The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-14 00:00:00

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The following are.the particulars given nts in the N ew Y or k S un : A l e e T RUCTIVE Fins BROOKLYN.—About three i n 11) 4 this morning a terrible conflagration occurred „„ sister city, commencing in the engineer's de ro„"rt,ment of th e ex t ens i ve s t eam carpet factory situated tile corner of Ridge and Talkaan-streets, which, t 7 v g•ether w i t h i ts valuable machinery, and about 4 ,..,,er1Y-five fr ame dwelling-houses on York, Bridge, fa ": t I:unman-street:, was entirely consumed. The n rY was owned by Mr. Cornell, of Brooklyn, and it in by A. andE. S. Higgins, of -this city, who had in active operation, and employed above two hundred rscms, who by this calamity are deprived of means Z. s upport their families. The want of water, and .11 0 b . . 11 ustible materials with which the neighliour wl !!" buildings were eomposed, cans( the fire to spread B .th great rapidity, barely giving the unfortunate enerers time to saw the few articles of furniture they P°sse ssed• We have not been able to ascertain the 'slue of the property destroyed, or the amount of in- Lranee effected on it; but from information derived e n various sources, and a view of the ruins, we ink the tot a l l oss may b e sa f e ly es timated at one hundred thousand dollars, without including the da- Lnage suffered by the poor tenants. We believe no Z eident occurred, bat understand. that the two watch 4,en in the factory had hardly time to escape w ith their lives. The Brooklyn fire department and eltizens had I n o et effici ent a id f rom th e firemen of this city, no less t han , twel ve compan i es h av in g crossed the river, under the direction of the able chief emgineer, Mr. C. V. Anderson. A num b er o f our Phil a delphia visitors also °k an active part in subduing the conflagration. , LATER . PROM MEXlCo.— The reven.ue cutter Wood pacetecybesairorrivoledthleiere from Vera Cruz, bringing . dis the el United States Charge d'Affaires at toono theur IGovernment.2th instant, ssl:lliethleVrle h burya Wood had b left e t e y n oV d f l e * l‘ri : l C i r e ° LI , the fourth • i patched to receive and bring to this port nstalment of the Mexican indeninity, but hffoarvininagtiosva'aited one month, and receiving official in or a lon g ttllat there was no prospect of its being paid r ae, Captain F. deemed it proper and pru- Thedet to return. The Woodbury brought no papers h . , and Mier prisoners at Perote celebrated the 4f garri s aY a nd night were spent in frolic and fun, the . lul, n officers voluntarily supplying them with ndance of cheer for the occasibn. One of the re neased Prisoners Mr. Stapp (formerly of Kentucky), Woodbury, for, and was given a passage here in the ' Woodbury. C°l. eial reports of the shooting of thirty-seven more f ,o.f the followers of Sentmanat, in the square o f) ° , 4 13 ,, a5 . ,c°, hail been received at Vera Cruz. The ` . `"sn and other Consuls had interceded for their countrymen, engaged in the affair, but without success. The Government, in refusing, told them, " it would have been much more friendly towards Mexico, and better for the individuals, had their agents in New Orleans prevented their joining in a s cheme agai ns t th e peace o f a f r i en dl y power, an d w iLieb was notoriously public. Newso of the rejecti on of the treaty by the United St ates Senat e was rece ived at Vera Cruz, via" Cam- P e achY, on the 10th instant, which the Governor im ilittla save ely great express joy at Vera Cruz, and. a revival of -"-Inerican business was expected from t.- The vomito was raging at Vera Cruz, but ' con ::(lered of m ild er type th an f or many summers pre 'calls attributed to the early heavy rains, which were incessant every night during the month of June. ~ T h . , e Mexicans are building a new custom house, V a ' r ing (substantially) the mole of the port, and aut ifYing the city buildings, &c. The c. navy in port, consisting of three brigs, four or ..I'l schooners, and two new gun boats, are lying in -- pa t r '. v e and mostly in ordinary, though said to be pre - $ for active operations. s o „ n n eral Santa Anna's order for all officers, on leave,. ral s :„ l rt , i mmediately for active duty, on pain of dis- 1 S en ' t m °ad been published. The requisition of Genera doll 4 'ln" for 10,000 troops and four millions of di ars h ad been granted, after some tardy but warm . scussl on • New Orleans Tropic, July 22. in the Congress.— Issp num t er, h -?"' raOSl HAYTI.—The Osceola, Sylv . es- . to tl as just arrived from St. Domingo, with advices other le 1,1,e --Le of j u , y. I There appears to have been an revolution • . Hayti. A black philosopher, Tlarne d Santa Anna , ln had been proclaimed President °n the lo th. It was his intention to di s charge all the I neW ° F 6 cer o s and reinstate the old ones—those, pro- Polydillia had been s u n a ; 1 „Y, ' NO 1 - served . under Boyer. r united Vice President. . Mail st ' ATE most HAvANNAit.—Her Britannic Majesty's i It e eainer Tay, which r.sn ashore on the Colorado ash o re ero ast of Cuba, on Monday, Bth inst., and lay dseveral days, arrived at Havannah on Wednes d - . u r Britannic Majesty's trig ti er 17t h• She was supposed to be much injure ' e inCirDi - ' h • t for Bermuda and Hall ate Illustrious sailed on fa x, Hall.- " , •S. ng of the 17t ins . „ tre n ,,,,„ , lig; 4" STATES CUTTER LEGARE AND TE tii4l WESTERN.—The most celebrated of the 41 cutter isn -° Pcon steamers has been again beaten. The little . Legere, just built in this city, being Crr e e a r t I °rde rs for Norfolk, and the departure of the noon i .," estern being advertised for Saturday aft e er - - celi er ;:suPtain H owar d was unw illing to lose so x trail • - 4 4; 1 opportunity of testing the speed of the n ew fi (e el o , k T he race came off between three and trim ~." t ; ~The Great Western was in excellent bunks and , 1 4egare fully equipped for the sea, with "rt -.44 Provision for three months, and her coal .. s tarted , c nnpletely filled. At 3h. 38m. the Legare We-f s ' ' r ° ll l the battery under bare poles ; the Great nipss.ern h L . being full three -quarters of a mile ahead run- At 4 - h el ore a fair wind, with fire of her principal sails set. a t o --• 40ria. the Legare passed the Great Western, , at • sh 5 ,Itfte r i p , ; M., one hour and twenty-seven minutes 'ighth av 'ng the battery, was abreast Sandy Hook ast e ' rn -48 e leavi ng the Great Western half a mile Buri n ' t he Legere not carrying an inch of canvas Ti ! the whole run. Port we mast departure of the Great Western from our ni t : ,noticeable on account of her race with the das. . tates steamer Princeton ; the trial ofSatur re- tat will ,he equally memorable. It confirms the ti e i wi nch the success of the Princeton led us to .an ePate ; ca -n regard to the new mode of propulsion. N a v e li a e .e i',lP4 3 w entertain but littledoubt that the paddle i'ul soon be superseded by the propeller in all bits steamers. bit s „, e ,. New York Herald says :—This country exhi-_ Pros,:j 3r esent, on all hands, evidences of a degree of Plale.,"tY never surpassed in the history of the Re- ate a d,i Business, i n a ll it s infinite ramifications, is tri es Y Increasing ur commerce with foreign coon ' tres e t ra Pidly augmenting—and the entire Union r v ;' s the cheering anil hopeful aspect, of one vast t o i l. st-field of successful enterprise, industry, and The Phi lt h excitement produced by the riots in Phila . ddel eatie a S ceased, and there are gratifying in 1- fos e „ ° ,,s that the lessons, so impressively en br ' l / 4 ' 1 1 ealcs these melancholy . and disgraceful out ti ) av tner i t e not been disregarded. Public sen too, , hasis acquired a healthier and sounder aei nlo w s l ; t,e respect to the terrible evils of religious and d i ,; ; ‘ 'es when allowed to mingle with the affairs tor on e ins of citizenship; and the danger of delaying '',.f to s s; fl stant to crush the slightest manifestations th at th e ra cy, has been rendered so fully apparent, vi o i eu " b e is little d er Ban in future of lawless popular rerceptibl-e'eu. s wasr. te, f e ing Permitted to exercise even momentary the cor ise tle legal investigations in Philadelphia, and „ av e pr o d,; l4 ,t arrests of ringleaders of the mob, th „-e a salutary effect, and there is a very or gans inlprovement in the tone and conduct of " a t;i i .of the " native" party there. In Illinois 4" have a'read n '-- ' l * (3 , rl3.l °n party appear with the blood they shed --aerated f e , rio t a ex feeling and although a great deal of ex littl alts PPreflend still prevails in that region, we do any outbreak. Stoeic AWN -4.. EY MARKET, JULY 31. were a little better to-day. There was very i mProe erati " in quotations, but that little shows an Trust Up 4 ~Im ea t• At the old Board, Long Island went Sto ti i;; ce nt-, Canton i, Norwich and Worcester l z ' tu - r n ,i, and Reading Railroad I, Farmers a dvanced 41 Illinois i. G's 0,1 1 , - ' 3l ailltna I. Vicksburg, Paterson, and Ohio fell o f f e l ''' . urni at yesterday's prices ; Pennsylvania s's r, c ed + Canton i Trust, i At the new Board, Long Island uhio Fa rmers''Norwich and Worcester l e Illinois'• Bank 6 's, and North American Trust closed at yes it; United States , terda ' s Cat44z since last sale. , Plees ; Vicksburg fell off i, and Morris ....! T ., h a e rate of exchange 91 to 91 premium on London, nllll„„.inoderate business doing. sf -.‘W YORK COTTON MARKET, JULY 31. • , 6l to uspand and Fl orida. —Current Prices—lnferior, 5. BFpply, small inquiry; Ordinary, 5-5 to 6- 4 1 , do. do 599 d to 7 good I d l• Middling Fair, Middling, Ito 8 ,,„ , iipp y, ernant , sup p l y de g, lair supply, ditto; Fair, 1 to 8, small quir t ' ; ' Fine mand; Good Fair, 8i to 9, scarce, small in s o none, ditto, ditto. 