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FRIDAY EvENING.—Another week has passed, like the last, without in- terestor incident. A morningpaper of yesterday favoured its readers with an analysis of the causes of the present stagnation, wherein the pro and con is very nicely and ingeniously balanced. For our own part, we impute the whole blame to the month of September ; and continue to think the absence of speculation mainly or wholly owing to the absence of the speculators, large and small, and of all descriptions both in an out of the house, who are tempted into the country either by the fashion or the fine weather, or the shooting season. During the whole week, the business done has been of the most trifling character, and on one day (Wednesday) so late as twelve o'clock not a single bargain hadbeen reported, a circum- stance of very rare occurrence indeed. In Consols the total variation has not exceeded i per cent. The heavy Stocks have advanced slightly, new

4 per cents. bean 102 India Bonds, 94 ; Exchange Bills, 77 and 78; ,,.... .-- ,

Iran t nti'741 a-ve'snit, - y..-ill r twIenent.hePortugueseForei Pl masrkroetorthies ported that Viscount Itabayana has (or ought to have) received the Em- peror Pedro's instructions for paying the dividend, by the last packet. There are some, however, who suspect that the mere directions of the Emperor to pay will not much benefit the Bondholders, unless accom- panied with instructions for finding the money. Spanish Bonds have fallen back, as we last week suspected they would, to nearly their old price, being now about I lf, and nothing doing in them. A new loan is said to have been contracted in Holland for the Russian Government, at the enormous price of 99 ; and really, if such things can be done so soon, and under such circumstances, the experience of 1825 may go for nothing. The price of Russian Stock here has rather improved than otherwise. It has been reported also that Mr. Rothschild has concluded with the Aus- trian Government for a loan of ten millions sterling ; but this wants con- firmation, and at all events the amount must be greatly exaggerated—we should suppose a fourth part of the sum nearer the truth.

SATURDAY MORNING, HALF-PAST TEN.—Consols 874 to 88. •The packet from Vera Cruz is arrived, but the contents of the letters have not yet transpired.

IIR/TISII FUNDS. Greek, 19 to 20 Bank Stock, shut Mexican, 394 to 40 3 per Cent. Reduced, shut Russian, 943 New 4 per Cents. 1024 to 4 Spanish, 114 to 4 India Bonds, 92 to 94 s CARES.

Exchequer Bills, 76 to 78 Anglo-Mexican, 95 paid 23 price Consols, for money, 874 to 88 Rolanos, 300 450 Ditto, for 15th Oct. 874 to 88 Imperial Brazil, 20 74 FOREIGN FUNDS. National Ditto 5 8 to 9 Austrian Bonds, 974 Colombian, 25 18 to 19 Brazilian, 644 to 65 Real del Monte 400 290 Chilian, 31. to 32 Kalpuxahua 320 124 to 134 Colombian, 224 to 23 United Mexican 38 183 to 19 ONE o'CLocx.—The Consol market is rather heavy, the price 874 to 4. There has been some business in the Foreign market; Brazil Stock is better, 65 to I, and Portuguese, 574 to I. The Mexican packet has brought no money for the bondholders. The Bonds have been done at 39, and are now 39 to 4. The Rolanos Mine Shares have been done at 2001. pre- mium, which is an advance of 501. per share since yesterday.

FOUR o'CLocK.—Closing price of Consols 874.

The King of France returned to Palls on Friday, from his pro- vincial tour.

Count Andreossi, deputy of Aude, member of the Academy of Sciences, and one of the old Generals, died on the 10th of Sep- tember, from the effects of a brain fever.

It now seems certain that the yellow fever, and that of a ma- lignant type, has broken out at Gibraltar. The gates of the garrison were finally closed on the 5th inst. The Spaniards had placed an extensive cordon sanitaire on the lines to prevent all communication with the fortress ; and the local authorities refused all vessels the usual clean bills of health from the 5th. It is, therefore, now to be treated as an infected place, and the merchant vessels touching at the port will be liable to very strict quarantine.

A proclamation in the name of Don Pedro has appeared, ex- horting the Portuguese to support their young Queen, and defend their constitutional liberties. The Emperor urges the nation to withdraw the Regent Miguel, whom he treats as no longer a free agent, from " the shameful tutorage by which he is now ruled." agent, people of the Cape of Good Hope have resolved to petition Parliament for the establishment, or rather the restoration, of a House of Assembly—the old Dutch " Burger Senate" originally having borne some resemblance to a representative assembly.

The attack of gout under which the King is at present suffering, has, we regret to say, proved much more severe than usual. The favourite rides, in the vicinity of Virginia Water, have not been honoured by, the Royal pre- sence for the last fortnight; and it is said, we fear upon ton good authority, that his Majesty has been, for the greater part of the time, confined to his room, and even to his bed.—Morning Chronicle, Thursday.

The Brighton Gazette observes, that the rumour of the King spending part of the winter at that place " bears no longer a questionable shape."

The Honourable John Townsend has been Gazetted one of the Grooms of his Majesty's Bedchamber. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, which continued in deliberation two hours and a half. All the members were present, except Mr. Herries, who has not yet returned from Scotland. During the sitting of the Council, the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General were consulted by Ministers. There was a report in the City, that the Catholic Claims formed the subject of deliberation.

It is confidently reported in Mark-lane this afternoon, that Ministers will, by Order of Council, suspend the present Corn Law, or reduce the import duty. Wheat is from four to five shillings higher to-day, and the factors still anticipate much higher prices, particularly in the spring of 1829. We give this report as we receive it, but we doubt whether there is any foundation for the rumour, that the "permanent" arrangement of the Corn Laws will be unsettled within six months of its adoption. But it cannot be concealed, that if the apprehensions as to the produce of the crop be confirmed, there is gret reason for alarm. The best foreign wheat in bond, and therefore subject to the heavy duty now payable, of 25s. 8d., is 64s. per quarter, and, up to a very recent time, bonded wheat has been exported from this country to France. Even yet, however, we presume great uncertainty must prevail as to the productiveness of our own harvest; and we hope the fears which now again begin to prevail may prove exaggerated.—Globe, Friday.

Mr.Dawson,the Secretary to the Treasury, has arrived in town fromIreland; Sir Henry Hotham attended at the Admiralty on Monday for the first time since his appointment as one of the Commissioners.

Mr. Secretary Croker is to leave the Admiralty. Mr. Hay, formerly Pri- vate Secretary to Lord Melville, will succeed him. Captain the Hon. Richard S. Dundas is to be Lord Melville's Private Secretary.—Daily Papers.

The Archbishop of Canterbury held a confirmation, on Monday, in the parish-church of Harrow-on-the-Hill, the first since his elevation to the primacy.

