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1 044 95% 5'14 49', ‘,12 r Ce'3t. 64% Cen . Clo' id 91d• las 0 . 0 ken 0 a bo aUles ° fcr Vogt:, 80 104 3,02° 7,180 bl a iOg g l ' judo 2s Lst° 6' 3. e; befl' • in 3°le s ;le ti l,4 Ao " g pier ° S 11+ is .-- )11 1 ••• ••• 3 ••• 4 ..• 5 1.Y•) ligh6 oas t 310e' breon , u ebeo• [shire► ,ebeo ip soi; 3illow 1. D' g.) c ora. 3 Ye ar Polan" r la st O c risiog tbe And older is love-life than years, Its calendar supernal; We count by smiles and joyous tears, And love-life is eternal." Cl PIPPX' LITERA T URE. THE SOCIAL CONDITION AND EDUCA TION OF THE PEOPLE. By Joseph Longmans. A work on so important a subject must always be interesting to the public. The first chapter treats of the social condition of the poor in foreign countries, the second of the awful state of demoralisation, Poverty, and crime which is but too common among the poor o f E ng l and and Wales. The accounts given. of thei r d est i tution and suffering are most appalling. The sub sequent chapters describe the education ot the poor i n f oreign countries, and the final one is de voted to the present state of education in England and 'Vales, and considerations of the best plan to Provide sufficient instruction for the people. lt a highl y i nteresting work on a subject demanding im toediate a tt ent i on and those des i rous o f obtaining ac counts of th e h a bi ts an d d we lli ngs o f the poor will find ample information. This NEEDLE. Simpkin and Marshall. - "is is the first number of a magazine of orna mental work, under the direction of Mdlle. Diego de la 13 .ranchardiere. At a time when so much at tent!on is devoted t o the art of embroidery, a ma g. 4 zin e lik e the present, which com bi nes b eau ty an d utility, .. and gives the opportunity to its readers of exerting th e i r i ngenu i ty i n th e p ro duction of useful riic great acquisition. The chief subjects in the pres ent number are a very e l egan t parasol cover and a point l ace g il e t. Th ere are illustrations given, dear and distinct directions for their manu 'aeture. 111 $ TOR y OF ENGLAND FOR JUNIOR CLASSES. Edited by Henry White. Oliver and -aoyd. A. Concise and simple history intended for junior 0 Li a !", 2 l from the landing of Ca33ar to 1850. It is Ozlni3.' written and well suited for beginners. ercises are affixed to every chapter. nip GOLD COLONIES OF AUSTRALIA. T his y G. Butter Earp. Routledge. n: "is work comprises the history of the gold colo- Os, their territorial divisions, produce, and capabi lities. There are also notices of the gold mines, with en l_rY advice to emigrants. The present edition is i rged and corrected, with the useful addition of a Map. ?no RAGGED SCHOOL UNION MAGA ni ZINE Partridge and Oakey. s is the third volume of this magazine, which b u l e p' descriptive of the various Ragged Schools est.a fled throughout England, and even in America 1 111 ,c1 the colonies, must possess much interest to those ynno have watched their progress. Those who are 444,:quainted with the sad details of poverty, crime, tv , find g 'ranee, which this work presents, may here much information. T RE TRAVELLER'S LIBRARY. itany and the Bible. By J. Hope. 71Vatural History of Creation. By T. Lindley Kemp. irgraan, Brown, Green, and Lonymans. v e ' " ese two volumes of this excellent series are upon ,23' different subjects. The first describes the Zretcb e d erestingcondilion of the people of Brittany, and i nt e s econd is chiefly scientific and anatomical. Many , works by well-known authors are an nounced to follow the present numbers. Jo 7-7 -fE, — ,NAL OF A SUMMER TOUR. Part II By the Author of" Amy Herbert." Longmans, 16 4 w ork by the author of Amy Herbert, though even f o y ln pretending as the present, which was penned the children of a village school, must always be "eati ng. The second part of the journal is from the Lak e of Constance to the Simplon. A map of t clf Europe from the Isle of Wight to Lake Con- I lee is prefixed. Lo C`4L SELF-GOVERNMENT. By J. Tonkin This Smith, John Chapman. i s In Work t rea t s o f th e c haracteristics of each Go .ern e nt and its practical tendencies, and it in cl u des jt prehensive outlines of the English Constitution. Z r i e s intend ed for the general rea d er , an d to those in great sted in the science of politics it wil l pr ove a er n d acquisiti on . Th e R epres entative System, Mo- L., in k A 7 Making, Trial by Jury, Education, Stand of wh ' ~ " InY, and T axa ti on a re among the subjects treated, —Ac h combine the theoretical and the practical. P OETRY by OF CHILDHOOD. A Poem A B .'l Goodwyn Barmby. William Tweedie. of eh l i t c d Ple pleasing little poem on the poetical subject dUc e d • 11° °d• A variety of other subjects are intro.- e in i llustration of the theme. There are also throe Poems at the end, from one of which -Pwing verses are extracted:- 4 I t i 8 net life which some call life, For love is one with living In discord and the stir of btrife, Pale Death its shroud is weaving. But Life is in the soul of thought, And in the breath of feeling, And in the d e ed of good unbought -Lilo heart of love revealing. )( Ea , he who lives not for the true, whomt •-- good no life doth give, luateth only to the view, No r Ca II be said to live. " 16 love of God to light called forth T he ul , earth—the over-giving -e south, the east, the w est, the north, For l ove is God of living. THE SaNDWICH ISLANDS. Advicas from the Sandwich Islands reach to the 13 th f May. Parliament had been opened on the ' 3 th of April, and the King's speech stated that the 4 lations of the islands with all foreign powers, ex v'ePting France, continued to be of the most friendly ch aracter. The conclusion of the new treaty with Gr eat Britain was referred to, and it was intimated ; 44 authority had been given to Mr. Barclay, the -ePresentat' , of the islands in this country, to nego t;,..o a similarthi!_ece one with . Belgium. vas With regard to fr n4 ( 7,,, a r e : i t it ly o :threatened ith in owle ion g of private adventurers d ment was made of the Prom pt at measures of acknowledgment the American Commissioner "-loriolulu who caused protection to be The C i r i e v a e t n i on b .Y of the ' United States' ship Vandalia. Mende a military force, however, was recom- Lis R. to guard against future alarms. Finally, th j r; Yla jeatY announced that it_ was the desire of ne e alr ve rnment to carry h o . n affairs so that no one i e if by any political e h.: expect to benefit by u e ! e i and that the new Constitutionun recommended o ep ennarnittee last year in grante in his sanction if it place of the original we re d lB4O, would re ceive Th' de emed expedient by t he representatives. subl;se9otistitution had subsequently been the chief laic of of discussion, and was likely to be adopted to 44 I . l° ' 3l e amend iren t s . The Government wished land l ' l milate it as much as possible to that of Eng- The' v P a rticularly as regarded the King's prerogatives. Pres „, n ual reports of the various Ministers had been Rres e s — a 'f ed ' and gave satisfactory evidence of the pro f th e - r ttle islands. In the report of the Minister fatej,nera "Uaterior, it was stated that the . number of the who had taken the oath of allegi l an 3o ce , t o o . Nhe ra dl n it during the past year had been t Gre at 411,:ere natives of the United States,3l . of the 15 of China, and 18 of various e total of The Post-office returns showed f Le to have - b ° ef , 4 l : e 2 re 4 ign letters received and dispatched d f which 15,287 were to a t. iet i t 4 the ljnit 'largt e t s. The total of domestic beeers Passin gl At' e between ae the several islands . .o a n, it lie-IvuO. Oa the subject of steam navigation, Nyith r 1 , 11 ,, e ,"„ r a that a contract was ma f de last year inter-island ate-r o ';:"es at San Francisco for a line o 11114 tahc s ' b ut that the vessel first sent h was ds f i o n u o n e d h u ee n n - Rra ate ,, e ) and that an extension of time d a . February Ind b i t' Privileges were also concede F rail arch last for one line of steamers b in tween San isla tid eL 'co and the islands, and another between the protection of th e 1 1 . 8 and China. In relation to the the ai tl ß, t l4 , the report of the Secretary at War shows was o '`)ruia— ' tie time of the apprehended attack fromC p a r li- De sec ie the raising of a militia of ClOO men fa rce : hut that a smaller, although more expensivenow ton ata was ultimately adopted. It %ta itt e . l:l ,ded that the force should b w e as co h n . ti h nu w e a d y . Of all the midst of the Pacific, in the f rom 41 ," 11, most important traffic, and yet highway it "'e squadrons of friendly nations, the islands,a. tacks contended, are singularly exposed to the t on (4. Pirates, and to predatory expeditions, c ad b g of the scum of all nations, such as that which th e d i e en organized at San Francisco. As regards Iteiat'i9Pute with France, the Minister of Foreign the n - i ," e „ b a points out that, in conformity with coal not given by the Hawaiian Government, the th e tillernial treaty with that country expired on Li on ' L til of March lest. Until some communica poaecik,ould be received, however, it was not pro f the act upon that circumstance. The report fr ee - olinister of Instruction showed the number of ai1a . 7, 10, ) 1 8 to be 535, of which 431 were Protestant .." 4 Roman Catholic, the number of scholars ef marll°srespectively 12,9t6 and 2 506. The number I+2x4 ridges during the year had been 1,771, of which h"lor w ere Protestants, 381 Roman Catholics, and 6 i mpe rfect The returns of births and deaths were a cV re et, but, so f ar as t h ey are presen ted, they show ‘yhjeattinuatice of th at gradual decay o f th e native racetainca 11 0 care seems able to arrest, the births as b eing only 2,4 9 4, while the deaths were 5,792. down , rzwiTcuET.