The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-07 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Madame Anaide Castellan appeared here on Saturday
evening, as Amina, in La Sonnambula. Her Amina has
confirmed the favourable impression of her powers,
which was produced by her representation of Lucia.
The character of Amina on the Italian stage is like
that of Juliet on the English--the test of the abilities
of an aspirant, and, comparing Madame Anaide
Castellan with the greatest of her predecessors,
she is certainly entitled to high praise. Nothing
could be more perfect than the manner in which she
vocalised the part. Power, tone, flexibility, sweet-
ness, all were there. In accuracy of intonation,
Madame Anaide Castellan is unrivalled—there was
not a single note out of tune. The finale was mag-
nificently given. Considered dramatically, it per-
haps lacked somewhat of the spirit of Persiani,
but, considered musically, it was infinitely superior
to anything that Persiani has done for the last two
seasons. As a vocal effort it was perfect. Madame
Castellan has established herself as a prima donna in
this country. In accuracy of intonation, for musical
taste, and for science, she has no superior. She gives
undoubted promise of great histrionic excellence,
and when she becomes a little more used
to her audience, which she will do in the
course of a short time, we doubt not but that
she will overcome that nervousness under which
she evidently labours, and which prevents her
doing full justice to her histrionic powers. She pos-
sesses immense genius, and the English dilettanti are
under great obligations to Mr. Lumley for having
introduced her to their notice. The subscribers,
under the old regime, complained that no fresh
talent was introduced. No such complaint will lie
against Mr. Lumley's management; he has intro-
duced to us Castellan, Aloriani, and Fornasari.
Mario made his first appearance for the season in the
character of Elvino. He was in excellent voice, and
appeared in much better health than. he did last
season. The House was crowded with fashionables.
Among those present we cbserved—Her Majesty,
Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, attended by the
Countess of Charlemont, the Earl of Hardwicke,
Countess Wratislaw, the Hon. Miss Hamilton, Col.
Arbuthnot and Col. Bouverie, the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Mecklen-
burgh Strelitz, Princess Mary of Cambridge
(attended by Baron Knesebeck and Mr. Mild-
may). The Queen Dowager's box was occu-
pied by the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden,
Prince Edward of Saxo Weimar, and party. The
Duchess of Hamilton, the Marquises of Douro,
Normanby, and Huntly, the Marchionesses of
Douro and Normanby, the Marchioness Wellesley
and Miss M'Tavish, Baron and Baroness Brunnow,
Count Kondrioffsky, Count Noailles, Baron Koller,
Count and Countess Jarnac, Baron de Lagos, Baron
and Baroness Rothschild, Count Esterhazy, Lord
Chief Justice Doherty,
.the Earls of Liverpool,
r easnf ot
lred,
Lonsdale, Shelburne, Cardigasn,o7FearltmLnnoau,dtibes,RAalnuentgehr,
Kilmaine, the Countess. of Kilmaine, Lords Ernest
Bruce, Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lyndhurst, C.
John ruest, John
Lynd-
hurst, Shawe Stewart, Charles Wellesley, Brougham,
TWeemllpeiseletoyw, Castlereagh,
Maynard, Easthope, Gardner, Joddrill, Pvnn, Moles-
F.
Beckett,mwoarrtsh Sir
ha
R. William Fremantle,
Mr. T 1
french, Charles Kent, Charles
e Boothiur.
Gray, Colonel Cavendish, RidiergoollbVoinrn.
Carew, and Colonel Upton, Mrs. Colonel Fitch, Cap-
tain Cuddy, Captain Lyon, Mr. Montague Gore,
Mr. Barry Baldwin, Mrs. Mountjoy Marten, Miss
Howard, Major Henry Baring, Captain Rushout, &c.

