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BLAIR ATHOL, SUNDAY. The rain, which came down in drizzling shower; throughout the afternoon of yesterday, increased to a torrent at nightfall, and has been pouring down with out intermission for the last twenty hours. The royal standard, which was hoisted at the castle on the arrival of her Majesty, is now drooping on the flag-staff, and all around looks cheerless and desolate. The surrounding hills of Ben-y-gloe, Ben-y-vrackie, and Skeballion, are scarcely visible, and a dense mist has taken up its abode, and appears as if it were likely to make some stay in the valley in which the castle of Blair Athol stands. Her Majesty drove out towards Bruar yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four with outriders. Her Majesty was accompanied by the Princess Royal, lairly Caroline Cocks, and Viscountess Canning. Sir Edward Bowater rode by the side of the carriage on horseback. Her Majesty made a second effort to see the falls of Bruar yesterday, but unfortunately, on arriving at the bottom of the fall, a pitiless storm compelled her Majesty to make a precipitate re treat to the castle. The heavy rain, however, 'which has been falling for some time past will materially increase the beauty and grandeur of the waterfall. The numerous "burns" and mountain rills which pour down to the hill side have raised the body of water to a torrent, which is now rushing through the rocky chasm, and tearing along in its resistless course the bougki and heather which have accumulated on its rocky banks during the recent drought. Her Majesty will, therefore, on a future occasion, see the falls to a greater advantage than if she had. been successful in gaining access to them yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, as we stated yesterday, went out deer-stalking with Lord Glen lyon. His Lordship had previously sent out large numbers of his foresters and clansmen, to drive the deer in to the passes of Glen Tilt, and the weather being favourable, the Prince had an opportunity of enjoying this noble sport under most favourable cir cumstances. His Royal Highness succeeded in kill ing three red deer, which were immediately forwarded to the castle. A pel:v had been fitted up within the village church of Blair Athol, for the reception of her Majesty, who had expressed to her noble host her intention of attending Divine service this morning, and notwith standing the heavy rain, her Majesty is expected there at twelve o'clock this morning. AFFAIR OF HONOUR The following correspondence has been published in the Dublin newspapers " Hibernian Hotel, Thursday night, ten o'clock. "Sir,—l shall feel obliged if you will be so kind as to give insertion to the following statement, which I think it necessary to make respecting a liberty which Was taken with Mr. Dillon Browne in the Monitor Paper of a recent date. Immediately after the paper alluded to was brought to the notice of Mr. Browne, I waited upon Mr. Coffey, the registered proprietor of that newspaper, and demanded, on the part of Mr. Browne, reparation of the offence that was committed, upon which occasion Mr. Coffey declined to make any atonement, and stated that on that evening, or early the following morning, he would refer me to a friend, for the purpose of arranging ulterior proceed ings • .on that evening Mr. Martyn waited upon me and left his card, which I received with the accom panying letter from Mr. Coffey . _ 51, Dominick-street, - September 10, 1844. Sir—Upon the subject of our interview this day, I beg to refer you to Mr. Martyn, who will communicate with you. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " JAMES CHARLES COFFEY. " ' M. Blake, Esq., M.P.'" `` At one o'clock in the afternoon of the next day .ix. c\Vednesday) I had the hon ou r of an i n t erv i ew w ith ;11h. Martyn, when he adhered to the position which nCoffey thought fit to occupy, and discussed the a ppointment of time and place, I suggested that l e vening—Mr. Martyn the following morning, and definitively waited upon Mr. Browne to have that point uefinitively arranged, I returned to Mr. Martyn, rhen, in compliance with his wishes, I deferr e d th e final arrangement until three o'clock. At that hour kr. Martyn declined either tendering an apology or B anetioning a meeting, upon which I again waited Pon Mr. Coffey, who adopted the views of Mr. Mar -Ir, and refused to refer me to another friend. Mr. rown e then addressed the following letter to Mr. Coffey:— "‘ September 11, 1844. 14 " Sir,--I have just been informed by my friend • Mark Blake, who waited upon you, on my part, having avin gjuu have refused to give me any redress for published an article offensive to me in the last number of the Monitor, of which newspaper you are the registered proprietor. I did not expect that such a course would have been adopted by an individual Whom, as a member of the Irish bar, I presumed to be a gentleman. I have now but one other appeal, Which is made to your feelings as a man and an Irishman—feelings which, I trust, will be evoked When I here unhesitatingly declare that your conduct 1 ,,.4 unworthy of a gen tl eman an d a man o f courage. If this stimulates you to give me the satisfaction I r equire, y ou can s till commun i ca t e w i t h my f r i en d , 41 r. Blake.—l have the honour to remain, Sir, your obedient servant, " R. D. BROWNE. "`J. C. Coffey, Esq.' " " At twelve o'clock, noon, Mr. Martyn again waited upon me, and demanded a withdrawal of Mr. B rowne's letter, which I declined doing, unless the article i n th e Monitor was withdrawn, and an apology made for its insertion. Mr. Martyn then declined Proceeding further in the business. After this, I Waited until the hoar at which this letter is dated, When I came to the conclusion that it was then neces sary to insert this.communication in the public prints. " I have the honour to remain, Sir, " Your obedient servant, " MARK BLAKE." TO THE EDITOR or TIIE DUBLIN EVENING POST. Sir,-IVith reference to the statement of Mr. °lark Blake, in which he adverts to interviews and I n nversations held with me, as the friend of Mr. Coffey, beg to state that I refused to permit Mr. Coffey to give Mr. Dillon Browne a hostile meeting, on the ground that that gentleman had no claim for repara tion from Mr. Coffey, " personally," in the position Ir. Browne had then assumed ; and throughout the t ,,ntire negotiation I disavowed, on the part of Mr. Coffey, a n y " personal" responsibility for the matter e nniplained of. I protested against the principle that the proprietor ~° C newspaper should be held per s o n ally res ponsible f or the contents of it; and to exemplify the justness Un reasonable this position, I fully explained to Mr. Blake how u nreasonable it would be that the proprietor of a newspaper, having no means of being personally cog nisant of all matters which might appear in it, should, no twithstanding, be held personally responsible to all W ho happened to feel themselves offended, in conse- V l ence of matters which mi g ht ge t p u bli c ity w ith o ut s sanction or knowledge ; and I stated that equally as his liability in a cour t o f j us ti ce was ascer t a i ne d, a 0 Was his personal irresponsibiliry perfectly under st°o(l. Upon these grounds I altogether refused to sanction or recognise Mr. Browne's demand, as it * ast then made. however, invariably expressed my readiness on `'Olalf of Mr. Coffey to give Mr. Browne a meeting r the m . ' explanation, when that gentleman had take n ve . proper preliminary step s t o ena bl e hi m t o ca ll on nr- Coffey "personally," name ly— w h en h e h a d ap red in the ordinary way and in the usual quarter r redress, which mode he had on a former and a re eent occasion recognised and adopted, and it was in the event of that appli ca ti on f or re d ress so ma d e being t e filsed, and that Mr. Coff e y sanctioned its refusal, t I " discussed with Mr. Blake the appointment of it ne and place." fir. Blake, upon behalf of Mr. Browne, refused to „ Ill ake the application in the way I suggested, where 'NU I declined permitting any retractation or meeting. Subsequently to the communication of my final de termination to Mr. Blake, the letter of Mr. Browne t 0 fir. Coffey was handed to me, and as I regarded it as an unjustifiable attempt to influence Mr. Coffey's e.nlper, an d even t o i rr it a t e hi m t o sacr ifi ce th e p r i n - RPle of p e rs ona l irresponsibility w hi c h I conce i v ed he as bound to maintain, as well as in his individual position as proprietor of the Monitor, as on behalf of ~t other proprietors of public journals ; and as Mr. Br owne thought proper to offer by it a voluntary and deliberate insult to Mr. Coffey, for the purpose of a ' A r ging him to abandon the course I, as his friend, il i epted, I felt m y se lf i m p era ti ve ly b oun d to direct I I I :. Coffey not to notice it further, and in this opinion th uave had th e gra tifi ca ti on s i nce t o h e con fi rme d by approval of two experienced military gentlemen, ' l °, o ll I have consulted.. , 11 . 