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DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWS-
PAPER of Nov. 7, with all the News of the Week, con-
tains the Manchester Early Closing Movement—The Tendency of
Modern Politics—The Whittington Club—The Church Mouse on Re-
organisation and the Thirty-nine Articles—The Barber's Chair—New
Zealand: Captain Fitzroy, the Treasury and the Currency—JOHN
BIGGS, the Essex Farmer, No. I. of Public Benefactors living un-
known—A " Free Pardon" for the Guiltless—The Wakley Testimo-
nial—The Obstructionists—Liberty at Nocton and Dunston—Maga-
ziniana—The Impiety of Preaching—Another Peer and a Clergyman
—The Welsh Utopia= I of a Bold Peasantry.

O
FFICE of the GAS LIGHT and COKE
COMPANY.

19, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
London, 4th Nov, 1846.

Notice is hereby given, that the Court of Direclors of "The Gm
Light and Coke Company" do hereby declare that a Vacancy has
occurred in the Court of Directors by the election of George Wigg,
Esq., a Director, to be Deputy Governor of the Company.
Notice is hereby also gives, that a Special General Court of the
Proprietors of this Company will be held at this Office, on MONDAY,
the 30th day of November instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon,
for the Election of a Director, to supply the said Vacancy; and that
should a ballot be required, it will continue open for four hours from
its commencement.

By order of the Court of Directors,
CHARLES BURLS, Secretary.
N.B. The chair will be taken at twelve o'clock precisely, and none
but proprietors admitted.

PRESTON, STAMFORD, and BIRMING-
HAM RAILWAY (STAMFORD and WISBECH).
The Committee of Management hereby give notice, that unless
the small portion of Scrip still outstanding be sent into the Com-
pany's 'Offices on or before tho 20th of November—the PIiESENr
MONTII—it will positively be forfeited, as it will be necessary to pro-
ceed immediately to the compression of the Registered Shares into
the reduced number specified by the Act of Parliament.

By order,
8, Abingdon-street, Nov. 5, 1846.

S. S. BAXTER, Solicitor,

MOST IMPORTANT SALE OF
THE ONLY TYPE-FOUNDRY IN IRELAND.
Nut CHARLES SHARPE, of. No. 31, Angle-
sea-street, Dublin, having been honoured with instructions
to SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Premises, at Twelve o'clock
on THURSDAY, the 12th day of November next (if not previously dis-
posed of by Private Contract, of which dae notice will be given),
THE ENTIRE PLANT, MACHINERY, AND IMPLEMENTS,
with the consequent Goodwill of that Established and well-appointed
TYPE-FOUNDRY IN LOWER LIFFEY-STREET, DUBLIN,
belonging to the Trust-Estate of
ALEXANDER AND PATRICK WILSON,
whose celebrity as Letter-Founders is so well known.
. -

This Property consists of a Type-Foundry, Machinery, and Imple-
ments, with Twenty-two Working Furnaces, capable of Extension ;
Warehouses and Dwelling-house, most compactly situated, and all
in perfect order. Printed particulars may be had on application.
It is well worthy of attention, being the only Type-Foundry in
Ireland, and commanding the almost exclusive supply of the Irish
Trade.

The Business has been carried on uninterruptedly to this time
and, as the purchaser may also arrange for the purchase of the Ma•
nufactured Stock, such an opportunity of at once acquiring an Esta.
Wished, Respectable, and
HIGHLY PROFITABLE BUSINESS
but seldom occurs.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
ADDITIONAL.

It has been determined that the upset price of this Valuable Plant
(exclusive of Lease and Fixtures) shall be only 8001.
The Sale will commence at Twelve o'clock on the above day.
Communications, in the meantime, may be addressed to Henry F.
Darley, Esq., Solicitor to the Bank of Ireland, Dame-street, Dublin;
Mr. John-Cumming, 17, Lower Ormond Quay, Dablin ; Messrs.
Oliverson, Denby, and Layle, Frederick-place, London; and Mr.
James Munro, No. 71, George-street, Edinburgh.
The MANUFACTURED STOCK (of which Catalogues are now
ready), will be Sold by Private Contract, and in any quantity, on
terms peculiariy advantageous, by Mr. John Cumming, 17, Lower
Ormond Quay, Dublin,
21st October, 1846.

DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS.
THE Henan, Nov. 3.—DRAINING OF THE LAKE OF
HAARLEM.—W hen the trial was made of the engine
called the Leeghwater, all the parts moved with great
regularity, and the eleven pumps, at every stroke of the
piston, raised sixty-six cubic metres of water. Though
every time such a mass of water was raised, the engine
was subject to a pressure of more than 200,000 kilo-
grammes, hardly any shock was felt in the vessel, and
the only noise that was heard was that made by the
flowing off of the water that was raised by the pumps.
The number of strokes of the piston was about seven in
a minute, the water was raised to the height of 1.30 to
1.50 metres, and the pressure of the steam in the
boiler was from 301bs: to 351bs. English. If it should be
necessary in draining the Lake of Haarlem to raise the
water from a greater depth, the force of the steam-
engire may be safely increased by 701bs. English,
and by this means the celerity of the play of
the pumps might perhaps be increased. At present,
taking the operation as it was on the Ist of
October, this steam engine is able to raise, deducting
the loss, 450 cubic metres per minute, or 648,000 in 24
hours, which is about 45 millions of ordinary pails; the
power of the engine may be estimated as equal to 300
horse power. Whatever be the quantity of coals em-
ployed to obtain so great a power, the expense may
always be diminished by the continuance of the operation.
A former experiment has also proved that no more than
two kilogrammes of coals per horse was necessary to ob-
tain one horse power, whereas seven kilogrammes of
coals were required for the old engine employed at the
Zuidplay. Notwithstanding the important saving of
coals which the Leeghwater affords, the engine still re-
quires 200 bushels of coals to obtain the result expected
from it.
SECOND CHAMBER OF THE STATES-GENERAL,
Nov. 2.—Thc central section made its report on the pro-
ject of law relative to the disposal of the surplus of the
colonial revenue from 1845. The discussion of the pro-
ject was fixed for to-morrow morning at eleven o'clock.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 3.—We are able to state the
number of passengers and the receipts of the Rhenish
railway during the month of October, 1846:—Pas-
sengers, 30,780 ; Passengers' fares, 38,430f1. 85e. ;
Receipts for merchandise, horses, and carriages,
10,1091 29c.
FRANKFORT, OCT. 31.—1 t is reported ' that several
arrests have lately taken place in the Grand Duchy of
Posen, in consequence of the investigations that have
been made into the disturbances in Poland. The pro-
ceedings against the Poles, it is now said, will probably
not begin at Berlin till the month of May or June next
year.

BERLIN, OCT. 28.—Our.city has been the scene of a
deplorable event, namely, the death of the eldest son of
the Minister Van Bodelschwingvelrnede, who was killed
in a duel with M. J***, brother of the well-known pro-
prietor of an hotel. The cause of the duel is variously
stated. The duellists went to Treptow ; but when the
deceased had received a severe wound, and lost much
blood, they departed in another carriage. It was not
till the day before yesterday that the event became
known, in consequence of the increased illness of the
wounded man ; unhappily his wounds proved mortal,
and he died yesterday at the age of 23, to the great
grief of his afflicted family. According to information
that may be depended upon, the law for regulating the
position of the Jews in the Prussian dominions is to con-
tain, in many respects, an extension of the existing
laws.—Dutch Papers, Nov. 4.

