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marines, immediately turned one of the guns of the fort I
upon the opposite building, :and by thus checking the fire
of musketry considerably facilitated the landing of the re-
mainder of the troops. y While the Turkish soldier s were ;
thus occupied in taking possession of the fort, the ships
continued their fire upon the barrack, and upon the for-
tress, which commands the whole town. The fort, thus
occupied, may be said to be the centre, as nearly as 1 us-
Bible, of the attack ; and while it we.smakine, the marines '
were landed at both extremes, from the Gorgone on the
right, and from the Stromboli and the Austrian frigate en
the left. Those from the Gorgon immediately formed on
the beach, and, having sent skirmishers into the wood by
which it is bordered, marched upon the barrack. Commo-
dore Napier accompanying them. It was arranged that
the attack upon the barrack and the neighbouring build- ,
lugs occupied by the Egyptians should be made simul- I
taneously by the marines from the right and the troops
from the fort. This fort, as I remarked in a former letter,
' is connected with the barracks by a narrow causeway or
bridge, which was fully exposed to the fire of the enemy.
It was a trying service for any body of men to attempt to cross
it. One of th mates of the Cyclop-i, Mr. Cumming, volun-
teered to lead the Turks, and he fully succeeded in inspiring
them with a portion of his own intrepid spirit. They ,
undauntedly followrd their young and dashing leader,
some cf them over the bodies of their fallen comrades.
The whole force, directed by Captain Austin, Colonel
Z sue, and Welker Bey, moved quickly after theae. They
were immediately accompanied by the marines, led by
Captain Morison, and, after a brief but severe struggle,
the barrack was evacuated, the main body of the Egyp-
tians retreating up a narrow arched street. From a large
house opposite to the barrack the firing was still con-
tinued. The leader of the Egyptian force, Hassan Bey,
headed a sortie from this house, and, having three dif-
ferent times fired upon the marines, he himself fell, having
received three musket balls through the body. No man
could have served a cause with more desperate fidelity.
From one of the prisoners it was subsequently ascertained
,that this leader had cut down one of his own followers
who, at the last moment, attempted to hoist a w te flag.
Seeing the soldiers and marines in possession of the fort,
the barrack, and the principal street, the Egyptians at this
point offered no further resistance, and eighteen hundred
of them at once laid down their arms. They were imme-
diately marched across the causeway into the fort.
In the meantime the attack upon the extreme left was
made by the marines of the Stromboli and of the Austrian
frigate. The landing here was more difficult and more se.
verely contested than on the right. About 280 marines,
English and Austrian, were embarked in the boats of the
different ships, and, after a very heavy cannonading bad
apparently cleared the way for them, pulled in to the
shore. This part of the attack was under Lieut. Russell,
of the Stromboli, who was accompanied by Mr. Chant-
berlayne, Mr. Warren, and Mr. Hurst, and about twenty
of his ship's crew. The marines were led by Captain
Whylock and Lieutenant Hoskin. There was some little
difficulty in landing owing to the surf. During the time
the men were leaving the boats they were exposed to a
heavy fire of musketry, by which some of the men were
severely wounded. As soon as they formed they rushed
up a steep sandy acclivity leading to the breach through
which they were to enter the town. Poor llockin, while
cheering on the marines, a few yards in advance of them,
received a mortal wound. The men continued, vying
with each other to reach the walls first. An Austrian
marine had the unfortunate glory, and was shot dead in
the breach, which was immediately carried. The object
of this division was to gain the fortress, which commands
the whole town from an eminence almost in the centre.
The attacking party fought their way gallantly through
the streets, firing up into the houses upon their assailants,
and iu leas than an hour their flag was floating from the
fortress. The rigging of the ships was immediately
manned, and three inspiriting cheers announced the com-
plete success of the attack.
There was an incident worthy of remark connected
with the attack upon the left of the town. Two midship-
men—Mr. Hunt, of the Stromboli, and one of the Aus-
trian trigate—were entrusted with the ensigns upon land-
ing. They contested the honour of first planting each
his own ensign, endeavouring to outrun each other under
the very heaviest of the fire. The union-jack eas first
hoisted. The Austrian Archduke wrote that evening to
the Admiral to ask for Mr. Hunt's promotion ; but as he
had not yet passed, he is rewarded with an Austrian order.
I believe a similar reward will be bestowed on his brave
young competitor,
The whole loss in killed and wounded I have not been
able very accurately to ascertain. I believe that Lieute-
nant Hockin is the only Eegliah officer who fell. Six or
eight marines and blue jackets arc, I believe, all our loss
