The Sun. — London, England, 1847-09-25 00:00:00

......, n 1 •.! • T> °rl = P otatoes, 3s 6d to 5s 6o or cwt. puluit NEWGATE AND XMlLDErifita.t.".L. Prime,„ Beef, the supply of which was small , moved " 4 steadily at full prices. Otherwise the dery nd was in I L B luggish state. Beef, from 2s 4 d to 3s 8:i; Mutton, 3, 'tl to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s to 5s 2d; Veal, 3a to 4s 10d; rd Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per Sibs, by the carcase. Geese. a i to 8 s; Fowls, 2s 6d to 4s; Capons, 4s to 6s 6d; tekens 2s to 3s; Ducks, 2s to 4 s; Rqbbits , Btl to 6d; Leverets, 3s 6d to 53; Grouse, 3; to 3s 3d: Partridges, 2s 3d to 3s 3d; and Pigeons, 81 to 106 ech. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s to 33 10d ; Mutton, 3,6 d to 4; 10 , 1; b, 4s 2d to 5s 6d; Veal, 4s to ss; and Posh , ' 51 4 to 55 2d per 81bs. WIIITECHAPEZ. y_lteer, from 3s to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3; 41 to 4s 8d; nb, 4s 2d to 55 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, -*" 2d to 5s 2d per Blbs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbot s , 8s to 15s; Cod Fish, 3s 6d to 6 s 6 d; Haddo cks, ' la to 8d; Whitings, 4d to 8d; and Lobsters, is 6 d to3 B 6d each; Soles, 6d to 3s per pair; Fresh Her ...,'44410, Is 6d to is 8d per dozen; Salmon, 10 d to is 2 d; "4 Eels, 8d to 10d per lb. ECIINGERPON,D. k b T he supplies of most articles here to-day were toler / extensive. Generally speaking, the demand was I n a sluggish state, on somewhat easier terms. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropo lis are C 4l 7id to 8d; of Household ditto, 6 d to 7 d pe r 4lbs f. RIDE MARKET. )Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2i-d to 21d per lb; ditto , Ott to 721 b, 3d to 34d; ditto, 721 b to 80119, 3id to 34d; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 40; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 44d to ; i ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, &id to si-d; Calf Skins (each). . I _ 6 d to 6s 6d ; Horn Hides, 13s; Shearlings, 12.5 d to 2s; ""d Lamb Skins, is 6d to 2s 6d. EAT 111.11.11LHETS. di SM ITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 3 / to 31 15s ; New 40 21 5s to 3/8s; Old Clover, 415 s to Si s s; New ditto , 31 A I °S to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 11 8s to 11 13 s per load. fall average supply, and a steady demand. New Meadow Hay, 31 3 s to 31 16 s ; w l ew ditto, 21 8s to 3l 8s ; Old Clover, 41 to 51 ; Zew ditto, 3110 s to 41 8s; and Straw, 11 8s to 11 13s per load. Supply moderate, and trade tolerably firm. NNVRITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 158 ; ew, ditto, 215 s to 3l ss; Old Clover, 41 8s to 51 5s ; ,ew ditto, 3/ 12s to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 13s Fe , load. Trade firm at low rates. COAL MARKET.—FRIDAY. tat e 7 b 8 West Hartley... 17s 6d'Riddell's lBs 3d Do.ddle's W. Hartley 17s 6d Eden Main 203 Od res Hartley 1 4 1 ._vison'sWest Hartley 17s 6d Braddyll's Hetton ii.l'• ring's Hartley l7s 6d Crawford .. ...... . ... 16s 9d North Main ... ..... 18s 6d East Hetton erth Percy Hartley... 17s 6d Haswell 2ls Od naginal Tanfield Frithßedheugh ...... 17s Od Harraton Main lss 6d Flith Peareth 11 11 eld Moor ..... ... 18s 6d Shotten /it ind ingtonMain lBs 6d Stewart's est Hartley 1 Wall's End, &c High Thornley Bell el ' and Brown ...... ... 18s 6d Adelaide Tees onnell l6s 9d Seymout Tees fl.. — `rire and Co. C n rtla lBs 6d Brancepbth 14,1gworth lBs Gd :‘. llartley Netherton 17s 6d , rt humberland 100 arrivals-64 sold. BREWING FROM SUGAR. TO THE EDIT OR OF THE SUN. 111 ,--A correspondent in your paper of yesterday 14 8 . 144 . for information as to the equivalent of sugar p e :nst malt in brewing, and I beg to state, from ex taence, that 1711bs sugar (raw) is equal to one V e 7tel of malt. I brew a nine gallon cask of table r as follows, which is of the strength of four ahela of malt to three barrels of beer : Sugar, at 4id. per lb., Whs. Wheat bran Hops Yeast .. 1 pint. f or il oil the hops in from one to two gallons of water li a „ 4 ,,t. least an hour, screen on sugar, which, when kirled, rack into cask, which fill up to within a 1 )0 ° 11 with cold water, and add yeast. Scald, not 4 bran and let it stand till cold. Screen and fill P e ' a s-• In about fourteen days it will be bright, tit will not be a sweet beer. li at f b ° ll ld your correspondent try this plan, I shall be P QPY to hear how he likes it. ~e pt. 24, 1847. W. R. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. of!R ,—For some time I have been in the habit of tng my table beer, rather than have the trouble th, r elying from malt. I watched the discussion on di 44 .,equivalents of malt and sugar in the brewery and al i lery question, and saw in the Morning Chronicle fat from a practical brewer, in which it was stated t 1 40 lbs. sugar was equal to a quarter of malt. I it °lated the relative costs, saw the great benefit it I : 1 g from th e use o f sugar, and brewed, producing t e ,,,, e r as good for fourpence as I had been giving ta b rnae per gallon for, and with this great advan 4, that t o th e l as t drop it was not flat—in fact, it teak hopped wine. brewed a nine-gallon cask of stronger beer, using 14. 1 sugar, 11b. hops, and a peck malt, instead of 1 ) 1 , but found no advantage in the malt. I te ' B 4 the poor but the means, bow easily could they c i ti W themselves a good beer for field work, or to i l k at hom e an d smoke their pipe over. y ou Promulgate my plan as far as I can. — l am , Sir obedient servant, " S ePt. 24, 1847. ROBT. WILSON. STATE OF TRADE. V oo e condition of the cotton hosiery trade, both 1 1 , 4 L i ght and cut-up, has a shade retrograded, but ae an extent much felt, either by . master or jour %rah- The cotton glove trade is very dull , the 14 a nd slop s y s tem in full activity. A considerable fe w lint ity of socks are made in this vicinity, withi n a tr t i Miles of the town. They are, in general, good laf t teal and have not felt the revulsion to the extent of e stocking branches. Four persons, apparently Feat eminence, are in the town, purchasing fPaid i ng frames and other machinery. They hav e e d person 7001. within a few days for h is rotar y *x„,7 B , and our informant says that they intend to Theyseveral thousand pounds in hosiery machinery. are said to be persons of high rank, but this, thaC °ll „rse, wants confirmation. It is certain vati n ,: n eY have expended considerable sums, and kkl - ,: 8 agents are active for them in procuring hands ot t a ' v i ery requisite for carrying on a stocking factory fan ' lar ge scale.—The bobbin-net trade, whether f org e eo r plain , is generally, if anything, a shade -- -The black silk trale is in the best condition bot - ,:?„s l ePartment. It is computed that there are Ze i , - ` 4l rd of the machines at work there were twenty ago, and not one half the square yards produced. nlad h a ve heard, however, of a few new machines bein g llot n besid es t h ose i n t en ded, for Spain. However, T tll standing all untoward appearances , we hav e meat hopes that the new and substantial methods of tr it ed in g Lets by d ou ble and:treble warps, will place the b uei l lPon a sounder foundation than it has yet been lva 1 I P°n—the new articles made from the doub le botil b e ing equal to those made from the treble warp , ' s f Which are excellent. Tbe double warp nets "Ine at a reasonable price.—Nottingham Review 1 1 " R E PARIS PRINTERS.—The printers of Paris have 41 4 5 7 21 ., !0r some years past in the habit of dining together 1 1 1„' the commencement of autumn. This year, on ap ti"ng to the Prefect of Police for the customary permis giet, a refusal was given. The men, finding a public nner th u s rendered impossible, appointed a committee seek out private premises suited to reeeive their usual I lkbe r of gues t s —namely, 500 or 600 per sons . M. Usrh„ a master printer, placed at the orders of the t'cioritrait'teean enclosed piece of ground in tbe commune 4„,voSrUgli:ard, ann there they erected a large marquee, 2' l _ which tables were laid out for dinner. The men, 6unday were on the point of sitting down to table, th en two to disperse. ' commissaries of police entered, and, in the state 11 , 1 kine of the authorities, ordered the men . SO m 0 s, the Journals 1 in narratinginthaotsteencduaTnueme circumstances, theta armed force was t '4°4:asi ° n, and _that great violence bad beenuuessayeddtodweanridess he printers. The Monitevr Parisien of T trutho.s this statement, and says—" It i d s . n t o u t r c b o e r d re f c o t r , g i„ e l e jOUrllals announce, that order was is ti lo p , --, - , g o e instant ; t.te men dispersed at once when called teliirrs d w o no so, and ti`ie armed force never interfered. toat were in attendance had been ordereds of au t h °1 ? 