I I ,- nn Largfitan‘t‘ ,_ Hung!» A.-—,This‘distin- , gumbed artist enjn'cdi _ ,jjalth during the ten months h? was travelli f Germanytothe Turkish cupid there, and in’his subsequeitt ex: . tortuous to' Smyrna, Jerusalem, and the other parts of V. tactics and Egypt, in all of which places the plague \ for some time carrying on its ravages. At ,Alexuudria, Sir David and his Computiq] Wood: mourns) lived some weeks at \Vagporn‘s’, hotel, 'whicli . the latter gentleman describes as one ofthe cleanest » 1nd most comfortable hotels with which be is acquaint. ' ed." aghorn’s servants, both male and female, are? frour‘Eugland, so that our travellers are, as it were, ‘5. home in many essentials connected With our - itch ideas of comfort. Sir David and his friend left uAlexs‘ndris iii the steamer Oriental, which had clean bills ofheslth, and on the 26th of May arrived at Malta, ,Irhere they anchored for a few hours for the mail and _ some passengers, bttt did not l1nd. When they left mm. no one complained of being ttutvt-ll; but the fol- ‘ilOWing day. Sir David did not come to table, and excused ‘lti‘tmelt ' on account of a slight fever, which he " {in would subside ifhe kept 01 low diet andtlid ' ~ ” oxen himself. On the 3|st May, at night, the Ort- Ol'tll, entered'Gibraltar bay, fired two guns, and showed blue lights; soon after which a boat front the Thunder- cf, 74, and a Government barge, came alongside, to inquire what they were, doc; and in a few hours, the despatches being received on, board, they made sail for England, no one having been permitted to go on shore. Shortly after she had got under way, six o'clock, a. m., MrPWoodburne went into Sir D. Wilkic’s berth, to re- quest he would come up and breakfast with the com- pany; he replied that he should probably do so, but he should like to see the doctor before he did so. Mr. Gettie,‘a medical gentleman, then came to him, antl coon returned to Mr. Woodburne, wuh an assurance that his friend was in a very dangerous state. Mr. W. being greatly alarmed, tu-ked Dr. Brown (who was with Sir James Carnac) to consult with Mr. Gcttie as to what could he done to save his frientl, and the two medical gentlemen made every exertion, and applied all the usual remedies within their reach, without avail. Sir David kept gradually sinking, but did not appear to experience any bodily suffering, and became uncon scious about half—past seven, and at eight o'clock be coated to breathe, his friends and the physicians being with him all the time. The passengers assembled to consult what Was to be done, and they requested the Captain to return and land the body at Gibraltar; he did return, but the orders ofthe Governor are so strict, that the remains could not be allowed to come on shore, and therefore the last sad offices of committing his body to the deep were performed in the most solemn and int- resaive manner, as the Oriental stood out of the buy on or way to England. Sir David had been for some time anxious to return home, and declined to visit either Cairo or Athens, two cities which Mr. Woodburne was most desirous of visiting. The immediate cause of Sir David’s death was what is called “ the Syrian fever.” Sir.Drtrid Wilkte came to London when he was about twenty years of age, and exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy in 1806. One great painting fol- lowed another in rapid succession, and in a few years he reached the height of his fame. Latterly, his reductions have been far inferior to those which brought him so j ly into notice. Sir David was 56 years of Ig'c at his eath. He was the son of the Rev. —-—Willtie, minister of the parish ofOults, in Fife- llt‘rc, and was born in 1785. He was knighted in 1836, elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1810, and a Royal Academician in 1812. He was lately ap- pointed principal painter in ordinary to her Majesty. His " Rent day,” ‘t Blindtnan’s Buff,” “ Penny Wed- ding," " Chelsea Pensioners," and many other now standard works of art, are as well known anti as much admired in foreign countries as in his native land, and will render his name immortal.

