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.A purse table and book-tray, of Irish bog yew, and of exquisite workmanship, has been presented to the Queen, by tlw Marchioness of Ely. The yew was the produce of the Marquis's estate ; and for beauty of shade and colour, could not be surpassed by any exotic ma- terial of which such fancy articles are usually manufactured.

A magnificent glazed garden is now erecting at Brighton, the dome of which will be of greater diameter than that of St. Peter at Rome, and in height sufficient for the growth of some of the loftiest trees of the East.

The sand of the great Author of Waverley runs low. The Edin- burgh Weekly Journal, whose editor is an old and esteemed friend of the great baronet, says—" The strength of our great countryman gets daily weaker and weaker. We fear the thread of life will give way before many days."

Lord Mulgrave arrived at Barbadoes, on the voyage out, on the 16th July.

Dalkeith Palace, the appointed rendezvous of the Conservative clique, during the interregnum of the Charles Street and Carlton Ter- race gang, will shortly receive the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Gordon, the Earl of Rosslyn, the Earl of Lauderdale, Lord Melville, Lord Aberdeen, and some others of the expiring Boroughmongers ; • who are alarmed at the independence manifested generally by the mewly-acquired voters in Scotland.—Morning Chronicle.

VEW CHURCHES.—The last report of the Commission states, that since the previous report the Commissioners have proposed to make grants in aid of building churches and chapels at the following eleven places,—viz. at Carmarthen, in the county of Carmarthen; in the pa- rish of St. Mary, Dover, in the county of Kent; at Dawley, in the county of Salop ; at Oldbury, in the parish of Hales Owen, in the county of Salop; in the neighbourhood of Gray's Inn Lane, in the pa- rish of St. Andrew, Holborn, in the county of Middlesex; at New- town, in the county of Montgomery; at Tong, in the parish of Prest- wich, in the county of Lancaster; in the parishes of Stepney, St. Luke, Old Street, St. George-in-the-East, and St. Giles-in-the-Fields, in the county of Middlesex. The Exchequer Bills issued up to the date lpf the report (24th July) amounted to 1,440,000/.

CREDITORS OF THE DUKE OF YORK.—The creditors of the Duke of York had another meeting on Wednesday, in pursuance of adjourn- ment; but it would seem that the executors still preserve a perfect si- knee respecting the statement which was put forth a short time back, that "arrangements were making for the immediate discharge of his Royal Highness's debts ;" and they are equally silent on the subject of the jewels of his Royal Highness, which, it was stated in a Morning Paper, were "about to be sold for the benefit of his creditors" These jewels, it is known, were valued a very few days after the death of the Duke, and were calculated as being worth 150,000/. They were car- ried down to Windsor by desire of his Majesty; but how they were dis- posed of, remains to be explained. It is known that a large proportion of these valuables had belonged to the Duchess of York in her lifetime; and as some legacies bequeathed by her Royal Highness at her demise have been paid since the death of her husband, it is inferred that the jewels have been, in some way or other, made available for that purpose. The le- gality of the application of any part of the personal property of the Duke to purposes in which the interests of the creditors at large have not been consulted, is nowabout to be disputed ; and steps lam taking to obtain a strict review of the whole of the proceedings in Chancery and elsewhere ; for which purpose the assistance of mm profes- Sional man of eminence has been secured. On the subject of debts supposed to be due by his late Majesty to the Duke of York, the cre- ators are also about to institute a rigid inquiry ; and it is expected that some conclusive evidence will be obtained on this head from a lady resident at Brighton, who, it is believed, was intimately acquainted with the pecuniary transactions of the Royal Brothers at the time the debts are alleged to have been incurred. *The majority of the creditors express great indignation at the veil of mystery which has been thrown ,sover affairs in which they are so deeply interested ; and some do not .liesitate to say that a preference has been shown, quite inconsistent with that impartiality which the fair administration of the estate of the Duke • tvould justify them in expecting. The amount of the debts of the creditors who have now coalesced, with the view of promoting inquiry, and en- deavouring to obtain an equitable consideration of their claims, is up- wards of 70,000/. ; and it is expected that the sum will be considerably enlarged before the next meeting.—Moraing Chronicle.

