The Sun. — London, England, 1846-07-08 00:00:00

0 Nt .... ----- ...---......-----__.....—...--. I C and COMMERCIAL NEWS. e t CITY, QUAII'ER TO THREE. 4p Market Market at Liverpoo 1 yeste- day was firm. to a d " belga, of which 1,500 were American, chiefly at pp their lb. for export. Shares were rather quiet, but l' tacit valtie. tria' w „. °lki' l "', no - material alteration in prices at Mess7s. Yto i, B4 * of- railway shares. Scrips, in companies 41, "° affected by the Dissolution Bill, were in good agate gut sellers ask more money. Tring, Reading, and ' , f ilo, 1/. 165.-Churnet and Blyth, 11. 2s.—Great .41-,,,,ndWyCoinhe, 6s —Direct Northern, 1/ os.—Shef- Rh - TV, and Leek Potteries, 16s. 61—Reading, Guild• l ' t e . ""` xteigate, 12s. 6d.—North Devon, 1/. 9s.—Cam -1,4d Lincoln Extension, Lincoln, York, and Leeds, 1 16 s Zeta Valley Continuation and Holyhead Junction, itensiu•'—Direct London and Exeter, 7s. bd.—Blackwall Os, -"' 31,--Leeds and Thirsk, 41. —Worcester, Herefbrd, theattrd Gloucester, U. 4s.—Somersetsbire Midland, 19s. 6d. tana e lening of the Transfer Books at the Bank of atl o ,' for special transfers at least, causes more ' Cher p about the purlieus of the Stock Exchange ; the is likewise some change to be anticipated tatLerallv— Of the Money and Mercantile Markets slt e V a . ogl the amount of cash released from the itis e ,NI) greater, perhaps, than in former years, It ts t 'evern 15..40 ment appropriates a portion of . its 'entle to meet the amount required for the divi- Ste ad e , taxes never coming in sufficiently early to do so lto ld. -rog on deficiency bills from the Bank of 4 t i _ The railway companies, we are glad to rind, begin ,rf,der the Dissolution Bill, and orders were obtained ) 60 13 for the re -payment of between 150,0001. and ted e deposited with the Accountant-Geueral. As the r k et TPanies are not permitted under the new Bill to early strong. er e xpenses, the inducements to wind up are tere re,. "re very large auctions of Colonial Wool now in tit; P s tn , th ey seem to go off with a lack of spirit.. The fil lort j against an advance in prices. The Indigo sales eaa ! b egin, and, in conjunction with the Wool t re ' it —nst absorb a good deal of money. N tel r ,. e no arrivals in the City to-day, and . in the pro :8 43 ets business is dull, owing to the conflicting state 4111al t ;° Ille reduction intended in the . sug . ar duties. tq e nunution, and an eventual assimilation of the tiol;l7lßritish plantation and fortign free labour sugar, e E s l.o a very probable course. 13 a g is h Stocks are to-day again very buoyant, ant Prehtoct business doiniz. Tt.e sum to be appded to ke,,,e Of Stock, by order of the National Debt , Com -I)et,' ,11 the current quarter, is under 30,0001. Consols t - 4 1 , 4° ted 95 3 / 4 to 06 for Money. and 95% to 96 13 to k r . :Is R 2L— equer-bills are 14s. to 175.. premium. an tilta.r.ii, at 203 to '209. The New Three-and-a- Quarter fiat, srealise 97% to 97%. e , vz'ock is marked 2 1 5. 4 1 for the Five per Cents.. and ' . Per Cents., are still 76%. Mexican Bonds are Bete,lkt Grenada 21 1 4 1 / 2 . Dutch Two-and-a-Half k tqWaY Share co hare Market is quiet, but prices are very J aitrm, -•11 FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. .Gk s_ (From the Official List.) .. 209 208 ant ""' •• • •• • 6 96 6 961 L 944 Lope Per Cent. Reduced Annui • • ~ 91 14r Cent. Consols Annuitieti es s .. • • 95S tuuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 • • 10 tank s t , i ) t p, BO years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 20 1 8 0 4 208 ...,..oruK,i, .__for f or •••••'• : 95 h 96 444 k, . 4 111 ''r r ?P en tii • Ing .. •• •• ' I%d. ~0001. -....• 1% d. • 17 14 pm. 15°°I. S . .• " . • ... 14 18 pm. 11 111(i • -11;a11 - .. " •. _ 14 18 pus. ICES or • • • • 13k1.,,_kOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. .0 130 nds, 3 per Cent • • • • 88)4 u%leder )3 • • 3 onds •• •• . hicri b d e ,„ lt . l Per Cent. • • •• " 2114 teri r i7 owls, 1837, 5 per Cent • • 27 % X • ort n „ 4 onds, 6 per Cent • • • • 38 /1141,715 Hands, 5 per Cent. • • . B , o _ liDuitsh Bends 5 per Cent • • • • 11_ u tolt o ,•,;44e• 5 per Cant. • • • • 2454, DidDitto' Th T ,l llO Account • • .. n-fili,'" itto i f -% Per Cent • • • • .. --- j) 4l )Zis o n i , l ;, 4 Ace lint • • • • 36 — ",.!ch - u 'e above payable in London , . Ilzton Mit( ) A °•erid.a.nalf per Cents. &N s ' 0 Ilio),,T E C' Der Cent. Certificates • • 4104141Z*41.4411 Iq ILWAY SHARES AT 9 i 14 86 41444 GIO • Palo. a ONE s a O'CLOCK AR. l 0 BX4 albs, Ueeliter —lOO ....128 00l 4 slitt e 4f° ra Junction . .• 2 •• • • 314 ..... to 4 .... to -- en dis. to a n 4l f Sha r .' • .. .. .. 15 ... .... to t t 4 11 ertive .. 2 % : ... 1 to zi ,,th eite .. .. .. .. 2% .... 7 IA .... to t h ;4144 r (itelthlgton's) . • 2 3 i —•• .... to —to 2 ° ,l lltk, ••• • .. 21 4 .. .. 1 1 4 •••• to 'o .1: 0 - 1 ,,eW - •• •• .. Iti. 16s. 0d..... 2414 .. to s retik i . 5.. • • • • 10/. 165. Od.•• • • !lb ° • Per Ct. No. 1, 61 13s. 4d.• ••• to ti , ' ° tit t . " No. 2, 61. 13s. 4d..... % p.. to • ~,1,,,, Zteasion •.• • .. 19 4 , ,Ilv)oil,.."l,erncl Dorcnester .. ~ 514 „ „ 3ai ..• to to sr: • and Shertluld, &c... 42b. ... • - 4 dis. to 152 4D clolLStlitre • g • .. •.: :: :. Isig • •191 ::,. to orii•rt7i•er Shares, .. .. .. 10 .... 2214 .... to 23)4 i 144 4131 ' • • • • • • • .• 20 •• •• 34 '•• ' to . 2 - 23 ,),Its4 Ijiltllnghani .. _ lOO .. .. 224 •• • • _ _ n " \ li t* kkW all .. 161. 13s. 4d. —• • 814 ..... I t'o ° -f. 7'l 4 14 1 ——— • • _ —— s • 44 o . , Fhtou . _ •t; et ‘ o g v h d t°ll • • : 50 .... 66.... to , Pr iir e ;:On • .. 131. 15s. 9d.• • ... 23 .... to 2234 .. 121. 15s. 4d. • • .... to tk dYo orPrivilege, 181. 17s. 2d. •• • • 22 .. • . to .... 1% 1 ,4 .. to '' 4 ll L '`•teds . 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D A , p.. to 11 4 s Midland ** ' • %•• • . % .... to 4,xten s l i la r l es ." •• • • • • • 50 .... to t loa c i " •25 .... 49% it Ithe vat Riding E• •• • • atenslon 15 .... • to 1,1 1 , F OREIG N ** 13 • • to 12% k bo An AILW A YS. tl,t 4 , 1 ,n:11 •• •• 6 7% .... to athi4l4„. ••„ ▪ • • • • s s. •• • • % .. to t4' p r e " • • 4 •• • . 2 .. • to 454rtid. r an ee onstitu tad • •••• tto 4 °4 CO u' ust• •• ••6 •• •to .atti anted 6: t o 574 41 44,1 e 4 r i a tu se ••••••20 .. • • • 38%• • • •• to .- 4 ,It Ce~ o,„. JOIN •• •• 6 .. • . .... to - T-STOCK BANKS. Ot Lo n an • • • • •• 50 .. • • 4314 •.• . to don • • MI de nte • • NE• • 20 .. • • 23% •• • • to 11•"4 O r3 trt , ir„,_ S ..-egis tered • • • • •• • • 3% • • • to 41i1414F altht •.F E . 12 8% x CHA GibraIGE.tar(YESTERDAY.) r e4 eg n n o oro • ..... .... . 30 45 11 , 26 10 Milan • : •••• • • ••..... • ..lEij. 13 15 V en i ce : 26 10 . . •••• •••. •• • Naples .. Palermo, per 0z....—. 119 5, Lisbon.... ..... 52% Oporto •.••• • • • ..... • 12 % Rio Janeiro • • •.. •• 24 Ilahia Buenos Ayres .. • • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OE, Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5 New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 New Dollars •• • • 0 4 9% Silver in bars ...... • • 0 0 0 tight • 25 5 tita74la.. 7 • 26 5 o • 26 10 'ar g •• 26 10 4.3144•. •. • 122% di tto •n 0...... 10 94 •••:::" 36% O Vb''' .- _--- & -...„.........._ - ----------- IS DAY-) ith rthijitt, of IP p IN G....._(T H btAll.l34t ti4---ivind S., light breeze, and cloudy, tide, ToOL't 7,:w. EtvErsZo; ‘ 4Titi,. llldrWN.W. to W.—Arrd. Cockburn, N Bea n, 16' htar f '`rrequis Jamaica. , alcutt. 'wind. /.I'N- w eel ts M ks, , rtpaLtehi -, %,11,. - • ... s . Husor, 0 • , Colk 1,,?..1a, Jackson, Barbadoe , New Arrd. Mary -il EtvEn , Great Britain, steamer, /11411 (1; k • II)°1 -' , JUL? 7Stod ctyo_ atilda; Eockw • oms`eo, iambus • Camana; Cum !tie XE' 'll7l-t 6.--buti -'1 alaßnet ' ; 4,; jeary, Ja maica _ ~.eaaa ki. ; .t, 4 --,ohie, 'Kerr, Bembay.;,Lits: kipt•real. teTi.dStewart, La Carolina, Ducten, St. J°" Grant, .01e,11._.1.1 • 4, R ozelle 'l34lontreal ; Favourite, 6, Belle City, b it 4 4 ' 1 ea d, b e ell, Newfoundland; Inerara' OFF ,rti 11,1"-IlLtn, ju • t/If hr 'l'ai'r, t r u ,,,, tt 4.--41. Wilhelrnina, Africa. Ili llNRiek • k' cr` u•---Caltdonia Wishart, St. John's, 11/47krittr.t.' !Ito, jtj'ije, eri,e,a, Atkinson, ' Boston. Nw - Irkl, with jib:hu.---tstlier, Bertram, Jersey, .e . VIIP3, 411.,1nl and forecr.,ss-trees carried away •_, /4444‘otti,eejEtfivardca'avo.dlit• Y, Gowen, Richebtr; 6 .4 ' 1 4'1 4, Zt Ls Ski Pa • P almer,Cutting, Smyrna ; ....._rage, • ntly kik toe iinyrna. I ' ‘L T N --- ------------7- ' D " Y.) ,bi tty ___ E WS. --(THIS A 14 X CII —.l----- SDA A . h ttit 4tr iVal s , , ANGE—WEDNE, le R h vieek; here English Wheat for our market, during the le : I t Of "plea been (m i a very matedlim scale Although It ',,taewh,,"9les of that article small, the demand e w , \Ph '''' in • • at Monday's quotations. With ii .c• ip ."eat ar uive'he vilv supplied ; hence the sale for 14;1?reb-1Y wa.11.3- depressed slate, at barely stationary prices. 1 4 t - o L rl tri o r tierate supply, and in active request,. nil loth; 4ektr,enties. The best Malt was quite as de_ , to 11 1 * - I Verp ' nothi LI was doing. Oats, Beans, Peas, an 0 - a Sl o • n • - • late rates. W inquiry, at teli s h ARRIVALS. Oats 1 pious 'O4 .• Wheat. Barley. 760 qrs. I 860 sks. ON ~..• ** 1,470 qrs. 590 qrs. 4,030 1 ---- ____ , ‘...' 5,770 7,540 15,580 14 ..._ Malt, 3,300 ors. tp.„ an, 1 wUrrEcHAP EX. the increase, the k 4 ; 14 1 ( 14' 3' of each kind of meat being on rates. Beef 2st 41and ruled h • at barely late 5 to 6s; tv a a to , eavy, , s he asq -, 6 0 ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 45; Lamb.... 0(1 per 81bs by e ste !4. to 4s Gd ; and Pork, 3s 44 to 4s I ...ttrlr rat k op r GOULD -I', tit ..-icNnorr MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, B Wale 1113;!Nth..rioates.On Monday evening last, Mr. B. Bo f hlillkt ull 811,1'srtiof his Lectures on the Genius and Writing tl tt ki in ell eY• The lecture was well sustained . through from be hltrustrated bv many of the best stlections of th:A, k 'l,l, bon Juan, Cala, Queen Mab, a Dream • s ;Ive,,teti Notwithstanding the very unfavourab e e wel _ , t N. ", the audience was good, and the lectur 1 ,he r„FkI4Q, War a ttcl 'Am PatacE.The wood pavement under lavatra ,rtico of the palace has been removed during her 111,4kitilthet;leort absence, and the kamptolite, or India rubber kt t lie IA bstltuted, which had its first trial on Monday r%srs 'lleroas carriages of the outgoing and incoming *all; t'isi ll • t o 'of Colchess who is now in his ninety tti „ , ,_ ,er, . ktwoo t i „4 Just been elected an honorary member of the s ql ZJ of kasiciaus, cf which he bai been a member • 141 d fiviellt7 years. TIIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY _EVENING, JULY 8, 1846. