The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-29 00:00:00

DRAINAGE OF THE METROPOLIS.

MEETING THIS DAY.

This afternoon a public meeting of owners and occu-
piers of property on the line of the river Thames below
Greenwich was held at the Bridge House Hotel, London-
bridge, to take such steps as may be expedient to avert
the evil likely to arise from the emptying of the filth
of the metropolis close to Erith Cturch, as proposed
by the plan of drainage adopted by the Metropolitan
Board of Works ; Sir Culling E. Eardley, Bart., of
Erith, in the chair

The Caaral&N said that this, subject had been so long
before the public, and done such ample justice to by
thep ress, that little need be said in introducing it.
it. All admitted the neeeasity of London being pro.
perly drained, but those who lived on the banks of the
river Thames, near Frith and Gravesend, did object to
the nuisance being brought to their doors. The hon.
gentleman said that be hoped the movement that had
been made against it bad been conducted in a proper
spirit, and he detailed what bad been done by the in-
habitants of the above districts in waiting on Sir B, Hall
and the Metropolitan Board of Works, and said that their
object in having this public meeting was that the subject
might be openly discussed. He accounted for the
smallness of the meeting—first, from the festive season
of the year preventing many from attending ; and,
secondly, that many considered the Government were
determined to prevent the nuisance complained of. The
scheme propounded was open to two arguments against
it, both almost fatal to it, viz.—first, that it was an in-
urious measure ; and, secondly, that it was an imperfect
one. Amongst other things, the discharge of the sewerage
as proposed would be destructive to the fish trade, as
it would affect fish brought in by the well boats. It
would materially affect the commerce of the trade of
London, and be productive of mush disease. It would
deprive the Londoner of hie usual recreation in
that part of the neighbourhood of London, and
be productive of much injury to the owners
of property. He had said that the plan was
defective. It might be sufficient for its present
purposes, but after the lapse of half a century, in all
probability, it would be insufficient, and then the work
would have to be done over again. It was much better
and more like Englishmen, to do the work in an effectual
manner at first. He read a letter, which he had
addressed to Sir B. Hall, explaining the nature
of the meeting and referred to the appointment
of two engineers by Sir B. Hall to examine the
plan, and also the appointment, by the treasury
of a committee to enquire into into the best way of
disposing of the sewerage of large cities. No doubt
they would begin their enquiries with the largest city
first, London, and he urged on them to be prepared
with evidence to go before that Commission. No doubt
the metropolis would hereafter have to thank the in-
habitants of Erith and Gravesend for having interfered
to prevent the mismanagement and blunders of their
ow❑ administrative government. (Hear, hear.)
The MAYOR OF GRAVESEND, in a short speech, spoke
of the injury that must result from the sewage being
emptied into the Thames, and moved the following reso-
tton—" That the meeting views with considerable alarm
the proposed plan of the Metropolitan Board of Works
for the drainage of London, as tending to pollute the
river Thames, and injure the health of the towns along
its banks below Erith and Gravesend, by the intended
concentration and outpouring into this great national
estuary in North Reach of the entire metropolitan
sewage.
Captain WHEATLEY, lord of the manor of E.ith, briefly
seconded the resolution.

Mr. Hows, a member of the deputation from the
Board of Works, defended the conduct of the Board.
They were called on to do a certain work, which
they were ready to execute in an effectual manner,
but it it was thought by the government ner_sessary
the (itfalls should be carried lower down the river,
they would undertake the construction of the
works, the expense should fall on the government, and
not on the taxpayers, of the metropolis. He and the
majority of the members of the Board of Works
were opposed to this nuisance being inflicted on
the inhabitants on the river below Erith.
Mr. NICOLAY, a member of the Metropolitan Board
of Works, also spoke against the nuisance likely to be
inflicted by the proposed outfall of the sewage of the
metropolis into Erith Reach. He believed when the
engineers appointed by Sir B. Hall had examined the
proposed plan of drainage, that they would condemn it,
for in fact it was one that ought not to be carried out.
He advocated a plan for deoderisiug the sewage for
agricultural puposes.
Mr. BLUNT supported the resolution, and congratu-
lated the meeting that the course now pursued by
Sir B. Hall would be productive of much good, and
that an efficient plan of drainage would be thereby
carried out. The proposed plan was very defective,
and would never properly effect the drainage of London
without polluting the river Thames.
Mr. GARVEY, from St. Pancras, said that the people
of that large district sympathised with the meeting, and
that they also objected to the proposed plan of drainage,
on the ground that the discharge of the sewage in Erith
Reach would be likely to produce disease. The river
Thames would be the most gigantic nuisance and ter-
rible scourge that had ever been indicted OD any city,
and in support of his assertion, he quoted largely from
the report of the Commissioners appointed in 1847, as to
the health of London. The metropolis, with 21 millions
_eni xdtcr disease
of inhabitants, had no right to cleanse itself at the ex-
pense of Erith and Gravesend. He denied that the Me-
tropolitan Board of Works bad a light to construe the
act to the injury of others, and lie contended that by
carrying the outfall just outside the metropolitatnhebosoar.
un-
on
dary they had done all that was required of them. The
common law did not permit an injury to another without
By y if discharged
the proposed
a
pl a fire-sixths Erith Reach,
ge shs of the
compensation.
sewage o the metropolis,
would never
of theerreach river,these w a,
which rc
butc beoduelpreinted
gin and bed
and pestilence in the hot weather.
Mr. DIFFANGER condemned the conduct
of the majo-
rity of the Metropolitan Board of Works which he
characterised as a " brutish and tyrannical' majority,"
who, he said, were bent on destroyiees,
metropolis local
self-government.
The resolution was carried unanimously,
Mr. J. RENSHAW, churchwarden
of Frith moved the
second resolution. He hoped the '
by Sir B. gentlemen appointed
Hall to examine the proposed plan would not
only look at it in an engineering
they would call in practical men point of view,
_ames,
harbour master of the river Thames, and others who
would be enabled to give valuable evidence ae to the
injury this plan, if
carried. out, would have en the river
by impeding the
navigation b the collection of mud
banks. He moved, " That Eby tbat the
(Thief Commissioner of her Majesty's Works and Public
Buildiugs has intimated to refer toe question as to the
disposal of the sewage of London to competent re-
ferees for their opinion and advice, and that as a
royal commission has been appointed to inquire as to
the distribution and appropriation of large towns, this
meeting
-8 of opinion that such a course is satisfactory,
inasmuch as itpaffords a strong hope that the subject
will be fully considered in all its bearings, not only
with reference to the relief of London from the existing
nuisance of the sewage, but also with a due regard to
t
the sanitary condition and interest
s of the districts on
both banks of the river Thames.
deacon Kula, rector of Stone, Kent, se-
Mr. Arch
conded the motion.
Mr. DAVIS, of
Plumstead• supported the object of
the meeting.
Many of the members of the Metropolitan
Board of Works had studiously avoided obtaining the
necessary information in reference to the question. There
waeno occasion to take the sewage out of London pro-
per, because it could be intercepted in tanks, and the
farmers ou both banks of the Thames would be glad to
take it away and pay for it for agricultural purposes.
As a member of the Metropolitan Board of Works he
objected to the plan, which, he sail, had been adopted
by the majority of the Board in error.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
Alderman Doesosr, of Gravesend, moved the third
resolution, and, in doing so, said that it was a great
error on the part of the legislature when they created th
Metropolitan Board of Works. He was sorry to find
the majority of the Metropolitan Board of
orks had
not consulted men who could have given them advice on
the subject, and it showed that they had been called on
to do what they were not competent to perform. It was
absurd to tax any part of the county of Kent to remove
the filth of the metropolis. He moved the appointment
of a committee to carry out the objects of the meeting.
Alderman DITCHIIMIN, of Gravesend, seconded the
motion, and, in doing so, said he remembered the time
when the Thames was so clean that be had seen salmon
sporting in it, and leap out of the water to escape the
porpoises pursuing them. He wished to see the river
cleansed, and then fi.shinw restored, and he thought the
best and most profitable way or doing it would be by
saving the sewage for agricultural purposes.
Mr. J. S. RIGG supported the motion.
Dr. D5ll and others having addressed the meeting
the motion was agreed to unanimously.
A committee was then formed, and a vote of thanks
having been accorded to the Chairman, the meeting sopa.
catod

