The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1842

-Nottingham on Wednesday last. An old man, a
rick-thatcher, named Roberts, was dug out frightfully
rnangifil. Two children, one much crushed about
the arms and shoulders, and lastly their mother, who
Was enceinte, the accident producing premature deli-
very, and the child found quite dead. A dog and
other animals were also killed.
Mr. Gregory, the gentleman who has been officially
engaged in Manchester inquiring into the origin of
the present insurrectionary movement, has been com-
missioned to visit Stockport to-morrow and Saturday.

LA W INTELLIGENCE.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY).
IN RE RICHARD T. SHELTON.
The bankrupt was ca bleacher and dyer. His debts
were stated at 23,0001. He was also engaged in the
corn and coal trade, in partnership with a person
named Watson, at Wapping.
This day being appointed for the final examination
of the bankrupt, he stated that about 2,0001. of the
partnership debts was contracted chiefly upon accom-
ruodation bills, which he accepted for a person named
Milner, who was well-known upon the turf, and had
paid them away in sporting transactions. The bank-
rupt acknowledged that he NO himself been in the
habit of betting occasionally. He had a property in
Leicestershire in right of his wife, which he thought
would realise by sale about 7,0001. or 8,0001., and she
had also expectancies upon the death of her father.
The
-the assets bankrupt then passed the final examination.
will realise about 7s. 6d. in the pound.
Pp

LICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL—(THIS DAY.)
'tintes -Dennis and John Hart were charged with
violently assaulting City police-officer John Coombes.
The prosecutor stated that he was on, duty in
Smithfield on Monday evening, where he saw the
prisoners
; they were talking to several others. As
fitness was passing, the prisoner Hart came up to
I_lllnl and struck him a violent blow in the eye, which
knocked him down. When he was down, the two
that his leg
prisoners' commenced kicking witness so severely
was fractured. He was so much injured
that he was unable to attend before to-day.
complThe prisoners, in their defence, stated that the
ainant was in plain clothes, and they did not
know he was a policeman. He was
phin and
shoving them about, and he knocked Hart sus wifeg down.
Another officer stated that this was not true, as the
complainant did not touch or interfere with the pri-
soner in any way.
The ALDERMAN said, that as the policeman was in
butplain clothes, he should not inflict the full penalty,
he should fine the prisoner Hart 10s., or
in default
f payment, commit him to prison for a month; and
the other prisoner, 58., or 14 days' imprisonment.

KO W -ST REE T .—(T HI S DAY.)
Man of the name of Johnson was charged with
hg tradesmen's door-plates.
Policeman F 27 said that he was on duty about
waltef-ripast one this morning, in Little Russell-street,
tte he saw the prisoner with a chisel in his hand
ampting to wrench the door-plate off the linen-
do pets at No. 12. Witness asked him what he was
"I, and he said that he was doing nothing only
Waiting for his wife. IVitness then took him to the
atation-house, and, on searching him there, he found
Sve brass-plates upon him, three latch-keys, and a
skeleton key. On going round his beat again, wit-
ness found twelve other brass-plates in Little Russell-
street and the neighbourhood partly wrenched off.
Mr. TWYFORD said there was no doubt that the
prisoner had stolen the plates found upon him; but
in order that tradesmen might come forward when
they
remand m ll ednesday.

ARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
a_linn Leonard and Caroline Barneby, young, well-
j'efessed females, were charged with uttering a coun-
th?it crown piece, under the following circum-
nees :—Between eight and nine o'clock last evening
JPrisoners, in company together, entered the bar of
e (3-rapes wine vaults in Oxford-street, kept by Mr.
allies Williams. having ordered and been served
With some refreshment, they tendered in payment the
crown piece in question, which was immediately de-
tected to be a counterfeit.
Mr. MALTBY inquired if they were known ?
Police-constable Giblett, of the C division, and who
is attached to this Court, stated that they were two of
an organised gang of between twenty and thirty
female utterers of base money, which at present in-
fested the metropolis and the outskirts, and had suc-
ceeded in passing spurious crown pieces to a very
serious extent. The prisoners he had known for the
last ten years as notorious " smashers," during which
period they had been several times convicted. Barneby
had been but a few days discharged from the House
of Correction, where she had suffered two years' im-
prisonment for a similar offence.
They were. remanied until the Solicitor to the
Lint could attend.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
WARWICK RACES.—WEDNESDAY, (CONCLUDED).
The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. ,_ The winner to be sold for 200 L, &c. Heats, 2 miles.
Mr. Collett's Rory O'More, 6 yrs (Whitehouse) I
Mr. Robbins' President, 4 yrs
Air. Coates' Jolly Boy, 4 yrs 2
SThe following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
peed's Emperor, 4 yrs ; Mr. Woodhouse's
Caitiff, 3 yrs;
air. Dixon's Feroid, 4 yrs ; and Mr. Cheadle's Waterloo,
3 yrs.
ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES.
.I.IVEDNESDA.Y.—TheMaiden Plate of 501. Heats, 1 mile.
411% Weirininck's Patchwork, 3 yrs...(Esling) 0 1 1
kr. Theobald's Pocohontas, 5 yrs 1 0 2
r. E. Clark ' Lady Harriet, 3yrs .. 03 3
Alt Cr - , Clarke
Y
ipt, lAOII 8 Vigo, 3 yrs 0 2dr ift Wood's Goneril, 3 yrs 2 odr
" Members' Plate of 501. The winner to be sold for
lii. ji 2001., &c. Heats, two miles.
f
t. ornsby's Revoke, 2
6 yrs (Owner) 1 1 fi• Scott's Ellen, 3 yrs
Vie.Tollett's Fiery Oaks, 5 yrs
Tomline's Little Tom, aged
gr.Dockeray's Lyster, 6 yrs
5 dr
'Un Rockingham Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added.
The second to save his stake, and the winner to be
v.,..r.oskionrggl. Heats, one mile and a half.
2 1 1
Hawk's-eye, 4 yrs....(Cohen) Shelley's lole, 3 yrs l2 2
air. fledges's Dane Sohn, 4 yrs 3 3 dr
11 itADCLIFFE BRIDGE RACES.—TUESDAY.
e Irwell Stakes of 2 soya. each, with 15 added ; the
Zrta. second saves his stake. Heats, thrice round.
. I,ll!rrisonrs Oak Branch, 5 yrs (Bradley) 0 1 1
Mr.
Spink's Margaret, 3 yrs
44r. Atkinson's the Lake, 4 yrs .
The Hurdle Race Stakes of a 3
sovs. each, 15 added; 4,,re won in two heats by Mr. Hyde's Birthday, aged
I'llekleb lug
h), I'. Larnplu h)' beating .White Stockings and Kate
vi At the Wilmslow Races on Tuesday, the pony race
stakesas won by Mr. olland's Cupid, and the Wilmslow
by Mr. JonHes' Strangways.
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,
CORN AVERAGES.
Ne4„ENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OEBRITISH CORN,
Loe w
the t eek ended Aug. 30, 1842, made up from the Returns of
Iva, Tl,Peetori In the ditThrent Cities and Towns in England and
wke tes,Per Irnperial Quarter.
114.0,,,t .. : ..... 51s. 3d. 1 Oats . 18s. 9.1.1 Beans...—. 33.. Id
. ...... 27%. 2.1. 1 Ilya lls. 55.1 Pease .... ....,325. sd.
Vicsek. .
.. AVERAGES OF THE I.d. ST six WEEKS.
July WHEAT. IB•ELEV.I OATS. EYE. . DEANS. rEASP.
3') ----[--4 -----
Aug,
~ :. ....... f)3 9 28 0 21 5 35 11 34 7 33 10
Ik:it. ........ 111 3 27 6 vg 6 n 6 6 34 I 32 11
~r) •••••••. 58 11 .27 6 2.1 2 32 8 34 1 36 7
, ....... 56 5 26 9 19 5 31 6 31 8 33 11
04;,,, ......... 55 0 27 3 18 7 91 6 .31 11 32 6
1 ........ 53 3 '27 2 18 9 31 5 -33 1 32 4
..Wh,at "AI. AGGREGATE AVERAGES Or THE SIX wlterrs
narie.
.. I Oats
331 811 Pea5e.........334. 4d.
)13*Val2; ................ ‘41453..13041?, liitßS)..ytOes° TORE 7s.
"ev ......... S. 01 1 nye
9;. 611 Pew.... .. 9. 6d.
Til

E MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.)
COLONIAL MARKET.
I°
There were few public sales, and prices for the
iill part were unaltered. A good business was done
I.auliritish Plantation Sugar, at full prices. For
ritius and Bengal, extreme prices were realized
,r? change in Coffee. For Bengal Rice, rather higher
leeS
"re fully were paid. Cotton more in demand, and prices
sustained. and prices on the advancee Indigo market is brisk,Th.

