The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-12 00:00:00

IRE LAND.

NATIONAL BANQUET TO MR. O'CONNELL.
Dunlaw, SzirT.lo.—The following notification has
been issued :

"At a meeting of the friends of repeal, held on
the 6th instant, W. S. O'Brien, Esq., M.P., in the
chair, it was resolved that O'Connell, and his late
fellow-captives, should be entertained at a public
banquet, in commemoration of their liberation from
their recent unjust imprisonment.
" The banquet will accordingly take place in Dub-
lin, on Thursday, the 19th of September, 1844.
" By order of the Managing Committee,
" JOHN L. ARABIN,
(Lord Mayor Elect) Secretaries."
" JAMES O'HEA. . .

It is likely that the banquet will tyke place in the
Rotunda, or in the King's-room, in the Mansion-
house.

POPULAR REJOICINGS IN THE COUNTRY.

GALWAY, SEPT. 9.—The most enthusiastic joy per-
vaded all classes here yesterday, on the receipt of the
intelligence of the reversal of the judgment. There was
a numerous meeting of the inhabitants in the square,
at which Francis Comyn, Esq. (Woodstock), presided,
and the Right Rev. Dr. Browne, now Bishop of El-
phin, and many of the leading gentry and traders were
present. All the trades were dressed and had• their
flags and banners. .Little Christopher French, the
grandson of the Liberator was out to see the sport.
When the people got a sight of him they would have
him with them. They brought him to the Parent
Temperance-room, placed him in the President's chair,
and cheered him. They then took him out, had the
handsome chair covered with crimson cloth, carried
on their shoulders, and the fine little fellow was placed
in it. They carried him in triumph through the
town. Whilst sitting at the club-house window we
saw the procession pass by, and little Christopher in
the chair, waving his hat, and huzzaing for " O'Con-
nell and Ireland." If he were forty years of age he
could not have acted in a more manly way. They
took him back to his residence, and he then returned
them thanks for himself and bis grandfather. They
have invited him this evening to a soiree which he is
to attend.

CLONMEL, SEPT. B.—ln this important commer-
cial town the popular manifestation at the triumphs
of O'Connell was the most enthusiastic we ever wit-
nessed. The people seemed almost wild with joy.
But all was order, and the Conservative party are
loud in their praises of the moderation of the people.
Bonfires and other demonstrations took place on
Friday night. Every hill was blazing. The illumi-
nations last night were on the most splendid scale.
The people were advised that Mr. O'Connell wished
that the slightest insult would not be given to any
of the opposite party, nor the least offence committed
on any house that was not lighted. This advice was
acted on to the letter.

A few of the Conservatives appeared apprehensive
that some outrage might be committed. Up to half-
past eight o'clock, this feeling was predominant. Some
of them, about that hour, ventured amongst the
people ; they saw that there was not the slightes indi-
cation on the part of the people to annoy ; they went
for their families, and almost every Conservative in
town paraded the streets until after eleven o'clock.
About nine o'clock several of the Conservatives—
W. J. Legge, Mr. Harvey, Dr. Collett, Messrs.
Prosser, Patterson, and Ferguson; Mr. Bradford,
Mr. David Hughes, and Dr. Malone, were seen
busily engaged in preparing to light their houses.
Oh ! it was a scene worthy the Liberator, to behold
such a commingling of feeling; in fact, all parties
were vieing with each other, in seeking terms of
gratulation at the happy prospect that the results of
last night would bring about.
Mr. M--, a respectable Conservative, joined us
in the Main-street; he exclaimed, " Can I believe my
senses? no insult, no injury; if I was told on last
night that I could walk the streets with safety, I
would not believe it. This night (said he) lays the
foundation for a state of things that I never dreamed
of. If one were sure that the conduct of the people
would be such at all times as it is this night, I, for
one—and I may speak for the rest of the Conserva-
tives in this locality—would be repealers." There
was not one drunken man to be seen.
DIOCESE or CLOGIIER.—Te Deum was sung on
Sunday last in all the Catholic churches of this exten-
sive diocese, by desire of the Right Rev. Doctor
M'Nally, Bishop of Clogher, in thanksgiving for the
liberation of Mr. O'Connell and his fellow-sufferers.
LEITRIM, SEPT. 7.—Our hills were all covered
with bonfires, for the triumph of constitutional law
had in the case of our beloved Liberator.
COUNTY or CORK.—The Cork Examiner of yes-

