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

y N . ' 0 COURT —(THIS ON Ir.) , is t.,., AND GILLET ie s' 3, --s ov . and Chandless for the plaintiffs. of th e ,?r , contract entered into by Wall, for the 'int.- ~i is a mot - .. WALL, rt,R;117., AND OTHERS. Io:a::: said o t,hirohriieghini.attatbiclolmun.atesnficleedd against yesterday, }Nall, i i r , c lectls, &,!ul?,=l,eniental bill, with the view of putting in Plei t t.,., '-, which had been disclosed by an original 4;. fdis_4l.answer of the defendants, in reply to a cross r;nesrtrnrYse,ir ~,,,.aninddßerosger.s appeared in support of the TT' t,ane,et _9thers, for the purpose of enforcing the tlit ofehiii.fe_in.terest in the estate of Sir Thos. Champeney, (I in to t V IZ. It was alleged that the contract was isaPY contra Yet li all as Flight's agent ; but Flight denied _I, wa s in „„_ li a n d ever . been executed, or even if it had t let 4141 , f or , der circumstances that would render i 4141 . ' decree of performance to be obtained s rf , u ,_ tlnse,7 t I t ?ents Were concluded to-dav, and it was arranged it 1 84% oast two deeds, of August, Is3o, and of Septetn sprs. w:illniodirl.ieconsidered as an issue in this cause. 1 4 ' 4fter Chia `;', ' 3,l con, and Rolt took their places within fitted - e usual formalities, they having been recently xttt en's Counsel. ttAlsit z --tv itPl -7 ----- - CY—(THIS DAY.) M (tielo re r. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) !Hay 1 , 43 IN RE nn.tcE AND ALLEN. IlSin,l, a ppointed fur the se b an k rupts, who had carried tgisl t i e ~ to 0 come warehou semen, in Mitre -court, Milk-street, b, " u 1.: 4 41 ) th pto pass their last examination. me .! e solicitor to the fiat said that although the ltitwer'e.counts had been prepa ' red, they had not been L.aad :r'rcurnstances which he had to relate to the 711 he had determined to do so in every similar case, as to •oinplain of was becoming continual and tbit Was that at the last moment the accountant had ski 1 ,1 0 :: 0 1) the account, unless his charge, 15/., was e ll Bheetsout being taxed. The accounts only consisted r Would ! and the charge was five times as much as any nee, have made. The bankrupts, who had no . 4 4 ;er_ ipable to pay such a monstrous charge. kill 41eni!!1C.osansstONICIt said Mr. Reed had acted quite t) had Clung the subject. He (the Learned Commis tint; r a long time looked with a jealous eye upon ill thei,ina.,°3", thegreater number, were exceedingly us es out duty, and although sonic acted liberally, in 4 ,11 - -,",,' of ten , the accounts were made out unsatis its h." 0 , 1(8 `"ro, through , t . heir . not taking the accounts [ i CP. S ~,, but from imagination, and they were in many kornenronate in their demands, applying the screw kg ati 0; `°0 bankrupt was unprotected, and thus by tterferi'()urnment, usurping the functions of the Court, 1418 n g.With the course of justice. What he would l itt Aat il o t , ll ,4,ases, would be for the parties to throw the 'Nreibitr e..ooard, stance to the official assignee, who ano ] rY ass the b , the offi c i al assignee, did not see what diffi s. 411k toPts could have had in making up their own , _ ;!I.euolii,,l COMMISSIONER said, that in nine cases out of . 1 1 1 „ 18 7ta Were not only unnecessary, but positively that El) said thi s w sh ,_ li t h m ,_ . as the third, case within a very short . e acco linta n ri mjt t o make a similar complaint against ito lox ' , e e _ ost hi s ,_ who was present, said that he could not t Otsu sslo nney. th:cbarge44vittt-,—You should let the bankrupts know `d) at ta xed. l b!, or give them an opportunity to aa b, e , as it is, the examination must be ad vov nienee to them and an expense to the !' IioN.TOT i ,- __-- ... .--- gi I3I Y till, 4 t hen ap • , ti g, _ e th e b„ ,pointed a day, observing, he should • "rip lce Zaa ypo,r'aru_.pt_s; own account, which, generally ''Llsr ctory than those made up for lI ‘ I II S IA ----......-_________"" CO I te th e ms_ 01 7 ,'-',..RT—(III-1 IS DA Y.) Irr,l'inAtols tilo " uo URT. 11 ‘ 7 1n er "tthi t •* ol 'r and Alderman W. HUNTER.) rOt u Plead e d ---It will be recollected that the Itaii,,, r allway t e ,,g ll . ll tY to four different charges of rob !flirty : 4 3' and two`lll'lli, two committed at the Birming a, b et , was stole at the South-Eastern, from which , ore wh stole n ye cue otri he pleaded considerable value. Baron • Ce u „ unieraue._ guilty, deferred sentence, till kit: th e nof the case should be brought before • e t :li: _ .gtrullailt:f Mary Ann Newlands during the • Al a 7 ,° be stolen. 11 ) pl HI ", and b Placed at the bar this morning t ic , ead ed . Y the advice of her counsel (Mr. [, :17:4:twe:11:::::wcaorsnmitted for receiving the goods, appeared with Mr. Ballantine for the tite uTate,,tated, that from all the circumstances of the !il Ntiarraaeillier was evidently a man who was in the i k, t) le _ e railway termini for the purpose of w ander; itißrpteLas-• _which had led to his detection, hen he s _Lopr e r t 3 of Dr. Roberts, he was traced from Folkes -4 ~,,4 on the Roberts, and at the terminus was seen is.., l vitli: tithe luggage, which led to his being remon- L7,11.it to th e he succeeded in carrying off a portmanteau ' boot - I gentleman already named. He made off oker,seve,4?' ,Dy means of aicab, and after changing his ith n 'llele ea t ones arrived at last at a house in Sl.oane ale' N ett : kr. Bodkin said that the female prisoner k r i a l Wa s t l a. of this house in which the portmanteau in co me 4. 141 d, and a quantity of property besides of 1 afore b y '93. led to the strongest suspicion that it mau l a similar way; several articles of tik e eat th,..ovith the marks taken out.. When inquiry tb a , dent,, i t r l , ;louse for a man of the name of Farr, the ki;atilie I,,a;s7owledge of such a person, notwithstand hoZn• Thep 6 4 11 " 8 by which the prisoner was gene [ op ._a as B ro ther were represented to the servants . • , I 7los ulari saesr, but it seems that they had to I",:aatsoif stateacrlid Wife. br a s use, b ~tleiat the woman was evidently in tan et i :uale p r i r "I Unhappy position in which she '''e ip a ' , ore a mo s t ; that previous to meeting with ki e,,, l „alost res-,;46 respectable character, and was in Lold 844`e‘fteiner,..eedetable family. 7g hi 4 4 'tey eu e t he male prisoner to transportation e fe taat 4l yekt..3'earB each of the three indictments, 'fit pu::',Pris a :: _ , h' -ad tet,'ol7ras sentenced to six months' impri tilltlTßA:l 1 stre:te,fht_s otealtratelli.E: T eti .,,P:4aturda at the ayor tur Y-Bquare 1 ,, - , - u• d olinson, of Upper ' Char r, 17 60, to .Forporatio; nr " s t , 30 1 d the cup presented by l ed by hi nt iiitrld Garrick' otratford- upon-Avon, in Sep dramatic ,_ fbat month' and used at the jubilee in tl at h i ,. oalll. sh ak at the birthplace of Eng scl af. ~ Ilatlir e Tii . SPeret about the year 1609, atm 4I neSS of gir,"o"weteka mulberry the ; it luxuriant long till•Wlt4 the Proadnuc_edt e most i kt 14 1756, th e Bev tr4V ell °f the ue Reverendd Francisveneration of l every Gastre 1, NI erg, house, from the frequent importunities 1/11id the 40Ur, iu'erved a dislike o to l the tree, and in e rtil tree to be eeutem P t of the kak, s i .odiu l4 __felled' and its logs u s p a l I*l adoration, re - .• t i a toar N of ~:(1:8 excited, and a watchmaker named tc tra gin ...? t town, secured the pieces, and con alide tree bad s to to usea widely difterent from that to gq,,r hotiee"t eau so irreligiously condemned. The kt ~, , f)(1; 4 ~.rac s ) about 11 inches in height, lined with averg4 i• est `,T f. silvergilded round the foot; and the ae,,u with a cluster of mulberries and leaves ,; t whit e '', At the jubilee Garrick held it, raised, on ' lleit°Nsi o , Bl.ll ,filr!g the following lines, composed ' by him wod th , t?eginn n a,," l _cii, ~,, Lair goblet, 'twas carved from the tree hat ar eb •l: r swe etShakspere, was planted by thee, i t0 1) ... 1 kiss it, and bow at the shrine , ' Ai';'w from thy hand must be ever divine . t 'ii ' Shall yield to the mulberry tree, 4 le a to thee, blest mulberry, ith. s ' , A atchless was he who planted thee, t ' er), tte ,al,, t` hi lll o l f t i‘ h i o r u s. himlike Garrick, ththis immortal cu p be." by a decree in Ittee-'(1,111av 5, 1825, at Christie's Lction-rooms, in liri r ' 4 l 4t t " b aarliess, for 21 guineas, and then purchased 1= ' 11 3 7 whom it was estimated so highly that kl itt ,, t `l 4 Nritt was 200 guineas. Since his death it was ,terlce of ,nther effects to auction, and put up at a re -2141%1,a vittA,,o guineas ; but no second bidder appearing in with rest On Monday it was again submitted h1 t35 4 - I ;,,saat 4 ;"ltv,e, and produced 401. Bs. 6d., the pur- Wna ,v '4111.. of uPPer Gower -street. i te 'lrf4 \‘'ro ebot vZwriox.—During a recent visit in hi c k,i t aei, ; Ditat %Ca specimens of the production of a taw they 'echanism which were, indeed, truly sk t a ir la thr:inje2. alvntre,tnipiatu're busts of Daniel Webster, 111 11 l ei , Atee,ittl.legititpl Woodbury ; being perfect fac rteiatiepittA C 4 ma rble, on and wrought out of te, tine eerte,4,l4, .c, originals,y a machine which has Sep the u gMile‘ estaiataTas Blanchard, of Boston. This 1% arti stin't, a ! u ti et‘ l itPu ts a new era in the art of sculp 'arble; for- als Qfr --'4k litite" almost entirely, with the 1 thi, _ n ature, ° a ll ,' to t a nd indefatigable labour of ra u 're achine, wiiirp eye;a,life and poetry into the I t rlio n 4 Dided b 4 Drecie;l"l3 tangible, can be copied ae to Sift e d taien i the Mos t a l l, vhich defies the chisel, kir u l ire red uced • The ina.nful hand and directed by itV ry4P l re, be " its of e m le, too, can be graduateil a t, an if IR el_ perfec t a nd any s tatuary, which shall, in krti!la% a nd 1 diiii,-,i' Nit the si exact coies of the originals ~,,,, t ripl e, pua giving' Ze Preserving O u. ify PartiC u l ar 1 . muscles and pro minence every line, flir t' b4-re,.37 the samell:e,3nlerit nencic; tot re in exact 4411'M ati ' ler P r ofile la- InactlinerY a the most correct and 11 lik e l iz t e )f a ni , s i rE ze eness es ~ en ; - ' 4 Y be cut on the hardest to43' CIR ) . , a ' We saw aa il t hred, from half an inch to te faa : . r ken i s perf ect a b takin g l y me al lli aabl a "v of the " exact cameo profile tinead of that statesman as we t o , e size . , 0 sts or casts to be found, and of kti l ; i ln!a tte g e o , ara us, tn ' i r Iva lady's breast-pin. Among the pt. 0 ,tori tthe firseat meere the heads of several of our /41 6 . 