The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-06 00:00:00

THE MEXICAN AND WEST INDIA MAILS. The royal mail steam-packet Clyde, William Symons co mmander, arrived a t S ou th am pt on yesterdiy; at three 80 passengers, and mails of tie fol!owing dvBmtC:Bo,: bringing p Tampico, June 21 and 29; Vera Cruz, July 2; Ha vannah, July 12 ; Nassau, July 13 ; San Juan Nicaragua, J une 23 ; C - hagres, June 25 ; Carthagena, June ` . .`9 ; S•nita ii , ; artba, June 30; St. Jato de Cuba, July 5; Jamaica, July 13; 5 Honduras, June 22. Jacmel, July 11; Puerto Rico, July Demera ra , July s'; Tobago, July 7; Trinidad, July 6; arbadoes, July 9 ; Grenada, July 11 ; St. Vincent, July 11; I.. ; Lucia, J u l y 11 ; Martinique, July 12; Dominique, July Uuadaloupe, July 12; Antigua, July 13: Montserrat, 3 ; 111 ' 13 ; Nevis, July 13 ; St. Kitt's, July 13; Tortola, July 'A; St. Thomas's, July 16 ; and Bermuda. July 21. _ She also brings on freight 349,106 dollars on merchants' 3,656 ounces gold dust, 176/. British coin, 221bs. 11,159 ounces silver, 2 serons cochineal, 102 bales "acco, 1 53 bales sarsaparella, 51 casks cigars, 76 packages 8 1 3 dri e s, 2 ,386 plata bruta. a t a Y the— most recent accounts the Royal Mail Company's The mers The Avon arrived at Bermuda July 20. Dee left Hayannah for Vera Cruz July 10. The M e d way arrived at Grenada from England July 10. T he Severn left Grenada for Jamaica July 10. The Tevi o t arr i ve d at J ama i ca J u l y 9. „hehe Eagle left Barhadoes for Demerara July 9. Reindeer arrived at St. Thomas July 15. e • si lu e Clyde left at Vera Cruz, on the 2d of July , her Ma ),ll'3 frigate Endymion, 44, Captain G. R. Lambert; her )4 ..testy a sloop Rose, 18, Commander R. W. Pelly; her IJestra steam. sloop Vesuvius, 8, Commander W. V. O'Cal 11eran. e o Majesty's brig Daring, Commander Matson, saled Havannah for Jamaica in July. the time of the Clyde's leaving, the Fort of St. Juan de i t ' l3 a WAS well su ppli e d w ith men, and the two forts adjoin g 'were defended by 1,000 men. It was thought that if the Mexi cans stand to their guns, the present American force of ii"P B Would p ro d uce no e ff ec t. S an t a A nna r e ma in e d at tannah, but was daily expected to be recalled. f olio addition to our usual Mexican correspondence, the Wing interesting news has reached us from another ker et The Mexican Congress was installed on the 6th of June oral Paredes was elected President, and General Bravo face-President of the Republic, and poviers were delegated a „ t he President to effect an arrangement of the public debt ivto raise money to meet the pressing wants of the coun ,,; bat the financial condition of Mexico was most lament aTe--the ports blockaded, therevenues anticipated, the pay offi_etit of the dividends expended, the salaries of all public aa lmns reduced one-fourth, and the Government compelled to t 7, .Pt ruinous loans to meet the exigencies of the day; added r tt „7, l lieh. a great portion of Southern Mexico was in open t n.rt_'• against the Government, which had been forced to 744 troops to the disturbed districts. The Californias have declared their independence of % el len, and orders transmitted by the American Govern want to their senior officer off Vera Cruz had been for tfar,led through Mexico to Commodore Smith, in command bean American squadron in the Pacific, to seize on every " .4 -teatt port on the coast. form 'The states of Virrange and Chihuahua were about to of ,_an independent republic, under the title of the Republic A, tile Rio Grande to be protected by America. General ~.4anieira, who he'd been deprive& of his command and rraered to repair to Mexico to account for the loss of the battle of Matamoras, but who had declined to obey the sum -340118, was to be President. b "Ge nera l T ay l or had occupied the v ill ages on th e right ~.1 1, t, k of th e Ri o G ran d e, an d was a b ou t t o M a rch on Sanfallo, :neve he intended to wait instructions from his Government, pre paratory to marching on Mexico. " • Vera Cruz was declared in a state of siege,. and martial • prociaimed on the 30th of Jue, as it was reported that re American squadron would attack the castle of San Juan r Ulloa on the 10th of July. The greater portion of the British; foreign, and Mexican residents had consequently left the city for the interior." , The Clyde was permitted to enter the port of V era C ruz, land quicksilver, and embark specie, under terms of an ar rangement entered into by Captain Pelly, of her Majesty's s loop Rose, and the senior officer of the blockading I tinadron. Captain Pay deserves great credit for securing -1 1 ,!Fh exclusive ices privileges for the royal mail steamers. Vs sere have been highly appreciated by the British ','lnister and merchants resident in M e xi c o. Co n t r a r y UV the established rules of b'ockade, the captain of the nited States corvette St. Mary, stationed off Tampico, alsed to admit the arrangement of his senior officer, and prohibited the landing from the Clyde of 1,080 bottles of ittieksilver, destined for that place. They were subse trintly landed at Vera Cruz, and on the circumstance wed communicated to the American Commodore, he i'Z'red the St. Mary to repair to Vera Cruz, and con iii":7l:l his senior officer's arrangements, extending the 11 411 . eje of landing quicksilver and shipping specie to both I!" Maj'ssey's steamer Vesuvius has been dispatched to iing,P i en, to bring away all money the property of British bards transfe rre ,4 to the Clyde at Vera Cruz. Nv,"eral Sant a ..;; T ina remained at Havannah. His friends tro'e active in crealjng disunion amongst the Mexican ilii. % P, ,°n the plea that lie alone could save the country at llo r e j lti cal juncture • it was very generally believed that rec a ll e 4 Of the soldiers would pronounce in favour of his I ,T, i, Th de spoke the Prince Albert on the 11th of July, off "„5 4 ,„" ; the Feliza on the Ist of August, in lat. 46, long. Cardiff bound to New York; and the Antigua packet, ; 11 long. 21, sameay. L Lu gh t e t i 'B;:ival we hav our usual files of papers, contain be I ,', e lier very little news. The Trinidad Standard " th s e 0 ( the new Governor, Lord Harris. He had a ll ec d ° the he r f a the Trinidad Agricultural Society, Presided I TO 1114 eh SU at the late general meeting. He has give n I:l g i n, s atisi? c ti on i n f o llowing . the example of the Earl of in giving priz es f o r .agricultural essays and improve h e wea,her " mi ce Dispa‘ • h giro.' the following notice of the " Our _ corr es ton_ fordthe e la Pondent from rirAnr hester informs us they little fine p _ra s in , s since Friday for the ground, but very ponds, which are very bra. The coffee crops, in r „ ; ,!erlilence of the severe drought, wii! be very small, as the e °nies too late to expect any blossom of conse e". The cattle generally have suffered much, and on 0' properties great loss; this makes the thlncl successive 7.1 1 . Year for pens, which, like most other Jamaica proper t t j;" have become scarcely worth the anxiety of carr y in g oxe (From the Plymouth Post ) ' r hatiks to a merciful Providence, we have been blessed r ill ef r t s Parish for the last week with several partial but many:t:g showers of rain, and we are glad to learn from alre,id ° ` °lll agricultural friends that the efftct on the soil cane are Y r begi ns to be perceived, as the pastures and field of rainy season assuming a green and healthy appearance. The they --as°llB may now be said to have set in, and although lu .are rath er l ate , we s i nc erely trust that they have rear/ e slll cient time to secure agood yielding for the next Uttla g otrierauP. planters, whose g l The l ittle capital w ate drouht has nearlyas ruined many tilewhe U irer;i.nhAoe purchase or leasing of properties, and it will some years of prosperity to relieve them from th ro _ _lculties into which they have been unfortunately unday, the 26th ult., a melancholy accident occurred board the royal mail ship Clyde, on her voyage home from oar r i tnia la• A seaman named Patrick Welch, engaged very 4 Y that morn i ng i n f ur li ng th e f ore -topgallant sail during viselltlall, missed his hold, and fell from the yard with such f ort e nee that he died in about an hour afterwards. The un ehauhate man was a native of Dublin, and bore an excelle nt lef t ra cter among his shipmates. So far as is known, he has the t n° one behind him dependent on him for support ; but to p a ssengers, to show their sympathy with men exposed r i r ,,.`,a perils in discharge of their duty, set on foot a sub- R its T,° l3 , and the sum of 16/. sterling having been collected, P s laeed in the hands of Captain Symons, to be given by h oe . 'a the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Benevolent O' a tine. ur letters from the city of Mexico are up to the 29th of drThe Mexican Congress was installed on the 6th, and ad the General Paredes, in explanation of his policy an I,';ltuation of the country. tw it !" insurgents of Guadalaxara, Mazatlan, and San Bias Lin . ued in arms, notwithstanding the efforts of Govern- Thesot State of Durangowas devastated by the Indian tribes. it Iv " Californias had declared their independence of Mexico, gs supposed through American intrigues. Ille ti l 2eral Taylor, with the American army, greatly aug- Andvolunteers, remained in possession of Matamoras, I lk had occupied the villages of Reynosa Carnargo, and , r * ol l the right bank of the Brano (or 'Rio Grande del 1 . was resis anted ould cteto advance on Lionterey and Sal -4‘ where no be offered. oheral Paredes had been elected President, and General t iavt , Vice-President of the Republic. With the exception p u i s s , °l hc privileged British credits, no arrangement of the t"gm debt had been made ; but the President had received Wers to that effect, and to raise money, Commodore fi ner had arrived at Vera Cruz in the United States frigate li ' l a kberlalid, and was supposed to be the bearer of an t t/It:t urn from his Government. ORCES AT TH H E op C E APE OF GOOD ( From the Cape of Good Hop e Shi pp in g Gazette, Ma y 15.) th'n our last we briefly alluded to the s kill and braver y of t tSouth African farmers, and now, under so able a leader, ab le to confront the savage foe , they m ust soon turn the i ? in favour of the colonists, and inflict on t he invaders ter, Weil-merited chastisement. The following is a return s to t!le armed force collecting to oppose the Kafir horths, tili z it has been compiled from the best sources at our corn tilnate of the Forces for the Defence of the Frontiers, on i r Way, or about to be dispatched, from the different Districts BUIVGIIIIIL LEVIES. i , t kill an Y, Somer se t, Cradock, Graaf-Reinet, and Coles llitet4 7,500, say ..341 1 age 11 6 k ell bosch (including second division) .. ..r , . ri, e ster 6OO Zvatiwilli l ' r , l vtll e , i arn 'ea ll 'am (including second division) .. 