The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-03 00:00:00

Pope. Last night an extraordinary courier of the Ca- 1
binet of Turin brought the news. The enthusiasm caused
by ti tie 'very important step in Italian nationality is ex-
tree •rdinary, and our Government has most willingly
adopted the proposal. This morning the Pope, on his
' ra:Tan from the University, where he had distributed
medals to the students, was waited upon by the Marquis
Pareto, the Sardinian Minister, and had a two hours'
conference 'with him. The Pope on entering the Uni-
vaes?..ty bestowed much praise on the civic guard that re-
ceive,d him. He harangued the students with great ani-
mrstion. saying they were the hopes and support of their
eoun'ay, exhorted them to study, and repeated to them
&ha promise of persevering with an undaunted step in the
path of reform."
The same journal has the following from Bologna,
also dated the 23d ult.:— . .

NOTICE.
URINE'S HISTORY OF THE LANDED posed to favour the policy ventured upon by the
Holy Father, and Bavaria will certainly not prove
GENTRY.
The NINTH and CONCLUDING PART of the New Issue of this
important National Work appeared on the Ist of September, arid inimical to his endeavours. Even France, where
Subscribers are recommended to complete their Sets immediately, to the sway of the northern despots has been latterly
prevent disappointment, as the parts will not long continue to be evoking a mongrel authority—half democratic and
sold separately.
The ADDITIONAL VOLUME forming a SUPPLEMENT to all
Editions that have been published of this work, and which will con- i
half tyrannic—has found itself in too hazardous a
tale Five or Six Hundred New Families, will be ready in October ; position to combine against the PONTIFF. If
and It is therefore particularly requested that all further additions or we may credit the rumour that his Majesty
corrections may be transmitted to tte Author without the least delay.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Ma rlborouiA-street the KING of the FRENCH has placed
10,000 stand of arms at the disposal
of Pius IX., and if we may credit the sincerity of
M. GUIZOT, when he declared that it was the bounden
duty of the European Governments to afford assist-
ance to the POPE in the extraordinary labour he had r,,D
dertaken—" C'est donc," says the Minister, "de Vf.raoir
de tons les Gouvernements et de toutes les natio-as Eu-
ropennes, de pr4ter leur appui a cette teiche tlifficile et
sublime que le Pape s'est donnee"—we rau,,,t believe
that France, even France, is prepared tc, afford assist-
ance to Italian patriotism, and anot'ner obstacle to
Austrian avarice. Spain and Portage:l, though inca-
pable of aiding the Romans, are., from their reli-
gious predilections and their political aspira-
tions, allied to Pius IX, in spirit and inten-
tion. Shall England alone remain supine when
the battle fcr freedom is about to be fought .by the
people of that Eternal City from which she herself
first imbibed the sweets of civilization ? Shall
England alone remain unmoved when Italy is fight-
ing against her oppressors—when, with heart or
hand, the Sovereign PONTIFF is supported by Prussia,
by Sardinia, by Tuscany, by Belgium, by Spain, by
Portugal, ar.d even by France ? It is impossible.
Under any circumstances it would be improbable, but
it is absolutely impossible that such should be the
case while the administration of our foreign affairs is
under the guidance of Lord PALMERSTON.

DEDICATED TO THE ttoYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
Now ready, in 2 vols. pot Svo., with a Portrait of the Author,
Map, and other Illustrations, 21s. bound,
TRAVELS IN WESTERN AFRICA,
In 1845-46 ;
Comprising a Journey from Whydah, through the Kingdom of
Dahomey, to Adofoodiab, in the Interior.
By JOHN DUNCAN,
Late of the Ist Life Guards, and one of the late Niger Empedition.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.
(Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty)

" The universal desire of the citizens has been acceded
to. The Pope prepares for defence. Troops constantly
arrive, and are distributed in three points of observa-
tion ; one of the defile of St. Gallo, by the Reno, on the
road from Bologna to Ferrara ; the second at Castel
Franco, between Bologna and Modena ; the last at the
defile of Bastia, by the Reno, near Argenta. Forli and
Ancona are two more centres of operation, for the con-
centration of troops, forming a line of observation along
the Adriatic. All the intermediate towns between Bo-
logna and the two former are defended by the National
Guard, already in active service, and inspired with the
greatest enthusiasm."

LAND AGENCY OR, STEWARDSHIP.
A Person, experienced in all the departments of his profession
as an Agent and a Steward, who is most highly recommended, who
has ample security at his command, and who has obtained the First
Prize from one of the chief societies in England for improvements, is
open for an engagement.
Messrs. Tyaz, solicitors, 13, Beaufort-
Apply to G. G., care of the
buildings, Strand, London.
Sept. 1, 1847.

LA It C Ft and other TIMBER TO SELL.
scorr BROTHERS. of Belfast, Ireland, have on SALE,
the LARCH a•id other T OLDER of a Forest of 300 Acres, the dell-
liveries of which will be within two miles of a shipping port, and
where there are two saw mills.
Belfast, September 1, 1547.

Madrid papers of the 27th ult. have arrived.
General NARVAEZ, who had arrived on the morn-
ing of that day, was to have an interview with the
QUEEN in the afternoon.
The Faro gives the following as likely to be
members of the new Cabinet :—DoNoso CoaTEs,
TIDAL, ARRAZOLA, SARTORIUS, ORLANDO, SANTIL-
LAN, OLIVAN, ROCA DE TAGORES, SEIJAS, RIOS,
RosAs, BENAVIDES, and MAZARREDO.
In the course of the morning NARVAEZ had had
conferences with Pacasco, BENAVIDES, and BA-
IIAMONDE. It was said that PACHECO would be ap-
appointed Ambassador to Rome.
MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 27.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 261 for cash; the Five per Cents. at
117 i, and the Coupons at 15.

