The Sun. — London, England, 1845-09-30 00:00:00

I ' COl7 LAW INTELLIGENCE. 1?T OP BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 29. (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) q, Le , IN RE JOHN SIMONS, A BANKRUPT. in ta uankrupt this case had carried on business 4,4l7die,n_qoawn. as a . coal merchant little debts amounted to b, a g lust which there were or no assets, the -,te having been mainly swallowed up by lawyery costs. 3 tier aPPeared in the balance -sheet no less than six-and *Plenty hills of costs from six -and-twenty different attorneys, knounting in all to upwards of 6001 . The bankrupt was viele r a j .ntlY opposed by his legal friends, but the Learned Corn -I,3_s_seielner, considering him to have been a victim to the at- L li 's, granted his certificate without conditions. IN— • RE MARLOW, Al INSOLVENT. ..._+ ma insolvent had been in business as a builder in North -.lmo la, 11 , and his debts amounted.to 2a.u. He applied for his rarge under the late Insolvent Debtors' Act. th e i n ' s ‘ -; ,,,°?key for the creditors, opposed on the ground that thetwtovtiotoesene4yad been insolvent before, and that his debts on ions united exceeded the statutable amount. n dismissd. lIVS°L.VENT DRII 7 --- 757 - --is.COURT, Sept. 29. (Before Mr• Commissioner Pou.ocK.) . . , . Tbe Court sat to-du:3 for a short time, and on its rising an Jonmed to Thursday, when the second vacation (for a short time will take Place. This insolvenitz,tmnhE had rbISAAC 901.1 LS builder, was opposed by kr. :ichol for Messr s o Locletetonn alead merchants, and sup- Dolled by Mr. Cooke. • ' , It Court of aPpeared that the insolvent had petitioned the 15411kr.a14,itcy a short tune since, when the creditors who now , ''PPea'eu aPPosed him on th 'round that he had fraudulentl3 Incurred part of their debt7gThe result was, that th e Court viadjousrned his case sine die. The insolvent was soon after onlt,heisemnit tentogropurnisd.on, and it was now sought to remand him ..._"1 Commissioner Lots was of opinion that the facts would not warrant him in risemanding the insolvent to prison, kid therefore ordered his d charge. POLI CE INTELLIGENCE GUILDHALL. Ev e essetetsrdefaYfetnn Spr.ing, a laundress, who had the care of dity,i since cla m be in the Temple, and was chargedc% few„. furniture placed litle(lgiag the wearing apparel and.arti before Sir J. e ' her charge, was further examined t r .: . , / -. 1 9 3 ; the solicitor attended on her behalf. Mr., moss stated that thstood till this day for the attendance fJA fentrhgierr:etnhteleinen°vl borne, and of her h prisonlerlo employed. the prisoner having agreec_larl r ' Ciem, who was in the country, the e ImprieCOOrinacwieu suffered solo .aving a small fansii, She hadalready 41u1:::fliteheh.Ligopoo ejd d . character also be lenient to her. the tonelynn (of Rare he could not for the protection of take same view, bu t hers) said he was sorry - more must be tt bought somethingnlr Mr. Glynn would e whose property was er Bch exposed to these 1 ut lr ge s n e t s i . em ln his case the prisoner . 11 ad I b l r s o w k e e e d some towelsa, sheets, e. and other things, and hadtried to 4ore a 0 a °Pen a closet to get at them, and a coa t be laittan!l). h im, and she would give no information - 8 t h e f a ct of j" • Pen his cash-box. She had also pawned his lock I:_s_c-,fte of the articles. He did n o ol e vn e 0 _ f, but should what had be eanten4t`ii?g been forced to be taken n t!cted for illegal Pi lit ltli r li g i : if she Were summarily cony' _... Atom ~, . . with her._ e Sir J.. la, this was dealing adjudged her to b d itopiiso "la, after a dmonishing her p aid fine of 20s. an a the prison three niontha, unless she value of t h e , mercifully Sh e 1,,„ e teccql3. the eash.hoz.coramitted. She declared she had not touched /t h i , BOW -STREET. err e 2 e- 7, 43 " ane Arthur, widow woman, aged • .-, mu totally blind est a d beforer. Hall to recp! a is interferen ' , appeare that her claim of s ettle % ee.with the parish authorities, sixty-four tir e d,„_,,_ilept might be admitted, she being in a state .. of k e d n l - e n t• kat ,ion. The applicant was accompanied by " "`" trined that sh ha 111 -le las.l " ' PariSh, from whose statement it appeared that_ .... take "' Made a similar application on Friday last, and "7.: ea into the house as pauper, but it beinF ase,ei'L been a householder in St. Anne 8, n . _ . , . dis t r‘vel r e loa d f of bread, shelter for the night, and was sib , Red, it being considered that her claim for settle . t, taw :the i.e a e . • • of the Strand Union. Air j 3 / Ives upon the authorities saki Ha dh ood, the relieving officer of the Strand Union, let she had applicant had been excluded from the advan oa,,°h4sequent on a settlement, from the fact that la st 4,...er,,t,totise.into several tenements during her residence M. „,-..,7_ 8 liri.sh. . au thority-714. said he Could not exercise any magisterial tt,aciniczectt,4l. etenttaieditaffeot,ence existed between nanshea respecting , and lie had experienced such shuffling thil„,,,, aniting the officers of St. Giles's parish, when . . , theel3. to send such destitute persons as the a pphean s l t o t 7 - th e stur relief, that he was repeatedly obliged to (tu t , rt4d tnion authorities to examine into cases of real ore than tlel_there being no funds at his command. to. reque li e thoii-Isti'D.rrY relief, and that to a very limit a e ff d ord ex in tent ; throuo,.",t would be well if a general fund was established nc ear teees;,3n the country to prevent such . lamentable 'each et atead of having parish authorities compari to ng a lv o it r h d teller, i k h il whose business it might of might not be ft i.rte 4„. a e the Person having 311. I I Yla Mise d ~ . e,,,07_,, , .ry an want. a just claim was suffered to ti eit .0 ~.. 0,1 said there could not be the slightest . objec nld ff r ! Part to take the applicant into the house , .hut , i a t Peeper It'o6o expected by the Board of Guardians, tneat.re_ 41° ved i n L ir ,claini was a matter of dispute should b t tte i e le gal way srorithflaPPLiealit e few minuteathe i iak t , te t b y the baesadlteh, . not co re n to d r u a c e t d ed ia bac a k to St. Giles's to rue4lier. at was turned away %us e, e Court that she not only was rejected from the ir ' to in the most unceremonious • 6 tion of Rl4e.(h n opportunity 1 1. -- t e h tl 4Tl . 3 B t /V ra ° t °:labgereinegd a t gain . se, atthtehea of ( !_grv . e relief to L kr 7,k laying her case before ttkiri ,Katy • i AN',-44' 51er,;.441u that the c ircumstance of the applicant , p s p t n h l l l e c e ,a l :nt ar n d . - o ti f l . while ea n d dangerously fi waspr9. I, t , , - .Nit ae • - 1 , 4 the parish of St. Giles's entitled her in the 101 is, ••''' • 'e e t• it ' s !ead of sending her about from day tongs'', at:_ e eh:`,_ e,ondltion and claim investigated i Poop e ",N..ere pet in time to such a mode r ,. al 0 . Ntie,!arinis- tile coining Winter, would o bi dying r and e e u .. i n es g s , u iu the istiets. A . 1,, ohnc, IV 0 I;',S' II IP-STR E R T. vfsittNly ;.., Irian named C.iarles Taylor, who had been re til°4atled ae:ai, auded upon the charg e of having It a 'k with -44 named Charles "hapman, the Eicktt, rifl e 1 ... • rt a field adjoining . I.,he y..i.oad Iv, oaded with bail, 2 . final examination. ringata tioue,,,J4jur , h a s Placed at the bar fol. his "`": Datedt d-'44 waS now in attendm. e ' still lodged in tra ct eit, and° ,-anger, although the ball was . eons t o ex -144; u aftl d all the efforts of the surg. trate tieritar. -tagis t.t.ts that b. e, 011 behalf of the prisoner, assured the ii.. , 11 ._ -mei', L is . 1 . t k ' Slid e ras ' d ebt die deplored the unfortunate OCH 3 ` ,.. i 4 c f c ,'!lllea, to, willing, besides defraying all the tn T.'"as 11;d'itTehasati4refsoeriathe injured man with a gratuity one. of I' 14 etpte:,ll°.,rt confereenBelleffejeitnWgB hrietleadpaurtmiles,a e lirisene.'u.his assent to theee roposed arrangement, an , mks discarged. P J oh Nt . 4 'Wicker CZERICEN ELL- g the complaind it:vi t hg a , a married man was charged with c°enti.: N tt ° k r nape nn Johann Mahoney ag•ed eighteen' s t I,W°ti ''.,t,thbridge. a t Gloucester-stree , •riab • +ue. e el - ; .an undertaker in h e le kind. uptamant's statement was of the most °'lti '''l4Pairi , he r call h e ~4,44 w ent silt ri wealster observed that he heard . sert:kle ite tlitv 0 5 that a,r,tiPlaint of having been assaulted, e i t e told ve,hig man " had been with her. D On the ii "al be" L'ness's wife that the prisoner wa_s a t c h c e man In u e r r i e n ly g ° d i : e ',he f.rs_t.(iteeitlii her room and perpetrated the offence. second oft ,i,4!"1€11 tha this!lle said she was .asleep, and 1.4e4.9 palliu,,(witness's) child, whois only two years !1ft,,,,_ 414„,,,, her about. I t i r '"„ I , l avi or , TE said that, as the presecutrix swore to the it Jilry t ° o ueen effected by the accused, he should I ,ou . f. 11,, e tail f idea to the prisoner's ..41 3,. or his Old a arance to take his trial at guilt, but he thevi la A N z ki ~ atop, QUEEN-SQUA RE. heyday "(1 1-'8 I R da Ellen Sniallman, „,, „„q , tp,,o. PosTon.—.Yester y "Ar e ' 4 ; a Yonne man on crutches, with her ~ JatlY NilleivbeilePed in linen- bandages that her face was oet,,-',„es ti!,Wa.9 charged with begging. iir„evriailti eevtnirig2,Bllel3, 's -buildings. Brompton, .itat.ed that - al a little after six on 11:2(lgek, ,44w defendan'atas In Queen's - buildings , dark place, t r rseh• ti Oluid b,,_ go into . a She then placad at ,f. ° the ,irr 'lead and right arm. . tten label in At h-uther, c , e,. of the footway, with and wrap tilti:l,4 Ikf,,iiilew'awituchhevreje the vrord a s r , e " I am entirely deaf." p_e_ dto be very ill , and ° ti e fkl a Yi 41Pa4seictrrelleayedaliler.aPIVitness then took her into 4° ' 1., e4 to h sh e walked very briskly to the station, and te "iti l ti "'ter armtailvesti,..ddenly reeovered. He took the bandage 'er ed ' and 04 " iound that there was nothing he he ma d tt i e s. r 4.11 N a very a_ternoving the cloth from her head, ,of hlek2tPtion-ttec,,ttead of hair but no wound or injury I t 'at dr--lord, ; T . , ~'3'le understood what be said Perfect** iie4,-efeethtn-,tiet officer of the Illendicity Socioty, proved " Le d ' Ivith her'"ad been on two or three occasions - ap tut 4 ' l'ery. father. She could both hear and spe k, P but 4lr.'trbeat d et tl, on to believe that she was lame. Def a endant k .bef e . '"o h ith , of t to In the streets. t„.4.lsti-(lant 4unitted her for fourteen days. No ll tie)! evilehT, never uttered a syllable on the de ink Di,;"l3' Unders every word, and L 4, `" en, immediately left the bar. during the exa- I ,siNillt eikt,_>46, GREENWICH. Kent, Iva° u t ekti,uefo r , I t' it fruit -grower, at Mereworth, ex 4arelf 1 !I th ( i '41•• Jeremy charged with resisting ,ii, rilelthi. ,ekeeution of 'his duty, by which he had an made iikl..ers.4t,'_ !Penalty of 200/. teleol l 'lllg bet' qepoged that he is an excise officer.Hae. m et t . kt t ato dip the Dartmouth Arms railway station 1 ;1'()Ot j tt(l ot 'erLaeWlalll, 011 Saturday evening, and I kk id t 14 14 ° e, lt. W riv ing a van. It was between seven . as , „ ttmlit 0 ee,e et that he had I/ 4, h tor c,....p. Was nearly dark, and knowing thatiitowor w when he : r i , k ii au ti :‘ Li t yans to travel by -roads in that neig ib eted. him).'The ci : hi li. , h ttt helln that h.:O 'was an officer of excise, and wishedte(i I,b'eiZing, 4, t1,1,4d got in the van. The , prisoner resisted th'a ou7,red iol he want to rob him.' He was nearly ° to- ° is h tt ,, ere struggle, aol called for assistai! 