30 AUGUST 1828, Page 2

MONEY-MARKET.

The continued dearth in arrivals from the Continent, and of domestic events calculated to create excitement in the Money-market, has pre- vented any fluctuations of importance taking place during the week. Consols; which on Saturday closed at S743, opened on Monday at 873, and rose during the day to 8741. On the following day, and without any po-

litical cause, and apparently from the mere operations of the large brokers who sold in realization at small profits, they fell to 8714, since which time they have fluctuated from 871 to 871, closing on Friday at 87* for money, and 87- for the October account. It was expected on Friday that the market would be better, but suddenly some very large sales were effected, and rumours were in circulation that a deficiency in the quar- ter's revenue of nearly 400,000/. had been ascertained. These rumours, Nrith others (which are proved to have been unfounded) of a change in the Ministry, and of the defeat of the Russians at Shumla, caused more agitation than had been felt during the week; but the market was too firm to be materially affected by them. Indeed so much have the large specula- tors now trot hold of the jobbing stock, that the idle rumours which once caused a panic are now received almost with indifference. India Bonds, -which had fallen considerably upon a report which appeared at the time to be well founded, that it was the intention to re- duce the amount of dividend upon India Stock, rose on Thursday to 103 and 104, at which price large sales were effected. Since that time the transactions in this stock have not been considerable. We have again to notice large sales from the English funds, and the invest- ment of the proceeds in Austrian, Russian, and French stock, particularly the latter. This proceeding indicates much confidence in the duration of peace ; and it has been ascertained that some of the immediate friends of Mr. Rothschild have been following the example of those who were sup- posed in the first instance to have transferred their stock merely with a view to increase their dividend without any political information to go upon. The consequence of these investments, and other circumstances bearing immediately upon the Continental loans, was a rise in the French Rentes to 107 f. for the 5 per cents., at an exchange of 25 f. 30 c.; in Austrian Bonds to 961, and Russian 96*, 97. Danish Bonds have risen to 64in consequence of long purchases in Berlin, made for the purpose, it is said, of bringing up the price to a quotation which will enable the Prussian Government to reduce the interest upon its public debt, which it cannot do with success whilst Danish Bonds, of which the Prussians are large holders, are at so low a price. Prussian Bonds, $ per cent., were on Tuesday at l03k. Portuguese Bonds stationary at 53. Colombian 23*. Mexican rose on Tuesday from 39 to 40k, on account of the receipt of letters from Mexico, stating that effective means would be adopted to keep the dividends paid regularly in future. Colombian Bonds, notwith- standing similar accounts, did not rise, as apprehensions are entertained of another convulsion in Colombia, from the efforts of the Santander party. Greek Bonds have risen to 19. Spanish are at 11.

SATURDAY, ONE O'CLOCK.

Consuls have fluctuated during the morning from 874 to 87i. In the Foreign Market there is no variation worth noticing.

FOUR O'CLOCK.

There has been no fluctuation of consequence. Consols closed at 871; ditto for account 87i. Danish 03f. Greek 18f. Mexican 391. Russian 964.

On Monday afternoon the King came in state, from the Royal Lodge to Windsor Castle, to hold a court. The Standard says that his Majesty was never in better health. "The unpleasant affection in the legs, from which the King has suffered so long, is almost, if not altogether, removed ; and his Majesty was able to ascend the stairs to the Council-chamber with out the slightest assistance." Most of the great officers of state were present at the council. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the new Bishop of Lon don avere introduced to his Majesty by Mr. Peel, and did homage for their re- spective sees. His Majesty afterwards held a Privy Council, at which it was nerved that Parliament should be prorogued to the 30th of October.

The King ho ces, with, his presence on Tuesday. His Majesty was ac ae=:••Aambridge, and several other no- blemen and g n a,. • • •ok. g and departing from the field,

be was grer,C ."'Mr1\ •h.a\ The softness of the ground, from the late heavy rains, retarded the horses and diminished the interest of the contests : the horses were frequently up to their fetlocks in soft ground.

