The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-07 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Navigation Committee, with Mr. Walker the en-
gineer, and Mr. Cubitt, the builder,• surveyed last week
the banks of the river above Vauxhall-bridge, and laid
down a line of embankment, which will be the cause of
very extensive improvements to the metropolis.
Thursday next will be the anniversary of the death of
William the Conquerer.
To-day is the anniversary of the birthday of Buffon,
who was born in 1707, and of Dr. Johnson, who was
born in 1709.
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MONEY and COMVIERCIAL NEWS,
CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SEPT. 6.--111 C mar-
ket to• day has been very quiet, the sales amounting to
3,000 bales. Exporters and speculators have mtzde
no
purchases, and prices remain as per Friday's Circulai,
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, SEPT. 6.—We have
to report an extremely limited business in the Share
Market ; the transactions are, Grand Junction, 201 ;
Liverpool and Manchester Quarter Shares, 461.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 6.—The
Share Market has been dull ; prices generally keep
firm :—Manchester and Birmingham, 21 22 per share ;
London and Birmingham, 158 160 ; London and South
Western, 51 52; Stockport Bank, 2i.
There are no later arrivals to-day from any quarter.

THE FUNDS.
Both the English and Foreign Securities opened this
morning without any variation from the closing pri,,e9s
of TesOrday. Consols 89?-, i for Money, and 898 90 for
the Adcount. Exchequer Bills 12 14 prem. .
Spanish Active Stock, 22381 ; Portuguese Five per
Cents., 301 ,i, and the Three per Cents., 181. No busi-
ness doing at present.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. . Paid. : Per Share.
Great Western
Ditto Fifths
Gosport Junction ........... ...... 50' 50i to
RALF-PAST ONE.

The Hambnrgh Mail has arrived with the letterS and
papers of Friday's date. No political news of the least
interest from there. Exchange comes the same. Gold
lower.
Up to the present time there has been scarcely a bar-
gain doing in either the English or Foreign Securities.
Consols are 89i for Money, and 89i for the Ac-
count ;
.Exchequer Bills have declined to 11 13 prem. ;
the Market looking flat.
Spanish Active Stock, 2244 ; Passive 5i ; Austrian
Bonds, 1091 110 ; Venezuela, 29.
In Shares there has been but three transactions; Great
Western has been done at 78i ; Fifths 8 ; Gosport
Junction 50k.

TWO O'CLOCK.

Spanish Active Stock has receded to 22, sellers.
QUARTER TO THREE.
Money in the Stock Exchange seems tighter to-day,
and the Unfunded Debt is lower in consequence,
The feeling of the tea-trade, it was expected, would
have been correctly ascertained to-day by the
manner in which the public sales went off, but
as the holders will not at present make any further re-
duction, considering the decline that has already oc-
curred, quite as much has been done as circumstances
will justify. Scarcely any business has been done, and
a good portion has been withdrawn. We may, therefore,
call the market firmer. _ _ _

Consols Account, 898 00 ; Spanish, 22 *; but little
doing, and no transactions in any of the other Foreign
Funds.

THE MARKETS-THIS DAY.
COLONIAL MARKET.
There was little business done, but holders were firm, and
in prices no variation of moment took place. The imports
were fair.

THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.
The following is a correct list of the Ministerial ap-
poiiitiututs up to lastT night :
HE CABINET.
Leader of the House of Lords, without office—The Duke

