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CITY of LONDON COMMERCIAL CLUE.—The Club-house will be open for the recep tion of the Members on Tut; RSDAY, the 24th of September instant. Gentlemen desirous of being placed on the present List of Members must forward their applications. (with references) to the Secretary before Tuesday, the 22d instant, on which day t he Committee will proceed to the Election A. J. BAYLIS, Secretary. Club- A. 35, Throgmorton-street, September, 1840. NEW AND EXPEDITIOUS ROUTE. HE FIRE-KING Steam-ship between ,HE LIVERPOOL and ARDROSSAN, in connexion ith the GLASGOW and AYRSHIRE RAILWAY. o T,,he powerful and very fast-sailing Stearn•ship FIRE ROtiERT EWING, Commander, will resume sail- Pf"g WElexxsnAr (this day), the 9th current, at 6 r.m., orn St• George's Pier Head, Liverpool, to Ardrossan (with tssengers only), and continue to sail every Monday, Wednes pr'l and Friday, at Six e'Cleck in the Evening ; and from u 'Ossan to Liverpool every Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur .2! tt Six ei'Clock in the Evening, immediately on the arrival ,tpe Train, which leaves Glasgow at Four o'Clock. taelliese hours are fixed to suit Passengers going to London by by tll‘l°"ing Trains from Liverpool, and Passengers coming le early Morning Trains from London. arso between Liverpool . and Ardrossan, 15s. ; Steward's " s 2 •tatr_ Passage app l y , i n Li verpoo l, t o Robert Hutton, 35 : streeetr street ;in Gl asgow , to Wm. Brooks, 68, St. ineent - • September, 1840. Gl li a ; )3 * - -To make sure of an early arrival in Glasgow, the tliti,;° ° , l v and Ayrshire Railway Company have put on an ad Pi Morning Train from Ardrossan for the Passengers per bit r c'ing, whien will completely obviate the delays that have ertooccurred on this part of the route. A - CANDLES, ls. 2d. per lb.; Fine Prov e d Wax, Is. sd. ; Transparent Lights, with the im leliudgaited Wicks Is. 9d. • Genuine Wax, 2s. ld. ; Ge- Wick7, l " er ra, 13 9d.; Store andles, 61d. ; Extra-fine . Waxed 1 1211, 3 ""whls, Bd. ; Y e ll ow S oa p, 465., 545., and 605. per ket ; lok. ; Mottled,M°s.and .6s. ; Windsor, Is. 4d. per pae- Nao: I m. la 4d. ; Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 2!.; P e i ib il" A kao e ntl 2s. 6d. ; Superfine Sealing Wax, 4s. Od tar th e ' , Genui ne s perm Oil , 9 5. Od. per G a ll on Common, Pep Solar L am p, 3 s . at. 11/,''sh, at DAVIES'S Old-E s t a blished Warehouse, 63, Loff ee : r es-l ane , T ra f a l gar-square , oppos it e New Slaughter's Douse. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. PERMANENT CURE for the TOOTH 4icilE is instantly e ff ec t e d by th e a p p li ca ti on o f this GREn()RIAN PASTE, prepared by the Rev. GORIAN sre liz `:Gs solo Inventor. Also for the Ear-ache and Tic-de- Le , above soothing, painless, and perfectly innocuous tl, e • killer, has at length effected that grand desideratum since Nill erett ien, viz., the CURE of TOOTHACHE. Trial only Geobvinee you of its efficacy. l'si l i e : 3ll ine at 3, Op era A rca d e ,'P a ll Alall East (late of 64, St. gait,,, i! ) , Where all country, foreign, and other orders are exe 'll2e 4 1e: "! enB,ders. St. James's-street ; and at several respectable Me _ - AINS of RED PORT WINE, Tea, ti ro Fruit, Mildew, and other Vegetable Matter,l n e sh e n n: 1 4e: r emoved from TABLE LINEN, Cottons , eAe', 4 nd other articles Gf Dress, by HUDSON'S CHEM.: tt % LEACHIN G LIQUID: it also ren . :*ves . the t t h e !huff V-41 0 from Ladies' BUFF Dresses, . wtthoutinjuri t n . g its h ~.4 1 ! + and restores all kind of discoloured Linen g Is t ."'liteness, without injury to the texture of the cloth. t pAred and sold by W. B. Hudson aild Son, Chemists, o l i c i — Tnarket, London, in bottles at 55., 35., and '2s. each. tlll 4 • Sut ton and Co., London; Binns, Bath ; Light and tau ;l a iles, Clifton ; Bettison, Cheltenham and Learning 4thtla til r e o l lAtrinhton ; Marsh, York ; Smeeton, Leeds ; and the ..,tivri'nit g em. llRJ A llitEs 4 „ f it t ' h Y for the CURE of STRIC TIvE? GLE E t he lIRETHIIA, SYPHILIS, GON , OR- Notwi l t i t i URIN all DISEASES of the GENERA COntiou s tandin g 4 t r t "..G AN S. geo eto teeei , L * Instittiti: is closed, Patients may pt (11 r. CO U G tU° GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur- Y2ltig at his Ts 42, Great Marlborough-street,) by ap alulilrrs of At , Ike a%e instead of the Charity. 4). v Se, ` enda nce, front Eight to Ten in the M ornings the E 4 e l l to Nin e in th E enings. On Sundays lo the notventng , / Air t c ,, z-lIIILIC NOTIFICATION. ejji ~-70 R S. SLOAN and CO., c."Gtit,llll9Zal College of Surgeons. 4, ARGYLL-PLACE,MGem_b. erf I ,4I EAPT - T. S ,,ttET, and 23 IRONAION ERLitikiNtt, •'°ltii --'''-', may be consulted from Eight .'Clack stage 0, hilis' until Ten at Night, on every variety and sL 0.. i ser bwi t:s, with that delicacy and secresy they have hitherto b ti :" The treatment theypursue will not subject any patient .....lfisernent or hindrance from business. Cases of 1 , , ex we nature th Z e teut i„ - cy eradicate is eight or ten days, or if slight er 0 7 1 ! ai s l W o or three, without the indiscriminate use of metr ur la su red . 6 teat e a moderate expense. Generative debili y, etit, m r , Cr- a, and Strictures of the Urethra, ushappily so preva : 4,14 , 4 .tessrs d u. psonlothosedunerine• large rnciples which have in Corse a share of public pa. tliej t a l s rov nearly thirty an year s an in Londo g n, and which it will be Le:trure exertion to rap.intain. led ''' ', containi t i ants, ng wa enclosure, will be antovered by return e '''''re h"ever distant, will be cerresponded with until 1 --,....________ , T'ItANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF 11,,,.,., COPAIBA. SPE" ClPleßtr,eot ingredients contained in FRANKS'S t‘colth,.-"tstTION OF COPAIBA, are those advised by rhere4tetioal and scientific in the profession, ore ' ca r - d that each drug greatly toes he ocess se eompounde T hi , . cy of cone her. Priv 111".aluabl Md . but, ate ,_ e.. ee i b y eeult i ii n al er ,.!_ tices of s recommended in the and SIR ASTLEY P.' COOPER, Bart., Rs. ,""t BENJAMIN 'BRODIE. Bart., F. •_. VSEPR HENRY GREEN, Esq , I.R.S. Ilereh:4lANSBY B. COOPER. lond e 'l of the Council et the Royal dolFlegße.SaibSerusrgoefatnhae, triedt e : l . and zany oter highly distinguished Specific _or tole„„ Profession, b y whim it is tieeind 9'e only imrnediate l ly 4,Plie,7;iesf those diseases to which it is more The t e ... eyet.l refistimett itlON ribcC:tntYntoinf dthths:t gFenßtlhemNeKns,csannot essential what it Preleau:' C OPAIBA is not only in every faiISPECIFIC convince S O L U - „.t ll o s 0 i e - : ,t ! )se, but is. considered a most valuablealilit b io y a the Apo .4%lt),.lllt'totte and adopted Medicines daily prescr ibe d FR AN tore s t , ,-...„" the most effectual, safe, and *e t'ted t IC. , S'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF CO e P dy Al fe n z A th i e s 9.""‘IY reined DIS ,,',IIO.c.,`T,NORRHCEA, GLEETS. all URET "IltpS, FLUOR ALBUS, 'SPASMODIC BLADDER, llRt,i',. tRRITATION of the KIDNEYS, urifying offeets 411 A, and PROSTA7ZE GLAND; . its i 4 ;Ili t,4°:etfilehTaeancedrafilbhrrlasnliarneenrdveorisisitdepi;irlt.,itcyu.larly applicable p :;•44rsArq,a;:alt deicate per„ons may take it with pe rfect i s a a e r k e r t r y i . ars_ 1 , L o - „7 ° a'Y by 0 eorge Franks, Surgeon, O, -4t;v,en;igin'i nand say be had Kingdom, .u., em ,•,.. ..he United ,e 4 n , ' r ."- each. s f olly each ell wholesale Bottles an d retailat i . -, elltokil.;,"--i\rone is genuine unless Stamp -`tatliercil•t,!-rr'',d," is engraved on the Government ~ George Franks, Iv _ 4 bottle. from amongst nume- Pr o Te stimonials aro selected r a Jo _ . rens others forwarded to Mr. Franks. ' " to St. Thomas's l'f th e 7,1 )11 Hen; Green, Esq., F. R. S o n e of the Councl B o • A.ayal Colleg e of Surgeons, Surgeon College, ne e and and Professor of Surgery in King ' s n. % I hav e t. T h . made trial of Mr. Franks's Solution in the Dale, Pasts gospital, in a variety of cases of d ischarges . hlt it is t eteo female, and the results warrant my stating of Copaiba, at 11%41 el'tAot remedy and one which does not -aPleatant effea s of Co aiba. " 4' ' (Signed) P HENRYGREEN. 'JOSEPH 1 - 1 ' produce t the il t, 4, Lincoln's lnn•fields, April 15, 1835." Alit I; Guy's th branaby Cooper, Esq., P.n.s., one of the Council of li e , ".°Yol Colle,ge of Surgeons, London ; Surgeon to ,(I‘llsltal, and Lecturer en Anatomy, Fcc. Frktit'r• Bransby Cooper presents his compliments to Mr.Gre ffi o.. 55, " 5, and has great Pleasure in bearing testimony the to dis est! 11 1 him h a s of C;ailsa in Gonorrhea, for which ,lvelre oasee j•,_Cooper has prescribed the Solution in ten or 1 '.lto Perfect succ ess . prsraNe.oc.