The Sun. — London, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

recent notification of the Bomba j ^ C-overnment, which 1.4111 ... its of exports being made from KurraeLee, by the ez ‘ea .," di siml of communication, and, in general, by the tu r,urngement given to commercial habits, and to the „in.?:e of the national resources of the province. it ." is rumoured that after the rainy season a aZmeat w ill be male by a portion of the Madras 4 e ,Y , and eve n b y certain regiments from this prem.. 74 oPon the territory of the Nizam. The Ni2tl/41 taile persisted in a system of expense which has en this • 4 1 )01 him many difficulties. More especially .... 30 1 s the case with respect to the amount of his army of,,.' °° ° men ---for whi c h h e h as no a d equa t e means rYlnent. He i s sa id to have now urgent l y repea t e d Z .: former requ es t to our res i dent f or suppor t, ifll u sly alarm e d as he is by the turbulence an d 'bi of his soldiery. If we interfere at this 1 , 41 111 2 11 ,t, it will probably be with a view to a some iiii‘ oefinite settlement of affairs in that territory. t o ,All accounts from the Punjaub are most satisfac ea The residency at Lahore is engrossed with t ires for th e surveillance and arrangement o f th e 1 8 ; Assistants have gone in one direction into M ali z are ;. h country, an d th e ot h er t o C as hmere. Intl sh,.. a ll "' tra ti°n, scientific and military observations, k i d o.interests, all appear to receive attention, tow" ue Proceeding sati s f ac t or ily. The health, er 4 of our a bl e R es i dent, Colone l L awrence , 'h es , s uffered , under th e mu ltif ar i ous an d onerous _ b e n °' nis post, an d i t i s - thought that i t w ill s h ort l y • It eee s s sarY for him to visit the hills. 0, ; __Peculation is rife throughout India respecting ,15F0• Most people argue that the arrangement l of : n qns there must be begun de 7i01,0, and the n tuptiPoress echoes this opinion. The complete inter little' t° our commerce resulting from the recent Peopl e b w ar ' successes of Sir John Davis enable con c l ude Practically Practically t o j u d ge o f our pos iti on . They of thi n e, from the frequent recurrence of this state ela traci rl and fr om what is known of the Chi nese de t i de r, that if we do not begin to act more have c o Y 4 and settl e once for all what we require to the etheded—by sufficient measures, not only with !twi t ' ri ties, but w ith the people—we are only n. hat ot T r u P difficulties f o r a f u t ure day. Indeed, it is to th e 4 1: 1 3 that dispatches were sent home from China sett slich , l e T PurPort. If Si r J o h n D av i s has rea ll y bleaso re :l s Patche s , h e must have b een d r i ven t o th e 4 , p,.... 4 last resort. Cleoste atter still no news of the Hon. Company's n'ontits b as P l tra which left Bombay some three 11°Pe left k f ir Singapore. There is hardly now a ttatly beresPecting her, although a vessel has re . - • t ' b e f ell sent upon her track. The Cleopatra is 1 0 s e l,. Ind 44ss of sin Ilia, all of • teamers everywhere employed tWes „„, which are heavy boats, much under . ild ' fa """ Which it is completeburlesque on their ii s " entitl 4 a soy large e steam frites.' sts.i ~ steamers can be safely . , ploy, d and efficient ' l* till s 14 such service. One of that description, • Dro,_ fir, is already built, and three others are in 4et ea . is is a promising instalment, but it is liol cco °l2 l4 to correct the s 'stem of which I have . 3 kn a i n ' 4 nd it i ~, 5 to be feared that the leaven will still COMME RINTELLIGENCE`. stn(Prom ~ CIAL 8) 1 f c, 'le Calcutta Price Current of July. state of our .- - ta le adl le departure of the Iladdin . gton steamer we suititaL the little chancres to report in the tlihit't:e, the general inactivity h,ivitig co t t h it e in p ne re d: -.it s , * the -eh? of the hourly expectedhavespeculators mail by might , es t i f any aispos von sP • , I tl atie„ r , t) r °Perna n We uei, -- was to (,°•B' in roduce market, have, therefore, hardly. artierany tollitte pr,yeatednfrotiee making p p ;irehaws even at almost_ ttrisetienttdl low ln the impossibility of pro b . -g t 0,,„ Y prices by 1-",....Nticciage, While the high rates of interes . t . which eb.. aTh all obtained upon most undoubted securt , t'aYvour rbleei, me available capital, which, uer m -tb:Zartmees, might have tound it legit o i r m e ate way The 'EEL of the th 4, ni..tivid of the Precursor on the evening up to k t4248 t17 t Pot us in possession of London advices gal ,. of M a us • th e ! t akei t " tS Y, and, though money mtte t r o s t , s e e e e m it t s e t , ti. R an it turn for the better, we regret with a la ex -e„e,„,still looks Ter discouraging, In fret, , de. g1..„:"..0n of rice, almost every article is greatly 0.. ellCattary lhe great falling off in the remittasuse of di,„7, aughta by the resent mail is a -' ttev, -7Pointment. We are, therefore, atr c aidthat °lit Pre sent sl a but ill calculated to impart any activity s to . • . „d, con i t dent. _ Kt . - --aseu state of the market ; , _th well- Ikkinitf a great scarcity of shipping, with ant J N O he g stocks and a continued pressure on the money • ' r ota 11:.Wa see but little prospect for a speedy reaction .14 1) ft.,11 tittfavourable state of affairs. export riet. - 7. ° t r eport any . B Pos' `"tigh there m b n manifested a little goods material change in our °PaitttZiull on the has been of . This demand, of purchasersmore pkce . to . thee a t tai ..'Ln?and, however, is far from being s o o t h eti tait, 01606E4 have been expected at this season b , lty tet„,," 3 . deld„n"Y.°wlng to the difficu ,s .kly l ops" sin realising their sugars, 84 c. , dealers experienced which y "" t Of th great number of the large bazaar t hat s o 11 loarket. (y . , off to tile Particular d r 1..1) . s of goods are mov g 014 tu ',era__ escriptton e orted sales, however, sh i o n w . „,__ Ke extent. At Won is still labouring under severe accommodation hi '‘) ., l l llll 4 t ' u nr 4 demand for mercantile ir wr 6B t rates g nt, and the banks kay of interest and discount, but . . maintoanintihneg wholethe We n t more %mi.. all that the 444 lentlire t° say appsmathrkeeftneetxthhiabtitGs(!vern-- aily„,! . ( turiti es , __ 9 _ .., Judging from d, diviC ti e c il i n p r i a `Zuttße in demand, and have slightlya Bengal has declare %It ' Pe q 30 Cr• Per share, being at the rate of 15 per fi,,.. T he :. annur n on the -.4 4 4,, L tatu lacti __ e paid-up capital. or tn• 4 4 rve beencitiin !xchange for the present oPP in % Ake% b 44 still The amount of remit s very limited, and the rates quoted 10 i i .) /0414 nuttanitained. Notes, ,,, ,t e,, by the Precursor (being al,. hlit km .use any material alteration. n _ __ se l s ti r iZt th % „.."ing the arrival of a num 56,214/. 19s. ber ot ves remained lish et i k ttl iC eo '' week, rates of freight b e Rev t i oe instances an advance hhaasvebeen estab ndikoL en Ptid ee ' Ic: it which article 91. 15s. to 101. has I: iti ( :e ik r e t;P:ttr - from the indigo to induce us 44 a th e ori slic es port contain nothing districts since th e f 11 %ler: . Il ion then expressed, that a larger crop te ndeT tit able ge t ,,? 4 ! could not-be anticipated,. although theoclvtobeauat p e tt a r t t h s er of experi . ence r d ior ii . a C l a n icu p t a ta ce h a r m ex y - .. _ the interior. , r . ubna, and . parts ikeee tillra .ere edPure 4 14 -of i d i .. lind Duna irretrievable injury do o n f e ß by sj s t h n y e ' e e s , s the ant. ~!olet yew,,latiori are confirmed. In the former th -l e t h little "cysthat some cone( rns were about to close fat,,,, e c:. %me alma a third of what they t of the - .wt s Lacernent of the season. From moat I,l(l'w:ere nahnufacturi g i s complaints expected at on, of PtodeeeZ' the vats not yielding l goingthe usual aver" Peep 11 ,1 but this will doubtless be removed, should 1 4 Ce it continuance of sut ny weather. It snares i.. kt del tut rains had the plante have . a Y P d sowi o . ~ not ' regularly set in, which s w ‘atis fliia ~, an. damped.ctant. est, ho w a tlY been ln the u "in • "', the • have b• n more fortunate, n a pe tigodplenbtpatit guile'. are reported " to ppernorethd uottal det i d e xt month to be enabled district. of each he completed. • Our 4e- 4 1 ) 011 of the probableouttutoru give our mar L ro ee, we h a , ' S ing n ly cleared of last season's p ' b ee ' ~i- but fe e w ar transactions to report. A pur ger • Inad e fo u; 1,700 bu t of up-country indigo hasb Per kern th e tnglish market at 105 Company's rupees su -vrY Inaud. Sertr,....-411" colzparati ly low rates at which the e Nter e ,„ of ttenare-s hav v e e tieen procurable, caused some it otlr f ' Corte forward, and a few purchases were . made tthistura'er quotations, say, 8.12 to 9.4, but since the ttor dr (11 the last Intelligence, the market has been native 1h51111::,8ee any prospect of activity until the prices i „ -- s ontnit to a considerable decline on the -- ` l/ how asking. u, --4, THE BOMBAY MARKET. -trrIDAY EVENING, FIVE O'CLOCK, J ULY 17. tk h ; oar last montly report, on the 19th of June, the n: Of business transacted has been trifli ng , w hi c h i b t.n at s Z i oal.consequence of the season, bnt we are h a pp y groa t the progress of the monsoon has bee n e s mtstri e tt :le as can be desired throughout the agricultural ? 