1 3 1 to enforce it' necessary, the instruction the orities." an d tall military-looking man, with dark moustaches, elat dressed in bluea coat buttoned up to the chin, ktd e r,ed the other day the shop of a merchand de yin, t a aesired a breakfast to be prepared for him. When ti% l 'Y at the end of his repast, a commissionaire entered are sho p and called for a glass of wine. " What country e Etil Y t cl „ froru, my man ?" said the stranger. " From h a i d al, replied the other. " Show me your paper!, f t , t he questioner. The commissionaire , taking him bo o k se rgen de vine, at once produced an old pocket ce ' and taking out his permission to follow his calling, submitted them to the other, who at once declared Pao r4 v ri ,c't to be en regle, and ordered the man to accom erito'',‘„nina to the commissionaire of police. The poor liltkbo.iio,tiiislesiro,snaire became alarmed at this, and ordering up .4, 6 tale of old wine, and slipping a five franc piece into hand, endeavoured to mollify him a little. pi e t,taercha n d de yin, meanwhile, who had some sus- T ens that the stranger was not a sergen de ville, t ro e tlY slipped out, and finding two police-officers, pretended them in to see if they knew anything of their Ctended confrere. They at once recognised him as a u_el'ated convict in rupture of bann, ancrtook him to the - we i,ecture o f pol i ce. t 4 BRITISII MUSEUM.—The Weser Zeilung, of t y'th instant, arrived with our Ger:nan files ot yes :o4l4Y, blates that a rich collection of llebrew books, k ll4 istin g of 5,000 printed volumes and 800 manscripts, j os l3 4 l :lng the lib rary o f M . M i c h e l , o f Hamburgh, has i' v Fe been purchas e d by t h e B r i t i s h M us eum. iNtisous FRIDAY EVENING.—The Court, accord ing the present arrangements, and a?,Teeahly to the ~,±.re t k etions received at th e C ast l e thi s mornin", is ex "ve3 d to arrive at Windsor, frcim Osborne 11 k : 44/4 .I"Ztf. OUSe, on .;~;; C~ ~`+' OVER LAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. (From the Morning Post.) BOMBAY, AUG. 2. I write you on this occasion by way of Ceylon, tier favour of the steamer Braganza, which will in all probability arrive in perfect time to meet the Pre cursor from Calcutta, on her way to Suez. After all, there is nothing of importance to write you about. The English mails of the 24th ult. reached this on the afternoon of the 23d July. India throughout may be said to be perfectly tran quil. An abundant supply of rain appears to have fallen everywhere. The prospects of the ryots are highly promising, and general contentment and quiet seem to prevail through the length and breadth of the Company's dominions. From the Punjaub there is next to nothing to corn municate. The affairs of the country seem to be settling down to a state of general quiet, while the most rigid economy is being exercised, and no doubt is entertained but that the young Maharpja will find, on attaining his majority, a considerable surplus in his coffers. The French officer Gene ral Cowitolane, who, it will be remembered, was refused employment lately by the Lahore authorities, and who had been subsequently taken into the service of the Jamoo King, has at length been taken into favour again, and had conferred on him the governorship of the whole of the Trans-Indus territory belonging to the Lahore state—the same extending from the boundary of Kohat (the estate of Sultan Mahomed Khan, brother of Post Mahomed), as far down as Dhara Ghazee Khan at Mooltan. Local magistrates have likewise been appointed for every district, and these again have had placed over them Nazims to look after the impartial administra- tion of justice—thus affording a much less expensive and speedier means of obtaining redress to the poor in habitants than that of being compelled to resort to the capital. This measure, of course, judicious as it is, is purely English, and does credit to the administration of affairs by Colonel Lawrence. Even our system of capital punishment, that of hanging, has been patro nised by the Siekhs. Not less than eight murderers were dispatched at once by this means on the morning of the 14th ult. ; be it remarked, however, that these were punished for no political offence, nor conspiracy against the powers that be ; and the better to ensure their being doubly dead, they were to hang suspended, by orders of the Durbar, for three days together. Our Resident, Colonel Lawrence, is, I am happy to say, rapidly recovering from the effects of his late ailment, which had arrived at such a pitch at one time that his speedy removal to Simla was considered ab solutely indispensable. Lahore, as a residence, is now, since the completion of the improvements lately made by us, much co veted, and the term "filthy city," applied to it when first entered by us, turns out now to be a complete misnomer. It has been thoroughly gutted and drained ; abominable lanes converted into airy and handsome streets, and all the filthiness with which thoroughfares in the east usually abound, confined, where it ought to be, underground. The intelligence from Sinde is still scanty and of no great interest. The navigation of the Indus by steamers appears to absorb the whole attention of the natives along its banks , the river itself has fallen about two feet within three days. Between Shikar pore and Kussmoor a considerable body of freebooters have their abode, and every now and then we hear of some little dashing affair, which, in the present in stance, seems worth recording. Information was given to the police at Shikarpore that a band of these marauders were then a few miles distant from Kuss moor. Lieutenant Younghusband, in command of the police, set out at daybreak one morning and came up with the robbers a short time after ; these, after a tough encounter, he seems to have completely routed chasing them as far as the Seikh territory, having killed 29 of them and taken about 25 prisoners. Very few of the Shikarpore police were killed, and on the whole the matter appears to have been much thought of at head-quarters. The accounts from Sukkur and Hyderabad are every way satisfactory. Those from Kurrachee are equally so. Lady Napier, whose health was so much impaired, so much so indeed, as to induce the Governor to apply to the Governor- General for an express steamer to convey her to Europe about September next, has now much im proved, and there is considerable doubt entertained that either Sir, C. Napier or his amiable partner will even then quit Kurrachee ; they will not, at all events, till after that month has expired, from the nature of the weather at this season. Matters begin every day to get more gloomy in the Goomsor territory, and the immense sacrifice of human life occasioned by the existence of the Meriah sacrifice appears to be but little abated. Several tribes, which have hitherto stood aloof, have, from fear or otherwise, joined the standard of revolt, headed by Chokra Bisshye; so much dreaded, in deed, has this chief become among them, that an order from him to stay all agricultural and other ne cessary operations, to follow his standard, is with them enough; no one dare dispute, none dare grumble at, the behest of their master. The rebel chief is everywhere well seconded both with men and money, and on no occasion has the sympathies of the heathen been better appealed to on the occasion of a religious war (though this is one on a small scale), than has this under the leadership of Chokra Bisshye. That there was something rotten in the manner our local authorities there have hitherto pro ceeded, a short time must show, and from the character given of the new agent, Mr. Grant, you may rest assured of a searching inquiry being in stituted, and the veil drawn up which has so long hid in mystery the real cause of the insuccess which has hitherto attended the humane efforts of our Government to stem the sacrifice of human life. We hear of nothing satisfactory in any of our movements in this quarter ; nothing, in fact, saving the daring and successful exploits and defying threatenings of the rebel chief—a village or two burned here, another there—occasionally sacrifices at one spot, and rob beries at another—and all under the very nose of our sentries. Strange that affairs such as these should not long ago have been finally subdued. Dhoonghur Singh, the Wizard of the West, as he may justly be termed, is still at large, driving a splendid trade by the levying of black-mail on every village he comes across. Poor Colonel Sutherland, our President in the Rajpootana States, with all his aids and strategems, cannot, by any possibility, over take the rogue. He is not, be it remembered, reduced to the necessity of bolting from the approach of our troops. His resources are large, and his private in fluence extensive, and would not at all hesitate, when he can catch an opportunity, of hinting to Colonel Sutherland, when the latter little expected him, "that Doongee was here," and backed with a force, too, sufficient to swallow up, so far as numbers were con cerned, the straggling detachments sent against him. Already has the Colonel lost all patience with him, and no wonder. Information is brought in that on such a