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- AM-ERICA. ter at the court of Lisbon, was about to leave for lin Woolwich basin, has bad her repairs completed, and left to support the family, consisting of Hugh and two ; DR. Li P I.YORDON UPON AleitYo 4. The asoweA ebjeat of tild apowliera ,r.t oho cooottrog il, iiiUtl 1 Country Marketisi.
_____...„- years ago was to induce the governmmt to grant Cnim-se
- Frankfort, had been contradicted, and had given ;is about to bc new rigged, when she will be removed youneer sisters, by her own exertions. The mother had I
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LIVERPIDOL, DEC. 28. general satisfaction to the English residents in 'to Sheerness, to be 'rethe who a ear to le n tak n es ecial in- I , •
placed in the fir4-class steam reserve tWO b. + re pp a e e an - p , Dr. Livingston has addressed the tollo wing letter to a or coelie labour, " for then they would gct English HAIM,. Is -T. es CORN .11ARKET-DEo. 26.
. The Arabia, Stone, arrived to-day with ad.vices Portugal, with whom he is very popular. there. terest in little Hugh, and to them, as he himself says, l
The paddlewh e m-v - Banshee in Woolw:ch he owed much more of his real education than to any of
esl stea essel , . , contemporary :-
Sir,-There certainly would be no increase in the capO al on the strength ot ir, " Now, I wish them
The supply of wheat and beans lar - df b l d
ger. an o ar ey an
oats smaller, than in last market. Sales Were rather
from New York, hy teiegrapb, to the 18th, and There was no political news in Lisbon when the
basin, is progressing rapidly with her repairs and ahem. the teachers, to whose superintendence he was afterwards(
had too m„h work general happiness of the world by the simple transfer of itios e g eott soi
tm et h
aonf itth ;e tEhemynewrnoruldnfniatnksesiaa mwuocolii,i,behtutetr,
heavy.
268,939 dollars. steamer left. tions. She has been fitted with new decks, received committed. Uncle John, the elder, though desirous to see them prosper, I think it Will WHEAT. 1 HARLEY OATII. I BEAL,
Tile Nitgara, fer Boston, was passed on the 25th. From Gibraltar we have advices to the 19th inst. I new paddle-wheels and beeee new windlass bits, azeom. al„yo on Isis hands to be able to look much after his the slave-labour system of cotton-growing from the be in their power to remember that Caffre labour by the First 62s Od 43s Od 35s Ocl 49s Oa
The Ho ~
use of R,Presentatives had passed a ress.). The French Government steamer Tartare, one day modation ladders &c. ; has been recaulked throughout, nephew ; but the influence exerted over him by Uncle southern States of America to either one portion or thousand was at their door at 7s. 6d. a month, and if Second 39s 7(1 1 35is 5d 24s 5d I 39s 3d
lution condemnatory of a revival of the slave trade. from Cadiz, arrived on the 15th, and left the same bulwarks repaired, and cabin accommodation greatly Alexander is unmistakeable, Atter having attended the - • • • T' ' ' ' 1 d th -id both Third
another of the African continent • but as I believe it a snits commissioner la gone out ey woe 29s Od I 24s Od 19s Od I 3s ei.l
The Washington correspondent of the Boston afternoon for the East. The British merchant improved. Her machinery has been repaired, and she dame school and afterwards the parish school, Hugh ' have left off their clamour for " labour" and for a Caffre Total quantity of wheat in market, 859 (Ire 784 sold
improbable that such a system-one of monstrous wrong ~
Daily Advertise). states that the opposition to the steamer Alps and the Prussian steamer Alexander has been supplied with a set of new boilers. She is not was bound apprentice for three years to the husband war, far these " Times' people" are sad fellowe for put- n ~ barley PI 707 qrs., 695 sold
free importation of wool is most decided, that the 11. sailed on the night of the 1-4th for the west. in commission. of one of his maternal aunts, a stone mason in the to the black, and bad neighbourhood, with a tendency ting the ends of thines tog ther The attempt by
e • s • a ,P I oats e, 400 qrs., 381 -eid
Wool growers are operating silently and with influs The British steamer Lebanon sailed on the 15th Her Majesty's store-ship Dee, Master-Commander neighbourhood of Cromarty. He was then a slender of political tyranny, to the white, will be the result of commission to get up a Caffre war produced the opinion ei 9, beans ~ 67 qrs., 51 mold
ence, and that the iron interesta "are pursuing- the tor Malta. The Dutch steamer Rotterdam sailed Pullen, is shipping machinery and boilers in Woolwich little lad of 17 ; and the excessive labour which he had our encouraging the Africans to produce the raw mate- of the Recorder of Natal, " that history does not present
____ e AVERAGES PER innretTAL QUARTER.
eante course. on the nieht of the 15th for Marseilles. The French basin for the Royal Sovereign and the Diadem, at Ports- ,to go through in the quarries proved at first too much : i t i Wh at, 11. 19 7 11-17. the I Berle 1/ 15 0 1.01.2 the
nais oi. our manufactures on their own soil, I shall en. another instance in which greater eecurity was eneoyeu e .. , r _ . Y, ••• • ,
Oats, ... to. 4 o U-12ths I Beans, 1/. 19 3 9-12 tr s
nstructiens from the Admi- for his strength. He had frequent fits of de ression grew
mouth.; and, according to l , . . of both life awl property than bad been enjoyed hy (he
Advices from Honduras report the continuance steamer Marie Stuart, from Marseilles, with a b . 13 '- . deavour to give a general view of the social and political
rally, is to be fitted with Clifford s new method of lower- absent in mind, and ecatse subject even to fits of partial Nataliens durine the period of English eccupwoon." -
of tranquillity there. The party of American general cargo for Gibraltar, Cadiz, and Lisbon„_ ~ L. , d h b d f br Btit 124,-1- b t dt
lug eue sum a quarter cutter, an as een arrange or somnam n ism. uaer t e -re. year, ego use o relations of the tribes with which lam best acquainted, m _ a . , . .
r. Cloete, the Recorder, is a gent,eman ot Dec:, DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET-Dn. 25
d roceede '
gold-diggers who had been in Honduras " prospect. arrived on the 15th, an p d again the same
that purpose by the dockyard shipwrights. Some further die severe toil, and his health returned, While still at as it is on the peculiarities of these that my belief is descent, of dietinguished impartiality of judgment, and Wheat, top up ls 01, average down 3s lid ; oats, top uP
ing" for the precious metals had nearly all left the night. The British steamer British Queen, 12 experiments are ordered to take place on board the Com- school he was fond of wandering along the sea side, and founded, and you wili then be able to decide whether I eminent in legal attainments. And then they were told, 6. 0.1, average up 1s 6;d ; barley, top down 3sod, average
country, on account of the sickly climate, which daysfrom Alexandria and six and a half from Malta) modore's ship Fisgard, at Woolwich, in order to develop examining the pebbles and debris' that lay scattered in have been led to my conclusion by sober reason or by nem. con., in the commisdon, that nearly all those who down 2s Od. Sales dull.
QrS• Best. Current. Inferior
had proved on the coast very debilitating to with a general cargo for Liverpool, arrived on the more fully the advantages to be obtained by the substi- closely packed beds along the shore ; and encouraged by were elatnouring for labear were so unable to employ
e too sanguine hopes. 437 Wheat 65s 0,1 Ws Oid 27s od,
Americans. 15th, and sailed again during the night. The tution of Clifford's principle. The ironiraddlewheel steam his uncle Sandy, wha bad a taste for natural history, hau labour that they had actua`ly . come to the colony in .1104 Oats 34e o,i 2le 11 d l4s vitee
The government of most of the African tribee is
. Nine More French refugees from Cayenne had French steamer Normandie, from Marseilles, with vessel Antelope, Lient.-Commander ike, about to pro- picked up a good deal of information about the materials
t i hI. Each man becomes head er chief of his search of empleyment. I wish them succe-s ; but you 752 Barley 4os Od 335 6d - °"',,,
arrived at New York from Demerara. flour., &c., for Gibraltar and Cadiz, arrived. on. ceed to the West Coast of Africa, is ordered to be pro- and formatinn of these rocky strata. The bent of his Poawrn zemi
7 a • • -ld will see whether their want of labour means more than 4 Peas & beans 39s Od -ri 0 d .--e kel
. yan their dependents. The children bui tsss,
It appears that the boat of the Lyonnais, con- the 16th, and left during the night. At five aided with Clifford's plan of lowering the ship's boats. mind towards his favourite science was thus early and
hi t u d t II dth "k tl " h' h w sto -
i s aro n,, n spo ha e . e oa, wlc ans er of capital, and whether the case has any bearing ---
tainine, a chronometer, provisions, liquors, &c.,
a o'clock p.m. on the 15th the British steamer The Antelope is to sail to-morrow. distinctly indicated; though at first it lay rather in the
• the "gate in ancient times. Above these paternal .s .
on the question, producing cotton by free labour in ABER,DEEN-DEo. 26.
which was picked up by the Neptune on her voyage Vasco de Gama sailed for the west. The Pen.- ..
The following appointsnents were made on Saturday direction of mineralogy than geology. " Mineralogy in - - anima
chiefs there are influential men, allied by either blood or Potato oats 21s Od to 22s Cki el
1401bs per hush .
at the Admiralty :- ' its first rudiments," he writes in his " School and School- With respect to the fertility of tln, soil I have very little Common oats 19s Od to 21s Oil
to Liverpool, was the one which broke loose from insular and Oriental Company's steamship Ripon, . . marriage to the chief of the tewn or tribe. They have a
Valentine H. Cummg, mate, to the Cornwallis, and masters," " had early awakened my curiosity, just as it doubt, because cotton is already cultivnted, theugh of in- Bore 303 Od to 36s Od
the steamer and drifted away before the passengers which had been compelled to take shelter at Corun-
W. A. Banke midshipman to the Iris • kotlae under them and are often termed Barenana-
never fails to awaken with its gems and its metals and its ' . ferior quality. It is short iu the pile. In Cazeneo, a die Barley 30s ud to 36. Od 1531bs
could get into it. na from the furious gales, arrived at Gibraltar on ' - " -
little lords ." or by anether word meanine " little
, 0 triet of Ango'a, 1,200 cloths, 6 leet long by 3 broad, is Wheat, red (spring)3os Od to 405 Od 1 eon_ ,
• It was suspected that au expedition to 'lrene- the afternoon of the 16th, and resumed her voyage esity of infant tribes and nations. But in unsightly ld ' " The ch f Mor 'orKo ••
gi..eat o . ones. le ( ena si-lora r
the annual tribute ot the free population to Govern- , white 30s Od to 50e Od
.1 "'""" "
zuela under the command of General Pa.ez was to Maltai and Alexandria on the same evening. THE LATE MR. HUGH MILLER. . masses of mechanical origin, whether sandstone or clay, king), with his cattle pen and kotla in the centre of the
men,. There is bees'-wax in great abundance in the in OaLeal 16s Gd to 17s 6sl per boll.
fitting out at New York, and the authorities were The British steamer Arno, which left Liverpool on se. I could take no interest ; just as infant societies take no town, is head over all. When a man cannot manage his
tenor, but the people eat the honey and throw the wax Flour 62s Od to 53s Od per sack.
son he appeals to his "little lord" for assistance.; and PROVISION MARKET.
keeping watch .to prevent it. the 4th for Genoa and Leghorn, put into Gibraltar A post ntortent examination of the body of Hugh Miller interest in such masses, and so fail to know anything of Cff h
away. o ee, w eat, sugar, and indigo were formerly
hen a man of one kotla has a complaint against one of f, p lb 6d to 8,21 I Butter plb ls Od to Os 0;
The New York Journsa of Commerce states that BaY eri the night of the 16th, and reported having was made at his house in Portobello, on Friday, ny pro. geology ; and it was not until I had learned to detect ported from Tete. The country in many parts is quite
113.i:tton3rper lb 7d to 9d I Egg 'lz. s Oil to 1. 6 '
wnother kotla the case is b ht by these "li le lords" ex
a . • roug
~ . . tt
- . covered with wild vines ; but the grapes are bad. There Lamb, 'do oOd WO:. 0 I Hens; 13( o' • 1 d 3's 6J
in Maine the shipbuilders have wholly discontinued encountered severe gales in the Bay of Biscay, fessor Miller and other medical gentlemen. The following among the ancient sendstone strata of tbis quarry ex-
before the chief. If a case requiring little censidera• . a 8
_o p pair 3s 0 to e ,
the' construction of clippers, and now go to the which compelled her to make for Lisbon, where she is the conclusion to which they have come :- actly the same phenomena as those which I used to wit- .
ith Uncle Sandy in the ebb that I non, the chief decides on the evidence, which is given b
. . is abundance of specular iron ore and the black oxides Veal, per lb ... Od to Os Od I Chickens,do.2s Od to 2s 0 '
ut I have spoken ef thwe else .vhere. The wheat grows Pork, per 5t...5s Od to 5s 6cl Ducks, do. 2s ea to 20 ~
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opposite extreme of makine their ships full and of replenished her stock of coal. The Arno proceed- " The cause of death we foun ' Ih t "as in mY walks w • e ' 011 the witness always standing. Should it
ray,
ss dtobe a pato s o was fairly excited to examine and inquire. It was the on parts flooded by the Zambese ; and this river innn- Salmon, per lb Os to Os Ducklingsh3s Od to 3. ° '
larne capacity. ed on her voyage during the night of the 17th. h
t rough the left side of the chest and this we are satis- •t la• ade
, necessi y w ich m me a quarrier that taught me to be a matter of more importance, or any pub-
dates large patches of country annually, exactly as the Grouse, per brace Os to Os 01
Turkeys, each 4s Od to 51
