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nd ye of tel s) ust pe -3g ,ill 5 ion ro of hr-,:dsbuerevielyuosuarhialyd been referred to th e g entl e m an w h o consulted, by his predecessors in thi s !clatter. This was a large . measure, and it required much consideration b e f ore i t was d ec id e d upon ; b ut th i s much he might say, that there was every disposition to alent the wishes of the inhabitants of Windsor. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said—Sir, in rising to move the order of the day for the committal of the Public Works (Ireland) Bill, I must °bier ve that there is an other measure before the House which has excited con siderable attention, and on vshich the Honourable Gen mail near me has introduced a motion. It may be eonvenient to the House that 1 should state the in leetions of her Majesty's Government on that Bill. whe Dill I a ll u d e to i s the Arms (Ireland) Bill, ]3 ill stands the second on th e li s t. Th at ill w as introduced by my Right Hon. Friend near me (.the Secrete:lT for I re l an d), on a groun d , w hi c h her Ma -I.l4tY's Mini sters agree d— that hav i ng very lately come 41t b office, it has given them many subjects which press 'Von th e i r attention, and therefore it was desirable 1 . 0 obtain the renewal of the Bill until next spring, la orde r that her Majesty's Government might con tshida e e all its provision s , an d eve whether any of 640 se Provisions were necessar ; hether e sstem 'ald altogether ab andoned, y or w whether th any y other Provisions should be ineioduced into the Bill. It ap- Veers to me that that was a reasonable proposition to „ m ake, consid er i ng that the systi in imposed a restri c ti on "Pon the possession of arms in In land—at least Only for the fifty years to which I referred the " t uee chi —and which, has been in operation P.:it:nest ever since the revolution in Ireland. But, Sir, When this proposition was made tee the House, it appeared to many gentlemen that no suet, Bill ought to be received lalt withoutir going into the vare ous provisions , and eonsi deringwhether or not th e y oug h t to be received. fey Honourable Friends of mine, I find, were o f mat opinion, and slated to the House, on the discussion on that Bill, that they were willing to consider those previsions which seemed, when the Bill was last under discus:ion, to be most objectionable, and td withdraw. those provisions from the Bill which ought not to he continued. But, Sir, on examining the Provisions (si the Bill, I find that when we have taken out the elaUse which relates to "branding," and have taken Out the clause which relates to the police going into houses to search for arms, ot h er; wants unavoidably occur as to other prov i sions of the Bill, and it is impossible to and certai n prov i s i ons of the Bill and object to them .4 not to b e obliged to consider other provisions on g their of or cut them out altogether. Now, Sir, we t et h aiceil nut to continue it on the ground that the Bill should V eriOUSpr aS a i: b°l ; Without looking into any more of its on ob ser e i " But on looking further into it, and Pert of the ng the registration clause, we find that it is it w as teersure ; one of the strongest provisions of not eleereucee to make it effectual, and which is now, unneeecleelve tyrannical or coercive, but inutile the ex, 1.11.7 c, riaens ofn interruption to the peace of euntry. " Hear, hear.) On consulting my ilolieeedF:egni: the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, who is as acquainted as any man with the usual course of Ireland, and the various wants of Ireland, pe n Z es 9f opinion that it was far better to dis- It with the Bill altogether than to continue le e 4B a principle with any modification.—(Cheers.) re ,, e s aid th at h e was per f ect l y rea d y to undertake the Ternment of Ireland without a continuance of this bl easus „ ' e . — (Cheers.) Now, Sir, such being the case, I of e,,, Q t say that I feel no apprehension as to the result Juspensing with this system of legislation, lo e u - has lasted so long, without taking - a eo „g e s ,e time to consider, or without especial voerslueration whether this clause relating to the im lotaeetioe of arms in Ireland had not better been coa eeti:" or amended at least, as part of our legislation stands respect t o Ireland ; but, as the matter u e at prese n t, we have hese alternatives before of this t o di spense altogether with the provisions edict Bill on the statute books of Ireland, or, on the A re; hand, to defend clause by clause the provisions of a Z j3llll with such amendments as we may think neces thle I think the former part of the alternative to be la te t, and th erefore, on further consideration , it is the fit (;e:ltion of the Government to drop the Bill.—(Cheers.) wee saying so, I must observe that I have had refer tO what has recently come to my knowledge with ; eg ret to the state of Ireland. I feared that both as dei nee rcie ,the trial on circuit in Ireland, and the or steei-e Administration of justice with respect to per tees_eharged w i t h tr i v i al o ff ences —lik ew i se w i th %rill at bod to anoth er c i rcumstance — t h e reports o f t h e con by ago another th e l as t mont h— t h e o ff ences reporte d tur n y are greatly on the decrease, and the re 'ehti: ell the past experiments are equally satisfactory. alto s eac eurages the hope that when Parliament parts es e . Sta te p r with these restrictions, we may find the . Pense°' the country such as to enable us finally to dis stsoo with them. But at the same time I say, as the I`,? ea possible, that when you consider that With r es p o nsibility of her Majesty's Government i ner e sPett to the safety of life and property in Ireland Lee ne e to Pet eei, that whatever measures . it may be necessary 7e t 'elg ',Zeeland of you for the maintenance of the ex. ' e caritem. end for the maintenance of peace and far as e la; Ireland, should he allowed as extra oese ' t may be necessary to demand Party i n i na rY Powers , in order to preserve life and pro ehrink e er eland. Her Majesty's Gover nmen t w ill not ho cr „,, lore the duty con f erre d u p on th em . Th ey are, 'ver, confirmed in the hope that it will be possible bb` to re sort to extraor di nary measures to restrict the i .,,ty of the subject, but that the secu r it y o f lif e an d NePert in Ireland may be effected by o th er means . I conclude by moving the °visa of the day for which le h ave given notice—the committal of the Public Works Li-elstnd Bill.—(Caeca.) Ir. HUME approved of the proceeding of her kaj esty Government, and hoped that England and -vl 'ead would in future be governed by the same law. WELLINGTON STATUE. CRAVEN BERKELEY had great reason to telltin of the conduct of Government with respect to to ellington testimonial. The Noble Lord, acceding land request of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, ib - the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury, the Noble h e ld the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests gt. co nsented to allow th e s t a t u e t o b e pl ace d on th e )r a peri o d o f t h ree wee k s, an d if i t were not ap e e u of at the end of that time, it was to be pulled down. • ti ne ar,hear.) Now who was to decide whether the sta itwere a favourable position or not. He wished t ule , whether th e N o bl e L or d h a d any o bj ect i on to whi t Pen the table of the House the correspondence it t i e ek b eed taken place upon the subject, in order that lefeee te. e t be printed and circulated amongst Honourable did, - C re s At all events, however, if the Noble Lord titl e ., a should, early next session, move for their pro _sane Lore le teitt ee MORPETH said, finding that the subcom ote„,e declined all the sites which had lately been stat ue „ ,, to them, he had consented to allow the e su b coos - L b e placed upon the arch for three weeks,. the wi ne e•eutt ee Sege lothell undertaking iu the event of its not approved of to restore the arch and, jestrs Government original positioncourse her they "Toeernment would take competent advice upon *oule sti e b t, and upon that advice the question tett. ultimately be decided. The correspondence was vers e ere e e e l le long, involving as it did matters of contro- Wouet eee he trusted the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman e , not press for its production till next session. (4 . '4 P. TRENCH added a few words in con . firmatio 01. at had fallen from the Noble Lord, the First Coin io"sioner of Woods and Forests, and said, notwithstands ihat nc Puh had said, an d w h a t h a d Mien from the vs of the Hon Member tor Dumfries, the sub-committee "iii re • • na ost and mauled of opinion that the arch was the best appropriate site which could be procured. Earl of LINCOLN said as the three weeks leo..uld occur when London might be said to be till ` of town, he trusted in the event of the position of the statue being approved of, the scaffolding 'would not be removed till the public had returned to t °Wla and ratified the decision with their approval.— (hleer, hear.) Mr. PROTHEROE suggested that a good deal of ex- Pense would be saved by placing a wooden model u p on the arch first. Lord MORPETH thought not. The works for the erecti en of the statute were nearly complete, and the expense of placing the statue upon the pedestal would trifling. The matter then dropped. SMALL DEBTS BILL. Sir G. GREY intimated that it was not his intentic n to bring on the Small Debts Bill to-day, but he pro- Posed to do so the first thing to-morrow. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. 13 r- BOWIUNG rose to ask the question of which'he 1 , - ,a 4 give n no ti ce . B e f ore d o i ng so , h e must express tets satisfaction at the alteration which had been made -fe„ ref erence to the flogging in the army, and he must er express • his greater satisfaction that the Noble in u 'a at the head of the army had stated re another place that the matter was not to se ull n i a as it now was, but that he hoped yet to qu e I , e ; gging altogether abolished.—(Hear, hear.) His ar e e ;:? 