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:44. 'ERlN quainted curing. Church lON of mill in ns, &n.r rksellert bop of Ls, by a wn or eferred. ;-gtreett ...0n........ 'n. -----.----- - .. is. supply LK, to Twelve 7 ,1845, to the r. pplics- Y, the tS for istrue e two )ocke. ler ia veyorp th day mnt in 844. m•.... .---....... mar. May 7, 1844. PROSPECTUS OF' THE ABERDEEN RAILWAY. YAPITAL, £1,000,000, in SHARES of X2O EACH. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. THOMAS BLAIKIE, Esq., Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen, Chairman, T he Right Honourable the Earl of Erroll, K.T., Lord- Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire, The Right Honourable the Earl of Kintore, The Right Honourable the Viscount Arbuthnott, Lord- Lieutena n t o f Ki ncar di nes hi re , ~.. TRight Honourable the Lord Forbes, heßight Honourabl e th e L or d P anmure , TProvost of D un d ee , h e Pr ovost of Arbroath, e Provost of Montrose, The Provost of Forfar. he Provost of Bre-chin, Alexander Bannerman, Esq., M.P. for the City of Aber deen, G eor di vand Ellice, Es q ., M.P. f or th e E ast Fif es hi re B urg h s , Tige Duncan, Esq., M.P. for Dundee, le Count Leslie, of Balquhain, John Adam, Esq., of Scobbacb, CaPhtin Barclay, of Ury and Allardice, David Blaikie, Esq., of the firm of John Blaikie and ', So ns, Aberd een , aetaiar-G eneral Byres, of Tonley, well Burnett, Esq., Aberdeen. rick Chalmers, Esq., of Auldbar, Peoria Crombie, Esq., one of the Baillies of Aberdeen, 'William F. L. Carnegie, Esq., of and Boysack, hert Duff, Esq., of Culter and Feteresso, Duncan'a Abercromby Duff, Esq., of Haddo, T Davidson, Esq., of Tillychetly, James F4 rqu h arson, Esq., of Invercauld, "ra Farquhar, Esq., of Hallgreen, Kineardinshire, one .T ° ' the Directors of the Union Bank of London, el les Fa rquharson, Esq., Manufacturer, Auchinblae, itaocrel Fraser, of Inverallochy and Castle Fraser, Hobert Gr ant E of fur Convener of Aber deenshire, I ° Alexand Colonel G ordon, °r den, of Park, Convener tif Banffshire. John G er Gi httaa, Esq. of Johnston. Andrew Esq., of Avochie and ;Drumlithie, John Taylor f3animell, Esq., of Drumtochty Castle, James n Taylor Gordon, Esq., of Nerbermuir, Hadden, ju Esq., of .the firm of Alexander • Hadden Sons Frederick Hoiland, Esq., of the 'firm of Richards end Company, John Angus, Esq., City Clerk of Aberdeen, illiam innes, Esq., of Raemotr, Convener of Kittear dinesailre, Alexander4opp, Esq., Aberdeen, James Kilgc,ur, Esq., of the firm of Gordon, Barron, and Company, Clements lornsden, Esq., Aberdeen, Alexander Morrison, Esq., of TBognie and Morithlairy, twin Mechray, Esq., Torry Term, Mail Coach 'Centime tor, Aberdeen, John Morice, Esq., of Tubos,Kiniardineshire,Nerchant in 'London, Alexander Pierie, jun., Esq, of the firm of Alexander Pierie and Sons, Henrytraterson, Esq., Manager of the North of Scot land Banking Coman Major 'George Thom p pson y , , - C.8., Bengal Engineers, of av rge Thompsonyllie, jun• in Aberdeen, sq •' Aberdeenshire, residin g i n Li verpo Ol, Shipowner Aberdeen. 8 D E Esq., Cas hier of the Bank Banking Company, The B an ki BANKERS. ngCompany in Aberdeen and Branches, The'North ot C Scotland Banking Company Aberdeen and Thßranches, e RoYal B an k of Scotland and Branches ' ' , Th Unio n Bank of ' Soofland and Do., Edi n b urg h, The Comme rc i a l B ank of Scotland and Do., ,Sir Richard Carr Glynn'and Co., Menra• Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co.,} London, Tlie4lnion Bank of London, Messrs. Beckett and Company, Leeds, `The'Conmercial Banking Company, Liverpool. ENGIEES. Messrssrs. Grainger and Mille N r, Edin ß burgh, Mes. John Gibb, and Alexander Gribb, Aberdeen. • rtaAILWAY, connecting the Citrof Aberdeen with rtoe s outhern lines through the pop u l ous t owns o f ttmdee, Perth, Abroatb, Forfar, B r e c hi n , M on t rose , an d i_port a and the numerous towns end villages in this lon t agricultuaal -and manufacturing dist r i c t, h es • ftia een anxiously desired, and the land was surveyed .., 13 aok as the year - 1837. The execution of the under eTriam"clwever, was deferred until ;the chain of railway _owinunication should he further advanced. This has o taken Place. Ra'l s have been completed or are Projected froEn ' cl w a a nd the south and west of Scot land to the southern termini of the present line. A fresh Purvey and estimate having been obtained, the undertak ing has si nce received the sanction of the Noblemen .and to Ztle nleo subsctri rroprietors of the greater part of the lands aversed, and alarge portion of the Capital lass been Fr d within the district. Line, it leng th of abr. a c onsideration of the mate , and Rag a ' ' t W ill be seen' that the whole - traffic of the various on.,:lvs throughout the south and west of Scotland t' ' ll its Progress to Aberdeen and the northern colla tes, fall into an d e v d alongthis line. br T anh - he length arc th w e- n l v in e e e is sixty-six miles, including the centr e oCfoismencing at the harbour and wet docks in Aberdeen, it proceed -6 by the villages of CO 'e+ Portlethen, 'Skateraw, and others, to the county 01 !onehavens thence through titreSertile district of the Mearns, near to the-villages of Drundithie, Auchinblac, and Laurencekirk. byardarykirk todibechin, and h av i ng a larauch to the docks at Montrose- -1--:-Frorn Brechin. it is proposed that the line shall be continued to Priockheim on the one hand, forming there a junction with the -rail ways already finished to Abroath and Dundee, and the Edinburgh and Northern, through Fife ; and, on 'the •• other hand, to be continued to Forfar, where it will -meet the Northern Junction Railway from Perth through Strath more, thus conneatingit with the Scottish Central Line. No tunnel is reauiredaina the whole length of therliac, the gradients are good, the value of the land is compara tively small, and the works are of. a dencription which can be estimated with certainty. In addition to the experi ence of Messrs. Grainger and Miller ..and Messrs. Gib, all Railway Engineers, the practical experience of the 'latter as Contractore, under the firm of John Gibb and Sencon, is w e ll known, and s-w ill give. more than usual confi de in the estniae , of .east. After the most careful 'consideration of the whole work:, en, the main line and ;I?ranclis, and including the plant, the capital has been fixed at X 1 ,000,000 sterling. iotThe line traversed is very populous, and, besides the tit.ihnterhelarge towns above mentioned, Aberdeen alone con at 5,000 inhabitants, and is the depdt for the supply important and wealthy district north of that city vithgeneral rnerchandize. Aberdeen and the other towns 1, 011 the line are a l so i mportant seats of the linen, cotton, fi e t t a l r i !n , and oth er manufactures. l'he salmon and other la va ; l a i s are of great magnitude. These afford a very tvhr e h -e uk ill-the present carrying trade of the country, tr , ad e _ the a.; F il t 9modity of -.vantage of a rapid transit = largely sry to a a perishable nature .will increase. ' it is well known , has in lines of railway sieni raY'rentristeaced, proved a source of great revenue. stud ''',Portion of the country traversed being deficient of buildieg purposes, while the other is abundantly d - PP'ied with acne of the ' finest -.quality and of different escriptions, a large tra c will thence arise. fi Its ; •°,Portauce as an Agricultural district, in which the neeteattle are reared and fed in great numbers, requires ," 1 3' to be m en ti ane d to satisfy everyene_ef the large levenue which the Railway will realize from the transit of Live an d D ead• Stock to the southern markets, to which th ey are at present driven by tediousand expensive medi aof conveyance. The Grain Trade also forms an im portant item in the anticipated receipts. and Tables ofitraffic have been prepared from the passenger ca rry i ng trade, exhibiting a clear revenue of upwards .RBO,OO, orof 8 per eent. on the capital of £1,000,000, without reckoning on .any new branch of trade to be called into existence, or on any undue increase of that at present existing. It is propnsedthat the-stock shall be divided into 50,000 Shares, of £2O each ; and, as the standing orders of the House of Commons provide that 10 per cent, on the sums subscribed shall be paid :before a°railway bill can be read a second time, a deposit that amount will be required •befoee applying to Parliament. A deposit of 20, a ,per -share to be paid as the shares are awarded, and the re -205. before the Ist ;February, 1845. The amount _°f future Calls to be payable at such time as the Commit tee may direct, and the shares of parties fail ing to pay the Calls when required, will be forfeited, along with any "ta ms which they may have previously paid. The act will Provide that no subscriber shall be liable beyond the r4unouut of his subscription, that no more than £2. 