day he will be found at Nusserabad—a party is sent off instanter—when, lo ! the wizard is then found to be quietly located at pe Harrowtee, very far byond reac it h from that quarter. As matters are to o b f e, e h h is ow c e a v t r u , re. is to be hoped ou will soon hear Instructions have y b e en issued to all officers in com mand of detached parties of our troops to march on without its w throughoutai tin g fo or t o h r e d e i n r s d e from pend e superior p n e ra native e a us states a h t o e r s i ty. no traveller can pass the roads ; life and property every where are alike at stake. The intelligence from other parts is unireportitnt. Our local news is chiefly absorbed b y the investi gation pending in the coal conspiracy case—several other parties appear to be deeply implicated, and Government seems to have been robbed in this de partment alone to a most alarming extent. The intelligence from China is in !portant thus far, that the rumour of another attack by the Chinese on foreigners turns out to be without foundation. By latest accounts all was quiet at Canton, though busi ness was at a complete stand still. Governor Davis appears to be completely forgetting himself, he seems to have fallen into disrepute with every one — even the Chinese themselves have lost all confidence in him as the powerful representative of the barbarian THE SUN, .. , -.- LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1847. throne. The affair of Homan especially, the full and tecount of which I append, Will bet; show . . wherein Sir John Davis has forgot hixsel,C. For further intelligence from this quarter, I have only room to refer you to the China local papers, which will of course reach you direct with this. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) BOMBAY, AUG. 6. I wrote you on the 2d inst. by way of Ceylon, I write you now by way of Madras, but for the safety of neither of these documents can I become surety. The weather down the coast just now is anything but propitious, so that for the safety of the former, going as it does by sea, I will not be over sanguine ; for this one, going as it must do over the Ghauts, in fested as they are at this season by bands of barefaced thieves, I can only hope against hope. It matters but little, I suppose, whether or not this reaches you, four days' intelligence at any time —much less in a period of peace, and during the most teazing weather, are never likely to be pregnant with importance. The Punjaub accounts have in them nothing better nor worse than when I wrote you four days hence. All is quiet and peaceful ; the Queen-Mother alone seems to be the only malcontent at the capital. Col. Lawrence, our able Resident there, continues to im prove in his health, while retrenchment and the most rigid economy appears to be the order of the day in all measures likely to affect the interest of the state exchequer. Considerable gratification has been dif fused among all parties by the announcement of the intended elevation of the Gallant General, Sir J. Littler, to a seat as provisional Member of Council, and to the honours of the Bath ; as much as this, if not more, has been long expected, and though they have come now, at the eleventh hour, they are not the less very well deserved. The accounts from Affghanistan contain nothing that is new. The Dost appears to be still very much put about by the menacing attitude shown by the Ghilzie portion of his subjects. Sultan Jau seems to be blustering much at Khelat, and is said to have emissaries and sympathisers even as far as Caubul itself. The arrangements, whatever these may be, which have been made betwixt our Government and the Dost, seem to have afforded him every sort of satisfaction, and there can be no doubt that, now that his turbulent son has been gathered to his fathers, the Dost will make it his best endeavour to foster the good position with our Government which has now been established, valuing, as he must do, at its proper value, the fact that we were the first to act on the initiative. From Peshawur there is also scarcely anything that is new. Lieu tenant Lumsden, our agent there, appears to have met with an accident while crossing the Hooske river on his way to Hussem Abdal. By some accident or other, be fell into the water, and was with difficulty rescued by two natives. Orders appear to have been issued for the division of the territory into thamahs, as has been done in some of the districts within the Punjaub, for the purpose of trying and punishing offences on the spot, by magisterial autho rity, instead of as hitherto, having to prosecute and bring every grievance before the authorities at the capital. The measure, you will admit, is a highly judicious one—affording, as it does, a safe, speedy) and economical mode of obtaining redress to the poor inhabitants, who heretofore had been deprived of all chance of appeal. Robberies still prevail within the Khyber Pass— so much so indeed, that the place to travellers is virtually shut up. All the accounts from the Goomsoor country give a very melancholy picture indeed of the ill successes which have hitherto attended all our efforts to stop the sacrifice of human life. Every new day brings fresh accounts of the daring exploits of Chokra Bhissye, the powerful leader of these disturbances ; and it is much to be regretted that the season alone prevents those measures on the part of our Government from being put into more effective operation. There appeals to be considerable stir making from the rumours of an outbreak taking place in China; even our authorities here appear to be among those who put the most reliance in them, and the reported movements of steamers in due course for that direction are keeping every one here on the qui vice for further intelligence, and more authentic we hope it will be than that which has lately found its way hither from China. You will by the arrival of this have much more authentic particulars regarding China matters than any I could send you ; besides you will be aware that this is the route by which my budget must needs be confined within the smallest limits. In subjects of local interest I have nothing to communicate. The economizing and rigid entrench ment begun by Lord Hardinge has now found its way to this Presidency, and disposal of the servicse of our junior magistrate of police is one of the first of a series to w'hich report assigns a most extensive field. Since I wrote to you on the 2d we have been blessed with one continued plump of rain. Fortu nately, on the score of health, our Presidency has little to complain of just at present. HORRIBLE TREATMENT OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND. (From the North British Mail of Friday.) Yesterday, a most revolting case of cruelty and barbarity, on the part of a husband towards his wife, was discovered! by Mr. George Campbell, one of the sub-inspectors of the poor for Glasgow. From in formation which Mr. Campbell received, he went to the house of a man named George Fay, in South St. Mungo-street, and on examining the premises, he dis covered Fay's wife confined in a water-closet, where according to her statement, she had been kept by her husband ever since May last. The dimensions of the closet were only 3 feet 10 inches by 2 feet 11 inches, and the height 10 feet. The poor creature was in a wretched condition, being literally covered with filth and vermin, with scarcely an article of clothing on her person, and in a half-famished state. The inhuman monster was given into the custody of the police, as well as a girl named Margaret Flume, the servant, and two lodgers, named Alex ander Flume and Alexander Holland, who are charged with being a ccotnplices in the offence. Every care and attention wag. paid to the unfortunate woman by Mr. Camybell, and it is expected she will shortly recover from the effects of her long and close con finement. The affair is undergoing official investi gation, but we have not as yet ascertained the cause which induced Fay to act in this way towards his wife, but we trust that all parties concerned will meet with a punishment commensurate with such brutal conduit. VAUXHALL GA RDENS. Last night the last masquerade of the season took place at these gardens, which were crowded with as various and grotesque groups as fun, frolic, and humour could well be expected to congregate on such an occasion. These parties, in the various characters which they assumed, enlivened the scene by appro priate sallies of wit and good humour, which found a ready repartee from the bystanders, and excited much mirth and laughter. The ensemble presented a view of the world in epitome, in the customs and devices resorted to, in order to heat us into a belief that the representatives of all nations had met in the temple of pleasure to teach each other the way to kill time, and in the pursuit of erjoyment "to steal a few hours from the night," for the desirable purpose of lengthening their days. Music, in all its attractions, lent its harmony to cheer the spirits, while the dance engaged the gay and joyous votaries of the enlivening exercise in its intricate mazes. Clowns played off their jokes, suiting the action to the word. In a word, we had the Carnival in all its glories, minus the bons bens. The visitors made better use of the good things the gardens supplied, no doubt feeling, in true English fashion, that no recreation is complete without the physical refreshment of eating and drinking. The Ethiopians moved in every direction, delighting the company with their facetious performances ; in fact, nothing was wanting to make those happy who wished to be so. This result was very much owing to the combined efforts of Mr. Wardell, Mr. Ryan, Mr. T. Mathews, who, pro hac vice, acted as master of the ceremonies. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, SEPT. 24.—The trans actions of the week have been small, but this arises chiefly from the limited supply at market, as the demand continues good. Rum has become very dull, and prices have a downward tendency.—Bristol Mercury. THE ROYAL DOCKYARD BATTALION.—This admi rably organised corps commenced on Wednesday last practicing firing at targets at the Chalk-hill, near Upnor, on the other side of the river, and opposite to the dock yard. The battalion is divided into: - 7ca companies of infantry and two of artillery, and theyp roceed to their duties every alternate day, a 4, three o'clock, and are conveyed to the place of practiue in boats. The progress made by this corps in their military duties, during the three months they have been under drill, is astonishing, and reflects the greatest credit on the adjutant, who has spared no pains to render this corps everything that can be desired ; nor is less merit due to the men, for tin.y tiavk? shown a readiness on all oc•asions to do their duty, and they have exhibited the utmost alacrity and zz.al t o become proficient in the service, FLANDERS and HAMBURGH MAILS BRUSSELF, SEPT. 22.—The R.vfraTe prb-p of corn during the week ending Sept. is, heat, -26 f. 12c. ; rye, mr. 83c.; being a rti::7 on wheat of 85e., rye, 14c. Fifteen vessels entered the port of Ant werp, laden wholly or in part with corn. The im portations were— Wheat....... ...... . Rye• ••••• • Barley., Flour Rice 2,300,090 kil. 607,800 „ 408,640 „ --- 91 202,724 „ Total THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 22.—1 t is well known that the financial state is embarrassingly difficult, nay, we had almost said, disquieting. The crisis is rendered the more hazardous, inasmuch as commercial embarrass ments and the faded speculations, w hich have given rise to them, are complicated, with serious political apprehensions. Hence it is the duty of every good citizen, and it is especially imperative upon the press to seize every opportunity for reassuring men's minds, for dispelling doubts, not for creating illusions, but for endeavouring not to exaggerate the evil, and hence not to aggravate the consequences. And yet it is at this delicate moment, which requires more than ordinary tact and management, when credit is affected—nay, when it is almost prostrate—when there is in fact a kind of panic—it is at such a mo ment as this that one of the Belgian journals throws out odious accusations against the Cabinet, and cites it as the especial cause of the depreciation of the funds. Without entering into the injustice of this remark —which is too obvious to need comment—we will only observe that L' Independence, now the Ministerial organ, contains an excellent numerical refutation, and after some just observations on the importance of extenuating, rather than exaggerating, the the evil, concludes by saying, " We must remark again that the state of public affairs, so far from having become worse has greatly improved since the accession to power of the present Ministry. The re solution which it declared, to assure and maintain an equilibrium in the budget, was taken as seriously as it deserved to be ; and this engagement, so favourable to public credit, will most assuredly be respected." THE KING or PRUSSIA.—His Majesty left Lom bardy, Venetian kingdom, yesterday, on return for his own dominions. The morning of the 11th he dedicated to inspecting the numerous monuments and relics of historical interest with which the city abounds. The remains of the beautiful antique theatre, which has been totally excavated, especially excited the King's interest. His Majesty likewise visited the ruins of the villa of Catull, on the pro montory of Lerniione. His Majesty then continued his journey to Mercen, and on the evening of the 14th arrived at Munich, where he alighted at the Hotel of the Prussian Ambassador, Count Bernstof. The morning was employed in visiting the various museums and buildings of interest, and in receptions; and his Majesty intended to dine early, and then to continue his journey to Treves. The Queen of Prussia, who has been staying at Posenhossen, intends returning to Berlin shortly. BELGIAN FUN DS.—Bausszia, SEPT. 23. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • • • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ••• • • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four pare ent • Ditto Three per Cent.. • . •••• • • • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • _ Ditto,clltto,lB4o .• ••••• • • . • • ••• ••• •• • 98 Ditto, ditto 1842 . • • • •• • • • • • • • . • • • • • • •• ^ • Ditto, 1844.• • • • • • • • • • •• • • 91 Ditto, 1836.. • • •• • • • • • • • Ditto, 1838 .• •••••••••• •• •• • • • • • •• •67 Ditto of the City, 1832 .• . , _ Ditto, 1843 .• • • • • • • • • • • •..• 96 Bank ofßeigium.... • • ................. 83% •Brussels Papers, Sept. 22. A usTitiA,N FUNDS.—VIENNA, SEPT. 16. 5 per Cent. Metalliques • • • • 104 4 per Cent. dltto• •••••••••••• • • • •• • • • • • • 94% 3 per Cent. ditto• • •• • • •• ••• • • ......... • 67 Loan, 1834 ••• • • ..... • • •• •• •••••••• • • • • 155 Ditto, 1839 ..........................118 Bank Shares • ..... • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • 1568 Esterhazy's Loan • • • • •• •• • .• .......... RAILWAYS The Northern, or Ferdinand •• • • 155 Gloggnitz •• .• •• •••••••••• • • • •• • • •• 120 Vienna—Milan • • •• • • • •• • • •• • Leghorn 84 Grosetto •••••••• • • • • • • • •••••••• • • •• • • 97% Oldenburg •••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • .... Pestoja •• • • ...• •••••••••••• • • • • •• • • .... Pesth Bridge .• ••••••••••••• • • • • • •• • • .. Apenninen .• •• •• • • •• •••• • • • • • • LIAMBURGEI BORSENHALLE, SEPT. 21. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 107 Bank Shares • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • •• • • • • 1600 Anglo-Russian Loan •• • 105 Russian 5 per Cent., lamb. Certificate. 101 Ditto Ist series Inscription.. • • .• • • 10 ig Ditto, Mope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96 Ditto, in Certilicate• • • • • • • • • • ........ New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. .••. •. 88 •—• 88 Ditto Stieglitz •• •••• • • •• • ......... gg Spanish New 5 per Cent • • •..... 12% 12% Ditto 3 per Cent ••••••• • • • .. • • • . 21% Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent•• 25 Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. • .... 55 Ditto 3 per Cent. • • • • • • — Polish New 4 per Cent. I.oan, 1844•••• 79 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent • • National Bank Shares• • • • •. • - ........ THE OUTSIDE PASSENGER. Some years ago a young lady, .who was going into a northern county, took a seat in the stage coach. For many miles she rode alone ; but there was enough to amuse her in the scenery through which she passed and in the pleasing anticipations that occupied her mind. She had been engaged as governess for the grandchildren of an Earl, and was now travelling to his seat. At mid-day the coach stopped at an inn, at which dinner was provided, and she alighted and sat down at the table. An elderly man followed and sat down also. The young lady arose, rang_ the bell, and, addressing the waiter, said, " Here is an out side passenger. I cannot dine with an outside pas senger." The stranger bowed, saying, " I beg your pardon, madam, I can go into another room," and im mediately retired. The coach soon afterwards resumed its course, and the passengers their places. At length the coach stopped at the gate leading to the castle to which the young lady was going ; but there was not such prompt attention as she expected. All eyes seemed directed to the outside passenger, who was preparing to dismount. Sh e beckoned, and was an swered, "As soon a s we h av e attended to his Lord ship, we will come to you." A few words of expla nation ensued, and, to her dismay, she found that the , with whom she had thought it be very nobleman in whose family she hoped to he an noueatstihdeheprass to passenger, was not only a nobleman, but that inmate. What could she do ? How could she bear the interview ? She felt really ill, and the apology she sent for her non-appearing that evening was more than pretence. The venerable peer was a considerate man, and one who knew the way in which the Scrip• ture often speaks of the going down of the sun. "We must not allow the night to pass thus," said he to the Countess. " You must send for her, and we must talk to her before bed time." He reasoned with the foolish girl respecting her conduct, insisted on the impropriety of the state of mind that it evinced, as sured her that nothing could induce him to allow his grandchildren to be taught such notions, refused to accept any apology that did net go the length of ac knowledging that the thought was wrong, and when the right impression appeared to be produced, gave her his hand. —Liverpool Albion. TIIORWALDSEN'S FORLORN HOPE.