The Sun. — London, England, 1845-09-22 00:00:00

~~~ ..,• THE BANKS OF THE T 10. st journey of t h e for spapers in the pa gig. m t has occurre d as sans antageous to the coon on his return to St. d policy loudly to pro ised with the recep,we spirit prevalent in tbst which it enjoys under Late to oppose the I° o ' Ali t h e narrative of to lating to the sojoarn el appy Poland. it the present cirettor reply offer a better or paternal feelings .0.,(!, eh continue to 10' meal oppression a nd rr diet in modern WO li e d, The bad 000 city, and the overdoo' ?ericals, in the 'st, has ravaged eve% ny a district. ie,6,-,, ed and prolongou'ff ;ed the Wing of 10 ' El be he Principal food ot ra ised the price Of t b % h) as sca rcel y to hl: t he seed, so that, to Y, is superadded 1111 " future. In t he o ri' pathy of the auth hatever have bee° rei ) diminish tLe dreadtea is nut all; the (Lilo, the result of tbe b oun d to call tiltithe at, 41 . r iubject, and stated fo; resorted to, a (gob • rea m+ ks, I,l'' of a false alarto . t" h 8 IIY vindicat ed frola re' mos t s evere eve c v_,ri; f food was most tlej radua li y i n creas edt of anc i e nt pale tea °w a s well ia he famine and tal " n J • felt. In cboseroi of people, deprive.w e country, divided h some loud, abietfu il it hunger than to i - iittb l6 ases, the utiavo diminish the ae ta ife . a ir sometime' ar' 4 A e a uthorities are no , who could rernsis er so implacale, 6; ea 0. 0 eror tiesooo he would see 0 ttillitfi'e nto the causes ef,a)); dies w by wbich ic ,ar'arsaw has heee tide. tie reeteu;o :c himself With hi' ° b i , d defence ; s od 0;0 the anxiety usugi r'De 'n the eve of using if, 7iPS to Georgiesk (f.ti° es from %VOA, Lind all around. The re . sed in reviews I°,o levees. But ' of t tO the studeat.l.o, Lin. One day, the 9 t , of Wrazsaw in the who uftglected to 1 0 0 i, He imaledistell them, and be who ' he was. `",„ltli General," he abl: ‘o r uw your Sovereiv,r, roung men with teli;er at me well, 000'4 r; rs on of your Pocerusa o l ma ke myself koosTv all the school s solrecl , eo, esty, W i t h due o ut their head. io , i s v g t h e i r ranks, inetr e was satisfied widloi it al, always on hi s efivi tiously replied, d ie E --leperor then tdents, and fasteuelivg inately a pla4le, his fingers to hi9orilar at snout (roza ffi us expression, 01'11,,„, or is a wretch capsv.;o. ant thus described Pi..ret a for his good eopu'v professor YePtilbrgieci e ef rof state, , 11'0100 iD instruCtlOD to the fdo; 0 repea t uo gentle ter fi dm while be himselflfr°, s tub ,ceure to tbe his eetebratek'4 ac Warsaw. o n tr Ae to unition to the Olvrat, were henceforo:ooo Irve be good ophi otl d close tlfeir Oho; tjif' ainction atuong 1110, uld be obliged DIP I t is nut ditP cti ne i 1 1 h this impe rial led during the so) o r deserves notice; or ado, passed in boovg ica wierzboo)de e/0 1 where all reti4,o i n front o f tbe, P coming out, of I t ' ll /ell , revent collison, roe' nt. Totstoj, id sword in a nd, e head, While ti , ,v a j oil rcy, that he elirr-neror he hilly of the Vireeo 'post frequented Pope mid Of speetatorft 06,4 idignation. So 11 . 0 0' Vent, beyond tb,e,441101 The General <O4 this day in the,vf in Poland. n if any be be, of 11'...°bel .pg the reputation „ tiP °fi f e any coniroo3 (11' sufficiently sr,„",til Lich be heard at -j iba y fully understo„ , which aspires 1.,00,), ;he triuropb, if ra, all that to ofic' . STEA.g°I4.. Joe iursday, the brig,,flel t ilto J g wash, Novo 11 en driven 0P ebiiolol Hi board Mr. P. 1 , steamer Shattit°e, yee dch foundered °Licit, n's, New 130131". from the entrlioe ew of which 07 ,, e b oti veisel left the t'°netieo Everything pre' peg the 12th inst.. t*,,e? • by W., vinichbr,hd oward3 daylight 'bid ar than wusi, 'fig 1 0 s on dec w ork."'elle 'gine at joe ma made theyr°9 na foo . at noon , lon, 1619 d blew a wholeot!ere d with difficult'', tbe "I', they fuov.'ilieP sea becoming l'&4:,0111 found great dinivi At 813. th 3 310. the safety of e wil f !d of the engi ne s over the ph it ' s (ms at the Pil" lP t, %id miler they conehoo, k pumps, bearlige vith ail posstp jog difficulty in Keifold, he water t) the hoed! tbsi! :ontend with 0" she ,rong gale WO shes of lighthiePtoil ing vosel to io found theYl'enoolt II W. Ou jo°"froos o f the gale, od wets of raitt stet sea continued ..ter ,07,1". 2i ft et of ei;,ol King the pone 00e steering.. vv, e , r)r n th e to keep 1 : buckets. 000 one dife,,eble the s inning with ( I °' tie r steamer. IcePte of the brig ill • At t it eX,rtlo3B cooe ;leek puitiP go water gaivil:l7reso L signal of d l6 00 e nips then r e f the • tin tile hole ti t he eavour ~, au; .NE O uitvo _ ill/ No. 11 i un tha e t tv, 0- 5,', the C . ° ° 45. No. 16,568. vetssel Clear with only one pump, aided by the use ~ the b uc k ets. The water gained rapidly upon them— Ine cr ew became ex h auste d an d di sp i r i te d f rom the i r Protracted and dreadful exertions—the vessel was in a sinking state the water was ascending high in the voeussel afloat. Nneroorn—and in this last extremity of distress the na!iter and crew took to the boats, being at the time 60 illties from land, and having no means of keeping the They then after a laborious and danger .e Passage in the boats, the sea running very high, suc w than L b Wed at two P.M. in reaching the brig, which proved to 4. the Jane, of Sunderland, having only saved a portion more their el 'thng. On leaving the steamer there was five feet of water in the hold, so that it was l w P °B sible she could live three hours afterwards ; they . ear: then in lat. 50.51 N. and long. by chr. 10'50 W. ' l ' s , r state in the commencement, the Jane was bound stress s_swansea, but was driven up to Penarth roads by kw e a L of weather, bringing with her the crew . of the hour The "hut was means of furnishing our readers with this ho ur 0 as only placed at our disposal at a very late burr:- 1:1 Thursday night, so that, as it has been most dly Compiled, " ' enrato • it possibly may be found to be inac- It, In some of its details which inaecurac:es, should uo f tlYo._ Onlid to exist, we shall , be most happy to coil cot whie ll next umber, as also to s upply an y particulars G,,, r d'e m 1", S ept. ma y nparticularsow fail to giv e.—Cardijf and Me, thy, - meeting ‘A as l is i s i t. % BISHOP of EXETER AGAIN. h e ld , ~:1 1 1, SEPT. 18.—Avery numerous e th r ! y o urp o . A. ::: ai : s a i l. ' t i e t i the Vestry of St. Andrew's Church, for '` 0 1 cossidering the Bishop of Exeter'sand 1) 1 '4 . 1 :s relative to the questions of church-rates ent th e roli t taueo spurropmriuslegaatitoldn no w l h it i t c le h d h i a i s sati !- s e faeti.( l ) y hn thei, ',nit the diocese. ' The discussion, together with wara e i rt of a correspondence bAweenthechuurtcha brief ae„4,4,i„°',910 Bishop, occupied several willhours,b ; suffi ce to I,y'lbk of the main points in issuerobably i o n ' t P h o e rt s a k : e I v a e ll t i l e le b g t e h n e era in l hraehaidtearnstsom of e this s a t o o f w t n he The Re went of the church-rate question. a great tt.is .h "Plain Plain es J ° ll N HATCHARD, the Vicar, who presi o d a e n d,. sid e '' t he obje .t of the meeting in a speech of rahi e i s Ale 4. ength. re ad ~ IliscsTore, one of the churchwardens, then IS sa 'ne correspondence which has passed between h_ ti lledr r evv aad th e B ishop, gi l , - t r . Mr. Martin, Chancellor of the diocese. The and also between the wardens and sh d to ttliiiis correspondence is, perhaps, all that is o ra_ ....t. ° public. It appears that in the pSnall ' exse . there is no record of any church-rate havi g been co s ' s : 4 from 1603 to 1817, and then only resor b tsd ie to th in e locis e r t e llee of a storm which damaged the f. , itecnifois.sv:ir ees:ernyses for repairs of the church , _ . _having lr been I sitd b tiny defrayed out of the pew-rents. 11practice aatretext for stripe to ai , °ea sanctioned by previous bishops, and w e f randpos e ob vi contentionati ng, betweenat t the orities and those who conscientiously object beto he sam the e church ti m e seeo,PaPnont of church-rates. It will, ho le w t e te v r ar, ad steaullY the following extracts t este Q to the churchwardens by the fr p eni res . a ent Bishop of rracti e 11 r + that his Lordship is resolved to discontinue the ence of ah . e of pew.rents in parish churches, the cons Pelted t teh would be, that the churchwardens would cbciencorn tofesitiha,s_oemf t a h k e e p a ar c i h s ur io c n h e -r rs a . te, however repugnant .. to the 4, -,;_ullstern of pew-rents, says : If His Lordship, in alluding itself, and i e • 'He present practice I cannot but condemn, as wrong and tetc„os.contrary to the laws, ie v "l• It has not even the excuse which I was will both eeclosiastical gto s e l• , . t or isv e it had, of long and uninterrupted usage, -I.‘,:i? ittosal.B.l34l receiptsr°f is now before me, by the evidence of former Set, subscribed by the churchwardens of the several „ es, thist from the year 1826 (how much earlier I know inclusive, d a church-rate of 6d. in the pound seri es s u ' or 20 Y r ra e i n se t. , and in the last four years of the . in addition. The existing practice is th e ,. , Oiler c as on or e a recent departure from re-established legal o n and recent return to an old and illegal abuse. 4, * * * * 14411(Y1).(o_n_the whole, it is most manifest, that as a bishop f ss , a °l l l! depart from my them being forced upon me, I should' any longer tolerate duty, if the knowledge of such eutirchw do, thepractice Andrew's to continue d L el °. I therefore, hereby absolutely forbid the Of ardens of St . parish church ; an ats according to affiXincr rents to the seats in their just consideration, as they shall, on , her eby i . ti require them to order the se s, in such manner convenient to all dee m most suitable and " H. EXETER. the parishioners. (Signed) ` l ,fli s sopstowe, Sept. 13, 1845." _ !It the conclusion of remarked that the Bishop was the reading of the documents, a the Rev CHAIRMAN }O lously in error as regarded a church-rate having even wade within th e ti me specified. For his own part, rid el e object was deeply should he regret to find a ti,t,iuners, and moat to preserve harmony among his p_a eht,ruhers, a otect the sssA,°,l-rate introduced. So long God blessed him fr„,sts'"alth, it should be his business to pr Pear' that rich and poor indiscriminately. He . was of l• t ,", 'at some persons objected to the practice ry nr,... , 1 ,thr.relf IPA3 • A os oh. kik; s obut that was a source of voluntary, whereas /(1111"s e lai Prsrlie''ai r o'ill I cr regard it as the 'tuneral Pali h cit all He harmony, and food-will in the 3 ......, Peace, 4 ki‘end cheers.) or e eh 'rat Piimme s felt confident that the substitution `,'.4Y th.rlft' s great stillelt•rate fur pew-rents, would tend to raise up and heartburning. It was only the other Lies of'irthe Bishop of London sanctioned the authorie 'ole hi , est of in adopting pew-rents, for the rilt('. getting ridof the necessity for a church great t ai e I sishop of Exeter was undoubtedly a man of e ellee t e l l ts, but he had met with his match in their ex pa4ritafitttletorevoineatrestand the churchwardens, whom the Port. 4 rs were bound to support in that most im hPropesed4 I°ng discussion, a series of resolutions were ord'`al the l an d agreed to pledging the meeting to sup -41, er,4, the in their resistance of the Bishop's LIN ...t. • e xact . 