The King, on Thursday, again attended Egham races, and was received with the same cordial greetings. He remained till four o'clock—having seen the favourite mare,Maria, run her race. The sport was excellent. It is now said that the King will pass the winter at Windsor Castle. "His Majesty's apartments will be quite ready for his reception by the end of the autumn ; and the usual courtly circle will then remove from the cottage to the castle." Another account is, that the royal occupancy of the castle is to be deferred till next April. A magnificent collection of pictures is to be formed in Windsor Castle, to bear the title of the Waterloo Gallery, and to be thrown open to the public. The Duke of Clarence came to town on Tuesday from his seat at Bushy Park, and transacted official business with the Lords of his Council, and with some naval officers. The Herald says, that negociations have been carry- ing on to induce the Royal Duke to continue at the head of the naval de- partment; but that they have totally failed, the Duke having decidedly refitted to retract his resignation. The Chronicle mentions a report, as common in the political circles, that the Speaker of the House of Commons is a candidate for the office of First Lord of the Admiralty. The Duke of Sussex dined with the Duke of Cambridge on Saturday after- noon at the King's Palace, St. James's, and in the evening the royal brothers honoured the performances at the English Opera-house with their presence. The Duke of Sussex has since left town on a tour through part of Wales and some of the western counties. The Duke of Cambridge left town on Thurs- day morning for Hanover. The Duke of Gloucester has arrived at his residence in Bagshot Park from his excursion to the Isle of Wight. The Duchess of Meinengen, accompanied by the Princess Emilie of Ca- rolath, and attended by her suite, embarked on Tuesday morning, at Rams- gate, in an Admiralty yacht, on her return to the Continent. The Duke of Wellington has proved a magnet of extraordinary attraction at Cheltenham. The number of visitors has greatly increased since his ar- rival. The walks of the Old Well are unusually thronged every morning. About one thousand persons were collected on Saturday morning in the Long Walk, at the expected time of the Duke's arrival. Lord Downes and Lord Apsley accompanied him to the Old Well on Sunday morning, and after- wards attended divine service at Trinity Church. A splendid ball was given in the Assembly-rooms on Tuesday evening, at which the Duke and upwards of five hundred persons were present. In the centre of the saloon, his Grace's arms were emblazoned in coloured chalks, in a ring of twelve feet diameter ; and at each end of the room the Wellington crest—a lion rampant, and a flag in his fore paw. The avenues were illuminated with coloured lamps, and decorated with laurel. The folding doors through which his Grace mitered were surmounted by a triumphal arch of laurels. At the Theatre, too, the Premier was received with honours little short of those paid exclusively to royalty. The Princess Esterhazy, who has been indisposed for some time, went to Cheltenham on Tuesday ; and the Prince himself was expected.

The noble mansion of Wynyard Park has been the scene of unequalled gaiety and hospitality during, and preceding the Stockton Races. Concerts, balls, and private theatricals, have followed in rapid succession. Upwards of forty persons have been constantly assembled round the festive board. The Duke of Rutland, Lord and Lady Normanby, the Bishop of Bristol, Lord and Lady Ra.vensworth, besides a number of other ladies and gentlemen of the first rank and fashion, are among the guests resident in the house.

There was a grand fete of archery on Tuesday, at Harlow Bush, which was attended by the principal families in the county, and all the members of the Archery Club. The sports were kept up with great vivacity ; and a dance ended the festivities of the day.

Dr. John Bird Sumner is to be the new Bishop of Chester ; and the Ga- zette of Tuesday contains the conge dYlire for his election to the vacant see. The bench of bishops is thus again full. It has been remarked that "the elevation of Dr. Sumner will afford the unusual and almost unprecedented spectacle of two brothers seated on the episcopal bench at the same time. There are only two similar instances to be found in the history of the Eng- lish church. The first in the early part of the twelfth century, and the other in the reign of King James I. The Sumner family has already given two provosts to King's College, Cambridge, and one of its most eminent masters to Harrow school." The Bishop of Winchester, on Tuesday, consecrated the new chapel of ease in Prince's-road, near Vauxhall, attached to the parish of St. Mary, Lambeth. The chapel is a neat Gothic structure, surmounted with a square dwarf tower, lantern, and spire : it is capable of accommodating nearly two thousand persons, and contains a handsome organ used on this occasion for

the first time. The chapel was very much crowded. The Rev. Mr. Lane has been appointed the Chaplain. The clergy of' the archdeaconty of Essex assembled on Saturday, at Brentwood, and unanimously agreed to present a valedictory address to their late bishop, on his translation from the see of London to the archiepiscopal chair of Canterbury. It has been resolved to erect a statue to the memory of the late Bishop Barrington, in the Cathedral of Durham. The " good Bishop of Durham,' as the Prelate was called, in one year expended 30,0001. in charity. Five respectable Jews, recently converted to the Christian faith, have pre- sented to his Majesty a superb copy of the Book of Common Prayer, "as a testimony of their high veneration for the Liturgy of the Church of England, and of their loyalty to their beloved Sovereign."

The borough of Weymouth, :which returns four members to Parliament, will probably cease to be a bone of contention hereafter. The two principal owners of voting houses have disposed of their property to the patron of the borough, the one for 16,0001. and the other for 50001—Morn. Herald.

