hean to this bandit and remains a true and faithful wife what passed in the hut the night of re- conitiun nothavingbeco w ituessed or any information being had of the separatiouol the beautiful diamond from hoi father how- it happened or how she got iuto the family of that rich and powerful pacha re mains yet to he learned thus did mermalecha obtain his wife who although from exposure in following the fortunes of her lord has lost some of herbeautv still looks a goddess among the mountains of miconi large sums have been offered to discover them pursuit has been uuceasiug add in fact they are bwrv where talked of but no where seeu a largo bribe has been tendered to one of mcrinalechas gang to give information m them tempt which was rejected with con- this lord of the cloud capped hill frith his trusty followers equipped for deeds alike on land or deep is commit ting frequent depredations upon the ameri can vessels trading in the levaut several 01 his trattas some of which have been recognised as having robbed two american bris lately have been taken and destroyed by an united states sloop of war one of the boats a very fleet one aod said to have boarded and robbed the brig rob roy of boston is supposed to be the name with which he brought off his wife from the dar- daqelles- paul jones jun jewish marriage from sophia de lissau or a portraiture of the jews of the nineteenth century the marriage ceremony is always cele brated with splendour show by the jews hoi are the poorost among them exempt from this custom as every guest brings a present chiefly consisting of plate ac cording to ability the lower orders especi ally aro anxious to iovite as many as pos sible on that account for which purpose they generally hire a public room to accom- uofrequcntlywbcu the wedded pair are very fioor these gifts are disposed otimmediate- y to defray the expense of the feast and assist the young couple in house keeping a friend on whom deperjdance can be pla ced is stationed near the entrance of the apartment to receive the guests as they ar rive another writes down each persons name and their gift which is instantly de- cosited in a chest and alter all invited ave arrive it is locked and put in a place ofsafety if any person invited is preveut- ed from attending this circumstance does not prevent their gifts from being regular ly sent in their dames but those who are merely invited to tea aud dance are not ex pected to bring any present it may here be observed that the jews consider it a highly meritorious act to promote mar riage or in any way assist in its celebrati on but those who are in their year of mourning for a near relative may not attend a wedding feast nor be seen where music or cards form any part of the entertainment wednesday is the day on which the jews celebrate their marriages a second ball on thursday evening concludes the feast but if either the party have been previously married sunday is the day cboseo and music and dancing form no part of the en tertainment the choice of wednesday for the above purpose still continues a- mong the jews but like many other of their observances tho original causo for 0lectiap that dnv has lone crised to ovist ami had origin simply because as the sau- bedrin held its sitting outhursdaythe new ly married man could immediately bring his vile before them if be bad any giound of complaint the nuptial canopy is composed in ge neral of crimson velvet it is square and supported at each corner by four of the persous present a piece of carpet is spread beneath it and the bridegroom and bride the rabbi and all concerned in the ceremony stand under it while the contract is read c itis despositcd at the syna gogue and is brought to the house where the wedding is celebrated by the servant of the synagogue and caniedback assoou as the ceremony is over fie at ion of caledonia arc- formed by tins county of wigtou kirkcudbright dumfries uoxburg selkirk and berwick represent the lower part of her limbs upon which the whole figure is incumbent ayr reufreu lanark peebles and the lothians repre sent the upper part of her limbs- fife fiu eluding kinross stands or rather sits for the sitting part of the old lady argyll hangs in pieces from a lap formed by dam- barton sud stirling penh is the abdomen angus and the mearns make the back aberdeen banff moray aud nairn c con stitute the prodigious hump inverness is the chest koss looks like a voluminous kerchief enclosing the neck sutherland is the face ears and brow and cailhuess is a little nightcap surmounting all to complete the idea the isle of skye is the right palm turned upwards that ofmull the left inclining downwards the fire must be understood unless the distant archipelago of lewis be held as untowardly representing something of the kind aud the islands of orkney and shetland may be pressed into service by a similar stretch of fancy in the capacity of a rock or distaff which the figure