'ovious object being to furnish a pretext for ti i t ion s a of church -rate It was further resolved, llish COPY of th : op of e resolutions be forwarded to the A vot e seter for his Lordship's consideration. ttlatiots, alts the to . the vicar was carried by acela . meeting separated. th‘ l'‘tra.(l'earsoCtazct,te con.; i t ll'ASlj i l lik 7 WARRANT. ?iS ns T a A T G re ß a'sury Warrant, • altering Plac es • po.ta ge on letters sent to the following Firs t ili wei ~h that on all lette ths „ trans m i tted o rs not exceeding half an ounce C.' '°entries oe Y packet-boat betas een any . of oeesealen Gulf, the bur ,„ 4 ile of cl ona places followi i .e. that is to say, the 11.._ s . a rrica,— th t e i°P eo ; as o t r °_• 11 .7 p4 l ti — on the eastern_ e coast Places follovving--t Arabia, the Red S or th e ',, a nY ports i n si• - ` ll 5 , of Bengal, the In' clian x.ast India Isla 111"oatan, Ceylon, the Mauritius,. ettiinese Sea, the ds, and any of the countries or at , la to say, orts in China, the t:uoltse, the Cape pieceslsTew Zealand, -I _ i PPiaos, the Moluccas, Australia, va res ective] or oetween any of the countries and (.t?‘„t•text h ereinafter mentioned—that is Hope, any ports on the eastern I :' ,' n r t 'i'LliCr Gkafr l i f t ,liie ti j klocood ast of Arabia, the Red Sea, the Indis in lli n d ost aY of Bengal, the Indian Ocean, any I ndi a 16lans, any an ' C eylon, the Mauritius, the East (e, t. 'PPine s , the d'orts in China, the Chinese Sea, the tw-ccept betv.et ioluccas, Australia, and New Zealand s ei . o ea two ports' . Australia and New Zsaland), or . e : , be ports• 11/ eatio n i any of the countries or places herein one 4 0 1 in k w hed (excepting ports in Australia an s a q ~,, Zealand) there of postage of ls. ~ shall be charged and taken e.l i 'lla t ,' Z l L' Qv ra . te 11 ' ill, R ! lt ' tr eq. letter not exceeding half an ounce in 4 1 44 the 11.!!tted by the post between aay place aheolsismiuslinited Kingdom and any port or place on , a 4l b e 9f Panama (conveyed by packet boat), there is ik::_th:titt::::_dsaitnu uniform rate of British postage ofe C 4, tra n cver y letter not exceeding half an ounc in l;i,:i't oe &nutted by the post between any place ate) within the United liSngdona and till 4s i 'e l a Z any other port or place on the eastern coast c , v er ' an 1 , 4 t . ° , 118 of Panama, there shall be charged and ts arl Y 1440,_norm rate of British postage of Is.; 1 Uni te s ki t(i r Lllot exceeding half an ounce in NV . a e n .igh_ t, fidetidl.(6.,,u3" the post between any place within the rid t„-e',0131 and any port or place on the western sitt/tip(tlie sea Isthmus, or on the western coast of Ame- 1)0 , ih e 74 conveyance being by packet boat), there sita i ge oflge . d and taken an uniform rate of British r t L iett er , ~ In lieu of the rates heretofore payable on , iri aat sna as aforesaid. 4414, Poste cry letter not exceeding half an ounce in tith e ' kansmiet" in or addressed to the island of Heligo ilets and 1 1 ~ecl between any part of the United King , e p, ~, . . 4 eng 0 i....., , the °biro direct by packet boat or private 1 30 (1 I eIQ . -se territories of liamburgh or . linemen (con tiai, soY direct t re 'en stir) packet boat or private:ship between the t he 1a). therein and the territories of Hamburgh or s a , rates heretoforehall be charged and taken, in lieu of hn '. of tri_, payable on such letters, an uniform N' a first, a Postage of 6d. ; but the rates fixed by to thehall ee ttot o, and third clauses of this present war pailsesriee fxtend to the letter.; of soldiers or sailors to I ,', Pre e i ds e.' her Majesty or of the East India Com ith_ eight ...CI such letters do not exceed half an ounce ,i . ' re ga i a e t f-t be forwarded in conformity with the ax he la t. tul p r nS. I ,ltOlitey ed r tilted British and colonial newspapers may sao)°ut Ns2eween any of her Majesty's colonies, it ."et-sol" 'Log throunix the United Kingdom, by te r e it e i sh a n a d t free. healßritah col postage; and that all printed Msjesty's colonies vtith 4 ittiy of newspapers may be conveyed be -oa.Nis %it p ossin by priate ship, . of id. s_g,through the United Kingdom, at a sea r,/ .. 4 11 0% , as"_4oo, which sum the post-inaster•general , i,;;R th e attol4Fratuity to the captain of the vessel con col,oat on wre _'• . !1, i4 IA or ( 4_3 . ! Priuted newspaper (whether British, Jelit,'„eonveeesTgn), passing through the United King fir t 8 nits by paeket-bo9t between any of her Ma fort ottasenotries island; g lira he to e a . a nd any forei n srt or ports within any P• Nro Coned in the t ri e i gn ', oil f thi s present °rwarrPanate or between enl any such lir 'llit e ls t h i rhir.-stsagtehoZdshall be charged. and . paid a rate theof r • •I'l 'at iti ß d em . , and, if not passing through ro s on eyes . then a packet rato of ld. er setw eea 3' printed British newspaper sent b the ~ of is United Kingdom, i . (sigh the British within British North America . ti ll s W ithi n I N the te tte ittige ',rates he r there shall be paid (in or ~a _ t a rk , rate _ f. etoforp chargeable thereon) one um "Wieer of ~°' -4-(1., without reference to the distance ao at ever riles the sa , he ery erin , , me may be conveyed. Kist, Wsp pe ; shwa supplement or additional sheet to 41411(ler this all, for the purpose of charging the Warrant, be deemed a distinct news- , L _ _ - ~..„/„----...-:--. (_--- 2 - - ---IT-1*(-:--t-t-,--- , - v-, k :. v-,,,, ~-_,....- 4 ' . ...k• A, 1 • , , E. 41 4 A 1 b " .:1 ' I'l ri - • 1 4 . 4 t . • • • , I I •,1 f . •.; • 4 ~. • . -..14, ,' 1 \ , I • ~,.. I l t '', A .... I t ,_ , 1 4,-. 1 2i 7 ' ..Z., 1 . "-,-.. 1 4...,,-- f r„, ~ _--. , ..•. . .....,.- ~, ,r ~e7t !" x. - ~-1‘ _ l l4. - 24 - : - ..., ~ ~..„.~,,p.....,. 4 ,- J „ . .. 5 ., 1 , -- -..,,,,, ,, v , - , ~ ,- ~,.- --, 14,_„---- -- \-y-N •,, .-.:,,.. \.,y , \ .- -. 5 ,_47 _ -'-' 4 %. 4 , t ..., -IA ' • 4 ' t i t '.:* \ T . _ -------'--• -... _ils;' Jliv ' - ..;P ' - - ''':,, ''' N - \ 7 -:•,,%, :„-or \-. - s •:, ~ , ...t, 1 . & I‘ Aka r 1..,. I ,:=—• \ - • x -....,,,,,,-- .447. ~ 0.4. p ~i 4al‘.4.pv GRATIS. :. FINE ARTS AT EDINBURGH. ROYA L INSTITU TION. We have much pleasure in callieg the attention of car renders to the arrangements which have been madeins the Royal Institution building, by which a large, and valuable c dlectien of pais tings, marble, and brot zes are n. w thrown open twice a-w. ek 1.,r the gratuitous inspection of the publie. It will be remembered that ar rangements wcro entered into between the I. rd l'ro,ost earl Mr. Sl.erilf Spews, and the b esrd :tat t rus k es o f d ie Ro:at Institution, with the ties of having tl,c paintii.gkb,ge:itthe I to the Pit .. ratty by the late Sir J. Er:kthe, a 'lorry, Bart , tiansferred from .fie n.l!ege to the buildinr of the institution, as of erdiag hitter ace antnedation I.'l' the displ tY of these vainthls. Accordingly the :out!) octagon of the central suit of room; has been appropriated to this purpose, whertesYs7 have been hung with great taste anti jedgment. In *cif, tion to the 'l'orry collection, the directors of the Royal Institution have very handsomely transferresl their ings to the board of trustees to be exhibited to the pubile on the same terms. In granting this invaluable beta to the community at large, the Royal Institution Itsae regone pecuniary emoluments, which in virtue , of their lease from the board of trustees they received 431' the annual exhibition of the Royal Academy, and frost the exhibition of their own paintings. Their great ott• ject, as wall as that of the board of trustees, being to promote a taste for the fine arts, they have handed ore, their paintings to the board of trustees, deeming that their exhibition along with the Torry paintings will serve as a stronger inducement to inspection, and con .1.• quently facilitate the attainment of the object which the two societies in common have in view. These paintiqe, which comprise specimens of the creations of the Caracd, Guido, Vandyke, Rembrandt, and other celebrated painters, are suspended on the walls of the central coin. partments. In the northern octagon also the fine large paintings of Etty, the property of the Royal Academy. are for the pre gent at least displayed. The ro inn adjacent to tho southern octagon has betit set apart for private contributions of paintings, and for the marble's, bronzes, &c. For the beta ter display of the latter, an octagonal table has hem erected in the centre of the room. When to these col. lections is added the much-admired gallery °lves's, must be admitted that within the walls of this elegaUf b u ildi ng i s t o b e fund an exhibition of the most aurae tive description. It is often said of tkis country that if provides little or no means of rational amusement and beneficial recreation for the working classes ; that, In short, the principles cf conservatioa and exclusion are too strictly upplisd to institutions which ought rightly to be open and accessible to all classes, and more puttee. lady to that class which, within themselves, have little or no means of cultivating a taste for the sublime and beautiful, although it is admitted on all hands to be j, most effectual means of elevating their thoughts anti habits. We hail with pleasure the facilities which the Board of Trustees have afforded, and trust that the boos will be eagerly embraced, and that the visitors will show their grateful acknowledgmen's by in no way abasing the privilege so generously granted to them.