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PROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.

GLOBE.—If the French Ministerial journals are
to be believed, the affair of Otaheite is to be
arranged between the two Governments by the sacri-
fice of Mr. Pritchard. This gentleman is to be
treated as the scapegoat, on whose head the violent
proceedings of the French authorities is to be con-
fessed as unjustifiable in extent; but as provoked
by alleged indiscretions on his part, by which he
had excited the jealousy of the watchful French "Pro-
tectorate,' and induced the treatment of which the
English Government, whose minister he was, has very
properly complained, and required explanation. The
Paris Globc states, as an established fact, that which
is not merely unsupported by a tittle of evidence, but
has been expressly contradicted by distinct testi-
mony :—" Have the French authorities been guilty
of any wrong ? If so, England has a right to
demand reparation, and France should not
hesitate to grant it ; for it is only by
avowing our wrongs that we can maintain
our rights. Now, it is evident and proved that the
French authorities had a right to arrest Mr. Pritchard,
and deport him, because of his exciting disturbances,
and neither the English nor any Government can
deny the legality of such an act. There was, how-
ever, on the part of a French officer, an abuse
of force and an inexcusable preeeeding—a fact
which may and ought to be acknowledged. No-
body can find • fault --with the English Govern-
ment for demanding that that proceeding and
gratuitous violence be censured, and no man of
sense can condemn the French Government for ac-
quiescing-in that demand." The Presse (also a Mi-
nisterial journal) follows in the same track ; and,
upon the faith of a letter in an English journal, for-
mally accuses Mr. Pritchard of having been " the in-
stigator and exciter of all the disturbances which
broke out in the island (of Otaheite)." Such a mode
of settling the differences between the two Govern•
ments might be, doubtless, very convenient to the
apathetic Minister who dreams over the Foreign de-
partment in Downing-street. Lord Aberdeen, it is
supposed, will say :—" If
you, M. Guizot, will re-
move M. D'Aubigny from Otaheite, and pass a slight
censure upon him for his indiscreet zeal in imprison-
ing Mr. Pritchard, our Consul, we (the British
Government) will admit—without questbning the
grounds of the imputation—that Mr. Pritchard did
not act quite prudently in the very delicate circum-
stances in which he was placed. M. D'Aubigny is of com-
paratively trifling importance to you, when compared
with the embarrassments which are thickening around
your heads, as a Ministry. As for us, we are a peace-
loving Cabinet—l am, emphatically, pacific. We
would deliver over a thousand Pritchards to con-
tumely, censure, disgrace, and ruin, could we do so
with safety to our position as a Government, and
diminish the difficulties which surrounded our policy,
by pitching them out of our way. All things will
now proceed smoothly. The dignity of the great
nation, of which you are the Minister, will be
maintained; and the English people, less romantic
in their notions, will be easily reconciled to
the means, so that we can but prevent the threatened
visitation of war." Now, this may appear to Lord
Aberdeen a very easy, if not a very dignified,
mode of getting out of the difficulties created by
the proceedings of the French subordinate antho-
triies at Otaheite. But, however his Lord-
ship may view the matter, we do not anticipate
the acquiescence of the British people in such a com-
promise; nor do we think that the House of Com-
mons is so perfectly subjugated as to permit such
an arrangement to pass unquestioned, and its base
truckling to French prejudices and passions to pass
unexposed. If there be proof that Mr. Pritchard has
acted improperly or indiscreetly, let it be adduced ;
and let the French authorities at Otaheite derive every
fair advantage, in the way of extenuating their insult
to his office, and their violence to his person, which such
proved impropriety of conduct can supply. But these
assumed errors, or faults, in Mr. Pritchard's conduct,
must be specified and established by proof. The mere
after-thoughts of hi; ruffian-like assailants must not
be received against him as ascertained facts. Nor must
Ministerial convenience be regarded in comparison
with the claims of personal rights and national honour.
The Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Aberdeen, in
the House of Lords, an i Sir Robert Peel in the House
of Commons, speaking on this very subject, have borne
testimony to Mr. Pritchard's personal virtues and
public merits. These testimonials were not delivered
in a corner, but in the face of the British Parliament
and nation. They are on record ; and cannot be de-
stroyed or removed by French slanders, even though
they be grounded on anonymous or obscure libellers
of his reputation in this country. The desire which
prevails in France to exhibit Mr. Pritchard as un-
worthy of public regard, and thus to induce English
acquiescence in the treatment he has received, is ma-
nifested by the statements which were industriously
put forth by the French press, and circulated by
means of some journals in this country, that a Mr.
Pritchard, who had been guilty of some improprieties
at Caen, in Normandy, is the same Mr. Pritchard
whose treatment at Otaheite has provoked public
resentment in this country, and induced the English
Government to require explanation and reparation
from that of France.