4, 14 Pia; elit in ..o and ivory, the proper size for „ r pe.. pi le ', as readilyoft as most perfect daguerreo eby o b a , st of zidret-urie_ ZiLot!isldanlcia.T,e done. We are as -1)1,13: 44 . t the m u years most eraM'aproductions, effort, can be h o - `" t‘f sh-PParatus with ladyie accuracy' I N 4 lye, eta aPeless marble ut • ...ttld 41 h I nated li d i forth a perfeci) co intoits Power wi"' in a P most beautiful ril4 4 lv Ot i s tr ;a , tUary the greatest sculptors ever produced. oo.:(1 to i„"t wonderful, this machinery may be readily 4148'410r iiger.ese or diminish the copy, so as to furnish l'4,l)etts ex,,auniature figure, with equal precision, and in 1 1414 AL A ``et Proportions.—American paper. Nti) a 8 eei bENT AT RoCllEsTrai.—Yesterday, at ke l ,;sbi d inall h eat, yacht rigged, was observed from Ro • Kim 0 1 404:' s ailing on the waters of the Medway under I lea t h 'olvi r , ' l . When nearly opposite to the Castle, the kforemat Were f resh, on a sudden she capsized, and the two Zkkli ee assl at ,, in her were seen struggling in the water, and qe,, lv ere - ,, n , e e, could be procured they had sunk. The LeLettti o r e L a y d l ,„" , ed up about three hours after the accident, eof 'Jury, a Waterman, and his brother, by the ap ,re t i Cre ep , , ' 3 t. enr , A r 3. Thee names of the men Ivhose lives are Ig ed 19 iatga3r !acpherson, a married man, aged 34, living k'ell , a 11 .et s, in this city, and Joseph William Dives, i i oil b d it Itiv e of the Place, - ' , is e „ e• Macpherson could v k e n t,' n'h etri ,uPP.osed that in endeavouring to save his corn , 4,ucly op thne tound to be drowning, he lost his own life. 1,(1141t itittitbe f:otYoonfrigeni.adDives was taken to the Queen's i rt a r th l a . jYs, toula br.i ge,.and the other was convey e . d await an inrest, Which was held this -.t 44 ,: l r., gas--Pst tenw:' Vitzt r , tvaold about a e eel' i Nat chi t no t fit to be Reekused the boat being . a very , un natghoisforr4c,. and it is stated 4ttre, t ?ta, 1 nest A 13 S oli 'el4 cni Sat HUSBANDS ILL - USAGE —An in it, ert ee , 0, b efo _ ...tirday at the Coach and Horses, Greek - Wl l, t'± ag ed ills. Bedford, on the body of Charlotte Fhl o s, o v t , r, pil,'",','? I):ceased had lately been residing with t 4' l : le g le"fc.lP'3, a h airdresser, at No. 22, Princes -street, er' t q lvit 'g sh her husband on account of his ill. usage re al Y a l e accounte d four times attempted to destroy ' her att Nlof . his brutality. It was thought, after 14 „,P o 4 ). ' th at sh mr y ! tb,,lnore,hin. she tod ~, a abandoned her design, but on Illeals'. beaue'd-e t% as h•und hanging by a rope to the p e Ity b a ) and quite dead. Verdict, "T hut su • enipo et& ttl Paid 111101th4ttithi,bY the Society of Friends. this year, '` ll to Oin,--' 414.-Ivilthitedieence to ecclesiastical demands, 7.. th yas usual protest against, Vita...,_ TH.g SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENIWG, JULY 7, 1846. MAGAZINES CONTINUED. HEATH'S GALLERY OF BRITISH EN GRAVINGS. Partv X. and XI. Portrait, landscape, and domestic or incidental en gravings, are here collected together, with fly-leaves of appropriate letterpress. Mr. Charles Heath, in su perintending this publication, is by no means injuring his reputation ; on the contrary, each engraving is worthy of this age of advancement in the fine arts. Lady Charles Beauclerk and the Mar chioness of Douro—one the beauty of hilarity, the other of pensiveness —have faces delightful to contemplate; and their portraits are here given with an air of extreme naturalness. PICTORIAL GALLERY OF ARTS. Part XVIIL From its profusion of wood-cuts, and its useful com pilation of antiquarian matter, this periodical is wholly apart from rivalry. It is extraordinary how so much excellence can be produced for three groats. the legislative adoption of free trade, concede to its bitterest antagonists the meed to which they are so fully entitled ; we must give them credit, as we have already elsewhere done, for the display of extraordinary abilities. No one could listen to the impassioned and sometimes lofty oratory of Lord Stanley in the pas sage of the Corn Importation Bill through the Upper House, without regret that such rhetorical brilliancy and fervour of mind should be squander e d aw ay upon a theme so ineffably worthless ; nor could any dispas sionate man listen to the sarcastic and even witty vitu perations of Mr. Disraeli without a hope that that honourable gentleman would ultimately perceive the fallacy of his present opinions, and the glaring invidi ousness of his personalities to Sir Robed Peel. Al though there was something sinister in the language then used by Mr. Disraeli, sNe trusted that that charac teristic of his proceedings as a debater would be, in the end, dissipated ; and we could not acknowledge to our selves the possibility that the House would in his instance (as he erroneously anticipated it would to the then Premier) " seal with the stigma of parliamentary reprobation the catastrophe of a sinister career !" We could not acknowledge to ourselves the possibility of such an occurrence ; nor can we now. We are fain to augur better things for Mr. Disraeli, because we long to behold his undoubted talents turned to their right use. Now that the political world is emerging from storms and turmoils, opportunities will present themselves for redeeming his recent blunders. As the working of a free-trade syst em d eve l o p e s its e lf th e P rotect i on i sts will behold their error—their peevishness will subside, and their animosities die away. The author of " Sybil " and "Coningsby" will, we hope, triumph in the end over the assailant of that great Patriot and Statesman, Sir Robert Peel. The Oxford and Cambridge Review ap pears to have renovated its strength under the auspices of Lord John Manners. PRODUCTION OF COAL IN THE DIFFERENT STATES OF EUROPE. After iron there is certainly no produce of the mineral kingdom which exercises a greater influence on our com mercial relations than coal. The following is a statistical sketch of the produce of that article in the different countries of Europe:— England possesses the richest veins of coal, both as regards quality and quantity; they form a line from the south-west to north-east. In Northumberland and Durham, from the Tweed to the Tees, coal abounds at Whitehaven, in the hills of Cumberland, in Yorkshire. and in Lancashire. The most abundant mines are in Wales. The consumption of coal in England and in exports- 1 tion is so great, that it has often been asked if the mines would be exhausted; but, according to calculations made in proportion to the present consumption, they could not be exhausted under 1500 years—the yearly consump tion in Great Britain is 20,000,000 to 21,000,000 tons. The exportation increased in the following propor tions:—ln 1830, 505,421 tons; in 1832, 588,450 tons; in 1834, 621,256 tons ; in 1836, 1,101,000 tons ; in 1838, 1,413,800 tons ; in 1840, 1,162,300 tons ; in 1842, 2,120,000 tens; and in 1844, 2,410,000 tons. The number of miners exceeds half a million. English coal is to be had in every part of the civilised world; there are depots at Rio Janeiro, at Odessa, at Archangel, and at Constantinople. France does not produce enough coal for her own con sumption, and is obliged to import. She possesses 250 mines, of which 182 are worked, and which rendered in 1844, 72,000,000 cwt. of coals, to the value of 21,000,000 f. (840,0001.) The produce is increasing, as in 1815 they only rendered 17,000.000 cwt. ; 40,000 men are em ployed in the mines, and traffic belonging to them ,• in 1842, the importation of coal into France amounted to 16,718,328 cwt. France imports her coal from Belgium, England, and the Prussian provinces on the Rhine. Spain draws but slight profit from her abundant mines. The principal mine is in the Sierra Morena— the produce is not known. They import but little. In some of the principal Spanish ports there are depots of English coal for the steamers. In Portugal there are depots at Figuiers, at Coimbra, and near Oporto. The principal mines of Italy, which produce annually from 149,000 to 150,000 cwt., are in the Savoy, and near Genoa. The others scattered over the Penninsula are of little value, and there are depots of English coal in the principal ports. Belgium possesses immense mineral riches ; in this country production increases. In 1831, the produce amounted to 42,800,000 cwt., and in 1844, it reached 84,232,420. In 1844, the exportation amounted to 1,050,000 tons, a value of about six million florins (600,0001.) Holland has no coal mines. There is a single mine in the county of Limberg. They import all their coal from England, Belgium, and the Prussian provinces. Switzerland, though rich in metals, has very little coal, and imports a quantity from England. The only mine of any value in this country is at Hochefeld: in 1845, it produced 514,969 cwt. Norway has no coal mines. In Russia the production of coal does not exceed 800,000 punds. It seems that between the Don and the Dnieper, and in Siberia, there are rich coal mines, and the Government are now taking measures to turn them to account. Denmark has one insignificant mine at Bornholm, and imports nearly all her coal from England. Austria is rich in coal mines, but the produce is not in proportion with the number of her mines The an nual produce of coal in Austria is at least 12,000,000 evrts.; in 1843 it did not exceed 9,000,000. Of this amount Bohemia produces about one-half; Moravia, 2,000,000; Austria, 1,500,000; Styria, 1,000,000; Ca rinthia and the districts of Ogragno, a little more than 500,000; Hungary, 600,000; the coast lands (Kusten land), 600,000; Galicia, 3,000; Lombardy, a very small quantity. Coal mines exist in nearly every province of the mo narchy. In Bohemia there are veins of this mineral all along the river Beraun, in the north of the districts of Klattan, Pisen, and Rakovitz, to the neighbourhood of Prague. There are coal mines in the Erzgebirge, in the valleys of the Eger and the Biela, and at the loot of the Riessengeberge. from Schatzlar to Landskron. The principal mines of Moravia are in the district of Brunr, near Rossitz and Oflovan, and the coal near the mouth of the Oder is of a superior quality. In the Archduchy there are mines near Wieper, Neustadt, Klingeufurt, Grunbuch, and Gloggnitz ; in Styria, near Leoben, and Fohnsdorf ; in Carinthia, in the valley of the Levan, and in the neighbourhood of