The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-31 00:00:00

girr 1 6 ood post. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Record the sums pal Railways of Great t ot• t• t-11,1' It, day of the mon t 4 ''"!I• The It'i ucludes the money c...ceit., passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, mid mer chandise : Week ended Name of Railway. Aug, Arbroath and Forfar 23 Birmingham and Gloucester 3,026 8 5 24 Brandling Junction 24 Bristol and Gloucester 23 Chester and Birkenhead 638 18 4 22 Dublin and Drogheda ••• 755 410 27 Dublin and Kingstown 1,173 2 8 25 Dundee and Arbroath 360 13 2 24 Durham and Sunderland 7lO 10 11 24 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,665 10 7 25 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4,510 0 9 24 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 2,014 12 5 24 Glasgow and Greenock 1,486 17 7 24 Grand Junction 9,697 14 10 24 Great North of England 2,305 19 1 25 Great Western 23 Liverpool and Manchester 24 London and Birmingham 25 London and Blackwall 1,457 2 6: 24 London and Brighton 27 London and Croydon 29 London and Greenwich 877 1 1 25 London and South Western ....... 22 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 939 3 3i 24 Manchester and Birmingham 3,528 16 3 24 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 8,909 9 0 24 Midland Counties 24 Newcastle and Darlington 1,103 12 11 24 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,904 5 10 25 Newcastle and North Shields 417 7 0 23 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,919 12 5 Paris, Ccrbeil. and Orleans 26 Paris and Rouen 24 Preston and Wvre 24 Sheffield and Manchester 29 South Eastern 24 Taff Vale Ulster 25 Yarmcuth and Norwich ....... 24 York and North Midland ;f Total. s. d. 6,556 0 0 740 14 6 820 10 2 6,652 6 11 930 14 4 HIGHLAND MOORS AND STREAMS.—St. Swithin, the famous watery oracle, finished his six weeks' reign en the 28th inst., much to the joy of farmers and sports 'Pen, who now anticipate more success on field and hill. "n many moors grouse are in flocks, and so wild, that Veen cartridge will barely reach them : a few fine days Will probably separate them into single coveys, again to secrete themselves among the heather. Ilis Grace the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of March, and Lord Temple !.l..iore, hav e kill e d an i mmense quan tity in Glen Fiddich and ackwat er . Lord H. Bentinck, one day last week, killed ilre fine s t ags , t wo o f th em i ns t a ntly s hot right and t . Sir Richard Sutton, Bart., has terminated s short, Tit successful campaign on the Killin moors, having shot altogether 1,536 head. The party consisted of Sir Ittchard, his son, and Mr. Heathcote. Great as the number is, they would have bagged much more had the Zeather permitted. The Balmacan party—Lord Reid even, Mr. Hoare, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Bainbridge - ,-had a f a i r d ay ' s sport on S a t ur d a y, ha v ing brought tierce seventy-one brace. On the same day Sir H. fieux and Richard Arabin, Esq., at Dundriggan, came 4 1 1 with sixty-seven brace. At Erchless Castle, Mr. Boul trersen and Dr. Gray bagged sixty- one brace. Another day B. shot a couple of stags, right and left shots. At " nv ereshie, W. Evans, Esq., and G. Gisborne, Esq., had . fortunate day in the corries lately. They secured five ;tEtsgstle two of them by one rifle shot. The partyßed have also been very successful, having Red- Mlle d two stags, a hind, and a roe—the latter Y Mr. A. Baillie, being his first shot at deer. rcrae large stags' heads have arrived here, for preserve r', from Mr. Gillanders, High field, J. W. Eyton, Esq., "Anakyle, and Mr. Jones, Shiness. For angling, the less has improved from increase of water. The other %art. " xaster W. Fraser, son of Affieck Fraser, Esq., :tied from one pool three salmon, and a trout as large 1,, grilse, in the course of an hour and a ri . • A splendid clean run fish, weighing upwards 0 26 1b5., was taken by the rod in the Arndilly pools, the Spey, last Friday, by J. Ella, Esq. This gentleman is a frequent visitor to the Highlands, and seeks recreation in angling, from his professional duties iQ her Majesty's Italian Opera band, of which he is one of the most accomplished performers. Mr. Arabin has e a l , l ot some fine grilse in the river Ness ; and the net ulg has greatly improved. On Saturday some salmon 'nWe re_ tak en , weighing 271 b ; and yesterday several were ull !ght from 181 b to 201 b weight.—lnverness Courier. INSURRECTION IN CANADA.--A return to Parlia -41 e nt has been printed, showing the charges incurred en $( count of the Canadas, in respect of the army, navy, ead ; l ance, and commissariat, in each of the years 1835 te A 8 4 3 inclusive, and the amounts granted by Parlia ment fro m t h e year 1837 t o th e y ea r 1843 inclusi v e, in cons equence of the insurrection in Canada. It appears th at,, a for the year ending March 1836, the total charges ,f r ,_Lrie army, navy, ordnance, and commissariat, in the iiarladas, amounted to 165,134/. ; and, in the year ending larch 1843, it was 806,6071. The largest sum was is ;839,g4 When the charges were 1,629,0701. The special nts by Parliament on account of the insurrection in 2 1t 6 - ,` 4, amount, from 18 38 to 1843, to the sum of I,oiin -°46 t The largest sum in one year was in 1839, R . PRITCHARD.—The Nouvelliste des Flanders states that this gentleman inhabited Bruges some fifteen Years ago, in the corner house of the Puits•aux-Oies, nod the Marais, and that he left there in debt to many Persons. This is, no doubt, an incorrect assertion. propos of debts, we may state, that a few days ago, a Belgian, an officer in the Garde Civi que , was speaking in very disrespectful terms, in a café, of Queen Victoria and the Duchess of Kent; and asserted that the latter illus trious personage owed considerable sums of money in Brussels to persons who could never procure payment from her. An Englishman present, who spoke French Well, being indignant at the speaker's insulting remarks 2TI our gracious Queen and her respected mother, told Vnil very plainly, to his teeth, that he was uttering 4„alsehoods, ac.id defied him to give the names of the par to %horn, as he asserted, her Royal Highness was Indebted. The calumniator was completely taken by 4 , 4 l 3 rise, and after muttering, like a blagueur, " Vows etes -n giclis, et moi je suis Beige," left the café. Our coun t- t c i Yulan remained there more than an hour afterwards, but ,e other did not think proper to return.—Brussels Jaritish Gazette. One of the most important offices in Gateshead in ~_e olden times was the keeper of Gateshead Park, and ab out the year 1300 he was in the receipt of a salary of ihr ee•half-penee a day. When to this office was added tha t of keeper of the tower, which stood at the Gates 'bead side of the bridge, an addition of a half-penny waa to the income. It is, perhaps, worthy of remark, thaGa teshead. the Quakers were the first dissenter s who located in b. a teshead. George Fox and his friends complained I., 4 terlY of the conduct of the authorities of Ne w ca s t le. liberties" eY several times attempted to hold meetings wit hin the of th e town, but they were invariably conducted , the blue stone (the stone placed in the pavement on Bridge to mark the separation between the county Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne), and ordered not " 0 return at their peril. Brand states that their first `m eeting -h ouse was in Pipewellgate, and he ment i o ns D t v ing seen a grave-stone in a garden near the m iddle '''ola-hou se , belonging to the sect, which leaves no doubt t eY had a l so a place of burial for their dead. In 1674, t the Friends appear to have had a meeting-house near t hey tolbooth, in the middle of the High-• street, where IrY remained until they removed to Pilgrim - street , "" e weastle, in 1699.—Newcastle Advertiser. STATE OF TRADE.—LIVERPOOL.—There has been every fair business done this week, and more demand appeared for consumption. Prices of most goods th h a ve Leen steadily supported, and the fine harvest wea et," We are now enjoying has had its influence in giving Al ladence to the buyers, especially in the cotton market des cr iptions of grain, of course, are dull of sale, and " t ealers will not get into stock whilst the present season able Weather Weather continues. Importers of flour and grain of ,1 41 : tons will be very serious losers, the duties being now tthin a step of the highest rates ; even Canada flour, ,admissible at a mere nominal rate, is entailing a loss of a bout ss. p er barrel upon its importers. There is a good business for shipping to all parts, and a large export uUsiness in manui:Ntured goods is going on, with more r espect of remuneration to the shippers than there has 11 for a long time. In the metal districts, trade does Inot thrive as it used to do, and prices, especially of iron, tzagain receding, the orders on hand - by t h e makers t ag unequal to the production. This i s a bad sign in 4 trade where the consumption is so extended, and for an article that is, and always has been, one of our princi pal exports.