The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-31 00:00:00

Pr FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. (From the Private Correspondent of the Standard,) PARIS, AuG-27. THE FESTIVALS AT PARIS. • The present of a "sWord" to the young Count of Paris by the municipality of this city might have passed unperceived, but for the very extraordinary speech of. the prefect of the department. According to his speech, it would have been much better to have presented the baby boy with a popgun, a rabbit skin, or a bag of marbles. Or, it the municipal authorities of Paris would lay out 35,000 francs, it would have been better to have purchased a. model of a steam engine, or of steam carriages, or of looms, mer chant brigs, and so forth. But to present a sword of 35,000 francs value to the Count de Paris, at the same time telling him that it is never to be used, and that he is to maintain peace at all prices, is too absurd and flagrant a contradiction not to be noticed by so witty a people as the French. The Journal des Debate feels indeed the ludicrous nature of such.a gift upon such terms, and, therefore, although the good bur gesses of Paris did tell the young Count de Paris and his grandfather that his sword from the city of Paris was not to be used by the infant heir, either as Charlemagne or as Na-_ poleon used theirs, yet the Debate contains the following ex planation of it, supposes the municipal authorities meant to say; at the same time admitting that they did not very clearly express their. meaning. The Debuts gives the mean ing us follows : " Gardons Ia paix, mais soy - ons prets &la guerre! Point de paix ;1 tout prix Voici one arose : c'est pour coinbattre ! et si jamais vous ekes oblige de marcher a la frontiers, oubtiez la harangue muuicipale de 1838; mais rappelez-vous Charle magne et tbchez d'imiter Napoleon !" The Journal des Debate contains to-day the following war like conclusion to this pacific harangue of the municipality of Paris. It is important, as it is the language of the go vernment, and as it indicates the possibility of a war with Switzerland and with Russia:— " France has drawn the sword ten times since the revolu tion of July--at Ancona, at Antwerp, at Lisbon, at Maskara, at the Shikak, at Constantine; and to -day it draws its sword in Mexico, and perhaps to-morrow it wilt do so in the East, or on the Alps. We wish for peace, and vet in the situation apparently the calmest in which the world was ever placed, we encounter some elements ot war everywhere. The reason is, that war is at the bottom of most of the questions which still divide the world, and which is agitating, in the silence of the cabinet. We desire that it may not break out; and we desire that France shall not provoke the conquemors of 1815, that the treaties of that epoch may be respected, and that the limits of the Rhine may not be passed. But the present moment contains germs of political misunderstanding which the future may of a sudden develope. Watch, then ministers of the King! Soldiers, generals, be ready ! Heirs to the throne, forget not that the army is the only defence of a country which has no longer a northern frontieri! Count of Paris, remember in twenty years that when the city of Paris presented you with a sword, it was that, some day or other, if necessary, you should show its point." This warlike apostrophe to the young Count of Paris is in harmony with the " peace at all prices" opinious which surrounded his royal cradle. The King of the French yesterday received the peers who were not presented to him on the previous day; the deputies present at Paris, about 100; a great number of generals and functionaries and officers of various grades. The King, see ing amongst those present a lieutenant of the chasseurs of Africa, with a leg amputated, presented him to the minister of finance and said, " He is a biave . man who has lost his military prospects. I recommend him to you ; he can still serve his country usefully." The Prefect of the department of Seine and Oise was ad mitted at the head of the municipal council, officers of the National Guards, and mayors of the department- At two o'clock the Marshal Lobau, Commandant of the National Guards of Paris and of the Department of the Seine, had the honour of being admitted to the King with his staff, the General Jacqueminot at its head. The Marshal made a speech, and the King replied. Then followed the officers of the 13 legions of Paris and of four legions of the environs, and the deputations were so numerous that they took till half-past three in the afternoon before they had ceased to file off. The Municipal Council of Paris has voted 175,000 f. for the fetes, which are to he celebrated in Pari3. The Minister of War has ordered 33.000 f. to be distributed among old worn-out soldiers, and the widows of soldiers, de prived of tho means of existence. The Archbishop of Paris addressed the following letter to the curates of his diocese, which is the best reply to the qnodlihets and diatribes of the Quolidienne : " Paris, Aug. 23. " Monsieur le Crue,—By his letter, dated the 25th August, the King has expressed to me his desire that a solemn Te Deum should be sung, as well in the metropolitan church, as in other parishes of the diocese, to render thanks for the birth of a prince, his grandson, who has received with state the title of Count of Paris, and in the Catholic Church, by holy baptism, that of a Christian, a child of. God, and an in heritor of the kingdom of heaven. Consequently, the Te Deum will be chaunted on Tuesday next, the 28th inst., at two o'clock in the afternoon, and in the other parochical churches of the city and country on the Sunday following, at the close of the grand mass. On that day will be recited at the parochial mass the orations indicated below. "Receive, M. le Cure, the assurance of my sincere attachment, " HYACINTHE, Archbishop of Paris." • The Min Sens says, the official notification of the birth of the Count de Paris has been sent to the Duke d'Angouleine and the Duchess de Berri, through the medium of the Aus trian and Neapolitan Ambassadors, and that the former of these diplomatists, in consenting to undertake the task of makieg this notification, declared, at the same time, that he did not consider himself as performing an act of diplomacy iu so doing, but only one of respectful deference to the person ages concerned in it. The King has ordered two days' pay to be distributed to.all the sub-officers, soldiers, and sailors of the army and navy, from the privy purse, on occasion of the birth of the Count de Paris. A decree for liberating all members of the National Guard confined for offences of discipline committed previous to the birth-day of the Count de Paris is, it is said, about to be issued. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday, Lord and Lady Barham and Lord and Lady Albemarle took their departure. This morning the Queen attended divine service at St. George's Chapel. Her Majesty was accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and attended by the . Marchioness of Normanby, Baroness Lehzen, Lord Torring ton, Hon. Col. Cavendish Lady Garder A L_ She Hon. Misses Murray and Pitt, Major Keppeil, and te"-son. Mr. Murray. The service, Boyce in C, was chaunted By the Rev. H. But terfield; the " Sanctua" and responses, Jomelli; Creed, King. in C; the anthem, " Oh, where shall wisdom befound," Dr. Boyce, was well sung by Masters Rode and Brian, and Messrs. Harris, Hill, and Mitchell. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Proby, officiated at the altar. The former preached an admirable sermon from the 13th psalm, let verse. Mr. Elvey (Mus. Bac.) presided at the organ. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta at Frogmore this morning. • Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta attended morning service at the Windsor parish church. The Terrace was crowded with fashionables. The bands of the royal blues and life guards were present. The Duke and Duche.+3 of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge paid a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday, in Bushy Park. Their royal highnesses dined with her Majesty. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—This afternoon the Queen gave an audience to Viscount Melbourne, who arrived at the Castle at half-past four o'clock. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the . Duchess of Kent, rode in the park on horseback, and was attended by all the ladies and gentlemen of the royal suite. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Miss Kerr, Col. Schluter, Col. Jones, and Col. Cornwall, came to town on MOnday morning from Kew. Their royal highnesses returned to Kew in the afternoon. Lord and Lady Wharncliffe are staying on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Bushy Park. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The royal dinner party last even ing included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Viscount Melbourne, Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt (of St. Leo nard's-hill). the Marchioness of Normanby, Lady Mary Stopford, Hon. Miss H. Pitt, Hon. Miss Murray, Lady Gardiner, Baroness Lehzen, Viscount Torrington, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, and the Hon. Major Keppel. Her Majesty, it is expected, will ride out this evening. The Duchess of Kent took an airing in a phaeton yesterday afternoon. Viscount Melbourne joined the equestrian party with the Queen yesterday. The Prince of Onde has left his residence in the Regent's Park on a tour to the manufacturing districts. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Schliiter, and Prince George of Cambridge, attended by Cot. Cornwall, came to C a mbridge-house orrTuesday morning from Kew. Their royal highnesses returned to Kew in the afternoon. The Bishop of Nova Scotia, Sir Dudley . Hill, Sir Richard Bourke, Dr. Berry, from St. Helena, Mr. Thornelaw, and Mr. Browne, had interviews with Lord Glenelg on Tuesday at the Colonial-office. Mr. T. Drummond, Assistant Secretary for Ireland, ar rived in. town on Tuesday morning from Dublin. Mr. Drum mond had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer in Downing-street. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-TCESDAY, AuG.2B. (Before Mr. Justice Bosanquet.) . THE CASE OF MYERS AND POW. • Angeline Pow, a f e m a l e d resse d i n w id ow ' s weeds, was in dicted, with one Henry Myers, for the murder of Thomas Davison Pow, by administering to him while in a weak and distempered state of body, certain large quantities of a spirituous liquor called gin, and a l so by causing to be taken from him divers excessive quantiti es o f bl oo d . Myers did not surrender. The case appeared to excite the most intense interest. Mr. Prendergast applied to have the trial postponed until Myers should surrender, but the court declined to accede to the request. Mr. Prendergast th en addressed the jury. He said, the case which he was about to lay before them was one of consider able importauce—the indictment imputed to the . prisoner the murder of her husband ; be was certain therefore, that th e jury would give the case the ca lmest consideration, and th at they would dismiss from their minds all prejudice that might arise from reports upon the subject that they had heard out of doors. It would appear that the prisoner and the deceased had been living in a very unhappy manner for some time be fore the occurrence took place that would be brought before their notice. The deceased had been in t he habit of drinking ardent spirits to excess; and he had been attacked with a disorder called delirium tremens, and had b een treated forth at disorder at the Middlesex Hospital, but ho was discharged from that establishment in the month of July in a tolerably good state of health. About this time it would appear that the other person (Myers) had taken a house in London-street, FitzrOy-square, and thither he, the deceased and the prisoner went together to live. Soon afterwards it was observed that considerable quantities of gin were brought into the house; so much so as to attract attention. The deceased was soon afterwards again taken ill, and a nurse was hired to attend upon him ; he rallied a little, but ultimately died, and the jury would have to consider under what circumstances that death had taken place. Mr. Justice Bosanquet, after consulting with Mr. Justice Coleridge, expressed an opinion that upon the statement of the counsel for the prosecution, the case could not stand. Mr. Prendergast said that he felt the difficulty of the case. Mr. Justice Bosauquet then told the jury that the prisoner . could not be convicted upon the indictment preferred against her. - - A verdict of not guilty was accordingly returned. The prisoner was again arrainged upon the coroner's in. quisition, and a verdict of not guilty was recorded. MARCH OF MIND.