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UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. The first tension of the London University having terminated, a distribution of prizes among the pupils of th e genera l c l asses —th ose o f M at h emat i cs , English Literature, Greek, Latin, Natural Phi - losephy, and English Law—took place yesterday in one of the large lecture-rooms of the institution. The room, which is capable of containing from ROO to I,„„nne, persons, was crowded with students and their friends, who took a lively interest in the pro . ceedings.. In the centre of the apartment seats were reserved for the Professors, Members of the • Council ; and thidistinguished visiters who honoured • the ceremony with their presence. - Among those • present were Earl Grey, Lord Auckland, Colonel L. Stanhope, Dr. Birkbeck, Mr. Brougham, Mr. Hu me, Mr. Otway Cave, &c. • On the motion of Lord AUCKLAND, Earl Grey %%8 called to the chair. The noble CHAIRMAN expressed the sense he entertained of the honour done him by the meeting in calling him to the chair—an honour far beyond VI desert of his : at the same time he could not "IP saying he wished somebody more deserving of the distinction had been selected as their chairman upon this occasion. All that it was necessary for him to do in this stage of the proceedings was ' ai m* to state the object of the meeting. They were assembled to witness the distribution of prizes the diff erent c l asses o f L at i n, G ree k , E ng li s h li terature, natural philosophy, mathematics, and English law. To attempt by any thing he could " 1 7,.t0 add to the deep interest which all who knew this institution must feel in its success, would be equally vain and improper; he felt it would be im proper to interpose the slightest delay to their pro ceeding to the immediate business of the day. Mr. Coates, in the absence of Mr. Horner, of whose valuable services he regretted to say they were for the present deprived by indisposition, would explain the method adopted in awarding the prizes. The Professors would make a report of the state of the several classes, and then the distribution of the Prizes would take place. Mr . COATES stated, that the honours and prizes hod been awarded by the result of answers in vrriting to a series of questions printed for the stu dents of each professor. A copy of these questions "as deliv ere d to th e stu d en t a f ter h e came i n t o th e E xamination-room. The answers were written in - the Examination -room, and were collected at one • time. •No book was allowed to be brought into the r oom. The paper containing the answers was signed only with a mark or motto, and the name of the • student using it inclosed in a sealed envelope, in scribed with the mark or motto, was left with the Warden, to be opened on the day of the distribution of the prizes. Two prizes were given in each class, and certificates of honours to all who had attained a certain amount of excellence in their answers to the questions. The Professor of each class would, in succession, come to the table, with a list of the suc cessful competitors among his own pupils. He would read the motto affixed to the paper of answers to Which the first prize had been awarded. The sealed packet would then be opened, and the name of the successful competitor declared, who would come for . ward and receive his certificate and prize from the Chairman. The Professor would next announce the mottoes to which the second prize had been awarded, and would read the names of those who had obtained certificates of honours. The same student might fta a prize or certificate in every class. ." 1 r- KEY, Professor of Latin, having handed in the report, it was read by Mr. Coates. It was as follo ws " In presenting to the public this report of our proceed ing, during the past session, we cannot but express a con viction arising from our knowledge of the state of the classes at its close, that the present state and prospects of the Uni versity far exceed the expectations which its most sanguine friends could have formed at the period of its commence tient. We shall proceed to notice in succession those classes, the students of which have submitted to examination, viz.— Latin, Greek, English, mathematics, and natural philosophy. The number of students who hare entered during the pre sent session, for the class of the Latin language and literature, amounts to 102 ; of this number, 47 constituted the third or highest class; of these again 33 voluntarily submitted to an examination, and 19 have been found deserving of cer tificates: " The second class consisted of 31, 20 of whom were • examined, and of these eight are entitled to certificates. 4. The first or lowest class contained 25 pupils ; 20 were examined, and certificates have been assigned to six. " Though the great majority of these students were well qualified for attending a course of lectures such as have been given in the late session, a few have injudiciously entered, Who, from their age or other causes, had not acquired the necessary previous knowledge, and who consequently could derive but little benefit from even the most diligent attendance. "The Professor, too, must acknowledge on his part, that the peculiar difficulties of a first session have prevented him front paying that attention to some parts of his subject which the interests of his class require—an evil which, in another session, he trusts he shall be able to remedy. In the course of the past session, the highest class have read one or two books of Casettes Gallic War, the life of Coeur by Sueto tonius, the 21st, 22d, and part of the 23d Books of Livy, and the Letters of Cicero, both miscellaneous and those to Atticus, between the years 685 and 696 of Rome. "The second class have read two or three books of Cxsar's Gallie War, the Ist of the Civil War, the 21st Book of Livy, and the 9th Xueid of Virgil. " The first, or junior class, have read five Books of Caesar's Gallic War, and the Ist, and one half of the 2d • Book of the Civil War. " In all these classes the attention of the students has been carefully directed, on the one hand, to the structure of the language, and on the other, to the historical and • geographical matter connected with the several subjects. The number of students who have entered the Greek class during the last year, was '79. After a short experience, • it was found necessary to form them into three divisions, and to adapt the kind of instruction to the proficiency