of Wellington.
Lord Chancellor—Lord Lyndhurst.
President of the Council—Lord Wharncliffe.
Lord Privy Seal—The Duke of Buckingham. k
First Lord of the Treasury—The Right Hon. Sir Robert
reel, Bart.
First Lord of the Admiralty—The Earl of Haddington.
Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department
—The Right Hon. Sir James Graham.
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs—The
Earl of Aberdeen.
Principal Secretary of State fur the Colonies—The
Right Hon. Lord Stanley.
President of the Board of Trade—The Earl of Ripon.
i President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of
India—Lord Ellenborough.
Cancellor of the Exchequer—The Right Hon. Henry
Goulburn.
Secretary at War—The Right Hon. Sir H. Hardinge.
I Treasurer of the Navy and Paymaster of the Forces—
The Right Hon. Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart.
NOT IN THE CABINET.
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—Tne Ind De Grey.
Irish Secretary—The Right Hon. Lord Elliot.
Postmaster-General—The .Right Hon. Lord Lowther,
with a Peerage.
Master-General of the Ordnance—The Right Hon. Gen.
Sir Geo. Murray.
Chancellor of the Dochy of Lancaster—The Right Hon.
Lord Granville Sowerset.
First Commissioner of Land Revenue—The Right Hon.
the Earl of Lincoln.
Vice-President of the Board of Trade and Master of the
~
Mint—The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
Secretary to the Admiralty—The Hon. Sydney Herbert.
Joint Seeretaries of the Treasury—Sir T. Fremantle,
Bart., and Sir G. Clerk, ,Bart.
Under Secretaries of State for' the Foreign Department
—Viscount Canning and Lora Claude Hamilton.
Under Secretary of State, Colonial Department--
George Wm. Hope, Esq.
Under Secretary of State, Home Department—The
Hon. Charles Manners Sutton' M.P.
Joint Secretaries of the Board of Control—The Hon. F. •
Baring, M.P. and Emerson Tannent, Esq., M.P.
Lords of the Treasury—Col. Percival, M.P., Alexander
Pringle, Esq., M.P., J. Milnes Goskell, Esq.,:M.P. .-
Lords of the Admiralty—Admiral Sir G. Cockburn,
Vice-Admiral Sir Wm. Hall Gage, Captain Sir G. F.
Seymour, the Hon. Captain Gordon, find the, Right
,t, '.
Hon. H. T. Corry.
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Clerk of the Ordnance—Captain Boldero.
Judge Advocate—Dr. Nichol].
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Lord Chamberlain—The Earl De la Warr.
Lord Steward—The Earl of Liverpool.
Master of the Horse—The Earl of Jersey.
Vice-Chamberlain—Lord Ernest Bruce.
Treasurer of the Household—Earl Jermyn.
Lords in Waiting—The Marquis of Ormonde, the Earl.
of Hardwicke, the Earl of Morton, Viscount Sydney,
Lord Byron, Lord Rivers. if
The two other Lords in Waiting will probably be the
Earl of Warwick and the Earl of Courtoun.
The Master of the Buckhounds will probably be the
Bari of Rosslyn.
SUITE OF PRINCE ALBERT. 1°
The Marquis of Exeter, Chief.
Viscount Jocelyn.
The retirements which are known at present are those
of the Earl of Morley and Lord Robert Grosvenor. ,
One of the Lord Justices for conducting the Govern-
ment of Ireland during the temporary absence of a Lord
Lieutenant, is Chief Justice Dogherty. This is the cir-
cuniitance which has probably led an evening Paper into
tli,e error` 4f assign/1v the office of Lord Chancellor of
.irciand to,the Learned Judge.

FROM A CORRESPONDENT.
The Earl De la Warr, to whom an express was for- •
warded by Sir Robert Peel, requesting his attendance,
arrived in town yesterday morning, and shortly after his
arrival the Noble Earl had a lengthened interview with
the Right Hon. Baronet.
Vice-Admiral Sir Wm. Hall Gage, G.C.H., arrived in
town yesterday, and had an interview with Sir Robert •
Peel, Bart. Lord Stuart de Rothesay, Lord Fitzgerald
and Vesey, and Sir Charles Begot, G.C.8., had audiences
of the Right Hon. Premier yesterday morning.
Earl De Grey, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Lyndhurst,
Lord Eliot, and the Right Hon. Sir Henry Harding@
had interviews with their Right Hon. Colleague early in I,
the morning.
The Right Hon. Baronet, after the Cabinet Council at 10
the Foreign-office, gave audiences to the Marquis of
Ormonde, Viscount Powerscourt, Earl of Jermyn, Vis-
count Lake, and the Right Hon. Frederick Shaw.

