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

iB% _ 11% q i i ' l 6 1n Ifazel Nuts, 243 d per bushel ; Peaches and Nee 's:74es, 2s to 4 s 6d ; Apricots, Is to 2s 3d; and Table ?„ uK ll ,_ e aus Plums and Greengages, 4d to is per punne t ; toes, 3s 6d to 5s 6d per cwt. ZIWG.A.TE AND LEADENIIALI.. p rime Beef, the supply of which was small, moved ms teadily at full prices. Otherwise the demand was in i mluggish state. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s i 4743 8d; Lamb, 4s to 5s 2d; Veal, 3 s to 4 s 10 d; as to 8s ; 4s to 5s 2d per Sibs, by the carcase. Geese, Chi't 8 s; Fowls, 2s 6d to 4s; Capons, 4s to 6s 6d; ' u rns 2s to 3s; Ducks, 2s to 4s; Rabbits, 8d to ru; Leverets, 3s 6d to ss; Grouse, 3s to 3s 3d; attridges, 2s dto 3s 3d; and Pigeons, 8d to 10d each. NEWPORT. leaf, from 3s to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3 s 6 d to 4 s 10 d; 4 0 ,4 s 2d to 5s 6d; Veal, 4s to s s; and Pork , ' 4 to 5s 2d per Blbs. WIZ ITE C IMPEL. 13 % from 3s 'to 3s 8d; Mutton, 34 4d to 4s Rd; 4s 2d to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, CI t 55 2d per Blbs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 8s to 15s; Cod Fish, 3s 6d to 6s 6d; Haddocks, a t° 8 d; Whitings, 4d to 8 d; and Lobsters , is 6 d a . 6d each; Soles, 6d to 3s per pair; Fresh Her t,_, Is 6d to i s 8d per dozen; Salmon, 10d to is 2 d; 'els, 8d to 10d per lb. BITNGERP ORD. The supplies of most articles here to-day were toler i. Y extensive. Generally speaking, the demand was .41 sluggish state, on somewhat easier terms. BREAD. e, Prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are 1 04 ? iid to 8d; of Household ditto, 6d to 7d per 4lbs EIDE MARKET. 6414,arket Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 2/d per lb; ditto, 721 b, 3d to 34d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 3-d to 32d; 80 1 b to 881 b, 4d to 4id; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 44d to 961 b to 1041 b, 54c1 to sid; Calf Skins (each), 1, 44 " .to 6s 6d ; H orn Hid es , 13i ; Shearlings, 11.5 d to 2 s; 44 Itb Skins, is 6d to 2s 6d. Bk.. HAY MARKETS. dit to - 4RFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ to 31 15s; New 215 t /a/ 1 , s 0 3 8s; Old Clover, 4/ 53 to 5/ss; New, ov i i to 4 / 1 0s ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 13s per load. 0 11 , 1 , 1 average supply, and a steady demand. It -AI TERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 31165; 4 e tit al i , t to, 21 8s to 3/ 8s ; Old Clover, 41 to 5/ ; 1:4,1 ,'"o, 3110 s to 41 8s; and Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 13s f l cl- Supply- moderate, and trade tolerably firm. /i . I TECRAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ to 31 15s ; le e , ditto, 2l 5: to 3/ ss; Old Clover, 41 8s to 51 5s ; Wr lt i di tto, 3/ 12s to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 13s (>4(l . Trade firm at low rates. tAt e , ~.. COAL MARKET. — FRIDAY. 114 1 8 , weat Hartley... 17s 6d Riddell's ..... ... ...... lBs 3d Ct r i:le,,,...'s W. Hartley 175 6d Eden Main 2os Od ba vt s tiartlev belln'sWeit Hartley 17s 6d Braddvll ' s Hetton 's Hartley 175 6d Crawford .. ...... Main ........ 18a 6d East Hetton 5 1 PercyHartley... 17s 6d Haswell 2ls Od o t al Tanfield lio tt , l t ßedheugh I La Pear th tilt e 16s 9d Lambton ThLeld Moor .. .. 18s 6d Shotten r i lington Mai lBs 6d Stewart's est } la tl n ey 17s 6d Hudson's Hartlepool... 19s 6d ti,_ W r all's End, &c. High Thornley Ileir iu rdB ...... ....... 18: Od Thornley ........ .. lB9 6d lieli and d!rovyn ....... ... 18s 6d Adelaide Tees T_ees 19s 6d3d mki te ........ ... l6s 9d Seymour tl ? 8 fo Co. k th . rth .... . . 18s 6d Brancepeth 18: 6d W. Hartley Netherton 17s 6d slibiltaberland 100 arrivals-64 sold. BR , EYING FROM SUGAR. s lt TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. f i s s - A correspondent in your paper of yesterday thi n " information as to the equivalent of sugar N en t Malt in brewing, and I beg to state, from ex eice, that 17ilbs sugar (raw) is equal to one der ~°F malt. I brew a nine gallon cask of table NC , follows, which is of the strength of four eis of malt to three barrels of beer : Sugar, at 4id. per lb., 61bs. Wheat bran Hops „ Yeast ... 