of the several classes. " The junior class studied the first four Books of Xeno- Awes Anabasis, and received instructions on the compara tive geography of Greece and Asia Minor. " The second class studied three books of the Anabasis, and the Prometheus of Xschylus, receiving instruction . also in a geography similar to that given to the first class, and in such subjects as were connected with their studies. " The third class studied a part of Xenophon's Anabasis, daft entire first book of Herodotue, and parts of the second and third relating to general Geography ; the Prometheus of Nschylus • and also a part of the lEdipus Coloneus of • 8 0phocies. ' Their studies were not limited to the diligent . examination of the Greek text, but their attention was also directed to all the collateral and incidental matter that is worthy of observation. The Professor expresses his full hope and confidence, that a large part of the students of the Greek class will, by a continuance of their industry, make such a proficiency as will confer honour on the In . etitutton. " The number of students who have entered for the English class amounts to 32, out of which the average at tendance has been 24. Sixteen have voluntarily submitted to examination, out of whom 13 have certificates of honour. The number of students for examination would have been -- greater, but the professor discouraged the attendance of such pupils whom he did not consider qualified to pass With credit. • " The lectures delivered to this class were framed on the pposition that it would consist principally of persons who had already received the rudiments of a classical edu ' entices, but were deficient in a critical knowledge of their • .• 4 noa language. About one half of the students entered Were of this description ; but there were also several tereigners, whose acquaintance with the English language Was very slight ; and not a few of the junior students, who Were far from being adequately qualified by their previous attainments to comprehend the subjects that were treated • ut the lectures. The consequent difficulty under which • , t he professor would labour, from the necessity of adapting nie instructions to students of such different ages and at • tninment, may easily be conceived. It will, however, be • obviated in the next Session by the formation of two dis tinct classes—one for senior, and another for junior stu , • 11 ,,ents—the experience of the past year having convinced ha prof e ssor that the instruction required by the latter is, 1 . 4 a majority of instances, of the most elementary character. " The number of students who have entered the mathematical classes during this Session is about one ' hundred. These have been divided into classes, the lel:liar of which has studied in the lecture-room • the subjects of conic sections, spherical trigonometry, 't the theory of equations, the application of analysis to geometry, and the very first elements' of the diffe calculus, and calculus of differences. A few have Proceeded farther into the latter subjects; but the very small number of them who have made this progess, and the departure of some of them from the University, have made an examination of this - ilivi,ion of tl:c class impracticable. Of the others, Own.: Moe have sulostitted to examination, four of whom have obtained certificates cf distinction. " In the junior mathematical class a division was ren dered absolutely necessary very soon after the commence ment of the session, by the very different state of prepa ration in which the individuals composing it came to the University. Unfortunately for the progress of mathema tics in this country, the rudiments of geometry and al gebra, simple as they are in themselves, are generally postponed during the first years of education, to make way for studies, the rudiments of which are certainly the more difficult of the two. The only subject of a mathematical nature to which the attention of a young student is di rected in the science of arithmetic, and this, composed as it is in general only of a set of rules for the ordinary operations of commerce, affords no exercise whatever for the reasoning powers. The Professor has bad ample oppor tunity of verifying these observations by the experience of this session, although under all the circumstances he has no reason us be dissatisfied with the progress of his junior pupils, some of whom have, under these disadvantages, made themselves masters of four books of Euclid and of algebra, as far as equations of the second degree. The second division of the junior class, consisting of those who came to the University with a little previous preparation, have read six books of Euclid, the ordinary parts of Al gebra as far as the Theory of Equations of the second de gree, the Binomial Theorem, the theory and practice of Logarithms, the Elements of the Theory of Series and Plane Trigonometry. The number of those who have sub mitted to examination in these two divisions is about 65. " The number of students to whom certificates of ho nour have been awarded is 17, viz., nine in the lower di vision of the junior class, four in the higher division, and four in the senior class. Of these six have obtained prizes, of which two are awarded to each division. But here it is necessary to state, that it does not follow, because any individual has not obtained a certificate, that he has, there fore, not acquitted himself well and respectably. These documents are what they purport to be, certificates of ho nour, and imply something more than mediocrity. " In the course of study usually pursued by students entering a University, the various departments of natural philosophy hold an advanced place, owing to the necessity of some previous attainment in pure mathematics. In the singular case of the opening of a new University, it there fore happened that no regular class of academical students Presented themselves in this science. It was therefore thought advisable for the present Session to adapt the lec tures principally for students whose knowledge of elemen tary mathematics was very limited. Lectures were ac cordingly delivered three times a-week during the Session, embracing the princ'pal parts of mechanics, hydrostatics, and pneumatics. A few students having attended who were found to have made some attainment in mathematics, additional lectures were delivered twice in each week for their particular instruction. These students have sub mitted to examination, and prizes have been