The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY 'MORNING, -AUGUST 8, 1842.

SURREY THEATRE.

The opera of Guy Mannerinq was played at this thea-
tre (for the second time this week) on Friday night, to a
crowded house. The sweet and pleasing scotch music
was beautifully sung by Miss Homer, Mrs. Searle, and
Mr.. H irrison ; indeed we almost might say that the
opera was twice played in one night, as almost every
s.ng was encored. Dibdin's hurletta of The Quaker fol-
iowei, Leffler playing the part of Steady. His tinging
of the " Lads of the Village" was a treat of no ordinary
character. Mr. W. Smith played the part of Solomon,
and kept the house in roars of laughter.

BURNS'S SISTER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

have read in your'paper of the 25th instant, a
letter, written generally in good feeling, but erroneous in
some particulars, respecting the subscription for Burns's
sister. As the individual solely concerned in originating
that subscription, and all along conducting it, and as
be:ng generally conversant with the family circumstances
concerned in the case, I can assure you with the greatest
confidence that the three sons of Burns are not
_thirty
liable to the least shade of censure. Delicacy towards
these gentlemen forbids me to enter into particulars; but
I trust that the public will receive my humble testimony
on the subject in the way in which I am obliged to give
it, and as all that is strictly necessary on the present
occasion.
I am happy to take this opportunity of stating that I
consider the future comfort of Mrs. Beg g as now amply
secured.---I remain, Sir, year most obedient servant,
ROBERT CHAMBERS.
St. Andrew's, Fifeshire.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
July 28. Falcon, yawl, Rev. Denis George, from Mil-
ford and Plymouth.
29. Petrel, cutter, Earl of Ilchester, from Weymouth.
Dream, cutter, George Bentinck, Esq., from Portmoutb.
31. Resolution, schooner, Duke of Rutland,from Brest.
August 2. Fanny, cutter, Sir Edward Scutt, from
Cherbourg and Havre.
3. Ariadne, cutter, W. Peareth, Esq., from Sandgate.
4. Pearl, cutter, Marquis of Anglesey, from Plymouth.
SAWN G S.
August 2. Intrepid, cutter, Earl of Tyreonnel, for
Portsmouth.
August 3. Resolution, schooner, Duke of Rutland, for
Southampton. Dream, cutter, Geo. Bentinck, Esq., for
Cherbourg. Circassian, schooner, Wm. Lyon, Esq., for
Cherbourg. Corsair, cutter; John Congrave,
Ch*ourg. Brilliant, schooner, G. H. Ackers, Esq.,
for Werbourg. Cynthia, cutter, R.. Frnnkland, Esq.,
for Cherbourg. Esq , for
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Sehooners—Merlin, Harriet, Jack-o'-Lantern, Hawk,
Ariel, Camilla, Gitana, Hussar.
Cutters—Pearl, Nautilus, Sparrowhawk, Hebe, Petrel,
Phebe, Aurora, Talisman, Flower of Yarrow, Midge,
Sahire, Ariadne, Medina, Fanny.
Yawls—Alarm,Breeze, Water Lilly.
The Secretary has sold the Ghana schooner, of 168
brough, Esq., of Hambrough Castle. to John Ham-
tons, the property of E. N. Harvey, Esq.,
The harvest proceeds at a rapid rate. So bad a crop
of corn was never before seen in this island ; the very
wet autumn and snring, followed by such a continued
drought, has ruined the farmers. Since March, with the
exception of a few trifling showers, there has been no rain

EXPRESS FROM PARI
The following appeared in our Afternoon
Saturday :

Edition of

PARIS, AUGUST 3.

We have just received an extraordinary express
from Paris, bringing the important intelligence of M.
Sauzet's election as President of the Chamber. Be-
fore the first scrutiny the numbers were—
Sauzet 2lO
Odillon Barrot
Dufaure
Dupin l6
Berryer

No candidate having the " absolute majority" re-
quired, a second scrutiny was proceeded with, when
the Ministerial candidate was elected by a majority
of 2.5. This first defeat of the Opposition is regarded
in Paris as of considerable importance.

