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A HARD CASE UNDER THE GAME LAWS.—A case
illustrative of the oppressive nature oft' the game laws was
brought before the magistrates on Monday last, at the War-
rington petty sessions. An Irishman, named Felix Slavin,
was charged by the gamekeeper of Mr. J. W. Patten, with
having offered for sale a young cock pheasant. It appeared
that the prisoner was standing with the bird in his hand at
the stall of a dealer in game, and the gamekeeper, coming by
and seeing this, gave him into custody. The poor fellow
gave a rather confused account of the manner in which he
obtained the bird, which was alive, and produced in Court;
but the facts appeared to be, that he was walking in Bew-
sey, and as he went along he saw this bird lying on the
road hurt, and unable to get away. Naturally enough, he
picked it up, came into the town, and seeing a bird hang-
ing in the poulterer's shop, went and asked the price of
it ; on being told, he produced his bird, and asked what
it was worth. Some conversation then took place be-
tween the prisoner and the man in the shop—the prin-
cipal being absent—which plainly showed that the pri-
soner did not know what sort of a bird he had got, when
at this period the gamekeeper came up, and he was secured.
The poulterer's man appeared as a witness, and admitted be
thought, when he first saw the bird, that it was a corncrake.
The tact of offering it for sale was not satisfactorily made
out. The gamekeeper said that he had recently turned about
fifty-six young pheasants loose into the preserves, near to the
place where the prisoner alleged he had found this one. He had
bred the birds at home, and he had no doubt this one had
.strayed out. The prisoner, in defence, stated that he found
the bird as already related, and that he did not know what it
was. He hoped their honours would be merciful, as he was a
poor man, and wanted to get home. Mr. Beaumont urged
that the charge was not proved, but the magistrates thought
differently, and inflicted a penalty of 10s., with 10s. 6d. costs,
or, in default of payment, six weeks' imprisonment. Ulti-
mately the money was paid, and the prisoner liberated.
THE CROPS.—The wheat harvest may now be said to
be concluded in this neighbourhood, although here and there
portions of the crop are remaining out in consequence of
the fickle weather which has prevailed during the week.
It is feared that some damage has been done to the un-
finished ricks by the heavy storms which have occasionally
descended. Notwithstanding these dfawbacks, however, it
is believed there will be an average crop of wheat. and the
quality is excellent. Hops have improved amazingly fast,
fast, and the duty is rising. With regard to potatoes, the news-
papers from all parts of the country, including Scotland and
Ireland, agree in the universality of the disease. Growers
have accordingly been so anxious to sell, that a great de-
cline in price has taken place. We observe it stated that at
Redditch twenty acres of garden ground were last spring
allotted by Colonel Clive ; nineteen-twentieths have been
planted with potatoes; the blight has attacked the whole,
and the result will be the loss of the poor men's labour, the
rent, and cost of seed. Similar accounts have reached us
from other parts of the county ; and it now becomes a serious
question what substitute shall be provided to supply the
wants of the poor in the forthcoming season. Mr. Wil-
liams, of Pitmaston, has proposed that the cotta-
germ' gardens and allotment grounds should be planted
with Swede turnips during the yet remaining period of the
growing season, and suggests that the farmers should direct
their labourers, who are now engaged in hoeing, to remove
the superfluous plants of this root carefully, so that they may
be available for the cottager's garden. It may be very wed
to plant the gardens with turnips, if the poor people have
any pigs or cattle that will eat them, but as a substitute for
the potato they will be wholly insufficient. It is bad enough
for the poor to subsist upon potatoes, and it is a considerable
descent to be condemned to Swede turnips for their daily
dinner. There is but one lower step, and that would be to
the fate of Nebuchadnezzar.—Worcestershire Chronicle.
THE POTATO DISEASE.—As any fact connected with
this fearful disease is of importance, the following ex-
periment, tried by a gentleman in the neighbourhood, may
lead to useful results. He planted some seedling potatoes,
and covered them with glasses ; they seemed to thrive
remarkably well, and, to all appearances, were totally devoid
of the disease. He then took the glasses off some of the
plants, and exposed them to the influence of the atmosphere.
In a short time, the plants which had been left so uncovered,
showed undoubted symptoms of the presence of the
disease, while the others were perfectly good. A few
leaves of the plants covered by the glasses were left ex-
posed, these leaves also withered away, the parts covered
remaining sound and healthy. This would lead to the
supposition that atmospheric influence is solely the cause
of this disease, so destructive, and we fear so universally
prevalent. Another gentleman informed us of a field :ot
potatoes that looked in all respects healthy when he visited
it one night, but the next morning were withered, and
seemed as if a blast had taken them all. Another instance
we have heard of is that a gentleman, who has a field, of
potatoes, in which the leaves of the plants in a line had all
become withered, and were dying away just as if a ball of
fire had passed through the field in a direct line. These
facts may be of service in coming to a conclusion as to the
real cause of the disease. We may add that hardly a crop
in this neighbourhood is exempt from its ravages.--Ramp.
shin e Advertiser.

The Vierzon Railway Company has had the whole
of the line delivered up to it by M. Floncarre, the bead engineer.
The line, it is thought, may be opened towards the end of October.—
aalignani.

CHINA.
HONG-KONG, JUNE 24, 1846.--The following is the noti-
fication'regarding the opium :

"GOVERNMENT NOTIFCATION.
" Notice is hereby given, that the term for which the license
has been granted to the present holder of the opium farm will
expire on the 31st July, and the firm for the exclusive sale
of opium within the colony under the amount of one chest,
for ono year (from the Ist of August next inclusive), will be
sold by auction, at the office of the chief magistrate of police,
at one o'clock, P.M., on Tuesday, the 30th instant.
" By order, " W. CAINE,
" For the Colonial Secretary.
"Colonial Office, Victoria, Hong-Kong, June 6, 1846."
It will be observed that the notification is signed by Major
Caine, our efficient chief magistrate, who has since been
gazetted as Acting Colonial Secretary, during the sixteen
months' leave of absence of the Hon. Frederick Bruce,
whose health compels him to go home, and who, his friends
think, ought to have taken the step long ago. He leaves
the colony with the universal esteem of every one in it.
A case of piracy has just occurred on the river, and created
an unusual sensation here, both on account of the value of
the capture, and the circumstances attending it. The fol-
lowing is the fullest account, and it is borne out in all essen-
tial points by three of the sufferers, who have since been ex-
amined before the marine magistrate. I do not remember
anything more graphic in the history of buccaneering than
the depoiitions contain.