8 .8 an act of courtsey to Mr. Blake, I yielded to i rl Y anxiety to afford him an opportunity of retract pig Mr. B - rownes letter. I endeavoured again to ex wain, as simply ' as I could, that everything he sought , e a s to be had by him, if he would only take the pro li„r..eourse. He offered to withdraw the letter, if I ,ittertook to have an apology for the insertion of the r'ragraph he complained of, published in the Monitor; and he added, that he would not then, as he had. at Ztrts.t required, i ns i s t on M r . Coffey's personal retrac te and apology. I refused this proposal upon the : la nds I first stated, and I intimated my deterrail i• 14 to adher e t o th e p os iti on I h e ld f rom th e corn eneernent. Mr. Bl a ke then asked time for consi d,,,, '"°a, „ which I, of course, at once acquiesced in. 'ter an hour's deliberation, Mr. Blake came back to me, but peremptorily refused to retract the letter, and so all further communication upon Le subject was then (at three o'clock yesterday) finally concluded.- 1 have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, MATHEW J. MARTYN. 5, Middle Gardiner-street, Sept. 13, 1844. ARREST OF MR. DILLON BROWNE 1 M.P. _ _ _ Mr. Browne, M.P., was last night arrested on a warrant, charging him with writing a letter to Mr. Coffey calculated to incite him to commit a breach of the peace, and this day all the parties appeared at Henry-street Police-office, before Mr. Duffy. Mr. Browne was attended by Mr. Keogh as his Counsel, by Sir Valentine Blake, Bart., and Mr. Mark Blake, M.P. Mr. Henry Grattan Curran acted as Counsel fit Mr. Coffey. Mr. Keogh stated that he appeared on behalf of Mr. Robert Dillon Browne, to submit to the consideration of the Bench the facts connected with the misunder standing between him and Mr. Coffey. He then proceeded to detail the case of Mr. Browne, which, to a certain extent, appears in the correspondence given above. He designated the article in the Monitor, which gave rise to the correspondence, as a gross per sonal attack—a very lame, low, and - vulgar produc tion. All Mr. Browne required was a retractation of the statement, and a public apology in the journal which contained it; and as no gentleman could adopt such a contemptible article, he did expect that repa ration would be instantly made to him when he applied to Mr. Coffey on the subject. The letter of Mr. Browne did not imply that he intended to take any further steps ; on the contrary, it was final and conclusive as far as he was concerned. Air. Duffy—He says in this letter, " I here unhe sitatingly declare that your conduct is unworthy of a gentleman and a man of courage. If this stimulates you to give me the satisfaction I require," &c. Mr. Keogh replied that Mr. Browne meant that Mr. Coffey should make him the just reparation to which he was strictly entitled—namely, an apology for the injury inflicted upon him. Mr. Duffy—The meaning of Mr. Browne was ob vious. The course he suggested ought to be repudiated by every person, and he (Mr. Duffy) would certainly require the writer of that letter to give securities to keep the peace. Mr. Keogh proceeded at some length to detail his version of the transaction, and in the course of his remarks contended that all his client sought was the withdrawal of the offensive paragraph, one which was not aimed against his political character, but invaded the sanctuary of his private life. He applied for that redress to Mr. Coffey, because, on a former occasion, when he was libelled in the same paper, he applied to the editor, who then denied his responsibility—now he looked to the registered proprietor, and he was met in the same way—and although Mr. Coffey could not adopt the low, vulgar, malignant article in question, still he would not afford that justice which he was bound to give the gentlemen injured by it. Mr. Curran then replied at considerable length on the part of Mr. Coffey. He said the true facts of the case were set forth in the letter of Mr. Martyn, dated yesterday (published above). He said the first inti mation Mr. Coffey received of the displeasure of Mr. Browne was from two gentlemen, Mr. M. Blake and another, who walked into his office. They held up the Monitor to him and said, " Sir, we call upon you to retract this statement, and to make a full and ample apology for inserting it." The manner of these gentlemen was offensive, and Mr. Cofey not wishing to intrust himself with the discussion of the subject, referred them to Mr. Martyn. That gen tleman at once declared that Mr. Coffey could not, and ought not to be considered personally responsible for the article complained of; suggested who the pro per party was, and, on retiring, Mr. Blake and his friend admitted that Mr. Coffey could not be consi dered responsible in the manner sought, although legally he was. Mr. Martyn conceived the principle for which he contended was thus admitted; but no— on communicating with Mr. Browne, that gentleman resolved to hold Mr. Coffey alone responsible for the article of which he complained. And finding that the original cause of quarrel was not sufficient, he says " I will break new ground ; I will write such an insult ing letter to him that he must fight me." Unless he was actuated by the most malignant feelings towards Mr. Coffey, he would not have adopted the course he did. Counsel assured the bench that he could vouch for the correctness of Mr. Martyn's statement, and further, that the course he pursued had the full appro bation of two gentlemen holding commissions in both branches of her Majesty's service. Mr. Browne declared that he never heard of Mr. Coffey's name until this transaction, and Mr. Coffey denied that he was actuated by any hostile feeling to Mr. Brown. Mr. Keogh replied, and after a good deal of " hard hitting " between the learned counsel—not of each other—but of the principals— Mr. Duffy said, that looking to the language and the spirit of the letter written by Mr. Browne, and its subsequent publication by him, he should call upon that gentleman to find sureties to keep the peace to Mr. Coffey. Mr. Keogh—To Mr. Coffey ? Mr. Duffy—And all her Majesty's subjects, for seven years, himself in 4001., and two sureties in 2001. each. Mr. Keogh intimated that his client was ready to comply with the order of the bench, and mentioned that Sir Valentine Blake and Mr. Geoghegan (of the county Galway) were present as sureties. The parties then retired to the clerk's office, and, after a short time, the recognizances were duly ex ecuted, and the parties left the office. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1844. AMERICAN NEWS. (Further extracts from the American Papers brought by the Acadia.) FROM NICARAGUA.—By the schooner May, Capt. Knapp, at this port from San Blas, whence she sailed 2d instant, we learn that the port of San Juan was still blockaded. There was an American brig (name not recollected) from New York, James Roberts, master, lying at Blewfield, which Capt. Knapp thinks will have to return without discharging her cargo. All the vessels from the straits of Gibraltar and Italy have been obliged to land their cargoes at Salt Creek. The British have appointed a Minister and Consul for the Musquito Shore, who had arrived and taken charge of the port cf Blewfield, in the name of the Musquito King's son, and had commenced making new laws. A tonnage duty of SO cents per ton will be levied on all vessels arriving at Blewfield, Penil Key, or Corn Islands, during the present month of August. Bocaton and Salt Creek were the only ports of entry held by the Colombians, and it was generally under stood that the English would soon take them in charge as belonging to the dominions of the Musquito King. NEW INVENTION.—Mr. James B. Lipp advertises through the Cincinnatti Gazette, that he has invented an improvement on the steam-engine--changing its whole features, simplifying its construction, and ad ding a large per cent. to mechanical efficacy. The officers and crew of the British sloop-of-war Rose, at New Orleans, rescued eleven gentlemen from a boat which had capsized in the harbour on Sunday week. The Rose is said to be the first vessel of war that has visited the harbour of New Orleans since 1817. FIREMEN'S RIOTS.—The Philadelphia papers state that on Saturday evening, about nine o'clock, in con sequence of the ringing of an alarm bell in the southern part of the city, a general alarm of fire was raised, which drew the Fairmount Engine Company in the district of Southwark. Great excitement pre vailed, as a conflict between the VVeccaco Hose and Fairmount Engine Companies was feared. At the corner of Second and Catherine-streets a fight en sued between two or three persons, in which the Fairmount took part. For a time dreadful conse quences were threatened ; the residents in the neigh bourhood became alarmed and closed their houses. Finally, however, without any serious results, the Fairmount proceeded out of the district, when the excitement subsided. These difficulties, in part, grow out of a single city being divided into several muni cipal governments. Fire-engines belonging to one district create jealousy in coming into another, and riots ensue. Nothing but the most thorough reform on every exciting topic and subject which legal mea sures can reach can save that city from such out breaks. HAITI.