The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-27 00:00:00

FIRE at the GUTTA PERCHA WORKS. — The GUTTA PERCHA COMPANY beg to inform their cus tomers and the public that they have RESUMED the Manufacture of Tubing, Sheet, Soles, Round and Flat Bands, Chamber Vessels, Galvanic Batteries, Electric Telegraph Wire, &c. &c. Numerous fancy articles are also in progress. Orders to be addressed, as pre viously, to the Gutta Percha Company, Patentees, 18, City-road, London. Wharf-road, ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH WIRE. The GIITTA. PERCHA COMPANY have much pleasure in In forming those interested in Submarine and Subterranean communi cations, that they have RESUMED the Manufacture of perfectly Insulated Telegraph Wire. Tubing, Driving-bands, Sheet, Soles, Chamber Vessels, Galvanic Batteries, &c., &C., may now be had. Orders to be a ddressed as previously, to the Gutta Pemba COMpany, Patentees, 18, Wharf-road, City-road, London. SoYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. LAST NIGHT BUT FIVE OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING, AnausT 27, win be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID ; or, Dorothy's Fortune. p r i n cipal characters by Messrs. Wright, W. Lacy, Harley, J. Vin ing, and Everett ; Miss Murray, and Mrs. W. Lacy. To conclude with THE HONEYMOON. Messrs. W. Lacy, Har ley, Meadows, 3. Vining, and Everett ; Misses Murray, Destf °rough, find C. Leclercq. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster •—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 27, Will be performed GENE VIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Parsee, Cullenford, Woolgar, Leigh Murray, Hastings, A. Wigan, Paul Bedford, Keeley, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar and Nrs. Keeley. After which, will be presented SARDANAPALUS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To conclude with WHAT! NO CAB ? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 27, Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren, T. Mead, William Farren, H. Marston, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Mesdames Anderton, H. Gordon, E. Turner, and Bartlett. With SHYLOCK, or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRE SERVED." Shylock. Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEYS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. The Best Ventilated Theatre in London.—Excitement exraordinary. —The increasing demands at the Box-office to witness the memo rable spectacle or the Battle of Waterloo, renders it imperative on the management to announce its continuance till S.&TURDAY, September 3, when it must positively be withdrawn, to make room for the new classical novelty which will be produced with un paralleled splendour.—Mr. W. COOKE will, by general desire, appear every evening on his magnificent charger "Raven."—N.B. Miss EMILY COOKE will positively appear on Saturday, Septem ber 3. THIS EVENING, AuGurr 27, Will, as during the week, be presented (61st night) the success ful National Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, with military effects, reviews, terrif ic encounters, &&c.To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's original Scenes in the CIR CLE , introducing Mr. Alfred Cooke ( the Premier Rider) as the Spirit ol the Oracle, or the Warrior of the Sun. Concluding with (93d time) THE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tai' DAY —Morning 2 min. after 7 1 Evening 28 min.aft. 7 Toalowww — Mcirlaing 56 rain. after 7 1 Evening 34 min. aft. 8 THE WEATHER.—Sox OPTICS, AUGUST 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 68—highest since noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and during the night. 66—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 2948—rising. The mercury fell yesterday three-quarters of an inch in 24 hours. The storm from the South-West was excessive, and sometimes very violent gusts did great damage. WIND, W.SW. to W.NW.—Fresh breeze, with plenty of scud. ~~~ ! fgt,•/,1 ' 4 .k , - sun, ~1~ LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1853. An excellent Report has been drawn up by the Select Committee of the House of Commons ap pointed, some time back, to inquire into the present state of railway and steamboat communi cation between London and Dublin via Holyhead, with a view if possible to the suggestion of certain desirable improvements. It has long been felt that in this direction there has existed admirable scope for changes of a comprehensive character, affecting both the speed of the mails and the convenience of passengers. Conjectures were rife, a considerable time before the appointment of the before -mentioned Select Committee, that along the important line connecting the capitals of Eng land and Ireland the arrangements have latterly, instead of advancing in excellence, actually and de plorably retrograded. Those suppositions have been confirmed, as unhappily but too justifiable, by the Report here specified. That document goes even so far as to assert that "during a period when immense advances have been made in the science of steam navigation, and while all other important lines of communication, such as the Cunard to New York, and the Peninsular and Oriental Company's lines to the East, have greatly improved, that with Ireland alone has deteriorated." Remember ! it is the declaration deliberately made by a Select Com mittee of the House of Commons, that the line of communication between the metropolis of Ireland and the metropolis of England has not merely failed to keep pace with the advance in the science of steam navigation, but that it has even positively deteriorated ! And this assertion is embodied in the report just printed, after the closest examina tion into the evidence brought under consideration of the members appointed to inquire into the matter by order of the Lower Branch of the Legislature. After this it must be sufficiently obvious that the movement thereby adventured upon, is one by no means premature or uncalled for by circumstances. The extraordinary importance of facilitating by every means within our power the intercommuni cation between the chief cities of the sister islands across the waters of St. George's Channel, would of itself have justified an inquiry into the possibility of carrying out some substantial measure of im provement. This--supposing even that no evils in the existing scheme were in any way appa rent. Consequently, the labours of the Committee must be regarded as peculiarly welcome at this moment, when it is borne in mind that there have, for a long while past, existed manifest reasons for securing to the public at large the advantages of greater speed and ampler accommodation. Every body who has ever travelled between Loudon and Dublin via Holyhead, is perfectly conscious that much remains up to this moment to be attempted in the way of securing increased rapidity to the p os teinterchange, as we ll as i n command i ng something like reasonable comfort to those who are compelled. to traverse even th e narrowest por tions of George's Channel. What says the Committee in referenceh to the last-mentioned con sideration? mail y' (l it says that " the inadequacy of both the a peexpress boats for the present both of traffic is Perpetual source of complaint." It adds, that " ladies n, being obliged t o li e on the described as f requently floor in such num b ers as to render it imp oss ib le to move about th e over crowded cabins"--thi s , moreovee distressing concomitant s of sea-siekr' with all th e selers in thi s C o for the suggestion of some beneficial c e l: i I if only particular, the appointment o f th e tee of Inquiry, could not be otherwise °llama s, than re garded with peculiar satisfaction. Beyond all other reasons, however, nowada y that of the present extravagant and needless lom of time calls the most loudly upon the Imp er i al Legislature for improvement. According t o existing arrangements the interval consumed in passing to or fro between London and Dublin, via Holyhead, is estimated at from 14 to 15 hours on the average. Now this interval might be forthwith reduced to merely eleven hovers—as we find here distinctly asserted in the Report of the Select Committee. Eleven hours instead of fourteen or fifteen ! A saving of from three to four hours—a matter, surely, of no trifling cor d . sideration. It must be recollected, for exanrple, in illustration of the value of this economy in time, how many reasons there are for rendering desirable the utmost practicable facility in the moving to and fro along that grand trunk line of intercommunication. Consequent . upon the Union, there istherepeatedly recurring niJcessity for the at tendance of the Irish Peers and Members of Parlia ment in the Legislative Palace at Westminster. There is the perpetual pressure. of business connect us, • " involvin ed with private bells, as th e R eport reminds g the attendancees ' men in London, and witnesses of professional inconvenience." Th en there at great cost a n d stances resulting fro m th e fact f e t e e cir cum - Lor d s h av i ng o bt a i ne d over the Rouse o f Irish Court s of Law, the privilege, the responsibility, or has - You THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1853. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK - - - - - --- The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed tame, but steady. Railway Shares were very flat, at lower prices. Nothing seems to arrest the downward course of the stock of bullion in the Bank of England. It may be, however, that the last arrivals by the Harbinger steamer had not been brought into the account for the week ending the 20th inst., but it is generally supposed that the whole sum will be gradually, if not speedily, absorbed for exportation. At present there is much less inducement to ship specie to France, because of the very long period required to get it coined at the Paris Mint, and the loss of interest in the interval, but it seems that gold if no longer sent as a speculation, goes as the only means of liquidating trade and share balances, such is the scarcity of bills. This will probably cure itself, as it will become profitable for the great houses here, to make arrangements to draw upon their correspondents abroad. The demand for dis counts is shown by the return, not to have abated, but the circulation was rather smaller, owing to an increase in the amount to the credit to the Govern ment. Compared with the former week, the ba lance sheet presents the following changes : Active circulation £23, 002, 810 Decrease 97,205 Bullion ........................ 17,171,793 Decrease 137,781 Increase ................................... 3,351,848 Public Deposits 7,622 4,063,046 Increase Other Deposit s Decreas e 566,437 Seven-day and oth er Bil ls 1,482,038 Increase Government Securities no alteration Other Securities, Increase , 265,229 Notes unemployed 7,644,880 Increase , 218,345 There was yesterday afternoon some irregularity in the rates at which bills of exchange upon the continental cities vere negotiated here. The ba lance of trade seems decidedly against us just now, and hence but few of our merchants have bills to dispose of ; and those who have payments to make in France, Germany, or Holland, get less for the pound sterling. Paper at 90 days was taken at 25 17i to 20 on Paris, and Antwerp at 11 14 to 171 on Amsterdam, at 13 5f to 6i on Hamburgb, at 1191 to 1196 on Frankfort, and. at 10 54 to 56 on Trieste. Rest The New York accounts state that the Stock Market was still declining. Money was tight. The banks in Philadelphia were short of specie, and much excitement prevailed in comequence. The amount of ditties paid on foreign merchandise at the port of Boston during the quarter ending the 30th June, showed an increase oi $362,148 over the corresp on di ng qu arter of last var. The export s o f go ld from Loncfm direct d ur i ng the week to Th urs d a y last, were 0,902 ou nces an d 8,0001., and of silver 19,600 oz., dl but the 80001. going to the Continent. The English Stock Market has Teen lower again, and the rough weather has, in cotjunction with the diminished amount of bullion in the Bank of Eng land, an injurious effect upon prim. Consols have been 97.4 to 98k, and the New 3iper Ce n t s . 101 to *. Bank Stock has receded to 24 Exchequer Bills are ls, discount to Is. prem.,and India Bonds 15s. to 18s. prem. The Foreign Market is still extemely inactive, not half-a-dozen bargains being oficially recorded. Buenos Ayres Bonds are steady at 65 ; Grenada Deferred flat, at 9i to 10 ; and Nexiean at 261 Portuguese 4 per ents. are quoted 45, and Spa nish Deferred 231, both being heaiy. Gold Mines are dull and rather veaker. English and Australian Copper Smelting Campany's shares are firm. Not much is doing in Joint Stak Bank shams, Union of Australia are a shade higher. Land Companies' are neglected. Railway Shares opened heavil), but have as• sumed a firmer tone since. Norfok have risen per cent., and Hereford, Worcestc, and Wolver hampton are 4 better. French shares are ne glected. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, (Prom the OSicial List.) : Business done. Bank Stock . 221 $ 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities. ...... 9B 3 per Cent. Con so l s A nnu iti es . New 31 per Cent. Annuities lOll 1 India Bonds, £l000 Ditto, under £lOOO l5 Consols for Account Bth September 9BA 7I 8 i Exchequer Bills, ld. ~.; £IOOO . 11500 ldlp Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 65 Grenada Bonds, Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 231 TWO O'CLOCK. 98 i 98 Consols Ditto September A ceotnt THE NEW ACT TO ABA= THE SMOKE NUISANCE.— Yesterday the Act to abate the smoke nuisance in the metropolis was issued. There are eight sections in the act, and their substance is, that from and after the Ist of August, 1854, furnaces in the metropolis are to con sume their own smoke under penalties to be imposed. The act extends to any mill, factory, printing-house, dyehouse, iron-foundry, glasshouse, distillery, brew house, sugar-refinery, bakehouse, gasworks, water works, or other buildings used for the purpose of trade or manufacture within the metropolis. From the same day steam-vessels on the Thames above London-bridge are to consume their own smoke under penalties to be recovered in a summary manner before magistrates. The words " consume or burn the smoke," are not to be held in all cases to mean " consume or burn all the smoke," and the justice before whom any person shall be summoned may remit the penalties if they are of opinion that such person has so constructed or altered his fur nace as to consume or burn as far as possible all the smoke arising from the same, and has carefully attended to it and consumed or burnt as far as possible the smoke arising from such fur nace. Constables may be em powered to enter and inspect furnaces and steam-engines. No information is to be laid under this act to recover any penalty, except by the authority of the Secretary of State, or the commissioners of police of the metropolis or of the city of London. THE NEW BURIAL ACT.—Yesterday the act concern ing the burials of the dead beyond the metropolis was published. Oa the representation of the Secretary of State her Majesty in Council may restrain the opening of new burial grounds, and order the discontinuance of burials in specified places. The act is not to extend to cemeteries or new burial grounds made. Certain provi sions in the Metropolitan Burial Act are extended to this act. Any burial board building a chapel for burials according to the rites of the Church of England, is also to build a chapel for persons not being members of the Church of England. INFLUX OF GOLD TO PARIS. Notwithstanding the prospects of the harvest, and the transactions which have taken place in consequence, the influx of gold to Paris continues to increase, and the Mint have further extended their period for coinage to 67 days. The amount of gold now in the hands of that establishment is estimated at about 2,700,000/. THE RIVER TCHADDA.