The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-25 00:00:00

110 Strick -7 , IFT me, 38. ted for y and same. n, and Igeant Ide for ng the news. ised to at the d been having .1011es a los. been prored •n for m! the 1 imseif ek, in itolen. i kos FLA NI }Ell S AIL.M 0 ,... 5 1t5, 21 Ann.—The Archduke Frederick of Austria 1 4 -1 .,,1ed in B e l g i um . General Goblet went to Liege to 1 4 - The Prince is son of the Archduke Clinics, and 1: 1 1 V himself in the Syrian cap6ga IS4O, patticu- Ili ttl e ,!d M rn a, and at the siege of St. Jean ti'Acre. t.tise o f he Albussera, son of thejate Marshal Suchet, has re from Paris, on his way to Germany. to,atoniteur of this day publishes the law of the 21st May, , 1 1 Which the Governmert is authorised to grant assent to , i ;PenY represented by Mr. George Robert Harcourt, of stipulating in the name of Messrs. Andrew Stoppis ttietard Bates, and John Gurney Fry, the Commis of the railroed from Liege to Namur, and of the coal et, Manage an d M on s. d e,ua brig l e ft A n t wer p yest er day from St. Thomas de 111 . Mr. Augustus T. Kent de Roodepbeck, be ih`e the Department of Foreign Aff,irs, commissioned e Governments of Central America, proceeds to , on board this vessel. creeurseur of Antwerp, of the 20th, states that a hur -1 e took place there on the 19th, with a- thunder-storm d istance. The hurricane was likewise felt at Bruges. th ell i n torrents an d was succeeded by hail. It is pro ktitt f the wheat crops in the environs have suffered. ! Its, Auo. 22.—General Goblet, who went to Liege ti. e the Archduke Frederick, has returned to Brussels, Cspess having taken another route. tstouters here profited by two days fine weather to get in Which was cut. It is slid that the corn has suffered but 'Lew days fine weather will suffice to allay many fears. 014 ceiliste des Flanders, says, " A letter of the 18th wille,Warden, announces that the crop of potatoes in Fries very good and abundant this year, though the plant ked by the prevailing malady. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausszts, Ara. 23. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ OaD. of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent • • Ditto Three per Cent ... •••••••• • • • • • • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto, ditto,lB4o.• .. • • • • • • • • 1017 g Ditto, ditto, 1842 • • • • • • . • • • • • 104 Ditto of the City, 1832 •••• • • • • ••• •• Ditto, 1843 • . • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • 101% Papers, Aug. 23. RAMBURGII BORSENHALLE, Aug. 19. Bills. Money A tt*trian 5 icber Cents ••••••••• • • • • • • • 114% 1650 ji!!le-ltussian Loan . ..... .... • .. 114 ancn 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 105% .0 Ist series Inscription • • • • • • 105?", • bill,klops and Co. 3d and 4th series.. 99% in Certificate. •••• • • • • ...... • . 99% / 1 .74 per Cent., Hope and Co. •• •• . • 93 B' 4 o Stieglitz •••••• • • • • • • ••.• .. 91% 913.4 knish New 5 per Cent.. .... 20% 20% 'MHO-Portuguese 3 p er C e nt • i,‘400-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent .• `4ltelt Actual Debt, 2% per cent • • • • • • Ditto 3per Cent. •••••• • • • • • •Polisit •• • • New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 85% 8614 "u glo-D an i s h Loan, 3 p:i• Cent •• • ... 87% 'ational Bank Shares:. • • • • • • • • ...... 150 DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTZBDAM, Arc. 22. Money. Bills. 'Zonal Debt, 2% per Cent.... •• 63% 64 Ditto, 3 per Cent ••••• • • • • • ...... • • 77 77% Ditto 4 uer Cent.• •••••••• • • • • • • • 100% um ' - • ort Syndic, 4% per Cent.. ... • 100 100% 3%Ditto, per Cent •••••••• • • • • • • • • 93% 93 % COnimercial Company, 4% per Cent .. 168% 169% rat India Loan, 4 per Cent.......... ' 4 •etutnge on London, at sight .••• • • • • 12 • • 12 20 Two months.•. • • • • • • 12 15 On Hamburgh, at sight •• • • 35 87% Two months... • • • • • • 35 62% OnParis •••••••• • • • • • • .• • Two months. .. .• • • .. P ft)ers, Aug. 22. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Ara: 19. Bills. Money. St 1 , • Sebald Sch., 3% per Cent .• .• .. ,• ss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent — 51ange on London, 2 months ••• • • 6 24% Mate Gazette. Aug. 20. AQUATICS. M ts WAGER.--T he oars wager between Robert William Robins, of florselydown, and William Lambeth, and John Phelps, of Fulham, came off Y, the distance being from Westminster to Putney, 201. a side. The celebrity of the whole of the . had induced the public to expect a firsf-rate but they were, unfortunately, owing to. accidents the men, doomed to disappointment. At about five o'clock they appeared at the starting-place, had won the choice of station, going to the from the steam-boat pier, and Pocock taking the arch, the former with the colour forward, and with the colour aft, which, however, was les- Pocock's boat by its being particularly low, st level with the water. Both pairs went F. rattling pace, but before two dozen 'ld been taken, the veteran Phelps pulled' his oar ; another was immediately handed ont a skiff, but as it was useless .for "wagering, (urnished him from his cutter. In consequence of lwel and his partner had gone upwards of 250 but owing to the canvass stretched fore and aft not being properly glazed, she shipped water at ancl,they became so "logged" that they were Jon her just above Cubitt's and get into their about the time that Pocock and his partner had \ them. Pocock and Phelps rowed the distance, = won the match. AYERLT AND ARGONAUTS " SCRATCII."—The of these clubs rowed a mixed " scratch" on Satur from Vauxhall to Putney. Five pairs had been ly four came to the starting-place. Messrs. James id. yellow, 1 ; Webb and C. Prior, red, 2 ; R. Mongredsan, purple, 3; Newell and Strutten, went away prettify together, and rowed through ' speed. Shortly after the start red showed in led the way up to Wandsworth,- when the win very plucky rowing, overhauled them, and three lengths. ON OF DUTCH CATTLE, &C.—lt is now nit the importation of cattle and provisions and other places on the Continent takes place almost daily by the numerous vessels trading t ° London to a very great extent. The cattle twer, and particularly from Holland, is of a very if not superlative description, and arriving here ',good condition, in consequence of the quick tran by the advantage of steam, have no doubt been to answer the most sanguine expectations of the The boisterous and squally weather however, Prevailed during the greater part of the last 1 eaused a mishap, which will, doubtless, prove a ss to the speculators. The Dutch steam-ship was due at the St. Katharine's-wharf, from on Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock, but Make her appearance until the following day ae hour, having been delayed by the tempestuous Weather at sea on the night of Tuesday 24 hours ... I) toper and appointed time of arrival. She had suci cows on board, and 75 sheep, and the scene decks and hold of the vessel presented on her description. They were all shipped sound and talon, but the storm at sea on Tuesday night irate, and the vessel was so much tossed about ,I and waves, that no less than 27 of the ' , Om the, suffering caused by the rough weather, arrival it was found necessary to get them landed 4 t possible, and sent to the knaeker's forth ,ch in the hold and on deck being almost un . they were pronounced by the veterinary surgeon 1 the Crown to examine them previously to be totally unfit for human food. It will be to the public to know that, by a salutary the revenue department, an officer is deputed iy the animals so pronounced to be unfit for , i ls tv . to the premises of the knacker, he being pre 11115,naess the flesh being boiled, and thereby ren 011i,,?aad not likely to be brought into human consump iit,t'Lo regulation was duly observed in this extraor- Nnce. It was found absolutely necessary to slay 11 • Ory., of the cattle on board. The remainder, although tt ;e.rtk state, were in a considerably better condition, gotashe have occurred and removed of o e to their or heir it i a , 4ll ,l lth O so n Yn ce e d or iffiY instances twice it N ;_dying or requiring to be slaughtered immediately Ntle ,l‘r circumstances; but such a wholesale destruction lo t l', unprecedented, and will, doubtless, be a serious 4 1 t he importers. The decks presented the appear • tll en extensive slaughterhouse, dead and sick lying kr ti d i rections, and contorted into every imagin a end altogether presenting a most extraordinary, !It Cdeplorable scene. There were twenty-one passen , 7, 4 , and the inconvenience and wretchedness they N o g were very great. They describe the passage as a i t , kei, e one, and such as none but a well proved sea boat, ~. a car go , could have stood against. The Batavier k 20 3 packages of peas, 82 packages of plums, 371 d'„ 7 of yeast, a quantity of poultry, and other articles A kto t produce and manufacture. `lk t 4 kaLAND.—[Extract from a private letter.] 4 4 , 4 t Axn, ALsacii 2'2, 1845.—1 have just had additional la k i the e Bay of Islands, which is worth communicating, i , now doted; and the vessel sails for Sydney at T he , Chief Nene (or Thomas Walker), Ripa, and :i. have already marched over from Hokianga (two ‘ h I) to the Bay of Islands, with 800 men, cut down a Veki had erected, and are going to set to work with 'ili, s 4 '. Napua (or Noble) joins them in a few days "' or 2,000 more, and Heki will be shot or taken pri- Ail this is done not only without application from the , hLbut even a ft er h av i ng , in reply to various offers of l - 74 told t o re main quiet, as the Governor would settle w irrel with Heki. This is most gratifying, as proving 1, e ase to be placed on the good feeling of the natives, knid Ilit stronger proof can be given." y: 11- -A shocking murder was committed on hsti b !ght last at I 7 Bromley, near Standon, Hertfordshire. Was the wife of an agricultural labourer, and the 04, of the violence which occasioned her death was her Ntsh;', (l . Levi Warman, the husband, is 45 years of age, F‘n. his wife, was rime years older. They had been 0t t. „ .. ` 4 many years, had brought up a family, of which i rot Lying two sons and two daughters, the youngest je h about 20 years of age; the eldest is an idiot. The :0,,,,„,r, th of Warman was disturbed by frequent 'I L'es ti Zu his wife was a constant sufferer from the violence '10 0 0; he had frequently threatened her life, and fear- Of ir,L . carry his threats into execution, she was in the ; 4 1, y fight herself when he was in an ill-humour. On 'll it ‘tik,,,:gnt last Warman's temper was unusually ruffled. ,t 1 11s t rnate deceased, in consequence, concealed herself INN ,:ti, but Warman went out, and discovering her re ilt/ifteger in such a manner about the head, that she was ! I , l4tad . t yrards found by her daughter lying on the ground :1t,,,: , Iv. An inquest has been held on the body, and a ver- Nth wi liful murder" returned against Levi Warman, who 1 14‘ , D t , t h committed to the county gaol to await his trial. t• man, standing six feet high. On Wedges- t 'k ' i '' 1 Nerful t he ,Y, of the deceased was interred in Standon church ;\ of oole of her children tollowing her remains to the & a l : ert ro'd Mercury. :t „ it , N'lli b , .IILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morn- N-- Nu t • ot th , named Hill expired in Guy's Hospital, in conse -49 fait:'` severe injuries he sustained about a fortnight ok hai l ' i ng from the top of a viaduct on the line of the k I , W .,'Y whilst engaged as a labourer. ii i , 4.111 1 . 