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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1853.

appointment which they themselves would have
sanctioned as being either " unfortunate " or
" disreputable," and some curiosity was exhi-
bited as to the answer to the assertion. Lord
DERBY declared that he had heard "it put about
that a certain offer had been made, and he had
lost no time in authorising every person who
might hear that, to state on the authority of the
Noble Earl that he did not know, nor had lie
ever authorised, nor did he then believe that any
such offer, proposition, suggestion, or hint, was
ever made to Mr. KEOGH."

This startling discrepancy between the state-
ments—this exproess and unqualified contradiction
—left no alternative to Mr. KEOGH. His cha-
racter as a gentleman depended on the vin-
dication of his veracity—on rebutting the
charge of mendacity that had been more
than hinted against him, on showing that
he had reasonable grounds for the assertions made
on his authority. The Hon. and Learned Gen-
tleman exhibited the utmost promptitude in
bringing the dispute to a speedy and satisfactory
issue. Temperately, but firmly, he wrote to Lord
NAAS, recalling every circumstance to his recol-
lection, putting forward distinctly that the Noble
Lord had stated that, "he had been directed to
ask whether Mr. KEOGH would accept office under
Lord DERBY," and that on being pressed to state
on whose authority he put the question, adding
that "it was at Major BERESFORD'S desire, and
that he was in communication with Lord DERBY."
As further evidence of the accuracy of his recol-
lection, Mr. KEOGH alluded to the circumstance
of his having been remonstrated with by the
Gallant Major, for the opposition he had offered
to Lord DERBY'S Government, inasmuch as he
(Mr. KEOGH) had been asked to take office by
Lord NAAS, and that he (Major BERESFORD) felt
the hostility the more, as he was the person
who had spoken to Lord DERBY in re-
ference to his name. This letter, so im-
peratively demanding a speedy answer, was
forwarded to the Carlton Club on Friday evening ;
but Saturday, Sunday, and Monday were suffered
to elapse without any notice being taken of the
communication. On Monday another letter was
written, entreating a speedy reply ; but it was
not until midday on Tuesday that a very brief
and curt reply was forwarded, in which the Noble
ex-Secretary made the following unequivocal
statement—" I distinctly deny, that, either di-
rectly or indirectly, I made an offer of office to
yourself or to any of yowr friends, or that I had,
or that I assumed I had, authority from, any one
so to do."