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THIS EVENING
Will be present,ol RORY O'MORE. Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson;
Kathleen, Woolgar. Other characters by Messrs. Paul Bed-
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Ferdnand, Mr. Iles
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D'Es itnnego, 31r. B. llonner ; Isabel, s
Mrs. IL Vining ; Carlo, Mrs.
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The manifesto, nominally addressed by Lord G
BENTINCK to the electors of King's Lynn, on the
24th of July last, but really directed to the various
constituencies throughout the whole country, with a
view of influencing the elections in behalf of the Pro-
tectionists, and also intended as an answer to the
masterly exposition and vindication of his policy
put forward by the late Premier in the Tam-
worth address, attracted considerable attention at the
time of its publication. The folly and absurdity of
the chief arguments contained therein were unspar-
ingly exposed, and freely commented on by ourselves
and many of our fellow-labourers in the good cause.
These notices were, however, to a certain ex-
tent limited. Sufficient space could not be
devoted by a public journalist to follow the
Noble Lord through the imposing array of figures
with which his prolix and verbose epistle
was crammed ; sufficient fallacies were apparent, even
on his own showing, to render the task of proving
that they did not warrant the deductions he attempted
to draw therefrom by no means a difficult one. The
able statesman against whose course of policy the
arguments were directed did not condescend to notice
the puny attack. He felt that he might safely let it
go forth to the public without observation or com-
ment on his pert, well assured that no misunderstand-
mg either as to his character or motives, or as to the
great results of the free-trade measures he had carried
through the Legislature, could be thereby occasioned
in any save the wilfully blind—in those who would
not be enlightened, no matter how convincing the
proofs that might be adduced and palpable the deduc-
tions. The vast advantages of free trade are now too
well understood by the people generally. It has too fully
verified the predictions of its advocates, and borne too
I well the tests to which it was subjected, to suppose
it possible that it could be in any degree injured, or
the faith of its votaries shaken by such flimsy argu-
ments as those with which it was assailed by the
champion of monopoly.
A gentleman, who writes under the signature
of " Plain Facts," was, however, resolved not to
let the gallant Protectionist thus escape. He has
taken the several details of his letter, and given to
each the most clear and satisfactory answers. He
has assumed the arms of the enemy, and met statis-
tics by statistics, and figures by figures ; indeed, a
more complete refutation of every point put forward
by the Noble Lord could not be desired than is con-
M"answer to his Address, by Plain Facts,"
which has just appeared, and which we heartaty com-
mend to the public notice. The commencement is a
defence of Sir R. PEEL against the charges
of incon,istency preferred against him. He
-lows that there was one thing wanting
to give importance to the powerful argu-
ments of those who advocated the most unre-
stricted freedom of trade. They *anted facts and
statistics to illustrate the truth of their doctrines ;
their reasoning was of the clearest character, their
theories apparently based on truth, but experience
was wanting as to the practical results, and some
uncertainty must prevail with respect thereto until
they were actually tested thereby. Sir R. PEEL, on
his accession to power, began the series of measures
that supplied the requisite data. He reduced the
duties on many articles of general consumption, and
totally repealed it on others—amongst the rest,
cattle, sheep, meat, and other descriptions of human
food, formerly prohibited, were admitted free, not only
without opposition from, but with the sanction and
assistance of Lord G. BENTINCK himself, and the success
of these experiments naturally led to the great and
final act of his Ministry—the abolition of all pro-
tective imposts (every duty henceforward being
collected for purposes of revenue alone), to which
the measures of former years all directly tended: It
would, indeed, be but a false consistency that would
lead even a private Member of Parliament, much less
a Minister of the Crown, entrusted with the destinies
of a great nation, to act against his honest convictions,
Ind to persevere in an erroneous course, of the im-
policy and injurious consequences of which he had
been convinced by recent circumstances.
The argument that there could have been no
scarcity in Ireland, and that therefore the free im-
portation of corn was not required on that account,
because there had been large importations of grain,
flour, oatmeal, cattle, and swine from that country to
England during the first six months of 1846, is well
met by "Plain Facts." Ile reminds the Noble Lord
that flour and meat are rarely, if ever, articles
of diet within the reach of the poorer classes in Ire-
land, and, in confirmation of his views, he cites re-
turns from official documents, showing that even in
the last six months of 1846, and the first three months
of 1847, a period during which the frightful reality
could not be controverted or denied, a very large
quantity of the same description of provisions were im-
ported from the sister island. He also shows the vari-
ous means by which the famine, or perhaps we should
say, the great ecarcity, in that year was obviated,
and amongst others that, from the sth of Jul), 1845,
to the sth of July, 1846, there were entered for
home consumption 255,853 quarters of Indian corn,
and 87,734 cwt. of Indian meal, the whole of which
latter took place in the first six months of 1846 ;
while in 1844 the whole amount of Indian corn
entered for consumption was but 38,711 qrs., and no
Indian meal. And taking the commissariat estimate
furnished to Parliament, he shows that that quantity
of corn and meal would have fed 690,800 persons
from 15 to 60 years of age for four months. He
also shows the gradual diminution in the exportation
of oatmeal, the description of food chiefly made use
of with Indian corn, on the failure of the potato,
during the six months selected by Lord
GEORGE for the purposes of his argument—
that in January being 118,251 cwt., . and in
June 25,731 cwt. only ; and that the general impor-
tation of oats and oatmeal in 1844 was greatly above
that of any other species of provisions. We regret
our space does not allow us to go through this ad-
mirable pamphlet; we are convinced, however, that
it will receive from all interested in such subjects the
attentive perusal which it so well merits. There are
few who may not receive much useful information
from its pages.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.
The National has the following observations on. the
rumours which we mentioned yesterday, of another
Peer of France having committed a murder :
" The Patrie, in explanation of one of the reports
which we mentioned this morning, expresses itself in the
following terms :--4 Since yesterday public attention has
been absorbed by a report that a prince of the empire,
h 0 is a Peer of France, has assassinated a young per-
son with whom he maintained intimate relations.' As-
sassinated ! The word is grave, and after the horrible
event which still occupies every mind, it would suggest
some drama of a similar nature. No, the princes of the
empire are not yet so far advanced as the dukes of the
ancien regime. If the details which have been repeated
to us are accurate, the Peer of France to whom allusion
has been made was not so determined in his attack on
his victim. It is true that she was a woman, and that
this woman had been extremely kind to him, and that,
in a fit of passion, he stabbed her with a knife. That
person was an Indian woman, much older than the
Prince. He had, it was said, brought her from India,
where he hail passed tour or five years. It was thought,
she was dead, Lot she was only wounded, and, as a Peer
of France cannot be arrested even when detected in the
commiss:on of a crime, the Prince, we are assured, em-
barked for Eegland. The affair, as may be seen, is but
of little importance, but, nevertheless, we live in a period
when it is not well to sufrwr such accusations against a
Peer to be circulated. If the officers of justice have not
taken cognizance of the matter, the police ought to be
informed of it. If the fact be false, it will be contra-
dicted ; if it be true, an explanation will, no doubt, be
given of the delay in commencing judicial proceedings
that has occurred." _ _ .

