The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-08 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL INDIA We have received by express ifom Marseilles letters and papers from Bombay to the 10th of July. The rainy season had continued, and the fall was such as to satisfy those who desired much of that most valuable element in India—water. Tranquility prevailed through out the whole of that continent, with, perhaps, one ex ception, viz., the unpaid and dissatisfied troops of the Nizam ; but they can do but little. The cholera had lessened its ravages at Kurrachee, where it destroyed several thousand persons during ten days. The troops had lost about a fourth of their num ber. Every praise was bestowed upon Sir Charles Napier for his kindness and attention to the sufferers. Only two officers had died—viz., Captain J. B. Seton, of the Bom bay Fusiliers, and Lieutenant Darrsoo, of the 12th Regi ment of Native Infantry. Gross exaggeration of the in salubrity, &c., of Scinde was, as usual, the theme of some of the Bombay newspapers. From the Punjab there is no news. All was quiet there. The Governor-General and Lord Gough were at Simla, where the rain was falling in torrents. The decarture of Sir George Arthur from the govern ment of Bombay was fixed on the s'h of August. A long continuance of ill-health is the cause of his retirement. Mr. L. R. Reid, the senior civil servant in the Bombay Council, was to succeed him until a governor nominated in London shall have arrived. There is a hope expressed that the Court of Directors will grant Sir George Arthur a pension. Lieutenant Colonel Martin, Deputy-Adjutant-General of her Majesty's troops in the Bombay Presidency, died at Poonah, on the 13th of July. WEST INDIES The royal mail steam-ship Dee arrived at Southampton on Friday from the West Indies. The Jamaica Despatch of the Bth of August states that the whole fac- of the island has been blessed with most abundant rains. The entire aspect now wears a change almost indescribable. The rapid growth of the sugar cane is most amazing, and plants which in many districts were conceived to be entirely burnt out of the ground are now making erect strides towards advancement. Next year's crop will be very early, and a large increase on the present. The appearance of the coffee-fields is most cheering, betokening a growth of wood which must yield very large returns at maturity if attended to ; while the new crop promises a fair—we do not think an excessive, but a considerable advance on the last. The native la bourers bad not resumed their work after the August holydays, but the Coolies were employed and conducting themselves in a very satisfactory manner. The Trinidad Gazelle of the 31st of July mentions a violent gale from the south-west, which had done consi derable injury to the roads and bridges. Dysentery was very prevalent in the island, and many deaths had occurred from it. The St. Kilt's Gazelle of the 7th of August says— "We do not remember for a long period past to have had the delightful and continuous showers of rain that have fallen during the last few days. The appearance of the country is exceedingly gratifying, and we have no doubt that the young canes will be materially benefited." Throughout the whole of the West India islands there seems to be an unmixed feeling of satisfaction with the weather and the appearance of the crops. Business con cerns, however, do not betray remarkable activity, and complaints are made in some quarters of the depressed condition of the money market. AMERICA.-ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN The steam-ship Great Western, Capt. B. R. Matthews, which left Sew York on the 20th ult., at 3 15, P. M., was telegraphed on Thursday afternoon, at three o'clock, and arrived off the Rock at ten, P.M., making the passage in fourteen days two hours. She brings seventy-five pas sengers. The Caledonia steamer arrived out o❑ the 19th. The following summary of news is from the American Sun:— The brief space of time that has elapsed since the sailing of the steamer of the 16th August has produced no event of striking importance. Tax MEXICAN WAR.—Advices have been received from Matamoras as late as the 2nd of August, and from Camargo to the 27th July. The number of troops on the march to Monterey is now 17,000. The greatest inactivity prevails among the Mexican people, if we may judge by the reports brought into the American camp. Mexico appears to have assumed a dogged indifference as to the results of the war. Paredes has retired to the capital, gathering bis force around him, and strengthening his position as fast as his limited resources will enable him to do so. Santa Anna's movements are no longer looked to with interest, as bis popularity with that part of the army at Vera Cruz is not sufficient to warrant a revolutionary movement against the dictatorship of Paredes. President Polk has offered the olive branch to Paredes, and the Circumstances under which it is pi7zfnted—a powerful army penetrating to the capital in three divisions, already in possession of the northern, if not the western departments—will probably secure for it a very different reception from that which was extended to the American Plenipotentiary on his arrival in Mexico last December. STATE ELECTIONS.—The August elections for State officers in North Carolina, Indiana, Missouri, and Illi nois, are important in a national point of view, only so far as they exhibit an increase of Whig strength in Whig States and of Democratic strength in Democratic States. North Carolina, which was generally a Whig State, but recently inclined to the Democracy, has wheeled into the Whig ranks, horse, foot, and dragoons, and thus, by their success there, the Whigs gain two members in the Senate of the United States. UNtrEn STATES/4 AVAL REFORM.—The United States Secretary of the Navy is introducing reforms of the most salutary character into his branch of the Government. Merit alone is to be hereafter the passport to eminence. Family influence or political intrigue have too long found refuge in our Republican navy, but as it was a mere imita tion of the Royal navies of the Old World, and the Go vernment knew of no better or more efficient system, abuses could not be avoided. Mr. Bancroft has bearded t h e lion, however, and in striking at old corruptions and abuses with a fearlessness hitherto unequalled, except by some heroic Washington or Jackson, he receives the ap plause of all intelligent presses in the country. Flogging, we regret to say, is yet continued; but in a few months we hope to hear of a humane_ modification of this part of The system. THE COTTON CROP.—Gloomy forebodings of short crop now crowd upon us from the Sea Island region and from the valley of the Mississippi, 'Western Louisiana, Georgia, and South Carolina. It is conceded, on all bands, that the crop will be under an average. _ _ GRAIN CROPS. - The abundant harvest which has crowned the labours of the husbandman is now pouring its rich treasures into the great cities of the sea-boaru. Wheat and flour are arriving in large quantities, but the demand keeps pace with the supply, at steady prices of former years, are paid promptly, and in a sound currency. COMMERCIAL.—ASHES.—The market continues firm, with moderate inspections, and a fair inquiry for Pots at 3 dirs. 56:1-c., and Pearls at 4 dirs. 061 c. COTTON.—The news per the Caledonia, this morning, is deemed fa vourable for shipments of cotton, and there has been an increased disposition to purchase. CORN TRADE.— The news received yesterday from Europe, by the Cale donia at Boston, has caused but little change in the general aspect of our market. Since the sailing of the Hibernia the inquiry for Western flour, for home use, has in a great measure subsided, but the demand for export is yet good. Owing to the very small receipts, the market continues firm, with a tolerably fair amount of business going forward. Prices remain without much change. MEXICO The latest advices from this disturbed quarter are by 1 the West India steamer, Dee, and reach to the 30th of July. Most of the troops had left for the north, and General Paredes was about to place himself at their head, having transferred the government to General Bravo, the vice-president. All the Ministers had resigned. The new cabinet was not yet formed. An amnesty to pri soners accused of political offences had been published. The insurgents at Guadalaxara still maintained their position in the centre of the city. General Arevalo bad been killed. The Americans appecred to be waiting the termination of the rainy season in order to resume hostilities. The ports of Vera Cruz and Tampico still remained blockaded by the American squadron, consisting of one corvette, two brigs, arid two steamers off Vera Cruz. The American commodore's frigate (Cumberland, 60 guns) bad gone on shore on the Anton Lizardo shoals, and