—The trunk was packed, the last goblet of wine drunk at the parting feast—the vetturino at the door at dawn of day. But e decided a down another accidet.t (?) happened , and Thorwaldsen had to lifestop . oneAt that da y longerperiod Gre a tat Britainbu but b t a n d i s battered red the Danish capital, despoiled it of its fleet—but it was a Briton also who was instrumental in making the Danish name triumphant in art. His name is Thomas Hope. The footman in the hotel had told him that Canova had spoken of Jason as "Una opera grandiose," and thus Hope came to the lumber atsSlier, which Thorwaldsen was about to leave for ever. The hero was unveiled, and Hope agreed to give 800 zechines for a copy in marble, although Thorwaldsen bad only asked 6( 1 0. However, by some reason or other, Mr. Hope had to wait twenty-five years for his marble statue—still, Thorwaldsen was now a man of fame.—The Builder. THE RECENT GALE. •—• The Bury and Stffolk Herald says--" During the heavy gale of wind from the west, with which we were visited during the past week, a steam packet, propelled by means of an Archimedean screw, was driven in great dis t re s s i n to our roads. She is called ' the Archimedes, and trades regularly between Sunderland and London. When only about half a mile from Hasborough Sands, a heavy swell of sea washed away her boat, and drove one of her davits in contact with a material portion of the screw part of her ma chinery. Whilst in this perilous condition another wave caught her a broadside and carried away her main mast, funnel, doing in other respects very considerable damage to her. She managed to get into the roads, and was on Friday assisted into the harbour in a very shat tered condition. She now lies opposite the oil-houses, previously to being refitted. She had a good many passengers on board, and on Saturday seven of them applied to the magistrates for assistance, stating that they bad only a few shillings among them to get to Sunderland. Of course the magistrates were not the parties to whom to apply, and the mayor referred them to the parish authorities, and to the secretary of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society." L A uNcg. —Yesterday there was a launch at ten o'clock forenoon, from the building yard of Messrs. William Hood, Rowan, and Co., Kelvinhaugh, a splendid clipper-built barque, named the Ann Ilood. She is 209 tons n.m., and 273 tons o. m., classes nine years A 1 at Lloyd's, and for symmetry of model, and neatness of finish, the Ann Hood is justly entitled to hold a prominent position among the tar-famed Clyde-built ships. She is expected to sail very fast, and is intended, we under stand, for the Mauritius trade. We heartily wish her enterprizing builders every success.—Glasgow paper. BEGGING ARCHITECTS. — The current number of the Moniteur des A,chitectes gives a copy of an amusing letter addressed by an architect to various of the porters in Paris, suggesting that they should exert themselves to induce their employers to engage him as their archi tect, and promising them a good share of the fees. The letter ends nobly with " write me a line by the post, and I will come to you immediately." The editor, after commenting on such conduct with proper severity, says, " When will it be permitted us to drive the money- changers from the temple?"—The Builder. LITERATURE. THE STUDENT OF SALAMANCA . The , s rl h e e f d. but lh b e z y ili c l a a: n 2t n reader, ol Bic z od “ft. „ !read v with tiie recounted to them the joys and misfortunes of Luis Herrera, the struggles in 1834 between the Christinos under Fernandez de Cordova and the Carlists under Tomas Zumalacarregui. In its ' piecemeal appear ance, in detached chapters, month after month, " The Student of Salamanca" suffered as considerably as most magazine serials. The interest which was intended to concentrate in one continuous perusal was stretched over a protracted interval of snore than half a year, and consequently the power of the story was deteriorated, and the attention of the reader relaxed. Those, therefore, who have not already perused the petite romance in Blackwood will have considerably the advantage over those who have in regard to the pleasure derivable from the fiction. They will observe the more clearly the ingenuity of the plot, the consistency of the contretemps, and the accurate delineation of the characters. From first to last the novellete is crowded with such adventures as are only possible during a civil war in such a picturesque and romantic land as Spain. Hair-breadth 'stapes, skir mishes in the cork forests, surprises in towns, and similar incidents follow each other with a rapidity that enthralls the most phlegmatic and carries them along without pause from the introduction to the finis. And, withal, the work is written with a spirit and energy that captivates one into approval. As a piece of composition, indeed, the book is not unworthy commendation, the sentences being well-turned, and the language sometimes of singular correctness. Now your teeth are set on edge by "the grinding clash of steel" in a hand-to-hand encounter; now again you are listening breathlessly in the moonlit streets to the " strangely sounding Basque oaths and ejaculations of the Carlist soldiery, mingling with the cluck of the castanets and the monotonous thrum of the tam bourine, as they followed the sunburnt peasant girls through the mazes of the Zorcico and other na tional dances." The writer had already evinced his skill as a delineator of Spanish landscapes and Spanish manners in his " Peninsular Scenes and Sketches." If we do not conjecture erroneously, he had already contributed to Blackwood's Magazine articles depict ing the adventures of guerillas, in which Zumalacar regal figured to considerable advantage. The present is a more pretentious undertaking than those detached chapters, and the principal fault of the narrative is that the great Carlist warrior is only introduced cursorily. We should have been glad to have had the account of the whole of his extraordinary and chequered career by an author so well calculated to become his biographer. Here, however, is one sketch of Zumalacarregui, for the transcription of which our readers will not be ungrateful ; the novelist has been depicting the approximation of an advanced guard of the Christinos to certain mountain defiles in Navarre, from the summit of which acclivities the enemy are being reconnoitered by a man : " He was a man of the middle height, but appearing rather shorter from a slight stoop in the shoulders; his age was between forty and fifty years; his aspect grave and thoughtful. His features were regular; his eyes clear and penetrating; a strong dark moustache covered his upper lip, and joined his whisker, which extended but little below the ear. His dress consisted of a plain blue frock, girt at the waist by a belt of black leather, sup porting a sabre; and his head was covered with a boina, or flat cap, of the description commonly worn in the neighbourhood of the Pyrenees, woven in one piece out of fine scarlet wool, and decorated with a boric, or tassel of gold cord, spreading like a star over the crown of the head. In his hand he held a telescope, which be rested on the top of a fragment of rock, and through it at tentively. noted what passed in the valley below. The case of the field-glass was slung across his body by a strap, and, upon inspection, a name would have been found stamped upon its leathern surface. It was that of Tomas Zumalacarregui." As a companion picture we must direct attention to the mention of Cordova in the midst of the engage ment of Bilboa. It will be remembered that General Cordova was at that period a very young man, but held, notwithstanding his youth, supreme command over the forces of Christina. His brother, it must not be forgotten, is one of the principal members of the present Administration of Madrid—an administra tion that has already acquired an unusual amount of popularity by inducing Queen Isabella to grant a comprehensive amnesty to all political offenders, and to restore to his dignities, honours, and possessions Don Baldomero Espartero, Captain-General of the Spanish armies, and Due de la Victoria. In the midst of the battle of Bilboa, a young man says our author, pressed forward