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Now ready, n 2 vols., post tivo., 215. bound, MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW WORK , TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS. Henry CoMuni, Publl4her, VA, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Rookselltrs. Jna, re:tJy, in 3 vols. pust Bvo. E V E L IN STUART. A NOVEL OF THE DAY. Richard Bentley, New Burlinpon-street. NEW %NORK BY DLL CROLY Now ready at ah the Libraries, in 3 vols., 0 A R S T BY TILE OF " SALATHIEL." N. 31 " A vigorous tale, full of touching and terrible incident." nary Gazette. " A work of appalling power."—Naval and Military Gazette. " In this admirable work we have the masterpiece of one of the master spirits of the age. In no work will be founl a more splendid gallery of distinguished characters, or one so gloriously, yet faith- Rally painted."—Cheltenham Examiner. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborougb-street. '-Lite- RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. M E S S m R o N S D . L ilw A a y Al s ( h ) ar N e ALtion S ee i rs, A b L egt thank A ND their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, an.l to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TrESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instruotions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS, KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed the pep Alar Farce, entitled SISTER AND I. After which, a New Grand Operatic, Melodramatic, Romantic. Fairy Burle-que Extravaganza, founded on the Opera of " Oberon," entitled THE '4,10E; HORN. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Kinloch, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Silver, Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Vi oollidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Bromley, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled THE END OF JUNE. Principal characters . y Mr. Diddear, Mr. Kinlocb, Mr. Turner, Mr. Keeley, and Miss Howard. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. IttEATrtE ROYAL, ADELPHI. 1 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENIN(; Will be performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colonel Hardy, Mr. Liimbcrt ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp,Mr. O. Smith ; Somers, Mr. Worrell ; Mr. Stanley, Mr. Thomas; Harry Stanley, Mr. Boyce, Frank Hardy, Mr. Braid ; Witherton, Mr. Selby ; Mrs. Subtle, Dlrs Lt.V.S; blarhin, Mb. E. Harding; Phcebe, Miss Ellen Chaplin. After w rich. a Granil Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nominated THE JUDG\f'•.NT OF PAKIS ; or, The Pas de Pip pins. Ihe characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen naire, Linclon, Waye, Butler, Williams,n, Aldriige, Mitchenson, Alderson, Ryan, Wright, Paul Bedtord ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Taylor, Miss Harrison, iss Simpson, Mts. F. Matthews, &c. To be followed by an original Comic Sketch, called --LBRAIIAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. PWNCESS'S Tr4EATIZT.:. +: , XFORD-STItEET. THIS EVENING Will be performed ShaltesperTfs Comedy (with Music) of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Granby; Mr. Ford, Mr. J. Vining ; Mr. Page, Mr. Ryder ; Sir liugh Evans, Mr. Charles Mathews , Master Slender, Mr. Compton; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Staging ; Anne Page. Miss Geor,..lana Smithson. To be followed by an entirely new Ser'o-Comic Drama, entitled A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Au , my. Mr. Vining; Twiggi ton, Mr. Charles Mathews; Charles St intim, Mr. Fisher; Edward, Mr Homier ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with an • ntirely New k_.'omic Drama, entitled THE BARBER BRAVO ; or, .he Inventor of Powder. In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and Miss M.,rshall will perform. AM I'HITZLEAIRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. patronised by her Most Graci. , us Mjesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince or Wales, .trid the Princess itoyal. Immense novelty and entire change. Fresh addition to the Comp , ny. and first Week of the highly interesting Spectacle of " The Merchant Steed " THIS EVENING Will he performed the popular Drama, called THE MERCHANT STEED ; or, The Flight of Damon. Calanthe, Mrs. Morton Brooks: Damon. Mr. .T. ITar - ood ; Resisted by the whole of the C o mpany. Dotage Stud, rare quadrupeds, &c. After which, magnificent SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the French, German, and British Profes...ors. The whole concluding with the pleaeing Drama, entitled THE NAMELESS. Itos.otiice open lrom eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDOE':+ 11.0 Va I. URILEY THEATH.E. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. Unrivalled talsut for Six Nights only. The distinguished Artiste•, Miss ushman, and her sister, Miss Swan Cushman, will sustai❑ some of their favourite characte-rs duriag this Week being their lest performances previous to their departure fur the United States. Engagement of Mr. Macarthy, the popular Irish Comedian, for Six Nights. TIII3 EVENING Will be performed the aim' , pent of GUY MANNERING ; Or, The Gipsey's l'rophecy. Meg Al 3rrille. , , Miss !ti.hman ; Ltu y Bertram, Mi.s Parr'; Ju'ia 3lan iering, Miss ?Setts; Flora, Miss Terry; Henry Bertram, Mr. C. White ; Co otlel Mannerilig, Mr. J. I'. Johnson ; Dommie 3 .wipson, Mr. W. Smith. After which, AMID FORTY ; or, A Lesson of the Heart. Lady Clif on, Miss Susan Cushman. To conclude with the Dramt of THE BROIENT HEART ; or The Farmers 1) iughter of the Severe Side. In which Me-srs. E. F. Saville, Neville, J. T. Johnson, W. Smith, Heslop ; ilia Rich ardson, and Miss E. Terry will perform. Box Office open from eleven till four o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TU UL AY, WEDNESDAY, AND TAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULAI•TEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, representing in the Interior Telemachus -elating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINELLI will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive Um, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendkily o:namented with festoon? , of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivora at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at six ; Concert at halt-past six ; au./ the Eruption at dusk. Admission, One ghilling. THE WEATHER.—Srm OFFICE, AUGUST 25. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 51; Highest. 69; Noon, 76. BAROMETER, 30.29.—W1ND N., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BM/4/E THIN DAY. Morning 16 minutes after 4. I Evening .. 31 minutes after 4. f,' L,N ~...„f „ . - Al ,, tbC-n , 11l , u ? '''*., "(•it . 0 , ' ~, I/ i. , , 0 \ , , „ -.- 4. '-4 ---4,;47,z1-: , .. ~...„-..czvz..„ int(Milta UTh LONDON. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 26, 1846. "My son, you know not with how little wisdom the affairs of nations are managed," was the ad dress of a celebrated Chancellor of the olden time to his son. The adage appears to have sunk deeply into the mind of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK, who has so fully convinced himself of its truth, that he begins to fancy himself a statesman to whom the destinies of a mighty 'kingdom might safely be entrusted. Acting on this principle, there is no question of foreign or domestic policy, nothing interesting to the public, on which the Noble Lord does not con ceive himself qualified to take a lead, and bound to enlighten the Legislature with his lucubrations. His Lordship also is anxious to let slip no opportunity of impugning the character of the late occupants of the Ministerial benches, and no matter how slight the foundation may be, although built upon the merest surmise, the supposition, perhaps, of some anonymous scribbler or unknown speculator, it is quite sufficient to warrant his Lordship in bring. ing forward the most reckless charges, the weightiest accusations. That somebody should have said some thing somewhere that implied a doubt of the vera city of one of the obnoxious Ministry, amply suffices to induce his Lordship forthwith to rise in his place, and assert or imply his belief, that a wanton, wicked, and gratuitous falsehood had been uttered, that a distingui_•hed Member of that or the other House of Parliament had made totally unfounded statements, the want of truth of which must, nevertheless, be publicly known in a few short weeks. Neither rank, age, character, nor posi tion protects the possessor from the onslaught. Tho various circumstances that would avert the attack of a high- minded man are lost sight of in the blind fury of his malignity ; and the more signal his defeat, the more perfect and decisive his overthrow from the complete refutation' of his assertions, with so much the greater virulence does he return to the attack, and repeat his firm belief in the truth of the exploded calumny, or bring forward new and still more unjustifiable accusations. Like the fabled giant, each prostration appears to give him increased strength, and he arises from the embrace of his mother earth with sevenfold vigour. No sooner has he been floored by Lord LYNDHURST, and fbiled in every thrust, than he turns on Sir ROBERT PEEL with the infuriated frenzy of a Malay running►-a-muck, and after repeating the state ment of the late Premier on the 29th of June last 4 that the first packet had taken out an offer of medi ation on the part of this country to the United States," he seeks to discredit that statement, and to make it be believed that Sir ROBERT had been guilty of a wilful falsehood. And on what authority ? Simply because the New York Journal of Commerce of the 20th of July, had a paragraph from which to use the very words of the Noble Lord, " it appeared that this astounding fact of the late Premier's de claration in the House of Commons had arrived in the United States, but it