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING. TuESDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sot's. each, and only 5 ft., if de dared, t6r t.Lrue years old and upwards New T.Y.C. (12 Subs., 10 of whom declared.) Lord Lonsdale's Miss Milner colt, 3 yrs, ist 31b (A. Day) 1 Mr. P. P. Rolt's Evenus, 6 yrs, 9st 71b Mr. Wesley's Elimea, 3 yrs, sst 10Ib 0 The followirg also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Philimore's Skeleton, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b; Mr. Pettit's Alvanley, 5 yrs, ist 81b ; Mr. R. Boyce's Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs 7st Sib ; Lord Exeter's Cocoa Nut, 5 yrs, 7st slb ; Sir J. Hawley's Brother to Valentissimo, 3 3 rs, 7st slb ; Mr. ShelleN 's Hawkesbury, 4 yrs, Gst 911.); Lord Exeter's Lebanon, 3 yrs, Est 31b ; Mr. Wigram's Metha, 3 yrs, sst 101 b. Betting-4 to 1 agst Skeleton, and 6to 1 each agst Evenus, Colleen Bawn, Brother to Valentissimo, Miss Milner colt, and Hawkesbury. Lebanon and Elimea made the running, Colleen Bawn, Skeleton and six or eight others lying well up with them to the corner of the plantations ; the Miss Milner colt hero took a slight lead, followed by Evenus and Elimea, the latter makinc so close a race of it that the judge could net place a second, but wither of them reaching the Miss Milner colt, who won by half a length; Skeleton fourth, and nearly all well up. Run in one minute and fifteen seconds. The July Stakes of 50 sovs.• each, 30 ft., for two years old colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 51h ; the second to save his stakes. New T.Y.C. (25 Subs.) Sir J. Ilawley's Sister to Deer Chase (Sly) 1 Colonel Peel's Vert-Vert ... Mr. Pedley's Cossack' The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord Exeter's c by Iletinan Platoff, out of Marmora—Lord Exe ter's f by Hetrnan Pistol'', out of Galata—Lord Lonsdale's f by Redshank, out of Oxygen— Col. Anson's Don Caesar—Mr. W. Etwall's Sister to ...'Egis—Mr. Newton's b c by Red shank, out of Jenny Jumps's dam—Lord E. Russell's Eldon. Betting-7 to lon Cossack, who took the lead, followed by Marmora colt and Eldon, close up, with whom were Sis ter to Deer Chase, Vert-Vert, and Don Caesar. They ran thus to the top of the hill, where Sister to Deer Chase took up the running, went through with it, and won easy by a length; 'Vert-Vert beating the favourite by a head, and Deer Chase a good fourth. Run in 1 minute 14 seconds. We have only time to add to the above brief return of a poor day's sport, that the betting was flat, and the weather cold, but the attendance quite as full as is usually seen at a July meeting. LITERATURE CHARACTERS OF GREAT MEN. By Thomas M•,` evin. This pamphlet is nothing e than the rept.int of a • • lecture detivered In a repeal reading roem at llutilin. It is altogether and essentially Irish. The convolution of the sentences, the idiomatic earnestness, the conven tionality of phrase, the very looseness of the treatment, are all peculiarly and especially Irish. We like it none the less for that—indeed, we like it only the more for its striking nationality of tone and manner, and, because likewise the matter is entirely divested of factitious embellishments or party insinuations. 'Whatever may be our difference of opinion on the minor points of the characters of Napoleon, Franklin, and Washington— however much we may disagree with Mr. 111• Nevin in thinking Napoleon insincere, and Washington a genius— we must acknowledge that his estimate of those illus trious personages is, on the whole, judicious. In his re verence, however, for the writings of Thomas Carlyle— that d-cp thinker and plain speaker of this our day ! we go heart and soul, lip and hand. Rugged, and even blundering he is, if measured by the prettinesses and the petty euphonisms of letters ; but there isa profun dity in his thoughts, a sweetness in his pathos, 'an awe in his solemeity, and a sparkle in his hilarity, which few of the more sedate and ornate writers can ever hope to evince. Still we will confess that a fondness for the books of Carlyle can arise solely from a peculiar sympathy for his genius in the reader ; a man cannot school himself into a lore for those rare volumes—that love, as Goodman Dogberry saith of reading and writing, " comes from nature." Mr. M'Nevin possesses this sympathy, and here, and there he affords us a glimpse of it in the course cf this clever essay. JOHN BULL'S neiP _7'O_BOULOGNE AND CALAIS. • We like the notion of this little volume excessively: it does credit to the ingenuity of Mr. Aird, the intelligent au thor of the "Student's Self.lnstructingFrench Grammar." - file object of the hook is simply to afford the casual visitor of France every facility for the acquirement of so much of the language of that country as will enable him to engage in ordinary conversation, and to minister to his various exigencies on the journey. Knowing that the ordinary course of tuition presented very con siderable obstacles to all who are desirous of obtaining such knowh dge, and intimately acquainting himself with the most facile means of instruction to be adopted under the circumstances, Mr. Aird h,s produced a volume pre cisely calculated to supply the deficiency. ln three ex tremely short and extremely agreeable lessons the reader is thoroughly initiated into the necessary myste ries of the French tongue ; and if, after studying " John Bull's Trip," he be not able to maintain a pleasant chat with any one amongst our neighbours across the English Channel it is altogether his own fault —not the book's ! The author has linked with these lessons a very comical narrative of the travelling adventures of Mister John Bull and his cara sposa ; from one portion especi ally, we oat an the village fete at Portel, we should be tempted to make a quotation did our space permit. The humour of the occurrence would be however wholly destroyed by any abbreviation, while to transcribe it entirely is impossible in the at present crowded state of our columns. A certain eccentric little personage, entitled Professor Pol:chinella, adds amazingly both to the amusement and instruction derivable from " John Bull's Trip." With Mrs. Bull we can commend the Professor for a " real native," and we can moreover advise any visitor of France who is ignorant of the la+ guage to obtain this little volume as his most agreeable and use ful travelling companion. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEW A Ric ET—Tuzs.DAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. 50!. tor all ages. Wolfdog, 4 vrs, Bravissimo, 3 yrs, Cantley 3 yrs. The Town Plate, last mile and a dis. B. C. Smuggler Bill, Queen Anne, br c by Colwick out of the Czar's dam Cant Rufus, Bravissinw (Brother to Yalentis shno), Leaconfield, Jro Sweepstakes, Now T. Y. C. Samphire, Fugitive, Sharpsli , on.r. Serciligle. LATEST BETTING. LivEhroot, Cur.— 3 to 1 ag:st Mendicant, (t). GODWOOD STAKES —9 to 1 agst Camera Obscura (t.), 10 to 1 agst The H ru, 20 to 1 agst Connaught _Ranger (t), 33 to 1 agst Bold Archer (t). ST. LEGEK.-5 to 1 im the field, 12 to 1 agst Grimston (t), 25 to 1 agst Fancy Boy. 40 to 1 agairst Vanish. LATEST BETTING AT . MANCHESTER—(TEIESDAY.) LIVERPOOL Cur.-3 to 1 agst Mendicant ( t), 9 to 1 agst Satyr (t), :0 to 1 agst My Mary (t), 12 to 1 agst The Con juror (t), 14 to 1 agst Yardley (t), 15 to 1 against High wayman, 18 to 1 agst Telemachus (t), 18 to 1 against Lightning (t), 18 to 1 agst Rowena (t), 18 to 1. agst Intrepid, 25 to 1 agst Polish (t). GOODIOOD STAiis.-9 to 1 agst Camera Obscura (t`, 10 to 1 agst The Hero (t), 20 to 1 apt Jenr.y Wren (t), 20 to 1 agst The Giantess (I), 25 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild (t), 25 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger (t), 25 to 1 agst Pe titioner. ST. LEGER.-5 to 1 agst Pyrrhus the First (t), 5 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes (t), 8 to 1 agst. Brocardo (t). WORCESTER RACES-TUESDAY. The Severn Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added. Mile and a quarter. (10 Subs.) Mr. E. Peel's Spithead, 3 yrs, 7st (H. Bradley, jun.) 1 Mr. J. Thompson's Hope, 4 yrs, Bst llb Mr. Clay's Pal, 3 yrs, 7st 3 Fair Charlotte and Borrani were not placed. Won by a length. _ _ The Two-Year Old Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 25 added. Half a mile. (4 Subs.( Mr. E. Griffith's Lady Litt, Bst 21b Lord Caledon's f by Simoom, out of Pergama, Bst 21b 2 Mr. Pearce's Yellow Rose, Bst 21b A good race, the favourite beaten by half a length. The Worcestershire Stakes of 20 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added; the second saves his stake. Two miles. (20 Subs ; 12 paid.) Captain Harcourt's The Druid, 3 yrs, Est 61b (Duncan) 1 Mr. Parr's Dulcet, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ... 3 Mr. I. Day's Zela, 5 yrs, 6st 61b _ • Won easy. The Members' Purse of 50/. ; 3 yrs old, 7st 12Ib ; 4 yrs, 9st 41b; 5 yrs, 9st 121 b; 6 yrs and aged, lOst ; mares allowed 31bs, and half-bred horses 71bs. Heats, two miles. Mr. G. Dumble's Rosin the Beau, 3 yrs (Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. Collett's Nannie, 3 yrs 2 2 Mr. Herbert's Powick, 4 yrs Two well-contested heats. AWFUL THUNDER-STORM.