The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-20 00:00:00

LAMBETH• STREET.

The overseers of St. George's-in-the-East, and
St. John's Wapping, attended to hear the decision
of the Magistrates as to which parish should support
the illegitimate child, of which the mother, Lucy
Akines, had stared that she was del.vered in a hack-
ney-coach, opposite the London-dock gates, on her
way from the Borough to Old Gravel-lane, St.
George's-in-the-East.
Mr. George Wilson, overseer of Wapping, se-
verely cross-examined the girl, but she still persisted
in her former story.
After hearing evidence opposed to the statement
of the girl, the Magistrates were of opinion that her
story was correct in the main, and decided that the
child belonged to the parish of Wapping.

THE LATE Duc DE REICHSTADT.—(Post
mortem report.)—The body of the deceased Due DE
REICHSTADT was examined by the physicians on the 25th
July, at the Palace of Schcenbrun. The following are
the chief remarkable appearances which presented them-
selves at the examination :—The external surface of the
body was marked by livid patches, resulting from the nu-
merous bites of the leeches which were applied. The
skin on the chest and the surface of the scalp was in a
state of vesication, in consequence of the use, shortly he
fore death, of the tartar emetic ointment, and on each
arm were the marks of blistering plasters. On opening
the skull, the physicians found the dura mater unusually
thickened, and adhering to the arachnoid by strong fib-
rous bands: the pia mater was exceedingly vascular, and
the substance of the hemispheres appeared as though they
had been compressed. In the left ventricle a consider-
able quantity of fluid was found, and, after removing the
brain with the cerebellum, there were at least two ounces
of fluid found in the foss of the cranium. The most
remarkable appearances were those in the cavity of the
thorax. The right lung was adherent to the lining of
the ribs, and was converted into a mass of tubercles car-
cinomatous in their nature, and yielding a fluid of an ex-
tremely fetid odour. At the superior part of the left lung
was observed a tubercle in the stage of suppuration ; the
remaining portion was healthy. The thymus gland was
considerably larger than it is almost ever found in persons
of the age of the Duke, and was converted into a hard
state, resembling cartilage. The internal surface of the
larynx was corroded in some parts. The liver was found
enlarged, but in other respects was in its natural condi-
tion; the gall bladder was unusually small, the pancreas
healthy, but the spleen unusually large and soft. The
stomach was remarkably small, but in a natural state.
The mesenteric glands were much larger and more granu-
lated than usual. No other remarkable appearance was
observed in the abdominal or pelvic cavities, except that
the left kidney was larger than it is generally found to be
in such subjects.—French Paper.
ANECDOTE OF DR. ADAM CLARKE.—The
following singular narrative was given by Dr. CLARKE
at the conclusion of a sermon recently preached by him on
behalf of the Royal Humane Society, and is extracted
from the Wealey.n Preacher, in which the whole is
accurately reported :—" I was a fearless lad, and I went
to the shore of a fine river that pours itself into the Irish
Sea, riding a mare of my father's. I was determined to
have a swim. I rode the mare, and we swam on till we
got beyond the breakers entirely ; but when we had got
over swell after swell, and were proceeding still onward to
the ocean, the mare and myself were swamped in a mo•
ment ! I was soon disengaged from the mare; and, as I
afterwards found, she naturally turned, got ashore, and
went plodding her way back home. In a moment I
seemed to have all my former views and ideas entirely
changed, and I had a sensation of the most complete
happiness or felicity that it is possible, independent of
rapture for the human mind to feel. I had felt
no pain from the moment I was submerged, and at
once a kind of representation, nearly of a green co.
lour, presented itself to me; multitudes of objects
Were in it, net one of them, however, possessing any
kind of likeness or analogy to any thing I had seen
before. In this state, how long I continued, lie only
knows who saved my life; but so long did I continue
in it, till one wave after another—for the tide was coming
in—rolled me to the shore. There was no Royal Humane
Society at hand ; I believe the place is not blessed with
one of them to the present day. The first sensation, when
I carne to life, was as if a spear had been tun through my
heart. I felt this sensation in getting the very first
draught of fresh air, when the lungs were infi tted merely
by the pressure of the atmosphere. I found myself sitting
in the water, and it was by a swelling wave that I was
put out of the way of being overwhelmed by any of the
succeeding waves. After a little time I was capable of
sitting up; the intense pain at toy heart, however, still
continued ; but I had felt no pain from the moment I
was submerged till the time when my head was brought
above water, and the air once more entered my lungs. I
saw tie mare had passed slang the shore at a consider-
able distance, not as if afraid of danger, but walking
quite leisurely. How long I was submerged it would be
impossible precisely to say, but it was sufficiently long, ac-
cording to my apprehensions and any skill I now have in
physiology, to have been completely dead, and never more
to breathe in this world, had it not been for that Provi-
dence which, as it were, once more breathed into my
nostrils and lungs the breath of this animal life, and I
became once more a living soul ; and at the space of
threescore years, you have this strange phenomenon before
you—the Preacher before the Royal Human. Society."