Prevail ; in Dalmatia ; in Lombardy, in the districts of Como and Pavia • in Tyrol, near Haring ; and i n H ungar y, in the Carpathian Mountains. In 1814, Austria exported 973,065 cwt., of which 703,262 cwt. were sent from Bohemia by the Elbe to Saxony, 25,433 cwt. to Turkey, 23,210 cwt. to Southern Germany, and 20,542 cwt. to Prussia. Prussia possesses 540 coal mines, giving employment to 25,000 workmen. The produce, in 1844, amounted to 53,000,000 cwt., or a value of 4,500,000 dollars (675,0001.). In 1841, Prussia imported 3,865,944 cwt., principally from England. Her exportation was 6,903,474, to Hol land, France, and Poland. In Bavaria the produce is not what it might be; there are 40 extensive coal mines, principally in her Rhenish provinces; the produce is about 1 ,200,000 cwt. In Saxony the mines are worked with zeal; the pro duce amounts to about 4,000,000 cwt. There are extensive mines near the forest of Thuringen. The Grand Duchy of Baden possesses some valuable coal mines. o:i l eH n e kierl t set h sene e bm, ub theMecklenburg kingdom of Hanover ther e are coa l mines which occupy more than 1,000 work men . of w n respect.o Grand Duchies t possessT he coal Grand oal D m u i n c hy g aD i n s ud pooroiyoi fnNassau, Olembourg the es. In the Electorate of Hesse there are some valuable mines, producing annually about 900,000 cwt. Generally speaking, the production of coal in Europe is susceptible of being greatly developed, especially in some parts of the Austrian dominions. It is true that during the last few years much has been done, but there is still much more to do. The produce of coal in Europe amounts annually, on a rough calculation, to 120,000,000 florins, or 12,000,0001. sterling.—Austrian Lloyd's Gazette. Some disturbances took place on the 30th ult., at Verdun, in consequence of tha populace being irritated against the bakers for raising the price of bread. The com mandant has since received permission from the Minister of War to place at the disposition of the bakers part of the military stores ; and the mayor has publiabad a proclama tion declaring that measures have been taken by the muni cipal authorities in favour of the indigent classes. NEATH.—OUTRAGE ON A MEDICAL GENTLEMAN.— Between the hours of twelve and one o'clock on the night of Saturday last Mr. Evan Leyson, surgeon, of Neath, was travelling on horseback on the turnpike-road near Cadoxton, on his return after having visited a patient, when he was attacked by five men, who assaulted him most violently. After having been severely beaten, Mr. Leyson called out, entreating them to desist, at the same time observing that he had but one eye, and if they persisted in their brutality much longer they might deprive him of the other. On this the parties appeared to recognise him, for one of them ex claimed, " Oh, it is Mr. Leyson." All then instantly de. camped. Mr. Leyson, who had sustained considerable, but we are happy to learn not severe injuries, returned to the Green Dragon public-house, Cadoxton, and in the course of a short time managed to get home. I t is evide nt the parties bad mistaken Mr. Leyson for some o ther person, on wh om they had intended wreaking their ven g ean ce. Various rumours are current in reference to the ir identity, but a s no certain clue has been obtained, it would not be prudent to refer more in detail to the reports which are in circulation.—. Cambrian. SELF-ACTING BALL.—We have been informed that Mr. F. Stone, watchmaker, of Cardiff, has invented a self acting ball, that will run on a level, and keep in motion for an indefinite number of (say 1,000) years, and that the in ventor feels confident he could construct one of a ton weight, on the same principle, to run any distance.—Bristol Mercury. A PUBLIC HOUSE TAKEN BY BEES.--On Friday an unusually large swarm of bees, either from accident or de sign, alighted on the top of a chimney at Mr. Paskin's, Royal Oak Inn, Brierly-hill, and appeared to make an at tempt to settle. However, in a few seconds, the bulk of the living mass went down the chimney into a bed - room, where two fmales were busily engaged at their toilette, who, as might be supposed, were dreadfully terrified at the formida ble appearance of their unbidden guests; one of them, we are sorry to say, was much injured from the stings of the intruders as she attempted to escape. The house was de serted in a few seconds, and the landlord in vain offered various sums of money to any one who could rid the pre• raises of his unprofitable customers.— Worcestershire Guardian. HERTFORD FAlR.—This fair was opened yesterday for the sale of stock, free of all tolls. Cattle brought in was limited, and the prices rather on the decline. The business was chiefly confined to lean cattle and horses. Beasts for grazing ranged from 10/. to 13/. a head, and some Scotch runts sold at 71. and 91. each. Cows to calve down went as low as 9/. and 11/. a head, and heifers Si. and 9/. Good much cows, large framed, fetched from 12 to 15 guineas, the small calf inclusive. In the horse-field. good sound cart horses sold at prices varying from 16 to 18 and 20 guineas each, and nags of the best description fetched from 16 to 18 guineas. The pig pens were scantily filled. The Lynn demonstration to Lord George Bentinck is said to be fixed for the fifth of August, and it is fur ;hex 004 Pt the zui 0 Oxford has elfirild to pregio. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Sir Robert Peel had an audience of her Majesty. The Earl of Aberdeen had an audience of the Queen, and resigned his seals of office as one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. The Earl Delawarr had an audience of her Majesty. Lord Lyndhurst (who came attended by Mr. Perry, his Lordship's principal Secretary) delivered the Great Seal to his Sovereign. The Earl of Haddington had an audience of the Queen and resigned the Privy Seal. Sir James Graham had an audience of her Majesty, and resigned his seals of office as one of the Principal Secretaries of State. The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone had an audience of the Queen, and resigned his seals of office as one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. The Right Hon. Henry Goulburn had an audience of her Majesty, and resigned his seal of office as Chan cellor of the Exchequer. Inrd Granville Somerset had an audience of the Queen, and resigned his seal of office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. After the departure of Sir R. Peel, the Earls of Aber deen and Haddington, Lord G. Somerset, Lord Lyndhurst, Sir J. Graham, and Messrs. Goulburn and Gladstone, the new Ministers assembled at the Palace. Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen. Lord Cottenham had an audience of her Majesty and kissed hands on being appointed Lord Chancellor. Lord Campbell had an audience, and had the honour to kiss hands on being appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Marquis of Lansdowne had an audience of the Queen, and kissed hands on being appointed Lord Pre sident of the Council. The Queen held a Privy Council. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Cottenham, the Earl of Minto, Lord John Russell, Earl Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Grey, Lord Campbell, Earl of Auckland, Earl of Besborough, Lord Morpeth, Marquis of Anglesey, Sir John Hobhouse, Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, the Earl of Clarendon, and the Right lion. Fox Maule. Lord Cottenham was sworn into office as Lord Chan cellor, and received from the Queen the Great Seal. Ti.e Marquis of Lansdowne was declared by the Queen in Council Lord President of the Council. The Earl of Minto was sworn into office as Lord Privy Seal, and received his seal of office from the Queen. Her Majesty in Council was pleased to declare the Right Hon. John William, Earl of Besborough, Lieu tenant-General and General Governor of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. The Queen having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Henry Earl Grey, the Right Hon. Henry Viscount Palmerston, and the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., to be her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, they were by command of the Queen sworn into office. Lord Campbell was sworn into office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Queen in Council was pleased to appoint the Right Hon. George Earl of Clarendon, to be President of the Committee of Council, appointed for the considera tion of all matters relating to trade and foreign planta- ions. The Most Noble Francis Duke of Bedford and Mr. Charles Wood were, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board. The Right Hon. Charles Wood received from the Queen his seal of office as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and had the honour to kiss hands. ---- The Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., kissed hands on being appointed Master General of the Ordnance. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. After the Council, Sidi Ahmed, Envoy Extraordinary from the Pacha of Tunis, was presented to - the Queen at an audience by Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Her Majesty gave audience to Lord John RusselL Mr. Dawson, Clerk of the Council, and Registrar of the Duchy of Lancaster, was in attendance at the Court on Lord Campbell. On the Lord Chancellor (Cottenham) leaving her Majesty's presence, the purse containing the Great Seal was carried before him by Mr. Haines, who held the same official situation under his Lordship when in office before. The Court was attended by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, Viscount Hawarden, Lord in Waiting ; and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, ( G w ro e o d m ne i s n da W y) aiting afternoon, p a r a t y t Buckingham yesterday, i a n t g h h a a l m f - 'icy Majesty will hold a Privy Council to-morrow pa T st h t e wo ro o ; e a lo l e d k inner Palace, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the Brince of Leiningen, his Excellency Sidi Ahmed, Envoy Extraordinary from the Pacha of Tunis, Captain Sidi Ahmed, Ben Turkia (A.D.C.), Meyer the Chevalier Raffo (interpreter), Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Earl Dalawarr, and Viscount Palmerston. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attended during dinner, under the direction of Mr. Tutton, and performed the following pieces :- 0 verture—" Nabucodonosar"—Verdi. Pot Pourri—Zubiner. Selection—"Ernani"—Verdi. Pot Pourri—" Nationale"—Lanner. Overture—" Stradella"--Flottow. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday. After the Privy Council yesterday afternoon, Lord John Russell attended at his official residence as First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Sir George Grey (Secretary), and Sir William Somerville (Under- Secretary), attended at the Home-office. The Marquis of Lansdowne attended at the Council-office. Earl Grey attended at the Colonial-office. The Right Hon. Charles Wood attended at his office as Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. The Earl of Clarendon attended at the Board of Trade. Mr. Henry Tufnell aad Mr. Parker (Secretaries), attended at the Treasury. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday. Sir Robert Peel returned to his residence in White• hall -gardens at an early hour yesterday from Drayton Manor. The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements had a meeting yesterday. There were present Vis count Canning, the Lord Mayor, Mr. Hope, Sir R. Inglis, Sir C. Lemon, Hon. C. Gore, and Mr. Milne. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a Committee-meeting yesterday. There were present the Bishops of London, Bath and Wells, and Lichfield, the Earl of Devon, and the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse. The Right Hon. H. Goulburn returned to town yes terday morning from Cambridge. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governors of the West India Colonies. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. It was expected that last evening Mademoiselle Rachel would have made her debut in the character of Camille in Coraeille's tragedy of Horace. Mr. Mitchell, we believe, was in anxious expectation of the arrival of Madame Rachel until a late hour in the afternoon, when he received information that she had been taken sud denly ill at Lille, where she was fulfilling an engage ment. This cruel disappointment was announced to the public by the following placard, which was posted on the door of the theatre. " St. James's Theatre, Monday, July 6. " Mr. Mitchell much regrets to announce that in con• sequence of the SUDDEN ILLNESS OF MADLLE. RACHEL, the performances advertised for this evening must be unavoidably, deferred. The certificate announcing Mademoiselle Rachel's illness is dated from Lille an signed by " M. MAILLOT, Medecin en Chef de l'Hopital de Lille. " M. LEONARD, Docteur en Medicin de la Faculte de Paris. " And countersigned by " M. PAILLARD, Make de la Ville de Lille. " The indulgence of the subscribers and the public is in consequence respectfully solicited." Mademoiselle Dejazet, and M. Lafont, were, how ever, at hand, and Mr. Mitchell was fortunately en abled to avail himself of their services. For the per formances advertised there were substituted Le Chevalier du Guct, with Lafont and Cartigny. La Lisette de Beranger, a scene acted by Mademoiselle Dejazet. The second act of Gentil Bernard, with Mademoiselle Dejazet, and M. Lafont, and the farce of Passe Minuit. with Cartigny and Tourtois. Never did the several artistes act better, and the audience seemed well pleased that an opportunity had been afforded them :of again seeing the fascinating Dejazet in two of her favourite characters. The illness of Mdlle. Rachel, and the con sequent extra representation of Mdlle. Dejazet last evening, will cause no alteration in the performances an nounced for Mr. Mitchell's benefit on Wednesday, when Mdlle. Dejazet will perform for the last time this season. RAVENSNEST ; OR, THE RED SKINS. BY J. FENI MORE COOPER, Esq.—We are requested to state that this new romance by the celebrated author of " The Pilot," " The Spy," &c. (the publication of which has been so long and anxiously looked for), is published this day by Mr. Bentley, of New Burlington-street , and may now be had at every library, in three vols. post, Bvo. The following new works of fiction have also been just published by Mr. Bentley :-2. The Debutante ; or, the London Season, by Mrs. Gore, 3 vols.-3. Second Love. From the Note-book of a Traveller, 3 vols.-4. Memoirs of a Femme de Chambre, by the Countess of Blessington, 3 vols.-5. Belford Regis, by Miss Mitford, forming the New Volume of " The Standard Novels and Romances," one vol. 6s. THE FIRE AT NEWFOUNDLAND.—The losses sustained by the principal London insurances offices, particularly the Phcenix, London, Imperial, Royal Exchange, and Sun, by the recent fearful conflagration at Newfoundland, exceed, it 109,01 n On July 5, 1840 ... f f ft 1841 . _ _ •• 1842 ... 1843 ... f t f t 1844 ... ft FP PP 1845 /t 1846 ... 12,445 12,881 13,100 13,820 14,638 15,724 16,729 J. FINNEY, Se, £243,469 260,852 275,072 305,383 340,509 356,265 346,977 :cretary and Actuary. A SHOWER OF FROGS !—During the heavy thunder storm of last week a shower of frogs fell from one of the sur charged clouds over the Humber; several dropped on the decks of vessels navigating the river, and a portion of the c oast near Killiugh o l me Li g ht s was, for a time, covered by myriads of these strange arrivals.—Hull Packet. THE LIVERPOOL BANKS.—The dividends of the Liver pool banks are as follows :—Liverpool Banking Company, for the half-year ending the 30th ult., 71. per cent. per annum ; Union, at the rate of eight per cent. per annum ; Royal 13aulF, 54 per ellaTe. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET JULY MEETING—TUESDAY. Handicap. New T. Y. C. Evenus, 6 yrs, 9st 71b—Skeleton, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Cocoa Nut, 5 yrs, 7st 81b—Aivanley, 5 yrs, 7st 81b—Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Brother to Valentiesimo, 3 yrs, 7st 51b—Miss Milr.er colt, 3 yrs, 7st 31b—Hawkesbur)., 4 yrs, 6st 91b—Li bation, 3 vrs, 6st 31b— Lebanon, 3 yrs, fist 81b—Metha, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Elimea, 3 yrs, sst 101 b. The July Stakes. All are scratched but Marmora colt, Galata colt, Sister to Deer Chase, Cossack, Alexander, Omeia, Bedouin, The Emerald Isle, Oxygen filly;-Don Cmsar, ert Vert, Sister to ,Egis, Eldon, and Mr. Newton's Redshank colt. TATTE RSALL'S.—Mo final% An extraordinary eagerness was shown to back the Danebury horses for the various events on which we have quoted the prices—thus, 5 to 4 was laid on Cossack for the July Stakes (6 to 1 laid on Thursday last against him), 3 to 1 taken eagerly, and i n some b ets 5 to 2, about Mendicant for the Liverpool, 10 to 1 repeatedly about the Hero for the Goodwood Stakes, 40 to 1 to win a great stake, about Cos sack for the Derby, and even money offered on Pyrrhus; the First against anything fur the St. Leger. Apart from the batch of favourites we van only select Camera Obscure as having been in any great demand. 10 to 1 was taken about her, to five or six hundred pounds, and 9 to 1 to about another hundred ; the Hero, who was first favourite at the commencement of the betting, leaving off "second best. The betting, which again took a wide range, but, generally in small amounts, closed at the following averages : NEWMARKET JULY STAKES—TUESDAY. 5 to 4 on Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken 5 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Galata colt 8 to 1 agat Lord Lonsdale's Oxygen filly. LIVERPOOL CUP. 5 to 2 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant 10 to 1 agst Lord Glamis's Satyr—taken 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's My Mary 12 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's The Conjuror—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Paul's Telemachus—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Mayer's Highwayman 16 to 1 agst Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid 16 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rowena 16 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's As-you-like-it 18 to 1 agst Mr. R. J. Mostyn's Premier—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Poynton. GOODWOOD STAKES. Even on eleven against the field. 9 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Camera Obscura—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's The Hero 20 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Jonathan Wild 25 to 1 agst Sir J. B. Mill's Giantess—taken • 25 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Footstool—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken 25 to I agst Mr. S. Herbert's Orion 25 to 1 agst Sir C. Monk's Glossy 25 to 1 agat Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren 25 to 1 agst Mr. S. Herbert's Petitioner 25 to 1 agst Mr. Williams's Red Rover 30 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Bro. to Sir Henry 40 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Akbar—taken. ST. LEGER. 5 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes 5 tot agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First—taken 8 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Grimston 30 to 1 agst Mr. Igoe's Woodpecker. DERBY. 40 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken freely 40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart 40 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken freely 50 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo—taken freely 50 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bingham—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Crozier. In the course of the afternoon a match for 200, h ft, was made for Saturday in the Houghton Meeting, between Wolf dog and Humdrum, 8.C., the former carrying 9st 21b, and the three yrs old ist 21b. 6to 4 was laid on Wolfdog. ELECTION MOVEMENTS. PLYMOUTH. Moxuav —The friends of Vincent are in high spirits this morning. Mr. Vincent has had interviews with some " lead • ing parties," who have engaged to aid his return. He has seen, it is stated, several of the leading Dissenters and Wes leyans, who had pledged themselves not to support Lord Ebrington on the ground of his Lordship's approval of the Maynooth Bill ; and they have promised him that they will not vete for or interest themselves on behalf of Lord Ebring ton—that they will be neutral ; he has also had an interview with a deputation front the Chartists, but with what success we have not been able t• learn. At half-past twelve o'clock be addressed a large meeting, consisting principally of work ing men, at Caldown. The exposition of his views was listened to with apparent satisfaction, and at the close of his address three cheers were given for Vincent with hearty goodwill. Lord Ebrington's friends, confident of their strength, are not making any effort whatever. The election is appointed for Friday next. DEVONPORT. JULY G.