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itt viibißs OF COUNT GH.4MiIIONT AND CtiA FILES IL In this additional vOloine u: his " . 4 tandard Library," Bohn, has presented his readers with a work more intoresting than any romance, more moralising in the lessons wnich it inculcates toan any polemical discourse, lind more fraught with worldly wisdom and experience than any book of adventures. There are assured:y few ihnlrs of Eiglish literature, ard especially of that rich Lein of our native lit,ra:ure—our biographical library— hut have already familiarised themselves with the blemoirs of Graatmont. Supposing this to be the case, a rtPierusal of them will not prove unacceptable, seeing that they tend to illustrate the most romantic passage in the history of Great Britain. Through its pages they may recognise how " the Merry Monarch". dallied with the capacities for good which he possessed, how " Villiers flaunted and how Sedley sung." They will make their introduction, or renew their ac tlitaintance (according as the records are familiar or strange unto them) with the most profligate Court, the most bewitching concubines, the most licentious volup tuaries, the most insolent di sc l ays of vice and de bauchery the world perhaps. ever witnessed in a palace of Christendom. And while their hearts will revolt at the reflection, that to such polluted hands the destiuits bf their country were at one period resigned, their sym pathies will be excited, even in favour of King Charles, by the frequent evidences given by him of a natural goodness ( f tempe ra m en t an d o f a h ea l t hy character of intellect. Loving these traits of gentleness, they will lothe the more the habitual profligacy , With which they were covered and a'reoet ob literat• d. It is scarcely po.eibl• cot to receenise the AA that profligacy is rather atttibutalle to the enc t mauls to viciousness which were born of the events tf the age, to the decoying guise of his familiar associates, Buckingham, Rochester, Sir Charles Sedley, and Sir George Etheridge, rather than to any predisposition to deb auc h ery i n the Sovere i gn. Th ere i s a curious re action in society immediately upon the re-establishment of authority after any revolutionary or republic n Movement ; and this fact is traceable in al kingdoms I'Md in all generations. In England the recall of the Stuart dynes!) , to the throne, after the decease of the Protector, was a signal for the utmost laxity in the national morals, the seat of government being itself the bead-quarters of sin. Just in the setae inant&r that upon the ineuguration of the Directory in France, after the execution of Robtspierre, the most loathsome immo ?'ality, not only in manners but actually in dress, rioted in the Tuileries and the streets of Paris. Oliver had embed by a steady r u l e an d a v i gorous gen i us what ar aximillian had only managed by the most devilish -cruelty and the most sullen despotism—namely the read of vice ; th e En g li s h w ere awe d i n t o v i rtue , th e each were frightened into it. And directly the un eetutal restrair ts both of puritanism and of terrorism were removed, the popular spirit recoiled with three fold violence in the opposite direction. There is one fr agment in the present volume which of itself is worth Seven times the cost of the entire collection—we mean t he reprint from Pepys's account of the Escape of Charle s the Second from Worcester, "as dictated to hilt by the King hinaselt;" and a rieht extraordinary series of tilir-briaith escapes from discovery is this docu ment. It is infinitely snore dramatic th an t h e escape o f Caleb Williams, and infinitely more thrilling than the escapes of Gil Blas—because sounded upon fact, and be cause of the more remarkable character of the incidents. while w e are f o ll ow i ng Ch ar l es , disguised as a servant, 1 1 the town of Burport, the bveways an d court - yar d s o f w hich are crowded with round-head soldiers ; and while t he monarch goes blundering in among the troopers, leadingci his horse by the bridle, our heart is (to use an old country phra s e) "in our mouth." The volume we altogether is a rare one for interest and instruction. mcommend it with confidence for its union of ro ance and reality, if not for its uncommon likeness of Pretty witty Nell Gwynne." 11H11 LATE REV - . DR. HEUGH. It • • Is with deep concern that we announce the death Of t h is , 0, eminently good man and distinguished -public uaracter • This event took place at his house, Mon trose -street, Glasgow, on the morning of the 10th instant. e F or s everal months Dr. Heugh' s h ea l t h h a d b een i n an enfeebled state, and considerable apprehensio ns were f e lt is to the issue; but it was only within a few wee k s p as t at the sympt oms b ecame d ec id e dl y un f avoura bl e, so as t 4 resist every means which medical skill could employ t °, Check th e i r p rogress . A s was to b e expecte d of one * nose religious principles were so pure and whose piety W as so deep and fervent, his afflictions were borne, not 'llly with resignation but with cheerfulness ; his deathbed W itset scene of peaceful triumph. It is impossible within ° lir narrow limits to do anything like justice to the cha racter and s,:rviccs of such a man as Dr. Heugh. During the W hole of his public life, the influence of his fine intel lect and active talent was devoted to the best interests mankind. As a Christian minister he was the earnest F po rter of evang elical truth and of prudes, p g • Ou public questions affecting religion he took a lettairla ^^ 1 1 •h his op inions were decided, and .) t. a such . th _ th e advancement of right views with respect to ti 'm his powerful advocacy was cheerfully afforded. t i • was peculiarly fitted fur e ffi cient. service in tbis ePartment, from the union of acuteness and power, of Pro mptitude. in concrptiou with sagacity in action, which formed the character of his mind. He was espe oci,.lY interested in every measure for the advancement Christianity in our own country and throughout th• Which Worl d ; and to the liberal views, and the ener , 37 with ,k) he enforced them, were owing, in a great degr ee . ' 4 , 1 enlarged schemes of mi ss i onary enterpr i se i n w hi ch t he Secession Church has for several years been en- Ned. Eminent as were the gifts and attainments of 4 . Heugh, his public usefulness was scarcely less „ 4. " I jog to high character than to • distinguished ability. Z'' ) lnbini ng a fine sense of honour with unbending in jettitY, he was at oncee true to hiseprinciples -and fair to - - c'se who differed from him—commanding respect for she Purity of his m -Lives, and the esteem of many Ivlvilese view s h e might deem it his duty to oppose. It beautif u l instance of the power of religions prin- Vee and o f i ts hi g h matur i ty i n t h e c h arac t er o f Dr. 46n l l a gh, that th e c i rcumstances o f a recen t attack on hid attack unprecedented for its wantonness h a :"P e ared, amidst the holy calm of his last days, to zi e k tthsolutely passe d f rom hi s recollection. Dr. en g W as in th e 6 4t h year o f hi s a ge and the 40th of s ministry.— Scotsman. 44 FLITTING-DAY IN EDIN- Monda BURGH. a very 184 3 . • ,,e (25th? was the flitting-day in this city, and qu eer se e cumber of removals took piece. This is a toil es , ttS ° l : l in Edinburgh —one of unutterable persona! is sO "Ls anXjety to the emigrants. Where a householdei fortu n Pred, tA , ate as to obtain an empty d imicile. or hi: t i hs _ , --sot. can find it convenient to leave before the thrbehlatters are not so bad—the now tenant can chooac .6 weather, and the season most convenient for quita li and can easily command the services of carts, Porters, ca ses th e• But in the more frequently recurrine e incoming tenant does not get possession of hi. w itbc) cle till twelve o'clock on the term-day; in other ord s o th _ t one party . is removing his furniture while thi er is carrying in his. An. , l what a hurry-burry thereLB -- the who!' i e previous night s mostly occupied in screw 4 "g dewn beds, emptying drawers, raising carpets, &c., a nd everybody is employed in the most laborious and Irritating drudgery. Even when the waggons or carts have conveyed the heavy loads of furniture to the new house, it may happen that the previous t enan t i s no! r eady to admit the "plenishing," and there is ne hel d for it b u t either to deposit the articles in the " bsck g r een," or allow the venicle to remain on the streets With their contents till the coast is clear. Few pic litres of misery can adequately ma t c h that presented 11 our streets, when, as is the case, we a pp reh end , times out of ten, the "flitting morning" is one of heavy rain. The scene is really w retched in th e extreme, though the cause be trivial and the details o s°l newhat ludicrous. We have men and women, the h igh and low, .the rich and poor, drenched to the skin Wit h wet—porters and carters splashed wit h mud and w ater —furniture dripping—feather mattresses and bed ding literally soaked through, and one would th ink, ren deredlt damp in all time coming. And then , in man y d ressed, to see the poor children dragged from bed , ill , s - ' r,essed, with dishevelled hair, and looks sulky , or de eting stupid surprise—nobody able to tell what to lmake of them, or whether any receptacle can be found 41 which they may find an asylum for the time. Th's is • Indeed a sea on of trial. At the Roman saturnalia, whsl a y e e . es and masters mingled on terms of equality; now l th. Men of physical strength—portprs, &c., are every- Ta ii ng, and w ea lth, w isdom, and science nothing at all. tested h aff air is worse than a washing da y , so much de y the Candles of the male eender, or the white washing u madness in America, of whose processes Dr. th: Franklinwhole has w r it ten . S ome men , we apprehend, leave details to their speuses, perhaps on the prin dev:e7hat women h ave t h e g if t o f patience in greater throp°ePtrient than th e ot h er sex ; unc h ar it a ble misan thes might say , b ecause they cannot a bid e to ta k e trouble ich w actuall y wh oa devolve upon them were they found upon th e scene o f act i on As regard s th e transact i ons of MonLy, it most fortu nately happened t h at t h e d ay was good —nn inestimable Gelmantage. On the Sabbath night 4hh m orn i ng seemedere fell a f ew d ro p s The of rai n , an d t h e s ky looked dull. and things went doubtful, but the day kept up finely,Sear "merry as a marriage bell." such a - g fu h i , ri a e n ss d . number of people remove at one term Tri ‘s E ve cf" did it is pleasing to think that everything, so heard, was conducted with propriety and far r h as We h ave fain s t e ll n er l The bedding and other articles which it w c a . to leave on the streets, or to deposit temporarily in greens and courts, were as dry as if left on a room floor. Antini we ought to add, that although the night previous was that of the S a bb a th, an d the t emptation to lighten th e , e t nrden s o f t h e next d ay strong , we did not witness on t 'e streets a s i ng l e person carr y an article, but every hai ti g was as decoreus in appearance as on ordinary oc casions.—Edinburgh Po-L. ENGLISH GovEnNEssEs.