A DRUNKARD'S FATE.—Tuesday Mr. Baker held
an inquest at the London Hospital on the body of Edward
East, aged forty-nine. It appeared that on Friday morning,
deceased being dreadfully intoxicated, a little boy, between
, slipping against the kerb-
five and six years of age, had run between his legs and
ghihwnloasspdibota. down, when
eHe was immediately conveyed
to stone,
then encummins,
the house-surgeon,
stated that deceased's right leg had been fractured. There
were no other injuries, but at the time he was brought in he
was in a helpless state of intoxication. Delirium tremens
sht;h
hisr
aboveownl
subsequently supervened, from which deceased died. From
the time of his admission up to the hour of his decease, he
struggled in a most violent manner, shouting fiercely
" Murder, and police, and he died strapped down to his
bed.—Verdict, "Natural death."
Died at his house, N 0.3, Gloucester-street, Queen-
square, Bloomsbury, on Friday last, after a short illness,
Peter Forrest, Esq., for many years a reporter on the estab-
lishment of the Morning Advertiser Mr. Forrest possessed
a warm heart and generous nature, and his uniform con-
duct was characterised by integrity and straightforward-
ness. His death is deeply regretted, not only by his late
colleagues on this establishment, but by all within the circle
of an extensive acquaintance. He was in his 51st year.—
Advertiser.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent,
the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court and the House-
hold attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the
Chapel Royal, Buckingham Palace. The lion. and
Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
Equerries in Waiting, Colonels Arbuthnot and Bouverio,
rode out on horseback on Saturday forenoon.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were
taken airings yesterday and Saturday in the Royal. Gar-
dens of Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the
Hon. Miss Eden, visited the Queen on Saturday at Buck-
ingham Palace.
His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipp-
stahl, visited Prince Albert on Saturday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty on Saturday.
The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the
Countess of Charlemont, the Hon. Miss Hamilton, the
Earl of Hardwicke, Colonel Arbuthnot, and Colonel
Bouverie, honoured the Italian Opera with their pre-
sence on Saturday evening. Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent (attended by Lady Anna Maria Daw-
son and the Countess Wratislaw), and their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and
the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklen-
burgh Strelitz, also honoured the performance of the
Opera with their presence.
THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER.—IIer Royal High-
ness passed an uncomfortable night on Saturday night,
and her cough continued troublesome yesterday. Their
Royal. Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Grand
Duchess of Baden visited her Royal Highness yesterday,
at Gloucester House.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended divine
service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. H. Dakins, the Les-
sons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The sermon was preached
by the Rev. W. Strong, from St. Peter, chap. i. verse 3.
The anthem, "Awake, awake, put on thy strength," was
sung by Messrs. Hawkins, Hobbs, and J. B. sale. Sir
George Smart presided at the organ.
Her Majesty was attended by the Marchioness of
Wellesley, the Hon. Miss Eden, and Earl Howe. Among
the nobility present were the Marquises of Anglesea,
Winchester, and Northampton, Viscount and Vis-
countess Palmerston, Lords Cawdor, Devon, Tyrcon-
nell, Hatherton, Polwarth, Cantilupe, Norreys, and G.
Paget.
The Duke of Wellingto.t and Sir Frederick Trench
attended the earl Service yesterday, in the Chapel
Royal, St. James s. The Prayers were read by the
Rev. 1)r. Wesley. The Sermon was preached by the
Rev. W. Strong.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the
Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz, and the Princess Mary visited her Majesty the
Queen Dowager yesterday, at Dfarlborough House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge,
and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Meck •
lenburgh Strelitz, attended by Mr. Edmond Mildmay,
left Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, the seat of the Duke
of Rutland, on Saturday, for town, and arrived at the
Euston•square terminus of the London and Birmingham
railway, at six o'click, in the afternoon. The royal
party proceeded to Cambridge House.
The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knese-
beck, vivited Captain Siborne's new Waterloo Model on
Saturday. _ _

The Duke of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, and
the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklen-
burgh Strelitz attended Divine Service yesterday morn-
ing in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street.
Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl visited the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday.
The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden.—Her Royal
Highness, accompanied by the Chevalier Bunsen, Prus-
sian Minister, and attended by the Baroness de Strum-
feder and Baron Roth de Scbreckenstein, visited and in-
spected Westminster Abbey, Westminster Hall, and the
New Palace of Westminster on Saturday morning. Her
Royal Highness afterwards honoured the Chevalier Bun-
sen with a visit at his Excellency's residence on Carlton
Terrace, and partook•of a dejeune. The Grand Duchess
and suite proceeded in the afternoon to visit and inspect
the British Institution, the Reform Club, and the New
Conservative Club in St. James's-street.

