fflistellantous.

It came out on Monday that General Cabrera had arrived in London on the evening of Friday; the Count de Montemolin, on Sunday morning. At present the Count is residing at the Brunswick Hotel in Hanover Square. It has been remarked that since his arrival he has kept a very strict incog- nito, being denied even to his most devoted followers.

Lord Elgin, the new Governor-General, is residing at present at Broom Hall, 'in Fifeshire; and it is understood that he does not intend to depart for Canada till the end of next month.—Scotsman.

We understand that the Solicitor-General, Mr. Dundas, will be the new Judge, in the room of the late Mr. Justice Williams.—Morning Chronicle.

It is reported that Lord Murray will be speedily elevated to the Peerage, and his place on the bench conferred upon the present Solicitor-General. Mr. Moncrieff, it is understood, will succeed to the latter office.—Edinburgh Evening Post.

The obituary mentions the death of Viscount Templetown, which took place on Monday last, at Castle Upton, in the county of Antrim. Lord • Templetown inherited the Barony on the death of his father, in 1785; and in 1806, he was created a Viscount- He was married in October 1796, to Lady Mary Montagu, only daughter of the Earl of Sandwich; and he had issue four sons and a daughter. The eldest son, the Honourable H. Mon- tagu Upton, succeeds to the vacant title.

Mr. Newman is on his way to Rome, where he will remain some months. The Univers contains an account of his reception at Paris, which was most cordial on the part of the ecclesiastical authorities. The Archbishop of Paris and the Nuncio of the Pope paid him great attention.

Mr. Caswell, one of the junior members of the University of Oxford, was a few days ago received into the Roman Catholic Church at Prior Park, near Bath.—Morning Post.

The Metropolitan contribution towards the National Tribute to Mr. Cob- den now amounts to nearly 13,0001.; making the grand total little short of 80,0001.

The Queen Dowager has contributed 201. towards erecting a church in Bridge Hill district, Belper, Derbyshire.

Since his visit to Constantinople, Mehemet Ali, the Egyptian Viceroy, has continued to wear the half-Europeanized Turkish dress; which is said to befit him ill. All the employes of the Government are under the neces- sity of following his example; and some of them, and particularly the fat and lazy men of rank, look very much out of their element in their new costume. The Pacha has also reduced his fine flowing beard to about a hand's breadth from the chin ; conforming in this respect to the Constanti- nople fashion and the precepts of the Koran.

Prince Luitpold, third son of the King of Bavaria, who at first entered the Artillery, has since relinquished a military life to devote himself to the study of the Oriental languages. He has just left Munich for Jerusalem, whence he will proceed into Egypt. In this journey, which is purely of a scientific character, he is accompanied by the Counts Cesare and Andrea Pallavicini, sons of the Sardinian Minister at Munich.

Mr. W. Newton, of Nocton, follows up his letter to Lord Ripon witn one to Mr. Charles Pearson, the Earl's solicitor, also demanding explanation.

"In your letter, published in the Times newspaper of the 12th instant," says Mr. Newton, "you have made the following statement: 'For reasons which I will avouch would have influenced any landlord or employer to do the same, Lord Ripon dismissed bins (meaning myself) last Michaelmas (1845) from his situa- tion of steward, and gave him notice to quit his farm.' I feel that it is quite in- cumbent upon me publicly to call upon you for those ' reasons,' which I now do; and request an immediate answer, especially as I have addressed Lord Ripon through the same medium, requiring from him his reasons for the extraordinary injunctions he placed upon the Reverend Mr. Crowther, without having as yet re- trieved any reply. " I must not allow your statement, that my father was a ' farmer's servant,' to pass unnoticed, because it is not true; although if it had been it would have been no disgrace. I need not now give particulars, but I will observe that be was steward to the Earl of Buckinghamshire, and after his death to Lord Ripon; and on his demise he (Lord Ripon) placed a tablet in the church at Nocton, bear- ing an inscription which reflects greatly on his worth as their steward, and his sense of the same."

