The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-14 00:00:00

RE.ANIMATION.

TFIE MEDICINAL EFFECTS of STEEL,
as a strengthener and restorative, have been known for
ages to excel those of 01 other articles of the Materia Mediae
and in this age of luxury and dissipation, when the indiscretion;
of youth disappoint the expectations of maturity, it is not to be
wondered that a medicine of such efficacy as SEDDON'S
genuine AROMATIC LOZENGES of STEEL should have
attracted the attention of the first medical men in Europe,
When the most important functions of life are suspended, and
those who ere invalids by inheritance or iwprudence are reduced
to the most deplorable state of nervous tiehilitf, it is not in
despair that relief is to be found. It has been ascertained, be-
yond a doubt that those chavynstances are occasioned by a ge.
neral or partite relaxation or Weetr,,e‘ses in eitherand it
is equally certa4,4 thrt SEDDON'S LOZE,NGES are the best,
if not the only remedy ever discovercl tor tffi4 species of de-
bility. When taken into tho stomach they immeinaaly diffuse
themselves like a vapour through evil pore, producing effects
at once delightful, salutary, and permanent. When the spark
of life begins to grow dim, the circulation, languid, and the
faculties paralysed, these Lozenges are found to giyp tone to
the nerves, exhilirate the animal spirits, invigorate the 4ody,
and re-animate the whole man. When aversion to exercise,
less or depravity of appetite, and pallid countenance, indicateapproaching consumption, the delicate female will be
e pruenceeserved
and restored to health as society by the benign ifl if
this medicine.
Prepared only b the Propriotur, 3n4 $0,4 his Agents,
Mr. Gifford, 101, Strand; also by Ueurs.• Wa!rdp Pring, and
Co., Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; DevßPlAnt •*41(1 Stte4:l,,
No. 20, Waterlooplace, PG9glaSs;
and of most vendors- in the kingdom ;in boxes at yAill 225.
each. Observe each box is signed J. P. Seddon, withc4l
A which none are gamin:.

LONDON PROFESSORS' CLUB.
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The immediate object of this Institution is to atfo7d to Pro-
fessors and Tutors an opportunity of giving LECTURES,
forming Select Classes, &c., and thereby strengthening and en-
larging their connexions, at a most inconsiderable expense.
Gentlemen may find this an eligible occasion to combine the
conveniences of a Club with the advantages of a Scientific and
Literary Institution.
By Order, J. H. SKELTON, Secretary.
Present Office Hours from Eleven till Two o'Clock.

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CHURCH of ENGLAND LIFE and FIRE
ASSURANCE, TRUST and ANNUITY INSTI-
TUTION. Capital, One Million.

PATRONS.
His Grace the Duke of Beaufort.
His Grace the Duke of Bnceleuch and Queensberry.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Worcester.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Oxford.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Gloucester anti Bristol.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of St. David's.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chichester.
The Right R:!v. the Lord Bishop of Jamaica.
The necessary forms for effecting Assurances, and every in-
formation relative to the great advantages enjoyed by the As-
surers in this Institution may be obtained 1 y application to
BENJAMIN JACKSON. Managing Director,
6, King William-street, City.
A liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE AS-
SURANCE COMPANY,
No. 11, Lombard-street, at the Entrance of the Old Post Office,
London.
DIRECTORS.
ROWLAND MITCHELL, Esq., Chairman.
JOHN W. BUCKLE, Esq., Deputy Chairman
John Dixon, Esq. , Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq.'
William D. Dowson, Esq. George Lyall, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. ; John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Ralph Fenwick, :Esq. li Robert MitfOrd, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. I James Morris, Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq. John Shore, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq. I John Thornton, Esq.
John Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.

AUDITORS.
A. W. Robarts, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq.
In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June,
1829, exceeding One per Cent. per Annum on the Sums in-
sured, en an average of the different Ages; and a second Bonus
of nearly similar amount was declared in June. 1836. At each
period the Bonuses allotted to the different Policies averaged
rather more than 28 per Cent. on the amounts of Premiums
paid thereon during the preceding seven years.
GEORGE KEYS, Secretary.

CHILDREN'S FRIEND SOCIETY.

A Special General Meeting of the Subscribers to
the Children's Friend Society was held at Exeter Ha I
on Thursday, for the purpose of considering the pro-
priety of dissolving the institution. Lord Nugent took
the Chair.