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THIS EVENING
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rnent, arious modes of equestration.
To covelude ALESSANDRO MASSARONI.
: ige listnAger, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.

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The Bri'it h Army and Navy Quadrilles each Evening.
Represe of alien of StIAKSPERE'i BIIT,I-PLACE.
On Monday.., Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Evenings.
'the celebra red Bad of the Establishment, selected from the
Q Priva z Band, the Coldstreams, and the elite of M. Jullien's
B.Lnd, will car form a Grand Selection •)f Ancient and Modern Music,
and Jullien's .N.rmy and Navy Quadrilles; oaylight Vlcw of Gib-
raltar. Sple wild Menagerie. Shakspere'a I:irth PI ace , from Draw-
ings by Alfrs.ll Crown:till. Conziuding with the Siege of Gibraltar.
Feed, g t".e Anima a at Five; Concert at Six ; Fireworks, at Niue
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Adinsslon to the whole, Ogle Shilling.

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The Peer of France above alluded to is the Prince
of ECK:KUHL, the son of Marshal DAVOUST, and the
young woman whom he attempted to assassinate was
brought by him from India, in which he had passed
some time. The crime was, it is said, committed
whilst the Prince was in a state of furious jealousy.
Though a Peer of France, the Prince is under the
control of what is called a conseil judiciare, a person
appointed by his family with the sanction of the tri-
Luna!, to prevent him from squandering away the
remains of his fortune, his prodigality having rendered
such an appointment necessary.
According to the Patric, the eldest son of the
Duke and Duchess DEPstasust,:a youth of seventeen,
driven mad by the misfortunes of his family, has
committed suicide.
The same journal contains the following announce-
ment, for which, however, we believe there is no
foundation :
.. Tr is said that the Council held on Sunday, and at
which the King assisted, resolved uo bft i 1 ti .s 4.1t**...1“, * * .
the coast of Italy, in case the Austrians should refuse 1
to evacuate Ferrara. It would appear that the English
did not confine themselves to a mere menace, and that
their fint is en route for the Italian coast. It was even
assumed this evening that the English vessels lately seen
off Otranto had effected a landing near Ancona. This
intelligence, fully believed at the moment we were going
to,press, produced a lively sensation.", . ..
That the energetic conduct of the Porn and of the
King of SARDINIA, backed by the strong language of
the whole of the French press, has forced M. GUIZOT
to be more respectful in his language when speaking
of the Italian Liberals, is evident from the following
article published in the Revue des Deux Mondes,
which contrasts strongly with that of the Journal des
Dibats :
" In a letter addressed to a personage well known for
his liberal principles and his devotion to the person of
King Charles Albert, that Prince formally condemned
the occupation of Ferrara. The King subsequently re-
peated the expression of his discontent in presence of
several members of the corps diplomatique, and particu-
larly the Nuncio of the Holy See, Monsignor Antonucci,
to whom he offered the support of Piedmont against the
exigencies of Austria. That determination was in-
spired by M. de la Villamarina, the Minister of War,,
and the Duke of Savoy, who, although married to
an Austrian Princess, constituted himself, on this
occasion, the organ of the wishes of the nation.'
Nevertheless, it does not appear that any official step
has yet been taken, and it is not certain, as stated by
the journals, that a note in that sense had been
addressed to the Cabinet of Vienna, although a very
angry polemique between the Piedmontese Gazette and
the official journal of Milan hal roused the hopes of the
people of Turin. The agitation in Piedmont is very
great, particularly in the army, which is an important
symptom in the eyes of those who know the methodical
and cool character of the Piedtmntese. This attitude of
Piedmont will not be without influence in the present
circumstances. It is the indication of a tendency to-
wards tha only system of policy suitable to Italy ; we
mean, the conclusion of a defensive alliance, which, se-
curing the Sovereigns of the Peninsula against foreign
influence, would establish between them a sort of reci-
procity in the accomplishment of peaceable and progres-
sive reforms. By uniting with the rest of Italy, King
Charles Albert would serve the interests of his country,
and prove himself faithful to the traditions of the house
of Savoy. Piedmont possesses an army of 52,000 men in
time of peace, which, if placed on the war footing, and
by calling out the provincial battalions, would be quickly
raised to double that number. Its navy is respectable,
its finances in an excellent condition, and its administra-
tion confided to truly distinguished men. Piedmont may
consequently aspire to a great share of influence in Italian
affairs, and with a little more decision or firmness on
the part of the King, inspire confidence to the Peninsula.
The states of Parma, Modena, and Lucca are completely
under the influence of the Cabinet of Vienna. The
Archduchess Maria Louisa governs in the namo of the
Emperor Ferdinand. Modena is the citadel and princi-
pal seat of the retrograde party, and the imprudent So-
vereign of Lucca seems to delight in exciting his subjects
to revolt by his tyrannical caprices and in opening on
that side a gate to Austrian intervention. The import-
ance of these petty states is inconsiderable, and their
oppositionfigeinevsdessni oan
constitute for their neighbours a permanent cause of dis-
turbances, as was recently the case on the occasion of the
massacres of Parma. In Tuscany the Liberal opinion
5 pledgesmoreh a
made soefc uhtr
oi es
psguuobpolpdi oc
disposition,rto.pi
niTheoa G
werearna dn Grand
he Duke has
upright-
nessand heat hhiasacfhraanrkaclyteridceanntnifiotedbhei quelsitio.nhed.
the The
spontaneous,con-
of his people. As to the King of Naples,
not to admit the importance of the economical
eeeddigulhttisesdorhins
spelesw, it would interests
bree tu.
reforms
bwehehnaswieatceolynsiinaterrodthu dominions, particularly
Austria. There is littleldteoluiebut balultiehrieee. willNaevlseor, sooner
or later, adhere to the
conse-
quently, were circumstances more favourable ,forta
union, which is an essential guarantee of national inde-
pendence, as the union of the population with the Go-
vernments is the sole guarantee of liberty."
The Constitutionntl has the following from Turin,
dated the 27th ult.;--
" A circular of Prince de Metternich was lately sent
to all the Italian Governments. It contains rules and
instructions (norme e istruzioni) for the maintenane of
peace in Italy. King Charles Albert was very indignant at
it, and caused an energetic reply to be made to it in the
terms which it merited. M. de Metternich made, in
the same circular, the demand to place, if necessary, an
Austrian garrison in the citadel of Alexandria; and, as
the events of Ferrara occurred at that period, the King
made a solemn protest against foreign intervention in any
province whatever of Italy. Besides that, be sent to
offer to the Pope the support of his land and sea forces.
This information was received with great enthusiasm by
the people in general, and especially by the army, whose
anti-Austrian spirit is greater than ever. It is also re-
ported that Sardinia has just acceded to the alliance
which England has concluded with Wurtemburg, Ba-
varia, and the Duchy of Baden, to oppose foreign inter-
vention in Switzerland. It is not, therefore, astonishing
that Mr. Abercrombie, the English Minister, praises the
noble and energetic conduct of the King of Sardinia,
whilst Count Mortier, the French Ambassador, blames
it, so to speak, publicly, and declaims on all occasions
against the
sht thitypope,ople and princes of Italy. We are assured
encouraged by the support promised by

