The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-06 00:00:00

ADELPHI THEATRE.

Tlw Mysterious Family—such is the title of the new
two-act burletta, which was last night produced at this
theatre. From the beginning to the end of the perform-
ance, the house was in one continued roar of laughter. Mr.
Tivaddledate (W. Bennett) an old gentleman, very fond of
secresy and mystery, and who loves to see or to do anything
out of the common way, has two daughters, Caroline (Miss
Ayres) and Laura (Miss E. Clifford), and a maiden sister
(Mrs. Daly). Having seen a matrimonial advertisement
in the newspapers, he answers it, and finds it was inserted
by one Narcissus Dajizdil (Mr. Buckstone), the son of his
old friend. Liking to do things out of the common way, he
determines that one of his daughters shall marry the ad-
vertising
Adonis, whom be accordingly invites to his house
to give him his choice of the ladies. The sprightliest of
the two, Caroline, has a lover ; and the other, a demure,
innocent girl, informs her sister that she has a husband and
a little boy, having been secretly married two years since.
The sisters accordingly resolve to put off the wooer upon
their maiden aunt, an amorous romantic old dame, who is
in raptures at the thought of at last securing a husband.
The unhappy Narcissus is completely bothered amongst
them all, and his perplexities kept the house in a continual
roar : Buckstone was quite at home in the part, and seemed
to play it con amore. Mrs. Keeley, in the character of
Fidget, an inquisitive lady's maid, and Wilkinson, as Gre-
gory, an equally inquisitive man-servant,. contributed in no
slight degree to keep up the jolly caclunnation which re-
sounded from all parts of the house. Miss Ayres, in the
disguise of a hot-blooded Highland youth, with a pedigree
as long as that of the tocherless lass, to whom the Laird of
Cockpen went a-wooing, looked most enchanting, and sung a
Scotch song which was honoured with an encore. After
the fall of the curtain, Buckstone stepped forward and an-
nounced the piece for repetition amid the unanimous ap-
plause of the audience.

DOVER, OCT. 4.—To-morrow his Grace the Duke
of Wellington entertains, at Walmer Castle, the King and
Queen of the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, and Princess
Victoria ; and several of the Nobility and Gentry residing
in the neighbourhood have been invited to join them at
dinner.

We are glad to learn that Lord John Russell has
accepted an invitation to dine with the friends of Reform
on the 10th of November in Bristol, when a piece of plate
will be presented to his Lordship, with a suitable inscription
engraved on it.

Viscount Sidmouth, the Deputy Ranger of Rich-
mond Park, will, it is understood, perform all the active
duties of that appointment during the absence of the new
Ranger, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who
was recently appointed to the post, vice his Royal sister
the Landgravine, resigned.
Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg has received a
communication from his brother, the Belgian King, relative
to the marriage of the young Prince of Saxe Coburg with
Queen Donna Maria. The Duchess of Kent is much in
favour of this union. Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg
has received a most excellent education under Professor
Dietz. He is, moreover, a Catholic ; his being brought
up in that religion was one of the stipulations made at the
marriage of his father.—Suabian Mercury.

Prince Puckler Muskau writes on the 29th of June
from Sfar, bay of Babes, that be is surrounded with ancient
edifices, falling to ruins. At the foot of the mountain com-
mences the great desert of Zara, which the Prince is about
to visit. He has a strong escort. During day ,time he
travels seven or eight German miles, in the shade, in a heat
of thirty degrees of Reaumur. On his return to Tripoli-
the Prince intends repairing to Malta, where he will de-
cide whether he shall proceed by Egypt and Bombay to the
English possessions. in India, or go by Persia..—Swabian
Mercury.

The Liverpool steamer arrived on Saturday, from
Lisbon, with Sir John Scott Lillie, Captains Barnard Rix-
ton, and about twenty cabin passengers. The Liverpool
towed into the port of Falmouth theilelive, a French brig,
dismasted and totally disabled, having been run down in a
gale of wind the preceding night by a ship unknown. The
French brig would, in all probability, have been lost, had it
not been for the timely assistance rendered by the Liver-
pool. The Hon. George Vernon brought despatches by
this steamer for Lord Palmerston, from Lord Howard de
Walden, and proceeded from Falmouth by the mail to
London.