—An honest farmer in the state of Pennsylvania married a Miss from a fashionable boarding school - for his second wife. He was strack dumb with her eloquence, and gaped wonders at his wife's learning. " You must," said he, bore a hole through the solid airth, and chuck in a mill stone, and she'll tell you to a shaving how long the stone wilt b e going, clean threw. She has larnt kimistry and Fockneyology, and talks a heap about ox bides and comical infinities. I used to think that it was air that 1 sucked in every time that I expired; howsomdevar, she" Celled me that she knowed better — s h e t o ld me th a t I h a d b e en sucking in two kinds of yin! ox gin and high gin ! My stars! I'm a tumbledown tee towt a l temperance man, an d yet h ave b een drinking ox gin and high gin all my life." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY MARKET. WEDNESDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.—The settling of Consols passed off well yesterday, and this being pay-day tur all differ ences; there is no doubt that the various drafts will be duly honoured. Consols opened this morning, 23i 24 for l Money ; and for the Account 94/, with little business doing to the present hour. Exchequer Bills are 72 74 pm. ; India Bonds 72 74 pm.; Bank Stock 2071208 ; India Stuck 2641 265. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active continues heavy, owing to the unfavourable accounts from 1111drid of financial affairs, and may be quoted at 20/ ; Portuguese also heavy at 351 1; Three per Cents. 23/ 1; Brazilian 831 ; Mexican 231 4; Colombian 26, ; Belgian 1021; Dutch Two-and-Half 53544; Five per Cents. 1024 1. HALF-PAST ONE.—Since the early part of the morning the Consol Market has become very heavy, and at one period Consols for Money were done at 931, and 94 for the Account, at which prices they continue at present. Exchequer Bills, 72 to 74 pm.; India Bonds, 72 pm.; Bank Stock, 2071 to 2081; India Stock nothing done. In the Foreign Market most of the funds are also heavy, Spanish receded to 20/ with coupons; Portuguese receded to 35 ; Three per Cents. down to 231; Brazilian lower, 831; Dutch also heavy, re ceded to 531; Five per Cents. 102/. QUARTER BEFORE TunEE.--Consols fur the Account, 16th Oct., 941 (From the Times.) TUESDAY EVENING.—By the advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 436 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of f.:3 17s. 101 d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.81, it follows that gold is 0.93 per cent. dearer at Hamburgh than in. London. The premium'on gold at 'Paris is per mile, which, at the English Mini price of £3l7s. Evict. the ounce for stand ard gold; 7ives an exchange of 25.36 and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.45, it follows that gold is 0.34 per cent. lower at Paris than iu London. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock, 2071 81- India Stock, 3per Ct. Red., 941 a India Bonds, 72 pm . 3 per Ct. Con., 94N 31 Bank Stock for Acct., 3 1 per Ct..Anns. 1818, Consols for Acct., 94i 4 3y, per Ct. Red. 102 India Stock for do. 255 . New 3 y per Cents.. 101 k £lOOO Ex. Bills, 72 74 pm Long Ans. 1860, 15 a 11-lo £5OO do. 72 74 pin Ditto, yrs. 1859, 151 Small do. 72 74 pin Ditto, 30 yrs. 1860, Ditto Commercial, 21d., 12 pm SHA] The quotations give the actuu peernitun or RES. a price, without reference to discount.) M.nchester and Birmingham, 91 1 North Midland, 441 General Steam Navigation, 231 Galvanised Iron Company, 2i 7 'Manchester and Leeds, Thames Omnibus Packet and Pier' Company, 234 Candonga; - • - Great Western, 715 705 London & Brighton, 75 5 5 London & Birmingham, Birmingham 5 Shares, 273 London and Blackwall, 55 London and Greenwich, 165 London & Southampton, 45 London and - Croydon Trunk, 154 THE LATE DESTRUCT 'IVE FIRE AT HEMEL HEMPSTEAD. (From the Standard of Wednesday.) In the Standard of yesterday was inserted an account of a most destructive fire which occurred on the morning of Sun day last in the town of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, in which it was asserted that property to the amount of up wards of £20.000 had been destroyed, none of which was in sured, and that three lives had been lost—viz., Thomas Jack son, whose remains had been dug out of the ruins, and Mary Sharp, the servant girl, and the sou of Dr. Hallett, about six years of age, both of whom were still missing. The above statementwas incorrect in most of the particu lars, the facts being as follow :—The fire was first discovered at about half-past one o'clock in the morning, at which time the flames were bursting through the windows of the first floor of the extensive premises of Dr. Hallett, a physician of considerable practice, situated at the further extremity of the town, on the right hand side, a short distance below the Sun Inn. The alarm was immediately given throughout the neighbourhood in the customary manner—viz., by the ringing of a hatid-bell, and in a short time hundreds of persons flocked towards the spot from all directions. These first in attend ance directed their exertions to the awakening of the inmates, (who, it appears. consisted of Dr. Hallet, a woman servant, and a footboy, Mrs. Haliet, there being no children, having a few days previously gone on a visit to her relations in Nor folk,) in which they had great difiiculity, Dr. Hallet having been dragged from the Barnes from an upper window, while endeavouring to save property of value. The first engine which reached the fire was that under the care of Mr. Cran stone, the agent of the Phoenix-office, which was soon fol- Inwed by the town engine, and that belonging to the Sun Fire-office, while mounted expresses were sent off to St. Albans and Watford, for the engines of those places. For lull half an hour alter the discovery of the sre there was a scarcity of water, and the flames having extended themselves to the trzetnises of Mr. Pedley, a gentleman residing on the upper side, and to those of Mr. Rolph, an extensive linen draper' and mercer, on the lower side, that portion of the town was in a state of the greatest consternation, it being feared the whole of the surrounding buildings would fall a prey to the flames. Water was, however, at that juncture fortunately soon procured, and the engines got into opera tion, upwards of forty persons with pails and buckets being placed in various directions leading to the engines, which kept pouring a continued stream upon the devouring element. Shortly before three o'clock the St. Alban's engine reached the spot with four post horses, and soon commenced playing, when by the united exertions of the above engines, and that from Watford, which subseqtiently arrived, the flames were confined to the premises of Dr. Hallet, and Messrs. Pedley, Rolph, and Smith. Those of Dr. Hallet and Mr. Pedley are entirely destroyed, while those of Messrs. Rolph and Smith are much damaged, and great loss sustained by the hasty removal of the stock and furniture. Dr. Hallet had, within the last six weeks, insured his furniture, plate, &c., in the Sun Fire-office for £lOOO, £3OO of which was for the plate alone, while among the ruins there have been found only two tea and two saltspoons. The premises, which, as well as those of Messrs. Pedley and Smith, are the property of Mr. Coplin, of that town, are insured in the Phcenix Fire office. Mr. Rolph is insured for £l4OO in the Sun Fire-office. There is no truth in the report that three lives were lost, Dr. Hallet having no servants of the names mentioned, nor any son or family whatever. . . _ Various rumours are afloat as to tha origin of the fi.e, which at present we abstain from mentioning, from their contradictory nature. THE PORT OF LONDON COMPARED WITH THOSE OF LIVERPOOL GLASGOW, AND BRISTOL, AND WITH THE WHOLE COMMERCIAL NAVY OF FRANCE, (From Elmes's Survey of the Port and Harbour of London.) To show the amazing commercial trade of the port o 1 London, and its pre-eminence over its great rivals Liverpool, Glasgow, and Bristol, the following returns from the Cos• toms, published in " M'Culloch's Dictionary of Commerce,' is cited as incontrovertible evidence : _ " The returns are for one year, ending December 31,1835 and the four larger ports only are selected. Ships helongin to the following ports, namely— Ships. London 2,828 Liverpool 996 Glasgow Bristol Tons. Men. 566,152 32,392 207,838 11,511 58,478 4,321 42,913 3,899 " So that the port of London has nearly three times more vessels belonging to her than Liverpool, nine tunes more than Glasgow, upwards of ten times more than Bristol, and pos sessing nearly one-fifth of the whole shipping belonging to all the ports of England and Wales together, which ameunts to 14,823 ships. " Again, in forming an estimate of the value of the com mercial property which floats on the waters of the port of Loudon in the course of one year, let us ref,,,r to the Parlia mentary papers published by the Board of Trade for the year ending December 31, 183 a, when we shall find that the amount of British ships that entered the port of London in 'that year was 3,780 740,263 tuns. Foreign ditto 1,057 189,158 Forming a grand total of .... 4,837 929,158 which, valued at only £250 per ton for ship and cargo, amounts to the enormous sum of £232,289,500." _ _ _ Well may Mr. M'Culloch exclaim, after reviewing his valuable tables and calculations, and this extraordinary amount of commerce of the port of London, so vast an amount of shipping and commerce was never previously concentrated in any single port. London may twly be said to be, urt;versi orbis toirrarum emporium—may 'her prosperity be as lasting as it is great ! Another comparison between the navy of France and England, particularly in reference to the• port of London, may be appropriately introduced in this place. The entire commercial navy of France in the year ending December 31, 1836, as published by the government of that country, is as follows : Tons. Vessels. Tons. 800 and upwards. 1 1,0(X) 700 to 800 2 1.442 • - 600-700 2 1.217 500 600.. , l2 6,308 400 500 6B 28,902 300 400 213 73,401 200— 300 575 141,166 • 100-200 1,251 181,395 60 —lOO 1,447 116,68.3 30 60 1,014 45,603 1 30 and downwards . . 15,249 865,011 Whereas the number of ships and tonnage belonging to the British empire in the year ending the 31st of December, 1835; was, for England alone, 11,893 vessels, 1,85.3,112 tons, exceeding the whole French empire by 1,168,100 tons of ship., ping, and the port of London is only 118,859 tons short of all France Vessels. Tons. Add for Scotland It eland The British IslandsofJerseq 536 Guernsey, and Man Total of the United Kingdom t 20,300 . 2,360,500 and British Islands Add for theßritish Plantations 5,211 25,5 l 1 Since the preceding parts of this work went to press, the following important communication, relative to the still in creasing commerce of the port of London over the gratifying statement in pages 32 and 34, was laid before the St Katha rine Duck Company. by their Chairman, Mr. Thomas Tooke, at the annual meeting of proprietors on Wednesday, the 16th of January, 1838: SHIPS WITH CARGOES THAT ENTERED THE PORT OF LONDON FROST FOREIGN PORTS DURING THE YEARS 1836 AND 1837. .....___ BRITISH. Vesssls. Tons. 1836. 1837 Increase 588 FOREIGN. Vessels. Tnns. 1836 1837 . ........... 1,530 81 TOTAL. Increase Vessels. Tons. IRV) 5.558 39,751 Increase. 639 COASTING TRADE WITH LONDON. BRITISH. Vessels. Tons. 1836 1837 Increase in. 1836 .... 