—PEIVRITH, JUNE 6. Yesterday afternoon one of the most terrific arid awful thunder storms ever remembered, accompanied with hail, visited Pen rith and its neighbourhood. Tne morning was fine and clear, the sun shining brightly, and scarcely a cloud was visible to dim the horizon. Soon after noon the air became quite sul try and overpowering, and thunder was occasionally heard at a distance. About three o'clock the sky suddenly became dark and lowering, and the clouds might be seen moving through the air in different directions at a rapid rate. About four o'clock daylight was almost shut out by the sudden darken ing and overhanging clouds, and about this time an awful clap of thunder was treat d, accompanied with lightning, and after a short interval one of the most severe and tremendous hail showers commenced that was ever witnessed by the oldest inhabitant living in the neighbourhood, and continued with unabated fun• for upwards of half an hour ; the hail stones were the largest ever seen, being about the size of a common Spanish nut ; and the streets were cov. red with them fur some time, until the rain fell in torrents. During the continuance of this severe hail-stoan the thunder raged in one continuous and awful roll, no interval between each peal intervening ; and the air seemed literally in one electric flame of fire, flash sue e, ,ding flash without any intermission during the con tinuance of the storm. The fury of the tempest did not last above an hour, but during that time most of the streets of Penrith were sheets of water, and the dwelling houses in low situations were mostly inundated We have not as yet heard of any damage done by the lightning, but a considerable number of skylignts and windows in exposed situations have been broken by the force and size of the hail stones, arid nearly all the glass frames in the gardens of the neighbourhood have been destroyed or damaged by the seve rity of the storm. It is supposed that great damage will have been dune to the standirg crops in the country by the hail- storm ; but as yet we have not heard the particulars. It is only about a week since the mountains overhanging Keswick were covered with snow, which seems very extra ordinary at this season of the year. DEATH FROM A PISTOL-SHOT.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. William Baker, jun., deputy-coroner, held an inquest at the Black Bull, Kingsland- road, on the body of Mr. Charles James Kampf, aged 21, who had lately come into possession of some property, and had within the last few months opened a grocer's shop, at 31, High-street, Kingsland. William Bellamy, an assistant to the deceased, said that on the evening of Monday, the 22d of June last, the deceased, who had been out, returned home at half-past eleven at night. Witness, on attempting to close the door, was told by the deceased to let it alone and go to bed. He left the deceased at the door smoking a cigar, and he heard nothing of him till the bell rang the next morning, when he went down stairs and saw his master in a chair, with the pistol wound in his thigh. He said, " I hope the Lord will take m os e t . 'Ol out afterwards said, " that whilst he was taking a coat, and it uf his pocket the trigger caught the lappel of his _ .exploded." He had had the pistol in his pos session about tw thinking that he ttlmonths, and had tired it at the back of the Saturday, in consequence of entered into possession thieves there. On coming of age he had observed that hisu ?f. considerable property. Witness know the ause. He Accitsbewere depressed, but he did not young ]adv e nt Woodford. Dur e i n ng ke t c he il la s g company t t o fo s r l tnightc.t his with a life he had complained of not being able constable 287 N gave testimony to the same effect. ee Ticielt quiry at this stage was adjourned to procure the attendance of the surgeon, to ascertain whether or not deceased had made any statement to him respecting the affair. Sir T. Wilde is to succeed the late Chief Justice Tin dal. Mr. Jervis will be Attorney-General, and it is said that Mr. Romilly will be the new Solicitor-General. The Earl of Liverpool will retain his office as Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household. The Earl of Granville, it is said, will be appointed Master of the Buckhounds. It is Captain Henry Eden, R.N., who is appointed Private Secretary to Lord Auckland, the new First Lord of the Ad miralty. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The last meeting for the summer was held yesterday afternoon, F ah , the rooms of the so ciety in Regent-street, Mr. Soli , - The exhibition included a collection of interestingSi nt h rv e t r e i t jts a i i er r s . of fruit and plants from China, recently brought Fortune, the Society's collector. An interesting object r was i. a clove tree in good bloom and perfect fruit, from the gardens of the Duke of Northumberland at Sion-house, bearing this condiment in high perfection, for which the society awarded the Silver Knightian Medal to Mr. Carter, gardener to the Duke. THE FATAL EXPLOSION AT THE DROITWICH SALT - WO RKS.—DROITWICH, TUESDAY.—The shocking affair which happened here on Friday last, turns out to be et a much more extraordinary character than even appear( d• at the time of its occurrence. Yesterday afternoon, the coroner for the city of Worcester (where one of the unfortunate sufferers died at the hospital), commenced an inquiry at that institution, before a respectable jury, touching the origin of the accident, but in the absence of necessary witnesses the proceedings were adjourned until Thursday next. Since Friday, the proprietors of the works where the acci, dent happened have surveyed the ruins of the premises, and find that at the lowest computation it would take a thousand pounds to putt hem in sufficient repair for use. The origin of the disastrous affair cannot be ascertained with any degree of certainty, there never having been a similar accident at these or any other salt -works at Droitwich within recollec tion. The force of the explosion may be jut'ged from the fact, that two carts, with the horses attached to them, were actually blown into the river Satwarpe, and the scalding rende re d nr' e ' e it c ap i " g from the tanks, rushed into the stream, and too hot to bear the baud in, besides destroying the fish T hc l t e h W li A.T CONSTITUTES A DOCTOR ?—A bastardy case Thursday bht before the magistrates at the Town Hall, on seemed to ' the Putative father being what was called a doctor. title or not, and t B O l have som e in the absence of the "doctor," guide them in the me doubt whether he had claims to the amount of the order, they required seine questioned on the matter,erious subject. A witness on being I, ; y a i ve the following enlightened in formation. Mr. Birley lii. replied, him whether he was a doctor or not, the witness Why, eoes he gire (advice?" p vVi l, " li e is." Mr. Birley— pay . fin . it."—Bolton Free Press. tness—" No ;he makes cm D O MESTIC SEA GULL. —A respectableaf correspondent t r ansmits to us the following s crap naturaldei history:— the in Garnet i " There is in the possession of a gentlem anre Hill, a sea gull, of e large species, frwomi ls g a Craig, m his which he has brought up from the nest, and hi has proved . most serviceable by destroying the snails and slug' s garden ; but in addition to this description of feeding, b e has , acquired a taste for sparrows, and scarcely a day passes on which he does not regale himself with four or five of them. His system of catching them is this :—He is upon the best terms with a number of pigeons which this gentleman has ; and, as the sparrows feed along with them, he mixes in the group, and, by stooping, assumes as much as possible their appearance, and then 'sets' at the sparrow as a pointer dog . would do his game; the next instant he has his prey by the back , and swallows it without giving it time to shut its get"... Glasgow Artrald, cessful competitors of the season. The usual loyal r T WENT Y-SECOND REPORT FROM and national toasts were given, and drunk with enthu- THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY siasm, and after spending a pleasant evening, the com- BILLS CLASSIFICATION. pany bri,ke up at an early hour. The Select Committee appointed for the Classification of During the or , t , rt.iininent, the CuAnulAN adverted to Railway Bills according to the resolutions adopted by the the peiforinunce of one of the succes!ul candidates of House, have further considered the several matters re the last season, a Mr. Pewters, who swam with ease ferred to them, and agreed to report as follows: one hundred yards in a minute. I Your Committee recommend that the London and South- Letters from Mr Sergeant Talfourd and Mr.Wakley Western Railway (London-bridge Extension) Bill ; the were read, expressing their regret at not being able to Eastern Counties Railway (Tottenham to Farringdon-street) attend the meeting of the societ Bill; the N or th K en t R a il way (City E x t ens i on ) Bill, b e y . I referred to a di s ti nc t C omm itt ee , G rou p N o . 67. Your Committee recommend that the Sheffield and Lin colnshire Extension Railway Bill; the Ely and Huntingdon Railway (Bedford Extension) Bill, be referred to a distinct Committee, Group No. 68. Your Committee recommend that the Eastern Counties Railway (Wisbech to Spalding) Bill be referred to a distinct Committee, Group No. 69. Your Committee recommend that the Sligo and Shannon Railway Bill ; the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Junction Railway Bill; the Galway and Kilkenny Railway Bill; the Dublin and Enniskillen Railway Bill; the Londonderry and Enniskillen Extension Railway Bill, be referred to a distinct Committee, Group No. 70. DEATH OF LORD CHIEF JUSTICE TINDAL. (From the Times.) The earthly career of the late Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas has been terminated rather suddenly. About ten days ago he attended the hearing o f an I r i s h appeal is the House of Lords—" Sheehy v. Lord Muskerry." On leaving the House he complained of excessive heat, and ap peared to be almost fainting. He was, within a few hours, seized with paralysis of the left leg, extending, as we under stand, to the hip-joint ; and, after the lapse of two or three days, his medical adviser recommended him to proceed to the seaside. N 1 about delay he repaired to Folkestone, accom panied by his son, Captain Tindal; but there he unhappily experienced a renewal of his alarming malady. Several members of his family were summoned, though little more than in time to witness his dissolution. He expired on Mon day evening at half-past seven o'clock, to the inexpressible grief of his family and numerous friends,as well as to the great regret of the public at large—for he was one of the most popular as well as the most eminent judges that ever adorned the bench of justice. Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal was in the 70th year of his age, having been born in 1776. There was, however, a general impression that his birth took place some years earlier than that date, for, though hale and vigorous, he seemed to be rather older than threescore-and-ten. It is also generally supposed that he was a native of Buckinghamshire; but of this there can be no doubt, that he is descended from an old Essex family, and that his father, Robert Tindal, who was a solicitor, resided for many years, if not the whole of his life, at Chelmsford, in Essex. There is a Mr. Tindal, brother to the late Chief Justice, who practises as a solicitor in Ayles bury, but we have every reason to believe that the subject (,f this notice was born at Chelmsford. After the usual course of school education, he entered at Trinity College, Cambridge, in the year 1795, and within four years of that period—in 1799—he took the degree of A. B , and that of A.M. in 1802. In the former year lit was eighth wrangler and senior Chancellor's medallist. In the month of October,lBol, he was elected a f Ilow of his college, and held the fel -I,,wship for eight years. Immediately after taking hia Master's degree, lie became a student of Lincoln's Inn, by which society he was eventually called to the bar. His connexion with Lincoln's Inn probably gave rise to the com mon error that he had been a Chancery barrister; but, on the contrary, his practice was limtted to the common law courts. Shortly after his admission to Lincoln's Inn, he en tered upon practice with very considerable success as a spe cial pleader, and Lord Brougham stated )esterday that he had been among the number of his pupils. There can be no question that a young law student could hardly have chosen a safer guide, for a man more thoroughly learned than Mr. Tindal even then was, in every department of the law, could scarcely be found within the range of the profession, and he was especially celeb ated for what is called " black letter le irning." His high reputation brought him so many clients that at a very early age he thought it safe to go to the bar, and accordingly we find that he was called in Trinity Term, 1809. In the ssme year he married the youngest daughterof the late Captain Thomas Symonds, R.N., and of course resigned his fellowship. A numercus family were the issue of this marriage, but the wife of Sir Nicolas Tindal died many years ago. In the Court of King's Bench, and on the Northern Circuit, every year brought Mr. Tindal additional reputation as a lawyer, but very little fame as an advocate. He was never at a loss for a case; he could always expound a principle; he could give the history of any statute, and with great perspicuity set forth its provisions; he could argue any point, however apparently hopeless, and impeach the validity of any legal document, however apparently sound; but a knavish witness could elude his examination, and an apathetic jury were never warmed by his eloquence : yet he had what the pro fession calls a "capital business ; and a large income re warded his learning, his industry, and his high reasoning faculties. The natural process lay which lawyers seek ad vancement in their profession is to get into Parliament. Mr. Tindal, however, enjoyed a distingnished opportunity of ap pearing before one House of Parliament long before his elec tion as a Member of the other. A Bill of pains and penalties was preferred against the Queen of George IV., and in one of the most extraordinary proceedings that our history records Mr. Tindal was called upon to bear his part. He, conjointly with several others, was counsel for the Queen. How far his astuteness and knowledge rendered him an efficient assistant to her Majesty's Attorney-General was a matter not very apparent at that period. That he was capable of giving valuable hints to his more showy brethren, Lords Brougham and Denman, there can be no doubt, but his oratory was not of the order to neutralise the dazzling in genuity of Copley, or to cope with the wily manoeuvres of a cloud of Italian witnesses. Hence, though he enjoyed the honour of being a Queen's advocate, he obtained with the public little additional reputation from his share in this ex traordinary inquiry. We now follow him to the House of Commons, to which assembly in the year 1824 be was re turned by the Wigton district of burghs; and here also we can say but little for his qualifications as a public speaker. His manner was cold, dry, and unimpressive; his political and historical knowledge displayed itself to small ad vantage; it bore upon few questions, and not even upon those with much power. One would have expected that his talents and learning as a lawyer must have often enabled him to enlighten the House on legal difficulties, but yet he had not a popular mode of dis cussing even questions of law. Nevertheless, a better man for the office of Solicitor-General could not be found amongst the Tory lawyers in the month of September, 1826, when Sir C. Wetherell became Attorney-General, in consequence of the elevation of Sir John Copley, afterwards Lord Lynd hurst, to the Mastership of the Rolls. At this time Mr. Tindal became Sir Nicolas, but he still remained without any very material increase of professional fame, nor was he called upon during his tenure of office to assist in any im portant prosecution on behalf of the Crown. Sir J. Copley, who had represented the University of Cambridge, became Lord Chancellor in the year 1827, during the Canning Ad ministration ; thereupon a vacancy occurred in the repre sentation of that constituency, and Sir Nicolas Tindal soli cited its suffrages. Mr. William John Bankes, though also a Tory, went down to Cambridge to oppose him ; the result of the polling was, 479 for Sir Nicholas Tindal, and 378 for Mr. Bankes, He had been chosen for Harwich at the general election in 1826, but of course readily withdrew from that borough to enjoy the honour of representing alma mater. Eventually, however, he became perfectly satisfied with two years' possession of this much envied distinction. Gout, irritability, and Sir Thomas Wilde, combined their united virulence to drive poor Lord Wynford almost beside himself. The chief seat in the Common Pleas therefore became vacant, and a prize within the grasp of the Solicitor-General. Sir Robert Peel repre sented Oxford, Sir Nicolas Tindal Cambridge ; the one was leading Minister in the Lower House, and the other second law officer of the Crown ; the one proposed Catholic emanci pation, the other supported it ; th e one retained his place in the Cabinet and lost his seat fur Oxford ; the Member for Cambridge gave up his seat fur that University, but obtained a seat upon the bench ; and in the month of June, 1829, became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, which position he occupied during the long period of 17 years, al though, under the 6th of George IV., cap. 83, he might, at the end of 15 years, have claimed exoneration from the toils of that high station. Death, however, has at length de paved him of its honours and relieved him of its labours. Sir Thomas Wilde will soon occupy the situation which he filled on the bench, although few men are qualified to supply the place which he held in the public esteem. If he had any faults, he certainly possessed many most shining qualities as a judge. Gentlemen of the bar who practise in a given court may never be able to agree amongst each other. or with the public, respecting the merits of any judge who occupies a seat on the bench of that court; still less can they be brought to anything like an admission that any judge at any time was ever wholly faultless. The public, however, are not remarkable for such nice discrimi nation ; but, with less knowledge and far less fastidious ness, they pronounce an unqualified opinion, either to the great discredit or the infinite honour of the personage who may at the time have become the subject of their notice. As to the merits of Chief Justice Tindal the bar may be divided, but the public are unanimous. They looked at his " sum mings-up" as among the most masterly exhibitions of judicial sagacity, and they regarded his calm, thoughtful, and tranquil inflexibility as the impersonation of British jus tice. They admired the vigour and promptitude with which he would cast the light of a clear and searching intellect upon some vast accumulation of minute facts, inferences, and ex positions,—how be would track out a plain and palpable path amidst some labyrinth of contradictory evidences. The world viewed with admiration the manner in which he threw aside the sophistries and disentangled the forensic perplexi. ties with which cases are sometimes enveloped,—how he dis sipated the obscurities, lopped off the irrelevancies, curtailed the redundancies which had been imported into the cause by the weak or wily advocate, and, finally, how he reduced the real point in dispute to its strict and indisputable merits. Such was the impression that the character of Chief Justice Tindal made upon the community at large; and, whatever criticism his alleged eccentricities might occasionally pro voke among the members of the Bar, all was forgotten in the intervals between one term and another, while his impertur bable temper, the unit......menity of his independence of spirit, his high integrity, and greatjudictal abilities were always present to the mind of every observer. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, JULY 7. The following Railway Bills, with the Lords' amendments, were agreed to : Bristol and Exeter (Crewkerne Branch). Newmarket and Chesterford.l Reading, Guildford, and Reigate. London and South-Western (Farnham and Alton Branch). Kilmarnock and Troon (with an amendment). Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin. Morecombe Harbour and Railway. St. Helen's Canal and Railway. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JULY 5. DEPARTURE OF LORD TIEYTESBURY. The departure of Lord Heytesbury has been arranged for to-morrow ; but it is stated, that in consequence of the receipt of an official communication yesterday, his Excellency is to remain until Monday, the 13th instant, and that an undress levee is to be held at the Castle in the forenoon of that day. RETURN OF THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON TO COVE. The Cork Examiner contains the following : "CORK, FRIDAY MORNING.