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THE SUN, LONDON, TUE§DAY EVE NINvG, JULY 7, 1846. MAGAZINES CONTINUED. HEATH'S GALLERY OF BRITISH EN- GR A VING S. Part , X. and XI. P,,rtrait, landscape, and domestic or incidental en gravings, are here collected together, with fly-leaves of appri priate letterpress. Mr. Charles Heath, in su perintending this publication, is by no means injuring his reputation ; on the contrary, each engraving is worthy of this age of advancement in the fine arts. Lady Charles Beauclerk and the Mar chioness of Douro—one the beauty of hilarity, the other of pensiveness--have faces delightful to contemplate; and their portraits are here given with an air of extreme naturalness. PICTORIAL GALLERY OF ARTS. Part XVIIL From its profusion of wood-cuts, and its useful com pilation of antiquarian matter, this periodical is wholly apart from rivalry. It is extraordinary how so much excellence can be produced for three groats. THE TI?'Y LIBRARY, Part IV. This is a dainty little series, eminently suited for the amusement and instruction of children. Some of the engravings are tastefully and delicately designed ; and the literary contributions are singularly varied. POLITICAL DICTIONARY. Part XIII. This elaborate and admirable production proceeds with its accustomed ability, and has now nearly com pleted the letter S. When finished it will form a standard work. THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. No. 1. By Gilbert Abbott a Beckett. What possibly shall we say of this ? That it is the very extravagance of comicality—that it is brim full, and running over with fun—that its drollery is the very excess of drollery, and its facetiousness the very acme of facetiousness? Or shall we borrow a phrase from the United States, and call it a "screamer ?" We might do all this, and yet not convey a sufficient notion of the performance of either Mr. I Beckett or Mr. Leech. How, for example, shall we convey a notion of the "Landing of Julius Caesar," as drawn by John Leech—with the British barbarians seated on bathing machines, and Csar coming gallantly on shore on the paddle-box of a steam-boat, himself attired in breast plate, tunic, hessians, and a green frock-coat, a la Napo leon? or of the Druid having a quiet game of cricket with Time, a bit of Stonehenge forming their wicket ? As a specimen of the historian's style of narration, we give the following : The swords of the early Britons were made of copper, and generally bent with the first blow, which must have greatly straitened their aggressive resources, for the swords thus followed their own bent, instead of carrying out the intentions cf the persons using them. This pro voking- pliancy of the material must often have made the soldier as ill-tempered as his own weapon. The Britons carried also a dirk and a spear, the latter of which they threw at the foe, as an effectual means of pitching into him, &c." In mentioning the victory achieved by Carausius, Mr. a Br cke tt says that 4 ' the Roman eagles were put to flight, and both wings of the imperial army exhibited the white feather." Again in describing the advance of Agricola across the Frith of Forth, our historian observes that he (Agricola) "'came opposite to Fife, which was played upon by the whole of his band with considerable energy." With such comical conceits we conceive this "History of England", will achieve a solid good; it will impress the facts of history upon the memory of the reader much more vividly and pleasantly than any other abridgement, not even excepting Oliver Goldsmith's. LOVT'E'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. The character of the renowned " Scottish preacher," John Knox, tested by his private correspondence, is concluded in the present number. From the celebrity of its subject it will attract much observation. As a vehicle of literature this magazine proceeds with ability, but as the exponent of a religious creed we are sorry to observe that it mistakes abuse of other Christians for an argument in favour of its own polemical opinions. A mere rodomontade against another religion tends only to the degradation of the vituperator, and excites sympathy for the very cause which he is anxious to .render obnoxious Let the editor of this publication never forget that the noblest characteristic of Christianity is meekness and brotherly love. the legislative adoption of free trade, concede to its i bitterest antagonists the !need to which they are so I fully entitled ; we must give them credit, as we have already elsewhere done, fur the display of extraordinary abilities. No one could listen to the impassioned and sometimes lofty oratory of Lord Stanley in the pas sage of the Corn Importation Bill through the Upper House, without regret that such rhetorical brilliancy ' and fervour of mind should be squandered away upon a, theme so ineffably worthless ; nor could any dispas si.nate man listen to the sarcastic and even witty vitu perations of Mr. Disraeli without a hope that that honourable gentleman would ultimately perceive the fallacy of his present opinions, and the glaring invidi ousness of his personalities to Sir Robert Peel. Al though there was something sinister in the language then used by Mr. Disraeli, we trusted that that charac teristic of his proceedings as a debater would be, in the end, dissipated ; and we could not acknowledge to our selves the possibility that the House would in his instance (as he erroneously anticipated it would to the then Premier) "seal with the stigma of parliamentary reprobation the catastrophe of a sinister career I" We could not acknowledge to ourselves the possibility of such an occurrence ; nor can we now. We are fain to augur better things for Mr. Disraeli, because