Mr. SPARKS, the Secretary, commenced the proceed-
ings by reading a printed address from the Committee
of Management, in which it was stated that the original
intention of the Society was to rescue juvenile va-
grants from vice and destitution. For three years bays
were taught reading, writing, and spade husbandry,
receiving at the same time an insight into some of
the useful mechanical arts. Finding it . difficult to
obtain masters for boys who bad led an equivocal life,
and that in some instances those for- whom employ-
ment was procured were enticed by their evil associates
to a renewal of acts of vagrancy and dishonesty,
recourse was had to emigration, a plan which- the
late Captain Brenton at first firmly opposed, but in the
and became one of its strongest advocates. The grati-
tude of the juvenile emigrant had always been propor-
tionate to his destitution and misery in this country ;
nor had the Society heard complaints and repinings,
except when it had stepped from the track marked out
or its operation, to relieve parents in a better condition
of life from a son inclined to vagrant and dishonest
habits. Upon this point prejudices had arisen against
the Society, many who had previously supported it had
withdrawn their aid, and its efforts for the last two years
had been paralysed. After giving some further details,
and a figure statement showing the decline of the So-
ciety, the Committee concluded by suggesting the pro-
priety of establishing a loan society for aiding families
and adults of good character to emigrate to the Cape of
Good Hope, to be called the" Loan Emigration Society."
The Noble CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting,
and said he could not second the tone of the address
just read, but the life or death of the institution depended
on the verdict of the meeting. His Lordship warmly
defended the acts and motives of the Society.
Mr. Sergeant ADAMS then proposed a resolution,
" That the Children's Friend Society be dissolved.' He
trusted that the proceedings of the day would cause a
phcenix to rise from the ashes of the Society, and that
a Time would be enkindled which would purify and
cleanse the Augean stable of our criminal jurisprudence.

Mr. HAYES seconded the motion.
Lieut. AMSTNCK did not agree that because the So-
ciety had been slandered it should be given up. They
got 200 guineas from the Corporation of the City of
London at the time the Lord Mayor stated that the
Society sold the children, but he subsequently withdrew
his declaration. He moved, as en amendment, that
the meeting be adjourned.
Col. DOYLE said the Committee had not deserted the
Society, but its funds had failed, and they must give
is up.
Lieut. Amex Ncit then withdrew his amendment.
Mr. Tttouvr opposed the dissolution of the society.
Mr. AstiTori YATES, M.P., said it had worked so
well in the reformation of many boys, that parents had
applied to have their children taken under its care.
A youth, who was in the room, and had been sent
out to the Cape by this Society, was here examined by
the Chairman. His testimony was to the effect that he
was always well treated, and had nothing to complain of.
Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Maubert, the Rev. Burgess,
and other gentlemen, having addressed the meeting,
most of whom were in favour of continuing the Society
for some time longer, a second amendment, proposed by
Lieut. Amsinck, requesting the Committee to continue
their labours until a further appeal could be made to the
public, was carried by '27 hands being held np against 6
only, which appeared for the original motion.
Mr. MAUEERT trusted the press would do the So-
ciety justice ; and
The Rev. Mr. BURGESS said the hostility could not
be continued in the face of truth.
Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the
meeting separated.

TIIE CORONERSHIP FOR THE WESTERN
DIVISION or SChREY.—Mr. Woods, who for many years
acted as Coroner for this division of the county, has re-
signed in consequence of iil '.health. His son is the only
candidate at present. The election will take place on
Monday at Guildford. Mr. Carter has for some time at-
tended to the laborious work of the two divisions.
No. 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY,
(OPPOSITE THE YORK HOTEL), AND 76, KING WILLIAM..
STILERT, BANK OF ENGLAND.—Patronized by their .11:lies-
ties the King and Queen of Hanover, and their Royal High-
nesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene High-
ness the Princess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa
her Grace the Dowager Duchess of Bedford, and their Graces
the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Dukes of Devonshire
and Manchester. In addition to the above distinguished pa-
tronage to the newly-invented Spectacle Lenses arot Invisible
Operative Voice Conductor, the Messrs. S. and R. Solo-
n-ions, Opticians and Aurists, feel great pleasure in stat-
ing that their valuable inventions have also gained ;the
sanction and unqualified approbation of above four hundred
of the principal members of the medical profession, as well
as of numerous individuals of high distinction, who have
4,cPR gr,eatly benefited by their use. Immediately these im-
proykd Spicc4tcl# 1-epees are placed before extreme imperfect
it if at once hrgtight hacli to its natural and original
state, every object beetaMes clear 'Pict distinct, and the most mi-
nute particle is seen, either by day or candlelight. with ease
and distinctness. Their Voice Conductor, by which thousands
1 of deaf persons have been greatly benefited, are not the least
at a public vsembl •
perqpiii;lie, nor more uncomfortable, than having a piece ut
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BRITISH AND AUSTRALASIAN

BANK.