1,700 -I.ge ........... . ................. 600 14t°11 . (including second division) .... ..... 4BO C ie Total 13,430 Tr's' ilnd C a •• • l - expedited )...••• 1,450 oop s, pe sion (only part y exP . 3,500 i ndependent of Fingoes ..• ..... - Grand total .... • „.._ ;041 1.)(1 111 "wr °N, AUG. s.—Mr. R. Cobden, rn o cen, Bedfor arrive at the Htel last M . . P ill , and firs. is tou lli r d pie in g sailed from the r for d Dieppe, on nig a continental worn, with .. 1,,t PLAia To DE SOLD.—A flag, a little torsS4rtender” inscribed upon it, is offered of th, ::'• national relics. The flAg has been in the campaign . 0e,..,:-!tn-law and sugar questions, and will now go at a price te - t l . `Tleh reduced from its original cost. Should the fl . a . g .. b e Sam, required in any future service, a liberal sum . vi in 11 4 . 18 tia, n tor the loan. Apply for terms to the Duke of litch i, Post paid......punch. ttalsrittslpPlNN,l.—Extract of a letr : " Sir thre e , .• Coote's house was found to be on lire this morning, about very 'v altisbi_ e !?''t• A great deal of damage has been done, and poB itiridture destroyed." Orde r ~,,..r,AGE STAMPS Sze —From a return just issued by ge ist „ ,arllarnent it 3appears' that the total cost of producing post 4.4grix'ped nvelo'pes since 1541, has been as follows :—ln 1841, Sim fr; 1842, 5,530/. :: :in,, ;tl:e er 1843, 5,290/ • 184 ' 4 6,101.; Aid t ,` the Ilrst quarter of 1846 'l ' 546/ ' Total, 30,072/. he -1845, 6,9 , b , /. coottisumers in addition ' to , the . retiallen' profit , 31,0"1 " The 4 Profit to Gove;nment during the abovi3'years of 992/. IBs. 7d. stamps issued durinv the atm , gperiod is 83,694,240. con sume per mi.lion of the envelopes is 359 ~ f.:.1 Id. ; repaid by the I)er Tnlllirs' Per million, 3711. 4s. 24., leavin If, profit of 111. 175 . . 3 . d. At t he on upon the whole number issued, w Lethe profit per million 1414,_,Present time N 211 16 Id The t l• - stper WWII of poet- Aneli 4 791, Os, 7.1. . e. . e ..ce THE 'SUN . , LONDON, THURSDAY EVENINO!'; COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, accompanied by the Queen of the Bel gilm, and the Princess Royal, took au airin; yt sterdt y in an open carriage and four. Lord Fred raga, Equerry in Waiting, attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by the Hon. Captain Gordon. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yester day, at Clarence House, St. James's, and their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Heredi tary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, at Cam• bridge House. Mr. Scott Russell and Mr. Henry Cole waited on his Royal Highn ss Prince Albert yesterday, to submit the prize patterns of the Society of Arts, and received his Royal Highness's commands regarding the future pro ceedings of the Society, of which his Royal Highness is President. Their Royal Highnesses the Prir.ce of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, took an &ring in an open carriage and four yesterday, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Her Royal Highness the. Princess He'ena was taken an airing yesterday in the pleasure grounds of the Palace. The Royal dinner party yesterday ut Buckingham Palace, included their Majesties the Ki❑g and Queen of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Excellencies the Count and CJunte:s Dietrich stein, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Countess Vilain XIV., Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Earl and Countess Grey, the Earl of Charlemont, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, and Major A. d'Hanins de Moerkerke. The band of the Coldstream Guards attended at the Palace during dinner, and performed the following pieces— Overture—" stradella—Flotow. Romance—" Enfis un jour," (Les Mousquetaires de la Reine)-11alevy. 'Solo and Serni-Chorus—" See rosy dawn," (Das linter brocbene Opferfest)—Winter. Scena—" La mia Letizia," (I Lombardi)—Verdi. . _ , Grand Scena Matilda—"Malek Adel"—Costa. Valse—"Fleur de Marie"—Barret. Yesterday Mr. Thorburn was honoured with another sitting for the portrait of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, by command of her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz visited he: Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday. Mr. Young, Speaker of the Assembly of Nova Scotia, Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., M.P., Sir Allan McNab, the Hon. Robert Dickson, Member of the Legislative Council of Canada, Mr. G. Robinson, Mr. Gillespie, Mr. George Pemberton, Mr. T. H. Brooking, and Mr. Wzn. Bridges, a deputation on the subject of the Halifax and Quebec Railway, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-o ffi ce. Mr. Warburton, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing- street. A deputation, including Earl Fortescue , Mr. Warbur ton, and the Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at his official resi dence in Downing-street. The Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council had a meeting yesterday in the Council-cham ber, to consider a petition of the Provost and Fellows of the College of Eton, against a scheme of the Eccle siastical Commissioners for carrying into effect certain alterations in the Dioceses of Oxford and Salisbury. Mr. Bethell, Queen's Counsel, was heard by their Lordships during the whole of the sitting. The Lords present were the Lord Presickn;, the Lord Privy Seal, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Vice Chancellor of England, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The case was adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES—WED3rEsminy. The Two Year's Old Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft ; with 25 added, for two yrs old colts, Bst 7lb ; and fillies, Bst 31b; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. (4 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Mistress Jean, 7st 31b (Abdale) 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Jollity, 7st 81b 2 Mr. Verran Little Muley, 7st 71b Mr. Knowles's be by Camel, out of Zenana, 7st 71b ...... 4 5t04 on Jollity. Won by half a length. The Brighton Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added; the second to save his stake. The Old Course. Two miles. Count Battbyanny's Gannet, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Abdale) 1 Mr. Wallor's Columbus, 4 yrs, 7st 4lb Sir J. Hawley's Alamode, 5 yrs, 9st 3 The following also ran :—Duke of Richmond's Pic Nic, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Mr. T. Smith's Jack, 6 yrs, 7st 41b—Sir S. Spry's f by Sir Hercules, out of Taglion ,i 4 yrs, 7st—Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs, 7st—Lord Stradbroke's Lvnceus, y 3 yrs, 6st 51b. 7to 4 agst Connaught Ranger-4 to 1 agst Pic-Nic-4 to I agst Columbus-5 to 1 agst Alamode—aad 6to 1 agst Gannet. Won by a length ; half a length between second and third. _ _ _ The Town Plate of 501., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each; the second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for 250/. Heats, New Course. Two miles. (Four Subs.) Mr. G. Hobson's Chatham, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Ealing) 1 1 Mr. Wall's cby Coronation, 3 yrs, Est 131 b Lord Chesterfield's New Brighton, 6 yrs, 9st 6lb :air. Booth's Moose Deer, 3 yrs, Est 101 b 4 dr Won in a canter. The Marine Stakes, of 5 sows. each, and 30 added, for three yrs old, 7st 51b; four, Bst 51b; five, &c., Bst 121 b. Win ner to be sold for 1501. Heats, one mile. (Seven Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Cherokee, 3 yrs ... (Abdale) 1 5 1 Mr. Pratt's Deodora, 4 yrs, Bst 5113 Mr. Booth's Miscellany, 4 yrs, Bst 51b Mr. Freeman's Sir Diggory Diddle, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b 4 3 dr Mr. Werninck's Patchwork, aged, Sat 121 b Mr. Petit's Alvanley, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ... sdr Three well contested heats. The winner claimed. BETTING AT MANCIIESTER—TuEsDAY. ST. LEGER.-11 to 2 agst Pyrrhus the First-13 to 2 agst Grimston (t.)-13 to 2 agst Sir Tatton Sykes (t.)-10 to 1 agst The Traverser-10 to 1 agst Fancy Boy (t )-12 to 1 aggt lago (t.)-25 to 1 agst Sting-30 to 1 agst Cranebrook (t.)-30 to 1 agst Humdrum. DERBY.-15 to 1 on the field (offered). INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING, 1846. MONDAY. Lord Glasgow's Sister to Conspiracy. Bst, against Duke Of Bedford's Eothen, ist I llb. T.Y.C. 200, h ft. ➢ir. Mytton's The Baron, against Mr. Gully's Old Eng land, Bst 71b each. T.M.M. 200, h ft. The match between Free Gift and Eryx is off. I Sheldar. Johnson, stroke. Burke, cexswain. The whole of the boats went off well together, immediately after which the winners went out a-head, and were closely pressed by Barth°lot - news, until nearing Richmond-bridge, when the latter had a slight foul with the Sylph. Won by three lengths. The boats afterwards rowed in procession from the Duke of Buccleuch's, where the band of the 7th llussais were sta tioned, down to the winning-post, forming a very pretty picture, and the band accompanying them. The prizes were presented by C. J. Selwyn, Esq. Nicbolsor. Rowe. THE MAGAZINES. THE UNION. " A Transatlantic Editor " is the title of a most hu morous Yankee sketch in the present number of the Union. Mr. Washington Wolfe Lick is the publisher, proprietor, and editor of the "Citizen of the West" newspaper, published in an uncertain town in the uncer• tain territory between Louisiana and Texas. Mr Lick, in his journal, has libelled a certain Mr. Abel Wright and a Mr. Herman, who determine to inflict corporal punishment on their traducer, but who are personally unacquainted with him, and with each other. The re mainder of the story is so good that we must give it in the very words of the narrator:- Ir. Lick was seated at his desk, engaged in skimming over the contents of a number of newspapers, or rather culling choice 2no . reeaux for the next Citizen. A loud knock was heard at the street door. Lick started at the sound and then listened attentively. The door was opened. He heard a gruff voice growling out something, but could not distin guish what ; and immediately heavy and hasty steps were heard ascending the stairs. " Alia! here comes the freeman 1" exclaimed the editor, and darting to the fire-place, seized the poker and shovel (tongs there were none) which he deposited—oh sacrilege! in the editorial desk; then seating himself on the high stool, he plied his pen intitutly. The steps grew louder; the stranger would be in the room in another instant. " He's coming," quoth Lick; " and there's only one lucky thing, he don't know me. 