This certainly, when coupled with the statement
to which it purported to be an answer, could only
be considered as an express denial—not as a
paltry evasion of the real question—as a direct
" traverse," not as a " confession and avoidance.
Mr. KEOGH said—" You asked me, would I take
office." I inquired on whose authority you put
the question. You answered, "By Major BERES-
FORD'S desire, and that he was in communication
with Lord DERBY." The answer we have given
above, and surely ne person of ordinary intelli-
gence would receive it as other than a direct ne-
gative, or suppose that it was meant to shift the
ground to a denial that the asking, " would Mr.
KEOGH accept office at the desire of Major BERES-
FORD," was tantamount to an offer of office on
the authority of the Right Hon. Gentleman. This
impression was strengthened and confirmed by
the unseemly haste with which a public denial
was given in the House of Lords to the assertion
of Mr. KEOGH, on the authority of Lord NAAS,
and that without the explanation that would show
that there were grounds for misapprehension
—that it was not altogether a gratuitous false-
hood, without the slightest foundation in fact ;
nay, more, so determined were they in having
the authorised contradiction put forward without
a moment's delay, that contrary to that spirit of
fair play which is so dear to every British
heart, and of which we should have supposed
that the Noble Earl would have been the
most unflinching advocate, there was a
positive refusal t• postpone that authorised
denial, for a single day, until Mr. KEOGH could
have had the opportunity of giving his explana-
tion in the other branch of the Legislature simul-
taneously, and the bane and antidote could be
administered together.
What, then, turned out to be the case after
all ? Why, a virtual admission of the accuracy
of Mr. KEOGH'S statement. We need not the
corroborating evidence as to the eager seeking
after the Hon. and Learned Gentleman at the
Reform Club and elsewhere, nor the conversation
in the train with Mr. O'FLAHERTY. We may
accept Lord NAAS'S own version, and in it we
find ample justification for every assertion put
forward by, or on behalf of, the Irish Solicitor-
General or his friends. The Noble Lord says—
" I asked the Hon. and Learned Gentleman—
never thinking that the question would become
an engine of aggression to damage my character(!)
--(why surely it was the character of Mr. KEOGH
that was attempted—most fruitlessly and un-
availing attempted to be damaged)—l asked him
this simple question—" If office had been offered to
you under the new Government, would you
or your friends have accepted it ?" The Hon.
Gentleman, in answer, said—" I think, after
all that had occurred after the part I and
my friends have taken in the overthrow of the
late Government some such offer might have
been made." Surely this might have shown any
person of ordinary intelligence and ordinary com-
prehension, and Lord NAAS is by no means defi-
cient in either the one or the other, the sense in
which Mr. KEOGH understood, and naturally un-
derstood the interrogatory ; and even if any
doubt could be entertained on the subject, it
would be removed by the subsequent question,
" whether any person in authority knew of or
had authorised him to ask the question put to
him," and the answer, " As you ask me the ques-
tion, I will tell you that Major BERESFORD knew
of my asking the question." And yet with these
facts fresh on his memory, with the knowledge
that Major BERESFORD had, according to the
statement of that Right Hon. and Gallant Gen-
tleman, remonstrated with Mr. KEOGH in the
lobby of the House of Commons, and inquired
" whether he had not received through Lord
NAAS a kindly and friendly communication
from himself." Why, what paltry quibbling,
unworthyan Old Bailey practitioner. What special
pleading is this, that is deliberately put forward
on the part of a Noble Lord and a Right Honour-
able Gentleman. What was the plain and obvious
meaning of their words? What rational doubt
could be entertained as to the interpretation of
the proposition, without an insult to these gentle-
men. Few persons can hesitate in the opinion
that there was either a distinct and positive offer
of office, or a highly discreditable attempt to
obtain support under false pretences. We
leave the parties to take their choice as to
which horn of the dilemma they prefer. Suffice
it to say, that the shafts have recoiled, and
with terrific force on the assailants, and that Mr.
KEOGH may well rejoice at the high and honour-
able tribute paid to his character and conduct by
Mr. DISRAELI, whose speech on the occasion is
deserving of the highest praise, and affords a
marked contrast to that of some of his late col-
leagues, by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the Earl of
ABERDEEN, the Duke of NEWCASTLE, and others.
He has passed through the ordeal unscathed—
his character stands higher than ever in the esti-
mation of the country. The Premier may indeed
feel that if his was the most disreputable ap-
pointment made, he would have every reason to be
satisfied with the composition of his Government ?

AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODUCH MARKETS.—
The weekly reviews from the Amsterdam and Rotter-
dam produce markets describe little activity in business.
Coffee was maintained with firmness at previous quota-
tions. In raw sugar very few transactions had taken
place, but contracts for refined had in some cases been
accepted at lower rates. Rice and indigo remained
steady ; tallow was on the average well supported. The
accounts from Antwerp and Hamburg represent a
similar position of trade.
ROUEN.—The letters from Rouen mention that the
market for manufactures was heavy, the absence of pur-
chasers having caused an unfavourable reaction in
prices.
THE SOAP DUTIES.—Yesterday the bill to repeal the
soap duties was printed. They are to be repealed from
the sth July next.

THE CAMP AT CIIOBITAM COMMON.

GRAND REVIEW IN PRESENCE OF HER
MAJESTY.

CHOMIAM CAMP, THIS DAY, Half-past Twelve.

At an early hour this morning the roads to the camp
from all points were alive with every description of
vehicles from the patrician's carriage down to the com-
paratively humble equipage of the perambulating green-
grocer. For miles, too, were to be observed lines of
pedestrians toiling through a hilly line of country, and
all bound for the camp. At five o'clock in the morn-V
ing, a train nearly half a mile in length, left the Water.
100 station of the South-Western Railway, under the
superintendence of Mr. Godson, the traffic manager, all
being devoted to the conveyance of horses and carriages
belonging to the nobility. At seven o'clock the first
passenger train departed, and every half hour subse-
quently other trains containing hundreds of visitors
were dispatched for the Chertsey station.
The morning was cloudy at an early period, and ex-
cited fears that rain would mar the day's operations in
the field, but at nine o'clock the atmosphere cleared, and
the sun shone out most vigorously, and gave promise of
certain fine weather.