--By the brig Republic, Captain Smith, which arrived here last night, eleven days from Port au-Prince, we have papers and letters to her day of sailing. Although the island was tranquil, yet serious fears of further disturbances were entertained by those acquainted with the movements going on among the people. LATE FROM MEXICO.—The New Orleans Pica yune of 18th instant records the arrival there of the British sloop-of-war Rose from Vera Cruz, whence she sailed on the Bth instant, bringing papers from the city of Mexico to 25th July only. The Rose was dispatched to New Orleans with the English mails which were intended for the steamer 'fay, which ran aground on the Collorados on her way to Havannah. The officers of the Rose reported that the health of Vera Cruz had much improved, the fever having materially abated. Santa Anna has placed the remains of the brave and ill-fated Gen. Sentma nat at the disposition of his friends in the United States. This is but an act of proper respect to the memory of the dead and to the feelings of the living. Gen. Ampudia sailed from Tobasco on the 14th of July, and on the 16th arrived at Vera Cruz. It ap pears that both the French and Spanish Ministers at Mexico addressed the liveliest protestations against the summary execution of the subjects of their .re spective nations at Tobasco. The President shows himself resolutely bent on enforcing the law against the exportation of specie, whether gold or silver, which shall not have paid the duty imposed by law, and he calls upon his custom-house officers to exercise the utmost vigilance in the premises. Nothing about the designs of Mexico towards Texas. Tam WAR ON TEXAS.—In less than three months the Mu' can army in three divisions will invade 'texas. The Indian warriors on our borders and in our south-western territories will naturally desire te take part in this contest, and will light up the torch of a fierce and savage war, unless prevented by the timely interposition of our Government. United States troops should be stationed all along our southern frontier, with instructions to prevent the savages of Western Texas, Santa Fe, and Mexico from committing depredations upon our citizens. The election for President of Texas takes place on the first Monday in September. Burleson and Jones are the candidates. The first is in favour of annexa tion, the latter against it. Jones is supported by the influence of Houston, now President; but it is be lieved the popularity of Burleson will elect him. Jones is openly in favour of an alliance with Eng land, and the establishment of a policy unfavourable to the interests of the United States. MEXICO AND TEXAS.—It was stated in our paper of yesterday, that a messenger had passed through Corpus Christi with dispatches from the Mexican Government to that of Texas. The dispatches, it is . . to be presumed, consist of papers already published in this country, announcing the revival of a state of hostilities between Mexico and Texas, and particu larly the proclamation of General Woll, addressed specially to President Houston, a translation of which appeared in the papers of this city. It is reported, however, in the Galveston Civilian, that " a renewal of negotiations is also invited under good auspices ;" and we shall not be surprised if this prove to be a fact. We have no belief in the sincerity of Santa Anna's pretended preparations for an invasion of Texas, ' and think it quite possible that while he is amusing his countrymen with formidable preparations for war, he is seeking elsewhere an apology for delaying active hostilities.—N. 0. Bulletin , Aug. 16. MEXICO AND TEXAS.—The New Orleans Re publican says :—" We learn verbally that 4,000 troops stationed at the city of Mexico have received march ing orders to form part of the army for the Texas in vasion, as well as 3,000 from Jalapa, and the various contingents from the departments are rapidly arriving. We are also authentically informed that a merchant of Vera Cruz has contracted with the Mexican Govern ment to build eight gun-boats, of 80 tons each, to be employed in transporting troops and operating against Galveston and other portions of the sea board of Texas." FROM TEXAS.—SICKNESS.—An arrival at New Orleans brings dates to the 7th instant from Galves ton, the 6th from Houston, and 28th ultimo from Ma tagorda. The only news is that the yellow fever has been prevailing to a considerable extent in Galveston for some time past, being principally confined to the German emigrants. ENGLAND, TEXAS, AND MEXICO.—The Houston (Texas) Telepraph of Wednesday, July 31, contains the following paragraph : " We now learn upon the authority of Captain Elliott himself that England had advised Mexico under no circumstances to acknowledge the indepen dence of Texas, but to keep up an armistice with her as long as possible ; and in case a successful attempt at annexation between the United States and Texas took place, then to go to war, and England would back her in the contest.' This confirms us in the opinion we have long entertained, that our independence will never be acknowledged by Mexico while there is a prospect of annexation. England will resist this mea sure as long as it can be resisted by diplomacy. And our Government journal admits that the influence of England over Mexico is almost, if not entirely un bounded.' " Mexico is believed to be on the verge of another re volution. A letter from the city of Mexico, dated 31st July, contains the extraordinary announcement that Santa Anna and the officers of the army have agreed to suspend the functions of the Constitutional Go vernment during the war on Texas, leaving the supreme control of the Republic in the hands of General Santa Anna, with power to force contributions of men and money to sustain the war. It was considered pro bable that the National Congress would be summarily dismissed by the President. LATER FROM ST. KITT ' S.—We learn from Cap tain Babbage, of the barque Tiede, 12 days from St. Kitt's, that the day previous to his leaving, there was a very heavy hurricane there. Two British brigs were in port at the time, one of which parted both chains, put to sea, and arrived at St. Thomas, leaving her captain on shore. The other parted one chain cable, but brought up by the other anchor within cable length of the shore. When Captain B. came out, the schooner Laura had dragged her anchors till she was near the shore ; but succeeded in getting them, and proceeded to sea. FROM MATANZAS.—Capt. Lawless, of the schooner Robert Mills, at this port, from Matanzas 18th inst., reports that on the morning of his leaving Matanzas, Vargas, the intended mulatta General-in-Chief of the contemplated insurrection, was shot with another of his accomplices. Capt. Lawless reports very bad prospects for the coming crop, which will be at least from one third to one half short.—Providence Journal. Extract of a letter of Captain J. L. Loberts, of the brig Ursula, at Bluefields, Musquito shore, South America :—" This port is now in possession of the English, and a British flag flying here. A tonnage duty of 50 cents per ton on all vessels trading here or any part of the Musquito shore, is to go in force on the 31st of August of the present year. An English man-of-war has been here and landed a Governor and some arms. It appears they are going to take pos session of the coast as far down as .Boco del Toro. The report here is, that the man-of-war has gone down to blockade Salt Creek." Lirsxi.—Advices to the Bth of June have been re ceived at Baltimore. General Vivanco had retreated to Arequipa, pursued by General Castilla. It was feared that Vivanco would embark for the North and not give battle, which would prolong the war for several months. Business dull at Lima. MONTEVIDEO, JULY I.—This city is still be sieged by land and water, by the combined forces of the Argentine Republic, under the command of Ad miral Brown and General Oribe. The city is aiostly defended by French volunteers numbering but little over three thousand ; and the besiegers are not nume rous enough to dispossess them ; but having entire possession of the surrounding country, they are able to cut off supplies of fresh beef, &c., and occasionally are fortunate enough to capture a straggler, who, if he happens to be a Frenchman, is sure to lose his head soon after. The English and French have hero very respectable squadrons, watching the movements of both parties — the commander of the latter has by proclamation with drawn his protection from all Frenchmen who have taken up arms in this war and refused to lay them down again. The Matagorda Dispatch states that from all por tions of the country borderivg on the Colorado and Caney rivers, and most of Western Texas the ac counts of the crops are most flattering, and cotton picking has commenced under most promising pros pects of quantity and quality„ and no sickness existed there up to that date. We do not find a word about the annexation ques tion or the relations with Mexico. LATE FROM THE BAHAMAS.