was there discredited ; and not only was that the case, but it appeared also, from a statement in the Washington Union, the official organ of the Government of the United States, that no such offer of mediation on the part of this country had come out, and that no such offer of mediation had THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 1846. PAKEISHAM, our Minister at been signified to Mr. Washington." This statement called forth from the Noble Se c!, for Foreign Affairs a defence of the late Government alike honourable to the vindicator and the %indicated, which fully established as well the truth of the assertions made by Sir R. FLEL as the -- wisdom and policy of the course adopted. The ma terial portion of the defence would suffer by any attempt at curtailment; we therefore give the follow ing words of the Noble Secretary himself:- 4. His Noble Friend doubted the accuracy of the state ment that an offer had been made by the late Goia-ra ment of mediation on the part of Great Britain between the two parties. He (Lord Palmerston) was glad, in justice to his predvessors, that his Noble Friend enabled him to set that question right. The facts of the case were shortly these :—lt was perfectly true, as had 6 - en asserted by the Right Bon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's late Government, that an offer was made to the United States' Government, and also communica'ei , to the Government of Mexico, which her Majesty's late Government understood and meant to be an offer of mediation ; that that offer was conveyed, and, as he thought, properly conveyed, in terms which left a great latitude of interpretation to the Government of the United States. Our position with regard to the United States just at that period was not that which was be coming the character of a mediator. Our disputes and negotiations with reference to the Oregon question had not come to a final settlement. It was possible, not withstanding the negotiations then going on between the United States and ourselves, that the question might assume a position which would have divested us alto gether of the character belonging to a medi ator, and then the mediation of which we had made an offer would have been put out of the question. Now the offer which was made by her Majesty's late Government to the Govern ment of the United States was in effect this—that if the Government of the United States were disposed to ask the mediation of the Government of Great Britain. that mediation would be formally offered and accorded. He thought that was going as far as the British Government could have gone in the position in which they were placed. Well, then, the Government of the United States, considering what he had stated with regard to the position in which the Oregon question placed Great Britain with rr.fPrence to the United States, did not think it expedient to express any opinion in answer t" the communication from the British Government. The Government of the United States thought that it did not require an answer to be made to it." The Noble Lord also stated the course he himself had pursued, consequent on the change of circum stances, and the more amicable relations that existed between this country and the United States since the accession of the present Ministry to office. We are now in a position to offer our services as a mediator, and accordingly instructions have been sent out to Mr. PAKEN LIAM to renew the offer of mediation, on the part of this country, to the Govern ment of the United States, in such a shape as to require an answer, and corresponding communications have been made to Mexico. Until the answers to these overtures have been received it would manifestly be impossible for this country to take any other step ; her acting as the partizan of either country would be quite inconsistent with that impartiality that should be evinced by a nation which has taken upon itself to make offers of mediation between contending states. Any other course would be more likely to involve Great Britain in the horrors of war than to re store peace and, harmony between the oppo nents. If the counsel of the protectionist leader were to be acted upon, and this country were forth with to take measures to prevent the annexation of Mexico to the United States, and to insist upon an end being put to the hostilities at present going on, the result would he that we eurselves should speedily be involved in the contest, and become one of the belligerent parties. We have already seen the good effect of peaceful and temperate language, in the termination of the dispute respecting the Oregon territory, and we may hope that a similar degree of prudence will end in a like happy manner. Before Parliament be actually prorogued it is to be hoped the plans of Government for the ameliora tion of the people of Ireland will be thoroughly digested, and all their subordinate operations judi • ciously organised. Although the calamitous disease in the potatoes has developed itself earlier than upon the former occasion, there are now better prospects of alleviation to the distresses which must result from its appearance than there were simultaneously witl its appearance in 1845. The Executive is not taker by surprise as at that period ; before the prorogation of the Commons our representatives are enabled to in- trod uce precautionary measures; an extraordinary com mission of relief has not to he constituted, that corn mission having been evoked by the previous deficiency in provisions ; the commissariat officers have not to bi drilled into the requisite modes of superintending ON distribution of food to the distressed civilians, their practice a few months since having rendered them familiar with those arrangements. Although our anxieties are on those accounts diminished with refe rence to the prospects of inanition and contagion among the unfortunate peasantry, we find it impos sible, nevertheless, to throw aside all feelings of tre pidation as to the threatening future of our fellow countrymen in Ireland. Every additional intelligence respecting the ve getables in that country is intelligence of additional ca lamity. Not only are the potatoes diseased beyond all the reparative powers of agricultural chemistry, but the turnips, especially in the vicinity of Limerick, appear to be eaten up by a similar malady. There are circumstances in connexion with this disease which already, to our thinking, require the interfer ence of the Government authorities. Somewhere between one and two hundred loads of potatoes wer exposed for sale in the market of the above-mentioned city on Saturday last, every individual tuber of which was infected with the prevalent rotten ness ; and these pernicious roots were vended to the poorer classes at prices varying from fourpence to sixpence. Surely food in a partial state of putrefac tion cannot but prove a very deleterious article of consumption, and would be more likely than any thing at this season to produce dysentery, and cholera, and cholics sufficient to increase the morta• lity of the districts in which they are devoured. It is from parsimony in these preliminary cases that many unnecessary and irksome expenses (such as the establishment of fever hosiitals, and other sanatory proceedings) have been entailed upon the nation. It is another exemplar of the fallacy of the "penny wise" system. Nothing indeed can justify official lassitude in mo meats of such emergency. We ask common sense il such particulars as the following do not demonstrate the necessity of preventing the Irish population from satisfying their hunger with the decaying fibrine of these infected potatoes; we ask honest feeling i charity should not instigate the Government to such a movement, after reading as follows? The diseased potatoes while boiling reek with disgusting odours ; they are altogether tasteless to the palate, and are surcharged with a watery fluid ! Must not a vegetable of that description prove most detrimental to its consumers? Is it not the breeding of disease in a spurious effort to alleviate the pangs of hunger ? Does it not stand to reason that a legu minous food, in a state of decomposition, cannot by possibility afford wholesome nourishment ? There is already a deficiency, and that deficiency is not merely from a diseased imagination, but from diseased potatoes. Unless these infected tubers are pre vented from being sold in the public markets—just as putrid meat cannot be offered for sale under penalty—much blame will necessarily be attached either to the local authorities, the relief com mittees, or the Executive itself. " The offence is rank,; it smells to heaven !" Some preventative measures must be adopted forthwith. Besides this suppression of unwholesome food, the deficiency must be met by a proportionate importa tion of wholesome provisions. Already some Irish merchants are making arrangements for the importa tation of Indian corn : let them profit by the example of the late Administration, by importing it on a scale compatible with the deficiency. They will, unhap pily, find it no unprofitable speculation. Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. Don FRANCISCO D'Assts, who arrived in Madrid on the day preceding, had been received in the most gracious manner by the QUEEN and the QUEEN-MOTHER. They had appeared together in public, and the Herald() of the 18th has an article in which the claim of Don FRANCISCO to the hand of the QUEEN is most energetically supported. Ac cording to the Tiempo, Don ENRI Q UE has been in vited return to Madrid. The return of NARVAEZ is also spoken of as an event soon to be expected. Mr. BULWER still continued very ill. A fire, supposed to have been the work of incen- diaries, has devastated four leagues of country in the neighbourhood of Xeres. The Count of MONTEMOLIN (the son of Don CAnLos) has, it is said issued the following procla mation to his followers : " It is not without a deop feelit g of grif that hi, Majesty has learnt that meritorious ufficers of the army who, Support with honour and 'constancy the heavy privations of proscription, showing themselves more zealous than prudent, have allowed themselves to be drawn into a pombination formed of Royalists, Liberals, and Exaltados, which is represented as being approved of by his Majesty, whilst he has no part in it. In con sequence, his Majesty commands me to inform all those who yin this combination that they act contrary to the intentions which he has manifested and made known on several occasions ; that they merit his so vereign disapprobation and incur his royal displeasure ; that they ought to know well that all which his Ma jesty should order would be made to them in a sure manner, and in such a way that the desires of his Ma jesty could not he misunderstood. The secret emissaries who go through the departments and the chiefs of another party, now on the line of the Haute Pyren nees, preparing a movement in Aragon and in Catalo nia, are entirely unknown to his Majesty. They defend different banner—they are enemies of the throne, and of the order and prosperity of the country—they abu-e the name of his Majesty—they suppose and counterfeit orders and authorisations which his Majesty has ne•it.her given nor thought of giving—they prescribe conditions diametrically opposed to what his Majesty has ordered, contrary to those which might serve his cause, contri bute to the happiness of Spain, and to the amelioration of the positions of his defenders. "By royal order, &e.. " Bourges, August 8. (Signed) "R. M. MON." MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 18.—The Three per Cents. closed on the 18th inst. at 33k; the Four per Cents., at '2.11; Passives, at 61; Coupons, 21. The Spener Gazette publishes a letter from Wladekawhas, dated July 23, which states that SCUAMYL had, on the 14th ult., attacked the Russians, under General WrrosKr, at Metschick, and suffered a repulse. This, however, it must be remembered, is a Russian account of the affair, and must therefore not be construed exactly au pied de la lettre. The Avgsburgh Gazette of the 18th August publishes a proclamation, addressed by SCIIAMYL to the people of Kabardia, recalling to them their oaths and the duty they owe to their religion and country, and rousing them to war against the Russians. The Russian journals of the 13th published the following imperial ukase, which was addressed to the Directing Senate on the 18th July : " It appears that the ill-disposed persons who, in the month of February last, made attempts in the republic of Cracow, in Posen, and in Galicia, to overthrow the existing government, had accomplices in the governments of Willis, Kanen, and Grodnos. We have to extend to the said go vernments the measures already prescribed for the main tenance of the public security in the kingdom of Poland and the government of Podolia and Wolhynia, sad accordingly declare the governments of Wilna, Kanen, and Grodnos in a state of siege, and place them under the command of the Prince of Warsaw, Prince Paskewitsch Erivanski, Field Marshal and Commander-in-Chief." We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Moniteur publishes an official account of the reception by the KING of the deputation of the Chamber of Peers with the address on the previous evening. The following was the answer of his MA• JESTY to the address:— " Messieurs les Pairs,—l am deeply affected by the senti ments you express towards me in this address, and I ever love to repeat to you how much mine respond to them. These striking manifestations have enable me to support most painful trials, and I find in the loyal co.-operation, the assurance of which you again renew to me, an invaluable pledge for the preservation of that which you justly call ' the glorious conquests of modern civilization, the faithful main tenance of our institutions, and the guarantee of the rights of all.' So long as it shall please God to prolong my life, it shall be consecrated, with your support, to this noble end, and to the gradual development of the happiness and pros perity of France." The Chamber of Deputies was still engaged in the verifications of the powers of the Members, and in the deciding on disputed returns. It was supposed that the verifications would be completed in the sittings of Monday. The Aational publishes the following extract of a letter from Otaheite. It is dated Papeite, April 11 : " Taking advantage of the absence of the Uranie, stationed at Uahine, the Kanaks to the number of 1,200 . on the evening of the 13th, attacked the village of Pa -.wite and the camp pitched by the crew of the Uranie. The camp was defended by 50 sailors of the Heroine, who eventually beat off the enemy. The French had ix killed and 15 wounded, among the latter a midship man of the Phaeton. The buildings outside the camp vere pillaged and destroyed. The loss of the Kanaks if not given." The potato disease has broken out with great viru lence in Savoy. The Bishop of CIIAMBERItY has ordered prayers to be offered up in all the churches f.o avert this dreadful calamity. Incendiary fires ill continue to prevail in every quarter of France. The Northern Railroad Company have declared hat the paragraph in the Journal des Chemins de Fer )f Saturday last, stating that a call for a second in •talment would shortly be made on the holders of their shares, had been published without their know ledge or authority. The provisional inauguration of the Orleans and Vierzon Railroad took place on the 16qi inst. There was nothing doing in the Funds in Paris on Sunday. The following are the quotations for new lines !•• MARSEILLES, A UG. 19.—Marseilles and Avignon, 892 f. ; ; Northern, ; Paris and Lyons, 522 f. 50c. LYONS, AUG. 21.—Paris and Rouen, 955 f.; Avignon and Th:rsedles, 9021. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 5201. ; Orleans, 1,268 f. 75c. USINESS BONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Arousx 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 1244 Demerara, 24 Direct Bombay And Madras, 14—Dutch Rhenish, 6 —East Indian, I—Northern 0( France Constituted, 13—Orleans and Vierzon, Mi —Orleans and Bordeaux, Sy s —Paris and Rouen, 37. CABINET COUNClL.—Summonses AA ere issued on Monday to the Ministers to attend a Cabinet Council at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The meeting is expected to take place this afternoon. FUNERAL OF THE LATE SIR CHARLES WETHERELL,— Che remains of the late Sir Charles Wetherell were this nornin97 deposited in the vault of the Temple Church. Lppropriated to the benchers. Sir Charles was the -enier bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. The funeral was attended by his rehttives the Rev. R. Wetherell, the venerable Archdeacon Wetherell, \lathaniel Wetherell, Esq., the Rev. T. Frere, -;p oner, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham, the Rev. E. Round. Mr. Beech, his clerk, and Mr. Budge, his valet, who had been in constant attendance on him from the moment h. , met with the accident which terminated his existence up to the time of his death. We were partially in error in our announcement yes tht, t e eep r rlp t i o a d ; na • ott r fe e (l s t p ht e ceo Osbornedstpi deliver g ie: t ehu h r eo it.up willser o Tb r o oeh g ne a dv t le i re‘ o ,hi, n dru .. ergds :Autaip:Ponnrii. next,tvse. l Cf and w o aa u ti I n i wcti commission ki i c s e t to t b b e e place probably on the following day.— Timts o yesterday. PRINCE ALBERT'S BIRTHDAY.— 1 his day being the birthday of her Most Gracious Majesty's Consort, the usual inspection of the household cavalry and infantry will take place on the parade fronting the Horse Guards, •lames's Park. A ;troop of the 2d Life Guards, and three iiattalions of the Grenadirs, Coldstream, and Scot. , Fusileo Guards, will be those present. His Royal Eighties f!e Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, and a considerable number of general officers, it is ex..ected will be on the ,round. The men will firm shortly before ten o'clock. Four bands will also be in attendance. • EXTENSION OF MORNING MAIL4.—On M. slay a list of towns, 200 in number, to which morning mails are now transmit ed, was pasted at the General Post-office, St. Mar tin's-le-Grand. The following are the additional towns on which this favour has been conferred :—Congleton, Down. hair, Fareham, Hereford. Higham Ferrers, L 3 nn, Maccle.s field, Market Deeping, Manchurch, Oundle, Peterborough, Ross, Sandbach, Sheerness, Spalding, Stamford, Thrapston, Tiverton, Warnford. and Wellingborough. Lord and Lady Brougham, W. Brougham. Esq.. la ,, y and family, are at present located at Brougham Hall, in Westmorland. THE LATE LORD BLOOMFIELD.—The remains of the late Lord Bloomfield arrived at Lainton, the family seat in Tipperary, Ireland, on Saturday morning last, from Portman s‘leare, and were the same evening consigned to the family vault in the churchyard adjoining. Lady Bloomfield left Portman-square, 3 eiterday, for Kitigscote, Gloucestershire. Colonel Hamilton and family, and General Nlazarreda ' arrived in London on Motley, bytthe steam-ship Triton, from Ostend. THE VIOLINS OF MR. CRAMER.—On Monday a por tion of these valuable violins was sold by auction. There were 29 lots, some of which fetched the following prices : Lot 16, a violin by Andrew Guarnerius, 25/. ; No. 19, a v i o li n by Nicolas Amati, used by Mr. Cramer when acting as leader at various concerts, 16/. Lot 10,a violin by Joseph Guarnerius ' formerly in the possess ion ofPinto,66 guineas; Lot 21 ,aviolin by Bett, used by the father . of Mr. Cramer, 71. 5 5 . ; L ot 22 a violin by Staines , used by George 111., George IV., and Wit liam IV.. 3i) guineas; Lot 11, a violin bow, 21. 