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LAYS OF THE SCOTTISH CAVALIERS.
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THE EDINBURGH REVIEW,
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Is published this day.
CO NTENTS :
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H. Agriculture and Science.
111. Tennyson's Princess—Schools of English Poetry.
IV. The Electric Telegraph.
V. Schools of Design.
VI. Unsound Social Philosophy.
VII. Statistics of Coal.
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
FOREIGN OFFICE, OCT., 9, 1849.
The Quten has been pleased to approv t of Mr.
Chalks ginjamin as Consul, at Demerara, !o: tl
United States of America.
'WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 12.

19th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Charles Kyd
Skeete to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major
Burns, who retires; Ensign Frederick Charles Ashworth
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Skeete, Oct. 12.
24 h Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant Thomas Mad h n
to be Quartermaster, vice Price, deceased, Oct. 12.
36th Foot—Captain Henry Lecky, from the 9 -Ph
Foot, .to be Captain, vice Barnston, who exchanges,
Oct. 12.
40th Foot--Brevet Major George Edward Aylmer,
from the 93d Foot, to be Captain, vice Macgowan, who
exchanges, Oct 12.
44th Foot—Lieutenant William Hamer to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Owen, who retires; Ensign George
IVhits to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hanmer,
Oct. 12.
56th Foot—Ensign Marcell Conran to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Ward, who retires, Oct. 12.
60th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Henry Dundas
Mz.clean, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice
John Temple, who exchanges; Captain William Fan-
sh tw Bedford to be Major, by purchase, vice Maclean,who
retires; Lieut. George Waldegrave Bligh to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Bedford; Second Lieutenant Robert
Wilmot Brooke to be First Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Bligh, Oct. 12.
61st Foot—Captain William Henry Vicars to be
Major, without purchase, vice Stephens, deceased;
Lieutenant William Edward Durand Deacon to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Vicars, July 28 ; Ensign
John Henry Lukis, from the 3d Foot, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Deacon; Ensign Thomas Edward
Gordon, from the 4th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Parks,
deceased, Oct. 12.

79th Foot—Ensign James Webster to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Robertson, who retires, Oct. 12.
83d Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Spring to be Captain,
without purchase, vice the lion. W. Gage, deceased;
Ensign William Hall to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Spring, July 15; Ensign Edward Meurant, from the
46:h Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hall, Oct. 12.
90th Foot—Captain Roger Barnston, from the 36th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Lecky, who exchanges, Oct. 12.
931 Foot—Captain John Anstruther Macgowan, from
the 40th Foot, to be Captain, vice Aylmer, who ex-
changes, Oct. 12.

BREVET.—Captain Thomas Prior, of the 73d Foot, to
be M,,jor in the Army, Nov. 9, 1846.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding
of Yorkshire.

Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry
Cavalry—Matthew Wharton Wilson, Elq. to be Captain,
vice Ferrand, who retires, Oct. 6.
ADMIRALTY, OCT. 9.
The following prothotions have this day taken place,
consequent on the death, on the Bth icstant, of Admiral
of the White, Sir Edward William Campbell Rich
Owen, G C.B.:—

Admiral of the Blue, Hugh Downman, to be Admiral
of the White.

Vice-Admiral of the Red, Alexander Wilmot Schom
berg:, to be Admiral of the Blue.

Vice-Admiral of the White, James Noble, to be Vice.
Admiral of the Red.

Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Sir Charles Ircbard.or,
K.C.B. to be Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red, Sirejohn Loins, Bart., to
be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.

Rear-Admiral of the White, Charles Sibthorp Joln
Hawtayee, to be Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Dine, John Pun°, to be R'2Er-
Admiral of the White.

Captain Ralph R Indolph Wormeley to be Rear-Ad
miral of the Blue.

The following Retired Captains have also been pro.
moted to be Retired Rear-Admirals, on the terms pro-
posed in the London Gazette of the lst September,
1846, without increase to their pay:—Charles Ber-
tram, George Hills, Henry Fanshawe, Isaac Hawkins
Morrison, George Barne Trollope, C. 8., Sir Thomas
Mansell, K.O .H., Tjmas Groube, Hercules Robinson,
William Black.

• TLIE NATIONAL DEBT.
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
having certified to the Commissioners for the Reducion
of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th Geo.
IV., c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond
the—actual expenditure thereof for the year ended the
sth day of July 1849, amounted to the sum of forty-one
thousand three hundred and ninety-eight pounds and
eight pence;

The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of ten thousand
three hundred and forty-nine pounds ten shillings and
twopence (being one •fourth part of the said surplus of
forty one thousand three hundred and ninety-eight pounds
and eightpence) will be applied under the provisions of
the said Act, between the 12th day of October 1849, and
the sth day of January 1850, to the following purposes;

To be applied to the purchase of Stock-410,349 10 2
Add interest receivable on account of

donations and bequests, to be applied to
the purchase of Stock " 1,791 0 6

£12,140 10 8

National Debt Office, Oct. 10, 1849.
S. 11IGHAM, Comptroller, General.
BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Warren Boulton, potato salesman, Broad.
court, Bow-street, to surrender, October 22, at half-
past eleven, and Dec. 3, at eleven, at the Court of
BAnkruntcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-strect;
Wilde, Union-court, Old Broad-street.
Thomas Vansittart Bowater, factor, Warwickshire,
Oct. 25, and Nov. 14, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict ourt. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham;
Underhill, Birmingham.
Joseph Wilbraham, builder, Aldgate, Oct. 25, and
Nov. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
Cfficial assignee, Coleman-street. buildings ; Bolden,
Strand.