—We have a file of the .Nassau (New Providence) Gazette of the 14th inst. There is no news. The Royal Mail Company's steam-packet Tay, Hayden, with mails for Bermuda and England, left Nassau on the 10th. She brought to Nassau some passengers from Hnvannah, who were compelled to leave Cuba in consequence of suspected participation in the late insurrectionary movements. — New York paper. FROM RIO GRANDE.—The brig Nimble, Ferrell, arrived this morning from Rio Grande, which place she left on the 2d July. The rebels were not quiet, but still strong and numerous in arms, and often cap turing villages and considerable towns.—Baltimore Patriot. The Mexican authorities are teurulting sailors for their navy very rapidly in all the Mexican ports on the Gulf. With these it is intended to act against Texas. The rate of wages paid is said to be so high as to tempt the cupidity of English and even American sailors, from whom thus far almost all the recruits have been made. FROM Nauvoo.—We have intelligence from Nau voo to the sth instant. All was quiet. It appears that the reports of the appearance of Joe Smith and the appointment of his son as prophet are false, and originated in a desire to injure the Mormons abroad. Sidney Rigdon had returned to Nauvoo from Pitts burg, and preached to the people on the 4th instant. In consequence of the death of Samuel Smith, Joe's brother, since the death of the prophet, Sidney Rigdon will be chosen Patriarch of the Mormon flock. Ile is their master spirit, and will make a shrewd and energetic leader. There are five widows of the Smith family now living in Nauvoo; the mother of all, and the late wives of Joe, Hiram, and their two brothers Accessions to the Mormon strength continue to be quite large. In Nauvoo the usual activity is apparent, and the temple is steadily going up in its unique form and shape. Its style of architecture is of the pure Mormon order. THE HARVEST IN ScomAND.—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 ( 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 but 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. 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 fiat appeared.--Banner Ulster. :LITERATURE. EN OLAND AND WALES. Chapin a.n and Hall, -London, 1844. This is a transi t . Aion from the German of Kohl, one of the most indea tigable travellers of the day, and forms the Nineteentl. Part of the "Foreign Library." It is an account of a .recent tour made by the author through England and Wales, and describes in vivid language the impressions made on a foreigner by the beauties of our scenery, the number and splendour of our principal cities attd towns, and more especially, the wealth, bustle, and population of our manufac turing districts. At Manchester, where M. Kohl took up his residence fcr 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 peincipal factories, and speaks in animated terms of the cleanliness, regularity, and subordination main tained in them e and paid particular attention to the Manchester Hospital, which he describes as an "in stitution offering a fund o f most interesting medical, statistical, and miscellaneous information." Of all the English counties, Yorkshi re seems to have been the one which most struck our author's fancy—and we do not wonder at his preferenft, 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, M. 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. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, accompanied by the Princess MtLry, 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 Meek] enburgh Strelitz, attended by Baron Knesebeck, have left Ravensworth Castle, the seat of Lord Ravensworth, for Drumlanrig Castle. Baron de gioncorvo, 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. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Marchioness Wellesley, at Rutland Gate, from Rose Mount, Cowes, Isle of Wight ; the Duke of Mon trose, in Belgrave-square ; Vice-Admiral Sir J. A. Om money, from his seat in Rants ; Sir W. Curtis, from Ryde, Isle of Wight. DEPARTURES. The Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster, for Ryde, Isle of Wight ; Sir Charles Morgan and Lady Rodney, for Tredegar House, Monmouthshire ; General Sir E. and Lady Harriet Paget and family, for Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight ; the. Earl of Pembroke, from Stratton street, for the Continent ; Colonel Gore Langton, M.P., for Newton Park, :near Bath ; Captain Walpole, R.N., for Portsmouth ; Colonel Frith, for Bath ; Rear-Ad miral Lye, for Rydo,lsle of Wight:; Fitzherbert,Esq., for ditto. CIIANGES. The Duke and :Duchess ofßuckingham and Lady Anna Maria Grewrille, at Wotton House, near Ayles bury, from Stowe ; General the lion. Sir W. and Lady Lumley, at Lumley Castle, near Chester-le -street, from a tour ; the Earl and Countess of Enniskillen, at Flo rence Court, Fermanagh, from a visit to Sir A. and Lady Brooke, at Colebrooke ; Lord and Lady William Russell, from Frankfort-on-the-Maine, on a tour in Germany ; Sir Robert Sale, G.C.8., and Lady Sale, on a visit to Dr. Kennedy, in Merrion-square, Dublin, from Derry ; the Earl and Countess of Balcarras, at their seat Lancashire, from a continental tour ; the Hon. Colonel Wingfield,. at his seat, Ballina, from Cork Abbey ; Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, M.P., at Bath, from his seat, Barton Court, Berks ; Lord Clonbrock at Clonbrock Ahascrm, from Cowes, Isle of Wight ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Blandford, from the Ma rine Parade, Cowes, on a tour. 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 snake 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 swill in it. Did a good deal in small aceep 4 ances 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 tilso 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 conschmtious 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 s e ll 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 mil mother before him ; all that's gDne. Used to make five cap tionshasn't nabbed a single soul th ere thr ee there' s t o b e any secur it y f or property, months. Government dir a can't give him less than 8,0001., besides places in the Treasury for his five little boys.—Punch. ---- THE REGISTRATIONS._ ToWER HAMLETS. the Learned Counsel app o i n t e d by the C. JudgesM°Yli' E sq., to revise the list of voters for the borough of the Tower Hamlets, opened his Court yesterday for that purpose at eleven o'clock, at the Court House, Wellclose-square. The sitting lasted till nearly five o'clock, and the lists of a considerable number of parishes were gone through. Mr. Boxer, solicitor, appeared for the Liberals, and Mr. Brutton, solicitor, appeared for the Conservatives. There were no ob j ections in any of the lists of parishes gone through this day, but there were some claims. The parishes the lists of which were gone through were as follow : Bromley, St. Leonard, in which parish two claims were made and allowed. Christchurch, Spitalfields, in which four claims were made, of which three were allowed. Holy Trinity, Minories, in which there were no claims. Mile-end, New-town, in which there were no claims. Norton Folgr!te, in which there were no claims. The Old Artillery-ground, in which two claims were made, and disallowed. liatelitre Hamlet, In which there were two claims, which were disallowed. St. Anne, Limehouse, in which there were three claims, out of which only one was allowed. gate, in which there were no St. George, in which, out of five claims, one only was allowed. Botolph Without, Ald in which there were no claims. claims. S s t j St. Mary, Stratfor Bow, in which there were no claims. St. Mary, Whitecha p el, in which there were three claims, of which two were allowed, and one disallowed. St. F o a h u n l;S o h f a W dw ap e p ll i , nl i which there were two claims, ethnal-green, a point was °lt In raisedof importance, and upon which a number of claims depended. The e ase o f M r . Willi am Benson, of King-street, Old Ford-lane, was by agree bbo thef w list ii c i c o b n o s f i considerable r a were Matthew,b disallowed. l e wi paid ; m o but lli it w agree ment made the hinge upon which this particular class of claims should Benson was thus made the representati ve , occup i e d com pound idl b ee n o f p a at the parties had not t