'hie heavy and hasty gentleman, who was no other than Mr. Abel Wright, put his foot upon the topmost stair, and without knocking, rushed into the room, armed with a beau tiful"; cowhide," and roared out, "Hullo here! is your name Lick ?" The editor slowly raised his eyes from the paper, and sur veyed the enemy with a bland look. "If you wish to see Mr. Lick, sir,"—he deliberately commenced. " Slice me into sandwiches end smash me into sosengers! if you don't answer plain and spry, 1 , 11 bring this here to bear upon you ;" and he flourished the cowhide before the wily Lick. '• You wish to see the editor, sir ?" said Lick, coming down from his seat and going towards the door. "Yes, sir; call him up. Say a gentleman has called to pav a bill." Yes, sir," answered Lick, "glad to escape in any manner from within range of the formidable weapon. He stood out side the door for an instant, hesitating whether he should turn the key upon Mr. Wright and lock him in, or seek safety in flight, when lo ! he was startled by another loud knock at the street-door. It was opened. Some one entered hastily, and again was Mr. Lick inquired after. The idea instantly flashed across his mind that this must be Blr. An drew Herman. Here was a dangerous situation. To go back was madness—to go forward was like rushing into the lion's jaws. It was, however, necessary to decide quickly, for the enemy was now ascending the stairs. In another moment they were face to face. Instead of a cowhide, this second as • sailant rejoiced in the possession of an enormous cudgel. As the editor imagined, it was Mr. Herman ; and if ever a man testified his intention by his look, it was plain that the said Mr. Herman was bent upon committing assault and battery upon some person or other. He seized the luckless Lick roughly by the collar, and, without uttering a word, had already raised his cudgel high up in the air, in order that it might descend with the utmost violence on the person of that worthy, when the latter, with a forgiving and good natured smile, said, I presume you wish to see the editor of the Citizen; if so, please to go to the room above." "Oh ! beg pardon. Slight mistake of mine. Up stairs, I see." With a chuckle of infinite glee, Lick straightway pro ceeded to the coffee-room on the opposite side of the road, to wait the issue of his stratagem. Meanwhile, Mr. Abel Wright prepared himself for the re ception of the editor, and hearing some one ascending the stairs just after Lick's departure, he, naturally enough, sup posed it was that gentleman coming. Placing himself close behind the door, and twisting the thong tightly round his hand, he stood prepared to deal a " clencher" the mo • ment his fancied libeller should enter. Mr. Herman presently bolted into the room, and was saluted, on the instant, with a tremendous whack across the shoul ders, and in the next Mr. Wright was favoured with a smart tap on the head from the other's cudgel. As may be imagined, a tremendous contest ensued, and the hide and cudgel were plied stoutly. No words passed for some time, but the epithets of " infernal scamp, rascal, scoun drel, villain," &c; presently, however Mr Wright beginning to get the upper hand, exclaimed, " You blighted scoun drel. Plllteach you to abuse honest men ;" to which Mr. Her man replied, " Put anything in your humbugging paper about me, and skin me alive if I don't break every bone in your body." On hearing this, the former gentleman began to think there must be some mistake in the matter, and prompted by a sudden thought, he exclaimed, " Is your name Lick ?" Thinking this a fresh and most deliberate insult, Herman recommenced using his cudgel, and another desperate en counter ensued. Everything in the room was overturned— editor's desk, stool, fender, files; ink spilled, bottle broken, kg. ; at last, having thoroughly exhausted themselves, the combatants stood panting, and glaring savagely at each other. " Hear me," gasped Herman; " you skin-flint lightning= driver, every time you put my name in your paper, you shall fare like this." As may be supposed, the extraordinary circumstance of each accusing the other of the same offence at last induced an explanation, and, when the mystery was cleared up, great was the wrath and mortification of these amiable gen tlemen, on finding that the object of their vengeance had escaped scot .free, while they each had received a sound thrashing. Great, on the contrary, was the glee of Mr. Washington Wolfe Lick, as he saw, from the window of the coffee-room, his fiery visitors emerge from the house, flushed and heated by their exertions ; their hats broken, necker chiefs untied, dresses disordered and countenances expressive of the direst exasperation and chagrin. Two days after this occurrence, Messrs. Wright and Her man were summoned to the Back-street police-office, at the instance of Washington Wolfe Lack, editor and proprietor of the Citizen of the West newspaper, charged with having en tered the house of the latter in his absence, and created an uproar and disturb -nce therein ; and'also with having broken, damaged, and spoilt a desk, stool, and sundry other of the property of the said Lick. Fined twenty dollars each, and costs. The illustration to this story, by Mason, is almost as good as the tale itself. The point of time chosen is that just before the first meeting of Wright and Herman, when the latter is in the act of opening the door of the editor's room. The interesting adventures of the " Deal Boatman " are continued, as ar e " The Sketches of Bri: fish Landladies," and " The History of the Jesuits." Wo have the commencement of the " Adventures of a British Serjeant in the Auxiliary Legion in Spain,from 1835 to 1840," which promise well ; and a variety of other amusing articles. This is a good number of the Union. COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE, The present number contains an admirable assort ment of professional and amusing articles. No one understands better the art of mixing the dulce with the utile than the editor of the United Service Magazine. THE ALMANACK FOR THE MONTH. Edited by G.. 4. A'Beckett. A condensation of fun, frolic, whim, and wit of the Last four weeks. THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By G. 4. A'Reckett. No. 11. Merrily does Mr. A'Beckett, in the present number, rattle through the History of England, from the days of Ethelred to those of William the Conqueror • but, albeit merrily, not the less truthfully. Take the follow ing account of " King Canute reproving his Courtiers" as a specimen:— " One day, when in the plenitude of his power, he caused the throne to be removed from the throne-room and erected, during low tide, on the sea-shore. Having taken his seat, surrounded by his courtiers, he issued a proclamation to the ocean, forbidding it to rise, and commanding it not, on any account, to leave its bed until his permission for it to get up was graciously awarded. The courtiers backed the royal edict, and encouraged with the grossest adulation this first great practical attempt to prove that Britannia rules the waves. Such a rule, however, was soon proved to be nothing better than a rule nisi, which it is impossible to make ab solute when opposed by Neptune's irresistible motion of course. Every wave of Canute's sceptre was answered by a wave from the sea, and the courtiers, who were already up to their ankles in salt-water, began to fear that they should soon be pickled in the foaming brine. " At length the monarch himself found his footstool dis posed to go on swimmingly of its own accord, and there was every prospect that the whole party would undergo the ceremony of an immediate investiture of the bath. The sovereign, who was very lightly shod, soon found that his pumps were not capable of getting rid of the water, which was now rising very rapidly. Having sat with his feet in the sea for a few miutes, and not relishing the slight spe cimen of hydropathic treatment he had endured, he jumped suddenly up, and began to abuse his courtiers for tits mess into which he had been betrayed by their outrageous flattery." The illustrative woodcuts are laughter-moving ex ceedingly. THE MIRROR. Edited by Percy a St. John. This, the oldest and the best of the cheap weekly periodicals, is now, under the able editorship of Mr. Percy St. John, raised to the dignity of a monthly magazine; and, considering the immense quantity of matter contained in it, the Mirror is by far the cheapest magazine published ; and, with regard to matter, the name of the t ditor is alone a sufficient guarantee that none but the productions of first-rate literary talent will find admission to its pages. The present number is in a great measure devoted to the con c l us i on o f a F renc h tale, which the editor is obliged to finish to keep faith with former subscribers, but we are glad to find, that, in his address to his readers, he declares that henceforth "it will be his rule never to have more than one con tinued article; nor will he ever resort t o translat i ons of French romances to fill his columns, believing ample literary talent, and to spare, to exist in this country." In addition to this French tale we have the openinc , chapters of a Texan romance by the edit or, w h ich ar e full of striking incident , and p romis e well. AUGUST 6, that wonderful production is made the subject of a moz.t severe, but, at the same time, just critique. The com position, however, of the commission, does not entitle its report to much authority, as the writer of this article justly observes. "A schoolmaster is a very b-3:1 man of business, and perhaps a soldier is a worse, though it is really impossible to institute an occur* comparison; but a combination of the two pro. fsions, in the maiters of the engineering school at Chatham, might a priori he.conceived to constitute the height of unfit ness, if even experience had not proved it to us. We are satisfied no merchant, we know no banker, would entrust Major General Pasley or Lieut. Col. Sir Frederick Smith even with his ledger, much less with any matter of busines ; yet to these gentlemen is the whole subject of railway management from time to time banded over for experiment, in despite of-their professional unfitness, and the confirmed experience they have afforded of it. They are thus placed in a difficult and invidious position, having a glimmering of their ignorance, and ashamed and afraid to confess it. Con fused with theoretical imaginations, and mystified occasionally by some of the more daring of the rival railway men, they are agitated by their theories, their prepossessions, their fears, and their desire of popularity ; and bring forth those reports which are rejected by the contending parties, read by the pubi:e and then forgotten, and made the laughing stock of railway men. The Government do not appoint majors general and colonels to be commissioners for the reduction of the national debt, but they appoint merchants and hank ers; and if they 'mut appoint officers to look at tk r railway traffic, the least they can do is to name men of business, who have some knowledge of their duties, and not parties who know nothing of business, never can know, and only do mischief by being allowed to meddle in what they do not understand." It is to be hoped that in the present instance, as has happened in so many other:, the superior authorities will modify, if not altogether disregard, the recommendations of the Commissioners, and that the City of London will not be deprived of the Central Railway Terminus some where in the neighbourhood of Farringdon-street, with out which its cpmmerce will eventually—slowly, perhaps, but most surely—leave it for the suburban towns now springing up in the vicinity of the different metropoli'an railway termini. Mr. Hyde Clarke, the editor, furnishes some valuable contributions to railway statistics, and wo have a very able paper explaining the adoption of the barometrical system of atmospheric railway traction, in addition to an accurate register of all the railway events of the month, and a retrospective review of bygone rail way projects. - I: By whom When Ship's Names. = commanded. On what station commis - :.D sioned. Agincourt, flag-ship 7z Capt. Johnston East Indies .. Feb.,1842 Acheron, steam vessel .. .. `, Lieut. Aplin .. Mediterranean Dec., 1842 Alert • . .. 