-street, Ap ril 1835." Alexander Tweedie, Esq., Surgeon to the Metropolitan tr,e H osp ital Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. have adtzliol_tl_fear S —I have notes of six cases, in which I tierth,2 e red your preparation of Copaiba for the cure of Go pertotra, in alto f which the disease has been subdued in a shorter vii ad , If time than according to the ordinary plans hitherto I I- y lt so or. Besides those cases of which I have taken notes, vilialot tried it in 'eve! al instances at the Greville- treet H05te;"4,..,_,11d te;"4,..,_,Ild am quite satisfied that it possesses a control over the ho rns of Gonorrhcea, relieving the discharge and ter4tait.tag scalding in making water, that I have not ob et.„,._• in the .usual methods of exhibiting Copaiba. In ine.in iet7e !only did it disagree with the stomach ; but in this it th ft ot to depk.nd rather on the method of exhibition than on efeTienledy Itself, for on dilutin it with a larger quantity of Iled:ri, the objection was at onesi g obviated, aid the patient got i t e% clals from the time that he commenced taking the tinn e d ? e ' 11 , av not had a case in which thetliseharge eon onger than ten days after commencing this treatment. I am, dear Sir, ycur's very truly, „ (Sign.d) A ' e o n "ALEXANDER TWEEDIE." , o• it l a a Period of Tyro Months upwards of Three Hundred iit,)tlts were treated with FRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLU t: eoPAtitA. with perfect suc ce ss, at the above Itle 4"ap tei k iti !V it aits.vlt., St. Thomas's, Guy's, and the Free itini.-1 -, -7 Loeu. ralective surgeons; whose Testimonials are .‘4 4bwre. No. 14,96;5. BANK OF ENGLAND, SFr'''. 10, 1840. 11HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK ENGLAND give notice, That a GENEAL COURT will be held at the BANK on THURSDAY NEXT, the 17th instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, to consider of a DIVIDEND, which will also be one of t''e Quarterly General Courts apnointed by the Charter JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary. ATIONAL LOAN FUND, LIFE AS SURANCE, and DEFERRED ANNUITY SO CIETY, 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. L AMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R.3. John Rawson, Esq. H. 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By the plan exclusively developed by the Society, a single deferred annuity is made, na only to answer the same object, but to equal in amount the entire sum •f all the advantages heretofore only obtained by the middle and industrious classes by separate investments in Savings' Banks, Benefit Societies, and Loan Banks. 1. A small yearly or weekly contribution will secure the most ample return for after life; thus---21. 12s. per annum (Is. a week) at 20 will at 65 give the policy holder the choice of an annuity for life of 47/. 16s. 6d.: 3941. 1 Is. in cash; or policy without further contributions of 466/. at death. 2. Two-thirds at any time lent on deposit of policy, being a fund always available during sickness or want of employment. 3. Two-thirds of all payments returned to representatives in case of premature death. The report to the Anneal General Meeting of Proprietors, prospectuses, tables, &c., may be obtained at the office of the Society, by letter or otherwise, 26, Cornhill, London, or at any of its Branches throughout the country. F. FERGUSON CAAIROUX, Sec. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSU RANCE COMPANY, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. The FIRST SEPTENNIAL DIVISION if PROFITS of this COMPANY will be declared in the ensuing year on all Policies of the participating class effected previous to the 31st December, 1840. Parties therefore who wish to insure their lives should avail themselves of the opportunity they now have of sharing in the bonus so soon to be declared, by imme diately making proposals. The following are the annual premiums for the assurance of 1001. for the whole period of life, on which half credit may be allowed for five years ; which credit may remain unpaid at 5 per cent. interest, to be deducted at death from the sum in sured : Age. Without Profits. With Profits. 20 .... £l 13 10 30 49 50 Annual premium for assuring 1001. payable at a fixed age, or at death, should it occur before the party attains that age : Age to be attained. Sixty. Sixty-five. Seventy, when Age f 3 2 0 0 £2 6 1 £2 2 4 £ 2 0 0 3 2 10 2 15 2 assured. t 4O 50 lO 14 10 7 8 1 Example.—♦ person aged 20, by paying an annual pre mium of 21. becomes entitled to 1001. on his attaining the age of 70, or to the same sum should he die before arriving at that age. For the convenience of parties residing in the City, they may make their appearance and pass the medical examination before the agents, Edward Frederick Leeks, Esq., 4, Scots-yard, Bush-lane, Cannon-street, and S. F. Youde, Esq., surgeon, 9, Old Jewry. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director, Edward Boyd, Esq., 8, Waterloo-place. Proposals may be accepted on Wednesday at three o'clock, and any ether day appearance may be made at half-past two o'clock, when Frederick Hale Thomson, Esq., the Cempany's Surgeon, is in attendance. EDWARD LENNOX BOYD, Secretary. PUBLICATIONS. CLARKSON AND WILBERFORCE. P . XPOSURE of MISREPRESENTA TIONS contained in the PREFACE to the COR RESPONDENCE of WILLIAM WILBERFORCE. By H. C. ROBINSON, Esq., Editor of Mr. Clarkson's " Strictures." Moxon. Price 2s. 6d. For an able Review of this Pamphlet, see the Examiner of Sept. 13, where it is characterized as a " master- piece of con troversial writing." To be had by applying to any Bookseller in Town or Country. This day is published, THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN RE VIEW. No. XXI. CONTENTS. 1. Chartism and Church Extension. 2. Austria and her Resources—Milan Treaty. 3. Modern French Novelists—Lo Nceud Gordien. 4. Montenegro. 5. British Administration of Indio. 6. Medical Reform. 7. History of Fiction—Eastern Story-tellers. 8. Hungary and the Hungarians. London : R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street. Just published, price Seven Shillings. SPINAL CURVATURE , its Cons e q uences and Cure ; being Thirty-three Cases successfully treated By JOHN B. SERNY, M.D. Formerly House-Surgeon to the Westmiaster Hospital, &c. Illustrated by numerous Wood. cuts and Engravings. Published by Sherwood and Co. , 23, Paternoster-rovr, London. Just published, price 2s. 6d. APRACTICAL ESSAY on the DEBILI TIES if the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, their Va rieties, Causes, Treatment, and Cure By a M E3IBER of the ROYAL COLLEGE ef SURGEONS, London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary. " I am impotent, and vs' 11' to live "—Last's Records of a Suicide. Sold by Onshyn, Caherme-street, Strand; Ross and Nightingale, Liverpool ; Barlow, Birmingham ; and all Book sellers in Town and Country. N.B. Persons in the Country may have this work forwarded by post (free), upon addressing either of the alcove Booksellers, and inclesing a remittance of 3s. There is scarcely an invention of striking merit, ingenuity, and skill, that does not rouse the cupidity of ig norant pretenders, who unblushingly come forth with their spurious imitations ; this applies to those valuable inven• tiona of the Messrs. S, and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly, and 76, King William-street, Bank of England, the newly-invented Invisible Operative Voice Conductors, which have relieved thousands of individuals afflicted with extreme deafness ; and the improved Specta cle Lenses for defcetive vision, the transparent brilliancy and superior excellence of which over all other Spectacles have gained the patronage of the Royal Fam.ly, and the unqualified approbation of above four hundred of the prin cipal members of the medical profession, they having be come in so much repute and celebrity, that numerous indi viduals, assume the name of Solomons ; this does apply only to London and various parts of the country, but to Ireland, Scotland, and on the Continent, all have en. deavoured to imitate the Messrs. Solomons's new inven tions; but the materials being a secret to themselves, and the various mode of their application to the ear and eye not being known to them, their spurious imitations have therefore been found to be useless. The Messrs. Solo mons have no connection whatever with persons of the same name ; their valuable inventions are solely confined to their establishments, 39, Albemarle -street, and 76, King William -street, Bank. A MAN BEATEN TO DEATH.—On Thursday last, Mr. Whitmarsh, one of the Coroners of this County, held an inquest at Hannington, on the body of a labourer named Thomas Draper. Deceased, it appeared, had chal lenged a fellow-labourer, named Skinner, to fight ; and the challenge being accepted, 'hey met is a field in the parish on the evening of the '3lst of August, and fought, in the presence of a large concourse of persons, for nearly two hours! To use the language of one of the witnesses, deceased " was pretty well blind a long time before the last round." no was also so beaten and bruised, that he could scarcely stand I Yet iu this state—scarcely able to stand or to see—he was again and again preseutedoo be knocked down. At length, Skinner tripped him up, and fell upon him. Unable to rise, he was carried to his second's knee, again to be encouraged to continue the combat. " Time was called ;" but it was all over 1 he was beyond his se cond's care—he fell senseless to the ground, and was in a moment a corpse 1 The depositions of persons present at the fight having been given, the Coroner summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Skinner and the two seconds ; upon which the Coroner immediately issued his warrant for their committal to Marl borough Bridewell. A certificate was, however, put in from the surgeon, stating that Skinner was so unwell, that he could not, without great danger, be removed from his bed. RTE.