turn. e The uttetosnh that cl aimants, madeby dtheir cont e ndedhouses, claim andMr.within the prop er t i me. Mr. Boxer contended that the omission of these duly qualified persons was a wilful one, and rendered the overseers liable to a fine. The overseers last year had omitted this very same class of voters, and the then Re vising Barrister bad decided that the claims of these voters must be [allowed. Under these circumstances there could be no excuse for the overseers. Considerable discussion took place, and ultimately The Learned Barrister decided that he should reserve his judgment as to the fines to a future day, and until he had consulted with Mr. Arnold (the Revising Barrister Mr. Benson's clai m it was a good o ne , and he would now allow it accordingly. he of Nearly oe a sixty As other t o claims validity belongi ng of to the same cate gory were in consequence allowed. Mr. Moylan will sit again to-morrow (thi s day). MARYLEL ONE. . The revision of the lists of voter s for the opulent and extensive borough of .Marylebone has been appointed to take place on Monday next, the 23d inst. The Con servatives have made no less than 1,174 o bj ect i ons , whilst the Reform Association have m a d e 5 86 . Th e claims of both parties are altogether insignificant, but there are several hundred indi vidual 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. LOSS of the BRITISH SCHOONER ORANGE. The New York Tribune relates the following particu lars of the awful sufferings experienced at sea by the crew of an English vessel : The ship Vicksburg, Captain Berry, which arrived at New York from New Orleans, fell in, on the 6th of August, in lat. 26 27, lon. 87 46, with an open boat, con taining seven persons, and took them on board. They proved to be the captain and crew of the British schooner Orange, which was lost on the voyage from Jamaica for Matanzas. Their names were as follow: Alexander Macdonald, master; Wm. Young, mate; Ed ward Cook, Richard Evans, John Brown, Wm. Roscoe, sPamen; and Robert Wilkinson, cook. They had been thirteen days in the boat, which was only fourteen feet long. When fallen in with they were in a very ex hausted state, and three of them had to be lifted on board. The youngest of them, Wm. Roscoe, was totally insensible, and although every exertion was made to re store him, he survived but about three hours, and at sun set his body was committed to the deep. During the first night the mate was delirious, but has since, as well as the rest, nearly regained his health. Their thirst was excessive, and great care was taken in giving them water at first, and it was not until the third day that it was sa tisfied, at which time each person had taken about three gallons of water. _ _ _ Captain Macdonald stated that on the 24th of July, at about two A.M., when in lat. 22 45, long. 85 4, his schooner was capsized in a sudden squall from the east ward. The lanyards of the weather rigg* were im mediately cut away, but the ballast having shifted, and the sails and masts being in the water, it was impossible to right the vessel. Fortunately, when she capsized, the jolly boat being in the bottom of the long boat, turned over, and all hands succeeded in getting into it, and got clear of the vessel, which almost at the same moment disappeared. They were then left to the mercy of the waves, without provisions or water, or even an oar. Part of one of the masts was made use of to steer with, and the boat was kept before the wind till daylight. During the day the linings and foot boards were taken off, and converted into a mast, on which was spread the captain's shirt for a sail, and the boat was steered in a southerly direction, in the hope of falling in with land. In the afternoon a barque was seen to the westward, steering towards them, and when about two miles off hove to for a short time, then hauled southerly for about half an hour, but before sunset she again steered westward. On the 25th, there being no appearance of land, th• boat's course was altered to westward, with the hope of falling iu with some vessel. They continued this course till the 2Stb, the wind being all the time eastwardly. On this day, for the first time, it rained for about two hours. By using two . pairs of shoes—all they had among them— and by wringing their clothes, they succeeded in getting about half a pint of water each. From this time till the 31st they saw no vessel, and were without water. On the 31st and the day following it rained three or four hours, and they obtained sufficient water to quench their thirst for the time. From the Ist to the 6th ofAugust they obtained no water, but on one of those days they picked up a piece of bamboo, which wag found to contain four small fishes about two inches long, which they divided among them•; this was all the food they had while in the boat. On the morning of the 6th, three ships passed them, but it was supposed the boat was not seen by them. They were, however, soon afterwards gratified with the sight of the ship which afforded them relief, on board of which they received every care and attention. ASSAULT BY A POLICE CON STABLE ON HIS SERGEANT. At an early hour on Sunday morning a circum stance took place at Winehmore-hill, Middlesex, which has created considerable sensation in that dis trict. About four o'clock, Sergeant Hannan, of the N division of police, in going his rounds, missed police-constable Harvey, of the same division, off his beat, and after looking about for him for some short time, he observed him milking a cow belonging to Mr. Risley, a dairyman in the neighbourhood. Han nan crept stealthily along the field in such a position that Harvey had not the slightest knowledge of his approach until he was alongside, when he charged him with his improper conduct. Harvey made some trivial excuse, but the sergeant told him he must do his duty and take him to the station-house, and then laid of the left handcuff of the prisoner's coat with his right, and they walked together some short distance through the field, when Harvey, unperceived by his captor, drew his truncheon from his pocket with his right hand, and in an instant gave the sergeant a desperate blow on the head, which felled him to the ground. He than made an effort to escape, but was unable to do so, and repeated the blows on the ser geant's head, actually shivering his staff to pieces. The sergeant, notwithstanding, still held him, upon which the ruffian drew from his pocket a gouging chisel, and jobbed it into the head, face, and the arms of the sergeant, inflicting no fewer than thirteen or fourteen frightful wounds on his person. Hannan, with a death-like grasp, still held him fast, and his cries of " murder" brought to his assistance two men from the farmhouse of Mr. Risley, and also a farrier in the neighbourhood, just in time to prevent the sacrifice of his life, and Harvey was secured. The sergeant, who was reduced, from exhaustion and the loss of blood to insensibility, was removed to the farmhouse, and Messrs. Creswell and Ward, medical gentlemen at Southgate, were sent for, and promptly attended. A special messenger was also dispatched to the private residence of Mr. Johnson, the superin tendent of the N division, who lost not a moment in repairing to the spot, where he found every attention paid to the sufferer by the medical gentlemen. The sergeant remained in a dreadful state of suffering the whole of the d iy and night, but yesterday morning he appeared much better, and went on favourably throughout the day, so that there was strong hope of his ultimate recovery. After the prisoner was cap tured a pocket handkerchief full of apples, and with which was also tied up the lantern used by Harvey on his duty, was found in the field, not a great dis tance from where he had been milking the cow, so that there could be no doubt the apples were the produce of some of the numerous gardens in the neighbourhood. His house was subsequently searched, when a great variety of the choicest fruit, onions of the finest quality, and also miscellaneous property, all the produce of plunder, were found Some idea may be formed of the sensation which the circumstance has created in the neighbourhood from the fact that the officiating clergyman at the Edmonton chapel of ease, IVinchinore-hill, alluded to it, and asked the prayers of the congregation for the recovery of the injured man. Yesterday, Harvey was taken before a bench of magistrates at Edmonton, and after a very brief examination, the injured man not being able to attend, was remanded to a future day. UNEQUALLED RAILWAY TRAINS—On Tllllnday morning last a special railway train (in four divisions) went from this district to Hull. Altogether it was de cidedly the most monstrous of all monster trains ever re corded. The number of engines employed was ten, the carriages 250, and the passengers conveyed amounted to the enormous number of 7,800 ! About 6,000 wero from Leeds alone, and the rest of the passengers were taken up at the Castleford station. So extraordinary was the crowd of passengers at the Leeds Railway station, that two hours (from six o'clock in the morning until eight o'clock) were occupied before the last division of the train could be dispatched. Averaging the number of passengers at 2s. each—which was the third-class fare to Hull and back, and consequently the lowest computation —the railway company would realise from this pleasure trip the sum of 7SOI. During the press of passengers towards the carriages, at the Leeds station, a woman, with a child in her arms, only a year and a half old, lost her ticket, and, anxious to regain it, stooped to pick it from the ground. She and the child were thrown down, and a short period elapsed before they could be rescued from the press, of the crowd. The mother became much alarmed, and the child was slightly injured, but not killed, as is generally rumoured in the town. In a short period both the mother and child perfectly re covered ; the infant was conveyed forward to Hull by its father in the special train, and the mother, who had lost her ticket, was kindly permitted by Mr. Thackray, the head station master, to go free by the ten o'clock train, to join her husband and child at Hull.