SPANISH AUXILIARIES.—PLYNIOUTII, OCT.
2.—The fine steam-ship James Watt, arrived here on
Tuesday last, but owing to the boisterous state of the wea-
ther, it was not until yesterday that she commenced receiv-
ing the remaining portion of the Queen of Spain's own
Fusiliers, recruited in the West. We went on board
.her
in the Sound this day, and saw the officers and men just
previous to departure, and must bear testimony to the satis-
faction expressed by the soldiers regarding the conduct of

their superiors. Before they left the depot ashore, Major
Sloane publicly asked them if there was one desirous of
leaving, as he was at perfect liberty to do so. Not an indi-
vidual accepted the proffer. When the Major went on
board, he tendered the same opportunity to the men belong-
ing to the Lancers shipped at Gravesend, and eighteen of
them availed themselves thereof. We cannot discover the
real cause of this. Some of them say they expected a
bounty of five pounds instead of two pounds, the only sum
offered here. Several beautiful horses are shipped from this
place for the officers. The number of men embarked here
is 121 Fusiliers, and at Gravesend 196 Lancers ; so that
with these and their officers there are more than 400 per-
sons, besides the crew of the steamer.

TELEGRAPH BETWEEN LONDON AND PARIS.
—A line of telegraphic communication between these two
cities is, we understand, in process of completion for the
purpose of transmitting the prices of the Funds at periodi-
cal times in the different Stock Markets. Mr. Ricardo and
a French gentleman are the managers of the undertaking.
There are to be nine stations in England—the first in St.
George's-fields, and the last at Folkestone, in Kent ; and
fourteen stations from the coast to Paris. Although it is
first to be confined to transmitting the prices of the funds,
it is intended hereafter to apply it to the conveyance of
other intelligence. The news will be conveyed from Lon-
don to Paris in an hour and a half.

The building of Mr. Braham's Vaudeville theatre
is advancing rapidly, and in the course of a few days it will
be roofed. At the front in King-street, there is space of
sufficient depth to erect two houses thereon, leaving a broad
and convenient passage to the entrance of the theatre, if
such builings should he part of the plan, or to erect a grand
portico, which would have an excellent effect.

We very much regret to hear that our respected
county member, Philip Pusey, Esq., has met with a serious
accident. A note from Lady Emily Pusey has been re-
ceived by Mr. F. Crowdy, of Ilsley, the secretary of the
Ilsley Cottagers' Society, stating that Mr. Pusey was on
his way to attend the meeting of the Society, on Wednes-
day last, at Ilsley, to which he is a subscriber, when his
horse stepped in a rabbit's hole, and fell, by which Mr.
Pusey's arm was unfortunately broken. We trust the Hon.
Gentleman will soon recover from the effects of so bad an
accident.—Reading Mercury.

PUBLIC DINNER TO THE HON. Fox MAULE.—
We understand that the public dinner at Blairgowrie to-
day, to the Member for the county, will be very nume-
rously attended, and that more than ordinary interest is
attached to the entertainment, from the circumstance of
Mr. Maule being the only Member of the Government
who will receive a similar respect in Scotland. Perth
Advertiser.

The mode in which letters are carried in various
countries is a subject of great curiosity. The postman who
is the medium of communication between the coast of the
Pacific Ocean and the Provinces which are situated on the
east coast of the Andes swims for two days down the river
Chamaya, and through a part of the Amazon, carrying his
bag of letters wrapped about his head like a turban. There
is scarcely an instance of the letters having been lost, or
even wetted.—Paris Papers.

The election of Mayor of Gravesend took place yes-
terday, and will be followed by the peculiar custom at this
town, of a public breakfast being given on Sunday next, by
the Mayor, to the Corporation and his friends, consisting
of prime rounds of beef and suitable etcetras ; also Madeira,
sherry, and port. After which his Worship and his corpo•
rate brethren will proceed to church, and return to the re-
past after divine service.

