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THE " LEADER" NEWSPAPER of to-mor row (Saturday), September 10th. will contain, among other articles—A Monument to Napier—Spain the Defaulter —Turkey Deseited by her Allies—The Truth about the Roman Disclosures — An English Gaol—A Decanter of Wine on every Table—The Govern ing Classes: ll.—The Earl of Aberdeen—Unnoticed Errors in the " Vestiges of Creation"—History of the Chinese Rebellion—A Sight to be seen—The Theatres—and all the Home and Foreign News of the Week.—No. 181. Price Sixpence. The " LEADER " is p u bli s h e d every S a t ur d a y, in time for the early morning mails, and so ld b y newsagen t s i a all parts o f England. or may be had direct from the publisher. Terms of subscription. 134. for a half year, to be remitted in advance ; an d money orders should be made payable t o M r. Alfred E. G a ll o way, at the office, 7, Wel lington-street, Strand. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 9, Will be performed the Comic Drama entitled TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullen ford, and Keeley ; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which, will be presented SARDANAPALES. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOEHAM. TA conclude with WHAT I NO CAB ? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lune and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 9, Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren, J . Johnstone, William Farren, G. Cooke, and Shaiders ; Mesdames Sarah Lyons and Bartlett. With SHYLOCR ; or, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE PRE SERVED." Principal character by Mr. F. Robson. TILE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Last Night of the present Season. The Increasing popularity of the National Spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo, which has now completed its 75th night, has by far ex seeded the most sanguine expectations of the Lessee, who, anxious to meet the public taste, has increased the attraction of that re nowned Spectacle by a Splendid Military Brass Band. In an nouncing the Grand Production for One Night more (when it Must be withdrawn to make room for the New Classical Burlesque, conjointly with the Hippo Drama of Life on the Turf, which has arrived at its 104th night —a fact unprecedented), he feels confi dent that he is only meeting the wish of his patrons, who nightly flock to this popular Establishment to witness their representa tion. To afford every possible Novelty, Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the Circle are entirely changed each week. The return of Miss EMILY COOKE from her Continental Tour was hailed with de monstrations of delight. She will repeat her matchless perform ance every evening. N.B.—Due Notice will be given of the First Appearance in London of Miss KATE COOKE. The long promised Classical Burlesque will be produced on SATURDAY, the 10th inst. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 9, And during the week, excepting Saturday, will be presented the BATTLE OF WATERLOO. To be followed by Mr. li.Cooke's Scenes In the CIRCLE. Concluding with (104th time) THE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W Vire.,t. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 9, Brilliant Routine of Entertainments —Panorama of CHUSAN, Splendid MENAGERIE, and Promenading Elephants. EXHIBITION of the MARINE AQUARIUM, a Collection of Sea and Fresh Water Fish alive, in live large Glass Tanks. The Moilitsca, Zoophytes, and Crustacea procured expressly by P. H. Gosse, Esq., the eminent Naturalist. Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT. Two favourite Songs by 'Alfas Poole, the popular English Vocalist. The whole concluding with the wonderful Tableaux of THE FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant FIREWORKS, and EXPLO SION of CHINESE JUNKS. Admission, Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY —Morning 32 min. after 5 I Evening 53 min.aft. 5 To•Moaßow —Morning 17 rain. after 6 Evening 43 min.aft. 6 THE WEATHER.—S UN OFFICE, SEPT. 9. THERMOISIETER, IN THE SHADE. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 58—Lowest this morning and during the night. 63—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'08. WIND, S.W.—Light airs, with dull weather and heavy clouds, portending a storm. Afternoon, heavy rain. ............. qr l 4l ct . h~i~ ~~y~ 1111, LONIDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1853. h has fallen out precisely as we predicted. Turkey feels that she has been egregiously de ceived by her allies, and placed by them in a false j',ositien with regard to the AUTOCRAT. It will 'be recollected that immediately intelligence ar rived from Constantinople, to the effect that the Divan would only accede to the proposal trans mitted from Vienna for its acceptance, on the condition of its being rendered less distasteful to his Majesty the SULTAN by certain preliminary libendations—it will be remembered, we say, that directly news to this effect was received, it was positively stated by the official organs of both the French and the EngliSh Governments that the changes required in the document by the Sublime Porte were of no importance whatsoever. It was implied, indeed, in their nature that they were really quite insignificant. Now, from the first, we ventured to doubt the accuracy of this statement. We regarded it as a wilful m isrepresentation. Nor can we be considered rash in so doing, when it is observed that the d e lib erate avowal of the Turkish Minis ter for Foreign Affairs comes to us at this moment ithepo re si tive and e x pli c it conf i rmation. Examine es il l document p u bli s h e d b y us i n our d a L i es til l e ,o_f _last evenin g , th e " Off i cial Note " b y hi s Rig tZt e h as of August, 1853, and addressed tatives of A-UStriltESp"Th PAcHA. to the represen- Britain—exa ta h is a lc russia, France, and Great evaiateable and. high-spirited state paper, that noble state evidence at once of the writer's warmth of patriotism skill in diplomacy— examine it carefully and di desPernassedionately, and then answer if the alterations vou o r ecessary by the %heave bee Powers, be so Divan in the Proposal of I.d by the entirely unimportant as we apologists of the Coalition GoverniZiitt° portant, forsooth ! Why, if n o th ing lelsetTnim be adducrA in proof of the absurdity of e°lll h d Official an asser'cion, the sentence we are now about to extract verbatim et literatim from the Note" of RESORT)) PACHA (the document already parti.eularised), would constitute, we conceive, i n .. tro'vertible and conclusive testimony. In this " Official Note," dated the 19th ultimo, the nrkish Minister for Foreign Affairs writes to the Four Allies of the Sublime Porte, through their diplomatic representatives—" It is, there fore, totally impossible for t'le Government of his Majesty the SULTAN to assent to such a pro position without being reed." RESCHID PACHA, it must be rememberel, has been speaking of the proposal transmitted to the Divan from Vienna, and his lii4lmess caps the climax of his argu- Inents against the possibility of its acceptance by 4.lie Sublime Porte unamended with that solemn and energetic declaration —"It is therefore totally impossible for the Government of his Majesty the Sultan to assent to sseeh a proposition without being forced." Words could not be more resolute or More plain spoken • And yet w e are t o ld t h at i the exteptio of th e Four Psornade by the Divan to the pro p osal Powers in its origin :el s h ape, are al tog,,-)ther un i m iirsignificauce ov rt ant, a n d , i n fact, of the utmost No document, in atgrauitnh,ancdould more clearly de , by ourselves, that the Sublizaeinpinsisted upon itself as having been placed in a false regards the Four Powers, in its relation to the position by AUTOCRAT—DO document could more clearilyst monstrate the fact than this masterly 44 ()facial Note," addressed by RESCHID PACHA to the Aus trian, Prussian, French, and British Representa tives. The document, it must be remarked, is couched in language