—Tom Matthews, the celeb rated been and le g i t i mate successor of Joe Grimaldi, has recEntly 5", L'rransformed into a Bonifaee At th Itoe and C rown ' hall s :IT-lane, the cry is " Here we are!" 1,41...,, dazzling light -6, Old Tom" is to be met with in 'vt,lon.and in those THE SUN, THE GREAT SINE CUBIST. TO THE EDITOR. CF THE TIMES. Sir,—You have done the Rev. Robert Moore injustice. The stomach of the great sinecurist, like the trunk of the great elephant, has capacity for the largest aequisi tions, but does not scorn the smallest. The rev. gentle man condescends, in addition to his other responsibili ties, to encumber himself with the rectory of Rolling bourn, in Kent, value 551. per annum—a mere crumb dropping into the gorged lap of this clerical Dives. Again, Bishop Porteus left years ego—you know how long the bishop has been dead-1,0001. Consols towards the foundation of a school in the parish of Milton. A few extra hundred pounds subscribed by the incumbent the Rev. Robert Moore, at once (and the contribution would hardly have been missed from his plethoric purse), would have furnished the children of flunton with need ful instruction in a becoming dwelling. The 1,0001. not being sufficient for the endowment, a generation actually passed away, while the Rev. Robert Moore prudently allowed the bishop's bequest to accumulate at compound interest. After 30 years' delay—l believe I speak under the mark—the school-house is built, time having quietly added to the 1,0001. the needful amount which this Ca lifornian pastor refused to grant to the children out c f the abundance of his wealth end the charity of his heart. The Rev. Robert Moore like a to do his work by deputy. Your faithful servant, MEMENTO. JUSTICE TO R. MOORE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—You and your corm;pondeats have (I am sure quite unintentionally) done an injustice to the 11ev, Mr. Moore, in failing to give him the honour due to him as rector of two more livings than you have enumerated. You have rightly described him as Registrar of the Pre ragative Court of Canterbury, Canon of Canterbury, rector of Minton, Kent, and rector of Latchingdon, Essex, all in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and presented to Mr. Moore by his father, the late Arch bishop Moore. But Mr. Moore rejoices in the possession of two more rectories, proceeding from the same source. He has had ever since 1802 the sinecure rectory of Eynesford, Kent, which though put dow❑ at the moderate sum "of 1501. annually, has annexed to it the very substantial benefit of the patronage of the vicarage of Eynesford (value 4101. a year), to which the said Mr. Moore presented in 1807, and may therefore not improbably be able to pre sent again. Moreover, since 1801 he has had the sine cure rectory of Hollingbouru, Kent, valued, it is true, at the very moderate sum of 551. annually; and at first sight it might appear strange that it could have been worth his while to have enclosed such a minnow in his net. But the report of the Commis sioners on Ecclesiastical Revenues, published in 1835, will probably he considered as affording a glimmering of light on the subject. for the following important ad dition to the 551. will be found there :—" Income 551., and tines on renewals, but none received for 28 years." Everybody, I urn sure, will sympathize with Mr. Moore for his not having received a fine for so many years ; but as2B years from 1835 brings us to the year 1807, and Mr. ?loore was appointed (according to the Clergy List for 1851) in 1801 (the " report" says 1802), no doubt there was something to comfort him ut that more interesting period of his incumbency, and, as the fines are generally large in proportion to the smallness of the income, we may hope the best, though Mr. Moore did not favour the Commissioners with any further informa tion o❑ this point ; and, as 17 years more have now elapsed, there is every probability that the patience that was so sadly tried by a delay of 28 years in receiving a fine has been abundantly rewarded. In future, therefore, Sir, justice to rdr. Moore will require that you should give him all the honours duo to the holder of the following six offices :- 1. The Registrar of the Prerogative Court of Can terbury (worth, say, 10.0001. a-year). 2. A Canon of Canterbury (1,0001. a-year, and a share of the patronage of 34 livings). 3. The Rector of Banton, Kent (7831., and a suitable house). 4. The Rector of Latchingdon, Essex, (6801., and a suitable howe). 5. The Rector of Eynesford, Kent (1501., and patron age of livieg of 4101.). 6. The Rector of Hollingbourne, Kent, (55/. and fines). The interest felt in Mr. Moore is perhaps enhanced by the recollection that his brother, the Rev. George Moore, was ti 111846, by gift from the same quarter, — Canon of Canterbury (value as above), held since 1795. Rector and Vicar of Wrotham (value till his death 2,0611., with suitable house), held since 1800. Vicar of East Peckham (value 7504 with suitable house), held since 1805. But hero I stop, lest I should exhaust your patience. I must leave it to the Clergy Lists of this and past years to do further justice to the Moore family. One question in all seriousness, and I conclude. Is there anything but an Act of Parliament, providing some check similar to rehat the bishops themselves placed in a recent Act upon the exercise of their patronage by men equally, I suppose, trustworthy—namely, deans and chapters— that will bring the bishops to their senses, or suffice to teach them that the patronage intrusted to their disposal, especially that more valuable part which they almost in variably appropriate, is not their own, nor intended to enrich the families of those already so munificently pro vided for, but a solemn trust placed in their hands for distribution to those whom in their consciences they be lieve to be the most deserving of it, and likely to make it yield the most benefit .to the great object for which alone the clerical office exists? Many think there is not, and their own legislation for the case of deans and chapters may be fairly taken as their own testimony on the subject. A FRIEND TO THE CHURCH. FILTHY WATER.—The Directors of the Wenham Lake Ice Company, in the Strand, are wags after a fashion, and mix much of practical philosophy with their humour. Looking about for some positive contrast to the huge trans parent blocks of crystal, which have added so much of luxury to our summers comfort, what could be more trite than a few glass tanks of Thames abomination I And there in their windows, in tangible evidence of the inertness of metropoli tan conservators, and supine legislators, stand s i n undisguised impurity, the veritable compound which gives an extra shade of richness to the colour of our tea and coffee, “body" to our London porter, and an additional unctiousness to City turtle. Our Transatlantic friends of the Strand do not, however, atop at this lesson, but they go on to teach us what our river ought to be, by a rapid restoration to its unsophisti cated country state, through the agency o gi f ee a ns m yi op o uh s s t o s na i n m pa p luy l r e ti Ifi. a ce n ar d i perfect contrivance, invention n iva o n f c t e L te A rm lfr e e d d a ß n ir li d y , d t r h o e sta in t chemist of Birmingham. THE YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. On Saturday evening the 4 rat. train from York, rather more heavily loaded than ordinary, proceeded towards Scar borough. All went right until its arrival near Kirkham, when, owing to some accident to the tirese thoef ttrhaeinengwinase wheels, not satisfactorily explained yet, thrown off the line, and with rather a serious shock. For tunately, with the exception of the stoker, whose name we could not ascertain, and who was severely bruised about the body, and had several ribs broken, no injuries accrued to any of the passengers, although all were necessarily very much alarmed. The train remained on the line until near 11 o'clock P.M., at which hour a heavily laden excursion train from Wakefield and Normanton arrived at the spot. It being impossible to proceed on the up line in consequence of the disabled engine and tender lying across the rails, the ex cursion train was obliged to be shunted on the down line, on which side it proceeded towards Scarborough for some time. This reprehensible step happily took place without any mishap, and the train, in which was our correspondent, shortly afterwards passed again on to the up line, about ten minutes before the last train from Scarborough to York came quickly forward. Had the excursion train been a few minutes later on the down line a terrible concussion would have been the necessary result. By the delay from the ac cident on the line, the excursion train due at Scarborough at 8.30 r.ac. did not reach that place until 12.20 A.M. (Sun day morning), and at that late, or rather early hour, pas sengers, wearied and disgusted, had to seek lodgings as they best might. DEATH OF AN OLD PROFESSIONAL SINGER. Yesterday an inquest was taken by Mr. W. Carter, the coroner, at the Tankerville Arms, Caroline-street, Lambeth, as to the death of Mr. James Deverell Gibbon, aged 74, once a popular vocalist, who was killed in the Lambeth Workhorse on Saturday. The unfortunate gentleman was very feeble, and had for some time been an inmate of the workhouse. On Saturday he had had permission to go out, and, on his return, was descending down a flight of eight or ten stone steps into the yard of the house, when it is supposed his hand gave way as he was leaning on the railing, and he fell over into the area below, a height of about sixteen feet. His head pitched first on the stones, and Mr. Brooks, the task-master, described the concussion o like " some one breaking a cocoa nut with a hammer." Assistance was immediately rendered by Mr. Duke, the surgeon, but he was wholly insensible, and died in about eight hours from concussion of the brain. The railings are three feet three high, which was considered too low for aged eople. The jury returned a verdic t of " Acci dental death," and also agreed to send a memorial to the board of guardians recommending the hand -railing to be heightened at least six inches. MATRIMONY.