—Leeds Mercury. FIRE AT BERMONDSEY.—A fire broke out yester day at noon upon the spacious premises belonging to Mr. Salmons, hearthrug, mop, and woollen-tilting ma nufacturer, Bermondsey. It commenced, from some un explained cause, in the cellars, the receptacles for finished and partly-finished goods. One of the workmen in passing through the yard was the first person who made the alarming discovery, and with the aid of other par ties endeavoured, by means of buckets of water, to sub due the conflagration ; in that, however, they wero foiled, owing to the very inflammable nature of the stock, and in less than a quarter of an hour after the first outbreak, the entire stores, with their contents, presented ono broad sheet of flame. The necessary intelligence having been dispatched to the engine -stations, the parish en gine, with five or six more of the London Establish ment, and that of the West of England, were on the spot. Some time unfortunately . was lost in waiting for water, meanwhile the fire continued to spread through the flooring to the counting-house ; thence it fired the front residence. Many of the inhabitants were appre hensive that the flames would reach their own houses, and they commenced removing, for safety, their furni ture iut the open street. At length wat?r began to flow from the fire-mains in the vicinity, and a great stream was poured by the engines into those portions of the premises where the fire raged the fiercest. Much time was, however, spent before any impression was made upon it, but the firemen continued to work incessantly, rnd at 'so igth got the mastery of the flames. The damage done is considerable. Lord and LadyCarbery hare been placed in mourning by the demise of his Lordship's brother, Percy Evans Freke, Esq., who died at his Lordship's seat, Castle Freke, near Cork, on Monday se'nnight, in his 70th year. The deceased gentleman has left sons by his marriage with the daughter of C. Harvey, D.D., the eldest of whom is heir presumptive to the barony of Carbery. ORLEANS AND BORDEAUX RAILWAY. - - This railway continues to occupy a lively attention on the Stock Exchange. Several English papers have copied our article of last week. Each of the two Com panies of which we spoke have their partisans. The subscriptions for each are numerous. The Anthoward Company have closed their list to-day. This proves that the demand for shares in this Company has been so con siderable in France that the Company has but little ne cessity to have recourse to English capital for the de posit required by the French Government. It wilt no doubt soon make known to its numerous subscribers what proportions of the allotment they can afford them. It appears that this railway ranks high in public esti mation, since the shares in the Makenzie's Company are negotiated on the Stock Exchange (though contrary to law), at a premium of one pound a share, a cent. per cent. profit, as one Found a share has only been paid by them. It is a curious circumstance, for this railway, with the uncertainty up to the day of adjudication which Com pany will obtain the preference, to see its shares sold at a premium of one pound, while the shares of the Antho ward Company remain unissued. These mysteries of the Stock Exchange are to us impenetrable. To pay a pound for what one can have for nothing appears a curious fact, and, above all, in opposition to the opinion of the 7'in/es, and other English journals, who state that the Anthoward Company has a better chance than its rivals. It appears that this line presents great probabilities of success, as the capitalists sustain it with ardour. We learn at this instant that another new Company is about to be constituted for the same line. Amongst the Directors, it is stated, are the following parties : Lieutenant-General de Rumigny, ➢t. Rivenaz, M. Benoist M. Foucher, M. d'Ailly, M. Drouellard, and Mr. Brunel, engineer.—Courier de Europe. 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 cam 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 inter.- dons of the Emperor respecting the war in the Caucasus, and has obtained the assurance that the assistance sent to the rebels by English agents from Constantinople shall cease.—Hamburgh Papers, 15th Sept. Extract of a letter of Captain J. L. Roberts, of the brig Ursula, at Bluefields, Mosquito Shore, South Amo rica:—" This port is now in possession of the English, and a British flag is flying here. A tonnage duty of St) cents. per ton on all vessels trading hero, or any port of the Mosquito Shore, is to go in force on the 3lst of August of the present year. An English man-of-war has been here and landed a governor and some arms. It appears they are going to take possession of the coast as far down as Boco del Toro. The report hero is, that the man-of-war has gone down to blockade Salt Creek." AYLESBURY RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the half yearly meeting of the directors and shareholders in this railway was held at the White Hart Hotel, Aylesbury, William Rickford, Esq., in the chair. The report, which was read by the secretary, stated that surveys were now in progress fur the formation of a line to Worcester from Banbury to join the London and Birmingham Rail way. It had been proposed, in order to save a distance of about two miles, to cross the Aylesbury line and to join the Birmingham Railway at another place. This, if carried out, would not only entail an enormous ex pense, looking to the nature of the country to be tra versed, but would render the Aylesbury Railway almost a dead letter. It was necessary, therefore, that some steps should be taken by this company in the matter. After the report had been read and adopted, Mr. Pigott suggested that the Aylesbury lino should be offered to the new company, or to the London and Birmingham Company, for sale at the original cost, which was 60,000 L, or, in case they should decline that offer, that the acquiescence of the Aylesbury Railway Company in the newly-projected line to 'Worcester should be con tingent upon the promoters of that line agreeing to make the Aylesbury line, the line of junction with the London and Birmingham. After some discussion, a resolution empowering the directors to enter into negotiations with the Birmingham Railway Company was agreed to, and it was arranged that a special general meeting should be called as soon as the negotiations had ceased, in order that the result might as early as possible be kid before the proprietors. A dividend of eight shilling. per share, or four per cent. on the paid-up capital, was than declared and made payable on the 29th inst. In seconding the resolution for a dividend, a proprietor said he supposed this would be the last dividend that would ever be declared in this company. Thanks were then voted to the chairmain, and the meeting separated. THE QUEEN'S PROGRESS ALONG THE NORFOLK COAST.—The royal squadron was off our coast between seven and twelve A.BI ,on Monday. At Lowestoft, the revenue cutter Victoria, and the Trinity steamer, fired salutes. At Yarmouth (where the Stromboli steamer had called during the forenoon, and taken on board a pilot for Dundee), the mayor and corporation were on the look-out all the afternoon and evening from Bird's Hotel, expecting that the squadron would bear down St. Nicholas's Gat. This was, however, very unlikely after dark. It was about nine o'clock in the evening when tho royal squadron (which shaped a very outwardly course for the Lemon Lights) was off the jetty. Rockets were sent up by way of salute, which were answered by the Royal squadron ; and when off Mundsley, about ten minutes before twelve o'clock, a salute was fired by the coast-guard, under Captain 11. Windham, of twenty-one rockets, which was answered by the Royal yacht. During the time the squadron was off our coast, all sorts of fireworks were sent up, at Lowestoft, and other places, as tokens of respect and loyalty, and continued till long after the lights of the squadron were lost sight of.