4 r, IiON ET G A I IOON.— h O O n had F b r e i e d n ay mar a2r d ou on n l g dZ e t t i l l i day at Caroli n e es ynn' w ‘ l . s brought efore the Mayor i i. tin s e , si ' l f 'magistrates, and committed fortrial at the next Os 4 h„,„ ° ns, on a charge of stealing some silver spoons eitZrer 4 ; 4 of Mr. F. Barnes, a solicitor. After the mar -444 '!Y she called upon a female in that gentleman's ,110,1-orninitted the offence, fur which she was imme- L 4,,te t .,,,,. ° ended. The husband was rendered almost frantic li 'Ag ?nee. II 'it ter s's tk, ter wi REPEocir.—Some time since a sailor on C• 44 N c i et ' a rfs was swearing most boisterously, when one 1 1 '* s "y, Y of Friends passing along accosted him very ilart all a" t i. , a th said, " Swear away, friend, swear away, till 4 NI anti' at bad stuff out of thee, for thee can never go Ns nf an t i' that bad stuff in thy heart." The sailor, with l'i t i t irt a ° flithreent and shame, bowed to the honest Quaker tli e • %is Zather in thi s I , ralitv has been more favour 'lE, and th e harve st- may be said to have generally * -- Nottinyham Review. OARS k 4• :1 Lambe 1 1Y, the !coke 201. ;`'Bed had I. but t the me Past five ketilio had from t 74 arch, 't with % 1 Pococ kt Mort I a / ele llid 13 ' L off hi -, otif rom lik it kqurnis Oewel • • but • Ott not Zke i and, :kbandor about tl h in - "qe: t :OR 1414'_ of then olgttufiry t from ,1 1 !field, Sand M e all went kaod spe %d led Nate v by tl k kk latitrATtot • Ilekt_that anc • 1411Zo alLma , d er, a/ if not k t i ttl i o good 1 , 41 by the Y to ans h ' The prevai 1 0. ,used ' to tier4 :va o s n t11: 4 rnak 11 4, 4 41 e ho weath •N tlll 'oper • PO th_ • VVS Lz deck 1114-'mes dee li 4 dition • Per a te, ti lt eg i td ani 4 k from arrive / Ik e po *teach kod the 3 t i o lY thi 1114tibe l / N• ' (4 4 th: VA, t 2 ,11 Y . i O Yti to rt , THE S UST, LoNnON, MONDAY EVVNINer, Auortrsir 25, 1845. LITERATURE. ITALY, AUSTRIA, and the POPE. A Later to Sir James Graham, Bart , by Joseph Illazzini. ' M. Mazzini has long be en known to this country as the leader and rail:, ing point of that prescribed but en thusiastic and intrepid band of patriots, who, under the designation of " Young Italy," cc mpose a party devoted to the accomplishment of great social, political, and moral reforms in the existing institutions of their noble but unhappy country. lie will be known to a still larger portion of our countrymen as the refugee foreigner especially selected by the confederates of the " Right Honourable" Secretary of State for the Home Department, for their ingenious experiments on seal breaking and letter-larceny. It is impossible to do justice, by any abstract, or citations, to this forcible, manly, and biting epistle ; but it is a singularly rare specimen of the nervous eloquence with which a foreigner can manage to embody the expression of his just indignation in idiomatic English. I here are some noble passages in this letter—none more so than those which regard the cruel and untimely fate visited by the relentless jealousy of the Austrian overnment—the gallant, the lamented brothers Bandiera—tempted, cheated, betrayed into the toils of an unsparing despotism, but nurturing, with the effusion of their young and noble blood—we trust, we hope, we believe—that vigorous plant which is destined, even in our times, to become " the tree of liberty" that shall strike deep and wide its roots into the soil, and spread abroad the sacred shadow of its branches over all renovated Italy! The following impassioned manifesto of Italian nationality is conceived in a glorious spirit, and derives some additional interest even from the very litilicisms of its English:— "We are a people of from one-and .twenty to two-and twenty millions of men, known from time immemorial by the same name, as the people of Italy; inclosed by natural limits the clearest ever marked out by the Deity—the sea and the highest mountains in Europe ; speaking the same language, modified by dialects varying from each other less than do the Scotch and the English ; having the same creeds, the same manners the same habits, with modifications not greater than those which in France, the most homogeneous country on the earth, distinguish the Basque race from the Breton ; proud of the noblest tradition in politics, science, and art, that adorns European history ; having twice given to Humanity a tie, a watchword of Unity —once, in the Rome of the Emperors, again, ere they had betrayed their mission, in the Rome of the Popes; gifted with active, ready, and brilliant faculties, is not denied even by our calumniators ; rich in every source of material well-being that, fraternally and liberally worked, could make ourselves happy, and open to sister nations the brightest prospect in the world. " We have no flag, no political name, no rank among Euro pean nations. We have no common centre, no common pact, no common market. We are dismembered into eight states— Lombardy, Parma, Tuscany, Modena, Lucca, the Popedom, Piedmont, the Kingdom of Naples—all independent one of another, without alliance, without unity of aim, without organized sennexion between them." That majestic Italy cannot yet be lost—she is not " dead, but only sleepeth," who in the generous Bandieras could boast of sons whose dying lips pronounced this touching declaration: —" E' fede nostra giovare l'ltalica liberta morti meglio else vivi." (" It is our trust that we shall better aid the cause of Italian liberty in our deaths than in our lives.") No hero of Old Rome in the best times of the Republic ever testified by a nobler death to a nobler sentiment ! THE PRACTICAL COOK, ENGLISH and FOREIGN. By Joseph Bregion and Anne Miller. 1 Vol. Sublime is the mystery of good living. Sagacious was the scholiast who defined man to be "an animal who cooks." Great wisdom was there in the reply which some one made when his hostess said, " Why, Doctor, you actually enjoy the delicacies of the table !" "To be sure I do. Do you think good things were made only for fools? May I trouble you for some more of the partridges and truffles ?" There is much philosophy around the social table :—a good feast, with a good many people (from 4 to 12) to partake of it, practically carries out the utilitarian prin ciple of " the greatest happiness of the greatest number." Not usittil the Restoration was the obese Bourbon really entitled to the title of Louis Dix-huit ;--but, even in exile,- be.had happily qualified himself, by mtive enjoy ment, forithe appellation of Louis des-huitres ! hat cared pie, while he feasted at Hartwell, how French men foi;. l ,ht, and bled, and starved for glory ? If the Moniteur duly recorded the triumphs of the Cor skan, the exiled Bourbon could solace himself, and did, by careful study of the Almanach des Gourmands. If, thinking of the days when the classics charmed him, he desired once more to bother his mind with a reference to them, how naturally must he have taken up Apicius de obsoniis et condimentes—how immediately must he have been reminded of the epicurean philosophy, " Live while you may." We have had a score of cookery books within the last dozen years. Why, in these days of knowledge made easy, does not some one givaeus a gastronomic geogra phy ? The pupil could readily travel over Europe on the map. The Neva would remind him of sturgeon ; Burgundy, Bordeaux, the Rhine, and the Peninsula, of the wines, white, red, or sparkling ; Alencon, of geese ; Strasburg, of a pate; Narbonne, of honey ; Parmesan, of cheese ; Ai, of champagne ; Limoges, of oxen ; and . while chesnuts, capons, and cherries, were on the table, what time more suitable to instruct con cerning the places whence they come in perfec tion, viz., Puy, La Fleche, and Montmorenci, Even within our own " tight little island" what a charming Tour Gast, onomique might be made ! Oxford and Cam bridge, if there learning had no attraction, would woo us with their sausages and bishop. No one could visit Liverpool without a pilgrimage to Everton, where " toffy" was first produced. Ormskirk and its gingerbread— Norfolk and her mammoth-turkies—Colchester and her oysters—shabby Shrewsbury with her brawn, and cakes and simnel—Gloucester, Cheshire, and Stilton with their cheese—Devonshire and her clouted cream —Scarborough and her lobsters—all these are places sacred to him who studies the geography of the table. How trippingly off the tongue" run the names of places made immortal by the delicacies they produce ! Burton ale, Yarmouth bloaters, Severn salmon, Banbury cakes, Lincoln pork. pies, Finnan haddocks, Bath buns, Dunstable larks, York hams, Cumberland bacon, Dundee marmalade, Innoshawen whiskey, or the death less Ferintosh ! The Cookery book before us, a joint-stock concern, by Mr. Bregion and Miss Miller, is an improvement, in some respects, upon many of its class. It Las an abun dance of old receipts adapted to the present time and taste ; and (what is really curious and may be useful) a variety of receipts in the cookery of France, Germany, Russia, Spain, Poland, Holland, Switzerland, India, and America. Among the last-named receipts we have one fur making the far-famed " mint julep" which Mar ryatt and Dickens have attempted to describe—one might as well try to paint a perfume ! but oh ! not one word as to the constituent parts of a " sherry cobler." That the public may not languish for this exquisite drink, we here annex our own receipt