6 1 to sa rleans and Mobile. —Current Prices—lnferior, du. do 4 , 9 g?od su dlin. • Middling, 61 pply, small inquiry; Ordinary, 6 to 6+ to 7+ good supply, demand; sma l l l air, 7i to 7i-, fair Su' pply ditto; Fair, B+' to Si, Mid is i i i su PP I Y) ditto; Good ' 9 to 9?, s carce small 1 rY; Pine, 10 to 11, very Fair,scarce, small inquiry' . la e 1,,, tvhser " IsTs . lw York Classification," we quote, Up ._ _ _3: ordinary to middling, 51 a 6ic. per 113.; fa r Up to fair and good, 7i la and Alabamas, 61 to 8 a 9ic. per lb. ; Tennes to Sic. ; Mobile's and Louisi ktna's, &c., ordinary to middling, 6 a 7 cents per lb., fair to good fair 8 to 8i to 9c.; good and fine, 9f to 10 a 11 Llents. Exports from the United States to Great Britain since Ise' Sept., 1843, 1,161,525 ; same time, 1842, 1,453,356 ; ditto, 1841, 922,762. _ Total exports from the United States since.the Ist September, 1843, 1,563,470 ; ditto, 1842, 4,981,166 ; ditto, 1841, 1,433,859. Receipts at all the principal ports of the United States since September Ist, 1843, 2,000,890 ; same time last year, 2,365,253 ; ditto year before. 1,660,411. x,+~s.•~n~p.~.x; TII.E SUN, LOND ON, WED NESDAir E VFNING, IRELAND. THE CROPS. DUBLIN, AUG. 12.—Although the rain continues, the reports from the country are still favourable. It appears that the wheat crop was too far advanced to be seriously inkured by the quantity of rain that has yet fallen. Much of that grain has been laid; but in this state the farmers are cutting it, and in some districts reaping is pretty general. Wheat is likely to be a very good crop, pro bably more than an average in the yield, and the quality of the grain generally excellent. Oats, according to the latest accounts, will turn out better than had been ex pected, but perhaps much under an average. Barley will be a fair crop; but there is a much less breadth than heretofore. Potatoes, notwithstanding a consider able failure of those early sown, are described as an abundant crop. The price of potatoes is now very mode rate all through the country. Altogether, if the weather for the next three or four weeks should prove at all favourable, the crops in Ireland will be excellent and abundant. f r ai EXECUTION OF THE PIRATES OF THE SALADIN. (From a Halifax paper of the 3d inst.) Jones, Hazelton, Anderson, and Trevaskiss, were executed on the Common on . Tuesday morning last, in the presence of a large concourse of people, the gallows having been erected on a hill in the rear of the Catholic Cemetery. A company of the 52d Regiment were early on the ground, and formed a circle round the scaffold, keep• ing the spectators at a proper distance.. At about ten o'clock, a.m., the prisoners arrived at the -spat from whence they were to take their last look upon the world, and end their mortal career in ignominy. They were coaveyed in two close car riages from the Penitentiary, preceded by the Sheriff in a gig, and strongly guarded by a body of the First Royals, with fixed bayonets. They ap peared much more debilitated than when we last saw them ; but their countenances wore a more placid expression. They ascended the steps of the scaffold, and took their stand upon the fatal drop, with - great firmness. For some time after they. ascended the scaffold, and with the ropes about their necks, they were engaged in prayer, the different clergymen appearing unremitting in their attention to these unfortunate beings in the last moments of their existence. The Swede alone seemed at all indif ferent to his awful situation. He stood perfectly erect, and gazed around on the vast assemblage; on the green fields, the blue sky, and the ocean before him— far, far beyond which dwelt those who were dear to him, whom he should never more see, and whose cheeks would mantle with shame for the de gradation of their lost son. It is hard to tell what may have been the secret thought of that doomed buy, while standing on the verge of his own grave, with his coffin beneath his feet. His aged parents with their silvered locks—his brothers and sisters, who but a little while since shared his youth ful joys and sorrows, may have risen up before his imagination at the moment and rendered him regard less of his real state, or, it may be, that his apparent indifference was the result of education—of the diffi- • culty under which he laboured to understand the language of consolation addressed to him—of na tional pride, which prompted him to die as it became a Swede ; yet his rigidity of countenance'may have been a token of resignation—of reliance on the atoning blood of the Saviour fur salvation. We believe he was really penitent. It was a melancholy sight to see four young fellows, the oldest not over twenty-three years, close their. mortal career just as they were entering manhood, on the scaffiald. Circumstances alone made them pirates and murderers. We have authority for believing that they were not habitually vicious. It is quite possible, had they not embarked on board the Saladin—or had never met Fielding—or knew of the existence of the wealth in that vessel, they might have escaped so ig nominious an end. Before the executioner adjusted the ropes through the rings of the scaffold, and prepared them for the drop, the prisoners shook hands, and bade each other . farewell, Jones kissing his comrades affectionately on the cheek. Before the caps were put on them, Jones addressed a few words to the spectators, stating that he was an Irishman, and from Clare. Ile expressed his deep sorrow for the deed he had committed, 'and hoped for pardon from God. Hazleton and Jones handed papers to the Rev. Mr. O'Brien, containing confessions of their guilt—but alleging that they were innocent of the death of Fielding and his son. The caps were then pulled over the features of the prisoners, and the clergymen on the scaffold took leave of them. The Rev. Messrs. O'Brien, Connolly, and Quinan, knelt in prayer, when the bar which supported the drop was re moved, and the unfortunate men were launched into eternity. Treveskiss alone struggled a moment, and not violently. The bodies, after having been sus pended for three-quarters of an hour, were cut down. Those. of Hazleton and Jones were conveyed to the Catholic Cemetery, preceded by the clergy in attend ance, and followed by a large number of people, and deposited in the little chapel, where prayers were offered ■p. Those of Anderson and Trevaskiss were taken to the poor-house burial ground, and, we be lieve, interred. Thus ended this melancholy and horrible tragedy. The following are the confessions made by Jones and Hazleton : George Janes, at this my last moment, acknowledge the guilt which I have confessed and for which I die ; but I do declare in the presence of Him who is about to jilt:lgo me, that I had no part whatever in the death of the boy George, commonly supposed to be Fielding's son. I neither counselled the boy's death, nor approved' of it, subsequently. I furthermore declare, I would have prevented the murder had I been able at the moment to do so. I believe that no man on board, unless the immediate perpetrators of the deed, counselled the murder of the boy. It may be an act of justice to remark, that on the awful night of the mur- 4 flers, Fielding appeared desirous of deferring the execution of the project until the ship should have proceeded further on her course ; on the occasion of manifesting this desire he %l as strongly opposed by Johnston. I think th, se declarations th cessary from some mistaken views, given by the judge in passing sen tence and from a d. sire to do justice to my own memory already sufficiently blackened by my real offences. I offer my life as a sacrifice for my misdeeds, and expect mercy through the death and passion of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I die in peace and charity with all mankind, and may God have mercy on my soul. His GEORGE PC JONES, Mark. I, John Hazleton, do penitently acknowledge my former confession and the justice of my death—but at this my final hour, do declare in the presence of God, who will judge me, that I had no part whatever in Cap-': tain Fielding's death. I furthermore declare, that I advised and desired his preservation ; although I peni tently confess that 1 appeared to approve his death. I did no act, however to co-operate in it. I also pro test most solemnly that I had no part whatever in the death of the boy commonly called George, and supposed to be Fielding's sun. I did not advise it before ' nor did I subsequently approve it. I op posed it by eryinc , out when the act was beingdone and I had been aware of it. I think these declarations only in justice to my memory already sufficiently darkened by my sins, and that they are moreover called for by some mistaken observations of the judge in passing sen tence. I die in peace with all men, and expecting for giveness and salvation through the merits of my Lord and Saviour, who died for the sins of the whole world. His JOHN fr 4 HAZLETON, Mark. CO Utt,T CIRCULAR, WINDSOR, TUESDA.Y.—Her Majesty is going on in, every respect as well as possible. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting went this morning to inspect the battalion of Scots iusileer Guards stationed here. Their 'Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice were taken airings in a carriage in the forenoon. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was also taken in the royal gardens. • The Earl of Hardwicke arrived to-day at the Castle. _ Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left her re sidenoe, Frogmore Lodge, in a carriage and four, soon after one o'clock to-day, to pay a visit of congratulation to her Majesty, the Queen Dowager, at her residence at Bushy House, Bu by Park, on the auspicious return of her natal day. The Royal Duchess returned to Frog • more Lodge soon after six o'clock, and immediately after wards proceeded to the Castle, and visited her Majesty and Prince Albert. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing- street. The Council as sembled at half past three o'clock., The Ministers pre sent were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Stanley, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Granville Somerset, Sir Edward Knatchbull, awl the Duke of Buccleuch. Tha Council remained in deliberation about two hours. Lord Stanley left town last night for Netherby, on a visit to Sir James Graham. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yes terday morning. A meeting of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England took place yesterday. Those present were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Lnrd President of the Council, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Besborough, and the Bight Hon. Sir John Nicoll. We understand that Mr. Matheson of Achany and the Lewis has purchased the property of Blackwell's and Park House, in this vicinity, for 9,000 L Mr. Matheson, by this purchase, has become one of our principal burgh heritors, and as the Park House lands are susceptible of great improvement, a e have little doubt that they will be soon converted by him into purposes ofgreater utility and ornament. The grounds are situated between the quarry of Dingwall downwards to the C non, and the road leading to the canal mouth, Provost Cameron's lands and the Gaol and County 'Buildings being to the north side of the road, and Vk ould suit well for building, —Ross-shire Adrer. tiser. DEATH or LADY ANNE SCOTT.—We regret to announce the death of Lady Anne Elizabeth Scott, eldest sister of his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, at Leamington, yesterday, where har Ladyship has been residing for some time past. Lady Anne was the eldest daughter of the late Duke of Buccleuch, havini , been born on the 17th of August, 1796. By her Ladyship's decease several noble families are placed in mourning, among which may be mentioned those of the Earl of Courtown, the Earl of Brownlow, the Earl of Romney, the Dowager Marchioness of Bath, &c. Her Ladyship's remains will be removed for interment to the family mausoleum at Bowhill, in Selkirkshire, North Britain. LORD BROUGHAM. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. The following circular has been forwarded to us. We have no doubt the publication of it will prove traeful:— .. "Lord Brougham will, in the course of a few days, circulate through the prisons, and generally through the country, a short and plain statement of the provisions of the acts for abolishing all imprisonment of debtors, ex cepting such as have committed frauds on their creditors, or have been gui:ty of gross extravagance. " But in the mean time, and to save any delay in their liberation, he begs the keeper of • * * * gaol to explain to the debtors in his custody that they may ob tain their immediate liberation by presenting a petition to the District Bankruptcy Court, in the form hereunto annexed, and making an affidavit in the annexed form to the truth of the statements in the petition. " Lord Brougham hopes that the Bankrupt Commis sioners will enable the debtors to swear to such affidavits by sending round a registrar or other officer. Therefore all persons intending to petition should prepare their petitions and affidavits without delay. But if any delay should occur, he strongly recommends swearing the affi davit before a Master Extraordinary, who will also (being an attorney) have the goodness to witness the signature of the petition. " It is not, however, necessary to employ any attorney in this matter. A debtor, if able to read and write, can write petition, and also write his affidavit by the forms hereunto annexed ; and any friend or other per son whom he chooses to employ can act as his agent for the purpose of transmitting the petition by the post; and such friend or other person may sign as witness to the petition. "If the schedule is false, or if fraud has been com mitted, or if grosi extravagance has been committed, the debtor Is ill undergo imprisonment by sentence of the Court. As one of the newspapers has thought proper to misrepresent the Act in this respect, debtors are hereby advised to observe the matter lust stated. " Brougham (Penrith), Aug. 12, 1844." FORMS TO BE COPIED AND SIGNED BY THE DEBTOR. (A. No. 1.) FORM OF PETITION FOR PROTECTION FROM PROCESS. To the Court of Bankruptcy, London, To the District Court of Bankruptcy. The humble petition of - [lnsert at full length the name, address, and quality of the petitioner, and also the description of the trade or business, or (if more than one) trades or businesses, which he carries, or has carried, on, during his twelve months' residence within the district of the Court.] Showeth, That your petitioner is not a trader within the meaning of the statutes now in force relating to bankrupts. [lt a trader strike out the word " not " and add, after the word "bankrupts;" the words "but owing debts, amounting in the whole, to less than 3001."] • That your petitioner has resided 12 calendar months within the district of this Honourable Court ; that is to say, [lnsert the places and periods of residence.] That your petitioner has become indebted to divers creditors, whose names are inserted in the schedule (A) [or as the case may be], to this his petition annexed, and that he is unable to pay his debts in full. That your petitioner has examined the said schedule, and that such schedule contains a full and true account of your petitioner's debts, and the claims against him, with the names of his creditors and claimants, and the dates of contracting the debts and claims, severally, - as near as such debts can be stated, the nature of the debts and claims, and securities (if any) given for the same, and that there is reasonable ground in his belief for disputing so much of the debts as are thereby mentioned as disputed, and also a true account of the nature and amount of his property, and an inventory of the same, and of the debts owing to him, with their dates, as nearly .as such dates can be stated, and the names of his debtors, and the nature of the securities (if any) which he has for such debts; and that the said schedule doth also contain a balance-sheet of so much of his receipts and expenditures as is required by this Honourable Court in that behalf, and doth fully and truly describe the wearing apparel, bedding, and other such necessaries of your petitioner and his family, and his working tools and implements. That your petitioner has not parted with or charged any of his property (except for the necessary support of himself and his family, and the necessary expenses (not exceeding Je ) of this his petition, or in the ordi nary course of trade), at any time within three months of the date of filing this his petition, cr at any time with a view to this petition. That your petitioner is desirous that his estate should be administered under the protection and direction of this Honourable Court,'and that he verily believes such estate is of the value of X at the least unincum bered, and beyond the value of his wearing apparel, and other matters which your petitioner is authorised to ex cept by this Act, and that the same is available for the benefit of his creditors. ___ _ —..-.._ * That your petitioner submits to this Honourable Court the proposal for the payment of his debts con tained in the said schedule. _ That your petitioner is ready and willing to be exa mined from time to time touching his estate and effects, and to make a full and true disclosure and discovery of the same. _ _ Your petitioner, therefore, prays such relief in the premises as by the statutes now is force for the relief of insolvent debtors may be adjudged by this Honourable Court. And your petitioners shall ever pray, &c. Signed by the said petitioner on the day of 184 , in presence of of , attorney or agent in the matter of the said petition. Any friend who takes charge of the petitiou may be the agent, and sign as witness. (A. No. 2.) AFFIDAVIT VERIFYING PETITION AND SCHEDULE. In the Court of Bankruptcy, London, Or In the District Court of Bankruptcy. A. 8., of the petitioner named in the peti tion hereunto annexed [if the petitioner affirm, alter accordingly], maketh oath and saith, that the several allegations in the said petition, and the several matters contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, are true. Sworn, Ecc. * Omit this paragraph if no special proposal. NATIONAL. SWIMMING MATCHES Yesterday morning, between six and seven o'clock, the swimming matches were resumed under very favourable circumstances, the swimming being excellent, and the attendance exceedingly numerous. The decisions in the races which took place the previous day, and which have been reported, gave much satisfaction. The arrange ments were under the superintendence of Mr. Strachan, founder of the Society. At seven o'clock, the usual pre parations having been made, the start took place for the Subscription Purse, for which eight started, and the re • sult was— • Thomas Clark 1 Thomas Dance............ 0 William Shaw 2 E. Bryant 0 William Smith 3 Reddle 0 William Bright All got off well together, and finished admirably, Clark defeating Shaw, the winner on the previous day, by a very short distance—the rest were well vp. The distance was from bank to bank of the Serpentine, about 440 yards. SILVER MEDAL. Anthony Marcotti R. W. Nicholson 2 Four others started for t. ably contested, and afforde the numerous bystanders. Lis event, which was adrnir considerable amusement to BERMONDSEY REGATTA. Notwithstanding tho very unfavourable state of the weather yesterday, the watermen of this place contended for a boat and other prizes, liberally presented by the ladies and gentlemen of St. Mary Magdalen and St. James. The first three heats were rowed in the absence of spectators, save those whom business had drawn near the spot ; but, as the rain ceased in the evening, there were two or three hundred persons assembled to witness the grand heat. The race was with six scullers in five heats, the distance extending from Mill-stairs down, round the floating engine, King-stairs, twice round in each heat. W. White was the winner. DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL GALWAY.