11 WAS, whether any instructions have been or the rtended to be issued, regulating the character of itV es teutnent with which flogging in the army is to be th e h id , as regards the size, the weight, the length of t h en ' l adle, the number and thickness of the cords or r e fegs, the size and number of the knots ; also, deter ineeg what functionaries are to be charged with the f timers lotion of corporal punishment, and what period of is tO be allowed between each blow ; also,. whether, l e,e'ase the medical attendant shall certify that it would_ be ir on to continue the flogging, any unapplied for d s 4,4! c ; f the punishment is to be reserved for a second noti on - also, whether it is intended that , the European and to fifty lashes shall apply to the E a u n ro d pea whether te e v ( 1 1 troops of the East India Company Pe r le e rernment will consent to make annual r ,e e d tu i r u ns tk t e o lament of the corporal punishments employed fee.the number of lashes, the offences . for which til led, and by what species of court-martial ordered. :clue s ° t r i o ci tts ' i ; v l tUSSELL said he could not answer the which the Hon. Member had put categoricel y, but lie oh: would say that the Noble Duke the Commander i nt ee"ef had stated, in another place, what were his t seeetiet'ons regarding this punishment in future. and su mo be Improper in bins (Lord J. Russell) to pre ..,be-eti;bt4eili: further into the matter than had then te a done- The intention was to restrict the lashes to fifty, and there was no V e et there was every intention that the instruments to la t , e , ( l l l l e. ed would be of a uniform character, and regu wer, by the medical authorities. Respecting whether, de ne e tile medics& attendant certified there would be al)i ...er in continuing the punishment, the un -le,pmleidn portion would be given on a second , he would observe that there was tees e* tle -orved portion of the pu 44tivristtrwpant w ould nut b e i n fl icte d. With respect to t h e • they were, regulated by ttrtivivii of war of their own, and there was no doubt, when the intentions of the Noble Duko in relation to the British troops were known out there, that a similar arrangement would take place. He (Lord John Russell) had no atjection to the annual returns of the cases of flogging which were also sought by the Hon. Member. He must say, at the same time, that the Honourable Gentleman and the House would re collect that the Noble Duke did not state the alteration now proposed to be a final and complete measure. The subject was still under the consideration of the Commander-in-Chief, and from time to time he would make such alterations in the punishment as to reduce its amount and frequency as much us possible.--(Cheers.) He could assure them ' that the object the Government would have in view would be to diminish as much as possible the frequency of this mode of punishment, and to maintain the disci pline of the army by other measures.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BULLER said nothing could be more improper than flogging a man twice for the same offence. It used to be done on former occasions, but having been declared illegal, it was given up, and never occurred in the army now. Mr. WILLIAMS wished to know if the same regulations were to be applied to the navy as to the army. He thought they were as necessary there as in the army, and he hoped that both services would be placed on the same footing. He trusted the Noble Lord would give the subject his full consideration. . . . Captain BERKELEY said no punishment was ever inflicted in the navy without its being fully reviewed by the Board of Admiralty. Whenever the subject cf flogging in the navy came under discussion, he would Tearlessly state his views. Be believed no line-of-battle ship could be kept in discipline without the power of flogging. Mr. WAKLEY hoped that, even under the mitigated form of punishment to be adopted, the strictest orders would be issued for its regulation. While on this sub ject, he would refer to what had fallen from a Noble Lord in another place, in which he impugned the verdict of the jury in a recent case as con trary to the evidence adduced.—(Hear, hear.) That Noble Lord without any responsibility declared that, in fact, the jury had acted contrary, to the oaths on which they were impannelled to investigate the case. That Noble Lord ought to have at least made himself acquainted with the facts of the ease before he ventured on an opinion, and at least, were he dissatisfied with the verdict given, to have moved for a Committee to in vestigate the whole matter. The subject then dropped. POOR-LAWS. _ Mr. P. BORTHWICK hoped that as the lion. Member for Montrose had a motion for to-morrow night on the subject of the Poor-law Commissiop, and as there was no likelihood of there being a House to ensure its discussion, the Government would take the matter into their own hands. From what they bad done already in regard to the Poor-law Commissioners, he could leave the matter with confidence in their hands. APPOINTMENT OF MR. THOMAS GORDON. Lord G. BENTINCK rose to ask the question of which he had given notice, in reference to the appoint ment of a gentleman as a magistrate who was repre sented to have been convicted in the Court of Exchequer for defrauding the revenue. He had not in the notice mentioned the name of the individual, as ho hoped there might have been two individuals of that name. He would now, however, mention the name of the party. It was Mr. Thomas Gordon, who, in 1831, was convicted before Lord Lyndhurst. then the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and fined 8001. for using an imitation Government stamp in calico printing, with the object of defrauding the revenue. The Noble Lord concluded by asking the question which was placed on the notice paper in the following terms:—To ask Lord J. Russell a question with regard to the appointment, by the late Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, of a gentleman as a magistrate within the jurisdiction of the Duchy, said to have been formerly concerned in defrauding the Excise. Quite unable to defend himself from the charge, this gentleman withdrew his plea and submitted to a penalty of 800 L And yet this was the man whom the present Government had elected to sit upon the magisterial bench in the county of Lancashire. lie might be told that there had been Some understanding that he should not qualify for the performance of magisterial duties, but that was not enough. (LEFT SPEAKING.) PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons) SATURDAY, AUG. 15. BRITISH POSSESSIONS BILL. Order for Third Reading read; Motion made, and Question pro posed, " That the Bill be now read the third time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Ques tion to add the words " upon this day three months :"—Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question." The House divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 47. Arundel, Earl of ' Forster, Mathew Pechell, Captain Berkeley, Captain Greene, Thomas Rich, Henry Bernal, Ralph Grey, Sir G. Russell, Lord J. Borthwick, Peter Hatton, Captain Sheil, R. L. Bright, John Hawes, B. Sheridan, R. B. Brown, W. Hill, Lord M., Tancred, H. W. Buller, Charles Hobhouse, Sir John Turner,Edmund Byng, G. S. Howard, P. H. Vane, Lord H. Christie, W. D. Jervis, Sir John Wakley, Thomas Courtenay, Lord Labouchere, Henry Wilshere, T. W. Cowper, W. F. Macaulay, T. B. Wood, Charles Duncan, George Manic, Fox Wortley, J. S. Dundas, Adtniral Milnes, R. Monckton Wyse, Thomas Dundas, David Morpeth, 'Viscount Elphinstone, IL Morris, David Escott, Bickham O'Conor Don Etwall, Ralph Parker, John TELLERS. Tuttlell, 11. Craig, W. G. MINORITY—NOES, 8. Bentinck, Lord G. Rolleston, Colonel Douglas, Sir H. Spooner, Richard Gore, Montague Walsh, Sir J. 11.1 Beresford, Major Henley, J. W. Yorke, E. T. Newdegatc, C. N. To-day is the anniversary of the birth of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, who completes her 60th year. LOUIS PHILIPPE AND RICHARD COBDEN.—We earn that Mr. Cobden, on his way to Paris, received an in vitation to dine with the King at the Chateau d'Eu ; and he accordingly joined the family dinner-party at the chateau, where he was most graciously and cordially received by the King, the Queen, and Madame Adelaide. We understand that his Majesty (who speaks English perfectly well) showed an intimate knowledge of the proceedings of the Anti•Corn law League, and of the recent struggle ter the repeal of the corn-laws.—Manchestar Guardian. DEATH OF ROBERT PLUMER WARD, ESQ.—Died on Thursday last, at the residence of the Lieutenant-Governor of Chelsea Hospital, in his 82d year, of a sudden attack of angina pectoris, Robert Plumer Ward, Esq., of Gilston Park, in the county of Herts. Mr. Plumer War held office for 25 years under the governments of Mr. Pitt, Mr. Perceval, and Lord Liverpool, and retained to the last that vigorous intel lect which has, more recently, identified his name with some of the master-pieces of English literature. ALLEGED DEATH OF A WOMAN FROM THE VIO LENCE OF HER HUSBAND.—On Saturday information was received by the police that a woman, named Williams, was lying dead at No. 8, Queen-street, Seven Dials, having been killed through the violence of her husband, a labourer in the employ of Messrs. Combe and Delafield, the brewers, of Castle-street, Long-acre. From the inquiries instituted by the police it appears that the deceased, who was a woman of drunken habits, and her husband had frequent quarrels, and, after one of a more than an ordinary character, the woman died late on Friday night or Saturday morning. The body presenting marks of extreme violence, the face and head being very much bruised, both eyes being blackened, &c., information was instantly forwarded to the Coroner, who issued his warrant for an inquest this day, the body in the mean time to undergo a post mortemexamination. Williams is under the surveillance of the police. ALARMING FIRE IN PERCIVAL-STREET, CLERKEN WELL.—On Sunday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises belonging to Mr. B. Whyte, a jeweller and silversmith, carrying on business at 15, Perci val street, Clerkenwell. It originated in the basement floor, and was discovered by some neighbours seeing flames issuing through the area grating. An instant alarm was spread, but the inmates being all out at the time, it was at first feared some one had perished. Such, we are happy to say, was not the case. The parish engine was quickly on the spot, closely isont-rtreoroettede Plenty a atuyri t rs i ii o Ni n ifeo s dn , w, t saa h ht e oedrr t‘blVbyyee after, gne o tr l o ftandEngland alalso one te i f i ro o m l. followed by the brigade engines from Farringdon-street and W t wb h oa e h rrne i N t V e cc e nu a r lg t:e ci s r nd s l greath d two perseveranceen gi e s the firemen at length got the fire subdued, but not before everything in that part of the building where it corn menced was completely consumed. Fortunately, the other portions of the premises escaped destruction. Mr. Whyte was insured in the Phcenix Fire-office. It could not be as certained how the fire commenced. AYRSHIRE MOORS.—G rouse shooting commenced on the 12th instant. Accounts represent the birds to be strong and wild. Sir James Boswell killed upwards of twenty brace on the moors of Boghead, parish of Auchinleck. We have heard of several other cases in which considerably fewer were shot, and from all accounts it appears that the game is rather scarce. THE NEW SPIRITS LICENSES BILL.—The greatest activity prevails in the Excise department, making ar rangements in the event of the Spirits Licenses Bill passing into a law. Mr. John Wood, the chairman of the board, who bad left town for the purpose of making his annual in spection of the coast, was called to town, and remained in communication with the Chancellor of the Exchequer the whole of Friday and Saturday last; and Mr. C. Freeling, the secretary, was also required to be in attendance to afford information. The duties of the surveying offices in thickly populated districts are at present sufficiently heavy, and little addition can be made to them, consequently some few new officers will be required ' • but in other districts, it is stated, the additional duty will be performed by the surveying offi cers. The premises of chemists and druggists will be pe riodically visited; and each vendor will be required to take out a two-guinea license. The object of the Bill is to put a stop to illicit distillation. RELIGIOUS CAMP MEETlNG.