Alisaliaittutts.

The remains of the late Duke of Cambridge were transferred on Tues- day morning from their temporary resting-place at the West end of Kew Church, to the mausoleum at the East end. Only the Duke of Cambridge and some family officials were present. The mausoleum "forms an apsidal termination to the church itself : it is ornamented by three niches, :and the dome is covered with lead, decorated with ornamental bands. The walls are of red brick, with stone dressing."

At a Court of the Directors of the East India Company, held on Wednes- day, Mr. Barnes Peacock, Queen's counsel, was appointed fourth ordi- nary member of the Council of India.

Henry Revell Reynolds, Esq., has been appointed Solicitor of the Treasury, in the room of the late Mr. Maude, and will, we believe, be suc- ceeded by John Greenwood, Esq., Q.C., as Assistant Solicitor.—Globe.

We hear that all the Commissioners of Customs have tendered their resignations ; but Lord John Russell will not accept them till after an in- quiry into their conduct.—Morning Herald.

The First Battalion Rifle Brigade, which returned last year from the Cape of Good Hope, are again to proceed forthwith to that colony.— Daily Nam

Admiral Sir Charles Napier has been attempting to board the Minis- terial ship, but has been signalled to stand aloof by the Captain Prime Minister ; and in retaliation, he has filled four columns of the Times with the correspondence between himself and Lord John Russell and sent the whole broadside into the "tottering craft" which refused his services. In April last, Sir Charles Napier reminded Lord John Russell that he finished his "not very pleasant letter of the 25th January 1850," by saying to Sir Charles—" Your brilliant services on the coast of Syria evince the energy and boldness of your professional character, and will always be re- membered by me." As Sir William Parker was "not likely to remain in the Mediterranean all his life," Sir Charles suggested that Lord John would have an opportunity of rewarding his" brilliant services." Lord John Russell answered, that he had not at all altered his opinion of Sir Charles's energy and decision, but the Mediterranean command was not vacant, and he did not know how soon it would be so : he must preserve his opinion quite unfet- tered till then, when he should weigh only the merits of the officers eligible. At the end of September, Sir Charles learned, with the rest of the public, that Sir Francis Baring had selected Rear-Admiral Dundas for the command of the Mediterranean : so he wrote to Lord John, bringing his services under notice, arid asking if his merits had been weighed as promised ? Without disparaging Admiral Dundas,—whose merits he admitted, but who had not had the opportunity of giving such services to the country as himself, he thought that he had reason to complain of the intended arrangement. Lord John Russell answered, that the value of Sir Charles's services were not disputed ; but the Mediterranean command required "an officer who shall. possess the full confidence of the Government "—he must be an officer on whose "secrecy ,and discretion" the Queen's Ministers can fully rely. "I am sorry to say,' Lord John added, "that notwithstanding your many.bril- liant exploits, I could not place in you that implicit confidence which is re- quired.' Sir Charles Napier replied, that such candour as this in the &St instance would have saved Lord John and himself some trouble: if he do not now enjoy the confidence of the present Board, they have changed their opi- nions,—biased, no doubt, by the First Lord, "who took the earliest oppor- tunity of insulting me, for reasons best known to himself " : he hoped the officer chosen for the Mediterranean command "may be successful and dis- creet enough to uphold a tottering administration." This week, Sir Charles followed up his letter by another, accompanied by a vast number of testimo- nies of confidence in his conduct, which he has received from the Admiralty since 1828, when Lord Melville was at its head. He concluded now with these sentences. "I don't dispute, my Lord, your right to appoint to the Mediter- ranean command whom you please ; but I dispute your right to damn my- professional reputation by sending me the letter you have done. This is not the time, my Lord, to affront an officer who has rendered some service- to his Queen and country, when France, with an army of 400,000 men, is hi a blaze. Your Lordship is renowned for writing indiscreet epistles, and as it would be a pity to withhold your last, I shall send it to the press." The whole correspondence was sent to the Times yesterday, "that the Country and the Navy may see that Ministerial and Admiralty jobbery are of more importance in the eyes of a Whig Prime Minister than either rank or (to. make use of his own expressions) brilliant exploits.'" Sir Charles's letter to the editor winds up with a Napierian defiance of the Admiralty. "Were the Navy ruled by .a professional man' he would not have dared to dishonour an officer : that is left to Lord John Russell and Sir- Francis Baring, who appear not to know what military honour is ; and, thank God, I am in a position and independent enough to tell them so." No doubt, we shall soon have more famous letters in the Times ex- posing Admiralty jobbmies.

Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for- the week ending on Saturday last—

of 1841-50

of 185r.

Zymotie Diseases 2,658 .... 241 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 542 .... 36 Tubercular Diseases 1,746 .... 190 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marr9w, Nerves, and Senses 1,216 • • • • 125 Diseases of the /kart and Blood-vessels 965 .... 41 Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration 2,644 .... 284 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs or Digestion 583 .... 66 Diseases of the Kidneys, de iSa .. • . 15 Childbirth, diseases of the lJterus, doe 118 ....