—The advertiser, aged 40, of improv ing political connexions, and being as well known for his independence of mind as he is for his independence of for tune, is anxious to form a matrimonial alliance with a young lady, not older than himself, who might be able to command, yt the e t l Ts e c a e am s l t ep t e h rn e ii e m oE e f a u n nr s oop o e f kind i p s r o o c tf huoerbi object, eg g ertfl o n n ads e p i t n ohl the iintig. N not irn ile a t n enne a ce r ee m s is y ni t , h ca o l u ti e r e e e a d s e e d d . b y I f t h e t h w i s e i g influence f i o n r t u t o h e e s us cffia e l e i e c n a t n l y b l e e r fu g r e t thoe rturn t A b b e s s e c n a e l e e f i t n o m the E n a d g v l a e n r d t i s h e a r ' v s i n f g a v s o o m u r e , w h s o a t m l i m u c i t h e d th t h e e be el t t e e I r e . of his respectable acquaintance induces him to take this now not very unusual mode of making known his wishes. Has every reason to believe his name and position would, upon acquaintance, make any one happy who accepted his hand, though it still might bear upon it the stains of recent political events. Any young lady answering this proposal must send with it medical certificates of her having been vacc i n ated, as well as her portrait , the likeness of which must be attested by two of her dearest friends.—Address, under the cover of secrecy, to L. N., Elysee, Paris, marked outside, " Tender."—N.B. Young ladies of the House of Co burg may apply.—Punch. EXCURSION FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO PoRL in e t N h D e BAY.—The member s of the Southampton Polytechnic Insti tution and their frie nds, about five hundred in number, went e f n o t r on an steamer Jupiter,cursion tkriipndtloyPloernttlatnod tßhaeymonbyMoi‘nicln y Willcox, the last, a Member for the town, an d mana g ing director of the Penin sular Company. The Mayor , Sir Alex. Cockburn, Southampton, and several gentl emen and ladies, accompanied the party. A portion landed at Portland, and for several hours inspected the ingenious and magnificent works now in progress for the Portland breakwater, The rest landed and enjoyed themselves at Weymouth. Any one willing to see mechanical skill operating on a great scale, should go and see the progress of the Portland breakwater. About a thou sand__ tons of stone is daily thrown into the sea to form it. to attend to his The utmost courtesy is shown to visitors, and every facility afforded to enable them to see the works. Sir Alex. Cock burn intended to proceed to London by rail from Weymouth, his portmanteau professional and he was under by the Jupiter. Water from their e nel was as smooth charming than the voya g e , to Portland is about to the steamer, was returned from Weymouth business, but from some accident The? necessity of returning to Southampton company arrived at Southampton a x . cursion yesterday morning. The Chan rnill-pond, and nothing could be more The distance from Southampton sixty miles. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The Europa's advices, received on Sunday, report an advance, to the 11th inst., of to per cent. per lb. in the New York cotton market. This has no effect on Liverpool, however, for it is seen to have been occasioned by intelligence of an upward course in Liverpool to the 29th July, and not by any circumstances affecting the prospects of supply. These, on the contrary, are of an increasingly propitious character ; the receipts of the past crop being 2,000,917 bales against 2,315,931 at the same period last year, and the ac counts of the growing crop being more favourable, with fewer drawbacks, than such as we usually re ceive at this season. These circumstances are evi dently felt by speculators on this side, as the sales in Liverpool were only 6,000 bales yesterday ; and, although prices were not quoted lower, yet here and there a trifling advantage was experienced by buyers. In our own market no further effect has been pro duced than that of a slight increase of caution amongst buyers. But any expectation of a turn in their favour, which they might entertain at the com mencement of the day, was found to be groundless as the forenoon advanced. The spinners of most descrip tions are too well supplied with orders to be at all anx ious about making further sales ; indeed, many of them are unable to undertake further contracts for delivery in any reasonable time. Under these circumstances, the market at large has been characterised by a gene ral firmness in prices ; while some of the scarcer articles, as for instance 28's to 32's warps, and certain numbers of cops, have shown a hardening tendency —imparting, indirectly a steadiness to those sorts which are somewhat dull, such as Indian qualities of mule. The cloth market has been inactive, but steady, indeed exceedingly firm in general prices. Under a fair demand from the home dealers and printers, the bias is still rather upward in some fabrics. Domestics are selling more readily, and the makers are therefore rather more independent in dealing with their customers. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—The demand for flannels has been good, and the manufacturers are asking higher prices. The late advance in the raw material has had the effect of clearing the market. In wools prices are at present stationary; but low and middle quali ties are very scarce. MACCLESIUELD, TUESDAY. Our manufactured goods trade continues to maintain its position of last week, and with this continued impetus cer tain " makes " have become scarce ' • conseq uently, prices have attained a firmness for some time without parallel in this market. The demand for thrown silks in the home trade may be quoted about the same as last week. In the mean time the mills continue in full operation for foreign account, and a scarcity of hands is manifested in this department. Raw Silk—Chinas have experienced a further decline of 6d. per lb., but up to the present this has been without reaction or resumption of business. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY. —Business continues much the same in our market to-day as last week. There are more buyers in the town, but we cannot hear of any very large purchases having been made. Trade is dull for this time of the season ; still more is being done to order than is usual of late. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—There has been a little inquiry to-day for camlets for the East India trade, but not in large quantities. For other descriptions of worsted goods there is scarcely any demand. In the yarn market there is no noticeable change. The spinners are moderately employed, but at rates that are not wholly remunerative. Wool is firm, and not much doing. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2‘, COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORN E, TUESDAY. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena and Princess Louisa, drove out in an open carriage yesterday. Lord Colville was in attendance on horseback. The Earl and Countess of Derby arrived on a visit to the Queen. The Royal dinner party included the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Baroness Speth, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Phipps, and Mr. Gibbs. Mr. Newdegate had an interview with Mr. Secre tary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. The Cambridge University Commission had a meeting yesterday at the official reaidence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Pre sent—the Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir John Herschel, Professor Sedgwick, and the Rev. W. H. Bateson (Secretary). Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of Hang-Kong and Ceylon, and to the Gsivernor of Malta. THE PEERAGE. Sir,—The remarkable statement made in your valu able journal on Saturday last, under the above heading, has attracted attention. I have carefully checked it, and find it correct, save as to the earldom of Haddington and the baronies of Belhaven and Bayning. In the two former cases, upon the demise of the present peers, without mail issue, their British peerages respectively will become extinct, but both Lords Haddington and Belhaven have heir 3 presumptive living who will inherit the Scottish honours. With regard to tho barony of Bayning, his Lordship is blessed with a son and heir born in the year 1844. The baronies of Aston, Nugent, and Hancliffe, which your correspondent enumerates amongst those that will become extinct, have already become so, Lord Ashton having died in 1845, and Lords Nugent and Rancliffo in 1850. However it is quite plain that within a very few years indeed thirty peer ages have become extinct, and that there are now no less than fifty, for which there are no heirs, either ap parent or presumptive, the great majority, if nut all, of which will also become extinct. August 23, 1852. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. COWES, AVG. 24.