—ln Russia the governess is held in such raspect that she is led forth as an honoured g i l l a est, taking, precedence of the pupil whose education she i ai B completed. In England it would be difficult to a.scer „ her positi on — c h arge d with the sole care of the ,P re ciousiewels" of an illustrious house; considered corn t'eent to cultivate their minds—to form their manners—to 'ge their views, that they may keep their posNon, and become all that is desired in English gentlewomen—the Person M , who does all this, if admitted into society at all, is Wh e ru aunintroduced, into a corner, and expected to retire wen the ce e rvant d _ wh , 4 Erie younger children are cent to bed:—slighted by the consider her a servaxt—and looked upon as a l o r_s , g; to be dismissed as soon as done with by the mistress! ser r y °ne governess who reeeives a pension for past services— pro3 : s whi , ..a can never ha repaid—there are, protected and n . hmi P t rous--.4 hundred ladies' maid,; it is not at all uncorn. torernessmeet with p:=msioned serv:.nts, hut a pensioned a r ar • a ayes; we fin d ° Il 914 AP ses, when th ey are overtaken by i ll h ea l t h , or f a d e d i n t o 1.. Th q Art Ultima Air June. COURT 'CIRCULAR. Yesterday morning, at half-past nine o'clock, the cere mony of churching the _Queen was performed in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace by his Grace the Archbi4lop of Canterbury. Thera were present only his Royal HiOine&s Prince Aln,rt, the Dowager Lady Lytteiton, and the Mater of the Household. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took an airing yester day in an opt . ' carriage and four," accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal. The Equerries in Waiting attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Co lonel Bluverie, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Clarence House, St. James's, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at Cambridge House, yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty on Tuesday, at Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, and the Prin cess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttel ton, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing in an open carriage and four yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince George visited her Royal High ness yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. The Ecclesi''►stical Cornmissimwrs for England had a general meeting yesterday. There were present the Bishops of London, Durham, Winchester, Bangor, Bath and Wells, Chester, Gloucester and Bristol, Hereford, Lichfield, Oxford, Rochester, Salisbury, and Worcester, the Earl of Devon, the Esri orßesborough, the Earl of Chichester, the Right. Hon. H. Hobhouse, and the Right Hon. J. Nichol'. Dr. Hampton had an interview with Mr. Secretary Gladstone yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Lord Advocate of Scotland had an interview with the Earl of Dalb .)usie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Astronomer Royal had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday, at his official residence in Downing-street The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat 'esterday, and resumed the hearing of the Vasareelely case from Madras. Mr. Kindersley, Queen's CounsA, concluded, and Mt. Charles Buller followed. The case was adjourned. The Lords present were the Lord President, the Master of the Rolls, the Chancellor of I.he Duchy of Cornwall, and Lilo Judge of the Admiralty Court. T iE __S.U l s l )- L.ONDON): 11 - 11 VESDA 'EirENIN G, J _lB, 1.846: SPORTING INTELLIGENCE HAMPTON RACES-WEDNESDAY. The subjoined return of the first day's races will ba our warrant for giving the lessee credit for havingcatered bountifully for their patrons. With the Surrey and Mid dlesex Sakes as a foundation, backed up by a race for amateur riders, and two others in heats, no one can have raised a complaint on the score of quantity ; there was enough, and considering the intense heat of the weather, perhaps more than enough ; and it was well that the cus tomary intervals between the races were observed with a strictness that has not usually prevailed at minor races. The quality of the sport may be gathered from the details; it was really first-rate, but was not of sufficient import ance to attract more than an average attendance. Hampton is not celebrated for exclusiveness on occa sions of this description, but the following names will show, that if there was no crowd, and no great display of " rank, fashion, and beauty," the racing was countenanced by many of the leading men of the turf :—the Earl bf Chesterfield, the Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Henry Lennox, Lord Frederick Fitzroy, Lord George Lennox, Lord Burleigh, Lord E. Russell, Lord Brownlow Cecil, Lord Somerton, Lord Giamis, Lord Vivian, Count Bathyany, Sir W. W. Wynn, Sir G. Haathcote, Sir John Gerard, Sir W. M. Stanley, Sir V. Cotton, Hon. F. Villiers, Hon. Horace Pitt, Hon. Cecil Forester, Hon. Capt. Stanley, Hon. IL Forester ; Messrs. Payne, H. Blair, Balfour, Bastard, J. Stanley, Drinkald, Lowther, Batson, Campbell, W. H. Johnstone, Booth, Crommelin, Rolt, Higgins, Pettat, Rush, jun., &c. The racing commenced punctually at the time adver tised, with— The Gold Cup of 304 added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya. each ; for three-year-olds, 7st 7lb ; four, Bst 101 b ; five, 9st 31b; six and aged, 9st 71b; mares &c., allowed 31bs. The winner to be sold for 200 L, &c. Heats, once round and a dis. (4 Subs• ) Mr. Dockera , s Lady Charlotte, 5 yrs (Wakefield) 1 2 1 Mr. Parr's Vitula, 6 yrs Sir G. Heathcote's cby Amato, 3 yrs Mr. Higgin's Red Leg, 3 yrs First heat—Betting-7 to 4 agst Lady Charlotte, 2 to 1 agst Vitula, and sto 2 agst Amato colt. Won by a head, the second beating the third by a neck. The Amato colt bolted at the top turn, but managed to save his distance. Second heat-7 to 4on Lady Charlotte. Won by a head, after a severe race. The Amato colt, ridden for this heat by Crouch, again bolted and threw his jockey. Third heat-5 to 2on Lady Charlotte, who won in a canter, by four lengths. The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes of 20 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 added. The second saves his stake. Two miles. (37 Subs., 26 of whom paid.) Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren, 4 yrs, 7st 31b...(Dufflo) 1 Lord G. Bentin , k's Marquis ofC•myngham, 3 yrs ...... 2 Mr. Parr's Jack Cade, 5 yrs, Bst 31b Count Batthyany's Master Stepney, 4 yrs The following also started, but were not placed:— Mr. Caffall's Mobarek, aged, Bst 71b . (Wakefield) 0 Sir G. Heathcote's br. c. by Velocipede, 3 yrs, 7st llb Mr. Booth's Titbit, 3 yrs ' 6st 101 b 0 Mr. Rolt's Alexa, 3 yrs, 6st 7lb 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Marquis of Conyngham-7 to 2 agst Jenny Wren-6 to 1 agst Titbit-5 to 1 agst Master Step • nev—and 10 to 1 agst Alexa. - Jack Cade made the running, followed by Jenny Wren and Titbit; Alexa, atter making the upper turn, taking her place with the leading horses. Titbit headed Jack Cade for about two hundred yards at the back of the course, but the latter with this exception, cut out all the work to within a quarter of a mile of home • Jenny Wren then took the lead, kept it to the chair, an d very easy by two lengths; Marquis of Conynghatn beating Jack Cade by a neck, and Master Stepney by half a length. The Strawberry Hill Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added, for three-year olds, 7st 51b; four, Bst 51b; five, &c., Bst 121 b. Heats, one mile and a quarter. The winner to be sold for-100L, &c. (7 Subs.) Mr. Wilkins's Barbara Young, 4 yrs (Neale) 2 1 1 Mr. Drewitt's Pimento, 5 yrs Mr. Pratt's Deodara, 4 yrs Mr. Rogers's fby Glaucus, 3 yrs 3 0 dr Mr. Jackson's Abd-el-Kader, aged 0 0 dr Mr. Booth's Miscellany, 4 yrs .. 4dr Mr. Wernlnck's Patchwork, aged Three remarkably fine heats, each having been won by a neck, with the difference of a head only between second and third. The Corinthian Stakes of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, with 25 sovs. added; for three yr olds, 9st ; four, lOst 71b ; five, 1 lat 31b; six and aged, llst 91b .; winners once, 31b; twice, 51b extra; had-bred horses allowed slb. Once round and a distance. Winner to be sold for 2001. Gentlemen riders. (4 Subs ) Mr. P. Rolt's Solace, 4 yrs (Owner) 1 Mr. T. Rolt's Alexa, 3 yrs Captain Curzon's Voltri, 5 yrs Betting-4 to 5 agst Alexa, and 7to 4 agst Solace. Won by a neck. Alexa, who laid terribly out of her ground all the way, beating Voltri by a neck. ever occurred to the Duke of Richmond to pay a hundred times as much wae•es to a man who works with a regard to his employer's interests,' as his Grace would pay to a mere every day labourer working for lucre--or, in other words, toiling for his own and his family's support. Surely the employers ought to be satisfied with the labour, such as it is—and it surely is cheap enough at its present miserable price— without grumbling that the article is not given in a spirit of the purest disinterestedness. One might as well taunt a servant with a love of lucre for wanting his wages, or a tradesman with sordid considerations for sending in his bill. The agricultural labourers cannot afford to put money entirely out of the question, though their employers, by r e d ucing wages to the lowest pos sible point, take care not to encourage sordidness too far, or, at all events, not to give avarice too much to feed upon. It is quite clear that the motive for giving what are by courtesy termed prizes to the agricultural la bourers, is that they may become more valuable in a pecuniary point of view to their pretended friends. This was avowed at the West Sussex Agricultural Associa tion, and the purpo se i s , perhaps, legitimate, or even laudable; for, as a general rule, workmen, in becoming inure valuable to their masters, must be happier in them selves. " We fear, however, that there is too much hollowness in the words of encouragement addressed to them, and that the premiums offered are too nominal and contempti ble to have much influence in producing the desired effect. The distribution of a few Bibles and Prayer books and a few prizes varying from ten shillings to four pounds, will not compensate for a year's privation, caused by a rate of wages so miserable as to be wholly inadequate for comfort, and frequently insufficient for support. That such is the doom of the labourer, almost every day's experience affords some proof, and we need go no further back than our paper of yesterday for a strong case in point. Under the title of The Poor-law in a Rural District will be found the report of some proceedings taken by the parochial authorities to force upon a married labourer earning only Bs. a week, the maintenance of his mother, whom he declared himself unable to support. The energy with which the overseer went to work to prove the man capable of bearing the burden affords an amusing illustration of the difference of treatment the labourer experiences as the hero of after dinner eloquence at protectionist meetings and in the board-room of his own parish, to which he is summoned that another weight may be thrown upon in ad dition to those he is already struggling to bear. In the case to which we allude every inquisitorial measure seems to have been adopted for the purpose of proving that the labourer earning eight shillings a week and having to keep a wife ought to spore the parish funds by taking also the support of his mother wholly upon him self. First he was taxed with having four pigs and six stocks of bees,' as if a man could keep his mother ail her life on honey and pork, and could afford to expend these luxuries upon her. It turned out, however, that half the bees were dead, and the pigs were still unpaid for. So that before his mother could be fed from these sources there was a mortgage to be paid off ; and the magistrate, acting probably on this view of the question, refused to make the order for which the parish authorities had applied. We should be glad to know whether