awarded to two of them. " A very large class of students, composed of persons of all ages, from 15 to 30, attended several of the courses into which the business of the Session was divided. So many as 100 attended one of the courses on mechanics. " The attention of the Professor has continued to be directed to the improvement and extension of the appara tus, and especially that class which has for it exclusive object the purposes of instruction. The sectional models have been extended, and other instruments of illustration have been constructed. " The Professor of English Law will deliver a separate report of the progress and state of the class, when the students of that department are called upon to receive their prizes. The number of the class of English► law is 144, but from the great variety of pursuits and different situa tions in life of the gentlemen attached to this class, the number of those who were desirous of submitting to this public examination has been comparatively small." The prizes, which consisted of handsomely bound copies of various ancient and modern classics, were distributed as follow : LATIN.-THOMAS 11. KEY, ESQ., ILA. PROFESSOR. Third or highest class—J. C. Means, C. Dunkin, Kimbolton. Second class—William Johnson; the second prize was adjudged to a young gentleman who was called the Earl of Leicester. (?) First class—J. R. Burchett, C. H. Barton, Peckham. GREEK.-GEORGE LONG, ESQ. M.A. PROFESSOR. Third cla,s—J. C. Means, W. A. Salter, Den mark-hill; C. Dunkin. Second class—W. John son, Earl of Leicester. (?) First class—T. Fisher. ENGLISH.-REV. T. DALE, 1.A.1 PROFESSOR. R. Saunders, Great Titchfield-street; Frederick Lucas, Wandsworth. English composition—Fre derick Lucas. MATHEMATICS.-AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN, ESQ. B.A. PROFESSOR. Third class—R. L. Powell, T. A. Mitchell. Se cond class—W. G. Turner, J. C. Means, equal. First class—A. M'Culloch, Spring-vale, Hatniner smith ; W. Johnson. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.-REV. DIONYSIUS LARDNER, LL D. PROFESSOR. R. L. Powell, Count Calhariz (eldest son of the Marquis Palmella), equal. ENGLISH LAW.-ANDREW AMOS, ESQ. PROFESSOR. E. J. Johns, J. Whitesides, Trinity College, Dublin. Previous to presenting the law prizes to the suc cessful candidates, Mr. Amos stated that the num ber of students in this class had exceeded the most sanguine expectations entertained by the members of the Council. The words " English Law" were still to be found inscribed over the door of a little room in a part of the building, and there had the legal students first met, but they outgrew it in a single week. The number of the students in this class now amounted to 144. The attendance of pupils at the lectures was numerous, and the ear nestness of their attention must have created a strong impression upon all who witnessed it—to say the least, it was proportionate to the importance of the subject, in the study of which they were en gaged. A society for the discussion of legal sub jects had been voluntarily established among the students, and the questions to which they directed their attention were of a nature to merit the highest commendation. A valuable library was provided for the use of the law classes, the members of which pursued their studies in it with great assiduity. The names of the pupils entitled to certificates for good answering in the several classes having been read, The CHAIRMAN said, the business of the day being now concluded, he trusted he might be per mitted to indulge himself in an expression of the satisfaction which he personally felt, and in which he was sure all present participated, at the result of the day's proceedings. There could be no doubt any longer entertained of the beneficial effects of this institution; they were already such as to justify us in indulging well-founded expectations of more extensive results hereafter, in the cultivation and advancement of literature and the cause of useful education. lie felt fully justified by the events of that day in confidently anticipating such results from the present institution. They had heard the report of the several Professors so creditable to themselves, as it regarded the able and intelligent manner in which their respective classes had been conducted,—so highly creditable to their pupils, for the manner in which they had attended and pur sued their studies. He referred to the reports of the professors for proofs that the different prizes which he had had the honour to distribute were awarded to exertions of no inferior merit. To the successful candidates he offered his most sincere congratulations, particularly to those students to whom had been distributed more than one prize. They had a proud satisfaction in having obtained these distinctions in a way such as that stated to the meeting in the description of the method observed in conducting the examinations, and ascertaining the successful competitors—a method which excluded the possibility of all partiality or favour, and secured the just reward of merit to merit only. To the less fortunate candi dates upon this occasion, he addressed his earnest exhortations not to be discouraged; the reports with respect to many of them were highly to their ho nour ; the members that contended were highly re spectable; and this fact was extremely satisfactory, for it evinced a strong spirit of emulation, an honest ambition, and, it might be added, a consciousness of considerable attainments in the parties who thus en tered into competition. It appeared to him that even the unsuccessful candidates were entitled to considerable praise for their diligence, and the efforts they had made ; and in confirmation of this opinion - he referred to the statements of the professors. • By persevering zeal and unwearied emulation they should endeavour to place themselves in an equal rank with their more fortunate competitors. To those to whom he had distiiboted prizes he next addressed hints, 11, and entreated them not to suffer their efforts to 11 ig in consequence of having achieved success in the present instance. Their success now created an expectation of higher things fromthem hereafter, and imposed upon them a duty of continued and increased exertion. They might depend upon it " the race would not be to the swift, nor the battle to the strong," if they neglected to improve those qualities given to them by God and nature under the invariable provision that by exercise and training alone could they be