10s. e, r share shall be called for at any one time, and that _uer e bet aa the Calls. iz a t hall be an interval of not leas than three months airSter the act is obtained, 4 per cent. interest will be the uPtai the Calls, from the date of payment until th e is apened for traffic. If the act is not obtained, 4aj.nuents, deducting expenses, will be returned. shade Pueations for Shares in the form annexed, may he mr an d t A t le,ao . l and Anderson, Blakie and Smith, or P. " • Web " I ' l uson, Advocates in Aberdeen ; to G. and T. a n d LeeXer, Old „ Palace-yard, and Johnson, Farquhar, t a r t' wi t'orgate-street, London, the Parliamen- I' ' as el-str e l ia - r to Clark, Davidson, and Brown, 36, a i ,°rl and V-,,'-io ' adon • Shiell and Small, Dundee; Lou fc,lsek:l‘l-:. on, ald, A ' rbroath ; William Gordon, and D. ' ec tiln; Adam Burness, Montrose ; Alexan and I and Kinnearand Monro, Stonehaven ; Duncans fealowiaa,ea, and Gray and Jamieson, Perth ; or to the riaeaQug sliarebrokers --namely, William Gordon, Ma and a. - stre e t ca a.. 0., stre et' Pswald;George, and Co. and James Black and - ".'rrtleen ; Robert Allan, John Robertson, and and , Poians and Home, Edinburgh ;D. Niven N\VPerth Sturrock, jun., Dundee; W. Oliphant, inatso'q tYl v'en and Auld, John C. Foulds, and James lin: an- Gla sgow • Moore and Gatl:ff, Huddersfield ; arvdalker and . George Heaps and Co., Leeds ! Rte k 'buil,li i Lon, Manchester ;B. and M. Boyd, 4, New If e V, 7. a ri gs, and C . an d J. H. M'llae, 57, Moorgate sNalf .s olc, 0 FORSYTH and PRITCARD, D. and J. ti o t or to H RICHARD SCHOLES, Liverpool. P 01124 OF APPLICATION FOR S HARES . iIt"'ISIO N AI:COMMITTEE OF THE ABERDEEN N I , RAILWAY. I) O a rt th e 'tet'rfr42o clench, fires 4/4Rx,--1 request that you will allot to me Y the tip condition s s l ot the Prosp (ruirpd. at cans. I shall .the pr?p'osed Aberdeen Railway, re- at a nd sign the necessary deeds when r Naml ................ Remidehce ....... . ..... TTrade or Profession— . • .. day of 1844. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES. AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. THE Provisional COcnmi&;respectfully inform ap plicants for Shares in this Undertaking, that the Allocation has now been completed, and they regret that from the number of applications received beyond the amount of Capital required so many respectable parks have been disappointed. Those parties who have not re ceived letters of Allotment will, therefore, understand that the Committee have been unable to comply with their wishes. _ Tile Subscribers' Deed of Agreement will lie for Sig nature in the hands of Mr. MATTHEW WOTHERSPOON, Sharebroker, No. 7, India-buildings, Liverpool, from the 3d till the 18th instant. By order of the Committee, WILLIAM LOGIE, Interim Secretary. Glasgow, Ist May, 1844. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. CONVEYANCE DIRECT BETWEEN LONDON AND LIVERPOOL. T ° prevent delay in transit, and counteract excessive charges which are still practised on the Public by common Carrievs, parties should expressly direct all Merchandise from London for Liverpool to be delivered to 'CHAPLIN AND HORNE, HAMPRO'-WHARF, THAMES-STREET, LONDON: AGENTS FOR THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. or at either of their Receiving-offices, City or West : viz., Spread Eagle.. ....Gracechtn - ch-street, Swan with Two Necks,. ..... Lad-lane, 'Cross Keys.. 'George and Blue Boar. Holborn, eGold,n Cross. - Spread Eagle.. • ..Regents'-circus. Griffin's, Green Man and Still; and Euston-squzre, Whose Rates throughout re arranged according to 'the weight, value, and bulk of the Goods, but in no cage ex cceeding 4s. per Cwt.., igrcluding cartage in London. Goods are conveyed daily by the Grand Junclion:Rail 'troy Company between London and Liverpool 'direct, without change of Waggon or loss of time. Apply to BRAITHWAIIE POOLE. Liverpool, 24, Viiter-street, lel May, 1844. 'GtTXRANTEE SOCIETY. ESTABLISVED BY ACT OF PAILJAMENT. CAPITAL £lOO,OOO TII.VBTHES. Charles Rogge Price, Esq. Thomas Fowler, 'E sq . John Francis 'Mau:mit, Major - General Parlby, Esq. I C.8.E.1.C. MO Officers of her Majesty's Service, both (Civil and Military, Secretaries. Clerks, and all others hold ing, or about to hold, confidential and responsible situa tions, this'Society presents immediate facilities for obtain ing Suretylar Integrity, upon payment of a small annual premium, and by which relatives and friends are relieved from the-various pectniary responsibilities attendant on private seretyships. The surely of this - Society is acteptetlby the War-office, (for Paymasters of Regiments and of • Out-Pensioners,) the 'Ordnance, EaSt India Company, the Customs, the Bank of England,: and numerous Banking, Mercantile, and 'Commercial Firms, both in London and in the country. Forms of application, and every information, may be obtained at the al t hees, 28, Poultry,. London. THOMAS DODGSON, Secretary. AGENTS FOR THE LIVERPOOL DISTRICT, HUGHES AND RONALD, 1, Cook-street. T ROBERT BLACKHURST, at present and for two :11.9 'weeks past residing at number nineteen, Mill-street, id the parish or place of Toxteth-park and county 44 Lan caster, and fur tour years previorisly residing at number fourteen, in Mill-street aforesaid, and being an auctioneer , and appraiser, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that I intend to present a petition to the LIVERPOOL 'DISTRICT COURT OF BANICRUPTCY, praying to be examinedtouching my debts,' estate, and effects ; and to be protected from all process, upon making a full dis closure and surrender of such estate and effects, for pay ment of may just and lawful debts. AND I HEREBY FURTHER GIVE NOTICE, qfiat the time when the matter of the said petition sball , he heard, is to be adver tised in the • London Gazette, and the Liverpool Standard newspaper, one month at the least after the date hereof. As witness Iny hand this sixth.day of May, in the year df our Lotd , o ,e thousand eight hundred and forty-four. ROBERT BLACKHURST. MPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN of 30,000,000- fls. 11 (of 1639.)-1 AusragsN'SculP for £3, 6 for xlaiand 13 for £5O ; reimbursable by Dividends ,of £30,000, £23,000, £20,000, £13,000,.-&c.—Smallest Dividend'X3o sterling. IMPERIAL RUSSI•AN-POLISIi LOAN of 150,000;600 fls. (of 1835.)-1 RussrAra-Poa.zsrt-Scrap for £2 408.. 4 for £lO, and 9 for £2O. Genera and chief DISTRIBUTION Ist :rule, at Vienna. A few SCRIPS are vet on SALE. Dividoads repaid at, Paris, Frankfort, Vienna, and London. Apply for prospectuses, wish full particulars, •without delay, -to .A..JACOBS and Co., Bankers, Frankfort.oa-Maine. Or, to-save postages, letters may be sent to Mr. jAC(.73S, 34, Wcllclose-square, 'London, from wheace they will promptly be forwarded. TMPERIAL RUSSIAN-POLISH LOAN ofiiio,ooo,oooos. (of 1835,) HOPE RIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN-of 30,000,0000. (0U:1M%) guaranteed by their Majesties the Emperor of , Austria and the Emperor of Russia. GRAND DISTRIBUTIONS at Warsaw and Vienna. In the Russian-Polish Loan the following,divi dends:will be re-immersed::-One of 1.000.000 11., one of 300,000 11., two of 150,000 of 25,000 11., eight of 14,00 042., &c., together 7000 dividends, gaining7,97o;ooo fl. Smallest dividend 750 0., largest 1,000,000 fl. tin the Austrian Loan 700 b(inds will obtain 701,700 11., in lots of 230,000 fl., 50,000 ft, 15;000 fl., ;30,000 0., &c. Smallest dividend 500 B. 10 Loiins are equal to LI sterling, a trifle more or less, as per day's exchange. The..prices are— 1 Russian-Poli s h S tr i p f or £2lO 1 Austrian Scrip for £3 4 Ditto 10 0 6 Ditto 15 9 Ditto 20 '0 /3 Ditto 30 Payable by bank notes, remittances, or drafts. IDivi• (lends re-imbursable at Frankfort, Paris, London, Nor ew , York, at the option of the holders. The undersigned ge neral agent, in claiming •the attention of the imperial end foreigq public to these !nom important Loan Distributions, begs to state that, agreeably to the instructions with which he has been honoured, he is now receiving the orders of the public. To save portages, foreign subscribers 33:av apply to his houses in Paris, New'Xork, and London; at Mr. •A. ;Schvrarzschild's' 1. Plough-court, Lombard .street. Prospectuses, wit h full particulars, and Lists of the Distribution, promptlyforwarded to every shareholder abroad. J. A. SCH WARZSCH 1 LD, Banker and Receiver-General. ,'Fraukfort-on-Maine, April, 1841. FRAMPTON'S PILL OF .HEALTH, Price ls. lid. per box. -PHIS excellent Family PILL is a Medicine of long .'