—OUT humble congratulations are due to the few remaining members of that miserably dwindling body, the Conservative Association, for something like an approximation to honourable feeling manifested by their employe. Of the few Tories who joined the Conservative Association, weekly defections from their ranks prove that they do not intend to be drawn through th• mire by th e weakest section, the " Farncomb Tories." They would fain be dubbed " Liberals." Ladies of easy virtue delight in the less ugly name of " women of plea‘ure ;" but the right .judging plain-speaking mobility, in defiance of their delicate prejudices, still call them by their correct appella. tion. these Lib era l s of the last month's gro wth, " Tores."— D uke Brighton So will we in calling th ese Conservatives, Blenh e i m , t h e sp l en did baronial domain of the of Maribor ugh, is about to undergo extensive alte rations and embellishments. 'is Grace does not intend to occupy the home lodge adjoining the China gallery, Which is to be let fur a term. ~aY. {: LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, k4O. THE EXMOUTH IN A GALE. ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA. (From the _Nova Scotian.) The scene b f bustle and excitement at the wharf, subsequent on the arrival and departure of a steamer, is novel and amusing in the highest degree : and al though by and bye we shall be used to it, it is strange enough to citizens of the olden time, who cannot even yet he brought to believe that there is any reality in it. Passengers who intend remaining rush on shore to meet relatives and friends, or to look out for quarters and secure their baggage. Those who are going on to Boston, are also in haste to make the best use of their time— to catch even a passing glance at the lions of a strange place—or to eat a meal and crack a bottle in a scene where they may be, for a kw moments at least, uncon scious of motion. Others are as busy securing berths and carrying baggage on board, that they may pay a visit to the Bostonian—whil o the stokers shovel away for dear life, as though, if money be the sinews of war, coals were the sinews of locomotion. Crowds of idlers are looking on, some examining the interior of the ship—sad more, perhaps, gazing► at her in mute won der, trying in vain to familiarise the eye and the mind with her vast proportions, and almost persuading them selves into a belief in the practicability of the Windsor railroad. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM PORT LOUIS. We parted from the pilot on the 17th of March, and made a most tedious passage till the 26th of April, when between 7 and 8 S. lat. we encountered a very heavy gale, and lay to till the morning of the 29th. On the morning of the 30th we witnessed a most extraordi nary phenomenon ; the day appeared to break full an hour before its time, though there was no apparent break in the heavens from which it could be said light broke ; all was seen tlrough the medium of bright crimson. Sails, men, sea, and even grey clouds, appeared es acted on by a Claude Lorraine glass ; it gradually decreased till sun rose. The Ist of May was one of the most lovely days I ever remember to hive witnessed, and on it and the 2d we made the two first fair runs we had had, but the sea continued still unac countably high, and was running against the wind. At a little before 3 p.m. on the 3d I was struck by a very peculiar cloud that rose on our lee bow. We had prayers as usual, and sat down to dinner ; the wind in creased ; by 8 p.m. it set in a strong gale from the N.E. to E., and from E. to S. ; by 12 it blew what they deno minate a storm, and by 7 a.m.—l am at a loss for a word—l cannot at such a time attempt to describe the order of events ; suffice it to say, that between that and 11 a.m. on the morning of the 4th the rudder had been twice unshipped, and in the morning was finally car ried away. The starboard or lee boat was carried away, and the topmast cut away ; the pumps, which had been sent on board as repaired in Calcutta, would neither of them work ; they had, it appears, worked well till the third day after the pilot quitted us, when one of them totally stopped, and the other did little ; in the first gale the second became almost powerless, but the ship made no water. To return to my subject : by 11 a.m. on the 4th our state was much as I have described, with about two feet water on the main deck. To describe the horrors of the scene as light came on us is impossible ; though it was light, nothing was visible a yard from the ship, such was the violence of the wind and vo lume of spray. At precisely eleven minutes before eleven a.m. the wind suddenly ceased, and the sun made two attempts to struggle forth and show us all the terrors of the scene and the frightful confusion on the deck ; there was, nevertheless, not the slightest rise in the glass, which had been falling all night. Pre cisely as the hand of my watch struck on midday, a crash, such as perhaps never mortal before heard and survived to record, broke forth ; such was the violence of the wind that the very sea, though rising in moun tains, appeared perfectly deprived of its fury. I do not exaggerate when I say, that sea, air, and sky ap peared one combined mass, and as the different par ticles of wreck flew from us, and rose as high as the eye cou ld follow them, it was not possible to say whe ther they rode on wind, wave, or cloud. The starboard quarter gallery and one of the upper dead lights was now forced in, and the sea made its passage from stem to stern and from stern to stem ; the front of the rudely and both the starboard upper cabins were totally carried away, and the ports forced in. The larboard boat on the quarter was raised in its slings, and suspended for an instant bottom up wards ; such was the force of the wind that in that state the bottom commenced starting ; the stanchions that supported it gave way, and the whole rose in the air flying over the mizen top, and was there seen to divide like a pack of cards. By about half-past one p.m. all hope of the ship surviving long seemed lost, and the Captain notified such to the passengers. I roust leave such scenes to the imagination of the reader. It was deemed advisable that the passen gers should go below, and the whole party assembled in the great cabin, the divisions being long ago knocked away. Six men were attending the leak from the rudder, and the remainder chiefly employed in raising water in the buckets. At about this time (between ono ____ and two p.m.) the fore and main masts were got rid of, We copy the leadia's Log : and fortunately went over the ride without loss of lit! OUTWARD BOUND LOG. or injury to the hull. The ship was at this time so per- NpeECtle to NW,, NE course 3N. S 8 8 milerl, 3ct Aug. 4th.—Sailed from Liverpool at 2 p.m. ; at 4 die -4 fectly over, and so much by the head, that there was not charged Pilot at Bell Beacon, fine.—Aug. sth, Run the slightest doubt that she was fast settling in the water ; n i had the mast been left there can be no doubt that inn an , fin ng down e. ...... Au channel, g . 6th, 8 , WindCa hour would have been our end. To the chief officer, Mr. ' W. dist. 172 miles. lat. 51 00 N, long. 13 42 W., fine. Knott, and a man of the name of Terry, we are indebted --Aug. 7th, Wind NN Wto NNE, course S 71, 45 for the respite that ultimately led to our delivery ; with W., distance 246 miles, 49 43 N., long. 19 49 W., difficulty they could raise the hatches ; the ship then somewhat righted, but there was at this time nine feet strong breeze and cloudy, with swell.—Aug. Bth, Wind WNW, course S 79 58 W., distance 235 miles, lat. water in the hold, and two on the main deck; neither 49 58 NDR long; 25 45 W., a.m. moderate, p.m. pump would act. At about half-past three o'clock the strong breezes.—Aug. 9th, Wind WNW, course S captain came down, and said he believed some one had 83, distance 231 miles, lat. 48 35 NDR, long. 31 35 touched or injured his glass, as it had made the extraordi- W. strong breeze with heavy head sea and fog.—Aug. nary rise of half an lneh *Milts the last few minutes, but , loth, Wind WNW. course S 83 22 W. distance 209 he observed' It can signify little, for the pumps altlief of :tiiles, lift, 47 82 N.,_ long. 36 28 W. do. weather:— them work, and it would be wrong to deceive you,' or : A ug . 