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---...............„ 4AGA.ZINES, Ste. (CONTIN UE D). D AVID COPPERFIELD, No. XVI. The ad By Charles Di c k ens . 1 ... 0a r gradua ventures and exper i ences of Copperfidd ~. lly to threaten a termination. N mber the instalment of his history for August, u give . s l'ae or two unmistak able intimations that the story is 1144,!_f4ir,way towars its denouement. Through .r.m t i l l i_e ,stervention of the unfortunate Martha, Little L is length d6covered, end through the instrumen „ 1 4 of Mr. Micawber, Uriah Heep seems to be i o s n e r , tve of teeing all his diabolical machinations d ed - . Zsid l:) ed and all his infamous schemes disappointed. 4ines which Dora is surrounded by the fores a . - gs of a premature dissolution. The manner i n x eh this approaching bereavement is intimated t'iflilisitel touching, and affords another most benaur vu and striking illustration of the genius of 1 1 - t..oderful novelist. With a few simple words he pene ill ' a tes into the most secret deptbs of our nature, bring - - 4 R a the tears brimming up into our eyes with rernm s de t]ee offsmiliar faces and a thousand old off-Thor., j a il ': and buried. The hint of the coming disaster s e l v ,i v ea with iefinite delicacy, when David finds h anci'vvife growing lighter and lighter in his arms, he ,-7 11 ,, e a, after hearing her called Little Blossom, thi s l i; B4 °wo at his de:k at night alone and cries to ao„, sift what a fdtal name it is, and how the 1 je' ers in its bloom upon the tree !" Scarcely itit P t ile tic, , in its fashion, is the account of poor suspicious-looking ti t an ""etsey s sorrows ~the Pree. ger whotn ale has so repeatedly encountered, ken k t ',a,g to be her reprobate husband. Asa f t o o r its gha t the narrative is not less extraordinary .-osih. : 'of merriment, than for its glooms of nobler en i benti 1 We must transcribe the following felicitous C s olio' °f . a certain page, who quarters himself upon PPerfield • ' Th e • `". tlel with Principal function of this retainer was to quer htt t t he cook ; in which respect he was a perfect 'line lia" Loithout his eat, or the remotest chance of iiii.l4ada rd Mayor. lho,iiVlPPears to me to have lived in a hail of sauce shriek ii His whole existence was a scuffle. Ilhe o fo r help on the most improper occasions — ou as, in th e e ; l e hail a little dinner party, or a fewfriends eh% 19 i rt, an little would come tumblingkit out of the le k A"!th iron missiles flying after him. We wanted us 1 44 n tl i d, of biro, but he was very much attached to into %eh P li va't go. lie was a tearful boy, and broke i s:lr ett,elPlorable lamentations, when a cessation of _ hi t, OM was hinted at, that we were obliged to keep t 4 hle t i, l ie had no mother —no anything in the way o o f f e te4e,.that I could discover, km h e er ca the moment we had taken him off ible young except a sister, herwbbandsd; ithati6l,•"ea,aree quartered on us like lort ue ' n tt• Re had a lively perceptio a n with the deNate state, and was always rubbing his eyes on the h . o o f rr his own un tttee,°l his jacket, or stooping to blow his beter4e7rler of a little pocket-handkerchief, but always k elifi. _ 'id take completely out of his pocket, nos w e hich he ~i_ased and secreted. '1(0- sand Pa g e, engaged in an evil . hou l r tr a o t u s b i l x e to t o la per annum was a source of continua like ktri e i bt watched him ' as he grew—and he gi Tle w time nea he ea44--with painful apprehensions of t when 4 .*., 1 wc'uld begin to shave ; event of the days teiti; tl 4 be bald or grey. I saw no prospec f ever 1 4 4 t g o 1. , 1 1 , 4 , ° f him ; and, projecting myself into the t ° future 41 'fite 1 : 4 14 / I , l ' what an inconvenience he would be when 4 / never oid % an, illts's exPected anything less, than this unfortu- He k it ole t&lr of gettinz me out of my difficulty. ;:t to safth'B,oWatch, which , like everything else belong -414 • ).--e no particular place of its own ; and, con k glt int,. con- R eap • ' ' a ° ll eY, spent the produce (he was alw_ n a w y n s 'n'tie . ''llPaded boy) in incessantly riding up and d hi to Adotidon desan xbridge outside the coach. He kr4 p i etL ah to 730w-str, as well as I remember, on the pa f, ?fills fifteenth urney ; when four-and-si t v fou u a second-hand fife which he couldn't play, kl/4T61:1 U Poll Ilia person. alelil -44''Prise and its consequences would have . been lib:4 disagreeable to me if he had not been penitent. . 10 t1 /va , very penitent indeed, and in a peculiar way . °4 4„, t , 1 the lur e tte after thP but by . inst l alments. For example , was obliged to appear 14 41 '4 hicu; he which oT which . a revelations touching a s)li4noti6l the cej:r e e rc t h in he believed to be full of 011. ' to o ." w4jah had' Iv h i- g in it except bottles and i' l4 di e " e 4aPPosed he ilot had in now eased his mind, and hitit _werst he k 4tll,:ward his cook; but, a day or ksty di3O,, Is conscience sustained a new twinge, _l4 ot ,,,see b ow she h a d a little girl , who, early nd also how he tZlilf kitMe, took away our br . ead ? te e ': hi t Z n snborned to mainta l m w a t e la s e milkman in informed by , ki4liottiriti7, ::iherbeeavdinayslernd o t r o e 'the discovery of sti-re tkilitiftto ee l' among the kitchen-stuff, and shletelsouTil oft i to It little while afterwards , knowledge to W 1114014 W direction, and confessed to he broke t e l l ta p 0t.1 : 3 1 ,and as to our premises, a o u n p. the part t I got v , ash sro Y. who was immediately . taken_ i would ha: kive o I V of. being such a victim, b th, c4 hit e d 2 11 allY money to hold bis tong t ue a or would th et / hi I t wti‘lronad bribe for his being permitted in the ease m at I t 4 , 4 a ggravating circumstance. to t tin li e s h . l3 N s , 0 Idea of this, but conceived that he was 04g ob3Mends in every new discovery: not to say, 'At' oketiar, ki t% aa t I 3 on my head. /of l ean te loo . th e 001 , away myself, whe . n h ever I saw an emis ome new intelli- N,L' aliti liver a pproaching wit billi et : l ' to h a t.. a stealthy life until he s was tried and eet bat eelia ttriahsported. Even then he couldn't be vi th t ° see b o *ays writing us letters ; and wanted so the •, 1 hi to ill befor e he went away, that . Dora went 4 ••t°4 bat, tainted when she found ne y rse li l f f e in n s u id ti e l sliv' tt a xp st . • In sho rt I had no peace to Ph erd of tlated, and mad e (as I of my heard) a 40,413i,41:.Aup the country somewhere, I have no il I I uitle '443 Where.' ' ti c) 8 fri endl th 4, 461 y tol d y treatment p vt A ov er ,'," and serves to throw . of Mr. an l I additional icaw b er iis i ts '4la ge 'no character of the former remarkable 14 1 4 1314 .11°4a Dartle in the last chapter appears l io t o be :nois e .„ iv /loped than ever repulsive and closes detestable. a w b l i e l l . Ati, leti, ed • ,-, that before the story rt st Prioeipailethe, Mr. Carker in i , Dorobey and Son." tk Ilti)b peling experienced on closing the cur- Pt4 titi O4. r 13 ' ii Copperfield" is that of breathless ►ep ' E LI Z JOURNAL. to 1 . ery ad d .., ACO OK' S . t he' 41-ort)-itivktal number of this favourite periodi -44Nat...:', with the latest and, in some. instances,' li ih origi,;°: of th ... 0 ditress poetical effusions of its e - a t b . e4 at ti l ` ° r• in the monthly instalment just b fikt-gtolir. e "tolzen m t of this August, besides pn . ACIT ti Ce 4 4, 154111 bY Eliza Cook, on " The Green Hill Jay `4loav tal'io,..soni e exquisite verses entitled . " They 14 4, * Pe?•: e l ." They are the articulation of the 44 , 4 -•eneecl by the poetic temperament to 4141 t -r 9 ilie Possession of a wealth debarred ._ toN.I aptelY worldly niillionnaire—that of the uni I,Piteeiation of the beautiful. Among the s tr,:tihatro`,tces horn the hands of the miscellaneou Ite4iat tOS t o the Journal, we may allude in terms on 44)4r.,t theh lines headed " It Grew," by j?lhlnsob kakel With e,subscriers to the publication will hiM", J r , 151e4%ure an announcement given in this t Il e a 4 t ei m aa Te form of an advertisement, to the eflec shortly 44 ttit "f " Eli Cook's Poems" will . s pw e Prl ted Eliza tntlit toio be continued weekly, as a gratuitous it. ho periodical. ../ 4 . 0 1 NiS, Part IV. Edited by Charles on ! I thi. , it .., po Knight. t rt4, 4 4 ti titi ti P 4 ll l lar I.o.lBSlie of a work, most popular t ltln„ 4 f 1:44 Publication, is collected together . . the %let f a il nY libraris. Even the ripest scholars 4, Awl,rolltttiooliderive from its pages botham n u e se o m o e ly nt , Ikt h . (It li i, • One improvement, and o 'Nt. -11:1 of giro of witnessing in it—namely, the - MI % „""e critical and biographical notes pre 'Z'ZN'lllotaticns by the editor, Charles Knight. Part 111. Vq)oi '`R.ltt+l4L itILF- H 0 URS. : h eta ;NV', gether the. best articles and the best and "44 ) ' 1111.4g3 from the Penny Magazine,'ht is repro thi, tR thit.kblications, Charles that IP') 44(1111,,44 improved and per K feF n t i _ We doubt not 'te -8 414143`traetive periodical. l ns to dif ged shape in kviill lelettp 141,4' and indefatigable exert'o the it, eortiLElcellent literature among . nt po kni; 'NI res by the intelligent ponded to people Nor` %It ke W 3 , / ------ T ) i----VTIILL tqatriele of the New month forrm August 14)1111. t1 li'lltea vis it to Mr. Mechea ly f the a 144 441% yory l ogically enforces one acre at Tip 1t0).4V ikt ''' it s to farm, r e _ e c leN e ~_ke it _ o u . rely is better 8 e 114 te,!,clLBl7;ezt as much as two, one. The produce of suggested co verlucirett,t74olity getl! Robert e f tr Pate than t? , farm has ibi_ 14 dog e Alon eas'lllable°„remarks on '' The Reap onds,,, zip, -4 of th Nai l i ttes. ~ ' A Chapter on Dki7mags 11° ) (41 40 op i t • in this f a ti . epti 4 ereating chapters n Orm e with . 