10s., &c. The whole fetched above 2801. ECONOMICAL DISPOSAL OF THE PALACE QUESTIO N - A correspondent suggests th at Buckingham Palace should be converted into the new National Gallery alread lt it eg a x ; c k lb e u d esii o ill.g f e , o ti c i c e u p p r a e t s i e o n n t building il t d i i i n e g i b t4 e )y ir a ig l inA Academy. both e b l o e t f t t l fr b e u e i easily, cheaply, and nobly adaptable to these respective pur pos,;s, while the palace gardens might be thrown open to the public, and a new palace erected on the healthy site of that at Kensington, at an expense almost wholly covered by, and already comprehended in, the general economy of such an arrangement, as will appear, when . we take into account the annual sum for keeping up Kensingto pp n eant i cdi a eldi la n c og e n — utpi t l : t e be su ul m d palace—anda lreadyvoted, tb e and u further bey tbat i requisitebe fo e r x erec tion of the proposed new National Gallery. So that, in fact, a new and magnificent palace might be thus constructed without perhaps one farthing of expense besides what has been already incurred, or otherwise already contemplated.— , The Builder. FIRE IN ESSEX.—On Saturday, shortly after noon, a fire broke out upon Mr. Pemberton's 'thin one mile ' of the . railway station at Romfbrd, Essex, which was not ex ; tinginslied before much produce and several out-buildings w•-re destroyed. The contiguous property belonging to Mr. ' Beyriohis, farmer, was with difficulty saved. The tire is said to have migineed through two lads playing with lucifer , matches in one of the out-houses. - i#lol*4 E Y and coritvi_EaciAL NE W s (From The Sun, of last Night.) Tice sties of Cotton at Liverpool ye.t• r thy were 4.000 to 5,000 ttili... including 500 American for export, 400 Porn:tr. - 1 and 111?-ranham, at 5Ad. to 611, 100 Bahia at 6-44, 150 Surat at 31d. to 31d., and tilt, rFst American at 4d. to sfid. per lb. The market was . .ull. but pricys were flroi. Shams were not very brisk, and prices, were aline !Litt q.. At present much interest is directed to the trade between Canada and the United States, as re spects the exportation to England of flour and grain —a conflict of opinion as to which will have the advan tage in this respect, under the provisions of our new Corn Bill. That the American agriculturists are jealous of the 13:itish American colonists. on this point is pretty cer tain. It L., conceded by the American journalists tttat the Bill in question will cause a great increase of business, not only with the United States but with Canada ; but it is pretty evident that anticipati,ns are en tertained that by the St. Lawrence most of our supplies of flour, which form a greater portion of each year, will he not through the United States. The New York Courier and Inquirer, in reference to this subject, important as it is to the Canadas, thus expres , es an opinion upon the matter; and while, it maybe added, strong inducements are held out by our American con temporary to compete by improvements with the Canadas, it may be just as well to mention their opinions, so that Montreal and Quebec may be induced to afford every, practical facility to the transit of produce. The paper just named has the following re marks upon the subject :- - We need scarcely add, that we do not believe the St. Lawrence route can, under any circumstances, compete with that of the Erie Canal and the Hudson River. This city is, and will continue to be, beyond all doubt, the great commercial, port of the northern section of the continent; and the im provements in the means of communication with the interior of the west, winch are Row in progress, and which must be carried forward, will put it out of the power of any other route successfully to compete with us. .. We have referred to this matter, and copied the re marks of our Canadian contemporaries, mainly to call the attention of the authorities of this state to the con stant and vigourous efforts made by our neighbours to withdraw business from our great channels of trade, and to the consequent necessity of enabling them to meet and to keep up with the exigencies of the times." Sonic papers and letters have come to hand this morn ing from New South Wales, but they are barren of news of interest, except that trade was better. In Consols for Money the only transactions this morn ing have been at 95 4. Up to mid-day not a single bargain was quoted for the Account, the price, therefore, is nominally the same as yesterday. Exchequer-bills are at 10s to 13s premium, and Bank Stock steady at 208 to 209. In•qa. Stock has advanced to 260. India Bonds have rallied to 23s premium. In the Foreign Funds a very few purchases were made in Mexican at 24 fur the Account; in Prussian, at 38; in the Portuguese Five per Cents., at 85; in Spanish Passive, at si; and in Dutch Four per Cents. , at a f all from 94i to 93i. There is a dull demand for Railway investments this morning. ottiTISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock .. 208 209 209 I nree per Cent. Reduced Annuities .• Pb , ,fi 96 96 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. • • 95 % 3 4 95% New Three-end-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 98 97% 98 1 4 98 IA Lon; Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 10 5-16 7-16 10 7-16 India Stock .. • • • • .. 260 260 India Bonds. 1,0001. .. • • • • • - • • Ditto, under 1,000/. .. • • .. .. 19 23 South Sea Stock .. .. • • • • • • " Ditto Old Annuities • • . • • • 9558 !onsolt• for Account •• • • •• • • •• .xchequer I%d. 1 , 4 d. • • 13 10 13 pm. 1,00 01 ... Ditto, Small •• •• —— Pm.ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING ride ES. FOREION FUNDS. Mexican Bonds, Old, 5 per Cent • • Ditto, 1846, 5 per Cent . • • • • • 2 3 14 Ditto, for the Account .. • . .• 2314 24 Ditto, Small .. • • • • • • • • Poruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent..... 33 l'ortuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .• tss Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent • • Ditto, ra.ssive Bonds • • • • • • Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent • • • • Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cent .. 59 3 4 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94 i / g 93 3 A BUSINESS CLOSIIC, PAID. DONE AT rhICES. ONE O'CLOCK. . • 55d PRICES OF RAILWAY MURES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. .. .. 2% •••• •• • 1 % Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 614 ••..• • • • • 6 1 ,4 Bristol and Exeter _ .. .. 75 • - 1 - •••• • • • • • Ditto New .. .. • • .. .. 5 .... 1N ..... ... • • 10g Buenighainshlre .. .• .. .. 425. •• • • % 1 4 dis. •. •. M dis. Caledonian ........20 .... 15 , .... Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 2% •• •• 1% ..... Ditto, Extension .• .. .. 24, .. •. 1 Chester and Holyhead .. • . .. 27% .•.. 26 ••••• • .. .. 26 Churnet and Blythe .. •...2 • • • • 1 3i •Ti Cornwall .. .. • • .. .. ~ 5 .... 1 .•.. _ .... N Cornwall and Central Devon .. 2% •• • • 1 % l, % ,ireet Northern .. .. .• • • - u 4.. ••• • • Eastern Counties .. 141. 165..... 22% % ........ Do. l'erpet., 6 per Cent. No. 1.61. I3s. 43. Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 43. 1 p.. Ditto, York Extension 105... • • 2/5 VI •••• " • • East Lancashire .. .. 14 .• 22% .. •••• • • • • East Lincolnshire .. • • I ti• • • • 14•• •••• • • • Edinburgh and Northern • • .. 10 .• .. 914 • Goole, Doncast., and • heftield,&c. 425..... di........ Great Eastern and Western •.100% .... 1 .. ••• • • • Great North of England . - .... 228 .. •• •••• • • • Ditto, New .. •• • .. 15 . •.50 51.. ••.•• • •• Ditto, New .. . 1% 19 .. •••• • • • • Great Western .. 85 ••• • - ••• • .. Ditto, Hall shares 50 .... 83 .... Ditto, Quarter shares .. 10 •• .. 23% .. • • 231 4 Buil and Selby .. • • .. .. 50 .... 104% 104% Leicester and Bedford .. 225..... %i 2 dis.• •• • % dis. Livorp.. Munch., & Newe. Junct. .... .... • • • • • • ;Am ion and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 43 . - ... • • Ditto, New .. .. 3 .... - .• •••• • • • • 3 1 % Ditto, Extension ... . LOllladi a d Brighton .. 50 .• . - • • London and Croydon .• -131. 155. 9d .. 23342 3 .• • • ..olidon and Greenwich .. 121 . 15s. 43. 9 .. London, Hounslow, and Western.. 2 .• .. % ..... • Les ton t North-Western . .•100 ....207 1 % 206% • . 206% Ditto, Quartets • 2 24% ••24% D tto ditto New Shares .. - .... 1599494 15 . 16 p 16 p Ditto, e tints • • • • 2 .... 21 .• .. • • .... 21 London and SoUth•Western .. 411. 6s. 10d.• • - ••..•• • • •• Ditto, New ••• • .. 17%.... 26% •• Ditto, New • • • . .. 14 .... 21 ••..•• • • • • London and York .• • • 2% .... '2 •• ..•• • • • • Lynn and Ely • • .. 15 .... 15% %16 .... Lynn and Dereham .. 15 .... 12% .• ••..• • .• Manchester and Leeds .. 82 .• • • - .......... Ditto Extension 42 s. 2% • p • • • Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . - • • Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • i •• •• 8 74 Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. • • % p• • • • .. • • Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .. • y B • • • ..... Aiditrid .• • • • • •• ..100 ... 139 .. •• • • 139 Ditto, New .• • . 24 .... 37 367 , i ...... 36% Newcastle and Darlington Jtutet. 25 .... 42% •• • . Ditto, New • I .... 11104-•••••• 11% Newcastle and Berwick 15 28 28 Norfolk .. • • • • • • .. 20 .• 26 3 / 8 % ........ 26% Ditto, Extension . • .. .. 2 .... 2 1 %14 .... • • 21 4 Norm British •. 25 .... 38% .. •••• • • .. 38% Ditto, Rah Shares 11 .. .. 16% i 7 17 D.tto, Oafish. Extension .. .. •.•• • • • • 4% N or th Staffordshire .• .. 425. •• .. 3% % 77 p...... 3% Oxfurd,W o rcest.,& Wolverlimptn. 12% .... 8 • • • • 'S ticintiond • • • • •. .. 10 .... 19 • • .... 19 1 A S c ottish Central . 12%.... 19% •••••••• 19% - , dire o. w . sintry and Birmingham .. .... '2% • . % dis. 2 Sh ro p s hire Union .. • • .. . 423. % % dis .• Sow 511,1 DOVOr .. • • 33% - Do.. New (du 33'1. 6s.ticl.) No. 2. 12 .... 16% ........ 163 Do., New (du. 301.) .. No. 3. 15... 19% • • ... • ... 191% r,0., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2% •... 3 1 4 % •• .• 4outh Wales .• • • .. .. 5 4 IVarw i c kihire and London • .. 425..... dis• % dis tVaterid., Wextd., Wick., & Dub. 1% Nest Riding Linton • • • • .. 