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„,,tut, as exercised, are palpably inconsistent with _ilayna Charla, the laws and securities of 2bora I. and the petition of right; and there lever was a time more favourable to an accurate .nd just determination of its powers. We cannot ;ad in the laws of any age or country a crime wide!) can ho committed ” under amiable feelings," ul d a jurisdiction which recognises such crimes, ~ eems to us to require to be corrected and curtailed. Without meaning to insinuate any blame to the ~:resent CHANCELLOR, we consider this Court . its powers as a general question, worthy of Tecial notice, in a public sense, and with refs -era to the constitutional liberties of the country, lad the statutes and usages which protect person and property. L‘.A night, the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, a loe diplomatic knowledge is most respectable, 4sted that he inferred, from the terms of the communication made to France in July, relative to the protocol in April, that a previous com munication had been made, and an answer received, which sought permission to publish the fact , and he begged to be informed who !i:e: it was not so. Lord GREY replied, that verbal communications had passed. It ould hence appear that the French Government nsd sought permission to make the use of the fact, rhich it so exaggerated in the KING'S Speech. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY then moved the second reading of his bill, for the augmentation of the incomes of small church livings. Its object is to extend the provisions of the Act of Chas. 11. The CHANCELLOR commended. it, and stated that there were from 800 to 1000 small livings, worth not more than f6O per annum. The Bishop of LONDON, in support, stated that church property would be found not to exceed a third of what it had been represented. In the Com mo s, after a long conversation, it -.as agreed to sit till six to-day on the Reform There will be no sitting on Monday, owing to the Lstival on opening London Bridge. In the Committee, on the question being put on ILDFOR D, Mr. DENISON moved for two mem ; and after fifteen speeches, a division took *lace, l S 6 for his amendment, and 253 for only one mcmber. IlusreNz was then added to the list. HON 1 lON produced a long speech from Sir G. 4 RUN DER, but was added. !It - NI - ix° DON, after a short debate, was reduced 3' placed in B. TTITE found no supporters. L iCNCESTON was decided upon after speeches frnt Sir JOHN MALCOLM and Sir H. H•RDI 011. I.ISKEARD followed, and LTME REGIS. LYMINOTON after a short opposition from Messrs. CHOKER and BURSIARD. MALDOW produced a sharp debate, in which Mr. DICK, Mr. LENNARD, and Mr. WESTERN vete followed by eight other speakers. A long discussion then took place, relative to ;aecting to-morrow (this day), when 216 voted for ,t, and 143 against it. We are indebted to the activity of the Dublin Morning Post this day, for a supplementary edi tion, giving the conclusion of the Mullingar Anises, and the acquittal of all the prisoners on volved in the Castlepollard affair ! Our readers ili find an account of this extraordinary trial in ua last page. It would appear that nine of the Jury were for the acquittal, and three on the other side. Thus it was (observes the Morning Register) at the inquest at Newtownbarry—one portion of the jury entertained opinions exactly the opposite of the remainder ; and if they had been allowed to de liberate up to the present moment, there would be as little chance of an unanimous decision, as when the coroner thought proper to dispense with their s:•rvicee." This afternoon, the Marquis of LOW DOW DER n :.reve a grand dejeune ala fourchette, at his seat near Fulham, to the KING and Qv ERN, and a vast Luber of the Nobility, and other persons of die tt:lction. Sir W. F. Elliot, Bart. has intimated to the L 'reeholders of Roxburghshire, and those who acquire the elective franchise under the pro lisions of the Reform Bill, that it is his intention v. take the earliest opportunity, after the Bill have passed into a law, again to stand for the County, and to solicit the honour of their suffrages. One of the most piquant and applicable speeches which have been delivered in the Committee on the :eforra bill, was spoken on Thursday ninht by Sir Doyle, in answsr to Mr. Cresset Pelham, who said that the disfranchisement of the nomination l oroughe would be the ruin of the Constitution.