11 t h, Wi n d WNW, course S 83, distance 239 words to that effect. It has since been ascertained that sal, let. 478 N., long. 41 47 W., a.m. do. p.m. more there was far more water in the ship than was , moderate, with fog and head sea, working expansively. imagined or is entered in the log, and the passengers, , -Aug. 12th, WNW to WSW. course S B4 31 W. , were at that time sitting aft in about a root afid a half distatiee 031 miles, lat. 46 44, NDR, long. 47 43 W. of water. The captain had quitted the door perhaps fresh breezes, with thick fog and heavy swell working about three minutes, when a cheer from the men broke . on us; one of the pumps worke d, a nd at the scare ' e xpansively.—Aug. 13 , Wind S W to WNW, course S 78, distance 220 miles, lat. 45 31 N., long. 52 36 ; mo ment the wind almost ceased , It is not possib l e to ysr . describe that instant , the night th a t followed, or the arm. strong breeze, p.m. iaiht breezes, with fog, do. 6 p.m.—Aug. Illi, Wind SSW, distance 283 miles. morning that succeeded ; the ship may even then be HOMEWARD iidUND LOG. the dise said to have had her head almost under w a ter, and until Sept. 1. Left Boston at noon, and perf o rmed the sun set she scarcely appeared t o have =my disposition tance to H a lif ax (395 m il es ) in 29 hours. to rise, the water that was on the upper deck merely 4.—a.m., fresh breezes; p.ii, strong breezes and swishing from side to side, like the contents of a wash- cloudy, having left Halifax at 11 p.m. of the 3d, after tub ; all the galley and bulkheads of the forecastle were a detention of 19 hours, distance 140 m. gone, and the men's chests were so totally ground te 1 5.—a.m., fresh breezes ; noon, more moderate ; as bits, that there was scarcely a piece of wood left as large certained by observation that a westerly current was as a rat-trap. Nothing, perhaps, can give a more cor - running 40 miles in 24 hours.-237 m. rect idea of the violence of the wind than the assurance , 6.—a.m., fine throughout ; current setting westerly 20 of the masts having both gone over the side, without the miles in 24 hours.-230 m. slightest noise being heard. Thus, then, on the morning 7. Fine breezes and clear weather ; current not per of the sth inst., in 18 51 S. lat. and 75 long., about ceptible.- 9 64 m. 1,100 miles from this, we lay on the frightful sea without S.—a.m., strong breezes and clear ; squally in the masts or rudder ; the lee guns and two anchors were after part.-271 m. got over, much of the cargo followed, and by the 12 th 9.—a.m., strong breezes ; noo n , f res h b reezes . w ith we had a third attempt at a rudder, but that succeeded northerly swell ; wind shifted, afte r h eavy ra i n , t o N.W. tolerably, and under jury mast we were doing well : the and N.E.-252 m. leaks in the chains stopped, and the ports closed ; our 10.—Moderate winds,with il heavy northerly well.— great terror being the fear of fire from the dreadful heat ' 242 m. of the holds, which at times they could not enter. Most 11.—Moderate, with s.vell, as yesterday.-247 m. of the upper jute that was wet was thrown over. Oa 12.—Light amid variable winds, with northerly swell. the morning of the 15th a sail was discovered astern, _264 m. which proved to be the Elora, from Bombay ; she . 13.—Fresh and clear ; hall-past eight p.m. received refused on good grounds to tug us, but agreed to stay pilot.-275 m. , by us the night. Our captain went on board her in English Papers brought to us in eleven days, have a their boat, and she continued with us till we sighted thousand additional attractions. It is quite delightful land, and then, when in smooth water, took us in tow. to be reading the Morning Chronicle or Examiner of It is useless to give any account of hopes, fears, failures, the 3d, and Liverpool papers of the 4th, on the 15th— and disappointments, with all those horrors attendant. it makes one fancy that they are only on the Plains of 'on such scenes. It pleased God to allow us to anchor Mayo, or in the Highlands of Scotland. f at the mouth of this harbour on Sunday, the 24th, all The news by the Acadia is every way important, and hands well ; nothing can surpass the hospitality shown I pat ticulerly to the people of Nova Scotia. to us. I fancy this account will be satisfactory to you, and clear to all my friends, to whom it is not possible ' can write to-day, as we are taken by surprise, and a ship ' likewise sails for England. Yours, &c, A PASSENGER PER EXMOUTH. The scene at the post-office is nearly as animated. Two double cars er carriages are drawn up in front, and quickly stowed with a score of huge bags, for which there is no room in the old post-office, and which contain the Canada mails. Crack go the whips, and off they start, to make the overland journey in 17 hours —(we hope to see it reduced to 12 by better roads) — and to join the Unicorn at Pictou. There is some thing very defective in this part of the line, although it is perhaps easier to notice than •to rem;dy it. The English mail cars to Pictou carry no passengers,—not that they are restricted, but that the contractors do not like to feed horses for 15 or 30 days, which are not re quired by the ordinary amount of travelling on the road, in order that they may facilitate the transit of passengers, who would of course object to pay more than the usual fare. Thus, for the pros, t, it happens that strangers in a hurry to get to Canada, have to hire conveyances, and ride all night, to keep up with the mail, or go in the steamer to Boston. The latter mode of reaching home is probably preferred. This must be looked to and remedied if possible, because the object of the colonists is to pass through their own territory, not through the United States ; and our obvious interest is of course to make Pictou the usual anil the favourite route. But, to return to the post-office : The Canada mail despatched, then there is one to be made up for Boston, and in about three hours from the time of her arrival, the steamer is in motion again, and, like a gallant steed upon an imperial course, rushes away as though impa tient to beat her rival, struggling for the same goal. Batting upon horses bids fair to go out of fashion— people bet now upon the a , rival of steam-boats. They must have a course three thousand miles long—and monsters, like the fabled animal of Troy, with an army of human beings in their bowels—fed by the produce of the dark mine—drinking as they go — breathing volumed smoke—pausing for no storm, nor ever bolting from the course, but struggling on and on, over the giant steeps and sunny plains of the Atlantic, with the myriad hosts of two mighty continents for spectators of the race. May it be long ere any of these glorious steeds go down, or fling their riders to the clouds. We never bet, but if we did, we would rather bet upon a steam-boat than a horse. There can be no jockeying or crossing —or twisting of rules to give a race to the boat that dal not win it. Others do bet, however—acrd we heard of one gentleman, who had scarcely . left the room in which he had wagered his ten sovereigns that the Acadia would not be in till Monday, when he saw the signal flouting on the staff. . _ _ NAVAL STATISTICS. (FROM A CORRIISPONDEST LIST OF OTFICERS-SHOWING TOTAL DECREASZ DURING TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OF PEACE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Ist of January 1 1816 I : 840 I Increase Decrease Admirals 65 34 ---- 31 Vice-Admirals 6B 50 18 Rear-Admirals .. 75 62 13 Retired Admirals" 32 55 23 - -- Captains 36 8 ---.. 28 Captains B4B 684 --- 164 Commanders - 4 Retired Commanders lOO 280 180 .--_ Lieutenants... 3,886 2,813 ---- 1,073 Masters 694 462 -- 232 10 ----- Physicians l5 5 Retired Surgeons— Surgeons ..... 951 597 ---- 354 Ds Assistant Surgeons... S s unrod li geon o s s . p . i .. 46 2 2 7 3 59 8 ____---_ , 703 tal M..tcs Pursers 957 557 --- 400 ...