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 “ ALERPO, 3d May. po, Muhtia, and Karbat, insomuch that and sold their sonsand daugh with hunger, to eat. But the Alnii ht God i‘ait fed them withul.” g y ' led upo “'Of the authenticity Tums, “ extracted fro satisfied. The seed c 44.. ......x - .1. .. Armenia, an authen-' at Constantinople, of a Enough was vo'uch-‘ _ p; and to afford food Specimens were forwarded —A great famine has happened in Alep— the people died ters to get bread 1] them seed, and of these few words,” adds the Malta 111'] :ndArabic lletter, We are perfectly . a u e to is 'nown in Malta' be' 0' pearly like hth or aaztz, and which, being kept a little; whirl: tecomes White, like semola (very fine Wheaten flour. ” , THE Chinese CRISIS.—Tllc missionary Gutzlafl‘ has sent a letter to his German friends, announcing his appointment its Interpreter to the English expedition. Ile observes that ‘The most important epoch in the history ofthe Celestial umpire has now arrived ; the Chinese must either ive u all their pretensions to supremacy, or beat the Englisicit fleetp' thhus we are, perhaps, about to witness the greatest events of 8 present age. Several learned Chinese have just been converts to the Gospel. (One is a poet of distinguished ltne lent; another is an extremely well-informed bookscll r it ugngsntvho has travelled over the Whole em ire‘oe if'1 business, and is acquainted With every literary w‘brk in'l‘l‘ls lutter‘is, indeed, the most c‘ultivnted Chinese with Wl le . ave come in contact. Every good Christian willibdo'm‘ I toyed to hear that these folks, with long tufts and but over. :zpound the Epistle to the Romans. Three neophyrgsizfi-Z’ wwrttin o l ' my ‘bFCigngatilag, m nentary on the New Testament Without SUPPOSED Lees or THE Sn P Go ' V - i' ofAugust last, the 37th regiment dfdg’iifiiisé tilefhgom sailed for China from Madras in the shipsi'Golcond llll'mry va, Sophia, and Thetts. The Golconda was the 1181:; mer- ship of the regiment. Lieut—Colonel William llsaaclgsucabi: ' The regiment consisted of 1,100 meu,’ * second in command. There weretwo -‘ the Golconda and 355 soldiem‘tncl t I ‘n China (except the detachmeuto'!‘ ‘ 22%;): and have lately distinguished t ‘ I. 3" ture of the Becca Tigris forts, &c., but um have been received pf thiefute of 7 tips I. . I I ’ Madras says t ere mains no a m. i. ‘ firgrtgd in atypboori Which occured about“! have been in the Chinese seas. SOUTH Amamcx” 7 .—A.1ate arrival at Nevv‘Oi-le’nfi’d a . chairimahit‘iounces that the State of Yntam , red its so oration from tlteyRopuhhgka I gESig‘Constitutign was declared pt Men .4 “3 May, on which occasron‘ the M3”. magi“? dcstroved, and another raise and m were being made to get the ittdepeu once ,5, , recognized in America and Europe. Y r , . ROYAL TESTAMENT.——Tl1e New . or}: quiver states, that an Indian Sovereign, who. 125 leagues along,' the Cprnbeau Sett and ' I, ras,'died recently, making Queen View a ' ' 'l es. The English hlS lands and pnvr efim abandoned i! a ' ears I p I Humann entered into a long fintfrnpial stgtemepphatzhlfig Eggplt‘gjégt;i£as aimed King ofthe Musq I, I. n f- ourable state 0 tie exc eque ' ' .shed in . q _ 22:33:58 Tlibetrgdlsurv have realised 712 millionsof fi‘ancs M ONTE VIDIiIQ-C-l—‘A leafggelaltlsblihflt p186: ., u. Wavy, f om extraordinary resources, including 170 millions of dated Monte i elo, r p mmes during the ’ (mama ti‘easure found "t Algiers; and they have in reserve 1 0 subjectftohdreadfq flCJngm kind are said to ‘59,, u I_ . I . ‘ .‘ s I ' > . . Ch. mber of Peers passed the bill mtt rageso t 9 mo E ‘ 0 Egioptsfie trig: of Zommerce lately concluded between daqy o'ccuprencc, and scarcely p, month VA WWW! Erotica and Holland, by a majority of 85 to .39. M. revolutlon, A tt m thad bgén, I ‘ WP: w °f “Plenar- t: .Bva'rétr:st;mz.t.e. .. W... , , er”... ’ ' S a 0v. sa . u ‘ Basttde, in the department of the Lot, on t to I (in _ . h h mime comnvan . , . ~ . of box Which contained t e o , V. up > “prep, At the time his brother Joachim govetned the king cup h. , V ht Without any m p i ' ' ' ' ‘ 15 bv the Governors dang er, I I swam Naples, he accepted the modest functions ofma) t 0 ' _ . I ' owdemm" be“ h a ' ' ' ' ' (16. thth the matnspt’tng havmg pr .y _ pram Village. which be discharged to the bout of his f . ‘ J ft] 8 northern provmces w l p . um .. , -t .__—-The National mentions the death 0 The pamficanon o 1 ' I . _ m tzlizlltlldiitililigdri] Deputy, M. Gumier Pages, on Wednesday We learn that another insurrelt’uiqg bins PM, afternoon of consumption. Peru, and that Gen. Santa Cruz 1S 3 is me. g,”st ’ I ' ‘ - r» . Paris, it is hinted, is soon again to become the scene of of Luna, 1 new“ ' 3. - one I ' l ' PHILADELP the ipst fl Thunder Storm—flic'Lt'ghhting, and i I V slumps Property—Philadelphia and the Victpity V w I Ifierceéy; Monday evening, between 8 and 10 ,0 clock, , F opitieft terrific storm, accompanied by loud thunder; and V weak]? startling lightninv. Itcommenced With a. h m); 0 and violent gust, which was followed by rain tbs o tes‘ in torrents—flush after flush of vrvnd and forked. gran I and thunder that rattled and rolled