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horseback they put from three-fourths to four-fifths of this very heavy charge into their pockets. Without half Joseph's lore of figures, these items will be found to make (the charge of post ing being calculated for the distance which we understand the Assistant Commissioners usually have to travel) a total of about or near 2,0001. a year for each ; out -of which, after allowing, not according to Joseph's cheese-paring fashion, bat in a rea sonable manner, for all proper and necessary expenses, each of the twenty-one Assistant Commissioners must derive emolu ments to the very snug amount of from 1,2001. to 1,4001. a year. Now, what would 'honest' Joe have said if such a remu neration had been proposed by a Conservative Ministry ?' The first trick here is to raise the gross amount of each Assistant Commissioner's expenses and emolu ments to two thousand pounds a-year, by treating such of the former as are occasional as constant. Thus the Clerk's salary is, we understand, allowed only when a Clerk is allowed, which is not the rule, and only the actual expenses for travelling are paid. It follows, then, that when the Assistant Commissioners are stopping at a place, or appear before the Board in London, these expenses are not admitted. The scale of allowance is such as the nature of the service requires. No man would take the onerous post if he were not allowed his expences in addition to a moderate salary. We need not say how that would be consumed if it were subject to inn charges and the casualties of travelling. If the Times will consult its mercantile friends in the City, he will be informed that this rate of remuneration is not unreasonable. They frequently employ men at a salary not far short of that amount, with allowances for necessary expenses in addition ; and we doubt not that they would not refuse to intelli gent and active persons of the rank in life to which these Assistant-Commissioners must belong, and who must now and then be hustled and " Oasticred" by the agitations provoked by the Times, or such as the Times, a remuneration adequate to the duties of their responsible and invidious office.—Morning Chronicle. The Tories of the City of London, who rallied in great force at the Conservative dinner some time ago, seem by no means disposed to display much alacrity in support of Mr. Horsley Palmer. A meeting called by advertisement was held yesterday at the City o f London Tavern, to consider the steps that ought to be taken to secure that gentleman's election. At one o'clock, the hour for which the meeting was called, there were about twenty persons present. When the Committee entered, and the chair was taken, the number present was just thirty-one, and at no time were there more than fifty persons in the room. No won- 1 . der that Mr. Shears, a gentleman who " rejoiced in the prospect of having even one Representative of the city of • London whom they might call Conservative," at the same tire "regretted the room was so thinly occupied." The days of Toryism are over in the city. The same gentleman also told them that " Mr. Lyall had with drawn to the regret, he would venture to say, of every Member of that Association ; " but he did not add, to the great joy of his own family, and the satisfaction of every man who had any real regard for him. Mr. Horsley Palmer was recommended to the electors as a thick and thin Tory, and, to do him justice, he seemed anxious that three shou:d be no mistake in that respect. " The great object," said Mr. Palmer to the meeting, " was to bring before the city of Lon don a true and fair registration of that class of electors who maintained the principle of upholding Church and gate." In plain English, Mr. Horsley Palmer is one of those who would maintain all the abuses cf the Church in order to prevent the reform of any abuses in the State. In the present day, there are we trust, many members of the Church who conceive that they , better manifest their regard for it by relieving their Dissenting brethren from an obnoxious impost, than by maintaining what must be a perpetual source of irritation between members of different creeds. There are many sincere members of the Church of England who also conceive that they better show their regard for it by removing the impediments to the efficiency of the Clergy, than by obstinately clinging to the' secu larity which alienates so many from the Establishment. But your Church-and-State Tory has very different notions as to these matters. We can only say that we really think Mr. Horsley Palmer has made a very false estimate of the principles of the City constituency ; and he will be wise if he take warning from the ominous meeting of yesterday.—[Morning Chronicle. It used to be said of Lord Melbourne, that he ne ver wrote a letter which did not require another letter to explain its meaning. The letter of Lord Durham, which will be found in another column, seems in like manner to require an interpreter in one or two places. As his Lordship usually expresses himself with suffi cient perspicuity, his somewhat oracular mystery must, we think, be assumed ; 'but then the motive of his mystery is also mysterious. It is said he has quar relled with the Ministers ; if so, his phrase of " not wishing to make new institutions, but to preserve and strengthen the old," may be intended to be what in fact it is—a severe sarcasm launched at the heads of tire Whig Cabinet. At any rate, it is a good and pa triotic sentiment, and will be cordially acquiesced in by all sound Conservatives. Then, at whom does he aim the following sneer ? " Others," he says, " would annihilate these institutions, for the pur pose of forming new ones on fanciful and un tried principles." This, we imagine, is intended for the edification of Messrs. Hume, Roebuck, Grote, and Co. Let Joseph of Middlesex, to use his own Elegant phrase, " take his change out of that." Cer tainly, looking at these two striking rebukes of the Ministers and their Radical and Papist cliques, we may almost claim Lord Durham as one of the Conserva tives. There are, indeed, other passages in the letter not quite so intelligible. But perhaps it is only rea sonable to infer from those sentences which are per fectly plain, the scope and object of others which are involved in a more diplomatic diction. Assuming this mode of interpretation to be correct, the whole address becomes a model of Conservative wisdom. If, however, the meaning of the less perspicuous passages be different from that of the sentences about which there can be no mistake, we beg Lord Durham to favour us with a supplementary letter of explanation. Meantime, we confidently hope that our view is correct, and join him most cordially in his " wish to rally as large a portion of the British people as possible around the existing institutions of the country, the Throne, Lords, Commons, and the Established Church." Yes, we repeat, "Let the nation rally round the Throne, Lords, Commons, and the Established Church. We shall then discard for ever from power and influence the de mocrat who wishes to substitute a republic for our mo narchy--the leveller who would abolish the House of Peers and reduce the representatives of the people to be the mouthpieces of a mere faction—and the fanatical and savage horde of Papists, who would destroy every vestige of the Protestant Reformation, and bind the minds of free Englishmen in the fetters of a degrading, brutalizing, and tyrannical superstition.