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METE SPORTSMAN'S THREE WISHES
The sportsman has wishes—we name them-1' hey're three,
With the truth of this version you all will agi
Now September's set in, most nobly we'll stri se
To keep the old custom of shooting alive.
The game is abundant, the weather is clear,.
lirlght Phoebus commands all her guests to Appear!
1 tut sportsman, before you depart for the i n 22, 7
Obtain your three wishes—your Coat, Doe-;„ and Gan,
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That the wind and the rain fall power' es' around.
:For warmth, style, and freedom, none. such can be got,
;,rust wear one—you VOA wil be reckcesred a " shot."
ti hen snortsmen of England, apprecirA c well,
One who pleases so much, and who 'At:lves to excel
3 ,'sr that is the cause why the jourtjals express
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11 ulfil then your wishes—your PleAW.fres complete,
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• Angola • • • • 12s. 6d.
;Mixed Doeskin D 0............• 16s. ed.
Tartan Do. igs,
tirlearlyd
superior d 0....... • ............... 255. Od.
Youths' and Boys' Shooting Jackets at prices in propsrtion.
1\ em aarket Riding Coats, 305. to 40s. ; Scarlet 'Hunting Coats,
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EXT2NSIVE SEIZURE OF GUNP.WDER AT DEWS-
BURY.--On Monday se'nnight an immense quantity of
gunpowder was seized by Mr. Richard Green, chief
constable of the Dewsbury division, under the following
circumstances :—On the above named day, while the
magistrates, Messrs. Joshua Ingham and J. B. Green-
wood, were holding a petty sessions at the Court-house,
information was communicated which induced them to
place in the hands of Mr. Green a search warrant for
immediate execution, which he at once proceeded to
effect on the premises, at Birstal (a small but some-
what populous town, about four miles from Dewsbury),
in the occupation of Mr. Renatus llarptmann, where,
in a room adjoining his bedroom, he found four barrels
of gunpowder, each weighing 1001 b., and one half barrel, '
weighing 501 b., and in the garret he found seven bar-
rels and one three parts full ; the remainder he found
in a detached outhouse a few yards from his dwelling.
The total amount under seizure is eighty-three bar-
rels, seventy half-barrels, and fifty quarter-
barrels, making together 5 tons newt. 181b._ Defendant

appeared to answer the charge on Monday, the Bth
instant, before the above-named magistrates. He ad-
mitted himself guilty, and the only mitigating circum-
stances he advanced were, that he was only an agent for
Messrs. Pigou and Wiiks, the gunpowder manufacturers,
Throgmorton-street, London, and that he sold the
article for the purpose of blasting rock in the Morley
tunnel, and other railway works now in progress in that
locality. The magistrates, however, soon made him
sensible that he had committed a great crime by placing
in jeopardy the lives of from 4,000 to 5,000 inhabitants,
as well as the ruin of property which a single spark from
a cracker, or a squib, or from a candle (fireworks being
very common at this season of the year), would have
instantly effected, and did not hesitate to inflict the full
penalty of 2s. per pound, amounting to 1,0001., with the
forfeiture of all the powder, and ordered that if de-
fendant had not sufficient on which to levy he should be
committed for six months to hard labour in Wakefield
Hous,.., of Correction.

NEW BATHS AT BRISTOL.—Baths and washhouses
are to be erected under the direction of Mr. Baly, the
engineer of those in London, at the estimated cost of
6,5001, By the arrangement proposed sufficient space is
to be obtained in the building for the construction of 60
bath rooms, 64 washing compartments, and 32 ironing
compartments. The bath rooms are placed in the front
of the building. The entrances to the first-class men's
and women's baths are as far apart from one another as
possible, at the opposite ends of the front ; and those of
the second-class men's and women's baths are in the
centre. Each bath-room is about 6 feet square, and
contains a bath sft. 3in. long, of an average width of ift.
gin. and lft. 11in. deep. The baths are to be made of
cast-iron enamelled. It is much to be desired than an
architect
th
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buildingere
associatedm ig might
twbiet with
ofa
the
less engineer
tasteless in this case,
so that
than that in London, of which we. spoke some time ago.
no leas certain than
tThheeusefulnessbeautysoeffut
lhneessb.e—außtiuftuldl