the most respectful to the allies of the Sultan ABD-UL-MEDJID. It is, how ever, at the same time, most dignified in tone in all that concerns the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, the honour of the Turkish Sovereign, or the inalienable rights of his subject population. It announces candidly, in its very preamble, that his Imperial Majesty the Sultan is " greatly grieved," that, instead of the original draft trans mitted from Constantinople, another proposal of a different character has been taken by the Four Powers into their consideration. It recognises the frequent testimonies of friendship received by the Sublime Porte from its " august allies," and even acknowledges that the Turkish Government is " particularly grateful" for many " efforts, abounding in good will," which have been made by the respective Cabinets since the commencement of the still pending negotia tions. But—while avowing this recognition and making this acknowledgment— the "Offi cial Note" of the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs distinctly, and in so many words, declares that the Divan finds in the proposal of the Four Powers, recently transmitted to it from Vienna, " certain paragraphs superfluous and incompatible with the sacred rights of the Government of his Majesty the Sultan." That being the case, of course, the exception made to those paragraphs cannot be regarded by any man of common sense as u nimportant—and the changes required by the Sublime Porte cannot, therefore, be considered insignificant. Nay, RESCHID PASHA, after re ferring more directly to these particular paragraphs, goes on to remark that " the Imperial Government (meaning the Government of his Majesty the Sultan), therefore, attaches the greatest importance to these points," requiring either, for example, that a certain paragraph in the Proposal made by the Four Powers shall be altogether suppressed, or that its meaning shall be rendered more readily apparent. Observe— here is the very expression —the Divan regards these points as of the " greatest importance." And yet we are told, with the coolest effrontery possible, that the alterations demanded by the Divan are really quite " unimportant." So ab solutely is this proved to be not the case, so im portant is the chief objection raised against the Proposal of the Four Powers by the Turkish Go vernment, that the Foreign Minister of the Sul tan, as we have seen, goes so far as to declare " It is therefore totally impossible for the Govern ment of his Majesty the Sultan to assent to such a proposition without being forced." Than this, no Cabinet could possibly give utterance to more re solute language in the way of rejection. Further on, after having stated his case with the utmost lucidity, RESCHID PACHA observes-- " Such being the points which present inconveni ence to the Sublime Porte, it cannot, notwith standing the greatest respect for the advice of the high Powers its allies, and its sincere desire to renew its relations with the Imperial Government of Russia its friend and neighbour, it cannot, I say, resist trusting to the equity and the justice of the great Powers the consideration relative to its rights of sovereignty and independence." Language worthy by its dignity, courage, candour, and magnani- , mous independence of a great and civilised Go vernment. After this let us hear no more about the alterations required by Turkey being merely technical and unimportant ! They are, on the aontrary, of an importance so extreme as to in volve at this moment the question of war or peace among the great nations of Christendom. Public attention is at length turned towards Ireland. Its state, condition, and future pro spects are closely canvassed, and the mists of pre judice, which prevented accurate observations, are beginning, albeit slowly, to be dispersed. The recent visit of Queen VICTORIA to her Western Kingdom has induced many of her English sub jects to follow in the same direction--to explore the romantic scenery of the Sister Island, and judge with their own eyes of its neglected capabi lities and almost miraculous natural resources. The question is at length seriously asked whether the holiday trip may not be as agreeably and pro fitably spent in beholding the wild grandeur of Killarney, or the tamer beauties of the County Wicklow, as in wandering from town to town on the European Continent. As a matter of amuse ment, the mere pleasure-seeker, who wishes to have his mind diverted for a time from the cares of business, and to gather fresh health and strength for the performance of his ordinary avocations, will find the Irish tour second in enjoyment to none that he has ever taken, or that be could take. His curiosity will be as strongly excited by the manners and customs of men who owe the same allegiance and speak the same language as himself as by those of the French or German peasantry, and we venture to add that his gratifi cation will be as complete at the termination of his trip as if he had gone through va rious foreign countries, could contribute his quota to the accounts of the annoyances and vexations incidental to the passport system, and inscribe his name on the long roll of the victims of the police regulations of the different nations of the Conti nent. If such a person will turn his footsteps westward to the Irish metropolis, and thence in any direction, east, west, north, or south, he will find himself abundantly repaid for the time and money expended among his, in some respects eccentric, but thoroughly kind and warm-hearted, fellow -subjects. But there are other travellers of a different calibre, men who, desiring to combine the useful with the agreeable, become close observers, with the view of being enabled to profit by the infor mation thus obtained on some future occasion. Such persons will feel that the distinctions so long perceptible between England and Ireland can no longer be maintained, that the interests of both countries are one and indivisible, and that it is utterly impossible reasonably to anticipate the existence of prosperity and happiness at one side of St. George's Channel while misery and destitu tion are to be found on the other. Visitors of this description will look to the causes that have hitherto retarded the full development of the national resources of the Sister Kingdom —that have permitted vast mineral wealth to remain un disturbed and unsought for in the bowels of the earth—that have induced men not de ficient in activity or intelligence to endure formidable privations when plenty and abund ance were within their reach that have allowed more than three-and-a-half millions of acres of land to remain waste and unproduc tive, when it was established on the most conclu sive and satisfactory testimony that a return of ten per cent. at the very lowest might be obtained in the money expended in their reclamation, and a still more remunerative percentage on the out jat,efor improving and bringing to the highest quad rupled 12333.1: fertility lands already nominally in cul tie,ti: ment, wh ere • produce of which might be quad legitimate re amore judicious system of manage legitimate was certain of obtaining its selves cr their fara2 and hinged occupiers sure that them their labours —that Ps " provincialised" and /)!e ye i , Would reap the fruits of in a word, given a capable of far bette r aspect to a country miserable nations of play to be amongst the happgise—stwanting only fair and most pros irseseosrtsendtital of Englandf porous, in place of the mo s t the earth. For the sake, then, position for no further or higher motive —it that everything practicable should b e in order to elevate Ireland to her prop er in the scale of nations—to promote the Welfare and happiness of her people. It will not be necessary for the inquirin g tra veller to land on Irish ground to discover indica- tions of the carelessness and apathy as to what are erroneously supposed to be merely Irish interests, of which, if his tour be prolonged, he will find so many additional proofs before his return. Before he starts from London he will