The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-25 00:00:00

No: 16,854. LONDON, FRIDAY, EVENING S Ny SEPTEMBER 25, 1846.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
A CHEMICAL' LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, daily, and on
the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Also a
LECTURE on the ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH daily.
MACINTOSH'S REVOLVING ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending In-
clined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY, the
ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, all in action. lIALLETTE'S AT-
MOSPHERIC RAILWA`Y. VALVE. The OPAQUE MICROS-
' COPE. The OXY-HYDRAIEN MICROSCOPE, exhibiting a fine
C. .•ction of Living Objects:', autiful Picture of the CHAPEL
in • INVENT of St. CA E, near Jerusalem, by Mr.
Cha Y , ith, is one of the New of DISSOLVING VIEWS.
Admission, Is.; Sc Ilalf-price.
dr--1 ENERAL TOM THUi , the American man
‘. X in miniature, is giving POS VELY his FAREWELL
j,EVEES in the Provinces previous his 1 departure for the
United States. He will be in Penzance, Saturd 1. 26 ; Bodmin,
s
28th, and then proceed to Launceston, Torringt 'deford, Barn-
staple, Crediton, Bridgwater, Wells, rlroeme, T dge, Devizes,
Andover, Newbury, Abingdon, Farringdon, Cirenc ter, Stro il,
Tewkst vy, Broomsgrove, Kidderminster, Stonebrldge, Du y,
,
WalsaLl7Lichfield, Stafford, Newcastle-under-Lyne, Hanley, M -
field, Knutsford, Warrington, and:Liverpool, Ireland, Wales, &e: e
Little General will appear in all the extraordinary costumes and
performanws which he had the honour of exhibiting THREE dif-
ferent times before HER4IAJESTY at BUCKINGHAM PALACE
and the Courts of Europe. The Little General is 14 years old, 2i
-filches hliii; and weighs but 15 pounds. His Miniature Equipage,
includlnronies, Chariot, Petite Footman and Coachman, and the
General iiinself, all weigh less than 700 pounds I The General will
hold his Levees in the DAY and EVENING.
Admission, One Shilling. Children under Ten half-price.
T. SHEFFIELD, Secretary.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
EXTENSION STOCK No. 2. ,
Notice Is hereby given that the Half-Yearly Interest on this
Stock becomes payable on and after the sth October next.
The Holders of Certificates upon which the full amount of Gl. 13s.
4d. per Share has been paid, are requested to transmit them to this
Office on and after the above date for examination previous to the
interest being paid.
Notice is also given that the present Certificates will, in the option
of the holders, be exchanged for other transferable Certificates, or
the Stock will be registered.
The interest will be remitted half-yearly on the Registatad Stock.
By order, C. F. HONEY, Secretary,
ElehoPegate Station. 2311 Sept., 1846.

D ENDRE VALLEY RAILWAY AND
CANAL COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given to those parties who have not paid the
Call of 21. per Share, that unless the same be paid THIS DAY the
Shares will, by the provisions of the statute, be liable to forfeiture.
Dated this 25th day of September, 1846.
11, Old Jewry Chambers.

REMINGTON'S LONDON and MAN-
CHESTER RAILWAY.
_ _ _ . _ _

Af. an Adjourned Meeting of the Committee appointed by the
Shareholders to investigate the affairs of this Company, held the 26th
day of August, 1846,
D. W. HARVEY, Esq., in the Chair ;
It was Resolved,—That as the number of Shares returned to the
Committee exceeds 15,000, yet as the total issue of Shares exceeds
50,000, the Committee feel, that until a far larger amount of Shares
shall be notified, no negotiation can be opened with the Directors.
Holders of Shares, therefore, who desire to bring the affairs of this
Company to a speedy and equitable adjustment at the least possible
expense, are requested to :transmit their names, and the number of
Shares they respectively hold, to the Chairman of the Committee, D.
W. Harvey, Esq. Old Jewry, London, not later than the Ist of
October, after which day no communication will be received.
D. W. HARVEY, Chairman.

LEICESTER, TAMWORTH, COVENTRY,
EIRMINGIIA.M, AND TRENT VALLEY JUNCTION
RA [WAY.

The Directors have already announced to the Shareholders that
arrangements were pending with the London and Birmingham
Railway Company (now.tho London and North-Western), having for
their object the transfer of the line to that Company, and the return
to the Shareholders in this undertaking of the whole of their deposits.
The Directors recommend the proposed arrangements to the Share-
holders, as being much to their advantage, and most calculated to
ensure the speedy completion of the line, and to afford the best
guarantee of its being efficiently worked for the public convenience.
Those of the Shareholders who are desirous of receiving hack, in
conformity with these arrangements, the full deposit of 2/. 2s. on
each share, are requested to transmit their scrip to Mr. Henry
Cassin, the Accountant to the Company, at the Company's offices,
at No. 3, Church-court, Old Jewry, London, at any time between
the hours of Ten and Three, from Monday, the 21st instant, to
Monday, the sth of October.
On the scrip, or bankers' receipts, or secretary's receipts for scrip,
being delivered up the holders thereof will receive back the full de-
posit of 2/. 2s. upon each share. Those parties who (as holders of
shares in the original Coventry and Leicester and Coventry, Nun-
eaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Companies) have only paid a de-
posit thereon of 11. 55., may in like manner receive back li. ss. on
each such share.
Sept. 17, 184 G. (Signed) EDMUND PEEL, Chairman,

DAVIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES
Is. sd. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, .s. 6d. ; Yellow soap, 425.
465., 525., and 58s. per 1121bs. ; Mottled, 565. 60s. and 645. ; Wax
Candles, Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. ; Fine iVas, Is. sd. ; Trans-
parent Wax, Is. Bd. ; Genuine Wax, 25. Id. ; More Candles, 5%e1. ;
Extra Waxed-wick Moulds. 6%41. ; Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. per gallon ;
Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ;
Windsor Soap, ls.t 1. per packet ; Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown
Windsor, Is. 9d. Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.
per lb. ; Hale's crier Paragon Composite, requiring no snuf-
fing, 934 d.
For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse 6 St.
Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house.