" Herschel is between forty and flfti''years of
age ; and his life has been of a chequered nature.
He was born in Hanover. I believe his father
was a musician. He entered the Hanoverian
service, as a flute player—became disgusted
with the army—deserted—and came over to
England. Some nobleman engaged him to form
a band. He afterwards became a music-master,
and an organist ; but his love for astronomy was
so powerful, that he found means, when not oc-
cupied in his profession, to bring reflecting teles-
copes to perfection. He is now engaged in
preparing one that will be forty feet in length.
It will occupy him three or four years in com -
pleting.
" Herschel received us with great kindness—
talked to us upon astronomical subjects—and
assured us that, within these few months, he had
made the discovery of a volcanic mountain in r.
the moon. He tells us that the milky way is
certainly composed of nebulous stars, rnd that
they consist of several thousands. He is al-
lowed a pension by Government. His anxieties
and miseries are now at an end ; and the re-
mainder of his life he intends to devote to astro-
nomical pursuits. In his studio, he has written,
over the mantel-piece, the inscription of Gil
Blas:—' Spes et fortuna valete, sat me lusistis,
halite nunc

WINDSOR CASTLE.
Speaking of Windsor Castle, as it was fifty
years ago, Mirabeau says :
" We arrived at Windsor, and proceeded im-
mediately to visit the celebrated terrace, eighteen
hundred feet in length. The view from it is the
richest and most extensive I ever beheld.
' Here in full light the russet plains extend.'
" But the sublimity of the spectacle it is said
to present, has been much exaggerated. Descrip-
tions generally lead one into error ; and there-
fore I avoid them in my letters to you—merely
a few sketches—your brilliant fancy is more
likely to complete the tableau.
" Now, this superb and boasted landscape is
neither so majestic as the Alpine scenery of
Switzerland;—neither so cheerful, nor so ro-
mantic, as the winding banks of the Thames ;
nor of such Arcadian loveliness, as the enchant-
ing valley of Richmond. Too extensive a view
is like unlimited power, it never can belong to
any body ; it fatigues the imagination without
satisfying the mind.
" The castle itself is fine, only because it
vastly great, and venerably antique. You are
aware that William the Conqueror laid the foun-
dations of this mighty edifice, upon.which you
cannot fail to observe the marks of chivalry and
feudality. In no part of Europe have so many
feudal customs been retained as in this country ;
nor in any other where their forms have blended
themselves with a system of liberty. It is from
ancient decorations that the splendour and ma-
jesty of the throne are composed. But this
splendour, this majesty, which constitute the
preservation and respect of public power, are
always in favour of the laws, and never against
them.

" The interior of the castle is far from being
magnificent. The furniture is old, worn out,
and in the very worst taste. But here are the
seven celebrated Cartoons of Raphael. These
sublime sketches, although merely painted in
water-colours, upon paper, are in a high state of
preservation. The conception of the painter
appears in all its freshness, in all its energy, in
all its purity. Were I a painter, it would be at
the foot of such chcfs-dceuvres that my studies
should commence. It is there that the imagi-
nation would best learn either to increase or mo-
derate the fires of genius. There, too, talent
will grasp all the mysteries, all the resources
of art.

" The Cartoon representing Paul preaching to
the Athenians, is that which struck me most
forcibly; What a brilliant conception—what an
ensemble—what a variety in its composition
There are not two figures alike with regard to
attitude, look, or manner : all are in perfect
keeping ; not one but possesses all that nature
or dignity could bestow.
" After these magnificent paintings, which
we could not sufficiently admire, you will easily
perceive that we did not observe many things in
the other galleries worthy of attention. How-
ever, we stopped to look at some of the beauties
of the reign of Charles ll.—some superb Van-
dykes, a portrait of Henry VIII., by Holbein,
frightfully true to nature—a few paintings by
Genario, none of whose compositions I had
ever seen before. They must he very scarce,
and are not without considerable merit.