1 pint. t ot itt , "le hop s in from one to two gallons of water licillifiLeast an hour, screen on sugar, which, when NlO b l , rack into cask, which fill up to within a With cold water, and add yeast. Scald, not t P e tts fa t 11 ) and let it stand till cold. Screen and fill `lt i t In about fourteen days it will be bright, 84 0 " 11 1 not b e a s we e t beer. 44 Ppy tI t ld Your correspondent try this plan, I shall be ‘ 0 he ar h ow h e lik es it. s, 2 4, 1847. W. R. I St i , 4) THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. utlyi,;'" -- Por some time I have been in the habit of of br„ -gll3 , Y table beer, rather than have the trouble 14% en' from malt. I watched the discussion on q4tifil u ivalent s of malt and sugar in the brewery and klkt tt ZY questi on , an d saw in the Morning Chronicle . • i d , fr i orn a practical brewer, in which it was stated 'lls• sugar was equal to a quarter of malt. I ktlai t "‘!( l the r e l a ti ve cos ts, saw the great benefit /14 from the use of sugar, and brewed, producing loge good for f ou rpe n ce as I had been giving "" per gallon for, and with this great advan 'that to the last drop it was not flat—in fact, it 1 1) 41( hopped wine. 0 14 rewed a nine-gallon cask of stronger beer, using 4 4 . * su gar, 11b, h o p s , an d a peck malt, instead of b ut found no advantage in the malt. , I , t ne poor but the means, how easily could they ` t ritiC le rnselves a good beer for field work, or to ,1 1 ,t home and smo k e th e ir pipe over. n tli' lll ulgate my plan as far as I can.--I am, Sir, Sepqed 241 e 1847 vane, ROBT. WILSON. Th e STATE OF TRADE. } 7%, - , l ,conditio n of the cotton hosiery trade, both -°t t' a " t an d cut-up,has a shade retrograded, but 11 3 , r li o a extent much felt, either by master or jour %t an t :. The cotton glove trade is very dull,. the ble * (4 81° Ps ystem in full activity. A considerable 111;? of socks are made in this vicinity, within a 4 t t p t iQl ;" of the town. They are, in general, good - ;t11%',. and have not felt the revulsion to the extent 1 ( t„' R e r - ` f . °C king branches. Four persons, apparently e minence, are in the town, purchasing Paid o Itig fram es an d o th er mac hi n e r y. They have fr ,ktn et n Perso n 7001. w ithi n a f ew d a y s f o r his rotary 1 ,-1 i - fe nd intend an d our informant says that they too sev eral thousand pounds in hosiery machinery. ", said to be persons of high rank, but this, I `lst v ° t - brse ) Wants confirmation. It is certain ; a tioi ls - 'Y have expended considerable sums, and ; a g.euts are active for them in procuring hands requisite for carrying on a stocking factory v -44 (V.ge scale.—The bobbin-net trade, whether ts e is generally, if anything, a shade h °. 4 11 . a 'ne black silk trade is in the best condition -t kk'ePartment. It is cumputed that there are ats a ' r , 4r d of the machines at work there were twenty e11 k ,'" 13 ,! and not one half the square yards produced. t 'ade , oeard, however, of a few new machines being M eat ho those intended for Spain. However, th — s,at h c ,; a nding all untoward appearances, we have C 1 , 4 (4 - fl y's that the new and substantial methods of 1: 11 44 ) Z e r , ts 13 Y double and:treble warps, will place the , e tt — n ," a sounder foundation than it has yet been 1v 6, -. tp 1 3 ,1 41-- --the new articles made from the double tlf ' l) ,g equal t o th ose ma de from the treble warp, w oich a re exce ll en t. The d ou ble warp nets -r ne at a reasonable price.—Nottingham Review. L 4 E p „,4 f o 411 IS PRINTERS.