bears over her head after the man ner of a flagstaff that this resemhlauce really holds good is proved by the following sentence an old purblind highland woman visiting manse one day was shewn into the study where there was a large map of scotland hanging against the wall the whole was highly coloured and caith ness happened to bo pretty strongly marked with scarlet i eh cried the old woman who had never seen a map in her life be fore what a braw csrliue sitting on her huukers wi a red nightcap and a pipe in her check chambers picture of scot land mr would jsroh tm till pvid the contrary aftci tor liadimaclier advised b the sequel years doc- pour affecting incident parental affection the following is extracted from the unpublished letters of an officer of the mexican navy capt in iv e him to french brandy upon sulphate of copper and when it had remained a few days to wash the bald part once a day with the so- luicu in eight days the hair had began to grow and iu four months it equalled the original growth iu quantity but was of a lighter colour crisp dry and stiff and had a natural appearance- a spotstill remain ed bald on the back of the head the eye brows aud lashes grew again like the rest of the hair a year after this the man shed his hair again but the eyebrows and toshes remained dr r wished him now lo wait awhile to ascertain whether the hair would or would not grow again spon taneously but the patient would not and had recourse to the solution which pro duced another gmwth of light hair and tin spot which before had continued bald dot withstanding the solution became coven ir- common with the other parts of the hvad this growth had a much more njtura appearance than the former one jpndon paper anatomical curiosity m kessels ntturalist at gand ghent has enriched ire cabinet of natural history there with the skeleton of an enormous whale this specimen is 95 feet long by 18 feet high vben dissected 20000 kilogrammes of blubber and 63000 kilogrammes of flesh were cut away m kessels has succeeded in preserving the tail with the skin blub- hler and flesh undisturbed it is 22 feet round the edge in the opinion of many naturalists amongst whom is m cuvier this fish could not have been less than 900 or 1000 years old to as the o hrie return ot dillon commander of the fira war had long been anxious tu england having left theie his wife and fa mily from whom he had received letters of distressing import he was resolved to hasten ashore to general barragan at ve ra cruz and either obtain leave of ab sence or demand his discharge from the service but at a distance of more than a mile from the shore his boat was capsized captain dillon was not ouly an expert but a courageous swimmer as also was the vouug lad who generally steered the boat lie made directly for the shore confidently enough hut captain dillon had his son with him a fiue little boy about 10 years of age whom he had brought out as a mid shipman and having seized him in his arras at the moment of their upsetting was much impeded in his progress aud well he might bo for the sea roared and rolled in driving heaps tossing aud falling in long- continued swathes before the sxveeping scythes of the north wind the rest were drowued immediately after buffeting a- bout for half an hour during which time he shifted his son from side to side and from thence upon his shoulders captain dillon began to be exhausted how could it be otherwise he was in full uniform the young sailor meantime had swam more than twothirds the distance to the shore when finding captain dillon did not come up and not being able to see him he boldly returned after swimming hack almost two hundred yards he found itipliiii dillon exhausted mid half delirious with his little boy hanging quite senseless and most probably dead under one arm give him to me said the young sailor i am sure i can take him ashore no no gasped the father hugging the lifeless body close to his side no savo your- self i wont let him out of my hands how far how fa at this moment the waves dashed the words back iuto his mouth the sailor again begged him to give up his son to his care but captain dillon only answered save yourself- tho sailor with great difficulty reached the shore the fatiier was drowned with the dead body of his child in his arms the periods of human life child hood from 1 to 7 years the age of acci dents griefs wants sensibilities adolescence from 8 to- 14 tho age of hoi ps improvidence curiosity impatience puberty from j5 to21 of triumphs dc- rs selfiovo independence and vanity youth from 22 to 28 the age of plea sure love seusuality incoustancy enthu siasm manhood from 29 to 35 the age of en- j ts ambition and the play of the passions- ie age from 36 to 42 of consisten cy desire of fortune and glory mature age from 43 to 49 the age of iossession the reign of wisdom reason and ove of property decline of life from 50 to 56 the age of reflection