DIFFERENT OPINIONS AMONG THE REVISING
BARRISTERS.—The Revising Barristers for the West Riding
of Yorkshire have unanimously decided, at Leeds, that the
proprietors of a freehold cemetery, on which a sum of money
bad been expended (in land and buildings) more than suf-
ficient to yield a return (according to the ordinary interest
yielded by real property) of 40s. a-year to each proprietor
of a certain number of shares, were entitled to vote in re-
spect of the same ; whereas in Lancashire, at Manchester,
and Oldham, the Revising Barristers have come to an op-
posite decision. Similar inconsistencies are found in the
decisions concerning the ministers of chapels, trustees, &c.
—Leeds Mercury.

•
CORK REGISTRATION.—The actual state of the
registration to the close on Monday morning, was as
follows :
Reformers registered
Rejected on the "lodger" point
—363
Orangemen and Conservatives registered
Rejected on the " lodger" point l9
-168

Majority for the Reformers

We have much pleasure in stating, that within the
last few days a communication has been addressed to the
military authorities at the Horse-Guards, by the General
commanding the forces in Ireland, announcing that no
Orange Lodges exist in any of the regiments quartered in
that country. In pursuance of the order lately issued by
Lord Hill, prohibiting Orange Lodges in the army, the
Commander of the Forces felt it his duty to institute a
searching inquiry, with the view of ascertaining the extent
to which these illegal societies existed in the regiments un-
der his command, and he has received the most satisfactory
assurance that the individuals in the different regiments,
who held warrants from the Grand Lodge, have returned
them to the parties from whom they originally received
them.—Observer.

The Palace on the Quai d'Orsay is about to be
purchased by M. Thiers, who intends, it is said, to reside
there. The Palace of the son of Napolesn, the dwelling
of the son of Madeline Arnie ! Oh, Fortune, these be thy
farces !—Le Charivari.

The General Steam Navigation Company's packet
the Britannia, arrived with the mail from Rotterdam on
Sunday. This superb vessel is becoming a great favourite
with Continental travellers. Upwards of sixty came by her.

A yearly cock-fight was, till lately, a part of the
annual routine of the nprthern free schools ; part of the
master's perquisites at which are still cock-pennies.
LEXICOGRAPHERS.—Not one of the dictionaries
for correct articulation of the English tongue has been
written by a native, properly so called, but by an Irishman,
a Scotchman, and a Welchman—Sheridan, Walker, and
Jones.

The horsechesnut trees, near the basin, in the
garden of the Tuilleries, are • of great beauty, and strik-
ingly ornamental in this particular position. These trees,
about the middle of May of the present year, were in the
fulness of their bloom. One tree was markedly distin-
guished beyond all its• neighbours by its comparatively
greater number of flowers. They were thickly studded
upon every branch, and, in a great degree, obscured the
foliage. The observation was made to me that this tree
was of some historical interest, as connected with Napo-
leon's arrival in Paris (March 20) ; for, on his entry from
Elba, it furnished to him and his friends foliage for their
personal decoration, being the only tree then in the garden
in such a forward state. It is a curious fact, that, with
this invariable precocity, it should also display such a floral
propensity.—Gardeners' Magazine.
Commercial letters from Alexandria state the termi-
nation of the sales of the cotton crop of the present year.
The total of the crop had been 170,000 qx, instead of
35,000 to 40,000, as announced by the agents of the Go-
vernment. The native merchants were ruined by the sys-
tem of monopoly adopted by the Government, which is per-
sisted in with the most determined obstinacy.

As Messrs. Fletcher, Austin, Munyard, and their
friends, were shooting rabbits in Abbey Wood (the two
former being in advance of the others, towards the Leather
Bottle inn, the rest of the party being down in the hollow),
when the dogs giving tongue, they fired in that direction,
and, most unhappily, Mr. Austin, who had the misfortune
previously to be deprived of his sight in one eye, received
a shot in the other. He immediately exclaimed, " MY
God ! lam in darkness." He was taken to his home, at
Bleadon Well, and at present there are not the least symp-
toms of a return of vision.—Greenwich Gazette.