been obliged to get all her guns out; she got off with the loss of her keel, and other serious damage, and it was ex pected would shortly sail for the States to repair. The town of Vera Cruz had declared against the Go vernment, and in favour of Santa Anna, on the 31st of July, and a deputation left in the Dee to invite him to return and resume the command of the army. He left Havannah with his family, General Almonte, and a num ber of other followers in the Arab steam-vessel, of Liver pool, on the evening of the Bth ult., cleared out for Sisal, but it was supposed he would go direct to Vera Cruz, having been assured that no obstacle would be offered by the American squadron to his landing. The light on the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa was re lighted on the 23d of July, and continued so every night during the Dee's stay. SPAIN The crops in Spain are said to have been dreadfully da maged by the hailstones and excessive heats. A third of the corn harvest has been destroyed in this manner. TUE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE. - It has been decided that Her Majesty Queen Isabella shall marry Her Majesty's cousin, the Duke de Cadiz, (eldest son of Don Francisco de Paulo,) and that the Duke de Montpenzier, youngest son of King Louis Philippe, shall marry Her Majesty's, sister, the Infanta Maria Louisa Ferranda. It is further settled that the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier shall leave Spain immediately after the marriage, and pass some time in France. . Madrid, Aug. 28.—1 f what I am now about to men tion, and I am assured of it by a person who i has oppor tunities of acquiring information, and who s considered good authority, be true, all further speculations on her Majesty's marriage are at an end. It is said that the ceremony of the betrothing was performed last night at the . Palace, between the Queen and the Infant Don Fran cisco d'Assis. I a m a l so assure d t h at i t was d one i n a most mysterious and surreptitious manner, and that not more than four or five persons were pre sen t. It is unn e c essar y to dwell on the importanc e of this news. That some thing out of the usual course occurred at the Palace about eleven or twelve o'clock last night there is little doubt. I have just learned that at two o'clock this morning the Minister of Grace and Justice, M. C ane j a was summoned out of his bed to a Council of Ministe rs; at the same time several employes of the ministerial officers were summoned, and in particular the Keeper of the Archives of toe Department of Grace and. Justice."—Correspond- I eat of the Times. Bishop Luscombe, long resident on the Continent, has just died. A vacancy in the English Chaplaincy in Paris takes place. It is in the gift of the Foreign Secretary. The accounts from Hamburgh speak in a desponding manner of the new harvest. The wheat, it is said, proves far less valuable than was supposed. It is shrivelled, and all other grain is said to be similarly affected. '1 he assemblies of Jewish Rabbis, at Breslau, have abolished tke secondary festivals, shortened the time of mourning, and abolished some of its usages, but refused to defer the Sabbath to the Sunday. The James Scott, a ship of 1000 tons burthen, which has been lying in the basin at Antwerp for eighteen years, in consequence of a law suit between the owners and their suddenly sunk a few nights ago, from what creditors cause is unknown POTATDE DISEASE. — The potato disease has begun to develope itself in the neighbourhood of Paris. The escu lent is likewise attacked i❑ the department of the Oise. Letters from Cressy mention that the potato fields, which hitherto had a magnificent appearance, are all attacked with that scourge. _ _ _ A letter from St. Petersburgh states, that the Countess San:oilow, a widow, who had contracted a second mar riage with a foreigner at Trieste, has been condemned to lose her property, which mill be put up to pubic auction within the space of six months. The Countess has large estates in Russia. 'fHE KAFFRE WAR.—We have received Cape Town journals to the Bth of June. The struggle with the Kaffres was still going on along the eastern frontier, and the vic tory gained over them at Fort Heddie had considerably raised the spirits of the colonists, though no one doubted ultimate success, especially as men of all ranks and occu pations were pressing forward to aid in expelling the sa vage but skilful and active enemy. A silver mine, lately discovered by a watchmaker named Teare, at Corocoro, in Bolivia, is greatly spoken of. Its ore is said to contain an unusually large propotion of silver, and anticipations had already heen hazarded that this mine would surpass in value the far-famed Potosi mines.—We learn, moreover that arrangements have been made by the West Indian Royal Mail Steam Packet Com pany for conveying treaure from the Pacific to Europe across the Isthmus of Panama, and that the project is looked upon with much favour on the west coast. MONTE VIDEO, JUNE 9.—After several attacks during the months of April and May upon her Majesty's ships and steam-vessels, from the batteries of San Lorenzo, Tonolero, and other forts on the banks of the river Plate, and that of Parano, the last and most severe was that of the former place, on the 4th of June. The firing lasted for nearly seven hours, and most providentially the loss on our side was not so great as might have been expected. We regret to announce that Mr. Barnes, the clerk in charge of her Majesty's steam-vessel Lizard (Commander Tvlden), and Mr. 'Webb, the master's assistant, together with two seamen, were killed by a shot from one of the batteries, as the Lizard proceeded up the river, and the same shot which caused the death of those officers and men, wounded Mr. Miller, the assistant-surgeon. Three others of the crew were likewise wounded. Altogether the warfare has been very severe ; and incessant energy, exertion, and skill are required by our officers and men to preserve the navigation of these important rivers, and to prevent depredations and piracy ; although it is evident that our present force on that station is quite inadequate to the entire and immediate suppression of the usurpers and their numerous followers.—Extractfrom a Priv4te Letter. POPERY ABROAD.—WhiIe liberality is the order of the day amongst our merchants at home, they should be made aware of the indignities to which their fellow countrymen are constrained to submit while engaged in trading abroad. In the Roman Catholic countries of America, it appears that, without any regard for the feel ings of the surviving members of Protestant families, on a death occurring, the body must needs be submitted to all the funeral rites of the Romish Church. or otherwise the burial of the dead is is fused. Nay, more, in Mexico and the neighbouring Popish states, the local authorities seize the dead bodies, and no remonstrances are of any avail. Not long since, at Vera Cruz, the most wealthy of the English merchants died suddenly ; immediately his body was taken possession of by the ecclesiastical police, con veyed to a church, and all the accustomed ceremonies and mummeries of Popery were performed over his remains; and more, as if a favour had been conferred, fees and per quisites the most extravagant in amount were exacted; and all this was submitted to lest offence should be given to the priests, and through their influence to the local government ; and yet, will it be credited, we have a con sul, an Englishman by birth, at Vera Cruz; and can it be thought possible that he has not reported to the Eng lish secretary of state for foreign affairs, the constant repetition of such indignities, so contrary to the honour and religion of our Protestant English merchants ? Li berality to the opinions of strangers is an idea which has never entered into their minds. THE CHOLERA IN INDIA.—It will be seen from our in e - ',;! ,, Pnce by the overland mail that Kurrachee has been visited by cholera fn its most fearful and fatal form. The Kurrachee Advertisrr staig that 7000 of the inhabitants have been cut off, making, with trio loss of our troops, as mentioned in a letter from Scinde, nearly 9000 victims in ten days. The following is an extract from the letter alluded to, dated Scinde, July 2 •—" By accounts from Kurrachee of 30th June, cholera was on the decline ; but sill cases occur, and several Europeans have died within the last few days. It is also said another officer (of a native regiment) has fallen a victim to the dire disease. It is not easy to get at the exact number who have perished from the scourge within the last fortnight, but it is said 500 European soldiers, women, and children, is within the number. tier Majesty's 60th Rifles and the Bombay Regiment of Fusiliers have lost about 80 each, but the chief loss has fallen on her Majesty's 86th, which corps has lost between 240 and 250 fighting men. The Artil lery, too, have suffered, though not all in an equal degree : one company has almost escaped, and the trcop of Horse Artillery has not suffered much : but the other companies have lost between 30 and 40. The natives have perished in great numbers. Her Majesty's 60th Rifles and her Majesty's 86th farm a strong contrast : the former is or was the strongest corps, hut it has scarcely lost one-third as many as the latter. The 86th, however, is still under canvas, and has been under canvas for the last six months without interruption ; the 60th is in barracks, and, as always happens when cholera, dysentery, or fever break out, the corps under canvas has suffered to three times the extent of the one in barracks." IRELAND. PROHIBITION OF DISTILLATION FROM GRAIN.