—Times. With a pleasure emanating not more from personal feelings than from the advantage which must accrue to the public from elevating the character of the Press, and giving adhesion and solidity to its at present dis juncted members, and thereby promoting the indepen dent exercise of thought amongst that class who exer cise the greatest influence on public opinion, we direct the general attention of our readers to the proceedings and prospectus of the first general meeting of the " Newspaper Press Benevolent Association." The best mode of securing the advancement of correct opinions amongst society, is to place those who—as the gentlemen of the public Press—are intrusted to a great extent with the direction of public sentiment in a fixed, responsible, and at the same time safe and secure position, so that they may be less subject to undue influence, and more freely communicate to the public that independence of thought and feeling which operate in themselves ; amid to effect this object no better means could be devised than the establishment of the Association to which we refer. Therefore time public, no less than the gentlemen of the Press, are interested in the support of an Institution which, by placing those connected with the Press in a position of independence and security, affords the best guarantee for the impartial exercise of that omnipotent engine— the Press. The movers of this mighty engine are in Great Britain regarded with less respect than they are in any country in Europe, even in those where they I\' ve l allowed less freedom of action, and where the opi ""e2eergitnced are for the most part emanations of 4 < jst or of despotic dictation. This can be ••• -- • account. /or only by the absence of union amongst 4 e 4 ".- .: '( :, :I.:• t eel4nleelees - • a want which the present Association is :47ii4iia;rifitly calculated to supply. The advantages to be derived from the Society, independent of its spe cific benevolent purpose, are so numerous and obvious, that it would be endless, as it is unnecessary, to dilate upon them. It is, we are confident, sufficient to an nounce the establishment of such an Institution, to obtain the general support not only of the Provincial Press, but of the public at large.—Morn. Advertiser. The report of the Poor Law Commission has just been made to Parliament ; and it is one of the best illustrations of the mountain in labour which has ever been produced, even by a reformed House of Com mons. Without pretending to the spirit of prophecy, we stated at the very outset that such would be the case, as it was only intended by the ministers to be a mock-inquiry. Wh a t are the facts ? A motion was made for a Committee to investigate the principle of an Act called " The Poor Laws Amendment Act." This motion was met by the Home Secretary with an amendment, that the Committee should be appointed by the Secretary for the Home Department, but that it should not have power to meddle with the principle of the Bill, but merely to inquire into its practical ope rations and details. This his Lordship carried, and, by so doing, virtually defeated the object intended ; for we all know that when persons get involved in the details of a complicated subject, the great object, "the principle" is necesssarily lost sight of, and no pos sible good can result to the question by getting in volved in details which would occupy many years at the rate of working which this Committee has adopted, and the principle, if a bad one, would be doing, perhaps, very serious mischief all the while. In proof of the slow movement in this mode of proceeding, an d, con s equ ently, of its utter inutility for any useful purpose, we need only refer to " the report," from which we find that, out of several hundred Unions, not more than three have had their workings investigated by 20 Members of Parliament in three months ! This is at the rate of six Unions in a whole session of Parliament, or about 60 in 10 years, or COO in 100 years, so that we suppose we need hardly go on with the argument to show the utter fallacy which we at the time warned the public was intended by the Reform Ministry with respect to this Malthusian law ; for, should this mode of investi gating be continued for the longest period mentioned, Lord John Russell's sen, if he should ever have the honour of such a relation, may have become a grand father ! and the poor peasantry of England, once their country's pride, may have become utterly reckless and wretched before the Parliamentary Commissioners can have completed their report. As to the details of this unchristian law, can folly and imposture be carried further ?—Morning Herald. Our observations of Monday, on the projected bar ter of an Irish Marquisate or an English Barony for the nomination at the next election of the Member for an Irish borough, have, we believe not only proved fatal to that particular transaction, but have essen tially damaged the general chances of Whig-Radical elevations to the Peerege, having produced, as is ra tional and riit, au impression in the highest quar ter that, whenever such promotions or creations are suggested, there is corruption and ignominy in the back ~r ound. We bear of another overture, tending to the barter of a seat in the House of Lords for elec tioneering influence. To how low and despicable a plight must the party be reduced which is driven to such shifts? In the latter instance of huxtering the Peerage the eldest son of a Duke, who inherits, in viitue of the splendid military achievements of an ancestor, a princely national domain, was the per son to be bought. He was supposed to be impatient for the Peer) tie, to be destitute of principle, and to be a tit ally of the present Government. The snpposi tions were insults, and as insults were felt and treated. This negociation, of course, did not proceed far. The father, however, is said, and we fear truly, to have been more tractable than the son. He has consented (under what inducement is yet a secret— it cannot have been the promise of a Peerage, since he already occupies the highest rank) to employ his influence in a certain borough for the ejection of one of his sons and the introduction of another more favourably disposed to the present Administration. The bargain—a corrupt one, no doubt—will fail however, and fail completely and disgracefully, for the honest electors of the borough in question will show by their conduct at the approaching election that they are not mere chattels to be made the subject of this injurious and insulting traffic. Recent interviews at Kensington arc understood to have been sought for the purpose of obviating the impression which dis closures of this nature are calculated to make. 'We cannot, of course, know the effect of these conferences. But, as we do know that the facts could not be met by an explicit denial, we naturally conjecture that the re sult of the evasions and palliattons which must neces sarily have been resorted to in the circumstances, was only an increased degree of disgust and contempt.— Morning Post. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE, JULY 11. The John Bull, Corbin, from Hamburgh ; Victorine, Lange hurt, Cherbourg; Margarite, Bullez, Gravelines ; Neptune, Berger, Leer; Clyde, Foulerton, Havre; Charlotte, Daniels, Calais ; Vrow Elizabeth, Lomede, Antwerp ; Yuze Gebroe ders, Roos, Worcum ; Joseph Allum, Bloom, Groningen ; Toties, Slodwell, Guernsey; Gat Hoffning, Norman, Emden ; Tyrian, Cunningham, Arica. ENTERED OUTWARDS. The Union, Dc Jonge, for Ostend ; Soho, Whitcombe Antwerp ; Auriga, Chalmers, Hobart Town ; Broxbornebury. Chapman, Calcutta ; Serina, Boddle, Sydney ; Countess o Lonsdale, Strannack, Hamburgh ; Gaditiana, Carretin, Cadiz, CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. The Countess of Lonidale, Strannack, Hamburgh ; Camil lers, Mules, Demerara; Teaser, Airth, Malta; Ajax, Thomp son, Trieste ; Gustave and Leopold, Garling, Stettin ; Att wood, Major, Rotterdam. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST. The Brazilian, White, Rio Janeiro ; Lady Cremorne, Fen. wick, St. Petersburg ; Alexander, Lavalle, Graveline3; Vic toria, Languehart, Cherbourg ; George and Mary, Hay. Archangel ; Betty, Nicholas, Dantzic ; St. Charles, Lamy Calais ; Lisette, Boyer, Elsineur. For some weeks past the attention of the inhabi tants of Chelsea and Brompton has been directed to the sin gular proceedings of a female named Margaret Gyles, better known in the districts alluded to by the title of the Queen of England. She had resided in Robert -street, Chelsea, for many years, always continuing in the same degree of mental aberration, but never beforo had her insanity displayed such remarkable characteristics. For days after the death of our late Most Gracious Majesty had been announced she would roam through the public thoroughfares, bewailing her own misfortunes, and denying that her Sovereign ceased to exist. When she was at length convinced, she had her own apart ments hung throughout with black, and every testimony of respect and loyalty was paid by the deluded female. On Saturday, hearing that it was the day appointed for his Ma jesty's burial, she walked down to Windsor, fully persuaded that she was now in her own right the Queen of Britain, an illusion of which it was impossible to divest her. On Sunday she returned in the same manner, and the fatigue which she had undergone in performing those two journeys on foot brought on a severe series of fits, of which she ultimately ex pired yesterday morning. Her age was supposed to be beyond eighty, and although she possessed a sufficient annuity to have enabled her to live in comparative affluence, yet such was the force of habit, that having once picked up a half-picked bone in the Street opposite her own dwelling, she imagined that there was no other means left open to her, and accordingly still continued to look for her repasts in the same manner until the day of her death. The sagacity of savages often transcends all that the boasted learning of schools can show. A North American Indian, upon returning home to his cabin, discovered that his venison, which had been hung up to dry was stolen. After taking his observations on the spot he set off in pursuit of the thief, which he tracked through the woods. Meeting some persons on his route he inquired if they had seen a little old white man, with a short gun, and accompanied by a small dog with a bob tail ? They answered in the affirmative ; and, tmon the Indian assuring them that the man thus described had stolen his venison, they desired to be informed how he was able to give so minute a description of a person whom, to them it appeared lie had never seen ? The Indian replied, " The thief, I know, is a little man, by his having made a pile of stones to stand upon in order to reach the venison from the height at which I hurl.- it while standing on the ground ; that he is an old man I know by his short steps, which I have traced ov er t h e dead leaves in the woods; and that he is a white man I know by his turning out his toes when he walks, which an Indian never does. His gun I know to be short from the m ar k w hi ch the muzzle made by rubbing the bark of the tree against which it had leaned ; that his dog is small I know by hi s t rac k ; and that he has a Lob-tail I discovered by the mark it made in the dust where lie was sitting while his master was busied a b out my meat. " On Thursday week, at the request of the Greeve of the Manor of Houghton, Mr. George Whitfiel,l, and in con formity with immemorial custom, upwards of 1,500 people perambulated the Burn Field, part of the borough of Sunder_ land, in honour of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne of these realms, --Sunderland Herald. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1837 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, .1 - I , Lr 12. The SPEAKER, took the Chair shortly after Three o'Clock. Capt. ALS AGER brought up the Report on Bevan's Estate Bill, which was read a third time and passed. On the motion of the Hon. and Gallant Member, Ac ton's Naturalization Bill was read a third time and passed. Sir JOHN BECKETT brought up the Report on Faucet's Estate Bill, which was read a third time and passed. Sir J. WROTTESLEY brought up the Report of the Birmingham Grammar Schools Estate 8111, which was read a third time and passed. Lord R. GROSVENOR brought up the Report of the Earl of Wilton's Estate Bill, which was read a third time and passed. Mr. SC HOLFIELD presented a petition from the Po litical Union of Birmingham, in favour of Household Suf frage, Vote by Ballot, and Annual Parliaments. Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from Roch dale in favour of the Ministerial plan for the abolition of Church•rates. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN DOWAGER. Lord MORPETH appeared at the Bar and said—l have the honour to acquaint the House, that the Gentlemen de puted to carry the Message of Condolence to her Majesty, the Queen Dowager, yesterday waited on her Majesty, and delivered the Message, to which her Majesty was pleased to return the following gracious answer : " Gentlemen—l thank you most gratefully for the Mes sage of Condolence you have been charged to deliver to me from the House of Commons on the great affliction I have lately sustained. The unanimous tribute paid by your Honourable House to the upright character and patriotic intentions of our late beloved Sovereign, is the most wel come alleviation that could have been offered to my fee!ings." Her Majesty's Message was then ordered to be entered on the Journals. Pourdrinier's Patent Bill, and the Law of Coverture Bill, were deferred till next Session. LORDS JUSTICES BILL. On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair in order to go into Committee on this Bill, Colonel THOMPSON complained of the great haste with which this BM had been hurried through the House. A great portion of the people in their simplicity believed that no foreign Prince, State, or Potentate, had or ought to have any power, either temporal or spiritual, in the affairs of this country. Whether they were right or wrong, it was not for him to say ; but certainly time should have been given them to consider the subject. The Bill then went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Act of Parliament References Bill was .read a third time and passed. The Conveyance of Building and Lands Bill was read a third time and passed. 'l ho Church Building Commission Bill was read a third time and passed. COLONIAL ACCOUNT COMMITTEE. Mr. HUME stated he had given notice, upon the un derstanding that there would ha no opposition to the mo tion, that he should move the addition of the names of seven Gentlemen to the Committee on the Colonial Accounts, in order to enable that Committee to report to the House. He, however, understood, that there was an objection to that motion on the part of the Noble Lord opposite ( Howick) ; if such was the case he was not in a condition to press the motion on the consideration of the House. Lord HO WICK bad no doubt that it would be ex tremely desirable that the evidence should be laid on the table of the House, but he thought sanctioning the motion of the Hon. Member for Middlesex would lead to the esta blishment of an inconvenient precedent. No inconvenience could arise from delay, as it was the practice of the House to re-appoint Committees in a new Session upon subjects like the one now under consideration, and when that Com ►::ittee was appointed, the evidence that had been taken before the present Committee could be referred to the newly appointed one. Dr. BOW RING observed that he had received a letter from the Secretary for the Treasury, requesting that the course proposed to he adopted by the Hon. Member for Middlesex should take place. There was nothing of a po litical or party tendency in the operations of the Com mittee, and it was the unanimous feelings of its Members that the evidence taken before it was of that importance that it should be laid on the table of the House. Mr. HERRIES objected to the appointment of Gentle me❑ to a Committee who had not heard the evidence that had been previously given. Mr. WARBURTON thought that the difficulty might be easily got over, by the House declaring that three should constitute a quorum. Lord HOW ICK coincided with the suggestion of the Hon. Member for Bridport. After a few observations from Mr. EsTcour.T, Sir R. INGLIS, and Dr. BOWRING, Mr. WARBURTON moved that three be a quorum, and that it be an instruction to the Committee to report the evidence only.