4 ,se e P t4l f hi lk k f a quarter of ad hour with the pr e ner at 4s"klev ribble et ' atio• vili. deposed that he waa' Inn th f , , Wi le so; vv hen c • 'I follow. He . did wila ' 4 or 111 tr ee . rane asked him 1-. 1114 ,Nrees, h ut tiei Atu,Ped into the van, at the Castle d he th,"Wii. 3 ' e Nit did e, Prisoner drove off at a gallo;',. .and go he held the reins ktlq 4e. pie do at the wheels, and in consequence d tag, d ie ,, e • u. not say he was an officer when he atom, 't sal 441 Ped i atp.kli oe 4 Ile was n and demanded to search the van, , 4 14 N; it 'ellstab. a,n officer. Ik t i . t ue r of 4 bottl e ' uePosed to stopping the van. On It Itliogli4l.l)ty c",ntaining two quarts of rum and a !arge 4 1 .!a fi ght the ,tlrts were found. The prisoner said lie ttaititt\v,,, 6;4 said that ei se i' 4 atit N a , t ttle tire: t t i l tks home on leaving inthe market.,. e was given cy!tooL. 4, •t h l e t) the oeferirsoner izi Berneriurreeerdtain clause of of 9_(_!.r.'' 2poi for ee)ii.e tP:,iesiz.ne, Z id iu the dischaerge of l'ilisPduty. Plei:e'll.'niltit nl olith e ll :„ 'was, returning home from ..) S. t‘tplß 11;:rellItistbil%,"11 11 . 1F was stopped b) h ' e a_..P t d On NI tot, 'Nate., e ' . .`, and Is van was searc til ik4ilowliae t.,,,lacllladieneionaly hel market a 3. l'oh l , eeti a e,eo torrid ‘,3 after this, he found that lie had lost 4,,l'itry. ~,n, he. this this, being fresh in his He was ieved that an attempt at ,ke t , „ 144 t° )fi g A , On the present occasion. l illcirhe 4 lArti nei --Laderlll4ll Lucas and numerous gent e -4 1 .0 e,, 'o, 'lloollrhood, who would speak to his elm itNr nag°ear's h e felt rather drowsy on returning ,h 46tit„%spe4 -ha'" took the ham instead of tis 4 ~%•4411,::"trioiteigirellniteeoYnlawhterroealile htn ad S t Y o d c e a n ll on a friend on e,th a t up er . ra to alereworth. ON OPe 0 Ler Via °r Of EXCise a tte n ded,and said lie /s e ilitfg4t had 'ev r. ci ,. , , man, e l et tici t t susPecte"rii?ers was a respect fruit qLtm e • ravel o n ..,. -im from the fact, that . er N 4 ' th e "te road (a by one) where the prison the et eiretn, te. e r ta n t _ces, r. JERE/we said he should -` 'W1144 a carroty escape. WOOLWICH. James Smith and William Jackson were placed at the bar before Mr. Jeremy, charged with breaking windows at the house of Mr. Wates, the relieving officer for the parish of Woolwich. Mr. States stated, that the prisoners on the previous even ing came to his house and wanted relief. He told them he would make them out an order for the union • they refused to go, and said they had just come past the union house. He told them he could not help it ; these were his orders. Shortly afterwards he heard the noise of two windows breaking. Police-constable, R 101, proved that when he apprehended the prisoners they acknowledged having broken the windows, and said they were sorry for what they had done; but they did so in order that they might get into prison to be supported there; they were waiting deliberately for s him to come up with their backs to the walls. The plea of the prisoners was, that they had come from the country, the one from Suffolk, the other from Chester, and could obtain no employment whatever. Mr. JEREMY said he hardly knew how to deal with such persons; there was no excuse for them, coming as they did frnn the country, where agricultural labour was in such great demand. He should order them to pay the damage they had committed, viz., 3s. William Cherroaaahouring man residing at Eltham, was charged with stealing three exceedingly diminutive turnips, the property of Mr. Geo. Smith, a farmer. • Police-constable Taylor, 218 R, deposed that he was cross ing Mr. Smith's farm on Sunday night about one o'clock, when he beard a noise, and turning his light on, he saw the prisoner in the act of pulling turnips a little out of the path ; he had two turnips in his pocket and one in his hand; he ap peared to have been drinking. Mr. Smith said that 5/. would not pay him for the loss he had sustained by the robberies committed on his turnips and potatoes. Mr. JEREMY said he hardly knew how to estimate the damage done in this case, as the value of the articles was so trivial. The prisoner said the fact was, he had been to Woolwich that night, and he had had too much to drink. Finding him self thirsty he pulled one of the turnips, and that being rather small he threw it away and pulled another, as he thought he would get a larger one. Mr. JEREMY said that was just the way in which persons who entertained such loose notions acted, and thus Mr. Smith might suffer even to the extent of his rent. He should put a stop to such practices, by committing the prisoner to hard labour for fourteen days. THE MURDER OF MR. PEACOP. CHESTER, SATURDAT.—The further examination of the four prisoners charged with this horrible murder took place to-day, in the Nisi Prius Court. Shortly after eleven o'clock the following magistrates arrived :—The Rev. R. M. Fielden (Chairman), Messrs. J. D. Case. J. R. Shaw, H. Winch, W. Jackson, and IV. Potter. After being in consultation about a quarter of an hour in their private room, the four prisoners, Tenant, Lynch, Nowlan. and Burns, were placed at the bar, and the Court doors thrown open to the public, when a tremendous rush was made, and the Court speedily crowded to excess. Mr. Fielden having asked Mr. Chew whether he appeared for the prisoners to-day, and being answered by that gentle man in the affirmative, said, " I have to state that the magistrates have given this case that ample consideration which they promised they would do, and the decision they have unanimously come to is, that the case must be referred to a higher tribunal. The prisoners must, therefore, be com mitted to take their trial at the next assizes." Mr. Chew declared the proceedings of the magistrates to be contrary to law and to justice. Mr. Fielden—We are not trying the case. Mr. Chew—Then are these men to be incarcerated in gaol for six months upon no evidence at all ?—( His further obser vations which he was muttering against the magistrates were put an end to by the Chairman remarking that the prisoners stood fully committed, and immediately the magistrates left the bench.) The prisoners appeared much disappointed at the result as they had been led to the belief by their attorney that the Bench could not commit them according to law. The im mense number of Irish labourers at Birkenhead are alsolmuch disappointed at the result from the same cause, and a great deal of dissatisfaction is expressed. LAMBETH EMBANKMENT.—Considerable efforts are making by the inhabitants of the ancient houses westward of the Palace-wharf, Lambeth, to get up an embankment of the river, to extend from the church to Vauxhall-bridge. There is probably no part of the metropolis which calls louder for improvement. The houses next the water are generally swamped in spring tides, and the inmates washed out of their cellars and parlours. The tide has risen as high as the church-yard wall, overflowing Palace-yard, and the streets adjacent. Persons residing in Lambeth know very well the inundations and misfortunes to which the poor are exposed in the locality. Not long since all the beer of a licensed victualler near the Palace-wharf was entirely spoiled by the deluge which filled his cellar. Either the Government or some spirited public company should take this matter up, with a view of promoting health and improvement. It is folly to talk of the health of the lower classes, and the removal of nuisances, whilst this damp and miserable district is suffered to remain in its present state. The late Marquis of Westminster was so sensible of the bad state of the banks of the river on the Surrey side, that he consulted with his surveyors upon the best mode of improving that part of his estates in Battersea-fields, and a plan was adopted, which it is understood will be carried into effect, for making an esplanade, to accord in architecture with the intended new bridge across the Thames, in a line with Sloane-street. At a period like the present, when ca pital, art, and science produce gigantic effects, it is reasonable to expect something may be done to adorn the Surrey side of the water, and that the magnificent pile of architecture forming the new Houses of Legislation should not be left a splendid monument of taste contrasted by a prospect of ne glect of the public health and comfort on the opposite banks of the river. CHELSEA OUT-PENSIONERS.—WooLwicir, SEPT. 27.---The enrolled Chelsea pensioners residing in the Wool wich division of the London district were measured on Fri day last for their new clothing, and shortly expect to be called out for service under the command of Captain Forbes, appointed to the staff of the Woolwich division. One hun dred and thirty-eight new muskets, with flint locks, have been received from the Tower by the Armourer of the Royal Artil lery, to be set aside for use. These arms are a portion of those which will be issued to the privates, and the staff non commissioned officers will be supplied with carbines, known as the Duke's pattern, and formerly used by the 6th Dragoon Guards. The dress of the pensioners is to consist of frock coats, made of a dark-coloured cloth, with scarlet necks and cuffs, and the trousers of Oxford mixture, with red stripes over the outside seams. Racks are in progress of erection for storing the arms, which will be kept by the staff-ser geants at the depot at the rear of the Royal Artillery Bar racks when not in use. The number of efficient out-pen sioners in the Woolwich division is upwards of three hundred and fifty men, thoroughly acquainted with the duties of the services in which they spent the early part of their lives, and $ ,lll able and willing to serve her Majesty. F A TAL ACCIDENT IN THE EDGWARE-ROAD a few minutes before four o'clock, a most appalling acai'll:Zidniellwtn'oc.curred to a noddle - w aged st m pa a i i n t, til n ig an t led e William Higgins, A 39urneYman exterior of a house itt Copn e aug p h a t in - terrace, e E w dg h w ol a e re o - f ro t a ie d i , Paddington. He had comple t e d exterior of the house except an urn, which was affixed on the top of the coping-stone in the centre as an ornament; in leaning over to paint it, he overbalanced himself, and fell on to the pavement, a height of fifty feet. He was conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where, on bis arrival, it was found he had expired on the road. The deceased has left a widow and four small children. DISCOVERY OF A STOLEN HORSE.—On Friday considerable excitement prevailed in Beaconsfield and its neighbourhood in consequence of the apprehension of the son of a highly respectable individual of that town on a charge of horse-stealing. A horse had been in the possession of the youth, who Is sixteen years of age, and on Thursday last big brother borrowed it of him to go to A.ylesbinT, to pay a visit to an inspector of police, with whom he had been a fellow clerk. The brother stopped at the Swan, Aylesbury. Shortly after the horse had been put in the stable, a person. who had a horse in the adjoining rack, asked to whom the animal belonged. The name of the presumed owner was at once given, when it was stated that the animal bad been stolen, and was the ~property of the person making the in quiry. Subsequently information was communicated to the police, and the youth, who said that he had bought the anima' in Smithfield, was taken into custody. THE HARVEST AND THE CROPS.