The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-17 00:00:00

~' FOREIGN AND COLON I. AMERICXN PAPERS. By the Acadia, we have received New York papers to the 31st and Montreal t) the 29th ultimo. The canvass for the Presidential election was proceed ing with much spirit. Large rrieet:ngs, characterized by great orch r and quiet, were being held in every part of the country, and the prospects of Clay sod Freelinghasen con tinued brilliant. President Tyler had forrnaliy withdrawn from the contest. His retirement restores the Demo cratic party to its former entireness. Mr. Clay says, with regard to Texas, that, so far from having any personal objections to the annexation, he should be glad to see ir, if without dishonour, without war, with the common con sent of the Union, and upon fair and just. terms. Slavery he considers to have nothing to do with the question, he deeming it to be an institution which will inevitably be come extinct by the natural increase of the population. He concludes his letter by stating, that if, in the event of his election, annexation should become a matter for con sideration, lie should be governed in his course by the state of fact and public opinion existing at the time, but, above all, he should be governed by the paramount duty of preserving the union entire. M. Polk is in favour of a "tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of Govern ment, economically administered." Captain Barstow, of the packet-ship Cambridge, which had arrived at New York, picked up, on the 12th ult., the crew of a boat belonging to the French fishing schooner Avenie, of Honfleur, France, in lat. 4.-1 36, lon. 53. They had been separated from their vessel thirty-six hours, by a violent gale of wind and thick ,fog, when they boarded the Cambridge ; and they judged themselves to be sixty miles from their vessel. They were entirely destitute of provisions and water. Captain Berry, of the Vicksburgh, on his passage from New Orleans to New York, was also the instrument of rescuing seven persons, the captain and crew of the British schooner Orange, which had been lost on the voyage from Jamaica to Matanzas. One boy, named W. Roscoe, died soon after from exhaustion, fa mine, and exposure, they having been in the boat during fourteen days. The quotation of Exchange on London had advanced to 1G94 to 110. Shipments of silver to the amount of one million of dollars had been made. An extensive conflagration had occurred at Boston, by which upwards of thirty buildings were destroyed, and the loss amounted to about fifty thousand dollars. The usual cotton circular, of Mr. T. P. Stewart, will be found below. Our accounts from Montreal, to the 29th ult., state that the following list, comprising men of great ta!ent, is confidently asserted to be the Ministry selected by Sir Charles Metcalfe :—President of the Council, Mr. Viger ; Secretary, Mr. Daly; Attorney-General for Upper Canada, Mr. Draper; Attorney-General for Lower Canada, Mr. Sherwood ; Solicitor-General for Upper Canada, Mr. Chabot; Commissioner of Crown Lands, Mr. D. P. Papineau ; Receiver-General, Mr. William Morris; Inspector-General, Mr. Merritt. It is also re ported, that the present Ministry do not think it advisable that the existing Parliament should he again called together. If this is the case a dissolution and general election may be speedily expected. The great public works of the province are proceeding rapidly; but, unfortunately, are the cause of repeated outrage and breaches of the pease amongst the Irish la bourers employed upon them. The prospects of agricul ture this year are stated to be very good. The wheat raising in the lower province has been peculiarly success ful, the crops having suffered but little from the fly, the usual curse of the Canadian farmer, and hardly at all from rust. The accounts from Upper Canada are also very flattering. Trade, in every branch, was dull. The intelligence from Vera Cruz, to the Bth ult., had been brought to New Orleans by her Majesty's sloop-of war Rose, which had been despatched with the English mails which were intended for the Tay, which ran aground on the Colorados reef. We learn that the Mexican au thorities were recruiting sailors for their navy rapidly. Santa Anna had placed the remains of the unfortunate General Sentamanat at the disposal of his family, in the United States. It seems that there was truth in the statements that the Mt xicans mutilated the dead body of Sentamanat, though Santa Anna utterly disavows the act, and has ordered Ampudia, the officer under whose orders the outrage took place, to give a strict account of his conduct. The French and Spanish ministers in Mexico have addressed strong protestations to the government against the summary executions of the prisoners taken in the rash expedition under Sentamanat. It is said the proposition has been made to " suspend all the constitutional forms of government during the war with Texas, and invest the President with uncontrollable power to raise money and do any thing else which he may deem necessary." The election for a President of Texas was to:take place last Monday. Burleson and Jones were the candidates; the first was in favour of annexation, the latter against it. Jones was supported by the influence of Houston, the late President, but it was believed the popularity of Bur leson would elect him. Jones was openly in favour of an alliance with England, and the establishment of a policy unfavourable to the United States. The New York papers give the following extract from a letter, dated Blur fields, Musqueto Shore, South Ame rica:—" This port is now in possession of the English, and a British flag is flying here. A tonnage duty of fifty cents per ton on all vessels trading here or any part of the Musqueto Shore is to go in force on the 31st of August in the present year. An English man-of-war has been here and landed a Governor and some arms. It appears they are going to take possession of the coast as far down as Boco del Toro. The report here is that the man-of-war has gone down to blockade Salt Creek." San Fernando, in South America, is stated to have been destroyed by floods hut 11,..,,..unta are meagre. ~~ ~.~ . PRICE OF COTTON.-NEW YORK, Ara. 29. LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. Upland and Florida. N.Orleans & Mobile. Inferior Ordinary 5 —5l .. 5/ L .. Fair supply. Middling 6— 6/ .. 6/ —63 .. Fair supply. Good middling 63 6 .. 63 7 .. Fair supply. Middling fair Fair Fully fair 73 8 .. 81 —B/ .. Fair supply. Good fair B3 9 .. 9—g3 .. Fair supply. Fine 9/ —lO .. 10 103 .. Sma 1 supply, Receipts since lst instant bales 15,7.0 Exports ditto Taken by spinners 4,8C0 Taken on speculation Stock in city 73,0e0 Amount on sale Receipts at ports of the United States since Sep tember Ist, 1843 2,(,16,855 same period last year 2 374,406 119 01 year before 1,670,623 Total exports from the United States since Sep tember Ist, 1843 1,611,549 19 at the same period last year 2,0 5,889 10 0 9 year before 1,456,611 FRRIGHTS.—To Liverpool, to 9-32 d.; llavre, /to The unsettled tone of our market, alluded to in my last cir cular, per Caledonia, of the 14th inst., continued until we were placed in possession of dates from Liverpool to the 4th instant, per Acadia. on the 1!;th inst. Holders assumed a firmer position on the receipt of these articles, and generally demanded a small advance. This, however, was not acceded to by purchasers, and the business transacted, consequently, was limited. The market was again fully supplied, at previous rates, on the second day, and some disposition to press sales was manifested. This has resulted in a reduction of one-eighth to a quarter of a cent on the lower grades, with which the market has been more fully supplied. Holders of finer cottons are generally unwilling sel lers, even at the above extreme quotations, and some factors still refuse to submit a bale at present rates, considering that the coming crop does not present indications of a very large yield, although the plant is unu , ually strong and forward'. Sales for the week ending 17th inst , 2,8 0 bales; for the week ending 24th inst., 3,800 bales; since, to this date, 2,401, with a firmer tone at the present quotations. Receipts of the new crop at New Orleans, 640 bales, up to the 2 , th instant; a few small parcels have also reached this city from Charleston. Freights have advanced, and are firm. Exchange is also improving, and several shipments of specie have been made. " P.S —SATURDAY, I r m —The inquiry, which has been mo derate, has resulted in sales to the extent of 1,400 bales since noon on Thursday', and has been freely met by holders in small parcels, there being but few li,ts in the market, which are held rather firmly at quotations. " Freights are still tending upwards. Some few engagements were made yesterosy, at e-16d. for square bales to Liverpool; and, as the packet of the 6th is full, and the succeeding one nearly so, the rate will not probably be lower." INDIA AND CHINA. ARRIVAL OP THE OVERLAND MAIL.