1,605 63 Aild increase in Fu- 9 39 761 reign Trade , Total increase '2,4-14 The aggregate tonnage . of British ships that entered the port of London in 1837 amounted to no less than 3,629,699 register tons, which exeeeds considerably in amount any pre vious year in history, and affords additional reasons, if any were required, for extending the accommodation of the port for colliers, and for the removal of shoals and other obstruc tions to the navigation, as before 'alluded to in pages 22, 24' and 25. THE LATE FATAL DUEL ON WIMBLEDON COMMON. FURTHER PARTICULARS, AND INQUEST ON, THE BODY. A duel was fought on Wimbledon Common, on Wednesday week, in a ravine, about two hundred . yards from the mill. The result was fatal - to one of the parties. There were six persons present, beSides a surgeon ; two of these were young Men who kept at some distance. Theamme Of the uti fort u - nate gentleman who lost his life was Charles Flower Milfin. He resided in Pleasant-place, West-square, Lambeth. His opponent is understood to be a Mr. Elliott, the son of a major- general in the army. The partieS fired at a distance of twelve paces. At the first shot, the ball of Mr. Elliott went through the hat of Mr. Mirfin. The seconds immedi ately interfered • but the deceased objected, and insisted 'on having a secondshot. The pistols. being reloaded,-the pare ties again tired, when Mr. Mirfin fell. lie was instantly attended by his second and Dr. Scott. Death was instanta neous. The body was then taken from the ground, ausl placed in the gig, when, at the dusk of the evening, it was taken to his residence in Pleasant-place: The seconds have gone to the continent. The deceased was a very fine young man, and most respectably connected. On Saturday,- an inquest was held on the deceased, at which several witnesses spoke to the circumstances of the duel. Thomas Hunt Dann, the owner of the mill on Wimbledon Commian,-examined :—I witnessed the occurrence On Wed nesday last. I was about thirty yards off. I first saw the carriages drive up close to my piemises. There were four carriages, from which seven persons alighted. They all had the appearance of gentlemen. After they bad got out, they all went towards a bottom, or hollow, about four hundred yards distant from the mill ; and from their manner, I con sidered it probable that a duel was contemplated. I accord ingly followed them down till within forty yards of them, where I stopped occasionally afterwards r varyiag my position about five yards. The first thing 1 saw was a carpet bag, from which was taken a box, and from thence some pistols. At that time I should say five persons were standing toge ther, and another alone on my left, and a second one about two hundred yards more to the left, on the hill. While the pistols were being loaded, the one on my left, who was the perstin who shot the deceased, came up to me and said, " Good morning." I returned - the compliment, and added, " It appears to me those gentlemen have some little difference to decide," meaning' the parties who were loading the pistols. lie answered, " Oh, d—d nonsense ; it's only a bet for £100." I replied, "That will not do for roe;". on which be passed on whistling. In a minute or two he agaitipassed me. on which I remarked, it was a pity gentlemen. could. not settle their differences in a better way ; when .he said, " Oh, d—d nonsense ! I'm too ,used (or practised) to it, and I am one who is going to fight." The one the furthermost to my left at that time was standing with the man whom I now know was the cabman. He was the person who was shot. During that time 'the others were loading , and measnsing the ground; two gentlemen stepped it side by side; the distance was thirty-seYen steps. A half-penny or penny-piece was then tossed up as I suppose, either for the choice of pistols or the graund. After that the gentleman on the hill was beckoned to, and he, as well as the one to whom I had spoken, went down to the hollow. They then took their stations without any conversation passing that I heard, except that, as the one who shot time Other was going to the place,.a gentleman of the party went up to hint and said, " You are all right—you have nothing to fear," The pistols were then handed to them, and it wasssaid by some person, "The word will be—Geutlemen, are you ready?" That was said to the principals. I then drew hack u'few paces, and almost immediately heard something said, among which I could only distinguish " Gentlemen," and almost momentarily I saw both parties preSent their pistols, and heard two reports, one immediately after the other. Those who had been assisting had at that time retired to the spot where the carpet-bag was, and they then came forward, and the pistol was handed to the gentleman I had spoken to, and I believe one was handed to the other gentleman also, but I cannot speak positively; the seconds then drew back, and again heard the word given, amid the-pistols discharged. The pistols were not pointed upwards, but at each puler. Be tvieen the two firings I heard no conversation, nor did I see the parties move from their positions. Directly after the firing, the gentleman who had spoken to me came towards the and said, " I have done for the —." I said to him, "Are you hurt?" to which he said " No;" he then' went past me, and I at that moment saw the deceased falling. By the Coroner: Had he any thing in his hand ?—Wit ness : Not as I saw. By the Coroner : What, then, became of the pistol?— Witness: I cannot sey : I then went to the deceased, and saw him stripped, when 1 observed a wound resembling that from a ball; it was ou the right side, under the arm. The inquest was adjourned until Wednesday. Most of the papers have stated that the quarrel which pro duced this fatal affair arose out of a difference about an in famous woman, at the saloon; but from the following account contained in the Observer of Sunday, this does not seem to have been the case:— The circumstances which led to this unhappy event, we have been informed, upon sufficient authority, were these: — During last Epsoni Races, on the Derby day we believe, Mr. Elliott, with a friend, was driving towards London in a phaeton, while Mr. Mirfin was driving in a gig; by sonic ac cident the two vehicles came in contact. and Mr. was overturned. In the fall some of his ribs were fractured; an altercation then arose, and offensive language passed, which ended in Mr. Elliott striking Mr. Mirfin a blow on his al ready injured side, of which injury, however, it is due to say, Mr. Elliott was ignorant. The pain at the moment was ex cessive, and "Mr. Mirfin had only a faint recollection that the name of the party with whom he had come in contact was Elliott; but he had been unable to obtain his name and address, and consequently had no clue to his discovery, although extremely anxious to call him to an account. — Months rolled on, and only on one occasion, till Tuesday night last, bad he obtained a transient view of Mr. Elliott, in a cigar stamp, but almost instantly lost sight of him. On Tuesday night last, in company with two friends, he entered the saloon in Piccadilly ; and while there; he heard the name Elliot mentioned. The name struck him; and on looking at the party by whom it was acknowledged, he recognised him as the person whom he bad so long sought, and from whom he had received a blow. He immediately requested one of his friends, Mr. Brotherton we believe, to address Mr. Elliott, and call the matter to his recollection. Mr. Elliott tit once admitted the fact, and we are informed offered to make an apology. It would, seem however, that neither was in a situation to 'enter upon the subject then, and it was agreed that mutual friends should meet at the Opera Colon nade Hotel, at twelve o'clock to discuss the matter. Mr. Mirfin then proceeded to his residence, No. 2, Pleasant-place, West-square, Lambeth, where he retired to rest. At the time appointed, the friends met, when, we are informed, an objection was made .on the part of Mr. Elliott to meet Mr. Mirfin. A firm determination having been exjiressed, blow ever, that sad, a meeting ~rust tEMc ptace, on a second ap plication to Mr. Elliott, he acceded to the proposition, and a hostile meeting was arranged for the seine evening on Wimbledon Common. ADDITIONAL PA lITICIILA Much surprise is expressed that the occurrence she have been permitted to lake place in the presence of full a dozen persons, without their having adopted some measures to prevent it; and also that, after the fatal result was ascer tained, the body.should have been allowed to be removed, without the mounted patrols, whose station is not more than half a mile from the spot, being made acquainted With the circumstances, although, from the first appearance of the parties on the ground to the departure of the cab with Mr: Mirtiu's corpse, nearly three quarters \ of an hour is said to have elapsed. The spot is situated on the common, about three quarters of a mile, in a triangular direction, north-west of the en trance. of the village of Wimbledon, and north-east of the workhouse of that parish. It is about half a mile distant from.the high road, and close to the windmill,'Whichis visible from all parts of the common. It is on the west side of the residence of Mr. Dann, the miller, about a hundred - feet distant from which is the ravine in which the. fatal took place. In a conversation with Mrs. Dann, she stated that the parties first came upon the ground as near a quarter putt six o'clock as possible. She first saw a private cab draw up, from which two gentlemen alighted; then an open carriage drawn by two horses, with a post boy in a blue jacket and • white hat (believed to belong to Mr. R. Newman, the post master of Regent-street), in which were three gentlemen; next a gig with a cane back, in which was one gentleman ; then another gig in which was another gentleman, who was dressed in mourning, with a crape hat-band on ; and lastly a public cabriolet, bebinging to Mr. Voller, the cab-master of the London Road, containing au eighth indi vidual. All the parties having alighted, two of them shook hands together, when they all proceeded towards the hollow. From the position in which she stood, she was un able to see What was passing within it ; but in her opinion full five minutes elapsed between the first and second dis charges Of the piStols. Directly after the second discharge, she saw a young gentleman, about 23 years of age, hastily emerge froth the hollow, and jump into the open carriage, in which he stood - up, apparently very much alarmed. In a minute or two - afterwards, his friends also made their appear ddanger— ous,o yp it was all over, when he turned very. pale.. The other parties then jumped into their respective carriages, and. drove off towards town at a most rapid pace. 