4 'dfli,7 generally, as far as the accounts have reached us, Cot the prospects are encouraging for a healthy trade I%:kt 4 „ P Prcaching active season. t-Itt ha t°- M anufactures—We subjoin a list of the sales transpir d since the departure of the last mail, h e ; !cr, e 7 ll nre inceonsiderable. We may shortly, activity ,i %t to see the local dealers show some aiv t i h y e L i n stocks for the -opening of the season after DrY fo r . " - ;_ w e May add that already there is some iu for O a inee 4 "lt gray cloth of domestic make,. suited ay e - t r the Arabian market, but the prices rs ffe w r h ed o etl ° ,,,l e t come up to the expectations of hold slus 4ea ged to be firm by the prospects held e o ' ut . b .e y s of 039vittrable fall of rain, and by the curtailed supplies fr om Great Britain. LIST OF SALES. 1,66 0 R. A. E. A. i a% PVetea gray skirtings, 40 in. 38 yds. 46t0 5 14 1. 2 00 gray shirting, 45 in. 38 yds. 10 to 8 10 ‘ 1 ,400 n bleached shiriings, 36 in. 40 yds. 14) 0 h gray madapollams, 33 in. 24 yds. 6 2 1 to 3 2 13 2 ?, , „_ O OO " gray madapollams, 45 in. 24 yds. 2 12 4,4 00,, " gray jacconets, 45 in. 20 yds. 2 1 to 2 5 , 4 00 " gray jacconets, 40 in. 20 yds. 6 12 0,500 h bleached j . acconets, 40 in. 20 3:eb.. 3 50 " bleached jacconets, 40 in. 20 yds. 2 6 to lo 3 12 4 , 5 00 " gray sheeting, 3G in. 60 yds. 11 0 4 ,000 " do. do. 40 in. 60 yds. 6 0 3 30 N do. do. tn,, ~ do. do. 40 in. 37,1syds. , s '" ~800 do. 40 in. 72 yds. 12 8 36 in. 72 yds. 11 2 to 11 12 4.000 . bleached lappets, 40 in. 10 yds. 1 133 to 3 10 1 12 200 ” do. mulls, 40 in. 20 yds. 3 2 , 3 00 '' ~do. do. 40 in. 20 yds. 2 5 4 'n.-- 000 Pala gr''a y o' dhot s ic tr s ipes, .. i pair 1 11 1 per 4A in. 10 3: ... e . 1 . s 1 0 per doz. s'uo doze coloured hatrlke.rchiefs da e y °t - t ' ll Ira ro--A sale of few Leh, back tb of 300 b. —", at °- 0 extent of 64 bales of mule . gray yarn was effected a 1 , No. 40 at . 3 the following prices :—No. 30 at 71 ann" l . it is re ' 4 Et tln:S • No. 50 at 91 ..enn , a 4 Per lb. An, Portcd that ' • concl u d e , t 4 lurther sal,. of 4, , hales has just been ao at 7 u as f 01 19% 8 : - -Mule, No. 20 at 50- ann9a, Wate r % Ili a' ; No. 4(1 at 7A annas; No. at 4 lb. In s p ; er N lb o. . dy e d ' 'Th• 20 at 7 ant e s; No. 30 at 8 annas per ~ :a uge. e:rnth4eQr lief 1 t e h i : nhas been done, and prices are without . "pper there h ant , inquiry tbr i s Prieek as been a tew sales for any at improve to me • kind o f i t . fused are Informed that 54-.1 rs. per cov t. have been re tot l e or .. th e Pf ,_ and that higher priers are demanded_ til other (leteriptions. bpelter has also advanced 4,1 f 0 17 if• hoi h v e o 1 ty {VIE SU NTS in price, 500 cvq. baying utilised 14rs. per cwt. In other metals we are not aware of thue Lung any change. C , ,chineal—At the close of last month a demand arose for this article for China, and sales were ffectcd d to tho extent of 3,0701 b. silver, at 4 r. 2ia. per lb., an 1,200 b. at 4r. 143. per lb. ;. and we understand that some transactions to:At place in the hr,zaar as high as Sr. 2a. per .We quote sr. as the present price for silvf•rottid 43- for biaci. Of the former lucre is little or MAU , at marker. Saffron—No alteration. .• Beer—Of this lieversge the sales since the departure of last mail consist of abo ut 326 hhds. Allsopp's, and 150 hhds. Bass, at 65rs. per hid., and of 40 hhds. 'foment's, at 45rs. per hhd. Tne stock of Alkopp's is moderate, and, as an increased demand is looked for as soon as advance free co mmunication with the c oast is re-opened, an a in price is anticipated. Spirits—There is an improved demand for brandy in cask, and the price is looking up, as no fresh supply is expected to arrive for some time to come. We hear of some sales of common at 3r. and .3 r. per gallon, but the betier kinds are held for a much higher price, and more than dealers are disposed to pay at present. • In other imports nothing has transpired worth 1 noticing. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—ln this staple transactions have been .imited in consequence of the scarcity of tonnage, and high rates of freight. The purchases ß cons s ist of about Rs. . 1,500 bales of Broach, at 90 to 91 per candy. 1,200 „ Dhollera —B4 —85 i 500 „ Compta — 75 /I and a small quantity of Oomrawutty at 86r. per candy. Sheep's Wool—We have not heard of an y operwhich ations are of conitquence in this article, the prices of now quoted as follows: Rs. Rs. Khorasan .•• 100 to 105 per candy of 5881bs. Mekran .•• 80 to 90 per do. Marwar ••• 100 to 105 per do. Cu'ch ... 100 to 105 per do. Persian ... 130 to 140 per do. Opium—Little or noihing doing; it is quoted nomi nally at 1,075 r. per chest. Freights —Tonnage has continued very scarce, and the rate to Great Britain has advanced to, and is main tained firmly at 71 per ton of fifty cubic feet. To China engagements have been made at 16r. per candy. Exchange —The rate on London has declined to Is. llid. to ls. Hid. per rupee, six months' sight, at which considerable operations have had effect. China, 204 r. per 100 dollars, 60 days' sight. Calcutta, 99r. 30 days' sight; 9 8 Ar., 60 days sight. Madras, 30 days' sight, par. The Money market is easy. Our quotations for Go vernment securities show some decline in value. Opium—The demand for this drug is dull in conse quence of rather unfavourable accounts from China, only a few sales having been made at the following rates, say for Patna 1,282 r., and Benares 1,245 r. per chest. IMPORTS FROAI EUROPE. British Cotton Piece Good::—Some slight symptoms of improvement are beginning to manifest themselves in the inquiry for goods under this head, but not to the extent which might naturally have been looked for at t this season; still the sa les reported in gray shirting continue to a fair extent, confined principally (as we have had occasion to notice for some Mow) to the lower descriptions of 39-inch goods, and the same may be sai s, d of bleached skirtings ; gray and white madapollam jaconets, &C. Colour , d and printed goods have continued in mode rate demand, ant; sales to some extent are reported, but at very low rate, 2r. 3a. to 3r. 2a. being about the figure obtainable. Woollens continue difficult of sale, and any that have been moved off have been by auction for local consump tion, there being apparently no demand for up country at present. In mule twit importers continue rea'ly sellers, and cons iderable quantities have be en p laced at for some counts a slight 'eduction in former rates. In coloured yarns, within the last few days, there has been little if anything doing, and prices remain nominal; the same may be said of Turkey red cloths, which hay, not been so much inquired after. Metals temain without alteration, the few sales of iron that have been trade consi.t of flat bar and bolt, at 3r. Ba.; sheet at 6r.7a. ; and nail at 3r. 14a. In copper we have no change to notice, only one sale being reported at 33r. 4a. per tnaund for tile. Holders of spelter are firm, but we have not heard of any trans letions since our last. Beer—We have not heard of any sales since we last wrote. Holders of both the principal brands, Bass's and Alsopp's, are as firm at previous rates. Imports in June : Inds. Allsopp's ••• . ••• 930 Tennant's ••• ..• ••• 51 Other marks ••• ..• ... 10 Exchange—Only a few days having elapsed since the departure of the Haddington, and the scarcity of money and the difficulty of effecting sales of country produce having prevented many bazaar dealers from clearing their purJhases, transactions in bills have been only on a very limited scale, and our rates, therefore, remain without any alteration, viz. 2s. per rupee for six mouths' sight bills, and 2s. Old. to 2s. Oid. for ten months' date drafts MONEY MARKET. Throughout the whole of the past and the present week a better feeling prevailed in our monetary affairs, and though accommodation for commercial purposes is still in great request, and the banks continue to main tain their highest rates of interest and discount, there are symptoms of comparative easiness, a large amount of Government securities having changed hands, and a trifling advance in prices having been established. CURRENT VALUE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, BANK STOCK, &C. R. A. R. A. Transfer 5 per cent. 4 0 to 5 0 Premium. Second do. according to Nos. 5 12 6 0 Discount. Third do. ... 512 6 0 New do. ... 2 0— 2 8 Company's rupees 4 per cent. 14 0 —l5 0 Sicca rupees, ditto ... 6 0 —l7 0 Company's Rupees. including divi- Bank of Bengal Shares ... 4,000 each, pm. 2,650 d en d already declared. Union Bank ... 1,000 each, nominally at a discount. Agra Batik .. 1,000 each, premium 210 to 220. Oriental Bank 1,000 each, premium 190 to 200. old ••• 195 to 205. N. W. Bank of India ... 500 / new •.. 110 to 135. Freights—Sin.ce our last report we have had several arrivals of ships from England, but moat of them having been taken up before hand, the few which remained available were secured immediately, and the rates of freight paid for rice varied from 9/. 15s. to 101 per ton of 20 cwt. Sugar Rice £9 0 to £9 5 por ton of 20 cwt . 915t0 10 0 do. do. . 6 6to 610 do. of 14 cwt. . 