The disappointments with which the poor emigrants
who got the British and Australasian Bank paper in
exchange for their money, have met in the colony, upon
looking for Mr. Charles Boucher, the agent of the bank
at Adelaide, have excited, amongst all the respectable
people there; The deepest indignation. and the pit*
there have taken up the subject. There is to be a
meeting this day of the proprietors at the hank in
Moorgate-street, and no doubt some of the statements
made in the colony will be noticed. It is expected, too,
that Mr. Frederick Boucher,,,the manager, will produce
all the correspondence he has had with reference to
the expenses of the establishment, as regards troth Ade-
laide and Sydney, and particularly the correspondence
between him and Messrs. Walker of Sydney, in whose
bands, he declared at the Mansion-house, there wAs
then at least 28,000/. of the property of the British
and Australasian Bank.

The following history, which has been in substance
taken from a paper just arrived, arraigns the accuracy
of Mr. Frederick Boucher's statement before the Lord
Mayor as to the correct and honourable conduct of the
London partners connected with .the,establishment. In
this account the amount of property of the establish-
ment, stated to be in the hands of Messrs. Walker, is
worthy of notice as compared with the 28,000/. of which
that firm is stated by the manager. to be the holders.
The history of the bank is shortly but correctly this :
—ln October, 1838, a prospectus was printed and cir-
culated in Adelaide by a 'Mr. Milne, from the Mauri
tius, calling himself a clergyman, and the avant courier
of a Mr. Charles Boucher. It stated that deposits
would be received 'in Adelaide, to remain for a year,
which deposits should bear interest at the rate of 25 per
cent., without deduction, and be secured by the transfer
to the Bank of Australasia, for the ppteetion of the de.
positor, of certain rights to stocktr'sffeep. It was an-
nounced that deposits would be received at Adelaide
by the Directors, by all tho colonial branches of the
Australasian Bank, and by Frederick Boucher, Esq.,
Secretary to the Australasian Bank in London. Mr.
Charles Boucher arrived early in November, and a se-
cond prospectus was published in the Gazette of De-
cember Ist, signed by Milne as manager, and Boucher
as cashier. A small house was taken in Stephen's-
place, a large board erected in front, with " The South
Australasian Agricultural Bank" painted in large letters.
Two young men, named Quick and Boscawen, engaged
at handsome salaries, which were never paid, counters,
telling-desks, and all the utensils of a regular establish merit
provided ; bills and notes to the extent of a million and
a half sterling were printed by Mr. M'Dougall—the
bank was regularly opened—deposits were invited—
notes were issued—two of their ten pound notes signed
by Milne and Boucher were presented at the South
Australian Bank and refused—offers were made to Dr.
Imlay to purchase 10,000 head of cattle, which were
agreed to on one condition, that Dr. Imlay's agent in
Adelaide Should be satisfied that they had authority to
draw the bills in London which they offered for pay-
ment. No such authority was, however, forthcoming-.
Milne and Boucher took numerous shares in a sheep
company, which purchased largely from Mr. 11. Jones.
The bankers offered bills first on John Wright and Co.,
and then on Ladbroke and Co., in London, for their
share, but when called upon to produce their authority
to draw none was forthcoming. Milne and Boucher
applied to the Manager of the South Australian Com-
pany to discount bills in London for 9,0001., but when
asked for their authority for drawing none was forth-
coming. Matters were beginning to look serious when Mr.
Kinnear's announcement appeared that Mr. F. Boucher
was not the Secretary of the bank, and that the alleged
connexion of the parties with that- bank was without
foundation. After a faint effort at explanation, and
some difficulty on the part of tradesmen in obtaining
payment of their work bills, Mr. Charles Boucher first,
and subsequently Mr. Milne, disappeared fronijSouth
Australia.

