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EVENING EDITION PLAN FOR THE EDUCATION OF ALL CLASSES IN INDIA, Settled by the Bishop of Calcutta, a Roman Catholic Clergyman, and Minister of the Scotch Church at Calcutta. This institution owed its existence to the following extraordinary circumstances. An English priva:e sol dier, by great merit, rose from the ranks in India--- ( wan promoted to the rank of Major-General—and ( amassed a great fortune. At his death he bequeathed ( his wealth for general educati on , w i t h out re f erence to ; the creed of those who partook of the benefits of the institution to be founded. It was the wish of the Bish o p o f C a l cutta to h ave founded this institution on the exp ress d oc t r i nes and discipline of the Church of England only ; but finding that the intentions of the founder were that the be nefits of the institution should be extended to all per sons, without distinction of creed, he proposed and stre ff nuously advocated the plan described in the Report, comprehending, as he says, " all the great doctrines of redemption, as held by the five main divisions of the Christian world—the English, the Scotch, the Roman Catholic, the Greek, and the Armenian Churches—as our fundamental principles, leaving the minister of each Church to supply instructions on the sacraments and matters of discipline to the children of their own com munions respectively." The following are extracts from the Report, signed by the Committee, and adopted unanimously by the Board, and, we may add, re-pub lished by the Blshop in his own vindication. ErPORT, &C., OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO /FLAME A PLAN, &C. I. Your Committee submit, that in order to meet the first rule adopted by the Hon. Governors, the re ligious instruction of the children must be divided into two parts ; the one general, the other particular ; the one embracing the fundamental truths of Christianity, as they are held in common by the five great existing divisions of Christendom enumerated in the rule ; the other relating to discipline, Church Government, the sacraments, and other matters on which differences more or less important exist. Your Committee consider that the first part should be taught daily and publicly to all the children by the Head Master of the school ; the second, privately, and on particular days, by the mithsters and teachers whom the parents of the respec tive childien may, with the approbation of the Go vernors select. 11. The following are the main truths held in com monom which the public religious instruction should, in your Committee's opinion, proceed :- 1. The beinc , of God ; his unity and perfections. 2. Th e H oly Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, a revelation inspired by the Holy Ghost. 3. The mystery of the adorable Trinity. 4. The Deity, Incarnation, Atonement, and Inter cession of our Lord and Savious Jesus Christ. 5. The fall and corruption of man his accountable ness and guilt. 6. Salvation through grace by the meritorious sacri fice and redemption of Christ. 7. The personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit, and his operations and grace in the sanctification of man. 8. The indispensable obligation of repentance to wards God, faith in Christ, and continual prayer for the grace of the Holy Spirit. 9. The moral duties which every Christian is bound to perform towards God, his neighbour, and himself, as they are summed up in the Ten Commandments, and imlarged upon in other parts of the Holy Scriptures ; all based on the doctrines above specified, and enforced as their proper fruits. 111. As to the first of these branches of the religi ous instruction—the public and general—the Com mittee recommend that it be chiefly drawn from the lioly Scriptures themselves ; such simple instruction being given by the masters and mistresses in a cateche tient form as may be adapted to the capacities of the children, on the points which fall within the limits of the public teaci,ing ; all matters which belong to the pri vate, or which touch on controversy, being sedulously avoided. With respect to versions of the Scriptures, your Com mittee will offer their opinion under a subsequent rule. V. The second branch of the religious instruction— the private and particular—will require no regulations from your Committee ; it will be merely supplementary ; so that what is, in the judgment of the parents and guahlians of the respective children, omitted, or insuffi ciently taught in public, may thus be supplied. In this private teaching the entire Catechisms of the different Churches, and the versions of the Holy Scriptures ap proved by them, may of course be freely used. VII. We come next to the subject of family devo tional exercises, ami the public worship of Almighty God. The daily morning and evening family prayers, your Committee suggest, should be read by the Head bias• ter, from a Form of Prayer extracted from different liturgies, which we have prepared, and which accom pan'.es these rules. On these vccasions all the children of both sexes, and all the masters and mistresses, with all the Christian members of the household, should attend. The fa►nily devotions should not exceed teu or fifteen minutes altogether in length, Tile masters and tdstresses are to allow also a few minutes to the children for private prayer, before they retire w bed at night, and when they rise in the morning-. I On Sunday mornings, your Committee think all the children should be conducted to their respective churches .and chapels, for the worship of the Almighty, in the manner and after the rites approved by their parents. On Sunday evenings they recommend that the ordi nary family devotions be read, with the addition of a Imitable sermon, to be approved of by the Governors. The same to be don.; also on Sunday mornings, when circumstances may prevent the children from going out ; with the addition of a Litany extracted from one or more of the Liturgies of different Churches. VIII. As it respects versions of the Holy Scriptures, your Committee are not aware that the Greek and Ar menian Churches have any English version of their own. The English and Scotch Churches use the autho rised English version. It remains only that the case of the Church of Rome be considered, which has long possessed an English version of its own—that of Douay and Rheims; we recommend that, whenever the Roman Catholic children are required to have the Holy Scriptures in their hands, and to learn lessons or receive direct reli gious instruction from them, this version be permitted to be employed ; the copies being, of course, without notes or indexes which touch on controversy, and the master taking care to range the children in different classes, so that no confusion may arise by the variations in the readings. As this, however, could not be done in family prayer, where all the children of all classes and each sex, as well as the Christian household, are assembled together, we are of opinion that the portions of Holy Scripture, directed to be read as a part of the doctrines, should be taken from the authorized English version : the selec tion being, of course, subject to the provisions of the foregping rules. Your Committee do not know that they need proceed more into detail. Much will and ought to be left to the Head Master, if he be a man of piety, talent, discretion, and temper. His suggestions, founded on experience, will be of the greatest value. Much will also depend on the number, description, age, and ca paeities of the children. But your Committee feel a great confidence that by this union of public and reli gious instruction., on the basis of the great doctrines of redemption held by the universal Church, with the pri vate inculcation -of what regards church discipline, the sacraments, and other matters of controversy, the prac tical blessings o.:f a Christian education may be con veyed to the chiLldren, without indifference and latitu dinarianism on the one hand, or a spirit of debate and proselytism on the other. DANIEL CALCUTTA. ROBERT S. LEGER, V. A. Aug. 31, 1835.. JAMES CHARLES. It is scarcely rie'cessary to add, thai this Report is not inserted in this pitace, on the presumption that it anti cipates in all its details the plan which the Committee of Council had prepared. On the contrary, we have 'beady been pujblicly informed, that on no occasion did the Committis a of Council intend that different ver s"'" of the Scriptures s h ou ld b e use d i n th e same Partmen t in the: model school, but only in separate rooms. We detailsneei.l not more particularly allude to other fexpressedPcieno whir c h th e C omm i ttee o f C o uncil have tracts from hi . ° P.,,, 14 ion ; but we have quoted these ex - niere, tos t o l e s zi t ;i. , port of the Committee of the Marti prelates that ever a s t h on e of the ablest and most pious and highly cultivaitedd the . lustre of a comprehensive virtues on society and the and of eminent Christian rity of his name -to the regulations conceived bas len t the i a n u t the e same spirit of Christian charity, nute of the Coninxittee of Council of part of the mi thhe 11th of April, by which the religious instructio n o n f t t e chiil,dren in the blessing s the model school was to be regulated. Bishop of Calcutta believes "the praCrtiscuatll a Christian education may be conveyed to the childrensgsnf without indifference and latitudinariani sm on the one hand, or a spirit of debate and proselytism on the other" This Report may at least serve as a complet e sa,•swer to the question which the Archbishop of Canterbury asked in the House of Lords, respecting" the tnenaio g of general instruction in Christianity." We refer biro to the Bishop of Calcutta's solution of that question. " Then as to the minute, Religion to be combined with the whole matter of instruction, and to regulate the entire system of discipline,'" the Archbishop said, " he was at a loss how this was to be carried into effect." The ansv..er is contained in the Report signed by the Bishop of Calcutta. ACCIDENT.