A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS.—lncidents
have arisen during the past fortnight in several localities
in a neighbouring county, if not attended with dramatic
at least with amusing effect. We have heard of men
hoarding up money in "crocks" and old "stockings,"
which were considered much safer than in banks ; but
seldom have we heard of even the miser committing such
ludicrous mistakes as the following:—A few days since
a gentleman was waited upon by a tenant to pay a por-
tion of a year's rent (251.), and, after a long address, in
which he set forth the loss of the potato, perhaps the
embarrassments consequent on the unsoundness of the
monetary system, and so forth, he concluded by stating
that " all in the world lie could serape up," amongst
even his neighbours, was a 101. note, which he very re•
spectfully deposited on the landlord's table. The land-
lord s (one,
worthbdyatrhinegwtahye,
Ivra
shto
season)expeticletdo
tools
every
theshillingb
but,
not e
on a closer scrutiny, he discovered that it was neither
less nor more than a 501. note ; and, having prudently
,lepwitcd it in his desk, he handed the astonished owner
of the treasure the balance, 251., at the same time com-
plimenting him for his prudent care and punctuality.—
Garlow Sentinel. •

_ .
THE RIVER PLATE.
The following memorial from the leading mer-
chants connected with the trade of the River Plate
has been presented to Viscount Palmerston on the
subject of the blockade of Buenos Ayres
``London, Oct. 18.
"My Lord,—As parties deeply interested in the
trade of the River Plate, we respectfully beg leave to
offer to your Lordship a few remarks upon the block-
ade in that- river, which, though discontinued by tilt-
British naval forces, is continued by those of France.
Uniteddispat
dispatch to
Howden dated " Concerning this blockade, Mr. W. A. Harris,
Ministeroes
eat, Buenos
151 Ay rues,
lsy, ,v$ rBi t4e;, a
, i n
as
follows The blockade has not answered in any one
respect whatever the end for which it ostensibly was
laid on. Its principal tendency has been to molest and
irritate those whom it was intended to reduce by co •
ercion. Another practical effect of it has beep, that
whilst it destroyed all legal and open commerce, it
made necessaryqi sort of spurious traffic through the
medium of the port of Monte Video obliging pay-
ment of a double import and export duty,
which has
been levied for the support of the anomalous Govern-
ment in that city. Nevertheless, the principal benefit
of this system has not fallen to the Governments, of
England and France, nor even to the subjects in ge-
neral of those Governments, but openly and noto-
riously to the advantage of a few persons in that city,
and a still smaller number in this.
" Further on, in the same dispatch, Mr. Harris
states that from the 23d of February, 1846, to the
end of May, 1847, the number of vessels which
entered and left the port of Buenos Ayres was 4,012.
I obtain this result (he says) from an examination of
the monthly returns which have 'been presented to
this legation. It is true that almost all these were
small vessels, many of which arrived and sailed at
night; but it is also true that a great ruder of them,
perhaps half, did so at mid-day, and in sight of the
blockading forces, without any serious attempt at
detaining them. All those vessels, however, paid
tribute at the port of Monte Video fur the produce or
merchandize of which their cargoes were composed,
as I have said above.'
" Lord Howden, also, in a dispatch to Commodore
Sir Thomas Herbert, dated July 15, 1847, writes
concerning the blockade as follows :
" As 1 consider, first, that the orientals of Monte
Video are not at this moment free agents, but entirely
controlled by a foreign garrison; and secondly, that
the blockade having entirely lost its original character
of a coercive measure against General Roses, has
become exclusively a mode of supplying with money,
partly the Government of Monte Video, and partly
certain foreign individuals there, to the continued
detriment of the extensive and valuable commerce of
England in these waters; I hereby request you, Sir,
to raise the blockade of both sides of the River Plate,
and to take the measures necessary for ceasing al!
further intervention in these waters.
" To further elucidate the character of this (so-
called) blockade we remark :
" 1. That of the 4,012 vessels mentioned by Mr.
Harris not one was British.
" 2. That all of them bad one and the same port of
destination or departure, viz., Monte Video, and all
paid tribute there. If there be any exceptions, they
are two few to merit notice.
" 3. That the effect of the (so-called) blockade has
thus not been to deprive Buenos Ayres of its trade,
but merely to restrict it from trading with any other
place but Monte Video.
" 4. That the British flag has been deprived of any
portion of even this trade.
" 5. That 4,012 vessels could not have left or en-
tered Monte Video without the authorities of that
port knowing well whither they had gone or whence
they came; and yet,
"6. That it is at the instigation of those same
authorities (owing to their refusal of the armistice)
that the French have continued the blockade.
" 7. That the Custom-house of Moute Video is
farmed by individuals, and that its receipts in 1846
amounted to about 330,0001. sterling, according to
the accounts published in the Monte Video journals.
"In stating these facts we have aimed at brevity of
expression, not from disrespect, but to spare your
Lordship's valuable time.
" They will suffice, we apprehend, to show that
the so-called blockade is in reality no blockade, but
a mere sham, with a twofold object :—viz., to enrich
the persons who have farmed the Custom-house; and
to supply the Government of Monte Video (described
by Lord Howden, in the dispatch above quoted, as
without money, without credit, and without native
troops') with means for maintaining the foreign gar-
rison. Nor is at all likely to be made effective for
the future, for an effective blockade, by depriving
Monte Video of its present illicit traffic, would de-
stroy its revenue, and would be no better to them
than no blockade.
" Out of the foregoing reflections naturally arise
as to the views and attitude of France in this question.
No one doubts that if there had been on her part the
same desire as on the part of this country to have it
settled, it would have been settled. Of the foreign
garrison,' which (according to Lord Howden), ' con-
trols the native population, the bulk are French.
Though the French Government may have spoken
harshly of these men, yet the French-agents do not
discourage them. For proof of both assertions we
refer to M. Guizot's dispatch to Connt St. Aulaire,
and Count Wale wski's answer to an address from the
French Legion, of which we annex copies.*
" The allusion in the latter document to the flag
deserves a line of explanation. Some years ago the
French Government ordered the French legionaries
to desist from taking a part in the war, and to lay
down their arms. After making all sorts of diffi-
culties they hit upon the following expedient. They
laid down their arms as French subjects, were made
on the instant Oriental citizens, and took them up
again. The French Government appears to have
been satisfied with this mode of complying with their
order. It seems that the legionaries now wish to
have their flag and nationality restored to them, and
it would be rash to say that their petition, though
discouraged by Count Walevvski, will not be granted.
We have stated facts to your Lordship, but it is
not for us to draw conclusions, nor to expatiate upon
the importance of the port of Monte Video, both as
the key of the River Plate, and from its position in
relation to other places. At present it may be said
to be in the hands of a French garrison, though not
under the French flag.

