The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-16 00:00:00

EVHENu,rc 1:131T101s1-. LATEST N From the N ew Y or k Gazette, Oct.l. RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCK EX CHAG. 212 Shares United States Ban N k, E cash rk 103 i 94 417 do. N orth American Trust Company 52 .52;;, 20 do. 34 do. Bank of Commerce ........................ 94 American Exchange Bank ............ 78 alo do. D e l. an d Hud. Canal C0...56i 56f 561 57N 25 do. Vicksburg Bank ..... ................... . !/ 60 do. B an k of Kentucky . ........................ 721 72 32i 25 d o . N ew Orleans City 8ank......... 60 days 2 20 do. E qu i ta bl e Insurance Coin 7 B 3 das 102 640 do. H aar l em Railroad .......f y 40 . do. P aterson Railroad ....... ....41 414 41. 51 110 do. Mohawk Railroad 521 521 45 do. Boston and Provincial Railroad. 96i- 97 re do. Stonington Railroad lO do. U t i ca an d Schenectady Railroad ll5 50 54 do. . Sy racuse an d Utica Railroad lo7 28A :i0 do. C anton C ompany, Baltimore The ~: e Ire was no material change in prices of stocks yes terday, and business to a fair amount was done. In the stocks following a slight reduction has taken place, vi z , --United States Bank declined I ; American Ex change Bank, 14 ; Kentucky Bank, 1 ; and Haarlem Railroad, per cent, on-the closing prices of Saturday, While Bank of Commerce and Boston and Providence Railroad advanced s, and Vicksburg Bank per cent. The British Queen sails to-day, and the amount of aPecie she will carry out, it is said, will not exceed from ? 0 0,000 to 1,000,000 dollars. The bill-drawing banks, tt, said, may reduce the premium on their bills, in rtcase they will find a more ready sale. Buyers er bills of private individuals at 10 for 60 days, than 1118 of t,sho banks at 93i for 90 days. T h e 4— hiladelphia Herald and Sentinel of yesterday says . , to ~ ,a t the transactions in Stocks on Saturday were a ~ very limited extent, but without material change in Prices, United States Bank closed at 103-k- bid, 1031 aske d ; Gir a rd B an k, 39 bid, 391 as k e d . T he Money Market was tigbt, but not unusually so for S tturday, a nd the day passed over without any serious difficulties. Sties of United States Bank post-notes were made at to 1, according to the amounts and the time they had to run. MORE SPECIE.—The New Orleans Picayune says, " The new steam-boat Naomi, Captain Taylor, arrived from St. Louis yesterday, has brought 100,000 dollars in specie cons i gne d to M r. George 0. Hall, of this e itY• She has also come freighted with a valuable cargo of produce. ...• otnee writ ing the above, 100,000 more o f spec i e have arriv e d from the same pl ace b y t h e steamer Prai rie, and consigned to the same individual." PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 30. In Stocks there has not been any change in prices iworthy of note. United States' Bank sold at 103 ; Camden and Amboy Railroad, 110 f ; and the only sale at the Second Board was 100 shares Vicksburg Bank 351 at 30 days. FIRES. (P , :o m the IVeekly New Era, of October 1.) Lie: ordinary quiet scene which Wall -street presents 1 on the Sabbath, was yesterday afternoon sadly inter rapted by the alarm of fire being given at about three o'clock, in consequence of smoke issuing from the store N.. 111, F ront -street, adjoining the corner house in .Vall-street. On breaking open the doors, the fire was found raping violently within, having originated to all aPpearance on the Ist floor, occupied by Messrs. Baker and Itanmond, whence it had worked its way into the u pper stori es , occup i ed by Mr. James Demarest (late the upper and Cl ar k) , an d i n a short time the whole of faiiiii4n,erior ea s i n a state of ignition. Then came the ~ 4. g of the floors with a heavy crash, and all the ma ertats, or their unconsumed frameur mo ments, wer e seen l y i ng , rning on the ground floor, and tese et-n i ght sent forth lame volume s of h flametill a late hour The l oss of Messrs. Baker and Hammond is estimated ~.," 0 1 0,000 d o ll ars, and that of Mr. Demarest is between 1, 11and 3,000 d o ll ars, t h e whole of which is covered ZBY ins urance. The caus e o f t h e acc id ent i s a mystery, 1 no - fire had b een i n th e s t ore f or some t i me previous. t, rle titan wh o was i n t h e b u ildi ng was seriously injured Y the bursting of a pipe of rum. -0,,,Pn Monday morning last, at about half-past 10 fr 6" ° cit, the powder mills belonging to Messrs. Foot and weillet,t, standing about two miles west of this village, i e °town up. There were three distinct explosions. ' at l• nter vids of 20 or 30 seconds. The first was the r . e 4 3 '..!eder mill, which was a short time before put in ope .l);l(''‘i ; and the workmen had left but about five minutes L'Vinus, and who were at the time working in the corn ' :i - 4 1 . 1 !'ill• about five rods distant, and which blew up ' :i l . "In 20 seconds, giving the men barely time to leave "mill, and throw themselves into the bush within 20 ieet o f i t , s) et • And, strange as it may appear, they escaped fingutl37 injured, one without a mark of injury except a i l ti i i' l ening blackened by the p ow d er , t h e other received h. e t of wo o d on his breast. Th ey h a d scarcely rose Dm their hiding place than the packing -house, which e a a - • eunned 400 or 500 barrels of powder, exploded, Prostrating them again, and leaving not a vestige to marvk the spot on which it stood. The ground for se deral feet around was swept clean of everything. A w weili ng-hous e standing near it was unroofed, two sides pl e a r , , ell . lown i n , an d not even a joist left sta n di ng . T he t ennis - of the standing walls were shaken from them, th e h Partitions broken to pieces, feather beds were h i s u , k , ll l4' and not a person, of the six or seven in the ' ° " e ' injured.— Westfield (Massachussetts) Spectator. AMERIt;" ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH QUEEN. By the arrival of the British Queen yesterday at Portsmouth, in 13 days and 22 hours from New York, we have received files of American Papers of the Ist inst. inclusive. The British Queen brings specie and bills to the amount of about a million sterling, the hard cash being variously esti mated at [from 700,000 to 800,000 dollars, and seventy-three passengers. The crops of all kinds were abundant in every part of the United States. There is very little political news in the American Papers, but they abound in intelligence of a mis cellaneous character. The following extracts in clude all the news in the New York Papers since the date of the last arrivals (From the New York Courier and Inquirer.) MONEY MARKET, OCT. 1. 1 We la men t t h at nn t h e d eparture of a steam-ship for Europe, it is not in our power to announce any im provement in the embarrassed state of the money market, and the only novel occurrence connected with it, since the departure of the Great Western, is the d etermir,ation to which some of our city banks have tome to furnish bills on London, but we fear the rate at which they are willing to draw is too high to prevent the shipment of specie, the object, we presume, they lave in view. We certainly live in strange times, and net the least strange is it, that notwithstanding the se "ere pressure we have experienced for this year or two Past, the consumption of foreign goods in this country has, continued so large as to more than absorb our exports ; at least, judging from the rates of ex thange this would seem to be the case. The rise of the rate of interest in England and here has be sides added an additional inducement to ship specie ; and to prevent it we are convinced the rate of ex change on London must be at least two per cent. below the actual par. An individual now drawing on Eng land at 60 days' sight at par, and shipping specie with the proceeds of his draughts to meet them, would gain 6 0 days' interest, as the specie would of course be cash on arrival, and his draughts have 60 days to run after presentation ; but individuals drawing here for par and at 90 days' sight on a credit, as we are told the banks do, will gain the interest of 90 days at New York, and that at the present price paid here for the use of money is Tack trifle, as in the very worst event, that of the rate Of exchange not falling as the cotton crop goes forward, kt!ill they-have to ship specie to meet their draughts, it will not be necessary to do it till 90 days after they have drawn. We wish to call the attention of the drawing banks to this fact, who, if they do not lower the rate they are asking for their bills, will fail in the object they profess to have in view, and besides'appear to have attempted to practice an extortion. Were there a regular rate of exchange in London On New York, and exchange transactions there with this country placed on the same footing as they are with other commercial countries, the difficulty alluded to would be obviated, for the operation of drawing on this country and shipping specie in time to meet the draughts would then also be undertaken there, and thus the specie would return as fast as it left us, and probably faster, in consequence of the higher price paid here for the use of money. Can any one assign a reason why the English merchant should not draw on this country for the goods he sends here, as well as the Ame rican merchant draw on England for the goods he sends to that country ? THE CANADAS. i r (From the New York Herald.) tr ok r .BOUNDARY.