Instructions have been sent to the Commander-in-chief of the Mediter- ranean station, Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, to retain the naval forces now under his command, with the exception of the two guard-ships of the ports of Devonport and Portsmouth; and to remain on the cruising-ground of the squadron of evolution, from the Tagus to Cadiz and Gibraltar, until further orders.—Morning Herald.

The Seventh Hussars left Hounslow for Ireland on Monday. Since the fatal flogging of White, the officers of the regiment, and the farriers who flogged, have been exposed to many insults from the neighbours. The Royal Irish Fusiliers have also left London for Ireland.

Very extensive alterations are about to be executed at Woolwich, which it is in contemplation to elevate to the rank of the largest as well as the securist naval depot in the kingdom. Under the powers conferred by an act passed in 1845 on the Admiralty Board and the Board of Ordnance, a. Jury has been summoned to decide upon the value of the marshy ground on the West side of Charlton Pier, extending as far as the manor way on the Greenwich side of the dockyard, for the purpose of forming a basin capable of containing ships and steam-vessels of the first class. The site is admirably adapted for the purpose; the depths along shore on the Kent side being fifteen feet at low water, close to the land.

The Government provision-contract was taken on Thursday. The quantity of beef was 12,000 tierces, but only 8,000 were taken. The whole of the pork, 18,000 tierces, was contracted for. The average price= forbeef was 71. Is., and for pork '71. 13s.; which, in the present condition of the provision-trade, is considered to be low. It is thought by experi- enced parties that Government will have a good deal of difficulty in ob- taining the requisite supplies of home-growth, as the demand for local consumption is likely to absorb all the fresh meat to be obtained here. Great improvements, however, may be effected, it is thought, in the method of provision-curing, both as regards economy of time and money.—Globe.

An important change is about to take place in the Coast Guard Service; which, it is understood, will be placed under the superintendence of the Board of Admiralty, instead of (as at present) being under the Board of Customs and the Lords of the Treasury. A vacancy will occur by the naval promotion of the present Comptroller-General of the Coast Guard, Captain Phipps Hornby, R.N., C.B., Aide-de-camp to her Majesty the Queen; and it is stated in naval circles that Captain A. Ellice, R.N., (1831,) will be appointed under the Admiralty to superintend the service, with the style of the Comptroller of the Coast Guard; the title of General being omitted. Many of the old officers who have been retained in this service were formerly in the old Coast Blockade, and will be "superannuated" upon hard-earned pensions (the civilians), and the officers of the Royal Navy " retired " upon well-merited promotion.—Morning Post.

The late Mr. John Ashton, of Newton Bank, near Hyde, in Cheshire, a wealthy Manchester cotton-manufacturer, has by his will left the residue of his personal estate to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund towards liquidating the National Debt. It is supposed that the State will thus take 150,0001.

The harvest is now over, even in the North of Scotland; and the ac- counts generally from all quarters seem to indicate at least an average crop of grain. The potato crop in Glamorganshire is spoken of as likely to be more abundant than was expected; and in the West of England it is said to be only one-third less than the usual average. The turnip crops in Lancashire and Cheshire are in an unhealthy state, but are not considered past recovery.

To meet the distress resulting from deficient crops and the high price of corn, the Governments of Baden and Wirtemburg have issued ordonnances, in anticipation of corresponding steps of the Zollverein, for the free admis- sion of foreign grain till the 1st May 1847.

According to the account in the Silesian journals, the greatest distress prevails in the mountain districts of the country, as even the last hope of the mountaineers, the crop of oats, has proved a failure. Large bodies of these poor people have gone into Hungary and into the lowlands of Galli- cia, where they hope to obtain a precarious subsistence either by begging or open violence.

The accounts of the crops in the country round Odessa, as well as near Kherson, Nekolaieff, Taganrok, and Elisabethgrad, are favourable. In several localities they are even said to be abundant. The accounts from Kieff, Poultava, Ekaterinoslaff, Podolia, and Bessarabia, are also satis- factory. In the centre of the Government of Kherson the crops have been injured by the drought and by the locusts.