improved, augmented, and advanced to their full extent. Per severing industry, patient labour, constant diligence, unremitting exertion : with these success was cer tain—without them, even great abilities could not ensure it. Let them be well assured of this truth, that every sacrifice of present ease and indulgence would be repaid tenfold, not only by the inter nal satisfaction, but also by the wordly advan tages that must result from well-directed and suc cessful studies. It was riot necessary for him to add any thing more. It was his wish to end with a general exhortation to diligence, to which the at tainment of every thing desirable in life was attri butable. He felt he could not express his opinions upon this subject more strongly than in the words (though the quotation might be considered some what trite) of a historian whose works must be fa miliar to many of the pupils he was then addressing —works which constituted several of the prizes of the day. The words to which he referred had been put into the mouth of one of his great men—they were better than any words lie (Earl Grey) could use, and no less applicable to the condition of youth in the pursuit of knowledge, than to men engaged in the enterprise recorded by the historian :—" Vi gilendo, agendo, bene consulendo, prospere omnia cedunt : übi socordire tete atque ignavim tradideris nequicquam deos implores; irati infestique mint." He would here conclude, offering once more his sin cere congratulations to the institution on the events of to-day, which proved that a progress had been made far beyond the most sanguine expectations that could have been entertained by its founders ; but when speaking of the establishment of the Uni versity of London, he might more properly, per haps, make use of the singular number, and say, its founder, because, when he spoke of the origin of the institution, all eyes were necessarily directed to one man. Very loud and prolonged applause followed this allusion to Mr. Brougham, who had entered the room while the Noble Earl was in the midst of his address. We may here observe, that Mr. Brougham's appearance excited a tumult of cheer ing that interrupted the speaker in the midst of one of his sentences, and rendered it necessary for him to pause for some moments. The Noble Lord's speech was repeatedly and warmly applauded. We have seldom witnessed a public assembly in which greater interest appeared to be taken in the proceed ings of the day, than upon the present occasion. The announcement of each successful candidate was the signal for loud and general clapping of hands, and the parties who received prizes scarcely appeared so delighted at their good fortune as did their ge- nerous friends and rivals. The AUSTRIAN SQUADRON at LARACHE The following is a more detailed account of the late attack made by the Austrian squadron upon the Moors at Larache, dated Gibraltar, June 13,1829 : DEAR SIR—By the Gibraltar Chronicle of the 10th, you will have learned that the Austrian squadron, having made a descent near Larache, has succeeded in burning one of the Moorish cruisers stationed in that port, and in doing serious injury to the other. The account given is tolerably exact; but I have no doubt you will be interested in learn ing some details of the attack, which is the more im portant from its being the first undertaking by a European Power against these pirates, which has been attended with so fortunate a result. The Commodore, Baron de Bandiera, com manding in chief the Austrian squadron, composed of the two corvettes the Carolina and the Adria, with the bri g Veneto and the goelette Enriehetta, had collecte the three first vessels in Algesiras Reads on the Ist of June, and favoured by an easterly wind, he set sail the same dav, and anchored on the evening of the 2d in the bay of Laroche. After reconnoittring the place, and satisfy ng himself that the two Moorish brigs were still in the port, he ordered 135 men to land about mid-day on the 3d. The six boats conveying this detachment sue. ceeded in landing it without loss, though exposed to the fire of every gun in the fortress. Some Moorish troops, cavalry as well as infantry, spewed them selves immediately on the hill, which it was neces sary to pass before arriving at the port, but they were driven back in disorder by the Austrian musketry. The detachment, having then taken up a position opposite the two Moorish brigs, com menced a discharge of rockets upon the vessels, at the same time that they kept up a running fire with the enemy's troops. One of the brigs took fire and was destroyed; but owing to the distance of the other, it was found impossible to set it in flames, though it was piercel with shot and rockets in every direction. By this time the Moors had collected their forces, and they ad vanced with troops of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, far too numerous to allow the gallant little band of Austrians to make head against them. The objects, too, of the latter being accomplished, by the de struction of the Moorish cruisers, the Baron de Bandiera ordered a retreat, which was effected in the most admirable order. The sea had, however, become very rough, and the great surf rendered it impossible for the boats to approach near the beach, so that the Austrian troops were obliged to wade out, up to their shoulders in water. Their arms and ammunition were thus rendered useless; and the Moors, taking advantage of this circumstance, threw themselves upon the little party in the midst of the waves, and killed 23 of their number. " While these transactions were going on by land, one of the Austrian vessels kept up a fire on the batteries of Larache, destroyed one altogether, and inflicted some injury upon the town itself. The other two protected by their fire the re-embarkation of the troops. The Moors never ceased during the three hours the capitulation lasted, to fire shells and red-hot shot upon the Austrian ships and boats; but they did not suffer the slightest injury, and arrived safely in our port on the evening of the 6th. " I remain, dear Sir, yours, &c., (Signed) • The Hon. PHILIP STOURTON will shortly lead to the Hymeneal altar the lovely and accomplished KATLIARINE HOWARD, daughter of HENRY HOWARD, Esq., of Colley Castle, in Cumberland. SINKING FUND.—The following official no tice on this subject, in conformity with the late act, has ap peared in the Gazette : " The Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of tL•e Act 10th Geo. IV. c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof, for the year ended the sth of April, 1829, amounted to the sum of 2,787,4241. 