At ten o'clock exactly the camp, which presented a
few minutes before an air of repose by no means indi-
cating the activity which was about to follow, were
summoned by the bugle sound from head quarters, which
being taken up from position to position, the whole
army turned out simultaneously for parade. After
being inspected by the commanders of each divi-
sion, the general order was sounded for the in-
fantry to fall into line. The order was carried
out with mathematical precision, and from this time
up to 11 o'clock, the army continued to stand
at ease in line, not a movement, so far as the eye could
detect with the aid of a telescope sweeping through the
whole field, being observable. At this moment there
could not have been less than thirty thousand persons
on the ground, and the scene, without the slightest ex-
aggeration, may be said to have been one of the deepest
interest. Carriages crowned the heights on the border
of the field of operations, crowded with the most
superbly-dressed ladies ; while on the plains below were
• squadrons of equestrians of both sexes dashing about in
search of openings for penetrating the camp, the en-
trances to which were most carefully barred by double
guards.
The cavalry were now, under the command of the
Duke of Cambridge, ordered to saddle, the carrying out of
which mandate did not occupy five minutes ; and next
came the order to mount, which was obeyed with fault-
less precision. They were then inspected by General
Lord Seaton, in conjunction with his Royal Highness,
after which his lordship, as Commander-in-Chief of the
encamped army, attended by a brilliant staff, rode past
the lines, making the whole circuit of the encampment,
even to the remotest outpost.
It was now ten minutes past 11 o'clock, and every
minute adding to the vast number on the ground before
the crowds were eagerly gazing towards the Windsor-
road, across the encampment, in anxious expectation of
her Majesty's approach. The Sovereign, ever to her
time on all great public occasions where the interest of
her subjects is enlisted, was not behind scarcely a
minute the period fixed for the Royal presence, and just
before the quarter-past eleven had struck an orderly
rode up to the Commander communicating the fact of
the Queen's approach at little more than the distance of
s mile from comp.
Lord Seaton at once ordered out a body guard of the
Life Guards and Lancers to take up a position on the
road leading directly to head quarters, and in a line with
the Royal Pavilion. In less than a minute after the
Guard of Honour had halted in position, the outriders
to the Royal equipage dashed forward, followed at full
gallop by the troops escorting her Majesty, and in a few
minutes the Sovereign, accompanied by Prince Albert
and the Royal suite, entered the lines of the encampment.
A simultaneous sound of bugles passed the order for
the Royal salute, and, as though by magic, the quiet
that reigned for two hours before, was shaken by the
thunder of artillery, added to which was the discharge
of musketry throughout the whole line. When the
firing ceased, the cheers from at least fifty thousand
voices greeted the Royal ear during her Majesty's ad-
vance to the Pavilion, and which almost drowned the
several bands who played the National Anthem.
The Queen was received by General Lord Seaton and
the Duke of Cambridge, who conducted the Sovereign,
Prince Albert, and the other exalted personages to the
Royal tent, where, after a few minutes stay, her Majesty
again appeared upon the field, the entire troops present-
jag arms.
The order was now given for the first evolution of the
troops. The infantry closed up their extended lines
and took position in close columns, and the cavalry
having been formed four deep, wheeled to the right.
The Guards received the order to advance across some
broken ground, and take up a position at the base of a
hill some six hundred yards from their former position.
The other infantry regiments were directed to execute
similar movements ; and, after all had taken up their
positions, the rifles were ordered to move in columns,
and then scatter themselves over the undulating
ground, in skirmishing order, so that they might, as it
were, cover by their fire the advance of the reconnoitre-
ing parties for the various divisions. It was a most in-
teresting movement on the part of these sable messen-
gers of death. Some might be seen in the distance, flat
upon the ground and crawling like serpents on all fours,
while others of them ran like rats from hillock to furze-
bush ; and as they continued to get over the ground, the
naked eye failed to recognise anything of them—their
presence being confounded with the short scrubby heath,
so much in uniform with their attire.

The Review was going on when our dispatch was sent
eft

SALE OF PAINTINGS BY TURNER.—Six pictures by
this celebrated painter were sold yesterday at Messrs.
Christie and Manson's, and realised altogether the sum
of 4,6131.:—" Venice—evening ; going to a ball," ex-
hibited at the Royal Academy in 1846, sold for 5461.
" Morning—returning from the ball," exhibited in 1846,
6411. " The Dawn of Christianity and Flight into
Egypt," exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1841, 7461.
" Glaucus and Scylla," exhibited in 1841, 7351. " The
Dogana—Church of St. Giorgio," &c., a pendant to the
picture now in the Vernon Gallery, painted for Sir
Francis Chantrey, and exhibited at the Royal Academy
in 1841, brought 1,1551. "The Approach to Venice"—
" The path lies o'er the sea.
* * * * *
" The moon is up, and yet it is not night—
The sun as yet disputes the day with her."—Byron.
realised 8001.