--The despatches containing Lord Ellenborough's recall reached Calcutta on the 15th of June. A council was immediately car vened, when the Hon. )4 r. Bird was sworn into the office of Governor-General, vacated by the Court of Directors. The measure appeared to be expected by his lordship. who had previously provided himself with a private residence five miles from Government House. It took the people of India in general by surprise. General Cooper and many of the officers of the Presidency division have in vited him to a dinner, and her Majesty's 39th regiment have subscribed £l5O for a testimonial to him. Sir H. Hardinge was expected to reach Calcutta about the 24th. The nominat on is a popular one. Another mishap has befallen us near Shikarpore, where a party of grass-cut ters, with their escort, were surrounded by Belooches and 80 of them cut to pieces. A lesser escort, tending some bullocks to Sukkur, was attacked and escaped, four of the men having been severely wounded. The discontents in the Bengal 64th have at length reached a crisis on the 23d of June; the men refused their pay, insulted and buffetted their officers with brickbats, and fell into a state of total insubordination. They were marched from Shi karpore to Sukkur, and there disarmed; her Majesty's 13th and a company of European artillery having been placed close by, ready to fire upon them. The troops throughout Scinde are generally healthy, with the country tolerably quiet. The rains throughout India have been plentiful, and the season seems promising. China news of the 28th of May intimate that Sir Henry Pottinger was about to take his departure for Bombay on his way to England. The affairs of Cahoot seem to be returning to their former state of tranquillity. Commerce begins to flourish, and Dost Mahommed has, in a great measure, regained his authority. Sat HENRY HAEDINGE.—The Hindostan steamer, with the Governor-General on board, touched at Madras on the evening of the 19th July. His excellency declined, however, to land, a n d started for Calcutta on the morn ing of the 20tb, which place he would probably reach on the 24th. fo the 7th inst. A large French steamer , one Lord John Russell arrived at Fr an : Prince l o nce Joinvill e ' s squa d r on, ran on shore in a thick fog, ew Larache, and was ab a ndoned b y the officers near r and crew, who first set fire to her, and then made their escap e in the boats. The Havre journals of Wednesday state that, on t h e preceding afternoon, the town was visited by a storm of extraordinary violence. The wind was so high, that con siderable damage was done to Epic of the houses. ,~ z I<~ `, ~. 3e collection 'of the custom€ in Bengal 'for the year exhibits an increased amount of Rs. 7,26,515, exclusive ; of coasters. The Englishman states, that indigo ; raw silk, piece goods, and precious stones, to the amount of Rs. 1,76,261, have been shipped from Calcutta to Europe by the Suez route. The Augsburg Gazette contains a letter from Naples, announcing that the Government of the Two Sicilies is at I present revising its tariffs, with a view to diminishing the duties now pressing on 'oreign exports. The letter adds I that the Neapolitan cabinet has renounced all hope of concluding an advantageous treaty with France, England, and Spain, but that it was on the point of entering into 1 negotiations with the Zollverein. An extract from a letter from Larache has been trans ' witted to us by our Marseilles correspondent, which as serts positively that the Emperor of Morocco had declined to accept the ultimatum of the French Government, and that, notwithstanding the severe lesson he has received at Tangier, Mogador, and Illy, he remains as obstinate as ever, and is preparing for a vigorous resistance. He is probably influenced by the fact that no more operations, military or naval, are likely to be commenced during the present season.—Morning Herald. CORN TRADE OF THE BALTIC. — The CONfille Gazette contains the following letter from Berlin, of the Ist of September :—" A great uneasiness is felt for the corn trade of the Baltic provinces, and especially for the trade of Dantzic, where immense quantities of wheat are accumu lated, which cannot he disposed of except in care of a had harvest in England ; but as it is better this year than it has been for a long time, the Merchants of Dantzic being obliged to keep their corn, are threatened with consider able losses. One house has already failed for 180,000 dollars, and it is feared that several others, and more con siderable houses, will share the same fate." Advices from Madrid of the 4th instant state, that the quarrel between Morocco and Spain is at length arranged, through the mediation of Mr. Bulwer and Mr. Hay. By the last accounts from Gibraltar Mr. Bulwer was about to proceed to Cadiz, for the purpose of offering his good offices in the differences between Morocco and Sweden, Denmark, &c. The terms granted by the Emperor ap pear to be very favourable to Spain, and show that his Moorish Majesty is not at all the unreasonable or absurd personage which the French would lead us to believe him to be. In this quarrel with Spain, which is of very ob scure origin, and which it is very doubtful if justice was not on the side of the Moors, his Imperial Majesty has ' granted terms so liberal as to be of themselves a proof i that his wish is sincerely in favor of peace. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The usual weekly meeting was held on Monday, at which the recent state prisoners attended. 'rhe Lord Mayor took the chair. Mr. Pierce S. Butler, bl. P. for Kil kenny, was admitted a member of the association ; and the next business, the admission of the Hon. G. H. Hutchinson. brother of Lord Donoughmore, was received with tremendous enthusiasm. _ Mr. O'Connell shortly afterwards addressed the meet ing, but his speech was mainly occupied with congratu lations on his release, and abuse of those who have endeavoured to stay his seditious career. He said his sentence was an unjust and illegal one, and that he had as good a right to send the judges to gat,l as they had to send him. Having dwelt upon the topic, and spoken of Lord Brougham as an " indescribable wretch," lauded the Whigs for having appointed to the bench such men as Lords Denman, Cottenham, and Campbell ; and ob served that if they had remained in power the Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer (Brady) would be Chief Justice; Mr. Pigot would be Chief Baron ; Mr. Moore, Mr. Monahan, and Mr. Hatchell would be on the bench and the prosecution would never have been heard of. He alluded to the tranquillity of Ireland, and then an nounced' h's intended future operations as follows : " First, as to the Clontarf meeting (loud cheers)—that meeting which was to have been collected together legally, and was illegally prevented from assembling. We are bound to adhere to principle. Our principle was right, and we are to consider whether it has been sufficiently vindicated by the verdict of the House of Lords, or whe ther we are called upon in its support to hold that memo rable meeting: For some time I thought that it would be necessary to call my fellow-countrymen again together upon the shore of Clontarf, to vindicate our conduct; but considering that the reversing of the judgment by the House of Lords has fully done so already, I almost think it unnecessary. When we have such men as Lords Cot tenham, Denman, and Campbell deciding that we were right—considering that decision, I doubt whether it is necessary to hold the meeting, and if it is unnecessary, it should not be held, as we ought not to be insolent because triumphant. Therefore, upon this day week I will propose that it be referred to a committee to consider the subject. My own opinion, however, is against it. The next matter to which I intend to refer is the plan I brought forward last year for the establishment of a Preservative Assembly in Ireland. This is a subject surrounded by legal difficulties which we must approach by degrees, and which we were prevented considering last autumn by the iniquitous prosecution. My plan you are aware was this—that three hundred gentlemen should meet in Dublin in a body, and that the title of each gen tleman to form part of that assembly should be his hand ing in £lOO. They were to appoint their own treasurer, and be the guardians of their own money. I would pro pose that they should unite together for the purpose of correcting