this poor man, if he were to enter the Duke of Richmond's service, full of affection for the nobleman who has expressed so deep a eincern for the welfare of the labourer, and who, actu acted by his affection, would be worth a hundred ordi nary labourers—we wonder, we repeat, if he would ob tain from the Duke of Richmond a hundred times, or even ten times, or twice, the amount of wages usually paid ? If masters were to be found to appreciate such zeal as it deserves, it is most likely that the poor man whose case we have referred to, and many others in similar circumstances, would not have to appear before boards of guardians to resist orders for the support of their aged parents. The labourer, however, can be much more cheaply cared for in an after-dinner speech than by giving him a fair remuneration for his services. Civility costs nothing ;' but unfortunately it is intrin sically worth nothing to the party on whom it is bestowed." TRADE OF THE GAMBIA. RIVER, AND THE MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The House of Commons have just ordered to be printed the petition of merchants and trades connected with the Gambia, and the Chamber of Commerce at Manchester. As many of the facts adduced must possess considerable interest for such of our readers as are en gaged in the African trade, we submit the substance of this document, which commences by showing that the trade in which the petitioners are interested is one which, apart from the insalubrity of the climate, necessarily in volving considerable personal and pecuniary risk, is ex posed to the general competition of French, German, and American traders, whereby profits are rendered extremely limited and precarious. The trade from this country is carried on by residents at the Brith h settlement of Bathurst, on the island of Saint Mary's in the said river, where the affairs of the colony are conducted by a Lieutenant-Governor, assisted by a Legislative and Executive Council, whose local expenditure and the salaries are defrayed out of the revenue derived from duties levied upon merchandise imported into the settle ment. The power of imposing duties and taxes is vested in the Legislative Council, consisting of Governor, Chief Justice, Colonial Secretary, Queen's Advocate, Military Commandant, and one merchant ; and the Executive Council empowered to collect those duties are the Colonial Secretary and the Collector of Customs. Whence it appears, that the commercial interest of the colony, from taxes upon which is derived the whole of the - colonial fund dispensed by the local government in _pay ment of salaries and other expenses, is only allowed one member in the seven composing the legislative body em- I powered to impose those taxes, the remaining , six consist . ing of o ffi cers holding Govern men t a p po i ntments, i nelud ; . ing the Colonial Secretary and Queen's Advocate, whose salaries are chated upon the revenue of the colony. The trade is also placed under special disadvantage by an independent French station at Albreda, on the north bank of the river, which- the British Government has hitherto neglected to remove, notwithstanding that ex clusive posses s i on o f the Gambia has been guaranteed to Great Britain by France. The French merchants at Albreda, not being burdened with an expensive civil es tablishment, import goods, forming the staple of trade, free of oppressive import duties. The duties upon mer chandise, up to a recent period, at Bathurst, were three per cent., ad valorem on all imports, an "extra" sixpence per gallon, equal to twenty-five per cent. additional on all spirits, and a farthing p er p oun d, equal to five per cent. additional on tobacco ; and the aggregate collected by direct and indirect taxation amounted for the year ending sth January, 1845, to nearly five thousand pounds, while the value of the whole British trade of the river did not exceed seventy thousand pounds. Seven and a half per cent. in favour of the French trader at Albreda, because, as the colony of Bathurst is maintained solely by commerce, all taxa tion, whether direct or indirect, necessarily falls upon its trade. The petitioners have learnt, with considerable alarm, that the council of Bathurst has increased the import duty from three to four per cent. ad valorem, im posed an extra duty on wines of sixpence per gallon, equal to an additional ten per cent., and further contem plates the imposition of fresh taxes on property. British trade at the Gambia has already been placed under such disadvantage, that additional burdens will totally deprive it of all chance of successfully confronting foreign competition. The root of misgovernment lies in the constitution of the Council of Bathurst. There is no legitimate check upon the expenditure of the Exe cutive. Local ordinances take effect . from the moment of their enactment at the colony, the assent of the Colo nial Minister being taken for granted. It would be wiser economy to abandon the present establishment altoge ther, and, if British authority is to be maintained at the settlement, to assimilate its government to the plan pur sued at the forts on the Gold Coast prior to their late resumption by the Crown; because neither the state of the military defences of Saint Mary's, and certainly not the interests of its trade, either justify or require the present scale of taxation and expenditure in operation at the colony. Petitioners, in addition to the compe tition at Albreda, have to contend against Americans, Germans, and other foreigners afloat at the native trading stations on the neighbouring coast, where no import duties exist, and, as the produce,which is brought down from the interior is naturally attracted to the market where it can be bartered to most advantage by the native traders, the visible effect of the .system of le gislation complained of has been the gradual transfer of the trade from the British settlement to those places on the coast where the foreigner, in consequence of his ex emption from the taxation to which the British merchant is subject, derives most advantage from the traffic ; for, although drawback of the "extra" duties on wines, spirits, and tobacco is allowed on exportations from the British settlement, still the general impost rate, now increased to four per cent. ad valorem, is retained, while the expense of landing, warehousing, and transhipping goods stored in depot at Bathurst, for the coasting trade, operates as injuriously as a direct tax • and thus the British merchant, in endeavouring to follow; he trade which has been driven out of the river by an impolitic system of taxation, finds himself still pursued and thwarted by its consequences. Wherefore, petitioners trust that such measures will be adopted as will confer upon the commercial interest at Bathurst adequate re presentation in the Legislative Council of the colony, and thereby relieve them of the grievances of which they complain. • MURDER IN LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENLNG.-A coroner's inquest was held to-day on view of the body of Catherine Wignall, ' a young woman about twenty-five years of age, who was murdered on Monday night last, in Gore-street, Thxteths park, in this town, by her husband, Richard Wiguall. The husband, who is a joiner, is about twenty-seven years of age, and bears a bad character in the neighbourhood for drunken ness and licentious habits. The death of the woman was al ' most instantaneous, and was perpetrated under cicumstances which led the coroner to state to the jury, that a more re volting case had never come before him. The whole of the particulars will be found fully detailed in the evidence which we subjoin : Charles Lear was the first witness called. Ile said—l am a labourer, and live in Bolds-place, Gore-street, Tox teth-park. I knew the deceased very well by sight, and the prisoner also. On Monday evening last, about eight o'clock, I was sitting on some steps smoking my pipe close to where the prisoner lived, when I saw him throw a pint mug into the street. I saw the de ceased make an attempt to come to the door, when the prisoner pushed her back and shut the door, and directly Wier I heard a rustling inside, and some words pass as if they were quarrelling. In about five minutes after the prisoner opened the door, and I saw the deceased in the act of getting up from the floor. She was on her knees. The prisoner had a stick in his hand, and while she was rising he turned round and struck her with it some where about the head. The stick he had in his hand was similar to the piece of wood now produced, but I cannot say that it is the same with which lie struck her. The deceased fell down from the effects of the blow, and while down lie kicked her thrice about the ribs. After he had kicked her he c ame out of the house and threw . his ca up and said, " This i s th e way to do business, I don't care for; never a man that walks Gore -street." He then we nt into the house of his fath er c l ose b y. A woman went in to th e deceased and lifted her up. Sh e was unable to stand. I sal; some blood about her face, but a crowd collected, and I went away. In a few minutes after I heard she was dead, but I did not go to see her. This is all I know about iL The de ceased was the wife of the prisoner. They did not live agreeably together. She was a very sober woman. Five minutes elapsed between the prisoner striking her and giving her the last kick. After he kicked her I went for a police officer. Mary Morton—l am the wife of Richard Morton, and live at No. 58, Gore-street. I knew the deceased ; her name was Catherine Wignall. We live opposite to the prisoner's cellar. A little before eight o'clock on Monday night last I heard the deceased scream out, "Oh ! you are going to kill me." I then went out and into their cellar, and found the deceased sitting at the foot of the bed, and the prisoner striking her in the face with his fists. lie struck her several times. While she was in the act of getting up from the bed he kicked her several times in the belly. She got up, and I went and stood between them, when the prisoner took up a stool (the one now produced), which was close to his feet, and struck her twice on the back of the head with it, and the third blow be made he struck me. The deceased did not fall, but went and sat down on a chair, and the prisoner then went and struck her on the neck with his fist, and she fell across the bed, and lie then kicked her with his foot three times on the head. I came c ut, and soon after the prisoner came into the street, and threw his cap up, and dared any one to take him up. I went into the cellar, and found the deceased lying on the bed, quite insensible, and blood flowing from a cut on th e back of her head. She never spoke, and died almost di rectly. I gave the alarm, and a surgeon was sent for, but it was of no use. The prisoner was in liquor, but the deceased was quite sobsr. The prisoner had nothing in his hand when I went ieto the cellar. Frances Irvine—l am the wife of William Irvine, and live in a cellar under No. 54, Gore -street. I knew the deceased and theprisoner. Betweeil 7 and 8 o'clock on the Monday evening I heard a noise, and went out to see what was the matter, and on looking into the cellar occupied by the pri soner I saw him draw his hand and strike towards the bed several times, and heard the deceased scream, but could not see her. I heard her say, " I am not a w----. I'll never give in to be called a w--." The last witness then went into the eellar and saw the deceased, the prisoner, and her standing upon the floor. Mrs. Morton was between them. I saw the prisoner with the stool, now produced, in his