4'2s. •• .. 3 27. 3% p.. 3% p York Slid North Midland .. so Do. E. and W. Ridi n g Exten.. • I ...- ....... 12% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 14 .... 13 ..........13 Direct Bombay and Madras .. ss. ........., l& Dutch Ithenisti • • .. , . 6 .... 6••••• • • • • • 6% Luxembourg 1% Nan= and Liege ......6 .... 3 .. ..........3 Over Yssel .. • • .. .. 4/. 3s. 4d.... dis.• • .... dis 'aris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 5% ..• ••.. • • 5A JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 22 9I dis 22834 51 19 2% p Australasia • •• .. 40 .• •• •• •• •.•• •• London and W es t m inster .. .. 20 .• 28 3 4 •• •• .• ••. N a ti ona l Provincial of Eng land 35 .... 35% •• .•• —.• . Union of Loudon ........10 .• •• ..... 111-NES. [teal del 3,lentes Unregistered — .7 •• ••3%•• •• •"•• COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—( THIS DAY xmsterdam ......C.F. 12 9y, Ditto, at sight ...... 12 itoVordam 2U. 12 10 tutivel p• • ...• ........ 26 20 Hainbargh ......M.B. 13 15}, Gibraltar.. ... Leghorn .............. 30 70 lienoa .. • • ..... ••.. 26 20 Milan .. • • .. Venice .. • . • • Naples Palermo, per oz . . . 119 1 4 Lisbon.... ..... .52 y, )porto . Rio Janeiro • • .. 21 Altona. ... ••• • • • l'aris, 3 days' sight .. • . 25 85 Ditto, 3 months .. .. 26 15 Marseilles • • • • • • • 26 20 Bourdeaux •• • 26 20 Frankfort on Maine.. • . 122 Petersburgh, 3 Us. • • • •• Iterlin ••.• • • • • ••• • • • 10 15 Vi e nna, effec• flo • • • • .. Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 14 Madrid •••• • • • 35% Cadiz • • ... ... • .... 36 Bilbao.. • • • • • • • .... Barcelona • • ........ tiahla ................ Buenos Ayres ...... • • Sew York, 21 days' sight -. Philadelphia .. ••• • • • Seville ........ • • • • • • • • PRICES OP BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5 New 1)oubloons ...... 0 0 0 New Dollars ........ 0 4 9 1 % Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, AuG. 25.--Wind N., light steady breeze, and fine. DEAL, AUG. 24.—Wind N.E., strong breeze.—Arrd. Fal con, Larsen, Matanzas, and sld. for Antwerp. Arrd. from the river and sld. Cape packet, Lamb, Cape of Good Hope ; Sans Pare:l Q le, Brodie, ditto ; Janet, Chalmers, Mauritius; M armion, OU PORTSMTY, uebec. AUG. 24.—Wind N. E.—Sid. Trauley, Stoney, Quebec. SOUTHAMPTON, AuG. 22.—Sid. A. Elizabeth, Mowat, Prince Edward's Hand. Exmourti, AUG. 22.—S1d. Eliza Liddle, Miramichi. DARTMOUTIL-Arrd. Briton, Younghusban..!, Quebec. ItiLvLE, AUG. 21.—S1d. Olympus, Tompkin, Quebec; Vic toria, Martin, ditto. ILFRAcomns, AuG. 22.--Sld. William Wilberforce, Dennis, Miramichi. CARDIFF, AUG. 22.—S1d. Jolw Bell, Renwick, Rio Janeiro; Beatrice, A!exander, Quebec. ROTRESAY, ISLE OF ISM, AUG. 20.-51 d. Argyle, Miner , son, Calcutta; Favourite, Allen, and Minerva, Demerara. LivEtavooL, Auc. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Sar:di she:iff Sands, Apalacliicolo ; Great Britain, St. John's, New Bruns wick ; Leander, Puelan, Quebec. Sld. Elizabeth, Davie:, Newfoundland; ourier, Grey, Calcutta; Itaj.i, Boyd, (Into ; l'almyra, Bartow, New Orleans ; Tyrone, Butler, d itto ; General Parkhill, M'Kown, Charleston ; Arethusa, Quebec. Of port, Sabbates, Stevens, Boston. DEATH FROM BATHING. —INTREPID CONDUCT.—On Monday morning, between seven and eight o'clock, two per,.. , ons, named James Pik:3 and George Arthur, were bathing in the river Thames, at Battersea, and they had not been long in the water-before Pike, who could not swim, got out of his depth. His cries were instantly heard by Arthur. who was swimming some yards from his unfortunate com panion, and he in-tantly sw am to his assistance, when Pike grasped him by the arms, which caused them both to sink. Through the exertions, however, of Arthur, they both again rose to the sartac ,, , and ha succeeded in getting away from Poke. The unfortunate man then almost instant!): sank. aod was n,,t s ee r, a gain. Arthur was so dreadfuhv exnau-,te( , by his exertion to save his friend, that when he reached th shore he faint.d away. Assistance was soon at nand ' and In wail conveyed to his residence i n the Wandsworth-road. The body of Pike could not be found. COURT t C!R( ULAR, S PORTING INTELLIGENCE. The Queen at:(1 Prince A Ebert , coompanied by the EGHAM RACES—TUESDAY. Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and aVeasiod The nominations for the events, that for a long period by the royal suite, landed y,sterday morning fs although om the I have formed the staple of engs on Runnymede, . admitted to be an improvement on the average of Royal Victoria and Albert yacht , and arrived at or ! the last six or eight years, were ill supported by the plate borne House soon afier ten oVosk. entries, and the list generally contrasted unfavourably with • Her Roy al Highv.ess the Dueheis of Kent. attended . • .- , . the plethoric hill of fare, so recently tittered in the north, by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, and holding out small inducement to sporting men, and but Sir George Cooper, Bart., arrived in the afternoon on i feeble attractions to the cu3tomary attendants at races on visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness left hk r home circuit. Still the weather was so favourable that the residence Frogmore House at half-past eleven o'clock assemblage was larger than we had expected; the sport was yesterday morning, travelled to the Farnborough sta- indifferent, and so well was the auvertised time of starting tion, and proceeded from 'thence by the South-Western observed, that by a few minutes before four it was brought Railway, crossing *o the Lle of Wight in the Fairy. to a conclusion. We can promise better things for to-day; Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council to-morrow the programme comprises a two-year-old stakes with eight nominations, the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, for which (Thursday) afternoon at Osborne House. five or six will run, the Queen's Plate, with two entries, His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of (Wolfdpg and the Hero,) in addition to t hose already made Sterelitz , left hew on Monday, for the public ; the Amateur Stakes , in heats , for gentlemen riders, Isle of Wight. His Roya l Hi g hness went to the King- seven entries; and the Egham Stakes , to which the South ston station, and proceeded from thence by the SoutL- Western Company have very iiherally contributed 201., this Western Railway. has four entries, and will be run in heats. Owing to the Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester left number of events the first race will be run at one o'clock Gloucester House yesterday afternoon, for her resi- precisely. at Richmond. The Magna Charts Stakes of 10 sows. each, with 25 added dence Their Royal Highneses the Duke and D uchess of For three yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies , B st 41 b. Win ners of any stakes of 1001. each 71bs extra, of the Derby. Cambridge, and the Heredita r y G rand Duchess of 101bs extra; maidens at starting alllowed 51b. Old mile. Mecklenburg Strelitz, returned to Kew yesterday (7 Subs.) afternoon. . Sir G. Heathcote's Japan M. Stratenus, the Netherlands Charge d'Affaires, had C ount B at th yan y' s M u ster .. an interview yesterday with Viscount Palmerston at the Mr. Death's Thrapston . Foreign-office. Captain Martyn nd Camelia Mr. Hume and Mr. Loch had an interview with Earl Betting-7 to 4 agst Thrapston, and 2to 1 agst Japan. Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Won by three lengths; Thrapston a bad third. The Committee on Education of her Majesty's Most Match,loo, htt ; weight for age. One mile —Mr. Dyson's Honourable Privy Council had a meeting yesterday Devil-to-Pay, 5 yrs (Nat), beat Mr. Ohlaker's The Witch.- 6 to 4 on Devil to Pay, who won as he liked. afternoon at the Council-office. The Lords present were The Gold Cup of 1201. (in specie), by subscription of 10 soya. the Lord President, Lord John Russell, Sir George Grey, each ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to he the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, sold for 4001.; three yrs old, 7st ; four yrs, Bst 71b; five the Earl of Clarendon, and Viscount Morpeth. yrs, 9st; six and aged, 9st 31b; mares, &c. , allowed 31 bs. Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Minister , t ransacted busi- t wo roil „. (12 Subs.) ness yesterday, at the Foreign - office. Mr. John Day's Bourton , 3 yrs (A. Day) 1 Mr. Bell had an interview yesterday wit h Earl Gre y Lord Exeter's Sister to Pergularia, 5 yrs 2 at the Colonial - office. Sir G. Heathcote's Ja p an, 3 y rs 3 The Milbank Prison Commission bad a meeting yes- Duke of Richmond's Red Deer, 5 yrs terday, at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. 6 to 4 agst Bourton mend 5 to 2 each agst the others. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial- The race was between the first two all the way, Bourton making all the running, and winning rather clever l y , by half office, from the Governors of New So u t h W ales, Ce y - Lon, the Mauritius , and Gibraltar. a length. Plate of 401.. given by the County Members, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each; three yrs old, 6st 121 b ; four yrs, Bst 71b; five yrs, 9st; six yrs and aged, 9st alb; mares, &c., allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 2001. Heats, two miles. (3 Subs.) Sir S. Spry's f. by Sir Hercules, out of Taglioni, 4 yrs 1 1 Count Batthyany's Master Stepney, 4 yrs Mr. J. Thompson rd Bonny Lass, 5 rs dis Even on Master Stepney. 