. tried efficacy for correcting all . disorders of the 'Stomach and Bowels, the common symptoms of which are Costiveness,‘Flatulency, Spasms, Loss of Appetite, Sick Head. ache, Giddiness, Sense of Fulness after meals, Dizziness of the Eyes, Drowsiness and Pains in the Stomach and Bowels, Indigestion producing a Torpid State of the 'Liver, and a consequent Inactivity of the Bowels, causing a disorganization of every function of the frame, will, in this most excellent preparation, by a little perseverance, be effectually removed. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects. Tbe 'Stomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy action of the -Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys will rapidly take place; and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaundiced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health, will be the quick result of taking this Medicine according to the directions accompanying each-box. These Pills are particularly efficacious for Stomach Coughs, Colds, Agues, Shortness of Breath, and all Obstructions of the:•Urinary Passages; and if taken after too free an indulgence at table, they quickly restore the system to its natural ,state of repose. Persons of a FULL HABIT, who are subject to Head-ache, Giddiness, Drowsiness, and Singing in the Ears, arising from too great a flow of Blood to th e H ea d, should never be without them. as many dangerous symp toms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use. For FEMALES, these Pills are most truly excellent, removing all obstructions, the distressing Head-ache so very prevalent with the sex ; Depression of Spirits, Dull ness of Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotches, Pimples, and Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy and juvenile bloom to the complexion. To MOTHERS. they are confidently recommended as the best medicine that can be taken during pregnancy : and for children of all ages they are unequalled. As a pleasant, safe, easy Aperient, they unite the re commendation of a mild operation with the most success ful effect, and require no restraint of diet or confinement during their use. By regulating the dose according to the age and strength of the patient, they become suitable for every case, in either sex, that can be required ; and for elderly people they will be found to he the most comforta ble Medicine hitherto prepared. Sold by T. PROUT, 229, Strand, London. Price I s. I'd. and 2s. 9d. per box; also by Rennie, Wagstaff, Howell, Phillips, Aspinall, Fisher, Apothecaries' Company, G. Syers, J. Syers, Roberts, Johnson and Son, Lathbury, Scholefield, Smith, King, Bradford, Blake, Bird, Gerard, Watson, Mucklow, Lloyd, Carter, and Rowland, Liver pool • Law, and Gaskell, Manchester; and by the vendors of Medicines generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. CHEAP TRIP TO LONDON.—TO those of our readers . who have not v i s it e d th e mo d ern Babylon, an opportunity will present itself on the 18th and 20th instant, by winch they will be enabled to go to the metropolis of the world, and gaze on its varied wonders, as the late contractor has again entered into arrangements with the railway com panies to carry passengers there and back, for the par ticulars of which we beg to refer to the advertisement. EYE AND EAR INErninArtv.--The following extract from the journals kept at the Eye anti Ear Infirmary of the operations performed by Mr. Hugh Neill and the other talented gentlemen connected with the establish ment, shows the extensive usefulness of this excellent charity:---" On the Bth April last IN/r. Neill ope:ated on nine persons for cataract, artificial pupil, ; and on the 16th of the same month upon three for cataract. O❑ the latter d,:y eighty-two persons Were also prescribed for and received medicines," I i THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD VARIETIES. AN AGED FAMILY. — There is now residing at Husted Nook, in the township of Weardale and Wardle, an aged family of seven individuals, all in good health, — namely, James Mitthews, 85 ; Robert, 75 • Thomas. 73 ; John, 77; Mary, 82 ; B etty, 71 ; Richard, 67. Their united ages amount to 530 years.—Blackburn Standard. FRENCH PURITY OF ELECTION.—On Monday last, the French Chamber of Deputies decided that the third election of Mr. Charles Lafitte, for the borough of Lou viers, was not a good election, and ought to be annulled. The ground of his rejection was, that he had be en gu ilt y of " collective corruption," in having promised the elec tors to cause to be constructed a branch from the Rouen railroad to that town ! TRAVELLING IN SPAIN.—We read in a Madrid jour nal—" Mail -coaches with three places for passengers, like those of France, have been established upon all our roads. It is difficult to give an idea of the multiplication of public carriages of all kinds in Spain. They are run ning in every direction, and there is so much opposition that the fares are extremely low, and travelling has become so greatly increased, that the inns and other establishments for their accommodation are as greatly improved. If our highways are but cleared of the brigands who infest them, foreigners will flock to explore our country and its inter esting curiosities, hitherto almost unknown to the rest of Europe."— Gallo-tones Messenter. A LIVELY PLACE.—They have a little town out west which appears to have been overlooked by Dickens, and 'other English travellers of his class, and which is all . sorts of a stirring place. In one day they recently had two street fights, hung a mun, rode three out of town on a rail, got up a quarter race, a turkey shooting, a gander pulling, a match 'dog fight, had preaching by a Methodist circuit rider, who afterwards run a foot-race for drinks alt round; arrd, 'as if Ihis was not enough, the judge of the court, after lasing a year's salary at single-handed poker, and whipPiregea person who said he did not under stand the game, went out and helped to Lynch a man for hog-stealing.—Picayune. Soul..Th NIP 'BEMs ON WATT,.—Dr. Arnott relates a case where the sound of bells was heard on board a ship sailing along the' oast of Brazil, far out of sightof land. The sound was heard during an hour or two, at a particular spot 'on deck, and it seemedtto vary as in human rejoic ings. Ail on board came to listen, and wereoonvineed as to the existence and nature of the sound, !matte account for it was impossible. Mortfhs afterwards it 'eras aseer tainedataat sit the time of the observation, the'bells of the city of St. 'Salvador, on 'the Brazilian coast, had been ringing on the occasion of 'a festival; their sound, there rere, favoured by a gentle'wind, bad travelled over. per taps, a hundred miles , ef smooth water, and had been larougfit to a focus by the concave sail in 'the particular -situation on the deck wtere it was listened to. Anarooe AT BRYROOT.—The traveller, whose good fortune it has been to make his first approach to Syria by sea, and to land at qleyroot, must always esteem it a happy 'coincidence tihet the most frequented port on all the coast is likewise precisely the point where a man of taste and 'tsick feeling would choose to receive his first im pressions of the country. Long before the vessel nears the eh ire, the sunlit peaks and wavy 'ridges of Lebanon are seen marking the blue sky, while its sides are hid from sight by the haze upon the waters- by and by the craegy masses of the mountain come forth like airy promontories; theaye gradually =distinguishes the deep and dark valleys that cleave its flanks ; the rocky crests assume a bolder outline; and you half discern villages scattered on the mountain sides, and monasteries like feudal fortresses crowning their summits. Each okect caught sight of is hailed with delight ; all hands are on deck ; every eye is strained, and each gazer has continually some new disco very to impart to his companions. It is always an-ex citing thing tohave a mountain land in view as thetermi nation of a sea voyage; but' ere the charm is felt \ with tenfold strength, for the land before you is endeared by a i'host of associations linked with 'your earliest and 'most ' , hallowed recollections. Meaniahile, the vessel bolds on its course; 'the land grows beneath the eye; the white walls of the-country houses, spread all along the Vain at the foot of the mountain, peep out with a look of welcome from between their clusteringarces, and the air is loaded with the perfumed breath of orange and lemon blossoms. " At last the anchor is dropped, :and you are riding in the bay of Beyroot, in front of a long promontory, rising gradually from the water, above which are seen the mina rets and towers of the town, 'and beyond them She sum mits of the Jebel Sunnin, and.the Jebel Kneese, and the long lines of the Jebel el Deus.