Glasgow Courier. — 1844-03-26 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

ENGLAND.  Hong-Koag.—By private letters received at Woolwich from Hong-Kong, the pleasing intelligence has been communicated that the fever had entirely ceased in the island, and the whole of the troops were convalescent and able to perform their duties. The fever had, however, greatly reduced the appearance of the men, as those attacked by it describe themselves as the remnants of men, being merely skin and bone, and more like skeletons than living members of the human race. The last commercial accounts from Sydney are exceedingly bad. A great number of failures, both large and small, had taken place; and such was the want of confidence, that mune of the captains of vessels in that port were selling their cargoes by retail, for ready money, rather than run the risk of disposing of them in the usual way.—Liverpool Times. Chess.—The result of the recent great chess ,match at Paris has not discouraged the French champion, M. St. Amant, from claiming his revenge. It cannot, however, be expected that his successful competitor, Mr. Staunton, will consent to revisit Paris upon the same conditions as on the former occasion. The sceptre of the chess is now held in England. If M. St. Amant thinks himself entitled to it, let him imitate the chivalrous conduct of Mr. Staunton, and attack the monarch de facto in his own capital. In last year's Palamede, M. St. Atnant said he knew the road to London, if Mr. Staunton did not know that to Paris; the latter gentleman has been to Paris—it remains for St. Amant to fulfil his threat ; if not, Mr. Staunton will again cross the channel upon certain conditions, specified in the Chess Player's Chronicle for March, and we understand the committee and some members of the Liverpool Chem Club have already subscribed upwards of £5O towards the stake on the English side.—Liverpool Times. On Monday evening week, the Brighton theatre was opened to fifteen persons in the pit, two in the boxes, and two in the gallery I There was no performance, and the money was returned to the audience The Brigham Murder.—John Lawrence, the wretched man who murdered Mr. Solomons, the head-constable of the Brighton police, a few days ago, was on Friday tried, convicted; and sentenced to execution at Lewes. Steam-boat Collision—el Sloop Sunk.—On Satutday night week, soon after 12 o'clock, the Royal Adelaide steamship left St. Katherine's Wharf for Leith, with passengers, and a large and valuable cargo, and about two hours afterwards ran down the sloop William, of Yarmouth, off Erith, and the master and crew narrowly escaped with their lives. It appears that the night was very dark, and the wind blowing fresh from the east at the time the accident happened. The sloop, which had,a cargo on board of nearly 400 barrels of Yarmouth ale from the brewery of Sir E. Lacon, was bound upon the flood tide, nearly in mid-stream, and the steamer was going in the contrary direction, nearly at full speed. The sloop was not distinguished by those on board the steamer until the two vessels were within a few yards of each other. It was then too late to avoid the sloop, and the Royal Adelaide struck her in the bows, and such was the force of the concussion, that she began to fill immediately and went down. The alarm on board the steamer among the passengers was excessive, but no one was injured, and she was soon enabled to proceed on her voyage. The sloop remains under water, and a great many barrels of ale have since floated out of her, and been picked up and conveyed to the Greenwich and. Woolwich water bailiffs. The loss is estimated at upwardsof £1,500. There are 420 periodicals from those at 6s. to those at Id. a number,) published each month in London. On the average, five die each month, and about the same number are born. A Orval-tion of 3,000 just pays the expense of a three-halfpenny affair, , which has no cuts and no paid contributors. .  In 1769, oatmeal, 2401b5. to the load, was sold in the Manchester market, at 205. per load; within the last two years it has been sold in the same market as low as 19s. per load.