Rut: or STEAM-COACH Spun—A steam hing ats moderate rate, whichjs t m cs per hour, would run overa ' vt‘ vc uudred miles per (1 ‘y of twenWmt-i, and at that speed would reach British /~’1rtnt’s, in about eight and a halt'duys—or l‘ekin in China, in

. clevondsys—or from Gibralturtu the Cape ot'Good Hope

in ten days-or fi'om Quebec to Cape Horn in Hm‘cntct‘u days—or once round the Globe in fifty one days—or seven titties round the globe in one year—or a distance equal ti-om the earth to the moon in about sixteen months—or from the earth to the sun in five hundred yeam—Gncnock Advertiser.

PAPERS BY THE CALEDONIA.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 16.

Nzw Powrztt ix “manure—Mr. \Vuklcy rose, in pur- suttucc of notice, “to inquire of Lord Viscount lngt-strc whether some experiments, said to have been \titttossvtl by his lordship, which were performed by Mr. \Vttrncr, to de- tnonstrttte tho lOWt‘l' and utility of cenain inventions alleged to be u )plirnh c to novel and military conflicts, were cor— rectly described in amornin journal, and in a pain )lllCl rc- contly published by Mr. \Vttiicsby, thc barrister.” 'l‘he hon. member said, that in the tuonth ofAugust lust, an editorial notice a tpesred in the Times journal, stating that a disco- very ltn been made of an enormous power, applicable to the purpose of destruction, and calculated to nfiirct, in an extraordinary degree, the usual course of warfare on the face of the civilized globe. It was represented to have it force so vast and extraordinary, that it was difficult for those who had not examined it to believe that such a thing' could exist; but ut the some time the writer of the article chal- lenged inquiry, and gave an account of proceedings which had taken place in relation to it before his hue Mnjns'tv \\'il- liutn I“, and also the Lords ofthe Admiralty. 1t appeared

that the ttcr had been afterwards laid before Viscount Melbourn who had referred it to thc Lords of the Admi- x ralty. '1 notice which appeared in the nett'Spnpel‘ he had

mentioned in August, was followed by two or three others in September, and then the question appeared to be Set at rest till the month of Fcbrttnry. in the present year, when another notice appeared, giving an account of an experiment 881d to have been performed on a sheet of water in Essex, on the property of Mr. Lloyd. The writer stated, that “ the trial took place in the grounds ol‘l‘lr. Boyd, in the county of Essex, a few miles from town, in the presence of Sir R. Peel, Sir G. Murray, Sirll. llardiugc, Sir I“. Burdott, Lord Ingestre, Colonel Gurwood, Captain Britton, (‘aptain Web- ster, and some other gentlemen, who all appeared very much astonished at what they now. A boat, 23 fcct long and 7 bread, placed in a large sheet of water; the boat had been the day befitro filled In with solid timber, four-nntl-a- halffeet in depth, crossed jn every direction, and clamped together with eight~inch spike nails. This filling in was mafiuoder the inspection of Captain Brittnn, who stated . ct to the distinguished gentlemen we have mentioned, andalso that the inventor never went near the workmen employed, that no suspicion might be entertained of any combustible materials being lodged in the hold of the \‘th. Several ofthe gentlemen were on Saturday rowed in a pilot to the vessel, and examined it for themselves, so that every doubt might be removed as to the cause of destrudtion being 1 external, and not. from the springing of any mine. “(hen the different parties had taken up their positions, on a signal .frc'ni‘flrc inventor,vthe boat was set in motion, and struc a just abut! her starboard bow, and insmntaneousty‘scattered - into a thousand fragments. At the moment of collision the meet-parted, and presented to the eye of our informant the

appearance of i‘hugebov’erh‘rle upon % troll

“four:

k mighty unite in our annals.