Pour into a large tum bler about half a pint of brown sherry ; add half-a dozen spoonfuls of powdered lump-sugar ; fill up with Wenham-lake ice, broken small ; pour the contents of this into another tumbler, and keep on shifting the mixture from tumbler to tumbler until an in crustation of ice gathers on the outside of the glass ; rub the lips of the vessel with a lemon, cut transversely ; put a straw into the golden hued mixture, through that delicate medium gently and luxuriously imbibe !" The mint-julep is made in the same way, equal parts,of brandy and rum being substi tuted for the sherry, and a few mint-shoots, just squeezed once, to emit the more delicate flavour of the herb being held in one tumbler, while the other contents are shifted about from vessel to vessel to insure the perfect blending of the whole. By the way, " The Practical Cook" omits the " to - be well shaken;" yet, o❑ this depends the perfection of the delicious corn pound. Let them amend this in their next edition. Dr. Kitchener (what an appropriate name for a gourmand!) never published a receipt until he could say—probatum est ! . . The thoroughly English receipts are the best in this volume : the French ones are very good, also, and comparatively inexpensive, which is a great point. To use the authors' words, we have thus united "all that is best in the substantial solidity and simplicity of the English kitchen, and all that is most varied, delicate, and harmoniously combined in the kitchen of the French." —There are some sensible remarks on wines, and hints as to the difficult and desirable mode of making coffee. THE BRITISH MAGAZINE for August. The best thing in this number occurs exactly where it ought to do. It is the first, as well as the best, of the papers. We like the truth-bitting simplicity and honest strength of the editor's "Short Way with the Puseyites." Take this sample of his mode of handling that pink of Tractarian Protestant repudiation—the Rev. Mr. Oake ley. It is taken from his eighth chapter on " Modern Hagiology :" " The aim and object of these tamperings with Holy Scrip ture are here purposely kept out of view, because it would be totally contrary to the writer's design, and a great raisrepresen tion of his own judgment in the matter, were he to lead his reader to suppose that he considered the moral of Mr. Oakeley's fables the point of primary, or even secondary, importance. Mr. Oakeley, of course, as well as Mr. Newman and the writers of the Lives of the Saints, mean to advocate Romanism, or, more truly speaking, Popery. This is th e i r o bj ect; they make no secret of their intention; and, however plainly irreconcilable with common honesty and their obligations as clergymen of the United Church, their conduct and principles appear, still one has no desire whatever to forget, even for a moment, that they have a Master to whom alone they must give account of their treatment of their conscience. The lto manizing tendency and object of the movement is now fully developed, and Mr. Oakeley's practical mode of handling the sacred narrative is only the result of a theological system of which he openly avows himself the advocate." By the publication of such truths as these the Bri tish Magazine is doing good service to the cause of murals, of religion, of the Established Church. In this conviction we abstain from indicating, here and there, u leaven of something like intolerance in this clever review. THE ADVENTURES OF AN UMBRELLA. By G. liel-bert Rodwell. Petit 1. Mr. Rodwell has been long known to the public as a musical composer of great talent, to whose genius we are indebted for some of our most delightful melodies. He now comes before us in the character of a novelist, and has bid fair to ly , come a most successful one. The idea of making an umixella relate its own adventures is a very happy one, and it has so far been cleverly worked out. His sketches are extremely graphic. Old Stutters, the returned nabob, is the most entertaining of oddities. Da, it is not alone in depicting the broadly humorous that Mr, Ridwell excels ; his description of the gaming house and its inmates is one of the most harrowing ever penned. We extract the following graceful tribute of respect to one to whom we, in common with thousands, have been indebted for some of the merriest hours of our existence, and cordially du we join in the prayer with which it concludes : In passing a very pretty, low, white-fronted house, facing Hyde-park, who should I see reading at a window, but one that must ever be dear to the whole race of umbrellas. I trust I shall not offend in mentioning his name, but it would appear ungrateful were any of my race to pass that door without some tribute of respect—what wouki I not have given to have been the umbrella he immortalised in Paul Pry ?—it was the great, the incomparable Liston. That he may now in his private life enjoy that heartfelt cheerfulness he so freely imparted to others in his rublic one, is my sincere—my fervent—prayer." The work is profusely illustrated with characteristic and spirited woodcuts by Landrlls. LECTURES ADDRESSED to the WORKING CLASSES. Ent VIII. By W. J. Fox ___ . This part contains Lectures VIII., IX., X., and XI. Of these, the first three are devoted to a comparison of Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine in their lives, prin ciples, and political influence. The last resumes his review of " Living Poets, and their Services to the Cause of Political Freedom and Human Progress"—Leigh Hunt being the poet illustrated on this occasion. SONGS, BALLADS, 6Ac. A collection of little poems, for the most part evincing facility of versification and a picturesque .conception. The following fragment is a spirited little affair, and we should have been still better pleased with it, had the author correctly accentuated " Genoa" in the first line. The error is the more remarkable, as it, does not occur in a subsequent pasqlge:— " Ah, long may Genoa's maidens strain Their tear-dimmed eyes—." FRAGMENT OF A BALLAD ON THE BATTLE OF CRECY. Then forth Genoa's bowmen stept, One bound each archer forward leapt To daunt their island foes— As when the storm's brief lull is o'er Forth bursts the tempest's mighty roar Their war-cry hoarsely rose. They bound again—again their cry, The shout of thousands, bursts on high And rolls along the plain. Ah, fools—they are not hearts of hare • You rouse—in vain you rend the air With shouts—you bcund in vain, . For many a banner must be ta'en, And many a hauberk deft in twain. And many a knight must press the plain, From earth no more to rise again, Ere England quit the field. Yon ranks are not the timid deer Who fly the hunters' shouts—but here ; At bay, stand those who know not fear, Who win them shall, I trow, pay dear, For shattering axe and rending spear Yon host full well can wield. Hark I to that sound the crossbows' ring, A thousand quarrels hurtling sing Through air towards the foe— There rose fair England's yeomen's cry— A pace each archer steps—on high, Their arrows, whitening air, fast fly, Like wintry drifts of snow— But not like flaky snow they fall— The shrieks of agony, and all That meets the ear and eye, Pierced brains and riven morions tell, And breasts transfixed, proclaim full well To meet them is to die. Ah, long may Genoa's maidens strain Their tear-dimmed eyes across the main To catch their white-winged galleys—vain, They sweep the deep no more— Fast, fast they fall—on Crecy's plain They slumber ne'er to wake again Amongst the dying and the slain, In dust and curdling gore. Ah, long shall Genoa's matrons wail— Fast falls that deadly iron hail, Death rides the clothyard shafts that sail, Blood-thirsting, through the sky; Against that flight, that with no fail Pours on, nor plate nor iron mail, Buckler nor helm, would aught avail ; Well may the failing sigh They ever left their own loved land On Crecy's gory plain to stand, For life-bought gold, to try How well an English yeoman's hand The tough yew-bow can ply; I trow that none for long that blast Of death can face and lice. See, fast Their thousands crowd in flight; Witlzhellish yells and wild uproar And shriek and•curse and groan they pour, The trampled dead and dying o'er, From out the bloody tight. Hark to King Philip's wrathful shout, " Sweep from our path yon rascal rout, The dastard rabble slay ; St. Denis ? 'Tis our proper meed, We might have known in hour of need Such churls would flee the fray." The men at arms are in the throng, The flying down are hewn, Their trampling steeds they spur along, The plain with dead is strewn ; In vain they ffy the death they dread, They fly the foe in vain, Hurled 'neath the chargers' iron tread, Or by their riders slain. THE HEROlNE.—Commander (the lieutenant) Foote, and the officers and crew late of the Heroine, 6 brig, who captured, on the sth of April, 1843, the slave schooner Maria Louise, will be paid, on and after the 28th instant, the amount of prize-money, 6371. 125., arising from the slave and tonnage duties, in the f o ll o wi ng proportion : Li eu t en ant commanding 791. 14s. ; second class, 281. 17s. Id. ; third, 14/. 18s. 6d. ; fourth, 9/. 12s. 4d. ; fifth, 4/. 16s. 2d. ; sixth, 31. 4i. Id. ; sevcnth,. /. 12s. THE ALBATROSS.—Commander Reginald Yorke and the officers and crew of this 16-gun sloop will have an account of the Spanish slave brig Constancia, seized on the 30th July, 1844, deposited in the Court of Admiralty on the 26th instant. THE GROWLER STEAM SLOOP.