The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-10 00:00:00

NC-1, SETTEMBER 10, 1844.

THUNDER STORM.
SIX PERSONS KILLED AND TWELVE SE
VERELY INJURED.

, HAZEL GROVE, MONDAY MORNING.—On Friday even-
ing last this village and its neighbourhood were visited
with one of the most terrific thunder storms, accom-
panied with a heavy fall of rain, ever before witnessed by
the oldest inhabitant. About five o'clock in the after-
noon the clouds began to lower, and in a few minutes
the rain came down in torrents, accompanied with loud
peals of thunder, which followed in rapid succession.
The flashes'of lightning were so frequent and so vivid
that the whole- village appeared enveloped in flames.
In less than an hour the little brook -a hich flows through
the village rose and overflowed its banks, rushing into
many of the houses contiguous and destroying much va-
luable property in its course. About half a mile down
the brook is situate a very fine cotton mill belonging
to Mr. Cooper, known as the Wellington Mill. At
this point the river banks also gave way, and the
water rushing into the yard drowned the fires and
stopped the works. Many of the hands were extri-
cated from the devouring element by the use of ropes
which were thrown to them, and which they
tied round their bodies, when the other hands from an
elevated position drew them through the water to the
land. As soon as the hands were all rescued from the
mill, they took refuge on some of the more elevated posi-
tions in the neighbourhood. A number of them went
'round a considerable distance towards the village, keep-
ing on the higher grounds. On their way ame they
had to cross the brook about half a mile above the mill.
The water was at that time running over the bridge
nearly knee deep. On the left of the road stood a brick
wall of about 200 yards in length, behind which there
remained a large reservoir, once used for supplying water
to a factory then situated on its banks, but which has
been pulled down many years. About thirty of the mill
hands agreed to cross the bridge in a body, under the
protection of the wall. They had not preceeded more
than half the distance, when the banks of the reservoir
gave way, letting its contents, with great violence,
against the well under which the unfortunate people
were walking. In another instant the wall was swept
down, burying upwards of twenty of the poor creatures
beneath its ruins, and carrying others down the stream,
which now became frightful to look at. All the houses
near the spot were instantly filled with water, many of
the inmates being comp lled to take refuge in their upper
chambers. The alarm was given, and shortly a number
of persons came to the assistance of the unfortunate
children and young persons, who had been either
drowned, killed, or wounded. As soon as the contents
of the reservoir had spread over the adjoining field, and,
in some measure, left the road passable, a number of
men ventured up to their middle in the water, and com-
menced removing the fallen materials, from beneath
which five persons were taken out dead, and sixteen
others severely injured, some of them having their legs
and arms broken or dislocated, whilst others were
severely bruised in various parts of the body.' Many
others were swept down the stream, and washed on the
banks in the adjoining fields without sustaining material
injury. There was one girl still missing, and, as it was
now dark, all the efforts of her friends to find her proved
fruitless until the next morning, when she was found
clinging round a tree, quite dead. Those whose injuries
were considered dangerous were taken to the Stockport
Infirmary, where they now remain, but are said to be
out of danger. There are five girls and one boy dead ;
all of whom were interred yesterday. On Saturday
night, an inquest was held on the bodies, before Charles
Hudson, Esq., coroner, and a respectable jury. In each
case, a verdict of Accidental Death was returned.

BRIGHTON, SEPT. 9.—The weather yesterday was ex-
ceedingly, sultry, and towards the evening dark clouds
gathered in the horizon. About seven o'clock the storm
burst with fearful violence over the town, shaking the
houses to their foundation. It was during the evening
service, and we understand that numbers fainted away
with fright, and the scene altogether was most appalling.
The storm continued to rage with unabated violence for
upwards of two hours ; the lightning was awfully grand,
and the thunder kept up a continual din, and rain fell in
torrents, running like a river down North-street and the
other streets leading to the centre of the town. In, the
midst of the storm the excursion train started at its usual
time ; but nearly half of the passengers who arrived by
it in the morning chose to incur the expense of staying a
night in Brighton and taking a fresh ticket in the morn-
ing, to braving the turbulence of the atmosphere. -
Petersfield and its -neighbourhood were visited on
Thursday last ,y one of the most violent storms of
thunder, lightning, and hail, that has been witnessed in
that vicinity for some years ' • it was remarked that in
one part of . the storm, for the space" of twenty
minutes, the , thunder was incessant ; the rain
and hail poured down at intervals in torrents ;
and in the neighbourhood of Sbeet and Liss,
the hail-stones_ - measured from three to five
inches in circumference, and such was the quantity
which fell, that although the temperature was high and
the air sultry, whole cart loads were lying on the ground
even on the following morning. The roofs on the green
houses were literally smashed, scarcely a frame being
left unbroken. Some potatoes, which had been dug up
in the morning, but left on the ground, in a field, near
Liss, were broken to pieces, and the fragments scattered
in all directiona.—Hampshire Telegraph.
On Thursday last, this town and neighbourhood were
visited by a most tremendous thunder storm, which ,
lasted for nearly three hours without intermission, with
heavy showers of hail. At Totton, Redbridge, , and
Millbrook the hail came down in such torrents that it
broke a great number of sky lights and windows_; in
some parts the roads were entirely inundated. We have
not beard of any damage done by the lightning, but we
fear there is a great deal done in many places. In the
evening it lightened so fast, that some of the oldest in•
habitants of the town cannot recollect seeing anything
like it before.—lbid.