—This gal lant flag-officer died on Friday last, at an advanced age. He entered the navy on the 19th of February, 1786, and had seen considerable service in his profession. At the battle of the Nile he ably distinguished himself under the eye of the immortal Nelson, being senior Lieutenant of the Vanguard, that hero's ship. At Walcheren he commanded the Dryad ; and in 1811 was actively em ployed on the north coast of Spain, in co-operation with the Patriots, or National party. He captured the Clo rinde French frigate in 1814, that vessel of war having previously had a severe action with the Eurotas. His commissions were dated as follow :—Lieutenant, 24th June, 1793 ; Commander, 3d Oct., 1798 ; Captain, 29th April, 1802 ; and Rear-Admiral, 10th Jan., 1837. DEATH OF LORD HUNTINGFIELD.—We have tQ notice the demise of the above nobleman, who expired on Saturday last, at Heveningham-hall, Suffolk. The deceased, Joshua Vanneck Baron Huntingfield, of Hevtningham-hall, in the peerage of Ireland, and a baronet of Englund, was eldest son of Joshua, first Lord of Huntingfield, by Maria, second daughter of Mr. Andrew Thomson. He was born on the 12th of August, 1778, and at his death was within two days of completing his 66th year. He was twice married, namely, first, 2d April, 1810, to Frances Catherine, eldest daughter of Mr. Challoner Arcedeckne, who died in 1815 ; and, secondly, 6th January, 1817, Lucy Jane, third daughter of Sir Charles Blois, Bart., who survives his lordship. He leaves an only daughter by the first marriage, the Hon. Mrs. Rowley, wife of Captain Robert Charles Rowley ; and an only son by the second lady, namely, the Hon. Charles Andrew Vanneck, now Lord Hunting field, who was born the 12th of January, 1818, and married, on the 6th of July, 1839, Miss Louisa Arce deckne, only daughter of Mr. Andrew Arcedeckne. PUBLIC FUNERAL OE DR. DALTON.—A public funeral was given at Manchester on Monday last to the remains of Dr. Dalton, who died in Manchester a few days ago, aged 78. The doctor was a member of the Society of Friends, and was celebrated throughout the land as a chymist and as the discoverer of the " atomic theory." The Mayor and Corporation joined with the scientific friends of the late doctor in giving this public testimonial to his worth, and no less than one hundred private carriages, including that of the corporation and the various Societies in the town, formed a part of the procession to the Ardwick Cemetery, where his remains were interred, The shops and warehouses in the line of road to the place of interment were closed, manifest ing a marked desire to pay every respect to the philoso pher's memory. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The usual weekly meeting of the Association was held this day in the Conciliation Iran. On the motion of Mr. S. O'BRIEN the chair was taken by Richard O'Gorman, Esq. The Chairman briefly re turned thanks for the honour conferred upon him. Mr. S. O'BRIEN commenced the business of the day by handing in several remittances. Mr. DANIEL O'CONNELL acknowledged the receipt of several remittances, and then said he had to make his usual weekly return from the prison. He was happy to be able to inform the Association that the imprisoned martyrs were in good health and most excellent spirits, enjoying the glorious fact of.the perfect tranquillity of Ireland throughout its entire extent. They were likewise rejoiced to find that the spirit of per severance, in looking by legal and constitutional means for the repeal of the union, still pervaded Irish men, of every class and persuasion. Peace and perse verance, and the union would necessarily be repealed. He could state to the Association, of his own knowledge, that when the account reached Mr. O'Connell, of the speech made by Mr. Sheil on the subject of the State trials, he expressed his regret that any such speech should have been delivered, a regret not unmixed with some indignation. Mr. O'Connell totally disavowed and repudiated the matter of that speech ; 1:e thought it a highly unbecoming one as proceeding from any friend of of his, and he considered it anything but a friendly act on the part of Mr. Sheil. He could also state, that as Mr. O'Connell at the close of the proceedings in the Queen's Bench solemnly protested against the injustice done to him, he continued firm in that protest. There had never been upon his part, and there never would be, any shrinking or compromise, and he could not consider any man his friend who talked of compromise or shrink ing. Mr. O'Connell had now, and long had had, but one political object, the restoration of the domestic legislature of Ireland—a restoration which, in his judgment, was merely a question of time. Come it should—the only question was when. He deemed the period not distant, he desired to be at large only that he might the more actively pursue all peaceable and legal means to restore the native legislature of Ireland—he did hope, as he did anxiously wish, that his imprisonment might arouse every patriot that is out of prison to increased peaceable exertion for the repeal of the deleterous union. It was the duty of those who were at large to redouble their efforts for that patriotic and eminently useful purpose, the repeal of the statute of legislative union. There had been an assertion attributed to Sir Robert Peel, by the public papers, to the effect that the Government had intended to issue a proclamation against the holding of the two meetings prior to that o f Cl on t ar f, but that the meetings were abandoned. He had made in quiry, and he could now state to the Association that if Sir R. Peel made any such assertion he did so upon false information ; the" assertion being in itself per fectly untrue, as there were no meetings agreed to be held, and then given up, prior to the Clontarf proclama tion. The falsehood of the assertion of course is not at tributed to Sir Robert Peel, but to the base men who misinformed him. The assertion, however, itself was perfectly false. lie had reason to know th a t Mr. O'Con nell was exceedingly anxious to have all the liberal elec tors for the municipal elections prepared, by having paid their taxes before the 31st of the present month, in order to be put upon the burgess roll. These taxes would be paid sooner or later—the electors were not asked to pay a sum of money which they could avoid paying by delay. The only difference was, that if they were paid before the 31st of August the ratepayers would have a right to vote ; whereas they lose that right by deferring the payment. There was an instance before Mr. O'Connell, as Lord Mayor, upon the revision of the burgess list, of no less than six persons in one of the wards having paid their taxes on the Ist of September, and who, therefore, lost their votes—votes which they would have retained if they had paid those taxes a day sooner. he only method of proceeding satisfactorily with the preparations for the municipal elections was to have committees of repeal wardens meet in each ward, and make all the ne cessary arrangements, and in particular to ascertain what taxes were due, and to procure the electors to dis charge those taxes in time ; that is, on or before the 31st of August ; for it should always be kept in recollection that every other exertion was useless, and went for no thing, unless the taxes were paid in time. Finally, he had to state his perfect conviction that if there were any Irishman who desired to mitigate the imprisonment of Mr. O'Connell, he could do so in one way alone, and that was, by redoubled exertions, legally and peaceably to achieve for his native land the greatest of political blessings, namely, the repeal of the legislative union. Dr. NAGLE moved a resolution having for its object the extension of repeal reading-rooms throughout the country. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN seconded the motion, and said that nothing could advance the cause of repeal more than the establishment of repeal reading-rooms through out the country. The object of the Association was to promote the political, intellectual, and industrial educa tion of the people of this country, and the expense at which this desirable object could be accomplished would be comparatively trifling. Mr. CAPEL POWELL, M.P., moved the adoption of the following address to her Majesty : - - "TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " Most Gracious Sovereign,—We, the undersigned in habitants and natives of the kingdom of Ireland, being deeply aggrieved and incensed by the acts of those who misuse your Majesty's name to sanction their aggressions upon our rights and lib ert i es, and confiding in your Ma jesty's benign disposition towards your loyal Irish sub • jects, venture to approach your throne with this our appeal for redress. "An event, most gr ac i ous S overe ign, has occurred, which has caused t o t h e Irish nat i on in t ense sor row, alarm, and indignati on. The most ill us t r io u s of your Majesty's subjects, t ogether w i th s i x ot h ers o f o ur fel low-countrymen, are now inmates of a common gaol— having been convict e d b y means w hi c h we b e li ev e to b e unconstitutional, ill ega l , and unjust, for having performed acts, deserving n o t of punishment, b ut o f t h e hi g h est commendation. "Desirous to un f o ld to your Ma j esty th e course o f circumstances which have brought to pass this event, never to be