—Yesterday, one of these religious gatherings of the sect of Primitive Methodists, which are so common, and attended with so much enthu siasm iu America, took place in the centre of Blackheath. The services commenced at nine o'clock in the morning, and notwithstanding occasional showers of rain, continued with out intermission until five. The preachers were located in a van, and the audience, consisting of about 300, who were evidently members of the connexion, together with a large concourse of persons, whom the novelty of the scene brought together, were accommodated with forms. After occasional short addrez. , ses from their elevated position, the preachers walked in procession, followed by the audience, to a short distance, where they knelt down in a circle. The elder then commenced with a prayer in the centre, and was followed extemporaneously and promiscuously by many of the audience, interrupted, however, frequently by the loudest ejaculations of the wildest enthusiasm. The religious cere monies were interspersed with a variety of singing, in which the psalmody was popularised to some of our most modern song tunes, the " Huntsman's chorus," and " Buy a broom," being prominent. With all w the h ir gr e e x a t t ib d e e r c a o n ru ce in o . f feeling the proceedings were conducted with TELLERS, THE IRON TRADE OF_ SCUTH ►STAFFORDSHIRE The iron trade of South Staffordshire is now in a more flou rishing condition than it has been for some time. Orders have been pouring in from all quarters for railway iron. A contract has just been made by several of our large iron masters for 8,000 tons of iron for the great Menal Strait Bridge, in connexion with the Chester and Holyhead 'Rail- COURT CIRCULAR. The Marquis of Normanby arrived at Osborne House on Friday, on a visit to the Queen, and had the honour of joining the royal circle at dinner. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived, at six o'clock on Friday afternoon, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, Bart., from her residence, Frognuire House, Windsor. The Queen and Prince Albert walked on Saturday, both morning and afternoon, in the pleasure-grounds of Osborne House. • Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, went to the beach on Saturday. The Marquis of Normanby left Osborne House on Saturday. Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Con sort took their usual early walk in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House, and the royal children took their ac customed airings. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of' Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strehtz honoured the perform ance of the Italian Opera with their presence on Satur day evening. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans downe, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey„theChancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John llobhouse, Lord Camp bell, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Viscount Morpeth, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Council sat two hours. A numerous deputation of the drug trade, among whom were Mr. Drew (chairman), Mr. G. M. Mowbray (secretary), Messrs. C. Barron, D. B. Hanbury, T. Roper, H. J. Preston, G. Tonge A. Whit e , G. M eggcs on, W. Squire, J. Savory (President of the Pharmaceutical So ciety), J. Bell, 'l'. N. R. Morson, P. Squire, T. Barkley, and J. I'. Barry, oi London; and Messrs. J. F. Macfarlan and G. Blanshard of Edinburgh; Messrs. T. Standing and J. Woolley, of Manchester, azcompanisd by the Member for Durham, Mr. Bright, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, on the subject of the intended Excise regulations, under which it has been proposed to place chemist and drug gists. Mr. John W oud, the Chairman of the Excise, and Mr. Hart Davis, the Deputy Chairman were pre sent at the conference. Viscount Falkland (late Governor of Nova Scotia) has arrived in town. His Lordship attended at the Treasury on Saturday. Dispatches were s,nt off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of the West India Colonies. The Duke of Wellington, Lord G. Paulet and Sir Frederick Trench, attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, S. James's. Prayers were read by the Rev. Jr.) Wesley. At the daily service the prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. H. Dakins, and the lessons by the Rev. T. Helmore. The sermon was preached by the Rev. F. Perkins. The Anthem " 0 Lord give ear" (Greene) was sung by Messrs. Hawkins and Hobbs. Mr. Cooper presided At the organ. The Mar quis of Winchester, and Lords Churchill and Dillon, were among the nobility present. LITERATURE. THE BRITI6II QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. VII. Although somewhat of a bantling among the quar terlies, the present has already acquired for itself a high character for classical erudition, philosophical astute ness, and healthful morality. The seventh number is an admirable illustration of the two latter characteris tics. To us the most valuable—we had almost said in valuable—contribution, is one commemorative of the celebrated William Hyde 'Wollaston, one of the most eminent and industrious of the many eminent and in dustrious practical philosophers of Great Britain. WU) the reviewer we are astonished that no one has hitherto assumed to himself the honour of being the biographer of so great an intellect. It is indeed matter of astonishment that, while many memoirs have been written of the career of Sir Humphrey Davy, the life of his scarcely less cele brated contemporary should never have been narrated to the extent of one substantial volume. We observe a very singular blunder of judgment in one observation uttered by the reviewer, namely, where he doubts the petulant chagrin of Wollaston on being rejected by the council of St. George's Hospital. The reviewer quotes in disproof of this a passage, in which it is ob3erved that Wollaston " relinquished, in 1800, a profession he never liked," meaning the medical profession. Surely his dis like for the profession was sufficient of itself to arouse such petulance on struggling unsuccessfully to gain a position in a career which he abominated, and which he not unjustly conceived to be ungrateful to himself. In other respects the judgment of the writer is never di rectly at fault; his sentiments are always perspicuously expressed, and the composition is eminently pleasing. Another laborious article is devoted to the " Life and Letters of John Foster." The paper on " George Harvey" is agreeably written, and evinces an elegant taste. Among the most useful productions in the number we must particularly mention " Modern Spain," " Over population and itsßemedy," and " The Industrial History of Nations." Every page conveys information. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LANCASTER RACES.—Titu RSDAY. The Selling Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 20 added, Heats, once round and a distance. (5 Subs.) Mr. Osborne's Bedale, 4 yrs (Abdale) 4 1 1 Mr. Wilkins' Barbara Young, 4 yrs ... 1 3 2 Mr. Birch's Talleyrand, 5 yrs 2 4 3 Mr. Phillips' bm by Physician—Theano, 5 yrs Won in a canter. The Hurdle Stakes were won, in two heats, by Mr. Smith's Cumberland Lassie beating Mr. Hopkin ' s Chintz Print, and Mr. Barton's Ibrahim Pacha, by a length. SALISBURY RACES.—F RIDAY. Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, h ft ; for three yra old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b; winners once, 31b, twice, 51b extra. T.Y.C. (4 Subs.) Mr. Wreford's b c Whirligig (A. Day) 1 Mr. Boyce's Cottisford ... 2 Won in a canter. The Salisbury Handicap of 20 sow. each, h ft, and only 5 if declared, with 150 added; the second to save his stake. Two miles and a quarter. Mr. John Day's The Hero, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (A.,Day) 1 Mr. Jones's Miss Shirley, 3 yrs. sst Mr. J. B. Mill's Giantess, 4 yrs, Bst 61b Won in a canter, by two lengths. The Gold Cup of 100 soya. Two miles. Mr. John Day's The Hero, 3 yrs, Est 101 b, walked over. The County Members' Plate of 501., added to a handicap of 5 sovs. each. T.Y.C. (7 Subs.) Mr. Jones's Miss Shirley, 3 yrs, 75t...... (Donaldson) 1 Mr. Sadler's New Forest Deer, 5 yrs, Bst 61b 2 Mr. Dixon's Fraudulent, 3 yrs, 7st 61b a Mr. Herbert's Miss Lettv colt, 7st 131 b .. Won by a head; Fraudulent a good third. The City Bowl of 18 soya., with 12 added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Heats, one mile. (5 subs.) Mr. King's Sparsholt, 4 yrs, 7st llb 2 1 1 Mr. St. Loe's Eliza, aged, Bst 81b Mr. Dixon's Fraudulent, 3 yrs, sst 131 b Sparsholt won in a canter, and was claimed for 250/. DEATH OF LORD BLOOMFIELD, G.C.8., G.C.H.—We regret to announce the decease of the above Noble and Gal lant Officer. His Lordship expired on Saturday last at his residence in Portman-square. The deceased Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron Bloomfield, of Oakhampton and Redwood, in the county of Tipperary, in the peerage of Ireland, G.C.B. and G.C.H., a Lieutenant-General in the army, Colonel Com mandant of the Royal Horse Artillery, Governor of Fort Charles, Jamaica, and P.C., was born on the 13th of April, 1768, and married on the 7th of September, 1797, Harriet, eldest daughter of the late John Douglas, Esq., by whom he leaves issue one son and two daughters. His Lordship com manded the Royal Horse Artillery at Ross and Vinegar Hill during the Irish rebellion of 1798, and received the thanks of Lord Cornwallis, the Lord. Lieutenant of Ireland, and of General Lord Lake, to whose staff he was appointed on the dispersion of the rebel force in that year. The Noble Lord sat in three Parliaments for the borough of Plymouth, until his appointment as Privy Purse to the Prince Regent in 1817, and afterwards for several years filled the offices of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Sweden. His Lordship is succeeded in the family honours by his son, the Honourable John Arthur Douglas, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at St. Peters burgb, who was born in November, 1802, and married, in September, 1845, the Hon. Georgiana Liddell, youngest daughter of Lordßavensworth. SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON LUDGATE-BILL.-011 Friday afternoon a gentleman, named Donking, a law stationer by profession, was thrown off the top of a Chelsea omnibus on Ludgate-hill, with such violence as to splinter his left arin and to lacerate his face and head in a shocking manner. The cause of the accident appears to have been the sudden stoppage of vehicles when going up the hill towards St. Paul's-churchyard. No blame was attached to the driver by those who witnessed the shocking occurrence. CLEARING OUT THE SEINE.