'lime horse of the last gig.was seized by Voller's cabman, who said,. " Why .do-you leave me with a dead man ? I know nothiug of what am Ito do with him ?" To which the gentleman replied, ."Be quiet—it will be all right." The smgeon (Mr. Scott) then came up, add said to the cabman, "Can't you drive down there?' Pointing to ,the hollow, to which he replied, "No, it is too steep." The surgeon then hired two men to help him up with the body, which was dragged along more like that of an animal titan of a human being ; and it having been placed in the cab, they were each paid a shilling for their assistance. Mr. Scott then got into the.cabriolet, and having closed the blue curtains in front to hide the body, the vehicle was driven off. From the appearance of the deceased's hat, which was exhibited at the inquest to the inspection of the coroner and jury, it is evident the deceased had at. the first fire a most narrow escape from having his brains blown out, the ball havin4 entered the hat at the right side, about two inches from the crown, through which it,escapeSl • about half an inch frotn ' tlie rim; the Wadding having struck the inside of the hat on the opposite side, and burned the lining. It is understodd that the police have a clue to the retreat of the whole of the parties concerned in, the affair. The .paper found on the ground, and produced by the ivitness Dann, has led to the discovery of the place where the pistols were procured, and the hotels from whence the deceased, antagonist, &c. started. The pistols produced .were most murderous instruments; they were stated bycompetent judges in the inquest room, to be able to carry with deadly effect full 30 yards. ADJOURNED INQUEST. (From the Standard of Wednesday.) An adjourned inquest was held this morning at the Tan kard Tavern, Brook-street, Lambeth, upon the body of the unfortunate Mr. Mirlin. The only important facts disclosed in evidence were given by Mr. Smith, surgeon, of Martha rough-street, Walworth, Mr. Wagstaff, the parochial surgeon, and Richard Cowling, the post-boy, the first of whom dep osed that he had examined the body at the request of Mr. Scott, the Medical gentleman who had attended the deceased on Wimbledon Common, and that there was a wound between the fifth and sixth ribs on the right side, evidently the result of a pistol shot, which must have produced almost instan taneous death. Mr. Smith further said, that Mr. Scott had told him that though personally acquainted with Mr. Mirfin, he had been merely called upon professionally to attend the deceased in his late conflict, and that he (Scott) was present when the pistols of both parties were loaded, and considered that the affair was conducted on the fairest terms., A gen tleman named Broughton, acted as the second to the deceased. Mr. Wagstaff produced a bullet which be had extracted from the body of the deceased ; it was flattened to a great extent, and did not fit the barrels of the pistols left on the ground. Richard Gowling, post-boy in the service of Mr. C. Newman, postmaster, of Regent-street, stated that his master ordered him to take a barouche and two horses on Wednesday last to the Colonnade Hotel, Charles-street, Haymarket, where be took up three gentlemen, whom he conveyed to Wimbledon Common, where the duel took place. When the deceased fell the three gentlemen got again into the carriage, and ordered him to drive to town. The survivor in the contest wished to return to the spat where the .wounded gentleman was, but_ one of the others said, "By God, you shall not." One of them got out at Knightsbridge, another at Piccadilly, and the third, who fought the duel, left the carriage in the Edgeware-road. When he (the post-boy) left the common, he was not aware that Mr. Mirfin was dead. At the moment of going to press, we learnt that the inquiry was again adjourned. BAD NEWS FOR THE SEVEN THOUSAND EXPECTANTS.— It is now quite certain that it is not the intention of the government to appoint an additional member to the Board of Poor Law Commissioners.—Observer. THE FIRE AT MANCHESTER. FURTHER PARTICULARS. ( From the Manchester Guardian.) We regret to record the occurrence of a serious fire, in its consequences occasioning the loss of at least three, but pro bably of four or five lives, and destructive of property to the amount of several thousand pounds; besides throwing out of employ, for a short time at least, many workpeople of both sexes. This alarming and fatal fire was discovered in what is called '`The Old Mill" of Messrs. Charles Macintosh and .he well-known manufacturers of india-rubber water- proof and airproof cloth, which is situated on the westerly side of Cambridge-street, Chorltou-on-Medlock, exactly op- posite to the large cotton mills on the other side of the street, called the Chorlton Mills, belonging to Messrs. Birley and Co. cotton spinners, &c., and divided only by the river from the site of the " Medlock 'Mills" of 'Messrs. Littlewood and Co., which were burned down in January, 1801, ►wen 28 persons perished in the flames. The premises of Mess's. Macintosh and co. cover, a spacious area of ground; the buildings which consist of , the new mill, in which upwards 4,400 hands, chiefly females, are employed, and which has not suffered from the fire. About fifty yards from this build ing, and one end abutting on the south bank of the Medlock, stands the old mill, a smaller edifice, which was originally about 54feet in length by about 40 feet wide, all fireproof, and internally consisting of seven stories (numbered from one to seven inclusive,) the southern end having the engine house. in the basement story, or No. 1 floor. Subsequently, however, an additiOn was made to that end of a building, about 3.5 feet in length, used for the purpose of -a drying stove; but this was not of fireproof construction. It was not quite so high as the remainder of the mill, and; instead of being divided into six or seven doors, had only three divi sions, being filled with rafters for the suspending of the pieces of waterproofed cloth. The whole of the building, then, at the time of the fire, was about 90. feet in length, plane' to Cambridge-street, and about 42 feet in width. At a quarter before twelve o'clock, on Saturday night, a man named Patrick Shelton, who was stationed to watch the yard,—a fence having been removed during some alters tions,—observed a light in the No. 6 floor, (the uppermost. . , in but one,) on the western side of building the centre compartment, in a small room (A) used as a work Shop by the mechanics. He immediately sprung his rattle, giving the alarm. to two private watchmen of ;Messrs. Birley amiJ.M., inside the cotton mills on the other side of Cambridge-street, and to their outside watchman. illr. Gaskell, the manager of the cotton mills, and other persons in the employ of the two firms, who reside in the immediate neighbourhood, were called up: the large bell of the cotton mill was rung; and, at first, efforts were made to extinguish the flames by means of the force pump and hose-pipes kept on the premises for the:purr pose, and worked by,one of the steam-engines of the Choriton mills.' These attempts failed, as will he seen by the.evidence adduced at the ingutist; and information having in the mean time been transmitted to the police yard, and received there about half-past twelve o'clock, Mr. Hose, superintendent ot• the police fire department, and a body of firemen, imme diately set out thence with the Niagara,engirie, promptly followed by the remat.oder of the fire police with the Water Witch. By this time.the Litres had communicated from the small room in which they were first seen, through a dour on the sixth floor to the drying-stove; and a bystauder.has de scribed to us the appearance Of the flames rushing, as reSem tiling a flash of lightning from the top to the bottom of this building; this appearance being doubtless produced by the ignition of the 'highly inflammable vapour arising from the naptha, or spirit of coal tar, used for making the solution of caoutehouc with which the cloth is made waterproof. 'With these inflammable materials (fur the stove was filled with pieces of cloth and garments,) affording fresh fuel to the flames, it is not at all surprising that they should rage with great fury, tilt the whole of the drying-stove (the express use of which - was the " purifying" of the water-proofed cloth, by means of heat conveyed i 4 steam -pipes from the lowest to the highest part of the stove) was completely gutted. Thence by the doors of communication, with theteutral compartment of the building, the limes were spreading thither when the police firemen arrived; and accordingly their first efforts were directed to prevent the extension of the flames in that direction, to do which the hose and branch from the Niagara were conveyed up the staircase to the sixth floor; it treiug found impossible, from the great heat and dense smoke, to penetrate with them into the seventh floor, to which the fite had ascended from the sixth rbom. The branch and hose from the Water 11 - itch engine were hoisted up to the fifth floor, and there taken in at the window; and the men were beg.inning to play, when an iron cistern in the room No. 5, containing probably about 1000 lbs. weight of the water proofing material, exploded with a noise louder than that of a large piece of artillery, and which was heard distinctly at Greertheys and other places at some distance. It appears that there was a communication from this cistern 'in No. 5 room, through No. G into No. 7, by means of pipes, proeided with valves. The fire was raging in N 0.7 ; butthe engineer, knowing that the valves were shut, was not apprehensive of any communication from above • with the cistern. Unfortu nately, a man-hole had been left open at one end of the cistern, for the purpose of cleaning it; and the air rushing through this aperture found its way into the pipes, and these becoming red hot from the fire above, it is supposed the va pour became ignited in the 'cistern, and, exploding the in flammebte gas generated from the spirituous mixture at the bottom, caused the bursting of the vessel, which was torn open from torato bottom, along the line of a course of rivets, in the centre of a plate of the best iron. The explosion, which drove out all the windows on that floor, and, amongst other persons then in the room, blew off the hat of Mr. Jeseph Ewart, occurred probably about one o'clock; and long be fore that time the roof and part of the walls of the (frying stove had fallen in, and a report instantly atose that some one was • killed thereby; but how far this supposition was well founded, we have not been able to ascertain. The fire- men continued in this room, playing on the blazing liquid that covered the floor, till all the flame was extinguished, and then they conveyed the branch thr6ugh a hole in the ceiling, and endeavoured to extiuguish the fire in the two uppermost fleois of the buildirg. Shortly before the fallings in of the roof and walls of the drying stove, Mr. Fletcher, the foreman of the mechanics Of Messrs. Macintosh and Co., observed eight of the firemen . with one of the engines stationed ina'situation considera ble danger, near one of the brickwork pillars of that i ng ; and he had scarcely called - Ili. Rose's attention to it, and thus had the men removed, when the pillar fell, and covered the place where they had been standing with brickS, pipes, beams, and rubbish. • Some time after the explosion in No. the flames being raging in No. 7 at a furious rate, as may be imagined from the circumstance that .there, Was nes less than 7,000 lbs. of the waterproofing 'material on this - floor, they received fresh fuel from the following. circumstance: In this room was a large iron cylindrical cistern, about ten feet, in length, and foul feet and a half in diameter, weighing from three to three and a half tons, and containing a large quantity of naphtha. This cistern was placed on a bed, consisting of two piers of bricks, so ilk to stand about two and a hell feet from the floor. The flames melting the leaden pipes of the cistern, the liquor ran upon the floor, rind mixieg with the•caoutelioue, &c., caused the bursting forth of an immense volume of flame. Some time after this, at from a smarter to half s past.two o'clock, the engineer of Macintosh and Co. suddenly started the engine of the waterptOof inill, ono - of fifty horse's' power, for ahe purpose; as we understand, - of workingAhe force pump; but, in the hurry and confusion of the. moment, he forgot to throw out of Beer aline of vertical shafting which ran up the wall to' the highest story, very near the cistern. As the two upperrrnost rooms were at that time enveloped in flaMee, the sseering no doubt inuch expanded by heat, and probably encumbered by fallen 'machinery, beams, and pipes, the effect of setting the shafting in motion - was most disas trous. The whole building begin to shake in' the most alarming - manner. Several persons in the upper rooms felt- thesfloors, as they desCritie,' shaking under them, and Mr. Rose hastily ran from Nrn 6, calling, in his way, to the firemen in various .rooms to make for the staircase, as there was danger of - the building faith:era and, when he reached the bottom, he hastened, with a person named Wray, who is in the service of Macintosh and Co,, to the engineers. They found, in the engine-houee, the head engineer and two others; and Mr. Rose earnestly requested them to stop the engine, which was done, after a short delay; and almost immediately afterwards the arge cylindrical