—There is a prospect of furth er ter. 6 ln relation to this vexed question during the win %ail_ The .State of Massachusetts has issued a great t i alb Y Permit s to the people of New Brunswick to cut er the disputed territory on both sides of the eoatook ; and, under the sanction of these permits, t i:" Passers have been committing extensive deprcda ordns" t he timber. Governor Fairfield has issued an of.l er e to the land agent, and, through him, to the people tors State, declaring his resolve to punish all depreda ts i n a severe and summary way. of itsesteT7 the Montreal Herald, Sept. 27.) afternoon Mr. Wand, gaoler, was . relie . ved . h frk me charge of 87 prisoners, who were convicted of O r " treason befor e the Court-martial. Of this num iCt,e6:4 were put on board the steam-boat British tr,i pp , rl . , c a• to be conveyed to Quebec, and then tran- D r :l!' on board the Buffalo convict ship. Two, rt)rijant and G. Levesque, were liberated on giving pro 'e vii) lt es to a large amount that they will leave the leagueese in 48 hours, and never come within 200 % mai of any at: her Msjesty's posssessions ; the re 4t, 2 7 amounthav f • also been required to give. bail to a ~ for r their goola behaviour for seven years, • led by viciniu led the on the !placed lamber Castle r Saxe ed the are ex- Castle : eetled r Fre- ondoy 1 and that they will not leave the province without consent of the Governor, or person adininivetinv: thi Government. The prisoners from Upper 'Canada, consisting of the Prescott and Windsor brigands, had not arrived at Lachine at six o'clock. They will be embarked on board the St. George, immecli4tely after their arrival, for Quebec. It was a melancholy spectacle to see the embarkation of these unfortunate men ; vet the justice of the de cree cannot be questioned. It is not impossible that some of their legal friends may strive, even yet, to ar rest the course of justice. The families of these un- happy men are more to be pitied than they. It is to be hoped that, after a few years, they may be permitted to return to their country, but a stern necessity demands their banishment for a time. FROM FLORIDA. By the steamer Florida, Captain Nock, we yester day received the East Florida Advocate, of Saturday last, published as Jacksonville. In this, (the second) number of the Advocate, eve find the subjoined disas trious skirmish. The regulars (poor fellows) behaved nobly. Their names should appear in print, and the private who rallied them, be placed on the'list for pro motion : Jacksonville, Sept. 14. MORE INDIAN NEWS.—A gentleman direct from Middle Florida, informs us, that on the 28th ult., while a party of regulars attached to a post near Sawannee River, were engaged in building a bridge about two miles from the fort, they were fired on by a party of Indians, (the number our informant did not know) and six of their number killed. They were under the command of a sergeant, who was among the slain.—They were rallied by a private, and although inferior in point of numbers to their savage foe, suc ceeded in beating the Indians back, and securing their dead and wounded, Six of their number shouldered each a dead man, and retreated, the Indians pursuing and firing upon them. They succeeded, however, in getting to the fort, promptly returning the fire of the Indians during the whole distance. The conduct of the regulars in this short but severe engagement, is said to have been very brave and soldier like. Three or four Indians were seen to fall, being borne off by their companions. SOUTH AMERICA. The ship Brutus, Capt. Adams, from Monte Video, brings Buenos Ayres and Monte Video papers ; the hit ter arc to the date of the sth ult. Tho contents of these papers possess but little inte rest here. The blockade of Buenos Ayres by the French squwiron still continued, and Captain Adams reports it as the general belief at Monte Video that it would still last for a long time to come, as the French fleet was attempting nothing new, and General Rosas preserved his popularity at Buenos Ayres unimpaired. This latter fact nppears to us highly probable, judging from the contents of the papers published there, and notwithstanding the accounts which have been recently taken from Monte Video papers of acts of atrocious cruelty perpetrated by Roses. An account was published a few days ago by some of our Contemporaries that a reconciliation had taken place between the Government of Buenos Ayres and that of Monte Video. There does not appear to be any truth in the statement ; on the contrary, we have a confirmation of the invasion of the Banda Oriental by refugees from that Republic and troops of the Argen tine Republic 1,500 strong, and that Fructuosa Reveira had left. Monte Video with forces to meet them. On the Ist August a duty of 8 per cent. on imports, and 5 per cent. on exports, was levied at Monte Video, in addition to the former duties, for the purpose of meeting the extraordinary expenses of the war. (From the African Luminary, Aug. 16.) TERMINATION OF THE WAR AT LITTLE EASSA. We are happy to be able to state that the recent war with the natives of Little Bassa, has entirely ended, with a complete victory on the part of the colonists. We stated in our last the departure of his Excellency Governor Buchanan, for the scene of action, with more men, arms, and ammunition. We were kept several days in a state of suspense as to the final issue of the affair, until the return of the Governor on Friday night the 2d inst. With universal joy the news spread throughout town that the Americans were all safe—not a man killed. Not a shot was fired after the Governor went down the last time, the natives being completely cooled of their great desire to fight. A palaver was held on the beach, attended by representatives from both parties, and matters very amicably settled ; the natives acceding to the terms prescribed by Governor Buchanan without any hesitation. Four of the slaves were given up to the Governor, and the rest are to follow. The head men, Prince and Bargay, have pledged themselves to aid and abet the slave trade no more in any manner whatever, whether directly or indirectly ; and after the drubbing they have had, we have no doubt that fear of a second one will keep them faithful to their pledge. The Governor brought up with him all the goods of value found in the slaves' factory, and ordered the buildings to be burned down. The men are to be sent to the United States in the schooner Euphrates, to sail in a day or two. His Excellency sends her as a prize to the United States Government. May similar success attend every effort made through the citizens of this commonwealth by their chief, to banish the accursed traffic from these shores. On the 20th inst., her Britannic Majesty's schooner Dolphin stood into our harbour, in charge of two schooners which she had just captured. One we have heard is the Marced ; the name of the other we did not learn. We have also been told that this vessel has re cently overhauled the Traveller, but by some means she has escaped. She did not communicate with the land, which we cannot but think rather unceremonious, as one of the prizes anchored nearly a half day in the harbour. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. (From the Philadelphia Gazelle, of the-30th of Sept.) A deep and most painful sensation was excited in the community this morning, by the rumour of a deed of blood which it was sincerely hoped at first was but a ru mour, but which, after inquiry, proved, alas! too true. Those who have been accustomed to walk in Chest nut-street in the neighbourhood of Independence -square, (a point perhaps, with the exception of the Exchange, where both at day and evening, our citizens most do congregate,) must have frequently stepped into the con fectionary store and refreshment-rooms of Mr, Wood, opposite the State House. They must remember also his handsome and attentive daughter, whose chief care it was to attend to the more elegant ministrations of the establishment. Sh e was a faithful and dutiful girl, just b:ushing into womanhood. Among her many admirers was a young man in Sixth-street of the name of Peak, who succeeded in securing her affections. About two weeks since, we understand, they were privately married, and on Thursday evening the young woman left the establishment of her father, and joined her husband. On . Saturday she returned, and all the circumstances were made known to the former. He instantly Closed his shop, much to the surprise of the public, more than particular attraction being now in the ladies' department —a striking likeness of Queen Victoria, by a young artist of this city, having been placed there for exhibition. The demeanour of the father to his daughter was morose and unreconciling, although he had previously invited her home ; but she strove by every means to avert his ill feeling, which, so far as it was likely to end in anything desperate, he ingeniously concealed. This morning, however, about 10 o'clock, as the daughter was sitting in the room with her father, and we believe with some other members of the family, he walked deliber ately up to her, and, drawing a pistol from his bosom, placed it almost against her forehead, and shot her en tirely through the brain. The ball, we learn, passed through the skull, and fell in another part of the room. The murderous weapon was at once thrown from the hands of the desperate man, in the presence of his dying child, and himself secured. The Sheriff of the city was sitting in his office, and was immediately aware that something unusual had occurred. He crossed the street immediately, and, ascending to the apartments where the deed was done, found the murderer standing, pale and terribly agitated, with his back to the fire place, and his daughter lying prostrate and bleeding on the floor, with her head near his feet. One child, a promising lad, was clasping his knee, and averring with tearful eyes, and language of implor ing passion, that. " father did not, father could not do it !" whiie other members of the family were sobbing and shrieking over the dying sister and child. On the en trance of the Sheriff, Wood lifted his arm as if in the act of firing a pistol, and exclaimed, " I am the man, I shot her, I shot her 'While writing this article, we learn that the father, after such an act, is sound asleep, with a guard of offi cers over him. An immense crowd gathered around the place, yet none were admitted but certain members of the medical faculty, and the Coroner's jury of in quest, who will delay their verdict until eight o'clock this evening. The girl was lingering in great agony to wards the close of the forenoon, but not the slighest hopes of her recovery were entertained. Mr. Wood was an Englishman, who may be remem bered as a fruitseller for many years in the Chesnut street Theatre, and the keeper of a little shop in the th A ha r rso e a ws d en e, , e intor alwhichtheris inconceivabl e d children,a ug daughter r iws t a hr n oe d s sn h ,b i i m tyh slf attended. He e t their hisd r e a m d o fu t h l e a r et ar e thrown into inconceivable distress by this dreadful act o f murder and blood. In the preceding part of the day the Minister of Fi nance read a scheme for the raising of two hundred mil lions rials by titulos for the urgencies of the army. Five per Cents. to-day 3i ter cash. News from Aragon states, that, while Espartero has moved by Belchite upon Cabrera, O'Donnell is to move from Valencia and the sea-coast towards his strong bold two other divisions, one from Madrid, the other from Teruel, to observe the eastern passes of the &files.— Morning Chronicle. ESTERN WAGGEkIES. (From the New York Papers received by the British ) QUITE HANDY.—T Queen. here's a gentleman in New York whose lace has become so wrinkled by his con stant exposure, that his wife uses it to grate nutmegs on. TIIE LAST.—A woman put a loafer's head in a bas ket yesterday morning instead of a squash ; she did not discover her mistake till the loafer asked her if she'd stand liquor. fancying A N himself AMUSING beset Po s b z y r o r N o . b — b e T r s o , s k e n e e c a l n d g r un at k er p u m m a p n , begging the handle not to strike him. " AND HE SHALL WALK IN SILK ATTIRE."—A bull broke into a multicaulis fi&d in Missouri, and ate and destroyed six hundred dollars worth of trees. It it; supposed his hide will be silk velvet in a short time. APPEARANCES.-It is a remarkable fact that every animal when dressed in human apparel resembles man kind very strikingly in features. Put a frock, bonnet, and spectacles on a pig,and it looks like an old woman of fifty. A bull dressed in an overcoat would resemble a lawyer. Tie a few ribbons round a cat, put a fan in its paw, and a boarding-school miss is represented. A cockerel in uniform is a general to the life. The fea tures of a tiger call to mind those of a sailor. A hedge hog looks like a miser. Dress a monkey in a frock coat, cut off his tail and trim his whiskers, and you have a Broadway dandy. Jackasses resemble a good many people—but we dislike personalities in this case.— Pis. WELLERISMS —" Are you looking for any one in particular," as the rat said to the cat yen she was peep ing down his hole. " Ven are you going to Texas ?" as the boy said to the man rot wanted to get trust at the printing-office. " Vot a werry nice fit," as the tailor said to himself, yen the porkman fell down in an apoplectic. " Don't you feel bill-ous?" as the mosquito said yen he stuck his proboscis into a man's leg. " Here's the bannisters, but I swear I can't find the stairs," as the drunken fellow said yen he t--;alked round the bed-post. " Excuse my back," as the horse said to the man vot was riding vithout any saddle. " Don't rise for me," as the customer said yen his butcher charged two cents more a pound for beef. "A man can't help what happens behind his back," as the loafer said when he was kicked out of doors. " My dancing days are all over," as the duck said yen lie was trying to take steps on the ice. CURIOUS IDEA.-At the last 4th July the following toast was given at a western celebration :—The wretch who would refuse to defend the liberties of his country —Shod wit'a lightning, may h e b e condemned to wan der over a desert of gunpowder." aron Wenckheim arrived at Mivart's Hotel, yesterday, from Berlin. On the 10th inst. the Lord Bishop of Exeter instituted the Rev. Joseph R use to tike Re c t ory o f . Monokehampton, this county, vacant by the death of the Rev. Hugh Northcote, of Pyner, Bart., the true patron. On the same day his Lordship instituted the Rev. Arthar Roberts —o- to the Rectory of Ken tiabeare, vacant by the cession of the R ev . D r. T ripp, on the presentation of the Right Hon. t he Earl o f Egrcmont, the true patron.—Western Lum i nary. The Earl and Countess of Granville have de ferred their departure for Paris until to-morrow morning. SICKNESS AT THE SOUTH. —It is only in Charleston that the yellow fever has rbated. In New Orleans, Augusta, and Mobile, the disease continues to rage. The contagion has also appeared in Natchez (Mississippi), and on the 18th ult. ten cases were re ported. The interments in New Orleans, on the 20th ult., were twelve. In Charleston, a day 1 146 been act , apart for public thanksgiving and prayer. MADRID, OCT. 7, TEN O'CLOCK, P.M.—One of the EGONOiti/CA.L COOKERY most unexpected and extraordinary scenes kehaps ever fiar y and to t /;: :- e r l t a o t n e , Sir L o London, t i l c B3 u 9 r . tis, witnessed in any delib era ti ve assem bl y too k pl.ice to- Th e r e i s much useful gastron o mical knowledge--= t. day, in the saloon of th e Congress. regret extrem e ly which, according tce that the few tnometas left m e b e f ore th e French Unifier Most valuabl e o f a ll knowledge—contained w i i s th th ii e l who takes this will start wlii not permit me to give you the hoards of this slender duodecimo. It introduces more than the mere results of the interesting events of us to all the mysteri es o f t h e k itc h en ; s h ows us h ow androoststv, economical roast, this day. You will have b een i n f ormed that the discussion of to boil, broil, stew, the question of th e concess i on of the fueros had beenl oquent on th e su bj ect of a " haunch of venison taking a m os t di sagreea b le turn, and that it was greatly . to be fear e d t h at t h e country would be thrown into the e manner, an d a a k n e d , the it is specially readies,t —that delectable dainty which inspired the muse triple confusion produced by a dissolution of the Cortes, of Goldsmith, and of which epic poets are so con the non-settlement of the fueros, a n d the collection of stantly in the habit of partaking. " Directions taxes another year unvoted by the proper branch of the for Carving" is however the most acceptable por- Legislature, Seeing th e alarming prospect thus laid tion of the volume, for carving is an intricate open to th e country , t h e grea t Lib era l ma j or i ty of the science, much appreciated by the- elite of the con - I- Congress, sacrificing their own per sona l f ee li ngs , resolved triunity ;and for w ant o f a d to k now l e d ge of , it,. upon maki ng anot h er e ff ort to save the country from many, otherwise agre ea bl e , peryle have rendered the impe n di ng ev il s . S anc h o , an d some others of the Deputies wh o h a d s i gne d t h e