—The accounts of two slavers captured by Commander Young and the officers and crew of this steam-sloop--the Spanish brigantine Veterano, seized 21st July, 1844, and of the Spanish schooner Concepcion, seized on the 23d September,lB44, will be deposited in the Court of Admiralty on the 20th instant by the agents. ESCAPE of YOUNG BONAPARTE FROM ITALY. You have seen the accounts of the arrival, some time since, of young. Bonaparte, to take possession of Bor dentown, the former residence and property of Joseph Bonaparte: Mr. Mallaird, the old secretary of the ex- King, and his son reside at Bordentown, with the young Prince Canino, as is his title. There is quite a romantic incident connected w ith this, on the truth of which you may safely rely. The estate of Bordentown was be queathed to the young Prince, with the ex teption of a comfortable farm, which was left to Maillard. But the fisAler of Canino resolved that he should not take possession of his property. Raring that through his prodigality his estate wouid be squandered, or wishing to hold it in his own hands for his own use, he resolved to detain the young Prince in Italy. The son having derived his title of Prince Canino from the Papal States, the father had control over his person in those States, and could by the laws of the kingdom imprison him there till he was twenty five years of Fig. The young Prince having resolved to come to America and take possession of his estate, the father, to prevent it, determined to throw him in prison, and in the mean time, - to preclude the possibility of escape while they were in Florence, he wrote to the various parts of Italy authorising the authorities to arrest him if he should appear there with the intention of embarking for any foreign country. Finding himself locked in on every sale, the young Prince gave himself up to despair, and awaited the day when he should be carried to the Papal States and be shut up in the walls of a prison. But young Maillard in the meantime was active for his friend, though all his *fforts seemed abortive. At length but one day was left in which to escape before the father should take the son to prison. Almost in despair, young Maillard hastened to Leghorn, and there to his joy found a Swedish vessel bound for New York. Jumping into a carriage he hur ried back to Florence, and dressing himself in female apparel (a sign agreed on between the two when Mail lard w rote him). sent a note to the young Prince saying a female wished to see him. Hastening to a by-street, he found his friend awaiting him, w ho told him of the Swedish vessel that was to sail next morning for New York. Th e Prince needed no urging, instantly jumping into the car riage with Maillard, he drove with all speed to Leghorn, where they arrived a little after daylight. The vessel was to sail in two hours, and aboard of that miserable craft with its miserable accommodations the young Prince was hurried, and in two hours was making out of port and away from the shores of Italy. After a pas sage of seventy-three days he arrived in New York. Maillard went to London and took passage in the packet for the United States. We saw him a week or two after his arrival full of delight to find his feet on American soil. He is a nobleman, and loves the United States better than half our own citizens. He brought over with him several fine dogs and . some pheasants, which he has taken to Bordentown to turn loose in its parks.— New York Letter, July 10. BAD VENTILATION OF PLACES OF WORSHIP. Churches and chapels, though more lofty than schools, are usually less in area, in proportion to the numbers frequenting them ; and, though in most cases they are occupied for fewer hours in the week, they seldom profit by much pains taken to change the a'r, whilst they are unoccupied. "In regard to churches," says a medical witness, " many illnesses and deaths proceed from faults of ventilation and warming ; from the rush of eold air in one place on those who sit near the doors and windows, and the want of fresh air in other places." And if such be the case with the congregation, in a building often of the most costly character, wherein a trifling expense would permanently Secure abundant ventilation, what must be the injury sustained by the preacher in the pulpit ? Placed on a height at which his voice acts at a disadvantage, as if on pur pose that he may breathe an atmosphere composed of the breath of all who sit beneath him on the floor, he has to exert his lungs to the utmost pitch, while they have the worst of the air to work with. And the more promising his talents, the more success ful his exertions in interesting and edifying a multitude or hearers, so much the sooner is he likely to be con • signed to silence, comumption, and the grave. Still more pitiable, if possible, is the lot of Sunday school children, whom modern architects, and committees, and commissioners, are apt to place in the recesses of a lofty roof. Above the vent afforded by the windows, and with rarely any ventilation in the ceiling, they have - the foul air of the-whole building in a sort of halo round their heads. And there, where they can scarcely see the minister, much less hear him, with perhaps little convenience for sitting, and none for kneeling, and with their attention previously exhausted in school, they are required, under penalty of chastisement, to keep still, awake,prcduce in a grown person , muc h in au atmosphere which of itself iasn quite silent,enough and to more in a child, inattention, restlessness, and drowsi ness. To, say no more of the unhealthiness of a posi tion such as this, I cannot refrain from expressing my apprehension that there must be hundreds of thousands in the land who, having had these for their first im pressions of Divine service, have hence conceived a deep and lasting aversion to the house of prayer.—The Un healthy Condition of Dwellings, 6T,, by the Rector of Alder ley. RELATIVE CLOSING RAILWAY SW IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWN SCOTLAND, AND IRE: PRICES OF .RES NAMES or RAILWAYS. Aberdeen .... Airdrie and Coatbridge • • Arbroath and Forfar • • Ditto Half Shares Armagh, Colr., & Portrush Bandon and Bantry Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down Birkrilid,Lan.&Ches.Jnc. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. New (iss. at 7 i dis.) Ditto Half Shares Birminghm & Oxl}d.Junc. Blekburn, and Preston.. Blckburn, Darwn,& Bolin Bolton, IV igas, & Liverpl. Boston, Stamfrd and Birm Brighton, Lewes, & Hast. Bristol and Exeter...... _ . _ - - - Ditto New . . Bristol and Gloucester .. Bristol and S. Wales June. British and Irish - Union .. Caledon. and Ayrsh. June Caledon. i& Dumbar. June Caledonian Ditto Extension • ..... Cambridge and Lincoln.. Chester and Birkenhead.. Ditto Now Shares Ditto Half Shares .... Chester and iiklyhead Cheltenham and Oxford.. Chichester and Brighton.. Churnet Valley • • • • Clitheroe Junction • • • • • . Clydesdale Junction • • • • Cork, Blackrck & Passage Cork and Bandon ....... Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford .... Cork and Youghal Canterbury and Dover... Coventry and Leicester.. Cornwall Derby and Crewe ... Direct Lon. and Manchstr Dies, Beccles, & Yarmoth Direct Northern ........ Direct Norwich .•....... Dublin and Belfast June. Dublin, Belfast, & Colme Dublin and Drogheda.... Dublin and Galway ..... Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath ... Ditto New ... Dundee and Penh Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. I) Ditto (No. 2) . Eastern Counties Do. Perp. 5 pr Ct., No. 1 Do. do. No. 2 East Dereham & Norwich East Union . • • • • • • • • • • .. Ditto Extension .. • • .. Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. Do. Quarter Shares • .. Do. New Quarter Shares Edin b. Leith, and Granton Do. Pref. 5 per Cent.. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles.. Edinburgh and Perth.... Ely and Huntingdon .... Enniskillen and 51ig0.... Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Fltwood, Prstn, & W. Rid. Garnkirk and Glasgow .. Glasgow and Ayr. ...... Do. Quarter Shares.... Glasgow and Greenock Ditto New . • ......... Ditto Preference • . . • • Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car. Glsgw, Kilmamck, & Ard. Glasgow and Belfast Un. Goole and Doncaster .... Grand Junction ...... Ditto Half Shares • . • • Ditto Quarter Shares • . Ditto New Quarters .. Ditto Eighths ...... • . Grand Union . ••.. • •• • • Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield Gt Stbrn & Wstrn (hind) Ditto Extension .• • . • • Great Munster • • • • • • • • • • Gt Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England Do. New 401. Shares .. Do. New 301. Shares .. Great Western .•• .. • • • • Ditto Half Shares •• •• Ditto Fifths .......... Gullfrd, Farehm, & Ports. Norwich . •. • • .... • • • • Hudrsfld & Man. It. & Cant Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough.. Hull and Selby .. • .. . Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto half Shares • • • • Inverness and Elgin Isle of Jersey • • .. Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray .... Killarney Junctions . Lancaster and Carlisle .. Lancaster and Preston .. Leeds and Bradford .... Ditto Extension . ..... Leeds and Dewsbury.... Leeds and Thirsk • • • • Leeds & W. Ititlinst :time Leicester & BirminginUn Leicester and Bedford ... Limerick and Waterford Limrek, Ennis, & KU. Jnc. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares •• •• Ditto Quarter Thares. • Liverpl, Ormskrk,& Pratt' London and Binninglimn Ditto Thirds.. • • •:• • • • Ditto Quarters ....... London and Mac:lcal . • Lon.&Man.(Remingtoli's) London and Brighton. • • Ditto Consolid. Eighths London and Croydon • • • . Ditto New . ... • • • • . • Do. Guarant . 5 per Cut. London and Greenwich . Do. Pref. or Privilege • • London and South Westrn 1)o. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501 Shares.. Do. New, 40/. Shares • • London and York ..... • • Ditto (Bawtry) ..... • • London and Windsor.. ,• Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl Londonderry & Coleraine Londonderry & Enuiskilln Lynn and Ely .... • • • • • • Lynn and Denham .• • . • Manchester and Leeds .. Ditto Half Shares -. • . Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto Sixteenths .• •• • • Manchstr and Birkenhead Manchester &Birminglim Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto New Quarters... Do. Con. & *elsh Jtinc. Manchestr, Boltn, & Bury Mnchstr, Buxtn, & Matik Man. Shef. and Mid. June. Manchestr & Southamptn Midland Ditto Fifths Ditto New ... • • • • • Do. Con. Bi rm. & Derby Midlnd la Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Ne wcstl & Daringtn June . Do. New (Brandling) Newcastle and Berwick.. Newcastle and Carlisle • . Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan. Newport & Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen.. Newark and Sheffield . North British .......... Ditto New Shares • • • • Northern and Eastern .. Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares North Devon ....... • • • . North Kent ............ North Staffordshire •. • • North Eastern.. North Union (A) . • .. • . • - Ditto (B) • North Wales Mineral.... Ditto New Shares - • North Western •• • . • • North Wales ...... • Norwich and Brandon • • Ditto New • • • • - • • • • . • . Not., Belvoir, & Oranthm Nottingham and Boston • . Notts, Er wsh. Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Birming. dune Oxford and Worcester • • Oxford and Cambridge . • Perth and Inverness .... Portsmouth Direct .. • ... Preston and Wyre • • . • .. Ditto Half Shares • • • . Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Extens. Richmond & W. End June Rugby, Worcestr, & Triug Scottish Central ........ Scottish Midland Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto ditto (No. 2)— . . Ditto ditto (No. 3) .• Sheffield and Lincoln • • • • Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry& Grand Junc. Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe Shrws.,Wolv., Dudl, &Bir iihrwsbry & Trnt Val. lin. Sluws, lerefd,& N. Wales Slamannan South Devon . ..... South Midland South Eastern and Dover Do. New (iSS. 32/0 No. I Do. (155.331.ti5.8d.) „ 2 Do. (iss. 30!.) „ 3 Staines and Richmond . • • Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermlitui South Wales ' Tean and Dove Valley • • Trent Valley .• • • • • • . • Do. and HolvheadJ unc. Vale of Neath• • • • • • • . - West London, Old Shares West End & Sothrn Conn. Wexford ar.d Carlow • • . • Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick 84 Dub Wakefield and Bradford • . Wakfid,l'ontelret, & Gool Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London West Lancashire........ Worcester and Tring.... Whitehaven and Furness Do. New Half Shares.. Welsh Midland— ...... WeA Cornwall . • • • • • • • • • West Yorkshire •.. ..... Wilsontwn, M. & Coltness Wilts, Somrst, &Weyintli Yarmouth and Norwich.. Ditto New . • • . • • • • • • • York and Carlisle York and North Midland Ditto Half Shares Ditto Scarbro' Branch Ditto Selby • • • • • • • Ditto Extension Yorkshire & Glasgow 13211 19% 6%p 117% ' 47 3% ~~0 P 46% 1 29 1p 774 26 114ip l?oli 'imp - 1 16 - 90 d 1 13.t9d 1 2899 d 12 ash 3756 d lIIs3~ 4% ,206 152;6c1 12% 6 % 6156t1 7% 71s6d 34i1 iS IN ENGLAND, ,LAND. 27% l 2 17s p, 40s pi 3 %P 12514 33s p _ I 10s i.) 12 - I — sed! 12s pi ols3d I 1 155 s p i 1 _ J 6SP, 3. !‘ ;Clomid Aug. 23. 5%1 .- 1345p 1 EXETER, AUG. 23. STOCK EXCH.ANGV.—The sales are—Exeter and Cre4 B%—Exeter, Dorset, and Yeovil, ,4 prem.—Bristol Exeter, 104 IN.—North Devon, 2/. 10s. prem.—South Mid lands, 6/. ss. prem.—South Wales, 5/. ss. lIUDDERSFIELD, AuG. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Grimsby Dock Extension, 3.—Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, 18s. 6d.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 31s.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares, 41s. 3d.—Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 14% with new—Lancashire, York shire, and North-Eastern, 15s. prem.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, B—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3 1 4—South Mid lands, 7 SCOTCH PRISONS. The report of the Sel tt c f t e nugn table fur Committee years osnubsPeciriuseounts to appendedgeter w i i t th ap th p e ea m rs in t u h te a s t prisonto charges levied upon passing of the Prison Act of 1839, was 23,9201., and otthhf ee evidence. average Scotlandve eortacgi Scotch e a b s au n b r nFg e n e hr been r published,dauramount oi the the amount for the three years previous to the passing giving an average annual i nc rease since the passing of - the A c t o f 7,2641. The of the said Act , 16,6561 . , thus average annual prison charges on counties in Scotland amounted during the four years subsequent to the passing of the Act to 39 ,367/., and during the three years previous to the Act to 16,2631., thus ex hibiting an average annual increase of 23,1041. The burghs, amounted during the four y ears su b seq uent to the to t a l average annual charge both for counties and Act of 1839 to 63,2881., and during the three years pre ceding that enactment to 32,919/. The total population of the Scotch burghs assessed for prison charges amounts to 962,644, that of the towns and villages to 442,927, and that of the counties and burghs altogether to 2,620,184, which is the total population of Scotland. The prison assessment on the inhabitants of the Scotch burghs and counties, which, under the present system, if fmtohue assessmentsnts to 63,2881. w an e r n e ually,would be exactly the same calculated according to real pro perty, the value of which is estimated at 9,481,762 L, inasmuch as the respective increase and decrease balance each other to a nicety. The gross increase would amount to 10,592/., and the gross decrease to precisely the same sum. Were the rate of assessment equalised, and the sums levied upon the whole real property within the counties, including the burghs, the rate, on an average for the last four years, would be one penny and seven-twelfths of a penny per pound, or a little more than three-halfpence per pound. The Committee, in their report, state that the effect of the Act 2 and 3. Victoria, cap. 42, has been to increase (as we have already seen) and in many instances very greatly, the annual expense connected with prisons beyond what it was when the whole expense of maintaining the Scotch prisons was borne by the royal burghs alone. This has arisen from two causes—lst, the necessity that existed any districts ; the intro.' for and t 2 h d e , t c h r e e ati on additional of n e e x w p e n p s r e l sons s e m d duction of a new and improved system of prison disci pline and accommodation. The effect upon th e Par liamentary burghs has been t o im pose ipon i t n li c e u m bu a s burden to which they were not p revio usly subjected, willalftbe erecting be e u c g t h i n g there considerably the s o do reasonprisons are diminished, liquidated. as i o d u a b ta e t nd that.o The land war d na s the expenses thatoi parts of counties have suffered in a similar manner. After noticing the complaints of the burghs to this effect the Com mittee proceed to express thei r o p inion, that the prac tical operation of the Acts alr ead y in for ce in the distri bation of the assessment, accor din g to t he relative popu is most objectionable , from the inequa lation of the landward parts of the county an d t h e burghs within it, lity of rate which it necessarily produces, not merely between the burghs and the landward parts of counties, but between the different and often adjacent burghs themselves. They adduce several instances in support of their opinion. This inequality is the more oppres sive from its being invariably greater according to the poverty of the burgh, and because according to the principle on which the assessment is apportioned, the rate upon a burgh must increase in proportion to i:s decay, and the diminution of the value of the pro perty within it, if there be not a corresponding decrease of its population. The Committee acknowledge that relief has been in some degree afforded by the operation of recent Acts of Parliament ; " but they would, never theless, strongly recommend that some other principle shoul6 be adapted for the ti tribution of the assessment bet.veen the landward parts of the counties and the burghs within them." The minutes of evidence, on which we have only been enabled to bestow a cursory perusal, occupy a large portion of the document. The harvest prospects in the north of England begin to be very gloomy. The late heavy rains have lodged the wheat in many districts of Holderness, in parts of North Lincolnshire, and in whole tracts of level land throughout the midland counties. • Yesterday the accounts received of the in jury done by floods to the growing crops were really disastrous. —Hull Advertiser. CRUELTY :OF A SCHOOLNIASTER. — About a week since a master of a national school, in South Devon, struck a girl, one of his pupils, a blow which knocked her down, and then knelt on her, injuring her so much that the surgeon says that, if she survives, she will never recover from the injuries she has received. This fellow is, and has been, o ne o f the parsons' catechism crammers.— Western Times. TEXAN BONDS AND LANDS. - - NE*. :ORMAN'S, JULY 14.—Texas lands are in de mand, firtintilarly those held by Mexican titles ; but Texas Treasury notes and bonds have not advanced, noris there anything doing in them at any price. They are quoted thus in New Orleans :—Red Buck, 13c. to 14c. on the dollar ; Interest Notes, 15c. to 16c. ; Bonds, 8 per cent., 19c. to 20c. ; Bonds, 10 per cent., 20c. to 21e. The Red Bucks are notes first issued by the Government, and they bear no inte rest ; they began to depreciate, and notes bearing interest of ten per cent. were next issued to prevent depreciation, and a law was enacted alloWing holders of the first issue to fund their notes and take bonds drawing ten per cent. interest. The next year the law was changed, and only eight per cent. was allowed. The various issues of the Government may be safely estimated at ten millions of dollars. Nor is it true that this debt will„be paid by Texas immediately on its annexation to the United States. These promis sory notes and bonds are the last thing that will be paid. There are very many individual claims which will be promptly paid by the Government—to wit, supplies for the army, money advanced, personal ser vices, &c. These stand as debts against the Government, nor have they been liquidated by bills or bonds. The Government will, in all pro bability, never pay more than ten cents on the dollar on these bonds and bills, and that too for the reason that the Government and people never received even that amount for them. They are chiefly held by brokers and speculators in New Orleans, who wrung them from the oppressed Government end its: poor people for the amount of from three to eight cents per dollar, and the Government will doubtless pay what they justly owe, and no more. Is it right or just they should ? The brokers have tried many ways to secure their Texas claims to the full amount on the face of them, but they will never succeed. It is now a conceded point that some persons were bribed by certain persons by an offer of 30 per cent. on the amount of the debt, if they would cause it to be stipulated in the articles of annexa tion that the United States should pay the Texas debt. One treaty was drawn up for this purpose, but it was not ratified. Persons then commenced negotiations else where, and thought they could lull the people of Texas by offering them another boon, but it would not do, the people discovered their schemes. In Texas a national debt is truly and practically a na tional blessing, and I will demonstrate it. About nine tenths of the people have not as yet received from the General Land-office the titles to their lands. The land office expenses will amount to an average of about fifty