those from which the colliers turned out a few months since. A number of the old hands in tended to go to work again at this pit, and it appears that a number of others were determined to. pre vent it. It is supposed, therefore, that to carry this determination into effect, the destruction of the boiler and steam-engine was accord ingly resolved on. The pit was guar d ed by an old watchman, named *William Prince, who, on the night of the explosion, evidently thought that the better part of valour was discretion, for on seeing some men pass the hut in which he was watching. about •a quarter before eleven o'clock on Sunday night, he remained perfectly quiet till the explosion was over, and the incendiaries had decamped. The boiler, which stands about three feet from the ground and 30 yards from the pit mouth, was raised on brick work, the base of the erection being about three feet in thickness, gradually diminishing in an upward direction, till the upper part of it formed a cap of only one brick thick. This brickwork was about 60 feet . in circumference at the base, and with the boiler would consequently be about seven yards in diameter, presenting a degree of solidity that no ordinary power could shake. The explosion was heard many miles off, in the direction of Eckington, the %% nd at the time being in the west. On this occa sion the chief movers in the act have been caught in their own trap; for, not being aware that the embers under the boiler where then smouldering, they intro duced the cask of gunpowder, and by some means it ignited while they were close to the door of the flue. The effect on one misguided man named Bolden was terrific. He reached the door of his sister, who keeps the Norfolk Arms at the Manor, about twelve o'clock, and who but from his voice and dress would not . have known him. His face and hands presented a spectacle truly pitiable to behold. The face was like one large black cinder, the hair entirely singed from off the head, and the eyes, though not. lost, : fearfully swollen and burnt round the lids. Both hands were in a similar state, and the left side was also much injured. how he got to his sister's house, is a mystery; but the probability is, that some of his less injured companions assisted him to the door, and then left him, that they themselves might not be recognised. Surgical assistance was obtained as speedily as possible, and every means adopted to relieve his sufferings, which must have been excru ciating. On being let into the house, he merely , observed that he was dying, and immediately after wards became almost speechless, only articulating at times something that could not be understood. Information having reached the police, one of the officers was left to take the legal charge of the unhappy man, till further steps was resolved upon. Portions of hats, caps,_ and coats were found near the boiler, all much burnt by gunpowder. Parts of some wooden hoops and 'staves were also found, indicating sufficient to prove that the cask containing the gunpowder was capable of holding about fifty pounds. The state of the hats and caps were also enough to show that the heads that wore them are in no enviable con dition. The whole of the metal work surrounding the stove door was forced away, and more or less broken. The fire grate was much damaged, and the stone plate shattered. A poker, nearly an inch thick, which had apparently been used to force the barrel of gunpowder under the boiler was broken off, about two feet from the lower end. The steam chest whichwas about ten yards from the boiler, but connected by an iron tube, was also forced off, and the boiler itself had been driven six inches from its original position. A frag ment of one of the caps that had been blown off by the explosion was picked up about 50 yards distant from it. A brick wall, directly facing the flue door, was partly knocked down, and the roof of a small shed adjoining nearly carried away. The chimney connected with the boiler was slightly shaken, and in deed the whole of the works surrounding it partook of the violent effects of the explosion. Boulden is about 28 years of age, and it is said that his father, who was a collier, once received a similar injury from an accident. —Sheffield Iris. ARMY AND PRIZE Morimr.—By an account just issued, it appears that the balance of unclaimed prize money is 18,715/. 10s, oid., with the following memo randum attached :—" Although the balance upon the account appears to be as above stated, yet there is, in the Three per Cent. Consols, 100,0001. stock, and in the Bank of England, to the account of the Paymaster- General, 15,6381. 17s. 9d., which arises from the invest ments having been made in the earlier periods, when the funds were very low, and from the amount sold thereout from time to time having been when the prices of stock were considerably higher ; thus accounting for the difference between the balance as stated and the pre sent amount of the army prize fund in the Three per Cent. Consols, and the money of the Bank-of England." • HEALTH OF SIR War. FOLLETT.—We are happy to learn from the very best authority, that our distin guished and valued representativ e , Sir W. W. Follett; has, since his departure for the Continent, considerably improved in health.— Western Luminary. OFFICIAL RESIDENCES AND ALLOWANCES.--The Commissioners of the Customs have issued directions to the collectors and controllers at the several ports of the kingdom, to prepare and transmit with the least possible delay, the following return, so far as the same relates to their respective ports, via.