- " If," observed the gallant and Honourable part,—.." We go on this way, from night to night, during this hot weather, some of us nuking, and others of us listening to, speeohes sbich have been repeated over and over again, and ihnost without variation, during the course of the ;resent Sessions, I am sure that it will terminate in :be ruin of the constitution of us all." F01;II PERSONS KILLED IN BALLIN . e have seen a private letter, received by a respect able merchant in this city, from a correspondent in fialinrobe, in the county of Mayo, announcing the melancholy intelligence of three men and a woman !. ‘ aving being shot near that town on Saturday last. ILe %Titer states that the starving peasantry tried to (Ake by force 24 carts of meal from a party who were v:nducting it f rom W es tp ort f or t h e re li e f o f t h e .::stressed. An altercation ensued, in which three toult ry men and a woman were shot, and a con siderable number wounded. Several were taken I 1 3oners and lodged in the gaol of Ballinrobe.— coroner was proceeding to hold an inquest on' t.:e bodies of the deceased, when the writer was t•i•siiig his letter. Freeman's Journal. ROYAL EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. Our funds are looking up this morning, in the face of the reported Prussian declaration against the Poles, of which nothing official has as yet come to light. Consols which left off yesterday at 82i 1 for the account, opened at the same price ; and at present they are 83, with a firm market. Nothing doing as yet in the Foreign Market. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols bare been during the most part of the morning at 82 i to 83 for the Account, with little doing. The Foreign Market is in a state of stag nation. THREE O'CLOCK. STOCK Excuaxox.—Bank Stock, 2001. 'Throe per Ct. Red. 83/ e 3. Three er Ct. Consols, 821 1. Three and a Half pet Cent. 1818, —. Three and a Half per Cent. Bed. 911 1. Three and a Half per Cent. New, 901 1. Four per Cent. 1828. 100. Long Annuities, Jan. 1960, 17 3-16 h. Annuities, Oct. 1859, —. An. traffics, Jan. 1860, India Stock, ; do. Bonds, 3 2 prem. Old Annuities, -. £lOOO Exchequer Bills, —; £5OO do. 16 14 ; £lOO and 4200 do. —. Consols for Account, 623 3. FOUR O'CLOCK—Consols, 821. We hear that the Stock Exchange Committee have decided that there is no holiday on Monday, which is rather singular. Great anxiety is now felt for the next informa tion from Poland, both armies being in such a situation that they cannot remain long without the decisive blow. CHOLERA MORBVS. - According to accounts from Berlin, it appears that the cholera threatens that city ; and most energetic measures for its prevention have been adopted by the Government, some of which have already been put into execu tion. Sixteen hundred families, in the most populous quarter of the city, are immediately to quit their habitations, and take up their residence in the part of the commission sanitaire. The garrison has also received orders to be ready, to bivouac in the plain of Charlottenburg. The arsenal and the theatres of exercise are about to be made into hospitals. The King is gone to Toplitz to bathe ; his departure has caused some sensation. This information was brought to Brussels by M. Behr, Belgian agent at Berlin, on the 22d July. Li v ERPOOL, JULY 28.—There has been a good steady demand for cotton this week. The sales yesterday were 2,500, and to-day 3,000 bags ; but the demand is freely supported by sellers, without any perceptible difference in the price. The expec tation of the new duty being put on almost imme diately, lead some holders to expect rather better prices. THEIR MAJESTIES. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. —The Queen entertained the Duchess of Gloucester, Cambridge, and Saxe Weimar, Princess Augusta, and the Laudgravine, the Marchioness of Westmeath, and several other distinguished personages with a fete champetre at Virginia Water on Wednesday, during his Ma jesty's visit to town. An elegant collation was laid out in the centre marquee, which forms the dining-room, and the band of the Ist Life Guards were stationed in a boat on the lake opposite to the marquees. The Royal party remained in this beautiful retreat till seven o'clock, when they returned to the Castle. The King arrived shortly afterwards, escorted from Hounslow by a party of the Life Guards. Earl Howe arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to their Majesties, and left again this morn ing for town. The King took a long airing yes terday in the green drives of the Great Park, accompanied by