-Between three and four o'clock on the afternoon of Thursday last, a little girl, about four tears of age, d aug h ter of Mr. Stephen, manager of Mr. Thomson's spi nn i ng mill, Hutchisontown, met her death at the south end of Hutchison'- bridge, under the following, ' clreurnstalices :—A carter was making the turn from Adelphi to Crotrl.street, when the deceased, by some means, stumbled 19 before the wheels, which passed over her, and she was lifted a corpse. The carter was at the horses' head at the time.— Glasgow Herald. IMPORTED LABOURERS AT DE- MERARA. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED TO IN QUIRE INTO THE STATE OF THE GERMAN, PORTU GUESE, COOLIE, AND MALTESE IMMIGRANTS. To his Excellency Henry Light, Governor and Com mander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of British Guiana, &c., and the Hon. the Court of Polic y. The undersigned Commissioners , appointed by his Excellency the Governor, on the resolution of the Court of Policy, bearing date the 15th of May, having for its object an inquiry into the state, condition, and general treatment of the Maltese, German, Portuguese, and Coolie indented emigrants, have the honour to report,— That they visited all the estates in the counties of Demerara and Essequibo, where they knew, or were informed, emigrants of the above description were lo cated, and are happy in being able to report, in general terms, with few exceptions, favourably of their state, condition, and treatment. Your reporters deem it necessary to recapitulate here the different estates they visited, the number of emi grants submitted to their inspection, and the casualties occurring since their arrival, but refer your Excellency and Hon. Court to the minutes taken on the spot, and hereunto appended, for that and other information. That it is evident to your reporters that much care and attention has been bestowed on some of the Coolie emigrants, whilst others of the same country have been treated with neglect. Your reporters need only instance the condition of the Anna Regina people as compared with those on Bellevue, as a proof of this. On the former estate there is not a sore or a sick person; and only one man has died since their arrival, and that person was labouring under a disease at that time ; on the latter 20 have died of diseases contracted in the colony, and 29 are now in a wretched state from ulcers, many of whom in all probability will die, and should they survive they will, some of them, be rendered unfit to support themselves, from the loss of their toes and parts of their feet. The sick-house presents a spectacle pitiable to behold. These poor people are in a state of great misery, and, from whatever cause it may have sprung, the effects are so appalling, that humanity calls loudly for the interference of the Executive. The Coolie emigrants generally, when not affected with sores, are contented, and doing their work cheerfully, some of them boasting in their capability of performing as much work as is done by their more sable brethren. Your reporters cannot help remarking on the im propriety of conduct of the interpreter Jacobs, on Vreed-en-Hoop estate, who, unknown to the manager, caused some disturbance among the Coolies, by beating several of them, and extorting money from others. The Portuguese emigrants who have been in the co lony, the greater part of them for nearly four years, are a respectable class of labourers ; they were on their ar rival subject to sickness, and a considerable number of them died ; but your reporters believe their illness ori ginated, not so much from the climate, as the want of accommodation on their arrival. They were huddled into apartments unfit for their reception, and, if fit, crowded to an excess which produced disease, of which many of them fell victims. They are now well housed, and are healthy, doing their work well and contentedly. Your reporters may make the same remark with re gard to the habitations of the Maltese located on Hi bernia estate. S;ekness will, in all probability, attend them ; they are pent up in a house, six times in number of that which it can with comfort contain ; they are discontented, and doing scarcely any work. They have a priest and a medical attendant from Malta, indented along with them, and it seems the emigrants are entirely under their control and influence. Your reporters arc decidedly of opinion they are not located as they ought to be, and have just cause of complaint. There are but few German emigrants, and some of them hive worked out their indentures, and re-engaged themselves on the same estate for twelve months at an increased rate of wages. From what your reporters have already stated, your Honourable Court will perceive that the chief excep. tions made to the general good treatment, state, and condition of the indented labourers referred to, are on Bellevue and Hibernia estates. Your reporters see no reason to doubt the capability of such indented labourers to performing the customary task-work on estates with healch and contentment. The Portuguese who have become accustomed to the climate. and the Coolies of only one year's standing, are daily perfOrtning the full quantum of labour, and some of them are earning wages from extra work. Your reporters are of opinion that the inconveniences the indented labourers have been subjected to have principally been the want of proper dwelling. houses and bedding, and too hurriedly sent to work after th it arrival ; that many casualties have resulted therefrom. From what has come under the observation of your reporters, they respectfully, but urgently recommend, that all emigrants to arrive in the colony should not be permitted to be located on any estate or elsewhere, until the agent for emigrants, or some person ap pointed for that purpose, first see and ascertain that the dwellings to be appropriated for their reception are in every way suitable and comfortable, and that the labour required of them should be apportioned to their several circumstances. and not be called upon to perform a full day's work for several months after their arrival ; and, if practicable, the wages allowed to them should not be less, in proportion to the labour performed, than is paid to the other labouring classes of the community. All which is respectfully reported by C. ROBINSON. . M. TURK. C. R. WHINFIELD, Sheriff of Berbice. Minutes of the proceedings of the Commissioners ap pointed by his Excellency the Governor for the pur. pose of ascertaining the state, condition, and general treatment of the Maltese, Coolies, Germans, and Por tuguese, under contract or indenture in this Colony. (No. l.)-THE MALTESE. On Sunday, May 19, we inspected the Maltese on plantation Hibernia in Essequibo. The number of these people located on this estate is as follows : Men. Women. Children. On February 27, 1833 ... 43 ... 25 ... 34 Since dead Remaining this day ... 40 ... 24 ... 33 Total ... 97 Living in the Old Hospital go Ibid in very'indifferent cottages, badly situated 15 The doctor and interpreter, also indentured, reside with the manager. The number still is 15. The indentures were originally entered into at Malta, for a servitude of five years ; but under the operation of her Majesty's Order in Council, bearing date the 7th of September, 1838, they became null and void. Others, however, were entered into after the form re quired by the said Order in Council. Term of indenture—one year. Wages for a day's work of 7i hours, monthly, dol. 4, each adult. Rations weekly-31b. of salt fish, lib. of beef, with as much rice, corn, meal, or biscuit, as can be con sumed without waste. Daily, when working—Twe glasses of rum or beverage each. Clothing, annually.—To the men : one blanket, one hat, two caps, one cic th jacket, one duck jacket, two pairs of trowsers (one cloth, one duck), two shirts (one of flannel and one check), one knife, one razor ; all of the description formerly issued to apprenticed laltourers. To the women—One blanket, one hat, one cap, two handkerchiefs, two shifts, two petticoats, two cloth wrappers, one pair of scissors, and needles and thread. These people all express themselves much disap pointed with their situation, and there is evidently much discontent existing. The general state in which we found these people is much to be deplored. No attention whatever seems to have been given to render their situation comfortable ; they are, with but few exceptions, without bedsteads or bedding, and are kept in a very dirty condition. They are so excessively crowded that unless immediate mea sures be adopted for supplying them with good and suitable dwellings, there can be no doubt of the result being great sickness and mortality. Indeed, if they be not provided with such dwellings, they are fully entitled to be released from their indentures, for which they ear nestly pray. (NO. 2.) —'PEE ANNA REGINA. Monday, May 20.—We visited Anna Regina, on the Arabian coast of Essequibo. On this estate there are lo cated the following number of Coolies, viz. :—Men 45, women 3, children 6.