cistern above described was distinctly heard falling upon and through the floor of No. 7, and next through that of No. 6, .and every lower floor suc cessively, to tile tiottom, carrying with it, at the same time, the wall which separated "the fireproof building from the stove. Mr Fletcher, on first hearing the noise, -rushed towards a strung wall in the bay of the engine-house window, and near the door; and, the place tieing quite dark, he called to the others to make their escape. As they. passed hint, he pulled them forward to the door-way. Mr. Rose was the last, or last but one; and Fletcher pulled him with such force as to bring him down upon his face; and Abut that moment, the cistern broke the ceiling into the engine -house, and part of the bricks and rubbish fell over Mr. Rose, and held him down. The dust, heat, and smoke, from the rubbish, were so stifling, thats with his right hand, Mr. Rose broke a pane of glass in the window to obtain air; and, at that moment, some one, escaping, stepped on his head, and he exclaimed, " For God's sake, keep off my head." In a short time he succeeded in extricating hiruselt from the mass of rubbish which had fallen chiefly on his right side; and, with no greater injuries than some severe bruises and cone tusions on various parts of hiS limbs and body, and his fingers being lacerated by the broken glass, he merle his escape. Each floor in the central part of the building in which this disaster occurred, was composed of four bass or arches, sup ported on three large-iron beams, running longitudinally along the building. As the cistern iu its fall had brought down the centre beam, and the two middle arches of each floor from the top downwards, leaving only those portions of each floor nearest the outer wails, and as it was known that a number of firemen and other persons were in various rooms on the different floors, considerable apprehensions prevailed that several of these had been borne down by the' ponderous cistern, or hail been swept down by the machinery, &c., which it dragged after it. These apprehensions were but too speedily and fully realised. Some time before the starting of the steam-engine, a man named James Watson, who was what is, called assistant branch-man to the first company of firemen, was stationed in the No. 6 room, together with several other firemen, in cluding one named Henry Pollitt, When the steam-engine was started, one of the firemen, feeling the floor of the room shake under him, .exclaimed to Watsou, " Oh, James, .it's like to be all up with us." He hastened towards the stair-. case, end.thus was saved from the fate of at least one of his companions; for the crash came immediately afterwards, and the beam struck down Pollitt and Watson with one blow. They were within half a yard of each. other, Watson letting the branch, and Pollitt acting ars attend ant branch-man, when they were struck. Watson, as he was failing, seized Pollitt's coat-shirt; but the beam sepa rated them, otherwise Pollitt must have shared Watson's fate. Pollitt then either fell or jumped through the chasm upon the floor below, and became insensible; some portion of the falling floor and machinery came upon him, and his right arm and leg were much crushed, and his body strained and shaken by the rubbish. When he recovered, he found himself in the sit uat i on d escr ib e d; and h e h a d no d ou bt th a t Watsun, not bein g a bl e to recover himself, had fallen through the chasm in the floors to the bottom. As soon as he could be got out, Fiat was conveyed to the Infirmary, where he still lies; but we are glad to hear that he is doing well, and is likely soon to recover. Another person, a salesman, named Hugh Faulkner, re siding in Cambridge-street, but in no way connected with the premises, was assisting a young man in the employ of Messrs. Macintosh an d C o., nam ed New sarn, ' to pu ll t h e waterproof cloths from the rollers in No. 3; a work of some personal inconvenience, for in that room the cloths had ac quired a considerable degree of heat,—when in order to ob tain a little air, one of them opened four squares on a swivel, in the middle of a window; and immediately on the air entering the cloth burst into flames, and. Faulkner, finding himself almost enveloped, rushed to the window, and leaped out. Just as he hail got to it, being without his coat, his calico shirt sleeves caught fire, and his trowers, which were of kerseytnere, also took 'fire; by which his•arrus, back, and and the back part of his legs and thighs, were severely and extensively burned. He fell without suffering further injury than some bruises on his right hand, and severe contusions ahaut his body. He wasimtnediately taken tlis and we be lieve, was conveyed to the house of Mr. James Muir, surgeon ' , Medlock-street, I'luhine, who was at home, and was told that Faulkner had been very severely hurt at the fire. Faulkner states that, notwithstanding this, Mr. Muir positively refused to admit him, and said that he would not open the door to any one. He was taken to Mr. Owen's, surgeon, who ren dered every assistance necessary at the time; and thence Faulkner was conveyed to the Infirmary, where he is now lying, and we regret that we cannot speak of his condition in terms us favourable as that of his fellow-sufferer Pollitt. However, he is at present doing well, though-his back is very dreadfully burned. He states that lie and a friend (Mr. Newsam, we believe) were returning home on Saturday night, a little before twelve o'clock, and when near All Saints' Church, they heard the alarm of fire, 'and ran towards Cam bridge-street; and then Newsman who was in the employ of Messrs. Macintosh and Co., or Messrs. Birley and Co., went to assist in getting away the property, and Faulkner accom panied him. The fire being got under, the attention of the numerous body of labourers, artisans, and operatives about the premises, was at once directed to ascertaining Whether any unfortunate sufferets lay buried beneath the mass of rubbish Which filled the engine-house. Shortly after three o'clock, one of the Manchester police firemen, named James Johnson, hearing some groaning from a heap of burning materials, called attention to the spot; and a portion of the rubbish being quickly removed, the head and shoulders of a poor man, named John Ivltorgan (a labourer who had volunteered his assistance to the firemen,) were ex humed ; but he still remained covered up to the shoulders by the fallen rubbish, machinery, &c. He feebly exclaimed — "Give me a drop of water! Water! 0 Lord! my poor wife and children!" Johnson procured him some water, and then turned round to speak - to another firemen at a few yards dis tant, when another mass of rubbish fell, completely covering, and doubtless killing, the unfortunate man already half buried, and otherwise injured by the falling masses of burning 'ma terials, &c. After this, the-labourers redoubled their arduous and perilous exertions; and about six oclock on Sunday morning, they came to a body which proved to be that of the unfortunate fireman, James 'Watson. He was lying nearly opposite the door of the engine-house. The face and head were frightfully swollen and burned, and there were several other severe injuries to the limbs and body. His remains, as soon as they were extricated, were conveyed to the King's Arms inn, - Clarendon -street, Chorlton-on-Medlock. The men immediately resumed their search, which, from the un safe, and indeed highly dangerous position of several walls, as well of a large quantity of machinery in the sixth and seventh floors, overhanging the spot, was indeed a perilous task ; and they soon afterwards came to another body, which proved to be that of the unfortunate man already mentioned, as half exhumed, Jan Morgan, a labourer, who had offered his services and assistance at an early hour after the discovery of the fire. Immediately afterwards, a third body was found, which proved to be that of William Marsh, aperson employed in the waterproof mill, in that process of it which is conducted in a portion of the seventh floor, and 'which is termed the "secret" room. Thesetwo bodies were also conveyed to the King's'Arms inn. Morgan was much injured about the lin gers and bands, and much crushed about the body, and, judging from external appearance, seemed to have met his death fl•oin a fall, or front rubbish, &c. falling upon and crush ing Win beneath it. Marsh was a good deal bruised about the face and head; but did not seem to have suffered"so se verely from fire as Watson, who must have fallen into a large mass of blazing naptha. It is believed that Marsh, at the time he was swept down, was in the room No. 2, the one next over the engine -house, were it is known he was, shortly before, epdeavouiing to break the steam-pi; e, so as to let the steam issue upon the fire. The cause of the fire which led to this melancholy catastrophe, is altogether unknown. The room in which the fire originated, as - has been already noticed, was used as a mechanics' shop. It is stated that the greater parts of the hands employed in the whole of the building, probably about sixty,.- left work at four o'clock, being Saturday, but that some joiners or carpenters remained in this room, working till between seven and eight o'clock, though without using either fire or candle, or, as far as is known, smoking a pipe, or having any light whatever. The great bulk of the shavings made during the week had been swept away, and it is said there was no known circumstance likely to create a risk from fire. We must, however, express our surprise that none of the workmen in this room, is ho, it appears, were certainly the last on the premises, were called to give evidence on the inquest. The extent of the loss cannot, of course, be very accurately estimated at present; but horn inquiries tie have made, we believe we.are warranted in stating that the actual amount of damage by fire to the building, inachinery, materials, and manufactured goods, cannot be much. if at all short of £20,000, of which, we believe, not more thanEs,ooo is in sured on the building and stock, in the York and London fire insurance offices. As this whole of the sewers and makers-up, in the other building on the premises, are kept in employment by the hands at work in the manufacture of the waterproof material, and in its appljeation to cloth, in the old mill-,- two portions of which have been destroyed, it was at first feared that from 400 to 500 hands would thus for some thne be thrown out of work. As, however, nearly the whole of the northern end of the old mill has escaped material damage, it is anticipated that the manufacture will be at least partially resumed within a fortnight, and that Messrs. Macintosh and Co. will be enabled again to supply the trade in about a month. In the meantime, with a view to keep most of those persons em ployed who would otherwise be thrown out of work, we are glad to learn, that the firm has determined not -to sell any more of the cloth in the shape of what are called " piece goods" till they-Shall obtain a fresh supply, on the resump tion of the manufacture; but to use up their present stock of cloth, 'by employing the makers-up to convert it into garments and the -other articles for which it is in such extensive use and demand. There was a report very current during yesterday after noon and evening, that another body had been found during the afternoon in the ruins; but upon causing inquiry to be made last evening, we learned that there was no foundation for this report. Indeed, there has very little further done, in the way of search for the other bodies supposed to lie beneath the ruins; and, in fact, until several portions of wall and flooring, loaded with fragments of beams, machinery, and rubbish, shall have been removed front above, the danger of such a search would be very imminent. There seems too much reason to fear, that the man above described as . lll`Minn or' Macnainara, is entombed in the ruins; but, as we have said, there is a less degree of apprehension about the other man, Jones. The following, then, so far is now known, prc• scuts a full list of the sufferers. KILLED. James Waison,•aged 40, police fireman, and also employed regularly 'at the police yard, in fitting gas-pipes, and ex cavating for street lamps. He has been in the employ of the Manchester Police Commissioners twelve or thirteen years, and was esteemed one of the most active men in the establishment. He has left a widow and two children liv ing in Bootle-street. John Morgan, 37, a fine athletic man, a labourer and exca vator, was not connected with the mill, but went to assist. He has left a widow and live children (four of them unable to work), living in N 0.5 Court, Hobson's-buildings, Duke sheet, Hulme. William - - Marsh, 32, was a man employed on the,preinises,as we have already stated, in one of the proceS§es of prepar ing or applying the waterproof material: 'l-I,e was a mar ried man, but separated from his wife: MISSING. - -111`Minn,- alias Macuamara, a joiner. Jones, stated to be a labourer. BURNED, OR OTHERWISE INJURED. Henry Pollitt, fireman, much bruised and hurt. Hugh Faulkner, salesman, severely burned about the arms ; buck, and back part of the thighs; and bruised on the right baud and arm; Molyneux, the head engineer, who, in the fall of the cis tern and !looting, received a severe contusion on one arm. Mr. Ostler, a conductor of the Salford fire police, who was bruised. Mr. W. Rose, superintendent of the Manchester fire police, who received some severe contusions about the body. Besides these, many other persons were more or less hurt. Sevcial of them had their bruises and wounds dressed at the Infirmary, and afterwards proceeded home.