The Sun. — London, England, 1847-09-01 00:00:00

MAGAZINE DAY. BL ACKIVOOD. L_Ahelectinneeriug jest—ekit--squib—gibe—carica.- --or whatever else you may please to call it, is i t opening article in Blackwood for September. it lie caustic enough fur a lampoon, and yet ttsi rs here and there with sarcastic and satirical al to °l lk Signor Pasquin might have fathered it, as tt . a s its extravagance is concerned ; and Mr. \\* ar eilltaight have subscribed his name to it as far as its tois_iY,shreevdness and domestic ingenuity il may de b d e ei'l ... I,o_o consideration. The paer is headed, ea t ; -1 . btoed for the Dreepdaily Burghs," and re m, s the endeavours of a railway speculator to le ase himself from the very awkward re , peneibility el l e n . IN g upon him from the purchase of indifferent 147.1), and the simultaneous panic of the money mer la~He _ resolves to d e f y hi s cre di tors by i nv e s ting ell with the sanctity against bailiffs peculiar to a aiti: lbe r of Parli ament. T o t hi s en d h e sc h em e s a brother in distress, and " puts up " fur the pent ation of the Dreepdaily Burghs. The result 4 ,4 u st the candid a t e ends it; becoming a stag; and liO ust es Reginald Dunshunner pens the narrative of 4tnipolitical and pecuniary vicissitude* from that - .°° of def aulters—Buulogne-sur-Mer. One odd epts o d e i _ a ais ,_ u the story, is where this said Mr. In ll:tanner flirts with the daughter of a grocer and lele to P' J Ps the question—whereat he justifies him , the reader with the pert enunciation—" I hold te g divi dual who di s lik es fli rta ti ons t o be a fool ! " St eed ° flier Pas is a very agreeable rechauffee of g m. jotes from the French of the Comte A. de la eiZ e • Here i s one about a military rocket that t o "P from th e o b scurity of a counting-house to the 17 1 ss f Parade and the barracks. It might be called tits,, Science of Getting-on-in-the-Army blade ll , I /1 iY ith only that every warlike scrivener doesn't fall IllotteA his "mg park of artillery the first time e 4 A .2 3 r eginlentalB. )41,:: . neinherr Tettenborn was passing the weary, htesployed hours at a merchant's desk, kicking his t itli s 'sln ha blYs on one of those tall uneasy stools which, teat, ra ge mockery of disproportion, raise the lowest 4 %4 0 4 °3 to the highest footing, but which never . the. bi, iiiirribute to preserve the due distinctions of society, l'etl t tetili g all possible discomfort on the elevated sitter. kii i ,.Ps there was some association of ideas between the iii o o l 7 Profession, and the equestrian position he occa t,,,a tonna it convenient to assume ; however that , a l i' t „ s Meinherr Tettenborn suddenly bethought him, bat he would bestride a high-trotting horse instead of % 40 41 1 black stool. He threw away the pen for the 11 sPol At this time all Europe was up in arms against th e R e" ; so that, although he entered the service of Istr_toPeror of Re'ssia, he was still but enlisting in the lesetlelttleense, in which his own Germany was more in t; I sPpos e d -s° any other country. He entered, as may e 1 01' 1 , 4 sin the lowest rank of officers ; and, as cornet, sta ke : l , 4l e such title, you may picture him at the head Nine e - e '' t rcuP of horse, despatched for forage or some Ste r ' e te ri'ice of the like kind. As he was thus con el 4 a illis little troo , he spied ' something black' lying .„The m e ' the side p of the road. He cantered up to it. alaf er t e b , My it h p lack was nothing less than a small park blue th e el 33 .en guns, which the enemy had left he 'd:Nee to thew perhaps in some false alarm, or for want of hue e t d ,fow them hut apparently fir the very pus 4ftierad -S ` n g captured by aleinherr Tettenborn. He N il !Plata little troop, harnessed their horses to the ras t h id rode back triumphant to the camp. The Ern ie* ffns tit was present.' News was speedily brought 1 , 4 ot t h e , "kas v i , capture of a park of artillery, and the iiius tiei e i e l l' e r as introduced. Many questi ins were not t l i Ks e i 11 ", or the when, or the where ; the guns e..... 144 his e t° be 1 31 rtieulerly we!cu - me ; the Emperor t c u t; : s le . ed it round neck the ()Her of the Iron Cross, an d t!404 , t . c 'tiod the neck of the fortunate young soldier, ',lle him, At the same time, with the title of General 4 . - iitt ri e . f.l° . The G-rel was a brave ma.i, was equal V -- "P 11- position ' ne . i .1 - er guns in another man alld re ca p ture( "" 1 " say how high, in lae te se, We will not venture to %e al service '' Bet pe e f tble g is certain—that a Tettenborn has never f l ats i,, le ' r med deeds such as thus , . of Guetavas Adol f ere ,a- 'crneraiia, or as Prince Eugene in Provence. see ''' ast II better . and that is somehow S tar ,_ . story, one sh 1 2k 1 us : ! s kit o f Palace of certain Russian prince, whose ' t hes e ° eb aree it isun a possible to i•emember,.for it is one st,„, came- h - get ~- 4 you do not think tit at . temptieg to pro a li .„ the Chinese'l lo yOirself—you look at zt merely, and use ge, ts r : their more learned combinations of dh i s ia,, a ' Where . they pAiS at once from the visible sign ace of t rtnput any intermediate oral stage. In the %d id is prince, you are surprised to see in the most hind °I its splendid suite of apartments, suspended bs 44lle ou a l b " ease-a set of harness !-common harness t ytle t Ze of coach horses, suca as you may m , s . i r !e e i s n tr a e n n y . • I ttita 4 th ,kl4 6 , f t able . Of course, it attracts i - ts ci . the pictures, and statues, and marble tables up,' Porphyry vases and gold clocks. , i, e thin g , you know is neither rich nor , rare, .41,, ire:; ender how the devil it got there .' ; 01 1 1 1,1 4 , and are told the following story : _ to ." IL A li ne° of was one night led into L e Zte, ll4 i l, l " e s, Perate play. iie had staked estate after ee, insa-44(_)ststhem;he had staked his plate, his pic f his house, and lost ale - 7; his'V e lse the ' furniture 1 4 Oh l . L.,ansion. itself, and l o st it. The luck would Is i ttot hi 2 -11 a carriage and horses o had been long ee ait el! ep til ,if at the door, he staked them and lost ! He 1710fh,_.91 more ; he threw up the window , . and . leant tv ,:s e; rheu_tt.e.r despair. There stood his carriage and Oita l ee uceeet of his last wager. He had now no -`°.„_ siad of ! There was the harness 1 Nothing had vi ek - isle st _ ° ,' the harness. The carriage and the horses o Sl' r ut t+ not the harness. His opponent agreed the t of the wager. They played for an,, i za. g. b1.7 1 ,-..1 4 ' won t They played for the carriage and ro,ta •Note They played for the palace, for the st estate Pictures the furniture,—he won. They played littih - ,'‘`t aft es ..,.1 lit -.kid - estate , — he still won. . l , tio,„ per c ,;,-- =cora that table the samerich man he had -144e saln - ."' Had he not good reason to suspend that ' 1 Il leit. - - his very best saloon ?" let' anecdotes, tnecdotand another about Napoleon's iS ti i ti es, It 3 star the Princess Pauline, and a . fourth . 4ld a eve . an • a „sqr. b . a a diamond-ring—Such an incident tid Israeli with all his Caucasian predilections of bot e JI le ee well justify—are merel the prea . mbl7 , 1 'IM, OI , t rul s s r i story, entitled " The y First Patient, le t he ea. itte l from the same source. One i ll i t earr a -rv ti lli ng sentences of this simple but touch -1 'net sketch:' b a s It singular resemblance to a passage t h -et eh:' by Boz of the poor gentleman in tet4 re coat, who used to read with so much eta a , 'lltt'v e bet --e us the library of the British Museum, eete e e o of eh . . ;''shin,,, a piece is supposed to be a physician 6; 11 %r ,7„l° Paris, an officer of the Legion of t,'" th e t144 - tr ,"" A a professor of the Faculty. But at the be - , e hoe --I Y °Pens he was very differently situated : 4 rb," , a s ea that drew his carriage were not then L t trishei: the writer, " the pole of his landau was e-7latee green in the forest." The circumstances 1 v°lth the acquisition of the first patient, '' ,,),, - alteren ve l of the joys and sorrows of a lottery. Dr 4 - „" t i,,_ Ce tt i t r eiso" is a well natured review of o C`ri A ril et2B adventures on the western coast of le * - er 'res, "ea, although the reviewer very justly Mt, that, ~ after theadmirably. 11, u that' the pungent and fan o tu t v, a of that accomplished, able seaman, ISG ee aPPeae v ' ll e, few books of the same class but a ° t , - ; ,..""s at q.: flat and unprofitable." " Three en tl e,:'r; ae r i" z a" is a continuation from the July -geed ----. a Taxidermy in Rome" is cal , to „ fp u0 4% 11 ''° the -"° rd both amusement and informs f“. • . ele gant eeriosity monger and the naturalist. coa l sant a lit ° D v , a n ti picturesque tale called " Gia -e of IN a eaen : is . 13 1 e 'a, introduces us to the student the her ° VI& i b.... ° li t d n the fourteenth century, and among i‘resolebur7_poieturreee_iscts_a.trao en th ti e no glorious and immortal Pe of him as a stripling . : , akQ Very ,st_':!arkable for his beauty, was in his e I:7't velv et e r i ° ll 3 of elegance in his dress ; and the Os Wits a l ''''ak with its border of gold or silver 1 g ee - Aided fi e laYs thrown . over his slight, but firmly i l l , th e e tr,witil a grace which would have satis ultht be eye o a painter. From time to time he 13714 of dust: vi t ° brush away, or to shake off, the e e ...._ to `"°TeMent intended to settled on it or to . readjust, Sec7.