---- --- ------- ____ 6.666 9 098 6,866 212 2.444 212 2,232 2.232 SlR,—Last week I saw in your journal two Mansion house police reports respecting a person named Higgs, who came from India las: year, having the care of some Arabian horses, as a present to our Most Gracious Majesty, but who is now quite destitute and wishing to return to India to his wife and children. It is not for me to say whether this man has been ill-treated or otherwise by those to whom he looked up for protec tion. As I have seen and conversed several times with Mr. George Higgs, it may not be uninteresting to some of your readers to know under what circumstances came to knaw any thing respecting him, of which no mention has been made in the police reports. The be ginning of last March Mr. Higgs was taken to Worsl4• street police-office, for wandering in the streets, sup posed to be insane (which may account for his squander. ing away the money given to him, and other irregulari ties) ; he was sent by the Magistrate to St. Luke's Workhouse, and was admitted into that establishment, in the name of George Higgs, aged 40 years, on the 3d of last March, as being insane, and was treated as such for a considerable time after his admission, to pre vent his injuring himself or others. He told much the same tale then as he did to Mr. Hobler at the Mansion house, with this addition, that his name was Guelph, and that he was a son of King George the Fourth (not a bad likeness), and, of course, cousin to our beloved Queen, who, I am convinced, were she apprised of his situation, would immediately cause the poor man to be sent back to India to his wife and children. He re mained in the Workhouse until his reason became calm, and was suffered to go about at large the seine as the other inmates, whea on the sth of May he ab sconded from the house ; on the 9th he returned again of his own accord ; on the 14th of the same month, when threatened to be set to'work, he again absconded, and was seen no more at that establishment. The circum stance of his being in St. Luke's Workhouse, and the state of his mind, was made known to the firm of Sir Charles Forbes and Co. ; how far they did right, or wrong-, in suffering the poor man to languish in a parish workhouse in an insane state of mind, I must leave them to determine within their own breasts. I hope from what has transpired the poor man will speedily he sent back to India to his wife and children, who, no doubt are anxiously awaiting his arrival. Your obedient servant, Banner -street, Sept. 14, 1840. R. W, ------ * By a re , !ent order in Councilthose Ofneers have been laced on the Active List. _ properly ~,_ and would dis •--- THE LORD CHANISIERLAIN AND THE LA... DIES. —The vivacious e xcitement which prevailed in the colonnade for five minutes after the Royal procession byNv had swept through the corridor into theirshapel, produced a notification from the Lord Chamberla " that £0 much laughing and talking were infringements on the etiquette' roundedltieh; the tha tpsuurelhie ucsonodfueßtowyaasitTrraerveerevnetr! turb the silence and solemnity required in the chapel during the approaching h o ly rite, Ladies and gentlemen," pursued the courteous offi.er by whom the message wa s brou4ht, „ li . you w ill b e pleased to be silent, the ch a p e l doors shall remain open, that you may hear the music, but if you cannot refrain from laughingtalking, t h ey must of necessity he sbut."--Queen Victoria om i t her Birth to her Bridal. • we ll worth A suggestion which Is ly the attention of Railway Boards, wa s thrown out by Mr. Manbert, at the late meeting of the Croydon Company, to the effect that printed bills of the times of starting their several trains should be mutually exchanged by the Directors of all the Companies, and be exposed at each station for the inspec. (ion of the public. The arrangement would involve little (if any ) additional expense. and he attended with scarcely any trouble. We are constantly hearing complaints of the little publicity which is given by some of the Com patties to alterations in their time-bills, thus occasi on i ng very gre a t inconvenience to travellers. Whether this scanty advertising prcceedsfrora a wish to spare the Com panies' funds, we cannot tell ; but if an, it is an exceed ' ingly injudicious economy.--Railt"l/ Times. The new Bishop of Chichester, Dr. Shuttle worth, rfill be consecrated by the Archbishop of Canter bury on Tuesday next. DUN CASTER RACES. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. Lord Westminster's Launcelot (Scott) I Lord Westminster's Maroon (Holmeg) 2 The following were not placed : —Gibraltar (third), Calypso, Caius, loung'un, Trustee, Broadwath, Poly.. derus, Dunstan, and Mountain Sylph.—Won easy. DONCASTER RACES. MONDAY. That Doncaster has suffered from the decline of the St. Leger as a Letting race, and from the meetings which, mushroem.like, have sprung up in the North of England, has been stated often enough. The influecce of the Stewards, the liberality of the Corporation, and the effirts of those to whom the management has been so long entrusted have failed to check this downward ten dency, and it cannot be denied that for the last three or four years the sport and company have been below par. We are in hopes. however, that the completion of the North Midland Railway to York will (" barring acci dents") stimulate the public appetite, and that those who have of late hesitated to devote the time occupied by those almost obsolete conveyances, stage coaches, will avail them • selves of the facilities now afforded them, and at a much smaller expenditure, have a peep 't 'Leger; in fact there is no longer an excuse for remaining at home. In almost every direction the same opportunity presents itself. Calculating by time, the distance from the metropolis is reduced one hilf, and from Hull, Sheffield, York, and several other towns rioted for their predilection for the turf, amount to little more than a ride before breakfast. From Newcastle, and even " bonnie Scotland," the journey is also so mate rially lessen, d as to remove the objections of many who have hitherto been contented to enjoy the sport through the medium of the newspapers. We will not overrate the benefit arising from this vast monopoly by asserting that the present is likely to be a " great" meeting, for, in truth, the list is not particularly strong ; but we can say without fear that it has had a most welcome in fluence on the attendance, and that it has enabled hundreds to pay their first visit to one of the prettiest towns in her Majesty's dominions. Since the last meeting the inhabitants have laid out a .considerable sum on an inclosure at the stand for the use of the betting fraternity. They arc certainly entitled to commendation for their good intentions, but beyond this our praise cannot extend ; for by a singular want of judgment the space allotted, in stead of being in front of the stand as at other places, is at the upper end of it, and is so ill-contrived as entirely to defeat the object proposed. Nevertheless one good end was obtained ; it prevented much of the annoyance which ladies and non-speculators formerly suffered from the noise and confusion prevalent in the principal floor of the stand. In other respects the visitors had no reason to complain of want of attention on the part of the "constituted autho rities ;" the betting-rooms were opened under the same proprietorship as before, and the police were numerous and active, while, on the course, the new plan of telegraphing the starters and winners was adopted with success. With this preliminary we beg to introduce the first day of the races, which was not made remarkable by any event of importaece. The company was what is generally called " respectable ;" not so numeroes, perhaps, as we have usu ally seen on the first day; but quite as full as the cha racter of the stakes led us to anticipate. The weather was favourable up to three or four o'clock, when it com menced raining heavily, continuing with short intervals to ' the close of the day. In the club and grand stands we ob served the Duke of Cleveland, Marquis of Westminster, Marquis of Normanbv, Marquis of Clanricarde, Earl of Chesterfield, Earl Wilton, Earl of Eglinton, Lord Kel burne, Lord Maidstone, Lord George Bentinck, Lord G. Loftus, Lord Miltown, Lord Strafford, Count D'Oreay, Sir John Shelley, Sir C. Ibbotson, Sir T. Sykes, Honour able( T. O. Powlett, Captain Rous, T. Rous, G. Fitzroy, G. S. Byngi G. Anson, A Villiers; Colonels Peel, Synge, O'Meara , Hanc o x , and Cradock ; General Sharpe; Messrs. C. Wilson, C. C. Greville, Broadhead, R. P ee l, J. Peel, Price, Bowes, Etwall, Wigram, Payne, Walker, Worrell, Cottrell, Crommelin, Portman, Hawker, S. Stan. ley, St. Paul, Williamson, &c. The first race was for The Fitzwilliam Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 30 added by the Corporation ; three yrs old, 7st 51b ; four, Bst 51b ; five, Bst 121 b; six and aged, 9st. Mile and a half. (3 Subs.) Mr. Orde's b m Beeswing , a g ed Mr. Oaldeston's b c, whopet dby Rubens, 3 yrs... 2 stol on Beeswing, made play throughout, and won in a canter by three lengths. The Champagne Stakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Sst 51b ; the winner to give six dozen of champagne to the club. Red House in. (27 Subs.) Mr. Powlett's b f Kedge, by Sheet Anchor (Holmes) 1 Mr. Bell's gr c The Squire, by The Saddler 2 Mr. All en ' s c h c B e l gr ade, by Belshazzar Lord Westminster's b e Satirist, by Pantaloon Mr. Brooke's ch f Moonbeam, by Tomboy General Yates's br c Simoom, by Camel Lord Eglinton's b c Assegai Betting-11 to 8 agst The Squire, 7 to 4 agst Satirist, 10 to 1 agst Moonbeam, and 10 to 1 agst Kedge. The Squire took the lead at a good pace, having Simaom, Belgrade, and Kedge well laid up with him ; at the distance Simoowi gave way, and immediately after Kedge took up the running, which she carried on to the chair, winning very easy by a length and a half; nearly a dead heat for second, and Simoom and Sati rist close up. Previous to the race Satirist was backed several times for the Derby at 30 to 1. Handicap Stakes of 10 soya, each, h ft, with 30 added by the Corporation. One mile. (7 Subs ) Clark'se ch Be njamtn, 3 yrs 6st 61b (Francis) 1 Al, W. Richardson's Kingston Robin, 3 yri, 6st 51b......... 