—Amongst other sufferers, though not directly by the fire, is a superintendent of the Chorlton-on-Medlock police watchmen • who states, that being stationed at one of the entrances to the premises, and denying ingress to a number of men who were intoxi cated, and who said they were men in the employ of Birley & Co. or Macintosh & Co. he was much beaten by them, espe cially about the arms. THE MODEL REPUBLIC! (Abridged from the New York Ihrald of the 4th inst.) SCENE AT THE POLICE-OFF 10E.—A decent-looking, but evidently poor, man, softly approached, the desk of the ma gistrate, and pointing to his own face, all bruised and swollen, said—" S how I've been ill-used, sir!—l ant come for a warrant for NW arrest of the two men who have beaten me thus." The Magistrate—with both legs stuck over the desk, his head reclining"upon his breast, his spectacles shoved up- on the summit of his cranium, and his whole material man • absorbed in a soft siesta—slowly half-opened his maudlin eyes, and said or growl„al—" Have you got six shillings ?" "No, s:r," was the reply—" I hav'nt got so much to spare." "Then you can't have a warrant—and you-may go about your business as soon as ever you _please, mister;"—said. the great man, again closing his half-shut eyes and settling down again into his snooze. But, sir," said the poor man— " Bat, sir!" exclaimed the somniferous magistrate, open ing both his eyes and taking down his legs—" Bat, sir!— don't stand butting me all the afternoon ;—go about your business, I tell you." ' " Sir," said the poor tnan, " I was born and bred in New York, and always paid my taxes regular to the state; surely 1 am to be protected against violence ?" " No! l—roared the now infuriated magistrate—" not with out you've got fis. for a warrant. So go !—Be off with you, I SRN' !—Don ' t you hear me?" The poor man left the presence muttering something about "a d—d hog!" and the great man lifting his legs upon the desk again, interlaced his fingers across his breast, dropp'd his double chin upon his bosom again : and again elided off into his siesta, murmuring—" A pretty story I —that I must be troubled and disturbed at all hours of the day by a parcel of fellows that can't pay for a warrant!" SCENE THE SECOND.—Soon afterwards the great man was roused again, and in earnest. Jones, of sixth ward, was dragging in a poor creature by the hair of her head, and the whole place re-echoed with her shrieks. She was an Irish woman, charged by another Irishwoman with making a noise! She struggled hard with her conductor to get his clutches out of her hair, which the gentleman resisted by striking the poor wretch's knuckles and fingers with his rattan. She shrieked for mercy, and implored the protection of the magistrate,— , " I am innocent, your honour; I was ounly speaking up for my poor bits o' babes. Oh, have mercy on me-for the childer's sake," &c. " Take that woman to the cells ! roared the magistrate, waking up. " Your honour, I was ounly"— " Away with her, officers, and stop her infernal yelling in the cells!" reiterated the magistrate; and the officers set about obeying his orders. As they were dragging her to the cells, another woman en tered the office with two of the prisoner's children—one of them about three years old, and the other an infant of a few days' existence, which she carried in the folds of her apron. The agonised mother upon seeing them, broke from the arms of the officers and again implored forgiveness for her children's sake, protesting that her accuser wns alone to blame. - Her pleadings and her protests were all in vain ;—she and her screaming babes were consigned to the same cell by the same soul-less, heartless, and arbitrary tyrant, who had not even heard the charge preferred against her. • And the editor of the New York paper thereupon indig nantly exclaims—" If such tyrannical miscreants are to be tolerated in this land of liberty, give us Tartary - for a coun try, Khans for magistrates, and Cossacks for constables!" GEORGE OSBALDESTON, ESQ.—This gentleman, so cele brated some years ago as a fox-hunter, and as master of the Quorndon establishment, in particular, has announced his intention of retiring from the turf at the close of the present season.—Maidstone Journal. We understand that Mr. C. Oglefromchallenge to ride fro Doncaster winning-chair to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne imme diately after the termination of the ensuing St. Leger in eight hours, for £2OO. a side, upon hack horses, has been accepted, and that £5O. a side has been deposited with Mr. Radford:— Tyne Mercury. SOUTH EASTERN AND DOVER RAILWAY.—The extensive works of this national undertaking at the Shakspeare Cliff and' Gallery are progressing in a manner that must be highly g. , :tifying to their .numerous_ wall-wishara in Dover and the shareholders generally. A few months more and this classic height will be completely honeycombed by the tunnels; the galleries and shafts are already formed, and the driftways connecting the shafts have been commenced. Beyond the Shakspeare, the benches on the face of the cliff are finished; and it now only remains t , ) cut out the angular masses be tween them, ii hen the line will be complete for three miles of the most difficult part of this Undertaking. During• the cutting of the upper bench, nearly above Lydden Spout, the workmen found a splendid and unique specimen of the jaw of the Mo sus aurus. It was, when first discovered, nearly per fect, and measured 3 feet 6 inches in length, but through the carelessness of the labourers who found it, it was broke'n to pieces, and a general scrambl6 ensued for the fragments. Some of these have, however, been collected, consisting of masses of bone and several teeth, and it is intended to present them to the Dover Museutn.—Dover Chronicle, August 25. MISCELLANEOUS. • The same year (1592) saw Coke, afterwards Chief Justice, appointed Solicitor-general, reader of the Inner Temple, and Speaker of the House of Commons. • The accouchement of the Marchioness of Abercorn took place on Friday morning at Byam House, Brighton. Her ladyship was delivered of a son, who, with its high-born mere is doing well. Sir Robert Peel, Bart. M.P., and Lady Peel, arrived at Drayton Manor, their seat in Staffordshire, on Monday, from a visit-to the Duke of Rutland, at Lougshawe Lodge, Derby shire. The Prince .of Canino (Lucien Bonaparte) has arrived from Italy. The statues, busts, and vases, excavated on his estate at Canino, have also been brought over, and a part sold to the British Museum.. Mr. Lushington, of Cambridge, has been unanimously appointed Professor of . Greek in the University of Glasgow, in the room of the late Sir Daniel Sandford. General Palmer, late member for Bath, made bankrupt as a wine-merchant, is at present in the. Fleet Prison for debt, and in a bad state of health. His debts amount to 1;150,000. • GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR of STEAM VESSELS.—We are glad to understand that the appointment of an authorized inspector of steam vessels is under the serious consideration of government. The Admiralty gold medal has been awarded to Dr. C. M'Artliktr, surgeon of the Rodney, for having kept the 'best . _. .-. medical journal in the service. . ' • \Ye have authority to state that his. Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex has signified his intention of tesigniug the president's chair of the Royal Society at the close of the year.—Athenceum. Sir John Herschel, it is said, is to be the president of the Royal Society, in the room of the Duke of Sussex, resigned. Sir John and the royal duke were rival candidates for the .honours When the last vacancy eecurr'ed. The Inverness Herald states that the result of the county registrations had resulted in a Conser%ative majority of four; and the burgh registrations in a Conservative majority of forty-five I GIANT HERRING.—An enormous herring was caught by one of the boats belonging to Wick last week. It weighed within a fraction of a pound, and measured 15 inches in length; with a proportionate circumference.—Scotsman. The directors of the London and Birmingham Railway Company have, it is said, borrowed a suns of £500,000, for the completion of that undertaking, by the issue of bonds bearing interest at five per cent.---Timm PEl:Tustin:E.—Flom a tabular view of the results given by the Perth Courier, it appears . tt..st the additional Conser vative claims. admitted (exclusive of re-inrolments, &r.) amount t 0.1.54; the additional Whig claims admitted to 32; making a clear gain for the Conservatives of 152. Lord Brougham, in one of his late speeches, openly avowed his opinion of the inconvenience which has arisen from the - annihilation of close boroughs, and suggesting as a remedy that members of the cabinet should be entitled to seats in the 1-louse of Common4e,r officio. PHENomENoN. —On Thursday week the people ofJedbttrgh were astonished during the storm of rain which occurred on that day, by the fall of a large quantity of salmon fry from the clouds, some of which are yet alive . It is conjectured that they must have been caught up into the clOuds by a whirl wind; and this is the more probable as, about that time, this neighbourhood experienced several very severe storms.—Ghts- . . gow °nide. The Honourable Captain Osborne, of the 26th foot, mill tary secretary to his uncle, Lord Godolphin, Governor-Gene ral of India, had a most narrow escape in April last. When out tiger shooting in the Dimon three tigers got up suddenly under the very feet of his 'elephant, which so affrighted the animal that he actually shook his rider off his back Captain Osborne is said to have fallen on one of the tigers, and, strange to say, the whole three tigers took fright and ran away. A very amiable young man about nineteen years of age, named Flintoff, left the house of his parents, who reside at Skiddaw Cotsage, near Keswick, about nine days ago; and although the strictest search had been made for him every day since he left home, he was not discovered till Sunday last, when his body was found by three men • who had been con stantly searching for him, in a deep part of the river not far from theliead of Bassenthwaite Lake. It is rather singular that, about nine years ago, the body of a person similarly lost was found exactly in the same place.—Kendal Mercury. • SHIP LETTERS.