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In the Su C N. Ykt o of the The British steamer Waterwitch, 40 days from
preme ourt, eew or , w fied • • •
was inflicted by his own hand. From the diseased be a eologist." Soon after the period of his apprentice- li t. n the chief sends for all his lords,
c ques to , .
' Nile does Indeed it risee in a areat vellev containing Tallow, p stone, 008 to 12e 61 Potatoes, pr peck, _6l to 1 u
parties, Felicite Dehud and Eugene Grelet, who Genoa and five from Carthagena, with a general appearances in the brain taken in connection with the a •
h igi d • dli It d C d L• h
...lie -a expire , e eilli e romarty an went to en , and the case is reheard in their presence. They, . • . ' .- . - '
extensive collections of water with islands. Aod, as the Rabbits, each 9d to -d.
were supposed to have been concerned in the late cargo for London, arrived on the 17th, and left history of the case, we have no doubt that the act was in the hope of getting employment as a mechanic among utter their opinions freely, and the chief sums up their
view of Sir R. Murchison respecting the formation of Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.9ss Od to 00‘
frauds upon the Northern Railway of France, were again on the morning of the antli. The British suicidal, under the impulse of insanity." the stone cutters. He soon got work of the kind he oninions, taking the same view or not, as the case may be,
Africa was remarkably confirmed by my observations Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen .. • Od to 9
with. the majority. If a man of decision of character, he RETAIL PRICES,
discharged by judge Davies, upon their stipulating steamer Rhone, from Palermo, with fruit, &e., for The following few lines to his wife, found written on wanted at Niddy Mill village. He does not seem, how- made without the reinotest idea of his having enunciated 01
carries it his own way •if otherwise they generally carry . , , , „er , ~ , . ~ e, ~, Flour 141b....0s Od to 2s 10d Barleyllour,l4lb.oB to 2s .
not to commence any action for unlawful imprison- Liverpool, arrived on the 18th, and left on the si; T. si :
a ...0.0 saee. ,ying on the table beside his ' ver tO have been very comfortable in his new quarters. . . . . , , . it clearly turee years 'more, i taloa it nigmy prooame • '
corpse, give, e , it in theirs. The chief seldom adopts any measure di- Oatmeal Os Od to ls 9d , dust, Os to le Od
ment. The other prisoners, CharpentierandParrot, same morning,. The British steamer African, from painful evidence of the awful intensit of the disease :- His comrades, though good workmen, were for the
rectl contrar ht. . • ' 0 d •cl d
ytopn io opinion. ne or two eci e that tbe Zarnbese and Nile rise in one great valley. The Beremeal ... .08 Ocl to 2s Od ',, per lb 2d to 21,1
were detained for further proceedings in the case. Alexandria and Malta, with wheat for Liverpool, e Dearest Ld" • Y
its,-My brain burns. I must have most part a hard-drinking, ignorant set, who were Y
opponente will make him waver and hesitate, and perhaps Valley ot the Nilo between Cairo and Alexandria is the Peasemeal... Os Od. to 2s 8d Sid%
The excitement in Tennessee and Kentucky, arrived on the 18th. The British steamer Tene- walked , d Y "
•an a fearful dream ansms upon me. I cannot . .
provoked by his steadiness and wood conduct, and pre-
have rem:verse to the dice or divination. The elders or exact counterpart to the Valley of the Barotse, between 4-Ib. 10af...8d. 2-Ib. 10af...4d.
judiced against his Highland birth and accent. His 16 degrees and 141 degrees south latitude, and 23 de- Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to ts 6d .
arising out Of the negro inaurrection, is said to riffe, 54 days from Liverpool, with bale goods for bear the horrible thou h G
gt. od and Father of the Lord lords are guided by a number of maxims or proverbs,
have nearly died out, but in the other parts of the Genoa and Naples, arrived on the 18th, and pro- Jesus Christ have mercy upon me. Dearest Lydia, dear health also soon gave way, and he resolved to return tc
which seem to have come down to them by tradition. grees eas.t g
lon itude
11 li. old
Cron:tarty. He was heartily welcomed by a is My principal object in referring you to these matters in LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.
• South it was as lively as ever. It a h ddd ' • th •ht The British steamers children, farewell. M b • b 11 •
ppears to ave cee e unng e nig . y rain urns as the reco ection
friends in the North ; care and rest speedily restored These remarks refer chiefly to the tribes south of 18 deg.
the present paper is to take advantage of your wide cir- nes
originated in Texas, near the Rio Grande, three Bceotia and Malta passed from west to east on the grows. .51 y dear, dear wife, farewell. south latitude. In the country of the true neer° which
, him, and in the summer of 1828 he set out for Inverness culation to utter a sort of protest against any rash specu• LIVERPOOL, DEC. 27.
months since, and to have extended to nearly all 18th. The steamship Daaube, from Liverpool, " HUGH MILLER.'
for the purpose of getting employment as a cutter of lies north of that • h •• l 1. ''
'll
11 th point, t e politica re ations t otieh .
e same, are somewhat modified by female in-
' - lations being made in connection with them. The ports erooa EXCHANGE.-The market was steady to-dsf,
the Southern States, advantage having been taken arrived in the bay on the afternoon of the 19th. " For some months past," states the Witness of Satur- in cri thane on stones. It was then that he first formed genera Y 1118 C • •dM 1 h 1 h b tt,' l• •t 1 Cid • 31/ i --Eastern
ca e( arra strum an eume, at the lea niout 8 ut quo a ions weirs imi et . a e otuan,
fluence • •
, but the general relation of one tribe to another
of the public's all-absorbing attention to the elec- Movements of her Majesty's ships :-The steam day, " hie overtasked intellect had given evidence of dis- a Connection with the press. Some poetry which he sent
1. y competent per- oun ies, -as ancas ire, - maces. re
of the Zanabese, ought to be examined b C t• 91 E• t L •h" 23 L hi and York-
's the same in all which came under my observation. One 71-London and North Western 105 i -Manchester,
tion for President. It is stated that in the whole sloop Curlew, Captain Horton, from Roquetas, order. He became the prey of false or exaggerated to the Inverness Courier brought him under the notice
tribe is perfectly independent of a h h t
not er, except y a sor .
Bons, if the opinion ot the laLe Captain Parker, who was shire, e . . . n _
_north
region from Memphis, through Clarkesville, to arrived at Gibraltar on the 16th. The Stromboli
ala H fa cied 1 • d d •
rms. e n --1 ,inee , it was a fancy-that of the editor of that journal, who encouraged hun in his
of t cl.t•
f irnavaisitonary bond, which will become developed in cases kllled at the mouth of the Danuae, aud who is said to Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 341-Midland,B2s 4
_e'en,.
Eastern Berwick, 24-South Eastern, 22t-St. ids,"
Dover, on the Cumberland river, the ereatest steam sloop, Captain Burgess, having in tow the literary efforts, and afterwards assisted him in his pub. have been delighted with the branch called Luabo or
occasionally, and for brief intervals, his faculties quite c.ni or common danger. It seems to have arisen Guaranteed 6 per Cent. Stock C, 120.
alarm existed in regard to the movements'' of the steam gunboat Clinker, Captain Hudson, arrived lishing a small volume of fugitive poetry. His poetical
foro Cuama, cannot be found at the Admiralty. The river
negroes. The gaols in all the counties were crowded on the 18th, 8 days from Malta and 1-i from Al- failed him, that his mind broke down. He was engaged efforts, though on the whale rather unfavourably received, m baring had a common. origin and it became partially
apparent when a late colonial Go'vernor made the enor. of Quillimane, which I came down, is not the Zainbese -
' MANCHESTER. DEC. 27.
with the arrested blacks. The County Courts had giers,-and having called at the New Mole they at this time with a treatise on the a Testimony of the gained for hica eeveral good friends. Among
ltlhe,:uvmber
mous mistake of pretending to place himself in the tradi- at all. When I lett that river it was lowing rapidly, STooa EXCHANGE. -There was a good market, clot!
assembled in each county, and vigilance committees both sailed for England on the morning of the Rocks,' upon which he was putting out all his strength, was Principal Baird, who, nfteraspbernsingbiMebi
beer h ersens
tional headship of the Caffre family. A better plan for with about three-quarters of a mile of deep water. It. at rather higher rate.. Eastern Counties, 9 5-16 eao.
and patrols had been appointed in each neiehbour- 19th. The Duke of Wellington screw three-decker, working at his topmost pitch of intensity. That volume and series of letters on herneg-. mg, w , ad cn •
roos.ng
i every particle of patriotism and loyalty of remains high during five months of the year-i e., a Lancashire, 23-Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97i eT,,e,
Inverness Courier, bad expressed a desire " all steamer would scarcely run aground an where cheater, Sheffield and Lincolnshire 34 -Midland, ceds
hood and township. Eight more negroes had been bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir R. will in a few weeks be in the hands of many of our read- tributed tioi tit:. eau the most devoted people on earth could not have
Bnithin 300 lof the co t-nd d • ti Y. • Nor h-E in B'er *ck 21-D ' •LA
mi en as ; e uring inrennaining t Rae WI overs, e.
hung at Dover, making 19 in all. No overt act Dandas, K.C.8., arrived in Gibraltar Bay on the ers ; and while they peruse it with the saddened impres- to know te. t .
hut- A meeting accordinely took Place
NI•ll - , • .' been devised than that of what to an Eng'ishman
mwonths there lis a deep channel, rather winding and -
had been committed, but the proof against them of afternoon on the 19th, and the Admiral was sa- sion that the intellect and genius of the author poured ud Dr. Baird urged Hugh I. ler very strongly to quit will a
;nee '
nese and seek literary employment in Edinburgh. . ppear a very simple a.ffa ,
ir - viz. appoint- . .
shifting from year to year. There is a shifting too, of BIRMIN_GHAM DEC 27 s -
insurrectionary designs was, it ie said, conclusive. luted with 11. guns on his arrival. The Duke of out their latest treasures in its composition, they will
search through it in vain for the slightest evidence of .
Hu rh
prudent! declined tue ievitation. " I did think mg a European Sosinkolu instead of a poor
Caffre one with a withered leg. Universally it must the large reedy islaud in the river below Lin;ata ; the TOX E H NGE.-The sh ' • ket was steady to.
A'
tt' arG
matr W stern closed. A:
The Tennessee had arrived with im t t d
por an a - Wellington took in fresh provisions and water, and
feebleness or decaying power. Rather let us anticipate g lel "h y " that in some subordinate cepa-
it pose' e, e says, h
• have been felt as a stab at their entire nationality. If we healthiest period of the yea -M , J dJI - d (:)t
tx°l
r at, une, an u y ay, a yes en ay s quo a ion. rea e ed, 7
vices from Nicaragua. proceeded to Lisbon. r an abridger or
city-as a concoctor of paragrap so. , corresponds with the time of medium height of the 694 to r9i -Great Western Birmingham GUArttllte
..r.i.
the general verdict that will be pronounced upon it, and speak of it with reference to right and wrong, a know- 11 L ion d N ' On 106i-xl"
Westerns t t
After the battles of Messaya and. -Granada, in speak of it as one of the ablest of all his writings. But he Parliamentary debates, or even as a writer of occasional
ledge of the African political constitution would have water. Tile countae is uninteresting until you go through seers- . on( an orth . ,_ _
ye _ •
October, the Costa Rica forces advanced, and took Naval and. Mi I itary Intelligence. wrought at it too eagerly. Hours after midnight the articles, I might might find more remunerative employ-
•.- led any maii with his wits about him to imitate the eon. tf g g P ' '
he or eof Lu ata Tne numerous islands where bee lands, 82i-South Staffordshire, 91. ls, 3d. lett rt.
possession of San Juan del Sur and the transit --sea-. light was seen to glimmer through the window of that h I • h
moot as a stone-mason. But thoug . mig t acquaint duct of the English Government with the Highland ere the late war, 24 fowls could be bought for two -
LEEDS,' DEC. 27. .
myself in a large town, when occupied in this way, fathoms of strong unbleached calico, and grain equally
r• A % Irfths (41.
route. General Hornsey not succeedinff in' dis- Lady Franklin accompanied b Miss Cracroft, Mrs. room which within the same eventful week was to wit- chiefs-quietly bought up the power of the under chiefs STOCK EXCHANGE -gorth-Easterti (noes, 1 a
with the world of books, I questioned whether I could cheap, are now depopulated. The Portuguese Govern- . . . • - (Leeds), 10'
lodging them-with the forces under his crlnmand, and Miss S. McKenzie *- RM y • ' •
, Sir . urchison, Mr. Majendie, nees the close of the volume and the close of the writer's or subsidised them, and then the Kosinkolu would have aid, lb a-Midlands, 821 -e"North-Eastern
enjoy equal opportunities of acquainting myself with the t as made the porta of the eastern coast free, and 1)
given no more trouble than did the descendants of our i wen- k .
was reinforced by Walker in person, who attacked Capt. McClintock, R.N dMC G • 11 'd
~ an r. . nnne , pal a life. This overworking of the brain began to tell upon
d the new in natural science as when plying my certain privileges are granted to any one who may disco- -
them at.-thii halfway house and drove them back, visit to the Resolute, in Portsmouth harbour, on Satur• his mental health. He had always been somewhat occultr:n Pretender. SEABORNE MAILS.
and then out of San Juan del Sur. The route being day afternoon. They were received on the quarter•deck moodily apprehensive of beiog attacked by footpads', I in h ince mechanic "So h led