—Norfolk Chronicle. HER MAJESTY AT CAMPERDOWN.—After leaving the suburbs of Dundee, her Majesty's route for about nine miles lay chiefly through the property of the Earl of Camperdown. His Lordship had placed his house at the Queen's disposal, but the offer was declined in the most gracious terms, as the royal party had ar ranged to proceed direct from the yacht to Blair. An express was sent on by the Prince on landing to Lord Camperaowr, that her Majesty had com manded her carriage to draw up in front of the lodge lekling, to Camperdown, three miles from Dundee, when she was pleased most graciously to express to Lord and Lady Camperdowa her acknowledgment of the loyal offer of the house. Lord and Lady Camperdown, with their family and visitors., as well as the tenantry and servants, were in attendance at an early hour in front of the gate, to pay their respects to her Majesty and Prince Albert. ller Majesty permitted Lord Duncan's eldest son (a tine boy of three years old) to present to the Princess Royal a basket of fruit, with which her Royal Highness seemed not a little pleased. Her Majesty and the Prince were most enthusiastically cheered.—Dundce Courier. LAUGHABLE INCIDENT.—An incident occurred on the Royal journey towards Cupar Angus, which occa sioned considerable merriment to the Royal pair. A dragoon had dismounted for the purpose of performing some service to one of the officers and had let go the bridle of his horse, which started off at a racing pace through the fields. The dragoon could lend no assistance in the catching of his steed, and both man and horse were required to make up the com plement of the military escort. In this emergency, Colonel Kinloch, of Kilry, the Aide-de-camp of Lord Airlic (Lord-Lieutenant of Forfarshire), set off in pur suit. of the lost animal, and, after sundry hair-breadth escapes, the Colonel was successful in his chase, and re stered the lost animal to its rider. The whole " run" was seen from the Royal carriage, and both her Majesty and Prince Albert evidently enjoyed the scene. The Colonel is a beautiful rider, and his horsemanship was displayed to great advantage in this little incident.— Dundee Aduertiser. ESCAPE or PRlSONERS.—lnformation has been for warded to Bow-street, and thence to the various metro politan and city police-offices and stations, that three of the prisoners confined for various offences in SL Alban's gaol had managed to effect their escape therefrom bc tween the hours of one and two o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday last, and, notwithstanding the efforts made by Mr. Dreyton, the Governor, aided by the police, to trace out their retreat, they have as yet been fruitless. Mr. Dreyton has offered a reward of 15 guineas for their apprehension. DREADFUL CASE of BURNING.—On Friday morn ing last a young man, about 18 years of age, named Parradine, a farm-labourer, was found in a ditch, op posite the Plicenix public-house, in Staple Clay don, Buckinghamshire, nearly lifeless and burnt almost to a cinder. It is supposed the poor fellew got drunk on the preceding night, and rolled into the ditch with a lighted pipe in his hand, or had some lucifer matches upon his person, which ignited, thus destroy ing all the clothes on his body, and burning his frame to a complete cinder, the lower part of his person being entirely destroyed, and the interior of his frame being visible as if he had been flayed alive ; indeed, the poor creature presents a most horrible spectacl e , hi s body being thus mutilated, while ho is in possession of his reason. Several individuals have been summoned before the borough magistrates this morning (Monday), on suspicion of having some knowledge of this frightful calamity. The poor fellow has a father and mother with a large family somewhat dependent on his exertions for a maintenance. TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE.—Yesterday the most painful excitement prevailed in .fouthlton-street, Grosvenor-square, in consequence of the following tragi cal occurrence at the house of Mr. Dianicorn, baker, No. 34, in the above-named street:—Afemale, named Mary Levy, aged 18 years, has far the last six months been in th e service of Mr. 3.lanicorn. Lately a suspicion had been en tertained that she was pregnant, which she firmly denied. Yesterday morning she was up at s e ven o'clock, and half an hour afterwards, having prepared her master's break fast in the parlour, she left the room. About eight o'clock Mr. Manicorn wanting her, he ra ng the bell, which, she n to, he called her by name, but she made no ot n po He then ran up stairs, an d on reaching the a re s s lie n r. din n g secondflight was horror struck at b e h o ldi ng her lying on h her s t o mach on the stairs, which we re i n a poo l o f bl oo d, her head resting on the top one, and by her side an infant covered with blood. He descended into the street and alarmed the neighbours, several of whom re turned into the house with him, followed by Mr. Clark, surgeon, Marylebone-lane, who p?onounced her to be dead. The infant, a fine full-grown female child, was also dead, but had evidently been born alive and then strangled, the strings of its mother's apron being tied tightly round its neck. THE NEW COMET.—By observations at the Cam bridge Observatory, on the night of September 15, the place of the comet discovered at Hamburgh on Septem ber 6 was as follows :—At September 15, 13h. 26,6 min., fltvenwiola mean solar time ; right ascension, Oh. 44min. ;3,9sec. ; declination south, 12deg. 53min. 32see. 111 R. O'CONNELL'S LIBERATION. Last night a party of respectable tradesmen .and others dined at the Angel and Crown, Sevesi-dials„ Ito comme morate the liberation of Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P. After an excellent dinner, the chair was taken by Dr. Brady, who proposed the health of the Queen and the Iloyal Family.—(Drunk with loud expressions 01? loyalty.) " God save the Queen" was sung verse and chAis. The CHAIRMAN then said lie wished he could find words to give expression to his feelings—that expression which every one who valued civil liberty was desirons to express. That feeling he did hope would ultimately unite Englishmen and Irishmen in one family.—(Ap plause.) He was about to propose the health cf a man who had made himself beloved and respected by his country. He was speaking of a m an w h o would eman cipate his country from the many embarrassments under which it had laboured for years. Mr. O'Connell seemed to be, under the dispensation of Divine Providence, the man to raise his country from degradation. Ireland, during mkiny years, had been in a state of abject wretchedne:ol, and it was ordained that Daniel O'Connell should come on earth to raise it to the rank it ought to hold among nations. Nothing could give him more pleasure than the sight of so many highly respectable Englishmen who had assembled with Irishmen to celebrate the triumph of civil liberty. Mr. O'Connell had commenced by oppo sition to the union. That measure had passed, yet O'Connell continued his opposition, on the impression upon his mind that it was injurious to the interests of his country. He had lately been made the object of a prosecution, because he was opposed to an Act of Par liament. The Home Secretary had recently given notice ' of his intention to repeal various Acts of Parliament re gulating the medical profession, yet the Government im prisoned Mr. O'Connell for opposing one. He did hope that the meeting would duly appreciate the merits of the man who had stood forward as the unflinching ad vocate ?f constitutional rights, and pay that respect t o him which was due to every friend and supporter of public rights. Dr. Brady concluded by proposing the health of Daniel O'Connell. The toast was enthusiastically honoured. Several toasts followed, among them " Justice to Ire and," " Our English Friends," &c. The proceedings were most gratifying. A DOUBLE ASSASSINLTION.—A double assassina tion was committed on Wednesday night between eleven and twelve o'clock, at Romainville. A sergeant of the 50th of the line, returning home drunk to the camp, knocked at the door of M. Wincker, the baker, and on its being opened, asked for wine. The baker, seeing the state the man was in answered very courteously, "My friend, you see I sell bread, and not wine," end was returning into the house again, with ono of his men named Magnan, when the drunken soldier drew his bayonet from its scabbard and wounded them both. M. Wincker died very shortly afterwards, and Magnan, though not mortally wounded, had a narrow escape, as the weapon entered his side, and would have pierced his heart had not the direction been turned by striking against one of the ribs. The cries of the victims put some of the neighbours, who wore still up, in pursuit of the murderer, who was taken, nod has been delivered up by his Colonel to the ordinary court of justice. WAR STEAMERS.