4s. 11id. ; the Commissioners for the Re duction of the National Det)t hereby give notice, that the following sums will be applcable, under the provisions of the said act, towards the reduction of the national debt of the said United Kingdom, betseen the sth day of July and the 10th day of October, 1829, viz. : " One-fourth part of the said surplus £696,856 1 2 " Interest receivable on account of donations and bequests 2,585 12 2 £699,441 13 4 " S. HIGHAM, Comptroller-Gen. National Debt-offiee, July 3." MARGATE, JULY 9. Sailed yestert-lay at ten AA MA for Ostend, his Majesty's steam packet Spitfire, Captain Watson, with the mail, two carriages, and about twenty passengers, among whom were Lady Isabella Blatchford and suite, S. I. Jeffryes, Esq., lady, and suite, Mrs. Wilkinson, &c. Arrived last evening. at eleven o'clock, from Ostend, his Majesty's steam-packet Fury, Gipt,,in Sherlock, with the Flanders mail and despatches from Sir Charles Begot, our Ambassador at Brussels. Among the passengers were the Rev. - Armstrong, - Jessop, Esq. and - Wordsworth, Esq., &c. The surf was so high upon the Bar at the time the 1 1 snail packet left Ostend, that the Lord Liverpool, London steamer, declined coming out. . . On Saturday last the Spitfire, mail packet, left Ostend late in the afternoon, and arrived at Margate at two o'clock On Sunday morning. The Mountaineer, London steamer, which left Ostend at twelve o'clock on Friday night, did not arrive in Lon don till Sunday afternoon. FIVE o'cLocs, r.m.—Lord Torrington's yacht has just entered the harbour. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. The Duchess of Wellington and Miss Wellesley for Strathfield saye ; Mr. and Mrs. Maitland for Tunbridge Wells ; Major and Mrs. Robinson and family, from Hants ; Sir John and the Hon. Lady Palmer and Miss Palmer, from Gordon's Hotel, Albemarle street, for their seat, Carlton Park, Northamptonshire ; Mr. Vade, from his house in North Audley-street, for Lancashire; Captain Sydney, in Albemarle-street, from Maidstone; Mr. and Mrs. Me) nell; for Brighton ; Major Armstrong, for Canterbury ; Lieut.-Colonel Gordon, for Chatham ; Mr. and Mrs. Nicholls, for Lyme Regis; Captain Tuffnell, for Portsmouth; Major and Mrs. Campbell, for Parkgate ; Mr. and Mrs. Fraser, for Tunbridge Wells ; Major Morrison, for the Hague ; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, for 1 unbridge Wells ; Major Frederick Parker, for Dublin ; Captain Vivian, 22d Regiment, at Stevens's Hotel, New Bond street, from Jamaica ; Colonel and Lady Elizabeth Steele, at their house in Brook-street, from Brighton ; J. P. Tudway, Esq. M.P. and Mrs. Tudway, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn street, from Wales; Lord Elliot, in Dover-street, from De vonshire ; Colonel and Mrs. Lloyd, at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat in Sussex ; the Earl and Countess of Falmouth and family, yesterday, from their house in St. James's-square, for Paris; Earl and Countess of Hard wicke for their seat, Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire ; the Earl and Countess of Caledon, for Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire ; the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, for their seat, the Grove, Watford, Herta ; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hay, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for the Continent; General and Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. Murry, from ditto, for Buxton; Sir Richard and Lady Philipps and family, for their seat, Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire ; Prince Trefaikin, from Talke's Hotel (late Miller's), Jermyn-street, for the Continent : Mr. and Mrs. New ton and family, from ditto, for their seat, in Cambridgeshire; Colonel W. A. Johnson, for his seat in Lincolnshire ; Captain and Mrs. Walker, from Grosvenor-street, for Brussels; William Thompson Corbett, Esq. and Mrs. Corbett, at Marshal Thomp son's Hotel, Cavendish-square, from Elsham Hall, Lincolnshire; Madame Heffber, at ditto; William Constable Maxwell, Esq. at ditto; Lowther Barrington, Esq. at ditto; Barrington Price, Esq. Mrs. Price, Miss Price. and family, from ditto; George Burrard, Esq. M.P. from ditto, for Lymington ; Major Bragge, Mrs. Bragge, and family, from ditto ; Hon. William H. Beres ford, from ditto ; Beilby Porteus, Esq. from ditto ; Edward Hartopp, Esq. at Symmons's Hotel (late Jordan's), St. James's street, from Oxford; Colonel, Mrs. Gilbert, and family, at ditto, from Ireland ; John Taylor, Esq. from ditto, for Worthink ; Mr. and Mrs. Grimston, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Paris; John Creighton, Esq. at ditto, from a tour; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Legge, from ditto, for Brighton; John Moseley, Esq. from ditto, for Norfolk. ARRIVALS AT HOWE'S ROYAL HOTEL, MARGATE. Lady Isabella Blatchford, S. I. Jeffryes, Esq. and lady, Messrs. Faulkner, Moreland, and Fowler, on their way to the Nether lands ; Mr. and Mrs. Polhill, Rev. - Armstrong, - Jessop, Esq. and - Wordsworth, Esq. from ditto ; Earl of Lisburne, Colonel Trench, M.P., John Wallace, Esq. and lady, Mr. and Mrs. Robertson, - Quillinan, Esq., - Freeman, Esq, and sister, &c. ARRIVALS AT THE BRITISH HOTEL, EDINBURGH. The Right Hon. Lord Forbes, the Hon. Captain Forbes, of the Coldstream Guards, the Hon. Miss Forbes, Sir George Sitwell, Bart. Lady Sitwell, and family, Sir John Buchan, and Lady Buchan and family, Sir Alexander Wood, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Grant and family, Robertson Glasgow, Esq. Mrs. Glasgow, and amily, of Montgrenan; Major and Mrs. Meade, Archd. Spiers, Esq. and the Hon. Mrs. Spiers, of Ellerslie ; Captain Spiers, David Erskine, Esq. of Cardross ; H. Campbell, Esq. of Jura; K. M‘ Allister, Esq. of Barr; B. Graham, Esq. of Gartmore ; Misses Campbell, from Lisbon ; Miss Dale, from Warwick. ARRIVALS at the CALEDONIAN HOTEL, INVERNESS. Bishop Lowe, on his triennial visitation to his diocese ; Alex. Macraw, Esq. Stamp Office, Edinburgh ; Rev. Dr. Brereton, of Bedford, and - Brereton, Esq. on a tour ; Dr. Dickson, on a tour; Charles Campbell, Esq. Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, and lady; on a tour ; Mrs. and the Misses Hodson, Mrs. Cruick shank, Mr. Cruickshank, and Mrs. Morgan, on a tour ; Colonel Wardlaw, on a tour ; Miss Cruden and Miss Laurie, of Aber deen, on a tour; G. Hutcheson, Esq. Glasgow, and Miss Gib son, on a tour. THE SPEAKING FRENCH GRAMMAR, By J. V. DOUVILLE, PROFESSOR OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. No. 1, Soho-square ; and 2, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, London 1829. The Third Edition. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The French Language being usually studied with a view to conversation, this Grammar will be found particu larly calculated to promote this desirable object. The rapid sale of two large impressions of the work, and the increasing patronage by which the Third Edition is daily distinguished, are sufficient proofs of its superiority. Extensive experience in teaching having confirmed me in the conviction that the English are peculiarly diffident in speaking French, I have principally applied myself to remedy this mouvaile honte, by continually drilling the pupil on the verbs, and the other parts of speech. By this means, and the explanatory system adopted throughout the book, the student is kept in constant practice ; without which very little hope may be entertained of ever speaking French. The essays on the rules are all colloquial, and may be considered as a repertory for conversation ; while the verbs are exempli fied in quite a new and clear manner. The work is con cluded by a Grammatical Analysis, and a Treatise on French Prosody and Versification ; besides a classified vocabulary ; a Collection of Familiar Phrases, arranged under distinct heads; and numerous Models of Notes and Letters, with some forms of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Receipts. In the execution of the whole, in short, I have spared no pains in my endeavours to give the work the greatest possible degree of perfection ; and I flatter myself the present edition will be esteemed fully to justify my pretensions. —I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, London, July 9, 1829. J. V. DOUVILLE. N.B. The Key to the Essays is just published. The Duchess of CLARENCE, accompanied by the Duchess of SAXE-WEIMAR and the Prince and Princess of WEIMAR, went yesterday to have a private view of the British Museum. The Duchess and her party were received by the principal officers of the esta blishment, who conducted them through the different collections. The Duke of CUMBERLAND returned to town on Wednesday evening from a visit to his MAJESTY, at the Royal Lodge, in Windsor Park. His Royal High ness afterwards honoured with his presence the evening party given by the Marquis and Marchioness of SALIS BURY, at their residence in Hanover-square, and also in the course of the evening visited ALSIACK'S. The Earl and Countess of ABERDEEN gave a grand dinner yesterday at Argyll House to Prince LEOPOLD. Among the party to meet his Royal Highness were the Austrian Ambassador and Princess ESTERHAZY, Earl and Countess of MoRLEY, Earl and Countess of VERULANI, Earl Of SHAFTESBURY, Earl of CLARE, Earl of ST. GERMAINS, Viscount STRANGFORD, and Lady CATHERINE GRIUSTON. The Duke of SUSSEX entertained the Princess AUGUSTA and a select party of the Nobility and Gentry to dinner yesterday, at his residence in the King's Palace at Kensington. Prince and Princess ESTERIIAZY and two of the young Princesses ESTERHAZY, dined with the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE on Wednesday, at their resi dence in the King's Palace, St. James's. The LORD CHIEF BARON, the Earl of ROSSLYN, and the Earl of ABERDEEN, had interviews with the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday, at the Treasury. Mr. HART DAVIS, M.P., Mr. BRICKWOOD' and three other gentlemen, forming a deputation from the Australian Company, attended at the Colonial-office yester day, and had a conference with Mr. HORACE TWISS, one of the Under Secretaries of that Department. The Duke of WELLINGTON had a grand dinner party yesterday evening at his residence in Downing street. The Earl and Countess of ABERDEEN re turned to town yesterday morning from a visit to Lord and Lady FAICNBOI OU GH, at their seat at Bromley, in Kent. ALMACK'S Grand Ball on Wednesday even ing was elegantly attended ; his Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND, Princes KosLoFFsxr, and DE PASS, and most of the nobility and fashionables now in town, were present. SPORTING INTELLIGENCte TATTERSALL'S. NEWMARKET JULY STAKES. In the course of the week The Mummer has been at 5 and 6 to 1, in consequence of a report that his boughs were not all right; it would seem, however, that the swaing w e nt down eery fast, for yesterday the outside odds were 7to 2. Any body would take 4to I. They offered 5 to I agst the Marquis of Exeter's colt, by Sal toun—Advance, and 6 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's colt, by Morisco—Waltz. GREAT ST. LEGER. Very little alteration is observable in the odds on these stakes. Lawn Sleeves has improved a point or two, ow ing to laving won a race at Newcastle, and Parnassus has come into the betting for having heat two or three bad ones at Liverpool. Minster is gone altogether. The odds are thus :- 11 to 2 agst Lord Cleveland's Voltaire 8 to 1 agst Hon. E. Petre's Rowton 9 to 1 agst Lord Lan ford's Sir Hercules 10 to 1 agst Mr. Riddell's Lawn Sleeves 10 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Frederick 14 to 1 agst Mr. Gibbeson's Lady Sarah 14 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's The Exquisite 20 to 1 agat Lord Cleveland's Stotforth 22 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Pilgrim 20 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Apollonia 25 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Felt 25 to 1 agat Lord Grosvenor's Parnassus. Eghatn Races are to be run over Ascot Heath after the present year. His Majesty will give 100 guineas, and the Royal Plate will be transferred to it from Guildford. IPSWICH RACES. WEDNESDAY, JULY B.—The Gentlemen's Purse of 50 sovs. Heats, about two miles and a quarter. Duke of Grafton's Turquoise, 4 yrs 1 1 Colonel Wilson's c. by Centaur 2 2 Mr. Pedgrift's Screw-driver, 3 yrs 3 dr A Sweepstakes of seven soya. each, for horses not thorough bred, the property of Officers of the 7th Dragoon Guards. One mile. Gentlemen riders. Captain Elton's Scarecrow 1 Mr. Duntze's Maniac '2 Mr. Atkinson's Chelsea 3 NEWCASTLE RACES. TUESDAY, JULY 7.—Tile Filly Stakes of 25 sovs. each. One mile. Mr. Gilmour's ch. f. by Dr. Syntax Mr. Attwood's Evadne 2 His Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Four miles. Sir C. Monck's Black Hoddon, 4 yrs 1 Mr. Baillie's Taurus, 4 yrs GUILDFORD RACES. TUESDAY, JULY 7.