---An expedition up the river Tchadda, the eastern branch of the Niger, is understood to have been decided upon by the Government. Dr. Barth, attached to the expedition from Tripoli to Bor nou, having crossed a stream flowing from the south east, and reported it ten feet deep and three-quartens of a mile broad, 250 miles east of the point upon the Tchadda reached by Laird and Oldfield's expedition of 1832, it is hoped that by this channel a water communi cation may be opened with the countries south of Lake Tchad. The scientific persons, to be appointed will not, it is said, exceed three in number, a suitable steam-vessel being provided for their conveyance by Mr. Macgregor Laird, under a contract with the Admiralty for finding steamers to explore the African rivers, dated January, 1852, and the expedition is intended to enter the river in June next so as to insure three months of rising water for the ascent and return to the sea. The entire arrange ment differs from the former ascents of the Niger—the steamer being a private trading vessel, at the sole risk and expense of the contractor, a fixed sum being paid him for the conveyance of the Government officers as passengers, who will thus be able to pursue their inves tigations without exciting the jealousy and distrust of the native chiefs. Mr. BRANSBY COOPER.—From the post mop tem exa mination of the body of this gentleman it appears that the immediate cause o f d ea th was a malignant diseases f the throat, involving a large branch of the carotid ar tery, which, becoming u lcerated, gave way, and pro duced instant aneous 'death by filling the lungs with blood. The fune ra l t oo k place as early as lf-past eight o'clock yesterday morning, when the remains of the lamented deceased were conveyed, in pursuance of his wishes, in a most unostentatious manner, from his residence in Spring-gardens to the church of St. Martin in-the-Fields, Lord Palmerston having kindly permitted the family vault to be opened in obedience to the wishes of the deceased as expressed in his will, this church being one of those in which interments are no longer allowee; The coffin was preceded by the medical and surgical staff of Guy's Hospital (of which institution Mr. Cooper was the senior surgeon) ; following it came the immedi ate relatives and friends of the deceased, including all the students of the hospital now in town. HAIR OF CHARLES I. —Among some relics sold yes terday by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, was " Hair from the head and beard of Charles 1., cut by Sir Hem y Raiford." The remarks appended state that the hair was thick at the back of the head, in appearance nearly black ; a portion since cleaned is of a beautiful dark brown colour, that of the beard WU a redder brown— bro-ught 51. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO IRELAND. PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY MORNING Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane hoisted his flag on board her Majesty's steam yacht Elfin this morning, and left for Cowes to superintend her Majesty's embarkation for Ireland. The Royal standard was struck on Osborne Tower at a quarter to 9, and hoisted on board the Elfin, in Cowes harbour, at 9, when she left with the Court for Southampton. Sir Thomas Cochrane returned in the Sprightly after seeing her Majesty depart from Cowes. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Arthur, attended by the Duchess of Wellington, Lady in Waiting ; the Hon. Miss Bulteel, Maid of Honour; the Countess of Gainsborough ; Colonels Phipps, Gray, and Gor don, together with the usual retinue, have just disembarked in the Southampton Docks from the Royal steam yacht, and proceeded by special train to Holyhead via Basi ngs t o k e . _ _ On landing the Royal pai4 was received by the directors of the Railway and Dock Companies, the Admiralty Superintendent of Packets, and Other officials of the port. An immense crowd of people had assembled in the docks to witness her Majesty's arrival and transit to the railway, and testified their loyalty by repeated cheering. The gale of last night has modified, and the wea ther is now very fine. The Royal train left Southampton precisely a 10.25 a.m. BOW STREET.-(THIS DAY). AN OLD AND CONVICTED THlEF.—Benjamin Stanton, aged 17, was charged before Mr. Jardine with stealing a gold watch, a gold chain, a sovereign, a portmanteau, and other property of considerable value, belonging to a gentleman lodging at a coffee-house near this Court. It appeared, from the evidence, that the prisoner had been servant in the coffee-house in question, and that in November last he stole the articles and absconded. Nothing further was heard of him until a short time back, when the prosecutor saw in The Sun, and other newspapers, that he had been convicted of picking pockets, and sent to the City Bridewell. Having in the meantime ascertained when his term of imprison ment expired, the prosecutor, in company with a de tective officer, went to the prison this morning and apprehended him as he was leaving. The prisoner, who did not deny the robbery, was remanded. None of the property has been traced. may call it) the attribute of appellate jurisdic tion. There is, in fine, the transfer from Dublin to London of the Customs, and that of the Excise, and that of other pub lic offices, all contributing as the Report ob serves, to demonstrate " the importance of an expeditious and convenient mode of commu nication between the two countries, and afford str( as claims for the favourable consideration of Parliament." It is consequently proposed by the Committee that a morning express mail train shall henceforth leave London and Dublin respectively, traversing the intermediate distance in eleven hours at the utmost—eleven hours instead of fourteen or fifteen. And this diminution of the time commenced in the transit by two or three of the most simple arrangements—by procuring better steam-packets—by properly fitting the relative arrival and departure of boats and trains —by less frequent stoppages on the railway, and increased velocity in the general run of the com munication, both on land and across the Channel. According to the Report, extraordinary prospects are now being held out to the Government of this increased velocity between Kingstown and Holy head—offers having been made of vessels engag ing to steam at the rate of actually 25 miles an hour. Whether this offer be genuine or not, it is tolerably certain that the facilitation of the passage admits of many remarkable improvements. While in reference to the increased speed between London and Holyhead, that we all know well enough, by every-day experience, to be readily practicable, as we have already intimated, by the s i m pl e device of diminishing the number of stop pages. Everything considered, therefore--the manifest necessity of the proposed improvements, th e ir enforcement by the Report of the Select Committee, the obvious value of their application, the force of competition and the capacity of modern enterprise —we cannot but rejoice in the conviction that before a very long time has elapsed we shall witness the conveyance of letters and passengers between London and Dublin, via Holyhead, in eleven hours, by a wholesome series of exceedingly simple and eminently rational im provements. All " misogynists"—all who cultivate the an cient and manly amusements of insulting and as saulting - Unprotected females, must for the future exercise a careful discrimination in selecting the localities in which they intend to indulge their laudable propensities. In some districts the sport is expensive and even perilous. There are, un fortunately, magistrates who, like that spiritless " mum.," are incapable of appreciating the rare enjoyment afforded by the exercise --who, not contented with mulcting the playful assailant of his wife or mistress, or any feminine strangers, in the highest pecuniary penalty sanctioned by law, actually send him to durance vile for several months—there to learn from the strongest lessons of the " circumgyratory reformer of manners," that what is sport to him is by no means so agree able to his victim, who, with blackened eyes or toothless mouth, may have suffered permanent in jury from the venial escapade. It is, however, satisfactory to find that there are districts in which the practices of