7 oto 7 7 do. of 5 bales, Hides Jute DEATH OF `WILLIAM P once cele brated oboe player died on the 24th instant, aged 85. He had been a member of the Royal Society of Musi cians for sixty four year s, and t we nty years ago, when no longer able to follow his avocations, that excellent institution granted him an allowance first of oboeat sixty guineas ann ually. Mr Parke was appointed Covent wirden in 1784, at the recommendation of Mr. Shield. who used to compose obligato parts for him. In n 800, l 1800, Mr. Parke was en g a g ed toplay concertos at Vl Gard,ns, and continued to do *oseveral 3 ears. A GALLANT BUTCHER. —In Bristol market, a lady, laying her hand upon a joint of veal, said, "I think, Mr. F., this veal is not so white as usual." " Put on 3 our Madi,m," said the dealer, "and you will thil.k differ, ntly." It ay be needh,ss to remark, that the vral was ordered may be neecllSS to remark, that the v a! was ordered home without another word of objec- Lion. A PPROP RIATE. "In a hotel here, says the Trinidad Spectator, " a young man named Drum is barkeeper. His friends call him the spirit -stirring drum.' " DESTRUCTION OF WHEAT BY VERMIN.Ther e are now standing in a close at Willingham four stacks ol last year's wheat so destroyed by rats that it is estimated their produce will not exceed 40 coombs ; whereas, thrashed out at the proper time they would have pro duced 240 coonib,, and the wheat would have sold for between 4/. and s'. per quarter.—Cambridge Chronicle. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF Two CHlLDREN.—Yes terday a lengthened investigation, which was held by adjournment, from Saturday last, was resumed and con cluded ti , ,, b; i f u o n. re t Mr. W P M.., and a respectable jury, a no tt ra he . Crown, Pent onv ill e hill, on view of the bodies of werecaused by the aged e a a ,a s n , d Henriettah. want H c a un o t, ag w se d ea t h ss : of wholesome and nutritious food. It appeared from the ' evidence that about two y ears ago, the father of the deceased children, who is a billiard-table-maker, occu pied a house in Giltspur-street, St. Sepulchre's. Some months ago he went into the country, from want of em• ployment in town, when he occasionally remitted assist ance to his wife, who had six children to support, who lived at 4, Anne - street , Pentonville. About weeks ago, the youngest child was attacked with diar rhoea. The mother applied to the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn-road, from which it received the medicines necessary for its recovery. The elder child was simi larly attacked a few days ago, and they both died on Wednesday last. Augusta Sophia Hunt, aged 12 years, a sister, said that for a long time past the daily diet of the family consisted of bread and tea fur breakfast, the same for tea, without supper, and boiled rice for dinner. She never tasted meat. Their mother seldom took lief meals with them, as there was scarcely sufficient for the children. Mr. T. B. Peacock, physician, of the Royal Free Hospital, having deposed to his treatment of the dec. , ased children, stated that he had made a post mortem examination of the bodies, and that he had found an en tire absence of aliment iu the intestines. They had both died under the most acute form of dysentery, which is so frequently the case with persons labouring under extreme destitution. After some further proceedings, the jury returned the following That the deceased children died frcm dysentery , p roduced by the want of a sufficiency of wholesome and nutritious tool." EXTRAORDINARY BEEIIIVE.—On Thursday week the woikmen employed to repair Sherwood Lodge, in this town, were interrupted by a swarm of bees, which they were obliged to . destroy before they could proceed with their work. In the roof of the hou;se were found combs, which contained upwards of 30 lbs. of honey. During the season two swarms had been secured in hives. —Nottipgliam Journal. DINNER TO TUE EARL OF DALHOUSIE.—It will be observed that the friends of this distinguished Nobleman , with the Duke efl3tiecleugh at their head, have resolved to entertain his Lordship it , this city, previously to his departure for India, to undertake the important functions of C l uvernor-Generul, as successor of Lord Hardinge.— EdinGurylt Post. STIRREY THEATRE. Mr. T. P. Cooke made his first appearance these three years at this theatre last. evening, in his original character of William, in Black- Eyed Susan. His William of last evening was a most finished perform ance. His energy and power was as great as ever, and his nautical hornpipe was first-rate. He was adrnirably•upported by Mrs. R. Homier as Susan, while her husliand as Jacob Twig, and Cowell as Gnathrain, kept the audience in a roar by their drolleries. The piece was admirably got up, and the theatre was crowded. Several of the old Surrey favourite nautical dramas will be revived during the engagement of these accomplished artistes, and we cannot doubt but that the spirited conduct of Mr. Kerschner, the lessee, will be rewarded with an ex tensive patronage. MARYLEBONE THEATRE. This theatre opened last evening for the perform , ante of the legitimate drama, under the management of Mrs. Warner, who has secured the services of a very efficient company. The house last night was crowded in every pant, and before the rising of the curtain the following address, from the pen of Mr. T. J. Serle, was delivered by Mrs. Warner:— " When Bonaparte was threatening invasion, And frightening all the old ladies in the nation, A Mona er, for want of audience, poor A• Job, was told the Fre ch were coming o'er. Good hick!' cried he, the English keep away ; Let the French come, if they'll but come and pay.' Actors, are now, by a worse invasion undone : The foreign Drama has invaded London. Instead of paying to see us perform, The foe has taken our own stage by storm ; The Dalian troop in Covent-garden reign, And Jullien's baton lords o'er Drury- lane, B o w-street, where Kernble , Si dd o ns, and O'Neil Presided o'er the Drama's commonweal ; And Brydges-street, where every playbill seen Blazed in great letters with the name of Kean, Might well pass now for streets in foreign cities, Stuck o'er with French quadriiles, Italian ditties, Where John Bull driven, at his time of day, To learn fresh tongues to read a bill o'th'play. Are the old songs of British glory dumb For ever ? the old strains that us'd to come Over our hearts, like spells, rais'd by the skill Of our own Wizard Shakspere ? No, they still Entreat, enchant us ; still his name defends From spoil the home that saw him born and bends A hallowing lustre to its stocks and stones, Unrivall'd by the Majesty of thrones. England clings round the record of his birth, And guards the trophy on his parent earth. The homage which we offer at his shrine, Can we deny to the spirit, by which it is divine? As to some humble board he'd deign to grace, Here, with fit mates, let Shakspere find a place. 'Tis Autumn cow, and Winter comes—the tide To bid us draw around our own fireside; Chat, read, and laugh, tell merry tales or sad; Such as may melt the heart or make it glad. Let this be such a friendly, warm, snug retreat Where I may play the hostess, fit and neat. You see our well-trimmed house, and, for your cheer, Judge by the sample that awaits you here; Though, as a housewife, I'll to housewives say— All things arn't put in order in a day; One's sure in moving to mislay and lose. Hope you—and W. Shakspere will excuse; And, if our Company is not quite complete, We hope you'll still find something fit to eat, Sound Engli-;h fare to bid you often come, Join here in English sports as in an English home." The play chosen for the opening was Shakspeare's Winter's Tale, in which Mrs. Warner resumed her favourite character of rlermione, a character which she alone, of all the ladies at present on the stage, can personate. It was a great treat indeed to see her perfect representation of this character, and to listen to her beautiful declamation of the fine poetry which Shalipeare has put into the mouth of this, one of the most perfect of his female creations. Mr. Graham, who is year by year improving, and who, if he trusts to his own inspirations, and eschews imitation, will ere long be at the head of his profession in his own peculiar line, acted the part of Leon tes with great judgment and discrimination, and Mr. James Johnstone (an impor tation from the province-) made a most promising debitt in the character of Pol3xenes.• Mr. H. Webb was admirable as Autolychus—he is one of the few low comedians on the stage who can act Shakspere, and therefore we trust that he may never want an opportunity of acting him. The performers were all called for at the conclusion, and honoured with the accustomed ovation. The piece was admirably put on the stage. At the conclusion the National Anthem was sung by all the company. LITERATURE. ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE. Eight volumes of this remarkable work have already appeared, accompanied by the four first parts of a series of illustrative maps by the practised hand of Alexander Keith Johnstone. A better edition of a standard history has never come under our observa tion. For coFnpactrliss, for elegance of appearance, and for conciseness, and yet elaboration of arrange ment, it can scarcely be surpassed. Those who have already imbibed an enthusiasm for the narrative of Archibild Alison, will welcome this excellent republication of an old favourite ; those, on the contrary, who are still strangers to his pic turesque and glowing style, will look with curiosity into volumes which, from their extraordinary cheap ness, are at length brought within the reach of so many thousands. For ourselves we cannot but view Mr. Alison as a writer of most unequal manner, though occasionally of great power and fascination. He has been bred, moreover, in a school of the fiercest prejudices, and consequently cannot expect from the world that implicit reliance which enforce the deli neations and accompanies the assertions of the historian. Among those who are not imbued with the virulent passions and perverse bigotry of Toryism he has long been notorious as the first a most un faithful narrator ; a nd hence, when as tonishment had subsided after the original appearance of a voluminous composition recording the events of Europe during the most marvellous half-century in ancient or modern times, Mr. Alison was and is read with suspicion and doubt. We are no longer, therefore, fearful that his one thousand and one mis • statements will warp the judgment of one thousand, or even of one intelligent mind. ROBINSON CR ti S E. .1% ewly Edited and illustrated. Mr. Burns has here published a cheap and popular edition of one of the most beautiful tales ever written in the English or any other language. The author of that story was—a name dear to every true lover of our native literature I—Daniel Defoe. We would gladly commend any reprint of a book which is i pre cious to us as gold (from havi n g been embalmed n some of our pleasantest memories) providing the ap pearance, the arrangement, and the material of the volume were in any manner worth y of the subject and of the class amongst which it is intended to cir culate. And yet, while we acknowledge that the re print before us is neat in typograph, chaste in binding, fanciful in illustration, and moderate in price, we are anything but disposed to recommend it to whomsoever may want a good copy of " Robinson Crusoe." We are not only disinclined to award the new edition our commendation, but we must confess that it has rendered us indignant and filled us with the most intolerable disgust. First of all, in a very Absurd Preface prefixed to the narrative, it is ob served in a pert, negligent, and even supercilious manner that the author of " Robinson Crusoe" "is generally believed •to have been Daniel Defoe." We could have forgiven this from its mere extravagance, just as we could forgive any booby of a commentator for prefacing a new edition of " Hamlet" with an inti mation that it is upp0 , 74. , 1 by several persons to have been penned by 'William Shakspere. But—what follows ? Further on in this same Preface the writer (a cer tain obscure I. F. it, of Enfield Highway), pro claims with the most consummate self-suffiziency that his editorial revision has resulted only in " such minor changes as tendel to perspicuity and grammatical •orrectuess—such as occasionally breaking up )(Joe's long and often badly constructed sentences—and paring away a few of the more glaring instances of tautology!" After this some blockhead of an editor, with half a dozen initials instead of a name, will be favouring the public with a revised edition of Goldsmith or r Mackenzie, or some other of our B ritish classics. The impudence of I. F. R. will gain but few pur chasers to Burns's edition of " Robinson Crusee." Much interest was felt in the City yesterday morning to ascertain if the drafts of Prime; Ward, and Co., which were refused acceptance last week by Ove rend, Gurney, and Co., pending the arrival of the Hibernia, would now be honoured by that firm. At the close of the day acceptance was still refused, but the holders were requested to make application again. AN ANCIENT SPOON.—On Monday afternoon last the workmen employed in excavating for the main water pipes up the High-street, Lincoln, cut through the an cient Boman pavement between the Park-lane and Batchery-street, and found in the subsoil a curiously i'ormed old spoon or ladle of mixed metal, tin and lead. This relic is about the size and form of a common sized egg cut in half lengthways, and it has a shank, about two inches in length, tapering upwards. This spoon being found below the ancient Roman pavement ev id en tly belonged to a period of very high antiquity.— Lincolnshire Chron i cle. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S ORPHAN ASYLUM.—Yester (h)v the members o f this institution, established for the education and maintenance of the orphans of merchant seamen, held their annual meeting at the London Tavern —G. F. Clark, Esq., in the chair. The report congratu lated the sub-Bribers en the improved condition of th e asylum i . The increase in the subscriptions had enabled o d i r ee n t e i r o , n o a. ve rn r o w un h t ic e h d them to pay off a debt of 3041 ., and a legacy of 5001. had teen received from the executors of the late Thomas q. unanimously adopted, twelve more children were elected e ‘:%l , l : ea t h rE' e l rlEal cif AsuAutt'itii‘ the aher:t:'dil.ap,sOrtes:6ilineldvi.e'rh:ehae7 anniversary port having been into the Asylum, making the present number 100, atter which the meeting separated. LONDON, _ TUESDAY EVEN.ING, AUGUST 3l , 1847. IRELAND. EXECUTION OF JOHN . HELAHAN. CARLOW, AUG. 28.—0 n Thursday, at twelve o'clock, John lielahan, who was convicted at the late assizes of the murder of the late John Kelly, of Kiled mond, in this county, underwent the extreme penalty of the law in front of the county gaol. The unfortu- FINE ARTS. ETTY'S JOAN OF AIX PICTURES. Since the removal of these magnificent pictures from the Royal Academy to the rooms of Mr. Coils, in New Bond-street, Etty has made several altera tions, which have added greatly to the effect of this superb work of art. In the first compartment (the finding the sword) there has been an improvement in the colour and distribution of light in the architec tural part of the cathedral : the greatest alteration, however, has been made in the second compartment (Joan at the gates of Orleans). The general tone of this compartment of the picture has been greatly im proved, and more care and attention has been given to those parts of the picture which were before un finished. The third compartment (the martyrdom of Joan of Arc) has been greatly im proved by the introduction of a clump of green trees behind the head of the monk, which sends off the buildings in the distance, and accurately marks the time of year (spring) in which the fearful tragedy was enacted. These pictures are seen to much greater advantage alone than they were in the Royal Academy ; the gaudy colours of the pictures by which they were surrounded and the dazzling re flection from the hundreds of gilt frames in the col lection fatigued and spoiled the eye, and by distract ing the attention, unfitted the mind for the proper contemplation of Etty'a grand pictorial epic. ' Since their removal they have been the subject of the in tense admiration and the deep study of almost all the artists and ailettanti of the metropolis. The second compartment is the one we believe the most generally admired, and as a representation of energy and of rower in action, it is very fine; but we prefer the first compartment—the finding the sword. There is an expression of conscious power—of power founded on undoubting faith--in the figure of Joan, that nothing can surpass. That uplifted hand at once tells the whole story ; and then, what can be finer than the expression of high and trusting devo tion, of full and firm belief in her own inspiration in nate man made a full confession of his crime a few (lays previous to his execution, and manifested, to wards the close of his mortal career, some degree of penitence for his offence, although he appeared gloomy and sullen from the period of his conviction up to the past week. He detailed the particulars of the murder, and stated that after its committal he robbed his vic tim of about fourteen shillings in silver, after which he put on the clothes of the deceased, and fled to Liverpool, where he could not get employment, and was, in consequence, obliged to part with the clothes of the deceased to enable him to subsist. lie de scribed himself, after his escape, as much oppressed in mind, restless, and uneasy, and drawn by some irresistable impulse back to Ireland, where he ram• bled about the county Dublin in search of employ ment, but was finally arrested in Baliymore-Eustace. He partook of dinner on Wednesday, as usual, and of a hearty breakfast on the morning of his execution. At the place of execution, he implored the people to pray for him—that he was guilty of the crime for which he was about to suffer; but that he hoped for pardon through the merits of his Redeemer. After a tew seconds the trap fell, and he was launched into eternity.—Carlow Sentinel. EXECUTION OF LARKIN AND DANIEL, FOR THE MUR ER OF MR. PRIM, THE PAY-CLERK. KILKENNY, AuG. 28.