- Of its ( I ra ,. to appear unconscious, the t iro Keh ef th r.rr The notion of the delicate re. t el tlan guit e I ncites of dust is suggested almost in the t u t Vels- aere I sl e b Y, e one of the last chapters of " Dom the is described as barking like . a ra...1 6414 4 1e th s a lli s._.,kull with we are disposed to com which yfith i . very great measure, in re.- the Q ;st ory lapattence the fragmentary manner i th sv:i ic tte ing n amongst us—Lines of viel ts ue L e7al ia- ---.4ll! es no of w el of th e s—Lives of our States of th e L und Chancellors—we cannot but ~._all th e eau,. dour with which the most fragmentary 4 7, 1 1's of lifbillegttlentary histories, namely, the "Bye -1 else Lif e j4 rY," by Mrs. Percy Sinnett, is praised. ' J ames Henry Henry 1V.," by Mr. G. P. lity, tv , ea, is NIta:; 41811 the commended with ual libera , 1 o tow , critic of Maga remarks that this c ointizoe, u st " has neither the philosophic glance toparabi 110 r the military fire of Napier, nor the in ielfe de a e descritive blemishe of Gibbon." Without i ;ffictioult%to the es of Mr. James as a writer ; rtecepitationoloTishes arising in the main from the r Ve 1 .4 ir jaatA.,abll.iti .isre, a t vs 1 Perpetual and hurried composition— tuaim . ..e same time, so alive to his very distin ea, and especially to the fecundity of Ili ela of anon- the wealth of his diction, the profu -0 ti, ot. or h is, i imageries and the ingenuity of ' his inven fi li d e t jads e r . tits ghat we gladly transcribe the follow -I,llllafeetalre Pages o Blackwood. It has become a 0 kossim e, , Prevalent fashion just now to derogate, if A thl Mas, l A r !, 111 the literary position of Mr. G. P. H. A etiat ani, "'' a truthful and generous denial of this , Of his t., We .giVe the b . ;ned'very accurate estimate " "Tits I . nea s n i L j r () , - and hie popularity. . t e .s _ , its a ,0 , I ntit ied 4 j °4l , ll .nee wiiter, Mr. James unquestionably is - Agee ‘' olt;% Place. Ho has t historical info* le ch,., s tsp ec ii i , e• io - "tots- 'Y of the olden times and their leading bai ';'-trie; i 6 ; 41 :5 aczurate personal knowledge of various 5' la " 114 .- s abl ' 1 o r tl i s t -7:::Particularly France, Flanders, and Eng. "'"Q ace 04quintanee vsith the dress, manners,arms. ) 0 ,i Vv., DC"ver Ilte of former days ; and a very remark l'ii ' - ants of °f desaribing as well the ever-tAlanging titut tre an °f story ' as • file beat novels, as the varied scenes of inanimate , I , Ma of a ueat novels 'Attila,' ' Philip Augustus,', 40 • ,Tltond7,' . The Robbers,' The Smugglers,' - " i t'd; ' Henry Masterton,' are happy EP' T cimens of the historical romance. The great and de served success which has attended the uniform edition of his novels now in course of publication, sufficiently proves that his reputation rests on a broader and securer basis than the fleeting patronage of fsshion or the transient interest of individual satire. The great risk which he runs, is from the number of his works. It is dangerous to write thirty books. The most prolific ima• g ination runs into repetition, when repeatedly tasked with invention. Hom:a• himself could not have written twenty Inads ; Shskspere's tame has been,. not a little enhanced by his having left only twenty- seven plays ; that of S , sphocles, by only seven of Ins having come down to modern times. Perhaps the best thing that a good fairy.could do for James's fame—as was said of Dryden—would bt to withdraw two-thirds of his pro ductio:fs from subsequent times. "One of the greatest charms of Mr. James's writ rigs is the beautiful ideas, clothed in felicitous language, which are to be fund profusely scattered over them. It is not the general opinien that he excels in this respect ; on the contrary, nothing is more counnen in conversa tion than to hear it remarked, that it is in depthe is h of thought, and knowledge of the human heart, that deficient. But this opinion arises from the frequency, sometimes, perhaps, redundancy of his pictures of na ture, and he brilliant colours in which he sliver fails to array her finest scenes. Thoughts the most beautiful are frequently concealed amidst pro usiyn of descrip tion, as fruit sometimes a midst luxuriance of leaves. Take for example the followfrig, on one of the most familiar objects in nature—a drop of rain t— " We sLoke of the rain, and I foolishly enotnh, in mentioning all the annoyance it had occasioned me, loaded it with maledictions. `• Call it not accursed, my son,' said the monk. O l e no! remember that e ver y dro p that falls, bears into bosom of the earth a quality of beautiful fertility. Re member that glorious tree, arid herb, and shrub, and flower, owes to those drops its lite, its freshness, and its beauty. Remember that half the loveliness of the green world is all their gift; and that, without them, we should wander through a dull desert, as dusty as the grave. Take but a single drop of rant cloistered in the green fold of a blade of grass, and pour upon it one ray of the morning sun, where will 3ou get lapidsry, will his utmost skill, to cut a diamond that shall shine like that? Oh no! blessed for ever be the beautiful drops of the sky, the refreshing soothers of the seared earth—the nourishers of the flowers—that calm race of beings, which are all loveliness a nd tranquillity, without pas sion, or pain, or desire, or disappuintment—whose life is beauty, and whose breath is perfume.' "—Henry Mas futon. The laborious and learned compilatim by the Se cretary of the Fine Arts Commission— modestly christened by the author "Materials for the History of Oil Painting"—obtains a very eulogistic but not undeserved notice of the September number of Ebony —a number of peculiar diversity, and, in some particulars, of great ability. Besi , les the contribu tions already enumerated, we must mention the simple lines by Delta to " La perdona" of Mozart— had Moir forgotten that Byroa's " Fare thee well" had been set to that same ravishing strain ?—and a charming paper, half sermon half pastoral, yclepped " The Cru sade of the Children." FRAS ER. The Fraser of the present month opens with an elaborate critique on De Lamartine's history of the Girondists, in which the writer while he does full justice to the brilliant and poetical series of tableaux, which the poet statesman has presented to the world, gives it as his opinion that the book will never anbd e quoted as an authority. " With the young enthusiastic," he says— • Who will read tis work as an epic, the book must ever be a favourite; even with the tuidd!e aged and the graces of its style must captivate and seduce. But that the book will ever be quoted us an authority, or except for its style, in elegant extracts, we greatly aohht." This article is followed by a dry dissertation on the science of grammar under the tide of " A Defence of a Classical Education," and then we have stirring tale of horrors entitled " Juan Moreda, the Slave- Hunter." The author of " Literary Legislators" give us a batch of Parliamentary barristers—Sir F. Thesiger, SirJ. Jervis, Sir F. Kelly, Sir D. Dundas, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Rutherford, and Mr. M'Neill. The sketches are well drawn, and the author is, we think, correct in his estimate of the powers of these gentlemen. We agree ith him in the opinion that Sir Frederick Thsiger is a complete failure, and that Sir David Dundas might, if he chose to take the trouble, achieve a brilliant success. Sam Slick continues his graphic sketches of " Life in a Colony ;" and a writer, on whom the mantle of Christopher North appears to have fallen, contributes an admirable paper entitled " A Day on the Moors." We are rejoiced to find a writer open ing up the question as to the gain or loss to history by the writings of Walter Scott. It is a question that will bear discussion, and that must be discussed frequently to put history " right," and rescue his torical truth from the beautiful and fascinating, and therefore most dangerous, misrepresentations of the g reat wizard of the north. The political article of the month is on " Sanitary Reform," and we corn m end it to the especial notice of Lord Morpeth ; as the writer justly observes, " Sanitary reform will be the test of the stuff the Whig Ministry is made of; and if they wish to stand, their measure must be " a large measure—it must be a strong measure—it must be a practical measure." They must be prepared to wage a war of extermination with the hypocritical jobbers who brawl about " local self government," which being interpreted means local competition and local jobbing. "It is, as this writer truly remarks, " notorious to all the world that local self govern for sanitary purposes has failed " In addition to these articles the present number contains a pleasant antiquarian gossip about bands and gloves ; an amusing account of a " Visit to the Wine Country of Portugal," and several amusing tales. The Fraser of his month can boast of variety at any rate. SnN, LONDON, re fli 10' WE Z . btril Illibittail REGISTRY of BIRTHS and DEATHS • DURING THE WEEK ENDING AUG 28. Deaths registered in the week. Births registered in the week l‘lales ... ... ... 571 Males ... ... ... 613 Females ... ... 513 Females ... ... 609 Total . 1,084 Total ... 