PIRACY.
On Thursday last the schooner Privateer was dispatched
for Cumsingmoon with upwards of 300 chests of opium.
About three o'clock p in. the cutter Grace Darling brought
intelligeece to that anchorage that she had seen the
schooner in possession of pirates off Lintin. The Grace
Darling, being merely a pleasure boat, was unable to cope
with the pirates, but made all spead to Cumsingmoon,
where she and the Theresa were manned, chiefly by the
captains of the receiving vessels, and took the southern
passage. Another cutter, the Echo, in which were one
captain, six mates, and ten Manillamen, took the opposite
and less accustomed route. From the heavy squalls to the
southward it was concluded that the piratical vessels and
their prize would probably be driven up the river, and the
Echo therefore steered northward, and had the good fortune
to sight the Privateer about tire o'clock the same evening,
having two China vessels near her. The pirates probably
took flight on finding they were discovered, for when the
Echo made up to the place and boarded the schooner they
had disappeared. It was found, however, that the guns had
all been removed and the rigging cut adrift, and a portion of
the opium (since ascertained to be 72 chests) taken away.
At this time it was too dark to give chase, and the captors
therefore bore up for Cumsingmoon, where they arrived next
morning about ten o'clock.
The crew of the Privateer had originally consisted of thir-
teen, chiefly Manillamen, besides the captain and a European
passenger, an officer of a merchant vessel. The Echo found
only four persons on board, one of whom was a passenger.
He states that the Privateer, whi!e proceeding from Hong
Kong to Cumsingmoon, came up to what appeared to be
two large fishing-boats, and that Captain Martell, being un-
willing to injure their nets, passed to the leeward, when one
of the boats, seizing the opportunity, put up her helm, and,
dropping alongside, boarded the schooner with an over-
powering number of armed men. Captain Martell, who
had been writing on deck, fired his rifle at them, and run
below to procure more fire-arms. While attempting to
force his way on deck again, and after a severe struggle on
his part, he was stabbed in the side and thrown overboard.
We have since received some further particulars by the
schooner Theresa, which arrived here last night, bringing
with her the gunner and a seaman, who had been miracu-
lously saved. It seems that when the vessel was boarded,
the chief mate, the gunner, and three Manillamen leap.,d into
the boat astern, which was immediately pursued and seized
by the pirates, who brought their prisoners on board, and
threw them into the hold of one of their junks. In the course
of the night they were one by one brought on deck, where
their arms were pinioned, and having been chin-cktinned
with lighted joss paper, they were told to drink as much
salt water as they pleased, and then tossed overboard. Of
these victims two were so fortunate as to extricate their
hands in the water, and being expert swimmers contrived to
make their way to the neighbourhood of Macao. The other
four -were confined below in the privateer and strictly
guarded. Altogether six of the crew have been saved—two
Europeans and four Manillamen.
We understand that some difference of opinion has arisen
about the Echo's exclusive claim to salvage, and that the
matter is to be referred to the arbitration of two Englishmen
and two Americans. The value of the property recovered
amounts to a large sum.
Since the above was in type we have been favoured with
the evidence on the subject of the piracy, taken before the
marine magistrate. It is subjoined :

Portuguese that I should have plenty soon. Then they
bound my hands behind my back, bid me sit on the rail, and
launched me ovcrboad. I managed to free myself from the
lashings, and made for the shore, which was plain to be seen.
I was in the water two hours.
Hector "Munro Todd examined, on his former.nath, says,
that the schooner was taken by surprise. There was another
Chinese boat in sight, but as we passed to windward of her,
cannot say whether she had any hand in the business.

LOST OR MISSING, OR SAVED.

Missing—Captain, 1; mate, 1 Manillamen, 3.
Saved—MamHaman, 4 ; European, 2.
Taken away by pirates—• Chinese steward, 1; boy, 1 ;
cook, 1; woman, 1.
Total, 15.

The Privateer is a small schooner engaged in river traffic,
and has hitherto been considered as safe from piratical
attacks, which have rarely been made unless upon native
boats, and never before, I think, on an English vessel.
But success in the present instance may encourage to greater
boldness in future, unless something effectual be done to
put down the pirates. Government lately built one gunboat,
of ridiculously small dimensions, to guard a hundred miles of
a great river, with innumerable islands and creeks, haunted
by lawless gangs, who have no respect for their own autho-
rities, and are losing all dread of ours. It would have beer.
better had the thing been left alone than attempted with
such inadequate means. The little gun-boat will soon be
known to all the pirates on the coast, but without striking
terror into them. On the present occasion, she passed the
place where the privateer was taken not an hour before, and
was allowed to be out of sight before the attack was made—
the pirates being thus as safe as a housebreaker in former
times, after a Charley had cried the hour, and given notice
of his whereabouts, and that the coast was clear for a time
certain.

Another case of piracy is given on Chinese authority :
A case of piracy is reported by the Chinese as having hap-
pened on the 4th of June. Eight small junks, having pas-
sengers and earthenware on board from Canton, bound to
Amoy, had left the Bogue, and were going along at a very
rapid rate, when the foremost was attacked by a fishing-
smack full of men. The others, either frightened, or being
ignorant of what bad happened, ran too fast to leeward to
render any assistance. The sailors, however, defended
themselves manfully, and did not yield the deck until six of
them were wounded. Then the pirates jumped on board,
took away every valuable article, and extorted a heavy sum
for their release. Two of the junk men are very dangerously
wounded.

It is to be hoped, as both English and Chinese suffer, that
measures will be adopted for their mutual protection.
Something of the sort was talked of last year; but I believe
our authorities were not satisfied, and demanded better secu-
rity that the Chinese employed would not league themselves
with the pirates.
The Chinese are very active in denouncing piratical prac-
tices, but they are still more supine than ourselves in adopt-
ing active measures for their suppression. Several edicts
on the subject will be found in the China Mail, communi-
cated by the native correspondent of that paper.

DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER
PACTOLUS.

A Belgian paper gives the following strange tale, the
truth of which it vouches for, and states that more ex-
tensive details are in its possession, and could be given,
only that they might be prejudicial to the realisation of
the enterprise :—" A distinguished French engineer,
who was sent some years ago to Panama, to make geo-
logical researches, and study the question of piercing
the isthmus, has brought back some specimens of gold
which Baron Thenard, after chemical assay, has pro-
nounced to be of the greatest richness. The engineer
states that he had gathered this gold in the sands of a
river of the isthmus. Such are the riches of the grains
of gold which this river rolls along that the natives,
who are occupied in gathering them, gain fifty francs
per day, and that the sands they wash contain still,
after the operation, more than double the quantity of
gold which they had obtained from them. The engineer
had examined with care the course of the river to its
source, and remarked that it traversed an enormous
group of rocks, in the midst of which it must have been
depositing-for ages a vast mass of grains of gold. Ac-
cording to his estimates there must be far more than
eight milliards of francs of gold mineral buried under
these rocks. (One milliard of francs, it may be ob-
served here, is equal to forty millions sterling.) When
the engineer made known the result of his researches
and conjectures at home, he met only with incredulous
hearers, and was treated as a visionary. Notwithstand•
ing he has given details so precise, he appears so cer-
tain of the success of a future exploration that several
capitalists have resolved to confide to him the funds
necessary for exploring on a great scale the sands of the
river. For this purpose it was resolved not to form a
company by shares, but to confine the enterprise to a
certain number of capitalists willing to run the risks of
the affair. The capital embarked in this undertaking
will be either entirely lost, or will produce more than a
million per cent. to those who subscribe the funds. The
engineer himself engages not to require any share of the
profits until the enterprise shall have realised three
milliards, of francs (one hundred and twenty millions
sterling 1 ! I). Here are, as may be seen, all the riches
of Potosi, all the gold of Pactolus, which it is expected
will be found united between the two parts of America.
The preparations for the undertaking are already in an
advanced state. The dredging machine boat for the
operations is in course of construction, and the depar-
ture of the engineers and workmen will take place in
two or three months. If this affair, which has been in
hand for several years, has remained unknown to the
public, the reason is that the parties engaged in it look
upon their capital advanced as being exposed to an ex
traordinary risk, and therefore are anxious to avoid
being held up to ridicule by appearing to have too much
confidence in the result of those researches." Such is
the marvellous story. It is evident, from the length of
years spoken of since the enterprise was first proposed,
that the French engineer was one of those sent out in
the famous bubble year of 1825 to make surveys in
Panama for one of the projects of a canal, for which
several companies were formed in that year, in this
country and elsewhere.

THE LATE MURDER AT THE
GUILDHALL COFFEE-HOUSE.

The unfortunate young woman, Susan Tolliday, was
the daughter of James Tolliday, a whitesmith, residing
in Maye's-yard, Castle-eden, in this town. The deceased
was the eldest child, being about twenty-one years of
ago. She left Cambridge fourteen months since, when
she went to London and entered into the service of Mr.
Walters, of the Guildhall Coffee-house, King-street,
Cheapside. John Smith, the murderer, was distantly
related to his victim through his wife. It appears
that he was a man of violent passions and of intem-
perate habits. A great degree of intimacy existed be-
tween Smith and the deceased, consequent upon their
relationship, though frequent quarrels took place
between them. About six weeks ago, the deceased
had arranged to pay a visit to her friends in Cam
bridge, but instead of coming, she addressed a letter to
her mother, in which she stated that :she could not
come until she had received another month's wages, as
she had lent some money to "John" and he had not
paid her. This was the last communication her parents
received from her. Last Sunday morning a messenger,
dispatched by Mr. Walters, brought a letter to de-
ceased's mother, stating that she was very ill and not
likely to live, and that unless her friends immediately
hastened to London they would not see her alive again.
Her eldest brother, an industrious well-conducted
young man, who has worked for Mr. Finch of this town
fur many years—suspecting from the tenor of the
message, that his sister was dead, pressed the man to
tell him the truth, but the messenger declared that when
he left London she was still alive. Not the slightest
hint of the murder was given to the wretched woman's
friends, nor did a suspicion of the horrid fact cross their
minds until the Monday daily papers arrived containing
the particulars of Smith's examination and of the
Coroner's inquest. Mrs. Tolliday and her eldest son
left Cambridge on Sunday, by the six o'clook evening
train. The particulars we have been able to learn of
the family of the deceased are as follows father
.came originally from Histon, where there are several
branches of the same family located. He is a man between
fifty and sixty years of age, and has all his life been subject
to fits, which have prevented his being employed in his
trade, and he earns a subsistence by carrying water and
collecting manure. His wife, a very industrious woman,
takes in washing and goes out as a charwoman, and
although there are seven or eight young children, they
are spoken of by their neighbours as always being cleanly
and neatly clad. The eldest son, as we have said before,
works for Mr. Finch. There is a niece of the old man's
living in Barnwell, and another married woman residing
in King-street ; and a nephew is an ostler in some livery
stables in town. The unfortunate deceased was a girl of
prepossessing appearance, and bore a very good character
for steadiness and industrious conduct among her neigh-
bours.—Cambridge Advertiser.