ELECTION PETITIONS.—There were no less
than 25 election petitions presented last night to the
House of Commons, complaining of undue returns for
the following places :—Cardigan Borough, Cork County,
Kerry, Nottingham Town, Wakefield, Dudley, Wig-
town, Rochester, Athlone, Gloucester City, Dublin Chit
Blackburn, Louth, Tipperary, Lichfield, Southampton
Town, Flint, Newry, Newport, Kinsale, Elgin, So.,
Burghs, Sudbury, Bewdley, Reading, and Penryn and
Falmouth. To-night is the last for receiving election
petitions.
MRS. NORTON AND THE STAGE.—It ic
only echoing report to allude to the whispers that are
afloat respectinc, the intention of the Hon. Mrs. Norton
to adopt the stage as a profession' and make her debut
at Covent Garden. The talent of her family, dramatic
by descent, is favourable to the supposition, coupled with;
other and more powerful causes ; and we have heard
that the lady has qualifications for success of a higher
kind than personal beauty.—Spectator.
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL NEWSPAPERS.
—The following is a summary statement of the number
of newspapers published in the United Kingdom at the
present time, namely,—ln London, daily, 12 ; weekly*,
69 ; monthly, 12 ;at various other periods, 18; total, 111- .
In the Provinces—Bedford, 1 ;Berkshire 3; Buckingham-
shire, 3 ; Cambridgeshire. 3 ; 'Cheshire, 6 ; Cornwall, 5 ;
Cumberland, Es DerbyshirloucesDte 4 ; evonshire, 12
setshire, 4 ; ex, 3 ; Gershire, 13 ; Ramp-
llerei:ordshire, 2 ; Hertfordshire, 2 ; Kent, 12;
Lancashire,
shire, 4
Middlesex,
26 ; Leicestershire, 4 ; Lincolnshire, 5;;
; Monm,;utlishire, 2 ; Norfolk, 3 ; North-
amptonshire, 2 ; NortiLnmberland, 8 ; Nottingham-
shire, 4 ; Oxfordshire, 3 ; Somersetshire, 6 ; Shrop-
shire, 3 ; Staffordshire, 5 ; Suffolk, 5 ; Sussex, 5 ;
Warwickshire, 10 ; Westmoreli:nd, 2 ; Wiltshire, 5 ;
Worcestershire, 5 ; Yorkshire, 27 ; total, 214. In Ire-
land, 70 ; in Scotand, 66 ; and in Wales, 8 ; making ff'
grand total of 469 newspapers.
MOST SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE, IF TRUS•
—We understand that there is a parish in the county of
Down which, almost since the days of St. Patrick, lies
never been without a priest of the name of M'Cartim.---
Bclfast Vindicator.
FOSSIL REMAINS.—A few days ago as some
workmen were employed in digging a trench or drainin
the neighbourhood of Pitcairn-green, Almondbank, thei
discovered the skull of an animal, supposed to belong 9
the ox tribe, probably those which existed wild in Scot
land centuries ago, but which have been long extinct.
The skull measured from between the centre of the
horns to the nose two feet four inches, and the hero
were 16 inches in circumference at their thickest 25,14.;
We understand that the curiosity has been claimed P•Y
Lord Lynedoch, and is now in his Lordship's possession'
—Perth Courier.
LITERARY PROPERTY.—The manuscript Oaf
" Robinson Crueoe" ran through the whole trade, en t
no One would print it. The bookseller who at 3650
bought it cleared 1,000 guineas by it. " Burn's Justice'
was disposed of by its author for a mere trifle, as well 05
" Buchan's Domestic Medicine ;" both of which pro;
duced immense incomes. " The Vicar of Wakefield
(the most delightful novel in our language) was sold for
a few pounds. Dr. Johnson fixed the price of his "Lives
of the Poets" at 200 guineas, by which the bookseller,
in the course of a few years cleared upwards of 25,0001,
Tonson and all his family rode in their carriages wide
the profits of the 5/. epic poem of Milton. Th copy-
right of " Vyse's Spelling-book" sold for 2,000 gminess'
MRS. RAWLES'S CASE.—ALLEGED CASI
OF POISONING AT NEWPORT.—Mr. Rawles,
Newport, having commenced actions against the Coroe
and medical advisers who acted in this case, has addreesp
a printed letter to the inhabitants of Newport, and ifte
public generally, in which his purpose is to disabuse
mind of the public, preliminary to the trial, of the
ous insinuations which have got abroad, and `:;lirili3
or .
might prove detrimental to his own interest that
nephew's. This, however, the exculpatory verdict of
Jury ought sufficiently to do. The action will be ow
at the next Spring Assizes.
A very thin young lady, in a room full of coo,:
pan', exclaimed, " I must retire or I shall melt." 0
dro-elaste spot."go,"aid a Yankee captain, " you'll not make
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PROLIFIC POTATOE. An extraordinary
quantity of potatoes, the production of one root, of tP
golden cup species, was last week dug up from the gar"
den den of Sir Henry Fitzherbert, Bart , of Tissington
in this County, amounting in all to. 160, most (4'l°l-
were fit for use.—Derbyshire Chronicle.
WE
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NTWORTH.HOUSE MENAGERIE.---4".Ath
-„ uip
of an extraordinary nature took place on the 26th u;
illiam
male and .e hasmal e
lama.b ee n forTshoismeantiiremael ins
very
inF tthe menagerie at Wentworth House. The Noble 1-;
possess"
country, and as far as we knew has never bred in s'ifrt;
land bethre, with the exce •of •b 1 ""irl°' ,;(1
ption a pair e
the Karl
of Derby. The female has, however produc
one young one, perfectly white in colour, and health;
red
appearance. This yoxigster, from its rarity, is consider
a great natural curiosity.—Leeds Mercury. Sued The Courrier de Lyon relates that on Sun,ir
evening, about eight o'clock, as the citizens were reAlrua fi
ing into the town from their walks in the meadows „,
woods of the Tete-d'Or, many of them were set lld, t.
by eight or ten ruffians, who with acts of violence roe
vi,
raCe°llin
the men of their purses, and the women of their sh3',,,e
and cloaks, till they excited a resistance which dr.ui;a ,4
them to flight. Only two of them were arrested
delivered up to justice. •arat
There are four things that look very awk%stic,...
in a woman, viz.—To see her undertaking to ivius4 to
to throw a stone at a hog—to smoke a eigar---e-
-,
climb a garden fence. G•
THE LATE HON. LIEUT.-COLONEL Lod •
MOLYNEUX.—The funeral of the above highly-resS
officer took place on Friday last, at Manchester, I" ,
the honours of his profession. The chief mournersrno,
Mr. Charles Molyneux, only child of the late C"___°°-11r.
the Earl of Sefton, brother, and Mr. P. Grenfel at one
C. Townley, brothers-in-law of the deceased. ", the
Wenayss had the superintendence of the whole of
funeral arrangements. Although the spectators eJgc
3,000 they observed the strictest decorum.