we long to behold his undoubted talents turned to their right use. Now that the political world is emerging from storms and turmoils, opportunities will present themselves for redeeming his recent blunders. As the working of a free-trade system developes itself the Protectionists will behold their error—their peevishness will subside, and their animosities die away. The author of " Sybil" and "Coningsby" will, we hope, triumph in the end over the assailant of that great Patriot and Statesman, Sir Robert Peel. The Oxiord and Cambridge Review ap pears to have renovated its strength under the auspices of Lord John Manners. PRODUCTION OF COAL IN THE DIFFERENT STATES OF EUROPE. After iron there is certainly no produce of the mineral kingdom which exercises a greater influence on our com mercial relations than coal. The following is a statistical sketch of the produce of that article in the different countries of Europe: — England possesses the richest veins of coal, both as regards quality and quantity; they form a line from the south-west to north-east. In Northumberland and Durham, from the Tweed to the Tees, coal abounds at Whitehaven, in the hills of Cumberland, in Yorkshire. and in Lancashire. The most abundant mines are in Wales. _ _ _ The consumption of coal in England and in exporta- I tion is so great, that it has often been asked if the mines would be exhausted; but, according to calculations made in proportion to the present consumption, they could not be exhausted under 1500 years—the yearly consump tion in Great Britain is 20,000,000 to 21,000,000 tons. The exportation increased in the following propor tions:—ln 1830, 505,421 tons; in 1832, 588,450 tons; in 1834, 621,256 tons ; in 1836, 1,101,000 tons ; in 1838, 1,413,800 tons ; in 1840, 1,162,300 tons ; in 1842, 2,120,000 tens; and in 1844, 2,410,000 tons. The number of miners exceeds half a million. English coal is to be had in every part of the civilised world; there are depots at Rio Janeiro, at Odessa, at Archangel, and at Constantinople. France does not produce enough coal for her own con sumption, and is obliged to import. She possesses 250 mines, of which 182 are worked, and which rendered in 1844, 72,000,000 cwt. of coals, to the value of 21,000,000 f. (840,0001.) The produce is increasing, as in 1815 they only rendered 17,000.000 cwt. ; 40,000 men are em ployed in the mines, and traffic belonging to them ; in 1842, the importation of coal into France amounted to 16,718,328 cwt. France imports her coal from Belgium, England, and the Prussian provinces on the Rhine. Spain draws but slight profit from her abundant mines. The principal mine is in the Sierra Morena— the produce is not known. They import but little. In some of the principal Spanish ports there are depots of English coal for the steamers. In Portugal there are depots at Figuiers, at Coimbra, and near Oporto. The principal mines of Italy, which produce annually from 149,000 to 150,000 cwt., are in the Savoy, and near Genoa. The others scattered over the Penninsula are of little value, and there are depots of English coal in th ,e principal ports. Belgium possesses immense mineral riches ; in this country production increases. In 1 831 , the produce amounted to 42,800,000 cwt., and in 1844, it r eac h e d 84,232,420. In 1844, the exportation amounted to 1,050,000 tons, a value of about six million florins (600,0001.) Holland has no coal mines. There is a single mine in the county of Limberg. They import all their coal from England, Belgium, and the Prussian provinces. Switzerland, though rich in metals, has very little coal, and imports a quantity from England. The only mine of any value in this country is at Hochefeld: in 1845, it produced 514,969 cwt. Norway has no coal mines. In Russia the production of coal does not exceed 800,000 punds. It seems that between the Don and the Dnieper, and in Siberia, there are rich coal mines, and the Government are now taking measures to turn them to account. Denmark has one insignificant mine at Bornholm, and imports nearly all her coal from England. Austria is rich in coal mines, but the produce is not iu proportion with the number of her mines The an nual produce of coal in Austria is at least 12,000,000 cwts.; in 1843 it did not exceed 9,000,000. Of this amount Bohemia produces about one-half; Moravia, 2,000,000; Austria, 1,500,000; Styria, 1,000,000; Ca rinthia and the districts of Ogragno, a little more than 500,000; Hungary, 600,000; the coast lands (Kusten land), 600,000; Galicia, 3,000; Lombardy, a very small quantity. Coal mines exist in nearly every province of the mo narchy. in Bohemia there are veins of this mineral all along the river Beraun, in the north of the districts of Klattan, Pisen, and Rakovitz, to the neighbourhood of Prague. There are coal mines in the Erzgebirge, in the valleys of the Eger and the Biela, and at the foot of the Riessengeberge. from Schatzlar to Landskron. The principal mines of Moravia are in the district of Brunr, near Rossitz and Oflovan, and the coal near the mouth of the Oder is of a superior quality. In the Archduchy there are mines near NY ieper, Neustadt, Klingeufurt, Grunbach, and Gloggnitz ; in Styria, near Leoben, and Fohnsdorf ; in Carinthia, in the valley of the Levan, and in the neighbourhood of Prevali ; in Dalmatia ; in Lombardy, in the districts of Como and Pavia ' • in Tyrol, near Haring ; and in Hungary, in the Carpathian Mountains. In 1814, Austria exported 973,065 cwt., of which 703,26 2 cwt. were sent from Bohemia by the Elbe to Saxony, 25,433 cwt. to Turkey, 23,210 cwt. to Southern Germany, and 20,542 cwt. to Prussia. Prussia possesses 540 coal mines, giving employment to 25,000 workmen. The produce, in 1844, amounted to 53,000,000 cwt., or a value