The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-20 00:00:00

-r-..-^ , CT~c)II' IN G INTELLIGENCE. TATTER6ALL'S.-YEBTERI,,v. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. 2:_uusisT 18.—Mach excitement "^ ll at this port since the receipt of the intelligent 'EI t ---,lacing the bombardment of Tangiers \ ~~tAa ~' WO OL WIC TI-SAT URD AY. 1T OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE WILLIAM (:)F PRUSSIA AND HIS • GRA4E THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON TO WOOt- WICII. i.ord Bloomfield, the ( Lt 7..; AI 5 to 4 a 7' to 1 ,Vreford's Fran sEriclay iast, tuir the French numerous rumour mere atioaf, im to what would he the Altimate me4sure :1111a1 1 ant ( Jol wi eh Gar- arllP:fi. It Imstancc 12 t) 11-ev's Zubit tlflopted by the itish Govermile ,having received offieial intimation of an intended Ysc o f tte al:ove illustrious - personages to review the .11.11111,1 . y Beigaae, on oaturday morning, at about half past ten o'clock, the field battery of Royal Artillery of t 2 guns, composed of three troops, under Major An drews, Ccotain Wilford, and Captain Robe ; and the Royal Hois,e Artillery, of six guns, consisting of the Rocket troop under Major Strangways, the F troop under Major M,:cbean, and the H troop under Captain Ward, the whole under the command of Lieutenant- General Bloomfield, who was attended by Major-Gene ral Sir Hugh Dalrymple Ross, Major-General Sir Web ber Smith, Sir George Hoste, Commandant of the Engi neering Department. and a numerous staff of engineer and artillery officers, assembled at Woolwich-common in waiting for their distinguished visitors. About the same time that the troops arrived on the common hisltoyal Highness the Prince of Prussia left the Legation, and, accompanied by his suite, proceeded in two of the Royal carriages over Westminster-bridge, via Ken nington, New-cross, and Blackheath, to Woolwich, and at a quarter past 11 Prince William of Prussia, the Duke of Wellington, Sir George Murray, the Master-General of the Ordnance, Lord Charles Wellesley, and a splendid cortege of military officers, rode on to the common from the direction of the Royal Artillery veterinary establish ment. The Duke looked remarkably well, and in com pliment to the Prince wore the uniform of a Field Mar shal of Prussia. The artillery received the Prince with all the custo mary honours on his reaching the saluting standard, and then rode past in slow and quick time, Lord Bloomfield in command, who, we were glad to see, had quite re covered from his late severe illness. The evolutions and firing, which followed, by the Horse Artillery, under Lieut.-Colonel Dyuely, the field battery under Colonel Cleveland having left the ground, were performed with the utmost celerity and precision, particularly the sudden dismounting of the guns and carriages, an affair of a moment, executed under the supposition that it was necessary to spike and abandon the guns. Guns, carriages, wheels, were all flat on the grass when the command was given to remount them, and in fourteen seconds—for we saw it timed by the stop-watch of a gentleman by us—the first remounted gun was fired, and in two seconds more every gun was discharged. This exercise seemed particularly to engage the atten tion of the Prince and the Duke of Wellington. The whole staff rode forward, and the Prince expressed his admiration of the celerity with which it was performed. On the conclusion of the field operations the guns again passed in review order, after which the distinguished party inspected the gentlemen cadets, who were drawn up under arms in front of the barracks on the Common. They presented arms, marched past in review order, while a party at the field-pieces fired a royal salute as the Prince left them. The Duke of Wel lington and Lord Charles Wellesley now got into an open carriage and departed for London. From the Cadet Barracks the Prince went to the Rotunda, thence to see some admirable howitzer and mortar practice. A target, a small flagstaff with a union-jack flying from it, was placed in the earth at a distance of GOO yards from the battery. In the first round, although several of the shots fell within a few paces of the mark, none struck the staff, but the fifth gun in the second round directed by Corporal Henry Russell, was more successful, striking it within a few inches of the earth, and shivering it to atoms. It was now the dinner hour of the men, and his Royal Highness inspected, with much interest, several of the barrack-rooms where they were dining ; after which the Prince and other distinguished visitors adjourned to Lord Bloomfield's house to take refeshment. In the afternoon the Prince, in company with the Master-General, Lord Bloomfield, and staff, went through the departments of the Arsenal, then in full operation, and expressed himself gratified at witnessing the boring of brass field pieces, the making of percus sion caps, and of bullets, by compression, tic. The Prince showed by his observations that he was not making a visit to the arsenal for form's sake, but that he really took an interest in all that was going on, and the inspec tion of the different works occupied so much time that little remained for the rocket, heavy gun, and mortar practice, in the marshes. He, however , repa ired thither about four o'clock, and witnessed two discharges of rockets, six or eight in each discharge. The crowded state of the River prevented the breach ing batteries from playing, as the butt is between the battery and the Thames, and after waiting in vain for the signal that the River was clear, the Prince was obliged to depart. Heartily shaking hands with Lord Bloomfield, and thanking him for the attention received during the day, his Royal Highness stepped into his carriage, and left Woolwich for London. Tib.wona' w sumo in,tances at 5 and G to TER). which looks like preparation to:. an emergency-ney—oitineiy, that an inquiry has been to this and other ports to ascertain how early six sail-of the-line could be at Spithead ready for sailing orders. It is also certain that the experimental brigs will not be commissioned until the matters now before her Majesty's Government respecting the French egressions are settled. The statement in an evening paper of Wednesday last, that the above squadron would be commissioned on the following day, it is almost needless to say is without any foundation. The rumour that Captain A. L. Corry had commissioned the steam-sloop Firebrand, to take the command of the experimental squadron, and had hoisted a Commodore's broad-pendant, is equally false. It is, however, exceedingly marvellous that upwards of 500 able-bodied efficient seamen and petty officers should be waiting about., which they have been for some months, in expectation of the daily commissioning of the new brig squadron. Many of them are reduce d to the greatest distress, and many, tired of such wanton delay, have left the port for other employment. We are informed upon excellent authority that men are being entered at Tower-hill for general service. We hope the report is true ; and we trust that orders will be immediately issued for entering such hands as are now waiting abou t for ships on board the Victory, in order to be ready for draughting into other ships on any emergency. — The Collingwood, 80, Capt. Smart, is still at Spithead, awaiting sailing orders. ller officers• are in doubt:as to whether they will sail for Otaheite or Tangiers. The Vindictive, 50, is in dock overhauling, and will, it is asserted, be brought forward for re-commission with tateti as certain, 11.A.NDICA1' (DOM 8 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken. Thirty-six have accepted. ST. LEGER. 13 to 4 agst Lord Stanley's Ithuriel—taken 7 to 2 13 to 4 agst Mr. Salvin's The Cure—taken 7 to 2 8 to I agst Mr. Vane's Valerian—taken 9 to 1 9 to I agst Mr. J. Scott's Bay Momus—t. and aft. off. 12 to 1 apt Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken 13 to 1 agst Col. Anson's the Princess—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's the Ugly Buck—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Milton—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Ilampson's Lightning 350 to 300 asst Ithuriel, The Cure, anePrincess—taken. The Cure was backed fur a considerable amount at 10 to 3, 7 to 2, and 14 to 5, and on the whole decidedly for more money than Ithuriel; but so strongly was the latter fancied, that we cannot take upon ourselves to say which had the call at the finish. Valerian was in force at 9 to 1 (no layers at the close), and was a clear point in advance of Bay Momus, whose enemies were nume rous. The Princess was backed for at least 300/. at 13 to 1 ; Red Deer at 10, 11, and 12 to 1, in moderate "Ms ; and Foig-a-ballagh, for about 3001, at prices rangin g between 16 and 20 to 1, the smaller figure being scarcely obtainable at the close. The Ugly Buck and Lightning were friendless. The only Derby bet we heard of was 33 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Kedger. YORK AUGUST MEETING. The following entries closed on Saturday night: — WEDNESDAY. Dundas Stakes. Sir Abstrupus, 4 yrs—Joan of Arc, 3 yrs.—Merry Andrew, 4 yrs—Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs. Queen's Plate, for all ages. Prizefighter, 4 yrs—British Yeoman, 4 yrs—The Caster, 3 yrs—Godfrey, 3 yrs—Robinson's aged Teresa, 3 yrs—Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs — Lady Sale , 3 y rs—Do g Billy, 3 yrs—Bonifaxe, 3 yrs. TUURSDAY. The County Gold Cup. British Yeoman, 4 yrs—Semiseria, 4 yrs—Corodino, yrs—F rea , 5 yrs—The Lord Mayor, aged—Teresa, a yrs—Alice Hawthorne, 6 yrs—Miss Prim, 5 yrs— Boniface, 3 yrs—Rowena, 3 yrs—Godfrey, 3 yrs. The Queen's Plate for Mares. Coheiress, 3 yrs Ambition, 3 yrs — Joan of A rc, 3. Yrs—Semiseria, 4 yrs—Rowena, 3 yrs—Adriana Mare, 3 yrs—Teresa, 3 y r s—Bonney Bonnet, 5 yrs— i 5 yrs.