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(Signed)

CHARLES ELLIOT,

it is distinctly to be understood, that all natives, in the
actual occupancy of lands, in cultivation, or substantially
built upon, will be constrained to establish their rights,
to the satisfaction of the land officer, and to takeout titles
and have the same duly registered.
In order to accelerate the stablishment, notice is hereby
given that a sale of town allotments, having a
water frontage of yards, and running back
yards, will take place at Macao on the
instant, by which time, it is hoped, plans, exhibiting the
water front of the town, will be prepared.
Persons purchasing town lots will be entitled to pur-
chase suburban or country lots, of square acres
each, and will be, permitted for the present, to choose
their own sites, subject to the approval of the Govern-
ment of the isla'ad.
No run of w•ster to be diverted from its course without
permission of the Government,
(Signed) CHARLES ELLIOT.
Macao, lst May, 1841.—Canton Register.

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CHINA.
%APTAIN ELLIOT AND THE GOVERN:YIENT
OF THE ISLAND OF HONGKONG.
Captain PUBLIC NOTICE.
William Caine, of her Majesty's 26th (or
:ameronian) regiment of infantry, is appointed Chief
1; Ing;strate of the island of Hongkong, pending her
fa• esty's further pleasure, and all persons repairing
tiler are required to respect the authority in him
god, agreeably to the annexed warrant.
(Signed) CHARLES ELLIOT,
Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, chtr.ged with the
government of the island of }long-kong.
WARRANT.
ly Charles Elliot, Esq., her Majesty': Plenipotentiary,
&c. &c., charged with the government of the island of
Hongkong.
• Pending her Majesty's further pleasure, Ido hereby
7 constitute and appoint rtm, William Caine, Esquire,
Captain in her Majesr
• 26th (or Cameronion) regi-
ment of Infantry to b Chief
• .; Magistrate of the island of
Hongkong ; and I to exercise with(' -do further authori3e and require you,
and usages of C ,qty, . according to the laws, customs,
tion of tortur nine, as near as may be (every descrip-
+
u Peace, and 1, a excepted) for the preservation of the
the native w e protection of life and property, over all
boors theme cb-f
nhabitants in the said island, and the har-
And T j" •
case
do further authorise and require you, in any
-
involve ere the crime, according to Chinese law, shall
follow-
-4f ing se,
ale in punishments and penalties exceeding the
th, e severity, to remit the case for the judgment
pii; head of the Government for the time being.
° -ale :—lmprisonment, with or without, hard labour,
for more than three months ; or penalties
exceeding 400 dollars.
Corporal punishment exceeding 100 lashes.
Capital punishment:
And I do further require you, in all cases followed by '
sentence or infliction of punishment, to keep a record,
containing a brief statement of the case, and copy of the
sentence.
And I further authorise and require you, to exerc;.se
Magisterial and police authority over all persons w'itit-
ever (other thaanatives of the island, or persons si,bjeet
to the Mutiny Act,
11leenaLth°f the or to the general law for the govern_
fleet), who shall be found c jmmitting
isrland. es of the
1, peace, on shore or in the har',,ours of this
time
to, otriurae.ches of any regulation to I-.,e issued from
tom a this• Government, aeee-Aling to the cus-
As.ndn-`,ll#.lges of British police lay,
Poses here
"i) hereby authorize y, for the police par-
before specified. to arrest, detain, discharge,
and Pilnisl,. such offender, ace.ording to the principles and
AP
,1 it general British police law.
Ala persons, sul.;ject to the Mutiny Act, or the
general
.law for the government of the fleet, found coin-
mittin
the'r g police• or other offences, shall be handed over to
Al Pr oper military superiors for punishment.
i""r Ido further authorize and require you, to de-
. safe custody any person whatever found com-
p— tv ig crimes and offences within the Government of
3 ti/ ;kong, amounting to felony, according to the law of
Z 1,141 and; forthwith reporting your proceedings herein,
f 7 (4 the grounds thereof, to the head of the Government
in t he time being. And for all your lawful proceedings
t 1 to premises, this warrant shall be your sufficient pro-
tect'. .on and authority.
_,C riven under myl hand and seal, office at Macao, this
"iv tieth day of April, in the year 1841.