IMPROVED CUSTOMS.—Among the amendments in time Customs Duties Act, is one of considerable importance to shippers. It runs thus— 'And whereas it is expedient to permit warehoused goods to he delivered into the *barge of the searchers to be shipped as stores for certain ships, upon certain voyages, -without entry or payment of duty ; be it enacted, that from and after time passing of ibis act, such goods shall and may be delivered into the charge of the searchers, to be shipped as stores, without eu'ry or payment if any duty, for any ships of the burden of seventy tons at least, bound upon a voyage to foreign parts, the probable duration of which, out and home. will not be less than forty days ; provided always that such goods shall be shiptied in such quantities, and subject to such directions and regulations, as the Commissioners of Customs shall direct and appoint."

By this clause, whatever description of foreign produce is capable of being warehoused, may in future be obtained in this country free of all dues or imposts whatever. A vessel going on a foreign voyage, may -thus be supplied with foreign salted provisions, instead of Irish or Xpgliab.; and, if she time her purchases accurately, may even procure

live produce from France instead of paying three prices for them in London.

At the last meeting of the Liverpool Union Committee, a select committee of three gentlemen was appointed to draw up a report of time proceedings of the Union to be presented to the members at a gene- ral meeting, about to be called, in order to their dissolution, in _con- - formity with their original constitution.

By an error in the new Boundary Act, the polling-placea- for .NOrth: amptonshire are named in Northumberland.-21/iffniny Herald. [We have not the Act at hand, but no such mistake occurs in the Bill. The polling-places are, as we gave them, in Northampton, where they ought to be.] LUNAR Rarsaiow.—An instance of this phenomenon, so unusual in this country, although frequently seen between the Tropics, occurred on Wednesday night last, a little betbre eleven o'clock, during a slight shower of rain. It remained very distinctly about two mintites.—De- revert 7'elegraph.

A bottle of old sherry, brought up from the Royal George sunk at Spithead, has within these few days been presented to Sir James

Graham, by the persons engaged in working at the vessel. •

PILCHARD FISHERY.—In Charlestown and AIevagissey Bays_, on Wednesday night, twenty-two scans were shot, and about 700 hogs- heads of pilchards were brought in early on Thursday morning. The pilchard fishery is prosecuted by the driving boats at Looe with much activity; there are thirteen of them and up to Wednesday last each boat had taken from 5,000 to 17,006 fish each night. One of the Mount's Bay seans was shot on Monday evening, and took about 30 hogsheads.— West Briton.

The Thames Street Magistrates have fined several captains of steam- boats, during the week, in the statutory penalty, Si., for proceeding at a greater rate than five miles an hour through the Pool.

Somerville has, it seems, obtained his discharge. •A subscription of upwards of three hundred pounds has been raised, in small sums, to en- able him to settle in life.

A most disastrous fire broke out at mid-day, on the 8th July, at Port-au-Prince ; it destroyed about two hundred and seventy houses; ten or fifteen lives were lost. The property burnt was considerable, but fortunately it was in a quarter of the city where there was not much merchandise and but few shops.

A twofold suicide through love has just been committed at Mar- seilles. A young dressmaker, of extraordinary beauty, had formed an intimacy with a journeyman joiner; but the family of the latter objected to their union. They resolved, therefore, to put an end to their exist- ence by suffocating themselves with charcoal. They were found life- less, clasped in each other's arms and wearing more elegant dresses than they were known to possess.--French Paper.

SCENES AT SEA.—While the brig Jane, of Bristol, Mr. James M‘Nally master, was on a voyage from Monte Video with a cargo of jerked beef for the Havanna, on the night of the 5th of December last, two Frenchmen, a German, a Portuguese, and two Spaniards, who formed part of the crew, rose on the rest, killed the captain and the . two mates, and confined the other Englishmen consisting of two sea- men and a boy. Shortly afterwards, the brig drove on shore in a gale of wind ; and the mutiimeers, with the boy, landed in the boat; the two Frenchmen and the Spaniard ran off, and have not since been found. The two English seamen were washed ashore from the wreck, and had the German and Portuguese apprehended : they have been brought to England in the Maidstone, for trial. Subsequent to the captain's death, his cabin was ransacked ; and doubloons, sovereigns, and dollars were divided, to the amount of a thousand pounds sterling. The men are committed for trial at the next Admiralty Sessions.—Hampshire Te- legraph.