—Liverpool Mercury. THE ELECTION FOR CITY CHAMBERLAIN. — The ' el ection for the vacant office of Chamberlain must, it ZPPears, take place without delay, the business of the : r Poration being obstructed in various ways by the ant of such an officer. The last two elections, to sup tlY vacancies caused by death, took place four or five d i ed after the occurrence of the vacancy. Mr. Wilkes hs _ le cl Dec. 26, 1797, and the Common Hall for the ap b7 tment of his successor was held Jan. 2, 1798. Mr. election died Jan. 16, 1831, and the Common Hall fur the ee ; „ t i,en was held Jan. 21. In the present instance , S ir w 34 "'am Heygate having died on Wednesday, the Cora cal Hall would probably have been held on Tuesday text ; but B ar th o lomew fair interferes, and will appa t"tlY cause Monday to be the day. CONVEYANCE OF MAILS FOR CANADA FROM ENG short time since the British Government made t r ?Yosals to that of the United States, to have the M Eng- LI" ails for Canada conveyed via Boston through the t i e uit ed States. This having been agreed to by t he Ame an Minist ers , the Postmaster-General was entruste d to snake the necessary arrangement for its fulfilment, and Noes,and'i Esq. of Boston, the agent of the British American Mail Steam-ships, was requested by thel to ascert a i n w hi c h was the most desirable route to carry i r ro tn, there being two lines, of railroads now constructing d e a l Boston to Burlington, Vt. A. Crocker, Esq., Presi • p r ! t ,uf the Boston and Fitchburg, and A. Gilmore, Esq., 1 4 ; 8 . r ulent of the Boston and Concord Railways, invited th e • r tfewig, Captain Lott, and Lieutenant Ambrose, of k r ; Mr. Greene, of the Boston Post-office ; I 3 taPles Mr S. M. Filton, Mr. S. Belknap, Mr. arc 4, • ell, Mr. W. W. Wheldon, of Boston ; and Mr. Thellmer of Liverpool, to pass over the two roads , and arrived in th e c ity yesterday morning, after having pEtt.4se , t d over the Fitchburg, road hither in a very rapid v tno msa.!isfact ory manner . The party leave Montreal this 11 inb, returning by the Concord route, when a report 11 t e sent to W as hi ng ton, and we may shortly expect sa r t i sr . correependence to reach us in a much more k i th ae tory manner than hitherto.—Montreal Gazette, T August. C R 14 FIRE AT THE RAILWAY STATION , NEW °" 'll •r. Braidwood reports of the disaster as fol wo "Fire at th e N ew -C ros s Station of the Brightort, o l: c t l_°T l , and Do ver R a il w ay Company's Works : Th re S OOPS for repairing carriages, &c., burned down. e carriages and one truck for carriages burned. Vita le ' 44 known uninsured." OFFICIAL DISPATCHES r .N . .,11()11 O'CCO. n arc 111;. diz:patellet of Co,: ?rince de Joinviile to the Minister of Marine : Steamer Pluto, Aug. 10. M. LE MINISTRE,—Not having time to give you an account by the last courier of the state of our affairs, in detail, as well as of our operations before Tan giers, I take advantage of the first moment of lei sure to fulfil this duty. I informed you that on the 2d August, the day fixed for the reply to the ultimatum of our Consul- General, nothing reached us. I waited then for news of Mr. Hay, before com mencing hostilities. On the 4th a letter of Sidi Bousselam Pacha, of Larache, was sent as more measured, more concilia tory, than preceding ones; it renewed, nevertheless, the insolent demand of the punishment of the Mar shal. The letter of Sidi Bousselam said not a word of the removal of the corps of troops collected near Ouchda. As to Abd-el-Kader, Sidi Bousselam asserted that he was no longer on the Morocco terri tory, and that orders had been given to prevent his returning to it. Nevertheless, the Marshal learned at the same time that Abd-el-Kader had gone into the interior of Morocco, and that he was two days' march in the rear of the Moorish camp. These accounts had but one object, to trifle with us. Annoyed at learning nothing of Mr. Hay, I sent the Veloce steamer to inquire and bring news of him. The Veloce came back on the sth to Tangiers, bringing me word that Mr. Hay was in safety at Mogadore. In fine, on the evening of the sth, the Etna, coming from Oran, brought me your dispatch of the 27th, ordering me to commence hostilities, if the answer to the ultimatum was not satisfactory. It brought us news, also, of the Marshal proving the falsity of the assertions of the Moors respecting Abd el-Kader. Hesitation was no longer possible. We were amused with deceitful messages while they were pre paring war ; and we were thus obliged to have re course to arms. On the morning of the 6th I attacked the batteries of Tangiers. My instructions were to destroy the exterior fortifications, but to respect the town. I could easily have attained this aim by disembark ing; but I preferred employing cannon, and render ing the batteries useless, whilst respecting the quar ters of the Consuls, which but five or six stray bullets reached. We attained this result with the loss of three dead and sixteen wounded, the ships receiving very slight injury. The enemy confesses a loss of 150 dead and 400 wounded ; but it is impossible to ascertain the num ber of dead, since they were only drawing them from under the ruins on the Bth. During the engagement, ➢lr. Hay arrived from Rabat, where he had stopped to see the Emperor. I received him the next day. He told me he found the Emperor much depressed. The news of the retire- ment of the Consuls had reached him. Mr. Hay thanked me for the solicitude I had shown with re spect to him. I now proceed to Mogadore, at the other extremity of the empire. Mogadore is the private property of the Emperor. The town itself, as well as the public revenue, is his property. He lets the houses and the ground. It is, in a word, one of the principal sources of his revenue. To attack that city, to destroy it, or to occupy the island that forms the port, until we obtain satisfaction, is to give the most sensible blow to Muley Abderrahman and all the south of his empire. I shall limit myself for the moment to these two operations in order to prove to the Emperor that he is deserted by all the world. The affair of Tangiers has sufficiently proved that, and that we have the means of doing him serious injury (which we shall try to prove at Mogadore). Moreover, our presence on the coast will recal the Moors from the frontier to the defence of their homes, and will thus facilitate the Marshal's operations. We can then warn the Emperor, that in spite of what has passed, we still desire peace, and that what we have done at Tangiers and Mogadore will prove that he must not trifle with us. If he wishes for peace, let him hasten to grant us what we demand, and let acts follow words. If not, if he is not con tented, and if he continues to receive and encourage our enemies on the frontier, he must expect extremi ties from us. " On board the steam .boat Pluto, Mogadore, 17th August. " I arrived before Mogadore on the 11th instant. The weather was very bad, and for severals days we remained at anchor before the town, without even being able to communicate with one another. Al though we rode with two hundred fathoms of chain, the anchors broke like glass. " At length, on the 15th, the weather having taken up, I took advantage of it to attack the town. " The ships Jemappes and Triton took up a posi tion before the western batteries, with instructions to attack them, and to take the coast batteries in the rear. The Suffren and La Belle Poule took up their position in the northern passage. It was half-past one o'clock when our movement commenced. " As soon as the Arabs saw the vessels moving against the town, they opened fire from all the bat teries. Before replying to them, we waited until every ship had taken up its position. At half-past four o'clock the firing began to slacken. The brigs Cassard, Volage, and Argus then entered the port, and took up their position near the batteries of the island, with which they entered into a spirited con test. At length, at half-past five, the steam-boats, carrying 500 troops, entered the pass, and took up their position in the intervening spaces between the brigs, and the disembarkation of the men was imme diately effected. " The island was defended with the courage of despair by 320 men, Moors and Kabyles, who con stituted its garrison. A great number of them were killed ; 140 of them, who were shut up in a mosque, eventually surrendered. . . " Our losses in this day's proceedings amount to fourteen killed and sixty-four wounded. Officer killed :—M. Pottier, lieutenant of artillery. Officers wounded :—MM. Bellanger, captain of a vessel (slightly) ; Duquesne, captain of a corvette (slightly); Couprent Desbois, lieutenant in the navy (severely) ; Blaize, mate in the_navy (slightly) ; Martin des Pal lieres, sub-lieutenant of infantry (severely) ; Noel, volunteer of the second class (very severely). " The island having been taken, it only remained to us to destroy the bitteries of the town, which lie opposite the harbour. Our cannon had already damaged them, but it was necessary to make them completely unfit for service. Yesterday, when under the cross fire of three steamers and two brigs, 500 men were disembarked; they met with no resistance; we spiked the guns and threw some of them into the sea. We carried away some of them, swamped the powder magazines ; in fine, we carried off or sunk all the vessels which were lying in the harbour. I believe that we could at that time have penetrated into the interior of the town without danger,- but it would have been only a promenade without an object or without other result than useless pillage. I therefore abstained, and brought back the troops to the island, and the crews on board the ships. I am busy establishing on the island a garrison of 500 men. The occupation of the island without the blockade of the port would be but half a measure. I therefore follow your orders, in closing the port of Mogadore. The town at this moment is on fire, pillaged by the Arabs, who have taken possession, after having driven out the Imperial garrison. The English Consul, his family, and some Europeans, have just come to us. FRANCOIS DE ORLEANS. Mogadore, Aug. 17. " I will not close my dispatch without mentioning the services rendered by