'Won in a canter. SURPEY THEATRE. The Misses Cushman commenced a short engagement here on Monday in Romeo and Julia. Their admirable personation of these characters must, ere this, be fa miliar to every playgoer, and never did they act with greater intensity, power, and pathos, than on Monday. They were very efficiently supported by Mr. Saville, as Mercutio ; Mr. Neville, as Friar Lawrence ; and Mrs. W. Daly, as the Nurse. As might have been expected, the house was crowded to the ceiling, and the applause at the conclusion was deafening. The Transtharnesians are under great obligations to the Surrey management for giving them an opportunity of seeing the greatest actress of the day in her principal characters—an oppor tunity of which they will, no doubt, be but too happy to avail themselves. AQUATICS. THAMES AMATEUR REGATTA. We find that the season is to be closed with an amateur regatta, to take place on Monday, the 7th of September next. We are rejoiced to see this, because we consider that, if well supported, it will become annual, and thus counteract the flagging in aquatic sports which has hitherto occurred after the Thames Regatta. We understand that the races will censist of a four-oared match, a pair-oared match, and a sculler's match, with the addition of an eight-oared and a four-oared scratch match. The latter, being a novelty, offers considerable additional attraction, if any such can be needed. The prizes will be of the usual liberal description, and we sincerely hope the committee will receive that liberal support which they I deserve. The entries for the races must be made by eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, the let of September next. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. A new grand spectacle.' entitled, The Steed of Syra cure ; or, the Fliyht of Damon, was brought out here on Monday. It is founded on the well-known story of Damon and Pythias, and is got up in very magnificent style. The opening scene—a view of the city, bay, and market-place of Syracuse—is a beautiful picture; and the earthquake and eruption of lEtna, with which the drama concludes, is a splendid piece of scenic effect. Mrs. M. Brookes made her first appearance at this theatre in the character of Calanthe ; she sustained it most effectively, and will prove an acquisition to the corps dramatique of Astley's. The artiste, however, the great actor of the piece, is the merchant's steed. The performances of this high-spirited, highly-trained animal are most wonderful. The piece was throughout received with the most enthusiastic applause, and Damon will take his flight on the steed of Syracuse every evening for at least the next hundred nights. ROWING MATCH. The scullers' contest between Long, of Ratcliffe-cross, and Harvey, of Kidney-stairs, Limehouse, took place on Monday The match was for 10/. a side, and created some interest amongst the below-bridge amateurs and friends of the par ties. The distance was from Chelsea-bridge to Hammer smith, and both the men, on taking their station, exhibited good condition, and appeared very confident of success. They went away very evenly, and a beautiful race succeeded the start, the men being scull and scull for nearly half* mile, Long then gradually drew away, maintained it, and won by above a quarter of a mile. LA W OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR TO THE EDITOR ON THE "TIMES." _ . • Sir,—The law of debtor and creditor being at present under discussion in the House of Commons, if you will allow me, I will state a case bearing on the subject; which, should it meet the e3e of some one of our .Legislators, may, I hope, tend to abate a grievance which, I think, will be admitted to exist under the present law : I am a householder in a country town 30 miles west of London, and for some years past have employed a tailor residing on Holborn-hill to make clothes for myself arid family, for which I have ever honourably and punctually paid him. At the beginning of last month (July) I had oc casion for his services, and ordered of him some articles of dress, amongst which was a blue frock coat, value 3/. 155.; that and the other articles together amounted to 71. 14s, and were sent to me, with the bill, on the 9th of the month. Everything suited but the frock coat, which was returned for alteration three several times, but without improvement in the fit. On the 16th of July, that is, seven days after it was first sent to me, I returned it in despair, and with it a cheque for the payment of the other articles, which did suit me, and which I kept. On the 17th of July, that is, the day after the coat was last returned to the tailor, a writ, without any previous notice or warning, was issued against me at the instance of the tailor by an attorney in Furnival's Inn, for the full amount of the bill, viz., 71. 145., the parties retaining both the returned coat and the the Fie for the balance of the bill. Never having been placed in such circumstances before in my lift, I consulted a solicitor in the town where I live, who advised me to settle the business as quickly as possible, as delay would only add to the expense, and if I resisted the claim, the costs would be very considerable ; and as the cause would be tried by a jury of tradesmen I should, in all probability, lose it. On this advice, I immediately went to Furnival's Inn to settle the affair, by offering payment to the attorney, who was from home, and I heard nothing more of him for a week, when I received a letter from, him, informing me I:might have the coat and the cheque on my paying the tailor's bill and his costs. I accordingly went a second time to Furnival's Inn, saw the attorney, who first presented his bill of costs, of which the following is a copy, viz.:— PEDESTRIANISM. - - PArrxrtsox AND HANDLEY.—HandIey (of Nottingham), whose provincial victories have been numerous, although to the London amateurs he is principally known by his defeat of Charles Jenkinson (the London Stag), in the early part of the present year, ran his 140 yards' race on M. n lay wi h James Patterson, of London. 'Dhe ground, near the Swan Inn, Mitcham, was pretty densely peopled about the an nounced hour of starting, but the absurd procrastination in the choice of a referee, in which nearly two hours were con sumed after the men were ready, was sufficiently vexatious to have driven many away in disgust. At half-past six, all being agreed on, the men went off. We thought Patterson anything but quick in settling on his legs; indeed, he lost nearly three yards in starting. At fifty yards the Nottingham lad was about the same distance in front, but the little Lon doner seemed fast closing the gap between them. At one hundred Handley still led, and ran in first by a long yard. The disparity in stature was striking; Patterson, who is a pocket athlete in form, measuring 5 ft. 2 in. ; Handley 5 ft. 7 in. The betting on the ground was 6 to 4 on the Londoner; and, in consequence, a tidy amount of current coin flowed from the pockets of Patterson's backers to those of the friends of the countryman. The stakes contended for were 40 soya: MARTIN AND BROWN.—Gaorge Martin and H. Brown (soother novice of Ned Smith's) next trod the scratch, and started for a spin of 130 yards, for 10 soya. a side. Great things were prophesied of the unknown, and betting, if any thing, was level, despite the known excellency of Martin. The debutant was in good condition, and looked likely; but in getting off Martin stole a march by a yard and a half. The men were soon merrily at it, but it w s quite as soon evident that Brown was overrated. Two to one was hastily offered on Martin, but not taken ; he finally ran in four yards in advance, the Novice running a game losing race. Brown gives promise of better things; he runs in good form, and is likely to improve. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ADMIRALTY, Auo. 22, 1846. The undermentioned iliasters have been placed on the Retired List, with the rank of Commander, pursuant to the Order in Council of the 19th of May, 1846 :- FIRST CLASS OF MASTERS.- PAY OF 12e. 60. A DAY. Mr. C. M. W bite Mr. F. W. R. Sadler John Hepburn Robert Yule Henry Craddock R. L. Hicks Alexander Lumsdale William White (b John Gaze John Town William Wilkinson John Franklin Daniel Lye William Miller William Purdo James Wood George Thomas SECOND CLASS OF St Mr. Peter Burn Michael Spratt Thomas Hoskins Robert Balfour Joseph Seymour William bl'Kellar Henry Lawrence Roger Taylor James Duncan Alexander Cannon Nicholas Tinmouth A. F. Morgan 7ERS.-10S. 6D. A DAY. Mr. Thomas Curtis Peter Parker William Ellis (a) Thomas Read Edward Sabben George Millard William Sidney Joseph Higgs R. Hodges Alexander Horn John William Trotter 'PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY, A court- martial is ordered to assemble on board the Vic- I tory, 104, Captain Pasco, on Wednesday morning, at 9 o'clock, for the trial of Captain the Hon. John Gordon, of the America, 50, for disobedience to orders. Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, the Commander-in-Chief at this port, will sit as president. Out of the freight money accruing to Captain Gordon for bringing home the treasure, he has distributed among the ship's company 1,2001. An act of this unprecedented kind needs no comment. Captain Gordon submitted his reasons for returning home to the Admiralty immediately on his arrival, but their Lord ships not deeming the reasons submitted sufficient to war rant Captain Gordon leaving his station at the critical time he did, have ordered the court-martial to decide upon his conduct. The result is looked forward to with the most intense interest. The Thetis, 36, built on the design of Me'srs. Chatfield, Reid. and Creuze, the Committee of ,the School of Naval A rc hitecture, was launched at Devonport Dockyard on Fri day afternoon at a quarter before 5 o'clock, in the presence of a vast concourse of spectators. Lady West, wife of Ad miral Sir John West, K.C.8., Commander-in-. Chief; named the vessel. The following are her principal dimensions, &c. Extreme length ... ... 198 10 1 4 Length between the perpendiculars ... 164 7 1 / 4 Length of keel for tonnage ... ... 135 11 1 4 Extreme breadth ... ... 46 6 Breadth moulded ... 45 3 Breadth for tonnage ... 45 11 Depth in hold ~. ... 13 6% Burden in tons, 1,524 13.94. The following is intended to be her armament ; , No. Calibre Ft. in. 4 8-inch ; weight, 60 cwt.; len g th, 810 Matiideck •• •• [ls 32-pounders; weight. 