On Thursday evening a heavy storm of rain, aecom-
panied by lightning and awful' thunder, passed over this
city, and very heavy rain fell in the course. of the night.
We understand that at: the Mynde Park, Muchliew-
church, hail-stones• of such large dimensions fell,- that
upwards of 300 panes of glass were shattered in the
hot-houses. &c.- Considerable damage has tam been
done in other parts of the county.—Hereford Timirs;
CAt4TEIIBUIri, MONDAY.—Last night (Suriday)
thunder storm, the violence, of which has not been ex-
ceeded for many years, passed over the eastern part of
the county of ICent. So early as 7 o'elock.in the.even-
ing the murmuring of distant thunder was heard in_the
direction of the coast by Ramsgate, and in the course of
another half-hour the flashes of the lightning became in-
ereasingly frequent. - From the highest portions of the
city of Canterbury the scene arising from this'conflict of
the elements was awfully grand, the electric fluid now
dazzling the eye of the beholder with its 'murky glare,
and then with imposing brightness striking• its vein of
forked fluid along the firmament in the most instant and
determined manner. _Shortly after 9 o'clock the storm
was at its height, and then and for upwards of an hour
afterwards, the loud crashing of the thunder was truly
t rrible. All along the border of the beautiful valley in
which Canterbury lies the is>ipding of the Stour was dis-
tinctly seen, the lightning being so extraordinarily vivid
as to bring out even the minutest objeets. • The heaviest
peals of thunder appeared immediately over the locality
Of the cathedral, and, from its great altitude, it was
feared that it might sustain some injury from the ex-
treme violenceuf the storm ; but upon visiting it this
morning we find no damage done to that noble structure,
except that which the wear of years has effected. Rain
began to fall in•heavy drops soon after the storm com-
menced, and by. ninco'clock it descended in torrents, the
streets of the " ancient city" Icing overflowed by
in
complete deluge of water, from Which many persons in
the lower parts of the city suffered much trouble and in-
convenience. It is rumoured in the neighbourhood that
considerable damage hat been done to the standing-hop-
bines, and that many trees in the woods throught- Kent
have suffered severely. Up to nine o'clock this morning
(Monday) the reporter has not heard of any uncommon
case, or of any loss of life, either human or animal. Se-
veral of the inhabitants declare the storm to have been
the most violent known in the vicinity for the last twenty
years. It was not quite over before midnight, and at
the above hour this morning the rain still falls heavily,
with every prospect of a continuance. At Brighton the
storm was equally severe. •It lasted about two hours,
and the rain fell during the whole time with the utmost
violence.

FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE.—Yesterday morning,
at a quarter to five o'clock, a policeman belonging to the
K division, in going his rounds in Charles-street, St.
George's-in-the-East, discovered the shop of a barber,
named Goff, on fire. lie instantly gave an ularm, but SO
rapid was the spread of the flames that Goff and his
lodgers, four in number, were obliged to make their
escape by the windows, and had narrowly escaped seri-
ous injury, if not destruction. Goff himself, in his
fright, leaped from the one-pair window, and in his fall
has badly dislocated his leg. The poor man was unin-
sured, and the loss of his little property will be of serious
consequence to him.

SUPPOSED SUICIDE.—The body of a respectably-
dressed man was discovered on Saturday afternoon in a
field belonging to Mr. F. Wills, at Sellywick, and an old
pocket pistol, which appeared to have been recently dis-
charged, was found lying near the body. The charge
bad entered the head of the deceased through his mouth.
The body appeared to be that of a person about 65 years
of age, five feet six inches high, bald-headed, hair and,
whiskers sandy and gray, hands much freckled, and with
warts upon them, particularly on the knuckle of the
forefinger of the right hand. The deceased was dressed
in a black coat, waistcoat, and smallelothes, drab kersey-
mere gaiters with gilt buttons, blue worsted stockings,
low shoes, black silk neckerchief, and hat. A farthing
and some small shot were the only articles found in the
pockets, and thereis no clue to identify. The body
now lies' at the Malt-shovel, Selly Oak, to await a Coro-
ner's inquest.—Birmingham Gazette.
NARROW ESCAPE, BY THE SAGACITY OF A HORSE.
—On Saturday last a young child had a narrow escape
for its life, and was miraculously saved by the sagacity
of a horse. The child happened to be playing in the
street at the west end of ICirkaldy, when two carts were
passing under the charge of one man, he sitting in the
foremost cart, and holding the other horse by the halter,
a space being between the two. The child having run
in before the hindmost horse, and the horse observing its
perilous condition, refused to go forward ; and though
repeatedly urged by its less observant driver, rather than
do so, and prove the death of the child, which would
have been inevitable, he fell down on his knees, and lay
till a young woman, who observed the perilous position
of the child, rushed out of her master's house, and
snatched up the child before the lazy driver had left his
seat in the cart, or any other person came to its rescue.
The child was carried to its mother unhurt.—Edinburgh
Witness.

"BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON," SUNDAY; StPT. 15.--
GREAT DONCASTER MEETlNG.—Foregatherings and pre-
dictions by'," Pegasus ;" horses arrived at Doncaster ;
and other important preliminaries ; Engraving of the
Doncaster Cup. A sixpence inclosed to Mr. Clement,
jun., 170, Strand, will insure a copy by return of post.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENI

THE -ATTACK ON—MOGADORE.
(From a Correspondent of the Times.)
GIBRALTAR, AUG. 31.—8 y the packet which left this
on the 24th, the authorised French account of the attack
on Mo4adore was foraurded. • The following is the best
English account, received partly from an intelligent
officer on board line of our vessels of war there, and
partly from Mr. Willshire, our Vice-Consul, who, with
some of his family, was concealed. in the town during
the attack.
Mogadore was bombarded by the French squadron
under the command of his Royal Highness the Prince
de Joinville on the 15th of August. Hostilities began
at nine o'clock A.m., by the Moors firing twenty-one
guns before the French had taken up their position, but
the fire was not returned until two P.M.. The batteries
were silenced; the Deputy-Governor and all the Moorish
authorities and Moslem inhabitants, with the exception
of ten or twelve, having previously fled, leaving the gates
open, behind them. The Kabyles Called in for the de-
fence of the town then commenced breaking open the
shops, bazaars, and also the custom-houses, until near
midnight, when they fled with their booty, fearing the
French would land early in the morning and take pos-
session. It is difficult to ascertain the loss of life on the
part of the Moors. The Jemappes, 100 ; Suflren,' 90 ;
Triton, 80, liners; the Belle Pottle, 60, fri'sate ; and the
Pluton, steamer, were the ships engaged°on the 15th,
with a few brigs.
. On the 16th the Belle Poule and Asmodee threw se-
veral shot into the town and island; 900 French were
landed on the island in •the afternoon, and, after a rude
encounter, took possession of it, having some officers
'wounded and some men killed and wounded.
'lhe Kabyles returned on the morning .of the 16th in
greater force, and, finding the gates shut, threatened to
set fire to everything-if they were not instantly opened.
After some delay this was done, and the rush of the
Kabyles through the streets was distinctly heard by
those Christians and Jews who were concealed. The
merchants' houses were immediately attacked, and the
cries and shrieks of men, women, and children pierced
the air in every direction, and were heard by Mr.
Willshire and party during the wholellay and night.
Our Vice-Consul, Mr. Willshire, escaped in a miracu-
lous manner. His daughters and their governess had
previously got on board the Heels, and during the bom-
bardment were safe on board the Warspite; but Mr.
Willshire, his wife, Messrs. Allnut and Lucas, clerks in
Mr. Willhire's establishment, Mr. Robertson (a mer-
chant), and-his wife and four children were on shore the
whole time.
Mrs. Willshire had four or five daggers raised to her
throat by these wretches, in hopes_ of extorting money.
Her presence of mind, andsler knowledge of the Mo-
ghrebi dialect, saved her. One of the ruffians seized
upon Mr. Robertson's little girl, a pretty child about
nine yt ars old, and scratched her arm several times with
his dagger, calling out " money " at each stroke. Mr.
Robertson himself, as he tried to escape, received a
sabre cut on the right elbow. After hours of agony and
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and, lashing together three planks, which fortu-
nately lay at the gate, he paddled himself off to the
French brig of war Cassard, then about a mile off. A
French boat was immediately sent to their assistance ;
'and the Prince, made acquainted with their escape, sent
them in a steamer to the Warspite.
The Moors for two hours fired pretty well, but their
best gunner, a Spanish renegade (Omar el Alge), being
killed, they became dispirited and abandoned the batte-
ries. The French fired better than they previously had
done at Tangiers • they went in under their fore and
wizen topsails, and fired pretty quickly,
An old Moor never desertel the Consul's family the
whole time; and a Jewess, much Attached to the family,
abandoned them only to return to these allied to her by
the ties of blood,
' • Mr. Wiltshire's house was set On fire' the moment he
left it • a large quantity of tea, sue-ars English goods,
and prOduce of the country, gum,. 'skins, almonds, &c.,
was destroyed in the conflagration,
. AVG. 23.—The Vesuvius arrived off Mazagan at a
quarter-past 7 o'clock A.M. The batteries were all
manned, and bodies of cavalry .were coming into the
town- from Asimore. Orders ..had been issued to fire
upon any vessel _that might appronch.within range, and
it was only by strong remonstrances on the. part of Mr.
Redman, our Vices Consul, that the orders were not
obeyed. The Governor would . not give permission to
the Vice-Consul to come off (there being Custom-house
accounts psnding), but promised to send him under
strong escort to the Sultan at Rabat, to be disposed of as
his Majesty might think proper ; his two brothers were
allowed to embark. The Vesuvius has brought from
Mogadore Mr. and 'Mrs. Wiltshire, and four daughters,
Miss Archer, Mr. and Mrs. Elton and son, Mr. and Mrs.
Robertson and four children, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Allnut, Mr.
.Levi (a converted jew and missionary), and Mr. Grace ;
from Mazagan, the two Messrs. Redman.
The" French did.not enter the town
.of Mogadore, but a
force
_landed after the people had abandoned it, ar the
battery 'near the Waterport gate, whence they took oil'
12 brass guns; and rendered useless many others, accord-
ig to their statement forwarded hence by last packet.
A matter yet remaining to be shown to us' here,
though perhaps cleared up by the French official details
which will hare reached England ero this, is, if, as has
been stated in the French account here, 180 dead bodies
Were thrown into the sea after the island had been
taken, what became of the number of wounded which
Must have been on the ground?, Whether in open field
or an attack against a fortress, Ihe proportion of
wounded.may be rated at from' five to seven times the
rtumber killed, and yet, neither from the French accountsfrom our' own ships of war, 'nor from the C onss'party,
'has-One word been mentioned hero about tirthe disposal of
'Wounded Moors ! • "
This omission -is the more remarkable on the part of
• the French, as, according to vt hat may have been seen
by their account of the attack which reached this, some
details of minor importance were given. One version as
to the prisoners here that those embarked by the
'French ,were persons found in the fortress, having been
confined there by the Emperor for political crimes.
In reference to the letters !rem Tangiers published in
the Times, 'the following ordeiwas published in the Gib•
raker Chicnicle yesterday
64
her blajestses-steain Vessel Vesuvius,
at Gitsralitits;;Atig.
"General Memorandum No, 157. --Various offensive
paragraphs having appeart.d in some English newspapers
with reference :o thelate proceedings on the toast of
Barbary, the Attention of the several captains and com-
manders of her Majesty's :hips and vessels under my
esmtnand, and more especially of, the Warspite, is called
tb the mischief which attends on such _unlicensed publis
Cations, written for- the most part; as they must be,
Without accurate knowledge, with false views, and under
wr4o6
They
ngh
e they3a are
impressions.espec t
directedvely to impress the minds of those
ssh'command with'a just sense 'of
the evil consequences and mutual ill will they may give
rise to between the subjects of her Majesty -and those of
friendly powers.
0 And, with reference to the 9th Artiele,.see. 2, chap.
;, page 96, of the Admiralty Instructions, they will call
for strict obedience to the directions it contains, assuring
those who may transgress herein, that, if discovered,
they will be visited by the high digpleasure of the Right
tron. the Lcrds CoMmissioners of the Admiralty, and be
made responsible in every case for any mischief which
arises 'from the practice. • •
• " To the respective Captains, Commanders, and
Commanding Officers of her Majesty's ships
l'aßt. IIeVM. Cediliter°raWnelN.'"
and vessels

