The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-17 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS' ~.~~: <; ~~ ;_ Public Opinion. " Who runs may read." ~.'ey'~`~i.~S~.w~ft'e On Thursday the King of the French came to Paris, end held a C o un c il of Ministers. His Majesty returned , Neuilly to dinner. V l . , The Ministers of te King of Wberg, the Grand ,le of Mecklenber h g Schwerin, and urtem the Grand Duke of ecklenberg Strelitz, had audiences of the K . ng, to delive r to his Majesty letters from their respective s overeigns in answer to the notification of the birth of t he Duk e d'Alencon. The King has also received similar letters from the King of Norway and Sweden, Itlid the free towns of Lubeck, Bremen and Hamburgh, aid Franktort-on-the-Maine. Oh Thursday evening their Majesties received the M inister of Marine, the Marquis de Mornay , Generals it itudrand, Hecquet, and Gazen, Captain Pujol, and M. u esmousseaux de G iv, & Letters from Rio Janeiro of the 9th of July announce that the Reine Blanche frigate, on board of which Ad atiral Dupetit Thouars is returning to France, was daily expected in that harbour. " We are assured," says the Presse, " that the King expressed a desire to review the National G uard of P aris, h on the occasion of the successes wh ich our armies 3' sea and land have obtained on the coast o f Africa. This review is fixed for Sunday, the 29th instant." a . General Negrier, Commandant of the 13th military ti t i vi sion (Rennes), is removed to the 16th (Lille), in „ e room of General Corbineau, who goes on the re "IV list. The Havre journals state that a se i zur e was made Caere a few days ago, at one of the provision shops, of a quantity of potted game, on the supposition that the t lt me was killed during the period of the year when the k (;h "ing of game is prohibited by the new law. The shop • eePer ha s given notice of appeal, in order that the question may be tried. Prepar a ti ons are being made to crown the Arc de i„ t iuttiphe in the. Champes Elysilcs. A statue of France be place on an antique car. Around it , on foot, gut be the genii of the French nation. All these works are to be of colossal size, and in bronze. A pasteboard 4 041 will be shortly erected. The King has engaged M. Horace Vernet to paint t hree pictures, representing the bombardment of Tan giers, the taking the island of Mogadore, and the battle of Isly, The Almanach Royal for 1844 contains the inser tion of the name of Capt. Bruat, under the designation of Go of the Marquesas Islands, and King's Commis tOtter to the Queen of the Society Islands. A letter from Metz, of the 10th inst., announces the l•rrivat of Duke Edward, the son of Duke Bernard, of Saxe Wei mar , accompanied by Captain Gordon , a son I ! the E ar l o f Ab er d een . They were received at the refecture by the Duke de Montpensier, the Duke de t eteours being with Duke Bernard at head-quarters, at v , l ly, where the two foreiga Dukes, and the personages 40 came with him, will remain with their Royal High ' hesses as guests until the reviews and other military tl Perations are over. The Journal du Havre announces the arrival on Th ursday of the Theodore, from Guadeloupe, with the ' u tatnissioners sent out by the Government at the re test of M. Cailloue, to explore the great sulphur mines r the neighbourhood of Basse Terre. The report being B veurable, the Colonial Council had made a grant of ;e mines to M. Caillouti for fifty years, on condition that ZeY be brought into full work within five years fro m the vegent time. M. Cailloue went out with the Commis stoners, and has returned with them to make arrange -141 eats for carrying on his undertaking. b Letters from Vienna of the 4th say, that Admiral '',ttadeira has been called on by the Austrian Govern 7.ent to disprove, before a military commission , all par 114Pation with his unfortunate sons in their late attempt revolution in Calabria. A letter from Alexandria of the 28th of August states t hat amongst the passengers who had arrived in that 13 1 from Calcutta by the Bentinck, were Count Ratti 'Denton and family. 2 „'A letter from Athens of the 25th ult. says—" On the ‘t l ult. the mail was stopped in the middle of the Isth tt:Us by 25 well armed brigands, who had gained infer t,ittioll that it contained money. They forced open the crjage and took a sum equal to about 10,000 f. ; they J°Ke the seals of the dispatches to Ambassadors ; and 4 0 broke open the trunks of the travellers, and carried all thy.. thought worth keeping. The courier col t, ted all the scattered papers and took them to Luiaki. ,_'`etteral Prokesch, on being made acquainted with t h e ;:,urrence, set out for the Isthmus, to make a personal I Testig,ation. It had no political character. We are 1,1,11147 also, that our waters are infested with pirates, for ost-office steam-packet, known to have large remit tancestt can board, has disappeared, and the crew are g ltred to have been massacred, as bodies have been seen 44° ,„ating in the sea." 0 The Moniteur.Parisien states that no intelligence from b e tah eite of a nature to confirm the account of a conflict tween the French troops and the natives, given in a letter said to have been received by a Mr. Salmon, and klblished by the English papers, has been received by t he French Government. pe The Heraldo informs us that the son of Sir Robert dri e k Who is an attach 4 of the British Legation at Ma tad left that city for Cadiz, with a courier of the French b• Eta assy, bearing dispatches for the Prince de COITAT-PASHIONABLIII. lier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompa cd by Countess Wratislaw, and attended by Lady Charlotte D un d as , is expected to hone Earl Howe 'With a visit shortly, at Gopsal Hall, Leicestershire. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, accom ?allied by the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklen eargh Strelitz, left Ravensworth Castle yesterday, where th e y h ave b e en staying on a visit to Lord and ` 4 "„Y Ravensworth, on a visiting tour in Scotland. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar 7 4 Ltends to return to this country from the Continent early in the ensuing month. 1 , The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland and Miss erey leave Leamington Spa this week, for Alnwick ~ k•astle, Northumberland. The Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caroline Leve n Gower, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lorn, the "ager Lady Blantyre, and the Hon. Misses Stuart , h ave; assembled at Erskine House, N. 8., on visits to Lord and Lady Blantyre. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, accompanied by IVrds Edward and Bernard Howard and Lady Mary „ward, left St. James's-square, on Saturday last , on 'air return to Arundel Castle. Owing to the recent demise of Lady Brooke Pechell, the Duke and Duchess t : not intend to see company at the Castle for some time come. Lady Brougham arrived at Brougham Hall on Sunday l ist from London, and on Thursday last Mr. Baron Parke and the Hon. Charles Howard and lady, who had "'eel), on a short visit to Henry Howard, Esq., of Grey- I toke Castle, joined Lord Brougham, at Brougham Hall , for a few days. Mr. and Lady Fanny Howard have arrived at Holkar 411, near Milnethorpe, on a visit to , the Earl of Bur -lington. I ,Slr William Massey Stanley, Bart., has returned from shooting-box in the Highlands. The respected Ba °eet visited Lady Stanley, at Haggerstone, Northum uerlsnd, on his way south. • palace Bishop of Ripon has returned to the Episcopal ?lace from his annual visitation. His Lordship was guest of Gasket], Esq., at his seat near Wake geld, early in the week. The Earl of Stradbroke arrived at his seat in Suffolk the week heforaJast, from visiting his estates in Ire tod. The Noble Earl and the Hon. Captain Rous, "LP., were to leave Henham Hall on Saturday, for Don caster. The Earl of Harrowby and Viscount and Lady Frances Landon and family arrived at Harrowgate, on Thursday , " 4 , from Sandon Hall, Staffordshire. *USCZLLA.NZOUR. The Lords of the Admiralty have arrived at Devon. Port on their usual visit of inspection. They left Lon don on Wednesday afternoon, and arrived at E xeter b y the Great Western Railway on the same night. They dept at Exeter, and reached Devonport on Thursday. Incendiarism has again commenced in Suffolk. A I best destructive fire took place on Wednesday night on farm, the property, and in the occupation of, Mr. John Phillips, at Great Barton. The property destroyed con sisted of a large barn, in which was 100 coombs of wheat and 200 coombs of oats, which had been got up about a Week ; a row of cart-sheds and other out-buildings, a Waggon, &c., and a quantity of agricultural imple men t s. The property was insured. We regret to state that fire after fire has taken place In borsetshire during the last six or seven days, and all, t here is every reason to believe, the work of vile incen diaries. Much property has been destroyed. A lad °lts been committed for trial charged with one of the "fences. According to the Post Ami Gazette, the news of the a cquittal of Mr. O'Connell has