DIAMOND CARCEL LAMP-NEW LIGHT.
The DIAMOND CARCEL LAMP is the best light in the
world. The Cared Lamp is used in all the Palaces in Europe ; it burns
oil, but is free from all imperfections of ordinary oil lamps ; burns
from sunset till morning without attention ; is so simple it cannot be
mismanaged ; no cleaning required for years. The Gem, the Vesta,
and all other Spirit or Camphine Lamps given away at half-price, but
such abominations are dear at a gift. The Diamond Carcel Lamp Is
the only light—perfection in light—the public will Pave none other.
Designs to suit every taste. To be had only, and seen burning daily
at the PATENTEE'S Immense Lamp Depot, 447, West Strand, ten
doors from Lowther Arcade.

BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, NEW-
ROAD, LONDON.
Cure of an AFFEeTION iha SPINP, and a Complication of
Disorders of upwards of Thirty—fear!' standing by 14101tISON'S
PILLS, the Vegetable Universal Medicine.
Lady Sophia Grey, of Sandiway, near Northwicb, Cheshire. For
further particulars of her Ladyship's case address as above.
N.B. The public is hereby informed that no Chemist or Druggist
is allowed to sell Morison's Pills, they are only to be had of the

Hygeian Agents. In places where thire is not an Agent, the pills
can be forwarded by post, on sending a Post-office order to the
British College of Health, payable to Morison and Co.

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Professor TITRNOUR begs most respectfully to inforn the Nobility,
Subscribers, and Public, that he has produced that novelty never
before attempted, viz., the introduction of FEMALE MODELS of
COLOUR, who will appear every Afternoon and Evening, in varied
groupings, expressly arranged for them.
Stalls, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. Doors open at Half-past
Two in the Afternoon, and commence at a Quarter past Three
punctually. Evening performance, Half-past Eight o'clock.

rHWEATHER.—TRAVELLING.—SEA-
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22, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange ; and the chief Llama
Cloth Warehouse, 114, Regent-street. Do not be deceived by a
similarity of name, placed in the windows of a few petty shops in the
neighbourhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " H. J. and
D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street."

OYSTERS.—J. S. SWEETING, ever anxious
to meet the wishes of his friends, the public, has 'made
arrangements to supply them per rail with the best and real NA-
TIVE OYSTERS. They are taken from the beds at Burnham, near
Mahlon, in Essex, every morning, transmitted by the Eastern
Counties Railway, and are delivered daily before Twelve o'clock, at
his Fish and Oyster Establishment, 159, CHEAPSIDE, adjoining
the General Post-office. Very superior Oyster Rooms. Beld's Stout
and Crowley's Alton Ale. -
N.B. Wenha stand Refrigerator Depot.
FLA DE S MAIL.

BRUSSELS, SEPT. 21.—The committee for the im-
provement of the condition of the working elassess held
a meeting to-day. Mr. Charles de Brourkere commu-
nicated his report on the questions put by the Minister
of dastice,46lative:to the measures to be taken in favour
of the population of Flanders, who are left without
work by the crisis in the linen trade. In the discussion
which took place, the utility of a society for exportation
was generally recognised. But, at the same time, the
meeting agreed on the necessity of immediately, and by
all possible means, procuring work for the population.
Neither the Minister for Foreign Affairs nor the Minister
of Justice were present at this meeting; but M. Stephins,
of the Department of the Interior, and M. Sarlet, of the
Department of Foreign Affairs, took part in it. There
will be another meeting on Monday.
Great preparations are making for the September
fetes. Since yesterday, workmen havelbeen engaged in
the erection of a vast platform on the Place Royale,
where the great vocal concert is to take place. It is in
the middle of the Place Royale, and is surrounded with
candelabra, which are to light it up. The Tree of
Liberty is on the centre of the platform so that this
most important part of our national fête will take place
under the shadow of this symbol of liberty. There is
every appearance that the musical solemnity, organised
by the Belgian and Germaa Association, will
have a very grand effect. Seventy-five societies,
of which twenty-five are German, will have
their representatives at Brussels, and the numbers
of performers, vocal and instrumental, will be 1,200.
It is affirmed that Meyerbeer has just finished the score
of an opera, to be called Struensee. The celebrated
composer is expected in a few days at Spa, where he in-
tends spending three weeks before going to Paris.

His Majesty the King of the Belgians, who is now in
Switzerland, has been ordered to drink goat's milk, for
which he will remain in the canton of Appenzel till the
end of September.
While the prices of corn, butter, eggs, and other arti-
cles of food are rising in the markets of Brussels, we
are happy to announce that potatoes continue to fall.
On Monday white potatoes were sold at the rate of
five francs per hundred killograms.
BRUSSELS, SEPT. 22.—0 n the 15th, in the evening,
the Queen of Denmark passed near Keil ; the municipal
authorities, a deputation of the university, and a great
number of the inhabitants, went to meet her Majesty.
The burgomaster addressed a short harangue to her
Majesty, begging her to intervene as mediator with the
King, in order to terminate as soon as possible the un-
happy difference between the King and his people. The
Queen replied in a few gracious and affable words, that
this difference would be shortly terminated in a sa-
tisfactory manner. The Queen was greeted with the
warmest acclamations, and continued her journey with-
out entering Keil.
The same evening it was reported that the people in-
tended to repair to the residence of the chief of the po-
lice, but the troops and the police prevented the execu-
tion of this project, and the evening passed without any
actual disturbance.