—Advice, 3 yrs—Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs— 'lss Prim, 5 yrs—Lady Sale, 3 yrs—Franchise, 3 yrs. The Members' Plate. Sir Abstrupus, 4 yrs.—Robinson, aged—Teresa, 3 yrs—The Lord Mayor, aged—Boniface, 3 yrs—Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs—Merry Andrew , 4 yr s—Lad y Sale, 3 Yrs—The Dog Billy, 3 yrs—Miss Prim, 5 yrs. all speed. The royal yacht Vctoria and Albert is now reported ready for sea. To-morrow she will proceed round the Isle of Wight with Admiral Sir George Cockburn on board, to try her steam and canvass speed, together with the working of her new machinery and tubular boilers. The Illustrious, 72, Commodore Sharp, was at Ha'i fax on the 3d inst., all well, last from Bermuda. Vice - Admiral Sir Charles Adam had struck his flag on the Pyramus receiving ship, and hoisted it on board the The Hornet, 6, Lieutenant-Commander R. B. Miller, and the Griffon, 3, Lieutenant-Commander C. Jenkins, are ordered home from Halifax. The Penelope, 22, steam frigate, Commodore Jones, was at St. Helena on the 27th of June, with the Tor toise store and guard ship, from Ascension, to obtain as much water as they could stow, that essential being dis tressingly scarce at Ascension. The Iris, 26, Captain Mundy, was at Symond's Bay on the 2d of June, en route to China. The Queen, 110, Captain W. F. Martin, is being rapidly fitted for sea in the harbour, She will, it is ex pected, leave for Spithead next week. Whether she will sail from Spithead to Sheerness, or for a foreign station, has become, since the last news from Tangiers, a matter of considerable doubt and discussion. Her com plement of hands (950) is nearly complete. The Thunder, 6, Commander Barnett, sailed onThurs day for Chatham, to be paid off. The Vestal, 26, Captain C. Talbot, awaits orders in the River Plate. The Bittern, 16, Commander Edmund Peel.—By letters just received, we are informed that Midshipman Radcliffe and two seamen of this ship were unfortu nately drowned at Natal, by the upsetting of the cutter, in the act of going ashore at this port. The Cressy, a new ship of 80 guns, upon the plan of Messrs. Chatfield, Reed, and Creuze, the Committee of Naval Architecture, is ordered to be built at Chatham. The following are to be her dimensions: — Feet. Inches. Length l9B 5 Breadth Depth Tonnage, 2,537. The Dee, steam transport, Master Commander T Driver, sailed on Friday, for Cork. The Emerald, tender, arrived on Friday, from Sheer• ness, with supernumeraries. In Harbour—Victoria and Albert, Victory, Queen, Excellent, and the steam-vessels Fearless, Cuckoo, Echo, Comet, and Firebrand. In Dock—Vindictive, Prince Regent, Dwarf, Athol, and Scourge. At Spithead—The Collingwood. His Royal Highness Prince William of Prussia and his Grace the Duke of Wellington are expected here to-morrow, to inspect the various departments of this great arsenal. THE FRENCH PRESS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--ITi s quite amusing to read the vapouring of some of the French papers, when speaking of their naval force in comparison to that of England. Your patience must be somewhat tried while wading through the empty and contemptible boasting of such Papers as the Presse, Constitutionnel, National, &c. No doubt we have their good wishes! which we well know how to appreciate ' • but, Sir, it warms the heart of an old naval officer to find the press of this country (generally speaking) ever ready to advocate and main tain our much envied position. And, Sir, it will be really doing our neighbours some service, by kindly telling them—if they are not satisfied with your repre sentations of the fact—that at the mere nod of the Foreign Minister ten thousand additional hands will be found ready and willing to try their skill at " boarding," as the Presse would make us fea r. I should have thought the souring they bad at Tra falgar, and the licking they met with at Waterloo, Would have taught them better manners.—l am, Sir, Yours respectfully. A BRITISH TA. Newman -street, Aug. 16, 1844. There is no truth whatever in the paragraph in the Standard of Wednesday with respect to the com missioning the vessels comprising the experimental squadron. Not only are they not commissioned, but there is not a commission or warrant down for any of them, The report in the same paper that Captain A. L. Corry had commissioned the Firebrand, and hoisted a Commodore's broad pendant on board, is equally erro neous. With respect to the brigs, there is some doubt as to their being commissioned at all ; the men may be wanted for larger ships, and as a reason for the remark We may state that an inquiry has been sent down to know how soon six sail of the line can be at Spithead. The reply was three weelEF, exclusive of manning. We Ta3' also state that men are entering at the Tower for general service."—Hampshire Advertiser. 1 , ) .A1R. TEMPLETON AT THE LAT E FESTIVAL IN '4e/coma of BURNS.—We perceive, by the Ayr Adver haer, that Mr. Templeton added not a little to the eclat of th e late Burns' festival. The first speech of the chair Tian, after the withdrawal of the cloth, concluded with 111 @ toast, " The memory of Burns," the band playing, ",Here'd 11 health to ane I loe dear." " llere," says the Ayr Advertiser, " Mr. Templeton, the eminent vocalist , who, from the first, had taken a warm interest in the demonstration, and had placed himself in the hands of the committee, with a tender of his vocal abilities on the occasion, advanced from his place in the pavilion to where Mr. Blewitt, who had in the same Spirit undertaken the management of the musical department, and who brought to the task the ex perience of having conducted the Shakspearian festival, was seated at a grand piano, and sung Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon' with a combined brilliancy, ten derness, and taste that thrilled the feelings of all pre snit, and was followed by the most rapturous applause. Subsequently, when Mr. Henry Glassford Bell, after some heart-stirring remarks on Irish minstrelsy, pro posed " Moore, 'and the Irish poets," Templeton sang, with admirable effect, " The harp of Tara." After the " The Peasantry of Scotland," proposed by Colonel MVP, of Caldwell, Mr. Templeton sung the appropriate so ng t' Aty Nanny 0," which (says the Ayr Advertiser) was so much applauded, and followed by such decided e ncores, that Mr. Templeton returned to the piano, and seemed to electrify the audience with " Scots wha hae we Wallace bled." The celebrated singer, Wilson, was also present. Several calls were made upon him for a seng, but an apology was tendered for him, as it was stated that he had caught cold. Mr. Templeton's con cert, at the Ayr Theatre, was crowded to excess, the O t ittite being filled, and many of the nob ilit y and g entr y n • . 6 t4e pogo` t y being present. inNott fitalQiPiti•-eThe French, always as famed ' for bad singing as for their superior grace and agility hl the dance, were not, a 3 vocalists, less offensive to the ' s te fif (nck and Sacchini than to that of Rousseau. he former of these, in his moments of hilarity and oonvivial enjoyment, would describe the French as a very goo d sort o f peop l e , w ho are partial to music, and love to hear songs in their operas, but who have not a singer amo n g them. And Sacchini, being asked how 4„. operas were performed at Paris, said, with a smile of " God forbid that I should ever go to hear them Yore t tom ' ti c -; . "_ Though, in the early part of the eighteenth cent u ury, these r e marks were too just to be contradicted, in the nineteenth, styl e soMething resembling has found its way even into French vociferation and neither of these Italian masters, had they flourished at a later date, would have entertain ed the o p inion they formerly so freely expressed.—Dramatic and Musical Review. ADVENTURES or A RUNAWAY WIFE.—The wife of llhumble son of Cambria, residing i n North Wales, meiy (forgetting the solemn vows ma de at the by eal altar) fled from the " husband of her choice,' and sought refuge in the arms of a paramour. They took up their abode in Birkenhead, and I'M' OW tiin lived in comparative seclusion. Anxious , how ev er , to revisit th e land of their fathers, they took advantage of the cheap summer fares, and soon were again in Wales, The husband of the faithless one, hearing of their paid an unexpected, and rather unwel come, visit to them in their seclusion, and the c onscience-stricken villain, who had wronged him 1 11 the most tender point, fled from his pre , Bence ; but the wife, whether conscious of her own un worthiness, or still swayed by passions the mod vile, would listen to no entreaties on the part of her husband !c, resume the paths of virtue, and she determined to le ave the country the following morning. The hus band follow e d her to the steam-boat, and came pas senger with him to Liverpool. Whilst on board they attracted the attention of all, the wife attempting to hide h erse lf f rom h er i n jured husband, and shunning tin whenever he followed her. When the fares were eqllteted the wife had only ls. 11d., and the man was rg'4 l 4neaa, The captain, in consideration of the p oor n‘fis misfortutte, granted him a free passage , and was n - ., ° , 1 40 1 1ed to be COnteqt with what he had g ot from woman, into. e efirst W bo h a e t n wh the i y eh reaelle4 T/irerpool she rushed came alongside, and left her husband in the packet. Before stepp in g on shore the usual charg e of threepence each person was de manded for landing. She had not the needful, and upon the boate l ',"" nailing off a few yards, steamerinto the to take her back to the thew was paid, she jumped until the water, and fortunately - (the t . t . et tw. nearly down) managed to wade ashore to the astonishment 01 !tenders. She then made her escape ; but bha and her hapless spouse were afterwards seen on board the liirlf e2"ad boat, the poor fellow still in vain endeavouring to persuade her not to return to her seducer.—Lirorponi Mercury. BULLOCK FAIR.