T TEA MARKET.
hhe market was firm, and a fair business done ;
the
lg. 9d. pere l owest pr
lbice of sound common Congou was ls.
`.

MARKE T.
_ Prices remain muchTALLOW the same, but the transactions
were limited. P. Y. the the spot, 475. 6d. to 475. 9d.,
10? arrival inlast three months 475. 6d.
per cwt.

WIIITECHAPEL MARKET.
„eseri Ikere was a good supply, with a fair trade, for al
ptions and prices without alteration. Cloverl
I
2, f• 12s. to IOsL. 12s. to 1/. 16s: ; Hay 2/. 10/. to 4/. 10s. ; St raw

TREAT H. O NORTF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
rac returns fur the week ending Sept. 3, 1842 :
Passeng £l,OlO
ers
1 7

£1,349 9 1

Corresponding week last year ....£1,352 4 5
4-oarttngtoa, Sept. 7. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary.

ine English mail could not enter Calais harbour
Vyednesday last at twelve o'clock, and the sea and
zt`ttil u rendering it impossible for any boat to put off for
mails, the Captain started for our harbour, where he
fre ived at a qu.rter to two, and then found sufficient
the two
to enable him to enter. So much for
the value of
two harbor*—Boulogne Gazette.
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LAUNCH OF HER MAJESTY'S
SHIP ALBION.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
DEvosironz, WEDNESDAY.—Yesterday was kept
here by all classes as a general holiday, the occasion
being the launch of the Albion, of 90 guns, one of
the largest two-decked ships ever built, and if
the expectations formed of her sailing should
be realised, she will be a valuable addition to the
naval force of the nation. She is to carry thirty-two
68-pounders on her lower deck, and will throw a
broadside of 2,016 lb. of metal. She is built on the
principle of Captain Sir Wm. Symonds, the Surveyor
of the Navy. Additional interest was given to this
launch by the presence of the Lords of the Admiralty,
whose flag is now flying on board the San Josef,
Captain Burgoyne. The day was as fine its could be
wished, bright and glowing, and the thousands who
were abroad, both on land and water, converted the
landscape into a most busy and gratifying scene. The
heights opposite the dockyard were crowded
with spectators ; the surface of the water was
covered with boats of all kinds and sizes;
from the humble skiff to the noble vessel of some dis
tinguished member of the Royal Western Yacht
Club. Tickets of admission to the seats in the tem-
porary galleries erected along the sides, and around
the bows of the Albion, were quite at a premium,
and much anxiety was manifested to obtain them.
From three o'clock, when the dockyard gates were
thrown open to the public, till past four, a continuous
stream of people was pouring down to the scene of
action, and those who could not get an inside place
were fain to see as much as they could (which hap-
pened to be very little), through the supports of the
immense roof over the ship and under the spec-
tators' galleries. The enormous fabric was lite-
rally wedged in by a mass of humanity. At
four o'clock Admiral Superintendent Pym ar-
rived on the platform, followed shortly afterwards,
by Sir G. Cockburn ; Lord Haddington and Sir G.
Seymour made their appearance at half-past four.
The preparations went on busily, and the tide rose
under the keel rapidly. Shortly before five o'clock
all was ready. Mr. Hawkes, the master builder, then
led Mrs. Drake_, the daughter of the Admiral-Super-
intendent, to the verge of the platform ; a bottle of
wine, gaily decorated with white and purple ribbons,
had been suspended at a convenient height, and it
having been, with all due ceremony, placed in the
lady's hands, she immediately dashed it against the
bows, shattering the bottle into a hundred fragments
(a good omen it is said), and causing the " regal
purple stream " to fhw copiously down the oak tim-
bers, soon to be washed by another and far diffe-
rent fluid. " Success to the Albion " was then
given, with three cheers by the whole of the com-
pany, and the Lords of the Admiralty left
the platform, and proceeded to seats which had been
prepared for them on the larboard stern-quarter. A
few minutes were allowed to elapse to give their Lord-
ships time to seat themselves, and Mr. Hawkes then
gave the mallet and chisel to Mrs. Drake, who divided
the cord that, by a most ingenious mechanical con-
trivance, is all that holds the immense mass in its
place, and thus set at liberty the Albion, which, like a
gallant horse, impatient of the rein, rushed on her
downward path to the ocean, with speed and majesty,
which few could behold without a thrill of feeling
and a throb of national pride.
She was taken into dock with the same tide, and
will be commissioned immediately.
The Lords of the Admiralty dined with the Admiral
Superintendent in the evening, and a splendid enter-
tainment was also given by Captain Burgoyne, on
board the San Josef, to which more than two hundred
persons, including a large number of naval and mili-
tary officers were invited.
Lord Haddington is holding his official levee at the
dock-yard this morning.
The following are the dimensions and armament of
the Albion :

Ft. in.
Extreme Length from Figure Head to Taffrail 243 1
Length of the Gun Deck....... 204 0
Extreme breadth 6O 21
Height of Figure Head above under part of Keel 52 11
Taffrail 55 8
Depth in Hold
Burthen 3,110} Tons.
Weight when laun3hed
„ when equipped for sea, with
three months complete stores 4,230

Lower Deck No.
68 prs 32
Armament... Upper Deck 32 ~ 32
Quarter Deck and Forecast le 32 „ 26
Weight of Broadside of Shot in Ma 2,016

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 7.—The Warspite, 50, Cap-
tain Lord John Hay, is daily expected at Spithead
from New York, with his Excellency Lord Ash-
burton. It is supposed she will be re-fitted to proceed
to the Mediteranean.

The Curacoa, 26, Captain Jerkin Jones, and Arrow
brigantine, are expected shortly from the South
American station to be paid off. The former is ship-
ping an immense amount in dollars in the northern
ports of Brazil, for England.
It is rumoured that the President, 52, will shortly
be commissioned here to go to the Mediterranean.
There are no orders to put into commission the new
brig Frolic, but she is preparing for the pendant, and
will shortly be ready.
The new steamer Firebrand, to carry four 68-
pounders, has been launched, at this dockyard, pre-
paratory to Fong to the river for her machinery.
The steamer thunderbolt, which is ordered for com-
mission, is hourly expected from Glasgow, in charge
of the master of the Victory.
The Philomel, 10, Commander Sullivan, arrived at
Teneriffe, 31st July, after a pleasant passage of four-
teen days from Plymouth. She was to proceed on
the 3d August to Rio de Janeiro, to be employed on
surveying service.
The brig Jaseur, 16, Commander Willis, has
arrived from Gibraltar to be paid off. Left in the
Bay, at her departure, 10th August, the Thunderer,
84, and Formidable, 84 ; the former occasionally made
a trip to Cadiz Bay, and was shortly to go to Malta.
The Jaseur has been upwards of four years in com-
mission.

The Sappho, 16, Commander Parrey, recently from
the West Indies, will be paid off at Plymouth on
Thursday, and the Buzzard, 3, will be commissioned
there in a few days.
The cutter Sylvia is gone to Jersey as a tender to
the Seaflower, and is in charge of Lieut. G. G. Tur-
nour, to protect the oyster fishery there.
The Samarang, 26, is preparing at this port for
commission.

The steamer Kite, which left Plymouth in April
last with men and boys for the Iris, 26, on the coast
of Africa, has returned with the surviving officers and
men of the ill-fated Niger Expedition, whom she has
landed at Plymouth.
The Tenedos, 26, is to proceed to Bermuda as a
convict-ship, when ready.
The steamer Gleaner, Lieut. Jeayes, from the West
Indies, is to be paid off at Woolwich. She left the
Admiral, Sir Charles Adam, at Bermuda, on the 25th
of July.
At Spithead—No vessel of war.

In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Nau-
tilus, Imaun, Jaseur, Orestes, Rocket, Echo, and flag
tenders.—BrightonGazette.

The Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Lord Powers-
court, and Lady Campbell, 'landed at the Brunswick
Pier, Blackwall, this morning, from Antwerp, from the
General Steam Navigation Company's Steam-ship,
Wilberforce, Captain Stranack.
The mortal remains of the late General Lord
Robert Edward Henry Somerset, G.C.8., will be re-
moved from his late residence in Grafton-street to-day,
for interment in the family mausoleum of the Beaufort
family.
The splendid gifts presented So her Majesty by
Baboo Dwarganauth Tagore consist of the most magni-
ficent Indian shawl, of a bright turquoise blue, with the
richest palms, of an entirely new and original pattern,
and a dagger, meant for the Prince of Wales, the handle
of which is of rock crystal, mounted in black enamel, in-
crusted with diamonds of rare water, and the sheath
studded with rubies.

A LADY CHOKED BY A PLUM-STONE.—A Gravesend
Correspondent who was in the Spring Head Gardens,
Gravesend, at the time this sad accident occurred to the
wife of Mr. Ibbells, jeweller, of Museum-street Blooms-
bury, sends us the particulars of this melancholy affair,
in the course of which he attaches great blame to certain
cabmen on the spot, with cabs waiting outside, who re-
fused to convey the lady to obtain medical aid, none
being there within two miles ; in consequence
of which, though every exertion was made to disengage
the stone from her throat, she died, though eventually
conveyed away from the gardens, when it was too late,
by two gentlemen in a carriage. Prompt assistance,
he considers, would certainly have been the means of
saving life.
Miss ADELAIDE KEMBLE.—We are glad to hear
that this favourite singer is fast recovering from her late
indisposition. A severe sore throat was the immediate
cause of her inability to appear on Saturday at Covent-
garden, but there is every reason to expect that she will
sing next Saturday. Her physician (Dr. Wilson) has
advised her not to go to Brighton on Monday, conse-
quently the concert which bad been announced for that
day has been postponed to the 19th inst., when Miss
Kemble, Miss Dolby, Giubilei, and John Parry will sing.

Hop INTELLIGENCE.—WORCESTER, SEPT. 7.—
About forty pockets of hops of the new growth appeared
at market on Saturday, but only sixteen were sold, the
trade considerirg the prices demanded by the growers
to be too high ; the few disposed of realised 90s. to 935.
per cwt., but it is expected these prices will not be main-
tained with a duty of 19,0001., at which it is freely
backed. A large supply is expected at the fair on the
19th, when prices will be settled. We had also twenty-
seven pockets of old hops weighed on the same day.—
Worcester Journal.

Pates of IRON.—From a private letter received
in York this week from StatThrdshire, it appears that on
the Ist instant the price of iron advanced 10s. per ton,
end 'il further rise is expected.—York Courant.

QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.

THE DRAWING-ROOM AT DALKEITH
_ PALACE ON MONDAY.
(From the Edinburgh Advertiser.)
From an early hour in the forenoon, the road to
Dalkeith, leading to the Sheriff-hall entrance to the
domain of his Grace the' Duke of Buccleuch, was
crowded with carriages. Before twelve o'clock, up-
wards of a hundred had taken their stations in the
avenue. It was calculated that 380 carriages stopped
at the principal entrance ; and the whole number that
passed DAlkeith Palace may be fairly stated at 400,
and they extended fully to the length of three miles.
The morning portended rain ; and about eleven
o'clock a heavy Scotch mist descended ; but it was
fortunately of short -duration. As the hour fixed for
the commencement of the Reception approached, the
bustle on the road increased; but we are happy to
state that, so far as we have heard, no accident was
occasioned by the impatience which was felt to obtain
an early place in the train. No confusion whatever
occurred at the entrance or elsewhere.
The avenue was kept by a party of the Enniskillen
Dragoons ; and on the lawn before the Palace, where
several tents had been erected, a guard of honour was
stat;vned, and also the band 'of the 53d Regiment,
which from time to time continued to play a variety of
lively and popular tunes. Among the earliest arrivals
were those of the deputation from the Commission of
the last General Assembly, and from the Universities.
The Magistrates of Aberdeen arrived at an early hour
in two carriages, each drawn by four greys, with
scarlet liveries, halberds, and streamers.

The Reception was held in the great gallery of the
Palace, which had been handsomely fitted up. In the
course the morning, awnings were erected before
the principal entrance to the Palace ; and altogether
the preparations appeared to be of the best description.
The various deputations were first admitted to the
Royal presence. The Magistrates of Edinburgh
having been introduced, met with a most gracious
reception.
The deputation representing the Church, con-
sisted of more than thirty members of the late Gene-
ral Assembly.
The deputations from the Universities of Edin-
burgh, Glasgow, St. Andrew's and Aberdeen, were
next introduced.

The Reception was attended by—
DUCHESS of Roxburghe.
MARCHIONESS of Abercorn.
COUNTESSES—Rosebery, Haddington, 'Morton, Dal-
housie, Eglinton, Cawdor, and Hopetoun.
LADIES—John Scott, Frederick Fitzclarence, Blan-
tyre, Belhaven, Janet B uchanan, Charlotte Murray
Macgregor, Alicia Erskine, Jane Charteris, Ellen
Douglas, Louisa Primrose, Anne Primrose, Louisa
Forbes, Napier, Ruthven Henderson, Durham,
Charlotte Fletcher, Anne Mackenzie, Buchan Hep-
burn, Hall, Catherine Douglas, Clerk, Georgina Bal-
four, and Mary Dundas, Caroline Charteris, by the
Duchess of Buccleuch, Harriet Suttie, by the Duchess
of Buccleuch; Caroline Burgess, by the Duchess of
Buccleuch.

HONOURABLES—Anne Dundas, Jane Dundas, Mrs.
Callendar of Craigforth, George Hope, Mrs. Prim-
rose Catherine Stuart, and Georgina Stuart, Mrs.
Adolphus Cathcart, by the Duchess of Buccleuch.
MISTRESSES.—CampbeII of Islay, Alison (Possi
House,) Murray of Cringletie, Richard Fox, Kincaid
Lennox, Alex. Wedderburn, William Law, Ruther-
ford, Thesiger.
MissEs.—Fitzclarence, Hope Johnstone, Camp-
bell, Isabella Clerk, Watson of Saughton, Murray,
Cunningham of Craigend, Denniston, and E. Dennis-
ton, Murray, Macgregor, Emma Law, Charlotte Law,
Shaw Maxwell, Themger, and Miss Clerk.
(Here follow three columns of names which our
readers will thank us for omitting.—En. Sun.)
The following are the Addresses of the Church of
Scotland presented at the Reception to the Queen
and Prince Albert, with the answers :
TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

May it please your Majesty,
We, the Ministers and Elders of the Church of
Scotland, met in the Commission of the General As-
sembly, eagerly avail ourselves of the privilege of
approaching the Throne with our cordial congratula-
tions on the highly interesting occasion of a visit of
our august Sovereign to the ancient kingdom, over
which a long line .of her Royal progenitors held the
sceptre, and which, ever since the accession of the
house of Brunswick, has rapidly advanced in civilisa-
tion, in commercial enterprise, in the peaceful arts of
industry, and in the loyal, independent, and orderly
character of an intelligent and patriotic people :
effects which we attribute primarily to the power of
Divine truth, impressed on the heart by the faithful
preaching of the Word, accompanied by the inesti-
mable advantage of a sound and practical education,
based on the Holy Scriptures.
It has been hitherto, and we trust will ever be, the
aim of those who have the spiritual oversight of the
people of this land to inculcate, along' with the para-
mount obligations, privileges, and hopes of the Gospel,
the indispensable duty of allegiance to the sovereign
power of the State, and cheerful subjection to the
other authorities, ordained of God for the punishment
of evil doers, and the praise of them that do well;
and, fortified by the experience of former times, our
firm conviction is, that there can be no adequate
security for the stability of the throne, the permanent
tranquillity of the empire and the perpetuity of the
best national institutions, except that which is derived
from the purifying influence of our most holy faith,
extended to all the pursuits of human life, so as to
cherish the practice of that righteousness which ex-
alteth a nation.
It has been highly satisfactory to successive Gene-
neral Assemblies, to receive annually, from the repre-
sentatives of every Sovereign since this Church was
finally established by law, the strongest assurances
that it will be secured in the possession of all its
rights and privileges ; and we entertain the earnest
hope that your Majesty will ever extend your Royal
protection to an ecclesiastical establishment which is
acknowledged to have been productive of the most
substantial national results.