CHURCH PREFERMENTS.—The following appoint-
ments have taken place :—Rev. William Ponsford, to the
rectory of Drewsteignton, Devon; Rev. W. H. Drake. to
the incumbency of Halsetown, Cornwall; Rev. W. B. Kill-
pack, to the incumbency of St. James's, Devonport ; Rev
G. R. Prynn, to the incumbency of Par, Cornwall ; Rey.
Dr. Parkinson, to the incumbency of St. Bees, and to be
Principal of the Theological Institution; Rev. R. W. Ford,
to a canonry in Gloucester Cathedral ; Rev. J. Thackerav, to
the rectory of Coltishall, and the rectory of Horstead, Nor-
folk; Rev. C. H. Burton, to be minister of St. Philip's church,
Liverpool; Rev. W. Acworth, to the vicarage of Ashby
Folville, Leicestershire; Rev. J. Gillies, to the incumbency
Portwood, Cheshire ; Rev. J. Stewart, to the incumbency of
West Derby, Lancashire; Rev. W. Warde, to the incum-
bency of Cfunpsall, Yorkshire; Rev. J. S. Priestman, to the
incumbency of St. John's church, Bridgewater.
FADVERTISEMENTI—AN AUTHENTICATED CURE OF
A FEARFUL CASE OF PILES BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.—
John l'hompson. Esq., the very r‘ spectable editor and proprietor of
the " Armagh Guardian," an Irish newspaper, vouches as to the
fact of an extraordinary c;:re of a case of piles of the most dis-
tressing nature, and of some years' standing, which was effected by
these medicines when every other means had failed. The person
alluded to is a gentleman of large estate, and great influence in the
county of Armagh. No one need suffer long from piles, fistula, and
what is termed " a bearing down," if they have recourse to these
far famed remedies. —Sold by most of the respectable chemist
throughout the civilised world, and at Prof..ssor Holloway's Esta-
blshment, 244, Strand, London.
ORIGIN OF THE UPAS TREE STORY.—A real valley of
death exists in Java ; it is termed the Valley of Poison, and is filled
to a considerable height with carbonic acid gas, which is exhaled
from crevices in the ground. If a man or any animal enter it, he
cannot return ; and he is not sensible of his danger until he feels
himself sinking under the poisonous influence of the atmosphere
which surrounds him, the carbonic acid of which it chiefly consists
rising to the height of eighteen feet from the bottom of the valley.
Birds which fly into this atmosphere drop down dead ; and a living
fowl thrown into it dies before it reaches the bottom, which is strewed
with the carcases of various animals that have perished la the dele-
, terious afts.--Dr. nompson's Nag* and diiracles.

FREE TRADE DEMONSTRATION

AT STAFFORD.
STAFFORD, IVEDNESDAY.—Yesterday was a gala day
in Stafford. The triumphs of free trade were celebrated
with every demonstration of enthusiasm and delight, and
the utmost harmony and concord prevailed throughout.
The committee under whose management this demon-
t,tration came off, applied to the county magistrates for
the use of the Town-hail, but were refuscd it. They
then covered in what is called the Butter-market, and
made arrangements for holding a soirée, at which old and
y3ung, rich and poor, might attend. The committee
also offered to give the poor in the workhouse roast beef
and plum pudding, but the guardians peremptorily re-
fused to allow this to be done, and used their influence
also to prevent the out-door poor from receiving it. The
rector of the parish also thwarted, as far as he could, the
efforts of the committee, refusing to allow the children
attending the Sunday parish school to join in a pro-
cession of all the other children in the Stafford Sunday
schools, which took place in the morning in honour cf
the occasion.

Notwithstanding these disadvantages, the whole affair
was spirited, and did great credit to the free-traders.
About five hundred partook of tea. after which Sir
Joshua Wakesley, of Liverpool, on the motiun of the
Rev. Mr. Hill, was called to the chair.
Sir JOSHUA WTALMSLEY, after some observations of a
enmphtnentary nature, spoke at some length on the un
expected success that attended the efforts of the Anti-
Corn-law League. He said, to appreciate their labours
it was necessary to bear in mind the forlorn condition
in which this question stood only a few years since ;
not that the great body of the people were indifferent to
its importance, or that they had not endeavoured to
throw off its burdens ; they had felt and suffered long
and deeply, but they had been cunningly misled. The
constituencies were tampered with—fallacies were de-
vised ; misrepresentations widely disseminated, until
the corn-law by many was considered a blessing—the
" ultima thule ' of legislation, an act by which the
people were benefited, their wages kept up, their moral
conduct improved, and through which their best
and dearest privileges were sustained.—(Hear, hear.)
Public opinion was so widely misled on this subject,
that, in 1841, Lord John Rus,ell's Administration was
scattered to the winds for daring to propose even a fixed
duty of Bs. per quarter ; and that Minister, to whose
able advocacy we have since been so much indebted for
the passing of the Bill, then doubted, or assum( d to
d.ubt, the wisdom of our demand.—(Hear, hear.) We
can scarcely he surprised that others were less enlight-
ened. The agricultural interest had long been induced
to believe that its prosperity was dependent on protec-
tion ; that without its aid our fields would cease to be
cultivated—our people to be fed. The wealthy and the
powerful had propagated these opinions. Fathers had
transmitted them to their children, landlords had im-
pressed them on their tenants, tenants on their
labourers, until the frequently-asserted fallacies, like
the ofe-repeated lie, was at length believed by
its propagators themselves. The wonder, there-
fore, is not that contagion should have been
so widely spread, but that the poison should have
been so socLi eradicated ; that the little band should
have overthrown the citadel of monopoly. Truth, how-
ever, is great, and will prevail. It is scarcely eight years
since, after a long series of endeavours to enlighten the
public mind in their various localities, a few men met in