and controlling everything done by the associa tion, the members of which should take no step without their full sanction and unqualified approval. A body of that kind would be a drag on the wheel, which would prevent any danger of revolutionary violence, and would hey* the arratc.t infnienee nvPr the azsocintion to preserve it from all danger, and to remove its pro ceedings from all suspicion. They would act between the government and the association, and enter into ar rangements with the minister which could not be other wise effected, and obtain ultimately a parliament for Ire land—should it only be a federal parliament in the first instance. I do not myself approve of a federal parlia ment, or think it the best ; but, still, I would not object to their getting the best they could from the government, which could not attempt to disturb such an influential body of men, and which, if properly addressed, could not refuse them what they asked legally and determinedly, therefore, upon the next day of meeting I will move for a committee to form such an assembly, or rules for their guidance. I will now detail to you my third and last plan. He proceeded to say that his next plan was one to which he was greatly attached, and one which he was firmly resolved to carry out, namely, the impeachment of the Irish judges and the Attorney-General. Ile com menced by referring to the monster indictment, which he said was honestly declared by Mr. Richard O'Gorman to be incomprehensible to the grand jury, in which be was fully borne out by the opinion of Lord Denman, who said that it was a document of such a nature, it was almost impossible for any man to coma, toto a conclusion upon its contents, so voluminous and intricate were its complica tions. The honourable gentleman after referring at length to the trial, and announcing his intention of visiting the people of England six weeks before the meeting of Parlia ment, for the purpose of ascertaining whether they coin cided with the feelings of the English minister upon Irish questions, and particularly with reference to the late pro secution, concluded to call on the meeting, in the usual terms, to continue to preserve the peace inviolate, which bad placed them in their hieh position, and was certain of accomplishing their most ardent wishes. Dunt.trz CORPORATION.—On Saturday last a special meeting of this body was held when an address of con gratulation was voted to Mr. O'Connell. A splendid banquet was given the other day by the cor poration of Londonderry to Sir Robt. Sale, the hero of Jellalabad. Dun, PREVENTED.—A fracas alai .h occurred between Mr. Dillon Browne and Mr. Caffey, editor of the Monitor, the former having challenged the latter on account of some jocular remarks which appeared in his publication, was brought to a conclusion on Saturday, at the Head Police-office, the latter gentleman having tendered infor mations against his challenger, uho was bound over in personal security of £4OO and two co-securities of £2OO each to keep the peace for seven years. - - The spirit of the O'Connellites is exploding. Notwith standing the efforts to controul, or at least to conceal it, out it occasionally bursts. We do not mind the plunder of plantations, for the appropriation of property, when there is no danger of apprehension, is a " venial ' 5 thing ; hut in the public streets, the scoundrels, as they find fa vourable opportunity, vent their spite on Conservatives. On Tuesday night the windows of two respectable house holders were broken by a mob perambulating the city. Drunken vagabonds were reeling about crying out for " a bloody Orangeman." This we saw and heard ; and on Sunday, while too fellows were talking together about the recent verdict, " Stop," said one of them, "until we get the arms, and we'll shoot the tigers." Both these " patriots " were sober.—Cork Constitution. O'CON2sTELLITIZ REJOICINGS.—Since the news arrived of the escape of Mr. O'Connell and confreres from prison we have bad our streets crowded every evening with rab ble mobs carrying lighted torches and tar barrels, each being beaded by a " temperance " bond, whose music was lost in the yells of the rabble. Last night, however, they seemed to tire of the sameness of their proceedings, and theiefore added to their enjoyments by smashing the win dows of the Conservatives. As one of there yelling gangs passed the house of Mr. Thomas Steel, in Patrick-street, a stone came from the centre of the body, passed close to Mr. Steel, who stood at his door, conceiving h's presence would check outrage, and broke a pane of glass in his shop window. About the same time another :quad was pass ing by the house of Mr. Robert Johnson, chandler, in Patrick-street, when a stone came from it, passed be tween the heads of two gentlemen who stood in front of the shop window, and broke a pane of glass, the crash of which was followed with a yell of exultation.—Cork Con stitution. The Dublin Evening Mail, in reference to the conduct of the late prisoners, says—" The affair passed off with perfect peace and quiet, except a scene of terrific shout ing, groaning, and hissing' opposite the house of Mr. Hamilton, the foreman of the jury who tried the prison ers. Mr. O'Connell's speech from the balcony of his house was also ' not for war.' Indeed it was distinguished by a much greater freedom from virulence and vitupera tion than usually characterises the declatna'ion of the hon. gentleman. Why should we be angry ?' he truly and relevantly asked. When we were losing we kept our tem pers; should we not do the same now that we are winning?' So say we all : no man has less right to be out of humour than Mr. O'Connell; his star is now in the ascendant. The government have played his game : their discourage silent of the friends of British connexion, and their ob vlou t edetermination to loo s en the f ew Loads that now remain ay. aud m o o e connect Irish closely tha P n r Protestants theirh nt with Sit Roman h the Catho li c people f fellow-countrymen, are already producing their reiults. Protestant gentlethen,' said Mr. O'Connell, on Satur day, ' of rank and, fortune are crowding around us, and another joins us ort, Monday.' The Repeal\ conver sion het* alluded to• is, we understand, that' of the Honourable Mr. Hutchinson, a brother of the Earl of Donoughmore. Within the last few days Mir. J. G. V. Porter, High Sheriff and deputy Lieutenant of Ferma nagh, and son of the Rev. Grey Porter, a clergyman of large property, and long distinguished as possessing the strongest possible feelings, has published a pamphlet, strongly and ably advocating the cause of repeal. These occurrences cannot be denied to be the signs of the times. What does Sir Robert Peel think of them ?' THE COURT 6• FASHIONABLE WORLD. THE ROYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND. The Royal Victoria and Albert st, am-yacht, having her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal on hoard, passed Scarborough on Tuesday morning, about half-past ten o'clock. The royal standard was floating from the mast-head of the steamer. Another steamer (the Black Eagle) was in attendance upon the royal yacht. After leaving Scarborough, the royal yacht continued the narth west track close in along the coast, passing before twefre o'clock the Great Yorkshire Cliff, Robin Hood's Bay, and Whitby. At all these places every possible demon stration of loyalty was exhibited by the people on shore. The squadron bore away in the direction of Tynemouth, where it arrived about half-past two, p.m. The Tyne steamers went close alongside of the royal yacht (which was abreast of Tynemouth Bar precisely at half-past three o'clock), and loudly cheered the royal party. To the great disappointment of the visitors, neither her Ma jesty nor Prince Albert were on deck. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, however, acknowledged their loyalty on the part of her Majesty. The passage from London to Tyne mouth effected by the royal yacht is the quickest on re cord. The distance, 320 miles, was accomplished in about twenty-nine hours. Of the vessels which are said to compose the escort, many departed some time previously for Scotland. The following, however, belonging to her Majesty's navy. formed an imposing squadron :—The Royal Victoria and Albert, steam-yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.B. • the Black Eagle, steam-yacht, Captain the'Earl of Hardwicke ; the Eclair, steam-sloop, the man-of-war escort, Com. Walter G. B. Estcourt ; the Stromboli, , steam-sloop, Corn. the Hon. Pl un k e t t • the Blazer, steam-vessel, Capt. Washington ; the Porcupine, steam vessel, Capt. Bullock ; the Volcano, steam-vessel, Lieutf Corn. E. C: Miller; the Princess Alice, steam-tender, Master Corn. Luke Smithett. Thus our Queen has a squadron of above 1800-horse power to attend her on the seas ; her own yacht being the most powerful of the fleet. i At half-past three on Wednesday morning the royal squadron was signalled from Broughton Ferry, and a sa lute of 21 guns was fired. The Queen, it was expected, would land at once, but her majesty and suite did not de bark until half-past eight o'clock, at which hour her ma jesty, accompanied by Prince Albert and the Princess Royal (in her nurse's arms,) and her other attendants, left the royal yacht and entered the state barge, which was steered by Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence. At a quarter to nine o'clock she landed at the quay, where she was received by the authorities. A handsome triumphal arch was erected across Castle street, and two others on the road to Blair Athol, and a crimson carpeting laid down along the road by which her Majesty had to walk towards her carriage. At the en trance to the middle quay a handsome triumphal arch was erected, in imitation of a free stone building—in height, up to:the top of the flag staff, 100 feet, and 80 feet broad. 1 he centre of these arches had over it the royal arms, and was inscribed with the words, " Welcome, Victoria, Prince Albert." The royal standard floated over the building. On either side of the middle quay, and towards the town, scaffolding, handsomely decorated, was erected, accommodating nearly 1,500 persons, all dressed in their gayest and best, and forming in themselves a pleasing sight. All the yards of the vessels were manned, and steamers and flags were flying. To this add the beautiful scenery of the Tay and the brilliancy imparted to the whole by ooe of the finest mornings of the season, and it will be seen that the spectacle presented to the eye, whe ther from the town or from the river, was gay and ani mated in the extreme. The whole route by which the Queen was to pass through the town was gaily decorated with evergreens and flags and alive with anxious faces. When Her Majesty stepped ashore the yards were man ned, and the scene was animated by the cheering of the tars. Nor were the spectators behindhand. They cheered most loyally. In a few minutes Her Majesty had reached her carriage ' and the royal party drove off through the town amidst the vociferous cheers of the people. Some were heard to grumble that the carriage was a close one, and that the Queen could not be seen ; and, what was to them perhaps as mortifying, that she could not see all the gay preparations mide for her. The Royal carriages were accompanied by a town pro cession, and by a e authorities, and proceeded with the Queen to lludhope Church, where they took leave of her Majesty, who proceeded at a rapid rate on to Blair Athol, which place she reached in less than four hours, or about two o'clock. A guard of honour of the 60th regiment was in readi ness to receive her Majesty on landing. sad parties of the Scots Greys were stationed at intervals of six miles on the road to Bair Athol, which is 50 miles from Dundee, in order to escort her Majesty as she passed along. A guard of 200 Hig'ulanders, who have been under drill for some tine by Lord Glenlyon, will attend her Majesty at Blair Atholl. Mr. Mackay, her Majesty's Highland piper, in .full na tional costume, will accompany her Majesty during the Royal progress through the Highlands. 'We learn that it is more than probable the Queen will, hold a levee and drawing-room at Helyrood Palace, on her return from the Highlands; and that the Royal yacht will be ordered round to the Clyde, from which place her Majesty will sail on her return to England, Her Majesty reached Blair Athol at a quarter-past three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, and was received at the principal entrance of the castle by a body of Lord Glenlyon's clansmen, attired in the highland dress, who ran by the side of the royal carriage from the lodge up to the grand portico. Her Majesty appeared somewhat pale, but this may be attributed to the effects arising from the fatigue of a long journey, which her Majesty has, per haps, not been able to support on this occasion as well as usual. The Prince looked remarkably well, and appeared to have been but slightly incommoded by the sea voyage. The travelling chariot, with its royal occupants, was fol lowed by four vehicles, containing the Princess Royal, Lord Liverpool, Lord Aberdeen, Lord Charles Wellesley, and the remaining members of her Majesty's suite, in cluding Lord Glenlyon, who had fallen in with the royal coi te've shortly after it left Dunkeld. On arriving at the principal entrance of the mansion, her Majesty was received by Lady Glenlyon, who was accompanied by the young master of Glenlyon and Mrs. Home Drummond, her ladyship's mother. Fo r com panies, of forty each, consisting of his lordship's clansmen. attired in the Highland dress, were drawn up by the side of the portico, the pipers, in full Highland costme, greeting her Majesty with the pibroch ; and the effect of the native melody, as it pealed through the glens and passes in the distance, considerably enhanced the interest of the scene. Within a few minutes after the arrival of the royal party the Prince came out into the front of the mansion, accom panied by his noble host, with Lord Aberdeen. Lord Liverpool, and Lord Charles Wellesley. His royal high ness inspected the Highlanders, keeping his hat off as he walked through the ranks. a mark of courtesy which will not be unappreciated by those fine fellows, and which evidently afforded them no small gratification. The clansmen then marched round before the Prince, headed by the pipers, playing the pibroch, and then her Majesty appeared at the window, and seemed much de lighted at the picturesque appearance of her Highland subjects. fier Majesty did not leave the castle throughout Wed nesday, but retired at once to her apartments and dined in private with the Prince, as it was considered advisable that her Majesty should enjoy some repose after the very great fatigue which she had undergone. Prince Albert, however, walked about the grounds and explored some of the precincts of the castle. The Prince anticipated great pleasure from the deer-stalking, which was expected to to take place on Friday, in the Duke of Athol's forest of Glen Tilt, adjoining the noble forest of Brae Mar, which is now rented by the Duke of Leeds. As evening closed in large bonfires were lighted on the surrounding hills ; the rocky sides and steep acclivities of Ben-y-vreckie glared with the red flame; and the startled stags on the ccnt:guous haughs and braes were roused from their peaceful slumbers and raised their antlered hsads to gaze with mute astonishmetit at the fiery invader of their wild domains. At eleven o'clock on Wednesday night the fire yet gleamed from these magnificent vol canoes. On Thursday morning the Prince left Blair Atholl to shoot grouse in the adjoining mountains. On Friday morning her Majesty and the Prince break fasted at half-past eight, and then took walking exercise in the grounds accompanied by the Princess Royal, for whom a pony was provided. The prince after went out shooting. During Friday afternoon, when the Queen and Prince drove out, they went to the old ♦illage of Blair, where the sheap-shearing was going on, with which her Majesty was much amused. She also particularly no ticed some Scotch terriers. They then proceeded towards Glen Tilt, where, near a marble quarry, where there is a vein of beautiful green marble, they entered a hut. The gude wife was spinning, and the queen sat down and con versed with her very affably for some time. The inmates did net know the rank of their ♦isiters, and, in accord ance with the custom, they put a bottle and grass on the table, and asked them to taste the mountain dew. On Sunday last her majesty was to attend divine ser vice at the church of the parish. On Monday last Queen Adelaide returned from the metropolis and took up her residence at Witley Court. APP,IOACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. The Hon. Mrs. Craven, the niece t the late Mrs. Fitzber bert, is ver y shortly to be led to the hymeneal altar, by the Marquis de la Force, grandson to the Duke de la Force, and heir to his large property and ancient title. The marriage is to take place in Paris during the course of the present month. The Constilutionnel says :—" Almost every day there are sent from Paris to Windsor, for the Queen of Eng land, cargoes of peaches, Fontainbleau Drapes, and pears from the gardens of the Civil List. It is probable that these fruits will arrive without hindrance—not like the grouse sent by Prince Albert to the King—which were seized. The administration of the Messageries Royales bas called on the Civil List to guarantee it from the con sequences of the prosecution to which it is subjected." ARRIVAL OF THE R OYAL C HILDREN IN BR.IGHTON. —A special train, consistinv, of her Majesty's carriage, between two other first class carriages, end a couple of carriage trucks, bearing two of the Queen's private car riages, arrived at the Brighton terminus. on Tuesday. • THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Arrangements had been made for the reception of the Royal party, a part of the platform being carpeted. Six ' of her Majesty's horses were in waiting, and in about five minutes these were attached to the Royal carriages, and the Prince of Wales and his Royal brother and sister, together with Lady Littelton, left the terminus, and en tered the palace gates at five minutes to six o'clock. LORD STANLEY.