One or two points disclosed by the parties, in their
correspondence in the Sydney papers, are here noticed
in the history of this bold speculation. Mr. Charles
Boucher's assertion that his brother, Mr. Frederick
Boucher, was the originator of the Australasian Bank,
brought forth the following letter from Mr. Griffiths,
the intelligent head of its colonial establishment, to the
Editor of one of the papers ;
" Sir—l observe in your paper of this morning, a
letter signed' C. Boucher,' which states that his brother,
Mr. Frederick Boucher, originated the Bank of Aus-
tralasia, and that, on his retiring from the secretaryship
of that establishment, he formed the Australasian Loan
Company, with a capital of 300,0004
" Were I to allow those assertions (which must be
founded on some misconception of Mr. C. Boucher's)
to remain uncontradicted, the public would have every
right to believe them to be true ; and I therefore consi-
der it my ditty distinctly to deny that Mr. Frederick
13oucher did originate the.Bankot Ansti4tintia,, or that
he was ever appointed secretary of that eatoli,thrneiit.,
It is true that he acted for a time as secretary, on the
early formation of the Company, and before the depar-
ture of the officers of the Bank from England ; but I
must copclude that he was not considered competent to
fill the appointment permanently, or he would doubtless
have received it. I was appointed secretary of the
Bank of Australasia in the month of June, 1835, when
the colonial officers were on the point of leaving for
their destination, and as I held the situation until
a few weeks previous to my departure from England,
in January, 1839, to assume the office of Inspector of
the Colonial Establishments, it is quite evident that
Mr. Frederick Boucher did not retire from the secre-
taryship of the Bank of Australasia, when he formed
the Loan Company, in the early part of the year 1838.
" It is out of my province to advert to any part of
Mr. C. Boucher's letter, except to state that the fact
is quite evident that a large amount of bills have been
drawn by the establishment calling itself the British
and Australasian Bank,' on Adelaide ; and that there
being no agent or representative of any description there
to take them up, they have been returned to England,
to the very serious detriment and inconvenience of the
holders.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" G. R.
' GRIFFITHS, Inspector.
" Inspectors office, Sydney, April 2, 1840."
It was thus evident that Mr. Frederick Boucher was
not the secretary of the Australasian Bank in January,
1835, Mr. Griffiths being then appointed to that
office. In November, 1838, however, three years and
five months after that period, Mr. Charles Boucher
published in Adelaide that his brother was then Secre-
tary of the Australasian Bank ; and when the direct
contradiction was given, inserted the following explana-
tion in the South Australian Gazette
Two long, circuitous, and disastrous voyages, which
the manager and cashier were obliged to undertake
on their way to Australasia, together with
the return of the Colonial Secretary of South Australia
m
to England, prior to their arrival at Adelaide, to whom
many of these letters had been inclosed, caused a gap in
their
t nentirelycorrespondence n
or
ag ofn t nearlyof i
r. w e
13oucheorn's months, and
and left
re-
tired from the Bank of Australasia, when the prospectus
cit
first appeared in print."
In Mr. Charles Boucher's statements, after his de.
parture from Adelaide, be avoided all notice of the (I's_
honoured bills, his object being evidently to divert at-
tention from the facts which were every day crowd-
ing in to prove the nature of the transactions in which
he was concerned.

some of th
Of' the
The historical account then gives a list of
drafts drawn by the Directors of the British and e
Aus-
tralasian Bank, 5.5, Moorgate-street, London, on Charles
8,000/. to pay
Boucher, Esq., Adelaide, to the amount of 3 99
mentioned that besides those, there were 1;111:91 and
same kind amounting to upwards. of 1,2004
indeed, according to
, and h.-
Mr. Grote held a letter of credit on Mr. C. Boucher forat
3,0001., granted by Messrs. Grote, Prescott, and Co., of
course, in the belief, and on the representation that that
person was in a condition to give it due honour • making
the actual and contingent liabilities of the establishment
awthicil
a p Adelaidepett appeared
the following note :
Consignments of pork, ale, bottled fruits, gm
amount n t
varyto
small
t tl e
sent
of•
, to an
amount not exceeding 1,0001., have been received by
Mr. John Walker, who is instructed to
re
about
500/. of the proceeds, when realized, to the credit of
Ba
the British and Australasian nk, and the remainder
to be invested in land in the hands of Mr. F. Boucher
and Mr. Burnand, cosehmaker in London." ,
The account terminates witelri.c.opies of the two l-
ters addressed frorn-gr:Tred iel:
Boucher, the mane such strong ea-
ger, to his brother, to which allusion
had
ben made at the Mansion-}louse, the one authorising
Mr. C. Boucher to negotiate bills to the extent of
10,0001., and the
other desiring him not to draw b
, ut
to exhibit in ease of need. These letters had been
opened in Adelaide in the absence of the agent, in the
expectation that information regarding the
means
of providing 101 the drafts would be found in them, and
they had been submitted to the inspection of the
managers and cashiers of the South Australian and
Australasian Banks, to the Colonial Secretary, to the
resident Magistrate, and other persons holding disho-
noured bills.
that the It is unnecessary to say proceedings in Lon-
don, as far as they have gone, have excited the greatest
interest in the City. Other disclosures, tending to
show that the transactions of the establishment have
not bean according to the general plan of bank dealings,
are expected.
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GEOGRAPHICAL. SOCIETY.

On Monday evening, the first meeting of the Society
for the season 1840.41 was held, G. B. Greenough,
Esq., President, in the Chair. The accumulated dona-
tions since June were so numerous that the time de.
voted generally to the meeting would scarcely have
sufficed for their announcement, togetirer with the
names of the donors. The Secretary, after reading
for ncar:y twenty minutes, said there still remained a
list at three pages. The thanks of the meeting were
then voted collectively to the parties presenting the se-
veral works, charts, &c.
A letter from Mr. Brooks, communicated by Mr.
Templar, was read. It merely gave an outline of his
most recent explorings in the island of Ccelebes, and
stated that a more detailed account would be forwarded.
It mentioned mountains its that island ten thousand
feet in height. This, it appeared from a remark of
Captain Washington, was new to geographers, and the
description at greater length of that locality was anti-
cipated with interest. Mr. Brooks is a spirited mem-
ber of the Royal Yacht Squadron, devoting his leisure
and learning to the advancement of knowledge. He
has already spent six months on, and explored, the
west coast of Borneo ; refitted at Singapore, and
visited, with a view to better acquaintance, the adjs..
cent islands, particularly Ccelebes. He has again,
now a second time, returned to Singapore, to refit, and
he purposes extending his researches on the coast of
Borneo.