1,222 HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE HIGHLANDS. (From the "Forth British Mail.) LOCII LAGG AN, SATritDAY NIGIIT. I stated in a letter dispatched to-day at noon that Prince Albert and Prince Leiningen had gone out to shoot in Strath-Paatock. The shooting party extended their walk fr.m the moor to the woods along the margin of the Loch, having beaters to start the game from the caves. Consi,'erable execution was committed. Prince Albert bagged six brace of grouse, six brace of black cocks, one brace of gray hens, one snipe, and three hares. Prince Leiningen shot about the same quantity of game, and two roe deer were included in his spoils. The weather was very pleasant in the afternoon, and at four o'clock her Majesty and Prince Albert drove out in a phaeton, attended by General Wemyss and two out-riders. The Royal party proceeded in the direction of Laggan village, and returned to the Lodge a little before six. Half-a-dozen sailors, belonging to the crew of the Royal yacht, arrived to day. from Fort William for the purpose of rowing the Queen on the lake in a beautiful barge, presented to her Majesty, it is said, 1 y the Marquis of Abercorn. The weather has hitherto been rather unfavourable for aquatic excur sions, but should the atmosphere become more settled, her Majesty will derive much enjoyment from boat• ing on the Loch. MONDAY MORNING. The weather yesterday was favourable, but the Queen did not attend worship in the parish church. Arrangements, I understand, were made for the English service in the Lodge. Mr. Sutherland, of the Established Church, officiated alternately in Gaelic and English. That is also the case in the commodious Free Church, situated about half a mile from the village. There is also a Roman Catholic chapel about two miles from this place. DEATH OF MR. TURNER, THE GOVERNOR OF THE BRANCH BANK OFENGLAND.—lnt,,ltigenee react e'l Liver pool yest , rday of the death of Mr. Turut r, the Governor of the Brvneh Bank of England. Mr. Turner's death was not sudden; he had been confined several weeks of fovvr, at the residence of his sister, Chalfont, St. GileA's, Buckinghairshire, where he was paying a visit. The deceased gentleman, who was much respected, was in his seventy-first year.—Liverpool Courier. COURT CIRCULAR. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMrTON, AUG. 31.—The Oriental Comp tny'e stearn-packet Montrose, Captain Olive, arr:vt d from Italy at nine o'clock, a.m., this day, and took her usual station in the docks. Her dates are Civita Vecchia, Aug 14; Leghorn, 16; Genoa, 19; and Gibraltar, 24. The Montrose brings the following pas sengers,—two Misses Gilles, two Misses Watford, Mrs. Green and child, Mrs. Mackey, Mcs. Bohn and child, Miss Spiers, and Miss Fakey; also a very full cargo, consisting of silks, works of art, anchovies, paper for exportation, gums, oil, paste, &c., from Italy; from Gib raltar, 475 boxes of almonds. 208 cases of lemons, a quer tity of leeches, &c. No British ships of war were at the Italian ports. Her Majesty's ships Trafalgar, Hibernia, and Superb left Gibraltar on the moroing of the 24th for the eastward; the day the Montrose started the Virago and Gladiator steamers were at Gihraltar. The Montrose passed the Peninsular packet Jupiter. ho ,nd to Gibraltar, on the night of the 24'h off Cepe Trafalgar; and off Cape St. Maria passed the Indus with the Indian mails for Alexandria, on the 25th. Overland dispatches to England from the Italian ports base been received since the , departure of the Montrose from those ports. She lauded several pa- sengers at Gibraltar from Genoa, &c. On Aug. 30, off the Start, S. W. 70 miles, she spoke the Danish schooner Narnon, from Lison to Lendon, out eight weeks, and supplied her with b water sad provisiene, A COUNTY COURT I N THE CITY OFLONDON.—Op the 29th inet. an A ct of Parliament, p a es.. don the 23d of July, will come into operation, entitled, " An Act for the more easy recovery of small debts and demands within the city of London, and the liberties thereof." The Act contains 128 sections with a schedule of fees; many of the provisions, as also the table of fees, have been copied from the New County Courts' Act. The Court of Requests in the city of London i i t o be abo lished. " And whereas the city of London s a county of itself; and whereas the Sheriffs' Court for the citycog of London is a court of ancient jurisdiction, having - nizance of all pleas of personal action to any atnount ; and whereas it is expedient that the manner of pro ceeding in the said court for the recovery of small debts and demands should ba altered and regulated." On and after the day named actions may be commenced in the Sheriffs' Court, for sums or damages not above 201., to be heard and determined under the provisions of this Act. All other proceedings may be carried on as if this Act had not passed. The mayor,aldermen, and com mons are to appoint the place and days for holding the Sheriffs' Court for the purposes of this Act, and the order for holding the first court is to be advertised, and notice given for the period of at least one month, before the day appointed for the first holding of the court. The , judge of the Sheriffs' Court (Mr. Commissioner Bullock) is to be the judge under this Act. In actions above 51. a jury of five may be summoned, as in the New County Courts. By the 40th clause it is declared that a sum mons (the action being by plaint and not by writ) may issue, provided the defendant, or one of the defendants, shall have dwelt or carried on his business therein at some time within six calendar months next before the time of the action brought, or if the cause of action arose therein. The Recorder and the Judge of the Sheriffs' Court are to frame all new rules and orders, subject to the approval of the three chiefs of the com mon law courts. The parties, as well as their wives, may be examined on the trial. Any goal in the city of London may be used as a prison for t h e p ur p oses of this Act. A bai liff and other officers are to be appointed, and by a special provision it is declared that the officers performing duties in the Court of Requests, may be ap pointed under this Act. CnAnos or MANSLAUGHTER. —Yesterday Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the Bedford Arms, East-lane, Walwortb, on the body of Mrs. Mary Olds. She died on Thursday, and her husband is at present in custody. It appeared that the deceased had managed• to hoard upwards of 901. Her husband, on Saturday week, in sisted on having some of it, and on her refusing made a violent assault upon her. He caught her by the throat, and while on the ground knelt on her chest. Her son, a lad of sixteen years of age, ran to the station-house, stating that his father was murdering his mother. The policeinterfered, hut on the follewinte Therst'ay the de ceased died from the effects of the injuries sh e received. The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against the husband. Oetteinaus ACCIDENT.—Last night, about nine o'clock, a lady named Walbourn, residing at 13A, Tor rington square, the horses draviine; an omn ib us, New Bromntn was knocked down by court-road and Olsr u e s ' s t e t ee t s h , e t ace'rer.!-e,re:lsf Tot tenhampass: ing over her abdomen. H e r daughter, aged four years, who was with her, escaped most miraculously with some trifling injuries inflicted la , the horses' Was. ARDVERTKIE, Auo. 29. On Friday the Earl of Aberdeen arrived on a visit to her Majesty. On Saturday the only additions to the royal party were the Marquis of Abercorn and the Earl of Aber deen. This day (Sunday) her Majesty and the Prince and the royal household attended the performance of Divine service at Ardverikie. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of New South Wales, and also for the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. SIR R. PEEL'S CURRENCY BILL TO THE EDITOR ()F THE. SUN. Sin,—When so many complaints are made against Sir R. Peel's Currency Bill of 1844, I have to re quest that you will give insertion to the following extract from a pamphlet which I published seven years ago, under the title of " Reflections on the Currency, by a Yorkshire ALinufacturer.” This extract against the principle of allowing the entire circulation of the country to be increased or diminished in exact amount with the quantity of bullion imported or exported, was written before Sir Robert Peel induced Parliament to sanction this principle as the law for regulating the currency; and it is for your readers to judge how far the working of the present Act has verified my expectations, both in stimulating the railway speculations of 1845, by making money so excessively cheap, and has since prostrated the commerce of the country by greater pressure than need have been the case, if the principle in use for arranging the monetary transactions of dis• tent parts of the same country with each other was acknowledged in regulating our transactions with foreigners; and it is only reasonable to expect that as our transactions with foreigners increase in extent, the necessity becomes still greater of placing our currency on a proper footing , or our seasons cf scarcity and abundance of money will probably become more frequent and severe. I remain, Sir, yours respectfully, A YORKSHIRE MANUFACTURER. Aug. 28, 1847. The following is the extract referred to : " The internal currency of the country is regulated by each town or district borrowing from or lending to tie others, as circumstances require, through the medium of the London money market, and we conceive the same principles are equally applicable to regulate the currency of the whole country with that of other countries. " We will just imagine what would be the effect if the internal circulation of each county or district was con fined to one