hand, striking the deceased over Mrs. Morton's shoulder. Ile struck twice, but I cannot say whereabouts he struck her. The prisoner then shut the door, and soon after he opened it and threw a jug into the street, and then closed the door again. Some women went and opened the door, and I saw the deceased lying on the floor and the prisoner striking her. I saw him give two kicks, but I cannot say where he kicked her. I remained on my own steps, and saw the prisoner come out into the street, and directly after I heard the de ceased was dead, but did not see her until yesterday. Mary M'Ghee—l am the wife of John M'Ghee, and live at No. 43, Gore-street. About eight o'clock on Monday evening last I was in the street, when 1 heard a call of " Murder," proceeding from the cellar where the deceased lived. I went to the cellar to see what was the matter, and found the door partly open and the prisoner and the deceased standing up. I saw him raise his fist and strike the deceased in the face and then push her, and she fell down, and while down he kicked her about the head once, that I saw. I then went away, Soon after the prisoner came out and went away, and I then went into the cellar and found the deceased dead. Samuel Maddocks—l am an inspector of police. On Mon day evening last I heard of the occurrence in question, and went tnthe cellar occupied by the prisoner, and found the de ceased dead. He was in the cellar, and I took him into custody. He was under the influence of liquor. I found the stool now produced in the front cellar, and the piece of wood in the back cellar. The prisoner told me, when I took him into custody, that the quarrel took place about some panes of glass which he had not put into the cellar opposite. ' Mr. John Cameron—l am a surgeon. I was called to see the deceased on Monday night, and found her quite dead. The face was much swollen, and exhibited marks of bruises over the forehead, cheeks, and nose. There was a severe bruise, with a slight laceration of the skin over the right temple, also an irregularly lacerated wound on the upper and back part of the head, about an inch and a half in ex tent.. There were bruises, also, in different pails of the body. These injuries were not sufficient to account for death, but must have been the result, of external violence. I have since made a post inortem examination of the body. On removing the scalp I found blood effused underneath the skin, in different parts, corresponding to the external injuries. On opening the head I found ex ternal effusion of blood at the base of the brain, extending downwards into the spiral column, and upwards to the out er surface of both hemispheres of th e brain, which was the cause of death, and the . reealt of external violence. Every other organ of the body was perfectly healthy. Erlis—l am a joiner, and live at No. 22, Upper Hanington. On Monday evening last I was sitting at my own door when I heard a cry of" Murder," but took no notice. as ours is a very disturbed neighbourhood, and soon after my daughter told me that the prisoner had killed his wife. I went to the cellar, and found the deceased on the bed in sensible, and she died in about seven minutes after. The prisoner attempted to make his escape, but I assisted in pre venting him. I was there when the surgeon came in and pronounced her dead. This closed the evidence. The prisoner stated in his defence that he was quite drunk at the tinge of the occurrence, and that he had no recollec tion of what had taken place. The deceased, he said, was in the habit of drinking as well as himself. The CORONER ' in charging the jury, said it was the mo s t revolting case of which he had ever heard, and that there was no doubt the violence had been committed by the prisoner. The jury, without a moment's hesitation, returned a ver dict of " Wilful Murder," and the prisoner was committed to Kirkdale Gaol, to abide his trial at the ensuing assizes. IBRAIIIIiI PACHA. BIRMINGHAM, WEbNESDAY EVENING.—The Pacha, after . his manufacturing visits last night, remained at his hotel, and did not, as on the previous evening, visit, with his suite, the street attractions of the borough. This morning he proceeded to the School of King Edward VI., in Now-street, where he was received with due honour icy Mr. Tindal (one of the governors, and a brother of the Chief Justic and the Rev. J. P. Lae, the head master. The visit was (me of considerable interest. His inquiries evinced ais usual acuteness. Being accompanied through every apartment, his Highness inquired as to the age at which :mails were admitted, the system of education adopted, and whether or not, according to the provisions of the charter, foreigners could be admitted for tuition int') the establish ment. The reply of the Principal was to the effect, that foreign pupils (boys residing within the confines defined by the Act of Parliament passed in confirmation of King Ed tvard's charter, not applying for vacancies) could, upon the payment of 201., be admitted. The Pacha appeared_ to be highly delighted with the school, and the pupils, between 400 and 500 of them, reciprocated the feeling. After leaving King Edward's Free Grammar School, the party proceeded to the Soho Works, the famed establish ment of Messrs. Bolton and Watt, at Handsworth. From the Soho Works the party proceeded to the establishment of the Messrs. Hunt, at the Braides, near Olbury, thence to the glass manufactory of the Messrs. Chance, at Spon-lane. This most splendid and extensive concern appeared to attract the particular attention of the Pacha. The party returned to Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. The Prince left this town to-night by the ordinary express train fur Manchester. The inhabitants of that town appear disposed to provide his Highness, at least, with amusements, for Mr. Sloane, the manager of the Manchester Theatre, was hi Birmingham this afternoon, with a view to make arrange ments for the Pacha's gratification on his arrival in the ma nufacturing metropolis. It may be mentioned that, during his Highness's visit to Birmingham, he has shown the greatest liberality to all per sons with whom he has come in contact. His purchases of manufactures have been to a great amount, and his pecu niary acknowledgments to attendants far exceed those of any previous royal visitor. THE BRAZILS. FALMOUTH, JUNE 17.—The Swift packet, Lieutenant Douglas, commander, arrived this morning with the Brazil mails, having sailed from Rio Janeiro on the 25th of April ; Bahia, on the sth; and Pernambuco on the 12th of May. She brings on freight about 8,0001. in gold and diamonds, and the following passengers, viz.:— Messrs. Archibald, Prince, Branscombe, Wilson, Melly, Cox Hogg, and family, Felippa, and servant, Yeyler, B rac h a d o , and Mrs. Brady. This packet brings no news of any importance from Rio, ten days laving only elapsed between he r sa ili ng an d that of the Penguin. The accounts from the River Plate are not so re • cent as those brought by the Philomel, which arrived here on the 7th inst., direct from that quarter. Prior to the Swift's departure from Pernambuco, information had reached that pace, by the steamer, of the Emperor's arrival at Rio from Santos, on the 26th of April, the day after the sailing of the packet. Exchange at Rio was 26 1 4 to 264, ; and Stock, 76 1 , 1 to 76%; Provincial ditto, 73. Th e S w ift l e f t at Rio the Crescent and Crane packets. The American frigate Columbus arrived on the 21st of April from the River Plate, with dispatches for the British Minister. . Freight as follows :—London, 40s. ; Antwerp, 20s. to 303: ; Channel, 275. 6d. ; Harnburgh, 20s. to 305.; Havre, 40f. to 45f. ; United States,- 40c. to 50c. PARLIAM INTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the Honse of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17. - ' RAILWAY BILLS (GROUP 33). Report, That the parties promoting the Warwickshire and London Railway (Worcester and Weedon Branch) Bill, had stated to the Committee that the evidence of Sir Willoughby Gordon was essential to enable them to establish their case before the Committee ; anti it having been proved that his attendance could not be procured without the intervention of the House, the Cheirman bad been In structed by the Committee to move the House that he do attend the said Committee forthwith. Aso, Report, That the parties promoting the Warwickshire and London Railway (Worcester and Weedon Branch) Bill, had stated to the Committee that the evidence of Colonel Nathaniel Thorn was essential to enable them to establish their case before the Com- ititttee ; acv it having been proved that his attendance could not !)e procured without the intervention of the House, the Chairman had been instructed by the Committee to move the House that he do attend the said Committee forthwith. Ordered—That Sir Willoughby Gordon and Colonel Nathaniel Thorn do attcud the said Committee forthwith. RAILWAYS Select Committee on Group No. 48. General Johnson discharged; Sir If LlphinstOne selected, and ►dded to the Committee. Select Committee on Group No. 60. Sir J. Trollope discharged ; Sir G. Strickland selected, and added to the Committee. The Committee of Selection have appointed the Select Committee ou Group No. 66 to meat on Thursday, June 25, at one o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons-) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17. NAVAL CIVIL DEPARTMENTS BILL. Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Question pro posed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment Proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question Put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question." The House divided MINORITY-AYES. 11. Bridgman, Ff. MorHs, David Wawa J T. Crawford, W. S. P ec h e ll , C aptain , James, William Plumridge, Captain M`Carthy, Alexander Power, James Martin, J. Raihleigh, W. TELLERS. Napier, Sir C. Ingestre, Visct. UAJORITY—NOES, 107 Alexander, N. • Finch, George allix, J. P. Mostyn, E. M. Fitzroy, Henry Autrobus, Edmund Forbes, Win. Nee ld, Joseph Arki.vright, G. For s t er , Mathew Neville, Ralph Nichol!, John Austell, Colonel Fuller, A. E . Packs, C. W. Bailey, Joseph Gibson, T. M. Palmer. Robert Baillie, Colonel Gill, Thomas Palmer, G. Baine, Walter Godson, Richard Peel, Jonathan Barkly, Henry Gordon, Captain Pennant, Colonel Barin7, W. B. Goulburn, Henry Eeid, Colonel Blackburne, J. I. Graham, Sir J. Round, C. Bowles, Admiral Greene, Thomas Round, John Bretherton, J. Grimsditch, Thomas Scrope, G. P. Bruce, Lord E. • Grogan, E. Seymer, Henry Ker Bruges, W. IL. L. Rale, R. B. Seymour, Sir H. Buck, L. W. Hamilton, G. A. Sheppard, T. Burroughes, H. N. Hamilton, Lord C. Smith, Abel Cardwell, Edward Henley, J. W. Smythe, George Carew, W. IL l'ole Herbert, Sidney Somereet, Ltat G. Carnegie, Captalk Hodgson, Richard Spooner, Richard Clerk, Sir G. Holmes, W. A'C. Staunton, Sir G. Clive, Viscount Hope, Sir J. Stuart, Henry Coc:s bum, Sir G. Home, Joseph Sutton, H. 31. Compton, H. C. Jermyn, Earl Trench, Sir F. W. Corry, H. Jocelyn, Viscount Trevor, G. Darner, Colonel Jones, Captain Trollope, Sir J. Legh, G. C. Trotter, John Deedes, W. Dwelt, E. Lincoln, Earl of Turner, Edmund Lockhart, W. Vesey, Hon. T. Douglas, Sir H. , Si Dough sr C. A. Lowther, Hon. Col. Wellesley, Lord C. Dancombe Mackenzie, W. F. Wodehouse, E. , Dundas, Admiral Mackinnon, W. A. Wood, Charles 31 4 3Te111, Duncan Wortley, J. S. Du I're, C. G. Mauls, Fox East, J. B. TELLEILS. Meynell, Captain E.cott, Bickham Fellowes, E. Miles, Philip W. S. Baring, Henry Ferguson, Sir R. Miles, Wili a m Cripps, W. _ AND A SYLUM.