PUBLIC NOTICE AND DECLARATION;
Arrangements having been made for the permanent
eupation of the island of Hongkong, it tas become
cessary to declare the principles and e;:inditions upon
Which allotments of land will be made, pending her
3,1 ejesty's further pleasure.
With a view to the reservation to the Crown of as
3,:tensive a control over thr.l lands as may be compatible
with the immediate progress of the establishment, it is
now declared that the ',umber of allotments to be dis-
posed a?, from time to time, will be regulated with due
regard to the actual public wants.
It will be a condition of each title, that a building, of
a certain value, hereafter to be fixed, must be erected,
within a reasonable period of time, on the allotments ;
and the re will be a general reservation of all her Ma-
jesty's •rights.
Penedng her Majesty's further measure, the lands will
be allotted according to the principles and practice of
Britisli law, upon the tenure of quit-rent to the Crown.
Eac h allotment to be put up at public auction, al a
certai n up-set rate of quit-rent, and to 'be disi)osed, of to
the h!,ghest bidder. But it is .tngaged,, upon tke part of
her 3 lajesty's Government, that persons 4,,aking land
upon these terms shall have the privilege of.purchasing
in freehold (if that tenure shall hereafter be offered by
her Majesty's Government) or of continuing to hold
upon the original quit-re-at, if that condition be better
liked.
All arrar.gements with natives for the cession of
lands, in cultivation, 01: substintially built upon, to be
made on 13; through ar. officer deputed by the Government
of the is'iand ; and no title will be valid, and no occu-
pancy respected, unless the person claiming shall hold
under an instrument granted by the Government of the
island, of which due registry must be made in the Go-
vernment office.

EGYPT.
ADDRESS OF THE 13RITISH MERCHANTS OF
ALEXANDRIA T.O HIS HIGHNESS MEHE-
MET ALI, VICI,2OY OF EGYPT.
The mer chants ,Jf Great Britain, resident in Alex-
andria, have wittresr,ed with unspeakable satisfaction the
re-establisl c.f their national flag, and the resump-
tion of ul restricted amicable relations between their
Governor ant an d your Highness.
On ret arnio g to their national protection they hasten
to lay b eforc: your Highness the sincere expression of
their g certitude for the protection which your Highness
has ar.orded to their persons and property during the
past of political affairs.
Iri time gone by they have witnessed the sincerity of
S'o'ar Highness's wishes for their well-being, and the
efficacy of the protection afforded to them by your High-
ness's Government, in occasions of trou and possible
irritation ; and they reposed in the seeu!! offered them
lby the enlighten ad and generous character of your
Highness.
They have eno,eavoured, on their part, by a well-regu-
lated and inoffe'
.isive behaviour, to merit your highness's
confidence.
They have now to express their earnest good wishes
for the pros'rrity of your Highness, and for the welfare
of the peer whom God has committed to your care ;
and they tr ust that the friendly ties that bind your High-
nessne to eir own country, to the advantage of both, may
ragain be severed.

PAJELTY NEGLECT OF THE LATE

MINISTERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR —I have read, with much satisfaction, your article
nn Sat urday's Sun, on the mismanagement of the leaders
.of the late Ministry, which contributed so much to the
downf; dl of their Government. But you might have car-
ried your case much further, because I have reason to
believe that the personal demeanour of those leaders has
been v( lry far from satisfactory to their political sup-
porters.. Men like civility in political as well as social
life, an d that cheap commodity was too often wanting, I
fear, on their part. Lord John Russell's coldnessand
reserve may be partly constitutional and, doubtless are
are
so, but they sometimes savour strongly
rznrlstteoc,ratic
hauteur, and I believe some of tsuboo
rather ns )torious for their brusquerie. Not having been
in the la it Rarliament, I cannot speak from v:z-rsonal ex-
perience or observation of what then took place ; but the
complain Its I have heard are fully borne out by what I
have sees z as a new Member of the present House. I
believe I shall only speak the general feeling of the new
Liberal )lembers when I say that the most of them on
entering t Ile House on this occasion have been treated with
entire neglect by the leaders of their party. On ap-
Troaching • the House, for the first time, no person was to
be found belonging to that party to offer them the
slightest i nformation or assistance in respect to the forms
of the Hot ise,-or the ceremony of taking their seats, nor
any one to greet them with the faintest welcome. For
my own -pa rt, happening to know several of the old Mem-
bers, and s, pine of the late Government, I experienced,
myself, no )baconvenience from this neglect ; but I know
some who did, and who felt it perhaps more keenly than
they chose to express. What was the case on the
other side of the House ? Let those who observed the
activity 'And studied attention of Sir T. F—, and above
all, th'Jse who experienced his courtesy and kindness,
answer the question.
Sept. 6, 184.1.