Intelligence from Naples of the 22d ult. has been
received.

In consequence of some disturbances which had oc-
curred at Palermo, the Messrs. GA.LLO, together with
,ever al other respectable inhabitants of the city, and
five non-commissioned officers of the garrison, have
been arrested.
General DESEGUET, at the head of 2,000 men, had
been ordered to the Abruzzi. The KING had gone to
Messina.
A supplement of the Italia gives the following from
Rome, 23d ult. :
" Piedmont has decidedly pronounced in favour of the

THE
_SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1847.

the King of Sardinia, has made knen to the foreign
powers that he was not desirous of le intervention of
their forces in his states, and that he as given orders to
send three months' supplies to Alone and Civita-
Vecchia, and to put those places in estate to resist all
surprise."

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were only
3,000 bales, but generally at steady rates. Railway
Shares were rather lower.
The ship arrivals are not numerous, but the intelli-
gence to June 29 from the Cape of Good Hope—given
in another column of The Sun—notices a further reverse
for the British troops, in an ill-planned enterprise against
the kraal of Sandilla, the Kafir chief. No doubt we
shall early redeem this mistake ; but such a want of
success is apt to inspire contempt in the natives, who
appear to dread more the armed colonists than the dis-
ciplined troops.
The decision came to yesterdoy afternoon by the
Bank of England, to make the usual loans while the
transfer books are closed, at 5 per cent., gives satis-
faction here, although it is considered that the ordinary
caurse might have been adopted, via , the issue of a
public notice. The directors have still posted at the
discount office their last intimation, that the minimum
rate on bills of exchange was si, and consequently one
would infer that they only mean to advance at 5 per
cent. upon the funded and unfunded debt. A resolution
passed at one parlour meeting requires confirmation at
the next, and possibly we may hear more of the matter
next week. Certainly the Bank should consider, in the
first place, the mercantile community, whose tradeibene-
fits the country at large.
Yielding to the representations of many houses
greatly interested in the preservation of commercial
credit, Messrs. Overend and Gurney accepted late yes-
terday afternoon the bills of Prane, Ward, and Co.,
some of which were already protested. Indeed, many
parties interested were not aware of the determination
until nearly the close of banking hours, and immediately
ran to avail themselves thereof, and get the agreeable
endorsement "accepted" written on their paper.
The accounts from the manufacturing districts notice
a tendency to improvement, but even if the demand in
creases, it seems that prices scarcely move, and leave no
reasonable profit to the mill-owner, who has to pay so
dearly for the raw staple.
There is an improvement of * to I per cent. in Con-
sols, the quotations being 87* tor money, and 88* to I
for account. The Reduced Three per Cents. are 88 to
and the New Three-and a Quarter per Cents. 89*
to 89 1. India Bonds of 1,0001. and under are ss. dis-
count. Long, Annuities have been at 9to 9 1-16. The
speculators for a rise exhibit more confidence.
In Foreign Stocks:there is no feature. Portuguese
Four per Cents. are heavy at 241; Spanish Three per
Cent. Bonds realise 291; Mexican are nominally about
19; Dutch Four per Cents. have been at 89k.
The Share Market is very well supported. The pur-
chases are not large, but buyers have to pay rather ad-
vanced rates.