—At nine o'clock this morning, a pilot, who was standing on the cliffs, sud denly announced that the expected fleet were coming in the harbour ; but it was some time after, even with the aid of glasses, before they could be described by less practised eyes, for though the morning was fine, it was rather dark, and hazy, particularly out at sea ; but as they quickly neared, under the influence of a strong southerly wind, they rapidly lost their shadowy appearance, and took the sl ape of googly men of-war, with every stitch of canvass set. .The St. Vincent led, clo se ly f o ll owe d, h owever, by the Queen ; the remainder, four in number, being far in the wake. All the ships quietly anchored in the man of-war roads, there being no firing, or any bustle on shore, except among the bumboat women, who, rigged out in new flaring toggery, were preparing to supply the fleet with bread, vegetables, &c. It is said here, ith what truth I know not, that their stay is to be of considerable duration. There is also another rumour, but one not so generally credited, for they believe the news is too good to be true'—namely, • that the fleet are to be paid oft whilst here.' Just as I write, I per ceive two of her Majesty's steamers coming into the harbour." THE IRISH MAGISTRACY. The Limerick Chronicle says :—" We have it from un doubted authority that the following letter was addressed by the Lord Chancellcr to W. S. O'Brien, Esq., M.P., on the subject of his accusation against R. E. Phillips, Esq., magistrate of this county : " Minute of the Lord Chancellor upon the complaint _ _ against Mr. Phillips, J.P. " I have now before me a full note of the evidence of the witnesses on the trial of the action by M'C"r mack against Mr. Phillips, with a summary of the Judge's charge. The Learned Judge certifies to me that as the Judge v:ho heard the evidence, and had an opportunity of observing the demeanour of the wit nesses, he should have found the same verdict had he been a juror in the case. I have attentively perused the evidence now before me, and reconsidered the case, and I do not feel myself called upon to take any further step in the matter. (Signed) "EDWARD B. SUGDEN, C. " ' June 23, 1846."' THE HARVEST.-FREE TRADE. -- . . Nothing could be more favourable than the weather, and the reports of the crops continue to afford the pro mise of abundance. But, nevertheless, prices are not very materially affected. Corn is somewhat lower, but butcher's meat and all other kinds of provisions are enormously high. Old potatoes are Is. 4d. to ls. 6d. per stone, fully treble the ordinary price ; and new po tates are 3d. to 4d. per pound ! Bread alone is mode rate in price, and the working people are living upon it, as far as their means enable them to purchase. The Coleraine Chronicle, a Tory paper, after giving a cheering account of the crops, says:—" We trust that, in the coming winter, we shall have a cheap loaf, and yet care little for Corn Bills or foreign competition." The Limerick Chronicle, another Tory paper, says : " The reduction of 14s. per quarter in the duty upon wheat has had no apparent influence upon millers' and bakers' prices in this city. Generally speaking the local prices of corn, flour, and oatmeal are without material reduction. THE PLOUGH. Vol. 1 Prosperity has so far attended this publication, and if it be ci inducted henceforth with similar talent and similar enterprise, its volumes cannot fail to accumulate as each successive half-year transpires. As a monthly miscellany of " agriculture and rural affairs," it has already acquired a very distinguished position, and this rapid elevation of a new aspirant in a field so often ai.d so ably trodden, is to be ascribed, we conceive, to the extreme utility which characterises not only every num ber, but almost every individual paper in every num ber. The utility of the article is, moreover, enhanced by the popular strain in which it is advanced, and also by the appropriateness of the different contri butions to the seasons and circumstances in which they are produced. As a favourable specimen of this we may instance the number of the Plough for the current month, namely July. Besides a well-timed budget of "Remarks on the Maturation of Fruits," another of " Observations on Diarrhoea in Lambs," and a curious dissertation on " Furze, Gorse, or Whin," the magazine contains a very valuable lecture on the compo- sition of the earth, as applied to agriculture, the first of an admirable series of chapters explanatory of "The Natural History of the Cereal Plants," and one of the renowned Baron Justus Liebig's brochures, entitled, "Remarks on Fallow." Not satisfied, however, with such a catalogue raisonee, the editor begins "An Agricultural Survey of England" —a subject both copious and interesting enough to fill an entire book of itself—and which, when completed wilt prove a most useful s t a ti st i ca l resource. One article in the present num b er we must i n j ustice par ticularise, as both readable to any ordinary peruser, and as of especial importance to all who are engaged profes sionally in cultivating the. earth—we mean a descrip tion of the effects produced by aration," or the break ing up and loosening of the soil; an operation which, by adc•Aing the latent heat of the globe to radiate through the pat ticies of mould more freely than it could otherwise, tends most remarkably to facilitate the pro gress of vegetation. The subject is ably treated, and deserves every attention ; pet haps we are the more induced to regard such matters with a favourable eye fr,an our enthusiasm for the propagation of a pLilosophic spirit in all the departments of husbandry. We cannot help regarding as a somewhat anomalous circumstance about this pre liminary volume of the Plough the delicacy uhd evunescent beauty of the binding; surely a work which is intended for the perusal of our honest, heavy-handed tenant-fat mers should have been covered more unos tentatiously and durably—not by a dainty apple-green and gold, which a gossamer might smudge and the powder of a lily stain beyond all reparation. If gree? , were so absolutely requisite, surely a " jolly green" would have been more serviceable. In future the pub lisher might take a hint from Shakspere's ejaculation, " Go hang a calf-skin round those recreant limbs !" COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. His Highness Ibrahim Pacha, attended by Sami Pacha, and also by Edib Effendi, Turkish Chargé d'Affaires, had as audience of her Majesty. Count de Bjornstjerna, one of the Seigneurs of the 'Kingdom, General of Infantry, Envoy Extraordinary tand Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, had an audience of the Queen, on his return to this Court on leave of absence. Colonel Iterregui, Minister Plenipotentiary from the Hipublic of Peru, had an audience of her Majesty to pre sent his credentials. Baron de Beust, Saxon Minister Resident, had an audience of the Queen, to deliver his credentials. His Highness the Pacha, and their Excellencies were respectively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. The Court was attended by Viscount Hawarden, Lord in waiting ; and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting. Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Seymour, Equerry in Waiting. The Prince visited his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. liar Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, visited her Majesty yesterday. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Bucking ham Palace. The company included her Royal High ;less the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leinengen, his Serene Highness Ibrahim Dacha, Samiracha, Edib Effendi, Ottoman Chargé .l'Affaires; Viscount Palmerston, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Earl of Liverpool, Colonel Bonfort (Secretary to Ibra him Pacha), and Mons. Nubar (Interpreter), and Major Dickson. The band of the Scots Irusniar-Gustrds was in attend ance in the Palace during dinner. Their Royal HighneLis the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Marquis of Salisbury with their company at dinner on Monday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Italian Opera with her presence last evening. The annual inspection of her Majesty's body guard it the Yeomen of her Guard took place at St. James's l'ah,e , yesterday, when the whole of the corps was in spected by the Captain, attended by the Lieutenant, the Ensign, the Adjutant, atql the Exons. Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley sustained a be reavement yesterday, by the death of their eldest son. Mr. Benjamin Hawes attended yesterday at the Co. onial-off►ee as one of the Under-Secretaries of State for he Cobnies. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Col ,, nial-office for the Governor of Hong-Kong. The Right Hon. Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has left town for Yorkshire. The Right Hon. H. Goulburn lett town on Monday afternoon for Cambridge. THE HOLBORN BATH SWIMMING CLUE ANNUAL DINNER. The annual dinner of this truly excellent and invalu able institution took place at the Freemason's Tavern, yesterday, when there was an exceedingly numerous at tendance of the members. The object of the dinner was not to obtain subscriptions to the funds of the society, but for the purpose of distributing medals and prizes to the successful competitors, and by a re-union, to promote amongst the members a social and friendly feeling. It is not our intention to enter into the merits of such an institution, as we are sufficiently aware that most people cordially coincide with the opinion of Locke, that swim ming forms a necessary part of the education of a man, but it may not be uninteresting to state, that according to the report of the Registrar-General in 1844, no fewer that 1,976 persons were accidentally drowned in that year, all of whom would be yet preserved to society and their friends had they known the art of swimming. Pasting over the other advantages derived from the art, auel as health and recreation, we will merely advert to the proceedings of the evening. Mr. Hedgman presided, and after the honorary secretary, Mr. HoraceKenworthy, read the report, which stated the gratifying progress of the society, several large silver medals, beauti fully engraved, wer e h an d ed to Messrs. P o l toun n wad Robins= of Oid9rd, who were t h e no. SUGAR DUTIES. It is confidently said that the plan to be proposed by Lord John Russell will be a sliding scale, terminating in a vanish ing point so far as differential duty is concerned. We are are assured that the gradation may be thus stated : BRITISH PLANTATION. ALL FOREIGN. 