—a return of all public officers who are in the enjoyment, at the public expense, of re sidences detached from their respective offices, or who are in the receipt of allowances in lieu of official resi dences, specifying their respective names and official de signations, and the amount of the allowance in each case. THE SUSPENSION FOOT-BRIDGE AT HUNGERFORD. —The second suspending-chain has been carried over the river, and on Wednesday workmen commenced levelling the points on each side preparatory to proceeding to hang the footway. The work, however, will yet occupy at least two months. A portion of the work is carried on in apparently a dang erous manner, the iron cables being for a considerabl distance out of reach, and the workmen have to walk at a dizzy height above the water solely on the suspending-chains. This has hi therto been accomplished with great fearlessness and safety, although the chains are on a slope. THE MOORS.—The grouse on the Muirkirk moors have been more plentiful this year than usual, but very wild ; yet good guns have averaged about ten brace each. On Cairntable moors, being the highest in Ayr shire, one old gentleman, nearly seventy years of age, and who has now shot on fifty twelfths of August, bagged twelve brace ; and on the same moors the crack shot in that quarter killed his sixteen brace. The last is, th e greatest number that we have heard of being killed by one gun in Ayrshire this season.—Correspondent of the Ayr Observer. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR (?)—Prequent commu nications are being made by the Government to the several departments at this port, on the subject of the store and state of the materials necessary in case of any emergency which may require sudden equipment. Orders have been issued for the entry of seamen for general service, a step only taken in the expectation of more than the ordinary demand. One hundred able seamen are also ordered to be entered in the dock-yard, as labourers, at 2s. 6d. per diem ; petty officers to act as • leading men, at 3s. 6d. per day. They are to be entered on the express understanding that they are to join any ship when required, and at a moment's notice. This is in accordance with a plan suggested by Sir Charles . Napier, in the House of Commons, but one not likely to vscwbr such neal very ri e mann r cg : ut ' ner s et : ro t I s : Crhtinyaoe.tus may at should feel successful -good labourer's ott, ot d i nnbeeree seamenc be esregrettedhbr aowlasmithsca;ll also scarcely tedafhl forming that nt,e t onegf fo e eG i nd i ffe re ntaunn nomy, we suppose, to discharge labourers to make room for the increase to the number of seamen employed. Seventy.five of the former are ordered to be dismissed as seamen offer for entry. Many of these men have been in 1 the dockyard for several years, and very naturally an ticipated being eventually placed on the establishraent. Devonpoit Telegraph. _ PROBABLE DURATION. OF THE ouprLf o C OAL IN GREAT BRITAIN.-41.1though the present kn own coa l fields of Great Britain contain, perhaps, sufficient coal to supply her wants for 2,000 or 3,000 yea to come, it is a very erroneous basis of calculation to ' tsalaie that the whole is at our disposal. Under the present system, in the finest description of coal of the northern field, there is even, in its extraction, a loss of 36i per cent. The views of theoretical geologists, without allowing for waste, would lead to - the most incorrect practical conclu sions : while Conybeare, Lardner, and others;, would make our coal resources sufficient for 1,480--mf years, Professor S e d gw i c k and Dr. Buckland;illowing . for loss in working, calculated from practical etniriesees are convinced that 400 years will leave-little-wore than the name of our best seams. Of forty-five feet Of coal ' in a section of all the coal strata, in one of the best pits of the Tyne, not thirty feet are workable. In the north, coal cannot be extracted at a profit, if less than two feet eight inches. In the western part of Wall's End, the Bensham seam is considered unworkable at two' feet tea, inches,' th oug h t h ere are t i mes when. it is worked at twentyinches. The thinnkt seam worked in Yorkihire is thirte en i nc h es , in , Nlsl l th Lancashire twenty - inches, in the Northumberland hod Durham districts two feet six inches, and in St. Lawrence two feet nine inches. Most of the thin seams above are worked for local con sumption, and cannot bear the-expense of transit and competition for manufacturingand commercial purro fi szs d . Already the Tyne portion: of the northern begins competition, emis ns ynewgt descriptionito t o ri ok f ne e ,d e oo l ft fh Journal.te a h forn e no mi d ) ffi nha c i al u n l e t to te th n thatof adte nvneafxnlhaargeu advantage, et, Wearhg i ot o n;mhtn n eefd i n oicßgnrot Trabi: c t : piamwmdi a e klrneiteßege.hT fi ner r commerc ial of he srs. IN Ttth in Al has realised presentt- he b o 3'rooe r fnl e aeos s ac lin E a—ts OBS E RVANCE." — The dd v T3 H o l ehl : S N :el c ra f l a rw:fit : 2 ' a t ur :— s:it oEPlTtnpi HONOUR E D crW e h e pa p er s p eslNvetd r :rn e eoeT n efs e t: ild h tEh h aßy l wo c i Ir o g e onuo b n sigfir. B REACHiit c o mmi t ted b talkingy firingabout a against Tangiers. This is the only breach, at all events, their firing made.—Punch. razz TRAM—For the last few days excellent American beef and pork have been selling in this town (Douglas) at 3d. per pound. This is one of the many benefits of free trade,--Monces Herald. F ~~ -;, °'.. 3r "` er 10$ ich LIN to ,11, 13 0 re itso Aa em at' of 4 1 r