—The anniversary of this in festival in commemoration of the centenary , Locx HOSPITAL INSTITUTION in stitution, friends of the in street: There was a tolerabl ' large muster of the stitation took place yesterday at the London 'tavern, BishOpsgate- Toole, jun., ments reflected . over whom Mr. 13 3' 8. Cabbell, presided ; Mr. acting as to ~,,e_ - ---. ""ter. The dinner was excellent, and the arrange musical e • uter.stlnntent was b Hobbs, Hatton, and articted to Messrs. loyal toasts and the Hawkins, assisted b great credit on Messrs. Bathe and Breach. The yseveral boys from the Ab • Abbey. The usual honours, the health Of army and good feeling, for which • detz thanks. The health of Mr. navy having been drunk, with the the chairman was drunk with mach tsin an a eTtration Mr. B. B. Cabbell returned Cochrane was also drank, for which that gTehre'Llaelmaoatninext opfressusbedscrhipistiaocnltnvas ti c a?Cl ' s of 900 Z., a slim more than usually large, but such a one as thewfu require,othituanlPedpraonpdriat espeech. to ha enabled to carry out to the full the nqr monument, the bnilding committee eari s telt r i s and wish , es of the of the public for the complet:on of the hospitaly andni- tila aid necte.l wills it. The festivities were kept up the chapel con until a late hour, it being eleven o'clock before the company broke up. DUTCH POTATOES —ln adiitlon to Ow extensive arri vals of fruit and other articles of general consumption, the produc tion of Holland, the quantities of potatoes brought over for the sup ply of our markets are also very large, and form a feature of considerable interest and importance. The Ocean from Rotterdam has brought 61 bags of potatoes, and the Batavier steam-ship from the same port, 164 baskets of the same esteemed description of vege table. Like most of the articles supplied to us from this fruitful country, the potatoes are spoken of as being of most excellent gnu lity, and fully answering the expectations of the importers. These are the lar4est importations of the article which have taken place from the country mentioned. In addition to these supplies, the first n,tme,l vessel brought thirt,en ha kets of cucumbers and five baskets of melons, and the latter ship twelve baskets of cucumbers, the, pro duce of Holland. Potatoes, and all other descriptions of vegetables, of whatever kind, not being otherwise enumerated, are slow free of duty upou imatAtiou 1A tdts ooantry. ENTRIES FOR - THIS DAY. The Hurst Cup. Heats, once round and a distance. Vitula, 6 yrs—Barbara Young, 4 yrs—Tit-bit, 3 yrs—b f by Glaucus, out of Harmony, 3 yrs— Deodara, 4 yrs—ch c by Amato, out of Countess, 3 yrs—b f by Samarcand, out of La fille mal gardee, 4 yrs. Her Majesty's Plate. Heats, - two miles. Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs—Aristotle, aged—Baronet, 3 yrs— Vitula, 6 yrs—Jack Cade, 5 yrs—Red Leg, 3 yrs— Tit. bit, 3 yrs—Ruff, 4 yrs—Brother to Valentissituo, 3 yrs— Sir Edmund, 3 yrs—Lady Charlotte, 5 y v —Auld Lang Syne, 6 yrs—Nubia, 5 yrs. The Claremont Stakes. Half a mile. Leporella—ch c by Don John, dam by Ishmael—Lady Lift—Oat Post—br f by Red Shank, darn by Delhi—eh f by Elis, ottref Antler's dam. -- INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. GOODWOOD, 1846. _ _ The Goodwood Stakes of 25 sows' each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared on or before Tuesday next. Corranna, aged, 9st 714-Fag-ha-ballagh, 5 yrs, 9st 71b- Sweetmeat, 4 yrs, 9st 21b-Wolfdog, 4 yrs, 9st 2 lb-Trueboy, 6 yrs, Bst 121b-Winesour, 6 yrs, Bst 121b-Mentor, 4 yrs, Bst 101b-Akbar, 5 yrs, Bst 101b-The Baron, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b -Lightning, 5 yrs, 6st 91b-Aristotle, aged, Bst 91b-Inheri tress, 6 yrs, Bst 81b-Queen of Tyne, aged, Bst 81b-Phlegon, 5 yrs, Bst 81b-Mickey Free, 5 yrs, Bst 71b-Ironmaster, 4 yrs, Bst 61b-Alamode, 5 yrs, Bst 41b-Mavnooth, 4 yrs, Bst 21b-Red Deer, 5 yrs, Sst 21b-Hedger, 4 yrs, Bst 21b- Glossy, 6 yrs, Sat 21b-Wood Pigeon, 4 yrs, Bst 11b- Keshang, 4 yrs, Bst-Telemachus, 5 yrs, Bst-Ould Ireland, 4 yrs, Bst-Newcourt, 6 yrs, 7st 121b-Polish, 6 yrs, ist 91b- Eboracum, aged, 7st 91b-Stomacher, 5 yrs, 7st 91b-Discord, aged, 7st lb-Antler, 5 yrs, ist 91b-Mendicant, 3 yrs, 7st 91b-Grimston, 3 yrs, 7st 81b-Rowena, 5 yrs, 7st 81b- Pedometer, 5 yrs, 7st 81b-Milford, 5 yrs, 7st 81b-Hemp, 5 yrs, 7st 71b-Miss Elis, 4 yr.=, Vet 71b-Warp, 5 yrs, 7st 71b -Javelin, 4 yrs, 7st 71b-Lady Wildair, 4 yrs, Tat 61b-Re fraction, 4 yrs, 7st 61b-Ttie Pasha, 4 yrs, 7st 61b -The Roper's Daughter, aged, 7st 61b-Leopard, 4 yrs, 7st 61b- Coal Black Rose, 5 yrs, 7st 31h-Red Rover, 5 yrs, 7st 31b- Campanile, 4 yrs, 7st 3 lb-Vol-au-Vent, 4 yrs, 7st 21b- Pythia, 4 yrs, 7st-Red Robin, 4 yrs, 7st - Satyr, 5 yrs, 7st ioderisk, aged, 7st -Valiant, 4 yrs, 7st-Ajax, aged, 7st-- John Goldhain, 5 yrs, Est 131b-The Conjuror, 3 yrs, fist 121b-Clumsy, 4 yrs, Est 1 21b-Fiizallan, 4 yrs, Est 121 - Miss Burns, 6 yrs, 6st 1114-Pic Nic, 4 yrs, 6st 111 - Mongrel, 4 yrs, fist 101b-lEgis, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b -My Mary, 4 yrs, 9st 101b-Titmouse, 4 yrs, 6st 101b-Remorse, 4 yrs, Est 101b-Master Stepney, 4 yrs, 6st 1010--I-am-not-aware, 4 yrs, 6st 101b-Perdita filly, 3 yrs, Est 101b-Dulcet, 4 yrs, 6st 101b-Pug, 4 yrs, Est 91b-Orion, 6 yrs, Est 91b- Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs, Est 91b-As you like it, 4 yrs, 6st 91b-Ninety One, 5 yrs, 6st 81b-Hawkesbury, 4 yrs, 6st Bib-Dolo, 3 yrs, Est 81b-Chotornian, 6 yrs, Est 81b -Laird o' Coekpin, 4 yrs, 6st 81b - Giantess, 4 yrs, Est 71b - Ruff, 4 yrs, Est 71b Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs, fist 71b-Alice, 5 yrs, 6st 71b-Teetotaller, aged, 6st 61b- Burgundy, 3 yrs, 6st 41b-Rowland Hill, 4 yrs, Est 31b- Magnet, 4 yrs, 6st 31b-Best Bower, 3 yrs, Est 21b-Ina, aged, Est 21b-Vitula, 6 yrs, 6st 21b-Elixir, 6 yrs, 6st 21b- New Forest Deer, 5 vrs, Est 21b-Rosa, 4 yrs, 6st lib-West Countrymen. 3 yrs, Est Ilb-The Duke of Richmond, 3 yrs, 6st-The Premier, 3 yrs, 6st-Sotades, 3 yrs-Humdrum, 3 yrs, 6st-Blackbird, 3 yrs, fist-Sir Diggory Diddle, 5 yrs, 6st-Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs, 6st-St. Demetri, 3 yrs, 6st-Flahowlagh, 4 yrs, 6st-Plenitude, 4 yrs, sst 131 - Footstool, 3 yrs, sst 131b-Jenny Wren, 4 yrs, sst 121 - Brother to Sir Harry, 3 yrs, sst 121b-The Druid, 3 yrs, sst 101 b - Tugnet, 3 yrs, sst 101 b - Leacon field, 3 yrs, sst 101b-The Slayer's Daughter, 3 yrs, sst 101b-Collihgwood, 3 yrs. sst 91b-f by Sir Her cules, out of Taglioni, 4 yrs, sst 91b-Jack Cade, 3 yrs, sst 91b -c by Phcenix out of Pilirondelle, 3 yrs, sst 81b-Petitioner, 3 yrs, sst 81b-b fby Tomboy out of Lapwing, 3 yrs, sst 71b- Nutleaf, 3 yrs, sst 71b-The Hero, 3 yrs, sst 71b-Fitzwilliam, 3 yrs, sst 61b-Peasant, 3 yrs, sst Ob-Ohio, 3 yrs, sst 51b- Bold Archer, 3 yrs, sst 41b-Brother to Millipede, .3 yrs, sst 31b-Lynceus, 3 yrs, sst 21b-Terrier, 3 yrs, sst 21b shrapston, 3 yrs, sst 21b-Bourton, 3 yrs, sst 21b-Pal, 3 yrs, sst 11b-The Slot, 3 yrs, sst-Gi nger , 3 yrs, 4st 121b-Ther sites, 3 yrs, 4st 121b-llorella f, 3 yrs, 4st 121b-Golden Bee, 3 yrs, 4st 121b-Ukraine, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b - Camera Obscure, 3 :yrs, 4st lOW-Farthing Candle, 3 yrs, -Ist 101 - Jonathan Wild, 3 yrs, 4 s t 71b-G era ldi ne, 3 yrs, 4st 71b- Sister to Pergularia, 3 yrs, 4st 71b-Regalia, 3 yrs, 4st 41b- Polka, 3 yrs, 4 , t 41b-Royston Gower, 3 yrs, 4st 41b-ch f by Discord, out of Soldier's Joy,3 yrs, 4st-Blanibic, 3 yrs, 4st- Deerchase, 3 yrs, 4st-Che rr y B ounce, 3 yrs, 4st. If the highest weight accepting is under Bst 71b, it will be raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion. (RECEIVED HIS AY. SUTTON PARK RACES.— T TUESD D AT (CONCLUDED:) The Selling Stakes of 3 sous. each and 20 added. Heats, One mile and a . Mr. Phillip's Elei, 3 yrs, 7st 131bhalf (4 Subs.) Mr. Tempest's Sister to Ranger, 6 yrs, lOst 71b Mr. Wildmau's b in by Prince Albert, 5 yrs, lOst 51b 3 WEDNESDAY. The Winsley Pool Stakes of 15 sovE. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 501. added ; the second to save his stake. Twice round and a distance. (7 Subs.) Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal, 4 yrs, 7st (Owner) I Mr. M. Ongley's Roderick, aged, Sat 71b ... 2 Handicap of 5 sow. each, a n d a C up a dd e d . Heats, once round and a distance. (4 Subs.) Mr. Tempest's T'Auld Squire, 5 yrs, Bst 91b Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b 4 3 2 Mr. Walker's Princess Olga, 4 yrs, 7st 81b 2 4 3 Mr. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsie s , 6 yrs , 9 st 4l b 1 2 dr. TheWestbwich Stakes of 3 says. each, with 20 added, the second to save his stake, Esc. Heats, once round and a distance. (4 Subs.) Mr. Flintoff's The Rhire, 6 yrs 2 2 3 3 Prince Albert, 5 yrs 4 dr. Mr. Wildman's b m by o es w e p s e S e i s st e e h r tfobyaTnageer6yrs Mummy, 6 yrs r r . Tempest's cp formed in London, for the pur pose been invested in the Cork Reporter,. (7,0001.) to be sum of money Very Rev. pose of raising a . t of 800/. for the Committer, says the purchase of the more effectually to Theobald Mathew, to enable THE TEMPEIt a iN Ii C fe E sustain t*:e temperance movement : n i n O u v ih rE ili NT. — A man ner. An address has already emana ted towards which states that the amount hitherto contributedthe reverend.. the liquidation of the debts incurred by 840/ , and gentle man, in his philanthropic labours, amounted to b, . that only barely sufficed for the object then contemplated. . in ,. t d he fr i NOVEL MODE OF INTERDIENT.—Mr. T. Brookhouse, it Committee, Romon cement manufacturer, of Derby, having died was interred in o n m ost th e e ffi Co cie m nt m All Saints Churchyard on Tuesday week. A thick layer of cement was spread at the bottom of the grave just before the coffin was lowered ; the sides and ends were then filled, and another layer of the same material at the top completely hid the coffin from view, and rendered it air-tight. Ere it hardened, which V:e cement did in a few minutes to the consistency of the hardest stone, the deceased's name was traced in the yielding mass, so that, if at some future age the deposit should be disturbed, the ;tame of the occupier of the in terior say lets rm. ASYLUM FOR WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS. The eleventlianniversary festival in aid of the Asylum for worthy aged and decayed Freemasons, was held Tait evening at the Freemasons' Hall, Brother J. B. Byron, Vice-President of the Society, in the chair. At six o'clock, about 150 brethren and gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner, which was put upon the table in Bacon's best style, and after the cloth was with drawn, the Benedictus was sung by Messrs. Binge, Crouch, Collier, and Jolley. Mr. Higgins, the toast master, then entered upon the execution of his duties, which he performed in admirable style. The usual loyal and national toasts having been drunk, The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of the Earl of Zetland, the Grand Master. The toast was drunk with the utmost enthusiasm, and was followed by a fantasia on the harp from the airs in Meyerbeer's opera of Robert le Diable, a hich was ex quisitely performed by Mr. F. Chatterton, and raptur ously encored. The CHLtinast - then rose to propose the toast of the evening. Eleven years had now elapsed since it had seemed desirable to certain members of the craft, th a t an asylum should be founded for worthy aged and de cayed Freemasons. It was scarcely possible to pass through any road leading from the metropolis with out finding some asylum for aged persons connected with some charity. But there was no asylum for aged Freemasons, and this had been felt as almost a disgrace to the craft. They were possessed of a splendid hall in ' which they held grand f es ti va l s, sure l y then it was the i r duty to hold out a brotherly hand to worthy but de cayed Freemasons, and to provide for them an asylum. —(Hear, hear.) It was eleven years since the scheme had been proposed, and he was surprised and sorry to find that in that time it had not been more effectually carried out. They had even now only 4,0001., and they ought to have had ten times that amount.