in killed. A considerable number, however, have been
wounded, some of them very severely. The Turks suf-
fered in about the same proportion). It is said that abeut
300 Egyptians were killed. 2,470, including some sick,
have been taken and sent to Djouni.
Although the officers of the marines and of the ships
made every exertion to prevent pillage, yet, taken as the
town was by assault, it was impossible altogether to re-
strain the victorious soldiers. A new house, just finished,
and splendidly furnished by Soliman Pacha, was completely
gutted, and the valuable furniture destroyed. Even to
Egyptian prisoners, however, I did not hear of a single
act of personal violence.
About nightfall a large house adjoining the barrack was
discovered to be on fire. The flames spread very rapidly,
and it was for a moment feared that the Turks or the
mountaineers, who had kept pouring into the town through
the evening, were wreaking a dreadful vengeance upon
prisoners. As there was a French steamer in the har-
bour, I am particularly desirous of stating that the flue
was purely accidental. In a little time atter it broke
out I went ashore and inspected the buildings around it,
and made the most minute inquiries. I found that the
Turkish soldiers were billetted in the houses around, and
some of them in this very building, and its destruction
was to them a source of the greatest inconvenience.
Some of the shells, however, which had been thrown
upon this point in such destructive abundance must have
lain smouldering amongst the wood-work, and hence the
conflagration that ensued. It required not, Gud knows,
this accidental fire to make of this quarter of the town
one of the most horrible scenes it is possible to imagine.
The struggle which had taken place concluded at too late
an hour to permit of the removal of the dead or the
wounded. In order to reach the town from the landing
point it was necessary to scramble over immense piles of
ruin, to which the blazing building beside them just gave
distinctness enough to guide one through the pele-mele
of soldiers, prisoners, groups of people, of what class I
could not tell, rifling the dead, dogs prowling about inn
flocks, the whole way covered with guns, broken swords,
knapeacks,cartouche-boxes, heaps of shot, property of every
description, the whole presenting a scene of
sdevastation
and confusion that was truly appalling. And yet the ex-
cesses were fewer and far less aggravated than might have
been expected from the customary license of such)
triumphs. Captain Austin, attended by Mr. Cumming
and Captain Lane, remained on shore all night, and it was
gratifying to see that before ten o'clock nearly all the
troop were in quarters, and nearly 600 of the prisoners
already embarked. In the course of the evening I accom-
panied one of the officers into the town. Ibrahim had evi-
dently made this place the depot for the southern division
of his army. Every place—every house—in fact, in this
quarter was full of stores, provisions in abundance, cloth-
ing, arms, and ammunition. The three or four streets
through which we passed presented the same evidence of
the destructive effects of the thine from the ships. By
the direction of the officers the bodyei of Hassan Bey was
removed to a shed, and a sentinel placed beside it. Esen
in death you might trace the character of savage bravery
that marked him through life. In his pockets were found
some papers; most of them, however, illegible, having
been torn by the shot or stained. The two following were
preserved r—
.' From his Excellency Soliman Pucha, at Beyrout, to
Hassan Bey, Colonel of the 26th Regiment, at Sidon,
25 Regeb, 1256 ( Sept. 21, 1840.)
" His Highness Seraskier Ibrahim Pacha wishes you to
leave Sidon this evening at dark with your regiment.
March by easy stages to the village of Mategall El Da-
mour on the right of the road, taking care to conceal all
your soldiers in the houses, so that no person may be
able to sec their heads. In the evening, a little before
dark, let two companies move from the relapse, so as to
make it appear they are marching to Beyrout. Two hours
afterwards, when it is dark, let them rejoin their regi-
ment, and with it march back to Sidon. On your arrival
order owe battalion to sleep in the castle, and about mid-
night move them into the town. Address them as encou-
ragingly as possible, and communicate this letter to the
colonel of the 2d Regiment, who is at present in your
town. That is all."
This letter seems to have been written immediately upon
Soliman Pacha having heard that the Cycolps had fired a
few shots upon Sidon, and the object of the ruse was evi-
dently to induce a belief that the troops were leaving the
town, and thus perhaps lead to an attack by a small force.
The result, however, has been that, with the exception of
about 150 men, the whole of the 26th Regiment, and a bat-
talion of the 2d, has been either killed or captured.
The piffilication of the second letter is but an act of
justice to the humanity of the French Government, whose
present neutral position enables them to render such ser.
vices as that of placing a war steamer at the service o
one of the belligerents. This letter is dated the 25th of