4 t of the abundant Ito tir t , r Iyhlth . . 4 matter of 1 things, d I , ettlial it is stored. Among other„._ derive itt ,11tuar„ t 1 that the word ‘‘ carat 3 I ld• ow" ' 41 04 ") a kind of b n, by w h ich g° P 84101 -,y „,.:., -righedeian the East. AN ' . '"--------- NeZt the 4iNS WORTH'S. m ag a z i e n e e n , 'ketii"wotiv; "ntents of Ainsworth's hitat4o„ h vel.-„ 7'43', by E. P. Rowsell, have b ," "tto best 'nteresting feature, and among . the gip s t that: t e We have seen is that contained 1 , 1 ) , It 1 '4 14 B Ivith ar, and entitled " Fits of Gloom. those the L . l4l ,ff er a ~J4st, although severe, censure on those tkii:lhal 81.1e8iti!ting of to render them blind to t t i k l keed B , l ty, ti ler !Ile of life. and yet, the writer ig.n. ~,,Is h? al l l is a lAelaticholy of another order ' I .‘ '4;th-vi,i, iuvoluntar pondering upon some of h ' 4 of !'lng in to 4to -1 etit •Inatters norLePted with our existence, I lraii- i'lld . ' the soul, cast from out it . every tboillelll4,t,inii, 'll4ll bring this it into a state of intense Ar. 1. Tin °tier such a feeling I write at sit sins, et , Lie cause ti: Itol),", 1,14016, of that involuntary de -04 t. •L-441 "44 just received of the death of Ne„ ° - the in„l.l,Bll„Fgests a train of melancholy refiec -4,,r10ti -4f tp,,,`,T,'"uttY of hums fortunes and the eva • ‘:ltti4iit°Nes...ll`37 hope. Belt -4 - the tone o f melancholy . Mt rlvtit all MO' (b 4 strain f more practical and i., ~ 4, 0 . 0 ... , l 'itei , % tie:, Pia?..,: "I look scornfully," says the . 1 obi "orld !, 4, ",'' wbo exclaiming, ' Oh,f 4 11% llightp, himself w ha ro t m a tlitiat t , I..._hY withdraws improve - ' ."%."44e44-. .. ~.1 11 . 1 1. &II Olort ti? THE SUN, TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION AT GRAVESEND. UPWARDS OF FORTY HOUSES BURNED. GRAVESEND, AUG. H.—The most destructive fire that has ever occurred at Gravesend took place this morning. The particulars, as far as they could be ascertained by the reporter from the most authentic sources and his own observation, are as follows :—At about five minutes past two o'clock a man, who stated his name to be Parker, called at the station-house, and told Sergeant Penman, who was then in charge of the place, that he had just seen smoke issuing from the window of a house close by, in High-street. Pen man went to the spot indicated, and saw a flame burst ing from beneath the weather boarding above the kitchen window of the house of Mr. Adlington, grocer, High-street. He i mme di ately gave the alarm, and in a very short space o f t i me the town engines, together with those of the C us t om -h ouse, and ofMr. Plane's (the Mayor) b rewery, were on the spot, and a supply of w a ter f rom t h e mains of the waterworks having been promptly got, every effort was made to subdue the fire, which by this time had extended itself to the house adjoining Mr. Adlington's. The wind blew rather fresh from the south-west, sweeping the flames over the houses down the High -street towards the Town-pier. The engines, though well worked and abundantly supplied with water, gained no influence over the fire, which had at about three o'clock extended to seven houses on that (the western) side of the street. The engine from Tilbury Fort, accompanied by a body of troops, having now arrived, more vigorous, but equally un availing, efforts were made to stay the further pro• gress of the fire, which had at soon after three o'clock crossed the street. seizing first upon the extensive premises of Mr. Young, butcher. From ,there the flames spread to the houses all down the eastern side of the street, including the County Bank, the Savings Bank, the Kent-tavern, Brinchley's Distillery, &c. The High-street on both sides from the Town-hall downwards to within a short distance of the Town pier was at four o'clock completely inveloped in flames, which, when they involved the premises of Mr. Troughton, tallow-chandler, and an oilshop and chemist's shop contiguous to it, formed an awful conflagration. At this time all hope of preserving a single house between the Town hall and the pier was abandoned by all parties, not withstanding that the Dartford and Rochester en gines had arrived, and a prodigious, volume of water was discharged on the whole line of burning houses on both sides of the street. There was fortu nately sufficient time to save the cash-boxes and the securities and other documents of the County and Savings Banks, which were taken to the Custom house, all the officers of which were actively engaged with the military, poliae, and townspeople in working the engines. Comparatively little property was saved from the fire, which, between 5 and 6 o'clock had completely destroyed 24 houses (as the annexed list will show) on both sides of High-street, independently of several houses in Princes-street and the courts leading out of High-street, between the Town-hall and the Pier. A telegraphic communication from. the railway-station, at the instance of the Mayor (Mr. Plane), having been made to the London- bridge station, a body of the Fire-brigade and two engines were as soon as possible dispatched from London, and arrived in Gravesend at about 20 minutes to 7 o'clock. The work of destruction was then done, the fire having been providentially stayed in its progress down the High-street, and extending backwards to Princes street, by a change of wind to the north and west ward at 6 o'clock. The assistance of the' brigade, with their powerful engines and practised skill, was, however, effectual in suppressing the fire still bursting forth from the mighty mass of ruins—all that remained of the property destroyed, and which is calculated to amount in value to 60,0001. In the early part of the day it was rumoured that Mr. May, bootmaker, was missing, and that a man who sells crockeryware about the town as a hawker was killed in endeavouring to escape from a house in Princes-street, in which he lodged. The first state ment proved to:' be unfounded; and it appears in reference to the hawker, that the poor man had suf fered severe bodily injury, having fallen down a burn ing staircase. He was removed to the workhouse in a dangerous state. 'the insurance-offices which will be the principal sufferers are, as we learn, the Kent, the Sun, and the Phenix. During the morning Mr. Braidwood, the superin dent of the London Brigade, and also Mr. Connorton, the foreman of the West of England Office, and seve ral of his firemen, visited the spot for the purpose of ascertaining the extent of the loss. Subjoined is a copy of Mr. Braidwood's official re port of the damage done : " Sunday, Aug. 11, 1850—Called, by an electric tele graph message, to a fire in .11igh-street, Gravesend, which did the following damage:— " No. 65, High-street, J. Adlington, grocer and tea dealer—Premises burnt down and contents consumed; insured in the Star-office. DEATH OF THE VICE-CHANCEL LOR OF ENGLAND. The Right Hon. Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Vice- Caalicellor of England, expired on Saturday morning at bis residence, the Barn Elms, Putney. The event was hourly expected from the Friday afternoon, when the symptoms of the paralytic attack, under which he laboured for the last month, became painfully alarming. The death of so good and so able a man will be greatly lamented. He presided over a branch of the Court of Chancery since the year 1827, and secured the entire respect of the profession, by the general soundness of his judgment, by the regularity of his attendance i❑ his court, and his untiring assiduity in the disposal of his business. Sir Lancelot Shadwell was the' son of a barrister, well known in his day in the courts of law. He was born in the year 1779, and was educated in St. John's College, Cambridge, at which university he took a humble degree as 7th wrangler and junior medallist. He subsequently obtained a fellowship, and in 1803 was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn. In 1821 he n'as appointed a King's counse►, and in 1826 he ob tained a seat in Parliament for the borough of Ripon, where he exercised much influence in consequence of his holding an important office in connexion with the estates of the late Miss Lawrence, who owned the major portion of the borough property. A 3 already stated, Sir Lancelot was made V,ce-Chancellor in 1827. In 1835 he became one of the Lords Com missioners of the Great Seal, and he again held that office in the present year. The Vice-Chancellor was in his 72d year, had been twice married, and has left a numerous family to de plore his loss. His death will also be especially lamented by the inhabitants of Barnes, Mortlake, and its neighbour hood, amongst whom he has resided nearly 18 years, and had endeared himself to them by his urbanity and benevolence. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, SATURDAY. The Queen and Prince took their accustomed early walk this morning in Osborne Park. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal Family, walked and rode as usual. Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland and the Lady Constance L. Gower left Osborne this forenoon for London. There was no addition yesterday to the Roya dinner party. SUNDAY. The Queen and Prince and younger members of the Royal Family, accompanied by their ,illus trious relatives, walked early this morning in Osborne Park and grounds. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness, and her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, and the ladies and gentlemen of the royal household, attended Divine service this morning at Osborne. The Rev. T. Pro theroe officiated. Lord Jocelyn had the honour of being included in the royal dinner party yesterday. The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Wednes lay next, the 14th inst., at Buckingham Palace. Summonses were issued on Saturday from the Privy Council Office to the Ministers and Officers of State. His Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe- Coburg Gotha left Clarence House, St. James's, on .Friday evening, for Dover, en route to Brussels. The Rev. Charles Prest and the Rev. Thomas Vasey, a deputation from the Wesleyan Conference, had an interview with Secretary Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home- : office, to present an address of congratulation to the Queen on the birth of a Prince. Mr. W. H. Bland had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday at the Colonial-office. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. J. C. Haden, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. F. D. Perkins. His Excellency Count Schimmelpenninck has re mitted to the Baron Marochetti the cross of Com roandeur de la Couronne de Cherie, which his Ma jesty the King of the Netherlands has been pleased to confer upon him. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Amongst the noble and distinguished individuals who honoured the performance at her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening with their presence were the follow ing:—His Grace the Duke of Wellington and the Mar chioness of Douro, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness Brunow, and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, his Excellency the Swedish Minister and the Princess Mon tenegro. Her Majesty's box was occupied by the Duchess of Grafton, Lord and Lady Charles Fitzroy, Lady Eliza beth Smith, and Captain Dawson and party. Amongst the company present in the theatre on this occasion also were the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of Bath, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland and the Hon. Miss Pane, the Earl of Pem broke, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl Granville, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl of St. Germans and the Ladies Eliot, the Viscount Cranbourne, the Viscount Clifden, Lord Gardner, Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, Lord William Lennox, Lady William Paulett, Lady Rosa Fune, M. de Kremer, the Hon. Spencer Cowper, the Hon, James Wilde and Mrs. Wilde, Mr. Dundee, Major the Hon. James Macdonald, the Baron Videl, Lady Harriette d'Orsay, Sir G. Wombwell, Bart., the Aide-de Camp to the President of France, Lieutenant- General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., Lady and Miss Woodford, General the Honourable A. Upton, the Hon. Strange Jocelyn, Lady Lake, Sir W. Call, Bart., and Miss Call, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., and Lady Howard, Colonel and Lady Jane Meyricke, Sir Sey mour Sadler, Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barret Lennard, the Count de Barke, the Marquis d'A zeglio, Chevalier Beglione, Count Fleury, M. Bellora, M. Devoieux, Mr. Dennistoun, Mr. W. Rose, Mr. Tre lawney, jun., Mr. Dodd, M.P., Mrs. Dodd and Miss Saunders, r. J. Beioley, Mr. H. Broadley, M.P. Mr. Stewart, Mr. Murray, Mr. Mackinnon, M.P., Mrs. Paulett Somerset, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Gordon, Mr. Claude Wilde, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Strong, Mr. Charles Whatmar, Mr. Colquhoun, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Captain Arthur, Captain Phibbs, Mr. Antrobus, Captain and Miss Dixon, Mr. C. J. Palmer, Miss Bellew, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Rick ards, Mr. Leary, Mr. Cutler, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Percival, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Morgan, Captain Pakenham, Mr. D. Langdon, &c. THE ItOYAL ITALIAN OPE.. .. Her Majesty's box was occupied on Saturday night by the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Vil liers, the Earl and Countess of Besborough, the Countess of Malmesbury, Viscount Ingestre, &c. Among the distinguished company attending the performance were his Excellency the Ambassador Extraordinary from the Nepaul State and the members of his suite, the Duchess of Richmond and Lady Augusta Len nox,lhe Marchioness of Conyngham, the Marchioness di Brancalioni and Madame Brancalioni, the Earl of Bel fast, the Earl and Countess of Beauchamp, the Earl of Kinnoull and Lady Frances Hay, Viscountess Forbes, the Countess Grey and Lady Alice Lambton, Lord and Lady Carrington, the lion. Miss Carrington, Lady Seaton and the Hon. Miss Colborne, Lady Buller and party, Lady Mary Wood, Lady Grey, Lady Langford, Sir Joseph Copley and Miss Copley, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Sir George and Lady Armytage, Sir Henry Webb, Sir Francis and Lady Lawley, the lion. Colonel Fitzgibbon and Miss Fitzgibbon, the Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Upton, the Greek Consul- General and Madame Ralli, M. Uzalli, Mr. Elliot, Mr. Bulteel, Mr. H. Greville, &c. ERA " No. 66, ditto,,M. Reed, tobacconist—Burned down; insured in the Kent Fire-office. " No. 67, ditto, T. C. Barber, currier—Dwelling house and workshops totally destroyed. Insurance un known. __ ---- " No. 68, ditto, belonging to Mr. Gregory, but un occupied—Burned down. Insured in the Mutual -office. " No. 69, ditto, E. and M. Gregory, drapers—Totally consumed. Insured in the Mutual Fire-office. No. 70, ditto. unoccupied—Burned down. Insured in tbs Mutual-office. " Nos. 71 and 72, ditto, J. T. Fenwick, clothier--- Burned down. Insurance unknown. " No. 73, ditto, Mr. C. Day, surgeon—Premises par tially destroyed. Insurance not known. " No. 74, ditto, Mr. Saunders, surgeon—Roof burned, and rest of house seriously damaged by fire.—lnsured in the Phcenix. DINNER OF THE EAST INDIA " No. 64, ditto, Messrs. Troughtontind Co. tallow chandlers—The premises and contents destroyed. Sup posed to be insured in the Alliance. " No. 63, ditto, Mr. Hery Creed, victualler (Parr's Head)—Burned down. Supposed to be insured in the COMPANY TO SIR WILLIAM GOMM. " No. 62, ditto, J. H. Hatton, draper, &o.—Totally consumed. Insurance unknown. " No. 61, ditto, Mr. Ne;Man, stationer—Burned down. Insured for stock in trade, &c., in the General Fire-office. " No. 60, ditto, R. Jarroy, eating-housekeeper— Building and contents seriously damaged by fire, &c. Insured in the Kent-office. " No. 22, ditto, B. Culley, refreshment rooms—Pre mises and contents damaged. Insured in the Globe. " No. 21. ditto, C. Spenser, chemist—Burned down. Insured in the General office. No. 20, ditto, J. Temple, tavern-keeper—Totally destroyed. Insurance unknown. " N0..19, ditto, C. Lipscombe, perfumer—Burned down. " No. 18, ditto, L. Young, butcher—Burned down. N o . 17, ditto, the London and County Bank—To tally consumed; insured in the Kent-office. " High-street Distillery, J. Brenchley—Dwelling house burned down, roof of distillery broken, and con siderable damage by water and removal, building, furni ture, &c.; insured in the Kent -office. No. 16, in the same street, J. R. May, boot-maker— Burned down; insurance not known. No. 15, ditto, T. Butcher, confectioner—Burned down; insured in the Globe -office. " No. 14, ditto, H. Newman, stationer—Burned down; insured in the Phcenix-office. ,6 N o , 13, ditto, unocc upied—. Destroye d; insurance unknown. ‘. N o , 12, ditto, W. Croft, grocer—Serious damage by fire and removal; insurance unknown. " No. 1, Church -alley, let out in tenements. Burned down. " No. 2, ditto—similar damage; uninsured. "No. 3, ditto—ditto ditto " No. 4, ditto—ditto ditto " No. 5, ditto—ditto ditto "No. 1, Princes•street, C. Yomvin, pipe -maker—Da- mage by removal, Btc.; uninsured. " No. 2, ditto, H. Stocks, bricklay er - -Similar damage; insured in the Licensed Victuallers '-offi ce . "Nos. 4 and 4i, ditto, Mr. Bell—Roof destroyed, rest of building and contents damaged by fire, &c.; insurance unknown. On Saturday evening the chairman and directors of the East India Company gave a sumptuous entertain ment to Sir William Gomm, on occasion of his proceed ing to take the command of the army in the presidency of Bombay. Mr. Shepherd, the chairman of the board of directors, occupied the chair, and there were also pre sent the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London, Lord Viscount Hardinge, Mr. Masterman, M.P.; Sir James Weir Hogg, Bart., M.P., Mr. Wilson, M.P.; Lieutenant Generals Sir T. McMahon, K.C.8., Sir H. Douglas, Bart, G.C.8., Sir J. Law Luahington, G.C.8., G. Car penter; Major-Generals Sir G. Pollock, G.C.8., Sir W. Retries, C. 8., Sir J. Bolt, P. Delamotte, C. 8., D. Macleod, W. Sandwich, C. 8., J. F. Salter, C. 8., H. G. A. Taylor, C. 8., R. Whish; Colonels Cornwall, D. Capon, C. 8., F. Schuler, Sir H. Dundas, K.C.8., G. IL Pemberton, Mackeson, C. 8.; Lieutenant-Colonels D. Forbes, H. M. Graves, J. Lloyd, C. 8., A. Mercer, C. 8., R. W. Wilson, C.. 8., A. Woodburn, W. Alexander, C. 8., Sir Henry Willock, `K.L.S., Sir R. Jenkins, G.C.8., Sir J. H. P e lly, B ert . , Sir:Jobia E ast —h ope, Mr. Wigram, &c. _ - After the usual loyal and constitutional toasts had been drunk, RUMOURED RETIREMENT OF LORD JOHN Rus- SELL FROM THY REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF LON DON.—It is said, and generally credited, that Lord John Russell does not intend to stand again for the City, and that this may in part account for the lukewarmness which he has recently betrayed in asserting the well .founded claims of his ill-used colleague, and in forwarding the enlightened views of his coustituents.