love of tranquility foresight and prudence commencement of old age from 57 to 63 the age of regrets cares inquietudes ill temper and desire of ruling old age from 64 to 70 the age of in firmities exigencies love of authority and submission decrepitude from 7 to 77 the age of avarice jealousy and envy caducity from 78 to 84 the age of dis trust vain boasting uufeeliogness suspi cion age of favor from 85 to 91 the age of insensibility love of flattery of attention and indulgence age of wonder from 92 to 98 the age of indifference and love of praise phenomenon from 99 to 105 the age of insensibility hope and the last sigh land ieographlcal shate of scottakd- scotland is neither triangular like eng- square like france leviathanlike like pussia nor bootlike like italy there is however one object in nature which it ienibr and by comparing it with which it may almost be possible to communicate an idea of its real figure and proportions thir object is an eld v omon one who has a i unclitftde nnd may he supposed to sit upon her hams while he holds out and a miser a letter from oldham says a short time ago a person died at faro- ham named mills of extraordinary disposi tion and strange habitudes he suffered his bed to grow for some years till it had assumed a patriarchal length and it is said seldom applied soap to cleanse his face withal it was known he was pos sessed of some money perhaps 1000 or 1500 for he denied to himself many of the common necessaries and all the luxu ries of life he had two sons hut they were brought up aod educated in a very humble way and were put to trades a con siderable distance from the inhospitable home of their father as might be expect ed on the old mans death considerable curiosity was manifested to ascertain how- muchcash he had accumulated and those immediately interested were not a little surprised by learning on application at the bank instead of 1200 or 1500 he had safely lodged there as many thousands this agreeable fact stimulated further in quiry and it was more than suspected from his close mode of living at home that possibly a few odd guineas or sovereigns might be left there as well as in the bank accordingly a rummage was instituted and a clue being iiad the cellarwas search- ed where snugly coucealed iu a corner were fouud about 10000 as much sue cess had attended the parties below stairs it was thought prudeut to adopt a similar process in the upper apartments they were not disappointed gold coin was found in various places even teacups and pill boxes and the total proceeds of the search rewarded them with near 12000 tears for the absent oh drearily and heavily the night hours wear away light comes with the radiantmorn but joy comes not with day l i imi1 igl fit lo i li whatsoeer the season be the only joy my spirit knows is weeping tears for thee weeping tears for thee my love- weeping tears for thee i think upon the quiet glen where we so oft have met i think upon the jpsmine bower oh live the blossoms yet i think when last we saw the moon light up the dark blue sea and then more fast and gushing are the tears i weep for thee the tears i weep for thee my love the tears i weep for thee i think upon the mountain where we watched the suns last ray we little deemed our cherishd hopes like it should soon decay i think upou the grove where sung the sweet birds strains of glee their mirth would seem a mockery now while weeping tears for thee weeping teats for thee my love- weepiug wars for thee i think upnnthe lighted ball twas hkfsonie fairy dream when first midst splendor blazing round i marked thine eyes bright heaoj itflashd in pride on others but in softuess turnd to me i thought not then of all the tears tihtt jrfilmuw wg6 f ovse that i should weep for thee my love- that i should weep for thee i think upon the starry eve when pale and brokenhearted we gazed upon each others face then breathed farewell and parted by all these thoughts i swear till time shall set my spirit free my soul shall taste no other joy but weeping tears for thee weeping tears for thee my love- weeping tears for thee in the meantime the q is likely be soon settled if it he t varna was reported at odessa ua9 fallen into hands of the russians from the second edilj 0 the london courier of saturday eteniug sept 6 we have copied the last bull from the rus sian army before choun la varna aud si beria on the 9th the turks made a fresh attempt to dislodge the russians from their posilions before cliounda but they were repulsed and driven tu ihc foot of the ram parts iu these sorties the russians had thirtyfive men killed and thirtyseven wounded the turks it added had been employed two whole days in burying their dead the russians claim to have been equally successful in resisting the sor ties of the garrison of silistria the courier announces despatches from tord jleytesbury at odessa to the 18th of ugust tho russian guards having crossed the danube