amen d ment un d er discus- themselves p er f ect nuisances in society. Let such sion, and which the Cabinet declared its intention to op read these " Directions" with attention, and then pose, went this morning to the Government, and had a put . them int o pract i ce at every convenient oppor meeting with them, i n w hi c h th ey — t h e authors of the tunity, and they will soon find that they may yen amendment—proposed to withdraw it, though certain of ture on the anatomy, even of a hare—that most in three-fourths of the Chamber voting it, if the Govern- tractable of subjects —at a large dinner party with meet would intr o d uce i nto t h e i r pro j ect a c l ause for the f perfect safety_ t h at i s to say, without sending one preservation of th e C onst i tut i on, a b out which alone per • • eg spinn ing across the table, and depositing another they were res o l ve d t o insist. Ti) th i s proposal every in the lap o f t h e i r next neighbour. member of the C a bi net gave hi s consent. So thoroughly did the parties understand each other, that it was agreed also that Sancho should immediately announce the withdrawal of the amendment of himself and his companions ; explaining, cf course, the reasons, and assuring the public and the Cham ber that provision for the full, and entire conserv ation of the Constitution was made. Senor Sancho accordingly proceeded to his task,commencing by replying to the arguments of the Ministers of Grace and Justice, and of War,yesterday,in the most mild,temperate,and able manner ; and concluding that as there was in reality so little difference between them with respect to the vital condition of prt serving inviolate the Constitution, he in his own name, and in the names of the subscribers of the amendment, would withdraw it, on the understand. ing of the clause alluded to being introduced into their project by the Government. Every one as are of what had actually taken place bettyt en the parties in the morning expected, of course, this amicable and even pre-arranged proposal would have been immediately met in a correspondondin g tone and disposition b 3 the Government ; but to their utter surprise the Minister of Grace and Justice, upon rising to reply to Senor Sancho, went on to speak as if no Convention had been entered into at all by the Government and the authors of the amendment—in fact, that they, the Cabinet, would adhere, as they said they would do an another occa sion, to the project of the minority of the fuero com mittee. Instantly the impression passed through the benches of the saloon that the Minister was falsifying his own declarations and arrangements in the morning, and, as if by one impulse, most of the deputies left the saloon, even his own friends abandoning Arrazola, the Minister who had made the solemn engagement only a few hours before. One after another of those who had been present on the occasion spoke, and re minded him of what had taken place ; but there he stood, stupid and shameless, still denying the pro mises he had made. While this scene was in progress a loud noise of the rushing of feet and of voices was heard, as if entering the saloon, when present') all the deputies who had retired to consult entered the Chamber, and declared that they would all to a man vote against the Government, and for the Olozaga amendment. In fact, there were not mere than two or three of the deputies who did not join is this declaration. Even Las Navas and Mudoz, who had previously spoken most strongly against the amendment, now declared their intention of voting for it. Nothing could be more alarming than the state of things at this moment. It was clear that either the Ministry, discredited as it was, should resign that night or dissolve the Cortes, and that in either case the important question of the fueros was deferred orjeopar died. In this state of things Olozaga proposed that the session be suspended until the Minister., who were all present, would agree to what they would do. The re• prieve was useless : old Perez de Castro rose by request, and repeated in nearly the same words the faithless eva sions of Arrazola to fulfil the promise made by them. Upon this Olozaga rose, and, in one of the ablest speeches perhaps ever spoken extemporaneously * de tailed the whole occurrences of the morning; made manifest the Ministerial perfidy; went into a complete history of the formation, materiel, and acts of the pre sent Cabinet, and concluded by insisting upon the amendment. Alaix, ashamed of the nsiserable position in which he and his companions stood—condemned in fact as liars before the Congress and the nation—now rose, began to speak of all he had done, and admitted that lie did feel the severity of Olozaga's castiga tion, and that he at all events was inclined for peace at any price. Olozaga, with the utmost mastery, seizing the occasion presented of restoring peace and preserving the unity perhaps of the empire, addressed the Chamber in quite a new tone, except ing Alaix from the censures addressed to his col leagues ; and said that Alaix had done whatever was really done by the Government, and that he, Olozaga, entertained no enmity towards him. Here, as if by magic, after the exchange of a few friendly assurances upon both sides, Alaix and Olozaga were seen on the floor of the saloon embracing each other ; while their example was followed by all the other political enemies in the saloon, amidst the most enthusiastic cheering ever heard from the public and reserved tribunes. As soon as this extraordinary scene had subsided a little, the venerable President, Calatrava, touched the bell ; the house became silent as the grave, and he proceeded in a well-timed extempore speech to say that that scene had amply repaid him for upward. of thirty years of labour and persecution ; that they, too, had at that moment their day of Bergara, to which he very elo quently compared this passing event. In the mean time, at the Ministerial table were to be seen Olozaga and the Ministers modifying the project of the latter, which, in a few minutes afterwards, was read and unanimously carried by a majority of 1'23 members present. Many most interesting particulars of this event I am obliged to omit ; but 1 presume you will find enough to justify the importance attached to it, and the singu larity of its nature. RESEARCHES IN GEOLOGY, Co!burn, _London, 1839. This volume is a sort of appendix to the ac count of the Voyages of Discovery, along. the South American shores, of the Adventure and the Beagle, winch w e notice d at some length a few days since in The S un . I t furnishesus with numerous details respectin g th e natural History of Patagonia, and the i s l an d s l y i ng i n the neighbourhoodof the Straits of Magellan, which, to those who take an interest in such pursuits, will afford considerable instruction and entertainment. The author of the work is Dr. Darwin who, we understand, is Secre tary to the Geological Society. THE !UNARY. . Rickerby, London, 1839. Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley in this, the Third Canto of her " Visionary," has produced her finest poem. The versification, which is of the Spencerian kind, is more agreeably and gracefully managed throughout than any thing she has yet attempted ; and the vigour —the earnestness—the high and thoughtful tone of the work are such as we were scarcely prepared to expect from her pen. She is evidently an ardent lover of nature, of which she speaks with all the enthusiasm of a true poet ; and though a strain of melancholy pervades her poem, yet there is nothing morose or splenetic mixed up with it. The only fault we have to find with the " Visionary" is, that one or two favourite ideas are too often repeated, and with little variety in point of expression ; but this was scarcely to be avoided in a work of such length. THE MAGISTRATE'S POCKET COMPA NION. Bo Wsr. EAGLE, Esq.. of the Middl e Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Shaw and Sons, London. This publication is intended to exhibit, hi a com pendious form, the practice of a Justice of the Peace out of Quarter Sessions, and to remedy in, some degree the inconvenience of resorting on every occasion to Burn's Justice. The more important clauses of each Act are given at length, and in cases of doubt, or where a more full explanation is re quired, reference is made to Chitty's edition of that work. It contains an Appendix, embodying some of the principal Acts of last Session of Parliament, but omitting one of very considerable importance to the metropolis—the New Police Act. This is a de fect which Mr. Eagle ought to remedy without delay. There arc certain clauses - in that Act on which the Metropolitan Justices require a little en lightenment. THE CHURCH MAGAZINE. This is one of the periodicals which advocate the State Church, after the fashion vulgarly termed " going the whole h 0..." It generally contains a liberal sup p l y o f sectarian