find that the journey to Dublin, which might easily be accomplished in eleven hours, Will require fourteen or fifteen hours under the most favourable circumstances. Here, then, is the . first case f or i nqu i ry. It is manifest that t h ere is a fault somewhere. The evil is too glaring to T.H. SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1853, admit of doubt or dispute. But to whom is it ascribable, to the railways, the steam-boats, or the Government ? That is the question--and it fortunately is capable of easy solution. The most superficial examination will show that it is not, and cannot in any way be ascribed to the construc tion of the railways. Nothing that science can devise, or unbounded wealth accomplish, could materially improve the lines of the London and North-Western, and Chester, and Holyhead. They are as near perfection as could reasonably be anticipated, looking to the encouragement af f orded ' to private enterprise in that department. The extraordinary ability and lavish expenditure ap plied to the spanning of the Menai Straits, and permitting the trains to be carried over without delay or stoppage of any kind, prove, beyond the possibility of contradiction, that the last-men tioned Company had spared nothing to perform their part in the arrangements for obtaining the most speedy means of intercommunication with the Sister Kingdom. No complaint, then, can be preferred against the railways—the means of ob taining the maximum of speed, at moderate prices, are available. But how has this enterprise been rewarded ? What inducements have been held out to the Directors to persevere in the laudable course on which they entered ? None whatso ever. Let any disinterested and unprejudiced person peruse the Report of the proceedings at the half-yearly annual meeting of the Chester and Holyhead Company, and the able and convincing statement of the Chairman, Mr. PETO, and he must agree that it has been " the most ill-used Company that ever existed in this coun try." He will find that when, at the instigation of the Government, they had encountered an enormous outlay, exceeding a million sterling, for the Tubular Bridge across the Menai—an outlay that could not be compensated by the ordinary return—the promises previously made were scan dalously violated, the reasonable anticipations of support unfulfilled. In pursuance of a cheese paring economy, of a," penny-wise-and-pound foolish policy," the conveyance of the mails across the Channel was taken from the Railway Com pany and given to a Steam-packet Company, at a rate that would not admit of the efficient per formance of the duties—given, too, for a time that tied the hands of all parties for ten years. Nothing more disgraceful to the Government officia's implicated in the transaction can be ima gined ; and yet we fißd attempts made to transfer the censure which they have so eminently de served to innocent parties, who have already too many just grounds of complaint. These attempts have been, are, and will be, wholly abortive. The Government are alone to blame ; and if it be desirable that the intercommunication with Ire land should be accelerated, it is by the interven tion of Ministers alone that the task can be accomplished. The voice of public opinion has proclaimed the fact, that it is a duty which can no longer be shirked or evaded. All Americans are loud in their praises of Capt. INGRAHAM, and they have been echoed most heartily in England ; and many a wish has been felt and uttered that Lord ABERDEEN had shared his spirit. The opinion is pretty general that a reasonable measure of the INGRAHAM promptness and decision would have kept Russian troops out of the territory of our ally, and have given us an honourable peace long before harvest. Our cordial cheering of the American Captain, however, flags a little if we attempt to unite our hurrahs with those of our Republican brethren themselves. We are compelled to feel that our cheers are more con sistent of the two, since British territory is the inviolable sanctuary of every refugee from abso lute despotism. We are as far as our peace-loving friend Mr. JOHN BRIGHT himself from wishing to wound American susceptibilities. We trust, however, that it will contribute rather to form gradually a right feeling in America if we on this side of the water frankly tell our transatlantic cousins how things strike us. When we read of the popularity of Captain INGRAHAM, and saw it stated that, be his politics what they might, ho would have been sure of the next election of the Presidency had he sent the Austrian vessel to the bottom, many thoughts crowded upon us; the bare possibility of a war between the freest modern Republic and the quintessence of modern despotism ; between a nearly land-locked State and a maritime one— how we and other European States might become implicated —what would be the consequences in Lombardy and Hungary, and in other States too ; chiefly, however, we could but think of the cause of all this upstir ; it was to save from an Austrian dungeon or scaffold a man who had fled for his freedom. To every European, the very next thought must be of Fugitive Slave Laws. The contrast between risking collision with an European Empire, to save a kidnapped fugitive, and enacting laws to kidnap the fugitive them selves, by the same people, is too strong not to occur immediately. It is hard to conceive that such zeal and determination can be shown by a whole nation to save one man from bondage, and such alacrity, on the other hand, to send back hun dreds and thousands to a tenfold worse slavery from which they have escaped, it may be for years. Nothing but the delusion and infatuation of fancied self-interest could prevent an intelligent and freedom-loving nation from perceiving the inconsistency as strongly as we do. It will be a happy result of the implication of the United States with European affairs, which the rapidly increas ing power of the Union, and its equally increasing virtual proximity, must soon necessitate, should it compel Americans to see Slavery and Slave Laws with European eyes. In its last conflict of the pen with Austria, Mr. WEBSTER, who seemed triumphant at first, came off but second best, when Mr. HULSEMANN retorted the republican lectures on Austrian despotism with lectures on the infinitely worse despotism of Slavery and Fugitive Slave Laws. A few such lessons must do much to open republican eyes to the enormity of the system they cherish. These thoughts were revived on reading, but the other day, a most elaborate judgment, de livered by Judge WLEAN, of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of WASHINGTON (!) M `QUERE,Y, claimed as a fugitive slave (the very name of the slave suggesting how insensible men may become to that right of resistance to tyranny for others, in which they glory for themselves). This slave, who, not unworthily, bore the name of the great American Liberator, escaped from Kentucky into Ohio. For four years he was a freeman, but, armed with the new law, his old master, HENRY MILLER, ferrets him out. After his arrest on a writ of Habeas Corpus, the case is brought by his counsel before Judge WLEAN, to ascertain whether this living WASHINGTON was illegally detained or not ; and whether he ought to be free in the country which his great namesake redeemed from political bondage, and in the Re public whose Constitution declares that "all men are born free and equal." The master, to do him justice, does not appear to be one of the worst ; he was willing to sell WASHINGTON his liberty for 1,200 dollars, and to subscribe 50 towards it. The Judge intimated very plainly that all his feelings were against returning a man to slavery ; but, after canvassing most fairly every legal point in WASHINGTON'S favour, he was compelled deli- berately to decide that WASHINGTON was a slave ! It struck us in reading the judgment, however, that there still appeared to be room to dispute the constitutional character of the Fugitive Slave Law. The celebrated clause that "persons held to ser- vice or labour in one State, &c., must be delivered