—The French Chambers have this year allowed six millions of francs for the regula tion of the Seine. In the lowest section, one of those diffi culties arising from the meeting of salt and fresh water— viz., a sandbank (tr averse) of twenty kilometres extent, is to be coped with. if the Seine is flooded by rains, the bank is pasked downwards from Quillebceuf towards Havre, while the spring tides will make it recede backwards, and it will extend, at low water, as far as Villequieux. Vessels drawing three metres of water cannot pass it but during spring tides, six or seven days each month; and even coast ing crafts are unable to pass. It was especially M. Arago who contributed by his arguments to show the pessibility of removing this great obstacle to navigation. He drew an analogy between the embouchure of the Seine and that of the Ganges and Amazon rivers, and contended that if the bed of the former river were narrowed by extensive dykes, and thus compelled to flow in a narrower channel, its current would become more rapid, and an immense power created, which would constantly contribute towards clearing the passage. SINGULAR CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.-011 Monday afternoon, an inquest was held at the Wheatsheaf Tavern, High Wycombe, Bucks, before Mr. J. C. Hunter, coroner, on the body of Henry Abbott, whose death had been caused by the bite of a dog, which he had received six weeks ago. The bite was received from a cocker dog. Mr. Wilson, surgeon, .deposed—l was called to attend the deceased on Tuesday morning last ; my young man had previously dressed h►s hand when he received the wound. He had an intense pain in the stomach, and had a difficulty in swallowe ing liquids in particular. I sent him a mixture and som pills, but on returning I found he could not swallow the mixture, though he had taken the pills. From that time the symptoms increased, particularly the difficulty in swal lowing and the aversion to water. I bled him to relieve the pain, and called in Dr. Smith in the afternoon, who agreed with me that it was a case of hydrophobia. There was a violent sighing and a heaving of the diaphragm, and it took sometimes two or three persons to hold him down, Towards the last his convulsive efforts returned nearly every minute, and hip dread of water was intense; whenever lie saw or felt it, it convulsed his whole frame. I have no doubt he died from hydrophobia. He spoke to me of the bite of the animal previous to his illness. Charles Bennett de posed—l am assistant to Mr. Wilson. About six weeks ago the deceased came to Mr. Wilson's shop and stated that he had been bitten in the right hand by a dog. I cauterised it freely, and appled some dressing to it. There were marks of teeth in the hand. The wound subsequently healed. The jury returned a verdict of "DieylTrom hydro ' pltpbio Pocationci by tap bit?) pf 4 dog." NAVAL AND MILITARY INTEL- LIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS, AUGUST, 13, 1846. Mate Edwin Augustus Porcher, to Excellent; for rank only. Seniority, June 8, 1844. Mate Charles Oakes Blackwood Hall, to Excellent. Se niority, February 6, 1846. Mate Henry Harvey, to Excellent. Seniority, April 11, 1846. Master's Assistant George Wall Burtchael, to Caledonia. Master's Assistant Charles Frederick Rickett, to Caledonia. Additional. AUGUST 14, 1846. Surgeon James Salmon, to Sidon. Commissioned. Assistant-Surgeon Richard Croker Russell, to Sidon. Com missioned. Surgeon John Read, to Actaeon. Confirming appointment of the senior officer on the coast of Africa. Assistant-Surgeon James Campbell (a), to Action. Con firming acting appointment. Seniority, June 9, 1845. Powrsarotern, SUNDAY.—A striking instance of the indis position of officers to serve on the coast of Africa has been manifested in the state in which the Contest, new twelve gun brig, Commander M'Murdo, has been compelled to put to sea. This vessel, when commissioned, was expected to have been destined for service on a. healthy station. The applications for appointments to her were most nu merous. We are told that as many as four hundred lieutenants applied for appointments to her. It is well known she was manned in a few hours. Well, the usual number of officers were appointed to her : among them three lieutenants, the complement for vessels carrying commanders. All these officers left the Contest. Why? She was ordered to the coast of Africa; and the vessel, after shipping her mails and Admiralty dispatches, was detained at Spithead for more than a week, because she could get no lieutenants to join her. She has at last gone to sea with only one officer of that class, Lieutenant W. H. Hood.(1846), and he has been for years past engaged in the coast-guard service. The same state of things is exhibited in the Columbine, 16, Commander Booth, which arrived here on Thursday from Chatham. This vessel came round from the eastward with only one lieutenant, and he debilitated from service on the coast of Africa (Lieutenant Daniel Dawes). The ship was also without any master, mate, or midshipman, and in this disgracefully inefficient state has worked round during very severe weather. The Columbine will be ordered to sea in a few days. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting, the Hon. Miss Napier, Maid of Honour, Lord Alfred Paget, and Baron Stockmar, will pro ceed on Tuesday (weather permitting), in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord A. Fitzclarence, to Devonport, where the royal party will remain two days, inspecting the various objects of interest at that port, sleeping, &c., on board the yacht. From Devonport her Majesty will proceed to Falmouth, thence to the Scilly Islands, and cruise about; the entire excursion occupying about a week or ten days. The Fairy and the Black Eagle, Admiralty yacht (which arrived at Cowes from Woolwich last night), will accompany the Victoria and Albert. It is pre mised that one or two members of the Board of Admiralty will go in the Blach Eagle. The Royal Family will remain at Osborne. The Aurora, Sardinian corvette, Captain Spinola, sailed yesterday for the downs. The Mariner transport, Lieutenant Still agent, sailed yes terday with military invalids and returned stores for Chatham and Deptford. The Sylvia cutter, tender to the Seafiower, arrived yester day from Jesey to refit. The Tagus, with the India mails, arrived this morning at the Motherbank. The Queen, Peninsula steamer, arrived at Southampton, about the same time. Some remarkable results have been produced by the shot practice from the Excellent on the Ruby iron steamer, ordered by the Admiralty to be experimented upon, in order to test what resistance the iron hull of a ship would offer to a shot; and it is expected that the Admiralty will, in consequence, stop the building of iron steamers, and other vessels for the present. The shots which struck the Ruby not only pene trated the side first struck, but in several instances passed through the other side, carrying with it whole plates of iron. In action this would risk the total loss of the vessel, for on heeling over to leeward, such a body of water must rush in that she would inevitably sink with all on board. A repre sentation of this important result has been made to the Ad miralty, and should further experiments prove that serious risk will be occasioned to iron vessels of war when exposed to the chance of being struck with heavy shot, it is doubtful if the Board will not abolish them as men-of-war. The committee of management for erecting a tablet to the memory of the late Commander Estcourt, of the Eclair steam-sloop, having more than sufficient funds in their hands for the completion of their patriotic object, have most consi derately presented the surplus (151. 4s. Id.) to the building fund of the Seamen and Marines Orphan Schools, Portsea. APPOINTMENTS. Commanders—C. L. Hockin (1846) to the Star, vice Dun lop, deceased. Lieutenants—W. G. Stanbridge to the Hound. Surgeon—J. Read (1840) to the Actaeon. Mates—E. A. Blacket and IL J. Blomfield to the Royal Naval College for study. Assistant-Surgeons—R. C. Russell to the Sidon; C. L. Lester to the Recruit. Clerk—J. G. Messina to the Cyclops. Naval Cadets—W. B. Bingham to the Hound; A. F. Duff to the Collingwood ; J. A. Forbes to the Queen. Gunner—C. Chamberlain to the Victory. The following mates have passed for Lieutenants at the Royal Naval College :—Messrs. H. Harvey, E. A. Porcher, and C. 0. B. Hall. ROYAL MARINES. Second Lieutenants Crocket, Buck, Digby, and Adair have left the Excellent and joined the Artillery Companies. First Lieutenant H. C. M. Hawkey, of the Portsmouth division, has gone on Admiralty leave for three months. Marine Cadet—J. Poore appointed to the Excellent. The Rev. H. J. Harrison has passed the College for naval instructor and schoolmaster. The sergeants of the 13th Light Infantry (Prince Albert's Own), quartered in this garrison, gave a ball and supper at the drown and Assembly Rooms, Portsmouth, on Friday night, in honour of the occasion of their regiment being pre sented with new colours, by Prince Albert, on the previous day. The gallant non-commissioned most liberally invited all their brother officers of the 74th and Bd Regiments, quar tered here, as also some of the chief tradesmen of Ports mouth, Portsea, and Gosport. About 300 guests were pre sent; and the arrangements of the ball and supper, which were completed by Sergeant-Major Browne and Quarter master Sergeant ilawenham, well deserve mention. The rooms were. most hands ome ly decorated, presenting a coup d'ceil at once imposing and characteristic. . . _ . The 74th HiablanCiersar:eordeTeiTio embark at this port for Scotland. They will leave the latter end of this, or the early part of next week. _ fhj 3d Regiment (Buffs) will be removed from Gosport to Portsmouth, on the 74th leaving. This celebrated regiment will be presented with new colours in about a month hence, their present time-honoured ensigns being literally bare poles. The 2d Regiment (Queen's) will leave Winchester for the quarters of the 3d at Gosport, on their being vacated by that regiment, and the 40th Regiment succeed to Winchester. Sergeant Rombillow, of the Buffs at Gosport, who was tried by court-martial a few weeks since for embezzling moneys belonging to the captain of this company, has been sentenced to be imprisoned for the term of two years, one half of which period is to be spent with hard labour, the other half in solitary confinement; and at the expiration of this sentence he will (if he survives it) be returned to his regiment, and placed under " stoppages,' until the sum em bezzled is repaid. ROYAL ARTILLERY. (GENERAL ORDER.) Woos.wicm, Ana. 13.—His Lordship the Master-General directs the accompanying letter from the Horse Guards, con veying her Majesty's pleasure upon the proceedings of a General Court - martial, held fo r the trial of gunner and driver Richard Gilbertson, to be promulgated to the Royal Artillery, and read at three parades. (Signed) IL D. ROSS, Deputy Adjutant-General. Horse Guards, Aug. 10. Sir,—Field Marshal the Commander-in-Chief, having had the honour to lay before her Majesty the Queen the pro ceedings of the General Court-martial, holden at Government House, Davenport, on the 23d and 25th of July, 1846, for the trial of gunner and driver Richard Gilbertson, No. 1,325, of the 9th battalion of Royal Artillery, who was arraigned upon the undermentioned charges, viz.:- 1. For being absent from his barrack in Plymouth citadel at a quarter before eleven o'clock on the 9th of July, 1846, when the check roll call was called, and not returning until seen in his barrack-room about a quarter past eleven o'clock the same night and then drunk. 