—The Limerick Chronicle says : " It is understood that an order in council will he issued next month, immediately after the prorogation of parliament, to prohibit distillation from grain in Ireland, as the total failure of the potatoe crop be fore Christmas is apprehended." On Monday a large and inflnential meeting was held at Cork, for the purpose of adopting ineasures to Qupply food and employment to the at prere t destitute classes ; and more especially to petition the lrgidatut e for the erection of a dry dock at Haulbowline, and otherwise improving the harbour of Cove. ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR " OLD IRELAND."—From a correspondence which appears in the Dublin Freeman,it appears that the Chancellor has solicited Mr. John O'Connell, M. P., the second in command of the moral force Repealers, to accept the commission of the peace for his native county, Kerry. Mr. O'Connell has acceded to Mr. Brady's request, and thus far all proceeds amicably between the government and the authorities at Concilia tion Hall. On Sunday week a monster demonstration of " moral force" was exhibited in honor of Mr. Smith O'Brien. Two processions—one of them three quarters of a mile in length, and together, containing seven or eight thou sand horsemen and footmen, preceded by temperance bands, and headed by priests—waited upon Mr. O'Brien, and presented him with addresses of congratulation and approval._ The demonstration took place at Limerick. - LORD JOHN MANNERS AND THE MONASTERIES.— This young nobleman is at present making a tour of the south of Ireland. His Lordship was in Limerick on Saturday week, and on the previous day, in company with Mr. Stafford O'Brien, M. P., and Mr. Mansell, of Ter voe, visited and minutely inspected the schools of the Christian Brothers, Sexton-street, Rev. Mr. Brahan's school, Bridge-street, and the convent schools of the Sis ters of Mercy. RECOVERY OF TIIF ENGINES, &C., OF THE RAMBLER STEAMER.—We mentioned in a late number that our en terprising fellow-citizen, Captain Ceppin, had succeeded 'in recovering a portion of the machinery belonging to the unfortunate Rambler, which was wrecked upon the Maiden Rocks. We have now the pleasure of adding that Captain Coppin has, by immense exertion, not only recovered the two engines, but the three boilers, and that one of the engines was Safely landed at our quay on Wed nesday last, amid considerable rejoicings,—Derry paper. GRATIFYING —On Monday, the 31„st ult., a number of the Orangemen resident in the district of Middle Dun luce, assembled, and cut down about fifteen acres of the corn belonging to James Hutchinson, Esq., of Strano cum House, as a token of gratitude for the respect shown to them by that honorable gentleman on the occasion of their recent processions, 13th July. The manner in which they conducted themselves, as reapers of a plentiful harvest, is truly creditable. They were all abundantly entertained with a sumptuous dinner, in addition to fre quent refreshments throughout the day.—lrish Paper. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.—The number of clerical stu dents is now increased from four hundred and twenty eight to five hundred and twenty-two, and the course of study is prolonged to eight 'years! A professorship of history is established in the college. Upwards of two hundred students, hitherto annually educated at their own expense, are now provided for by the additional state grant. There are twenty professors on the establishment, whose salaries have been more than doubled. Among other reforms contemplated in Maynooth, the Irish Roman Catholics intend petitioning the legislature to grant it the power of conferring degrees. POTATO DISEASE. —An inquest was held last week at MassbrJok on the body of a man named Donnelly, whose daughter-in-law deposed that for the last ten days their food was rotten potatoes bruised, and that they had nothing else to subsist on for breakfast and dinner ! The deceased left home for Castlebar on Monday morning, after eating•some cf the rotten food, to purchase tobacco, salt, and soap. All the money he had with him was ten pence, and witness desired him to leave some of the articles unbought and procure for himself a pennyworth of bread. On the following day he was found dead on the mountains within a mile of his residence, and the tenpence worth of articles with him.—Mayo Constitution. ANTI-RENT MOVEMENT. — The peasantry show every disposition to take the advice of the agitating priests who counsel them to pay no rents. Mr. Prendergast, of Johns town-park, Tipperary, attempted on Wednesday week to sell the crops of John Condron, for a half year's rent, due in May last, but about seven hundred persons assembled, THE LITERPOOL STANDARD. and intimidated both sellers and buyers, so, in the words of the local paper, " The crops remained with Coizdron." The same paper gives the names of several other landlords who are trying, with the aid of the police, to collect some of their rents. The Dublin Mail gives several letters from gentlemen pointing out this excuse on the part of the te nantry for repudiating their obligation to pay rent. One instance particularised sufficiently shows that the anti-rent movement does not owe its origin to the present existence of famine or distress. The repudiator on that occasion owed sateen pounds, and had a crop, of one kind alone, worth fifty pounds. It is plain, then, that with him the failure of his potatoes was but a pretence ; his real motive was the establishment of an anti-rent precedent. How this terrible danger is to be met, it is not for us to deter mine ; but we solemnly call upon the government to re member the heavy responsibility that lies upon them in this matter. Upon the firmness of the executive now, will depend the preservation of social order and right of property, and the avoidance of a bloody civil strife. DISTRESS IN IRELAND.—A treasury minute ha's just been issued " to facilitate the employment of the poor in the distressed districts in Ireland." It embodies revised instructions to the Board of Works. Instead of tickets issued by the relief committees, entitling the holders to employment in public works, the committees are to fur nish the authorised officer with lists of persons requiring relief, specifying the case. Another feature of the bill is, that the money is given by loan, only to be repaid according to the :poor rate assessment—and, therefore, considerable latitude will be allowed as to the nature of of the works to be undertaken. In all places where the ordinary operations of the provision trade cannot be ex pected to extend, the commissariat measures of the late government will be continued, but in all other cases there will be no interference with mercantile enterprise. No part of the stock of meat remaining in store in the dif ferent depots is to be sold, "merely for the sake of dis posing of it!' The ports on the north, east, and south coasts, from Londonderry to Cork, and those parts of the interior which are generally supplied by them, are to be left to such enterprise. So cautious, however. are their lordships of the Treasury, lest their dole should be drawn upon prematurely, that they have taken care to announce that "the depot will not be opened while food can be ob tained from the dealer at reasonable prices, and that even when the depots are opened, the meal will, if possible, be sold at such prices as will allow of the private trader selling at the price with a reasonable profit." No person is to be employed on any relief works who can obtain employment on other public works, or in farming or other private operations in the neighbourhood. The wages given to persons employed on relief works are, in every case to be, at least 2d. a day less than the average rate of wages in the district; and the persons employed on the relief works will, to the utmost possible extent, be paid in proportion to the work actually done by them. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The usual weekly meeting of the members of this body was held on Monday. It was badly attended, both as regards numbers and orators. Mr. O'Connell appeared in his cocked hat and corporate robes. He rose and handed in some money, and in doing so said, that as he was in time for visiting the castle, be would address the meeting at once. He had to go up with an address from the corporation to that patriotic Irish nobleman, the Earl of Besborough, who was tolerably familiar with the accents of the Irish brogue, and who would not object to hear his brogue in the Castle of Dub lin. He was sure that Lord Besborough would be always found ready to listen to the complaints of the people —to carry out the new law of landlord and tenant, which he was happy to say was sufficiently extensive—too much so for the pleasure of the landlords ; because it was a law by which the rich should pay to keep the poor in employment, and by which the people would have an opportunity of earning wages, and supporting themselves; for the Irish people only required the means of supporting themselves and their families, and wanted charity from no man. He was now about alluding to the infidel Colleges Bill. They bad all heard from the Freeman's Journal that the cardi nals of Rome had condemned that measure, and that there was little doubt but that it would be condemned by his Holiness the Pope. What a triumph was that for the people of Ireland, to say that the measure they condemned was disapproved of by the heads of their church. He would warn the Government against attempting to carry out such an infidel measure, or to threaten the Irish people. It was a measure opposed by all parties. He would upon that day week propose the adoption of a pe tition to the Queen, setting out their views on this subject, and informing the Government, that if they wanted the support of the Irish people, they must do justice to Ire land, and not give them a mixed education, for he abhorred a mixed education, because it always led to infidelity or indifference, as in the case of the l'russian Government, which adopted that system. Having referred to those two matters, there was another matter of great importance he (Mr. O'Connell) wished to refer to. Several parties bad spoken of their anxiety to bring about a reconciliation in that ball between the old and young Ireland parties. Now, no one was more anxious for a reconciliation than be was, and particularly with Mr. W. S. O'Brien ; but in effecting such a re-union he would not consent to sacrifice the prin ciples which involved the interests of the association, or involved any principles that might consign them to the tender mercies of an Attorney-General. If Mr. O'Brien, or any of the others adopted their principles fully, they would receive him or theta with open arms; and if they did not come it was not his (Mr. O'Connell's) fault. The learned gentleman then proceeded to prove that the young Ireland party were all guilty of treason, by reference to the publications of the Nation newspaper; referred to Blackstone's Commentaries in proof of his definition of the law, and proceeded to say that, as counsel for Ireland, he could not permit a few young men to make the entire association liable to death on the scaffold. At four o'clock, Mr. J. O'Connell announced the week's rent to be £lO4 le. 6d. THE C. 4 FASHIONABLE WORLD. HER MAJESTY'S MARINE EXCURSION.—Her Ma jesty, Prince Albert, the royal children, and suite, having left Osborne House at half-past seven o'clock on Wed nesday morning, and embarked in the state barge from Mead's Creek, got on board the Victoria and Albert yacht at ten minutes before eight, and immediately put to sea. Tie royal yacht was accompanied by the Fairy, in charge of Lieutenant Crozier; Black Eagle, Mr. Cook ; and the Garland, Mr. Smithet. The Lightning Admi ralty steam yacht went early with despatches for her Ma jesty, and then returned to Portsmouth to report to the Board that her Majesty had departed, On the yacht passing through Cowes Roads, with the royal standard flying, the crews of the vessels of the Yacht Club cheered her Majesty, and royal salutes fell from the batteries of Fort Monkton and Cowes Castle. The weather was i❑ every respect most propitious for her Majesty's excursion. The wind was from the north, and the morning clear, warm, and bright. At half-past eight a.m. the yachts were out of sight from Portsmouth._, Her Majesty and Prince Albert, in their yacht steamer, accompanied by the Garland, Fairy, and Black Eagle, in the order mentioned, passed Hurst Castle, (where King Charles was confined previous to his execution) a little before nine a.m. They came down the Solent at a rapid pace, the sun bright, and the water smooth and silvery, the wind blowing fresh from the east. Hardly had the guns saluting her Ma jesty ceased sounding at Cowes, when the Royal Steamer had passed Hordle House, the residence and property of Dr. W. F. Chambers, her Majesty's physician, near six teen miles from Cowes. Soon after nine o'clock the steamers passed the Needle Rocks, the Garland gaining on the royal yacht, the Black Eagle in the rear, and after a delightful trip, the squadron reached Jersey the same evening. INTERESTING SIGHT.—When her Majesty, during her recent marine excursion, honoured the good follks of Guernsey with a visit, the greatest preparations were re sorted to, that the short notice of the intended honour enabled them to make, and every demonstration of loyalty was manifested. But decidedly the most beautiful part of the spectacle was a party of about seventy young ladies, belonging to the first families of the island, who, mostly clothed in elegant white dresses, and carrying in their hands baskets of beautiful flowers, were stationed imme diately adjoining the landing-place, and presented a pic ture which it would be impossible to surpass. Her Ma jesty was assisted from the barge by Miss De Havilland and Miss De Sausmarez, immediately on which the ladies before mentioned commenced singing the National An them, accompanied by the band of the 27th deeiit ; the ladies at the same time strewing flowers at her Majesty's feet. Her Majesty, then leaning on the Prince's arm, and followed by her attendants, the Lieutenant-Governor and suite, walked up to the top of the slip, where two of the royal carriages were stationed. RURAL FETE AT OSBORNE-HOUSE.—On Saturday afternoon week, her Majesty gave an entertainment in the true old spirit of English hospitality, to all the labourers and workmen, with their wives and families, on the estate of Osborne.—A large tent was erected in the park, in front of the house, ornamented with flags, and the band of the 74th regiment played. At three o'clock, 270 persons sat down to a substantial dinner, and after having well en joyed themselves, amusements in all variety were carried on till half-past seven o'clock. The music played merrily to the dancing, and country dances succeeded each other rapidly. A match was played at cricket, for which her Majesty gave a prize, boys and teen ran in sacks, and prizes were also awarded for running matches, hopping matches, hurdle-race, quoits, " Catch the man with the bell," and other sports which afforded equal enjoyment to those who took part in them, and to those who were spectators. Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the juvenile members of the Royal family were present thro'- out, and seemed thoroughly to enter into the games and to enjoy the power of affording so much innocent satis factio❑ to so many of their dependants. Her Majesty gave the fete to celebrate the birthday of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. _ Hugh Lupus, eldest son of the Marquis of London derry, will attain his majority on the 13th October next. Public rejoicings are to take place at Chester, and through out the other extensive estates to which the noble earl is heir. UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL NEWS. The Bishop of Calcutta embarked on Monday at Ports mouth, on board the Prince of Wales, an East India ship, to return to Lis diocese. Within the last few weeks, property, which it is conjec tured may yield little less than £lOO,OOO, has been be queathed to found a University at Manchester. The Rev. Dr. Warneford has forwarded a further dona tion of £lOOO to Queen's College, Birmingham, towards a foundation for a resident medical tutor and adviser to the students. The Rev. John Usher has offered to subscribe a sum of £lOO in aid of the funds of the school for educating the daughters of the Irish clergy, provided a sum of £2OO shall have been subscribed in three mouths' time, dating from the Ist of August, by the public. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—OD Tuesday, the Rev. John Topping, incumbent of Camerton, was found lying in a lane, leading from Seaton to the shore, quite dead. The reverend gentleman, who was much respected for his mild and gentlemanly deportment, appeared to have left home for a ramble, and had been seized with an apopletic fit, which terminated his existence before he was disco vered.