—Library of Travel. DIVISIT4LITY or Maprzee—We not nnfrequently speak of•-things as being 43, a5-fine as a hair." Vow the human lair varies in thickness from the 1-2'Oth to the 1-600th part of an inch; and it is a massivecable in com parison with the fibres produced by other animals. The thread of the silk-worm 'is 'many times finer, being from the 1-1700th to the 1-2 1 00th of an inch. This,-however, is nothing to the slenderness of the spider's thread, which has been found in some instances to be no more than 1-30;0001 - 1 of an inch in diameter. It is difficult even to imagine.quantities so small ; and the best way , :to realize them to the mind is to consider that 30,000 such threads laid side by side would make a riband only one inch broad. But this is by no means the entire wonder of the spider's thread. Each of these ,Sletitier cords is composed of four or . git twisted together; and every one of these-is formed by the pressing out of a viscid fluid through a sort of teat or spinneret at the hinder,part of the animal, the point of which, instead of having a single orifice, is perforated by not less than 1000 very minute apertures. The thread of each spinneret must be formed. therefore by the union of not less than 1000 fibrilse; and four or six of these threads go to form the cord of 1.30,000 th of an inch in diameter, of which the spider's web is 'constructed. It:rhas been calculated that two drachms (120 grains) of such thread would reach from Edinburgh to London. The fibres yielded by the vegetable kingdom are not se fine as these ; yet their minuteness is most astonishing. Every fibre of flax is -composed of a bundle. of other fibrils, which have been found to be about 1-2500th of an inch in diameter. Similar fibres, obtained from - the pine-apple plant, have been ascertained to be no more than 1-5000th or even I-7000th of an inch in diameter; these when twisted into threads, and woven, are said to form cloth of very beauti ful texture. The glistening- epiril fibrils wbic t ee drawn _ h tberry is out when the leaf-stalk of a geraniu t m ar o e r naost s t ra wberry than 1-12,000 th of an inch in diame ter.—Popular . snapped by drawing of Natural Science. OPINION OF ERNST.-- . BeCOnd the ends trl-POpular Cycloptedia A GOOD CRITIC ' S Concert of the Philharmonic Society. =- A prominent feature. in this concert was the - first Philharmonic appear ance of Herr Ernst. Much aait may be the contine n t a l fashion to affect a contempt of English judgment, it is yet, unquestionably, a fact, that the greatest artists -of all countries seek from the Philharmonic audience the last and conclusive testimony to their powers. In theoase of Herr Ernst, this was yielded on Monday evening in a manner too prompt and enthusiastic to be otherwise than gratifying to him. We have already spoken on several occasions of this extraordinary violinist. He has, assu redly, no superior as an executant, even among the most madly emulous of the fashionable gymnasts ; while in that deeper and less acquirable excellence, the genial in terpretation of musical poesy, no one but be has been able to sustain the all-passionate idols which Paganini created. .He could not have made a better selection for the display of his prodigious capabilities than the Scene Cantante of Spohr. The recitatives, the can-. labile, the I -final allegro,—all were absolute perfec tion. We have heard Spohr execute this same com position, but, nevertheless, prefer its _rendering at the hands of Ernst. Nothing, of course, can transcend 'sSpohr's unders'anding of his own work; but the youth of Ernst is yet hot and fresh with him, and he sings through his lovely gush of pathos, not as a cherished relic of by-gone feeling, but as the prompt exponent of pre sent and living passion. His solo in the second act, though less interesting to the musician, was, perhaps, necessary to substantiate his position among the wonder workers of the day. As a collection of miraculously achieved difficulties, we have heard nothing beyond it; one variation, indeed,—an overwhelming torrent of rapid chorus—was so obviously an all-but preternatural marvel as to compel a tremendous encore. Ernst was-vociferously received throughout, and he deserves it. As a player he is certainly second to none; but his composer-like feel ing and genial attachment to everything intrinsically excellent in music, place him above all comparison in his the A se % r - v E i T ce gß it A i walk of art.—Allan. N 1 i -- 77 7 ; 11 , e a l s at m e ad S e ir a J L a i l e d u e t e e l na B n r t e n t o n th entered Barfleur in Lord 13ridport:s. a l c n tio th n a o t ff ye C a a r pe fo S u r. Vincen t's n 1697 (in which were also 'his gallant friends, two of of November, 1790, and as such served on on b d e the t. command n-te-s command Admirals at the present Board of Admiralty); was mad. a commander on the 3rd of July, 1799; i n . y w i fi n r g e o f musketfry three of the enen e es r d ,a ' e s l vn actionsef vessels s th ei e s hine Speedy, cthetvuilreel vicinity during t u y n o b f i Gibraltar c 0 this near r ht ca s p ev e from the surrounding month four of the enemy's vessels in a h G i a ll t s t . , u l n n de t r he a l f t o e o v heavyoOctober he destroyed exposed to the guns of a forrfi • surf, at the time cation and musketry from the beach, and in the next month of Nov played consummate skill and gallant in ember he dis played beating off two Spanish schooners, and ten other armed vesse ls ser vices he won his post ra n k, : weeea dated the; by these 25th of April, 1800. He was then selected by sir James wards Lord) de Samaurez as his flag captain,and* (after mand of the Caesar distinguished himself in the n' corn action off Algesires, of the 6th of July, 1831. s s t e i i v )s ere quen tly in command of the Minerva, when that e. frigate go t aground in a fog and was lost near Cherbourg, he de fended her during a heavy fire of several hours, for which usable gallantry he received the hi g hest • unsutp, , praise when acquitted at a court martial for the loss of his ship. In 1807, when in command of the Spartan f r i gate, Sir ' Jahleel assisted in driving the French garrison out of Pezaro and destroying the castle; in the following m outh he assisted in blowing up the Castle of Cesaratico, destro inn a neighbouring battery, and compelling the Island of Sussin to surrender; assisted at the reduction of 7 -eant e and Cephalonia, and particularly distinguished himself at the capture of Cerigo, where he was first in command, These and many other important services did this ga ll ant officer render in the Adriatic. In the same ship in 1810, in concert with the Sussex, he fought a most gallant action with and defeated, a French squadron hi the Bay 0g Naples, in which action be was severely wounded. The gallant deceased was created a Baronet on this occasion, and received other honours, and on the B th of Feb ruary, 1811, had a pension conferred upon him of £3OO p c , annum for the wounds he had received. He obt a i ned his flag promotion as -Rear-A dm i ral on the 22d of J u l y, 1830, and as Vice-Admiral on the Ist of July 1810, and srquently had another pension conferred upon 'dui " eg, £3OO per annum for good service: he also received d al grant from the Patriotic Fund. The gallant deceased ea , t foe son of the late Rear- Urniral Brenton. He was twice married. His elde-t son, Mr. tonne. lot Cherfee Lee Brenton, who succeeds toe the Baronetcy, was born in 1807, INDIA AND CHINA. (From Yesterday's Times.) We received on Saturday evening our despatches from India and China, which left Bombay on the Ist of April. The chief intelligence of the month relates to the con duct of a part of certain native regiments on the north west frontier, which refused to march to Schiele, in con sequence of some allowances granted to the troops on the banks of the Indus during the time of war being with drawn when that province was declared to be in peace and annexed to the British Empire in India. The pay of the native soldier is five rupees and a half (11s.) per month, besides which he receives subsistence money (called batta and half-batta) of one rupee and a half in cantonment, and, if marching in the Company's territo ries, an additional sum of the same amount called " extra batta," whereby his pay becomes eight rupees and a half Per month. if be is on a foreign