—Total 54. All in perfect health. Lost but one man by death since their arrival in May, 1838, who was ill of dysen tery at the time of their landing. The men alone are indentured, and these for a ser vitude of five years from the date of the contract (Ist of January, 1838), which was executed in Calcutta. Their wages, five rupees monthly, payable in dollars, at the exchange of two rupees to a dollar. One rupee per month, however, is deducted to form a fund to secure the proprietors from the responsibility of their becoming a burden to the colony. This responsibility no longer exi sting , ordinance No. 74 having been repealed by her Majesty's Order in Council of the 7th of September, 1838, all deductions made should be no w p aid over, and in f, future discont i nued. In addition to wages, they have ' eac h daily r a ti ons , v i z.: — Rice, ,14 chittacks ; dholl, two ditto ; ghee or oil, 11 , 0 ditto ; salt, quarter di tto ; temer i e and tamarinds, one ditto onions and chillies , h ditto ; dried fi one ditto. estates, as inTiphoerpterdopferrowmeieghaltesu, Annual clothing.—Blankets ' , ltnt t aci' w .m o th one Al i s a o ck i s e s t ue a d n d an a nu cis l y . o medicine, and bowl. e ; a s d u h r o e o s t a i o r s : on tw e ; ;Medical attendance' stipulated for under their conctirnaeel.and houses, are also There were no complaints, atilllemurgvienrgy kindly. tltyheir Theyl v ma nager, e r .Nidckal., on every m a t ter connected with 0 were questioned Al present situations. Their answers were all truly gra tifying and satisfactory. That to the last question put to them was, " All we get from Mr. Mackay is very good. Our food is very good. Our clothes are very good. Our houses are very good. We are quite happy ; our manager is very good to us. What can we say more ?" _ They are employed on the general work of the estate, saving trenching, and execute it most cheerfully and satisfactorily. They appear much delighted with the circumstance of their being able to do the work re quired of them in the proportion performed by the other labourers. Many of them expressed themselves with great earnestness on this point. Their treatment by Mr. Mackay, the attorney and manager of the estate, has been highly judicious in every particular, and deserving of great praise. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1839. ~ REVIVAL" AT KiLsYTH. The recent occurrences in this parish were noticed in the Presbytery of Glasgow on Wednesday last, and the Rev. Mr. Burns, the pastor of the parish, gave a minute detail of the awakened religious feeling which has displayed itself, the tenour of which follows : Since the induction of the Rev. Gentleman, about eighteen years ago, the parish h as b een gra dually as suming the habits of morality and Christian observance. Prayer meetings were established, and many persons who had before led disorderly and unbelieving lives were "converted" to the truth. In July last it was an nounced that the son of the Rev. Gentleman, who was about to proceed on a foreign mission, would preach to the people of Kilsyth, probably for the last time, and the church was on that o ccas i on crow ded to overflowing, and the audi▪ ence embraced many per sons who had never been in church before. The sermon was from the text, " Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power." There was no thing unusual in the first half hour, though there was a tendency and a predispositio n to the burst of emotion which took place at the close. Wh en t h e preac h er was depicting the scene in the parish of Sbotts, and when he was dwelling on that topic, and waking affectionate and earnest addresses to the people, many of them known to him from boyhood, and some of them k no wn to be neglectful of ordinances — ci▪ rcumstances which gave A degree of affection and pathos to , his address—when he was referring to this topic, he s p o k e o f the text an d t h e serm o n of Mr. Livingstone, which converted in one day five hundred souls ; and he went on affectionately to ask if he was to leave them in their sins, using the words, " If there was no cross there wo u ld b e no crown." When be came to this point the audi ence wen t b e y on d all bounds with t heir emo tion ; some cried out, and others swooned away. With regard to three or four of them, as we learned afterwards, th e emot i on was just, the effect of power ful impression made upon their feel ings, for the res ults, as se en i n t h e f uture, were t h e only things, as all might be a ware , on w hi c h we cou ld rely. The preacher's voice was drowned by the feelings of his auditory, and he was compelled to pause. After this meetings were held every night, and the people seemed anxious to learn more and more about the Gos pel. They were subsequently addressed in the open air, to the number of between 3,000 and 4,000 ; and on the following Sabbath religious conversation continued in the churchyard from three in the afternoon till eight at night, when the Clergyman was only enabled to de part on the pledge of meeting the people at seven next morning. Similar manifestations have displayed them selves at Finnieston, in the immediate neighbourhood of Glasgow.—Edinburgh Chronicle. YEEEDENSTEIN. Tuesday, May 28.—Visited the Coolies on planta tion Vreedenstein. The number located here on the 10th of May, 1838, was 31 men, of whom six are dead, leaving this day 25 ; of these, three are laid up with the chi goe sores . Th ere are n o females or children on this estate. Their indentures, dated Jan. 26, 1838, contain the same terms and conditions as those of Anna Regina. The work done is the same as executed by the other labourers, except in trenching. In some instances they do a greater quantity. They complain that they are not supplied with onions, chillies, and tamarinds ; that they have a deficiency of oil in lieu of ghee, and musty dholl. They also represent, that from their former ma nager they received an allowance of tobacco and rum, which has been stopped. Their present manager has allowed them sugar for the last two months ; once since their arrival in the colony they have received pork, which was issued during the present month. They appear contented and happy on the whole ; no one has ever maltreated or beaten any of them, ex cepting in one instance—a man of the estate, a negro named " Barrington," who had some misunderstanding with the Coolie " Phargoo," and gave him a few blows, for which it appears he was punished by imprisonment. ..Aungt ia , tne sirdar Kunshung- Sing Mungoo Sing further complains that Mr. Jacobs took from him one dollar, being the amount paid to him for a dhootie, which he sold to Buxoo, who, is now dead. Kirath Ali o ma k es a s i m il ar complaint against Mr. Jacobi, wh o , h e says, too k f rom hi m one dollar, being the amount he had received from the said Buxoo for a blanket. Lookun complains that on landing from the ship Mr. Jacobs seduced his woman by name Mollie. On in quiring of the woman as to whether she would go back to her husband, who was willing to take her, she said, " I am not married to him ; when I lived with him he beat me ; I will not go back to him. If Mr. Jacobs does not come back, I shall die." The Coolies, to a man, declare that if Mr. Jacobs is permitted to return to the estate, they will no longer do any work. They say, " Jacobs is a bad man, a very bad man." "If he does not come back, we will do plenty of work." . . In reply to a question as to where they wero punished, they say, " Mr. Jacobs always has beat us either in the field or in our own houses." " When punished; were you ever tied under these steps (those leading to the manager's house), or by order of the manager?—We were never tied or punished under these steps. Mr. Jacobs has always beat us without the manager's knowledge. "By whom do you get paid, and do you receive your wages monthly ?—Mr. Sanderson himself pays us monthly ; Mr. Jacobs sitting or being by him." Their work, the manager says, " They do not do quite as much as the negroes, but they do it better." BELLEVUE. The number of Coolies located on this estate in May 1838, was— Men BO Females 2 Children 0 Died Remaining this day - 60 2 Total Sick in hospital The indentures are dated the 29th of December. 1837. The terms are similar to those before detaile4l. These people are in a high state of uneasiness, owing., as they represent, to the great number already dead and dying. " We get a small sore ; this sore gets larger. then we poor Coolies lay down our head and die." " We get nothing here ; pray take us and send us ba;•k to Calcutta." They complain that they do not receis onions, tobacco, or sugar. This last article is said not to have been supplied, because " there has been none on the estate for the last six months." It is impossible to describe the miserable state aril condition of the sick Coolies. Twenty-nine of them in hos pital, who have but one nurse to attend them. The casei are all bad chigoe sores, which must from the first has' , been, if not wilfully, most inexcusably neglected. Nine of these cases are now all most beyond cure. Judging fruta the treatment these unfortunate men have already ex perienced, the whole 29 will perish, unless prompt rne.i. sures be adopted for their having the constant atten tion of a medical gentleman ; two or three visits in a week are not sufficient to afford that constant attention which the present exigency requires. The effluvia and stench on entering the hospital are very bad. The manager, whom we found suffering from the effects of fever, informs us that, " I really lieve I got my attack of fever from going into that Coolie hospital." There are no hospital conveniences of any description whatever ; in fine, these poor people seem to have been altogether neglected. LIFE SALVAGE CASE.