—The match for the Royal Yacht Squadron Cup, so unfortunately interrupted on Satur day, was started afresh yesterday, but, as will be seen, with a result no less unsatisfactory than would have been the case had the yachts continued their coarse on the day of the first attempt. Yesterday morning, before the hour of starting, ten o'clock, thero was a tolerable breeze from N.N.1.. but it died away soon before the hour fixed on arrivod. The vessels which were destined to take part were, however, started at ten, westward. They were the same as on Saturday, with the exception distance E ar g d y s of of the Gloriana.; she did not start the second time paint A ihce s e Goon as the yachts got well under way, o ff Aurora had a slight lead, with the Arrow astern, the C a laym quarterore oafnad mile;M usqu thesei Mosquito lytiwn two shortly s a h b o r r e t a l s y t ataf afterwards stand ing over to the north shore. The Lavrock and Alarm were at this time the two sternmost. Off Leap-bank, the Mosquito bade adieu to the Cl:nul a do y wa m gi o an r in e c , lo a ts n oeo d ck d o r m e p w an o yn, the Arrow, the latter showing signs of wishing to get into closer company with her little rival. All the yachts now got well over to the north shore, to shun the tide. lead. The t T h a e o A m u o ro sci ra ai g to ot an a d b A re r e r z o e w , were followed by the Claymore about a mile astern. There was no great change in their positions for upwards of au hour, and on passing Hurst Castle the time for the four leading yachts stood thus:— 12h. 10m. 455. Aurora Arrow ... ... 12 13 0 Musquito ... 12 15 50 Caymore „.. 12 19 55 A breeze here sprung up, and the two leading yachts first catching it, they stood over to the Needles in good style, rounding about one o'clock. The Arrow here took the lead, which she kept all along the back of the , where the Musquito, then e e r a s d r n, astern,odaw n k , de t phhte having h a emv latteri l n ue g as vgd p eu a sti aiss Mosquito, vessel, f fh tohowe runningsob A voe u rrn r , u o e r p: a w , first h gotgeor et aboutrasheo-huWight,enwadhead ttahhorbtoreielteNclh becalmed, off White White Nose I r t s a s e ed se h o e o r n , d an g cl ua r g ou re n e d t e io d g th th e e fl A ag r: i e nd ow t e h a er a e t was, lo. with what boat at w Ar row six minutes later. So unsatisfactory a regatta as regards sailing h as seldom been known here. With the exception of the first day, Tuesday, not one vessel has had anything like a wind to try her. The Arrow, as will be remembered, on that day got a wind to herself, which enabled her to got over the course a long time a-head of either of her opponents. In the other two matches it has been little better than drifting all the distance. TELE CHARGE OF F ORGE RY AGAINST A Him SoLicrros.—Yesterday Wi lliam Coo p er Robinson, th e soli ' : c itor charged with having for g ed the signature of a espect able inhabitant of that town to an 1. 0. U. for 1,0001,, and who was remanded on Sa turda y last, was again brought be. fore the magistrate jat the Mansion -house. It was proved in evidence that Mr. Prickett, whose name has been, with out his knowledge, attached to the I. 0. U., had, as mort gagee, given the prisoner authority to sell the property, th e deeds of which the prisoner had proposed to deposit as secu rity for the loan of 1,0001., the I. 0. U. being in the shape of a temporary guarantee until the deeds could be obtained w as ou n l o ol m no o t ne li y e, the ma from London. Mr. Hindes, who appeared for Robinson, hay_ ing argued at considerable length that an I. 0. U. was a do cument not acknowledged by the law, but only permitted as evidence of a debt upon an actual transaction having b een had been ecobrtraeinheodraitnivtehlyie case, that e a t nd th t e h e e h re e f r o g re e , gistrates decided to commit the prisoner to the borough see. sions, and stated that they would allow bail, himself in 2001., and two sureties in 501. each. TH E CROPS IN THE EAST RIDING AND NORTH LlNcomi.—A personal inspection of nearly tile whole of this district during some days travelling on its highways and by ways, backed by information obtained from the best sources in all quarters, brings us, we are happy to say, to the con clusion that, without any doubt, the complaints .that have been rife in many other parts of the kingdom of the bad q q u ua li rte e r d s 8 o g n. i r growers e c r a s 8 e a s r are seven c te ondition and scanty promises of the grain crop do not apply this range of country. Exaggerated and over-sanguine by reeecreenhtecvheantgeeens, estimated, the th in e expectations efi have in many instances, it is true, been much content to reckon five; but, on the whole, th e p rosent will be a good and h e heavy crop, and other sort s of g rain look well and promising. rapidly. The harvest is, gene rall y , progressing CITY OF LONDO N REGISTUATION.—Mr. T. Y. rehristie, the revisi ng b arrister, h as given notice that he will commence his regi s t rat i on th i s year o f voters for Mem bers to serve in Parli ament for the city of L on d o n 011 Thur sday, the 16th of next month. TILE INCOME AND PROPERTY TAX. There is no doubt that the correct principle of taxation is, that every one should contribute to the yearly expenditure o f th e country i n a fixed propor tion to the amou n t o f property i n his possession during that year. That is the position very correctly laid down by Mr. William Parr, in his evidence, just published, before the Select Committee on the Income and Property Tax. A moment's reflection will be sufficient to show that it is in the highest degree unjust to exact the same sum in the way of taxation from two men, one of whom derives an income from an estate in fee or from money in the funds, and the other whose income is a profes sional one or a short annuity. Let the tax be levied on the value of the property, no matter what that property may b e —l and in fee or for a term o f years, houses, a post i n S omerset-house or in t h e Treasury, skill in healin g h uman d i sorders, or in playing on t he fiddle. We c are no t f rom what source t h e va lue may proceed, so it is va l ue . L et each man contr ib u t e in pro portion to th e amount of that value in his possess ion. Now, what bett er t est of the value of proper ty can he taken th an th e pr i ce it will fetch in market over t It is easy en oug h to ascertain the value of eac h man' s interest in real and personal estate ; •it is also a suffi of any ciently simpl e t as k to determine the c a pitalised value income derived from skill or industry. As the best illustr a ti on o f cur meaning, and at t h e same time as the s everes t comment upon the present iniqui tous method of l evy i ng the income-tax, we would submit the followi ng figures to the consideration of our readers. Th e y w ill serve to show the sums f o r which such annuities rents, estates, and secur iti es as are there set forth w ou ld sell. It is real l y difficult to see, with such calculations as the following before us, why we should not all be taxed according to our real, and not our imaginary means. We COPY the assessment from the reported proceedings of the Select Committee on the Income and Property Tax : X. " A has 10001. a year in Long Annuities ... 6,875 " B has 1,0001. a year in Consols at par 33,333 " C has 1,0001. a year from land worth 30 years' purchase .. 30,000 D has 1,0001, a year from land, during his life ... 16,667 " E has the reversion of rents, of 4000/. a year, after the death of D 16,666 " F has houses returning, in current rents, 1,0001. a year 16,000" A professional income is, probably, much inferior in value even to the lowest interest in the above assess ment. As is very properly stated in the report of the Committee, the highest possible point at which an income of this sort can be estimated is to place it among life annuities. As we all know it is, in point of fact, something much inferior. There are the contingencies of ill health and fashion. The fashion able physician of to-day is the nobody of to-morrow. The barrister who has sunk a considerable capital in subsistence, education, and protracted preparation for his profession, and had already begun to realise some fruits from all his anxieties, toil, and self-denial, finds himself suddenly thrown back upon the world, not from any fault of his own, but because changes have been introduced into the administration of the law. Then there must be taken into account the deductions made for life insurance, and other similar provisions against sickness and death. How can any assessment be fair and equitable which not only'strikes at the realized property of two men, but then proceeds to levy a further toll upon the transitory income of one, while the other goes free for the simple reason that he has none which can be affected by such an impost ? Dr. Chambers or Sir Benjamin Brodie buy lands and estates like their neigh bours, and are subjected to similar taxation in every respect. The same thing happens if they invest in the funds. Their investments are realized values. Any 11. they receive from their patients is a simple 11. ; nothing more. Any 11. from their landed es tate or from the funds represents 30/. besides itself, and yet seven-pence in the pound is deducted from each. Seven-pence is deducted from the 31/,, and seven-pence from the 11.; and this is justice ! What we have said of course applies strictly to professional incomes, but it will also bear upon all incomes derived from trade, manufactures, and com merce. First, the capital invested must make a suit able return ; then in good years an insurance must be paid against bad years ; then the merchant or manufacturer is entitled to wages for his own solici tude and superintendence ; then he must insure against the dropping in of his own life ; finally, there is the net profit from the business, whatever that may be. The Chancellors of the Exchequer, however from Mr. Pitt's time downwards, have refused to take notice of this analysis of an