6 Corn. Ellis • • Coast of Africa July, 1 543 . Castor .. .. 26 Capt. Graham East Indies .• April,lB43 Cleolatttra .. .. 126 Capt. Wyvil • • Cape of Good I Hope • • Apr 11,1842 Conway • . .. 126 Capt. Kelley • • Cape of Good Cormorant, steam- i Hope .. May, 1843 sloop .. .. 1 6 Com. Gordon • Pacific • • • • April,lB43 Curocoa .. .. 124 Capt. Broughton Brazils .. .. Feb., 1843 Cyclops, steam-sloop 1 8 Capt. Lapidge Chan. Squadron Mar., 1843 Daphne .. . 1 18 Capt. Onslow.. Pacific .. .. July, 1842 Driver, steam-sloop 6 Cora. Hayes • • East Indies .. Sept.,lB4l Espoir .. .. 10 Com. Hand • • Ceast of Africa May, 1843 Fisgard .. . 42 Capt. Duntze.. Pacific .. .. 3Jay, 1843 Frolic .. .. 16 Corn. II nrillton Pacific . • • • N0v..1842 Gorgon, steam-sloop 6 Corn. Crouch Brazils .. • . Nov., 1842 Hazard .. • . 18 Com. Egerton East Indies .. Oct., 1841 Ueda, steam-sloop 4 Com. Stormer Mediterranean Jan., 1843 Hermes, steam-sloop, 4 Lieut. Carr • • West Indies May, 1843 Hydra, steam-sloop 1 4 Com. Young .. C oas t of Af r i ca A ug., 1843 Lark .. .. 1 2 LIME. Lawrence West Indies .. July, 1842 Modesto • . .. 118 Com. Watkins Pacific . • • • June, 1843 North Star .. 126 Ct. Sir J. Horne East Indies .. Aug., 1841 Orestes .. .. ,18 Com. Cannon.. Mediterranean Aug., 1842 Pilot .. .. 'l6 Corn. Wilson .. East Indies .. July, 1843 Racer .. .. 16 Cont. Reed • • Brazils .. • • April,lB43 Rose .. .. lIS Corn. Pelley . • West Indies • • Mar.,1843 Royalist .. .. 110 Com. Ogle .. East Indies .. Oct., 1841 Salamander, steam sloop .. .. 4 Capt. Hamond Pacific . • • • June,lB42 Sappho • • .. 11 & l ent Gambier Cape of Good I Hope .. .. Feb , 1843 Sealark .. .. 'lOl Cont. Gooch • • Coast of Africa Oct., 1843 Spider .. .. 6Veut. Pym • • Brazils .. • • April,lB42 Spiteful, steam-sloop' 61Com. Maitland East Indies • • Dec., 1842 Talbot .. .. 26'Captain Sir T. Thompson .. Pacific . • • • Apr 11,1842 Thunderbolt, steam- Cape of Good sloop .. .. 6 Com. Boyle • • Hope • • • • Dec., 1843 Tyne • • .. 26 1 Capt. Glasscock Mediterranean April,lB43 Vestal .. .. 261 Capt. Talbot .. East Indies .. N0v.,1843 Virago, steam-sloop 61Coan. Lunn .. Mediterranean May, 1843 Wasp .. .. 16 Com. Ussher • • Coast of Africa Oct., 1842 Wolf .. .. 16'Coin. Gordon.. East Indies June,lB42 Wolverine .. 16 Coin. Clifford.. East Indies .. Jan., 1842 MILITARY FLOGGING. REASONS FOR THE ENTIRE ABOLITION OF FLOGGING AS A PUNISHMENT IN THE ARMY AND NAVY OF GREAT BRITAIN. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) 1. Because of its uncertainty ; arising from, first, the vastly varied bodily powers of executioners ; from, second, the humour of commanding officers acting on the powers of the same executioners ; from, third, the thickness or thinness of the culprit's skin ; from, fourth, the vast difference of nervous sensibility of the culprits ; from, fifth, the perpetual veriatio-a of the cat from any given standard, in despite of all precautions that can be taken to the contrary. So that, in fact, with all these things telling one way, you may be inflicting punishment equal to 1,000 lashes, by the sentence 100, and vice versa. 2. Because it will henceforth, as long as it exists, tend to mutiny. For the soldiery now know that the whole nation is against their officers in this point, and for them. And they will surmise that if, at any time, they insist (which is mutiny) that the sentence of flog ging by a court-martial be not inflicted, the nation will stand betwixt them and the extreme of law. And where some favourite comrade is to be punished,at the instance of some " brutish" commanding officer, nothing is more' likely than for them to do so. 3. Because of its effects on the innocent. When strong men faint in the " square," what must be going on among the women and children, listening to the yells in the barrack-room ? But suppose the culprit a husband and father. It is nature's protest given thunder-tongued. 4. Because military and naval people are public ser vants, and if they please to take the public money, it must be for doing the public will. From the fifer to the com-wander.in-chief, their choice of the profession was for the gratification of their own instincts, and thcir pay and promotion are their wages ; f. r it boots not to call things by too fine names. They have served the public and the public has paid them. If they wish to be continued in the public service, let them do the public work as the public desire it should be done, otherwise there are plenty who will. Indeed if this law were altered in 1846, the candidates for officership in 1847 would be a more elevated class of men. Hundreds of our bravest and highest spirited gentry are kept out of the army and navy by the flogging system. 5. Because there is no tenable ground for flogging men, in a mode illegal and held offensive to public rights in the case of brutes. For the only thing that can be said on the other, part is this—that man being a moral, and therefore a more responsible being than the brute, his criminality is by so much more odious; and then by so much more deserving of this punishment. But if you say this, then inasmuch as the officer is a more enlight ened and responsible man than the private, his crimes are so much more odious, and therefore so much more deserving of this punishment than the private's crimes. His drunkenness, his brawls, his duels, should be treated with the same number of lashes, only it should be in the public forum instead of in " the square." Fiat justitia ruat calm. But if you will not apply your moral principle to implicate the officer, you must not to implicate the private man. 6. Because tne worst men are least punished by it. TM-s moral aspect of the matter is a profoundly important one. In fact, if the case for flogging be lost here, it is lost entirely and for ever. Now nothing is more un deniable than that the sensitite, honourable-spirited man is crushed by it, whilst the cool and dogged vaga bond backs it off (as is the military phrase) with the most consummate effrontery. 7. Because of the very offensive character it superin duces upon the officers, commissioned and non-commis sioned. The feeling of the 7th Hussars towards their ser geants (for of their commissioned-officers THEY dare not speak) is to be very clearly gathered from the appeal made to the Coroner's Court by one of the military witnesses respecting a sergeant who was peeping in at the door to listen to his evidence. No man of common sense will say that the verdict of a whole regiment (for of course all the privates feel alike) on a moral paint is likely to be an error. As to the effect on the commissioned officers—the buffoonery of Colonel Whyte in the inquest-room—the snarling reply of Edward Ireland, the adjutant, about " making the law"—and the denial by Dr. Warren of a conversation with his patient, that no powers under those of a first rate dramatist could so have feigned and fitted to the facts ; these three circumstances may suffice. To those who are not aware of the customs of the army, &c., and of their disparaging effects in certain particulars upon the characters of those who are otherwise gentlemen, there is a species of offensiveness about these incidents, that, but for direct affirmative evidence, would go far to render them incredible. 8. Because it is equally known, and may be judged, to be one of the prime promoters of crime in the army. Flog a man, and he invariably flies to drunkenness to drown his shame and wretchedness. And this very drunkenness again leads him into the crime he is consti tutionally prone to. But nct so only; one drunkard makes half-a dozen. This time he invites this comrade to join him—another time, another; and the very sympathy, for him which his flogging has created leads his comrade to consent, for it is thought unkind to refuse anything that can be done for a man so situated. Thus, not only the man himself is driven to desperation, but he becomes a fountain of infection to others. 9. Because it actually is done without in other armies; no ill effects to the discipline and operative faculty of those armies following. It is a great problem for a per son of common sense and direct natural motive—How the flogging General can have the impudence to ask his men to fight the General who does not flog ? Really, it is time for men to begin to judge the good and evil, and be no longer led blindly on by others ; or hounded against sections of their kind more advanced than themselves. 10. Because of its direct tendancy to produce fatal disease in the physical system. It is very true that a number of army (paid) surgeons pronounce it innocu ous to a fatal extent. On the other, just as great a num ber of army surgeons give the directly opposite opinion. So that if the matter end here, a case is made out of the doubtfulness of its effects ; and so of its unjustifi ableness. But looking further, we find the opinion of almost the whole body of the medical and surgical pro fessions among civilians against it. And then what a very sorry spectacle of a minority does the section of the military medical class supporting it present. Be it observed, moreover, that this objection is more to 50 lashes than to 500. For the destruction of the mus cular organisation, to which Professor Wilson (the only disinterested referee in the case) attributes death in the late affair, is more likely to have taken place during the first 50 lushes than subsequently, because it was affected by the power of the nervous system, and that was more forcible during the first 50, than at any time subse quently. A WORKING HAND. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY AND NAVY. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL. My Lord,—Did the extreme injustice, as well as cruelty, in the mass of punishment to which a delinquent in the army or navy is subjected ever occur to those persons who un- I:appily possess the power of ordering its infliction? Has it ever occurred to them that, in accordance with the mode adopted, nine times the quantity of agony, degradation, and distress, is thus endured ? When a nation, assuming to itself the name of polished, passes a sentence of punishment as barbarous as it is de basing, it is at the same time intended to cover a falsehood and deception of the grossest kind. The culprit is told that such a number of stripes are allotted to him ; and the in flictors, whom habit has rendered callous to every sentiment of human sympathy, are commanded to violate both law and justice, and add to the torture nine-fold! _ • No compensation can be made to those who have thus been made to lose their self-respect—mutilated, murdered— but the crime may cease to be committed, and the cry of blood be hushed in this land of boasted freedom and hu manity. Oh I let the commencement of your government be immortalised by the utter and complete annihilation of this worse than brutal system.. Severity never was, never can be, the avenue to a British heart. Remove this brand of infamy from our land, and receive in return the honour, the obedience, the love, the prompt devotedness of emancipated Englishmen. August, sth, 1846. BRITISH AND FOREIGN CLUB.—This new establish ment, attached to the Institute in George-street, Hanover square, was opened by a house dinner to its members on Monday evening. Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell was in the chair, supported by Lord Dudley Stuart, Sir Benjamin Smith, Mr. Buckingham, and a large party of gentlemen. The dinner and wines were served under the direction of Mr. Bacon, and were of first-rate excellence. Many animated speeches were delivered, and several songs, duets, and glees were sung by Mr. Lee and his fellow-choristers of the Temple. The entertainment was of a most agreeable character, and formed an auspicious opening for the club. THE PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON.—The death of the ex-King of Holland has greatly affected Prince Louis Napo leon, who has, since his escape, been refused permission to visit his venerable father. The Prince, it will be re membered, applied to the French Government for permission to visit his father, and promised to return to his confinement after performing this filial duty. This request was refused, and on his escape Prince Louis wrote to Prince Metternich for permission to visit Florence, and pledged his word in no way to interfere in politics, but no answer was returned from the Austrian diplomatist. A similar application was made to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and refused, princi pally, it is stated, through the representations of the French Government. This latter request was even limited to a visit of twenty-four hours. FIRE AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. —DUBLIN, AUG. 4. About one o'clock this morning the roof of this fine struc ture was discovered to be on tire, caused, it is understood, by the negligence of some plumbers, who had been at work during the day. The alarm was promptly given, and a number of engines being speedily set to work, in the most effective manner, by parties of the 30th Regiment, from Ship• street Barracks, the fire was got under befo-e four o'cicck, not without doing considerable damage to the roof and the lecture-room of the Mechanics' Institute. In the vaults of the building are stored several thousand hogsheads of whiskey in bond, and, had the conflagration extended to the spirits, the consequences must have been most disastrous, as the vaults run under the houses in Parliament-street, Dame street, and the Lower Castle-yard. The inhabitants of the neighbourhood, aware of their dangercus proximity to the inflammable materials, were kept in a state of dreadful sus pense while the fire tasted, EARLY HARVEST.—As an instance of the forwardness of the harvest this year, we may mention that all the wheat and oats (about forty Lancashire acres), on the Barlow Farm, occupied by Mr. Samuel Dean, were cut in the month of July, an occurrence, we believe, perfealy unprecedented in this Part cf the eountry.-1 1 / a nclissier duaidp* WEDNESDAY. Lord Eglinton's Eryx, Bst 71b, against Duke of Bedford's Eothen, Bst 51b. Ab. M. 300, 200 ft. THURSDAY. Van Tromp receives 50 ft from Eothen. T.Y.C. 500, 300 ft INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. WARWICK, 1846. _ _ Handicap for the Leamington Stakes :—Weatherbit, 4 yrs, Bst 91b—St. Lawrence, aged, Bst 51b—Yardley, 6 yrs, Bst 31b Alamode, 5 yrs, Bst 21b—Maynooth, 4 yrs, Bst—Pantasa, 4 7st 121b—Wood Pigeon, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Red Rover, 5 yrs, 7st 91b—Espoir, 5 yrs, 7st 91b—The Pacha, 4 yrs, 7st 81b— Intrepid, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Telemachus, 5 yrs, 7st 61b—Crim. Con. 4 yrs, 7st 61b—The Dart, 4 yrs, Gib—Wilford, 5 yrs, 7st 31b—Old George, 5 yrs, 7st llb—Ould Ireland, 4 yrs, 7st —Freeman, 4 yrs, 7st—Example, 5 yrs, 7st—Roderick, aged, Gst 121b—Devil-to-pay, 5 yrs, Est 121b—Chortonian, 6 yrs, Get 121b—Warp, 5 yrs, Est 101b—Satyr, 5 yrs Est 101b—Ob scurity, 5 yrs, Gst 101b—Gwalior, 4 yrs, Est 91b—Kilgratn, 5 yrs, Est 91b—Stittenham 4 yrs, Est 51b—Columbus, 4 yrs, 6st 51b—Fitzallen, 4 yrs, Est 51b—My Mary, 4 yrs, Gst 41b— Vitula, 6 yrs, Est 41b—Plenitude, 4 yrs, Est 21b --Nereus, 4 yrs, Est 21b—Forward, 4 yrs 6st— As You Like it, 4 yrs, 6st—The Crown Prince, 3 yrs, Gst—Teetotaller, aged, Est—ldolater, 4 yrs, Get—The Mongrel, 4 yrs, sst 131b—Princess Royal, 4 yrs, Set 121b—Barometer, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Twig, 3 yrs, sst 101 b The Parson's Clerk, 3 yrs, sst 1 Olb—Fanny Booth, 3 yrs, sst 81b—Morocco, 3 yrs, sst 81b—Polka, 3 yrs, sst 81b — Phoebe, 3 yrs, sst 81b —c, by Touchstone , out of Laura, 3 yrs, sst 81b—Marrctta. 3 yrs, sst 71b—The Snob, 4 yrs, sst 61b— Forest Flower, 4 yrs, sst 61b—Flash of Lightning, 3 yrs, sst 51b—Mermaid, 3 yrs, sst 51b—Sis. to Pergularia. 3 yrs, sst Camera Obscura, 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Sweetbriar, 3 yrs, 4st 81b— Regalia, 3 yrs, 4st 41b—Redleg, 3 yrs, 4st 41b. Acceptances for the County Stakes :—Godfrey, 5 yrs, Bst 81b—Teetotaler, aged, 7st 31b—Jenny Wren, 4 yrs, Est 121 b —Columbus, 4 yrs, Est 121b—Mystery, 4 yrs, fist 121b — Minus, 5 yrs, Est 101b—Jonathan Wild, 3 yrs, sst 121 b Rosin the Beau (h b), 3 yrs, sst Illb—Martext, 3 yrs, sst 81b—Sister to Pergularia, 3 yrs, sst 51b. AQUATICS. RICHMOND AMATEUR REGATTA. The regatta for various presentation prizes, subscribed by some of the influential residents of Richmond and its vicinity, open to competition amongst amateurs, came off yesterday, and was tolerably well attended. Scullers' Match. First prize, Silver Model Wherry; second, Pair of Silver Sculls. First Heat. W. Wilberforce J. Sturges Walford... (Light Blue) 2 The distance in this, as in the other two races, was, Cross deep down to the flagstaff opposite the Castle Hotel. Mr. Falls was to have contended, but did not come to the station at the time of starting. As the two first in each heat were eligible for the grand heat, there was of course no ne cessity for the gentlemen to over-exert themselves. Second Heat. _ Mr. A. Paul (Red and Black Trident) 1 J. W. Ellis (Crimson) 2 Augustus Raitt It was a smart race for some distance only. Grand Heat. Ellis ... Wilberforce 2 Won by two or three lengths. Pair Oars Match. First Prize, Pair of Silver Cups ; second, Pair of Silver Oars, First Heat. _ _ _ H. Smith and R. H. Smith (Black) 1 Rowe and Hand (Light Blue) 2 J. D. Chillingworth and J. G. Chillingworth (Red) 0 Won cleverly. Second Heat. Wallich and Wilion ..( White and Black Cross) 1 Charles Planket and Edw. Duplau Only the above two pair started, and were, of course,eligible to start for the grand heat. Grand Heat. Plunkett and Duplau Messrs. Wallich and Wilson 2 H. and IL H. Smith .. They made a good start, immediately after which the win ners began to draw ahead. Won by several lengths. Black a bad third. Four.. oared Match. First prize, Silver oarsand R u dder ; Second ditto, Silver M. Fcigh-a-Ballagh, Richmond (Black) 1 H. Hand. 1 H. H. Smith. A. Sa.ith. L. Tyrell, stroke. F. Smith, coxswain. Bartholomew Club, London ...... (White and Black Cross) 2 G. Gaines. I J. Orford. J. L. Worship. I J. 'Wright, stroke. D. Wallich, coxswain. , The Sylph, Twickenham i ......... (Black and Red) 0 COMMEHCIAL MAGAZINE. This is the first number of a new periodical, professing to furnish, " First, Original Articles and selected documents referring to commercial subjects. " Second, Papers on the varicus branches of commercial law, which should be familiar to all men of business. " Third, Mercantile Statistics of every description ; and "Fourth, Commercial and Monetary Intelligence of the kind most required by merchants and bankers, as indicative of the prospects of trade and of the currency. The want of such a periodical has long been felt. The army, the navy, the professions of law, of medicine, of the church, have each their own special magazine. Every class of religionists has its organ—bankers, and builders, and engineers, and artists,-and railway pro prietors, and mechanics, have each their one or more journals; but the great commercial body has as yet had no magazine specially engaged in their service, open at all times as a repository o commercial statistics ready to do battle in behalf of the commercial portion of the community, where necessity may require. This want it is the object of the projectors of the present pe riodical to supply; and, judging from the contents of the first number, the commercial body cannot desire a more talented instructor, a more efficient advocate, or a more able organ than the Commercial Magazine. Its policy is in strict unison with the principles of free trade, and perhaps the most able article which has yet appeared on the sugar question is the opening paper of this magazine. We have also a most able article on the commercial law of stoppage in transitu, besides the monetary and