—The pr . inte f r d s i o n f in P g a t r e is ge h t a h v e e r I,"l'ttt, to so rao years past in the habit o . , arilingi;!,e,c)renaencement of autumn. This 3 ear, pe o r n m a i p s : ' O ll, - "" Lue Prefect of Police for the customary a public dit t , 4 refusal was given. The men, finding_ tZeZtehuuts rendered. impossible, appointed a . committee ctsl s „ Private premises suited to reeeive their usual 'N ` r °F guests —namely, 500 or the persons. M. orders of the tok il e a, a Master printer, placed at t)t v.kittee an enclosed piece of grou d nd a I Nts?girard, ann there they er t e f e o t r e in lar t g h e e e rn sm ar m qu u e n e e , ):1,, W hich tables were laid ou of dinner. sittiogdown T t h o e t m ab e l n e: I ,he l ; ll ,clay, were on the tab ` % v(,) commissaries opointf the entered,tand, disperse.in lie 4 o tt ,, q the authorities, ordered the hate th of the journals, in narratingi in attendance circum circumstances, tte a . at a large armed force was the ~ai.i?n, and that great viole p n a ce ri h s i a e d n b o e f e T n u u e s s e d d ay to d w e a n r i d es s he t ill 4 t l L tera. The Monitevr lt is not correct, kt th .of this statement, and says—" lii...ect journals announce that orderd tit,,u_ge instant ; the men t disperse 4 _,ler s at wohascedwisthuernbceadTufehodre l'7' ° instant inth the attendancearm earmed instructions of the 4 ,, Q , only to enforce, if necessary, the for c e never interfered. t. ncrities " ordered to a andA tall . d Military.lool-ing nun hWaidthbe d e a n r k " ca ter t"sed in a blue coat buttoned up to the chin, hand de vin, s tki ti ed the other day the shop of a moustaches. mere tiefiesirnd a breakfast to be prepared for him. th the t tlaio.. lof a - s-nr his repast, a c 4 re P and called for a glass of wine. om " What country Yell fr ?" said the straner. " Fron,l; 41 tE k i ~ ° ln, my man missionaire entered kid 01 , re papers, plied the other. "Show me your . him lor 4i ° Tiestioner. The commissionaire, taking ket l'bk:"'Rell de ville, at once produced an old . ke 411 d taking out ' his permission to follow his calling, 'ki ll u'LLted them to the other, who at once declared :1% 1 , qtobeen re le and ordered the man to accom °,t)itqiirs to the co g inm' issionaire of . police. Th oor -urJto.'lonaire became alarmed at this, and ordering . up T tn t 4 i fitl i , ° l l B o 4l wine, and slipping a five franc piece into hand, endeavoured to mollify him a little. sus. lierorit4rehand de Yin, meanwhile, who had so d m e e tt i 4 that ville, th© stranger was not a sergen l. - bro 4 slat out, and finding two 0 officers, brit t heta in to see if they knew anything p . lee of m their :4ratt,,ed confr4e. They at once recognisedh i as a kiref t `" c onvict in rupture of bann, and took him to the ~ Th,,, tlll ', Q °f Police. - : ll ° 17--;culliTisH MUSEUM.-The Weser Zeilung, of cts `E'rclk ,I instant, arrived with our German files °.t o Y o , c , ;cl42st,i states that a rich collection of Llebrow nse b r.p l .s s , i c ' t rain,, tl g of 3,000 printed volumes and 800 ma . 3 . t as 44 iz i '.. the library of M. Michel, of Hamburgn, n 111,,° Purchased by the British Museum. : tI R to-".li)s°R, FRIDAY EVENING.—The Court, accord- P'k4l4tru .1t Present arrangements, and agreeably to e th x e . teZiclia received at the Castle this morning, is 1 4 *° /*trive WiViudor, fnul 4bb9rue H " Se ' " 1104 ? t kZ " t *. • f t I L i t a t I t 1 1 0 A, 1 , 3 4,, ua THE SKIN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1847. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. (From the Morning Post.) BOMBAY, Auo. 2. I write you on this occasion by way of Ceylon, per favour of the steamer Braganza, which ill 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 com 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 Maharaja will find, on attaining his majority, a considerable surplus in his coffers. The French officer General 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 Dost 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 1.4 t 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 bead-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 st..)ocl 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 Harrowtee, very far beyond reach from that quarter. As matters are to be, however, it is to he hoped you will soon hear of his capture. Instructions have been issued to all officers in com mand of detached parties of our troops to march on without waiting for orders from superior authority. As it is, throughout the independent native states no traveller can pass the roads ; life and property every where are alike at stake. The intelligence from other parts is unimportant. Our local news is chiefly absorbe d 