produced an extraordinary S ensation at Frankfort. Immediately after its arri v a l ' l4 portrait was exhibited, surrounded with garlands, and e ven an illumination was talked of. An Englis hman, 'who had become notorious for his anti-Irish opinions, has c onsidered it prudent to (Flit the city. Alderman Brown will resign the aldermanic gown of •uillingsgate to-day. At present there is only one can didate in the field. On Saturday morning a task of deep solemnity was Performed in the removal of a number of coffins from an old vault belonging to the parish of St. John Zachary, in kaiden-lane, City. The old church was burned down tY the great fire of London, after which a very large °use was built over the vaults, which, however, has c ontinued in use. The removal, as well as other bodies 'rota a portion of the churchyard itself, took place in c onsequence of the ground being required for City ire- Prowinents. The coffins in the vault, and the mortal r emains of those interred in the churchyard, were de- P°sited in what will probably be their final resting-place, a large vault formed in another part of the churchyard. , Captain Layard, M.P., has been, and continues, we tlderstaral, dangerously ill, at Benown, the seat of Arthur I .Ohaignettu, Esq., county of Westmeath. Lord and Lady Lilford, the Hon. and Rev. Richard Bruce and Hon. Mrs. Stopford, the Hon. and Rev. L. 4 " Mrs. Powys, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Colquhoun, Sir John Murray and Hon. Lady Nasmyth, &c., are Vaced in mourning by the demise of the Hon. Miss ' n ib' Powys, who died at Clifton, near Bristol, on Tuesday last. The 'deceased, who was third daughter of Thomas, first Lora Lilford, was born May 18, 1784. - Nearly 1;0001. have already been subscribed towards the coat o f erect i ng a sui t a ble monument to the memory w the late lamented Earl of Lonsdale. HER MAJESTY at BLAIR ATHOL. BLAIR ATHOL, FRIDAY. 1 There is little to record of the movements of her Majesty and the Court here beyond the mere ordinary routine, so strict is the privacy desired and obtained. For the purpose of retirement a more favourable spot could scarcely have been obtained, combining as it does such exquisite natural beauties with such abso lute quiet and seclusion from the bustle and turmoil of the world. Athol House itself is a building of the most un pretending character. It is a plain structure, all white from the great entrance to the out-offices, and planned without the slightest assistance from the rules of architectural beauty. It is, however, commodious, and the interior has been prepared, under the direc tion of Lord Glenlyon, by upholsterers from Lon don, in a style rendering it a fit abode for the Queen in the retirement which she seeks. It is delightfully situate in the centre of a glen, or, more properly speaking, a valley, surrounded on all sides by high hills, one of which, Ben-y-glo, almost aspires to the rank of mountain. Some of these hills are clothed to the tops with fir, relieved by masses of rich verdure ; others are more barrem, but strikingly grand. At all hours of the day—from the early morning, when the summits of the hills are hidden in mists, to the night, when their bold outlines form a grand'amphi theatre enclosing the domain—the scene is beautiful in the extreme. Repose and seclusion are, however, claims it possesses in an extreme degree, and which give it apparently a value in the eyes of her Majesty in addition to its great natural advantages. The in terior of the grounds afford extensive walks and drives, of which her Majesty avails herself, and the Prince is enabled to enjoy shooting on the hills. Deer-stalking will, it is said, be added to his Royal. Highness's amusements. The utmost care is used to exclude all strangers from the house and grounds. A guard of the Athol Highlanders, under the com mand of Captain Drummond, mount guard over it, and there i 5 a body of the London police, under the orders of an inspector Steed, who also lend assistance in maintaining order and preventing intrusions from the curious. The views in the neighbourhood, it is needless to say, are full of beauty and interest. Every guide-book to Scotland teems with their praises, but scarcely does them justice. It is under stood that her Majesty will from time to time visit them all. ------- Very little beyond mere Court routine has to be recorded. _________ Yesterday (Thursday) only the Prince and Queen walked on the hills adjoining the house, accompanied by the Princess Royal. Her Royal Highness also took walking exercise in the afternoon. The Queen and the Prince in the afternoon drove out in the pony phaeton. The dinner party yesterday consisted, besides the Queen and Prince Albert, of Lord and Lady Glen lyon, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Liverpool, Viscountess Canning, Lady Caroline Cocks, the Hon. Charles 'Wellesley, Sir Edward Bowater, Sir James Clarke, and Mr. Anson. This morning (Friday) her Majesty and the Prince breakfasted at half-past eight. They then took walk ing exercise in the grounds, accompanied by the Princes Royal, for whom a pony was provided. The Prince then went out shooting, attended by Sir E. Bowater, and accompanied by Lora Glenlyon. Her Majesty drove out in the pony phaeton, accompanied by Lady Canning. The escorts of Scots Greys have been dismissed for the present. Her Majesty is now under charge of the Athol Highlanders. Her Majesty will attend divine service on Sunday at the church of the parish. A large pew has been fitted with ottomans, and covered with crimson cloth, to receive her Majesty and suite, and there are crimson coverings to the rest of the pews. During Friday afternoon, when the Queen and Prince drove out, they went to the old village of Blair, where the sheep-shearing was going on, with which her Majesty was much amused. She also par ticularly noticed some Scotch terriers. They then proceeded towards Glen Tilt, where, near a marble quarry, where there is a beautiful vein of green mar ble, they entered a hut The gude wife was spinnieg, and the Queen sat down and conversed with her very affably for some time. The inmates did not know the rank of their visitors, and, in accordance with the custom, they put a bottle and glass on the table, and asked them to taste the mountain dew. BLAIR ATIIOLL, SATURDAY MORNING. There appear to be some indications this morning of a change in the weather, and if the sun should be compelled to retreat before the rain and mist which have begun to invade the present abode of royalty' there is but little likelihood that her Majesty wil prolong her visit to the end of the month. Within the last few days, however, there has been a fresh Influx of visitors and tourists, who are anxious to combine the pleasures of seeing their Sovereign and the beauties of Scottish scenery. The two hotels, :he Blair of Atholl Inn and the Bridge of Tilt Inn, are completely inundated—people are glad to be allowed to lie down indiscriminately under the dining tables like " four-and-twenty blackbirds all of a row ;" every bed-room boasts of three or four occu pants, and when they wake in the morning they find themselves placed by the side of some drowsy stranger, with whom they had not the honour of any previous acquaintance, and who had been billeted upon them by an unceremonious landlord during their peaceful slumbers. Misery, however, makes us acquainted with strange bedfellows, and yet the most exorbitant charges must be submitted to from "mine host," who levies a sort of black mail on the unwary travellers, by means of this ingenious, but somewhat Irish, method of multiplying accommodation. In the course of the afternoon of yesterday, her Majesty drove out in a pony phaeton along the high road to Inverness as far as the Falls of Bruar, but unfortunately a shower of rain prevented her Majesty from alighting to view the most picturesque portion of this beautiful waterfall. The beauties of the Falls of Bruar have been considerably enhanced by a rich clothing of fir and oaks, fringing its rocky banks, which were formerly as bleak, bare, and desolate as the summits of the surrounding hills, amidst which it lies embosomed. These plantations were formed by the late Duke of Atholl, in compliance with the cele brated poetical epistle of Burns, who begged that some clothing might be placed upon the naked rocks; and the fragrant birks are now dressed in woodbines, and the craggy cliffs are now adorned with the firs and thorns for which Scotland's poet petitioned in such glowing language. It is, however, positive that her Majesty will make a second effort to view these Falls during her sojourn here. In her drive yesterday her Majesty was ac companied by Prince Albert, who had returned early from grouse shooting on the hills, where his Royal Highness had some excellent sport ; several black cock were sent to the Castle by the Prince, in order that they might be prepared for her Majesty's luncheon,, and at half-past three his Royal Highness rode back to the Castle, and drove her Majesty out in the pony phaeton, preceded by outriders—Lord Glenlyon and Sir Edward Bowater rode on either side of the carriage, the