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terday contains detailed reports of the rejoicings in
Kinsale, Mallow, Charleville, Fermoy, Kanturk,
Newmarket, Middleton, Passage, and various other
towns in this Yorkshire of Ireland. There were illu-
minations and bonfires in all directions ; bands playing
through the streets, and the people, although in ecsta-
cies at the glorious news, conducted themselves in the
most orderly manner. The Examiner thus closes its
report :—" This morning's western coaches have
brought us accounts from our various correspondents,
of the popular rejoicings on Saturday night. Clona-
kilty was brilliantly illuminated, and the streets were
traversed by bands all night—tar-barrels blazed in-
cessantly. The same enthusiasm was manifested in
the patriotic town of Skibbereen. The sea coast from
Courtmasherry to Dunmanus was in one blaze of
light. Bantry had its rejoicings, and the' ancient
borough of Bandonbridge contributed its quota of
tar-barrels. In the latter town disturbances were
apprehended from the Orangemen, but the night
passed off quietly."
POPULAR COMPLIMENT TO LORD CAMPBELL.—One
of the most remarkable circumstances connected with
the procession in Dublin on Saturday was the ap-
pearance, in one of the carriages of the Trades, of
two Highland pipers, in their national costume, who
continued to play, during the whole procession, the
well-known air of " The Campbells are coming"—
this being intended as a marked compliment to Lord
Campbell, one of the three law Lords who have saved
the British Constitution by the reversal of the iniqui-
tous judgment.
DEFENCE OF THE IRISH COAST.

The following strange announcement appears in
the Cork Examiner of yesterlay :—" Great activity
prevails in the forts rouud this harbour as to the
putting them in a proper state of defence. At Cam-
den Fort long swivel guns of large calibre are in the
course of mounting, and some furnaces have also been
built to heat balls and shells."
The following paragraph appears in the same
journal :--" Three of the transports, which have been
waiting in Cove for the last month, sailed on Satur-
day for India, and three more, the Coromandel, Earl
of Hardwick, and Harbinger, followed them this
morning. The loss to the several tradesmen who had
contracted to supply the troops will be enormous in
consequence of the departure of those vessels without
their freights. One victualler in Cove, it is said, will
lose 501. by the provisions which he had prepared
for them being left on his hands."
IRISH LAW CHANGES.

The Evening Post of this afternoon states that
Chief Justice Pennefather was in London on Satur-
day last, with the object, according to report, of ten-
dering his resignation to the Premier, who had been
so suddenly hurried to Drayton Manor by the me-
lancholly intelligence of the illness of Miss Peel. The
same journal contains the following :
" JUDGE BURTox•—It is said that this venerable
judge retires from the bench in a month or two. He
will leave behind him the character of an amiable
man and a sound lawyer, notwithstanding his sanction
of the sixth and seventh counts of the monster in-
dictment."
The Post adds that the Attorney-General is spoken

of for a judgeship, and asks, " Can this be possible?"
REGISTILY MARRIAGES.—The office of Regis-
trar-General under the new Act for the regulation of
Presbyterian marriages, ha; been conferred upon
William Donnelly, Esq.

MR O'CONNELL AND TRIAL BY
JURY.