—SOmO idea may be formed of the extent of communication between the United States, gngland, and France, from the followingfacts :—The number of letters for warde,d through the New York Post Office, by the packets for Liverpool, London, and Havre, from the 16th of April last, to the 19th July, was 61,307 - --for other pOrts, 4,360 — total, 65,667. The number received at the Upper Yost Office, from Ist January to June 30th, was 230,548—f0r citydeliyery, 101;849. There can be no doubt, that, but for the embarrass ment of the times, the number ofletters would have been much greater:a—New York Evening Post. ACCIDENT ON THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY Wonks.—On Saturday morning last, between nine and ten o'clock, as a labourer, named John was driving a waggon. load of soil to a slope at. Newton Heath, called the Battery Head, the horse which he was leading suddenly drag ged him forward, so as to throw him down. The waggon wheel paved over his foot, ankle, and leg, crushing the ankle joint to pieces. The man was instantly conveyed to : the Man chester Royal Infirmary, where he underwent amputation of the limb, just below the knee, between eleven and twelve o'clock the same forenoon: and we believe is now doing well, GUANO JUNCTION RAILWAY.—We understand, that iu consequence of remonstrance - made by the Grand Junction Railway Company upOn the subject of charges on forward parcels through the coach offices at Birmingham, directions have been -issued by Mr. Chorley, the treasurer and chief agent at,•:Liverpool, that all such parcels shall in future be delivered by the company, at the offices of the forward con veyances to Birmingham. It seems that the three principal coach proprietors jointly - have a clerk at the railway-station, and the parcels have probably' been delivered to such clerk ; an intermediate charge, however, has sprung up of 4d. or 6d. • Upein each parcel, claimed by the coach proprietors as a re muneration for bringing them from the station by their own conveyance, but stated by the Railway Company to be a mere office charge, and independent of the manner of de, livery. The correspondent front whom we received our in formation thinks that the public are suffering very extensively from this evil, and wishes us to point out that the railway companies engaging to deliver their parcels are bound to de liver them at the proper forwarding offices, without any expense beyond the railway charge, and: that in such case there is no other charge for passing through the coach-office than the customary. 21. for hooking, to be added to the usual forward carriage.—Correspondent (1f the Times. HYDROPHOBIA.—The death - of Mr. John Wilson, of Barnstown, county of Kildare, on Thursday week, is as severe a domestic calamity as has ever come under our notice. Mr. Wilson had, 'it appears, a favourite dog, which was missing for some day in May last ; at length he receivedin formation that it was in an adjoining field, and on going out two of hiS labourers warned him not to approach the dog, as they believed it was mad; but the dog, when he saw his master, ran towards him and frisked about his feet in a most friendly manner. Mr. Wilson concluded from this that the animal was not mad, tookit up in his arms, and unfortunately allowed it to lick his hands, on one of which there was a small and unhealed cut or sore. The circumstance escaped front Mr. Wilson's mind, and nothing more was thought of the matter until Sunday before last, when, after prayers, he felt a pain in one of his arms (that on which the sore was), which continued to increase in violence until the evening, when hydrophobia set in with dreadful malignity. lie died on Thursday, the 16th, after four days of unremitting and most severe suffering. Mr. Wilson was a fine young man, in the prime of life, possessing a good.property,_and the affectionate esteem of" all his neighbours.—Leinster Express. DREADFUL. FIRE AT HEMEL HEMPSTEAD—THREE LIVES LosT.—On Saturday night a 'dreadful fire occurred at the beautiful little town of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. It appears that on Saturday . night, about 11 o'clock, the ser vant of Dr. Hallet, a physician in the town, retired as usual to rest. It is supposed that he fell asleep before he got into bed, arid that he knocked the candle off the table, which set fire to the bed furniture. In a little time the conflagration burst out in an alarming manner, and the greater portion of the inhabitants were soon on the spot to render assistance, but their efforts were unable to check the progress of the flames, and the mansion was soon a heap of ruins. Engines were sent for from Arlindge Castle, Sir Astley Cooper's, anti and General Montague's, but they arrived too late to be of much service. It is impossible, at present, to give an exact account of the damage done, but it is supposed, on a rough calculation, that property to the amount of £20,000 is de stroyed. None of the property is insured. The body of Thomas Jackson, the servant, has been du , out of .the ruins. He was quite dead. A servrint girl, named Mary Sharp, anti the son of Dr. Hallett, a fine youth, six years of age, are missing. It is greatly feared that they, too, have perished.— Conner. IMPORTANT TO SEAMEN.-At the meeting, last week, of the British Association, Lieut.-Col. Reed, of the Royal En gineers, read an interesting paper on the progress made to wards developing the law of storm's, and what seems further desirable to be dune to advance a knowledge of it. He be• (ran by stating, that his attention hail been more particularly directed to the subject in the year ,1831, when he was em ployed as an engineer officer at Barbados, immediately after the great hurricane of that year, which, in the short space of seven years, killed upwards of 1400 persuns on that island alone. Since that time he had made numerous searches into the logs of vessels which had been exposed to great storms, and,•combining their information with what he could obtain on land, he had been led to the conclusion, that storms have a revolving motion in a course opposite to that of the hands of a watch. Hence, he was led to believe, that, in accord• ance with the order of nature, they would he found, in south- ern latitudes, to revolve in a precisely contrary direction to that which they took in the northern hemisphere. They might thus expect that the problem so long (leaked to be solved, viz. on which 'side . to ray a ship in a storm, would now be explained. By watching the mode of veering -off the wind, the portion of a storm into which a ship was falling might he' ascertained. The object required was, that the wind, in veering, should veer aft, instead of a-head, and that a vessel should come up, instead of breaking off; to accom plish which, the ship must be laid on opposite tacks, on op posite.,sides of a storm. IMPORTANT TO TOLL KEEPERS.—A case of general im portance was tried before a bench of justices in Glasgow last week, which we think should receive all manner of publicity. Mr. Walter Parlane is taxman. of the toll qr pontage dues exigible at the bar at the south end of the Glasgow bridge over the Clyde; and, on the occasion libelled, it appeared that the orderly servant of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., the major -commandant of the 15th regiment of hussars, at .present stationed in Port Eglingten barracks, was passing the bridge, riding his own horse, and leading that of Sir Walter-to BlythswOod-square, from whence his master was to proceed to a review of the troops, which was to take place on the Green of Glasgow that day, under the inspection of Lord Greenock, the general officer of the district. Parlane demanded and took toll from the servant, in the face of his re monstrances; and it appeared in the course of the proceed. ings, that Parlane was continuing the practice; and to have the question settled, Sir W. Scott and his brother officers caused a complaint to be brought before the justices, at the nominal instance of his orderly, against Parlane the toll keeper, for recovery of the statutory penalty of Lb for exact ing toll from a soldier. Mr. A. Gemmel! appeared for Mr. Parlane the toll keeper, and pleaded that Sir Walter Scott's servant did not fall under the description of persons who are exempted from the payment of lolls under the 37th section of the general turnpike-act, lat and 2d William IV. cap. 43: —" Nor shall any toll be demanded or takes' for the horse of any officer or soldier "on march or duty." See also Barclay on the Law of the Road page 9; and Blair's Manual, page 325. And Mr. Gemmeil pleaded that as Sir Walter's ser vant was not in full regimental uniform, but merely in a stable or undress, the toll-keeper was not bound to know that he was a soldier at all; and even although he did, that being neither " on match or duty," he was not entitled to exemption ; and he also made reference to the Glasgow Bridge act. Mr. William Jaffray, jun., appeared for Sir Walter, and contended that neither the general turnpike act, nor the bridge acts, could be held to regulate the present question; and he read the 61st section of the mutiny act, Ist Victoria, cap. 17, (passed llth April, 1833.) whereby it is declared, " That all her Majesty's officers and soldiers, being in proper staff or regimental or military uniform, dress or un dress, and their horses, &c., shall be exempted from payment of any duties and tolls, &c., on passing turnpike reacts or bridges, otherwise demandable by virtue of any act already passed, or hereafter to be passed," &c. Penalty, £5 each offence. After a patient hearing, the justices (under the able assessorship of their clerk, Mr. John Douglas) found the exaction of the toll or pontage in question was illegal, and they accordingly convicted the toll-keeper in the miti gated penalty of 205., besides expenses.—Scotsman. The four representative Irish bishops in the next parliament are,—the Archbishop of 'rum, and the Bishops of Ossory, Kiltala, and Clonfert. The Emperor of Russia has gone from Kreuth to meet at Munich the King of Bavaria coming from Bruckenau.— Augsburg Gazette. The Duke of Wellington, accompanied by his friend rti r. Arbuthnot, left Apsley House on Saturday morning for \Val mer Castle, where the elite of his grace's political friends have been invited to pass sometime after the fatigue of a labour hi, session of parliament. Lord and Lady Jersey and Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, who are on the eve of departure to pass the autumn and winter abroad, will visit the gallant duke, it is expected, on their way to Paris. We have heard that at the present moment Lord Breagham has no intention of visiting Scotland this year, and we be lieve we may at all events safely pronounce that he will not dine with those who call themselves, on the present occa sion; " the Radicals of Glasgow."—Scotsman. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, AUG, 27. The market has been but thinly attended to-day, and busi ness rather more languid. The low and middling qualities of flannels were the goods chiefly inquired after, while finer descriptions have met with a heavy sale. There is nO change in the prices either of wool or flannels to-day. The officers of the 45th regiment, stationed at Canterbury Barracks, have placed a tablet in tbe Cathedral,' in re membrance of their brave companion in arms, Lieutenant Bennett, who fell in the strict and manly disvharge;of his duty, in Bossenden Wood, villa of Dunkirk, 31st of, May. by a pistol shot from the maniac Courtenay. Our fair equestrians, whom her Majesty's daily example has so much increased in number, will perhaps be interested in learning that her Majesty avails herself of a newly—dis covered cloth, which, while it is impervious to rain,.allows the escape of that perspiration which is the neccessary effect of all healthy exercise.—Observer. IRON STEAAiERS.—The iron steam, vessel, Voador, has, we understand, arrived at Pernambuco after a passage of -actual steaming of only four and a half days from 711aranham. Sailing vessels are generally, we believe, twenty to thirty dayS making this .passage, and a fast-sailing vessel arrived at 'Pernanibuco two days before the Voador, that had been forty-five days on the_voyage from Maranhain.,.:This proves the great advantage to be derived from the introduction of steani-vessels on a coast where the current and wind prevail so as to prevent sailing vessels accomplishing their-passage in a reasonable time, and must shortly lead to tbe adoption of steam-vessels both on the east .and west coast : of South America. BANGOg NATIONAL SCHOOL.