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 important 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 t hrone. The affair of Hong tt especially, the full and c fficial account of which I append, will best show vberein Sir John Davis has. forgot himself. For f arther intelligence from this; quarter, I have only r 00111 to refer you to the Clan a local papers, which v. , i1l of course reach you direct - with this. (rßom OUR OWN COr.. RESPONDENT.) ,BOMBAY, AUG. 6. I wrote you on the 2d inst, by way of Ceylon, I write you now by way of Mad ras, 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; fur this one, going ns 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 weatl ter, are never likely to be pregnant with importance. The Punjaub a ocounts 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 Hussein Abdal. By some accident or other, he 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 appears 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 which 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 Hume, the servant, and two lodgers, named Alex ander Hume and Alexander Holland, who are charged with being accomplices in' the offence. Every care and attention was 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 conduct. VAUXHALL GARDENS. Lost 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 cheat 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 enjoyment " 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 bons. 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 wan 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; TO companies of infantry and two of artillery, and theyp roceed to their duties every alternate day, at three o'clock, and are conveyed to the place of pFacti?zi in boats. The progr ess made by this corps in their military duties, during the three months they have been under drill, is astonishing, and reflects the grea test 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 they have shown a readiness on all occasions to do their duty, and they have exhibite d the u tmost alacrity and zeal to become pioficient in the Sauce. FLANDERS and HAMBITRGH MAILS BRUSSELS, SEPT. 22.—The average price of corn during the week ending Sept. 18, was—Wheat, 26f. 12c.; rye, 15f. 83c.; being a rise on wheat of 85c., rye, 14c. Fifteen vessels entered the port of Ant• werp, laden wholly or in part with corn. The im portations were— Wheat............ 2,300,090 kil. Rye • .... 607,800 „ Barley... 408,640 „ Flour Rice .. .... 202,724 „ Total ..... . ...... 3,518,454 kil. 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, which have givers 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 exca va t e d, espec i a ll y 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 FUNDS.—BILIISSELS, SEPT. 23. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent• Ditto Three per Cent.• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. Ditto Thirty-seven Minims, ditt0..... . Ditto,ditto,1840.••••••••••••••••••••• 98 Ditto,ditto,lB42.• ••••••••• • • • • • • • .. . Ditto, 1844... .• ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • •• • 91 Ditto, 1836........• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .... Ditto, 1838 ••••• • • • • • ..... •• • • 67 Ditto of the City, 1832 .• • • • • ••• • • • Ditto, 1843 .•••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • •• • • 96 Bank of Belgium.... •••••••••• • • • • • . • ..• gg% —Brussels Papers, Sept. 22. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, SEPT. 11, 5 per Cent. Metalliques• • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 104 4 per Cent. ditto •••••••••••• • • " • • • • • • • • 94% 3 per Cent. ditto •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 67 Loan, 1834 .......... •• • • ••••• • • • • 153 Ditto, 1839 ..........................u s Bank Shares •• • . Esterhazy's Loan ••••••••• • • • • • • • .• .... RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand • • • • • • • • • . -. 15 5 Gloggnitz • • •• se •• ••• • • • •• • •• • • • • •• • • 120 Vienna—Milan • • ••••••• • • • • • • •• • • • • • • 108 Pesth •• • . •• . • • . • 98 Grosetto •••••• • • • " ••••"" • "' • • 97 % Oldenburg ............................ Apenninen ••••••••••••" • • • • " • • • • • • • • LIAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, SEPT. 21. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • 107 Bank Shares • Anglo-Russian Loan •••••••• • • • • • • • • 105 Russian 5 per Cent., "lamb. Certificate. 101 Ditto Ist series Inscription • • • • • • • • • • • • 101% Ditto, Hope and C0.,3d and 4th series 96 Ditto, in Certificate ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. 88 Ditto Stieglitz • • •••• • • • • ••••• • • • • 89 Spanish New 5 per Cent•• •••••• • • • • • • 123( 12% Ditto 3 per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 21% Anglo-Portugues e Loan, 2% per Cent • • 25 Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 55 Ditto 3 per Cent. ••••••••• • • • • • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 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, sa id, " Hereis 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. She beckoned, and was an swered, "As soon as we have 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 outside passenger, with whom she had thought it be neath her to dine, was not only a nobleman, but that very nobleman in whose family she hoped to he an 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 bim 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. THORWALDSEN'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 another accident (?) happened, and Thorwaldsen had to stop one day longer at Rome; but this day decided a life. At that period Great Britain had battered down 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 grandiosa," and thus Hope came to the lumber ateilier, 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 had only asked 600. 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. T e RECENT GALII. The Bury and Sidfolh Herald says—" During the heavy gale o f w i n d f rom th e west, with which we were visited during the past week a t s h e d r A i v r e c n h m n e g d r e e s a , t aa d nh i d s e t art trades ay s s d e i ss n w t r o eel g o l u u ol r af r r s o l ye a a d s w . a s hS betweenehde a s team-packet, propelled by means of an Ar c hi me d ean , i s screw, calle w d Sunderland and London. When only about half a mile from Hasborough Sands, 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 t o 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 had 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 o f th e Shipwrecked Mariners' Society." LAUNClL—Yesterday there wns a launch at ten o'clock forenoon , from the building yard of Messrs. William Hood, Rowan, and Co., helvinhaugh, a splendid clipper-built barque, named the Ann hood. She is 209 tons n.m., and 273 tons o. m., classes nine years A I at Lloyd's, and for symmetry of model, and neatn ess o f fi n i s h , the Ann Hood is just l y entitled to hold a prominent position among the far -tamed Clyde-built ships. Sh e i s 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 ARCIIITECTS.—The current number of the Moniteur des Archilectes gives a copy of an amusing letter addressed by an architect to various of the porters in Paris, suggesting that they should exert themsel ves to induce their employers to engage him as their archi tect, and promising them a good share of the f ees . The letter ends nobly with "write me a line by th e 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 th e money-changere fretthe temple? .--The Builder. LITERATURE. THE STUDENT OF SALAMANCA. The readers of Blackwood are already familiar with the brief but brilliant narrative which is here re published. They cannot have forgotten a story which 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 r piecemeal appear ance, in detached chapters, month after month, " The Student o f Salamanca" suffered as consid era bl y as most magazine serials. The interest which was intended to concentrate in one continuous perusal was stretched over a protracted interval of more 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 clack 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 regui 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 covere d w i t h a