The Bishop of London requires all candidates for holy orders at the ordi- nation to be held by his Lordship on the 21st December next, to give to the Bishop in writing immediate notice of their intention, specifying their names, degree, college, residence, and title ; and on all future occasions candidates for holy orders are required to give such notice three months at least before the day of ordination. In consequence of the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Goodenough, head master of Westminster school, the principals of Trinity College, Cambridge, have appointed the Rev. Dr. Williams, of Trinity College, to the vacant mastership of the school. The usual repairs and preparations are proceeding at both Houses of Parliament, preparatory to the opening of the next session. The whole of the late King's library, which is valued at 100,0004 is now placed upon the shelves appropriated to its reception in the new room at the British Museum.

The scaffolding and horde erected in front of the King's entrance to the New Palace in St. James's Park were removed on Wednesday, and a view of the triumphal arch, a close imitation of that of Constantine at Rome, afforded to the public. The architecture is a pure and classical specimen of the Co- rinthian order ; and the appearance of the whole is splendid, though the effect will be increased when the inure ornamental parts are finished, and the different statues placed in the situations appointed for them. The members of the United Service Club expect to get into their new house in Carlton-square on the 15th of October. The Oriental Club House; Hanover-square, which is one of the most splendid and well-arranged of the many modern structures of this descrip- tion, has just been opened for the use of its members.

A Court of Common Council was held on Thursday. A letter from Mr. Copeland, one of the Sheriffs elect, who is labouring under indisposition, was read, giving it as the opinion of his medical adviser, that he would be unable to attend at Michaelmas to take the oaths. The Court seemed at a loss what to do ; and their law advisers stated it as their belief, that they could do nothing, as the election was vested in the Liverymen. The matter was postponed for the present. A petition was presented by Sir C. S. Hun- ter, from Captain Gambier and others, praying for aid to the London Epis- copal Floating Chapel : Government had given a 74 gun ship for the pur- pose of being converted into a chapel - and all that was wanted was money to carry it on. The petition was referred to the Committee for General Purposes,—Mr. Taylor having first hinted that there were already enough of churches and chapels on dry-land. The report of the Committee on the office of Secondary was postponed. Mr. R. Taylor alluded to the repairs in Fleet Market, which were going on with great rapidity, but in a very objec- tionable manner,—they are attended with a stoppage of thoroughfares, and had caused much inconvenience to those occupying premises in the vicinity of the market. Mr. J. Dickson said that the Committee had to contend with many difficulties, in consequence of the enormous sums claimed for compensation by persons occupying premises which it was found necessary to purchase. Here the matter dropped ; it being understood that a satis- factory report would be made by next court-day. Mr. Peacock post- poned his motion in favour of Catholic emancipation and general religious liberty.

At a meeting of the proprietors and subscribers to Lloyd's, on Wednesday, 1004 was voted to a poor fisherman in Newfoundland, who had saved the crew of a vessel wrecked on a voyage from Ireland to Canada, and subsisted the survivors (152 souls) for some time. A gold snuff-box was also voted to a parish priest at Wexford, for his exertions in saving a steam-boat from plunder.

A meeting of the parishioners of St. Dunstan's was held on Wednesday, to take into consideration the present state of the church of St. Dunstan's, Fleet-street. The church was built in the thirteenth century ; and it ap- peared from the Surveyor's report, was now in a very dangerous state. The principal column of the centre aisle had dropped an inch and a half to the westward, the gallery was in a bad state, the turret was damaged from the weather, and the tower was bulged in more places than one. Altogether, the church was in a state of great insecurity ; and the Chairman said the meeting had to determine whether a new church should be erected, or what repairs should be made on the old one. The general opinion appeared to be, that a new church should he erected ; but a Committee of twenty-one, eight of whom to be selected from the Liberty of the Rolls, was appointed to re- port on the subject to a future meeting of the parishioners. In the mean time, as the ceremonies of marriages and christenings still take place in the church, it was agreed that the dangerous parts of the building should be im- mediately shored up to prevent accidents.

The parishioners of St. Mary Stratford, Bow, met on Thursday, to consider of the passing of a rate for the repairs of the ancient church steeple. The meeting was considered a trial of strength between the select vestry and the reforming party. A gentleman said that it was not necessary to have any of the churchwardens in the chair: and he moved that Mr. Glover should preside, as he was not one of the select vestry. The motion was carried by a large majority. The churchwardens put in an estimate and report from two surveyors, as to the repairs necessary ; and moved that a rate of 6d. per pound should be made. This was decidedly opposed, as the parishioners had determined that they would only pay a 3d. rate, till it was seen how much more was necessary; and it was determined by an overwhelming majority, that a deputation of the inhabitants who were considered compe- tent, together with the two churchwardens, should see the stones which were really unsound taken out of the steeple, and judge of the extent of the repairs required. The churchwardens said they would not act under this order ; but the parishioners said they would act without them.

The parishioners of St. Paul, Covent Garden, are also at variance with their select vestry. A meeting was held on Thursday, in the Vestry-room, to consider the draft of a bill prepared by a committee for the better regula- tion of the parish affairs. Considerable opposition was offered by Mr. Cribb; who declared the whole business a" party job." The provisions of the bill were, however, well received by a great majority ; but it was agreed that the bill should not be proceeded in, till it was seen whether a measure to be introduced by Mr. Hobhouse, would be effective in answering the ends the parishioners had in view. A letter was read from the rector, expressing his disapprobation of the proposed bill as a " party job."

A meeting was held at Rochester, on Thursday se'nnight, for the purpose of opening a subscription in aid of the funds of the King's College. The

Principal speakers wore clergymen& who urged the duty of supporting an la,

stitution rendered necessary by the increasing population of London, and where an enlarged and liberal education, upon Christian principles, was to be afforded to the youth of the metropolis.

A public breakfast was given at Stratford, on Thursday week, to Dr. Couolly, appointed professor of the nature and treatment of diseases in the University of London. It was got up to afford an opportunity of presenting Dr. Couolly with a piece of plate, weighing one hundred and thirty-four ounces, which had been subscribed for by the gentlemen of the town and neighbour- hood, as a mark of their respect. This gift was presented by Sir Gray Skipwith, with a very neat complimentary address. Dr. Conolly has only been about five years in Stratford; but during that time he had refired himself eminently useful, not only to the rich but to the poor, who had nothing wherewithal to reward his exertions. He had also been instru- mental in the establishment of a dispensary in the town.

The Sheriffs of London have nominated Mr. Barrett to the situation oa Keeper of Whitecross-street Prison.

The Constitutionnel mentions that the news of Sir Edward Codrington's recal has been received with much concern in the Mediterranean.

The commissioners of the Navy Board contracted, on Thursday, for supplies of Irish salt meat for the use of the Navy. The contract was taken at from 61. Gs. to 61. 8s. per tierce ; being from 12s. to I3s. higher than the prices of last contract. The number of tierces was 26,000. There was also a con- tract for rum, which was taken a shade lower than last contract.

Stores are held in readiness at Devonport, for the immediate equipment of nine sail of the line, should such a force he deemed necessary by Govern- ment to be called into commission.