A GOOD STORY.—One day, a sturdy peasant,
fin the environs 'of Evreux, was at work in the fields
amidst storm and rain, and went home in the evening,
thoroughly tired, and drenched to the skin. He was
/liet at the houSe-door by his'iOvilig wife, who had been
at home all day.' "My dear;" aid she, " it' has . been
raining so-hard-that -I could -riot fetch_ water,., and so I
have not been able to make T,rou any soup. As you are
tvet through, I shall be obliged to -you to fetch me a
'couple of buckets of water ; you vvillnot.get-any wetter."
The argument was striking "; so the'Mari took the buckets
and fetched some water fi.om the well, which was at a
considerable distance. Oa reaching the house he found
his wife comfortably seat 3,d by the fire ; there, lifting one
bucket after the other, 1-,.e poured both over his kind and
considerate partner. " Now, wife," said he, " you are
(Mite as wet as I am, .3o you may as well fetch water for
Yourself ; you can't get any wetter."—Excursions in
Normandy.
The &rounds of the petition against Sir Thomas
Winnington's return for Bewdley arise from fourteen
persons in the Fair Forest having voted for Sir T. E.
Winningti,u,,y.ho had no k,).al right to do so, inasmuchns .
they resale in a detached part of the parish of Ribbes-
tord, which has been recently discovered to. form no
tart of .the, Parliamentary borough. —Kidderminster
afeliger•

STATE OF THE WEATHER AND

THE CROPS.
(FROH THE LATEST PAPERS.)
We have had a good deal of sunshine this week, but
rainy weather, especially at night, has predominated ;
and much of the crop is in a very precarious state.
There is a considerable quantity cut on early farms, but
the harvest will not be general for at least a fortnight
hence.---Aberdeen Herald.

The weather is still unpropitious, and reaping has
been considerably retarded, even where it had already
begun. Wheat and oats seem late. The former is evi-
dently i'ar from productive in grain, though sufficiently
bulky in straw.—Edinburgh Chronicle.

The fine weather towards the conclusion of last week
considerably advanced the ripening of the crops in this
district. The week commenced propitiously on Monday,
but it rained during the whole of Tuesday. This state
of the weather did not prevail far to the south; but in the
west there must have been heavy rains, as the river has
since come down much swollen. On Wednesday the
cutting was recommenced, and there is now a consi-
derable portion of the fields in the neighbourhood cut
down. The report of the crops is much more favour-
able than was anticipated a few weeks ago. The winter
wheats are spoken of as likely to turn oat remarkably
well ; barley also is a fair crop, but oats are likely to be
deficient.—Berwick Advertiser.

We have had, generally spes'Aing, fine, though rather
threatening weather for the ,ast week. For the last ten
days the glass is at change4ble, though the rain has not
descended. This is a 'A-torious harvest day. But, not-
withstanding these favourable prospects, we shall be
obliged in Dublin% and throughout Ireland generally, to
eat foreign wheal principally for the next twelve months,
as we have -PA' the last.—Dublin Post.
The weather since our last has still shown a -prepon-
derance of moisture, but favourable intervals ham oc-
curred, and a pretty good breadth of wheat and oats has
been c•at down. We are glad to learn that the fields ge-
nerP:dy in this district are stooking well. Ad-
ver.liser.

Since our last, the weather has remained unbroken,
and the harvest has made rapid progress.—Edinburgh
Courant.

Great progress has been made in the saving of the
harvest, the accounts of the state of which in these dis-
tricts are much more favourable than bad been looked for
some three or four weeks since.—Cork Reporter.
HANTS AND SOUTHERN COUUTIES.—SiDefi our last
report the weather has been exceedingly fine, and the
harvest has proceeded without interruption. Nearly
the whole of the wheat, and a considerable portion V.
barley and oats, have been saved, and with the colnu-
ance of a few days fine weather the great IRO!: of the
crop will be secured without any material "injury. In
the neighbouring counties the crops are Plioken most fa-
vourably of, and although in Wilts, J;orset, Gloucester,
&c., they are not in the state of for.vardness that we are,
the harvest is progressing sltisfPittorily, and promises a
fair average, both in quanta: and quality.—Harnpshire
Advertiser.