the Princess Augusta. The Queen's saddle horses were ordered to be in attend ance at five o'clock, but the heavy thunder storm that began about that hour prevented her Majesty from enjoying her favourite exercise. This day their Majesties took their usual airings; but the afternoon being showery, they confined their drives to the vicinity of the Castle. To-morrow, after luncheon, their Majesties and the rest of the Court will leave the Castle for Rose bank, near Fulham, to honour with their presence the fete given there by the Marquis and Marchio ' ness of Londonderry. From Rosebank there Ma jesties go to St. James's Palace. The Landgravine of Hesse Homberg will not accompany their Ma -1 jesties to Rosebank or St. James's Palace, but will continue to reside at the Castle during their ab sence. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria, attended by Lady Catherine Jenkinson, Baroness Lehzen, and Sir John Conroy, left Kensington Palace yesterday for Norris Castle, in the Isle of Wight. The French and Dutch Ambassadors had long interviews, yesterday, with Viscount Palmerston at the Foreign Office. Lord Ponsonby transacted business yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Viscount Palmerston had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Treasury. Sir James Graham visited Lord Althorp yester day at the Treasury. IMPORTANT NRW RivEtteL REGULATIONS.—. The Irish Stamp Office is to be removed forthwith to the Custom-House. It is intended to remove thither as many of the government departments, dispersed through Dublin, except the Post-Office, as can be accommodated, and the Stamp Office, be ing a revenue department, its officers are to move first, as the present government are anxious to get the revenue departments into as close contact as pos sible, without delay, very important alterations in the system of management being in con templation. It is thought that the present boards will be got rid of, and that in lieu of them, there will be one board of practical men, acquainted with the commercial and financial interests of the three countries. This board will manage all the revenue departments, except the Post Office ; and the enormous expenditure occa sioned by separate departments will be avoided. Instead of there being three or four collectors of revenue in every large town, there will be but one collector and one establishment of revenue officers. All the working officers of the several departments will thus be combined ; all the rest will be dispensed with ; and one system of collecting re venue, and of granting bounties and drawbacks, will pervade the United Kingdom—Dublin Morn ing Register. The new pier and stairs to Hungerford Market are proceeding with rapidity. SECOND EDITION. STAR OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. A rumour was prevalent to-day, that there will be another and immediate dissolution of Parliament. The factious opposition of the Boroughmongers certainly justifies such a proceeding; and there is good authority for believing, that it is by no means necessary to bring even that part of the Reform Bill, already settled in the Com mons, before the Lords, to legalize the dis franchisement of the Boroughs in schedule A, or the new Constitution of the Boroughs in schedule B. The concurrence of the Lords in certain measures maturely and deliberately settled by the Commons, is now found to be a matter of courtesy—not of Law ; and a dissolution , after the preliminary clauses of the Bill have passed the present Committee, would at once uproot the influence of tile Borough faction, and give to the popular interests the rower of returning a new and reformed Parliament, in which the further details of the bill, and other ne cessary provisions, would be debated, and, if found expedient, adopted, without the perpetual and bar rassing obstacles which the routed faction seem de termined recklessly to throw in the way ofthe public business of the country. Nothing as to ;the cer tainty of a dissolution, however, or as to the tine it may take place, has transpired at the latest post hour ; but as the affair has assumed an imposing and credible appearance, we deem it proper to lay this account of it before our readers. In our preceding columns will 'de found the rea sons for an early meeting of Parliament this after noon. Both Houses—particularly the Commons —were crowded to excess ; and an unusual appea rance of seriousness:and solemnity seemed to per vade the proceedings. At two o'clock