up," was drawn in that form because MADISON stitution. It appears, th en, th at th e consti e t ttin - legis late U n p o o t n recognise i t ? A n.a i it Again, , a n m d A , D i I f sO so,N denied can the right of p roperty in man. The acknowledgment of such a r i ght deprives the human being of a per sonal cha racter at once. He is the mere instru ment of another's will, --..a thing, not a person ; persons, a t zl tio thatih however, t r,wand as th e law is made for persons, it might be fairly ar gue d that goods and chattels were not edviednot apply to them. As the ti treats all men as free and no man cou ld b e fa i rly claimed aesquaal,chaasttpeelr.soisLlegal quibbles are, however, out of the question. The stronger have made the J law, and the stronger will enforce their own in terpretation of it. It is grossly inconsistent of course with all that is noble, all that future Americans will be proud of in their constitution. Judges are unconsciously influenced by the tone of public feeling in the country when they inter pret the laws, especially where public feeling is virtually law. No help can the fug i t i ve WASH INGTONS expect from laws and constitutions. Changes of commerce which shall /ender slaves valueless, political movements of an entirely unfore seen character, the improving moral sense of the community, the inevitable reaction, at some time, of conscience against the most awful crime of Christendom, and, as this Austrian affair suggests to us, the closer contact of America with countries where personal slavery is unknown—these are the chief vistas of hope for the philanthropist, and the chief chances for the oppressed slave. THE HONOURABLE MR. NORTON. The Hon. Mr. Norton has published a letter, appending to it a copy of a memorandum signed by his solicitor, Mr. Currie, for the purpose of show ing that, in bringing the action against Lord Mel bourne, he (Mr. Norton) was " acting upon Sir W. Follett's advice." Mr. Norton also explains his mis-statement with respect to the appointment which Ile received from Lord Melbourne, and thus concludes his letter : " I had not, at the time of writing my former letter, refreshed my memory by reference to documents con nected with this point, and, in writing about a transac tion which happened upwards of twenty-two years ago, I was led into this most unintentional mistake." The following is the memorandum alluded to : MEMORANDUM OF C ONSULTATION WITH SIR W. FOLLETT, APRIL 28, 1836. Sir William at first, said, " I did not think the case, although one of the strongest suspicion, and that you are now on the right track, strong enough in evidence to enable me to say that you will get a verdict on it, as witnesses of the description you have in this case are so likely to break down on cross-examination." It will be observed that in the statement laid before Sir Wil liam the character of the witnesses is strongly observed on, and I thought it right, therefore, to state that the result of their further examination and of subsequent inquiry was to lead me to think better of them than I had done when I prepared the case ; and although I doubted Flook's general character, I thought his state ment to be correct, and that he would not break down on cross - examination. Sir William then asked if the question had been put pointedly to the witnesses, whe ther their suspicions were not excited by what they saw, and if they watched in consequence ; and I told him that such question had been put, and that the women stated that, from the colouring which Mrs. N. gave to the acquaintance with Lord M., and her free manners, their suspicions were not excited, and that Flook's an swer was that he had no doubt of the fact, but he thought Mr. N. designedly shut his eyes to it. The result of further conversation was that Sir William thought, with a very little addition in confirmation, the evidence would do, and he thought that it was a gross case on the part of Lord M., and, after conferring on the ne cessity of taking some step, rather than admitting, by not proceeding, Mrs. N.'s innocence, he said that what ever might be the result 'of the action no one could doubt the fact, and that Mr. N. would be justified to the world by the exposure. In the end, he said that if the evidence could be strenghthened, it was desirable, and a few days should be employed in doing so, and that on the whole he thought the writ might then be issued. He thought it important to prove by a better class of witnesses than the servants the extreme inti macy with Lord M., and the fact of visitors being de nied when Lord M. was in the house, by any such vi sitors. (Signed) J. CURRIE. In consequence of the publication of the letter above referred to, Mrs. Norton has made the fol lowing, reply : It is not my intention to pursue further a newspaper controversy with Mr. Norton. He says, in his yester day's letter to the Times, respecting statements which I proved to be utterly false in his first letter, that he ad mits their falsehood ; but had not "refreshed his me mory," and in writing of transactions which happened so long since, was "led into unintentional mistake." I entreat those who are to judge of my conduct on his assertions, to pause over all accusations dependent on so faithless and mistaking a memory. The question "prominently before the public," is not whether Mr. Norton should allow his wife an income, or even the amount of that income ; but first, whether a gentleman barrister and magistrate, daily sitting in judgment on poor men's offences, should himself break a formal covenant, to which for his own advantage he urged a solicitor to obtain his wife's signature ; and se condly whether, breakiog that covenant, he should en deavour to distract pubic attention from the fact of his fraud, by a great public scandal ; such scandal having for its original groundwork the pretence of a stipula tion, which he has since been compelled to admit never existed, and which he has denied in print he ever as serted did exist ; though his denial is proved false by all the printed reports of the County Court proceedings. That is the portion of these miserable matters which is before the public, and on which, in a man holding a public situation, the public have a right to pass judgment. - In conclusion I Will only observe, that lam perfectly willing to abide by the letter against me, written in October, 1836, by that frank-hearted gentleman Sir John Bayley, who was then utterly ignorant of the real circumstances of our quar re l. l am more than willing, I am eager, to seize this last opportunity of justifying myself; by one more of Mr. Norton's own admissions. I find in the letter of Sir John Bayley of October 3, 1836, the following sentence : "If that principle is once broken through and access allowed, I see no valid reason arising out of that part of Mrs. Norton s conduct with which I am acquainted why Mr. Norton should not live with her again himself; a g r a y a da andt i o n J . ' u ' In the f June ," step which would reduce M r . N orton to t h e lowest Mr. Norto n wrote those letters beginning followi ng th e d a t e o f th a t sen tence, "Dearest Carry," and signed "G reenacre ," w hi c h urge my return home ; b e i ng hi s f i rst attempt at re concild iation. On that se n t ence, t h en, I for ever take a stageo sad and scornful farew e ll o f my husband and his scan dals against me. On th a t sentence (which he himself d M e has published), I for ever leave him the choice of his al ternative. Does he consider that when he wrote those caressing letters o yeconciliation, he " sank to the lowest stage of degradation,,, or will he a d m it th at di s b e li ev i ng those' scandals, he now reiterates them to cover his breach of faith about a money covenant? Let the public (before whom my name has once more been dragged in the mire of false accusation) choose for him, or let him choose for himself ; from one or other of these alternatives there is no escape ! And now, I will answer Mr. Norton no more. There is no story so false, no scandal so foul, that it shall wring from me any further reply. I have too strong a faith in English justice to deem further reply necessary. CAROLINE NORTON. I append a reprint of Sir W. Follett's denial at the time of all responsibility of advising Mr. Norton. It is the only fit comment on the memorandum Mr. Norton has published ; in which it is admitted that Sir W. Fol lett strongly commented on " the character of the wit nesses," but that " after conferring on the necessity of taking some step, rather than admitting Mrs. N.'s inno cence, by not proceeding," the trial was brought, even with doubt of success, for the sake of the " exposure !" [Extract from the Times of June 25, 1836.