—This morning the mayor, W. P. Blackmore, Esq., publicly read the writ and the precept of the Lord Lieu tenant of the county for the election of a Member of Par liament. The election is appointed for Friday next, when Sir G. Grey will be re-elected without opposition. Her Majesty the Queen will give a grand entertain ment to his Highness Ibrahim Pacha and the several mem bers of his suite, to-morrow evening, at Buckingham Palace. The royal invitation was received by the Pacha last evening. His Excellency Sidi Ahmed, the Envoy Extraordinary from the Bey of Tunis, and the attaches of his mission, are also invited to partake of the royal hospitality. Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker and Lord John Hay have been appointed to the Board of Admiralty. Lord Marcus Hill is to be Comptroller of the Household; and the O'Conor Don one of the Lords of the Treasury. Lord Fortescue will, it is said, accept the Lord Stewardship of her Majesty's Household. THE WOOL SEASON.—The setting-in of the wool season is again effecting a change in the nature of the car goes of the Hamburgh steamers. The Queen of Scotland last week had only room for two cows on deck, and the Helen Macgregor, which arrived on Saturday last, was piled up with as much wool as her tarpaulings would secure from the sea, having no less than 800 bales on board. The Victoria arrived on Tuesday morning with a full deck cargo of wool. —Hull Advertiser. THE JAMAICA RAILWAY.—The traffic return of the second quarter of this railway shows a decrease of 9,256 pas sengers, as compared with the first quarter, but an increase in the goods traffic almost quadrupling the previous return. The decrease is attributed to the effects of novelty at the first opening, and the increased communication with Spanish Town during the first quarter, owing to the sitting of the Assembly. SUDDEN DEATH BY DRINXING WHEN HEATED.— We last week reported a death caused by drinking too much water, and we are sorry to record a similar occurrence. On Saturday week an Irish labourer, residing in Love-street, while engaged in hoeing potatoes near Roslin, on the Greenock-road, had been so thirsty, owing to the heat, that he went into a public-house and got a bottle of porter, but not feeling his thirst quenched, he next drank half a Scotch pint of buttermilk, which caused almost instant death.— Renfrewshire Reformer. NOVEL IMPORTATION.—A vessel, called the Freden, which has arrived in the London Dock from Russia (Odessa) in addition to a cargo of Russian tallow, had 1,250 bomb shells on board. So singular an importation is remarkable and worthy of notice. TREMENDOUS THUNDER. STORM AND Loss OF LIFE.— WELLINGTON, MONDAY MORNlNG.—Yesterday morning a tremendous storm of thunder and lightning visited this neighbourhood. and did much damage. The whole of Sa turday the weather was excessively sultry, but yesterday morning a light breeze sprung up, and the sky being clear and bright up to past eight o'clock, no thought of thunder was entertained. Towards nine o'clock the heavens became suddenly overcast, and numberless clouds were seen travers ing the sky with unusual rapidity, and in opposite directions. Soon after nine o'clock the storm burst forth with terrific fury. The forked lightning was distinctly visible even in the glare of daylight, and at one time a stream of fire appa rently of the width of a man's body was seen darting to the earth. The electric fluid at about a quarter-past nine o'cl'ek struck a building occupied by the Independent body of Dissenters as a Sunday school. The children were assembled and had engaged in prayer and singing, when one of the windows was suddenly dashed in, the wood work of the frame being shivered in pieces, and seven or eight of the children were thrown upon the ground. One poor fellow, a lad of about 16 years old, named Edward Harcourt, was killed upon the spot. The electric fluid penetrated his breast just over the region of the heart, and passed out by his foot. He was the son of poor parents, but a remarkably intelligent and pious youth. Two others of the boys lie in a precarious state, and one of them it is feared cannot recover. From accounts brought into the town, I fear that we shall hear of accidents in other places. At Taunton, Minety, Tiverton, and other towns, the storm raged with fearful violence; and at the Tiverton-road station of the Great Western Railway an electric meteor darted across the line, near the telegraph, within a minute or two of the passage of the first down train. E NEW MILITARY PRISON, ST. GEORGE'S BAR RACKS, TRAFALGAR.-SQUARE.—This prison is now com pleted, and will be transferred to the authorities this day. All the prisoners will be confined in separate cells, under the control of a provost-sergeant. Each cell is provided with a hammock and bedding, a stool and table, as well as a bell, that the prisoner may ring in case of illness or any sudden emergency. During the day the hammock will be removed. CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. W. Baker, jun., deputy-coroner, held an inquest at the Town of Ramsgate, \Yapping, on the body of a new-born female child, which was found in the river Thames on Saturday morning last. It appeared from the evidence of Jas. Legon, the son of a waterman, that on Saturday morning he was rowing off Union-stairs, when he observed something floating astern of a barge. He repaired to the spot, and found it to be the body of a new-born infant, and conveyed it ashore in his boat to Mr. Marshall, the beadle. Mr. Cooke, a surgeon, in High-street, Wapping, had examined the body, and from the appearance he should say it was born alive, and afterwards drowned. The jury returned a verdict of" Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." ACCIDENT AND Loss OF LIFE AT DEAL.—On Tues day afternoon a distressing accident occurred to one of our leaving hovelling boats in the Downs. The boat Esperance, with a plots crew sa of four men, left here to visit the shipping on their pas a g o e r from London to the Downs, seeking employment, and g arrivaltwo i nl m tehno Downs,boa r d thediff different others vess elswere t r o et land urnn their their boat t o half a toile off s r , and when near Sandown Castle, about of wind, and ioa • ore, the boat was upset by a sudden squall from the shore, and d diately sunk. The accident was observed by whose vigorous' boats launched, manned by hardy crews, men was rescaund prompt exertions one of the unfor tunate and Masson w ed in a very exhausted state. Messrs. cal and medical aid, u er n e d s e P eed ilY on the spot to render aurgi a fair way of recovery. 4;l7ehose care the poor fellow is in sunk ere the boats reached the fatal a fine young man, had that has teen made to find the body, - spot, and every exertion has proved abortive. His name is o ;i1; up to the present time, left a widowed mother, who was entirelyln.Roberts, and he has dependent on him for support.—Dover Taegraple. ST. ANN'S SOCIETY SCHOOLS. —_A quarterly of the Committee and Governors of this institution, meeting place yesterday at the offices, Charlotte-row, took. house. The chair was taken by D. Laing, Ai. A ; I n n ' until the arrival of the Hon. William Ashley. so l e is under the patronage of her Majesty , Prince Albert, and the Queen Dowager. Dr. Burnet moved resolutions, ex pressive of approval of the praiseworthy exertions of the matron and master of the Brixton Asylum for some years past, and to which much of the efficiency of the school w as to be attributed, and that an increase in their respective salaries be mad e t o th e amoun t of 451. per annum, which was seconded by Mr. Knill. Mr. Lott and others having ex pressed their approval, the resolutions were carried. The thanks of the meeting were voted to the Hon. W. Ashley, for the interest m an if es t e d b y hi m i n th e welfare of the Society,. and his cond uc t i n th e c h a i r , an d th e proceedings teruunated. THE TL Y LIBRARY, Part IV. This is a dainty little series, eminently suited for the amusement and instruction of children. Some of the engravings are tastefully and delicately designed ; and the literary contributions are singularly varied. POLITICAL DICTIONARY. Part XIII. This elaborate and admirable production proceeds with its accustomed ability, and has now nearly com pleted the letter S. When finished it will form a standard work. THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. No. 1. _ By Gilbert Abbott a Beckett. What possibly shall we say of this ? That it is the very extravagance of comicality—that it is brim full, and running over with fun—that its drollery is the very excess of drollery, and its facetiousness the very acme of facetiousness? Or shall we borrow a phrase from the United States, and call it a "screamer ?" We might do all this, and yet not convey a sufficient notion of the performance of either Mr. I Beckett or Mr. Leech. How, for example, shall we convey a notion of the "Landing of Julius ecesar," as drawn by John Leech—with the British barbarians seated on bathing machines, and Caesar coming gallantly on shore on the paddle-box of a steam-boat, himself attired in breast plate, tunic, hessianF, and a green frock-coat, a la Napo leon? or of the Druid having a quiet game of cricket with Time, a bit of Stonehenge forming their wicket ? As a specimen of the historian's style of narration, we give the following : " The swords of early Britons were made of copper, and generally bent with the first blow, -which must have greatly straitened their aggressive resources, for the swords -thus followed their own bent, instead of carrying out the intentions cf the persons using them. This pro voking pliancy of the material must often have made the soldier as ill-tempered as his own weapon. The Britons carried also a dirk and a spear, the latter of which they threw at the foe, as an effectual means of pitching into him, &c." In muntiming the victory achieved by Carausius, Mr. Beckett says that "the Roman eagles were put to flight, and both wings of the imperial army exhibited the white feather." Again in describing the advance of Agricola across the Frith of Forth, our historian observes that he (Agricola) " came opposite to Fife, which was played upon by the whole of his band with considerable energy." With such comical conceits we conceive this " History of England" will achieve a solid good; it will impress the facts of history upon the memory of the reader much more vividly and pleasantly than any other abridgement, not even excepting Oliver Goldsmith's. LOWE'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. The character of the renowned " Scottish preacher," John Knox, tested by his private correspondence, is concluded in the present number. From the celebrity of its subject it will attract much observation. As a vehicle of literature this magazine proceeds with ability, but as the exponent of a religious creed we are sorry to observe that it mistakes abuse of other Christians for an argument in favour of its own polemical opinions. A mere rodomontade against another religion tends only to the degradation of the vituperator, and excites sympathy for the very cause which he is anxious to render obnoxious Let the editor of this publication never forget that the noblest characteristic of Christianity is meekness and brotherly love. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. As decidedly the most useful paper in the Journal of Agriculture for July, the " Farmer's Note Book," de serves especial mention. In this, the twelfth number of the series, the comparative merits of manures are given; also a collection of admirable memoranda respecting the treatment of pigs notes upon the chemical nature of grass and hay ; the best mode of manufacturing Cheshire cheese ; and advice as to the cultivation of the filbert ut. That paper alone is worth double the price of the whole of this quarterly. There' is likewise a judicious article on " Insurance Societies for Farm Stock," and a kind of supplemental inquiry into the progress and causes of the " Potato Disease." The number is par ticularly utilitarian. SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE. The variety, quantity, and cheapness of this publica tion are remarkable. And, though the embellishments are capable of improvement, the literary matter can not be objected to either in regard to interest or compo sition. Whatever contributions are not original are choice cullings from our greatest poetical and prose writers, and this latter circumstance we may particu larise as the chief excellence of Mr. Sharpe's periodical. The whole is carefully edited; and perhaps the best con tribution in the present number is " The History of Gardening;" we wonder the subject is so seldom treated in a popular manner. THE HEROINES OF SHAKSPERE. Part 111. A very beautiful book this will form when completed, and one which will redound much to the credit of both artists and engravers. A companion volume of the heroes of the great dramatist would, we are assured, prove a glorious and acceptable successor to the present publication. No book-lover would disdain to enshrine such works in his library ; they would embellish his studies and assist his imagination. " Juliet" is scarcely worthy of that most etherial ideal of love ever con jured up by poet ; but what pencil, indeed, save possibly that of "the divine Raphael," could picture Juliet worthily ? OLD ENGLAAD'S WORTHIES. Part VI. Already has this serial received our commendation as a work likely to afford considerable instruction to the multitude. We can now only subjoin to that commen dation, that it is worthy of its clever and spirited pub lisher, Mr. Charles Knight. THE FAMILY HERALD. Part XXXVII. Among the penny periodicals this stands undoubtedly at the very head, both for the quantity, merit, and pro priety of its literary contents. It is quite a microcosm of tales, legends, and essays. THE KNIGHT OF G WYNNE. No. VII. By Charles Lever. If this is not the pleasantest fiction ever written by " Harry Lorreq uer ," it unquestionably contains the pleasantest character' ever drawn by that redoutable scribe. Bagenal Daly is beautifully conceived, and no less beautifully described ; the mixture of conviviality, generosity, eccentricity, daring, and independence in this " fine old Irish gentleman" (whose disposition, we are afraid, is solely " one of the olden time,") is most happily managed. Bagenal Daly, for a travelling com panion and any road would prove agreeable. In Number VII., the story is rather at a stand still ; it is almost entirely composed of preparations for the removal of the Knight's family to a queer little domain belonging to Bagenal, on the Antrim coast ; in this said domain Daly's sister is first introduced to the reader. Towards the conclusion of the last chapter, when Maurice returns home to Gwynne Abbey, in the midst of carousing, a capital contretemps is introduced, and is cleverly illustrated by Hablot Browne. THE FORTUNES OF TORLOGH O'BRIEN. No. IV. Whoever is the author of the tale of the wars of King James 11., he will, in it, produce a better work than his former novel of " The Cock and Anchor." The present number is immeasurably superior to any that has hitherto appeared ; the incidents are more startling, the collyquies more spirited, and the composition altogether of a higher character. Tisdal's interview with the black guest of Drumgonnial is horribly well described, and horribly well etched by Phiz ; the rather questionable preservation of Glindarragh Castle from the Irish in surgents is brilliantly told ; and as Coloael Torlogh O'Brien the hero, is brought more into the society of the heroine, we may expect the interest of the narrative to increase. KNIGHT'S PENNY MAGAZINE. Vol. 11. During the very protracted career of this publication Mr. Charles Knight has shown himself an able and accomplished editor ; but he never displayed his edi torial capacities to greater advantage than in the more portable and elegant form in which this periodical is now being issued. The second volume of the new series is literally a bijou ; interspersed with delicious little embellishments from the pencil of Harvey, and crammed full of meritorious and interesting literature. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW. Anxious, without doubt, for the continuance of the acknowledged organ of that party with which his name ha 3 become so intimately (and we may add so honour ably) associated, Lord John Manners is now periodically throwing in the prestige of his title and the literary ad vantages of his talent as a contributor to the Oxford and Cambridge Review. The historical ballads written by the Noble Lord display very considerable glibness of rhythm and a remarkable knowledge of the sccial con dition and politics of the remoter periods of English history. No. 111. of this interesting series is upon " Lord Strafford opening the Irish Parliament, July 14, 1634." Notwithstanding a certain exaggeration of style in the philanthropy inculcated by the " New Generation," there is a peculiar beauty and earnestness about it into the bargain. There is a touching simplicity of heart in the hungering of love expressed by the Young En- Landers for the olden days ; and, however extravagant their love may be occassionally, we cannot but respect the boldness wish which they avow their partialities. As a specimen of the gentlemanly yet decisive tone in which the new generation can advocate even a " lost cause," and do so, moreover, very speciously and cleverly, we may mention the dissertation in favour of " The Country Party"---a dissertation suggested by the Parliamentary speeches of Lord Stanley, the Marquis of Granby, and Mr. Disraeli. We cannot fritter away even a single moment in disclosing the sophisms of that article, because those sophisms have been exposed by reiteration usque ad nauseam, and because, moreover, we believe in the veracity of the old saying, " None are so blind as those who won't see!" But we must, in bidding farewelll9 the disoutivie which ha ve madly precedeci ~- .. / AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIDGE. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The packet-ship Cambridge, Captain Barstow, arrived in the Mersey this morning, with intelligence from New York of the 17th ult. inclusive. The presentation of the Oregon treaty to the Senate had been delayed, in consequence of the resignation, by Mr. Allen, of the chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Allen, it appears, desired to discuss the original communication of the President upon the subject with open doors. An unsuccessful attempt had been made in the lower branch of Congress to excite public feeling against the terms of the c•mpromise. The New Tariff Bill had at length come before Congress for discussion, backed by a message from the President, urging the necessity of revising the commercial system of the Union, in order to meet the increased expenditure result ing from the Mexican war. The President also recommended an additional issue of Treasury notes. We have no further accounts from the seat of hostilities. Exchange on London, 108 to 1084, three months. (From the correspondence of the New York Sun.) WASHINGTON, JUNE 16.—The treaty was not sent into the Senate yesterday, owing to the resignation of the Chair man of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The vacancy will be supplied by an election to-day, when this document will be transmitted. It will be necessary to refer it to that committee for their reasons for recommending its adoption, which will be embodied in a formal report. Mr. .Walker, having recovered from his illness, will lay his communication before the Senate to-day on the tariff and the finances. It will recommend an increase of duty on tea, coffee, and other articles, from 20 to 30 per cent., which he estimates will afford an increase of three or four millions of dollars in the revenue. An issue of 12,000,000 dollars in Treasury notes will also be recommended in preference to a loan. SENATE. A Message from the President was sent in this morning with Secretary Walker's report on the finances and the tariff. The President states, that the increase of revenue rendered necessary by the war with Mexico can be met by reducing the tariff to a revenue standard, imposing duties on free articles, and modifying the duties on others. Additional authority is asked for the issue of 'I reasury notes. The Secretary's report was also read. He estimates the deficiency in the revenue for the next fiscal year at 19,620,000 dolls., but anticipates receipts from various sources, which will reduce this to 15,000,000 dolls., leaving 4,000,000 dolls. deficit. This deficit will also be reduced if the tariff is modified according to the provisions of the House Bill introduced by the Committee of Ways and Means. The entire receipts, with this modification, are estimated at 30,000,000 dolls., but leaving still the deficiency mentioned of 15,000,000 dolls. The warehouse system proposed, it is estimated, will fur ther reduce this amount, and the graduation of the sales of public lands half a million more, leaving still over 12,000,000 dolls. deficit, To meet this the Secretary recommends a resort to loans, or issue of Treasury notes, or both, as circumstances may render it most desirable, and at the earliest dates, and at such rates of interest as may be agreed upon. The message and report were referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. An Executive message was also received, which was understood to be concerning the treaty. The southern mail did not connect at Washing ton to-day. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. M'Dowell, of Ohio, moved a suspension of the rules, in order to introduce a resolution, embodying a protest against the treaty in progress for a settlement of the Oregon question. The resolution and preamble assume that this is a question proper for the action of the whole Legislative power; for the attempt secretly to adjust the matter, while the people and their representatives are ignorant of the terms, would be doing injustice to the rights of the people, and" consum mated " no obligatory force upon them ; therefore, Resolved, that in the opinion of the House, it is the duty of the Senate to postpone further consideration and action upon the same, and submit it to the people for their action and consideration. The remaining resolutions censure the President and Senate for executive and senatorial supremacy and for secret conclave, by which to hide their proceedings from the public under the midnight veil. On the motion to send the rules, the yeas were 35 ; nays, 156. So the motion was lost. The House then went into Committee, and proceeded with the Indian Appropriation Bill. Mr. Pilsbury, from Texas, defended the Act of annexation, and the movement leading thereto, from the assault of Mr. Culver made yesterday. Mr. Stevens made an eloquent speech, reviewing the cause of the Mexican war, in the course of which he paid a high tribute to the exalted genius and statesmanship of Daniel Webster, and his recent triumphant vindication from his slanderers. Mr. Leake was left speaking. MR. BUCHANAN'S COLLECTION OF PICTURES. The sale of the fine collection of pictures by the old mas ters, the propeity of Mr. W. Buchanan, took place yester day, at the rooms of Messrs. Christie and Manson. The col lection consisted of 67 subjects, mostly of gallery size, of which the following were considered the finest specimens, and were eagerly competed for :—" Christ curing the blind," by Ludovico Caracci, and its companion, " Christ raising the widow's son," by Agostino Caracci, were sold for 4,000 guineas. These splendid pictures were painted for the Gins tiniani palace at Rome, where they remained until 1806, when they were purchased for a large sum by Lucien Bo- naparte ; they were subsequently sold by him to the ex- Queen of Etruria, from whose son, the Duke ofLucca,Mr. Bu chanan purchased them. The " Noli me Tangere," of Frederico Baroccio, well known throughout Europe, Mai the engrav ing by Raphael Moyhen, sold for 560 guineas. The portrait of Justus Lipsias, painted by Rembrandt in 1644, the same year in which he painted his celebrated picture of the Syn dics at Amsterdam, and the best period of the master, sold for 700 guineas. The "Massacre of the Innocents," painted by Nicholas Poussin, for the Borghese palace at Rome, and subsequently in Lucien Bonaparte's collection, sold for 320 guineas. The "Return from Egypt," painted by P. I'. Rubens for the Jesuits' church at Antwerp, and one of the few pictures that escaped the fire by lightning, which destroyed the roof of that church, sold for 360 guineas. This picture was formerly in the possession of M. Danoot, banker at Brussels, at whose sale it fetched 20,000 francs. " St. John and the Lamb," a small picture by Murillo, recently brought from Spain, fetched 240 gui neas ; and another by the same master, painted for the Franciscan Convent at Seville, representing monks visiting Pope Gregory IX., 285 guineas. An Italian Landscape, full of character, painted by Sir Nicholas Bercham for Sir Kenelm Digby, a well-known patron of the fine arts in the time of Charles 1., sold for 420 guineas. The portrait of Madame Jacondi, of Florence, by Leonardo da Vinci, for merly in the collection of Sir T. Baring, and well known in this country as " Leonardo's Flora," sold for 640 guineas. The Holy Family, with Elizabeth and St. John, a beautiful composition, painted a tempera by Bernardino Luini, and formerly in the Zanini Collection at Milan, sold for 510 guineas. " Early Morning," a fine landscape by Gainsbo rough, 360 guineas. An Interior, by Adrian Ostade, with two groups of card players and smokers, 560 guineas. "La Vierge aux Roses," the well-known picture by Titian, for merly in the collection of Mr. W. V. Ottley, and purchased by him in Italy, whilst the French army was at Rome, 240 guineas. An Alpine pass,. with figures and cattle, by Ni cholas Bercham, 330 guineas. A " Bouquet of Flowers," finely painted by Jan Van Huysum, 145 guineas. A portrait by Titian of Henry 111. of France, at the time of his visit to Venice, 140 guineas. St. Nicholas-day, by Jan Steen, formerly in the collection of Mr. Walsh Porter, sold for 190 guineas. The other pictures fetched equally high prices. JOHN TAWELL'S CONFESSION. - It will be recollected that John Tawell was executed for the murder of Sarah Hart, of Salt-hill, at Aylesbury, now nearly eighteen months ago, and that the subject of the con fession of the murderer, which was placed in the hands of the Rev. Mr. Cox, the chaplain of the county gaol, just be fore his execution, and which the Rev. Gentleman has con tinually refused to lay before the magistrates of the county, has been brought before the bench at every subsequent quarter sessions. Various efforts have been made to induce Mr. Cox to lay the document in question before the magis trates, but without success. At the last Easter sessions the following resolution, upon the motion of Dr. Lee, seconded by Mr. J. P. Derrin, was carried by a majority of exactly two to one :—" That the chaplain be required to lay on the table at the next (Midsummer) quarter sessions, any written document received from John Tawell previously, to his execution." The chaplain, who was present ' during the discussion which then took place, admitted that a solemn promise had been made by him to John Tawell not to give up possession of the document in question; and further assured the magistrates that, " whatever the consequences might be, nothing on earth should ever induce him to part with the statement." At the Midsummer Sessions, which were held on Thursday last, the subject was again introduced, by Dr. Lee inquiring of Mr. Acton Tindal, the clerk of the peace for the county, if the Rev. Mr. Cox had laid the document upon the table, relating to John Tawell, agreeably to the resolution which was carried in April last. Mr. Tindal having replied in the negative, Dr. Lee strongly ani madverted upon the uncourteous conduct of the chap lain, expressing his determination to propose a mo tion for the purpose of bringing the subject to a final issue at the next sessions. It having been elicited, however, that Mr. Tindal, as clerk to the magistrates, had not officially communicated the nature of the resolution to Mr. Cox, in consequence of instructions to that effect not having been given to him by the bench, Dr. Lee then gave notice that he should submit the following motion at the ensuing Michaelmas Sessions, in September next :—" That the clerk of the peace be instructed to com municate to the Rev. Mr. Cox the decision of the magistrates upon his conduct with reference to the statement delivered by John Tawell to Mr. Sheriff, the gaoler; and by Mr. Re of the gaol, that Rev. Sheriffthe magistratesto th the Rev. Mr.Rfetilviy expected Cog, chaplainthe tthe Mr. Cox would have delivered up this statemept: to them, in consequence of the request, or decision, to that effect, as made by th e ma jority of the magistrates present atthe Easter Quarter-Ses sions; and that they consider his conduct, in still with holding that document, has been uncourteous and even con tumacious towards them." It is not expected that the Rev. Mr. Cox, who was not present on Thursday last, will consent to give up the document, after his determined and emphatic refusal to do so at the Easter county sessions, held in April last. Howesfer, thus the affair rests for the present. ST. MARYLEBOI4 E BANK FOIL SAVINGS, 76, WELLB ECK STREET.—Established July 5, 1830.--Comparative State ment of progress, at specified periods, during the last seven years. Open Deposit Accounts. Sums iuvested with Na- Itional Debt Commissioners MALT DUTY. , The following are extracts from the evidence a liven by Charles Barclay, Esq., before the Select Com= : t a. tee of the House of Lords, appointed to inquire i n to a we_ burthens affecting real property (which evidence h i 1 6 just been issued by order of Parliament):— " Charles Barclay, Esq., called in and examined. • " You are well acquainted with the operation of the . malt duty?—l am. "Do you think the malt duty causes a great diminu tion in or restricts very much the demand for bailey 7 To a small degree, I presume, it must, by increasing the price. " Supposing the malt duty to be entirely taken off, could you give any idea of the diminution in the price of beer that would be produced?—Yes, it would be a half penny a quart ; a qu a r t now se lli ng for 31rd. " You are speaking of a particular kind of beer ? Yes, porter ; it is the common drink of London. " Beer, of course, almost amounts to a necessity with the mass of the population ?—The common drink of London is porter, which is sold at 3id. a quart. " In consequence of the reduction of a halfpenny per quart, you imagine there would be a considerably in creased consumption of porter ?