PROTEST of DISSENTIENT PEERS
AGAINST THE REJECTION, ON THE SE-
COND READING, ON 4TH AUGUST, 1842, BY
THE HOUSE OF LORDS, OF THE EARL OF
RADNOR'S BILL FOR THE TOTAL REPEAL
OF THE CORN-LAWS.
DISSENTIENT.
I. Because there exists great distress in the country,
arising from the depressed state of commerce and ma-
nufactures, and aggravated by the high price of corn,
which would be greatly relieved by the passing of this
Bill ; inasmuch as,
Ist. A large quantity of wheat and other corn, now in
bond, would be forthwith released and brought into the
market, and the present prices consequently lowered; and
2d. An opening would be thus afforded for the future
interchange of our manufactures for the agricultural
produce of other countries.
IL Because, even if the hope which may reasonably
be entertained, that there would thus be brought about a
revival of commerce with foreign countries were to be
disappointed, the immediate operation of this Bill would
not fail to give a stimulus to the home market, inas-
much a the diminished cost of necessary food would
leave to the consumer increased means for the purchase
,of other articles, and thus the general fund for the em-
I ployment of labour would be increased.
111. Because the repeal of the present Corn-laws is a
measure eagerly desired by a large portion of the people,
whose patient endurance of their sufferings entitles them
to every consideration, and who attribute to it their dis-
tress. and think that to its repeal they must look for
relief.
IV. Because I believe that this Measure, so eagerly
desired by the .suffering people, would be highly
beneficial to every class of the community. Experience
proves that this country does notzrow corn enough for
its own consumption, and as it appears from returns on
the table of the House that from the year 1770, on each
succeeding period of ten years, a larger supply of foreign
wheat has been required than in the preceding period,
and there can be no doubt that this progression, caused
by a rapidly increasing population will continue, a con-
stantly increasing deficiency of food will require to be
made up by importations from foreign countries.
V. Because it is for the interest of all parties that
this supply should be commensurate in extent, and co-
temporaneous in time, with the demand, and that it
should be obtained at the smallest possible cost ; and
while no legislative provision can, by any contrivance,
secure these objects, the sliding scales of the Acts pro-
posed to be repealed by this Bill have a direct tendency
to prevent the attainment, and to aggravate the inconve-
nience, both of a rising and of a falling price, by hold-
ing out inducements in the first case to withhold the
supply, for the purpose of advancing the price, and con-
sequently lowering the duty ; and in the other, to pour
it into an already over-supplied market, to avoid the
higher duty consequent on a lower price.
VI. Because that which no legislative wisdom can
accomplish, will best be effected by the unceasing vigi-
lance of unrestrained commercial speculation, in the
same manner as the wants of the population of this
great town are, without any legislative provision or
administrative care on the part of the Govern-
ment, at all times adequately supplied from different
parts of the kingdom ; so if the arrangements of com-
merce were not interfered with by mischievous legisla-
tion, would the kingdom itself be supplied (always suffi-
ciently, never superabundantly) by the unrestrained in-
tercourse of traders, from other parts of the world, while
the competition amongst the traders themselves would
insure to the country the lowest possible prices, con-
sistent with the true interests and powers of the producers.
VII. Because a moderate price of food is manifestly
for the advantage of all the consumers thereof ; the alle-
gation that a high price is rendered necessary by the
great burdens imposed on the people, cannot by possibi-
lity apply to any but the producers ; and the benefit of a
low price to all others, is undoubtedly net the less for
their having other heavy burdens to bear. Indeed, the
producers themselves have the same interest, in as far as
they are consumers ; and inasmuch as the well-being
and prosperity of the whole tends to the benefit of every
part, I hold that the reaction of the general prosperity on
the producers themselves, would more than compensate
for any loss consequent on their being deprived of their
I monopoly.
VIII. Because it does not appear that the British
agriculturists have ever suffered from legitimate foreign
competition, or need entertain any apprehensions of it.
The periods of agricultural distress have been precisely
those when no foreign grain has come into the market,
and the years when there have been large importations,
have been those of high prices and agricultural prosperity.
IX. Because the sliding scale is fraught with other
great inconveniences. It holds out temptations to inte-
rested persons te influence, by fictitious or fraudulent
sales, the averages for their own advantage ; •sometimes
to the injury of the public, always to the detriment of
the revenue ; and by the uncertainty which it introduces