A curious incident occurred on Wednesday, pre-
vious
to the inauguration of the new Sheriffs at the Court
of Exchequer. During the counting of the nails, on Mr.
Alderman Kelly being asked by the officer of the Court,
" How many nails are there ?" the Alderman replied,
" Sixty.' Officer—" I am sorry you cannot make more ;
it is not a good service." The city functionaries appeared
confounded. Mr. Baron Banks—" Count them again."
Mr. Alderman Kelly was proceeding to count a second
time, when the Alderman discovered that one nail had
been left in the bag. " Sixty-one nails," exclaimed the
Alderman. Officer—" A good service."—(Laughter.)
ANECDOTE.—When Hampton Court was nearly
built by Cardinal NV olsey for his residence, while the work
was in progress Henry VIII. never noticed the circum-
stance until it was nearly completed, and then, in an angry
mood, meeting Wolsey, he observed, " So, Cardinal, I hear
you are erecting a palace that is to surpass all the Royal
palaces." Wolsey, perceiving the rising storm, coolly said,
Your Majesty shows great kindness in noticing it, for it
was intended, Sire, to be presented to your Majesty, if
worthy of acceptance, as an humble mark of gratitude, by
your humble and faithful servant." The King was ap-
peased, and the address and art of the ambitious Cardinal
allayed the storm.
The difference between an imitator and an inventor
I should take to be this : an inventor contrives devices to
effect purposes that either have not been effected at all, or
that have not be ore been effected by means of the same

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kind ; an imitator tries to effect the purposes he aims at by
the same means that have been formerly employed, either
with as little variation as possible, or with such slight alte-
rations as, without making any essential deviation in point
of effect, make some small alteration in form or other cir-
cumstances. For example, I should consider all the varie-
ties of the Grecian colonnade as reducible to the head of
one single invention ; because every essential purpose that
can be effected by any one of them can be effected in the
same manner by the whole ; so that, if it could be ascer-
tained which of these was the original, I should call all the
others only imitations of it. In like manner I should con-
sider the different varieties of the Gothic architecture as
one invention ; because they are all adapted to produce
similar effects by means that had never before been applied
to such purposes ; and so on of others.—Architectural
gazine, October.
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It is reported that Louis Phillippe is inclined to set
at liberty Prince Polignac and his fellow-prisoners in Ham
Castle. This is said to have been promised to M. Sauzet
(who is named as likely also to get a seat in the Cabinet)
for his so promptly undertaking to draw up the report on
the Press Bill.

• A rumour has just reached us of a most extensive
fire last evening, at Ufton, Hants, the flames of which were
seen at a great distance ; it is said that a farm and part of
the church were burnt. We hear also that a farm was burnt
at Down Hurstbourne, but have obtained no decisive infor-
mation of either.—Reading Mercury.

The French papers state that Madame de Feucheres
(Sophia Dawes) has left Paris, and is very seriously ill.
Private accounts describe her as labouring under severe
;mental suffering.
The Russian Ambassador returned yesterday from
a visit to the Earl and Countess of Jersey, at Middleton
Park, where a party of the corps diplomatic has been staying.
The Journal de la Haye has the following :—" Our
private correspondent communicates the important fact,
that a Portuguese battalion, ordered to march into Spain,
positively refused."

The Nouvelle Minerve, after praising M. Thiers's
love of the Arts, adds, that they (the Arts) are " dear
to him." "No (retorts the Charivari), is it M. Thiers
who is dear to the Arts."
The appointment of Surveyor-General of the Duchy
of Cornwall, bestowed by his Majesty on the recent va-
cancy on his son-in-law, Lord de l'lsle, is a very lucrative
sinecure, the emolument exceeding 2,0001. per annum ; the
routine functions of the post are, we believe, entrusted to
his Lordship's deputy (Thomos Abbot, Esq.), who acts
also as Secretary to the Lord Warden, the Marquis of
Hertford.

On Thursday morning Miss Elizabeth O'Callaghan,
daughter of Owen C. O'Callaghan, Esq., of Limerick, re-
ceived the white veil in the chapel of the Presentation Con-
vent, in that city. A great number of the most respect-
able individuals were present, to witness this solemn and in-
teresting ceremony. The Right Rev. Dr. Kinsella, Catho-
lic Bishop of Ossory, delivered a suitable and eloquent dis;
course on the occasion.—Dublin Freeman's Journal.