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Wormald's gr c Bolus, 4 yrs, 7st 91b; Mr. Allen's 1. f gAn t . l ua 4 yrs, 7st Sib; and Mr. Stephenson's b c Nep tune , 3 yrs, fi s t 10ib. Betting-2 to 1 agst Benjamin. 3to 1 each agst Bolus , Antigua, and Neptune, and 7to 1 agst Robin. Boles had ; capital start, and made play to the distance, where the two light weights singled themselves out, and ran a fine race home, Ben jamin winning: by half a head only. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Four miles. Lord Eglinton's br h St. Bennett, 6 yrs, lOst ...(Lye) 1 Mr. Bell's b f La Sage Femme, 4 yrs, 9st Mr. G. Clark's ch c Benjamin, 3 yrs, 7st 91b 3 Betting-6 to 4 agst St. Bennett, 7to 4 agst Benjamin, and to 1 agst the mare. St. Bennett made all the running, and won Cleverly by half a length. AQUATICS. Yesterday, notwithstanding the unpropitious state of the weather, the two matches which came off excited consi derable interest on the river, and attracted a large number of the patrons of aquatic sports. The scullers' wager was the first this season in which any of the first-rate watermen have been pitted against each other. The two antagonists were, Thomas Good. rant, o f Vauxhall-bridge, and Edward Morris, of Horsely - dow n both fine young men , and so e ve nly matched that the eportit. interest was very considerable, and large sums , e result. They were both known as were betted upon bad both won Dogg •tt's coat game and lasting men, ano '''-‘odram in 1639. Mor and badge ; Morris in 1836 and t.A_ opponent, and rig was lather a bigger man than na. below bridge was backed at sto 4, odds : hat re w The taken with alacrity by the friends of his opponent. . stakes in this match were twenty pounds, and the distance from Westminster to Putney with tide. At a quarter to four o'clock they made their appearance at Westminster. bridge in two beautiful light wager wherries. The start was beautiful. and they were scull and scull to the Horse ferry, when Goodram began to take the lead. The shouts from the cutters in the interest of either party were deaf ening, mid both men rowed their utmost. Goodram went through Vauxhall-bridge half a length in advance of his opponent, and the latter then made a desperate effort to overba,vl his opponent, and a beautiful struggle ensued. Morris gained a trifle upon the other, and Goodram, by the advice of Coombcs, the celebrated watermen, who offi ciated for him, laid out his remaining strength. Both men were nearly exhausted as they faced the Red House, but Goodram was full two lengths in advance, and although his adversary roped with game never surpassed, Goodram kept his position, and arrived first at Putney-bridge, four boats' lengths only in advance of his opponent. , CrTTER M•TCH.—This was four-oared cutter meet: with watermen who have signalised themselves in ma. y hard conte•ts. It was described as a lighterman and wa terman's match, the former being a crew picked from Blackfriars and the latter from Hungerford. The latter were the favourites, and five to four on them in some in stances went begging. A quarter of an hour after the start of Goodram and Morris the following came to their stations :—The Hungerford, or waterman's crew—Andrew Churchman, James Kipping, Thomas Cook, Alexander Tough, and Thompson, of Stangate, cockswain. Black friars, or 'ightermen's crew—G. Everard, J. Everard, J. Torringto,i, and J. Torrington ; Edward Coates, of Chelsea. coxswain. The start was level, and hdh crews went off at extraordinary speed, the Hungerfurd patty taking the lead, but off the Horseferry they were oar and oar, and continued so for about two minutes, when the Blackfriars boat gradually rowed by them, going through Vauxhall-bridge a length in advance. Both crews rowed very hard, hut the tightermen still retained the lead, and won by arriving first at Putney.bridge five or six lengths in advance of their opponents. TIIE ROYAL EXCHANGE.—The Lords of the Treasury yesterday communicated to the Gresham Com mittee that they assented to the plan of Mr. Tice for the new Royal Exchange, solicited by the Committee. Ope rations will commence, it is expected, immediately. THE AUTHOR OF DR. SYNTAX.—A faithful biography of this singular eharacter might justly be enti tled a Romance of Real Life, so strange were the adven tures and the freaks of fortune of which he had been a par ticipator arid a victim. After wasting a handsome patri mony in fashionable dissipation, he enlisted as a common soldier, and was indebted for the subscription that purr chafed his discharge to the circumstance of his being dis covered by one of the officers reading a Greek 4Esebyles in the guard-room, A ready writer of all work for the booksellers, he passed all the latter portion of his life within the Rules, to which suburban retreat the present writer was occasionally invited, and never left him without ad miring his various acquirements, and the philosophical equanimity with which he endured his reverses. —James Smith's .11femoirs, Mr. John Murphy, who has been for some time in custody, charged with forging draughts on Latouche's bank, was on Tuesday fully committed on a new charge, for an offence committed so long ago as April last. The charge for which he was on Tuesday committed was, that on the 28th of April last he pesented Mr. Alexander Richey, the deputy cashier at Latouche's bank, a cheque purporting to be drawn by Mr. Anthony Strong Hussey, for the sum of 7601. The cheque, which was dated 27th April, 1840, was honoured immediately, but has since been found to be a forgery. —Dubttri Paper. ...... ... ----- - ' ,,,‘ , .., T . 2;. - - , 1"IF 7! '," ---- T . 11;" --- - - ..... ---. il •"" 1. .... - 77 T, '` C . , i ' 'A , ,--„, 7. , • , , /' ' f li \ \ , . . - v4ll ki?fr . 0 I T - " //SO ( N ~ ‘.,,_ • .. . , '''1,774,1ra1 - , - „ , . , .„1.. ~.• ~ ',,-. , :,:t.,..1 7 't 1 ::'.,,, . 1 ) , 4.- ---- '•-•;* ~ 4., 7 , •. ° 1. 7, ,A ,,- • • ,-----..,--•+., , —%_/ N, ~-_,- \'' '--- • , ". , i'.,, ..4; , ~,,-. ; ~,. i p j/ _ _ __ ..,., , I At -. ; • , --..... . L A :. ),,,, ' , , t•.:,,, , , , ' • **" • - 'x'lT. ;•,.. • I :I t , j ":':', ..-----", - ,•. 4 4,10.- i t , ..,..." , 5 . v 4,4, /, . , N. ,r. PRICE sd. BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE It was yesterday determined, in the Blackfriars- Bridge Committee, that the bridge should not be opened for carriages until the 2d of October. We understand that the postponement has taken place in consequence of the request of the contractor, who being resolved to finish his engagement in the most complete manner, re quires that the pavement be not travelled over until a fortnight shall have elapsed. Every one who has witnessed the improvements is highly gratified at the manner in which this great work has been accomplished. During the progress of the repairs and embellishments some have complained of the apparent tardiness of the operations ; but mere ob servers are not aware of the difficuities which have pre sented themselves in the thorough repair of such a structure, especially when it is recollected that the navigation has not been once stopped, and the carriage way is for the first time closed, for the purpose of lower ing the acclivities, and putting down a pavement be yond all comparison the finest in the metropolis. The Committee (for we will do them every justice) did not confine themselves to the plan of merely re pairing the bridge, but wisely directed their attention to the removal of the intolerable nuisance (a nuisance to passengers as well as to the inhabitants of the neigh bourhood) arising from the communication of the open sewer, called the Fleet•ditch, at the north end of the bridge with the river, and they have succeeded to admiration. It, had been the subject of complaint long and loud that the sewers of the metropolis emptied their filthy contents into the open air, almost at the level of high water, which contents were exposed for hours daily, generating putrefaction and malaria so as most seriously to endanger the health- -4 thc—immediate vicinity, and, indeed of the metropolis. Mr. Walker, an engineer, having been directed by the Committee to examine the mouth of the ditch, and consider the best means of correcting an evil of such. magnitude, undertook the task most willingly, and proposed a remedy for the effi cacy of which the Committee offer their unanimous responsibility. The engineer recommended the fixing of an iron culvert twelve feet wide, three feet six inches high, 250 feet long, with a fall of five feet several feet below the shore to receive the filth as it falls from the covered sewer, and to carry it still under cover, down to the low water of a low tide, which he judged would be sufficient to pass the largest carcase ; and in the centre of the opening of the tunnel or arch of the sewer where it enters the river through