—The corn harvest during the present week has been at its crisis in the north of England, and more wheat has been secured north of the Trent than in any week of the year. During the thirteen weeks of harvest in England, Scotland, and Ireland, the value of grain secured on an average in every week, is not less than six million pounds sterling, reckoning the total quantity of wheat grown at 20,000,000 quarters, each of the value of 505., and other sorts of grain at half the value of wheat. Of course the quantity led each week varies, but we should take the present week to have yielded to the stack-yard to the amount in value of 10,000,0001. in grain. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, were fair and fine days, with severe frost, on Monday and Tuesday nights. On Wednesday the day was favourable for harvest work, but in the night the barometer fell considerably; and on Thursday, about noon, we had a re turn of heavy showers, since which time the weather bas been unsettled. The frost of Monday and Tuesday nights has checked the growth of the winter potatoes, and rendered their tops as black as ripe bean straw. We do not find that it has in any degree increased the murrain amongst the dis eased potatoes, or brought on the decay where the crops were before sound. We fear that the late crops of grain in the hilly countries, still in an unripe state, will be shrivelled by the frost, and rendered unproductive upon the thrashing floor. Qn the whole, we feel it to be our duty to put our readers upon an economical use of grain, and particularly of potatoes, which are sure to he scarce and dear during the en suing winter. Of turnips, the crop is generally good, and the Swedes in particular, being natives of scold climate, have not suffered either.. in this bulk or in the top by the premature se verity of the weather. The unfavourable prospects in conse quence of the weather of last week, combined, perhaps, with a more perfect knowledge of the yield of the crops of grain in the present year, caused a serious advance in the London market on Monday, which has since been confirmed both in Leeds and Liverpool.—Leeds Mercury. The eldest son of the late Mrs. Hemans has been appointed engineer to the Irish Great Western Railway. DEATH FROM GLANDERS. — This frightful disease, which continues to baffle all human skill and the healing art, lately attacked a fine young man, aged' 0, residing at Roth fulund, Newry. The deceased, who VMS a servant, caught the disease from a distempered horse. He was some time ill before he sought medical advice. When the physician saw him, his chest was oppressed nearly to suffocation. lie had great pains in his head, back, left shoulder, and arm, with stiffness and pains in all his joints. Hia left knee was swol , ;en and tense. His skin was hot, and the pulse was 114. Tin,7t and loss of appetite ensued. In two days after the physician saw him his body wag thickly studded over with tumours. The skin continued hot, and the pulse was 110. The day prece.iing his death the symptoms rapidly increased ; the nose, eyes, iind tumours, discharged fetid matter • his breathing became low and hurried; his pulse was 80, find lie died in dreadful agony at midnight. The physician who at tended him, said that lie prasenbed medieti/ treatment, with no hopes of recovery, but merely to lessen, if possible, de ceased's sufferings. CADYERTISEMERT.I—ANOTHER WONDER, on CURE EITRAORDIN•RY BY OLLOWAY'S PILLS.—Mr. Maguire, a respectable person residing near Sundays Well, Cork, was given over in a case of dropsy, and was perfectly cured, when pronounced to be at the point of death, by these wonderful Pills. Persons, .either young or old, who become corpulent, po ttle belied. bloated, or dropsical, may not only avoid'apoplexy and other dangerous diseases attending thereon, but also regain the highest state of health, strength, and energy, and their figures become as tight, as light, and as good as in the days of youth.— Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Fstablishment, 224, Strand, and by all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. ADULTERATING FLOUR.--A few dayF ago, the constables of Crewe and Nantwich seized a quantity of flour, adulterated with alum and beans, from the Crewe-green mill and the Shavington mill. The proprietors are to appear before the magistrates, at the Crewe Court-rooms, to answer to this grave charge of cheating the public.--Liverpool THE SUN, LONDON, TTTE►SDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1845. THE ACTION BETWEIiN THE SUPERB AND THE TWO SPANISH FIRST RATES. The following letter, contradicting the absurd assertion of M. Thiers in relation to this action, has appeared in the Times EXTRAORDINARY WHIRLWIND AT BABWORTH. About half-past two o'clock in the afternoon of Sun day last, one of these extraordinary freaks of the ele ments, designated whirlwinds, was experienced 'at Bab wo-th, near East Retford, which in its passage from the S.E. into the N.W. did considerable damage, and was productive of no small alarm to those persons residing upon, and near the course which it pursued. From in formation collected from various sources it would appear that at about 25 minutes past 2, P.M., two dense clouds were observed moving in nearly opposite directions, and that towards the upper or western part of the parish of Ordsall, these tom floating masses suddenly came into contact with each other, when they appeared to blend together in a most singular manner, and assumed the appearance of an immense water-spout. This descent is the mechanical effect of a whirlwind, which, creating a vacuum, or high degree of rarefaction, extending between the clouds and the earth, in which the clouds descend by their gravity, or by the pressure of the surrounding clouds or air. Having amalgamated together fur a few seconds, it soon became apparent that mischief was brewing by strong currents of wind rushing about, and beginning to amuse themselves by pitching and tossing the sheaves and stacks of wheat, belonging to Mr. Ledger, on the estate of John Kippax, Esq.. in all directions --east, west, north, and south. Finding more corn on the opposite side of th e h e d ge , i ts gam b o l s commenced here and occupied a slanting breadth of at least one hundred and fifty yards across the field, which it left in a most admirable state of disorder, passing northward over a field of barley stubble, and another of seeds, where its effects aro only slightly discs!, nible, it passed the rubicon of Ordsall, at the top of the Whisker hills, where it set to work in right good earnest. It commenced its career of destruction in a large planting of elms and firs, where, in addition to seven trees blown down, the tops of many of the others are so intricately twisted into each other as to defy all attempts to sepa rate them; whilst limbs and broken parts lie scattered about in every direction. Here its range appears to have been about one hundred yards wide. Leaving this plantation somewhat abruptly, it crossed a small valley, which is liberally strewed over with the trophies of its victory brought from amongst the trees which it had just left in such commotion. Entering another plantatioa where were trees of a sturdier growth, it tippers nut to have made so great an impression, 114 its pastime was principally occupied in sporting with the junior branches, which are susper.ded by the neck or strewed about in the most admired disorder, to the very confines of its lateral range. Descending the hill it appears to have collected its force into less compass, and after passing a plantation of elderly larches without committing any depredations. of magnitude, it entered a plantation of elms where • its powers are most fearfully visible. Here are no less than a dozen trees capsized, and split and reft in every direction, whilst the ground around is covered with the dead and dying branches. Passing on from thence over the valley, it crossed the valley which supplies the Babworth lake, and entering upon two grass fields, which are divided by an iron fence, it tore up this fragile partition from end tb end, putting the rods into every conceivable shape, and snapping the uprights in pieces, as short and as easily as though they had been radishes, Along the line of this fence were several large trees, usually de nominated hedge-row timber ; three of these were ruth lessly torn up by the roots; whilst the large reft boughs from the others exhibit the resiatlesa force of the storm. These fields are in the occupation of the Rev. W. B. Simpson, and are immediately in front of the rectory. Rushing onwards it crossed the Retford and Worksop turnpike road, immediately contiguous to the new lodge recently erected as an entrance to the rectory, which escaped completely scatheless, and entered the park attached to Babworth Hall, and in its passage, tore off large boughs from every tree with which it came in con tact, and scattered the branches to a distance almost in conceivable. Leaving Mr. Simpson's farm premises a little to the right, it entered Bowman Hill wood, near to an opening, by which it escaped on to the farm occupied by Richard Milward, Esq., when all immediate traces of it appear to be lost on the large brecks of the forest for a considerable distance. Passing onwards, however, within a quarter of a mile, we find trees which bear marked testimony of the tempest's force; and further onwards it entered the estate of the Right Hon. the Earl of Lincoln, at Ranby, where its career appears to have been stayed. Further than this we have not been able to trace its progress, but, undoubtedly, it has pro ceeded much further, and been productive of greater damage than we have been able to ascertain. On pass ing Babworth, an eye-witness describes it as a huge dense black cloud travelling with astonishing rapidity on the surface of the earth. It was accompanied by a singular rattling and moaning noise, and attended with torrents of rain, which, however, did not extend far beyond h at twhic ht it e r b u r s e h a e d d i h w onw h a ic r h ds i t was r e occupied.a e l x ly ceedi n g lyr a p T i d he , being not less than from thirty to forty .miles an hour. With the exception of the havoc committed amongst the trees, no other casualties have come to our knowledge ; and it is most providential that neither human nor animal life has suffered from the visitation of this fearful and awfu elemental contention.--Doncaster Gazette. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As the modrn history of France by the talented M. Thiers is now in every reader's hands, I feel it a sacred duty to the memory of the gallant Lord de Saumarez, and of my brave old shipmates, to give an unqualified contradiction to a misrepresentation which casts a deep shade upon one of the brightest pages of our naval annals—an achievement which in the House of Peers both Earl St. Vincent and Lord Nelson concurred in pronouncing to have surpassed anything they had ever seen or heard of. In describing the action in the Straits of the Mediterranean on the eventful night of the 12th of July, 1801, M. Thiers asserts that the Spanish first-rates, Carlos and Hermenegildo, were destroyed by red-hot shot, fired from the Superb, and heated by furnaces sent on board for the purpose. Now, Sir, at that glorious period I had the good fortune to be the sur geonsrivoorfs t o h t. a h t er n o o l b il l e e er: h a i n p d s, a er n e d w, be l i of honour that there were no means of heating balls in any n so g le o m n n e ly o p f le t d h g e e N m -e y ry w f o e r w d of our men-of-war; that every spark of fire was „ put out early in the day; and that the late distinguished Sir Richard Keats, our captain, a thorough-bred officer and seaman, would have scorned to employ any combustible , missile, or any other mode of warfare than the fair old English way of fighting, with warm hearts and cold iron. I write, Sir, a tale of years long gone by; but as the question is again before the world, some of your numerous readeis may be interested by my relating some particulars of the action, as well as the real cause of the tragical catas trophe so disastrous to our enemies. Her Majesty's ship Superb arrived at Gibraltar, from a cruise, iu high health and discipline, a few days after the battle of Algesiras, when the Hannibal had been obliged to surrender from having grounded under the enemy's batte ries; and when our other disabled ships were towed back to the mole with great labour and difficulty from the wind fail ing them. Here, also, M. Thiers is in error. The Pompey suffered, indeed, severely, but never struck her colours, as he is pleased to assert. The exertions to refit the crippled ves sels were, I believe, never equalled; but they were far from ready for service, when, on Sunday afternoon, the 12th of July (six days only after this first action), the combined French and Spanish fleets, plainly in sight of our squadron, was perceived to be preparing to weigh anchor. -Then all was bustle and animation ; the whole garrison and population of Gibraltar were on the qui vivo. The rock was covered with anxious gazers. The force of the enemy more than doubled ours, being two of 112 guns, seven of 74 (not reckon ing the Hannibal, which they failed to get out), and four frigates. We bad only four of 74 guns, and one frigate, for the Pompey was obliged to remain in harbour. Neverthe less, our intrepid Admiral determined to attack them in the night, ordering Captain Keats to annoy their rear after dark, and adding, that he would follow with the other ships as soon as possible. About sunset, after long maneuvering to weather Carbrita-point, the enemy bore up for Cadiz, and at half-past eight o'clock the Superb made sail in chase. . At eleven P.M. I had reported everything ready in my de partment, and was walking the deck with the Captain, when we came up with a large ship upon our larboard bow, which proved to be the Carlos; and another, the Hermenegildo, was soon after seen a little a-head of her, both unaware of our stealthy approach, and probably too conscious of superiority to fear attack. This was a moment of intense interest; the wind blew strongly from the East (a black Levanter), it was nearly midnight, and dark as Erebus, our lanterns were concealed in match tubs, our other lights shaded, while those of the enemy flashed brightly from their portholes and cabin win dows. Our decks were clear, our brave tars at their guns, cool and confident of success. The strictest silence prevailed ; and not a sound was heard, except the rippl e o f the waves as the gallant vessel made her way through them. When nearly abreast of the Carlos, Captain Keats said, " Now, Doctor, below ;" and before I could reach my quar ters the most astounding broadside was poured into her, and repeated again and again before she returned a shot, being taken so wholly by surprise. At.last she began firing from both sides, mistaking her consort for another enemy. The effect of our thunder was terrific: away went her fore.. topmast, the sail fell over her bow guns, their flash caught the canvass, and the rigging being newly tarred, the fire flew to the mast-head with the rapidity of lightning, and in a moment she was on fire fore and aft. The disease with which potatoes are visited this year, not only in England, but in many other countries of Europe, threatens serious consequences to the poor, for whom the potato, rather than bread, constit u t es " th e staff of life. ' In many parts of England potatoes make up two meals of the labouring man's day. We believe that we shall be doing a real service by communicating to the farmer and to the community generally a mode of cure, or rather prevention, which has come under our own notice, and which has been applied with the greatest success. We are indebted for the experiment to Mr. W. Gale, builder, of Burbage, in Wiltshire, a county in which the potato is positively the poor man's chief food, and in which, this season, the root has signally failed. The me dicine employed by Mr. Gale is quick lime. Mr. Gale placed three pecks of sound potatoes in a box, the centre of which he filled with several other potatoes in a diseased and decaying condition. The sound potatoes lying to the right of the decaying ones he sprinkled over very carefully with lime. The sound potatoes lying to the left, he left untouched. Furthermore, he took &diseased potato and placed a sound one on each side of it. before, he sprinkled the potato on the right side with lime; upon the other potato he put nothing. The result in the two cases was the same. The potatoes sprinkled with lime came out one month after the experiment perfectly sound, whilst those on the left without lime were in a state of decay. This plain remedy is as cheap as it is simple. One gallon of lime will cure a sack of potatoes. We do not advise the farmer to place diseased potatoes with sound ones, unless by way of expe ment, and to test the truth of our assertions. In spite of all his endeavours to prevent it, many diseased po tatoes will find their way to the sound ones ; and in this case we undertake that the further extension of reischi4 it is in his power to avoid. It may be proper to state that where the lime touched the unsound potatoes, it prevented the disease going further than it had reached previously to the application of the lime. Mr. Here. path, of Bristol, has published a letter, in which he shows us how we may save the starch or fecula of pota toes already diseased ; but the process would be attended by considerable trouble and expense, and few could or would adopt it. Besides, Mr. Ilerepath's process goes only to the cure of the diseased potatoes, not to the safety of those still sound. As far as the diseased pota toes are concerned, we believe the most judicious and economical plan to be, to boil them for the pigs. In a raw state they have been found very injurious to this animal. Many have died after eating them. We trust that the above remarks will meet with serious . public attention, and that they may be the means of saving for the poor and hard-working much of the nourishment of which a terrible visitation was about to rob them. Berwick Warder. All was now horror and dismay on her deck, the Herme negildo was close to her; in utter confusion they fell aboard each other; their yards locked inseparably; and in another moment this second formidable vessel was also in a blaze. Their sad fate was now too evident; the Superb, therefore, ceased firing, and passed a-head to avoid the awful conflagra tion, for already some sparks had come into a port on her lower deck, by which two cartridges exploded, wounding Lieutenant Waller desperately, and several of our sailors more or less severely. According to my general orders, on the first alarm, I called out for the magazine door to be shut, but when one vivid blue flash after another came down the cockpit hatchway, I thought our fate was sealed also; happily, however, the deck was wet, and the evil extended no further. From my pandemonium below I ran on deck for a mo ment's breath of air, and to catch a glance of the sublime but appalling spectacle ; and the deep red glare illuming and spreading over the sea and sky, the impetuous roar of the raging flames, and the shrieks and agonising gestures of the despairing Spaniards can never be effaced from my memory. It seemed wonderful that the adverse squadron, still so superior to ours in strength, did not put about at any risk, and try to rescue the hapless crews of the burning ships ; but as they continued their course, it was obviously our duty to fol , ow them. _ _ Accordingly, the Superb overtook and engaged Le St. Antoine, a krench line-of-battle ship of equal force, which after an honourable defence surrendered, just as the Admiral in the Caesar, and Captain Hood in the Venerable, came up. The latter being the fastest sailer, at daylight, near Cadiz, brought to action the gallant Linois in Le Formilable, but without any other result than a mutual severe mauling, the brave adversaries parting by consent with both their ensigns flying. _ _ - - Asthe Suberb had suffered damage in the engagement, we necessarily laid to, not only to repair them, b u t to take pos session of and man the captured French ship ; and while thus employed, a large boat came alongside, with 2 officers and 39 only of the ghastly Spanish sailors—wet, nearly paked, panic-struck, and speechless. At noon next day we passed by the melancholy wreck of the ships, blown into fragments by the explosion of the ma gazines, the only relics of two " wooden worlds," which the day before floated proudly on the ocean, peopled with 2,400 men, all of whom perished, alas ! except the comparative few we had the happiness to save. In the evening we arrived at Gibraltar, with our prize in company, under the command of our first-lieutenant, the late Rear-Admiral S. Jackson, C.B. (than whom a braver fellow never stepped on ship board), and were welcomed by the garrison with the warmest enthusiam. I fear that this tough old yarn may be spun out too long for insertion in your valuable columns, even at this compara• tively dull season, and have the honour to subscribe myself, with great respect, Sir, __ THE EFFECTS OF SEA WATER . • Your very humble servant, B. F. OUTRAM, M.D., F.R.S. llanover-square, Sept. 20. ON IRON. In the course of the late Government inquiry on establishment of harbours of refuge, Professor Faraday furnished some interesting particulars respecting the effects of sea water on iron. His observation had un fortunately been rather limited, and confined to the question of cast-iron. Between this body and sea water he considers the action to be vigorous, and greatest in the water near the surface; less in deep water, and least of all when the iron is buried in sand or earth, or build ing materials (into which the water may penetrate), for then the oxide and other results formed are detained, more or less, and form sometimes a cement to the sur rounding matter, and always a partial protection. Soft cast-iron corrodes more rapidly than hard cast, and than the brittle white iron. As to the amount of corrosion in any given time Professor Faraday had not an opportu tunity of observing any good and satisfactory cases of illustration. In estuaries and the mouths of rivers, he considered it probable that great differences of corrosion would arise from the different circumstances of variable saltness ; the soil of the river, if near a town, w ill much aff ec t t h e metal; thus, a harf of cast-iron might occasionally be