income. They consider the unstable and transitory income we have just described to be precisely identical with that of the landowner or fundholder. No allowance is made for the vicissitudes of commerce in the case of the mercantile man, any more than the changes of fashion or the failure of health in the case of his professional fellow taxpayer. All must dance according to the same tune, and march in the same step, whether Mr. Pitt or Sir Robert Peel, Sir Chas. Wood or Mr. Disraeli, be the fiscal fugleman. As it was in the year 1798, so it is in the year 1852 ; but so will it not be much longer. The anomalies we have named, which constitute indeed the gross and crying iniquity of the tax according to its present method of assessment, a re not the only ones which might be signalised. We see it set forth in the very interesting evidence given before this Committee, that the whole of the tax is paid by about 350,000 persons, and that if the operation of the tax descended to annual incomes of 501,, there would be four times as many taxpayers. Thus, every taxpayer pays not only for himself but for three others, which is an arrangement of much the same cha racter as the one proposed during the sharp pinch of the Irish famine — namely, that every family should be requi re d to receive English_gratuitously, of course—two Irishmen as parlour boar d e rs. It is bad enough to have t o Pay taxes for ones elf, but it is cruel to have to p ay f or others. Th e minority is fleeced that the maj or i ty may go free. We will venture, at this point, t o quote a few l i nes from the report :—" The farmer s Occupying l arg e farms pay their own ta x and a l so the tax that the farmers on rents of 2991. a-yea r or less in England, an d 4191. a-year or less in S co tl and, ought to pay- The person . S taxed, while the owner of 1491. a-year from who has 140/. a-y ear from a trade or I profession land or money in the fu n d s i s exempt; the landowne rs of England and Sc o tl an d , i n fact, pay for the prot ection of the property of th e landowners o f Ireland, who are resident there or on th e continent. " If there be any thing which could a dd to our. aggravation in the m id st of this i n j u stice, it the" the full conviction th a t to w i sh s i nc erely for remedy is to discover it. We find that a very simple method of assessment has been by a number of competent actuaries, and M i s t re ceived the approbation of the committee. that the tax should be assessed .g a t one uniform the rate upon all kinds of property—that is, upon which present capitalized value of industrial inconies li exter are called inherent property, as well as on a I Even Mr. nal property, whether personal or rea • discursive John Mill, who takes a somewhat more. proposed, admits into his view of the question, inasmuch as he account not only the comparative means wants, and who contri butors but also their comparative 'n demanding holds that equality of taxation consists enjoy from all contributors an equal sacrifice of their permanent enjoy ments is driven to admit that he would 3 5. taTerent scale. and temporary incomes according to a argument d e m i' Ithe There is not, in point of fact, a singlet w hich is against an equalization of the assesse lerl worth a moment's attention, except the r of this sort, providing a suitable remedy. I n a matte - r e Europe stood we care not if all the philosopher's 1 0 _ t intellect to against us. It needs no great stretch under perceive that the income-tax, As at , presenta h worst class, stood, is a graduated property-tax of t another word and a graduated property-tax is -1 f revolutionary for spoliation—it is the last resort 0 d bankruptcy. difficulty of finance when revolution is on the eve Extract from a letter, dated C MONT BLANC. and Tuesday were so very fine that t p r o gnosticate dlemenre hamouni, August 19:— rather " An unsuccessful attempt to ascend Mont Blanca was Pared for the ascent. The guid e° taad° yesterday by a party of five travellers. The wea ther a has been generally very unfavourable, but Monday any thing but chap. su The party, however, would not attend to their advice, but insisted on starting about ten o'clock yester• day morning. About three o'clock in the afternoon it anything like .?ino on to rain. They crossed the Glaciers des _atleaches p zoissons in safety, end reached the Grands Mulets about half-past five o'clock. Here they passe d a miserable the storms. r a m n s a . night, and returned this morning i n a crestfallen procession, reaching the village about noon. Chamouni is crowded with visitors, and the greatest di ffi culty is experienced in getting tourists have a bed. The weather has been, at the same time, any- Several of the bridges boo been carried away by the l h e a a s s a becoment . Th very eroad dangerous betwe e n f r t o h m e vil lage torrents, regular carriage communication has been re peatedly stopped, and the nerves of the lad y been put to some very serious trials. A char-e•banc Wag overturned last week near Les Ouches, in conse quence of the road having been cut up by a torrent, and rune Young lady wa s much hurt; but the p eo ple still con tinue to pour in, and the Sardinian Government has re organized all the guides under t he old re g ula tions, broken in 1848: , - Sirt GEORGE GREY. ---The workin g men in th e .............---__ __ principal to wns i n th e county of N orthumberland are collect thg Penny subscriptions for the p urchase of a suitable testi monial to be p resen t e d to Sir G eor g e Gre y , as a mark of their regard to his high personal character, and politi ca l in tegrity, The Right non. Baro net is at p resent upon a visit to Lo rd Panmu re in the north ; and we believe that his pre sen t inte ntions are, not to offer himself as a candidate for Parlia mentary honours, but to seek t he quiet of the country, an d in all likelihood to make a tour on the Continent, for the establishment of his health, which is not strong.— Leeds Mercurs; EUROPEAN RACES IN THE UNITED STATES. FROM AN AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT.) The predominance of the Anglo-Saxon race in numerical, as well as in intellectual capacity, in that part of North America comprised within the area of the Republic of the United States has been generally admitted, or, in deed, scarcely denied, until within a very recent period. It now seems to have become important to political demagogues, in their anxiety to wield an influence with the numerous classes of the American population, principally from Ireland and Ger many, who have swelled the ranks of emigrants to those shores within the last quarter of a century, to misrepresent and exaggerate the proportion of the Celtic and modern German element in the aggregate numbers of the American nation. An Irish-Ameri can writer of this stamp, I observe, is quoted as en authority in the last January number of the London Quarterly Review, and on tht.t account deserves at tention, for the purpose of correcting his gross mis representations. in the article referred to (on " Flighland Destitu tion and Irish Emigration") the Quarterly says:— " But what will be the influence of the Irish exo;:lusupon the destinies of the gr e at A mer i can R epublic? The population of the United States is probabl y the most mixed end heterogenous on th e f ace of the earth. The Slavonic element, which is entirely entipathie, is almost the' only European ono unrepresented there. The native German, the Anglo-Saxon, the Milesian, and the Gaelic sub• varieties of the Celtic race—to say nothing of the African—have all contri buted largely to the composition of that strange people. But, if any reliance can be placed on the accuracy of the following table, which seems to have been con structed with great care by a Mr. William E. Robinson, and read before a learned and statistical assemblage at Clinton, in New York, the Celtic blood even now predo minates. The gross population of the Union was, in Robin son) may b littleso,ae h tabuosvaep2p3r,ooporoi appropriated which (says Robi n - Irish born ... ... 3,000,000 Irish by blood ... ... 4,500,000 5 3:5 5 0 00 0:0 0 0 0 0 0 xo l n A b o y od bl o o r od bi o r r th bi Coloured, free or slave ... 3,500,000 F GA r ep ergninlE; G erman o ab r y other Celts, by blood or birth 3,000,000 rth Total... ... 