—(Cheers.) He thought it most desirable that an asylum should be erected for worthy add decayed Freemasons. Poverty was frequently the consequence of unavoidable misfor tune, and what could be more gratifying than to have an asylum where the more fortunate brother could go and shake his poor brother by the hand, and administer to his wants.—(Cheers.) If the object of the Institution was pleasing to the craft, he trusted they would show the interest they took in it by the liberality of their subscriptions.—(Cheers.) This charity did not interfere with any other masonic charity. It claimed assistance from the craft solely on its own merits. He trusted that the appeal would not be made in vain, but that that night would prove a triumphant answer to it.--(Cheers.) He concluded by proposing "Prosperity to the Asylum for worthy, aged, and decayed Freemasons." —Drunk with three times three, and one cheer more. Duet,--' Turner. "Finale to The Crusaders" —The Misses Duet,—horn and pianoforte, Signors Puzzi and Negri. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Brother Crucefix, the treasurer, and the Committee of the Asy lum.—(Cheers.) In proposing this toast, he might say that he was proposing the health of Brother Crucefix, for such was the zeal, talent, and energy that ho exhi bited in the good work, that it might be called his work, and his alone.—(Loud cheers.) Drunk with three times three. Fantasia on the sax•horns, beautifully given by the Messrs. Distin, and loudly encored. Brother CKUcEFIX rose to return thanks, which he did in a short but eloquent speech, apologising for his brevity by stating that he had a great deal to read. He then proceeded to read the report, from which it appeared that negotiations were in pro- gres3 for bringing about a union between this charity and the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution—" a union," said the speaker, " which I trust will ere long be brought about, and which will form whist other folks, speaking in other places, would call an extended Grand Junction line of charity.—(Loud cheers.) The statement of the accounts was also read by Brother Crucefix, from which it appeared that the Institution at present possessed— In the Consols... £3,353 18 10 In the Cripplegate Savings' Bank 122 13 3 Dividends due next month 4B 16 10 In the hands of the treasurer 270 9 4 3,800 18 4 At the conclusion of the reading the report, Signor Brizzi sang an exquisitely beautiful Italian aria, which was encored: Brother BREWSTER proposed the health of the Chair. man.—Drunk with three times three. Fantasia,—pianoforte, Mr. Kiallmark. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and proposed " The health of the Ladies,"—Drunk with all the honours. Air—Brother Crouch—" Kathleen." The TREASURER then announced the amount of sub scriptions collected in the room was 5671. Bs. This announcement was received with loud cheering. Several other toasts were drunk, and the conviviality of the evening was kept up until a late hour. During the early part of the evening the gallery was crowded with ladies. WEST SUSSEX AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. SHEEP SHEARING. Although the humbug of agricultural associations is pretty well exploded, they are nevertheless kept up in certain localities, where here and there an honest far mer is beguiled of his guinea to reward the Squire's shepherd or housemaid for his or her faithful services, and to keep up the delusion that the rent receiver's and rent payer's interest are one and inseparable. Of course. Goodwood w ill b e t h e l ast p l ace to discontinue this crafty trick. But, nevertheless, the interest of these meetings flags, and the managers of this drooping con cern, like the managers of sinking and dying out theatres resort to all sorts of shifts and meannesses to induce a f ull attendance. Th e nove l ty of a b ishop presenting a Bible and a Prayer-book has worn off, the dowry speeches of eloquent archdeacons have lost their attractive power, and so a rumour was industriously set afloat that Lord George Bentinck and Mr. Disraeli would certainly be. present at Goodwood Sheep Shearing (which took place on Tuesday week) to dispel the usual dulness by smart a dd resses to the tenant.farmers. The bait took ; there was a goodly attendance of eager agriculturists to see and hear the new Tory lions : and as they who gave rise and encouragement to the trea cherous report feared that disappointment might stir up angry feelings in the breasts of the disappointed, the smiles and graces of illustrious ladies were cunningly introduced and called into action to turn aside the wrath of the bamboozled and beguiled dinner-eaters. There was only one feature a t t h e dinner worth record i ng ; and that is emblazoned with such consummate art by the Times, whose notice we shall presently lay before our readers, that we shall not here say another word about it. The Chairman —now universally recognised as " a dull, blunt Duke "—repeated his old dull speeches, all the members of his family were grossly flattered, and the honest farmers and industrious labourers were smothered with the hollow praises of " farmer's friends," who extort from them the uttermost farthing in rent, and think their day-long labour rewarded by 65., 75., or Bs. a week. The after-dinner scene was a barren waste; not so the following description of it which we borrow from our talented contemporary the Times:— " The labourer is still the theme of eloquence at agri cultural meetings, where his importance is energetically urged and his condition spoken of with affectionate in terest. To hear the speeches of protectionists at their dinners, where the l a b our i s never omitted as a toast, and is sometimes toler a t e d as a guest, one wou ld ima gine that the humble cultivator of the soil must be better provided for than the members of any other class of industry. Goodwood on Tuesday was the scene of one of those annual meetings which are held in many parts of the country for the purpose of giving the wor thy labourer his reward, in the shape of ten-shilling prizes, for the twelvemonth's stock of virtue he may have exhibited. The Duke of Richmond was in the chair, supported by a Bishop, an Archdeacon, an Ho nourable and Reverend, and an M.P., besides a num ber of clergy and landowners of the district ; while, to do honour to the humble hero of the day, the Duchess of Richmo n d an d th e L a di es L ennox were present in a side-gallery. Th ere i s somet hi ng very beautiful in the idea of the master sitting down to the same meal with his men, and the presence of a galaxy of godliness is highly appropriate to such a truly Christian act as the feasting of • the employed by the employer at his own table. The charm, how ever,is speedily dissipated wh en we thatfin o f t a h t e proceeding such a very early stage of the business as the first toast, after the healths of the Royal Family having e w l l i e t d h toee empty y p up u their e t i n r been drunk, the labourers had entirely expended their al the end of the entertainment. When the Bishop o f e h n n t sha u n s c i e as o m f b a e s er w , elaln as d w th e e r y e Chichester was toasted, the gentlemen present pl e d ge d him in a bumper ; but the labourers were f orce d to c c o o urci p , gesticulate with nothing to drink, like the happy peasantry' we see on the stage, tossing off copious draughts of mere atmosphere to the long life of their Prince. The whole proceeding, howev er , was of the same false, unsubstantial, and dramatic character as the phantom libations of the humbler portion of the guests. The Duke of Richmond's speech was crammed with c l a p. traps, which would have told admirably on the audience at a minor theatre, but which could not for a moment stand the test of sober criticism. He talked glowingly of the honest, meritorious, and industrious labourer,' and added, that one man who felt a deep interest in the welfare of his employer is worth a hundred of those who only worked for the sordid consideration of their daily pay.' There is something absolutely comical in the idea of taunting a poor wretch who gets perhaps eight shillings a week with ' the sordid considerations of their daily pay.' Archdeacon Manning adopted the same truly comic conceit, and reiterated the Noble Chairman's sentiment, that one man who worked from affection was worth a hundred who worked merely for lucre.' This high disdain for filthy dross ought not, we think, be exacted from labourers at eight shillings a week, who certainly, if they are actuated by the sordid love of lucre imputed to them by their employers, have very little to gratify their avaricious appetites. Well may the working man entreat to be saved from his friends, when those who assume that char ac t er ca l l upon him to work from aff. ction, and to show an utter con tempt for pay. Surely he already accepts th e m i n i mum of wages on which rt is possible to exist. We have heard of things being so dear that they are not s benefit. We wonder if is h as to be bad for love or money. The toil of th e la bourer is an article tha t h as hitherto b een paid little of bnth ; but it would see m t h at his for by a friends the protectio nists would like to obt a i n hi s ser vices purely for love, without having to expend any money a. t all. Simple as the labourer is, we do no t position, pan be for hi think he will be persuaded into a belief that su c h a pro- BUTTON TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. MR EDITOR,--Your report of a trial in the Court of Queen's Bench, Bradshaw v. Lavender, on the 13th instant, where an old law was attempted to be put in force, which has for its object the prevention of any description of button being manufactured otherwise than in metal, has caused very great anxiety amongst a large portion of the community, the rule being evidently re fused upon a very nice point. It appears that this almost obsolete Act, not only affects the interests of the manufacturer, but, if strictly enforced, also unbuttons the pockets of the public, who, it was shown, are equally liable to the penalty of forty . shillings for wearing buttons which, using the words of the Act, ar e ma d e of cloth, serge, drugget, freize, caml_e tv or other stuffs of which clothes are usually A few words from you would cause the obliteration of this absurd enactment from the statute-book,eesliodg would restore confidence, very many at present of legal that each hour may bring the oommeneemen f 5 be sustained, pro ceedings, which, albeit, they canno t . are nevertheless extremely vexat i ous and are ever at tended with a loss of time, if not 11., J., and D. d NICOLL. We are, Sir, yours most money.ost respectfully, 114, Regent -street. WOOD PAVEMENT IN THE CITY.