That the supreme Loid and King of the world,
whose dominion ruleth over all, may preserve your
Majesty in the possession of every temporal and
spiritual blessing, that the nation may long rejoice
under your beneficent government, and that, after a
prosperous and peaceful reign, your Majesty, with
the Royal family, may eternally enjoy the inheritance
of a better country, which is an heavenly, is our most
earnest prayer. In the name of the Commission of
the General Assembly.
(Signed) DAVID WELSH, Moderator.
Edinburgh, Sep. 3, 1842.
To this Address her Majesty was pleased to return
the following most gracious answer :
For this loyal and dutiful address I return you my
thanks.

I acknowledge with gratitude the inestimable ad-
vantages which have been derived from the ministra-
tions of the Church of Scotland. They have co -
tributed in an eminent degree to form the character
of a loyal and religious people.
I confidently trust that by your example and con-
duct you will continue to deserve my favour and
protection. You may be assured that the solemn en-
gagement into which I have entered to preserve all
the rights and privileges of the Church as established
by law, shall be fulfilled by me with scrupulous
fidelity.

TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT.
May it please your Royal Highness,
We, her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the
Ministers and Elders of the Church of Scotland, met
in the Commission of the General Assembly, beg
leave to offer to your Royal Highness our heartfelt
congratulations on the happy occasion of your safe
arrival, along with our Gracious Queen, in this
northern portion of the United Kingdom. We have
been highly gratified by all that we have heard of
the dignified and honourable deportment of your
Royal Highness, and other excellencies of character,
worthy of the illustrious race from which you are
descended; and we are grateful to Divine Providence
for having vouchsafed to us the exhilarating prospect
of the inestimable benefits which may result to our
posterity from the occupation of the Throne of this
great empire in time to come by a line of Sovereigns
whose ancestors have long supported the interests of
the Reformation.

It is our devout prayer that your Royal Highness,
with our beloved Sovereign, and your Royal Off-
spring, may long be preserved in the enjoyment of
health and coefort, and in the full possession of the
ardent attachment of a grateful people, and at last,
through the merit of our Divine Redeemer, exalted
to the bright and incorruptible inheritance of heaven.
Given at Edinburgh, in name of the Commission of
the General Assembly.
(Signed) DAVID WELSH, Moderator.
Edinburgh, Sept. 3, 1842.
To this Address his Royal Highness Prince Albert
returned the following most gracious reply :
To the Commission of the General Assembly
of the Church of Scotland.
I thank you most cordially for the kind congratu-
lation upon our first visit to Scotland, contained in
the Address you have just presented to me.
I earnestly trust that the Church of Scotland may
successfully pursue its exertions kr the promotion of
true religion and sound education, and thereby ad-
vance the best interests of a loyal and affectionate
people.
PRINCE ALBERT IN EDINBURGH.

Yesterday his Royal Highness Prince Albert paid
an early visit to tile city, to inspect some of the pub-
lic institutions, &c. He left Dalkeith Palace shortly
after eight o'clock, accompanied by Colonel Bouverie
and the Hon. G. E. Anson, on horseback. Exactly at
nine his Royal Highness rode into the Court of the
University, where he was received by the Very
Reverend Principal Lee, Professor Bell, and Professor
Trani.

His Royal Highness manifested great delight in

minutely examining the specimens ; and occasioned
!much surprise by his profound knowledge of various
branches of Natural History, particularly of Ornitho-
logy, Mineralogy, and Geology. In OrnithOlogy he
seemed intimately acquainted with the most recent
discoveries ; asked if the collection possessed several
new species which he mentioned, and detected many
of the rarest specimens, before, his attendants had time
to point them out. He made around of all the Gal-
leries in the Western Museum ; entered the lecture-
room of the Learned Professor of Natural History,
and at once recognised many of the drawings of ice-
bergs and Alpine scenery, and especially those illus-
trative of the Glacial Theory.
In the Model Gallery, his Royal Highness pointed
out the various remarkable objects in the scenery
around Mont Blanc, and showed the arduous path by
which he himself had reached the Jardin across the
Mer de Glace, in his Alpine excursions. The
Principal conducted his Royal Highness through
the splendid Hall of the Library ;—directed his at-
tention to the small, but classical collection of paint-
ings, and exhibited several of the interesting manu-
scripts. After which his Royal Highness visited, the
Eastern Museum, containing the fine collection of
skeletons.
The early hour had rendered his visit as he in-
tended, private. Only two ladies, whom we under-
stood to be the daughters of Professor Trail!, ac-
companied the party. His Royal Highness took his
departure about ten o'clock, leaving all who had
the good fortune to meet him charmed with his
urbanity, his elegant manners and deportment, the
sagacity of his observations, and the extent and accu-
racy of his knowledge of Natural History.
His Royal Highness then proceeded to the Institu-
tion on the Mound, accompanied by Principal Lee,
and John Russell, Esq., C.S. After viewing the
Royal Society Room, Principal Lee conducted his
Royal Highness to the Antiquarian Museum,
where he pointed out the most interesting objects to
the Prince, such as the Maiden ; John Knox's
pulpit ; Jennie Geddes's stool ; the Thumbikins;
Rizzlo's walking cane ; the Ribbon worn by Prince
Charles Stuart; with all of which the Prince seemed
highly amused. He afterwards minutely inspected
the Gallery of Ancient Pictures, where be was joined
by Dr. Abercromby and Sir John Robison, when he
shortly afterwards left. The Prince expressed to Mr.
Smith his regret that time would not allow him to in-
spect the ancient sculpture.
His Royal Highness, in order to have a view of the
romantic scenery in the environs of the city, ascended
some of the eminences in the neighbourhood. From
the Institution he proceeded to the Calton Hill, and
thence taking the route by George-street, Moray-
place, Lothian-road, &c., he proceeded as far as the
brow oP the hill at Morning-side. From this point
the Prince returned by Brunsfield Links, up the
middle walk of the Meadows, and turning y Teviot
Row, left the town by Bristo-street for Dalkeith.
DEPARTURE FROM EDINBURGH.
(From a Second Edition of the Edinburgh Observer

of Tuesday.)