trade reports of the month, the new tariff complete, and an im mense mass of useful statistical iuformation on matters relating to trade and commerce. THE NEW NAVY LIST and General Record of the Services of Officers of the Royal Nary and Royal Marines. Conducted by Joseph Allen, Esq., R.N., Greenwich Hospital. The New Navy List, as edited by Mr. Allen, is not a mere dry list of names ; it is a readable, and, in many instances, most amusing book. At the end of each list it gives a complete record of the services of every officer in the list, and thus furnishes us with a resume of our naval annals during the last three-quarters of a century—the most glorious three•quarters cf a century in British naval history. As a specimen of the manner in which Mr. Allen has performed this portion of his task, we extract the following record of the services of Sir Charles Napier:— " Sir C. Napier, Lieutenant of Courageux, at capture of Marengo and Belle Poule, 1806. Commander of Recruit, 18 gun brig, in action with Fr. 20 gun corvette Diligente, in 1808; and in same brig at the capture of Martinique, 1809, and at capture of Fr. 74 gun-ship Hautpolt, which ship he closely engaged. Captain of Thames, and in conjunction with Cephalus, destroyed a convoy on the coast of Italy, 1811; and assisted at the capture of another, in company with Imperieuse, in 1812. In company with Pilot took the port of Sapri ; and in 1813 commanded the naval forces at the capture of Ponza, and assisted at the capture of a convoy in Calvacie Roads. Captain of Euryalus in the Potomac, at the capture of Alexandria, and attack on Baltimore. Commopore on the coast of Syria in Powerful, in arious operations, including the bombardment of St. Jean D'Acre, 1840. Gaz. 1799, 1809, 11, 1!, 12, 13, three times, 1814." Mr. Allen's New Navy List is the most complete record of the services of our naval and marine officers extant. The improvements introduced into the first number of the revised series have been perfected in the present, and the editor proposes to extend them in his January number, by ineroducing distinguishing marks against the names of those officers who have received medals from the Royal Humane Society, or other public bodies, for saving the lives of their fellow-creatures. FUNERAL tf the BABOO DWAR- K ANAUT II TAG ORE. The mortal remains of this highly esteemed and dis tinguished foreigner was yesterday consigned to a vault at Kensal-green. • In accordance with the wish of the son of the deceased, the funeral was conducted in a strictly private manner. The cortege left the late residence of the Baboo (St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street), at half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning. The hearse was succeeded by Major Henderson's private carriage, in which rode the son of the deceased, Nogendra nath Tagore, Mohun Lal, and robin Chundro Mookiyse, a young Indian of distinction, related to the Baboo. A mourn ing coach followed, in which rode Sir Edward Ryan (the appointed guardian to deceased's son), Major Henderson (the deceased's partner), Dr. Raleigh, and Mr. D. J. Mac killop. A second mourning coach contained the Hon. Captain R. Gore, Captain Henderson, Mr. C. Plowden, and Dr. Goodeve. A third contained Mr. Mordaunt Ricketts, Mr. Prinsep, General Ventura, and Mr. Roberts, all intimate personal friends of the Baboo. The mourning coaches were succeeded by the private carriage of Mohun Lal, which con veyed three native students. The courier and domestic establishment in the service of the Be boo closed the pro cession, these latter riding in the deceased's private carriage. On arriving at the cemetery the cavalcade filed off into the unconsecrated portion of the ground, where, nearly opposite the entrance gate, a large brick vault had been prepared. Every portion of the ceremony was conducted in solemn silence, broken only by the peals of thunder and tempest of rain which burst over the cemetery just at the period of its ' performance. The cfficiating chaplain to the cemetery, the Rev. Mr. Twigger, was in attendance in his private capacity, but no religious service of any kind was performed over the body. As the mourners were about to retire they were requested by Nogendranath Tagore to remain until the vault was closed, a desire which they of course at once complied with. This occupied some tinie. At length a huge stone having been placed over ther cavity the parties retired to their car riages and left the ground. The son of the deceased was attired in an Indian costume composed wholly of black cloth. Mohun Lal and the other Indians present wore the ordinary brilliant costume of their country. The coffin containing the deceased's remains had a very magnificent appearance. It was covered with puce silk velvet, and studded with silver ornaments. On the lid were two silver plates—the one bearing the style and titles of the deceased Baboo in the Hindostanee language, and the second a translation of the same in English, as follows : " BABOO DWARICANAITTII TAGORE, ZUMINDAIt, DIED NS IST AUGUST, 1846, AG M TEARS. " It is stated that the fine face and features of the deceased were so little changed by death, that the parties called on to perform the usual offices on similar mournful occasions were with some difficulty persuaded that the spirit had fled. While in this state a cast of the Baboo's face was taken. The heart was subsequently removed from the body for transmission to India, there to be dealt with in accordance with the tenets of the sect to which the Baboo belonged, PARLIAMENTA itY B U SINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNFAMAY, AUG 5. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords brought up the following Bills, which their Lordships had agreed to : Edinburgh Paving (No. 2) Bill—Argyll Canal Bill —Taw Vale Railway Extension till—Sligo Ship Canal fltill—Campbeltown Bar bour, Waterworks, and Paving Bill—Amendments to Lord Kin naird's (Sir John Webb's) Estate Bill —Wisbech, St. Ives, and Carib. bridge Junction Railway Bill, without Rmendnient— Rugby and Leamington and Warwick Railway Bill—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway Blll—Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Railway Bill —London and South-Western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury Extension) Bill —West London Railway Improvement and Extension Bill, with Amendments. THE TWENTY-FIFTH REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON RAIL WAY BILLS CLASSIFICATION. The Select Committee appointed for the Classification of Railway Bills, according to the Resolutions adopted by the House, have considered the several matters referred to them, and agreed to report as follows : Your Committee recommend that the Cork and Waterford Railway Bill be referred to a distinct Committee, Group No. 72. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The following Members were in the H ouse w h en coun t e d out on Tuesday evening:— . Mr. Strutt Dr. Bowring Sir W. Feilden Mr. Bouverie Mr. Maitland Mr. 11. Berkeley Mr. Parker Mr. B. Escott Mr. Tufnell Mr. D. Morris Mr. Brown (Lan.) Mr. Wawn Lord J. Russell Lord M. Hill Mr. Ewart Chancell3r of Exchequer Mr. Warburton Sir E. Colebrooke Mr. Fox Manic Mr. Pattison Mr. Duncan Mr. Langston Mr. Dickinson Mr. Christie Lord Courtenay Sir T. Esmond° Mr. Hawes Sir G. Grey Mr. Hume Air. Thornely .._ . Mr. Mitcalfe Mr. Balm Mr. Barnard. An accident happened a short time since on the Southern Austrian Railway, near Cliii. The engine ran off the rails, and drew after it three waggons. Fortunately no one was killed, and only two men, an engineer and a stoker, wounded, The call§e of the Accident is not known. The above list does not include surveying or other vessels employed on " particular service," whose terms of commis sion are not defined, as are the other ships in the Royal Navy. We may add to the above the America, 50, Captain the lion. J. Gordon, hourly expected from the Pacific with valuable freight, but whose term of service will not expire until February next. A terrific thunder-storm visited this place this morning be tween the hours of three and five o'clock, creating the most alarming consternation among the inhabitants, none of whom had ever experienced anythi ng lik e it before. The lightning continued to flash as if in one uninterrupted blaze of various hues during the whole time, and long after day light the storm continued. Peal after peal of thunder, more like the cannonade of a fleet or army, each succeeding one louder than the last, shook the place and all in it, during the time the terrific strife of the elements lasted. A mass of water, accompanied by huge hailstones (for it surely could not be called rain), fell during the storm, de luging the streets, and choking up such few drains as the locality is blessed with, beating down standing crops, smashing, windows and skylights, conservatories, &c. The electric fluid entered a house in Mount Pleasant, Landport, by the chimney, smashed the looking-glass, and set fire to the tenement; happily an elderly woman and a child wbo were in the house at the time were not injured, and the fire was immediately subdued by the neighbours. At another part of Portsea, a woman was so shocked by tho thunder and lightning as to fall into a state of catalepsy, from which it is feared she will never be roused to life. Further inwards, I'ortsea has received considerable damage from the floods which have rushed down Portsdown-hill and deluged the meadows and roads below to a most destructive extent, which, following so closely upon the awful storm of Friday night last and Sunday night, will, it is feared, form a sad item in the harvest accounts of many small farmers and others whose crops were exposed to the ravages of the floods. The electric telegraph is, of course, hors de combat. Such shocks as it has met with in the late storms will take some time to adjust. It is conjectured that the attraction it ap pears to present to the electric fluid will be an insurmount able bar to its safe and effectual working in the dockyard, where so much attractive and combustible matter is at pre sent stored. Much fear was entertained for the safety of powder in magazines at this port. The houses situate low in Portsmouth, l'ortsea, Southsea, and the adjacent villages were all inundated to some depth with water, which, owing to the very inefficient drainage, will be some time in sub siding. StlEEasE:ss, AUGUST s.