"It remains for us shortly to advert to the hard-
ship of this state of things upon the merchants con-
nected—some of them for nearly forty years—with
the River Plate. The blockade is now of more than
two years' standing. For so long a period has the
trade between this country and the Argentine
republic been sacrificed. A customer has been turned
away who would have taken off 1,500,000/. sterling
worth of our manufactures. All that time produce
of a perishable nature, the returns for exports of
former years, has been lying there deteriorating.
The cost of evading the blockade, despite its laxness,
was too great for bulky produce to bear. There was
the heavy freight to Monte Video, the heavy charges
for landing there and reshipping, and the heavy tri-
bute exacted by the Monte Video Custom-house,
which have been known to amount together, in some
instances, to 40 per cent, on first cost. Again there
was the risk of sea damage in craft not intended for
such a voyage, and the uncertainty as to the views
of the blockaders, as the laxness of to-day might,
from caprice or spite, be turned into severity to-
morrow. Moreover, merchants who all their lives
have been accustomed to an open trade under the
British flag, do not at once become reconciled to, or
handy at, a blockade, running, half-smuggling
traffic. From these causes, therefore, it arises that
there is still a large amount of prodtzce belonging to
British subjects remaining at Buenos Ayres, the loss
of which to its owners must be ruinous if the port be
not soon opened.
"We have a proof of your Lordship's anxiety to
remedy the evil in the raising the bockade on the part
of the British forces, but to make that step effectual it
requires to be followed by the French. The
parties who farm the Monte Video Custom house
have secured the receipts of it for 1848-9, and
at the
date of the last advices thence were negotiating for
those of 1850, so that their calculations embrace re-
mote periods. But two years is surely a long time
for merchants to be debarred from their trade and de-
prived of their property; and we place reliance in
your Lordship's exertions to terminate so cruel a
situation. We would add, that in our opinion (if we
may be allowed one on such a point) no question as
i
to the navigation of the interior waters of the Plate
republic is worth any longer sacrifice of trade.
"As the uncertainty we are in prevents us from
taking the necessary measures for the removal of our
property, in case even of the port being opened, we
i
should feel highly indebted for anyinformation which
your Lordship may feel at liberty to give us on the
subject, and remain respectfully, my Lord, your Lord-
ship's most obedient and humble servants,

_
(Signatures.)
" The Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, &c."