1845 1846 ...... .. ..... 14s. 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 ..... 1853 1854 The duty thus resulting, at the last-mentioned date, is a permanent equ ilisation of fourteen shillings on British plan tation and foreign sugars.—Post. NOTlCE.—Messrs. Ferguson. ef II"line Head Work 3. (trading under the firm of Joseph Ferguson),having a second time obtained an injunction in the Vice-Ctiancelior'a Court against the use of their trade mar ks u p on Silesias, and it having been deposed to at the trial t hat other house s besides the defendant had so used them, Mes srs. Fer g uson give this public notice, in the hope that it will be a sufficient warning to the parties in question, and obviate the necessity of fur ther proceedings. Holme Head Works, near Carlisle, June 30, 1846. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM.—Yesterday after noon the half-annual meeting or the governors and supporters of this incorporated society, which is under the patronage of Prince Albert, and affords to upwards of 100 licensed victual lers and their widows in decayed circumstances a home, coals and candles, with weekly sums varying from 6s. to 7s 6d., was held in the Freemasons Tavern, Mr. Charles Kempt in the chair. Mr. Jones, solicitor and secretary to the Society, read the domestic and financial reports , which stated that the late festival realised 2,500/., including 52/. 10s. from Prince Albert; ditto, from Mr. Seager ; and 21/. from Captain Pechell. The funded property figured 7,315/., and the general finance of the Society exceeded by 6001. that of the preceding year. Upon the motion of Mr. Pierce, seconded by Mr. Marley, the report was adopted. After which, the different vacancies amongst the governors and trustees were filled up, and thanks voted to the chairman. THE SALMON FISR/NG.,—TIIO grilse season has not as yet produced the usual quantities in any of our northern rivers. Some fine salmon have been caught, however. There was one of 271bs. got on th e C o non, a few days age, a n d one of 301bs. at Kilmuir. The price has not been less than Bd. per lb. here yet for balmy, and 6d. for grilse,—,&B4;.shire Advertiser. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee :- 1. That, in the case of the South-Eastern Railway (from the Greenwich Railway to Chart, near Ashford, with Branches to Tunbridge and Riverhead) Bill, amendments on third reading, the amendments are of such a nature as ought not to be adopted at that stage. 2. That, in the case of the Liverpool and Bury and Man chester and Leeds Railway Amalgamation Bill, clause on consideration of report, the clause is of such a nature as may be adopted if the House shall think fit, without the re-com mitment of the Bill.—Report to lie on the table. South• Eastern Railway (from the Greenwich Railway to Chart, near Ashford, with Branches to Tunbridge and River head) Bill—further proceeding on third reading resumed; Bill passed. NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. Greene—That standing orders, Nos. 121 and 122, re quiring amendments proposed on the report or third reading of a Bill to be referied to the Select Committee on Standing Orders, be, to the end of the present session, suspended— Friday, July 10. ELECTION MOVEMENTS. PLYMOUTH. JULY 7.—The interest experienced in respect to the elec tion become stronger and stronger every moment. Both par ties to-day express themselves confident of success. An active canvass is being carried on on both sides. Mr. Vincent yesterday evening addressed several thousand personsin front of the theatre, he was received by the assembled multitude with considerable applause, that multitude, however, was composed principally of non-electors. This day at noon he spoke for about one hour to another open-air meeting. His speech in this instance was listened to with less enthusiasm than was apparent at the meeting of last night. To-night he attends a meeting of the electors and others at the theatre. The best-informed think Mr. Vincent's chance of success very small, if indeed he has any chance at all, notwithstanding the flattering confidence of his friends. Lord Ebnngton's committee, sitting daily at the Mecha nics' Institute, are every moment expecting his Lordship's arrival in town, but up to this time (three o'clock P.m.) he has not arrived. DEVONPORT. All is going on quiet in Devonport. The friends of Sir George Grey met last night to arrange matters for the re ception of the Hon. Baronet on his arrival, which is expected to take place on Thursday. There is to be a dinner of Sir George and his friends after the election on Friday. BOROUGII OF HERTFORD. HERTFORD, JULY 7.—ln consequence of Mr. William Cow per, M.P. for this borough, having accepted office as one of the Lords of the Admiralty, considerable excitement was caused in this place on the evening of Monday last, various speculations being indulged in by different parties as to the probable- occurrence of a contest by some of the scions of families in the neighbourhood connected with the " Protec tionist" interest. This morning, howf ver, the writ arrived, and at an early hour it was proclaimed to the public from the Town-hall, in the market-place, by Mr. Lawrence, the Mayor of Hertford. Shortly after this announcement, the Hon. Candidate per sonally visited the electors, accompanied by Captain Towns end, the Rev. J. Scrimshire, rector of St. Andrew's, Hert ford ; Mr. H. Squires, Mr. W. Spence, Mr. G. Crawley, Mr. John Tasker, Mr. Hancock, Mr. S. Cousins, Mr. Gardiner, and other leading Whigs of the neighbourhood. There ap peared to be the most unanimous feeling in favour of the Hon. Gentleman, and the promises yielded to him upon ap plication were most abundant. Up to the time of the evening trains leaving Hertford last night no other candidate had made his appearance; indeed no opposition is now expected. It is announced by the authorities that the election will take place on Saturday morning next, at an early hour, so that the proceedings may not interfere with public business at the assizes, which open on Friday. There has been considerable bustle in the town throughout the whole day. GLOUCESTER. GLOUCESTER, TUESDAY.—This morning the friends of Captain Berkeley commenced an active canvass with, as we are informed, great success. The Conservatives will offer no opposition. The Captain arrived by the express train from London at half-past 12 o'clock this morning, and was ac companied from the station of the Great Western Railway by the Sheriff, the Mayor, Alderman Walker, Alderman Jenkins, and many other liberal gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood. The party proceeded to the King's Head Hotel, and shortly afterwards the Captain visited the elec- tors in person. On his arrival the bells of the different churches rang merry peals, and he received a warm recep• tion from his supporters. The nomination is fixed for Satur day next. NOTTINGHAM. NOTTINGHAM, TUESDAY, 4 P.M.—The new President of the Board of Control is not to be allowed to " walk over the course." An address has been issued by the leaders of the Chartist body, calling on the constituency to support " Labour's champion, Feargus O'Connor, Esq.," who is expected to arrive this evening and address the electors forthwith in the market-place. A subscription has also been commenced to pay Mr. O'Connor's share of the legal ex penses of hustings and polling-booths. So great is the un• popularity of Sir John Hobhouse among all classes here, that should he determine not to spend money his chances of re election, even with such an opponent, are by no means congratulatory. Sir J. Hobhouse has just arrived by the train from London. The nomination takes place to-morrow morning. SOUTH LANCASHIRE. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY: The writ having been ordered last evening, on the motion of Mr. Thornely, is expected to arrive here to-night. The election will, therefore, take place immediately. The prospects of the new candidate remain unaltered. LINES ON THE DEATH OF THE LATE MR. HAYDON. BY MRS. CHARLES TINSLEY. All thy trusts broken, Dispersed through the past, One shall not fail thee— Alas ! 'tis the last! What life refused thee Death now shall give ; Who let thee die thus Will now bid thee live. Why didst thou leave us A mem'ry like this? Torture so nigh to What might have been bliss! Man could have saved thee, His near aid was sought, He turned from thee coldly— () God, for the thought! Noble and brave one,— Aye, brave *, even here, Forsaking thine own For the lives that were dear — Rank, without grandmas, And wealth, without worth, By thy sad proving But cumber the earth. Blessings encircle The kind heart that shed One bright beam on thine Ere its dense shadows fled; Thy pale hand uplifted, This record to bear, Is a picture so touching, 'Twill live everywhere! Gentle, and noble, And sorely-tried heart, Earth's yearning sorrow Would reach where thou art ! Eagerly longing To prove to thee yet, If not its justice, At least its regret. 0, if such interest Aa ours can thus grow From closely observing One human heart's woe, What may not love, From all worldly taint free, The fathomless love Of thy God do for thee? * [We cannot coincide with our correspondent in regarding the crime of suicide as any indication of true valour. Does she not remember the epitaph which Napoleon ordained to be inscribed on the tomb of every suicide in his domi nions?—" Here lies a coward !" In poor Haydon, however, suicide was not so much the result of cowardice—for he had battled bravely, during forty-two years, against misfortune— as from terrible madness, which has so often supervened upon the agony of contemned and neglected genius —En. Sun. THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.