intoleranc e , and, as far as that goes, the present Number is well calculated to keep up its character. Dissenters of all descrip tions are abused up hill and down dale, but the Wesleyan Methodists come in for much the largest share of clerical vituperation: The article headed " The Centenary of Weslevanism " should be pe rused by such of the Methodist body as have been deluded into a belief that there is a cordial affection towards them. in the Church. Here will they see themselves depicted as little abort of inon sters of iniquity, celebrating unhallowed Mid. night orgies, and wallowing in the most disgust. big impurity, under the pretence of worshippii.g the God of Holiness. As a sect they are repre sented to be guided in all their acts by the grossest selfishness ; and to this motive, and not to any love for the Church, is imp ute d t h e i r occas i ona l co-ope ration with Churchmen in matters of public interest. Their founder,Joh n Wesley, is treated with scarcely more respect. I t i s more than insinuated that he was a hypocrite ; h e is styled " the remodeller and reviver of t h e old Pelagian heresy ;" some of his works are stated to be so contradictory that there is not a single proposition affirmed in any ono place which is not denied in some other ; while others of them are so full of indecency that people thrust them out of their libraries for fear that their children should be contaminated by them. We regret that we cannot extract any portion of this article at present, but we shall recur to it at a fitting opportunity. THE LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHILO SOPHICAL MAGAZINE. R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court. The contents of the present Number of the Phi osophical Magazine are equally interesting to the nan of science and to the general reader. The orit_,!inal contribution s are of a more varied character than usual, and the selections from the transactions of learned societies appea r to be made With the judg ment and tact which distinguish the conductors of this work, which well deserves the countenance and encouragement of every lover of science. , THE EYES, -- Optical improvements to enable persons at an advanced ago to read with ease, and discri minate objects with perfect distinctness. Messrs. S. ! . arici B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists to the Royal Family, 39, Albernarlc-street, Piccadilly, and 96, Cheapside, have succeeded in effecting a most scientific improvement' in Spectacle Lenses, of the greatest transparent refractive - power, for imperfect Vision ; the extraordinary advantage derived from this invention is, that they are adapted to the sight to the greatest nicety by experienced persons, qt', more than 30 years' extensivc practice, so that the sight, becomes preserved and strengthened, and persons ari . enabled to empl o y t h e i r s i g h t f or any l ength of time, eitheiar by day or candle light, at the most minute occupation, with ease and comfort. These Sdectaele Lenses are con_ structcd on a principle that persons can see with them of a much less magnifying power, nor will they require the change so frequently to greater magnifying powers as those now in common use; those objects being accomplished, i s a matter of much deeper importance to the public than m ay he imagined; thousands of individuals have been most seriously injured in consequence of neglect to those sub jects. Persons can be suited at a distance; those who have never used Spectacles, by stating the number of inches they can see moderate sized print from the eye, and those who are making use of Spectacles by sending them, and making the same statement. The Messrs. S llomon's Voice Conductors, for deaf persons, are not the least per. ceptible, and give immediate relief.—No agents nor travel. lers are employed. EFFECTS OF HEAT .—The irritation and inflate mation frequently produced upon the surface of the skin by exposure to the sun, is no less unpleasant to the feeling than generally destructive to the appearance. The only preventive and preservative of the hands, face, and neck, from this disagreeable liability, is Rowland's Kalydor. The Kalydor—a preparation from the most delightful ex otics, not only (by its use) insures the skin fy osn t h e effect of summer's scorching heat, but it never fails of restoring the skin to its pristine delicacy and whiteness, while ulti mately it bestows upon the countenanc e a soft and delicate bloom ! ' THE MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES AND THE CORONERS.-At the conclusion of an inquest held yes terday before Mr. Biker, a juror, who said he we.s a rate-pay e r, addressed the Coroner and his fellow-jury men. He thought this a fitting opportunity to notice the very extraordinary conduct of the Middlesex Ma gistrates, w h o , a f ter fixing a table o f fees, in c omp li ance with the Act of Parliament, had lately complained of the expense of the Coroner's Court, and talked about unnecessary inquests. He had attended many inquests in that parish, and. never knew an unnecessary one to be held ; but he was sure many suspicious deaths oc curred in tinny districts of the metropolis, where the prop er information was sometimes withheld from the Coroner which deserved inquiry. Mr. Baker said there could be no doubt inquests were of great advantage to to the public. The foreman of the jury said he was a large rate-payer, and he was of opinion the Middlesex Magistrates might curtail other expenses in the county with more advantage than those of the Coroner's Court. He was quite sure the rate-payers did not object to them. He was very sorry to see the feelin g exhibited by the Magistrates on the subject, and thought they were indulging in Use economy. There was no insti tution more revered by the people than the Coroner's Court. ... I .ltQr soule :.-orther conversatiou the Court broke up. TOR StiN‘ LOIDON, Vi 7 EDNE ; iDAI', Odt0)114111 ld, ...1173,1 TNT LITERATURE. GIVIF, Great Western British Queen._ Liverpool... New York United Kingdom President C. of N. Y. iron S'mer, Cunard's Do. d 0... Do. do. Do. d 0.... Do. Br. Govt. Do. d 0.... Do. d 0.... Do. d 0.... Do. d 0.... Do. do. ... Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. ••• Do. do. Do. d 0.... Do. d 0.... Do. d o . Do. d Do. do. ... Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. Fren. Gov. Do. d 0.... Do. do. Do. do. Do. (19. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. d 0... Do. d 0... 158,260 18,048 OCEAN STEAMERS: CELT PLAN.N ,OF THE BILITiSiII 00VERNIVENT. 8o it seems the British Government inteiid to cover the Atlantic, south and north, with lines of steamers. Add this to their steam lines to India, up the Mediter ranneuni anti all over the world, and what a steam united empire England and her Coionit.s will prove ; These plans will give her the entire empire of the sea, and begin a fresh period of grandeur and greatness. STEAM VESSELS ON THE ATLANTIC IN 1841, Nam' i Tons, itg e r. Lengt I Ports. 'Bristol to New York London do, Liverpool do. London do. Liverpool do. Bristol do. London to Boston Glasgow do. Falmouth or South ampton, to the West Indies, to the Gulf of Mexico, to South America and to the Binds ; also from Havanna to New York, keeping the entire West India and American route open by steam. From London, either to Egypt, or by the way of Cape of Good Hope, to the East Indies. Havre to New York rest to Brazi Bordeaux to V. Cruz Here we have a correct list of forty-two large steam ships that will ply to the different points on the Atlan tic in 1841, and by the year 1842 every commercial place of any importance will be connected with each other by the aid of steam. In 1832, when Junius Smith, Esq., a true Yankee, from the State of Connecticut,first proposed navigating the Atlantic with steam, he was laughed at, told to build a railroad to the moon first, and hen run ste nn-ships to New York. He persevered, however, and we have already witnessed the success of his splendid conception. The whole world will, in a short time, be brought within the compass of a few thousand miles, figuratively speaking, by the spirit, en terprise, and perseverance of an American. When the " British Queen" reached London from New York, a dinner was given on board by the Company, which went off with great eclat. Mr. Smith was called upon three times and made as many speeches on the history of Atlantic steam-navigation, which he brought down in a masterly manner to the moment he was speak ing.