on their route to the main army before choumla the grand duke michael was expected to leave odes sa ou the 20th in order to put himself at their head ami the return of the empe ror to the army was expected to take place before the end of the mouth by which time the reiuforcemeuts to the amouut of forty thousand men would have reached their destination the fatigues and hardships to which the corps diplomatic bad been subject in following the headquarters in bulgaria had been so severe that it was expected that they would remain for the present at odessa until circumstances should call for their presence iu advance the fortress of poty ou the eastern shore of tho euxiue had surrendered and the russian admiral greig was passing var na by sea by neutral vessels arrived at odessa from constantinople it was stated that a scarcity of corn began to be felt in that capital in consequence of which an embargo was to be imposed at odessa on all vessels bound with corn to the mediter ranean an article bearing the very indefinite of from ibe danube aug sto sajs all the unfavourable reports on change at vienna respecting tho visit of the em peror nicholas to odessa are as groundless as they are absurd the speculators on change who find it an easy matter to cut to pieces whole russian armies every day show hut little geographical and military knowledge when they speak of a retreat from choumla to odessa followed by an armistice concluded from necessity the truth is that the emperor nicholas to give afresh proof of his consistent moderation and love of peaee resolved though con sidering the infatuation of the divan the fruitlessness of such a step may easily be foreseen to address a new representation to the sultan and in doing this to make use of the counsels and cooperation of lord heyteshury the duke demortemart and other diplomatic characters who were invited to odessa with this view the mi litary operations however will not be in terrupted for a moment on the contrary the presence of the emperor at varna and ing it ed that this detachment was destined to escort transports which were intended for choumla stopped at este stamboul and took up a position which will enable him to cut off the enemys return operations against varna july 30 august 11 from the 5th to the 11 we construct ed at the foot of the heights occupied by our troops five redoubtswhich covered the space between the sea and the plain which lies before the gulf besides we stopped during the night of the same day to construct a sixth redoubt on the very border of the gulf which will terminate our line of blockade ou the northren side ou the morning of the 7th the euemy made a vigorous sally to drive as from our position but after a murderous conflict which lasted until sunset they were repul sed and retired into the place after hav- sutfered a severe loss on the same day a frigate and bomb- vessel commenced bombarding the fortress they continued this operation with success notwithstanding a vigorous five from the place thee vessels will when necessa ry be relieved by others during the night of the 7th to the morn ing of the 8th admiral greig detached some longboats under the command of a cap tain oflhe second rank melikhoff chief of his staff to seize on the turkish fleet stationed under the fortress favoured by the obscurity of the night captain melikhoft advanced iu complete order and perfect silence keeping close to the side of cape galeta he made the round oflhe gulf and haviug passed uuder the sterns of the enemys flotilla he ad vanced rapidly against it the enemy did not remark the manoeuvre of our boats un til they were within halfmusket shot of them a tremendous fire of artillery and mus ketry which the flotilla commenced at once could not stop our iutrepid sailors they rushed with their accustomed bravery and loud hurras on the r vesek captur ed them all without exception uutwini- staoding a desperate resistance aud towed them off the fleet under a tremendous fire of grape shot from the place fourteen vessels two armed boats five pieces of cannon a great quantity of ammunition and 45 prisoners amongst whom is the commander of the flotilla are the fruits of this audacious enterprise which was crowned with the most com plete success under the eyes of the captain only resolution come to was to send word to all the pachas to bo on their guard a- gainst the french the grand seignor who has treasures distinct from those of the state has borrow ed codsidfrablc sums from them towards the expenses of the war aod anew coin is issued different from the present curren cy aud finally his highness as on all oc- asionsof energy has dipped into the cof fers of the rich jews armenians and even the turks aud there is now a question of selling the property of the mosques if pur chasers can be found iu a country where e- verv one is so deeply interested in the con cealment of the purchase money the police which