FATAL CONSEQUENCES OF BIRD-NESTING.
—On Friday, about balf•past twelve, Criant.xs Ont.soN,
aged 14, the son of a respectable broker, in St. I--fen's,
while passing through Alderman's-walk, Bishopsgate-
street, in company with another young gentleman,
proposed getting a bird's nest, which he fancied he saw.
He climbed up one of the highest trees, and on nearly
reaching the top (after having thrown the nest down to
his companion), a branch broke, and the unhappy youth
was precipitated with great velocity on the stones. By
the prompt exertions of Mr, FitAsal, whose countiru-
house back door communicatei with Alderman's-walk, the
youth was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he
,died in four hours. The blood gushed dreadfully from his
eyes, nose, and ears.
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Thursday morning, a middle-aged person,
somewhat corpulent, and repectably attired in a rlack
coat and waistcoat, worsted-cord smallelothes, drab gaiters,
and a hat encircled by crape, was discovered lying in a
ditch (contuining very little water) by the road a de, in
the parish of Islip, in this county, quite deal. There was
s nue silver in one of his pockets, and the body exhibited
no marks of violence. A labourer, who found the body,
was assisted in lifting it from the ditch by some passengers
who allighted from a coach which was passing at the
time. The unfortunate man appeared to have been dead
a very short time ; he was an utter stranger, and nothing
was found upon his person which afforded the least clue to
his identity.—Northampton Mercury.
A Ct./mous FACT.—Salmon, it is well known,
is sent to the southern markets, packed in boxes half full
ef ice, and not unfrequently the owner defrays the whole
expenses of his freigLt by disposing of the ice to confec-
tioners and others, at the termination of his passage. In
one of our fishings, however, the produce has la'ely been
so abundant, that the stock of ice prepared during winter
was exhausted, and the wits of the fishermen were set to
work to devise some mode of supplying a deficiency which
rarely occurs in northern latitudes. After pondering and
piusing for some time, the men bethought themselves of
an expedient at once novel and effective—they resolved to
scale the heights of Ben Navie, and to rifle. this monarch
of British mountains of the solid bar-like masses of snow
which have slumbered for centuries in his hidden, unex-
plored recesses and ravines. The result has be, n highly
successful; the snow lay in great quantities, Congealed
and hard a+ ice, arid men were employed all last week in
digging and conveying these icy stores to the plain. It is
no easy task to transport so heavy and slippery a commo-
dity down a rugged declivity of remye 4,00 i) eet ; but
with the ail of sure-footed High an I ponies. the task t,as
been safely accomplished—thus furnis.,ing more in-
stance of the progress of luxury in Great Iritain.—.L,-
vernes9 Courier.

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LEEDS MEETING in FAVOUR of the POLES•