23,000,000 " According to this table (the Quarterly gravely re marks), more than half the white population in the United States are Celts; more than a third Irish Celts; o q f ual a itie r s ac s e o oopfpussoedattroonthgolyse more than a seventh actually of Irish birth. This well give rise to consider interesting speculation here. If the Irish, enabled by increasingn l a c i f al consider able thek anxiety d x Aa i e n : gyh predo m inan c elac o r a : xe h r a an d ot c i h o r ; side of the Atlantic, their =hers to congregate together there as in the old country, and thus to withdraw themselves in a great measure from the influences of a new scene and a supe rior race, shall retain their national features unchanged or only slightly modified, they may affect greatly the aggregate character and the political and social proceed ings of She Union. The stern and resistless energies of the Anglo-Saxon may, and probably will, still enable him to retain the supremacy, but even then the destinies and the natire of the American people, as a whole, must be affected by this inordinate infusion of Irish blood." As I shall be able to show that the reviewer reasons upon false premises, founded upon the misrepresenta tions cf the Irish lecturer " before a learned and statistical assemblage at Clinton, in New York " (which assemblage, by the way, was principally composed of young men and plain country people at the commencement of Hamilton College, a minor institution in central New York), I think he may dismiss his apprehensions as to the effects which an Irish Celtic emigration in large numbers may produce on the character of this Anglo-Saxon Republic in its social or political relations. If I were, however, to admit the facts stated, such is my confidence in the predominance of the Anglo-Saxon intellect, and governing powers and influence over the other races with which the people of this vigo rous stock comes in contact, that I should still believe in the permanency. of Anglo-Saxon insti tutions, government, and social superiority, as much in America as in Great Britain. All experience on both skies of the Atlantic serves tot confirm the soundness of this opinion. In the Unid States it is well known that the only influence the Celtic race, when banded together, has exercised upon our poli tics has been in the use which has been made of them by demagogues (generally of other races, and most frequently Anglo • Saxon) to hold the balance of power between contending parties, and thus to elevate aspiring individuals to office and power. A transfe: to the American continent of the entire Celtic population of Ireland need not, therefore, create any feelings of apprehension among those who ars anxious for the perpetuity of Anglo-Saxon rule acd predominance. Indeed, most of the Irish and other emigrants who settle among us seem to consider this result as a necessary consequence, and to they ac q appreciate ie s c in e An i g t h a l o-A readiness merioao w in h s i t e i h tut s io h n ozs m t a h n e - t ners, and customs, as the best calculated for the adoption and use of a free and rep ublican people. tt hh eel population c2prueaproteser Quarterly Review. o o however, t e b v e er , This Unitedh s is h o ls w stah thetaelsl, do erroneous on e o cha racter of the statement respecting the elemen ts cs of v me q pr a u oyd o p e t t l e l d a wt hi briefly,boaynt in n u g t i l vi t n r g us t t he sa n tisfactoril by , t h wo statements h ; first, was the character, as t o races, may o thee by enßwering the inquir y y' which which E c u o r m o p p o e s t e o d h i . th irteen British colonies which declared their in d e pe n dence um in 1776; and, secondly, numbers of the ' des i cend aa a . added to the pop ulat i on. Revolution wi th a n antnedtdsc States ho of estimater t a h c o te s ers ofi emigrants, in f o et i t hg h ert e haenempt Ameri canrsio,gbr ta a hh n ul ts from a l o a r r The British colon ies . in America, forming the g o e ther original 13 States, i t is well known, were settled by emigrants, Celtic s h, place until after the The N i 3v proportion of whom were natives of Great Britain. Vir ginia, North ,South England States, people o ceoumplme e commencement of e considerable Celtic itu emigration igtihue took puroe o k- f the only Dutch colony, y passed aSntdateGs,eoNrgeiwa, sent century. elaw Delaware, Jersey, Pennsylvania , M arylandßritish were mainly settled Carolina, b Englishmen. New York, domi nion, with a small p o pu lation, 6 p a rtly Dutch and partly English, in The Dutch records of 16 " They, say :—" an: . as many of the Dutch nation as are yet r esiding under this Government, are calculated to amount , In 6 women and children in cluded, t o a b ou t 6,000." 98 the total number of inhabitants in the colony was 18,067, and in 1723 , the whites had in creased blacks to 6,171 :—tot to 34,393, and the al, 4 0,564. This was under the English Government. A few Dutch, Germans , and Poles, settled in New Jersey ; a few S wedes ' Delaware, many Germans in h. Pennsylvania, where they afterwards became Protestants, one-third of the popula tion ; and some French called Hugue nots, in New York, N ew smll ersey, and South Caro lina. Besides the P o lis h colony in New Jersey, referred to above, a another branch of the Slavonic race was represent ed . by a colony of a few Moravians and Bohemians in Pennsylvania. With the excepti • on of a few Scotch Highlanders who settled in North and South Caro l i na and Geor gia, I believe no Celtic colony is be found among the settlements in the British to North American colonies of either the 17th or 18th centuries. Scotch-Irish Settle ments of Lowland Scotch and the north of Ireland were made in Pe nnsylvania and the Carolinas, and a small number of Irish Protes- tants settled in the town of Londonderry in New Hampshire. The very considerable numbers of Irish Protestants from Ulster and other parts of Ireland (of Lowland Scotch and not of Celtic origin) who have, from time to time, emigrated to the United States, have led to much confusion and error in investigating the elements of American population. But minute inquiries into the progress of the colonies will satisfy impartial observers that no considerable Celtic element existed in the population of America previous to the United States census of 1790. The Welch, considered by some as Celts, but who, in truth, are the descend ants of the Cvmri, furnished a small proportion of the early emigrants to British America. They have doubt less mixed more with their English neighbours on their native island than have the Scotch and Irish ; and of the emigrants to America, particularly to New England, it was often difficult to distinguish between the Welch and English who came over together in the early colonial history. There were, however, a few Welch colonies in the United States in the last century, where the emigrants retained their language, manners, and customs. Such is the county of Cambria, in Pennsylvania, and some smaller settlements in New York and other States. It is pro bably fair to estimate the Welch element in the pre sent population of the United States at 500,000. In giving a view to the various races who contri- buteeio form the population of the colonies I should mention that a few Jews w ere among t h e num b e n, principally commercial adventurers in the Atlantic cities and towns ; but the greatest proportion of the 3ewish race now found ther e i s o f recen t e migration . We see, th.n, thgt th e f o ll ow i ng ra ces European made up the populati on o f t h e Briti:lh Colonies Ang pre vious to the Ameri can Revolution—viz., Lfigh- Saxon, Lowland Sc o t c h, S co t c h-I r ish, Weinb u , o, laud Scotch, German s , Dutch, French 7'o these may Moravians, Poles, S we d es , and ,J . i7ra• ... , h0 came over be added a few Flemish or Belgian'' , " w Jersey. At with the Dutch to New York and has been esti the commencement of the revlolouNiiteeosnary war, in 1775, the population of the 13. cold e s _ 600,000 blacks. mated at 2,000,000 Celtic origin There were a few Irish 4 l uatholics of Lord gentlemenßal wlites,..,l of who accompanied the Eng:l'', 9n d a few families of timore's colony to Marydlar In ' ong the old families of like origin are to be for e of the other States; but New England and some inconsiderable to affect a their numbers were general inquiry and c alculation like the prese n t. 1 1852. The same remark will apply to the Irish Celtic ser vants and labourers who accompanied the Anglo- Saxon, Welch, and Scotch emigrants in the 17th and 18th centuries to the middle and southern colonies. I I now proceed to examine, very briefly, the effect of emigration from Europe to the United States, for a period of Go years—viz., from 1790 to 1850, upon the present population of America. The following is the result of estimates and returns made up at the Census -office at Washington bearing upon this sub ject of emigration : IMMIGR AIiis FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES INTO THE UNITED STATES. From 1790 to 1810 ..• ••• ••• ..• 120,000 From 1810 to 1820 ... ••• 114,000 From. 1820 to 1830 ... ... ... ••• 203,979 From 1830 to 1840 ... .. From 1840 to 1850 ... ... ...... ••• 80 ••• 1,75743:58050 Total number of immigrants for 60 years ... 2,760,329 Natural increase in p,riods of ten years ... 1,590,605 Total number of im m i grants since 1790 ar.ei their deecciAants in 1850 ... 4,350,934 'The aggregatr! nunihr. , r of whites, as t;ilor.n by the cen 5113 of 1850, w.•s 19 ,631,799 ; so that, if vie allow half a million for the gai n of white population by the accession of Louisiana, Florida, Texas, California, and New :Mexico to the territories of the United States, with a further allowance for other accessions by immigration previous to 1790, it appears that bout three• fourths, or morn than 1 4,000,000 of the resent population, are dcscenclz,ntst of European co lonists DIA:MOUS to the American Revolution. Twenty years since, when the white population of the Unitzel States was 10,537,378, and the number of coloured people 2,328,642 (viz., slaves 2,009,043, free 319,599), according to the census of 1830, Pro fessor Tucker, of Virginia, who has written much on the.subject of population, made the following esti mate of the division of the people of the United States, according to races and descent, viz.:— Census of 1830. English and their descendants ... 6,000,000 Scotch 500,000 Irish ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 2,000,000 German Dutch 1,000,000 •" French 500,000 Swedish, Spanish, • Swiss:B4—c. "• 300000 200,,000 Total whites 10,500,000 Africans and their descendants ... 2,328,642 Total white and coloured 12.89R,6d2 On the above basis, slightly varied, I give the fol.• lowing estimate of the approximate proportions of the different races forming the population of the United States in 1850 : Anglo-Saxons ... Lowland Scotch ... Scotch and Anglo-Saxon Irish Celtic Irish Welch German Dutch French (including Huguenots) Danes and Norwegians ••• 1 1,000,000 ••• 700,000 ••• 1,500,000 ••• 2 ,000,000 ••• 300,000 ••• ••• ... ..• 2,000,000 800,000 1,000,000 ••• 100,000 ... 100,000 ••• 50,000 100,000 Swedes ••• •• Swiss ••• • • Spaniards, Italians, Jews, &c. Total whites ... 