SUDDEN DEATH.—During Divine Service at St. Bar-
nabas Church, Pimlico, on Sunday morning last, Mr.
Thomas Bailey, of Aigburgh, near Liverpool, was at-
tacked by apoplexy for the third time. He was attended
by Dr. Aldis, and although the usual means were imme-
diately resorted to he expired in a few hours afterwards.
SUDDEN DEATH OF THE REV. JOHN MAYOR, B.D.—
The Rev. John Mayor, 8.D., of Lincoln College, Ox-
ford, and son of the celebrated Rev. Dr. Mayor, author
of the Spelling Book, and many other popular works,
was found dead on Sunday afternoon, in his cell, on the
debtor's side of the Oxford County Gaol. An inquest
was held on the body yesterday afternoon by Mr.
Brimner, when it appeared that the deceased bad
been confined in this gaol for debt for upwards
of nine years : that he refused to receive the gaol
allowance of food, and subsisted entirely on the bounty
of his friends, who subscribed sums of money, which
were doled out to him to procure what was necessary.
He had for a long time laboured under illness, but in-
variably refused to see the medical attendant at the gaol,
and has occasionally refused to touch any food for two
or three days together. The medical officer, Mr. Wood,
stated his belief that the deceased died from having
fainted, not having the power of resuscitation, owing to
his being reduced by obstinate abstinence. The deceased
formerly held a living in Essex, worth about 3501. per
annum ; but it was sequestered about 10 years ago to
pay his debts, and had he lived until October next, it
would have been cleared and restored to him.

THE BELGIAN SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.—It having
been resolved that the opening of this new line of sub-
marine telegraph to Brussels should receive all the
eclat which could be conferred upon it by its inaugura-
tion taking place at the office established in the House
of Commons, and by the attendance at the ceremony of
many of our nobility and distinguished public men, it
was arranged by the Belgian Government that his Royal
Highness the Duke of Brabant, accompanied by some
of the Belgian Ministers, should attend at the office in
Brussels for the purpose of presiding on the occasion.
At about 2 o'clock the arrival of his Royal Highness at
the bureau at Brussels was announced through the sub-
marine wires, and Lord de Manley acknowledged the
communication. M. Drouet, the Belgian Charge
d'Affaires to the British Government, who was present
in London, then forwarded a congratulatory communi-
cation to Brussels to his Royal Highness the Duke of
Brabant, and also to the Belgian Minister of Public
Works upon this completion of a discovery characterised
as being "rapid as our own thoughts." Lord W. Paulet,
Aide-de-Camp to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, dispatched a communication to Lord Howard de
Walden at Brussels, indicating his Royal Highness's re-
gret at his detention at Chobham Camp, and at his being
unable to forward personally his congratulation upon
the occasion. A short dispatch, in which Lord Stanley
sent his compliments to Lord Howard de Walden, and
to which an answer was received by Mr. Albert Evans
in two minutes, was productive of great pleasure in con-
sequence of it so convincingly demonstrating the extreme
rapidity with which the two capitals were brought in
contact. The experiments throughout were attended
with the most complete success. In addition to the
completion of the cable and line to Brussels, Messrs.
Friend and Hanill, the contractors for the company's
subterranean telegraphs, have just effected the junction
of the Birmingham with the metropolis, and this line
will be opened in a few days. They will then proceed
rapidly with the continuation to Liverpool.
BlGAMY.—Considerable gossip has taken place in the
neighbourhood of Cheshunt during the week by the com-
mittal of a Mr. Thomas Digby Delamotte, brother of
General Delamotte, a schoolmaster, of much repute in
the district, on a charge of bigamy. The evidence
which was adduced in support of the charge, showed
that, in the month of June, he married a lady, named
Sarah Martyn Farrant, who was very respectably con-
nected at Exeter. They did not live long together, and
separated. In January last, ho united himself to a Miss
Frances Seymour Feston, at St. Dunstan's Church,
London ; and, his former partner being found to be
alive, proceedings at once were taken against him. He
was committed to Hertford county gaol, to await his
trial at the next assizes.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY-(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.)

IN RE BERTON.-IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP QUESTION.