Highland chieftain wearing the two eagles' feathers in his bonnet. On the return of her Majesty to the Castle, a Scotch peasant, who had been evincing his loyalty in copious libations in honour of the Queen, staggered into the Castle, and entered the room where the illustrious party were assembled with far less ceremony and discrimination than were displayed by the " boy Jones." The in truder was forthwith handed over to the tender mercies of the local police, who appear to perform their onerous duties with that energy and vigour for which the renowned followers of Dogberry and Verges were so eminently distinguished. A vast number of Lord Glenlyon's clansmen and foresters have been out during the night driving the deer into the Glen Tilt, in order to enable the Prince to have a shot at them as they bound through the passes. His Royal Highness, accompanied by his noble host and a large party, mounted on shooting ponies, left the Castle this morning for the Glen, where there is every probabity that they will have some excellent sport as the wind is favourable. Her Majesty will attend Divine service to-morrow morning, at the village church of Blair Atholl; the chieftain's pew in that sacred edifice has been fitted up with scarlet lining and tapestry, for her Majesty's use, and great preparations are making to beautify and adorn the church for the reception of her Majesty. The Seceders have, unhappily, attempted to inculcate their pernicious doctrines within these peaceful do mains, and a wooden "free kirk" has been erected by them at the further extremity of the village, but they h av e, hitherto, failed in their efforts to lead away the peasantry from , those places of worship in which their forefathers have, from time out of mind, assembled. The ancient chapel of the Atholl f a mily is now mouldering in ruins, and forms one of the' most picturesque objects within the grounds of the Castle. This ruin is rendered doubly interesting, as being the-burial place of every Highland chieftain of ancient descent and lofty lineage ; but the chief object of interest within its moss-grown walls is the tomb of the celebrated Claverhouse, whose body was brought to Blair Atholl after the battle of Killiecrankie, and received honourable interment from the Atholl family, against whom he had so long combated with such terrific energy and effect. Every traveller and tourist makes a pilgrimage to the tomb of this celebrated hero, and the descendants of the Covenanters still shudder at the bare -mention of the name of the bloody Claverse. Her Majesty appears to be in the enjoyment of ex cellent health and spirits, and evidently derives the greatest gratification from her present re eluded mode of life... Post To-day we learn that his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and several of the gentlemen of his suite, eager to enjoy the splendid sport of deer-stalking, were stirring betimes, and enjoyed splendid sport in the deep ravines of the Tilt. Two fine red deer were killed by the royal party. There were various games performed ; and her Majesty visited several of the most magnificent scenes in the neighbourhood, and seemed extremely gratified with the gloomy grandeur everywhere presented, so different to the changing glitter and artificial pleasures of the Court.—Aberdeen Herald of Saturday. WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 15. The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Tay, Captain Hayden, arrived here at 1 P.M. The Tay left Havannah on the Bth, Nassau 10th, Bermuda 20th, and Fayal 31st August. The Tay met the Severn at Havannah on the Bth inst., proceeding to the Gulf of Mexico, and the Clyde at Bermuda, with dates from Jamaica to the Bth August, and Carthagena to the 2d September. The Tay having met with an accident, being obliged to go into Fayal, met there her Majesty s surveying steamer Styx, to which ship the mails were transferred, and both ships came home in company, and. landed the mails at Plymouth yester day, at 11 A.M. The 'ray brings twelve passengers, and left twenty one passengers at Fayal 'o come home in the Tweed, which ship will be due here on the 21st inst. The Tay brings 80,000 dolls. in freight. The West India papers received by the Tay bring little news. They are almost entirely occupied by reports of the debates in Parliament upon the Sugar Duties Bill, which they still seem generally inclined to regard as ruinous to the West India interests. With respect to the accident which had obliged the Tay to leave several of her passengers at Fayal, we have been favoured with the following statement by a passenger in that vessel : " The report of the unhappy disaster which befel the Royal Mail Company's steam-packet Tay on the coast of Havannah on the Bth of July last, and her subsequent arrival in England considerably after her time, having on board only a few of the passengers who embarked in the West Indies, would naturally occasion much alarm and distress to those expecting the arrival of relations and friends ; you will, there fore, I am sure, be glad to give publicity through your journal to the following statement, as regards the pas sengers, which I feel it a duty to offer to the public, in order to obviate the alarm which, I am happy to state, circumstances of a most fortunate nature have ren dered groundless : "The Tay left Bermuda on the 20th of August, with the following passengers bound to England, and was compelled to put into the port of Fayal on the 31st of August, when the passengers and mails were landed. " She again, after undergoing certain repairs, took her departure for England, in company with her Majesty's steam-vessel Sty; to the care and atten-• tion bestowed by the captain and officers of which vessel may in a great measure be attributed her pre sent safety. " The greater number of the passengers not being di , posed to trust themselves again on board the Tay in her then condition, remained at Faye], in order to proceed to their destination by the following mail packet, Tweed, expected there on the 22th inst. The following are the names of the persons so remaining ; and annexed is a list of those who proceeded in the Tay, and who arrived at Plymouth in safety under the convoy of her Majesty's surveying-vessel Styx, on the 14th of September, and the Tay proceeded on to Southampton with the Styx : " PASSENGERS WHO EMBARKED AT BERMUDA ON BOARD THE TAT. " Remained at Fayal :—Mr. and Mrs. Jemmett, Mr. and Mrs. Shannon, Mr. and Mrs. Moroney, Judge Norton, Mrs. Symonds, Lieutenant Peto, Ist West India Regiment; Mr. Farrall, Mr. Perrey, Mr. Knutsen, Mr. Bellot, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Burnett, Mr. Debelette, Mr. Boisaubin, Mr. Garella, Mr. Courtain, Mr. Coore, Mr. Deraine, and Mr Langouine. " Proceeded in her Majesty's ship Styx :—Mr. Drummond Hay. " Proceeded in the Tay :—Mr. Fayer, Mr. Murian, Mr. and Mrs. Ford and child, Mr. Watt, Mr. Bardon, Mr. Heriot, Dr. Kennedy, Mr. Purbeck, Mr. Strong, Mrs. Stanley, Mr. Cadin, and Mr. Briggs." DONCASTER RACES. DONCASTER, SUNDAY EVENING. Several of the principal lodgings have been taken, and, notwithstanding the variable and unpromising state of the weather, we ire led to believe that the meeting although it may suffer by comparison with the "good old times" of Doncaster, will, at least, prove an average one. Irrespective of sport, of which there seems likely to be a reasonable allowance, there will be enough to occupy men of business, and to amuse those intent only on pleasure. On Wednesday we shall have what is so often mis-called "the settling ;" on the same day and the following Mr. Tattersall's sales of thorough-bred stock, of all ages, and of the most fashionable blood, including a large draft from Scott's stables ; and, on a day not yet fixed, a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen interested in the races, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of confining the races, in future, to four days. Should this be determined on, it will also be matter of discussion whether it will not be expedient to prevent the necessity of Sunday travelling by making Tuesday the first day ; an alteration in the order of run ning the principal stakes will be a necessary consequence of the contemplated change. In the shape of recreation, there will be the theatre every night ; M. Jullien and his " unrivalled band" at the Mansion-house, on Thurs day evening ; the race balls, &c., &c. THE ST. LEGER.—Up to the present time the betting has been flat in the extreme, but enough has been done to warrant a quotation, and to show that Ithuriel's chance is gone. Lord Stanley has declared that he is amiss, but that he shall start him if possible. The Cure arrived this morning, gallopped shortly after, and went remarkably well ; he is in immense favour ; next to him Red Deer, the Princess, and Foig-a•ballagh are most in request. The betting subjoined is made up to post time: to 6 agst The Cure—taken in hundreds 5 to 1 agst Red Deer 5 to 1 agst The Princess 8 to 1 agst 10 to 1 agst Valerian 20 to 1 agst Ithuriel—taken 20 to 1 agst Lightning. 