Letters from Odessa state that the heat during the month of July was suffocating; the thermometer at noon, in the shade, marking from 25° to 26° Reaumur. The long drought has dried up all the wells, and turned all the leaves on the trees yellow. On the 13th August, some heavy rain fell, which refreshed the atmosphere, but was not sufficient to penetrate far into the ground.

A disastrous accident has happened to the Great Britain steam-ship, which is now lying aground at Dundrum Bay, on the Irish coast, opposite to the Isle of Man. At nine o'clock on Tuesday night, the vessel grounded, upon a soft sandy bottom. The wind was blowing strongly, and the sea broke incessantly over the ship, which began to beat heavily on the sands. The passengers were seized with the utmost alarm; but Captain Hosken's great coolness and activity restored confidence and order; and towards daylight on Wednesday morning, all the passen- gers, with their luggage, were safely conveyed on shore; where they found re- fuge in the neighbouring houses. Several have since returned to Liverpool' The cause of the disaster is not yet known; the most probable report being, that the light off Dundrum Bay was mistaken for some other light. The ship does not appear to be seriously injured; and efforts are made to protect it until it can be floated off at the next spring-tides. A detailed narrative of the occurrence is supplied by a passenger who was on board. " The ship left the dock about eleven o clock on Tuesday morning; an& after clearing the Bell buoy, bore away under considerable canvass direct in a course for the Calf of Man and the scene of the disaster; and at from four to five o'clock in the afternoon the island was distinctly visible on the starboard bow. Shortly after, it set in to rain, and the wind increased; the ship making excelJ lent progress, and the passengers uncommonly delighted with the vessel and her admirable qualities as a sea-boat. Night then closed in, dark and wet, and the wind gradually freshened into a half-gale. The log was repeatedly taken. About half-past nine o'clock we were startled by a cry and active movements upon deck, and a general fear prevailed that the ship was in collision with some other vessel. The ship, however, had stranded. The night was dark and stormy, the ship beat incessantly upon the sand; and the breakers repeatedly breaking heavily over her one of the life-boats was carried from its fastenings on the quarter. Alarms and cries instantly pervaded the ship; and appre- hensions were general amongst the passengers that the ship would break up during the night beneath the force of the breakers which constantly burst

over her decks. Throughout the emergency, Captain Hosken behaved with admirable self-possession and energy; and immediately after the ship struck, welt down below, and, by his assurances, quieted the excited apprehensions o the passengers. His efforts were successful. A portion of tbe passengers re- turned to their berths and slept until morning. The anxious hours of darkness being passed, towards daylight preparations were made to land the passengers and their luggage; and then it was discovered that the ship had struck upon the soft sandy beach of Dandrtun Bay, near the watchhouse of Tyrella, a little to the West of the Cow and Calf Rocks. Providentially, the vessel cleared these dan- gerous spots; for had it been otherwise, it is more than probable that few, if any, would have escaped. The landing of the passengers was accomplished between the hours of five and seven o'clock on Wednesday morning, and from the protected position of the ship and the nature of the beach, with perfect safety. And a num- ber of them afterwards, with their luggage, which was protected by the arrival of a Magistrate with a body of Police, departed, and dispersed to the neighbouring towns of Downpatrick, Dundalk, Newry, and Belfast. Several of them have since returned to Liverpool by the Channel steamers. The Irish on the spot behaved like savages.

" The steamer is high on the beach in but a few inches of water, in an oblique direction, heading North-east, and would appear to have sustained little damage. No leakage has been observed, and no particular injury is so far known to have been received, excepting the loss of her rudder and the bending of her propelling- fans. No effort will be made until the next spring-tides, early in October, to get her off; but meanwhile every effort is being made to render her position as secure as possible."