The SECRETARY then stated that Captain Shepherd,
R.N., who had recently returned from the Sandwich
Isles, would read a descriptive paper, written by him-
self, on the very brink of the volcano, Kiruea, on the
slope of Mowna Ron-Hawah, and illustrated with a
plan of the vast depressed crater. Captain Shepherd
observed that he had no pretensions to science ; that,
thinking his friends would be pleased with an account
of the volcano (the paper was not intended for any So-
ciety), he had read up a few books, the chief Lyeli's
work, to enable him to express his ideas in language
suited to the phenomena he should witness. Right
well has the Gallant Captain profited by his reading,
for his terms were scientific and most appropriate. The
first portion, of the account from the landing at Byron's,
or rather Van Cooper's, Bay, to the arrival within the
precincts of the volcano, we shall pass over, merely re-
marking that it was of great interest, descriptive
or the country, the character and coverture thereof,
and of the great advancement of civilization
amongst the natives, who, in Cook's time, scarcely
seventy years ago, were perfect savages. By
the way, we will mention one observation of
Captain Shepherd's ; it may be of importance,
dependent on our future relations with China ; the
tea plant flourishes in Hawah. The natives apply it to
several uses. They make from it sugar, spirits, &c.,
and give it for food to the cattle. The immediate ap-
proach to the seat of the volcano was made the morn-
ing* after their departure.from the ship. Steam issued
here and there on their path, aad these symptoms oc-
curred twelve miles distant from the brink : the trees
now were stunted, and evinced their propinquity to the
noxious vapours of subterranean fires ; yet still wild
nettles and grass sprung up luxuriantly between the
lumps of old lava, and gave many parts a rich and fer-
tile appearance. Arriving at the top of the ascent, a
vast area of fifteen or sixteen miles in circumference
presented itself, 100 feet below the level where the
party stood. After passing along this lower plane for
some miles, they arrived at a second ledge, similar to
I the first, and of equal depth ; and again a plane, but of
l less extent, at the termination of which, 1,000 feet be-
low the spectator, was the vast igneous basin, from seven
to nine miles in circumference. The steps and
levels which the reader has passed over and de-
scended, appeared to have been formed by subsi-
dence, as though an immense area, acted upon un-
derneath by fire, had sunk down 100 feet ; and
then another, of lesser circular dimensions, had again
subsided 100 feet ; and again a third, the area of the
crater itself, down 1,000 feet. Looking from this latter
ledge, visible over a circular extent of about seven miles
crc lakes of liquid light, lost now in smoke and steam,
sulphur cones ever and anon bursting with loud reports,
and scattering their molten masses around the lakes
themselves, like network, here and there boiling and
bubbling, their sides dashed against by the fiery surge,
and the detonating cones broken into fantastical forms,
fuming and flashing forth foul vapours. The sight at
first filled the mind with awe, and the roarings and re-
ports, the bubblings and bissings, were alone heard.
But soon tongues were loosed, and expressions of won-
der, amazement, and delight broke upon the ear: The
lion of the crater, however, is the great lake situated
on the south-west point, distant about two miles from
the edge where the party stood, and where some huts
had been erected. When they had gazed their fill,
provided with sticks to test the lava, and their native
guides' feet protected with plaited leaves, they descended
into the fiery bowl, and proceeded to the great lake,
the locality of which could be traced only by the 'vo-
lumes of smoke ascending, and borne away by the cast
trade wind: On their way they examined the mounds of
indurated lava, tubular many of theM, as if the burning
liquid had risen from the centre, flowing over, cooling
and increasing the bulk of the fount ; and the truncated
sulphur cones, 50 feet high, also similarly formed. In
one of the latter they observed an aperture of about
six feet square ; and, looking through it, they saw a
cave of fire glowing fiercely, but in perfect repose. It
resembled a huge red-hot oven, and so hot that only for
a few moments could they keep their faces near. Their
pr.th was for the most part over blistered brittle lava,
through which they sunk here and there knee deep, but
fortunately always brought up on the indurated sub-
stance. The great lake is surrounded by a mound of
rugged fissure lava about two hundred and fifty feet
high, up which they climbed and looked down on the
vast expanse of fiery fluid matter—an immense chasm,
of an irregular elongated form, s ,mewhat elliptical,
about a mile in diameter in the greater axis,
and about three quartess of a mile in the lesser,
filled with bubbling red-hot lava, rising to the
south, and flowing northwards through a strait of
hall a mile in width, formed by a high and rugged
peninsula, a mass of black fragments, joined to the west
shore by a low isthmus of the same material. In all
directions were violar.t ebullitions of boiling lava ; and
now and then spray would be thrown up to a height of
thirty or forty feet, and splash down with fiery flame.
The surface underwent various changes in colour, de-
pend: it upon the degree of motion in the mass, the
greater activity producing the beeghter red. Captain
Shepherd believed that only their party, besides the
natives, bad ever before locked into the great lake. He
thought so because of the several natives with them,
who were the guides to this burning wonder, only one
had ever seen it before, and he only once. Formerly,
indeed not twenty years ago, it is said that the bodies
of the native chiefs were thrown therein as sacrifices
made to Kireua the Goddess. But happily this super-
stition has passed away, and is and can be no more. As
night approached the party reached the west brink or !edge
of the crater nearest the great lake, and there took posi-
tion to watch the nocturnal blazing bubbles bursting and
spraying, flashing through the fissures, having the effect of
floods of sheet lightning. But our limits will not per-
mit us to describe the awful grandeur of that night's
scene. One appearance must suffice :—Between the
banks of the lake and the spectators suddenly was seen
a bright glowing red spot, and no sooner seen than the
spot spread itself over an area of about 36,000 square
yards, covering the surface with a sheet of red-hot lava.
It was, however, soon lost again, for cooling changed its
colour, and this was a proof of its shallowness. A suc-
cession of such and other phenomena, moreover, amply
repaid the perilous exploit.
. The thanks of the meeting were warmly accorded to
Captain Shepherd.
Before the adjournment, it was announced that letters
had reached England from Mr. W. Ainsworth. He
had been kindly received in Koord'stan by the Patriarch
of the Nestoriaas, who had expressed his willingness to
11 open communications with the Anglican Church.