2,000 to 100 was taken about Lightning. Bay Momus not mentioned. On Saturday night, William Scott took 3,000 to 1,000 about Red Deer in one bet. Arrivals since our last :—Joan of Arc, The Cure, Mickey Free, the Mouche colt, 2 yrs, The Artful Dodger, Scalteen, Juvenal, Mr. Fox's Stockport colt, Corranna, Alaric, Parchment, Pompey, Britannia, Bretwalda, Doctor Taylor, Helmsman, Ape, The Pride of Kildare, Sister to Deerslayer, colt by Velocipede, Sister to Give him-a-Name, filly by Sheet Anchor, colt by Bay Mid dleton, Sister to Pathfinder, filly by Retriever, Give-him a- Name, Bishop of Romford's cob, Boniface, Firemaster' Little Philip, colt by Sheet Anchor, Knight of the Whis tle, brother to E. 0., Cockfighter, Lady Wildair, &c. The following plates, &c., closed on Saturday after noon : MONDAY. The Fitzwilliam Stakes. Alice Hawthorn, Peggy, Corranna, Lothario, and Trueboy. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Alice Hawthorn, Harriet, Parthian, Corranna, Sister to Give-him-a-Name, Aristotle, Trueboy, Little Fairy, William le Gros, and Pompey. Maiden Plate. Sir Isaac, colt by Lord Stafford, Doctor Taylor, Joe Raphael, colt by Liverpool, and Little Fairy. TUESDAY. The Corporation Plate. Alice Hawthorn, Doctor Taylor, Corranna, William le Gros, Aristotle, and Philip. Selling Stakes. Joan of Arc, Poussin, colt by Liverpool, Boniface, and Harriet. THURSDAY. The Cup. Milton, Corranna, Peggy, Parthian, Bay Momus, Ithuriel, Valerian, The Princess, The Cure, Alice Haw thorn, Pride of Kildare, Mickey Free, Aristotle, True boy, Godfrey, Little Fairy, Rowena, Telemachus, Light. ning, and Pompey. FRIDAY. The Town Plate. Milton, The Dog Billy, Prince Royal, Corodino, Par- I thian, Mickey Free, Pride of. Kildare, Trueboy, God frey, Philip, Little Fairy, and Boniface. DONCASTER, MONDAY MORNING, TEN O'CLOCK. THE LATEST BETTING ON THE ST. LEGER. 10 to 6 agst Mr. Salvin's The Cure—take 2 to 1 5 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken 5 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's The Princess 8 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh—taken 12 to 1 agst Dawson's lot 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Hampson's Lightning—taken 500 to 25 laid on The Cure agst Devil-to-Pay in their places. No others mentioned. CHAMPAGNE STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Lancashire Witch—taken 4 to 1 offered agst any other , About a dozen expected to run. ARRIVALS OMITTED IN OUR LAST. The Devil-to-Pay, Heretic, Bebington, Cowl, All Round my Hat, Purity filly, and Longitude. It is not unlikely that Zenobia will come for the Park Hill Stakm SING. V 9911 ' to 755. 5h F"° 4i to 881 to ed ere v. elf iked . wee eohied : ceu eol oso „., rani. 1114 t I n o IA 5 -0' sosS ; DC%' of to 0 6, to 50 A 4 0 , 0 • I . _ 011 010' a •••• Itt e° ' is r g: P rag ed r i l; 1, SP - 92 Po 75f,: A ~ t° ' is 7. r. 0 .• r• o to r• ~, •• • 0 • 13 t. THE SUN. LONDON, T1TE864.:1 7 MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1844. COURT CIRCULAR. - Their Royal Hif chnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, accompanied by the Princess Mary, left Kew yesterday morning for Badminton, Gloucester shire, to honour the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort with a visit. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Baron Knesebeck, have left Ravensworth Castle, the seat of Lord Ravensworth, for Drumlanrig Castle. Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Miss PEEL.—Very gratifying accounts of the health of this young lady were received in town yes terday from Drayton Manor, to the effect that Miss Peel is going on most favourably, and is quite out of danger. Dispatches from the Governor of Hong-Kong were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also received from the Governor of Gibraltar, from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Is!ands, and from the Governor of Malta. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Jamaica, and also for the Governors of the other West India Colonies. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, SEPT. 16—Wind this day at noon, W. to S.W., light breeze and cloudy.—Arrd. Duke of Wellington, Hargrave, Manila, for Antwerp ; Thomas Blyth, Hay, Mauritius ; Matilda Luckie, Munro, De merara, for Cronstadt ; Flora, Otten, St. Domingo, for Bremen; Pedro, Nanlet, Havannah, for Hamburgh ; Echo, Belize, Guide, Bartlett, Montreal. 15. Caledonia, Sydney ; Ann, Wilson, Calcutta ; Harwood, Cape of Good Hope ; Ellen. Toba go ; M erc y, R ounc , Barba does ; Ralph Bernal, Bridges, London ; Freeman and British Monarch, Barclay, Jamaica ; Lesonchagoo, Sisters, and Margaret, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Valleyfield and Resource, Quebec ; Atkin and Susanna, Heppel, Montreal ; Garland, Wright, Newfoundland. Sailed Creamore, St. John's, New Brunswick. The Ajax, Thompson, from London to Naples, got ashore on the Brake Sand this morning, but came off without ap parent damage. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 15.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Chase, Young, Laguna, and sailed for St. Petersburgh ; Columbine, Robertson, Aux Cayes ; Helen Munro, Wat son, Jacmel ; Alice, Heath, Quebec ; Pratt, Dods, Shidiac. Off, Britannia, Wear, Ichaboe, and sailed for Hull ; St. Louis, Labado, Porto Rico, sailed 4th ult., and proceeded for Havre ; Sam Slick, Younger, Gam bia, sailed 7th ult. JERSEY, SEPT. 12.—Arrd. Amicus, Orange, Ichaboe. WIVENHOE, SEPT. 15.—The Innisfail steamer, from Newcastle to London, got on the Gunfleet Sand 12th inst., but came off yesterday after discharging part of her cargo, and proceeded for the River. A large iron barque, reported to be bound for Rouen, went on the Gunfleet yesterday ; the crew were throwing the cargo (coals) overboard. SHOREHAM, SEPT. 15.—Arrd. Spring, Quebec. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 15.—Arrd. Codrington, table West Indies ; Tay steamer, Hayden, West Indies, very leaky ; her Majesty's steamer Styx, Fayal. DARTMOUTH, SEPT. 14.—Arrd. Patriot, Cuthbertson, Rio Grande; Delta, steamer, London for the Nile. Off, Alive, Savory, Bahia. A large brig is reported dis masted to the eastward ; two smacks have gone to her assistance. 15th. It has blown extremely hard all night, with much sea, and continues unabated. PLYMOUTH. SEPT. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Chamois, Incy, Buenos Ayres ; Marys, Irvine, Montreal. Off, Sisters, Chieston, Quebec. The ports of Arica and Mixellones were both block aded by Vivancoes previous to April 6. TENBY, SEPT. 1 4 . — The Maria , of Hayle, for Llanelly, foundered in Carmarthen Bay this morning, crew saved. NHw ORLEANS.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Rose, Vera Cruz, with the mails for England. GLOUCESTER. SEPT. 14.—Arrd. Indian, Mackay, Mon treal Cont en t, H am ilt on , V a l. St. John's, N.B. 15th. Wear, Bell, t r e Quebec.; Mary,SWANSEA, s E p T 3 Sanders, . paraiso, out ninety days ; Alexander Harvey, Alexan der, Cuba ; Cadmus, Campbell, Quebec. MAURITIUS, JULY I.—Arrd. Westmoreland, Bombay, for Liverpool, with damage, having experienced very severe weather. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 14.—Wind S., moderate.—l sth, Wind W;—Arrd. Chilmark, Ichaboe, after having been ashore on the North Bank : Alexander, Apsey, and Jo seph Anderso n, m ila t r h rison,Jamaica ; G overnor , Varty, Cuba Castle, Lagun a ; M a tth ew King, c e ok erou Nelson, Honduras; Sylphiden, Horam, Mexico; Mancia Cleaves, and Frankfield, New Orleans •, Ratamozoo, Mo bile ; Entevo, Ford, New York ; Acadia steamer, Halli fax, 3d instant ; Elizabeth, and Asia, St. John's, New Brunswick; Elizabeth, Prince Edward's Island; Bytoun, Henrietta, and Mary,. Studacona, Thomas Rowell, Ches ter, Edinburgh, and Ocean Queen, Quebec ; Caledonia, Newport, Berwick Castle, and Reliance, Montreal. 15th. Salopian, Bell, China ; Jumna, Kerr, Calcutta ; Sarah Louisa, Isly, sailed April 6, Valparaiso, May 21. OFF WHITEHAVEN, SEPT. 14.—Cumberland, Nichol son, Jamaica, for London. CLYDE, SEPT. 13.—Arrd. Dolphin, Paton, Montreal. Sid. Hebe, Rio ; Eliza,Demerara ; Commerce, Bathurst, New Brunswick. DUBLIN, SEPT. 13.—Arrd. Hugh, Smallman, Trini dad ; Hindley, Grierson, St. Lucia •, Sarah, Purdy, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Culock, M'Donald, Quebec. KINGSTOWN, SEPT. 13.—Arrd. Princess, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Grace Darling, Miramachi ; Harmony, Velocity, and Kate, Quebec. CORK, SEPT. 12.—Arrd. Sylvia, Hooks, Ichaboe ; Kate Kearney, Belcher, Jamaica ; Sealby, Bell, St. Do mingo. 13. British Queen, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Coromandel, Calcutta ; Herefordshire, Bombay. MUTINY AT ICHABOE. By a letter received at Llyod's, from their agent at Bristol, it appears that ad v i ces h a d b een rece i ve d by the writer, from Ichaboe, of the 6th July last, from which it appears that serious disturbances had occurred amongst a portion of the vessels loading with guano, and that se veral parties had been put in irons and forwarded to St. Helena. The officers selected by the Committee appointed by Captain Brooks, of her Majesty's steam- Aiip Thunderbolt, to form a judicial body, had elected Captain Albert Hancock, of the Victoria, Commodore, who deemed it advisable, the island being in a state of mutiny, to send to the Cape for the assistance of a man of-war. The brig Canning had been dispatched for that purpose. The number of vessels loading at the date of the letter above-mentioned, is represented to have been between seventy and eighty, and the origin of the dis turbances was from the new-comers attempting to take pre cedence of previous arrivals in the loading of the vessels. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Thomas Blyth, Hay, from Mauritius, in the Downs, sailed June 9 ; Caledonia, Liddell, from New South Wales, in the Downs, sailed May 12; Horwood, Gales, from Algoa Bay, in the Downs, sailed June 20, St. Helena, July 12; Ann, Wilson, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed April 5, St. Helena, July 12; Jumna, Kerr, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed INfay 3, St. Helena, July 25; W. an d M. B rown , B un ton, from Bengal, at Gravesend, sa il e d Ap r il 15. Arrivals at St. Helena—Josephine, Smith, July 24, from Singapore; Lyra, Fisher, from coast of Africa; her Majesty's ship Alert, from coast of Africa; Canton, Gaunson, from China and Cape; Sultana and Selina, from Port Beaufort ; Philantrope, from Batavia to Bordeaux. Departures from St. Helena-Carolina, Johanna, July 24, to Amsterdam; Wave and Hune Laing, to Cork; Josephine, to Liverpool; North Pole, 25th, to Cork. Arrival at Batavia -Nereid, Grant, June 5, from Macao, and would load for London. Lord and Shamrock Arrivals at Sid ney. -W ater lil y, M ay 7 ; Th omas , 7th ; Tryphena, sth ; Star of China and Marian, W a t son, 9th-all from New Zealand. Departures from Sidney-Jane, Fowler, Apue, 28th, to whaling ; Dorset, 30th ; Adelaide, Ranger, May 2, to Auckland ; Dawson, to Port Nelson ; her Majesty's ship Thalia, to Otaheite •, Coquette, to Port Philip ; Mars, 3d, to whaling ; Mary Ann, to Launceston ; E m ma, to Adelaide and Port Fairy • Union, to Mauri tius ; Tobago, 6th, to Port Philip ; her Majesty's ship North Star, 10th, to Hobart Town. Arrival at New Plymouth, New Zealand-Theresa, Bacon, from London. Departure from Madras-Madura, Smith, July 17, to London. Arrival at Penang-Robin Hood, Gray, May 11, from Mauritius. Departure from Macao-Marmion, May 10, to Cork, for orders. Arrivals at Singapore-Caledonia, June 12, and sailed 15th ; Drongon, 15th, and sailed 17th ; F. Mobarrach, 20th, and sailed 22d ; Shaw Allum, Page, and Prince of Wales, Jones, 23d, and sailed 26th --all from Bombay to China ; Venus, 13th, from Swan River, and sailed 22d to Swan River ; Express steamer, 13th, from Calcutta, sailed2s th, t f o r o i ; and sailed 22d to Rio ; Margaret Poynter, M`Pherson, sailed, 27th, to Manilla ; Kelpie, Faize Allum, 16th, from Calcutta, an d sa iled, 18th, to China ; Comte de Paris, 16th, from Penang ; Audax, 17th, from China, and sailed, 19th, to Calcutta ; Bally Racket, 18th, from Bailey ; Samdang, 1 1 4 5 t t h h : f f r r o o m m ß c a t h a i v n i a a ,; and from Penang ; Chilena, 19th, from Glasgow ; Earl of Liverpool, from Bristol ; Danish Oak, 23d, from Pondi steamer, 23d, from Rio ; her Calcutta • Express Majesty's ship 'Sapphire, Penang, and sailed, 25th, to China ; Royal Sovereign Wigeon, from steamer, from Penang. Departures from Singapore-F. Cowasjee and An tares, June 12, to China ; Swift, 13th ; Guess, 14th, to Amoy ; Kelpie, 15th, to Calcutta ; Mungo Park, 15th, c2h4ethrr,yfrOmSoCpileyialoFn r , a a s n e d r, to Batavia ; Harriet, 19th, to Amoy ; Superior, 20th, to Liverpool ; Malvina, 21st, to Batavia ; Syria, to Cork ; Bitang, 22d, to Hong-Kong ; Emanuel, to Macao ; Chilena, 25th, to Penang. Arrivals at Colombo-Jessie, July 5, from Mauritius, and sailed to London ; Forfarshire, 7th, from Bombay, and sailed, 10th, to Tutucoreen ; Charles Forbes, 11th, from Bombay, and sailed 12th, to Tutucoreen ; Pearl, 18th, from Galle. Departures from Colombo -Symmetry, July 6, to London. Arrival at Trincomalee-Archirnede steamer, July 18, from Brest and Bourbon, to Pondicherry and China. Departures from Trincomalee-Her Majesty's ship Cornwallis, J u ly 10, to Cape and England ; Vixen steamer, to Singapore and Hong -Kong. Arrivals at Galle-Orator, J une 25, from Colombo ; Grange, July 17; and Water Witch, from Mauritius. Arrivals-Marchioness of I3ute, from Bombay. Off Falmouth, Salshean. from China, at Liverpool. The Earl of Harborough, at his recent audit at Melton Mowbray, caused the rents of the whole of his cottage tenants, on his estates at Whissendine, Staple ford, Saxby, and Teigh, to be returned to them. We rarely have to record such a noble instance of liberality. LITERATURE. ENGLAND AND WALES. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844. This is a translation from the German of Kohl, one of the most indefatigable travellers of the day, and forms the Nineteenth Part of the "Foreign Library." It is an account of a recent tour made by the author through England and Wales, and describe s i n v i v id language the impressions made on a foreigner by the beauties of our scenery, the number and splendour of our prinCipal cities and towns, and more especially, the wealth, bustle, and population of our manufac turing districts. At Manchester, where M. Kohl took up his residence for some time, he was asto nished at the wonderful and incessant activity per vading the place, and the decided marks of opulence which met him at every turn. He visited most of the rincipal factories, and speaks in animated terms of the cleanliness, regularity, and subordination main tained in them ; and paid particular attention to the Manchester Hospital, which he describes as an " in stitution offering a fund of most interesting medical, statistical, and miscellaneous information." Of all the English counties, Yorkshire seems to have been the one which most struck our author's fancy—and we do not w onder at his preference, for it is a noble dis trict, rich in old baronial mansions and parks, and containing, more particularly in the North Riding, some of the most magnificent and diversified scenery in the kingdom. Alluding to the aristocratic feelings of some of the Yorkshire Squirearchy, Al. Kohl says :—" I am told that there are in. Yorkshire, as in Westmoreland, Saxon families among the gentry who date their grandeur back far beyond the Conquest, and are far prouder than the less anciently descended nobility of the country." M. Kohl is a pleasant, sketchy writer, whose observations, however, are sel dom remarkable for their depth or acuteness. ADEN. ---- The Courtier Francais publishes the following letter rrom Aden : " You ask me for some details relative to Aden, which may be denominated the Gibraltar of the Red Sea. I wish that this information may be useful to my country, and for that reason I send it. Aden, which was formerly called Portus Romanus,' is a town of the Yemen, which, from its position and on account of its recent occupation by the English, pro mises to become an important commercial and mili tary station, particularly now that Egypt is advancing towards the period when she will become a British colony. The town is built in the crater of an ex hausted volcano, and is situated at the extremity of a small peninsula of volcano matter, and attached to the continent solely by a low neck of land from 500 to 600 yards wide, and which might be easily isolated by a canal. The harbour is a magnificent basin, capable of containing an immense fleet, and is entered by a narrow passage between two other craters. It would be easy to establish defensive works on the rocks surrounding these craters, which would place the port in safety against any attack. One redoubt has been already raised as a security against the Arabs, ever ready to attack the English in their position. From this point to the gate of the town has been recently traced a road of about a league in length, by which the defile is reached which forms the entrance to Aden. This defile, which is being fortified at this moment with a gate evidently constructed to resist other attacks than those of the Arabs, is about 100 yards long and four or five wide. It is cut out of a rock which stands 150 yards above the level of the sea. A formidable battery, command ing the entrance of the town, is in process of being erected above the rock on the left of the defile. A covered way, with an arch thrown from one rock to another, unites the system of defence which the batteries commenced on the summit of the rocks on the left will complete. The other side is absolutely unassailable. From the most remote pe riod these heights have been more or less fortified by the different nations who have had possession of Arabia. I ascended these heights, and I confess I was astonished to find the harbour so easily defended, and this impregnable position surrounded by a na tural girdle of bastions, which only wait to be armed to be capable of annihilating the most formidable fleets. I experienced the most painful emotions at the idea of the consequences of these preparations. I cannot comprehend. how France and Europe regard with indifference England preparing