THE LATE *THUNDER STORM.
Last evening
(:..ays the Hampshire Advertiser of Satur-
day) one of th',-; most fearful storms, for the short time of
its duratior, we ever witnessed, occurred. The sails of
vesse'o7ere shivered to ribbands; boats swamped, houses
ls
Par.t?.ily unroofed, trees torn up by their roots, and land
tv.d water exhibiting in a few minutes only, an extensive
scene of desolation. We have witnessed several heavy
storms here, but they all fall into insignificance when
compared with this. It lasted just one hour. To detail
a twentieth part of the damage done would occupy a
column. The great tree at the Deanery, and one in
Three-field-lane a ere torn out of the ground ; the streets
are sprinkled with tiles, and the water with wreck. The
Ariadne yacht, while her sails were being furled, had
two men washed overboard, but with enormous exertion
they were saved ; the gig was upset ; a brig brought up,
but before the sails could be got in they were shivered
to ribantls ; a vessel is sunk off Chapel Wharf, and we
have just received the distressing intelligence of a fisher-
man's boat having swamped off Calshot and four lives
lost. The whole district is one scene of frightful devas-
tation, not a house has escaped, and all accomplished in
less than an hcnr.
On Friday evening last we were visited by a storm of
thunder and lightning, which lasted upwards of an hour.
The lightning was awfully vivid, and the thunder peals
r..imost continuous. We have not heard of any serious
damage having been thui occasioned.--Salisbury Journal.
THUNDER 'STcaut.—;Yesterday afternoon, between
four and five o'cloCk, \v were visited by a terrific storm
of thunder and lightning, accompanied by torrents of
rain. The peals of thunder shook many buildings to
their foundations.—Dover Chronicle of, aturday.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
WATERLOO-BRIDGE REGATTA.
The annual scullers' contest amongst the watermen
plying on the Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge, for some
prizes given by the inhabitants of St. John, Lambeth,
came off yesterday. The first heat consisted of C. Col-
lier (white), H. Caston (pink), T. Eyre (blue) ; and
the distance in this as in the other heats, from Waterloo-
bridge, round a boat moored off Maudsley's factory,
down to Corry's roads, and up to "Waterloo-bridge to
finish. The first heat was won by white and pink. Im-
mediately after this W. Watts (green),. H. Barrow (yel-
low), and C. Stevens (red), went away for the second
heat. It was won by Watts and Barrow. A little after
six, the two first men of each of the preceding heats
started for the third and grand heat. They went away
well together ; but after a few strokes Watts took the
lead, closely followed by Barrow, in which order they
came in, Watts winning by five or six lengths. Collier
did not row the entire distance. The match was very
indifferently attended.

LAMBETH FISHERMEN'S REGATTA.
A very pretty and highly-interesting rowing and sail-
ing-match took place yesterday, amongst the very in-
dustrious and hard-working fishermen of Lambeth, who
work in peter-boats. The contest was for a purse of
sovereigns given by the ladies and gentlemen of St.
Mary, Lambeth, and the vicinity, and it was most nume-
rously attended. Just before four o'clock the following
took their places for the start off Goding's brewery' :
Favourite, Dunkley, blue cross ; Lass of Gowrie, J.
Stubbs, blue; Mary Anne, James Grant, green; Brothers,
C. Miney, red ; Industry, R. Hearn, tri-colour ; King
of the Coblers, W. Hosier, red cross ; Surprise, T.
Hatherill, pink ; Brotherly Love, J. Webb, white ; Per-
severance, W. Darnham, yellow ; Happy-go-Lucky, S.
Perry, red cross, white ground ; Success, J. Perry,
red star.

As they got under way the little fleet presented a very
pretty appearance, with their main and fore sails set.
The King of the Coblers took the lead, but lost it in
less than a quarter of a mile. The wind was easterly up
the reach of the water, and Happy-go-Lucky soon took
the first place, and the Lass of Gowrie shortly after took
the second. The distance-boat was moored off the new
Tivoli Gardens, in the upper part of Battersea, and
Happy-go-Lucky first rounded, followed by the Lass of
Gowrie, Mary Anne, and the Brothers. As the wind
had died away, the whole party took to their oars, and a
smart contest ensued between the three first boats. The
King of the Coblers came in first, Happy-go-Lucky se-
cond, the Brothers third.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—DEATH OF
A CLERGYMAN BY DROWNING.-ENNISKILLEN, WED
NESDAY.—A messenger arrived here express from Bun
doran, bringing the melancholy tidings of the death by
drowning of the Rev. Felix Keon, P.P. of Ballibay, and
formerly curate of Enniskillen. On Monday, about three
o'clock, he and the Rev. Mr. Maguire, parish priest of
Maguiresbridge, and the Rev. Mr. O'Reilly, parish priest
of Lowtherstown, went to bathe at the Boat-quay of Bun-
doran ; they all leaped in, and the tide being at ebb,
they were carried out to sea. A fisherman fro:i the
',.
shore observing their danger put off; and si' seeded in
rescuing two of the reverend gentlemen
; ut the virtuous
priest and pure patriot of Balhbay never reached the
were used to restore anima-
shore alive. Every means
tion, but unhappily without -..:lfect. His demise has cast
a gloom over the mhabltants of this town, where he was
well known and much admired for his many virtues.—
Morning Regiskr.