Last evening a dinner took place at Cogerse-hall, to
celebrate ;he great principle involved in the reversal of
the judgment by the llou:e of Lords in the case of
" O'Connell and others v. the Queen," especially as re-
garded the sacred character of the jury list. The
attendance was such as to prove that the feeling of the
public generally sympathised in the reversal of the judg-
ment in question, for the room was crowded to excess.
The company eJnsisted chiefly of the gentlemen who
take an active part in the politics of the district of St.
Bride's —a pretty good proof that if the opportunity
were afforded, many thousands of the citizens of London
would have been happy to manifest their feelings in the
same way. Mr. Wood occupied the chair ; and Mr. W.
R. Williams, one of the members of the Common
Council for the ward of Farringdon Without, officiated
as Vice-chairman. Amongst the gentlemen present we
noticed Mr. Low, Mr, Gurney, Mr. Burnard, Mr. Bur-
nett, Mr. James, Secretary to the Middlesex Reform
Registration, &c.
The cloth having been removed, " The people," " The
Queen," &c., were given by the Chairman with appro-
priate observations, and responded to by the company.
The CHAIRMAN then gave the healths of Lords Den-
man, Cottenham, and Campbell, and in doing so took
an opportunity of adverting to the great question which
these Noble Lords had to decide upon. He contended
that they were clearly right in their judgment, seeing
that the grounds upon which Mr. O'Connell and his co-
conspirators were sent to prison was in respect to counts
which were declared to be bad even by the judges of this
country. lie particularly eulogised the judgment of
Lord Denman, in consequence of that nobleman's vindi-
cation of the independence of juries, and said that two
things were now established by the judgment of the
House of Peers, namely, that it was not a cri.ne for men
to meet in large masses to petition against an admitted
grievance, and that in order to a jury being a good one,
the list from which it was to be selected must not be
tamp:!red with.—(Hear, hear.)
The toast was drunk with enthusiasm.

The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of Mr. O'Connell
and the other StAte prisoners, and full and complete
justice to Ireland ; and in doing so said that the whole
course of Mr. O'Connell's life, as a politician, had been
straightforward and cons scent. He commenced by ap-
plying the powers of his great mind to the emancipation
of his Catholic countrymen from religious disabilities,
and he was now using his best energies to make his
country what it ought to be—a happy and contented por-
tion of the empire. This was an honest and legitimate
object, and one in which any man might be proud to be
engaged, and sure he was that no Englishman would
tamely stand by and see a man attempted to be crushed
for such exertions, without entering his protest against
the attempt ; and, if necessary, lending lus best aid to
make such an attempt ineffective.—(Applause.)
" Trial by Jury"—the health of Mr. Duncombe, M.P.
—Sir Thomas Wilde, and the other Counsel engaged for
the Traversers—" The Press," and other appropriate
toasts, were given and responded to ; and the evening
was most agreeably spent. A great many new members
were proposed and admitted members of the Ancient and
Honourable Society of " Cogers," who severally returned
thanks for the honour.

EXPERIMENTS IN WOOLWICH MARSHES, SEPT. 12.

—Lieut.-Col. I)anaey, C. 8., and Lieut.-Col. Chahner,
with a detachment of the Royal Artillery under the
command of Capt. Ilennis, assembled in the marshes, at
half-past one o'clock, P.M., to carry on experiments with
Mr. Marsh's concussion shells. There were fifteen shells
fired on this occasion, five of them 68-pounders, and ten
32-pounders. Two of the 32-pounders burst on entering
the bulkhead, six in the mound immediately after passing
through the bulkhead ; one exploded at from 40 to 50
feet high, having taken an upward direction after striking
the base of the mound, and one did not burst, having en-
tered the mound to a considerable depth. The first 68-
pounder shell went through the bulkhead, and burst im-
mediately after, in the mound ; the second burst in the
bulkhead; the third burst in the bulkhead; the fourth did
not burst, having entered the mound without touching the
bulkhead ; and the fifth burst with tremendous effect in
the bulkhead, tearing to pieces the iron bolts, three-
quarters of an inch square, which held the timbers to-
gether, slid throwing forward two feet six inches at one
end of the bulkhead, and six inches at the other end,
seven strong pieces of oak made to represent the side of
a ship, each piece twelve inches square and thirty feet
long. The range was peculiarly favourable for practice;
the experiments did not occupy above three-quarters of
an hour, and the loading and firing less than twenty
minutes of that period; but the destruction was awful,
and greater than any we have ever witnessed, show-
ing that it would be impossible for ships to resist the
destructive power of these missiles. The experiments
were made to ascertain if Mr. Marsh's invention of at-
taching caps with marine glue would carry a lone. range
of 800 yards, and proved that they could be made avail-
able for any distance with certainty of effect, and no
danger to those using them.