—Morning Paper. METROPOLITAN INTERMENT BOARD.—Dr. T. Southwood Smith, who was the medical member of the Ge neral Board of Health, during the period of the Orders in Council (as authorised by the Diseases Prevention Act), has been appointed the second paid member of the board provided by the Metropolitan Interment Act. YUCCA GLORIOSA.—A splendid specimen of this plant, probably the largest in Ireland, is now in full bloom in the pleasure grounds at Lismore Castle—it is sixteen feet high, a nd loaded with nearly 2,000 bell-shaped flowers.— Cork Examiner. The will of the late Sir Robert Peel was proved on Saturday, and probate passed for assets under 500,0001. THE SEA SERPENT AGAlN.—Extract from the log-book of the ship Lancasterian, March 15, 1850 : _a Lat. 35.30 S, lon. 94.43 E., saw an enormous monster of the serpent kind. It passed close under our stern, with its head six feet above the water, making a hissing noise. we ex amined it minutely with our glasses. It appeared about the length of the ship, and about three feet in diameter. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of the Hon. T. G. Cholmondley, second son of Lord Delamere, to Miss K. Sykes, second daughter of Sir Tatton Sykes. Bait, took place on the Bth instant, at Stedmere House. The lovely and accomplished bride was escorted to the church by Sir Tatton Sykes, and attended by eight bridesmaids and a large concourse of relatives and friends. The nuptial cere mony was performed by the Rev. Sir Henry Foulis, Bart., in the presence of Lord and Lady Delamere, the Hon. Mr. and Lady SaraliTCholmosdley, and a large circle of the surround ing gentry. At half-past eleven o'clock the happy pair took their departure, en route for the north, amidst the cheers and greetings of a large number assembled to witness their de apbaruttudrfaeo.nrtli I h n e t lb he afternoon some rural sports were introduced for the lab our i ng c l asses . A su mptuous dejeuner was served in the dini ng room, at which the gentry and tenantry were a regaled; eur ri an d a substantial . iehdinner upwards was ef 2 a o l so were o pro vided hospitably entertainedg. classes,The festivities which of the day finished with a dance to the tenantry and servants, in which the gentry participated. The CHAIRMAN said they had met on that occasion to congratulate a distinguished officer on his appointment to the command of the army in Bombay. When they considered the importance of the duties that attached to such an appointment, having the command of 6,000 men —when they considered how much the efficiency and discipline of the army depended an the military talent and energy of their commander—when they remem bered how much the fate'and fortune of every individual in that army might be influenced by the manner in which the sterner qualities of the head were tempered in their commander by the milder qualities of the heart —(Applause)—when they remembered how much the cordial and harmonious administration of the Govern ment depended on the chief civil and military powers being animated by a spirit of wisdom and conciliation, he was persuaded they would all agree with him in the importance of a good commander of the army, not only to the East India Com pany, but to all India. He was happy to say that the Court of Directors had full confidence that in his gallant friend Sir W. Gomm they had an officer who eminently combined the qualities and virtue which he had de scribed. Sir W. Gomm commenced his military career at a very early period in life. He had distinguished himself in various important positions. He had been in from fifteen to twenty battles. He had been with the British army at Roleia, at Vimiera, at Corunna, at Bu saco, at Salamanca, at Vittoria, at the siege of Burgos, at the siege of St. Sebastian, at the passage of the Bi dassoa, and, last of all, at the crowning victory of Wa terloo.—(Applause.) At a subsequent period Sir W. Gomm held the command of the forces in Jamaica, in 1842; and as the duties he was then called upon to per form were somewhat analogous to those that would de volve upon him in Bombay, it was with great pleasure he had to state that he received the unanimous thanks of the House of Assembly for the manner in which he had dis charged the duties of his position. This he thought au gured well for his future career; and it gave the direc tors of the East India Company the utmost confidence that Sir William Gomm would maintain that high repu tation in India which he had earned in other quarters of the globe. He regretted that they were not on this oc casion honoured with the company of that great man the Commander-in-Chief, because he was certain that he would gladly have availed himself of this opportunity of expressing the confidence which he reposed in their distinguished guest, Sir William Gomm. But at the same time he was happy to see around him so many distinguished officers who could speak from personal knowledge of the high merits and services of Sir Wil liam Gomm. They had met not only to congratulate him on his appointment, but also to bid him God speed in his new sphere of duty—to express their earnest wishes that it might please God to bless him with health of body and vigour of mind—and that after his period of service was fulfilled, he might return to his native country with increased honour and reputation, bearing with him the esteem and regard, not only of the Bombay army but of all classes in India.—(Applause.) Sir WILLIAM Gomm returned thanks. Except as re garded the zeal and diligence with which he trusted he had always endeavoured to discharge his public duties, he could not but feel that their kindness had overrated the services of his past career, and for the time to come he knew and felt that it would tax his best energies to show that he was not unworthy of the confidence reposed in him by her Majesty's Government and this honourable and renowned country whose interests he was sworn to protect to the best of his ability. For the last eleven years he had been constantly employed in the service of the Crown in duties at times sufficiently arduous; but the military portion of there was for the most part re stricted to watching over the health and discipline of the troops it had pleased her Majesty to entrust to his com mand.—(Hear, hear.) He was delighted to find present a Noble Lord whom it was his privilege and pride to call his friend from early years, and with respect to both of them it had been their good fortune and their pride to serve under the same illustrious and unrivalled Chief in other days and fields, and even since then the Noble Lord had achieved for himself imperishable renown.—. (Applause.) He trusted that the peace which that Noble Lord had secured for India would be permanent, and that, under the watchful exertions of the statesmen and administrator who now held chief rule i❑ India, British civilization and enlightenment would have free course in that country, under the blessing of the Supreme Power, for ages to come, without let or hindri:nce.—(Applause.) But if these anticipations should prove too fond, if they should again be called upon to rouse themselves to an energetic war, he had see❑ too much of the bearing of the British soldier in the tented field, and he knew too much of the bearing of the Native army, he knew too much of the zeal and energy of their well-tried officers from the officer in command of a platoon or a squadron up to the commanders of corps —men like Gilbert and Pollock, and Whish, and many others with whose names " all Europe rings from side to side,"—to leave him in any doubt as to the issue. He had no doubt they would do their utmost to rival the glories of the recent victories is India, and for himself be trusted that the distinguished leaders in the late battles had left some portion of the spirit which made such glorious schienments be>iind than, and OM the Kocicous " No. 6, ditto, J. Parry, poulterer—Burned down; insurance not known. _ _ " No. 29, ditto, Messrs. Peters, smiths—Front severely scorched. _ t‘ Sw an-yard—Let ou t in tenements, buildings burned down; not insured. " Ditto—H. Eleing, stable-keeper—Great damage to premises by fire and water; insurance unknown." - LATEST PARTICULARS. GRAVESEND, SUNDAY, 9 P.M.—Up to this hour the firemen had great difficulty in preventing a fresh out break of the fire in consequence of the great body of flames which continued to rage in the ruins. The authorities of the town h ave determ ined upon in stituting a most rigid investigatio n as to th e cause of the lamentable event. At present , but litt le accurate infor mation the during event the of any can be obtained as to its ori g in. brigade uch force alarm beingprevailed withdrawn lest, in night, the flames should get up, and overpowering the operations of those left behind, destroy more property. The offi cers, however, very kindly communicated to the inha bitants that sufficient force would be kept on duty to meet any emergency. The news of the fire having reached the metropolis, thousands came down by the North Kent line, and, in deed, from all parts of the country throughout the day, therefore the vicinity of the ruins was densely crowded. THE NEW NOVEL, " OUR COUNTY," by John Mills, Esq., author of "The Old English Gentleman," ,S L e i s published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may be had at all Shelton Mackenzie, D.C.L . the libraries. Also just publish ed -2. Petticoat Govern nmieonrnt,inbgysMarts. Matlock,t Troi l l o o c p k e : by3.RA.delaide Lindsay, edited by th e author of 4 , E m ilia Wyndham." 