—His Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, four miles. Mr. T. Dockeray's Linkboy, 6 yrs 5 1 1 Mr. Clark's Job, 5 yrm Mr. Burgess's Hal, aged '2 2 3 Mr. Coleman's Salley of the Valley 4 4 dr Mr. De Burgh's Sunshine, aged 3 dr Mr. Thornton's Sarah, aged WEDNESDAY, JULY B.—The Members' Plate of 50 soya, Heats, two miles. Mr. Coleman's Landlord (late Roundhead) Mr. Clarke's Job 5 2 Mr. Brown's br. g. by Robin Hood 1 3 Mr. Wilkins's 'Theresa 2 4 Mr. Ramsbottom's Zobeide 3 5 Captain Bulkeley's Pilot LIVERPOOL RACES. WEDNESDAY, JULY B.—The Sefton Stakes of 30 sovs. each, h. ft. with 30 added. One mile. Lord Derby's Delia walked over A Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, with 50 added. Rather more than half a mile. Mr. Houldsworth's Beagle 1 Colonel Gates's William Tell Sir T. Mostyn's Sprig 3 Mr. Hodgson named b. c. by Catton Mr. H. Critchley's b. f. by Blacklock 5 The Stand Cup, value 100 sots. added to a subscription 01 10 sous. each. Two miles and a half. - Major Yarburgh's Laurel ] Mr. Mytton's Ralston 2 A Purse of 50 sovs. added to a subscription of five soya. each. Once round. Sir T. Mostyn's Mona's Pride Sir P. Stanley's Dr. Faustus 2 A Cup, value 50 soya. given by the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Corporation of Sefton, for hunters. Mr. G. Roache's Wellington 1 Mr. .1. A. Case's Deceiver 2 Mr. Humble's Kitty Clover 3 Mr. Steers's Bailiff' GRAND CRICKET MATCH. The grand match between the County of Surrey (with Lillywhite and James Broadbridge) and England, corn menced on Monday at Lord's, in the presence of a consi derable number of distinguished amateurs, and terminated on Wednesday as follows: SURREY. Ist Innings 134 Ist Innings 2d Ditto 9B 2d Ditto 9l ENGLAND. 2321 The county uf Surrey winning by 83 runs. 149 The grand match between eleven gentlemen of Oxford and eleven of Cambridge, which commenced this day, is expected to be scientifically contested. The players are as follow : Ox FORD. —Bayly, Bird, Cooke, Denison, Knatchbull, Masters, Popham, Price, Robertson, Wordsworth, and Wright, Esqrs. Cssintunc E.-Chapman, Dupuis, Gordon, Grazebrook, Hand, Jenner, Meyrick, Pickering, Sanders, Sivewright, and Templeton, Esqrs. The next grand match which will follow the above will commence on Monday, between the County of Stissex and England. This match has been long on the tapis, and the Brighton amateurs bet 5 to 4 on the success of the Sussex side. The players are as follow : SUSSEX —J. Broadbridge, W. Broadbridge, Brown, Duff, Faulkner, Hooker, Lanaway, Lillywhite, Slater, Thwaites, Valiance. ENGLAND. —E. H. Budd, H. Kingscote, W. Potter, W. Ward, Esqrs. Ashby, Beagley, Burt, Fremantle, Mars den, Saunders, Searle. ROWING MATCH. Another good rowing match took place yesterday for a new wherry and other prizes, given by the Gentlemen be longing to the Inns of Court and the inhabitants of the immediate vicinity of the Temple, by six pair of sculls in three heats. This is generally the best stairs wager, all being good men, and it was therefore most numerously and respectably attended. Considerable sums had been betted on the occasion, and a few days before rowing the average betting was five to four on Goatley; but when it was ge nerally known that he would row last Monday for the lied House sovereigns, and again on Wednesday for a purse given by Messrs. Rawlinson and Lyons, the odds fell ma terially, as a rational inference might be drawn that no man could be good enough as a wagerman to exert himself in long distances three times in one week. When this idea suggested itself to his patrons and admirers, the expecta tion excited was that he would not contend on Wednesday in a match of such extreme length (from Westminster to Putney-bridge), when he must be aware that he had so fair a chance of carrying off the prize liberally given by the Gentlemen of the Temple on the following day (yesterday), if he were in any thing like a good condition. In conse quence of his finally having rowed so much, several of those who had laid large sums hedged off, but many were still sanguine of his success. The distance was to start from buoys moored off the Temple Gardens, round a boat moored off the Adelphi, down the north shore through the second arch of Blackfriars-bridge, up again to the Adelphi, and down to the wherry off the Temple Gardens. The men had been entered thus to contend for the Prize:— FIRST HEAT. SECOND HEAT. Edward Collins. Scarlet. John Goatley ....Purple. John Strong Pink. James Mallet Light Blue. Joseph Perren Orange. Thomas hills ....Yellow. In the first heat—Orange was first, Scarlet second. In the second heat—Purple was first, and Light Blue se cond. At starting for the grand heat, Goatley took the lead, and Mallet was close up ; they maintained the same positions all the way, Goatley being fist, Mallet second, and Perren third, the other resigning. The result has proved Goatley to be a first-rate lasting man. It was won by five yards. The Marquis of ABERCORN left town on Wednesday for the Priory, at Stinmore, and yesterday took his departure from that place for Ireland. A notice has been forwarded to the respective dissenting ministers of this town, by the town clerk, call ing upon them to furnish a return of the number of indi viduals forming their congregations. The following is the form of the notice:— " Guildhall, Hull, July 3, 1329. " Rev. Sin—Having been requinal by Mr. Secretary Peel to make a return of the number of places of worship not of the church of England, in each parish within this town and county, distinguishing of what sect or persuasion, and the number of each sect ; I have to request thlii you will, without delay, transmit to me the information re quired, respecting the congregation under your charge."— Hull Packet. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. To those of our readers who have often read with interest the communications of our Irish correspondent, we would recommend some at tention to his letters from the capital of Ireland, inserted in yesterday's and this day's journal.