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libese unfortunate beings, who had neither just Judge or jury.—(Hear, hear.) Hon. Gentlemen seemed to snake very merry on this question, but he would just read to them some extracts from a pamphlet which he held in his hand, in which it was stated, that for a most trivial fault it was customary to tie the sailor to a mast, either in cold or scorching weather, and leave him exposed for several hours —or oblige him to r un u p an d d o wn the rigging u nde r a scorching sun—or condemn him to wear a wooden co l lar days and nights together—or inflict upon him th e brutal punishment of the lash ; and all this might be done without even the formalities of a trial.—( Hear, hear.) All those acquainted with the proceedings on board of ship mast know that nearly all the mutinies that had taken place in the navy have had their origin in this practice of flogging. But the important question they had to ask themselves was, was this system of flogging necessary ? He had had commit nications on the subject with many officers in the navy, and their general opinion was, that flogging, except in very extreme cases, was not necessary. And it so—if there were cases in which flogging might be considered necessary—then he main tained there ought to be a provision for a court martial to adjudicate punishment. And who were the parties who were in the practice of resorting to flogging in the navy ? Not the old and experienced officers, but those who were called mar einets, who were exceedingly fastidious on the point of discip line, and who perhaps did not well know what the duties of an old sailor were. It was well known that Nelson abhorred togging, and only resorted to it in extreme cases ; and that that great man, Napoleon, abolished flogging when he came into supreme power. The reaeta why, as stated by the Hon. and Gallant Member (Sir Charles Napier), they had inferior seamen in the navy was this abominable practice of flogging. Out of 110,Q00 men in the United States navy and merchant service, not more than 20,00 were citizens of America ; the greater number were Englishmen who bad been attracted to that service on account of the superior treatment they re ceived and the system adopted in the British navy. He en treated the present Government calmly and dispassionately to consider this question, and afford a remedy ; especially he trusted that the principle of a court-martial would be adopted. He hoped that redress would be afforded, so that he should not have again to bring the question before the House. Mr. WARE) would beg to remind the Hon. Member and the House that the present Admiralty had only come into office on Monday last, and therefore had not had time to con sider the question. He hoped, therefore, the point would not be pressed by the Hon. Member at present. It could not be denied, and, in fact, the Hon. Gentleman had himself ad mitted it, that it was impossible to keep large bodies of men in a fit state of discipline without punishment of some kind, and which would sometimes have to be of a severe character. He (Mr. Ward) was glad to say that a great improvement had taken place in regard to the punishment of flogging within the last few years.—(Cries of ‘. Hear, hear.") In 1832, out of 34,000, the cases of severe punishment were 2,000; in 1845, out of 40,000 men, the cases were but 1,200.--( Hear, bear.) The Hon. Member might rest assured that nothing would be left undone by the present Admiralty to do away with arbitrary and undue punishment, and to bring into opera tion moral and elevating influences instead.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME hoped they would, as far as possible, modify the rules arid punishments in the navy, so that they might har monise more than they now did with the spirit of the age. Sir GEORGE COCKBURN said, it was quite impossible that the efficiency and discipline of the navy could be preserved without the power of inflicting corporeal punishment in cases of misconduct on the part of the sailors, and he for one was therefore decidedly opposed to its abolition. In the event of the punishment being unnecessarily severe, there was a court of appeal for the sailor, but instances of severity seldom or never occurred, owing, as he co n t en d e d, t o the majority of the commanders being averse to the, system of always having re course to corporeal punishment.—( Hear, hear.) Still, how ever, he was of opinion, that if they took the power from them, there would be an end to the present efficiency and discipline of the service.—( Hear, hear.) Sir C. NAPIER suggested that, after the explanation they had heard from the Genoa Admiral, the Hon. Member for Coventry ought net to persevere in his motion, but he could not go so far as the Gallant Admiral in his admiration or estimation of corporeal punishment. What he found fault with in the system was this, that the articles of war gave the captain the power of inflicting the punishment without having recourse to a court-martial.—( Hear, hear.) Admfral DUNDAS thought it would Be almost impossible to carry on the business of the navy without inflicting corporeal punishment s -4 Hear, hear. ) Captain PECHELL was not opposed to continuing the poser, but he certainly was an advocate for its being used in a moderate manner, and only in extreme cases, when other modes of punishment had failed.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. TRELAWNEY urged upon Government the necessity of increasing the pay of the sailors engaged in the navy. Some people thought dread of the lash kept efficient seamen out of the service, but in his opinion it was the low pay, and not the lash. —( Hear. hear.) Lord INGESTRE said the commander of a ship in her Majesty's service had a good deal of responsibility on his shoulders, and it was indispensably necessary that he should be invested with the power of inflicting corporeal punishment where the exigencies of the ease required it.--( Hear, hear.) He hoped that nothing would be done to destroy that good feel ing which at present prevailed in the army and navy. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. On the question that the Speaker do now leave the chair, Mr. EWAR T moved " That it is expedient that the prac tice of making Van Diemen's Land a general receptacle for convicts should cease, and that transportation be discontinued." The present system entailed the most awful consequences on the people of that country. At the present moment the con vict population was about 34,000, whilst the free population was only 30,0.30. Now, the result was, that there was a most fearful contamination, and the free people were not safe either in or out of doers. Many of the free people -had openly said that they would rather see their children die before their eyes than see them continue to grow up amongst the convict po pulation. Now there was a system which might gradually remedy the evil, and that was this, that the convicts of this Country should be imprisoned here for the terms to which they might be sentenced, and at the expiration conveyed away to some colony, where they might be free to follow those pro fessions to which they had been brought up. That system had been adopted as regarded Port Philip, and the results were most satisfactory ; the released convicts were gradually made honest and industrious. Instead of accumulating our convicts into one spot, he contended that they should be punished here, and afterwards dispersed throughout our different colonies. The annals of our colonies loudly called upon us to bestir ourselves on this head ; they showed that our present system was productive of the most frightful results. The system which he recommended was al ready adopted and approved of in France. He would forego going into this subject at any great length, in consequence of the late period of the session, as well as the change of the Go vernment; but he trusted, thatibriefly as he had called the at tention of the Government to this subject, they would take it into their most serious consideration. The motion having been put, Sir GEORGE GREY admitted that this subject was one which deserved the most earnest attention of the Government. Something was now in the course of being done to remove the eviliof which the Hon. Gentleman had justly complained, and he hoped, that in the space of about two years, the good effects of those efforts would begin to manifest themselves. with regard to the second proposition, it could not be supposed that her Majesty's Government were in a position at present to give any answer upon the subject. In theory he entirely agreed with the Hon. Member for Dumfries. The question of punishment was one of the most difficult with which a Government could deal. But the Hon. Member might rest assured that the subject would receive the best consideration of her Majesty's Government. Lord H. VANE made a few remarks, which were perfectly inaudible in the gallery. Mr. HOPE said that an alteration had been made in the system of transportation by his Noble Friend ; religious im provement had been made among them ; several directions were sent out for the classification and assignment of the con victs. There were great difficulties attendant upon dealing with this complicated qnestion, and the plan proposed by the Hon. Member for Dumfries was one which could not be con veniently carried out. Mr. HUME considered that to attempt reformation in this country would be to bring upon this country all the evils complained of in the settlements to which the convicts were now sent ; he thought that education would be the most proper mode of removing and preventing crime. Mr. HAWES assured the House that the attention of her Majesty's Government should be directed to the subject of transportation to Van Diemen's Land. After a few remarks from Mr. Hope (in explanation), . Hawes, and Mr. E war t, t h e motion was withdrawn. On the motion for going into a Committee of Supply, Sir C. NAPIER rose to put a question to the Admiralty, respecting the cost of building, repairing, and pulling down the vessels lately built. He thought if the Government had spent more money in manning the navy than in building ships, the navy would have been in a much more efficient position. The manner in which the late Government spent the money voted for the repair of dock-yards was moat improvident. There were an immense number of the vessels laid down upon the stocks which were of the same dimensions. There was also an enormous waste of money expended in block-ships. He found that no less than six 74-gun vesselswere used 'as such, when other vessels less expensive would have answered as well. The screw principle had not been properly tried save in the Rattler. He had also to c implsin of the very inefficient man. ner in which the construction of the vessels were carried out. He admitted that the late Government had done much for the sailor in the way of improving his food, but he wanted to know what that or any other Government had done towards manning the navy on an emergency. A g ood deal was d one last session i n p ass i ng the Reg i stration . Bill,b t it had d e f ects, and he hoped th e present secretary would take early steps to remove had been rendered complete, that Government shored eau a n the seamen of the country out by presses. Immediately after a young man had served his apprenticeship on board of a mer chantman, he should Ise taken on board one of her Majesty's ships, and having served a short while their, ha should be allowed to return to the merchant service. If this system were adopted, the navy would always be efficient, while, on immer gencies, it could be manned with skilful and experienced mariners without the least di fficulty. (Hear, hear.) Its believed that nothing would so much raise the hopes of the seamen of this country as the establishment by the Board of Admiralty of a seaman's home at Plymouth, where their morals, health, and bellies would be provided for. Unless some one not a Member of the Admiralty were appointed to the building of the ships, he was sure things would always go wrong. The duties of the present head of that department were too numerons to allow him properly to discharge his duty, and involved in the end the useless expenditure of a large sum of money annually. Ile hoped that a proper Board of Con struction would be appoined, who should sit in London, and whose number should consist of three able men. Those men would have the opportunity of considering all plans on subjects connected with the navy shipbuilding. Having thanked the House for the attention which they had paid to him, the Hon. Gentleman concluded his observations. Mr. WARD - hoped that the lion. and Gallant Member would allow th e H ouse to go into a Committee of Supply. The subjects referred to by the Hon. and Gallant Member would be duly attended to. Mr. HUME deprecated the system of changing the members of the Board of Admiralty with the change of the Govern ment. He also deprecated the perpetual system of crying down our navy. He really thought that discussions of this sort did the country very great injury.