Lord Dinothen and his daughter, Lady Gardiner,
with their suites, have arrived at Paris, and alighted at the
Hotel Meurice.

OLIVER CRONIWELL, EDITED BY HORACE
SNIFF'', Eso.—lt is so long since we have had to congra-
tulate the public on a sterling historical romance and the one
which we now announce so thoroughly answers to that title,
that we point attention to it with peculiar pleasure. The
career of Cromwell offers one of the very finest subjects fur
literary fiction. The astonishing vigour as well as origi-
nality of his character, the vast results of his deeds, and the
brilliance of his triumphs, place him in the very front rank
among the heroes of the romance of history; and the sin-
gular character of the times in which he heed, the eccen-
tricity as well as the real force and moral dignity of many
of the persons with whom he came in contact—all these
conduce together to offer materials for an historical ro-
mance of the " Waverley" order, which scarcely any other
subject in our own annals will be found to unite. That
the reasier will not be disappointed in the result of the
writer's choice we confidently predict. The description of
some of the battles aro given with a graphic power only se-
cond to that displayed in the Scotch novels.—Naval and
Military Gazette.
SOLDIERS' BAGGAGE.—III consequence of the
average price of bay being five guineas per ton, and the
average price of oats being 28s. per quarter, the Magis-
trates for the county of Barks have ordered that the own-
ers of every waggon, carrying not less than fifteen hundred
weight of soldiers' baggage, shall be paid an additional 3d.
per mile ; and that the owners of carriages carrying len
than that weight shall be paid an adolitienal 3d. per mile,
making the sum to be paid in the Orst case Is.* and in the
seenod hid. per mile. The power thus exvrciANl by the
Magistrates at a General Quarter Sessions for the county
is vested in them under the Mutiny Act.

NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS.

( From the Gazette of last Night.)

The following is a list of those who were nominated for
Sheriffs by the Lords of the Council, at the Exchequer,
on the morrow of St. Martin, in the fourth year of the
reign 6f Qat:en Victor:a, and in the year of our Lord one
thousand cight hundred and forty :

BEDFORDSIIIRE—Arthur Macriarnara, of Eaton Bray, Esq. ;
William Sureld, of Great Brarningham, Esq• ;
Astell, of F.vcrton, Esq.
BEeKshißE—John Jesse Bulkelcy, of Linden-hill, EAq. ;
'Sir Henry Russell, of Swallu,utield. Bart. ; Robert.
Throckmorton, of Buckland-house, Esq.
BUCKINGIIANISDIRE—John Frederick Crewe, of Loi.iltes-
hill, high Wycombe, Esq. ; Thomas Newland Allen,
of the Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Esq. ; Juhn Palmer,
of Dorne3-court, q.
CAMBRIDGELSDIRE AND HUNTINGD3NSIIIRE—Thomas Lewin,

of Match, Esq ; Joseph Marshall, of Elm, Esq. ; W►l.
liam Lee, of Up‘Aell, Esq.
CUMBERLAND—James Robertson Walker, of Gillg►srron

