The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-08 00:00:00

T HE SOUTH-AV STERN RAILWAY TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,- 1t about ten o'clock on Sunday night last the engine of Cal excursion train fro:n Bent'aatnpton broke down, and we were unable to proceed further than Winchfield station, and the telegraph there was out of order. However, it happened fortunately that I was one of the passengers. Being in the service of the Electric Telegraph Company, and finding that there was no one at the station who could, under the circumstances, commu nicate a mesiage relating to the accident, I immediately put the instrument in order sufficiently, by charging the batterieF, &c., to he enabled to send a metsage to Southampton for another engine, which arrived at about twelve o'clock. Had I not been in the train, it would not have reached London until three hours later than it actually did. From having been there at the time the accident ha ppened, it has suggested itself to my mind that it would be an excellent precaution fur each train to be provided with an nstrument and batteries, so that in case of any accident at any of the ntermediate stations, where there are no telegraphs, the wires might be easily attached to the line-wires, and the necessary commu nication made. This would be, in my estimation, an excellent safeguard for the future in case of any accident on the line, The guard might be easily taught to connect up and work the instru ments, so as to be prepared in any case of emergency. The same plan could be adopted very easily even should the accident occur where there is no station whatever. Hoping that you will consider this worthy of insertion in your columns, I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A. L. KRONE, Head of the Telegraphic Department, Waterloo Station, London. Oct. 8, 1850. ====r== TR H STEAMER PACIFIC.—The wind having set in strongly from the west, we may expect this fine vessel to morrow at Liverpool, as we anticipate she will carry sail in addition to her steam power. She sailed from New York on the 23th of September, and will therefore bring three days' later news than the Asia. The accounts of the state of trade in the provinces during the past week present nothing to call for remark, business having generally been steady at former price , . At Manchester there bas been considerable dulness, which was partially relieved, however, by the better intelligence from Bombay. The weekly reviews of the Amsterdam and Rotter dam markets allude to the trifling nature of the variations which had lately occurred in prices. Sugar and coffee were regarded as being steadily supported, but there was a con siderable decrease in business. The tendency of the tobacco market was favourable, owing to the trade showing a desire to purchase, and holders refusing to accept current rates. GREAT CHESS MATCH. — Arrangements are in pro gress for a great chess match, to be pl9yed by " amateurs of all nations, ' during the Exhibition of 1851. The idea ori ginated with Mr. Staunton, the first known player in the world; and the first to respond to it was a player at Cal cutta, who has forwarded a handsome subscription. It is proposed to have a number of " chess tournaments," the en tries to be 51. each, and the first prize 5001. Another sug gestion is, that the English chess clubs shall each send a champion player, with a moderate sum as entrance money, and the winner of the match to receive the prize, in the form of a handsome trophy, in silver. • The latest advices from Oregon are very fa vourable. Each new exploration of the country confirms its general fertiiity, and its capacity for raising grain and stock. Farming continued to prove extremely profitable, and there was a large and steady immigration from the Atlantic States. Enterprise was also active, and three new steamers were building to run on the Columbia. Nothing further had transpired regarding the gold discoveries, but the belief that considerable deposits exist on Rogue River was still enter tained. From Hayti intelligence has been received that the llaytian flee', consisting of one sloop of war, two brigs, and four schooners, had sailed from Port-an-Prince on tie 9th of August, the Emperor being on board the sloop. Its desti nation was supposed to be a neighbouring port. ..lhe mercantile accounts from Rio de Janeiro reach to the 3d of August. The limited transactions of the past month had caused a decline in the rate of exchange, which had touched 26k, but it had sub , equently rallied, and the market closed with firmness at 27 1 1. In coffee the nn favourable accounts continuously received from Europe and the United States had caused much dulness, and a consider able decline in prices. This had been followed, however, by' a gradul improvement, which, owing to the facts ascertained regarding the failure of the last crop, was thought likely to be maintained. The crop year ended the :30th of June had yielded 1,135,206 bags of coffee, being 522,560 bags less than the preceding year, and 703,532 bags less than 'lB4B. With regard to the new crop, the belief was that it would fall far short of what had been at one time anticipated, long drought in several districts having caused serious injury. IMPORTATION OF COTTON FROM INDIA.--The ship Eliza Pirie, arrived from Bombay, has brought the large quantity of 3,018 bales of cotton, as part of her cargo, to London ; and another vessel, arrived on the same day from Bombay, brought the still larger quantity of 5,387 bales and 17 half bales of cotton, of East India produce, consigned also to order. HIGH WIND AND Low TIDE.—The heavy gale of wind which sprang up on Sunday evening continued to rage with increased force throughout the night. At day break it was blowing nearly a hurricane from S. to W.S.W., and it was not till nine o'clock that it in any way abated. It bad great influence on the tide. The gale being directly down the river, a very low tide was the result. The nume rous tiers of vessels in the Pool were aground, and for a time all navigation was stopped, even the small steamers that ply above bridge touching the bottom of the river. A more shallow channel has not been seen in the Thames for some time. Several casualties took place during the gale, but we have not heard of any of a serious character. Have nothing to do with those good-natured friends who make a practice of letting you know all the evil which they may hear spoken about you. Those people take especial care to let you hear nothing of the good, if there is any going. —Eliza cook's Journal. A YANKEE COMPARISON.—At a debating meeting in Indiana, one of the speakers made the following practical comparison :—" A smoky chimney is no more to be com pared to a scolding wife than a little nigger to a dark night." -- New York Fuzzyguzsy. DEATH OF JOHN FANE, ESQ.—It is with great regret that we announce the death of John Fane, Esq., of Wormsley, who died from an attack of pleurisy on Friday last, in •the 76th year of his age. He was grandson of Henry, brother of Thomas, eighth Earl of Westmoreland; and succeeded his father, John vane, Esq., as one of the representatives of Oxfordshire in February, 1824, and con tinued to represent that county until the dissolution of Par liament in 1832. He is succeeded in his estates in Oxford shire, Bucks, Essex, and Dorset, by his eldest son, John W. Fane, Esq., of Shirburne Lodge, who inherits his father's principles. LONDON COFFEE AND EATING-HOUSE KEEPERS' AaSeCIATioN.— Yesterday evening a meeting of the commit tee of management, and others interested in the welfare of this institution, established in 1837, for the purpose of grant ing relief to aged and decayed members of both trades and their widows, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the transaction of general business. The report of the society's progress was satisfactory. The funded capital in the hands of the Commissioners for Reduction of the National Debt, at the date of the last audit, amounted to 2,3001. TRANSFER or LICENCES.—ST. MARYLEBoNE, OCT. 7. (Present Sir' Peter Laurie, Chairman ; Peter Laurie, Esq.; John Laurie, Esq. ; and W. Williams, Esq.)—Cock and Lion, Wigmore-street, Parkin Fothergill to Henry Car- Benter Lockington. F or t une o f W ar, East-street, Wm. yres to John Codding,ton. Green Man, Union-street, Caroline Kift to William Henry Main. Jacob's Well, Charles -street, Daniel Moynihan to John Jackson. King's Head, Portland -street, Charles Le Neve to Alfred Haskell. Phceuix, Princes -street, Cavendish-square, Thomas Francis Young to John Miles. Union, John -street, Robert Henry Drover to Edward Dewen. Worcester Arms, George street, Portman-square, Ann Dickson, widow and executrix of George Dickson, the late occupier, to Thomas Dickson. THE BOULOGNE PAcEET DRIVEN Ta MARGATE.— The packet that left Boulogne at ten o'clock on Sunday night for Folkestone encountered so severe a gale in the Channel that, instead of making the harbour at the latter port, she was forced round to Margate, where she was run ashore yesterday (Monday) morning at seven o'clock. All her passengers landed iu safety, and started for London by railway. Humility is the best evidence of' real religion, as arrogance, self-conceit, and pretension, are the infallible cri teria of a pharasaical devotion.—Eliza Cook's Journal. A RELIC OF THE ANCIENT MARINER.