dollars each. These old notes and bonds are received at par value—fifty dollars of them can be bought with seven dollars par money—so that the person, while he is only paying seven dollars in par money, is really paying fifty dollars of the Government debt, but if any other nation was to assume the debt, it would raise the money to par value, and the citizen would have to pay fifty dollars in par money, and, instead of the Government getting any benefit from the remaining forty-three dollars, it would go to brokers and bond- holders, and the Govern ment would get no more than if it was only ten cents per dollar. It is not true that each dollar is good for one acre of land—it is true that you can enter land at two dollars per acre, but then you must pay for location, surveying, &c., in good money. It is not here as in the United States: here the Government pays for no sur veying or any other expense—all is paid by the locator. It is true that a Bill was introduced in Congress (and passed) by that talented, patriotic statesman, D. S. Kaufman, appropriating a portion of land to pay the public debt, but it is only to pay it as it was issued, say ten cents. per dollar. Major Kaufman has ever been foremost in the cause of integrity and pa triotism, and Texas is more indebted to him for an nexation than to all her other politicians to gether. Major Kaufman is in Congress, and the people of Texas are thereby deprived of his great talents in the Convention. But there are some few men of fine talents in the Convention. General Rusk, Colonel Love, Colonel Mayfield, Volney Howard, Esq., Go vernor H. G. Runnells, General Darnell, Colonel Hogg, Charles S. Taylor, Esq. These are the only men of talent in the Convention, but the small fry are nume rous, such as county court lawyers; justices of the peace, and quondam judges. PRIZE MONEY for the CAPTURE OF SLAVERS. THE MADAGASCAR. - CapteLD Foote, the officers, and crew late of the Madagascar frigate, will have the fol lowing sums of prize money, amounting to 1,5781., paid on and after the 28th instant, for the under-mentioned captures .- For the capture of the Brazilian slave brigantine In dependencia on the Bth of August, 1843, 521/. 12s. Bd. Captain, 65L 4s. Id. ; first 'class, 8/. 19s. 9d. ; second, 51. 7s. 10(1. ; third, 2L 13s. .11d. ; fourth, 11. 15s. I ld. ; fifth, 17s. lid. ; sixth, Ils. I Id. ; seventh, ss. Ild. For the capture of the Brazilian slave brigantine I4o:ena, Fclicio Gomez, master, on the Ist of November, 1843, tonnage, bounty, and moiety of the proceeds, 4831. 10s. Captain, 60L Bs. 9d. ; first class, 81. 12s. ld. ; second, 51. 3s. 3d. ; third, 2/. 1 ls. 7d. ; fourth, 11. 14s. sd. ; fifth, 17e. 2d. ; sixth, 1 la. sd. ; seventh, ss. Bd. Fur the capture of a slave schooner, name unknown, on the 13th August, 1842, tonnage, bounty, and estimated value, 1601. 19s. ; captain, 20/. 2s. 4d. ; first class, 21. 9s. 9d. ; second, 2/. Is. 3d. ; third, 11. Os. 7d. ; fourth, 13s. 9.1, ; fifth, 6s. 10d.; sixth, 4s. 7d.; seventh, 2s. 3d. Fur the capture of the Spanish slave brigantine Roberto, Antonio Marquis, master, on the 11 th August, 1842, tonnage bounty 4121. 2s. 2d. ; captain, 51/. 10s. 7d. ; first class, 81. 15s 6d. ; second, 51. ss. 3d. ; third, 2/. 12s. 7d. ; fourth, 11. 15s. ld.; fifth, 17s. 6d. ; sixth, l ls. Bd. ; seventh, sa. 10d. THE MADAGASCAR AND THE HEROINE.-The officers and crews of this frigate and brig jointly share in the capture of the Brazilian slave brigantine Imperatriz, Jose Maria Pereira master, on the 12th November, 1843. The following are the proportions for each class of each vessel :-For the Madagascar, captain, 211. 13s. Bd. ; first class, 2/. Bs. 6d. ; second, 11. 9s. Id. ; third, 14s. 6d. ; fourth, 9s. Bd. ; fifth, 4s. 10d, ; sixth, 3s. 2d, ; seventh, Is. 7d. For the Heroine. the commander shares as first class, 21. lls. Bd., and the other classes in pi o portion, YORK, At 23 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Ex ten • sion, VA—Great North of England, New, 54 3 A—Ditto, ditto, 32—London and Croydon, New, 21. 118.—Midland, New, -26 1 ' 4—North British, New, 9X—York and North Midland Extension, 24 3 j4—Leeds and Bradford, 554—London and York, 5 3 / 4 —Manchester, Buxton, &c., B %—Newcastle and iierwick, 24—North Staftbrdshire, 51.28.—Shrewsbury, ; Hereford, and North Wales, 334—South Midlands, 71. 12s. HULL, AUG. 23. STOCK ExcNANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 91.,—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, IL 178. 6d Grimsby Dock Extension, 3—North British, Half Shares, 9 LA —Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 2/. Is. 6d.—East Lin colnshire, 15s.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 35s.—Leeds and West Riding Junction, 14s.—London and Birmingham Ex tension, 15s.—Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 1/. 17s. 6d.—Nottingham and Boston, 13s.—Nottingham and Mans field, 275. 6d.—Rugby, 2%—South Midland, 7/4—Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 31! 2 —Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, 4 1 / s —lean and Dove Valley, 225. 6d.—Wake field and Bradford, 2/. 18s.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 7s. 6d. EDINBURGH, AUG. 22. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 31. 38.- Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 2/. I Is. 6d.-Arbroath and For far, 2.51.-Di tto, Half Shares,lsl.-Armagh and Po rtrush, - Bantishire,2L Is. 6d.-British and Irish Union, 3/. 7s. 6d.-Bel fast and County Down, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 3/. 10s.-Caledonian, 10/. 10s.-Caledonian Extension, 2/. 16s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 3/.175. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 9/. - Direct Northern, 2/. - Dundee and Ar broath, 371. Is. 6d.-Ditto, New, 181.-Dundee and Perth, 4/. 7s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2L 9s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 881.-Ditto, quarters, 21/. 155.-Ditto, New, 16/.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. I7s. 6d. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 261.-Ditto, Prefer ence, 171. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 11. 145.-Ditto, New, 1/. 25.-Edinburgh and Peebles,2/.155. 6d.-Edinburgh arid Perth, 1/. 135.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 89/.-Ditto, New Stock, 221.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3/. 145.- Glasgow and Neilston, 21/. 10s.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 41/. -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, IL ss. 6d.-Glasgow and (ireenock, 211.-Ditto, New Stock, 101. 55.-Ditto, Pre ference, 21.-Great North of Scotland, 2/. lbs. 6d.-Inver ness and Elgin, 1/. 25.-Kilmarnock and Ardrossan, 51. 15s. -London and York, 4/. 10s.-Londonderry and Coleraine, Si. 17s. 61-Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3/. lbs.-Monk land and Kirkintilloch, 334-Morayshire, 11.-North British, 31/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 9/. 55.-North Wales Mineral, New, 6/..55.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. Is.-Scottish Central, 7/. 12s. 61-Scottish Midland, 2/. 2s. 6d.-Shrewsbury, Os westry, and Chester, 4/. Is. 6d.-Slamannan, 181.-South Midland, 6'. U.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/. 11s. 6d. - Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/. 14s. 61-Waterford. Wick low, and Dublin, 1/. 165.-Wishaw and Coltness, 39/. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER. BIRMINGHAX, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.—This afternoon, the half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the above Company was held at the Company's offices, Lawley-street, in this town. Mr. Samuel Bowley took the chair. Mr. SauNDERS, the secretary, read the report of the Direc tors, which was merely a recapitulation of the agreement which has been entered into between the Midland and Birmingham and Gloucester Company. Mr. GILL, of Plymouth, inquired what was the number of shares in the Company ? The SECRETARY answered 11,421 1001. shares; and in answer to further questions, said that the shareholders in the Worcester deviation line were being paid off. Mr. GILL wished to know what the weekly returns on the Gloucester line had been during the last two months? The Crialemasr could not answer the question, as the returns had been amalgamated with those of the Midland Company. Mr. GILL said he understood that the returns had increased to the extent of 3,0001. per week. The SECRETARY said this was evidently an exaggeration. A short conversation ensued as to the Midland Company being able always to fulfil their engagements, after which the report was received and adopted. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the resolution declaring a divi dend, said it was right that be should explain to the share holders why the dividend was less than had been anticipated. At their last meeting he had informed them that the dividend would not be less than ll.•17s. 6d. per share. In consequence of a claim which the Bristol Company had set up, but which this Company did not acknowledge, the dividend would be less by sixpence per share than had been anticipated. Although the Directors did not admit the justice of the claim of the Bristol and Gloucester Company, yet they had deemed it right to avoid any dispute and give up the amount in ques tion, which would average about sixpence per share. They had thought it better to do this than involve the Company in any difficulties. It was only fair to the Proprietors, how ever, that he should state that the Directors had not bound the Company. If the Proprietors were of opinion that the claire of the Bristol Company should be resisted, they were at liberty to take steps to oppose that claim. He thought, how ever, that it would be better to leave the matter as the Direc tors had recommended.—( Hear, hear.) He then moved that a dividend of 11. 16s. per share of 100/. be declared, and made payable on the 15th of September. Mr. GILL inquired what was the aggregate amount of the claim of the Bristol Company? A PROPRIETOR said he believed that if the claim were not made by the Bristol Company, the Gloucester shareholders wouldhave 1/. 