STANDARD.—We have been favoured by
Messrs. Gabriel Kennard, Thomas Cull, and Edmond
Post, with copies of a series of letters which have
passed between these gentlemen and the Archbishop
of Canterbury upon the subject of the unhappy dis-
putes that have lately distracted the parish of East
Farleigh. The gentlemen who have sent us this
correspondence wish us to make it public ;
but this is a step upon which we crave
time for deliberation. There certainly is nothing
in the letters of Messrs. Kennard, Cull, and
Post, of which we do not entirely approve, and
which does not, in our judgment, reflect high
honour upon the writers. Nevertheless, they and
all reasonable men will agree with us, that parties in
their position may say things, and if they are sincere
will say them strongly and bitterly, in a remonstrance
to their diocesan, which it might be inconvenient and
mischievous to publish in a newspaper; there is in
our opinion something answering this description in
the third letter of the correspondence, which though
very proper for the attention of the Metropolitan, would
hardly bear the press. Meanwhile, it is impossible
not to admire the whole conduct pursued by the dis-
satisfied—in our opinion most justly dissatisfied—
parishioners of East Farleigh. They have with-
drawn from the ministrations of the clergyman who,
by his innovations, his religious millinery, and reli-
gious dramaticism, and by his Tractarian doctrines,
showed a disposition to convert a Protestant pa-
rochial temple into a Romanist mass-hbuse ; they
have turned their backs upon his candlesticks and
his chanting, and his distillations from Doctor
Pusey's defence of transubstantiation ; but they
have not turned their backs upon the Church,
faithfully attending the services of an adjoining
parish church, where the doctrines of the Church of
England are decently and faithfully inculcated.
It would appear from the correspondence before
us, that the candlesticks have been removed (as it
is supposed, upon a suggestion of the Archbishop) but
that the chanting is continued, and that the frac-
tarian doctrines are still promulgated from the
pulpit, with this extraordinary sanction from the
Archleacon, that the laity not being qualified to
understand the doctrines of the minister, have no-
thing to do with these doctrines but to accept them
implicitly. Now, of the three innovations complained
of, the only one removed (the candlesticks) would ap-
pear t ) most reasonable persons incomparably the
least offensive. For chanting in a parish church
there is no excuse whatever ; the practice, which
in our time, it is not easy to reconcile any-
where with the decent and unaffected gravity of
religious worship, had its origin in the necessity
of sustaining the human voice by an artificial disci-
pline and distribution of its power, so as to fill large
buildings which the ordinary speaking voice could
not fill. There was to choose between shouting and
semi-singing; and in those simple times, when
mobbing was more frequent, and the opera
not quite familiar, the semi-singing was thought
to have less tendency to desecrate the solemn
prayers of the Church than mere shouting. We are
not quite sure that the reverse is not the case at
present. In parish churches, however, chanting was
never necessary, because parish churches are rarely,
if ever, too large for the articulately delivered hu-
man voice, and as chanting in parish churches is
unnecessary, so is it improper. Every one is ex-
pected to attend, and ought to attend his parish
dhurch ; but every one is not affected in the
same way by music, or by the unnatural tones
employed in chanting. We know that, of all people
on the face of the earth, musical people are the
most incredulous of the existence of any unlike
themselves, the most intolerant of any impeachment
of the universality of the influence of that which
influences them. Nevertheless, it is very certain
that a great many reasonable (and, the question
here), responsible creatures are as little affected
by musical notes as blind men are by colours, and