— Whilehaven Herald. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. of the two provincial cities of Leeds and Exeter h ive been probably upon as large a scale as those of London and Paris in the year 1719, when the popularity of Law, tie pr jector, and Harley. Earl of Oxford. was at its greatest height- The people of Exeter are said to be in volved to the amount of eight millions in new railway projects ; and it is known that insolvency, resulting from undue speculation, prevails extensively in almost every city of the United Kingdom. War could not have pro duced a greater moral calamity than the last winter has seen in England. We have gained splendid victories on the Sutlej, and met with reverses on the banks of the Thames equivalent to the most disastrous defeats. — West minster Review. EDINI3URGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—The seven teenth half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday afternoon, at Glasgow, John Learmouth, Esq., in the chair. From the report, it appeared that the traffic receipts for the half-year exhibited an increase of £16,904 Is. sd, compared with the corresponding period of last year, and that after paying all expenses, interest, &c., the sum on hand applicable to a dividend, was £49,816 28. Out of this the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum to be paid on Tuesday, the 22d day of September, amounting to £48,375, being an increase of £13,937 10s. upon the amount of the dividend paid in September, 1845. After the reading of the report the Chairman moved its adoption in a speech of some length. Mr. Cheetham, a Manchester shareholder, re plied to the Chairman, and moved, as an amendment, that the report be not received or adopted. This gave rise to a discussion, in which gentlemen from England, and Scotch shareholders took part. The main question before the meeting being, whether or not the amalgama tion of the Company with the Perth and Clyde and Union Canals should be approved. The English shareholders were altogether opposed to the amalgamation, and in sisted that because of the conduct of the directors in that matter, they were unworthy of the future confidence of the company. An amendment, proposing an adjournment for a fortnight, was negatived by 5,542 votes to 1,313 ; and Mr. Cheetham's amendment was held to be carried by the same majority. The meeting broke up about ten o'clock. THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE The last meeting of this body took place on Monday last in Exeter-hall. As at the previous meetings, the speakers belonged chiefly to dissenting bodies, and ex pressed a fervent desire for Christian union. The general basis of the Alliance will be found explained in the three following resolutions, proposed as " topics" at the •' con ference" meetings :- 1. "That this conference, composed of professing Christians of many different denominations, all exercising the right of private judgment, and, through common in firmity, differing among themselves in the views they severally entertain on some points, both of Christian doc 3r, and gathered together from trine and ecclesiastical polity, many and remote parts of the world for the purpose of promoting Christian union, rejoice in making their unani mous avowal of the glorious truth, that the Church of the living God, while it admits of growth, is one church, never having lost, and being incapable of losing, its essential unity. Not, therefore, to create that unity, but to confess it, is the design of their assembling together. One in reality, they desire also, as far as they may be able to attain it, to be visibly one; and thus, both to realize in themselves, and to exhibit to others, that a living and everlasting union binds all true believers together in the fellowship of the Church of Christ, which is His body, the fullness of Him that filleth all in all." 2. "That, therefore, the members of this conference are deeply convinced of the desirableness of forming a con federation, on the basis of great evangelical principles held in common by them. which may afford opportunity to the members of the Church of Christ of cultivating brotherly love, enjoying Christian intercourse, and promoting such other objects as they may hereafter agree to prosecute to gether ; and they hereby proceed to form such a confede ration, under the name of the Evangelical Alliance.' 3. " That the parties composing the Alliance shall be such persons only as hold and maintain what are usually understood to be evangelical views in regard to the mat ters of doctrine understated, viz.:-1. The divine inspira tion, authority, and sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures. 2. The right and duty of private judgment in the inter pretation of the Holy Scriptures. 3. The unity of the godhead, and the trinity of persons therein. 4. The utter depravity of human nature in consequence of the fall. 5. The incarnation of the Son of God, his work of atonement for sinners of mankind, and his mediatorial intercession and reign. 6. The justification of the sinner by faith alone. 7. The work of the Holy Spirit in the conversion and sanctification of the sinner. 8. The immortality of the soul, the resurrection of the body, the judgment of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, with the eternal blessedness of the righteous, and the eternal punishment of the wicked. 9. The divine institution of the Christian ministry, and the obligation and perpetuity of the ordi nances of baptism and the Lord's supper.—lt is, however, distinctly declared, first, that this brief summary is not to be regarded, in any formal or ecclesiastical sense, as a creed or confession, nor the adoption of it as involving an assumption of the right authoritatively to define the limits of Christian brotherhood, but simply as an indication of the class of persons whom it is desirable to embrace with in the Alliance ; second, that the selection of certain ten ets, with the omission of others, is not to be held as im plying that the former constitute the whole body of im portant truth, or that the latter are unimportant." Other resolutions more expressly define the objects of the Alliance, and limit its sphere of action. 'rile first Sabbath in January, each year, is to be observed by the members of the Alliance throughout the world, as a season for prayer in concert. For the organisation of the Alliance, the following resolutions have been adopted "(1.) That whereas brethren from the continents of A guard on the South Eastern Railway was killed on Europe and America, as well as in this country, are Thursday morning by stepping down while the train was unable, without consultation with their cou n try men , t o in motion. settle all the arrangements for their respective countries, The Express Trains which have commenced running it is expedient to defer the final and complete arrange ment of the details of the Evangelical Alliance, of which between Newcastle and London perform the distance in nine hours and a-half. the foundation has now been laid, till another general No less than seventy-three trains pass and repass daily conference. over the rails of the Great London and North-western (2.) That the Alliance consist of all such members of Company at Birmingham, and the Company have within this conference, and members and corresponding mem the last few days made another judicious reduction in their hers of the divisions of the provisional committee, as shall fares. adhere to the principles and objects of the Alliance. Per- It is said that Mr. sons may be admitted to membership of the Alliance by Joseph Locke, the engineer to the , London and South-Western Company, the Caledonian consent of all the district organisations, or by a vote of a Railway, and the Yeovil lines, &c., has become the put- general conference, and to membership of any district or chaser of the Manor of Honiton, including the whole of ganisation by such mode as each district organisation the borough. The purchase money, it is believed, was may determine. " (3.) That the members of the Alli a nce be recom somewhat above £BO,OOO. The bills for railways, including new lines, branches, mended to form district organizations in such manner as extensions, amalgamations, purchases, improvements, shall be most in accordance with th e p ec uliar circum &c., presented to parliament, amounted to about 540; of stances of each district. Provided, how ev er, first, that neither the Alliance, nor the respe c ti ve di s t r i c t organize these only 305 received the royal assent after passing tingle, shall be held responsible f or thy p rocee din g s of any through committee in Lords and Commons, so that about 234 died either a natural death, were rejected or with- district organization; secondl y, that no member of any district