—A few days since an old sailor visited the Glducester docks, wearing a noble pig -tail. This is probably the last of the pig tails, at least, in . this neighbourhood ; and: it is a capital specimen of its kind, being more than a toot long, of consider able thickness, and stiff as a poker. The owner of this once fashionable appendage is 81 years of age, he lives at Cat combe, and in his former days was a merchant seaman. Ile stated to our informant that he had worn this ornament since the, age of nine years. Calculating, then, that half an hour a day has been devoted to twisting and binding it—nor is this too much to do it handsomely --ens or two years of the old man's life have been employed in decorating his "truck" alone.— Gloucester Journal. THE LORD ADVOCATE. —The improvement in the heath of the Lord Advocate still continues. His Lordship was better on Friday. A Naw DESCRIPTION OF FOOD. I\' e learn that a 'new' d is counescription of fo o — the Dari—is being introduced into thtry. It is d a grain or pulse, something be tween the lentil and Indi an corn, and is described as ex kellently adapted for mixing with the lower descriptions of meal and flour which it improves both in ta-te and colour. In Ireland it has already been imported.--Lieerpoo/ Standatd. CURIOUS ANECDOTE IN NATURAL HISTORY.--A favourite magpie had been accustomed to receive dainty bits from the mouth of its mistress. The other day it perched, as usual, on her shoulder, and inserted its beak between her lips, not, as it proved, to receive, for, as one good turn deserves another, the grateful bird dropped an imm ense green fat caterpillar into the lady's mouth ! Literary Gazette. ROYAL ARTlLLERY.—Promotions—First Lieute naut George Henry Yes?) , to be Second Captain, vice Rod well, deceased; Second Lieutenant William George Le Mesurier to be First Lieutenant, vice Vesey. A ROYAL FLOWER.—There is at present in pos session of Mr. A. Row, innkeeper, lilackhillock, parish of arse 3i asa Royal G eorge G eran i um, of the following di -5 feet 10 inches; circumference, 11 feet 10 inches round the branches; height of the stem, before it branches into 4 boughs, 1 foot 8 inches; circumference of the stem 4 inches.—Elpn Courier. SCRIBBLING ON WALLS.—A correspondent of the Builder suggests that this abominable practice, which, by ti e Faye, ii at least as old as the days of Pompeii, and which now preYails especially in tl.e bye-corners of railway stations, Might be obviated by mixing the paidt, where used for such Place.% with rough sand, THE SUN, ROYAL FAMILY AT BALMORAL. The past week has shown a good number of rainy days, end among them some " regular drenchers," a phenomenon with which the latter end of September is generally too well acquainted in this and other elevated parts of the countr.. When our Highland autumns are known to be so broken and unsteady, it is much to be lamented that her M:?jesty's visit should not take place at least a few weeks earlier in the sea son, as up to the above time the weather is geue rally very good. Since her Majesty's ascent of Ben-na-bourd, her two greatest and most interesting excursions have been her visits to Loch Muick, and the " Loch of Lochnagar." An excellent carriage road has recently been made from BAlnioral ovzr the hills to Loch Muick, a distince of six or seven miles, and seeing that the Queen and her Royal Consort nre disposed to pay numerous visits to this romantic spot, such a road must be a very great convenience. Loch Muick lies in tie bottom of a large oblong hollow, the steep green sides of which are formed by Ihe hills of Glen muick on the one side, arm a shoulder of Lochnagar on the other, and the beautifully curved outline of this immense basin is only broken by a few narrow dark defiles, through which the various mountain streamlets that feed the lake brattle along, with that peculiar clear murmur we only find in the Highland burn that threads a lonely glen. After sailing about for a number of hours in her elegant open boat upon this delightful lake, her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied only by two or three Highlanders, re tired fur the night to the curious though comfortable thatched hut, built for their convenience almost close lo till shore. Next rrornit , g, at an ear y hour, they re traced their steps to Balmoral, evidently highly de lighted with their somewhat romantic excursion. ° In visiting the " Loch uf Lochnagar," her Ma jesty ascended by Glengelder, the burn of which flows directly from the loch, and after a steep climb of a couple of miles (after leaving the carriages), reached the base of the " rocks of Lochnagar;" the loch of which is simply a small Highland tarn, almost completely surrounded by these immense yawning precipices, which rise perpendicularly to the height of 1,200 feet, and so entirely overhang the small town on three sides, as to appear every moment ready to annihilate it for ever. Altogether, the " Loch of Lochnagar" is a scene of terrific grandeur, and is well known to the numerous tourists that visit the far-famed mountain. _ _ We may mention that Glengelder is one of those now lonely glens where the marks of - numerous " drystane" cottages, and " kail yards," speak of a time when deer forests were only, second to good sheep walks; and we may also add, that before 1826 a thick forest of natural grown pines had begun to spring up along the entire length of the glen, but in the autumn of that excessively dry year there was a great accidental moor-b Urning in the county, which included Giengelder among its ravages, completely destroying its young firs, and they have never re appeared. On Monday her Majesty and his' Royal Highness drove out to BalloChbui Forest. His Royal High ness went a deer-stalking, while her Majesty returned to the Castle. The royal family and suite were en joying their usual walks in the vicinity of the Castle. On Tuesday her Majesty and Prince Albert, ac companied by the . Marchioness of Douro, and a few of the domestics about the Castle, proceeded to the Hut. The royal party remained at the Hut for two nights. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Mar chioness of Douro, was engaged the greater part of Wednesday and Thursday sailing on the Loch, in her Msjety's beautiful pleasure-boat, which was rowed by four sturdy Highlanders. Her Majesty used a fishing-rod, and caught a good many trout. His Royal Highness was for the most of the two days amongst the moors, adjoining Loch Muick, and brought dun a great many grouse; and while re turning to Balmoral on Thursday his Royal Highness killed two fine deer. The royal party arrived at Bal moral on Thursday evening about six o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is scarcely a day without taking a drive through the country.—Caledonian Mercury. HER MAJESTY'S RETURN FROM BAL- MORAL. The most active arrangements are- being made for the reception or her Majesty on Thursday evening next, on her return from Balmoral. There is no al teration either ha the time of arrival or departure of the Queen for England. In addition to the particu lars which were seated in our last, we may mention that the road from the Meadowbank station through the Queen's Park has been lined with posts to the number of 300. On Thursday evening next each post will be fitted with a globe similar to the street lamps, and inside the globe will contain five variegated lamps; these will extend, therefore, to the number of 1,500, and present a most magnificent appearance. On Thursday night' seven of the globes • were tried and were perfectly successful. A subscription is being got up by certain parties in the city to have a bonfire on Arthur's Seat upon Thursday- evening next, after the Queen's arrival. The subscription already is very handsome, and we believe the display' will add much to the effect of the variegated lamps in the Queen's Park, and will be a spectacle of the utmost grandeur , viewed from various parts o f th e c ity.—Edi n b urg h Evening Post. • We believe there is also some intention of display ing the Drummond light from Salisbury Crags, which would undoubtedly have a very striking effect. Pro bably no other city in • the world presents so many advantages for a display of fireworks ; and no danger of any kind would arise from the burning of blue lights on the various eminences of the hill. The ar rangements are under the care of Mr. Sheriff Gordon and Mr. Mathison, of the Board of Works, and their taste and judgment will 'doubtless determine all for the best. The saloon railway carriage for the con veyance of her Majesty and the royal family is ex pected to arrive here on Tuesday. We understand that Lord Byron, one of the Lorda in Waiting, visited Holyrood Palace, on Thursday, accompanied by Mr. Charles Trotter and Mr. Mathison. Sir George Grey, the Home &cretary, arrived here last night by the express train on the North British Railway, from his seat at Falloden, Northumberland, on his way to Balmoral, to accompany her Majesty to Osborne. The night Hon. Baronet took up his residence at Alackay s Hotel. We observe that the 'Aberdeen Banner of yester day states that her Majesty, in returning from Bal moral, will descend •the I)ee as far as Bsnchory St. Ternan, and thence cross the country to the station of the Aberdeen Railway at Stonehaven.—Edinburgh Courant of Saturday. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, OCT. 5. Her Majesty and •his Royal .Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales went to-day to Mar Lodge, to witness . a drive for deer in Mar Forest. The Duke and Duchess of Leeds received her Ma jesty and hit Royal Highness on their arrival. The Viscountess Jocelyn was in attendance upon her Majesty. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness Speth, and Sir George Couper. InJthe evening her Majesty gave a ball to the tenantry in the neighbourhood. • The Marchioness of Douro left• Balmoral yester day, and the Vikonntess JocelYn has arrived to be in attendance upon her Majesty. Sir George Grey ie expected to arrive at Balmoral this evening. LONDON, Mr. B. Donkinjun., Southwark ; Mr. E. Richards, New Parker-street; Mr. C. H. Hopwood, Hon. Se , . _Finsbury committee; Mr. C. Reed, Paternoster-row ; Mr. J. M. Napier, York-road ; Mr. J. James, Broad wall ; Mr. C. May, Westminster; Mr. W. E. Green well, Sec. to Marylebone committee ; Mr. G. H. Drew, Sec. to Westminster committee ; Mr. W. Sandland, Hatton-garden ; Mr. W. Bird, St. Martin's lane ; Mr. J. Robinson, Upper Tames-street. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and the Mauritius. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and also for the Governors of Ceylon and Hong-Kong. WILD SPORTS IN ALGERIA. Al. Jules Gerard, the well-known lion killer of Algeria, has just sent the following account of a re cent exploit to the editor of the Journal des Chasseurs "1 knew of a large old lion in the Smauls country and betook myself in that direction. On arriving I heard that he was in the Boneriff, near Batnah. My tent was not yet pitched at the foot of the mountain when I learned that he was at the Fed-Jong, where, on my arrival, I found he had gained the Aures. After travelling 100 leagues in 10 days in the track of my brute without catching a glimpse of anything but his foot-prints, I was gratified on the night of the 22d of August with the sound of my lord's voice. hcd established my tent in the valley of Ousten. As there is only one path across this thickly covered valley I found it an easy task to discover' his track and follow it to his lair. At 6 o'clock in the evening I alighted upon a hillock commanding a prospect of the country around. I was accompanied by a native of the country and my spahi, one carrying my car bine, the other my old gun. As I had anticipated, the lion roared under cover at dawn of day; but in stead of advancing towards me, he started off in a westerly direction at such a pace that it was impossible for me to come up with him. I retraced my steps at midnight, and took up my quarters at the foot of a tree upon the path which the lion had taken. The country about this spot was cleared and cultivated. The noon being fa vourable, the approach of anything could be descried in every direction. I installed myself and waited. Weary after a ride of several hours over a very irre gular country, and not expecting any chance that night, I enjoined my spahi to keep a good watch, and lay down. I was just about to fall asleep when I felt a gentle pull at my burnous. On getting up I was able to make out two lione, sitting one beside the other, about 100 paces off, and exactly on the path in which I had taken up my position. At first I thought we had been perceived, and prepared to make the best of this discovery. The moon shed a light upon the entire ground which the lions would have to cross, in order to reach the tree, close to which all within a circumference of ten paces was completely dark, both on account of the thickness of the tree and the shadow cast by the foliage. My spahi, like me, was in range of the shadow, while the Arab lay snor ing ten paces off in the full light of the moon. There was no doubting the fact—it was this man who at tracted the attention of the lions. I expressly for bade the spahi to wake up the Arab, as I was persuaded that when the action was over he would be proud of having served as a bait even without knowing it. I then prepared my arms and placed them against the tree and got up, in order the better to observe the movements of the enemy. They were not less than half-an- hour traversing a distance of 100 metres. Although the ground was open, I could only see them when they raised their heads to make sure that the Arab was still there. They took ad vantage of every stone, and every tuft of grass to render themselves almost invisible; at last the boldest of them came up crouching on his belly to within 10 paces of me, and 15 of the Arab. His eye was fixed on the latter, and with such an expression that I was afraid I had waited too long. The second, who had stayed a few paces behind, came and placed himself on a level with and about four or five paces from the first. I then saw for the first time that they weke both full grown lionesses. I took aim at the first, and she came rolling and roaring down to the foot of the tree. The Arab was scarcely awakened when a second ball stretched the animal dead upon the spot. The first bullet went in lat the muzzle and came out at the tail; the second had gone through the heart. After making sure that my men were all right, I looked out for the second lioness. She was standing up within 15 paces, looking at what was going on around her. I took my gun and levelled it at her. She squatted down. When I fired she fell down roaring, and disappeared in a field of maize on the edge of the road. On approach ing I found by her moaning that she was still alive, and did not venture at night into the thick plantation which sheltered . her. As soon as it was day I went to the spot where she had fallen, and all I found were blood marks marking her track in the direc tion of the wood. After sending the dead lioness to the neighbouring garrison, who celebrated its arrival by a banquet, I returned to my post of the previous night. A li tt l e a f ter sunset t h e li on roare d f or the first - time, but instead of quitting his lair he remained there all night roaring like a madman. Convinced that the wounded lioness was there, I sent on the morning of the 24th two Arabs to explore the cover. They returned without daring to approach it. On the night cf the 24th there was the same roaring and complaining of the lion on the mountain and under cover. On the 25th, at five in the evening, I had a young goat muzzled, and proceeded with it to the mountain. The lair was exceed ingly difficult of access. Nevertheless I stic ceeded at last by crawling now on my hands aid now on my belly in teaching it. Having disco vered certain indications of the presence of the intria bitants of this locality, I bad the goat unmuzzled aid tied to a tree. Then followed the most comical pa is on the part of the Arabs who were carrying 111 y arms. Seeing themselves in the middle of the lioy's lair, whom they could distinctly smell, and hearing the hortified goat calling them with all its might, Was , a position perfectly intolerable to them. After On suiting together as to whether it were better to climb up a tree or clamber on a rock, they asked my per mission to remain near the goat. This confidence pleased me, and obtained them the privilege of a place by my side. I had not been there a quarter of hour when the lioness appeared; she found herself suddenly beside the goat, and looked about her with an air of astonishment. I fired, and she fell without a struggle. The Arabs were already kissing my hands, and I myself believed her dead, when she got up again as though nothing was the matter, and showed us all her teeth. One of the Arilts who had run towards her was within six paces of her. On seeing her get up he clung to the lower branches of the tree to which the goat was tied and disappeared like a squirrel. The lioness fell dead at the foot of the tree, a second bullet piercing her heart. The first had passed out of the nape of the neck without break ing the skull bone." INSIGNIA OF MATORALTY.—The town council a Nottingham have determined upon having their mayor duly arrayed at the entertainment to be given to Prince Albert by the mayors of England at York in the course of the pre-, sent month. They were invited to consider, aye or no, whether the chief magistrate should appear in the robes 'of office. Whereupon Mr. Alderman Cullen- said :—" He bad long been of opinion that some distinctive dress ought to be attached to the mayor of the ancient borough of Notting ham, by which he would be known to be such. He himself had often observed, when the judges were met by the mayor 'and magistrates, that they had been at a loss to know who was the mayor. If they were to judge from the privileges - - which had at various times been conferred upon it, they The Metropolitan Local Commissioners represent- would arrive at the conclusion that the ancient town of Not tingham stood very high in the con s id era ti on o f t h e ru l ers ng machinery f or di rect use, h a d an i nterv i ew, at eleven o'clock y es t er d ay morn in g ; i n t h e new P a l ace of the country in time past. Thus, N o tti ng h am was one of eoaurgtbhse,itrhpeumblloorbsoost on which were authorised by of Westminst er , w ith M r. Cubitt, Royal Commis- theoha charter r r to b * nr • Fierier (in the c h a i r ) : E xecut i ve C omm i ttee o f t h e might consider proper. He, therefnore, any d i o d cc n as o i t on s e i e v h , i v e n h they Exhibition of 1851—Colonel Reid, Mr. Dilke, M r . council should not pass such a resolution as Would y show Fuller, and Lieutenant -Colonel Lloyd, special Com- that Nottingham did not stand behind other towns in the missioner. Mr. Digby Wyatt, 'Secretary of the respect paid to the office of mayor." These arguments pre vailed, for the council almost unanimously determined to Executive Committee, 'and Al H. 11also r. ensman procure the requisite insignia. attended. .. . - • OR THE '5l EXIIIBITI O A CARPET P N.