The Montreal Herald furnishes the details of the sufferings endured by a body of emigrants on board a ship called the Elizabeth and Sarah, in the course of her voyage from Knits. The vessel was much over-crowded, having eighty-six souls on board beyond her legal complement. The water was not only deficient in quan tity, but bad in quality; and there was no issue of provisions. Under such cir- cumstances, it was hardly possible to escape disease; and accordingly we find that fever raged on board. The passage lasted seventy-two days, and very many deaths occurred on the voyage; the master being one of the victims. On arrival at Grosse Isle, the quarantine station, there were seventy-six cases of fever among the survivors, of whom seven died in the hospital; and it is added, that "although the crew were then comparatively healthy, their employment in cleaning the ship consigned the majority of them to the fever ward. There was no convenience for the passengers on board, and the state of the vessel is mentioned as being horrible and disgusting beyond the power of language to describe." The Daily News heads the narrative,." A Case for the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners "; and certainly it is one demanding strict investigation.

A woman upwards of ninety years old has been killed at the Dairy station by an engine knocking her down. She was waiting for a train, and seeing an engine approach, she thought she had better cross the line: the engine-driver attempted to prevent the disaster by stopping the engine, but in vain.

The public cannot be too much on their guard against counterfeit half-sove- reigns, with which the Metropolis is at this moment inundated. They are electro- , and otherwise so admirably executed, that it is very difficult to detect em.--Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle.

The cellular van in which Josepl_i Henry was conveyed from Paris to Toulon, arrived.at the bagne last week. He was in such a state that he was unable to move, and was obliged to be lifted out and carried in. He is said to be subject to nervous attacks, under one of which he was then suffering.

There is at present resident in the county of Tyrone, a farmer who has reached the age of a hundred and twenty; a son, who resides with him, is ninety-nine. The elder of the two can read without glasses, and his hair still retains its origi- nal brown hue.

A local paper records the death of Mr. James Collins, of Eastringtou, near Howden, in his ninety-seventh year; and adds, " He was a man of temperate and regular habits; he seldom met with hisequal in agricultural pursuits, and he in- variably took the lead with the scithe, the sickle, and the flail. Seven children, twenty-seven grandchildren, and eighteen great-grandchildren, survive him."

A Havre paper narrates the honours shown, at the Havre Theatre des Varietes, to M. Hoffman; a comic actor famous for his imitation of Englishmen. "On Monday, after playing the part of the son of Albion, in the Trots Di,nanches, an Englishman in the orchestra made himself remarkable, even above all his fellow countrymen, by the loudness of his applause. Hoffman was, it cannot be doubted, much flattered by this testimony to his talents: but was greatly more so when, after the piece was finished, the Milord, having asked and obtained permission, entered his dressing-room, and not only repeated his admiration, but gave some critical hints as to the proper pronunciation of words and phrases, and also as to attitudes. They parted with expressions of mutual satisfaction, and Hoffman re- turned to the stage to take his part in the last piece; but when he went to his room, and sought for his watch and his purse, in which were fifty francs, they were all gone; nor could the Englishman, his name, or abode, be discovered."