George William Salter, builder, Prospect-row, Ber-
mondsey, Oat. 22, at half-past one, and Dee. 3, at half-
past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Turquati
official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Butler, Tooley-
street.

William Rowett, brokt.r, Liverpool, Oct. 26 and Nov.
15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool; Norris and Co., Bedford-
row; Bell, Liverpool.
Philip Watkins, tavernkeeper, Wacton, Herefordshire,
Oct. 20 and Nov_ 13, at half-pAst ten, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birming-
ham; Hammond, Leominster; Parker, Birmingham.
George Plant, grocer, Stafford. Oct. 20 and Nov. 20,
at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit-
more, official assignee, Birmingham; Hiern, Stafford;
James, Birmingham.
Thomas Frederick Paull Hankins, clerk, cider
merchant, Hereford, Oct. 20, and Nov., 20, at eleven, at
the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official
assignee, Birmingham; Smith and Son, Southampton-
street, London; Gwillim, Hereford; Suckling, Birming-
ham.

Peter Roberts, dealer and chapman, Vauxhall-road,
Birmingham, Oct. 25, and Nov. 14, at twelve, at ihe
Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee,
Birmingham; Rushwortb, Birmingham.
Henry Featherstonhaugh Wooster, shipowner and
cornaandler, Britannia-place, Wandsworth-road, Oct.
22, at one, and Dec. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, Gfficial assignee, Coleman-street;
Dsrke, Newman's-court, Cornhill.

Samuel Watkins Saunders, engineer, Park-road,
Brixton, Oat. 22, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 3, at half-
past eleven, at the Court of Bat.kruptcy. Turquand,
official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Bateman, Essex-
Arcet, SFrand.

Rich ird Beard, metallic plate manufacturer, Parlia-
ment-street, Oct. 23 and Nov. 22, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ;Fiddcy, Temple.

William Maude, licensed victualler, Bolton•le-Moors,
Lancashire, Oct. 22 and Nov. 14, at twelve, at the
Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. Man-
chester; Gaskell, Bolton-le-Moors; Gregory, Faulkner,
Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row.
Joseph Knight, builder, Stanley, Leek, Staffordshire,
Oct. 25 and Nov. 13, at twelve, at the Birmingham
District Court. Whitmore, official assignnee, Birming-
ham; Williams, Hanley, Staffordshire.
Thomas Osborn, swerdmaker, Birmingham, Oct. 27
and Nov. 24, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit-
more, official assignee, Birmingham; Motteram,
and Emmet, Birmingham.
Henry Solomon, James Smith, and James Dunston
Galer, grocers, Dale-end, Birmingham, Oct. 27, and
Nov. 25, at twelve, at the Birmingliam District Court.
Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Wright, Birming-
ham.

George Milsom, horse dealer, Saint George, Glou-
ceAershirn, Oat. 26. and Nov. 23, at the Bristol District
Court. Hutton, olicial assignee, Bristol ; Treherne and
White, Barge-yard-chambers, Bucklersbury; Sabine,
Bristol.

Peter Walker, cotton waste dealer, Manchester, Oct.
23, and Nov. 13, at eleven, at the Manchester Divrict
Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Worth-
ington and Co., Blanchester; Fox, Finsbury-circus.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
C. M. Collett, Hammersmith, and Lincoln's Inn-fields,
attorney, Nov. 5, at twelve—R. Pope and J. B. Pope,
Adelaide-place, London-bridge, Criggleston, Yorkshire,
and elsewhere, bric' and tile manufacturers, Nov. 5, at
eleven.

In the Country.
T. B. Molyneux and P. Witherby, Liverpool, mer-
chants, Nov. 13, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—M.
Burton, Manchester, cotton spinner, Nov. 6, at twelve, at
the Court, Manches►er.
PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS.
C. Jepson, Melton, Yorkshire, innkeeper an'l farmer,
55., any day on or after October 16, between eleven end
two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
G. Burton, Bradford, Yorkshire, engraver, 2s. 61, any
day on or after October 16, between eleven and two, at
the elEce pf gr. Yong, Leeds.