September : -
" The French steamer goes to Sidon to take on board
all my family. I pray you to give every facility to this
matter, furnishing to the steamer everything it may require,
and with as little delay as possible. The great point is to

do everything as speedily as possible.
" I also send you an order to the Governor of your town
to give the necessary provision of barley for my four horses,
in order that they may leave the town immediately, under
the care of my good groom, El Hannaby. That is all."
The French steamer the Castor, which is, I suppoEe,
" the French steamer" alluded to, left Alexandria about

ten days ago on this becoming mission, and, being obliged
to send ashore for the purpose of taking Soliman Pacha's
family, could not, of course, prevent tie landing of a mili-
tary officer in the Pacha's service, who had been a pas-
senger from Alexandria, and a considerable sum of
money sent by Mehemet Ali. Indeed I have been a good
deal struck with the general simplicity of the French naval

officers who are watching orcr the interests of their coun-

try in this part of the world. Oa the 20th, while the
steam,. r was fling upon Sidon, the c:ptain of the corvette
lirillante suggested that the large building adjoining
the fort should be spared, as it was an hospital crowded
with sick (only shift the scone from Sidon to Jaffa, and
that historic il justice in this interference of a French
officer in behalf of the inmates of a Syrian hospital !)
It was very gratifying to find, however, that these hu-
mane apprehensions were unfounded, for the hospital
turned out to be a barrack, loopholed and fortified, the
strongest and most dangerous position held by the Egyp-
tians. The mistake of the French captain probably arose ,
hospitalfrom(tFhreomreathle
being
at the other end of the town.
Correspondent of the Malta Times.)
ATHENS, OCT. 20.
The French fleet continues to maintain its dignified po-
sition of strict neutrality at Salamis. It consists of the Jena,
90,
with
the flag of Rear-Admiral Hugon ; Montobcl,o, ,
120, with the flag of Rear-Admiral La Susse; Scipion,
Nep-
tune, 181e6 ;
rcuplei,adlOcOme;,SB6an; Jupitre, 86; Alger, 80; Triton,
ti Petri, 86; Suffren, 90;
82; and Phaeton steamer. Every preparation has been

rri.le by the CommhisErriat Department for wintering here,
d it is reported that contracts have been made for double
the- number of rations required for the force at present here.
Tilia Admiral Hugon has no intention of moving if he can
poss:bly avoid it, may be gathered from the fact, that he is
making a carriage-road from Salamis-bay to join the
Pirmus road, a distance of about two miles and a half.
The Beacon surveying-vessel arrived the Pit Lens from
the Dardanelles on the 16th inst. The Magpie is survey-
ing at Thernica.
The Cyclops arrived at Malta this morning at 9 o'clock.
gyptian prisoners.
She brings the Emir Bechir and 120 E

CHURCH-RATES.

It is well known that upwards of twenty years ago, by a
successful stand against oppression, Sheffield managed to
rid itself of that abominable nuisance, a Church-rate. Two
or three years since, Rotherham, following so good an ex-
ample, resolved also to shake off the incubus. But, Ro-
therham being situated near to Wentworth House, and the
tradesmen of Rotherham Lei g in a great Ira cure depend-
ant on Earl Fitzwillkm, the Tories made a very conve-
nient use of the Earl's known prediliction for the Church,
as follows :—They found a legal flew in the sal ing of
the meeting at which the rate was refused ; seized the op-
portunity of his Lordship's presence in the neighbourhood,
and called a second meeting. This meeting the presence
of his Lot dihip so far ovel awed, that to the shame of the
inhabitants, the rate was carried.

CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 18
Politics have been remarkably quiet during the last few
i
days. French diplomacy n particular is at this moment
marked by moderation, and we have heard that the re-
newed mission of M. de Walewski to Alexandria is of a
most pacific tendency. lie is to use all the means in his
pawer to persuade Mehemet Ali to tender his submission
on terms admissible by the Five Powers, and if the Paella
be still in time, he will act wisely in following this sug-
gestion.
The Tahiri Bahiri arrived here this morning. The
On in sending away
ugiltoartiLnus. n eTwhses hpeolbti.es, broughtho‘veverlisgtohee theme of general ex-
s
for S‘ria troops as fast as possible ; 5,000 more have al-
ready'gone, and at this instant three squadrons of dis-
mounted cavalry and a regiment of infantry are reedy to
embark in sailing vessels the moment the wind, which is
Me-
hemet Alinterary canesrs victorious
round. Th
son Ibrahim The "pirersrit in favour of Me-
is at an end, and
facts have proved that the weakness of the Porte was ra-
ther
moral than physical. The idea that the Sultan can-
not possibly govern Syria and Egypt will be dispelled now
that troops can be sent thither by steamers in four or five
days. Tini3e provinces are to-day nearer to the capital,
as far as communications are concerned, than Salonica
was a few years ego. Too little attention has been paid
to this important truth.

As, therefore, his Lordship was found so convenient
a cat's-paw to the Tories and the parsons at Rotherham, it
was thought that his presence at Sheffield might influence
the rate-payers in a similar manner. This opinion has
proved erroneous; the Sheffield people were not gulled so
easily; and whoever reads the account in the Sheffield
Independent will not envy Earl Fitzvvilliam the trest pro-
vided for him on the occasion. Notwitstanding the
astounding anathemas which fell from worldly-mieded
parsons—Church-rates, and all other kinds of ecclesiastical
rubbish, Lord Fitzwilliam had the impudence to join in the
demand for a poll. As the result of the first day's trial
left mother Church in a minority of about one to six, thc
absurd 'attzmpt was abandoned.
Sheffield, November 4, 1840.

A SHEFFIELDER.

THE CORN-LAWS.

BOLTON, Nov. 5. —On Tuesday] evening last a meeting
of the electors of the borough of Bolton, convened by cir-
cular, took place at the Town Hall. It was called by the
Chairman of the Anti-Corn-law League at Manchester,
in pursuance of a resolution passed by them for the purpose
of communicating with the various constituencies in the
kingdom, with a view to the return of Members pledged
to the abolition of the Corn-laws. The meeting was ad-
vertised to take place at half. past six o'clock. Shortly
after that time the deputation appointed by the League en-
tered the room, viz., J. B. Smith, Esq., Chairman of the
Manchester Chamber of Commerce; Richard Cobden,
Esq. ; John Brooks, Esq ; and Edward Hall, Esq. ; I
also noticed on the platform Peter Ainsworth, Esq , M P. ;
C. J. Derbyshire, Esq. ; Thorns Cullen, Esq., Henry
Ainsworth, Esq; Edmund Ashwood, Esq. ; Thomas
Thomasson, Esq. ; James Knowles, b.sq. ; Thomas
Barnes, Esq. ; James Winder, Esq. ; Abraham Haigh,
Esq. ; Rev. William Jones ; Rev. F. Baker ; and
other influential gentlemen of the neighbourhood,
C. J Derbyshire was called to the chair. After
the Chairman had stated the purport of the circu-
lar, by which the meeting was convened, J. B. Smith,
Esq., addressed the audience atZconsiderable length, in
support of their views, followed by Mr. Cobden and John
Brooks, Esq., the !emu- being exceedingly lucid, terse,
and felicitous in his observations, caliber forth loud and
reiterated expressions of approbation. At'very different re-
ception awaited our pseudc- Liberal member, P. Ainsworth,
Esq. The evasive, and anything but straight-forward
manner in which he spoke upon the question excited fre-
quent and considerable expressions of disapprobation.
After a good deal of verbiage, the electors at last suc-
ceeded in obtaining a reluctant pledge that he would sup-
port any Bill that might be introduced mitt Session of
Parliament, for a total and immediate repeal. The conces-
sion, however, was given too tardily to be appreciated.
Whenever another election takes place for this borough,
his duties as a Legislator cease, and he will fall back
into that position from which he ought never to have been
di,turbed. It was afterwards moved by Mr. Thomasson,
and seconded by Mr. Hall, " That this meeting pledges
itself to return two Nlcin:•ers pledged to a total and imme-
diate abolition of the Corn-laws." This resolution wis
carried unanimously, amidst loui, lung, and prolonged
cheering.
A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman arid
Deputation, and the meeting separated. Upwards of 400
electors attended the meeting.
It is not improbable that two Liberal candidates will be
brought forward at the next elcetisn.