Esq. ; Fretchville Lawson Ballantine Dykes:, of Doven.
by-hall, Esq. ; Robert Hodgson, of Saact:ld-hall, Esq.
CHESHIRE— James Walthall Hammond, of Wistatton

Esq. ; John Ryle, of lienbury-hall, Esq. ; Edward
Davies Davenport, of Capesthornc, Esq.
CORNWALL—Henry Lewis Stephens, of TreiTenna-Castle,
Esq. ; William Henry Polo Carew, of East Antony,
Esq. ; Thomas Peel, of Trenant-park, Esq.
DERBYSHIRE—Thomas Pares, of Hopwell, Esq. ; John
Bruno Bowden, of Southcote, Ethq.; William Mundy, of
Markeaton, Esq.
DEVONSHIRE—Thomas Wrey Harding, of Upcott, Esq. ;
William John Chile, of Buckland, Esq. ; John Crocker
Bul.eel, of Fleet, Esq.
DORSETSIIIRE—John Hussey, of sash-Court, Marnhull,
Esq. ; Sir Richard Plumptre Glyn, of Gaunts- House,
Bart. ; John Mansel, of Smedmore, Esq.
DURHAM— William Russell, or Braneepeth-Castle, Esq.;
Robert Eden Dunscombe Safto, of Whitworth-park,
_ Esq. ; Sir Thomas Clavering, of Greencroft, Bart.
ESSEX—John Archer Honblon; of Great Hallinbtiry'-place,
Esq. ; John Faithful Fortescue, of Writtle Lodge, Esq. ;
Money Wigram, of Wood House, Wanstead, Esq.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE—James Woodbridge Walters, of Barn-
wood House, Esq. ; Thomas Henry Kingscote, of
Kingscote, Esq. ; Edmund Hopkinson, of Edgwortb,
Esq.
HEREFORDSHIRE—Robert Lane, of Ryelands, Esq. ; John
Lucy Scudamore, of Kent-church-park, Esq. ; The
Hon. Thomas Harley Rodney, of Barrington, Esq.
HERTFORDSHIRE—George Gould Morgan, of Brickendon-
bury, Esq. ; John Bennet Laws, of Rothampsied, Esq ;
Robert William Gaussen, of Brookmans, Esq.
KENT—Edward Hussey, of Scotney Castle, Esq. ; De La
Mark Banks, cf Eastchurch, Esq. ; Henry Hoare, of

Cranbrook, Esq.
LEICESTERSHIRE--Richard Mitchell, of Enderby, Esq.:
John Bainbrigge Storry, of Lockington, E:q. ; Wil-
liam Kenworthy Walker, of Leicester-Forest, Esq.
LINCOLNSHIRE-Sir John Charles Thorold, of Syston-
Park, Bart. ; Sir John Nelthorpe, of Scawby, Bart. ;
Hussey Packe, of Caythorpe, Esq.
MONMOUTIISHIRE—SimneI Homfray, of Bedwelty, Esq. ;
John Etherington Welch Rolls, of the Hendre, EFq. ;
William Hunter Little, of Upper Panty Goytrc, Esq.
NORFOLK—William Howe Wyndham, of Fellbrigg, Esq. ;
Sir John Jacob Buxton, of Shadw2ll-Lodge, Bart. ;

Daniel T)ssen, •of Foulden, Esq. _
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE—Robert Sackett Tomlin, of Fother-
ingliay- Castle!, Esq. ; Sir Robert Henry Gunning, of
Horton, Bart. ; Langham Christie, of Preston Deanery,

E.
NORT sq
HUMBERLAND-Sir Matthew White Ridley, of Blag-
don, Bart. ; William Hodgsbn Cadogan, of Brinkburn
Priory, Esq. ; Edward Riddell, of Cheeseburn-Grauge,

. . -
Esq.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE—Henry Smith, of Wilford, Esq. ;
Francis Wright, of Lenton, Esq. ; Thomas Dickinson
Hall, of Whatton, Esq.
OXFORDSHIRE —John Shawo Phillips, of Culham House,
Esq. ; William Henry Vanderstegen, of Cane-end
House. Caversham, Eiq. ; John Lovedav, of Williams-
cote, Esq.
RUTLANDSHIRE—Joseph Tomblin, of Lcighfield, Esq. ;
Richard Westbrook Baker, of Cottesmorc, Esq. ;

George Fludyer, of Ayston, Esq.
SHROPSHIRE—The Hon. Gustavus Frederick Hamilton, of
Burwarton ; Henry Justice, of Hinlock, Esq. ; Sir An-
drew Vincent Corbet, of Acton Reynold, Bart.
SOAIRRSETSIIIRE—WiIIiam Francis Knatchbull, Esq. ; Ro-
bert Charles Tudway, of the city of Wells, Esq.;
Robert Farthing Beauchamp, of West Moncton, Esq.
STAFFORDSHIRE—Thomas Cart Aright, of Hill-Hall, Esq. ;
Richard Fryer, of the Wergs, Esq. ; Charles Smith
Forster, of Wallsall, Esq. _ _

COUNTY OF SOUTIIA MFTON—George Henry Ward, of
Northwood Park, Esq. ; Horatio Francis Kingsford
Holloway, of Marchwood Lodge, Southampton, Esq. ;
John Coventry, of Burgate, Esq.
_ . .