bank of issue, and their separate issues were contracted 50d increased in exact proportion to the amount of bullion which they each possessed, by supposing the bulk of the agricultural produce of Lin colnshire to be generally sold to the manufacturing popu lation of Yorkshire, and that the Lincolnshire farmer in return buys most of his clothing from the Yorkshire manufacturer. Teen) corms an unfavourable season for aericulture throughout the country, but it so happens that in Lincolnshire agricultural produee is more than usually abundant, and although this difference may rarely occur between two adjoining districts in the same country, it is of frequent occurrence when applied to the productions of more distant places; the season being on the average bad, agricultural produce will rise in value, but the Lincolnshire farmer having more than a usual supply, is enabled to sell an increased amount of his produce to the Yorkshire manufacturer, and will require in return an increased qiutetity of manufactures to be sent in exchange, or the difference paid in specie ; b :t specie being sent, will cause the Lincolnshire banker to make au equal increase in hi: paper circulation, thereby raising prices in Lincolnshire, whilst the York shire banker must at the same time diminish his circula ti•in, in order to lower prices in Yorkshire. to such a degree as will cause the specie to return. But during this roc ss the Lincolnshire farmer will sell corn high and purchase his clothing at a low price, and thus it will be tioubtiul whether all the gold which could possibly be drained from Yorkshire would be sufficient to adjust the balance, without the assistance of the Lincolnshire people purcha-ing more than a usual supply of clothing; and this surplus must either be held by the speculator, or each individual must purchase clothes for some time to max, or must be clothed in a much more costly 'Definer. But this is an unnatural state of things, and can only be of short duration, for while agricultural produce in the other districts in England has been limited, the Yorkshire manufacturer has been forced to sell clothing to the Lincolnshire farmer at lower prices than he could afford to make them for, and still take dear corn in exchange. But the next season we will suppose the case to be reversed ; agricultural produce is every where abundant ex cept in Lincolnshire, where they have little more than will supply their own wants ; if they still continue to purchase clothing as good and as costly as they got last year, they must give more for it, and still take less for heir agriculiurol produce, as the Yorkshire manufac turer his now various other customers wanting clothing, and they possess abund ince of agricultural produce to give in exchange; thus the gold must now flow out of Lincolnshire into Yorkshire, to purchase clothing for those who can still afford to buy it; this causes a con traction of the Lincolnshire circulation to bring it back again, by lowering prices, but it still leaves the inhabi tants to go poorly clothed during some years, and ex pensively clothed in others. "This is a just specimen of the alternate prosperity and depression which would always occur in the different districts of this country, if the circulation of each dis trict was regulated by that system, which is by some considered to be the only sound principle on which to regulate the currency of the whole country. We will now contrast it with thet more improved system, by which all the productions of one particular district in this country, as compared with that of others, are so balanced as to be of the greatest possible advantage to the whole, and a system most intimately connected with its prosperity as a commercial nation. " In the supposed case, under our present admirable system for regulating the internal circulation, if the L qacpbedongruii i lsie n diulntcrs colnishire farmer sells a greater amount of agricul tararalesiiilohsptcpu,aitarrsimtyetothomadoeebbluxaelalbncienaaetekliuleaonstendhnironsLEufaentortdtheniuuoessdorsheafovusalnaadecl,lsjujuitrturoweaoecsttuuhtoeteilhirradaceeotth,:ifih;nouenipoioibr,ctrreeoilkinoasbnstiaphhyghyediiirmropndiergattrkyhmiatd.,:uiohanshantiirrointeuereg-tfhakahhiscsebasehetiuuuelLvettrtehriebharnearyneyit time when Yorkshire is much depressed—but the greater portion of this capital is invested in the purchase of Go vernment securities, or is sent to be employed by the London bill• broker, either of which will be of service to the Yorkshire banker—one by finding him a purchaser for securities which he may wish to realise, in order to obtain capital which he can employ better at home — and the other by enabling the bill-broker to discount bills for the Yorkshire banker, which he may require to eiiublo him to assist his manufacturing customer, while he is tit able to sell his goods. These transactions will . eventually adjust themselves when capital becomes more abundant in Y, rkAire, the London money market at all times taking off the surplus capital of one district and supplying the wants of others." Letters from Rome state that on the 13th instant the Pope paid a private visit to tilt> Rev. J. IL Newman, at the house of Santa Croce Tbo oirownstexce bad attracted attention. DNESDAY EVEN Itl NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. MALTA, AUG. 22.—Off Madeira, the Thetis, 30, and Amazon, 26. At Lisbon, the America, 50, on her way from Lis bon to Malta ; the Hibernia, 104, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., the Com mander. in-Chief. At Gibraltar, the Virago war steamer. At Malta, the Ceylon receiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart., second in command and Superintendent of Malta Dockyard ; Heck and Bulldog war steamers, and Wee Pet team tug. At Corfu, the Mutine, 10, and the Spitfire steam sloop. At the Piraeus of Athens, the Fantome, 16 ; and on her way thence to Malta, the Locust steam sloop, In Phalean Bay, the Albion, 90 ; Rjdney, 90 ; and Vanguard, 84. In the Gulf of Zeitur, the Volage surveying vessel, with her tender, the Research cutter. At Vourlah, the Harlequin, 16. At Beyrout, the Si artan, 26. At Constantinople, the Meteor steam sloop. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. At Malta, the Flamer; on her way to Malta from the lonian Islands and Patras, the 4 olcano ; and at Marseilles, the Ardent. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY'S MEDITERRA" NEAN PACKETS. At Malta, the Ariel; and on her way thither from Constantinople, the Tagus. On her way from Malta to Gibraltar and South ampton, the Ripon. Between Smyrna and Trebizond, the Sizel. Between Trebizond and Constantinople, t he S Sultan. On her way from Leghorn and Genoa outh ampton, the Montrose. At Southampton, the Oriental, Achilles, and Erin ; and on her voyage from Southampton to Gibraltar and Maltas,AtrALltidllti MOVEMENTS, &C., SINCE AU G. 16. The Ripon, which arrived from Alexandria on the, morning of the 16th, proceeded on her voyage to Southampton on the same night. The Ardent left for Marseilles on the same after noon with the overland mails for England. The Spitfire left for the lonian Island on the 17th, and on the 18th the Hecla for Tunis, which latter re turned on the night of the 20th, bringing advices from the British Consul-General, announcing the arrival there of two French ships of the line :And two large steamers, besides a small war steamer, under the usual pretext of defending- the Bey against a cuntemptatt d attack from oli‘titMagellan, the dlae oc k,4, Sultan. French left m s a t l e t a a m o - o f r t i h g ,, a t l e 7 , t m h o forui tin 2 Tunis,4 having on board the French Consul for Malta, who retains the French screw steamer in Valetta harbour fur some special service. The Titan, another French war steamer, arrived from Smyrna and the Pima of Athens on the 15th, and lett for Toulon on the 17th. The Ariel, which left for Alexandria at midnight on the 14th, arrived there in three days and ten hours, and might have started a few hours after on her re turn voyage had she not been detained by the British Consul-General for the possibility of dispatches arriving from China, which our readers will recollect had not arrived in time at Ceylon fur the Haddington —last mail. The Ariel, after a splendid run of three days and eleven hours, reached Malta at eight P.M. on the 22d ; and the overland mail, for England, will be dispatched at eleven, by the Flamer. The Ariel only brings one of f iur India passengers brought by the Bombay mail, one having taken the Marseilles route, and two having embarked for Liverpool by the Nautilus screw steamer, laden with beans, at 15s. Bd. per quarter freight. The Waterwieh, another screw steamer, had left Alexandria likewise, for Liverpool, with pulse. Neither the mails from Greece by the Locust, from the lonian Islands by the Volcano, nor froin Con stantinople and Smyrna by the Tagus, have as yet arrived, and consequently all will be too late for the Flamer. The Tagus has a cargo of figs. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 30.—Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., the Commander-in -Chief at this port, has just received a most magnificent present from his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, in token of the Prince's appreciation of the attention and munificent hospitality of the distin guished admiral. The testimonial consists of a su perb vase, made of the purest porcelain china, stand ing on an urn pedestal, magnificently gilt. The vase is 33 inches in diameter across the top, and when mounted on its pedestal is upwards of 40 inches in height. On one side of the vase is a representation of the port of Cronstadt ; on the other side, Neptune, drawn in a chariot by four sea-horses. On the foot of the pedestal is this i nscr iption,--" Presented by his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia t i Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander-in- Chief at Portsmouth, August, 1847:' The Gallant Admiral, un receiving notification of the arrival of this noble mark of respect from the Grand Duke, re fused to receive it, British officers being forbidden to receive favours or testimonials from foreign princes without the sanction of the British Government. Baron Brunnow, the Russian Ambassador, 'however, immediately sought an inte:view with Lord J. Russell upon the subject, who, through the Earl of Auckland, at once granted Sir Charles the necessary permission to accept the present, which arrived a day or two since. The vase will stand in the anteroom connecting the drawing and dining-rooms of the admiral's mansion. This evening Sir Charles, acco mpanied by his flag captain (Pasco, of the Victory), proceeded to Ryde, in the Myrtle steam tender, to a gran d enter tainment given by the Queen Dowager, i -Ad miral Hyde Parker, C. 8., was also invited, but- too unwell to attend. We are informed that there are five Courts of Inquiry called for on board the Rattler, which, if pro secuted, will result, it is expected, in one or more Courts-martial. The Fury steam-sloop, C om mander Willcox , is getting on rapidly with her equipme nt. Until within the past few days the ship has be en without either first lieutenant or master to superi ntend her fitting. She is to have her funnel and paddle-wheels coated with the composition invented by Mr. Hay, the chymical assistant and lecturer to this dockyard. CHATHAM, AUG. 31.--The Arab, 16 guns, was commissioned yesterday by Commander J. Morris. She is to have a complement of 130 men , includin g marines. The Antelope steam-packet, Commander F. Smythe, is ready to proceed to sea. The officers of the dockyard battalion appeared last evening for the first time at drill, with the battalion, in their uniforms. The uniform for the men, it is expected, will not be issued before next spring. Woomercn, AUG. 31.—The Oberon steam vessel, recently built at Deptford, was commissioned yes terday at Woolwich by Lieutenant George J. Gard ner, and is to have a crew of 60 men. The Pluto steam vessel, Lieutenant -Commander Frederick Lowe, from the coast of Ireland, and the Prometheus steam sloop, Commander John Hay, recently from the coast of Africa, are to be paid off at Woolwich on Thursday next. - The Marion hired vessel has dropped down the river to Woolwich, to receive on board exiles for conveyance to Hobart Town and Port Philip. She is under the command of Captain ICerlie, with Dr. Andrews as superintendent. circulation yes- Owing to various reports put into terday, it was considered necessary to use e the dock very pre caution in the evening when the men yard battalion left the dockyard after finishing their drills, and Mr. Mallalieu, superintendent of the B. division of police; Mr. Field. air. MGR!, and Mr. Budd, inspectors of the dockyard force, with Mr. Levi, inspector of the branch doing duty in were at th e town, and about nearly thre hande times to act the Lieutenant.ColOnel Elsom, p uce'diciously dismissed the men usual upaosnte v i s i n u t e m on b md e r ao nr gt o f vo eo rypy. o 1 j three quarters of an hour earlier than usual, and the previous evenings when ti ne annoyances took place. men left the dockyard when it was lighter than on the This arrangement prevented the a sembling of a great crowd of people w ho intended being present at the usual hour, and the men, knowing the preparations w hich were made, wisely d- parted to their homes without showing t he slightest ebullition of feeling in missed or suspende d have called at the dockyard gate shapeany and m so whatever.eThis morning a far better spirit prevails, of t h e men who have b een dis- and stated to Mr. Fielu, the inspector, who has been indefatigable in endeavouring to trace the offenders, such circumstances as with lead to the really gu ilty parties meeting with the punishment they deserve. The men deny that they were aware of any plank being partly sawn through, as stated by the wit n e ss Wright, and it wil l be greatly in their favour and ex culpate them from that charge if they can establish that he is unworthy of credit; but should the con trary be the case , it is their duty to themselves and families to give every information in their power to relieve themselves from having to work with such as• sociates in future. Esq.—This publication comes at a most rough acquuiat • THE PLAYERS ; OR, THE STAQE OF LIFE. BY lif e , in all its varl a u t s tae, p r:o h s a ti : n e t s h , ge a: T y nce i r i nt t r iz, o T p . p j or . tlSir moment iner‘n.thotorroeslsie, s r s e s t u h e e h dulness tt which has for turned his knowledge to excellent some time reigned at the circulating libraries. There are few writers S in e c r e le7 piquant green-room revelations, scenes behind Account in these amusing volumes. Combined with a i a t n h d th h e e atr h ic a a s l t o. a c i : l re na ss a :s, y the scenes, and characteristic sketches relating to actors, domestic sratearynocgifnrso,raeutthhoatna,eardnidnatrhye ...Ilia w , ll be eagerly perused. To the thousands who are crowding for heahh and recreation to the sea-side, a more amusing book than " The Players" could hardly be reeemmencled. IN S, SEPT EMTER 1, .1847 k :VIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. _ _ t is with sincere regret we have to announce .ral further failures. In the early part k the intellig e n ce was received in London that isrs. Dickson and Co., of Belfast, had suspended merit ; the liabilities of thi s fi rm are to a heavy • .unt, and a portion of the l osses f a ll s on Lon houses. On Wednesday Messrs. Lyons and ny, of Liverpool, stopped ; and on Friday the of Mr. John Woodly, of this city. These tinued disasters have added to the depression viously existing in the trade; and confidence : so completely shaken, that it will require time bei 'ore it can be re. established. The losses sustained on the imports of Indian corn have been frightful; anc 1 when we consider that the price of wheat is now full 'y 50s. per quarter lower than it was at the time ‘n many of the cargoes now arriving were Four che: red, no surprise can be felt at the difficulties in whi ch so many respectable houses had been involved. Urn ler these circumstances no immediate improve mei) t in the tone of business can be expected, as all part ies are likely to conduct their operations with ex trey le caution. The weather has throughout the week be r highly favourable for the harvest operations, and vl ist. quantity of corn has been carried; we learn, lace sever, that the rain which fell about the middle of t ,ta .! month did more or less injury, the grain hawing its some instances sprouted in the ear. In regard to the yield to the acre the reports are generally of a satisfactory character; and it is now the prevailing 'opinion that the produce of wheat will be fully equal ta) that of average seasons, whilst barley and oats are &scribed as very abundant crops. The accounts in respect to the late planted potatoes have, on the other hand, become less favourable, more particularly those received within the last few days from Scotland and Ireland ; but, owing to the belief that there will b.- an abundan.:e of grain, the partial failure of potatoes h looked upon with less alarm than formerly, and prices of all articles have continued to decline at al! the leading provincial markets held during the week. The Liverpool market was, however, numerously attended by buyers from dis.ant parts of the country on Tuesday, hut the inquiry was directed more to flour than to wheat, and whilst the latter article la ceded 3.1. per 701b5., the former rose 6d. to Is. pe: brl. Late in the week the advance on flour court not be maintained ; still a large amount of busines , was done on Friday, the best brands of Western Canal bringing 265. 6d., and secondary sorts 245. to 265. per barrel ()Wing to the unfavour able reports from Ireland relative to potatoes. Iranian corn excited a good deal of attention at Liverpool on Friday, but it was necessary to accept low terms to effect sales. Farmers being still busily • occupied in the fields, little time has been afforded to thrash or bring new corn to market, and the sup plies t the leading towns in the agricultural dis tricts have been quite moderate ; the quantity brought forward has, nevertheless, proved more that) equal to the demand, and prices have undergone a further depression as well at the different shipping ports on the east coast as at the principal markets in the interior. The quality of the new wheat is stated to be inferior to the growth of last year, but judging by the weight per bushel, which is allowed to average from 601bs. to 641b5., we are inclined to think that there is not much reason for complaint. Our letters from Scotland and Ireland inform us that the weather had been sully as favourable in those countries as with us; and, with the exception of po tatoes (which, as already intimated, were believed to have been extensively attacked by the disease of last year), the crops promised uncommonly well. A small parcel or two of new Irish Wheat have already arrived at Liverpool, of fine quality and in good con dition. Though the arrivals of Wheat coastwise into London have not been by any means large, only ' 3,148 quarters having been received up to this (Sa turday) evening, the supply has proved amply suffi cient to satisfy the demand, and business at Mark lane has remained in a very dull state..