— Charles Campbell, many years champion of the Thames, having recently disputed Robert Coombes's claim to that honorary distinction until beaten by him, challenged him, and the latter having immediately accepted it, the parties and their friends met on Monday evening, at Messrs. Cownden and Wentzell's, the Ship, Fox•street, Lambeth, when articles of agreement were entered into between them, to row for 100/. aside, on Wednesday, the 19th of August, a clear right away wager (no fouling), flow Putney-bridge to i boat off he bbip at lif9rtltke. THE ARMY-PRINCE GEORGE OF CAMBRIDGE. LIMERICK. JULY 4.—We are much concerned to hear that Major-General Lord Downes, K.C.8., the greatly esteemed commanding officer of this district, will resign his official charge here in October next. Major-General his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, Colonel of the 17th Lancers, is shortly to be appointed to the staff in Ireland, and will hold a district command, fixing his head-quarters, it is understood, in this garrison. DANGEROUS ILLNESS OF SIR AUBREY DE VERE, BART.—The Limerick Chronicle says :—" With unaf fected pain we record the dangerous illess of Sir Aubrey de Vere, Bart., of Currah Chase, in this county. The surgeon-general posted down from Dublin on Thursday night, and instantly left this with Robert O'Brien, Esq., of Mulcair, the devoted son-in-law of Sir Aubrey, and found his patient alarmingly ill from obstruction of the bowels. Sir Philip Crampton returned to Limerick early yesterday (Friday) morning, with but little hope of Sir Aubrey's recovery, and left soon after en route to the metropolis. We regret to learn since that inflamma tion has set in, and the death of the worthy baronet is to be apprehended. Sir Aubrey de Vere early in life studied books and men, in the closet and in the world. Though not a professed author, those few literary pro ductions he committed to the press fully establish his title to considerable erudition and very elegant taste. Some of his poetry may rank with the best classic pieces in modern English literature. Sir Aubrey de Vere is only son of the late Sir Vere Hunt, who sat in the Irish Parliament, nephew of the late Earl of Limerick, and brother-in-law of Lord Monteagle. His eldest son is Vere de Vere, Esq., late high sheriff of this county. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT. L 069 OF A LIEUTENANT AND FIVE SEAMEN OF H. M. S. FLYING FISH, AND THE MURDER OF TWO BRITISH OFFICERS OF H.M. SURVEYING VESSEL AVON. Flying Fish, Elmina Chica, Bight of Benin, April 18. On the 13th, we sailed from Whydah for Cape St. Paul, leaving at the former place the Hydra steamer Yesterday morning, about eight o'clock, a strange and suspicious-looking vessel was seen from the masthead. She was soon discovered to be a felucca, which removed at once all doubt as to her character ; she was eight or nine miles to windward of us, close hauled. Alter we had been an hour in chase, the smoke of a steamer was reported, and proved to be the French steamer l'Au stralie in chase of the same vessel. The felucca tried to keep away, and run between us and the land, and would, perhaps, have succeeded, had we not been en abled by our little draught of water, to stand very close into the shore. The slaver seeing this, found there was no prospect of escape, for we were pre pared to give her shot and shell. They, therefore, came to the determination of running the craft ashore. She accordingly run along the edge of the surf, which was greater than I have ever seen it, to pick out the most favourable spot for landing. After half an hour's suspense on our part, a dark body was seen on the top of a mighty wave, and then disappeared for a moment, in the vale of water. The next we saw of her, was that she was hard and fast on shore, all her masts, yards, and sails standing, not having carried away anything. As soon as she grounded, the crew got down the long lateen yard, un bent the sail, made a bridge of the former, and escaped on shore, taking the sail and their valuables with them ; immediately, as if by magic, she was surrounded by thousands of the natives, who lost no time in beginning the work of plunder. In order to prevent them, as soon as we got within range, we gave them a few shot, which at first dispersed them, but the love of gain overcame their fear. The French steamer also opened fire for the same purpose. Lieutenant St. Leger was sent in the first whaler to take charge of the prize, and endeavour to keep off the people by firing musketry at them. As soon as we came to an anchor, Lieutenant Robins, Messrs. Simpson, midshipman, and Williams, gunner, went in the second whaler, and five Kroomen in the jolly boat, to measure the vessel, and ascertain other particulars concerning her. After several efforts the kroomen managed to get their boat through the surf to . the shore, got on board, measured her, and prepared to come off to the other heats. They got half the distance when the boat was swamped. The Kroomen, who are like water dogs, managed to save themselves and their boat. Lieutenant Robins in the second whaler, in some unaccountable manner, got into the surf, and a heavy sea came in and broke over the boat, and sunk her—she was gone in an instant. Simpson and Williams, with two men, after struggling for some time against the sea, reached the shore more dead than alive. Simpson no sooner landed than he was immediately knocked down by a savage with a blow of a billhook on the temple, de privingwo rk of h s i t m ri p o p f i a n l g l s h e i n m s a ; t he oen. did T n h o e t c b o l m a c p k l e c t o e m h m i s e p n u c r e p d o t s h e e , as some of our Kroomen came to his release. Lieuten ant Robins, William Rice, seaman, William Kent, gunner's mate, Henry Holmes, captain of foretop, and William Hughes, seaman, the best men in the ship, were drowned. Our poor messmate was washed upon the sands and immediately stripped of everything. As soon as this was seen from the ship, the master, who was left in charge of the Flying Fish, sent the cutter to aid St. Leger in giving every assistance, and although within a few boat lengths of the victims of mistaken philanthropy, were not able to render the least assistance, so great was the surf. One of the Kroomen dashed through the sea and managed to rescue the body of Lieutenant Robins and put it into the jolly-boat. He and the others then endeavoured once more to get the boat through the surf ; twice were they upset, and as often washed on shore again—at last they been p jeked up. every means to re as u n c d c eael although g h ß t o h b e i r n e s w w e a r s e im n o m e h d o i p a e te a l , y brought on board, store animation were resorted to, but, alas, without sue c e crewss. Th Noneu h of a v e the p e r otheri s h e d Those who managed to get on shore safe, set to work b fi o v d e i e o s f h v u e r with what strength they had, to make a raft of the planks composing the slave deck of the felucca; it is wonderful how they escaped the sharks, Simpson and Williams are doing very well, and will soon be able to return to their duties. We do not know the name of the slaver; as we are going to Quitta, we may perhaps hear. She measures 92 feet in length, 20 feet beam, and 9 feet depth of hold; her masts short; sails and yards of moderate size; she is quite new evidently; it is her first and last trip for any purpose, as the is now quite a confused mass of timbers. By to. morrow she will have disappeared. This is the first slaver de stroyed by an English and French vessel under the new treaty. QUITTA, APRIL 19.—T0-day we have buried our late messmate, Robins, in the Danish fort at this place. The Governor behaved in the kindest and most attentive manner, furnishing us with every thing necessary. On the funeral procession entering the fort a salute of seven guns was fired as a mark of respect to the deceased. The funeral service was read by one of the officers. APRIL 20.—T0-day we have fallen in with the Ma tilda, a palm-oil vessel ; she has on board the master of the Avon, surveying steamer, he is invalided. A most sad accident has happened on board the Avon. Messrs. Pennington and Winstanley, second masters, and assist • ant-surveyors, were on shore surveying the Ramora river, when they were attacked by the natives and killed • for the sake of the instruments. Captain Denham is Dow left with only one §§biStSlat to get through his work. The Flying fish was at Lagos on the 28th of AV O* —a 1 well on board THE TRADE OF THE BLACK St, 1• (From the Semaphore de Marseilles.) The treaty of Kainardji, concluded between Rust:A. l• and Turkey towards the close of the last century, opened to Europeans the navigation of the Black Sea, from which they had been excluded during upwards of three hundred years. On .the 21st of July, 1774, the prohibition to enter the ,Bosphorus was raised, and our vessels were at last permitted to . penetrate into that sea which no European han navi gated since the expulsion of the Genoese, who remained masters until the 15th century of the principal ha:bnurg of the Crimea. The Empress Catherine 11. cast her eyes with coml placency on a country which, after six consecutivFe campaigns, had been at last united to her extensive do-• minions, and she resolved to found on its shores a number of commercial and military establishments. One of the largest rivers of Russia, the Dnieper, empties itself into the Black Sea ; her attention was directed to it, and, in 1778, General Hannibal laid, by her orders, the foundation of the town of Kherson. In 1783, a French man, who was recompensed by the grant of letters of nobility, established there the first commercial house, and undertook to supply the arsenal of Toulon with the flax and timber which descended the Dnieper. The partition of Poland gave a new direction to the commercial ideas of Catherine 11. She perceived the necessity of possessing more - to the westward, on the coast of the Black Sea, a harbour for the exportation of the agricultural productions of the palatinates of Bruslaw,, Podolia, Wolhynia, and other provinces recently incor porated with the Russian empire. She accordingly determined on the foundation of Odessa, which took. place in 1736. The fault committed at