4. The Travellers, o r 5. Ann Dysart; or the Scotch Minister's Daughter. 6. Re ginald Hastings, by Eliot Warb urton, Esq. Second edition . 7. The Story of a Man of Fashion; or Sin and Sorrow. 8. La'Vendde, an Historical Romance, by Anthony Trol lope, Esq. Annette Myers and Pate are amongst two batches of female and male convicts who will be dispatched for Van Diemen's Land to-morrow, by the ships William Jardine and Rodney. It will be remembered that the w oman was convicted of shooting a soldier in the Birdcage-wall;, from feelings of jealousy, and Pate of assaulting the Queen. Weekly Chronicle. The Right lion. Thomas Francis Kennedy, pay master of civil service in Ireland, has been appointed one of the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, and Land Revedues, in the room of Alexander Milne, Esq., retired.—Weekly Chronicle. DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA. - Four or five months ago Mrs. Jugginga, landlady of the Wheatsheaf, Sans street, Sunderland, was bitten in the hand by a cat; but no importance was attached to the wound. She was subse quently confined, and was recovering favourably, until Sa turday last, when symptoms of hydrophobia set in, and on Tuesday she died.—Gateshead Observer. _ LONDO N, MONDA y EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1850. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday the 7th, progress was made in the process of what at the Univelities used to be called " huddling," which is the usual token of ap proaching separation. Among the performances in this line, was the slaughter of the Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill. On Thursday the Crime and Outrage Act (Ireland) Continuance (No. 2) Bill was read a second time, and was further proceeded with in Committee on Friday. The Member for the Tower Hamlets (G. Thompson) fell into the error of attempting to speak for the opponents of the Bill. On which they fell upon him with a vigour and pertinacity, which made an example of him to English Members for the future. It is to be hoped no English Members will vote on that side who can help it. But what is to be done with those who cannot help it ? At the same time there is no necessity for any English Curtius to throw himself into the gulph ; for the understanding is understood to be, that the question is not to be pressed with desperation, and something else is to be given up instead. On the same evening Mr. Hume made his motion for a Commission to examine into late proceedings in the lonian Rands. The affair altogether is of melancholy aspect, and points to evils of indefinite extent. Here have a number of the finest islands in the world, the earliest seats of arts and civilisation, peopled with the most active and ingenious popula tion in the world, speaking and writing the noblest language of classical antiquity with less alteration than has taken place in English since the time of Chaucer, and no more than any man with the Greek of the schools may master in a month, as I indi vidually know from having published in the modern Greek with only the aid that every Englishman in India expects from his Munshi,—here have these islands, which might have been made as efficient a portion of the British empire as the Norman islands which stud the Channel, for thirty years been under British rule, and at this moment the British governor and government occupy precisely that sort of hob goblin position, which little boys and girls shudder over in the history of Gessler and Austria, till they are cotpforted by Mamma's assurance that all such naughty governors come to an ill end, and are first or last, in themselves or their successors, sent to the place where wicked people go. It is an awful thing to run counter to the traditions of the human race. And this in the face of a state of things, where it is clear and has been all the time, that England's only chance of holding her ground against the rivalries and enmities which are growing up before her, is in running the principle of free amalgamation against servile annexation, and extending the benefits, or what might be such, of British freedom over all portions of the earth that come within its reach, as a counterpoise to the slavery-propped power with which she will in the next generation have to struggle. The slave-grinders know their business better; all they can compas s , they "annex." Why should not freedom annex, as well as slavery; and when countries in the course of events come or have come under British rule, why should it not be for freedom, and for addition to the common force? But it is to be feared all this is above the * pitch, not of the Government, but of the national mind ; for Governments like ours do not lead, but follow ; they have enough to do, of them selves, to get through the business of the session. The commonest of popular errors, is that there exists a thing called statesmanship, learned with pains and treasured up by a small number of individuals who have a title to it like what our ancestors attributed to the seventh son of a seventh son ; and all the time there is.pot that ordinary tracing out and pursuit of a reasonable object, which enables two or three gene rations of traders to establish and maintain a trade to the Baltic, or keep up' a line of mail-coaches till in due time they are superseded by a railway. A "little church" supported the Member for Mont rose. But in a stand of this kind, it is not the num ber that is of importance, but the fact. The House met on Saturday for two or three hours of routine business. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, Aug. 12, 1850. meats would be recovered and cherished and turned to good account in the hands of him who now so imper fectly expressed his thanks.—(Applause.) The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Navy," for which Captain COLLIER returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Army." Sir HENRY DUNDAS returned thanks, and said it had been his good fortune to be acquainted with Captain Gomm many years ago, and he had then admired him as an accomplished scholar and a gentleman, as well as a gal lant soldier, and he was sure that he would one day earn for himself great distinction. He had been trained in the school of their great captain, and had followed him through all his brilliant achievements in the last war, till at length the sword was sheathed on the glorious field of Waterloo, which gave retributive justice to Europe and peace to the world.—(Applause.) At that time Sir Wm. Gomm gave high promise of future success, and he felt confident that come what might, the East India Company would not be disappointed in the antici pations they had formed of his high qualities.—(Cht ers.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed " the Health of the Scrutineers of the Company," for which Mr. Weeding returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN then proposed " the Health of the Committee on Bye-laws," for which Mr. Twining re turned thanks. The CHAIRMAN then proposed " the Health of Lord Hardinge."—(Applause.) Lord HARDINGE returned thanks; and iu rtference to the compliment which the Chairman had paid him on his moderation in India, he could truly say that he had drawn the sword at the last moment, and that he had sheathed it on the earliest opportunity.—(Loud ap plause.) He was always happy to accept of the invite titions of the Chairman of the Courtof Directors to their festive board, but especially on this occasion, when they were met to do honour to his Gallant Friend Sir William Gomm. He had known his Gallant Friend for forty years, and had served with him from the earliest period of the Peninsular war. Even then he had acquired a high reputation as an able, active, energetic, and intelligent officer. The Chairman had alluded in detail to his services; and it was greatly to his credit that, in conjunction with that eminent statesman the late Sir Charles Metcalfe, he had distinguished himself by his wisdom, his good sense, and his moderation.—(Applause.) In taking the command of the Bombay army his Gal. lant Friend would find an army ready to perform every service that could be required of them, whether by sea or by land.—(Applause.) The army which he was about to command had marched through the Bolan Pass to Ghuznee and Caubul—had fought at Meanee and Hyderabad—had marched through Sinde to Moults!), and, after storming that important fortress, in conjunction with the army of Bengal, it achieved the victory of Guzerat. That was not all. It had marched across the Indus to Pesbawur under the command of his Gallant Friend Sir Henry Dundas, and again under Sir Walter Gilbert. He knew his Gallant Friend would have difficulties to contend with, for it was no light matter to follow such well. beloved and truly popular commanders as his recent predecessors had been—men who bad acted with such mingled firmness and wisdom as Sir Willoughby Cotton and Sir Walter Gilbert.—(Applause.) But he had no doubt that even in this arduous situation his Gallant Friend would acquire distinction and honour.—(Ap. plause.) He would not detain them longer than to say a single word on the political operations of the army which had been so ably conducted by a distinguished officer present on this occasion, who had acquired dis tinction in Affghanistan—he Alluded to Colonel Mack eson.