In the afternoon the Grand Duchess received a visit at
:he Duke of llamilton's residence in Portman-square
'rom the Queen Dowager.

her Royal Highness-, attended by the Baroness de
Strumfeder and Baron de Schreckenstein, honoured the
Italian Opera with her presence in the evening.
Yesterday the Grand Duchess attended Divine Ser-
vice in the chapel of the Austrian Embassy. Her Royal
Highness paid a visit to the Queen Dowager at Marlbo-
rough House. The Duchess of Kent visited her Royal
Highness.

The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton had a dinner
party yesterday at their residence in Portman-square.
The company to meet the Grand Duchess included their
Serene Highnesses Prince Ernest of Ilesse Philippstahl,
and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the French Am-
bassador and the Countess St. Aulaire, the Duke de
Broglie, the Portuguese Minister and the Baroness de
Moncorvo, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl and Countess
of Haddington, Lady Wharneliffe, Lord and Lady Leve
son, the Countess of Malmesbury, the Earl and Countess
of Lincoln, and the Marquis of Douglas.
Mr. Charles Russell, Chairman of the Great Western
Railway Company, and Mr. Saunders, the Secretary,
had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie on Satur-
day, at the office of the Board of Trade.

Captain Rous had an interview with Lord Stanley on
Saturday, at the Colonial-office.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
meeting on Saturday. There were present the Bishop
of Rochester, the Bishop of Worcester, Lord Ashley,
the Right Hon. John Nicholl, and the Dean of West-
minster.

The Commission respecting the Slave-trade Treaties
sat on Saturday. The Duke de Broglie and the Right
Hon. S. Lushmgton were present. Captain Denman
and several naval officers, French and English, attended.
Sir R. Peel bad a Parliamentary dinner party on Sa-
turday, at his residence in Whitehall-gardens.
Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., Mr.
Divett, M.P., Mr. Hutt, M.P., and a deputation, had an
interview with Sir George Clerk on Saturday, at the
Board of Trade.

Dispatches for the Governors of Gibraltar, St. Helena,
Heligoland, the Gambia, and the Gold Coast, were sent
eff on Saturday evening, from the Colonial-office.

LORD Ross E's TELESCOPE.—We understand that
Dr. Robinson, of Armagh, Professor Macullogh, and
other scientific gentlemen, have been staying for some
weeks with the Earl of Rosse, at Parsonstown, wit-
nesses of the first achievements of the great telescope.
We have seen a private letter from Dr. Robinson, in
which he says:—" We had very good work at Parsons-
town. Of forty-three of Herschell's nebulae, considered
unresolvable by him, all were found to be composed of
stars. The bright centres which some of them have,
and which Herschell considered proofs of condensation,
prove to be central globular clusters, of much larger
stars; and this seems to be a general arrangement. No
planets were visible. It defines very well, showing
Gamma and Xi, Virginis, under very unfavourable cir-
cumstances."—Northern
THE MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON'S SOIREE.—The
President of the Royal Society had his fourth and last con-
versazione on Saturday last, at his Lordship's mansion on the
Terrace, Piccadilly. It was far more numerously attended
than is usually the case for the last soirée, there being at least
five hundred persons present, including many noblemen and
foreigners of the highest rank, and a large assemblage of
gentlemen connected with the literary, scientific, and artistic
institutions of this country. The Noble President's saloons
were crowded to excess by half-past ten. Among the
visitors of the Noble President were :—The Count de St.
Aulaire, the Duke de Broglie, M. Dedel, Chevalier Bunsen,
Baron Arnim, Mr. Everett, the Duke of St. Alban's the Mar-
quis of Douglas, the Marquis of Ormonde, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Viscount Canterbury,
Earl Delawarr, Viscount Strangford, Lord Glenelg, the Earl
of Bective, the Earl of Listowel, Viscount Alford, M.P., Lord
Asburton, Lord Colborne, &c.
THE EARL OF ABERGAVENNY.--We regret to learn
that accounts have reached town conveying intel:igence of
the very serious indisposition of the Earl of Abergavenn3
who had an attack of apoplexy, on Tuesday last, at his seat,"'
Eridge Castle, Sussex. The Noble Earl is attended by several
members of his family.