the " good old times" are still recognised, and where FITZROY and his tame enactments are steadily repudiated—where the luxury can be enjoyed on the most economical terms, and any man can wallop his own or his neighbour's spouse, without any risk of having the flowing honours of his head curtailed by the " county crop," or being compelled to ascend " thirty-eight times the height of the Monument daily," or being fed on a pint of gruel for breakfast and supper, and three ounces of boiled meat without bone for dinner—a light and wholesome, though rather tasteless, diet, calculated to qualify - him for the active exertions required by the too rapid revolu tions of the detestable wheel. Yes, the City is the place, that paradise of unsavoury odours and foul smells, where the horrors of defective ventila tion are thrown into the shade by the still more defective drainage. There, worthy misogynists, if in possession of 20s. sterling, may you revel to your heart's content. There, may you, for less than you would be compelled to pay for a turtle banquet at the London Tavern, if accompanied by the usual trimmings of iced punch and cham pagne, enjoy yourself to your heart's content by wantonly outraging the feelings of a respectable married female, and then inflic'zing sundry blows on herself and her husband. There may you sturdily refuse any apology for the occurrence, convinced that 20s. will cover the entire,damage, and leave you at liberty to " follow your own vagary," whenever the imp al - e may become too strong to be resisted. If any sceptic should doubt the immunity af forded in these classic scenes almost " under the shadow of the grasshopper," let him peruse the report of the doings at the Mansion -house on Wednesday, when a person, who said that he was a wine -merchant, having a place of business in Mincing-lane, was charged with a gross and unprovoked assault on a respectable married female and her husband. The aggrieved lady had, it appeared, left her husband's protection for a moment to purchase some cakes for her baby, at a confectioner's shop in Fenchurch-street. She possibly thought that in such a locality, at the most busy hour of the day—between four and five o'clock in the afternoon—and with her protector close at hand, she would have been safe from insult. But she was speedily convinced of her mistake, and taught a salutary lesson as to the folly of such an opinion. While returning to her husband she suddenly found herself " grasped very improperly and indecently" by the defen dant, who said, " How do you do, my dear ?" at the same time laughing in her face, when she turned round in astonishment. The husband, who was a witness to the transaction, immediately said, " How dare you insult my wife in the public streets ? Do you think that she is a com mon prostitute ?" To which the sportive and amiable youth replied, " She may be, for what I know." Thus early evincing a determination to give no satisfaction for what he himself alleged to be an accident, although the complainant believed it to be a wilful and deliberate insult. The un reasonable husband did not appear to appreciate tb.e wit and playfulness of the stranger—he laid fi nis hand on his shoulderto detain him until a policema,n could be found. This was naturally resented. The defendant struck off his arm, calling him cc a liar, and a fool," and aiming at him two, blows, both of which struck the already-injur.ed woman. When taken to the station-house• h e was asked—not for pecuniary compensati , ,,, f or the outrage, but—for " a suitable a- " This, according to hi s own statement, l ite refuse pogy d 01. to give, because, forsooth, " the a ssa'dlt was acci dental." Accidental, indeed, as if A person would say, " How do you do, my dea - r," by accident ; or declare unintentionally that a, female might be a common prostitute " for • what he knew ;" or call her husband a indeed, it had been an liar, and a fool." If, tahlaedslliyghht__ste spark ;of accident, any person with Was too izehap_oL.lo,g, gentlemanly feeling would apologised. But no, the defendant ently k now th :). l • a man of spirit." Ile appar amendemistakence'mo parative impunity. And he was he might withhold that trifling 20 s. (without cos'tZ cessar.y to say that twheouifin_e was not ansuediposseihtsize;d.he It was un fin n e e. d immediately paid. A wine merchant thinks proper ; raising such a sum, should take li c e t have a. no difficulty in and frequentethtleie sportive propensities when and all others of similar dispose —enev:r again iti indulge his the hint to avoid Whitechapel, ,where even the re.inexor able HAMMILL presides, thoroughfares of the City, where the Lord Ma will visit their little ebullitions with i n th ilen r t leniency, and a sovereign will cover fusal to make any apology for insult, however unjustifiable or indefensible it may be. The Norwich dinner to Messrs. PETO and WARNER (of which we give a report on another Ipage) commemorates a triumph which ought to he instructive to those who promise us a New Re form Bill. It foreshadows what may be looked for with certainty as the prominent feature of the next election, especially should one be demanded before the Bill becomes law. In Norwich--Old corrupt Norwich—where the longest purse has, from time immemorial, been sure of victory, the Whigs, to maintain a decent existence, have been compelled to unite, not as formerly with the Tories, but with the Radicals, and they have united on "purity principles ;" indeed, as Mr. PETO stated, and as we knew before from the best sources, at the last election "nothing whatever was done for which any honest man need blush." It thus appears that even in constituencies once thought hopelessly corrupt Liberals of all classes may unite vigorously. Extreme Radicals may abate somewhat of their demands, extreme Whigs may drop somewhat of their hauteur, or carry it clean away to the Tory camp; and, as in the pre sent case, both parties may coalesce cordially in the election of one staunch Liberal (though rather partial to Lord JOHN RUSSELL) and another not many removes from a Radical, although connected with the aristocratic classes. It reflects no small credit on Norwich to have returned two such representatives as received on Thursday night, in its fine old Hall, the hospitality of the city. Mr. PETO is every way worthy to represent a commercial and business city. He is never ashamed to con fess that he began life in the practise of the manual labours of his profession, and all Eng land, and nearly all Europe too, is aware that he has risen not only to princely wealth, but that he enjoys also the confidence of almost the civilised world in his own department. Aga course has been marked equally by political independence and generosity to the classes whom he so largely employs. Probably there is hardly a railway contractor in the world who is more respected by his subordinates and workmen ; and certainly none who has so conscientiously and liberally provided for the religious instruction, as well as the comfort, of his men. Mr. PETO'S efforts and example in promoting the welfare of his " navvies" has been as beneficial in its way , as the labours of Mrs. CHISHOLM amongst our emigrants and emancipated convicts. Mr. WARNER is a younger man, and it must be regarded as a remarkable triumph that he should, on the first trial, beat the Marquis of Douno, who had been 15 years Member for the City, by a majority of 500, only 50 less than that of Mr. PETO. He is a young member of con siderable promise, and when practice shall have added, as it will do, fluency to his speaking, he will be by no means an inefficient debater. He leaves on the mind of every hearer the deep im pression of his sincerity ; absolutely free from affectation and mannerism, and destitute of any of those external qualities which frequently secure popularity, he has by his straightforwardness and good sense chiefly, completely gained the confi dence of the masses in Norwich. Amongst the signs of the times we may almost regard it, that the Chairman, Lord BURY (the son of the Earl of ALBEMARLE), declared himself con vinced of the necessity of the Ballot. He would much