the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl Of SHAFTESBURY, and the Duke of RICHMOND took their seats as his MAJESTY'S Commissioners, when The Royal Assent was given to the Abolition of Oaths before the Lord Steward's Bill ; the Reduc tion of Salary of the Master of the Mint's Bill— the Customs and Excise Abolition Oath Bill—Wi dows of Writers to the Signet of Scotland's Bill ; Bolton and Leigh Railway Bill ; Southampton Pier Bill ; Ferrybridge Commons Inclosure Bill ; and upwards of fifty other public and private Bills. The Queen's Dowry Bill was then ma a third time and passed. Mr. BERNAL and others brought up five private bills, which were read a first time. Viscount DUNCANNON brought up the Dean Fo rests' Bill, and General Steam Navigations and Corporations' Bill. Mr. DUN DAS brought up the Edinburgh Improvement Bill. Lord ANNANDALE having made good his claim to the Peerage, took the oaths and his seat. The House then adjourned, to Tuesday. In the House of Commons, the SPEAKER, took the Chair, at a Quarter before 2 o'Clock, when after some immaterial preliminary proceedings—among which was the presentation of a petition from a place in the County of Chester by Mr. HUNT fora repeal of the Corn Laws, A message arrived from the Lords, summoning the House to attend, to hear the royal assent given to the various Bills which we have enumerated above. A long discussion took place whether the House should go into the Reform Committee—a measure, as usual, keenly contested by the Boroughmongers ; but it was ultimately resolved to proceed, and the first question was, that NI alma bury should stand part of Schedule B. After a few words from Mr. BARING, the question was agreed to. The Borough of Marlborough was next similarlydisposed of, after the usual opposition by Mr. ESTCOUILT, Mr. W. BANRFS, and Sir C. WETHERELL. The Borough of Great Marlow, and Oakbanipton were then placed in schedule B, as was likewise that of Ryegate. The house was proeeeding in this manner at the latest post hour. Serious apprehensions appear to be entertained in certain quarters lest the conduct of Prussia, with regard to Poland, should lead to a declara tion of war on the part of France against the former power. Our apprehensions, however, are the very reverse. We fear that France will not declare war against Prussia : but, at the same time, we must say that, if the French government do not take some effectual steps to enforce the neutrality of that nation, they will prove them selves the veriest poltroons that ever were placed at the bead of a great people. The same remarks will apply, though not, perhaps, with equal force, to our Cabinet, should they quietly suffer the ag gressions of Prussia against Poland. Dr. BADLY, of Chelmsford, died on Monday, aged eighty-eight, having practised medicine for fifty years there ; during which time he contrived, by industry and frugality, to lay up a very com fortable maintenance. He has left a very singular provision in his will—that he is to be buried by torchlight at midnight on Monday next. A correspondent asks whether we know any thing of a French expedition going to Oporto, as it is rumoured in Paris that it is intended to revive an old plan, and root up all the vineyards in the Douro. We acknowledge that we have no infor mation upon this subject ; but it would doubtless meet Mr. Poulett Thompson's ideas ; as then, un der the new regulations, we should be obliged to drink claret instead of port. The idea of rooting up the vineyards of the Douro originated with Count Subterra (Pamplona), the agent and tool of the French, and it forms a leading feature in his memorable manifesto, which nearly raised the northern provinces of Portugal against the French. —Post. There has been invented at Boston, in America, a machine for sweeping streets by horse power ; one man and a horse are sufficient, with this ma chine, to sweep all the streets in a city in a com paratively short time. SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. HERALD.