THE CORN TRADE.
Comparatively little rainBRITI haS fallen during the week;
and though the land is scarcely yet in a condition to
admit of outdoor work being carried on with advantage,
the plough has again been set in motion, and should
there be no return of wet, farmers will be actively em-
ployed in the fields in the course of a few days. Under
these circumstances an immediate falling off in the sup-
plies of grain from the growers may be calculated on ;
but as the millers and merchants have still tolerable
stocks on hand, decreased deliveries may perhaps for a
time produce little effect on prices, Indeed, something
like a check to the upward movement has already taken
place, nor is this by any means surprising, when we
consider that the value of grain has been constantly on
the advance for a period of three months. The excite-
ment consequent on the discovery of the extent of the
potato failure is now in some measure subsiding, but
nothing has transpired to lead to the belief that the de-
ficiency in this important crop has been exaggerated; on
the contrary, the more the matter is investigated, the
clearer is the proof that an immense amount of food has
been totally lost, and that a very large importation of
foreign corn will be absolutely necessary to make good
this falling off in the home produce. We are, therefore,
inclined to view the present quiescent state of the trade
as the natural result of the previous activity, and not as
an indication of doubt as to whether the advance already
established be really warranted by the actual position of
affairs. The extraordinarily large supplies of wheat
brought forward by the farmers during September and
October have been only partially consumed, a portion
thereof being now in the hands of the millers and mer-
chants ; whose wants having been satisfied, they, as
prudent tradesmen, feel no disposition to enter into fur-
ther immediate investments. The consumption of bread
is, however, unusually great, and is more likely to in-
crease than diminish, prices of potatoes having risen to
such a height as to render it doubtful whether bread be
not the cheaper article of food. The stocks of wheat
and flour in the hands of the millers and bakers cannot
therefore, be expected to last very long, and in the course
_of,a very few weeks a renewed -demand- for*heat may
be calculated on. We ire, consequently, disposed to
think that no decline of moment can occur in prices of
this article, and even doubt whether the highest point
has yet been touched. In regard to the probable extent
of the supplies from abroad, we see no reason to alter
the opinions expressed on former occasions, viz., that
until the spring of next year it will be impossible to
obtain a large quantity. The practicability of securing
millions of quarters is very glibly spoken of ; but those
really well-informed on the subject know perfectly well
that such statements are wholly without foundation.
From what quarter of the world are these millions to
come? France, Holland, and Belgium are buying wheat
wherever it is to be got. In the Baltic there are compa-
ratively no stocks of old. At Odessa vessels were, ac-
cording to the most recent accounts, so exceedingly
scarce as to render large shipments impossible. In' the
Mediterranean prices of wheat are nearly as high as in
this country ; and there is consequently no inducement
to consign from thence to Great Britain. Our principal
dependance must, therefore, be on America. In a recent
number we endeavoured to show that very erroneous
notions are entertained respecting the capabilities of the
United States, and from what we have since learned we
are not inclined to alter our opinion. At New York the
total stock of flour consisted on the 15th October, of
about 40,000 or 50,000 barrels. Supplies, it is true,
were coming in fast from the interior ; but to talk of
millions being received from the other side of the
Atlantic, and that within the space of a few months, is
perfect nonsense. We notice these matters merely to
point out the real state of affairs ; we Certainly have no
wish to encourage speculation, but we deem it a duty to
dissent distinctly from these who would endeavour to
riake it appear that all cause for apprebensioa respecting
t. e possible scarcity of food is at an end. The accounts
from Ireland are certainly .net of a character to lead to
any such conclusion. The rise in the value of the coarser
descriptions of grain used as substitutes for potatoes has
there received no check, and all our letters agree in
stating that the wants of the people are daily becoming
more pressing. At Limerick the high price of 565. per
qr. had been paid for Indian corn, and oatmeal had been
selling in different parts of the island at the unprece-
dented advance of 40s. per ton.
The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London were
small up to Friday, but since then a larger number of
cargoes have come to hand from the east coast. The
quantity reported up to this (Saturday) evening amounts
to only 13,503 qrs. The show of samples by land-carriage
from the home counties has been quite trifling since
Monday ; the few runs exhibited on the Essex and Kent
stands on Wednesday were principally parcels left over
from previous arrivals, nor was there much fresh up on
Friday. Notwithstanding the moderate nature of the
supply, the trade has not been by any means lively
but though the millers have acted with the utmost
caution, and few or no purchases have been made for
shipment coastwise sine the commencement of the
week, still former prices have been about supported,
and it was impossible to buy really good wheat cheaper
at any period of the week than on Monday. The
inquiry for duty-paid foreign wheat has been even more
restricted than the demand for English. Mark-lane
has been visited by corn-merchants and millers from
Liverpool and other parts of the kingdom, evidently
looking for foreign wheat, but they appeared dis-
appointed at the prices asked ; and very few bargains
have, consequently, been closed. The lower descriptions,
such as Polish, Odessa, Danube, &c., have met with more
attention than finer sorts from the Baltic, and we should
not be surprised if any inquiry for the first named kinds
were to spring up, prices of these being at present very
little higher than those recently obtained for Indian
corn. Nothing of interest has transpired in bonded
wheat the idea of the duty being taken off,
which some
entertained last week, appears to be given up ; at all
events no inclination has been shown to buy bonded
wheat in preference to free, and the difference in value
between the two is the existing rate of duty (4s. per
quarter.)
iness
Quotations of flour have remained perfectly stationary,
with but a moderate extent of business passingpassing in the
article. The metropolitan bakers have still sufficient
stock on band to carry them on for a few weeks, and
seem determined not, to buy more till this shall have
been exhausted. In American flour, whether free or
under lock, the operations have also been on a restricted
scale ; and prices have remained precisely as they were
last week.
The arrivals of English barley have been scanty, and
no supplies of this grain have yet reached us from abroad.
The maltsters seem to be completely out of stocks ; in
which position of affairs they have no alternative but to
comply with the demands of factors. Not only has the
advance of Monday been supported, but in some cases
prices not then obtainable have been realised, say 545.
for prime malting samples, and corresponding rates for
other sorts ; there was, however, less inclination to buy
on Friday than in the beginning of the week.
The rise in the value of malt has kept pace with the
advance in the prices of barley, and the demand for
the former has been fully as active as that for the latter
article.