—The present Earl of Derby was, as his son Lord Stanley has been, called to the Upper House before he had succeeded to the ancestral honours of the family. In that case a new peerage was designedly created, because the earldom was the only title then in the family, for all the subordinate peerages had passed away through the female line to the ducal house of Athol. His lordship was therefore created in 1822 Baron Stanley of Bicker staffe, in which title it is not improbable that the noble secretary for the colonies will be summoned to the House of Peers. THE ROYAL LETTER A.—The Christian names of her Majesty, the Queen of England, are Alexandrina Vic toria. In her early days, and until the death of Geo. IV., she was known as the Princess Alexandrina, of Kent, and it was only upon the accession of her uncle, the late King William IV., and at his special request, when he received her as the heiress presumptive to the crown of Great Britain, that 11. It.ll. assumed the name by which she has ever since been known, by which she now reigns, and which is the Christian name of her illus trious mother, the Duchess of Kent. It was, however, as Alexandrina that her Majesty formed in her early youth, her first acquaintance with the young Duke of Saxe- Gotha, Prince Albert, her husband, and the fa il er of her four children, Adelaide, Albert, Alice, and Alfred. Long may the Must; ions house and all its branches retain " the first letter," a term too well un derstood at Lloyd's, by all acquainted with the sea to need any explanation. CLERICAL IVE ASAPH.—The Lord Bishop of London has been on a visit to the palace, and h as vis it e d some o f th e mos t in teresting places in the locality. It was stated at the last annual meeting of the Pastoral Aid Society that in the beginning of the present century twenty churches were built in eight years, whereas in the last eight years five hundred and twenty-five have been built. MABLETHORP TITHE CAusw.—The House of Lords last week reversed the decree of the late Lord Abinger in the Court of Exchequer, and gave final judgment against the Rev. Thomas Lovick Cooner in this impor'ant case, which has been litigated with varied success for many years. The costs to the reverend Rector, it is said, will not be less than £7,000, THE BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER.—A paragraph is going round the newspapers, stating that tne right reverend pre late has made arrangements to be absent from his diocese for three years. We are assured that such a statement is wholly untrue : and that, on the contrary, his lordship will, in a few days, take possession of the new episcopal palace, at Stapleton, near Bristol.—Standard. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GRAND CENTRAL JUNCTION RAILWAY.—A scheme with this title is announced. It is run from Cambridge to Rugby, via Northampton and Bedford. ELY AND BEDFORD RAILWAY.—A. project with this title has just appeared. It is under the engineering aus pices of Mr. G. W. Buck, who reports that a single line (forty-three miles) may be made for £270,000. The es timate return is 9 per cent. BELFAST, BALLYMENA, AND CARRICKFERGUS RAIL WAY.—A new Irish Railway with this title has been brought forward, and promises exceedingly well. It will be about 35 English miles in length, and it is said can be completed for £ll,OOO a mile. It appears by the accounts brought by the last Indian mail, that, in Bombay, public attention was drawn to a plan for making a railway to the Thull and Bhore ghauts, two great passes in the mountains of the neighbouring Concan country, by which all the trade comes to that port. The cost is estimated at £35,000, and a large num ber of shares were taken there. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER AND GRANDJUNCTION RAILWAYS.—An amalgamation of these important rail way companies has for some time been in agitation amongst the shareholders, and we understand the ques tion has now assumed so serious a shape that the pro priety of such a course is under the immediate and grave consideration of the board of directors of each company. THE GREAT WESTERN (IRELAND) RAILWAY.—ThE prospectus of a proposed railway under this title, appears in our columns to-day. It is run from Dublin and Cashel Railway, near Lucan, to Mullin.= and Athlone, a dis tance of sixiy-eight miles. Sir John Macneill is the en gineer, and the provisional committee are highly respec table. The capital is to be £750,000 in £5O shares, and a return of 8 per cent. is expected.—Railway Record. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Monday the Man chester and Birmingham Railway Company conveyed a great number of persons from Manchester to Alderley Edge and back, for a small sum, and so great was the throng that the usual carriages being found insufficient, a number of waggons were used, having no doors at the sides and no steps. In getting out of one of these wag gons, a poor woman slipped her foot, and the engine hap pening to move on at the time, she fell with her head across the rails, and was killed instantly. The name of the unfortunate sufferer is Bailey, aged 43 years, the wife of a small farmer. COST or RAILWAYS.--The London and Blackwall railway cost £326,670 per mile, which is the highest cost "of any railway in the kingdom. The Greenwich comes next for expensiveness, and cost £264,733. The three lines which were executed at the lowest cost per mile are the Arbroath and Forfar, the Aylesbury Junction, and the Hayle railways, which severally cost £9,120, £8,710, and £6,949 per mile. The London and Birmingham cost £53,780 per mile, the Great Western £55,330 per mile, the Great Western £55,330, and the South Western £27,750. The Liverpool and Manchester cost £11,320 per mile, the Manchester and Leeds £59,800, and the London and Brighton £64,370. NORTH BRITISH RAlLWAY.—lmplements and mate rials, consisting of iron rails, waggons, &c., continue to arrive at Berwick from Stockton and Darlington for this railway. We hear with extreme regret—and we are sure our feelings will be participated in by all our fellow-towns men,—that that venerable monument of antiquity, our ancient Castle, is to be levelled with the ground in order to allow space for the terminus. One cannot look at the innovations of modern improvements without sentiments of the deepest regret, when such relics as our time honoured castle are seen 'Witlessly swept away. We would fain hope that, if possible, arrangements might be effected by which this truly venerable representative of the olden times might be preset ved.—Berwiek Warder. LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY. —The ad• journed half.yeerly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday. Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, the chairman of the committee appointed at the last meeting to negotiate the terms with the South Eastern Company, read the re port of the committee, informing the proprietors that they had entered into a conditional arrangement with the South Eastern Company, by which that company agreed to take the Greenwich line on a lease for 999 years, at a rental of £36,000 for the first year, increasine by £lOOO a year until the rent reached £45,000 a year. The majority of the shareholders were in favour of the lease. Mr. Har vey stated that in the end by this arrangement the pro prietors would receive I ls. Bd. per share dividend in per petuity, an advantage which they never could obtain by retaining the railway in their own hands. The directors were empowered to take the necessary arrangements for perfecting the step. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.