ISarah Greaves Eyre, Leeds, Yorkshire, innkeeper,
2e. 9d., any day on or after October 16, between eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
J. Hickstm, Eccleshill, near Bradford, Yorkshire, Bcl.,
any thy on or aft,,r Oct. 16, between eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
W. Angus, Gateshead, Durham, banker, lid. on Sa-
turday, 13,h inst., or any subsequent Saturday, between
ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-
upon - Ty ne.
W. Potter, Birkenhead, Chester and Liverpool, mer-
chant, Is., on Thursday, Oct. 11, or any subsequent
Thurzthy, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Cazmove, Liverpool.
J. W. J 4 firers and J. Meek, Liverpool, merchants,
205., on Thursday, Oct. 11, or any subsequent Thursday,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cormove,
Liverpool.
J. Southern, Liverpool, builder, Is. 2id , on Thurs.
day, Oat. 11, or any subsequent Thursday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liver-
pool.
-

J. D. Anderson, Pavement, Moorfields, linendraper,
4s. Gd., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Satur-
days, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom,
Abchurch-lane.
M. Maclean, Basinghall-atreet and Stroud, cloth
factor, 6t 1., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Sa-
turdays, between eleven and two, at the offi.:e of Mr.
Groom, Abchurch- lane.
G. Simons, King's-square, Goswell-road, watch menu-
ft.cturer, Is. ,on Saturday next, and three subse-
quent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office
of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane.
P. S. Samson, Royal Saloon, Brightbelmstone, book-
seller, Is. Id., on Saturday next, and three subsequent
Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Groom, Abchurch-lane.
E. W. Jerningham, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden,
banker, I Id. on Saturday, Oct. 13, and three subse-
quent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the offiae of
Mr. EJwards, Frederick's place. Old Jewry.
NO I'ICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Bavipgball-street. _

T. Parfrement, King-street, Holborn, bootmaker, Nov.
3, at twelve—E. Archer, Clare-street, Clare-market,
baker, Nor. 3, at half-past twelve—G. F. Bennet, Quad-
rant, Regent-street, goldsmith and jeweller, Nov. 5, at
twelve—S. W. Rickman, Ilalisham, Sussex, innkeeper,
Nov. 3, at half-past eleven—J. Triggs, Southampton,
upholsterer, Nov. 2, at eleven—J. Smith, S.iint Run-
welds, Essex, innkeeper and dealer in calves, Nov. 5, at
half-past eleren—W. Parfitt, Gravesend, builder, Nov.
2, at half-past eleven—N. Cobb, Colchester, Essex, up-
holsterer, Nov. 5, at twelve—T. Withers, St. Dunstan's
hill, wine mi rchant, Nor. 5, at one—B. C. Siely, North
Walsham, Norfolk, money scrivener, Nor. 2, at two—W.
T. Farey, Ram Inn, West Smithfield, licensed victualler,
Nor. 2, at half-past twelve—W. Davis, Lock's. bottom,
Kent, brewer, Nov. 2. at eleven.
_ In the Country.
_

J. Stevenson, Brecon, grocer and teadealer, Nov. 6, at
eleven, at the Court, Bristol—Elizabeth Bussell, R. Bus-
sell, and C. Bussell, Gloucester, builders, Nov. 16, at
eleven, at the Court, Bris;ol—J. Turner, Oldham, Lan-
cashire, cotton spinner, Nov. 8, at twelve, at the Court.
Manchester—T. Kenny, Liverpool, bookseller, Nov. 6,
at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—C. Penn, Liverpool,
victualler, Nov. 6, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool--
J. Wells, Chawson, Salwarpe, Worcestershire, cattle
salesman, Nov. 7, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham
—C Nixon,Birmingham, glass and picture-frame maker,
Nov. 10, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—G.
Monro, Birmingham, hackneyman and coach proprietor,
Nov. 10, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Bodily,
Southern, Warwickshire, farmer, Nov. 6, at ten, at the
Court, Birmingham.
By the Vice-Chancellor, Nov. 2.