—On Saturday the claim made by John Lawrence, master of the Martha, of Colchester, for saving the lives of the captain and crew (.f the Severn, which had struck on the Gun!feet Sands, th particulars of which we gave last week, when the case vv.ii adjourned, again came before the Magistrates at the Castle. It appeared from the applicant's declaration, that after Ole vessel struck he was proceeding towards it, when he picked up the captain, his wife, and daughter, and the crew, who were in a boat, and while he was detained in getting then into his smack five other smacks proceeded to the vessel, and when he arrived would not allow hint to take any p rt in the service. Ha then proceeded to Harwich, with the captain and crew. As he was under the necessity of throwing a quantity of fish overboard, of the value of he claimed compensation for his loss and services, under the provisions of the Act of Parliament above alluded to. The case occupied the bench for a considerable time, when the Magistrates consulted, and the Chairman told Mr. Church they agreed that the claimant was entitled to compensation, and they awarded him 401., but he must pay his own expenses. Mr. Abell applied for a copy of the award, feeling satisfied that his clients would appeal against the decision of the bench.—Essex Herald. A oorrespondent says, that in the week of the I Association, no less than 16,000 persons passed along the London and Birmingham Railway. Say, instead of 16,000, that only 6,000, on an average, pass from end to end every week. The saving of time, over the shortest modern transits, is seven hours to each individual; but call it six hours, or .s quarter of a day, 6,000 quarters make 1,500 days, that is, four years forty days per week, or 113 years, 255 days per annum, of available time saved to the travel lers on this line alone. The Birmingham line is 120 miles long. Five years hence, the lines begun and to be begun, and which will then be completed, together with those already opened, will be equal to at least forty lines, ea,:h of the same l eng th as the London and Birmingham. The annual saving of time, from the adoption of railroad tra velling, will, in five years, amount 4,550 years per annh:n, or to express it in another form, supposing the actual tra vellers to be two millions in number, the years of every one of them, for all practical purposes, will consist of ;;74 days instead of 365. —Birmens i hani Journal. GEOLOGY.--At one of the meetings of 'lle British Asneciation, Dr. Buckland drew attention to a slab of sand—once on the sea-shore, which had the i,n pression of the footsteps of a monstrous bird. There verve also the marks of a shower of rain, and the heavy drop s of of a thunder s torm . By these, be said, w e cou ld det.,r mine which way the water ran, and in which way the wild blew. Ile then exhanted a slab, i n w hi c h were imbed,!4:d a shoal of fishes. " Now' said he, " we k now certainly that they wer e a ll killed in an i nstant, and that just afer dinner—for we can dissect what their stomachs cont3iii. They were probably potsoned by a gush of carbonic gas, from internal fires below the bottom of the sea. `REED-EN-HOOP. Wednesday, May 29.—Inspected the Coolies on plantation Vreed-en-Hoop, at the Demerara Ferry. The following number came to this estate on the 10th of May, 1838 ; Men, 62 Women, 3 Children,3 Died 7 Remaining this day 55 3 3 Total 61 Laid up with chigoe sores 27 Terms of indentures similar to those before detailed ; but over and above their rations the manager issues two drams of rum and an allowance of sugar daily. These peopl e appear perfectly contented, and express them selves in high praise of their manager, Mr. Sanderson,. who, th ey state, "gives not only all our allowances of food and c l ot hi ng , b ut h e supp li es us w i t h many ot h er articles, such as tobacco, flour, and pipes." On the other hand th ey express themse l ves as much di ssat i s fi e d with Mr. Jacobs, their superintendent and interpreter, whom they represent to have beaten them very often severely. The Scidas Mungoo Sing kept a memoran dum of men said to have been mulct of their money by Mr. Jacobs, with the amount each paid to him in lieu of a beating. The following is the statement read by Mungoo Sing from his memorandum, viz.:— Dollars.) Dollars. Anoop Sing Shaiek Heramoun 1 liklooniekrae.... Buldie Muban Lob •n Khatie Hakool .. . 3 : Lallghie Salonlah .. ' Hurmanya i Rughoo .l. Klgooo ... 1 Kikee Ilonadie Niabtoor 1 ;Biscun Dhass.. . 4,- Mahtoor, the second I !Bowannte Sing -.4 Lobyn, the sec on d 1 . Gobun 1-lum. Nludhur. 2i !VungooSing,th- rd? THE HARVEST. In London and the neighbourhood the rain was, yesterday, incessant. We have the following intelli gence from the country : The harvest is still subject to impediment and partial injury, by occasional showers. The wheat is stacked on all forward lands, and every day lessens the apprehension of any serious detriment of the national produce. In many places barley has been hauled in prime condition, as to quality and yield.—Bath Journal. The weather has here been singularly bad and un wholesome the most of the week. The crops arc looking miserable, and there seems now little hope for them even should a month of unbroken fine weather immediately ensue. Most of the wheat will probably be unfit for use. The accounts from all parts of the country are un fa vo u rah I e.— Preston Observer. The weather continues exceedingly fickle and un propitious for the labours of the field, some of which have been thereby so much protracted as to produce serious misgivings in reference to the general result o: the harvest. Much damage must have been sustained by the corn crops ; and any very g-eat deterioration in the quality of the grain must operate prejudicially not only to the qualty but quantity of the flour, the yield from inferior grain being less than from grain of a fine description. Next to the general interest very naturally felt as to the grain crops in Gloucestershire, the state of fie pasture lands is a matter of no slight moment ; and we state that scarcely ever could these lands present a more beautiful appearance than at present, and if the weather should take up to be dry, this luxuriance would be exceedingly beneficial In many places, however, they are so completely saturated with wet, that a con tinuance of rain cannot fail to do them much injury.— Gloucester Journal. _ . THE HAILVEST.—From the period embraced by our last notice, up to Wednesday night, the weather was exceedingly unfavourable for the harvest. We had daily heavy rains of long continuance, acclmpanied by high winds, which must have laid the thick crops to a great extent, and greatly injured the quality of the produce. Thursday and yesterday were much finer— indeed, two beautiful days 7, and the farmers were ex ceedingly busy wherever the crops were in a fit state for the operations of the reapers.—Durham Chronicle. The weather since our lest has not realised the hope that we then expressed, but hrzs continued generally un favourable for the harvest. The consequence has been that a great quantity of barley has been discoloured, and nothing but the low temperature that has prevailed has prevented its sprouting. There are also in some parts considerable quantities of wheat yet lying out. Those farmers who were not onabled to take advantage of the late fine weather will necessarily sustain consi derable loss.—Dorset Courtly Chronicle. Though the sickle is now in full operation in this neighbourhood, it would be premature to hazard an opinion upon the result of . the harvest ; but, judging from the appearance of the grain, and the weight and fulness of the ear, the crop will be nowhere in this district below an average one:, whilst in favourable spots the yield will be abundant and good. Wheat is much superior in every respect to that of last year, and bar ley also presents a considerable improvement ; oats are in general of good quality, arid where the soil is suitable and the situation favourable:, the crop is fully equal, if not superior, to that of any previous year's growth.— Newcastle Journal. Notwithstanding that wee have had one or two most unfavourable days for harve st operations in this neigh bourhood, a great quantity of grain has been already secured in very good conditlion ; and should the present fine weather continue for a irew days longer, the whole of the crops of this neigh bourhood will be safely housed. We hear it admitl ed on all hands that the crop will be more than an. average one.—Doncaster Chronicle. From some of the Irish. papers we should conclude that the weather had partially improved, but in a letter dated the 14th we have tin ► following bad intelligence : —" After four days of glorious harvest weather the rain returned last evening, accompanied by a strong gale from the north-west, e.nd still at this hour (six p.m.) it is coming down "ft ist and furious." A large quantity of the ripe corn 1 las been cut and secured during the interval of fine wt •ather ; but tar the largest proportion of the general cro .p is still uncut. In many places the oats are green an (1 unfit for the sickle. It is remarkable that the pray tice of mowing this grain, now so universal in Englan has not been adopted in this country, although expedition is of such manifest importance, when every gl earn of s unshine is most precious." Favourable weather for t he ingathering of the ripe crops, and for ripening those progressing to maturity has prevailed since Tuesday, no r has it been unavailed of, the utmost activity being nt ►w exerted throughout the more advanced districts. 