greatly injured by making fast to it vessels that are coppered, using iron cables. As to the protection of iron, with respect to the permanency of a coat of paint, or tar, or bituminous matter, the only ex perience the Professor had was in a case where coated iron, sheathed for vessels, was brought under his no tice. He was then much impressed with the thorough adhesion of the coat to the iron. Zinced iron would re sist the action of the sea water as long as the metal would crust the surface, but zinc dissolves rapidly in sea water, and, after it is gone, the iron would, of course, follow. As to voltaic protection, Professor Faraday considers that the cast-iron piles, proposed for light- houses or beacons, might be protected by zinc, in the manner proposed by Sir Hutnphry Davy, to protect copper by iron; but even in that case, the corrosion of the zinc would be very rapid. If not found too expen sive, the object would be to apply the zinc protectors in a place where they could be examined often, and re placed when rendered ineffective; in this manner, he entertains little doubt that iron could be protected in sea water. It is oven probable that, by investigation and trial, different sorts of iron might easily be distinguished and prepared, one of which would protect the other: thus soft ,cast-iron would probably protect hard cast iron, and then it would be easy to place the protecting masses where they could be removed when required. Hence, though iron be a body very subject to the action of sea water, Professor Faraday considers not unlikely that it might be used with advantage in marine construc tions, intended to be permanent, especially if the joint effects of preserving co a t s o f voltaic protectors were applied. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AT HOUNSLOW BARRACKS. We regret to state that an occurrence of a melancholy character took place on Sunday night at the barracks of the 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons, stationed at Hounslow, during which Quarter-master Thomas Tarleton was stabbed in the belly by Lieutenant Martin Kerwan, of that regiment. The greatest secrecy relative to the circumstances connected with the unfortunate affair has ever since been maintained by the military authorities at the barracks, and it was not until yesterday afternoon that the fact began to be known, even in the town of Hounslow. Various reports were im mediately in circulation as to the particulars of the trans action, one of which was, that in consequence of the pro motion, by purchase, of Major Harcourt Masters, of that regiment, to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, unattached, which appeared in the London Gazette of Friday last, that officer on Sunday last gave a dinner to his brother officers, which took place In the mess-room of the regiment at Hounslow bar racks. The convivialities of the evening were kept up until a late hour, and it is stated by some who profess to be wellzinformed, that about twelve o'clock, while under the influence of wine, Lieutenant Kerwan took umbrage at some thing that occurred, and finally quitted the mess-room for his own apartments, whither he was attended by Quarter master Tarleton, who endeavoured to soothe his irritated feelings, hut on reaching the Lieutenant's apartments that officer immediately seized his sword and stabbed Tarleton as above described. From inquiries made by our reporter at Hounslow last evening, we have obtained, from a source of the highest respectability, upon which every reliance can be placed, - the following particulars, which differ consi derably from the statement in current circulation. After the dinner, the officers generally amused themselves with wrestling, and eventually with fencing, and our informant states that it was in one of the passes, while fencing, that the wound was inflicted. This account would make the occurrence purely accidental, and this we trust will turn out to be the correct version of the matter. Quarter master Tarleton was immediately attended by the surgeon and assistant-surgeon of the regiment, who were present at the dinner, and who, on eeamining the wound, finding it to be of a most serious nature, communicated the fact to Colonel Maley, the commanding officer, with a suggestion that the assistance of Mr. R. Frogley, surgeon, of Hounslow, should be procured. Colonel Daley immediately directed a mounted orderly should be dispatched to Mr. Frogley's resi dence in Hounslow„ and that gentleman promptly arrived on horseback at the barracks, where he remained in attendance during the night. The wound is understood to be of a most serious character, and at present it Is impossible to ascertain its depth, or to form an opinion as to what the ultimate re sult may be. Mr, Progley and the regimental surgeons were in attendance several times yesterday, and we understand that if was found necessary, from the symptoms which ap peared to first apply leeches, and afterwards to bleed to the extent of 28 ounces; Quartermaster Tarleton is a man much respected in the regiment, and in figure is very corpulent. It is not known whether Lieutenant Kerwan has been placed under arrest by the military authorities, but up to six o'clock last evening no steps, as far as our reporter could learn, had been taken by the police with a view to his appre hension by the civil authorities, Colonel Daley, our reporter was informed, left the barracks in the course (4 1 the forenoon for the purpose of reporting the occurrence at the Horse Guards, and receiving instructions in the matter.--Times: HORRIBLE AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—A most dis tressing and fatal occurrence horrified St. Catherine-street and its neighbourhood on Monday afternoon last, about three o'clock, by which in an instant a married woman was, under most awful circumstance; hurried instantaneously into eter nity. Mrs. Eliza Baylis, wife of Mr. Baylis, butcher of St Catherine-street, had been washing some offal meat at the pump, with which to feed a dog and cat, and this operation attracted around her some other dogs and cats from neigh bouring houses. In order to cut up the meat she had taken one of her husband's sharp Tointed knives, and leaning for ward to drive away one of the cats, her foot slipped and she fell on her face to the ground. She sprung up again in stantly and uttered a scream of pain, and immediately fr'per feet torrent of blood gushed from her mouth and she fell dead A neighbour, Mrs. Webb, was standing near her at the time, and called assistance, and Mr. Wathen, surgeon, was imme diately sent for. It was at first supposed that the knife had penetrated her mouth, but on examination it was found that the instrument had entered her left breast just above the nipple. The ill-fated woman bad, no doubt, the knife up right in her hand, when she fell, and the whole weight of her body coming upon it, it entered her heart, causing the gush of blood from her mouth, and produced death almost imme diately afterwards. The blade of the knife was eight inches in length, and it is supposed penetrated the unhapp;s: body up to the haft. The deceased was 37 years of age, s he andwas inquest a a nv exceedin gly . -a. s di h t Journal, tai3 c r n .d d ie u ,ao c ti t h, co nducted T„ I e oauilc.es coroner,tA, An el held oi returned i l e ( od f d n - Abefore cwell de SUDDEN DEATII or CAPTAIN D'UIIDAN, R.N.— Yestwiny information was forwarded to Mr. Bedford, Coroner for Westminster, of the death of Capt. J. G. D'Urban, R.N., which occurred under the following circumstances ;—The deceased gentleman had for sAII)0 time past occupied apart ments at No. 38, Norris -street, Haymarket, and was a mem ber of the Junior United Service Clhb, About half-past eleven o'clock on Sunday night he returned home, when he appeared in his usual good health and spirits, and shortly afterwards retired to his bedroom. Bet Ween one and two o'clock the landlady of the house was alarmed by deceased's bell ringing violently; and on going to his room and open ing the door deceased said, "Leave the light and withdraw," which she did. For some time afterwards he was heard to be moving about; but on the servant taking up his shaving wa f e r yesterday morning at the usual hour (eight o'clock), and receiving' no answer to her knocking, she entered, when she discovered laird lying with his head forward on th e b e d, Witt under him, and the othe r ou t s id e , hi s He was quite cold ; an d a We was pronounced to have be en some footone leg partially rtitaolulyching the was about My yPirx of age. t s i ur m g e et el thct, being pwaed for, Loss or LIFE Ents.—Late last night, Mr. sent s Wm. Payne, the Coroner, hsld an inquest at Guy's Hospital. on the body of Eliza Evans, aged, sib years, the daughter of a labouring man living at 21, Brunsnelp.-conrt, Bermondsey. On Saturday morning, about seven o'slockr tkeeeased was about lighting the fire, when her pinafore suddenly ignited from the candle which was standing by, 411(I burned so ra pidly that in a few moments she was enveloped in dames. Deceased was removed to the hospital, and expired the same evening from the effects of tba in cries. Yerdiet—"Acci. • eath.” ACCIDENT TO Mr. ORMSBY GORE, M.P.—An acci dent of an alarming nature occurred at Boreharn House, the seat of Sir John Tyrrell, Bart., on Tuesday night. Mr. Ormsby Gore, who, with his lady, was on a visit at the mansion of the Hon. Baronet, on leaving his dressing-room, overlooking several steps to the staircase, and losing his ba lance, was precipitated over the balusters. Mr. Gore, in his alarming descent, grasped the hand-rail of the next flight, but it gave way, and lie fell with considerable violence upon the stairs below, severely, though we are happy to say not seriously, injuring his side and one of his feet. Mr. Gore's watch, which was in his hand at the time, was dashed to pieces.--Essex paper. ... - . -, i n/ THE POTATO CRORA- 0 - ' IRELAND. We regret much to learn, from accounts on which we Dissime, SEPT. f.: s.—The weather, which was very can rely, that the disease in the potato, first noticed in iinfavoarable for harvest operations during the latter Belgium and France, has been traced too clearly to ex- end of last and beginning of this week, is now exceed tend to this country. Many fields in Ayrshire and ingly fine, and in consequence reaping has become very Dumfries shire are infected—so much so that the loss in general even in the late districts of the west and north• Dumfries -shire alone it is calculated may amount to west. The advance in corn will not, it is expected, be 50,0001. The presence of the disease in fields and ridges sustained at to-morrow's market. The .Newry Telegraah is first discovered by the decay of the haulms and leaves of this morning says—" We are much gratified to ob of the plant, and is exhibited at an advanced period of serve that the alarm respecting the potato failure is ba the season, when the tubers are ripe, and when the leaves ginning to subside, and that hopes are entertained that have encountered a severe frost. As there has been no the injury will not be so serious as was at one time such frost yet, it is found on examining the roots that feared. A considerable rise in price is, however, ex am potatoes, when cut through, are filled with black . petted to be inevitable. It is stated that orders, to the spots and holes, and the roots turn out rotten and unfit extent of five or six thousand tons, have been received f or boiling. We understand that Professor Johnston in this country from those places on the Continent where has been in Ayrshire, endeavouring to trace the course the disease h as b een most prevalent to be shipped so I and extent of this distressing occurrence, and of course soon a. the crop is ready for lifting." his report will be anxiously looked for.