A. Peacock, Liverpool, corn merchant—G. Viner and
11. Viner, Bristol, brewers—Sir G. Rich, Fenchurch-
street, City, corn dealer—S. Langdale,
.jun., Stockton-
upon-Tees and Yarm, Yorkshire corn dealer.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. Taylor and J. Taylor, Cudham, Kent, farmers—
J. Hartley and W. Hartley, Sutton, Yorkshire, manu-
facturers of worsted goods—J. A. Nichols, G. Nichols,
and T. Nichols, Northgate and Kirkgate, Yo kshire,
printers—J. Chellingworth and E. Reiley, Birmingham,
engravers and printers—J. H. Dew and W. Blenkarn,
Old Jury, City, and Stratford, Essex, auctioneers.—J.
Clabburn and E. Sparks, Norwich, oatmeal and groat-
manufacturers--S. Plant and T. Slack, Macclesfield,
Cheshire, trimming-manufacturers—H. Smith and
Betty Smith, Witton, Cheshire, tailors and drapers—W.
Dutton and G. Dutton, Northwich, Cheshire, curriers
and leather-cutters—J. Smith and J. Smith, jun., Derby,
tailors and woollendrapers—E. W. Madg wick, W. G.
Wood, and J. Feenan, Manchester, engravers—F. Dar-
nill and C. Throop, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, tim-
ber-merchants—W. Hardiman and W. C. Tully, Liver-
pool, plumbers—S. Stott and J. Kershaw, Buckley-mill,
Lancashire, woollen manufacturers—G. Kaates and N.
Haden, High-street, Wapping, mast ann block-makers
—T. Phillips and W. Franssen, Wood-street, Cheapside,
wholesale and retail boot and shoe-manufacturers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Charles Palmer,•Greasley, Nottinghamshire, farmer.
Collingwood Hunt Jeffery, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire,
bricklayer.
Thomas Plomer Lewis Cross, Chester, attorney-at-law.
William Jefferson, Chester, proctor's law stationer.
James Hounslow, Rockland, near Dover.
Philip Hughes, Ilodnet, Shropshire, blacksmith.
Richard Cleophas Sims, Southampton, accountant.
Charles Hounsell, Southampton, plumber.
George Tuto Young, Leeds, commission agent.
William Sewell, Sutterton, Lincolnshire, boot and shoe-
maker.
Giles Rickard Jose, Carmarthen.

Willbm Tomlinson, Standbridge, Plymouth, Lieute-
nant, R N.
William Charles Henson, Stamford Baron, Northamp-
tonshire, baker.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

J. T. Macfadyen, Glasgow, pianoforte merchant, to
meet, Oct. 15, and Nov. 6, at one, within the Star Hotel,
Glasgow.
J. W. Wallace, Dumfries, merchant tailor, to meet Oat.
19, and Nov. 7, at twelve, within the Commercial Inn,
Dumfries.

G. Lagton, Swinton, Berwickshire, merchant, to meet
Oct. 17, and Nov. 7, at twelve, within the Black Bull
Inn, Ducs?. _ _

John 111‘Lsehlan, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, hardware
merchant, to meet Oct. 18, and Noy. 8, at one, ir ithin
the Globe Hotel, Glasgow.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending October

9, 1849, is 2-s. 7170. per cwt.

THE ARMY.
The following order has been recently issued from
,he War-office:—

" GENERAL ORDER.

" Horse Guards, Oct. 10, 1849.
" The Commander-in-Chief is pleased to approve of
General officers commanding districts in Great Britain
granting leave of absence to officers, and furloughs to
non-commissioned officers and soldiers, under the follow-
ing regulations and restrictions, viz..—
" 1. The leaves of absence, granted under this order
to officers, may commence as soon as the half-yearly
inspection shall have been made. The furloughs, granted
to non-commissioned officers and soldiers, may com-
mence from the first of next month.
" 2. These indulgences are to terminate on the 10th
of March next, when, in conformity to bar Majesty's
regulations, all officers and soldiers are to be present
with their respective regiments.
" 3. One field-officer, one half of the captains, and
one half of the subaltern officers, are always to be pre.
sent with their regiments.
" 4. No officer (except in the performance of duty, or
for the purpose of joing his regiment) is to quit the
United Kingdom without having first received her Ma-
jesty's special permission.

_
" 5. The officers employed on the recruiting service,
or upon the staff of the army, are not to be included in
tho number hereby fixedi for the constant duty of the
regiment.

6. The applications for leave for regimental pay-
masters and medical officers sr a to continue to bo made
in the mode prescribed in the regulations and orders for
the army.

"7. In cases of short leaves of absence being requested
by adjutants, riding-masters, quartermasters, or vete-
rinary-surgeons of regiments, it will be necessary that a
special report shall lie made as to the mode in which their
duties are to be performed during their absence, and that
the commanding officer is satisfied.
" 8. The proportion of non-commissioned officers,
trumpeters, drummers, and private men, to whom fur-
loughs may be granted, is not to exceed ten per troop or
company.
" When regiments are not stationed in garrisons or
military districts, the officers commanding are at liberty
to use their discretion in granting the indulgence of
leave of absence, under the foregoing restrictions, to the
officers and soldiers under their command.
" This order does not apply to the officers and soldiers
doing duty with depot companies of regiments on foreign
service.

" His Grace expects that the general and other officers,
who are empowered to grant leave of absence under the
Provisions of this order, will strictly confine that grant to
the proportion of officers herein specified.
" By c Immand of Field-Marshal the Duke of
Wellington, Commander•in•Chicf,
" JOHN MACDONALD, Adjutant-General."
A circular has recently been issued from the Horse
Guards stating that soma of the barracks in England
and Ireland are at present lighted with gas, and that
the Board of Ordnance contemplate extending the
system to other *stations, when arrangements can
be advantageously made for that purpose ; but that
the lamps must be lighted, extinguished, and kept in
repair by the troops ; and that the corporal of Pioneers,
or some other non commislioncd officer acting under
the direction of tha quartermaster, and assisted, if
necessary, by fatigue mE,n, is to he responsible for
the due performance of the duty. The non-commis-
sioned officer is to• report to the subaltern of the day,
who, in order to prevent accidents, and to see that
the duty is regularly performed, is to make his round
of the barracks to see that the lamps are properly

lighted and extinguished at the hours fixed by the
barrack-master, acting under the order of the Board
of Ordnance.