prefer, as every one else would, the present practice of open voting, if it were possible with it to prevent intimidation, but, being convinced by all lie read and knew that it was not possible, he gave his cordial adhesion to secret voting. The declaration was received with the utmost enthu siasm. It would be so at any meeting of Liberals ; and if it be intended that the promised bill should be so popular as to enlist the enthusiastic support of the country, there is no question that offering the Ballot would make its authors omnipotent at the hustings, should it bring about a dissolution. We trust the tenants-at-will of East and West Nor folk will not overlook such an avowal as this from a Peer's son. Lord BURY is evidently a young politician of no humble parts. He fulfilled his duties exceedingly well last night, and nothing would please us better than to see him speedily introduced into the House of Commons. Con nected as he is by family ties with the county, inheriting the urbanity of his ancestors, a young man of promising abilities, and willing to give the farmers the political liberty which so few of the aristocracy as yet are prepared to accord them, we know of no one to whom the Liberal electors of Norfolk could look with greater propriety. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, AUG. 26. This morning, being the birthday of Prince Albert, the band of the 23rd Royal Welch Fusileers performed a selection of music on the Terrace. The Queen and Prince drove round the grounds yes terday afternoon. The Royal children also took their iisnAl exorcise. Messrs Nicoll, of Regent-street, had the honour of submitting for her Majesty's and his Royal Highness's inspection yesterday the newly-invented sewing machine, and a coat sewn by this process. Viscount Hardinge returned to London this morning. The Duchess of Wellington has succeeded the Coun tess of Gainsborough as Lady in Waiting, and . the Hon. Mary Bulteel the Hon. Beatrice Byng as Maid of Honour. Earl Granville returned to town, yesterday, from Yorkshire. Dispa;;ches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governor-General of Canada. PRINCE ALBERT'S BIRTHDAY.—The Honourable Ar tillery Company assembled yesterday at their head quarters in the City-road, to commemmorate the birth day of their Colonel, his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The unfavourable state of the weather prevented a grand display on the grounds of the company, which was in tended to have been given, In the evening the honour able corps again assembled. and dined together in their grand hall. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO IRELAND. Her Majesty is elcpected to reach the station at Holy head at seven o'clock this evening, and will immediately proceed on to the royal steam yacht Victoria and Albert. The inhabitants, of Holyhead have made ample prepara tions to receive the Queen in a manner which will not fail to convince her of the proverbial loyalty of her sub jects in the principality. Several triumphal arches, up wards of 1 .,000 flags, bonfires, fireworks, &c., will form a part of the demonst ra ti on . Th e fireworks will be condurAed ' o y Mr. J. F. Johnston, of Glasgow, who has been especially engaged for that purpose. Immediately on her - arrival she will be met by the committee, and her Ma t le'ity has graciously signified her intention of receiv ing the address of the loyal inhabitants through the prin cipal Secretary of State, by whom she will be accom panied, and it is stated that she has also given her sanc tion to change the name of the harbour, which is in future to be known as the Royal Victoria Harbour. The children of the schools will be in attendance under their different officers, and will sing the National Anilem. Two hundred and fifty special constables and al:/out 400 members of the friendly societies are already enrolled to preserve order. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO DUBLIN. —Up to Friday morning, the authorities had not received any intima tion of the day or hour of her Majesty's arrival. If the weather should prove inviting on Sunday, it is said that the Royal squadron will leave Holyhead, after Divine service on Sunday morning or Sunday evening ; but if the weather should be unfavourable during the Sunday, the ships will not leave till Monday morning. Under any circumstances, however, the squadron will reach Kingston by ten o'clock on Monday morning. In the meantime, preparations for duly honouring her Ma jesty continue on a most extensive scale. The public buildings, club-houses, and many of the large commer cial establishments—including the houses of her Ma jesty's Irish tradesmen—have completed their illumina tion arrangements. Notice has been given that none but the holders of season tickets will be admitted to the Great Exhibition on Tuesday, the day when her Majesty will visit the Exhibition in public. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mrs. Gladstone, who have gone on a visiting tour in the Highlands, are not expected to return to the south until the close of the ensuing month. The Earl and Countess Granville arc en route to the Irish capital, to meet her Majesty, but it is doubtful, if the present boisterous weather continues, whether the Royal squadron will sail for Kingstown on the day fixed upon, Monday next. The Duke of Newcastle, who is staying at Clumber, is still named as the Secretary of State to accompany the Queen to Ireland. Sir James Graham, after completing his official tour of inspection of our arsenals, leaves town for Netherby Hall, Cumberland. Lady Graham and family are still sojourning at Gothic villa, West Cowes. The noble Premier, Lord Aberdeen, i intends to p ass th e autumn at Haddo-house, Aberdeen- I shire,, surrounded by a f am ily c i rc l e . general AT ST. G EORGE ' S H OSPITAL. —A t a spec i al al meeting of the governors and subscribers to this institution heldais yesterday, the following resolutions were, department, fo at their own ho after some Hospital, sufrbojmeettlaoe crussion, carried :—" 1. That a maternity homes, be established at the St. George's the delivery of married lying-in women board may such arrangements as the weekly powered t : time direct. 2. That the weekly in the hospital school obstetric board be em point a lecturer on midwifery and that he have the treatment physician to the hospital, ancl:art of patients in such man -2 subject to the tier as the physicians time grange With him . .urgeons may from time to . weekly board," approval of the PRINCE OF WALES YACHT CLUB. The following yachts of this very popular and rapidly progressing club have been entered for the concluding race of the season on Monday next :• Yachts. Tons. Owners. Gnat Blue-eyed Maid Julia Meander Valentine 8 Irresistible Britannia Idas Idea The race is from Blackwall to Gravesend and back. The first prize is a handsome silver cup presented by Mr. Turner the treasurer ; the seco n d a s il ver teles cope, the gift of Mr. Messer ; and the third a silver snuff-box, presented by the commodore, Mr. Berncastle. The crews are to consist of amateurs only. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (Front the Mining Journal of this clay.) We have to report this week a fair average amount of business in dividend stocks. In a few progressive mines, some of which are considered to have good prospects, and only require a little more time and money to develope their resources, shares have been forced on the market. and sold for less than half their market value a few months since—the fact appearing to be that the owners had determined to sell at any sacrifice, rather than sub mit to further " calls." Too many people who enter upon mining speculations look for great and profitable results immediately they purchase ; and if they are dis appointed, rather than wait, they get rid of their shares at a loss, and leave it to those who have more patience to reap the advantages when they do occur. This has been, in some measure, exemplified this week in Wheal tiny, Pen-y-Gelli, and other shares. The great advance in labour and in the price of materials, to which we called attention some time since, has not only reduced the profits of dividend mines, but greatly increased the costs, and, consequently, the calls on speculative mines; and it would appear advisable just now to stop all ope rations in the latter which do not pay, or are not abso lutely necessary. In the Metal Market, as we have continued to augur for many weeks past, a general and further advance must inevitably take place, and that quickly. The numerous opportunities given us of knowing what the actual stock and make is from every quarter enable us to see somewhat a-head, and furnish, by calculation, what may almost be considered as the most probable and true state of the various metal markets. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUA. send you a paragraph from the _Hereford Journal of Wednesday last, respecting the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, should you think proper to in sert it ; and I beg to say, that having been in the vici nity of Ludlow, I found the prevailing impression there quite in accordance with that statement, and especially that the traffic on that portion of the line had far ex ceeded the original calculation. I took the trouble to make some inquiries respecting the line, as I am in terested in its prosperity, being A. SHAREHOLDER. "SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD RAILWAY.—We un derstand that the terms proposed by Mr. Brassey to work this line when completed are by no means satis factory to the shareholders and inhabitants residing in the Ludlow and Shropshire district. They allege a monopoly of the coal trade, through him, or some con nexion or agent, by which the price of that necessary is kept up beyond what it otherwise would be ; that the traffic on the line being much greater than was antici pated, he is, through these means, realising 6 per cent. profit. It is believed that the directors will accept Mr. Brassey's proposal if sanctioned by the shareholders ; it therefore behoves the latter to attend the meeting at Shrewsbury on Tuesday next, and we are glad to learn that a free ticket will be given to all desirous to attend ; and although there are other respectable contractors who may be disposed to work the line (in case the com pany do not), yet there can be no objection to Mr. B. doing so upon proper terms, and with proper restric tions, compatible with his interest and that of the share holders ; for instance, the latter ought to have an equal power to make void the agreement at the expiration of five years, with proper notice. There is no reason whatever why this may not be one of the best paying lines in the kingdom if managed properly and economi cally." ARRIVALS OF GOLD.—The Island Home and the Emi grant arrived yesterday from Port Philip with gold valued at 94,6001., the one having 16,434 ounces, and the other 7,230 ounces. DIINGARVAN ELECTION.—The election for Dungarvan terminated on Thursday in the return of Mr. J. F. Maguire, by a large majority, the numbers having been, as near as can be learnt, 171 for Maguire, and 77 for Crogory. It 10 said the Gregory party intend to peti tion against Mr. Maguire's return. . ACCIDENT ON THE BRISTOL AND EXETER LINE.—An accident occurred on the Tiverton branch of the Bristol and Exeter Railway on Sunday, which was well nigh attended with fatal consequences. The engine -driver is usually in the habit, on approaching the station, of detaching the engine from the carriage, the former being shunted off into a siding, and the latter, under the charge of the guard, proceeding on to the station. On Sunday afternoon the guard, it is understood, instead of doing his duty in the usual way, entrusted the break to a policeman, who actually turned the handle the wrong way, thereby causing the carriage, which contained a number of passengers, to dash with great force against a block of wood at the terminus. Nearly all the pas sengers received injuries more or less ; some had their teeth knocked out, and others were much bruised. The platform was injured by the concussion. The men were immediately suspended, and some inquiry, it is under stood, will be immediately instituted by the directors. NEw BOMBAY RAILWAY.- - A prospectus has been issued of a new Bombay railway, to be called the Bom bay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Company, with a capital of 4,500,0001., in 201. shares. The principal object of the company is to connect Bombay with Agra, so as ultimately to form a junction with the Bengal line, and thus open up an uninterrupted route from Bombay to Calcutta, but it is also proposed to construct a line from Surat into the cotton districts of Candeish and Berar and the coal districts of the Nerbudda. The main features of the scheme having been approved by the Governor-General, the India-house, it is stated, have authorised the company to make the requisite surveys, and have guaranteed the expenses that may be incurred for that purpose. Meanwhile an arrangement is hoped to be effected by the company for obtaining a conces sion for the line with a secured rate of interest on the total outlay. STRONG 3fINDED WOMEN.--The French Scientific Con gress opened at Arras yesterday. On Saturday last 108 persons, among whom were two ladies, Mmes. Fanny Desnoix and Phillipe Lemaitre, inscribed their names to take part in the proceedings. CANARY ISLANDS.—lntelligence from the Canary Islands to the 6th states that the vines were dreadfully ravaged there by disease. The cochineal crop was also expected to be a deacient one. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS FRANCE. There was no intelligence of any inmportance received in Paris yesterday about the Turkish question. The Government candidates for the vacant seats in the Legislative Corps at the elections which are fixed for the 4th September, are, for the depart ment of the Aveyrou, M. Auguste Chevalier ; Cotes du Nord, M. Champagny de Cadore ; Ille et-Vilains, M. de la Guistiere ; Nord, M. Godard Desmarets ; Vendee, General Lebreton ; Yonne, M. Ornano ; and Loiret, M. Nogent St. Laurent. M. Auguste Chevalier was Secretary of the Presi dence to Louis Napoleon ; and General. Lebreton was one of the Questors of the Constituent Assem bly till June, 1848, when he resigned in conse quence of being interfered with in the command of the military force for the protection of the Chamber. The opening of the canal from the Marne to the Rhine has been fixed by Government for the Ist of September next. From that day a complete , service will be established by water between Paris and Strasburg. Another thunderstorm passed over Paris yester day, about 3 o'clock. It did not last so long as on Sunday, but it was quite as violent ; the flashes of lightning were most vivid, and the rain rushed down for some time in torrents. It cleared up about four o'clock. The wind hal been blowing strong during the early part of the day. The Pilote de la Somme states that the storm of Sunday was felt with great violence at Abbeville. The thunder and lightning were terrific, and the streets were in a few minutes completely inun dated. Between Vauchelles and Abbeville hail stones fell as large as eggs, but fortunately, the harvest having been all carried, no mischief has been done. The storm was also severely felt in the adjoining communes, and some pieces of ice as hard as iron and weighing nearly a pound and a half were picked up. Several roofs of houses were injured, and several pieces of the ice passed com pletely through the zinc roofs. The receipts of the Paris and Orleans Railway Company, with its extensions, for the week ending the 20th August, amount to 897,048 f., being an increase of 299,329 f. as compared with the corre sponding week of last year. Private letters from Bayonne of the 23d are full of accounts of the bull fights, which seem to be now quite as popular in that part of the country as in Spain itself. Crowds of people of all classes, high and low, peasant and noble, from the Basque country, the mountains of Navarre, Guipuzcoa, and Biscay, poured into the town on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday last, to witness the first appearance in France of the famous toreador Cuchares and his band of bull fighters. The mul titude increased to such a pitch that there was no longer any lodging to be found, and people had to return to St. Jean de Luz, Cambo, Biarritz, and the surrounding villages, merely to obtain a ni g ht' s lodging, while hundreds bivouacked in the open fields. Hundreds of Spanish ladies, all dressed in their national costume, on foot or in carriages, thronged to the great rendezvous, the Plaza de Toros. On Sunday next there is to be another spectacle of the same kind, but with the additional and novel accompaniment of black bull fighters, who were imported, it is said, from the Ha vann.ah, and great sport is expected. Bayonne and St. Esprit seem to be turned into Spanish towns; nobody thinks of politics or of business, and the private letters of the gravest persons are all about the bull fights, which would now appear, after this second essay, to have taken permanent root in that part of France. The Bourse was rather more firm yesterday than Thursday, without much business doing. The Three per Cents. opened at 80f., and rose to 80f. 300., at which they closed for the end of the month, in the absence of all political news to influence the market. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 105 f. 25c. ; Orleans Railway Shares , 1,285 f. ; ' Rouen, 1,090 f. ; Havre, 515 f. • Great Northern, 900 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 985 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 970 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 828 f. 75c. ; Western of France, 750 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 647 f. 50c. • Great Central, 560 f. ; Lyons to Geneva, 565 f. • Sardinian Victor Emmanuel, 502 f. 50c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 890 f. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Journal des Debats contains a letter from Prince Ghika, dated Jassy, the 14th inst. The Prince contradicts certain rumours which have been published respecting him and his relations to the Porte. He says, that having been desired by the Russian authorities to suspend his relations with the Porte and to stop the payment of the tri bute to the Sultan, such acts being incompatible with the occupation of Moldavia by the Russians, he merely transmitted the letters containing these instructions to the Ottoman Cabinet, without any remarks of his own. He adds that, according to his opinion, the question involved in the Russian demands lay between the two Courts, and that he himself was altogether incompetent to decide on the subject. ITALY. The provincial Council of Turin opened its ses sion on the 22d. One of its first acts was to de clare its readiness to contribute tom - ards the con struction of the new road to Switzerland by the defile of the Menouve. The Genoa Gazette, of the 23d inst., announces that the day before a mob, composed principally of women, traversed the streets of Genoa vociferating against the cornsellers and bakers, whom they re proached with being the cause of the high price of bread. Th e i r num be r s i ncreas i ng , an d acts of vio lence having been committed against several per sons on the square of Ponticello, the authorities called out the Carabineers, the police, and two companies of infantry, and dispersed the multi tude. On the 23d. Genoa was perfectly tranquil. Accounts from La Spezzia state that theinhabi tants and the refugees had t3stified to the Com mander of the corvette St. Louis, M. Ingraham, their sympathy for his honourable conduct at Smyrna. A number of boats surrounded the ship and gave him a serenade. Two persons then went on board and presented him an address. The po lice, however, had thought proper to summon be fore them and admonish some of the individuals who made the demonstration. A letter from Rome, of the 20th, in the Univers, says :—" The Giornale di Roma has spoken of the arrest of a certain number of the emissaries of secret societies. It appears that on the day of the fag of the Assumption, the place of concealment of the principal members of the band was discovered, when they were arrested and their papers were seized. It is said that they intended to take ad vantage of the fetes in the evening in honour of the Emperor of the French givenby the French garrison and residents, to excite a commotion, assassinate as many soldiers and officers as they should find in an isolated state, murder some priests and digni taries of the Church and of the Government, and plunder the coffers of the State and those of pri vate individuals. But this plan was baffled the night preceding the fete. About forty conspirators are at present in the hands of jus tice. Most of them are persons who were em ployed under the Mazzinian Republic in 1849, and afterwards forced to leave Rome, but who contrived to get back there some weeks ago. They left Genoa with English or Piedmontese passports, and, landing between Civita-Veechia and Fiumi cino, got into the city by means of the intelligence kept up by the refugee 4 of London and Turin, and concealed themselves with their accomplices. It is said that at their head is Salfi, one of the mem bers of the Republican triumvirate. Even Maz zini has been named, but men of that importance do not venture to put themselves in actual danger, and we cannot consequently believe in the truth of this rumour. We are of opinion that the real head of the expedition was - a certain advocate named Petroni, well known at Rome for his participation in the revolution and crimes of 1848, and of whom all traces had been lost since 1849. A certain number of manifestoes in manuscript, which were to have been posted up on the walls of Rome at the moment of the plot exploding, and a great quantity of revolutionary proclamations, were found in his drawers." SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 21st inst. The Queen signed, at the Cabinet Council, held the night before, several important measures, sub mitted to her Majesty by the different Ministers. Among others were a decree relative to mortgages, and another ordering the melting of the copper coin. Ministers, it appears, came to a decision in that Council on the choice of the members of the Committee of Engineers, who are to survey the railway lines between Madrid, Sarragossa, Vigo, Cadiz, and the frontier of Portugal, via Badajoz. It being Sunday, the Bourse was closed. GREECE. ATHENS, Aug. 12.—The King has appointed two General Commanders for the army, and the Eastern Corps is to be under the orders of General Gardikiotis-Grivas, while the Western Corps is commanded by General Mamouris. The crop of Corinthian grapes is almost wholly lost, and the results of the grain harvest are by no means satisfactory. The Government has presented to the two Cham bers a bill prohibiting the export of grain up to the 31st of December, and at the same time lowering the duties on the importation of grain and vege tables. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, FnlPAl'v,s The General Screw Steam-shipg Cc443lllr mail packet Lady Jocelyn, Captain Stewart, rived to-day at noon. Her outward dates werei. Plymouth, March 15 ; St Vincent's Mar cli p r t , Ascension, April 6 ; Cape Town, Ap ' ril 24 Lt.,. ° Louis, May 10 ; Point de Galle, May 27; 31 ''''V e May 30 ; and Calcutta, June 3. Homeward, al; left the Sandheads, June 16 ; Madras In° 2 ,b, Point de Galle, June 26 ; Mauritius, july 7; .' n Cape, July 21 ; St. Helena, July 30 ; Asc el l i ; August 3 ; and St. Vincent's, August 1 3 . Lady Jocelyn arrived in Plymouth Sound wiltuiTo one hour of her contract time. She has naaci e ., n , voyages to Calcutta and back in 12 m onths, hay. ii '; gone over the distance of nearly 52,000 miles si siste the 15th of August last year. Her cargo COI? of safflower, indigo, measurement g oods, and tons of copper. pail More than 100 passengers came in by ne'? „ e d w i s si; s she has also on board a number of non-com officers and privates, invalids of the St. fle l , e ha t Regiment and Royal Artillery stationed at place. tire Three deaths have occurred at sea, v l " . ' don children (one an infant) 18th August, Mr. Gowan. , of Mrs. Simpsons, a ll ' the The intelligence from the Cape 13 14 u ' 9 " or than tat by the Harbinger. About 6,000 tons of shipping were los-- to Table Bay for the Australian colonies. M ar ._ an d commodities for that destination were scarcol,kB, the wages for skilled labour continued Oros, Active operations were making for the eleci,, i d o f The registrations were to commence on the 2 4 August, and would not close until the end of Ser tember. +.l tb ° There were several candidates for s eats o Upper House, among whom was Mr. Ruth passenger b the Lady Jocely. The latest intelligence from ' the frontier ia °f o re peaceful suffering c gr ha ea ra t c p te ri r v ; at t i h o e n. Kat River Hot tentots u , B J 3 41 The following ships of war were in Sinin li a nd —Meander, G rec i an , D ar t, Dee, Malacca' 17th Cleopatra, the t wo l a tt er f or Portsmouth. 