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Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, Ste 85 .... 8 Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, dm 9 .... 1 Malformations 36 .... 5 Premature Birth 245 .... 41 Atrophy 170 .... IS Age 663 • • • • 51 Sudden 147 .... 7

violence, Privation, Cold, andIntemperance

322 ....

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Total (including unspecified causes) 11,699

1,194

Mr. Frederick Walford has been appointed Recorder of Malden, in the room of his father, Mr. J. G. Walford, deceased.

Mr. Augustus Hill Bradshaw, late Accountant-General at the Army Pay- office, died on Saturday last, at an advanced age.

A letter received from an officer on board her Majesty's brig Spy, dated Sierra Leone, November 6, says—" The slave-trade is very far from being extinct. They now appear to be sending over from Rio the frames of slave- vessels to be put together in the rivers ; by which plan their escape is greatly facilitated. Whilst off this place, on the 3d of this month, we re ce - ived intelligence that two large canoes, which were then in sight, contained slaves. It being calm, our whale-boat, with five men and two officers (Messrs. Barstow and Mitchell) were started in pursuit; and, after a most animated and exciting chase, we captured them both, containing 56 slaves and manned with 19 Mandingo men. I and two men, well armed, took pos- session of the first, and found about 40 slaves in her and 10 men ; the other officer and 3 men pursued and captured the other, and found 16 slaves and 9 men in her. Had the fellows in my boat possessed the slightest pluck could uld certainly ' I . have thrown us overboard and got away clear but made them pull their own boat up to the Spy, and soon afterwards the other boat came thus with her prize, in all 56 slaves."

There are letters from Sydney to the 8th of September, from which it ap- pears that the gold continues to be found in increased quantities ; as much as 20,000/. per week being brought into Sydney. The quantity shipped was estimated at 21,000 ounces, value 68,0001.; and it was stated that there were upwards of 10,000 men employed at the diggings, a large increase to which- be expected so soon as the fair weather set in.—.3forning Chroncle.

It is said that a court of inquiry is about to take place in the regiment of the Royal Horse Guards relative to the recent defalcations of a subaltern, which amount to 87,0001.

The Board of Ordnance has agreed to build officers' quarters as an addi- tion to the Guards' Barracks at St. James's Park, and have called for tenders for the erection of the works.

The city of London stands upon 620 acres. The fixed property in houses located on this small spot is estimated at forty millions sterling ; and the value of moveable property in the City, according to the Railway 101mA is considered to be worth a hundred millions sterling.

Ten Weeks Week

The number of telegraphic stations now open, and in connexion with the London statMn of the Electric Telegraph Company, in Lothbury, amounts to 226, embracing all the principal towns m the kingdom; between which com- mercial and private despatches are transmitted and answers obtained in a few minutes. Nearly seventy are principal commercial stations, at which the attendance is what is called constant, that is bossy, day and night— Daily News.

Additional electric cables are about to be laid down between England and France. The electric telegraph is also to be stretched across to Ireland. Active measures are already on foot to accomplish the work. The length of each single cable will be about sixty miles.

The extent of telegraphs in the United States and Canada is estimated at from twelve to fifteen thousand miles, and it is increasing every day. No one not familiar with the subject can form an adequate idea of the immense benefit which the electric telegraph confers upon the people at large, or of the advantag.e which it is to commercial and business men generally. By its aid, the Government at Washington can almost instantaneously communi- cate with all parts of the country, North, South, East, and West. In this re- spect, it is as potent as Absolutism or Despotism is in the Old World. This vast country, three thousand miles long and three thousand broad, can be as easily managed and governed, by the aid of the telegraph, as a single city. But the telegraph system in the United States is only in its infancy. It must increase with the growth of the country ; and before twenty years, the Republic will be covered with a net-work of wires that will embrace a dis- tance of probably fifty thousand miles.—New York Herald.

Mr. Robert Stephenson arrived here (at Alexandria) in the Titania on the 25th November, and proceeded a few days after to Cairo by land, in order to inspect the country well, and to come to a final decision with regard to the precise course to be adopted for the Egyptian railway. Mr. Stephen- son seems to think that the best plan will be to carry the railroad over the barrage, where the bridges are in a very forward state; and he is deter- mined to endeavour to have the line in working condition within three years' time.—Letter in the Morning Post.

Three thousand pounds have been subscribed to raise the " George Ste- phenson Testimonial" ; and it has been decided, in consonance with the feelings of Mr. Robert Stephenson, to place the statue in the court-yard of the Euston station of the North-western Railway.