—Ed.nbaryla Adre: LONDON, MONDAY, bEPTEKBEE, 22, 1845. preach, had not proceeded half a mile, when he caught a glimpse of his Grace through the pine -trees, running at the top of his Speed in a❑ opposite direction from the river. To turn his horse and gallop after the Duke was the work of a moment, and having succeeded in his object, the next point was to place the unhappy Nobleman under shelter. One of the boatmen who had followed the Duke into the woods having reached the spot where Colonel Cockburn had overtaken his Grace, underto to conduct the party to a farm-house, about a quarter of a mile lower down the stream. • " To this humble dwelling the Duke was taken ; but when laid upon a sofa in the only habitable apartment of this building, his Grace's agitation increased to a violent degree ; and, while labouring under frightful spastnolic affection, he entreated to he removed further from the river, as he could hear the rippling caused by the current. In compliance with this request, the Duke was supported by Major Bowles and Colonel Cockburn to a barn, about one hundred yards in the rear of the dwelling-house, and a rude bed of clean straw having been piled together in one corner, his Grace was laid upon it. It became evident to those around the sufferer that the dreadful crisis was approaching; indeed, the Duke him self was aware that his last hour was at hand. His Grace was perfectly calm and collected and resigned to his fate; so much so. that a very short time before he breathed his last, the Duke wrote a letter to Lady Mary Lennox, his eldest daughter, the contents of which re lated to family matters of a strictly private nature. From the moment this task had been accomplished, the Duke grew gradually worse, and appeared to be sinking. Towards evening his Grace was seized with shivering. fits, and the 'extremities became cold ; but his senses i:ever forsook him: he rec•)gnised every one around him, and prayed to be released from his sufferings. About eight o'clock this revered and lamented Nobleman breathed his last, with the resignation of a Christian, and the fortitude which is inseparable from the just and the good.—Brighton Herald. THE NAVAL RETIREMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Site,—Your well-known advocacy of the claims of the navy induces me to lay before you a f.tw remarks on the naval retirement, which is about to be consummated only with respect to the Post List, to the exclusion of the commanders and lieutenants, which must be pre mised from the fact, that not a word has been said of the other rank, either in the way of promise that their case shall likewise meet with due consideration now, or at some future period, or even a word of consolation to the effect that they are not wholly forgotten. Standing as their claims do in many cases preeminently superior, to their seniors in rank, it can hardly be believed that such partiality as this can be intended, and that such an extensive and sweeping retirement as to include nearly half of the captains, should be only extended to ono class, and that class, already possesing all out of the few, verp few rewards, that have been doled out, at various periods to the British navy. The present limited retirement of the captains alone, besides disorganising the service and causing an undue disparity to exist between the captains and commanders inconsistent with their relative ranks with the army, both with respect to pay and widow's pension, is calcu lated to cause much discontent, as the old commanders should at least be justly compensated, ere innovations calculated to depr ss their rank are introduced ; there fore, should it be found that this long-sought-for retire ment is to be confined to the captains alone, the only conclusion we can arrive at is, that what has been done was not done from a sense of jastice and gratitude to those veteran officers, but only with a view to remove the impediment, which they constantly presented to the advance of the younger and more fortunate scions of the aristocracy, who have crowded into the service since the peace, and that it is to make room for these favoured sons of fortune that the old war officers are to be thrust aside. If it is the intention of our rulers at the next session of Parliament to treat the other Lists as they have that of the captains, no one would complain at the delay, as the poor can never hops to be served at the same time as the rich, and Lazarus must await until Dives has dined, that he may partake of the crums that may remain. Not that I would be understood to detract from the merits of those fortunate officers who are to partake of the sum granted ; which, though tolerably liberal, as it is, when applied to one rank only, is in amount such as many of our nobility cou ld g i ve their ladies as p i n money , an d when comi ng from a great nation to that nation's chief support, her pride, her boast, her glory, is but an in glorious testimony of her gratitude. If the other ranks of the navy hope to obtain that compensation for their services which is so justly their due, now is the time to make the effort, before the next session of Parliament, while the subject is under the consideration of the House. An appeal should at once be made against the injustice of leaving them wholly unconsidered ; and, with the aid of your valuable advo cacy, and that of tthe press in general, which should:be invoked in their behalf, I doubt not of success, as it is to be hoped that the spirit of equity, justice, and con sistency will influence the Government to go on with the Zo , nl nv.ll was i. vi.vl- -- trairt, an uolity - tregur:-1. nave the honour to.be, Sir, your obedient servant, Exeter, Sept. 19, 1845. JUSTITIA. on an impartial report of that kind that it can come to a satisfactory decision. Two communications from M. Payen and M. Phillippan were made on the disease which has attacked the potatoes in Holland, Belgium, some parts of Germany, and the northern and western departments of France. 'rue information now given dons not add much to that wh ch we previously pos sessed. It seems to be admitted on all sides that the disease is a parisitical vegetable, and that it exists only, although to a great extent, in certain localities. Equally certain is it that the disease is apparent where it. does exist, and that no danger can possibly result from the eating of potatoes which, being boiled, present no appear ance of taint or decay. M. Payen is of opinion also, that, where the tubercle is only partially diseased, the sound parts may be separate d for use, by the extraction of the diseased portion, and that, where the potatoes are only slightly attacked, they may be given safely as food to animals, if the water in which they are boiled be thrown away. This, however, is reasoning without knowledge of the precise operation of the poison ous principle, and of its being taken up by the water. It would, wo think, be very dangerous to act upon the opinion of M. Payen to ally extent without first trying the effect on a small scale. M. Biot presented to the Academy an apparatus which is used in Germany by the sugar manufacturers to try the strength and cha racter of their syrup, and also by medical men as a test in diabetic urine. It is of very simple construction. It consists of two concentric prisms of nickle, one of which is fixed, whilst the other, to which the eye is applied, is moveable. They are separated by a tube, which is filled with the solution to be examined. The two prisms are so placed that the light polarised by the first may be refused by the second. The solution is now introduced. A coloured object is seen, which is at first blue. The moveable prism is now turned until the object is yellow. The angle of rotation to arrive at this tint gives, by mans of a table, the quantity of crystallisable sugar contained in the solution. M. Bourguy read a paper to prove the exist ence of nerves in the serous membranes. M. Arago read a communication from Professor 0 aen, of London, and corresponding member of the Academy, on the fossil teeth of a monkey of a particular species. A paper was received from M. Matteuci on the electrical powers of the torpedo: He shows that the discharge proceeds from a particular part of the body, between the back and the belly, and not, as has been asserted, from all parts of the eel. THE ARMY. CAVALRY. 2d Dragoon Guards—Head-quarters, with the band and staff and one troop, under the eornaland of Lieute nant Colonel Charleton, arrived in Dublin, from Long ford, on the 16th September, and occupied the Royal Barracks, having been relieved by the Bth (Royal Irish) Ilussars. Major Campbell and Captain Knox have joined head-quarters from leave of absence. The troop from Athlone, under Captain Tuthill, arrived in Dublin on the 18th instant, and joined head-quarters. The two troops from Dunmore and Mohill, and detachment from Clone, arrive in Dublin by 19th, to join head quarters, having been relieved by three troops of the Bth (Royal Irish) Ilussars. 3d Dragoon Guards, Bullincolli,4—Assistant-Sur?„con Tufnell has joined head-quarters from leave of absence. 2d, Royal North British Dragoons.—Two troops and head-quarters, with till band and staff, under the com mand of Major Ricketts, arrived in Dublin from Dun dalk, on the 18th instant, and occupied Portobello Bar racks, on being relieved by the head-quarters of the Ist Royal Dragoons. Lieutenant Philips, riding-master, 2 subalterns, 2 sergeants, 1 farrier, 30 rank and file, 6 officers' chargers, and 31 troop horses, recruits, and young horses, are stationed at New Bridge. Lieutenant and Adjutant Reid has joined head-quarters from leave; Lieutenant-Colonel Clarke is on leave. Bth Royal Irish Hussars—The troop at Athlone is under the command of Captain Rodolph De Salis ; 30 troop-horses which were cast were left behind at Porto bello Barracks, Dublin, to be sold by public auction at the Royal Horse Bazaar. INFANTRY. sth Fusiliers—The band of the sth Fusiliers had to do garrison duty on Sunday, at Enniskillen, there not being a sufficient number of rank and filo to mount guard, as all the disposable force had been marched to wards Killeahandra. 6th Royal Regiment, Mullingar—The company, con sisting of Captain Finlay, Lieut. Balguy, Ensign Mosse, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 60 rank and file, march from Shannon Bridge, for Mullingar, Sept. 20, halting at Athlone on Sunday, the .21st inst., en route, will arrive and join the head-quarters on the 23d, having been relieved by a company of the 75th regiment. 7th Royal Fusiliers, depot Charles Fort Kinsale, under orders for Naas—The Ist division of two companies will halt at Fethard, on Sunday, 2S, en route, and will ar rive at Naas by Oct. 4, there to occupy the barracks. The head-quarters and one company, under Major Lacey Yea, which marches from Charles Fort on Sept. 23, will halt at Clonmel on Sunday, en route, 29th inst., and will halt at Ballitone on Sunday, Oct. 5, and will arrive on the 6th October. Othcers on leave of absence:—Lieuts. 'porter; to Sept. 3 - i Miller and Watson, to Oct. 7. Efrec tive strength.-1 acting sergeant -maj.,r, 14 sergeants, 5 drummers, and 216 rank and file. 32d Regiment, Cornwall, Athlone—The company, consisting of Brevet Major. Browne, Lieutenant Weary, Ensign Birtwhistle, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 54 rank and file, march from Banagher for Athlone 20th Sept., and will halt on Sunday at Ballinasloe, en route, and will arrive and join head-quarters on the 22d inst., having been relieved by a company of the 75th Regiment, Ath lone.—Captain ICyrle's company, with Lieutenant King, Ensign Boissier, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 58 rank and file, march from Portumna, 19th Sept., halting at Bal linasloe on Sunday, 21st S e pt., en rou te, and will join head-quitters at Athlone on the 22d, having been relieved by a company of the 75th Regiment. 