CONSTITUTION OF JERSEY
LET 1 ER H.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin—ln my last I gave you a faint—very faint—
sketch how the practice of our royal Court may be
made subservient to rendering a humane law of non-
effect to a debtor, albeit he may be justly entitled to
its protection ; it is not, therefore, likely to afford you
any surprise when you learn that where such demon
practice is allowed, the laws afford the means for the
perpetration with impunity of every species of fraud,
however gross, and that no injustice is too flagrant to
receive their sanction. Some of the laws are, how-
ever, so intricate as to be scarcely understood even by
natives, except professional men ; and so various are
those which are made to bear upon the subject of
debtor and creditor, that it will be impossible for you
to understand me without first having a brief account
of them ; the business therefore of my second letter
must be to enable you to understand my third, in which
I will show you how these various laws are all made
conducive to one great end—viz., the perpetration of
every species of injustice and swindling.
A husband and wife can at any time enter into a
contract, by virtue of which their property becomes
divided between them.—This is called " separation
quant aux biens ;" by it, each becomes responsible in
future for their civil contracts, and neither party (or
their property) can be made liable for the debt of the
other; strange as it may appear, all classes of society
avail themselves of it—but you must bear in mind
that their position as man and wife is not affected in
any other respect. Permission to enter into this con-
tract is immediately granted by the Court, upon the
parties' application, and their stating they do it of
their own free- will and consent; it is afterwards
drawn up in due form and entered upon the records.
Permission can also be obtained in private before
the bailiff and two jurats, upon the payment of extra
fees.

When a man becomes a bankrupt, his estate is not
divided amongst his creditors, according to the
amount which he is indebted to them—as those only
have any participation in it, whose claims have been
established before the Court and are duly registered,
but these extend to all the real and personal property
of every description. The solicitor who is appointed
to conduct the " decret" (as it is termed) publishes
a notice (which is posted upon the door of the Court
and inserted for three successive Saturdays in the
French local papers), calling upon the creditors to
bring him the amount and description of their claims
by a specified day, in order that they may be en-
tered in a list of the bankrupt's liabilities; those only
are inserted and considered as sworn creditors who
comply, and these are afterwards summoned to
appear for the adjudication of the property.
The list is formed backwards with respect
to the date when the debts were incurred, the
last being placed first, and so on ; it therefore ends
with the one of longest standing; bills of exchange,
book, and all unregistered debts are placed at the top,
without any regard to the time when they were con-
tracted, as they take the date of the day when the
schedule was ratified. With respect to bonds, they
bear the date of the day they were executed, if re-
gistered within ten days ; but if, at a later period,
they bear the date of the day they were left at the
office of the registrar. When every formality has
been gone through, the whole of the property is ad-
judged in one lot to the first creditor on the list, who
must either accept it, or abandon his claim—if he ac-
cept it, he must satisfy in full all prior claimants—
this, of course, he cannot do ; any more than the bank-
rupt could, as the estate is too much encumbered—he
is therefore obliged to renounce his claim ; it is then
offered to the next, and so on, till the estate is so far
disencumbered, that one can be found willing to take
it upon such conditions. As any, or all creditors of
one date may become joint proprietors, those of pro-
perty amongst them are compelled, as a matter of
precaution, to abandon their claims rather than be-
come associated with persons who may soon perchance
become insolvent themselves, as they would be subject
to serious and almost endless inconveniences, if a de-
cret should be issued against their co-partners. The
creditor who takes the estate is called the " tenant ;"
he receives the whole of it, subject only to being liable
to satisfy all prior claimants, and to pay the expenses
of working the decret; those whose names, &c. were
not inserted in the list, as well as those which were,
but whose claims were of a subsequent date, lose all
participation in the property—and all who renounced,
have to pay him the expenses of their summonses.
B. L.
C OM

MITTEES ON PETITIONS
FOR PRIVATE BILLS FOR THE ENSUING
WEEK.