—The Alutine, 12, Commander Crawford, discharged her powder at the Little Nore on Sun day, and was towed up to Chatham on Monday, where she is to be taken into the dock at present occupied by the Trident steam-sloop, nearly ready for sea. The Columbine, 16, Commander Booth, arrived from Chatham yesterday morning, and is now having her com passes adjusted in this harbour. She will undergo the usual inspection by the Commander-in-Chief, and afterwards sail for Portsmouth, where she is to be paid advance wages and receive her final orders. An accident which might have terminated In the destruc- tion of that fine vessel the Dragon steam-frigate occurred here on Sunday evening. It appears that an old catrvas jacket had been left behind a bull's eye of one of the paddle_ boa cabins, which by the convergence of the raga of the sun had ignited and was smoking away at a furious rate when it was happily discovered by the policeman on duty, who gave the alarm. The fire was soon afterwards subdued without having done the slightest injury to tho vessel, THE PATRICIAN. Thecreated Patrician P eers pens " w c i u th ri t o h u e s family Trial history and genealogy s head gentlemen who h ave been the Admini s t rat i on of Sir Robert Peel. Under monthethet s b fo r or this B a ron connected with the Aristocracy' opens we have th e hi story of of the the celebrated ejectment case between James Annersley and the Earl of Anglesey, and under that of " Celebrated Peerage Cases," we have the remarkable cases of the Earldom of Banbury and the Earldom of Huntingdon ; three of the most interesting and romantic histories ever recorded, and which prove that " Truth is strange, stranger than fiction." We doubt not but that the genealogical studies of Mr. Burke must have made him acquainted with many such interesting family histories, and we hope that from time to time he will, in the pages of The Pat, ician, give the public the benefit of his researches. We would, how ever, suggest to him the propriety of not confining him self to the British aristocracy. The family histories of the aristocracies of France, Spain, and Germany would furnish him with many a " true" romance not less in teresting than those he has already placed on record. This is the best number of The Patrician that has yet appeared. PAIL 11 7 AY REGISTER, The Railway Register of this roman opens with an "Report of the Corn- Termini," in which pa ad i m n i i r o a u b e l r y s w ou ri t m te e n tro a p r o ti l c i l t e an on na t i h l w e ay _ ~, 18460 -_•,~ NA- VAL INTELLIGENCE. ors WEDNESDAY.-:- The Comet steam-vessel, t-Commander Johnsen, returned from Devonport this afterni lon, whither she had conveyed arms for the In --flexible tot Ike Out to th e C ape, and left again at 6 o'clock for the caste; srd with supernumeraries. The followo..lg extract of a private letter received this afternoon. thxiceibes the passage of the, Coxietance and Eury dice froL t S.J.).oo , ad to Plymouth soung;:-..--,, "On erytixtg - Spithead all ashore must.. have seen how beautifti liAt*tryCiee took the lead, an4snaintained it for two hours, whe44kkivo near...tali) miles. The wind on starting,_ evAl;:near S.W., but j u st" pre tacking it changed to-1t."., which gave the Con4,*.AGe the advan tage of two voints, yet they crossed each other within 300 Yards, the Eurydice to leeward; but at 4 P.M. (Sunday) the Constance was to leeward, and at 8 P.M. she bore S.S.E. five miles, wind variable from S.W. to W. by S. After mid night they had a leading wind until daylight, when the Con e stance was seen S.S.E., courses down from deck. At 9 A.m. (Monday), wind from W.N.W., the Constance bore E. S. 13 miles, and by noon the Eurydice lost sight of her, bearing E. The Eurydice continued to make the best of her way, and shortened sail this morning (Tuesday) at 2 A. Nl., Eddy stone Light W. three miles, and at break of day bore up, anchoring in the ...9, , und shortly aftor 6 A.m. At II A,M. the Constance made her number, bat has not yet (1..45 p.m.) ar rived. This shows the Eurydice to advantage, as she must have left her competitor Last. pr' course the variable winds precluded a fair trial, and renders it impossible to enter more fully into detail as to distance:' A gunner's mate, belonging to the Excellent, named John Porter, lately serving in the Warapite, 50, fell, in descending the side, into the Liberty boat, on Monday evening, and his head striking the boat's gunwale, he died instantly. He was interred to• day, the ships, as the procession passed, tolling their bells. The Athol troop-ship did not sail yesterday, according to Admiralty order, and remains at Spithead. The Aid, naval lighter, Smallman master, arrived this morning with stores from the eastern yards. The following ships have served the usual term of commis sion (three.years); some of them nearly double that time, and may shortly be expected home to be paid off. Many of them, having been relieved, are on their passage:— HAMBTJRGH MAIL. COPENHAGEN, JULY 25.—The Berlin Gazette of to day contains menacing language respecting the move ments in the duchies occasioned by the King's letters patent of the Bth of this month, at the head of which it conceives the party of the lawyers is placed. The address of Neumunster is reproached for the most bitter and unbecoming opposition to what the " Sovrign" has in his letter patent designated as justice and truth. The Danish papers will not enter into a further dis cussion of thie movemcnt only so much appears clear to it that the Coryphcei of this agitation are playing a des perate game, which may call for serious measures if they do not reflect, when they become better acquainted with the motives of the Royal letters patent. POLISH FRONTIERS, JULY 20.—1 t is again reported that Prince Paskeuitsch is retiring from his post in Poland, and Prince Gorschakon is spoken of as his suc cessor. If we will be just, we must maintain that Prince Paskeuitsch has dyne much good to the kingdom com mitted to his government, and that as far as circuni stanses allowed him, he governed in a mild spirit. At the time when Ili nckendorf police regulations were in force, the latter often complained of the forbearance of the Prince. DRESDEN, JULY 23.—His Majesty has complied with the wish of Prince John, to accept the office of Commander-in-Chiefof the Commercial Guards of the kingdom, fully appreciating the reasons he assigns, and acknowledging the service he has rendered to the State. Major-General Mandelstch is appointed, ad interim, to fill this office. BERLIN, Jurx 28,—The letters patent of his Majesty the King of Denmark makes a great sensation here. The proceedings of the Agnates in particular are looked at with great interest. We leant that one of them, when he was at Berlin, commissioned a learned lawyer to draw up a memorial. But it is believed here that the three great European Powers will leave the initiatives in this affair entirely to the King of Denmark. OLDENBURG, JULY 28.—We are able to announce as a fact, that in one of the sittings of the Germanic Diet last week, his Royal Highness the Graud Duke of Oldenburg caused his representative in that assembly to enter on the journal a pretext to guard his interest against the partial representative of he Holstein succes sion, contained in the letters patent of the King of Den mark, BERLIN, JULY 23.—The political prisoners here con tinue to enjoy the mildest treatment, and are permitted to correspond with their relations, of course under some control. Carriages with Polish ladies often come to Fort Winiari to visit their relations, which they likewise do at Sonnenburg. In the prison called the Cassioniere St. Adalbus there were lately twenty prisoners, w h o on several occasions have made a considerable noise, which prevented the neighbours from getting their sleep ; •it has been deemed necessary to have them conveyed to Wimiari, OSNABURGU, JULY 26.—Several alterations which have been ordered in the Palace, has given rise to a report that it will shortly be occupied by the Prince of sotoms, his Majesty's stepson, who is President of the Council of State.--Hantburgh papers, July 31. lIAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, JULY 28. Bills. money. Austrian 5 per Cents ................ 112 Bank Shares • • Angio-Russian Loan .............. ~ 107 Russian 5 per Cont., Denali. Certificate. 100% Ditto Ist series Inscription. • .... • • .• •. 101% Ditto, Mope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 97% Ditto, in Certificate New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ...... 9 0 if 90 Ditto Stieglitz . . Spanish New 5 per Cent ••..——• • • • • • 17% 17% Ditto 3 per Cent .......... •••• • • • • 31 30% Anglo-I'ortuguese Loan, 2% por Cent • . Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent . 59% Ditto 3 per Cent. —..—.•. • • • • • •• Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.. • • 791 A Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •. •• • • 86 National Bank Shares ...... .. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, JOLT 30. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent . ..... •••• • • . 96% 95% Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent.. — Foreigh Exchanges— .• •• .• . • . . •• •• • • •• Exchange on London, £l - Sterling, 3 Menthe. 6 24yi 6 243 _ - ---w....._.--.......5a.....v.ka.s •Mt f AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE BY RAILWAY. The followin g is an extract from Captain Laws' evi dence before the Commons' Select Committee on Rail ways. the report and the evidence taken before which have just been printed : Do you think that the advantages of railways have been developed in the convey u a al ance of agricultr duce ?—No ; Id o n o t thi n k the conveyance of gricO pr O tural produce has been largely affected by railwayr. ae" In tact, with the exce pti on o f catt l e and sheep, L e agricult ura l pro d uce t h at is culled by ra il wa is comparatively sma ll. G reen grocer i es from Co , nt- I, garuen market into the north is considerable, and you T et would be surprised to hear of the immense quantities that are conre3ed from Covent-garden to Manchester, and from Manchester, ramified by the lines, to the north. One of the great carriers has shown to me his " account with parties for this deseriptiBn of traffic; as much as 13 an 4 14 tons, at this season Of the year, of water-tresses ; conic into Manchester from London per day, and they are sent a considerable distance on the lines in the neighbourhood : from I3erkhamsptead quantities are brought b y carriers, a n d cue or teeo of the • large g reengrocers in Manchester pay more for the carriage of garden produce than the largest manufacturers in Lancashire. On the Maneheste r and Leeds Railway next month, when the new potatoes come in from the south, we shall carry up as much as 200 tons of pota toes, onions, and other garden produce, and other things, in a day; a vary populous district all the Ivey, and we drop at each station along the line a waggon containing 4 tons, 3 tons, and so on; these are all brought to the Manchester market in the same way as to Covent-garden market, and are bought up by the greengrocers and taken out and retailed in the district. Though you say the amount of agricultural produce carrit d on railways has hardly yet been developed, are there not a very considerable number of cattle and sheep conveyed upon railways?