34th Regiment, Cumberland, Athlone, under orders for Cork.—Officers on leave of absence:—Lieut.-Colonel Geo. Airey, to 10th Oct. ; Major Brown, to 14th Oct. ; Captains Matthews, Lang, Simpson, Schreiber, and Tal bot, to 30th Sept. ; Lieutenants Robertson; Brisbane, Maxwell, and Oxley, to 30th Sept. ; Ensign Sir George Henry Scott Douglass, Bart., to 30th Sept. Recruiting —4 sergeants and 16 rank and file. Effective strength —43 sergeants, 1 sergeant-major, 17 drummers, and 780 rank and file. The first division marched this day from Athlone to Cork, to embark for Corfu, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Airey. 35th Depot.—Two companies of the 35th Depot, :eons Nenagh, under command of Captain Beamish, with Lieut. Baker and Ensignaßussell and Davoney, marched into this garrison, yesterday, and this morning left en route to Kinsale, head-quarters. Captain lhamish's company wilt be stationed at Bandon. 38th Depot.—Mojor Campbell, Captain Smith, and Assistant-Surgeon Browne, 38th Depot, are to join the service companies at Gibraltar. 41st (Welsh Regiment), Royal Barracks, Dublin — Brevet Major Cochrane i s go i ng t o se ll out, and Captain Montizambert is going t o exc h ange i n to a regiment in India. This officer is on leave of absence. Lieutenant- Colonel Browne is commanding. 44th (East Essex), Richmond Barracks, Dublin—The followin?; officers have joined head-quarters from leave of absence:--Captains Browne and Cary. Officers on leave of absence, Captain Gardiner, to the 30th Sept. ; Lieut. Noake, to 30th Sept. ; Ensign Cooper, to 30th Nov. ; and Surgeon Ross, to 24th Nov. itecruiting.-3 ser geants and 6 rank and file. ROYAL MA RlNES.—Second•Lieutenant C. J. Ellis, of the Portsmouth division, embarked on board her Ma jesty's ship President, 10th instant. First-Lieutenant Ramsay, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, 1 fifer, and 25 privates, embarked from the Chatham division to her Majesty's ship Juno, 12th instant. First-Lieutenant Elliott, 1 corporal, 1 fifer. 22 privates, embarked to her Majesty's ship Victory, and relieved Lieutenant Sawyer and an equal number of N. C. officers and privates, 9th inst. First-Lieutenant Phillips, 1 corporal and 16 privates of the Plymouth division were relieved from her Majesty's ship Caledonia, by Lieutenant Walsh, and equal num bers of rank and tile, 9th Sept. instant. Assistant Sur geon Henderson has two months' leave of absence from the battalion in Ireland, commencing on the 10th inst. Lieutenant and Adjutant Wade, of the Plymouth division, has three months leave of absence from the 11th instant. Brevet-Major Morrison has his present leave extended for one month for the re-establishment of his health. Lieutanant and Adjutant Travers, of the Chatham divi sion, has one month further leave. Assistant-surgeon Morrison, of the Plymouth division, has leave of ab sence for one month from the 16th instant. Lieutenant- Colonel Stevens has seave for 14 days. Lieut. Parke, of the Artillery Comps ny of the corps, has further leave for one month. First .Lieut. Arnold, of the Portsmouth, and First Lieut. M•Culla in, of the Chatham division, have been allowed to exchangs• divisions, 17th instant. Pay sergeant Patrick Smyth, of the Wool w i c h di v i s i on, having solicited and obtained his discharge from the corps, the Board of Admiralty have marked their sense of his exemplary conduct for a period of 22 years, by awarding him a pension of 321. Bs. per annum for life. Lieut. Phillips has three months' leave of absence from the 19th instant. 54th Regiment (%Vest Norfolk), Fermoy, are ordered to move into Cork, to einrsarlc their service corps for Gibraltar, on board of the Blenheim and General Palmer transports. The depot companies will remain at Fermoy. Major Moore is on leave of absence. Colonel M. Fano is commanding. 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment, Royal Barracks, Dublin—The company from Beggars' Bush Barracks joined head-quarters at tho Royal Barracks on the 17th inst. 70th (Surrey) Regiment, Newry, under orders for Dublin, and on arrival at head-quarters will occupy barracks in Great Ship-street. Lieut. Oswald l'illing, 1 ensign, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 38 rank and file, occupy the barracks at Athy. Two companies are at Naas, under Brevet Major Paschal. 73d Regiment—Depot, Spike Island, Cove of Cork. Officers presen"l, Major Eyre, commanding ; Capt a ins Frence and Ricard ; Lieuts. Campbell, M urra y (d e p o t paymaster), and Littlehale s ; Ensi g ns Nash , Hickam, and Ramsay ; Assistant S ur g eon Hod gson. Effective streng a t n h d - 4 1 24 ac r t a in nic". sergeantle. A sergeant t major,Camdendrum mers,and Fort, Cove, Lieut. D'Arcy, 1 sergeant, and 16 rank and file. At Carlisle Fort, a detachment of 1 sergeant, and 16 rank and file. Her Majesty's troop-ship Apollo will sail from Ports mouth to Cork harbour on the 20th Sept., to take on board the service companies for conveyance to the Cape of Good :Hope. Officers .n , Brevet Major presen t,Smith, Brevet Lieutenant- Col.r • Vandcrmeulen coalman& Captains Widdrington, Combe, Browne, and O'Connell ; Lieuts. Wia-dlaw, Faust, Blase, Wellesley, Nash, Hough ton, and tll a lion. W. J. Granville Chetwynd ; Ensigns lid% Owen, Wocd, Knox, Peto ; Paymaster Court, Lieut. and. Adjutant Bicknell, Quartermasttr Hickson, and Surgeon NPBean. Effective strength of six com panies and head-quarters, 1 sergeant-rnajor, 28 ser geants, II drummers, and 409 rank and fib. li , cruiting —4 serpaqts and 8 rank and file. Colonel Love and Captain Pinkney are on the staff at Carmarthen; Captain Parkinson is on leave till he retires on half-pay. ORDNANC t: CORPS, Rifle Beigad .—Depiit. Ist Battalion, Pigeon House Fort, Dublin.—A detachment of 19 rank and tile nia.rched front L..ad-coart.u, Pigeon 11Ause Fort, to Beggar.' Bush Barracks on the 16th Septemb, r, to juin the do tachment under the command of Captain Reyoard. re lieving a company of the 67th Regbnent. First Litu• tenant the 11 Ernest Fitzroy Neville Fane is on leave of absence to OA. 31. A draft of 1 captain, 1 ser geant, and 30 rank and file, are ordered to embark for the Mediterranean, there to join their service companie4, to be escorted to the port of embarkation by an armed party and supernumerary - men. Major Walpole is comu manding the depot. THE CROYDON AT3IOSPIIERIC RAILWAY. The following is the report of Mr. Samuda, presented to the last meeting of the London and Croydon proprie tors, relative to the progress of the atmospheric system on the lino : " I have the honour to report to your board the pro gress of the atmospheric works 1 / 4 ,n your line. " From the Forest hill Station to ; Croydon the atmos pheric apparatus is laid, the engine fixed, and experi mental trains have been run. " As far as relates to this portion of the line, it now only remains to complete the station arrangements, get the engines into proper working order, and instruct and practice the telegraph inn and train conductors in their respective duties, to enable it to be opened for public traffic. "The whole number of atmospheric pipeS intended for the New Cross line arc prepared and ready to be laid, so soon as the road is sufficiently advanced to receive them ; the rest of the atmospheric apparatus belonging to them is on the ground, and this portion can be com pleted within one month after the road is ready. " Atmospheric tubes and apparatus are in course of preparation fin. the other portions of the line, so as to enable us to follow up the earthwork and ballasting in all cases without delay. " The result of the experimental workings his been in every respect successful, and has realised in the fullest degree all that wai expected. " A speed of seventy miles per hour has been attained with a train of six carriages ; a speed of thirty miles per hour with a train of sixteen carriages. "Using only one steam-engine over two sections of main (a length of five miles) we have found it practi cable to attain a vacuum of more than twenty-seven inches in the whole length. And we have both ex hauqed the main and run trains at a very high speed (upwards of sixty miles an hour) over the five miles with the aid of one en A ine only. " When exhausting the main with the engines, as in tended in practice,;working vacuums have been attained within the time calculated. . " We find the arrangemeats well suited for working the intermediate stations traffic. "Some slight delays have arisen from the improve ments in, and novelty of, many of the parts introduced in this the first single line of railway which works both ways on the atmospheric principle, rendering additions and variations necessary, which have only been shown to be advisable in the course of the experiments alluded to, but the whole are now in course of satisfactory com pletion. " J. D'A. SAMUDA." ADMISSION TO NATIONAL BUILDINGS. The Honourable Member for Montrose, Mr. Hume, is adding to the imperishable glory of a well-spent public life by labouring to obtain for the humbler classes of the sompefelooitnnphltelisern, finenoe n l , rt tp h rs oh i tf s iroc l u o otro u pg n ho t ri r ecu y aarti ftpaireaneslecasi mechanical oh admission pu:tirne icteyhai t enn o ts(iir: the in ! :tr, r t a i : o maa n nou s ,ei l o he u a r ve o r t i 1-Tirrriii.e g p e o r s i i i t t i o ,. ries Fe rt I t e h vi e ng li s u t m at a e n s i i z n 7 e n n g h ‘ a .r v e g at s i rrve of d their their country so usefully, so perseveringly. and so dis interestedly as honest Joseph Ilume. %VII( n he en tered Parliament, upwards of a quarter of a cen tury ago, lie found the finances of the country in a state of the greatest contlision—extravagance and jobbing in every department of the Government— the public accounts purposely perplexed by corrupt subordinates, so that Ministers themselves dial not. un derstand them —and the most reckless di-regard of the principles of economy in every office under the Crown. Like aim ist every great benefactor of his country in the House of Commens, Mr. Hume addressed all the energies of his indomitable mind to the accomplishment of one great purpose. He had resolved to penetrate the mysteries of the State expenditure—to lay bare every avenue to public corruption—and to esta blish the real responsibility of Ministers by placing the nation in a position to judge of their fidelity as stewards of the patronage of the Crown, and the taxes of the people. His first attempts were naturally unpromising. The country could not judge: of the importance of hir labours ; and the courtiers, whom his exposures annoyed, assailed him with gibes, sneers, and menaces. Bat to threats and entreaties he was equally deaf. Gradually others joined him ; his perseverance wearied out Minis • try after Ministry ; and at last the most important re turns were ordered, to escape from the fatiguing cross questioning of the then Hon. Member for