abou t e pro! ii as a . . . e rano v Among the Bechuanas there is no paramount One ,
• f ver and work a mine. The country, especially that north
of the Z b • •
ern ese is remarkebly fertile, and the people -----,...---- 11184
the
not altogether to give up the project of becoming a literary h eh MI fer th l t
ey re. emse ves o a com . y
mon origin The [When the date for m tking up a mail falls on a Sundaosx,._ /nos
open, Walker returned to Granada, and, becomine by Capt. Hartstein, the officers, and crew, attended by and had carried loaded firearms a pe s .
bout his ron Lat-
mate, but to post one its realisation. It was about this t os- cultivate largel'y ; yet I would recommend nothing but
alarmed for its safety, which was again threatened the United States' vice-consul at Portsmouth. The Re- terly,adying occasion sometimes to return to Pottle:11 are more effTinant: thbanmth)esoCatirss, and those of them rettinvsiaopLneutainil thteeed,ai•vitioiler
einneLeexhceepetmlatLe,ciasslinaidenlp me
time that he begia'n to collect the traditions of his native a small outlay in any attempt to develops tha resources m
by the allied forces, he sent down a part of his solute will be given over to the British Government to- from in.burgh at unseasonable hours, he had f who were su Jug ed
.y . hatze gave no trouble tO ~
or the country. Anything on a grand scale would be evaening previous.] p
cl• t• t h. h fterwards published in Edinburgh.
Is ric , w lc were a
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morrow, and Captain Hartstein, with his officers and himself with a revolver. But now, to all his old fears as to the Boers, who very wisely sidled away from the Caffres,
troops, under Colonel Jacques, to hold it. He He also began to give more attention both to local and sure to fail, because it is so very diffien't to get the pro- -
crew will return to the United States in the American k li. h dd d • • d
attac s upon is person, t ere was a e an exciting an of whom they univer,ally entertain l
a very wh,, esome most
then attacked Messaya, where he partly dislodged stea ' ' • • • ht h. h d • I
mer Washington from Southampton on Wednesday. overmaetenng impression t a is ouse, an especut ly national politics, ae, indeed, no man of aoy earnestness dreed. When they (the Beers) wish to a -
ppear valiant,
, per agency, for however geed men may appear at home ' Fel
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the enemy and destroyed a part of the town. Find- that museum the fruit of so much care, which was con- °r spirit could help doing in those spiriteitirring times. they name the Becbuanas " Caffres," and may with when freed from the restraints of public opinion and the
av eloal
. On Christmas-day'the whale of the '
crew were regaled , Made up at W hence when .-44seel.
thousand other influences which bear upon them in By what
- ing that it was impossible to hold forth the transit with an excellent dinner of roast beef and plum.puddin, Mined in a separate outer building, were exposed to the So interested did he become in local affairs, that on one out much danger " perform brilliant service before the des- Vessel. elPecte!'l '•
route and Granada, he determined to abandon the at the Geor I h- le • • G - assault of burglars. He read all the recent stories of house
ge nn, at the expense of t e ritish o- occasion he went the length of standing at a municipal the enemy," seeing our Government at the Cape pre- England, they do often het in the most unaccountable Post.Otlice. patched.
.....001.
latter and burn it. This act he confided to Hen- vernment. robberies. He believed that one night lately an actual election, for a councillor, at which, not a little to his vents the Bechnanas from receiving supplies of gun- mann . , _ _____.
er Let but little be attempted at first and when
_ -.---.
ningsen, while he proceeded to remove his wounded The Trident, 6, steam vessel, Corn. Close, arrived at attempt to break in upon his museum had been made. surprise, he was successful. The honour, however, soon powder-although they never gave us any trouble- suers
einzthe small way is attained operations can Lisbon 7th,l7th, &I
S th Alh 6 Tag°
ou - am- Dee. 2 neat
and sick to the island of Ommettee, iu the lake. Spithead yesterday morning from Woolwich, with super- Visions of ticket-of-leave men prowling about 'ln dul attendin the first meet-
hh, pre. lost its relish for him. ' y g . and allows a freesupply to the Brener, who have. Among 7,1, -!Y, l? t , .
ended • your men will then be known too. stems
Gib l -iM 27th of the
ra tar
The enemy advanced on Granada and succeeded in numeraries ; she is expected to sail immediately for the mites haunted him by day and by night, The revolver f
ing of Counticil," h!thwrhieteos, " I
.htieardda.rneneltoi uae eat%
nspsteetchlee L
tue negroes beyond 18 deg. the system of paramount chiefs 't r instance, an attem t were ma•le to develo e the
coal trrade there would be p g t diffleult ' apeman Gibraltar 1
taking the small fort on the lake, about half a mile coast of Africa. Lieatenant Charles R, Robinson takes which lay nightly near him was not enough ; a broad- ,ro.r.ie a ger ern i
ilt
fi
ippon on prevails in. somewhat greater force than in Caffreland,
y !it sto the ''
MCI ••• • • • I & 0 h 4th And
di.t ' werf wieldin armed steamer oin u thn--.)Z reah
3,0, 0 1
from the city, and 1 d • b
p ante two guns in attery, one passage in the Trident to join the Bloodhound ae lieute• bladed dagger was kept beside it, while behind him, at d
in ividua
.s wo,ase ne y expresse i , _ g Matiarnvo is the paramount chief of a very widely scat- g g p e AM ese an e
..eY. •••• •• _ 4th 2 t
South- 2fith ei 11110
Art.; ' ey on ••
the destinies ef his native town,' and saw, as tin? only.seri. d fete, where the seams cro out of the sur- c ,
nant commander of that ship. his bedhead, a claymore stood ready at hand. A week tered tribe called Balonda (or Balunda) ; but the various Face ar6min P lied. month. ampt°n
on each side, and at the same distance from the ous piece of business before the meeting, the councillors ne seam could be reached by going up, in flat- month.
The followiae officers have taken up theircommissions, or so ago a now and more aggravated feature of cere- chiefs who profess subjection to hen are perfectly ' istaurities
fort, cutting off all communication between the a d • d ' I cl• d ' • ' clubbing pennies a-piece, in order to defray, in the utter bottomed boats, a river 60 or 80 yards bread, called vviaceylon) .
he Hawke 60 tine screw ste mship Ca t
p bra 'Border showe itself in sudden and singular sense- independent, yet use his name sort of bugbear to „nea
city and the steamers. Henningsen, with 400 men,
ji:mjeosine
ilx
c.B ,ic g ~
b i g fit edaat Shee • . lions in his head. They came on only after lengthened lack of town funds the expense of a ninepenny postage. each other, and every few ye:: :end him a present. Revubne (Revubwe), which falls into the Zainbese on Znaa
../31 4th ieif
1 / South- Co!ombo Jen. 4.• -
And then, with I tear a very inadequate sense of the re- the north bank about two miles below the fort. arrpton
having partly destroyed Granada, was cut off in for Coastguard service on re 0:8 El Of Ireland :-Irasts intervals. They did not last long, but were intensely Cazembe calls himself a vassal of Matiarnvo too, and Thee° sineanpgore :.1 motnth. Rea
his retreat, and took possession of a church half- vio en . e ern e 1 ea a is rain was gimp y
Bernard, sur • • 1 t Th t lel hi th t le. b ' ' 1
geon, M. 8., 23 December, 1845 ; the Rev. sponsibilities of my new office, I staid away frem the
Council Beard, and did nothing whatever in its has an hereditary claim to be general-in-chief to him iat-bottorned boats would approach to within two or Australia(vlai m i South- Co um- nan
...... jaasi
hree miles of the seam, and, but for a small cascade in nittieeCatin)ca. Jan. 12 ..
ampton biaa ---
way between the city and the lake. He was at ale G. E. Carwithen, chaplain ;J. T. Obree, assistant-en- and hopelessly diseased, that his mind was on the verge in somewhat the same way one of our Scottish peers the R-vub
last accounts hesieeed there, but is said to be well gineer ;J. Whalebone, carpenter, first class ;R. Mout- of nein, took hold of him, and stood out before his eye behalf, with astonishing, perseverance and success, does in reference to his clan. • Monomotapa (Lord Mo- t .. . we,
.they could enter the tributary of the ulicepeec..u.°..c.'
Enttl°4
a • for three years. together. ' Satisfied of his capacity „ Revubwe in which the seam exist.. It is situate in tke Dart- vics. nue at
supplied with arms and ammunition, having, in ton, boatswain, first Class ;W. Andrews, gunner, first in all that appalling magnitude in which such an imam. . ta ft
pa), oen named by the Portuguese the " Emperor, Mauritius
fact, the greater part of Walker's stores and a. well class ; Firet Lieutenant J. R. Lloyd, R.M., Light Iu- nation as his alone could picture it." d • d
for a newspaper writer, he next etermine on is another of the parathount chiefs; but, though formerly preen lc
d• ular hank •
•t is 48 inches in d• .
s aim, measured from the level of the ceyion
of water. fautry. Up to Monday last it appears he had spoken to no one Publishing the " Legends 4 Cromarty," by waY subsidised hy the Portuguese and honoured with a guard stream' 1 le:Deter, a few inches of shale, 111. . .
f 10 in h
11 . .
of a sample of his literary powers. Before, how- then another 0.. c. es-S8 inches of coal in all. Toe 11-iiid •
it WOUlcl seem from this account that the only lewheel steam sloo Com•
The Hermes, 6 guns, padd PI •
of these mental paroxysms. On Monday he called on of European troops, is certainly not such a powerful elm-
n e ever, this project was oarried into effect, he was offered, dip of the seam is inclined upward, so as no niachinery c
mender Wm. E. A. Gordon, at Sheerneaa on Saturday Dr. Balfour in Portobello. On my asking, says Dr. man as Sandillah in Caffreland. &pea eVerds se Teas
points in the possession of Walker at the latest dates and accepted the accountantship of a branch agency at for drainage would be required. Close by the coal has Brazil •• •• •• 51 ran. 9.. , south- muter Jan-
Balfour, in a communication to tha Witness what was the
t k " ff th d f th
oo up semporary moorings o e yar or e purpose Now, these various chiefs thou h nearl independent • •• r ameton
were San Juan del Sur and Virgen, about 14 miles matter with him, he replied, the Commercial Bank of Scotland, which was about to g. d yd .f , . been converted into coke by volcanic action Another RuenosAyres
of having her c Lupasses ad•usted after h h b. - to of each other are b no '
I •
apart, at the two ends of the road extending from proceed on a trial trip previous to, takingwhiecr dsepearitsure "My brain is giving way. I cannot put two thoughts be established in Croniarty. He then went to Edinburgh People. Supp, ose a myan is mdlesesa°teisfilnedevit
peint h eounte .hietr
bier
tributary of the Revubwe, which enters neat:ly opposite Falkland Is-
lands.... . J
the Pacific to the lake. He bad also possession of the for the Cape of Good Hope. together to-day, I have had a dreadful night of it. I cannot to receive instructions, and after a few days was sent to can easily transfer himself to another, and as a chief's this, contains anoteer seam, and there are others higher West Indies
island in the lake beforernaentioned, and the steamer Captain C. R. P.. Calcott, commanding th d t f
e epo o face another such. I was impressed with the idea that my Linlithgow to be practically initiated into the niysteries •
importance increases with the number of his folio were P'
u or northwards. I have brought specimens for the (except Ha-
or two at his disposal .on the lake gave him the 26th Cameronians at Chatham Garrison, has been museum was attacked by robbers, and that I had got up, of book-keeping. Before leaving Edinburgh he managed, fueitives are al wa e received with open arms The chief of museum in Jerinyn.streer, under Sir R. Murchison, Me„%arasld Ist end
a certain facility of locomotion and escape, or of ordered to embark forthwith for Bermuda, for the pur- , pat on my donee, and gone out with a loaded pistol to through the medium of Sir Thos. Dick Lauder, to get ill: Balobele, whi:yi are west of the Balonde. (12 dee. and whose opinion will be decisive as to the value or worth- isenezusia
Al of the South- Mardi- 16th of
__i.e.
am ton Jena the '3".
Mr. Black to accept the Legends, on what he then con-
obtaining reinforcements. '
pose cf jining the service companies of his regiment at shoot them. Immediately after that I became unconsci- 13 deg. S.. lat., 23 dee. E. long.), sold some of his people lessness of tbe mineral. Should such a speculation be 'NkreetyvnTranda - month' 1 P month.
A complete reconciliation is said to have been that station. mu. How long that continued I cannot say ; but when sidered very liberal terms. After two months' pupilage be a few years ago to Mamhari. The consequence was, whole successful, onciceusrawtennirlidforimn attihoen i
jade tint,. c a il;mercial edal uel
Chili .....a. .
effected among all Nicearaguan parties under the The batta!ions of the Rifle Brigade having received I awoke in the morning I was trembling all over, and returned to Cromarty and married. This change in bis villages passed over to the Balonda. and we saw them of other art! Peru
J
Presidency of Rivas. permission for the men belonging to that corps to quite confased in my brain. So thoroughly convinced situation brought with it anxious thoughts as to how he et ualified by a commercial education to ive an California
as an important part of the population ander Sainte. am. 1 cl . g Y 16th of
he ...... "
. Advices from Vera Cruz announce that Puebla volunteer into any of the regiments of the line which was I that I must have been out througn the night that. would. idniceraefase beide 1:
imitedincome About that time 1835
( ) Slavery invariably produces bad neighbourhood. Nearly tmon, end others equally clever might not succeed in
°Paining the affections of the natives. With me indeed, Hondur
