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By this account one perceives that the ship Teresa, Cap-
tain Milossovich, has stepped into port with 15 feet of water,
at common tide, because drawing the vessel 131 A Venetian
feet, and the surface of the water being 1% under common
tide, at common tide she might have had 15 feet without
running aground with her keel. Now one Venetian foot
being equal to metres 0,34773485, the 15 Venetian feet are
equal to metres 5,216, or to 16 Parisian feet.
Which be also said for proper direction to the sailors of
every country in the world.
Thus stated the facts, it assures unopposedly that vessels
which require so much as 15 Venetian feet of water at pre-
sent during the tide, can safely step into port by, the new
entrance. About the vessels coming in at night I have to
say, that the obstacles at Malamocco shall not outweigh
those met at Duino, where " H. E., the Governer of Trieste,
Count Stadion, the Knight di Bruck, Director of the Lloyd's
Company, and the most notable merchants, were waiting Mr.
Waghorn till half an hour at morning, because the night
was dark, and he could not steer towards Duino but by the help
of squibs purposely, flung in the air from ashore," as the zealous
Briton wrote to the editor of the Times. See the Gazzetta di
Venezia, dated Nov. 18, 1845, No. 265.

Now, methinks that by such like cares had net proved more
difficult to land at Malamocco than it resulted landing at
Duino, and if Mr. Waghorn will land at Trieste, he shall
lengthen both his sea and land passage.
Let us recapitulate. Since the time of the experiment
that was made on October 27th—I mean since Mr. Waghorn's
departure from Trieste or from Duino o—things remained
there unaltered ; I mean that the mail that comes from Egypt
either landing at Trieste or at Duino, ought ever to run the
road of Romans, Codroipo, Sacile, and Ceneda.
But at Venice things arecome ;bout, because now steamers
get in very easily from Malamocco, and the bridge built
across the Lagunes spares one hour's voyage to reach Mestre,
and from thence to Ceneda' where we can arrive from Venice
within four hours and half, or five at most, whilst twelve, or
at least ten hours, are required if starting from either of the
two other points.
The Government of her British Majesty will then perceive
that, in the actual condition of things, Venice, and not Duino
or Trieste, is the port where the post of India ought to land,
if they care to receive at London their dispatches six or eight
hours sooner than by landing elsewhere, which I wanted to
demonstrate with all possible exactness; and this is owing
in a great degree to the superior effects already obtained by
the grand work of the dyke, not least of the monuments which
glorify the reign of our Emperor Ferdinand 1., happily
reigning.
I will close this my letter, dearest Thomas, with one rec-
tification.

In my item concerning the dyke at Malamocca, issued
out by the Gazzetta, 3d December, 1845, No. 278, was
printed "that the dyke to the north had produced such an
effect in benefit of the port as to render quite useful build-
ing the second dyke at the south, which also makes an es-
sential part in the scheme of improving the aforesaid har-
bour."

These words would imply a contradiction, because if the
dyke had since then produced the best effects, it insured, of
course, that the dyke to the south would be useless, or less
useful ; and if the dyke to the south were quite useful, the
other to the north either had not produced the best effects,
or but very scarce ones.
In fact, the foreign newspapers (among which the privi-
leged Gazzette of Vienna) that reported my aforesaid item,
were puzzled at the same scrap, and some one quite altered
the contents, others moulded them to the best of their under-
standing, but not according to what I had wished to tell.
The same scrap ought therefore to be renewed as follows :
" Because whilst, some time past, it was reported that the
aforesaid grand work—we mean the dyke—the result of so
many studies by both native and foreign most clever engi-
neers, renowned masters in the hydraulic art, did not an-
swer its own purpose, a few days ago we read that the dyke
to the north had produced such effects as to render quite
useless the building of the second dyke to the south, which
also makes an essential part in the scheme of improving the
aforesaid harbour."

Please to grant a most visible spot to these news, that, I
warrant you, are conveyed from genuine sources; and thus
you will contribute also to enlighten the minds of those who
are led astray by false opinions, hurtful to the prosperity of
our beloved 'Venice.

Yours truly,
(Signed) G. DEMBSHEIt
Venice, April 4, 1846.