PASSAGE OF THE INDIAN MAIL THROUGH FRANCE.
—The following is an example of the rapidity with
which the French carriage which conveys the English
and French dispatches rom Calais to Marseilles now
performs the journey :—The Indian mail which left
London on the 7th of August arrived. at Calais at two
and three-quarter minutes past eight on the morning of
the Bth. Having left that town at ten minutes past nine
o'clock, it arrived at Paris at thirty minutes past one in
the morning. Having left Paris at forty minutes past
two o'clock, it arrived at Marseilles on llth August at
thirty minutes past four in the morning, having accom-
plished the distance from Calais to Marseilles within the
space of 37 hours 20 minutes. The carriage con-
tained 50 iron chests of a foot square, in which were
inclosed the English dispatches, and 16 wooden cases
of various dimensions containing the French dispatches.
The moment they arrived at Marseilles they were con-
veyed on board an English steam-boat, and in half an
hour afterwards they were en their way to Malta, where
a boat belonging to the Oriental Company was waiting
to receive them. From Alexandria they proceed to Suez,
and thence across the Desert to India. Less than five
weeks sufficed to effect the passage from London to Bom-
bay. The same speed is observed on the return of the
mails from India. Two couriers, one French and the
other English, always accompany the carriage. Inde-
pendendly of these arrangements, the English Govern-
ment is about to conclude a contract with the Oriental
Steam-boat Company, in order to have the Indian dis-
patches conveyed from Alexandria to Southampton di-
rect. By these means letters from India may be received
in London every fifteen days."—Sud de Marseilles.
COMMERCIAL PROSPERITY.--AR experienced com-
mercial authority, in noticing the remarkable revival of
trade, states that the export trade continues good, and
certain articles bought for the Continent have improved
in value, whilst others are still quoted at steady rates.
The healthy tone of commercial business has not this
year, or, indeed, for the last six years, been more plainly
perceptible than of late. Business for the last two
months has been particularly brisk, prices generally
high and steady, with little undue speculative operations
having been entered into. Money has been plentiful,
and commands only easy rates, still the additional im-
pulse to speculation by the readier means of procuring
the necessary funds on the first onset by new firms, has
not been injuriously acted upon. Articles adapted for
manufacturing purposes command a ready sale, and
former advanced prices are firmly maintained. The ex-
tent of actual business in the manufacturing districts
continue upon a large scale, and several houses are said
to have received orders too extensive to be immediately
executed. The price of labour around Manchester,
Bradford, Leeds, &c., has advanced in consequence of
the greater demand for it, and a good season is likely to
be sustained throughont.—Durham Advertiser.
HOLYROOD PALACE AND PARK.--CODSideTable
improvements are at present going on at this ancient
seat of royalty. Workmen are repairing the crown
which surmounts the grand entry. The roof is also
undergoing necessary reparations, as well as the chapel
royal. But the greatest fall of all the contemplated im-
provements—namely, the draining of the irrigated
meadows—has now commenced in earnest ; and when
completed, will be of immense advantage to the health of
the citizens. The cut for the drain to accomplish this
desirable object, extending from Duncan's-gate, St.
Ann's-yards, on the cast, to the foot of Arthur-street on
the west—a distance of 1,000 yards—is now excavating,
and a great many men being employed, the work is pro-
ceeding with great spirit. The depth of the cut is twelve
feet, and the breadth ten feet. The dimensions of the