Another circular of the 4th inst., after alluding to
the failure of percussion caps, directs that they should
be examined before they are issued for use ; and directs
that the commanding officers shall impress on the non-
' commissioned officers and men the necessity of keep-
ing the caps free from damp.
Owing to the state of the south-eastern counties of
Ireland, and the consequent increase of staff duties in
them, Colonel Sir Charles O'Donnell has bee; directed
to proceed from Waterford to Kilkenny, for the pur-
pose of conducting the Adj utant-General's department
of that district.

proceeded to the North Kent station, on his return to
London.
Captain Worth, late of the Calypso, who was com-
pelled to go into elville Hoepital when the ship was
paid off, is so far recovered as to be able to walk in the
dockyard for air; but he appears still to be in a very
weakly state.

'WOOLWICH, OCT. 11.—The Stromboli steam-sloop,
Commander Lord Aurelius Beauclerk, arrived at
Woolwich to-day to b 9 refitted.
The Archer steam-sloop went down the river this
morning under the charge of Lieutenant Robinson,
with Mr. Trickett, assistant to the chief-engineer.
She ran the measured mile six times, and was
found to have attained an average speed of seven
and nine-tenth knots per hour. The engines on
this occasion, with the screw-propeller reduced
to 9 feet in diameter, made 47 revolutions, a great
difference when compared with 23 revolutions, the
number she made with the screw when 12 feet 6
inches in diameter. She left at 8 o'clock A.M., and
accomplished her trial and returned to Woolwich at
2 o'clock a'

Rear• Admiral Sir Charle; Napier, K.C.B , visited
this dockyard yesterday, and after a minute inspec-
tion of the Terrible steam-frigate went over the dock-
yard. The Terrible is having two of her boilers
taken out, which will enable her to carry a 'greater
number of troops than she could have done when
fitted with four boilers.

The Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain T. 0. Knox,
received about twenty men and boys from the Pis-
gard, about that number having been selected by the
gallant officer, and several have joined from other
quarters. Captain Knox has issued notices that he
still wants petty of and able seamen, and will,
no doubt, soon have his full complement of 195 men.
The engineer department of this frigate is now com-
plete, and consists of a chief engineer, with five other
engineers, and twenty-four stokers.

FIVE LIVES LOST IN A SEWER.
Last night a fatal accident of the most melancholy
and distressing character took place in that portion of
Pimlico called Willow-walk, and where a number of
new streets are at present in progress of completion.
Before entering into a description of the facts as
they occurred, it is necessary to explain the position
of the sewer and the exact locality where the accident
occurred. Near the top of Warwick-street, Pimlico, a
new street has been commenced named Kenilworth-
street, the houses in which are the property of Mr.
Cubitt, the builder. Along this unfinished street a
short branch sewer runs from the main sewer in
Warwick-street, and the end of it has been bricked
up to prevent the sewage from flowing into the adja-
cent fields. It will be at once understood that in a
sewer thus closed in, gases of the most noxious and
deadly character are sure to be generated. It further
appears that when the catastrophe about to be related
took place the tide was up, and that in the low-lying
district of Pimlico the danger attending an entrance
into such a subterranean passage was doubly great.
With this :preliminary explanation the following
narrative of the circumstances
_will be easily under-
stood.
Between six and seven o'clock in the evening
Bishop, a police-constable, having been informed that
much anxiety had been expressed with respect to
three men who had gone at an early hour that morn-
ing into the sewer into Warwick-street, and had not
since been seen or heard of, he immediately hastened
to the station of the B division. Mr. Beckerson, the
inspector on duty, promptly directed some constables
to go and see if they could be of any assistance, as it
was understood that some men were about to open
what is termed a " man-hole" into the sewer, in
quest of the missing men, and shortly afterwards
from the distressing circumstances that succeeded, he
followed with a number of other constables. The
" man-hole" was opened in Warwick-street, and, one
of the labourers connected with the sewers having
descended, he returned almost immediately with the
intelligence that the three men were lying in the sewer
apparently dead. Others, as we are informed, con-
firmed this statement, but were afraid of venturing to
them. Owing to this circumstance, it was determined
to break into the end of the sewer in Kenilworth

street, Warwick street, which had been bricked up. This
was accordingly done, and a crowd of persons having
in the meantime assembled, the greatest anxiety was
evinced to ascertain the fate of the missing men, and to
rescue them if life was not yet extinct. Among those
whose zeal in this humane cause was most strongly
displayed was Mr. Henry Wells, a surgeon residing
in the neighbourhood. No sooner was an entrance