Palace-yard as delegates from Manchester, Liverpool,
Leeds, and other towns, desirous of laying the griev-
ances of the people before the House of Commons.
Their demand was refused, and when we spoke of total
repeal, we were treated as demagogues and disturbers of
the public peace; by some considered insane, by others
visionaries; and even many of the warmest friends of
the people, those who were desirous of their ameliora-
tion, were offended at the boldness of their demand.
At that period I happened to be one of three deputed to
receive a distinguished nobleman who was one
of the foremost in his anxiety to advance the
condition of the people. Mr. Cobden was also
present. After a long discussion of the question,
and expressing himself much satisfied with our argu-
ments,and recommending their dissemination, he re-
quested to be informed what were our ultimate objects ;
and when informed that they were a total repeal of the
corn-laws, he answered, more in sorrow than in anger—
" As well might you attempt to overturn the monarchy."
It is nolittle gratification to know that this nobleman voted
for the repeal of the corn-laws, and I dare say ho feels now
that the monarchy is no less firmly based on the affec-
tions of the people than it was before.—(Cheers.) In
the annals of our history as a nation, I am not aware of
any act calculated to produce so much good as the
repeal of the corn-laws. The effects of this measure
are already felt in the fall in price of the first neces-
sary of life—bread. Its ramifications will extend to
every portion of the known world, and carry peace, civi-
lies tion, and comparative comfort to the whole human
race. After some observations, showing the intimate
connexion of agriculture and commerce, Sir Joshua
Walnisley paid a high compliment to the various leaders
of the free-trade movement, referred to the present op-
position of the country party, expressing his confident
hope that it would soon die away, and then said—The
requiem of the corn-laws is the advent of the fall of every
other monopoly; already are they tottering to their
base. A little further struggle, and it will be all over.
I trust many of us will live to see the day when we
may congratulate each other upon the fact that the
words "customs " and " excise " are erased from the
statute-book—when all taxes that press upon the
productive classes shall be removed, and that little
measure (the sliding-scale), so long redolent with
evil, be applied to its legitimate purpose, the re-
gulation of taxation to the power to bear it, and
property be made to pay its due cost to protection.—
(Chcers.) To achieve these things will require time,
and the force of public opinion must be brought to bear
on our representatives. The power is in our own hands.
Let us exercise our electoral privileges with vigilance
and honesty, not bartering our birthrights for a mess of
pottage, but remembering that we hold our electoral
privileges as a delegated trust for the non-electors also,
and shall not have done our duty until we have extended
their rights and privileges to them.--(Cheers.)
A. METYARD, Esq., delivered an eloquent address on
the general question of free trade, reviewing its whole
history—its present position and future prospects.
R. Sidney, Esq., the Rev. Mr. Hill, and the Rev. Mr.
Graham severally addressed the meeting.
The meeting soon after separated.

CORNISH PILCHARD FISHERY.
(From the Penzance Gazette.)
MOUSETIOLE.—During the last fortnight the drift
boats belonging to this place have had very good
catches of pilchards—the last week, several of them
having taken from seven to eight hogsheads each. The
selling price has been from Is. 2d. to ls. 4d. per hundred.
A few boats have had good catches of hake—many to
the extent of three hundred and four hundred, which
sold at from 3s. to 3s. Gd. a burn (twenty-one.) Some
boats had their nets injured, in consequence of their
fouling the hooks of fishermen who had anchored their
boats and were fishing with lines in the wake of the
drift-boats. The greater part of the luggers are re-
turned from Ireland, a few having remained to see the
result of the herring fishery, as the prices are encou-
raging. Three or four of the Mousehole boats, on their
passage home, put into Milford Haven, owing to con-
trary winds, when they were overhauled by the revenue
officers. Some half-dozen bottles of Whiskey were
found, and the boats were detained. The magistrates,
however, considered the affair too trifling to make a
seizure upon, and ordered the boats to be released—no
forgetting to reprove the too nice interference of the
revenue officials.
PENBERTIL—Last Tuesday the sein at this Cove,
under the superintendence of Mr. Henry Pomery, took
up 400 hogsheads of fine pilchards, a part of which were
brought to Mousehole and cured.
MOUNT'S BAY.—The seins have not been very suc-
cessful; one or two have shot, but the fish secured have
been inconsiderable. •
On Friday night last the " Old Lizard" sein at the
Lizard inclosed 1,000 hogsheads of pilchards, but owing
to the force of the tide nearly all escaped.
ST. IVES.—The boats have taken no pilchards since
my last report. A few hundreds of mackerel have been
brought ashore. On Monday and Tuesday the weather
was very rough. The seiners were put in pay this week.
There are 92 seins, employing some 420 men, which is
about half the number of seins and men engaged in the
fishery at this place last year.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday se'nnight a young
man called Peter Downing, son of the late Mr. Peter
Downing, of the Ship Inn, Mousehole, tell over the quay
at Castletown, Isle of Man, and was killed. A young
man called Charles Choak died on board the boat Union,
of Mousehole, at Kingstown, on the homeward passage.
thus the boats have lost two hands in prosecuting their
labours this season on the Irish herring fishery.
Roucu SALT.—In consequence of the great demand
for this article for the purposes of fish curing, the price
has been advanced by the merchants. A further ad-
vance is anticipated, if there be good fishing, in the
absence of a large supply.

DUNBA.R HERRING FISHING, AUG. 18.—Yesterday
the fishing was pretty fair, but this morning it is very par-
tial, and but for two boats which had separated from the
fleet bringing in about thirty crans from new ground, the
fishermen would have been very desponding, as they fully
expected a good take this week. The herrings taken by the
two boats are of a very fine quality, and are evidently a new
shoal. None sold to curers to-day.—Caledonian Mercury.

FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP IN THE WESTERN
lltom,Asns AND ISLANDS.—We learn from an intelligent
Highland farmer that the potato failure is spreading with
disastrous rapidity in the Western Highlands and Islands,
and that the poor people whose chief, and in many instances
sole, dependence was on their crop of potatoes, are already
beginning to suffer privations, which, when winter sets in,
must be of the severest description. There is no prospect,
we believe, of there being a potato crop either for food cr
seed. It would be true clarity to these people were it made
widely known amongst them that there is abundant em-
ployment to be had, at remunerative rates, in the low country
harvest. Already, we are glad to hear, there have been
large reinforcements from the Highlands of reapers of our
inadequately supplied harvest fields. Hundreds more will
still be welcome. We trust that in this way many a decent
and industrious family will, by their own exertions, place
themselves beyond the reach of want or dependence, during
a winter which is looked forward to in the Highlands with
deep despondency.—Scottish Guardian.