The sun dawned this morning
the
further progress of Queen Victoria through these
northern districts of her empire. It being generally
Palacenerally
known that her Majesty would leave Dalkgeifl
this morning at nine o clock, and pass through
Edin-
burgh on her way to Queensferry, many citizens
were on foot at an early hour in the morning, and
making inquiries as to the route she would take in
passing through or near the city.
Her Majesty's movements appear to be as punctual
as if regulated .by machinery. The carriages were
ordered to be at the door of Dalkeith Palace at a
minutes
quarter before nine o'clock, and within a few
thereafter she was on her progress northward. The
route her Majesty intended to take not being exactly
known, the general pressure was towards where it
was considered certain she must pass ; and shortly
after six o'clock this morning, the inhabitants began
to assemble at the head of Minto-street, Newington,
Majesty would come in the expectation that her
that way. The crowd continued to increase until
about twenty minutes from ten o'clock, when
her Majesty and suite made their appearance, and
were received with deafening cheers and waving of
handkerchiefs.
The cortege then proceeded down
West Preston-street, by !lope Park, Buccleuome ch-
-
street, Bristo-street, Teviot-row, Lauriston
_, H
street, and Lothian-road. When opposite St. John's
Chapel, at a few minutes from ten, a Royal salute
was fired from the Castle, and answered by the
Daphne frigate. The thousands who by this time
had assembled gave an imposing effect to the scene,_
,_the air literally rang with joyous acclamations. The
-Royal party
then proceeded along Queensferry-street,
and the Dean-bridge, to Craigleith toll-bar, where a
relay
of horses were in attendance. The utmost re-
gularity prevailed throughout the whole line; the
police b • aving ordered all carts and carriages to be
drawn aside to. such places as would least inconveni-
ence the Royal progress. Mr. Sheriff Speirs met the
Royal party beyond Dean-bridge, and rode at a h
s ort
distance in froth of her Majesty's carriage.
In
anticipation of her Majesty passing onwards
from Dean-bridge, there were numerous individuals
and groups on the move along the Queensfery- read
from that point so learly as seven
friend o'clock ; and As a
of ours, who started at that hour in the same
direction, drove along, thepedestrians became
~
nume-
rous, and vehicles of all des ; began to thicken
on the road, all in the cript.on.,_
Q same track towaias the scene
of embarkation at e several roads
ueensferr. Th
leading to the • point of attraction
were already
pouring in the i
po Idaton of the adjacent country,
every in
variety
of vehicle foot. The walls
of the plantation skirting or on the Edin-
burgh the declivity on Edin-
burgh road, began
to be f •
ringed with expectant
spectators, and cluste • tern brow of
rm..
6 on the western
Dalmeny Park, while, on either side of the inn, the
of
several classes carriages were so arranged as to
keep the roadway and the area in front of the inn
completely clear for the approach of the Royal cor-
tege. The Sheriffs wereLi ere long joined by the Earl
of Hopetoun, Lord-Lieutenant of the county, and his
brother, Mr. Hope, their horses,
proceeed on the Edinburgh-1:::, who, mounting
of road to meet her Ma-
jesty. The Earl seberry and Lord Dalmeny
also appeared on horseback, and Provost IVyld and
the other Magistrates of
Queensferry took a station in
t
front of the inn at the op of the pier. The arrange-
ments made by the Sheriff for keeping order, and at
the same time affOrding the fullest accommodation,
were admirable ; and nothing
could exceed the good
temper and courtesy of
the
policemen who were on
duty. The whole qua
the area betwixt it and the inn
kept vacant, as well as
inn, and the bugle having
sounded about nine o'clock, the soldiers were in their
ranks facing the east in a l!
e with the centre division
allm
wall of the pier, while who could not find room
elsewhere were spread out on the rocky beach east of
the quay, which was covered with a footway of
scarlet cloth from the upper to the lower end ; and
ere her Majesty arrived the assembled people were
clustered thickly all around
in the most orderly man-
ner, affording a pleasing picture of all grades of
society among us.
Her Majesty arrived at N
cheer-
ing of the throng, and the ewhalls, amidst the
bonnetS in abundance, __ew.aving of hats and blue
eleven o'clock.. Her Majestyrcisel--
y at five minutes to
carriage by Sir Neil Douglas was handed from her
Forces, who, with anaaide ' Commander of the
pre-
viously appeared on the ground had sometime
alighting immediately, her ; and Prince Albert,
arm, walked along the qua Majesty leaning on his
walking uncovered on her Y.—the Lord Lieutenant
of Roseberry on the left of r_i_ght hand, and the Earl
fol-
lowed soon after by Sir Robertlrince Albert, and
rd Liverpool, and other _.Peel, Lord Aberdeen,
dist •
Inguished personages
The her Majesty's suite.
The embarkation was in a few
accom-
plished, on board of the Queen minutes
(the approach to the shore of a
Margaret steamer,
Royal steamer in the
offing being quite out of the questi°n)
and when the
Queen of the Wooden Walls of E '
ogland stood on the
quarter deck of this humble bark,
she was greeted
with renewed acclamations from the crowd, who by
this time had rushed along the
in the ardour
of enthusiasm. These manifestationsay
of loyalty, we
need scarcely add, were received by h
her Majesty and
Prince Albert with their accustomed
cour-
tesy. Only the Prince and two ladies accompanied
grace and
her Majesty in the boat, which bore her from the
shore of Lothian, and which took a
for a considerable distance, partly perhaps
sweep
to obtain a
view of the surrounding beauties on either bank of
the Forth, and partly to afford time for the embarka-
tion of the other official attendants, and
the carriages
by another boat. For these another
small steamer
and ferry boat were in readiness—and we were not a
little amused to see Sir Robert Peel takes his place in
the bow of the boat for the carriages.
however, beckoned to the steamer. The He was soon,
tug and boat
cut right across, and having landed at the North Ferry
their passengers and freight, left the
quay, while the
boat with her Majesty on board,
after sailing east-
ward beyond Inchgarvy, neared the
, the pier, and disem-
barked at twelve o'clock at noon
Royal steamer
firing a salute, and the gathering on the quay and
heights of North Ferry greeting. the landing
by sig-
nals which we could see,_ but could not hear.
We understand that her Majesty intends to return
this from her excursion to the Highlands on day week,
after which she will again honour the Duke of Buc-
clench with a residence of five days.
THE ROYAL VOYAGE. TO SCOTLAND.
We have seen a letter from an officer 0 n board
Royal squadron during the passage,
W.ilie_ we hasten
the
to communicate to our readers. It mosth_
remem-
bered that it is a private letter to a brotherbe
officer,
and not intended for the public eye; but, as
contain-
ing authentic information on a subject in which all
feel so deep an interest at this moment, we trust we
shall be excused if we have committed
a breach of
confidence in transferring it to our columns
" Leith Roads,- set)t :
1, 1842.
" G°4 be praised ! Her Majesty arrived'
safely in
Leith Roads at half-past 1 o'clock this morning; and