ARUNDEL YACHT CLUB.
The sailing match amongst the fast yachts belonging
to this highly-respectable club, for .a very handsome
silver cup and cover, came off yesterday between Wool-
wich, and Greenwich, T. Haines, Esq., the commodore of
the club, who has done much for its advancement, being
the dcnor. The following had been entered:—
Hazard, 6 tons, Messrs. Ackbourne and T. Charles,
red with white dice ; Bermudian Maid, 7 tons, Mr. H.
Bailes, red over white ; Halcyon, 7 ,tons, Mr. H. Bailes,
; Dauntless, 7 tons, Mr. T. Ed-
.
The commodore's cutter moved to the starting place
off the upper end of the town of Greenwich at a little
wblauredsa,nbdlu whitee vi•ith sr telcesross.
after twelve, and having seen all in readiness, Mr. Haines
gave the signal at twenty-five minutes past twelve. The
Dauntless took the lead in very good style, and held it
until the second round, when . the slight wind died off,
and the little fleet became becalmed. The Hazard then
took, the lead, and won the race at twenty minutes after
seven,tthe Halcyon being second, and the Dauntless third.
• The weather was ill adapted for a race of this de-
scription.

.
Lord Stanley has already issued his farewell address
to the electors of North Lancashire, and several indi-
nelel'Orl)-airnkteeerrsEt.sq.'
a t fihrasdt
determined confidently
viCluals have been named as likely to claim the honour
inT:
influenceoh% amongst the Catholics of the
which he has relinquished. It was
As Mr. Parker
fitdohrea‘rvtaabltrl
de.
northern districts of this county, it Was
t°llsh
asse7cintoeneds
generally be-
lieved that the Tories had, with their usual adroitness,
resolved upon bringing that influence into operation. It
appears; however, that Mr. Parker has given place to
Mr. T. Clifton, son of T. Clifton, 85...,
e of Lytham Hall,
a connexion, we understand, of the Lowther family, and
One who is likely to be anything but a faVourite with the
Catholics, as he abjured their faith some years ago, and
is now uttached to the evangelical Church party. We
hive not heard of any movement on the parts of the
Liberals, for, to use the words of a writer in the Man-
chester Guardian—" It is a matter of general obServa-
tion, that his Lordships vacation of his seat at this mo •
went is, at all events, judiciously timed for his party, as
the election will take place under the register of last
year. Had his acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds
been a few weeks later his successor might scarcely have
realised his Lordship's anticipations." Since the above
was written, we have seen Mr. Clifton's address, an
written composition, of the most commonplace order,
both as regards ideas and expression. It contrasts
wofully against the well-balanced and vigorous periods
of Lord Stanley, with which it is vauntingly placed in
juxtaposition. Mr. Clifton makes the visual promises to
attend to all interests and to do good to everybody. Of
course he will "consider it a paramount duty to main-
tain our institutions in Church and State ;" a phrase that
is kept stereotyped in every. Tory printin___
g office could
scarcely escape a writer of Mr. Clifton's calibre. In a
string of equally trite clap-traps, which we, forbear to
copy, he promises to support the Tory Government. We
have not learned on what day the election is to take
place ; but, as Mr. Clifton declares so short a period will
el4se that he will not have time
,be to-niake a regular can-
vass, we presume matters are to' pushed forward as
rapidly as possible.—Liverpool Albion.
Lord Beaumont was married yesterday morning to
the lion. Miss Browne, daughter of Lord Kilmaine.

OURT CIRCULAR.