of 4,500,000 dollars (675,0001.). In 1841, Prussia imported 3,865,944 cwt., principally from England. Her exportation was 6,903,474, to Hol land, France, and Poland. In Bavaria the produce is not what it might be; there are 40 extensive coal mines, principally in her Rhenish provinces; the produce is about 1,200,000 cwt. In Saxony the mines are worked with zeal; the pro duce amounts to about 4,000,000 cwt. There are extensive mines near the forest of Thuringen. The Grand Duchy of Baden possesses some valuable coal mines. In the kingdom of Hanover there are coal mines which occupy more than 1,000 workmen. Wirtemberg is poor in this respect. The Grand Duchy of Hesse, the Duchy of Nassau, the Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg and Olembourg do not possess coal mines. In the Electorate of Hesse there are some valuable mines, producing annually about 900,000 cwt. Generally speaking, the production of coal in Europe is susceptible of being greatly developed, especially in some parts of the Austrian dominions. It is true that during the last few years much has been done, but there is still much more to do. The produce of coal in Europe amounts annually, on a rough calculation, to 120,000,000 florins, or 12,000,000/ sterling.—Austrian Lloyd's Gazette. ig ',ll 11 Some disturbances took place on the 30tL ult., at Verdun, in consequence of tha populace being irritated against the bakers for raising the price of bread. The com mandant has since received permission from the Minister of War to place at the disposition of the bakers part &the military stores; and the mayor has published a procluma flan declaring that measures have been taken by the muni cipal authorities in favour of the indigent classes. • " NEATH.--OUTRAGE ON A MEDICAL GENTLEMAN. — Between the hours of twelve and one o'clock on the night of Saturday last Mr. Evan Leyson, surgeon, of Neath, was travelling on horseback on the turnpike-road near Cadoxton, on his return after having visited a patient, when he was attacked by five men, who assaulted him most violently. After having been severely beaten, Mr. Leyson called out, entreating them to desist, at the same time observing that he had but one eye, and if they persisted in their brutality much longer they might deprive him of the other. On this the parties appeared to recognise him, for one of them ex claimed, " Oh, it is Mr. Leyson." All then instantly de camped. Mr. Leyson, who bad sustained considerable, but we are happy to learn not severe injuries, returned to the Green Dragon public-house, Ca ho mdoxtonlt , is evident tbhuetpaarstineos had mistaken Mr. Leyso n for some other p erson, on whom they had intended w reaking their vengeance. Va rious rumours certain clue ee haseur inr b e e n e t n orbetfeeirneend7 to it o wouldtheirn identity, ot be prudent to refer more in detail to the reports which are in circulation.— Cambrian. SELF-ACTING BALL. —We have been informed that Mr. F. Stone, watchmaker, of Cardiff, has invented a self acting ball, that will run on a level, and keep in motion for an indefinite number of (say 1,000) years, and that the in ventor feels confident he could construct one of a ton weight, on the same principle , to run any distance.— Bristol Mercur y. A PUBLIC .HOUSE T AKEN BY BEES.—O n Friday an unusually large swarm of bees, either from accide nt or de sign, alighted on the t o p of a chimney at Mr. P eskin's , Royal Oak Inn, B, ieriy - hi ll, and a pp eared t o make an at tempt to settle. However, in a few seconds, the bulk of the living mass went down the chimney into a bed-room, where two females e pos b, engaged at their toilette, who, as might be supposed, were dreadfully terrified at the formida ble appearance of their unbidden guests; one of them, we are sorry to say, was much injured from the stings of the intruders as she attempted to escape. The house was de serted in a few seconds, and the landlord in vain offered various sums of money to any one who could rid the pre• mises of h is unprofitable customers.— Worcestershire Guardian. lIERTFORD FAlR.—This fair was opened yesterday for the sale of stock, free of all tolls. Cattle brought in was limited, and the prices rather on the decline. The business was chiefly confined to lean cattle and horses. Beasts for grazing ranged from 10/. to 131. a head, and some Scotch runts sold at 71. and 9/. each. Cows to calve down went as low as 91. and 11/. a head, and heifers 81. and 9/. Good much cows, large framed, fetched from 12 to 15 guineas, the small calf inclusive. In the horse-field, good sound cart horses sold at prices varying from 16 to 18 and 20 guineas each, and nags of the best description fetched from 16 to 18 guineas. The pig pens were scantily filled. The. Lynn demonstration to Lord George Bentinek is said to be fixed for the 11th of August, and, it is fur agreed to preside. therstated that the Earl of Oxford hay COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Sir Robert Peel had an audience of her Majesty. The Earl of Aberdeen had an audience of the Queen, and resigned his seals of office as one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. The Earl Delawarr had eh audience of her Majesty. Lord Lyndhurst (who came attended by Mr. Perry, his Lordship's principal Secretary) delivered the Great Seal to his Sovereign. The Earl of Haddington had an audience of the Queen and resigned the Privy Seal. _ _ . Sir James Graham had an audience of her Majesty, and resigned his seals of office as oue of the Principal Secretaries of State. The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone had an audience of the Queen, and resigned his seals of office as one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. The Right Hon. Henry Goulburn had an audience of her Majesty, and resigned his seal of office as Chan cellor of the Exchequer. L.3rd Granville Somerset had au audience of the Queen, and resigned his seal of office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. After the departure of Sir R. Peel, the Earls of Aber deen and Haddington, Lord G. Somerset, Lord Lyndhurst, Sir J. Graham, and Messrs. Goulburn and Gladstone, the new Ministers assembled at the Palace. Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen. Lord Cottenham had an audience of her Majesty and kissed hands on being appointed Lord Chancellor. Lord Campbell had an audience, and had the honour to kiss hands on being appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Marquis of Lansdowne had an audience of the Queen, and kissed hands on being appointed Lord Pre sident of the Council. The Queen held a Privy Council. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Cottenham, the Earl of Minto, Lord John Russell, Earl Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Grey, Lord Campbell, Earl of Auckland, Earl of Besborough, Lord Morpeth, Marquis of Anglesey, Sir John Hobhouse, Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, the Earl of Clarendon, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. Lord Cottenham was sworn into office as Lord Chan cellor, and received from the Queen the Great Seal. The Marquis of Lansdowne was declared by the Queen in Council Lord President of the Council. The Earl of Minto was sworn into office as Lord Privy Seal, and received his seal of office from the Queen. Her Majesty in Council was pleased to declare the Right Hon. John William, Earl of Besborough, Lieu tenant-General and General Governor of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. The Queen having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Henry Earl Grey, the Right Hon. Henry Viscount Palmerston, and the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., to be her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, they were by command of the Queen sworn into office. Lord Campbell was sworn into office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Queen in Council was pleased to appoint the Right Hon. George Earl of Clarendon, to be President of the Committee of Council, appointed for the considera tion of all matters relating to trade and foreign planta- tions. The Most Noble Francis Duke of Bedford and Mr. Charles Wood were, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board. The Right Hon. Charles Wood received from the Queen his seal of office as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and had the honour to kiss hands. The Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., kissed hands on being appointed Master General of the Ordnance. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. After the Council, Sidi Ahmed, Envoy Extraordinary from the Pacha of Tunis, was presented to the Queen at an audience by Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Her Majesty gave audience to Lord John Russell. Mr. Dawson, Clerk of the Council, and Registrar of the Duchy of Lancaster, was in attendance at the Court on Lord Campbell. On the Lord Chancellor (Cottenham) leaving her Majesty's presence, the purse containing the Great Seal 1 w as carried before him b y Mr. Haines, who held the same official situation under his Lordship when in office before. The Court was attended by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, Viscount Hawarden, Lord in Waiting ; and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon, at Buckingham Palace at half past two o'clock. The royal dinner party yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the Brince of Leiningen, his Excellency Sidi Ahmed, Envoy Extraordinary from the Paella of Tunis, Captain Sidi Ahmed, Ben Turkia (A.D.C.), Meyer . the Chevalier Raffo (interpreter), Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Earl Dalawarr, and Viscount Palmerston. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attended during dinner, under the direction of Mr. Tutton, and performed the following pieces : Overture—" Nabucodonosar' —Verdi. Pot Pourri—Zuhlner. Selection—" Ernani"—Verdi. Pot Pourri—"Nationale"—Lanner. Overture—" Stradella"—Flottow. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday. After the Privy Council yesterday afternoon, Lord John Russell attended at his official residence as First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Sir George Grey (Secretary), and Sir William Somerville (Under- Secretary), attended at the Home-office. The Marquis of Lansdowne attended at the Council-office. Earl Grey attended at the Colonial-office. The Right Hon. Charles Wood attended at his office as Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. The Earl of Clarendon attended at the Board of Trade. Mr. 'Henry Tufnell and Mr. Parker (Secretaries), attended at the Treasury. The Duke mad Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday. Sir Robert Peel returned to his residence in White hall-gardens at an early hour yesterday from Drayton Manor. The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements had a meeting yesterday. There were present Vis count Canning, the Lord Mayor, Mr. Hope, Sir R. Inglis, Sir C. Lemon, Hon. C. Gore, and Mr. Milne. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a Committee-meeting yesterday. There were present the Bishops of London, Bath and Wells, and Lichfield, the Earl of Devon, and the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse. The Right Hon. H. Goulburn returned to town yes terday morning from Cambridge. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governors of the West India Colonies. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. It was expected that last evening Mademoiselle Rachel would have made her debut in the character of Camille in Corneille's tragedy of Horace. Mr. Mitchell, we believe, was in anxious expectation of the arrival of Madame Rachel until a late hour in the afternoon, when he received information that she had been taken sud denly ill at Lille, where she was fulfilling an engage ment. This cruel disappointment was announced to the public by the following placard, which was posted on the door of the theatre. " St. James's Theatre, Monday, July 6. " Mr. Mitchell much regrets to announce that in con sequence of the SUDDEN ILLNESS OF MADLLE. RACHEL, the performances advertised for this evening must be unavoidably, deferred. The certificate announcing Mademoiselle Rachel's illness is dated from Lille and signed by " M. MAILLOT, Medecin en Chef de l'Hopital de Lille. " M. LEONARD, Docteur en Medicin de la Faculte de Paris. " And countersigned by " M. PAILLARD, Maire de la Ville de Lille. " The indulgence of the subscribers and the public is in consequence respectfully solicited." Mademoiselle Nazet, and M. Lafont, were, how ever, at hand, and Mr. Mitchell was fortunately en abled to avail himself of their services. For the per formances advertised there were substituted Le Chevalier du Guet, with Lafont and Cartigny. La Lisette de Beranger, a scene acted by Mademoiselle Dejazet. The second act of Gentil Bernard, with Mademoiselle Dejazet, and M. Lafont, and the farce of Passé Minuit. with Cartigny and Tourtois. Never didseveral artistes act better, and the audience seemed well pleased that an opportunity had been afforded them of again seeing the fascinating Dejazet in two of her favourite characters. The illness of Mdlle. Rachel, and the con sequent extra representation of Mdlle. Dejazet last evening, will cause no alteration in the performances an• nounced for Mr. Mitchell's benefit on Wednesday, when Mdlle. Dejazet will perform for the last time this season. RAVENSNEST ; OR, THE RED SKINS. BY J. FENI MORE COOPER, EsQ.—We are requested to state that this new romance by the celebrated author of " The Pilot," " The Spy," &c. (the publication of which has been so long and anxiously looked for), is published this day by Mr. Bentley, of New Burlington-street, and may now be had at every library, in three vols. post, Bvo. The following new works of fiction have also been just published by Mr. Bentley :-2. The Debutante ; or, the London Season, by Mrs. Gore, 3 vols.-3. Second Love. From the Note-book of a Traveller, 3 vols.-4. Memoirs of a Femme de Chambre, by the Countess of Blessington, 3 vols.-5. Belford Regis, by Miss Mitford, forming the New Volume of " The Standard Novels and Romances," one vol. 6s. THE FIRE AT NEWFOUNDLAND. — The losses sustained by the principal London insurances offices, particularly the Phoenix, London, Imperial, Royal Exchange, and Sun, by the recent fearful conflagration at Newfoundland, exceed, it - is stated, 100,0001. AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIDGE. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The packet-ship Cambridge, Captain Barstow, arrived in the Mersey this morning, with intelligence from New York of the 17th ult. inclusive. The presentation of the Oregon treaty to the Sehate had been delayed, in consequence of the resignation, by Mr. Allen, of the chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Allen, it appears, desired to discuss the original communication of the President upon the subject with open doors. An unsuccessful attempt had been made in the lower branch of Congress to excite public feeling against the terms of the compromise. The New Tariff Bill had at length come before Congress for discussion, backed by a message from the President, urging the necessity of revising the commercial system of the Union, in order to meet the increased expenditure result ing from the Mexican war. The President also recommended an additional issue of Treasury notes. We have no further accounts from the seat of hostilities. Exchange on London, 108 to 108 1 4, three months. (From the correspondence of the New York Sun.) WASHINGTON, JuNit 16.—The treaty was not sent into the Senate yesterday, owing to the resignation of the Chair man of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The vacancy will be supplied by an election to-day, when this document will be transmitted. It will be necessary to refer it to that committee for their reasons for recommending its adoption, which will be embodied in a formal report. Mr. Walker, having recovered from his illness, will lay his communication before the Senate to-day on the tariff and the finances. It will recommend an increase of duty on tea, coffee, and other articles, from 20 to 30 per cent., which he estimates will afford an increase of three or four millions of dollars in the revenue. An issue of 12,000,000 dollars in Treasury notes will also be recommended in preference to a loan. . Open Deposit Accounts. MALT DUTY. The following are extracts from the evidence given ,/-:•`? by Charles Barclay, Esq., before the Select Committee of the House of Lords, appointed to inquire into the burthens affecting real property (which eviden c e has 04•4 4 (YaSAWSz" just been issued by order of Parliament):— " Charles Barclay, Esq., called in and examined. . " You are well acquainted with the operation of the - malt duty?—l am. "Do you think the malt duty causes a great diminn- - << tion in or restricts very much the demand tor barley ? To a small degree, I presume, it must, by increasing the wa - r. price. " Supposing the malt duty to be entirely taken off, could you give any idea of the diminution in the price of beer that would be produced?