upon such the unnatural tones of the chant and the
something like grimace by which it is accompanied,
hare an influence the very reverse of edifying; at the
most innocent, it wearies them. What right, then,
has a clergyman to impose this hardship upon it may
he one half, but call it but a twentieth of his congre-
gation ? They wish to attend their parish church ;
why are they to be annoyed in it, or driven from it?
It will not be denied that our noble Liturgy, read
distinctly, feelingly, and unaffectedly, is the perfect
fulfilment of the greit requisite of worship—" prayer
with the spirit, and prayer with the understanding
also." Now, in this worship every one, by Divine grace,
is able to join, whatever his defect of musical ear;
and surely this ought to be enough for the service.
The clergyman and his family, perhaps, delight in
music—let them enjoy it at home, or at any friend's
who delights in it also; but let not a clergyman incur
the risk of forting upon his concrregation that which
does not in all cases "tend to edification."

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS
_ CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

TIMES.—An instance has been brought before
our notice of the inconvenience which may arise to
the public from the practice adopted at the Excise-
office of not giving an acknowledgement for a pay-
ment. A clerk, by order of his employers, lately paid
five guineas at the Excise-office for a license. An
acknowledgement was, as usual, refused, but the re-
, .ceiverpromised that the license should be sent. About
six weeks afterwards the clerk's employers received a
notice, demanding payment of the money again, and
the clerk, not being able to prove the payment, was
placed for the time in a most unpleasant situation.
On going to the Excise•office, where the amount had
been paid, he was told that the second notice was a
mistake, and therefore the affair ended without any
further disagreeable consequences. But suppose
some mistake had been made, as to the receipt of
the money, or suppose the Excise clerk had been a
dishonest person, and had absconed, it is very clear
that the man who made the payment, though acting
quite honestly, might have lost his situation and
his character too. All risk of the sort would be
avoided by a public office giving an acknowledgement
in every case when the instrument for which pay-
ment is made is not delivered at once. The officers
are paid with the public money, and surely they have
not so much to do that they cannot afford this little
extra trouble.

The highest price of white wheat of the first qua-
lity in Paris is 29f. per 1i hectolitre, which is
equivalent to 435. 3d. per quarter ; and the highest
quotation of white wheat of the first quality in the
London market being 565. per quarter, it follows that
wheat is 26f per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
The highest quotation of flour of the first quality in
Paris is 40f. 10c. per 100 kilogrammes, which is equal
to 40s. id. per sack of 2801 b. English; and the highest
quotation for town-made flour in the London market
being 453. per sack, it follows that floueis 12k per
cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
The price of bread of the first quality in Paris it
35 cents. per kilogramme, which is equal to nearly
6d. per loaf of 41b. English ; and the price of bread
in London at the shops of the full-priced bakers being
Bfd. per 41b
.loaf, it follows that bread is 411 per
cent. dearer in London than in Paris.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
SHERIFFS' COURT, Aug. 22.
KNIGHT AND WIFE V. JENKINS.-DEFAMATION.
This was an action brought by the plaintiffs to re-
cover compensation for defamation of character.
Mr. Ogle appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr.
Thomas fur the defendant.