2. For having on the night of the 9th of July, 1846, at half-past eleven o'clock, iu his barrack-room, Plymouth citadel, threatened, or avowed an intention, that he would shoot Company Sergeant Archibald Reid, his superior officer, the prisoner having his carbine loaded with carbine powder and ball, percussion cap on the nipple, and the car bine in the position of ready, which was wrested from him and he secured as a prisoner—such conduct being insubordi nate and outrageous and subversive of good order and mili tary discipline. 3. For violently assaulting the guard when taking him to the guard-room in Plymouth citadel on the night of the 9th of July, 1846, between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock. 4. For damaging one round of ball cartridge entrusted to his charge, value fourpence. Upon which charges the Court came to the following de- cision The Court having maturely weighed and considered the evidence in support of the prosecution, together with what the prisoner has urged in his defence, is of opinion, with regard to the first charge, that th? prisoner, gunner and driver Richard Gilbertson , No. 1,3 5 of the. 9th battalion R se t c )y o a n l d, A t r h t i i r l d le , r a y n , The Court having foun d the prisoner guilty of all the charges preferred against him, which b e i ng in breach of the Articles of War , a nd taki ng into consideration his former convictions and ge ner al bad character, do now sen disfoguurtilhtyand that he i s a l s o guilty of the charges. sen tence him, the prisoner, gunner, and driver Richard Gilbert son, No. 1,325, of the 9th battalion Royal Artillery, tolun dergo an imprisonment of three hundred and sixty-five (265) days—eighty-four of which are to be solitary, divided into six periods of fourteen days each, and the remainder with hard labour, and furthermore that he be placed under stop pages, not exceeding two-thirds of his daily pay to the amount of 4d., the value of one round of carbine ball ammunition. . . The Court consider it randyttiei dut to rema r k on th e goo d conduct of Sergeant LVLain gunner and driver Colley, Royal Artillery. I have his Grace's directions to acquai n t you that her Majesty was pleased to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court, but under all the circumstances to remit so much of the sentence as inflicts solitary confinement. I have, &c., (Sig.lJed) FITZROY SOMERSET. Major-General the Hon. Henry Murray, &c. AUG. 13.—Th is morning E M a K rr A i lr v i ed g frO F m T gal P h s a . ; G Six AvE sEiID detachments of reg iments now stationed in India, viz., 24th, 29th, 51st Light Infantry, 61st, 80th, and 94th, to the number of 173 men, with 18 officers. The troops embarked in boats from the Custom house quay on board the ship Alfred, of 1,291 tons burden, Captain Alexander Ileunesy, for Bengal. Colonel Weare, K. 11., the commanding officer of the provisional battalion, was present at the e mbarkation. Thes e d ra f ts close the embarkation of troops for India for this season. Sir Thomas Wiltshire. K.C.8., the Commandant of Chatham Garrison, and the Major of Brigade, Captain J. S. Wood, arrived from Chatham yesterday, and inspected the ship. of the 14th Re g i men t, Aid e- d e• C amp We have ranch pleasure in announcing the sa f e re t urn I der of the Forces Canada. Mr. W ar re o two f a sL thei dispatched W mu a pa r n in o r . , a a confidential mission to the Oregon Territory, whence hi b has returned direct, across the continent of North America, and his long absence from Canada had given occasion to the most absurd, but alarming, reports. Air. Warre left the: Columbia river on the Ist of April, at which time both p' attics were quietly but anxiously waiting the decision by qua home Governments of the long pending Oregon question. Her Majesty's ship Modesto, 18, Captain WAIN Tim Om in thq Oikabia. IRELAND. THE POTATO FAILURE. DUBLIN, Aucf. 14.—We regret td state that, amidst a long catalogue of reports from all parts of the country, there is not this day a single account calculated to mitigate the alarm for what is now felt to be the advent of a great national cala mity—the almost annihilation of the early crop of the only food of the poorer classes. Lsst year there was unquestion ably some exaggeration, which had the effect of creating what was called an anti-alarmist party, who, deprecating the cry of famine, sought to restore confidence by a counter cry of "no scarcity," if no monopoly or no jobbing. And this turned out, to a certain extent, to be the truth. This year, however, the case is totally different, and journals of every shade of politics concur in the belief that there is no hope for the future, save in the united exertions of all parties (Government inclusive) to provide a remedy for an infliction which seems to be inevitable. The reports received through the provincial papers since Thursday would occupy too much of our space; it must, therefore, be sufficient to say that the last accounts repre sent the pestilence as rapidly spreading through the counties of Westmeath, Antrim, Down, Armagh, and Fermanagh In the market of Enniskillen, on Wednesday, potatoes, owing to their deteriorated quality, suddenly fell from Bd. to 2d. per stone, while here, in the metropolis, from the same cause, prices range from ls. to 7s. per 100 lb., the sound kinds be coming every day more scarce. A highly-respected clergyman of the Established Church, the Rev. J. R. Cotter, has addressed the following seasonable letti r to the Prime Minister upon the present state and pros pects of the poor:— "My Lord,—lmpelled by an imperative sense of public duty, I take the liberty of addressing you upon the present state and future prospects of our poor in Ireland. Your Lordship has, of course, been already informed of the failure of the potato crop. Last year the loss, though heavy, was in some degree partial, some few favoured districts escaped the blight; but this year I regret to say that the devastating disease has been universally diffused, nor am I acquainted with on& single potato garden in these localities which has been untouched. The great majority are either wholly de stroyed, or vegetation has been so completely arrested, that the tubers have not attained one-fourth part of their natural size, and a large proportion of those which are sound at pre sent will, we fear, in a very short time, by the spreading of the disease, be rendered unfit for human food, as we know happened last year. This is no exaggeration; my wish is neither to exaggerate the distress, nor to make too favour able a representation. The potato crop is gone, gone so far as not to be depended upon as constituting the support of the poor. Now, my Lord, what is to be done ? There are thou sands upon thousands who have been accustomed to live en tirely upon potatoes; that source has failed. Divine Provi dence, for some wise purpose, has destroyed the potato crop, and it remains to be considered in what manner the starving poor are to be supplied ; and, my Lord, be assured, if assist ance be not afforded upon a large and liberal scale, the con sequences will be fearful. The late Government wisely sent into the country large supplies of Indian corn, and this pre caution had the effect of keeping down the prices, and enabling the poor, with the most rigid economy, to exist. But, my Lord, at the present time they are in a totally different position. The farmers, who were accustomed gene rously to assist all who solicited relief, with a few potatoes, have now none for themselves. This source is dried up, and the poor labourer having no potatoes of his own, having no friends able to relieve him, is thrown entirely upon the produce of his labour, which he has latterly been accustomed to lay out in the purchase of Indian meal from the relief committee of his district. I would wish, here, to make a distinction between gentlemen's labourers, who have constant employment and enjoy perhaps some little advantages, and the far more numerous classes of those who have no constant employment, and belong, if we may so express it, to no one. Besides, there are many sick, with large .helpless families; many aged, who have hitherto depended upon casual charity. It will be said, perhaps, by some, Let them go to the poor house.' The poorhouse is the only fair test of real desti tution.' It is unnecessary for me here to enumerate the causes of the strong prejudices of the Irish peasantry against entering the poorhouse, some, I admit unfounded—many I think most reasonable ; but, my:Lord, I will freely assert that it is most fortunate that these prejudices do exist—for if they were removed, four times the present number of workhouses would not suffice to contain the applicants, and those who could not obtain admission must then be given outdoor relief. We ought, therefore, to keep the poorhouses out of view when considering what is to be done during the present emergency. " Let us now inquire what the wages of labourers are, and look to the present prices charged for Indian meal by many of our relief committees. I think it will appear that they are wholly inadequate to meet the exigencies of the family of the buyer. Labourer's hire varies from Bd. to 10d. per day. Suppose a man has four children ; he has then, including his wife, six to provide for ; in the great majority of instances these all depend upon his daily wages for their daily food. " I would assume as an average sufficiency of Indian meal for such a family, 21b. per head, large and small ; here we have 121 b. per day. Many of our relief committees charge Is. 2d. per stone, that is, ld. per pound; some even higher. How, then, can the labourer's 10d. wages purchase 121 b. of meal, to which the Sunday allowance is also to be added ? We say nothing of milk to use with his Indian meal as stirabout, and if he is working at a distance from home, he must use Indian bread ; although meal made into stirabout is more economical, still this latter cannot be carried to a distance. My Lord, I am here putting forward the most favourable case, but consider the number who have not this constant employment. How are they to exist ? How are they to be clad ? Where is their firing, bedclothes, and rent for their cabins to come from ? Many have removed their bedclothes—what is to become of them when winter arrives, when cold and wet are added to hunger? They cannot now afford to purchase or to keep a pig, by the profits of the sale of which they were once enabled to pay the rent of their cabins, and to supply them selves with many little necessaries. It comes to this, my Lord—wages must be raised, or the price of Indian meal and other food considerably reduced by private subscriptions and by public grants. "Employment will not suffice, unless the produce of that employment is equal to the support of their families. You cannot throw them entirely on the head landlords ; many of the most distressed are located on estates held by middlemen, who possess large terminable interests, much larger than what the head landlord possesses, and who cannot reason ably be expected to support persons whom they have not brought upon their estates, of whom they know nothing, and whose condition they cannot improve until the termi nation of the existing leases. Tenants should be left entirely to their landlords. The landlord is bound to assist and protect his tenants who hold immediately under him, and do not sublet ; no assistance should be afforded by relief committees unless to the labouring classes and un employed