every person under my orders during the present campaign. Everybody served with a zeal inspired by the ardent love of their coun try, its honour and interests, and with an absolute devotion to the service of the King. " Receive, M. le Ministre, the assurance of my re spect. "F. D'ORLEANS." " P.S. Amidst the occupations with which I am overwhelmed, I have no time to send you a detailed report. Captain Bouet, who will hand you this dis patch, will give you all the information you may de , sire. I send by him the colours which waved on the 1 city and on the batteries of the island. "F. D'ORLEANS." REPORT OF MARSHAL BUGEAUD. Camp, near Coudiat Abderrahman, Aug. 17. M. LE MA n,cuAL,—The snn of the Emperor, Muley :e; ,!,, r r..c I wrote to him after the sort of summons he addressed to me to evacuate Lilla Magrania, if we were anxious for peace, his army daily reeeived fresh reinforcements, and his pride increased with his forces. The Moors openly spoke in his camp of taking Tlemcen, Oran, Mascara, and even Algiers. It was a real crusade to retrieve the affairs of Islamism. They thought that we could not resist so large a body of the most renowned horsemen in the empire of Mo rocco, and they were only waiting to attack us for the arrival of the contingents of infantry of the Beni-Senassen and Rif; who were to assail us from the mountains, at the foot of which stands the camp of Lalla Magrania, whilst an immense cavalry would surround us on the side of the plain. The nine days of uncertainty which had just elapsed bad already alarmed the minds of the natives in my rear ; hostile parties had already twice attacked our convoys of Djemmaa Ghazeout, and the good-will of the tribes of which they consisted was very near giving way. Two reconnoitring parties came to within the distance of a pistol shot of Lalla Magrania, and attacked our outposts. A long doubt as to our force, and as to our wish to fight the adversaries whom we had in front, might have provoked revolts behind us, and, besides other embarrassments, might have stopped the victual ling of the army of the west. I should have preferred, from the excessive heat, to have waited for the attack than to have gone to attack an enemy which was at a distance of eight hours from me, but the dangers of waiting any longer made me decide upon taking the ini tiative. General Bedeau having joined me on the 12th with three battalions and six squadrons, I advanced on the 13th, at three P.M., feigning to make a grand forage, in order not to let the enemy understand that it really was an offensive movement. At nightfall the foragers returned towards the columns, and we encamped in marching order in silence, and without lighting fires. At two in the morning I was again in movement. I passed a first time the Isly, at dawn, without meet ing the enemy. On arriving, at eight o'clock in the morning, on the heights of Djurf-el-Akhdar, we per ceived all the Moorish camps still in their places, ex tending over the slopes of the right bank. All the cavalry composing them had moved forward, in order to attack us at the second passage of the river. Amidst a large mass stationed on the highest part, we perfectly distinguished the group of the Emperor's son, his flags and his parasol—the badge of his command. It was the point I gave to the battalion of direction of my echelonne order. On arriving thither, we were to move to the right and march to the camps, whilst keep ing the summit of the hills with the left face of my square of squares. All the leaders of the several parts of my order of combat were near me; I rapidly gave diem my instructions, and after a halt of five or six minutes, we descended to the fords, at the mere "pas accelere," and to the sound of the instruments. Numerous horse defended the passage ; they were re pulsed by my infantry tirailleurs, with some loss on both sides, and I soon reached the plateau immediately below the highest spot where the Emperor's son stood. I directed upon it the fire of my four field pieces, and the utmost confusion was forthwith manifested. At that moment enormous masses of cavalry issued on both sides from the back of the hill, and assailed at the same time my two flanks and my rear. It required all the solidity of my infantry; not a man betraying any weakness. Our tirailleurs, who were only fifty paces from the squares, firmly awaiting the multitude, without retiring a single step; they had orders to lie down if the charge extended to them, in order not to obstruct the fire of the squares. Upon the line of the dead angles of the battalions the artillery poured grape shot. The enemy's masses were stopped, and began to turn about. I accelerated their retreat, and increased their confusion, by directing against them my four field pieces, which marched at the head of the column. As soon as I saw that the enemy's efforts against my flanks were broken, I continued my march onwards. The great height was carried, and the conversion on the camps effected. The enemy's cavalry being divided by its own move ments, and by my march, which cut it in two, I deemed the moment come to make mine issue upon the capital point, which, in my opinion, was the camp I supposed to be defended by the infantry and artillery. I ordered Colonel Tartas to echelonner his nineteen squadrons by the left, so that his last echelon might rest on the right bank of the Isly. Colonel Jusuf commanded the first echelon, which consisted of six squadrons of Spahis, very closely sup ported in the rear by three squadrons of the 4th Chas seurs. Having put to the sword a good number of horse, Colonel Jusuf attacked the immense camp, after receiv ing several discharges of artillery ; he found it filled with horse and foot soldiers, who disputed every inch of the ground. The reserve of the three squadrons of the 4th Chasseurs arrived—a fresh impulse was imparted— the artillery was captured—and the camp carried. It was covered with dead bodies and dead horses. The whole artillery, all the provisions and war stores, the tent of the Emperor's son, the tents of all the chiefs, the shops of numerous traders accompanying the army, everything, in short, remained in our power. But this bright episode of the campaign cost us dear—four offi cers of the Spahis and Chasseurs had lost their lives in it ; several others were wounded. Meanwhile Colonel Morris, who commanded the 2d and 3d echelons, seeing a large mass of cavalry rushing again on my right wing, passed the Isly in order to break that charge by attacking the enemy on their right flank. The attack upon our infantry failed like the others ; but Colonel Morris had to sustain the most un equal combat. Unable to retire without exposing himself to a defeat, he resolved on energetically combatting until succoured. This struggle lasted about half an hour ; those six squadrons were successively and repeatedly engaged ; our Chasseurs achieved prodigies of valour ; three hun dred horse, Berbers or Abide-Bokhari, fell under their blows. At last, General Bedeau, commanding the right wing seeing the immense danger the 2d Chasseurs was ex posed to, detached the battalion of Zouaves, a battalion of the 15th Light Infantry, and the 9th battalion of Chasseurs of Orleans, in order to attack the enemy on the side of the mountains. That movement determined their retreat. Colonel Morris then resumed the offen sive against them, and executed several successful charges in the pass whereby they were retiring ; that episode was one of the most vigorous of the day,' 550 Chasseurs of the 2d combatted 6,000 of the enemy's cavalry. Each chasseur brought back a trophy of this engagement, one a flag, another a horse, &c., &c. The infantry had net been long in following to the camp the first echelon of cavalry ; the enemy had rallied in a large mass on the left banks of the Isly, and seemed to prepare to recapture the camp ; the infantry and ar tillery rapidly crossed it, the artillery placed itself in battery on the right bank, and discharged grape shot on that vast confusion of horse, assembling from all sides. The infantry then passed the river under the protection of the artillery ; the Spahis sallied forth, and were then closely followed by the three squadrons of the 4th, and the fourth echelon, consisting of two squadrons of the Ist regiment of Chasseurs, and of two squadrons of the 2d Hussars, under the command of Colonel Gagnon. The Spahis, seeing themselves well supported by the cavalry and infantry, re-commenced the attack. The enemy were vigorously pushed for a league ; their rout became complete. They retired partly by the road of Thaaa, partly by the valleys leading to the mountains of the Beni-Senassen. It was then noon, the heat was great, the troops of all arms were greatly fatigued. There was no more bag gage nor artillery to take, since all was taken. I or dered the pursuit to cease, and led all the troops back to the Sultan's camp. Colonel Jusuf bad made me to reserve the tent of the Emperor's son. The standards taken from the enemy had been got together to the number of eighteen, and eleven pieces of artillery, with the parasol of the Em peror's son, and a great number of trophies. The Moors left on the field of battle at least 800 killed, almost all of them cavalry ; of the infantry, which c w o a n s s not e n n u c m e o e r f otuhse, ravines. tli gr s part m escaped b esi from de s u in s lost almost all its materiel. It must have had from 1,500 to 2,000 wounded. Our loss was-4 officers killed and 70 wounded, and 25 sub-officers and soldiers killed, and 80 wounded. The battle of Isly is, in the opinion of the whole army , the consecration of our conquest of Algeria ; it cannot fail, besides, in greatly accelerating