—Yes, it would be a half penny a quart; a quart now selling for 3ici. You are speaking of a particular kind of beer ? Yes, porter ; it is the common drink of London. " Beer, of course, almost amounts to a necessity with the mass of the population 7—The common drink of London is porter, which is sold at 31d. a quart. " In consequence of the reduction of a halfpenny per quart, you imagine there would be a considerably in creased consumption of porter ?—I should not call it a considerable, there would be an increase. _ _ " Can you give any idea what that increase would amount to? No; but it may be estimated, because, in the year 1829, the beer duty was taken off of 10s. a barrel, and there was a considerable increase upon that occasion in the consumption in London. " What was the diminution per barrel when the duty was taken off ? It was 12s. ; the duty had been only 10s., and we took off 12s. - - " What would that be in the quart ?—A penny. " That was in the year 1829 ?—Yes. " It came into operation in the year 1830 ?—Yes. " Was there any great difference in the consumption between the year 1829 and the year 1830 ?—I cannot 'J tell you upon any great scale. I can tell you as far as my own brewhouse is concerned ; I think it was one third more. " Therefore do you draw the conclusion, that if the reduction of a penny per quart increased the demand by one-third, a reduction of a half-penny would increase it one-sixth ?—lt is a lair inference ; but when I look at • the return of the malt duty Ido not see how that increase could be made up. " Are you not aware that the malt duty has not in creased in proportion to the general increase of the population?—lt is worse than that, because I hold in my hand a return of the malt duty since 1837; and I see the duty charged was 5,500,000 quarters in 1837; and in 1844 it is only 4,600,000 quarters. " To what do you attribute the falling off of the malt duty ?—First of all, beer is almost entirely exploded from the tables of gentlemen's families. I remember 30 years since there was strong ale and bottled stout at dinner, and now it is hardly ever seen, and there is no 3,000 or 4,000 gallons of October ale brought into our cellars. I have a cellar made for that purpose, but there arc now only three or four barrels of beer in it, and a little porter. Then another thing is the price of wine. I was talking to a person who is a °Teat maltster, and he was speaking of the custom of his'family, whichiis very general ; they drink wine instead of beer—Marsala, and all those cheap wines. Then there is coffee ; and there is in every public-house now soda-water and ginger -beer, and various other liquids. The people are certainly a so berer set, take them altogether. They do not drink so much beer; they drink other things. I do not know whether your lordships were aware of the extra tax that was laid on barley at one, time, in the year 1803, when the malt duty was put on the last time. Every quarter of malt paid a duty of 345. Bd., from which three barrels and a half of beer were brewed, paying a duty of 10s. per barrel. Thus the whole duty of malt and beer on a quarter of barley up to the year 1816 was 31. 9s. Bd. per quarter. " Then the present duty is about one-third the ante cedent duty, taking the beer and malt together ?—Yes, it is now 21s. Bd. " But the consumption, instead of keeping pace with the reduction of the duty, on the contrary, has rather diminished ; and that, you think, has been from the causes you have stated 2-1 imagine those to be the causes. Mr. Goulburn has often asked me about it, and I never could account for it in any other way. "In your opinion, who pays the malt duty ? Does it fall solely on the consumer of beer, or does it fall upon the brewer and the farmer ?—I should imagine upon the consumer of beer. " Entirely ?—Yes, I think so. " You said that if foreign barley were admitted you should make use of it ; why would you make use of it ? —Because I imagine we should get it cheaper. " have you made any calculation to what extent you would be likely to get foreign barley, of the same quality, at a cheaper rate ?—I have not. I have upon wheat imagined the difference, but not barley, but I should say, 3s. or 4s. " Of the same quality ?—Yes, I should think so ; be cause my calculation is, that wheat will be about 7s. a quarter cheaper in consequence of the alteration of the law. "You are aware that the proposed alteration is a re duced duty for the next three years, and perfectly free trade afterwards ; do you apply your observation to the perfectly free trade or the intermediate stage ?—Per fectly free trade. " What do you call the present price of wheat ?—I believe it is about 58s. " Then it might come down to about 51s. ?—Yes. " Can you state at all what are the relative qualities ) of foreign barley and of the barley which you at present buy for the use of your house ?—I have seen it; but my son, who is now the manager of the brewery, spoke of it as being quite as good as some of the home-grown samples. " You are aware that maltsters giving bond for the payment of their duties are allowed eighteen months' credit now for those duties ; in the event of their selling within eighteen months, do they not obtain a supposed return of the duty which they have not paid?—A great portion of the maltsters are supplied with capital from that cause. " That is, in fact, an introduction of so much Govern ment capital in aid of the private capital of those indi viduals?—Yes. "Your great establishment is insured is it not?—Yes. " Have you any objection to state to what amount?