19,650,000 Africans, slaves and free ... ... 3,600,000 Total ... ... 23,250,000 With regard to the Irish Celtic population in the United States it may be remarked that, compared with the inhabitants of the Anglo-Saxon stock, it is a short-lived race, and the average rate of mortality among these recent immigrants to America is much greater than among other portions of the population. —Times. IRELAND. Dumas, TIIESDAIC:-Littllorecent annual cattle-show in Galway, it was arranged that the exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society for 1853 should be held in Killarney. This was effected through the intervention of Mr. Pierce Mahony and Mr. Dargan, the eminent rail way contractor, the latter of whom volunteered to give the necessary indemnity, on his own account, for 5001. The landed proprietors of Kerry will, however, gladly subscribe that amount amongst them, whilst gratefully declining the liberal offer of Mr. Dargan. It is stated that the Queen and Royal Family contemplate a visit to this country during the Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853 in Dablin, for which the preparations are already in a forward state. It is considered probable that her Majesty and her illustrious Consort will avail themselves of the opportunity of proceeding from Dublin to Killar ney by railway, end the agricultural show will take place in that town about the period mentioned for the Royal visit. The railway communication with Killarney is likely to be completed long before that time, and it is hoped that her Majesty will visit the far-famed scenery of " the Lakes." THE HARVEST,—In all parts of this country the busi ness of the harvest is now in active operation; and so great is the demand for labourers, that wages have risen considerably beyond the rates in previous years. In the county of Dublin reapers are obtaining half-a-crown a day. The reports of the cereal crops aro most satisfac tory, and there is the fairest prospect of an unusually abundant harvest. There are renewed assurances of the stoppage of the potato blight. Although there is a con siderable loss in that crop, it is calculated that the resi due will be nearly adequate to the ordinary supply of the markets, in most districts. Potatoes are again ad vancing ia price in Dublin. IMPRISONMENT OF MR. DELMEGE.—The following letter from Mr. llefinege, J.P., now in the gaol of Ennis, appears in the Dublin Evening Mail. That journal stn.tes that an application for the admission of Mr. Del ruege cud the eight soldiers to bail will be made in the Court of Queen's Bench Chamber on Wednesday next:— " TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING NAIL " County Gaol, Ennis, Aug. 22, 1852. " Sir,—l shall feel much obliged if you insert this letter in your next post. " The infor ma tion which has been supplied yo u b y the editor of the Weekly Telegraph, and which you have published in the Mail of the 20th, as far as I am con cerned, is incorrect. Tho correspondent of the Telegraph states that his (Mr. Delmege's) house was searched last night (Wednesday), and the constabulary are searching for him in all directions. It is said the un fortunate gentleman has left for the Continent, and will not surrender himself until the assizes.' The facts are —My house, was not searched on Wednesday or an y other day. I did not leave my house at all. " My father apprised me o f the verdict at about five o'clock on Wednesday evening, and my house on Friday morning a t ten o'l was arrested at clock. " Many of my friends earnestly urged me to go away, and, if I was so inclined, I had ample time to do so, but I was determined to await the result. " However wanton and unjust the verdict against me may have been, I determined not to evade the law, or shrink from the position which circumstances and my duty have placed me in. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, &c., " JOHN C. DELMEGE." ARCILEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. NEWCASTLE•ONTYNE.—The members of the Ar cheological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland assembled yesterday in this town, under the patronage of his Grace the _Duke of Northumberland, and under the presidency of Lord Talbot de Malahide, 111.R.1.A. An apartment at the Central Railway station has been fitted up al " the reception room," 'where th names of the members are recorded, and e the party d ur i ng informatio n was to be devoted to th e examination of the afforded as to the movements of their visit. of T o. day the sec ti ons meet,the Instit u t e ta k es public . antiquities andthe of th the dinnerto place to-morrow. On Friday the entertained by the Duke of Northumberlandmembers will be , wick Castle, after having visited at Aln- Winkworth Castle, th e Ile on that day Morpeth, Hulne Abbey, and other places hermitage, Alnwick and in terest in the ducal d oma i n. Saturday is to be d devot Durham ; and on devoted to the cathedral city of excursion to Prudhoe Mondaythe members will make a n Castle, Hexham, and a portion of the celebrated Roman wall. During the -ionz of Literary the week there will be a conversa- the and Philos o phi ca l S oc i e ty, a ball at . 11 Assembly-rooms, a fancy fair for St. Peters Cbur.cca, a concert of the Philharmonic Society, s boortaonrini.l. and horticultural exhibition, and a drarnat tru e re f and ance by the members of the Guild of D icksEljsitr so Art, under the direction of Mr. eh:olefi giety is that a season of extraordinary interest anticipated. Theod, -,_, --The Prince eodore ROYAL ITALIAN tirEitAalid Countess WoroL :ow ho- Paskowich and noured the performances ivg. Royal Italian Opera with There were also among the „,„p the Duchess of Leinster and their presence last even at fashionable cornpanY,P i r T l i e Marchioness of Conyngham and the Coun at t the Orancaleoni and Madlle. Aurelia Lord Gerald Fitzgeraue.s party, the Marchi" t ss of Westmoreland and the Hon. Conn e Brancaleoni, thehe t Earl, of Clarendon and the Countess Julian the Earl of Cardigan, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount I Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Fitzroy Somerset A Cr D a S v O e n n :a. -2 7 ners t, Lady Burghersh and party, Mr. and a nd Miss So sir Charles and Lady Douglas, Sir George and Dirs. no es ! P Hon Russell, Major the Hon. R. Pre ' scot and party, Sir William Fraser, luicL Lady i ,hisinrrin.:SiLtaaagdnf3O:rd, Mr. Bedwell, Mr. Charles Barrington, Sir Alexa nder Cockburn, M.P., Sir henry Webb, B aron de Sternberg, Mr. A. K. Oom, Sir John Harrington, Colonel the Hon. A. Upton, Hon. G. W. Milks, Captain Hotham, Mrs. Francis, Mr. Webster, Mr. A. K. Thistlethwavte, Mr. C. Webster, Mr. Culling Smith, Colonel Steele, M r . t urnard, Major Pole, Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P. Mr. Walt er Strickland, Mr. J. W. Cl a yton, Mrs. Wilson, &c. GREENWICH PARK.—We have frequently called attention to the shameful state of Greenwich Park. About a month since notice was taken of the falling of a dead branch from one of the trees, and one especially was then mentioned, which was in a most dangerous state ; no attention was paid to that, nor will there be, until a similar fatal result to that of last year takes place, when a child lost its life. A few days since Mr. Moore, the churchwarden of Green wich, while in the park with his children, had moved from under one but a few seconds, when a dead bough fell on the spot he had just left. At the time there was no wind, so the state of the tree must have been evident. Any person walking round may perceive hundreds of such cases, that would not be tolerated in a private gentleman's estate ; yet here, in a public place,_ visited d a il y b y thousands, th i s i s $1- joira... o s;entiO Aicrowy, SPORTING INTELLIGENC E. EGHAM RACES. The card yecterday, although it promised the usuat quantum of sport, offered little to invite speculation or to create any general interest, and in consequence attracted only a mod erato attendance• the result, i n fact, must have greatly disappointed those who have so zealously exerted themselve to improve the character of the meet ing and to make it more popular with the public than it has proved of late years. The weather was dull in the early part of the afternoon, and wet and misty front three o'clock until after the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes; the rain then cleared off, and the succeeding events were got over without interruption. We subjoin a detail of the sport yesterday and an out line of the engagements of the second day:— The Prince of Wales' Stakes, of 3 sous. each, with 20 added; three yrs old, 7st; four , Bit 71b; five, 8st 0 121b; six aged, 9st. Th e w i nner to be sold f or 100 AO'S, if demanded, &c., and allowances if to be sold for less. Heats. One mile. Mr. Wilkins's Forest Dcer, 7st 91b (.501) (Sabin) 1 1 Mr. Daily's s Goldstniet, Est 21b(501) (Arthur) 2 d.v. liettirf4-7.t0 4 on Forest Deer, who won an she The King John S:rikts of 25 t ore. trec h , 1 0 ft , w i t h S a ndded, fur two yes oW ; colts, ssr, 71b; finks, B.t 31b; winners extra; 31b and slb allowed, &c. The winner to pay 10 .9073. to ot.aris expenses. T.Y.C. Duke or Bedford's Go:istp, hit 41b (Pettit) wa!ked over. Sam y Mieldiescx sof 25 se.vs. emelt, 15 It, and en v 5 if (ienlared, with 100 added; three to start or tho (Duey will not be added; wie.t.ers extra. The winner to ivy 20 scv.i. towards t xpentes. Two miles and a distance. 