forgotten by the Irish nation, we beg re spectfully to represent to your Majesty, that your Irish subjects claim to be a free people, and to be as much entitled to the e njoyment of free institutions as the most favoured inhabitant s o f your emp i re • that for several hundred years they p ossessed, under the Crown of Eng land, a national Parliament; that, by a combination of wickedness, almost without parallel, they were, in the year 1800, deprived of this their ancient birthright and inheritance; that they have since learned, by the sad ex perience of forty-three .years, how great a loss their country had sustained in exchanging self-government for provincial dependency ; that in the British Parlia ment Irish interests are neglected, Irish feelings find no sympathy, Irish opinion possesses no weight ; and that the fruit of British l eg i slation for I re l an d h as b e en th e prostration of all th ose resources, mora l an d ma t er i a l, which can give dignity, prosper i ty, an d con t en t men t t o a nation. _ _ " One man had sufficient penetration to discover the cause of our sufferings, and sufficient energy to rouse his countrymen to assist hi m i n the almost h ope l ess t as k o f seuesetpatie sustained i b f y won by the effusion of a single consciousness of the force of his re covering our Legi s l ature. His m i ss i on was peace f u l. He announced, that no tri ump h w hi c h w e could achieve was to be a drop . of blood. He re li e d upon the irresistible influence of i opinion, r easoning, and of th e r i g h teousness o f hi s cause . H e ca lled together his f e ll ow - countrymen — t h ey assem bl e d in peaceful array. He asked th em w h e th e r his opinions w ere confirmed by their concurrence ? Th ey answere d , with a voice almost unanimous, that there was no hope for Ireland, save in the restoration of her Legislature. "Such is the offence of Daniel O'Connell. For having sought to secure to the land of his birth the protecting influence of self-government, our aged patriot now in habits the a'xide of a felon. " From among the millions who coincide with him in opinion, and who so coinciding share his guilt, without partaking his merit or his doom , eight were selected as instruments to effect his conviction. For whatever im prudent words they may have spoken, written, or pub lished, he has been held responsible. We are told, most gracious Sovereign, but we believe it not that this is the w la of the land. Our reason tells us it is not the law of nature, or of God " The course of his trial has been consistent with the nature of the charge, and with the means by which it has been sustained. We have been accustomed to be lieve that trial by jury was instituted, in order to secure to the accused an impartial tribunal. In the case of O'Connell, we have seen the jury laws violated, and every expedient adopted which could insure his con viction, by the intervention of political and religious prejudices. " In your Majesty's highest court of criminal jurisdic tion, your Attorney-General has been allowed, during the progress of this trial, with impunity to violate the laws of God and of man. " Your Chief Justice has been seen to take upon him self the office of advocate against the accused. " Thus, by a perversion of law, and by a denial of jus tice, the greatest man of his age has been convicted on a charge of conspiracy, and has been consigned to a goal, even before the process is terminated which questions the validity of his trial. " In addressing your Majesty, we do not use courtly phrase, orothe customary formularies of adulation. We address you as our beloved Sovereign in the language of the heart. We fear that truth seldom reaches a Royal ear ; and being sincerely desirous to preserve to your Majesty unimpaired, the affection of the people of Ire land, we may not conceal from you our conviction, that the proceedings of your Majesty's Ministers have greatly tended to alienate the minds of your Irish sub jects from the laws, institutions, and government which they adminster, and to engender animosities between the kindred nations which acknowledge your Majesty's sway. " To us, this event brings an additional proof that Ireland can never be wisely or safely governed until we • possess a native Legislature, and, under the pressure of • this conviction, we think it right, on the present occa sion, not only to lay before your Majesty this - our na tional protest against the injustice which has been in flicted upon our innocent fellow -countrymen, and against the violation of our own rights and liberties, but also to record the fixed and irrevocable determination of a large majority of the Irish nation to persevere —until success shall reward their perseverance—in their efforts to ob tain the restoration of the Parliament of Ireland. " Relying, then, upon your Majesty's gracious desire to promote the happiness of your Irish subjects, we implore your Majesty to assist our endeavour to obtain a repeal of the Act of Union, as the only effectual means of protecting us from those wrongs, legislative, admi nistrative, and judicial, which we now endure. " That our gracious Queen, assisted by the councils of an Irish Parliament, and of Ministers who shall possess its confidence, may soon is itness the prosperity and contentment of the Irish nation, and long live to contemplate that happy sight, is the fervent prayer of the undersigned, who, with all the respect which is due to their Sovereign, subscribe themselves your Majesty's loyal and attached subjects." Mr. 11. GRATTAN, M.l - ., seconded the motion in an emphatic speech, and on concluding was loudly cheered. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN mentioned that the number of signatures to the document amounted to 1,084,938, and he had the gratifying fact to announce that a large pro portion of these came from the northern counties. _ _ On the motion of Mr. M'Nevin (barrister), seconded by Mr. Mackay (barrister), a committee was appointed to inquire into the facts of the recent disturbance in Cork, which had arisen out of a religious cause. Mr. O'CoNNELL concurred in the propriety of this step, and expressed his conviction that the statements respecting this affair had been greatly exaggerated. After some further business had been gone through, Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN announced the rent for the week 9461. 17s.—The meeting then adjourned. DEATH OF WILLIAM O'REILLY, ESQ. We regret to announce the death of William O'Reilly, Esq., which took place at the family mansion, Knock Abbey Castle, county of Louth, on Saturday evening last. Mr. O'Reilly was lineally descended from the head of the sept of O'Reilly, in the county of Cavan, who, having followed the standard of the ill-starred James, were parties to the treaty of Limerick, and by its viola- tion their hereditary estates passed out of their hands, like many of the Irish then deprived of their domains. On the relaxation of the penal code the father of Mr. O'Reilly purchased considerable estates in Louth, Gal way, and Limerick ; and on the death of his elder brother, in the year 1840, he became possessed of the estates in Louth and Galway, and expended the income derived from them in giving extensive employment to the inha bitants of their localities Mr. O'Reilly had been a distinguished member of the Catholic Association. On the passing of the Reform Bill, he was elected Member for the borough of Dundalk, in opposition to the brother of Lord Roden, the owner of the town. The close attention to his Parliamentary duties undermined his constitution, and to it may be traced his early demise. As a landlord he was kind and indulgent; as a country gentleman and a magistrate he was unremitting in the discharge of his duties, and none were heard to "dispute his judgments, for they were always founded on justice. He is succeeded in his estates by his only son, Miles O'Reilly, Esq., a distinguished student of the London University. Mr. O'Reilly was brother of the late Colonel O'Reilly, husband of the Dowager Duchess of Roxburgh, and of Mr. Dowel O'Reilly, the present Attorney-General of Jamaica. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Not only is the country tranquil, but the people seem determined to avoid all temptation to outrage or insubor dination. The Galway Vindicator mentions a very gra tifying illustration of this spirit amongst the peasantry. On Tuesday evening a fellow, who had been some days in that town, obtruded himself at a meeting of the Tem perance Society, and, says that journal, " commenced an harangue of the most treasonable and seditious tendency, advising the people to an appeal to arms, in furtherance of the liberation of O'Connell and their legislative independence, until he was cut short in his address by a rough and speedy ejectmentfrom the room." ATT GIT T 14, 184,i. THE WRIT OF ERROR. We (Dublin Pilot) subjoin a copy of a notice served on the attorneys of the traversers. We shall only say, in reference to reports, that no one is acquainted with the opinions of the Judges, but on the result we, from our knowledge of ministerial intrigue, maintain our own opinions:— (Copy.) O'CONNELL AND OTHERS U. THE QUEEN. I beg to acquaint you that the above causes will be taken into further consideration on Monday, the 2d of Sep tember next, at ten o'clock, and the Judges are then to attend to deliver their opinions upon the question of law propounded to them.—l am your most obedient servant, EDWARD PARROT, Clerk of the Journals. House of Lords, 10th August, 1844. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. SECOND DAY-CIIAPFER OF ACCIDENTS. At 10 a.m., the following yachts of the Royal Yacht Squadron started for the second•sol. cup : Brilliant schooner, of 393 tons—G. H. Ackers, Esq. Galatea schooner, 190 tons—C. R. M. Talbot, Esq. Xarifa schooner, 185 tons—the Earl of Wilton. Georgian schooner, 168 tons—Wm. Lyon, Esq. Zephyretta schooner, 180 tons—Henry Hope, Esq. Fairy schooner—Wm. Peareth, Esq. COURSE ROUND THE ISLE OP WIGHT. On the signal-gun being fired from the Royal Yacht Squadron-house, each vessel was got before the wind and sail made with all possible dispatch ; there was a fresh breeze from the westward, and Mr. Hope's yacht shot a head, closely followed by the Earl of Wilton's, the Bril liant being the last, there not being at that time wind enough for her, but, on getting outside, the wind fresh ened, and when off Shanklin, the Brilliant got foul of the Zephyretta, and carried away her jibboom. She then bore up, as did the Fairy ; both returned to Cowes roadstead about half-past four, P.H. The Ruby steamer, with a number of ladies and gentlemen on board, at tempted to follow the yachts, but these pleasure-seek e r s Wight, found no pleasure outside the and when off the Culvers there was a pretty scene on board, and, by the general voice, the steamer returned. Some of the Royal Thames yachts tried the Needles passage to meet the yachts, but the white salt spray gave them a white feather, and they put about and returned. At the back the Galatea was more unfortunate ; she carried away her foremast, alid the Brilliant has towed her down in sight of Cowes, where she is now at anchor. The Brilliant is beating down to the Roads. At twenty three minutes to five the Georgian came in, winning the cup to the no small surprise of the knowing one's, who had put her down as the whipper-in; " it's an ill wind that blows no one good ;" other people's misfortunes were her gain. The Tarifa came second at sixteen minutes to five. The Royal Thames yachts sail to-morrow, nine have entered,they sail in the good old course round thebuoys. This will be the finest sight this season, and, all the time, in view of the town. They start at eleven. The Roads are crowded with yachts ; the inns with company ; but a great many houses are defaced by ill looking papers of " Lodgings," " This house to let," and such like. EXECUTION OF THE MURDERER, WEET;S.—BOD MIN, TUESDAY,—The execution of the murderer, Weeks, took place, yesterday, at noon, at the county gaol here. The unhappy man was reported several times to have died since the passing of the sentence dooming him to his miserable fate, and in a state of unconsciousness chiefly the time has glided away with him from that period to his final hour. Thousands of persons, men, women, and children, were on the spot in front of the drop at an early hour, and continued to increase until the miserable being was brought forward to be sacrificed to the laws of his country. He joined the felons in the prison yesterday in religious exercises, and appeared- to pay attention as much as his mind enabled him to ex hortations for repentance and to hope in Christ. At twelve the final hour had arrived, and, everything being complete,: the wretched man was hanged. PORT OF GLOUCESTER.—The great influx of vessels into this port, which we have had for some weeks past, has somewhat subsided, still the basin is nearly full at the present moment, and large arrivals are said to be ex pected. The activity at the docks has not diminished, and as the warehouses there are quite full, every avail able building is being secured by the merchants ; one or two stores in the island, with the round house in Wor cester-street, and part of Mr. Help's premises at Barton turnpike, having been taken for the storage of corn. The latter premises have received the sanction of the Com missioners of Customs for the reception of grain under bond. The haulage and warehousing expenses in these localities at so great a distance from the basin, must prove very considerable. The quantity of wheat in the bonded stores is estimated at 40,000 quarters, and duty at 17s. a quarter was paid a few days since on 7,000 quarters. The Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Company are making a very manifest improve ment opposite the arm of the basin, excavators being now at work in the removal of the projection at Mr. Hunt's yard, which will increase the entrance of the canal at that part 50 feet in width, and the same in length. The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway's swing-bridge across the basin-locks, of similar construc tion to the one belonging to the Canal Company, is also nearly finished ; by this bridge the line of rails will be continued alongside the warehouses on the north-west side of the docks ; and should the Railway Company decide on continuing these rails to Baker's-quay, and other parts contiguous to the basin, we may look upon their enterprising undertaking to establish a direct com munication for the quick dispatch of goods from the docks to their depot at the station, for transit along the line, as successful and complete. With regard to our port generally, there appears to be a decided and praise worthy desire for useful improvements, amongst which may be enumerated the erection of a new custom-house, which fine edifice is progressing rapidly towards com pletion ; and should the sanguine expectations enter tained by others as well as by ourselves be realised, as to the advantage that will accrue from the reduction of the canal rates, it must be admitted on all hands that the prospective aspect of things, both for the port and the city, is very cheering.—Gloucester Chronicle. TDB -11TEATIIER.—It has rained almost incessantly for the last eight-and-forty hours ; an d although there was a shift of wind this morning, and it has con tinued to blow from the eastward during the whole of the day, the weather does not, by any means, present a settled appearance. The mercury roso in the barometer last night, and we must hope for the best. The rain that has already fallen can do no injury, except to the heavy wheat crops, which wind and sun would soon re store ; but, on the contrary, it will prove highly benefi cial to the potatoes and aftergrass, as well as to the small cultivated patches containing the poor man's harvest— his oats.—. Dublin Paper. THE LATE GALE. MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE AT TENBY. On Friday night and part of Saturday a terrific gale, attended with most disastrous consequences, blew from the eastward, veering round from that quarter to the south and south-west, and raging with tremendous vio lence, accompanied with frequent torrents of rain. The aspect which the ocean presented during its continuance was truly sublime and awful, but terrible in its destruc tive effects. About day-break the Tenby pilots observed a large brig which bad been windbound in an open part of the roadstead apparently in great peril, and endea vouring to gain the shelter of Caldy-roads, which were comparatively safe. She was known to be the Richard, of Sunderland, Cook, master, laden with coal, and bound from Cardiff to London, as she had been spoken with the day previous by one of the pilots, who advised the captain to anchor in a more secure position than that ho had chosen ; but apprehending no danger, the latter did not attend to the caution. Indeed, so awfully sud den was the rising of the tempest, and so fine had been the preceding day, that there might have seemed little cause for apprehension. The vessel was now evidently ix great distress, and continued at intervals firing sie ' nal guns for assistance, which it wa s i m p oss ibl e to afford her from the shore, the increasing fury of the storm rendering it impracticable for any boat to put to sea. About four o'clock she lost her rudder, and ran aground on the whiteback, a bank of sand near Gillar, and where, had she gone to pieces, every soul on board must inevi tably have perished. As the 'tide advanced, however, she was again afloat, but having no helm, she was per fectly unmanageable, and at the mercy of the wind and see. She had thrown out her anchors, but drifted from them, and at length, just after seven, she was driven ashore on the Tenby Sands, upon a flood tide, opposite the South Cliff, and within view of crowds of spectators assembled on the cliffs, and at the windows of the houses on the summit, all watching with intense and painful anxiety the result of the catastrophe. At this time the breakers were rolling with indiscribable fury over the sands, and in less than a quarter of an hour the doomed vessel began to part, becoming a heap of dis jointed wreck in a very short space of time. During this interval the ill-fated crew were seen clinging to the rigging and other parts of the vessel, while the waves, breaking frightfully over them, threatened them every in stant with destruction. Lieutenant Guillet, of the Coast Guard, and his crew, were on the cliffs above her, with Captain Manby's apparatus for saving shipwrecked lives, and every exertion of skill and intrepidity was made to rescue the unfortunate men by the Coast Guard, aided by the pilots and fishermen and many of the townspeople, while the most eager and breathless interest pervaded the spectators. It was some time before the attempts made with the apparatusprovedsuccessful ; but at length a shot with a rope attached reached the wreck, and one man was able to avail himself of it, and was safely brought on shore. Another, after some interval, was saved in the same man ner, and a third, by means of a scaling ladder thrown over the cliff, which two men descended, and, at the im minent hazard of their lives, succeeded in dragging, the drowning man through the surf, and rescuing him from death. The other four unhappily perished. Two were washed from their hold utterly exhausted, and soon sank amidst the tumult of waters. Another had leaped into the boat as she was washed from the vessel's deck, and with the help of an oar, contrived for a short time to scull towards the shore, till thrown down by a sea break ing over him. He soon regained his feet and