drain to be built within it are five feet in height by
two and a half in breadth, or thereby. The building of
this drain is now begun. Mr. Lind is the contractor for
this extensive work. We may also state, that the
powder magazine, in the royal park, is in the course of
removal. We trust that the approaching visit of her
Majesty to Scotland will have the effect of making the
Commissioners of Woods and Forrests accelerate their
operations at Holyrood, so that our gracious Sovereign,
on her subsequent visits to Scotland, may have a resi-
dence of her own, instead of being forced to live in the
palace (however splendid) of one of her subjects.—
Edinburgh Paper.
HERRING FISHING.—The number of boats at
Peterhead prosecuting the herring fishing is 401, and
up to this date they average ninety-tight crans each.
Along the coast several sales of full branded herrings
have been made at 17s. At Wick the total average for
the season is ninety-eight crane. By
to 235., but sales dull.By the latest accounts
from Ireland, prices vary from 225.
Salt
may
yom 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d.
Freight to the Baltic ports
be
isobtained at 205..
Irish ports Is. 6d. to 2s.
under
per tun. At Fraserburgh the average seventy
crans—no saleF.—Ross-shire Advertiser.
Among the numerous English travellers who are
now passing through Paris, led towards Madrid by the
comparatively quiet state of Spain, is Mr. C. Cochrane,
the gentleman whom our readers may recollect as having
performed some years ago the chivalrous undertaking of
making a_ tour through England with his guitar in guise
of a Spanish minstrel, the proceeds of which he handed
over to the fund for the relief of the Spanish refugees,
at that time raising in London. For this handsome gift,
amounting to 601., Mr. Cochrane received a letter of
kindly acknowledgments from her Majesty the Queen
Regent on behalf of her exiled subjects.—Galignani.
THE CLERK ENWELL IMPROVEMENTS.—This day
twenty more houses adjoining the area from which fifty
houses have been removed above West-street, Smithfield,
and which are to be taken down to make way for the
new street from Farringdon-street to the Sessions-house,
Clerkenwell, will be sold by auction, by order of the
Clerkenwell Improvement Commissioners. The street
will be about 1,450 feet in length (leading from West-
street to the back of 'the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-
green), about 60 feet in width, and the houses on either
side will have a depth of about 50 feet.

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THE ExPERIMENTAL BRIGS—The pennants of Otei_„.-,-;,-,...
Daring, 12, Commander Matson, and the Waterwite ;77 "Tn./WM.IJ
10, Li, titenant-Commander Wilson, at Portsmouth, were
hoist: d on -Monday, and that of the Flying Fish, 12,
Commander Harris, on Tuesday morning. The Daring
and Wattrwitch were taken out of the basin at Ports-
mouth on Tuesday morning, and are now lying at
anchor in Portsmouth harbour. Both these brigs are
fast getting their complement of hands. The
Mutinp, 12, Commander Crawford ; the Espiegle,
12, Commander Thompson; and the Cruizer, 16, Com-
mander Fanshawe, at Chatham, hoisted their pennants
on Tuesday afternoon, their respective commanders
hating arrived at that port. They will go into dock to-
day and following days to have their coppers cleaned
previously to proceeding to sea. Those at Chatham are
expected to leave that port the latter end of the week.
As wl have before Mated, the 12-gun brigs are to have a
complement of 110 each.
INTERMENT OF CAPTAIN FISHER. The African,
steam-tog vessel, returned to Sheerness, from Ramsgate.
on Friday. She landed the remains of Captain Fisher at
that port on Wednesday, whence they were conveyed to
Deal in a hearse, and interred on Thursday morning at.
Walmer. _ _ _

THE ADVANCED SHIPS.—The Pembroke, 72, was
taken out of the basin, at Portsmouth, on Tuesday
morning, and is now alongside the jetty. The Mo-
narch, 84, at Sheernes-, was .taken out of dock on Tues-
day, and the London, 92, was hauled into the basin to
b? masted. _ _ .

The Dwa,rf, steam-vessel, at Portsmouth, Lieutenant-
Com. Chamberlain, was taken out of the basin at the
same time as the Pembroke.
The Raven, cutter, Lieutenant-Com. Stephen, left
Sheerness, for Portsmouth, on Saturday, with suiref-
numeries.

The B2agle, late surveying vessel, was hauled out
of dock, at Sheerness, on Monday, having had her
bottom unstripped of copper, and covered with a mixture
of Jeffery's marine glue and coal tar.
TI:! Speedwell, tender to the. Blazer steam-vessel, has
lately ben in duck at Sheerness, and had the marine
glue, with which her bottom was lined, scraped oT, the
comlosition not having been found to answer, from the
immense quantity of weed, &c , which was attached to
it. She was doubled and eoprered.
The Fortitude, late convict hulk, at Chatham, is or-
dered to be fitted as a coal depot at that port, and be
Defence, 72, for a hulk.
The Camel lighter, Faber master, left Devonport on
Tueselv morning, with a detachment of the 44th Regi-
ment, to relieve that at Pendennis Castle.
The Tortoise, lighter, arrived at Davenport, from the
coast of Ireland, on Monday evening. The Rochester,