—(Applause.) That officer had afterwards in creased his reputation by his conduct in the Punjaub; and he was confident that he stood high in the estima tion of the Governor-General, on account of his being selected as the bearer to this country of the Koh-i-Noor, or mountain of light. He knew that that gallant officer was distinguished among the officers of that army—fruitful as that army was in gallant officers. He concluded by again congratulating Sir W. Gomm on his being ap pointed to the command of the Bombay army, and in wishing him health and strength, and that every good fortune might follow him in his command.—(Applause.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed " Sir John Hobhouse and the Board of Control." Mr. WILSON, returned thanks, and apologised for the unavoidable absence of Sir John Hobhouse. Sir WM. Gomm then proposed the health of the Chair man, for which the Chairman returned thanks. The other toasts were " The Lord Mayor," for which his Lordship returned thanks; " The Bank of Eng land," which was acknowledged by Mr. Thomson Han key, the Deputy-Governor; " The City Companies," which was replied to by Sir John Easthope; " The Marquis of Dalhousie, Governor-General of India," " The Civil Service of India," for which Sir John Duckworth returned thanks; " The Army of India," which was replied to by" General Taylor; and " The Visitors," for which Sir Thomas M'Mahon returned thanks. The company separated about eleven o'clock. LAUNCH OF AN IRON STEAM- PACKET AT GREENWICH. On Saturday last a steam-packet, named the City of Paris, was launched from the premises of Joyce and Co.'s ironworks, Greenwich. The event appeared to be one of some moment to the proprietors and builders of the steamer, from the extensive prepara tions made to give éclat to the launch, and from the numerous concourse of spectators, ashore and afloat, on the banks of the river, and on board the old hospi• tal ship Dreadnought, and other craft; the public of Greenwich took special interest in the affair, and bore with exemplary patience the tedious delay of an hour from the time previously appointed to the mo• ment of the vessel quitting the slip. The whole affair was one of as much ostentation as if the launch had been that of the Royal Albert, 130, and the premises one of the royal dockyards. Platforms and stages were erected ; a band of music was provided ; the ship was decorated with flags of all colours. The boy; of the Greenwich Hospital schools were invited to the treat of a ship-launch, and a strong force of policemen kept the gates and guarded the access to the various seats of honour and places of distinction. At length it was agreed that the time for starting the vessel had arrived. Mrs. Hopkinson, the wife of one of the company, performed, the ceremony of naming; the blocks were split out, the dog-shores were knocked off, and away she went gracefully and rapidly down the incline, and rose upon the water, a handsome structure of naval architecture, amidst the cheers of the spectators ashore, from the company on board the Dreadnought, and from the hearty lungs of the de lighted Greenwich boys, commingled with the loudest clash of the industrious band. From a printed description of the City of Paris we learn that she "is an iron steam-ship, built for the Commercial Steam Navigation Company, and in• tended to ply with passengers and goods between London and Boulogne. She is constructed from the design of Oliver Lang, Esq., and it is considered by competent judges that she will prove herself an ad mirable specimen of the skill of that eminent naval architect. "Her principal dimensions are— Length between the perpendiculars 165 ft. Breadth of beam . Depth of hold .. Draught of water Burthen 425 tons. " The vessel and engines are constructed by , Messrs. Wm. Joyce and Co.. of the Greenwich Iron works, and as a matter of interest it may be men tioned that this is the first iron steam-boat ever built at Greenwich, and may be considered the precursor of similar works, creating a new and important branch of industry in that town. " Her engines are of the collective power of 120 horses, and are of the direct action kind. Each piston has two rods, between which there is a recess in the piston which allows of a corresponding recess in the cylinder covers, and thereby permits the connecting rods to descend considerably lower than is practicable in the single rod direct-action engine. The arrange ment is most compact and simple, and it is manifest that the cylinders being fixed, an important advan tage is secured. These engines occupy less space than any other description of marine condensing en gines yet known, and both engines and boilers may be taken as a fair specimen of the great reduction of space and weight effected by modern arrangements over the earlier examples of steam machinery as ap plied to naval purposes.' We believe she is the first design of Mr. 0. W. Lang, assistant-master-shipwright of the Roy al Dock yard, Chatham, constructed of iron, all the other cele brated productions of that gentleman (Garland, Vivid, Banshee, Elfin,) having been built of woo d . S he was much criticised and generally ad m i re d . S he was launched in rather an unfinished state, but good speed if not much stowage is predicted for her. The proportion, however, of 120 horse-power to 450 tons, au i d l bursd y e isit g o r a s v , e t n h e w u h c u h a l e c entertainment s t t e o m s o a m r y e is comparatively small. o o frien fi d e s gratulations wer e i n t erc h ange d . complimentary con HE DUCHESS OF Hi KENT.—er RoalHighness the Duchess of K en t arrived here l as t night y with the express train from London. The train, owing to some detention, did not reach the North British Railway station till twelve o'clock- being about three hours beyond its usual time. Her Royal Highness was accompanied by Lord Jame Murray, Sir George Cowper, and Lady Augusta Bruce. Two carriages were in waiting at the station for the distinguished party, who immediately proceeded to the British Hotel (Barry's) in Queen -street. It is the intention, we believe, of her Royal Highness to remain in Edinburgh till Monday next, when she will start for Blair Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Atholl. Alter spending a few days there, she will proceed northwards to her Highland residence in the neighbourhood of Balmoral. Two of the royal carriages and a large quan tity of luggage arrived by a previous train.—Scotsmaa. THE POTATO CROP.—It is with exceeding regret we find the mysterious potato blight has very extensively made its appearance in the adjoining county. We are in formed that particularly in the district of Penzance, and ex tending to the Land's End, scarcely a field has escaped. The haulms are burnt as with lightning; but up to Thurs day the root had been less affected than from the devastation seen on the surface might be concluded. The renewed ap pearance of the disease is later this year than last, but one reason may be that the growth has been rather more back ward. Of course it is not possible to ascertain yet how far or how destructively the blight prevails, but should it turn out to be only partial through the country, the yield of edi ble potatoes will be larger than we have had for the last few years, as there has been a greater acreage planted with this root. —Devenport Independent. YOUGHAL, AUG. 10.—The Fame, Cork to this port, which went on shore at Bally Cotton Bay, has gone to Pieces. THE PUBLIC DEBT OF SICILY. (From the Evenement.) " The Sovereigns of Naples have successively com mitted a series of aggressions against the Sicilian na. Hon. They have violated the constitution which they had promised to observe; they have destroyed the nationality which they had promised to respect. There has also been committed a systematic violation of the engagement that was originally entered into by the predecessors of the present King, at the period when the island passed under their domination."---- Lona-Pniurrs, King of the French.* A decree of the Bourbon of Naples, dated the 18th of December, 1849, has created a new institution in Sicily, under the name of the great book of the path; debt. In accordance with the amount proposed by General Filangieri, the debt of the Sicilian Treasury was increased to 17,370,993 ducats, which amount has been complacently put down at twenty mil• lions, so as to obtain a round sum, and called, ac cording to the conventional phrase of re-action, the fatal inheritance of the late political events. Upon this, the ukdse of the petty Neapolitan Czar was obtained, to sanction the consolidation of this debt, by the institution of the above -named great book ; and at the present moment the bonds are being negotiated upon foreign exchanges. It is our duty briefly to state this last fact, inter esting not only to Sicily, but to commerce in ge neral, that it may be properly appreciated by our readers. After the formal declaration of the Government, one might feel entitled to suppose— lst.—That the Sicilian debt does not exceed these twenty millions of ducats (86,658,000 francs). 2nd.—That this debt, which was contracted by a revolutionary Government, and is now liquidated and consolidated by an absolute Government, has thus become one which, although nominally constitutional, ought to be held sacred alike by both. 3rd.