—The annual bullock fair took P l ace at Wisbech on the 12th instant. The condition of the beasts was excellent, and the fair was rather a large one. Very little business was done, and that at low t v r t ies- It rained for several • hours during the day , "tell, no doubt, prevented a great many from attend mg. - -Cambridge Chronicle. FATAL EXPLOSION Or FIRE-DAMP.--A frightful explosion o ccurre d on M on d a y a t the Crab-tree colliery, West Broinwich,.belonging to Messrs. J. Bagnall and sons, by which four men were instantly killed, and fire others so severely burned that they are not expected to recover. It is supposed that the " air lead" had become chokedne up during th e night, and thus caused an accumu iitiwonne m of e e se xp e l n o g s e i r. ve gas in the colliery beneath ,— Ten THE MOORS —The licensed dealers in game assem bled on Monday . last, in full feather. There never was S uch a motley gr ou p seen . They would have been the fortun e a strolling manager, there being clown, pan . t pesonce. Th e birds w l r oon, columbin e , an d h ar l equ i n , a nd the whole dramatis ere rather shy, as well they might ; the men w ou ld h ave f r i g h tene d their own mothers. The largest n um b er kill e d the f i rst day b y one person W as ten brace, —~Leeds Times. PROMOTIONS. Captain—W. Jones, of the Penelope (Aug. 14), to be Commodore of the second class. Lieutenant—W. Southey (1814) to the rank of Com mander. Mates—H. 73. Everest (1836), G. Kerr (1837), and Messrs. T. H. Molyneux, 11. West, R. 0. Sargent, G. H. Whately, R. 11. L. Warner, G. M. Smith, G. H. Wall, and R. Berington, to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—Robert Smart, K.H., to the Collingwood, vice Eden, resigned from ill health. Lieutenants—L. Browell and W. Robson, to the Vic toria and Albert, for promotion; F. Lowe, to the Alban, vice Jeayes; H. B. Everest, to the Formidable; H. Bul lock, additional to the Penelope. Mates—Hon. G. 11. Douglas, R. Shedden, A. C. Ho bart, and Hon. 0. W. M. Lambert, to the Victoria and Albert; C. M. Shipley, A. W. A. Hood, and A. S. Des voeux, to study at the Naval College. Midshipmen—P. Swinburn, to the Excellent; 11. Freeman, to the Albion. Sul...eon—W. R. M'Laughlin, M.D., to be Surgeon and Agent at Lough Swilley. Clerk in Charge—R. S. S. Little, to the Meteor. COAST GUARD. Appointment.—Lieutenant R. Jones (b), R.N., from Newquay Station, to her Majesty's ship Victory. Removals.—Lieutenant A. T. Morley, from Westgate to New quay Station, ; vice Jones J. Spurrin, from Cowes to Bishopstone Station; R. J. Bevians, from Hens brook to Poole Harbour Station, vice Lieutenant L. David, deceased. DETONPORT, AUG. 16.—An Admiralty order arrived here this week to enter men for general service on board the San Josef. This movement is looked upon as a shadow of forthcoming events. The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander the Hon. E. Plunkett, came into this port on Wednesday, from Cork, to be docked and repaired, having stranded on the mud at Bantry on the 9th instant. The Actaeon, 26, was undocked, after a thorough re pair, on Wednesday. The Armada, 72, was docked yesterday for conversion to a powder magazine. The Nile, 92, was undocked on Wednesday, having had her copper examined and repaired. In Harbour—San Josef, Confiance, Express, and Sylph. In Dock—Stromboli and Armada. In the Sound—St. Vincent, flag-ship. MORE LETTER OPENING AT THE POST-OFFICE. During the last few days disclosures of the most ex traordinary character have been made in the letter-car riers' office of the General Post-office, from the dis covery by the authorities of a most extensive collusion on the part of several letter-carriers employed in the de livery of letters in the western district of the metropolis, who, it appears, have been for some time in the habit of opening letters directed to noblemen, gentlemen, and others connected with the sporting world, with the view, as far as we can learn, of disposing of such information for some pecuniary consideration, or betting themselves upon the strength of it. From what has already been ascertained there can be no question but that this illegal and most reprehensible practice has been carried on for a length of time, and that letters, both inward , and out ward, have been thus treated, and their contents copied, the letters being afterwards duly delivered, or forwarded, as the case might be. It is also proved that bets to a large amount have been laid by several of the parties implicated ; and as the inquiry progresses from day to day, other and more startling facts are brought to light, and additional - revelations made culpatory of other letter-carriers and sub-sorters, who have, either directly or indirectly, been engaged in the transaction. Ru mour states, and we believe asfar as it can be ascertained that the statement is substantially correct, that this scandalous plot was thus discovered : — Two letters, open, were found on Wednesday morning last upon the seat occupied by a letter carrier named Tapson, directed to well-known sporting characters, but with which he had no business, as the parties did not live upon his dis trict, or walk. Upon being closely questioned, Tapson admitted that suck letters had frequently come into his hands, and eventually he gave so much information con cerning the opening of the letters, the use made of their contents, and the parties connected with the extraordi nary affair, that six other letter-carriers and one sub serter were eventually brought up for examination. Two or three of these men have been several years in the service, and all of them are persons of upwards of four years official standing. The mode by which their nefarious object was accomplished, we are informed was this :—The letter-carrier delivering letters upon a certain walk, who appeared to be the lead ing member of the clique, would obtain from one of his colleagues (of course by mistake, if dis covered) the correspondence of some celebrated member of the turf. The letter was then opened, it appears, by him, or some one of the party who happened to possess the greatest facilities, and the opinions of the writer as certained with reference to the qualities of the several race-horses, or the state of the odds upon a race. This being done, the letters were transferred to their proper districts, and eventually delivered. The Yitio@ sable s 01 o IRA information to the letter-carrier either as a di p article for a given sum to a low gam bler, or as a ground for betting upon his own accou nt, can be beet estimated by those who are in the habit of paying for the accom modation. A most rigid inquiry into the whole circlink stances of the case is instituted daily; end ep to Satur day afternoon there wurc suspended, until the deoislon of the Vostmaster-General upon the whole affair can be lumen, the letter-carrier who delivered the letters of Lord George Bentinek, the one who delivered those of Mr. Tattersall, besides four others employed to distri bute those belonging tq ether sporting characters, and ape 41.111-40fter., who has hod connexion in some way or other with the transaction. GEORGE COLMAN THE YOUNGER.—When George Colman wrote the comedy of John Bull public expecta tion was raised to the highest pitch, and ever and anon a whisper from the green-room tended to heighten the anxious desire to witness the performance. Rehearsals went on, and the comedy was underlined in the bills. This continued for a week ; at length a night was fixed for the production: But up to this period, Colman had only written four acts of the comedy. All the places were taken, and poor Fawcett (the stage manager) was in despair. Night and day, as his professional duties would permit, he stuck to the witty and erratic author, till at length, on the evening pre vious to the performance, he wrung a promise from Colman that he should have the fifth act in the morning. In the morning Fawcett called, .and was shown into Colman's bed-rooto. He was linetly in the arms of Morpheus, and the room scattered Aver with sheets of paper, and one or two empty gin bottles. Fawcett ga therPil 11P the manuscript and posted to the theatre, got the parts copied, and given to tine perflarniers, The play was produced as announced, and the fifth act was re hearsed in the intervals between the ethers' The de• served success of the comedy is well known.—Dramatic and Musical Review. VALUE or NEwsrArrus.—A thousand times have We heard this queatiott and 41101WOr, Two gentle? men meet;—" What's the news?" asks one ; " Nothing but what you gee in the papers." They pass on about their business. Has it over been noticed that, among the thousand benefits of a newspaper, not the least i s that it does away at once with tittle-tattle, gossip, street yarn, foolish exaggerations, scandal, and uewsraonger ing exaggerations, misrepresentations, &c. &c., which once took up so much of the time of those who were always hearing or telling of some new thing.. One real evil of soeinl life is thus ended. The man rises in the morning, looks over the paper, and is satistVd that he knows all worth knowing of the passing history of the world. He pile nothing to tell and nothing to hear further. He does not spend his time in giving informa tion which his neighbour knows as well as himself. He is not annoyed in the midst of his business or pleasures by the recital of 448 in -which he %fikPg interest. The same with women. Curiosity is gratified without s h s u ofnd hundred busy time. The scandal of the day has not employe d a meddling tongues iu its circulation and exaggeration. Conversation takes a higher tone. Prin ciples of morals and taste are discussed; the new poem, the last book, the magazine, or the review, becomes the subject of conversation. Even in the minor matters of lifer §opietv owes a large debt of gratitude to the news paPef•------grigAtqll qaelfr? Qt the 14ecorders court, last weeli, young woman, named Fanny Langstaff, who appeared to be about twenty-four years of age, of very interesting personal appearance, was indicted for stealing some handkerchicl§ from grangegorman-lane prison. It ap peared that on Tburstlay'mornieu the 14i'aoner c harged from the Penitentiary, but previous to her de parture she contrived to steal the property the in dquestion e She was arrested by Hilbard, of iv police w ith the handkerchiefs in her possession. The over floo her q p ilt h The l v eporder said, on looking over the records of the catlrt, lip fi . Nna that thif plsoner IN tulles or being pink, had b e en 221 times in gnA 1 and 101 times for var i o us other &Time*, He found that out of her comparatively short life she had spent There six years, five mouths, and four days, in prison ! was no use in having her longer in this country, and therefore the sentence of the court was, that she pri be transported beyond the seas f o r seyeb Ord, (hurt soner bowed to the court and said, " y ear h .