—Scoasesen. LIMERICK. WEDNESDAY MORNING.—The Liberator, We mentioned in our last that the highest price oh- accompanied by his daughter. Mrs. French, his chaplain, tamed for this crop in the field was 191 per acre. O a t h e R ev. Mr. Rooney, Mr. O'Nei'l Daunt, and a large Friday, however, several extensive bargains were made party, left Derrynane on Sunday morning for Hillgrove, so high as 251. The cause of this rise was two-fold— the seat of John Primrose, Esq , Mr. O'Connell's agent, the failure of the crop in Belgium and the countries bor- from whence he proceeded on Monday to Killarney- in dering on the Baltic, and the prevalent disease among I hi s travell i ng carriage. 1 the same root in England. We understand that Along the road he was received with every demon orders to the extent of 5,000 to 6,000 tons for stration of attachment and respect. At Killorglin a shipment abroad have been received here, so soon as large number of the inhabitants were prepared to greet the crop is ready for lifting ; and several agents from him on his way through, which they did with great en- London are at present going the round of the farmers, thusiasm. On his arrival in Killarney, the lion. and purchasing up their potato crops at very high Learn e d G en tl eman was waited on by several of the figures. The disease is described by those who have principal inhabitants, amongst whom were I), Shi ne examindd the crop in Yorkshire to be a sort of spongy Lawler and Myles Mahony, Esqrs., Secretaries to the growth, or excrescence, on the first joint cf the stem lLnquet Committee. In the evening several of the above the ground. of a yellow colour exteriorly, and houses in the town were illuminated in honour of his whitish within. Where the plant is thus affected, the arrival, and bands paraded the streets till a late hour. stalk is in an entire state of decay, and the potatoes "Pie Very Rev. Father Mather arrived here at nine 1 nearest the surface are invariably Sound in a rot en or o'clock in the Tralee mail, on his way from Cork to blemished state. Hitherto, however, it has been con- Dingle, and had an interview with the Liberator. Mr. tined to those nearest the surface, and hopes are thus O'Connell left Killarney at nine o'clock, A.M., on Tues entertained that even where the disease prevails, only a day, and shortly after arrived at Castleisland, where the part of the crop will be lost. We believe a disease of houses were decorated with laurel and other evergreens, this character was previously unknown in this root, and and the streets crowded with enthusiastic peasantry. it has been stated to be most prevalent where it follows We arrived at Limerick so late as nine o'clock, and wheat which had been matured with guano. What yet the streets were quite full of people, eager to mani there may be in this we know not, but we should ra- fest their love for the Liberator. The bands played up ther apprehend that the very wet summer, with a greater and down before the hotel, and the people remained degree of cold than almost ever experienced in cheering at intervals to an advanced hour, when they July and beginning of August, acting upon a root im- retired in the utmost quietness and order. poverished by too frequent replantings on the same soil, At ten o'clock this morning (Wednesday) the Libe is more likely to have generated it.—Perth Coup is r. rater leaves for Cashel, whither he will be accompanied Speaking of the distemper, the Dumfries Courier ob- an d a t ten d e d b y great num b ers from this city, who have serves—" We imagine, at least, a sovereign remedy, arranged to attend the meeting to-morrow and the which we would recommend to all, but for the trouble dinner, by which the day's proceedings will be con of its immediate execution. In raising stems to all ap- eluded. pearance withered by the agency of frost, one or two tubers nearest the surface are found more or less mildewed ' • now , supposing th ose remove d, so as to prevent farther contagion, and the slums . pulled at the same time, the remaining roots, in ripening in the ground, might be unearthed hereafter perfectly sound, however inferior in point of size. This notion we communicated on Wednesday last to a number of farmers, all of whom admitted the feasibility of the process, but at the same time demurred to the enormous trouble incurred, not to speak of expense, wherever the scale of operations is large. Indeed, most said that as white is of more importance than green crop, setting aside the turnips, which are progressing so beautifully, they deemed it better to encounter further risk, than withdraw labourers from the harvest field. Upon the whole, we do not consider the blight by any means so overpowering as at one time imagined, although, truth to say, bad and bad enough. Many fields are entirely free, and though many anticipate difficulty in obtaining proper seed, it will be found, when spring time again arrives " RAILROAD GARDENS. (From the Railway Chronicle.) A correspondent of the Gardeners' Chronicle makes a useful suggestion, to which we think it right to call the attention of directors, and especially those who have conquered the difficulties which attend the first start of a railroad. Every railway which has reached the stage of comparative routine management, which has attained the utile, will act wisely in thinking about the duke. " The sides of both the cuttings and embankments might be turned to excellent purpose, instead of being a nuisance to the neighbouring lands by fostering weeds and maturing their seeds. That they might be culti vated profitably is evident from the luxuriant growth of the weeds in most parts, and of the cultivated plants on those small portions, generally near the stations, where cultivation has been attempted. At present, however, the attention of the directors of railroads is engrossed by more exciting subjects ; but a time will no doubt arrive when they will be glad to turn every part of their property to the most pro fitable use. In the meantime, all parts of the cuttings and embankments, even those which aro too steep for profitable culture, might be rendered beautiful and highly interesting during the greater part of the year, by very little trouble and expense. First, let the weeds be de stroyed (and that ought to be imperative on all rail roads, for without it they are a nuisance to their neigh ' hours), and then let the seeds of the various ornamental plants, generally grown in gardens, especially of half hardy exotics, both annuals and perennials, be scattered on the sides of the banks and cuttings, for which pur pose the ensuing month is, perhaps, the best in the year. There are, probably, no places within this kingdom so well adapted to the acclimatising of half-hardy, and even many tender exotics, as the chalk cuttings and embankments on many of our southern railways ; for instance, on the Brighton Railway, through the greater part of its course. And what an alteration this would effect, at a mere trifling expense in labour and for seeds! I doubt not that there are many Railroad Directors amongst your readers, and that a word from you would have great weight with them ; and I really think it a subject well worth both your attention and theirs. I believe the money which they would ex pend would be even profitably laid out. There aro thousands of persons who, at this season of the year especially, take trips on railroads for mere pleasure, and to whom one railroad is much the same as another; but suppose, Sir, there was some one railroad in particular, the banks of which were beautified in tho way I have suggested, is it not probable that road would be pre ferred by a very great majority of those pleasure travel krs? Why, the disposition which such an act on the part of the directors would eying() to conciliate and please the public would of itself be sufficient to make that road popular. At present, it is lamentable to look On those banks which might be so easily oovored with beauty, but which, from entire neglect, are both a nui sance and an eye-sore," We have no doubt that not only beauty, but even pro fit, would ensue from cultivation of the roads. The northern banks, warmed by the southern sun, especially, are ready-made terraces, suitable for the vine, which used to be cultivated in England with profit. The Grand Junction and Brighton seem, for different reasons, both to be in a favourable position to decorate the banks of their lines with ornamental gardening. Probably gar deners would be found to rent the banks on condition of carrying the produce along the line at easy terms. STURBITCH FAIR.—The once " great day " came off on Thursday last. Of horses the show was somewhat small and generally inferior, with the exception of cart colts, several of which fetched the high price of upwards Old Kent Hops realised from 01. to 6/. 10s., and Sussex from GI. 10s. to 71. Of cheese there was a very small supply, in consequence of the inclosure of Cottenham, which has to a very great extent done away with that place as one of the largest dairies in the Kingdom; the prices ranged from ss. 6d. to 7s. per stone, which was rather higher than last year. The supply of onions was very large, and fetched 2s. 601. per bushel, which was also rather higher than last year. The wood fair was very thinly attended, neither was there a very large supply of brooms, wooden ware, or leather, The " Fur Shop,' which for so many years made the fair look somewhat comfortable, has at length vanished. Of the plea sure fair little need be said; it was very thinly attended, and must have been unprofitable to all coneerned.—Canthridge Chronicle. DUCAL OPPOSITION TO RATLWATS.—We observe, from a neighbouring print, that the Duke of Cleveland con tinues his opposition to the railway surveyors, in reference to his estates in the neighbourhood of Barnardcastle ; the aer vices of the police being put in requisition to prevent the engineers passing across his Grace's property, and instructions having been given to his tenants to afford neither shelter nor accommodation to the persons employed in ascertaining the traffic of their neighbourhood, In their houses, or even their barns. Mr. Merritt, of Rokeby, is represented to be united with the Noble Duke in this praiseworthy attempt to repress public enterprise. Apropos of the pollee. Is the intention to augment the rural police, elsewhere advertised, in any way associated with the employment of the force for the protection of the Duke of Cleveland's estates? The attempt, we are persuaded, would be found unpopular enough, with out this individual distinction. We rather think the rate-payers will be of opinion that their money ought not to be 'applied for such a pu r p ose ; b ut that his Grace ought to be left to his remedy at civil law, if lie seek to punish the corps of engineers for the invasion of his terri tories.