THE BITER BIT.—A well-dressed man, passenger
by the third-class train leaving the Euston station at
seven o'clock yesterday morning, took Punch from out
of the hands of Mr. John Gibbs, the station newspaper
vendor, ust as the train was in motion; and when it bad,
left the platform at journeying speed ad the bravado to
shake the copy at him. Mr. Gibbs, feeling that he was
impudently tricked, followed him by the next train, at
half-past seven, to Watford, at which station ho over-
took the trialuter, and demanded the money for Punch,
‘tilio"Hlrfare to' Watford and back; on pain of '"tieing
handed over to the police. He, to his chagrin, paid the
money, viz., threepence for Punch, and'2s. 6d. the fare,
to the amusement of the passengers riding in the same
carriage, who had been much annoyed by him up to the
time of being overtaken by his determined and adroit
pursuer.

- We find the following in the Constitutionnd A
friend, travelling in Persia, communicates to us in a
letter the following fact, as showing the state of the
country. To go from Khorassan to Daghar, on the road
to Teheran, the Aras, the Araxes of the ancients, must
be crossed, but as there are neither bridges nor ferry-
boats, it must be forded at a place called Klisseh, where
the river is both deep and broad, and the current variable
and uncertain. At this place is posted a detachment of
Persian cavalry, whose duties are thus defined. When
a traveller arrives with a firman, or passport, from the
Government, the officer in command orders one of his
men to ride into the river, and if he reaches the opposite
bank, the current is considered to be fordable, and the
traveller is allowed to cross with his suite. It frequently
happens that the soldier is carried away by the current,
and is no more seen or heard of, and the officer obliges
the traveller to wait till the river becomes lower, and
then the experiment is renewed. Although the favour
of these trials is granted to none but personages of dis-
tinction, they are sufficiently frequent to cost the lives
of nearly one-third of the detachment every year."

We find the following in the Gazelle des Tribu•
naux. It is a good story, but we know nothing of its
authenticity:—" M. Mousseau, a wine dealer from the
Yonne, came to Paris on business, and during his stay
had given him as curiosities fifteen addresses of M.
Fortier, the dyer, which are engraved from a plate so
designed as to be close imitations of the notes of the
bank of France for 500 f. each. When he had finished
all his transactions in Paris, he took a place in the mail
coach to, return home, but having to visit a customer at
Brunoy, he arranged at the coach office for his being
taken up at a certain point beyond that town, on the
forest of Senart. A little before the time at which the
coach was to pass, and which was just in the dusk of the
evening, M. Mousseau was at the appointed spot, waiting
for the arrival of the coach. While in this expectation,
five men came out of the thicket and demanded his
money or his life. He at once saw that resistance would
be in vain, and retaining his presence of mind as well as
his courage, parleyed with the robbers, told them that
they would ruin him, as he had in his pocket-book
fifteen bank notes for 500 f. each, which he would imme-
diately surrender to them if they did not ill treat him.
They assured him of their forbearance, and then, at bis
earnest request, restored to him one of the notes to
pay the expenses of his journey. This arrangement
was scarcely concluded, when the noise of the coach
coming up was heard, and the robbers made off. M.
Mousseau got into the mail, rejoicing at the presence
of mind which had enabled him thus to cheat the thieves,
and save the real cash he had in his pockets."
A person of fashionable exterior, calling herself the
Hon. Mrs. W—, who had been staying several days at
one of the principal hotels in this town, took her depar-
ture somewhat abruptly on Friday last, without paying
her tavern bill. She had wormed herself into the con-
fidence of some of our tradesmen (one of whom, a
stable-keeper at the eastern part of the town is minus
about 50/. by her patronage!) by a free use of the name
of a distinguished pianiste who has recently returned
from the continent to resume her professional avocations
,in Brighton. The Hon. Mrs. W— has also recently
returned from Paris, where she went by the name of
Mrs. R—. It was there she accidentally met with the
lady in question; but we are informed that her conduct
was so unbecoming that she was ejected sans ceremonie
from the hotel. She then came to England, selecting
Brighton as her next place of abode, and having made
herself acquainted with the tradesmen of Madame —,
succeeded in incurring some bills, which afterwards she
forgot to pay. She assumed all the manners of a lady.
of fashion, and acted her part admirably. She went oil
very suddenly last Friday, by one of the trains, and no-
thing has since been heard of her.—Brlghton Gazette.
SINGULAR DISCOVERY IN A GRAVESEND STEAMER.
—On Tuesday afternoon a man, named Smith, one of
the crew of the Emerald Gravesend steamer, observed
a brown paper parcel in the cabin, and as no one applied
for, or claimed it, he took it to the booking office imme-
diately after the vessel reached Gravesend. There being
no name or address upon the parcel, after a short delay
it was considered advisable to open it and see what it
contained, when, to the utter surprise of all, the body
of a newly-born female infant presented itself. It was
shortly removed to the custody of the police at the
Town-hall, and a letter was forwarded to Mr. Carttar,
the coroner, informing him of the circumstances. It is
about two years since a similar parcel was left on the
seat of a Gravesend steamer, containing an infant in a
state of decomposition.
The Copenhagen journals publish the postal con-
vention between the Governments of Denmark and Eng-
land. By this treaty the postage between the two coun-
tries is fixed at one penny for each single letter not
exceeding half an ounce in weight, and for every letter
exceeding that weight the charge is to be increased
according to the English rate of charges. No postage is
to be charged for newspapers sent by the packets of the
respective Governments, but such as are convoyed by
private vessels are to pay one penny a sheet.