—The Archbishop of Canterbury's Will for confirming and perpetuating the augmentations made by ecclesiastical persons to small vicarages and curacies—in short, for improving the condition of the inferior clergy—will be hailed with satisfaction by every well wisher of the esta blishment. Though there are many parts of out Church government which require, and will, no doubt, experience revision in the reforming spirit of these times, there is no part of it respecting which the demand for alteration was so pressing, as that which relates to the almost destitute condition of the possessors of small curacies and livings. We are glad to find not only that this subject has been taken up, but that it has been taken up in the proper quarter—by the church itself. It is of great importance to know that those who fill the highest stations, and exercise the greatest influence, in the establishment are anxious to meet improvement half way, instead of taking measures to oppose an unavailing resistance to the wishes of the people ; for a is s s w hy on g h iv p in r i e r seurpviwnghaitn badchur ch as well u thatweshal i l n bspre serve what state . T he outrageous contrast observable in the provision for the higher and the lower clergy was always one of the great blots upon the system. By adding to the comforts of that respectable class of men, who are entitled, by the nature of their office and the extent of their education, to the respect of the com munity, we shall have done something towards the removal of so great an evil. We shall not only have begun improve. meet but begun it at that end which, on the score of huma nity, was entitled to the first attention. But lett we should appear to exaggerate what Is proposed to be effected by the measure, we wish to be understood as estimating its chief value from Its principles, which is that of reform. POST.—The Whig Radicals, seeing that the moment of popular delusion has passed, and that the people, so artfully and unnaturally excited in favour of revolution, under the specious guise of reform, are daily more and more returning to their senses, begin to despair of being able to carry their atrocious project. They have therefore resolved upon a new desperate expedient, every way worthy of their cause, and in perfectly due keeping with their obvious designs. The de bates in parliament upon the revolutionary bill have served so completely to undeceive the public upon this most momentous of all questions, that the revolutionists, in their ca. german to destroy the Constitution, do not hesitate to re sort to the most unconstitutional means to accomplish their purpose, and they have accordingly determined to petition parliament to stifle all further discussion upon the subject, and to adopt every means of coming to an immediate deci sion upon the question. Such is the evident purport of a requisition addressed to the Lord Mayor by the city radicals, to convene a common hall, to express the sense entertained by the livery of London of the delays in passing the reform bill. and of the vexatious and prolonged opposition raised against it.' This of Itself affords a tolerable specimen of the kind of freedom of discussion and justice of decision to be expected from the proposed revolutionary system ; and we hope and trust that such additional exposition of the deep laid plans of our reformers will serve still further to expose their iniquity to public view, and show the necessity of in creased exertion on the part of the friends of the Constitu tion to counteract such infamous designs. TIM ES.—There are 40 boroughs in schedule B. Sir Robert Peel had made a motion the previous evening, on the success of which be pledged himself should depend the fate of all the remaining boroughs. He moved that, in stead of one member, each borough in schedule B. should have two, giving it clearly to be understood, that if he should be beaten on that point, he would offer no trouble in the case of individual boroughs. What has happened since ? Why, that there is scarcely a borough yet named in the list which has not brought up two or three orators, on the most stale and frivolous pretences (with one or two exceptions) for inducing Parliament to do that very thing seriatim, which, on Sir Robert Peel's motion, it had within 48 hours refused to do in the bulk,—namely, expunge the name of this and that specific nuisance from the schedule, by perpetuating its two repre sentatives. The Opposition evidently take for their fa vourite watch-words—delay, and the chapter of accidents. They are besides, we grieve to admit, entitled to the praise of perfect union—of admirable discipline--of alertness, dili gence, pertinacity, and boldness, in their general conduct of the war. The habit of service and the consequent promptness of obedience goes fur much, and, however lamentable, it is curious at least to find the volunteer camp of Sir Robert Peel more adroit in manoeuvre and more re solute in battle than that of the regular and royal force opposed to it. There is no parallel for such subordina