—. I suppose about 300,0001. or 400,000/. " Do you think that the great London brewers would be benefited, or otherwise, by a repeal of the malt duty ? —I should think they would not be benefited, beeause we must lower our prices; and, as a matter of trade, you. take everything at a per centage; therefore, if we are to sell a barrel of beer for 275. instead of 335., it would be no benefit to us. " Would it not let in a large competition of smaller dealers ?—No ; they cannot beat us. At the time that the duty was taken off beer, when Mr. Goulburn brought in a Bill to throw the trade open, I believe my neigh bours hardly believed me in the House when I got up and expressed my satisfaction at the measure, and said that we were nut at all afraid of those beer-shops. The effect of it was with us comparatively trifling. There was a sum of money lost,'but nothing to signify. " How would it be with the great maltsters; would it be for their interest to repeal the whole of the duty?—l do not know that it would. The reason I should give is this—That the duty increasing the price of the malt gives a greater power to the great capitalist. There fore, the little maltsters would lose the benefit which has been mentioned, of having capital supplied them by the duty; and the great maltsters would not have the advantage which they get from their capital. " You are of opinion that repealing the malt duty would be a great loss to the revenue, and that that loss would not be compensated by a sufficient advantage to the consumers of beer in the country ?—That is my de cided opinion. " 1)o you generally purchase the barley, and turn it into malt, or do you allow your maltster to purchase for you ?—We use about 120,000 quarters of malt, rather more, and we buy above 30,000 in the market ; all the rest is made by our agents, and we have persons in various parts of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Hertfordshire, to purchase barley and to make malt. " Do they buy barley for you , subject to your ap proval ?—Ne ; we trust to our agents. , They buy the very best description they can get. They haven com mission of 2s. a quarter for making and for their at.- tendance. The only barley that comes at all for consumption into the great breweries is the best class barley ?—I think generally so. " Is that owing mainly to the amount of the duty which is paid upon malt, which would press so much more heavily on the inferior kind than upon the better kind ?—Yes. I have stated, and I believe it to be so, that inferior barley would not bear a heavier duty." HERTFORD.—A NEW USE HAS BEEN SUGGESTED FOR THE KeEcraw TELEGRAFH.—A child was accidentally drowned in the New River at Ware on Wednesday, and on the body being recovered the usual means were employ e d tc restore an imation. The little sufferer was revived sufficiently to recognise his friends, but soon afterwards expired. In reference to this a correspondent of the local paper sug gests that " had the surgeon been called earlier the chances of perfect restoration of the patient would of course have been proportionately increased; but the purpose of my ad. dressing you, Mr. Editor, is to call the attention of the faculty to a resource of the highest importance in all cases of suspended animation from drowning, apoplexy, or phisaxation, which is that of properly-directed cur rents of galvanism, easily to be derived from the tele graphic conductors at every station, if persons attached to the establishment would humanely consent. Pr. Bodin, of Paris, has by recent trials of galvanism restored persons pro nounced by the most intelligent medical men perfectly dead; all previous attempts at resuscitation—such as warmth, fric.. tion, the appropriate administration of carbonate of ammo- Ma (a most efficient stimulus in such cases) proving ineffec tual. It is, therefore, desirable that our medical professors take a note of this discovery, and lose no time in endeavour ing to arrange with the telegraphic directors, that they shall be at liberty at each station to have the conducting wires . and apply them to patients in cases requiring this kind of electricity. Such an application of the telegraphs will far exceed in utility the working of the pendulums, and add another triumph to the discover of the important means 0 transmitting to an immeasurable distance with the velocity of lightning, thus verifying the observation of Dr. Franklira, when asked the utility of a new discovery—" What du you expect from a new born Child?" A CAB-DRIVER KlLLED.—Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, a cab was overturned in the Hampsteail-road near Chalk Farm-lane, by running "on .a.hank by the. road side, and the cab-driver was pitched from his seat into the road, and killed instantaneously. The poor fellow was found lying with the shalt of the cab resting upon b.im, - and he did nut move after he was discovered. It is saippoHed that be was returning from setting down a fare . at Hanapstead, and that having fallen. asleep, the horse, wh:ich was a blind one, ran on to the bank. FATAL ACCIDENT ON lIIIE LVZ.DS AND THIRSK RAIL WAY.—On Tuesday mo'ining a man named Russell was acci dentally killed by a fall of earth at Kirskill, where a large hill is being reme - ged, to make the embankment across the valley of the 't; harfe. A. great number of men are engage 4! on the spot. de ceased, Viio was so me.ch bruised by the falling earth_ that 1 ,, i c , but no one. else suffered ser i o us in j ur y but_esurviMl only a few moments. Russell was a nuddle :fig , mar and married.