- care, I have got a good education, I will turn land to some account in the country to where lam going, lam not afraid but I will regain my reputation and the posi tion in society frcan which J have been reduced —good bye, gentlemen of the police. Fanny Langstaif will yet be a lady, what she always was ! good mother for Sydney, hp !". She was then removed. f r 1 02 _ 4 , SUN, LONDON, 'TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 20, 1844. TANGIERS. The following particulars relative to langiers be red with interest at the present moment " The city of Tan z i ers i s eer y s trol l s by it and the hurnber of its batteries, whic el lat iii. walls er iia will round and squf.ire t rented by the British authorities, and by them in part sublet to British merchanta. contain the con, Pular and vice-consular residences and officers' and ineichants' houses, and altogether will consist of 18 houses. The houses are to occupy either side of.the and on the west and east, r:1 7 ,A .: t1;;;;;CCI; . e. centre are peri: S .capani Jr a they side runs a street 40 feet wide, but ehadoci on one by a verandah 12 feet wide, connecting the ui.ipPr parts of the houses, and protecting passengers against sun and rain. The consular residence being the largest of the projected houses is to face the square or river on the south-west; and the opposite corner in the south-east has been granted to the same firm formerly in possession of the Creek Hong. Th e v i ce . consulate is to be immediately behind the consulate. The well-known Respondentia walk is now narrowed by a wooden railing, supported by pillars of masonry, which incloses the whole of the square in front of the six centre factories that still remain. This has been laid out tastefully in walks and shrubberies, and in its centre has been erected a splendid flagstaff, brought out for the use and protection of Americans by the United States frigate Brandywine, and erected by the crews of American merchant ships at Whampoa. In melancholy contrast to this newly painted flagstaff and its glittering vane, are the fire-blackened stumps of those from which once floated the British and Dutch flags, and still left standing memorials of the strife. The company's garden, formerly stocked with many a rare and beautiful plant and flower, has been sadly neglected, many of its denizens having been trans planted to its more prosperous neighbour. The younger of the foreign residents here find a little ex ercise in playing at ninepins and quoits, nor seem aquitic sports to be forgotten, although the number of wherries and pleasure boats is not yet by any means what it used to be in times of old. Jackass Point, on which in days of yore the quid-nuncs used to assemble, now offers the disagreeable spectacle of a mass of dirt and rubbish, for which it seems to have become the privileged receptacle, much to the re proach of the foreign residents, who might easily con cert measures to do away with that nuisance ; which, however it is to be hoped, will be much abated after the new garden shall have been extended, as it is about to be, to the brink of the river. 'With the ex ception of the foreign factories and their immediate neighbourhood, down to the river, not much change has taken place. Old China-street is exactly what it always was, and New China-street has been rebuilt in exact imitation of its former self; and only four or five shops there remain to he built to obliterate all traces of the late dimstrous fire. With extraordinary activity the Chinese have repaired the damage done by that fire, and the streets have everywhere been rebuilt, nor does the visitor dream that destruction has been at work there only a few months since, the new streets and houses being mostly rebuilt as they formerly were, the only difference now striking the beholder being •the fresh and gaudy colours of the new signboards overhanging the streets, in lieu of those sobered down by age. The British flag now floats in front of Howqua's hong, where the British Consul is at present domiciled, and where a British sentinel, a marine, paces in front. If old Howqua is permitted from beyond the grave to cast a look upon the scene of his commercial success, he will quickly avert his eyes from a spectacle by no means calculated to please him, who to the very last was averse to the new order of things. It now only remains for me in this short sketch to notice the glo rious river, the Chokiang, with its hundreds of thou sands of boats and vessels of all sizes, admitting, free from danger, the largest line•of-battle ships, and, at the same time, nourishing and bearing on its bosom thousands of families that know no other home than the small boats it rocks on its waters. For miles, all the length of the provincial city, it is now, as ever before, covered with a multi tude of boats of all descriptions, from the bumble tanka to the flaunting flower boat, disposed in regular streets and squares; in fact another city upon the waters. From the factories are visible, in the direction of what used to be called Red Fort, the masts of a frigate built by the Chinese, in imitation of a Euro pean ship of war. This vessel is said to he well built ; but her cost is money utterly thrown away, as she is not likely ever to be of any use in the, de fence of her country; but she may, in case of an other war, prove a valuable prize to her captor. The feeling of enmity so frequently manifested of late by the populace of Canton towards foreigners, seems, according to all I have been able to learn, to be making room for better impressions; and there can be little doubt that it is the firm and fixed in tention and wish of the Canton authorities to pre serve uninterrupted the present amicable relations. But as stated before, the late war has revealed, to the people generally the inefficiency of their rulers, and the credit of the mandarins has suffered immea• surably by the conviction it has afforded to the masses, that however willing instruments they may have been for their oppression, they have been alto gether unable to protect them. The Chinese autlat;. rrities seem to be perfectly aware of this, and dread nothing more than the gathering of a mob, which in China is more easily collected, and more ready for every mischief, than perhaps anywhere else. greater reistanc, , than ;ir:ir ,;)pearane? Several bastioned towers have been repaired, and put into a state of defence within the last few years. The city itself is of little importance; it is poor, and has little trade. Tangiers has no interest but from its being the residence of the European Consuls, for its population only amounts to from 8,000 to 9,000, and its commerce is inferior to that of some other ports, notwithstanding its proximity to the European coast. The houses of the Consuls form the only ornament of the town. It is situate on the declivity of a calcareous mountain, part of which is not built upon, and presents a naked and unpleasant coup trceil. The town, like all other places in Morocco, is surrounded by a wall flanked by round and square towers ; this wall is enclosed by a ditch, 2,200 metres in extent, but which has no counter scarp. It is protected by a Moorish kasbah (fortress) of imposing appearance, and by a fort of Portuguese construction, bastioned in the modern style, but half in ruins. The kasbah is mounted by twelve pieces of cannon, which command the straits of Gibraltar. The ditches round the city are filled with trees, and cultivated as kitchen gardens, the letting of which belongs to the Governor, and who would take good care not to sacrifice the revenue he enjoys from them by putting the ditch in a proper state of defence. The rampart oppOs site the sea is remarkable for having two tiers of embankments with embrasures, mounted by guns. On the north side the city is defended by steep rocks, which prevent the approach of a besieging force. The principal defences have been raised in front of the landing-place near the marine gate. They consist of two batteries, mounting sixty pieces of heavy calibre, and eight mortars, all bearing on the port. The plat forms of the batteries are very narrow, the parapets are of masonry, but o n ly three feet in thickness, and the embrasures are not far enough apart, which tends to diminish the strength of the battery. The landing place is flanked on either side by two batteries. Be sides these defences of the - port, the bay of Tangiers is defended by six batteries in masonry, one built on Cape Malabata, and the other on the ruins of Old Tan giers (the Tingis of the Romans). They mount to gether forty guns. The two batteries which flank the roadstead at its two extremities are raised on small hills about 150 feet above the level of the sea ; the others are at the water's edge. To attack the place by sea, it would be necessary first to destroy those batteries, as well as those in front of the port, but in order to get into the town three inclosures must be forced, each having a very strong gate lined with iron. To do this