Middlesex. Nor were his labours confined to exposures of the extra vagance of the Goverment in the House of Commons. To the Ministerial heads of the public departments he privately communicated plans for cutting down the expenditure in their respective offices, and was content to award to them all the merit of originating such of his suggestions as they adopted. This gave him an influ ence with Ministers but little understood out of doors, and the result was the full and complete accomplish. ment of a purpose which has saved this country the pro fligate expenditure of millions of public money ; which has placed the whole scheme of our finances within the comprehension of • a school-boy ; and which has infused a spirit of honour and of integrity in nearly all our public offices. But finan cial morass did not satisfy the patriotism of Mr. Hume. He was one of the first to expose, and one of the most active in removing some of the worst abuses of the Irish Church. None toiled harder to procure the passing of the Reform Bill. He assisted in the work of Corporate Reform ; and though he was not in Parliament when SW Robert Peel's Tariff was introduced, the Premier's Budget had been submitted to him before it was opened in the House of Com m mi. Mr. Wyse had his aid in maturing his scheme of National E.lucation. Mr. Wallace had all the benefit of his experience, endeavouring to reform the abuses of the Post-office ; and Mr. Hutt could calculate upon no surer supporter when dwelling upon the hardship of the Sound and Elbe dues to British shipping. For the last two years he has more especially addressed himself to the business of obtaining for the people free admission to our national monuments, with a view to enlarge their sympathies, purity their tastes, and exalt the standard of their moral feelings ; and, no are delighted to add, with most gratifying suc cess. Principally through the exertions of a society of which he is chairman, and which numbers amongst its members Lord Francis Egerte n, Lord Lowther, Lord Worsley,Lord John Manners, Mr.lliitt, and others, many of the national edifices hitherto closed against the working classes, by reason of the fees charged for viewing them, are now either wholly or partially open for some days of the week free of any charge whatever. For instance, the British Museum is open free, three days in every week ; the National Gallery is free four days ; St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey (except the chapels) are free every day ; the Society of Arts is free five days ; Hampton Court Palace six days ; the Woolwich Model every day ; the Norwich Cathedral an hour daily ; the Bath and Wells Cathedral every day ; the Durham Cathedral (except the chapel of the Nine Altar) every day ; and the whole of the treasures of the Tower of London can now be inspected for one shilliug, instead of eight times that sum. Liverpool ad mits its mechanics to its Botanical Garden two days in the week, free of expense ; the Royal Botanical Garden of Edinburgh is open, free to all applicants ; and the Dublin Botanical Garden is accessible to the peasantry, free of charge, two days in every week. Now, it has reached the ears of Mr. Hutne, and some other members of this patriotic society, that Hull boasts of a Zoologi cal and a Botanical Garden—that our Philosophical Society possesses a Museum—that we have a magni ficent old parish church—that. Beverley Minster •is a glor:ous specimen of gothic art ; and they are curious to know to what extent the working classes may participate, without charge, in their humanising influences. Mr. Hume urges that fifteen years' experience has satistie d him that the people, when admitted free to cathedrals, museums, and gardens, uniformly conduct themselves with the greatest pro priety ; and that the effect upon them, mentally and morally, is of the most gratifying description. They acquire habits of personal neatness in dress, politer forms of speech and deportment, a r ' eeater love of order, and a general desire to extend theboundarhs of what ever knowledge they may possess. Tie more imperfect their oen acquirements appear, the more eager are they to obtain a better education for their children. We regard this reasoning as incontrovertible ; and only regret that Ise are s' little in a condition to beast of what Hull has done in the way of throwing open public places for the ra!ional recreation of the working classes. Some answer, however, must be returned on behalf of the proprietors of our Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Shall we say that it is contemplated to throw them open gratuitously fur even one day in the week ? Or shall we say, that to all subscribing their names as working men, they are at all times open upon the payment of one penny ? Before returning any answer, we shall be glad to receive infor mation from the best informed quarters upon these and other questions indicated by the whole tenor of this ar ticle, The subject is an important one, and we shall early return to it.—Hull Advertiser. FEARFULLY VIOLENT DEATH OF A MOTHER AND Urerisreey BIATIL—A frightful accident, from the upsetting of a vehicle, occurred on Friday evening last, by which one poor woman lost her life—one had her wrist broken—one had her hip dislocated—a poor girl bad her face so disfigured as scarcely to appear human—and indeed the whole of the occupants of the carriage, nine in number, were more or less seriously maimed. The melancholy particulars transpired on the inquest over the body of Annis Wilson, which was held before Mr. Badger, at the house of Mr. Iloyland, of Wood lane, farmer, Stannington, on Monday evening last. De ceased was the wife c:f Mr. Win. Wilson, of Hall-car-place, Sheffield, joiner, and the unfortunate couple had invited a few friends to accompany them to the funeral of one of their children. The time fixed on was Friday evening, at the Unitarian Chapel, Stannington—the Rev. Peter Wright, a Unitarian minister—who keeps a school at Sheffield, not being able to perform the service earlier in the day, at so great a distance from home. After the funeral, the atten dants called at a neighbouring inn, where they baited their horse and partook of s.nne - slight refreshment, after which they started for Sheffield, about eight o'clock. Their route - lay through Hoyland Wood-lane, • a steep, rough, and dangerous road, which, being little frequented, was thickly studded thsoughout with large project ing stones. Dennis Wilson, a brother-in-law of the de ceased, was leading the horse, and nine persons, chiefly women and children were in a light spring cart., in which the corse of the dead child of the Wilsons had been carried to its last resting place. They had scarcely got to the top of this rugged lane when the horse, it is supposed, from having been pinched by the collar, became restive, and tried to run Mr. Dennis Wilson, who was leading him, resolutely kept hold of the bridle as long as he could; but in the strug gle, the bit was pulled out of the horse's mouth, and the bridle over his head. The bluffs, or blinders, being thus re moved from his eyes, the horse darted off at full speed, with his living load behind him, down the steep and fe.irful decli vity. Mr. Wilson having lost hold of the bridle, seized the bottom of the collar, and was dragged for some 30 or 40 yards and then thrown into the road with great violence. When the horse had proceeded about 100 yards, the carriage upset, dashing its occupants on to the stony road. Mrs. Wilson unfortunately fell under the carriage, and there remained till the male portion of the party were able to remove it, when she was taken up insensible, aid conveyed to the nearest house, viz., that of. Mr. Hoyland, of Stannington-wood-lane. There she remained insensible till Saturday evening, when she died—and when the attendant females were laying out the body, they discovered that the unhappy woman had given birth to a six months' child, which also lay dead by its mother's corpse. No blame being attached to any parties, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."—She, tfle/d Iris, Sept. 18. THE APIARY.—By many it is feared that the present will prove an indifferent honey year, in conseque:ice of the marked absence of heat early in the season, when our floral treasures of every description should be most brimful of saccharine matter. In Borgne, which has been justly called the Hybla of Scotland, the white clovers on sufferred.o often from blasting rains that they withered "g I their Y to the detrunent of the industrious insects who feed i petals. In some cases that fell under our owns the hive inmates perished, either from co ld,or observation, n r a e ni t t i i % o ,o n, i i i f i l v i e o s t a combination of both.' In a ca se lately, .. were smoked, the produce in both i. scarcely exceeded a quarter pint. A corlwpondent, in speo gof Borgne, says—smoking will be general in a feave-d, days, " a n nd until the results of bee I annot even guess at prices. husbandry are thus tested, Scanty as the produce was in . 1813-4, I fear it will be still smaller in 18 45 . Some peisons maintain that the bees gathered more honey from the 26th ult. to the Bth inst. th an they (lid during the prec e d in g sum m er b y nam e , but not so in reality. When a labourer had three pints of honey to dispose of for 305., as was often enough the case, he used to my — ,, I may thank the bees for buying many wee odd things for the family." Within the last few years, I knew a working man who made 31. by one season's honey, and at the same time retained a stole for b ree di ng f or the ollowing.— Scotch Paper. THE PLYMOUTH FISHERY. —Great quantities of fish have been caught during the.past week, by the trawlers and hooking-boats, and: a large - quantity of pilchards has been brought into the town from the ornish coast. On Friday last so num erous, were the hakes, that cart-loads of t ' 1 t fish lay ou the quay for want of mawns to put them in. We bear that arrangements have already been made, when then'ai I way to this town is completed, to forward this valu able article of food to the manufacturing districts in the course of sixteen or eighteen hours. Fish being so abundant in this town, the hake is comparatively neglected, except by the poorer classes. There is no doubt that the speculators will meet with a good profit in the transport of the hake and other fish into the districts of the north.