tion in circumstances thus untoward, but-that which Milton has described so powerfully in the first book of Ida great poem, where the defeated tinny of a certain chief are pic tured as maintaining, in the depths of irretrievable ruin, that same spirit of combined though desperate action which had encouraged him and them to the prosecution of their bad enterprise. For these qualities then, the borough. sooners are far more conspicuous than their oppo. nents. But what of that? How often have we been forced to remind the minister that he has all England at his back ! And how deplorable will it be if the people of England, instead of being content to follow the King's Minister, shall find themselves compelled to take the advance of him I There was nothing more true than the statement which we gave a few weeks ago of the perfect organization which reigned, and still exists, throughout what may be justly called the insurgent force of the borough mongers. The head-quarters may have been transferred from Buckingham-house, Pall-mall, and the oligarch star. dard painted on some less elevated station, but the con , - mittee still exists and acts. The morning plot is developed by the evening's execution ; the 14 members of the com mittee, with Sir It. Peel for the chairman, the 14 squads of nightly combatants, each instructed by Its own drill-acrjeant from the committee, who is responsible for the muster, and for the manourres of his men ; all thew preparative* be speak an organization as complete as that of our old friends the United Irishmen, and for a purpose almost as pain worthy as theirs. To the committee belongs the task of fixing on topics for the night's perfor. liana,—what point of the brill shall be carped at, and by whom,—when matters shall be pushed to a division, on what ground, and so forth. We wish it could be confidently added, that the Government were equally well equipped, in any thing but numbers, for the contest. It must, however, be confessed that Lord Althorp's unfortunate, though pos sibly very amiable, habit of suffering the shrewd old hands on the opposite bench to soapbim by extolling his lordship's candour, his good temper, his liberality, At. Ac. appears more than once to have distracted his lordship's attention from the one thing needful—" the bill, and nothing but the bill." The country witnesses with contempt these combing,- down across the table : should it find them invariably fol lowed by a grant of some jurther delay, contempt would be swallowed up in indignation. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JvLl' 28. • The deservedly high estimation in which George Silvertop, Esq. of Minster. Acres, the present High Sheriff of Northumberland, is held, was unequi vocally manifested yesterday, by the very nume rous and brilliant corkge, which accompanied him in his state procession from the Northumberland Courts, to receive and welcome his Majesty's Judges of Assize, at the usual place, the Cannon, in the county of Durham. The train of carriages amounted to nearly forty—several of which wine splendid equipages and four ; and the number of gentlemen on horseback, which included a large portion of the respectability of the county, must have been at least 600 or 700. Ihe late members of the Bywell Yeomanry Cavalry, headed by John Jobbling, Esq. of Newton-Hall. and which were formerly under the command of the High Sheriff, attended in the procession as a special mark of respect. The state-carriage of the High Sheriff was drawn by six beautiful bays, and the liveries being all new, the set-out was every way handsome and attractive. The worthy High Sheriff himself, who looked remarkably well, rode a fine chesnut horse, being attended, according to ancient fashion, by two Pages of Honour—one at each stirrup. Percival Fenwick, Esq. who officiated as Under Sheriff, headed the procession. Between eight and nine the procession returned to Newcastle with the Judges, when the commissions were opened at the respective Courts in the usual manner. It has been observed that there are few martins (hirundo urbica ,) and no wrynecks (lynx torquilla) this year, while swallows, (hirundo rustics) are particularly numerous. OPENING OF LONDON BRIDGE. The preparations are in a state of worder.ul forwattln. ce considering the short period since the eo••tneenc••ment of tar task. The witrkmen have already cttt:str..oted the MI al table in the tent prepared for his Mej .sty. Tne dooms which was prep-red for fit !die dl ne the 9th of N mem. bee will, it is