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lighter, Grundy inaster, arrived at Chatham on Monday
with stores from Devonport.
There are in Sheerness Basin—Monarch, 84; Ama-
z in, corvette; Crocodile, troop-ship; and Vulture, steam-
frigate. In Dock—Vernon, 50; and Herald, 26.
_ _ _

bOCKYARD SCHOOL AT SHEERNESS.—The school for
the apprentices was opened on the 19th ult. Mr. John
Drew is appointed schoolmaster, at a salary of 60/. per
annum. 'rite boys assemble in the schoolroom at hall-
past four, wash and have tea, for which they are allowed
half an hour, then commence with writing, reading,
arithmetic, geography, geometry, drawing, &c., finish-
ing by seven P.m. The number attending is 110.
SUPERINNUATIONS.—Thomas Howard, third leading
man of the store-house, has been superannuated from
Chatham dockyard on a pension of 451. 10s. per annum;
and John Crowhurst, shipwright, from the same estab-
lishment, on a pension of 251. per annum. George H.
Davies, joiner, of Devonport Dockyard, has been super-
annuated on a pension of 24/. per annum ; and Richard
Beast, hired joiner, has been established, vice Davies.

FOREIGN MOVEMENTS.
Rnr-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, the Commander-in-
Chief in China, returned to Hong-Kong on the 2d of
June, from his visit of inspection to the not tbern ports,
and re-hoisted his flag on board the Agincourt, 72, Cap-
tain Bruce.
The fleet in that quarter was comparatively healthy,
and great care is taken to keep it so.
The Driver steam-sloop, Commander C. 0. Hayes;
with Sir H. Pottinger and suite, sailed from Hong-Kong
on the 20th June, and arrived at Bombay on the 29th
July. The Driver had been at the Bogue, with the
Castor, 36, Captain Graham, and the Spiteful steam-
sloop, Commander Maitland, with Mr. Davis and Sir IL.
Pottinger, to visit the Chinese Imperial Commissioner.
The Vixen steam-sloop, Commander Giffard, left
Hong-Kong on the 28th May, the Serpent, 16, sloop, on
the 31st May, and the Cambrian, 36, Commodore Chads,
on the 16th June, for India. These three vessels are on
their way to England to be paid off. The Cambrian
touches at Whampoa, for specie. The Fox, 44, Com-
modore Sir 11. M. Blackwood, Bart., will relieve the
Cambrian in India.

The Agincourt, 72, Capt. Bruce, with the flag of the
Commander-in-Chief ; the Minden, 20, hospital ship,
Capt. M. Quin; the Castor, 36, Capt. Graham; the Dido,
20; the Pelican, 16; Wolverine, 16; the Wolf, 18; the
Spiteful, steam-sloop, and the lion. Company's steam-
vessel Proserpine, were at liong-Kong on the 20th June.
It was rumoured that the Castor would be stationed at
Chusan for protection of British interests and subjects in
the northern ports, and that the Dido, with the Spiteful
steam-sloop, is to proceed to Borneo to demand redress for
the late outrages and the liberation of European prisoners,
There are two other foreign squadrons in the Chinese
sem—American and French. The American squadron
in China, under command of Commodore Parker, con-
sisting of the frigate Brandywine, sloop St. Louis, and
brig Perry ; they are all fine vessels, but not superior to
our own. At present they read,zvous at Macao. The
French frigate Cleopatra, Commodore Ceceille, is in that
harbour ; she is a frigate of the first class, and appears
in fine order. Her consort, the Alcmene, is at Shanghae.
The rest of the French squadron have not yet reached
Chin'.

ASCENSION, JULY 13.—The Tortoise, guard and store
ship, for this island, Commander Finlaison, has arrived
here, from St. Helena, with a large supply of water.