at 9,landed safely at Granton Pier, warmly greeted
by thousanda of her loyal Scotch subjects.
" The Roya 1 passage has been as favourable as
could possibly have been expected; not an accident
or a delay of any sort or kind ; not a rope-yarn
strained, nor even a carriage scratched. The news-
papers will already have told you of the embarkation
at Woolwich, on as unpromising a morning as I ever
witnessed. But the rain held up at the moment that
her Majesty approached, and not five minutes elapsed
between alighting from her carriage and being under
weigh in the Royal yacht—precisely at five minutes
before 7 o'clock.
" On entering Long Reach,, and finding the river
tolerably clear of shipping, Lord Adolphus Fitz-
clarence ordered the Shearwater, Captain Washing-
ton, to take the yacht in tow, and the Black Eagle
to tow ahead of her ; and in this manner we pro-
ceeded, the three ships in line, without once slacken-
ing the halsers, till we dropped anchor in Leith Roads
in 661 hours from Woolwich.
"As we advanced down the river the day became
beautifully fine ; numberless vessels followed, all
dressed with flags. At Gravesend colours of every
nation were displayed by the shipping, the bells rang
a merry peal, the people loudly cheered, and the guns
of Tilbury Fort welcomed Ocean's Queen' with a
Royal salute, recalling the stirring times of Raleigh,
of Drake, and of Elizabeth.
"On entering Sea Reach the signal was made to
the Pique and Daphne to weigh and join the Royal
squadron, but the light easterly wind would not
enable them to do so. Shortly before noon the
squadron reached the Nore, and were received with a
Royal salute from the Camperdown, 110 guns, bear-
ing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Brace, and
the Pique and Daphne—the ships dressed with flags,
and the yards manned, presenting a striking and
beautiful appearance.
" During the whole of this time her Majesty and
Prince Albert were on deck, and appeared to enjoy
the scene extremely, noticing the various objects of
interest as they were pointed out by Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence, and bowing repeatedly to the cheers of
the private steamers, which one after another ranged
alongside the yacht, and.after taking leave with three
deafening huzzas now wheeled round, and retraced
their way towards London.
" The Royal George, you are aware, is a beautiful
vessel; but, perhaps, she was never seen to greater
advantage (except when under sail) than surrounded
by the steam flotilla which accompanied her ; her
and beautiful form, which reposed on the water
like a swan, her yards admirably square, every rope
as taut as a harp-string, and her lofty and graceful
spars towering far above all, with the Royal Stan-
dard, the Meteor Flag of England,' floating majesti-
cally from her maintop-gallant masthead, completed a
model of symmetry and grace.
" The squadron now bore away down the Swin, the
two steamers as beforementioned towing the yacht, fol-
lowed by the Rhadamanthus, Lightning, Fearless, and
Monkey, placed in order of sailing on each quarter of
the yacht, and accompanied by the Vestal, Trinity
yacht ; which latter excited general admiration by the
seamanlike manner in which she took up her position
and kept it throughout the whole of the voyage.
" Passing the remarkable Maplin Lighthouse, built
upon iron screw piles, apparently in the middle of the
sea, and receiving a oyal salute from Walton-on-the-
Naze, the squadron arrived off Harwich harbour (the
safest on the eastern coast of England, and where, in
case of bad weather, we must have sought refuge) at
five o'clock. Here it was met by the Orion and River
Queen, Ipswich steamers ; the former, having on
board the Mayor and town authorities of Ipswich,
ranged up alongside, playing the national anthem, and
greeting her Majesty with loud buzzes. A little be-
yond we pasted through a line of revenue cruisers,
under the command of Captain Jerningham and
Lieutenant Smith, R.N., who manned their rigging
and gracefully lowered their gaff top-sails and flags to
the Royal standard, while hundreds of white pocket-
handkerchiefs which loyally flutterednithe breeze, and
the thrilling cheers of an equal number of manly
hearts, proved their devoted attachment to their lovely
Queen. Foremost among them we distinguished a
group of youthful children, who, having imbibed
Lyalty with their mother's milk, stretched out their
little arms towards their beloved Sovereign, and lisped
a blessing on her Royal head.
"Onwards swept the Royal yacht—Bawdsey, Or-
ford, Alborough, were rapidly passed in succession,
and the last rays of the setting sun fell upon the con-
secrated yet crumbling towers of Dunwich, and illu-
mined all that now remains of the thirteen churches
of the former capital of the kingdom of East Anglia.
"At midnight we rounded the extreme eastern
point of England, guided by the brilliant light of
Lowestoffe, and, passing round the back of Yarmouth
Sands,steered through Hasborough Gat, while the first
beams of light left upon the lofty cliffs of Cromer,
indistinctly seen through the morning mist.
"At nine o'clock we passed the. Dudgeon light-
vessel, about thirty miles from Cronier, at noon were
off the Humber, and at five o'clock we had a glorious
view of the projecting view of the promontory of
Flamborough head, which boldly resists the waves of
the German Ocean, and affords the valuable shelter of
13ridlirigton Bay, to the numerous shipping which
trade along the eastern coast of Great Britain.
" The sea, during the whole of this time, was calm
as a mirror, and her Majesty and the Prince were
early on deck, enjoying the morning air. Shortly
after breakfast a telegraphic message announced that
Her Majesty and the Prince were perfectly well,' a
message which, I need not tell you, was received by
the whole squadron with three hearty cheers ; a signal
was then made, by command of her Majesty, to in-
quire after the health of the ladies, the Duchess of
Norfolk and Miss Paget, who were on board the
Black Eagle ; the answer was, 'With duty to her
Majesty, quite well.' A similar question was made
to the Lords in Waiting, &c., who were on board the
Rhadamanthus, the answer to which caused general
merriment throughout the squadron, All well, and
the Lord Steward eating monstrously.'
" By means of Watson's signals the Royal yacht
communicated with the station at Flamborough Head;
and, I believe, received news of the health of the
Royal infants. I have not mentioned that out of
every port along the coast, boats, and sailing 'vessels,
and steamers, came to pay homage to their Queen ;
but, perhaps, the most remarkable were the Aldbo-
rough yawls, which rowed out a long distance off the
land, and' cheered manfully as we passed them close
alongside, about nine o'clock—and on the Humber a
simple fisherman, with a venerable bald head, held up
a fine fish with both his hands, as the only homage he
had to offer to his Queen • this act was kindly ac-
knowledged by Prince Albert.
" Onwards steered the gallant fleet as the shades of
evening closed on the white and conspicuous build-
ings of Scarborough. As the squadron passed along
the land, her Majesty from time to time referred to
the beautiful charts of the coast, which have been re-
cently published by the Ilydrographic-office at the
Admiralty, and a copy of which was mounted and
folded in a convenient form expressly for this occasion.
" During the night the wind freshened from the
northward, and rather delayed our progress ;• still we
passed along all the coast of Yorkshire and of Dur-
ham, and at eight o'clock on the morning of, the last
day of August we stood in to the land at the entrance
of the Tyne, and had a distinct view of Tynemouth
Cliff and Castle; hence we continued alongshore about
five miles off the coast, passing Blyth, Newbiggin,
and Cresswell, backed by the heights of Simonside,
l3radham, and Shaftham, and the more distant
above
range
e
of the great Cheviots, rising nearly 3,000 feet
the sea.
" At two we passed close to Coquet Island, and had
an excellent view of the far-famed. Castle of Wark-
worth. At three a Royal salute from Howick greeted
her Majesty as she passed, and the Percy banner,
gracefully drooping from the lofty tower of Alnwick
Castle, evidenced at once the loyalty of its owners to
their Sovereign and their devoted attachment to their
former Royal charge.
" Dunstanborough Castle next showed itself, and
shortly after the whole squadron swept, at the rate of
ten miles an hour, through the, narrow passage be-
tween the Fern Islands and the main, haVing on the
left the stately structure of Bamborough Castle, re-
nowned for its charitable institution for shipwrecked
seamen, on the right the three Fern Island light-
houses, and the Longstone, the ,scene of Grace Dar-
ling's gallant exploit; while, before us, on St. Cuth-
beth's Holy Isle,' rose the ruins of the Castle and
Cathedral of Lindisrarne—
" A solemn, huge, and dark-red pile,
Placed on the margin of the isle ;
The castle with its battled walls,
The ancient monastery's halls.
This was, perhaps, one of the most interesting points
of the whole voyage ; the proximity of. the shore on
either hand, the rapid speed of the vessels as they
swept past, hurried along by a strong ebb tide the
mingled roar of the cannon of Bamborough Castle,
and the loyal cheers of the island fishermen who sur-
ounded the squadron in their boats, gave an animation
to the scene that it is difficult to describe, while the
classic associations connected with Warkworth and
Lindisfarne and the Tweed, the remembrance that
the antique and venerable ruins of the abbey and
cathedral church of Lindisfarne were once that holy
place' were episcopacy and .Christianity were , first
permanently established in Northumberland, were
well calculated to make a lasting impression on a
mind so susceptible of deep emotions as that of our
youthful Queen ; nor could it be entirely effaced from
some of our recollections, that only five days biter in
the season, on this very spot, had occurred the fearful
wreck of the Forfarshire steamer, when 38 persons
perished, and caused us to offer up silently, yet fer-
vently; a prayer that no harm might happen to the
precious freight intrusted to our charge.
" Onwards sped the Royal bark, and, passing Ber-
wick-on-the•Tweed, her Majetty for the first time
had a vi.r.av of her Scottish dominions, of Caledonia,
intern and wild' perhaps at first sight, but containing
within her mountain fastnesses and along the border

of her lakes a moral, brave, and educated people, as
devotedly attached to their Sovereign and their
country as any on the face of the earth, and grati-
fied 'beyond expression at the opportunity now
afforded them of testifying their loyalty to her Ma-
jesty in person.
" A light westerly breeze now enabled the yacht to
set her headsails; we rapidly approached St. Abb's
Head, and shortly after sunset got sight of the remark-
able mountains of the Bass-rock and the North Ber-
wick Law, and entered the Firth of Forth. Here the
Royal squadron was met by the Monarch and Tri-
dent, two of those splendid steamers of the General
Steam IN Company, crowded with passengers,
who immediately on recognising her Majesty com-
menced singing the national hymn, which, from the
numerous voices, softened by coming over the water,
had a beautiful effect.

" The breeze freshened front the northrwest; but
the flood-tide enabled the squadron to make good
headway ; when off Dunbar, besides the illumination
of that town, and a Royal salute from the Castle, the
magnificent sight burst upon us, of beacon-fires
lighted on all the conspicuous Scottish hills, and
was imposing in the extreme. The night was
quite (lark, but clear ; astern, were all the lights
of the several steamers, bending like a crescent
around the Royal yacht in the centre; while on the
coast around, in East-Lothian, in Mid-Lothian, in
Linlithgow, in Fife, and Clackmannan, bonfires blazed
on all the remarkable heights, all announcing the
cordial welcome that awaited her Majesty from
Scotland and her Scottish subjects ; while in Edin-
burgh, the summit of Arthur's Seat seemed a blaze
of fire, shedding a flood of light over the surrounding
heights and valley below, and giving an aspect of
wild grandeur to all its romantic scenery.
"It has fallen to my lot to witness beautiful illu-
minations in various parts of the world. I have seen
the cities of Rio de Janeiro, of Lima, and of Santiago
lighted up in all their splendour; the city and all the
shores of the Bay of Naples, and even the dome of St.
Peter's at Rome, but I never remember anything that
has made so deep an impression as our passage up the
Firth of Forth on this occasion. The beautiful ex:-
pane of water, the brilliant lights around, the rapid
speed of the vessels, throwing off the phosphoric waves
on either bow, as we passed along; the recollection
of the precious freight intrusted to our charge, and
the feeling that through the merciful Providence of
God we had been enabled to bring our voyage to a
happy end, all combined to render the scene one of
thrilling interest far beyond my powers of expression.
" Precisely at half-past one o'clock we dropped
anchor close to the island of Inchkeith."