boina, or flat cap, of the description commonly worn in the neighbourhood of the Pyrenees, woven in one piece out of tine scarlet wool, and decorated with a borla, or tassel of gold cord, spreading like a star over the crown of the head. In his hand he held a telescope, which he 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 I the cavalry !" " He wore a long, loose civilian's coat, a small oilskin covered forage cap, and had for sole military insignia as embroidered sword-belt, sustaining the gilt scabbard of the sabre that flashed in his hand. His countenance was pale and rather sickly, his comrlexion 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 cf . Rita, i 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 in du ced him to transfer his services to the Christisos. He raised a free corps, composed of Carlist deserters, smugglers, and desperadoes of every description, and made war upon his former friends with unbounded vindictiveness and considerable success. At the period now referred to, he had already, by various well-planned and boldly-achieved expeditions, accomplished chiefly in the night-time, gained a high reputation, and the sobriquet, by which he was generally known, of El Mochuelo, or the Night Owl." Another sketch is excellent ; it is that of the cele brated guerilla priest Merino. " At the head of the column, a few paces in advance, rode a small group of officers, the chief amongst whom was only to be distinguished by the deference shown him by his companions. Insignia of rank he had none, nor any indications of his military profession, beyond the heavy sabre that dan g l e d aga i nst the flank of his power black charger. His dress was entirely civilian, con sisting of a long aurtout, the worse for wear, and a round hat. Heavy spurs upon his heels, and an ample cloak, now strapped across his holsters, completed the equip ment of the Cura Merino, in whose bard and rigid fea tures, and wiry person, scarcely a sign of decay or infir mity was visible after more than sixty years of life, a large portion of which had been passed a midst „ the fa tigues and hardship s o f i ncessan t ca mpaigning." 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 a la gloria volad , Guerra y muerte I tiranos y esclavos, Guerra y despues habra paz 1" It will convince many a sceptic that as Spain has for centuries been the land of romance, so it may also become a land of patriotism. HIGHLAND SPORTS AND HIGHLAND QUARTERS. By Herbert Byng Hall. 2 vols. Truth is stranger than fiction, says the adage ; nevertheless, it is not always more interesting or more amusing, as the volumes before us may testify. Their author tells us, in his preface, that he has not the slightest idea of literary pretension, that he has ad hered to no peculiarity of style or regularity of detail, but has given a simple narrative of actual occurrences. Hence it would seem, if we have any fault to find, it must be not with the author, but with the adventures which befel him, and they are certainly not of the most interesting kind imaginable. 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 the head-quarters of royalty. Speak ing of the beautiful mansion which now casts its shadow on Loch Laggan, the author of these volumes very happily surmises how great a consternation its r appearance would excite, if it could be seen by some old laird wh o , i n times ang syne, perhaps, possessed a " sheilling " on its site, and, morec,ver, how much his amazement would be increased could he see the royal standard floating over it "in th e cen t re of that glen w h ere 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 ever, 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 Cattermole ; 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 lIINDOS- TAN. Part 11. By James Fergusson. The second part of Mr. 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 pus :•ible with the scenery,cdstumes, 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. 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 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 TaArnc.