tradesmen, or tickets granted to none without the closest investigation, and limiting the quantity of relief, either at reduced prices or gratuitously, which must be given in many cases to what was absolutely required for the con sumption of the family. Circumstances may oblige me to address your Lordship again upon this subject, and, my Lord, I have the honour to subscribe myself " Your obedient, humble servant, " JOHN ROGERSON COTTER, " Rector of Innoshannon, County Cork. " Innoshannon 12th August." Subjoined is the reply given by a landlord of the county of Cork to an application from one of the local relief com mittees : " Skibbereen, July 4. " Sir,—l have the honour of acknowledging the reeeipt of your note of the 2d inst., together with a copy of the resolu tions adopted at a meeting of the inhabitants of Upper , Church, held in the chapel on the 2d of May, to adopt the best means of relieving the poor of their district. " Possessing some property in the parish of Upper Church, I readily recognise the right of the inhabitants of this parish to call on me for aid towards the relief of the proor in their district, and in transmitting to you the annexed order for 101. on the Provincial Bank, I feel that I am only discharging a duty which devolves on me as a landlord. " The proposition enunciatediby the immortal Drummond, that ' Property has its duties as well as its rights,' is now ge nerally adopted, even in Ireland, and of those duties I con sider none more imperative than that of relieving the poor in seasons of distress and destitution. "The demand which the resolutions , adopted at Upper Church made on me in behalf of those suffering from distress in that district, is enforced by the additional consideration of self-interest, for, whilst the duties of property are discharged with punctuality, its rights will be acknowledged and re spected, the laws will be observed, peace and order will pre vail, and those unfortunate crimes which have disgraced some of our provinces, and which bring down the maledic tion of Heaven on the perpetrators, shall be far more effec tually prevented than by Coercian Acts, or a suspension of our constitution. " I have the honour to be, faithfully yours, "DANIEL WELPLY. " Mr. Andrew Ryan, Upper Church Relief Committee." To the foregoing the Cork Reporter appends the following statement : " We have it from private authority, in which we impli citly confide, that in and around Skibbereen, and through Carbery in general, the crop both early and late is doomed; that the distress is frightful, and that the small farmers can not subsist much longer on the miserable and unwholesome fare they spend the whole day in digging from their fields. No garden, or part of a garden,' says our correspondent, 6 in this country has escaped the prevailing disease, and in gene ral they are not considered worth the labour of digging them. The Skibbereen Relief Committee have done every thing in their power to provide employment and food for the labouring classes, and they have already 500 men employed. This, however, is but a small relief amongst so dense a po pulation, and where both farmer and labourer must hence forward depend on their labour for support. I have no diffi culty in telling you, and as you are the organ of public opi nion, you should have no difficulty in telling the landlords and the Government, that unless measures be at once taken to meet the present emergency, that neither law nor private property can be much longer respected. The masses of idle, hungry people going through this town and neighbourhood, looking for work or food, publicly declare that they cannot stand it much longer, that it is as good to die by the bayonet as by starvation.' " The Cork Examiner of yesterday contains the subjoined memorial from the Kinsale Relief Committee : TO HIS EXCELLENCY EARL BESBOROUGH, LORD-LIEUTENANT GENERAL AND GENERAL GOVERNOR OF IRELAND, &C. "The memorial of the undersigned members of the Kin sale Relief Committee humbly showeth—That your memo rialists, after the most careful and minute investigation, have come to the conclusion that the potato crop in this ba rony is altogether lost. "That in a fortnight from the present date the agricul tural labourer will be thrown out of employment, as the har vest will be then gathered in ; and as the farmers are unable to provide them with food, or to pay them wages, they will consider themselves released from the obligation of the con tract entered into at the commencement of the season. " That to provide for the destitution necessarily arising from such a deplorable state of things, it appears to your me morialists that not a moment should be lost in procuring em ployment on a large scale for the people; and that unless im mediate steps be taken for effecting this purpose the peace of the country will be endangered. " That already large assemblages of the people have mot within the last week, and threatened the proprietors and millowners that, unless immediately relieved, they will' help themselves.' " That your memorialists beg likewise to represent that the contemplated measure of appropriating 1,000,000/. ster ling to the drainage of land in Ireland will not be available for the purpose of giving employment in this and many other districts, insomuch as there are no lands requiring to be drained in the localities alluded to. Your memorialists, therefore, humbly suggest that the application of said money may be of a more general nature. "That the funds placed at the disposal of your memo rialists for the relief of the distress existing at the close of the present season, are now nearly exhausted and your me morialists respectfully suggest that a further grant be forth with made to them for the purposes of meeting the impend ing pressure, and providing temporary employment until the Government shall have had time to organize a more general system of affording relief by the construction of public works on a large scale. " Your memorialists consider the subject-matter contained herein to be of so urgent a nature, that they most respect fully Minot tike icantliate otteutivii of yisi LsCoUsc7 W its prayer, and your memorialists, as in duty bound, will ever pray." THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD. The accounts to• day state, that all the worst symptoms which attended the recent indisposii ion of the Noble Marquis have abated, and that no immediate danger in now appre hended. The Surgeon-General has returned to Dublin from Curragbmore. THE RIVER PLATE. 'From the River Plate important advices, datel Monte Video, June 14, had been received at Baltimore by the barque Creole, arrived from Corrientes. We extract the following from the Baltimore Patriot:— " Monte Video, June 14. " On the 4th instant, at nine o'clock in the morning, the fleet weighed anchor about three miles above the Burancas of St. Lorenzo, in the river Parana, where there were placed 25 pieces of cannon, belonging to Buenos Ayres, to stop the expedition from passing. At half-past nine the fort opened a fire on the five steamers, the English steamers Gorgon, Firebrand, and Electra, the French steamers Gacende and Fulton, which took their position abreast of the batteries, whilst the English brig-of-war Dolphin led the van of the merchant-vessels, amounting to 100 sail. " From the time the Dolphin passed, being the first vessel, at half-past ten o'clock, to the time the last vessel of the convoy passed, after sundown, made seven hours and a half firing. It appears very singular that in such a large fleet of vessels, in passing so many pieces of cannon, and within musket-shot of the infantry, which played their part, not a man was either killed or wounded; and still more strange that uo accident should have happened of either killed or wounded on board any of the vessels of war, amounting to twelve sail, especially the five steamers, which were under the fire from the batteries eight hours. "The only accident that happened was four vessels getting on shore abreast of the batteries, which the English and French naval commanders set on fire to prevent them falling into Roses' hand, one being the English barque Caledonia, of Hull, the other three being schooners from Corrientes; their cargoes consisted of amber, hides, wool, verba, and to bacco. " There are as yet but a few of the convoy arrived at Monte Video; only the large vessels. The weather being boisterous, all the smaller vessels were lying at the island of Martin Garcia. " There is not such a large quantity of hides come down as was expected, but there is a larger quantity of verbs, tobacco, and wool. Salt hides none. Small quantity of tal low, packed beef, one cargo horse hair, a great deal of tim ber, &c. (From the Philadelphia North American.) The following is an extract of a letter from General O'Brien, dated Monte Video, May 26 : " General Gilarte, accredited Minister from Bolivia, is now here for the sole purpose of attempting to arrange a free communication with that extensive and important country. You are aware that though by nature Bolivia has the means of communicating with the Atlantic, by being permitted to make use of her own rivers and those they fall into until they reach the Plate, she has never yet enjoyed anything of the kind, but has been entirely isolated from the rest of the world, save and except by the poor port of Cobija, on the west coast, whence all goods have to travel over a desert of 500 miles, without a drop of water therein existing. " The Minister's instructions are to build or procure four iron steamers drawing three feet water, to be sent out (with false keels) for the purpose of navigating the rivers Vermejo and Pilcomayo. If this be effected, the trade of Bolivia, which is now little more than a trifling addition to that en joyed on the west coast of South America, would become really valuable by its natural channels, and a.most important advantage to the trade of the River Plate. " Our own Minister, Mr. Ouseley, will doubtless have kept his Government well-informed upon this subject, but I have thought it well to let you know what is going on ; I fear that Rosas may be too strong for us. He unfortunately can issue as much paper money as he likes. His enemies on this side are toe poor for him." (Extracts from letters dated Monte Video, May 15.) The state of the war and the undecided character of the intervention are bringing ruin and misery upon all, and I don) know how or when it will end. It seems to be the plan of the interventionists to carry out the object by means of shipping alone. This is a great error. Rosas and Oribe will defy them, and do as they like, if nothing else be brought against them. __ _ An English officer, Wardlaw, was assassinated in a most barbarous manner by Roses' people. He was cruising in a boat on duty near to Ensenada, and was driven on shore by a storm ; as his boat got aground, they fired at him, and then beckoned him to go ashore : he then hoisted a flag of truce, which was apparently answered in a friendly way. He went on shore to them w ith th e w hit e fl ag , w h en th e y ma d e him a prisoner, and commanded him to order the boat's crew on shore. However, in place of doing that , he ordered his men to take care of themselves, and g e t away as well as they could, telling them that he was a prisoner. Rosas' people, finding the men