- -----
WINDSOR, MONDAY.—Her Royal highness
,the
Duchess ::of Kent arrived at the Castle- at twenty
minutes before seven o'clock this morning; to take
leave of the. Queen and Prince Albert. Immediately
after her Majesty's departure, the_Royal Diaehe,s left
the Castle for her residence, Frogmore Lodgi!.
Precisely at seven o'clock the royal party left the
Castle for Woolwich, to embark on the Royal Vic-
toria and Albert yacht en route to Blair Athol, Castle.
The illustrious party occuried three carriages and
four, and left in the following order :
The first carriage, containing the Queen, Prince
Albert, and the Princess Royal;
The second carriage,
.containing the Viscountess
Canning, Lady in Waiting ; Lady Caroline Somers
Cocks, Maid of Honour in Waiting; and Mademoi-
selle Charrie, in attendance on the Princess Royal;
The third carriage, containing Major •General
Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting, and Colonel liouverie,
Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert.
A party of the Royal Horse Guards, under the
commandof Cornet Sheffield, formed the esicort from
the Castle to the Slough station of the Great Western
Railway.
Her Majesty an'l Prince Albert and the royal
party travelled by a special train to the I?addia3ton
terminus.

The unfavourable state of the weather prEvented
the Royal Family from taking their accustomed
airing this morning.
Viscount Canning arrived at the Castle irst even-
ing on a visit to her Majesty. His Lords* left the
Castle this morning.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attemZed by the
Dowager Lady Clinton, Earl Howe, and tile Earl of
Denbigh, left her residence, Bushy House, Bushy
Park, in, a carriage and four,for the Euston-square
terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway, at
a quarter before ten o'clock yesterday morning. Her
Majesty arrived at the station at a quarter past eleven
o'clock, and was handed from her carriage by Sir
Horace Seymour. The Hon. Miss Wheatley and the
Hon. Miss Eden followed from Bushy Park soon
afterwards.

At twenty minutes before twelve o'clock, the Queen
Dowager and suite left the terminus by s special
train -for Witley Court, Worcestershire. Eer Ma-
jesty's suite consisted of the Dowager Lady Clinton,
Lady in Waiting; Hon. Sophia Wheatley and the
Hon. Miss Eden, Maids of Honour in Waiting; Earl
Howe, Lord Chamberlain ; and Lady Georgina Cur-
zon • the Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse; Sir
Andrew Barnard, Clerk Marshal ; Sir Horace Sey-
mour, Equerry in Waiting ; Sir David Davies, Phy-
sician to her Majesty ; Captain Edward Curzon, R.N.,
Comptroller of the Household; and the Rev. George
T. lludson, Chaplain to her Majesty.
Their Royal highness the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and
Duchess f Mecklenburgh Strelitz, arrived in town
yesterday from Kew. Their Royal Highnesses left
Cambridge House in the afternoon for Kew,

Mr. Ord, Sir John Rennie, and a deputation from
the Direct Northern Railway, transacted business
yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade.
Lord Wharricliffe, Lord Pesident of the Council
left town yesterday for
.Wortley Hall, Yorkshire.
The 1.1„,a4 of Haddington •returned to town yester-
day.frOm Woolwich, after attending the embarkation
of the Qgeen and Prince Albert. His. Lordship
transacted lusiness in the afternwn at the foreign-
office. • .
Lord Adolphus Fitzclatence left his residence in
St. Jadaes's Palaee'ut six o'clock yesterday morning,
.for Woolwich, tcibp in readiness to receive tbe. Queen
and Prnce Albert on the Victoria and Alliert yacht.
Dispatches fronv the .Governor of- Gibraltar were
r'eceiveileSterday at the Colonial-office..

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.
. . ARRIVALS.
The Ton. Charles Augustus Murray, at Fenton's
Hotel, St. jaties's-street, from a visit to the Rid of
Dunmore, at Dunmore Castle, near Falkirk, N.B. ;
Montagu tl,Parker, Esq., at Fenton's 'Hotel, St.
James' -street,' from a tour ; Mr. Spencer De Horsey,
from the Isle of Wight ; the lion. Mrs. Adolphus Capel,
at the York Hotel, 4140marle-street, from a visit to Lord
and Lady Maynard, at Eastow Lodge; Essex ; Pooley,
Esq., ati ditto, from * thin! ; Captain Francis Seymour,
in Piccadilly.
DEPARTURES.
The Eart of Fingal' and the Hon. Messrs. Plunkett,
from the York Hotel, Albemarle-street, for the Conti-
nent ; Lady Nugent, froth ditto, for ditto ; the Hon.
Oaptai4 an 4 Mrs. O'Grady, from ditto, for Ireland ; J.
AshleylWarre, gsq., frotn Lowndes-square, for West
cliff, liunsuute.l 3

. CHANGES:
The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, from the George
Hotel, P*rtSnipit#, On tour ; the Earl of Durham, on
ti visit ;to thet.-Alarquis of Breadalbane, at Tayrnouth
Castle, p.n., frdnri LarebtOn Castle ; the Earl of Ikhes-
ter, fro 'Ciro-U,! bra' a,' ertiise in the Petrel yacht; 'the
Count* of liihnorey, front Leamington Spa,TOr Brigh-
ton '; Lord 'Brotigham,:from the Clarendon Hotel, Lea-
mington Spa, tor Brougham Hail, Westmoreland.
I _
T 1.4

The royal party are to be escorted from Dundee to Blair
Castle by a body guard of the Sixtieth Royal Rifle corps.
At a meeting of the:Joint Committees of the Town
Council and Harbour Trustees, held at one o'clock to-
day, it was agreed immediately to proceed with the pre-
parations for her Majesty's landing and reception.