into the amount of duty at any particular period, it keeps
out of the market the traders of distant countries, and
especially of the United States of America. Thus coin-
petition is limited, the country is deprived of all the be-
nefits to be derived from the intercourse which would
arise from this trade with the people of distant countries,
who are precisely those most able to supply our wants,
"and most willing to take our manufactured goods in ex-
change ; and we narrow our sources of supply to the
countries of Europe with which we can more expedi-
tiously communicate. We voluntarily and unnecessarily
deprive ourselves of an ample, and betake ourselves to
an inadequate market.
X. Because it has been found that under the operation
of the late Act there have occurred great fluctuations in
the foreign trade in corn, Sometimes, for several years
consecutively, the importations have been very great; in
others, also consecutively, quite trivial; and the trade
has thus assumed a character of unsteadiness and uncer-
tainty, totally inconsistent with a regular exchange of
manufactured pods. The consequence has been, that
these large occasional importations have caused such a
derangement in the exchanges, followed by a correspond-
ing export of bullion, as has produced an alarming de-
rangement of our currency, to the great detriment of com-
merce, and the imminent danger of public credit; and to
such an extent, that on a late occasion the Bauk of Eng-
land was constrained to apply for-assistance to the Bank
of Paris. The Act of the present session, does not, in
my opinion, remove the probability of the recurrence of
this danger.
XI. Because I believe that the free intercourse in corn
will not permanently or materially lower its price. Uni-
formity of price in every country would necessarily fol-
low, limited only by the expense of carriage from the
cheaper to the dearer country ; and the price in each
will be regulated by the cost of profitable (the only
desirable) production in the dearest.
XII. Because the same free intercourse will afford the
greatest possible security against the variation of price in
different seasons. The trade in corn would be no longer
subject to the uncertainties of the present system. And
the foresight of traders, sharpened by interest, and en-
lightened by extensive communications with every part
of the world, would enable them so to apportion and
hoard up the superabundance of one year or country for
the supply of the deficiencies of others, as to produce
the greatest attainable equality in every season.
XIII. Because this happy state of things, by removing
as far as possible from every community, and from every
member of each community, all uncertainty of the neces-
sary supply of food, and all uneasiness on that score,
would leave them at greater libeity to pursue eadh, that
separate vocation, manufacture, or trade, which would
be most profitable to the individual, person, or State, and
consequently most conducive to the advantage and wel-
fare of the whole.
XIV. Because no measure of precaution, no extent of
military power, no depth of diplomatic ability, would
so much as this free, unrestrained, and universally
profitable intercourse, conduce to the stability of the peace
of the world.
XV. Because I see ground for apprehension, that if
the harvest of this year should be abundant, and followed
by a succession of favourable seasons, we shall fall into
the same state in which we were in 1834, 5, and 6. Corn
will become abundant and cheap—manufactures will
probably revive, and, possibly, the necessity of the repeal
of the Corn-laws will be forgotton by those who now de-
mend it ; but on the other hand there will be complaints
of agricultural distress. Corn cultivated at a great ex-
pense in expectation of high prices, will be produced in
abundance, and will again fall so much in value as not
to remunerate the producers. This again will lead to
a diminished cultivation, and after a few
o'ears bring back
high prices, the necessity of foreign importation, and
a renewal of distress in the manufacturing districts ;
and as each period of such distress has heretofore been
more severe and more prolonged. than the preceding,
and has been accompanied by a larger importation of
foreign corn, I doubt not the next will exceed any hitherto
witnessed. This alternation of suffering and prosperity
of the agricultural and manufacturing classes, aocom-
panied in every case by .a directly opposite condition of
the other interest, is calamitous and full of danger. The
well-being of each ought to be dependent on, and con-
temporaneous with, the well-being of the other, and there
seems no reason in the nature of things why the two
interests should not uninterruptedly advance together in
prosperity and wealth. And as I believe that this state
of things would be best brought about by leaving un-
controlled the free current of national industry, I gave
my cordial support to a Bill, the object of which was to
leave free and unconstrained the trade in the most im-
portant article of the food of the people.
RADN,
BROITG HAM.
KINNAIRD AND ROSSIE,
CLONCURRY.