NAV AL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Abo Russian cor-
vette, Captain Reedneef, sailed from Spithetid this morn-
ing for Cronstadt.
Orders were received this morning to commission the
Rattlesnake, 26, for surveying service. Captain Owen
Stanley took up his commission, and the pendant was
hoisted at noon. Her complement ordered is 170, in-
cluding officers, marines, and boys.
The Adventure, naval transport, sailed this morning
with stores for Plymouth and Cork.
The Plover, 6, Captain Richard Collinson, C.B. was
ordered to-day to proceed to Chatham to be paid Off.
The Hastings, 72, advance-ship, was brought down
from her moorings yesterday, and taken into the basin
to-day. She is to be docked as soon as the Naiad coal
depot comes out, there being but one dock out of six at
this port into which a ship can be taken without dis-
masting her.
A number of artizans from this dockyard have been
employed lately on the beach under Osborne-pier, in
laying a tramway forler Majesty's bathing machine to
run upon.
The Andromeda, 44, at Devonport, built at Bombay
in 1829, 1,215 tons, after the French President, is about
to proceed to Cork as a meal depOt.
The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart.,
sailed from Madras for Trincomalee on the Ist ult.

The Pilot, 16, Commander Wilson, sailed from Madras
for Moulmein on the 20th of July.
The Sapphire troop-ship, Master Commander Fittock,
arrived at Hong-Kong on the 20th of July, from Chusan.
The Vulture stettm-frigate, Captain M'Dougal, left
Hong-Kong on the 2d of July, for Chusan.
The Vestal, 26, Captain Talbot, sailed from Hong-
Kong on the 20th of July, for Chusan.

The Samarang, 26, Captain Sir Edward Belcher, ar-
rived at Anjeer on the 10th of July from Singapore, and
sailed same day_for England.
Minvte7,guhs have -'ll4m distitxtly heard from the
direction of Cowes, doubtless on the occasion of the ar-
rival of the remains of the late Commodore of the Royal
Yacht Squadron, the Earl of Yarborough.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—The Plover, 6, surveying
vessel, Captain Collinson, C. 8., arrived at Spithead this
afternoon from China and the East Indies, on which
station she has been employed since August, 1841, in
surveying the China seas, in conjuction with the
Young Hebe.
The important news brought by the Plover will be
found in another place. She was built at Calcutta for a
pilot boat, and named the Lady William Bentinck. This
is her first appearance in England, and certainly she
presents rather an awkward contrast to the Recruit, still
at Spithead; but she has, nevertheless, done the State
good service. She brings later dates from the Cape, St.
Helena, and Ascension than have reached England by
any other source. She brought mails.
The remaining companies of the 74th Regiment em-
barked this morning on board the Scourge steam bomb-
vessel, Commander J. C. Caffin, and that vessel left
immediately for Leith.
The Bulldog steam-sloop, Commander Davis, having
at last got her engines into working order, left this
afternoon for Plymouth.
The Ajax steam guard-ship was towed up to-day from
Cowes by the Echo steam tug, in charge of Mr. Flynn,
master of the Victory.
The Fairy, steam tender to the royal yacht, was docked
this morning.
The Fancy tender, Master-Commander Allen, sailed
to Cowes last evening with the Earl of Yarborough and
Lady Colchester.
SHEERNESS, SEPT. 23.—The Seringapatam, 42, was
towed to Woolwich on Friday, to be fitted for service as
a hulk at that port.
The Raven, 3, Lieutenant Stephen, has proceeded
from Portsmouth to Yarmouth, to convey the volunteers
entered there to this port.

The Drake, Goodwill, and Manceuvrer lighters have
delivered stores from Portsmouth and Chatham during
the past week. The Drake has gone to Chatham, the
Manceuvrer to Woolwich.

The Worcester, 50, and Chichester, 50, continue their
fittings as advanee ships in the basin.
The Formidable, 80, Euryalus, 44, Horatio, 44, and
Berkenhead steam frigate, are in dock.
In Harbour Ocean, 80, African and Wildfire
steamers.

PORT ROYAL, AUGUST 24.
DISTRIBUTION OF' THE NORTE! AMERICAN AND WEST
INDIA SQUADRON.
In Harbour—lmaum, 72, with the broad pendant of
Commodore Pring, second in command of the station;
Pickle, 3, Lieutenant Henry Bernard; and IL C. M.
schooner Teresita, Lieutenant Perez.

At Vera Cruz—Endymion, .44, Captain Lambert ;
Alarm, 26, Captain Frankland; Rose, 18; Commander
Melly; Electra, 18, Commandei Maitland; and Daring,
12, COmmander Matson,
At Halifax—Vindictivof 50, Captain Seymour, with
the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir FAILTICiS Austen ; Hyacinth,
18, Commander Francis Scot ; and 'Vesuvius pteam-
sloop, Commander 'O'Catfaght&
At Newfoundland and the Bay ofEundy—Persian, 16,
Commander Henryporyton ; viper 3, Lieutenant Gray ;
and Columbia steamer, Lieutenant Shortland.
At Bermuda—Thunder, 26;CoMmander Edwa.o Bar'
nettl IL;rnaeg stgatree, Lieutenant k;,err.
-At the Babitualgt—loss,,A, Lieuttekstii, XiaWrence,
surveying duty.
The Tereaitit;Spitnisli.waii,clibli6bner; arrived ton the
Bth instant from /sigh de Ttibai"'
The Piokle, 3,-Lieutenant-Bernard, arrived on the_2lst
instant from .fort-au-Prince., iwhero.
,matters are in a
comparatively tranquil state.
The Hyacinth, '18; Is 'to 66tvey his Excelleky•Sir
John Hervey, Apptiiriteil to.the; government ,of Nova.
Scotia, from Nevvfoninllaud toTilalifax. His Excellenq
had addressed a letter to the Commander-in-Chief, ex
pressive of the meritorious services of Mi. Hble; the
master, and two warrant'officeriOf the Hyacintht on the
°cession of the late:melancholy fire at St. John's, which
the. Admiral causect to be rettd on the quarter4dock of
the Vindictive, Mr. Hele. having joined that ship from
the HyaCinth.