---illark-lane _Express. I sev( MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Aug. 31.) SUGAR.—To- day no further advance took place in the value of Raw Sugar, still there was no material de crease in the home or export demand, as buyers were desirous to operate, and merchants evinced firmness. West India Muscovado was in good request, and for all purposes; whilst the rates obtained were equal to those of Friday, and the private sales reached 350 hhds and tres. A public sale of 151 hhds and 52 tres Barbadoes went off at full quotations, viz., fine 3 ellow at 45s to 465, good 43s to 44s 6d, middling 41s to 42s 6d, low 39s to 40s 6d per cwt, and the whole sold. REFINED.—To -day Refined goods were in excellent request by the home trade, and prices were firm, at 56s for standard, and 55s fur brown grocery Lumps. Bonded ' Crushed Sugar dull of sale; first sort at 31s 6tl to 325. EAST INDIA. — Phis afternoon the quantity of Madras sugar offered at public sale amounted to 5,660 bags; the strong sorts sold at t e full value, but sot kinds were chiefly taken in at stiffer rates. Of B.ngal the four parcels offered at public sale amounted to 5.434 bags; the white and soft yellow kinds were chiefly taken it: above the value. MoLAssEs.—Holders submitting to further reduced rates for West India, caused 600 puns to be sold at 143 to 19s for low to fine. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the demand was active for all sorts : and two parcels offered at public sale, amounting to 7,410 bags wore nearly all sold at the full currency of Friday. FOREIGN.—The demand continues on the increase for all descriptions of Foreign Sugar, and for every pur pose, whilst merchants have manifested more firmness, and supplied the market less freely. The demand has been good by private treaty from exporters, and the purchases made by them have been at prices showing an advance, on those previously current, of 6-I per eel. TEA.—The market has been in a tranquil state since our last report, and the small amount of business trans acted privately was at rather lower rates for green, but black is generally held for the former currency. The value of common souudCongou for cash is 9d, good ord Twankav, low yellowish leaf 7d to Bd, and Hyson com mon Is 2d to 4d per lb. Of the 5,500 pkgs offered at public sale, only 1,200 were sold. There has been no arrival since this day week; whilst during that time duty was paid on the large quantity of 513,946 pounds. COFFEE.—This afternoon the demand tor Mocha Coffee was limited, and 270 bales, 12 half-bales, at auction were only in part sold at former rates—mid yellowish clean garbled 61s, ordinary 50, 61, and triage 25s 6d, but low mid yellow was taken in at 58s. Native Ceylon is little required, and 1.222 bags only in part sold at easier rates—real good ordinary at 375, good ordinary 36s 6d, and damaged 31s 6d to 355. Of Plantation the quantity offered at public sale amounted to 915 bags and 6 casks, when the whole sold, but at rather lower rates. RICE.—To-day there was little demand for East India Rice, and privately only small parcels were sold. At. public sale 1,452 pockets Bengal were off, red; tie sound was taken in at the full value—low white, dusty, and rather broken at 15s to 15s 6d, but the damaged sold at 9s to 14s. Of 1,350 bags Madras, the sound was mostly bought in at the full worth. SPICES. To-day at public sale two cases of Mace sold at 2s lld to 3a for middling dull red : 5 cases Nutmegs ordinary brown 2s Bd, middling 2s 9d to 2s 10d. and good middling 3s 3d per lb. SPIRITS.—There has been a good business transacted in all descriptions of Jauiaica Rum since Tuesday last, in consequence of holders submitting to a reduction on former rates of id per gallon. The sales have amounted to 400 puns. Of Havannah there are several par cels on offer at Is 8d to is 9d proof strength, but few buyers are to be met with. East India is heavy of disposal and can be obtained at the moderate rates of 2s to 3s Id proof, with certificate. To day 200 puns Jamaica Rum were sold at rather lower rates, viz. :-33 to 38 per cent overproof at 3s 8d to 3s 10d for middling and good quality. Leeward Island is dull of sale at 2s 3d to 2s 4d, and Calcutta at Is lid to 28 per gallon proof strength. INDlGO.—Although East India can be obtained rather under the quotations of the last qua•terly sale, still all kinds have been operated in with caution by the home trade, whilst the shipping orders are trifling. Spanish is little required, and there are sellers of Cortes at Is lOd to 2s 9d, Sobres 2s 9d to 38 sd, and of Flores at 3s 6d to 4a 4d per lb. LAC DYE.—The deliveries are going on satisfac torily, and nearly as large as they wre in the past season by nearly one-half, and the whole of the stock is smaller by 2,317 chests. Bice.; are, however, above those of late years, and the quantity expected to arrive is small. Holders have conEenee, and stebtnitted none to euhlic auction; but privately the purchases male have been of little moment. Commrsae.—To-day only a lircited demand exist, d. and 67 bags Mexican at auction were only in past soli at rather lower rates; middling black we et at 5 , , qa. , o 5s 3d, and low to middling silvers 4, 9.1 to 4s l Id per lb. Vs'ooa.—The public sales have terminated, and throughout w, re well attended by the trade. Although the quantity of Colonial offered was immense, still the demand was active, and nearly the whole was actually sold, whilst the rates obtained were equal to those of the last auctions. There was ade sire generally on the part of the trade to get supplied, as prices ruled moderate, compared with late years; whilst there is a large con sumption going on. Other sorts met with a good de mand, and brought fair market rates. OILS.—The market for common Fish Oila hastpre sented a firm appearance since our last rFport, d has been a falling off in the supply, whilst the an arr . ivals have been of little moment. Pale Seal met with In a btisk demand, anti brought stiffer rateis. at Cod several trans actions have taken place 271 5s to 271 10 s , and at which holders are firm. South ern of all kinds is wa nted, and the parcels disposed of in the private market were at full rates. At public sale 43 tuns went at 241 10i to 261 5s for middling to fine. The m arket continued to be well_ decline, w ith Sperm, and pr ices are on the d purchases to a la ir extent have been made privately. At public sate 112 tuns of Colonial were nearly all sold. Rapeseed Oil lei little required. Linseed met with a good home demand, whilst exporters have been pur chasers to a fair exte nt ; there is, however no further im provement to notice in the value, as the supply is larger. In Olive business has been checked by holders itasistaeg upon higher price:, and only seal! purchases have been male. For Palm the market is in a quiet state, and prices are on the decline, although there is not a large stock, for fine quality 34s to 35s per cwt having b een g y jo epzed. Eor Cocoa Nut prices rale high on 0,0. count of tie small snpply, lit pi/I-chasers operate with 'action, still they aft , compelled to pay 55s to 56s far nine Cochin, and 54s to 55s 101 fine Ceylon. in Lard ill little has been done, but fine is, held for 48s to 495. African ground Nut Oil is dull of tale. TALLow —The arnt mit of business transacted bere its Russian on the spot has been upon a small scale only, .or all purposes, although further reduced rates have been taken, and 46s 6d to 47s per cwt is the present va lue of fine P.Y.C., at which there are ready :tellers. For delivery in the:last three months of the year few con tracts have been concluded, although there are sellers at 45s 6d to 465; Home-made is little required, and can be bought at 473 6rl nett cash. For other sorts the market is still quiet, and prices are o n the decline. yela-yearly AY. TThellorEdinaTryAhalf was held yesterday, at the Londo g n or T di aver is n o a m t pa o n n y e n o' f cLoc e k u , n f d o e r rt tl a i k e in t g ra ; r E isa m c a ti n o n n el o c f n t o he er, rEss ' q n . ag n business and dt somea s m a d l n n ity numberly was af experienced share h P ol w in ere present, s e t n n t e , i s s a e r t y n n to t c n o o n n s v t e i t n u i t n e g a t he e e n t l mi. n n e g t nu l m l b in er ad n v e n c r e t s ng basks been read, and the seal of the company affixed to the register of proprietors, The SECRETARY proceeded to read the rep or-, which stated that the directors had the satisfaction state that the Bill for the branches to Bideford anti Southmolton, and for enlarging the docks at Fre mington, had passed the Houses of Parliament, and le' - ceived the royal assent on the 22d of July last. The works reported to be under contract at the last general meeting were proceeding satisfactorily. The permanent way is laid down for pearl , the whole of the railway from the docks to Barnstaple, but the directors have not con sidered it advisable, under the recent circumstances of the country, to proceed very rapidly in constructing the railway. The surveys are completed for letting the entire works on the remainder of the line from Barnstaple to Crediton, and the surveys are nearly complete for the Bideford branch, which it is the intenti:m of the directors immediately to proceed with. This branch will, in connexion with the line ilready completed, and the other part, whitJ: are state of for .rd ne- s, dour air, cors bitiriitr.