—( Hear, hear.) Lord INGESTRE considered that the Hon. and Gallant Member had acted very properly in bringing the state of 'he navy before the House. He ( Lord Ingestre) had often im. pressetlopon the House the necessity of appointing a Board of Constructicn. He protested against the present _ys stem of lavish e x p en d iture on the part of the Admiralty. The men of-war that had been recently built were clearly disgraceful to those who were concerned in the construction of them. He had, on a former occasion, asked for a full report of the character of the different men-of- war that had been built and sent out during the past few years. --(Hear, hear.) Th a t report had not been produced. and he often called upon the Government to produce such a report. He was of opinion that there should be more than oue surveyor of the navy. He must certainly compliment the late Board:on having appointed a Committee of Reference, which he believed was a step in the right direction. But even that step was a mere instalment. He hoped the Board would pro ceed in their present course of reform. They had also re established the school of naval architecture ; that was another step in the right direetion.—(Hear, hear.) But the Govern meat he hoped would find it to be expedient to reform that school, by opening it to the best talent of the country. The sum that bad been expended in the eonotructien of her Majesty's yacht was perfectly frightful ; bad there been a proper system in operation, that would not have been the case. In this man ner the country were constantly throwing away the money of the public instead of applying it to more useful reforms and a more efficient navy. Admiral DUNDAS said that the Government bad now a number of frigates and vessels better manned than they had ever been at any time. Admiral BOWLES also made some statements to the same effect. Mr. M. GORE wished to call the attention of the Govern ment to the necessity of affording the means of education and a home to the British sailor. SUPPLY. The House then went into a Committee of Supply. On the motion of Mr. WARD, the sum of 394,7261. was voted for the navy estimates. Captain PECHELL said that 267 letters had been sent in, requesting retirement under the proposed regulations of the late Board. Those regulations had not been carried into effect, and he thought it but a matter of justice that those letters should be returned, otherwise they might prejudice their claims to active service, should these regulations not be carried into effect. Mr. WARD thought that upon a future occasion the House would have a more favourable opportunity for entering into the deails and merits of the question. Captain FITZROY made some remarks in explanation of the late attempt to form a new system of retiring allowances for the officers of the navy. The vote was then agreed to. A vote of 705,4431. was next proposed to provide for half pay officers, and the officers of the royal marine. This vote was also agreed to. Sir R. H. INGLIS wished to bring forward his motion, of which he had given notice, respecting the Museum estimates. Mr. El (DIE proposed that the chairman do report progress. It was then half-past twelve o'clock, and it would take him half an hour to explain his objection to the vote ; one ground of his complaint was, that the library was neglected; another, that the members of the committee did not attend to the re commendations of the Committee of that House ; there were several other grounds of objection which he would not, now go into. The CHAIRMAN, after some discussion between Sir H. In glis and Mr. Hume, then reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Wednesday. The Tenants Compensation Ireland Bill went through Corn.. mittee prP forma. The Wreck and Salvage Bill was postponed till Thursday next. The Newfoundland Bill was postponed till Ago: day next. CLERKS OF THE CROWN, &c. (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was postponed to the same day. EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGE OF TRA LANG ABOLITION (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was committed pro forma, for the purpose of in troducing amendments. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL. This Bill was withdrawn. BOOKS AND ENGRAVINGS BILL. This Bill was read a second time. SUPPLY. The report of the Committe on Supply was then brought up and agreed to. SHANNON NAVIGATION BILL. This Bill was read a second time. COMMONS INCLOSURE (No. 2) BILL. Oa the motion that the House resolve itself into Committee on this Bill, Mr. BROTHERTON said he thought that this Bill should not be proceeded with at so late an hour (one o'clock). Lord LINCOLN was very much opposed to it. The House, however, went into Committee on the Bill. The clauses with some amendments were agreed to, and the report ordered to be brought up on Wednesday next. ORDNANCE SURVEY BILL. This Bill was then read a third time and passed. PRISONS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a second time. FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a second time, Captain JONES gave notice of his intention to oppose it in Committee. The Bill, after a few observations, was read a second time. Mr. BROTHERTON said there were some other Irish Bills, and as it was then half-past one o'clock, he should move that the House do adjourn. THE MILITIA. Mr. F. MAULE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to sus pend for a limited time the making of lists and ballots for the enrolment of the militia in the United Kingdom. The same RIGHT HoN. GENTLEMAN also moved the ap pointment of a Select Committee to prepare the militia sche dules, which was agreed to. SUNDA Y TRADING Mr. HINDLEY having moved for leave . to bring in a Bill to suppress Sunday trading, Mr. WARBURTON said he had no notion that his Hon. Friend would have moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the better observance —(Laughter)— of the Sabbath at so late an hour, and as he was decidedly opposed to such a Bill, he should move the House do now adjourn. Mr. HINDLEY consented to withdraw his motion for the i present. CORONERS' (IRELAND) BILL. The Lords' amendments to this Bill having been considered and adopted, The House adjourned at Two o'clock. THE SUGAR QUESTION (F nyrom the Times.) Without making a pretension to the perilous function assigned to us by the Honourable Member for Finsbury, we believe we may confidently acquaint our readers with the outlines of the plan in which the Cabinet delibrations on the sugar duties have finally resulted. It is not such as was remotely contemplated at the very commencement of the month by the chiefs of the still unformed Cabinet, though, on the other hand, a somewhat - more modi fied measure than that which a contemporary has been at considerable pains to force upon the Govern merit. The distinction between slave and free grown sugar is, of course, immediately to cease ; on that point there has been no alteration. Instead, however, of a three years' maintenance of the existing protection against foreign sugar of free growth, it will be proposed that the gradual diminution shall imme diately commence. According to a scale which has been shown to us, the absolute duty on foreign sugar will for the ensuing twelvemonths be about 215., and the protective dnty will finally expire at the end of five years, when all the sugars of all the world will be admitted on the 14s. duty, to which , our own colonial sugar is now subject. It is unnecessary to point out that there is a considerable difference between this and the scheme which was under discussion three weeks since, and which would have maintained the present rate of protection to colonial sugar for two or three years longer, and then by a more rapid descent have removed it altogether by the same period at which it is still intended to cease. The question will be asked, why this change ? The chiefs of the new Cabinet were fully alive to the difficulties of their situation, and were fully aware that the defeat, or rather the natural disso lution of one Ministry by no means involved the secure esta blishment of another. they felt a wish, therefore—a wish in which we most entirely sympathised—to meet the pacific tendencies of the Protectionist party, and the prudent mode ration of those who had gathered round the person of the late Minister. Accordingly, they proposed to protract what may be styled " the decline and fall" of colonial protection to a term which they thought might possibly propitiate a con siderable number of those who are either personally or po litically interested in the question. What -effect the an nouncement of their moderate plan had with the 112, and whether it was even necessary in their case, we cannot say. It was, however, lost on the P ro t ec ti on i sts. These very unreasonable gentlemen, whom for their own sakes we are heartily sorry to see bent upon doing themselves all the mishief in their power, have now hoisted over the hogshead of colonial sugar that standard of "No SURISENDEft " which they have so recently been compelled to lower from a far more sacred and impregnable fortress, the sack of British corn. Since, therefore, they will not be treated with or mollified on any terms, Ministers have had no alternative but to leave them out of the question, and adopt a scale they consider more suitable to the actual exigencies of the case. It was hoped by the proposition of the longer term to obtain the acquiescence of the Protectionists in by far the most im portant grown sugar. To this point, however, it appears, as was, in deed, to be expected, they have directed the chief weight of their opposition. The question will turn on the religious bearings of the case. The no-slavery cry will be resuscitated by a new and rather uncongenial band of philanthropists, who, we apprehend, will not be able to allege either consistency or prescription in support of their calling. Rumour points out Mr. Gladstone as the leader whom they have had what they consider the good fortune to secure, and whom they think no very ridiculous ambition to design for that splendid but difficult post which a Peel, and after him a Russell, had just before abdicated. Perhaps it will be thought a work of supererogation to develope the policy of those gentle men. They meditate, of course, a reconstruction of the Con servative party, on some basis, and under some leadership, which victory may possibly give them the opportunities or the leisure to choose. We should be the very last to oppose so natural a design, if it could be satisfactory explained for what public purpose, or for