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Having seen in the Times of this morning that the action of "Norton v. Lord Melbourne," was advised " by the able and upright counsel who conducted it," we think it is due to Sir William Follett to state, that the action was not brought under his advice, and that although he was retained so far back as the 25th of April last, the evidence was not in a complete state for his brief to be delivered to him util the 14th of June inst., and when no course was open to the parties but to proceed with the trial of the cause, which had been fixed for the present sittings.—We are, sir, your most obedient ser vants. (Signed) CURRIE AND WOODGATE. Lincoln's-inn, June 25, 1836. DEATH OF Mn. BLEWITT, THE COMPOSER.—The death of this public favourite, both as the composer and singer of sprightly and humourous songs, took place in Lon don, early in the present week. Mr. Blewitt is stated to have closed his days in great poverty, leaving a widow and family of children to depend entirely upon eleemosynary aid. THE COMMAND IN IRELAND.—It is said the successor of the present gallant Commander of the Forces in Ireland (Sir E. Blakeney) will be Major-General Cathcart, the Governor of the Cape, who has just completed the con quest of the Kafirs. SCOTTISH SECRETARY OF STATE.—Notice of motion was given at the last meeting of the Glasgow Town Council, that at their first meeting the council would be moved to petition her Majesty to confide the adminis tration of Scottish affairs to a Secretary of State for Scotland. BALLOT DEMONSTRATION AT SOUTHAMPTON.--A pub lic meeting was held on Monday evening last, in the Town-hall, Southampton, for the purpose of aiding in the movement for securing the ballot as a feature in the promisei reform measure of next session. The meeting was convened by the Mayor, pursuant to a requisition presented to him by a considerable number of the rate payers and inhabitants of the !town. Shortly after the hour appointed for the meeting the Mayor, who was ac companied by several influential gentlemen of the town, took the chair. Resolutions which affirmed the neces sity of introducing the ballot as a feature in the Minis terial Reform Bill, and the importance of taking practi cal steps for securing that object, were adopted. Before the conclusion of the meeting, a local committee was appointed, with a view of taking such further steps as might be deemed necessary for promoting the ballot movement. MEMORIALS OF THE EMPEROR TRAJAN AND AUGUSTUS, —At Peironell, a Hungarian town on the Danube, there has just been found near the castle of the Counts of Abensberg-Traun, an uncommonly fine mosaic pave ment ; also, not far from the spot where the pavement was found, a military order of the Emperor Trajan was discovered. Petronell is the ancient Cornuntum, and near it are the remains of triumphal arch, raised by the Emperor Augustus to Tiberius, in memory of the con• quest of Pannonia. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. ENGLAND. lbs. bush. lbs. Hops Malt ... Paper ... ... Soap... ... ... , Spirits . ls Spirits from the Channel Islands ... ... gals. Sugar ... ... ... cwts. Beer exported ... ... brls. SCOTLAND. Malt Z. Paper ... Soap Spirits ... Sugar... Beer exported IRELAND. ... bush. ... lbs. gais. cwts. brls. . bush. ~ lbs. Malt Paper Spirits Sugar Beer exported UNITED KINGDOM. Hops ... ••. ... lbs. Malt ... bush. Paper ... • . lbs. Soap ... „ Spirits ... gals. Spirits from the Channel Islands gals. Sugar • cwts. Beer exported brls. ... gals. ... cwts. ... bris. 1852. 21,729,317 53,516,451 87,767,513 4,674,302 2,098,291 15,336,6G7 11,411,088 3,147,300 967,043 3,530,725 3,615,732 90 24,794,651 72,383,843 99,178,601 11,437,334 1853. 22,322,066 61,607,159 58,961,723 5,024,409 2,411,246 17,846,297 6,015,938 3,046,849 904,398 4,136,815 3,882,023 1,196 25,637,710 83,590,271 64,977,661 11,953,281 1,196 The following memorandum is from the Com mittee of Mexican Bondholders : " His Excellency Senor Don Castillo y Lanzas, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Mexico at this Court, has communicated to the Chairman of the Committee of Mexican Bondholders the following letter from his Excellency the President of the Re public, with a view to its being made known to the Bondholders : (Translation.) " His EXCELLENCY DON JOAQUIN M. DE CASTILLO Y LANZA% " "Tacuba va , A ug. 1 , 1853 . My esteemed Friend,—The news which have ar rived by the packet that reached Vera Cruz four days since have afforded me much satisfaction, as I find that, in spite of the panic produced in London by the fears of a war between Russia and Turkey, Mexican bonds have risen 4 to 5 per cent., in consequence of the news of the formation of a national bank, which was to take the charge of punctually paying the interest of the debt. " This project is not, as you will conceive, even on ac count of its very importance, free from inconvenience and serious difficulties ; but as it has been received so well in England, and as my efforts and those of the Govern ment are directed to nothing else than to re-establish and create the credit of the Republic, and to secure the regular payment of the interest, particularly to bond holders who have always behaved so liberally towards the Mexican nation, we shall certainly not cease to oc cupy ourselves in the endeavour to perfect these good ideas, and to interest our capitalists in their realization, who are perfectly well-disposed to co-operate in sustain ing my Government, and removing difficulties. I have not, however, yet decided on the report which the Minister of Finance has lately presented me on this subject. "Animated by the most ardent desires for the felicity of my country, I shall not rest nor retire from the Go vernment until I see established a railway, a bank, and a good system of government and finance. Please to make this known to the Mexican agency, and to the committee of bondholders." • "The whole republic enjoys the most perfect tran quillity, and I receive daily from all parts of it the most evident proofs of its adhesion to, and respect for, my Government.—You r faithful friend, " A. L. DE SANTA ANNA." There is no improvement in Public Securities this morning, and the partial rally which occurred towards the close of business yesterday has not been maintained. The conflicting statements about the Eastern question, the variable weather, and the reports about foreign loans, have all given confidence to the speculators for a fall, but it is precisely on account of these considerable sales that a future rally would be the more probable and decided, in the event of good news arriving. Con sols, which, " after hours," yesterday, were 97 to have this morning been 96a . 1 for Transfer, and 961 to 97 for the October account. As the dividends will be payable next month, it will interesting to ascertain whetherthe usual purchases will be made in anticipation, or whether the unsettled state of affairs will partially if not wholly restrain buyers. It should be remembered that there has been a marked fall since Parliament was prorogued, and hence the greater temptation. The New Three and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been at 99 to par, and the Three per Cents, at 971 Exchequer Bills remain at 2s. dis. to par, and Indian Bonds are 7s. to 10s. prem. Foreign Stocks have been dull, but not materi ally different as to value. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 251 to 264--, and Grenada 22. Brazi lian Stock was done at 1021 for the Small. Dutch Four per Cents. improved to 981 and 99.; Spanish Deferred Bonds have been at 22/ ; and the Cer tificate has receded to 6k and 6 • Portuguese Four per Cents. ha ve b een a t 44 ; Belgian Four-and-a- Half per Cents. are 99. The Railway Share Market is again worse, and the Bears press sales. The French lines have been weak, and have not supported the advanced rates obtained late yesterday afternoon. The Gold Mine Shares are all very feeble, as well as the Land Companies. The Australian Bank Shares have been very fiat. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK ( From the Official List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ..... shut 974 a 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .... 961 3 with div. for mon New 3f per Cent. Annuities lOO 993 Long Annuities, Expi re sth J an . , 1860 shut Dittc, 30 Years, Expire 10th 0c:,., 1859 India Bonds, £lOOO South Sea Old Annuities .consols for Account 13th October Exchequer Bills, Id. £lOOO ••." £5OO • 2 d par Small 2 d par PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Grenada Bonds, Ex. Dec., 1849, Coupon 22 Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the A ccoun t 26- Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent -I Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 221 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6 B Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 41 per Cent. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.. . Consols ....................... Ditto October Account ..., HALF-PAST TWO. 96a i 96i if COURT OF BANKRUPTCY -(THIS DAY). (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE DOWN - MISCHIEVOUS RESULT OF ANONYMOUS LETTERS. This bankrupt was described as of Taunton, grocer, and to-day w as appo i nte d f or consideration of his certi. ficate. Mr. Linklater appeared for the assignees and stated some facts to the court, and complained of the imperfect book-keeping, and that the bankrupt had given an un due preference to one of his creditors. The bankrupt explained the latter point by stating that he had only done it through fear of an undue pres sure caused by the circulation of anonymous letters by another grocer in the town, some of which had been sent to him by his creditors. His credit was therefore greatly diminished, and he was threatened with proceedings be fore debts were due, on the allegation that he was about to quit the country, whereas his object was to give up the wholesale and confine himself to the retail trade, and after he had raised 2001. on the bill of sale above the amount he owed, he borrowed 8001. of a relation, and paid it away to his creditors. His honour said the books had been badl ket, but , the bankrupt was entitled to an immediate certificate of the second class. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart , M.P., has arrived at the Granby Hotel, Harrogate. SHOCKING ACCID ENT. -- Yesterday forenoon, a young man named Henry Mossop, aged about 18 years, while on a ladder at the Gallery of Illustration, Regent-street, painting the cornice work, lost his equilibrium, and fell from a height of nearly 60 feet to the ground with a fear ful crash. He was immediately removed to St. George's Hospital, but he is still in a very precarious condition, and but very little hopes are entertained of his recovery. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK_. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,500 American were taken for export. The market was heavy, at previous rates. The sales comprised 4,000 Ame rican, 100 Pernam and Maranham, at 6,1 d. to 74d.; 500 Egyptian, at 51d. to 9d.; and 400 Surat, at 31d. to 40. per pound. Railway shares were very depressed, at a decline of 1 to 2 per cent. During the week colonial produce has been in improved demand for the principal articles. Sugar, being in large supply, has ruled somewhat cheaper. Foreign afloat is still wanted. Coffee has further advanced, and there have been large purchases, the quantity on offer not being greater. Tea has been heavy at the public sales, at about the former rates. For Pimento there has been a strong de mand, and cotton has been more asked for. Tal low is again noticed by speculators. Jute has been at full prices, and hemp has sold well. The official account of the quantities of several articles retained for home -consumption during the half-year ended the sth July has been completed, and is as follows: LATEST FOR,EIGN NEWS FRANCE. It is already known that the Emperor expressed his displeasure at the manner in which the note of the Powers was modified at Constantinople. He is now said to have declared, very recently, that nothing would induce him to engage in a war at the present moment, all his energies being directed to the procuring food for the people ; and, further, that he would devote the last franc in the Trea sury for that purpose. It is said that a deputation from the principal railway companies is about to proceed to Dieppe, to wait on the Emperor, to assure him that the Directors enter most heartily into his views with respect to the conveyance of provisions, and that they will forthwith reduce their charges for that purpose to an amount almost nominal, in order to aid the Emperor in - his exertions to relieve the less affluent classes. It is added, that the address will be presented to the Emperor by M. Charles La fitte, chairman of the Havre Railway Company. The Government candidates for the representa tion of Lille, Vilaine, La Lyonne, and Le Loiret have been elected by the constituencies of those districts. There were riots at Bar-le-Due on Friday and Saturday last. On Sunday tranquillity was re stored. Similar riots, produced by the high price of corn, took place at Chateaugiron, near Rennes, and at Rancourt, in the Pyrenees. The Bourse opened with much firmness yester day, the speculators being convinced that even should the Emperor of Russia not accept the ma difications proposed by the Porte to the note pre pared by the Conference of Vienna, the peace of Europe would not be disturbed. The Three per Cents. opened at 78f. 25c., and rose to 78f. 50c., but a submarine telegraph despatch having an nounced about 2 o'clock that Consols had fallen in London, the Three per Cents. fell to 78f. 5c., and closed at 78f. 10c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 101 f. 50c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,250 f. ; Rouen, 1,090 f. ; Havre, 520 f. ; Great N Northern, 877 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 932 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 942 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 787 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 745 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 625 f. ; Great Central, 542 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 555 f. ; Sardinian, Victor Emmanuel, 500 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 825 f. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. In the letter of the Paris correspondent of the Times, dated yesterday evening, there is the fol lowing paragraph :—" It was positively stated this day at the Russian Embassy in Paris that the Emperor has refused to accept them. It is added, that when he was informed that the Porte had mo dified the note of the Conference of Vienna before accepting it, he observed in a tone of much mode ration that he would willingly make concessions for the express purpose of meeting the wishes of the European Powers, but that he would not humiliate himself in the eyes of the world by submitting to propositions proceeding direct from the Sultan." A. letter from Shumla of the 15th inst. states that the army of Omer Pasha consists of 65,000 men and 180 pieces of cannon. He was daily receiving reinforcements, whilst the Russians, it was said, had lost 13,000 men by typhus and diarrhoea since their entrance into the Principalities. The Russians, to the amou n t o f 5,000 men, pitched their tents on the 10th at Totragem, on the left bank of the Danube, so that the sentinels of the two armies are within musket shot of each other. Colonel Skender Bey, with several officers, had quitted Shumla to reconnoitre the movements of the Russians. Two superior English officers had arrived at Shumla from Varna on the 11th. They paid a long visit to Omer Pasha, and proceeded the next day to visit the fortifications. General O'Donnell arrived at Shumla on the 13th from Constantinople through Varna,. He had an interview with Omer Pasha which lasted two hours. He quitted the camp on the following day, accompanied by an Aide-de- Camp of Omer Pasha, to visit the line of th e Danube. The spi r it o f the troops is said to be excellent, and they desire ardently to have an op portunity to distinguish themselves in the eyes of Europe. _ A letter from Vienna of September 5, says, Baron Meyendorff and the Russian party here are still of opinion that no new difficulties will be raised at St. Petersburg, but the public cannot for get that the Emperor Nicholas demanded the un conditional acceptance of the note. On the other hand, it is by no means probable that the Porte will consent to send any envoy to St. Petersburg until some positive assurance relative to the evacuation of the Danubian Principalities has been given. Credible information has been received here that the Emperor of Russia will arrive at Warsaw between the 9th and 13th ; but we are at a loss to know whether his presence in Russian Poland must be considered a good or a bad omen. Letters from Constantinople, of the 25th, state that the city is tranquil, but that preparations for war are still actively going on, fortifications re paired or newly constructed, and fresh levies called out, and finally that the Turks are prepared for the worst. The Asseniblee Nationale, which passes for the organ of the Russian party, says the Emperor of Russia is dissatisfied with the changes effected by . the Porte in the propositions of Vienna. The fol lowing is an extract from that journal :—" Accord ing to letters which have reached Paris, the first impressions of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg are said not to have been favourable to the modifica tions of the note of the conference of Vienna, which have been proposed by the Porte. But these impressions appear to relate to the first and naturally very summary communication, which was addressed to St. Petersburg to make known that modifications were proposed ; and it is pos sible that the feelings of the Russian Cabinet may change when it shall have known the precise terms of these modifications. We shall doubtless have some positive information on the subject in a few days. Whatever may be the resolution of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, the question ought to be considered coolly, and without entertaining alarms which may be without foundation. We may remark that, in case that Cabinet should re fuse to adhere to the proposed changes, a recourse to Constantinople will remain open." Intelligence received from Odessa, Aug. 26, is to the effect that the Russian army in the princi palities was daily receiving reinforcements, and that the settlement of the Oriental question was not so near at hand as was generally believed. The number of vessels at Odessa was not sufficient for the transport of the corn purchased by foreign countries, particularly France. A letter from Bucharest, of the 22d ult., states that the prices of provisions there have, since the arrival of the Russians, augmented one-third. From Bucharest, Aug. 23, we learn that the Russian troops are practising and manoeuvring every day. No fresh troops have marched in for some time past, for the Danubian Principalities are already completely overrun with soldiers. Fieldwork; and fortifications are thrown up and constructed with the greatest activity, especially on the banks of the Danube. It is believed that the redoubts are being constructed after a plan which has long since been prepared, and that they will remain even after the departure of the Rus sian army. PRUSSIA --- The Spener Gazette has the following from Hirschberg in Silesia, dated the Ist :—" This morning the King consented to receive, at Ermans dorf, an address of devotedness from the Municipal Council. After the address had been read, the King said : " Gentlemen, I had intended not to receive you again. In 1846, I had consented only on the most pressing prayers to pardon the town for its offences towards me. I was, however, weak enoug h t o d o so, and ev ery one c.nows what requital I got in 1848. You who are here before me have not varied in your sentiments of fidelity, but of the town in general I can say with truth that I was deceived. That is the reason why I had resolved not to be again so weak. For several years the authorities have been ar denty soliciting me, but I have hitherto persisted in my resolution. However, I consent now to act once as if nothing had passed at Hirschberg, and I will once more include it among the towns which are near my heart. I admit that it is with little hope that I enter in this new phase , and I declare t o y ou th a t it is the last shall Look not again occur therefore , ; and that hope thatwh what you,has taken gentlemen, towardswiil b m be responsible for the better sentiments of the town ITALY. A. letter from Romeof the 29th ult., in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—‘, The excursion of the Pope to Castelgandolfo has been postponed. This postponement is attributed to the arrests lately made, particularly as several of the persons so ar rested are personally known to his Holiness. It is said that the number of persons arrested amounts to 200, several of them having been previously under the surveillance of the police, as suspected of to secret societies. It is said also that was no intention to get up an insurrec tionthere belonging at present, but that the exiles who had lately returned were merely preparing measures for the future. One of them, named Catanacci, already condemned to 25 years' imprisonment, was arrested almost the moment he arrived ; and in order to obtain the remission of his punishment, he de nounced his accomplices. In the palace of Poli a clandestine press was found, and on adjoining pre. mises two cases of ammunition. A superior full! ' tionary, named Ruyz, and one of the members the Civil Tribunal are amongs t the persons in ea g : tody. The sanitary condition of Rome is lament' able, an endemic fever carrying off many vioti The hospitals of San Giovanni, San Spirito, and ~'"`; Giacomo, are not lFge enough to receive all tut, patients. It has be found necessary to hire s° ra of the houses in the vicinity." SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 3d just' . The King left La Granja on the 2d for Rio Fro , to assist at a boar hunt. The railway station between Aranjuez and TO bleque was to be opened in a few days. A notorious swindler, named Tillez, who • long eluded the v i g ila nce o f the French and Be l g oll police, had been arrested in Madrid. the The Three per Cents. were done at 4-4 i) , he New Three per C en t s ., a t 23/ ; the Debt ei first class, at 104 ; and of the second class, at 53' SWITZERLAND. of Letters from Geneva announce the c onversi° 3 te 39 persons from Roman Catholicism to F r°. tantism. BELGIUM. The King of the B e l g i ans an d the royal vt ." — for e returned to Brussels on T ues d a y afternoon• ve sa n . his Majesty l e ft A n t werp, h e gave six thou t o francs to the burgomaster for the poor ° f oh city. On Wed nes d ay morn i ng, th e King, althol ege suffering from a viol en t co ld, l e ft Brussels for li tete ,i with the ro y a l f am il y, to b e presen t at tile n o there on the occas i on o f t h e marr i age of the x' of Brabant. at ef The Antwerp journals, in giving an ac cou n t o f the fetes in that city on the occasion of the, vl the royal family of Belgium, state that the Free consul was present at the receptions given " Y King. HOLLAND. 