The Turkey merchants in the city state that Mr. Dawkins proceeds im- mediately to Greece, as the.English Minister to the new Government.

The allowance paid by the committee in the City to the Spanish refugees has been discontinued ; and in consequence, many of them have been re- duced to a dreadful state of distress. The funds in the hands of the com- mittee are entirely exhausted.

The agents of Don Miguel in London have given official notice at Lloyd's that the blockade of Madeira is raised.

General Valdez, the Constitutional Governor of Madeira, has arrived at St. Ives, along with some other fugitives.

It is reported that Cobhett, who once before alone put to the rout a host of Lords and Gentlemen at Maidstone, intends to be present to try his powers against the No Popery people, at the ensuing Kent meeting.

A Brunswick Club for Buckinghamshire was yesterday set on foot at a public meeting held at Aylesbury ; the Marquis of Chando at its head. Among the company, there were eight clergymen, two of whom made speeches. The meeting was numerous; and after it broke up, some hun- dreds enrolled their names as members.

A writer in the Liverpool Mercury, suggests the establishment of a "Catholic rent" in that town, in aid of the Catholics of Ireland.

At the close of the Reformation in Scotland, there were only three or four Catholic priests in that country, dragging out a precarious and persecuted existence. At present there are nearly one hundred priests ; and the Catholic population is estimated at 120,000—notwithstanding the very extensive emigration of the Highlanders to Canada.

On Sunday, the 11th, the Reverend Andrew Scott, of the Roman Catholic Chapel, Glasgow, was invested with the dignity of Bishop in his own chapel. Bishops Paterson, McDonald, and Penswich, assisted in the ceremony. The Rev. Mr. Murdock delivered a lecture, in the course of which he congratu- lated his brethren on the great accessions their religion had made, within a few years, in this part of the country. It was not long since they had no bishops,—now they had three ; and their people, who were rapidly increasing in numbers, were also well supplied with able and indefatigable priests. Mr. Scott is the first Roman Catholic who has worn the episcopal mitre in Glas- gow since the days of Knox ; and his elevation is hailed with delight by his numerous congregation. The chapel was crowded to excess: three thousand five hundred tickets were issued, but many candidates for admission were disappointed.

GOVERNMENT OF THE CANADAS.—The report of the Parliamentary Com- mittee on the petitions from the two Canadas has been published. The pe- titions to which the Committee more particularly directed their attention were—I. From ten thousand persons in the townships of the Lower Province, complaining of the waut of courts of law in their own limits; that the French law was administered in the French language ; that they are without representa- tion in the House of Assembly in Lower Canada; and praying that a legisla- tive union may take place between Upper and Lower Canada. 2. A peti tion from eighty-seven thousand inhabitants of the Lower Province, complain- ing of various arbitrary acts on the part of the Governor. 3. Petitions from Upper Canada, praying that the money arising from the sale of certain lauds set apart for the Protestant clergy may not be exclusively applied to the use of the clergy of the Church of England, the adherents of which, in opposition to the statements of Archdeacon Strachau, they state to be few in number; but that they may be applied to the support of the clergy of the other pro- fessions and to the purposes of general education.

With regard to the first petition, the Committee have recommended several practical improvements in the law of property ; the principal of which is, that a less expensive and simpler form of conveyance should be adopted, upon the principles of the law of England ; and the form which prevails in Upper Canada is recommended as the best which could probably be selected. The establishment of competent jurisdictions to try questions arising out of the transfer of particular kinds of property is recommended ; and the abolition of the seignorial rights of the Crown, retained in the hope of deriving a profit from them, is also advised as a concession which would benefit the Colonies. The Committee recommend a system of representation in the Lower Province founded on the compound basis of territory and population, as in Upper Canada.

One of the complaints against the Governor was that he had applied public money ;without legal appropriation. It would appear that he had done so

under the authority of an act passed in 1774; but the Committee are of opi- nion that the receipt and expenditure of the whole public revenue should be placed under the superintendence and control of the House of Assembly,— the territorial and hereditary revenues excepted. The Judges and some other public officers to have permanent salaries, independent of the annual votes of the Legislature. To remedy the loss by public defaulters—(one dee faniter was Mr. Caldwell& to the extent of 9660001,i yet he was is office fu years after his insolvency was known)—the Committee recommend efficient securities and a regular audit of accounts. And with regard to the estates which belonged to the Jesuits, they advise the proceeds to be applied to the purposes of education. The Committee also recommend that a more inde- pendent character should be given to the legislative councils of both Canadas ; that the majority should not consist of persons holding offices under the Crown ; and that the Judges—except perhaps the Chief Justice—should not be eligible to sit in the Legislature, nor hold seats in the Executive Council. The Committee are not prepared to recommend the union of the two Canadas.

So far as concerns the petition from Upper Canada, the Committee are of opinion that the clergy of the Scotch Church are as much entitled to a provi- sion out of the reserve lands as the Episcopal clergy. They object to the go- vernment of the University of King's College in this province being exclu- sively vested in the Church of England ; and they suggest, that of the two theological professors, one should be of the Church of England, and the other of the Church of Scotland ; and as to the other professors and officers con- nected with the college, no religious test whatever should be required from them,—only that they should recognize the truth of revelation, and abstain from inculcating particular doctrines.

The other subjects of grievance, real or supposed, they recommend to the earnest and immediate attention of Government,—more particularly the grave allegations against the administration of Lord Dalhousie. The recommenda- tions in the report are altogether of a liberal and conciliatory nature.

DONCASTER Races.—The number of fashionables on the course on Friday was unprecedented, and the sport very good. The first race was for the three year c'l filly stakes, of 20 sovereigns each, with 20 sovereigns added by the Corporation ; eight subscribers ; St.Leger course. It was gained by Colonel King's Bossy Bedlam beating Mr.Gascoigne's Cora, Lord Milton's Mariqueta, and Mr. Petre's Emmeline. Even betting on Bessy against the field; she gained without the least difficulty.

Sweepstakes of 25 sovereigns each ; eleven subscribers : 4 miles. Mr. Petre's Granby beat the Duke of Leeds's Lunaria, Lord Milton's Medora, and Lord Cleveland's Nonplus.—Betting even, and 5 to 4 on Nonplus, 4 to 1 agst. Granby, and 4 to 1 agst. Medora. The result of this race proves what a palpable difference the length of the course will make in a race. On Tues- day Nonplus, at two miles, beat Granby cleverly ; now, at four miles, Granby beats Nonplus without giving him a chance. The race was a complete trial of strength and speed. Granby won easy by two lengths, to the astonish- ment and discomfiture of the numerous backers.

Three years old stakes of 30 sovereigns each ; sixteen subscribers ; one mile. Mr. Petre's Delphine beat Lord Scarborough'sCambridge, Mr. Fleteher's Arabella, and Mr. Wormald's Picturesqte. Betting, 6 to 4 against Arabella, and 6 to 4 against Cambridge. Delphine gained by a neck.