station, and in peculiar cases of scarcity, he receives an additional sum called " ration money," as a compensation for the dearness of the articles of his use, such as grain, &c. Thus there were three indulgences to be considered, viz., Ist, the cantonment rate of half-batta ; 2d, the marching rate of extra batta; and 3d, the extraordinary indulgence of ra tion money. All cause for alarm had ceased, and the several regi ments ordered were proceeding to their stations on the Indus. Three regiments have been ordered to be dis banded,—viz., the 7th Light Cavalry, and the 4th and 34th regiments of Native Infantry. The 64th regiment, in which but a few began the mu tiny, having proved that the mass of the men knew nothing of it, and having volunteered to go to Scinde, had been allowed to proceed, and with the Foot Artillery, under Captain Graham, had embarked at Ferozepore on the 18th of March. The 6th Irregular Cavalry, which had not, to its honour., shown the smallest symptom of dis affection, was also in progress there. The Artillery had also at first begun to march, but the Hindoo Brahmins and the Mussulmen Mollabs had gone to tamper with the men, and produced for a time some disinclinetion, which ceased on explanations being given. The government, which has made the concessions to the troops, will take care to weed the disaffected out of all these corps. The propriety of an increase of the Bombay army had been admitted by the Governor-General, and lists had been prepared of the officers to be appointed to four new corps, from which it appeared that the 'colonels had served 40 years, the lieutenant-colonels upwards of 30 years, the majors more than 25, and the majority of the'captains 19 and 201 ears, while it would leave the 'average of two brevet-captains to each regiment after 15 years' service. Thererwas a great wish expressed in Bengal and Madras that'Scinde should be made over to the Bombay Prssi deney as an appanage, , and , that its army should be aug mented to meet the demand on its service. In such.cir ctimstances the augmentation •of 10 regiments worild be necessary ; but the Bombay army has never yet been -stained with mutiny on anyoccasion whatever. 'The 47th Madrasßegimetrt, which had shown a muti 'nous spirit in Bombay, had been sent to garrison Aden. The cost of the grant to the Sepoys in Scinde is va- Iriously estimated; it has been-calculated at £50,000 per - annum, but the improvements going on in the districts on the borders of the Indus will soon repay it. Fortu nately for India the 'flourishing state of the revenue will not cause any pressurefrorn the grant of the'batta to the Scinde and Gwalior armies. Such is its prosperity, that the Governor-General has issued a notification abolishing the transit duties in the Presidency of Madras. This is considered as a-most useful measure, as introducing uni formity into the various provinces of India. The news from Scinde represents that district as tran quil and comparatively healthful. The Bombay troops there were satisfied to retain it, and an augmentation in that army was' expected. From Lahore the news is of great importance. There a civil war is raging ; a • chief called Cashmeera Singh, a bastard of Rupjeet, is opposed to the new Prime Minis ter, Heer Singh, and, as Sikhs support him, it is proba ble there will be another revolution within-a few months in the Puojaub. "The notorious Affghan leader, Akbar Khan, had led his troops to ievade Peshawur and he will, in all probability, force the Lahore Government into an application to the Governor-General for assistance. It is not improbable that there will be another conflict with the Affglaans on the plains of the Panjaub, where the Indians, when not aided by the English, have almost-always been routed by the hardy mountaineers. It seems that these mountaineers have an established right -to overcome the people to the east of the Indus, and when they lately - invaded Teshawnr they were surprised at being beaten back by the Sikhs under foreign generals. The conquest of their country by the British army had surprised them; yet now again they are to be seen moving to the'lndus, and there the British army must again meet and defeat them. The Sikhs have lost their weightin the scale -of India since the death of old - Runjeet, and it is therefore imperative on the British government to be pre pared to conflict with the Shiks against the Affghans, and not to allow them to make a junction, which might lead to numberless invasions on the fertile north-western pro vinces of the Company's territories. The late rumours of a mutiny amongst the native troops had encouraged both the Sikhs and Affghans to exhibit a hoAile spirit towards the British. The antipathy between the Affghans and the Sikhs is proverbial • they are continu a lly quarrelling, and as the Sikhs have latterly, by means of foreign generals and British aid, been successful, the former now seek an opportunity of having another corflict, for they are anxious to become masters of Peshawur, and of Cash mere. The , Governor-General arrived in Calcutta on the 28th of February, and aces well received. In , :Gwalior tranquility prevails. The new contingent was arranged, and the people appeared satisfied. It is worthy of remark, that the neighbouring district of Bun delkund has been thoroughly,pacified by the suhjugation of Gwalior, and so far was that pacification effective that the whole of the Bundelkund contingent had volunteered to proceed for three years to Scinde,tthereby demonstrating that the late disaffection relative to,money matters in the four regiments of. Bengal had not any extensive ramifica tions. In all,parts of India tranqu'llity prevailed when the mail left. Amongst the late passengers,from Bombay were Sir R. and , Lady Sale, and their daughter, Mrs. Sturt ; they left in the ship True Briton, and are :corning to England round the Cape. The news from China comes down to-the 27th of Feb ruary, but presents nothing remarkable. Sir H. Pottin ger was atliongkong, which island was healthy. He was, while waiting for his successor, engaged in regulating some of the buildings at Victoria, and also in making pro, per arrangements for the trade at the new ports. The Chinese were robbing houses and plundering-the foreigners as well at Macao , as at Hongkong. Great anxiety prevailed in India respecting Colonel Stoddart and Captain , Conolly, as the rumours on the sub ject were couticting. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Clams. The aceounts,received state that the Chinese stew-year holidays had almost entirely put a stop to business, and few transactions either in imports or exports had been effected. The following report of the CottonAnarket comes down to the Ist of January:— Deliveries in Dec. Stock Ist Jan. American Bombay.... .... 23.925 Bengal . 5,882 ..., . Madras ..... 10,915 .. 24,813 Total bales .... 41,877 127,260 Cotton was quoted at T. 51 to T. 7 for Bombay ; Ben gal, 6.2 to 8.6 ; Madras, 6.4 to 8 ; American, 6 to 6.5. In the Cotton Piece Goods market there was a good deal of activity, and large sales had been made at the following quotations :—Grey Longcloths, 2.80 dots. to 3.20 dots. ; Bleached do., 3.60 dols. to 4.20 dols. ; Drills, 2.30 dols. to 2.35 dots. ; American Sheetings, 2.45 dole. to 2:60 dots. The demand for Cotton Yarn continued as before. Sales were with difficulty made at 22 dots, to 24 dols. for Nos. 16 to 32. There was no inquiry whatever for the higher numbers. The demand for Woollens had of W Te e a g fallen h off large Considerably, give below been b th n e ng q h u t o : ta c ti n o n n g s n a n t Tea, 15 to 20 per pecul ; Hyson, 32 to 70 per pecul ; Young Hyson Tea, 25 to 36 per pecul: Hyson skin, 14 to 35 per pecul; Gunpowder and Imperial Tea. 38 to 70 per pecul. The export of Tea to Great Britain, in the month of December, in 12 vessels, was of black. 5,955,1031b5; and of green, 592,4521b5. ; total, 6,547,645. The total exports in six months from July 1 to Feb. 22 was of black, 29,429,3351b5. : and of green, 5,770,9561b5. ; in all, 35,200,2911b5. Prices of Opium were quite nominal— namely, Malwa, 670 dols, to 680 dots. ; and Patna, 595 to 600 dots. Exchange on London, six months' sight, 4 s . 6d. ; with Bengal, 30 days' sight, 224 ts. per 100 dols. • CALCUTTA, MARCH 23. Since the issue of last week our money market has been tranquil, and capital abundant for all commercial purposes of a sound character. In government securities there had been a good deal of business at advancing valuations for some days. The Four per Cents. at one time reached within 1 or 12 annas of par. They have since receded to 1 a 1.2. Exchange is dull, and few bills for sale. The rate may be quoted at Is. 104 d, to Is. 101 d. at 10 months' date. Bank Stock is in demand, and the premium rising. INDIGO.