guards the city is said to have discovered several plots against tho life of the sultan some nocturnal execu tion have taken place there is a rumour of several attempts at conflagration and possibly the month of august will not pass without some grent catastrophe for misery is prevalent and the arrivals from the black sea and egypt being very few the capital is nearly exposed to the calamities of a fa mine leipsic aug 22 upon the whole tho harvest turned out very plentiful but this has notwithstanding not produced a fall in the high prices of corn because hopes are entertained that on account of the dif ficulty of exporting grain from the black sea and the badness of the harvest in ita ly the south of spain portugal and france lower germany will export a vast deal of grain and that iu consequence saxony and the rich banks or the upper elbe will be enabled to export its grain profitably to lower germany pacha who commands at varna we had in this affair four killed and 27 wounded among the latter are three of ficers and a marine the loss of the ene my is much more considerable besides those killed during the action he lost most of the men on board the vessels for in en deavouring to escape by swimming the greater number were drowned on the 9th the enemy made a fresh at tempt to dislodge us from our positions but thanks to the able dispositions of the aid- decamp general prince menstchikoff and the brilliant valour of our troops he was odessa will only accelerate the seige of j repulsed aud pursued to the fool of the ram- te former and the advauce of the troops parts now on their march through bessarabia the regular turkish infantry made four as soon as general witts corps of 30000 charges on the 14th regiment of chasseurs men has arrived at bazardjik the emperor aud the 2d batallion of the 13th each growth of hair the following im portant physiological fact is furnished in iho last volume of the medical journal a man between twenty end thirty years of ae of strong and healthy constitution having a short curly and coarse hair of a dark brown colour found himself becoming bald numerous and jarge bald spots ap peared on the head apd gradually increas ed until it became perfectly bare nod as the eye lashes fell out the man had quite fi singular and disagreeable appearance when the head was closely examined a shit white and scattered down very i- cx ur palrns at a fire i he km ia ol r s t 4i umj v mil novel and somewhat starihug uersoni- 1 perceptible at rirbt it traa hoped that iho from the commercial advertiser eighth of september packet the packet ship birmingham captain harris arrived this morning from liver pool whence she sailed on the ph ultimo- we have our usual files of english journals to the latest dates the iutelligeoce from the seat of war is only ono day later than our former advices the gazette dc france of the 4th sep tember contains news from odessa of au gust 14 one day later than our last ac counts from thence it is reasserted that the emperor nicholas was to take his de parture from that place on the 19th the shortness of his visit iu that city provided the account be correct would completely overturn the report of negotiations as well as the speculations relative to the precari ous state of the russian army before choumla il would also countenance the opiuion that one of the causes of the em- priors visit to odessa was to get rid of the foreign ministers whose pretence at hi head quarters probably subjected him some restraint not a word says the morning herald is said about the im- pfrtant neociatioos with which the stock jobbers of loudou paris frankfort and vienna have recemlyamusod themselves i rd heytesbury to whom so promiuetu a pjart was assigned iu the negocintions was nt presented before the 12th ou which dy tbe same honour was conferred on the piiuce philip of hesse homhurg another principal performer see our former aci counts the intervening time was evi dently too short for discussious in tho is- stjic of which not oay the fate of the otto- mian empire hut the peace of all europe ntdght be involved though we admit it w long enough for the purpose of dicta ting to the young mouarch if tbe euglish austrian cabinets were inclined to fivllow so decisive a course besides the season is too far advanced for making any niiilitary demonstrations against russia nind even if this objection did not exist no rmament either by land or sea could be flitted out in sufficient time to prevent tho ittusvians from occupying constantinople litis too late now to interfere and the time ftir such a course if it ever entered into tho mitempiation of the above mentioned courts has boon buffered to pass away will return to choumla by the aid of this reinforcement it will he possible to attack a position the conquest of which must de cide the fate of the campaign the british traveller of the 6th speak- rng- ufifte sorv kmi uiis1utfaopfe ufa letter of credit