—The extreme sentence bf the law was carried into execution, at the gallows in front of our county gaol, on Wednesday, on the above culprits. At one o'clock the prisoners left their cells, accompanied by their clergymen. As they walked along the corridors and down the stairs leading there from to the front of the gaol, the prisoners joined the clergymen, apparently with great fervour, in reciting the Litanies and Psalms; and, on the ground floor, they knelt twice in prayer whilst on their way to the stairs by which the press-room is reached, both the priests kneeling beside them. Shortly after their arrival in the press. room the handcuffs were taken off and their arms tied behind their backs. Daniel fainted under this operation, and could not be said to have recovered during the short period of his exist ence. After the lapse of about a quarter of an hour the fetters were removed from their legs, and the caps drawn over the prisoners' heads. Larkin then said " Christ have mercy on my soul. I forgive my prosecutors and every one, and those who swore false perjury, and (we think) swore my life away." He allwa s we h e e have a l v e e d t o o u a t s o k n is t , he drop, tha tyou and 0 u pray said, Goodforour souls."— people, u (A loud murmur of " Lord have mercy on your soul," amongst the crowd in front of the drop.) Daniel, who appeared insensible, was then placed on the drop, the bolt was drawn, and in a few minutes the two prisoners ceased to exist. Larkin made one or two convulsive struggles, but Daniel did not make any visible muscular efforts. From the day before their execution neither of the unfortunate men tasted food; and they spent nearly the entire of Tuesday night and Wednesday morning in prayer, manifest ing great penitence. There was a very large con course of people present at the execution, including— we say it with the deepest regret—a great number of women and children. A strong guard of military and police surrounded the gaol. We are, likewise, sorry to add, that there will be another of those de moralising exhibitions on Wednesday next. On that day Walsh (for the murder near Waterford) is sen tenced to die.—Kilhenny Journal. MURDER IN THE COUNTY OF SLIGO. On Friday the 20th instant, a young man, named Mitchell, was murdered by a large party of men, in a public-house, near Tandragee. 'Tis said the only crime vgainst the people committed by the ill-fated victim was his having established an Orange lodge in he district. the features of Joan ? She looks like an incarnation of the holiest faith. The "Martyrdom," too, is a magnificent picture. Look at the features of Joan here, and compare them with the first picture. There is the same beautiful expression of unshaken faith, but it is of faith that has passed through the bitter trial of physical suffering, and conquered not withou a struggle. These pictures, which, we understand, are to be exhibited in some of our principal provincial towns, have occupied Etty for more than seven years, and are, probably, the last g rea t w or k which he will undertake. It is at all times delightful to hear a great artist describe his own work ; and the following extract from a letter, addressed by Etty to Mr. Coils (who, in conjunction with Mr. Wass, purchased the pictures), will not be uninteresting to our readers ; " Joan of Arc, I think, was first conceived in Westminster Abbey, in Henry the Seventh's Chapel, under the chivalric banners that hang there. Hearing the anthems sung, and looking towards the grand portal, I seemed to see her in imagination riding into the gates of Orleans and raising the siege thereof. I subsequently, however, changed that subject for the present one, as better. I thought that as she was the Judith of modern times, her story, like my first, ought, like the epic, to have a beginning, a mid dle, and an end, and, like all my large pictures, point a great moral lesson to the mind ; viz , my Combat" (the first) was the beauty of mercy ; " Judith " (the second) patriotism ; " Benaiah," David's chief captain, va!our ; the " Syrens and U lysses," the resistance of sensual appetite ; " Joan of Arc," the saint, the patriot, and the martyr—that heroic s elf-devotion to her country and her Prince which has stamped her fame.." Long choosing and beginning late"—hesitating among a variety of points of her story, years passed ere I could fix my choice. I visited Rouen, and sketched the old houses which were there, I dare Ifiy, at the time. I visited Paris, and saw all the works I could that had been done in modern times. I made a pil grimage to Orleans also in search of further intor !nation. An enthusiastic admirer myself of her cha raeter, I %as desirous of sparing no pains to endeavour to do justice to her cau e, and complete the series of nine colossal pictures I had set my mind to complete, if God would so far sustain me. Ile has done so, and I am deeply grateful. At times, the severity of the winter, my struggles for very breath, and severe cough, made me waver ; but I pressed on, and God has given me the lesire of my heart. " In the first picture, I suppose her to have found the sword she had seen in her dreams, and invoking the inspiration from Heaven which sustained her In this her arduous course; in the second, having supposed her to have been imbued with that inspiration, she accomplishes more by that inspiration than the vulgar expression of those human passions which actuate more ordinary characters. This has given rise to an idea in some minds that she is not sufficiently excited. The effect was, however, intentional on my part ; it would have been easy to knit the brows and dilate the nostrils, but I conceived she was in possession of a superior power, the serene possession of which I endeavoured to express. In the last, the tale—a sad one—is pretty plainly told. She had called for a crucifix—a soldier tied two pieces of wood together in the form and gave it her ; she clasped it to her bosom as an emblem of her redemption. In the mean while Father Avenal, a monk, having procured one, made his way through the crowd, and endangered his own safety several times to administer this consolation to her, till she, perceiving his danger, begged of him at last to consult his own safety, and leave her to her fate. As the smoke and flames cleared a wa y she was seen clasping the crucifix, and calling on the name of Jesus. Tradition says a white dove was seen flying towards heaven. " I have now given you a sketch of their intention, which, I hope, will please you." COURT CIRCULAR. Dispatches from the Governor of Ceylon, from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, f r om the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and from the Governor of Malta, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the C o lonial-office for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. ORKNEY ELECTION . KIRKWALL, WEDNESDAY, HALF-PAST ONE.—The mail is just starting. The state of the poll here is:— Anderson Dundas Majority for Anderson • • —2 By express from Strowness we learn the follow ing : Anderson Dandas . .• ... 46 Majority for Anderson . ••• —lB Mr. Anderson is, therefore, 20 a head. Mr. Anderson's return is thererore cer.tain. Dunn - das calculated on a la r g e majority in Kirkwall. Lerwick Anderson will have a majority of from 20 to 30. di sc overed that one of the EXTENSIVE FIRE IN MARYLRBONE.--Last night, at a fow minutes before twelve o'clot ,Ii olice-constable 1) IGS, while going his rounds in 3reweefl , street, INoeft7,rneawd:lyB-te.ri‘e!aterilhebot=2, belonging to Mr. Br:tine, builder, No. 7, in the above-named thoroughfare, was on fire. An instant alarm was raised, a multitude of per sons assembled, engines arrived from all quarters, a nd the utmost exertions were used to get the flames under ; but before one o'clock this it 3 g the buildiNg, w hi c h h a lf past one before the fire was five stories high, including the ba:ement was wrapped in a general blaze. For . some time the greatest gu w 7 sh f e il d l , ly a nd not until the premises were fears were entertained for the safety of the surrounding habitations, but by carrying the hose of the engines to penny. How the hsTinhgelepremises outbreak onl the roofs of the several buildings, the firemen were en e time of the abled to cut off the further progress of the destructive e l a ei s n s e a n f t e , l but ex i t t in nearly gutted. The loss, at a moderate calculation, will reach to several hundred pounds, and unfortunately Mr. Y a s. t t they contained a vast number of sashes and other build fiber ce Brains originated re w e a n s t l n y o t fi ni i s n i s s ha u e r id ? as f nt o ed r r ing materials, besides the workmens' tools, all of which have been consumed. ......,1/ II FATAL ACCIDENTS.r EATS IN ST. BA RTHOLO • -M 3IEw'S HOSPITAL-. Payne, City Ceroner, held two inquests last evening in St. Bartho l omew's Hospital on the bodies of Thomas Francis Wogden, aged 77, a pen. sinner of the East India Company (Civil Service), an d Thomas Harrison, aged 69, a picture dealer The first named, on the 12th instant, was witnessing a cricket match in the neig hb o urhood of Iloxton, when a ball being struck n ear to the place where he with oth er s was standing, a rush was made to get out of its way. The deceased was thrown down, and five or six persons fell upon him. lie then left the field, and was welkin.' home, when he fell and fractured his thigh bone, de was taken to the hospital, and died on Friday.