file noticed‘s corruscatton precisely resemblingzfirked 119'" mg. 'Apc'olumn-of Waterman lifted up is the air like a huge min, from which were projecgt upwards for many h‘lnl' dred feet the shattered fragmcn of the vessel. thh d153, many of them several hundred yards’ distance in the 8 lad Hent fields. Our informant examined many pieces, all

t‘ound the huge nails snapped like carrots; the mast looke I like a tree rivcn by liglitpiug, ,Znnd never More, 85 he “Slims

us, has he witnessed so sudden and complete ’a destruction,

though he has seen shell and rocket practice on the large“

scale.” The hon. member proceeded to say, that this “‘9

nearly all he knew on the subject. He thought the house

and the country were entitled to some information 0}) a

question of sttch vast magnitude, affecting the marattme

power of the country, and important both as regarded the

demands ofhumunity and considerations of public economi-

lfsuch n power as this was in existence, there would be an

end of war, for he believed very few persons would be found

willing to expose themselves to such a force as was described

in the account be but] read. \Vhat he wished to know from

the noble lord opposite, who had witnessed more than fine

experiment, was, whether the account given in the Tim

newspaper, which had been repeated by Mr. Wnl'ttsbyi 1‘

gentleman of undoubted veracity, was true, and entitled to

belich

Viscount Ixcesran said, that in answer to the question put to him, he would state shortly to the house, that in his opin- ion the nccouut of the experiment alluded to by the 110“- utcmber was perfectly true. He very much regretted that this subject had been brought before the public by menus l‘iliiel‘ of a newspaper or a pamphlet, or by a conveifitfilo" in that house; because he thought thcimmense power ob- tained by this invention ought to have been secured to the country in the. most secret manner possible. He had been aware ofthis invention now for upwards of a year. Ht t- tention had been called to it by an indistinct parag _ h which he saw by accident in a newspaper. It struck him that there was something behind more than met the eye, and he followed up the truck. He could only state, that front that hour his conviction had become stronger every moment, that the possession of the invention was of the greatest possible moment to this country. He should‘hlesx- tute in making this statement \Vt‘re it only his own opinion, but when the satne opinion had been expressed to Her Majesty’s government by such distinguished otiicers as Sir Richard Roots and Sir Thomas Hardy, who unfortunately were now no more, he could not refrain frOm saying that this was a subject ofthe greatest possible importance to this country. There were other officers now living who had Wit- ncssed the experiment, and among thetn General Sir G. Murray, who had gone to see the experiment at his sugges— tion, and who was struck, as everybody must be, with the ittnnensc power which was contained in n 'smull compass. That gallant ofliccr had authorised him to say, that after com- municating further with the inventor, be had had an inter— view with the First Lord of the Treasury, to state to him his opinion that government ought to inquire into the mat- ter. The inventor'of this new power had to his knowledge expended the whole ofhis fortune upon it, and had been for 10 years endeavouring to press on the government the necessity of taking up_the subject. He had been pressed in a way which he (Lord Ingestre) need not describe, but which was certainly most embarrassing, and he would say, that the house and the country owed him the greatest possi- ble gratitude for his patriotism in resisting the most tempt- ing offers ti-om foreign governments, which would have at once relieved him from all his difficulties. (Cheers) The gentleman of whom he spoke persisted nobly, determined to sacrifice his own pecuniary interests for the present, in order that the benefits of the invention might be secured to his own country. He (Viscount Ingestre) tcltver ' stronle and deeply on thin subject; he hurt taken ’ti tip"t ‘no‘trgm spirit; he had investigator! it; he believed it to be of the most vttnl importance. Through his means the inventor bad bad communication, both personally and by letter, with the First Lord ofthe Treasury; he had not failed to urge on the noble lord the necessity of ascertaining whether the discovery were worth possessing or not. It could easily be ascertain- ed, in u very short time, whether the invention were valua- ble or not ', that was all he asked for; but he must say that it was cruel to the inventor and unjust to the country that the question should not loin.r ago have ' ' -"“§3m given the noble lord at the bend of the Treasury a Warning that he might feel it his duty to bring the question before the house, and, bad the session continued, he should probably have submitted a distinct-motion with refet‘enCe to it. Now thuttlte mutter [Mb'ccome public, be hoped no further time Wbttt he must repeat his regret at this publicity

. 1; men given to it, as it would render ncgociation more difficult with the inventor, and, iii his opinion, the secret ought to have remained in the breast of the treble lord and the inventor.