resumed his labour, but another tremendous billow succeeded, and swept him and his frail craft from sight. The circum stances attending the death of another poor fellow, sup posed to be the captain, were most affecting. He had secured himself to a rope thrown from the cliff by means of the apparatus, and was drawn some distance towards land, when his progress was suddenly impeded by the other end of the line having got entangled in the wreck, whence he was unable to disengage it. He had, even in this terrible extremity, presence of mind to search his pockets for a knife to sever the rope, but could not find one, and death was now inevitable. The unfortunate man struggled fearfully for life, but was drowned by the incessant burst of billows sweeping over him. The scene altogether was most heart-rending, and can never be forgotten by its horror-struck spectators. The three men saved were promptly conveyed to the Brig public-house, and the usual means were resorted to to restore them to animation. They were provided by the Shipwrecked Mariners' Relief Society with clothing and the means of returning to their homes ; and a sub scription was set on foot, in the town, for the relief of the widows and orphans of the ill-fated men who perished, which (to the amount of upwards of 461.) has been for warded to the Mayor of Sunderland for that purpose. The poor fellows left on Wednesday by the Phoenix steamer. The cargo of the brig has been partially saved ; but much of it was unavoidably lost, from being washed away and buried in the sand. Another melancholy accident occurred on the same day, on board a fishing-vessel, of Brixham, belonging to Mrs. Lewis, whose son, a lad of seventeen, and an apprentice, were washed overboard off Caldy, during the gale, and drowned. The masts and part of th e rigging of a vessel have been picked up by one of the fishing-boats, and it is feared that several vessels have foundered in the Channel. A number of small craft have taken refuge in our harbour in distress, and vari ously.damaged. Much damage was also done by the gale in various parts of the town ; the church, and a vast number of houses being partially unroofed. Such a hurricane at this season of the year is unusual, and its mournful effects have created the most painful sensations in those who witnessed them. A beautiful little yacht, belonging to Trevor Roper, Esq., was driven from her anchorage in the bay during the storm on Saturday, and totally beaten to pieces on the shore. There were providentially no hands on board at the time. Along the whole of the Welsh coast the effeAs of the hurricane were dreadful. Carmarthen Bay, Cardigan Bay, and all the bays and inlets in the Bristol Channel, were strewed with the wrecks of coasting and other vessels. In Carmarthen Bay, in addition to the total wreck of the Richard, we have to record the total loss of three vessels near the Worms Head. They were endea vouring to enter Llanelly, but failed, and were com pletely destroyed. On Saturday forenoon the body of a female was picked up on Pembrysands ; she was sup posed to be the wife of the captain of one of the lost ♦es sels. These three vessels are supposed to be a schooner called the Mary, of Bridgewater, laden with hay and reeds—crew saved, with the exception of one man ; the smack Julia, of Chepstow, laden with bark—one man lost ; the Triton, of Plymouth, laden with copper ore for Williams, Forstor, and Co.—the master was saved, but three of the crew were unfortunately lost. The brig Friends, of Ilfraeome, Fry, master, went down in Carmarthen Bay. All the crew perished, together with the master's wife and family, who were on board. The Wave, of llayle, laden with copper ore for Neath, made for Forth Cawl ; but it being so very rough, she could not enter the harbour without doing much damage to the vessels lying there, consequently she was deserted, and she ran ashore in the bay, where she sustained no damage except the splitting of sails.— lVelelunan. IfoLynEan.—During, a strong gale from S.W., on Tuesday last, the sloop Peggy, of Carnarvon, with slates, put into the bay, disabled in her sails ; the anchors were dropped, and a boat, with four men from the harbour, boarded her. Seeing her perilous situation, a distress signal was hoisted in the rigging. The life boat was being prepared to go out, when the cables parted. No alternative being left, the crew of the vessel contrived to set what shattered sails remained, and, for the safety of their lives succeeded in running her to a creek called llenborth, to the eastward of Carnel's Point. The vessel remains there much damaged, and her safety is doubtful. SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Saturday last, as the schooner Catherine and Mary, of Port Madoc, William Owen, master, was proceeding on her voyage, from Port Madoc to Ipswich, laden with slates, at half past two, A.m., Dungeness bearing N. by E. by compass, distant 9 miles, wind about S. by E., standing to the E. by S., on the starboard tack, she perceived a large brig ap. proaching them on the larboard quarter, apparently bound down the Channel. She bailed, but received no answer, and, immediately after, the brig struck her, and carried away all her stein to the water's edge. The crew immediately cleared the boat, and it floated off, but got foul with the yards, and was stove; when, melancholy to relate, two of the crew, Cadwallader Williams, the mate, and W. Kenider, the boy, were drowned. The master, William Owen, and a seaman, named William Richards, clung to the boat, and were picked up soon after by the smack Defence, from London to Portsmouth, and landed at Ramsgate. The brig was painted black, and copper bottomed ; and, although the crew begged their assist ance, she proceeded on her voyage. The schooner was insured at the Port Madoc Mutual Insurance Company. The crew were relieved at Ramsgate by Lieutenant Grey, the agent of the Shipwrecked Fishermen's and Mariner's Society.— Carnarvon Herald. BEAUMARIS.—An accident, attended with loss of life, occurred under Trecastle, near this town, during the sudden gale of Tuesday morning. Four men from Llandegfan had gone out in two boats, for the purpose of dredging oysters, when a sudden gust of wind struck one of the boats, and instantly upset it. One of the poor fellows sunk immediately, and then another clung to an oar until assistance was 'rendered from the other boat, which rescued him from his peiilous situation. The body has not yet been found.—Carnarvon Lieruld. York Hotel last night, from w m •a o s re at th th an e arrived at Pegg's Royal Yor BRIGHTON, AUG. 13.—Count Nesselrode and suite London. Dr. Franz, a resident physician, under whose m hotel t a o l Early this morning , the Count, r c e a c r e e i v e the i Count has hadh as placedan iinterview e vb. himself, of an hour with him. lo r t ti e n l, d o .. n ß a ar v o i n sit ß t r o u t n h n e o c Nv ou a i r it e . stay in Brighton will probably ac companiedex- ceed by Dr. F.ranz, N . isid the German Spa, and took the waters. PosroisEs.—Tvi.o of these destructive animals were dailycee d a e x m p e e r c i t t ec h i at the His l d ' a o u rt h I t last week captured by the men belonging to some of the c lay boats that ply between Poole and 'W . v sell. The largest of them was <ll feet in length, and 6 feet 6 inches in girth ; the tail, which is horizontal in the por poise, measured two feet four inches. These animals are most numerous on the coast in the mackerel and her ring seasons, and will pursue these fish up the bay as a dog does a hare ; they also dig the bottom of the rivers, as a hog would with its snout, for eels. The fat which surrounds their bodies yields excellent oil ; from this fatness and their rooting like swine, they are in many places called sea hogs. The porpoise was considered a dainty for the royal table in the tune of Henry VIII., and even so late as Elizabeth was considered good eating. —Sherborne Mercury, Yesterday afternoon Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Duke of Wellington, Sussex-street, Tot tenham -court-road, on the body of William Maxfield, aged thirty-seven, foreman to Mr. Ernest, builder, of Newman -street, Middlesex Hospital, who committed suicide, by cutting his throat with a chisel. The de ceased's mind was affected, having lately lost his wife, who left behind three young children. Verdict—" Tem lorary insanity." CELTS AND SAXONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—When:any particular excellence of the British character is brought under notice, it is by no means unusual to find its existence attributed altogether to some generic superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race, and to hear the merits of " our Anglo-Saxon an cestors," as they are called, extolled upon every such occasion ; and as you have at all times evinced a rea diness to remove erroneous impressions, and to be friend the injured, I trust you will allow me to offer a few remarks upon the subject. As, however, this idea of Anglo-Saxon superiority may have gained pos session of some minds, I am persuaded that when the subject is duly investigated, the whole will be dis covered to he nothing more than a mere groundless fancy, and that evidence can be adduced sufficient to show the fallacy and injustice of the assumption, and to prove that the Anglo. Saxon blood is not predominant in this kingdom, nor its virtues so efficacious as to warrant any idea of its superiority, but, on the con trary, that the Celtic is the predominant race. When the Saxons and Angles first invaded this island, there can be no doubt that their numbers were so considerable, that along the eastern coasts they became the predominant race; and as on their first arrival they waged a war of extermination, it is pos sible that in some districts they were lett sole pos sessors of the soil ; but according as they