(From the Leeds Mercury.)
On Thursday, at noon, a numerous and highly respect-
able meeting of the inhabitants of Leeds was held at the
Court-house, for the purpose of taking into consideration
the propriety of presenting an address to the King, praying
him to interpose the influence of the British Government
with the Emperor of Russia in behalf of the oppressed and
persecuted Polish people. The meeting was convened by
the Mayor, in pursuance of a requisition to him.
Owing to the unavoidable absence of the Mayor, W.
Hey, Esq., who was called out of town by his professional
duties, the Chair, nn the motion of John Clapham,
seconded by the Rev. Dr. Hutton, was taken by W. 0 -
burn, jun., Esq.
The CHAIRMAN said, since I was able to think at all, I
have always felt deeply fur the fate of Poland.—(Hear.)
I believe that from the period of the first formation of the
Europein Republic, no such shameless violations of inter-
national law have occurred as have been perpetrated in the
several p trtitions of Poland.—(Cheers.)
Mr. TOTTIE said, the subject before them involved a
dilemma. On the one hand, those who had been instru-
mental in calling the meeting might be accused of urging
the Government to go to war ; and on the other, it might
he urged that it was an interference on their part with the
rights of foreign nations. With respect to war, he had
always been the advocate of peace, and was so at the time
when the French war commenced ; but that war was
a popular war, it was the doing of the people themselves.
If it was right, they had the feeling to enable them to bear
those burthens ; if it was wrong, they should be content to
suffer for their own errors. That was one hide of the
dilemma. With respect to interference with foreign na-
tions, he was as adverse to it as any man in the country in
the form of warlike interference ; but in the form of ne-
gotiation or representation they surely had a right to in-
terfere with regard to such contracts and matters as were
set forth in treaties, to which nations were parties as well
as themselves; and so far only would he be an advocate for
that interference on the present occasion as to protest
ar,ain,t and endeavour to stop the proceedings of the Em-
peror of Russia, as infractions of the treaty of Vienna ;
and in that mode only it was that he would urge the mea-
sure by the address which he should have the honour to
propose to them.
Count LADISLAS DE PLATER then rose, and was re-
ceived with enthusiastic cheering. He said, Gentlemen',
we are at present assembled for one of the most important
objects, involving the welfare of twenty millions of Poles,
who are the victims of an unheard-of persecution, of the
most abominable treatment.—( Cheers.) It is scarcely
possible to conceive how, in the eighteenth century, a
whole nation of twenty million inhabitants, speaking the
Came language, having the same religion, the same love
fur their country, could be in the most atrocious way cut
to pieces, and divided between three Foreign Powers, who
had no right over Poland except the right of the strongest,
of the most insatiable despots.—(Loud cheers.) The his-
tory of Poland is a most beautiful picture cf a nation
who have made the most heroic efforts for the preserva-
tion, not only of their own happiness, but of the wel-
fare of all Europe.—(Hear, hear.) Who has preserved
European Christendom, if not the Poles, with their gal-
lant King Sobieski, who certainly did not expect, that
af,er having raised Austria from annihilation, she would in
1;75 assist Russia in her robbery of Poland, and in 1831
break in f ,your of Russia the strictest neutrality-, and in 1 832
deprive the Polish refugees even of an asylum? Polish history
is the most extraordinary picture of human changes—it is
the most astonishing reverse from liliHty to oppression.
from heroism to misfortune.—(Cheers). The whole of
Poland consists of four rich and extensive provinces—the