'I 'he Wheat growers are ge nerally much disappointed in their expectations, the average return in many inv Lances not exceeding three barrels to an acre, where seven and eight had been looked for."—Cork Souther? z Reporter of Saturday. pr eise Yesterday morning, bet ween nine and tett-o'clock, a ‘V u a f a d c e t n u 1 e r and s: Spicks, aagng d waggish sh dreadfully o fn neighbour i Pedlars '- acre, d h l a b r os fracturedu' - r a e r o c f , a young man, named William Allen, fell from a loft on the Lambeth, s o c f a Messrs . b i ne t - nm his skull. He was removed to Guy's Hospital in a hope less state. JONA THA NISM S.----J i ours, speaking of windows which he saw in Boston, the other day, said, the squt ires of glass were so big, that it took four men to look out of them I—. he saw three men try, an; 1 they couldn't do it. —N eiv Hampshire Telegraph.--- A Yankee, in New Orleans, has built a steam-b oat w ith so small a drau g h t , that she will run anywher e , if i t b a moist l —A distingui s h e d citizen of Ohio told t h e folk 'w i n g story, at the Commence ment dinner, at Hanover,. a week or two since. It is good enough t o repeat. 'A Ain't you a very moral people in New Hamp s hi re? " ask .e d a Western gentleman of an emigrant from the Gran' Ltt• H ills. The latter felt hi g hl y gratified at the co m pli rr t ent upon h is native State, con. veyed by the question ; an d was prompt to re ply, .. (;er tainly, we a re a very int oa t people." " Well, I shoul d think so; f or you turn o ut rogues enough, every year, to purify any p eop l e in 0 Christendom." —Claremont (New Hampshire) E ag l e . Buildings, i E ng E:I:e n G: N L i iEDS TO PROMOTE SCRIP TURAL EDUCATION.....A very numerous and respectable meeting was held in tl to great room of the Commercial ednes; lay evening, to promote the cause of Scriptural Education in eounection with the British and Foreign School S oc i ety . Our readers ar e aware that a similar meetin g , h eld on - t he previous Wed ne sd a y , was dissolved in co nsequenct • o f t he indecent oppos i t i on of an organized body o f Social ists and C hartists. The admission to the present meet i ng w as t herefore by ticket , which h a d the effect of produ c i ng a ; most respect able and intelli g ent audience. The room w as crowded to excess, and many hundreds of applicants I'm • tickets wer e disappointed, oliing to the whole number th, at the room would accommodate having been already issue ~ cl. There were also many ladies present; the meeting r ie.:l, indeed, one of the most re spectable we have ever ! ;et ei assembled in Leeds to promote any philanthropic or r eligious object. Edward Baines, Esq., M. I'., was in th ,e chair. and the resolutions were carried unanimously._ Leeds Illercuryt CONSTANTINOPI .E, : AUGUST 27.—0 n the 18th the Ambassadors held a meeting on board the Bri tish ship bearing Admiral Stopford's flag at Therapia. A salute of 21 guns was i ired in honour of each of the five diplomatists as they ma( :bed the vessel. Their confer( nce lasted upwards of two I lours. and turned, as will easily ' o b , lieved, entirely en tile 'furco Egyptian question, and on the means to be emplo. red to compel Mehemet Ali to return the Ottoman fle n. j r -, the evening of the same day another diplomatic i eunion took place in the palace of the Russian Ambassador at Bujukdere. CORONER'S INQUEST. DREADFUL GIG ACClDENT.—Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. W. Carter, the Coroner for the eastern division of Surrey, at the White Hart, Nor wood, on the body of Mr. James Somers, who died in consequence of the injury he had received by being thrown out of a chaise on Sunday evening. William Jinks deposed that op Sunday evening, be tween five and six o'clock, he was walking down Annerly-hill, Norwood, whe❑ he heard the sound of a horse and chaise coming down the hill at a furious rate. On looking back he saw a gig in which were two gentlemen, and the horse appeared to be running away. Both the gentlemen had their bats off, and be observed the near trace hanging down. The chaise passed him, and when it had gone about twenty yards, the off wheel ran against a post at the side of the road, and both the gentlemen were thrown out with great force. He went up to the deceased and found him lying insensible, and covered with blood. He was Thrown a distance of sixty-nine feet from the spot where the chaise ran against the post. The other gentleman had his arm broken, but be got up and ran after the horse and chaise, which had been turned over in a ditch. In answer to questions from the Jury, the witness stated that there were a number of little posts from twelve to fourteen inches high, which were very dan gerous to all passengers, and which were of no use what ever. It was one of these posts that was the cause of the fatal accident. The foreman of the Jury said be believed the road in question was under the control of her Majesty's Com missioners of Woods and Forests. The posts were most dangerous, and he thought it would be advisable that the Coroner should write to the Commissioners, and request that they might be removed. The Jury concurred in this remark, and said that on a dark night a person might drive over the posts with out without seeing them, as they were only about twelve or fourteen inches high. The CORONER said that it was possible the Commis sioners might be made acquainted with the opinion of the Jury through the medium of the public press, but at the same time be had no objection to make a special communication upon the subject if the Jury considered it advisable. Bedser, the constable of Norwood, deposed that about five o'clock he saw the deceased with a gentle man named Watson in a chaise. They stopped at the White Hart and had some refreshment, and were per fectly sober. Shortly afterwards he heard that an ac cident had happened, and he went to Annesley Hill and assisted in conveying the deceased to the White Hart. He examined the deceased's head, and found that a quantity of blood and brains were protruding from each of his ear s . H e groaned once. He die in about twenty minutes after he was brought to the White Hart. Mr. Watson, the gentleman who was with the deceased was very much injured, and his left arm was broken in two places. He had some conversation with him respecting the accident, and he told him that the horse had started off in consequence of one of the traces getting loose and striking him on the belly, and tie deceased seized the reins and pulled the horse on one side, and that caused the fatal accident. Bedser added that Mr. Watson told him that when the chaise struck the post, it seemed as though he was thrown twenty yards in the air. The Jury remarked that the concussion must have been frightful, to have thrown the deceased the distance stated by the first witness. Mr. kaners, a surgeon, deposed that upon examining the deceased he found that his brains and skull were literally smashed to pieces, and that a large stone stuck in the head. The Jury returned a verdict of—" Accidental death ;" and Mr. Carttar, at the request of the Jury, promised to make a communication to the proper authorities, re• lative to the removal of the posts. ACCIDENT.—On Friday afternoon, a carter, named Dempster, was proceeding up Jamaica-street, in charge of two carts, and at the head of the first, when the second overturned a female named Whitelaw, passed over her person, breaking her thigh bone in two places, and fearfully shattering her arm. The carter was moving on after the catastrophe, as if nothing particular had hap pened, when he was stopped by a gentleman, given in charge, and arraigned on Seturday at the Police Court. The carter stated in defence that he had hulloed to the vioman, but the case was delayed on account of the ab sence of a material witness; though see believe the above statement is correct. Only four days have elapsed since a fatal accident occurred by a cart passing over a child, and though no blame was attached in this instance, it is not the less true, that many of the Glasgow carters jostle Along the streets as if their sole duty was to get forward, without reference to such things as huivan beings passing in the way. The practice is open to remedy doubtless.— Glasgow Herald. On Tuesday evening, the 10th instant, two little boys, near Carrickfergus, the one six aad the other seven years of age, brothers, went into a neighbouring house, the elder of whom took up a loaded gun that was impru dently left in a corner, and in jest pointed it at his brother, and said he would shoot him. The gun went off, and his brother was shot dead on the spot.—Belfast Whig. On the 6th instant a bottle was cast ashore within two miles of Barmouth, Monmouthshire, which was fou , d to contain a letter addressed to a gentleman in this town. It bad been thrown, on the 6th of May, from the brig Friendship, Captain Lawson, which left Greenock for Honduras on the 2d of that month, and had thus been drifting about for four months. Edinburgh Evening Courant. FLOODS.