OPENING OF DRURY-LANE
THEATRE.
Mr. Bunn commences his campaign on Saturday week,
with the strongest corps, both for opera and ballet, that
has ever yet appeared in an English theatre. His prima
donna is Madame Anna Bishop, whose fame is European,
and who for some seasons, at the San Carlos at Naples,
nobly sustained the honour of England as a musical
nation. She is the only English cantatrice who since
the days of Storace has been acknowledged in Italy, the
native land of opera, as a prima donna assoluta. Madame
Viardot Garcia, the sister of Malibran, will, there is
little doubt, also appear during the course of the season,
and it appears that Mr. Bunn still holds the nightingale
of Germany, Jenny Lind, to her engagement with
him. Among the debUtantes are Miss Messent (who has
won golden opinions as a concert singer), and Miss Re-
becca Isaacs, whose debUt on the London boards, some
years since, was most promising, and who has of late
been practising most assiduously in the provinces. These
are in addition to Miss Romer, Miss Rainforth, Miss
Poole, and Messrs. Borrani, Burdini, Stretton,
and Harrison, and all the old favourites. Schira
will resume the baton of conductor, and Tully,
first of musical drill-sergeants, continues to be
chorus-master. Three new operas, one by Lavenu,
another by Balfe, and another by Wallace, are
already in preparation, and it is hoped that Meyerbeer
may be induced to visit England during the course of the
season, and -produce and conduct his last and greatest
work, The Camp of Silesia. The Drury-lane corps de ballet
will also be excessively strong. The sylph-like Flora
Fabbri is engaged, as is the graceful Plunkett; and Car-
lotta Grisi, the first danseuse in Europe will, in all pro-
bability delight the habitues of Drury-lane with her
majestic and intellectual interpretations of the inspira-
tions of Terpsichore. Several debutantes will also put in
their claim to the admiration of the English public.
Among them are Mademoiselle Sophie Fuoco, from the
Academie— of ;raiz. Made44o/1101WF14411MA,Irwit ,
Scala and Ban Carlos, Mademoiselle Bard and
Mademoiselle La Broderie, from the Acad‘mie of
Paris. Judging from the known tact of Mr.
Bunn, recollecting that he was the first to dis-
cover the genius of a Lucile Grahn, and of a
Flora Fabbri, and to introduce them to the Eng-
lish public, we cannot but augur favourably of the
success of these debiltantes. Certain we are that Mr.
Bunn is not the manager who would tolerate medio-
crity in any department. Madame Guibelei, Made-
moiselle Louise, Mademoiselle Adile, and Les Scours
St. Louis still continue members of the regular corps
de ballet, and Messrs. Wieland and W. 11. Payne as
grotesques, Mr. Risley and his sons as classical posists,
and Messrs. Theodore, Huguet, and Blasis, also con-
tribute their services. Two new ballets are pro-
mised us one, Ersilie, composed expressly for
Flora Fabbri ; and another, Betty, which
is now turning the heads of all Paris.
Grieve undertakes the superintendence of the scenic de-
partment ; Harley is stage manager, and W. West is the
superintendent of spectacle. Mr. Bunn most assuredly
deserves success, and with such means there can be no
doubt but that he will do more—he will command it.

PRICE SD.

mob, who succeeded in battering in the walls of
Mr. Church's house, into which combustibles were
thrown, evidently with the intention of setting it on fire.
" In defence of our lives and property it became ne-
cessary to have recourse to fire-arms, and many Chinese
were killed and wounded; hut for these vigorous mea-
sures it is highly probable that our factories would have
been pillaged and burnt, for during all these melancholy
events the Chinese officers either neglected to appear,
or, if they came at all, it was with so contemptible a
force as to be instantly driven back by the populace. In-
formation of the tumult was conveyed to you before '7
o'clock, and we are aware that an immediate communi-
cation was addressed by you to the Chinese Govern-
ment, but it was not until nearly 10 o'clock that
an efficient force arrived. We doubt not that the
culpable dilatoriness of the Chinese authorities
would be complained of by you without any
suggestion from us; but, as we think more de-
cided measures' than any which it can be hoped
that they will take are imperatively necessary for
our protection, it is to our Government we must appeal
for such ; and we, therefore, respectfully, but most
earnestly, entreat you to recommend that one of her
Majesty's ships of war should be permanently stationed
off the foreign factories, so as to afford us that instant
protection which otherwise we must look for in vain.
This safe-guard is extended to her Majesty's subjects at
the other ports opened by the treaty, for at Shanghai,
Ningpo, and Amoy vessels of war lie close to the respec-
tive
consulates, and at Fuhchow as near as the river
will admit. The trade of Canton, exceeding in extent
that of all the other ports united, should, we submit, not
receive less protection, and no aid can arrive from Hong-
Kong, or even Whampoa, in time to meet dangers such
as those we have just experienced.
"We are quite aware, Sir, that in ordinary circum-
stances foreigners look to the Government of the coun-
try in which they reside for protection, but we take leave
..taietethttle by the treaty of peaoe conclude by
Sir Heritt Pcktinger, is-enjoined that the British Go-
vernment shall keep at each of the ports a -vessel of war.
We have further to observe that it is declared in the pro-
clamation of his Excellency Sir J. F. Davis, dated the
18th of May last, that the population of Canton is not
sufficiently under the control of the local Government to
admit of her Majesty's subjects availing themselves of the
right of entry to the city of Canton conceded to them
under th e Emperor's own hands.
" Under these circumstances, and until the Chinese Go-
vernment can control their own people and protect us,
we have ventured to suggest a measure of which we
urgently solicit your recommendation, and which ap-
pears to us the only one which will be effectual to pre-
vent the recurrence of scenes so painful to our feelings,
so prejudicial to our interests, and so foreign to our
habits and pursuits.
" We have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your most obedient, humble servants,
" A. CAMPBELL " J. P. WATSON
" J. S. ANDERSON " T. D. NEAVE
" GEORGE LYALL " A. CARTER