would not come, sent an armed whale-boat with ten men, and ordered the crew to surrender, firing some shots at them. The crew had loaded a small swivel gun with a round ball, and tilled the gun up to the muzzle with musket bullets; they waited till the whale-boat carne within 20 yards, when they fired and killed eight men; the other two fled, and the Racer's boat got away undisturbed. Poor Wardlaw was afterwards deliberately murdered with most re fined cruelty, being cut, scored, and mutilated in a most dreadful manner. Mr. Lodge, the English chaplain at Buenos Ayres, applied for his body, but did not succeed in getting it. I fear many scenes of this kind will occur before the war is over. Rosas has just issued a decree declaring all E n g lish and French officers and men incendiaries, and ordering all the commandants of the different districts to take them, and instantly apply the punishment appointed by law against that offence, which is death, so that condemnation is pro nounced upon them all; and they only require to be caught, and without further process put to death. Although the intervention is so miserably dilatory, they are daily getting deeper into it; and it is evident to every one here that they cannot withdraw from the contest if they wished. It is incomprehensible to all to see how much the two Go vernments are misled with regard to the local circum stances of this war. If they had cane forward boldly with an overwhelming land force, the war in the Banda Oriental would have been over now. But they seem to think that partial means will do, and thus they are losing the sympa thies of the people, who begin to think the intervention will end as the French question ended in 1840. There are re ports in Buenos Ayres of strange doings in Corrientes and Entrerios; it is said that the Maderiagas, with the Corren tinos, have leagued with Urquiza and the Entrerianos. and they have discarded Paz, who is gone to Paraguay, with the troops of that country. The coasting vessels that have arrived here from Entrerios all state that the league or new order of things in Entrerios and Corrientes is to esta blish peace. There is no official news from the vessels of war in the Parana, therefore nothing certain is known of what has taken place. But the report which gains most credence here is that Corrientes and Entrerios have declared them selves a separate state, and independent of all parties, and resolved to maintain peace if possible. What gives great weight to this report of peace is that Urquiza had dis banded a great part of his army, and had liberated all the Correntino prisoners. The people in Entrerios are marking their cattle, and pursuing their rural occupations; there is also a free trade between Monte Video and Entrerios, from whence a great deal of produce is arriving here every day. There is now a convoy of 50 or 60 vessels (mer chant) loaded with produce, on its way from Corrientes. By the last accounts they were at the Bajada, waiting the de struction of a battery that Rosas has constructed at San Lorenzo, which is so high (300 feet) above the water, and the river at that part so narrow, that the vessels of war cannot touch them with their shot. It is understood they are going to attack them by land and destroy them. I hope they may soon succeed, and bring down the convoy. Rivera left this some time ago ; he was taken by the Apollo to Colonia with from 500 to 600 men. The first essay of his new campaign was successful, having taken 1,500 horses and 1,000 head of cattle from Oribe's people. He will have very good assist ance and great advantages from the squadrons, and is ex pected soon to have on foot a respectable force in the interior. May 26.—We observe more activity in business, particu larly in the produce market. The supply of produce from Entrerios is very extensive, chiefly dry hides, and this causes a visible change in business generally. As regards politics, we remain in the same painful state of suspense, without advance or retrocession, and nothing has occurred worth noticing. May 27.—We have no further news to communicate, ex cept a rumour that negotiations for peace are going on be tween Oribe and the interventionists, on a basis independent of Rosas. This wants authenticity; but, if true, we may soon expect a satisfactory settlement. At present we only mention this as a report. The convoy has not arrived from Corrientes. Rivera has commenced operations at Las Vacas, but nothing of importance has yet taken place. MURDEROUS ASSAULT AND DARING ATTEMPT AT Ronamtv.—At one o'clock on Saturday morning, two men, apparently labourers, called at Mr. Film's, proprietor of the White Bear, Ratcliff-highway, and had a pint of half and-half, for which they tendered a sovereign in payment. The landlord, not having sufficient change, brought down a money bag, containing about 15/. in gold and silver. In a few minutes after, two men, in the garb of sailors, who, beyond doubt, were in league with the others, entered the house, and, taking possession of the bar parlour, called for some beer. Mr. 'man told them that he did not allow strangers to occupy his private apartment, but they per sisted in remaining, and he was obliged to use force in putting them out. They resisted, and one of them knocked the landlord clown by a heavy blow, whilst the other gave him a severe kick on the face, which rendered him insen sible for a considerable time. As Mr. Finan supposed, the thieves must have been disturbed by some persons passing by, for they decamped without their booty ; and though very severelyinjured, Mr. Finan, on regaining his senses, was glad to find that his money bag remained untouched. DESPERATE HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Saturday last information was forwarded by route to all the metropolitan police-stations, respecting a most desperate highway robbery committed by two men, in the vicinity of Lomans-street, Gravel-lane, Southwark, under the following brutal and daring circumstances :—lt seems that about a quarter to twelve o'clock, on Friday night, two gentlemen, residing in the Blackfriars'-road, were returning home, through some part of the Borough, when they were followed by flanly-looking fellows, and when they rea ched a dark spot . , two facing the the George public-house, in Grave l-lane, the robbe rs suddenly seized the two gentlemen and felled them to the ground, and afterwards jumped up on them until they became insensible. In the meantime th e y robbed .them o f a very v aluable gold watch, with a rich chin and its appendages, t oge ther with money and other thing s, , leaving the gentle men lying on the ground insens i ble. Several persons ran out of the peiblic-house opposite , but t h e villains had effected their escave. The police were called for some time, but none could be fon.qd. Large bills were posted on Saturday round offering a reward for the recovery of the property, metropolis, tbe apprehension of the robbers. F ATAL ACCIDENT TO A TRADESMAN IN THE S TRA N D . and —On Friday evening, about eight o'clock, Mr. George Buck ley, a paper stainer, of No. 329, Strand, expired in King's College Hospital, in consequence of injuries he received about six weeks since under the following circumstance :—lt ap pears that the deceased at the time of the accident was standing upon a ladder at the rear of the above premises, when a scream, both from his wife and child, suddenly as sailed his ears; the child had hurt her hand between the door, and the scream produced a similar ebullition from the mother, and in hastening down the ladder to their aid lie fell and broke his leg near the ankle, the bones of each being splintered in a most shocking manner. The medical gentle men of the above institution , into which he was at once re ceived, recommended, as a means of saving the patient's life, immediate amputation of the limb. He, however, re fused to undergo so painful an operation, until at length urged by his friends he consented; but it would appear that it was .then unhappily too late, as, although everything which human skill could suggest was had recourse to, he continued, as before the operation, gradually to decline, and expired on Saturday, as above stated. The cause of, as well as the unfortunate accident itself, has, as may be con ceived, plunged the widow of deceased into the most poignant grief. It has been stated that an inquest will be held upon the body. GAME 'IN THE ROYAL PRESERVES AT WINDSOR. — Game of all descriptions, especially partridges and phea sants, is more plentiful this year in the royal domains at 'Mildew than at any former period. CAPTAIN G. SMITH'S PADDLE BOX SAFETY BOATS. Latest testimonials in favour of Captain G. Smith's Paddle box Safety Boats, with the Parliamentary Report of the. Select Committee on Shipwrecks. United Service Club, Pall-mall, May 14, 1846. My dear Smith—•l am sorry to find it has been assert., d that paddle-box boats cannot be easily and safely got intt.' the water when the ship is rolling much ; now the contrary of this was most apparent in the Growler, as well as the Penelope, Eclair, and Hecate, off Shebar and Gallinas, on the coast of Africa, where I have seen them used by each of these vessels, at anchor on the open coast, and underweigh at times when it would have been very inconvenient, and attended with considerable risk as well as much loss of time, to have hoisted out the pinnace, or other boom-boat, by the fore-yard or other means; added to which, a paddle-box boat carries nearly twice as much as a pinnace. I recollect ..‘n instance of our supplying the Ardent with provisions and stOres, while rolling heavy off Shebar, by means of our paddle-b,gx boats (with which she was not fitted), in the course' of an afternoon so as to enable her to proceed that evening, Ltistead of being detained till next day. Many similar opportuni ties of benefiting the service, and, consequently, of proving the value and importance of these boats, occurred on that station. At Sierra Leone, for instance, coal-lighters could seldom be obtained, and it often became necessary to ship 100 or 200 tons of coal in these boats only, while the pin nace and other boats were watering, &c. Without the paddle-box boats the steamers would have been detained a week or ten days, instead of two or three, which, in the sickly season, would probably have cost some lives. On one occasion, while rolling off Shebar, we received coals front the Penelope without difficulty ; on another, we supplied the Hecate with them under similar circumstances, or rather, when rolling still more heavily; in short, with out these boats, the service must have been delayed. and some of the operations could not have been attempted' It would be superfluous to advert to their vast utility, might say, infinite value, in cases of fire or shipwreck, and in carrying on war-like operations, lightening the ship when on shore, laying out anchors, carrying gums, &C. Finally, I do not see a single objection to their being univer sally adopted in all sea-going steamers; and they possess advantages from their form and size which could not be de rived from any number of smaller boats that could be e,..,r -ried by them ; and, as I have before observed, my experi=- ence (of nearly four years) has proved to me that they arer much more readily and safely got into the water than any deck boats carried by steamers, as they only require being turned over into the water, which is done by a few men. I should have stated that the boats so frequently used by the Penelope, are enormous boats: one of the Growler'scould safely carry 85 men, though considerably smaller than Penelope's. Believe me always yours very faithfully, CLAUDE 11i. BUCKLE, Capt. R.N. FROM CAM'. HALL, It. N., LATE OF THE NEMESIS. Junior United Servie Club, June 1, 1846. My dear Captain Sinith—My opinion of your paddle-box boats is, that no steam vessel, large or sn:all, belonging to the navy or merchant service, ought to go to sea without them. Very faithfully yours, WILLIAM H. HALL• The Brussels Opera company left London yesterday (Sunday) morning for Antwerp, by the steam-ship Soho, Irons Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall. As they performed At Drury-lane Theatre on Saturday night, and were so en gaged until midnight, the time allotted for preparation for their departure was very small, and as their theatrical wardrobe and effects were delivered to them in bulk on their arrival here for professional purposes, without payment of the duties, under protest that they should be again ex ported to Belgium within a stated limited period, it became necessary for the director, on the part of the troupe, to make application to the revenue authorities for their exami- nation fo take place at a very early period of the morning of yesterday, previously to shipment and their departure, n] order to relieve the parties to the bond from the onus which had devolved upon them for the general convenience of thin gifted company. MUSICAL liossw.