organization shall, as suc h, b e a m ember of the January and February, and the close of the session. Alliance ; and, thirdly, that, w h enever a di s t r i c t or ga nize, The South-Eastern announces that messages may be drawn, between the date of presentation of petition, in tion shall be formed, the memb ers o f th e Alli a nce within sent by the electric telegraph, from eight in the morning that district shall act collectiv e ly i n it s f orma ti on . Th a t, until eight at night, to its several stations, at a minimum in furtherance of the above plan, it b e recommen d e d, f or charge of ss. for a message for twenty words. Communi- the present, that a district organizatio n b e f orme d i n eac h cations may be made at night under special circumstances, of the following districts, viz. : and the communications sent by the electric telegraph "The United Kingdom of Great B r it a in an d I re l an d. will be forwarded by messengers from the station when The United States of America. required. A message to Folkestone costs 10s. 6d., one to France, Belgium, and French Switzerland. " Dover lls. The North of Germany. A meeting of gentlemen interested in the Dutch Rhe- " The South of Germany, and German Switzerland. "British North America. nish Railway was held on Thursday the 3d, at the office " The West Indies. of Mr. Henry Beloe, accountant, Brunswick-street. A " large number of shareholders attended, and the greatest And that additional district organizations be from t unanimity prevailed. The object of the meeting was to time to time recognised as such by the concurrence of appoint a Provisional Committee to enquire into the pre- an} " three previously existing branches. sent and future prospects of the Railway, and if necessary (4.) That an official correspondence be maintained to call another public meeting to appoint a Permanent between the several district organizations, and that re- Committee to watch over the interests of the English I ports of their proceedings be interchanged, with a view to co-operation and encouragement in their common object. shareholders. Charles Holland, Esq., and other gentle- men having been appointed 'as the Committee, the meet- (5.) That a general conference be held at such time ing separated. and place, and consist of such members of the Alliance, RAILWAY SPECULATORS. —An official list has been as, by correspondence between the district organizations, published of all solicitors, bankers, joint-stock bank di- and under the guidance of Divine Providence, shall here rectors, bank managers, and bankers' clerks, who have after be determined by their unanimous concurrence. P subscribed railway contracts during the past session to rovided, first, that any member of the Alliance who was the extent of £2,000 and upwards. This list has been entitled to attend this conference, and shall retain his no lessreared from official returns, and contains the names of membership, shall be entitled to attend the next also and, secondly, that all questions relating to the convening banks, who joined in the railway speculation last year. of it shall be determined by such members only of the The amounts subscribed for by the solicitors ranges from district organizations as shall also be members of the A1£2,000 £2,000 to £154,000 for one person. The bankers are in- liance. A conference of any two or more of the district dividually subscribers forimuch larger amounts,the highest organizations may be held by mutual agreement." for one party being £215,000. Several of the private A great number of foreign ministers have attended the country bankers are subscribers for very large sums, six I conference, and it may be mentioned as a curious fact being for upwards of £lOO,OOO each, nine for £50,000 and that the meeting was addressed on Monday by the Rev. upwards each, and no less than seventy-seven for £lO,OOO , Mr. Rentals, of Erfurt, who presided over the monastery and upwards each, including numerous subscribers of in which Martin Luther was converted. ! .£20,000, £30,000 and £50,000 each. The Wearmouth Docks have just been sold to Mr. EXTRAORDINARY FACULTIES.—CLAIRVOY- Hudson for £85,000, on behalf of the York and New- ANCE OUTDONE. castle. They are to be greatly improved, says the York shire Gazette, by a new outlet to the sea, and by other On Tuesday we were present at a select conversazione important alterations in the communication with the river at the residence of Mr. Franklin, surgeon, Long Millgate, Wear, and in affording better accommodation for the which was held for the purpose of testing the accuracy of shipping of the port of Sunderland. The new proprietors certain statements made respecting a stranger who has re expect to carry on an extensive coal traffic with the col- cently arrived in this town. The gentleman to whom we lieries on the south side of the Tyne, as well as the col- refer is Rabbi Professor Dannemarck, of Hungary, who lieries on the Wear. The docks cost in construction a claims the possession of certain extraordinary powers of very large sum of money beyond the subscribed capital, memory and sight, es well as the gift of divination. and have never paid the expenses of management : so There were four persons present at the conversazione, the all-absorbing railway steps in to help the luckless besides the professor, and three of them understood the speculation. The great bulk of the purchase money will Hebrew language, which is that in which the stranger be absorbed in the payment of the mortgage debts and performs his wonders. The professor, who appears in his other liabilities, which have been accumulating for some native costume, seems to be about forty-five years of age, years past. and has a remarkably quick, penetrating eye, to which NEW LINE OF RAILWAY FROM LANCASTER TO circumstance ,some people attribute some of the UTICOM PRESTON.—The lessees of the Lancaster and Preston mon faculties with which he is endowed. How this may Railway are likely enough to be placed in a position be we know not, and to us at present it is wholly imam which will induce them to be rather more accommodating terial. towards the public than they have hitherto evinced a Ave will now proceed to detail a few of the perform readiness to be, a serious intention having been now come ances of the professor. He was shewn a private letter, to by the Lancaster and Carlisle, and the London and which it was impossible he could have seen before, and North Western companies, to form a new line from on merely glancing at the first page, stated that it con- Lancaster to Preston, which shall place them entirely tained 34 lines. The lines were carefully counted by the independent of the present line. The intended new line gentlemen present, and it was found that the number will be a continuation of the Carlisle and Lancaster, from mentioned by the professor was precisely the number the the Lancaster terminus. taking a considerably more west- page contained. Another letter was shown him, when wardly course, and ultimately falling in with the Preston the same process was gone through, and with the same and Wyre line, at a point a short distance from the M aud- result. A Hebrew volum e , not the professor's , but M r . land station here. A survey for a line by the intended Franklin's, was then produced. The book was opened route was made some years ago, and instructions have by one of the party, and the number of the page given to been given for the levels to be taken forthwith. —Preston i the professor. The book was then opened at another Pilot. place, at an interval probably of 100 leaves from the part PROSPECTUS MANIA.