J. WORTHINGTON " J. CROOK
JAMES D. PARK " MANUCKJEE PES-
J. G. LIVINGSTON TONJEE
GEORGE BARNETT "J. SHEPARD
WM. HASTINGS " JOHN BELLAMY

" BENJAMIN SE ARE "J. WHITTALL
" LEVIN JOSEPIIS " C. RYDER

S. E. PATULLO

D. BURJORJEE
F. CHAPMAN
C. S. COMPTON
R. J. GILMAN

P. DUDGEON
A. WILKINSON
W. W. DALE
W. BLENKIN
D. BYRAMJEE R.
A. WALKER
J. SILVERLOCK
P. CHALMERS
R. ELLICE

" W. ELLIS

" ALEXANDER GRAY
" F. DUVAL
" T. C. PICOPE
" W. li. VACHER

" J. WILLIAMS
" PHILIP W. RIPLEY
" J. CHURCH
" S. MARJORIBANKS
" H. D. MARGISSON
" S. MACKENZIE
" W. BARNETT
" A. BUGNON
" B. KENNY

" D. JOHNSON " JOHN J. MURRAY
" COWASJEE PALLAN- " AMMEROODEEN AND
JEE SIIAIK DAVOOD
" J. L. MANN " P. N. POCHAMJEE
H. H. SMITH BYR A WEE MUN-
" T. BUXTON CHERJEE
"A.E. H. CAMPBELL " NANACKJEE BO-
" ARDASEER RUSTOM- MANJEE

JEE
" NUSSERWANJEE BY-
RAMJEE FUCKERJEE

" MARTIN FORD."

" British Consulate, Canton, July 15, 1846.
" Gentlemen,—l have received your letter of the loth
inst., and having attentively perused the whole, beg now
to inform you that, in compliance with your request, I
shall immediately lay the subject before her Majesty's
Plenipotentiary and Superintendent of Trade, by whom
it will be submitted to her Majesty's Government for
their determination.—l have the honour to be, Gentle-
men, your obedient servant,
" F. C. MACGREGOR.
" To A. Campbell, Esq.; D. Jardine, Esq.;
C. S. Compton, Esq.; and others."

" TO CAPTAIN TALBOT, HER MAJESTY'S SIM YEsTAL.
Canten, July 14.
" Sir—As chairman of a committee at a public meet-
ing of British subjects, held in Canton on the 13th inst.,
in consequence of the recent disturbance, I am directed
by the committee to hand you a copy of a resolution
passed at that meeting, and to express the opinion of the
committee that the present situation of affairs is such as
to render it highly expedient that immediate effect should
be given to the wishes of the community.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your most obedient servant,
" A. CAMPBELL.

" Ist Resolution—proposed by A. Wilkinson, Esq.,
seconded by W. W. Dale, Esq.;
" That it is the opinion of this meeting that it is
absolutely necessary for the protection of life and pro-
perty, that one of her Majesty's ships of war be perma-
nently stationed off the factories, and that the letter now
read, praying her Majesty's Consul to recommend the
stationing such a vessel, be adopted."'

" TO A, CAMPBELL, ESQ.
" Her Majesty's ship Vestal, Blenheim
Reach, July 14.
" Sir—l do myself the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of this day's date, enclosing the
copy of a resolution passed at a meeting lately held by
British subjects in Canton, in consequence of the recent
disturbances.

" I have to request that you will assure the gentlemen
of my entire concurrence in the opinion therein ex-
pressed, and that I shall cordially advocate its adoption.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" CHARLES TALBOT,
" Captain and Senior Officer in China."

" TO F. C. MACGREGOR, ESQ., HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S

CONSUL, CANTON.

" Canton, July 15, 1846.
" Dear Sir,—The enclosed copy of the two chops pla-
carded on the walls by order of the Chinese authorities
have just been sent to me, and I am informed they state,
and particularly the chop marked by me No. 1, that the
late disturbrnce had been occasioned by some English-
men having gone out and shot three Chinamen, and
that the guilty parties should be discovered and punished
so soon as Keying returned. They thus charge the
death of the Chinamen to the English, without any
allusion to other foreigners ; and instead of explaining
to the people that the foreign community only acted in
their own defence against an unruly mob bent upon the
destruction of property and upon plunder, we are thus
held up to them as the guilty parties, and as having
killed and wounded Chinamen without even pro-
vocation.

" The deception thus practised upon the people, and
the instilling into them such feelings of enmity against
British subjects, must be productive of the worst con-
sequences, and are no doubt the cause why at present
some of our countrymen are treated in the back streets in
an uncivil and rude manner.

" As chairman of the committee, I have considered it
proper to bring the facts alluded to to your notice, and
I feel assured that you will adopt such measures as the
circumstances of the case may seem to you to require.
"I remain, respectfully, dear Sir,
" Your most obedient servant,

" A. CAMPBELL."

"British Consulate, Canton, July 16, 1846.

" Dear Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of yesterday, containing two proclamations. These
were already in my possession. I had fully noted their
contents and tenour, and in my correspondence with the
local authorities have taken due care to rectify any mis-
conceptions they may have formed at the outset of the
late unfortunate affair, from various and imperfect re-
ports of it. " I remain, dear Sir, your obedient servant,
" F. C. MACGREGOR.
"A Campbell, Esq., Messrs. Dent and Co.
. .

"P.S. I take this opportunity of acknowledging•;the
receipt of another letter from you of yesterday's date, in
which you enclose a copy of one you had addressed to
Captain Talbot, of her Majesty's ship Vestal.

" F. C. M."

"TOF. C. MACGREGOR, ESQ. lIER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S

CONSUL.