—I should not call it a considerable, there would be an increase. " Can you give any idea what that increase would amount to? No; but it may be estimated, because, in. the year 1829, the beer duty was taken off of 10s. a barrel, and there.was a considerable increase upon that occasion in the consumption in London. " What was the diminution per barrel when the duty was taken off ? It was 12s. ; the duty had been only 10s., and we took off 12s. What would that be in the quart ?—A penny. That was in the year 1829 ?—Yes. It came into operation in the year 1830 ?—Yes. " Was there any great differen ce i n th e consumption between the year 1829 and the year 1830 ?—I cannot tell you upon any great scale. I can tell you as far as my own brewhouse is concerned ; I think it was one third more. "Therefore do you draw the conclusion, that if the reduction of a penny per quart increased the demand by one-third, a reduction of a half-penny would increase it one-sixth ?—lt is a fair inference ; but when I look at the return of the malt duty Ido not see how that increas* could be made up. " Are you not aware that the malt duty has not in.- creased in proportion to the general increase of the population?—lt is worse than that, because I hold itt my hand a return of the malt duty since 1834 and I see the duty charged was 5,500,000 quarters in 1837; and in 1844 it is only 4,600,000 quarters. " To what do you attribute the falling off of the malt duty ?—First of all, beer is almost entirely exploded from the tables of gentlemen's families. I remember 30 years since there was strong ale and bottled stout at dinner, and now it is hardly ever seen, and there is no 3,000 or 4,000 gallons of October ale brought into our cellars. I have a cellar made for that purpose, but there are now only three or four barrels of beer in it, and a little porter. Then another thing is the price of wine, I was talking to a person who is a great maltster, and he was speaking of the custom of his family, whichtis very general ; they drink wine instead of beer—Marsala, and all those cheap wines. Then there is coffee ; and there is in every public-house now soda-water and ginger -beer, and various other liquids. The people are certainly a so berer set, take them altogether. They do not drink so much beer; they drink other things. I do not know whether year lordships were aware of the extra tax that was laid em barley at one time, in the year 1803, when the malt duty was put on the last time. Every quarter of malt paid a duty of 345. Bd., from which three barrels and a half of beer were brewed, paying a duty of los. per barrel. Thus the whole duty of malt and beer on a quarter of barley up to the year 1816 was 31. 9s. Bd. per quarter. " Then the present duty is about one-third the ante cedent duty, taking the beer and malt together ?—Yes, it is now 21s. Bd. " But the consumption, instead of keeping pace with the reduction of the duty, on the contrary, has rather diminished ; and that, you think, has been from the causes you have stated ?—I imagine those to be the causes. Mr. Goulburn has often asked me about it, and I never could account for it in any other way. "In your opinion, who pays the malt duty ? Does it fall solely on the consumer of beer, or does it fall upon the brewer and the farmer ?—I should imagine upon the consumer of beer. " Entirely ?—Yes, I think so. " You said that if foreign barley were admitted you should make use of it ; why would you make use of it ? —Because I imagine we should get it cheaper. " Have you made any calculation to what extent you would be likely to get foreign barley, of the same quality, at a cheaper rate ?—I have not. i have upon wheat imagined the difference, but not bailey, but I should say, 3s. or 4s. "Of the same quality ?—Yes, I should think ; be cause my calculation is, that wheat will be about 7s. a quarter cheaper in consequence of the alteration of the law. " You are aware that the proposed alteration is a re duced duty for the next three years, and perfectly free trade afterwards ; do you apply your observation to the perfectly free trade or the intermediate stage,?—Per fectly free trade. " What do you call the present price of wheat ?—I believe it is about 58s. " Then it might come down to about 51s. ?—Yes. " Can you state at all what are the relative qualities of foreign barley and of the barley which you at present buy for the use of your house 7—l have seen it; but my son, who is now the manager of the brewery, spoke of it as being quite as good as some of the home-grown samples. " You are aware that maltsters giving bond for the payment of their duties are allowed eighteen months' credit now for those duties ; in the event of their selling within eighteen months, do they not obtain a supposed return of the duty which they have not paid?—A great portion of the maltsters are supplied with capital from that cause. "That is, in fact, an introduction of so much Govern ment capital in aid of the private capital of those indi viduals?—Yes. "Your great establishment is insured is it not ?—Yes. " Have you any objection to state to what amount?— I suppose about 300,0001. or 400,0001. Do you think that the great London brewers would be benefited, or otherwise, by a repeal of the malt duty T —I should think they would not be benefited, because we must lower our prices; and, as a matter of trade, you take everything at a per centage; therefore, if we are to sell a barrel of beer for 275. instead of 335., it would be no benefit to us. " Would it not let in a larr competition of smaller dealers ?—No ; they cannot beat us. At the time that the duty was taken off beer, when Mr. Goulburn brought in a Bill to throw the trade open, I believe my neigh bours hardly believed me in the House when I got up and expressed my satisfaction at the measure, and said that we were not at all afraid of those beer-shops. The effect of it was with us comparatively trifling. There was a sum of money lost, but nothing to signify. " How would it be with the great maltsters; would it be for their interest to repeal the whole of the duty?—l do not know that it would. The reason I should give is this—That the duty increasing the price of the malt gives a greater power to the great capitalist. Ther;:t fore, the little maltsters would lose the benefit which has been mentioned, of having capital supplied them by the duty; and the great maltsters would not have the advantage which they get from their capital. " You are of opinion that repealing the malt duty would be a great loss to the revenue, and that that loss would not be compensated by a sufficient advantage to the consumers of beer in the country ?—That is my de cided opinion. " Do you generally purchase the barley, and turn it into malt, or do you allow your inaltster to purchase for you ?—We use about 120,000 quarters of malt, rather more, and we buy above 30,000 in the market ; all the rest is made by our agents, and we have persons in various parts of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Hertfordsbire, to purchase barley and to make malt. " Do they buy barley for you, subject to your ap proval ?—No ; we trust to our agents. They buy the very best description they can get. They have a com mission of 2s. a quarter for making and for their at tendance. The only barley that comes at all for consumption into the great breweries is the best class barley ?—I think generally so. " Is that owing mainly to the amount of the duty which is paid upon malt, which would press so much more heavily on the inferior kind than upon the better kind ?—Yes. I have stated, and I believe it to be so, kat inferior barley would not bear a hea:ier duty." ITERTFORD.—A NEW USE HAS BEEN SI:G(IEBI7ED FOR THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAI'IL—A child was accideOtally drowned in the New River at Ware on Wednesday, and on the body being recovered the usual means were employed tC restore animation. The little sufferer was revived sufficiently to recognise his friends, but soon afterwards expired. In reference to this a correspondent of the local paper sug gests that " had the surgeon been called earlier the chances of perfect restoration of the patient would of course have been proportionately increased; but the purpose of my ad• dressing you, Mr. Editor, is to call the attention of the faculty to a resource of the highest importance in all cases of suspended animation from drowning, apoplexy, or phisaxation, which is that of properly-directed cur rents of galvanism, easily to be derived from the tele graphic conductors at every station, if persons attached tcs the establishment would humanely consent. Dr. Rodin, of Paris, has by recent trials of galvanism restored persons pro nounced by the most intelligent medical men perfectly dead ; all previous attempts at resuscitation—such as warmth, fric , tion the appropriate administration of carbonate of ammo nia (a most efficient stimulus in such cases) proving ineffec tual. It is, therefore, desirable that our medical professors take a note of this discovery, and lose no time in endeavour ing to arrange with the telegraphic directors, that they shall be at liberty at each station to have the condudjng wires . and apply them to patients in cases requiring this kjnd of electricity. Such an application of the telegraphs will far exceed in utility the working of the pendulums, and acia another triumph to the discover of the important means transmitting to an immeasurable distance with the velocity of lightning, thus verifying the observation of Dr. Franklin, when asked the utility of a new discovery—" What defyou expect from a new born child ?" A CAB-DRIVER KlLLED.—Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, a cab was overturned in the Hampstead-road near Chalk Farm-lane, by running on a bank by the road side, and the cab-driver was pitched front his seat into the road, and tilled instantaneously. The poor fellow was found lying with the shaft of the cab resting upon him, and he did not move after he was discovered. It is supposed that ho was returning from setting down a fare at Hampstead, and that having fallen asleep, the horse, which was a blind one, ran on to the bank. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LEEDS AND THIRSK RAIL WAY.—On Tuesday morning a man named Russell was acci dentally killed by a fall of earth at Kirskill, where a large bill is being removed, to make the embankment across the valley of the \Vital fe. A great number of men are engage d on the spot, but no one else suffered serious injury but de ceased, who was so much bruised by the falling earth that he survived only a few moments. Russell was a middle - age d man and married.—Leeds 4/2414cm-en