[*EXTRACT OF A DISFATCH FROM M. GUIZOT TO COUNT
ST. AULAIRE, JAN. 21, 1847.
" A part of the French emigrants established at
Monte Video have thought proper to rise in insurrec-
tion against this policy of their Government. In spite
of the reiterated warnings of their consul, these French

THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF YORK.—A rumour pre-
vails very generally amongst the clergy that either the
Bishop of Durham or the Bishop of Norwich will be
raised to the Archbishopric of York. In the event of
the Bishop of Durham being promoted to the Arch-
bishopric, the translation of one of the existing bishops
to the diocese of Durham is more than probable; but
in the event of the Bisbop of Norwich being elevated to
the dignity, some clergyman not at present on the bench
will be consecrated to his see. The new Bishop of Dur-
ham, whoever he may be, will be entitled to a seat in the
llouse of Lords, but the new Bishop of Norwich, if that
see should become vacant, or indeed any other see that
may be vacated in consequence of a translation, will not
render its possessor a spiritual Peer, inasmuch as the new
Bishop of Manchester will have a prior claim. The Act
for the establishment of the Bishop of Manchester provides
for this in the following terms:—" And be it enacted that
the number of Lords spiritual now sitting and voting
as Lords of Parliament shall not be increased by the
creation of the Bishopric of Manchester; and whenever
there shall be a vacancy amongst the Lords spiritual by
the avoidance of any one of the sees of Canterbury,
York, London, Durham, or Winchester, or of any other
see which shall be filled by the translation thereto from
any other see of a Bishop at that time actually sitting as
a Lord of Parliament, such vacancy shall be supplied by
the issue of a writ of summons to the Bishop who shall
be elected to the same see; but if such vacancy be caused
by avoidance of any other see in England or Wales, such
vacancy shall be supplied by the issue of a writ of sum-
mons to that Bishop of a see in England or Wales who
shall not have previously become entitled to such writ;
and no Bishop who shall be hereafter elected to any see
in England or Wales, not being one of the five sees
above-named, shall be entitled to have a writ of summons
unless in the order and according to the conditions above
prescribed."

, MYSTERIOUS DEATH BY ARSENIC.—Mr. Wakley,
M.P., at an inquest held in Clerkenwell, said that he
had held another lately, not as yet concluded, on the
body of an Irish foreman of paviours, named Patrick
Manning, aged 64. On Saturday week, whilst at his
work, his wife brought him his breakfast, which he ate,
and in a few minutes afterwards he was seized with
spasmodic pains of the stomach. He worked for some
time, when he dropped down. His comrades took him
to Middlesex Hospital, but he expired on the way. Mr.
Wakley ordered a post mor tem examination, to which
the wife of deceased, in appearance a very notable per-
son, strongly objected, more it is at present thought
through prejudice than from guilty fear. The result of
the examination, made by Mr. Corfe of the hospital, is
that arsenic was found in the stomach of deceased.
The inquiry stands adjourned, to trace how or by what
means the poison was administered.
THE DIAMOND STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.-011
Wednesday the annual general Court of Proprietors of
the Gravesend and Milton Steam-Packet Company was
held at the Town•hall, Gravesend, for receiving the
auditors' report, the election of directors, and other
annual business. Mr. Warren was called to the chair.
From the auditors' report, it appeared that the earnings
of the packets together with other receipts, for the past
year, amounted to 24,6821. Bs. Id., and after making the
usual disbursements, the profits shown on the balance-
sheet for that period amounted to 8731. 15s. Bd. The
assets were 42,8681., and the liabilities 44,209/. A warm
debate followed, many of the shareholders murmuring
at the small amount of profit on such a large return,
observing that in former years the profit accruing from
a similar return was 3,0001., and they wished the Chair-
man to explain how it was that such a small amount of
profit was exhibited. The Chairman said it arose from
the low fares at which the packets had been running,
together with the large amount of pier dues paid by the
' company. For his own part, he never had advocated
cheap fares. A long discussion ensued, and it was ulti-
mately resolved that a committee of nine be appointed,
and that they bring up a report to lay before the share-
holders at another meeting. The meeting was then
adjourned for a few weeks, the election of directors being
deferred until such meeting should be held.
LORD BURY V. CLARK.—The deputation, whose
names we mentioned in a previous publication, waited on
the Lord Chancellor and presented to him the memorial
agreed to, in respect to the decision given by the Judge
of the Westminster County Court, in this case. His
Lordship received the memorial, which he said he would
carefully consider.

DESTROYERS OF BRITISH &Hrs.—A friend writes
us from India, that in the dockyard of Bombay is to be
seen a new ship of the line, entirely destroyed by an
invisible army of white ants, who have riddled every
timber to such an extent that they will scarcely hold
together. What will not united and repeated efforts
effect?—Builder.