through the brickwork effected than this gentleman,
with a want of forethought which is surprising when
his profession is recollected, at once entered the sewer,
which is from four to five feet in height. He was
immediately followed by John Walsh, a constable of
the B division, and Richard Sherwin, a labourer in
the employ of the Commissioners of Sewers. These
men had not been absent more than two or three
minutes when 'Walsh re-appeared, bearing the lifeless
body of Mr. IVells. The gallant fellow immediately
returned, and a second time appeared at the entrance,
carrying with him Sherwin, who had also been over:
povt eyed by the noxious influences of the gases, but
whose life was fortunately preserved. A third time
poor Walsh entered the sewer, probably overcome by
the excitement of the moment, and the stupifying
influence of the atmosphere which he was breathing,
for his doing so could serve no purpose. The crowd
outside waited anxiously his return, but he did not
re-appear, and it soon became apparent that he had
fallen a victim to his own rash gallantry. After
some time his body was recovered by one of the
sewers men, and was removed at once to the Claren-
don Tavern, at the corner of Kenilworth- street, but
life was quite extinct. The extraordinary power of
the gases collected in the sewer may be judged of
from the fact that no trace of animation could be
detected in the case of Mr. Wells, who was only two
or three minutes exposed to their influence , and that
not only was the skin of poor Walsh turned perfectly
blue, but every piece of metal on his person was
completely blackened.
The body of Mr. Welli was removed to St.
George's Hospital, that of Walsh lies at the Clarendon
Tavern. After the excitement which this dreadful
catastrophe had created began in some degree to sub-
side, efforts were made to recover the bodies of the
three men still in the sewer. The street was broken
up at two different pointz, and the greatest exertions
were used to establish a safe communication with the
sewer for that purpose. Till three o'clock this morn-
ing, however, the desired object had not been accom-
plished. Mr. Superintendent Russell and a body of
the police were present to facilitate the search, and
to prevent the recurrence of so deplorable an accident
as that by which two lives had already been sacrificed.
Mr. Wells leaves a widow, to lament his loss. Walsh,
the policeman, had just entered the service, and,
though quite a lad, had already shown great activity
and intelligence in the discharge of his duties.
It appears that the men had entered the sewer in
the morning, to make the necessary measurements
preparatory to having it flushed.

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Yesterday evening the inhabitants of Pimlico were
considerably alarmed by a report that several men '
who had been ordered by the Commissioners of Sewers
to examine the sewer formerly known as the West-
minster Common Sewer, which runs from Warwick-
street to Kenilworth-street, for the purpose of making
preparations for flushing the soil, had gone down at
five o'clock, and at that time (seven o'clock) had not
returned. The police were made acquainted with the
fact, and upon proceeding to the spot, they were in-
formed by the man in charge that two persons had
gone down the trap near the centre of Warwick-
, street at five o'clock, but that they had not returned,
' and he was fearful that some accident had happened
to them. Police constable 169 B, accompanied by
Mr. Henry Wells, surgeon, of No. 96, Warwick-
street, immediately proceeded to the other end of the
sewer, which is situated about 150 yards from the
spot, where it falls into an open sewer. Lights hav-
ing been procured, the police-constable went into
the drain, and was immediately followed by Mr.
Wells and two other persons whose names are
at present unknown. Nearly half an-hour hav-
ing elapsed, and none of the persons returning,
information was sent to the police station in Roches-
ter-row, and Mr. Inspector Moron took several officers
to the spot, and ordered the men to commence ex-
cavating a hole about midway between
Warwick-
street and Kenilworth-street, in order to let the foul
air out, as it was found to be totally impossible to
enter in search of the missing persons. Whilst this
operation was being performed, however, a young
man, named Richard O'Kay, rushed into the Kenil-
worth end of the sewer, and succeeded in bringing
out the policeman. Having deposited the officer, who
was quite dead, at the mouth of the sewer he again
returned and almost immediately afterwards brought
out another dead body ; but whether that of one of
the persons who first went in to search, or one of the
labourers, could not be ascertained. As soon as O'Kay
brought the second body out of the sewer he was ob-
served to stagger. He was laid hold of by two persons
who endeavoured to support him, but he fell to the
ground. He was then taken to the Clarendon Tavern,
in Kenilworth street, where Drs. W. Ord and Jen-
nings successfully administered restoratives. In the
meantime some persons succeeded in getting out Mr.
Wells, who was in almost a lifeless state, and was
immediately taken to St. George's Hospital.
SATINWAY Two O'CLOCX."-1.11) to half-