GUANO TRADE.
TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—There lately appeared in the /,tverpool Albion
and Olasgow Courier, an article on the guano trade,
in which the sovereignty of his Highness the ImaUm
of Mu cat over Latham Island, 'As attempted to be im-
pugned. As the article above referred to might lead
parties to enter on the rash and fruitless speculation
of attempting to remove without authority the guano
from the said island, I take the liberty to request you
will give publicity to the following facts of the case,
for the information of your numerous commercial
readers :

The writer of the article in question asks, who is
the Imaum of Muscat ? and where does he live ? &c.
I would remark, in reply, that the Imaum of Muscat
represents the dynasty of that name, which has ex-
isted for the last two centuries, and whose authority
for many generations past has extended over the pro-
vince of Oman, in Arabia, as well as on the coast of
East Africa, from Cape elgado, in about ten degrees
south latitude to two degrees north of the Equator,
with the islands and banks adjacent thereto, including
Zanzibar, Pemba, noufea, Latham Islands, &c. The
independence of the " Imaum of Muscat, and the in-
tegrity of his doininions, is recognised by the Go-
vernments in Europe, America, and India. With the
British East India Company his Highness contracted
a treaty offensive, and defensive in 1798; with the
British Imperial Government a treaty of commerce in
1839 ; with the Government of the United States of
America 'he concluded a convention of amity and
commerce. in 1832. He has also treaties of some an-
tiquity with the Government of France, the dates of
which lam unable to specify. Hence the identity of
the Imaums of Muscat as independent sovereigns can-
not be disputed by the subjects of any of the contract-
ing parties.
The writer of the said article labours under a mis-
take, when he insinuates " that Latham Island is only
under the protection of a Sheik, who governs the
island of Zanzibar." The fact is, the palace wherein
his Highness the Imaum has resided at Zanzibar
(which is his principal naval station) for the last
three years, is within forty miles of the island
of "Fungel Rhuviel," which is the ancient Arabic
name of this guano island, that was discovered to the
English many years back by the Latham, East India-
man, and introduced on our charts as Latham Island ;
consequently, from its proximity and connexion with
the Imatuncs dominions, it is as much (by inter-
national law) his property, as any oyster-bank, island,
or shoals, in the vicinity of British or other posses-
sions, and his Highness is as competent to transfer
the deposit on the said island to other parties, as he is
competent to make a present to the Crown of Eng-
land of one of the nineteen sail of pendants belonging
to his Government.

QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOT-.
(Vrotia the Dundee Advertistr.)
AnATIQNis FOB TII:: RECEPTION OF ROYALTY.-
4n Poiinpo and llirbour Trustees of Dundee are
g them fives in a proper spirit in preparing for
ritirof llrr Majesty and Pringe Albert.
t4orki*grneralli expressed at the liberal manner
,the 114buur Trustees bay. voted funds to meet

Priß
The Ti
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the ant
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ih %hie

It consequently becomes a consideration for the
owners of the Alan Ker, or any vessels employed on
a similar adventure, how far her proceedings will be
legitimate, and how far they may subject their vessels
to confiscation abroad, and themselves to the conse•
quences of litigation at home.—l am, Sir, your obe-
dient servant, VER ITA S.
London, Sept. 9th, 1844.