—The amalgamation of I this Company with the Boston, Lincoln, and Wakefield Railway Company was formally ratified on Tuesday. In compliance with the arrangement entered into on this oc casion it has been determined that the trunk line of the London and York Railway shall pass from Doncaster by Selby to York, and that a branch shall be made from Don caster to Wakefield, and another frcm Lincoln, on the banks of the Foss and Witham, to Boston ; and further, that seven directors of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway Company shall be forthwith added to the direc tors of the London and York, and that seven of the latter shall retire, and the separate scheme of the Wakefield, Lincolsi, and Boston projectors be merged in the London and York. The adhesion of the Boston, Lincoln, and Wakefield to the London and York is, in fact, the adhe sion of the Manchester and Leeds and Hull and Selby Companies. The public appear to he folly aware of the importance of securing the assistance of these two power ful and wealthy bodies, as in five days since the announce ment of their having thrown their interests into the Lon don and York, the remainder of the whole capital of £5,000,000 has been subscribed. SOUTHEASTERN RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held, in London, on Tuesday last. There was a very numerous attendance of proprietors ; Mr. W. P. Richards in the chair. The report set forth the gross revenue of the Southeastern Railway and Folk stone harbour for the months of April, May, June, and July to be £81,482 Os. 9d., which added to a previous balance of £1,223 10s. Md., made £82,705 lls. 7d. The working expenses had been £40,994 Os. 6d., leaving a nett profit of £47,711 Ils. Id. " The charge for interest on loans amounts to £25,113 3s. 6., of which £21,968 2s. 2d. has been passed to the debit of the revenue and £3,145 Is. 40., arising on unproductive capita!, to the debit of the capital account. The sums of £21,968 2s. 2d. and £1,194 13s. 10d. which appear, on the credit side of the harbour account, as for tonnages and passengers by steam packets, but not received) being deducted from the general balance, leaves a sum of £18,518 13s. Id. dirisible amongst the proprietors, or 6s. per share on the paid-up and 9d. per share on the shares created in February last, leaving a balance of £689 15a. id. There is also a sum of £11,760 19s. 80. in the hands of the company upon the general interest account, arid of £455 Ils. Id. on the transfer-fee account, bosh of which, in consequence of the completion of the line to Dover, can be carried to the credit of the dividend account if the proprietors so deter mine; to which may be added £1,567 15s. premium on the sale of unallotted new shares, or an additional sum of £13,784 6s. 4d. for dividend purposes, and which, added to the dividend before-named £18,548 15s. W., would give £32,333 Is. sd, or lOs 6d. per share on the shares paid up and is. 31d. on the last issue, leaving a balance of £1,095 Ils. sd. Mr. Pritchard of this town, put a number of questions to the chairman touching the extra ordinary expenses attending the working of the line, par ticularly in relation to the goods-traffic, the answers to which were far from satisfactory or explanatary. Mr. M'Gregor, of this Own, who, with Mr. Pritchard, repre sented a large body of shareholders, who have held meetings here, explained, at considerable length and very lucidly, the views of the Liverpool proprietors arid the causes of their distatisfactioo, and concluded by mov ing, that the accounts were unsatisfactory, and that they be referred to a committee of five; that the nett earnings from traffic from Ist October, 1843, to Ist July, 1844, without any deduction for interest on unproductive capi tal, are applicable to a dividend, and that such nett earn ings be ascertained and divided; that a thorough change in the system of carrying goods on the Southeastern and Dover Railway is necessary for the advantage of the public as well as of the company ; and that the Southeastern and Dover Company become carriers on their own line on the principle adopted by the Great Western, Grand Junction, and Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Companies. Mr. James Walter supported Mr. M`Gregor, whose first motion for a committee was seconded by Mr. Browne, and, atter a few words from Mr. Cardwell, M.P., sub mitted to the meeting, the majority of which was against it, and much stormy discussion ensued. Mr. M`Gregor, however, held fast to his point, requested information on several items of expenditure, which was not afforded, and was ultimately assailed by great uproar from the numer ous friends of the directors present, who assumed that the motion was a censure on that body. At length Mr. M'Gregor's motion was put and lost, upon which Mr. Pritchard demanded a poll. Mr. M`Gregor bad proxies for 6000 shares. The poll lasted several hours, and was eventually declared against Mr. M'Gregor, the solicitor deciding that 801112 of the proxies had not been lodged in time. 'Mr. Pritchard showed that the proxies had all been lodged five days, and Mr. M`Gregor entered his protest against the decision, but both were overruled by clamour. The dividend of 10s. Gd. per share on the shares paid up, and lv. 31€1. per share on the shares created in February last, was agreed to and declared payable on the sth day of October. The leasing of the Greenwich Railway was also agreed to. The Liverpool deputation applied to the Board of Trade, and intend to call another meeting. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, THURSDAY. The close of the town betting on the St Leger drew a full attendance and led to two or three " movements" of some interest, but, except that, to all appearance, it dis posed of Bay Momus, it failed to show no the real Simon Pure of Scott's stable. Ithuriel, the leading favourite of this powerful lot, maintained the position assigned him in the last town quotation, and was backed for a con siderable sum ; Valerian, at the commencement, was sup ported freely at 7 to 1, and the same odds were taken, but not with so much spirit, at the close, The Princess be gan at 8 to 1, receded to 10 to 1, betted to about £l5O, came again, and, after a large outlay, left off at 7 to 1, taken. The Cure was not backed for much money, but, from the fir,t to the last, was steady at the odds reported. Red Deer fluctuated between 6 and 7 to 1, and Foig-a- Ballagh, who, on Monday, appeared to have received his coup de grace, was in great request, leaving off at an im provement of five points. He is expected to reach Don caster this day. The Yorkshire Handicap and Derby betting was flat. ST. LEGER. 5 to 4 agst Scott's lot. 3 to 1 „ Mr. Salvin's The Cure—t. and af. off. 4to 1 „ Lord Stanley's Ithuriel—taken. 7 to 1 „ Colonel Anson's The Princess—taken. 7 to 1 „ Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—t. 7 to. 1 „ Mr. Vane's Valerian. 12 to 1 „ Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-Ballaah—t. 12 to 1 „ Mr. J. Scott's Bay Momus. 30 to 1 „ Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey. 40 to 1 „ Mr. liampson's Lightning—t. 40 to 1 „ Mr. Mostyn's Milton. YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free. 7 to 1 „ Mr. Forth's Asked Pet. 8 to 1 „ Sir C. Monk's Glossy. Bto 1 „ Mr. A. Johnstone's Rowena. Bto 1 „ Mr. J. Day's Artful Dodge. 10 to 1 „ Mr. Jacques's Advice—t. DERBY. 15 to 1 on the field. 33 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Black Prince. 40 to 1 „ Lord Chesterfield's Twig—t. 40 to 1 „ Mr. Wreford's Mouche colt—t. 400 to 50 „ four Touchstone colts—t. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING. Ithuriel has kept his position with scarcely any outlay outright respecting him, that, on Wednesday, The Cure, Ithuriel, and Princess were backed against the field to up wards of £lOOO, The Cure, in hundreds, at 3 to 1 ; and that, yesterday, 5 to 4 was laid on Scott's lot against The Cure to about £l6O, 6 to 1, in fifties, about Red Deer, Lightning once or twice, at 20 to 1, and Godfrey, several times, at 25 to 1. The Leger has completely absorbed the attention of our sporting circles during the week, and, in consequence, there has been scarcely any betting upon Yorkshire Handicap : we, therefore, proceed to give the latest prices upon that and the Champagne Stakes, with the current offers upon the Leger : ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 asst Mr. Salvin's The Cure—t. 5 to 1 „ Lord Stanley's Ithuriel—off. 7 to 1 „ Colonel AnEon's The Princess—t. freely. 7 to 1 „ Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—t. Bto 1 „ Mr. Vane's Valerian—off. 9to 1 „ Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-Ballagh—off. 15 to 1 „ Mr. J. Scott's Bay Momus—off. 25 to I „ Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey—off. 30 to 1 „ Mr. Hampson's Lightning—off. 40 to 1 „ Mr. Mostyn's Milton. 