cannon must be landed, or else a mine or the petard be had recourse to, but during this operation the assailants would be exposed to a murderous fire from the garrison, if the inhabi tants should be resolved to defend their city. By land the point of attack would be on the sands, and the low hills to the south, between the Fez road and the sea, after effecting a landing on the beach of Old Tangiers, out of reach of the sea batteries. Once established on these points, the plateau on which the market is situated would be gained. On this plateau there is space enough to form an entrenched camp, to serve as a point d'appui for the troops acting against the town. The western rampart being only of earth, might readily be de molished. The last attack against Tangiers was in 1790, when it was bombarded by the Spaniards. The inhabitants abandoned the place with all their effects, and peace was soon a fter c oncluded. The English supply_gof beef, mutton, f ru it s , an d vege iers and Tetuan. T ang i ers i s dis dtarbalwes their from Tan dis tant seventy leagues from Fez and Mequinez, and one hundred and fifty from Morocco, these being the three Imperial cities at which the Sultan alternately resides. From eighteen to twenty days is required to send a dispatch, and get an answer, from Tangiers to Fez, and from Morocco requires from forty-five to fifty days." HISTORICAL RECOLLECTIONS OF TANGIERS Tangiers is situated near the western entrance to the Straits of Gibraltar, built at •the entrance of - a bay, on the side of a hill overlooking the sea, and about 14 miles west of Cape Spartel. It has a popu lation of 9,000 souls; and, in conjunction with Te tuan, supplies Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, and other ports on the coast of Spain and Portugal, with fowls, beef, mutton, and fruit. During the memorable siege of Gibraltar, 1779-82, Tangiers was of considerable importance to the English, from whence much valu able information respecting the, movements of the French and Spaniards was constantly transmitted. It may not, however, be generally known that Tangiers was formerly in the possession of the English, having been ceded by Portugal in 1662 to King Charles the Second, on the occasion of his marriage with Donna Catherina, infanta of, Portugal, as part of her dowry. In the spring of 1680, Tan giers was besieged by an army from Morocco, and Charles recommended the Parliament to take mea sures for its preservation. The occupation of Tan giers was said to be of importance to the Levant ,trade, and it was feared that two millions embarked in that commerce would be lost. Consequently, detachments from each of the three troops of Life Guards; 260 officers and men from the First Foot Guards; and 130 officers and men from the Coldstream Guards, under the command of the Earl of Mulgrave, were dispatched to garrison the fortress of Tangiers, and on their arrival were styled " the King's battalion." These were followed by the Earl of Dumbarton's regiment (now the Ist, or Royal Regiment), and the Earl of Inchiquin's (now the 2d, or Queen's Roy a l s ). M uc h fi g hting o kplace be tween the Moor s an d t h e E ng li s h, with varied suc cess, and Tangi ers was c l ose ly besieged by the bar to barians. On th e 27th September, 1680, a . 15. 0e : . .ai sally of the garri son was ma d e on the MQO7 ~,n lines, where 15,000 t roops were enc amp' ; The action soon became g enera l , an d Dumbiirton's renowned veterans quickly carr i e d th e re d ou bt s , although with immense slaught er; the "Guards and the Queen's Royals equally suffered, for the returns give an ag gregate loss of 11 officers and 100 men kill e d, an d 3 4 officers and 334 men wounded. King Charles IL f ound the ma i n t enance o f a suffi cient garrison a t T angiers to be too expens iv e; an d the nation r e f us i ng to grant supplies, the fortifications and mole were biLiwn up. On the retirement of the En g lish ' the Moors quickly occupied the place, and it has ever since continued in their possession. Whilst the English were masters of Tangiers, the works on the land side were considered as almost impregnable. In April, y 1684 the troops returned to England ; and gnly all effective men of the Guards joined their re giments in Lo n d on. It is a si ngu l ar historical fact, t h a t " r ifl es " were introduced i n t o t h e British service in t h e year 1680 , and were fi rs t used b the Life Guards at the siege - of Tangiorsi It is also remarkable, that about the same period the G renadiers were intro d uce d i n t o th e army, and a didgood service at this memorable siege. According to the quaint language of the carried a large pouch filled w ith hand-grenades. These men were instructed to ignite the fusees, and to cast the grenades into forts, trenches, or amidst the ranks of their enemi es , w h ere the exp l os i on was ca l cu l a t e d to produce much execution ;" and the men, deriving tha designati on from the combustibles with which they were armed, were styled " Grenadiers." Al though the hand-grenades have long since been laid aside, yet one company, which is designated " The Grenadier Company," continues to form part of every battalion in the English service. TWEED FISHINGS.—The late rains, which at this season are to be regretted fur the sake of the grain crops, have produced a most beneficial effect on the salmon fishings. Last night the River became flooded, in , consequeuce of which an immense number of fish has entered it, and the boats, as they arrived at the quay, this morning, were literally fillel with fish. These for tunate takes have not been confined to a few stations or any particular part of the river, but have extended,ovf the whole as far as the tide flows. The appears&-' the quay this morni: . ::Fievious season.— ho.s -of equalled during this, or, indeed, any no ." t e b e een Berwick Advertiser. S O MNAMBULISM EXTR a lad named Smith ' -ORDINARY.--Tuesday night farmer, of the fish-hou se ~ in the employ of Mr. J. Cottrell, himself. -eve, awoke in a gr ea t f r i g ht, on fi n di ng crammed into some dark corner, nearly .4othered and blinded with dust and soot. Not being able to make out his whereabouts, he tried for a few moments to collect his scattered senses, and found him self with an indistinct recollection of having dreamed of climbing to take a rook's nest in his master's field •, con cluding he was still up in the tree, and being unable to get down, he cried out lustily for assistance, but without effect. After bawling for some time he became ex hausted, and was compelled to relinquish his hold, and fell with great violence on the hard ground. Groping about he found himself still in his own bedroom, and, glad to escape so easily, he scrambled again into bed, and fell asleep. But, on waking in the morning, the mystei7 of his night's bird-nesting was unravelled, for, to his great discomfiture, he found his person and the bed and bed-clothes, as well as the floor of the room, completely covered with soot, and, from a quantity of the same material lying in the fire-place, there is no doubt that the poor fellow got up in his sleep, and at tempted to climb the chimney, and, getting jammed in the narrow part, some seven or eight feet up, awoke with the sensation before described. Fortunately, his rapid descent occasioned no other injury than a few slight bruises on his person, and the damaged state of the bed and bedditig was easily repaired by a plentiful applica tion'of soap and water.—Cheltenham Examiner. CATS MEAT AND HORSES' TONGUES.—Wednesday, Mr. Walley, M.P., held an inquest at the Elephant and Castle, King's-road, St. Pancras, on the body of John King, aged fourteen. It appeared in evidence that de ceased was a. deputy vendor of cats' meat, and got from his employer 2s. 6d. a week and his breakfast and dinner each day. On Monday last he knocked at the door of a customer in Henry-street, Hampstead-road, and the in stant the door was opened he fell into the passage and died. He was subject to fits. The Coroner—His must have been a very laborious occupation, for he must have travelled a long distance with a large quantity of meat, which I understand is sold at a penny a pound. before any profit could be realised. A Juror—Oh dear no; cats' meat is sold at fourpence and threepence a pound. and he would not have to wheel more at any time in his harrow than half a hundred, weight. A good cats' meat walk is a fine fortune, and the proprietor would not sell his vested interest for a trifle. The Coroner—l believe it is boiled horse flesh they sell. Did any of you ever see them sell for cats' meat boiled horses' tongues? The Jury—Never. The Coroner—To be sure you never did. They are salted and dried and sold for ox tongues. A Juror—Yes, many of the so-called pickled and cured neats' tongues come from the knacker's yard. The Co roner—lt requires, lam told, a nice palate to distinguish the flavour of an ox's tongue from that of a horse's. I do not see why it should not be so. A gentleman—The prejudice against equine flesh is not universal. The celebrated sausages of Arles, in the south of France, arc principally composed of asses' flesh and condiments. They are considered a great delicacy, easy of digestion, and extremely appetissants. The Jury returned a ver dict of " Natural death. ANTIDOTE FOR PRUSSIC ACID.—We feel much pleasure in announcing in these columns that some re cent experiments made by Messrs. T. and 11. Smith, of Duke-street, Edinburgh, with a view to discover an anti• dote for prussic acid, have been brought to a successful termination. It was previously well known that the acid might be neutralised, but a perfect neutralising power, inuoxious to the stomach in itself, easily used, and readily to be procured, has hitherto, as far as we are aware, been a thing altogether unknown. The sulphate of iron, commonly called green vitriol, was lately stated by Sir G. Lefevre to be an antidote to this poison, in the pages of the Lancet. It is not so, as the Messrs. smith showed in reply. However, the presentation of oxidized iron to the deadly acid is in reality the fundamental fea ture of their own discovery. Only it was necessary to find out how to present it to the acid in the shape in which the acid will combine with it, and to do that safely is a difficult matter, as all medical men well know. 