This bankrupt had carried on business in Princes-
street, Hanover-square, and this day was appointed for
consideration of the certificate,

Mr. Mason appeared for the assignees, and said he
had no opposition to offer on their behalf.
Mr. Davis, as solicitor for a gentleman named Lons-
dales, opposed, on the ground that the bankrupt, with
whom he had formerly been in partnership, had borrowed
1,6001. to carry on the business when he knew that he
could not carry it on with success, as he soon after-
wards became bankrupt, and also that the part-
nership had been mutually dissolved, and a deed of
assignment had been made to a trustee to receive the
outstanding debts for the benefit of the partnership
creditors—the bankrupt had collected moneys, and ap-
plied them to his own use.
Mr. Lawrence admitted that those sums had been re-
ceived, but they had been applied to the legitimate pur-
poses of trade, and it was pending the negotiation for
the execution of the deed. The bankrupt had truly in-
formed the creditors that he had received the money,
and 1$ months was allowed him to iof it. He (Mr.
Lawrence) had allowed Mr. Davis to urge his objections
although that gentleman had no locus standi, for on his
tenderinga proof, his Honor (Mr. CommissionerHolroyd)
held that whilst there were any outstanding partnership
solvent partner, who had retired, could not be
allowed to prove against the private estate of a bank-
rupt partner. Another strong point in the bankrupts
favour was that the trustee had failed to render any
account, and it had been necessary to file a bill in Chan-
cery against him.
His Honour said, it appeared to him from the evi-
dence that the bankrupt had not at all acted fraudu-
lently, it did not appear that he had made the slightest
false statement ; on the contrary, it showed that he had
endeavoured to do the best he could for his creditors,
but had been unfortunate ; he was, therefore, entitled to
an immediate certificate of the second class.

SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.)

GRoss DEPRAVlTY.—Frederick Bell, a costermonger,
was charged with violently assaulting Mary Bell, his
wife. _ .

The complainant stated that on the previous morning
she went at her husband's request to see a female ac-
quaintance, at a lodging-house in Kent-street, and on
her return in the evening he knocked her about in a
frightful manner, and had not the police interfered she
believed he would have murdered her. He was a brutal
lazy fellow, and compelled her to go into the streets and
gain money in an immoral way to keep him and their
three children, for he would not work.
Mr. A'Beckett said she was a disgraceful woman, and
could have no excuse to do as she had stated, whatever
might be his orders.
The prisoner said she was a very bad woman, and had
left him and the children to live with another malt.

Complainant—Yes ; that was because you turned me
out of doors, and what was I to do to maintain myself,
but to seek the protection of another man.
Mr. A'Beckett said he never heard a more depraved
character in all his life. Had she any sense of her
duty or morality she would have gone to work in
an honest manner, and if her husband ill-uted her he
could have been punished. His neglecting to main-
tain her would also render him liable to punishment,
therefore, she had no excuse in living in such a disgust-
ing manner. However, her bad conduct would not
allow the husband to behave like a ruffian, and it must
have been a most disgusting state of mind in him to run
after such a had woman. He could not allow one of-
fence to justify the other ; therefore he should fine him
405., and, in default of payment, commit him for one
month.

SUMMER ASSIZES.

THE HOME CIRCUIT.

As some very incorrect statements have been pub-
lished with regard to the days appointed for this circuit
in the different counties, which may be productive of a
good deal of inconvenience to jurors witnesses, &c., it
may be necessary to state that the following are the ar-
rangements actually made :
HERTS.—The commission will be opened on Wednes-
day, the 6th of July, and on the same day the criminal
business will be proceeded with. The civil business will
not commence until Friday morning, the Bth of July.
Essex.—The commission will be opened on Monday,
the 11th of July, and business will be proceeded with
on Tuesday morning, the 12th, in both courts, at 10
o'clock.

SUSSEX.—The commission will be opened on Saturday
morning, the 16th of July, and business will commence
in both courts on Monday, the 18th, at 12 o'clock.
KENT.—The commission will be opened on Thursday,
the 21st of July, and business will be proceeded with in
both courts on the following morning, at 30 o'elock.
SURREY.—The commission will be opened on Thurs-
day, the 28th of July, at Croydon, and business will be
proceeded with in both courts cn Friday morning, at 10
o'clock.

The judges will be the Lord Chief Baron and Mr.
Justice Cresswell.

ISTHMUS OF DARIEN SHIP CANAL.