—During the early part of the week a naval officer, from the Admiralty, was down here, inspecting the different steamers belongi ng t o t h e port, in reference to their capacity as war steamers, in the' event of hostilities requiring a resort to such means of defence. He found sixty-one steamers fully competent to carry 148 large guns, several smaller ones, and a, com petent number of men ; and expressed his admiration of their strength and capacity. The river stearneboets, tug-boats, &c., he pronounced capable of being converted into gun-boats of a most formidable description. It is gratifying to know of our warlike capacity, but wet hope to remain long strangers to practical knowledge 4sf the fact.—Liverpool Journal. FIELD SPORTS OF THE NORTIL—We hope Prim • Albert will step a little further north, among our hills and mountains, to try his rifle at the hardy deer which inhabit our glens and corries. Scenes famous in story are numerous as the antlered herds of Inverness, Ross, and Sutherland shires, and should the Prince fancy some target practice, our northern meeting will show him some correct shooting, together with sundry athletic games, unknown at Windsor. On li'xiday last, Lord Levet, accompanied by Lord Emlyas and Sir Piers Mostyn, enjoyCd a brilliant day's deer stalk ing in his Lordship's preserves at Glenstraahfarar Forest. With right and left shots Lord Lovat brought down a couple of deer, and with three other ri 4 3e dis charges, a noble stag fell to each. Sir P. Mostyn also secured a very large well-headed stag. The party at Achnanault have had great success in deer stalking. During the last week Mr. Chearnley killed two, of which one was the largest stag seen in Ross-shire for many years, a veteran, well known to the sportsmen of that county. Another of the party succeeded, on Thursday last, in striking and securing two very good stags, with right and left shots. Their sport has, in other respects, been very remarkable. On Wednesday evening, Mr. Chearnley killed in the river, with the rod, within one hour, four trout, whose joint weight exceeded twenty-five pounds. On the Gleumoriston Hills, Edward Burn, Esq., of Aberdeen, and friend, got each a shot at the deer, both of which they killed—Mr. Bnrns's shot being the only one he had at deer this season. At Achnaclairoch, Sir St. George Gore, Bart., had five successive days of superior grouse shooting in the last week in August, having bagged 376 brace and four couple of hares, which gives au average of 76 brace a-day of birds very strong and wild. On the moors of Dunmaglass, Mr. Stephens and Mr. M'Naughton, in ten days' shooting, had 400 brace of grouse. At Muirton, A. Mackenzie, Esq., and friend, killed in one day lately, five roe-deer and several pairs of black game.—lnverness Courier. THE DANUHT. SEPT. B.—The lowering of the im port duties on sugar and coffee has already had a re markable result The serious apprehension that the revenue would thereby be injured is now proved to bo entirely groundless, as the import duties already double the amount which they produced in 1842 and 1843. With this favourable state of things we have also to be thankful for the diminution of smuggling and the increase of consumption. Moreover, it will lead t o t h q f urt h er reduction of the duties, and it is already asserted that al most all colonial productions, tobacco, excepted, will be put on the same footing throughout almost all the Ger man states as the Zollwerein may place them. -s MURDER OF AN INFANT.—About a month after last Whitsuntide an unfortunate servant girl, of the name of Sheming, came. from Lowestoft to reside with her parents at Martlesham-heath, mar Woodbridge, Suffolk, bringing with her an illegitimate male child, .of wh om she had been delivered about a month befOre. Six weeks after her return home she had occasion, at six o'clock in the afternoon of a Tuesday, to go to the Post-office in Woodbridge, and left the child in charge of her mother until her return, e hich was about nine o'clock the same evening, e lien she found the child very ill. The poor Child was retching, straining, and foaming at the mcut'n, and continued lingering until two o'clock on Wednesday morning, when it died. It was buried in Waldring field chapel-ground the following Sunday. Ilurnours shortly afterwards spread through the neighbourhood that Mary Shinning, the grandmother, had a short time before! the death of the child bought arsenic, for the purpose, as she had stated, to poison rats. Suspicious then arose that the poor babe had been poisoned, and an application was made to Mr. J. Wood, jun., of Woodbridge, coroner for the liberty of St. Etheldred, to hold an inquest upon the child. He accordingly granted his warrant for the dia• interment of the body, and gave an order for a post mortem examination, upon which it was found that the poor infant's stomach contained a quantity of arsenic. An inquest was held at the Lion Inn, at Martlesham, on the 6th inst., and further adjourned until Saturday last, when sufficient evidence was adduced to satisfy the jury, who, eighteen in number, unanimously returned a ver dict of " Wilful murder" against Mary Shenung. The Coroner immediately committed her to Ipswich gaol, to take her trial at the next assizes. DR. VoLrr.—We are informed that, after much correspondence, and obtaining from our own Govern ment all the interference and aid it feels authorised to undertake for the release of Dr. Wolff, Captain Grover a few days since started for SL I. ersburgh, personally to interest the Emperor Nicholas in the same humane and holy cause. We doubt not of his success with that great Monarch, to whom we feel certain, from all lately seen or heard of him, it will afford no small degree of gratifica tion to employ his utmost influence in Bokhara to libe rate the missionary from hi s perilous situation. Of Captain Grover's own exertions and sacrifices we cannot speak too highly ; they do honour to human nature : and it; from the mystery still hanging over the fate of our countrymen, they should be beyond the reach of help, there may be other Europeans in life who will reap th e benefit of this proceeding. We put the f cause .% a have only the assertion of the barbarous king of th e f act; no public execution has been witnessed ; and imme diately after he forced Dr. Wolff to write the letter an nouncing their deaths only last year, he immediately altered his course of conduct towards him, and threw a m te ean a s d o o f u p b r t, ov th in o g ua o h r disprovinghimintop t r h i e s otnr,u truth. er ri e h h i se doeshad ne create a fearful and remote one.—Literary Gazette. s — b A ah n za a d tt a em T p im t A o • o a r s , my t b l?; ATTEMPT TO PO ISON P RINCE SIIMIZADA TIMOOR. e s e o d m a e y s o a n g e o t o but fortunatelypoison p ° it failed—failed so f ar t h at, in the manner the poison was administered, it did not prove fatal. It appears that the Prince is in the habit of taking some compound medicine, mixed in liquid in bottles ; on taking one of these doses he felt a pain in the chest—of this he took no particular notice, but on repeating the dose the next day he felt the same kind of pain, only more severe. He again, next day in the afternoon, took a third dose, and immediately after, on stepping into his buggy, he felt sick and giddy, when symptoms appeared in a vio lent form, causing him to vomit incessantly, with great weakness in the limbs. He is now, however, from the providential rejection of the poison, recovering fast. One of his servants, a Persian and Shirazee, in order to test the medicine, drank a portion of the contents of the bottle, when the poison acted liolently upon him ; but. on administering milk and other medicines in time, he vomited blood, and is also doin g we ll. The Prinoe's suspicions rest on two parties—viz., either on a party of four men who came from Dost Mahomed to pay their respects, or some supposed villains who may have been sent by his half-brother, Futtehjimg, who, in fear of losing the an ces t ra l jewels in his possession, which right belongs to Timoor, the heir and representative of Shah Soojah, may have put up some one to do the a c t ; but this is all a supposition.—Agra Ukbar, June 29. DINGLE.—LIBERATION OP O'CONNELL.—For want of space we can only give the following extracts f rom o..tr Dingle correspondent this evellitg :—This town was brilliantly illuminated on Friday melt, and in particular e house of the Hon. Richard De Moleyns.—One di the fishermen, not having time to collect material for a bon fire, actually burned his boat.—Kerry Examiner. -1 q