the conclusion of our differences with the empire of Morocco. I cannot sufficiently praise the conduct of the whole of our army in this engagement, which again proves the superiority of our organization and our tactics over those who have only to trust to numbers. On all the fronts of the great lozenge formed of battalions in squares, the infantry showed an imperturbable sangfroid. The batta lions of the four angles were assailed in turn by from three to four thousand cavalry at a time, and nothing confused them even for a moment. The artillery went in front of the squares, to throw their grapeshot to greater advantage ; the cavalry, when the proper mo ment came, advanced with an irresistible impetuosity, and overthrew everything it found in front of it. From all accounts of the prisoners and the Arabs, who saw the camp of the enemy, their cavalry cannot be cal culated at less than 23,000. They showed themselves very bold, but the confusion rendered their efforts power less. The boldest stood to be killed. All they wanted to do well, was the force of combination and a well constituted infantry to support their movements. With a government like theirs, it would require several ages to give them the condition of success in battles. I shall not attempt to enumerate all the brilliant acts which have distinguished this day, but I cannot help citing the names of those soldiers of all ranks who have distinguished themselves most remarkably. I was perfectly supported in this battle, which lasted four hours, by Lieutenant-General Lamorieiere, by General Bedeau, the commander of the right ; by Coi. Pelisier, the commander of the left ; by Colonel Cavag niac, of the 32d, the commander of the centre ; by Colonel Gachot, the commander of the war-guard ; by Colonel Tarlas, the commander of the whole of the cavalry ; by Colonel Yousuf, who highly distinguished himself in the command of the new squadrons, com prising the first echelon of cavalry, and by Colonel Morris, who showed intelligence and vigour in the com bat on the left bank of the Isly, which I have described above. Captain Bonami, commander of my sixt-el pieces of artillery, directed his fire throughout with in telligence, and rendered the greatest service. Th e Marshal then named the principal officers of his staff, his Aides-de-camp, a great number of the officers in the regiments of Sappers, and in the different regi ments of cavalry, artillery, and infantry, who distin guished themselves, but the names are so numerous that it is unnecessary to give them. have the honour to be, &c. Marshal BUGEAUD, Governor-General. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1844. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PonTsmouTH, A UG. 30.—The Earl of Haddington, we are happy to say, was so far recovered from his sud den e,terday, as to be ena!:! ,, d AdminAty-Low e , aid, accompanied by Ikar-Admiral Hyde Parker, cro*sed the harbour to the Royal Cla rence-yard, to receive his Royal Highness Prince Albert on his landing from the Black Eagle, prior to leaving for the railway terminus, in the carriage of Sir Hercules Pakenham, Major-General commanding, and Lieutenant- Governor of Portsmouth Garrison. On the return of the Lords of the Admiralty from the inspection of llaslar Hospital yesterday, their Lordships, after the departure of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, inspected the stores of the Royal Dockyard. This morning about half-past ten o'clock, Sir George Cockburn, and the other members of the Board, not in cluding the Earl of Haddington, proceeded in the car riage of Sir Thomas Hastings to Southsea-common, where the new battery for the instruction of Marines in sea service was inspected. The Colonel-Commandant of this division attended their Lordships, who afterwards inspected the Royal Marine corps in barracks. At about a quarter past one o'clock their Lordships returned from their inspection, and proceeded on board the Excellent, Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, to witness shell and ge neral practice. Luncheon was ordered for six, at the residence of Sir Thomas Hastings, with whom their Lordships dined last evening. Lieutenant Peel, R.N., son of the Premier, and several other officers, dined with their Lordships. This morning the Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington at eleven o'clock held a levee in the Committee-room of the Royal Naval College, at which the following officers were presented Adinirals—Daeres and Lysaght. Captains--T. M. C. Symonds, Sear], Mowbray, and Prevost, R.N. Commanders—Lowe, Slade, Sherringham, Baynton, Radcliffe, Dyer, Mitchell, Goold, Pritchard, Langtry, Worsfold, and Renans. Lieutenants—Reid, Stone, Moorman, Burslem, Spal ding, Pasco, Ward, and Welsh. ROYAL MARlNES.—Major—Whylock. Lieutenant—Sherwen. The above presentations occupied until past one o'clock, when his Lordship rose, and proceeded on board the Excellent, to join the other members of the Board. His Lordship adjourned the levee until eleven o'clock to morrow, when the other officers not presented to-day, whose names are on the list, will be received. Their Lordships dine this evening with Admiral Sir George Seymour, on board the Collingwood. The Black Eagle, Admiralty steam-yacht, S. B. Cook, Master Commander, will remain, we are informed, at this port during the stay of the Lords of the Admiralty. The Sylvia, 6, tender to the Seaflower, is undergoing a refit in the harbour. The Larne, 18, Commander Brisbane, was cruising off Fernando Po on the sth of June. The Pique, 36, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, by private letters just come to hand, is ordered to the Leeward Islands to relieve the Inconstant, 36, Captain C. H. Fremantle, after which she will be stationed at Barbadoes. The Queen, 110, Captain W. F. Martin, was expected to have left her moorings in the harbour for Spithead, to-morrow ; but, not being quite complete in her equip ment, we are informed she will not leave for Spithead until the latter part of next week. The experimental brig squadron will not be commis sioned at present. There are no orders respecting them at the Admiralty-house here. The Raven cutter, Lieutenant Stephens, arrived from Sheerness this morning, bringing supernumerary seamen for the ships fitting out here. ADVANCE SHIPS AT THE DIFFERENT PORTS. PORTSMOUTH.—Britannia, 120 guns ; Neptune, 120; Camperdown, 104 ; Rodney, 92 ; Powerful, 84 ; Ven geance, 84; Bellerophon, 78; Pembroke, 72 ; Hastings, 72; President, 50. DEVONPORT.—St. George, 120 guns; Royal Adelaide, 140; Nile, 92; Bombay, 84; Calcutta, 84; Clarence, 80; Superb, 80; Vanguard, 80; Foudroyant, 78; Indus, 78; Implacable, 72; Endymion, 44; Melampus, 42. CHATHAM. —Trafalgar, 120 guns ; Waterloo, 120 ; Ganges, 84; Asia, 84; Achille, 76; Hercules, 72; Hawke, 72; Russell, 72; Cornwall, 50; Conquestador, 50. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY EVENING.—The Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, still remains at Spithead, and up to this hour there is no sign of her removal. Yesterday she was inspected by the Lords of the Admiralty, and also by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Lords of the Admiralty went on board the Excel lent gunnery ship, Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, this afternoon, to inspect her, and to witness the shot and shell practice. The admirable precision with which the firing was carried on elicited the approbation of their Lordships. Every shot was so well directed that it struck, or went quite close to, the target. Had a vessel been moored there instead of the target every shot that was fired would have hulled her. Their Lordships remained on board nearly three hours. The Queen, 110, Captain Martin, will go out of har bour on Monday. The rumour is gaining ground that several line-of battle ships are to be commissioned immediately, and appearances lead us to believe that there is some truth in it, for the Pembroke, 74, an advance ship, has been taken into dock and masted, and the Powerful, 84, has this day been hauled from her moorings to the vicinity of the dockyard, also for the purpose of being masted. She, as well as all the other advance ships, are only cop pered to light load water mark, and the caulkers are now busy upon her, and preparing her for being coppered to deep load water mark. The Rodney, 90, another ad vance ship, is to be masted and got ready for commis- sioning. The Victoria and Albert royal steam yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, has had her upper deck painted since her return from her cruise to the west ward. She will be quite ready to receive her Majesty the beginning of next week. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAIL WAY- COMMUNICATION WITH IRE- LAND. Yesterday the adjourned general meeting of the shareholders in this Company was held at the office, No. 62, Moorgate-street, W. R. Collett, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting at consider able length, dilating upon the advantages that would arise both to the proprietors and the country in ge neral from the formation of this line, which would not exceed 84 miles in length, and which had been pronounced by th e most em i nen t eng i n eers, and sane tioned by her M a j es t y ' s G overnmen t, as the most direct and eligible li ne o f commun i ca tion with Ireland. All the topics upon which the Hon. Gentleman touched will be found in the annexed summary of the report, submitted by the Directors to the pro concurrence. prietors, and in w hi c h report h e ex p re ssed his fullest The SECRETARY, Mr. G. King, then read the re port, of which the following are the leading and im portant points. It commenced by dwelling at great length upon the vas t i mportance , b o th in a political and social view, of establishing a speedy and safe com munication with I re l an d , an d procee d e d to state that the Committee of th e H ouse o f C om mons appointed for the considerati on o f t hi s su bj ec t warmly approved of this line, and recommende d to Government the ex penditure of a sum of money on the improvement of the harbour of Holyhead ; and in reply to the applica tion of the Company, the Government said it was their intention to expend a large sum of money upon the improvement of the harbour. With respect to the ar rangements between the Government and the Com pany for remuneration for carrying the mails, they had as yet come to no final conclusion, but there was every reason to hope the details would be shortly settled. The report next stated, that in consequence of the op position of the Bishop of Bangor, they were compelled to take a more circuitous route than would be other wise necessary, as he thought it would injure his demesne. It was proposed to avoid the Menai-bridge l and erect another about a mile from Carnarvon, at the Britannia Rock. The line selected had but few natural difficulties, and the amount of traffic was calculated to vary between 193,5001. and 220,120/. The report also stated that the Grand Junction Railway Company had pledged themselves that no undue competition should take place on their part with respect to the Irish traffic. The appointment of a resident Director, who would have the management of the work, was recommended to the consideration of the proprietors. It concluded by stating that under any circumstances it would not be necessary to make an y call upon the shareholders during the r but that if the present year, works were proceeded w ith calls of Si • each would be necessary in the ensuing months of January, April July, and , October. In accordanc e with the recommendation in the report, Captain Moorsom was appointed resident Director, at a salary of 1,0001. per annum, and a sum voted to the Directors, of 1,500 1 . was when a vote of thanks was passed unanimously to the chairman, and ftP the meeting separated. G OF THE FRENCH. letter has been addressed to the Secre taryIIIIONORARY iii -- EWARD BY THE severe . . illness prevented me yes -nowledging, in a suitable manner, the teTrll THE attack of awarded to me by his medal awarded wrecked off Cape letter you hare done me the honour of addressing to me Majesty the King of the French t for services rendered the French brig of war Eglantine, in rescuing the crew an d ca , on the coast of Africa, in :November last. It will prove a source of gratification to me, that I was, under Divine Providence, enabled to assist the crew at a haSEayei trfollowing fromLloyd' sAAT a KE c k : and d transmitting cargo of the th e gold barq u ri le time when, having escaped the perils of shipwreck, they were about falling a sacrifice to the animosity of the natives on that coast. Happily through my representa tions to the African King, they were eventually pre served, and part of the plundered cargo restored. In conclusion, I beg to offer you my best thanks for your kindness in forwarding s, me this token of acknowledg ment, and remain, Sir, c., " C. KREEFT, Comman di n g the brig John Forster, of London. Is T o W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary at Lloyd's" Brigadier Geard Algeria, from a troublesome n e i g hb our , v i z ., an e normous lion, which had carried o ff severa l oxen, : has lately d e li vere d t h e Camp at Guelma, in even before the fa ces of the Arabs. The Brigadier went out with Spahis , a nd, cree p in g to wi thin six yards of this formidable en em y , fired, and lo dged a ball in the animal's head, and killed him. It measured nearly ten feet in length, and weighed upwards of 550 pounds.— Galignan:. /I__ CULINARY LEGERDEMAIN. ARIEL DISH. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Tbrrsdar n party of culinary nrtists met at the magnificent hotel of 'Signor llotesio, at Slough. 1 he object of this meeting was that six of them should each produce a pox dish. Amongst the number present Nx ere her j Majesty's two principal chcfs de cuisine, the llowager.i Baroness Rothschild's and the head cook belonging ti ilrat establishment, with two others. T4e,tahre - was laid for twelve—six competitors, and six to judge the result of this beneficial public innovation. The challenge was that the one who produced the newest, lightest, and most delicate dish, was to be presented with a piece. of plate ; the judges not to know the authors of the respective dishes until after the degustation and decision. After an excellent course of soup and fish, five dishes were placed upon the table, four of which met with the great est approbation from the severe jury. But a general clamour was raised for the sixth, when in walked the worthy host with an excellent dish, labelled "La Crous • tade Sylphe en surprise 1_ la Cerito," and upon the lid being removed by the chairman, to the astonishment of every one present, out flew a beautiful pigeon, which immediately found its way to the terrace, and took its departure for London. The party, however astonished, were not disappointed, for upon removing a false bottom, an ample supply of " Salade de filets de grouse I la Bobeanenne" was discovered, and beneath that some artificial cotelettes and mushrooms were sweetly resting on a " aka:Le aux re,thes." The author of this curious dish made a wager a few days previous that he would send part of a dish of his own composition from Slough to London, in a manner which, for speed, should only be exceeded by the electric telegragb ; consequently, at the moment the dish was placed upon the table, it was announced by telegraph to the parties in London, and in fourteen minutes afterwards they received the principal part of this atmospheric dish at the spot appointed by the author, with a paper under its wing, upon which was written, " Please to pay the chef de cuisine of the Reform Club the sum of 50/., for my private apartment in his new dish, and make the checque payable to A. Soyer." DISASTROUS FIRE AT HULL. On Wednesday morning last, at ten minutes past eight o'clock, a fire broke out in Messrs. S. T. Hassell and Co.'s warehouse, Blayde's-staith, High-street, which in the course of a few hours destroyed property to the amount of 10,0001. The premises of Messrs. Hassell are situated at the corner of Blayde's-staith and the river Hull, and had a frontage of about fifty feet towards the river, and one hundred feet towards the staithway. They consisted of extremely substantial buildings, occupying three floors and an attic ; there were three warehouses adjoining each other, commencing from the river, and bounded by another substantial building, the ground floor of which was occupied by the firm as offices, and the upper rooms used in their business as merchants and warehousemen. The frontage towards the river was entirely of wood. It appears from inquiries since made, that men had been at work in the warehouses in the morning up to eight o'clock, and at that hour one of them passed through the room which in a few minutes afterwards was one mass of flame, but in which he then perceived neither sight nor smell of fire. At ten minutes past eight, the flames burst forth towards the river and to wards Blayde's-staith, with such a vivid glare, and spread so rapidly, that the whole neighbourhood was immedi ately upon the alert. An alarm was given, the authori ties of the town were warned, and in a few minutes effi cient assistance of almost every description was upon the spot. The fire originated in the highest room of the ware house, with th exception of the attic. It was full of flax. The whole of the warehouses were as full as they could hold of hemp, flax, corn, seed, &c., the inflammable nature of which, and the firm hold which the fire had got before any assistance could be rendered, baffled, for a short time, the attempts to arrest it, particularly as it had taken hold of the roof, by means of which it set fire to the second warehouse. The attention of the firemen was early directed tolprevent the extension of the fire in that direction, and also to preserve the ad joining warehouses on the south, the property of the Rev. John King, which cover probably six times as much ground as those occupied by Messrs. Hassell. In the latter attempt, aided by a slight wind from the S.E., they were completely successful. The roof of the first warehouse fell in a few minutes before nine o'clock; at seventeen minutes past nine o'clock a circumstance occurred which greatly aided the operations of the fire men, although a number of them had to run for their lives. About thirty-six feet in length and forty feet iu height of a brick-and-a-half wall,:facing Blayde's-staith, and forming the greater part of the boundary of the first and a portion of the second warehouse, fell down into the staithway. A number of men were under the wall when it began to fall, but most happily every one of them es caped. All danger of the fire spreading beyond the warehouse in which it originated, and the one adjoining it, was over before half-past ten o'clock. We are happy to state that the buildings were in sured, and nearly all the warehoused goods are under stood to be so. The origin of the fire is not certain. Many incline to the opinion that spontaneous combustion took place among the flax • but others, among whom is Mr. Hassell, think it probable that some sparks had flown from the chimney of a steam-tug which passed the warehouse shortly before the fire broke out, and had alighted on the flax. The property is partly insured in the Sun and partly in the Phoenix Fire-offices.