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail 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: , ' ek Last 8 . ending NAME OF RAILWAY. w t ~.- C 5 4 Sept 4 19 Amiens and Boulogne .•• .. • ......... 718 18 Arbroath and Forfar .............., 261 183 17 Chester and Birkenhead ............. 824 777 16 Dublin and Drogheda.... • • ......... 21 Dublin and Kingstown .... . . • • 862 933 868 1,091 18 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen ........ 920 347 18 Edinburgh and Glas gow . ... 4,684 4,50 9 19 Eastern Counties an d North East . ern " •• 12,176 10.129 18 East Lancashire • 1,066 - 12 Eastern Union .. • 1,261 586 18 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 2,779 2 ' 506 18 Glasgow and Gr een ock. • ''''''' '• • • !,,M - I,:l i e 18 Great Southern and Western •••• • • • • I 21,041 20,417 19 Great Western, &c.• •''•' • • • • ... 11 323 11,818 18 Lancashire and Yorkshire ....... ••• • • 17 Lancaster and Carlisle „... .. •• . 45 1 , 6 16 4 3 3 447352 18 London and North Western, & . . ,055 1,2,6 19 London and Blackwell .•• • • .• •••• .... •••• .... 1 19,18 LoLoutudloonn an a Brighton .. te .... 1 9 1,3 88 9 7 0 11,000 8307 and South es rn .••• • • • „ , an d d lle inco A in ss s o hir c. e . - 18 2,906 2,819 is meryport and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • • • • 672 - 1 gan an c eil hes es tt . ,Sratt n 8 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 /forth Shields - 19 Norfolk •• • • ... ...... ......... ••• • • • 2,365 1.739 18 North British .. ••••••• • .. • • • ..... .. 2,837 2,004 IS Paris and Rouen • • - Preston and Wyre • . - 18 Rouen and Havre .. ••••• • • • • ... • • .. 3,386 - 17 Shrewsbury and Chester .• • ... .... • • 587 - 18 South Eastern and Branches .... .• • • 11,361 11,504 17 South Devon ••••••...••. • • • • • • • • • .. 1,613 1,17:' 18 Taff Vale ••••••••••.•• • • • • • • • • • • . . . 1,7 i 4 1,464 19 Ulster .•••• • • • • • • •. • • 576 786 18 Whitchaven Jtmetion .•... .. ........ 249 - 18 York and Newcastle . 18 , York and North Midland .••... . • . . . 10,110 7,748 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY, SEPT. 24. The supplies this week are pretty good; and there is a fair display of samples from vessels near at hand. We have a good retail demand for wheat at a reduction of 2s. per quarter on new, of which the supply principally consists, and ls. to 2s. on old. Malsters generally have not commenced working, which causes barley to be in limited request, and prices are 2s. to 3s. per quarter lower. Oats and shelling meet a ready sale at fully last week's prices. Beans aro the turn dearer. Elam CLlAPEL.—Yesterday, in consequence of an order by Aldermeh 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. ELOPEMENT OF THE BRITIMIT QUEEN. An inquiry of rather a delicate nature touching 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 been 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 return, and at the same time 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. unfortunately, could neither read nor write —were placed in the hands of House, who answered them as his feelings prompted him. At length the engagement with the company expired, but no Mrs. King appeared at Newcastle. Her hus band began to grow uneasy; and, upon inquiry, dis covered, with astonishment, that 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 b e found. Gloucester was next visited ; then Chipper ' . 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 banded 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, ho wever, soon turned the tide; House, in his cell, reflected upon the matter, accepted the 204 ; 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 AND 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 he 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 he 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 health; and when the Irishwoman died, her body was given to the supposed father, who is, we learn, a Scotch tn..n, and from the circumstance of the virulence of the disease, interred without identification. We have been informed that the father of the recovered (laughter 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.