It appeared that the latter held an important situa-
tion in the Customs at Liverpool, and one of the plain-
tiffs, a warehouseman in the employment of Mr. Al-
derman Farncombe, in such humble and distressed
circumstances as to be compelled to bring the present
action in forma pauperis. An old infirm lady of the
name of Munday, requiring the services of Mr. Knight
and her daughter to tend her, they accepted the en-
gagement, and Mrs. Munday being in rather depressed
circumstances at the time, promised Mrs. Knight that
she would remember her in her will. Soon afterwards
she died, and Mrs. Knight applied through the medium
of a persbn named Crick to the defendant, who had
married Mrs. Munday's daughter, and acted as exe-
cutor, for the payment of a sum which was devised
to her in the old lady's will, she ( Mrs. Knight) having
been previously presented by her with some articles
of jewellery three days before her death. In reply to
this application, the defendant wrote a letter back to
Mr. Crick, in which he stated that the whole matter
connected with the claim was a fraud and a swindle,
and that he had put it in his attorney's hands, who
would take criminal proceedings against the defen-
dants. It was on account of this letter now that the
plaintiff complained of loss of character by defamation.
A host of witnesses were called and examined to
prove the plaintiffs case, but their evidence was no-
thing more than a diffuse statement of the above
summary.

Mr. THOMAS addressed the jury for the defence,
and contended that it was only a suit got up in forma
pauperis, for the purpose of putting costs into
the lawyer's pocket; and that the plaintiff's suffered no
injury by defamation, inasmuch as he was still in the
same situation which he held previously to the trans-
action.

The jury, after a short consultation, returned a
verdict for the plaintiffs—Damages, One Farthing.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 21.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.)
IN THE MATTER OF JAMES GIBBS.

This bankrupt was the well-known annuitant granter,
money borrower and lender, carrying on business in
Jermyn-street, St. James's, to an immense extent, he
having succeeded to the business of the firm of " Howard
and Gibbs," who some twenty years ago, entailed so
much ruin upon almost every class of society in this me-
tropolis.
The proceedings in the case of James Gibbs have oc-
cupied a considerable length of time before Mr. Com-
missioner Holroyd, and his final examination was ad-
journed sine die in consequence of the non-production
of a " private book," which it was sworn he had kept,
but which the bankrupt swore had been destroyed many
years ago.
The Learned Commissioner's decision was appealed
against in the Court of Review before Sir J. Knight
Bruce, when the following order was issued :—" This
Court doth order that the said assignees (of James
Gibbs) do proceed before the Commissioner of her Ma-
jesty's Court of Bankruptcy, acting in prosecution of the
fiat in bankruptcy issued against the said bankrupt, with
the examination and investigation of the bankrupt's ac-
counts, and with the further and full examination of the
said bankrupt touching his estate and effects, so far and
in all such respects as the same can be done under ex-
isting circumstances. But this order is to be without
prejudice to any question—whether the answers of the
said bankrupt, in the said petition mentioned or referred
to, have, or have not, been satisfactory or sufficient, and
without prejudice to any question as to the existence or
non-existence of the book or books in question, men-
tioned or referred to in the said petition, and the said
Commissioner is to be at liberty (if he shall think fit)
to make any special report to this Court, and this Court
(loth order the said petition to stand over, on all the
questions and costs,`and the said parties, or either of
them, are to be at liberty to apply to this Court touching
the matters of the said petition as they may be advised.'

AUGUST 22.
(Beore Mr. Commissioner FINE.)
A very great number of insolvents' interim orders
were on the paper for hearing in Mr. Commissioner
Fane's Court, but none of them possessed any feature of
interest.