( Translation from the French.)
TO DR. EDWARD CULLEN, STRAND, LONDON.

am very much to blame for having so long de-
layed an answer to the agreeable and interesting dispatch
that you have been kind enough to forward me by the
hands of Mr. Augustus Peterman, so estimable by his
character, as well as by the solidity of his geographical
labours. Dr. Cullen cannot doubt the high importance
that I would attach to the merit of his courageous and
useful investigations in the eastern part of the Isthmus
of Panama ; knowing my position and my antediluvian
age, he will receive with indulgence, even so late, the
expression of my lively gratitude.
After having laboured in vain during half a century
to prove the possibility of an Oceanic Canal, and to
point out the Gulf of San Miguel and Cupica as the
points most worthy of attention—after having regretted,
almost with bitterness, in the last edition of my " Aspects
of Nature," that the employment of the means, which
the present state of our knowledge affords, for obtaining
precise measurements has been so long delayed— I ought,
more than any one else, to be satisfied to see at last my
hopes for so noble an enterprise revived. By your publi-
cations, sir, and by that of Mr. Gisborne, will be origi-
nated the great work of changing an important part of
the commerce of nations, and of rendering more acces-
sible the rich countries of Eastern Asia and the Indian
Archipelago. The undertaking is by no means above
the intellectual and material power which civilised na-
tions have attained to. The work should be one to last
for ever ; it should not commence with a canal with
locks, like the magnificent Caledonian Canal ; it must
be a really Oceanic Canal, without locks ; a free passage
from sea to sea, across which the speed of the navigation
will be modified, but not interrupted, by the difference
in height and non-coincidence of the tides.
Receive, I pray you, Sir, the expression of my highest
consideration.—Yours, &c.,

(Signed) ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT.
Potsdam, 4th June, 1853.

DEATH OF THE DANISH MINISTER.—We have to an-
nounce the sudden death of his Excellency M. de Bille,
Danish minister at this court. His Excellency expired
at two o'clock on Saturday morning, at the residence of
the Danish legation, from disease of the heart. The
deceased was much respected by the diplomatic corps.
Madame de Bille has suffered greatly from the shock,
and remains in a very precarious condition. His Excel-
lency attended the Queen's Drawing-room on Tuesday,
and was out as usual on the day preceding his death.
It is not a little remarkable that the late Danish minister
at the Court of St. James's, Count Reventlow, died from
a similar disease about two years since while on a tour
in Scotland.

UNITED STATES' EXPEDITION TO AFRICA.—A New
York paper gives the following account of an expedi-
tion to Africa by Colonel Lynch :—" Commander
Lynch, recently returned from his preliminary expedi-
tion of observation, preparatory to his grand exploring
expedition into the interior of. Africa, is now in
Washington, engaged in preparing his report. He
was on the coast in Liberia and that vicinity from
early in January to late in March, and explored all
the rivers of the region. He found none navigable
more than 21 miles above the mouth. He is pos-
sessed of no very exalted idea of the feasibility of white
colonisation of the west coast of Africa, even in a tem-
porary way, and for commercial purposes only. Cap-
tain Lynch intimates that there is but a single English-
man known to have survived the climate of Sierra Leone
for five years, at the end of which time the fever carried
him off. It will be recollected that, perhaps 40 years
since, the Portuguese colonised an island in the imme-
diate vicinity of Guinea, sending there 7,000 souls. At
this time there is bet a single individual living in whose
veins the blood of any a these colonists is believed to
exist. This is a fact making stubbornly indeed against
the idea of a much more profitable trade with Africa, as
the result of any possible effort of our Government to
compass that end. The books, papers, &c., of Com-
mander Lynch have just arrived in this country. Their
delay in following him has embarrassed his operations
and preparations here not a little."
THE SOUTH WALES FISHERIES NEW MARXET.—The
opening of the South Wales line as far as Swansea has,
similar to the establishment of the Chester and Holyhead
line, opened new fields and markets for the disposal of
the immense quantities of the finny tribe caught on the
shores of Southern Wales. Hitherto these large supplies
of food have been only partially resorted to, and locally
consumed, a small quantity only being transported from
the place of capture, but now that rail communication has
been opened, the inexhaustible and lucrative supply of food
is likely to afford employment and subsistence to large
numbers of the poorer class, as vast quantities of the
various kinds of fish are now regularly sent by means of
the rail to the various towns, and thence taken inland.
Large quantities of mackerel have thus been sent, per
Gloucester, to London, Birmingham, Derby, Notting-
ham, and other large inland towns. In Carmarthen
and Swansea bays of delicious fish abound, and on the
extensive sands the finest shell fish are taken in abun-
dance. Regular employment is thus afforded to many
poor persons.

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THE SWEATING SICKNESS.—An epidemic disease, said
to be the sweating sickness has recently broken out at
Mehun-sur-Yevre (Cher), which has been fatal to several
persons. It more particularly attacks young people.