Nassau
as - .
S- "an• " •'}" ampton •• • mtonth.
are below their proper establishment, 25 men have I examined my trousers to see if they were wet or co- o T 1 .'
a peno . call
.`B rder aes ' was started, and to it all the Portuguese ware have had this element in them
had 'surrendered to the Goverinnent farces. Th
ft has been a work of time, and I h fi ' d
v vered with mud, but could find none. Hugh Miller contributed a number of tales. This helped _c. the ave pro te much m i South- ~ Magda- Jan. i orhoe°
e volunteered for the 26th Cameronians and the 35th Ro al y received and kept our fueitive staves " So
news of Vidaurri's treaty is confirmed. Alvarez S - The next day a consultation was held betwe t k th'ld dld li.f . - ' ' *
en Dr. oee ou is Ben er means, an e to is orming a by the kindness of those with whom I have lived in u:x c° '••' M lan. 2.• .• I amptou lens
Tana •• .•
ussex Re iment at Chatham Garrison constantly is this the case I cannot cenceive a cordial . . s
. had taken the field in defeuce of the Gavernment. The Reg •* •
nown, 91, screw steamer, building at Chatham Balfour and Professor Miller, the result of which the connection with Oltamber3's Journal. All this time Mr. friendship between the United States and E 1 d
ng 3n giving me a good name. But any ene may keep a civil Madeira .. • •
PIY- 0 bit' Mtn. 6 neva°
The Havannah advices are unimportant. dockyard, has a large number of shipwrights and caulkers latter thus communicates :- Miller continued to devote what spare dare he could afford till either a fugitive slave act is operative in Caoada and tongue in his head and avoid espousing the quarrels of Tenerlffe .• i E Jan• 23 ••} mouth am
In the New York money market, owine• to the employed on her in order to have her completed. This "We examined the chest, and found that unusually to the study of his favourite science, geology. To the England, or slavery is abolished in the Soutb. In others, as the English have done those of the Boers with sy C.of Africa
British North . Aribi4
1 Liver- America Dec. 29 estn
large amount of specie shipped to NewbOrleans, is the largest vessel ever constructed at Chatham, her well ; but we soon discovered that it was head symptoms examination of a rich ichthyolitic deposit of the old red Africa an extensive stave system could not be cameo
. , the Caffrey. Let it always be remembered that slave-
. America
there had been more inquiry for money at the burden being 3,317 tons. cknowled an a
that made him uneasy. He a ged having been s d tone his attention was especially directed ; and the out anywhere except in the space. enclosed in the deep keeping is bad neighbourhood ; "if you don't give up United States
my runaway slave you are my enemy." This has been United States lan. .6 and '
Liver- 000
banks for the two days previously, and the market The progress of the works on board the old. line-of- •11 ver late in the mornin work. discoveries and restorations in which these investi ations
night after night up ti y . g, . , .
g reedy rivers of the Great Valley. One of the queens of ek
elle root f Bram North i E alternate l• pan Atlantic MIMI
closed decidedly stringent. The effect on stocks battle ship Caledonia, intended to replace the l3eamen's ing hard and continu h .
ously at his new book, ' which, resulted afterwards formed the bates of his reat scientific
d' I have finished ' re utatio " • g the Sebituane tried to escape thence to the south ; but, o many a war.
America
United States South- Wash- , 1 OW
this p n. A. more exciting subject, however, was soon though accompenied by eight attendants, she get BO en- British North 1 M Dec. 31 .. 1 etnpton in `lll2' -2
was downward. Hospital, Dreadnought, having been considered with much satisfacnon, e sal. , d
day ' He was sensible that his hea had suffered in pressed upon his notice in the shape of the Voluntar gton
sufficiently forward to admit of her being hauled • . y ten 1d • th b h f the ri
g e in e rano es o vers as to be obliged, America
New York Central and Erie Railway shares were consequence, as evidenced in we way
t s-first, occasion- controver • - • • '
sy, and the critical situation of the Presbyterian 'SIR 8. HALL'S DETIMMINATION AS TO Liver- Angle-
out of dock reparations for that ur ose -were on after a Month's absence to give hereelf up. In all the Canada ••
I pool s J."' 7:„.......i------°
unusually heavy, at a decline. Exchange was dull Sant d 'dP at Wool 'had a P P b f
rayma e . wic , n . num er o per- ally be felt as if a very fine Poniard had been suddenly Church. "Could Ido nothing for my church in her hour other parts of the ou t' the facilities for esca e are eo THE DRAINAGE QUESTION. axon
at a decline of i per cent., being 108 i to 109 on dth h d through his brain. The pain was in- of peril I" he asked himself. "I tossed wakeful
passe mug an -ly great that the slaevensyrsytem, even though it Pwere de- m-istornine. E-Evenine.
iesns assembled in hopes of witnessing the launch,
__l___aae_____
London ; sf. 20c. to sf. 224 c. on Paris. tense, and momentarily followed by con ,
fusion and giddi- throughout a Whole ni ht in which I form d
g , . e mY e'rable to establish it, could not be worked. Would it n___----_ne----.______ .....-....._,...
although it was known to be very doubtful of success on d 1 ft k' (Prom the Examiner.) „final/0i
Cotton, with a fair demant/, had advanced. i, that day by reason of the lowness of the tide. an the ness, and the sense of being 'very drunk, unable to sten p an. 0a mg the purely popular Bide of the question, be neceseary 1 Take the most free independent pereons ues- MURDER OP A RAILWAY CONSTAELE AY tuseeeerces
closing buoyantly. Southern markets all advanc- rising of the river gradually filled the dock, then vessel, or walk. He thought that a period of unconsciousness rd in the morniug I set -down to state my views to in the country, the Bushmeu and Bakalahari ; they kill Sir Benjamin Hall has resolved to refer the q -The adjourned inquest on the bd of Josenh .1 "- no
must have followed this-a kind of swoon, but he had
_hedpe=csi iite the form of al letter to Lord Brougham. and prepare upwards of 30,000 small animals, theskins tion of the metropolitan drainage to a commilosion,
itior, prices being better than at New York. Flour reeting on the blocks, was at oue time observed to give railway constable, was reeumed ecilayli'irednesdav aot nen
firm, with an increasing deman.t at an advance ot indications of being afloat. The 18 feet water -mark he- never fallen. Second, what annoyed him mosbt, hoawnterbear, I
d imperatively edemneyanndewed ebmp omymednuttieeveerTnmotmbent not of which are taken annually t , the Capri', the shape of composed of two civil engineers and one mei itbaery. Castle Hotel, Merthyr. The deceased and Elias Jen': at
sto 10 cents. Wheat advanced 5 cents. per bushel. came immersed, and, considering that to be about the was a kind of nightmare, which for some ndligentl,
Pile said; office, and in about a weekyafter3: was able to (Lbt "karosseß." Ultimately many of them purchase tea in They are to consider the plans which Itav _
_ftn on the night of the 10th inet , were at a publiohousboot
Corn without change. Rye firm. Old mess pork measurement of her draught of water, expectations of 'rendered eleep most miserable. It
lwdagrelmber nothing the manuscript of my pamphlet to the res Pled IClta. Three or four traders manages the whole affair. proposed, including, of course, the. p ati,a B (
cailecel Merthyr, and a quarrel took 'place bet weeu theta
_trod
. not so firm. New mess and prime steady. Beef success for a short period ran high. Mr. Mugford, the ne saw no distinct vision, and cop
se of vague manager of the Commercial Bank." This patPelphlet at;' an American, and he would &newer that these initial of bad), adopted by the huge veisl ry‘ . a game of bagatelle. On leaving the house the tinctina
steady. Lard not so firm. Butter selling freely. - of what had assed accurately. It WM a sen
officer in charge of the undertaking, however, perceived , P . . . ee : t. e
s 'ming aurae.. at once attracted the attention of those ministers of labomr.
mats could only be collected from the desert by slave the Metropolitan Board of Works, but tey are not was renewed in the t t d Jenkins stabbed -re
te 03611
s ree , an fortune
from the poop of the Caledonia that the ebb versa about to .
and yet intense horror with a conviction o
to be confined to a choice of these plans. They are several times i
. Naval stores inanimate. Crude turpentine quiet. the n. ht i d '
, and drago•ed throng pac
is 1 es as if by the Establishment ' who afterwards founded the Free Then in An 1 f • be
go a a very large amount o ivory, es• n the abdomen. The un d At the
set in, and great was the- disappointment of the specta- m . lg. .w n
' . •bt ' h said 'I felt as Church. After a discussion in the house to suagest any other which may be more lingered CI!
to be free e . th 19 h • li h"xPire-. cril
Prices nominal. . Common rosin heavy. Medium of the Rev. Dr. wax, and palm and sweet oil is exported. We met 1 e t inst., wen ,he deeease
tors to witness the ropes of the caisson thro NI: across the some invisible power. Last nig , e I lete and effectual for the same object. If it in uest S •
comp produced t _
__dice.
and fine grades quiet, but firm. Freights to Liver- flh d b 'cid b •t hfr 50 miles, and rose far Begg, in the year 1840, it was proposed that a newepeper hundreds ef people carrying these articles to the coast. q uperintendent Wrenn , 50 Y i
i a een n en yawi c o fi • h tl h
mouth of the dock, and the •
entrance about te be closed. be established to romote the o ular views and hould seem Wog to t ese gen emen t at the clothes, which had several cuts in the s banded,
. pool dull at ls. 6d. for flour, and td. for cotton. Tne ceremon h d d b d • •
y was ten or ere to a defen e until to- d • •d d body than when I lay down.' " should p .
.p p , . The Balonda and Ambonda collect most beeswax by 8
more wearie in min an
" that we the author of the pamphlet was invited to become its means of hives which we saw at distances of a few miles on outfa o t e sew n .
11 f. h are should be placed lower down constable Dunlop, by whom Jenkins
. was appre . ,
lel de of whioo
To London, flour 2s. 9d. morrow, when the lanneh of the newly constructed 20- " Suffice it to say," adds Pmefessor Miller
' fm an editor. Thus the Witness was established, and it soon • hf ' the river that. the point proposed in lan B 1 found o • knife, the 3
la 00/1
trees in t e orest. They are notgiven to steal each other's _ _
_. . _ p -et . n hen a large clasp nt .l mes the s 6(
. a , sto
LATEST VIA HALIFAX. gan screw corvette Scout is also ordered to take place, and came to the conclusion that he was suffering . ro
s flourished under so able a manager. honey, from a fear of medicine being placed on the trees. us suppose at Shellhaeen or Shoeburyness-they was stained with blood. Mr. W.
-3 hat hie death ,
NEW YORK, DEC. 18. te succeed the Caledonia in dock. The new seamen's hos• over-worked mind, disordering his digestive °rep s
In addition to the pamphlet and " Legends of Cromar- r h
tor t e most part nearly all the wax is collected by will have to calculate the increase of the cost of the who attended decerseed, state,. t . ;,,,ate ana
he had reee" he
Since the date of the circulars *per Arabia cotton pital will be moored in the river off WoolwiCh Dockyard, enervating his Whole frame, and threatening serious
t'' Mr. Miller's other works were " First Impressions rfectl tree ' thou hto on sitting in Loando work above the estimate for lan B h •
w leis feifio;„ clearly attributable to the wounds . .
fliction by t
head affection. We told him this, and enjoined absolute ta_ d their la . 1 nnur•
pf ee ? - - t n ""g several witn •
has advanced 4C. ; middling Orleans quoted 13c,, where the internal fittings will be completed. Nothing
.e.: Id nd its Peeple," "The Old Red sandstorie," it3l:e ane3i'unt se'tfrill'nor g de fth • I d
(he of og an a mous. An so o epam an h . • t fII
t e requiremen s 0 t e act o rarhameni esses baying prove
" Vicilfu . _
and middling uplands 12ic. Flour unchanged. has been spared to render the vessel perfect: by carrying discontinuance of all work-bed.at 11, lighttapnn:r
the
" Footprints of the Creator," and "My Schools and sweet oil. It is produced by independent negroee, and the metropolis front any charge e • , exempts prieoner, the jury returned A verdict of
committed tu
Wheat advanced. Corn lower. The feeling in our out a number of improvements suggest ed, so as to hadr z. 7 his lite made that a principnl mheaatl)
la'at bed fime, Schoolmistera" Up to the time of his decease he was had they roads, as I recommended they should have, in of that work This is au e uitabl xceeding the cost der" against Jenkins, who was thereuponnn
aujie. t
ta°lle3' market to-day was light. Sterling exchange remedy the inconveniences euffered on b oard the old li . the head, a warm sponging- .
d bd• engaged in writing a work on the geological accuracY Angola, the produce would be multiplied a hundredfold.
reent. The whole popullion ef and wise arrange- take his trial at the ensuing Glarootganrire
f tdons for Livti
flat. The City of Baltimore had arrived at Phila,- vessel. The Caledonia is much mere rowmy than the we.
k To all our commands he readily promise oe a
ence For fully an hour we talked together on these and of the Mosaic narrative, entitled " The Testimony of I say this because of the cheap rate at which these arti-
o„
t the Thames is inte td • o the eastern valley TADVEBTISMENTI-Eiollooray's Pills a
f ber Pitaieeto 61
delphia. Nothing of the Hermann or Ame 'ea Dreadnought. Her principal dimensions are-leneth of •
_rf • ~.._.._ eee. nee, . ,_____.., _ c .., i 1 r .. nt.},m• sohiacts. and I left him with no apprehension of the Rocks." des may be obtained from the cultivators in the interior,
~. th ' d • •
. - . _ _1,1.....1.,..... ..i.ieas ekll A f.;......e - e river. an it Is hilt fail. :1-....4. , . _
res e in the purification of Complaints.-Capt. Wedderburne, o ni. geway, th*
. • .. .._ nenesersor ea-0. _ ca.aCir