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS,

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

CHRONICLE.—It is no longer denied that Lord
Eilenborough did issue an order for the evacuation of
Affghanistan. The evidence we quoted, the despatch
of the Adjutant-General, and the interpretation put
upon it by all the military authorities in Affghanistan
—by the public and the press of India—was upon this
point conclusive. And so the denial is abandoned.
But we are now told that " of the ulterior purpose of
this order absolutely nothing can be known," and that,
therefore, it is premature to hazard an opinion upon
it. If there was a doubt upon the case, this prayer in
arrest of judgment ought of course to be listened to.
Ts there, however, any doubt ? If it was Lord El-
lenborough's intention to send at any time a military
force to Caubul, he never would have issued
the order for the evacuation of Affghanistan.
Admitting, for the sake of argument, that an
effective force, for want of sufficient means of con-
veyance, could not move from Jellalabad in conjunc-
tion with General Nott's force from Candahar, still
has any one pretended to say that both forces could
not have maintained themselves until the requisite
preparations for an advance had been made ? The
" order" was not an order for the postponement of a
march, but for "the withdrawal of the troops." There
is something positively childish in the supposition.
that the Governor-General could have issued an order
for the abandonment of positions attained with such
great difficulty, merely that,' at afuture period, they
might be retaken with greater difficulty. The chief
obstacle to our entrance into Central Asia—namely,
the passage through, and the establishment of military
positions beyond the Khyber, had been overcome
after an anxious, expensive, and hazardous
march. But this advantage so dearly ac-
quired, it is proposed to relinquish-9nly with a view
that its recovery may be attempted hereafter !
His " Army of Reserve" is not destined to effect
Upon a great scale what the Governor-General would
not allow General Pollock to do upon a small one.
The destination of this arrnylias been a subject of
anxious speculation to the Indian public. Our own
accounts say positively it is not destined for Af-
ghanistan. But instead of relying upon our own,
let us turn to that which is the most favourable to
Lord Ellenborough. Hear the anticipations and the
reasoning of the Indian authority of our Contempo-
rary the Times. He, too, is of opinion that this
1 army is not destined for Affghanistan. First, be-
cause it would be impossible for the finances of India
to bear the additional cost of an additional 20,000
beyond the Indus. Secondly, It would be entirely
impossible to find carriage and means of transport
into Afghanistan for so large an army. Thirdly,
The advance of such a force would argue that the
occupation permanently of Afghanistan was intended.
In other Journals we find many even stronger
reasons for concluding that the force about to be
collected at Sirhind is not destined for Affghanistan.
What then, tell us, can be " the ulterior purpose" of
Lord Ellenborough's order ? No other purpose than
flight—cowardly and disgraceful flight. The Slave
Dealer's Gazette, indeed, assures us that that the pri-
soners will be recovered " for a compensation.". And
as to all else—why the war was the work of the
Whigs ; and, therefore, what matters it that our
I.nvoy has been murdered, and thousands of our sol-
diers, in violation of a treaty, butchered ? We must
do the Conservative party the justice, however, to
say that this is not its creed as a party. There is a
generous and manly spirit which we welcome even
she more gladly because it comes from our habitual
Opponents, which, speaking through the Times and
Standard, recognises the impossibility of making one
retrogade step until our fellow-subjects are recovered,
and the events of the last campaign redressed. The
ingenious mode of recovery by slave-sale has as yet
but one advocate in the Press, the Morning Post;
and we confess that we have confidence enough in the
patriotism of ladies' maids, and the gallantry of foot-
! men, to anticipate that this inhuman doctrine cannot
even there be long inculcated with impunity.
TIMES.—That party in the State which denomi-
-1 nates itself, par excellence, the " Liberal" party,—
:wherein of course are to be included all who aspire to
the honour of that name, whether Whigs, old or new,
Chartists, Radicals, Leaguers, Repealers, or Repub.
licans,—seems. at the present moment to be very par-
icularl v remarkable for the success with which it
as attained to that desirable state which is expres-
ively entitled being "at sixes and sevens." A very
minent writer on the Constitution has observed,
;that nothing puzzles the high Tory party more than a
;ijustly provoked and successful rebellion. The
resent state of things appears to prove that the
ow Whig party may in like manner be very
onsiderably puzzled by an unsuccessful and (so
far as political motives are concerned) • an
lunprovoked outbreak.' The free discussion prin-
lc.iple, which, "going about" as it does, " to persuade
the multitude that they are not so well governed
as they ought to be," rejoices accordingly, for the
most part, in " not wanting attentive and favourable
hearers ;" yet finds itself, when the Queen's peace has
been wantonly and dangerously broken, in a very
iconsiderable minority. ?ree discussion, safety-valves
for society, and the like, are very pretty things in
the abstract; but when realized in the concrete, in
the shape of broken windows and broken heads, these
doctrines somehow become astonishingly unpopular
with the " middle classes." Universal Suffrage, Vote
by Ballot, and the rest of the schemes which
are severally and respectively advocated by the
conflicting sections of the self-styled Liberals,
are all, neople say, no doubt very good things in
their wa,,,
~—or at least it is possible they may be
so ; but whether it is worth while, in order to
procure these good things, to go through the various
stages of free discussion, free agitation, free demoli-
tion, and free.appropriation—not to speak of the doc-
trines of those free-thinking professors who further
make free to break people's heads—is a very different
`question. As might be expected, the whole doctrines i
!of this free-thinking school of political philosophy
have lately got very generally into disrepute; and
the natural consequence is, that the divers sections i
thereof set themselves to work, according to their re- ,
spective peculiarities, to mend the mischief; and in
so doing they are, of course, not very scrupulous about
throwing each other overboard, so that they save from
the scandal their own pet nostrums respectively. The
result is, that the whole party appears to a looker-on
to be very much, as we said before, at sixes and sevens.
Each man brings his own pet bundle of agitation, and if
he can but get clear off with it, and save himself and it
! out of the scrape, he does not seem to be very particular
about what becomes of his partners in misfortune.
This, we suppose, is what is called " merging all
minor differences,'
, and presenting one compact and
united phalanx in favour of Reform. When the late
Ministry were in power, we were told that that cir-
cumstance was the cause of the then disunion ; that if
once the Whigs were in Opposition again, we should
have forthwith a wonderful unanimity, a moat cordial
concurrence in favour of all the so?cl' is•ant:pri ip
of what, they are pleased. to denominate Reform. And
how has this promise been verified? Is there one
single matter of principle—arse single measure of 'ex-
pediency—on which, we do not say all, but one-half
of the Liberal party, in or out of the House of Com-
mons, could agree to unite ? It is not merely a dif-
ference on points of finance or economy : it is one of
principle, or rather, one arising from the want of it.,
A negat49 pf a principle, a the pximary and funda- i