above the c ciolls y‘ net at once sublitne and alarming. One or two i tweet} seemed to shake the very building in which we drug; I: We have already heard of one or two disastersf rzte walks, manufactories, and some of the warehouses V or Dunton, Norris and Hinckle, near Richmond two if Dyottville, were struck with lightning, which i 33:th as it Were, involved oneof the walks and frame to the extent of 700 feet, in a sheet of flame. ' was promptly given; but as the storm comm and the thunder to roll, it was impossible to :- ance as promptly as usual. Ottr firemen, no u hastened to the spot, but were not able to prevmt". of a large amount of property. Three walks, connecting buildings, were either destroyed or 2 together with a large quantity of stock. ‘) INDEPENDENCE DAY Air PHXLADELPHIA.—N ‘ was visible during the day—not a riot nor fight-790! single case ofdrunkenness. The temperance :1 . ted in procession, amounting to 3,000 persons, I pectable appearance, with their flags and were every where received with shouts of applu, glorious cause is going ahead rapidly invPhilad ‘ ’ immense concourse of persons, male and female“ I latter an unusual number of beautiful girls, assent ' Museum, where many able and thrilling ad - . made by talented speakers. At the conclusion = speeches the crowds quietly retired to their ,, _ r s r ' . . \ after 6 0 clock-the cityjyisfiimner . _ .i. ' WONDERFUL ESCAPE—A more remarkable death by lightning‘thnn that We now place on u . hops has never occurred in this country. On the ' ofthe 30th tilt.., the children from our severa’l‘sc the nttmbcr of upwards offour hundred, were {538m '4 the Vestry of the Baptist Meeting house, ’pt‘ep‘ufll pic nic which they were to attend on the 3d im 4 o’clock, a small cloud came up, from which a: ll ofthundcr proceeded, apparently very near by, is quence of which, and of other indications of} A . they were dismissed, in the hope that they would’bm " to reach their homes before it should rain. It is however, that not more than about one third of i left the room, when the building was struck by discharge ofthe electric fluid, which spent most-of» in the lower part of the house; particularly in the where the children were assembled. The scene wb sued maybe imagined but cannot be described.” 250 children that were in the room, a considerable were instantly struck to the flour. Fifteen or at -: Were crowding to the door Were laid prostrate ‘ piled one upon another. Some were stunned, appear to have/been deprived, for a time, of their Some dozen or fifteen of them were more or less but none ofthem dangerously! A daughter of the or of this paper, about nine years old, was bliste ’ right wrist, on her left arm, and on the bottoms of “her Her shOes were torn from her feet, the upper leathel' tatters, and a hole about as large as Would be good sized buck shot was pierced by the elec ' through the soles of cool). When brought home,, were much swollen, and looked red and inflamed‘op’ had been dipped in water not quite hot enough M : blister, except on the soles, directly over thre GIG were burnt in the bottom of the shoes, where I " l’alsea- d, and complained of from her knees downward, except in her feet, 9V exceedlngly sore to the touch. But she recovered be ubput the‘house, apparently as well as usual, morning, except a slight lameness from the bum Eel: ff‘pet. _ A child‘ of Lewis Thayer had her shoes inchiget in a sumlar manner: Other children V event parts of their bodies. All of them, '- Were m a good degree recovered the next mornin‘ l a daughter of Peter Slater, who was more injured rest, but not dangerously so. The damage by the l. discover wvhicl arious ug has 'r a d The » ck, 1 VI . [TH otgu » -ll :‘ltis t-‘ ‘ . h I was owing to the unscientific and defective I‘ ‘ which the lower end was inserted, and there lefi,‘ cut off at the surface of the earth. As might In“. the caves to the it: seems to have spread itself'in all directions tinctuess over a considerable portion of the V irectly under an open Window, where it is believed-.7 e" was, as we have before said, small; but little mil )e a very heavy one, and the c with devout thankfulness forwe unfit Will he in. which the conductor was fitted. In putting it "if. being carried to where it could communicate to expected, the fluid, unable to escape at the lower 6% loWer down. 3 it ‘ ower part of the house. Timbers were shiveter The children which were most injured were of fill tion of' the fluid entered. The door is at the m . It at all, and, at the time the house was struck, W9" most remarkable. The occas'scape may jug“, be I. I the deliver-once, ‘ . mended the troop8, and Captain John Bonner Neeve was them, but by their Manda—- was‘drilled into a rock some three or four feet ducting substance. It might just about as well lit" tied, and entered the side of the hous some extent about the place where it first entered. marks of the fluid are to be traced with more 0? the room next. to the conductor, « some of them, ’ the room. The cloud from which this shock ' ' ’ the sunshoue bright. The discharge of fluid! ' - those ‘who were present, and lo" Win long be mam Worcester Spy.