A meeting of the inhabitants of Devonport was held
on Friday, on the subject of applying for a charter of incor-
poration under the new Municipal Act, when a further
adjournment took place, to allow time for au inquiry into the
probable expenses. It is likely that a petition for a charter
will be resolved on.—Devonport Independent.
LATIN POETRY EXCELLENT PHYSIC.—By the,
bye, Latin poetry seems to act most beneficially on the con-
stitution of its modern cultivators ; and it behoves the
managers of insurance companies to look sharply after annui-
tants addicted to the use of the hexameter. Let them
ponder over the following scale of longevity, which I submit
gratis to their inspection :—Jerome Vida, wt 97 ; Sincerus
Sannazar, 72 ; Jerome Fracastor, 71 ; Theodore Beza, 86 ;
Jaques Vaniere, 73 ; George Buchanan, 76.—Prout
Papers—Fraseris Mag.
We understand that it was the intention of the mana-
gers of many of the schools in Newbury to commemorate
the publication of the whole Bible in English, in October,
1835, by giving their children a dinner in the Market-place

yesterday. After dinner it is expected they will go in a
body to some place of worship, that the importance of the
event commemorated may be explained to them.—Reading
Mercury.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.--It is clear that so

long as corporal punishment exists, you will get a bad de-
scription of men ; but that if this stigma on the profession
were removed, a more respectable class would enter the
army. Thus a continued action and re-action is going on ;
if you flog, you get bad men ; and if you get bad men, you
must flog. To stop this, you must begin somewhere—you
can't begin by getting better men, because better men won't
enter the service as long as the practice exists ; in fact,
every one knows the prejudice that exists among the lower
classes against the service ; therefore the only alternative
left is to abolish the system of flogging. Some inconve-
nience will be experienced in the transition ; but show me
the change that is not liable to this objection.--Captain
Illeekiston's New Work.

AN OLD HEAD ON YOUNG SHOULDERS.---.One
of the most remarkable instances of precocity, talent, and
application upon record is the celebrted Archaeologist Vis-
conti, who died in 1818, at the age of 67. When only 18
months old he knew his alphabet ; at the age of two years
could distinguish and name the busts of the Roman Empe-
rors, and is said to have read Greek and Latin as well as
his native language before he had completed his 4th year.
Yesterday muffing, about ten o'clock, the following
daring robbery took place at the residence of Frederick
Mullins, Esq., 47, Gloucester-place, Regent's Park. It
appears that at the time above named the footman, hearing
a ring at the front entrance door, went up stairs to open
it, when some fellow, taking advantage of the opportunity
afforded him by the pantry being thus momentarily left, ran
down the area steps, and entering the apartment in ques-
tion, into which the door at the bottom of the said steps
opened, seized four silver table spoons and two massive sil-
ver forks, which were lying on the table, and made a preci-
pitate retreat. The loss was presently afterwards disco-
covered, but too late, as the thief had completely effected
his escape.
STEAM VESSELS.—Number of steam vessels re-
gistered in Great Britain in July, 1835, 397 ; tonnage,
36,849. Number belonging to great Britain not registered,
84 ; tonnage unknown. Number building in Great Bri-
tain, 46 ; tonnage unknown. Of the registered vessels 98
belong to the port of London, 56 to Glasgow, 28 to Liver-
pool, 14 to Bristol, 15 to Hull, 80 to Newcastle, and 14
to Sunderland. The vessels belonging to the two latter
places are all small, the tonnage of each varying from
10 to 30. The remaining places are, Beaumaris, 1 ;
Bideford, 1 ' • Cardiff, 1 ; Carlisle, 2 ; Chepstow, 3 ; Col-
chester, 1 ; Cowes, 3 ; Dover, 6 ; Gloucester, 1 ; Goole,
3 ; Ipswich, 2 ; Lancaster, 2 ; Ramsgate, 4 ; St. Ives, 1 ;
Sputhampton, 8 ; Stockton, 7 ; Swansea, 4 ; Whitehaven,
4 ; Yarmouth, 1 ;
_Aberdeen, 7 ; Alloa, 4 ; Campbeltown,
2 ; Dundee, 4 ; Inverness, 1 ; Kirkaldy, 3 ; Leith, 4 ;
Port Glasgow, 2 ; and Stranraer, I.—companion to Me
Newspaper.
Only one-third of the officers of an Austrian regi