Khorson, the , development of which was arrested by the exigencies. of the Russian system of C us t oms , was avoided at. Odessa by the Emperor Alexander. In 1803 that prince reduced by one fourth the import and export duties established by the general tariff in all the harbours of the Black Sea. In 1804 het decreed the opening at Odessa of an entreinit for goods; imported by sea, the introduction of which was per mitted in Russia, and where they were permitted to re main during eighteen months without having any Cus tom duties or storeage, until they should be sold, and oni the point of being forwarded to the interior of the em- • pile. This favour was the more important, as the duties. being considerable, the merchants in order to satisfy the demand must have parted with a large portion of their capit3l. By an ukase of the same year (March 5), it was pro vided that all foreign goods the importation of which was permitted at Odessa, and those transported thither from other towns of Russia, should be allowed to pass in transitu, free of all charge, for Moldavia and Walla chia, through the Custom-offices of Mohilew and Dou bassaa ; for Austria, through that ofßadzilow; for Russia, through that of Kezinsky; and that foreign goods sent to Odessa by those four Custom-offices should enjoy a, free transit by sea. Those liberal institutions, dictated by an eminently enlightened spirit, contributed greatly to the prosperity of Odessa, which soon attracted the atten tion of the commercial world. Odessa became, onder the wise administration of the Duke do Richelieu, one of the most flourishing cities of Eastern Europe. At the s ame time that a Frenchman could justly claim the honour Df being the real founder of that city, another Frenchman, M. d'Anthoine, of Marseilles, directed by his example and writings the attention of his countrymen to the im portance of the extensive trade of which that city was becoming the centre. Agriculture, throughout Europe, having suffered during the wars of the empire, Odessa was the granary of the countries where scarcity pre- , vailed. But the spirit of wisdom which had produced Oust state of prosperity did not long preside over the councfile of Russia. Beguiled by the fortune of Odessa, she saeri-- heed it to a desire to increase the receipts of her cus toms. She imprudently adopted the prohibitive system. the consequences of which are ever fatal, and laboured with as much ardour to destroy the commercial prose perity of Southern Russia as she had displayed to create it. In 1822, when it was least expected, an ukase suppressed the freedom of the harbour of Odessa, and compelled the merchants to pay import du ties on all the goods in the stores. Such a cry of alarm, however, was raised, that the Emperor Alexander re stored the freedom, but not to the extent it was origi nally enjoyed. The goods, on importation, were sub jected to pay one-fifth of the duty required in other Russian harbours, and on their removal to the interior the four other fifth s . The limits of the free harbour were also considerably curtailed; two lines of customs were formed, one round the harbour, and the other round the city. Those lines still exist to the present day. Many other deplorable blows were levelled at the corn merce of Odessa. The freedom of the Caucasian provinces was suddenly withdrawn, and the merchants of Western Asia, who were beginning to visit Odessa, on their wayto , the great fairs of Germany, proceeded thither by another route. England, ever ready to avail herself of circumstances, took advantage of the faults of Russia, opened commercial relations with Trebizonde and her merchants, stopping at no sacrifice, formed there an immense entrepot, whence they soon exported the productions of their manufac tures to all the provinces of Asia. The trade of Tre bizonde now exceeds 50,000,000 f. (2,000,0001.), and it communicates with Constantinople by two regular lines of steam-packets. The agricultural importance of Southern Russia is such, that if the Government wished sincerely to adopt a course of reform, it would soon restore matters to their former footing, and give a new impulse to a trade which was paralysed by insane measures. In Southern Russia everything concurs in rendering the productions of the soil as cheap as possible, so that they can everywhere victoriously compete with those of other countries. The land is extremely fertile, labour costs very little, and the price of cattle is low. The, means of communication unfortunately have been totally neglected, for which reason the price of corn, far from' diminishing, constantly increases, and the merchants abstain from purchasing any, except in times of scarcity. The wheat received at Odessa from lieshia, Wolhynia, Podolia, and Bessarabia, is conveyed thither in chariot* drawn by oxen. These journeys are long, for the convoys cannot travel more than twenty miles per day; and they are expensive, for the carriage of a chet wert, or two hectolitres, of wheat costs from four to siaC roubles. Moreover, this mode of conveyance can only be used from the month of May to the month of Septem ber, owing to the bad state of the roads during the sevest other months of the year. It results from this circum stance that wheat, however cheap it may be in the above provinces, sells at Odessa at a comparatively high rate, and foreign speculators do not derive from that trade a sufficient profit to compensate them for the length of the voyage to the Black Sea, the outlay of capital, and the enormous expenses occasioned by the quarantines to which several of those productions are liable. It being difficult, on account of the nature of the soil and the want of stones, to establish solid roads through that part of Russia, the Government should devote itself to the improvement of the navigation of the rivers Truth, Dniester, and Dnieper. Unfortunately, nothing in. Russia is properly followed up, and the works under taken to facilitate the navigation of these rivers have hitherto proved unavailable. The price of corn, for all these reasons, has constantly increased. In 1841 the merchants were only able to offer the captains 2f francs per load for Marseilles, and it is with difficulty the latter can realise a trifling profit when they receive four. Southern Russia is now threatened, in the Black Sea, by a competition, becoming daily more formidable. Thanks to the freedom and privileges they have derived from the treaty of Adrianople, the Danubian principa lities have within the last ten years made immense pro gress. Galatz and Ibraila now ship a considerable quantity of grain to foreign countries, and, notwithstand irg the difficulty of ascending the Danube, the captains prefer repairing to those harbours, on account of the facilities afforded by their administration, and the com mercial resources offered to importation. In 1839 Mar ,eilles purchased at Galatz and Ibraila upwards of 4,000 hectolitres of wheat, whilst the quantity supplied by Odessa did not exceed 8,000. The trade of Southern Russia is consequently very far from prospering. In 1839, the most productive year, the customs duties produced in all only 8,215,426. roubles. The different harbours, situate along an ex tent of coast of upwards of 400 leagues, and the three land Custom-offices, exported, on an average, only from 45,000,000 to 55,000,000, and imported about one-third of that sum ; whilst the single harbour of Trebizond sends annually to the different adjoining countries up wards of 50,000,000 worth of English manufactures. In noticing the faults into which the Russian Govern ment has fallen by following the fatal inspirations of the Minister of Finance, Cankrin, we merely desired to give an additional proof of the dangerous results arising to a great empire from the adoption of the prohibitive system, which invariably drains the sources of industry, which it professes to render more abundant. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 7, The OH enta (chartered ship Duke of Cornwall, Captain Mills, arrived at the Motherbank at four o'clock, A.M., and landed the Bombay mails of the lst of June, which were forwarded to London by the nine o'clock train. The mails were for warded from Alexandria to Malta by the Iberia. The Corn wall left Malta June 25, and Gibraltar Ist of July. She has a very full cargo of goats' wool, silks, &c. ; also 104 pas sengers, principally soldiers, their wives and children. The. Achilles goes into dock to-morrow to undergo repairs pre vious to her leaving for Constantinople and Trebizonde on the 3d of August. The Oriental Company's new ship Ariel takes out the Indian and China mails on the 20th inst. The Gib raltar packet left to-day with the mails and 17 passengers. The passengers by the Duke of Cornwall are expected to be released from quarantine to-morrow. The Royal West India mail packet Thames, Captain Haste, will be ready for sea on the 17th to take out the West India mails. Colonel Sir William Robert Clayton, Bart., has left town for Buckingham, to attend the assizes as High Sheriffi ELECTRIC TELF.CRAPR.—lnstances are constantly occurring which demonstrate the utility of the electric telegraphs. On Friday last a gentleman with his family went to the station at Nottingham, and took tickets for the half•past four o'clock train; he ofkred in payment a 51. Brighton bank note, which Mr. Pettifer, a most active and intelligent assistant to the station-master, at first felt a little hesitation in taking, on account of the bank being distant from Nottingham ; but at length he took it, and, being in haste, as many persons were waiting for tickets, he gave the gentleman 11. is. 6d. in change, instead of 7s. 6d. In half an hour after the train had started he discovered the mistake he had made, and instantly telegraphed to Derby, requesting they would by telegraph inform the station-master at Rugby of what had occurred. This direction was attended to, and in three minutes after the arrival of the train at Rugby, which was due there at five minutes to seven, the news bad reached Nottingham that the sovereign had been received by Mr. Pigou at Rugby, and it was returned to Nottingham the next morning. -Lord and - .Lady - Charles Wellesley sustained a severs befit yesterday by the death of theit eldest ben. • ~\