the wing wall of the bridge, which is illiptical twelve feet wide and eighteen feet high, being an area of one hundred and twenty feet, to hang three iron flaps to move, in or out by the action of the ah ind or water, and the space above to be covered witl iron plates to prevent the escape of the effluvia. This plan of Mr. Walker was recommended by the Blaekfriars-bridge Committee to the Court of Common Council, who referred it back to be carried into effect, and the work was nearly completed, when the Com missioners of Sewers for the City raised some objection to the closing of the mouth of the sewer. The work of such extreme importance is thus temporarily checked. The advabtege which it is calculated to produce is, in the opinion of the most scientific men, of immeasur able extent. We shall narrowly watch the proceedings of the Commissioners of Sewers, who, whatever be the reason of it, become, although appointed by the Common Council, the moment they are appointed, quite independent of that body. THE LATE DUEL. After the duel which took place on Wimbledon Common on Saturday, the Earl of Cardigan, and his second Captain Douglas, were taken into castody, and conveyed to the police station-house at Wandsworth, when they were ordered to find bail to appear before the Magistrates in Petty Sessions at that plat e on Mcaday. They accordingly appeared before Messrs. Nottidge and Brainbridge. The owner of the mill at the edge of the Common, and the constable who heard the charge, were examined, and stated that the defendants did not deny any part of the charge. Sir James E. Anderson, the surgeon who was em ployed on the occasion, stated, that after the removal of Captain Tuckett to his house, he made an examination, and found that a pistol bullet had entered in the upper part of the left hip•bone, slightly shattering it, had passed transversely, and came out over the spine of the back bone. He visited the patient again on Sunday, and the wound was looking well, and he was free from fever, and though he was seriously wounded, there were no symptoms of present danger. The Magistrates having had the evidence read over to them, consulted for a few minutes, and then decided that as the case was one of a very serious nature, they could not be contented with ordinary - ..ecognizances, and should, therefore, order the Earl of Cardigan to enter into his own recognizance in the sum of 1,0001., and and Captain D.,uglas in the sum of 5001., to ensure their re-appearance before that Bench on Monday next. The Earl of Cardigan and his second then entered into the required recognizances. COL. THOMPSON AND THE SUN We wrote a few words on the 4th instant principally with a view of preventing our readers from supposing as we have of late copied several of Colonel Thomp son's excellent letters, that we agree with him on all points. The Colonel has replied to our strictures in a letter to the Leeds Times, of %%Well the following is the chief portion cor,cerning ourselves. We lay it before our readers, without any remarks. being little inclined to protract the controversy. Our great anxiety is, that the people should think, judge,and act for themselves : EVENING EDITION. BARCELONA. SEPT. 7.—A special courier arrived the day before yesterdiiy from the Ayuctamiento of Madrid. He was the bearer of the foPovving comm. unieation to the Cor pos.:llion of Blrcelorm TO THE EDITOR OF THE LEEDS TIMES. Sra,—The Sun of the 4th does me the honour to no tice the contents of my letter to the Secretary to the " Lovett and Collins " Committee in July last ; which tempts me to take the opportunity for further discussion of the principles concerned. And the more, because the Sun is deciledly the most advanced of the Liberal daily papers ; a'id is the journal which, whenever its " call " shall come, will move onward and take the lead in the people's cause. That letter, it is stated, " recommends the Char es t o join, at the elections, with either Whigs or . who will contribute to elect Chartiets." Tone!' ' • -Mould they not? If a party of any con- And why any c ause or purpose at all, upon ceiveble kind, have . are they not to desire to see what imaginable motive' ht into Parliament, though an organ of their own broug.. an individual of any with the result of thro:,ing out the man of the other party besides ? What is there have been other party is to do for them , that c o u ld no: • done by the man of their own ? And w h y are :I"'Y to give up what would have been done by the m an of th,:ir own, and would not have been done, or would have been opposed, by the other ? Put now an actual case, and see how it looks. There i 3 a place where the Whigs and Tories are both in strength : and a third party (which for convenience shall be called the party of further Reform) contrives by a suc cessful exertion of the tactics of a minority, to bring in one Representative of its own, in company with one of either of the other parties. And let some enti cing personage be sent down, to convince the further Reformers" that they have done the wrong thing. How will it be gone about ? Will it be said, " You ought to have let two Whigs come in instead of a Whig and a further Reformer ; and so you would have lost all the difference between your own man and a Whig ?" Or would it be, " You ought to have let in one Whig and one Tory ; and then the result to you would have been as before ?" Or wo uld it be, " You ought to have let two Tories come in ; aid you would have been greatly the better fur that ?" In which of these would the Siren have the smallest prospect of s uccess ? Tnere is only one poss ible case more ; therefore to that must the Siren's song be supposed to be confined. And that it, " You ought to have helped to bring in tsea Whigs, instead of a further Refo rme r and a te Tory ave ." And now to see t he reasons why we ought h brought in two Whigs instead of a man of our own way of thinking and a Tory. To make this stand upon its legs, it must be proved to us, first, that the two W at what they would have done thing rro for of more u; va l u e to us, than what we can do for having a representa tive in Parliament with Now all this falls to they ground, if the Whigs will ourselvest hes set-off of by f a Tory. do nothing f or us at all. he Tory can do us no harm, e s far as vote g oes ; for our man can always balance possibly lose, i s wh a t th e for us ; ai d it' th a t be h tw im o i isv f hheigsliwkeoso.ld Ahollyewed,c}onen no hing, in the language of the schools, cadit queestio. THE CASHIaiERE SHAWL.--This singular pro duction, which applies in a very happy manner to Eastern life, the plan of the aebrated " Adventures of a Guinea," will no doubt excite great curiosity among the lady portion of the novel reading world. It takes us into the very heart of Eastern society—Perian, Turkish, and Arabian —and in the course of a series of romantic adventures, arising out of the actual condition of society in those coun tries, draws pictures of manners and modes of life so strange and striking, that nothing but the confirmation of them, in the relations of all recent travellers, could invest them with the effect of truth. The favoured " Cashmere" ._ pene trates, as might be supposed, into the profoundest seerdevrson! the harem itself ; and the piquant and perilous loveviavac. y, tures which it extracts thence, have much of t . h e c . rab , i t en and characteristic spirit, and invention, ?f ,.. tb a ,_ l ' . _ ta ,„ e _ Nights' Entertainments ; with this stri kin c ,__ ab vi t va ern u ,k,_: that they apply to the existing condition. of u k . ; .a. . z v. " 1,1 Tile', w,: k ~c id doibtlees attain extensnp pop 1 1 " CONSTITUTIONAL AYUNTAMIENTO OF MADRID. " I transmit to the Ayuntami,..nto of Barcelona the subjoined address to the :eople and the national militia of this heroic city, who are united to defend unto the death the Constitution and the laws, which arc attacked by a tiberticide fiction. " The Ayuntamisnto hope that its example will be imitated by the Corporation of Barcelona, and in this confidence it flatters itself that liberty and the national independence will remain triumphant. " Mry God preserve you many years. " Madrid, Sept. 1, 1840. (Signed) " JOAQUIM MARIA DE FERRER. " To the members of the As untatniento of Barcelona." The following address was forwarded with the above letter : " Citizens—The wishes of the army and of the citi zcn•militia-- the manifestations of the principal Ayun tatuientos of the Peninsula—the clatnours of puislic opinion against the ominous system of reaction now do minant—all—all have been most insolently _made light of by the traitors who surround her Majesty, and whose pernicious Counsels are compromising the dignity of the Throne, and the public tranquillity, at every step. " The Constitution we have all sworn to is infringed ; the laws broken through ; the will even of her Majesty the Queen Regent tyrannised over, and there being no Government to direct the vessel of the State after so lengthened a crisis, it becomes indispensable