At a meeting of rate-payers in Birmingham, held in June last year, a committee was formed to forward the objects of the meeting in obtaining a parliamentary representation. This committee, at a recent meeting, 'unani- mously resolved to invite Mr. Tennyson to a public dinner in Birmingham, as a mark of respect for his disinterested parliamentary exertions in the House of Commons, in behalf of the town, on the East Retford disfranchise- men bill. Mr. Tennyson has, however, courteously declined the invitation, on the ground that the enemies of reform, or more extended representation, might, in his future efforts, impute to him tbe language of delegation or et

local partiality, while he wishes to rest the claim of the people of Birming- ham to the right of sending members to Parliament upon the broad founda- tions of constitutional principle and national utility. A tolerably numerous meeting was held on Tuesday, in th s City of Lon- don Tavern, to consider the propriety of petitioning parliament to remove the civil disabilities under which the Jews labour. A difficulty arose at the out- set, as to who would take the chair; none of the gentlemen proposed being ambitious of the honour. A gentleman named Pearson at length volunteered his services ; and he having been installed, Mr. Flanagan read a petition and a series of resolutions, which he wished adopted ; but no one seconded them, and they fell to the ground. Several gentlemen then spoke on the hardships to which the Jews were subjected ; and Mr. Adrian moved the appointment of a committee of Jews to inquire and report as to the nature of the disabling statutes, which are now in operation against them. This proposal seemed to meet with some favour ; Mr. Henson then began to speak to the meeting, front behind tile chair. The chairman sharply and rudely called him to order. Mr. Henson made what the chairman deemed an in- sulting retort ; upon which he seized Mr. Henson by the collar. A scene of indescribable confusion ensued. Cries of " Shame! vote him out !.;" were tittered ; and in the midst of the uproar, the only two ladies present, together with a portion of the respectable part of the audience, left the room. An apology front the chairman for his intemperate behaviour was demanded ; but he clenched his band, and, amid the hisses of the meeting, declared be would make none. A motion of adjournment was carried, as also a vote of censure on the chairman. He began to defend himself, but he was at length helped out of the room by an Officer from the Mansion-house. The Jews present appeared to take no part in the proceedings.

BRITISH Maluee.—From the official tables it appears that the British ton- nage which entered inwards and cleared outwards from and to all parts of

the world in the year 1814 was 1,800,000 ; in the year 1827, 2,800,000 (fractions not included.) That the number of British seamen in 1814 were 116,000 ; in H327, 171,000. Again, that the foreign seamen engaged in na- vigating foreign vessels to and from the United Kingdom, were in 1814, 33,000; 1827, 39,500. Thus the British seamen have increased, under the free trade system, about 55,000 men ; and the foreign seamen about 6,000.

F.ssr INDIA COMPANY.—Attention having been drawn to the financial affairs of the East India Company, it trey be interesting to state the results

of the last annual account laid before Parliament, which is made up to the 28th of May last. According to this return, the territorial and political debts of the Company amounted to 12,019,657/.; while the assets on the same branch amounted only to 1,759,361/. ; leaving a deficiency of 10,260,296/. The commercial debts, however, of the Corporation are stated at 1,596.3321., while the assets on the same account are 23,552,6081.; creating a balance in their favour of 21,956,276/. it should be observed, that among the com- mercial debts of the Company, are placed the interest due on their stock and on the bond debt. The amount of the Company's bonds then in circu- lation, and bearing interest at four per cent., was 3,780,4754 ; the bonds in circulation not bearing interest was 15,417/. The total balance in favour of the Company was 7,900,0881.-7iMeS.

NEW CIIIDICIIES.—A new Report of the Commissioners for Building Churches has been printed by order of the House of Commons. It states,

that 69 churches and chapels had been completed ; and that accommodation had been provided for 107,200 persons, including 59,650 free seats, to be appropriated to the use of the poor, at the time of making the last report. Since that time, 15 new churches and chapels have been built, with accom- modation for 20,333 persons, including 10,688 free seats for the poor ; and 46 new churches and chapels are now building, to accommodate 65,472 per- sons, at an estimated expense of 363,798/. 18s. Applications have been made from 41 places, the population of which, according to the census of 1821, amounts to 829,733, and for which there is at present church accom- modation for only 113,085. The Commissioners state, that since the open- ing of the commission they have made provision for the erection of .213 additional churches and chapels ; and that the amount of Exchequer bills which had been issued to July 17th 1828, amounted to the sum of 1,130,300/.

LONDON WATER.—The Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Supply of Water to the metropolis has been printed. The

Committee are unanimously of opinion, that the supply of water for the metropolis, including the borough of Southwark, and the adjacent parishes, ought to be derived from a purer source than it is at present ; and in further- ance of this object, they recommend that Mr. Telford, the engineer, be in- structed immediately to proceed to the making such surveys as he shall think necessary, in order to enable hint to recommend a practicable and efficacious plan of supplying the whole of the metropolis. The Committee further recommend, that a clause introduced into a private bill, passed in May 1826, whereby the Grand Junction Company were empowered to levy an addition of from 50 to 300 per cent, upon their custotners, should be immediately repealed. In the mean time, the Company have engaged not to act upon this clause, and have promised to remove their dolphin, or suction-pipe, from the foot of Chelsea Hospital, adjoining to the mouth of the great Ranclagh common sewer.

IMPORTED CORN—From the official account of the quantities of corn, grain, and meal, imported during the month of July, it appears that 70,000 quarters of various descriptions of grain were imported ; the quantity in bond amounted on the 1st instant to 430,000 quarters.