ment ai--e allowed to marry, and before permission is given a
certain sum of money, called a caution, must be lodged with
the Government, in order to provide for the widow and
children in the event of the officer's death. The, officer
enjoys the interest of this caution, but the principal cannot
be touched. Other field officers are required to lodge a
capital of 10,000 florins (1,060/.), or to mortgage property
yielding 600 florins (671.) a year. The officers of lower
rank must deposit a caution of 8,000 florins (8501.), or pro-
perty yielding 400 florins (451.) a year. Sometimes officers
obtain leave to marry through personal favour with the
Emperor, without depositing the usual caution—bat it
often happens that in such cases, where the widows have
no private fortune, that they are left destitute. The pro-
prietor of the regiment has a right to refuse an officer per-
mission to marry ; but the officer may appeal to the Aulic
Council of War.— United Service Gazette.
It would appear from Mr. Campbell's " Letters
from the South" that Lord Exmouth's splendid victory at
Algiers did not free our Consul from the observance of all
the disgraceful ceremonies usually attendant on the inter-
' course between the representatives of Great Britain and the
Dey. The British Consul, like that of the other Christian
Powers, was still obliged, whenever he came in sight of the
Dey's Palace, to walk bare-headed under the hottest sun.
Like all the rest, he was obliged, on reaching the Palace, to
sit down on a stone bench in an open passage, where every
porter could sit down beside him. He was not allowed to
wear a sword in the Dey's presence, nor to ride by the Cas-
saba, though his own servants, if they were Mahometans,
might do so. The Kabyles used to be on horseback, whilst
the Christian Consuls went a-foot ; nay, even when they
passed the ancient Palace of the Dey, where nobody had
lived for twelve years past, they were obliged to uncover
their heads as long as it pleased the Turkish soldiers, who
,were sitting before it.
MILES COVERDALE.—This distinguished man
was born in the reign of Henry VIII., and, being educated
in the Romish religion, became an Augustine monk. When
the Reformation took place, he was one of the first who
embraced it, and was active and zealous in propagating its
principles. At the funeral of Queen Catherine Parr (to
whom he was almoner), he declared his sentiments on reli-
gion with a freedom which must have greatly influenced the
minds of his hearers. In 1532 he published William Tyn-
dale's English version of the Bible, to complete which he
had assisted greatly. In 1551, Edward VI. appointed him
to the Bishopric of Exeter. When the Romish religion
was re-established he was ejected from his sec and coin-

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to retire into banishment. On Elirsgtlis accessio ^lie
returned to his native country ; but.r fus‘ntrbe re ?tiled
to his bishopric on account of conkia rottti tiplmo he
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verdale, in consequence, was neglecte co si er-
able time left without any provision. 'hen he
became old and poor, Grindal, Bishop of London," says
Strype, in his life of that Prelate, " gave him the small
living of St. Magnus, at the foot of London Bridge." He
died in 1567, in his 81st year.

AFFAIRS or HoNoun.—The Greenlanders use
neither pistols nor swords to settle their quarrels ; but when
an individual is insulted, he writes a satire against his oppo-
nent, and recites it until every person in the house knows it
by, heart. He then appoints a meeting, sings his satire,
accompanying it with music ; his friends join in the chorus ;
he fires away his strongest epigrams, and endeavours to
bring his adversary into ridicule. Then comes the turn of
the challenged : he employs the same sort of satirical fire,
repelling an attacking with all his force. To the victor in
this warfare of words the laurel is given by the assembled
multitude, who compel the least dexterous in dealing out
sarcasm to make an apology to the other.
Extract from a private letter, dated Florence, Sept•
24 :—" When last I wrote, the cholera was decreasing at
Leghorn, and had not spread further than to some of the
small adjacent villages, so that we were in very good spirits
about it. Our hopes, however, were soon blasted, as the
day before yesterday it appeared in several places ; and in
a very small village near us, fifteen persons were yesterday
attacked by the disease. In Leghorn it has made dreadful
havoc. In one week there were 1,000 cases, and 800
deaths, which, if the number that quitted the place be
considered, is a frightful number. I feel in very low spirits,
for I fear we have no chance of escaping, as, in spite of
this beautiful weather, it continues to spread, and Heaven
only knows the day or hour we may be attacked. Great
numbers propose leaving Florence directly. A whole family,
consisting of seven persons, died yesterday in one village."