—In consequence of the late heavy rains the whole of the rivers in the western part of the county have risen to an unusual height, and some o f them have done considerable damage. The little rivulets Ker and Blackbeck, which meet at Beckermont, were swollen on Saturday to a greater height than the oldest person living can remember. The little bridge leading to the public house at Tail end was swept away and many other bridges and walls were thrown down by the force of the stream. At Gosfortb, what is termed the Cross Lane was for a considerabie time impassable, owing to the accumu lation of water on the road. On the same day consider able damage was done on the farm of John. Richard and Robert Shepherd, of Th.waites , in Kinny side. There is . no river, but the rain has fallen so heavy that rushed down from the fell with frightful impetuosi ty, destroying the fences, and sweeping away everything that opposed a barrier to its irresistible progress. In ou r neighbour hood the Eden has risen to an unusual he ight; but w' have not heard of any damage done by flooding.—Carlisle Patriot. On Sunday morning, about four o'clock, a colli sion took place between the Gazelle, Hull steam-ship, and the Royal Victoria, Leith steamer, od Greenwich. The Gazelle was on her way to London, and the Royal Victo ria on her passage to Scotland. The two steamers went stem on to eaca other, and the figure- head and the cutwater of the Victoria were carried away, and the Gazelle was very materially damaged, the figure-head being smashed, and the fore deck much injured. The morning was very dark and hazy, and the accident is supposed to have bap_ pened in consequence of the Gazelle getting close in shore for the purpose of taking in a pilot. The figure head of the Victoria was picked up by a Waterman, and taken to the St. Katherine's Wharf, from which the vessel sails. EDMUND SPENSER.—MT. Mitford remarks, The discovery of this patent (to Spenser, for the laureat ship) was very important; for it lessens our belief in the truth of the foolish and illiberal speeches attributed to Lord Burleigh : as his telling the Queen, that 'tbe pension was a good example, too great to be given to a ballad maker;' that the payment of the pension was intercepted by Burleigh ; that when the Q ueen , upon Spenser's presenting some poem to her, ordered him the gra tuity of 1001., his Lordship asked with some contempt What I all this for a song and that th e Q ueen ' replied, Then give him what is reason." In dis crediting this story, Mr. Mitford follows Malone and Todd (and, indeed, seldom goes beyond their autho rity), but there is contemporary evidence of the truth of what Fuller relates, and almost in the very words he uses. It is now eight years since the existence of a MS. in the British Museum was publicly pointed out in a popular work, which MS. fully confirms it; it is the diary of a barrister kept in the years 1601 and 1602, only three or four years after Spenser's death, in which we read as follows : " May 4, 1602—When her Majesty bad given orders that Spenser should have a reward for his poems, but Spenser could have nothing, he presented her with these verses : " It pleas'd your Grace upon a time To grant me reason for my. rhyme But from that time until this season I heard of neither rhyme nor reason." This was playing upon the very vvord, Fuller assigns to the Queen as spoken to Lord Burleigh—" Then give him what is reason." Therefore there can no longer be any doubt as to the veracity of the an .Tdote.—Morniny Paper. Such is the awful stagnation of trade and com merce at Guernsey, that, in the last six years, as we are informed by the Star, the aggregate value of household property has been depreciated two hundred thousand pounds In Jersey, on the contrary, household property, in the same period, has improved in value, we are per suaded, to the amount of treble that sum. Building is going on with astonishing rapidity in all directions ; and yet we hear frequent complaints of the difficulty of getting houses.—Jersey Times. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.---On Wednesday, the 4th current, Mr. Peter Kevand, farmer, Glenling, and Mr. George Manson, blacksmith, at Lane of Mochrum, went to fish in the Bay of Luce, near Port-William. They had a small boat, and had rigged her with a mast and sails belonging to a larger one, expecting, as there was not a great deal of wind, that she would carry sail. They were seen in the bay about ten o'clock, but soon afterwards the boat suddenly disappeared, although no person saw how the accident occurred ; and it was not until the friends of the unfortunate men had become alarmed at their prolonged absence that any doubts as to their safety were entertained. Next da), however, some of the oars and other gear of the boat, and Mr. Kevand's hat, came on shore a few miles to the north of Port William, and it is too certain that they have both perished. What renders the case more distressing is, thlt Mr. Kevand was only a few months married, and that Mr. Manson was in a great measure the support of his father and family, the father having some years ago lost one of his hands by an accident, which has rendered him unfit to work at his trade. Neither of the bodies had been found on Friday..—Edinburgh Courant. The Commerce asserts that the treaty between the Fi encla Government and the representatives of the Republic of Texas, for the recognition of the latter by, the former, has been signed ; but this statement appears premature. It is, however, deemed probable that the nt.gociat on will terminate favourahlv. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 17, 1839. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant C. C. Brooke, from the 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Rolls, who exchanges, Sept. 17. bth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet F. T. H. Wilson, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barry, who retire 5, Sept. 17. A. J. L. Killion, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wilson, Sept. 17. _ _ ilth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon A. Macloan, M.D., from the 64th Foot, -.o bo Assistant-Surgeon, ♦ice Hutchison, promoted to the lit Foot, Sept. 17. Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain F. D. Swann, from the half pay of the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Captain, vice H. Nicholson, who exchanges, receiving the difference ; Sept. 17. Lieut. J. M. Carter to be Captain, by purchase, vice Swann, who retires, Sept. 18. Ensign A. C. Hawkins to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carter, Sept. 18. A. Newland, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Haw kins, Sept. 4th Foot—Lieut. J. Keating, from the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Shawe, appointed to the 21st Foot, Sept. 17. 6th Foot—Brevet Colonel W. H. Sewell, from the 31st Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Powell, deceased, Sept. 17. 7th Foot—Ensign J. Keane, from the 81st Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Keating, appointed to the 4th Foot, Sept. 17. 18th Foot—Lieutenant J. W. Graves, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Buchanan, promoted, Sept. 17. 21st Foot—Lieutenant A. G. Shawe, from the 4th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Armstrong, deceased, Sept. 17. 22d Foot—Ensign H. J. Conte, to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Macdon a ld, w h o ret i res, S ept. 1 7 . C. P. J. Stopford, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Coote, Sept. 17. 25th Fciot--Lieut. A. Rolls, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Brooke, who exchanges, Sept. 17. 31st Foot—Brevet Major H. C. Van Cortlandt, to be Major, without purchase, vice Sewell, promoted in the 6th Foot, Sept. 17. Lieut. D. B. T. Dodgin to be Captain, vice Van Cortlandt, Sept. 17. .Bth Foot—Assistant-Surgeon H. L. Stuart, from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Ror, appointed to the Staff, Sept. 17. 49th Foot—Ensign J. Brockman, to be Lieut. without pur chase, vice Shiel, deceased, July 23. C. Faunt, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Brockman, Sept. 17. 64th Foot—Sergeant-Major J. Brennan, from the 22d Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Webb, appointed to the. 3d Light Dragoons, Sept. 17. W. H. Brownson, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Maclean, appointed to the 11th Dragoons, Sept. 17. 76th Foot—Major J. Clarke, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Dansey, deceased, Sept. 17. Captain R. F. Martin to be Major, vice Clark e , Sept. 13. . . To be Captains, without purchase. Lieut. W. W. J. CoCkcraft, _vice Brilee, dec., July 20. Lieut. G. P. Pickard, vice Martin, Sept. 17. To be Lieutenants, without purchase. Ensign W W. Senhouse, vice Cockcraft, July 20. Ensign W. W. Whitter, vice Pickard, Sept. 17. To be Ensigns, without purchase. Quartermaster-Sergeant H. Smith, from the 14th Foot, vice Senhouse, Sept. 17. R. E. P. Broreton, Gent., vice Whitter, Sept. 18. 77th Foot—Lieutenant M. Denys, from the 81st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Powell, who exchanges, Sept. 17. 81st Foot—Lieutenant J. Powell, from the 77th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Powell, who exchanges, Sept. 17. Ensign R. Crawley, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Keane, promoted in the 7th Foot, Sept. 17 91st Foot—P. L. G. Cloete, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice M'Donald, who resigns, Sept. 17. 92d Foot—Brevet- Major J. A. Forbes to be Major, by pur chase, vice Rose, promoted, Sept. 17. Lieut. D. Stewart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Forbes, Sept. 17. Ensign J. C. Gordon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stewart, Sept. 17. J. C. Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gor don, Sept. 17: Ist West India Regiment—J. A. Hanna, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Crawley, appointed to the 81st Foot, Sept. 17. UNATTACHED—Major 11. P. Rose, from the 92d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice William Marshall (em ployed on a particular service ), who retires ; Brevet Major H. H. Ja-ob, from the 80th Foot, to be Major, without purchase, Sept. 17. STAFF —Veterinary Surgeon—F. C. Cherry, from the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, to be Principal Veterinary Surgeon, vice Coleman, (lee., Sept. 17. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon S. C. Ror, M.D., from the 38th Foot, to be Surgeon to the Forces, vice Mahony, pro moted, Sept. 17. To be Assistant-Surgeons to the Force:.—F. C. Annesley, Gent., vice Stuart, promoted in the 38th Foot ; B. Bannatine, Gent., vice Still, who resigns, Sept. 17. 111EMORANDUM.- The Christian names of Ensign Davies, appointed to the 92d Foot, on the 6th instant, are Thomas Williams. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN MORGAN MACHIN, tavern-keeper, High Hol born. BANKRUPTS. JOSEPH SAVILLE, linen-draper, Oldham, Lancashire, to surrender Sept. 28, at twelve, and Oct. 29, at two, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Norris, Manchester ; Norris, Allen, and Simpson, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn. JOHN TAPSCOTT, baker, Minehead, Somersetshire, Oct. 1 and 29, at twelve, at the Castle ,Hotel, Taunton. White and Whitmore, Bedford-row, London; Bevan and Brittan, Bristol. ABRAHAM WHITAKER, licensed victualler, Hulme, Lancashire, Oct. 2, at eleven, and Oct. 29, at two, at the Commissioners Rooms, Manchester. Dobinson, Gray's-inn square, London ; Prescott, Marchester. _ _ _ - MATTHEW WOTHERsPOON, share-broker, Liverpool, Sept. 28, and Oct. 29, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Chester, Staple Inn, London ; Davenport and Collier, Liverpool. SAMUEL FOX, corn dealer, Manchester, October 4 and 29, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Bar ratt, Jun., Manchester ; Bower and Back, Chancery-lane, London. FRANCIS HALLETT, builder, Brighton, September 26, and October 29, at twelve, at the Town Hall, Brighton. Attree, Clarke, and M'Whinnie, Brighton; Sowton, Great James-street, Bedford-row, London. JOHN CONNLEY and JOHN EVANS, dyers, Longsight, Lancashire, October 2, at twelve, and October 29, at two, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Hitchcock, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London. FRIEND WORE, commission-agent, Hulme, Manchester, October 3, at two, and October 29, at one, at the Commis sioners' Rooms, Manchester. Redfern, Oldham; Spinks, Bedford-row, London. JOEL WILSON, corn-dealer, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, October 4 and October 29, at two, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester. Coppock and Woollam, Stockp9rt; Nor ris, Manchester ; Scott and Bennett, Lincolns'-mn-fields, London. EVENING EDITION THE IiTARKETS.-(YESTERDAY) (From the London New Price Current of September 17.) SUGAR.-The market for West India Muscovadoes Sugar has been extremely. quiet since our last report, grocers as well as refiners purchasing very cautiously, and the private purchases have amounted to only 650 hhds and trs, and although there have been several arrivals, yet the merchants have only submitted to a reduction on pre vious rates of 6d per cwt. At public sale 114 hhds Barha does sold heavily 8d to ls under previous ratesss, good went at 67s to 67s Bd, and mid to good mid 6to 66s 6d. The stock is larger than in 1838. This afternoon there was no improvement in the demand, the transactions in refining as well as grocery qualities were extremely limited, and at a public sale of 120 hhds Barba does the biddings were languid, and not above half found buyers at a further reduction of 6d per cwt, fine sold at 67s to 68s, good 663 to 66s 6d, mid and good mid 65s to 653 6d per cwt ; the private operations amounted to 190 hhds and trs at prices rather in favour of buyers. REFINED.-Refined at lower prices; standard Lumps have been sold at 80s to 80; 61, and common brown Lumps at 78s 6d to 793. In Treacle prices are 6d lower. Bastards are rather easier. Crushed in small parcels has fetched 34s 91, and Loaves 39s to 435. For 100 casks Dutch deliverable at Amsterdam 33s 6d has been, paid ; 34s 6d is the price deliverable here. This afternoon in Refined goods there is no further change. Foreign Crushed at 34s 6d per cwt. Mautimus.-At the public sales prices gave way Is to Is 6d for brown, but yellow sorts were only 6d cheaper; the whole were disposed of-low to mid yellow went at62s to 633, good mid 63s 6d to 645, good 65s to 65s 61, very low dark brown resembling Bastards 53; to 575, mid brown 58s to 595, good 60s to 60s 6d, and flue 6ls per cwt. There has been one arrival. This afternoon there were two public sales, consisting of 9,954 bags, the principal part of which were not suit ab!e for the grocers, being sulphury, and prices gave way Is, low middling yellow went at 59s to 60s, good mid dling 62; 61, and fine bright 643 to 655, clean kinds brought within 61 of their former currency, good and fine brown sold at 603 to 61s, mid 583 to 593, very ord dark 53s to 575 6d, low mid yellow 61s 61 to 625, good mid 62; 61 to 635, good 63' 6d to 645, and fine 653 to 653 61; scarcely half found buyers. EAST INDIA.-Siam 25s 61 to 29; for low to good white ; Java taken in at 243 to 263 for mid to good yellow, and 203 to 23; for low to fine strong brown. Bengal, very •rd brown dabs, at 44s 6d to 50s per cwt. FOREIGN-For white Havannah there are still buyers at previous rates ; Foreign Muscovades taken in above their value, viz. mid and good mid yellow at 23s 6d to 24s 6d, good coloury grey 25; 6cl to 265, and ord brown 19; 61 to 21s For a cargo of yellow Havannah afloat 27s has been refused, 28; being demanded. This afternoon the market was quiet for most kinds ; 243 chests, 67 boxes, 88 brls, and 125 bags Pernambuco, and 50 chests Bahia were offered at auction ; they were nearly all taker, in at their former value, except a small part of the bags, which fetched 303 for good white. COFFEE.-For British Plantation a better demand has prevailed, and several parcels have been disposed of by private treaty, principally for the outparts, and rather higher prices have been obtained; fine ordinary and middling descriptions have been the must in request : at public sale, 106 casks and 37 barrels (principally imported in Sugar ships) sold at an advance en previous rates of is to 2s. Ja maica, of good and fine middling quality, fetched 130 s to 140 s, middling 115 s to 117 s 6d, fine and fine fine ord 109 s to 114 s, good ord 103 s, fair ordinary 97s to 98s. St. Do mingo has beer, sought after, and 800 bags have change.d hands privately at 6d advance ; 49; to 50, -, has been plod for good ord coloury, and at public sale 100 bags fetche d 495. For a cargo afloat 47s 6d has been refused, and it has been ordered on to Antwerp. This afternoon nearly all kinds of Coffee were in stead/ requett by private contract. for home consumption ; the public sales consisted of 47 casks 36 bags British Planta tion, and 58 bags Ceylon. The former was an indifferent unclean parcel, and sold at stiff prices -fine ord Demerara fetched 108 s 61, and good ord 95s to 102 s ; the latter sold at 1023 6d to 1033 for fine ord pale and coloury, being its full value. RICE.-Carolina is still held for 383 a 40s. Bengal mid white fetched 13s, and good 133 6d a 14s 6d. 2, 610 bags Manilla at public sale were taken in at stiff prices, viz low yellow at 10s 6d to I ls. 2,022 bags Java at mi auction xsep,ll sit fetched p,uei , O: ra a hr i lboe f te o s t c i n9O good request white and as n treaty at stiffer prices; at auction 1,458 bags sold freell good unsifted Sumatra at 31-d to 3id, and mid Malabar 6cd, to 4'. Cassia Lignea-good mid fetched 635, mid"' to 6I s 6d, and low mid coarse rather foxy 58s per cwt. t by This afternoon Sumatra Pepper was in good tic:regiuvbealastre privately at the rates stated above, but 625 bag's heavy tai at public sale were taken in at 4id for good ba h TEA.-Prices are still on the advance, and the being rather above its value. yellow anxious to get into stock. For Twankay a g ood den i n d ha; prevailed, and prices have advanced to 13 9d to 1 : 11 for common, and Is 101 to 2s fd for brightish lee' the I :se yis c o ai r iu l ae, k itt i i n o , i l ,h . savoe C r o ol n ihr g dta o i u npee h dr a s a been lnb fr advancei n c b o r m i o s m k n request , nhe i.a n t i h . e l leaf kinds, which have been the most in r e quest; t" former has fetched 15 6fd, and the latter is •but strong descriptions at and above is Ild a fair cannot be quoted higher. Hysona have sold to fetchede kß x i en t h e d n es a t o, has a Fs2 i s i rb d ecelednT p r rit i na z d e ge s 2oshoi a ad3 r v e dree, sgreauaenteuh,sirteermadti middling i h srirt e gae r tae ; d2sysgs e a tadol c m i ette m o t ad br t o 2 l ; n d sr ec oa k 6tt ahj it -rba cL eb ee s rr e higher prices, and even at these advanced rates several of the merchants have refused to sell. This afternoon the demand was brisk for all descriptions, and prices are ra ther higher, common Congou has fetched Is 7d, and Twankay is 9d per lb. 8d to is 10d, INDIGO.-For East India an advance of 2d .3dte b 4 06 0 nfos Guatemala rtlie Bth at Oc public October 3,480 Ichests se;sale found " eclared; lities brought former rates, but the better ki n ds went qua_.t°3'd:Per lb. higher ; Flores fetched 7s Gd ; low to fine Sobres 5s 6d to 7s 4d ; ordinary to good Cortes 4s to 5s 104 and low and clean 33 to 3s 101 per !b. PRovisioNs -In the prices of Irish Butter, there is little change-Dutch 94s a 96s per cwt. TALLOW.