—The claims of these admi rably-conducted establistinients were eloquently pleaded in the Cathedral on Sunday last, by the. Rev. Robert Davies., M.A., minister of St. David's church, Liverpool, before a very crowded congregation; • among whom were the Most Rev. Dr. Whateley, Lord Archbishop of Dublin, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, the Very Rev. the Dean, Sir John Williams, Bart.,. and the gentry of the sur rounding neighbourhood. The impressive appeal of the able preacher was successful ; a liberal collection of £26 10s. 830. having been obtained. The, subject of the sermon was "The- indispensable necessity of a scriptural education." The services of the choir were mist admirably performed. DI^COVERY AT 11 . 11:UN G.—While working ,in a quarry at - Meung, the workmen came to a sculptured stone .. of a circu lar form, which. covered a pit of no great depth, at the bottom of which was the entire skeleton. of a•woman. On one of her fingers were two rings, one of silver without any carvin g ; the second thick, and of pure gold, - representing . a knighiwith his helmet, and a scyrneter suspended from his tight arm. • BEIONICKSHME.—The sheriff or Berwickshire- held hie Registration courts at Greenlaw on the 15th, Dunse on the 17th, and,at Avton on the 20th. current. The result is that the gain of the conservatives at Greenlaw is 10; at Dunse, 11; and, at Aytoun, 9—making the total gain 30. In the burgh of Lauder the conservative agent lodged nine claims, which were all sustained. One was lodged by the other party ; an objection was put in and found - good, so that in this burgh alone the conservative interest has gained an augmentation of nine. There are very general rumours afloat in Dublin that an Irish peer, recently married to the daughter of a noble earl, and who inhmited, upon the death of his father, £15,000 year, and nearly £lOO,OOO iu the funds, has lost every shilling over which he had control,. including even the life interest to his magnificent estate, in gambling debts. It is said that he has been thus fleeced by two members of the peerage. At present it would be premature to go into parti culars.— Letter in the Times. • Mr. Betty, jun. only son of the once .celebrated, Master Betty (the young Roscius), who first appeared at Covent Garden Theatre on the Jet of December, 1804,' and at that time created the greate'st sensation ever known in theatrical history since the days of Garrick, has it appears, adopted the stage as a profession, although in affluent mrcinnstances, He will continence his performances in the provinces. -Chel; tenham has been selected for his debut; and in thattheatre Mr. Betty, jun, will shortly personate thet character of Achmet, in Blown's tragedy of " Barbarossa," the part in which the young Roscius first appeared in London. MINOR OFVIcIAL CH AN - GM—We are enabled to an nounce the following appointments :—Mr. John Wood, n o w chairman of stamps and taxes, to be chairman of the excise. board, in the room of Sir F. Doyle, retiring on account of ill health. Mr. Hart Davis, a commissioner of exciSe, to.be deputy chairman of excise, in the room of Mr. Plunkett, de ceased, Mr. Stephenson, commissioner for the investi ,gation of the slave compensation claims, to be commissioner of excise. Mr. Wickham, private secretary to Lord .Althorp, and afterwards one of the excise inquiry commissioners, to he chairman of the board of stamps and taxes. Mr: S. E. Spring Rice, to be commissioner of customs, in. the room 0 1 Mr. Binning, superannuated.—Globe. CELESTIAL PHENOMENON.—Last evening, a very beauti . ful aurora borealis was observed. It commenced in'the N. W., in a streamer, resembling a rainbow in shape,, shooting up to the zenith, but shortly it extended itself along the horizon from N. to the W., and the coruscations were magnificent in the extreme. This • phenomenon is now pretty generally ac knowledged lobe lightning in high northern latitudes, where the air is extremely verified and pure. The celebrated natural philosopher, Sturgeon, discovered this, and has a very beautiful experiment to illustrate it, by means of a glass tube, with brass at each end, from which the air is exhausted, and, the electric fluid passing through it, presents all the. appear' ances of the northern lights.-IFigan Ga.:ette. VENTILATION AND LIGHTING OF THE HOUSE OF Cor.imoNs• --A return of the expenses incurred by the recent exper ••• meats in ventilating and lighting the Elousclof csitrinispas - " - has just been printed, from which - it appears the ventilating .• and warming experiments cost £6545 9a. 6d.; the, experi - ment in lighting with gas cost £lOl3 17s. 10c1., and.the can' die lighting experiments amounted to £514 i Bs. Bd.. The improved mode of. lighting by candles, which was continued to the end of the session, causes an increased expense of £2lss. 12d. per night, the number of candles employed be ing 276, whilst in the old plan of lighting the number used per night was 150. The amount paid to Dr. Reid for his at tendance and expenses, including a gratuity of £5OO for the application of his system of ventilation and acoustics, was £lOl2 15s. • SUICIDE BY A DOG.—Mr. Burnell Ward, druggist, of Al England-street, Hull, had a favourite little dog, and, a fof days since, for some infringement of good breeding of which it had been guilty, gave the animal a slight kick. The dog being unaccustomed to receive such treatment from hie master, it is to be presumed, took the punishment to heart; for it immediately trotted off to the foreshore of the Humber , opposite Belle Vue Terrace, and was observed, by some me° who were at work near Mr. Medley's slip, to walk into the water with great deliberation, and drown itself! We confess we were at first somewhat incredulous as to the correctnessa i this story ; but, on inquiry, we have found it to be strictlf true.—Hitll Times. NEWLY-INVENTED CABLE STORPER.—Mr. AlWater,R.S . who has the management and charge of the chain cables and iron tanks in Portsmouth dock-yard, has made a great and ingenious improvement in the stopper of the cable, by sub' stituting an iron deck stopper with a slip, to slip from th e cable, in place of a rope stopper , now used on board he t Majesty's ships. The present stopper is composed of rope , having a lanyard and shackle for shackling the Same ou th e ring bolt of the deck. The stopper produced bytir. Atwate r , • has been tried on hoard her Majesty's ship Pique ' while a' • Spithead, at single anchor for a week, and during four yea rs it ;blew a gale of wind. Great credit is due to this officer fa r • the suggestion, which has been found to answer remarkab l Y well in that heavy-ship; it is more durable, lighter, and le e s trouble to make than a rope stopper, and can 'always b e issued with the chain cables. .The coast is nearly the ;Vie' ' —United Service Ga:ette. MARKERS IN GROUSE-SHOOTING.—If the grouse-shooter 's encumbered with several markers one should accompany hit e ' the rest should be stationed in all directions on the hill telt It is the duty of a marker to watch the birds while the shoot e r is engaged in bagging his game and reloading. When b iras t are scarce it is no loss of time to follow a marked bird; b li when plentiful the shooter should not deviate from the lin e f beat he has chosen. When birds are abundant markers at a nuisance. When scarce, a marker may be serviceable, pr ° ,l .vided a thorough-bred one can be obtained—some shep her d lad, whose proficiency may be guessed at by the knowil':, cunning that glitters in his eye when he is told that his s, , vices are required. A youth of this description will lie doors when a bird riles, put up his hands to his face, like the blindele of a Waggon-Worse, and mark a bird down - to an inch, a off. These youths have an unaccommodating knack of piing wounded birds into their own prover pockets unseeurg or of hiding them in peat boles, so that neither Turk,. T4; 4 nor Spaniard, the retrievers, can find them. Retrievers seldom used in grouse-shooting; but one will oftentimes " found use ful.—Oakleigh on Shooting. RAILWAY FROM NEWCASTLE TO EDINBURGH. ---21 rvt oe LINE PROJECTED.—The project Of a railway from Newt'''. o f to Edinburgh, by way of WoOlet and the midland distr icts, the Tweed, is seriously in contemplation, and an explaria tel d, survey of the line is now proceeding through Northutnbei btu but particularly between the rivers Wansbeek and•Caclllipt the latter of which is the most difficult to pass, as it is a r i he that requires considerable elevation, in order to meet,Ther more elevated parts north of it, viz. Itimside Moor. .F..„0 different lines are in course of survey between these twori;a, —two east and two west of the great north roads; the wes t , ,ot t most, where the greatest di ffi culties were supposed to Pima has been carried as far as Wooler, &c. The g reatest iii e nne l thin will not exceed 25 feet. per mile, or 1 in 211 ; a la 4 ja is unavoiihtble through ltimside Moor, a b o ut two m il fi re t, • length, The greatest depth o f cutting will not exceed 70 and the greatest height of embankment (the valley °f . 110 Ain) 100 feet; the extreme length of these two places' I s 30 chains. The length of the viaduct over the Wansbf...'oy chains or 1980 feet, and its height 148 feet, that is iintn e, l ' an ri over the bed of the river (the width of which is 70 feet ;2 (1 t he the viaduct over the Coquet is 60 chains or 3960 feet, a .o . i ieh height 180 feet over the bed of the river (the width or _' ll.l be is 60 feet.) It is expected that the latter dimension s " fl. b ut %Outgreatly reduced by a line proposed to cross near Felt which will naturally increase the length of the tunnel a i t s quarter of a mile; but this again is counterbalauced ibe having the effect of reducing the height and length 0 ';. eat embankment over the valley of the Alm The depll',„ l, does ting at either end of the tunnel , as at present prop.e.o'7_&r -not exceed 34 feet, and the ext reme l eng th 6 cha llis ' wick Warder. • bet „ ANIMAL. MAGNETISM IN FRANCE.—'3I. DUllutD, amen offerol of the Royal Academy of Medecine, some time sine e ez tised , a reward. of 3000 francs to any one who, when could read withota the assistance of the eyes. 1N1. t . 0 ; c ha t , a physician of Montpellier, immediately accepted , o f me , lenge on the part of his daughter, a child of 13 yea7 .ba lista: who, he asserted, relied in a state of magnetic re vel 1 could see to read, &c. with her eyes so covered us t~,nipat the transtnisssion of the rays of light. A committe e, r e the P h r • by the royal academy, was appointed to in vestitil, nomena said to he presented by M a due examination, came to the conclusion t tha :_',„`inio), tt `: ought not to be awarded, because She precautio(i,_ er';_ras were not such as to prevent the success of Ili ' u g t e io 'a' s to o t ' s , dlle. Pigeair Pigeairc, refused to ollow various - innocent pree a „ p a bee a a ,„ tried, which the committee thought necessarY; her b they were convinced that the girl could not rea! 1 1 ;1 1 ;110 0 gers„ unless the bandages were so placed that e l could pass between its lower edge and the nos . . e bot ni7 positively refused to allow any, bandage to b _7 l m a da , l , l 7 . own, unless he were to regulate its size and fottr,, o al . '_, ere ise o e l . P. might have it in her possession a few traderdayat,c . :: p. , s a r t, daughter with it, it being during that time l' • foil mee ing of the academy, by the manner in which s ..1.11. Castel excited much laughter at an unustu,: the distortion of the muscles of . the face, r bV l : j bandag e ' Pigeaire managed to detach the lower part I ,laced b ene `„ ' tb her nose. M. Gerdy examined the bandagespro",',,ir,,)ighit, she could never read but when the hook was ~,a s he used , and found a few small holes capable of trap c.s ',LA v Z s t, t and M. Velpeau, who tried it on, was able to_ om w ttt ee ace of diamonds with it. The conclusions•aof,_tr„:: were almost unanimously adopted by the tie)nionstratFed. a