late Duchy of Warsaw, or the kingdom of Poland—the
Lithuanian provinces—the Duchy of Posen—anal
the province of Gallicia. The partition of Poland was
brought about by the secret influence of Russia—by her
treachery and intrigues—her most dangerous arms, and
the active assistance of Prussia and Austria. Poland was
never conquered—(Loud cheets)—even in the late war
welt Russia, the brave Polish army did not offer any sub-
mission to Russia, and preferred to take refuge in Prussia,
after having lost the chance to continue the strugg'e with
success.—(Cheers.) Toe great European Powers, after
the dismemberment of Poland, found it necessary to fix
the future existence of this unfortunate country by a so-
lemn treaty, which was concluded at Vienna in 1815
The substance was, that the whole of Poland was to enjoy
national institutions and representation, and the kingdom
of Poland (the late Duchy of Warsaw) was to be bound
to Russia by its Constitution, which was one of the most
liberal Constitutions. This treaty was signed by the Ple- •
nipotentiaries of the great European Powers, and by Lord
Castlereagh on the part of Great Britain.—(Hear, hear.)
But what has been the result of this guarantee of Pulish
freedom ? During the successive fifteen years not a single
part of the Constitution has been observed ; no one na-
tional institution given ; and, what is more disgusting,
the very national institutions which were in existence be-
fore the treaty of Vienna were taken away, and Poland
sacrificed to the most cruel military tyranny of the Grand
Duke Constantine. In this stare of misery and political
degradation Poland manifested heroic patience during 15
years; after which it was, indeed, beyond human patience
to wait longer. And after so many years of most cruel
oppression, Poland rose to vindicate her rights—to be free
and independent.—(Cheers.) There are no sacrifices
that she has not submitted to—no effort that she has not
made. Old men, women, and children—every one ha-
joined most bravely in the national struggle. Every where
the same efforts, the same love of the country ; and if the
brilliant victories of Poland did not longer continue, We
must ascribe it to the indifference of some powers who
guaranteed the Polish nationality, and who did not pre-
vent the shameful secret assistance given by Prussia to
Russia...—(Hear.) At present the barrier between bar-
barism and civilization—between liberty and oppression,
it destroyed.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Will you believe,
gesseleinen, that at this very moment, many thou-
eslnd iitizens are sent, in the most atrocious way,
attached to a bar of iron, on foot, on their way to Siberia
—that infants are torn from the it parents and sent by
thousands, boys to the Military Schools, and girls to the
rratnufaetorie4, in the interior of Russia, where they lose
for ever their nationality—that even the women are sent
to Siberia--that many mothers, in their despair, have
plunged the dagger into their infants' breasts, and have
with the same dagger killed themselves—that those un-
heard-of cruelties are perpetrated without any considera-
tion for age, for sex, or the rank of the inhabitants—that
great numbers of this unfortunate people die on their way in
consequence of the most barbarous treatment—that Poland
in a very short time will be peopled by the Russians, and
Siberia by the Poles—that the language, reli;ion, civiliza-
tion, are destroyed, many of the churches in ruins, many
occupied by the Russian priests—the universities and the
schools abolished—military tribunals established—all for-
tunes confiscated, and Polish villages peopled by the Rus-
sian peasantry, committing the most atrocious enormities
—that by Russian intrigues the greatest part of the Polish
army, who had taken refuge in Prussia, wa4, after many
murders, compelled to return to Poland, and then sent to
Siberia, or compelled to be common soldiers in the
gpoian regiments fur all their lives.—(Shame, shame )
This is the wretched state of Poland, perishing un-
ger the despotism of Russia. And what hope can we
sae fur her futnee recovery, if the free Governments of
Curor will not put a stop to those cruelties?—(Cheers.)
Will Groat Britain forget her most solemn guarantee ct
Polish liberty? Will Great Britain suffer such a viola-
tion of a treaty---a destruction of a whole nation? No !
She has too strong sentiments of honour and dignity; too
much the friend of liberty ; and too powerful to suffer
such an indignity. What guarantee can you have fur the
welfare of Europe, what security for liberty, if the anti-
liberal powers will eo (as they are going) forward in their
system of oppression ? The fall of German liberty, of
this hope of the future general freedom, is the be;inning
of this atrocious crusade against the happiness of the
people.—(Cheers.) Every day the influence of those anti-
liberal powers is stronger—every day they are advancing
in their unholy alliance, and are nearer France and Grua!
Britain.—(Hear.) What will they do, if this tyrannica*
system, this moral cholera, shall come to France ? Per
haps it will be too late for Great Britain, and fur the saf-ty
of her liberty.—(Loud and continued cheers.)
The Rev. JAMES FAWCETT would beg leave to second
the mot:on•

Mr. EDWARD BRINES, jun. moved the second resolu
tion. He said it is needless for me, after what you have
heard from Count Piarer, to speak of the partitions cf
Poland, when surrounding despots tore her limb from
limb—cr. her partial re-establishment under Napoleon and
by the treaty of Vienna—or of the violation of her Con-
stitution by the brutal tyranny of the Grand Duke C,,n-
stantine.—(Hear, hear.) Nor need I remind you of the
heroic struggle made by that hiah-minded and lion-hearted
people to break their chains. Their gallant exploits are
fresh in our memories—how they often attacked and de-
feated three or four times their own number of the inva-
ders not wanting in courage or discpline, and fought with
.uch prowess, that for every Pole stretched on the earth
there were generally five Russians laid beside him.
Surely every exertion which our Government can make,
short of war, ought to be put forth, in order that our
honour and character may be saved. If I were to relate
to you the exploits of Vie gallant Poles during the late
contest, the narrative would scarcely he credited ; in fact,

* We may observe, that Count Plater never before corn.
vosecl in the English language.—ED,

1.