—W e under- Ile following Local Commissioners werepresent:— stand that a plan for the working of a carpet to be exhibited Mr. ex ibited Mr. J. James (Btoadwall), Mr. J. M. Napier (York- next been suggestedthe year has to ladies of England by road). , 11 - 1 . • ,J. Spurgin, .D. (Guildford -street), Profes- Mrs. Purcell, of New Burlington-street. A: design of con sor J. R. Hind (Observatory, Regent's Park), Mr. siderable elegance has been made by Mr. Gruner, and we trust our fair countrywomen will not be backward in bestow- G. H. Drew (Secretary of the Westminster Com• " ing so d me o . f the labour t theysxpend on the fur o ni f ture of their mittee), Mr. 1). Davies (Wiginore-street), Mr. J. J. Mechi (Leadenhall-street), L ieutenant -Colonel CA- really wri worthyrasvi n g -orfo theiroms ' tr e ou p b re le, n a c n e d a cr s e l L e a lm bl e e n to th n L ed ta le s w te ork --- quhouit (Royal 'Arsenal, 'Woolvvicb), H. S myt h Builder. (Chelsea), Mr. W.' H. Thornthwaite (Newgate- INGENIOUS Piron or MECHANISM.—We hear street), Mr. Green (Lambeth), Mr. E. Dent (Strand), that a most ingenious mechanist- a watchmaker at Ar- Mr. 1). Hutt (High Holborn), Mr. T. G. Ditehburn broatb—is at present engaged, by commission, upon a piece of clock-work, which, when it is finished (and it is now ad ), Professor E. Taylor (Gresham College), Mr. J. Deane (King William-street), Mr. A. Ross v w r ll e r e e d) o , ir w e il t l o , Vethwouotonaddnoubt, only a rarity in i t t n s . way. 3. It (Featherstone -buildings), Mr. J. G. Graham (Secre- telling the time of the day, i r i ' , w e l y al e so ne s e ho a w m t;L n hour ofss'udnea tary to Woolwich Committee), Mr. R. Tardin, C.E. rise and sunset, the time of high water at Arbroath daily, and (Charlton), Mr. E. Clark (Strand), Mr. G. Clarke also the day of the month. The manner of its construction (Secretary to Brenttord Committee), Mr. S. Haden will preclude the necessity of its being altered occasionally, (hloane-street), Mr. G. Cottam, Rev. S. R. Cattley in an the y way to suit the varying number of days in the months as y come on in succession—even leap year is provided for (lion. Secretary to City of London Committee), Mr, with its one day more. The price agreed upon for this unique J. Field, Lambeth), Mr. H. Maudslay (Larnbetb), piece of mechanism is a ver y mo d erate one—on l y a b out 10/. —ev. and Mr. J. Jennings (Assistant Secretary to City of —Mont.rose n ;ew. London Committee). Bo w TO MAKE GOOD GLOUCESTERSIIIRE BACON. At two o'clock yesterday afternoon the Local Cora- the e Af s ter it has been killed one day, put a lip bt coat of salt on missioners (Metropolitan) representing machinery is b use id_e t s o , and when that is dissolved, about 1 2 1 b. of saltpetre emFloyed in the manufacture of fabrics spun, woven, is lyindg sin e g v l e e ry en s t O h lb e s ho o o f r bacn e a r nd th covered with salt as it felted, or laid metals, minerals, vegetable and mineral , four or five sides together, and turn tl r i e e e m e e r y every four three da days; put substances, brewing and distilling apparatus, and after 10 days, 20 sides may be put together and turned ce manufacturing chemistry, had an interview with Mr. a week; in three w ee k s f rom t h e fi rst sa l t i ng t h ey w ill b e Cubitt (in the chair), Royal Commissioner for the r a e c a se dy for this the stoves, un l ess t h ey are very h eavy, i n w hi ch should be delayed another week. the Exhibition of 1851 ; Colonel Reid, Mr. Dilke, L ITERARY CURIOSITY.—The following is a coy, Mr. Puller, and Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd, Special verbatim et literatim of advertisement latelposted in Coniro• - ' certain villag e in . kstoner. Mr. H. Hensman, 5, Upper Chad- a —Lost or Strayed From well-str-et, also attended. Coatley Fell A 11 scotch Ewes and 4 ooldens with half Bred The Local Commissioners present were Mr. V. Fig- lams with them an d 3 sheering scotch g i mmers Hogs an gins, West- street ; Rev. S. R. Cattley, Hon. Sec. Wat Ilar side and P a far side of all that is clip and all City of London committee ; Mr. W. H. Wylde,Be u r r e ne .. li d t H s o li r t n and Lames all ear marked with peace of fare . Hon. Sec. to Cl&wick ecromitter. ; Mr. S. Green, - Tail:head the property yeaorf an and m ot ar i ked g l i te ne c e a r rt se tr d a n p e p r i: t f: n al i Lambeth ; Mr. R. - B-sley, Fann-street ; Mr. 1 1 2- ;who will give me information I will please them for theaire Maudslay, Lambeth ; Mr. H. Maudelay, Lambeth; trouble.— Westmorland Gazette. Y': EVENING, OCTOBER TV ESDAY MAGAZINES, &c.—(CON TIN UED.) THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. The subject of the biographiCal memoir for the present month is one of our greatest modern cele brities—Charles Kean ; nor do we recollect, among the many admirable sketches ,of illustrious Irishmen which have adorned the pages of this periodical, any better written or more interesting than the account here furnished of his arduous and triumphant career. The illustrative portrait presents a striking, although not a flattering, likeness of this eminent tragedian, for it offers the semblance of -a man older than one in his fortieth year, such being the age of Mr. Kean, who was born at Waterford on the 18th of January, 1811. After a period of three years' education at Eton, whence the unhappy conduct of the elder Kean towards the beloved mother of Charles compelled him to withdraw in 1827, he was thrown on his own re sources, and, in the necessity of self-support, ar.d to minister to the wants of that helpless parent whom his generous heart would never suffer to remain un protected, he cast his lot upon the stage, making his deldtt in Norval, at Drury -lane, on the opening night of the season, October Ist, 1827. Tne press—that press now long since deservedly lavish in his praise— was unanimous in its condemnation of his histrionic essay; nor for two years did he receive any encou ragement from that powerful engine, until some measure of applause was awarded him for his imper sonation of Sir Edward Mortimer, in the Iron Chest. Resolved to try his fortune in America, he crossed the Atlantic in 1830, and on that distant stage enacted his father's leading parts to crowded and admiring audi. 7 ences. :shortly after his return to England, in '33, the fitful fever of Edmund Kean's life was quenched for ever. The son, still struggling for subsistence, and unable, from want of superfluous means, to prevent the seizure and sale of the 'valuable paternal effects, turned his attention to provincial engagements, and achieved marked success in Edinburgh and Dublin, where he repeatedly reaped increasing applause and large remuneration; many of the principal towns in the empire likewise acknowledged his rising reputa tion. But London was yet to conquer, and at length, on the Bth of January, 1838, he appeared at Drury lane as Hamlet, with a triumphant issue never sur passed in theatrical annals. This' character, in our opinion the most masterly of his Shaksperian deline ations—and on them is his reputation mainly, if not ex clusively, built—he appeared in for twenty-one nights during his engagement, and played Richard the Third seventeen, and Sir Giles Overreach five nights. From that day to this his professional career has been one bright and uninterrupted triumph, and his para mount position as an artist cheerfully and universally admitted. " That he has been a fortunate man," says the writer of the memoir, "in the general accep tation of the term, no one will deny ; and that he merits his good fortune will be as readily conceded by all impartial judges. In his early career he had much to contend against, and his history presents strong points of encouragement to all who are des• tined to fight their way through the world, of what. ever. calling or profession. The towering reput a ti on of his father, and the name he inherited, were more frequently impediments than advantages, as i nv iti ng invidious comparisons rather than indulgent recollec tions. A natural resemblance in the son was re proached as a positive offence ; while the most pal pable and servile imitation in a stranger was cordi ally hailed as indicative of kindred genius. At the same time his high, gentlemanlike bearing, his well known affection for his mother, and his hon oura bl e character, were powerful auxiliaries, backing his own genius, and carrying him gallantly over many oppos ing obstacles and many prejudiced opinions. The professional reputation of Charles bean is erected on a sound foundation. As Junius says, in reference to the - fame of Lord Chatham—` Recorded honours shall gather round his monument, and thi c k en over him. It is a solid fabric, and will support the laurels that adorn it.' " This is well and truthfully said. By his new under taking, the management of the Princess's Theatre, he will, we doubt not, enhance his fame as an ardent cultivator of the legitimate drama. With the co operation of. those genuine comedians, the Keeleys, and the services of such masters of their art as Harley, Wigan, and Meadows, assisted by a most efficient company, it wouldbe indeed strange welt! his efforts to revive the public taste unattended with success. At the same time, the lovers of the Terpsichorean de partment of the stage are not disregarded by the new lessee, for the ballet is confided to the superintendence of Flexmore, that incomparable buffo, whose singular abilities, both of arrangement and performance, have placed him in a rank in his peculiar line of the pro fession where he has hitherto met with no successful competitor. We shall dismiss this cursory notice of so admirable a resume of the incidents of the life of Charles Kean by quoting a brief but just tribute