—New York Herald. c ,~ s~ ~ • / C~JV.EN IN G I TiO r THE CITY OF THE sULT,tt.,:::, REVIVAL MOVEMENTS. That a tremendous revival in all manner of religious matters is close at hand we have very little doubt. The Methodists are at work in Europe, sending over agents to this country to enlighten us, and to Canada to quell the disturbances, and heal the religious dissensions there ; Presbyterians are travelling all over the conti nents of Europe and Asia to increase the kingdom of heaven ; to instil new life into old Jerucalem ; the old clotheswen of Chatham -street, and the pawnbrokers, with Major Noah at their head, are making great efforts to get back to the Holy Land ; the Moravians are moving east, west, north, and south ; the Mormons are on the march through the United States, going about as George Fox and the Quakers did of old, preaching and praying, and by trying to turn many to righteousness, endeavouring to shine as the stars for ever and ever. There is some great and extraordinary religious move ment close at hand , and as we know not the day and hour when it may overtake us, as the great day of revival will come upon us as a thief in the night, as one is to be taken and another left, it behoves us well to watch and pray lest we enter into temptation. The Mormons made their appearance on Sunday last in the town of Paterson, New Jersey, about sunrise. They were about fifty in nurober, including twenty beautiful young women (newly-made converts), dressed in the garb of the Primitive Christians, mostly, although— Some were ragged, and some were torn, Some were shaven, and some were shorn of most of their fair proportions ; some of the men had coats, like Joseph, of many colours, and some of the young girls bad petticoats somewhat scanty. They 'et`Opped before the first tavern in the place, and thus chanted their matin song:— • - Who's a going 'long with tut,',34l4;:p. Up to Jordan, up to Jordan ? Who's a going 'long with us, • • ' Hallelujah lover 1" 'cil" 97 ' 3 ' ll 5" They then prayed, and preached, and exhorted, and went through the town proclaiming the near approach of the day of the Lord. No one. molested them and all seemed to listen with interest, if none were edified. The Mormons stopped in turn before every tavern, every factory, and every corner of a street, and went through their evolutions and religious exercises. When they had got through they adjourned to a small bar-room, to take a drink all round. After this they left the town for the woods, followed by about .500 factory girls, and held a bush meeting all that afternoon and night ; and many returned the next morning much im proved in piety, but not at all improved in their personal appearance. Again, we say, watch closely the signs of the times, for some great moral and religious convulsion is certainly close at hand.—New York Morning Herald. ADMIRAL FLEMING. (From the Atlas.) We arc glad to see that a change has come over the spirit of the dreams of our friends the Tories. It is now loudly insisted upon by them that no appointment, either in the army or the navy, or in any other department of the State, ought to be made upon any other ground than that of pure merit. The appointment of Admiral Flem ing:to the Governorship of Greenwich Hospital is vehe mently protested against for the sole reason that he has never been in a general engagemen'. That this was not always a Tory principle he who runneth may read in the complaining despatches of Nel son and Collingwood, and of every other naval hero who has found a biographer. The blunders of beardless Captains, and the querulous sorrow of neglected vete rans, strew our naval history too thickly to require the additional evidence just afforded by the boast of the Standard that all our old Admirals are Tories. We could wish, however, that this newly awakened horror of political appointments were enounced by some more recognised organ of the party than the Times and Standard newspapers. If Sir Robert Peel were to attack an appointment upon these grounds, we should have very joyous anticipations of the establishment of a new system of government in England ; but we cannot , forget that Sir Robert would repudiate these organs to ! morrow, and that the Times would without hesitation follow his example, and laugh at those who had been deceived by them. OTlic talk about Admiral Fleming's appointment appears to proceed from the bl uai k r of c on f oun di ng , the Governorship of Greenwich Hospital with the object of the Hospital itself. The Hospital is one great sinecure, established for those who have deserved sinecures of the nation—the Governorship of the Hos pital is a very different thing. It is a post which calls for industry, ability, and vigour. A decrepid sailor, by his very decrepitude, becomes a proper candidate for admission to the hospital, but a decrepid Admiral, by that same decrepitude, becomes altogether unfit to discharge the active duties of the Governor of the Hospital. There are, doubtless, many brave old men who have seen more service than Fleming, and who are now droop ing beneath their laurels in an honourable old age. But the proper rewards for these old men are sinecures and pensions, which most of them have, not a laborious office with heavy duties and considerable responsibilities. On M onday last a man employed on the North Union Railway was killed near the first bridge south of Wigan, by the mail train coming down. The unfor tunate individual was engaged regulating the rails on the up-side of the road, when observing the seven o'clock train from Preston proceeding towards Parkside, he stepped from that to the opposite line. H e h ad scarcely done this when th e mai l train coming from Parkside to Preston arrived at the spot, and the wheels of the engine passed over his neck and nearly severed his head from his body. The mail train was more than an hour out of time, having been detained near War rington by a luggage train carelessly left, on the rails. This circumstance was probably unknow n to the suf ferer, and therefore he had no reason to expect any train at the time on the side of the road where he had gone for safety, and the morning being very foggy the engineman could only see a few yards before him, and was unable to stop the train in time to save the poor man's life. BLOWING UP THE ROYAL GEORGE.—At Woolwich Academy, on the 24th of June, 1789, the contrivance of one Sergeant Bell, for blowing up the Royal George was tried upon a vessel built by his direc tions upon a scale o f one i nch to fifty of the Royal George's size. The vessel was sunk in the river Thames, and with .501 b. of powder afterwards con ducted into her magazine was blown to pieces. The experiment took place at high water, and answe red every exp ec t at i on o f the inventor of it--Genikmans Magazine, 1789, p, 742. 236 276. 223 200 ... ~ SPIRIT of the kußi,it dotTRNALs, ilrlw THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTEtriliti (3 ' f!....1 the Globe.) The letter which we inse:ted;teeterday from the Lords ff the Education Committee of Council ; in reply to a Clergymdo's inquiries as to the appointment of In• spectors, and the exteds?rt /f their functions to the re ligious instruction in Church school'a s has excited in an especial degree the wrath of the Times, which indulges sortie of its usual decent conjectures whether there was any such perFon as the writer of the original communication —whethet " the whole thing is a forgery," &c. &c. We have not the slightest doubt that those who have any legitimate reason for wishing to know the reverend writer will have no difficulty ;out it. We do not reckon amongst legitimate reasons the desire to abase him by name in the Times ; and we shall not gratify our Contemporary by furnishing him with an opportu nity of employing his usual logical weapons of coarse personality. We would, however, appeal to the Established Clergy generally whether the sort of championship affected to be devoted to their cause by the organs of Opposition is to their taste, or is likely to serve them in the public opinion. The day is not very re mote (nor, possibly, remote in recurrence) when thesevery scribes were writing them down with the same attention to truth and decency as they now display in their altered vocation of writing them up. Every true friend of the Church must exclaim—Non tali auailio !It will also be fitting for true friends of the Church to consider whether these swaggering auxiliaries will make up for the loss of sober supporters. They must know —to borrow the words of a review-writer whom we lately quoted, " how many honest men think that education is still unprovided for, and seek to promote it by societies and schools." They will do well, " when they cannot directly co-operate, to counte nance the efforts of others ;" and they may be sure that by opposing any obstacle to such efforts, they are merely making themselves the catspaws of a party which cares not for their true interests, and aims merely at getting its chesnuts from the fire by their agency, Those Church men who consent to play the game of the Opposition, should be reminded that they hazard greater stakes than their secular patrons. Much license is allowed to com petitors for mere party prizes. Their leading men are not in danger of being suspected of sincere bigotry. They can make the Church a con venient watchword against