Young Hernandez met with serious accidents while performing his eques- trian feats at Nottingham on Tuesday evening. The graceful youth was ex- cited by the presence and applause of the Earl of Cardigan and the officers of the Eleventh Hussars, and exerted himself with such reckless energy that he received a fall on the edge of the ring. The Notts Guardian reports, that—" He sprang back into the circle, and groaned most piteously. Several

, medical gentlemen present rushed into the circle, and he was borne into the ( dressing-room. Against the wishes of the proprietor, and the audience ge- nerally, who cried out for him to desist, he came back and mounted his horse —one belonging to himself—and, in apparent pain, but with indomitable courage, ran through a second career of extraordinary feats. But the horse, which appeared to us not so graceful as the rest, threw him off his equili- brium, and he fell with his head and sides against the boards. He again attempted the same feat, and fell as on the first occasion. He was then taken away." No bones were broken ; but there were such serious bruises that careful surgical treatment and perfect quiet in-doors had been necessary.

It transpired at the Newport Police-court last week, that a Scotchwoman, named Elizabeth Davidson, at the age of fifty-seven years, had travelled on foot the whole distance from Dundee to Parkhurst, 570 miles, (excepting only the steam-passage from Southampton to Cowes,) for the purpose of seeing her son, who was ordered for transportation. She managed, by existing on a pennyworth of potatoes and salt per day, and spring-water, to accomplish this tremendous journey in the space of five weeks ; and arrived at Newport, worn out with fatigue and illness, without a single farthing in her pocket. Although compelled, before reaching her destination, to dispose of several articles of warm clothing for the purpose of enabling her to procure decent resting-places for her weary bones during her journey to the island, she resolutely preserved for her child a copy of the New Testament and an edition of Johnson's Dictionary, he had desired her to send him. We are glad to say that a handsome subscription was raised for her previous to her departure for Dundee.—Bath Journal.

Holder Alleyne, M`Geachy Alleyne, and D'Arcy, the young men, formerly gentlemen, who were lately convicted at Westminster, of conspiracy to de- fraud Mr. Robert Blair Kennedy of a betting-stake of 7300/., and who were sentenced to imprisonment, are at large on the Continent. They were let out on bail before the trial and did not appear at the trial, but forfeited their recognizances. Last week, an application was made to Vice-Chancellor Sir James Parker, by Rosenburgh, the partner of M‘Geachy Alleyne and one of the other convicts in a patent barrel-stave manufactory at Bermondsey for an injunction to prevent them from dealing with the partnership funds. They were then at Brussels. This week, counsel stated that the absentees had consented to the dissolution of the partnership, had executed a deed for that purpose, "and had acted very honourably in the transaction.

Intelligence was received at Lloyd's, on Saturday, from Malta, dated the 8th instant, that the island of Sicily had been swept by two enormous water- spouts, amompanied by a terrific hurricane. Those who witnessed the phriorneuti describe the water-spouts as two immense spherical bodies of water rembing from the clouds, their cones nearly touching the earth, at a quarter of a mile apart, travelling with immense velocity. They passed over the island near Marsala. In their progress, houses were unroofed, trees up- rooted, men and women, horses, cattle, and sheep, were raised up into the vortex, and borne on to destruction; during their passage rain descended in cataracts, accompanied with hailstones of enormous size, and masses of ice. Going over Castellamare, near Stabia, they destroyed half the town, and washed two hundred of the inhabitants into the sea, who all perished. Upwards of five hundred persons had been destroyed by the temble visitation, and an immense amount of property ; the country being laid waste for miles. The shipping in the harbour suffered severely, many vessels being destroyed and their crews drowned. After the occurrence, numbers of dead bodies were picked up, all frightfully mutilated and swollen.

A colossal bronze statue of Gustavus Adolphus, cast in Berlin for erection in Stockholm, was lost in the sea, by the stranding of the vessel which was carrying it to Stockholm, on the sands of the island of Heligoland, on the 19th November. By accounts from Cuxhaven of the 4th instant, it is stated that, after many days' labour, the statue has been again raised above water, and placed in security on one of the dunes or sand-hills of the coast. The point of the sword-sheath and the fore-finger of the right hand of the figure have been broken off, but otherwise the figure is uninjured. The weight of the immense mass of metal, when the ship struck, broke its way through the hull of the vessel, which was then driven into shallower water. The inhabitants were very active in recovering the statue, as they still retain a kindly recollection of the last Monarch of the line of the Commander, Gus- tavus the Fourth ; who in 1809 passed some time on the island, and behaved

- - --- very generously to the people. He quarrelled with the English Governor, and left the island suddenly in an open boat, with sixteen rowers, who took him over to the Schleswig coast ; they were royally paid for the service, and the survivors still talk of the event. It is said the King embarked at the same spot where the statue of his great ancestor foundered. The Swedish Committee will have to pay a considerable sum for salvage. as the old Strand- recht allows one-third of the value of the goods in such cases to the salvors. —Correspondence of the Times.