Sir F. Bonner-r took a subsequent opportunity of saying that be had been a witness to the experiment, and, though no one could adequately judge of it who had not seen war, the would state that he could not conceive asight more aston- shing. The coutrtst between the small bulk and trivial Rp- pcurttnce ofthe instrument, and, the mighty c has produced, was'tnost marvellous. The hon. burouct then went on to describe the expl05ion, which scattered the substance against which the projectile was directed into fragments, some of‘ which were blown over a grove of high trees near the spot. He had himself raised up a fragment about lutlf'us large as the table. He hoped means would be taken to secure to the country a power of such magnitude, and which those who could estimate it said would produce effects infinitely greater than any invention ofthe kind yet heard of:

Mr. BROTHERTON could not see the wisdom of making such a discovery public. He disapprovcd ofciving rewards to men who exercised the noblest powors of mind in devi- sing tucaus oftlcstruction, instead of devoting them to ob- jects useful to society. It was said this would have the effect of putting an end to war, and he sincerely hoped it might.

LONDON, JULY 3.

CANDIDATES AT 'rnr. passes-r 151.cc'rroxs.—Since the publication ofour list on Saturday, several candidates have been announced, and others have retired. The following is a summary of the whole, as altered. The nunthcr of Con- scrvutive candidatcs for the English cities and boroughs is 255, and that of, their opponents is also 255. At the last election the number of English Liberals was as 224 to 276 Conservatives.

ENGLAND. lleformers. Conservatives. Counties . - - 40 189 Cities and Boroughs - 255 25;") l'niversitit-s - - 4 295 398 SCOTLAND. Counties - - 12 23 Cities and Boroughs - 27 12 30 35 muann. , Counties — - 43 35 l'nirersity — - 3 Cities and Borough 31 25 74 G3 'ro'ru. » - Counties - - 95 197 l'uivcrsities - - 7 Cities and Boroughs 313 ‘m ‘ 408 496

THE Ones—1n 170], the succession ofthe house over was carried in the British Parliament by ama one. In 1831, the reform bill was carried by a ma“ one. In 1811, Sir R. Peel’s motion oftvnnt ofconflc mlnisters was carried by a majority of one.

Oi'Hnn- .ority .of ority of ence in . one seems a

Tbe~Duke of Richmond and fitmin went'in last week for Lord Fitzroy Lennox, all he of the President being now given up by hi

to mourning P0 0f the safety a Grace—Times,

'1 7’ On‘Wedné'SdaY

l Wellington, has been an

d resident cardinal in. Ireland.

"V i I ' C Fitz-

“ ‘ . renamed to Lord I.

a imig’gieYi: ltii‘iititude forhis parliamen—

ortof the Ionian Islands. D k; of. Smith, on'ly sister of the u at fl'ering from severe indisposmon

frodi’his friends in tary exertions“ m supp Lady Anne Culling

ce. out to be made to the Po

' .‘ .iA. Selwyn New ZEALAND.-—TI’1€ Rev fit to the late:

' (1 t1 3 tointm _ hasNfiistislgiaalaited.plhlr. Selwyn intends of September to the field of his new

Hampton-court Pals W to elect a An application 15 ab Brl’n' oenrc or curate of- Windsor, . Iy created bishoprtc in emigratingjn the month labours. ' _ - An Associationd _ has been institute It 7 Rev. Mr. Bell, of Lislithgow, for the their aid, support, and countenance to t of the Presbytery of Struthbogie, who at tence of deposition, at the instance 0 I . :ciiiblv. Several of these clergyman, among Whipam 63:11:) Mr. Bell above mentioned, Mr. Smith, of Cathcal Eh . lied or; of Laurencekirk, Mr. Watt, of Loveran, &,c.,. 03013 fiber- Sundav Week in the pulpitsoftbe proscribed disttlctg— dean Journal. . France—In the Chamoer

of the Ministers of the Church of Scotland

' ' h at the head of whom 15 the n Edmbmg , purpose of affording be eight clergymen present lie under f the General As-

of Peers on Wednesday, _M.

festivity, in consequence of the marriage ofa memberpf the Rota] Family. The exalted personage alluded to is the Princess Clementine with the brother of Prince Albert, con: sort of the Queen ofEngluud. The King and Queen of the Belgians are to grace the nuptials with their presence.