LATEST VIA HALIFAX.
NEW YORK, DEC. 18.
Since the date of the circulars per Arabia cotton
has advanced c. ; middling Orleans quoted 13c.,
and middling uplands 121 c. Flour unchanged.
Wheat advanced. Corn lower. The feeling in our
money market to-day was light. Sterling exchange
flat. The City of Baltimore had arrived at Phila-
delphia. Nothing of the Hermann or America.

-NEW ORLEANS, DEC. 17.
Sales to day 11,500 bales ; middling quoted 11:1c.
to 11Le. Market steady.

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 28.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Captain Christian,
Tagus, arrived to-day with the
mails from the Peninsular ports, in charge of Lieut.
J. H. Lloyd, B. N., and dates from Gibraltar to
December 19 ; Cadiz, ; Lisbon,
22 ; Oporto and
Vigo, 23.
This vessel brings eight firat.classand two second-
class passengers ; 25 packages of specie, value
18,048/. ss. 6d. ; 16 packages of gold coin, value
19,7741. ; and a cargo consisting of 160 chests, 291
half-chests, and 146 boxes of oranges, 59 boxes of
tangerines, 170 boxes of eggs, and 102 packages of
general merchandise.
The Tagus, both outwards and homewards, ex-
perienced a series of furious gales from southward
to northward. On the night of the 24th and all
day of the 25th she met with continuous hailstorms,
and the weather throughout was of the most unfa-
vourable character.