56 cwt.; length, 9 6 Quarterdeck ,k 1 14 32-pounders; weight , 41 cwt.; length, 8 0 forecastle 36 Her complement is to be 360 men. Sbe will be brought forward for some commission immediately, and put in com petition with some of the Surveyor of the Navy's vessels of the same class. The North Star, 26, is detained at Spithead in order that Sir Everard Home , Ba r t ., may sit at the court-martial upon the Hon. Captain Gordon, although there would be sufficient captains to form a legal court without him,—Captain Pasco, of the Victory ; Captain Chad*, of the Excellent ; and Cap tain Robb, of the Gladiator. Rear - Admiral Hyde Parr will also sit. THE ARMY.—The half-yearly change of quarters of the Infantry Household Brigade is to take place on the Ist of the ensuing month, in the following order :—The Ist bat talion of the Grenadier Guards will move from St. George's Barracks to Winchester; the 2d battalion from Wellington Barracks, St. James's-park, to St. John's Wood; and the 3d battalion from Windsor to the Tower. The Ist batta lion of the Coldstream from St. John's Wood to St. George's Barracks; and the 2d battalion from Winchester to Portman -street. The Ist Battalion of the Scots Fusiliers will move from Portman-street to Wellington Barracks; and the 2d battalion from the Tower to Windsor.—United Service Gazette. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOO4WICII, AUGUST 18.—• Memorandum.—The second lieutenants included in the general order of this date are posted to companies as follows, and have the Master-General's leave until the 30th of Sep tember, when they will join at Woolwich :—Second Lieu tenants—Soady, to Captain company, Bth battalion ; Stewart, to Lieutenant-Colonel Colquhoun's company, Bth battalion ; Woolsey, to Captain Cater's company, 2d batta lion ; Drayson, to Captain Poole's company, 4th battalion ; Elgee, to Captain 'fireman's company, 4th battalion ; Cartheu, to Captain Marklaud's company, 4th battalion ; Forbes, to Captain Wilson's company, 6th battalion; Blair, to Major Greenwood's company, Bth battalion ; Martineau, to Captain —'s company, 3d battalion ; Hunter, to Captain Tulloch's company, Ist battalion ; Hay, to Captain D'Arley's company, Ist battalion; Maedougal, to Captain Story's company, Ist battalion ; Spurway , to Captain Gastin's com pany, 9th battalion; Young. to Captain James's company, 4th battalion; Boultbee, to Captain Lethbridge's company, sth battalion. FATAL OCCURRENCE ON THE DUNDEE AND PE RT r i RAILWAY.—On Monday 136 t, 1)11ECall, a lah„,,Urcr oii this railway, opposite to Glendolek, while engaged az work, was deprived of life by a superincumbeut mass of earth fall upon him. He belonged to 13urrelton.— Witness. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Sub 201. Trinity Term, 1846. s. d nstructions to suP •• 3 4 Summons and fee Costs to endorse Letter therewith to agent 2 0 Paid his charges Searching for appearance .. 3 4 Instructions for declaration Drawing same, folio 4 Engrossing to file ..... .. .l 4 Many attendances on times agreed to Attending plaintiffs on their bringing me coat to deli ver to defendant 2 4 August 19.—Writing to defendant to come and take the coat away C , .py for defendant Attending settling Term fees and letters Bill of coats 6 8 2 0 3 4 0 2 0 £3 7 8 The above may amuse some of your readers, as it is a curious wet imen of the ingenuity of an attorney to extract money from the pockets of the public, though it is no joke to me. Thus, Sir, besides the expense of two visits to Furnival's Inn to pay this lawyer, and one visit to the tailor to try the coat on and point out its defects to him, I had 31. 7s. Bd., a precious lawyer's bill to pay, making a total, independent of my travelling expenses, loss of time, &c., of 111. ls. Bd., through the want of skill in the tailor, and the united machinations of himself and his lawyer. Now, Sir, I believe that the majority of the people of England are not aware that in their common dealings with tradesmen the law of the land authorises those tradesmen tilt a to rob those who confide th,ir orders for goods to them ; thet by law a tradesman may send goods to his customers on one day, and on the next send a writ for the amount, putting him to an additional cost of fi/. 7s. Bd. for law ex penses; that such a practice is very unusual, or the com mon transactions of business could not go on, and confidence in dealing would be destroyed; but that there are to be found those who would deal thus treacherously with the public the present case proves. That such a power may not be neces , ary to be possessed, I will Lot deny, but that it should be only exercised under very urgent circumstances will, I think, be admitted. Here am I ready and willing to pay for an article if it suits ire, but am forced by law to pay most exorbitantly for it, th,,ugh through the unskilfulness of the maker, it does not suit me, because the defence of myself would be both uncertain and ruinous; and thonith, having already paid for part of the articles delivered, I am sued for the whole, while the property in part is detained. Now, Sir, while efforts are being made to soften the severity of the law in cases of debtor and creditor, would it not be worth the consideration of our Legislators, as to whether a writ should be served on a person for a debt, less than sever] (lays' previous notice being given, unless the creditor could first make an affidavit that the circumstances of the case were peculiarly urgent? Should you think this worth public attention, you will oblige by inserting it. A CONSTANT READER. VAUXIIALL.Joa Monday the see.nr s in the &rcle were entirely changed. Louise Tourniaire and Ferdinand Tour niaire danced the polka in the most graceful end elegant style; and Mon. Benedict was particularly happy in his act of horsemanship. The Miniature St. Leger caused great laughter, the jockeys (monkeys , we mean ) were well mounted, ' and One Or two dismounted, but Pyrrhus the First was first, and won the cup. The illuminations were excel lent, and the fireworks exceedingly brilliant. We perceive that a grand fete will be given in honour of the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Albert; it is denominated ‘. The Fete of all Nations," and the arrangements for carrying out the gala are, we understand, of the most recherche descrip tion. The concert will consist of Italian, Ger Man, French, English, Irish, cotch, nd Welsh compositions. The fire. works will be increased and the gardens most brilliantly illuminated. S URR EY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—FLOWER SHOW.— This LATE HAIL-STORM. —On MA.n.lay a grand floricultural exhibition took place at the Royal Surrey Zoological Gar-. dens in aid of the funds for assisting those nurserymen end florists who suffered by the late hail-storm. The fête, which is under the patronage of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Lord Mayor, &c., was confirmed yes terday, and his Royal Highness, who was absent on Monday, honoured the gardens by his presence yesterda y . The number of visitors was about 8 , 0 00; and as the pro prietors have liberally given the use of the gardens, and the tents by Messrs. Staff and Son, and other necessaries , have been also supplied gratuitously, a liberal sum will doubtless be realised. The show of fruits and flowers was quite equal to any of this season. One tent was exclusively devoted to the sale of bouquets, cut flowers, and fruits, at which presided several young ladies connected with the members of the South London Floricultural Society. There were also stalls for the sale of plants, and from both a ready sale and liberal prices were obtained. The bands of the Royal Horse Guards, the 2nd Life' Guards, cc., played during the day, anti the eruption, fireworks, and usual entertainments followed with undiminished effect. • BLACK GAME. — Thursday last being the day allowed by law for the commencement of shooting black gime, sportsmen were out on- the moors and high grou,:ds various directions. These birds, like grouse, are not so plen tiful this season as compared with tortner years. few were shot in Cumberland a4d Westmoreland, but, comparatively speakin i g, then' were small birds. 26% 21 2 16 13 254 35% 11' I M P7E It I I AM tils fIOiTSE Oss s_TieebS stueest 25. The Earl of SHAFTF.SBUR tt)..ii his seat u pon the Woolsack at Five o'eleck. Meesengses from tie t••. s. brought up Bills, tied prayed their l ees . es' concurrence. THE LA kr, GOVERN NT PATRONAGE. The Earl of RIPON te dto occupy their Lord ships' attention for a 11w minutes were he alluded to * subject which bad lately been referred to in their Lort.l - House. He greatly reeretted that he had not been to s evers the House when it was under consideration, or it vvould_ not have been necessary for him now to allude to it, hut: feeling that it personally concerned hierself, he felt it. ie he his duty to request their Lordships' attention al% he briefly explained the circumstances of matter, so far as he himself was concerneu He had come to town to-day for the purpobe of entering into a full explanation of the whole of the circuta--; stances connected with this subj. ct ; but the situ:Ale_ in which the matter now stood, and referring lud what was said by his Noble and Lea rned Frier' f (Lord Lyndhurst) the other night. in vindication himself and him (Lord Tiipon), he did not know that,'" was necessary for him to trouble their Lordshil's pursuing that course, and he would willingly e b ei 511 `id from saying anything to their I. or d s hips if he told reconcile it to a sense of what he owed personsllY their Lordships. But this he was confident of, that .5 did then upon his honour as a gentleman , and if tbat" t s o the last word that he should utter on this side of t st g rave, he did absolutely deny, in the mess unequivocal manner, that there either is . 0 was the slightest foundation for the impu tation that "ts. cast upon him.