their opponents, while it serves their turn ; and disclaim their pretensions, as soon as their support would embarrass them. Sir Robert Peel has already given the high- Churchmen a " taste of his quality ;" and they may be assured he will do it again, whenever it suits him. (From the Standard.) We learn from the Dublin Evening Mail that the papers and documents connected with Ribbonism, which have lately been discovered and seized at Belfast, have been forwarded to the Castle to Mr. Secretary Drum mond. If they should not share the fate of many simi lar documents, which have been Busked, durin g the last few years in th e Vi ce - rega l P alace, they will pro bably throw some light upon the question on which the Ministerial Journals continue to be so scepti cal. Simultaneous seizures and arrests, says the Dublin Evening Mail, have since taken place in Cavan, Ballyconnell, Swanlinbar, Dublin, Ballynamore, and Carrigallen. As Ribbon meetings have usually been held, according to the evidence given before the Committee of the House of Lords, in public houses, the O'Connell papers attempt to throw ridicule on those lately discovered by describing them as " pot house conspiracies." Should not Mr. Drummond take it into his head that the most important of the papers which have been placed in his hands will be of no use in the prosecution which has been commenced against the offenders, we may probably soon hear more of the Ribbon conspiracy than will please either the ilforning Chronicle or the Irish Secretary. It would seem from the letter of the correspondent of the Dublin Mail that the conspiracy detected in Cavan is of no recent origin, information having been sent of its proceedings during the Mulgrave regime, and we may fairly presume burled in the Secretary's office, in order that the beautiful theory of increased tranquil lity might not be disturbed. Lord Ebrington seems de termined not to allow the same system to be persisted in. Indeed his own credit demands not only its discontinu ance, but that he should show that the conspiracy he is now called upon to investigate has not only not origi nated with his Government, but was known to and con cealed by his predecessor. (From the Courier.) The more country bank notes there are in circulation, the less room there is for Bank of England notes ; and it is the interest of the Proprietors of the Bank of Eng land that as many Bank of England notes should be in circulation as possible. Thus, as we endea voured to show on Saturday, the private interests of the proprietors of the Bank of England are per petually jarring with the public interests of the community. It may be for the public interests of the community that the American interests should be supported, seeing how intimately connected, commer cially, the British and American interests now are; it may be for the public interests of the community that every facility should be given, at a time of threatened famine, for the purchase of foreign corn, for what higher lute rest can there be to protect than the food of a whole nation ; and, again, it may be highly conducive to the national welfare that the vast manufacturing popu lation of the North, and especially at a time when the I high price of bread increases the difficulty of subsistence, and enhances the price of the manufactured article, should be fostered and assisted at a time of peculiar dif ficulty—but, no ; it is precisely in the time of difficulty when the assistance of the Bank is wanted, that the Bank is least able to afford it ; for in the prominent cases which we have mentioned, it was the drain of goldwhich caused the difficulty ; and to ask the Bank to assist. at such times was in truth to ask the Bank to furnish the very gold which was in process of being taken from it. And here is the glaring mischief of our present imperfect system of currency ; bad as it is at all times—for it is founded on the fallacy of being able to pay on demand eighteen millions of notes with five millions of gold —it is most pernicious at the very time that a better system is wanted—in the time of commercial difficulty. The great evil of the system, it is begun to be perceived, is this ; that the making it imperative to represent the amount of the paper circulating medium of thirty millions by gold, which is impossible, is to limit the transactions of trade and commerce, for the time, to the same amount ; but inasmuch as the transactions of trade and commerce carried on through the medium of thirty millions of paper money, are already in operation, the attempt from time to time to cut down these opera tions to the amount of gold which the Bank of Eng land can produce to represent them, must, and does, produce difficulty, embarrassment, and ruin, precisely in proportion its the cutting down process is enforced. And so it must ever he so long as this pernicious system is submitted to by the community. We hold that one of two things must be done. Either the nation must be content to say, we will have no more external commerce and internal trade than we can at any time produce to represent it ; or the nation must invent some sort of money that shall perform the functions of the gold money which the whole earth cannot furnish in sufficient quan tity to represent its monetary transactions. The whole commercial system, bound up as it is with the mo dern system of taxation and of national debt, being arti ficial, all invented by man for the supply of his artifi cial wants and for the ertifieial state of society, man kind must now proceed to a new itiventioo, the invention of an artificial money to represent its vast and multifa rious transactions. We shall shortly take occasion to bring the plan'of a safe add safficient circulating me dium, by the means of which such commercial and national embarrassments as have lately convulsed the country may be avoided, before the notice of our readers. EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE OF THE NON. FATALITY or PRUSSIC ACID.--A fast' days ago, a favourite dog, belonging to Mr. John Itutbven, of this city, having been for tsto or three years in a declining state of health, owing, it is believed, to poison hating been by some malicious p erson wieliedly administered to him, it was found necessary to terminate his exist— ence by giving him a dose of prussic acid. Accordingly, an extra large dose (nearly a teaspoonful, the fourth part of which is sufficient to have killed a horse) was carefully put down his throat ; about half a minute elapsed before it had any effect, when he dropped down, giving several yells, a nd th en went i nto strong coming sions, writhing, and tumbling about from side to side, and exhibiting many ot h er symptoms o f spee d y disso l.ution ; at l as t h e l ay qu i et, almost withoot sisns of life,. exceptin g now an d t h en h ar d b reat hi n g. He' 6rm , tamed in this state nearly half an hour, when, straog . e to relat e , h e gave ev id ent i n di cat i on o f return i ng ani mation, but seemed quite unconscious of anything about him. In a short time he raised himself to a si tting posture, when he was seized with a violent von! lung, after which he gradually became better, and gave signs of returning consciousness, by whining and moani ng, and then shook himself violently without interm ission for about ten minutes. In the course of two hours he was as well as ever, and apparently in much bet . te r spirits than before. Since then he has in continue:l good health, and is evidently getting the better of his former disease. As tbis is a very singular case of th e non fatality of prussic acid, when administered in su c h a lame quantity, it might be doubted if the a c id was of sufficient strength ; but it may be stat e d t h at i t was got from Mr. Butler, chemist, who was to ld t h e pur pose for which it wasintended, and gave it extra strong. Scotsman. -- FIRST SCOTTISII MINISTER FOR NEW ZEALAND.—Yesterday, at a pro re nateg meeting of the ' Presbytery, the documents relative to the appointment, by the General Assembly's Colonial Committee, of the Rev. John Macfarlane, of Martyrs' Church, Paisley, to the charge of the first Scottish Presbyterian congrega tion in New Zealand were read, and laid on the table. The Presbytery appointed the Rev. Robt. Macnaii, of the Abbey, to preach in Martyrs' Church, on Sabbath first, and state to the con gregat i on t h e reasons f or the translatioq. Mr. Macfarlane intends to sail in the Ben gal Merchant, which will leave the Clyde towards the end of - Ootober.