—Plymouth Journal. THE GREAT BRITAIN. The experiment of building of iron a ship of 3,500 tons, and of adapting a steam-power of 1,000 horses by an entirely now arrangement of machinery, to propel her by means of that novel instrument which is called a screw (but which our readers will better understand by considering it as appro x i ma ti ng i n f orm to a w i n d m ill with its arms), the whole involving, as we are informed, an outlay of 160,0001., was so bold and original, that, while we admire the courage that ventured to undertake it, we most heartily congratulate her owners, captain, and constructor, on the complete success which has at tended her voyage. On her rounding-to off the Co burg Dock on Monday morning, we observed that a portion of the screw, probably rather more than one foot in height appeared above the water ; this, we are informed, was occasioned by the great weight of the cargo in the fore-hold, which, as the coal became consumed, brought her down by the head, and put her considerably out of trim. To this, and to the bad quality of the American coal supplied to her, may be attributed much of the increased length of her voyage, and both of these causes will, we under stand, be remedied in future by omitting to bring such heavy cargoes, and by providing the coal of this country. On gaining her deck, and conversing with some cf the officers and crew, we were told that in some very heavy head winds and high seas she had encountered, especially on the outward voyage, she had behaved particularly well, rolling rather deep, easily, and without any strain ing or jerking ; scarcely pitching at all, and taking no water on deck. To our eyes, the deck and rigg ing (except the main- topmast, which had been car ried away in a gale), the airy promenade decks, and the splendid saloon, with its thirty-four Sienna marble columns, appeared just in the same state as when we bid her adieu on her leaving the Mersey. We examined the carpentry work, but could not find any symptom of working ; and, in answer to our inquiries, were assured that; the absence of the usual tremulous motion, creaking of bulkheads, or, in fact, any yield ing whatever, excited the astonishment of several naval and other passengers accustomed to these voyages. We next visited the spacious and elegant " engine-room," so unlike similar apartments in any other vessel we have ever seen. The chief engineer appears to be a very steady, cool, thoughtful man, expressing the most perfect confidence in the accurate working of the massive machinery under his command, which he said had worked the en tire outward voyage to " soundings," without being once stopped, and, after working in a similar manner, without a pause, back to England, required literally no repair. The novel mode of turning the screw shaft with three times the velocity of the engines, by means of four substantial pitched link chains, appears to have been quite successful, as they have not yet lengthened by the wear, and work even more queitly than at first. The " screw" also has stood the voyage well, and looks as it did when we inspected it in the Graving Dock. It is said, however, to have scarcely sufficient surface —a defect which will be remedied in the one which is now -being constructed for hor at Bristol. Mr. Guppy is introducing several improvements, founded on observations made in this and other vessels. In short, the problem of propelling by means of the screw on ocean voyages, may be considered as most satisfactorily decided in the affirmative, and we heartily congratulate the owners of this gigantic ship on the success of their speculation. We understand that a large number of pas seng, ra have already engaged berths, and that on the ad vertised day the Great Britain will leave the Mersey for New York, when we hope again to accompany her to the light ship.—Licerpool Mercury. THE LATE STORM NEAR ROUEN. At the last sitting of the Academy of Sciences, at Paris, a most important communication was made by M. Pouillet on the storm near Rouen, of the 19th ult. Our readers are aware that the owners of the property destroyed on that occasion have brought an action for indemnity against the insurance companies, assigning as the ground of action that the destruction was the' result of electricity, and that they are, therefore, in titled to recover. According to the clause in their poli cies which provides compensation by loss from lightning (le feu de cid), several reports declaring that elec tricity was present in the storm of the 19th, and that the buildings were thrown down not by the mere force of the blast of wind, but really by an elec trical current, and even going so far as to assert that fire was visible, have been received by the Academy. The insurance companies, on their s►de, have not been idle. They have had recourse to M. Pouillet as one of the most eminent men to whom on such a subject it was possible to apply, and that gentleman, at their request, has instituted an inquiry and made investigations on the spot, the result of which is the communication now made to the Academy. M. Pouillet says it is with groat regret he is compelled to declare that electricity had nothing to do with the calamity in question. He states this with an appearance of sincerity that cannot be doubted, and his character stands too high for it to be supposed that as the paid agent of the insurance companies he would make any but a conscientious report. High as the repu tation of M. Pouillet stands, however, and great as may be the influence of his opinion when weighed by a tribe. nal, as a scientific communication it is only one opinion against several given by gentlemen who, although they are not so eminent in science as M. Pouillet, had the same opportunities as himself of inquiring into facts. It is possible that the tribunal before which the claims of the insurers will be brought, will appoint a scientific' commission to report on the subject. It is only, in fact, RAILWAY SPECULATIOS. The following is a fur.her extract from the pamphlet we quoted in our City Article of Friday, entitled " A Short and Sure Go;de to Railway Speculation," and it is worth attention from those who are interested in such transactions:— " As regards the purchase of shares in established lines, we have simply to compare the market price of the share with the dividend which it pays ; and the comparison is the more easy, as railway dividends have hitherto been less liable to diminution than those of any other description of Stock. It will be' remem bered that, within no very remote period, the dividend on Bank of England Stock has been reduced from 10 ' to 8, and from 8 to 7 per cent. ; but upon few, if any, of the great lines of railway have the dividends ever been reduced, except by spreading them over new crea tions of capital ; and as the shar e s i n t o w hi c h thi s new capital has been divided, have usually been distri- I buted amongst the Proprietors at par, when they were selling at a considerable premium, the bonus thus given has been more than equivalent to any reduction in the dividend. The calculation, then, is within the capacity I of a school-boy. Taking the value of money at four per cent., the shares in a railway that pays six per cent. per annum are worth 150/. each. If bought below Mse pa - es, the purchaser is receiving, pro taliti, a hater rate of interest than four per cant. and he will expect this better rate, in proportion to any doubt he may have with respect to the dividend being main tained. This will apply to purchasing for investment. In purchasing the share of an established line on spe culation the same rule may be adopted. If shares already at a premium are expected to rise, they may be purchased with safety, should the dividend yield three or four per cent. upon the price of the day, in• chiding the premium ; as, should the buyer be disap pointed in his expectation of an early advance, lie is at least receiving an interest of three or four per cent. on the amount he has invested, and may, therefore, wait patiently till the rise takes place. With this view, shares of 1001. each, paying five per cent. dividend, may be worth buying at from 1251. to 165/. a share, and others in the same proportion, provided there is a rea sonable prospect, either of better dividends, or of any other improvement in the value of the property. The shares of lines which are not paying any dividend, or a very trifling one, may be a good investment in the hands of those who are acquainted with the causes of the failure, and know that there is a probability of their being removed : but these remarks are not intended for them ; they are merely addressed to the inexperienced. CI I ARING-CROSS BRIDGE. On Saturday a long and stormy meeting of the share holders of th e a b ove company was held at the office, ilungerford-market, to consider the propriety of leasing to the Central Railway Terminus Company. The meeting was exceedingly cro.vdel Mr. W. Hawes, Chairman of the Directors, having taken the chair, the report of the Directors was read. It stated that the Deputy-Chairman had, subject to the approval of the board, agreed to lease the bridge to the Central Terminus Company on the following terms — namely, for 186,000/., being 160,0001. for the bridge, and 26,000/. for the debt of the company, reserving the right of the Market Company, and to each proprietor the right of taking a portion of the shares in the Central Terminus Company. This offer being approved of by the board, it was resolved to submit it to a general meeting of the proprietors. At the previous half-yearly meeting of the shareholders it met with their unanimous sup port. On the 18th instant, a letter was received from a gentleman connected with a company about to be formed offering higher terms for the bridge ; but thd Directors, conceiving that they had already completed, as far as they could, an advantageous treaty with the other Com pany, declined to entertain the proposition until the determination of the Shareholders on the resolution to be submitted that day had been taken, and which the Directors believed would bo much to their interest. The Chairman then moved that the offer of the Central Rail. way Terminus Compsny be accepted ; after which Mr. Stutely, Deputy-Chairman of the llungerford-market Company, said that the Terminus Company would have a very prejudicial effect upon the market, for they in tended to make a passage from the bridge to the Adel phi, which would seriously injure the market. lie also observed that the subsequent offer by the other Company was 20,0001. more than the Central Railway Terminus Company, and would do them no injury whatever. lie moved an amendment, that it was inexpedient to accept the offer of the Central Railway Terminus Company. After a lengthened discussion of about three hours, a show of hands was taken, when the majority was found in favour of the original motion. A poll was demanded, proxies being included, when the amendment was de clared carried by a majority of about SO. The meeting then separated. MR. O'CONNELL AT DARRYNANE.