—Paris.—The Italian Opera has published its programme; it will re-open on the Ist of Oc tober. Grisi, Persiani, Marietta Brambilla, Mario. LabiAche, Ronconi, Corelli, Cullini, Tagliafico, Peppina Brambilla, Angiola Albini, and Coletti, are among the engagementf announced. The theatre continues under the direction of M. Vatel. A new opera, La Caquet du courant, the music by Henri Potier, has been produced at the Opera Comique, with considerable success. The success is traced to the performers, Madame Potier, Mdlle. Marie Lavoye, and St. Foye, rather than to the music, or the book, which is the production of MM. Planard and Leuven. A dramatic version of Clarissa Ilarlowe, after the form given to it by Jules Janiu, has been produced at the Gymnase Dramatique, with brilliant success; the names of the authors are MM. Dumanoir, Leon Guillard, and Clairville ; the first and last of these have had little to do in the work, but M. Leon Guillard, the real author, to insure its production, was' compelled to avail himself of the names and prestige of others better known, if not clever than himself ; this is the system in Paris. M. Guillard is a cousin of Massol, the singer.-- Vienna.—Liszt, the pianist, after giving about a dozen con certs here, and a great number more in the Austrian pro vinces, was attacked by an inflammatory fever which raised apprehensions about his life. Under the care of M. Loewe, the famous homoeopathic doctor, he recovered entirely, and will shortly repair to Italy. The Album de Sainte Cecile informs us that on the 1I th of July the inauguration of the monument to Gluck took place. Mozart's Requiem was executed.—lt is stated that Jenny Lind has refused the offers made to her from the Imperial Theatre at St. Peterburgh—viz., forty thou sand silver rubles for live months, and one thou sand rubles extra for each representation. Among the most interesting features of the forthcoming festival at Birming ham is the 93d Psalm, to which Moscheles has set music. High expectations are entertained of this first essay of this master in the ecclesiastical style. Balfe, the new chef d'orchestre of her Majesty's Theatre, has signed a renewed engagement with Mr. Lumley for two years. He has adopted the poem of Halevy's Mousquetaires de la Being for his new opera at Drury-lane Theatre. Leopold de Meyer, the pianist, promises to return to England in May. Miss Messent has concluded an engagement with Mr. Bunn to fill the situa tion of seconda donna at Drury-lane Theatre. A chorus written by Rossini, to celebrate the recent Pontifical mark of clemency, has been much talked of. Some ;say it is ori ginal, others that it is from one of the finales of the Donna dcl Lago, others that it is from some less known work; but no one seems absolutely to know anything about it, not even the Bolognese, who regard every movement of Rossini with so jealous an eye.—New Italian Opera.—This bubble has burst effectually, Persiani, the original proprietor, having withdrawn from the speculation.—Musical World. estates ,e o r f ys ihenli yielded, e1d8,3 charity, 6aaccording r d.iena grlyearly comprising rtehv l e enr, report t a t, c oa r fb e so thet t e BROWN'S HOSPITAL, OR THE BEDE-HOUSE, STAN rcI a ° ll n l d T C II I O e l n 6 n e i t o s arity 1,245/., viz., the reserved rents (numbering 60), 587/. 10s. Bd. ; the " lines" which amount to two-thirds of the rental, 3911. 12s. Id. ; sale of wood and bark, 116/. ; and dividends on stock in Consols, 1471. This income, the average of the seven years preceding 1836, may be reckoned as being what is at the present time realised ; but investigation has proved that, by a more equitable mode of rental as much as 3,0001. may be realized annually for the benevolent objects of the charity. A year ago the matter was entered into by a young man re sident in Stamford, who has since had communication with the Bishop of Lincoln, and had his Lordship's cordial concur rence in the desire for an extension of the charity" to the ample extent which the estates may be made to ensure. The Bishop, with the consent of the Archbishop of Canterbury, has the power to alter the statutes relating to the hospital; and from a conversation the other day which his Lordship had with the applicant (Mr. G. Burton), it seems that the ne cessary steps for running out the present leases, and effecting better arrangement of rental, will forthwith be adopted by the authorities of the hospital, certain powers being sought from the Court of Chancery. The proposals submitted to the Bishop were, the adopting of a more just mode of determin ing the rents, the discontinuance of the "fines," and the • addition to the charity of as many out-pensioners as the augmented funds will allow—each having an allowance of clothing and six shillings a week. It appears that four other p er sons in Stamford have had communication with the ishop of Lincoln on the subject; and there is at length a hope that the statutes of the institution (which have been for ages withheld from public view) will be promulgated; and that the disgraceful malappropriation of the large means given for the benefit of the poor, by one who intended to be a liberal benefactor to the town (but whose perverted means have done little more than add to the thousands of other examples of the danger of entrusting to the clergy the admi nistration of charities) will cease within a short time, and that the benefits of the Bede-house will be extended, as they ought to be, to 150 persons, instead of fourteen. — Stamford Mercury. EFFECTS OF FREE TRADE.—The weaving, trade in Scotland has sensibly improved since th e passing of the Corn Bill. From many of the weaving towns a go od t iv i illgg the reports are favourable , the weavers being ices.—Xtan plentifully supplied with work and at better p chester Examiner. THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF TBE Tl!lADlES.—Coombes and training C am pbell are in close for this match of Wednesday next. The latter is the favourite at five to four. Both men are first-rate scoffers, and besides the stakes of 2004 a very litre sum of money in bets is pending the issue. CLASPER AID NEWELL. —Newell has published a. letter, in which he states that he is willing to row Clasper on the Thames, five miles, or any further distance be pleases, for 200/. aside.— Durham Advertiser. ILLNESS OF THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGIL-131R UINGIIAI,I, SUNDAY, ONE O'CLOCK.—This Turning a special messenger arrived here by the mail train from Liverpool, to procure the immediate attendance of Dr. Hodgson, M.D., and J . W. Whateley, Esq., solicitor to the above nobleman, who is now lying very ill in his yacht, Wyvern, at Beaumaris. His Lordship left Liverpool on Thursday afternoon at three o'clock, for Cowes, but was taken ill, and the vessel, was put back and medical assistance instantly obtained; but his disease increasing, the Duchess ordered a messenger to be dispatched for the above-named gentlemen, who will leave here at two o'clock for Liverpool. The Marquis of Lansdowne left town on Saturday afternoon for his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. AMERICAN PRODUCE.—The following supplies com prise the principal portion of the most noticeable arrivals which have taken place from the United States of America anti Canada during the past week. The Jane, from Mon treal, brought 1,540 barrels of flour, and 8,415 minots of wheat ; the Metoka, arrived at Liverpool from New York, brought 1,062 barrels of flour, the large number of 11,370 bushels, and 745 sacks of wheat, 520 tierces of beef, and 1,790 bushels of Indian corn ; the Alliott, at the same port, also from New York, 1,000 barrels of flour, 9,613 bushels of wheat, and 4,101 bushels of Indian corn; the Prince Albert, from Quebec, 4,045 barrels of flour, the produce of Canada; the Arabella, from New York, 3,900 lianas of flour; the Robert and Ann, from Quebec, 2 , 981 barrels of flour, &c.; the Undine, from Quebec, 2,144 barrels of flour and other articles ; the Calliope, from Quebec, 7,070 barrels of flour, and the large number of 14,282 staves for coopers' use. And the following, comprising the latest arrivals at the port of Liverpool, all took place in one day :—the Paul Jones, from New York, 7,450 barrels of flour, &c. • the Monon gahela, from New Orleans, 1,925 sacks of' Idian corn; the Yasoo, from New Orleans, 3,572 sacks of corn, &C. ; the Fidelia, from New York, 3,104 barrels of flour, 186 barrels of lard, several packages of hams, tongues, &c.; the Laura, from New Orleans, 4,207 sacks of wheat, &c.; the John Cumming, from New Orleans, 2,225 barrels of flour, 1,582 sacks of wheat, and 3,565 sacks of Indian corn; the Eliza beth, from Montreal, 2,683 barrels of flour, 136 barrels of pork, and 105 kegs of butter; the Queen of the Tyne, from Montreal, 7,649 minots of wheat, 1,070 barrels of flour, and 140 kegs of butter; the Lavinia, from Montreal, 3,617 barrels of flour, &c.; the Mary, from Quebec, 1,576 barrels of flour; the Coverdale, from Montreal and Quebec, 2,160 barrels of flour, 34 barrels of pork, several of hams, and 4,584 bushels of wheat ; the Jane, from Montreal and Quebec, 3,350 barrels of flour, &c.; besides numerous vessels from the provinces of Canada, St. John's, New Brppswl od ck. and other ports of North America, laden entirely wall goods of American p/oduce. to ts! a mount stow THE COBDEN TBIBUTE.--The nding district to subscribed by Manchester and the_ _ s su . rkoa, Z 17a. 3d. -- The the Cobden national tribute fund i 4 hout the country subscrition az/ aggregate of the _ th e onootcr xart • ready reecho WA% at _.. *lv _ PRE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUG CST 17, 1546.