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HAMBURGH and FLANDERS MAILS
BRUSSELS, AUG. 18.—The avertwe price of wheat in
the week ending on Saturday, the 15th of August, was
22f. 72c., and that of rye
,17f. 66c. per hectolitre.
The King gave audience yesterda_y to a great number
of persons.
We said yesterday, that on Saturday a person,
severely wounded and almost dead, had been found in a
hop garden at Jupille. He was recognised as M. Da-
chea a lieutenant in the 11th Regiment of Infantry of
the Line. He was immediately removed to the house
of an inhabitantfof the commune, where the physician
declarerirat-the wound had been inflicted a consider-
able time, since the blood which had flowed from it was
coagulated and decomposed. M. Dachet having revived
by the attention paid to him, was able to declare that be
had inflicted the wound himself, but he refused to say
what arm he had caused the wound with. He died
yesterday.
The potato market at Brussels was well supplied yes-
terday, but the prices were firm, with a slight tendency
to rise. Two hundred sacks were sold, from 71. to 71.
50 c. ; and 7f. 25c. per 100 kilogrames. One sample
sack was sold at 71. 75c. The retail prices are from 7to
8 centimes per kilograme.
The city of Louvain have resolved to erect a statue in
honour of the celebrated painter, Quinton Matsys.
KIEL, AUG. 16.—What was generally expected has
come to pass. Of the subtitutes of the deputies to the
states who withdrew from the assembly, only four ap-
peared yesterday at Joyehoe, who, with the six that re-
mained at their post, mike ten. As such a minority
cannot enter into any deliberations, the Royal Commis-
sion will declare, in a short sitting to•morrow, that the
assembly is officially dissolved. It is expected that the
Assembly of the Estates of Sleswich wi.l be convoked—
seme say for the 15th, and others for the Ist of October.
The Estates of Holstein will be convoked immediately
atter the new election—it is believed on the Ist of
January, 1847. Well-informed persons say that the
Government intends previous to take a step, without de-
parting from its dignity, yet in a conciliatory spirit, in
order to allay the excitement, in some measure at least,
so far as depends on it, that it may be possible for the
deliberation of the Estates to proceed without inter-
ruption.
Count Eugenia Von Reventlow having resigned his
post, as Minister Plenipotentiary at Berlin, Count
Molski is gone to that city as Minister Plenipotentiary
from the Court of Denmark.
VIENNA, AUG. 9.—The departure of Sir Robert
Gordon, the British Ambassador, is universally re-
gretted. He was on the best terms with Prince Met-
ternich, and his connexion for so many years with the
Austrian Noblemen, made us hope that the Whigs
would take advantage of his position and leave him.
Many persons, however, are firmly persuaded that in
less than a year he will return to his post..
Sl'ocxnoLsi, Afro. 11.—The heat has in many places
been 81 deg. and 82 deg. by Reaumur, (104 Pahreu-
heit). Letters from Oresund, speak of 38 to 43 deg.
(about 111 to 129 Fahrenheit), it is not said whether
in the shade or in the sun.— Hand) urgh Pap, rs.

LOSS OF THE BRILLIANT.

The subjoined is a copy of the official document re-
ceived at the Colonial-ofhce on the 13th of this month :
" Government House, St. John's, July 22, 1846.
" Sir,—l have the honour to commuicate to you the
circumstances of the wreck of a vessel named the Bril-
liant, bound from Cork to Qm-.bec, with about 100 pas-
sengers on board, on a part of cur coast near Lamaline,
on the 12th of May last. The whole of her passengers,
with the exception of one young female and an infant,
were safely conveyed on shore by the judicious means
adopted by the master, and on the following day they
reached Lamaline, where their immediate wants were
provided for by the magistrates, and the whole sent on
hither as soon as vessels could be provided for their
conveyance.
"In St. John's, where they reached on the 3d ult.,
private subscriptions were received to the amount o
1271. Os. 2d. currency, for their benefit, and the Govern-
ment provided such additional means as were necessary
to procure them food, and to hire suitable vessels to
convey them to their places of destination. The late
calamitous fire was mainly the cause of their em-
barkation being delayed till the 15th of June, when
they sailed for Quebec."

The rest of the document related to some pecuniary
expenses of no interest to the public.
(Signed) " JOHN HARVEY.
" To the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone,
Colonial-office.'