—That being established in this manner this debt would offer all the security necessary for the in stitution of a ,grand-livre. Finally—That no political event would ever in fluence its validity. Well ! nothing is more erroneous. A first protest :against the decree, of the 18th December, had been published, even at Palermo, where the Neapolitan bayonets take away every means for the manifestation of public opinion, except those of the secret press and of armed insurrection. But those Sicilians who are in exile have thought ' it their duty to echo the indignation of their country, and whilst re-producing the protest of Palermo, they wished, by their signatures, to take upon them selves the moral responsibility of the official docu ments attached to it. We sincerely congratulate them on doing so. The protest before us is accompanied by sixty one signatures of persons who have formed part of the national representation of Sicily, of the army, and of the civil and military administration. Amongst others, we remark the names of MM. R. Amari, Vice-president of the Chamber of Commons ; Amari, late Minister of Finances ; Lafarina, late Minister of War ; Stabile, late Minister of Foreign Affairs ; Errante, late Minister of Justice ; Marano, late Minister of the Interior. And, first of all, we will observe that the Neapoli tan Government has not inserted, in the new grand livre, more than one-half of the old public debt, which existed in Sicily before the revolution of 1848, and relating to its own administration. So that, with unheard-of injustice and inconsistency, out of the twelve millions with which the finances of Sicily were burdened in 1847, more than seven millions re main open. With regard to the debt contracted by the Revolu tionary Government, the greater portion of that is not comprised ; for there is no account at all, either of the capital produced from the recovery of the funds possessed by the State, and which re-purchase has, however, been annulled, or of the paper-money which was circulated (and which was recognised by the Pope himself and by Austria, at Rome and at Venice); nor, lastly, of the three millions of ducats that the King of Naples, in his diplomatic notes ad dressed to France and England, was pleased to say had been extorted from his most faithful subjects of Sicily ! Thus, the new institution of credit, so-called, has served neither entirely to consolidate the debt ante cedent to the revolution, nor to assure the debt con tracted by the revolution. All this, however, does not prevent King Bombs from telling us, with his usual effrontery, that the 20 millions imposed on Sicily are the fatal inheritance of revolution ! How then can the 20 millions have been completed? We refer those of our readers who may be interested in the question to the list of the chapters inserted in the grand. livre which is added to the protest, hut from which we can only give a short extract and a few examples. They begin by saddling upon poor Sicily the small gratification of 240,000 ducats, granted to Filangieri, as the price of the crown of laurels that the King of Naples was so gracious as to join to the title of most Serene Duke of Taormina. We then rind a double article of expenses of war, and of expenses in common, between the two kingdoms of Naples and Sicily —a most convenient anzphibo logic, which places Sicily in the position at the same time of a conquered country and of a country which has spontaneously returned to the dominion of its legi. timate King. Now, and we ask the question of that journal, which in Paris is the itioniteur of the King of Naples —ls Sicily, in your estimation, the country of an enemy ? You have conquered it —you now present it with a bill of two millions, for the expenses of the conquest, the reward of Filangieri, and other things, with unforeseen expenses in addition. That is all very well ; but how with the other hand can you present it with a bill of six millions as its assessment of ex penses in common with Naples? If, against a handful of the factious, she has lost the support of your arms, you have lost the contribu tion from her treasury. We ask in one word, is King Bomba playing the foreign prince or the king of the country ?—the new conqueror or the old master? Is Sicily to defray both the expenses of the bombs which destroyed her towns and the expenses of a government which did not govern her ? _ This, indeed, far surpasses the logic of the lion in he fable. Having said thus much upon the justice of the principle, we will add a few words on the legality of the form. Is there a legislative guarantee of the debt that has just been established ? Has the power that contracted it the right of doing so ? The answer is easily made. The Sicilian nation, having resumed her rights, and being represented by her legislative chambers, freely elected, by the solemn act of the 13th April, 1848, declared Ferdinand 11. and his dynasty deposed from the tlircine of Sicily. From that day forth the King of Naples is no thing but an usurper in this island ; he governs it, i❑ fact, but not by right, relying upon his bayonets, but not upon his title. This is our firm belief. But if we go back to other concessions and shut our eyes to the acts of the Sicilian Parliaments of 1848-49, we find that a constitution was always existing in Sicily since the twelfth century, was re formed in 1812, was recognised by all the great powers, was respected by the treaties of Vienna, and was never abrogated by the Kings of Naples or by Ferdinand 11. himself. According to this constitu tion it would be impossible to contract a public debt otherwise tban by a vote of the Parliament. Descending still further, we find the political law of Sicily, in the acts of December, 1816, by which Ferdinand 1., in taking to himself this right, together with so many others, himself fixed the annual sub sidies to be paid by this island to the government of Naples. But these Acts also impede the recent in. stitution, for the elder Ferdinand had at least the complaisance to declare that the subsidies could ne ver be raised without the consent of Parliament, and the new debt increases the figure by a considerable amount. Finally, still descending from concession to conces sion, and admitting that there is no law in Sicily but the good pleasure of the Bourbon, he must always stop short before an act of his own, the constitution of February, 1848, which even he has not dared to revoke formally. By what title, or by virtue of what law, does the King of Naples take upon himself the right of making Sicily endure these fresh impositions ? We ask the question, but we are not surprised at hig doing so. We think that we are only acting conscientiously in pointing out the above facts at the moment when such bonds as these are brought to be discounted upon foreign exchanges. * Dispatch from Lord Normanby to Lord Palmerston, of the 27th of January, 1848. A deplorable accident took place on Saturday, about one o'clock, in the Whitechapel-road, to a carman driving a waggon of malt, belonging to Mrs. Roach, the whartioger of Pickle-herring. When opposite the London Hospital the poor man, in endeavouring to avoid a haycart passing from the Whitechapel market, fell down, and his head, falling tinder the wheels of his own waggon, was P o ll rrnedds understand, dr C se tn l a a t n n od - f lite rally smashed, his brains being scattered over the . road. Upon being raised and taken to the London Hospital it ap apNevaarietdotheaitncidueacatht. was instantaneous ; and his remains now .1 THE POST-OFFICE DERANGEMENTS .—Lord present.vrfdeeorder rli iennage t gse h ao e oi f i n : ts report, h e e p et cohoretm necessitiestmr ricarde ( the .13card of Trade), and Mr. G. Cornewall Lewis (Secre tary of the Treasury), to whom the . new postal regulations a u n n s i m ty i s , a n oi of o n t in o - f on Tuesday next. . Wh i lst . recommending. every possible ' le c h ao o a xn nc , e it e si s ot b s en e i n o e t n n owf r t to f tt e t hh r h r ep e e a d r sb e t l l i ri i v i g cc i religio us par ticular cases, it is most likelpthat they will advise a re letters in town and country on Sundays, which has been found to work so injurio us ly and so unequally since it was imposed by the vote of a majority of the Horse of Conmons. 4—dunday Paper. it, allows his days to dwindle out in some distant retreat. I admire,: the man who, indeed, truly esti mating life, cognisant to the full how really insigni ficant at the best is this existence, nevertheless, as life has been given him, struggles and strives with his whole heart and soul—with his utmost energy and power, to work benefit and to do good ; who remem bers that talents were given not to be hidden and put away, but to be properly and profitably em ployed. And though, even to this man there will be moments of melancholy and fits of gloom, certain is it that such visitations will be but few and far between ; weighed down be may be for a very brief period by the contemplation of the littleness and insignificance of his present existence, but quickly is he revived by the recollection that it is his own fault if even in this life he knows not many and great gratifications, and that upon his own head only will rest the blame if, this life ended, he enter not upon another of unfiding enjoyment." Longfellow's poems are the subject of a very interesting and judicious criticism contained in this number of Ainsworth's, which also presents us with a continua tion of the "Lancashire Witches." MISCELLANEOUS. The Eclectic Review is as usual distinguished by its liberal tone and by the interesting nature and solid character of its articles; the contents of this number are more than usually diyersified.—.7llac phail's Edinburgh Ecclesiastical Journal contains a very excellent article on " Crime in Edinburgh," in which we are glad to see justice awarded to those most praiseworthy institutions the Ragged Schools. — The Sportsman is embellished with the likeness 01 Rhed3cina, winner of the Oaks of 1850, and " Half- Sprung," a glimpse of the Moors, with two splendid grouse expecting the coming sportsman.