—Durham Chrankle. The Americans threaten soon to compete with the English iron trade, A Liverpool merchant who went through the American ironworks, in August last, writes as :follows : " Mr. Wenslow, of Troy Ironworks, says that the owner s of the Danville furnaces have contracted with the owliers of the mills and forges to supply them with their pigs at 11 dollars per ton, or about 21. ss. of our money, and they have contracted for a supply of coals, which are got close to the works, for 1 1 4 dollar, or ss. per ton, and he says he has no doubt but that in a short time they will be able to make their pigs for 8 dollars per ton. You may judge for your selves, therefore, what chan ce We have of long competin g with these people. Charcoal blooms are now at 50 dollars, or about 10/. per t on ster li ng, " And he adds, in regard to wages--" The average wages of the workmen is about 3s. Bd. sterling per day, paid in truck at the employer's store, in provisions, clothing, &c., for which they pay 2.5 per cent., and in some cases higher, then that they would buy them from the regular stores,".. Worcester Herold. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT KINGSTOWN.--On Fri day last some gentlemen, whose names at present we forbear publishing, went out in a boat between Bullock and Kings town, for the purpose of shooting.. It appears th a t t h ey agreed to shoot at gulls with rifle guns and balls, an d t h ey commenced firing In the direction of the Victo ria A. baths. great number of ladies and children were bathing at the place at the time, and a ball from one of the rifles whistled amongst them. Several ladies heard the whiz of the bullet, but for tunately all escaped save a boy about seven years of age, whose name is Dooley, and who was bathing with his mother. The lady had a most miraculous escape. She was dressing her boy in the box when the ball entered, and struck the lad in the back of the head. He fell insensibl e, and it i s s t ate d that his skull is fractured. lies at present in a very dan gerous state. The greatest consternation prevailed amongst the bathers, and a policeman was called, who took the names of the persons alluded to, after a good deal of trouble and abuse, given him by these gtntlemen. It is understood that an investigation will take place in reference to this very un fortunate affair.....Pub/in Evening Past. SCOTPii POOR -LAW.—A number of the parishes in this district have already met, and put the New Peer-law . Act in operation by e l ec i ng i nspectors of the poor. General ly speaking, they h ave se l ecte d the parochial schoolmasters that important office, and the duty could not, we are sure, be devoted on more fitting individuals. In parishes cannot be tea cautious. Those en r ed su t cl u i s a t ppo m n . i i t t n h ie t n h ts e many duties of th ft e n i g ns e p i e t c h t e e r rs l h ig it t or pleasant. wiiiiwe suspect, l find them very far fromour more populous parishes the inspectors will have thei r ti me f u l ly engrossed by the business of receiving claims, visiting pau pers, making inquiries, giving relief, preparing returns, age, &c., and the proper way to do is to grant them corresponding salaries. Let them be well paid, and let them perform their offices well. So far a% we have heard, the assessments are being imposed according to the first mode prescribed l A , t h e Act—onoshalf upon the owners, the other upon the. Wen iers. This is found by experience to be the easiest and also ') the tOO Much, and fairest, and supersedes all uncertain guesse s at what - income may be, and the setting down one at at a man's against time came off another at too little.—Fifeshire Joania/. ASta.tsArtivialyii,aniat Ipt% PEDESTRIAN PEA'r--.A. rite a L t a B in r b a c i r n t t r b e e e i t i o n n a ve o'clock Mn. William folk pedestrimana,&sh4olultdhert over a " Pets Little Snowy, a 3 h e j a five sovereigns that his COgnomened, the celebrated Nor lad did Coggleshall 111 .+e of ground, on the 116 Vurii well, and had twenty seconds to spare , to the astonishment of tl much sh ort spaee of five minutes. The the delight of his haeltevr-Cheliaalefoimuerraaousicsie.peetators and THE HARVEST. Harvest is steadily progressing, and although some what late, the general opinion is, that a more abundant crop has not been known for years. A great deal of barley has been got in, and the oat crop is now fully ripe, unless in the higher districts of the country. In the neighbourhood of Edinburgh most of the crop has been safely transferred to the stack-yard, and in so far as the same has been brought to the test on the barn floor, the yield has been a full average, and the impor• tant points of weight and quality will stand a comparison with the standards of ordinary seasons. Last week, many of the farmers in the neighbourhood of Glasgow had got the whole of their grain in stook, and with a few fine days there would be nothing but a few late patches left standing, the same might be said of many a locality in the south ; and it is stated that barley, in general from plumpness of pickle and firmness of texture, resem bles last year's crop. The recent dull accounts from Great Britain have failed, it appears, to have any influ ence on the trade in grain on the Continent ; indeed, so far from any decline having occurred in prices, the ten dency has been de c id e dl y upwards at all the l ea di ng ports in the Baltic. Tho principal cause of the advance has been the advises from Holland and Belgium, re specting the failure of the potato crop.—lnverness Courier. NEWRY, SEPT 25.—Much of the grain in our imme diate neighbourhood is carried in very tolerable order. We are much gratified to observe that the alarm re specting the potato failure is beginning to subside, and that hopes are entertained that the injury will not be so serious as was at one time feared.—lVew'y Telegraph. TILE POTATO CROP. —We are happy to announce that no well-grounded complaints of any failure or decay in the potato crops, so prevalent in England, are made b y y the farmers of Li m erick, Clare, and Kerry.—L i mer i ck Chlonicle. CLONMEL.—In the vicinity of this town the wheat crop was an exce ll ent one, and is now stac k e d an d secured from th e i nc l emency of the weat h er , w hil s t o ur crowded mark e t attests sufficiently its state o f forward ness. The oat s i n general are very good, an d f rom it s height and soundness of grain, is considered very pro fitable. A gre a t d ea l of it r ema ins uncut, and some has been partially inj ure d , some ears sen di ng f or th s hoot s . In soils of a w arm an d arid nature, the potato crop has thriven well. I n t h e ne i ghbourhood o f Abb e y, Cleri han, and F e th ar d, t h e crop is profitable an d l uxur i an t. while at the eastern side of our town, in the vicinity of Powerstown, Gammondsfield, Kilcash, and Ballyneale, it is, I am sorry to say, inferior, in a great degree, to that of the other. In the latter place I have seen a field of five acres of potatoes entirely destroyed.— Waterford Chronicle. _ - - RASPBERRIES AND CUR RA N TS.—SECOND C ROP. Specimens of a second crop of raspberries and red cur. rants, grown this season in the garden of Benjamin Vicary, Esq., have been left at our office for inspection. The fruit of both descriptions are large in size, and as good in quality, as they could be expected to be if only the single crop had been raised.—Wexford Independent THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—Since Wednes day the weather has been very changeable; and until Tues day the grain was never sufficiently dry for stacking, a l arge quantity of rain having fallen in the course of Sunday night and Monday morning, and had not the-temperature been re markably low much loss must have been sustained from the sprouting of the grain ; but 88 yet we are glad to say that there is not an injured sheaf On Monday it set up hard and dry, with the wind from the north, and in the coarse of The rains which Tuesday and Wednesday a considerable breadth of the crop has been carried. There is no appearance of the disease green crops. A E am ng on la g n s c t i tahnedpoontatthoeeswliieli Continent,i adnodinlFgveveisloosipineiireutiejihaotumirtniwascittel and the up mischief in gow Co e n ol t c i a n dv u ee e alh t o o afd b tih e ne a use s tr t o ranger to b t e h n i e s ii ( c ; u ia a l r to ter the THE Day Mair..—We have at length obtained a leaving at 7 day mail, and as far as the down bags are concerned we are greatly benefited, as we get letters in the evening in time to return an answer the same night, the down train arriving here at 35 minutes past 10 o'clock. To whom we may be indebted for the arrangement of our mail hence to London we cannot say, but a more bungling and useless arrangement could not ins sibly have been made. The bagsleave Yarmouth at half past 5 o'clock in tho morning, but must be posted not later minutes than 10 o'clock the previous evening. New the London box does not close till 9 o'clock, and after that by Payment of a that night There ar e penny it may go t ~,,ht.many complaints of in this arrangement, and surely,introducing alterations, care should be taken to make them . as advant ageous as possible to the inhabitant s. The probability is th at a representation in the right qua rter would quickly secure a remedy for t on obvious °vit.—Nor/IA New:. THE IMPORT DUTIES or TEXAS. —The New York Courier and Inquirer says—" We are informed on what we believe to be reliable authority at the steamer Acadia, 1 which left Boston on the 16th ofJuly, took out extensive orders (and other conveyances will, n o doubt, take similar to E n gland, to purchase and ship orders) to Texas foreign merchandise, to arrive and enter there at the existing re duced rates of duties, and there await the action of Congress on annexation. When that act is thus completed, all these goods become ipso facto entered merchandise, so much so as New Orleans, ' if in New York, Charleston, _ or any other Ame rican port, and can be transported coastivise or interior to any of our other states. We s i m ply . state the fact, leaving the t h ose whose duty it is to see remedy to that existing laws are faithfully executed. There are two m o d es of checkin this evil ; one is for V exes at once to adopt our sca l e of duty ;g or, if it be too late for this, then for our Government, upon the meeting of Congr ess, to p ass a law imposing on foreign merchandise from Texas a duty equal to the difference be tween the Texan tariff mid our (ni, desire to We disclaim all party feeling on the matter. W e only . owe ou r commercial community .01 announeing a fact whkh mar, if not thus notleedi work =elt evt THE HARVEST IN W.W.BE.—The farmers have taken advantage of the last few day 0- ,-s e diy weather to cut and take up a good portion of the late corn, and to carry in what had before been cut, Another week or nine days of fine weather woad enable them to secure the whole of their crops in goad coicsr,---Canibr Um, "'~f~.s~ 7 NA VAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 29.