all that is recorded i❑ the ancient annals of chivalry was
equalled by the achievements of that people, and the
plainest relation of facts would appear to be an improbable
romance. I may mention that the gallant Count on my
right is a member of an ancient family in Lithuania, and
one of that chivalrous and accomplished Nobility who per-
formed the duties both of legislators and soldiers—(Cheers)
seaieil one day as d representative in the Diet, and the
next in his saddle ; to-day using ' the arms of eloquence,
and to-morrow using the sabre ; joining in all the im-
p irtant deliberations of the Legi.lature, and then springing
to arms, and engaging bravely and conspicuously in all the
desp•-rate conflicts with the invaders.—(Loud cheers.) But
in the family of Count Plater there was a still more illus-
trious example of the pure and lofty patriotism which aiii •
mated the Polish Nold'ity. The Countess Emily Plater,
a young unmarried lady, of beauty, wealth, and accom-
plishments, rose with her gallant brothers, organised the
peasantry on her Lithuanian estates, and led them on,
armed only with scythes, against the trained battalions of
Russia.—(Cheers.) Forgetting the softness of her sex,
she mounted the war horse; she endured the severe hard-
ships of a partisan warfare ; she emulated the exploits of
the boldest chieftains ; she appeared in the front of her
troops and in the thickest of the fight; she defeated and
captured Russian Generals and their detachments
(Cheers.) In short, there is nut in history, in all Greek or
Roman fame, anything to equal the achievement of this
extraordinary woman. At length, receiving no efficient
support from the Polish army, and her troops worn out
by repeated conflicts, she was compelled to yield to over-
whelming numbers. Disguised as a peasant, she set out
on foot through a country occupied by the enemy, to reach
Warsaw ; but, overcome by fatigue, privations, and
anxiety, she sickened on the road ; she laid her tender
frame on a pallet, in a rude hut of a frontier village of
Lithuania; being attired as a peasant, and not daring to
reveal her rank, she suffered the want of all those atten-
tion: which her sex and her habits of life rendered indis-
pensable ; and in that situation she languished and died,
leaving a name which history will hand down to the
fondest admiration of posterity.—[An extraordinary sen-
sation was produced by this wonderful but authentic nar-
rative, and at the conclusion the audience gave vent to
their admiration in the loudest burst of applause.]
Mr. JOHN FOSTER, of the Leeds Patriot, approved of
the resolution, and, as far as respected himself, should with
great pleasure ope❑ his office for the reception of the ad-
dress.

Mr. S. SMITH, surgeon, felt himself highly honoured in
being called upon to second the motion.
Mr. SMITHSON st tted that the question before the meeting
was one of great importance; it was whether the Govern-
ments of Europe should be Governments of dictation or
deleptior. If the Poles are ever to be governed by dele-
gation they must unite. He highly approved of the pro-
ceedings that had been brought forward.
Mr. RICHARDSON said—l have been required to move
the 3,1 Resolution. Allow me to urge upon your attentio❑
the dreadful wrongs which the Nobleman before you has
suffered i❑ his own person and family—wrongs which,
from the excellence of our own institutions, we, as Eng-
lishmen, can never be called upon to endure. Remember
we have a duty to perform for Poland, when we contem-
plate her ruined institutions as a nation, as well as the
sufferings of her sons, driven to exile and wretchedness in
the wilds of Siberia, by the tyrmny of a Despot. have
we not a right to interfere as a nation to mitigate those
wrongs? Without discussing the policy of our going to
war, we have ungsiestionably the right of interference by
existing treaties, unless it be contended that national
treaties are entered into to protect the thrones of monarchs
when they play the despot.—(Hear, hear.) They are, or
they certainly ought to be, powerful to secure the liberties
of the nation and the rights of mankind. Mr. Richardso
then moved the third resolution, and concluded by c Wing
upon the meeting to express that sense of the valour and
patriotism of the Poles, and that sympathy in their suf-
ferings, which the resolution so eloquently expressed.
Mr. CUMMINS said, it is with peculiar satisfaction that
I second the motion just made.
The motion of thanks to Count Plater was carried by
acclamation, and with several rounds of cheers.
Count PLATER returned thanks.

The Ms,. Dr.Tr-rol4 said—Mr. Chairman, the ob-
ject of the meeting has been fully accomplished. The
triumph of the feeling which has cal'ed us together is com-
plete. No one who has witnessed the proceedings of the
day, and the cordial reception which has been given to
this illustrious stranger, can doubt of the strong sympathy
which this British audience feels in the wrongs and suffer-
ings of Poland.—(Hear, hear.) What remains is mere
matter of form. The Rev. Gentleman concluded with
moving the 4th resolution.

Mr. JOHN CLAPHAM seconded the resolution, which
was carried unanimously.
The thanks of the meeting were given to Mr. Osburn,
his conduct in the Chair, and the meeting separated.