• SUMMER "ASSIZES.
NORTHERN' dIRUI. T.—Liverpool, Aug. 20.
(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.)
William Anderson, a surgeon, practising at Manches-
ter, was indicted for the manslaughter. of Jane Ford, by
the administering of improper medicines.
Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Mark conducted the prosecution;
the prisoner was defended by Mr. James.
Mr. Wilkins stated the case.
Catherine Foley, examined by Mr. MARK—I am the
wife of William Foley. My maiden name was Ford.
he
t I
was married to my husband, Philip Foley, after
birth of this child. It was six weeks old at the time of
its death. It was in good health on the morning of the
29tli of May. I fed it about ten o'clock on boiled bread
and milk. It ate heartily. It took the breast well.
In
the afternoon it was seized with a fit of cryintr searchd
its clothes to see whether anything h'urt it. al
could not
find anything. I took it to a druggist's in Newton-lane,
near my house. He told me. to take it to Surgeon An-
derson's. I did so. -I showed him thQ child. It was
not then crying. He asked what was to do with the
child. I said it was bad in the bellyHe asked if I had
fed it. I said I had. lie
asked me if it was with new
bread or old? I said with old. A woman who was
there asked if it ever had fits? I said no. He felt the
belly of the child.y face lt did
andd
idnot cry when he did so. Ile
looked up in m
given it a teaspoonful
aislf castorlaughed.
oil. He asked me if it
drew up its legs.
to stretch itself out." " No, it was rather inclined
lie asked me for a bottle, and I
fetched one. his filled it from two b ittles in the shop. I
paid4d. for it. He told me to give the child
ful every four. hours, one dose to be given as maott)enaassplg-ono;
hopie. Be did not tell me tti go back to tell him how
it was going on. I gave it a teaspoonful of the mixture

id6d.reven o'clock. It cried a little but not much.
gave it another dose about eleven o'clock: It slept very
heavily, but awakened partially when I took it up. I
had no difficulty in opening its mouth, but it hiccupped
and moaned. Its feet were cold, and the legs drawn up.
I straightened them, but it drew them up again. About
four o'clock in the morning I gave it another dose. I
got up about seven o'clock. I went to Mr. Anderson
about half-past seven. The child was then sleeping very
heavily, and I did not attempt to wake it. When Mr.
Anderson came down I said, " Mr. Anderson, the little
child I had here yesterday was very peorly in- the,
night, and hiccupped very much after I gave it the se-
cond teaspoonful of the mixture. It draws up its legs
and moans very much." Ile asked me if it had slept ?
I said it had. I had taken the bottle with me. It was
half full. Mr. Anderson filled it up, and told me to
give it to the child as before. I gave it another dose
about eight o'clock. It was not moaning then. It was
in other respects the same as before. About twelve
o'clock I gave it some more. It was very cold, and I se-
veral times took it to the fire to warm it. I then took it
to Mr. Taylor's, the druggist, and he desired me to
take it to the infirmary. This was after four o'clock in
the afternoon. The child died about half-past one on
Friday morning. After its death I went to the prisoner
and asked him what was his reason for giving such me-
dicine to my child to kill her ? lie said he thought
there was something sour on her stomach.
This evidence having been confirmed,
Edward Tomlinson, a surgeon at the infirmary, stated
that the child was brought to him on the 31st of May,
about five o'clock. It was then labouring under-,ymp-
toms of narcotic poison. The skin was cold, the pulse
small, the pupils contracted and fixed. There was a
slight consciousness. The bottle delivered to witness by
Me s. Foley was given to Mr. Braithwaite. Witness
smelt it. It contained opium. The child was put in a
hot bath, and other means were used to rouse it. Does
not think that opium should ever be given to an infant.
Half a drop should, at all events, be the largest dose.
Woolil expect two drops to produce deali in from seven
to twelve hours. After twelve hours there are usually
hopes of recovery. Four drips would probably pro-
duce death in from seven to twelve hours. Could not
say nearer. Six drops in five hours would probatly
produce death sooner. An overcharged stomach fre-
quently producss symptoms similar to -those-produced
by narcotic poison.
Re-examined—The symptoms produced by an over-
loaded stomach would be, apoplectic. In apoplexy the
pupil is dilated, not contracted. Ihe strength of htu-
danum varies very
,much.
John Braithwaite, the apothecary at the infirmary,
stated that he saw the child Rhea nine o'clock in the
evening. It was then comotose. The skin was ettld,
the pupils contracted, and there was great dirriculty in
rousing it. lii apoplexy the patient cannot be roused at
all. Received a bottle from the last witness. It smelt
strongly of opium. Ordered strong coffee to be admini,e-
tered. The cure, however, seemed then hopeless. Wit-
ness made up a mixture, containing six drops of lan-
dJnum to three drachms of water, which he gave to
Mr. Watson, the chemist. The child died on the Friday.
Examined the body the same. day. There were several
bluish patches on the surface of the skin. The brain
was congested. On cutting into its substance found
several spots of dark coloured blood. Took nut the
stomach and bowels, and gave them to Mr. Philipsem,
the.,Coroner's officer. The body presented the usual ap-
pearances of death from narcotic poison. The stomach
was not distended. There was no smell of opium; but
the child might still have died of opium, as it would be
absarbed. Infants are peculiarly susceptible of the effects
of opium. Would not administer as much as half a drop
to an infant six weeks old.
Cross iexamined—Would suppose a dose of two drops
would produce death in from six to eight, ten, or twelve,
or, more hours. It is impossible to speak definitely.
Several doses of two drops each would probably cause
death sooner, but not so soon as if all were administered
together. After twodrops the infant would probably be
in a comotose state in four hourS:
Re examined—The effects of opium are different in
different constitutions.
H. B. Watson, chemist, tested the contents of the
bottle received from Mrs. Foley, and the mixture made
up by Mr. Braithwaite. Added a solution of the sulphate
of the peroxide of iron and compared the colour. The mix-
ture received from Mrs. Foley was stronger than that made
up by Mr. Braithwaite, viz., six drops to three drachms
of water. Diluted a portion of the former until the
colour, when the solution was added as above, approached
that of the latter. Thinks the mixture received from
Mrs. Foley was at least twice as strong as that made up
by Mr. Braithwaite.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Beswiek, the
constable, that on the 6th of June he went to the house
of the prisoner. A young man who was in the shop
shut the door, and refused him admission. He got in,
and going down to the cellar found the dour shut. Some
one opposed his entrance from the inside. On getting
in he found the prisoner and two females there. Ho
spoke to the prisoner about the child. He said he knew
nothing about it. Ile had no such name in his books.
Mr. JAMES addressed the jury for the defence, and
Ilia LORDSHIP having summed up. the jury, after some
deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug. 20.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY.)
William Spellings, aged 21, James Raby. 23, Thomas
Silman, 23, and Charles Hibbs, 24, were indicted, thp
latter for having ravished and carnally known a woman
of the name of Elizabeth Lewis, and the other three for
having aided and assistei him in the perpetration of the
crime.