mental principle on which all government is based, is,
the only thing that is common to all classes of Whigs..
In that alone do they agree. By the advocacy of no
one positive principle are' they united. Thus have
they always been, and so will they be to the end.
POST.—A tremendous splutter of affected indig-
nation and real disappointment which the Whigs have
made about the late news from India, is now subsid-
ing into, an affair of mere personal criticism, and, of
course, personal abuse. No doubt it is very safe to
say in the columns of the Morning Chronicle that the
name of Lord Ellenborough will be associated with
all that is cowardly and dishonourable ; but, perhaps, -
the writer of this abusiveness would be the very last
to desire to be personally accountable for such lan-
guage, and would be very cautious not to use it in
the presence of the Noble Lord whom he so valiantly
calumniates. We wonder that when using such words
as " cowardly and dishonourable," it did not occur to
him that the public might find some one to whom to
apply them without going quite so far as India. Cer-
tainly, to level such epithets at a man thousands of
miles off; and from behind the convenient mask of
a newspaper sheet, does not strikingly indicate the
qualities which are the reverse of cowardly and
dishonourable. It is, however, no business of ours to
discuss the character of the Governor-General of
India. We have no disposition- to repeat the laboured
panegyric which a powerful` COntemporary pro-
nounced upon his appointment, nor would it be
worth our while, or respectful to Lord Ellenborough,
to defend him against paltry and spiteful attaCka
which have proceeded from newspapers professing
different or opposite politics. The personal character
of men in high station is one of the few things which
may be safely left to find its own level. The
sole feeling of the Whigs at present wlith respect
to Indian policy seems to be a vulgar lust of
vengeance. They pant with eager desire to take
revenge with fire and sword, for those disastrous
events which were the result and the proof of their
own impolicy., Like all rash and violent blunderers,
whether in small affairs or in great, they would finish
in fury what they began in fatuity; and instead of
being taught caution by experience, they would re-
double the hazard upon the chance of better luck, and
with the wild desire of revenge. Most fortunate it
is then for our Indian empire that Whig rule was
put an end to so soon as it was. The news from
India proves incontestably, as it seems to us, that to
attempt to push forward the British army to Caubul,
with no .better resources than it now possesses, or
possesied in the month of June, would have been
madness. And without pretending to any special in-
formation on the subject, we will gd so far as to avow
our belief that this is the opinion of General Pollock,
as it would be of any experienced and 'prudent General
who had well calculated what was to be done,, And the
means by which alone it could be done. Except Lord
Palmerston and Sir John Hobhouse, we suppo..'e,
there is nobody who now thinks that the invasion of
Affghanistan, as conceived and carried into effect under
the direction of these Ministers, was not as rash in the
beginning as it was ruinous in the end. The question
is, are the circumstances in which we stand such that we
must continue or repeat that which at the .first was
wrong? We have certain objects to accomplish, of-
which neither the occupation nor the conquest of
Affghanistan is one. These were Whig dreams and
Whig blunders. Our objects ate to get back the
prisoners now in the hands of this Affghan chief;
to punish faithless murderers, if we can find them
out, and to restore the opinion of British superiority,
which may have, in no small degree, been shaken by
the results of Whig exploits beyond the Indus. It
does not appear that any of these three objects would
have been in the least promoted by attempting to
move upon Caubul with an army which was utterly
unprovided with the means of success, and without the
resources which would justify the expectation of a
safe return to British India. On the contrary, so far
as the details which have been received enable any
military man acquainted with Indian affairs to judge,
to attempt to reach Caubul would have been to incur
enormous risk, and to invite a recurrence of the dis-
astrous carnage the blood of which will for ever stain
the annals of Sir John Hobhouse and Lord Auck-
land's administration of Indian affairs.

HERALD.—Although some untoward casualties
have waited upon her Majesty's gracious visit to her
"quid toun " of Edinburgh—though the weathc
has been unpropitious, the Provost and Baillies som-
nolent, and though, we grieve to add, an accident of
a dangerous nature has occurred, yet we cannot but
look upon it altogether as an event likely to be highly
conducive to the general good of Scotland. Loyalty
is a pervading feature of the Scottish character, and
that affection which once was centered in the Royal
house of Stuart has been fully demonstrated towards
her who is now its sole representative. Of the per-
sonal reception of her Majesty and her amiable Con-
sort no doubt could ever have been entertained,
but it is satisfactory to know that their greet-
ing has been such as every Briton could desire.
In reflecting upon this subject we are forcibly
reminded of the change which has operated since last
a Queen Regnant was seen in Scotland. Nearly three
hundred ycars have passed, but the thought "of the
lapse of time is lost in contemplating the altered con-
dition of the country since the days of the fair but ill-
fated Mary. From a condition approximating to
barbarism Scotland has emerged into the full light of
science, of literature, and of art; her feudal barons
have given place to profound philosophers, her inter-
necine wars to the peaceful pursuit of knowledge, and
the steam-engine and the press now compete for the
triumphs which formerly waited solely upon the
banner of the successful but predatory warrior. No
border_ warfare longer disturbs the harmony
between* the sister nations ; the object of each
is identical, and whatever rivalry may exist
tends • only towards the advancement of that
glory which results from intellectual endea-
vour. Her Majesty may be well pleased to see that
however widely her exotasions extend, the same
spirit of attachment to her person, and to the exist-
ing institutions of the country, everywhere predomi-
nates. Local distress may produce partial discontent,
but we venture to say that the presence of the Sove-
reign would prove one of the best cures for it where-
ever it-prevailed. Scotland has suffered as well as the
manufacturing counties of England, from causes
which are still mooted questions; but from. Scotland
we bear no voice but that of rejoicing—nor is it
limited to any particular spot. An impetus has been
• given by her-Majesty's visit which will have its effect
upon the efforts of all the productive Classes ;—the
Queen's journey to the North will not be a barren
show,—its utility will not pass away with the occa-
sion, but manifest itself in later days in the shape of
substantial advantage, in order, content, and the exer-
cise of patient industry, ensuring to the workman the
fruit of his labour, the reward of his forbearance.

MARRIAGES IN HIGII LlFE.—Yesterday, a St.
George's, Hanover-square, Lord Charles Beauele.rk,
fourth son of the late Duke of St. Alban's, and brothei•
to the Kesent Duke, led to the hymeneal -altar Miss
StOpford, daughter of Admiral and Mrs. Stepford. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev. Lord F. Beauclerlt,
uncle to the bridegroom, in the presence of the Duke
and Duchess of St. Alban's, Admiral Sir Robert Stop-
ford, G.C.11 , the Earl and Countess -of Essex, Lieut.-
GenerUl Sir Robert Wilson, Lady Dacre, Lodi. and Miss
Gage, Rev. Charles and Miss Wetherell, Lady Cap''!,
Lady .Stepney, Lady Georgiana Cholotondeley, Lord
Lismore, Colonel Fitzgerald, Admiral Lord Aurelius
Beauelerk, G.C.H., Lady Frederick and Miss Beauclerk,
&c. The party returned to Mivart's Hotel, and partook
of an elegant drieuner a la fourchette, after which the
happy couple set off in a new travelling carriage for
Winkfield Lodge, the seat of Admiral Lord Amelius
Beauclerk, there to pass the honeymoon. The Duke and
Duchess of St. Alban's came up to town, expressly to
attend the ceremony, from Redbourne Hall, Lincolnshire.
.04 ORTIIERN ,AND EASTERN RAILWAY—A special
general meeting of this Company was held at the Lon-
don Tavern, Thshopsgate-street, yesterday afternoon, to
consider the propriety of leasing the line for a given
'term of years. Mr. John Roskell having been called to
• the Chair, stated that a proposal had been made to the
DireerTs for this purpose, but that they would not take
upon themselves to recommend it to the Proprietors, un-
per cent. upon the capital laid out. After a
less they could thereby insure to the Company a net
girrreoafitt
of
deal of desultory discussion resolutions were
passed,recommending the Directors to negotiate for the
leasing of the line, and that a Committee, consisting of
three Directors and four Proprietors, be appointed to
posed negotiation, the result thereof to carry out the pro
be reported to a special meeting. lime question as to
the disposal of 3,16 S of the forfeited shares was deferred
until the necessary arrangements should be made.
Ma. O'CoNNELL.—Mr. O'Connell arrived at Cork
on Friday, in company with Edmund B. Roche, Esq.,
the other county representative, in his private travelling
carriage, en route to Darrynane, where he purposes so-
journing Until the beginning of November. The Right
lion. Gentleman left this morning for the Blackwater,
where he is to be met by his beloved beagles; from thence
he intends hunting through the contry, until he arrives
at Darrynane, and purposes returnios to this city early
in November, when he will hold a meeting for the pur-
pose of procuring an alteration in the Fovr-laws.—Cork

tu incr.
STIRLING CASTLE, N.P.—The Master- rlemeral of
the Ordnance, co. Right- Hon. General Sir GeuPgo Mur-
ray. arrived at this ancient Palace on Tuesday last, c n
mete to Edinburgh, and expressed his conviction tka t lie r
Majesty...a_nd Prince Albert would pay a short visit to t 1:o
Castle on their way from Drummond Castle tft Dalke. t h
Palace to embark for London. The Jatneses alw•Nys
held their Court at Stirling, which was alz:o the bait le
ground of Scottish independence. lit-r,Majesty, it. is un-.'
derstood, on leaving Stirling will proceed via Fa 1141:,.
Linlithgow, and liirklist.ou to Dalkeith Palau.•
THE ROYAL SQL) ADRON.—LEJTH ROADS, SEPT. 4
--Her Majesty's frigate Pique arrived- here (Leif h
Roads) yesterday, at noon, and having fired a Royal
salute came to an anchor. Her Majesty's sloop-of-war
Daphne also arrived yesterday, about nine, p.m.. with
the loss of her foreyards. Monday, Sept. s.—Remain in
Leith Roads, the Pique and Daphne, and steam-packet s
Salamander, Rhadamanthus, Black Eagle, Shearwater,
Fearless, Lightning, and Monkey, Old the menue cutter
Greyhound.