17th Kent sailed for London from the Cape on t i h e n lhe of July ; the Queen arrived from LiverP °° 'ad 16th of July ; Q the General Steam CoinPal l Y;T, i ill ei packet Calcutta left the Cap e on the 26th 01 " " the Propontis left Ascen s i o n for the Cap e -on July ; the Bosphorus arrived at St. 'Vin cent the 27th July, and sailed again on the sanae, claY A lgee - South American and Screw Company's sh i p — ZIA tine arrived at St. Vincent on August 10, " on the 12th. A shock of an earthquak e had been exPr The at Porto Grande at midnight on the 1 1 t' fo na French brig Justice was discharging passe c ,, i ig e ;d the fuel there, July 25th. Lady Jocelyn sig ll ,7 - 40fl. ship City of Calcutta late on the 26th, in ' 2 " . q W.: long. 9E. July 20, in lat. 18.30 S., long'• spoke the ship Pegu, from Bombay to 1 1 ,ac l io lirg She had been out 50 days. August 2, la l " long. 12 W., spoke the Dutch barque Al!l a _fh ts - iou, Batavia for Amsterdam. August 3, at 2kSi ' v a been the Marion, Macyntire, under jury-mast, licaniv dismasted in a hurricane, about 250 mile s .5 ° Auger Head. August 7, lat. 2.30 N., long. T S ; to W., signalled the Dutch barque Noord, stanb, W.S.W., and the ships John Dalton acid Nor, t 7 9 berland, both outward bound. August 18,10,0 N., long. 29 W., spoke the American barq ue cis Palmer, from Sierra Leone for Marseilles' joy T Mauritius.—At Port Louis on the 7tli of : reasury bills were at par. Freights final the latest to England, 31. A very sm all q__ ll3— but of the last sugar crop in crop was little fluctuation in rice. „, leas' Natal.—Many unsuitable emigrants c were a ing ; business was, howev e r, improving, r,,, a Morewood has come home in th e - Lady tar obtain assistance for working coa l a nd mai l -e Ica ing sugar in the colony. Wheat has been Sown gand an abundant harvest is Bg :we f t of Wool and butter are plentiful, and the exlth of yellow wood planks' is increasing. On the .f r ota July the Lieutenant-Governor was thrown his horse, and broke his arm. goad , Provisions were very dear at St. Helena I,- the meat, is. 3d. per lb. ; mutton, I s . 6d. per 1 1300 r ordinary rate being 10d. The M o ffat, fro del° bay, for London, was discharging cargo toll ° reirs. Arrivals.—July 20, the Hero, from lionglro g Arrivals.—July e ; to Abrota and the August, from Akyab ; f r oal Diana, from Madras. July 21.—The Caril )3 ' fa t Shanghai, and the Gladiator, from B o mbay' 22.—The Armanda, from Bombay ; the Pinola from Calcutta ; the Benjamin Buck Green , a t o the Mauritius ; the Allan, from Calcutta, O r o' Kinghai from Bombay ; the Sultana, from gapatan ; the Kedgeree, from Akyab ; the ° go ;c o tia, from Sourabaya ; the Queen Mab, from 03 / bay ; and the Aracz, from Calcutta. Jull".0 1 The Thetis, from Canton ; the Steadfast, i ' t be Madras ; the Marlborough, from Akyab, Boyne, from Bombay. July 25.—Th e fro Lori „. from Singapore and the Cape ; Rebecca/ eof Mauritius ; Victoria, from Singapore ; Pr ins ba' Orange, from Bombay ; and Currency frog, o b; cutta. July 26.—John Bunyan, from fal r ota Britain, from Singapore ; and Lady Sale' bay , Mauritius. July 27.—Elizabeth, from Boni and Flora, from the Cape. July 2/3.—F 4 t v S days from Cochin ; and Ayesha, from Bom,T u tta; Mauritius. July 30.—Anna Shikeld, frcanua'' and the Marsden, from the Cape. t S t ' The Brazilian steamer Argentine arrivu-4b . of Vincent on the 10th, and left on the August. at The shock of an earthquake was e xperioll e ed Oporto Grande on the 11th. 1 9 ` 413 0 61 The General Screw Steam Shipping 0° , 131 „ 8 "-_, mail packet Calcutta arrived at the Cape J 11 " - Itib' and left 26th. The Propontis left Ascensi on OW 22 for the Cape, and the Bosphorus left St. 00 cent July 27th for Ascension and the Cage' fore' Countess of Zetland, from Wh am p oa , for -" ° f pre' went into Ascension August 3d with loss ° ee, topmast and other damage ; and the Il 3 131.° ,1 1 05, under jury masts, was at that island for surr t having been dismasted in a hurricane ab et) " miles south-west of Auger Isle. 114 ) Captain Shadwell, late of Her Majesty s t so eo Winchester, one of the passengers, re p o rts tbs l ittle after sunset, August 20, a comet was seen . % r igh t north of the constellation Leo, the nucleus as I o as a star of the third magnitude, tail ab out c lbi degrees long. Seen again follo w i ng evening/ 3 ijro observation with the stars Arcturus and ta ' re eall and Uranus, at 10 min. after 9 Greenwiel i ci 3 6 time, was in llh. ;)ra. right ascension, 56 e iTtli, min. north declinatim: ; on the evening of the . 00 0, „, n ar l at 9.40 Greenwich mean time, by same coLmr and the comet was llh. 31m. OBs. right ascension, 91, 26 deg. north declination, lat. 26.40 south, long' THE UNITED STATES• 06 , SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY M 0315 to The Washington has arrived here, on her vra o J s t. Bremen. She left New York on the 13th -A ti She brings about half a million of dollars in s ang The extremely warm weather has c aused n i deaths. Large subscriptions have been made for th e ferers from yellow fever in New Orleans• f the The American Government has approvedd °to the conduct of Captain Ingraham, with reg ar seizure of Kossta in Smyrna. The fishery question still continues to ab i e(3l. o ,r b :s considerable share of attention throughout all of the country. Lord Stirling is now at W' s of ton, making arrangements with a coropanY „ a tion fluential American gentlemen for his Pr° se w of his claims. • Teo° Her Majesty's steamer Devastation into seized an American schooner, and took Il er r t Prince Edward's Island, where, aft er a sll° tention, she was released. At Tennessee a democratic governor has chosen. ai n• ha/ 6 A rumour prevails that England and SP— t the a g reed to abolish slavery in Cuba, and 'd ill A mer ican Government will take strong g r° " — opposition to it. Tyro The Africa arrived on the 11th J ll /L e *. weeks' later news has arrived from Cal if , _,...hr"edin A letter states that slavery is to be alau— Surliam. Much damage has been done by fires in Pri Edward's Island. giveP t Two hundred and four persons have been - off by yellow fever in New Orleans. and at Breadstuffs.—Flour was in better dem 1,200 unchanged figures. Cotton—There were Liver' bales sold at previous figures. Freigh ts to 'varied pool—Engagements were moderate. Sug ars ina rket little. Tobacco less active. The in oneY was slight. mvaa N nne r e A dt G h A eb E ye l FALLS AND LAKE ERIE.----PrOfe 9s° T -' l ' smoimneen:thgartlhoegigrst,adduisaclrti:ritnhe a o w p ai of the t g : . ; rocks of Niagara Falls may possibly result in r! ic y . Lake Erie. In a recent lecture he remarked :-- lava will not halt at their p r esent station, b ut retreat 9 to p and surely about two miles further, when they will a top again for an unknown period, and probably f° r , b oe since at this place the hard limestone will form hall, the and top of the falls, and thus stop the destruction erl_,,'ch rock. Some have thought that they would finally ,yeiv Lake Erie, and that then the lake would be c ornPi ~'i li' 't drained. Such an event is impossible. At the P` , : cit y already mentioned the torrent will gradually wear 3Cr the surface of the limestone, forming a rapid, forth Niagara will be one of the lost wonders world."— Wohington . Otion , and th e n oe