7tl r. fit. Hale'; Bilberry - , lbe u rr e y s , se 3 H y o ra m , b G u s f t g, alb 4 rs, Bst i 3 (G. Palmer ) it. 1 Duke of Br (including 7b extra) Mr. Parkinbon't Constaaine, ist 31b... (F. Marlon) 3 Betting—Even on Bilberry, 5 to 4 agst Hesse Hom burg, End 4 to 1 ngst Constantine. The two favourites made play alternately until round the last turn, when Bilberry took up the running and won cleverly by three parts of a length. Run in 4 min. 14 sec. The Runnymede Stakes (Handicap) of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, and only 3if declared, Esc., with 50 added. The second to save his stake. Winners extra. One mile. Sir W. Booth's Azael, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Barker) 1 Mr. W. Hale's Merry Peal, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (W.Abdale) Mr. Endsburgh's Hambletonian, 7st 51b (Esling) 3 Mr. E. Parr's Sanita, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (Hiatt) 0 Mr. E. R. Clarke's Lady in Waiting, 7st 61b (J.Mann) 0 Mr. Rayner's Dame Tattle, 3 yrs, 7st...(Fiammond) 0 Mr. A. Salt's Ventre-a-Terre, 4 yrs, 7st. (Sab in ) ° Betting-2 to 4 agst Lady in Waiting, 4to 1 each aged Merry Peal and Sanita. and 5 to 1 Dot lif^r a ''' tonian. Azael made all the running, and won very easily by two lengths. The Railway Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added; two years old, 6st 41b; three, Bst 41b; four, 9st 31b; five, six, and aged, 9st 61b; mares and geldings allowed 31bs; winners extra. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs., and allowances if to be sold for less. Mr.T Three-quarters of e o r f o a in m e , il 6 e. yrs, ist 131b...(Flatman) 1 Mr. Sherring's Woodlark, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b (Hiett) 2 Mr. Cox's Repletion, 6 yrs, 7st 131 b ..(W. Abdale) 3 Mr. Darling's Rage, 2 yrs, 6st llb ............ (Kendall) Mr. Mason's Haresfoot, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b ...(G. Mann). Mr. Daily's Freestone, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b (S ab i n ) 0 Mr. Cha n dl er ' s Prince Rupert, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Arthur) 0 Betting -7 to 4 agst Heroine, 3to 1 agst Rage, and 7 to 2 agst Woodlark. Won easily by two lengths. Half a length between second and third; the others beaten. off. The winner was sold for 75 guineas. Match, 50 soya., h ft. T. Y. C. Mr. Bowma n ' s F lytrap, 5 yrs, lOst 10Ib (Mr. L.Fox) 1 Mr. Stewart's Miss Woolgar, 10st 31b (Cpt. Rowley) 2 Betting-2 to lon Flytrap. Won by a neck. y S ar t ds a d k (e e ld s o. 0 i o ..m f ) Ic e aa s mn o THIS DAY (WE DNESDAY). The Amateur 10 dv b s l a. e t eh o aa n cl i hf a : Bordeaux, n ft, with 25 3 yrs (2501.) —Flytrap, 5 yrs (1004)--Miss Woolgar, 4 vrs (1004) —Beebee Buanoo, 5 yrs (1004). The Magna Charta Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 30 added for two ani three yrs old. T.Y.C. Poetess, 3 yrs—f by Falstaff, out of Lily, 2 yrs—. Anxiety, 2 yrs—Pride, 2 yrs—Tobalski, 2 yrs—T av i s _ tock, 2 yrs. Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Two miles and a distance. Constantine, 3 yrs—Hambletonian, 3 yrs—Sanita, 3 yrs—Dame Tattle, 3 yrs—Azael, 3 yrs — Butterfly, 3 yrs—Frantic, 3 yrs—lsabella, 3 yrs—Woolwich, 6 yrs —Ventre-a-Terre, 4 yrs—Flytrap, 5 yrs. Egham Stakes of 5 sore. each, with 25 added. Heats, one mile. Amber Witch, 5 yrs (501)—Dame Tattle, 3 yrs (500 —Woodlark,*6 yrs (801.)—f by Kremlin. out of Gaiety, 4 yrs (50L)—Miss Goldsmidt, 3 yrs (501.) Innkeepers' Plate (Handicap). Three quarters of a mile. Heroine, 6 yrs, Bst 121b—Royal Hart, 5 yrs, Bst 4113-.... Woodlark, 6 yrs, Bst 41b—Amber Witch, 5 yrs, Bst 41b —Butterfly, 3 yrs, Bst 21b—f by Kremlin, out of Gaiety, 4 yrs, 7st 131b—Haresfoot, 4 yrs, ist 101b—Blood Royal, 3 yrs, 7st 71b—Carbuncle, 6 yrs, 7st 41b—Forest Deer, 4 yrs, ist 41b—Ventre-a-Terre, 4 yrs, 7st—Lady Isabel, 3 yrs, 7st—Prince Rupert, 3 yrs, 7st—Freestone, 3 yrs, 6st 101b—Isabella, 3 yrs, 6at 71b—Rage, 2 yrs, sst 91b—Michaelmas Maid, 2 yrs, sst 71b. RADCLIFFE RACES.-MONDAY. The Heaton Park Stakes of 5 EOVS. each, and 25 added, for two yrs old and upwards; thu second saves his stake. One mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. Chilton's b c Audubon, 2 yrs, 53t 10Ib (Carroll) 1 Mr. R. Walker's Game Tummy, sst 101 b ......(Veal) 2 Mr. J. H. Johnson's Lady .Terse), 9st ... (Hopwood) 3 Betting—Even on Gume Tommy, 5 to 4 agst Auda bon, and sto 1 agst Lady Jersey. Won easy by two lengths. The Wilton Cup of 100 soy., added to a handicap sweep stakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if &eland; the winner to pay 25 soya. towards expenses, and the second to save his stake. Two miles and a distance. (32 Subs., 19 of whom declared.) Mr. J. o.borne's Little Davie, 3 yrs, 6st ...(Carroll) 1 Mr. Phillips's Mary Nobbles, aged, Est 6lb ...(Wells) 2 Mr. Rothwoll's Lerry Wbent, 3 yrs, 6st 91b(Aldcroft) 3 Mr. Walter's Maid of Team Valley, Bst 41b ...(Lye) 4 Mr. Jeffery's Gholab Singh, 4 yrs, Bst ... (Charlton) 5 Mr. Palmer's Doubt, 6 yrs, Bst 41b........... (Marlow) 6 Betting-5 to 2 agst Little Davie, 3to 1 agst Mary Nobbler, 7 to 2 agst Maid of Team Valley, 5 to 1 eget Doubt, and 6to 1 any other. A fine race, won by a neck, the same between second and third and between third and fourth. The Two Years Old Stakes of 5 sus. each, and 301. added; the second to save his stake. Three-quarters of a mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. John Osborne's f Exact, Bst 81b ...(J Osborne) 1 Mr. Openshaw's Young Norval, Bst 31b (W. Sharpe) 2 Mr. Walker's Gatne Tommy, Bst 101 b . .(Longstaff) 3 Mr. Wise's Broughton, Bst 121 b (Simpson) 4 4tol on Exact. Won in a canter by two lengths. The Maiden Plate of 25 sous., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sous. each ; the second to save his stake. Heats, one mile and a half. Subs.) Mr. Martin's Queen of the Vale, Bst 111 b (Martin) 1 1 Captain Scott's Lady Hesketb, 6st 111 b (Carroll) 2 Mr. Hessehibe's The Setter, Bst 51b...(Longstafr) Mr. Grimer's The Sluggard, 7st 31b...(Charltoa) Mr. Ashton's Waterwit c h 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Livesey) 13 3 .. . d y r The first h ea t was won' by a head, and the wee d a length. TUESDAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPO•)I Handicap of 5 sous. each; the winner pays 5 T e ( x l6 P The Stewards' Cup of 40 sous ., added to the second saves his stake. 0 in - 00 7 1 6 t 51b esnusebss,.)and 1 Mr. Hesseltine's Lough Bawn, 4 Yrss;4st 12Ib Mr. W. E. Hobson's Barbata, 3 );!_ ney, 6 yrs, 7st 91b 3 Mr. H. Walter's Maid of Team galley, by a head. Four others started. of 5 sovs. each and 25 takes . The Radcliffe St. Leger ,',7ies and geldings, Bst 21b; added; coltsBst 'Lib; B' ;I , an d a half. (7 Subs.) 1 Mr. Dawson 2 winners 51b extra . won by half a length. vs each and 25 added. One A; „„ n of sso • , The Free Senu'd a distance. (12 Subs.) ile en - Captain Scot ' t B 's pa r ° i m agination, 4 yrs, sst 81b (301.) 1 ~, ton's Sir IL L'O 'n , 5 E r adne, 3 yrs, Est 81b Inlicsketh (301.) 2 M r ' l ' reik , jaw ton's Rachettie, 3 yrs, sst 81b d ° llf n lr a t ' in Mr. Ivor. .bur others ran. Won by a length. Th e Sellug I - Stakes. The first heat was won by May Bl o ssom , and the second by Alma•, the third heat was no t run BARNET RACES. w h e n our report left. The Members' Plate of 20 eovs., added to a sv reep- ta3 sous. each, for two yrs old and upwards, 6 Subs., of „.' were won in two heats by Mr. Smith's Mouatain F o - vi,Bst 7113.(J. Smith); beating Flora M'lvcr, Braba, Fidgetty Girl, and two others. The Green Man Handicap did not fill. The Tallyho Stakes of 2 toys, each, and 15 added, 7 Subs., were won in two heats by M r. Allen's Wee Mickey, llet (Mr. Fredericks); beating Gala, lOst 71b; Victress, lost 71b; Buscot, 12st; and three others. The Ladies' Cup of 12 sous., added too!sweepstaks of 2 soya. each, were won in three heats by Fidgetty Girl, ist (Bennett); beating Flora M'lvor and the Gift. The Barnet Handicap did not fill. The Free Handicap of 2 sovs, each, and 25 added, S Subs., was!won in three heats by Flora M'lvor, 9sl (B. Sherwood); beating Breba and five others. The Railroad Race Nva3 Won by Gala. , BliecokrfolrdFsOßJaspCeor,4'k chant in Madeira, and E t_li e original defendant. w Jasper as beun above a hundred years ago , is , now in a fair way of bein g woundoriainal plaintiff was Thomas Beckford, ._e g I '" C ERY SUITORS.—The cause of up. Thejraes Pope, a mer xaecrdutr of one alse e a merchant, was oer, wed Pope 10,6001., and rope died in 1743, and in 1748 Beckford, his executor, filed this bill against Jasper, who died before he could put in an answer. The suit was revived against Jasper's executors, and in 1753 the cause was heard before Lord Chancellor Hardwieke, and referred to the Master to take accounts. I n 1764 r. - id in 177 . ) further proceedings were taken, and 6301. a ca cc s u e mu is la n t o io w n in Bank Stock an d 5551. were lodged to the credit of the N o v f ou d n iN d 'id u e p nd by s, cause, whi c h then slept until 1851, when Mr. J. D. Wadham obtain e d administration to Pope, the original testator, and revived the bill against Jasper's representatives. The funds bonuses, &c., amounted to 70,0001. Wadhana had to take the o p stamp iie costs of . all parties out administration to five intermediateh estates, and to pay to the credit of the dcauutisees.ha_ had, _h e r out of the funds in a 7 n 7S o l. rd fo e r r , died, and th® family court, and to share the remainder according to the respective sights of the claimants. th o u CHARGE FOR BURlA.L.—During the last week Mr. Barker, the last descendant of an ancient family, res iding at Murton Hill in the church at Houghton le Spring, ' application was made to the rector, the Hon. and Rev. T. Grey, to inter hii re mains vault being r v e a c u t i o t r, to h b o e w o e p v e e n r, ed r , e a q n u d irin th g at th su e m su b m ein o g f 12306P)f0r t ll allowing ere. rrh t h e e considered far too much, Mr. Barker was buried i the churchyard of West Rainton.—Durkam Chronicle.