a new Gibraltar on this road, fruitful in riches, which extends from the European Ocean to the.lndian Ocean by travers ing Egypt. We must not deceive ourselves, it is a new Gibraltar already erected at Aden." THE SUGAR QUESTION. We have been requested to give insertion to the following letter, which appears in the last number of the Friend, a monthly periodical : " Bristol, July, 1844. " Dear Friend,—l presume it is in the recollection of the Committee of the Bristol Auxiliary to the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, or some of them, that the efforts made by the Committee of that Society, to uphold the law which, in effect, prohibits the importation of Cuban and Brazilian sugars for our own use, was objected to by . me and some others, as erroneous in principle and 4njttriotis in its effects; and I have now to request thee to submit to the Com mittee of the Bristol Auxiliary, that as the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, at a special meet ing, called together for the purpose of considering the propriety of continuing to support the prohibitory law, has authorised their Committee to continue their support of that law ; it appears to be my duty to withdraw from the Bristol Auxiliary of that Society, because— " Ist. The refusal, by those who govern this coun try, to permit the importation of Cuban and Brazilian sugars, for our own consumption, is a direct infrac tion of the law of God—' Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so unto them. - " 2d. The refusal to import and use such sugars is highly injurious to the people of this kingdom; is partial in its operation, weighing heavily on the mid dle and labouring classes of the community ; and is a breach of the ancient constitution of England. "3d. Every prohibitory law is an impediment to the progressive increase of that commercial inter course between nations, through which they confer reciprocal benefits on each other, and which is, in the ordering of Providence, instrumental in preparing mankind for the reception of permanent and universal peace. Therefore, every law which prohibits or re strains the progress of commerce, tends to prolong the practice of war, and ought to be repealed. " 4th. Though this nation, and those by whom it is governed, are awfully responsible for the breach of the Divine law, to do as we would be done by,' they are not responsible for the conduct of other nations, over whose internal arrangements they have not, and ought not to have, any control. " sth. The lawfulness or unlawfulness of using sugar, or any other produce of slave-labour, is a ques tion of conscience, like that respecting the use of meat which had been offered unto idols, which was pro. posed to the Apostle, and by him answered, " What soever is sold in the shambles, that eat, making no questions for conscience' sake;' yet the consumption of that meat contributed to the encouragement and sup port of idolatry. " 6th. As the Apostle asks, Why is this my liberty (to eat such meat) to be judged of (or condemned) by another man's conscience ? for if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks ?' So they who would thankfully eat the prohibited sugar, may ask, why they are to be deprived of that liberty by the judgment of other men's consciences ? and they have the precept and example of the Apostle to support them, in claiming to have the law, by which they are deprived of that liberty, repealed by the Parliament of England. " 7th. Though the British nation has, of late years, been sufficiently enlightened to perceive the unchris tian nature of slavery so clearly, that it would be criminal in us to practice it, our having liberated our slaves does not justify us in imputing criminality to those nations which have not been so enlightened, and continue to retain a system of labour which was prac tised by their forefathers, has been sanctioned and established by the laws of perhaps every civilised nation, and was recognised in that law which was given through the instrumontality of Moses to the Israelites • nor have we a right to refuse to share the benefits Of commerce, and to cultivate feelings of kindness and good-will with other States employing slave-labour, in order to do away with slavery, or even to prevent an increase of their present sufferings, because it would be to do evil that good may come of it " These are my conscientious convictions, the re sult of long and serious consideration ; and they are respectfully offered to the consideration of the Committee of the Bristol Auxiliary Society, in the hope that, though they may , not concur with me in these views, they will give me credit for estimating very highly the character, talents, and humanity of the Committee of the Parent Society, and for the desiring the abolition of slavery and com miserating the condition of the negroes as sincerely as ever; and I will thank thee, as the Bristol Secre tary, to lay this paper before the Committee, on be half of their friend, _ _ _ "JOSEPH REYNOLDS "To Thomas Doyle, Secretary of the Bristol Auxiliary Anti -Slavery Society." EXTORTIONS OF BOATMEN AT DOVER AND RAYRF.—Repeated complaints have been made of the impositions practised by the boatmen of these places for landing or shipping passengers at low water, when the packets cannot lie at the quays. This has occurred so often at these ports, that it has had the effect of diverting a great deal of the traffic, while the route by Brighton and Dieppe, which is exempt from these annoy ances, has received a proportionate accession of patronage. LIVERPOOL, ORMSRIRK. AND PRESTON RAILWAY. —Such has been the demand for shares in this promis ing undertaking, that the Prov isional Committee gave notice that no applications would be received after Thursday last.—Preston Guard i an, BOROUGH OF MAR YLEBONE REGISTRATION. The revision of the lists of voters for the opulont and extensive borough of Marylebone has been appointed to take place on Monday next, the 23d inst. The Con servatives have made no kss than 1,174 objections, whilst the Reform Association have made 586. The claims of both parties are altogether insignificant, but there are several hundred individual claims on the part of persons who are lodgers, and by the Chartists, who have formed themselves into a " Suffrage" Association. The number of voters in the register for the borough last year was 14,749. On the lists at the present time the number is 15,784, making an increase of 935 ; but that number, it is expected, will be much diminished by the revision. EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS. CHLORIDE OF NITELOGEN.—One of the most for midable and one of the most dangerous explosive com pounds known to the chemist is a substance called chloride of nitrogen. It is so dangerous to handle that chemists have been contented to take for granted those powers assigned to it by its original discoverers. The examination of this substance caused its dis coverer, Dulong, a severe mutilation of his fingers and the loss of an eye, and Sir H. Davy, who con tinued the experiment, was wounded in the eye by a sudden explosion. The greatest care should be taken in its preparation, the face should be protected by a sheet of iron gauze, and the hands by thick woollen gloves. For its preparation a glass vessel is filled with a not completely saturated-solution of sal ammo niac in water, and inverted in a basin filled with the same solution. Chlorine is introduced into the bell, . _ and is by degrees absorbed, the fluid at the same time receiving a yellow tinge. The formation of oily drops is perceived on the surface, which collect and sink to the bottom, forming a deep yellow.oily liquid. This is chloride of nitrogen. At common temperatures the formation of it takes place but slowly, but when the solution of sal ammoniac in water is heated to 90 deg. Fahrenheit the action begins very quickly, and the operation is speedily completed. It explodes, producing a very loud detonation, at a temperature immediately below that of boiling water (212 deg. Fah.), shattering to pieces wood, glass, or iron. In order to show most simply, and in the least danger ous manner, the explosive powers of this compound, we may allow a drop of it to be sucked up by blotting paper, and on bringing it quickly to the light it will explode with a louder report than that of a rifle. In order to show its destructive properties we need only adduce the follow ing experiment :—lf we were to take a cup,- set it on a piece of board on the floor, and drop a single drop of chloride of nitrogen into it, and cover it with water; the mixture, touched with a piece of hot iron, would explode, the cup be broken in pieces, the water thrown about, and the piece of the cup on which the chloride of nitrogen lay be driven deep into the board. The chloride of nitrogen is resolved into chlorine and nitrogen gases, the instantaneous production of which, accompanied by heat and light, is the cause of the vio lence of the explosion. It is, however, not always ne cessary to heat it to cause it to explode, for if we touch it with a stick, dipped into oil of turpentine or nut oil, with amber, myrrh, India-rubber, and