into the melee, exclaiming, " The cavalry ! the cavalry !" " He wore a long, loose civilian's coat, a small oilskin covered forage cap, and had fur sole military insignia an embroidered sword-belt, sustaining the gilt scabbard of the sabre that flashed in his hand. His countenance was pale and rather sickly, his c.mrlexion fairer than is usual amongst Spaniards; a large silk cravat was rolled round his neck, and reached nearly to his ears, concealing, it was said, the ravages of disease. His charger was of surpassing beauty; a plumed and glittering staff rode around him; behind him came a numerous escort." This was Cordova. The plot of the " Student of Salamanca" is simple enough. Luis Herrera (the student aforesaid), the son of an upholder of the Liberal party in Spain and consequently a supporter of the infant Isabella, is attached to Rita Villabuena, the daughter and heiress of an Hidalgo associated with the cause of Don Carlos. From political, pecu niary, and other cogent reasons the Count de Villa buena is opposed to the suit of Luis, and, notwith standing Luis has gained the affections of Rita, is solicitous to see her united in marriage to a cousin named Baltasar Villabuena. Luis therefore is the hero, Rita the heroine, Baltasar the villain, and the Count himself the ruer of the happiness of the two lovers. The strife is between the wishes of the rivals Baltasar and Luis—Luis being all disinterested devo tion, and Baltasar being solely instigated to effect his union with Rita for the selfish gratification of his own avarice and ambition. Such adverse interests, as may readily be imagined, result in a strange variety of plots and counterplots, captures and escapes, anxiety and exultation, from the opening of the book to its conclusion, and the attraction of the story is enhanced by the admirable conception of several of the subor dinate characters—especially of Paco the muleteer, Velasquez the soldier, and Jaime the gitano. Paco is a brave, generous-hearted fellow, and Jaime a sad rascal. Among the most ex citing incidents we may enumerate—the escape of Luis from his dungeon the night before his in tended execution by the Carlists—the escape of the muleteer from the cellar of the convent—and the ad venture of the guerilla party under Mochuelo for the deliverance of Rita. The latter is just at the termination of the work, and is depicted in a way that arouses the most breathless interest. The portraiture of Mochuelo is capital. " He was a young man about six-and-twenty years old, low in stature and slightly built; his features regu lar, without beard, and his expression of countenance rather pleasing than otherwise. His dress was a short braided jacket, unbuttoned by reason of the sultriness of the evening, and disclosing a shirt of fine texture, and a coloured silk handkerchief tied loosely about his throat, which was round and moulded as that of a woman. His cavalry overalls were strapped and topped with leather, and had rows of large bright buttons down the sides; double-rowelled spurs were fixed to his boots, and on a chair beside him lay a foraging-cap and a light sabre. Although his features were small and delicately chiselled, there was great daring and decision in the thin, com pressed lips, slightly expanded nostril, and keen gray eye; and when he smiled, which was but rarely, certain lines around his mouth gave a cruel, almost a savage look to his otherwise agreeable physiognomy. A Navarrese by birth, and of a roving and adventurous disposition, this man, at the commencement of the civil war, had espoused the cause of Don Carlos; but a violent quarrel with a superior officer, punished, as he con sidered, with undue severity, soon afterwards induced him to transfer his services to the Christinos. He raised a free corps, composed of Carlist deserters, smugglers, or the Nigh and desperadoes of every description, and made war upon his former friends with unbounded vindictiveness and considerable success. At the period now- referred t o , h e had already, by various well-planned and boldly-achi eve d e w x a p s ed g i e t n io e n r s a , lly aec k o n m ow pi n i:h o e f d E chiefly in Mochuelo, thenight-tim e, gained a high reputation, and the sobri que t, b y wh i ch he Owl." Another sketch is excellent ; it is that of the cele brordaetead sgmuaelrfilglraopurpieosft Merinoofficers, the chiepf v. monngst honi was only to be di s ti ngu i s h ed by d h At the head of the co l umn, a few ace a i a d v ance, him by his the e f e renee s o companions. Insignia of rank :he had non e, nor any indicati ons o f hi s m ili tary r ro f ess i or b eyo nd the heavy sabre th a t d ang l e d aga i nst t h e fl an k of hi s power ful black charg e r. Hi s d ress was entirely civilian , con sisting of a l ung sur t ou t, th e wo r s e for wet") an d a round hat. H eav y s p urs upon hi s heels, and at , ample cloa k, whom now strapped across his holsters, complete d the equip- t ment of the Cura Merino, in whose hard a: nd rigid fea tures, and wiry person, scarcely a sign of de cay or infir mity was visible after more than sixty yea ra of life, a largo portion of which had been passed an tidal the fa tigues and hardships of incessant campaign ale The readers of this vivid and agreeable volume will close it with the refrain of the Hymn of Valladolid ringing in their recollections : — • A la lid, nacionales valientes ! Al combate la gloria volad Guerra y muerte I tiranos y esclavi as, Guerra y despues habra paz 1" It will convince many a sceptic that as Si ?ail), has f' centuries been the land of romance, so may become a land of patriotism. also By Herbert Byng Ha/4 , ILAND 2 vols. Truth is stranger than fiction, says i t j . eadage ; nevertheless, it is not always more inturo.:', ' HIGHLAND QUARTERS. SPURTS slightest idea of lite.ritry pretension, amusing, as the volumes before us r.... - y tu ‘ s i t ri i g fy o . r T m h o e r i e r author tells us, in his prof!-,,, a, that k ,e has that he h as not the ad hered to no peo', - ,ltvit,y of style or reg ularity of a simple uarrati,v, of actual detail, but L tts give 4 occurrences. Hence it would seem, if we have any fault to find, it must be not with the author, but ‘Nith the adventures which heftl him, and they are I certainly not of the most interesting kind imaginable. 1 The latter portion of the work relates more espe cially to " Highland Quarters," and is in many re spects the best. It may possibly be of some service, and is likely to possess some attractions, at the pre sent season. Among the Highland quarters here de scribed the most interesting is, of course, Ardverikie, the sporting residence of the Marquis of Abercorn, and last week th e h ea d- quarters of roya l ty. Speak ing of the beautiful mansion which now casts its shadow on Loch L aggan , t h e author of these volumes very happily surmises how great a consternation its appearance would excite, if it could be seen by some old laird . ' who, in time s l ang syne, perhaps, possessed a " sheilling " on its sit e , an d, moreover, how much his amazement would b e increased could he see the royal standard floating over it "in the centre , of that glen where heretofore none but a rebellious pennon has been unfurled." Besides Ardverikie many other sporting seats and sporting quarters are here particularised, and their various peculiarities notified, accompanied by directions for travelling and advice respecting the accommodation to be met with in those parts, which may perhaps be acceptable to those about to seek amusement in Highland sports and Highland quarters. The second volume concludes with a de scription of the islands—the Shetland, Orkney, and Hebrides. The Isle of Skye is more particularly spoken of—that island " sublime in barrenness," which has been so forcibly depicted by Sir Walter Scott, quotations from whose pages are profusely scattered over these volumes, always attractive, and always welcome. The chapters devoted to " High land Sports," consist of a simple narration of the exploits achieved and the adventures encountered by the author and his companions during an expedition to the moors. This narrative, which is doubtless a very truthful one, may have some interest to those utterly unacquainted with such matters, as it may give them a correct idea of what Highland sporting really is. But to those who have themselves been in the Highlands— " Chasing the wild deer and following the roe," or even to those who have visited such scenes only in imagination, either of whom can draw on a well stored memory and a well-stored fancy from many a stirring scence and hairbreadth peril, these, albeit truthful pictures of Highland sports, will appear tame and little interesting. Both volumes contain many illustrations, some of them very excellent ones. FINE ARTS. SCOTLAND DELINEATED. Part IV. Already we have noticed the preceding portions of this superb publication. We have commented upon the splendour of the engravings, the beauty of the letter-press, the style and dimensions of the plates, and