—Hull Advertiser. PHOSPHORUS.—UntiI the last ten years this sub stance was prepared but in very small quantities, and used merely for experimental purposes. It is now im ported to the extent of about two hundred thousand pounds per annum, besides the quantity manufactured in this country, being used to this extent in the fabrication of Congreve matches and instantaneons lights. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS REGULATION ACT.— Sunday, the Ist of September, is the day on which the Metropolitan Buildings Act, for regulating the construc tion and the use of buildings in the metropolis and its neighbourhood is to come into operation, as far as re lates to the appointment of districts and the nomination of officers (the other portions of the statute coming into operation the first day of next year). The enactments, however, that now commence their operation, provide that the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London, and Jus tices of the Peace in Quarter Sessions for other parts, may appoint the districts, and nominate surveyors for such dis tricts, the qualifications of which surveyors are to be ascertained by examiners appointed by Commissioners of Works, &c. The certificate of examination is to be produced by candidates one week before election. These surveyors are to hold office during pleasure, but are not to act as justices in their districts. The present surveyors are to be continued in office subject to the Act. Deputy surveyors can be appointed in cases of illness, &c. ; and assistant surveyors nominated, if any districts appear to the official referee too large. Official referees are also to be appointed, but never to act as surveyors. They are, among other powers, to act as arbitrators, and their award is to be binding on all parties and bodies. Their salary, and that of the re gistrar of metropolitan buildings (who is to be nominat ed by the Commissioners of Works and Buildings), is not to exceed 1,0001. per annum. This registrar is to have the custody and inspection of the records of the official referees ; and the Commissioners are to appoint a place of business for him. The surveyors are to be paid by fees, which are determined by the Act. Such are the chief outlines of those provisions of the Act that now come into operation. Those portions that re late "to the buildings, streets, and other matters," do not operate until the Ist of January, 1845. FIGHTING ATTORNEY-GENERALS.--Just at the time the fighting mania of the Attorney General for Ireland had exhibited itself in the Four Courts, his brother Attorney-General for Van Diemen's Land, Mr. Walsh, was so rabid as to fight two duels in one week, as ap pears from the following account copied from the Hobart Town Courier of the 24th of March last ;—" In the course of the week two duels have been fought—the first between T. W—, Esq., and R. S—, ' Esq. • and the second between T. W—, Esq., and T. M—, Esq. In both cases the disputes which led to the appeal to arms were quite of a personal character." In the same paper there is also an advertisement signed J. E. Bicheno, which was as follows :—" By his Excellency the Go vernor's command, Thomas Horne, Esq., is appointed Attorney-General pf the Colony of Van Diemen's Land until the Queen's pleasure be known." So much for jus tice to Ireland. Mr. Smith still retains his position, while Mr. Walsh is dismissed. SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER.—On Thursday after noon George Manners, a rat-catcher, found, while hunt ing with his dogs in a ditch, on the premises of Miss Hibbert, at Barnes, the body of a new-born infant ; it was in a state of putrefaction, and was wrapped up in a piece of black satin, and had a piece of black tape fas tened tightly round the neck. The child presents every appearance of having been born alive. The ditch in which the body was found communicates with the Thames, the tide having free access. The remains of the infant are now at the Bull Inn, Barnes, awaiting an inquest. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The lovers of music will have a rich treat at these gardens next week. Mr. Godfrey, the eminent director of music, and leader of the band, has been for some weeks preparing and arranging Beethoven's celebrated Battle Sinfonia, descriptive of an engagement between the English and French armies (accompanied with discharges of artillery, &c.), which will be brought out on Monday next N% ith an increased orchestra, and the most attractive selections of the season. HEART BURlAL.—During the rebuilding of part of the church of Chatham, in Kent, in 1788, there was found in one of the vaults a leaden pot, containing, ac cording to inscription, the heart of a woman, one Hester Harris. The pot appeared to have been nailed up to the side of the vault, there being a piece of lead soldered on for that purpose. THE SPOILS OF THE MOORISH WAIL—The famous parasol, belonging to the son of the Emperor of Morocco, which was taken at the battle of Isly, had, through a singular chance, been manufactured in Paris, by a mercer of Rue St. Denis, for a house of Marseilles, which has extensive commercial dealings with Morocco. Three years ago that house sent it as a present to the Emperor, it being the custom to make such gifts to the African sovereigns to secure their gbod graces. It is entirely lined with green velvet, embroidered with arabesques, and edged with a long gold fringe. This beautiful piece of workmanship cost I,BooE—Presse. SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—This mileslrina e i s yf n ,rso o mr w e p o mo p r e at n o ewedhaetssot highlyoo lv d h ce e o a mu d, nmda commendatory sd taa distance tnodryt h o oa f f t a tG b h out a n e t 19 c orna.l struction and condition of the works. The other parts of the line are proceeding very satisfactorily. There is a rumour that the Leeds Company are about to purchase the line.--Railway Record. FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. (From the World of Fashion.) Bonnets are made very short at the ears, the front part being proportionably longer. It is, however, those composed of paille de riz in which the change is most visible. Wreaths are still much used for the decorating of this description of bonnet. When bou quets are used, they are generally placed very much on one side, and composed of variegated light kinds of flowers. CANEZOUS A MANCIIES.—The sleeves are made demi-larges, and ornamented to match the body, ter minated below with wristbands of rich lace or waved bands, embroidered and trimmed with fluted frillings of clear muslin, and point d'Alenqon edging. MORNING DRESSES.—The ample peignoir form are those most decidedly in request, and muslin still pre dominates. The under dress, which is now so universally worn, is remarkable fur the beauty and richness of its embroidery; for instance, three pretty wreaths, worked and separated with a very narrow fold, or a fulling or puffing, through which is passed a ribbon of the same colour as that which decorates the cap and the lining of the peignoir. ftMORNING CAPS.—The style now most in vogue (for those ladies who wear their hair banded) is the bonnet assassin, the name being copied from that famous fly called assassins, which produced such destruction some half century back. This name is well adapted for the pretty little cap to which it is given, being an assemblage of laces and gauze ribbons, so prettily chiffones, and so coquettishly blended, being put on also a little on one side, sufficient to allow of the straight lappet of lace to fall upon the shoulders. CARRIAGE DRESSES.—Barege is still patronised by our elegantes, either shaded in different colours or plain. Those, however, which are most in favour are either broche, or printed in the most beautiful and rich designs ; when they are of a plain colour, the trimmings are festonnees, and embroidered in different colours ; for instance, white, embroidered with orange coloured silk, ponceau upon ponceau, and black upon grey, the latter being intended for mourning. The corsages are made high and open up the front, and instead of the lacings which have lately been so fashionable, we see narrow straps or bands, em broidered to match the trimmings of the dress. Light printed muslins are also in great request—in fact they are by some preferred to the barege, par ticularly for the country. EVENING DRESSES. Flounces are now more adopted than ever: they are put on in various ways, according to the taste of the wearer, some being put on straight, and others in a kind of wave ; they vary also in width and number ; the corsages opening en cceur, with revers chafes, sleeves a la Venitienne, with under sleeves of fulled clear muslin, trimmed with an inlet twisted en spirale. CHILD MURDER AT HANNINGTON, WILTS.—The inhabitants of the quiet little village of Hannington were much excited and horrified, on Tuesday last, by are • port that a servant of Mr. Ambrose Willis had murdered her newly-born infant. Upon inquiry it was discovered to be too true. An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. Whitmarsh, before a jury summoned from Highworth and Hannington, when, after several hours' inquiry, a verdict of " Wilful murder" was returned against Sarah Willis. The mother stands committed to Devizes New Prison, and will be removed there as soon as the sur eon considers it can be done with safety.—Wiltshire Independent. SUNDAY TRADING.