what pur pose beside private advantage, the party is to be re constructed. This, however, is now attempted; and these political novices consider that fortune has thrown in their way a capital topic in the slavery sugar question. It is "a good point." Undoubtedly it is. The British people have given a pretty strong proof of their objection to slavery; and, on the other hand, are by no means so mad for cheep sugar as for cheap corn. As we said the other day, theta is not one man in ten who cares to a penny or two what will be the price of a pound of sugar ten years hence. The people do not see the economical—that .is, the commercial—view of the question, till it is- explained to them, which it has not been hitherto. The Protectionists therefore ima gine that just now they will get the haft end of the argument—riz., the slavery end —and be able to give the free traders the benefit of the lash. They will also have the opportunity of purging themselves of that selfishness and in humanity with which they have been so freely charged They will assume no little credit to the "impoverished " agriculturist for not wishing to cheapen his sugar at the expense of morality, and for maintaining the principle of r p e r s o t t s e . cti T o h n is, wh h e o n we it ve a r c , t i u s a n lla o - t c a t) conflicte d o f w a i l t e h o l a i s i s e.lt private i inte rests. t certainlye a is re a nvoetry " atgproeosdentpoignetn.'eraltt- i i n s fo v r e i r n a e • d t r o u r e i t n h te a r t es t t h e e d p i n eo t p h l e e subject. Nothing can be easier than to state the facts of the case in a simple and telling form—for example, in Sweden, the very poorest country of Europe, the peasantry get their sugar at half the price that we do in England, and use twice as much. The British labourer, the greatest drudge in the world, who works early and late, cannot get sugar to sweeten his coffee and tea, or make any other beverage, or to render eatable the ' sour fruits of his country. How is this? Owing to the very ' insignificant quantity of free sugar besides our own in the world, the enormous 200 per cent. duty on slave sugar does in effect create something very near a monopoly for our own I lantatations. Itt s a virtual monopoly slightly shared with one or two other producers. The severity of the present system is chiefly directed against some of our very bes.t customers in the world, who, if we took their sugar, would quickly take twice as much of our own manufactures, and so give twice as much employment for our poor people. The religious argument, however, is the great gun of the cause, and very hard worked it will be. Of course it stands on its own ground, and can not be met by any economical argumentation. Will you care for two or three millions a year, and coarse sugar at 6d. a pound, when you are patting down slavery? We will answer. There is a story of a Frenchman • I w h h a o re whnansteasd.t In likeedtog manner w oouthune may reply, tin th p a l t y wekv% p aid 20,000,0004 and by this time as much again, to put down slavery, and have no inclination to go on for ever throwing millions after millions into that bot tomless abyss. Every man, woman, and child in these islands wears,—at least we hope 80,—some ar ticle or other of slave grown cotton. We take to bacco, spirits, indigo, spices, and we know not what besides, the produce of slavery, without for a moment think ing there is any crime in it. Nay, we import immense quan tities of slave sugar for exportation • and even th e f ree sugar we import i s on l y so much taken from the market o f fjaye sugar. Again, we have all klucla 0 doalinga THA SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 2l, 1846. Parallel of To be reduced Or be reduced Corn duties. in four years. in five years. ,846 ... 14s. and 20s. ... 14s. and 'ttls. ...14s. and 20s. 1847 ... 14s. „ 20s. ... 14s. „ 38s. 6d....145. ~ 18s. 9d. 1848 ... 14s. „ 20s. ... 14s. „ 17s. ...14s. ~ 17s. (3d. 1849 ... 14s. „ 14s. ... 14s. „ 15s. 6d....145. „ 16s. 3d. 1850 l4s. „ 14s. ...14s. „ 153. 1851 It is clear that by this plan the consumer will gain as much by the reductions in the first, second, and third year, as he will lose in the f our th or fif t h ; such a settlement, therefore, may be regarded as substantially the same as that of corn. There is one branch of the sugar duties question to which no referende has been made throughout these discussions, though it is one involving questions of most serious inconvenience to the trade. We allude to the foolish scale of classification of duties according to quality, introduced by Mr. Gladstone. This distinction we have the greatest confidence will be en tirely given up, and the old and simple plan of uniform rates of duty on all qualities restored. The failure of this classi fication as a mode of increasing the revenue, and the frauds and inconvenience to which all parties have been exposed, have been so palpable, that we feel assured we shall hear no more of the distinction between " white clayed, or equal thereto," and " brown clayed, or Muscavado sugar." (From Douglas Jerrold's w hile pape) The principle of colonial protection, it secured to the produce of the mother country the exclusive markets of her transmarine possessions, guaranteed a similar privilege to the colonists in the markets of Britain. This system, based on the jealousy of trade, established a commercial monopoly, and it was pushed to the unjust extreme of imposing heavier duties on the sugars and coffees of Bengal than on those of the West Indies. The preference formerly given to the western over the eastern colonies is trainable to the fact of Parliamentary influence, the proprietors of the West Indian soil being members of both Houses of the Legislature, and the extra profits they realised on their estates through pro tective duties, formed the valuable consideration for which they gave their votes to the Minister of the day. When the various states and kingdoms of South America, ancient colonies of Spain and Portugal, had asserted their called al t the n in e d w ep w en o d rl e d nc in e lo an p d oli Mr. Canni ng Canni n existence, the old, these countries s oug ht a mar k et f or t h e i r produce g had to , as rec h t e ify .7a t i bt b a ne e in Europe, but they were excluded from Britain by what have been called the " differential duties." Thus when the duty on West India sugar was 245. per cwt., the duty on fo reign sugar was 635. per cwt., and it is obvious that this difference of 395. per cwt. between the two rates, operated as a prohibition, and secured a monopoly to the colonial •grower. A short extract f rom "P orter ' s P rogress of the :Nation," will suffice to demonstrate the extent of the injustice inflicted by this system on the consumer in the, mot her country:- " The cost, exclusive of duty, of 3,764.710 cwt. retained for consumption in 1840, was 9,156.872/., if calculated at the Gazette average prices. The cost of a like quantity of Brazil or Havannah sugar of equal quality would have been 4,141,181/., and consequently we have paid in one year, 5,015,6911. more than the pike which the inhabitants of other countries in Europe would have paid for an equal quan tity of sugar." Though Mr. Porter considers this an extreme case, yet he unqualifiedly asserts that " we are made to pay for the sugar consumed in the United Kingdom, more than we need pay, by an amount exceeding the value of all the goods which we manufacture for the West India colonies." Such a state ment, from so highly competent an authority, having every official document at his command, clearly proves that we are annually sacrificing native industry, through an absurd and ruinous tariff. It is calculated that in the rich and middle ranks the an nual consumption of sugar by each individual for all purposes is 401 b., while among the labouring classes it does not exceed 91b. for each individual. Every person serving on board one of her Majesty's ships is allowed lioz. of sugar a day, which amounts to 341 b. 3oz. yearly; and the allowance given to aged paupers in the Union Houses is 1 oz. a day or 22iIb. in the y ear. If we take the labouring cl at four-fifths o f t h e population, we perceive the gross injustice inflicted on the great body of the people by depriving them of wholesome food through excessive taxation, and the extent of the injury suf fered by our export trade by limiting the consumption of sugar. Why should not the honest working man have as plentiful a supply of sug it as the pauper or the sailor? Why should the poorer classes be deprived of the means of pre serving fruit in abundant seasons? Are they not as desery ing of protection as the West India landlords, who divided among them twenty millions sterling as the price of the re demption of their slaves? In order to resist the abolition of differential duties, colonial avarice has formed an alliance with their former opponents. It appears that the introduction of the sugars of Brazil and Cuba would encourage slavery. The very men who would not manumit their negroes till their bodies were ransomed with gold, now affect to sympathise with the African, and under the mask of Christian philanthropy seek to sustain their rents by levying an annual tribute upon the very people whom they taxed for the emancipation of their former slaves. We ask these hypocrites if they will consent to pay the dif ference between the colonial and foreign duty into the public treasury, instead of putting it into their own pockets? That would test the purity of their motives. We ask them further, why do they not prohibit the admission of slave-grown cot ton, for the principle is the same in cotton as in sugar, and what is just in the southern States of America cannot be un just in Cuba or Brazil ? " Silver and geld," said Milner Gibson -and we hail his appointment to office as one of the most promising acts of the new Ministry-" are slave pro. duce ;" yet who refuses to pocket them? Will these mono polista strain at gnats and swallow camels! And what will those of our readers think who may now hear for the first time that slave-grown sugar is regularly imported into London, refined, and then exported, the drawback being allowed, to be consumed in those very West India colonies whose landowners insist that such sugar is sinful food for the people of Britain, but a most holy diet for those negroes who cultivate their own estates? By this con trivance they sell their own sugar to us for 7d. per lb., and purchase slave-grown sugar for their own consumption at 4d. per lb. Are we not then justified in having remarked that colonial avarice has formed an alliance with hypocrisy? This subject is invested with peculiar interest at the pre sent moment, and will decide the strength of Lord John Kus sell's Administration. Whatever the Ministerial measure may be, it is probable that it will not be submitted to Par liament fur complete decision, before the following session. But the people must be vigilant, and the same union and energy which wrung from the reluctant grasp of the pro tectionists a free trade in corn, will compel the abolition of the differential duties on sugar. The landowners of the West Indies must prepare for the same competition in the markets of the world as the landowner s of Britain. WOOL WICH.