Adjutant-General Sir Henry Torrens died on Saturday, at the seat of Colonel Collyer, of Welling, in Hertfordshire. Sir Henry was paying his annual visit to the Colonel ; and was taking his customary ride, accompa- nied by Lady Torrens and her two daughters, when he was suddenly seized with apoplexy, and expired in two hours. Sir Henry was born at London - derry, in 1779 ; and at the early age of fourteen he entered the army, as ensign in the 52nd regiment. His first essay in arms was in the West In- dies., under Sir Ralph Abercrombie. He was wounded by a musket-ball during the siege of biome Fortune. Ile assisted in expelling the French front St. Vincents ; and was for six months engaged in skirmishes with the Carib.e, who had joined the French. In 1798 Sir Henry went out to Por- tugal as aid-de-camp to General Cuyler, who commanded the British auxiliary army sent to protect that country from the threatened invasion of the Spa- niards under French influence. He next went to Holland with the army under the command of the Duke of York ; and he served in all the different actions of that sanguinary campaign. He was desperately wounded in the battle which was fought between Egmont and Harlem. He was subse.

fluently a short time in North America; and from thence he went with the

expedition to Egypt. When this expedition had effected its object, he marched his regiment across the Desert and embarked at a port of the Red Sea for Bombay. Here he was taken extremely ill in consequence of a

coup de soled, and was obliged to take his passage for England, in order to save his life. The ship in which he embarked for Europe touched at St.

Helena; the climate and the society of that island restored him to health, and gave a new impulse to his feelings, and he prosecuted his voyage no further. In the society of the Government-House, Sir Henry Torrens was exposed to other wounds than those of war: he became enamoured of Miss Sally Patton, the daughter of the Governor, and married at the early age of twenty-four. He again joined his regiment in India, and was again driven from the country by illness. Sir Henry returned to England ; and in 1807, went out to Buenos Ayres as Military Secretary to General 1Vhitelocke. At the siege of that place he was slightly wounded by a musket-ball. He uext went to Portugal as Military Secretary to Sir Arthur Wellesley, and was present at the battles of Rolleia and Vimiera. On his return to England' lie was offered the post of Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, an office, the arduous duties of which lie discharged in the most satisfactory manner. As Adjutant-General (which appointment he received about eight years ago) he revised the old military regulations, and embodied into them more rapid and masterly arrangements. At the time of his death, he was Colonel of the 2d Regiment of Foot.

The funeral of the late Si, Henry Torrens took place quite privately yes- terday, by desire of his family, at Welwyn, Herts. His remains were attended to the grave by one of his earliest and most attached friends, Lieutenant- Colonel D'Aguilar.

Lieut.-Gen. Sir Herbert Taylor, G.C.H. will be appointed Adjutant-Gene- ral the Forces, vice Sir Henry Torrens, deceased.—Courier, Friday. General Sir W. Keppel is to be appointed to the 2d Foot ; and Major- General S. Huskisson, who many years commanded in India, is to be ap pointed Colonel of the 67th Regiment—Dade Papers.

It has been decided by the police magistrates at Lambeth-street Office, that conviction of a wife for bigamy does not relieve the husband from the charge of supporting her, unless followed by proceedings in the Ecclesias- tical Court.

On Saturday, the extraordinary phenomenon was witnessed of three mock suns—one above, and the others on each side of the resplendent luminary. The Royal Giraffe has been again given over by his :Majesty's

At a consultation on the health of this animal (reported by the .110;ning Post), it was declared to be in a precarious state, and is not expected to survive the winter.

A third dividend of one shilling in the ponnd, altogether making ten shil- lings-, was on Thursday, paid to the creditors'ofJ tikes and Company, bankers, who failed during the panic of 1825 and 1826.

By an act of last session, unstamped checks may be drawn by persons residing fifteen miles from the bank where payable.

The dangerous vehicles, mail carts, will cease to be used from the moment that the New Post Office is fit for occupation. The (Efferent mail-coaches will then receive their letters direct from the office.

Lord Oriel, who was Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, (and better known as John Foster,) at the time of the Union, died on the 23rd, at his seat at Colon, in the county of Louth. His Lordship was iii the eighty- eighth year of his age ; he began public life in the first year of the reign of the late King.

Dr. Gall, the Phrenologist, died on the 22nd, at his country house in the neighbourhood of Paris, after a long and painful illness. "Time sciences and philosophy," says the Gaz.ette de France, "have lost Dr. Gall." "We hear nothing," remarks the Globe, "of his last will and testament ; but we must suppose that he cannot be altogether lost, if he has bequeathed his cra- nium to his disciples for the illustration of his system."

The subscriptions for a monument to the celebrated Dugald Stewart, have, in the course of a month, reached to about 1,0001. It was the opinion of the late meeting of Mr. Stewart's admirers, that the monument should be of an architectural kind.