One hundred pounds plate ; two miles. Mr. Weatherill's Jenny Mills beat Mr. Johnson's Jupiter by a neck.

Thus closed a meeting of extraordinary interest and eclat. On the day of the St. Leger some individuals placed on the road to the race-course, and in the midst of the gay assemblage, large placards with the grave announcement —" The end of all these things is death." Lord Morpeth and the Honour- able J. S. Wortley were the stewards ; and Mr. Lockwood, for the fifty-third year, executed the difficult duties assigned him as judge.

There is now an Arabian horse in London for which 2,000 guineas are asked, and for which 1,500 have been refused.

Another prize-fight between Neal and Nicholls, for 1001. a side, took place on Tuesday, within three miles of Petworth, in Sussex. The combatants fought eighteen rounds in one hour and eighteen minutes. Nicholls was dreadfully beaten. Neal, after the fight was over, showed that he had suffered very little.

A mason and a baker then, for 101. and a purse, beat each other till the baker could not stand.

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The Blossom frigate, Captain Beechey, which sailed from Portsmouth up- wards of three years since, to endeavour to meet Captain Franklin in the Behring's Straights, and has also surveyed the north-west coast of America, arrived atPortsmouth yesterday morning.

The French are fitting out a steam-boat at Cherbourg for the Morea.

The English vessels taken by the Moorish cruisers have been released.

The Columbihe steam-packet has been weighed off the rocks on which she struck, and carried into Boulogne harbour. Eight fishing-boats and an hn- mense number of casks were employed in the operation. The vessel is found to have sustained comparatively little damage.

By a letter from Peterhead, dated the 18th September, it appears that the whale-fishing in Davis's Straits has turned out pretty successful. The letter mentions the names of thirty-six vessels, thirteen of which are full fished, and all the others except two have been more or less successful.

The coast along the counties of Elgin and Banff, in the north of Scotland, were lately visited by a tremendous gale of wind, during which several vessels were wrecked. A boat belonging to Rothenslough foundered at sea, and her crew, six in number, were drowned ; another boat upset off Port- gordon, and two men perished ; and it is believed that nine individuals, in a vessel which foundered off Wick, were all lost in the waves. At the port of Buckle, about a dozen of boat? were dashed to pieces at their moorings.

An accident, most fatal in its consequences, took place on Wednesday, in Exeter-street, Catherine-street, Strand, by the falling of two old and ruinous houses, one of which, from its dilapidated state, was uninhabited. The other, which was, a few years ago, a public-house, known by the sign of the Blackmoor's Head, was inhabited on the first floor, by a man named Stokes, his wife and a family of seven children ; and on the attic floor, by an old woman named Hedgley, who for some years has been a pauper of the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden. About half-past two o'clock, Mrs. Stokes, who is between forty and fifty years of age, her daughter Elizabeth, a girl about seventeen, her son Frederick, about eleven, another daughter Selina, seven years of age, and an infant boy only nine months old, were in the front room of the first floor, when in an instant the whole of them, with the poor old woman Mrs. Hedgley, were buried in the ruins of the two houses, which fell without any warning of the approaching danger. Thomas Neaves, in the employ of Mr. Cross, who was supplying bricks and mortar to the workmen engaged in

making the new line of sewers in Catherine-street, was driving a horse and

cart by the houses at the moment of the accident, and was killed on the spot ; his horse and cart were partly buried under the rubbish. A man named Worral was standing by the cart when he saw the houses falling ; but he stooped down under the wheel, and was protected by the body of the cart. A party of labourers, employed at the sewers, were quickly employed to save the poor creatures who were under the ruins ; and a body of police- officers from Bow-street attended. After digging for half an hour, the wo- man Hedgley was got out: her left arm was broken, and she was taken to Middlesex Hospital. Soon after four o'clock, two children, the one seven years old and the other nine months, were taken out, and conveyed amidst the loud cheerings of the crowd, to a house in Exeter-street. The infant died in a few moments, but the other was found to have received no material injury, and after being washed was put to bed. The next person extricated from the ruins was Elizabeth Stokes : her clothes were torn to rags, her legs were severely bruised, and she was nearly suffocated. She was also taken to Mr. Callaghan's, and put to bed. At the time she was taken out, the cry of a lad was heard, and In a short time, the men employed made a way to the spot where the boy Frederick was buried beneath the ruins. The poor fellow could be distinctly seen with the aid of a candle. He was, however, so hemmed in, that to extricate him was impossible, without sawing asunder the beams by which he was protected ; and in doing this the utmost caution and judgment were necessary, to prevent the rubbish from falling in upon and suffocating both him and the labourers. A conversation was kept up with him, and every cheering assurance given that he would be extricated. The boy answered with perfect cheerfulness, and only begged for water : this was administered to him with tobacco-pipes and quills, and he exhibited an uncommon de- gree of fortitude and patience during a period of upwards of three hours. At length it was resolved to commence digging away the rubbish immediately over the spot where the boy was lying ; a clear way was made, and the lad was once more brought to the open air. The fate of the boy had excited in- tense interest, and when he was brought from his perilous situation enthusias- tic cheering was heard. He was found to be free from fracture, though his head was much bruised, and he suffered a considerable degree of fever. While he was under the ruins, he said several times to the men who con- versed with him, " Never mind, don't hurry, I shall get out presently." He was conveyed to Covent-garden watchhouse, where a good bed and every requisite comfort was provided for him. It was ascertained be- fore this boy was dug out, that his mother was dead ; but notwith- standing the great exerions that were used up to a very late hour to extricate the body, the workmen had to relinquish their labours without having succeeded. At day-light next morning, they commenced clearing away the rubbish with great activity, and at ten o'clock the body was found stretched beside a bed, and dreadfully bruised by a heap of timber which lay on her. She was immediately removed to the Bell public-house, where Mr. Kenny, the surgeon, gave it as his opinion, that her death was instantaneous, from the state in which he found her head and neck. The five persons who were taken out of the ruins are no longer considered in a dangerous situa- tion. Mr. Wrench, the comedian, was passing at the moment the accident happened, and had just time to escape unhurt.

A coroner's inquest sat on the bodies on Thursday and Friday. The manner in which they lost their lives is sufficiently obvious ; but some important evi- dence was furnished, mainly through the industry of Mr. Thomas the con- stable, as to the state of the houses. These and a number of other houses in the neighbourhood had, it seems, long been considered in a dilapidated state, unfit for human habitations. One witness has considered them in a dangerous state for six or seven years. Another said that there were fourteen houses in that neighbourhood inhabited by families who paid no rent,—some of them in such a state of decay, that any violent jar in the street would bring them down. The houses, the falling of which occasioned the present calamity, had been condemned six years ago. Measures are to be taken for removing the people from the houses which are inhabited ; and which in many instances are only nests of wickedness and haunts for thieves.