-Petersburg Yellow Candle on the spot, at 49; 6d per cwt. For delivery, at 48s per cwt. IRISH MARKETS. DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the WEEK ending SE:"1". 13. From . To 3,'06 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 3O 0 43 0 721 Bere l6 stone l4 0 16 0 0 Barley 2,358 Oats l4 stone l5 0 19 0 "0 Flour, per cwt ... 8 st.nie — 0 0 1,023 0atmea1.....---- 8 stone lB 0 19 0 Sold to Bakers only. 6,281 Cwt. Flour 25 0 28 0 Average price of Wheat and Fl our 655. 11,743 1 Fir5 t5......... , .. from 2 25. Mi. 41. per e Seconds f rom 19s. OW Thirds Sales e i o p f t s of Fl Do. o ii r , 18,003 from 10a. Oil. -- - A oor,Ke. 42 1 15 3 0 111 5 I 2 6 4 „, to :25a. ua• ° to Va. J " to 12s PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf lONA. ] Half Quartern .slid. CORK MA RKETS.—Sept. 14, Wheat (per c::.)22s 01 to37s. 64.10ats (per 14st.) ... 98.01 to 175.,,0d Parley (per 16.4414 6 19 0 (Flour (per cwt )...16 0 94 u Oatmeal (per cwt.) 12s. 0(1. to 16,.. 6d• Beef, 4d. to 7d.—Mutton, sd. to 6d.—Veal, 4d to fkl. Pork, 4d. to M.—Fresh Butter, 10d. to Ild. per lb. PRICE OR Burma. To the Merchants. - First Quality Bls. Second 70 Third Fourth l3 Fifth 67 ...- Snail To the County` 63 57 s a. s. ; 0 0 to ,* CLONMELL MA RKETS.—Sept. 14 Per Cwt. 8. d. s. d. New Butter B9 oto9o 0 I Hides (raw) 7‘o 40 • Oatmeal 12 0 12 3 Bac on Pi gs ...., ....... 38 ~.... 0 Rendered Lard. 0 52 0 H ea d s s Per Bag. 32 0 Flour, Second 0 44 0 I Flour, Thirds ..... ... 0 __ 0 ----Household...— 0 42 0I Feurth5......2 3 ° Per Barrel 14 ' 4l Rapeseed 20 0 0 I Barley ..13 —:1 t.) f 0 Here 6 4 10 0 f Coals KILKENNY MARKTS. Wheat per barrel)3os. Od.to 375. Vd. Beef (per E 1b... - °s• Barley .2ii 0 22 0 Mutton 0 5 4 ,: 0 Oats 12 6 14 6 Pork 0 0 v Flour (per bag)....30 0 40 0 Veal / 0 Butter(pet cwt.)...90 0 98 0 Fresh Butter Bacon Pigs 35 0 3(t 0 Salt Ditto ..... ... 0 , 9 ,-, Coals I 0 1 2 Potatoes (per ii;.) ~ 4. _ .. .. 60 , Od. to ‘ OB.. tifid• °LEAS SHEFFIELD PLATED WINE CO ' A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silversulittg; 14, Cornhill, London ( o p pos i te t h e B an k of England), hav e , choice in their warerooms a Selection of PLAIN and OW'. 14 . MENTAL ICE PAILS, to which they w ish to dire( t atten'.l s. The price of the Plain Tub-pail (now much in use) , th the pair ; the Classic Vase (very neat), 10/. Bs. t h e pra 7 the Victoria Pattern, 15/. the pair ; the Dresden Coole", 191 ' I pair, &c., all of whit.: are strongly mounted with Silver , an have Silver Shields for Engraving the Crest or Coat of Artl , '; i A pamphlet is published, with drawings of the above:a° - other articles of plate gen era lly, which may be had on W het tion, free of cost. POWERFUL MUSICAL BOXES, In " 7° . cases, 12 inches long by five inches wide, each playing f o ur ant with the mechanism fi n i s h e d i n a very superior manner, a re offered for Five G u i neas each. Also a few of the 'a nber description, larger sizes, at the foll ow i ng p r i ces : Six Airs 7 0 Eight Airs extra, 0 Eight Airs ...... ... 818 6 large £1414 14 0 Three Overtures.. 14 At T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silversmith, Gold _ floors smith, and Watchmake r , 47, Cornhill, London ( Seven from Gracechurch-street). tivne N.B. Th e sma ll M usical Boxes 3i inches long , on he ll selling in ti n cases, price 19s. each , t or in comp cases, s cases ' 255. each. nl A Catalogu e containing a List of the Music ay he .er ad gratis, o r can b e f orwarded by post as a single letter in 11,05°h tea post-paid application. On the r ietxhanindset; BIRTHS. Ma On the 16th ' in s-"Mrs . l ' inst St. James ' s -street, T. A. Pes a terr , of a daughter. .' inst., in Eratqt-storfeeat,daLugahmtbere.th, the lady of On the 17th inst., at Epsom, the lady of Arthur vailip Groom, Esq., of a daughter. ,------- MARR /ED. On the 15th inst., at Christchurch, Surrey, the ReY• W. Peete, of Chalsfield, to Mary , eldest daughter of Air* Brand,Thomas of Stamford-street. On the 16th inst., at Corsham, Wilts, Gabriel G , of Chippenham, to Mary Anne , onl y dau ghter of 'diehard DO' ward Alexander, Esq., of Corsham. d On the 10th inst. , at Lewisham Church,dcwararo Van fleythuysen, Esq., of John - street, Redford-row, Ri c hardrow, t line, eldest daughter of Thomas Ba‘;',e.., Esq., of Wandsworth road. DIE 13. On the 13th inst., at daughter of Frederick Esq., of Dublin Castle, wedlTurst-tiouse, years and 11 months. Dora Gertrude d'A n Y e r'; On the 13th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, George Polhill, Es l 4. , of Sundridgf . „ Kent, aged 72. Orr the t3th inst., at Parley hill, Swallowfield, Berksi Elizatetb, the infant daughter of Robert Wilkinson, aged 11 days. ~ndou Pr;nted arA Published by 111URDO YOUN ° ' f' t No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand' mn the county of illiddlesex.—Wednesday, September 18, Id3fl. DIVIDENDS. W. Buddle, sen., and W. Buddle, jun., builders, Learning ton-Priors, Warwickshire, Nov. 14, at two, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington Priors. W. Richardson, R. Richardson, and C. S. Bell, merchants, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Oct. 9, at twelve, at the Bo n k ru pt Commission-rooms, ewcastl e-upon- Tyne. C. Moresby, scrivener, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire, Oct. 10, at eleven, at the George Inn, Frome Selwood. J. Beck, spirit-merchant, Kingston-upon-Hull, Oct. 8, at one, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull. J. Briddon, corn-merchant, Liverpool, Oct. 28, at two, at the office of Messrs. Holden and Clarke, Liverpool. T. Minshull, broker, Worthing, Sussex, Oct. 10, at one, at the Town-hall, Brighton, J. Chettle, woollen-draper, Warminster, Wiltshire, Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Bath Arms Inn, Warminster. R. Gough, worsted-dealer, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, Oct. 9, at two, at the Vine Inn, Stourbridge. A. Roberts, draper, Llangefni, Anglesey, Oet. l I, at eleven, at the Albion Hotel, Bangor, Carnarvonshire. • R. Leigh, soap-maker, Liverpool, Oct. 28, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES.—OcT. 8. W. Buddle, sen., and W. Buddle, jun., builders, Leamington- Priors, Warwickshire. D. Taylor, worsted-manufacturer, Birstal, Yorkshire. J. Alderson, worsted stuff-manufacturer, Bradford,Yorkshirc. J. Gerard, soap-boiler, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire. W. and J. Sharrocks, machine-makers, Manchester. S. and H. Sharrocks, cotton-spinners, Chorlton-upon-Med lock, Lancashire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. _ _ T. and J. Dearden, coal merchants, Liverpool. T. S. Smith and J. Dodgson, tea dealers, Leeds. G. Shepherd and E. Brookes, pawnbrokers, Sheffield. W. and R. Roberts, flannel-drapers, Newtown, Montgo meryshire. T. Barrowcleugh and W. Moore, common-carriers, Bacup, Lancashire. W. R. H. Barker and J. Plummer, surgeons, Wantage, Berks. 1. Roberts, jun., and J. D. Ayers, lace-manufacturers, Not tingham. C. Booth and T. Ford, cabinet-makers, Ogle-mews, Foley street,. Marylebone. W. Buckley and W. Ashworth, carpet-manufacturers, Heck mondvvike, Birstal, Yorkshire. J. Dennis and J. Dennis, drapers, Penzance, Cornwall. A. Murray and G. Callender, slop-sellers, Liverpool. T. Upfill, J. Upfill, and T. B. Upfill, iron merchants, Bir mingham. T. and J. Kent, brickmakers, Birmingham. R. and W. Brown, jun., commission agents, Liverpool. A. Hind and J. Cox, cheesemongers, Bloomsbury, Mid dlesex. T. Parkin and W. Suddaby, millwrights, Kingston-upon- Hull. J. Hoult and E. Barnes, painters, West Derby, Lancashire. J. Harrison, J. Lynch, and M. F. Lynch, cotton-spinners Chorley. J. Horner and H. Downes, tailors, Norwich. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. - - ANDREW VEITCH, miller, Dairy Mills, near Edinburgh Sept. 19, and Oct. 10, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee house, Edinburgh. CURIOUS FACT.—A gentleman advanced in years, residing in East Lothian, was lately afflicted with dropsy, and tried various means for his recovery, but t o no purpose, At length, having got a v iolent sore mouth, be was compelled to live on milk, coffee , wine, and Dut c h gin, and on these he has continued to exist ever since, with. out partaking of bread or flesh, or any eatable commodity whatever, and what is most remarkable, his h ea l t h and strength are gradually recovering, although he has no desire for food. —Edinburgh Courant. THE GROWTH OF AN UMBRELLA. —On Sa turday, an eccentric being, named Kease, was charged, at one of the Dublin Police-offices, by a Connaughtman, servant to a family in Dublin, with stealing his umbrella from a tent in Donnybrook fair. Kease pleaded his own defence, and so bewildered the unsophisticated complain.. ant, by his .‘ larnin' and logic,'' that he impressed him with the belief, that he (Kease) had possessed the urn. brella ever since it was a parasol 1 PHOSPHORIC WOOD. --We have received the following communication from a gentleman living in this neighbourhood :—" Upon returning home on Friday night, I was surprised at finding the road strewed with pieces Of what appeared lambent fire, and the bank also appeared as if a large fire had been made and the expiring embers revived. Upon examination I found it was de cayed wood that had been exposed during the day by the labourers, and the effect produced was of a phosphorescent nature and of very unusual character. I send you a spect ; men for examination in a dark r“om ; it has lost some of its properties, but will explain itself sufficiently."—Ch e Im s - ford Paper. ~~, 1