—ln the second case the deceased, who was nearsighted and deaf, was crossing the end of Ray-street, Clerkenwell, on Wednesday evening last, when he was knocked down by a butcher's cart, driven by a man named Lazard. The wheel passed over his leg, which wartc and caused his death on Saturday. Verc in each case, " Accidental death." A VALUABLE WIFE. A blacksmith, named Osborne. offered himself as hail, at the Court of Sessions, tor a prisoner whose trial was put till next term. off " Are you clearly worth 500 dollars above all our debts ?" inquired the Recorder. " Why, Sir, I hold my wife to be worth 500 dollars at least, without countire my property." , 6 The Court is satisfied," replied the Recorder ; " take Ils bail."—New Yurfc Sun. them some useless horses to change them f•Ca• OtheriV";:ti STORM AND SHIPWRECKS. The captain, finding that they delayed a lon — g time, s,asi's-qs'e;e GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. shouted to them from the . ship ; no answer being s ee's' --,e,. l _;Seee (From the John o' Groat Journal.) On Saturday last, the weather, which had for some made, he fired off a pistol. to call their attentron, Wee' time previous been of the moat pleasant character, no one appeared. Then one of the Indians apiPeeeicr,- I suddenly changed, and we were visited with a very spoke in his own language to those on shore, eseasele s e' severe gale from the E.S E., accompanied by a heavy mediately afterwards the sailors were seen runnin g fall of rai n . F o rt una t e ly, the sea (lid not instantly i into the water, attempting to escape from the In assume a serious positi on , so that the boats and ves- dians. '1 he mate (Randall) and a sailor were sels in th e bay h.d sufficient time to make for places of i drowned, another sailor was killed by a shot from shelter. ema le fur Sinclair's Bay—asteamer load- the Indians, and the remaining three were carried off ing herrings pr ocee d e d sout h war d s, and those for whom I prisoners. there was sufficient water i n th e h ar b our , m ade the While this was passing on the coast, the five In best of their way there. No casualty, connected with , dians on board suddenly attacked the rest of the peo our shipping, resulted from the gale—but, during ple, consisting of six men, including the captain. the darkness of the evening, the sloop Cruiser of They kille d the latter in a most barbarous manner, Douglas, Isle of Man, laden with herrings, from wounded the second mate , George Wright, in the Fraserburgh to Bristol, went as h ore i n t h e neih. back. threw overboard Mr. W illiam Dou g las, the bourhood of Keiss. The c a pt a i n mistook N oss freighter of the vessel, and another person, both of Head for Duncansbay Head, and thus_ furnished whom they afterwards picked up out at sea, when another to the many arguments in favour of a light- they had killed the captain. house on the former headland. It is expected the The second mate and the rest of the sailors then Cruiser may be got off. At the height of the storm I defended themselves. The Indians became pacified, the scene, towards the sea, was terrific. The white- I saying, in bad Spanish, mixed with worse English, crested waves, broken as it were to drops, by the I that they would not kill the good sailors. " Mari violence of the gale, drove across our shores with nero bono no killed," are their words, as entered in fearful noise, impelling the vessels before them— :the log-book. several with bare poles. On the land a l so th e s i g ht Soon after several Indians came off in a launch, was fearful. Several houses in the country were un- steered by one of the captured sailors. They roofed, and hayricks were scattered before the wind. plundered the ship, giving the preference to ars In our own immediate neighbourhood, we are harpy ticles of brass over everything- e lse, even to say, tee other damage to property was done. The and silver. The captain's gold before body th e y threw into the crew of the Cruiser had previously got safely ashore sea, horribly mutilated, with the head almost severed and altheugh it was at one time feared the vessel from the trunk. They carried off My. Douglas, and left would be driven to pieces, yet she stood it out. behind them on board ten o r a d*.zsu of their own THURSO, AUGUST 25, 1847. people. On the following day they returne d i n the The Britannia, of Ardrossan, began to drift from boat, managed by the sailors, their prisoners. The her anchorage, in Scrabster Roads, about eleven current carried them away some di , tance from the A.M on the 22d instant, which, when perceived by Avon. They made the shore again, and again the crew, they endeavoured to cut away one of her pushed for the ship, which they reached. They took mess, but it did not come down at the time, so that off every thing that had been collected Try the Indians, the vessel continued drifting, and struck on the which they had left on board the day before ; made rocks below the house of Pennyland (west the sailors convey them on shore in the boats ; and of Thurso) by twelve o'clock. This being about having disembarked themselves and their plunder, the strongest of the gale, she was no time on sent off the sailors who had not been attacked on the rocks, until, by the violence of the sea, one of her shore ; they remained will Mr. Douglas and the masts—the cut one—went overboard. Her bottom three men whom they had seized from the beginning. then gave way, and her stern came out, part of which, The sailors having returned on hoard, put to sea along with some of the cargo, came ashore. The for this port. The second mate (Wright), who has whole of the crew were at this time in great danger come in command of the vessel, is cured of his wound. every moment, as the sea was incessantly rolling over Such are the particulars which appear in the log the vessel, and they could find no place of safety, as book. The regularity of the statement, and the the whole ship was giving way. The scene further details which we have heard from a competent gathered a number of people on the shore, a nd, person who examined the people on board, leave us th ro ugh the exertions of the coast guard, se- no room to suspect their exactness, much less since veral shipmasters, sailors, fishermen, and lands- they affirm that Mr. Douglas and three men are alive men, five of the crew were got ashore. In doing with the Indians. so they were often exposed, and in great danger of their own lives. The way of getting the man ashore was by a rope from the vessel to the shore. The sea, at the same time, was tremendous, and a flowing tide. One of the men who was drowned was the first seaman who left the vessel. The master abode by the ship until all had left him, and as his crew, one after the other went, he gave them instruc tions how to manage themselve on the rope. He him self was lashed to the vessel, and was standing on the outside on the chains ; but the rope somehow loosened from the vessel, and he was thus unfortunately left on the wreck, for no help, could be given him until the tide receded, which was not until seven o'clock. He remained in that situation for some hours, when he gave them signs of life by holding up his hand occasionally. But the vessel shifted about, and some of the spars came down about where he was. The spectators saw no more of him, as he was gone from the lashings, so that the captain and a seaman found a watery grave. Their bodies have not yet been found. Captain M'Millan was also owner of the unfortunate vessel. She was from Cronstadt, laden with rye-meal for Ireland. The vessel is a total wreck. Most of the cargo is now landed; almost all the outsides of the bags are wet, but the insides are dry. It is said that some of the rye is very old. The following are the names of the crew :—Captain Alexander M'Millan, belonging to Annan, drowned ; John Corner, seaman, Saltcoats, drowned; Duncan Campbell, Saltcoats; Charles Sin clair, Arran ; James Hamilton, Saltcoats ; Neil M'William, Arran ; Robert Crawford, ditto—all saved. The Triad of Dundee, Captain Chapman, was put ashore, on same day, at Downreay, near Sandside, laden with oatmeal, oats, and butter; all hands saved, but hard put to. The vessel is a complete wreck— scarcely a vestige of either ship or cargo to be seen. But I have yet to mention a more melan choly catastrophe, occasioned by the same gale. I have, this morning, spoken to the master of a fishing smack who has come from the west. He told me of a large ship that was put ashore en Ferrit Head, west of Loch leriboll. Sixteen bodies had come ashore from her, and two bales of goods ad dressed to Quebec. He did not know where she be longed to. It is thought she was in this bay a few days ago. CROMARTT.—Here the Belgian war schooner Louisa and Mary was driven ashore on the north bank, having parted from both anchors. By the aid of an anchor from the French man-of-war Griffon she was safely got off in about three hours. FRASEHBURGH, AUG. 22.