At the close of the inquest on the bodies of Mrs. Stokes and her child, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death." They wished to give a deo- dand of 10001. or 5001.; but as it appeared that they could not give more than the value of the property, they declared the ruins to be forfeited to the king. They also considered Messrs. Meux and Company deserving of cen- sure for not having rendered the premises (for which, contrary to a previous statement, it appears that they really did pay rent) safe to the occupants. The houses are the property of the Marquis of Exeter. The inquest on the body of Thomas Neaves, the carter, elicited only the same facts, and terminated in a smilax verdict; but the value of the ruins was declared to be 501.

Last week, the tower of Stratford-le-Bow church, erected, in the reign of Henry II., alarmed the neighbourhood, by falling with a tremendous crash across the Essex road. The church has for some time exhibited strong symptoms of decay ; and it is not to be used for public worship, until it shall have undergone repair. It is intended to erect a new tower on a lighter construction.

A beautiful and interesting child, the infant daughter of a gentleman at the West end of the town, became one day extremely disobedient. The usual schemes of the nurse to pacify the child were unavailing, and, in an unhappy moment, she rushed to a dark cellar, with her charge in her arms. The sud- den transition from light to darkness, coupled with some terrifying expres- sions, was too much ; the little innocent shrieked wildly, and sunk on the shoulder of the nurse in helpless idiocy, deaf and dumb ! Mr. Curtis, the King's aurist, was applied to, and, after a considerable period had elapsed, symptoms of returning reason appeared. She has now also recovered her powers of speech and hearing.—New Times.

A girl in Brighton, about nine years of age, was burnt to death on Monday, in consequence of her clothes having caught the flames while blowing the fire to get breakfast ready.

A boy, four years old, the son of Mr. Harding, Crawford street, was burnt to death on Saturday, by his clothes catching fire. His mother had left the room only for a few minutes ; on her return she found her child enveloped in flames ; and was herself much burnt in her vain endeavours to save him.

On the night of Tuesday week. Mr. Hunter, land-agent, retired to rest at Jonsey's, the Bridge inn, near Newcastle, he arose in his sleep, opened the window, and fell to the ground, a height of three stories. He was taken up dead.

A shoemaker in Mason, on the morning of the 6th, was killed by falling from the roof of his house, which he had reached by the sky-light, while in a state of somnambulism.

On Sunday evening; an insane elderly woman, residing at St. Andrew's Hill, Blackfriars, got out of bed while the persons appointed to watch her were asleep, and in attempting to get into the street, fell from a window and was killed.

A reaper at Abernethy, a village in Perthshire, was lately stung by a species of nettle. His finger, arm, and side, became intlet xted in conse- quence; and he died in seven days.

On Friday, a woman in Union-row, Kent-road, suddenly heard the voice of her husband, from whom she had been long separated. The surprise so much agitated her weak frame, that she died soon after.

Sophia Morton, an unfortunate girl, perished on Tuesday night, by tum- bling into the Thames from one of the battlements of Waterloo bridge. Ac- cording to the evidence of Hannah Nichols her companion, the deceased, in a frolic inspired by liquor, ascended the battlement of the second arch, and, unable to keep her situation there, she fell over, exclaiming, r. Hannah, Han-

nah, I am gone, I am dead!" Witness then heard the deceased plunge into the water, and saw no more of her.

Whilst a labourer, along with others, was employed in forming a rustic fence near Callender, Stirlingshire, one of the pieces of wood which he had bent and interwoven,slipped from its hold, and struck him with such violence between the nose and the mouth as to stretch him dead on the ground.

During a storm which occurred at Tours, on the 8th, no fewer than six thousand trees were torn up by the roots, and the vineyards laid waste. The church of Chaseignes, near Richelieu, was struck by lightning, and reduced to ruins. The bell is believed to have been melted, as no trace of it can be found. Five parishes in the department of the Aube have also been visited by a storm, accompanied by hailstones df such enormous size, that the vines and fruit-trees were almost entirely destroyed.

The rain on Saturday fell heavy at Leamington, and the neighbourhood. At Boldre it was several feet deep in the low lands ; and ran with so much force across the road, that a fine girl about six years old, returning from school, was forced from the path by the rush of water, and carried a con- siderable distance into a meadow and drowned.

A young lad, in Manchester, met his death, the other day, while trying an experiment to ascertain the sensation produced by temporary strangulation.

On Tuesday, a barge, heavily laden with timber, while proceeding with the tide down the Thames, came against a brig, and was instantly upset, and turned keel upwards. Two men who were on deck saved themselves by leaping overboard ; but a man and a lad who were in the cabin were drowned.

A few days since, a gentleman of Bristol, who wished to engage a boat, im- prudently walked in company with his lady on a raft of timber in the float, for the purpose of going on board the more easily. When they arrived on the outside piece, it turned round, and they were both plunged into the water. The lady sunk immediately, but soon rose again, with despair and terror depicted in her countenance, produced, assheafterwardssaid, by observing an empty hat which floated near her; but in turning round, she saw her hus- band, who was swimming and anxiously searching for his wife. Her face instantly brightened with joy on observing his safety, and she went down a second time, apparently smiling and happy. As she was sinking, the gen- tleman was in time to seize the corner of her shawl ; and by this rneans con- ducted her to land, where, after some difficulty, she was completely festered. The lady, who was far advanced in pregnancy, was taken home and shortly after delivered of a son. We are happy to add that both mother and child are doing well.--Cheltenham Advertiser.

On Sunday morning, the mutilated remains of a person unknown were picked up and brought on shore by the Deal boatmen—the corpse, which had neither legs nor arms, was frightfully disfigured, and presented a most shocking appearance.—Kent Herald.

Yesterday afternoon, a lighter laden with bricks, while passing under the centre arch of London-bridge, was driven by the current against the tiles of the arch. The boat was damaged, and soon after sunk. One man was drowned; his companion was saved from the same fate by a wherry, which put off to his relief.

A young lad at Shaftesbury died on Tuesday, from having eaten some slices of poisoned bread and butter, which had been left on his master's table as a bait for rats.

Last week, an old man and a constable lodged two girls in the Shude Hill lock-up-house, Manchester, on a charge of petty felony. The old man had no sooner dune so, than he fell down dead; next day the culprits were dis- charged for want of evidence.

The jewellers of the metropolis have been panic-struck by the extraordi- nary conduct of a young man, who was a very few years ago no more than a journeyman to one of the fraternity. This ingenious gentleman has contrived to dispose of about 50,0001. worth of diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and splendid gold and silver articles, and some of the most experienced and eminent men in the trade have been sufferers by his mode of dealing. He began business at the west end of the town, about five years ago. The punctuality with which he for some time settled all demands upon him, gave him extensive credit among the diamond merchants and jewellers ; and of this confidence he availed himself to the fullest extent. His mode /of pro- ceeding was this—as soon as he received a quantity of diamonds, or other precious stones, he broke them up and disposed of them at a low rate in a different form ; and all the plate he purchased he put into the crucible, so that not a single article was to be seen in the market in a shape in which it could be recognized. The young jeweller's insolvency has' excited a great sensation in the trade.