The grave and diplomatic Augsburg Gazette tells an amusing tale of scandal. "The Countess de —, one of the most attractive lionnes of Berlin, who is now in the prime of her beauty, is noted for her adhesion to the Ultra-Liberal principles of female emancipation. Having contracted, when very young, a manage de eonvenance with a man for whom she did not feel the slightest attachment, she decided on making up for the sacrifice by indulging in intrigues with those more to her taste. The Count, her husband, on the other hand, carried on a se- cret and guilty connexion with the Marquise de M—; which becoming at length known to his wife, she resolved to watch him narrowly in order to procure proofs which might enable her to obtain a divorce. For this purpose she summoned to her aid two of her admirers. These gentlemen, one of whom is connected with one of the tribunals at Berlin, engaged to get possession of the letters written by the Count to Madame de M—. Knowing that she had just set off for Paris, they followed her, and reached an hotel at Cologne where she had just alighted. While she was at dinner, they contrived to get hold of her luggage, and observing a small box which they imagined must contain the wished-for billets-doux,. they carried it oft Madame de 51— soon becoming aware of her loss, made mqui- ries, and discovered the gentlemen at the station of the railroad from Cologne to Bonn just as the train was about to start. She got into it. The two gentlemen had in the meantime opened the box, and to their horror found, that instead of containing the coveted billets-doux, it contained nothing but a parcel of matter of fact billets de banque; and that instead of having executed the mission of their inamorata, they had placed themselves in the position of common robbers. Alarmed at the consequences of their act they endeavoured, on arrival at Bruhl, to make their escape; but the vigilant Marquise prevented it, and had them taken into custody by the police; under whose guardianship they still remain, to await the result of further investigation." Under an impression that the circumstances through which Dr. Kelley was re- cently compelled to leave Madeira may deter valetudinarian from proceeding thither, Mr. John Driver of Liverpool has written to the Times, for the purpose of explaining how completely Dr. Kalley's difficulties were self-induced, through an overweening enthusiasm. Speaking of the people of Madeira, Mr. Driver says, "amore quiet, inoffensive, and kind race of people does not exist on the face of the earth.' He concludes thus—" To those persons who were intending to visit Madeira,. I assure them there is not the least fear of any disturbances or un- pleanatuess. If such were the case, I should be sorry to go out again myself; which I intend to do in the present month; but as Dr. Kelley has now left the island, I am convinced the most perfect good feeling will exist among all parties."

A despatch has been received at Lloyd's from the East Indiahouse,encloaing the copy of a letter from Lieutenant Barker, of the East India Company 'a Stearn- vessel Victoria, announcing, that on the 14th of August last, smoke was observed

to issue from the summit of Saddle Island, in lat. 15° 7' N71ong. 42° 12' E. The weather at the time was very squally with thunder and lightning. Saddle Island is one of a group of volcanic islands in the Red Sea, called the Zehayer Islands, lying in the direct course of vessels passing up and down. Gibel Seer, in let. 15° 32" N., long. 41° 55" E., appears to have been in active operation at

much later period than the Zebayer Islands. It was observed to be smoking whew visited by the officers of the Benares during the survey of the Red Sea, but never

since. There is a tradition among the Arab pilots of its having been on fire some fifty years ago, and it bears among many of them the name of Gibel Dookhau, or Hill of Smoke.

A slight shock of earthquake was felt, says the Obsereateur des Pyrenies, last week at Louviejnzon.

The Madrid Esiaiol of the 16th, states that the hamlet of Las Navas del Mar

ques, situated about three leagues from the Escurial, had been almost destroyed by a violent stonn. Whole flocks were killed in the fields by the hail. It is not stated whether any lives were lost ; but the inhabitants were all reduced to the utmost distress. Santander has also been visited by a terrific storm. The light- ning fell among a group of persons who had taken refuge near the church. Eight of the number were killed on the spot, and twelve more so seriously injured that they were not expected to recover. A young girl who was on her knees with an infant in her arms was struck dead; but the child was not injured. The Lai/ also did considerable injury to the country around.

In consequence of the fall of the Seine, from the long absence of rain, there has been discovered, at a place called Le Port a l'Anglaise, near the bridge of Clewis-

ton, a square stone, on which is an inscription, signifying that on the 25th August 1767 the river retired as low as that spot; and hence it may be inferred that it has not for eighty years sunk so low as it now is.

A fine specimen of the aloe is now in blossom in the garden of Mr. T. Crowe, Lowestoft. Though said to bloom but once in a long senes of years, and then to decay, this fine plant produced a similar blossom only three years since; after

which it put forth a new shoot, that grew so vigorously in a short time as to re- quire the removal of the old plant from the parent stem. The new shoot has. since grown but slowly, has weathered two winters in the open air, and finally,

about three weeks since, threw out the head of a fine flowering-stair, which has since grown to the height of three and a half feet, and already presents a very

beautiful appearance. There are about three hundred blossoms; which, if the weather continue favourable, will display their full beauty in a few days. Not the least remarkable circumstance connected with it is, that the old plant so un- ceremoniously expelled from the parent stein, has takcu root on its own account, and is growing rapidly.—Cambridge Advertiser.