—We have had a tre mendous day, and I regret to inform you that a boat belonging to Buckhaven, William Robertson, mas ter, who fished at Wick to Mr. David Simpson, went down off Rosehearty this afternoon, and all on board have perished. Another boat was close by at the time, from which a rope was thrown, but the poor fellows lost their hold of it, and the gale was so fear ful at the time that the boat could not put back to their relief. Two of the boats that left Wick have arrived here, and from them I learn that there were four men on board. Six or seven others passed this during the day, and we have reason to fear that more have perished. During the gale a sloop went ashore on the sands, and Captain Manby's apparatus being immediately employed, a rope was conveyed to the vessel, by means of which the life-boat was hauled off to her, and the men were all brought safely ashore. The crew consisted of the master, a man, and a boy, and a female passenger. Her name is the Lively of Inverness. The two boats came in about seven o'clock, just at the time the vessel was going ashore, so that you may well judge of the state of excitement into which the town has been thrown. LERWICK, AUG. 23.—During a tremendous squall which came on from the east yesterday morning about one o'clock, three boats were driven on shore. The storm continued with unabated fury for about two hours, when it moderated, and remained nearly calm from nine A.M. to one P.M. At that hour it commenced blowing from N.N.E. to N., and six boats were soon after driven on shore, and all more or less damaged. The boat hence on her passage to Sunburg Head was lost, with three men, viz., James Hardie, sailrnaker, Peter Hunter, sailor, of this place, and Jeremiah Malcom son, of Dunrossness, fishcurer ; all have left families to mourn their loss. TONGUE, TUESDAY, AUG. 24.—We had a dreadful hurricane here on Sunday, and much loss at sea has been the• consequence along our northern shores. The Durness postman brings the disastrous tidings of the total wreck of a three-tnasted emigrant ship, wish upwards of 300 passengers on the rocks at the " Far-out-Head," in Durness—not a soul is spared, all have perished—and the ship is a total wreck ; only seventeen bodies have as yet come on shore. The headland where the vessel struck is a bold unr.pproachable place. It is reported that the vessel is . from Hull; hut you may h ave seen more authentic accounts from other quarters. The magis trates, 1. understand, are on the spot. The vessel is the Canton, of Hull; but as no proper accounts have vet been got of the number of passengers on board, all is taken from surmise, by there being a g reat deal of clothing and chests coming ashore. The seventeen bodies are said to be those of seamen.- Aberdeen Herald. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The only betting worthy of notice was on the St. Leger, for which Eryx, who but two days since was returned at 20 to 1, came prominently into notice; at least six or seven hundred pounds having been laid out upon him at 11, 10, and finally 9to 1. Van Tromp, of course, went out of favour, the odds quoted having been currently offered at the close—more would have been laid had there been any one to back him. 11 to 8 was offered on Cossack, and 6 to 1 taken in two or three quarters about Planet, but afterwards generally offered. Philosopher and the other horses quoted, although backed occasionally, were only nominally in the market at the finish. Closing averages:— LEAMINGTON STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Aloore's %V olldog 4 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Game Lasi filly ST. LEGS 11. I to 8 on Mr. Polley 's Co.sack 6 to 1 agst Dlr. Mostyn's Planet 9 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Eryx (10 to 1 t freely) 10 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp 17 to 1 agst Mr. Fox's Philosopher 30 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Swallow—taken 50 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Sally Maggs Miss Sarah is scratched for her Doncaster engagements. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 7 to 1 agat Colonel Peel's Palma 8 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Sagacity 9to 1 agst Mr. Mt 's Pihrina 0 to 1 agst Captain li. ,, ont.(l's Sir Tattoo Sykes 5 to 1 agat Mr. Mostyn's K'ng of Morven—taken DONCASTER CUP. 2 to 1 taken about War Eagle Offers to back the field agat the Hero. DERBY. 13 to 1 egst Mr. MoAtyn's Surplice 1 000 to 60 ag.t Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—taken 1.000 to 40 aot Mr. John Dsy's Nil Despernmiuni—t 1,250 to 25 itg.t Colon. I ABSOii'S Backbiter—taken 5,000 to 90 agst Nlr. Worl,y's Cavershatn—taken. AQUATICS. ST. ()LAVE 'S REGATTA. The St. o!ave's ( Cooley-street) 11,gatta took plqce yesterday, fur a new boat and other prizes, subscribed by the influuntial re,itlunts of the vicinity. It was in f.,ur helts, with six competitors; was well contested, and attracted a vast number ,wf spectsturs. MURDER OF THE CAPTAIN AND PART OF THE CREW OF AN ENGLIsH VE,SEL. (From the Commercio del Plata) On Saturday, the 3d of July, the English brig Avon, of . Liverpool, appeared in front of our port, and anchored o utside ; she did not enter or communi cate with the shore till yesterday, the sth. It was then ascertained that she comes from the river Santa Cruz, coast of Patagonia, where events as extraordi nary as lamentable has befallen her. The following are the particulars we have collected, extracted from the ship 1! log, and related by the individuals on board of the vessel, the only so u rces of information at pre sent : TCaptain John Eaton, proceeded from Liv availableehre Avon, Liverpool to o 4 Patagonia, in search minerals. She arrived at her destination about eight months ago, and has had, since then frequent and friendly communi cation with the Indians who k occupy the regions atosulcvhaetdchamt.an\NC7ahveen,ianntabwe which is by the English south latitude, Capt. Eaton m o ad is e in a the contract degree to carry f some cargo, he entered n his way to the point and ee port are in 50 e S agreed mouth , river ohi e Santa o Cruz,wate water. whose e had been there on previous Occasions, and maintained friendly intercourse withthe Indians of the right or southern bank of that river. On the 13th of May last one of the sailors, who had gone on shore for the purpose of arranging the purchase ofsome horses, made signal for the b oa t t o b e sent to him. Captain Eaton went in person, and entered into communication with the Indians of the left bank, who, although they bad formerly shown themselves less well disptsed than those of the right, received him, nevertheless, in a friendly manner, and even requested to be allowed to go on board. Five of them accordingly accompanied the captain. In the meantime, Mr. Randall, the mate, James Daniels, steward, James M`lludin and John Stewart, seamen ; and James Watson, an ap prentice, went ashore in the launch, taking with HORRIBLE MURDER. EMLY (COUNTY TIPPERARY), AUG. 23.—A fright ful murder took place in this neighbourhood yester day. As James Cashen, a respectable farmer, was going to mass, at about the hour of eleven o'clock in the forenoon, he was waylaid while crossing part of Mr. Bolton Massey's demesne, at Ballywise, and his brains beaten out with stones. Some dealing in land, which he had last March with some of his own family, is supposed to have caused this outrage. The coroner's inquest has returned a verdict of wilful murder against persons unknown. ARRIVAL of the GREAT BRITAIN STEAMER AT LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, 3 r At half-past one o'clock this day the Great Britain arrived in this port from Be►fast, at which place she arrived from Dundrum Bay on Friday afternoon. In the course of the forenoon it was announced, that a ship, supposf'd to be the Great Britain, was off Holyhead, and about half-past one repeated firing of cannon announced her arrival in the river. Her ap pearance was comparatively unexpected, as her pos sible arrival had only been published a few hours before in the Albion of this morning. The excite ment was fully as great as on the occasion of her first trip to New York from this port. .She left BLllfast on Sunday afternoon about two o'clock, being towed in her passage by the Government steam-frigate Birkenhead, one of the Liverpool Steam-tug Com pany's boats, and a pilot. She was brought down the river opposite to the George's pier -head, where the Birkenhead left her, and went into the Coburg Dock. Immediately on the Birkenhead leaving her, the Great Britain was taken by the steam•tug into the Prince's Dock Basin, and placed on the " gridiron." A considerable number of per sons were on board; amongst whom we noticed Cap tain Claxton, Mr. Bremner, &c. A dense mass of spectators had assembled round the basin to witness her entrance. Her masts, rigging, &c., looked much worn from long exposure to the weather, but the ge neral appearance of the noble ship was much better than could have been expected. With few excep tions the upper part of her hull does not seem to have sustained much damage. On the larboard beam there were a few indentations in the iron framework, some of which were cut entirely through, and in the neigh bourhood of the bow might be seen in two or three places similar marks of damage. She seemed to be making a considerable quantity of water, but the ad mirable working of the pumps was quite sufficient to counteract that evil. We learn that it is intended immediately to put her into a thorough state of repair, atter