Henry Saunders, one of the persons charged with having been concerned in the robbery of the Greenock Bank, was tried at the Glasgow Assizes on the 18th current. A great number of witnesses were examined ; and though it was proved that the prisoner had resided in lodgings at Greenock, under the name of " Richard Eldin," in company with a man named Gray, there was not the slightest evidence to connect him with the robbery. The public prosecutor told the Jury that he had failed in proving what he intended, and gave up the case. The Jury found a verdict of " not proven ; " and the pri- soner was dismissed from the bar. Mr. Jeffrey and Mr. Monteath were re- tained as his counsel. It was proved that the Bank had recovered 20.0001. of the stolen notes ; but it could not be elicited through what channel they were recovered, or the price of their recovery. Saunders is described as " a tall, thin, sinister-looking fellow, with large rolliag gray eyes of a very peculiar formation, the pupils being extremely small, and the greater part of the balls white—a nose slightly aquiline, thick at the lower extremity, with a twist on one side.--a large and singularly shaped mouth, with thick lips, high but not pointed cheek-bones, and a small, narrow forehead, like a section of a wedge reversed. He was dressed in a fashionably- made surtout, black waistcoat and trowsers, and black stock ; and his ap- pearance altogether indicated that mixture of cunning and daring which is generally found to characterize the whole tribe of,thieves and conveyancers."

A Scotch paper records an attempt to poison eleven individuals, at the farm of East Grange, near Forres, in the North of Scotland, by a maid-ser- vant. She had conceived an against one or more of the shearers ; and, in revenge, she mixed poison with the food which had been cooked for the dinner of the harvest-people. Soon after the conclusion of their meal, every one began to vomit. They partially recovered before next day ; but in the afternoon, they again relapsed, and medical aid was procured. The physician was of opinion that it was only the first vomiting which had saved their lives. The woman, who had left her master's house, was discovered in the evening by some farm-servants ; who, by way of inflicting summary punishment upon her, dragged her for some time through a horse-pond.

Duelling and suicide are very common in France. If one is killed in a duel, a sort of inquiry is made ; but it is seldom followed up by the punish- ment of the surviving duellist. Within a very few years, it is mentioned in a private letter, forty-nine soldiers in one regiment committed suicide. The prime mover in so many crimes is said to have been love.

On Sunday evening, some thieves entered a gentleman's house in Cumber- land-place, Marlborough-road, and stole 501. in bank-notes, besides a sum in gold and silver, and some articles of plate.

A hostile meeting took place on Saturday morning, at an early hour, near Wimbledon-common, between Major Baron 8—, late of a favourite regi- ment of dragoons, and a foreign Colonel, in consequence of a dispute the previous evening between the parties, on the respective merits of the English and Continental cavalry and their commanders ; in the course of which the Baron, rather too hastily, used some harsh.expressions to the Colonel, which the latter resented, and sent a challenge, which was immediately accepted by the Baron. The parties fired together at a given signal, at ten paces, and the Colonel received his adversary's ball in his right thigh. The seconds then interfered, and the parties left the groundwithout coining to any accom- modation.—Deity Papers.

A masquerade was given at Brighton, on the evening of Thursday week, at which a livery-servant had the impudence to attend. In the scuffle to thrust him out, a gentleman was thrown over the bannister of the stairs, and was dangerously hurt. The servant is unknown, and is supposed to have ab- sconded.

The house of Mr. Hopkins, Stratford-green, was robbed, on Saturday night, of plate and other articles of value. Before the thieves could reach the house, they had to scale four or five garden-walls, and to make two large holes in the kitchen window-shutters ere they could gain entrance.

A boy in Liverpool last week was crushed to death against a wall, by a cart

While the house of a gentleman in Liverpool was in flames, last week, a female servant took the opportunity to rob him. She was subsequently de- tected, and now awaits her trial. The property taken was valuable.

In the same town, a man was forced into a house of ill-fame, and robbed of 971.; but the money was subsequently recovered by compromise. A vessel in the Dock was robbed of 601.; a man was robbed in the street of 291.; and another was knocked down and deprived of his watch.

A thief in Nottingham recently entered a gentleman's house, and, among other spoil, carried off the bed-clothes from the children, leaving them unco- vered. The thief however repented, and sent a note to the owner, telling him that the stolen articles would be returned ; and in three days they were sent home.

An Irishman, named Mackanna, came home to his lodgings in Glasgow, last week, and began to abuse his wife. His landlady, a woman aged about se- venty, endeavoured to make peace between them ; but Mackanna struck her a blow near the ear, which instantly killed her. He is in prison.

Some ladies who were to be taken up at the Elephant and Castle as passengers, by the Streatham coach, on Friday, were beset by a gang of fellows soliciting employment. The ladies disentangled themselves from them ; but they found that some liquid had been thrown over their silk dresses, so as to render them useless.

On Tuesday morning, the neighbourhood of the Lambeth-road, near the New Bedlam Hospital, was thrown into great agitation by the discovery of a fine female child, buried under the pathway immediately opposite the

Hospital. A little before six o'clock, a large dog was observed by some

people who happened to be passing, scratching at the spot, as if he was after a rat. After he had mounded the earth about six inches, the people were horror-struck at perceiving the lower extremities of a child. They in- stantly raised an alarm, and the body was carried to the Gun public-house. There appeared to be two severe cuts on each side of the neck, and a bruise on the right side of the head ; which leads to a suspicion that the infant had been murdered.

A Coroner's Jury assembled to inquire into the infant's death. A medical man had submitted the lungs to the test of immersion ; and, as they floated, he was of opinion that the child had respired ; but the marks upon the neck might have been caused at its birth. A watch-house-keeper brought forward a well-dressed middle-aged woman, whom he had taken in charge on suspicion of knowing something of the matter, from what had fallen from her in conversa- tion. The woman, who appeared to be either drunk or mad, called for water, and "Where's the child ? where's the child ?" The body was placed before her: she arose from her seat in a state of great agitation, and having unclosed the cloth, sank back in her chair, and turned her head aside, very much alarmed. The coroner asked if she had ever seen the child before ? She replied " that child never lived half an hour after its birth ; but you have so disfigured it." She declared that she had not been at its birth ; but she had been charged with murdering it, and therefore ought to suffer for it. She would neither tell her name nor place of abode. When told she would be confined till next day, when she might be in a fit state to be examined, she became violent, and complained of the hardship. " Is your name Stokes ?" asked the co- roner, who had been given to understand that that was her name. Woman- " Stokes ?—it might be Stokes that murdered that child, but not me." She excited some surprise by saying that her name was Herbert, and that her husband was librarian to the Corporation of London, as none seemed to be

aware that the Corporation had a library. At the close of the examination, the woman was consigned to the Borough Compter for refusing to give evi- dence. Next day she had come to her senses ; and it appears that the co- roner and the jury had been trifled with by a woman insane from drink. She declared that she had no knowledge of the child. Her story was corrobo- rated by her husband, and she was discharged. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown."