—The Eclair steam-sloop, Commander Walk'. C. 13. Eatcourt, came up to the Motherbsnk this morning, ehnut nine o'ehek, with the yellow flag, with a black hall in its centre, flying from her mainmast head, emblematic of death on heard. She has been so awfully visited with sickness since she has been on the coast of Africa that she has been sent home. The awful number of G 2 have died in the vessel, and others are dying hourly. We regret to state that Commander Estcourt is among the dead. The names of the other officers a-,d men we cannot at present tell, no communication being allowed. We arc informed there are now 23 ill on board. The surgeon was alive this morning, and on the quarantine officers going alongsHe the vessel, we are informed, he answered their inquiries, and said the mortality was from a fever, something between the yellow and the black. One of the men died this morning. The Customs authorities are fear ful of removing any one en beard. We believe, how ever, fresh provisions have been sent to the vessel, but whether any human assistaace, we cannottied out; we believe neue, owing to tha fear of contegian. If' she remains at the Mollie:tend:, al:e will have to ride out 1 forty days' quarantine; but we arc informed it is mast probable she will be supplied with fuel and fresh provi sions, and be sent for a cruise ift the North Sea. Admiralty dispatches are laeded, but nothing else. boat rows guard round the vessel to prevent cemmuni cation and consequent contagion, as well as to pr, vent any one escaping from the ve,:sel impreperly.• The Eclair en AS on ly e, Henri -trio:led last A teleist te dye months, and is a new vess, I (first mimed the Luei'er), of, 350-horse power. The Formidable, 84; Captain Ride flag of Vice-Ad miral Sir Edward Owen, late Commander-in-Chief On the Medit, rraneatt station, arrived at St. 11, son's during the night, and got under weigh at nine Wdock this morning for the anchorage at Spithead, when she came in under royals, teptallant sails, topsails, and courses, jib, flying jib, and spanker. At tweety minutes to ten she in royals, hauled down the flying jib, and stood in for Spithead. At about a quarter to eh yen she up courses, put about, and run up to her anc' orage, with the quarantine bout alongside, the Formidable having come in with the yellow flag flying from her main, which she hauled down alien the quarantine biat shoved off: She then let go her anchor and brought up. Ott ap proaching the anchorage the Victory saluted with 13 guns, when the Formidable returned 11 (Rear-Admiral Parker's complement). The Admiral came from Sirit head in the Portsmouth yacht, and when nearly abreat of the Platform Battery, a salute of 13 guns welcomed the gallant Sir Edward Owen home, a compliment not, paid here to a naval officer since the war. The Superb, 80, Captain Corry, which arrived yester day from Plymouth, has come to be fresh col pered and re- stowed and trimmed, prior to rejoining the experi mental squadron, which sailed yesterday morning on their winter cruise. She has had her guns, powder. &c., taken out, and will come into harbour to-morrow morning. The Athol troop-ship, Master -Commander Peat-n, sailed from St. Helena this morning for Plymouth. The Dasher steam-yes:A, Lieutenant-Commander Sherringham, left this morning for the eastward. Rear-Admiral Dacres proceeds on Admiralty leave for a fortnight. His flag was struck on board the President, 50, Captain Stanley, this evening at sunset. The appointment of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., as Commander-in-Chief at this port, has received her Majesty's confirmation, and will be down to-morrow. The gallant Admiral will hoist his flag in the Excellent or President pro tem. Captain Sir Richard Grant will be flag captain, a gentleman respected by all ranks in and out of the service who have the pleasure of knowing hint. The flag (red at the fore) of Vice-Admiral Owen was struck this evening at sunset, on board the Formidable, 84. It is reported this ship will repair a few defects, and then join the experimental squadron. No orders were down to that effect at five o'clock this evening. `WOOLWICH, SEPT. 29.—The Devastation steam. frigate, Commander Kitchen, has arrived at Purfleet from the Mediterranean and Portsmouth, and when she has unloaded her powder will come up to Woolwich to be paid off, The Avon steam-vessel, Commander Denham, filtin in the ba s i n a t W oolwich, is nearly ready for sea, and g of Africa. By letters r ece i ve d to-day at Woolwich the Agincourt, 72, flag-ship o f R ear -Admiral Sir T. J. Cochrane, Knt,, C.B. ; the llEedalus, 20, Capt a i n P eter M'Quhae ; the Vestal, 26, C apta i n C. Talbot ; the Cruiser, 16, Com mander E. G. F anshawe ; the Wolverine, IG, Corn manderli. G. Cliff or d ; the Vixerl irigate, Commander G. Giffard, an d two of the lion. East Indi a C ompany ' s th- ;Straits of I.lu/acca, all well, on tbo 23d of July. The money sent out in the Dmdalus had been transshipped to the Osprey, 12, Captain E. Patten, for conveyance to New Zealand ; and the Fly, 18, Captain E. P. Blackwood, had just sailed far Sydney, New South Wales. DEPARTURE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL FLEET ON THEIR SECOND TRIAL. The experimental fleet, undcr the command in chief of Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.8., left Ply mouth Sound on S un d ay morning, at a quarter-past seven o'clock, for th e i r second trial cruise. '1 he fleet was composed of the St. Vitrzent, 120, flag-ship of the Commander-in-Chie:, Comm an d er R owley the Trafalgar, 120, Capt , :in T. F. Martin ; the Qecn, 110, Capt. Sir B a ld % ia Walker, th ree decker s; and the Rodney, 92 Capt. Collier, C.B. ; the Albir.u, 90, Captain N. ,Lockyer, C.B. ; the Canopus 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, C.. and the Vanguf.rd, 80, Capt. Willes, two deekers ;w ith the Daring, 12, brig, Corn. 11. J. Matson. They passed out at the western. end of the breakwater in the following order, with a fine topgallant breeze from the -N.W.:—Canopus, Trafalgar, Rodney, St. Vincent, Vanguard, Queen, and Albion. They are ordered to proceed t o t h e former cruising ground ; but the Admiralty hav e very w i sely left ever).- thing to the discretion of the Gallant Commander-in- Chief; giving him permission to extend the cruise farther to the westward, to encounter such weather as shall fully put to the test the qualities of the various ships com prising the fleet. We cannot announce the departure of the squadron without again calling attention to the condition in which the surveyoi.'s ships go to sea. Whatever the result.„ that great ship, the Albion, has been lightened so much, that her draft of water is only 23ft. lin. forward, and 24ft. 3in, aft, w ith a h e i ght of midship port of Eft. 10in. Now in order to bring her to this draught of water, her provisions, water, and ammunition have been all reduced, and she goes to son less efficient as a man of war than the old Canopus, of nearly 800 tons less burden, and swim ming so light, with her midship ports actually muck lower in the water than the Rodney, a ship with a muesli greater stowage, heavier armament, and a great many tons more ammunition. It is now admitted that the Albion, as a man of Nc iar, has failed in her p er f ormances to realise the expectation s of her constructor. She never mounted the armament she was designed to carry, and now she proceed s to sea with 13 tons 17 cwt, less shot and shell th':m was consi dered sufficient store for her lighter gum:. Had she her Proper armament she would be more than one foot deeper in the water than her consiruction drawings intended, and although guns, shot, ballast, provisions, water, wad. other stores are taken out of her, and with a total we fight on board of only 1,593 tons 2 cwt., she has the eoonnous a spread of canvas of 30,800 square feet. The Vanguard nd Superb, 80-gun ships, of about the same tonnage as the Rodney, 92-gun ship, and 230 tons lalger than the old Canopus, 84-gun ship, have had thet:- stores, provi sions, water, &c., also reduced in a sir m a nes, manner; an y of smaller armament, and spreatPng the same quantity of canvas, they thus proceed on f:ne next trial. Now with such odds agains.. the Rodney and Canopus it is absurd to call the tor' " the trials fair to those f oonclusions as to their respective ships, or to draw any .4 late trials have not been such as to capabilities. If th prove or este:wish anything on account of the fine weather, ‘7,:ny not stow and store all the ships as Yuen of-war about to proceed on real fair or foul weather see 1t...* ? The surveyor's ships had advantages enough in geaunavrdas; weightarm am armament, t p , r a o n v d i s e i o v n e s n and ought t o h ave b een f ully tried against the old ships r a e te fe r re in nc t e he to las th t e cr l u ra is r e i : ' a w nd ith w under these circumstances, and not be allowed to strip in the manner they have for a second trial, unless the superiority of the Rod ne y a nd Canopus, stowed as m ew Superb, is conceded. of war ought to be, over th e Albi on, Vanguard, anti The Superb, 80, Captain Corry, has been ordered from Dovonport to Portsmouth, to be docked and newly coppered, and, it is stated, to be re-stowed, under the superintendence of the Navy-office. She left Plymouth Sound at half-past five on Saturday evening, beating out into the offing. She arrived at Portsmouth on Senday afterno ropen, and yesterday com mence d discharg'aig her powdeparatory to going into harbour. Tide Harle quin, 16, will be taken out of dock to make rr.,om for the Superb. It is not more than •six montlis since the Superb was in the same dock at Portsmouth. Ehe will join the fleet as soon as the surveyor has doctored her. flag of Vice -Admiral Sir Edward W. (7.lltßgpthweeadln, The Formidable, 84, Captain G. F. Rich, bearing the K.C.8., G.C.A. (red at the fore), . c anc ry ho s r a e luted with 15 early yesterday morning. The ae his respects to off to the Formidable to pay yacht, went . guns. At ten, Rich returned on shore whit Sir Edward. Captain Rear-Admiral . D Victory in the Portsmouth morning. The Formidable hoisted the q uaff this pratique immediately. She was tine flag, but received ~ . Rear-Admiral Dacres, but the Admiral will not land until that gallant officer's promotion was commanded by Sir C. commissioned by Sir E. T. lroubridge in 1841, and on S ullivan, who exchanged with Captain Rich into the Queen in April, 1844. The Formidable will be docked to have tai her copper cleaned, an d wi ll then join the expe rimen fleet. THE RETIREMENT. —The folloe;ing statement will show the progress of the scheme of naval retirement for post captains. It will be seen that of the proposed havetified to t t h e . O is eto t b o er, be 2l6 no number (300) above a certain nge, whose acceptance of A th d e mi p ra r r y er b e e d for r e et t i h ri e ng lst p o a f y 111. their names, Of the first 100 on the navy is l' t ... Of the next 150 .... Of the rem a i n d er..... ..... 40 ................................ 63 .................. 113 Total number .......................... 21G The above includes five holding good-service pen:ions, nine holding out pensions from -Greenwich limpital, and fifteen Companions of the Bath. LYNN, SEPT. 25.—THE RAILWAYS. --W e that the gro un d i s already staked out for th perceive e rails in the im me di ate neighbourhood of the town, so w w y e may expect by the latter part of autumn to find them in the course of formation.—Norfoa Chronicle. HOP-PICKING.—Hop-pcking has commenced in the county of Nottingham, and the produce is very light. The average weight per acre is now estimated at not exceed ing two hundred weight. The hops in Farnham are also a defective crop.—Notting4ant Journal. A ~..' Tax, i n st., we re gneS, eSel3ll 5. b e rti , Mm e Lt's Pr 0 0( 1 5 ' i rt l rif t/ o' l yi '