Mr. Keating appeared for the Crown. Tlie prisoners
were defended by Mr. Greaves and Mr. Huldleston.
On the 3c,th of July last, the prosecutrix, who was a
person of most unprepossessing appearance, had gone a
short distance from her father's cottage, at Winter-
bourne, for the purpose of drawing water, when she met
the four men at the bar, close to a quarry. They came
up to her, and Hibbs, with an oath, dec'ared be would
give it her." According to her statement, the three
other men then laid hold of her, and kept her firmly
upon the ground until Hibbs had accomplished his pur-
pose. This being effected, some persons were beard
approaching; when the men all took to their heels end
decamped. She went next day with her mother, before
the Rev. J. Mirehouse, a magistrate, and there made
her depositions.
On cross-examination, the witness admitted that the
act was accomplished in the open quarry, on the out-
side of a shed in which her sister was, and a man of
the name of Lloyd also. She admitted having made a
charge of a somewhat similar description against some
young men, which she compromised by taking half•a-
crown each from them. She appeared also to prevari-
cate considerably, and to make several statements of an
iniprobable character.
After a trial of some duration, the prisoners were
acquitted.
Besides the above, the Learned Sergeant has, during
the day, disposed of several cases of bestiality, rave, and
concealment of birth, the details of all of which are
equally unfit for publication.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.
LOSS OF FOUR LIVES.