—SAT URD AY , Captain Houston Stewart, C. 8., R.N., visited Woolwich yesterday, and was introduced to the authorities of her Ma jesty's Dockyard on his appointment to be Captain Superin tendent, in the room of Captain Lord John flay, C. 13., ap pointed one of th e L or d s of the Admiralty. Captain Super intendent Houten Stewart v i s i ted Woolwich Dockyard again to-day, and tr a were s se t e d rried businesson d) Experiments a., o s. n board the Ariel steam-vessel, in the basin at Woolwich, to test the efficiency of Haig's smoke consuming apparatus. The Amphion, 36-gun frigate, with screw propeller, had her steam up to-day in the basin, but it will be some time before she will be ready to proceed on an experimental trip, as she will have to take on board about 800 tons of ballast to bring her to a proper depth in the water. CARRIAGE FOR CONVEYING THE WELLINGTON STATUE. —The powerful carriage constructed at the Woolwich Dock yard, and supported on wheels, furnished by the directors the Great Western Railway, is now completed, and the pairs of shafts of sufficient length to hold two horses between each pair have been fixed to it, with strong iron rings and bolts. for the purpose of attaching the traces of any number cl horses that may be required. The carriage and wheels weigh between sixteen and seventeen tons, and is about twenty four feet long by thirteen feet broad. These dimensions will prevent its being taken to the metropolis by land, except it be decided upon to remove the sides of several toll bars. Its extreme length, and the number of horses required to draw it, will render it difficult to turn, except at a very great angle, and its weight might even be dangerous to the bridge over which it would have to be taken before it could reach the place where the statue has been cast. A proposition has been made to take it to pieces and convey them by waxer to some eligible landing place in the metropolis, but the ulti mate plan to be adopted is not yet decided upon. It will. however, be moved from Woolwich Dockyard in the course of the week. THE SWINDLER, J. IL WYNDHAM.-- The fifty pounds cheque which "J. H. Wyndham," alias " James B. Welles ley," attempted to pass away upon the proprietor of the Royal Sussex Hotel, Tonbridge Wells, was purported to be drawn by "Thomas Turner, for Gurney an d C o., o f Yar mouth," upo n th e i r London bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., of Lombard -street. As this document, upon being compared with other cheques negotiated by the swindler at Windsor, Eton, and Inverness, is clearly in his own hand writing, the crime of forgery will, without the least diffi culty, be brought home to him. The cheque which he at tempted to negotiate at Tonbridge Wells is Sall in the hands of the landlord of the hotel. with these said slaves and their owners. Wo send them clothes. Why not take their sugar? Will the Protec ti3nists just look forward a little l Suppose a division in their favour. We have then, as a matter of course, that immense evil, a general election ; and of course, also, the sugar question made easy to the meanest capacities. But that will not be all. The present Ministry wish to start with as little offence as possible to the antagonist powers of the country. Their advent is conciliatory. A general election, however, is inevitably fatal to so delicate nolicy. It will be necessary to " get up the steam." The Whigs will be obliged, in self defence, to bring out popular measures without any loss of time. They will, per force, have to commit themselves. On the whole, we are inclined to suspect that is their best policy under any circumstances. The Protectionists, however, it appears, will not leave them a choice. They will have to abide the result. (From the Chronicle.) All further speculation as to what the Government will do with respect to the sugar duties will be set at rest to-night. Our own opinion was from the first made up, not from any knowledge of the views of the Cabinet, or rather of those who were expected to form the Cabinet, but from our know ledge of the general principles and declared opinions of the First Minister, and our confidence that he had neither the will nor the power to depart from them. Lord John Rua sell is too thorough a Reformer to throw away the oppor tunity of giving effect to the matured and settled opinions of the country upon the sugar monopoly. The Noble Lord ;s too good a tactician not to comprehend through what influence he has obtained his present position—and by which policy alone he can retain and strengthen it—to think of hesitating for one moment as to the course he should pursue. It is true that Lord George Bentinck, Mr. Disraeli, and Mr. Borthwick, swelled the majority which was the immediate cause of throwing the Government into his Lordship's fiends, but the great necessity which lcd to that anomalous division in which the late Government was defeated, was the fixed opinion of the country against int nopoly, and in fay our of free- trade. It was a knowledge of the principles and position of Lord John Russell which gave us confidence in forming the opi nion which we did, even against such positive announcements to the contrary. Our confidence from the first has been un moved, and it remains so still. We have no anxiety as to the announcement to be made this evening. The settlement must be substantially the same as corn. If, however, as we suggested on Monday last, revenue considerations should make it desirable that the protection, instead of continuing the whole three years entire, should be cut down year by year, then it may not be unfair to extend the time from three to four or five years. Such a plan will not only be more ad vantageous for the revenue, but also for the consumer; the additional quantity of sugar produced in each year will find increasing facilities for admission in each year. A perfect parallel between sugar and corn would ran thus : Corn duty. Sugar duty. 1846 4s. to 10s. per qr. 14s. and 20a. per cwt. 1847 ...... 4s. to 103. „ 14s. and 20s. If 1848 1849 14s. and 14s. „ But if in place of retaining the full protection (203.) for three years, it is gradually cut down year by year, it would be no greater concession to the West Indians, and would be a benefit to the revenue. Thus, if one or two years more were taken," in that case the scale would stand EARLY OATS. —Black Tartary oats of a verb• superior quality, cut on the sth of July, were exhibited fur sale in the Kilkenny market on IVednesday. LONGFORD ASSIZES, THURSDAY. —MURDER.— Philip Farrell and Francis Costal°, were indicted for the wilful murder of Henry Bergan, at Gowlan, on the Ist of No vember last.—Francis Costello pleaded guilty. Farrell was acquitted. Sentence of death was recorded against Costello. MUSICAL GOSSIP. Henri Herz, the distinguished pianist and celebrated composer, intends visiting America in the autumn. lie will start on the 25th of September from Liverpool, and will make a tour of the United States. Madame Per siani is engaged for two years by the impresario of the opera at Madrid. Molique states, in a letter from Stutt gard, dated July 9, that he proposes visiting London with his daughter (a clever pianist) early next season. There is some talk at her Majesty's Theatre of an en gagement of twelve nights with Carlotta Grisi, and a revival of the pas de quatre. This would be a politic step on the part of the management. Re port says that Mr. Lumley has purchased for England the right of performing the much talked of new opera of Rossini.—Musical World. Moriani has quitted Seville, where he had been performing for some time past, and is about to visit France ; but previous to his doing so, he will give several representations at Bar celona. Ole Bull, the " Norwegeian Paganini," is now at Marseilles, were he is givin t g a series of concerts to crowded audiences. Donizetti is still in France. His not having yet returned to his native place in Italy is not owing to any physical inability to undertake so long a journey, but is the result of peculiar circumstances in no way connected with the state of his mental or phy sical health. A new ballet has been produced at the Academie Royale de Musique, called Betty. It is founded upon a supposed galanterie between Charles 11, and Betty, the daughter of the landlord of the Grand Admiral. The first appearance of Mdlle. Fouco created a great sensation among the habitues of the opera, and she promises to becoaie no unworthy rival of sorce of the first choregraphic artistes of the day.—Sunday Times. ROYAL- HARWICH YACHT CLUB REGATTA. HARWICIr, SATURDAY.-This regatta commenced on Tri day, and was to have terminated on Saturday, but, owing t• the boisterous state of the weather, it blowing half a gale of wind from the south-west, and a heavy sea running, the cup presented by J. Attwood, Esq., M.P., was not sailed for on Saturday. The regatta was under the management of J. M. Wilson, Esq., Vice-Commodore, W. Knight, Esq , Rear-Com modore, and the sailing committee. The attendance on Friday was very numerous and respectable, and the matches came off as follows :—A Piece of Plate, value 20 guineas, for yachts belonging to any royal yacht club, of any rig, not ex ceeding 13 tons, old measurement. No time for tonnage. Entrance 11. Name. Tons. Rigged. Owner. Ranger ............ 12 Wee Pet ........11 J. Mall, E sq. . J. W. G o rd on , E sq. Quiz ( Phantom 10 A good start w a s e ff ec t e d ; t h e Q u i z fi rst slipping her moorings, each vessel hoi s ti ng topsails, except the Ph antom. The Ranger quickly led the way, the Quiz lying second, Wee Pet third, and the Phantom last, continuing in this order till they rounded the Cork Light, when a squall came on and clis masted the Quiz and Phantom, leaving the Ranger leadin g , who beat her then on l y antagon i st , the We e P et , b y eight trAnutes. A Cup, value 30 guineas for yachts belonging to the Royal Harwich Yacht Club only, of any tonnage or rig. Time race. Thirty seconds per ton. IL 105 * N 5ecret......,,,.,. ame. Owners. Tons. Rigged. 25 Prima D ,, nna... 25 Ino ..... ......... 23 In this match the Ino laboured under great disadvantage, her mast being sprung. The Prima Donna took the lead, cksely followed by the Secret, the Ino third, and in this order they continued round the course the first time, when cutter. ... J. Smith, E sl. the Ino gave up. In going over the course the second time the Secret gained on the Prima half a minute, the Prima Donna still leading, and passed the Committee's boat two minutes before the Secret, when she bore up in consequence of a gun being fired, which the master of the Prima Donna thought was for the termination of the match. The Secret continued the course, and an objection was made to the Prima Donna receiving the prize, which will be entered into by the Committee. A purse of sovereigns for fishing-boats belonging to the porl of Harwich. &c. Madcap ................... For this match each boat . .w . Saucy Lass ... ............. .. .. . .. Vesper Turtl© ......................... 4 Robert ..... ........: ........................... ''• 5 being no restriction; and the Madcap took the lead, which she kept all the way round, being closely pursued by the Turtle, till she carried away her topmast; the Saucy Lass as crowded with sail, there then taking second place, when she also carried away her topmas es t, the M a d cap rounding the station first by five minut. Several rowin g matches took place during the day, a n d the regatta dinner t ook place in the evening, at the Thre e Cups Hotel, which w as we l l attended. DIEPPE, JULY 18.--Sir Denham Norrey, Bart., left this morning, in th e steamer for Brighton. Lady Drisdale arr i ved in London yesterday, by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Soho, from Autwerp, after a fine passage of nineteen hours, against a strong westerly breeze. ( Le Comte Auguste do Belgrave and suite arrived at Blackwall Pier yesterday morning by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Rainbow, from Ostend. Sir William P ar k er has declined the ffer of a seat at the Admiralty Boa r d, An d Si r v air l el Adam 114% beeu ap pintail its Igo AKA IRELAND. DUBLIN, JULY .B.