A woman in Limerick incurred the displeasure of her husband by bor- rowing a sum of money without his knowledge. Her husband reproached her ; and stung with remorse for having deceived him, with whom she had lived happily, she went and hanged herself.

An inquest was held on Saturday, at Bermondsey, on the body of a young woman who had poisoned herself in consequence of her pretended lover having married another female. Verdict—insanity.

Another inquest was held on the same day, at Paddington, on the body of a boy named Pearson, aged eight years, who was found drowned in the Pad- dington Canal. The deceased, and Hill, another boy of the same age, while amusing themselves on the bank of the canal, quarrelled about an apple. Hill pushed Pearson into the water ; and when he saw him sink, he ran away, under the influence of terror, without telling any one what had happened. The Jury returned a verdict of manslaughter ; and Hill was com- mitted to prison.

A young man in Kensington went into a public-house on Friday evening, and asked for liquor. He was refused, and immediately committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor.

On Monday evening, Mr. John Williams, solicitor, was arrested on suspi- cion of having, in 1825, forged a deed of mortgage over certain property pur- porting to belong to Mr. W. Garner of Bidston. He was taken to Bridewell, and having retired to rest in a private room, swallowed poison. His groans alarmed a prisoner who slept in the next room ; the ikeeper was informed, and medical aid procured. Suitable liquids were injected, the stomach-pump was employed, and in a short time he was out of danger.

The body of Mr. George Dallmer, formerly a Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire militia, was found dead, on Sunday morning, in a ditch, near Wallingford. He was much embarrassed in money matters ; but there was no evidence produced before the Coroner's Jury to show that he had committed suicide, Their verdict was—" Found drowned."

John Clarke, aged fifty-three, who resided in Tottenham-court-road, was on Friday found dead among the mud on the banks of the Thames, where apparently he had been left by the tide. On the previous day he appeared to be melancholy and dejected ; but there was nothing elicited by the Coroner's Jury to show whether his death had been accidental or otherwise. He was once in easy circumstances, but had latterly been embarrassed.

A reverend gentleman, named Fletcher, living at Hoene, who had for some time been labouring under mental aberration, eluded the vigilance of his at- tendant a few evenings since. .He was sought after all night in the vicinity of his residence, but without success. Early the next morning he was dis- covered near Goring suspended from a tree by his handkerchief, and quite

dead.—Brighton Guardian.

A few days ago a man hung himself at Vaugirard. When discovered be still !gave some signs of life, and would certainly have been saved had the rope been immediately cut. One of the neighbours, however, forbade any one to approach him till the Commissary of Police should arrive h—French Paper.

Mr. Hayward, an engineer in the Hackney-road, has gone to Shaftesbury on a curious mission. It is well known that Shaftesbury is supposed to pos-

sess no local springs, and that water is brought from some distance in ma- chines prepared for diat purpose. For this water the municipal authorities of Shaftesbury pay to the lord of the manor, whence the water Is drawn, a calf's head, a besom, and certain other things of small value, annually. The engineer has pledged himself to free the town from this tax in all time com- ing; as be states, from experiments he has made, that there is not a place in England where an abundant supply of water may not be procured, some few spots in Cornwall excepted. Mr. Hayward commences operations by boring with an instrument like a common augre, and after piercing through various strata to a depth of 250 feet in some instances, he has never failed in obtain- ing a supply varying from thirty to sixty gallons per minute. On the main spring being touched, a curious phenomenon is frequently observed. Imme- diately after withdrawing the augre, a rushing subterraneous noise is heard, and in a few seconds a column of water is voluntarily spouted in the air to a height of ten, fifteen, and even twenty feet.

On the Hammersmith road, on Tuesday, a large carriage propelled by a gas vacuum engine was exhibited : it rolled along with great ease at the rate of seven miles an hour. There were several gentlemen in and upon it, who appeared quite satisfied of its power and safety.

A steam-carriage is announced to commence running between Glasgow and Edinburgh, at the rate of twelve miles an hour.

A letter from Mr. Pocock states, that two young gentlemen travelled lately through a part of Gloucestershire, with the kites and char volant, at the rate of twenty-four miles an hour. A journey of sixty-eight miles had also been performed in one afternoon, in July last—Sheffield Courant.

Mr. Cobbett has succeeded in bringing a crop of Indian corn to perfection. The field has fully ripened, and the crop is large. The success of this novel undertaking, he thinks, will be of incalculable advantage to the country ; for if the cultivation at' this grain were to become general in England, the country Might laugh at a short or damaged crop of wheat. The grain, even were it not applicable to the purposes of human subsistence, is available to the fatten- ing of cattle, hogs, and poultry, to a great extent ; and he calculates the value of the fodder to be nearly equal to that of an average crop of barley.

The planting of potatoes and maize has been introduced into Greece, by the Europeans ; and a letter says, that before long a whole population will he supported by the produce of the fields.

The ancient Romans boasted that their city was built on seven hills : may not the modern Londoners claim the same distinction for their own good town—does it not stand on Ludgate, Snow, Holborn, Corn, Tower, Dowgate, and Addle hills ?

ALarreaterioN.—In the New Cut, Lambeth, may be seen the following un- premeditated piece of alliteration : Matterface, Millwright, and Mashing Machine Maker.

The civic authorities have for the last fortnight exhibited at the east end of St. Paul's Churchyard the following notice : " Carriages cannot pass THROUGH Ludgate Hill." The wits of that region ask if there be a tunnel under that well-known mountain, as well as under the Thames ?

On the front of a house in Westminster, is a stone recording the date of its erection in the following whimsical manner: "this is Chapple Streete, 16561." By cutting off the 1 at either end of the line, it reads the same backwards and forwards, viz. 1656.

In the year 1275 the Lord Mayor's mansion was in Milk-street, and the yearly rental was 1/. sterling.

Brighton is said to be so crowded with company that it is difficult to ob- tain a house or lodgings in the best situations.

Such is the value of land in the centre of Birmingham, that 10,0001. has been asked for an unoccupied space of about three quarters of an acre.