- neously to open for tr ,tlic trim ,i3c-teti to noi, , -(1, tides of the line, ;eel this they expect to t ffect in the autumn of m-xt year. They were unable to proceed with the Bill for leasing the real a - ay to the South Western Company, owing to the Committee of the douse of Cettenotee to w horn it was referred, 'neving devoted so long it pfri , 4l to the South vt".!,:!crn and other projects v.est of Salishury and toward, .Exete. - . They, therefore, availed themselves of the resolution of the House of Commons to allow the Bill to resume its present position in the ensuing session of Parlia ment. They had pleasure in congratulating the shareholders upon the success of their allies, the South-Western Company, during the past session of Parliament, by which the interests of the I two compauies are materielly promo ted. The egreemeet for leasing the Exeter and Creditor Railway, under guarantee of the South-Western Company, has been approved by the shareholders of the resp. ctise companies, and sealed accordingly. In conformity with the agreement with the London and South-Western Railway Company, the directors recommend that the interest due to the 30th of June last upon the deposits and calls of the capital stock of the company, raised under the Act 1 Vic., cap. 27, and the Bth and 9th Vic., cap. 355, shall be paid. The statement of the accounts up to June 3 showed the receipts to have been 98,223/. 3s. 4d., and the expenditure 81,4821. 2s. 7d., leaving a balance in hand of 16,7411. Os. 9d. The CHAIRMAN stated that towards the end of last week one of his colleagues and himself had gone over the line, and were enabled to report that the progress already made had been most satisfactory ; and that from the information they had collected, that the line, when completed, would realise the most sanguine expectations which he and the directors had formed with respect to it. As stated in the report., considering the monetary condition of the country, they had not felt it advisable to proceed very rapidly with the works. They had felt that they should best and earliest promote the interests of the proprietors by proceeding with the Bideford branch im mediately, a distance of six miles, which, in con nexion with other lines, would enable them si multaneously to open from sixteeen to nineteen miles in the autumn of the ensuing year. They did not intend to call upon the shareholders to raise the capital for the two branches referred to in the report as having received the royal assent, and they were precluded by the recent Act of Parliament from paying interest on that part of the capital, but they should be enabled to pay interest on the bills authorised and specified in the report, the usual adoption of which, with the accounts, he begged to move. In reply to several questions, The CHAIRMAN replied that their original intention was to pay interest on all the capital. Two thirds of the proprietors of the Exeter company were in favour of leasing the line to this company, which could not obviate running over nine miles of that line. Means had been taken by injunction, through the instrumentality of another company, to prevent the laying down of the broad gauge upon it. Their line, which would be 45 or 46 miles in length, must take advantage of this small line, but about six miles in length, and it was natural to conclude that the narrow gauge should be laid down on both. If it were to he constructed on the broad gauge they would be compelled to carry a parallel line by the side of it. About 3,0001. of the calls remained un paid. The directors had all paid upon their shares. Those in arrear were charged 51. per cent. interest and Si. besides, 101. altogether, so that the company would not he great losers. Mr. BALDON entirely approved of the resolution of the Legislature, as he believed it would have a salu tary effect upon that and other companies. He saw that 1,2001. had been voted to the ten directors, and as it was a large sum for so small a line, he trusted that they would give the utmost attention to the affairs of the company. The CHAIRMAN assured the Hon. Proprietor that they would leave nothing undone to advance its in terests. The motion, together with one respecting the pay ment of interest on the capital referred to in the re port, was agreed to. A SHAREHOLDER hoped that the agreement with the Great Western would be ultimately carried out. The CHAIRMAN said there was no douot about it ; but should they fail, a company, which formerly made overtures to them, which were not accepted, was willing to give such tdrms as they would accept. The advantageous nature of the line was beginning to be perceived. A vote of thanks having been awarded to the Chairman and directors, the meeting separated. BANK of ENGLAND.—ELECTION OF GOVERNOR. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday ) Precisely at four o'clock the balloting for the new Governor ceased. The Court of Directors being bound by their bye-laws to keep the ballot open until that time, although during the last hour only one person came forward to give his vote. The glasses having been sealed in the presence of th e directors, the scrutineers proceeded with them to an adjoining room, for the purpose of count ing them, and after an absence of a few mi nutes returned into court, and stated that by the ballot James Morris, Esq., was elected by seventy eight votes to the office of Governor during the re mainder of the year. The scrutineers appointed by the court were Thomas Gribble, Esq., John Vines, Esq., and Robert Sutton, jun., Esq. Mr. KNIGHT, the secretary, then read the minutes of the proceedings, and the court adjourned. THE LOVE or FILTH —An inquiry, which lasted until a late hour on Friday, was gone into before M r. Carter, as to the death (.s a woman named Elizabet h Meuritt, one of those old straggling creatures t),)u t the v' ke h .?ti a e r l: founi about the streets wandering for their daily.subsi.tence. The seaman about lived in Jz;ob. street, 1 - I,rtno. , ds: 3, dose to the island Mr. Dicl, •ns has male ini , morahle ns the dwelling- of " Qi,itp." Ale h would nt vor A lt o s any one t o enter her r ,OID. About ;Se gl,t,ted in fish tend avoided all cleanliness. eleven w..ek, , iy:o she fell, whilst in a fit, on the gr- te, in w hieh there was a large fire. She was most seriot.• injured, but she would have no medical advice. ious s mells from the burns induced e last the nox neighbours to in?.erfore, an ) they inrirtA she should ~ the workhou se. I: was feund necessary to force into a parish chair, as the &charted she would toct• r die than go the poor-house. Her piece was th e n • :„. &mined, and found to be void of all furniture. She Lad slept upon old straw. No furniture was there, and I I : e w hole place was crowded with the most noxious veil' in. Upon her adm ission into the hospital she was attenet'.d. by Dr. Paul , w ho found her flesh clotted in masses with insects. said d r wretched filth. She lingered until Wednesday, when death removed her from the world and all h In answer to the Coroner, Dr. Paul s the chief cause of death. The Coroner a deplorable it was ; human Lattice the burns w:re remarked Low lost in all its better feelings ;n ease.ifi,eeilaed It base b ''' n occurrence, and he hoped tshould" " l '' '' rare itie - pie side over such another inquiry.never have to Lieutenant-Colonel Crofton, of the 6th Regiment, who, it will be remembered, went out in June, 1846, to the Hudson's aly Company's territories, in command of an expedition on special service, has arrived in England by the last steamer from Poston, having p p r c or rnpd thr , duties assigned to him. The troops, we understand , wi ll return to England ne x t y ear , e ith er by Hudson's Bay or the route of Lake Superior to Canada. The number of failures in Paris 'during the last year was 1,139, an d th e agg regate amount ofotheeo deficit e ount 68,474.803 f. Eight of these failures Wer d e W ith the of 40,000/. and upwards. As conl.Pare both in the pre vious year, th e re is an enormous increase year the number a failures nurabjr and amount of the w f a a s i 1 u 931, . and , I n the p a r ol e v o i u o u n a t t 48,842,529 f. i , . ~.t RUMOURED STEAM-BOAT CATASTROPHE. BRISTOL, TUESDAY.