Within the last two or three days a melancholy sensa-
tion has prevailed amongst the inhabitants of Barking by
the following painful and fatal occurrence. On Sunday
last the Sovereign fishing-smack, the property of Messrs.
Allen and Hughes, at Barking, arrived in the creek,
after a week's fishing along the north-east coast, having,
in attempting to render assistance to a Dutch vessel in
distress, lost her master, Mr. Nicholas, two apprentices,
as also the captain of the foreigner. From the state-
ments of the remainder of the crew it appears that on
Sunday morning, while they were cruizing in the Boston.
Deeps, off the Lincolnshire coast, between Cromer and
Flamborough-head lights, their attention was drawn to a
vessel apparently in great distress a few miles distant.
Mr. Nicholas immediately brought his vessel up and
made all speed in bearing down to the one disabled,
which proved to be the Neptunus, laden with iron and
bound from Hull to Altona. On boarding her they as-
certained that she had sprung a leak during the gale of
wind on the previous day, and to prevent her foundering
the crew had been working vigorously at the pump
during the whole night. It being evident, not-
withstanding their exertions, that she was rapidly fi.l-
-ing, and being much exhausted by the continued labour,
they endeavoured to run her into the Humber, but very
trifling way could be made owing to the circumstance of
the wind blowing from the westward. and the vessel being
deeply laden. They had got the ship's boat out on the
smack coming up, in case of emergency, and Mr.
Nicholas, seeing that the unfortunate vessel would
shortly go down, advised the captain and his crew, to
lose no time in escaping, the latter shoving off in their
own boat, and the former getting into that of the smack.
'They had scarcely, however, reached half a dozen yardi
before the brig completely blew up by the force of water
under her deck, her hull at the same moment parting in •
half, and she instantly, sunk. Mr. Nicholas and the
captain of the ill-fated vessel, perceiving the danger
their frail craft was in of being drawn down by the cd!y
produced by the foundering of the ship, exerted every
effort to get clear of it. Unhappily, however, they were
overtaken by the draught, and the boat was almost
momentarily sucked under, with all on board, viz., the
two masters and two apprentices. The titer
crew, who had a most narrow escape from me.-ti, g
a similar fate, witnessing the distressing ascot rene,-,
made all haste to the spot after the eddy had sotnee hat
subsided, in the hope of picking up the unfortunate
creatures, but they were never seen afterwards, and
must have all perished. The remainder of the erew of
the fishing smack then starter! homewards with the., of
the Ntptunus. On her arrivity* at Gravesend, the de-
plorable catastrophe was immediately male ku wit to
the tide-waiter, who communicated the loss to Llo, Ws.
The crew"of the brig were then lanted, and were fOr-
warded on Wednesday to their respective homes at the
expense of their country's consul.

HUNTING DURING TUE ENSUING SEASON WITU
PRINCE ALBERT'S HARIERS.—In ord,r to insure sonic
sport during the approaching hunting season his Roy-rd
Highness the Prince Consort has commanded a large
quantity of leverets, whi:th have been caught in the
Home-park, to be turned upon the lands, both io Bank-
inghamshire and Berkshire, in the immediate neighbour-
hood of Windsor. It is gratifying to state that -the
occupiers of farms around the Royal residence at Wind-
sor will afford every facility to his Royal Highness,
when the proper season arrives. On former occasions
the hares caught by the Prince's pack of hariers. were
invariably given, by command of his Royal Highness, to
the farmers upon whose lands they were taken.
CONSCIENCE.—The following is a verbatim copy of
a letter in our possession, addressed to Mr. William
Thompson, of Settrington Wold, near Mallon :—" Mr.
Thompson, I have sent you the enclosed sixpence,
thinking it was my duty, having got from your house
three or four eggs between 20 and 30 years since. That
was the only thing upon my mind that made me un-
happy: now, I'm happy. Go thou and do thou 41/4
wise.'—A Methodist."—Yorkshire Gazette.

THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, I ATE ENGLISH OPERA-
HOUSE.
Under the Management of Mts. KEELEY
Another great Achievement Successf aly Triumphant !!!
To attempt to eulogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava
ganza of " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps for
Old Ones," would be a work of supererogation • the Manage-
ment, therefore, contents itself by simply stating that it wilt be
repeated every Evening !
THIS EVENING, AUG. 23.
Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE.
WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining,
Emery, F. tlethews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner,
2-tanton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Smilers, and Keeley; Miss For.
tescue, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss
4, roves, Mrs. Usher. Miss Turner, and Mrs Keeley.
To conclude with an entirely Original, and much better than
New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesgre Extra-
vaganza, founded on the celebrated Eastern tale, in the Arabi .n
Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON-
DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very
extensive Nev. Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha
teeters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan,
J. W. Collier. and Keeley; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli .ge, Miss
E. Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, MI s James, Miss Carson,
Miss 'runt, Miss Reede, &c., &c.
PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Poxes. 4c; Upper
Boxes, Be.; Pit, Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ;
Upper Boxes, la 6d.; Pit. P. Private Boxes on the It i.e. my Tier
(holding eight persons). Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second
Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private
Boxes on the Pit tier (holding six persona), One Guir ea
The Box..ittice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre.

Powerful Attraction at
ASTLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY
First Week of the Eng,gentent of the celebrated Mr. Carter, the
Lion King, with his splendid Collection of Lions, Tigers, Leopards,
kc.—Chlaese War—Corps of French Equestrian Artistes—Mr.
Batty's b autiful Stud of Trained Horses—New Scenes in the
Circle, forming a Combination of Novelties unequ lied in one
Evening.

THI,4 EVENING. AUG. VI.

Will be repeated the Eastern Specticle of MUNGO PARK; or,
The Lion Tamer of the Niger. Karfa, the Arab, Mr. Carter,
wh 'rein he will introduce his beautiful performance with his trained
animal•, lions, tigers, &c., in the cage, and on the open stage drive a
Don in harness. Combats with the monarch of the forest, and other
new extraordin ry feats.
N w Scenes in the Circle by the British and Foreign Equestrians,
M Ile. Heline, the French rider. trained steeds, &c.
To conclude with an entire new E luestrian, Militery and Naval
Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or. The Conquests of
Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, &c.,
to realise the rrcent triumphs of England's Army and Nary. Feast
of 2.50 Lanterns.

Acting and stage.m mager. Mr. W. D Broadfoot.
Box-office open from Eleven till F,ve. Lessons in the Art of Riding
by Mr. R. Smith.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Posit.vely the last Eight Nights of the Opera Season.
THIS EVENING, AUG. 23,
Will be performed FRA AVOLO ; or, The Inn of Terracitri.
Fra Diavolo, Mr. D. W. King; Lord Alleash, Mr. S. Cowell; t ()-
rens°, Mr. E. L. Kline; Giacomo, Mr. Leffler ; Lady Allcash,
Betts; Zerlina, Miss Romer.
After which, a New Operetta, written by J. B. Buck tone, Esq.,
and compo ed by E. titzwilliam, Esq., entitled a SUMMER
NIGHT'S LOVE, supported by all the Vocalists.
To conclude with THE WARLOCK OF fHE GLEN.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.
office, from Eleven to Four.

STRAND THEATRE.
MIS EVENING, AUG. frt,
Will be performed MARTIN CHUZZLEWI r. Young Martin
Chuzzlewit, Mr. R tnoe; Old Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. Ayliffe;
Jonas Chuzzlewit, Mr A t•wood , Montague film, Mr. Roberts;
Tom Pinch, Ms. Biddies; Mr. Pecksnitr,- and Mrs. Sairey Gamp,
Mr. H. Hall; Mary Graham, Mrs. Coleman Pope.
After which, a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WON-
DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light, bein t an Illustrated Version
of Aladdin. Abanazar, Mr. Paul Bedford; Aladdin. Mr. Wright;
Princess Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stanley.
To conclude with Selby's Farce of THE NEW FOOTMAN.
Bobby Breakwind iw, Mr. Attwood; Pony Picnic, Miss Carter.