We understand that there is a slight revival in the
warp. tatting branch, but to what extent does not at pre-
sent appear. This extensive manufacture being but ip
few hands, the masters have every ivinone keeping
the actual state of the denutild from their work-people.
--Nottingham Journal.

FUNERAL SERVICE FOR THE ,
DUKE OF ORLEANS.
The funeral ceremony performed on Wednesday at
Notre Dame must rest without parallel for magnificence
and solemn pomp. The crowds which visited Notre
Dame during the three last days were struck with the
rich solemnity of the scene ; but, the vague ideas com-
municated from the casual view obtained in a hasty visit
sink into insignificance compared with the deep impres-
sion left on the minds of the spectators by the splendour
and deep religious feeling which pervaded the whole
ceremony of Wednesday.
So great was the anxiety to be well placed on this
solemn occasion, that as early as seven o'clock persons
had collected round the various entries of the cathedral,

and at half-past eight extensive queues had already been
formed. The crowd thus assembled was composed of

persons in deep mourning, and belonged to the more re-
spectable ranks of society. At nine o'clock the doors
of the cathedral were opened, and the public
admitted. As each ticket specified the door
by which the holder was to enter, and the
gallery where his seat was reserved, not the slightest
confusion arose. All the steps and sides of the various
staircases leading to the tribunes were covered with
black. The light of day had been so carefully excluded
from every part of the interior of the church, that the
eye of the spectator could not at first distinguish more
than the leading features of the funeral decorations. By
degrees, as the gloom became more familiar, the details
gradually unfolded themselves, and it was universally
acknowledged that the effect was in the highest degree

magnificent and solemn.
The immense body of the nave from the vaulted
ceiling to the ground was entirely covered with black,
decorated above with a frieze of Byzantine ornaments in
rich silver embroidery. The pillars were closely
enveloped with black as far as the capitals, the ogive
however being left bare, and standing out
.in admirable
relief from the black hangings. Between the pillars,
banners of black and blue silk, embroidered with silver,
were suspended, bearing the words Oran, Coleak, Bli-
dab, Bouffarick, Douera, Mihab, and Bibans, where the
Prince fought at the head of the army in Africa. Huge
banners of black and blue silk, richly embroidered,
bearing the cipher F. P. 0., were also suspended from '
the vaulted roof. Immense silver poles ran through the
liner part of them, with large silver ornaments at the
sides, and with immense silver tassels falling from the
lower corners. Two ranges of sepulchral silver lamps
of exquisite form and workmanship, were sus-
pended from the roof at each side of the centre aisle,
and a third row went down the middle. These were

of great beauty, and each contained 36 burners.)
The side aisles were lighted up in a similar manner. A I
range of silver candelabra, of antique form, with urns
at the top to contain incense or other inflammable
Matter, said to be designed by Isabey, ran down each
side of the church. Between the pillars galleries were
constructed fOr the public, and under the organ sintklar
structures were erected. Under the galleries ran a rich
frieze of silver embroidery, and high up on the side
aisles, below the groins of the roof, a similar line of
ornament was placed. Silver lace of the richest descrip-
tion ran down the black hangings along the pillars, and
the black round the gothic arches was edged with the
same material. Eight ranges of seats were erected at
each side down the whole length of the centre aisle,
rising one over the other, and covered with black, the
lowest row on the ground, and the highest rising to mid-
distance between the plinth and capital of the pillars.
These extensive amphitheatres were destined for the de-
putations of the National Guards and of the troops of
the Line. The transepts were entirely covered with
structures of seats rising one above the other to a con-
siderable height, where the Peers and Deputies took
their places. The upper part of the choir was decorated
like the nave, and the galleries of this part were orna-
mented with stars, Greek crosses, and cyphers. A
mosaic dazzling with embroidery, a frieze of the same
description, and ninety silver lamps ornamented the high
altar in front of the Cross.
In the centre of the church, at the Cross, rose the ca-
tafalque, which was one of the most splendid construc-
tions of the kind ever beheld. A large pedestal, 58 feet
on every side, served as a platform for fourteen eerie-
tides ofsilver, supporting with their colossal dimensions
the raised platform on which was placed the coffin. Au
immense canopy, 106 feet high, of embroidered velvet
lined with ermine, descended from the top of the vaulted