THE TWELFTH OF AUGUST.
(From the Inverness Courier.)
In this quarter, sportmen found the 12th all that could
be desired. The weather was cloudy, with a fine, cool
breeze, sufficient to prevent ardent sportsmen from
being overheated by too eager exertions to carry home
their game-bags brimfull. Many found the birds very
wild—a sure symptom of approaching rain, which fell
constant on the 13th, rendering it a blank day on the
hills. The same variety of weather has alternated daily
since. Tape-worm, we are sorry to hear, is prevalent this
season—fatal to the birds on some moors ; on others it
is only suspected, from the grouse being les plump than
usual. A sportsman of long experience informs us, that
he has noticed the disease mostly in old birds, particu-
larly hens ; and, strange enough, last year it was prin-
cipally seen among the cocks. The Moy beg party found
their stock of grouse had suffered but little, as they
anticipated a thinning similar to several other districts.
In proof of their abundance, in the afternoon of the
17th instant. J. C. Freebairn, Esq., shot 44 brace at
Balvonie Lodge. The demand for shooting continued to
increase as the 12th approached ; and, in addition to the
list we gave last week, we now give several names,
added within the last few days .—Dallas moors are taken
by M. Innes, Esq.—Farr...line, by Mr. Powell and Mr.
Adams—Conon and Highfield, by 11. Wigram, Esq.,
and Captain B. G. Knight—Laggan and Glenmasarin,
by Captain Boyd and Mr. Clifton—Lochcarron, by R.
Clifton, Esq.
BETURNS OF GROUSE BAGGED ON THE 12TH AND
14TH INST.
Viscount Milton, and Sir James J. R. Mackenzie,
Bart., at Kinloehuichart, bagged 73 brace of grouse, and
4 mountain hares, on the 12th; Mr. Grierson, 10 brace
at Bunachton; at Cabrich, Mr. Cashborne and Mr.
Williams, 21 brace on the 12th, and on the 14th, Mr
Cashborne 18 and Mr. Williams 16 brace; Mr. Coltby
32 brace, at Shalvany; Mr. Randall, 15 brace, at ditto;
on the 12th, George A. Ames, Esq., 15 brace, at Culcu-
thel, and on the 14th, 14 brace, a hare, and two snipes;
Lord Gifford, Lord Grosvenor, and Mr. W. Baillie, 63
brace, at Dochfour; Mr. Mackintosh, of Balnespick,
25 brace, at Clune; Mr. Hodgson, 23 brace, at Can-
tray ; at Lower Killin, Mr. King, 23, and
Mr. Smith, 25 brace ; at Castle Leod, Robert
Reid, Esq., Mr. Granville, and Mr. West, 103 brace ;
at Dunmaglass, Captain Young bagged 21 brace, Mr.
Wilson 33, Mr. Colmore 27, and Mr. Penrose 47 brace.
The Pitmain party bagged as follows:—Mr. Laverock,
112 brace, Mr. Maershin, 90, Mr. Stewart, 32k, and
Mr. Berry, 16 brace ; and at Beaufort Castle, Lord
Lovat bagged 61 brace ; Captain Boyd and Mr. Clif-
ton, 60 brace on the afternoon of the 12th, and 110
brace on the 14th, at Laggan and Glenmasserin ;
at Dundreggan, Sir Henry Meux, Bart., and Richad
Arabin, Esq., had 107 brace on the 12th, and 103
brace on the 14th ; on Upper Killin, Lord E. Hill,
58 brace, anti D. C. Majoribanks, Esq , 604 brace on
the 12th, and 47 brace by Lord 11., and 50i brace
by Mr. M., on the 14th; at Balmacan, Lord Reidhavea
got 36 brace, and 3 mountain hares, on the 12th, and on
the 14th, 46 brace, 4 hares, and a brace of plover; T.
Garde, Esq., W. 0. Jackson, Esq., and Mr. Power, at
Auchinault, had 130 brace on the 12th. The Moy Beg
party, George Orred, Esq., Mr. St. John, Mr. Freebairn,
and Colonel Custans, bagged 60 brace in five hours, and
on the 14th, 36 brace, 5 hares, and 2 teal. At Erchless
Castle, S. M. Boulderson, Esq., had 93 brace and 8 hares
on the 12th, and 84 brace on the 14th; at the same place,
11. A. Benie, Esq., 29 brace and 2 hares on the 12th, and
24 brace on the 14th; on Fairburn Moor, H. M. Fowler,
Esq., and a friend, shot 423- brace on the 12th; at
Aldourie, Captain John Fraser and Mr. Ruxton, 16
brace and 4 hares on the 12th, and 11 brace on the 14th;
at Knockie, Mr. Perry got 20 brace. At Moy, Donald
Maebean; gamekeeper to the Mackintosh, killed 67 brace
of grouse and 8 hares, with one gun and dog.

MR. LEVEIN, HIS SPLENDID WORKMANSHIP FOR THE
OUEEN, AND TIIK FURNITURE WOODS FROM NEW ZEALAND.
—We are happy to announce that her Majesty has been
pleased to confer upon Mr. Levein the appointment of Cabi-
net-maker to her Majesty, in token of the very elegant speci-
mens of workmanship made by him from the woods of New
Zealand. Tier Majesty the Queen was the first to patronise
him, and he has secured great favour with her Majesty both
by his workmanship, his skill, and his woods. We are much
pleased that a testimonial of this nature should have been
conferred upon Mr. Levein, not only as an old colonist, who,
in common with ourselves, has stood by the colony " through
evil report and good report ;" but also as a most enterprising
man, who has himselfgone into the forests and cut down the
timber which is now eliciting the admiration of all connois-
seurs of cabinet workmanship in this country. We trust Mr.
Levein's success will be commensurate with the spirit of en-
terprise which he has exhiLited. The New Zealand Company
estimate Mr. Levein and his high character so much as to
have permitted him the last five years to use their principal
room as his magnificent show rooms, where the public have
daily gratuitous admission. The Barons Rothschild have
contributed greatly to his success by their continued patron-
age.—New Zealand Journal.

COMPLETION OF THE NELSON LETTERS. The
seventh volume of " The Dispatches and Letters of Lord
Nelson," concluding this truly national work, greatly ex-
ceeds in public interest either of those which have preceded
it, interesting as they were all acknowleged to have been.
This recommendation it owes to the vast amount of new
and important information which the editor, Sir Harris
Nicholas, has succeeded in combining with the letters of the
hero during that momentous period of his existence which
immediately preceded the glorious Battle of Trafalgar.
Illustrative of that extraordinary naval conflict, there is
added to the narrative of Sir William Beattie, of what took
place before the battle; letters from Captain Blackwood,
then commanding the Eurvalus ; from Admiral Sir Edward
' Codrington, of the Orion; 'from Vice Admiral Lord Coiling-
wood; and from Captain Pasco, Nelson's signal lieutenant,
A copy of the log of every British ship in the action ; com-
munications from the Marquis:de Salano, Governor of Cadiz;
and Vice Admiral Alava; as well as French and Spanish
accounts of the battle. It is not venturing too much to
assert that no book ever was published that appeals more
forcibly to the attention of the whole British nation.
DEATH FROM POISON.--UNFORTUNATE 111ISTARY..—
A respectable woman named Cough, residing at Old Windsor, who
was employed as charwoman at the stables of her Royal Highneat
the Duchess of Kent, at Frogmore House, near Windsor, met with
her death on Wednesday, in consequence of having taken a large
quantity of oxalic acid in mistake for Epsom salts. It appears that
she was engaged on Wednesday in clean ng the rooms of her Royal.
Highness's groonukand stable-men, but, finding herself unwell, eye
left, and returned to her house at Old Windsor, within half a mite of
Frogmore, about noon. She told her daughter, who resided with he:l•7
to dissolve some salts In water, which would be found in aikpa, .A 2
(tllLei.cguili,tb,o,avrhde.n i 'lt hwi,saswas unfortunatelyi io sooner
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stead of containing salts, enclosed n quantity of giing torte' when
mained for but a short time in the most exerue
death put an end to her sufferings.

NOTICE.
ART IV. OF BURKE'S HISTORY
of the
LANDED GENTRY,
COMPLETING THE WORK,
IS NOW READY FOR DELIVERY at the Booksellers in Town
and Country ; and the Purchasers of the first three Parts are re-
quested to complete their sets without delay, as the Parts will only
be sold separately for a short period.
N.B. The work may also now be had complete, bound in 2 volumes,
price 21. 10s.
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THE NEW NOVELS.
Now reedy at all the libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo.,
R A VEN SNEST;
Or, THE RED SKINS.
By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq.
Second Edition of THE DEBUTANTE ; or, THE LONDON
SEASON. By Mrs. GORE. 3 vols.