paid therein to his amiable, attractive, and talented partner, the ci•devant Ellen Tree, to whom, after a long attachment, he was united in January, 1842 :—"ln characters requiring great phy sical power, with the more commanding attributes, something might be wanting which a few others had excelled her in ; but in all the softer delineations, in a just discrimination of the tenderer passions, in ver satility, in natural pathos, or elegant vivacity —in a clear knowledge'of her author's meaning, and in lady like deportment—she was, and is, without a superior on the modern stage." The correspondence, too, between the two great heroes of the buskin, whicn took place some years ago, will not fail to be read with interest at:the present period, when Macready is about to leave his rival sole master of the field : TO CHARLES LEAN, ESQ. "8, Kent-terrace, Regent's-park, London, July 22, 1837. " Dear Sir,—The newspapers may, perhaps, have in formed you that I have taken Covent-garden Theatre. I have embarked in this hazardous enterprise, congenial neither to my habits nor disposition, in the hope of retrieving, in come measure, the character of our de clining art, or, at least, of' giving to its professors the continuance of one of our national theatres as a place for its exercise, which moat persona despaired of. The per formers have met the sacrifice lam prepared to make with a spirit highly laudable to their feelings, and I trust the event will prove not discreditable to their judg- ment. Every one has consented to a reduction of his or her claims, and I believe the names of all our principal artists are entered on my list. Your celebrity has, of course, reached me. In t h e most frank and cordial spirit I invite you to a p art i c i pation of the struggle I am a bout to make. I unde rstand that your expectations s gladly m eet them, let me kno w your terms, and if it be possible and do all in my power la to rewihiligmh; secure os your assi s t ance, and give complete scope to t he full not further lunatl°rd your talents. e to the cause for which I am n fim l d a e " k n j ilenle g teat your ow n di sposition will so f ar sugges t this effort th an to express my b e li e f an d to you its professional importance as to insure us against any apprehension of your becoming anta gonist, should you decline ( as I s i ncer ely trust_you will not) enrolling , yourself as a co - operato r. an " I remain, clear Sir, very faithfully yours, w. C. MACRRADY. "TO W. C. MA.CREADY. " 4. Cor .6 • k July 27 , 1837 . answer very courteous letter ; and p erm it me, befocroengratulate that portio of it which relates to m selt, to e 6, D ea r Sir,—l hav e had the honour to rece l ive your you on the n assumption of the Covyent-gard n manage- unu d dte e restood public p predi lection rae ‘ n , t i assure you, with great sincerity, .I position u the w drama he r whets I think it a most ysbouu that havey fortunate ou occupy c placed upy circumstance a yourself posit at the' will the stage. No one could be more fit Y l sustain, your taste improve, and your influence elevate distinctly—because, from your f w e c h t e i r o e n fyouor our do plays, and your own range of head of this theatre, and II classicalw parts, you will give those plays every possible prefe rence; and thus, to use your own words, ' retrieve in --I say this without hesitation, and some measure the character of our declining art.' Connected as you now are with Covent•garden, con trolling its business, and set over its destinies, allow me to wish you, for your own sake and that of the profes• sion, a long term o f p r osperOUS management. For your offer to me of an engagement, and Your assurances of 'giving ample scope to the full development of my talents,' I thank you very touch . . Your invitation, and the kind and handsome niauner in which you offer it, and are most flattering to me; hough neith er my inch -4 t 3 Lo d nation nor my interests point t n . on just now, still I set due value upon your encouraging proposal. But let me tkll you franhly that, were I to go to London, there have occurred some circumstances between Mr. Bunn and me, whereby he u rigli d t hold me bound (were it only partially so) to him i ITed"fenhlin a case where a contract was perhaps but inIP t I sill r. Bunn made it a (mid, of question of honour w i t h we ' course, be governed by the absolute and ar b itrary dictate of such a monitor. I repeat, howev!r, the do not contemplate a movement towards London for present. "Another point in your letter. my demands a few w or d s . confidence that You express your o wn disposition will so far suggest to m e the professional importance of your present enterpri,e as to assure you aga i nst my becoming an antagouist e l sew here, should I decline your offer to co-operate with your elt You may indeed he w, neither would I, liese that I could oppose myself to the interests of any establishment or any individual. But surely you could never suppose that my acceptance of an engagement at an y time, with any manager of the ether gre at theatre, would involve hostility to you. The interests of both the national theatres are alike important to the public. 1 should naturally advantage in connecting consider my own myself with either, consistently with my rank in the drama and its welfare generally; an d were I to assent to your view of the case, I should Du cessarily shut my se lf out of a large sphere of action. I might deprive myself of those pro fessional associations I most valued. I should, in tact, compromise my professional freedom and independence; and it does not belong to the proud eminence you have yourself attained to narrow my efforts in working out my individual tame. I labour hard in my profession, and in doing thi:‘, if I can in any way, or at any season, contribute to your success, while honourably zealous for my own, it will gratify my fc€l:ngs and my heart. "I remain, dear Sir, truly yours, " CHARLES KEAN." ~ " TO CIIAELES X EAN , ESQ. "Theatre Ruial, UotentegardeN. Aug., ii., 037. 4, Dear Sir, -1 beg my observations may not be con sidered in the light of a desire to limit you in any way. I intended to convey to you my intention to concede as liberal terms as I could suppose either you could de mand, or any manager, with the means and purpose of paying you, could grant. Any expectation founded on such an intention was not meant to make a part of the business of my letter. In inviting you to London, I fulfil a duty that devolves on me with my office, and I do so in the most frank and liberal spirit. " I shelf regret your absence, should yon think it tight to reject my overtures; and, with my cordial thanks for the kind expressions of your letter, " I remain, dear Sir, truly yours, " W. C. MACEEADY." " Maurice Tiernay, the Soldier of Fortune," dis plays the hero in the capacity of an attaché to Hum bert's corps dispatched from Rochelle to the ill-fated invasion of Ireland in '9B. The touching tale of Grace Kennedy," written with beautiful simplicity and feeling, progresses in interest; and a new story is commenced, well written, and promising some excite ment through the introduction of supernatural agency, entitled " The Mystic Vial." The characters in it are portrayed with considerable effect, especially those of the shattered old courtier, the Viscount de Charre bourg ; his fair daughter Lucille, and " the strange lady in white," a much less less benignant apparition than the White Lady of Avenel. Four masterly articles swell the list of contributions, being reviews of as many recent publications of celebrity, namely, " Colonel Chesney's account of the Expedition for the Survey of the Euphrates and Tigris," a work of great erudition and merit ; " Bradford's Correspondence of Charles the Fifth," a valuable companion to Robert son's great monument of historical genius ; "Dr Johnson's Religious Life and Death," an entertaining book, fraught with a hundred agreeable sto ries ane4 the leviathan of literature ; and " M'Cosh's Method of the Divine Govern• ment." The last review is especially deserving of perusal for its pervading acuteness and profundity. The bard of the Dublin, University, who loves to sign himself Jonathan Freke Stingsby, sings with his accustomed sweetness and poetic power, above all, in two beautiful lays, " The Memories of the Dead," and " Friends of Youth." The stanzas entitled " Hope," by F. F., possess exceeding merit. And though last, not least, comes a powerful onslaught on the recent decision arrived at by the majority of the Roman Catholic Prelates at the Synod of Thurles, under the presidency of the Most Rev. Paul Cullen, as affording tokens of a spirit on the part of the heads of the Papal Church calculated to excite the gravest apprehensions of the State. We trust, how ever, that the remonstrances of the thirteen bishops, .who formed the minority on that occasion, may not be without effect at the Court of Rome, where surely the amiable Archbishop Murray is entitled to as much weight and consideration as that turbulent Boaner ges, John of Tuam. The October number furnishes on the whole additional proof that the respected and spirited proprietor knows how to surround himself with a phalanx of " eminent hands," whose labours shed honour upon him, themselves, and the literature of their common country. ADELPHI THEATRE. Last night Mr. Lover's play of Rory O'More was produced at this favourite little theatre. Mr. Hud son of course sustained the principal character of Rory, and never did the gay, rollicking, dashing, love-making Irishman, find a more able representa tive. His acting throughout was indeed inimitable, and for nearly two hours kept the house in one con tinued roar of laughter. He was very ably supported by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Boyce, Cullenford, 0. Smith, Miss Woolgar, Miss Collins, &c. The latter lady made her first appearance at the Adelphi, and, judging from the excellent manner in which she acted her part, she bids fair to become a favourite. She sang an incidental song with great sweetness and ex pression, and received a unanimous encore. The other pieces were Geralda and the Double-bedded Room. The theatre was crowded to excess, many of those coming in at second price having to stand until the conclusion of the performances. SPO RTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. Landgrave, as must have been ex p ec t e d a f ter t h e re sult of the our yrs old Triennial Stakes on Thursday last, was all the rage, several hundreds having been laid out at 13 to 8, and 6 to 4; with the exception of. Esse darius, who was backed for two or three hundred pounds, nothing eke was in favour. CHESTER HANDICAP. 