ceiling on the sides of the catafalque.. The curtains
«•ere tied up to the pillars of the Cross by tri-coloured
flags. A flight of 25 steps, decorated with candelabra,
similar to those in the aisle, and urns for incense, as-
cended to a level with the platform. All round the
body tapers were placed, amounting in number to 500.
In the upper part of the canopy a vast number of lights
were burning, thickened so as to form circles, and placed
in the centre in the form of a crown. In the aisle be-
yond the catafalque, rows of lights were also placed in
silver lamps, thus lighting up brilliantly all parts of the
building. The urns along the aisle and on the steps to
to the canopy contained spirits of wine, which were set
fire to immediately before the ceremony commenced,
and it may be mentioned, as a proof of the exact man-
ner in which everything was calculated, that they ceased
burning only a few minutes after the termination of the
service.

In entering by the grand portal, when all this vast
number of lights were burning, the first appearance of
the church was absolutely dazzling. All the fires, dart-
ing forth their rays along the long black vault on so
much silver and embroidery, produced on the eye for a
moment the painful sensation of a hasty glance at the
Sun. When the first surprise was past. and the eye
could steadily view the decorations, the character of
mourning, though on a very magnificent scale, was so
clearly marked out in the general arrangements of the
cathedral, that the heart grew cold, as it thought of the
sad occasion of all this pomp. - The grand object amidst
the whole was at once perceived to be the catafalque,
and the architect's object was evidently to make every
other decOration in the church subsidiary to the effect
which that construction should produce. The brilliant
mass of light with which it was surrounded, the profu-
sion of silver embroidery which decorated it, and which
went on increasing in splendour from the lowest step of
the pedestal to the top—the Ducal crown 'by which the
whole was surmounted, all contributed td' make it the
, dominant object in the church.
The tribunes were filled in a short time after the doors
were opened, about half of the congregation being ladies.
At half-past ten o'clock the various great bodies of the
State and the schools began to arrive, and the seats be-
low began to fill. The heat at this period was excessive,
from the vast number of lights, and the female part of
the congregation suffered severely. The crowd increased
by degrees, as the different deputations arrived, and at a
quarter to eleven the whole aisle was one moving mass
of uniforms, embroidery, and costumes of various bodies,
as General and Staff-officers, Ambassadors, the Mem-
bers of the Council of the Chambers, moved on to take
their seats. The hum of voices and the sound of feet, !
necessarily consequent on the entrance and arrangement
of so many thousand persons, gradually increased until
within five minutes before eleven, when it reached its
height. At that moment a slight " Hush " was heard,
and instantly the voices became silent, and the order and
solemnity suitable to the occasion were restored. The
huge bell of Notre Dame, which had from time to time
throughout the morning set forth a melancholy toll, now
sounded continuously, and amidst its mournful peal the
clergy moved forward in grand procession towards ths
Grand Portal, to receive the Princes.
On the side seats might also be seen the heads of the
Civil List, the Prefect of the Seine at the head of the
Municipal Councils of Paris and the banlieu, the Aca-
demy of Medicine, the Tribunal of Commerce; the Juges
de Paix, the Royal Council of Public Instruction, the
Mines et Chaussees, the Jewish and Protestant Consis-
tories, the Chamber of Notaries and Avoues, and other
public bodies. The Chamber of Peers took their plaoes
in the right transept, with the Chancellor and Grand
Refeudary at their head, and at their right were placed
the Ambassadors and their several employes. Amongst
them was seen Lord Clanricarde, formerly Anabassador
at the Court of Russia, who had come from London to
attend this ceremony, the Duke of Orleans having
honoured him with his friendship. The Chamber of De-
puties sat opposite to the Peers, in the other transept.
In the part of the church reserved to the choir, the
Archbishop of Paris took his place, surrounded by the
suffragan Bishops of his diocese, the chapter of Notre
Dame, the Cures of all the parishes of Paris, the Cure
of Isteuitty, and the chaplains of the civil and military
establishments, amounting in all to nearly 300 clergy-
men. The Bishop
.of the Holy Land and the Chevalier
Bandini del Pitti, in his dress as belonging to the order
of Jerusalem, were present.
The upper galleries near the choir were occupied by
the Ladies of Honour of the queen and of the Princesses,
the ladies of the Ambassadors, the wives and relations of
the Ministers, and other persons of high rank,
Precisely at eleven a salvo of twenty-one guns, fired
from behind the Cathedral, announced the arrival of
the Duke de Nemours, the Prince de Joinville, the
Duke d'Aumale, and the Duke de Montpensier. The
Princes, who were attended by the officers of the King's
household, as well as their own, were met at the porch
by the Archbishop and his clergy. They wore long
mourning-cloaks over their uniforms, and took their
seats on the chairs planed for them at the foot of the
catafalque. Their countenances were exceedingly sad,
and their whole bearing was very much cast down. The
Duke de Nemours and the Prince do JoinviLle sat in
the centre, the Duke d'Aumale on the right, and the
Dpke de Montpensier on the left. On the right of the
princes, a little behind, sat the Ministers, and on the
left the Marshals, in full uniform. As soon as the Princes
had taken their places, the funeral service immediately
commented. The "De Profundis" was chaunted in
the choir behind the catafalque, low at first, but, when
the choristers joined in, gradually swelling into a
rich and mournful harmony. The mass for the dead
we, given in full choir, in which the whole of the clergy
joined, their voices rolling through the whole space, and
rising to the vault, at once solemn and affecting. The
moment of the elevation of the Host was announced to
those outside the cathedral by the firing of a cannon, and
to the troops by the rolling of the drums,
Another discharge of artillery and the tolling of the
bell announced the Absolution, which was pronounced
by the Archbishop of Chalcedonia, the Archbishop of
Aix, the Bishop of Nancy, and the Bishop of Anglers,
who ascended the steps of the pedestal on which the
catafalque was raised, and were assisted by the Vicars-
General. After them the Archbishop of Paris performed
the same solemnity. This being done, he descended half
way, and stood on the right side attended by his assist-
ants, and there held the holy water for the four Princes,
who ascended one after the other, and, having received
it at his hands, sprinkled with it the last receptacle of
their beloved brother. After the Princes, Marshal
Soult as President of the Coensil, the Chancellor
as representative of the Chamber of Peers, M. Laffitte
in the name of the Chamber of Deputies, and the
Count cl'Appony u the oldest resident foreign Am-
iiikssador, performed the same sad office. This
was, without exception, the most affecting part of the
day's proceedings, and made a profbund impression on
all present. It WAS impossible to behold the young Princes,