extended themselves towards the interior, it became a war of subjugation, and not of extirpation ; so that, in those parts, the bulk of the Briti s h i n h a bit an t s , h av i ng sub mitted to the new dominion, became mixed up with the invaders, and, in a few generations, the subjects of the heptarchy having become blended together, no trace remained of any original distinction. Of the subsequent Danish invasions but few impressions re main, as that people afterwards almost entirely quit ted ie island. But with the Normans the case was different. They settled in the country, and never left it ; and being at that time more Gaulish than Scans dinavian, the blood they introduced was, in a great measure, Celtic. So that here we find another deducs tion from the amount of Anglo-Saxon predominancy. It must also be recollected that a great portion of the island had always continued in the possession of the original Celtic inhabitants, as Cornwall, for instance, Wales, Cumberland, and the chief part of Scotland. Such was the state of Britain previous to the union of its several divisions in the 16th and 17th centuries. Since then, the Celtic race has been pouring into England in such copious streams, as to render it doubtful whether there is in the whole kingdom a single drop of Anglo-Saxon blood, except in an ex tremely diluted state. In the town of Liverpool, out of its 200,000 inhabitants, there are, by birth or ex traction, 60,000 Irish, 40,000 Welsh, and 20,000 Scotch. In Manchester and Birmihghatn the propor tions are not greatly inferior. Chester, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Hereford, and all the towns bordering on the principality, have had their population continually replenished from that country; and Bristol, which for ages has been a kind of metropolis for South Wales, abounds with families of Welsh extraction, and has of late received a vast accession of Irish: Indeed, the latter are in an extraordinary degree supplanting the old inhabitants of England. Every English town has its Irish population; and in harvest time, tens of thousands of new adventurers come over from Ireland and disperse themselves over the country, of whom multitudes settle there and never return. The En glish labourer, unable to bear up against the difficul ties of the times, emigrates to another hemisphere, and the more pure-bloo led and hardier Celt occupies his place. If we add to this the continual influx of the upper classes from the Celtic countries, and their pessnanent location in England, we can come to no other conclusion than that the great mass of the people of England is much more Celtic than Saxon, and that there are but few families in the kingdom who do not possess some portion of Celtic blood. In deed, the Throne itself acknowledges such admixture of kindred. The Tudors and Mortimers of Wales, and the Stuarts of Scotland, each claim their portion, and that, too, much less remotely than the Anglo- Saxon dynasty. Following up the same train of argument, I think it may be shown that Britain is as little indebted to the Anglo-Saxons for its energies and spirit of enter prise, as for its population. The most distinguished characters of the present day have certainly much Celtic blood in their veins ; whether they have as much Anglo-Saxon remains to be proved. It re quires but a single glance over the intellectual state of the country to be convinced of this. Whether in the peaceful pursuits of domestic life, or in the m ore stirring and martial occupations of foreign lands, we continually meet with confirmations of this truth. Ask those gallant men who have lately achieved such glorious enterprises in the East—ask Sir Hugh Gough and his Connaught Rangers if they are Saxons; I doubt whether they would not resent the question as an insult. Look at those whose daring stood pre-eminent even amidst the concentrated valour of Europe. Of what race were they ? The dauntless Picton and his "fighting division"—did they acknow ledge a Saxon origin ? Even those intrepid and enter prising men, who have so lately en coun t ere d th e perils of the frozen seas, and explored the unknown regions of either pole, are they Anglo-Saxons ? Quite the reverse. They are both of them genuine Celts, Parry and Ross; the one a Welshman, and the other a Gael. I shall not pursue the argument any further at the present moment; but I trust I have adduced facts sufficient, at least, to shake the confidence of those who may Nava been led to adopt the unfounded notion of Anglo-Saxon superiority; and, when I recur to the subject, I hope to be able to show, in a manner equally conclusive, that it is well for Britain that the Anglo-Saxon blood is not predominant, but than, on the contrary, that sluggish stream has been so much quickened by the vivifying impulse of Celtic energy. A CELT. STATE or THE NAVY.—The navy, as at present constituted, is not of sufficient strength for all the pur poses for which its services may be required, and the reason is very obvious. Ten years ago it could scarcely be said we had a man-of-war steamer. We have now a steam force in actual commission of 13,941 horse power, arid, as we calculate that for every three horse power a man is re quisite, it follows that 4,600 marines and seamen are required by this arm of the service only ; and it clearly appears to us that, however necessary this force may be, it is entirely an additional one. We do not observe that the steam force displaces any sailing vessels, or, if it does, only in a very small degree. It follows, there fore, that if we had, in 1837, 38,500 seamen and marines in our votes, and only 34,000 in 1844, our sailing navy is actually lessened by 4,500 men in the interval ; to this also must be added the extraordinary additional call which the altered state of the political world creates upon our navy. The French, for instance, restless to a degree, have a strong force in powerful ships in various unaccustomed quarters ; and, though we have in reality at this moment 36,000 men on our naval victualling books, we cannot honour our friends with that complimentary attendance which the prudence of a good Government would suggest ; in plain terms, we should have an addition to our canvass navy of at least 6,000 men, and these would find enough to do on the coast of China, the islands of the Pacific Ocean, the western shores of North America, in the contiguity of the Oregon territory, the increasing colonial posses sions in the New World, and more particularly on the east and west coasts of Africa, where we have under taken to do more than our present force will enable us to do ; even though we have denuded the Brazils, the West Indies, and the North American stations, to a dangerous extent, of the ships that should belong to those quarters. We ought, at least, to have an additional force of four sail of the line and six razeed frigates ; and we will venture to assert that such a force could not be manned under a period of at least six months. So much for the boast that Government have seamen to any amount always ready. The thing is impossible ; for very subsistence, the seamen, the moment they are dis charged from one ship, whether national or mercantile, immediately seek a new employment, and it is only as seamen get disengaged from present employment that men of war can expect to pick them up. It should be borne in mind also, that the naval officers will only take the best men, and therefore reject at least three-fourths of those who offer.—Hampshire Telegraph. FATAL ACCIDENT AT LONDON-BRIDGE.--Lagt n i g ht between ten and eleven o'clock, a fatal accident occurred at the City pier, London-bridge, of which the following are the particulars :—lt appears that a young man of the name of Thomas Harris, one of the at the City pier, was attempting to pass from the dumb lighter lying then to the contiguous, or Old Shades pier. In consequence of his being near-sighted, and the lighter being moved for the purpose of effecting the im provements ordered by the Lord Mayor to widen that part of the river above bridge, where so many steamers embark and land passengers throughout the day, he mistook his step and fell overboard under the bows of the lighter close by the piles ' which during the night are being driven for enlarging the area of the river. Every effort was made to recover the body without success. In China no fees are paid for the administration of justice. The judge, whose office costs him nothing, and who has his salary stated, can require nothing of the prrties at law, which empowers every poor man to pro secute his own rights, and frees him from being oppressed by the opulence of his adversary, who cannot be brought to do justly and reasonably because the other has not money.—Capt. Pidding's Chinese Olio. SUNDAY AMUSEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. — (From a New York paper.)—We copy the following ad vertisement from a New Orleans paper. They greatly need a reform mayor in that city:—" Bull Fight.—A fight between a ferocious bull and a number of dogs will take place this day, Sunday, at five o'clock p.m., on the other side of the river, at Algiers, opposite Canal-street. After the bull fight a fight will take place between a bear and some dogs. The whole to conclude with a combat between an ass and several dogs. Admittance— boxes, 50 cents ; pit, 30 cents. Amateurs bringing dogs to practise in the fight will be admitted gratis. Doors open at half-past three o'clock. The spectacle will be repeated every Sunday, weather permitting.,-PEPS L LVL LA.* PARIS AND STRASBURGH RAILWAY.—The com pany formed for working the line of railroad from Paris to Strasburgh, the council of administration 0' which had become incomplete by the resignation 0 . fount Mole and M. Ganneron, has just been re-lambed, Ittd General Cubiires has accepted the office of a:resident. ' ..4el"-- • • - - (