TUESDAY, APRIL 8.
Hull and Gainsborough Railway.
Surrey Iron Railway Company Dissolving.
Dublin and Belfast function Railway.
Bristol and Exeter Railway Branches.
Exeter and Crediton Railway.
Preston and Wyre Railway branches.
Guildford Junction Railway.
Grand Junction Railway. . _

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9.
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Acts Amendment.
Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway.
Direct Northern Railway (No. 1).
Waterford and Limerick Railway.
THURSDAY, APRIL 10.
Kingstown and Bray Railway.
Great Western Railway (Ireland) (Dublin to Mullingar and
Athlone).

FRIDAY, APRIL 11.
Wells and Dereham Railway.
London and Norwich Direct Railway.
Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway.
East Dereham and Norwich Railway.
London, Worcester, and South Staffbrdshire Railway (Dud-
ley to Wolverhampton).

AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATII—On Saturday evening
last, about the hour of nine o'clock, the servant maid of
a gentleman residing at 112, Upper Stamford-street,
went for a pot of porter for the supper ; and having re-
turned, went down stairs, but before she could place the
pot on the table, she fell as if shot without a groan or
sigh. Her master was called, who, on seeing her, ran
to the Messrs. Brady, surgeons, Blackfriars-road, who
were in immediate attendance on the poor girl ' • but be-
fore their arrival, she had expired. It is stated that the
father of this poor girl was taken up some few months
ago on suspicion of having bought some iron, which
was said to be stolen from the wharf of Sir John Rennie
in Holland-street ; and having been examined before a
magistrate, was remanded to llorsemonger-lane gaol for
two days ; but upon his re-examination, the magistrate
declared that he, the poor man, was perfectly innocent,
and that he left the court without a stain upon his cha-
racter. He returned home, and his neighbours gave
him a supper to testify their conviction of his innocence;
the poor man, at this instance of the kindness of his
neighbours, burst into tears and told them, that the
very accusation, independent of the imprisonment, had
broken his heart ; he pined, and in less than two months
after the occurrence, the grave closed over him and all
his troubles. How much the death of her father and
its attendant circumstances may have contributed to
hasten this poor girl's death we know not—we were told
that her attachment to her poor father was great. Her
body awaits an inquest.
TIIE WEATUER.—A HURRICANE AT GLASGOW.
During the forenoon of Thursday, dark heavy clouds
hung gloomily over the city, and early in the evening,
rain began to pour down in torrents,—the wind raged
violently, and continued so during the whole night.
Early in the morning it had increased to a perfect hur-
ricane, and, w hen daylight appeared, the ravages of
this fearful, although invisible element, was to be wit-
nessed on every side. The streets were strewed at but
very short distances with broken chimney-cans, tiles,
slates, &c., showing that the damage done to property
must have been very considerable. At the Broomie-
law, the work of desolation was more apparent.
A fine brig, named the James Mitchell, the pro-
perty, we understand, of Bailie Mitchell, was driven
from its moorings about three o'clock in the morn-
ing, and as the wind was at that time blowing
with hurricane-force from the west, the vessel was
carried speedily up the river, until it came into violent
collision with Glasgow-bridge. The effect was, that
about 40 feet of the handsome parapet of this splendid
bridge was broken down ; but we are glad to hear that
the vessel suffered very trifling damage. Several small
boats were sunk in the Clyde, unable to encounter the
storm which had roused up its placid waters. The
storm was still raging yesterday forenoon, and continued
till evening, accompanied at intervals with torrents of
rain, while, ever and anon, bright glimpses of the sun
broke forth, sadly mingling, as it were, smiles with de-
solation. No lives, we are happy to say, have been lost
in our city during this hurricane; but we stand in
trembling
districtsexpectation
of
theof t been resultuntry . nstcho
tee coast,
in various Reformers'
Gazette.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT GARDNER'S BREWERY.--
Mr. Payne held an inquest on Saturday, at St. Barthlomew's
Hospital, on the body of Edward Harrington, aged 20, a
workman in the employ of Messrs Gardner, brewers, St. John-
street. From the evidence, it appeared that on Thursday
last the deceased was walking across a plank at the top of a
large vat containing a quantity of boiling hot liquor, used in
the business, when the board slipped, and he fell down into
the vat. His fellow-workmen hearing his cries, ran to the vat,
and found him splashing about in the scalding liquid. He
was immediately taken out, and conveyed to the hospital,
where he died, from the effects of the scalds, on Friday.
Verdict—Accidental Death.