— It appears to us that the Orange faction—that is to say, the " loaves-and-fishes" faction—are moving, not indeed Heaven and earth, but, be- sides the earth, another world at a considerable distance from Heaven, for an object, in their eyes of vast importance, but which they cannot, or will not, render intelligible to those not be longing to their own fraternity. The Bill of Emancipation was passed, that Ireland might be pacified_ The .Catholics said it would pacify the country, and from the hour at which that Bill received the King's assent, the protnie of the Catholics was kept religiously, so far as on them depended. From that moment they ceased to excite each other by any reference to wrongs which had been, however tardily, re dressed ; and, with generous forbearance towards their persecutors, they abstained from even the slightest demonstration of a triumph,—;--so signal, and, to the vanquished, so humiliating. The. Catholics, therefore, made good their word ; and in their persons emancipation gave peace to Ire land. But there must be two parties to peace or war. The Orangemen protested that emancipa tion would do nothing towards restoring tran quillity, or uniting the people ; and it must be confessed, that if the Catholics performed their promise the Orange faction far exceeded theirs, amplifying and fearfully aggravating in its execu tion the amount of their own sinister prediction. Not only have the Orange faction taken care that there should be no progress towards national tran quillity, but, so far as on them depended, they have improved a state of turbulence into one of absolute civil war. It is by Orangemen that the Catholic desire of repose has been frustrated, — it is owing to Orange rancour and desperation, that the evil prophecy of their leaders has been enabled to fulfil itself. They everywhere insult and outrage the Catholics, even the most unoffending, where an opportunity offers ; and they are now preparing, throughout the whole island, to form processions-4o carry flags—to parade with arms—and to provoke, by every species of fierce and exas perating commemoration of the 12th inst. (even Sunday next), such a re-action on the part of the Catholics as may serve for a pretext with the whole body of Orange advocates to represent Ire land as still a prey to the priests, and emancipa tion as an experiment already proved to be fruit less, futile, and ridiculous. We have dwelt on this subject the more emphatically, because we knew that the pith of the whole question of Irish policy is contained in it. The Orangemen—let us repeat once more—are getting up disturbances, which they will by and by charge upon the Catho lics. They are running counter to that pacific current of which emancipation would naturally have been the fountain ; and when they set the outcountry st y n , e Iron: Tiiese t are t h to h ebsl blessings i l lg s t he ()t y will cry emanci pation !" The Duke of Cumberland's extraor dinary letter to Lord Enniskillen appeared in yesterday's Times. It is written in his assumed character of " Grand Master" of the Orange In stitution. His Royal Highness'desires his com rades to avoid processions—an advice which Lord Enniskillen and the other delegates of the body appear to treat without much extraordinary cere mony. But of what is this Prince- of the Blood of England, or rather this prospective sovereign of a foreign state ?—what is he, when he calls himself a " Grand Master ?" What is the " Orange cause ?" the " holy cause ?"—the ob ject for which he and his associates are to keep themselves " firm and compact ?" Is it the inte rest of the Church and State ? Of that the Par liament, consisting of the King,- Lords, and Com mons, is the only constitutional protector. if the Orange confederacy be any thing else, it is a conspiracy—a thing unknown to the laws. But the truth is, that the whole must now be con sidered a mercenary and sordid job. The higher class of Orangemen find it convenient to veil a shrewd purpose under this broad hypocrisy. They wish to turn out the Duke of:Wellington, and other liberal and strong-minded men of the Administration now in office ; and .they would esteem it a cheap purchase to pay no more than the slaughter of two or three hundred thousand Irishmen, the renewal of the Insurrection Act, and the destruction of the country, for a spell of some few years in Downing-street. We trust the Duke of Wellington will defeat their game ; let him begin by showing that the Irish rump of this incendiary faction shall have no tolerance or impunity from his Government ; but that Orange policemen, and Orange Magistrates, shall not at the same time enjoy commissions from the Duke of Cumberland and from himself. Times. Although fully aware that any attempt to give importance to the exploded orgies of Orangeism would, at this side of the water, be as hopeless as an effort to revive the mummery of the Eleusinian Mysteries, yet we hold it a duty to notice a strange Manifesto, and its stranger com mentary ; not for the superfluous purpose of in sisting on the spirit which dictated them, but as affording a fair opportunity of estimating the pretensions of the names thus obtruded upon public observation. The original letter of the Grand Master of the Order of Orangemen, ad dressed to the Deputy Grand Master in Ireland, while it inculcates the necessity of maintaining, in all its pristine vigour, an Institution long since discountenanced by law, does yet recommend the discontinuance of those offensive processions which have almost uniformly been attended with a waste of human life. But the commentary put forward by the local functionaries in Ireland passes over this wholesome recommendation with a studied ambiguity, which will be inter preted in his own way by every ferocious and ignorant retainer who has been taught to con sider the nominal profession of the Reformed Faith as a palliation for every outrage offered to those who conscientiously adhere to another Creed. And who and what are the persons who thus put themselves forward to perpetuate this political anomaly—this Imperium an Im perio? Are they eminent for their intellectual supremacy ? Are they important from exalted rank, or extensive property, or well-earned popu larity ? No such thing. They are men, not much considered in their own country—here they are utterly unknown. It may be not wholly useless to the English reader to lay be fore him, fairly and dispassionately, the preten sions of the least obscure of these, the real agi tators of Ireland. The Earl of Enniskillen is a jovial, well-intentioned, weak-headed alarmist— too short-sighted to discover all the mischief that must result from the course he sanctions by his signature, and too limited in capacity to perceive that his good intentions only serve to render him a more mischievous imple ment in the hands of the designing men