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Tale with emotion, and borne cloth. with,glWotlesarad-,-0
ing slowly and sadly from the Wtifagetey-afta belcing,-.4
hid a last farewell to him who,scareely kfoitiiigilt lieriire,
full of life and promise. was conkitietecheertaiTof-reigtEl
ing over so great a nation, without.being_dsepl, totielt4l.
The mind too recurred to thosejtiourtfer; c‘rho were
absent, and imagination pictured, the afflictii)it` of ,he
sorrowing group at Neuilly, as they offered up prayers
for him they had lost. It was a painful moment, and
left after it a deep and sad impression.
The Princes immediately afterwards retired, and were
followed at once by the vast congregation. The service
lasted two hours and twenty minutes, and the number of
persons present may be imagined, when we state that
about three quarters of an hour elapsed before the church
was cleared. No accident occurred during the day.

ABYSSINIA.
THE ABYSSINIAN .MISSION 1S HOW Somewhat
more than a twelvemonth since niiorliarris and a

party of Bombay officers left on an exploratory tour
to the interior of Africa. The expedition. originally
consisted of Captain Harris, Bombay .Engineers
Capt. Douglas Graham. of the Candeish llbeel Corps;
Captain S. Horton, of her Majesty's 49th Regi-
ment ; and Doctor Kirk. of . the Bombay Medical
Establishment. T 1 these were afterwards added
Assistant-Surgeon Impev, then serving on board the
H. C. brig-of-war Euphrates. Six pieces of artil-
lery, and 600 stand of arms. formed a. portion of
their presents. H. M. S. Endymion. which after-
wards reached Bombay, had on hoard a number of
additional gifts of importance. The H. C. brig-of-
war Euphrates was attached to the mission, with
the view of keeping open the intercourse with
Aden. Captain Ilarris left Bombay with Sir
James Carnac, on the 27th April, on board the
H. C. war-steamer Auckland ; and arrived at Aden
on the Bth May. The remainder of the party fol-
lowed four days afterwards, on hoard the Cleopatra
packet-steamer. After providing at Aden the
requisites necessary for their journey, they pro-
ceeded on board the Euphrates for .the coast of
Africa, taking with them thirteen artillerymen, and
four of her Majesty's-fith Royals. , The mission'reached
Tajoura in the kingdom of Shoa, in safety. Tajoura,
though occupying a somewhat conspicuous place
on the map, is merely . axillage of 70 or 80 wooden
huts, with a couple of mosques built of stone. Its
harbour is roomy, and has anchorage for several
large ships a considerable way from the shore of
the open sea. The Chief is styled Sultan. lie re•
seises an annual tribute of 200 head of cattle, camels,
&c., from the neighbouring Darakil, and a stipend of
twenty dollars.froM 'Leila, to which he is subordinate.
The principal exports from Tajoura are slaves. Its
chief communication is with the African country
called Aousa, peopled by Habookah Christians.
here Captain Harris and his party were at first very
favourably received. Captain Morton was seizel).
with brain fever, and continued for some time so
ill that he was-obliged to be left behind. On their
journey inland, two of the soldiers they had taken
with them were murdered, tas also was their cook.
The party had encamped in a ravine, when during
the night a scream was heard from one of the tents,
when it was found that a sergeant of the 6th had had
his throat cut—a soldier was stabbed to the heart--
and the belly of the cook cut across. The murderers—
supposed to be Gallas—escaped. The mission,
reached Anchobar, the capital of Shoa, in lut y.
They suffered severely from extreme heat and want
of water—having, contrary to the remonstrances of
the natives, quitted the coast at an unfavourable
period of the year. Their journey was 370 miles ;
this they peri'ortned in 47 days—the baggage ard.