—The Lon don Repertory of Inventions, as usual, contains both pen and ink And pictorial definitions of recent patent inventions ; among the scientific notices is an article on " The Proposed Extension of Copyright of Designs Act."—The Colonial Magazine is, at once, rich in matters of colonial interest.—'The Farmer's Magazine is also excellent in its pectiliar line ; a short-horned heifer and black-faced ram and ewes are the subjects of the illustrations in this number.—The Church of England Magazine abounds in interesting and serious essays and poems, and sketches of natural history, &c.—The Rambler contains an article on popular education and Catholic poor schools, and some interesting criticisms on recent works.—The Lady's Companion fully verifies its title; it would be impossible for a lady to meet with a more graceful, instructive, and delightful "companion."—Le Follet also is an exquisite ornament for the drawing room and boudoir.—The Family Herald preserves its usual characteristics, being as entertain ing and as fall of information as ever.— The Looker-Ou, a sixpenny miscellany, edited by Fritz and Liolett, has reached its eighth number. It contains many well-written articles.—The Working 2lfan's Friend is deserving of its name, few periodi cals are better calculated to improve and interest the working classes.—Sharpe's is as attractive as ever. The charming diary of Milton's daughter, and the entertaining tale of " Lewis Arundel," are continued in this number, which contains many other very excel lent compositions.—The Belle Assemblie, with a variety of interesting tales, contains one of Mrs. Abdy's pleasing sketches "Marrying a Beauty," and one of Mrs. Crosland's beautiful and ennobling songs " The Battle of Life." THE BATTLE OF IDSTEDT. BY ANGELUS. "Such usage, as your honourable lords Afford me, assassinated and betray'd !" Samson. Agonistes. At early dawn, ere rose the day Thro' fog and rain and hail, Was heard the trumpet's startling bray, As prelude to the tale Of Riffle, 'twixt the valiant men Of gather'd Holstein, and the Dane. A eight sublime it was to see, As day grew dimly clear, And rose and fell tumultuously The conflict, far and near: While Death crouch'd nigh, to count amain The harvest he should surely gaiu. Loud was the volley'd musketry, And loud the cannon's boom; And fierce, the horsemen hurried by Like fiends, athwart the gloom; And mingled yell, and scream and groan, Made music to the overthrown! O grief, for those who fighting fell To strengthen lawless power! But deeper far, for those whose knell mark'd the hour When Freedom wept—and weeping fled The field of her unburied dead! DEATH OF FOUR PERSONS FROM EATING POISONOUS MUSHROOMS.—Last week Mr. Pratt held an inquest at Wis bed' Fen upon the bodies of Patrick Hunt, an Irishman, 18 years of age, and Winifred Garvey, 28 years old, wife of Garvey, also an Irishman, when the following particulars were elicited : - Patrick Hunt, on the 2d instant, when walking by the Thorney road-side, saw and gathered a small quantity of apparently mushrooms, which he carried to his lodgings, cooked them, ate a portion himself, and gave some to Mrs. Garvey, who also ate a few, and gave a small quan tity to her child, a girl two years old. They did not experi ence any serious effects that day, but at daylight on Satur day morning they all were attacked by violent sickness and purging, accompanied by great pain in the stomach and bowels. Neither the auflerers or their friends appear to have apprehended any danger; but on Saturday evening Hunt became suddenly worse and died about eight o'clock. At that time Mrs. Garvey's husband returned from work, and finding his wife much weaker, and in pain, he became alarmed, and medical attendance was obtained. On Sunday morning, however, she died; the child lingered until Monday morning, when she died also. The fourth death was that of Thomas Howd, an Irish child in another family, who it seems also partook of mushrooms, but not a portion of those eaten by the three first attacked, nor, as far as is at present known, gathered at the same time. A post mortem examina tion of the body of Mrs. Garvey was made, when extensive patches of inflammation were found in the stomach and small intestines, very similar to what is seen in cases of poisoning by arsenic. The inquest was adjourned.—Cam bridge Chronicle. A FLOCK OF SHEEP KILLED BY LIGHTNING.— Gloucestershire has been visited during the last three or four weeks with some severe thunder storms, which have been particularly remarkable for the fatal consequences to the flocks and herds. Several valuable cows were destroyed one night by the electric fluid in the neighbourhood of Gloucester, and on Thursday evening last, during a short but most violent storm, 23 sheep were instantaneously killed by lightning in one field, at Upton St. Leonards, nee; that city. The sheep were in a field on the Grove Court farm, in the occupation of Mr. Pembury, and one of Mr. Pembury's la bourers was in the field when the storm came on. He ran toward► a tree for shelter, when a flash of lightning, followed instantaneously by an explosion of thunder, struck the tree and shivered it to pieces, killing 23 out of a flock of 26 sheep. Their fleeces were scorched, and there was a black line down their backs. IMPORTANT TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—We understand that a petition to Parliament is about being got up for the purpose of altering the excise-laws with reference to thole licensed victuallers who carry on the wholesale and retail trade on the same premises. It is proposed, for the purpose of redressing this alleged evil, that the Legislature shall extend the retail bottle trade generally in wines and spirits, or deprive the person who carries on the double trade either of his wholesale or retail licence, the existing innova tion, it is asserted, being injurious to both the bona fide licensed victualler and the wholesale dealer.— Sunday Paper. SUDDEN DEATH IN THE WESTMINSTER SWIM MING BATllS.—Yesterday afternoon the bathers in the Westminster Swimming Baths were thrown into a state of the greatest consternation by the occurrence of the following melancholy event. Between two and three o'clock a young man, a master tailor, an habitué of these swimming baths, entered the place. Just before entering the water he had been heard to remark that he had better wait a little, as he had but just dined. Being unable to swim he generally en tered the water step by step instead of plunging in. He was at length observed to stand upon the second step of the ladder leading into the water, and then all in a moment to fall in with a loud splash. His friends waited for a few seconds, expecting to see him rise, but, having waited for some fifteen seconds and not seeing him appear, they went to the spot, and, to their horror, saw the unfortunate man lying at the bottom. An alarm was instantly raised, and every assis tance given. The body was taken out and a medical man sent for, but on his arrival he pronounced lite quite extinct, and attributed the causel to a fit of apoplexy. The body now awaits a coroner's inquest. COLLISION IN PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR.—AD acci dent occurred on Thursday morning, which might have caused great damage to several ships in this harbour. The Echo tug was towing the Britannia, 120, up to the shears against a very stro ng tid e , th e wind blowing fresh from the westward, when, in attempting somewhat rashly to pass be tween the Blake and Victorious hulks, Britannia's quarter touched the bow of the Blake, which had the Fox frigate alongside, and she instantly drove with a fearful crash right across both ships, lifting the head housing of the Blake nearly off, breaking off both flukes of her only anchor, and finally remained firm across Fox's bowsprit. The first-lieu tenant very promptly let go botk her bower anchors, or had the bulk's moorings broke the three ships would have drifted on the Illustrious, 72, and in that case it would have been difficult to say where the mischief would have ended. Fox's jib-boom is condemned, and her bowsprit under repair by the dockyard. _ _ PROROGATION of PARLIAMENT.—It is DOW ex pected that the present session of Parliament will be brought to a close on Thursday next, and that her Majesty willpro rogue her Parliament in perssn. Her Majesty and the Court will honour the Earl of Carlisle with a visit at his beautiful seat, Castle Howard, in Yorkshire, on the 27th inst., on her route to Scotland. EXHIBITION or lBs . l.—The President of Peru has issued a decree appointing the Minister of the Home Depart ment, Don Lucas Fonceca, Don Nicholas Pierola, and Don Nicholas Rodrigo, a commission to select and take charge of articles intended to be sent to England for exhibition next year. THE MINISTERIAL DINNER.--The following mem hers of the Government (in and out of the Cabinet) dined together on Saturday, at the Trafalgar, Greenwich, prepara tory to the termination of the Session :—The Lord Chan cellor, IL M. Bellew, Hon. E. Bouverie, Hon. Colonel Boyle, Earl of Carlisle, A. E. J. Cockburn, Sir W. G. Craig, Admiral Dundas, Viscount Ebrington, Lord Foley, Earl Grey, Sir G. Grey, J. Hatchell, Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, Benjamin Hawes, Lord Marcus Hill, Right Hon. W. S. Las celles, Right Hon. Fox Maule, G. C. Lewis, Earl of Minto, Viscount Palmerston, J. Parker, Sir J. Romilly , Ea rl of Strafford, Marquis of Westminster, Sir Chula ViOcif Sir W §9l2ClTiile) 149E4 se/1119114 ,+ h s I ,