The Commerce says-
" M. Curtin Gridaine will be re:aced in the depart-
ment of Agriculture and Commercon the return of M.
Guizot from the Val Richer. M. ignon is believed to
have accepted that portfolio, w)ch was refused by
Messrs. Vitet and Langer. A semis negotiation was
pending to induce Marshal Bugead to enter. the Mi-
nistry in place of Ganeral Treze! The Presidency of
the Council is positively to devob on the Minister tor
Foreign Affairs."
A duel took place at Enghie on Monday between
two young officers, who have ltterly been appointed
from the Military School at E. Cyr. They fought
with swords, and one of them vas killed. Neither of
the combatants had reached 21years of age.
The Three per Cents. closed tri the Paris Bourse on
Wednesday at 76f. 85e.; the Pe per Cents., 1181. 50c.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1!321. 50c.; Rouen, 955 f. ;
Havre, 6671. 25c.; Great Nortbrn, 537 f. 50c.; Avignon,
588 f. 75c. ; V)erzon, 5701. ; Bordeaux, 466 f. 25c.;
Dieppe, 2601.; Basle, 1731. 75.; Paris and Stre.sburg,
390 f.; Tours and Nantes, 301.; Paris and Lyons,
3951.; Lyons and Avignon, 441. 75c.
LYONS, AUG. 30.-Paris ancßouen, 9531. 75c.; Avig
non and Marseilles, 5961. 25c. ;Tierzon, 570 f.; Northern
537 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 35f.; Orleans, 1,233 f. 75c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FORM:lig' RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCH,NGE, SEVTEMBER 2.
Dutch Rhenish, 3 4-Northers of France, 11M-Paris and
Lyons, 3%-Paris and Rouen, f'4A.

NEGOTIATIONS N THE RIVER

PLATE.
(FROM A COURIWONDENT.)
The reported failure of tb " third" attempt made
by our Government, in onjunction with that of
France, to put an end to the disastrous and disgrace-
ful proceedings of the Ar;entine and Oriental re-
publics, so injurious to car commerce, naturally
leads one to suppose that here must be something
" rotten in the state of lenmark"—that the nego-
tiations have been based of erroneous or false pre-
mises—that the respefitile Governments were not
fully apprised of the difficllties they had to encounter,
and consequently their Plenipotentiaries not provided
with ample instructions, so as to meet all emergencies
and provide against all contingencies : or, what ap-
pears very possible, there are " some wheels within
wheels," unexposed to the eye, which counteract the
working of the visible machinery.
It will not be, perhaps, unarrusing nor uninstruc-
tive, to look back to the rise, progress, and present
state of affairs in the River Plata, in order to form a
Judgment as to the probable result of our interference.
By the convention between Buenos Ayres and
Brazil in 1827, the independence of Monte Video, or
Oriental Republic, was estabhshed, and the two
countries above-mentioned guaranteed, pro tempore,
its nationality and institutions against all " foreign
interference." This convention vas to have been fol-
lowed up by " a treaty" between the two Govern-
ments, but which has never been concluded to the
present moment.
In consequence of some disputes amongst the two
parties into which the Monte Videans split, Oribe,
their President, was obliged to relinquish his post to
Fructuoso Rivera (who had greatly contributed to
the province of the Banda Oriental being converted
into a republic), and to take refuge at Buenos Ayres;
whereas, after a time, he prevailed on Rosas to assist
him with troops of the Argentine Republic to replace
him in the President's chair; hence sprung the con-
test which has now continued for ten or twelve years.
Oribe, not being able to gain possession of Monte
Video,
the capital, nor Rivera to raise its seige or
drive the Argentines out of the country.
Brazil remonstrated with Buenos Ayres on its
forces entering the Oriental territories, but Rosas
declaring that he had no hostile intentions in view of
possessing himself thereof, and that his troops were
only to act as auxiliaries to President Oribe, the
Brazilian Government were satisfied.
Soon after the Monte Videans engaged in their
service a number of foreigners, French, Italians, &c.
The French Government having in the mean time
r,iade a treaty with Buenos Ayres, forbad their sub-
jects from bearing arms against the Argentines, but
these persisted in doing so.
As this civil war appeared to be interminable, and
was loudly complained of by the merchants and ship-
owners of all nations as highly detrimental, and
tate ided with great loss to all parties interested,
Brazil, having put an end to the civil war in her own
province of Rio Grande do Sul, was anxious that
that in the neighbouring republic should like wise be
brought to a speedy close ; and being apprehensive
that she might be embroiled in some way or other in
the struggle between the two republics on her bor-
ders, proposed to England and France (who were
both in some measure bound to preserve the indepen-
dence of the Oriental State), by an amicable and
united effort, to endeavour to bring about a recon-
CIWALIAM UL Cale pis. tat..
merits to the commerce and navigation of La Plata,
rescue the two contending States from present
misery and impending ruin, and elevate them to a
state of peace and prosperity equal to her own.
It appears England and France had previously en-
tertained an intention of interfering, with a view of
putting a stop to such unnatural and unprofitable war-
fare, but declined instructing their envoys at Rio de
Janeiro to act in concert with the Brazilian Govern-
ment, and appointed plenipotentiaries to proceed to
Monte Video and Buenos Ayres on a special mission,
with credentials to both those Governments, in hopes
of bringing the obstinate and protracted strife to a
conclusion, honourable and advantageous to both
parties.
It is impossible to. say what might have been the
result had the proposition of Brazil been acceded to;
but so far it is to be surmised that the result would
not have been less successful, but might have been
more fortunate than that of the two European
PoWers by themselves. Since Rosas has taken ad-
vantage thereof, first, in raising a prejudice in both
Republics against the interference of European
States in the affairs of
.America. Secondly, to call
upon Brazil to assist Oribe in expelling the French,
English, and other European forces from the oriental
territories.
By the measures adopted by the first plenipoten-
tiaries (steps that would not have been taken had
Brazil had any share in the negotiations), the Brazilian
Video
Government were placed in a very unpleasant situa-
tion, instance, by the landing of British
troops
in
at t the
Monte first
to assist in the defence of that
city, and in the second place by forcing the passage
of the River Parana—for although she warded off
the first remonstrances of Rosas, and demand for its
aid, to expel the European invaders, by receiving in
answer to an application to the envoys as to their in-
tentions, that they had no hostile views nor preten-
sions as to the Oriental Republic, but merely inter-
vened as the governor of Buenos Ayres himself had
done in order to secure the independence of the former,
and place it on a safe and permanent basis.
But with regard to the navigation of the River
Parana, in which Brazil was more particularly in-
terested, as the means of communicating from the
River Plate with her important provinces of Goyas
and Matto Grosso, situate on the borders of the
River Paraguay, . and extending on one side to the
Parana itself—still Brazil acknowledging the prin-
ciple that where the same country has possession of
both sides the entrance of a river, it has a right to
demand a sale, or interdict its waters to foreign ship-
ping, such as is the case with regard to the Elbe and
the Scheldt, and even in the Baltic and Danube,
Austria did not interfere.
The envoys, by intermeddling at the instigation of
the foreign merchants at Monte Video, rendered the
object in dispute more complicated, and in tneir
eagerness to open a communication by water with
Paraguay and Corrientes, they overlooked the conse-
quences the forcing that river would inevitably.
lead
to, and for an uncertain and precarious benefit in-
curred the risk (which is now being realised) of
mixing up one question with the other, thereby
greatly embarrassing their successors (the present
plenipotentiaries) and putting it into
.Rosas' power to
require indemnity for the losses sustamed.
And to declare all vessels and their crews navi-
gating the Parana, pirates, and liable to be punished
as such ; to which, probably, our declaring Bratilian
subjects and ships, pursuing the African slave• trade,
to be such, and subject to our Admiralty Courts they
were instigated.
Mr. Hood's endeavours to undo what, the first
oved quite fruitless ; and
plenipotentiaries had done pr
by the last accounts, the exertions of the present
envoys are almost as hopeless, for, although they hare
raised the Beige of Buenos Ayres, unless they go
further, and give Rosas satisfaction, in respect to what
he terms the Argentine Question, nothing will be
done as to his withdrawing his troops from Monte
Video, nor altering his views as to Corrientes and
Paraguay.
Oribe, if left apparently at free-will to settle the
Oriental Question, will still be influenced, " under
the rose," by the advice, if not commands of Rosas,
so that, in point of fact, the affairs of the River Plate
were not in a more satisfactory state than when we
firstinterfered ; on the contrary, are more compli-
cated, in consequence of Rosas' endeavours to draw
Brazil into a squabble with this country and France.
In fine, the query still is—When will there an end
be put to this sad state of things in the River Plate ?
and how is it to be done ?