There have in the present month been, or are to be, no fewer than five con- gresses of scientific men or artists holden in various parts of Germany, where it,

has not yet been considered a sign of wisdom to laugh at such things. At Jens the meeting of philologists and archmologists, the literary congress at Dresden, that of scholastic professors at Mayenco, the assembly of architects at Gotha, and that of the naturalists at Kiel, are so many testimonies to the spreading con- viction in favour of these forms of mental association.—Atherimuni.

The Times publishes the subjoined letter this morning. It is too good to be altered or abridged. To make one passage of it intelligible, it should be understood that in part the strictures of the Times were bused upon the " cheapness" of interment in private grounds.

"TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

"Church Lane, Sept. 24.

"Sir—Knowing you to be a lover of truth and justice I am induced to answer the paragraph which appeared in your paper of the 23d instant relating to my Cemetery, feeling convinced you will not deny me the opportunity, through the medium of your impartial Journal, of replying to the same, and of flatly C1M1-• tradicting the whole of the report as regards my Burial Ground. As the article is • rather long, and your space being valuable, I will endeavour to be as brief as pea, Bible. In respect to the interment of the Child mentioned, I did not receive the order of Interment until half-past 1 o'clock in the forenoon of the 15th instant, at the same time remitting a part of the Fees, the people being poor; now judge of my surprise when the individual Jeffries brings the child to the ground the same day, at 3 o'clock, he well knowing it to be utterly impossible to hays everything prepared on so short a notice. With respect to what you have thought proper testate as regards my burial Ground as a place of Interment, and being so full, I beg to say it is not one quarter full, the price no lees than any other ceme- tery; and; as regards making money, I am inclined to think that it is the chief aim of your or any other persons who labour. Respecting the management of the Ground, if their was not the strictest decency, humanity, and respectabillity ob- served, the Ground would never have obtained the high name it now holds; in proof of which I refer you to the police, who are paid by me independently for that. , purpose; and I openly and fearlessly challenge your correspondent, the ' Church- warden,' to a comparison with the Churchyard of the parish with which he is connected. He, being a Churchman, seem to have no Idea of diasenters I most respectfully inform him our Minister is a respectable man, and has read the service fur the dead in my Ground for this last 12 years, and at other places of interment many years previous (but the fact is your correspondent . thoughts, at the funeral he alludes to, seems to have been more on the Colour of the surplice than the solemn rites of the dead). Now, Mr. Editor, comes the gravest part of your charge; you there say that the clearing out of mime end* Cemetery as Mr. Sheen had occasioned the mass of Funeral furniture, &e. If. you had taken the trouble to have inspected my Ground previous to such a charge, , you would have found it against the rules to inter Lead or Iron Collins in any part of the Ground, with the exception of purchased Graves. I feel moat happy to inform the relatives and friends of persons interred in my Ground, that any. Coffin and its contents may be produced for their inspection, on any renenatible. notice being given, from the time the Ground has been In my possession. Trust- ing to your prompt insertion of this answer to my foul calumniators and little enemies,

"I am, Sir,your obliged servant, Ssmu ut Snune."

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

Zymotk Inc Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious) Diseaaes .... 191 . • • 201 • . 150 Dropsy , Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable scat 101 ... 99

104 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses .... 121 .. 155 ... 157 Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration 211 ... 227 ... 254 Diseases of the Heart mid Blood-vessels

Discuses of the Stumnch, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 80

Diseases of the Kidneys, die 13

Childbirth, diseasei of the Uterus, ac.. 9

Rheumatism, diseases of the Hones, Johtts, Sc.

12

Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Mane, fie. 2

Old AIM 45

52 ... 67 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 41 ... 28 ... 10n Total (including unspecified causes) 888 ... 598 ...

The temperature of the thermometer ranged from 92.7° in the sun to 41.1° the shade; the mean temperature by day being warmer than the average main. temperature by 2.2°. The direction of the wind for the week has been very variable. .

Number of Summer AIM deaths. average. average..