• Plymouth is now crowded with foreigners from the opposite extremities of Europe—Russia and Portugal. The fever which recently prevailed in Demerara has nearly disappeared. A rattlesnake, four and a half feet long and seven inches in circumference, and having ten rattles, was shot by Mr. Benjamin Leverich, of Peekskill, New York, on the 16th ult. When first discovered, it was about four feet distant, in a jumping, position. It was almost severed by the shot, and whet' he raised it from the ground, a rabbit, almost full grown, which it had swal- lowed, fell from it.

An ingenious mechanist, of the name of Walker, residing at Little Cox- well, near Faringdon, has invented a mechanical carriage, which is expected to outdo all the outdoing,s of steam. It is said time least possible velocity of its movements is at the rate of twelve miles an hour.—Berkskire Cbroniele.

The ensuing Norwich races are expected to equal, if not surpass, those of any preceding year. Many of the races are for princely stakes.

Partridge-shooting commences on Monday. Though the birds are not very scarce, the broods have been thinned in consequence of the wet weather. The poachers, we hear, have been for several successive nights actively en- gaged in netting.—Worcester Journal. Some of the provincial papers represent the weather as having become exceedingly favourable for gathering in the remainder of the harvest ; and the anticipations of a deficient return have given way to more pleasingprospects.

The Sultan, it appears by an article front Constantinople, has introduced another reform in the habits of his soldiers : he has formally forbidden them to cut off the cars of the slaughtered enemy. It is mentioned, that when the Turkish powder-magazine was blown up, a workman and his horse were raised in the air and hurled to a distance of three hundred yards into a vineyard, into which they fell. They were taken up safe and sound.

At the late distribution of prizes to the youth who had distinguished them- selves in the different colleges belonging to the University of Paris, a Spanish student, named Alfaro, received a premium for his proficiency in philoso- phical studies. In addressing him, as is usual on bestowing the merited die- tinction, the Grand Master of the University whispered in the car of the youth, "Your success in philosophy will doubtless determine you not to re- turn to Spain." Mr. Richard Martin's affection for the brute creation has not de,serted him

in the strange land where he at present resides. Having witnessed a scene of very great cruelty, where a man wantonly lacerated the mouth and jaw of a horse by an iron bit, Mr. Martin brought the offender before the Mayor of Boulogne, who imposed a suitable punishment. Mr. Martin has, however, occasionally met with some sharp and uncourteous treatment for interfering, which has led him to desist from his active displays of benevolence in this way. Hunt, the associate of Thurtell and Probert, is become quite a reformed and respectable character in New South Wales, and a constable.

In the Palace Court, on Friday, Gompertz brought an action against Riley, for having publicly uttered the following defamatory words to his servant :— " n't you and your master hung yet ? He has robbed me of 1301., and I'll pull you both up for swindling. He has been guilty of felonies which he compromised, otherwise he would have been transported." After some ar- gument, the Jury gave the plaintiff a verdict—damages one farthing.

At the late Gloucester Assizes, a case was tried (Morris against Davies) which has excited much interest in Wales. Mr. and Mrs. Morris had sepa- rated, but afterwards lived within fifteen miles of each other. During their separation, the wife cohabited with a former footman of the family, and the husband used to visit her. The present plaintiff was born during the inter- course ; and the question is, to try whose issue the plaintiff is. It being a Welsh cause, it was twice tried at Shrewsbury, in the next adjoining Eng- lish county, when contradictory verdicts were given ; but this time it was deemed prudent by the Lord Chancellor to try it at another place, and the record was entered for Gloucester. The estates in question are of consi- derable value, and each party seemed confident as to the result. The ease was called on Thursday week, at two o'clock ; and the examinations of wit- nesses and arguments of counsel lasted till Saturday afternoon, when the Jury retired. By five o'clock they had all agreed to find for the plaintiff, except one gentleman, who did not think that actual intercourse between Mr. and Mrs. Morris, within the time, had been established. At half past eight it was stated to Mr. Justice Gazelee that there was no probability of their agreeing. The foreman declared he would not alter his mind though he sat for a month ; and the dissentient juryman declared that he would not change his opinion if lie should sit for twelve months. The Jury"were then locked up in the Civil Court; the night was exceedingly cold, and some of them betook themselves to their great coats, and lay down upon the table of the court. At one o'clock, as they requested some re- freshment, Mr. Justice Gazelee allowed them to have some sandwiches and wine and water. At about four o'clock in the morning they resumed their discussions, in a loud and angry tone ; one side insisting that the plaintiff ought to have the verdict, and Mr. Morris holding out in favour of the de- fendants. At nine o'clock on Sunday morning, there was no probability of their agreeing; and therefore the Judge.discharged the Jury without receiv- ing any verdict.

Another trial went off in the same singular manner. Davis, a female brought an action against Mr. Capper, a magistrate, for having committed her for further examination, after she had been illegally arrested by the chief of the Cheltenham Police. A previous trial had been had against the officer, in which the Jury gave him a verdict. In the present case, the Judge was obliged to direct a nonsuit to be entered, as it seemed impossible that the Jury should ever agree. Such a termination to a cause was never before known among the oldest barristers on the Circuit.