—Glas gow Examine?... THE LATE PRASLIN AFFAIR. We find the following in the Constitutiunnel " Mdlle. Deluzy has for some days past been re lieved from her secr e t con fi nemen t. 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 fbrwarded to the Chancellor a justificatory memorial, which has been transmitted to the Juge d'lnstructiel 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 certain specu lators had proposed to Rldlle. Deluzy a considerable sum to allow the whole of her correspondence with the late Duke de Praslin to be published. Mdlle. Deluzy, it is said, at first absolutely rejected such an offer, which, if accepted, would have the effect of rendering public letters of an entirely confidential character ; but, on the other hand, as the desire to explain her conduct ought to be exceeding . ly . strong in her mind, perhaps she has not as yet definitively re jected the idea of publishing these letters. It may, in fact, be remembered th at, some time after the pro cess of Rhode; 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 W2S opened at the Hotel de Nantes, near the Carrousel, and in it Madame Manson herself sold a n t t h h if d ' i u ti v s e o d e i)p s ee c ri a as s ez e ny . I a tn havedi s t a that e s a o nt t rthui in pamphlet, containing what she called the u n - om p fr u oe b ur l rs i s e h od e f d a mt l ta e hr t er t i e P a r s g a e l a o if to head of a lady's boarding- school at London bad made several propositions to her to come and join her establishment." --- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER RACES.—FRIDAY. 50 The Irwell P ar k Stakes of 10 soya. ea ch, h ft, with r u th ib re ; e y si r x s old, rs 31b. Th e winner mares, .64c., a llowed and aged, 9st 21b; added; 6st 4 ib thefour second yrs, Bs to t 4saz hfiveis stake; rs 8 s f fo r (flotbSe u ß b r s. o ) ughton Stakes 51b extra. Mile and ham o Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale, 3 yrs ... (Ryder) 1 Mr. Arrowsmith's Lady Hylda, 3 yrs ... ... 2 Mr. J. Clarke's Maid of Lyme, 4 yrs 3 sto 1 on Ellerdale. Won easily by half a length. The Autum St. Leger Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 50 added; the second to save his stake. One mile and three-quarters. (10 Subs.) Mr. Disney's Keleshea, Est 71b Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale, 7st I Ilb Mr. Arrowsmith's Lady Hyda, 7st 81b 3 5t02 on Ellerdale. Won easily by two lengths. A Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added. One mile. (12 Subs.) Mr. Skerratt's Romance, 4 yrs, Est (Tacker) 1 Mr. Robertson's Blackbird, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b Mr s . t C o o 4 ok a s g o s n ; s 33 F lac a k ir bi S rd ta , r 4 , 4 to y l rs a , g s s s t t DlOelban Swift, Mr. Irwin's Dean Swift, 5 yr s , 6 st 2 3 Mr. Heap's Brown Fly, 4 y rs , s st 71b 5 4 to 4 1 agst Romance, and sto 1 agst Fair Star. A fine race, won by a neck; Dean swift a bad third; the others beaten off. (Foley) 1 The Selling Plate of 701.; the second to receive 10/.; for three yrs old, 7st 51b; four yrs, Bst 91b; 5 yrs, 9st 21b; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 51b; mares, &c., allowed albs. The winner to be sold fur 200/., &c.; if entered to be sold for 150 Z, allowed 71bs, if fur 1001., 141bs, if for 501., allowed 211bs. Heats. One mile. Mr. Arrowstnith s Bedelc, 5 yrs (501.) ... 0 1 Mr. Copeland's Cheapside, 3 yrs (100/.) ••• 1 0 t) 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. Wort:iington's ch fby The Provost, 3 yrs 3 0 4 Mr. Lamb's Lady Flora, aged A M I r r. . BMreorooknee:ss Luminous,G o(1 a , ood, 3 3 ly( 3 rte • s r i) s 3l:l ( Et6 s os o t2 / To .) a : l: . gßeatg_s • Mr. Irwin's Dean Swift, 5 yrs (1000 13Ct BETTING agst Wood o i t o AdSlT' PigeonA KMEAS. F R . War l t o b E D :a 4A g o l dd y e rr ( t t ) ) 16 to 1 agst Slander (t), 20 to 1 agst Reminiscence (5), 20 to 1 agst Lady Wildair (t), 20 to 1 agst Ulysses (t), 20 to 1 agst Rufus, and 20 to 1 agst Miss Whip. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland has appointed Richard Nugent, Esq.,_ of Fallen Connell House, M ount Nugent, a magistratefor the county Meath, on the TO. commendation of the Vice-Lieutenant of the county.