50 to 1 „ Lord G. Beutinck's Devil-to-Pay. YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Mickey Free—off. 7 to 1 „ Sir C. Monk's Glossy—off. 9 to 1 „ Mr. O'Brien ns Ashted Pet—off. 10 to 1 „ Mr. Johnstone's Rowena—t. 10 to 1 „ Mr. Jacques's Advice—off. 12 to 1 „ Mr. J. Day's Artful Dodger. CHAMPAGNE STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch — taken freely. 3 to 1 „ Mr. Winteringham's Rebecca colt. 4 to 1 „ Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa. 4to 1 „ Ccl. Anson's Gossamer—off. CH ESTER OCTOBER MEETING. It is proposed to have a Grand Military Challenge Race, open to officers in full pay quartered in Great Britain and Ireland. The following are the conditions :—A Challenge Stake, (substituted for the Scurry Stakes,) of 10 soya. each, h ft, with 50 sous added by the Dee Stand Proprie tors and the Citizens of Chesters. To close and name on or before the Ist day of October, to the Clerk of the Course at Chester. Three-years-old to carry lOst 51b, four list 91b, five 12st 31b, six and aged 12st Gib ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; half-bred horses allowed 81b. Grosvenor Course. To consist of not less than ten sub scribers, and three to start or the money added will not be given. The winner to pay 5 soya to the race fund. The horses to have been bona fide the property of officers on full pay from the 15th of September. Riders to be quali fied as for the Anglesea Stakes at Goodwood, or the Corin thian Stakes at the Curragh. GENERAL MISCELLANY. An anatomical school is about to be established in Worcester. The Hull and Gateshead papers give encouraging ac counts of the prosperity of the shipping interest. The contest for the office of Chamberlain of London ended on Friday in the return of Alderman Brown. Her Majesty has signified her intention to (pm the Royal Exchange, London, in person, accompanied by Prince Albert, at the end of next month. THE HIGH EIGHTON MURDER.—A verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown has been returned i❑ this case. Several parties connected with the grain and flour trade in Douglas, Isle of Man, have resolved upon establishing a weekly market. A few days ago a salmon, weighing 511b5., in fine con dition, was caught on one of Mr. Allan's banks, near New burgh. Mr. Pritchard is not to be sent back to Tahiti, but is to be, or has been, appointed consul to the Navigators' Islands, a group considerably to the westward. A clerk in the Bank of England, and another in the Customs, have obtained a fraudulent transfer of £B,OOO console, with which they have absconded. In the Peak, within a week back, some persons holding a few acres of land, have been mowing and shearing in one field at one time—a very uncommon occurrence. On Tuesday last, a weaver, of London, died of lock-jaw, in consequence of having slightly punctured his great toe with a needle, in order to relieve the pain of a gathering or blister. The London letter-carriers, Tapson, Saunders, - Long, Bell, Walker, Skinner, and Croskell, who had been in the habit of opening the letters of sporting gentlemen, have been di3missed. A war steamer, constructed of mahogany, and intended to be the largest in the world, is on the stocks, and will probably be launched in April next. She is to be called the Terrible. The Standard positively contradicts the rumour, that " the government has acceded to Captain Warner's pro position, and will moor a line-of-battle ship off the Good win Sands, for him to destroy." The accounts from the collieries in the north are satis factory. The pits are all at work ; and though there is some talk, there is very little fear of the men " knocking off" again. - - _ A painful degree of alarm has been created in some parts of Bedfordshire, owing to the revival of those in cendiary outrages which spread dismay tbr,Aighout the district last winter. We believe that in the beginning of October it is in tended to call out the pensioners for training, but that only tw•o days, instead of five, will this year be employed for that purpose. The hop-picking commenced at Orchard Portman, near Taunton, a fortnight ago. The crop is not abun dant, but rather favourable than otherwise. The quality will be excellent. In consequence of the prosperous condition of the build ing trade in Glasgow, the master masons have unani mously come to a resolution to raise the rate of wages of their workmen to 19,. a week. The Paella, anion steamer of 210-horse power, fell from a building-slip at Cowes, last we e k, a distance of nine feet, without receiving any material injury. A tim ber-built vessel would have been completely crippled by such a fill. At present there are practising in England and \Vales 15,000 attorneys. The sum they have contributed to the revenue in the shape of stamp duties on their articles and certificates is calculated at £3,600,000, besides their an nual licenses. Sept. 17, 1841. T. Whitmore, Esq., of Apley Park, Salop, at his late audit, granted to his tenantry not only compensation for the injury their crops had sustained by the game, but also a full allowance for what each had suffered in his crops by the long and excessive drought of the spring and summer. A new and extraordinary disease, arising, it is supposed, from the drought which deprived the grass of its succulent qualities, has arisen among cattle in some parts of the country. The animals are seized with delirium, and In many cases expire before the veterinary surgeon can ar rive. It is stated that the disease is not contagious. SHIPPING TRADE, LEITH. —The docks are thronger at. present than they have been for more than a year. A great many arrivals from the Baltic, Holland, Dantzic, and other grain ports, have taken place within these few days; and one or two sugar and . wine ships have added to the general activity.—Scotsman. MURDER.—SamueI Couchman, a Dover policeman , was killed, yesterday evening week, in attempting toqueli an affray in a house at Charlton. He was struck, kicked, and stamped upon by the combatants ; and, at last, one of them struck him over the nose with the iron-shod han dle of a broom, so that he died shortly afterwards. EXTRAORDINARY MODE OF ADVERTISING. —A strange mode has lately been adopted by a tradesman in London for making known the n'erits of his goods. At night he sends men into the chief streets of the metropolis to mark his his name, address, &c. upon the public footpaths. It 15 done in the same way that the walls of a room are sten cilled, and is almost indelible. THE COMET or M. MAvvitts.—A correspondent of the Mercury says—" This comet, proceeding in its course to its perihelion, which will take place on October 17th , has now become difficult to be seen, except with instru ments of great light-collecting power, and from favourable situations. It is now about 180 millions of miles distant from the earth, and about half that distance from the sun." DEATH FROM LIGHTNING.—Last week as a number of men were at work in a field on the London-road, Der by, a storm came on, and two of the men took shelter under a 4 tree, where they had been only a few 'minutes when they were both struck by the electric fluid. One of them, named S.uidars, was killed on the spot, and the other,'John Pegg, was knocked down and rendered in ensible, but was restored. • HooroN.—Sir W. Massey Stanley, Bart., arrived at his seat, Hooton Hall, Cheshire, yesterday week. from his shooting quarters in Scotland, where the worthy ba ronet, Lord Cosmo Russel, and Mr. John Stanley, have killed 2583 head of grouse, 95 ptarrnagan, 22 black cocks. 58 hares, and 10 snipes ; total, 2718 head. On the first day Sir William killed with his own gun, in eleven hours, 232 grouse. LONG LEASES.—We have been informed that Sir Ste phen Glynne, Bart., M.P., has given instructions that a draft of a lease on the Scotch principle of nineteen years shall be prepared, with the view of submitting it to his tenantry for their acceptance. We Gel assured that if corn rents are connected with it, a great boon will be conferred on the tenantry, and a good example set to the country.—Chester Chronicle. GUANO.