—Agreed to. COURT OF EXCHEQUER (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of the LORD ADVOCATE, the Lords' Amendments to the Court of Exchequer (Scot land) Bill were agreed to. FICTITIOUS VOTES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The LORD ADVOCATE moved that three Mem bers should form a quorum on the Fictitious Votes (Scot land) Bill. The ATTORNE V-GENERAL thought it would be of great advantage to the public if the Committee had leave to report the evidence.—Agreed to. BRIGHTON RAILWAY. Captain PECHELL said some amendments had been made by their Lordships to the Brighton Railway Bill, and he trusted there would be no objection to these amend ments being now taken into consideration. The SPEAKER said such a course was irregular. The amendments could be moved to-morrow. POOR LAWS. Colonel SIBTHORP moved for a return of the ex penses incurred by the appointment of the Committee to inquire into the operation of the Poor-law Amendment Bill, with the amount paid to the several witnesses who had given evidence before that Committee. After a few words from Mr. FAZAKERLEY, the mo tion was agreed to. The Hon. and Gallant Member then moved for a return of the contracts entered into by the several Unions establish ed under the Poor-law Amendment Bill, with medical attendants, with the amount of the salaries given to each, and the number of deaths that had occurred, distinguishing the male and female, since the formation of these Unions. Lord HO WICK objected to the return, on the ground that the Government had not received notice of the Hon. and Gallant Colonel's motion ; and because, although it was one which would be attended with great expense and (rouble, it would not give a correct statement of the facts of the case. Mr. WILKS also opposed the motion. The return to be at all practically useful should be much more extensive. Colonel SIBTHORP expressed his determination to take the sense of the House on the subject, but the motion was subsequently negatived without a division. DU - NDEE WATER-WORKS. On the motion of Mr. CHALMERS, the Lords' Amendments to the Dundee Water Works Bill were or• dered to be considered this day three months. The Hon. Gentleman then said the case was one of very peculiar hardship on the parties promoting the Bill. As there could be no doubt of the Standing Orders having all been com plied with, he trusted the House would then give him leave to bring in another Bill, and afford him facilities for carry ing it through this Session. The SPEAKER said this case was a peculiar one, and it was with pain he felt obliged to allude to it. The Bill was sent up to the other House with a compulsory rate clause, which imposed on the inhabitants of Dundee 3d. per pound for the purpose of supplying the town with water. There was also a provision made for a guarantee fund to the amount of Is. per pound, which clause had been struck out—the Bill was therefore lost. The question then was, would the House, under those circumstances, and in the then state of the session, grant leave for the introduction of the new Bill, and pass it through all its stages in one day? Lord SANDON rose, but was interrupted by the ap pearance of the Usher of the Black Rod, who summoned the House to hear the Royal Assent given, by Commission, to several Bills. The SPEAKER, on his return, informed the House that the Royal assent had been given to several Bills, for which see Lords' Report. _ . . .. Lord SANbON resumed. The objectionable part of the Bill having been withdrawn, no further opposition would be offered to the Bill. Leave having been given, Mr. CHALMERS brought in the Bill, which was read first and second time, and referred to the Committee. Mr. LABOUCHERE brought up the Report of the Committee on the Negro Apprenticeship Bill. The LORD ADVOCATE then brought up the Re port of the Committee on Fourdrinier's Patent Bill. The house adjourned at Five o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 12. ROYAL ASSENT. At a Quarter past Four o'Clock the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Glenelg took their scats at the front of the throne as Lords Commissioners, for the purpose of giving her Majesty's Royal Assent to the folioNin,s; Bills : The Exchequer Bills (13,623,3001.) Bill. The Malt Duties Regulation Bill. The Post-office Acts Repeal Bill. The Administration of Justice (New South Wales) Bill. The Post-office Management (No. 2) Bill. The Postage Duties Bill. The Franking Bill. The Post Office Offences Bill. The Common Law Courts Bill. The Concealment of Births Bill. The Church Notices Bill. The Metropolis Police Offices Bill. The Military Commissions Bill. The Rolls Estate Bill. The Foreign Officers Bill. The Civil Courts (Ireland) Bill. The Bankrupts' (Ireland) Bill. The Small Debts (Scotland) Bill. The Creditors' (Scotland) Bill. The Sheriffs' (Scotland) Bill. The East India Officers' Salaries Bill. The Wishaw and Coltness Railway Bill. The Maryport and Carlisle Railway Bill. The Hurworth and York Railway Bill. The Clarence (Durham) Railway Bill. The Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Bill. The Kilmarnock and Troon Railway Bill. The Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill. The Chester and Birkenhead Railway Bill. The Cork and Passage (No. 2) Railway Bill. The Dundee Police Bill. The Bridlington Harbour Bill. The Campsie Canal Bill. The Manchester Gas Bill. The Welland Outfall Drainage Bill. The St. George's (Southwark) Market Bill. The Liverpool Improvement Bill. Lord Sandy's Estate Bill. Winchester College Estate Bill. East's Estate Bill. Jackson's Estate Bill. Clitheroe Free Grammar School Estate Bill. Watson's Estate Bill. Acland's Estate Bill. The Duke of Richmond's Estate Bill. Evers&ld's Estate Bill ; and Lord Clanmorris's Estate Bill. Various messages were brought up from the Commons by Mr. TOOKE and others, announcing that the Commons had agreed to their Lordships' amendments to various Bills ; and that the Commons had passed other Bills, to which they desired their Lordship's concurrence. The Earl of CLARENDON presented a petition for an alteration in the rates of postage. The Bishop of EXETER presented a number of peti tions from Glasgow, and other places in Scotland, from ope tive spinners, &c., praying for a ten hours' factory bill. The Right Rev. Prelate said he was afraid the prayer was a hopeless one this session. The Right Rev. Prelate pre sented petitions from Protestant inhabitants of Templecar, in Ireland, complaining of the want of church accommoda tion, and praying for aid to enable them to enlarge their pa rish church ; also a petition to the same effect from a place in the County of Fermanagh, and another from the incum bent of certain parishes in the diocese of Clogher, with a like prayer. Also a petition from the beneficed clergy of Waterford, complaining that they had been peremptorily called upon to pay up three instalments, under the Million Loan Act. Also a petition from the clergyman and church wardens of a place in Staffordshire against the abolition of eh u rch-rates. The Duke of RICHMOND moved the first reading of a Bill which had for its object to remedy a defect in their Lordships' Standing Orders relative to railways. It appeared .that sections and plans were ordered to be lodged in the Clerks of the Peace Offices ; but in Scotland those officers, and in Ireland the schoolmasters, objected to show these plans freely to the public, on the ground that they received no remuneration for so doing. He should suggest that a clause might be introduced into the House of Commons which should arrange this matter ; and to morrow he would move the suspension of the Standing Orders in order to get the Bill through their Lordship's House. The Bill was then read a first time. BOLTON AND PRESTON RAILWAY BILL. The Bolton and Preston Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of the Earl of LICHFIELD, the East India Postages Bill went through a Committee. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented numerous petitions from trustees of turnpike roads near Leeds, and other places, respecting the Statute Labour Act. On the motion of Lord DENM AN, the Report on the Abolition of Death Bill was received, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH presented petitions from Brackley, in Northamptonshire, and other places, praying the House of Lords to maintain inviolate their privileges, &c. Lord SKELMERSDALE presented a petition, which we understood to be to the same effect. MUNICIPAL RATES BILL—ASSESSED TAXES BILL—MILITIA PAY BILL—MILITIA BALLOT SUSPENSION BILL—SLAVE TREATIES BILL —EXCHEQUER BILLS (PUBLIC WORKS) BILL —TITHE ADVANCES (IRELAND) BILL—BANK OF IRELAND BILL. The above Bills severally went through Committee, and were ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (IRELAND) BILL— MASTERS AND WORKMEN BILL—CONSOLI DATED FUND BILL. These Bills were severally read a second time, and or dered to be committed to-morrow. BRISTOL CEMETERY BILL—CORONERS' IN QUESTS EXPENSES BILL—CORONERS'(DUR HAM) BILL—SECULAR JURISDICTION (YORK AND ELY) BILL. Severally read a third time, and passed. CHURCHES-BUILDING COMMISSION BILL. Read a first time ; to be read a second time to-morrow. LETTERS PATENT BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up, when, Lord LYNDHURST objected to some provisions of the Bill ; and after a few words from Lord Brougham, the consideration of the report was adjourned till to-morrow. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. The Central Criminal Court Bill went through a Com mittee, in which several amendments were introduced into the measure. The report was ordered to be received to morrow. Adjourned at a Quarter after Six o'clock. Considerable sensation has been excited in Leeds during the last few days in consequence of an attempt having been made, on the night of Wednesday last, to set fire to the parish Church. It appears that on Thursday morning, when Mr. Pickard, the Sexton, went into the vestry, he found a number of papers missing, which induced him to think that a robbery had taken place. On going into the choir he further discovered that a large Ijible used at the altar-table was like wise missing, as were several prayer-books from the different seats. Having made these discoveries, his attention was next directed to the organ gallery, which did not appear to be in its usual state. He accordingly went up, and there found the large Bible and six or seven prayer-books laid open, and amongst a quantity of curl-papers several lucifer matches, which had apparently been rubbed through sand paper, but had failed to produce the ignition. The prayer-books were placed on a projection above the Bible , f o r the p ur p ose, it is conjectured, of causing a more rapid spread of the flames when the curl-papers should have taken hold and communi cated to the Bible. Information was immediately given to the police, and on examination of the windows it was found that on the north side an aperture had been made only just large enough to admit the body of a man. There was a small quan tity of blood near the place, showing that the party, in making his egress, had cut himself with broken glass. Those who have examined the window declare it is their opinion that the opening had been made by the supposed incendiary inside, for which purpose he must have been concealed inside the church. The authorities have used every exertion to discover the par ties who have attempted the diabolical deed, but hitherto the matter remains a perfect mystery. Thechurchwardens have of fered a reward of 50/. for the apprehension of those concerned. The last expedition to Central Africa under the direction of a Company of merchants, departed from Liver pool in two steam-boats and one sailing vessel; and so much interest was taken in it by the British Government, that the Lords of the Admiralty requested permission to send with it an officer of the Royal Navy, for the purpose of making a survey of the Niger. The party was also accompanied by Mr. Lander, the celebrated African traveller, who was barba rously murdered while pursuing his researches. Of the dif ferent crews which went out on this adventurous enterprise, nearly all the men perished from the baneful effects of the climate ; and the chief officers, after enduring many perils by land and water, and suffering every kind of privation, have re turned to their native country with a narrative of their disco veriesin the barbarous regions of Africa, where civilized man had never before penetrated, including descriptions of savage kings and kingdoms, and of the strange manners and customs of the wild tribes with whom the travellers came in contact. The following narrative of a semi-tragical scene which took place on board the Czarowitch steam-packet, on a late voyage from Havre to Hamburgh, is given by the Ham burgh Correspondent. Au elderly Russian lady had taken her passage, accompanied by a dog remarkable for its ugliness, but of which she took as much care as if it had been her only child. The exhibition of so much affection to an object so apparently unworthy excited the " espiegleries" of the cabin-boy and two other mischievous imps, who, after some ma noeuvres, enticed the animal from his mistress, arid threw him overboard. The cry of the dog on emerging from the waves caught the ear of his mistress, who, without a moment's reflection, plunged after him, and caught him in her arms. For a time she was borne upon the surface by her clothes, but as these became saturated with the water, she began to sink, and would have been drowned with her protege, but for the humanity of one of the sailors, Villo jumped into the sea, and succeeded in rescuing them both from death. When the lady recovered from her alarm she made the bold sailor a magnificent present, and has since se cured to him a pension for life, declaring that all this was done, not as a reward for saving her, but for restoring to her her dog, which was the only relic left her on earth of a faithful husband, to whom she was tenderly attached. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 11. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS, per ilaares. Annum. Paid. Share, 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton and Oldham-Average 97/. 18s. sh. 135 1.182 4(. Ashby.de_le-Zouch Average 1131. sh. 65 1,2110 Basingstoke IOW sh. 51 1,005 54 Brecknock and Ahergavenny ...... . l5O . sh. 100 8,000 1-lish. 91. 9s. Birmingham, 1-16th share 4/ & 71/. 218 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...1251 sh. 100 pd 31 600 Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/. sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater . lOO/. sh. 102 500 .48/. Coventry lOW. sh. 700 4,515 Croydon • Average 311.28.10 d. sh. 3 2,0607 41. Os. Dudley lOOl. sh. 85 600 71. Derby 100/. sh. 11'.3 20,000 3,5757 al. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. SO 231 401. Erewash 1001. sti. 670 1,297 29/. Forth and Clyde Average 4401.1 ,- 4.. th. 61,0 11,900 121. Grand Junc. --- . 9,4'?. sh. 201. 2,8.. 1 491 14 Grand Union 1001. sh. 24 1,511) Grand Surrey 120,0001. 4/. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. 70 3,096 Grand Western 600 131.125. Scl. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 230 749 101. Grantham 151/. sh. 202 6,238 1/. 15s. ptuddersfield Average 57/. Os. 61 sh. 35 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 25,328 11. 2s. Kennet and Avon, Average 29/. 18s. 10d. sh. '22; 2,8977 201. Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 570 5457 IX. Leicester l4O/. sh. . 20C 1, 8 97 41. 10s, Leicester and Northampton... Aver ,:31. I Os. 85 2,400 10/. Monmouthshire 1001 . sh. 200 150 10/. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 560 3,000 I/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 54 247 171. Neath 100/. sh. 325 1,786 301. Oxford 1001. sh. 528 2,400 5/. Peak Forest Avci..ge about 78/. sh. 104 21,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16z. NI. sh. :6 5,609 Cl. per cent. Rochdale Average 851. sh. 114 500 Si. Shropshire /251. sh. 138 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 14S 3,000/. 41 percent. Ditto bock Fund Stock l2l. lOs. sh. 111 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4Ol. sh. 710 500 9L Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 243 300 91, Stourbridge 3,647 21. l's. Stratford-on-Avon ... Average 79/. Os.. bd. sh. 50 533 12/. Swansea OO/. oh. 220 3,762 1/. 9s. Severn and Wye and Railway...Av 35/. sh. 261 2,601:1 sr,. 321. 10s. Treat and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 550 8,149 ..... .... Thames ."..n,l Medway...Aver. 191. ss. 23. sh. 2 1,000311.1 151 Warwick gad Birmingham 1001. sh 2-:: I,ooolsh.S 980 Ht. Warwkk and Napton lOO/. sh. 180 6,000 4/.os. Worcest .1* and Birmingham...A v. 76/. Bs. sh 81 5,000 225. Wilts and Bests .. Average 67/. lOs. Sd. sh. 201 800 3/, Wyrley and Eisington 125/. sh 75 126 • ....... Wi s be a ch lO5/. sh. 45 905 IL Wey awl Arun llOl. sh. DOCKS. 2,600& i3o C. Commercial lOO/. sh. 55 1,06515 h. .' 198,6677/. 6 per ct. East India Mock 116 3,238,31071. stls.p.ct. London Ditto Bonds 1,330,000/. 51. per ct. West India Stock 103 2.`_o) 21. I 9s. Bristol 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,352,752 4 p,:q• cent. St. Katharine Stock 91 500,000 47 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,1)00 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tor 10 years 99 Shoreham [Labour 2.500 .... .... Deptford Piet BRIDGES. 1,600 ICs. liammersm at _ 50/. sh. 22. j 7,2:11 Southwark, Old Av. (33/. 2s. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 IL 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5O/. sh. 14 5,000 5,000 19s. Sd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6Ol. pd 181 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 151 80,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds ll9 5,819 14s Vauxhall Av - irage 701. 10s. fid. sh. 161 AS , URANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3/108 Albion 500/. sh. 50/. pd 80 50,0041[1 ° a . c i e s n . t 'l Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 101/. pd 121 50,000 ti per cent. Ditto, Marine lON. sh. 5/. pd 51 24,000 (1 per sh. Atlag 5O/. sh. 51. pd 131 1,200 ash. 5/. Birmingham I ire osoi. sh. 55/ pd 105 20,000 4/ per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 41 12,000 6/. per cent. British Commercial 50/. Si). 5/. pd 6; 5,000 51. percent. Clerical, Medial, &c. Life, 100. sh. 12/10s pd 4 4,000 21 lOs County 1001. sh. 101. pd 42 20,000 ss. Eagle 200 {5 per ctnt. ~,,, so , „), E con omic Life lO OO l. sh. 25 0 1 . pd 375 2,271 225, percent. European 1.,1 , • 2Ol. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New "0/. 111. 21. pd 1 2 . 1,000,008/. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 1481 20,000 5!. Guardian lOOl. sh. 274/ pd 53 40,000 6s. rd. Hope 50!. O. Si. pd 51 2,400 al. Is. 6d. Imperial Piro 5001. sh. 501. pd 121 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 10 13,458 12s. per sh. Indemnity M:aine 1) 0/. sh. 81. pd 16! 2,020 3/ 108 Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 82 3/. Ditto Life. 79 10100 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 26 5.000 10e. London, Fin! ` , 5/ sh. 12/. 10.3 tid 154 :3,900 10s. London, Ship 0 5/ sh. 12/. 10s. pd 151 30,0'1 Si. per cent. Palladium I ;Ito 5Ol. sh. 21. poi 21% Od 50,006 froteutor Fit c 0 0/. sh. 21. pd :86 6d 2,500 ii. Provident late 100,000 51. per cent. Rock Life 20/. sh. 2/. pd 64 f 189, 2 .201 5/. per coat. Royal Excli.oige Stock... 225 6,000 5 per cent. University Life '001: sh. 5/. pd 54 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life , 2/. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,008 A gric. and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 14 5,000 AustralaQia 4Ol. sh. 45/. pd 57 1001 10 per cent. Bank of Bit tningham 5(l. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,000 19 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 14 3 0 ,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 20!. pd 194 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 20/. pd So 25,000 Liverpool 1 1 °° 00 1 1. ' s h h . . 10 5 1 ; I ;i d d 2 19 11 50,000 71 per cent. 214 an, thester and Liverpool} Discount 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 1001. sh. 25! pd 264 20,000 Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. 25/. pd 41 20, CO National Batik of Ireland s+'l. sh 174/. pd 14 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 35/. pd 24 19,000 Gloucestershire 501. sh. 10/. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 1/ 56 6d Bath 2O/. sh. 101. pd 24 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 16/. pd 21 50 , 0 {s a / n .r d )erLe . nt./ D i tto P rov i nc i a l 20/. s h. 19 pd 231 I ss. 929 5/ 10s Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 91 4,250 21 Os Bristol 1,500 3/ 10s Brighton 2Ol. sh. 12 750 3/ lOs Ditto, New 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 17 4,000 41. Continental Cansolidated 100!. 62,11. pd 85 1,000 101. City of London lOOl. sh. all pd 189 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. 106. Equitable 10,00 21 per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 42 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 9 5/. sh 20/. pd 20 2,350 Si. per cont. Independent 9O/. sh. all pd 49 9,000 3/. per cent. Phsenix 50/. sit. 391. pd 204 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff , lOO/. sh. 80/. pd 53 4,000 South ilJetropolitan 50/. sh. 19/. pd 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 461. pd 25 240 5!. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 10/. per cent Wakefield 25/, sh. 421 12,000 3!. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5ll. eh. 10/. pd 9 8(38 YarmouthTEß wan Ks. 20/. sh. 1 1 3!. pd 9 WA 4,800 9s. Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/. pd 241 4,434 W. East London lOO/. sh. 140; 5,500 2/ 10s Grand Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 51 2,000 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 42 372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 3i6 1,500 2/ lOs New River London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,196 11 15s Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 531 1,000 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh. 83 8,294 311. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 80 1,360 11146 York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,000 Bi • --- rmingham and Derby 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 101 pd 2 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Of 15,000 Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 10 pd 4 660 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western,..! 001. sh. 731. 