—DEATH OF MR. GOOLD, The Sligo Journal, which reached us to-day, mentions the death of Mr. Thomas Geoid, Master in the Irish Court of Chancery, on Wednesday last, at Lisadill, in the county of Sligo. The salary of Irish Master in Chancery is 2,5001. POOR RELIEF IN IRELAND. —The Poor-law Commis sioners have promulgated an order, that wherever any members of a family shall be in a state of destitution, relief shall not be administered unless the whole family enter the workhouse. The guardians of Kilrush Union gave relief during the present summer to some members of families in the workhouse while others were not in the house. The Commissioners, in a letter road at the board-room of th e un i on on Wednesday last, rebuked the guardians, and called on them to rescind their order, and revise their practise. The guardians unanimously resolved to "treat the Commissioners with contempt." What will be done next? YOUNG IRELAND AND MR. SMITH O'BRIEN.—Mr. Smith O'Brien, M.P., was on last Wednesday evening entertained at a soiree, in the town of Kilrush, in the county of Clare. The hon. gentleman, in the course of his addrese, declared himself for the Young Ireland party in the Repeal Association ; he complained of the elec tions for Dungarvon and for Roscommon. The O'Conor Don ought, he contended, to have been opposed, and, above all, Mr. Sheil. Mr. O'Brien cendemned the Whigs for not making Mr. Shiel, an Irishman and a Catholic, a Cabinet Minister, as well as Mr. Macaulay, a Scotsman and Presb)terien. Dir. O'Brien's descrip R.C., advocated th e r i g h t and morality of obtaining tion of Mr. Macaulay is quit e erroneous.] The Rev. Kenyon, ameliorati on b y pe)sieal force, and 11 1r . p characterised Mr. O'Connell's doctrine of moral force as a " vain but beautiful phantom." EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE. —The Enniskillen Journal relates the following escape e---Mrs. Parkinson, con tractor for keeping in repair th e pumps, &c., belonging to the jail, had directed one of her men, named Griffith, to put an old pump in repair i n th e j a i l yard, who took to his assistance a soldier (Poole) of the 26th, who had been confined, and who had some knowledge of that de scription of work. When bet ween thirty to forty feet gave way, and e n t om b ed Poole beneath the down, a considerable portion o f t h e stonework lining of the wall mass. The stones rested upon, and formed an arch at the eross-beams immediately over Poole's head, and preserved him from inevitable destruction. Mr. Joseph Tickle, plumber, with Griffith and another workman (Kelley), courageously exerted themselves until a passage was cleared to within a foot or so of where the unfortunate man was embedded, when it was ascertained, through an aperture, that he was still unhurt. The stones, in slipping down, had formed a sort of arch, which got choked in the pump just over his head. To remove the obstruction was to remove the support of the arch which protected him, and let the whole superincumbent wall slip down upon him ; and as the side which had given way had more the ap pearance of a rugged tottering precipice than a regular wall, to secure it with stays seemed impossible. At the greatest personal risk, Mr. De Butts, engineer officer, descended to examine the state of the pump, and see what could be done. Finding the man in a weak state, he had some soup and wine administered to him through a chink by means of a sword scabbard, and after remaining down nearly an hour, he came to the conclusion that there was scarcely a possibility of extricating the unfortunate sufferer, unless by c u tti ng d own f rom t h e area of the hospital, six or seven yards distance to bim ; and, as Mr. Grey, county engineer, coincided with him in this opinion, the soldiers immediately set to vvoili. While they were engaged at the new excavation, Grffith again descended, and persevered in the hazardous ex periment of removing some of the stones by which the man was blocked in, and conveying them up in a bucket. The safety of this movement was first secured by Mr. Tickle, in the most courageous manner, and at great risk, venturing down and staying the fallen fragments of the upper part of the wall, at a time when no other present would attempt such an experiment. Griffith also managed to secure, with timber, the stones from falling on Poole, as he progressed in exhuming him. So cautiously and skilfully did they work, that at eleven o'clock an aperture sufficiently large 'was formed to let the poor fellow emerge from a situation from which his escape was almost miraculous. Dr. Nixon, physician to the jail, took charge of him, and although in a very weak state after his eight hours' confinement, he is now perfectly well. Griffin is the man who exerted himself so nobly in saving our county court house from being destroyed by fire a few years ago, and we are happy to find that our grand jury, as a reward for his services, have presented him with 201, Mr. De Butts and Mr. Jeffers gave him each 11. DEATII OF THE EARL OF KILKENNY.—Died, at Bally conra, at six o'clock, on the evening of Thursday, the 16th inst , the Right Hun. Edmund, Earl of K lkenny, in the 76th year of his age. Dying without issue, the earldom of Kilker.ny becomes extinct, but the title of Viscount Mountgarret descends to Henry Edmund, son of the late Henry Butler, brother of the deceased earl. —Kilkenny Journal. SKELETON OF A FOSSIL DEER FOUND IN THE BOG OF POULACA.PPLE.—A few days since, as two turf- cu t ters were throwing up mould from the bottom of a deep hole on the above bog, they dug up the skeleton of a deer, and instantly brought it to Lord Walter Butler, who rewarded them handsomely for the discovery. The head is of gigantic bulk, and armed with rows of huge grinders. The antlers, says the Kilkenny Journal, measured in a straight line from the extreme points, are nine feet. FOREIGN MAILS. - - The following notice was issued yesterday at the General Post-office : " INDIA.—The next mail for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, will be made up on the morning of Monday, the 20th inst. (this day), to be forwarded by the Ariel steamer, v 4 Southamp ton. By the fortnightly closed mail, to the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, &c , yid Marseilles, on the evening of the 24th inst.. " PENINSULAR --The next mails for Vigo, Corunna, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, will be made up on the morning of the 27th instant, to be forwarded yid Southampton. Next packet due, the Madrid steamer on the 26th instant. The Pacha steamer sailed en the 17th instant, with all letters for the Peninsula, kci., which arrived at Southampton, posted in London up to that morning inclusive. " THE WEST INDIES.—The next mails from the Wtst Indies, Mexico, Honduras, Havannah, Venezuela, and Ma deira, will be made up on the morning of the 3d of August, to be forwarded vid Southampton. Next packet due from the West Indies on the 22d instant, and from Mexico, the Honduras, Havannab, Bermuda, San Juan de Niearaguay, and New Grenada, August 7, at Southampton. Tne Thames steamer sailed with all letters for the West Indies, which arrived at Southampton, and posted in London up to the morning of that day inclusive. 44 BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.—The next mails for British North America, Bermuda, and the United States, will be made up on the evening of the 3d of August, to be f,rivarded via Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston. Next packet due, the Britannia steamer, on the:3oth inst., at Liverpool. " MADEIRA, BRAZILS, &c.—The next maiis for Madeira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayres, will be made up on the evening of the 4th of August, to be forwarded rid Falmouth. N,x t packet due, her :thijesty's brig Express, August 28. (From August to Janu..ry inclusive, the packet touches at Pernam buco and Bahia, on her outward passage to Rio Janeiro, and the other six months On her homeward.) " NEW SOUTH WALES, &C.—The next mails for Sydney, New South ales, South Australia, Port. Philip, Van Die man's Land, and New Zealand, will be made up on the even ing of the 31st, to be forwarded rid Gravesnd. " NEW YORE.—A ship letter bag fur New York will be made up o ► the evening of the 26th inst., to be forwarded by the Great Western steamer from Liverpool on the 27th inst." OXFORD CIRCUIT.— !ForceAter, July 18. CROWN COURT.— (Before Mr. Justice MAULE.) Richard Darnel, otherwise Henry Lee Paget, aged 32, and described in the calendar as a surgeon, was indicted for bigamy. Mr. F. V. Lee conducted the prosecution ; and the pri soner was defended by Mr. Godson, Q.C., with whom was Mr. Huddlestone. From the opening and the evidence it appeared that the prosecutor, Mr. George Muckarsie, a dentist, residing in King-street, Bloomsbury, in London, was introduced to the prisoner in 1833. The prisoner, who was then about 21 years of age, and a surgeon, paid his attentions to Miss Geor giana, the daughter of the prosecutor, in whose house he was stopping, and ultimately, after a courtship of two years, was married to her, with her father's consent, at St. Pancras Church, in London, in the mcnth ofJuly, 1835. Immediately on his marriage he went to reside in Sidmouth-street, Regent's-square, where he practised as a surgeon. After living with his wife there for six months be got into difficul ties, and being arrested, was placed in the Fleet Prison, when his wife returned to reside in her father's house. From the Fleet he took the benefit of the Act, and, his father-in law having paid all the fees, he returned to the house of the latter, and lived there till November, 1837, when he left for the country, whither his wife followed him. They lived together at Newtown, in Montgomeryshire, where his wife, taking with her a gold watch, several trinkets, and a stock of wearing apparel, joined him, but she soon returned to her father with literally nothing left but what she wore. After 1838, when a deed of separation, which, though alluded to, was not produced in evidence, was entered into between the prisoner and his wife, she had never lived with him. On the 29th of June, 1830, a letter was received by Mrs. Durnell from a Mr. Edwards, a surgeon of Walsall, in whose service the prisoner then was, enclosing a letter to her from her hus band, in which, using the kindest and mast affectionate lan guage, he begged of her to return to him. In Mr. Edwards's letter he requested her to give an early answer that matters might be settled which depended on her determination. She, however, declined acceding to the wishes of her husband, sending him as an answer to his note the deed of separation. The prisoner seems then to have wandered about, having al tered his name to that of Henry ;.ee Paget, and to have practised as a physician. On the 3d of March, 1844, he was married at Bath to Miss Alice Lovell, and they went to live at Bengeworth, which is about a mile from that town. When he had been residing there for about ten months he was apprehended and committed fur trial on the charge of bigamy. Mr. GODSON then addressed the jury for the prisoner. The Learned JUDGE summed up, and The jury, after deliberating for a few minutes, returned a verdict of guilty, but recommended the prisoner to the mercy of the Court. The prisoner, when called on, said he considered the clauses in the deed of separation so stringent that he looked on the deed as equivalent to a divorce. Mr. Justice MAULE said, that the prisoner was a surgeon by profession, and therefore must have known that persons could not be divorced merely by mutual consent. The crime he had committed was a very . grave one, and might be severely punished, but as the Jury had recommended the prisoner to mercy, and as this case was not of the . wt!'st description of its class, the Court would deal lenis9tl3 with him. His Lordship sentenced the prisoner to imprisonment for one year. No case of any public interest occurred in the Nisi Prius Court. Jacob Skerry, who, as our readers will recollect, was the accomplice of the two men Biddle and Sheriff, now under sentence of death in Oxford, and the principal witness against them, was himself tried on Thursday evening, at Oxford, for sheepstealing, and having been convicted was sentenced to transportation for fourteen years. The Hon. Sydney Herbert, late Secretary of War, is soon to lead to the hymeneal altar Miss A'Court, daughter of Lord Heytesbury.