---
JJETER.:AINED SUICIDE OF A Boy.--Yester-
day afternoon an inquest was held at the Bird-cage,
Bira-cage-walk, Hackney-road, before Mr. Baker. on the
body of James Herridge, aged 17, of No. 19, Crabtree-
row, Bethnal-green. James Herridge. a carman, said
that the deceased, his son, had been lately employed
at a fancy-trimming-manufactory, in Bunhill-row, St.
Luke's. He had been in a very melancholy state for
the last fortnight, and not so attentive to his work as for-
merly. On Monday week last deceased was told to buy
some bread in the City-road as he returned home, but
instead of doing so he spent the money (two shillings),
and
mor en mg aoi
fn et dh
eout
week all night.
until
Saturday Deceased
Ia s leftthomeh e
n witnessvery
told him to return in the evening and bring his wages
with him. At about seven o'clock the same morning de-
ceased was found in a room
.adjoining his bed-room sus-
pAefntedredhebrlatdhaehnseecoknfittei.davfiz the wall, and quite dead.
money on Monday, he
was found by the police thewandering about Upper Clapton,
and being apparently destitsuttre6e.ey_took him before the
Magistrates at Worship-
r''ather amusing statement of the majority
t Verdict—Temporary
appeared in the
insaAnit
against Ministers on the recent division,
third edition of a York newspaper last Saturday
acvsehningf.
The result of the debate had been p:ninet,edthoen
caper, and pasted upon a paragraph in one of thenceoxlitiplinoes
of the journal ; and, after duly announcing that the
select
for twelve
ma-
jority against Ministers was,6to ninety-one,"
imprisoned
months."
THE they were
THE BRITISH QUEEN STEAM-SHip.__This
splendid
partyof steamergentlem esnaillevden)t'esitnerhdaeyr foonr
aAvnit:ivtetrop.
Belgium.
Theßritish Theßritish and American Steam Company have, his said,
received for her the sum of 60,0001. from the Belgian Go-
vernment. For the President the same Company received
upwards. of 70,0001. from the mulerwriters. The losses
sustained by the Company since its establishment are
supposed not to be leis than 80,0001. nor more than
100,000/.--Li.eeDy.t.AlGion of Monday.
SUDDEN,,DEATII OF J. JOHNSTON) ESQ.,
THE LATF,...LHEMBER FOR CLARE.—This gentleman ex-
pired ..at his apartments, in Bury-street, St.
4Arlies's; on SatUrday evening last, it is supposed from
"affection Of the heart. At the inquest held before Mr.
Higgs on the body yesterday, the Jury returned a ver-
dict of" Died by the visitation of God."
STETTIN, AUGUST 30 —The weather con-
tinuing to be fine and dry, very little.bas deen doing in
our corn market since Friday.
The Smyrna Journal statitS;''tht, according to
the returns made up at the British Consulate, the num-
ber of houses destroyed by the late fire4had been ascer-
tained to amount to 7,284, and the total loss 125,850,000
piastres.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

This theatre opened last night for the winter season
at a time of year somewhat earlier than it has hitherto
been the custom for the great theatres to commence ope-
rations. We think, however, Madame Vestris has shown
her usual excellent judgment in commencing the cam-
paign thus early. In consequence of the scenes which
are now in the course of performance on the political
stage, London is unusually full, while the number of
theatres now open is unusually small, even for this time
of the year ; and as it must necessarily be some time be •
fore Drury-lane can open for dramatic performance,
not only will Madame have the field to herself, for a
much longer time than she would have had had
she deferred the opening of the theatre to the usual pe-
riod, but the public will have acquired the habit of going
to Covent-garden—a matter of more importance to the
well-being of a theatre than the uninitiated can imagine.
Madame takes the field this year in great force, with one
of the strongest companies for comedy we ever recollect
to have seen collected within the walls of a theatre. It
is true that Keeley, Aml:ason, and Mrs. Brougham are
no longer members ef,
garden ; but anio-_,g th the corps dramatigue of Covent-
e reinforcements which the com-
pany have rep; „Ived during the recess are Oxberry,Walter
Lacy, Mrs:tiT.West, Mrs. Glover, and Miss Murray, so that
the ccinedy force of the company has been strengthened
by the changes which have taken place. In the operatic
department the only change of consequence is the en-
gagement of Mr. Clement White in the room of Mr.
Binge as second tenor. The piece-chosen for the open-
ing was A Midsummer Night's Dream, produced in the
same splendid style as last season. The only change
of importance in the cast was the substitution
of Oxberry for Keeley, as Flute, the bellows-
mender. Oxberry's quaint manner and shrill voice
told excellently in this part, and elicited roars of laugh-
ter. At the fall of the curtain Madame Vestris was
loudly called for, and was led in by Bartley. On her
appearance, the pit (a bumper) rose to greet her, and she
retired amidst the waving of hats and handkerchiefs,
accompanied by the most enthusiastic expressions of con-
gratulation and applause. Between the play and the
after-piece the national anthem was sung by. the whole
company, the solo parts being sustained by Miss Rain-
forth, Madame Vestris, and Mr. W. Harrison. The
evening's amusement concluded with The Critic, in
which the pungency of Farren, as Sir Fretful, and the
bustle and whim of Charles Mathews, as Puff, kept the
audience in a continual roar. The house was exceed-
ingly well filled, and everything seems to promise a
prosperous season. "