that the nation should once for all manifest, with the imposing aspect of a free people, its firm determination to pre serve untouched, either in the spirit or the letter, those constitutional institutions which we have gained at the cost of so much blood and such immense sacrifices. " Your constitutional Ayuntamicnto being persuaded of this truth, has not hesitated to accede to the wishes and strong requests (excitaciones) of the immense map. rity of this heroic population ; becoming the int er p re tors of their sentiments, being satisfied with the tcsti mony of their conscience, and supported by the well deserving civic militia, have mgt for the purpose of trans mating to her Majesty the wishes of this capital ; and all the individuals of this corporation will rather perish than abandon their posts, until the lase and the con stitivion shall be firmly established against the nrachina Lions of perfidy and the attacks of tyranny. " Our example, fellow-citizens, will be imitated in all the provinces where there arc Spaniards in whose breasts palpitate generous hearts. And whilst sour decision for the defence of liberty serves as a stimulus, let your noble conduct and your general moderation also serve as a model. Thus all Europe will learn that if the Spanish people abhor despotism, they are no less op • posed to licentiousness and anarchy. 1" The first Constitutional Alcalde of Madrid. (Signed) " JOAQUIM MARIA DE FERRER. " Countersigned by the Secretary. " CIPRIANO MARIA CLEMENCIN. " By order of the Ayuntamiento." The answer of the Ayuntamiento of Barcelona is as follows: "TO THE MFMERS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AYUNTA MIENTO OF MADRID. " This morning the extraordinary messenger pre sented himself with the setter containing the communi- cation of the Constitutional Alcalde, President of the most excellent Ayuntamiento of Madrid of the Ist inst., enclosing the printed manifestation which the said A.)untamiento had just addressed to the citizens of the capital, in consequence of the ac!ual state of public affiirs. In that communication you express the idea of preserving untouched, either in the spirit or the letter, the constitutional institutions we have gained at the cost of so much blood, and such immense sacri- fices ; the Constitution we have sworn to having been now infringes], and the laws broken through. ";In effect, in no other place in Spain are there such abundant proofs, as in Barcelona, of such scandalous infractions. The National Militia of this city, dis- solved by a notorious rupture of the Constitution, and the existing regulations ; many of its inhabitants tran sported, banished, imprisoned. and placed in solitary confinement in the dungeons of the fortresser, without the slightest judicial proceedings, and without a sum many process against them having been commenced ; a public journal suppressed without any of its articles having been denounced before a jury ; imposts and contributions of millions of reals monthly, imposed without the knowledge of the Cortes : these are ,och notorious and scandalOus infractions of the iundaniental laws of the State, that they could not have been rea- lised without the power and influence of a liberticide 'action. " This Constitutional Ayuntamiento, having its eyes now fixed upon the terrible and prolonged crisis which appears to have no other object than to carry into effect some premeditated coup d'etat (golpe destato) of a vile faction against the Constitution, is resolved to second your Excellency's energy and patriotism for the defence of liberty. " Signed by the Constitutional Alcalde, " President PABLO PELACHES. " Barcelona, Sept. 4, 1840." Yesterday the following proclamation from the Con stitutional Ayuntamiento of Barcelona was published : " BARCELONESE—That state of affairs has arrived in which your Ayuntamiento is called upon to tell the whole truth. A faction unworthy to belong to the Spanish.peo •ple, because it is under the dictation of a foreign Join- theg n pact A n of t misfortunes.e es obstinately pretend slthasn ast aside to p l ungethe mask, Yo s u k , into and which three years ago it swore to, under the appear ance of gratitude and attachment to reconciliation, bag been dispised, threatened, and finally broken through with unexampled effrontery. Your Ayuntamiento, Barcelonese, has checked the storm as much as pos sible, opposing an unbounded constancy to the incre dible provocations of this tyrannical and 'oppressive band. But their insane aggressions have at length ex ceeded all natural blundaries ; it is absolutely neces sary to repel them, and to assume a worthy and re spectable attitude. We know now what is our fate ; between an unfortunate termination and an honourable death there remains but one course—resistance. " Yes, Barcelonese, your Avuntarniento considers that the state of things has arrived for appealing to this extreme resource. The consequences of this step will fall exclusively upon those who have piovoked it by their misconducL (desafueros). The attack has com menced upon what presses most intimately upon our po pular righzs—upon our municipal " Let us rather perish a thousand times, fellow-citi zens, than consent to such iniqu:ious usurpation. Your Ayuntaimento will set you the example, and doubts not of finding imitators. The Csmarilla shall at last learn, to its great sorrow, that it was mistaken in reckoning upon your apathy and indifference. Every order, which is opposed in the slightest degree to the fundamental compact we have sworn to, will be issued in vain, for it will not be obeyed in Barcelona ; and if it should be at tempted to carry into effect by force that which may be unjustly ordained, we shall not have to look back to a very remote period to find in our history sublime ez amples for our imitation. But where is the force which would take on itself the charge of realizing the mandates of tyranny ? Perchance the army.? No ; the defenders of the Constitution, the subordinates of the worthy chief of our arms, will never support despo , 65 ,2 —those bayonets which have thrust down the arrmd .:bolitionists, will never be prostituted by lend ing t h e i r a .d to infamous conspiracies against the peo- plc's liberty, Th e h ero i c nius -iicipality of Madrid, the popular representatives of the Pnequal led Zaragosa, have sent forth the first cry of alarm y and we should be despic able, and unworthy of being successors of the ancient counsellors of Barcelona, if in such decisive moments we omitted to respond to the cry of enthusiasm ut tered by our brethren. " Citizens ! Let the impulse among us, and all our sentiments, be unanimous, and liberty will triumph, in spite of its implacable adversaries. " Signed by the Constitutional Presideat and other Members of the Ayuntamiento. " Consistorial House of Barcelona, Sept. 6, 1840." _ _ Yi ziterday evening the Mediterrenean steamer arrived from Valencia, and you will see by the following trans lation of a despatch from the new War Minister, General Aspiroz, to General O'Donnell, Captain-Ge neral of Aragon and Valencia, the light in which what he calls the Government view the occurrences at Ma drid on the Ist instant, and that this Government de clares that it. is " occupied in adopting the most ener getic and efficacious measures, in order to cause the re-establishment in Madrid, as the centre of the me. narchy, of public order, &c. However, events have marched so rapidly, that it would require somethin more than the " s t rong (?) hand,' spoken of in the Mi nister o f W ar ' s despatch, to remove the ma ss ofsrinet : joined citizens in Mad r id, an d those who have them resist any infrin geme nt on the Constitution, from the powerful position they have assumed. The despatch in question is thus indited,s " Most Excellent Sir, — has received information, that on the tranquillity was disturbed . in 11 for a %tient° of' that capital, taking tacks were intended to be m 2 which none more than the. Her Majoesltsyt Government instant public The Ayunta pretest that at tacks upon the Constitution, Government desires to pre in national iMilitia, convokingfortify~ house, detaining forcibly ing themselves in the and, fin Ally, having the hat there the political Chief; serve to :1 i t i t o o v. u l td u , i : declared par ts7lfildttsiel the f 0 - ' ral . who, attended by his aides. ci , pta i n .,.ene . upon the m p and a very small forcebelonging to the garb dihood to order a discharge of musketry to be made order to obtain a correct knowledge of what ~ was g oing foru arc , . I had proceeded towards the Town- With the object, no doubt, of giving a greater iiOUSC. dr risen, i i , appearance of force to this movement, th e M un i c i pa l Ody ordered at the same time that the drums should beat to arms, and upon this signal the 'National Mi litia could not do otherwise than form, being igno rant that the Captain-General h a d not ta k en any part in the order for calling out the National Militia. 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