on the turkish capital having been provided for lhrd heytes hury says it has received cu from various sources this day hough we cannot pronounce it to be perfectly con firmed as yet it is also reported that the grand vizier take with hii to head quarters two diplomatists of high note important ncgociations are tousequenlly expected by those who attach credit to the rumour the augsburg gazette gives a rumour that varna had fallen before the russians but it is not corroborated bulletins of the russian army courier office 3 oclock p m sept 6 we have just received the followingbul- letios operations against choumla aug 7 after the departure of his majesty the emperor ou the 2d nothing had passed remarkable at choumla with the except ion of acanonnadng hotweeo the tirailleurs of our advanced posts and the turkish ti railleurs on the 3d lieutenant general lvan- off who was with a part of hiu division at tcheflyk completed the fortifying of the position 44 on the 5th the detachments under the orders of general prince madatoff made a strong reconnoiteriog ou the enemys left flank from the village of maino to boou- lar by kedikeoi this detachment did not meet with theturks any wherebut they reconnoitered exactly the situation of the places and re marked that the enemy had upon a chain of heights which touches their flank vast entrenchments flanked by bastions tbe turkish cavalry has not quitted the fortress according to the reports of the bulgarians who have taken re fuge with us the fortress is in want of provisions and especially to rage it re sults from the same reports that the seras- kier hussein pacha bad received from constantinople the official advice that they could send him no reinforcements as all the troops whose presence was not necessary in the capital were to be sent to the morea on the 6th general rudiger was sent with a strong detachment of infantry ca valry and artillery to reconnoitre the right flank of the euemy in the direction of tcheflyk to kostees before tho detach ment had quilted the position tfad iervr tcheflyk by limit gen ivaneet our ji- quets had remarked that a corps of 2000 turks composed in a great measure of cavalry having quitted the place bad pro ceeded by kostees to este stamboul lieut geu kudiger marched imme diately on este stamboul to intercept the enemy after having at the same time sent parties to observe his movements these parties discovered that the nemy after having passed behind the tillage of drag- bikini had directed his more lb upon tcha- lykavak- lieut gen- rudiger hawing conclud- time the enemy was received with the bay onet and driven back to the gates of the town without receiving from us a single shot this conflict which lasted the whole day only occasioned us a trifling loss pit tilth mt tii wo iiuuuo nioic uiau wounded and 25killed or missing unfor tunately the brave colonel ltevcnthell commanding the regiment of nizoff lost his left arm in the affair the enemy has been employed two whole days in burying his dead which proves the magnitude of his loss aid-de- camp general prince mentschikoff has sent to the south side of the fortress of varna which is not yet invested corps of parti sans to destroy the convoys which alight try to penetrate into it from beyond the bal kan operations against silis tria july 15 27 the general oflnfaiyry roth informs us that on the 23d 24th aud 25th the ene my had made some sorties which our troops had repelled with small loss on our part they had made and fortified some works on the heights which touched the left bank of tbe corps occupied in the blockade from the paris constitutionnel sept 2 we have received letters from constan tinople containing the following details more correctly than those given by the german journals notwithstanding the bulletins to the contrary it is evident the turks have had the worst of it the peo ple are murmuring and the dervises roar ing it is apprehended that as soon as the sacred standard is raised the christians will be all massacred all the ships inthe harbour are equipped or almost so aud for want of sailorsevery thing found in the capital is crowded into them not excepting the culhanes a sort of lazaroro accustomed to sleep on the hot ashesotthe public bathes sixteen batte ries from the arsenal and several regiments are sent towards the balkan to form a bo dy of reserve to watch the enemy should they endeavour to pass those mountains between varna and bourgas in the stan ches or little balkan will bo placed the lines destined to defend the water sources which supply the capital on the holles- pontside they have resolved on putting gallipoli on a war footing and two pachas sent to the dardanrlles are charged with the defence of the castles the sandjic of the 40 churches is in trusted to the asiatic kurdas whose sys tem of operation will be at adrianople kafia dimotica and eski baba where the divan forms considerable depots and magazines