presents requiring 200 camels for their transport.
The entire route is described as one waste howling
wilderness. Anchobar is situated on an extensive
plain 8,200 feet above the level of the sea ; it con-
tains about 10.000 inhabitants, mostly Christians_
The name of the king is Saloo or Shalepee. He is
a good-natured drunken fellow, about
the thirty-eight
111-ss.oll
years of age. Since July, 1841 i
re-
mained at Anchobar. Captain Horton and Dr. Impey
having returned, its members are, ( Harris, Capt.
Graham, Dr. Roth, and Dr. Kirk ; the last name.)
gentleman having been appointed Deputy Assay-.
lila.ster to the Mint, is likely bye-mold-bye to rettun,
Anchobar was visited in June, 1835, by the German
Missionaries Isenbing and Kraaf—the latter of whom
has been of great assistance as interpreter to our
party. They have been very favourably. received
throughout : it. had not, until their arrival, been
visited by any Christian since the days of Alvarez in
1520. Some. months since, a very important Me-
moir was forwarded by Captain Harris to the Bombay
Government,7by whom a. copy was. presented ta
the Geographical Society—relating to a. magnificent
river said to disembogue itself about two degrees
north of the line. This river, which is called- the
(.:;oolob„ or Bergamo, is of great size, spreading out,
atone part, of its course to the extent of four miles.
It is said to take its rise in the mountain-land jr,t
north of the line. It has never as yet been vis-„ted,
so far as is known, by any European ; anal;
our in-
formation concerning it is derived entire)-,from the
natives—chiefly from the slave-dealers, It is +
said to
be navigable for many hundred iniks inland. This
does not appear to have been heard (ti by at„- of the
Missionaries—at least no notice is taken of 'it in the
published portions of their Journals. In 1811, Capt.
Smee and-Lieut. Hardy were despatched, in comman.
of the H. C. cruizers "'ornate and Sylnh, to survey ttie
east coast of Africa, from Cape G-ardanmi south to the
island of Zanzibar. The chief object of this search
having in view the discovery of the emb•Juchure of
the Doora river—most probably the. liame as that
deSeribed under a different name by Captain Harris.
They were not fortunate enough to discover the mouth
ge
of the stream of which they were in quest, but found
in lat. 0 deg. 13 min. S.,
" a lar
seamen e)n
p;
rbzo eetuhnd
eAra extensive stream
b "
calledb orR
o
.gT ,loos (not u
e
River(no t unlike our
Go
ra-
pidly); and Gevind by the Soomalies. It does not
appear to have been examined with any considerable
degree of care. Its bar is so shallow that boats can
only enter it at high water ; and it has scarcely any
choen
seirracabtleer
proofpo ther_
imper-
fectlycoast
tk
seemsnowh tono
tu
us
1;11ai
likely and trade. This portion of Africa is still very
.trho amt t
tion of the waters which flow from the interior may
be absorbed in the arid and burning sands before
reaching the sea. We have only alluded to that por-
tion of Captain Harris's memoir which treats of the
Goolob : the rest is full of matter of interest in refe-
rence to the manners of the inhabitants in the interior ;
which will, we believe, shortly appear in the Transe.:-..-
tions of the Geographical Society.—Bombny T6lles,
June 8.
Letters of the 10th of March have been received
film Captain Harris. He had accompanied Salloo, the
King of Shoa, on a great military expedition to the west.
The people marched against seemed a poor helpless race,
and were qui eklysea ttered before the men of Shoe. Three
thousand are computed to have fallen ; the country
was everywhere laid desolate with fire and sword-;
and the army, rotten and half noseless, returned hi
triumph. The members of the mission continued in
good health.—lbid, June 11.