—An English gentleman, with whom we have conversed, has given us a very animated account of a (lay at Darrynane, the great episode of which was a hunt with those celebrated " little beagles," which have so often formed the theme, and we be lieve with justice, of the Agitator's praise. Nothing could be more complete than the transformation of the " embodied thunderbolt oft Conciliation-hall" --such was thefigure made use of by our English friend—and the merry .hunter of the Kerry mountains " inhaling the ocean breeze that comes freighted with health and vigour from the coast of Labra dor." In the evening a large party of Englishmen, Irish men, Frenchmen, and Italians, Tories, Radicals, Conserva tives, and Repcalers ' sat down to a board, which, said o ur friend, " bore all the characteristics of that of an Irish Prince." "It was," he added, " a real Conciliation-hall, from which all those topics with which this extraordinary man sets the world by the ears were carefully excluded. Every man felt at home with his neighbour, and, above all, with his host, and when the old retired for the night. with that bland and affectionate expression which he throws into his face at his own fireside, those who would have battled with him foot to foot on the political or religious arena, could not res'rain the wish that his lot had been cast in those quiet scenes of domestic life which he seems above all men living most suited to adorn." Sixty strangers were entertained and slept at Darrynane Abbey on Wednesday night.— Tralee Chronicle. LOVE AND MESMERISM, BY HottAcs SMITU, ESQ., AUTHOR " IlitamnLETvE HOUSE," &c.—To Mr. Smith, for many a long year, we have been indebted for numerous interesting and valuable works of filtion; and we sincerely hope that he may yet indulge us with many volumes as full of interest, as full of beauty, as those which are now before. us. "Love" is a very - charming tale of Venice—of Venice during the first campaign of Bonaparte in Italy, Amelia Lamedano, its heroine, is one of the loveliest and most grace ful of all Mr. Smith's creations; and her character is very finely contrasted brallt : yl:o b sgi y ilesttt t hia l i t eir a iolr t elas o t f diluil l firt f oecu r ri ghout. " e i ot t sir a iii:ee t orr h biiis e si iget s lu i ,o s ,ri t el e i r ats a f de the hero, Cosmo di Molimdla. The characters are greatly productionupon N S a 1 1 1a b t a l U e rlii l i o l i t , o a. it is exceedingly curious in its e s in m i . titt ik et r( i l a va i, i excites c y f e t e t s l l a t t t f l e it: l t n e d n e s r e s t o a o n d d thrilling subi e e subject of ofianitiehrlefatl,managdn, magnetism.—Nava much of f and Military Gazette. paper, whether sent in the same cover with the news paper to which it is a supplement or not. The printed Belgian newspapers may be stnt fr, m Belgium through the United Kingdom ;o any of Ler Majesty's colonies, at an uniform rate of BritiA post ge of ld. each. The 12th clause states that no printed newspaper, either alone or together with a supplement or additional or any separate printed supplement or addition to a newspaper, or any printed price current or commercial list, shall be conveyed by the pest tinder the regulations of this present warrant, unless the same shall be sent without a cover, or in a cover open at the sides, and unless there be nu word or communication priuted i on the paper alter its publication, or upon the e.iver thereof; and no writing or mirk upon it or upon the cover of it, except the name and adores; of the person to whom sent, nor any paper or thing inclosed iu or with the same. The other clauses relate to the powers of the Treasury Commissioners, or any three of them, to alter the rates as they may see fit. THE LATE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. (From Belt's Life.) Very great excitement has prevailed respecting the termination of this fight. Fresh instances are reported of the disgusting scenes and the gross outrages perpe trated on the roads to and from the field of battle. Almost every person having the semblance of respecta bility was hustled or stopped, and every pocket cleaned out, while some were actually thrown down, and their boots taken off, to ascertain whether they had there concealed their cash. The toll-keepers were in many places surrounded, and "cleaned out" of all their takings, in search of which visits were paid, with unblushing effrontery, to their houses. Almost every publican was robbed, the upstairs rooms often ransacked, and resist ance treated as a serious offence ; such gangs of preda tory marauders were never before let loose on the pub lic. It was openly said at Nottingham and elsewhere, that any money betted against Cautit was safe, as it was never intended to let him win. It appears that thei:referee, who was present in the Subscription Rooms at Doncaster daring the week, still adheres to the decision he gave respecting the battle on the field. He appeared to be strongly excited by the statements that had been made with regard to his con duct, particularly by what Spring said in his speech at the benefit of Gaunt, " that the referee decided under the influence of intimidation, and that in fact from his own acknowledgment in the presence of several persons, he had not seen the last round." This the referee repudiates very strongly. He acknowledges that he said that he knew his own life and the lives of the Editor of Bell's Life, as well as Tom Spring, Molyneux, and several others would have been placed in jeopardy, bad he not decided in favour of Bendigo; but he states that no apprehension; arising from this knowledge had in any respect biassed the opinion he gave upon the last round. He denies that any appeal was made to him when Bendigo struck Caunt onlthe abdomin in the 92d round. He described Caunt as a great, big, overgrown fellow, awkward, and no fighter, who could neither hit nor stop with precision, and who depended on catching and hugging his man at the ropes, aria hanging or falling upoehim. He spoke with indignation of the length of the spikes in his shoes, and designated him as a man in every way objectionable, and said he would not mind fighting him himself " on horseback," a position in which the referee, it is under stood, has already signalised himself. In answer to these statements, it is urged that Caunt had no other means of opposing his man but by the system he adopted, for Bendigo invariably endeavoured to fall and elude him immediately upon having delivered a blow, and that Bendigo's plan of falling to avoid a return, and, after a round was finished, jumping up again to catch his opponent treacherously and unawares, was unmanly, and contrary to the rules of fair fighting. The report is, that llendigo, who was himself in the town of Doncaster, apparently quite recovered from the consequences of his late conquest, has, however, suffered severely from the punishment given him, and that one or two of his ribs were broken in the falls to which he was exposed. During the last week a letter was addressed to the editor of Bell's Life, as the stakeholder upon the occasion, from a solicitor on the part of Gaunt, giving him notice not to pay over the stakes without his con sent, under the penalty of legal proceedings being com menced against him ; but this, it is supposed, will be withdrawn, after the decision of the referee, which is contained in the following letter addressed to the editor of Bell's Life, stakeholder, &c., and which, it is pre sumed, will terminate the disputes upon this knotty question TO THE' EDITOR OF " BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON," STAKEHOLDER, &C. _ _ Sir,—An appeal having been made to me as referee, through the medium of your paper, by Mr. Spring , to reverse my decision in the late fight between Bendigo and (Jaunt, on grounds unworthy of my consideration, I request you will confirm that decision by paying over the stakes to Bendigo, who, in my opinion, is justly en titled to them. It was with the . Rates rtluePine.i.. •• . 1 rartieuiar request - or - my friends, dui the unti: nimous solicitation of the backers of the men, that I accepted the office ; but I shall always consider it one of the greatest acts of folly I ever was guilty of in my life. In discharging my duty, I endeavoured to do justice to the contending parties to the best of m) abilities and judgment ; and, arriving at the conclusion I did, and now confirm, I was actuated only by a complete conviction of the justice of my decision, and not from the intimidation of the " roughs, as Mr. Spring states in his - letter. It would redound more to the credit of the ox-champion, if he termed my decision an error in judgment, rather than a direct robbery. Such insinuations against a gentle man who undertakes the office of referee, merely to oblige both parties, and unanimously chosen by them, are not calulated to induce any gentleman in future to accept it ; and, in taking leave of the ring, I should ad vise all my young friends to avoid so thankless and un• satisfactory an office. Had I been under the intimi dation of the " roughs," I had several opportunities of putting an end to the fight before the conclusion, by acts on the part of Caunt. A noble lord and several gentlemen who stood close to me during the whole fight can corroborate this state ment. I most positively deny that I stated to any ono that a man going down without a blow, after he himself had treacherously delivered blows, was fair. In no one instance, in my judgment, did Bendig o break the laws of fair fighting. I must also contradict, in the most positive manner, that I even stated to any person that I did not see the last round, which Mr. Saunders, of St. Martin's lane has advanced. I saw every round distinctly and clearly, and when Caunt came up the last round he had evidently not recovered from the 92d. After the men were in position Bendigo very soon c.,mmenced opera tions, and Caunt turned round directly and skulked away with his back to Bendigo, and sat down on his nether end. He never knocked Bendigo down once in the fight, nor ever got him against the ropes in the last round. In my opinion Caunt got away as soon as he could from Bendigo, fell without a blow to avoid being hit out of time, and fairly lost the fight.