—The Amiens, Orange, which arrived at St. Helena, from Ichaboe, on the 13th of July, reports 70 vessels to he lying there, and that, through a continuance of bad weather, they were constantly fouling and seriously damaging each other. It cannot now be doubted that more than a sufficient number of vessels to bring away every spadeful of guano on Ichaboe have been sent out. The seventy vessels loading, or about to load there, two months ago, will, by this time, have been replaced by at least 120 more. Unless, therefore, some further dis covery be shortly made for affording freightage home to ships which have recently sailed for that latitude, late ad venturers will not take anything by their motion. PREVENTION OF INFECTION FROM TYPHUS FEVER. Dr. J. C. Smith obtained £5,000 from Parliament for the following receipt :—Take six drachms of powdered nitre (saltpeti e) and six draohms of sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol/ mix them in a tea cup. By adding one drachm of the oil at a time, a copious discharge of nitrous acid gas will take place. The cup to be placed, during the pi eparation, a list hearth, or plate of heated iron, and the mixture stirred with a tobacco pipe. The quantity of gas may be regulated by lessening or increasing the quantity of in gredients. The above is for a moderate-sized room ; halt the quantity world be sufficient for a small room. Avoid, as much as possible, breathing the gas when it first rises from the vessel. No injury to the lungs will happen wbeo the air is impregnated with the gas, which is called nit ous acid gas, and it cannot be too widely known that it possesses the t roperty of preventing its spread. DUNFERMLINE.—COAL TRADE. — Soffle months ago. previous to the strike of the English colliers, the demand for coals in this district was quite inadequate to the great. number of hands employed at the various collieries, and the stock of coals, especially at the Elgin and Wel!wood collieries accumulated to a most enormous quantity. We have heard it stated that at one time there was at the hill of the Elgin colliery upwanis of 20,000 tons, and for . some time the number of hands at the collieries were kept on, at a very great risk. The strike of the English colliers, however, has had a very beneficial effect upon the coal trade here, and the demand for coals from the Elgin and Wellwood collieries since the strike we believe has been quite unprecedented. Tbeir large coal stores arenotiii, w iii y completely in cleared; and of late the e Las been some fulfilling readily their orders, vessels having to remain longer for their cargoes at Charlestown. than desirable. The colliers, availing themselves of this large demand for coals, have obtained a small advance is their wages—at the Elgin colliery an advance of id per bucket, —Fries/are Journal. Gonsc.—Lord Kenyon has announced to the Duke of Richmond, as President of the Royal Agricultural Society,. his intention to give a prize of 20 sovereigns, at the ensu ing country meeting at Shrewsbury ' in ]845, for the best essay on the subject of gorse as food for cattle, &c. The following schedule of the terms and conditions of than have been received from Philip Pusey, Esq., M.P., chairman of the Journal Committee : " Twenty sovereigns, or a piece of plate of that value, offered by the Right Hon. Lord Kenyon, will be given, at the Annual , Country Meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, to be held at Shrewsbury, in 1845, for the best account of the use of gorse for the food of cattle, horses, or sheep, founded on actual expe rience. . " Competitors will be required to state the following points: " 1. The quality of :and on which the gorse is grown. " 2. The age of the plant when cut. " 3. The mode end expense d f cutting. " 4. The mode and expense of preparing for food. The mode of feeding with the gorse, and quantity of other food given therewith. " All essays competing for this prize to be sent to the Secre tary of the Society, No. 12, Hanover-square, London, on or be - fore the 1,..t of May, 2846." A SERIES OF CALAMITIES.—The town of Whitehaven and its neighbourhood have been thrown into a consider able state of excitement from having, within the last week , been the scene of a number of distressing calamities, at tended by a serious lo ss o f lif e . O n S a t ur d a y morning work on workman in the employ of Mr. Robi nson , w hilst at r. on board a s c h o o ner , was ser i ous l y , an d i t i s f eare d fatally. injured by th e f a lli ng o f a h eavy spar f rom t h e r i g ging , the vessel. which fractured hi s s k u ll an d s h a tt ere d ills leg' leaving but faint hopes of hi s recover y. O n th e a fternoo n , of the same d a y, a sa ili ng ma t c h w i t h sma ll b oa ts too k place just outside our harbour. The weather was d oe ' with oc cas i ona l squa ll s o f w i n d ; b y one o f t h ese t w o 1)01t , were upset, and the crews thrown into the water. Pr prompt assistance they were all rescued from their pe rilous situation, but one, who expired soo n after be w as , brought t o th e s h ore . Th e d ecease d was a resident oil Parton, about o ne m il e f rom D u bli n , w h ere h e w as mac f respected. having for some ti me fill e d th e s it u ation g t . schoolmaster. On the same night, a man of the nam e ?„ Wright, in th e em pl o y o f Mr. Hartley, of Moresby , 1 " company with another man and hi s w ife, we re returns' home from Whitchav tr, where they had been makingitheir weekly purchases, when they were savagely attacked II two men and two women, at a by-place on the Working: ton-read, who, after seriously ill-using them, robbed then; of the whole of their marketings, consisting of butche rs meat, groceries, &c. In the course of the next moral the police succeeded in apprehending two men, who lol a b bw e ue e tr n ew r eb e rr c eo e u g rg n et i ni s: tl e a dn.dbe foree and d, t Wrighti f i t e n t n o dt n h b e e i p n r go magistratesddu c a e ng o e f ro t on t u ie ws 7 r sti :b l 1) le e st r .or Y 0: 1 10.0 Weir houses. The prisoners, who are colliers in full wor k ' the serious nature of the injuries he received, and cons e. quently unable to attend. Leh,THE MESMERIC INFLUENCE.—The wonders o , v merism are not altogeth er un k nown to th e p eo ple of ino cester, but a case has occurred this week whicil We eclipsed all previous facts, either here or at a distance. The allude to the amputation of a limb on Thursday hot. A nn patient is a young woman of the n am e of Mary ./.. Larkin, 16, Fleet-street, in this town, who had been, Pro, flitted with a disease of the knee-joint for four ‘ r a t it The precise nature of the disease we do not know, Lu ll a ncl was attended with enormous swelling of the lig 1 " like with such excruciating pain as so prevent a nythil an d consecutive rest for a long period. By these tne an ,, e j e toOf want of sleep she had become reduced to a mere s" st be and there was every probability that her life ul t ; sta te found o f a t n il de that cae , i t a s 1: oi influence 0 a e n :L e o It: a h s sacrificed, or the limb amputated. In, this critica,,d t hat I%soloetslnlienrgisnni:tistrheo.uldlib n e de t r r i i t e s d h u ,fi n ue tl n te ce pr i tt a i m e r n i t w , G a: i d u ,:_ ar :d .. and t i li ti e al pa b t y ie h nt er wo rn u e l d d ic s a ir l ik at ii t h e t n o d p a e n r t f:e i t t a v, r . l a d s refres b j ee 6 wea 't o g : ' t the most s"'s " b d e g e g o c : i ' , 6 :,: ‘' : ca: 1 .. e tie *' s r il i el. pose. As amputation of the deceased's joint was e d tbst essential the operation should be performed while in the tr'''„,ern.- state. Accordingly,. twelve o'clock on ThursdaY."'Afr. ing was fixed upon for the operation to take Piel i o, the Hollings was the mesmeriser, and Mr. I. ",l ha w, an. c : operator, l\i t, s s r s . Paget,beside ss‘Ne-Idliolomutflieurtei.7(Leolpyrneisnegn,t&T• - ' l%l ar c c o o go o i .. lings having mesmerised the patient, which '"„ s ee ded !°_ plished in about nine minutes, Mr. Tosswill pru' otr w ithin perform the operation. The limb was taket_' ..ing t hirt.o five incites of the hip joint, the spot nveasu l ta tiou t ook three inches in circumference where the anWelioutes and place, and which was effected in about two aueibie groan, a half. During the operation an all but irnat; hoilY was . ing was heard, and a slight movement perceptible ; but as far as could be ti con t a entire absence of pain. 'lbis was evin d D t °lucidity, no Hance preserving throughout the greatest s . easation. Oa single motion cl a muscle indicating suchot aware of *at being demesmerised, the patient was not attendance . de r; had taken place till infdraied by N 9 the afternoon great the contraction 0. rt. . with writhing of the body ,fi r e m uscles-, but On res° lo body and the contraction of these gradually ceased in; to the mesmeric influences_eep, which lasted au Lie patient falling into a calm aroused l all pain had cotu .l 4 and forty aa ii;u t e s , and when . we ''' been felt since. In this case, _ _ s ., left her, and has not • . . about tihe nature of W.' Dot pretend to decide anything *shiug' einas are altogether so astorn _ of Incristn, but the prom. , _ , re , e o r e ' • arid at the same time so well attested, by the p - ._ a . L of the medical professio .. pains were felt i' i s n e the loins, attecn the several distinguished n•em .ers them.—Leicester' oi _ Leicester lifer that no reasonable mind can reject tie . ,cod by waislaa_ v c