SIR WILLIAM FOLLETT.—It was with much plea-
sure we announced last week that intelligence received
from the Continent indicated a considerable irrazove-
ment in the health of this gentleman, whose estimati:n
by the pub'ie has made him as much respected as the
appreciation by his friends has made him beloved. The
frequent recurrence of illness at a period when his high.
standing, So honestly earned, has apparently opened to.
him a wide career of usefulness, has been a source of
much regret. The origin of indisposition is of a
singular character, and has not, we believe, hitherto
been made known. While at school, in Devonshire, on
a fine autumnal day, when the evident approach of a
gloomier season makes us appreciate more highly the
genial sunshine of present enjoyment, three youths
sallied forth on a school-holiday for a long ramble in
the woods and copses which deck that most picturesque
of all the southern counties of England. A plentiful
supply of blackberries, with which the hedge rows
abounded, delighted the palates of the strollers ; and
present appetite having been allayed, if not satiated, the
hat of one of the party was devoted to the accumulated
store, and their steps were turned homeward. An acci-
dental separation in the ramble left the one in charge of
the commissariat department to pursue his journey.
alone ; and he, to beguile the way and lighten his load,.
made serious inroads on the stock in reserve. The result
was, that poor Follett, for he it was, fell under an attack
of illness so severe, that his removal from school became
necessary; and although careful nursing and the devoted
attention of his relatives enabled him at length to resume
his studies at home, and subsequently to remove to col
lege, it. was long before his health was re-established,
and his constitution never appears to have recovered
wholly from the unfortunate circumstance.—Berwick and
Kelso Warder.

CHATHAM, SEPT. 11.--The three experimental
12-gun brigs, which were launched from this dockyard
in the month of April last, were put into commission
yesterday. The Mutine, by R. B. Crawford, E 4.,
commander • Cruizer, Edward G. Fanshawe, Esq., cow-.
mender ; and the Espeigle, by J. E Thompson, EN.,
commander. Each of the commanders this morning
hoisted their pendants, and issued public notice that they
are ready for entering petty officers and able seamen.-
The Royal Marines, selected from the first division at
Chatham, embarked from the Dockyard-stairs this morn-
ing at one o'clock. The strength for each ship consists
of colour sergeant, one drummer, one corporal, and,
seventeen privates. Not any officer embarks. The dept.
of the 53d Regiment, which has recently sailed for Wits;
consisting of about 150 men, with upwards of 50 women
and 'children, arrived here from Manchester and joined
the Provisional Battalion. The depot having brought
with them a greater number of women than allowed by
the regulations of the service, caused the officer in
command to refuse the over-number of women accom-
modation in the barracks, and they were therefore turned
out. The women, with their families, being total
strangers to the place, knew not where to seek for shelter
for the night, and they bad recourse to . the Medway
Union workhouse, where the whole of them were taken
in on Saturday night last. Troops for Ireland—There
is no truth whatever in the report of two regiments
having been sent from this garrison on Saturday night,
by two steamers, for Ireland.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.--At a late hour last night
an order was repeived from the office of the Lord Cham—
berlain for the State apartmentsbe to re-opened to the'
public this day, at eleven o'clock; butinconsequence of.
ectedarrival of the King of the French at the
theCastle,expected arrival of the King of the Frenc at the
Castle, upon a visit to her Majesty, they will necessarily
be closed on some days of the week for the extensive
preparations to be made for his Majesty's reception..
During the period they will remain open, the public will
not be admitted on Tuesdays or Fridays. The
effect of the guard-chamber, St. George's hall,
the grand ball-room, the throne-room, the
grand vestibule, and the Waterloo-gallery, is
considerably heightened by the carpets being left down,'
and nearly the whole of the furniture being still in those
apartments, which were in use at the christening
of the infant prince. Thc, two elevated sideboard
in St. George's-ball, at either end of the spacious.:
apartment, upon which were displayed the magnificent-,
tankards, cups, shields, fie., at the Royal banquet on:.
Friday evening, and also the banqueting table, still re-
main. The portion of the State apartments which will
be devoted to the exclusive use of his Majesty; the King
of the French will be the Queen's closet, the King's:
drawing-room, the King's closet, the council-chamber, •
and the ante-throne-room. This is the only portion of.
the State appartments which have at present been ar
ranged to be appropriated for the use of the French
Monarch. His Majesty will sleep in the apartment --
known as the Queen's closet, in which is the superb ,
State bed of George the Fourth when Prince of Wales.: .
This room was also used as the dormitory of the King
of Prussia during the visit of his Majesty to the Queen
at the period of the christening of the Prince of Wales. •
The remains of the Hon. and Very Rev. George.
Gore, Dean of Killala, son of the'secOnd Earl of Arran,
were interred in Swinford Church, Mayo. The -late
Hon. and Rev. Gentleman was in his 70th year.