— Limerick Chronicle. The Earl of Besborough is the first Irish resident nobleman who filled the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland since the reign of Charles IL, when James Duke of Ormond was Lord Lieutenant.--Limerick Chronicle. 1 PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS.—It is in contemplation tc divide this large parish into ecclesiastical districts, so that the present Chapels of Ease at Camden-tovrn, Somers -town. Old St. Pancras -road, Woburn-place, Regent-square, &c., may be district churches, to the incumbents of which a por tion of the parish will be assigned. The Rev. Thomas Dale. M.A., the new vicar, has expressed his entire concurrence with this arrangement. FATAL. AND DESTRUCTIVE ARE IN THE CITY.— , On Sunday morning, shortly after three o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out on the premises of Mr.. Fenn, chop and coffee houss keeper, 26. Newgate• street, GNty. As might be ex pected, from the instant alarm which was given, there was no want of assistance, and in a few minutes after its outbreak at least a dozen engines of the A and B sections of the bri gade, as also that of the West of England Company, were on the spot. Water was abundantly supplied, and the engines were worked without intermission,. throwing vast torrents on the burning mass, be made u n til t h e premises of Mr. Fenn were completely de stroyed, but not th e l eas t s t ay o f d estruc ti on cou ld and great damage done al to to the property of Mr. Mackenzie, a Berlin-wool dealer . adjoining. Mr. Fenn escaped by clinging to some timber :it the back of his house, used for supporting those opposite while the sewer was under repair, from whence he was dragged by a City policeman into his wind ow . O ne of the lodgers, ho . wever , was not so fortu nate, for, i mag i n i ng no other h ope i - ,f escape, he jumped ou t of the window, and on being picked up, was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where every attention was paid to the case, but he died in the course of a few hours. Two of the Royal Saciety's fire-escapes were taken to the fire, but unrorruo;ii,ty :v t t iino.ero.ogh to I,rovellr ! ti,: :11,,v, ;,.. i.l. ;;;. IS u vile knew how the tire originated, but the loss is estimated at nearly 800/., part of which, belonging to Mr. Fenn, is in sured in the Maw, and that of Ns, Diao4ouaio ill tho suo Zito GtfAcc, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT—Oakham, July 17. The people of the town of Oakham were this morning awakened from their usually dull routine by the clamour of bell ringing, and the clatter of the little cortege of javelinmen in attendance upon the High Shelia' of Rutlandshire, Mr. John Gibson, of Wing Uppingham, who awaited the arrival of Mr. Justice Patteson. His Lordship arrived at half-past 10 o'clock, and shortly after proceeded to the Castle. His LORDSHIP adverted to the light state of the calendar, which exhibited two cases only, one of which wasor cutting and wounding, and the other for setting fire to a lock-up house at Oakham; there was not, however, evidence to ga to the grand jury, whereupon the indictment was abandoned. On the Nisi Prins side there was no entry for trial whatever. The only case indeed expected to be tried at these assizes is that of the " Syston and Peterborough Railway Company v. Lord Harborough," a case arising out of long standing dis putes between Lord Harborough and the Syston and Peter borough Railway Company, and which have already formed the groundwork of two trials at 0 ikham. On the present occasion the venue was lai,l for Rutiaudsbire ; it has, how ever, on account 'of the leading counsel on the Midland Circuit being detained at Northampton in a tithe case, been' transferred to Nottingham. On the Crown side Frederick Lea stood indicted for cutting and wounding with a scythe with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Mr. Roberts appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Wing for the prisoner. The facts of the case were as follows :—The prisoner, who was addicted to drink, was, on the 23d of May last, in a state of drunkenness and high excitement, and whilst un,ler their influence, and affected by fimily disturbances, rushed into the street t.rmed with a scythe blade, and the prosecutor, in attcmpting to capture him, received a wound in the f ac e three or four inches long, and also had a piece of one of his ears cut off. The constable who apprehended the prisoner, Joseph Cliff. the father of the prosecutor, and the prosecutor, deposed to the facts at the case, and another witness deposed that pri• soner would have cut his and prosecutor's head MI, if he could have done so. Mr. WING addressed the jury in extenuation, and called witnesses, who deposed to the good character prisoner had borne during twenty yearn. The jury, after some consideration, returned a verdict of Guilty.—Sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. This being the last and only case, the assizes terminated, and his Lordship proceeded on to meet Mr. Justice Coleridge at Lincoln, where the commission was opened on Saturday. NORFOLK flu7tingdon, July 1 CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALnzasox.) Richard Hayes was charged with feloniously cutting and stabbing William Monk. Mr. Tozer was counsel for the prosecution; Mr. Prender gast appeared for the defence. It appears that the prisoner is a respectable carpenter, re• siding in a village not far from the banks of the Ouse, which, as all who have travelled the fens in winter know, is fre quently flooded, carrying away timber and even stacks in its overcharged bosom. On one of these occasions, in the winter of 1845, the prosecutor, William Monk, found and captured a prize in the shape of some timber, which he in vain sought to find an owner for. At length, deeming that he might do as he pleased with it, he confided it to the pri soner for the purpose of being made into a box. The pri soner kept the wood for nearly three months without exe cuting his job, and, when questioned about it, intimated, first, that he " might get into a bother about it, as he did ' not know who the owner was," and eventually flatly refused to make - the box or give up the " raw material." This, of course, irritated the prosecutor, who, on the day named in the indictment, met the prisoner at a public-house, and demanded his property. The prisoner, who was intoxi cated, evaded the demand, and on the prosecutor intimating his intention of going home with him, that he might get " a proper understanding" with him, he cautioned him " not to come near him, or on his premises, else he would d o hi m an injury." The prosecutor, however, followed the drunken man up to the threshold of his door, and the prisoner, having entered it, presently came out with a knife in his hand, swearing he would "stick it into the —'a belly." His wife rushed between him and the prosecutor, and a struggle ensued, in which the prisoner thrust his hand over her shoulder, and inflicted a cut on the left cheek of the prose cutor, from which, though slight, the blood flowed rapidly. As the prosecutor did not quit the premises, the prisoner then went back, vowing he wouid fetch his loaded pistols and shoot him ; but he either bad none or could not find them, for he returned in a second or so with the knife as be fore, and then a passer-by, who had been attracted by the noise, prudently withdrew the prosecutor, and so pat an end to the matter. At the close of the case for the prosecution, His LORDSHIP intimated to the Learned Counsel for the prosecutor, that as he (Mr. Baron Alderson) thought the fe lonious part of the charge was not made out, he had better at once submit to a verdict fur an assaulr, as the case must come to that eventually. It was very clear that the prisoner was drunk when the wound was given, and that being so, he could scarcely be said to have been actuated by any such in tent as was contemplated by the statute. The jury, therefore, under his Lordship's direction, found the prisoner guilty of an assault only, and be was thereupon sentenced to pay a fine of 405., and to find surety to keep the peace for two years, and furthermore admonished to abstain from chink fur the future, which he faithfully promised he would do. Ann Peacock, aged 20, was indicted for setting fire to a dwelling-house, called the Huntingdon Union Workhouse, William Goma.e and others then being in the same. Mr. Worlledge, for the prosecution, proved that the pri soner had been punished at least 20 times in the union for violence and insubordination to the powers that be, and that on the 17th of May last she took occasion of her being or dered to clean out a bed-room to set fire to one of the beds. Fortunately the cry of " Fire " was soon raised, for on the authorities bursting into the apartment, four beds were dis covered in flames, while the prisoner was quietly watching the progress of the devouring element, which had evidently been created by the agency of live coals, some of which were strewn about the floor. When taxed with the commission of this offence, the prisoner quietly said, " Oh, I told you I would da it, when you stopped my dinner yesterday," a statement which did not receive either confirmation or refu tation during the progress of the case. It being at last, t , ,ough with some difficulty, ascertained that a sufficient firing of the timber had been effected to pro duce a red heat, and so to bring the case within the law, The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentence of death re corded, accompanied by an intimation that it would be com muted to a short term of transportation. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE APPOINTMENTS. Captains.—H. Stewart, C. 8., to be Acting Commodore Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, vice Captain Lord John Hay (appointed a Lord of the Admiralty). vice Captain Sir Francis Collier, C. 8., in command of the Channel squadron ; Sir W. 0. Pell, to be a Commissioner of Green wich Hospital. Commander.—W. N. Powell, to the Cherokee, steam-sloop, on the lakes of Canada. Lieutenants.—C, B. Strong, to the Recruit; G. W. Preedy, to the Trafalgar; J. M‘Neil Boyd, to the Eurydice; B. G. 11.owles, to the Avenger; J. B. Willoughby, to the Cherokee; J. Tyssen, to the Mohawk; J. Harper, to the Minos. Master. —T. Brown (acting), to the Recruit. Surgeon.—C. Coffee, to the Recruit. Paymasters and Pursers.—T. Goddard (1793), to the Vic tory; G. H. L. Wise, to the Recruit. Mate.—R. H. Hallowes, from the Excellent to the Con test. Assistant-Surgeons.—C. Grier, to the Cherokee; J. Forbes, to the Mohawk. Second Master.—J. Fiddes, to the Avenger. Clerks in Charge.—J. C. Riccalton, to the Cherokee; T. S. Haward, to the Mohawk. Masters' Assistants.—P. E. Moss, to the Caledonia. Naval Cadet.—S. Babiogton, to the Avenger. COAST GUARD. Appointments.—Lientenant Delany, to Ballymacaw sta tion, in command; Lieutenant H. A. Finncave, and Mr. J. C. Pegus, a retired officer of Royal Marines, to be in command of a station. Removals.