—The difference in the market first opened. The number of the page at the second value of railway stock, between the Ist of September, opening the professor was not informed of, nor could he 1845, and the Ist of April, 1846, is estimated, upon scrip see what it was. One of the gentlemen present then put shares alone, at sixty millions sterling ! There is no in- his right forefinger upon a point in one of the pages at the stance upon record of a corresponding depreciation of first opening, and the professor stated that he should property to the same extent within the same time. The name the word immediatety under The finger at the cor celebrated South Sea bubble and the Mississippi scheme responding point in one of the pages at the second of the last century were confined to a limited sphere of opening. In this experiment he completely succeeded. operation as compared with the late wide-spread empire A Hebrew and English lexicon, belonging to Mr. of railway speculation, embracing England, France, Ger- Franklin, and which Professor Dannemarck could many, and our colonial possessions ; in all producing h i_ no t h ave seen before, was then handed to him. The book multaneously the like results. The transactions in shares was opened at panes 230 and 231 by one of the party, in Sept. 8, 1846. such a way that the professor could not see what we re their contents. Three different points were chosen V the gentleman p resen t, one a t th e t o p o f 230, one at the bottom of th e same page , an d one on t h e fifth line of page 231, and the professor undertook to say what were the words which would be found at these several points. In this be again completely succeeded. He then took the same book, which was partly opened in such a manner by one of the gentleman that there was no possibility of the professor's seeing what was the number of the page at the opening. The gentleman then thrust his finger in at the opening, and the professor named the two words at the extremity of the organ. This he repeated. One of the party put his finger upon the binding, outside of the book, and the professor stared that he could name two words opposite to the finger in a portion of the book which was partly opened, but the contents of which, as far as those present could judge, it was impossible the professor could have seen. The point in the book referred to was examined, and it was found that the words there were those which had been named by the professor. A Hebrew and Latin Concordance to the Bible was next introduced. One of the party fixed upon a page, with the number of which the professor was made acquainted, although he could not see the page itself ; he then put his finger upon the outside of the book, the professor en g.-.ging to name the word immediately opposite to it in the page at which the volume was opened. In this he was entirely successful. A piece of paper was put into a book, at a place at which it was opened by one of the party, and which was known to the professor, and the latter men tioned some of the words that were found under the paper. A penknife was introduced in a similar manner, and with the same results. A Dutch edition of the family prayer book, which we were informed he never could have seen before, was next brought forward. The volume was half.opened, one of the party thrust his hand into the opening, the contents of which could not be seen by the professor, and yet he named words on both pages opposite to the hand. A number of experiments of a similar character were gone through, but we have not space for further detail. The professor says he cannot nee,unt for the possession of the faculties, the nature of which we have endeavoured to explain, in any other way than that he has received them as an extraordinary gift. He exacts great reverence and respect from all around him, and considers himself the living wonder of the age. He has received the ap— plause of several sovereigns, and wears a splendid ring which was presented to him by the late Pope. Amongst his testimonials and papers appear the names of several distinguished statesmen and others on the continent. We believe that on Monday evening next the professor will display his uncommon powers in the Hebrew School, St. Mary's-street, w h en th e p u bli c w ill b e admitted. We should have mentioned above, that the professor insists upon all parties standing in his presence.—Manchester Courier. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SMALL DEBTS BlLL.—This measure received the royal assent on Friday week. Hitherto, with the exception of a few local courts, the first proceedings on a debt of be tween 40s. and £2O amounted to between £3 and £4 du ring the first five days, and, though undefended, to £7 or £8 within seventeen days ; so that in the great majority of cases the costs exceeded the debt. Under the law now passed, all actions for such debts are to be sued for in new county courts, to be appointed for the purpose. In cases under 40s. no costs for an attorney or barrister are to be allowed. In cases between 40s. and £5 the attorneys costs are not to exceed 15g., whilst £1 3s. 6d. is to be the fee for the barrister. Where the circumstances of the debt amount to fraud, the court is to have the power to commit the defendant to gaol for any period not exceed ing forty days; and the defendant is to be punished in like manner for disobedience to the summons, or to any subsequent order for, the payment of instalments by the judge. All actions are to be commenced by a statement in writing delivered in to the officer of the court ; such plaint to state the name and place of abode of the party and the substance of the action intended to be. brought. Nb appeal of removal of the cause is to be allowed, ex cept in cases exceeding £5, and then only by the direct permission of the judge. Every county is to be divided into three or more districts, each to have a court of its The judge is to be a barrister of seven years' stand ing, and to receive a salary, the maximum of which is 1:.1200 a-year. Every court, also, is to have a clerk of entries, who is to be an attorney, and to have a salary, the maximum of which is £6OO a-year. All these appoint ments are to be made by the Lord Chancellor, a circum stance which will give an enormous patronage to this high office. In the first instance, all recorders and other judges now holding office i❑ local courts, are to be appointed judges of these new county jurisdictions, so as to save ex pense. Everything will depend upon one clause. If the creditors in these small debts must compulsorily proceed in these courts, the act will then accomplish the primary object which was intended, that of relieving both creditor and debtor from the enormous law costs in small debts. But if the creditor can still retain the option of bringing his action in the superior courts, as such creditors gene rally have attorneys of their own, and will apply to them in the first instance, all such small actions may still be prosecuted in the superior courts, and the whole measure will thus be reduced to a perfect nullity. SPORTING 1 N TELLIGENCis Tom TuLLocu.—lt is reported that Col, Amon has bought Tom Tulloch for £l,OOO guineas, and that Lord Chesterfield is about to retire from the turf. Goonwoun RACES.—The total value of the stakes at Goodwood races was £22,905, exclusive of the Orange prize. Of these Mr. Gully won £5,480, and Lord George Bentinck £5,505. SKIFF MATCH.—A skiff match, for £2O a-side, was ,rowed on the Tyne, on Monday, between Gilpatrick and Maddison, both watermen belonging to Derwenthaugh— the distance being from the Tyne Bridge to Leamington Point. Gilpatrick rowed in Clasper's skiff, in which he contended with Newell, and Madison in one of his own workmanship. Previous to starting, Gilpatrick was the favourite at 2to 1. The boats got well away, and conti nued abreast of each other until rounding the Elswick gears, when Maddison shot ahead, and won by several boat's lengths. THE ALL-ENGLAND CRICKET MATCH AT MANCHES TER.—This game, which has excited so much interest, commenced on Thursday in Manchester. The all-Eng land players had the first innings, and the stumps were drawn at half-past six, at a score of 198, and three wickets to go down. Pilch carried his bat out, having then added 59 to the score. On Friday the game was resumed, but such is the uncertainty of cricket, that Pilch scored but three, and the last stump fell at a total score of 222. Manchester went in about half-past eleven on Friday, but although there were eighteen of the Manchester gentle men to eleven of the all-England players, they obtained only 72 runs, and as this did not equal half the score of their opponents, they went in for the second innings, in which there was a decided improvement in the piny. The wickets were drawn about half-past six that night, when the Manchester aide had lost three men, and scored 40. It is a singular fact that Mr. Earle, sen., of Manch es t er , held his bat for four hours, and during all the time scored but 11. The game was expected to terminate on Saturday GRAND CRICKET MATCH FOR 200 SOVEREIGNS, IN HYDE PARK, SHEFFIELD. — This match, which has created an extraordinary degree of interest, not only in Sheffield, but in the surrounding districts, took place on the above ground on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday last, between eleven picked men of all England and twenty selected from the clubs of Sheffield. The morning of Monday was bright and clear, and long before the hour of eleven, which was the time appointed for pitching th e wickets, hundreds were seen wending their way to the scene of action, although the charges for admission were doubled on this occasion. The weather on Tuesday and Wednesday was splendid, and the game terminated about half-put five o'clock on Wednesday, in favour of Shef field, with five wickets to go down., amidst the loud huzzas of at least three thousand spectators. The whole aff a i r was conducted with the greatest propriety and decorum throughout. We should be remiss rn our duty were we not to state that the all-England clever, gave a finished specimen of fielding and bowling. HYMENEAL