—Considerable excitement has been occe,ioned in this city this afternoon by the rumour that the Glamorgan steam packet had met with an accident occasioning the loss of 200 lives. On making every inquiry possible, we find that there is some truth in the report, but happily, we hope, without the loss of life mentioned. It appears tlasst yesterday morning the Glamorgan started from Bristol upon what is called a " cheap excursion" to Mine head ; the weather being remarkably fine, as many as 500 persons e t barked for the trip, and proceeded to their destination, landing a number of passengers at Weston- super-111,sre. The packet was announced to return in the even ing, and in consequence of its not arriving the friends of these who had gone upon the excursion were terrified with fears for their fate, and this feeling was increased by the arrival this afternoon of several passengers from B.ridgewater, who stated that the boiler of the steamer had burst, that the vessel was set on fire, and that they, with abo.lt forty others, escaped in a sailing boat to Watchot, and thence to Bridgewater ; what becarrhe of the ,other passengers they could not tell. We went to the o ffice of the Navigation Company, and found that they .bad no definite particulars of the affair, and that the ontly intelligence they had received was through sot ae passengers who had come up from Bridgewater, alsd who informed them that shortly after the pack et o le b f l t ig A e l d in t e o h p ea u d t bthaeckb.oilTerwleoakteudgso,r however,burst, an and she beenwas dispatched t o th e ass i stance of the passengers , and it is hoped that with this eveni n g' s tid e m ore favourable news will be received. a H e rald. ) rts or LOSS OF AN EMIGR AN T SHIP ronmlorttitiengAls)ei.rmde: parts WITH TiiREE LIUNI)RED CS. the sowth and Suritia l ; north we're visited by a nr,st disastrous storm. that was hut sightly feh in this ! , :Art of the c .untry. We had a pretty severe tzAle. accompanied by hrtivy rain, but no I , IVIII was none, even to tIE , But on the co,ists of Sutherland and Cath.ne-s tHe stor m appears t , are two': AVviul, and to by the r;:v:.: no: 1-,' , ly.coustlueneei. A krge --;',tint vt'a-el is s,il to have be=ll ..ltiven upon the r,cli-; of ••Far-outli.-113," near Durives,. and three unhvppv the whole that the v,ssel coTaine.l—swallowt-d up in one common grave. .it e annex such par teul7-rs of thus v:sithtion Hs our comspontients have trailmnitted to 115 e atten , L.(l TONGUE, TUESDAY, AUG. 24.—We a dreadful hurricane here 0:i Sunday, and much lok‘s at sea has been the consequence along our northern shores; one vessel, laden with rye, and another with meal, are total wrecks, at Thurso and Reay. I Irtve heard of nothing else vs yet, but I fear a few days will hrhag in more :.cc - aints a losses and shipwn-ck.—Sin ce writing the a bove, I have seen the Dorne.ts postman, on his return from that place, who brirg , the dias: trous filings of the total wreck of a three masted em grant ship, with upwards Of 300 passengers, on the rocks at the "Far-out-head," icy Durnesg—not a -:oul is spared, all have perished —and the ship is a total wreck. Only sevent:•en bodies have as yet co me on chore. The headland where the vessel struck is bold unapproachable place. It is reported that the vessel is fiom dull ; but you msy have soon more authentic accounts from ether quarters. The magis trates I understand are on the spot. The vessel is the Canton of Hull, but as no proper accounts have yet been got of the number of passengers on board, all is taken from surmise, by there being a great deal of clothing and chests coming on shore. The 17 bo dies are said to be those of seamen. NEW ZEALAND. By advises received .we learn that on Thursday, the Ist of April, a grand public dinner was given at Nelson in honour of G overnor Grey. Upwards of sixty sat down to table. The guests were, his Excellency the Governor, some of the officers of the Inflexible steamer, and others. The band of the Inflexible was in attendance. The Hon. C. A. Dillon took the chair. After the usual loyal toasts the chairman, in a most complimentary speech, proposed the health of the Governor. In returning thanks the Governor expressed himself as follows, when alluding to the colony I never felt any doubt as to the eventual success of this colony, and my confidence was founded upon a knowledge of the character of the persons engaged in it. Nelson has had the advantage of being founded by a class of men whose character, previous station in life, and abilities must have entitled them to distinction in any community ; they were accompanied or followed by a body of emigrants from atnong the working classes, forming with th m a thoroughly British community which I felt satisfied was capable of orervoming any difficulties they might encounter. And that you have surmounted the many t o o bs m ta e cl s e: trzia wl c ti t c o h . impeded your early progress, and are now on the hi t hway o success and prosie_rily, is rily detuenstrated by the %Let that Nelson is the only settlement in New Zealand which yields a revenue more than equal to all the expenses of its governnteut ; and in one respect, and that a most important one, Nel son stands pre- etnitient not merely above the other set tlements in New Zealand, but perhaps above any com. tnunity of equal extent in the world—l allude to mora lity. Since learning the excessively small amount of crime occurring here, I have become rather alarmed at the idea of spending 8001. on a gaol, seeing bow little it is re quired. and considering how much more usefully the money might be employed. Again, your settlement contains extensive coal mines, and from the geological formation of this portien of the colony, I have no doubt that its mineral resources are great, and will one day become of incalculable value. Upon the whole, looking at the capabilities of this settlement, and the character of its inhabitants, I feel confident that it is destined to be come a great end important community." The following is an extract of a letter, dated Ykrel-• re B4 a 7:— at last settled in this district; t T o o n e , land claims 7, l the governor has shown a cordial wish to perform ;the work that brought hint to the south, but has been in :well haste to return to Auckland that le has not given the general satisfaction be intended. iiis bargains with the natives for land have been characterised by such liberejlity that the natives are more exurbitant in their dem.s.nds than ever in such transactions. The payment of 5,000/. by instalments to the Ngatitoa tribe, of which Eau. peraha, Rangisiata, and Pailful are at the head, has raised a numerous band of opponents of his policy amongst the most respectable settlers of this plac. and Nelson, The two great roads now in progress at the cost of the Government to the coast of Wiens', through Povirua, and to Weirarapa, by way of the valley of the Stull, will not cost less than 25,0001. The blocks of land bought by the local Government a re to be open to New Zealand Company for selection. The Governor, however, deserves our grat itude for many of th e . mea sures he has passed thr ou g h the Legislative Counc!l, and fur the pretty equal division of the expenditure in the north and south. Trade is very flourishing, and we are looking forward to great improvement in the colony generally. Governor Grey took on board the Inflexible thirty tons of Nelson coals, which were found to answer equally' as well as the best description shipped at Sydney." ORKNEY ELECTION. KIRKWALL, THURSDAY, ONE O'CLOCK, P.M. Dundas . ••• ••• 75 Anderson .. .•• ••• .. 62 Majority here for Dundas 13 SYROMNESS, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Anderson 73 Dundas • • 60 Majority at Stromness for Anderson— 13 Both even. There are no returns from Shetland as yet, but Mr Anderson is sure of a majority there; 80 that little doubt need be entertained of his success. The official declaration takes• pl ice on Saturday. .........--•.1.---,------____ DEATH OF THE Ray. BODERT .GILLOW.—It is our painful duty to record the death . ot south R er _O/flan Catholic priest. the Rev. Robert Gillow, who has fallen , typhus fever. The deceased was the son of a vicletn t. of Le ighton Hall, near Lancaster Riehard Giliow, Esq., During the recent p re valence of the malignant disea,e which ha d Cu t off eig ht of his f , llow-labourers in the ministry, the R. vercnd Robert Gillow was unre mitting in his attention to the sick, and latterly he had to visit several very bad cas of ' twill - tients residing in the most filthy dy- e iti,"; u''' the" day week he felt indisposed Et., „.... ',-. ''':g— On "atm' he The - ( Durhar to celt.brate ma College, count 3 studies at lloroe, He vvrt remarkable for his att I. with trend the s Parick's dis trict dt r cirr man a•.taclit INsitunto, FOR TEE ' ADULT_ DEAF AND DLlust lIED LION KLUARE, BLOGBISBURY.—We understand that the secretary and committee of this excellent insti tution are making the most active endeavours to increase the amount of a building fund proposed at the anniver sary meeting for the erection of an establishment en a more extended scale, and more adequate to the increasing demands upon the institution. The praiseworthayve ex tinns of the secretary (J. G. Simpson, Eof-qm.)anh mem bers may al ready been rewarded byanthdenp.iltrioitny7aemong of the royal fdmily hne.s . . the Doeheas of contribn- Gloucest , r, be men ti one A o l:e w r hil l e tu t j o •a r l vra i r l d l i g ng a handsome s i gn ifiet o l f h t e h r e i i i n it s e t n it t u u t m ion o . f becoming for t t ihoen futureto t he t f h o e i p d THE LATE ACCIDENT ON TIIE CVICITESTER AND patroness. PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY. ---NUTBOURNE, AUG. 31. — The inquest Ton the budy of John Gregory, the driver of cue of S:ePhtnaonia patent Icc weaves, with outside cylinders, which by running off the line at Bishop's copp i ce , on the Chichester and Portsmouth Railway, killed Gregory and took off the arm of Peel, the stoker, on the 31st of May last, was held this morning by ad journment for. the third time, before John Lutman Ellis, Esq., coroner for Westiliussex. The circumstances of the case have already been reported in this paper. It now appeared that Peel, the injured man, had become of unsound mind, owing to the shock, and was unable to give evidence. One of the jurors was also ill, and the , inquiry was again adjourned tor a month. minis