Captain Hotham, late of his Majesty's sloop of war, Parthian, and the other officers and men belonging to her, have been tried by a court-martial, at Navarino, for the loss of that vessel near Alexandria. The cause of the accident was too great a confidence on the part of the captain in the situation in which the vessel was placed, and his having neglected to heave the lead in time, but otherwise his conduct had been praiseworthy. The court ad- judged Captain Hotham and the Master to be admonished to be more careful in future. The other officers and men were acquitted.

Several persons from Egham races on Wednesday evening had embarked in an eight-oared wherry, with the intention of returning to Windsor by water; they remained for half an hour at Datchet-bridge, partaking of re- freshment; shortly after their departure from thence, they struck upon a sharp-pointed stake forming part of a whattle hedge, which had been for- merly used as the boundary of an eel-weir. All endeavours to release the boat proved unavailing, and she rapidly filled with water, when the greater number of individuals being seated at the stern, that part of the boat sank with such rapidity, that, to use the words of one of the survivors, "four women, four boys, and one girl, went down while sitting quietly together, and he scarcely saw the going of them. A waggoner who sat next to him, went from his side into the river, and he did not for some moments perceive he had fallen out." Some others of the passengers jumped out, and it is scarcely possible that a single life out of nineteen could havetmen preserved, but by the praiseworthy help which two men, who were in a small boat at some distance, and heard the cries of alarm, afforded. By their exertions five were rescued from the river while floating down the stream, and five more, who had remained in the boat, were removed to the shore, after the water had risen nearly to their shoulders. Nine individuals were lost. The husband of one of the female sufferers was not aware of the danger until he was rescued from the sinking boat, in the head of which he lay fast asleep. Every exertion was made throughout the following night aid day to recover the bodies, which have all been found, with the exception of one infant child. The Coroner's Inquest here returned a verdict of " accidental death," coupled with an advice to the proprietors of the eel-weir. A letter dated Halifax, July 26, from Captain Grant, of his Majesty's ship Tyne, to the secretary at Lloyd's, gives the painful particulars of the wreck of the brig Despatch of Workington, Lancaster, master, near Cape Reay. The vessel sailed from Londont:erry on the 29th of May, with two hundred passengers. The weather continued exceedingly unfavourable, so much so, that they were unable to ascertain with certainty where they were sailing. On the 10th of July, they discovered a sail a little a-head, and before the vessel could be got round, she struck and filled.' One boat was stove in the attempt to get her out ; and another was obliged to be thrown over the quarter, and the master and two passengers who were in it were drowned. When the vessel parted, the stern fell on the rock, and a number of the pas- sengers got on it. Four men and ten children perished from fatigue on the rock ; between thirty and forty other passengers were drowned; and the safety of the remainder is mainly attributed to the heroic conduct of a fisher- man residing on Dead Island, about four miles from where the vessel was

wrecked. On Sunday morning he put off in a small boat, with a young girl' and a young boy as his crew, to their relief; and his knowledge of the

localities and tides enabled him to direct the surviving seamen as to the, best way to manage their boats. By great exertions all who were alive were on Tuesday brought to land. The Tyne came to the place in conse- quence of information forwarded to the captain ; and he took on board one- hundred and fifty-two passengers, and the crew, whom he carried to Halifax..

As the Innisfail steam-boat was sailing down Cork river, on Friday even- ing, a market-boat, having eleven individuals on board, was made fast to the small boat which was in tow astern of the steamer. The crew of the boat were warned that their situation was one of danger ; but the warning was disregarded. The consequence was, that the boat went down bow foremost, and one of the crew and a passenger lost their lives.

On Friday se'nnight two young boys belonging to St. Agnes, went to fislr in a small boat ; but they were unable to regain the shore, as the wind was blowing strong from the South. Next morning they were discovered about sixteen miles from land, by a vessel bound for Swansea, and rescued from their perilous situation. It is said that they could not have lived two hours longer. They were landed at Swansea ; and some humane individuals fur- nished them with money to carry them home.

The Lord Mayor has determined that steam-boats plying from London to Gravesend for fare shall charge no more for passengers than is. 6d., the re- gular fare of wherries arid other boats.

Upwards of one thousand persons were conveyed to Margate by the steam-packets on Saturday last, and in the course of the week, in an ex- cursion to Margate and back on the same day, at Gs. per head, there are said to have been nine hundred persons in the same vessel:

The horses of the London and Poole mail coach, a few days ago, became unmanageable, and galloped down a hill between Winchester arid Alresford at a tremendous rate; and having come in contact with the toll-gate post, one of the wheel-horses had his brains knocked out, and the passengers were thrown nearly twenty yards from the coach. One of them, a young. lady, was severely injured, and her recovery is very doubtful. The coach- man had three ribs and his right arm broken, his eye knocked out, and his bead otherwise so bruised and cut, that blood flowed copiously from hismoutb, nose, and ears ; he lies in a dangerous state. 'Fire guard saved himself by lying down on his foot-board. The coach was not overturned.