SALISBURY.--SUPPOSED MURDER OF TWO InFANTS.
—On Thursday an inquest was held in this city, before
Mr. Wilson, on the bodies of two children, twins, aged
two years, who were found suffoested in a wash-
tub, in the yard of a lodging house, in St. Anne's-
street, kept by 4 person of the name of Brasher. The
parents of' the children are Irish, of the lower order,
and their names are Charles Ester and Mary Ann
Ester. From the examination of the witnesses it, ap.
peered that the children were found between one and two
o'clock on the previous day in the wash-tub ; and from
its height and the difficulty, they must' have had to
olimb it, suipicion of their having been-wilfully suffo-
Fated by some person or persons has arisen. The follow..
ing are the most important portions of the evidence :
" Elizabeth Jacobs examined—l have been living At
Mrs. Brasher's for six months ; my husband is a iii..
bourer ; the Esters came there on Monday i the chil-
dren were always crying, and were very troublesome.
On Tuesday the mother was out in the town the greater
part of the day, and on that evening she asked use to
nurse one of them, and she would. satisfy me for my
trouble; and I said I could not, as I was washing for
Mrs. Brasher. She then went up stairs with them, and
remained with the child that was ill. I never saw her
again till the next morning. About ten o'clock she came
to me In the washhouse, and asked me if I would take
one of the children from her while she gave the sick
child some medicine. 1 agreed to take the child, but
it would not come to me, so I followed her up stairs,
and she put the children down at the foot of the bed,
and they cried very much, and she then clasped her,
hands and said, ' Oh, what am I to do with my ch,.l-
dren ? The Lord of Heaven send that my child.rett
may be stretched before night ;' and I replied, ' Don't
say that, mistress, for children are troublesome. I
have had twins of my own, and they do give trouble.' "
The evidence of this witness also went to show that the
mother on hearing of the death of the children did not
exhibit such signs of grief as might have been expected
from maternal feelings. The inquest, after a long in-
vestigation, in which several witnesses, and amongst
them two medical gentlemen of the city, were examined,
i
was adjourned by the Coroner, n order that a post mortera,
examination of the bodies of the children should be made,
The mother has been taken into custody, but not ex-
, unlined on the inquest.

ALARMING FIRE IN WHITE-STREET, 130ROUGH.,--
Shortly after two on Friday morning, a fire of a very
alarming character broke out on the premises belonging:
to Mr.Hullett, furrier and skin-merchant, No. 34
White-street, Southwark, within a short distance of
George's church. The fire was first discovered by police
constable Simon Savoury, M 155, on going his rounds.
No sooner was the door burst open, than the flames
were blown with amazing rapidity into every room, and
the inmates were compelled to scramble over the
.back
premises almost in a state of nudity. The flames very
soon reached the roof, which shortly after fell in with a.
tremendous crash, and the flames then shot forth into
th© air, and illuminated the horizon for miles round. Att
a tittle before six o'clock the fire was wholly
guished, but not before the place was entirely burnt
down, not even the bare walls remaining. It could not
be ascertained how the fire originated. Mr. Hullett'a
loss must be immense, but he is insured in the T.dicenued
Victuallers' office.