5 3,000 Clarence lOO/. eh. 1001. pd 40 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 21 pd 60,000 Eastern Counties 251 sh. 2/ pd ' a Grand Junction 1001. sh. 501. pi 107 Great North of England 7 l. pd 53 25,000 Great Western lOO s / h. 45/. pd 501 2,000 Hartlepool 1 sh. 1001. IA 100 8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 5/. p d Of 1000 S Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 14 7,100 Leed s and Selb y 100 s 4 h. f 1,500 ..... Leicester and Swannington .... 501 . sh. all p d 70 5,100 10 per . Cent. Liverpool and Manchester-101 /.sh. 100/. pd 202 Ditto Quarter Shares "5/. pd 61 10,000 45,000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...201 sh. 1/. pd ot 16,000 Ditto ditto (13ennie)...50/. sh. Si. pd 1 8,01,0 Ditto ditto (Cu nd y )...loo/. sh. 31. pd 01 12,000 London and Blackwall 501. sh. 31 pd 0 ! 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2O/. sic 201. pd 15 25,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 851. pd 1411 20,000 London and Southampton 5O/. sh. 401. pd 24 7,000. 12,000 London Grand Junction... .5 1. sh. 51. pd 2 10,000 ......... M:nchester and Birmingham...so/. sh. 51. pd North Midland 100/. sh. 151. pd . 4 Northern and Eastern lO Ol. sh. 6/. pd 2,600 Preston and Wyre 501. 2 : lhh h . 1 .. .0 1 0 7 032 9 1: 11 1 ...... s p pp i ) d p h d ddd . 24 3 1g 0i 28,000 South Eastern and Dover 1,900 61. per cent. Stockton and Darlington 9,000 ' S y V Thames o e r s k m n i Westminster t N a e v o r n t and h GreenwichMidland 5 5 ' o h o/ . . 1,400 6,000 1,001 Albion Copper 5l. sh. 31/. pd 12 4,000 11. ss, Alten 151. ill. 121. lOs I'd I°l 10,000 ........ Anglo Mexican, iss. Si. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd 31 Ditto Subscription 951. pa 4 2,000 Bolsnos l5Ol. sh all pd 87 4 10,000 11. 10s Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 'N. sh. 201. pd 22 6,0 0 Macaubas & Cocaes United 25/. sh. 23j/. pd 74 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 9 01. sh. 01. pd 24 10,000 ... ...... Bolivar Copper Company 20/. sh. 20/. pd 5 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 8/. pd 6 20,00) British Iron 501. sh. 50/ pd 44 6,000 British Copper 5l. sh. 44/. pd 1 ... ...... Cata Branca 64/. pd 6 Candonga 75/. pal 6 10,000 11. Copiapo 2O/. sh 121/ pd 14 8,500 Columbian, iss. 5/. pm. 2,850 3/. English 20,000 General Mining Association...2o/. sh. 15l pd 74 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh 554/. pd 04 3,00 W ... ...... Polherou Consuls ' lO/. sh. 8/. pd 7 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered ... l2 Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 1124 30,000 ...... ... United Mexican, iss. 2pm ....40/. sh. all psi 1 atm. Scrip 2 Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 21 West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75 g s. sh. 2114 1,500 London University 100/. sh. all pd 22 700 King' College 1001. pd 3 2 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural....loo/. sh. VT. pd 34 6,000 (il. per cent. British American Land Company . h 2d/. pd 121 10,000 61 per cant. Canada Com o any 100/. s. 24/. pd 35 200,000 51 per cent. Upper Ca nada Loan 10 i City Bonds, 4 per cen t 15,000 101. 1/. 6s. General Steam Bay St oc Navigation ... 151. sh. 13/. pd 24 2,000 L on don Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75 /. sh. 19 p i c i r . cent. Hudson 's 8,000 Caoutchouc Company ..........251. *h. 211. pd 14 New Brunswick Land Company 43/. pd 13 126 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...1 1 00 00 /s a h h ..l l o 7 o l / . . p p d d 100/. sh. 70/. pd 85 50/. sh. all pd 4 2 , 1 ( 1 0 1 51..!!.r.rnt. Thames Dito Tunnel New Van Die.ner.'s Land 7l 10,000 ......... 114 _ . LIST OF SCOTT O ISH COMPANIES PRICES JULY 6, 1837. - - BANKS. u 1. p. ct. Bank of Scotland S 3/. 6s Sd. sh. all pd 19T. l 'o s o n ro N . i 6 4 p . ct. Royal of Scotland lOU sh. all pd 1 5 71. 2,--m- 4 - 1 5 - p - ct. British Linen Company 100/. sh. all pd 235/. s()°. non - 2 / . t 4 .t. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 175/, 3,00 0 ,- 61' p. ct. Nstional lOO4 sh. 10/. pd 15 3 /, 5 ,tiona .., oet optional 1001, 2 : 0 0000/. 5/ p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 50/. pd 69/. 4,000"01. 4 p t. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 30/. pd ;81 -* c INSURANCE COMPANIES. - ' 25(.0000 61 p. ct. Scottish Union 2O/. sh. 14 pd 25 8 7.509 6; p. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 101. pd 131 15s. t50o( 000 6 p 5 p. ct. North Brit ish. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/ . s h . all pd 81/, 000 sh. 10/. pd 154 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/ sh. 10/. pd 161 5s 5 . 000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh 10/. pa 14/ los 100,0oe 31 p. ct. West of Scotland lO/.. pd it Os MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 Edits, and (41as Un. Cana1...50/. oh. all pd 221 ... Ditto Allocated .90/. sh. all psi 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb....Joint Stock 'Water....2s/. sh. all pd 35 ,./, Carron ken Company 2501. s h . a ll pd 4 51 . ~ 2,000 s h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 50/. s h 3.4/. pd 4 5 1" 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2O/. sh. 161. Pd Si . 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd 62/. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 251, sh, all pd 61/ 750 71~ per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 44/. 1,205 ... ...... Edinburgh snd Dalkeith Rallway...so/.sh. 55/. 3,000 5 per cent. Equitable Loan Company 251. sh, 91 pd 104. HORTICULTURAL GARDENS. The third and concluding fete for the season, which was postponed from Saturday, was held on Tuesday. Although the gardens were not i❑ the same crowded state as on the previous occasion, the numbers present may, at a moderate computation, be stated at upwards of 7,000. Amongst other eminent patrons of horticulture we no ticed the Earl of Burlington, Lord Sondes ; Sirs C. Hulse, H. Rycroft, W. Curtis, H. Willuck, P. G. Egerton, and Trayton Drake ; General Biatchford, Colonel Challieur, &c. The exhibition was considered by judges to be one of the best for the season ; and the collections of roses, pelar goniums, calceolarias, and geraniums were unique. The fruit was also very fine, and particularly the peaches. Amongst other varieties we noticed several specimens of the edible passifiora, exceeding six inches in length. The bands of the Coldstream, Royal Horse Guards Blue, and Grenadier Guards were in attendance ; and many of the company did not separate until a very advanced hour. The following prizes were awarded : PlNKS.—Silver Knightian medal, Mr. Attwell ; silver Banksian medal, George King. Nurserymen : Silver Knightian medal, Mr. Hogg ; silver Banksian medal, Mr. Willmer. PICCOTEEL—SiIver Knightian medal, Mr. Hogg ; silver Banksian medal, Mr. Willmer. HEARTSEASE.—SiIver Knightian medal, Mr. G. Bridges; silver Banksian medal, Mr. Lidgard. Nurserymen : Silver Knightian medal, Messrs. Lane and Son ; silver Banksian medal, Mr. Gaines. PELARGONIUMS.—Large silver medal, Mr. Cock ; silver linightian medal, Mr. Upright ; silver Banksian medal, Mr. Butcher. Nurserymen : Large silver medal, Mr. Catcleugh ; silver Banksian medal, Messrs. Colley and Hill. BALSAMS.—SiIver Banksian medal, Mr. Wm. Scott. HERBACEOUS CALCEOLARIAS.—SiIver Banksian medal, Mr. Green. SHRUMY CALCEOLARIAS.—SiIver Knightian me dal, Mr. Falconer. PASSIFLORA QUADRANGULAIIIC—SiIver Banksien me dal, Rev. F. Belfield. APPLES.—SiIver Banksian medal, Mr. Falconer. GRAPES IN PoT3.—Silver Banksian medal, Mr. Buck. GRAPES.—Large silver medal, Mr. John Davis ; silver Knightian medal, Mr. Chapman ; silver Banksian medal, Mr. R. Buck. MELONS.—Silver Knightian medal, Mr. Pratt ; silver Banksian medal, Mr. Stewart. PINE APPLES.—Large silver medal, Mr. Baker ; silver Knightian medal, Mr. Gundry ; silver Banksian medal, Air. Davis. PEACHES.—SiIver Knightian medal, Mr. Upright ; sil ver Banksian medal, Mr. Barnes. NECTARINES.