The Barnstaple and Bristol mail was overturned on Saturday, at Wivelis- combe. It appears, that the mail had just changed horses, and that one of the leaders became restive, which frightened the other horses. There being neither coachman nor guard on the mail, or any one having the reins, they set off at full speed' and within twenty yards of the inn, the coach was turned over. A lady was so much injured that she died soon after ; gentleman was also very much hurt, and but little hopes are entertained of his recovery ; a servant had her arm broken—the fractures are such that amputation must take place ; and the other passengers were more or less injured.

As the Marquis of Hastings and Lord Russell, son of the Marquis of Tavis stock, were returning to Loudon Castle from a shooting excursion, on the 14th current, their car suddenly broke down, in consequence of one of the horses having fallen just as they drew up at the landing-place. Lord Russell was thrown out, and the Marquis had his knee slightly bru"sed, from his leg having got under the car and close upon the horse's feet Wil1a it lay strug- gling on the ground. The gamekeepers and does that were in the carriage were violently dashed to the gravel. None of time parties, however, received any serious injury.

The Coroner's Jury convened to inquire into the cause of the death of Elise Sermirot, the unfortunate French lady, returned a verdict of " Acci- dental death," and levied a deodand of 51. on the coach and horses.

An inquest was on Tuesday taken before Mr. Stirling, touching the death of Sophia Pizey, an infant six weeks old. The mother, it appeared, had, in her sleep, unfortunately turned over on the child, which was in consequence suffocated. A verdict to that effect was recorded.—Another inquest was held on the body of a pauper with a wooden leg, who was found in the Re- gent's Canal. Verdict—found drowned.

The body of a man was on Wednesday found under one of the arches of the bridge at the Serpentine river. The deceased appeared to have been about forty years of age, remarkably stout made, and nearly six feet in height ; i and was very genteelly dressed. There was some money n his pockets, but no papers that could lead to any trace of who he was. His linen was marked "K. G." •

A man named Griskill, in the employ of Messrs. Cubitt„ builders, was drowned on Tuesday, iu attempting to step from a barge to a boat in the Grosvenor Canal, where he had been at work.

Last week, asa little girl was leaving the Queen's Head Inn, in the Borough, and proceeding through the gateway, a waggon turned the corner. She stood upright against the wall, in order that the waggon might pass her ; but the wheel came against her body, and dragged her down. She died soon after,

On Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Burns, master-builder, fell from the top of a house three stories high, in Milton-street. His head was dashed to pieces, and he was taken up quite dead. The accident was occasioned by the break- ing of one of the scaffold-poles which was rotten.

A boy, ten years old, on Thursday fell from some floating timber into the river, near tile Savoy-steps, and was drowned. A woman gave the alarm,

drags were procured, but all efforts to recover the body were ineffectual. The agonised parents of the youth were on the spot, and witnessed the fruitless search.

One of the warders of Sheerness Dockyard was on Friday struck dead by lightning. He was an aged man ; and had previously been engaged in acts of devotion, as an open bible was found in the sentry-box.

As the ship Harriet was unloading on Thursday morning at the Custom- house quay, Lower Thames-street, the men on board were engaged in shifting an immense wooden stage or platform, weighing upwards of two tons, used in landing the ships' cargoes. While it was suspended in the air, Dyke, a sea- man, got under it. At that instant the chain which supported it snapped in two, and the ponderous machine fell upon the head of the poor man, and dashed his brains out.

A boy, aged eleven, was recently suffocated in presence of his parents, at Belfield, near Stirling. The distressing accident was occasioned by a cock's spur, such as boys sometimes use in the way of a toy snuff-box. The boy had been amusing himself with the spur, when, from some accidental cause, it got into his windpipe, and produced almost instant suffocation.

An Irish paper tells the following story, under the date of Cork, August Yesterday, about eleven o'clock, a gentleman walking by the water- side, on Sullivan's Quay, heard the heavy tramp of a horse close behind him, -and, on turning round, found the animal (one of the dray-cart breed) rearing 'high und ready to topple on him. Finding retreat impracticable, the gentle- man opposed him with his hands, and got slightly cut. The animal reared ,again still higher than before. Inevitable destruction threatened his biped 'antagonist, when the latter, watching his opportunity, seized his enemy by the fore-legs, just as be was almost on an equipoise, and with much dex- terity pitched him and his rider over the quay. The tide being in, both were picked up without injury."

There was a brutal prize-fight on Tuesday, between two fellows named Perkins and Raines. The stake was 25/. a side ; and the place a " tight little island," called Penty Hook, formed by a bend -of the river Thames telose to 'Staines Lock. They fought forty-four minutes, when Raines was so' much battered by his adversary that he was obliged to give in. There was a 'ght also at the Ferry House, opposite Woolwich, between Lenny and Brawn for 20/. the sisie. It lasted fifty-three minutes, when Brown was re- eleeed by his adversary to a state of insensibility.