the descriptions generally. What we have pre viously said upon these particulars may be corro borated with yet greater emphasis, now that we have seen the fourth part, just issued in continuation. It is quite worthy of the lithographic engravings by which it has been immediately preceded, and that is no slight commendation. " Benmore," by W. L. Leitch ; " Holyrood," by J. D. Harding ; " Glamis Castle," by George Cattermole ; " Melrose Abbey," by David Roberts ; " Interior of Glasgow Cathedral," by Joseph Nash; and " Edinburgh, from the Mound," by W. L. Lutch, are the embellishments to the part now publishing. David Roberts certainly proves to us that fair Melrose may be viewed aright eves, when not visited in the pale moonlight; for the architectural beauties—matchless either by sun or moon—are delineated with consummate grace by his pencil. In the " Interior of Glasgow Cathedral," by Joseph Nash, we recognise a skill in the adaptation of lights and shades, and in the grouping of the armed men, worthy of George Catterrnole ; the figure half recumbent in the foreground reminds us, indeed, very forcibly of the figure of the man who is being assassinated in the goblin picture, produced by Cat termole some years back, and called " The Iron Mask." This distinguished artist is singularly suc. cessful in his sketch of Glamis Castle, with the re tainers and the nobles ready for the chase, and the rich foliage of the trees sweeping the sod, and the turrets of the Shaksperian edifice visible through the boughs. The lithographer—J. D. Harding—has done full justice to the original water-colour draw ings, some of which drawings we have ourselves had the pleasure of inspecting at the publishers. PICTURESQUE ILLUSTRATIONS OF AN CIENT ARCHITECTURE IN HINDOS TAN. Part 11. By James Fergusson. The second part of Air. Fergusson's beautiful publication upon the architecture of Hindostan has just appeared, and fully sustains the credit acquired by the commencement. The descriptive letter-press is as intelligent and the engravings as delicately drawn and coloured. The " Temple at Chandravati," " Temples at Barelli," " laina Tower, Cheetore," " Temple of Vimala Sah Abu," " Temple at Sadri," " Tower of Victory, Cheetore," are depicted in the part now published. It becomes each year more in teresting to investigate the customs, creed, and pecu liarities of races so contiguous to our Oriental pos sessions, and to familiarise ourselves as much as pos sible with the scenery, costumes, and architecture by which those lands are characterised. Such advan tages will be effected by Mr. Fergusson when his elaborate and elegant work is completed. ELOPEMENT OF THE BRITISH Week •Cs , ending NAME OF RAILWAY. Week. - Last g " 6 . 4 ,..,• l e 5 P. a ; ,„, A A Sept. 19 Amiens and Boulogne . . . • 7lB - 163 • 18 Arbroath and Fort •-• . 261 17 Chester and Birkenhead .••••• • '' - • • 824 777 r , 862 933 1.-', 16 Dublin and Drogheda. ••• •• ''''' •• • 888 1,091 Di 21 Dublin and Kingstown •• •••••• - '• • • 920 347 N 1 B Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen •• • ••• . • 4,684 4,509 1 18 Edinburgh and Glasgt"r ....E;;;;;; 12,176 10,129 nr 19 Eastern Counties and North 18 East Lancashire •• ...... •• •• •••• ..▪ • !•: :)6 12 Eastern Union.. • • t"l'ulciAyr ,,1 2, 5 5 n 1,329 1,210 1 8 8 Glasgow an "m d Greenock .• .. .. .. . • .. 1,737 886 of Great S o uthern and Western 21,041 20,417 ( 19 Great Western, Ezc •••• • • • • 18 Lancashire and Yorkshire.... .... .. 17 Lancaster and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • • • • 1,643 - 18 London and North Western, Sze. 19 London and Blac kwell ..... ... •• • _ 1,055 1,296 j 18 London and Brighton .•••• • • • • 19 London and South Western. ••• • • f - Manchester, Leeds, and Bull Assoc- - - 18 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincobashlre 2,90 2,819 . IS Maryport and Carlis le ••••••• • • • • • • • 672 6 - 18 Midland, Bristol , and Birmingham.. • • 26,079 23,217 19 Midland Great Western (Irish) .• -• • 700 - 18 Newcastle and Carlisle ••••• • • • • ... .. 2,346 2,295 - Newcastle, Berwick, and North Shields - 19 Norfolk ••••• • • • • ..• ... •••.••• • • • • .. 2,365 1,739 1 18 North British .. •••••• • • • • • • ........ 2,837 2,004 18 Paris and Rouen .••••• • • • • • ........ 8,789 8,199 4 f- Preston and Wyre ••••••••• • • • . • • • • • -- - 1 18 Rouen and llavre .. ••••• • • • • ....... 3,386 - 17 Shrewsbury and Chester •••••• • • • • • • 587 1 18 South Eastern and Branches -• • .... 11,361 ~ , ~,,, 17 South Devon ••••••..•• • • • • • • • • • .... 16' \ %'"" 18 Taff Vale ••- • • • 19 Ulster . • .. [ 18 Whitehaven Junction •...... ••• - \ Si 6 786 18 York and Newcastle - 1 18 York and North Midlane ••• • •• •••• 12,430 6,461 -•••••• • • •., 1 10,110 7,748 WAKEFIELD Cr:7 , - 4 . , . The supplie. '• - .4- : AIARKET, FRIDAY, SEPT. 24 fair di.- ~ this we ,k are pretty goo d ; and there is a b. -play of sarat,les from vessels near at hand. We ...ve a good retail demand for wheat at a reduction of 2s. per quarter olti new, of which t he supply principallave con sists, and Is. to 2s. on old. Malsters generally h av e \ no t commenced working, which causes barley to be in limited request, and prices are 2s. to 3s. per quarter lower. Oata and shelling meet a ready sale at fully last week's prices. Beans are the turn dearer. ace of an • ELIM CRAPEL.—Yesterday, in conseque order by Aldermen Hooper and Johnson for the imme diate suppression of the nuisance caused by the breaking up the vaults and coffins underneath this chapel, a number of workmen were employed in laying concrete over the ground, breaking the roof, and stopping up all holes, to prevent further escape of effluvia or obnoxious gas. QUEEN. An inquiry of rather a delicate nature touchiug the recent performance of the lady who, among tra velling companies, is known by the above designation (but whose real name is Mrs. King), was instituted before the magistrates in this town on Tuesday last, when a young man, named House, of Market La-. vington (the latter portion of whose life has beon passed in the employ of the famed Mr. Wombwell, of wild beast notoriety), was brought up under Super intendent Wolfe's care, charged with having in his possession a quantity of wearing apparel and about 1501. in money, belonging to Mrs. King's lawful lord and master. It appeared that about a month since, in consequence of a misunderstanding with his employer, Mr. King relinquished his avocation and settled in private life at Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; but, not to disappoint the public of the delights pictured in the hand-bills, he permitted his better half (at Mr. Wombwell's request) to remain with the company a short time longer, at the ex piration of which he looked forward to the domestic repose which the joint exertions of him self and his wife had promised to secure. Letter after letter, couched in the most affectionate terms of anxiety for her re t urn, and at the same t i me convey ing sincere respects to Mr. House (who was one of the band), had been posted by the attached husband ; all of which—as Mrs. K., unfortunat e ly, could neither read nor write — were p l aced in the hands of House, who answered them as his feelings prompted At length the engage men t w i t h the company expired,. but no Mrs. King app eare d at N ewcastle. - Her hus band began to grow uneasy; and, upon inquiry, dis covered, with astonishment, th a t the faithless 'Mrs. King had left the establishment with his " friend " nearly a fortnight. Dismayed and bewildered, the thought suggested itself that the pair might contem plate a trip to America. Off he started to Liverpool, searched the whole of the packets bound for that wide land of adventure, but Mrs. King was nowhere to be found. Gloucester was next visited; then Chippen ham ; and subsequently Devizes, where such a clue was found as to induce Mr. King to place the facts of his situation in the possession of the police, through whose aid he was escorted to Lavington (where House has a mother and sisters living). Here the whole secret was soon unravelled ; wearing apparel (belonging to both Mr. and Mrs. King), and 1481. in gold and notes, were found, and subsequently the wife herself was compelled to face her much-abused partner in a private house in the town. Upon this, all parties were brought before the magistrates ; and after, a great deal of theatrical dis play, Mr. House (upon his refusal to give up the property) was handed over for a night's lodging in the police cell. The next morning found him with his determination unaltered, notwithstanding an offer of 201. by Mr. K. to settle the matter. A warrant of committal, however, soon turned the tide; House, in his cell, reflected upon the matter, accepted the 20/. ; and, taking with him the remainder of his property, Mr. K. (with his wife by his side) started in a car riage and a pair of mules for Chippenham, en route for the north, where change of climate and scene may, it is to be hoped, efface all unpleasant