Though 9,632 quarters of oats have arrived from Ire-
land and 28,979 quarters from abroad, the smallness of
the receipts from our own coast and Scotland, and the
belief that there is now very little on passage from the
sister isle, have imparted a very firm character to the
trade.

So few English beans have appeared as to render ex-
tensive operations impossible : and in
the absence of
sales of consequence, quotations have remained
in
nally unvaried. Egyptian beans have been rather
lively request, and for parcels on the spot, as well as for
cargoes to arrive, is. to 2s. per quarter more has in par-
tial instances been obtained.
The cold weather experienced in the early part of the
week led to an improved demand for boiling peas, but
on Friday there was less disposition to buy, and the ex-
treme rates of Monday were paid with some reluctance.
In hog peas there has not been much passing, and prices
have undergone no change requiring notice.
Indian corn on the spot has moved off in retail at very
full prices. Floating cargoes have been much inquired
for by buyers on Irish account, and the contracts closed
have been at rates Is. to 2s. per qr. above those at which
sales were made last week.

FOREIGN.
We have advices from New York of the 15th of
October, and accounts of corresponding dates from other
parts of America. The demand for flour does not ap-
pear to have been so lively on the other side of the
Atlantic as might have been expected after the exciting .
reports from hence ; a great deal of business hell
been done at the principal shipping ports. At New
York prices of good Genesse flour had during the pre-
vious fortnight fluctuated between sd. and sd. 75c., but
the latter rate was no longer obtainable on the 15th ult.
the top price being then sd. 50c., or about 245. per brl:
The shipments from New York had amounted to 64,042
brls. of flour, 113,125 bushels of wheat, 55,785 bushels
of rye, and 38,055 bushels of Indian corn. From Mon-
treal we have advices of the 12th October. Large pur-
chases of flour appear to have been made there on
English account, and, shipping being more plentiful
there than at New York and other ports in the United
Statei, we may calculate on receiving comparatively
more from Canada than from the States. 'Very high
rates had been made at Montreal, say 31s. to 31s. 6d.
for fine, and 325. to 325. 6d. per brl, for extra fine

quality.
From the northern parts of Europe the accounts de-
scribe the wheat trade as having become rather more
on
tts to be
subdued than it had been in the beginning of the month.
Barley seems also to have excited considerable atten-
tion at Hamburg. The business_ done there has been
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382.--, 21s. 9d. to
225. 3d. per quarter Tuesday
last.—Mark-lane Express.