2 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Clothworker—taken CLEARWELL STAKES. Offers to back the field, or take 6 to 4 that Prime Minister wins-20 to 1 was laid agst his winning this event and the Derby. CESAREWITCH STAKES. . • 6 to 4 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Landgrave—take 13 to 8 11 to 1 agst Sir IL Pigot's Essedarius 20 to 1 agst Mr. Edwards na Bolingbroke—taken and afterwards offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Pilling's Lady Eden—taken and afterwards offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Elwes's Priestess—taken and afterwards offered 30 to 1 agst Mr. Nevill's Letitia—taken and after wards offered . CAMBRIDGESHIRE. STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Gestwicke's Landgrave—take 7 to 1 15 to 1 agst Lord J. Scott's Turnus—taken 20 to 1 ages Mr. Taunton's Landseer—taken and afterwards offered 400 to 50 agst Landgrave winning the two events—t DERBY. The only bets to our knowledge were 500 to 20 agst the Black Doctor, and 1,000 to 40 agst Hernandez. Offers to take 7 to 1 about Grecian, and to lay 12 to 1, or take 14 to 1, about Prime Minister. OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Sir. J. Hawley's Aphrodite It is necessary to state, that Thursday next is com paring day for the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire. A KANGAROO HUNT IN WEST SURREY. Extraordinary as it may appear, there has in reality been a kangaroo hunt in the neighbourhood of Dorking. One of these animals, about four months, ago, escaped from a pen in which it had been confined a Watton, the seat of W. J. Evelyn, M.P., and has been running wild in the neighbouring woods ever since, bidding defiance to several attempts to effect its capture. On Monday last, however, by Mr. Evelyn's directions, a icgular hunt was organized. The clever pack of beagles kept at Watton House, with huntsman, whipper-in, and a train of followers, started at noon for Abinger-common, where the kangaroo had been seen the previous day. As he was not " at home," the party proceeded to beat the Duke of Norfolk's copses, which are in the immediate neighbourhood.' The beast broke cover almost imme diately; the beagles were soon on the scent, and off they went in a circle to Mr. Evelyn's wood, and then returning to the copses. Abinger Rectory was the next point, and there there was a check for a few minutes, and then off they went again, the kangaroo trying the Duke's copses once more. The chase now got warm; dogs and men were in close pursuit; they reached the bottom of the well-known Leith-hill; and here its peculiar mode of progression was exhibitel by the animal in perfection, much to the astonishment of the field, who witnessed its singular succession of leaps with astonishment. All were soon left at a respectful distance save the riders, and they having reached the summit of the hill, followed the extraordinary animal along the road for about a mile and a half. At last, hard pressed, it took refuge in a pond on High Ash Farm, Abinger, where, after a fierce resistance, it was recaptured by a groom, and conveyed back to Watton. MUNICIPAL ELEcToRs.—By a return to an address of the House of Commons, dated-the 15th of July last, it appears that the total number of municipal electors in Eng land is 206,474 ; and in Wales, 7,178. Leeds stands highest on the list, having on the burgess-roll 13,486 elec tors ; Manchester next, with 11,123; and Liverpool third, with 10,584. London is not comprised in the return. GUANO SuPERSEDED.— The St. Vincent R oyal Gazette mentions that a gentleman of that island has sent to England a quantity of pozzolona, to have it tested as a ce ment, and that he was agreeably surprised to learn that the chemist who tested it had declared it to be the best manure that had yet been discovered, and that it was far preferable to guano. The gentleman in question was com plimented on having a mine of wealth superior to gold. W hen it is considered (says the Gazette) that the island abounds in this valuable substance—the best cement, and, as it now appears, the best manure that is known—we cannot refrain from offering our public congratulations on the re cent discovery, which must ere long bring great wealth into the islands, by supplying them with an article which must be much needed by the sugar-growers. Pozzolona from St. Vincent could of course be supplied here much cheaper than guano, and might, in consequence of its cheap ness, be extensively used. VAGARIES OF AN ELEPHANT.--Abollt a fortnight ago the captain of the good -ship Anne and Mary, which ar rived in this port from Calcutta, brought with him as pas senger a fine elephant, about three years old. The Anne and Mary was placed in the Albert Dock, and nothing of consequence happened till Sunday last. In the Albert Dock there is no tide watch kept: on board ship, consequently on Saturday evening all hands lett the ship, including the ele phant keeper, who, in his hurry to attend to his own wants, forgot those of his charge. On Sunday, excited by hunger, the elephant first smashed everything within his reach on deck, and then, by some unaccountable means, managed to get on the quay, where be roared about in a great rage, tossing over piles of merchamdise, trucks, buckets, &c., as easily as it they were cricket balls. The captain in the course of the afternoon happened to visit the deck with a few friends, and to his astonishment discovered his quondam passenger in the state above described. Assistance was in time procured, and with considerable difficulty, not unattended with danger, the huge and powerful animal was at last safely fastened to one of the iron posts. Fearing that some accident might happen, the elephant was on the fol lowing day dispatched to London, where he will finally re side in the gardens of the Zoological Society. A short time after the arrival of the ship in the dock one of the officials connected with it sent over a messenger to the Custom house with the astounding information that the landing waiter had omitted examining the trunk of one of the pas sengers. A landing surveyor was immediately sent over to the dock to' discharge the necessary duty, who,. on arriving at his destination, asked to see the passengers' trunk, upon which he was gravely referred to the " elephant." The sur veyor good humouredly laughed at the joke, and ac knowledged himself fairly taken in.—Liverpool Times. It is a curious fact that - the members of the wine and spirit trade's have found a very sensible difference in the consumption Of wines and spirits since the excursion trips have become so numerous. They say that much of the money usually vent in these conatiodioes goes in excursion , T t his is more especially, telt in. London and other large • towns, particularly the matinfaCtUring.--GlonceStei Journal. 1850. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS. The foll Owing report on the piece of rope brought home by Captain Forsyth has been received at the Admiralty : " Chatham-yard, Oct. 4. " Sir,—ln obedience to their Lordships' directions, signified in your letter of yesterday's date, I have the honour to enclose, for their Lordships' information, the report of the officers on the piece of rope sent me for examination, and have to observe in addition thereto, that the master rope-maker states it to be a piece of common rope, and nut whale line; and further, it appears by the books of the yard that the yellow worsted mark, the distinguishing, mark of Chatham yard, fixes the date of manufacture subsequent to 1824, as the order assigning different colourtd worsteds to each. yard bears date April 28, 1824, previous to which white worsted was in use at Chatham, and most probably throughout the service, having been introduced in July, 1814, as a substitute for the rogues'•yarn. " Supplies of rope of many sizes, including 12 coils of li-inch common rope, were sent to Woolwich in NOvtinber, 1844; and 41 coils of the same descrip tion between January and April, 1845. DUribg the latter period a supply of Arctic stores was sent from Chatham to Woolwich expressly for the Erebus and Terror. 1.