WILL OF LADY LIOARE.—The will of the widow
of the late Sir H. Hoare, Bart., banker of Fleet-street, has
been proved. Her own personal property is sworn under
8,0001. She bequeaths the bulk of her property to her
daughter, Julia Lethbridge, the wife of John Hesketh Leth-
bridge, Esq., for life, and after her decease for her children.
Her son Henry is to have the picture of General Acland, and
the china and plate, and the gold cup given to her late hus-
band Sir Henry, by the General. There are several other
bequests to the family. ller executors are 13. Scott and
Christopher Pearse, Esqrs,
FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Saturday morning
last, between eight and nine, the private dwelling-house of
Mr. Lane, No. 2, Union-street, Friar-street, Southwark, was
set on fire, through a child playing with lucifer-matches. It
appears that seme of the neighbours were suddenly alarmed
by hearing loud and piercing screams proceeding from the
first room on the first-floor. They immediately ran up to
that portion of the building, when they found the bed and
furniture burning with great fury, and a little child, about
four years of age,, was: in the midst of the flames. After
considerable trouble the child was got away, but not before
it was most frightfully burned about the body, so much so
that death soon put an end to its sufferings. The engines
were remarkably quick in arriving, but, owing to the exer-
tions of the inmates, the fire was extinguished without call-
' Log the @mina into operation.

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MARCH 11.—The Arabs hay
.: :,yet attacked Aden, but
accounts continue to be received tom the interior 0,4 tlity
are still assembled in large lxKlic& :From their hi:WA, .
ferred their march on Aden so Ift,.:(o3.ollkiiifg 4irrtidared a
strong sign that but little unanimity exists erthalirtheir
councils or operations. It is wonderful that they have con.,
tinned to remain assembled for such a length of time, com-
posed i's they are of such heterogeneous materials and di-
vided interests. The garrison at present in Aden is fully
capable of repelling any attack, however well planned or
bravely led, which they can direct against Aden. There are
now 1,200 European and 1,300 native troops in the place,
besides her Majesty's sloop Serpent, the lion. Company's
sloop Elphinstone and brig Euphrates, shortly to be rein-
forced by her Majesty's frigate Fox, another sloop and
schooner, besides a steam-frigate to be permanently placed on
the station.

I regret to say that the Berenice steamer, which ought to
have left Suez on or about the 23d ult., has not reached
Aden, nor have accounts of her been received up to this date.
Great fears are entertained regarding her safety. We have
had very stormy weather at Aden and in the gulf for the last
eight days; it is therefore to be apprehended that she may
have experienced very heavy weather in the upper part of
the Red Sea, got disabled, and been obliged to bear up for
some port on the Arabian shore, where she must remain till
assistance reaches her from Aden, as, in the event of an ac—
cident happening to her machinery, it would be impossible
for her to reach Aden under canvass at this season of the
year. Should she not arrive before the steam-frigate cornea
in from Bombay (daily expected), the latter will be dis—
patched in quest of her. We can hardly believe that an 7
accident has befallen the packet in the Mediterranean, as it
would have been remedied in a few days. The arrival of3be
Precursor, due on the 16th or 17th ult., put us in possession of
some direct information as to the time she left Suez for Aden.

The Atalanta, which left Bombay on the 2d inst., at half-
past three A. Si., arrived this morning at half-past two, having
made the passage in nine days.
The French sloop-of-war Zellee, Captain Feirek, arrived
from Bourbon on the Bth inst. with dispatches for the French
Government, and five French passengers, to proceed to Suez
per Atalanta, which leaves this evening, at five o'clock.
All the troops, European and native, continue healthy.
Supplies from the interior are abundant. The inhabitants of
the towns near Aden are beginning to turn their attention to
the cultivation of European vegetables, for which the soil is
very favourable. Indeed, growing vegetables for the Aden
market they find a lucrative occupation, as they are at alt
times certain of a good remuneration and ready sale. It is
to be regretted that advantage is not taken of this growing
spirit of inquiry, which seems to have been suddenly excited
in their minds, to introduce an improved system of horticul-
ture and agriculture.