'The iron, as the late experiments demonstrate, must . i he in a state partly of peroxide, and part l y of protoxn e, when combined with which, only, will the acid form the desired compound, a compound well known as Prussian blue, which is perfectly harmless in the stomach. It was the observatiem that in that salt the iron was peculiarly and doubly oxidized, which, while showing the useless ness of common sulphate of i ron , suggested the forma tion of ; another combination of the sulphuric acid with the oxidized metal, which might take up the prussic acid and form Prussian blue. The accomplishment of this combination constitutes the antidote. The prussic acid is turned in the stomach into Prussian blue; there an inert, harmless body. We only give what may be held enough to satisfy the informed, as well as the uninformed, of the possibility — the chemical possibtlity—ef the re inedy.—Scotsnian. An Admiralty order has arrived a ITSISNCE Majesty's ship San 'loser, fur active service. This looks enter seamen, who are to he borne on th t e ll b l o y o n k l s ou o t f h h t e o r ljke an intended increase of men.— United Service Gazette. EFFECTS OF TUE GAME LA.WS.—It appears by a Parliamentary return, ordered on the motion of Mr. C O T HNEDI LAVET I 0 W N A . R. BE , Bright, that no less than 4,529 persons were convicted 1839, after an imprisonment of about in England and Wales, during the year 1843, of offences against the game laws. No doubt a much greater nuin ber weiCitried. It is a serious question for the moralist (From a Correspondent C A w N i I n FOREOI n N MAI . - -:.: of the Hong-Kong Register ot and the otriot, whether laws which make it criminal to ____ April 22.), take wildauhnit° and thereby consign thousands every ..,, six weeks, the foreign community found themselves once more at liberty, they, Vntimls abolialiect=e4seds Mercury, with few exceptions, left a year to the contamination of 4 priaml, ought tvli power, and to a degree that IMPORTATION or FRUIT•-""APpliefilion having been place where they found themselves to be completely a small proportion of the former residents having as cargoes of th same feeling insecurity seems still to prevail, but the Customs whichatheodriatiiles/ arriving tetting by t h e s t t h e a a t m t e h r e s at the mercy of of a_rhitrary yet chosen to return, and to pitch their tents again on from the Continent, are generally of a very ripe and perishable nature, and requesting that fruit and vege tables of the kind may be landed from the vessels with- the scene of their former captivity, although two pot waiting far the usual entries to be passed, which years have nearly elapsed since the peace has been oauses delay, and very frequently deteriorates and in jures the goods, orders have been issued that, on a written But at present how much is that scene itself request being made to the principal officer of the Cus changed toms, at the station where the ship is lying, giving the , from what it formerly was ! Of a goodly name of the vessel, the marks and numbers of the pack-, row of th i rteen u five ongs, presenting a rather imposing concluded. ages, the number of Packages , the description of the front to the river, years . back,. now only seven having been destroyed in re goods, and the supposed value and duty, fruit and veget- main ; three of mom, including the splendid hall of Ales of a ripe and perishable nature may be allowed to be unshipped. from the yesspl, on 4 deposit being made December, 1842, by a riotous mob, and the other niz the ifiltir, and on conditions that if the vessel be not three on the opposite, or West end, having shared the twruheicthhaatt some e sa p m r e og ti r m es e s alongside the wharf or quay,, the goods be removed same fate, occasioned by a ries, thereto, by craft in charge of an of fi cer of the Customs, reduced a great portion of the suburbs of Canton to the Crown being put to no additional expense ; and that the same be landed And examined dering dayliabt. Th- has been made in rebuilding the Spanish and French finautity . of fruit impot:ted frinn the Continent into this _ destroyed by the last fire • but the Danish has country is very great, and from the necessarily close hongs manner in which it is packed, and its perishable nature, been converted into Chinese shops, and thus has the formerly allotted it is requisite that it should be exposed to the air as small space . quickly as possible, to prevent its decay. still more reduced, instead of having been extended, DIABOLICAL ACT.—An atrocious act of villainy e the ashes, Eas in t O bl c d to ia ber Co la ni st p . anyfi t 114 we m i g ht have had a right to expect, and for vils perpetropd pn Wedpetlay aelnnigh w t, at Andrew's- f hi o h the acciden t o the fire might ha ve o ff e red a house Colliery, near Wkick am, by some fitting discipl e fair occasion a nd p retence. of the fi endish leaders of the pit population—Beaze ey On the eastern side of the factories nothing has, and Co. About twelve o'clock at night, a metal pipe, however, yet been done, for rebuilding the other three about fourteen inches in length, loaded with powder and d estroy ed by the ' bongs pieces of metal, &c., was discharged through the house round, which a t p res ent offers a dreary enough door of a pitman, named William Glasper, in the dives- g t 2e i e The considerable extent of ground from tion of the bed whereon he and his wife were lying. iP e 9 ---- ' • I com for m Fiiiquilatay, 'howeieti, the aiiirsfe fiew - above the bed, which the prince . y pany used. any years to and lodged in the wall and ceiling, leaving the inmates supply the E ng l is h market with tea at a hundred per totally unharmed. Glasper's offence, as will be sup- cent. profit, and where its agents were famed for en posed, consisted in his having deserted the ranks of tertaining themselves and others with unbOlinded l3eazeley and Co., and returned to earn his living by hosp itality, o ffering nothing now to the eye but heaps work, instead of prowling Omit in Wienass, and turning a . rubbish, and mounds of bricks pile lup here and out his wife and children as mendicants and vagrants.— , th e re, ready at hand for the b u ildi ngs it i s now i n Durham Chronicle. l conteniplatlon to raise there. The ground has been Kenyon h, 1 . 1 1 , lock, Derv) Lady CS : l ra krwick, tly proem i and D' ire errile a t the Cool .quis of id t he I1°` ! Frances.! , isTot,P. In leave or. Efaires. g the sun ' res idee „ce.. d the J at Stalin' 1 Paget 1; lence lri and Pleb be 4 10 have lisle, at Ce d ar eek for 5661 4 D town 0;0 wper.at eek will 9 f, Wall, M. 0 ding won. lo ts )pe Vera n Yridsl Prussiati .h o i His Lor'l iticent eirr.6l rday eveni- srVi Lady Ck )r Stratiluedli ed hi s 1/ r , ) 11. 1 or yes c t ° ,,j4 s ly on 0"" est son e o f Laura P sss . o aveland. near Se , d rri The 03 $ 0 4 , le y. Auge e Millbank~ g returoroi, ,uous del o f beautiful e Castle. ich Waslove g the fl ec _d fitted 1844, t ai IritisiLF B o sited 5,3441 ; e ani° ll/1 4 the e% t a t, the S lil te d coriv,i c ,m o th e death pf , se holti Troll s •mri , una the bo, e o f „ . „te bI,Y "siv- g re tio th e u s/ g st non t ba I stVi il S: 05th alli ed. o f ►1i ,, r 501 , ort o out the e. Oltiof wei HERRING FISHERY. DERWICK.—Our herring, fishery his, c‘i. whol hveu better this week. .the early part of it II tak was very pee; hut, a 3 the week advaneel, improved ris.. oJ. :Lie tides—the shop; Mile to the north this. The highest (1;...y had about twenty ,prt .Ili IC. Lon SS? rkef e! - Jrii.'lSs. to 14i. p:r , good in quality. The strong north wind that blew on Thursday morning subsided a deal before evening, arid the boats got all to sea that night, eager for the fishing, the prospects of which are now i.nproving. The shoal is close to land, and we think success very probable. This morning the take is fully a 3 high as on Thursday, and more general. EYEMOUTII, AUG. 15.—The fishing has been very unsuccessful here this week until Wednesday, when the take was from one to 12 crans. The boats again put off in the evening with high expectations, but, before midnight, a severe storm arose which caused the fishermen to haul their nets. Several, however, had a number of crans. The weather having mode rated, our boats will be all off to night again. Prices during the week have been lls. and Us. per cran. We have a great many French vessels here waiting on herrings. Some of our boats which went to Dunbar on Monday, as there was a report of herrings being at that place, have all returned unsuccessful. HOLY ISLAND, AUG. 15.—We are sorry to be under the necessity of reporting unfavourably of our herring fishing up to this time. On Sunday evening our boats went out, and, in the morning, one boat had nineteen crans. The others ranged from one to three, and some had not even one cran. On Tuesday morn ing, the highest take was twelve crans; the other boats the same as on Monday. On Wednesday the highest was fifteen ; but the other boats had very few, some of them not even a hundred. Owing to the gale ceasing that night sonic of the boats were in here byveleven o'clock, most of them having but a few herrings, and one boat twenty crans. Notwithstand ing the unproductiveness of the season hitherto, the fishermen are looking for a successful one yet. Next week is about the time the heavy fishing sets in upon our coast, when we trust-their hopes will be realised. NORTII SUNDERLAND....