• " I return enclosed the report of the Woolwich officers, as well as the specimen of rope, " And I have, &c., " PETER RICHARDS, Captain Superintendent. " Captain Hamilton, &c." " Chatham-yard, Oct. 4. Sir,—ln obedience to the directions of the Cap tain-Superintendent, of this Morning's date, I beg to state it to be my opinion that the piece of r ope sent was manufactured from Hungarian hemp, and tarred with Mr. Bayley's compound tar, and find that Hun garian hemp was received here in 1841, and that it was manufactured from September, 1841, to October, 1849, when the last was made, and therefore cannot passibly ascertain correctly the date of the manu facture of the piece of rope sent, the tally being taken off when taken out of store. " I am, &c., " J. BURTON, Master Ropemaker." " I concur in opinion with the Master Ropemaker. " Taos. LARK, Master Attendant. " The Captain-Superintendent." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE ARCTIC VOYAGE OF THE PRINCE ALBERT IN SEARCH OF SIR J. FRANKLIN. Captain. Forsyth, who came up from Aberdeen by , the night mail-train, attended at the Admiralty yes terday morning, and brought with him the several bones (beef, pork, &c.) which were found on Cape Riley, together with a piece of rope about a foot and a half in length, and a small piece of canvas with the Queen's mark upon it, both in an excellent state of preservation, placing it almost beyond a doubt even that they were left on that spot by the expedition under Sir John Franklin. The voyage performed by the Prince Albert has thus been the means of keeping alive our hopes, and of informing us, up to a certain point, of the progress of our Government expeditions, of which we might have been left in a state of utter ignorance till about this time next year, or the year after, just as it might chance. Everything connected with the navigation of the Arctic Seas is a chance, coupled, of course, with skill; and in looking at this voyage performed by Lady Franklin's little vessel, it must be obvious to every one that Captain Forsyth bas had the chance of an open season, and the skill to make use of it. " Live a thousand years," and we may never see such another voyage performed. We have only to look at all that have preceded. Parry, it is true, in one year ran to Melville Island( and, passing a winter, got back to England the following season ; and this is at present the ne plus ultra of Arctic navi gation. Sir John Ross, we know, went out in the Victory to Prince Regent's Inlet, and was frozen in for some four or five years, and all the world gave him up as lost, but " there is life in the old dog yet," as the song Las it. Sir Jam - es Ross was frozen in at Leopold harbour, and only got out, after passing a winter, to be car ried away in a floe of ice into Baffin's Bay, which no human skill could prevent. Sir George Back was to make a summer's cruise to Wager River and return to England. Tbe result every one knows, or may make themselves ac quainted with, by reading the fearful voyage of the Terror. It would be superfluous to enumerate many other of our series of Polar voyages, but it is pretty evident that Captain Forsyth's voyage, performed in the summer months of 1850, will be h anded; down to posterity as one of the most remarkable, if not the most remarkable that has ever been accomplished in the Arctic Seas—the expedition consisted of one solitary vessel, the Prince Albert, of eighty-nine tons ! The main object of the voyage, it is true, has not been accomplished, but as all the harbours in Prince Regent's Inlet were frozen up, and it was not possible to cut through four or five miles of ice to get the ship to an anchorage, Captain Forsyth had no alternative but to return, and in doing so has, in our opinion, shown great good sense and judgment, rather than remain frozen in at the Wellington Channel, where he only went to reconnoitre, and where he bad no business whatever, his instructions being confined to Prince Regent's Inlet. S N - - to-day at Woolwieh to enter the crew for the coast of Africa. 't V - •%4 ;41c - 7:z: THE FRIMLE Y MURDE FUNERAL OF THE REV. MR. HOLI.Ti'ILL, - ,7443. The mortal remains of the murdersd cleegiegm t c . „ ..the Rev. Mr. Holiest, were borne to the grave yestei- ' day by twelve respectable tradesmen of the village, and interred in Frimley churchyard, almost beneath the altar window. The two youthful sons of the lamented deceased, with his two brothers, were the chief mourners. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. J. Clayton, rector of Farnborough. The boys and girls of the village school attended, and among the resident clergy and gentry present we observed Mr. John Tickell, of Frimley Grove; Mr. J. F. Burrell, of Frimley ; the Rev. Gilbert Ileatheote, rector of Ash ; the Rev. John Laurel, curate of Cove, &e. By desire of the family, the ceremony was con ducted in as private a manner as possible; but the melancholy circumstances attending the death of the unfortunate clergy man, sled the very general respect entertained for his character theeughout the district over which his ministration exteeded, had the effect of attracting a very large concourse of spectators. It is hardly necessary to remark, that the scene was altogether very affecting. At one period of the ser vice scarcely a dry eye could he observed. FRIMLEY, THREE P.M.—Nothing of importance calculated to lead to the positive detection of the mur derers has been discovered up to the present time. On Sunday afternoon the camlet cloak belonging to the deceased gentleman, which was among the articles stolen, was found in a ditch near the spot where the masks and the'remains of bread and meat were discovered. _ _ A great deal has been said as to the want of an efficient rural police in the neighbourhood. The fact is, the only police in Surrey are the constables which each of the principal towns support for their own safety and protection. APPOINTMENTS.-ADMIRALTY, MONDAY. Lieutenant—The Hon. Pownall F. Pellew (1843), grandson of the late Lord Exmouth, to the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, at Portsmouth. Master—John Scott (1846), to the Encounter screw-corvette, western squadron, vice Taylor. Assistant. Surgeon—Edward Pearse, of the .Adven ture, to the Tyne transport, Devonport. Midshipman—W. F. Irwin, to the Centaur flag steam. frigate, Coast of Africa. Dasher, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Parks, visited the Caithness coast last week. She left on Wednesday for Orkney, having on board the Hon. B. F. Primrose, secretary, and Mr. Miller, inspector of fisheries ; and also James Wilson, Esq., brother to Professor 'Wilson, of Edinburgh. Mr. Primrose and Mr. Miller have been on a tour of inspection at the various curing stations along the coast, and from Ork ney they proceed to Thurso. Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, left St. Mary's Scilly, for the Cape of Good Hope and East Indies, on the Ist inst. On the 30th ult:, Henry New, carpen ter's mate, fell from the rigging to the deck, and broke his back. He died the same night, and was interred the following day. Investigator, Arctid ship, Commander M'Clure, left Honolulu, July 4, for Kotzebue Sound, to join Captain Collinson, in the Enterprise, and Commander Moore, in the Plover. PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.—Her Majesty's frigate Thetis, 40, Captain Kuper, having had her rudder un shipped, was docked yesterday. On the water leaving it was found that she had not received much damage by touching the ground on the 24th of September, off. Redding Point, Mount-Edgcumbe, when beating out of the Sound on her voyage to Lisbon. Her false keel is slightly grazed both on the starboard and port sides, and " lists" of elm about three inches wide have been inserted to make good defects. The arti sans of the yard worked continuously on her all day to finish repairs, to take off and replace three sheets of copper found worn at the load line and to cleanse her bottom, which was very foul with mussels and weeds, more than a-ton being swept off, and rendered her quite incompetent to make a fair trial of her sail ing qualities with those of the Phaeton and other ships belonging to the Lisbon squadron. It was not found necessary to lift the Thetis to making good de fects. She is represented to have caught Just before the main chains upon a " pinnacle" of a rock, having good depth of water forward and aft. The Thetis was undocked this evening; her guns and stores will probably be put on board by Wednesday, when she can go out of harbour and speedily be ready for sea. The Sprightly steam-vessel arrived to• day from Portsmouth with seamen for the Portland, and re turned again the same day. The Portland, 50, Captain Henry Chads, is pro gressing rapidly in her equipment, and is expected to be ready by the 20th inst. The brig Martyn, under the charge of Mr. Mills and a party of seamen and riggers, came in to-day from Pembroke. She is to be unrigged. The Dragon steam-frigate, Captain H. W. Giffard, sailed on Thursday with supernumeraries and stores for Lisbon, and will proceed to the Mediterranean. The officers and crew of the steam-vessel Firefly, Commander George A. Seymour, were paid advance on Thursday, and she went into the Sound. Yester day (Friday) she sailed for the coast of Africa, touch ing at Madeira. The officers and crew of the transport Adventure, Master- Commander Peter Wellington, were paid off yesterday, at the pay-office in the dockyard. The Tyne sloop-of-war, 22, is ordered to be com• missioned in place of the Adventure, which is found unfit for service. The Tyne will be barque-rigged. The Turkish frigate Mirat Zafir, Captain Mehomet Bey, and the sloop of war Surai Bahri, are expected hourly at this port from Constantinople. Mr. T. W. Fox, jun., Turkish Consul for Devon and the Chan nel Islands, has instructions to prepare for their re ception. The ships have complements of 1,200 men in all, and will remain some time here. The Right Hon. the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe fell overboard yesterday afternoon, when landing from his yacht in Barn-pool. His Lordship uses a boat peculiarly constructed of two punts fastened together at the stern, described as forming a very convenient gig. By some casualty the punts parted, and his Lordship was unexpectedly precipitated into the water. One of his men speedily rescued him, arid We are happy to state that his Lordship has receivd no injury. WooLwrcu, OCT: 7.