—SiIver Knightian medal, Mr. Wilson ; silver Banksian medal, Mr. William Gibbs. CAPE HEATHS.—Large silver medal, Mrs. Lawrence. SINGLE ORCHIDEOUS PLANTS.—Large silver medal, Mr. Rucker ; silver Knightian medal, Mr. Pratt. CHINESE AND NOISETTE RosEs.--Large silver medal, Mr. Glenny ; silver Knightian medal, Mr. A. Milner ; sil ver Banksiaa medal, Mr. H. Pratt. Nurserymen ; Large silver medal, Mr. S. Hooker ; silver Knightian medal. Messrs. Paull ; silver Banksian medal, Messrs. Woods. GARDEN ROSES IN FIFTIES.—Large silver medal, Mr. A. Milne ; silver Knightian medal, Mr. Richard Helmer ; silver Banksian medal, Mr. Glenny. Nurserymen—Large silver medal, Mr. Rivers ; silver Knightian medal, Mr. Hooker ; silver Banksian medal, Mr. Paul. MISCELLANEOUS GARDEN ROSES.—SiIVer Knightian medal, Mr. H. Cobbett. LARGE COLLECTION Or STOVE AND GREEN-HOUSE. PLANTS.—GoId Knightian medal, Mr. Butcher ; gala Banksian medal, Mr. J. Green ; large silver medal, Mr. Redding. SMALL COLLECTION DlTTO.—Silver Knightian medal, Mr. J. Lane ; silver Banksian medal, Mr. D. Ferguson. ALSTROMERIAS.—SiIver Knightian medal, Mr. J. Fal coner ; silver Banksian medal, Mr. Gaines. SINGLE SPECIMENS OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS.—Larget silver medal (Lenstemon Murrayanas), Mr. A. Toward large silver medal (Anizozanthus Sp.), Mr. D. M.Kal' ; silver Knightian medal (Clematis Sieboldi), Mr. Yollog ; silver Knightian medal (Morna Nitida), Mr, D. M'Kay ; silver Knightian medal (Hybrid Malva), Mr. Toward ; sil ver Knightian medal (Brugmansia Sanguinea), Mr. GlennY ; silver Banksian medal (Lychnis Bungeana), Mr. Spence silver Banksian medal (Phlox Drunamondi), Mr. Ferguson ; silver Banksian medal (Yellow Roses), Mr. Cooper ; s ilver Banksian medal (Alstromeria Tricolor), Mr. Ferguson ; 5 0 ' ver Banksian medal (Campanula Gargania), Mr. Jackson ; silver Banksian medal (Antirrhinum Caryophylloides), Mr' Jackson ; silver Banksian medal (Crassulas), Mr. J. F. Buck ; silver Banksian medal (Irises), Mr. Lidgard ; silver Knightian medal (Irises), Mr. Brown. • From all quarters we learn that tot only the 1113 : harvest and the prospect of fruit in the cider and p 0r. 7 counties, but that the grain of all sorts, hops and potatoes , bear the most promising prospect of abundance.—Tirisa Journal. THE EXPORTATION OF THE PRECIOI73 TALs.—The exportation of gold and silver coin and Lullion, from the port of London to foreign parts during the past week; ending the 11th instant, i s as f o ll ows : — go ld co i n to Cape O' Good Hope, 4,1240 z. ; ditto to Rotterdam, 1,030 ox,, ; silver coin, ditto, 2,000 oz. ; ditto Calais, 184,000 oz. ; ditto bar* 130,000. The Marquis of Hertford's beautiful villa and grounds in the Regent's-park, were thrown open •on Mondsi night to the whore fashionable world, with one of those splendid fetes for which his lordship's refinement rand taste sr ° so well known. Upwards of 1,000 cards of invitation, w e un derstand, were issued, and nearly the whole Were accepted' the line of carriages at one time forming a double line from the villa nearly to the New-road ; but the regulations w ere judicious, and no material inconvenience arose front the num' ber of guests, which included all the elite of rank and fashion. The grounds, upper lawn, and flower garden, and lake, wit h the facade of the pavilion, St. Dunstan's tower and clock, &c., were most brilliantly illuminated with innumerable varie gated lamps; on the lawn were several devices, formed o f coloured lamps, representing palm trees, drooping willows , orange trees, &c. The flight of marble steps, communicat ing from the upper to the lower lawn, was made avelilable for the first time, and it is an improvement, where improvement appeared next to an impossibility. The columns on either s ide of it, supporting busts of the Caesars, were also illuminated- Some splendid marquees were erected by Mr. B. Edgingtono and formed an agreeable retreat from the heat of the ball' room. The whole arrangements, as night approached,- pre sented a scene truly oriental in splendour and may,nificence. The comp any b egan to arrive before ten o'clock 1 and after, passing th roug h the vestibule, were received in the 'blue-stripe d reception-room by the noble host (who appeared in better health than usual), and his youngest son, Lord Yarmouth, and Count and Countess Emanuel Zichy, &c. The elegant ball rooms (called the Russian saloon) was thrown open, brilliantly illu minated by a new and costly chandelier, by Hancock and Rixont with side branches, girandoles, &c. Weippert's full quadrille band were stationed in the orchestra, and about 11 o'clock the ball was opened with a new set of quadrilles. Lord Yarmouth who has recently arrived from the continent, on a visit to bit, father, and was present for the first time on such an occa sion, appeared amongst the most animated and graceful ill tho dance. Many distinguished foreigners were present. Amongst the number was the Duke of Elchingen, second son of Marshal Ney. Ab ou t one o ' c l oc k , a sumptuous supper, con' sisting of innumerabl e removes , was served up to the numerous visiters in the new supper rooms, the whole arrangements be ing excellent. Occasionally during the night crimson, gr een, and gold coloured Bengal lights illuminated the whole horizon- A military band was stationed on the lawn, and during the in tervals of the dance performed a variety of pleasing con= sitions. The festiv e d ance was k ept up t ill past on Tuesday morning. The whole arrangementa.were un der the able direction of Mr. Mackay, of his Lordship's house hold. The company, we have already said, included all tbo Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, and the principal nobility and gentry in town. PLATE SUITED FOR PRESENTATION.-- Elegant or Splendid Silver Inkstands —Silver Waiters of every aim/ —St and C ver Cups e , New and Second -hand — Fifty varieties of Silver ' Tea offe Services—Splendid Snuff Boxes—Silver Epergnes , and many other articles of Plate adapted for Presentation as Testi monials, &c., may be selected from in the Show Rooms at T. COX SAVORY'S Working Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Coruhil l ' London. B IR THS. On the 10th inst. at the Parsonage, Hampst ea d, th e l a d y o f the Rev. R. J ac k son, of a son. On the 10th inst., at Walthamstow, the lady of Edward Wigrera' Esq., of a son. On the 22d ult., at Reading, the lady of Francis Heathcote, Esq.' of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 6th inst., at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, Charl Patten, Esq., of Uxbridge, to Sophia Anne, second daughter o f the; late Basil Cane, Esq., of Mouse]. On the 11th inst., at St. Pancras Church, the ceremony hay . ing been previously performed according to the rites of the Roman. Cl' tholic Church, W. R. Webb, Esq., of Clifton, to Catherin e, the youngest daughter of the late Captain Browne. • DIED. r 0 On the 10th i sst., at Queen-square, Westminster, atcer a 9.. ° illness, the kind and affectionate wife of Mr. W. Adams. On the 11th inst., at Hackney, Mr. Edward Bunn forn lerly °f Great Surrey-street, aged 82. , On the 10th inst., Matilda, widow of Mr. W. Ginger, o I Grea t College-street, Westminster, aged 54. On the 4th inst., Ottywell Robinson, Esq., of Argyle-street, ina his 61st year. On the sth inst., at Mount-park House, Great Cog63esh all !" Essex, aged 68, Henry Skingley, Esq. On the 4th inst., Louisa, wife of A. Owen, jun., Esq., ref Lever ham, and daughter of T. Tanner, Esq., of N orwoo d , aged 24. On the 9th inst., Thomas Shakespeare, E sq . , o f Ranelagsb.stry et' Pimlico, aged 76. On the 9th inst., the infant son of H. Smale, Esq., of Arf ,11°' street, having survived his mother 15 days. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of I°. 112, Strand, at Th e S un Offi ce, N o. 112, Strand, ;n ths co° oit of Middlesex,—.Thursday, July 13, 1837,