—The wooden pave ment in the Old Bailey has been removed, by order of the City Commissioners, and replaced with granite , except a email portion in Met of at Cvirte. ATTEMPTED MURDER. Last night, shortly before ten o'clock, the vicinity of Drury-lane again became the scene of alarm, occasioned by another deliberate attempt at assassination, which will, in all probability, terminate fatally t o th e unfortunate victim. From the particulars collected, it appears that at the hour above-mentioned loud screams were heard to proceed from the kitchen of the house No. 3, Feathers -court, occupied by a man named Hannan, and his wife, Margaret Hannan; and, in an instant after, a woman was seen rushing from the house into the court bleeding profusely from a frightful wound in the neck. The poor creature staggered, and fell into the arms of some neighbours, who, attracted by her screams, had assembled around the house. She was sensible at the time, and exclaimed, " Oh, my husband has stabbed me !" With out loss of time the unfortunate woman was carried to the shop of Mr. Walker, the surgeon at the corner of Black moor-street, when, on examination by that gentleman, a large wound was discovered in her neck on the right side, in length upwards of three inches, and completely dividing the external jugular vein on that side. The blood was flowing copiously from the wound, and it was with some diffi culty Mr. Walker succeeded in tying the jugular vein, and in sewing up the gash. Having effected this, however, the woman was conveyed in a fainting condition to King's Col lege Hospital, where she was placed under the care of Mr. Duncan, the house surgeon, by whom she is pronounced in a very dangerous condition. The alarm created by the occur rence drew the attention of the police to the spot, and the husband, Hannan, was instantly taken into custody in tha passage of the house, and conveyed to Bow-street station. On the arrival of the accused at the station-house the charge was taken against him by Mr. Inspector Logan, and, in answer to interrogatories, he said his name was John Hannan, that he was a bricklayer by trade, but got his living by selling playbills at the Princess's Theatre, and carrying boards. He denied the charge against him, and said if anything had happened to his wife she did it herself. At the time of the screams he had just come home, and was on his way to the kitchen ; but had not seen his wit's since three o'clock in the afternoon ; that previous to that he pawned his coat, and they spent part of the money in drink together; and that his wife, who is a crippl e , an d wa lk s w ith a crutch, had been continually drunk for the last three weeks. He added that searched, (ienera l he was the father of the child known as a . i rlll id ° if Thumb. Inspector Logan inquired of th e constable who took the prisoner if he had been minutely any weapon had been found, to which a reply that he had been searched, as a l so the house, vas given and that no weapon had been found, nor was there clothes. The accused was then more &nit blood on his the presence of the i nspector, butminute y examined in found on him. li e then asked to no marks of bl oo d were be admitted to bail, but was refused, and he was locked up. It appears from the statements of the lodgers • in the same house, that . the man Hannan and his • wife had been quarrelling and drinking all the day, as was frequently their - • and that heha d custom , on several occasions threatened to murder her. The man, however, when brought into the station at Bow-streft,.aP peared perfectly sob er . Th e l as t accou nt at the hosiry dial )ita l. as to the stat e o f the woman, was that s h e was hta very her condition. Site persists in the statement husband stabbed her with a white handled knife. but which has not been found. THE ATTEMPT TO MURDER. t whoe throat was last of Frances Sanders, with intent to murder her, was on Saturda y TUNBRIDGr-V ofC h e c e u s t n t l i a n n g , week remanded g ' n brought up for f urther examination, the young on the T c h h °n ar i g a e s lwasotalaaamwhose life he had attempted, although in a very weak state, being sufficiently recovered, to give evidence. The evidence taken at the previous examination baying been read, Frances Sanders deposed, that she lived fellow-servant with the prisoner at the Camden Hotel, Tunbridge- wells. They had lived on good terms with each other till the afternoon of Sunday, the 7th inst , when she left the hotel alone, and met Obed Everest, W. Bull, and Fanny Underdown, opposite the Beehive beer-shop. They all proceeded along Mount-Ephraim, in the direction of Rusthall, when the prisoner overtook them. He seemed in very good humour, and they all went to Twort's tan yard, about two miles from Tunbridge-wells, where the prisoner went in and brought out a quart of cider, which they drank between them. He then fetched out two quarts of cider more, one of which he drank himself. 'They then returned in the same way they went, through Hurst wood, till they came to a stile near Dunnv-bottom, where her mother lived. She left them at the stile to go to - her mother's, promising to meet them at the stile again in half an-hour. On her return the prisoner sat on the stile asleep the others were standing a short distance oft. Bull then went and awoke the prisoner, and they proceeded through . the .fields towards the Wells, leaving the pri mly it the stile but when they had got throe, la two fields they heard the prisoner calling out .to them. and they stopped for him. When be came •up he began to cry an d to swear, and as he wah\ed akrig With them, he said there was one i n th e . com p a ny would " do' . for" before that week was out. Witness asked Farm)? Un derdown if it. RA3 she the prisoner meant, when the.' p rier. . said, "No, y ou b--, it is you. I mean to o-o for." The prisoner continued to walk with them, and when they had proeeetled a co ns id era bl e di stance from t he place where be came up to them the prisoner tried te, catch hold of her, but Bull push.ed him back, and tolc.: him to keep his hands off. There were five of them, and she walked in the middle ; Bull was on ber right side, and the prisoner on the right side of Bull. Prisoner kept swearing, and after proceeding a little further he again said to her, " I will do for you before the week is out;" and shortly afterwards he said to Bull, " It is of no use your thinking about her, for I will do for her before I sleep to night." Bull paid his addresses to her. In about a minute or two after this the prisoner sprang suddenly forward and cut her throat on the left side. She knew no more, for she became insensible. P rancerUnderdown, William Bull, and °lied Everest, corroborated the statement of this witness. and added that when at the stile before alloded to they Saw the prisoner sharpen a knife on a stone evhich served as one of the steps to the stile. The knife was similar to the one with which the deed was c o m m it te d , b ut they coold not say it was the same. The prisoner was then fully comoitted to take his trial at the next Maidstone ate4zes on the ch,arge of rutting the threat of Frances Sanders, with full intent to take away her life. THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE POST -OFFICE. In - consequence of the recent order of his Lordship the Postmaster- Ceueral, with reference to the early delivery of general post lettere in tine metropolis, a variety of alterations are in contemplation, or hart' been already arranged, for the more effective administration ,if the subordinate departments. It is said that the majority of the City walks will be so " cut," or shortened, that the delivery will ho easily ace.omplisheci within the hour, and that the internal duty is to be'so arranged that the whole of the inland letter carrier& will leave vie °Mee in St. Marthi's-le-fraud by eight o'clock in the morning. .t rumour is a l so r i le t h a t , i n or d e r to effect tit's change the heads of and le ship w h ole de have advised the abolition of the optional system of pay inent on lett ers posted in the Unit...d. Kingdom; the oeparation of the iiireign and ship letters fr o m the inland; and the complete ciao silleation of t'mss the men, . b ad,e b el o ttv 'tl e t erh g etic e ,p n ta e i r no al du p a or n fe d Lp,ea Lo ,rnge n ti d d i y : fat d ed i d s i t s ri ftir e on t met class of se n i or men. Who of tlni letters i I lie for e i gn Mr" :1 4 1 1. de E rin ° ai l : the ,b°o for that purpose according to their seuioritV i d. A r o p t) r V l 'v e i S r C' disposed ° o r i f liy \l'' auction, ednee d a 'a t Y. G a r afternoon, r e" ay' ti, o f the following adrowsotis u the counties of Essex, Kent, and -Suffolk. The first was theest:iagitt‘oti per annom, If g e t s w entation to the valuable sinecure Bee fallborettatt 9 1 0 ' 41. l ' t " e 3 ;l ° s innielltsiffrom Colchester. The value of the Vicarage of Mint Tey. it Was so`lcrg- the right of presentation to right of presentation to the Rectory of K m . r 0,8001. The next was the The rent charge, In lieu of tithes, atneuTg,t:thine, near Csuiterbury. parish contained 1,520 acres, end the populatidont° about "01. The bought for 2,9501. The third property consisted " ; 3° u () , e . rida . WA* right of presentation to the united Rectory of ilemptoti- perpetual grove, four nines trim Bury St. Edmund's, in the dioele-seculen-ltin' The annual value was est mated at 605!. 13s. 44., which ~ ' f • ".. was subject to deductions of about 126/. This letched 5,2001. . - 31ARYLEBONE LITERARY AND ►SCIEieTIFIC INSTITIT TION. —A dinner of the friends and members of this institution took Mace yesterday at the Albion Tavent, Aldersgate-street. The Right Lieu. Lord Broughtun presided on the occasion, and was supported by Sir Benjamin Hall, Ran., Sir C. Napier, hr. Copeland, ke. The prospects of this institution, which was founded in Li i 2, have hitherto been somewhat of a sombre hoc, but at the present time there is a balance in favour of the treasurer of 421., a circumstance Lord Brougham stated In the course of his speech to be " unprecedented .s hi the annals of institutions." the object the committee have now iu view is to create a fund for the purchase of premises, and to thii purpose Lord Broagham subscribed 1001., Sir C. Scott and Co., 201., Sir FL Ilall. 501., Sir C. Napier. 51,, besides many other gentlemen, whose combined efforts have produced a sum amounting to nearly 5001. STEAM NAYIGATION.—The Bill just introduced into the House of Commons, by the Government, " for the regulation of steam navigation, and for requiring sea-going vessels to carry boats," cousists of 31 clauses. Its principal proposals are to enact that sea going steamers shall be divided by water-tight partitions; and that sea-going vessels shall be provided with boats, if they be 200 tons or upwards. A penalty of not exceeding 100?. is to be incurred, by the owner and not exceeding* SCI. by the master, if these provisiOns are not attended to. Customs' afters, too, are not to clear out vessels cot complying. Steamers are to keep to their starboard side in 'sleeting or passing any other vessel ; and steamers within ten miles of the coast are to exhibit lights at night, under a penalty of 20/. a night ; and owners of s'euwers not 80 exhibiting them are not to be entitled to compensation for damage received in consequence.. Customs' °dicers are not to dear out vessels except upon the.produc tion of certificate of registry. Accidents and losses of steamers are to be reported to the Board of Trade; and in cases of accident that board may appoint Inspectors to report. ALARMING ILLNESS OF LORD Wriff.rwsr RUSSELL.-. We regret to learn that the Duke of Bedford and Lord John Russell have received accounts from Genoa, announcing the painful intelli gence of the serious illness of General Lord William Russell. Bat faint hopes are entertained of his recovery, and the tenor of the let ters from his Lordship's medical attendants have prepared the mem bers of his family for the worst. On Monday last further advises. • were received, and the reports were then more favourable. It was the cause of the postponement of the Dowager Duchess of Bedford's intended series of fetes at Campden Hall. Lord Wm. Russell, it will be recollected, was many years the British Minister to the Court of Prussia. NORTIIERN RATLROAD.