--OD the mornings of Thurs day, Friday, and Saturday last, the fishing was much the same as on the three previous days. Thursday, the highest boat had twenty crans ; Friday was ra ther better, the highest having twenty-six, and, on Saturday, the highest had twenty crans. Monday morning our boats were very unsuccessful, the best could scarely count one cran. Tuesday was con siderably better; highest about eighteen crans. Wed nesday the largest take was twenty-five crans, and the fishing more general. We have had more arrivals of French luggers, which have caused a little advance in prices, which range from 10s. to 13s. DUNBAR, AUG. 14.—The fishing has not been so general this week' as in the end of last. This does not arise from the scarcity of fish, for all agree that that the shoal is immense, but from the great quan tity of water burn, which prevents them from mask ing. The take to-day was better than yesterday ; the highest boat reached about fifteen crans, but many did not exceed a barrel or two. The number of boats and curers is now greater than it has been for years. Selling price to day, Us. per cran.—Berwick Ad- I vertiser. PILCHARD FISHERY. PORTLOE.—On Saturday last the driving boats at this place had fine catches, not less than 10,000 to a boat, and on Monday they took about the same quan tity on an average, one boat having upwards of 11,000. The pilchards are very near the shore, and the seins, which are being got ready, will be put out imme diately, if the weather is favourable. CIIARLESTOWN.—The drift boats belonging to Charlestown continue to take from 8,000 to 10,00 Q fine fish, which have been sold at 2s. per hundred. LooE.—There has been little or nothing done here by the drift boats for the last fortnight. The weather has, been in a very unsettled state, so that they have not been at sea more than once or twice during that time. MOUNT'S BAY.—During the last fortnight the weather has been very stormy, and the fishing boats have not been much at sea. On Monday night, how ever, they went out, and had good catches of fine pilchards—from one to seven hogsheads each. Ves sels arrived at Penzance repo r t h av i ng seen l arge quantities of pilchards not far off, and some shoals have been seen in the Bay during the past week. Several seins have been put in pay this week, and the prospects are considered good. ST. IVES.—The driving boats put to sea on Tues day evening, but were obliged t.t) haul early, in con sequence of the wind shift'ing to the W.N.W., and blowing hard. Ths3 - pilchards taken are very fine, and are getting nearer the land.— West Briton. ATTEMPT TO SCUTTLE A SHIP. SUNDERLAND, 17.—Mr. Day, master of the brig Earl Vane, of this port, was brought before the sitting magistrates to-day, charged with Ji attempted to scuttle that vessel at sea. The vessel re turned from sea, after being out for at. out nine weeks on a passage for Archangel, s fr and Mercantile Gazette of jted in the Soon committee of the after her arrival au . 16th instant. Soon committee took place by the elicited that insurance policies, when it was " was, th „, ,ne cause why the vessel has returned see' an attempt had been made by the master to —tie her. A criminal charge having, therefore, been made against him, he was accordingly brought up before the bench. Messrs. R. Brown and J. C. Potts, solicitors, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. T. T. Wright, solicitor, for the defence. Part of the crew only have yet been examined, and the case stands adjourned till the 19th. The evidence in de tail is necessarily very lengthy. The facts are these :—The master, not being a complete navigator, the duties devolved entirely upon the mate, who, in consequence of the extra duties lie had to perform, treated the master with great harsh ness, and applied to him horrid names. They had a long continuance of contrary winds, and were de layed on their passage. One of the crew was sick, and another had a scalded foot, and from the delay their provisions were nearly all exhausted. The mate advised that the vessel should return ; but the master said that, rather than return, he would sink the ship. Soon afterwards, when near the North Cape, it was discovered that the vessel was making water at the rate of nine feet per hour. On examining, they found that two treenail holes had been bored with an r auger in the hold, which were plugged by the car penter; and, by the exertions of the crew at the pumps the water was greatly reduced. The master did not take that interest in assisting that he might have done. He afterwards confessed that he had bored the holes, and that a third had been commenced, which was also discovered ; but it was not very deep in the timber. They determined to return home, and spoke the Lady Sale, of Dundee, the master of which vessel advised them to return. The mate prepared a letter to the owner, stating the circumstances, and said therein that the master appeared to be insane. All the crew were willing to sign it but the carpenter, who objected to the word insane, which he did not believe to be correct. He would not sign it, and some others of the crew were influenced by his exam ple; they therefore proceeded on the passage home, and, without any further disaster, arrived here on the 14th inst. From as much of the cross-examination as has been proceeded with, it appears that the defence is insanity. The master was much agitated by the very harsh treatment of the mate, and it was for several days that he ate very little food. He is considered to be a timid, nervous man, and at the same time was so much excited, that his conduct in some instances was like that of an insane person.—Shipping Gazette. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE AND LANCASTER AND PRESTON RAILWAYS.—At the half-yearly meeting of the Lancaster Canal Company, held last week, it was stated that the Company's opposition to the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway had been withdrawn, on condition that the Railway Company should guarantee and make up (if needful) the amount of tonnage, on the north end of the canal, to 11,000/. per annum. Should the amount exceed that sum, such excess to be paid to the Railway Company, the latter to have an option, at any time, of adopting the now current lease of the Lancaster and Preston Railway, on paying to the Canal Company 9,250/., in addition to the sum of 13,300 L now paid by the Canal Company as a yearly rent for the line. The secretary intimated the intention of the lessees to run a third-class train on the Lancaster and Preston Railway, at ld. per mile, one ea ch way, at a convenient hour, in compliance with the intentions of the Legislature.— Railway Record. NEWLY INVENTED SPECTACLES, TELESCOPES, &C. an —ln consequen ce of the great inconvenience felt, at tendedeieffects o o toab ienabledto b personseye-sight in the ' e properly with s pectacles, sfotac a great country,by with ~ theirinjurious not b ies'a;c"and which have com e un d er t h e extent) of the Messrs. S. dB. . Solo mons, notice Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, oppo site by the York Hotel, the y have c ontrived means - which individuals, at the most remote part of the globe, can be suited with their Newly Invented Spectacles, by stating their age, and, if making use of Spectacles, naming the length of time they have done Newly Invented Spectacles areplaced so. Immediately the vision, that mist and dullnesswhich before imperfect eyes is at once removed, ever appear before the distinct, so that the most a g ed y imperfectobject becomes clear and to its youthful, natural, d sight is brought an Achromatic Telescopes, O original state. Improved of the same kind of pera Glasses, Microscopes, &C., Their Lenses, to surpass any ever yet in vented. Sound Magnifiers, Invisible Voice Con ductors, will enable persons at an advanced age, and of forty and fifty years standing of - they extreme deafness, to join in gen era l conversation ; are not in the least perceptibl e , nor more uncomfortable than having a small piece of fine wool in its place. Sent, carriage free, any distance.—C a ution : M e s s rs. S. and B. Solomons, Opti cians and Aurists, are not in any . way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbour hood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mis takes, be cautious, and observe — on l y to be bad at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. IRELAND. 9.17 AT: VISIT =i liiC, 7LT URAL SOCIETY. — THE BANQUET AT 'THE THEATRE. Dtjuurc, AUG. .17.---This really splen•lid banquet took place in the Theatre Royal, Cri Thursday everribg. Th.-: house was fitted up in a very striking and picturesqne manner , and was very brilliantly lighted. D i r e hundred parsons, including, an immense num::, of coun try gentlemen, - st down to dinner. The was tal;en soon after six o'clock by the Duke of Leinster, the Earl of Erne being Vice-President. Amongst those present were—the Marquis of Dowushire, the Marquis of Kil dare, Lord Crofton, Lord Castlemaine, Lord Cloncurry, Earl of Miltown, Lord Clancarty, Sir Percy Nugent, Bart., Sir John Power, Bart, Sir R. Bateson, Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bart., Sir Nicholas Fitzaimon, the Hon. P. Ponsonby, Right lion. the Recorder, Henry Grattan, Esq., M.P.; W. S. O'Brien, Esq., M.P.; N. Maher, Esq., M.P.; James Power, Esq., M.P., D.L.; G. A. Hamilton, Esq., M.P.; Christopher Fitzsimon, Esq., D.L.; George Roe, Esq., D.L. ; J. L. Naper, Esq., Colonel Munroe, i Colonel Henry White, Colonel J. White, Hon. J. Law ' less, Peter Purcell, Esq., Daniel O'Connell, jun., Esq , lingls Morgan Tuite, Esq , J. Finlay, Esq., LL.D. ; Nicholas Doylan, Esq., James Grattan, Esq., Surgeons O'Reilly, Surgeon Carmichael, Surgeon Round, J. A. Knipe, Esq., C. Roper, Esq., Edward Lucas, Esq. After the usual loyal toasts had been disposed of, Lord CLONCURRY gave " The Royal Agricultural Im provement Society of Ireland." The Secretary, Mr. 13un.EN, here proceeded to read the list of prizes, which occupied a considerable time, and the enunciation of some of the premiums, especially that to the little