MEMOIRS OF A FEMME DECHAMBRE. BY the Countess
of BLESSINGTON. 3 vols.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE.
ESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE,II AND
LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their
Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage,
and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c.,
take place every TUESDAY and Fitins.v, at One o'clock, at the
Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place,
favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectibily
requested to be addressed.
All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day
previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be
forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds leone-
distely disposed of according to instructions.
Oflizes, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London.

THEATRE LOYAL, LYCEUM.
ENDER THE MANAGEMENT
IS EVENI NOF MRS. KEPLEY:
THIS

- .
Wlll be performed the Comedy of THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE.
Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Mathews, F. Vining, Turner,
Collier ; Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley.
Alter which a New Farce, entitled THE END OF JUNE.
Principal characters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Turner,
Mr. Keeley, and Miss Howard. -
To be followed by the highly popular Drama of THE MISER'S
WELL. Dolph Heyliger, Mrs. Keeley; Dr. Knipperhausen, Mr.
Turner ; Peter de Groodt, Mr. Yamold ; Spiegel, Mr. Kinloch ;
Claus Hopper, Mr. Meadows ; Vander Heydeu, Mr. Emery ; Leo-
nidas, Miss Turner; Marie, Miss Keeley; Frau Ilsy, Mrs. Woollidge.
To conclude with the new Farce, entitled LOAN OF A
WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan,
Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and 3liss Howard.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE.
THI EVENING
Will be performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colonel Hardy,
Mr. Lambert ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp,Mr. 0. Smith ; Somers,
Mr. Worrell ; Mr. Stanley, Mr. Thomas; Harry Stanley, Mr. Boyce,
Frank Hardy, Mr. Braid ; Witherton, Mr. Selby ; Mrs. Subtle,
Mrs Laws ; Marian, Miss E. Harding ; Phcebe, Miss Ellen Chaplin.
After which, a Grand Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de-
nominated THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS ; or, The Pas de Pip-
pins. The characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen-
nairo, Lindon, Waye, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, Mitchenson,
-Alderson, Ryan, Wright, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss
Taylor, Miss Harrison, 31 iss Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c.
To be followed by an original Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM
PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright.
To conclude with the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR.
Characters by Messrs. Worrell, Lambert, Mtuiyard, Miss Harding,
and Mrs. Frank Matthews.

PRINCESS'S TfIEATRE. OXFORD-STREET.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed an entirely new Serio-Comic Drama, entitled
A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. Vining ; Twiggleton, Mr.
Charles Mathews ; Charles Stanton, Mr. Fisher ; Edward, Mr
Honner ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling.
After which a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SLEEP-
ING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. Baron Factotum, Mr. Oxberry ;
Princess Isabelle, Madame Vestris.
To be followed by an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled THE
BARBER BRAVO ; or, The Inventor of Powder. In which Mr.
Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and
Miss Marshall will perform.
To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir
Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. C. Mathews ; Sir Adonis Leech,
Mr. Granby ; Lady Clutterbuck, Miss E. Honner.

ASTLEY'SI ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince
Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Prixcess Royal. The
Public are respectfully apprised, that the present Week will ter-
minate the successful career of the Grand Military Spectacle of
our Indian Victories

THIS EVENING
Will be performed the popular Drama, called THE SIKHS' IN-
VASION ; or, England's Victories of 1846.
After which, splendid SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the
British and Foreign Professors, Male and Female.
The whole concluding with an Equestrian Drama, entitled
THE NAMELESS.
On MONDAY I.:elm an extraordinary Change of Performance,
embracing a New Spectacle, called THE MERCHANT STEED ;
or, The Flight of Damon. In which Mr. T. Harwood and Mrs.
Morton Brooks will, in addition to the regular Company, hav th
honour of appearleg. With other attractive Entertainments ;e to- e
gether with the Romantic Drama of THE NAMELESS.
Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six
and commence at seven o'clock.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge.
Immense attraction ! A New Opera, and powerful combination of
attraction and talent. An increased Band and Double Chorus.
Conductor, Mr. E. J. Loder.
THIS EVENING will be performed the Opera of THE SYREN.
In which Miss Georgiana Smithson will appear, supported by
Messrs. D. W. King, Weiss, S. Jones, Horncastie, A. Harris; Miss
Betts, and Miss Parry.
With the Musical Piece of THE QUAKER.
To conclude with WEALTH ANI) WANT. 'ln which Messrs.
E. F. Saville, Fredericks, J. T. Johnson, Neville, Heslop, W.
Smith, Lewis ; Miss Richardson, Miss Martin, Miss E. Terry, Mrs.
W. Daly, and Mrs. Homier will perform.
Box Office open from eleven till four o'clock.

Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
EVEaRY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND
THURSDAY.
VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC-
TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79.
A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been
constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night.
The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey.
CALYPSO'S FAIRY a nun°, representing in the Interior
Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso.
Tho PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the
most complete and effective scale.
Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINELLI will descend
from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the
lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive Lim, and bear him to
his chrystal home.
The Glass Conservatory is splendidly ornamented with festoons
of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of
Carnivora by gas-light.
Feeding of the Carnivora at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at
six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk.
Admission, One Shilling.
Under the Patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambr'dge.
On MONDAY, Aug. 24th, and TUESDAY, Aug. 25th.
A GRAND FLORICULTURAL EXHIBITION and BAZAAR
DES FLEURA. In aid of the Funds for assistieg those Nurserymen
and Florists who suffered by the late Hail-storm. Extra Bands will
attend, in addition to the combined attractions of the Gardens.
Admittance, TWO SHILLINGS. Doors open at One.

THE WEATHER.—Sun OFFICE, AUGUST 22.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 57; Highest. 70 ; Noon, 68
BAROMETER, 30.09.—W1ND N.W., cloudy.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Warning 11 minutes after 2. 1 Evening .. 29 minutes after 2.

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