In repairing Oundle North Bridge lately a stone
was discovered with the following inscription :—" In the
year of our Lord 1570, these arches were borne down
by the waters' extremitie. In the year of our Lord 1571,
they were builded again with lime and stone." In
Thompson's " History of Boston" is the following:—
" Damage done by the tempest of wind and rain which
happened on the sth of October in the 13th year of
the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 1571 (Qy. 1570 ?) :
Wentford (Wansford) Bridge, being very strong, of eight
arches in length, had three of the arches broken and
clear carried away. Meister Smith, at the Swan inn
there (now called the Haycock inn, since Barnaby Har-
rington came swimming down the river sleeping on a hay-
cock), had all his house, being three stories high, over-
flowed into the third storie ; and the walles of the stables
were broken down, and the horses tyed to the mangers
were all drowned."—Stanford Mercury.

RAILWAYS.—Of the transactions in the Money
Market some of the most imp :octant now going on are in the
shares of the railway companies, which are purchased with
an avidity that to many is thought to augur an excess of
speculation, attended with much danger to all concerned.
The success of the Manchester and Liverpool Railway is the
principal cause of this ; but most of the undertakings since
commenced and brought into the London Market remained
without much notice, until the rapid progress of that in
course of formation.between London and Birmingham in-
duced some capitalists in the latter place and in Manchester
to invest very large sums in it, in consequence of which the
shares rose to 301. premium, which has been maintained,
and indeed has been followed since by a further advance.
Two or three individuals, it is said, have each subscribed
100,0001. to this undertaking. This gave an impulse to all
descriptions of railway shares, though none have experienced
so great a rise as that abovententioned, and though compa-
ratively neglected during any temporary scarcity of money,
they have of late been uniformly in demand whenever the
pressure was relieved by new issues from the Bank. The
proportion of London capitalists who engage in them is,
however, comparatively small, probably not more than one
to four on the total of the subscriptions, which is a
very material point in considering the ill consequences
that may hereafter attend an excess of speculation in them,
and it does, of course, materially lessen the danger. The
country capitalists, more especially those of the manufactur-
ing districts, who engage in them, are men of property
generally, little addicted to speculation, who select this as a
form of investment, and are not likely to be alarmed at any
reverse, so that a panic is not, under any circumstances,
very probable. If it did occur, its action being principally
on parties resident out of London, it would be compara-
tively harmless in its effects on this market. That the
avidity to make these purchases still continues is evinced in
the last new undertaking of any note which has been brought
forward—the Northern Midland Railway, the shares in
which were distributed yesterday morning. The letters
were so numerous, that applications for more than 4,000
shares were rejected. We pretend to know nothing re-
spectively of the merits of these undertakings, some of
which have raised hopes that, in all probability, will never
be realized. The only reason for adverting to them is the