COURT CIRCULAR.

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--TO THE EDITOR O 1 THE SUN. I ,„
i VVINDEOR, TIIIIRSDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince
SlR,—The Standard of yesterday contains an account, i A:1 rt rode out in a pony phaeton this aftornnon, his
extracted front the Sheffield uof a public vestry ;
Ito.) al lii,tthn.z.ss driving, attended bi, the Royal Suite
meeting, held at Eceleshill, One of the townships of Sher- ,
either in carriages or on horseback.
field, on the subject of a Church.rate. The account, es
far as it goes, is tolerably correct, and if your Contempo- : Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at-
rary had gone a little further, and given the result of the tended by Lady Charlotte Dundas, walked out for some
poll, I should not have troubled you with this communi- I time in the new walks and slopes.
cation. The Earl of Sandwich and Sir Henry Wheatley
are expected to arrive at the Castle this evening.
The Hon. C. A. Murray arrived at the Castle last
night, from Oxford.
The Court is expected to leave the latter end of
next week, for town.

The Duke of Sussex and the Duchess of Gloucester
attended at Clarence 'louse, St. James's, on Wednes-
day. The Duke of Sussex also attended yesterday at
Clarence House.

Th 4! Duke of Cambridge returned to town at four
o'clock yesterday afternoon, from the Royal Military
College at Sandhurst. In the evening his Royal High-
ness honoured the Members of the " Nulli S,!eundus"
Club with his company at dinner at the Clarendon
Hotel.

Mr. Power had an intcrvew with Lord John Russell
yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Despatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were
received yesterday at the Colonial-office.

FASHIONABLE IN TELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
Lord Gardiner in Dover-street, from a tour ; the Earl
and Countess of Surrey, in Hyde•-park-place, from the
Rookery, near Dorking ; Lord Fitzroy Somerset, in
Stanhope-street, from Dover; the Earl and Countess of
Chesterfield, at Chesterfield House, from Cambridgeshire;
the Earl and Countess of Lichfield, in St. James's-square,
from Newmarket ; the Hon. F. Villiers, in Berkeley-
square, from Sussex ; Count Creptowitch, at Mivart's
Hotel, from Hells ; the Earl and Countess of Wicklow
and the Ladies Howard, in Cavendish.squlre, from the
Continent; Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere and fa-
mily, in Park lane, from Yorkshire ; Admiral Sir E.
Hamilton, Bart., and family, from Brighton ; the Earl of
Pembroke, in Stratton.strect, from a tour ; the Earl and
Countess of Aylcsford and Lady Augusta Finch, in Grov-
venor-street, from Brighton ; Hon. Captain and Mrs.
Stanley, in Grosvenor-greet, from a visit to the Earl of
Derby, at Knowsley, Lancashire; Mr. Standish, in Gros-
venor-street, from a tour; the Dowager Countess of Sand-
wich, from Paris.