b:!ieved, be placed in this splendid apatt- Illent, in which the great Ministers of State, the the Foreign Ambassadors, and those who will accompany their Blajosties, and as it were torn, tito Crow, rill sit down to the feast. A!r.ady the et iling is foilliantly deco. rated with flags of all nadons, (vomit n•watttr, of the success of the British arms by rea and land. The Royal .able will be laid for 18 persnns. Below the Royal tint, at each side ttf wide pass throu,th which the pi eressiem is to go. are two tiers of tables occupying a space of ups tt:4! of 2.A0 het. Those tables will extend along th more than sno tett. Elie aldermen a•td choir ladies w:il occupy the :able,. nearest to the - King's tent en each side. Blow these tables the common councilmen and their ladies will tiler their riot-es; and the rest of the ennipany will be venninildrtA in the •nn:: line, hut lower down. The Lord Mayor, Ali:e:n.en, and l.vn•'on Bridge Committee, will meet their Majesti.. on the st..ps of the grand western entrance nom she 'l% 3111:::, aid above site ►teps will be stationed a guard of liereur. 11.. hr Majesties will, upon reaching the top of the grand c•airs, he ee l , t o rt e .' along the broad passage from the Royal tent to the Sou.h. work extremity. Upon returning train the Southwark caw - mil of the bridge their Majesties will proceed to the Royal tent, and partake of the hospitality of the King's 4it!t•ul subjects of the City of London. It is celculsied that tl! a procession will be at an end at about half-past four, am! it is believed that the King and Queen will not depart until between seven and eight, when their Majesties sill • nitwit on board the royal barg", and r :urn to Borntrset-licuse. From the roof of the long tent, on the outside, will save up. voids of 150 flags, and in the centre will impels the royal standard. At each of the four corners of the Royal tent a man sill stand in a full suit .•f ativo.ur, four of the most splendid suits having been brought from the tower for mite oc casion. As soon as their Dlajestics reach the extremity of the awning, Mr. Green, theaeronaut, will ascend nit h his balloon, Medals to commemorate the 0t,.-ening of London Bridge are, it is said, to be struck in gold and ['reline. Tice front side is to represent the joint effigies of their Majesties, as on the coins of William and Mary. and on tbe obezrse a well-executed view of the bridge, with a tuitable it•scrip. tin in Latin. Around the riot there is to be the o,:te and the name of the Lord Mayor. EXPORT-4710Y OF The subject of our great exportation of bullion to tin con. tinent is again beginning to draw attent.en in the ci y. par. titularly as it is considered that the took in tie c..tottry, both of gold and silver, is undoubtedly lower th m has been the case lot a long time past. With rccp:ct to silver, dol lars. which are the great commercial trctlibm, have almost wholly disappeared from the market; nn.l to that in bars, it is supposed to consist chiefly of that which has been reduced into that state by the Bank, out of the sur plus of the coin in circulation. Of ti:e state of gold we know nothing, nor ever shall, while the prieent system at the Bank is suffered to go on. Yet the qinetehy in its corers cannot be superabundant, or the loss of ruching the silver coinage —which, as before doyen, is toll twelve per cent.—would not have been 'mere d ; the main object of that measure being, as is 'now pretty well Liar-twit, to save the stock of' gold front being carried out of the cron•ry, and to keep tp the rates of the foreign each:mete. II hat renders the ease the more serious is, that with .11 this l a rg e ctportation of bullion, they are barely suns rted to par, a d have an evident tendency to sink below it. 'J he extent of that exportation will be better comprehentied when it is stated, that for the last four months it has seldom fallen short of 00,0001. weekly. In the present weak, by a calculation we have seen, made by individuals who have goo.] means of information on the subject, It has not t ten le:s than 300,0001. It is a matter of very curious speculation among many persons, what the real cause can be of this continued drain of the precious metals, which is not sufficiently to fe accounted for by the state of our commercial transite Some imagine that the sovereigns of Europe, who (waste. a , crisis of great difficulty and danger, ere secretly treparini for it, by providing a supply of that which in such times can alone avail; others, that the practice of