—Mr. William Grant, the prin cipal news-agent of Brighton, appeared before Major Allen, on Thursday, to answer a charge made against him by Mr. George Chittenden, the high-constable, of having on the previous Sunday unlawfully exercised his business on the Lord's day, whereby he had in curred a penalty of 55., under a statute of Charles 11. Mr. Grant requested the bench to grant an adjournment till Monday, on account of the absence of his solicitor, but the high-constable having stated that that day would be inconvenient to him, Major Allen ordered the case to proceed. Mr. Grant then pleaded guilty, and Major Allen imposed the penalty of 55., with costs 10s., which Mr. Grant at once paid. The Gallant Major at the same time stated that the proceedings had been taken in consequence of the numerous complaints of the inhabitants of the desecration of the Sabbath, which had now become a crying evil. News-agents and cigar dealers appear to be the parties against whom the high constable and churchwardens are waging the war, of which Mr. Grant has received the first shot. While the passenger traffic has been increasing on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, the Forth and Clyde Canal Company's swift boats have also been car rying immense numbers. It is stated that for the month of July alone the number carried in these boats was 19,000, one-third of whom went the whole distance.— Glasgow Chronicle. FETE IN THE GARDENS AND GROUNDS OF MOUNT EnocustsE.—This fete, including a bazaar, came off on Thursday and Friday, the 22d and 23d inst., and we are happy to say that the whole sum derived from all sources was 1,2341., which will be applied in aid of the funds of the Devon and Cornwall Female Orphan Asylum, and those of the South Devon and East Cornwall Hospital. BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND HASTINGS RAILWAY. — The works of the branch railway to Lewes and Hastings will be very shortly commenced. That portion of it from Lewes to Hastings, which presents few or no diffi culties, will be first finished—it is expected in ten months. In many spots, where the line runs along the beach, it is already made, and nothing has to be done but to put down the sleepers. The works between Brighton and Lewes, and fora few miles beyond Lewes, are of a different character, and will require a period of 18 months to be completed. In the first place the line starts from Brighton with a viaduct, which springs in a north-easterly direction from the present viaduct at New England, goes at the back of the Dairy, crosses the London road just above the Hare and Hounds, and terminates in Mr. Stanford's field beyond, where a short tunnel of about 200 yards commences, which goes under the Ditchling-road between Mr. Col batch's and Mr. Wright's houses, and comes to the Dog kennel. Here the line skirts the hill at the back of the Horse-barracks, passes through the rick-yard at Mouls combe, and continues along the west side of the Lewes road for about a mile, when, in order to avoid Stanmer Park, it crosses the Lewes-road by a bridge, and runs along the eastern side of the road till it reaches the bottom of Falmer-hill, when it again crosses to the opposite side, and the second tunnel is commenced. This is carried under Falmer, and will be about half a mile in length. The line continues to skirt the western side of the turnpike-road till the third tunnel, which will be about 200 yards, and occurs at the hill before entering Lewes. Here the turn pike-road is again traversed, and the railway is carried down to Southover, and so on to Lewes. It is not yet determined where the terminus shall be in that town. It is wished to avoid the necessity of a small branch line to the bridge, as at first proposed, which would be at tended with considerable inconvenience to the traffic, and to have only one main line from Brighton to Hastings. Beyond Lewes the river is crossed to the east of the town, and here some heavy embankthents will be necessary till the hill which bounds the valley is reached, when a cutting to the extent of 40 feet will be made, and after this the line runs along the coast to Hastings at almost a dead level. Mr. Withes, who executed a con siderable porton of the London and Brighton railway, has taken the whole contract from Brighton to Hastings. The tunnel under the Ditchling-road will be remark able by a strong curve—to a degree that is not presented by any tunnel yet constructed.—Brighton Herald. DEVONPORT.—A stir has been made at this port within the past week, which has given rise to conjec tures of anything but a peaceful character. Orders have been received to enter seamen on board the flag-ship St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, for general service. A similar order has been given at the other naval out ports. Orders have been received to discharge fifty pensioners from the San Josef (ordinary), Captain Bur goyne, and to receive fifty able seamen in their place ; this order has already been acted upon. In addition to this, orders have been received to enter one hun dred able-bodied seamen in the rigging department of this dockyard ; these men to have fifteen shillings per week. Coming events they say, cast their shadow be fore, and these precautionary- movements would indicate that a crisis is expected.— West Briton. CIDER AND PERRY.—A correspondent informs us, that having seen an advertisement from Messrs. Henry Miles and Co., of Upton, Worcestershire, of their prime cider and perry at prices therein mentioned, he ordered a cask of perry, and inclosed a post-office order for the amount. In due course he received an intimation that the perry was on the road, but as it did not arrive he wrote again, and was informed that some mistake had occurred as to the conveyance, but that now it was ac tually coming. It did not come, however, and after a third letter, to which no answer was received, our cor respondent wrote to a professional gentleman at Upton, from whom he learned that no such firm was known there. We insert this as a caution to persons not to for ward money to unknown merchants.— Wiltshire Inde pendent. ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT E X PLOSlON.—Yesterday morning, about half-past two o'clock, an named Jo- seph Almond, a penknife grinder, residing in Sidney street, was awoke fro m his slee p by the breaking of a window in the bedroom underneath that in which ho was sleeping. He directly jumped out of bed, and ran to the room where he heard the noise. He there found a gin ger-leeer bottle, commonly called a pop-bottle, with a burning fuse inserted in the cork. This he succeeded in putting out without injury, and in going to the window saw three men in the street below. He forthwith sallied into the street, and collared one of the three ; up on which the other men attacked him an d rescued tliei com panion. The three then ran away, and succeed e d 1 1 ; i effecting their e sca p e. Two of th em were in the cours e of the day captured by the police. On examination of th e bottle it was found to be filled with gunpowder. It is said that Almond , who is a hard-working man, h a d left the union to which ho belonged, that he might be enabled to obtain a living uneontrolled by union regula tions. He had reason to know that his conduct had given offence, and under th e apprehension of danger, his wife had be©n afraid to sleep at home for four ni g hts previous to the attempted explosion. The prisoners are charged with the capital offence of wilfully and mali ciously throwing a b ott l e of gunpowder into the window of Joseph Almond's house, for the purpose of destroying his life and property. The case excites intense interest, being the first in which these Guy Fauxes have ever stood a chance of being made to answer for these crimes. —Sheffield Iris. LONGEVITY.—Died, a few clays since, in Killarney, a cat and parrot, belonging to Mr. John M'Shcehy, New-street, both at the advanced age of 86 years, The cat and parrot had been given to him by the late Sir Aubrey Do Vere Hunt, of Curragh House, county of Limerick,--Dublin Packet. IMPORTANT TO FARMERS AND PARISH PINDARS. A decision of the magistrates at the Lutterworth Petty Sessions has completely upset the long established custom of the neighbourhood as to the fees to which a pindar is entitled on impounding above one head of cattle. For many years it was con sidered that the pindar was entitled to 4d. as his fee beyond any damage that might be charged for every head of cattle impoundel at one time ; but in the following case it was proved to the satisfaction of the magistrates that such usage is illegal, and that the pindar is entitled to 4d. only for each distress taken at the same time, without reference to the number of cattle impounded, be they two or twenty. Hence it follows that if a pindar find twenty head of cattle straying, and impound them at the same time, his fee will be no more for the twenty than if he had im pounded only one of that number; thus instead of re ceiving his fee of 6s. Bd. for the twenty, which under the custom he would have received, he will only be entitled to 4d. for_ the whole. The complainant in the case referred to was William Pickering, of Froles worth, whose cows had strayed out of a lane in that parish rented by him, into the adjacent township of Ullesthorpe, .and were there impounded by John Hurst, the pmdar, who was charged by the complainant with having taken a urger sum for such impounding than he was by law entitled to take. The pindar had charged 4d. per head, which he stated was his usual fee. It was con tended by Mr. Cowdell, jun., of Hinckley, that the usage of the neighbourhood was illegal, for that, by the statute 1 and 2 Philip and Mary, c. 12, sec. 2 (still unrepealed), it is enacted " that no person shall take for impounding any manner of distress above the sum of 4d. for any one whole distress, and where less bath been