4 . A letter from th e H ague of the st h inst. 5337;110 "In the sitti ng o f t o -d ay the first Ch am bers n 4. ' the States-General receiv e d 117 addresses aga il r i 'bed bill relative t o re li g i ous wors hi p. One of "old addresses emanates from Monsigneur ZwYs en ' bid other Catholic bishops. The report on t ,n l V e will be discu sse d on W e d nesday nex t. .- 1- ',1,11 1 sembly adopted unanimously a bill for 0 1 3 e...„ 11 ' 13 1 ' e d principal ports of the Archipelago of the Di v e to general commerce. The Minister of t he av of rior has just decided that the small towns n i % ri o tain telegraphic o ffi ces prov id e d they wilL li fiorv. guar that they shall yield to the State 2,00 v a-year. ftY The King of H o ll an d has, on the occasio n ° anniversary of his birthd,;y, made his 8011 ' Prince of O range , a Lieutenant of Grenacii°"",,, Marines. WEST COAST OF AFRICA' (BY ELECTRIC TBLEGRAPB) PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY, 1 . ; ° :11 11 The African Steam Navigation CompaMeB,d las t packet F orerunner, C apta i n Barnwell, arriv 1 ,11 night. Her ou t war d d ates are—Made i ra , J, tl . l f) Goree, 7 ; B a th urs t , 9 ; S i erra Leone , 1' yeti beria, 15 ; Cape Coast, 18 ; Lagos, 2 1,; : aso nando Po, 27 ; Cameroon, 28 • Calabar, 7Cli? Bonny, Aug. 1. Homeward—Lagos, Aug. 3 a o ' ree' Coast, 7 ; Liberia, 11; Sierra Leone, 1 6 ; - pas 19 ; Teneriffe, 26 ; and Madeira, 28. Sh e cargo of palm oil, indiarubber, gold, cottony arrowroot, pepper, coffee, beans, seeds, cal n 01 1 1 pimento, fruit, plants, cochineal, wax, tortoisesof yams, farina. Among her passengers are 0 09 Surgeons Fras er , Ak ers, an d Bryen, Mr.,'loll' late Consul at Whyd a h, an d M r. F r ith, ‘-"' Secretary at Cape Coast. The African mail ship Hope left the Gambia' ben ward, on the 17th August, and the Faith was s ' 3d September, 80 miles south of Cape Fiw' o dd Her Majesty's steam sloop Volcano, Com m Robert Coote, brig Britomart, Commander, o w Hesseltine, and the United States frigate ; IS:, tution, were at Sierra Leone August 179 ' 3 , V In consequence of disputes the Waterwit,,, c l i fac Commander Gardener, was gone to fetch os teff dore Bruce in the Penelope, 16, Captain - 01 .7 i to Lagos. Hostilities had recommenced, pier Sherbroo. At G am bi a a ll was quiet. 1'1'„ I W, .: chant ship British M onarc h , a f ter puttingi,e9 with all hands sick, sailed from Sierra August 16. L a d Spoke off Cape Palmas.—A ugus t 10, the Princess R o y a l, f or B onny, and the Pelll'ocol Benin ; off M a d e i ra, A ugust 28, the St. Lai', „ oil 4 r August 30, th e R a j ast h an ; September 8, t south-west of the Eddy s t one, S ophia Wal"r.ile' days from New Orle ans , f or L ondon ; and 3 ' south of the Eddystone, the Gladiator. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DA T.) PORTSMOUTH, Sept. B.—Wind, N.E. Sailed ---sir bert Peel, for N ew Y or k . voc iot e ' FALMOUTH, Sept. B.—Wind, N. Arrived — from Labrador. f#l ro , SOILLY, Sept. s. —Wi n d, E . Arrived—ExP Mauritius, for Li ver p oo l . . fr° 0 m NEWPORT, Sept. B.—Wi n d, N.E. Arrived— , /- f o <0 o or Havre, for Charleston ; Ocean Que en , L on don, for 11 t, Orleans ; Alexandrina, and Abayll mo , London, Teoe, York ; Eliz a b e th, Li verpool, for Hong Kong ; „, t e Quebec • Beaufort, London, for Jamaica ; • and Abby Blanchard, London, for St. TherOdos, Morrison, Cardiff, for Quebec • M. de Embil, jon New York. Sailed—Concordia, for Quebec. b rio WATERFORD, Sept. 7.—Wind, N. to * - 00 0 —Erin, from Quebec. CHRISTIANSAND, Aug. 31.—Th e Ki rs ti ne , fro° B #l 4ll to Leith, has put in here leaky, and with COB' 10 0 having been on the outer rocks. CRONSTADT, Sept. I.—The Durango, from Sfon arrived, leaky, and with considerable damage' ~e/P tact with a steamer off Siskar. BRISTOL, Sept. B.—Wind, N.E. ArrirolA from Havana. Sailed—Victory, for Africa ; fat bine, for Dalhousie. SWANSEA, Sept. B.—Wi n d, E. Sailed—A—it ioult** or Mauritius. gp, f ST. GEORGE'S CHANNEL.—AlTived—RoNan gapore, for Liverpool. P O/11 ' HULL, Sept. B.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived— . St' Quebec. fra° ut DEAL, Sept. 9.—Wi n d, N . Arrived—D3''-prisnl' f John's. Arrived from the liver and sailed -- o 0 Portland Bay. tf ( s) ' PLYMOUTH, Sept. B.—Arrived—Forernmil r t. Coast of Africa, with 1,600 oz. of gold on fre i l l i v . 0 4 0 1 CLYDE, Sept. 7.—Sailed--Neel, for Port STOCKTON, Sept. B.—Wind, N.E. Arrived 1 ;40 from Queb ec . •E LONDON, Sept. 9.—Wind this day at N o ' airs and cloudy. Barometer falling. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 45 A ir 01 1 LIVERPOOL, FRlD , T st ati" Wind S., moderate, and fine. Arrived St. Peteraburgh. Ss l4. - 1 : 0 '• QUEENSTOWN'„, 30 1 17,0 it Wind S., moderate. Arrived—Hom poli ; Alma, from Galatz Hadscott, or- 1391 "Dol i " . from Alexandria. Sailed—Maria Henrietta , Ar' BY EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN TELEG 1 3 li o A. - st. DEAL, FRIDAY , 9' froalAoo, Wind N., light, and hazy. Anchored — D' f o r V n ir John's, f or L on d on ; ColoMbo, from Ibrail , fl ) Passed—Priam, from London f or Portland 1301;400.0. from Sunderland, for G enoa. P ass ed off) ) ,, un Tirel i „ o o) Grande Cond e ', from Alexandria, for Dun i ' r A'rlo l, 'l3o l ' Van Wieler, f rom L eg h orn, for' Antwerp' for the ,ft Bridport, for Sk e i n ; Al exan d er, f rom Cadiz' r ic PP tic ; Venus, from Bordeaux, for Hudicksviall ; 0 0 rae rs from Stockholm, for Naples. . e a o Barque Pomona, from Rotterdam, r eeer f rata . Dungeness yesterday, and proceeded to Amste r .„,601 , , REIMER'S MUSEUM.—We beg to call the okr",,ieest'; the public to R e i mer ' s Anatomical Museum je,l t ied ;i square. The intention of exhibitions of th„' s e uet,',, perhaps, very imperfectly understood, on ,„j o cl elf their scarcity ; but in proportion as the public "l ic hes l' i , comes more enlightened upon the different Ibrah valtio'b,i, natural sciences (which is the case daily) suc probe exhibitions will be more fully understood. P P oe, til ing through the spacious rooms of Saville-h°resenPoi mind is attracted by some nature like m odel "1 3 f ort e tions, the delicate dissection of some importox " o f til o many preserved specimens, the human bod, and hundreds of illustration%oll °',, anatomy of the human body are to be seen, es ro dere: still more comprehensible bthe lucid 'c c ; 2 1 oP e ; y very Mr. Bruce Shaw. The numerous cases of eurP c i too l 'J rations are also instructive, whilst the selection o ...t l ig of the diseases to which "flesh is heir " tend to PO ma y on our most of which are, toe IV guard against the evils into which we the co by abusing or neglecting the laws which govern _.,., .• poreal and mental systems. The election of a Scottish „y fill ELECTION OF A SCOTTISH REERESENTATI,- ,' f representative vacancy occasioned by the death of the late . " - ' e 3 ,o9' Seafield, took place on Wecin a ' at at Holyrood Palace t ., , A t with the customary formalities. Sixteen P; e n d th' t • pe er, to, r j o present, and, on the roll being called, it was ici ni g ber °°„-; Viscount Stro,thallan had been elected, the n v— ao:uee-a ing for him being fifteen. There is at present ~ vacancy in the Scottiish representative peerogei ae 'id is a' by the death of Lord Salto p un. The Earl of See" candidate. 0 0 ' , ive en COSTA RlCA.—Accounts from Costa Rica a irs ,O i...• favourable prospect of the future course of aff ,et ool Republic, which has hitherto been the onlY ° I ni iso e li _ the Central American States that seemed topre: _ ci v e: steady progress. Until recently, ernigrationo,•Tle e%i, invited on the ground of the liberal n ature_ t__ . l . ; ti eg° o t ° i t r h el i y s 0 , -- li o o v o e , " ing institutions, but by a treaty with the r°F so the ' F l° ;0 tiated in October last, and just confirmed, n „, it t i der Catholic religion is established in connexi: " , Gevernment, and all education is placed . e . the control of the clergy. Connected wltil _ by Wb , it , ment a belief prevail that General Santa A-nr o d u oed,_„ a similar policy is apparently about to be l ui lt on il t . il°_: Mexico, has proposed the formation Central co w ilo erel l '" between Mexico and the several Republics. of all