a few other substances, the same will take place. A compound analogous to this is iodide of ni trogen, which explodes with nearly as much vio lence as the chloride, but is more dangerous, because less governable. More powerful in its effects, and a little better known than chloride or iodide of nitrogen, is the fulminate of silver. It is prepared by taking 100 grains of melted and finely pounded nitrate of silver, putting them into a roomy glass, pouring one ounce of lukewarm alcohol upon them, stirring them well together, and then pouring one ounce of fuming nitric acid into the glass. Violent effervescence takes place, and when the black powder deposited at the bottom of the glass becomes white, cold water poured into the glass will cause all action to cease. The whole operation is completed in a few minutes, and one of the chief precautions in making it, is to take a high and roomy glass, for explosions often happen when the liquid runs over, and a portion of the fulminate adheres to the glass. The powder is now to be washed on to the filter by means of water, and great care is to be taken that it be not touched with any hard substance, as the mere contact of a glass rod with the powder has caused it to explode, and has more than once cost the life of the operator. The powder must be dried with very gentle heat, and spread on blotting paper, with about two grains on each piece. The electric spark, hard pressure, a blow of the hammer, or contact with a glass rod dipped into a solution of concentrated sulphuric acid, are sufficient to ignite it, causing it to explode. GUNPOWDER.—The mixture of sulphur, charcoal, and nitre, called gunpowder, is well known. The elastic fluid produced by the firing of gunpowder is found, by experiment, to occupy a space at least 244 times greater than that taken up by the powder from which it was originally obtained. But from the heat generated during its explosion, this elastic fluid is rarefied to upwards of four times its former bulk. The expansive force of this fluid is there fore, at the moment of conifagration, 1,000 times greater than that of common air. The granula tion of gunpowder increases its explosive force. A charge is thus made sufficently porous to allow flame to penetrate and to kindle every grain camposing it at the same time. A mixture of three parts of nitre, two of dry carbonate of potash and one of sulphur, forms what is called pulsis fulminans, which, heated gently till it enters into fusion, inflames suddenly, and explodes with a deafening report. The violence of the explosion is caused by the reaction between the sulphur and the nitre being instantaneous, from their fusion and perfect intermixture, and the consequent sudden formation of a considerable quantity of nitrogen gas from the decomposition of the nitre. FULMINATE OF MERCURY.—Fulminate of mercury is similar to the former, though not quite so power ful. It crystallizes in fine silky needles, detonates loudly by percussion, or when rubbed between hard bodies. In the flame of the candle it deflagrates with a feeble explosion. Mixed intimately with six times its weight of nitre it forms percussion powder, which is introduced in the state of a paste with water into the copper caps. The daily papers state that M. Jo bard, of Brussels, who has devoted much attention to pyrotechnic works, has communicated to the French Government what he states to be the composition of Captain Warner's destructive power. It consists, says he, of a congreve rocket made in this way :—The head of it is composed of a hollow iron cone, of great strength, containing a kilogramme of fulminate of mercury, on which is placed the usual charge of the rocket, of which the body is twice as long as those generally in use. He discharges his pro jectile from a directing tube from the port-hole of the vessel, and on a level with the water, so that his projectile, skimming along the waves, which support a part of its weight, fixes itself in the side of the enemy's vessel, where it bursts when the fire reaches the fulminating powder, and making an immense opening in it, sinks it at once. The proper range of this rocket is three or four miles, but Captain Warner imagines he can send it five or six, by discharging it from a cannon. He does not say that he will attain his object in the first attempt, but he will try on until he succeeds. FULMINATE OF GOLD.—Fulminate of gold is a body analogous to the two former, but being inferior in its effects, and far more costly, it will not be made use of. A substance scarcely inferior to chloride of nitrogen or fulminate of silver is a combination of oxide of silver with ammonia, the so-called ammoniaret of silver. It is of a highly dangerous character, owing to the faci lity with which it explodes. It may be formed by dissolving nitrate of silver in ammonia, and pre cipitating the liquor by a slight excess of potash. If this substance be pressed by a hard body, while still in a moist state, it explodes 'with very great violence ; when dry, the touch of a feather is sufficient to cause it to fulminate. The explosion is occasioned by the reduction of oxide of silver to metallic silver by the combustion of its oxygen with the hydrogen of the ammonia, and the consequent evolution of nitrogen gas.—Atheneum. COMPENSATION TO SHERIFFS OFFICERS. In consequence of the operation of the new In- • solvent Act, it is determined by that large, influential, and singularly useful body of men, the sheriffs' officers, to apply to Government for compensation. We give a few of the most heart-rending cases : Lazarus is a ruined man. There was a time when he could make twenty pounds by bail-bonds before breakfast. Now, he can't make twenty pence. Had a flourishing sponging-house always full. Now, there isn't a soul in it. Did a good deal in small acceptances under twenty pounds to clerks, and such people—who'd trust 'em now ? Calculated that his loss by the Bill was five thousand pounds, every honest penny. Moses is also a ruined man. has his sponging house empty, and dreadful expenses going on. Time was when he could get a guinea a-day out of every prisoner; now, the money goes to creditors. Believes that all the world will be insolvent, with nobody to arrest 'em, if the Act isn't repealed. Has lost by it— for he is a conscientious man, and has calculated every penny-6, 0001 . 17s. 6id. Aaron is entirely ruined, with nothing but his wine and coal business to provide for his family. Can't get off his wine, because he can't discount small bills. Can't sell his coals, because nobody will give ready money for 'em—and can't give credit because of Lord Brougham's Bill. Thinks the world is going to end, or Parliament had never passed such a wicked law. Had a beautiful sponging-house. In fact, was born in a sponging -house, as was his father and mother before him ; all that's gone, Used to make five cap tions a-day ' • hasn't nabbed a single soul these three months. If there's to be any security for property, Government can't give him less than 8,000/., besides places in the Treasury for his five little boys.—Punch. THE ROBBERY OF PLATE AT THE COVE OF CORK BY LIEUT. PUDDI COMBE. The officers of the Marine force stationed at Spike Island, of which force Lieut Puddicombe is a member, have addressed the following letter to Capt. Warren : " Lieut.-Col. Burton, and the officers of the battalion of Royal Marines serving in Ireland, beg, individually and collectively, to convey to Captain Warren the ex pression of their indignation at the reported conduct of one of their brother officers, Lieut. Puddicombe, for whose infamous violation of every principle of hospita lity and honor in Captain Warren's house, on a recent occasion, they blush with shame. " But while the Lieutenant-Colonel and officers de plore, and repudiate in the highest degree, the scandalous act with which Lieutenant Puddicombe stands charged, they feel that they cannot in any way be identified with it ; nor can they admit that the character of their corps is, in the remotest possible manner, affected by the op. probrious misdeeds of an unworthy member ; and the Lieutenant-Colonel and officers rest satisfied that Cap tain Warren will fully enter into, and psi ieirite in their feelings, and concur with them in the view which they have taken of the circumstance s o f thi s lamentable affair. "It only remains for the Lieutenant-Colonel and officers to intimate to Captain Warren their intention to see such measures immediately adopted, as will remove Lieutenant Puddicombe from her Majesty's service ; and the Lieutenant-Colonel and officers beg Captain Warren will have the kindness to allow them to make good the art'cles of plate that have been abstracted. " Head-Quarters, Spike Island, 10th Sept., 1E44." The following particulars relative to the accused are given in the Cork Constitution : " The name of the accused is Robert Bruce Puddi combe, a First Li eu t enant i n t h e Royal Marines, ,who lips been stationed for some time at Haulbowline Eland in charge of the supernumerary force attached to the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, in command o the Irish squadron. On ref