SUFFOLK—Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, of Tendring
Hall, Bart. ; Edward Bridgman, of Coney Weston,
Esq. ; William Long, of Sax :nundham, Esq.
Susttßy—William Leveson Gower, of Titsey-place, 01-
, tead, Esq. ; Charles Barclay. of Bury. Hill, Dorking,
Esq. ; Richard Summer, of Puttenbam Priory, Esq.
SUSSEX—Sir Richard Hunter, of PJtehing, Knt. ; George
Wyndham, of Petworth, Esq. ; Musgrave Brisco, of
Coghurst, Esq.
WARWICKSHIRE-Kelynge Greenway, of Warwick, Esq. ;
John Little. of Newbold Pacer, Esq. ; Arthur Francis
Gregory, of Stive-hall, Esq.
WILTSHIEE—Ambrose Hussey, of Salisbury, Esq. ' • Fre-
derick William Rooke, of Lackham-house, Esq. ; Henry
Stepen Olivier, of Potterno, Esq.
WORCESTERSHIRE—no nas Charles Hornyold. of Black-
more-park, Esq. ; Edward Holland, of Linchwick,
Esq. ; Charles Wickstead, of Shakenhurst, Esq.
Yorticsittee—Frederick William Vernon Wentworth, of
Wentworth-Castle, E.q.; Sir Joseph William Copley,
of Sprotborough, Bart. ; Henry Willoughby, of Birdsall,
Esq.
A list of Gentlemen qualified to serve the office of
Sheriff for the several counties in the principality of Wales,
for the year 1841 :

ANGLE;EY—Richard Trygarn Griffith, of Garreglwyd,
Esq.: John Sanderson, of Aberbraint, Esq. ; Humphrey
Herbert Jones, of Llynon, Esq.

13 RECONSIME —William Hibhs Bevan, of Glannant, E.q. ;
Howell Gwyn, of Abercrave, Esq. ; Howel Jones Wil-
liams, of Coity Mawr, Esq.
C RDIGANSIIIRE— Francis Thomas Gibb, of Hendrefelen,
Esq. ; David Davies, of Cardigan, Esq. ; I4ancis
David Saunders, of Tynrnawr, Esq.
CARMARTIIENSTIIRF.—John Walters Philipps, of Alwrglas-
ney, Esq ; William Peel, of Taliaris, Esq. ; George
Bowen, of Castle gor foci, Esq.
Ckast.avoNsnian—Owen Jones Nanney, of Gwynfryn,
Esq. ; David White Griffith, of Hafodydd-Britian, Esq.;
Edward Lloyd, of Tymawr-Llysfaen, Esq.
DENBIGHSHIRE —Henry Ellis Bowes, of kosehill, near
Wrexham, Esq. ; The lion. Edward Mostyn Lloyd
Mostyn, of Bodidris ; Thomas Molyneux Williams, of
Penbedw- Hall, Esq.
FIANTSIIIRE —Sir William Lewis Salusbary Trelawney,
of Ledbrooke, Bart. ; Thomas Williams, of Trebinth,
nekr Mold, Esq. ; Sir Thomas Stanley Massey Stanley,
of , Bart.

GLAMOROANSIIIRE—CharIes Pascoe Grenfell, of Maestcg,
Esq ; Augustus Percival Calland, of Forest, E:q. ;
Joseph Martin. of Ynistawe, Esq.
MERIONETHSHIRE—John Williams, of Bron Eryri, ;
the Hon. Thomas Pryce Lloyd, of Mochras ; Sir Wil-
liam Wynn, of Hendregwenllian, Knt.
MONTGOMERYSHIRE—Sir John Roger Kynaston, of Hard-
wick, Esq. ; John Vaughan, of Rhos Brynbwa, Esq. ;
Sir John Conroy, of Llanbrynmair, Bart.
PEMBROKESHIRE—George Roch, of Batterhill, Esq. ; John
Allen Lloyd Philipps, of Dale Castle, Esq. ; William
Charles Allen Phillips, of St. Bride's, Esq.
RADNCRSIIIRE—Sir 'William Sarsficld Rossiter Cockburn,
of Dorenkon, Bart. ; Thomas Locke Lewis, of the
Knowle, Esq.; The Honourable Randall Edward
Plunkett, of Beguildy.