We have Lisbon letters to the 22d, at which
date the following vessels of war were anchored in
the Tagus :—Her Majesty's steamships Caesar,
Captain Robb ; Centurion, Captain Fanshawe ;
Sanspareil, Captain Key ; Exmouth, Captain 11.
Eyres; and Colossus, Capt. Thompson ; the French
steamships Austerlitz and Phenix ; and the Dutch
frigate Prins Alexander. Her Majesty's steamer
Industry, with invalids, had steam up to leave for
Portsmouth, but was detained for the Duke of
Wellington, with Admiral Dundas, which was an-
choring as the Tagus left. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steam-packet Sultan, for Cadiz
and Gibraltar, and the steamer Rhone, which had
Pat in for coals bound from Palermo to Liverpool,
had left a few hours before the Tagus sailed. The
Royal mail packet Avon, with the outward Brazil
mails, arrived at Lisbon on the 16th, and left the
following day for Madeira with a fine favourable
breeze.

The battalions of the Rifle Brigade having received
permission for the man belonging to that corps to
volunteer into any of the regiments of the line which
are below their proper establishment, 25 men have
volunteered for the 26th Cameronians and the 35th Royal
Sussex Regiment at Chatham Garrison.
The Renown, 91, screw steamer, building a'; Chatham
dockyard, has a large number of shipwrights and caulkers
employed on her in order to have her completed. This
is the largest vessel ever constructed at Chatham, her
burden being 3,317 tons.
The progress of the works on board the old. line-of-
battle ship Caledonia, intended to replace the Seamen's
Hospital, Dreadnought, having been considered
sufficiently forward to admit of her being hauled
out of dock, preparations for that purpose were on
Saturday made at Woolwich, and a number of per-
sins assembled in hopes of witnessing the launch,
although it was known to be very doubtful of success on
that day by reason of the lowness of the tide. As the
rising of the river gradually filled the dock, the, vessel,
resting on the blocks, was at one tines observe(' to give
indications of being afloat. The 13 test water mark be-
came immersed, and, considering that to be :shout the
measurement of her draught of water, expectations of
success fcr a short period ran high. Mr. Mu gford, the
officer in charge of the undertaking, however, perceived
from the poop of the Caledonia that the ebb wies about to
set he, and great was the disappointment of the upecta•
tors to witness the ropes of the caisson thro WI: across the
mouth of the duck, and the entrance about t be closed.
Tee ceremony was then ordered to be defers ed until to-
morrow, when the lanneh of the newly constructed 20-
gan screw corvette Scout is also ordered to take place, and
to succeed the Caledonia in dock. The new seamen's hose
pital will be moored in the river off Woolwich Dockyard,
where the internal fittings will be complete 1, Nothing
has been spared to render the vessel perfect, by carrying
out a number of improvements suggest ed, so as to
remedy the inconveniences suffered on b oard the old
vessel. The Caledonia is much more roremy than the
Dreadnought. Her principal dimensions are ----leneth of
the gun-deck 205 ft ; length of the keel. for tonnage,
170 ft. 9in. ; extreme breadth, 53ft. Bin, ; depth in hold,
23ft. 2in. ; burden in tons, 2,616. She was built in
Plymouth in 1808. The admission and free circulation
of a healthful atmosphere had been studded with consi-
derable care, for which end a large portion of each deck
amidships has been left open, and from the lower deck
upwards open hatches, guarded by iron rails have been
established. At the stern of the ship !are likewise im-
proved galleries connected with the respective decks and
easily accessible, adapted for the convenience of remov
ing the patients, when necessary, into tie open air. The
weather-deck is fitted with a number of lantern lights, 6
feet high, and from its spacious account, odation will form
an admirable promenade for invalids. The forecastle is
intended to be arranged as cabins fir the petty officers
of the ship and their families. The -poop will be occu-
pied by the superintendent or captain solely. The
roaindeck is appointed to be laid out in the following
manner :—The whole of the after pant is to be adapted
a 3 a dining room and general quarters for the principal
medical officer, surgeon, assistant surgnson, and chaplain.
The starboard side is appointed to be separated by a
gothic screen of old oak wood, and t e be converted into
an elegant chapel, capable of containing 310 persons. The
pulpit and seats are being construct, el of some oak tim-
bers which it was found necessary to remove from the
ship. Toe larboard of this deck is intended to be hung
with 50 or 60 hammocks for the at scommodation of con-
valescents removed from the sick wards, while the fore
part of the same deck is to set ve as quartermaster's
cabins, female nurses' dining re um, carpenter's work-
shop, dispensary, boatswain's storeroom, &c. On the aft
starboard side of the middle deck, in close proximity
with an open gallery, will b e a commodious room
for surgical operations. The larboard aft will contain a
dispensary. The other portion of this deck will afford
apace fur the reception of case s of accidents and cabins
for the nurses. The lower gun deck will contain a
museum, quarters for level- patients, and cabins
for the hospital attendants. Ile portion of the orlop deck
is to be appropriated as a dea dhouse, to be fitted with a
,slate table fer the purpose of examinations. This deck
will contain lavatories and haircutting rooms. Two
pumps will be fitted in this d eck, with an engine hose,
and will serve. also for washing decks and
There will be likewise a number of
nurses' cabins. One of the -ports has been enlarged four
variousin case
of
other fire,
uses.
feet square, so as to admit, patients in cases of emergency.
The various compartments of the ship will be heated
from this deck by boilers intended to supply pipes to be
laid on each deck with hot air. There are also to be
added to this deck six tank s for containing a good sup-
ply of fresh water, and store' for housing upwards of
100 tons of coals and coke. A shield, surrounded with
white foiage, touched with gold, and emblazoned with
the Royal coat of arms, an d surmounted by the British
lion, seven feet iu length, :and four feet high, stands in
bold relief over the forepart of the ship's bul-
warks. Rear-Admiral _Bowles, chairman of the
committee of managemen t of the institution, in his
numerous official visits to the Caledonia, expressed his
approbation on more than one occasion to Mr. Rice,
file Government superintending shipwright, and to his
assistant, Mr. Peake, of the intelligence and ingenuity
displayed in the distribution and arrangements of the
vessel.

The Lisbon exchanges for three months are
quoted for this packet—London, 53 ; Paris, 534
Amsterdam, 41i ; Hamburg, 47 ; and Genoa, 530.
Paper continued scarce, more particularly on Paris,
Hamburg, and Amsterdam. On London short
dates were preferred. Stocks were more animated,
arid rates had slightly improved. Three per Cents.,
registered, 441 to 45± ; Coupons, 44g to 441 ; De-
ferred, 241 to 251 ; Bank of Portugal shares, 509
to 511 mil reis ; Bank of Oporto shares, 19 to 20
premium.
The weather had been very stormy on the coast
f Portugal and in the Tagus, but no serious
damage to shipping had been reported by the time
the packet left.

" We examined the chest, an 3 found that unusually
well ; but we soon discovered that it was head symptoms
that made him uneasy. He acknowledged having been
night after night up till very late in the morning, work-
ing hard and continuously at his new book, which,'
with much satisfaction, he said, I have finished this
day.' He was sensible that his head had suffered in
consequence, as evidenced in two ways—first, occasion-
ally Le felt as if a very fine poniard had been suddenly
passed through and through his brain. The pain was in-
tense, and momeetarily followed by confusion and giddi-
ness, and the sense of being 'very drunk,' unable to stand
or walk. He thought that a period of unconsciousness
must have followed this—a kind of swoon, but he had
never fallen. Second, what annoyed him most, however,
was a kind of nightmare, which for some nights past had
rendered sleep most miserable. It was no dream, he said;
ne saw no distinct vision, and could remember nothing
of what bad passed accurately. It was a Sense of vague
and yet intense horror, with a conviction of being abriad
in the night wind, and draeged through places as if by
some invisible power. Last night,' he said, felt as
if I had been ridden by a witch fcr 50 miles, and rose far
more wearied in mind and body than when I lay down.' "
" Suffice it to say," adds Professor Miller, " that we
came to the conclusion that he was suffering from an
over-worked mind, disordering his digestive organs,
enervating his Whole frame, and threatening serious
head affection. We told him this, and enjoined absolute
discontinuance of all work—bed at 11, light supper (he
bad all his lite made that a principal meal), thinning the
hair of the head, a warm sponging-bath at bed time,
&c. To all our commands he readily promised obedi-
ence. For fully an hour we talked together on these and
other subjects, and I left him with no apprehension of
impendinglevil, and little doubting but that a short time
of rest and regimen would restore him to his wonted vi-
gour."
Shortly afrerwards, states he Witness, the servant en-
tered the dining room to spread the table—
" She found Mr. Miller in the room alone. Another
of the paroxysms was on him. His face was such a pic-
ture of horror that she shrunk in terror from the sight.
He flung himself on the sofa and buried his bead, as if
in agony, upon the cushion. Again, however, the vision
flitted by, and left him in perfect health. The evening was
spent quietly with his family. During tea he employed
himself in reading aloud Cnwper's ' Cast away,' the
Sonnet on Mary Cowin,' and one of his more playful
pieces, for the special pleasure of his children. Having
corrected some proofs of the forthcoming volume he
went up stairs to his study. At the appointed hour
he had taken the bath, but, unfortunately, his natu
ral and peculiar repugnance to physic had induced him
to leave untaken the medicine that had heen pre-
scribed. He had retired into his sleeping room,
a small apartment opening out of his study, and
which, for some time past, in
.consideration of the
delicate state of his wife's health and the irregularity of
his own hours of study, he occupied at night alone—and
laid some time upon the bed. The horrible trance, more
horrible than eve-, must have returned. All that can now
be known of what followed is to be gathered from the
facts, that next morning his body,fhalf-dressed, was found
lying lifeless on the floor, the feet upon the study rug,
the chest pierced with the ball of the revolver pistol,
which was found lying in the bath that stood close by.
The bullet had perforated the left lung, grazed the heart,
cut through the pulmonary artery at its root, and lodged
in the rib in the right side. Death must have been in-
stantaneous."
The terrible story of Mr. Miller's death has created a
still deeper gloom in Edinburgh by the publication of
these particulars. But another sad tragedy in connec-
tion with his fate had at the same time to be disclosed.
After the judicial and medical inquiry on Friday, Prof.
Miller took the pistol to the gunsmith from whom it
had been purchased by Mr. Miller in July, 1855, in order
to ascertain how many shots had been fired and how
many were still in the chamber. In the master's ab-
sence, the foreman, Thomas Leslie, an old and expe-
rienced workman, received the pistol from Prof. Miller,
and unfortunately, instead of taking off the chamber, he
looked into the 'nuzzle, holding the hammer wish his
fingers while he turned the chamber round to count the
charges. The hammer slipped from his fingers, struck
the cap, and the charge in the barrel exploded. Prof.
Miller, still standing outside the counter, exclaimed,
" That's a narrow escape," but unhappily it was not so,
for as the smoke cleared away he saw the poor man's
head gradually droop and his body then fall lifeless on
the fiber. The charge had entered his right eye, and
penetrated the brain. Leslie was a steady trustworthy
man, and had been 25 years in his present employment.
He has left a widow and a family of eight children.