pa ore this morning nearly forty persons were en-
gaged in excavating the roads above the sewer in
Kenilworth-street, for the purpose of making &per-
tures over the spots where the bodies of the unfortunate
victims of this dreadful catastrophe are supposed to be
lying. The sewer at this part runs at the depth of be-
tween ten and twelve feet under the road-way, and it
is not expected that they will succeed in entering the
sewer before six o'clock this morning.
That three other men are at present in the sewer
has been proved beyond a doubt, as when the parties
were first missed,that is, when surprise was excited
at their not coming out at six o'clock last evening, two
persons in the employ of the Sewers Commission,
named Christie and Whiting, went down the trap in
Kenilworth-street, and there saw the bodies of three
persons. The sudden shock at seeing the lifeless
bodies of their fellow-workmen, and the effect of the
carbonic gas, quite overpowered them, and it was with
difficulty they beat a retreat.
Upon inquiry at the hospital it was ascertained that
Mr. Wells, the surgeon, died before he arrived at that
establishment. The unfortunate gentleman,wwho was
the first to run in to endeavour to save the lives of
his fellow-creatures, had only recently established
himself in the neighbourhood, and leaves a young wife
to deplore his untimely death.
Police-constable Walsh, who is a relative of Mr.
Cole, the deputy governor of Tothill fields Bridewell,
had only recently been transferred to the B division,
and was noted in the force for his daring and
courageous character. Directly he heard that
parties were missing, without a moment's delay he
rushed into the sewer, succeeded in bringing out one
of the sufferers, but upon going in again he was
overpowered by the gas; his body when brought out
was pee'cctly black.
Mr. Francis Morten, the clerk of thesewers for the
Pimlico district, arrived at;the scene of the catastrophe
at nine o'clock with a large body of men in the employ
cf the Sewers Commission, to render any assistance
that might be necessary. He informed our reporter
that three men, named respectively Thomas Lee
Carpenter, John Allwood, and William Barton, in
the employ of the Metropolitan Commission of
Sewers, were sent down for the purpose of measuring
the soil in the sewer, in order that it might be let to
contractors for removing or flushing out. The men
not coming up as was expected at five o'clock, the
usual hour at which they left off, two persons named
Christie and IVhiting, who are also in the employ of
the Commissioners, went down into the sewer, where
they saw the lifeless bodies of their fellow-workmen.
LATEST PARTICULARS.—(THIS DAY.)
The workmen succeeded at a few minutes before
four in effecting an entry into the sewer in Kenil-
worth-street, when it was opened there was a
further escaps of pestiferous gas. Proper methods
hating been adopted to render the air contained in
the sewer respirable, the workmen entered it, and
succeeded in recovering the bodies of the lost men,
at about fifty yards from the spot where they had
first entered. The bodies were conveyed to the
Clarendon Tavern.

THE CHOLERA AT WINDSOR.
The part of the town of Windsor, in which the
cholera is now raging to so alarming an extent, is a
small confined place called Garden-court, leading out
of Bier-lane, at the bottom of Thames street, but a
few feet above the level of the Thames. In conse-
quence, however, of her Majesty having been advised
not to take up her residence at the Castle until the
disorder has abated, the local board of health (the
Town Council) have resolved to adopt, at the eleventh
hour, the most efficient means to effect so desirable
an object. From Saturday last to Thursday no less
than fifteen fatal cases have occurred in this very

ocality, thirteen deaths having taken place in the
court, and two immediately after the removal of the
afflicted persons to the Windsor union. The number
of fatal cases since the outbreak of the cholera in this
vicinity are between thirty-five and forty, only one
amongst those who were attacked having recovered,
through the medical treatment of Mr. Pearl. From
the following description of Garden-court, in which
the cholera has committed such extensive ravages,
it can excite but little surprise that so many of the
pcor residents have fallen victims :—ln the court
there are twenty-one small houses, each consisting
of three rooms, the whole of which are occupied,
each room containing upon the average not less,
including children, than five persons. These rooms
are generally let out to separate families- The back
doors of each house open close to the privies, which
are in a horridly filthy state, the stench arising from
them being most offensive to the whole neighbour-
hood. Within five feet of the court there is an open
stinking ditch running into the Thames, into which
it carries the soil from some other houses in the neigh-
bourhood. This ditch at times is most offensive,
esp.xially during the hot summer months. Into the
rooms of four of the houses the soil from the privies
in Thames street absolutely oozes, rendering these
habitations unfit for even a dog to live in, much less
human beiogr. In the centre of a small yard there
is a pump, from which water is supplied to all the
inmates of this pestiferous court. This water is
strongly impregnated with the stinking water of the
ditches and drains by which the pump is surrounded.
The town of Windsor is most wretchedly drained ;
but it is to be hoped, since the Health of Towns
Act is in operation in the borough, that efficient
means will be adopted to remedy these
evils, and others of an equally disgraceful na-
ture, which are inflicted upon other portions of the
town. Mr. Creasy, the Government Inspector under
the Act, who was engaged for several days in making
examinations and inquiries throughout the borough,
stated, in his report to the Central Board, that there
was not only "no proper drainage in Windsor," but
that the- "cesspools scattered through Windsor are
More in number than the houses ;" that " the annual
cost of cleansing these fetid receptacles (mostly un-
covered) is 1,0001. ;" that their " polluted oozings, at
high tides, are floated into the very habitations ;" and
that, " in consequence of the spongy soil, the walls of
many houses, in low situations, support as much
vegetation as a decaying thatch." It was in con-
templation, by the local board of health, to remove
those attacked by cholera (as soon as cases manifested
themselves) from their residences in Garden-court to
the borough gaol, in Sheet-street, within a few yards
of the Infantry barracks, from which the gaol is
only separated by the yard and back premises
of a public house, much frequented by the
soldiers of both the cavalry and infantry regiments
stationed at 1% indoor. The prisoners in the gaol
(15 in number) were to have been transferred to the
police-station, in the very heart of the town, the station
affording very confined accommodation for such a
number of inmates. The proposition was brought
forward at a meeting of the board, and negatived by
a majority of four. Had the local authorities deter-
mined upon carrying this plan into effect, it is very pro-
bable that the project would have been very strongly
opposed by the Duke of Wellington, the Commander-
in Chief, out of a very proper regard for the health
and safety of the men ; for hitherto, we are happy to
state, no symptoms of cholera have displayed them-
selves in either of the two regiments. Several of the
houses in Garden• court are now untenanted, some in
consequence of the deaths of the late occupiers, and
others by parties leaving to escape a similar fate to
those who have fallen victims to the disease. The
medical men of the town have been unremitting in
their attentions to the afflicted.