used there to take less, upon the pain of 51. to be paid to the party aggrieved over and above such money as he shall take above the sum of 4d., any usage or pre scription to the contrary notwithstanding." The magistrates considered themselves bound to decide in conformity with the provisions of the statute ; but as the pindar had acted in aceordaire with the usage of the neighbourhood, which for a long time hitherto had been recognised, they directed him to return to the complainant the amount paid beyond the 4d., and to pay the costs. Devizes Gazette. FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE NEAR REGENT-STREET: A few minutes after five o'clock last evening a fire broke out in the upper floor of the house numbered 5, in Hed don-street, Leicester-street, Regent-street, which is let out to several parties in tenements ; the floor in question being occupied by Mr. Smallman, whose child, an inter esting female four years of age, lost her life under the following melancholy circumstances :—lt appears that her mother had left the room only a few minutes before, for the purpose of procuring some milk for the use of the family, leaving the child alone in the room. From some unexplained cause, most probably from the ignition of her clothing at the fire which was burning at the time in the grate, the poor little creature was in an instant enveloped in flames. Perceiving dense bodies of smoke and fire issuing from the windows of the floor, some of the neighbours concluded that the furniture or bedding was on fire, and instant information was sent of the cir cumstance to Mr. Fogo, of the brigade, who very promptly attended with le engine from King-street ; upon entering the room a most deplorable sight pre sented itself. The poor child was lying upon the floor, just behind the door, between the foot of the bed and the entrance into the room, burning most dreadfully, while the door, the bedding, and other articles of furniture were in a flame. At this moment the mother of the child, with an infant in her arms, rushed up the stairs, crying out most frantically" Save my child.' Mr. Fogo instantly had the suffering infant taken up, but the flesh, blackened by the process of combustion, came off piece meal from the body. An abundance of assistance having arrived, several brigade and other engines being now upon the spot, the fire was soon extinguished, but before this was effected the little sufferer had ceased to breathe. The body lies upon the premises to await the verdict of the Coroner's jury. The parties are not insured. INCENDIARISM AT PILLERTON.—OH Friday night last some daring villains set fire to a quantity of wheat in shock, in a field in the occupation of Mr. Thomas Walton, of Pillerton Priors, near Kineton. It was fir s t discovered about ten o'clock in the evening, by some of the servants of Mr. Miles of Pillerton, who were about retiring to rest, and observing a considerable quantity of smoke issuing from Mr. Walton's field, they proceeded to the spot as fast as possible, and found about 100 sheaves of wheat heaped together and burning ; they immediately alarmed Mr. Walton, and an active search was made for the perpetrators of the diabolical act, but, we are sorry to add, without effect. Mr. Walton is insured in the Norwich Union office. A reward of twelve guineas is offered for their apprehension.— Banbury Guardian. THE CHRISTENING OF THE INFANT PRINCE.-- Among the royal and distinguished personages who have received invitations to be present at Windsor Cas tle, at the christening of the infant Prince, we may enu merate the following :—Her Majesty the Queen Dow ager, his Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Prussia, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lady Mary West, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Right Hon. Colonel Dawson Darner, Earl Jermyn, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Hon. C. A. Mur ray, Mr. J. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Lord Lyndhurst, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, and the Cabinet Mi.• misters, several of the Foreign Ambassadors, &e. Amongst the dignitaries of the Church who are expected to be present, are the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of Norwich (Clerk of the Closet), Archdeacon Wilberforce, &c. The Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay will also be present. FRIGHTFUL SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT. — ShortIy be fore six o'clock on Wednesday evening considerable alarm was created in the neighbourhood of the Chalk road, Pentonville, by the falling of a scaffolding with several workmen, which had been axed in front of some buildings in the course of erection near the New Model Prison. It appears that six or seven of the workmen in the employ of Messrs. Dennis and Price, the contractors, were at work on the top of the scaffolding, a height of about thirty feet, when suddenly the putlocks, and consequently the entire body of the scaffold, gave way, and the whole of the men were precipitated to the ground. The escape of most of them was indeed miraculous. With the exception of a poor fellow named Joseph Berry, who had his collar bone dislocated, and other severe injuries inflicted on him, the others were comparatively unhurt. Berry, however, was conveyed in a very bad state to the Royal Free Hospital, in Gray's Inn-road, where he was promptly attended to by Mr Hill, the resident surgeon. The other workmen were shortly after enabled to go home to their respective residences. It appears that considerable blame is attri butable to those who have the construction of these scaffolds. _ LEGAL W1T. , .--kt the late Worcester Assizes, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, in alluding to a married lady, whom he was about to call as a witness, observed that she was nearly related to the opposite party in the action, and would naturally have a bias in that direction ; but he was willing to take her for better for worse."—(Roars of laughter.) " Brother Talfourd," said the Judge, " re member the grand jury are not discharged."—(Laugh ter.) " Really, my Lord," rejoined the Sergeant, " I have not yet seen the lady, and have no wish, I assure you, to violate the ninth commandment."—(Renewed laughter.) " The tenth, I suppose, you mean, brother Talfourd ?"—(Laughter.) " Yes, my Lord," said the Learned Counsel ; " and since I have forgotten my mo rality and the commandments too, I think I had better sit down." SHERWOOD'S EXECUTIONER.—The hangman Mur dock, who was paid 91. for the job, took his departure for Glasgow, on foot, on Friday evening, and, it is said, paid 6s. to one of the police to accompany him on the road as far as the Six-mile-bridge. Murdock executed the Prussian mate at Durham a few years ago, and he, also 41 turned off" the notorious Burke, at Edinburgh. Tyne Mercury. COST OF FIRST AND THIRD-CLASS RAILWAY CAR RIAGES.—According to the testimony of Captain Laws, the manager, as given before the Railway Committee, the original cost of a first-class carriage on the Man chester and Leeds line is between 3001 . and4 t. 0 ht th e r enovation of lining, painting, Sze., amo un t s to a b out 1501. a year. This carriage will carry but persons, whereas a third-class carriage on that line will take forty persons, and costs at first only about 1201 ., w ith about lot per annum for rep a i rs. — R ailway Record.' Sir John B. Pechell, Bart., continuesserictslyjn: disposed at his residence in Hill-street, and i Laldireehe of R 11 is delicatealso a i d u nori s making health. The he Earl lion. considerable im cpormovrelmeteendt,swinillhhias‘p,erothpeerteyffeactt F o o f lkestone which attractions of the t own as a wateringr g e p at i l a y: e i . n ."c'reasin when the attractions e The Earl of Darnley and the lion. E. Blig h joined the Cobham Cl u b on M onday last in a match of cricket against eleven of his Lordship's tenants. After a spirited game, the club came of successfully. LEICESTER STATE OF TRADE.—Business con tinues good. The season is fully set in, and the demand for all kinds of the most useful goods perhaps has never been greater for many years. Wools and yarns are sta tionary.—Leicestershire Mercury. CORNWALL RAILWAY.—We understand the provi sional committee of this railway have determined to leave the appointment of a Secretary, in the room of Mr. Bond, resigned, to the directors who may be ap pointed when the company shall be regularly fcrmed. I Vest Briton. THE WEATIIER.—The provincial journals from all parts of the empire inform us that the genial weather experienced for the last few days in the metropolis is general, and they exult at the prospect of the abundant harvest being everywhere safely and favourably g et . thered in. TnE LAKES.—The number of visitors to the lakes this year is exceedingly great, and the innkeepers can scarcely find sufficient accommodation for the visitors who are continually pouring upon them.—. Newcastle Advertiser. THE LONDON-BRIDGE RAILWAYS AND THE Er- PROVEMENTS IN SOUTHWARK.—A correspondent wishes the attention of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and of the Directors of the London-bridge Rail ways, to be called to the importance of co-operation in carrying out the projected street improvements in South wark. He is of opinion, and in this we entirely concur, that together the parties might effect an access to the railways worthy of the importance of these lines.—Rail way Record. 3: I Ilia* rovJ 0 :3s Rad 11 not t° The I nice' ) polis I d Per ia be :ll '. infe ° ;r 511 Vl4 ti) 4l° l 1416:1 0 '0 y 1 - 0 to 0 io 121 , o s° y a crier Te I 90 g dis co fr"- 111 11. c ocX tbe -(t) ja.or, ;r' d del' e i 64