DEPARTURES.
The Earl of Desart, for Cowes, Isle of Wight; Colonel
and Lady Susan North, for Brighton ; the Dowager
Countess of Galloway, for Sussex ; the Earl of Aboyne,
for his seat, in Huntingdonshire ; Viscount and Viscountess
Maynard, for Sussex ; General arid Lady Ormsby Rebow,
from Mivart's Hotel, for Brighton ; the Earl and Countess
of Brownlow and Ladies Cust, from Belgrave-square, fur
Devonshire ; Sir Augustus and Lady Clifford, from Eaton-
place, for Sussex ; Archdeacon Singleton, from Northum.
hcrland House, for Worsley Hall, on a visit to Lord and
Lady Francis Egerton.

THAMES HAVEN DOCK COM-

PANY.

We are happy to find our Contemporaries have taken
up the subject of
.the Thames Haven Dock and Railway,
for the formation of which an Act was obtained in 1836;
but tile Company has been unable to proceed with its
works, owing to the high toll demanded by the Eastern
Counties Company. Really it is extraordinary how this
latter Company has marred everything it has to do with ;
not only have they destroyed their own prospects, but they
have done everything in their power to destroy others,
and disgust the public by their utter mismanagement ;
and now, after four years it appears by the-Inspetroes-Rez
port that terms have been made. Why was it not equally
advantageous to do so before? Verily these tyranniest
monopolies should be looked to by the Legislature. We
are by no means sure it would not be better for the Thames
Haven Proprietors to make their dock at once, and apply to
Parliament for an independent line into London, for if
so laTe a traffic as the prospectus anticipates is realized,
it will be necessary to have It under the entire and sole
control of one Company. Under arty circumstances,
however, we Adl be glad to see a dock made at the en-
trance of the Thames, to clear the river of some of its
now crowded and comingled shipping, forming always a
dangerous passage across, and sometimes a barrier ; a
steam-dock would not only be a luxury and security, but
has become essential. We gather from the report that
this scheme is being favourably looked at in the coal districts.
Glad should we be indeed to see the coal-owners making
common cause with the public to reduce the price of
coals in the metropolis, and if this can be done by means
of the Thames Haven Dock Railway, it is their bounden
duty to assist its construction. No greater boon could be
offered to all classes than cheap fuel, and if the expense
of the coal transit can be reduced in any way it
ought, Upon the whole this Company wants nothing
but a small additional capital to make it the most
useful which has been brought before us, and we re-
commend it strongly to speculators and philanthropists,
both from its assurance of profit, as well as from its saving
lire and property in avoiding the collisions in the river,
and from its bringing coals and fish to the London market,
at a price within the reach of the poor.