here too the grand seignor intendsto proceed after sendiug all the necessary troops from the capital towards the balkan there for the first and no doubt the last time with the prince of the faithful assemble upwards of 320000 men ra armi his head quarters are to be at hohstal bourgas the army of paske which will probably concentrate below tbe frontier of armenia so as to relieve the important city of erzerum if necessary several councils were held as to whe ther war should not he declared against frttneeou the sultan being informed of the expedition preparing at toulon but the from portugal lisbon gazettes and letters had been received iu london to the 20th august on the 10th the expedi tion to madeira have sailed as we were pre- onsly fled to understand continued to ex ist between don miguel and the old queen it is said miguel has acted with personal tened by the dons refusal to be immed atety crowned arrests continued to b persisted in openly and secretly to a very alarming extent and great enormities were understood to be still perpetrated with im- puuity the property of every person convicted of treason is confiscated one- third goes to the crown another to the judge and the third to the informer tho person is tried and condemned but cot- permitted to make the slightest defence miguel lately passed close under the french frigate every person left the deck and no salute was fired- the wretched spanish refugees who have been confined in the waterdungeons for tbe last two months have received per mission to take themselves toother coun tries they are in the utmost misery and cannot procure means to remove them for there aro but two ships for england now in the tagus and noue of them wish to go to spain on friday the 15th august a miracle took place in lisbon a brightness shone forth over tho city and clearsighted people could see the image of the archan gel michael in the midst it is supposed by many old women that on that day seven days having then elapsed from the sailing of the fleet to madeira the loyalist troops had made good the task given diru by their master intelligence had been received from ma- if il i flljtl tljilillki tl i mm elite squadron off the port to blockade it but on intimation from an euglish sloop of war that if they molested an english vessel it must be at their own risk tbe portu gese brigs disappeared aud were supposed to have proceeded to another part of the island when four gun boats were about to be launched the letters from madeira are to the 9th of august the preparati ons for resistance were going on with great spirit new batteries had been erected and mounted and gun boats fitted out but the writers indulged in rather gloomy anticipa tions on considering the extent of the force which they suppose to be sent against them private letters from madeira are more particular in their details and cheering iu their tone they state that 3000 men are uuder arms and are daily engaged iu military exercise the patriots of ma deira however will be doomed to a sao disappointment when they learn as tbey soon must that england will not second their endeavors and that the blockade will be recognised as instituted by the existing government of portugal london sept 6 evening the retirement of the duke of clarence from the important office of lord high ad miral it is now said in the naval circles will not take place the lord chancel lor it is added some days since had a long couference with his royal highness aud his lordship is occupied in remodelling the form of the patent by virtue of which that office is held the d uke ot clarence stilt continues to perform tbe duties of the of fice and occasionally comes to town af bushy to preside at tho admiralty i- 7 the duke of mootebello a peer of france and son of the late marshall las- nes one of bonapartes most distinguished generals arrived here on sunday from tour through the state ofncwyork nia gara aud the upper province and set out on tuesday for norfolk u s whence a french frigate which was to sail from france on the 1st sept will convey mr dcbresou and the duke to south america the former is deputed by the french mi nistry as a general visiting agent to all tho south american governments the duke will with mr debreson occupy about a year in visiting almost every part of tho continent of south america j gaz the army we have been favoured with the sight of a letter from an oflicer iu garrison at cork which mentions as a cur rent rumour there that captains in the ar my of the date of 1812 inclusive on full pay were to have the option of retiring on a half pay of seven shillings aud sixpence a day and with the rank of major enjoying the same advantage of subsequent promotion as tho subaltoros who acceptod the rank of captain on half pay pursuant to a into general order a letter from an officer of tho 53d regi ment oxpected orders for embarkation fef canaoa it is also said that the 17th rep-