EMANCIPA'I‘ION IN run FRENCH \Vns'r lNDtns._-—The Com- missioner sent by the French government to vistt tthrench and English Indian Islands, with a View to emancipation m the former, is now in this country on his return home: He speaks very favourably of the success of emanctpation mthe British West Indies, and will recommend to his. own Go- vernment immediate emancipation in their colonies: to be accompanied, however, by contemporaneous measures'for the social improvement of the negroes. The Soult Gutzpt cabinet is resolved to introduce the project of a law for emancipation on the next assembling of the French Chum- bers. Holland is also preparing for emancipation. Den- mark is already prepared: and in a short time the United States, Spain and Brazil only, of the civilized world, Will be slave-holding nations. _

SPAIN.—LClt€l‘S and papers from Madrid to the '19th_ ms}, state that the question which now excites most attention in the political circles of that capital is the appointment of a guardian or guardians for the young Queen, Donna Isu- bellu II. Personal and political interests are therefore at work, and not only parties, but family factions, are intrigue- ing to get the Queen into their hands. So'me members of the Cortes are for appointing a single guardian to the young Queen, bttt others, and Espartero is reported to be ofthe number. cotjtfltld that in order to counteract any ttndue per- sonal m‘fluénce over the Royal mind, three guardians are at least requisite.

PORTUGAL—The Queen had addressed congratulatory letters to the Patriuch of Lisbon, the Archbishop of Bingo, and other prelutes, announcing her recognition by the Pope, and in consequence declaring,r that. a road was opened fbr the settlementofall the existing differences between the two courts. It was supposed that this proceeding of the Court of Route would prove the forerunner of the recogni4 tion of the Queen Of Personalize/1y ""4"" -— fitmin rxi’snor roa MALTA.——lt now appears cer- tnin that, in the course of another year, a Protestant bishop will be appointed for Maltu.—Malta Times. _

The Gazzctta Piemontese of the 14th instant promulgates a decree ofthe general Congregation of the Roman and Uni- versal Inquisition, sanctioned by the Pope, on the 215t of April last, declaring the use of magnetism unlawful.

From Athens we learn the fact, that the King, Queen, and Court, 'were warmly supporting the Candiots. So me- nacing was the aspect of affairs there, that Admiral Stop- ford had placed two ships of war at the disposal of our Minister, Sir E. Lyons.

Private letters fi'om Malta state, that Meliemet Ali would not accedeto the clause of-ther batti-sclteriff' fixing the amountoftrilntte to be paid by Egypt at 40,000,000 piasters. The pusha, it appears, declared that he would not pay more than 6,000,000. ' V ' V

Twitter—Accordint.r to advices from Constantinople of the 12thinst., the Divan was disposed to make important concessions to the Christian population of Syria, and was to erect Jerusalem into a free city, under the direction of a Turkish governor. The spirit of insurrection was also spreadingr to Arabia. .

The Gazette de France makes the assertion that a treaty had been agreed upon by the Four Powers for the partition of the Ottoman empire; and adds, that Great Britain was to have Egypt, Russia Constantinople, Austria the provini ces bordering on the Danube, and that Prussia was to be aggratnlised by the acquisition of Saxony, a part of Poland and Hanover; France retaining her African possessions, undisturbed. The other papers call on M. Guizot to break Silence respecting these reports. '

By a despatch from Uau, in Turkish ticated statement has been received copious fitll ofmanna from the skies. sated to cover the earth two inches (lee for many days to the people. _ zziilggzfiatcgzhp'lgqp the-Forte intends to have chemi- A‘ra'bic in'the .lllaha'fll‘imcgwmg passage, "litigated film” the subject_ . 7 : seems to be connected With this