ONE
PRICES OF liMTISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 884
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities • 87%
New 3M per Cent. Annuities B9l/23/4
Long Annuities to expire J an. 1860 9 1-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B3A 13-16
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,0001. —.... 5 dis
Consols for Account.... ........... 88 Mkt%
Exchequer Bills. 2d.
1,000/. ...
5001. . . .....
Small
ONE
t'RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, Small •.• 85
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Ceat.
Ditto, Deferred 4
Portuguese 5 per Cents. Bl
Ditto, 4 per Cent 213/4

CLOSING
PRICES,

87jA
89%
9 1-16
8 13-16
5 dis
5 dis
88%

CLOSING
rItICEz

2514
108

Russian Bonds ••• -•-••••
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, 3 per Cent ..... ...
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French, 5 per Cent. —f. —c. 1171. 50c.
Exchange —f. —c. 25f. 50c.
Belgian 4% per Cant ........ 92% % 92
Dutch 2% per Cent. .
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 89% 89%
plucEs or BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
R AILW 4.Y SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. I'ItICE6.
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott. Boston,
and Eastern 'Junction 25A.. ... 1% ll/
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% —
Belfast & County Down 10
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 .....
Birming., Wolverlepton,
and Stour Va11ey..... 8 ......
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.— 6% — ...
Boston, Stamtd, & Birm. 5 —
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, Thirds
Buckinghamshire Bl. 4s. —
i;aledonian
Ditto, Half Shares.... 214

Ditto, Clydesdale June 40
Chester and Holyhead..: 324 —

Cheltenham and Oxford 2 — • •••
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 —
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 —
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent. lO .....
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares ... 3% ......
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 20 —
Dundalk & Enniskillen 12'4
....... A 1,0 i 42 9;1 T. 5c
E. and 1.. and D. ...... 25
Do., 181., E. & H.... 25
Do.,
31.105., E. Es H. 1
Eastern Counties 2O

18;4
4 P

Ditto, Perpetual, 5 par
Cent, No. 1. 61.135. 4d...
Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d...
Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... 9%
Do., North. & Eastern 60
Do., Quarters
Do., New l4
Eastern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,4 —
Ditto, Thirds ... l3s. 4d —
East Lancashire
Ditto. New
Do., do., Exten. Scrip 114
East Lincolnshire ...... 9 ...... 11 10% ......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ....•• .......•••••
Ditto Half Shares ... 15
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,4
Edinburgh & Northern.. 20
Ditto, New
Ditto, Newport .....
Ditto, ditto, New . .... 11A —
Edinburgh and Perth... 2 .....•
Ditto, Extension los.
Ex eter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2%
Ditto, New .
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle ............... 8/. 6s. 8d
Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ..... •
Ditto, New ......... .. 35 .
Do., 14 Shares (5 per
cent. guar.) ... ...... 121,4
Great Northern 6
Do., London and York 2%,.. ... 1%1/2
Great. South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of England-100
Ditto, New 401......•••• 5
Ditto, New 301 30
Ditto„New 151 II,E lB3/4 lB3/1
Great Western
Ditto, % 5hare5........ 50
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, Fifths 20
Ditto, New 171 7
Huddersfield & Manches. 19
Ditto, Thirds .... 6
Hull and Selby 5O .. ...
Ditto, Half Shares.... 25
Ditto, vi Shares .... 121
Ipswich & Bury St. Ecm. 15 —
Do., do., and Norwich 12
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(lateCamb. & Ely) 2%••••.. 314%
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... 59% 60
Ditto,Thirds lO
Leeds and Bradford 45
Leicester and Bedfard.„ 165....... ..
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 32%
Do., Branch % Shares 7%.. ... ......... ...
Do. New Branch( blue) 214 — .••••..........
Do. Extension (green) 21/A
Do. NewExten. (pink) 2%