—Lieutenaut J. Millet from Rosclarc to Arklow station; Lieutenant Alexander from Carrickfergus to Casher dall; Lieutenant Campbell, R.N., from Blackhead to Carrickfergus; Lieutenant Harris, R.N., from Wells to Palling station. THE GOWN AND WIG. (From the Colombo Observer of May 7, 1846.) In England, as it is pretty generally known, all judges and bar risters, who appear in Court, must be dressed in their robes and wigs. On the first day of term, and on a few other par. ticular days, such as the Queen's birth-day, the judges and Queen's counsel wear what is called full-bottomed wigs which not only cover the he a d, b u t exten d a con:iderable distance down the back and upon the chest on either side, leaving scarcely more of the face of the person wearing one of theca to be seen than eyes, nose, and mouth, and which produce a very singular effect. The judges and Queen's counsel also wear their full-bottom wiss in the House of Lords (when it sits in its judicial character) and in the Privy Council. But the gentlemen behind the bar, or junior counsel, as they are termed, have not two sorts of wigs —they wear the one sort always, when in Court. It is an old proverb, that "there is wisdom in the wig ;" and which would almost appear to be considered a reality in England, because as we have said no judge is allowed to sit, nor advocate to plead, unless he is csvered with the wi-r. It is no w , we b el i eve, thirty years since a l earne d gentleman wore the wig in this colony, but Mr. M‘Christie, who is an English barrister, and a member of Lincoln's Inn, was on Tuesday last admitted as an advocate to practice in our courts, and on that occasion he afforded to our friends who happened to be in, and in the neighbourhood of the Supreme Court, an opportunity of seeing the gown and wig worn a l'Anglais, as he appeared in them in open court to take the usual oaths and be called. We almost. wish it was the custom of our judges and gentle• men at the bar to wear the wig also here, for it certainly does impart a dignity and solemnity which they who do not wear it fail to conursind to the same extent as they who do wear it. It is said that our climate is too warm to admit of its being worn here. That observation was certainly ap plicable to to the old-fashioned wig, which required, on being dressed, to have smeared over it, every other day, about a quarter of a pound of pomatum and half a pound of flour; but the barristers' wigs are now made upon a very improved principle—they are manufactured from light-coloured horse hair, and are so constructed as to admit of evaporation from the head, very light, and require nothing in the shape o grease or powder to be put upon them on being dressed. It is gratifying to hear of au English practitioner of cha racter being called to our bar. We heartily wish that we had inducements sufficient for a few more of our learned friends from home to come amongst us; if we bad, probably many of the complaints that daily reach us of the practices at the bar, and which are unheard of in England, would soon likewise cease to be heard by us. For instance, no gen tleman at home could be allowed to hold such offices as our district judges hold, or even those of stipendiary magistrates, without having been previously and for years regularly edu cated for the bar, and in practice at the bar. But here, mans of our important judicial offices are filled by men who have never undergone that preparatory and necessary course of education to qualify them for such offices; and is it to be supposed that those who are put into them, in that un qualified manner, can possibly administer jus'ice, in the satisfactory way which might be looked for, were the selection of our functionaries made either as in Eng land, or from the English bar. We very much regret that we have not greater encouragement to hold out to English barristers to make the required sacrifices they would have to make in coming to reside here ; and we much regret also to have reason to believe that Mr. *Christie has not come among us with a view permanently to remain here, but that he intends to return to London as soon as an important legal question has been decided in this colony, upon which he has been specially sent out by the plaintiffs at home. We have heard that his acquirements are very varied, that his knowledge of business is extensive, and tigt he comes to us recommended V persons of the highest distinction in England for his attainments and strictly honourable and upright character. He is likewise known to be one of the most expert, if not the most expert, short-hand writer in London ; and we only express that, Which we are sure. many who m•i . k7 . ( „ m .. , yet beco me acqua i nte d w i t h Mr. *Christie, will cordially join .us in expressing, namely,. that he may yet b e i ttk u teed to claaage run a 44 Tasla • PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Royal Yacht, Victoria and Albert, is now ready for service, and on inspection we cannot grumble at the time she has occupied in refitting. She is in as perfect order as it is possible for any craft to appear in. lier decorations exhibit a display of the most refined taste, yet have comfort and convenience been most amply studied. A more beautiful vessel, or one more complete in all her ap pointments, there cannot be afloat, and it is but bare justice to Commander Crispin ( who has made her what she is) to state that he well deserves his pest, and that honour, which we have no doubt will be conferred upon him fur his thought ful consultation of his Sovereign's pleasure, comfort, and con venience—her Majesty's thanks. Both the royal yachts are going to Liverpool to attend upon the Prince Consort; the Fairy will convey the Court from Osborne to Gosport to-morrow on the return to London. On Thursday morning, about seven o'clock, as a man named James Bradford, seaman, was casting loose the trap ping of the jolly-boat on the starboard quarter of the Naiad, 46-gun frigate, in ordinary in this harbour, under the com mand of Lieut. J. W. Finch (186), the boat swung or heeled over, and the man fell over the bows into the water, at a time when the tide was running with unusual strength out of harbour, and the wind blowing nearly half a gale. The cry of 6' a man overboard " was instantly raised, when Lieu tenant Finch, who was in his cabin dressing at the time, looking out, saw the man struggling in the tide, threw off what few garme n t s encum b ered him, and plunged through the port into the water, at which time Bradford had sunk twice, and was going at a rapid rate from the ship, being no swimmer. Mr. Finch, however followed, and per • severed in his humane endeavour to save the man's life, in which he happily succeeded, after being in the water a quar ter of an hour, and got his man (to all appearance dead) on board a victualling boy-boat, which was going from the Clarence yard to the ship with a supply of water. The com mon remedies were applied, and the man is now perfectly recovered and (king duty on board his ship. Lieutenant Finch was much bruised and torn in plunging naked through the port-hole and clearing the side of his ship. This is not the first time Mr. Finch has similarly risked his own life to save that of his fellow-creatures, although he is married and has a y oung family looking up to him for support. He has seen considerable service in the navy, and especially during the last war under that distinguished Admiral Sir B. Hallowell Carew on the ceast of Spain and Catalonia, while serving in the Fame, 74, and in the gun-boats manned by that ship during the siege of Tarragona. As the late Board of Admiralty promoted Lieutenant Tatham, of the Raleigh, to the rank of Commander, for saving the life of a seaman who fell overboard at Chatham, a few months since, we sincerely trust the present -Board will mark their sense of the services and gallantry of Lieutenant Finch, by rewarding him in a similar manner. The court-martial ordered to assemble yesterday morning on board the Victory, to try Mr. Sanderson, of the Dasher, for absenting himself from duty without leave, was deferred until Tuesday morning. The Hampshir e Tel; aph states, that " Orders have been received to assemble a court-martial on board the Victory, iu this harbour, on the arrival of the America, 50, now on her way to England from the Pacific, with an enormous freight, to try Captain the Hon. J. Gordon for leaving that station without orders. This order for a court-martial ema nated from the late Board of Admiralty. Captain Gorden is brother of the Noble Lord the late Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. . The Daphne, 18, Captain Onslow, has been ordered by Admiral Sir G. Seymour to take this specie from Valparaiso to England." We believe it is ordered that quarter-masters are, after less than five years' service as ,such, to be allowed to retire upon 3s. per diem ; after upwards of fi ve y ears , upon 55.; after upwards of fiteen years, ss. 6d.; after upwards of twenty years, upon 6s. ' • after more than twenty-five years, upon Ts.; and afte r above thirty years, upon Bs. These officers entitled to the four last-mentioned rates must have served ten years as quarter-master. After thirty years' ser vice the right of retirement is to be absolute. The paymasters and pursers of less than three years standing, are, in future, to receive the same half-pay as at present ; after above five years' service, they will receive 6s. per diem ; above ten years, Bs. ; above fifteen years, Ioe. ; above twenty years, 13s. ; and above thirty years, 15s. The Rochester lighter sailed yesterday with stores for the eastern yards. T. 01 . CZ Difference since onr last .... ---; 27)0 - 40 12s " ff) Although th 3:IO3FLOUGH SOP 213.A.11.31 e late high winds appear to have caused some dir-,,je to the growing bi ne , the accounts which hav e come to hand VP' _rap. the last two or th ree d ays may be considered somewhat favouf-LiV However, the demand here is in a sluggish state, at but little' Una in prices. The duty is called 140,000/. MOR.OUGII AT SPIT'ALPIELDS. The supp:les of new Potatoes are c(msiderably on the increase,. 3j. a good busin ess i s doing in them, at prices varying from 6s- W f . per cwt. Ile general quality of the samples on offer is goo d ' WOL. The imports of W oo l into London O during ti.e past week haves -beetj .ditto somewhat extensive,l,799 bales from l'ort Philip, ,-,. s pe , from Ihiniburgh, 52 ditto from Auckland, 74 ditto from the 0 ,, .., 3 1 12 ditto from Mogadore, 721 ditto from Launceston, 68 ditto try, 3ladras, 2,70 d ditto from Sydney, and 418 ditto from Hobartfly i The public sales of Colonial Wools are progressing somewhat heap_ L o l my the parcels prices b loyffee declinedoffered heavy, and the quotations have a downward tendency. fr fo o ti m n d i d buyers. to TALLOW. P.Y.O is steady, though somewhat cheaper. higher. 2(1 pTeirlelb.demllaiolevperriyat_nteows. -0 Town Tallcro that he is much improved in health. ne'has, on severs theMrresCidoenbcdeenofiisiissoLotuhrenr-ining-laat,,Maanitibwyenlalertelsg, occasions, expressed himself highly gratified by the mariner ts i ti n ipmee w eeewfnte l h i ea i bes e l nsy h osdauut t kr i ies : peeti nrr w ioi dsnn a enh s gfei 1 intended,slr inhabitants inclination tsc e ahl i n : oin - tif e ::: :l etniol l oit l fnt e nhsog r ao e ti tvoha o rsipr n esot: 1 no l ss i tio i nor s ht enuei a ngcr nargt much t i hph s bi - iln3 a sas, t i co , estei Irt a feaela. ns3ns,tdt the hsrehhe:.outlutnurhinacdeci inhabitance"ot 1E l i a n d W to a firi o tHa f ke the great measures which have agitated the country ' v ., the last few years, and was ha%A.elrh.eelVilliam Glover, given to bins on the day of his arrival. 0 f L quite c d,, unprepared i.as p r od f u o c r e t d h e a r ec d e e p s t i Z n in cloth for shooting jackets and over-coats, which he gratify p i l n e the honour a few days ago of submitting to their Royal Illg v , nesses Prince Albert and Prince George of Cambridge. the g as te ed rm to s. express their admiration of it in t Log' ' [A DVIIITIDEMENT.]