The deceased, says the Caledonian Mercury, was born
at Cromarty in October, 1802. His father was a sailor,
and came of a family' the sons of which had for many
generations been devoted to sea-faring pursuits. Before
Hugh was five years old his father perished at sea, as
his two uncles had done before biro; and the mother was

The report that Mr. Howard, the British Minis-

Then in Angola a very large amount of ivory, bees-
wax, and palm and sweet oil is exported. We met
hundreds of people carrying these articles to the coast.
The Balonda and Arnbonda, collect most beeswax by
means of hives, which we saw at distances of a few miles on
trees in the forest. They are not given to steal each other's
honey, from a fear of medicine being placed on the trees.
For the most part, nearly all the wax is collected by
perfectly free agency, though to one sitting in Loando
the amount seems enormous. And so of the palm and
sweet oil. It is produced by independentnebele,ev,anin
and
had they roads, as I recommended they s
Angola, the produce would be multiplied a hundredfold.
I say this because of the cheap rate at which
these arti-
cles may be obtained frein the cultivators in the interior,
and the very wonderful predilection which all I
Africans
have for barter. In connection with this subject may
mention that before our cruisers were so increased in
number as to repress the trade in slaves the traders went
inland and purchased slaves sufficient to carry the wax,
•, they could 'lnd to the coast. Both were sold
ivory, &c
for exportation. But when our cruisers became by in-
creased numbers more efficient, a new system was neces-
sary ; and now the Government of Angola compels the
negroes living under it to render service in transporting
merchandise at a fixed rate to the coast. This was
pretty clear proof that the slave trade was repressed,
though it did not prove its entire suppression. We can.
not always trace an untruth to its author. I bad im-
bibed a Yankee notion that our cruisers only made bad
worse, and increased by interference the horror: of the
middle passage. My brother, a clergyman in the United
States, heard a professor of political economy assert
the same thing ; and as our cousins like to say remark.
able things, it was added, the; " England would adopt
a more humane course were she to fit up a lane like the
Cunard to transpirt the negroes from Africa to Cuba in
comfort." I was led away by these and other state
ments made in Parliament. But in Angola I found
"the time of the slave trade" spoken of in the past
tense. I saw slaves sold for 12s. within 100 miles of
the coast who formerly would have cornmatefed 70 dol-
lars, and travelled with companies of slaves carried from
Angola (chiefly women) to be bartered among the
Balonda for ivory and wax. The entire trade is not
closed, but it is so dangerous as to prevent any one
except a very few daring characters risking their money
in it. The heartiness manifested by all cur officers in
their work and other things made me rather ashamed of
myself for imbibing what I could clearly see was rather
a Yankee than an English notion, propagated probably,
in the first place, by those who may have been interested
indirectly in the slave trade, and believed by those who
were not, but had no means of testing its accuracy. The
idea that the Africans could not produce cotton r nough
for the supply of England on their own soil I very much
suspect is a Yankee nation too. Look at the insignificint
island of the Mauritius, 35 miles long by 25 bin id ; a
great piece of volcanic rock, and so little soil that the
b ,uldere which covered it must be placed in rows, as dry-
stone dykes, in order to get space for the sugar cane; the
holes are made for the cane between the rows, and a
little guano added, fir without that there would be
sugar ; and when that part is exhausted the dykes must
all be moved on to the intervening spaces. The labour
must all be brought by colonial money from India, and
then English enterprise produces sugar equal in amount
to one-fourth of the entire consumption of Great Britain.
The population of this wonderful little island, 200,000,
is entirely free ; the labourers, happy and comparatively
free from the influence of caste, feel more friendly to
Christianity and civilisation, and often return home as
such melt to spend their after life in ease and quiet. In-
deed, it is free labour which here, as in Angola, produces
the large supply of the articles we need. The latter
country contains a popuiat on of 600,000 souls, and only
from 5 to 7 per cent are slaves.
But it may be objected that the colonists of Natal
cannot get free labour from the Caffres, and our Govern.
ment must supply them with coolies—there can b. e no
harm in quoting the Natalians' own words, as published
from reports of public meetings in their own newspapers.

(Front the Examiner.)
Sir Benjamin Hall has resolved to refer the ques-
tion of the metropolitan drainage to a commission,
composed of two civil engineers and one military.
They are to consider the plans which have been
proposed, including, of course, the. plan B (the
initial of bad), adopted by the huge vestry called
the Metropolitan Board of Works, but they are not
to be confined to a choice of these plans. They are
to be free to suggest any other which may be more
complete and effectual for the same object. If it
should seem fitting to these gentlemen that the
outfall of the sewage should be placed lower down
the river that. the point proposed in plan B-101
us suppose at Shellha.ven or Shoeburyness—they
will have to calculate the increase of the cost of the
work above the estimate for plan B, which,f
the requirements of theyeaciceutbi7tifargPbeiaeeralxineaedneiwedniieise::„aelrxiirieeatnnegopests-t
oftml eetnhmta.
that
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of the Thames is interested in the purification of
thesh river,
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other interests. But who isthere in the kingdom
who not concerned
Etvheirs greatbod work, which is
essentially national
don at some time or other,yeitheyr, comes ebsoeitioleLssoonr-
pleasure, and it is everybody's interest, therefore,
that London should be in the cleanest'
and most
wholesome state possible.
Much will now depend on the selection of the
three engineers. Let us hope that, whoever they
may lute, they will not be led by the nose by Captain
Burstal's observations on the tides. A Greenwich
pilot will be a much safer authority. For want of
an instructor of that practical class, one of the most
celebrated engineers of our time committed himself
to a theoretical blunder of a magnitude hardly
credible. The occasion was an inquiry as to the
probable effect of the present London-bridge
upon the rise and fall of the tides, the old
bridge having by its startlings served as a dam, and
apprehension having been entertained that the re-
moval of the dam would be attended at spring floods
with an overflow, inundating the metropolis and its
neighbourhood at high-water, and at the ebbs with
au exhaustion of the stream, rendering it unnavig-
able. Examined as to the rate at which the tide
ran in springs, the engineer astonished the commit-
tee by answering 20 miles an hour. The m 83ientific
members of the committee stared at this informa-
tion, for all of them had seen the tide flowing be-
tween the bridges, besides having tided it down to
Greenwich and Blackwall white-bait dinners at no
such rampant rate as 20 miles an hour. One of
the committee, after a pause, ventured timidly to
ask whether there was not some little mistake in
the witness's statement of so rapid a run of the tide?
No, he replied, with all confidence, adding that he
would demonstrate the matter beyond the shadow
of a doubt. " You will see, gentlemen," said he,
"by these tables that is flood to-day at the Nero
at 12 o'clock. Well, if you will turn to the tide-
table for London-bridge you will see that it is flood
there at two p.m. Thus there is a difference of
two hours between the time of flood at the Nore
and London-bridge. The distance between the two
places is about 40 miles, which divided by two gives
20, the rate at which the tide runs up from the
Nom to London-bridge." Such a blunder of false
reasoning as this, in contradiction to the plainest
and clearest of plain and clear facts, seems now
inconceivable, but some 30 years hence not less in•
credible may it appear that engineers of our day
left out of their calculations the fact that the flood
tide outcarries the ebb, though at any fixed point
the duration of each may seetu equal, or the tine:
of the ebb rather the longer of the two. But lawn .11
an empty bottle at London-bridge, arid it will not
have more at the utmost than a five hours' voyage
down the river against seven up again on the flood.
This, however, is a sort of demonstration which a
Capt. Burstal will old in supreme contempt.

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The deceased and Elias Jenkins,
the 10th inst., were at a publichouse at
ailldthe 19th inst., When he ell''re"
a game
of bn a quarrel took place between them about
was renewed body of Joseir:el:lrYch •
On leaving the house the quarrel
several times in the abdomen. The unfortunate mee
i At the
Inquest Superir t
as stained with blood. Mr. W. H. James' con "I which had several cuts in 'the , and Police._
cloth__ . •i endent Wrenn produced the deeeas
stable 1
Dun•o, by whom Jenkins was spprebended,
wfound on him a large clasp knife, the blade of which
who attended deceased, stated that his death !il
clearly a'tributable to the wounds be had received, and_
several witnesses having proved their infliction by' 0°
prisoner, the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful gut;
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(Front the Literary Gazette.)
Not one of the authors of our day has approached
Hugh Miller as a master of English composition, for
the equal of which we must go back to the times of
Addison, Hume, and Goldsmith. Other living writers
have now a wider celebrity, but they owe it much to the
peculiarity of their style or the popularity of their topics.
Mr. Miller has taken subjects of science, too often ren-
dered dry and repulsive, and has thrown over them an
air of attractive romance. His writings on literature,
history, and politics are known to comparatively few,
from having appeared in the columns of a local news-
paper. A judicious selection from his miscellaneous ar-
ticles in the 'lianas would widely extend his fame, and
secure for him a place in classic English literature as
high as he held during his life as 3, periodical writer and
as a scientific geologist. The personal appearance of
Mr. Miller, or " Old Red," alt. he was familiarly named
by his scientific friends, will not be forgotten by any who
have seen him. A head of great massiveness, magnified
by an abundant profusion of sub-Celtic hair, was set on
a body of muscular compactness, but which in later
years felt the undermining influence of a life of unusual
physical and mental toil. Generally wrapped in a bulky
plaid, and with a garb ready for any work, he bad the
appearance of a shepherd from the Ross-shire hills rather
than an author and a man of science. In conversation
or in lecturing the man of original genius and cultivated
mind at once shone out, and his abundant information
and philosophical acuteness were only less remarkable
than his amiable disposition, his generous spirit, and his
consistent, humble piety. Literature and science have
lost in him one of their brightest ornaments, and Scot-
land one of its greatest men.

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