recollections of the past. —Devizes Gazette. A BURIED WOMAN ALIVE ANI) WELL. " Truth is strange, stranger than fiction," and the following story is not more extraordinary than true. Two or three weeks ago the daughter of an old sol dier, who resides in Miller-street, in the north eastern part of the city, was seized with fever, and was conveyed to one of the hospitals. The old man, of course, made frequent inquiries at the hospital as to the progress of the disease, and was pained to learn, on every visit, that his daughter was gradually get ting worse. At last be received the melancholy in formation that she was dead. The necessary ar rangements were made for the funeral, and the body was interred in Sighthill Cemetery, on Thursday of last week. On Tuesday last, while the mother of the buried woman was engaged in her usual household avocations, the door slowly opened, and, 10, there en tered, pale and emaciated, the figure of her dead daughter, which uttered the word " mother." "Ye canna get in here—ye canna get in here !" exclaimed the affrighted mother, " your father buried you last week." And having thus endeavoured to lay the ghost, fainted. On coming to her senses, and observing the unwelcome visitor sitting in the house, she rushed down stairs to the workshop of her husband, and exclaimed, in the same voice of extreme terror, "Oh, the daugh ter ye buried last week is sitting up stairs!" and she went off in another fit, while the husband in terror and surprise dropped the implements of his craft, with which at the time he was engaged. When the old couple had recovered a little self-possession, neigh bours were called in, the haunted house was entered, and there sat—not an intrusive, ill-bred ghost—but the veritable daughter, pale and thin, but as truly in life as ever she was. Here was a mystery not easily to be solved at the moment, but subsequent inquiries showed that the daughter and an Irishwoman of nearly a similar name lay in the hospital next bed to each other. Hence the mistake of the father being misinformed as to the state of his daughter's -b.ealth ; and when the Irishwoman died, her body was given to the supposed father, who is, we learn, a Scotch mai, and from the circumstance of the virulence of the disease, interred without identification. We have been informed that the father of the recovered daughter is about to institute legal proceedings against the manager of the hospital for the expense in curred by him in the interment of a stranger.-0/418- gow Examiner. THE LATE PRASLIN—AFFAIR- We find the following in the Constitutionnel :- 4, Mdlle. Deluzy has for some days past been re lieved from her secret confinement. She now takes exercise in the yard of the Conciergerie at the same hours as the other prisoners. It is even said that she is shortly to be set at liberty. She had a short time before forwarded to the Chancellor a justifies tory memorial, which has been transmitted to the ~(age d'lnstructioi intrusted with the affair in which she was concerned ; and it is to this, it is said, that her change of position is to be attributed. It was rumoured at the Palais within the last few days that certaun spec u lators had proposed to Mdlle. Deluzy a consideral sum to allow the whole of her correspondence wi .th the late Duke de Praslin to be published. MdJ de. Deluzy, it is said , at first absolutely rejected such an offer, which, if accepted, would h e the effect , of r endering public lett ers of an entirely confide) ntial character ; but, on the other band, as the desii , e to ex plain,her conduct oug ht to be exceedingly strong i n her mind, perhaps she has not as yet definitivellr re _ jected the idea of publishing these letters. It may, i n fact, be remembered that, some time after the pro cess of Rhodez, which for several weeks occupied the attention of France, and indeed of all Europe, Mdme... Manson, the heroine of that case, came to Paris to carry out a speculation of a similar character. A. shop was opened at the Hotel de Nantes, ne ar the Carrousel, and in it Madame Ma ns on herself 8(.31d a little pamphlet, containing what she called the un published letters of the Fualdes case. It is r; 18 ° "ru moured at the Palais that two persons have sent in offers of marriage to Mdlle. Deluzy, and that the head of a lady's boarding•school at London had made s evera l propositions to her to come and joint her 1,739 a ,„. „ -,------- MANCHESTER RACES.—FRIDAY. SPORTING IN TELLIGENC] L. Thelrwell Park Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, w ith. 50 added; the second to save his stake; for three y rs old, Sit 41b; four yrs, Bst 41b; five yrs, Bst 121 b; 57 (X yrs and aged, 9st 21b; mares, &c., allowed 31b., The winner of the Broughton Stakes 51b extra. Yale and a half. (10 Subs.) Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale, 3 yrs ... (r.i.yder ) 1 Mr. Arrowsmith's Lady Hylda, 3 yrs ~,, .... 2 Mr. J. Clarke's Maid of Lyme, 4 yrs ~.. . .. 3 by 1 0,1 f a leng th. sto 1 on Ellerdale. Won easily I,ovs. each,, h ft, The Aututn St. Leger Handicap of 10 with 50 added; the second to save his stake. One mile and three-quarters. (10 Su'or ) Mr. Disney's Keleshea, 6st 71b Illb Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale, 75t ••• (Folei*y) 1 Mr. Arrowsmith's Lady Ilyh' A s - i fit 81b ~, ... 3 sto 2 oil Ellerdale. Wc . , o easily by two leng tbs. A Free Handicap of 10 sov, s ,. mile. each, and 50 added- One 'O2 S b• ) Mr. Skerratt's Roman( u s ' - , e , 4 yrs, 6st ......... (Tasks?r) 1 Mr. Robertson's 819- girdl.-} l2lb Mr. Irwin's :loan F Mr. Heap's, Brow . a : 1 ; - , Mr. Coe 2 4 y_r , s 4, s y s r t s 7 , 1b 63t .... ... .... 45 1— --- ,Jwirt, 5 yrs, 6st .............. ........... 3 tuOn'a Fa',r Star, 4 yrs, fist 10lb s to 4 agst, Blackbird, 4to 1 agst Dean Swift., 4to 1 2,004 "' . Rom a nce, and sto 1 agst Fair Star. A filus?, race, 8,199 Veat by a neck; Dean Swift a bad third; the others i beaten off. The Selling Plate of 701.; the second to receivne 101,; for three yrs old, 7st 51h; four yrs, Bst 91h;: 5 y rs , 9st 21b; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 51b; mares, &c., a) l owe d albs. The winner to be sold for 2001., &c.; if e utered to be sold for 1501., allowed 7lbs, if fur 1001., 1,..41b 5 , if for 501., allowed 211bs. Heats. One mile.. Mr. Arrowsmith a Bedale, 5 yrs (501.) .... 0 1 1 Mr. Copeland's Cheapside, 3 yrs (100/.) ... 1 0 0 Mr. S. L. Fox's Meaux, 3 yrs ••• . 0 0 2 Mr. Dawson's Bretwalda, 5 yrs ~,, 0 0 3 Mr. Heap's Delaine, 5 yrs „, .... • . 0 2 0 Mr. Worthington's ch fby The ProYrist, 3 yrs 3 0 4 Mr. Lamb's Lady Flora, aged •• 0 0 0 ..• • Mr. Merone's Goodwood, 3 yrs (5e,/,) ••• 0 3 dr Mr. Brooke's Luminous, 3 yrs ... Mr. Irwin's Dean Swift, 5 yrs. (1001.) BETTING AT MANCTILESTER. — I - zi t -Iply. CESAREWITCH STAKES.-13 to 2 agst V far Ea (t), gle (t), 13 to 1 agst Wood Pigeon (t), 16 to 1 ar st Rob R 16 to 1 agst Slander (t), 20 to 1 agst FA Rm i a iseence (t), , 20 to 1 agst Lady Wildair (t), 20 to 1 agst Ulysses (t), 20 to 1 agst Rufus, and 20 to 1 arpt AL's,s Whip. The Lord Chancellor of krelar 1 d h as appointed Richard Nugent, Esq., of Fanen C o . Cnaek, H ouse, Mount Nugent, a m agistrate for the c-okr ity Meath, on the re commendation of the Vice-Liewv , na r i t of the county. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing in an open carriage on Thursday afternoon in the vici nity of Osborne, the Prince driving. The Royal Children took airings in the pleasure grounds. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent dined with her Majesty. Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked early in the walks and plantations. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, walked and rode on the sea beach yesterday forenoon. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, and their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida, Prince I Gustavus, and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen of her suite, arrived at her residence, Marlborough House, at a quarter past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Bushy House, Bushy Park. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar rived in town yesterday from the residence of the Duchess of Gloucester, at Richmond, and paid a visit to his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, at Marlborough House. General Prince Castelcicala had yesterday, an interview with Viscount Palmerston, at the Foreign Office. His Excellency Prince Callimaki transacted busi ness at the Foreign Office, yesterday. The Duchess of Buccleuch arrived in town on Thursday, from Scotland. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial Office for the Governors of Hong Kong and Ceylon. RAILWAY RETURNS • RAILWAY TILAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rai: ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— 55 1 . .4 dit 1 5 1/2 43 204 31% 7% - 26% 1% la% "ix _ 10 4% i - ili -17) 12% 13% -- 2 . 14 i;VI, s:A' sli 5,4 Y•) veie lard , oiVr 10 13 ; nerh ce ps ara. too. ,or 9d; 5d for P er to ~..-,.