rence to Haultaine's New Navy List," Mr. Puddicombe appears to have entered the service the 20th February, 1834, and his commission as First Lieutenant bears date the 26th August, 1838. It is said that he became attached to the force when but sixteen years of age, and, therefore, has merely entered on his 27th year. He is a member of a highly respectable family residing in Devonshire. O n Monday morning he was put un d er close arrest, a sentinel being placed upon his room door. In the course of the day it was intimated to a magistrate at Cove that it would be prudent to have the prisoner removed in to the custody of the civil power, and in the course of the even ing Robert Holmes Esq., J.P., accompanied by head-con stable Roe, and two other police officers, went to the island, and took the prisoner to Cove and placed him in the Con stabulary station, where he remained for the night. The following morning (Tuesday) he was taken to the Petty Session Court, where an investigation took place, which resulted in informations being sworn against the pri soner, who is to be tried before the Assistant Barrister. at the East Riding Sessions, which takes place in this city on Monday week. BRITISH NAVAL SUPREMACY. As early a period as the year 1200 it was enacted "that if any ships refuse to strike to the British flag, they should be deemed lawful prizes." In 1554, Lord William Howard, Lord High Ad miral, cruising in the narrow seas, with twenty-eight sail, compelled the Spanish fleet, with Prince Philip of Spain on board, carrying the Spanish flag at the main, to lower their colours as an honour to the Bri tish flag, before he would pay his compliments to the heir apparent of Spain, and the consort of his sove reign. In 1587, Rear-Admiral Sir J. Hawkins, lying with a fleet in Catwater, compelled the Spanish Ad miral, who was going to escort Anne of Austria, to pay the usual honours to his Majesty by striking his colours. In consequence of a dispute between the English and Dutch, in 1604, with respect to the compliment of the flag, Sir William Monson, who commanded in the Downs, would not be satisfied by the Admiral thrice lowering his colours, but he would hot admit him to hoist them during his cruise on the English coast. Sir Robert Mansell, in the Mediterranean, in 1620, compelled a French Admiral, with six sail of the line, to strike his flag, and pay the usual compliment to the British. On the 14th May, 1652, Commodore Young brought a Dutch squadron to action for refusing to pay the usual compliment to the British flag ; but having submitted, they were allowed to proceed on their voyage. In 1654 — a treaty of peace was concluded with the Dutch, and one of the articles acknowledged that the sovereignty of the sea belonged to England; " that the ships of the Dutch, meeting any British man-of war on the British seas, shall strike their flags and lower their topsail, in such manner as has ever been at any time heretofore practised under any former Government." It is to be observed, that this was at a time when Ale Dutch possessed one hundred ships, mounting From 50 to 76 . guns. In concluding another treaty of peace with Hol land, on the 9th o'C February, 1654, it was stipulated " that the acuntomed compliments should be paid to the British flag from Cape Finisterre to the land of Staten in Norway." This custom prevailed to a late period ; but since the peace of 1815, we have gradually declined into an equality with other nations ; and it would appear from the result of a recent court-martial, that a British cruiser is no longer permitted to search a suspicious vessel wearing the colours of another power. This courtesy should not be carried too far; we must not, by too much conciliation, lose sight of our own dignity ; for we know by experience how readily ad vantage may be taken of a well-intended concession. —Hampshire Telegraph. CHRIST'S Ho SPIT AL.—On Saturday next, the 21st inst., being St. Matthew's Day, the Llrd Mayor, Alder men, and Sheriffs, with the Governors of the several royal hospitals, will attend Divine service at Christ's Church, Newgate-street, where a sermon will be preached by the Rev. James Cohen, M.A., curate of Cheshunt ; after which they will repair to the Great Hall, in Christ's Hospital, where four orations on the benefits of the royal hospitals will be delivered, according to annual custom, by four of the senior scholars :—ln Latin, by Langham Dale; in English, by Morton Amos Liecester• in Greek, by Edward Taylor Hudson; and in French, by Edward Algernon Newton. Eight poems will also be recited by the other senior scholars, viz:—A Latin Alcaic Ode to the Queen on the birth of a second Prince, by Gowen Edward Evans ; Greek lambics on " The Spanish Armada," by George Voigt ; an English Ode to the Prince of Wales on his being appointed a Go vernor of Christ's Hospital, by John Daniel Williams• Latin Hexameters on " The Conversion of St. Paul," by Edward Tudor Scargill; a Greek lambic translation of the Soliloquy of the King in Hamlet, by William Frederick Greenfield ; a Latin Elegiac translation of Cowper's Boadicea, by Thomas Johnson Potter; Greek Sapphics on " The Death of the Poet Cambell," by Malcolm Laing; and an English Poem on " Edward the Sixth," by Thomas Stedman Polehampton. PORTRAITS BY HER MAJESTY.--Mr. Brown, sur geon to the royal household, has recently been honoured with two very valuable presents from the Queen, viz, two portraits of the Princess Royal, in water-colours, exe cuted by the Queen herself. One of these portraits (both of which are described as admirable likenesses) was taken by the Queen when the Princess Royal was only four months old, and the other just before her Royal Highness had attained her first year.—Hampshire Advertiser. THE HARVEST IN SCOTLAND. —The weather is so dry, and so admirably adapted for carrying on and com pleting the labours of the harvest, that we have nothing in the shape of complaint to make, and can only repeat what is now pretty well known—that the crop is not more satisfactory in respect of bulk than in yield and quality. Every variety of grain, upon every variety of soil, has been successful; and although an occasional thin field may be seen, they form the exception to the general rule. In this neighbourhood, reaping is all 'out at an end ; and in the latter districts, in the neighbourhood of Linlithgow, it is fully half over. Much is already in the stack-yard in the finest condition, and a week or ten days of such weather as we have enjoyed for some days past, will secure the whole crop in all the earlier districts of Scotland.—Scotsman. Mr. NASMYTH, VERSUS CAPTAIN WARNER._-We understand, from undoubted authority, that Mr. ht i ahoneu power shewreewr of and, tw h Nasmyth, engineer, of Manchester, has submitted to the consideration of the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty, the plan of an iron -steamer," homb-proof, which will effectually destroy any ship or wsqilularduronwnsht.eemnSghooneinii mhi a p tanho t r os o eue t hr p r h oesi e ipu e ltp l i l h r sf e d l and a aaiacoe t n e nee b .td oy l :, f :: ira ts l h e i vt x : ei ms Ak a , n ei h r lsei fact,maine \ re her,understand with each other at the an r y ate o feet n. wide, below n ip k s n c o o t r s nin an g by mechanical means, in the hands of not o te s d ni erStand that this inven tion is now und t7 their Lordships' consideration, Captain and there can h, no doubt but it w ill pn Warner's itr.:entibh at a discount.—Devonpor t Independent. BELFAST AND BALLYMENA RAILWAY.—We are gratified in learning that, of the 7,500 shares to be issued for this undertaking, more than one-half have already been taken—a considerable number of them by English capitalists. It is scarcely a fortnight since the prospectus first appeared.—Banner of Ulster. AMERICAN HAY.—A very considerable quantity of hay, the produce of the United States, arrived in this port in the course of last week, and is now in the market. The Samuel Hicks, which arrived in the early part of the week, brought 28.5 bales, and the New York, which arrived on Thursday, brought 192 bales. The former importation was announced for sale on Yriday last, upon the quay, but the weather prevented the attendance of buyers. The second cargo will be offered to-day. The hay appears coarse and of a heavier quality than that grown in this country, and whether it will become a regular article of commerce is questionable, particularly in good native seasons.—Liverpool paper. The Bremen Gazette has an article from the Po. lish frontiers, 3rd Sept., which states that the Emperor Nicholas has approved of the plan of the Minister of War for very vigorous offensive operations in the Cauca sus ; and that he is resolved, if not to make the ULM paign in person, at least to be in the vicinity of the theatre of war. Count Nesselrode is shortly expected to return to St. Petersburgh. It is affirmed that he has communicated to the English Cabinet the decided inters tions of the Emperor respecting the war in the Caucasus. and has obtained the assurance that the assistance Sept to the rebels by English agents from Coast shall cease.—Hanthurgh Papers, 15th Sept. ,~~