Kerry hull (Paddy Blake) caused much merriment. The next toast was " The Highland and English A,gricultural Societies," which was acknowledged by the Marquis of Downshire. The Earl of ERNE, who proposed the next toast, spoke at some length. His Lordship said he was well aware that the Irish landlords had been grossly maligned and vituperated. It was too much the fashion in England to cry them down, and abuse of them had now become a popular cry in Ireland. It too frequently happened that the landlords were abused and vilified by men who had neither property nor character of their own, and, there fore, were at liberty to say whatever they supposed would best suit their purpose ; but he asked those gentlemen, did they understand the question upon which they had undertaken to express their opinion so flippantly, or had they, before they commenced their attack, taken the pre caution of visiting the property of the resident landlords, and ascertaining by personal obseivation the real and actual condition of the tenantry upon their estates I.!' Improvements, and great improvements, had been re cently effected in the condition of the tenant classes in Ireland. He made the assertion fearlessly, for he was in a position to vouch fur its veracity. Great improve. ments had, he repeated, been effected in their conditon, and by what agency, he asked, had these "salutary changes been brought about? By:whom werethey effected but by the landlords ? By what other agency could they be effected ? Surely it was not the large sums of money which were collected from year to year, from_ month to month, and from week to week, that could have done this ! [The enunciation of this sentiment produced a marked sensation amongst the company— some cheered loudly, others hissed and groaned, and, amid loud cries of " order, order," f rom a ll parts of the*. house, Mr. Smith O'Brien, who was seated in the vicinity of the chairman on the right-hand side, rose from his chair and walked out of the theatre. He was followed immediately by Mr. Nicholas Maher. the Member for Tipperary, and both the Honourable Gentlemen were cheered loudly by the great number of those who were sufficiently near them to observe their movement.] The vice-chairman continued his address unconcernedly, and again repeated his conviction that it was to the resident landlords alone that the country was indebted for those salutary changes which he described as having taken. place in the condition of the tenant classes. The next toast was, " The labourers of Ireland." tenantry and agricultural. Mr. NAPER, Lo t o icrew , a most excellent landlord, responder! co this toast, and, in the course of his obser vaticnA, said that he hated the idea of raking up old feuds. The hour had come when they should forget the past, and look nobly to the future. They should commence upon a. new system ; they should reorganise their agricultural interests, and he who would desire that success should attend his projects as an agriculturist in this country, should make it his study to apply not only to the hands, but to the sound head and the warm heart of the Irish peasant.—(Cheers.) Other toasts followed, which were responded to by the Marquis of Kildare, Lord Crofton, Mr. Stewart Blacker, &c. The company separated at eleven o'clock. LORD ERNE AND MR. SMITH O'BRIEN. The offensive allusion of the Earl of Erne to the Re peal Association, noticed in the preceding report, in duced Mr. Smith O'Brien to address the following letter to the secretary of the Agricultural Society immediately after he had retired from the dinner : "82, Lower Mount-street, Aug. 15, 1844, " Sir,—A circumstance occurred this evening, at the dinner of the Agricultural Society, of such a nature as to render it necessary that the subscribers of the insti tution should be informed upon what principles it is founded. " For my own part, I Lecame an original member of the society, under t'ae impression that every successful effort to augruP:ot the amount and value of the agricul tural iTc'd':.ce of Ireland could not fail to confer benefits classes of our population. "I attended the dinner this evening, under the belief that the political opinions of the managers of the society would not be allowed to manifest themselves in such a. manner as to wound the feelings of any section of the subscribers. The speech, however, of the Earl of Erne, one of the vice-presidents, was of a character so offen sive to those who, like myself, seek to secure the welfare of their native land by procuring for it a national legis lature, that it left me no alternative but either to quit my seat or to convert the meeting into a political debating society. " I preferred the former course, even at the risk of appearing to shrink from the vindication of my own opinions, and of those with whomit is my pride to concur. " I have now to ask, respectfully, whether the council sanction the language used this evening by Lord Erne ? "If his Lordship's conduct meet their approval, I take the liberty to request that you will remove my name from the list of subscribers.—l have the honour to be your obedient servant, " WM. S. O'BRIEN. " To the Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society." "P.S.—As I propose to leave Dublin to-morrow evening, I shall feel obliged if you will transmit your answer to me, addressed to Cahirmoyle, Rathkeale, unless you are enabled to send it to 82, Lower Mount street, before five o'clock to-morrow." This admirable letter—so remarkable for manliness, good temper, and forbearance, for the sake of a Society established to promote and foster agriculture in Ireland —caused a meeting of the council of the Society yester day, at which Lord Erne attended, and in a manner highly creditable to him, expressed his unqualified sorrow for the offensive expressions which he had uttered on the previous evening. Immediately after the meet ing of the council, the subjoined abstract of their pro ceedings was transmitted to Mr. Smith O'Brien, by Mr. Bullen, the Secretary : " Dublin, 37, Upper Sackville-street, Aug. 16, " Sir,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 15th inst., which I laid before the council this day, when the enclosed resolution was agreed to, a copy of which I have been directed to send you.—l have the honour to remain, Sir, your obedient servant, " EDWARD SULLEN, Secretary. " William Smith, O'Brien, Esq., M.P., 82, Lower Mount-street. " ROYAL AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY Or IRELAND—MEETING OF TUE COUNCIL. " Friday, 16th of August, 1344. " The Marquis of Downshire in the chair. " The council having been specially called together in consequence of a letter from Iry S. O'Brien M.P., in reference to some expressions used by the Earl of Erne, at the banquet yesterday, at the Theatre Royal, and Lord Erne having come forward and • expressed in the promptest and most handsome manner his regret that any observations should have fallen from him of a poli tical tendency, and calculated to offend the feelings of any member of the Society, and which expressions were contrary to one of its fundamental rules E -- "It was unanimously resolved —That it is a matter of' 'the greatest gratification to the council that so satisfac tory au explanation has been given by the Noble Earl, retaining as they did the strongest conviction that the security and prosperity of this great society can only be preserved by a complete abstinence, at all its meetinge, from allusions of a political tendency. " Resolved—That a copy of the above resolution be forwarded by the secretary to Mr. Smith O'Brien, in answer to his letter, and that these resolutions be pub lished in the newspapers of this evening. "DOWNSIIIRE, Chairman. " The following members of the Council were present on this occasion : " The Marquis of Downshire in the chair ; the Duke of Leinster, the Earl of Erne, Sir R. Bateson, Bart. ; Mr. C. Fitzsimon,Mr. C. Roper, Mr. D.Wilson, Mr. F.W. Barton, Mr. John Sharman Crawford, Mr. George Roe, Sir James Stronge, Bart. ; Mr. Naper, Mr. Wade, Mr. Peter Purcell, Mr. George A. Hamilton, M.P. ; Mr. Andrew Ball, Mr. Archbold, M.P. ; Sir John Kennedy. Bart. ; Mr. William Tigh, Mr. Charles W. Hamilton, Mr. Thomas Hutton, Mr. William Owen, Mr. Thomas Ball, the Hon. Frederick Ponsonby, Mr. Denis Kirwin, Mr. F. Donough, Mr. William J. Armstrong, Mr. J. B. Baakhead, Mr. Thomas Butler, and Mr. Thomas R. Hardy." Mr. Smith O'Brien, in the following communication, accepted the explanation of Lord Erne, conveyed through the society, in the spirit in which it had been offered : "82, Lower Mount-street, Aug. 16, 1844. "Sir—l have bad the pleasure of receiving your obliging communication of this date, in which you transmit a copy of the resolution passed by the council of the Royal Agricultural Society, in reference to the occurrence which gave occasion to the letter which it was my painful duty to address to you last night. " I trust that the prompt, honourable, n and explicit re paration which has been offered by Lord Erne to those whose feelings may have been hurt by his unguarded ex pressions, will be deemed us s atisfactory by others as i t is by me, and that this incident may prove serviceable rather than injurious to the interests of one of the few national institutions in regard of which Irishmen of every class, creed, and party are enabled to co-operate for the common good of all.--I have the honour to be your obedient servant, W. S. O'BRIEN." " To the Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society.' THE AUCTION IN THE SHOW-YARD, some instances Y es terday there was an auction upon a very large scale at the Coburg - g ardens, of a p o rtion of the stock h i been ne( were exb i b r e i t m e d u , n cra. and, v generally speaking, the very high. In the class of bulls the sums obt a ined were not in general more than an average, but th e cows and prices w icll o h b a t tl a breeding stock brought large sums. Priddy Blake, the I