LADY BARRYMORE.—The poor creature, who under this name has obtained an unenviable notoriety, now lies dangerously ill in the infir- mary of Tothill Fields Bridewell. She was seized with cholera, from which she recovered; but was immediately afterwards attacked with a liver complaint, of which, from the shattered state of her constitu- tion, she is not likely to recover. The Courier says, " she is repre- sented as extremely penitent and resigned." The penny-a-line men should give her a. stone when she dies ; many a fish has her pranks- given them.

WEATHER IN ITALY.—On the 22d July, about an hour before noon, a small crater was formed in the interior of the ancient one of Mount Vesuvius, directly under that which was formed in March last. An eruption took place of liquid volcanic matter; which, after remaining suspended an instant in the air, fell back into the crater. Up to the- 29th, the mountain continued to throw up at intervals flames and stones. On the morning of the 29th, the eruption became more considerable ; the stones were thrown up nearly half a rnile in . the air, falling back like hail ( n the whole circumference of the crater. The explosions occurred at intervals of scarcely three- minutes, and were heard at a great distance. In five days the- crater was enlarged to 250 feet. On the 29th also, thirteen streams- of lava—all of which, however, were small and unimportant—found. - vent from the inside of the same crater; two took the direction of the Torre del Greco, some remained on the cone itself, and others scarcely passed the edge in the direction of Boscotrecase. A storm of extraor- dinary violence, although of but short duration, occurred on the 24th of July, and occasioned great injury to the city of Foggea and the sur-

rounding country. It commenced with a hurricane, which broke nearly all the windows of the houses, and threw down several buildings ; amongst,ntWers, the belfry of the church of Nostra Signora Addolorata. This was succeeded by a storm of rain, mingled with hailstones of ex- traordinarr size. The damage done to the olive-grounds and other plantations is immense.

By a calculation lately made,- it appears that 32,231 Crosses of .Ho- . flour have been distributed in France since the Restoration. By Louis the Eighteenth, in the six months in 1814, • 1,761; by Napoleon the Hundred Days, 114; by Louis the Eighteenth, on his return, 4,k6; by Charles the Tenth, 11,524; by Louis Philippe, up to the 20th of July 1832, 14,566.—Le Cercle. THE DOOMED ONE.—The carriage of Prince .Talleyrand, on his way from Compiegne to Paris, was overturned with great violence at some distance from Bourbon PArchanthault. The Prince was not hurt. It would have been a pitiful ending of the intrigues of the celebrated Prince Priest, had he died the death of an unredeemed ass by the tumbling, of an old chaise ; but Talleyrand was not so fated. It is singular that those who in their lives run the greatest risks, for the most part find their deaths in peace and quietness ; while those whom few circumstances of danger seem to threaten, not unfrequently fall victims to accidental violence. The fiery Cromwell, after all his hair- -breath 'scopes, was the victim of a late fever, while the meek and peaceful Hampden fell in his fist field. In the present instance, while the aged statesman suffered no harm, a female, the sister of the yell-- known Poniatowski, who was in the carriage, was so severely injured that her life was despaired of.

The German Governments are about to try the power of money in repressing the growing spirit of Reform in Germany : an attempt is to be made to buy up all the writers on the liberal side ! " We are as- sured," says a French paper, " on good authority, that Austria has ap- propriated a million of ducats to this species of commerce. "—Herald. [Twenty millions won't suffice. Every writer who is silenced, like an importunate beggar, will send half-a-dozen of his compaiiions to share Iii the plunder. If Austria try to buy up a part of the journals only, she will succeed. We can point out three or four Dailies and as many Weeklies in London which may be had on very advantageous terms. The Emperor may secure whatever arguments and facts he likes, for he may make them all himself.]

The last arrivals from the West Indies say, that Colonial Union So- cieties are forming all over the island of Jamaica, for the purpose of not employing any person who attends the meetings of the Sectaries. The whole of the slaves ought to turn Baptists immediately.