Mr. Brackenbury, her Majesty's Consul at
Cadiz, has rapidly returned from England to Cadiz in eon.
sequence of the alarming indisposition of Mrs. Bracken_
bury, who, we regret to learn, is in a most precarious state.
SIR ANTHONY CARLISLE.--On Monday
evening last, died, at his house in Langliam-place, after
an illness of a few weeks, in the 73d year of his age, Sir
Anthony Carlisle, senior surgeon to the Westminster lion-
pita!, one of the Council and Board of Examiners of the
Royal College of Surgeons—of which he had twice been
President—a Fellow of the Royal Society, &c. &c. This
very eminent surgeon has long been numbered among the
most distinguished anatomists, physiologists, and naturalists
of the age—a fact of which not only the most competent
judges, but his numerous publications in all those depart-
ments of seknee, bear undisputed and ample testimony.
His professional ability was early proved, and his repute:.
tion established, at the Westminster Hospital, of which
ancient and excellent charity he became a principal sur.
geon at the age of twenty-five. There, too, he was no
less remaikable for his unaffected constant humanity to the
suffering poor, than for his skill in the treatment of their
diseases. During a period of sixteen years Sir A. Car-
lisle was Professor of Anatomy and Lecturer to the Royal
Academy. He was also Surgeon-Extraordinary to George
IV., at whose first levee he had the honour of knighthood,
which was unsolicited, conferred on him by the recommen-
dation of the Privy Council, and solely on the ground of
his professional merits.
LORD 'CULLA MORE.—His Lordship, according
to letters received in town on Wednesday from Hanovet,
was going on as favourably as could be expected, and no
apprehension was entertained that his accident would en-
danger his life. The Countess of Charleville left on
Sunday morning for Hanover to join his Lordship. The
Noble Earl remains in town.
DEATH OF SIR GEORGE BEESTON PRES
CUTE, BA RT. —The above Baronet died on the 25th ult ,
at Paris. lie was born in 1775, and succeeded to the
Baronetcy in 1801. Ills Lady, daughter of the late Baron
Moucheron, survives him. The deceased's Baronet's son,
George William, by his first marriage, succeeds him in the
family title and estates.
The Master-General of the Ordnance (Sir
Hussey Vivian) and family have been placed in mourning
by the demise of the gallant gentleman's uncle, the Rev.
W. H. Vivian, who died on Tuesday last, in his 83d year.
The Marquis of Clanricarde arrived in town, on
Monday, from Portumna Castle, the family seat in lee•
land. Tile Marchioness also previously arrived horn a
visit to the Duke of Portland, at Welbeck Abbey, Notts.
The Noble Marquis and Marchioness have since gone on a
visit to Earl and Countess Cowper, at Pansanger, Herts.
Lord and Lady Francis Egerton and family arc
expected to leave Worsley Hall next week for Oatfands,
Surrey, salters they intend passing the winter.
The Earl and Countess of Harrington will
shortly leave Stanhope Hou.e, for Brighton. Her Lady-
ship has quite recovered from her slight illness.
TORQUAY, DEVON, NOV. I.—The Earl and
Countess Brownlow, the Ladies Cust, and Miss Mac-
donald, the Hon. General Sir William Lumley, K.G.C.,
and Lady Lumley, Sir Robert and Lady Fitzwygram and
family, Lady Isabella St. John, and the Viscountess
Bolingbroke, have arrived here. Several other families
of distinction are expected for the winter next week.
SOCIETY OF A RTS.—The first meeting for the
present session was held on Wednesday evening, in the
society's great room, at the Adelphi, George Moore, Esq.,
P. R. S., in the Chair. The Report of the finances of the
Society having been read, a letter was reaj from the Lord
Mayor and Court of Aldermen, and another from the
Court of Comm..n Council of the City of London, re-
questing information from the Society on the subject of
tire-escapes. The presents of books announced were
numerous. Various communications were announced,
which were referred to the several Sub-Committees. The
chief discussion of the evening was on the recommendation
of a Committee for altering •and lessening the times of
meeting, and that the illustrations should occupy the place
of one of the ordinary meetings. It was alleged that the
Society was not so much of a scientific as of a distributive
nature, and that instead of meeting, as other bodies did, for
mutual improvement, their business was to examine and
reward the inventions and improvements of the ingenious
and industrious. A requisition for a special general meeting,
to be held that day se'nnight, was unanimously agreed to.
The names of the gentlemen who are to succeed
Mr. Alderman Gibbs and Mr. Farncomb, in the office of
Sheriff, is already a subject of conversation in the Corpo-
ration. The gentlemen fixed upon are Mr. Aldermen
Magnay and Mr. Burton, an opulent member of the Com-
mon Council, front Aldersgate Ward.
The Monitorr publishes the names of the pupils
just admitted at tise Ecole Polytechnique. They are 210
in number. The name at the head of the list, which is
drawn up by order of merit, is that of M. Gustave Ed-
mond Bonnet. An English name, that of M. Edward
Phillips, is the eighth ; and another English name, that
of M. Edward Alexander Archdeacon, is the 191st on the
Lst. Of the total number, three are pupils of the Royal
Military School of St. Cyr, and eighteen are privates of
regiments in various branchas of the service.
ENGLISH COMMERCIAL REPUTATION.—In
speaking of the various manufactures and trades carried
on in Egypt, at the present time, Dr. Boring states that
the character of English merchants and English
.. Ens.
lisp mer-
chandisethroughout the East is very big h. An En,
lish word" repre,.ents a pr,o-nige to be fultill,A, and " Eng.
lish manufaeture" is considered a warranty of superiority.
This .opinion goes so far, that English commodities gene-
rally sell in the Levant for something more titan their
average comparative value.