—Yes, but nothing like whet there will be. The fact was, that railway companies, not considtrieg well the nature of that traffic, at first put a high price upon it ; the consequence was, that as long as drovers could p ursua d e graziers that they could drive them up as cheaply by the road, and the turnpike trust would make a little reduction in conse quence of the railway competition, they continued to send them along the road from distant places to Smith field, or to the markets in the north, even when they had the convenience of railways; and I believe th it our railway was the first to demonstrate that, as lone- as au animal has locomotion in itself, the owner will use that locomotion to carry it to market, and therefore we reduced our rates to low as to knock those drovers up ; and all the rates that have been lately introduced into railway Bills for the conveyance of cattle are about a third of what they started with. And you consider that there is that progress going on now, and that there are an increased number of cattle and,: e:ea sheep conveyed by railway ?—Yes ; it is growing every day ; and now, so far from tho graziers having anything to do with drivinr , cattle 100 or 150 miles, th ey w ill not do it at all, but they will get them upon the railway, and convey them to market, and come back again. We allow a man to go in charge of two waggons for the safety of the cattle themselves, and to return free; we eive him a pass back again. The increase on all the lines in cattle and sheep has been very large, but atilt I think the majority are driven by road. Pigs always come to us, as they are bad travellers; the Irishman always puts his pigs upon a railway as soon as he can. COMMUTATION OF TITHES. The following is an outline of the Lord Chancellor's Bill (just laid on the table of the House of Lords), and intituled "An Act further to amend the Acts for the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales." The preamble recites the Acts 6 and 7 William IV., c. 71, 1 Vict.. c. 69, 2 and 3 Vict., c. 62, 3 Vict., c. 15, 5 and 6 Vict., c. 54, 1 and 2 Vict., c. 64 ; and the first clause proposes to give power to landowners to redeem a rent charge not apportioned, where the amount does not exceed fifteen pounds. z. Upon payment of the consideration money, com missioners to certify that the parish is discharged of tithes. 3. Gives power to redeem rent charge erroneously ap portioned on lands not chargeable therewith. 4. After redemption of the rent charge erroneously apportioned, the appointment of the remainder to be valid. 5. Separate rent charges, not exceeding twenty shil lings in amount, may be redeemed after apportionment. Extraordinary charge not to be affected. 6. Commissioners to certify the amount of considera tion money for redemption. 7. Consideration money for redemption, how payable. 8. Consideration for redemption of rent charges pay able to spiritual owners to be paid to governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, to be applied in augmentation of the be nefices to which the rent charges belonged. 9. Consideration-money in ease of owners under dis- - ability, how payable. _ . 10. Relates to consideration•money under 201. 11, Gives power to persons entitled for limited inter ests to charge expenses of redemption. • 12. Commissioners' certificates of redemption to be under the hands and seal of the Commissioners, and show the amount of the consideration-mon e y f or the redemp tion thereof, and to whom or in what manna the same shall have been paid, &c. _ _ 13. Alteration of apportionment may be made after inclosure. 14. Expenses of alteration of apportionment lifter inclosure shall be borne by the owners or the lands to which such altered apportionment shall relate, and shell be recovered in the same manner as expenses chargeable on the same owners in or about the making of an origi nal apportionment of the sum of the rent charges charged on the same lands respectively would hare been recoverable. 15. Supplemental apportionment of a rent charge as made payable to one own e r i n res p ec t of tithes of severs), owners or held in separate rights. 16. Gives power to declare land as to which doubts arise which delay the apportionment as a separate r.listriet. 17. Place of deposit of copy of confirmed weportion• went may be altered by quarter sessions. 18. Tithes, or rent charge in lieu thereof, may be merged after agreement or award, but before apportion.. went. 19, Powers relating to the merger, &c., of any t i t h es, may be executed by a person entitled in equity, 20. 1 and 2 Vict. c. 64, to be construed as part of the Tithe Commutation Acts. 21. Decisions concerning bour...:Jary not appealed against to be ve, 1 ,.,q, notwithstatitng intornaality. 22 . Grk.,‘Oe lands may be exchanged although no com mtle.ation be pending. 23. Act to be construed as part of 6 and 7 Wil liam IV. c. 71. THE LATE EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS IN LAM RITH.—CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Wm. Payne, the City Coroner, held, at the Crown Tavern, Lambeth-road, an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the fire and explosion that occurred upon the premises of Mr. S. Drewell, firework-maker, of No. b, Hatfield-place, Westminster-road, some particulars of which appeared in our columns on Monday last. Several witnesses were examired,, and the jury returned a verdict, " That the fire was the result : of accident." , SWIMMING MATCH.—A swimming match came off on Tuesday evening at the splendid Swimming Baths in the Westminster- road, for two very handsome chased silver medals. There werel6 competitors, divided into fourh eat s and four swim mers in each, all members of the Surrey Swimming Club. The first four were Messrs. Cooper, Gilbert, Smith and Harrington ; they had to swim the whole length of the bath, which is 145 feet, and back ; on the return the contest was between Gilbert and Smith, and the latter won by about two vards. The second heat was between Messrs. Barron, Green,Emmett, and James The third was between Messrs. Fisher, Mills, Hood, and Bartlet. Won by Hood, Bartlet coming in second. The fourth was contested by Messrs. Winter, Parker, and Bavin, which was won by Winter. Then came the fifth and last heat, in which the competitors were those who were first in the othere, and they were Smith, Winter, Hood, and Einme.t. hood took the lead at starting, and kept it through :Jut, and won, Emmet coming in a good second. There were one or two other matches between the above, In e ne of which three boys, under ten years of age, were the c mpe tdiit,oirsng, in ma w t h ch icfi al a so ladtoo took place Stevens between tahl ie sr neck nt t ye l kfl. w ovsffaem i nnblskeh t r nwo t. and 4 Parker, in which th e former remai ned o al/rideinsrrtwstwatbealkenaesTaAi and r adceG froh contested. atmw The medal s isove r eignst a. were s" given to the successful candidates, amidst much cheering. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE. —As the half-past eleven o'clock Bristol train, comprising first, second, and thine elm s carriages, neared the Box station yesterday, it stopped for a few minutes before it came close to the platform. During its temporary stoppage, an old tar, named Hannigan, who had been discharged from the Hibernia, 100 guns, Cap tain Williams, at Cork, got out, but as soon as he ob served the train moving on, he attempted to re-ascend the third class carriage, although a hundred voices cau tioned him against so doing. In his attempt to reach the step, he failed, and again made another effort for it, but while in the act of so doing the train got parallel with the platform, dragging the unfortunate man along with it, so that three-fourths of his body was under the train while his head and shoulders rested on the platform. At this moment the scene was terrific, for every one imagined that he was crushed to atoms, and the screams from the spectators were awful. Fortunately, one of the office clerks and a constable had sufficient presence of mind to rush to the man's rescue, and grasping him by the jacket held him, and as the train moved on so held him that his body was kept in motion similar to that of the trait', until the engine driver was enabled to shut off the steam. As soon as he was released from his perilous situation, instead of ex pressing his gratitude for his miraculous escape, he exclaimed with perfect nonchalance, " Oh, I knew there was no danger, for I held on and was determined not to let go my hold." One of the guards having explained to him the great danger he had escaped, he very coolly replied, " Oh, well, if I wag killed there would be an end to me." A passenger, then asked him what would have become of his soul had he been killed ? " Well, I declare to God," said the old tar, " I never thought of that ; I am very mueh obliged to you for reminding me of it, and for so doing you must take a drop of the creature' (holding out a bottle of Irish whiskey) with me." _ _ e understand that Messrs. Willmer and Smith, of Church-street, received an order from Buckingham Palace, yesterday, to supply her Majesty with a copy of all the Liverpool papers containing the account of Prince Albert's visit to Liverpool. Their own paper, the European Times, of the 4th, they printed on beautiful white satiir, bound with blue, and tied with silver tassels, - which presented a very unique appearance.—Liverpool Courier. GAUGE OF RAnwevs.--Yesterday the Bill which has passed the House of Lords, entitled "An Act for regulating the Gauge of Railways," was printed. There are nine clauses in the measure following the preamble, "Whereas it is ex pedient to define the gauge on which railways shall be con structed." After the passing of the Act it is not to be lawful, except in cases mentioned, to construct any railway ' for the conveyance of passengers on any gauge other than 4 feet 8 inches and half an inch in Great Britain, and ' 5 abet 3 inches in Ireland. The exceptions are set fbrth, rind on certain railways the broad gauge is to be used. P,y the 4th provision it is declared that after the passing of the A c t th e gauge of any rally, ay used for the conveyanc,o tra ef Piaret'a Act may be abated. There is a proviarris is not to be altered. Railways constructed of penalties„ 9 o_7_l theryrecotovf. tier; 13 0 L ev , tga Dig- o•-• ,tiff out to 111 Y t he :tea bur )0. ;11 0 ti it raft vin lat IDB ,rYI