—Commander Croxier4 pointed to command the Wasp steam - sloop , artived- THE PORT-OF GLOUCESTER. We learn that there his been,A very considerable falling off of the trade of this port during the past summer. It has arisen, however, entirely from the diminution of corn importations, which in 1849 were more than 30,000 tons in excess of those of 1850. The timber trade is on the increase, and there is a fair prospect of more flourishing times. The Canal Company are using vigorous measures to facilitate the trade. Hitherto, owing to the accumulations of mud, large vessels have been obliged to lighten at Sharp ness, at great expense in labour and loss of time; but the dredging operations now going on will soon enable vessels drawing 16i feet of water to come up• to our docks without breaking bulk. This is tan tamount to a reduction of freights to this port, as it reduces the charges on the shipper. The company also intend to erect a quay for the shipment of navy timber; and Gloucester being the outlet of Herefordshire, from whence a large portion of the materials for our " wooden walls" are obtained, this may probably become an important branch of traffic of the port. A spirited individulil, Mr. Guest, contemplates running a steam-boat between Glouces ter and Sharpness, for the conveyance of passengers at a low rate. The communication between the points is at present very defective, as there is no re gular conveyance between the railway station at Berkeley and the Point. The boat, it has been pro posed, should make the passage in less time, and at much less cost, than it could be accomplished by the old route. An experimental trip was made a few days since, on the canal, with a boat built at Bristol, but the propeller made so much wash, as to threaten injury to the banks. This boat will not, therefore, be allowed to ply ; and we believe it is a matter of doubt whether another will be procured. Regular steam communication on the canal would certainly be a great accommodation to the mercantile community, and, in all probability, would largely develope plea sure traffic.—Gloucester Journal. MEDICAL HONOURS. THE WALKER TESTIMONIAL. In the magnificent oration made by Mr. Benjainin Phillips, F.R.S on commencing, a few days ago, the winter sessional business of the Westminster Hospital Medical School, there occurred a passage which is worthy of a corner in the columns of every daily and weekly newspaper throughout the kingdom. The lecturer had just previously been contrasting the ser vices which medical men render to their country and their kind with those rendered respectively by soldiers, by sailors, by lawyers, by clergymen, and comparing the honours and emoluments which these latter attain as compared with the former. After observing that no coronet bad ever graced the brow of a medical practitioner, although he may have toiled a long life in his country's service—may, like Jenner, have stayed a plague—may have obtained a reputation world-wide—may have acquired wealth enough to maintain a high station, he proceeds thus :—" True it may be that Hippocrates was csowned by the Athe nians, and that Charles IX. threw his mantle over Par 6 on the night of the fearful massacre of St. Bartholomew. But what honours were conferred on Galen, on Harvey, on Sydenham, on Hunter ? It happens, too, that the medical men who hare devoted themselves to their country's service are not com monly successful candidates for fees, and their reward is only to be met with in their own bosoms. If the honours of the peerage or the comforts of a well-earned pension be withheld from him, it might be that he found his reward in some place of trust or profit. How stands the case ? It is notorious that great but remedial sanitary evils prevail over the country, tending to swell the registers of deaths. The-evidence of the existence of such evils, and the mode of remedying them, have been pointed out by medical men. The existence of the evil complained of has been acknowledged by society, the necessity of lessening them has been forced upon the Government. Legislative enactments have been made on the sub ject; a board has been created, with powers to carry remedies into effect ; but no medical man finds a place upon that board. A single individual urged upon the public from year to year the evils of intra mural interments. For years his voice was almost unheeded ; still he persevered, and ultimately the justice of his views and the necessity of putting and end to intramural interments are generally acknow ledged. Powers are obtained from Parliament to form a board to grapple with this evil, but no place upon it is found for the man who raised the cry and urged it upon society until a remedy was enacted." This reference to the sixteen years of laborious service rendered by Mr. George Alfred Walker in the cause of intramural burial abolition must be highly gratifying to the committee of gentlemen now en gaged in the collection of a "testimonial fund," in order to give some tangible expression to the national gratitude. Tom TINDAL STATUE.—The final arrangements are now so far completed, that this statue will doubtless rear its classic form in the centre of our town in the course of two or three weeks. At a meeting of the committee on Wednesday, the following inscription, to be in bronze lean, on the pede.tal, was adopted; it is from the pen of Mr. Jus tice Talfourd, and is well adapted. from its appropriateness and beauty of language, to adorn our local work of art:— - THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR NICOLAS CONYNGHAM TINDAL, KNT., D.C.L., LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, BORN AT CHELMSFORD, A. D. 1776, DIED A. D. 1846. ERECTED A. D. 1850, TO PRESERVE FOR ALL TIME THE IMAGE OF A JUDGE WHOSE ADMINISTRATION OF ENGLISH LAW, DIRECTED BY SERENE WISDOM, ANIMATED BY PUREST LOVE OF JUSTICE, ENDEARED BY UNWEARIED KINDNESS, AND GRACED BY THE MOST LUCID STYLE, WILL BE HELD BY HIS COUNTRY IN UNDYING REMEMBRANCE. As soon as the inscription is completed the statue will be placed on its site, but we believe the inauguration by a public festival is likely to be dispensed with.—Essex Herald. TSB SEIZURE Os' STOLEN PLATE IN THE CITY .... It is gratifying to be enabled to announce that the acti vity of the officers of the detective police in seizing the stock of Mr. Sirrell, of Barbican, appears likely to bring to light robberies of an important character in London and elsewhere. Although only a few hours have elapsed since the plate and jewels found upon the premises were removed to Scotland yard, already two owners of purloined articles have identified 1 their property among the stock of Mr. Sirrell. Mr. Argent, of the Rainbow Tavern, Fleet-street, yesterday morning . at tended in Scotland-yard, and in a very short time recognised plate belonging to himself, from which the mark had been almost obliterated. Mr. Lovegrove, of the London Coffee house, has also claimed some spoons and forks ; and the pro prietor of Dolly's chop-house, in Paternoster-row, has been communicated with on the subject of some articles supposed to have been stolen from his coffee-room. The og'ieers•of the London and Liverpool police continue to avail themselves of the electric telegraph, and frequent communications pass to and fro daily. Last evening it was ascertained that a pair of salt-cellars, forming a portion of the plate sent up to Mr. Sirrell by Maguire on Wednesday, were stolen, with other property, from the house of Mrs. Tinley, No. 4, Peel street, Liverpool, on the night of the 28th ult. It is not ex pected that the prisoners will undergo any lengthened exa mination this day. It is understood that Mr. Dowling will ask the magistrate to grant a further remand, in order to . allow the evidence to assume a collective form. Mr. Simon has, it is said, retained Mr. Montague Chambers to watch the case on his behalf. Pr T otec he tio p: o i prize e N. essayWome n ," ine n, ,uponfor w for Improving and Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of the ha t h i a s d astron omers s i Bi tits eavtmholeau prop os ed t as, oi tofh e recent movement of the taßoril cal, and practical. We stated a few d h " i ch h e the AssociateLaws rt that at e t l c h n t e s i t n u i t g .i u s t h t i!.. " a y iu go ß dll P 9P ofW o o m x e fo n rd h , a b s i o r ff . e p red age lo l o vo gt o l d i , n m eas . , p., i . s a t n o . be h . ist o o un nca e l, the am ore i n l4 M.P., have consented to act as adjudicators. The new planet Victoria, discovered by Mr. Hind. period, England , nam e Prussia, s a y n m d b ot Denmark. accepted b i. 7 t y s 11t , 1 1 a ll t l : .o.f Iris,ll i n d p er h states, aps aw littleil l pr o longb a b I : e y r 'be . against the slop system has not been entirely fruitlfe The Li nea t r r l arg y Gazette. itend to take in work and execute 93 Niers on tailors of Liverpool, to the number of some 700 or 60 11. D. have 'combined, and are about to erect a public hall. We are told tha t . D tf the ' e y the co-operatite principle.—Liverpool Iferrury. 10 !If. O f th e th e the 0'