18s. 6d. per share. Mr. GILL said that would in the aggregate then amount to 1,100/. The CliAlamAN said the real difference in the dividend was only about (id, per share, as the dividend was made payable free of income-tax. The resolution was then carried. The thanks of the shareholders to the Chairman and Direc tors closed the proceedings. LONDON AND SOUTH ESSEX. SOUTHEND, SATs: RDA Y. —Yesterday afternoon a public meeting of the inhabitants of Southend and its neighbourhood was held in the large room of the Royal Hotel, to consider the proposed London and South Essex Railway, and the propriety of adopting measures for promoting it. Mr. Tyerman, solicitor, of Gresham-street, London, at tended on behalf of the Company. Colonel Kesterman presided, and there were also present General Thompson, Lieut. Gooch, the Rev. Edward Lilling stone, incumbent of Prittlewell, the Rev. Fred. Hope, James I Tabor, Esq., James Haggett. Esq., John Harris, Esq., A. Holt White, Esq., M. Comfort, Esq., C. Giles, E.q., Archi bald Hunter, Esq., J. Scott, Esq., &c. Mr. CLARKE felt convinced that, by means of a direct corn manication with London by railway, the town of Southend would be in a much better condition than it could ever be without.—( Hear.) It could scarcely be doubted that the scheme, if carried out, would be of incalculable advantage to Southend, and to those other populous districts which were altogether unsupplied by the Eastern Counties Company. At present Brighton was easily accessible by railway, at moderate prices, giving Londoners the benefit of a sea-side residence, without the difficulty or expense of a long journey. By the proposed line, Southend would be but little more than an hour's ride from London, even to the very heart of the City. It had been thought that Brighton would be injured by the influx of weekly visitors, but such was not the case. He was assured by the principal tradesmen of Brighton, that the business of the town had greatly increased through the facilities afforded for cheap and speedy communication with London. When the railway was constructed, he (Mr. Clarke) saw every reason to believe that Southend would be quite as good a place as Brighton. Mr. Tx ERMAN said the Company had been formed to open the nearest possible direct line of communication between the metropolis and the coast. The object would be effected by the construction of a line from the Stepney station of the Black wall Railway to the town and harbour of Burnham, on the river Crouch, with branches to Grays, Tilbury, and Southend. The line would pass through or near Barking, Rochford, and numerous agricultural towns, and at Ockendon would meet the line of the Thames Haven Dock Company. The distance from London of the principal places on the proposed line, or immediately connected with it, would be—. Barking, 7 miles ; Ockendon, 17 miles ; Tilbury, 22 miles ; Gravesend (by a steam-ferry from Tilbury), 2 . 3 miles ; Thames Haven, 27 miles ; Rochford, 37 miles ; Southend, 40 miles ; Town and harbour of Burnham, 41 miles. By the proposed. line Gravesend would be reached from the City within less than an hour, and Southend within an hour and twenty minuses ; and, by the proposed extension of the Blackwall Railway to the Thames Embankment and City Railway, the means would be afforded for the most speedy communication with the western districts of the metropolis. The present dis tance of Southend by road, from Whiteehapel Church, was forty-two mile., and the tediousness of both the land journey and the river voyage, had hitherto been felt as a serious draw back to the peculiar advantages of its position. By means of the proposed line Southend would become the nearest water ing-place to the metropolis, and more easily and economically accessible than any other. The proposed line would also shorten, by nearly two hours, the length of the voyage from London to Sheerness, Herne Bay, Margate, Dover, and the continental ports. It was proposed to carry the line beyond Southend to the river Crouch, connecting it with the existing natural harbour for colliers, fishing-smacks, and other vessels at the south-eastern extremity of the county of Essex. The line had been laid down so as to avoid all property of an orna mental or costly character. It travelled, for the most part, a level or gently undulating country, and would be free from works of a peculiarly expensive character. The net profits on the estimated capital would amount to at least 10 per cent. Mr. LEIFCHILD was convinced that by such a line Southend would assume a position it had never yet occupied. The pro perty of the neighbourhood would be increased 20, 30, or 40 per cent., in addition to the great local accommodation that would be afforded.—( Hear, hear. ) . • The Rev. FREDERICK HOPE proposed a resolution, affirming the desirableness of forthwith taking measures for the construc tion of a line. Lieutenant Gooctt, R.N. seconded the resolution, which was carried. The Rev. E. LILLINGSTONE, incumbent of Prittlewell, moved that a memori a l s h ou ld b e presented to t h e P rov i s i ona l Committee, expressing a hope that they would proceed with their line, and promising on behalf of the inhabitants of South end their hearty co-operation. Itlr.. COPELAND addressed the meeting, and stated that if nothing better were done for Southend than had been done hitherto, it would soon cease to be a watering-place altogether. The present year had been the worst that Southend had ever experienced, and a railway might go far to improve its position. After same discussion, resolutions of approval were passed unanimously in favour of the project. SOUTHAMPTON AND MANCHESTER. CHELTENHAM, SATU RDA Y.—A Jelly influential meeting of the capitalists and inhabitants of Cheltenham took place this day, at the public assembly rooms, to consider the best means of ensuring a direct railway communication between Chelten ham and Southampton ; and to bear the statements of a depu tation from the Manchester and Southampton Company. for carrying that object into effect. The meeting was convened by a full bench of the county magistrates, acting for the Chel tenham division, in accordance with a requisition signed by nearly 500 of the leading gentry and tradesmen of the borough. In the absence of the Honourable Fitzliardinge Berkeley, Member for the borough, the meeting was pre sided over by James Gardiner, Esq., Lord of the Manor of Cheltenham. The proceedings were commenced by Mr. Edward Hopkin. son, High Sheriff of the county, and Mr. Joyner Ellis Verner, who spoke of the importance of the proposed line of railway to the interests of Cheltenham.—( Cheers. ) Mr. WALK' NstiA w being called upon to address the meet. ing, said he would not debate upon the advantages of the pro posed line of railway to the great termini, Manchester and Southampton, but he would confine himself to the benefit it would confer upon the town of Cheltenham. Its advantages to Cheltenham will be, that it will open the counties of Hants and Dorset, and other districts, almost hermetically sealed to Cheltenham at the present moment; the produce of thee. great agricultural districts would be brought for consumption to this rising and populous town ; foreign traffic would also be directed to this district; and the famed and health-dealing springs of this celebrated watering-place would be brought within easy distance of the foreign valetudinarian. The dis tance from Cheltenham to Southampton would be performed in two hours; and when it was borne in mind how many Indian families were constantly arriving and departing at Cheltenham, the advantages of this transit could not be over estimated. Again, this line, in connexion with others in exist ence and contemplation, would make Cheltenham the radius of a great circle of railway communication, which could not but benefit the town.—(Cheers.) As to the probability of the completion of the line, the best guarantees were the highly in fluential directory of the Company, and the high approval with which the project had been received, an approval which was greater than had been met with by any line of railway ever projected. It had been truly styled a great national pro ject— the great trunk line of the national commerce.— ( Cheers.) In addition to the names already in the Directory, he had now to mention the name of the Right Hon. Earl Bathurst.—(Loud cheers.) The Noble Earl had not joined the undertaking without due deliberation, but the result of that deliberation was, that he had resolved to support the line by all his influence. Mr. Hopkinson, the High Sheriff of the county, Sir J. Tancred, Mr. Cripps, M.P., and Mr. Lyme, of Mullidine Park, bad also added their names to the supporters of this project.—( Cheers.) Not only from the local benefits which the line would confer on Cheltenham, but' also on the great commercial grounds on which it was projected, he called upon the meeting to strengthen the hands of the Directors of the line. Mr. NEWBERY, of Manchester, Deputy Chairman of the North Lancashire and Manchester and Birmingham Railways, spoke to the inconvenience of the present circuitous route to Southampton by way of London. The London and Birming ham and South-Western Companies felt that it was impossible to interfere against the project. They felt that a direct line between the north and south would and must be carried ; ens' he knew of one Director on the former line who wished his name to be added to the Directorate of the Manchester and Southampton Railway.—(Cheers.) The speaker alluded to the concurrence of the landed proprietors on the route, and especially to the courtesy and urbanity the deputation had re ceived from Earl Bathurst, whose possessions and influence at Cirencester were so well known. They brought Manchester and all the ncrthern districts in close proximity to one of the most flourishing seaports in the world. In Manchester the public feeling was unanimous in favour of this line; the appli cations for shares were numerous beyond precedent, and there was not a doubt entertained of its successful completion. Mr. LANCASTER, member of the town council of South ampton, said that, to prove the importance of this project to his town, he need only say that to attend this meeting he had him self been compelled to come by the circuitous route of London, when he ought to have travelled the distance by a direct line in less than three hours. He was prepared to contend that Southampton was the natural port of Cheltenham. From Cape Finistere and all foreign countries to the eastward, it was 600 miles nearer than the neighbouring port of Glou cester, and the saving of light-house expenses between the two places would give in every cargo a sum of 25/. in favour of Southampton. The speaker entered at considerable length into the advantages which the line would confer upon the southern portion of its route, and sat down amid loud cheers. Mr. STEBBINGS, of Southampton, also addressed the meet-, ing, dwelling upon the unanimity which prevailed in its south• ern terminus in favour of the project. Mr. WiLnrAstsori, of Cheltenham, thought, before the people of Cheltenham were irrevocably pledged to the line, they ought to insist upon having a few more local names on the direct. road. At. present the Committee of Management con sisted almost entirely of Manchester and Southampton names, and he did think th a t some Ch eltenham names aught to be added.