—The imports of the season have now nearly closed, and the amount of produce approximates to fy. mds. 1,70,000. The exports aim: our last issue of 17th ultimo, are 4393 chests or fy. mds. 16,992 to England, 2021 chests or fv. mds. 7111 to France, and 2302 chests or fy. mds. 7787 to the Persian Gulf and Red Sea ; which make the shipments of the season to the 15th instant, inclusive, as below. BOMBAY, APRIL I. METALS.—Iron has been in limited request during the month, and nearly all kinds are rather lower, as our quo tations will show. Tile Copper has declined abaut Ir. per cwt., and sheathing t r to 1 r.; but brazier's and raised bottoms are, unaltered, and South American has advanced Rs. 3 per cwt. Spelter is nominal at Rs. 161 to Rs. 17 per cwt. Lead is very dull of sale, particularly sheet, and only Rs. 10/ for Pig, and Rs. nat 11 for Sheet, are now obtainable. Red Lead is steady at Rs. 11 to 111 per cwt. Tin Plates and Steel are unaltered in value. We subjoin a list of the sales that have been re ported to us for publication :—Copper, 225 cwt. Sheath ing, at Rs. 52-12 as. per cwt, ; 900 cwt. Tile, at Rs. 51-12 as. per cwt. ; 145 cwt. do. at Its. 52; and 94 cwt. do. at Rs. 52-2 as. per cwt. ; .450 cwt. Brazier's, at Rs. 561 per cwt. ; 140 'lngots, at Rs. 52 ; 100 cwt. Rods, at ' Rs. 54 and 150 cwt. South Amer!can. at Rs. 47; Iron. 120 tons British Bar, at Rs. 22 to 22-2 as. per candy ; 308 tons do., at Rs. 22 per candy ; 75 candles Nail Rod (round and square) at Rs. 25-12 as ; 398 candles Swedish Bar, at Rs,. 50; 400 cwt. lidop, at Rs., 4-7 as. per cat. COTTON LW A NUFACTURES.--The fArCr, that have been in best demand have been grey and t , i ached jacconets. and these have commanded an advance of about 1 to 2 annas per piece. Bleached long cloths and madlpollams have also been In fair request at former rates. but grey madapollams and long cloths are rather steady, and only in moderate Inquiry. Mullins are rather scarce and wanted, as also Turkey red goods of all kinds, but prints have been in the most limited request, and the prices ob tained are extremely low, and leave a heavy loss to itn porters. Z , bra dresses are nearly unsaleable, and appear to have gone almost out of consumption. YARNS.—There has been a fair demand during the month, especially since the arrival of the mail, and the stocks in first hands being small prices have advanced to 1- anna per lb. FRElGHTS.—Freights have risen and may now be quoted at £3. 17s. 6d. to £4. for firtt-class ships, to London and Liverpool ; and at £3. 15s. per ton for second class ships ; but there is little cargo offering at present. • SPAIN. The following telegraphic despatch, dated Madrid, May 2d, appears in the Times of yesterday : " The entire (Spanisb) Ministry has resigned. The Queen has accepted their resignation, and has charged General Narvaez wtth the formation of another Ministry, of which M. Miraflores is to be a member. " M. Bravo and his colleagues have announced to the Queen that they will lend their support to their successors. " Madrid is tranquil." THE BRAZILS. Her Majesty's packet Penguin, Lieut. Leslie, with mails from the Brazils, Monte Videc, and Buenos Ayres, arrived at Falmouth on Friday. She sailed from Rio de Janeiro on the 13th of March ' and has come home thence direct, consequently bringing 14 days' later advices than were received by the last packet. She brings on freight in gold, &c,, about £20,000. The brief interval between the despatch of this packet and the Linnet appears to have boen devoid of both mer cantile and political interest. The exchange had ruled during this period from 25 to 241, with a tendency still further to recede. Coffee had slightly improved, owing mainly to the small quantities arriving to market through the demand not having been so brisk ju,t previously. The prices were 3,000 reis to 3,200 reis for superior, 2,600 reis to 2,700 reis for good first, and 1,800 reis to 2,400 reis for good second. A good crop of this article was expected. Freights, which also had been flat, had since recovered to their previous rates. Her Majesty's schooner Cockatrice brought up the Monte Videan and Buenos Ayrean mails to Rio, with dates from the former to the 19th, and from the latter to the 21st of February. From Monte Video we learn that Rivera, from the last accounts, was at a place on the frontiers called Taquerimbo, closely pursued by General Arquiza, with whom he had a slight rencontre on the 24th of January, near the Rio Negro, and where he was obliged to abandon the only cart of ammunition which he pos sessed. From Buenos Ayres it was reported that Rosas was amply provided with money, and that the exchange kept advancing. There had recently been a rising in one of the adjacent provinces, but it was quelled immediately by General Garcon, who defeated the insurgents, and restored tranquility. MISCELLANEOUS. The meeting -of the Royal Agricultural Society for Eng land for 1845 will be held in Shrewsbury. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and attended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting, left Buckingham Palace at a quarter before six o'clock on Saturday afternoon, in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, for Claremont. A HOUSE OF MOURNING.—The typhus fever has been raging in the parish of Easthope, near Much Wenlock, since last Midsummer nearly to the present time. In one house seven persons were dangerously ill, three of them died, and the only child which escaped that dreadful malady was burnt to death. Few parishes in the country can exhibit such a house of mourning as this. 'COSTS IN •CASES AT PETTY SESSIONS.—A labouring man, named Robert Lunnon, was summoned a few days since before the bench of magistrates sitting in petty ses sions at Marlow, to answer the charge of damaging the signboard and a window at the Black Lion public-house at Little Marlow. The defendant was convicted in both cases as follows :—for damaging the signboard he was fined 25., and ordered to pay 13s costs; and for damaging the win dow be was fined Is., and mulct in 15s. costs KING WILLIAM'S COLLEGE, ISLE OF MAN,—The restoration of King t't illiam's College is progressing ra pidly. The workmen are now engaged upon the roof, and the chapel is also in a state of forwardness. The patrons and friends oldie institution are sanguine that the annual meeting for the distribution of prizes, on the 4th of June, will be held within the walls of the renovated building. It will be •remembered, that the edifice was insured for £2,000, but the estimate of the necessary repairs was £3,100 ; the trustees, however, calculate on a gross ex penditure of £4,000. thns leaving a deficiency of £2,000 to be provided for.—Mona'a Herald. LOSS OF THE SHIP PALESTINE BY FlRE.—lntelli gence has been.received within the last few days of this disastrous event. Toe vessel was the property of Messrs. Ashley Brothers and Co., of this town. She was almost new, having been launched at Quebec in 1841, and was a very fine vessel of her class, her tonnage being between 700 and 800 tons. The vessel sailed from Gravesend in September, bound to Aden, Bombay, and Calcutta, with a cargo consisting of several hundred tons of coals, tar, pitch, and pine deals, which was taken on board at New castle. The voyage was very favourable, and all went on well until the 4th of February, when, about half-past tw•o o'clock in the morning, the ship being in lat. 26 15 S, 10ng..58 35 E, the watch on deck was alarmed at observ ing a strong smell of fire, which was discovered, after great vlifficulty, to proceed from nearly the bottom of the vessel. Every exertion was made to save the vessel, but without success, and eventually the captain and crew were compelled to take to the boats, and shortly after they had • left the ship she suddenly gave a heavy lurch, and then disappeared, head foremost. After enduring the most se vere privations, Captain M`Lean, and the men in the boat with him., were picked up .on the seventh day by the brig Solway, which landed them at the Cape of Good Hope. The other boat, contrary to the instructions of Captain M`Lean, parted company, and the party in her arrived safe at the Mauritius. The Palestine was partly insured. Loss OF THE BARQUE INTREPID.—Captain Stuart, commander of the barque Intrepid, has published the following account of the loss of this vessel :—" The bar que Intrepid left the Sand Heads on the sth of January. 