—Paisley Advertiser of Saturday. Stamboul, or the Turkish part of Con-Stituteal stands upon a tongue of land, the south side 'of whisk , is bounded by the Sea of Marmora ; tines north by the harbour, or as it is called, " The Golden Horn ;" the east side, or point of the f tongue, by the Bosphorus ; and the west, or root of the tongue, is attached to the mainland of Thrace. The po r int of t h e tongue is called " Seraglio Point, on account of one of the sera gliosbaeinnglileb,uiilitl oresltihgehtivyer cur o ve f d it o , tr a tis n ' d ard ex f t o e r n m ds ; about ge from north to south. This wall then stretches in a curve inward toward the south-west, alum-, the shores of the Sea of Marmora, until it reaches "The Seven Towers," distant about four miles. From thence the wall takes an outward curve to wards the north, as far as the waters of the Golden Horn, distant about four miles further ; at the north point of this west side of the quadrangle, the wall then stretches east with an inward curve along the shores of the harbour towards the north end of Seraglio Point; this distance is also about four miles, and the circumference of the city may very well be estimated at thirteen miles by the wall ; or fifteen miles, including the buildings that are some times to be found straggling near it. The Turks and rayahs only are permitted to reside here, but the greater part of it is inhabited by Turks alone. There are, however, portions set apart here and there for the Armenians ; and a portion, called " The Fanaar," exclusively for the Greek rayahs ; also another part, surrounding the ancient Palace of Constantine, only occupied by Jews. No Franks are permitted to reside on this side the Golden Horn. The Golden Horn varies in breadth from a luarter to half a mile, and serves to divide the Frank portions of the town from the parts exclu sively Oriental. Opposite to Stamboul stand Ga lata, or " The City of the Gauls," and also Pera, or " The City beyond the Walls," the size of which it would be difficult to measure, as it is so very irregularly built. Galata may be about two and a half miles long, by half a mile broad ; but Pera is so intermixed with the other suburbs, it is neces sary to take it in conjunction with them, such as Haskioy, Cavils) Pasha, Demetri, Tophana, and Dolma Batchi. These, including Galata, will make a circumference of at least other thirteen miles. A circle of six miles in diameter would however embrace Stamboul, and the whole of these other suburbs ; and there would be a great many unbuilt places comprised in its ring. Travellers, in des cribing Constantinople, usually include Scutari, which stands opposite, on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, at a distance of two miles, as well as the villages which ar e b u ilt a l ong i ts b an k s on b ot h sides, a s far as the mouth of the Black Sea. If such are to be held as part of the city of Constan tinople, then it can boast of more that' twenty miles of exte n t. O ne street i n part i cular, which Jbegins at the bridge over the harbour, extends in an un- . broken line as far as Therapia, a distance of at least eighteen miles, beautifully diversified with the dif ferent turnings and windings of the Bosphorus. At one time, the traveller along this street will find himself hemmed in on all hands with mosques and burial-grounds ; at another with palaces on every side ; while the scenery of the " Ocean Stream" is always bursting forth when least expected, to give variety and beauty to the walk. Although no Franks are allowed to reside in Stamboul, they may have places of business in it, which they must quit before sunset ; but are at liberty to return after sun-rise. Here are situated the Sublime Porte, the Mint, the Seraskier's Pa lace, and other Government offices, also the seven Royal Mosques, the Great Bazaar, the Slave Mar ket, the Mad-house, and almost all the Oriental commerce of the city. Of late years, there has been constructed a commodious wooden bridge, to connect it with Galata, &c. This bridge was the work of a Greek architect, and is probably the only one of the kind in the world. It is 604 paces, or 453 yards long, and is supported entirely by the water. The path across is raised a few feet above the water by means of small arches, resting on massive logs of wood ; while about 100 yards' dis tance from each shore, there is a larger arch to allow caiques to pass under ; but when any, darge vessel requires to enter the arsenal, a portion of the bridge is drawn out at the centre by ropes, anti again replaced in the same manner when the vessel has passed.• Turkish soldiers are stationed at both ends, and also on the large, arches, to prevent' smy smoking on the bridge.; and 'this is' , thte , onleplace in all - Turkey where smoking:- , is forleidgen.. 4'n dining-room or bed-room, •in bed Or.' Off with ladies or without their!, 'nn foot ;off on horseback, in a boat or a' carriage; r in:public aar private, man, woman, and child, all may-smoke everywhere they 'please—alone and :excepting on the bridge ; for this there, can be' no reason, as it would not run any- danger of fire from either pipe or cigar ; but it is so or dained, and, of course, must be obeyed. This bridge is about half-way between Seraglio .Paint and the west end of Stamboul ; but if any one wishes to cross the harbour at another place, he,has only to take a cctique, or little boat, thousands of which are to be seen, skimming over the water hike so many sailor-flies in a pond. The price of Pas sage is, like everything else here, regulated by &man --tt is twelve pares, or three-fourths of a penny; but the boatmen are generally paid with a twenty para piece, or a penny farthing : the fare is for the boat, and one, two, three, four, or even five, can cross in one boat for one fare. Beyond the bridge, to the west of it, is situated the Dock-yard, Arsenal, Admiralty, and Royal Naval School. Here also the fleet generally winter. To the east of the bridge, on both sides of the harbour, extending more or less as far as the Bos phorus, are the merchant-vessels, loading and un loading, crowded together without any order or con venience ; while in the centre of the stream four or five large steamers are generally anchored. Next in importance to Stamboul itself is Galata : here is situated the Custom-house, in the neigh. bourhood of which the greater part of the European merchants have their counting-houses and stores. There are also a few Turkish, Armenian, and Greek merchants ; but few comparatively who walk its streets by day inhabit them by night, as the, dwelling-places of mo s t o f th e F ran k s , and Other merchants of Galata, are in Pera, which is situated beyond the walls of Galata. The gates are,shut at sun-set, although some of them may be pasi'ed siva ater hour ; in fact, we have always found a piaittre,' or twopence-halfpenny, a key that would open th'efn at any time. t Pera contains a great numbe r o f s h o p s , such ,as tailors', boot-makers', haberdashers', oil-men's,, grocers', &c. &c.; the greater part of them French - or Italian, but not one English ; in truth, there is only one English shopkeeper in all the capital, and that is a ship chandler in Galata. The greater number of the houses in Pera are Frank dwelliok.. _houses, a good many of which let' furnished or 'un furnished lodgings by the month, to those who dp not require an entire house. There are also about tw e nty regular boarding-houses for stra ngers, and four very bad and dear hotels for wayfarers. Demetri is inhabited almost entirely by Greeks ; Haskioy Ely Jews ; while the other suburbs are an indescribable mass of all nations, tribes, and tongues. It is not an uncommon thing for twelve or fourteen languages to be spoken in one house. At the !able where we dined, there were eight sat down to eta/ anti the conversation? Was always carried on in five languages ; and we have sometimes risen from table after having, noted that the ia.?euages had been changed by one or another, until i.he com pany had unawares made use of seven. Time land lady is Armenian—she speaks Armenian, nuke's!), Greek, and Italian ; the landlord is a native of Corfu —he speaks Turkish, Greek, Italian, French, 'and English ; his mother and sietcr speak Turkish, Greek, and Italian ; his father speaks Arabic, Turkish, Russian, Greek, and Italian ; spok e It a li an an d G erma n ; and another, a Vene tian spoke Prussian, enetlan German, French, and Hungarian.—London Satur day Journal. THE HARVEST. —The Dublin Evening Post states that " Wheat is certainly below a third of the availabli average--an average available for the miller." The weather recently h ! is been fine, and Ir e l an d " has benefited by the change in the barometer, but it may not be denied that she has fared worse than the sister island." The reports from all parts o f I re l an d are far m ore _favourable than any previously received. 'The general i z ii ff ratter , of the accounts f rom our own Pro winces inclines to " favourable," although more paperi than ours . give a lamentable description of the potato crops rotting in the ground, as well as of much mischief done to grain by the wet we a th er , o f wh i ch we had so inopportune and disastrous a continuance. VII on ted a v his Cent. , n the it and wn of 1839, 3rbog Cor to be ob- ;er. and 136, the !ek gio the 'se