A woman in Paisley lately left her child, about two years of age, and who could scarcely crawl, at the door of the house, while site did some fiousehold business. When she returned for the child, it was gone ; and search was in vain made for it in every supposable quarter. At length a neighbour espied it perched within a few steps of the top of a ladder placed at the gable of a neighbouring house, three stories high. Attempts were made to induce it to come down ; but no—the little creature sat fast holding firmly by one of the bars, and looking quite complacently on the anxious faces below. With trembling steps the agitated mother cautiously ascended the ladder ; but when within arm's length of her infant, and on the point of laying hold of him, he, as if to mock the agony of his parent, clambered up the remaining steps, and straddling across the topmost bar, held out his little hands and smiled, as if proud of his daring feat. The mother at last folded the object of her fears and affections to her bosom, and descended with her burden in safety.

The salmon-fishing in all the rivers of Scotland has terminated for the sea- son. In some of them the fishing has been productive—in others the reverse.

The Portlevan fishermen lately caught a sun fish, (as they suppose) which weighed upwards of a ton. It pursued die boats and little impression could be made upon it with boat-hooks, Sze. until a ball was fired into its open mouth, when they succeeded in bringing it to land. The fish was about 8 feet long, and 51 in girth.

A female shark was lately caught at Bengal, 10 feet 6 inches long, and nearly the same measurement round the belly. It had six or seven rows of immense teeth, and the liver yielded 131 gallons of very clear good oil. In her belly were found alive 49 young ones, none of them less than 21 inches nor more than 22 inches lung. The weight and strength of this fish are de- scribed as immense ; and, when caught and taken on board, its fury and violence threatened death to all who came near it. After being killed, it was put overboard for the night, to be kept tilt the next morning ; but six or seven other sharks came up and tore it to pieces. This was the largest of fifty sharks, which were all caught with the hook.

BLACK AND BLUE, OR A VISIT TO FRANCE, One of a party of Cockneys lately visiting France, that is to say spending thirty-six hours at Boulogne, for the purpose of drinking at double price as much yin ordinaire and eau de vie de cognac as possible in that period, was enticed about dusk into a clothes-shop, and purchased, as he thought, an excellent pair of black trou- sers at a very low price. Eager to exhibit his bargain to his comrades, he appeared next morning, to his own mortification and their mirth, habited in inexpressibles the fronts of which were indeed black, but the hinder parts blue ; the honest fripier having contrived to make two ends of cloth meet and thus form one garment. The dejeuner a la fourchette and the steamer both waiting, left him no time to seek restitution or to change his dress: he was therefore compelled to return to England in his party-coloured costume.

Means have been taken for the entire suppression of mendicity in the department of the Seine. No species of beggars is excepted; neither the Savoyards who beg through the medium of an ape, nor those who would raise contributions by the exposure of children. Those who, with claims more or less real, implore the pity of the public, (and they are supposed to be the smallest class) are to be provided for in the public establishments ; those who beg from idleness are to be compelled to adopt another calling ; and those who beg for the purpose of accumulating money, (supposed to be the largest class of French beggars) are to be obliged to retire, and live on that which they have gained.

The Dauphiness of France, on a late visit to Vesoul, saw some individuals who had rendered her services in 1795, a period of adversity to her; and to one of them she, in condescending terms, presented a medallion containing her portrait and that of the Dauphin. "The Dauphiness," says the Globe, is very prudent and economical in her gifts; reflecting, probably that a peb- ble from a prince is worth a diamond from a citizen.' She is said to have distributed some of these sixpenny medallions when t-he left England,amongst persons who had gratuitously devoted years to the service of the refugee Bourbons."

The officers attached to the French expedition in the Morea, entertains so little idea of danger, fatigue, and privation, that they have invited a com- pany of Parisian actors to go out to them.

A letter from Caen, dated Sept. 10, says—"On Monday evening about half-past nine o'clock, after an extremely hot day, a tremendous explosion was heard, accompanied with a most brilliant light. The town appeared to be on fire. The heavens were extremely dark, and it continued very warm. A tempest was generally expected. The explosion was so sudden and loud that it surprised a great many persons, and alarmed a still greater number: A slight rain followed this first peal, which was succeeded by others not near so loud, and apparently at a distance. Some persons pretend to have seen in different quarters of the town sparks of fire; others say that they were sud- denly surrounded with a great light. In one street fire person3 were knocked down, as well as a waiter at a coffee-house, and a posts:sit. A woman walk- ing with her husband had her apron set fire to, and N% thrown into violent convulsions."

The revenue officers of Honfleur seized, a few days ago. at Rolleville, near Havre, fifty-four hales of English manufitctured goods, which it was attempted to smuggle into the country.

Turner, the landscape painter, is now in Rome ; and he will remain there, or in its neighbourhood, during the winter. He has taken the stadia formerly occupied by Mr. Westlake.

• Extract of a letter from Messina, dated August 30th We have had very bad weather here for some time. Mount Etna threatens an eruption, smoke is continually issuing from it, and frequent flashes of Sre, which, at a distance, have the appearance of lightning. Strombolo is also burning. The people here are glad of it, as they say it prevents earthquakes."

On the 20th of August, two Englishmen attempted to ascend the Joung- frau on the side next Lauterbrounn, accompanied by nine of the inhabitants of the village. They .arrived as far as the Red Valley at a considerable height ; but here they were stopped by unforeseen difficulties. They are of opinion, however, that the summit is accessible on this side. On the 21st, an inhabitant of Berne undertook with some hunters of chamois to ascend to the summit, starting from Grindelwald and passing behind the Eiger and the Monk. He persevered in his enterprise for eight whole days, during which period he had to encounter difficulties of every kind. On the 29th he re- turned to Grindelwald, after having planted a colour upon the crest of the mountain, between the Monk and the loftiest part of the Joungfrau. This co- lour may be seen from Wengernalp, and even from Berne.

About three weeks ago, at an hotel at Berne, of forty-five who sat down to dinner, forty-two were English. The monks in Spain have taken to smuggling. They got from the King the liberty of growing as much tobacco as sufficed for the consumption of their monasteries; but they have extended the culture of this plant so far as to be able to sell it at a rate very prejudicial to the Royal treasury. Neither the excise nor the administration having authority enough to stop their pro- ceedings, the Pope was applied to ; and a papal rescript has accordingly been issued, enjoining the monks to limit their cultivation of tobacco, and to cease from smuggling. A merchant, who was lately at Widdin, reports that he saw in a square of that city, a huge pyramid, composed of the heads of Russians, and a crowd of soldiers of that nation loaded with chains. Some were sold as slaves, and others, fastened like criminals, were sent to Constantinople, bearing the impaled heads of their companions, which were sent to the impe- rial slaughter-house of the Grand Seignior.

The province of Transylvania has been a prey to swarms of grasshoppers, that darken the sun, and lay the country waste. They came from Moldavia, which they completely devastated. The population of Russia, in 1827, was estimated at upwards of fifty-three millions.

There are twenty-eight newspapers printed in the German language in the United States of America.

The Emperor of China has degraded his younger brother, on account of some mysterious intrigues in which he has been detected. The Emperor declares, that his brother has been all his life an idle, dissipated, and vicious profligate, associating with flatterers and sycophants.