1844, for Liverpool, and crossed the equator on the 19th of of the same month. From lat. 65t014 S we had very bad weather, with a high cross sea. Onthe 28th it blew a hur ricane. We brought the s tip to under a closed reefed main topsail, and main trysail, and sent down top-gallant royal yards. The ship began to make so much water that we could not play the pumps. The bulwarks being partly gone on both sides, the sea made a complete breach over the decks, washing the people from the pump, which now could not be left. At eight a.m. on the 21th, less wind but more sea if possible ; she was labouring to such a degree that I expected the masts to go overboard. On the 31st the weather was fine, but the leak increasing, I ordered cargo to be thrown overboard, which we continued at all the day ; three of my crew sick, and the rest much fatigued. I plainly saw that we could not keep her up much 'auger, I therefore thought it prudent to turn back and make for the nearest land, and the next morning we saw a ship. She proved to be the Philopontos, from Liverpool to Bombay, Capt. Bell kindly came on board with the half of his crew, and his crew kept at the pumps, whilst ours sent up the topgallant yards and set the sails. At night they went on board, it being then calm : at 2 a.m, it began to blow from the northward and the water gained on the pumps fast ; at 7 p.m., we left her with the water up to the lower deck beams, expectin in a very short time she would go down; I the jute kept her up, having on board five hundred bales, until next morning.: we sent the boat on board to get some more provisions, the water then being up to her deck; at 2 o'clock the unfortunate ship went down head foremost, distance about two miles, latitude 17 13 south, longitude 83 34 east, on the 3d of February." —Bombay paper. THE GWALIOR BATTLES TRAVESTIED.-0111 the 22d of February, about 300 boys, of 10 to 12 years of age, collected on the hills, and divided themselves into two parties—and counterfeiting the English army, and the other the Mahratta. On the one side two of the boys were appointed to represent the Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chief, a number more as generals and other officers, and the remainder appeared as soldiers. On the other side a boy represented the Maharajah Jyajee Rao, another Ram Rao Phalkeea, other General Baptist, Major Secundes and Bapoo Seetolia ; a girl of , the Kachee tribe represented Tara Baee, and of the Koombar tribe Rookhala Baee. It was proclaimed, that whatever boy in the luslikur should refuse to come he should be counted as faithless as Jacob. A quantity of otto and dal was collected to represent the Commissariat stores, and four boys were appointed to carry water as Bbeesties • a mussuck was filled w ith cowr i es as a t reasure chest, and pay of the Sepoys fixed at 8 cowries, and that of the officers according to their rank. About 25 canons brass and iron, of a cubit long, with a quantity of gunpowder, were brought from the bazaar, and when all was ready the fight commenced. First the Maharajah's guns :conunenced, and then the representatives of the English began to move onward : in this attack seven or boys were killed, and 10 or 12 wounded. The boy who represented Sewaee Seconder was wounded in the arm, and was conveyed away in a dhoolie. The Mahratta army then havi ng se i ze d on R am Rao Phalkeea and Bapoo Seetaia beat them. In the evening this news was con veyed to Tara Baee. She sent to them to stop the fight, but the boys stoned the messenger ; the latter began to explain that he came by order of the Baee, when both sides answered, that the Baee was the mistress of her own army and her own house, and they were their own masters, and would here fight and die. The messenger returned without being able to accomplish his errand, and soon after sunset the boys of themselves dispersed. Some boys of both sides went to their homes, while some remained as sentinels and prepared their food. O n the next day (24th) there was no fighting till the afternoon, when about 4 o'clock GOO boys collected and made ready for a second edition, and thousands of people assembled to see the sport. At this moment another messenger came to forbid the fight, and offered them 300 rup es as a present. They answered d ld fight that they were not in want of money, but that theyfor their salt and die fighting. Sewaee Secunder's representative, having had the ball extracted from his wound, again came on the field and mixed with his comrades. While thus parleying with the Baee's messengers the evening fell and no lighting took place. On time looming of the 25th about 300 to 400 boys were still collected, when the mess engers of the Baee again came, and seizing sonic 21 or 25 b oys, among the rest the mock Sewaee Seconder, put them in the stocks ; the o thers seeing this fled. Some people who went to see these heroes in their confinement were I e!ted by them with earth. The Our bar has tensed a pro3lamation to be made in the kshicor forbidding such sports in future under pain of punishment. LOCAL NEWS. " THE QUEEN'S HOTEL,"—MANCIIESTER.-011r well known and esteemed townsman, Mr. Towers, of the Angel Hotel, has (as will be seen by an advertisement) commenced an establishment under this name, in Man chester. The opening dinner is fixed for Tuesday next. and from past experience of " mine host's " taste and judgement, as a providore, we need scarcely say that the entertainment will be of the choicest kind, whether as regards viands or wines. We have seen the new hotel, it is in Piccadilly, and is a superb and exceedingly spacious stone building, apparently as large as the Adelphi, in this town ; elegantly fitted up, and unsurpassed in comfort and convenience by any in the kingdom. LIVERPOOL PORTER.—WC have hitherto considered the flavour of the London, Dublin, and Cork Porter unapproachable, and have, in come way, been inclined to think that Liverpool brewed porter was greatly inferior to that produced by its rival towns; but from the samples we have been shown by Messrs. Cross and Metge, who have opened extensive stores in Water-street, we are now lead to believe that Liverpool is about to compete with these hitherto favoured places in the production of this popular summer beverage. The flavour of this porter is excellent, and it possesses those combined qualities of strength and mildness so much desired. Those who are about to lay in their summer stores would do well to try the article. FIRE IN CHAPEL-STREET.—About half-past se7eu o'clock yesterday evening, a fire was discovered on the premises adjoining Adelaide Buildings, Chapel-street. The ground floor is occupied by Mr. Graves, a merchant, and the upper rooms are occupied by Messrs. T. and J. Connah, Mr. Thos. Sleddon, and Messrs. B ournes an d Robinson, and in the office of the latter the fire originated, but was fortunately discovered and arrested before any material damage was effected. A large bole was burned in the floor, and a number of files of bills, the Telegraph, &c., consumed Mr. Miller the chief superintende nt ., as also Mr. Hewitt, were speedily on the spot. The fire was first discovered by a man named Pickersgill, who rendered efficient service in preventing its progress by a few buckets of Rater. THE LATE EXPLOSION OF GAS IN A DWELLING HOUSE.—We related a few weeks ago the particulars of an extraordinary explosion of gas in a large (and then luckily untenanted) dwelling-house in Islington, corner of Sali,bury-street, which greatly shattered the building, blew out several of the windows, overturned the door steps, and did other damage. It was afterwards found necessary to remove the greater part of the walls, and have them rebuilt, which is just accomplished. The front wall to Islington is rebuilt almost entirely from the cel lars. The back wall to the yard bad to be similarly re newed, and the frontage to Salisbury street (the largest) to about half the same proportionate extent. The att;ea had to be nearly all rebuilt. The only parts that appear to have stood the shock were the lower angles or corners. To effect the repairs, the floors and roof had to be sup— ported with props all round ; and the building, thus opened out, presented the appearance of two large open galleries or verandas, one over the other. The cost to the pro prietor must be very considerable, as the destruction would not be made good by the insurance office. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—We know of no place of summer recreation more worthy of the attendance of those who have a few hours to spare than Mr. Atkins's beautiful and pieturesqte gardens, which have all the ad vantages of rural air and brightness, though in the almost immediate proximity of the town. Those who have visited them will readily acknowledge that the comparatively small space of ground which they occupy is so tastefully and so scientifically laid out as to be almost interminable in new charms and vistas, rising up at every step to those who meander through the diversified walks, and along the peopled lakes. Formed upon ground of uneven surface, the spot, indeed, seems to be that from which Milton , derived his beautiful idea of diversity, when he penned the lines,— " For earth has this variety from heaven " Of pleasure situate in hill and dale." In addition to the usual attractions of the gardens in them=elves, the proprietor mindful of past encouraeement, has in preparation on a scale of unprecedented splendour a series of "Fetes d' Ete, of a most novel and striking character which will shortly be completed, and of the com mencement of which due notice will be given. He has also in order to obviate the i n c onven i ence t o which visi tors, and particularly ladies, have hitherto been liable by viewing out-door exhibitions, after th e d ews o f evening have begun to rise, erected a spacious saloon, which w i ll be lighted by gas, and will affo r d a delightful promenade. He has in fire, spared no expense during "the recess " to render his little paradise more and more attractive ; and purposes to enliven the season by a succession of unique and pleasing performances. A FEMALE FOUND DEAD IN HER HOUSE. —Yesterday an inquest was held before H. H. Statham, Esq., deputy borough coroner, on view of the body of Dinah Graf, aged 23, wife of Leopold Graf, formerly warehouseman to Messrs. Wilson and Dawson, and now interpreter to one of the partners on the continent. Police constable, Samuel Kirkpatrick, while on duty on Saturday after noon was informed by a female, that the shop kept by the deceased had been closed from Friday night up to that time, and that her mistress wished to see him. Witness went with her, and she stated that he was wanted about a woman who had been in the habit of drinking. Witaess went to the shop, No. 2, Crown-street, and found the doors and windows all fast. He went through Dr. Nigh tingall's house in Elizabeth •street behind, and succeeded in opening the back window and then the door. Dr. Nightingall accompanied him into the house, and they first found an infant sitting in a bed up stairs, crying, and in a state as if it had not been seen for some time. They took the child to Dr. N's., where it was fed and attended to. They afterwards found the deceased, lying on her back on the floor of the cellar with her arms opened out, and her legs on the stairs. She was quite dead and cold. She had the handle of a jug in one hand and the remainder scattered about. There was some blood at the back of her head and on her shoulders. She was removed up stairs and placed on the bed. The servant girl (before alluded to) who lived in the neighbourhood, said that on Saturday last, as the shop kept by the deceased had been closed all day, her mistress sent her for the police-officer, as she was afraid something was the matter. Witness after wards saw deceased dead. She had last seen her alive on Friday night, when she called at the shop for bread, and she then appeared to be in drink. Deceased had been ob served for some days frequently sending for drink to the neighbouring public houses by girls and others passing. Deceased was married about twelve months last Christ mas. Her husband went abroad about five weeks ago. She was placed in the shop before he went. A servant of Dr. Nightingall said deceased sent for her on Friday night to put up the shop shutters. She went, and found her in quite a confused and stupified state. Anthony Bell, Joiner, said be knew deceased and her husband. At the request of her husband, a little girl of his, two-and a-half years old had been with the deceased since the hus band went abroad. This was the child found in the house. The witness had often seen deceased during the last eigh teen months, and had never seen her otherwise than sober, and never saw her take any drink in the house. He had called every week except last week. Mr. Nightingall, surgeon, corroborated the officer's evidence as to finding the body. There was congealed blood about the bead, which had come from the left ear. After an examination, he found no external wounds: The scalp at the base of the skull behind was contused; upon reflecting the scalp, he fonnd an immence quantity of extrascated blood, and a fracture of the occiputal bone. There were also other injuries of that part of the head; and all those would pro dnce instantaneous death. He afterwards found the liver much diseased, no doubt the effect of ardent spirits. fall from the stairs to the flags below would produce the effects stated. Verdict—" Died from the effects of the wound, but how that was received there was no evidence to show" SINGULAR CASE OF BIGAMY : A WIFE LIVING WITH TWO HUSBANDS.—On Thursday last, Margaret M'Neal, with a child in her arms, was placed before Mr. Rushton, when Mr. Dowling said the prisoner was charged with bigamy under peculiar circumstances. She was living with her husband about three years ago, and there was a man lodging in the house at the same time. The man put the banns up, and was marri?d to the prisoner at St. Nicholas' Church, she being already married. The wt:i• man still continued to live with her first husband, and the isecond had also lived with them, as a lodger, ever since, but the first marriage had only been discos ered the day before. Mr. Dowling said they had obtained a certificate of the second marriage, but had not been able to find the . witnesses. Under these circumstances, the prisoner, who said she knew nothing at all about it, was remanded. It is said that the prisoner was married to her first husband, James M'Neal, about ten years ago, at the Old Church, Manchester, and that, on the 10th April, 1843, she was again married to Michael Devine, the lodger, at St. Nicholas' Church, in this town. At both marriages she gave her maide n name M argaret Hannah, and lately the parties have res id e d together in Thompson-street, -Tor teth-park. As it is somewhat singular that the second marriage should have remained so long a secret, it may be interesting to know h ow t h e f act was revealed. On Tues day morning the second husband gave the prisoner into the custody of acting inspector Tuck for robbing him of an I 0 U for £3, a coat and vest, and ss. 6d. in money. The officer, on investigating the case, found there were no grounds for the charge of felony, but during the time be was i n th e h ouse w h ere t h e money was deposited, pri- . soner snatched a paper out of Michael Dev ine's band. On so doing a fight took place between the partie s . Tuck interfered, and took the paper from them. This turned out to be the certificate of the ascend marriage. The pri soner then said, " 0, God, don't take that ; it belongs to him." The parties were then taken to Bridewell. On the road thither Tuck met M'Neal, the first husband, and having asked him whether the prisoner was his wife, he' answered in the affirmative, and thus the whole matter ' was brought to light.—Yesterday the prisoner was again placed at the bar, and some further evidence was again ' brought forward, though not yet final. William M'Neal said he was present at the marriage of his brother James to the prisoner, at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, on the 22d July, 1834, Her previous name was Margaret Hannah. He produced a certificate of the marriage from the registry, and said that the prisoner had had six chil dren, five of whom were alive. John Lovatt said he was assistant to his uncle, registrar at St. Nicholas's Church, in this town, and produced an extract from the registry, to the effect that Michael Devine and Margaret Hannah were there married, 10th April, 1813. John Madden, the next witness, said that at the request of Devine, whom lie knew, he had attended the marriage, but he could not that did n could ot k no b w e swear to the p er s on o f t h e pr i soner as b e i ng the w oman . Some other persons were p resen t i n th e church at th e t t i i i m en e i ,.as T tl h ie is re w w as ere au n i tl t ie h r e n f i n ar r r th ie e g r es e , v b li ti e t n be d i d brought up, and Mr. Rushton said that some of the per sons married nn the same day, or their friends who yvrre i present, must be inquired for, and that n the meantime the prisoner must be remanded. The p 7 Obabllity a ppears to be that the case will fall to the ground. rAY : A IL -IERS )f an over riga about men leer's pool, St be f the con- volt lent, his jptO Onal dis to i. all', ey -o