* Very oddly, the Giornale del Lloyd Austriaco, reported by the
Gazzetla di Venezia, No. 262, of the 14th of November ult., giving a
most circumstantial account of Mr. Waghorn's experiment, had :
" From Alexandria by the Lloyd's steam-ship I'lmperatore, with
stormy weather far as at Trieste, within 156 hours.
" Departure fron!grieste, on the 27th October, about half an hour
past midnight, far as Innsbruck, &c."
And Mr. Waghorn, in his quoted letter to the Times, says: "It is
generally believed that I had repaired to Trieste by the Austrian
steamer : erroneous 1 I have landed at the utmost end of the Adriatic,
at Dweno (viz. Ditino), &c."
That at Venice, O9neda, Innsbruck, &c., people should believe that
Mr. Waghorn had landed at Trieste I can conceive; but that the in-
telligence should be printed at Trieste, this, indeed, is utterly beyond
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Subjoined is an official list of some of the principal awards :—For
the large collection of 30 store and greenhouse plants, the Ist gold
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gardenernurserym toan ,Go.flLve.as.BormridgazrEoadsq;,
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Bromley. For the large collection of 20 store and greenhouse plants,.
the 2d gold medal to Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss Trail ; the 3d gold
medal to Messrs. Luecombe, Rinee, and Co., Exeter. For the large
collection of orchidaceous plants, the Ist gold medal to Messrs. Rolli-
son, nurserymen, Tooting ; 3d gold medal to Mr. Plant, gardener to
I. H. Schroeder, Esq. For the collection of ten orchidaceous plants,
2d gold medal to Mr. Hunt, which would have been given to Mr.
Rae but for his disqualification for non accordance with the rules.
For the large collection of fifteen Cape heaths, the 3d gold medal to
Mr. May, gardener to E. Goodheart, Esq., Beckenham.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Yesterday Joseph Carter, a
shoemaker, was brought before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, at Guildhall,
charged with attempting to murder a man of the name of Oddy.
From the evidence adduced it appeared that the wounded man and
several of his companions, who were also shoemakers, went into the
Crow public-house, Moor-lane, the previous night. Shortly after
they had been in the house the prisoner entered the tap-room, and
took up a pot and drank some beer. He was then told by the
wounded man to pay his share, on which a quarrel took place, and
very bad language was used. The prisoner then left, but shortly
after he came to the door of the public-house, and sent in word for
Oddy to come out. He was advised not to leave the room, as the
prisoner was seen to secrete something behind his coat. Oddy
laughed at the caution and went out, when the prisoner rushed at
him, and inflicted two deep and dangerous wounds on the unfortu-
nate man, which caused his bowels to protrude. The wounded man
was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, but is not expected to
survive the injuries which he had received. The prisoner was secured,
and on being searched, a sharp-pointed knife was found on him. He
declined saying anything, and was remanded until Friday.
MR. WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN.—On Wednesday no
less than nine deputations, from several districts in Ireland, waited
upon Mr. Smith O'Brien, for the purpose of presenting him with ad-
dresses. They were from Cork, Skibbcreen, Galbolly, Rathceale,
Corporation of Limerick, Poor-law Guardians of Limerick Union,
Town-Council of Waterford, the Guardians of the Kilmallock Union,
and the Guardians of the Newcastle Union, of which Mr. S. O'Brien
is chairman.

IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE VICEROY OF EGYPT.
—A most important decision for European commerce has just been
taken by the Egyptian Government. Squabbles were contirually
arising on the interest of money between the European merchants
and the natives. These latter were continually making objections,
and often declined fulfilling the agreements they had made. The
Tribunal of Commerce of Alexandria, consisting chiefly of Arabs,
had been often called upon to give its opinion, and rendered such
ambiguous decisions that it was impossible to draw any decisive con-
clusions from them. The matter was laid before the Viceroy, who
issued a final decision for the whole of the States under his jurisdic-
tion, by which the legal and commercial interest of money is to be
1 per cent, per month.
NOBLE SACRIFICE.—John Day, jun., immediately he
heard that " a Minister should be aman of a stable mind," sent word
li her Majesty, to say that he was ready to undertake to-morrow, if
it eeeutry required it, the duties of mime Minister