—(Hear, hear.) It was n ot an imrt!,,, tion that affected him merely in his political cansli4, but it was one which mixed up a more g rave and stt.tes ous accusation, namely, that of trafficing in a P T of of ecclesiastical patronage — (Hear , hear) —en he pp endeavouring, by a most scandalo us interc of of advantages, to obtain for a friend of his a liv ieg der which he was desirous of possessing himse lf. That the position of ecclesiastical patronage was a mattersf a ' responsibility—(Hear, hear)—and did not coneru.,7o mere temporal advantages of those whom them in:heir of a parish presided over, but related to n o e t er nal interests, no one could doubt w and to stiPPil' that any man of any feeling who ha d a sense of :and was right would be guilty of such dishonourable, nr. scandalous traffic, he thought was impossi ble, an ' 5 - 1 ticularly in his case, in which his conduct was as Pr° WO clear as the sun was visible at noonday.—(llea r.) what feelings—if this charge were true—with Wht . 4 oo ings, he would ask, could he enter the walls " tbs parish church, in which parish was his residenee'btela whole of which belonged to him , except that portionlite was the clergyman's glebe ? What would be biS te nd except those of shame and degradation w hen bee 101 l the walls of that church? a sense of shame nr At e of to be conceived than described , if he was gem' such dishonourable and scandalous condec t • pe ot ; r ested his vindication, then, upon th is ease he stood upon his own character—(Loud e°7ibeit which for upwards of thirty years had be en opeattiwaeste Lordships and the country, and if tha t was not l.fir to defend him against this attack, neexplanation;pl ment could do so.—(Hear.) But one most extrt„ e stge l circumstance, in his opinion, attending this ac r T e , idie? was that no notice was ever given to hi m of the 12 to bring any such charge. He knew, indeed, hi dent, that a question was to be p ut upon 5,,: 00 ;bt L matter, but as there was no truth in the allegtalii had been made, be did not apprehend t hat it, "-Kit necessary for him to say anything t i j oe V a . The accusation was preferred before be attend to it himself or to instruct any friend I , be ar it for him. He was as much astonished when b f e o cia the accusation, as if he had been accused eedil committed murder. He said that such a P r e , °c s ll .. „ l ,,, i " was neither usual nor courteous, and, 0, 1)° ,, - , was not just ; and. it was the last to e S ti ch should have been chosen to make ;bom e i grave accusation in such a manner, and in folcurtiniC without giving the individual accused say Or dsl r e f; at once vindicating his character. This ape. 'sr seeded from some unknown and unnamed P e , „ ro fep i was said to be eminent in his profession. What role s' Was it the law—the church? Did he honour he t es with his name? What was he? Who le° did elf knew not, and he cared not. de e ot h os know what be was, but he couw,,„ os c. re d knowing what was more to the Pu',,r o jaot ee e had stated in the newspapers, and bad ~),o r ge to make a written statement, on which thi'„h- boo if founded. What did he infer from that? '„, e - f ' st wag dividual had no intention to advert to the e : Vber e „ D eo it had not been for the written paper. for Ono) that paper? Ws he not entitled to asit e which had been founded an indictment on ". 00 01 1 0 been arraigned and found guilty in the opia l _ boa la one individual? He said, again, that oss,, right to ask where was the paper ? Did ito. Itve vid whose uai c hands ed u w p a o s n i t t / 0 u a ll o V i a t s ?it Bedtlhdoe johtbabidd If it was not, on what grounds con _ e ae styeards oe proof, or as the ground of a flal g tg ;bet s, when he was not permitted to know beo" g o o f n t e s n 3 t , In order to show the degree of credit to ardiet,!i Tameless informer was entitled, it was stateo . ,. e 4 was a person who was closely connected with . 1 1 tc!',l s s tem a , thaantdpapaelrsOweriet. walst was aunuju;:tl:ll t‘p,i of Nocton. Now, what did be know about it ' ev cc , could he know about it, or any circumstance e e oo, l o with it, which induced him to a pp l y to another fir is It was a remarkable thing , that t here had beeo,-- ts' living during the last eighty years only bectin e ; c s, The last incumbent resided there thirty-one g 0;,1 the other forty- eight years. He (Lord Ri e cv h oP. a . i p' certained with regard to the individual aloe l'eo there at the former period that he could not e a 5 plained, because be (Lord Ripon) had reel," iff e eO his son, and with respect to That person it,' ye Bible that any information could % oat '' rg o obtained or possessed by any P ers°ll ' the °, which could have been made the foundation of to te He did not believe that any person who bor e 0 01!) e/3 0 of Hobart—which was the name of the last W o os o f would ever be guilty of giving such hit °. f etig s would injure his reputatione--would l a hoe Os giving such information as would hoki_4oo,,lo public reprobation. He did not 1 7,,, 11 10%bel any one of the inhabitants of the parish Yaw s° . • roe / family had been so long connected would d°, 4 ats . , o l l respected himself ; they loved his family ; i edtlt therefore believe that any one of these 11e: 0 9 bad furnished this information .—( Hear') tt?, ot 9 , ta unnecessary to enter into any deD f bwof ty charges ; but, conscious as he innocence. conscious as he was of the Pt c olt, of, aspersions which had been attempted to u - st , him, conscious of the total want of the ti_ ll . 0 00 6 ,, aspersions from the beginning to the end, la 0 11,S, them. His character had been attaelt,7l4old, injury had been inflicted on him, but be info . ° f ill Lordships that he would rather be the ° ic e arri I ti t person's accusations he would ra thefe t io 0 0 '0 , him to the grave the sense and e h ,,e 0 1° 1 1 ' 4 injury, than be the anonymous author of t brollg Messengers from the other House then DI D i m several Bills. ND) b e V POOR EMPLOYMENT (IRL A- f the e , / Lord LANSDOW NE, on the orderbois Bills o f , 4 read for going into Committee on s f . it. I-0 r e eo`o would then enter into the provisions 0 ,o 0 on n eir thLeiorrdsLhoiprsdAtiops, thetail;loel,unioeutof ocforrwvieobilt,(ottel Bill had originated. He said they ss eso. c o, l in that volume all the various Piot . , ir of the distress which existed in different Ireland, from a disease in, and the failus o. „ s P o S potato crop. The late Government, se e ing nek e ef f , and most properly in his opinion—origleteil rt?' su res for the relief of the people afti c asii . ds 4 these circumstance;. But notwitbst7thory t ti efforts which had been made b the late v g ", Opt:. new prospects had opened up of such dislrie;illolof Majesty's Ministers did not think they cool° t he II 0 1 ,0 Haunt to separate without providing %sec' 1 0 1 '4 gency. The late Government were ju -. . e , tb ° s tol steps they had taken under the circunistan(,circete existed. In the second place, Be s ides, to that occurred was quite novel. o ea s .g oe til? be scarcely suppsed that the ordinary e d rP the want of ft, d could be immediately titidteavpiil resorted to. The measures that had been to t ,109 effect of preventing that upward tendeneSceerehtlefi of the staple food of the country which I t such circumstances as the present. : 1 1 , c e ,? call their Lordships' attention to 's I r el e l during the last month they bad bee n 0 o ey had heard renewed accounts of the di't re aof ' e thee and wets induced to recommend for the !tiro asoli Houses of Parliament such remedial no a sj o in% oo? ture of this calamity might require. Ir i s let° t eat Majesty's Government, as well as t" e oltY tb st ment, felt the weight of the respoO l s — red esSi thrown upon them. They censluct'o e re'd thVivid be culpable in them, the uS o;or9 ey proposed any measure which c",, ° & 1 „ 1 . toe' terf o i interfere materially with the supply °"„iel e . , ° 1 1 0) the ordinary channels afforded by cononde:h-ipo, This he need hardly state to their L"r - 00 0 °,, t i eeo o i very conversant with such subjects, wasotseersoellif delicate operations in which any s the i l etilfS; any Parliament could engage, beeati',.-tiscio'Dieb,,S., consequence of interfering with the ti " u gh tO Y l food would be to dry up the channels thrtittroptloteal was ordinarily supplied, as well as WV. reg u isiS i V fere with the ordinary principles Wi ne s ,d 01. to to demand for labour, by making the de ity of dim a r one quarter was liable to the possibilitY s i v e q r „lP that demand in another, and more el' ig h il ,ur A 111 6 1 la the demand which originated f°,r, Tho) . „ca bs cultivators and proprietors of the solo these sole. fore, been endeavouring to avoid both t" the to eP ‘ , s l l l , in the measures that were now pieced (l ee was PIS, respect to the supply of food, wasnefroiltietj distinctly to state that there in t roduce. e li fr e tion, under any circumstance s, to e t i t er the country under its agency , becau. Wig ° st i and just reliance, from all the kno w as the 0 , , 0 0 had obtained on this subject, and fro"Ssetato,,,so, which had already attended privete sPe; or oo" o 0r/ information acquired as to the extent.s%irigalibere) that particular quality of food upon she sa id a pt? lation had been brought to bear--he & ov a l ) a confident reliance that as the iv o f 0 1 e5 tirj SO would the supply, and that the noes;stint'seeiloStS had already reached Ireland w ould. , did 6 e d i t the) t he other supplies, which, it was hop et that is gether remove the danger of scar!.a ) 11 s thet would at least to a great degree diu . n. 15 ) " ia d Upon that . subject, therefore, _in ep t 11 1, tive to state that the GoYer"" al es oo lt, o f cora or , pe become the imperteis . the tat e • sis had reason to know t the G°‘"ll',,il.--eoe,,;i4 to isibly again have recourse from the undervv•ere stubsepeatitdpeverletbtrustitoutimtbaFtiovai:lbbal:sptel:iel:til'::i and become importers of grain; b at