" Canton, July 17, 1846.
"Dear Sir,--I have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of y( ur letter of yesterday, by which I am glad
to learn that your attention had already been directed to
the objectionable chop referred
,to in my previous com-
munication. The committee entertain the hopo that
your remonstrance with the Chinese authorities will
have the effect of causing to be removed from the walls
the present offensive chops, and of their being replaced
by others embracing a more correct statement of facts.
"I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient
servant, "A. CAMPBELL."

TRANSLATION OF CHOP.
" Li, the acting magistrate of the district of Nanhai,
issues these explicit and urgent commands:—
"On the Bth instant a wrangling quarrel broke out
between the English and the Chinese, and it proceeded
to such a degree that three of our people were killed
'and six wounded. Though the English were certainly
in the wrong, yet it is my duty, as magistrate, with a
view to prevent I awless men from plundering the houses
and shops of our people, to lead out the troops for the

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ixtppression of disorder, and for the protection and de-
fence of the place.
" The bodies of the dead and of the wounded have been
examined, and the several cases duly reported to the
superior authorities, instructing the English Consular
officers to search out the murderers and punish them ac-
cording to the laws.
" We, the officers of the Chinese, are to our people
what parents are to children. If you are wronged and
injured, the exercise of justice (in your behalf) shall
not be withheld; but there is reason to fear that some of
you, seeking to vindicate your cause, should again by
your wrangling assemble the multitudes, and excite
quarrelling, so that those who are in the right will find
themselves among those who were in the wrong. More-
over, should the mob once assemble, it will be difficult to
prevent vagabonds from improving such an occasion to
commit acts of depredation and violence, and the cala-
mities may extend to your own shops and dwellings;
then it would be difficult to discern between the good
and the bad, and should you be once seized, you may be
stricken by that just indignation which is due to the
vagabonds. Crimes ought to be redressed; for, alas!
they are not without cause. How much to be deplored
would it be, should any of our good and quiet people, by
giving momentary vent to anger, and currency to ru-
mours, involve themselves with the vagabonds, and then
be left to suffer as being alike guilty with them.
" Right it is, therefore, to issue these commands. Un-
derstand, ye people of every class, that it behoves you to
await the examination and decision of their Excellen-
cies the high officers regarding all that has transpired.
Each one must keep quiet, in his own sphere, and attend
to his own affairs. Do not, on any account, renew the
wrangling, and so create new disorders that may lead NI
grave consequences.
" I, the magistrate, in preserving the local peace, and
with a view to the protection of your persons and pro-
perty, have again and again instructed and admonished
you, and you ought to look up and regard the feelings
of my heart, yielding obedience without opposition.
" Canton, July 11, 1846."

DEATH OF VISCOUNT TEMPLE-

TOWN.

We have to announce the demise of the above Noble
Viscount, who expired at half past ten o'clock on Mon-
day morning last, at Castle Upton, county Antrim,
Ireland. We understand that his Lordship on Monday
week complained of a slight cold, which continued to
increase in virulence, and at length brought on an in-
flammation which terminated in his demise. The Hon.
Lieut.-Colonel George F. Upton was with his noble
Either at' lamented dissolution, and immediately on
the serious nature of his Lordship's illness reaching
town, the Hon. Lieut.-Colonel Arthur and the Hon.
Edward John Upton departed for Ireland, and were ex-
pected to reach Castle Upton as yesterday morning. The
Hon. H. Montagu Upton, the deceased Lord's eldest son,
is absent, off the coast of Scotland, yachting, and is
probably not yet acquainted with his father's unlocked-
for death.

The deceased John Henry Upton, Viscount Temple..
town, and Lord Templetown, Baron of Templetown,
county Antrim, in the peerage of Ireland, was eldest son
of the first Baron Templetown, by Elizabeth, third
daughter of Mr. Shuckburgh Bongleton, of Poston Court,
Herefordshire. He inherited the barony on the death
of his father in April, 1785, and in 1806 was created a
Viscount. He married, the 7th of October, 1796, Lady
Mary Montagu, only daughter of John, fifth Earl of
Sandwich, by whom, who died October 4, 1824, he leaves
issue four sons and a daughter, namely, the Hon. Henry
Montagu, born November 11, 1799 (now Viscount Tem-
pletown), the Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel George Frede-
rick, and Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur, both in the
Coldstream Guards ; and the Hon. Edward John, and
the Hon. Mary, married to Mr. John Eden Spalding.
His Lordship was a Fellow of the Society of Arts.
The unexpected death of this respected nobleman
places the families of the Marquis of Bristol, the Hon.
Colonel and Mrs. Howard, the lion. Lieutenant-General
Upton, Mr. J. and the Hon. Mrs. Singleton, the Earl and
Lady Katherine Jermyn, Lord and Lady Alfred Hervey,
&c., in mourning.

DREADFUL FIRE AND MELAN-
CHOLY LOSS OF LIFE AT BRIDPORT.