The Portsea parish officers are busy in making
returns of the number of borough voters, who, in their
estimation, are eligible upon the face of their poor-rate
books to be entitled to a vote. From the belt view they
can give of it 850 will be the extent of the qualifications.
—Hampshire Telegraph.
The Marine Artillery force which embarked
from this port, under the command of Major Parke, in the
Tyne, has lie,n transferred from that ship to the Romney
troop ship, at the Cove of Curk —Hampshire Telegraph.

A model of Mr. W. BATTEN'S patent com-
pressor, for checking and stopping chain cables, has been
exhibited here within these few days. It appears a most
effectLatl invention for the purpose, and to.acc,mipanied
with any danger : it is fitted on the under part of the
combings of the hatchway, and can he managed by one
luau. The Isis, Madagascar, and Rifleman are fitted
with it, and Sir T. STAINES, Captain LYONS, and Cap.
tain MITCHELL, speak in their certificates in the highest
terms of its use and efficacy. The IVater Witch and
Zephyr yachts are also fitted with it, as well as the Ver-
non frigate and Snake brig. Its fitment is nut expen-
sive, and it is ev.-ry way worthy the attention of naval
men.—Hampshire Telegraph.

NAVY AGENTS.—A clause has been intro-
duced into the Act of Parliament fur abolishing the Navy
and Victualling Boards, which is of great importance to
naval officers, though we do not find that it
,has yet
attracted general notice. By the old regulations Navy
Agerits were only permitted to charge sixpence in the
pound as their commission for transacting the business of
their clients, but the clause alluded to autLorises a further
charge for extra trouble, the amount of whch is left to be
determined by the agent alone, unless an agreement is en-
tered into beforehand. We hear that the naval officers
i❑ this neighbourhood are about to forward a remonstrance
to the Admiralty against this enactment.—Devonpurt
Telegraph.
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CRoPs.—Harvest has commenced in
this neighbourhood, and will bt.. pretty general in a week
or ten days. Nothing car. * xceed the promising aspect
the crops present throughout the whole country;
and, it is confidently expt.cted, that the harvest generally
will be one of the most abundant we have had for many
years. Kendal Chronicle.
Fine fresh salmon was this week offered at
4d. per lb. at Carmarthen, the apprehensions of cholera
having operated so far as to induce several persons to de-
cline purchasing. The town is quite healthy.— Cambrian.

A sword fish, of a large size, was caught at
the Old Passage on Monday se'nnight.—Cambrian.
THE HARVEST.—The weather continues re-
markably favourable, and as a consequence the operations
ol the farmer are carried on with great activity. The
grain ripens rapidly, and in a week's time will probably be
nearly entirely fit for the sickle. In this neh,libourhood
shearing has already commenced with several farmers, an I
on Monday last we saw a great quantity housed near
Great Salkeld; but instances of this kind can only as yet
he rare to any extent. Wages, however, we are sorry to
say, are not likely to be so good as are usually obtained
during seas ,ns such as the present. In some places in the
country, we are told, so abundant is the supply of labour-
ers, that only a shilling a day, without victuals, is oh-
obtained by able labourers at shearing ! In Carlisle the
general wages are Is. Gil., Is. 9d., and sometimes, but
rarely, 2s. per day without victuals; but owing to the
prevalence of cholera in the city, there is an abject on
among farmers to come here for shearers, and very few of
them are seen at our Cross in the mornings, which is not,
in comequl•nce, so great a resort for shearers as formerly.
—Carlisle Journal.

MELANCHOLY DEATHS FROM CHOLERA.
—On Monday, the 6th instant, a lady and gentleman came
in a gig to the Rumbling Bridge Inn, in the parish of
Muckhdrt, Perthshire. On alighting at the inn they stated
that they had come from Perth, and that both felt
An express was sent t.) Dollar for a surgeon, who, on his
arrival, found them both labouring under cholera. In
spite of every effort the gentleman died early the next
morning, after enduring the greatest suffering, and the lady
(his sister) died on Friday morning. Their sufferings
were so continuous that there was little opportunity for
inquiring who they were. The gentleman's name was
WHITCHURCH, and the lady's, Louisa. It is supposed
that they came from England to procure ground for shoot-
ing. Their pony, gig, money, &c., are in safe keeping
till claimed by their relatives.—Edinburgh Paper.