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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.--On Tuesday evening last
a young woman jumped from the Prince': Pier-head
into the river. She left her bonnet upon the landing
steps, with a note, stating the harsh treatment of her
father had caused her to commit the rash act. The
splash she made in the water was heard by a young
man, who leaped in after her, and succeeded with diffi-
culty in rescuing her in a very exhausted state. She was
taken to the receiving-house, where some time elapsed
before she recovered. Iler father was sent for, and he
took her home with him.—Liverpool Courier.

HURRICANEAT THE HAVANNAH

The following is a list of vessels damaged and lost in
the hurricane at ilavannah on the 10th-11th of October,
1546 :

SHIPS-OF-WAR.

The French frigate Andromede, 60 guns,Rear-Admiral
La Place—ashore, topmasts gone.
The French corvettee Blonde, 20 guns—ashore, masts
gone, on her beam-ends ; lost.
The French steamer Tonnere—masts and funnel gone.
The Spanish brig Habanero, Vice-Admiral Ribera—
cut-water injured.
The Spanish brig Constitucion, 10 guns—totally lost ;
gone to pieces.
The Spanish brigantine Juanita—wrecked ; in pieces.
The Spanish brig Laborde, 20 guns, moored off the
Arsenal—wrecked.
The Spanish brig Nervion—slightly damaged.
The Patriots, moored off the Arsenal—slightly da-
maged.
The schooners Polka, Criolla, and Habanera are sunk
off the Quay de la Machina.
The schooner Infanta is ashore near d'Atares.
The steamer Montezuma—ashore ; foremast and bow-
sprit gone ; bows stove in.
The steamers Guadaloupe, Bazan, Salitor, moored off'
the Arsenal, are on shore.

Two passage steamers are wrecked off the Quay de la
Machina.
The brig Trueno, Quarantine hulk, is on shore, a total
wreck.

•(EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM HAVANNAH)
I went on shore at 7 A.3r. on the morning of the 12th,
and it is impossible to give an adequate idea of the dis-
astrous scene that presented itself. From the Arsenal
along the wharfs to the Moro—ships sunk, dismasted,
and damaged in every direction—but one scene of wreck.
The city has suffered severely. They estimate, from
lists already given, that no less than 100 persons have
perished by the falling of houses and street accidents.
The sheers on each side of the harbour are blown down.
Of course great apprehensions are entertained for the
cropi.
LIST OF FRENCH AND SPANISH MEN OF WAR SUNS OR
DAMAGED.
Andromede frigate, 60, Admiral La Place—on shore,
topmasts gone.
Blonde corvette, 24—masts gone, ashore on her beam
ends.

Tonnare steamer, 10 guns—masts and funnel gone.
SPANISH.

Brig Habanero, Admiral Ribera's flag on board—
slighly damaged.
Brig Constitucio,), 12—sunk.
Brig Laborde—wrecked. •
Brig Nervion—damaged.
Patriota—damaged.
Polka schooner—sunk.
Criolli schooner—sunk.
Infanta schooner—ashore.
Montezuma steamer—ashore, foremast and bowsprit
gone, bows stove in.
Guadaloupe steamer— ashore.
Bazan steamer—ashore.
Satchie steamer—ashore.
Two passage steamers—wrecked.
Brig Trueno (quarantine)—lost.
TOTAL.
63 merchantmen, not including English.
14 Spanish men-of-war.
3 French ditto.
LIST OF BRITISH VESSELS LOST OR DAMAGED.
Edward Hayes, 213 tons, Danton, brig—sunk.
Novel, 189 tons, Laine, brig—sunk.
Susan, 162 tons, Manson—dismasted.
Prompt, 210 tons, Dunlop, brig—damaged.
Wilson, 245 tons, Campbell, brig—damaged.
Magdalene, 132 tons, Jost, schooner—bowsprit gone,
and much damaged.
Agnes Jane, 250 tons, Richardson, barque—ashore,
dismasted, much damaged.
William Murray, 146 tons, brig—dismasted.
Minstrel, 348 tons, Fuller—much damaged.
Nov. 2, nine, A.M., lat. 47 deg. 31 min., long. 15 deg.
37 min., passed the brig Britannia, of Picton, water-
logged and abandoned.

(EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER.)
Havannah, Oct. 12, Eight o'Clock, P.N.
At the commencement of the hurricane there were
about 26 merchant ships in port; also 44 brigs and 13
schooners. Of the ships swe know are lost, 3 safe, 5
much damaged (being dismasted, &c.), and of 13 we
know nothing. Of the brigs 12 are lost, 16 much
damaged, and of 16 we know nothing. Of the schooners
2 are lost, 2 much damaged, and of 9 we know nothing.
I hand with this a list of vessels in port on the night of
the gale, which please compare with your other notes.
With respect to deaths, some persons we know have
been buried beneath the ruins of houses that have fallen.
Up to twelve o'clock to-day 11 had been buried in Ha-
vannah—i. e., in the cemetery. In Regla 11 persons were
buried beneath the ruins of a house, but I do not believe
that more than 100 persons have perished in the city,
perhaps a less number.
Thirteen coasting schooners are sunk, and many much
injured (i. e.) on this side of the bay.
Of the trading steamers, 2 are sunk, and 1 a wreck.
Of 5 Spanish brigs of war, 1 sunk, 1 went ashore, 3
somewhat injured. Schooners, 4-2 sunk, 2 ashore.
Steamers, 4—all on shore.
The state of the French frigate, corvette, and steamer
you know; the first ashore, the second lost, and the
fourth almost a wreck.

The following report has been addressed by the Com-
mander of the Thames to the Directors of the Royal
West India Mail Steam-ship Company :
" Royal Mail Steam-packet Thames, Southampton,
Nov. 4,7 h. 30m. P.m.
" Sir,—l have the happiness of reporting to you, for
the information of the Court of Directors, the safe arrival
of this ship, after experiencing, on the 11th ult., in the
harbour of Havannah, the most tremendous hurricane
ever known there, attended with a loss of shipping
almost incredible in that beautifully. land-locked basin.
It had blown fresh all the previous day, and, at sunset,
not liking the appearance of the weather, I had struck
the main and wizen topmasts, and foreyard. At mid-
night the second anchor was let go, and otherwise all
was ready to proceed to sea at daylight, it being ar-
ranged that the mail-boat was to leave the ship at four
o'clock for the mails ; but at that time the storm came
on from N.E., and continued with a force beyond con-
ception until 10h. 30m. A.M. It then lulled, veered
round to N., then W. and W.S.W., and blew most vio-
lently until four o'clock, P.M., afterwards gradually mo-
derating, leaving such a scene of devastation as, thank
God I seldom falls to the lot of. any one to behold :
the French Frigate Andromede, of 60 guns, 'tear-Ad-
miral La Place, ashore, and topmasts gono by the cap ;
the corvette Blonde on shore on her beam ends, totally
dismasted ; the steamer Tome .e at her anchors, but
dismasted and funnel gone ; several of the Spanish men-
of- war not to be seen, the harbour covered with all sorts
of merchandise and upset vessels ; and along the wharfs,
instead of ships' hulls, not more than their lower masts
to be seen above water.

" At 7 A.sr. the Thames drifted about half a cable's
length, when her Majesty's late ship Romney, in sheer-
ing to a tremendous squall, stove our pinnace, but
shortly afterwards, fortunately for us, that ship drove a
good cable's length, leaving us the weathermost ship in
the harbour, and to this may be attributed our safety,
for we were then enabled to veer, and by keeping an
equal strain on both cables held our own. The baro-
meter at the height of the gale went down to 27.70, it
was then absolutely impossible to stand upon the deck.
With the exception of the pinnace, the only loss sus-
tained is that of the mail boat, which, although moored
close under the stern with a stout hawser, in addition to
her painter, broke adrift; had she been at the quarter,
the Romney would have smashed her.
" The Tay left for Vera Cruz at 4 o'clock P.m. the
previous day, and must have been at least 120 miles to
the westward before the heaviest strength of the gale;
and from the circumstance of a Bremen brig having ar-
rived on the 12th from the westward without experienc-
ing the gale so violently, I do not think the slighest fear
may be entertained for her safety. The Lee sailed for
Honduras on the Bth.