the necksatfeXphAes. Apart from public. inditatiens
of a loyal anditblie spirit, we understand that about a
hundred of our igoring citizens are forming themselves
into a badi to guard the lloyal party thronglOhe tOwn
—in oilier words, to constitute a Royal Native Body
Guard.; ‘-The' eitiaerls gerierally are animated with the
most:, fenliniga in anticipation:, of the " eveutful
day." Much advice is-tendered as -to the mode ef he-
ralding( the prdogress of ,the Royal squadron, when it
approadhes,„ our! inmediate locality. it appears that,
through the- instrumentality of David limiter, E:q., of
Blackness' -arrangements will be merle to 'fire Royal
Salutes*t Carndust ie. It is besides' recomniended that
Salutes r:chould • be'firederem Broughty Castle-atal Ferry-
Port-or -Craig, awl that, bonfires should blaze ba air the
neighluring heights. Altogether, there is no doubt
that th public display will be honourable to the district.,
and **thy of ; the, august ~occasien-7the congregated
thousands appearirgin their best dreises to greet the
arrival 41 illustrious Sovereign.
We Understand that a! communication has been 're-
ceived by the Seteretery.to the Trinity House of Dundee,
steal:lW that it is
_eXpected the members of the. How
wilt pilot. her •Mijesty- into Tay. The Directors of, the
Dunde4,7Plirth, and London Shipping Company have
very'lcindslOrnely placed Ole steamer Perth at the dis-
posal of= the Master and Brethren of the Ilhuse, -for
this dus.) x'
VISIi.,--YcSteOny 'morning, Mr. i'aterson,
Union--street, received an order from Blair Castle-,qo
forward 'inPu'ediatel4. a-large quantity of fruit, iu,anti-
cipatioa of her Majesty's visit there in the course of
next week.- - We also understand from a letter shown to
us by Mr. Paterson that improvements are in progress
at the Castle for the better accommodation an comfort
of the Itoyal Hmisehold.
PnEvIOUS ROYAL. VISITS TO DUNDEE.—Passing over
the fugitive visits of several Princes of the Stuart line,
above two hundred years have elapsed. since DUndeelas
been honoured by the presence of royalty: The-last
crowned' Monarch seen in its streets was James the Sixth
of SCotland, and First of England. About fourteen years
after his accession to the . English throne, Janies, as he
informed his ,scottish subjects in a proclamation, began
to exptrience ai a salmon-Dyke instinet=a great and na-
tural longing to see our native soyle and plaea of our
birth and Ireeding." .In 1617, James; says Wilson.
" began his journey with the spring, warming the
country, tits he went, with the glories of the Court ;
takings such recreations by the way as might best be-
guile the days, and cut them shorter, but lengthen the
nights (Contrary to the seasons) ; for what with hawk-
ing, hunting, and horse-racieg, the days quickly ran
away, rind the nights, with feasting, masqueing, and
dancing, were the mere extended." After his reception
on the 16th of May; at Edinburgh, James proceeded by
Linlithgow. and Dlimfermline to Falkland, where he
arrived on the 19th, and once more enlivened, with
the sounds of his hunting horn, that noble park which
had been his favourite scene of amusement in youth. On
the 22d, he went to Eienaird, the seat of Sir John
Livingstone, :Where -he spent eight dayg, probably in the
sylvan sports. On the, 30th he advanced to Dundee, and
was welcomed by .the town clerk, in a panegyrical speech,
and, bytwo-Latin poems." To the disappointment of -the
inhabitants. of Aberdeen, who had also made preparations
for his' reception, Dundee was the northern termination
of the Royal progress, on 'account of the necessity of the
King's returning to Edinburgh in time to prepare for the
meeting of Parliament. . •
The:last visit of the Queen, the beautiful and unfor-
tunate Mary, in 1.563, does not appear te_have been, by
ien any mes; so agreeable to the inhabitants of Dundee
as the one:now expected.' It is thus quaintly recorded
by Robert Lindsay of Pitscottic in his Chronicles :
" Att this time, their was tine parliament proclaimed to
the second. of September. Vpoun the aught day 'Of
Julij preceiding, the queine was married with my lord
Darnely, in Edinburgh, in the Abbey of Hollirudhous,
with great pomp and triumph, quhair the most pairt of
the nobilitie Was present, except my lord .Hamiltoun,
quhy was governour to the queine in her minoritie, the
earles of Ardgyle, Rothus, and Murray. And thair-was
ane herald sent to tl ir. lordis, to chairge thane to 'cum
to Edinburgh to the queine, quhilk they reettitsed, and
war put to the home." . . .
Vpeun the ;12. day of September, the king and
queine maid the earle of Lennox luftennent of the vast
borderis, and thairefter cam to Stirling, Fyfe, and Dun-
die;and tuik sundrie gentlemen of Fyfe and Angus to
put them in waird, for airt and pairt with the fcrsaidis
lordis who War at the borne. VpOun the 20 day of Sep-
tember, the king and queine cans to Sanct Johnstown,
andinuid crdouris and statutis their. 'Mt this tyme,
the king and queine_wene to Edinburgh to ane coursall."
It bong understood that her -Majesty will land at
Dundee on'Wednesatty the 11th current, the Banks in
town will be shut on-that day.
(Froni aSecopd Edition of the Dundee Advertiser.)
• ‘•
FRIDAY, FIDE o'CLoes, P. DI,
/VIE ROYAL VISIT. .
Her iNialestY rind Prince Albert are expected to arrive
here early on Wednesday, Sir Neil Douglas, Com-
mander of the Forces in Scotland, will be in Dundee on
Tuesday to make the necessary military arrangements..

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF TMIS DAY.

" • ' CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
TlMES.—Letters. from Amsterdam dated the 7th of
September, state that -the ,Minister has given notice that
he will reduce the Five -per Cent. Domain Losrentcn,
Upwards of 15,060,000 guilders, giving Four per Cents.
in exchange, at 96 per cent., unless the money is claimed
by the 28th inst , in which case they will be paid at par.
Thee bonds are issued by the Commissioners of Woods
and Forest., and few of them are held out of INlland.
It is said in the City.that the Bank of England have
suffered a forgery to the extend of about 8,000/. Consols,
by a clerk in the establishment who was away on leave
of absence.