--The number of persons in vited to the inauguration of the _Northern Railroad who left Paris amounted to about 1,500. They were to be joined by the authorities of Lille, the Belgians coming Prom Brussels, and it was anticipated that 3,000 persons would set down to dinner at Lille. Some papers give a statement of the limner's') preparations for this banquet. They instance the orders for glass and china made at Lille, which were as follew :--25,000 plates, 600 decanters, 6,000 wlne and other glasses, 300 salt-cellars, 303 fruit•dishes, 200 round and oval baskets, 512 round dishes, 140 oval ones, 450 other pieces of gilt china. If the information he exact, 900 dishes were to be served in the first' course, and a corresponding number in the others. At dessert it is stated that there were ISO Iced cheeses, and the same number of dishes of oranges, strawberries, 'cherries, and pine-apples; and all sorts of sweets were in the same proportions. No less ehan 2,400 pOunds of lee were said to have been used. The Liverpool papers and private coirespondents re siding in Lancashire join in complaining of the state of Post-office communication with the west of Scotland. Letters posted in Glas gow in the afternoon of 3londay are not delivered In Liverpool or Manchester till Wednesday morning, that is to say, at the same time that they are delivered in London. The canoe is, it seems, that letters fir Lancashire, at whatever hour they are posted iu Glasgow. remain in the Post-office till eleven at night, when the Loudon mail is dispatched. This mail conveys them along with the London letters. and arrives at Parkside and Warrington too late in the evening of the following day, for the letters to he delivered in Manchester and Liverpool until the second morning atter they leave Glasgow. The Glasgow steam-boat companies, hoping to remove the evil, united some months ago in an offer to convey the mail-bags, so as to occa sion no loss to the rost-otlice, and bad their plan been adopted, the letters would have been received nearly twenty-tours sooner than at. present. The offer remained not only tmaceepted, but unanswered. FORTIFICATIONS AT GRAVESEND.---Tho new fiirtifi. cations on the site of, the burial-ground of the chantry, • erected by Aymer dc Valence, are rapidly proceeding. The men, whilst exca vating, a few weeks since, for the foundations of the magazine in the centre of the fort, discovered many of the skeletons of its former oc cupants. The original chapel, though cased over with modern brick work, is still standing. It is now converted into the military hos pital. In the_receut alterations liaceasary to such conversion, parti tions, &e:, were removed, - which then dci eloped Its original shape it was 39 feet long and 17 feet 7 inches in breadth, within the walls, and was covered with a COVe tool, probably originally lined with boards. The height of the edifice from the floor to the highest point of the cove was about 16 feet. For the additional defences now con structing at Gravesend there will be required 13 32-pounders of 36 cwt. on carriages with dwarf traversing platforms. Ou the opposite shore of the Thames the fortifications are likewise being greatly in creased and strengthened, and there will be required for the addi tional defences at Tilbury Fort 50 32-pounders of 50 cwt, 'each, on carriages with dwarf traversing platforms, and 19 32-poUnders of 33 cwt., on iron carriages, making a total of 69 additional guns for Tilbury Fort. CAPTURE OF A RAILWAY SWELL MOB PICKPOCKET. —NORWICH, IVEDNISDAY.—OHO of the gang of the swell mob pick pockets, who have recently committed such extensive depredations on railway passengers, was captured yesterday at the Norfolk Rail way terminus of this city, and examined before Mr. J. Bells, the Mayor, and other magistrates, charged with picking the pocket of Mr. Ilumphery Gilbert, the butler of Lord Acheson, M.P., of Wols inghara Hall, Suffolk, and stealing 701. In notes. He was dressed as a gentleman, and his right hand was adorned with a ring, valued at 101. He gave the name of Jolui Williams, on being placed at the bar, and stated himself to be a native of Glasgow. From the evi dence ud.luced it appears that the .prosecutor and the prisoner had arrived that morning by the early train, the Lsrmer being in attend ance on several ladies belonging to his Lordship's family. When the train reached the terminus the butler proceeded to assist the ladies in alighting from the carriage, and while so employed he felt some person jostling against him, apparently at the pockets of his coat behind. On quickly turning round he saw the prisoner with his pocket book. He immediately seized the hand, when the prisoner instantly dropped the hook and a coat, which he had over his arm, on it, and the prosecutor: in attempting to pick it up, lost his grasp of the thief, who at once darted off, leaving his coat behind. The prosecutor immediately raised a cry of " Stop thief," and scarcely bad the delinquent got beyond the doors of the station before he was captured by one of the railway police. DREADFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—WORCESTER, TuEsDAY NIGHT.--A shocking occurrence bas this afternoon hap pened within a few miles of this city, whereby one individual has been in a moment hurried into eternity, and a second lies in ve nS - er9 dangerous condition. From the Information which I have been enabled to of the post, it ine occurrence of the the , and the departure ap pears that two persons, names not yet ascertained, nen.driving a Spetebley road, about three miles glean In the short interval which has elapse between spirited horse in a gig along the from this city, and near to the Spetchky station of Birmingham frigh t Railway, when the horse took and started off.. proceeded far along the road before tile affrighted animal the Bristol and He had not procee with such violence to the ground that passengers was thrown overthrew the gig, which Is terribly shattered , and o n e of the unfor tunate, lie was killed on the spo t. Ills companion also has received some , very severe -1. • •les and was bleeding profusely when the messenger nor was di s patched for surgical assistance. Immediately on the occur rence tile accident the maimed person and his ill-fatten companion were o reraken to a house adjoining, and a servant of Mr. R. Berkelez was dispatched post haste to this city for surgical help. combatantamotintt i.f the a stakes w F A TAL PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER. —A prize fight came off at South a mpton on Friday evening, and terminated i n th e death one of the combatants on the following evenin g . Th e f i ght origi waoass., the an challenging it al is iei a ig id ing the pa s r u i r y s;iv s Hated In a low beer-shop, the resort of the worst class of " navvies, " and the w tlied as eceas atgt unwillingly forced into an acceptance of the challenge by personages, some of whom have figured as principals In th e eertain ring, and by whom the , money was subscribed for this fatal l5llZe ter. The light took place a mile or two from encoun the town, site side of the River Rebell ; and afteron the °P". a combo which wards of an hour and a half, the deceased t, lasted up senseless. He was removed to tell heavily, and became his lodgings •ni the town, where he died on.naturday. Deceased , bd whose name is Tearer', was awtbilY bruised about the face an dY . , and was in a dreadful state. A jury was empanelled before the borough coroner, Mr. Cosewell. on Monday, when the medical gentleman who had attended him was examined, and the inquiry Wednesday, the me di cal mall was adjourned until ordered hi the mean time to make a post ort ex amination of th e e body. BADGER HUNT AT STREATHAM. —For some time nag great destruction has been made in the to poultrylhe delinquent. although at r Streatham, without any clue having been obtained a a dog or other animal, although it was surmised the thief masen.. b _JI y found near the hen. from the blood and plucked feather ?' found generall y a stack of wood the roosts. Some feathers haying be" the bottom out bounded what removed, and on getting near , pile was at first appeared to be a fox,and which took refuge in a field of ry e* P urs uit was then made in forthe the standing crop an terminated In the capture of a full grown badger, which was Ribs.- quen tly asce rta ined to have made its escape from a beer- s h o p i n the neighbourhood. SPA rarss FOOD.—On Wednesday the ware rooms of the tariff brokers in Monument-yard contained an interesting - bition of no less than one hundred and two sorts of Spanish meats and fruits brought over by the Peninsular Company's vessel the Madrid, from Cortinna. The meats comprised nearly every variety of poultry preserved in its simple state, and in the made dishes of the country, with several kinds of vegetables, prepared in the most ap proved Spanish fashion. The specimens are sent over but as sample of the productive capabilities of Snail'', to test their applica bility to English tastes and fancies, and in case of a demand, Spanish enterprise and capital are prepared to furnish them in any quantity., TESTIMONIAL TO MR. EOWLAND HILL.—A public din ner was given on Wednesday at Lovegrove's West India Dock Tavern, Blackwell, to celebrate the presentation of a national testimonial to Mr. Rowland Hill, for his services in suggesting and carrying into execution the system of uniform penny postage. In the absence of Sir G. Larpent, who was prevented from being present by domestic affliction, Mr. Warburton, M.P., occupied the chair, and did the honours of the evening. After the usual loyal toasts, letters of apology were read from Lord Ashburton, Lord Radnor, and several other noblemen and gentlemen of influence favourable to the cause of • Post-office reform. The secretary also read the financial statement of the result of the subscriptions set on foot throughout the country for presenting to Mr. Rowland 11111 a testimony of national gratitude. From that statement, it appeared that, the subscriptions amounted in gross to upwards of 15,0001. ; and that, deducting 2,0001. for the expenses incurred, there re mained for the benefit of Mr. Hill the amount of 13,000/. The Chairman then gave the health of Mr. Rowland Hill ; which was very warmly responded to by the highly respectable. party of gentlemen present on the occasion. In acknowledging the toast, Mr. Hill expressed, in very suitable terms, his sense of the country's munificence towards him for his service s. He entered into a minute history of his proposition, the manner of its reception, and the results which its partial adoption had realised. He contendett from those results that had his scheme been fully adopted his calcu lations would have been borne out, and while abstaining from east • ing any aspersions on the present Government for depriving him of the opportunity which the originality of his suggestions merited, he .expressed continued confidence in the future development of his plans. Mr. Dillon, Mr. Aldis, Mr. Leaf, and several other speakers followed; and, after an evening very pleasantly spent in the enjoy.. . went of Mr. Lovegrove's relined cookery and choice wines, the, party retooled by speciol train to town. The whole arrangemenvi were excellent, and the studious attention to the palates of the guest,a, was not a little heightened by the beautiful position of the tavern s and the fine view which it commands of the poot and th e surmulut : Mg country.