On Monday night last, soon after eleven o'clock, an
alarm of fire was raised in South-street, which was found
to proceed from Tucker's circulating library and fancy
depot. It appeared that the servant girl, who had
shortly before retired to rest, was alarmed by the pre-
sence of smoke in her bed-room, and a strong smell of
fire; she immediately rang a bell to alarm her mistress,
and called to her, and screamed for assistance, when
Mr. Charles Tucker, druggist (son of Mrs. Tucker at
the library, and whose premises communicate internally
with it), went to her assistance, and by means of a
ladder rescued her from a window at the back of the
premises. He then went through his shop to the
library, and on attempting to ascend the staircase lead-
ing to his mother's bed-room, found it giving way, the
fire being beneath. He then retreated to the street and
placed a ladder against a front bed-room window where
she slept, and, on opening it, had a difficulty i,n enter-
ing, but, on calling his mother, received no answer,
neither could he feel her in the bed. On
returning to the street he got in at another
window to an adjoining room, but she was not there.
By this time plenty of assistance was at hand, and
the bed-room was again entered by Mr. T., who could
proceed no further, the landing-place being by this time
in flames. The most intense anxiety prevailedlor some
time, in hope she had escaped, and was in the back
garden or in some of the back premises ; but about six
o'clock in the morning the melancholy forebodings of the
bystanders were realised by the appearance of one of the
thigh bones protruding from the ruins ; and in about
two hours, after great exertions, a large portion of the
remains were extricated and placed in a shell. Mean-
while the fire burnt with great rapitlit—, and the shop of
Mr. C. Tucker was entirely destroyed.; with a portion o£
Mr. J. Gully's, hair-dresser and seedsman, above the
latter. Mr. Chick's, spirit merchant, was twice on fire ;
and but for the most strenuous exertions would have
shared a similar fate. The George Inn, and Mr. H.
Ebdon's general grocery and china and glass ware-
house, were for several hours in the most im-
minent danger, the stock and furniture from each,
with that of some other parties, having .been re-
moved for security to the premises of the neighbours,
who lent every assistance in securing a great deal of
raluable property. Had the wind been any point from
the southward the destruction of property would have
been immense. Towards the evening a heavy storm of
rain came on, which stayed the further progress of the
fire from the ruins.
An inquest was held on the remains of Mrs. Tucker
on Wednesday morning, at which no clue could be
obtained as to the origin of the fire, and a verdict of a
highly respectable jury was returned of. `.Accidental
Death by fire."
Mrs. Tucker had been a widow 19 years to a day, and
was most deservedly respected for her integrity and assi-
duity in business, and her death in this most awful man-
ner has cast a deep gloom over the town in general. We
hear that the parties were fully insured.
But for the spirited exertions of Mr. Cornick, Mr.
Samson, Mr. Vatter, Mr. Ebdon, and some others, who
knew the adjoining premises well, and assisted the fire-
men in directing the engine-pipe, the whole of the corner
of the street on both sides would have been destroyed.

STEAM COMMUNICATION WITII AUSTRALIA AND
NEW ZEALAND.—The Committee on Australian Steam
Communication held another of their meetings yester-
day, 24th instant, at their Committee-rooms, 30, Great
Winchester-street, Broad-street, for the dispatch of
business. The following were present:—Sir George
H. Larpent, Bart., in the chair; the Hon. Francis Scott,
M.P., Henry T. Prinsep, Esq., John Wm. Sutherland,
Esq., Mark Boyd, Esq., Samuel Browning, Esq., Captain
James Barber, George Hay Donaldson, Esq., John Lam-
bert, Esq., Jacob Montefiore, Esq., &c. &c., and Anthony
G. Robinson, Esq.,__ the honorary secretary.
SALE OF THE WHITTLESEA ESTATE, CAMBRIDGE'.
SlllRE.—Yesterday, the freehold estate of Whittlesea,
situate in the county of Cambridge, was disposed of by
auction by Messrs. Smith, atthe Auction Mart. The pro-
perty comprised the manors of Whittlesea, St. Andrew,
of Whittlesea, St. Mary, and of the rectory of Whittlesea,
St. Mary, which extended over nearly 25,000 acres, in-
cluding the fines, quit-rents, royalties, &c. ; also, about
2,100 acres of land, and the freehold, rent-charges, in
lieu of tithes, reaching over 19,000 acres, with the
perpetual advowson of the vicarage of St. Mary. The
whole, which:was of the value of nearly 6,8001. per annum,
was then put up in one lot, and was bought in at
169,0001. It was then put up in three lots. The first
lot comprised the freehold rent-charges of about 17,000
acres, yielding 3,0341. Os. 9d. per annum, exclusive of
240/. parochial rates, 701. stipend to the vicar of St. Mary,
1001. also during the incumbency of the present vicar,
and 133/. Gs. Bd., an annuity of one-third of 400/., pay_
able to the heirs of Lord Eardley, &c. This was sold
for 68,000/. The second and third lots included the
manors with several freehold farms, containing about
2,136 acres, producing an annual income of 2,9561. 19s.
6d., subject to 71/. 8 land-tax, and 8/. 10s. fee-farm
rent, with also the patronage of the advowson, returning
246/. 4s. Bd. per annum. They were sold for 99,5001.
The population is about 7,000. There is an extensive
fishery within the manor, and the country was hunted
by Lord Fitzwilliam's hounds. The timber was to be
disposed of at a valuation.
PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—The Ocean coach, run-
ning between Cromer and Norwich, left Cromer at eight
o'clock on Tuesday morning with a full load, and had
proceeded to Aylsham, a distance of some ten miles,
when the horses were changed. The coach had not pro-
ceeded on its journey with the fresh horses more than a
few hundred yards when the off-wheeler, a spirited mare,
not long accustomed to harness, commenced kicking
furiously, and caused the remaining horses to take fright
and gallop furiously down the hill. The coachman
vainly endeavoured to pull up, and in the attempt the
quarter rein" of the restive mare was broken. There
were three ladies seated in front, and although the
coachman and several passengers implored them to re-
tain their seats, in which they were held by force for a
few seconds, two of them contrived to throw themselves
off, anti were precipitated over a v.-all about six feet high
into a field. Singularly enough they sustained no in-
jury. The coachman now perceiving that the vehicle
would ha upset unless speedily stopped, contrived to pull
one rein suddenly, and with such force as to swing the
horses round and-to dash the coach against the wall over
which the ladies had leaped. Two of the horses were
severely bruised by the contact with the wall, and re-
mained perfectly still, but bleeding and exhausted. A
labourer who was engaged repairing the road then ran
up and secured the leaders. On the passengers descend-
ing, it was found that the bar of the coach was smashed,
and that the mare, which had originally caused the mis-
thiet•was seriously injured.
The and Countess of Sefton (have, since
the commeircehient of the shooting season received a,
constant succession of visitors at Achnacarry Castle
North Britain.

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