The distinction which the Bank of England has made
between bills of exchange drawn in or near London and
those drawn in the country, calling the first notes, and
second only, bills, has puzzled some readers of the resolu-
tion passed on Thursday, as they do not know in what
class promissory notes, properly so called, ought to be
placed. According to the practice of the Bank, these
also are classed according to the place of their origin, and
a promissory note dated. within twenty miles from Lrei..
don (the limit fixed in all cases) would be called a note,
while one drawn beyond that limit would be styled a
bill, in Bank parlance. This classification of promissory
notes is liable to some objection, as it is less analo-
gous to that of bills of exchange than it appears at
the first glance. The bills of exchange are classed
according to the place from which the drawer dates, and
no regard is paid to the-acceptor. Now, the maker of
a promissory note exactly corresponds to the, acceptor of
a bill of exchange, and yet, as we have seen, it is on his
act that the classification is made to depend. Probably
the distinction is• thus inaccurately made in the ease of
promissory notes on account of the comparatively small
importance which attaches to these documents in the
Bank of England. So few is the number taken by that
establishment, that, as we understand, their proportion
is something like 1 to every 5,000 bills of exchange.
Some persons seem tothave tilt a difficulty in compre-
hending the statement at the bottom of the resolution,
that the hills must not have above 95 days to run, and
to think that no bill will be taken payable at a longer
period after date. This is completely a mistake. The
Bank do not in the least mind how long after date the
bills are payable, but require that the time they have to
run when brought for discount shall not exceed 95 days.
This condition being complied with, they offer to dis-
count them at 21 per cent. when drawn in .the country,
and :3 per cent. when drawn in Leedom
It has become a subject of solicitude among the nume-
.
rens parsons who place deposits in savings'-banks, what
rate of interest is to be allowed by the managers in
future under the new 41,ct, which comes into operation
on the 20th of November next. By what occurred
at a meetinr, held 'last -week at Cain's-cross, near
Stroud, for abbank oflargebusiness, embracing from its
position a populous ananufacturing district, the rate,
then thought to be a fairly remunerative one, is likely
to be settled at 21.185. 4cl. per cent., or 7d: in the pound.
As the Government have fixed the allowance for trustees
and managers at f3l. ss. per cent., this will have Gs. Bd.
per cent. to cover the expense of management. Ad-
verting to the old or existing pip:lactic° in that respect, it
is Oman by Parliamentary returns that on a rate of
31. 16s. 01F.d. per cent, the difference on the rate to depo-
sitors has fluctuated between is. 7d. and 9s. 4d., but
that in none of them it has been so small as the present
difference. ITence the consequence will follow with the
larger description of banks of a great diminution of the
reserved fund, while with smaller ones it must prove im-
possible to carry them on without a further reduction of
the rate to depositors. The example act by the Gains
cross Bank is a liberal one, especially as it was shown
at the meeting, that after the payment of expenses, there
could not remain a balance for contingencies of more
than about 201., but it was wisely urged that a conces-
sion made to depositori would increase the profits, and.
that too hard a bargain was so impolitic, as tending to
make them withdraw the funds by which the institution
is supported, that an experiment at least of the nature
pointed out was desirable.
SUN.—Stocks do not close so well as in the morning.
Consols, 99i ;41 both for Money and Account. Exchequer
Bills, 755. to 775, prem., being steady. New Three-and-a-
Half per Cents., for the opening, were 1011. India Stock
was 2821 to 2831.
The Foreign Bonds left off firmly. Spanish Actives
at 2311 i ; the Three per Cents. at 34 to s ; Portuguese
Converted at 46 to 4.51 ; and Mexican at 35i. Dutch
Two-and- a-Hall per Cents. were 62-
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Brist.)l and Gloucester, 27 ; Dublin and
Cashel, 7 ; Great Western, 74 to 76 ; Ditto, Half, 40 to
39 ; Ditto, Fifths, ; Great North of England, 20 ;
Lancaster and Carlisle, ; Birmingham, 120 ; South-
Western, 37i- to 35i ; Lynn and Ely, 3 ; Midland, 54 ;
North British, ; Northern and Eastern, 12 ; Ditto,
Scrip, 10,1- to 10 ; South-Eastern, ; York and North
Midland, 55 ; and Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux; a to 1
premium. Chichester and Brighton, -a ; London and
Brighton, 2i ; and Greenwich, 3* to 34 discount.
London and Westminster Bank, 7 premium.

THE ENGLISH NAVY.--..ThOSe 'who feel any solici-
tude (and who does not?).for the strength and efficiency
of our naval service will be glad to seo that the Admi
ralty has at last decided on commissioning a number of
brigs, which, although not of themselves constituting a
very efficient force, supply the means of manning larger
vessels, if ever their services should be required. For
this tardy deference to the reiterated opinions of men
who were the best qualified to judge of the interests of
the service, we may take some slight credit to ourselves,
for we have never ceased to remonstrate against the ab-
surd parsimony which crippled the number of our effec-
tive ship, and left us unprepared against any sudden
emergency which might 'occur. It is not any apprehen-
sitin of a collision with France or any other country that
renders us so keenly alive to the evils produced by a nig-
gardly economy in the administration of our marine.
In the case of war, indeecl., its effects are quickly and
painfully felts; for then it is almost impossible to man a
number of large ships with competent crews at a mo
ment's notice ; and the mischief is nearly as great in
time of peace ; for whenever the Admiralty determine
to commission one or two ships beyond the usual num=
her, the great efforts which it is requisite to make on
the spur of the moment in order to procure men, and
the length of time which necessarily elapses before the
crews are completed, stamp on the preparation an im-
portance far beyond the urgencies of the case, an give
rise -to a vague and groundless, but of.en a most inju-
rious, alarm. We are 'convinced, and wish that the
Government were equally convinced, that the most cer-
tain and honourable method of preventing unnecessary
squabbles and dishOnourah
signs,
dishonourable
apnadrecnl,ebeafroereghlaaVtoWsiete a
some
stronghcompromises into be pre-'
and effective armament;
however tardy, of this
conviction on the part of those upon whom the protec-
tion of our national interests and the guardianship of our
national honour primarily devolve.—Times.
DEATH OF REAR-ADMIR BARON DE RAIGEN-
FIELD.—This gallant * oflmer ex 't
on Saturday
withthe Britishth e
ra
nnary f
Rear-Admiraliced at his scat fn Kent
last,
aisnfahriz, 74th year. The Baron entered'
aekas April;on •1783, and retired
1837. His commission as Post-Captain lle lOit
is dated
of January,Aprd
9,:1802.