I delayed sailing from Havannah until the morning
of the 13th, at the urgent request of her Majesty's Con-
sul-General, and with the perfect concurrence (in writing)
of the Admiralty agent, to enable the merchants to add
to their European correspondence. In this I feel satis-
fied that the Court of Directors will bear me out, the
more so as we left Bermuda at the proper time.
" I herewith enclose a list of casualties to the shipping,
and also the Havannah newspaper of the 12th.
"I trust I shall be excused in stating how much I had
reason to be pleased with the exertions of every officer
and man on board during the most anxious day of my
line ; there was much heavy and wet work in ranging
every fathom of cable, and getting the third anchor
ready for letting go ; in all this every one most cheer-
fully lent a willing hand.—l am, Sir, your obedient ser-
vant, " PHIL. HAST, Captain.
" Captain Chappell, RN."

MISS BURDETT COUTTS' NEW CIIURCH.—Some
months since it was announced in the public journals
that Miss A. Burdett Coutts had handed to the Lord
Bishop of London a blank cheque upon the firm of
Coutts and Co., at the same time authorising the Right
Rev. Prelate to fill it up with such amount as he might
consider necessary for the erection and endowment of a
church, the purchase of a site, the building of schools,
and parsonage house, in a densely populated portion of
Westminster, which city her father, Sir Francis Burdett,
represented so many years in Parliament. Estimates for
the building were made, and calculations entered into for
the necessary endowment, when it was found that a sum
little less than 30,0001. would be required, respect being
had to the most ample gratuitous accommodation for the
poor. The announcement of this sum drew down upon
the Bishop severe animadversions from those who were
ignorant of the basis on which the estimates had been
made, the consequence of which was, that the Bishop
felt some delicacy in proceeding with the matter, and
until a few days since, the subject remained in abeyance.
The munificent donor, however, determined not to be
thwarted in her pious purposes, has been in personal
communication with a celebrated architect, and, with the
Bishop's consent, the new church, Sec„ will be forthwith
commenced, the designs having been approved of, and an
eligible site obtained. The church will be erected in
Rochester-row, and arrangements will be made, in virtue
of which Miss Burdett Coutts will have the first nomi-
nation to the incumbency, the patronage ever afterwards
being vested in the Lord Bishop of the diocese.

NEW SCALE OF SALARY TO THE GENERAL POST-
MEN.—The Lords of her Majesty's Treasury having
forwarded to the Postmaster-General their approval of
the proposed scale of salary for the general postmen, the
following extract is from a notice posted yesterday in the
letter carriers' office of the department:—" The Lords of
her Majesty's Treasury have been pleased to authorise
the following as the future scale of wages for the General
Post letter carriers:—Sixty men (seniors), at 30s. per.
waelc: one hundred and teu, a? 255. ditto; one hundred
and thirty, at 235. ditto, For all losses of emoluments
arising from the adoption of the several recent alterations
in the duty, compensation is to be given to the men; also
for losses arising from the gratuities arising from the
abolition of bells, &c., but such compensation is to be
reduced as the parties now claiming it rise to the higher
amount of salaries now provided for in the scale. As it
regards the gratuities at Christmas, the authorities will
make arrangements for their being placed upon a proper
and definite footing, but it is ordered that for the present
they are to remain as they are." According to the new
scale, the cost of the general delivery force will amount
to 19,504/. annually, the force being 300 men. The cost
of 271 men at the old scale amounted to 13,6231. Is. per
annum, From this comparative statement it will be seen
that the total additional outlay to the country by the
new regulation is 5,9831. 19s.