—CURE OF A DISEASED ANKLE, OF ~, gr , STANDING, BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—The wife 01 ,: ai l, Bachelor Carpenter, residing for twenty years past at Hampstead' had been lan up for aconsiderable Hine with a diseased ankle ; the P c! in was often almost maddening. By bad treatment, humours settlead„ her head and other parts, causing incessant and distracting h_ e ry aches, which had such an effect upon her health that there was e; to Symptom of her constitution breaking up. She had receurst_ numerous medical men without obtaining the least benefit ; hut, T o withstanding, Holloway's Ointment and Pills cured her, and her as well as ever she was in her life. To be purchased of Sil i, sell medicines, and at Professor Holl oway ' s Establishmen t. '' Strand, Londcus. BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., at Malmsburv, Mrs. A. F. W. Jeston, ° I daughter. On the 15th inst., at Weimer, Mrs. J. Bridges, of a on' On the 16th inst., at Camberwell, the wife of W. (1;1)10, of a daughter. . - On the 16th inst., in Tilney-street, Lady Caroline Towve leir of a daughter. On the 16th inst., in the Strand, Mrs. H. Ody, of a son. On the 16th i ns t., at Clapton, Mrs. F. Barry, of a daught er On the 17th i nst., at Lansdowne Cottages, Lower-ro d' Islington, the lady of F. Vink, Eq., of a daughter. DIED. On the 4th i ns t . , at H o ll oway, Thomas Mounsey, age A 2 8. - On the 16th inst., in Cardigan-place, Hoxton, Mr. J° s 'r Harris, aged 91. On the 16th inst., Edward Smith, Esq ,ofPelham-creoc en t 1 Brom pton. On the 14th inst., Ell en, i n f ant daughter of Alfred - r feet Esq., of Brook-street, Grosvenor-square. Oa the 14th inst., at Slanor-place, Edinburg•it. Georg e Paterson, Esq , late Lieutenant -Colon e l arl"9ilier Guards. London: Piloted and Published by lIIRDO YOUNG, of INT?:, O. 114 ' Strand, Printer, at Th e Sun Mee, N 0.112, Strand, in the 1'7541 of the 8 wroys the %Rai or Mores,Mores,.lll.oo ISA ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERS COUNTIES RAILWAY. The following letter from the secretary of the Bas terti Counties Railway gives an official account of the Wu° received : " Eastern Counties Railway, Sly , Sunday Evening, Ten o'clock. „ 0 " reference to th e accident on this yesterday, I' b eg to state t h at I have been to Co l o befite to-day, to s ee M r . an d M rs. Bromley who.had bee Drr ' b is ported to me as b e i ng very seriouslyinjured. The bone of the former is fractured but Mrs. Brosl it l i be only suffering fro m s li g h t b ru i ses and the shoc k os , nervous system, con sequent upon the recent ses i m A or f e t he Mrs. Payne, o f Ilf or d , h as a compound fracture es, small bones of th e l eg , an d i s. under the circ umsta ll ,f k . 4 going on fav oura bl y . M rs. W i ddenhal, of Chigive' suffering from a fracture of the thigh and dislocatis n re , the small b ones o f t h e leg. The dislocation has been duced, and t% hen I saw her at five o'clock her syne were considered favourable. prely At the L o nd on H osp i tal t h ere are six persons-- nil tice, a port er i n t h e set v i ce of the Company, con3P°"o, fracture of the small bones of the 1,-g, symptoms °li t e, vourable ; Wm. Millwood, laceration of the Brent going on favourati ; Olive, goods carrier, frae.s r . t h, the leg, doubt!ul 14 heftier amputation ne cessa ry; S nl t l i a constabl e b e l )ng i ng to the Society for the Prevel3.:to of Cruelty to Animals, fracture of the ribs and in.l" A r 'd the chest ; M orr i s , i n j ury to the head ; and Shrj; ton, a port, rin the se-vice of the Company. iaisr ie- ie slight as will enable him to leave the hospital in s days.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, "C. P. RON3..' LLOYD'S SHIPPING. ij ya LONDON, JULY 20.—Wind W.S.W., moderate breeze, a n d weather, A gatl l : DEAL, JULY 19.—Wind S.W . t o W.S.W., strong breeze, —Aral. Cybele, Griffith, Demerara ; Catherine Elizabeth, -I. i fe9 St. Vincent ; Candidate, Fowle, Barbadoes; Sylph, Tres Barbadoes ; Margaret, St. John's, New Brunswick, Halifax. LIVERPOOL, JULY 18.—Wind S.W. 19, W.—Arrd. Diaryop Webb, Shanghae ; Th omas S par k es, Sparks, Calcutta; llcor Nicholson, Sierra Leone ; Columbi a , Joh nston, Cuba ; Hawar,ol9 less, New Orlean. ; Ohi o , Bi r d , N ew Orleans ;• Talisman, ;:robilei New Orleans ; I. Stua r t, C rowe ll , M o bi le ; Aginara. Giffney, Farewell, Garry, Baltimore ; Franconia, Smith, Philad" Robert Parker, Parsons, New York. Card' d, OFF MARGATE, JULY 15.—Tropu, Clark, Barbadoes ; „ a d , Fowle, ditto; 19th, Margaret, Crawley, St. John's, Newfouno a in id 4 Cowes, JULY 19.—Wind 8.W., hard gale.—Arrd. Marl fof Blanchard, Matanzas ; 29th, Pomona, Elter, Bahia, and sail'" Stockholm ; Daniel Webster, Cole, Matanzas. A O * WHITEHAVEN, JULY 18.—Arrd. W ar ki ngton, Douglas, • Sid. Paragon, Southward, Jamaica; Stephen, Marchie, St ..4-0"'" New Brunswick; Amity, Borrowdaile, Quebec. !tot, DOVER, JULY 14 —Th e Chasse Mame Clorinde, Lancelot , t ot, Nantes, bound to Abbeville, got ashore on the Newcome log n and has been brought in here leaky. fo rm' FALMOUTH, JULY 14.—The Jessamine, Miller, of Dundee! tlio, tiered on the 13th instant, a ft er h av i ng been in contact $O, Belle Creole, from Londo n t o D emerara. The crew sa ved' brought to Falmouth by the latter vessel. to tniS LYTHAM, JULY 18 .-.-The Martha, Edgar, from Druid.nil , ,D o port, dragged her anchor and came on shore here yesterday, "" received no damage. SOUTHAMPTON.—SId. Judge Thompson, Badcock, Quebec , OFF TEIGNMOUTII, JULY 19.—F anny, Patagonia, sld. 2 90 1 ' and Bahia 7th June. OFF TORBAY, JULY 16.—Catherine Elizabeth, Monte Video Gustave, Paterson, Havannah, for Gothenburg. __- MARKET NE WS—(YESTERD— tY/' CORN.-EXCPLANCIE. ( 04 The past week's arrivals of all descriptions of Grain, 1 5 1 0 ° 0! Flour, of borne produce, were on a very moderate, indeed ‘`,.,om d say limited, scale ; but, from Ireland, the receipts of Oats ' 1,4 '4 so, WM' 4 0° siderably on the increase. From abroad, the imports of n ,, t 6 , Barley were, comparatively speaking, small ; but those of .. .,7otre' cti Flour were somewhat extensive. Fresh up to-day, an """ 9 ,. large supply of Wheat of hems produce came to hand; Tole 0 it was by far more extensive than on any .. .,P 1 . 1 ;1, Monday during the whole of the present yett; 1 0 ' stands, therefore, being heavily supplied, not els!u 01 the fresh supplie s , b u t t h ose left over from last week, and theeillo, dance of buyers by n o means large, the trade was eXf. 00'A dull, at a decline i n th e quotations obtained on Monday last TO,„ 45 to Os. per quarter, at which a clearance was not effected., e:, was no new En g lish Wh eat at market, but several parts is P•este:, petted next week. The show of Foreign Wisest was ag , 'e s p d , sive. All descriptions were a mere drug, and might have Pg:7 - 0t": 4 . chased at a reduction in value of from ,2s. to 4s. per ~,g e fel,, Most favourable accounts continue to reach us respecting I *_,', t ei l i , • wheat in particular. The show of all kinds of Barley was r w_ r il„ Grinding parcels moved off steadily, at late rates, but all oti t h , P', were much neglected. Superfine Malt was quite as dear..c_, P ; Vi i , 0 demand. In all other kinds of Malt very few ea' ri 4 , 0 place. Owing to the large influx of Oats from Oat trade was in a very depressed state, at a decline in value y r ` o fo . ; Is to 2s per quarter. In Beaus very little was doing at P. .4', quotations. We had on sale about 40 quarters of new Pea 'V sold at 38s per quarter. Old qualities were heavy. Flour mere drug, and 3s per 2801bs cheaper. 6,5, abrc ricre ,i . CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASLTRE ~„10 Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevaller. ...... ."" 1 Red, New.. • • 38s to 488 Oats—Yorkshire and „ 5 , 3 31 Ditto,White, Old.. 49s 56 s Li ncolnsh., Feed.. .. 5 Norfolk and L 3u in- P o t a t oe /44 coin, Red..... 56s 57s Y oughal and Goa , ,oa 1 10 Ditto, White.... • • 58s 60s Black • •••• • • „ ,2 $ 00 Irish, Red.. ••— a —s Cork, White ••• •• :., ,65 si4 Ditto, White-- ••—a —s scotch. Feed.. •• , 0 4,3 4 'lye—Old ....... ••• • • • 32s 33 s B eans —Ti c k ... • . ••• 2 , 0 New... ••.. 31 s 33s Pigeo ns •••4 O6 0 Barley—Grinding . .... 258 27s Pease—Grey. ...... •,3. 2 5 , 53 , Malting . ...... • . 295 32s Maple. •..•••• • • • 3 /0 4,1! White ..••••• • • •• , 11l 4:: C h e v lieno R . E . .. 1. . G. iN • . .. • G54R 3 38 ; t10N55 3 06A .N 4: :Ilan —Sufol and Nor folk— ••••• • •• • • 55 $ 59$ Flour — Town-made ••• 4 - 90 4 0 Brown .• ••.•• • • • • 51s 525 Kingston and Ware 625 63s Suffolk • • Wheat—Dantzic Harnburgh ....... Barley 1 DIB, ee a sa Beane Lo S sc: t 0 . . c . R. k Boilers. t .n7&:.:80.N.....0...rf5.....0.D1...k.... o il s : , ol i o -••• • • • ... 20s 24s Flour—American ••• *: 975 Oats- —New .. ..... .. • • 24s 25s Baltic .• ••••• •• •• 195 20s EIVIZTEP'XELD. . tousle, The past week's imports of live stock into London hav e „,,, of about 200 O xen and Cows, 800 Sh eep, 100 Lambs, --d 10 .01'• ~,,,, from Holland, together With 28 Oxen and 10 Calves fre o 2,_ ~.t:::- , "; At the outports 60 Oxen have b,,,,,, u , RP" — t 14 mo nocled fr e o rdain. A d i mouth, and 120 head cf *tuck we had on offer 212 Oxen and ccA ) ,, tt 500 Shee.2 4o. ,d Lambs, and 8 Calves. chiefly f rom Holland. The --90'1,1,4 for that description of stock was steady, at full a t o , From our own grazing districts the arrivals of Beasts fres . ),, , 1 0 , morning were seasonably extensive, and of very prime elna lr i 's l „,,; attendance of buyers being numerous, the Beef trade was fi l e t g,,,1 advance in the quotations obtained on Monday last of 2d 'O,. , p: io the best Scots readily producing 4s per Bibs., and at will - Le l 4 l.? - e , clearance was effected. From the northern countiei we remit ;„,,,lrl,l i , Short Horns; from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambrs;* t; . 800 Scots and Short Horns ; from the Western " .90 nd • land counties 300 of various breeds, and from Scotland p.- The numbers of Sheep were again somewhat extensive, Yet 'insn ton trade was steady, at f u lly l ast week's currencies. F 0 'offs& the Inquiry was very dull, and the prices suffered a decli ettl b or. 2d to 4d per Albs. In C a l ves, exceedingly little was doing, a t late rates. The Pork trade was dull, at unaltered quotaticsre ' 4 Per Sibs. to sink the offal. 0 , 5. IL d• S. d. s. d' 3 Inferior Beasts ••• • 2 6 2 8 Second quality ditto 3 6 4 , 4 :Second quality ditt o . 2 10 3 2 Coarse-woolledditto 3 I ,l' * , Prime large Oxen -3 43 8 S ou thd ownWethers 4 '6 Prime Scots .• •••• 3 10 4 0 Ditto out of the wool --. _ 4ip Large coarse Calves 3 4 310 Large Hogs ...... 3 ' I 0 Prime small ditto .. 4 0 4 4 Small Porkers ••• • 4 0• Inferior 19 6 Suckling Calves .• 18 0 29 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 1 6 ~s• * Inferior Sheep .. • a 2 3 6 Lambs...... 4 •*'• SUPPLY AT MARKET. 1 to . Beasts. I Sheep. 1 Calves. I - 300 . 2,895 I 32,190 I • 184 NEGATE AND XMLILDEIVICA.X.Z. .10111 We have to report the arrival of fair average time-of-year ' r" of country-slaughte re d meat up to these markets during 1. , , D' i l week, while th e supplies slaughtered in the metropolis ID" O g g tolerably good and o f excellent quality. Prime Mutton, L 8 D I " n.B Veal have been in s t ea d y request at full rates of currency- If lti other kinds of meat exceedingly little has been doing, at bait 0, 56 currencies. Several ca rcases of Foreign Beef, Mutton, Isa' ' ; Veal have been on offer. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. mg& ' Beasts Sheep Calves +- ..... Scotland •...—.•. . . . . . .. lid Yorkshire .•• ..• ••••••• • . • • • • 12 100 90 Lincolnshire ...... •• • • ... ...... 20 30 10 Norfolk .. —..••••..••• • • • • • • • • • 10 40 AO . Suffolk •.••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 10 ' 10 Cambridgeshire .. —.•..••• • • • • • 20 30 1/ 0 Essex .. ... •••• • .. Surrey •• ••..••• • • • • .• Devonshire •,0 Wiltshire ............ ••••• • • • • • 20 60 4 0 " n • Other parts ..• •...• .. . - • 0 ' • Total •••. • • • • ..• •• • • 170 33 49 0 190 ~ • Previous week's arrival —. 173 330 150 37v_ \ err, -„ 14 _ t k 4t U 4, 7 1, th qie" 41111