hoarding is for ti same reason beginning to prevail among individuals; and a third party, that the large standing armies which hare be' n formed on the continent have twincipary caused it, by the large additional circulation required for tier maintenance. • 1 1 Perhaps the real cause may be a compoord all these. It lift+, at all events, reached an extent which makes the subjtc: well worthy of attention, and it is t.rtain, too, that it is a subj. cc of uneasiness with many re fl ecting men. Our escape from the danger depends without doubt on the restoration of tore quillity and confidence on the continent. REFUGE FOR THE DESTITUTE. The Half-yearly General Court of the C. o:ernors of tl. s Institution was held on Thursday, at the Male went, Horton, EDWaItD FORSTER, &q. Treasurer, in <<e Chair. The Rev. %V. F. VANcE, Szeretary, and Chaplain, mut the Report of the Committee, •hich stolid th.A. in cu•.- ducting the business of the Refuge, tie Committee continued to keep in mind that the pr'mary object of the ?intim:ion was the moral and rel giot a reform,. tlon of young persons intrusted to their c. re; to this end their efforts had been principally dir.cted, and they trureal, under the DIVINE ble•.sing, n.•t without con siderable mewls. The admission of obj•cta during the last Mx roonils, which had been limited so .he tame description of persons as he•rctof:•re, was as 'o'l r. : Admiasion of males from January 31 to Jure 30. 11131 ; convicted and judge eat respired, 4; from the Henke of Correction, 15; from Storey Asylum. l ; front Ma•elsreme Gaol. 5 ; from Brigh'on, 2; from Rrad•o,r. I—to al, 28. Discharged to ha apprenticed. 12 ; to go to sea, 2 ; to the Canadaa as mechanics, 2 ; other employment•, 3 ; ircorri,:i ble, 2; absconded, 5 ; illnns. 1 ; at their own request, 7 total, discharged, 34 ; leavirg 99 inmates of the mate establishment. The state of the female branch was as follows:--Admitted from the 31st of January to Ju:te :16 From the Old Bailey, 3 ; front the Itlcgiatra•ts of Wm. ship-street, 2; ditto of Lambeth -street, I ; Deptford.. 1 ; criminals not prosecmcd, 14 ; House of Correction 10 ; Borough Gaol, I ; Totbthflt da I ; B inum, 1 ; 313,1 , - atone, 2; the Mendicity Society, 1— to al, received, 37. Discharged to go to service, 21 ; to their parents, 13 ; st their own request, 5 ; to their parishes, 1 ; to the Peni tentiary 1, died 1, absconded I—total discharged 43; s.ow remaining in the institution 63. The total number of cnalea received from the commencement, in the year 1805. sett 1,772 ; females 2,188, making together 3.960. The incon e of the last six months was x,3321. 12a. lid. of whirl 8741. Gs. 10d. was produced by the labour of the males, at .1, 706 L 16s. 7d. by the females. The expenditure aas 3,0671. 91. 2d. leaving a balance due to the Treasurer of 1,1741. 16s. 3d. whkh, added to an old balance. le tt tl.e in stitution 3,4041. 3s. Gd. in debt. It was also stated that :he subscribers had fallen off considerable, and were it nut r the annual parliamentary grant of 3 0001. the institu; ion would not be able to exist. The Rev. J. A/1111111 moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by tile Rev. D. II 11.1.1A318, and una nimously agreed to. After which, thanks being scud to the Chairman, the meeting separated. The thermometer in Essex on Wednesday and Thursday the 27th and 28th instant, was above 80 deg. and the barometer up nt 30. 20. with N.W. wind; the almost calm, which is very re markable, however, is, that during the prevalence of the present Influenza vegetation has entirely ceased, and there is little or no good fruit—a cir cumstance which shews how much atincspliete is concerned in its production. CHELMSFORD RACES.--Chelmsford It;u•cs took place on Tuesday, Wednesday, and to. day (Thursday). They have been very badly attended this year, and though the running was (ood, yet there were very fcw persons on the pound the first day compared with former )cars. The teal cause of this was the vast extent to w hit h an M- I flaumiatcry epidemic prevails in Essex, ty which prudent people are kept at home. The most effi cient remedy has been found to be low diet and opening medicine; but it is certain also that those who are twat in the open air ma* the most st•- verely, the cause being entirely in the air, or prevailing maladia. Dr. Forsterbas just published a Treatise on this subject, in which he hu tretst the course of numerous epidemics over the country. ,i '. . j 1 . 1 I ; , i .::: ,„,, „ 1 t ' , .i.,. t . , t 1 . , 1 . I : li i