ADVERTISEMENTS. The Manchester Guardian has lately bad a number of advertisements from parties panting for partners in the conjugal state—individuals evidently who had tried the usnel modes of procuring wives without success, and to whom advertising in the public prints has become a (fer nier resort. Some of these advertisements have been remarkable for their coolness, the penniless speculator insisting that the honor of his hand was not to be pur chased at less than a few hundreds a year ; while others have exhibited a remarkable degree of modesty, the adver tiser gently intimating (in spite, doubtless, of a bald skull, a crooked back, a snub nose, and an oval pair of legs), that he was " rath er p repossess i ng i n h i s appear ance." If newspaper proprietors could adopt the rule of compelling each party who thus introduces himself to the compassionate attention of the fair sex to permit >a faith ful portrait of himself to accompany his advertisement, and also to make a deposit of a sufficient sum of money or a sufficient number of title-deeds to guarantee his ability to keep a wife, we warrant the number of these advertis ing spouse-seekers would be enormously diminished. The following advertisement, which appears in the Guardian of Wednesday last, is a decided improvement upon any we have vet seen. It is so disinterested, so modest, and so argumentative, that it can scarcely fail to bring bribes by dozens through the post : " MATRIMONY.--A gentleman of good education and character, a native of Lancashire, and fel- some years past resident in Manchester, thirty-five years of age, and pos• sessing an income of upwards of two hundred pounds a year, wishes to meet with a lady about his own age, or a few years younger, suitable for a partner for life. It is necessary that she should have property producing some thing like the same amount of income, which, however, would be settled upon herself, with a jointure of two or three thousand pounds bosides. The advertiser is no for tune-hurter, but perfectly independent as a bachelor; and though desirous of ch ang i ng hi s con di t i on, would pre f er remaining as he is to marrying on his own income alone, which is of a permanent, though not a rapidly increasing character. This explanation is sufficient, he thinks, to account for the adoption of this mode of seeking the attainment of his object, preferring a business-like way of proceeding in a pure matter of business, to the more usual course of first paying addresses, in ignorance of, or on mere surmise of the lady's pecuniary means or prospects, and afterwards coming to the consideration of the business part of the subject—a course liable to serious objections, and frequently ending in disappointment : S? far from being mercenary in his views, the advertiser is of a generous disposition, and m o re p r o n e to dispose o_l - money for public and benevolent purposes than esther o es .f_ hoard or lavish it selfishly. Being of quiet and din rn ties habits, and fonder of co m fo r t th an s h ow , the 'll ia he would prize in a wife would ra th er b e th ose Which please at home than those which shine abroad ; and nett to the accomplishments of a good housewife, he wouldvalue that of a tolerable proficiency in music, as most conducive to domestic pleasures. Congeniality, at least, if not complete identity of religious views, he considers essential ; himself holding firmly the doctrines of Protestant evangelical dis sent, though no bigot, but respecting the conscientious belief of all, he would not unite himself with one entertain ing opinions the contrary of these. In personal appear ance and manners, he hopes h e would not be considered repulsive, nor does be look for perfection in these respects; but good health and freedom from all taint of hereditary complaint are essential. It is hoped that no one whose eye this advertisement may meet, and to whom it m ay be. fairly applicable, will be deterred from consid era ti on s or delicacy or timidity, since a moment's reflection will sb?! that in a majority of cases marriages are contracted with less knowledge of each other's feelings and disposition!, than can be obtained i n thi s wa y, f o ll owe d b y a personal_ interview, with a mutu a l d e t erm i na ti on t o come to a fray'''. explanation and interchange of opinion. In the lottery of matrimony, a prize may be drawn by this means as well as by the mode sanctioned by custom. The advertiser will satisfy every inquiry as to his character, history, con' nections, means, &c., and will require full information ell these points in return.—Any communication addressed to —, London, will be immediately forwarded to the advertiser in Manchester." —The advertiser is uncoil]: molly scrupulous a out religious opinions, nearly as aittCk indeed, as he is about the pecuniary capabilities of bit tau- victim. Nevertheless, if a Mahometan, with £4OO aC r, and a wehav eChristiana shrewd with £5O £s g o ue o ss nl w y h , chb shouldeau beauty the simultaneously, evangelical gentleman would accept. STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY. ON THE IST SEPTEMBER From Colburn's United Service Magazine.) [Where two places are mentioned, the last-named is that at which the Depot of the Regiment is stationed.) 5 5 : 9 0 24 t t d :h h i: Q B Gu e ieb n br g a eacl 1 :a l Ist Life Guards—Windsor. 2nd Ditto—Regent's Park. Royal H.Guards—Hyde Park Ist Dragn Gds.—Birmingham 2d—Dublin. 3d—Piershill. 4th—Nottingham. sth—York. 6th—Ncrwieh. 46th 7th—C. G. Hope, Maidstone 47th Ist Dragoons—Balliucollig. 48th 2d—Dublin *slst—Van D. L rß Cl' a ;r n er d a c th eo ; rnm a C . m l o ta y . t . bOJ .-- 3d—Bengal ; Maidstone 4th—Manchester. tith—Longford. 7th Hussars—Hounslow. 53d—Bengal ; Chatham. Bth—Cahir. 9th lancers—Bengal ; 'Midst. 55th—Devonport. 10th Hussars—Bombay. 56th—Bury, (Lancashire.) 11th Hussars—Coventry. 57th—Madras ; Chatham. 12th Lancers— Brighton. . 58th—N.S.11Nales ; Chathata• 13th Lt. Digoons-I:ewhridge. 59th—Dublin. cha' :4th—Bombay; Maidstone. 60th(lst batt.)—Bombay ;-- „, t , 15th Hussars—Madras; M'ston (2d batt .)— Canada ; EdiaM" 16th Lancers—Bengal ,Maidstn 61st—Bengal; Chatham. 17th Lancers-Dundalk. 62d—Bengal ; Chatham. Grenadier Guards, (Ist batt.) 63d—Madras ; Chatharn. Winchester. 64th—Dub:in. (2d batt.)—St. John's Wood 65th—N.S.Wales ; Chatha nl ' Cast le, (3d haft.;—Tower. 66th—Gibraltar ; Mare -- Coldstream Guards, (Ist batt.) 67th - Cork. St. George's Bar 68th— Dublin. (26 hatt.)—Portman-st. Bar? 6gth—Manchestcr. Scotch FusileerGrds—(lstbatt) 70th—Templemore' Wellington Barr. 71st—Barbadoes ; I. of Wiglit• (2(1 batt)—Windsor. Reserve batt., Canada' Ist Foot (Ist batt.)—Trinidad ; 72d—Gibraltar; Nenngh. mst Dublin. /3d—Monte Video—Buttevv -Portsmouth. 40th—Canterbury. 41st—Mullingar. 42d—Malta ; Isle of Wight! Reserve batt., Malta _ k43d—Dover. 44th—Belfast. 45th--Cape of Good Hope, I.W Reserve batt., M.Video "—Canada; Chatham. -Dublin. Jamaic, 49th—Galway ; Newbridge. (2d batt.)--Edinburgh 2d Foot—Winche_ter. 75th—Atilone. 76th— °it George, N. 8.! 77th—Halifax; FermoY• sth—Fermoy. 178 th —Bombay; Chatharn% 6th—Cork 79th—Gibraltar; Belterbo u 7th—St. Vincent; Newry. 80th—Bengal; Chatham Bth—Bombay 81st—Canada ; Jersey. A 9th—Bengal ; Chatham. 82d—Canada; Spike Islan . 10th—Bengal; Chatham. 83d—Limerick. 11th—N. S. Wales, Sheernes.. 84th—Madras; Chathato. 12th—Mauritius; Isle Wight. 85th—Buttevant Reserve batt., Mauritius 86th—Bombay ; ChathaM. 13th—Portmouth. 87th—Aberdeen. 14th—Canada ; Plymouth. 88th—Malta ; Ballinagoe. 15th—Ceylou 3 Wateford. igth—Canada ; Hull. „ger: goth—CapeGoodHope 91st—CapeofGoodHope; ' o pe. G• r l ' Reserve batt., C. loth—Bermudal lll 6 ,B, hao i b rimn r b a baa l ad t ; a yo c r e; s;h; ;Chatham. sßhaltoaemytoaml Athlone . fe. .. 92d—Enniskillen. Wight 93d—Canada ; Carlow. Reserve batt., Bermuda 94th—Aden ; Chatham 3d—G, , sport. 4th—Madras; Chathar 21st—Ma; t i r o a m d b r a a y s ; ; C C h h a a t t lm h i a am 23d—Antigua ; Isle of Wig. Reserve bait., Canad 24th—Bengal; Chatham. 25th—Madras ; Chatham. 26th—Dublin. 27th—Cape G, Hope ; Guernsey 28th—Bombay ; Chatham. 29t11—Bengal ; Chatham. 1. 30th—Leedq. 21.—Nassau. 0, 0 31st—Bengal;* Chatham. 3d—Demerara,SierraLe o 32d—Bengal ; Chatham. Ceylon Rifles—Ceylon. caP e 33d—N. Brunswick ; Clonmel. Cape Mounted Riflemen-- 34th—Corfu ; Clonnel of Good H0pe.,,,..01 0 * 35th—Mauritius; Charles Fort R. Canada Rifle Reg*. o n 36th—Weedon. Royal Newfoundland ' 37th—Newport. Com pan ies —Newfout, its. 38th—Jamaica; London'enT. Royal Malta Fencibles._;o* 39th—Bengal; Chatham. St. Helena liegt.—St. gsth—Ceylon ; Tralee. 86th—N.S.Wales ; Chathlol:, ht. 97th—Corfu ; Isle of Wiecolit , a Reserve batt., Ceph*" I gah—China ; Chatham • . 4 0 , ggth—N. S. Wales ; Cha t° t nil• Ritteß (istb.)—Corfu; 24.1batt.)—Halifax.N.S. ,0 's ,0, Reserve batt., Halifa%*, ,t W. I. Regt.—Jamaica, * sist, under orders for Bengal