which we pre sume, she will again cross the Atlantic. LOSS OF HER. MAJESTY'S STEAMER MASTIFF. We are in receipt of letters from the Orkney Isles, announcing the probable loss of the Govern ment steamer Mastiff, Commander Lieutenant A. B. Beecher, off the island of Sandor, twelve miles from Kirk wall Bay. She has for some time past been en gaged in the surveys of the coast in the vicinity of the Orkneys. On the morning of Tuesday, while lying at anchor off the Wand of Sandor, a gale came on, and she was driven from her anchor and carried ashore, a violent sea beating over her for many hours afterwards. We are happy to state that the whole of the crew and officers were saved. Very little chance remains of preserving the steamer, which is full of water, and has sustained considerable injury. The Mastiff was an old vessel, having been launched at Bidetord in the year 1813. She was nearly 200 tons burden. MOST DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—We are eon. cerned to announce a melancholy occurrence which took place at Cashel on Tuesday last. We have received different accounts of the painful transaction, which we do not consider prudent to publish at present. Mr. Francis O'Ryan, of Cashel. having had an altercation with his son, Francis O'Ryan, jun. (an interesting young man, who is to arrive at his majority in a few months), the father discharged a loaded pistol at him, the contents of which entered the right ei e, but taking an oblique direction, did not penetrate the brain. It is with satisfaction we have to state that the medical at tendants on the wounded gentleman entertain hopes of his recovery, although the ball has not yet been extracted. Mr. F. O'Ryan, sen., is in custody for the offence. The following came to hand as we were going to press : —Mr. O'Ryan, sen., has a family of grown up sons and daughters. The eldest son lived with his father, as did his sisters. Mr. O'Ryan having been for some time a widower, recently married a . young and interesting lady, who, according to the version of the story on the father's side, become an object of the son's passion. That this sentiment was reciprocated by the youth's stepmother, the father had, as is stated, for some short time back, more and more reason to be suspicious; and on Tuesday evening on entering his bedroom was hor rified to beheld his place occupied by his unfortunate son. Maddened with rage, the unhappy father reached a loaded pistol, and fired. The ball entered the head of young Mr. Ryan, immediately beside the eye, totally destroying that organ, and traversing the skull, rested at the base of the ecciput. The lady made a precipitate retreat, and escaped before her infuriated husband could reload his weapon. An instant alarm was given and Mr. Ryan was taken into custody, and consigned to the gaol at Cashel. Our informant, who left Cashel yes terday morning, says the trill was extracted from the head of young Mr. Ryan the previous night—the inter veiling time being occupied in searching for it. The wounded man remains in a state of insensibility, and no hopes are entertained of his recovery.—Limer ick Chronicle. BATHS AND WASEIHOUSES.--4t is scarcely pos. sible to point to a charity in London which does so much good at so small an expense as the free baths and washhouses for the destitute poor at Glasshouse-yard. Last year its benefits were conferred on 84,584 persons and their families at a cost little exceeding 300/. The poor are crowding to it still. It can only be from its being little known to the rich that its funds are now, we regret to say, exhausted. Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co, are the bankers to whom subscriptions may be paid. Fast Heat. John Taylor Ch,:rles Pearce ... (Red) I (Purplt ) 0 George Connolly ... (Green) 0 The distance contested was from a boat off Chamber lain's Wharf to George's Stairs. Ilor.elydown, and back again, twiee, to Battle-bridge. They were all off at the same moment, and were almost scull and scull for some distance, when the winner put on a spurt, went into the first place, and won by lour lengths. Second Heat. William Hurst ... (Blue ) William Scott (Yellow) 0 James Law . . (Pink) 0 Blue took the lead, kept it, and won easily. Third Heat. Charles Pearce ... ... .• • ... (Purple) 1 William Scott ... ... ... ... (Yellow) 0 It was a capital race all the way up and down, and won by two lengths only. Grand Heat. (Red) 1 (Blue) 2 John Taylor William Hurst ... Charles Pearce .. . ... Red took the lead immediately after the start, gradually drew away, and won by some lengths. PEDESTRIANISM.—E. SMITH AND S. METCALF'S HURDLE RACE.—Tbe race for 101. aside between these men, distance 880 yards, and to jump 50 hurdles, was decided yesterday at Copenhagen House. The circuit of the enclosed ground being 280 yards, three circuits and a short run in formed the course. At a few minutes after five, the inclosure being most inconveniently crowded by a motley assemblage, the men a en s sh he o is wed racing trim. Smith looked quite as cl ratbe rliignhhte;ighhits, andvery considerably the superiority opponent, who , has a trifle the and ad vantagein muscular development, seemed well, hardy, and powerfully put together. Still the well-known ability of Smith at this peculiar game, and bis lasting capa bilities -of jumping, made him the favourite at 5 to 4, and reasonably so, when we consider that Metcalf is a novice at this peculiar style of racing. On going off Metcalf showed the way, retaining the lead over some 18 or 19 hurdles (there were 16 in each circuit), though evidently Using tar more exertion than necessary to clear them. The old one took his leaps in his usual style, bounding over them with a sort of hop, and though apparently going much slower, keeping close to his opponent's heels. At the 20th hurdle Smith forged ahead and ran in advance. Metcalf increased his efforts, jumped irregularly, and lost ground at every hurdle to the 30th, which he failed in clearing, and catching his Iv instepin taed en t e h s e ) uhpepeeramraeil forward(tht w e a re pu g r a l te ri ii h .c u ui r lt d et l i e n s, not s g g ot up left ankle slightly and dis-barking his s ut (smith ith buying lame, and finding his chance went over and ran in t a r : d ir e neum g e o ar o ian d ti n u hg s i e s3 ( lo . e f ihs h uu t rr i ed,. t i i e m s ev), without , o i u g w t n a t:tl . i th , from Cardiff was when the engine an d hing the Merthyr s tation, approaching RAILWAY ACCIDENT , A k T A M 3L EIt t T ra II it Y I R TYDYIL.--O A Friday last the nine b i cu t7dtheer w s e li r p e det a ched a i clie te d h t r r ie th l e in t e r , ai a n rid in b r ) .r , dthcrta immediate to besent b eh .Ange of the points to let the carriages pass up., 11 th e mai. line (by the impetus they had wtintd) up to the s tation. The rails near the i oatts wi-r e un d ergoing some repairs, and the wooden stay between the rail and the point-box having been improperly left out, the heaving engine no sooner came upon the rail than is tore up the hex, and was immediately thrown f,fr the line, but was soon st,iyed in its progress by the hill at e n s g ewv , a ars e a a IN i ! e t w s t t ye r s se u t, e vs h eervw 7 r e IF t y n so Fortunately s as e e t tid,yetadno r e the side. The carria ges a: t hi s mom . at endue up to the engine, whveeigshwt,ertehel ewhomcured. m T e d h i ca ee l e a g i e a e nddr o iv t e h r er a a n s d sis s t to ar e e r w e a a s u s u p w e l e y d i e l s y e appteod by jumping off. Advices from Gibraltar of the 21st of August quote the rate of exchange at the higher price of 514 W 51. Spanish pillared dollars were 2i per cent. premium. News had been received at Gibraltar of the escape of a number of convicts from custody at Malaga, who, it was alleged, had taken refuge in the Ronda mountains. to Liverpool were The St. John's, N. 8., letters of the s l ix 4 t t y h d in ay st ,a . state date the rate of exchange upon London, at to be 7 per cent. premium. Freights CORN: realising 3 fo 6 r s. d p e e a r is l . oad for timber, and to FURTHER FALL IN THE PRICE OF London 6/. per Th e highest ilem market countiesprice realised reachedßerks and it s the maximumneig during h. butomu reinqgutahleit;sw as e t j o t kere w d a s s i m n 3 a 2 l NI sc a l es L perd Windsor load.oerff c effected, the on Wheatof generalhe Satur day last, and only very impression amongst the buyers being that in th e course o f a m o n th it would be dow n t o 121. or 131. per load. The following are the last prices of wheat per load at the market towns alluded to:—Reading, 121, 10s. to 17/. los.; Newbury, 141. to 16/.; Bicester, 141. to 14/. 10s. ; Aylesbury, 141. to 161.; Theme, 131. 10s. to 151. 1584 Abingdon, 151. to 161.; Wallingford, 131. to 141. 10s. • and Maidenhead, 131. 10s. to 171. There appears to be a general complaining throughout the provincial districts that the price of bread to the public has not been reduced in anything like proportion to the great fall in wheat and flour. Okla EXTRAORDINARY.--Mr. Oldham Whittaker, of Higher Hurst, near Ashton-under•Lyne, has this sear sown a field of oats, which pro ve d t o be very pro lific. We have in our possession one blade_ plucked. from this field, containing about 300 grains. Marches ter Examiner. 9 V r ~~