14 P

9%
53

Leeds a,.d Thirsk
Ditto, New 12% ........ ......
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 31,x ..... 2%
Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport .... .......... 2
Liverp., Mnchstr & N ew-
castle Junction 2% .
London and Blackwell. 161.135. 4d. .... .....
Do. New, No. 1
Do. New, No. 2 3l. 113 s. 4d.
Do. Extension.... l2l
London, Brighton, and
South Coast
Do, Consol. Eighths.. 20
Do, (-Natant. 5 per et. 9
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct, 50
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d...
Do. Preference 18/17s 2d...
London and N. Western 100 ......167 ...
Do. Quartets L. &It 12 •Miii .... a.s.sa ...
Do., do., New
Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2
Do. Shares (G. J. 20
Do 401,Shares(L.M.) 16 —
Do. 40/. (M. dt 14.) .., 40
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 —
Do. 10/. h 1: & B.) Ca 1 . ..... ...
London, Okfotd• and
Cheltenham
Load. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 61%......... ......
Do. New Consol. Bths 40 — •••

Do. New 501. ..... 321,,4.. 33% 34 ......
Do. New 401. .. 26 —
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50
Ditto ditto ....... .... 40
Ditto Scrip 501.
Ditto ditto 401
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ..... a
LcndonderrySt..;:ilerains 25 .
Loadonderry and Ennis-
kdlen ......
Lancashire & Yorkshire 82
Ditto IA. Shares . 88 , — .......
Do. Quarter Shares... 14% ...............
Do. Fifths
Do. Sixteenths ••... "••
Do. Thirds (Reg.). 71.4 s — ...............
Do. ',Twerp. and Bury 34
Ditto 14 (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 28
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
fract. & Goole
Do. (W. RidinglJnion)4i. 25...•••: .......
Do. ~tou & Wyre) 25 ..... 37
Do. IA Shares (A) 9 ......
Ditto ditto (B) .....
Blancheater,Baxton,and
Matlock .............. 42a. ...... • ..... ".

BARTHOLOMEW FAllt.—This day this almost
obsolete place of amusement commenced for three days,
according to annual custom. There were several ginger-
bread stalls erected, the owners of which had to pay a
very heavy rent, and also a few perambulating penny
shows and nut-targets, but very few persons were pre.
sent—in fact, out of the numb. r one quarter re the
City police. A short proclamation, by direction of the
Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, was also issued,
ordering the closing of the booths at ten o'clock eavl
night during the fair, under the usual heavy penalty.

Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire 100
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditt0,(N0..3)...
_71;4 —

Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 -
Ditto ditto . ........ 7
Ditto ditto - ......... ••• ..
_

bitio Sheffield and - -
Lincolnshire 7%
Man chest. & Southam pt. 2 1/4 ....- -
Midland lOO-118 119 118% 119% 119%
Do. Consolidated Pref ......
Do. 401. Shares
45%
D. 501. Shares .10 ..... 12%3/4 % 12%
Do. Birin., and Derbyloo ......
Midland Consol. Brist. &
Birming., 6 per cent.loo ......122% 122%
Midlnd, &Ist. &Glocatr. 34
Ditto, ditto 71.95....... --. ... ... —
Midlnd,Leicest.lk Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar. 50 .....•
Midland treat Western
Irish
Newcastle and Berwick 25 •321/4 ex div. ...32% x.d.
Ditto New

Ditto North Shields... 25 . ......••••••
eweastle and Carlisle...loo
Do. Quarters 5O ... •
Newmrket &Chesterford 1.31

Do. Extension ...... ...2/.r25....
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor ...
Norfolk ... 100 ICB 108 lOB
Do. New 201. -
Do. Extension

Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of Norfolk 2 ...... 1% • ....
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ......
Northern Counties Union 4 ......
N orth British
Do. Half Shan s 12%..—
Do. Quarters ......
Do. Extension
Ditto Thirds 1 ... . 2
North Staffordshire...... 7% ...... 10
I.; orth Wales
North Western 4 - •••••• .........
Oxford, W,,reester, and
Wolverhampton
. .

Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
................................... ••
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 171...... . .... ...... ..
Ditto, New .. 10
Sheffield, Rotherham,
and Goole
Shrewsbury and Birm... 6
Ditto ditto, Class B. 3
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ...... .. ... .........
Ditto Oawestry -
Ditto New
Shrewsbury and Herefd '2 ......
Shropshire Union
South Devon 4O . ...
Do. Preference
South Staffordshire 2/. 125....
maith Eastern & Dover. 331/s —••••-••••••....
Do., No. 1 2O .... •
Do., Ntc 2.
Do , .No. 3.. ..... ...... :5 •...... 12 .... .......
Do., No. 4
South Wales
touts Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. Cosh ... 2 ...... ... ...... ..
Taw Vale Extension ... 4 ...... ... .. ...
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway
Vale of Neath ... ..
Waterford and Kilkenny 131/2 . ...• ..
Wateribrd and Limerick 35
1V aterfd,Wxlrd,Wicklw,
and Düblin
West Cornwall ...... 4 ... ---
Whitehaven & Furness 8
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... ... 425. —
W ilts, Somerset, & W ey-
mouth - •••
fork and Newcastle. . .. 25
Do. Extensim4 lO
Do. Preference
ork and North Midland 50
Ditto Extension ...... 25
Ditto, Preference ...... 6

Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAY

Anglo-Belgian 4 —
Barbadoes 1 ......
Boulogne and Amiens— 20 ......
Bordeaux_,Toulouse, and
Cette (Constituted)... 4 .....