An inquest was held at Islington on Tuesday, by Mr. Stirling, on the body of a youth oi eighteen, who on Monday was found dead near the brick- kilns in IViiite Conduit-street. It appeared that the deceased, who was destitute 'lad, had been employed in making bricks, and that he was in the le:shit of eleeping in the open air near the kilns, for the purpose of saving liodging-money. A few potatoes were found near him, which had been

placed by the unfortunate youth for the Purpose of roasting. It wae the Iyinion of the surgeon that his death had been produred by suffocation ; wer6.ct accordingly.

A few days since, a female passing sear Turnstile, Holborn, was asked by -a young woman to h•dd her infant while she adjusted sonic part of her dress. She consented ; hut had no sooner taken the chill than the other ran off tuwar :s Holborn, and has not since beer heard of.

A mare was stolen on Wednesday. while the owner went only for five minutes into a shop in the neighbourhood of Grosvenor-square.

Saiurday evening, the dead body of a woman about twenty-one years of age. and who had been about five months married, was found in the Re- gent's Canal. On the evening of the previous Monday, there was a matri- monial squabble betwixt her and her husband, who was drunk, during which they struck each other. She afterwards left the house ; and as she got to the street, the husband lifted the window and said, " Go along, my pretty one." She was not heard of again till her dead body was found.

An inquest was held on Wednesday, at King-street, Smithfield, on the body of Robert Kendal, aged thirteen. The deceased, who was in the employ of Mr. Price, coffin-plate manufacturer, was found hanging in a room where 'he was employed at work. The Chronicle describes him as "a lively, cheer- till boy," as being most attentive in attending church, and as being particu- larly partial to Dr. Watts's Hymns, which he studied whenever he found an 'opportunity, and frequently sung them when in bed and asleep. His mind did not appear to be affected ; in fact, there was nothing that could have deranged his intellect, further than that he appeared to be distressed on ac- count of his mother being blind. It was thought, as he was in the habit of working in a hot room, and exposed to the heat of the sun, that that might have had some effect on his brain. His father said he considered his son had destroyed himself in endeavouring to try the sensation of strangulation. The jury, after a long consultation, returned a verdict, "That the deceased eves found hanging, and dead ; that it was his own act, but whether it was done unwittingly or by design to destroy himself, there was no evidence to 4Show to the jurors."

On Friday evening an old man hung himself in a stable in Golden Bell- e:out, Little Compton-street. He was much addicted to liquor, and had for some weeks been seldom sober ; and he had been repeatedly heard to say hat he would either hang or drown himself.

Mr. Roger Entwistle, who was very well known to the inhabitants of Man- chester as clerk of the race-course, had been recently confined to his room by indisposition, at a tavern, where he lodged. On Saturday his nurse found his room deserted, and the floor streaming with blood. Mr. Entwistle was found suspended from the door of another room, with his throat severed by a frightful gash. It seems, that after having cut his throat and inflicted various wounds sufficient to have caused his death, he walked to the room where he was found, knotted a handkerchief, and suspended himself from the door. The aberration of mind which led to the act of self-destruction, is said by seine to have arisen from pecuniary difficulties, and by others from the nature of the disease under which he laboured.

On Saturday, a young man named Jackson, in the 'employ of Mr. Jackson, the Postmaster of Woodford, in Essex, was found hanging in a barn at that place, quite dead. It appears from letters which he left, that he had been afflicted for some time with a disorder in the eyes, which had been pro- nounced incurable : he dreaded a total privation of sight, and that he should become a burden to his friends, who, he thought, would neglect him; and these apprehensions preyed on his mind. The unhappy youth possessed a moderate competency, independent of his situation.

On the evening of 'Wednesday week, a brass-founder in Bath was assailed by his wife, in the street, while he was in a state of intoxication. He re- treated, but she unwisely followed bins ; and in order, it is supposed, to get rid of her importunities, but without the intention of drowning himself, he deliberately walked into the river. His wifels sereams brought assistance to the spot ; but too late to avail the unfortunate man, who was drowned.

Mr. George Galway Mills, who filled the office of Registrar in the su. preme court of New South Wales, destroyed himself some time since, in a fit of insanity. The malady was brought on, it is supposed, by the dread of being called upon to pay a large sum of money for which he had become security.

On Sunday and Monday nights, several affrays happened between the populace and soldiers belonging to the 14th regiment quartered in Coventry ; and before an end was put to the disturbances, some individuals, both civil and military, received severe wounds.

At Orston, Northampton, on the 7th, six labourers were apprehended on the charge of having committed a brutal outrage on some Irish reapers, one of whom was dreadfully hurt. The Magistrates sentenced them to pay the man who was injured 5/. for his loss of tune, and all his expenses. They had also to pay the others for their loss of time ; and besides, had to find sureties to keep the peace. This wanton outrage cost them 31.2s. 6c1. each.