POSTOFFICE" FINAL INSTRUCTIONS.'
The following "final instructions" relative to
Sunday duties have just been issued by the Post-
office :

"On and from to-morrow (Saturday) evening a
London bag must be made up in every provincial post-
office, and which is only to contain letters which pass
through London for places beyond it, and tie postage on
which has been pre-paid by stamps. Newspapers, books,
Parliamentary proceedings, and all kinds of documents
which pass through the post for less than full letter
postage rates will he detained in the provincial post-
offices until the London bag is dispatched on Sunday.
Foreign and colonial letters, whether pre-paid by money,
or sent unpaid, as well as letters for the Government
offices, will be forwarded in the Saturday night London
bag. On and from Sunday evening next a bag will be
made up in London for every provincial post town.
"A measure is in contemplation for the relief of
rural post-office messengers, which is to let them return
home witkin an hour or so after they have delivered all
their letters on Sunday morning, instead of compelling
them to remain at tee extreme end of their deliveries
until Sunday night; so that they may be enabled to
attend to their religious duties in company with their
families, during the principal portion of Sunday._
Oct. 12."

ST. MART7LE•STRAND.—ThiS little parish is likely
to be the scene of a warm contest for the vacant office of
vestry-clerk.` The following candidates are in the
field:—Mr. Isaacson, the vestry-clerk of St. Clement
Danes; Mr. Moseley, the chairman of the board of
guardians of the Strand Union; Mr. Murrougb, solicitor;
Mr. Score, the clerk to the commissioners of the income-
tax; and Mr. Yonge, solicitor. The contest is said to
be between the two first named gentlemen.
DEATH OF ALEXANDER BROWN, ESQ.—We have
this week to record the death of Alexander Brown, Esq ,
of Beilby Grange, bear Wetherby, who expired very
suddenly, at Lancaster, on Sunday last, aged 32. He
was one of the magistrates for the West Riding, and
last surviving child of 'William Brown, Esq., M.P. for
South Lancashire, and the tenth child whom that
respected and revered gentleman has followed to the
grave. The interment, which was strictly private, took
place at Collingham Church, on Thursday. Most of the
inhabitants of Wetherby spontaneously manifested their
regard for the memory of the deceased, by accompany-
ing the funeral procession.—Leeds Mercury.
THE GOLDEN PLOVER.—Several flocks of these
beautiful birds have been seen in the scuthern part of
this county during the last few week,. This specif s has
been always considered, most justly, a delicious dish.
It figures con,picuously in most of the old bills of fare,
and was a very favourite dish with Queen Elizabeth.—
Northamptonshire Guardian.

ik.STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE..
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
nder the Patronage of her Majesty the Qucen, his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, &c.
Triumphant success of the new Equestrian Spectacle of the Prophet,
which has been nightly received with enthusiasm, and won unced
by the publtc press to b, the nnst go7geous hippo-dramatic piece
ever produced at the Amphitheatre.
Unparalleled Equestrian Feast.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed Taxi-Allis grand Equestrian Spectacle, entitled
THE PROPHET, in which Mr. W. West will appear.
ro b. ~vowel by an inimitable display of SCENES IN TEE
C:RCLE. by the Orst Equestrian talent of the day.
To ooitclude with a favourite Farce.
Pox-office open from Eleven till Four,
t4tsge Manager, Mr. W. West.

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THE WEATHER.—SeN OFFICE, OCT. 13.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37; Highest, 50; N(.03, 44

akEOMETER, 29.77.
Wird E.N.E.—dull stormy weather, with occasional

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