Central `of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 14
Central of Spain ... . ... 2
Ceylon •—
Demerara 2% ...... ...
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and
Madras
Dutch Rhenish 7
East Indian ... ..... .... ss.
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Great Southern of Madras 5s
Great Western Bengal... ss.
Great Western Canada... 34
Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ...
Jamaica 6. cai,.• , _- - • , -
Louvain ala Samore ... 6 ... • —..-..
Luxembourg... 6
Lyons and Avignon 5 —
Mad ras ......
-

Madras. Neßore, and
Arcot lii —
Madrid and Yalentia..-.. 2 .. ..
Namur and Liege
N orthern of France lO ..... 10
Orleans and Bordeaux 6
Over Yssel 4l3s 4d
Paris and Lyons .. 8 ..... 3% .
... . ~..

Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Rouen - •• •••.• .•..•
Faris and Strasbourg 8
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse l6 •• •
Strasbourg and Bale
fours and Nantes ...... 8
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
don, and Hasselt. l2
Trinidad
\Vest Flanders ...... .... 8
JOINT STOCK BANKS.

Australasia
British North American 50
Colonial 25
London Joint Stock lO
London & Westminster. 20
Ditto New... ..... ...... 13 ......
Union of L0nd0n......... 10
Union of Madrid 40
Commercial of London 20 —
National Prov. England. 35
Ditto,Naw ...... .. ..... 10
National of Ireland 221,4 — ... ......... ...
_ _ . ,_

—._
Provincial of Ireland ... 25 —
Ditto,New
Union of Australia
Ditto,New... ........ ... 21/

LLOYD'S SIIIPPJNG—(THIS DAY
LONDON, SEPT. 3.—Wind S.W., light breeze and du
hazy weather.
DEAL, SEPT. 2.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Jane, Batavia
Persia, Stephens, Ceylon; Majestic, Ibester, Mauritius;
Mountain Maid, Robertson, Brude River ; Sultana,
Africa; Elizabeth, King, Rio Grande; Tusker, Porto
Rico; Treasurer, King, Porto Rico; Helena, Rue, Tri-
nidad; Creole, Coltord, Dominica; Mary Louisa, Camp-
belljAntiguit; Morel, Quarto, St. Croix; Tindall, Ha
vannah; Augusta, Duncan, Havannah; Urania, Mathie-
son, New York.
RELATING TO THE THEMIS OF WATERFORD.
A despatch has been received at Lloyd's from the
Foreign office, inclosing an extract from a despatch
from her Majesty's consul at Lisbon, reporting the loss
of the British schooner Themis, of Waterford, John
Dobson master, at sea, on the 2d inst., seventy miles
N.W. of Vienna ; crew saved.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
INVESTIGATOR'S STRAITS.
The following has been posted at Lloyd's :
" Colonial Secretary's-office, Adelaide,
" March 23, 1846.
" His Excellency the Lieutenant- Governor has been
pleased to direct that the following minute, relative to a
Harbour of Refuge in Investigator's Straits, be published
for general information.
" By his Excellency's command.
"A. M. ItHIDY, Colonial Secretary.
[Minute.]
" I beg to call the attention of mariners navigating In-
vestigator's Straits, to the advantages presented by a
large bay situated upon the Southern Coast of Yorke's
Peninsula, nearly midway between Troubridge Shoal
and Cape Spencer, a place of refuge for shipping on
meeting with Goeth- westerly and westerly winds, when
bound to the westward; or indeed during a north-easter,
if bound to Port Adelaide.
" In Flinder's Chart this bay is represented as sur-
rounded by shoals, to the extent of three or four miles
from the shore. Flintier does not appear to have eta-
mined the soundings minutely, and the line of shoal
ground is laid &nen rather as conjectural than as having
been ascertained. It has, however, deterred navigators
from entering..into the bay, except the More venturesome
engaged in tg whaling business. In reality, the shoals
do not exist. The bay may be approached with safety;
and good anchoring ground will be found near the
western shore in seven fathoms, sandy bottom, at about
one mile from the beach, in four fathoms at about half
that distances On the eastern shore of the bay, near
Troubridge Hill, the water is deep, and a vessel may
approach within a quarter of a mile of the beach before
obtaining soundings with seven fathoms of line.
" The western shore of the bay is formed by a pro-
montory of low sand hills, clothed with grass and trees
(the oak), terminating in a flat rocky point, which forms
an effectual breakwater during south-west gales. Under
lee of this port ships may ride at anchor in smooth water,
with every facility for getting under weigh whenever the
wind becomes favourable. Although the bay is open to
the south and south-east, winds from those quarters,
owing to the narrowness of the Strait, do not raise a sea
sufficient to impede a vessel in weighing anchor.
" Mariners bound to the westward, meeting adverse
winds in the Straits, occasionally seek shelter under lee
of Point Marsden, or in Nepeaii Bey, or they bear up
for Port Adelaide. In either case, much more time
and distance is lost than by resorting to the bay in
question.
" For convenient reference hereafter, I purpose assign-
: ing to this bq the name of Swat, and 0.) the low sandy
ponefotinin4 the westera p.i. t, ‘f it, tilat of D t,,,nr..
rt
The
wooded bandhills on Point Deveeport may be
about forty to fifty feet in height ; and at about half a
, uel
I
... mile inland are salt water lagoons, dry in summer.