important feature they present in the money transactions of
this market.-11Iorning Paper.
MINE OF HIMMELSFURST.—The situation of
this mine is two miles south-east of Freyberg. The eleva-
tion 'of its surface above the level of the sea 1,346 feet.
Elevation of the bottom of the mine above the level of the
sea, 263 feet. The nature of the rock prevailing in the
neighbourhood of Freyberg, in which this and most of the
other mines are situated, is a formation of primitive gneiss.
There are five veins worked in this mine. The principal
vein (Teicliflache) is from one foot six inches to three feet
in width ; the others are from six to twelve inches wide.
The direction of this vein is nearly north and south, its un-
derlie is west, and about three feet per fathom. Some of
the other veins intersect it. Its ores, argentiferous sulphu-
ret of lead, native silver, sulphuret of silver, red silver.
The produce is from six to seven ounces of silver per quin-
tal of 1001bs. Equivalent to from 34 to 41 parts of metal,
in 1,000 of ore, or from Ito nearly 1 per cent. The vein-
stone consists of quartz, pearlspar, and calcareous spar.
The mineral substances accompanying the ores are blende,
spathose iron, and a little red iron and arsenical pyrites.
The depth of the principal shaft at Frankenschacht 180
fathoms. The depth of adit at this shaft 47 fathoms. The
quantity of water pumped up is 50 gallons per minute. The
average height to which the water is raised is 133 fathoms.
The power employed in drainage consists of two water-
wheels, each 42 feet in diameter, equivalent in horse-power
to 12 horses constantly at work, or a total number of 36.
The average annual expense of drainage cannot be ascer-
tained, but evidently very small. The quantity of ore
raised 630 tons. The produce in metal 6,160 lbs. troy of
silver. The total returns or value of which are 18,0601.
The total costs of the mine 9,5001. The clear profit to
the proprietors 3,5601. The amount of capital invested
cannot be ascertained, but probably very small. The in-
terest on capital invested cannot be ascertained, but pro-
bably very high. The proportion of costs to returns 73 per
cent. The number of men emplayed 700 miners, of whom
550 are employed underground. The quantity of powder
240 cwt. of the value of 1,070. The ores arc delivered to
the Government Reduction Works in the neighbourhood
of Freyberg, where they are partly smelted, and partly amal-
gamated.—Mining Journal.
VETA GRANDE MINES.—The situation of these
mines, the richest in Mexico, is four miles north of Zacate-
The elevation of the surface above the level of the
sea, is supposed to be about 6,000 feet ; and of the bottom
of the mine above the level of the sea, probably near 5,000
feet. The nature of the rock is transition clay slate, al-
ternating with dolomite, and occasionally with grey wacke
this clay slate is sometimes decomposed ; it rests on sye-
nitic rocks, and is in some cases covered with porphyry.
There is one principal vein (the Veta Grande), which is
generally separated into three branches, and sometimes
into four ; when ramified, the width extends to 60 or 70
feet ; when united, it varies from 8 or 10 to 20 or 30 feet ;
the branches are generally about 10 or 12 feet wide, and
the upper one is most productive ; the direction of the
Veta Grande is from 30 to 40 degrees south of east and
north of west, and its underlie from two to three feet per
fathom south. Other veins of less size occur in the neigh-
bourhood of the Veta Grande, which cross it at an acute:
angle ; one of these appears to heave the vein for al)out.
700 feet, being the most remarkable derangement of the
kind on record. The ores arc chiefly red silver, native
sulphuret of silver, and argentiferous pyrites, lan-
ducing 3i oz. per quintal. The veinstone is chiefly quartz,.
occasionally amethyst, carbonate of lime, and sulphate of
barytes, while the ores arc generally accompanied by blende,
sulphuret of antimony, and iron pyrites. The principal
shafts are the Tira General, 182 fathoms deep, and Gallega
sbaft, 138 fathoms deep. There is no adit to this mine.
The quantity of water drawn is about SO gallons per minute,
which is raised on an average about 150 fathoms, usually
by 10 malacates, probably equivalent in actual horse power-
to 32 horses constantly working, Wilbtal number of about
100 horses at an annual expense of drainage, 20,0001. Tht)
quantity of ore annually produCed is 21,380 tons of silvr.l.,
producing 153,0001b5. troy of silver, making
,the total r.sins
of 423,4001. per annum. The total costs of th,,, mine
252,170/. per annum, giving a clear profit to the proprietors
of 171,2401., from the amount of 130,000/. invested, making
an interest on the capital vested of nearly 701)/. per cent.,
after paying back the original capital. Mt, proportion of
costs to returns is about 591 per cent., aril the number of
men employed about 900, of whom nearly 600 arc under-
ground. The wages of the miners per de.), is about Bs. or
9s. The ores are chiefly reduced by the Company, at the
Hacienda of Sauceda, by smelting and amalgamation...
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