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. Gwr NNE, the local solicitor, said the subject was by no means lost sight of, and there was every disposition on the part of the leading troprietors of the line to give Chelt en h am i ts due share of influence in the C omm i ttee of Management. A discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Williams, Newrnareh, Shen ell, Aldridge, Captain Watson, Dr. Gibney, and others took part. A string of resolutions were passed in favour of the lire, and a petition, to be presented to the House by the Hon. C. list keley, was unanimously adopted. On Saturday a meeting of the inhabitants of Romsev and the adjoining districts, in pursuance of a requisitio n to th e - Mayor, was held at the Town-hall, when resolutions were passed in support of the undertaking. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RA ll.ve AY. , —The half yearly general meeting of this Company was held on Saturday, at their offices, Lawly.street, Birmingham. Samuel Bowly, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors, having taken the chair, Mr. Saunders, the secretary, read the report of the Di rectors, which was merely a recapitulation of the agreement which had been entered into between the Midland and Bir mingham and Gloucester Companies. The report was received anti adopted. The Chairman moved that a dividend of 11. I6s. per share of 1001. each be declared and made payable on the 13th of September. The resolution having been unanimously adopted, thanks were voted to the Chairman and the Directors, and the meeting terminated. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town on Saturday from Richmond Park, the residence of her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester. His Royal Highness attend. d divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. Brs Excellency Edward Everett, late Envoy Extraor dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at this Court, with Mrs. Everett and family, leave town this day, and embark at Liverpool in the Boston and Halifax steamer on the 4th of September. Dispatches from the Governor of Van Dieroan's Land were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Marquis of Anglesey and the Earl and Countess of Listowel attended divine service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Praydrs were read by the Rev. J. Haden, the lessons by the Rev. W. Halt, and the communion service 1.)3 tho Rev. Dr. Sleath. The sermon was preached by the liev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem was, " 0 God, thou art my God," (Purcell). IIER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO GERMANY. Comma, Auc. 20.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with their suite, arrived safely at the palace of the Grand Duke of Saxe Coburg at about half-past five o'clock yesterday evening, having left Wurzburg at half past six in the morning, and travelled all day. There was a or briliant reception at Coburg. The town was illuminated, and troops lined the principal streets. 'I hey fired salutes as the royal traveller. arrived. The hour at which this dispatch leave. Coburg . precludes the sending any further particular. at present, except that her Majesty and the Prince are cillitP well. CHURCH-RATE CONTEST.—( From a Corresp3ndeqit. Wakefield has been much alive with a church-rate contest during the last six days ; the town has been in a state of excite. ment not to be exceeded by that which prevails en the occasion of a Parliamentary election. The contest commenced on Mon day List, the 18th inst. The polling of the rate-payers eons• tnenced at ten o'clock, and has been continued each day since. The majority in favour of the anti-rate party up to Saturday night was 111. Every means, fair and foul, h a v e b een use d b y the Church party to coerce tke opponents of the rate into com pliance, and hence the contest is being carried on with a degree of warmth almost unparalleled. The pro. rate party have been driven to the most desperate efforts to gain their object. W'akefi, ld is the head-quarters of &division of the Sappers ant miners for the Ordnance survey ; and the privates of the corps, who occupy small tenements in the town, have been brought up to poll for a church-rate. Captain Tucker, the commandant of the division, has polled four votes in favour of the rate for a large tenement which is rented and the rates psi I by Government for the Ordnance survey. It has always been understood that the military of this country were to avoid all elections and contests of this sort ; it appears, however, that in Wakefield • this rule is to be of non-effect. What may be the position of the parties at the close of the poll it is impossible to say. We hope that the inhabitants will not permit this town to be dis graced by the triumph of a part) who are obliged to call upon the military of the kingdom for the support of their cause. FoRLIGN FRUIT AND PROVISIONs.--The 13atta ler steam-ship, from Rotterdam, brought on her last voyage. besides cattle, 203 packages of peas, 82 packages of plums, 371 of melon., 7 of yeast, a quantity of poultry, and other articles of Dutch produce aad manufacture. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel Rainbow, which arrived on the same day from Ilavre, brought nearly 500 packages of plums, &c., of excellent quality. The same Company's vessels Tourist, from Calais, and Earl of Liverpool, from Ostend, also brought en the same day a large quantity of poultry, eggs, and butter for consumption here. The Company's ships which were due on that day from Rotterdam and Hamburgh did not arrive, owing to the extreme rough weather at sea. The favourite steam-ship Antwerpen, which was due at the St. Katharine Decks from Antwerp on the same morning, did not arrive for several hours afterwards, owing to the contrary winds and rough weather. She arrived shortly after the Batavier, with the large number of seventy-two passengers on beard, including several persons of distinction ; and the revenue officers at the wharf stayed until a late hour at night, in order to facilitate the delivery of their baggage and effects, and the fruit and cattle belonging to the vessels before mentioned as having arrived on the same day. WEST BROMWICII.—FATAL ACCIDENT FROM THE FALLING or A TIIEATRE.—An inquest was held by George Hinchliffe, Esq., coroner, at the Hare and Hounds, Mare's Green, West Bromwich, on Thursday evening, on the view of the body of Benjamin Ruberv, aged twenty-four years, who was killed the night before, by the gallery of a temporary theatre having fallen upon him. It appeared from the evidence that about 180 persons had assembled in the theatre, to witness the performance, and in five minutes after the curtail' rose the gallery fell in with a sudden crash, amid the screams of men, women and children. Notwithstanding, however, that so many persons were thrown down in the midst of benches and the frame work of the structure, only one person (a female) was found to be hurt, and she escaped with a few slight bruises. When the persons who had fallen were extricated, the deceased was pressed down on his knees under a platform, with his hands on the ground and his head forced between his shoulders. It appeared afterwards that the deceased, to avoid paying for seeing the performance, had crept under the stage in front of the theatre, forcing his way through some of the woodwork, by which he got under the gallery. Here, it is supposed, he displaced some of the supports, when the whole gave way, ush v, ed itn h e i s m ses to , d th e a a t th t . her l e t several cr a vv t a l d s i t , h r e m p , e l d a t f b o y r m thef a I l e i v n i g d e u n p e o e n o h f i m , and the jury . returned a verdict. of accidental death.-- Birnlinf i . was no negligence on the part of the proprietor of the theatre. hani Journal. - [ADVERTISEMENT.] —CURB FOR DROPSY BY Hot • LOWAY'S Pll,l,ti AND OINTHENT.—Captain James Eyre, of the Company's service, residing at Boulogne, had been tapped thrice within seven months, twelve quarts of water were taken from him each time; notwithstanding which operations he was about falling a victim to this terrible complaint, when he cora-. menced the rubbing in of Holloway's invaluable Ointmeztk and at effectually as salt is forced into meat—besides this, be took large doses of his wonderful Pills, which in nine weeks effected so extraordinary a cure, as to enable him since to wait twenty-five miles in one day. Any unnatural swellings of t body are effectually cured by these celebrated medicines. Sold by all Medicine-venders ; likewise at Professor Holloway's Es tablishment, 244, Strand. London. MILITARY (..‘4)I RT- ARTIALS.-011 Friday luorr,- ing, the 22d inst., the Ist battalion of Grenadier Guards, uue.o* the command of Colonel Lascelles, were assembled at St. Johtis- wood Barracks, to hear the following sentences read The first on private T. Roadknight, of No. 6 Company, who had been tried by district court-martial, for absenting himself from the battalion three nights without leave. He was found guilty, and on receiving a bad character from the adjutan (having been tried by nine court-martials for similar offence wi.hin seven years), was sentenced to undergo three monthre , imprisonment with hard labour. the second sentence was private J. Emery, of No. 8 Company, who had been tried o%a battalion court-martial, for absenting himself six nights witih— out leave. He was found guilty, and sentenced to for' ,; • imprisonment, with hard labour. The prisoners w' r ;J ; ,„ - ;',. - diately placed in irons, and marched by an escOe military prison at Chatham. to the nevi _~ -J,; "! „Si -. • - # Alt 3 - 'left, iad in )n the in the a dia. andel. it olen. Id firs which coni ead of ard', that night wing He He de ) tbe laced and that 'gland t 3 0 tar , • 4.: A /11