—l am your obedient servant, TilE OLD SQUIRE. Doncaster, Sept. 18, 1845. HYDROPHOBIA. THE LATE DUKE OF RICHMOND. The following particulars, given by Mr. Tolfrey, in his recent publication, will be read with interest, par ticularly by thote (and there are many in Brighton as well as in Sussex) who personally knew the estimable Nobleman to whom the melancholy details refer. It will be necessary to observe that the conversation, with which the account opens, took place at a tent dinner-party in the woldg, given on the occasion of lay ing out the site of a new town : As the Duke was sipping his claret, he observed to Colonel Cockburn, I don't know how it is, Cockburn, but I cannot relish my wine to-night as usual, and I feel that if I were a dog, I should be shot for a mad one." " What must have been the feeling th it could have dictated such an extraordinary speech ! Was it the re sult of disease operating on the nervous system, and of Secting the mind iu connexion with the accident itself ? This is scarcely conceivable ; for, up to the moment of the utterance of this singular expression, the Duke had never alluded in any way whatever to the circumstance of having been biten. The insidious poison lurking in the veins may have given rise to sensations which called forth the observation ; but under any circumstances it must be quoted as a remarkable instance of prediction, if not prescience. To thc majority of the party present the words were unheaded, or perhaps looked upon as a quaint and passing observation. Not so, however, with Colonel Cockburn and Major Bowles, who viewed the matter in a more serious light ; for as soon as the meet ing broke up and the Duke had retired to his tent, they held a consultation, and communicateditheir thoughts as well as apprehensions to each other.' The disorder unhappily made progress ; and the fatal result is thus described by Mr. Tolfrey:— " Colonel Cockburn and Major Bowles pressed the Duke to partake of some nourishment: but the tea and coffee were untouched, and an impatient gesture of the hand betrayed the Lufferings of the object of their soli citude at the sight of liquids. The meal was hurried over with all practicable dispatch, and the Duke con sented to accompany the gentlemen down to the river and embark in the canoe ; and it had been decided upon that Major Bowles was to attend the Duke while Colonel Cockburn rode from the place of embarkation to the Rapids, there to make arrangements for the Duke's being conveyed down the o:t owa y to L ac hi ne , a b out n i ne miles from Montreal. Leaning on the arm of his com panion the Duke walked to the river's side, but the moment his Grace saw the water, a spasmodic seizure told the agony he was enduring. lie was turning away from the obnoxious element, when his Grace was En treated to muster resolution and enter the canoe. With a desperate effort ho did so. exclaiming, as he rushed into the frail bark, Charles Lennox never was afraid of anything.' " Major Bowles quickly followed ; the Canadian boat men shoved off, and the canoe, with its illustrious freight, was soon floating down the current. Its course, how ever, was but of short duration ; fur a few seconds had scarcely elapsed ere the Duke, in a paroxysm of agony, seized one of the Canadian boatmen by the throat, commanding him with frantic earnestness to row to land. " The mandate was of too imperative a nature to ad mit of a refusal or even delay : it was obeyed on the in stant ; and the canoe had scarcely grated on the strand before the Duke had leaped upon the bank. and was making for the woods. Col. Cockburn, who had mounted 'his hors/ for the purpose of apprising the Batteliers at the station at the head of the Rapids of the Duke's ap. COURT-MARTIAL AT LEEDS. A General Court martial, consisting of fifteen rota hers, presided over by General Sir William Warr°, K C. 8., has been sitting at Leeds since the Ist initant. by order of the Duke of Wellington, for the trial of Lieutenant W. Augustine llyder, 10th Royal Ilussari. on a charge preferr. d against him by Colonel Vande leur, the Colonel of that regiment. The Court did not conclude its sittings till Thursday afternoon; but its deci sion will not be publicly known till after the finding shall have have received the g iven ' s a pp ro b at i on . Mr. Warren was specially retained to conduct the defence, and the charge woul.l appear at first sight to be of a very stale an:l trivial character, consisting of an alleged attempt by Lieutenant Ryder, when the regiment was stationed at B.illincollig, in Ireland, in October, 1842, to trick his Colonel out of two months' leave of absence, by pn.posing a t ohaorAsler; whichl ce r w t a h s a t t o i ps 'e ss sh off a should d s the Colonel, for the period ab o v e men ti one d, an d th en t o be returned to Mr. Oliver. The i nqu i r y i n t o thi s c h arge, hisen d or Li e utenant charger beforeryd e however, soon led to very important disclosures ; and an incident occurred during the trial of a t o t a lly unprece dented kind in the annas of courts-martial, or, indeed, of any other court. The prisoner's defence consisted of a point blank denial of the charge, and an assertion that it had been concocted between Mr. Oliver and Colonel Vandeleur,—the former from spite, arising out of a quarrel about the ppm nt for a horse sold by him to Lieutenant Hyd er , i n O cto b er, 1842 ; and the latter, in °relir to shield himself from a serious charge of sys tematic ill-treatment and oppression of Lieutenant Hydcr, preferred by that gentleman against Colonel Vandeleur to the Duke of Wellington early in April lasi. The prisoner succeeded clearly in showing that Colonel Yandeleur did not prefer the present charge till after he had been required to answer that against himself Ey Lieutenant nyder ; and in order to show the connexion between Colonel Vandeleur and Mr. Oliver is getting up the charge, required the production of a !cwr writtc n by Colond Vandeleur to Mr. Oliver, dated the 9th of May last, I which it appeared, hsd elicited Mr. Oliver's letter emtaining a statement of the charge. An order from the Horse Guards had been obtained for the production of the letter in question, which the witr ess had accord ingly brought from Ireland to Leeds on the morning of the first day's sitting of the court-martial. During a tem porary adjournment of the court, however, it appeared in evidence, that Col. Vandeleur took Mr. Oliver into room adjoining. that in which the Court held its sittings, and he and Mr. Oliver then actually destroyed all the letters which the former had written to Mr. Oliver, in• c'tling that of the 9th of May. The discovery of this filet, which was elicited during a very severe cross-exa mination of Mr. Oliver, produced a profound sensation in the Court, and excited great interest and astoni.h flint in military circles. It is supposed diet very serious notice of the transaction will be taken by the authorities at the Horse Guards, and that a second court-martial may be speedily locked for. Lieutenant ilyder's ac quittal is regarded as a matter of course, and the de struction of the document in question has excited great public indignation at Leeds.—Times. LABOUR IN NEW YORK. (From the New York Tribune, August 29.) Although Mr. Samuel Slick told a very good story, and was in other respects a worthy and companionable man, he was not much of a clockmaker. This is a branch of business about which a groat deal is said stad a very little generally known. The following facts harts been furnished us by a Yankee operator from Connecti cut, who is considerable of a clock "case" himself, and is familiar with the bu.Liess in all its details. The number of clocks manufactured in this eonntry is very great, and the improvements in the manufacture. of the article introduced during the last four years • have materially reduced the price as well as the wages of the operatives.. Connecticut, we believe, is the only state in which clock " movements" are made. But there are many shops all over the north where the cases are ma nufactured. There are about 20 of these in this city. The business thus consists of two distinct branches, The case-maker sells his cases to the movement-maker or buys of him the rnov. ments and puts them in himself. Formerly the wheels for brass clocks were cast, then turned and s,noothed with great labour. Now the brass comes rolled in plates of the proper thickness Air the different wheels and is pressed out—one motion of the press being sufficient to cut and centre the wheel: This saves much tinii and money. There are a number of firms in Connecticut that put ready for market 200 clocks a day, and they are sold at 2 dols. to 2 dols. 50e. a piece, according to quality. The cases (Altich arc extensively manufactured here) are sold for 60 to 75 cents. each. Good Mahogany and zebra cases, well made and polished, can be bought now for 65 cents.—the :arne quality of article as would h ave cost two dollars three years ago. The wages of work.; men in the clock business are poor. An experienced and skilful hand cannot get more than 1 dollar or 1 dollar 25 cents. per day. A great msny young men and boys work at the business who receive only from 8 dollars to 9 dollars per month. The movement or running part of clocks can now be bought for less than 1 dol. a piece—three years ego they were worth 2 dols. 50e. We kt:ow a gentleman who made a e grandsold hihis speculation farm fo r i3notohoe dollars elte b a n n s d i naedsds added d s follow s toths i ; c175; 3000 dollars in cash, the whole am unt i of swoll which he invested in clotk movements at Tlis " w s is three piece to be delivered as lie until movements be kept "holding on" for better prices , (ices. Now move. could be bought for 53 cents, l' in i ore than they were years ago ments cost him in cosh 40 cm This is the way th e nothing of the farm. worth to say clockmakers get rich.formerly sold at the South, bring., The clocks w, re . 25 to 100 dollars a piece. But of late years the bring inn from • e k sowing or less Southerners, mt. er inor gflush , purchase very few, and the universal I ankee ; and e10.:k.; being jiwisitstihenl.rather dull of sale, nation has been for some time extensively engaged in supplying Great Britain with "improved patent brrss clocks. Great numbers are also sent to the West India colonhsi and more to China. Nearly all that are made are now sent out of the country. There were three months ago probably 3,000 clocks per day sent from the state of Connecticut ; but since that time many of the menthe turera have run eOwn, owing to their selling 00 much oil tick, and the business has somewhat fallen off. Tt IE LATE MR. THOMAS DAVIS.—The funeral obsequies of the late Mr. Thomas Osborne Davis; editor of the Nation newspap,r, took place at nine o'clock this morning. His remains were followed to their final destination at th cemetery of Mount Jerome, Ilarold's-cross, by a processi aft consisting of nearly eighty carriages ; amongst others were conspicuous those of Lord Cloncurrv, the Lord Mayor, and Mr. O'Connell, M.P., besides a great number of private equi7 pages. The members of the 'B2 Club attended in full force, their gay and glittering uniforms affording a sad contrast to the mournfid spectacle of which they formed a part. Mr. • Davis was one of the original projectors of this club, th• nucleus having been formed during the imprisonment of the Repeal conspirators in the summer of 1844. He was else the acknowledged leader of the " Young Ireland" section of the Repealers ; and while the journal under his control was, by a new and peculiar style of writing, exercising au influence perfectly marvellous upon the minds of a population apps• rently half ripe for any adventure, however desperate, it w rs his good fortune, by a happy art, never to give cutrklicY t• one expression calculated to wound the feelings or hurt t 1.• self esteem of a political opponent.-.► Dublin Thursday.