--)Leeds ,Intellipencer. , , .... SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. • (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET JULY MEETING—TtiESDAY. andic ap. New T. Y. C. Evcnus, 6 yrs, 9st 71b—Skeleton, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Cocoa Nut, 5 rs, 7st 81b—Alvanley,.5 yrs, 7st 81b—Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Brother to Valentissimo, 3 yrs, 7st 51b—Miss Milt er colt, 3 yrs, 7st 31b—Hawkesbury, 4 yrs, fist 91b—Li bation, 3 vrs, Est 31b— Lebanon, 3 . yrs, 6st 31b—Metha, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Elimea, 3 yrs, sst 10Ib. The July Stakes. All are scratched but Marmora colt, Galata colt, Sister to Deer Chase, Cossack, AUxander, Omega, Bedouin, The Emerald Isle, Oxygen filly,"'Don Caesar, Vert Vert, Sister to .2Egis, Eldon, and Mr. Newton's Redshank colt. TATTERSALL'S.—MONDAY. An extraordinary eagerness was shown to back the Danebury horses for the various events on which we have quoted the prices —thus, 5 to 4 was laid on Cossack for the July Stakes (6 to 1 laid on Thursday last against him), 3 to 1 taken eagerly, and in some bets 5 to 2, about Mendicant for the Liverpool, 10 to 1 repeatedly about the Hero for the Goodwood Stakes, 40 to 1 to win a great stake, about Cos sack for the Derby, and even money offered on Pyrrhus the First against anything for the St. Leger. Apart from the batch of favourites we san only select Camera Obscura as having been in any great demand. 10 to 1 was taken about her, to five or six hundred pounds, and 9 to 1 to about another hundred ; the Hero, who was first favourite at the commencement of the betting, leaving off "second best. The betting, which again took a wide range, but, generally in small amounts, closed at the following averages : NEWMARKET JULY STAKES—TUESDAY. 5 to 4 on Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken 5 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Galata colt 8 to 1 agst Lord Lonsdale's Oxygen filly. LIVERPOOL CUP. 5 to 2 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant 10 to 1 agst Lord Glamis's Satyr—taken 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's My Mary 12 to 1 apt Mr. E. R. Clark's The Conjuror—taken 12 to 1 apt Mr. Paul's Telemachus—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Mayer's Highwayman 16 to 1 apt Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid 16 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rowena 16 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's As-you-like-it 18 to 1 agst Mr. It. J. Mostyn's Premier—taken 20 to 1 agst Mi. Dawson's Poynton. GOODWOOD STAKES. Even on eleven against the field. 9 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Camera Obscura—taken 10 to I agst Mr. J. Day's The Hero 20 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Jonathan Wild 25 to 1 agst Sir J. B. Mill's Giantess—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Footstool—taken 25 to 1 agit Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken o to 1 agSt_ Mr. S. Herbert's Orion 25 to 1 ag - St Sir C. Monk's Glossy 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren 25 to 1 agst Mr. S. Herbert's Petitioner 25 to 1 aest Mr. Williams's Red Rover 30 to 1 apt Mr. A. Johnstone's Bro. to Sir Henry 40 to 1 apt Sir G. Heathcote's Akbar—taken. 1 agist Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes 1 agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First—taken 1 apt General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Grimston 1 agst Mr. Igoe's Woodpecker. DERBY. 40 to 1 agst Lord Eglintmi's Van'Tromp—taken freely 40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart 40 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken freely 50 to 1 apt Duke of Richmond's Halo—taken freely 50 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bingham—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Crozier. _n the course of the afternoon a match for 200, h ft, was made for SatuTday in the Houghton Meeting, between Wolf dog and Humdrum, 8.C., the former carrying 9st 21b, and the three yrs Old 7st 21b. 6to 4 was laid on Wolfdog. 5 to 5 to 8 to 10 to 30 to ELECTION MOVEMENTS. PLYMOUTH. MONDAT.—The friends of Vincent are in high spirits this morning. Mr. Vincent has had interviews with some " lead • ing parties," who have engaged to aid his return. He has seen, it is stated, several of the leading Dissenters and Wes leyans, who had pledged themselves not to support Lord Ebrington on the ground of his Lordship's approval of the Maynooth Bill; and they have promised him that they will not vete for or interest themselves on behalf of Lord Ebring ton—that they will be neutral ; he has also had an interview with a deputation from the Chartists, but with what success we have not been able to learn. At half-past twelve o'clock he addressed a large meeting, consisting principally of work ing men, at Caldown. The exposition of his views was listened to with apparent satisfaction, and at the close of his address three cheers were given for Vincent with hearty goodwill. Lord Ebrington's friends, confident of their strength, are not making any effort whatever. The election is appointed for Friday next. DEVONPORT. Ta x g ---....„_—.. Mlle Oft h Takrrottt) arratt, C P frFltier°oyf Saturday,' at the ; I° -- t e te " B tre t et, licst'e,?at C. J. tr Jolinson, of Upper Char by 'tnabner"or " e er „3"afe, was sold the cupn_ presented Avon in Sep ante!Akin i 1172,60, ,to ba,l4noan of Stratford e -upo t _ e ? h jubilee in lolld'se d Y We t in that ,_ toile:s, d h an t the birthplace of Eng , rais ai i, bard. na Shaks 's a e about the year 1609, :1 0 1 at his native fulness Place a Pe mu'lberry tree ;it had long • *nit, ancl . t, of growth,. produced the most luxuriant ne, till, in - --e „ admiration and veneration of every occuPant 4 t l O 6 , the Reverend Francis Gastrell, .t . he of travelleef - - house, from the frequent importunitiFs *a evil ho rs, conceived a dislike to the tree, and in titre(' the 11r, in contempt of the popular adoration, o.r" , 4 gene e tree to be felled, and its logs split for fire-wood ; Th al odium • and watchmaker named ots as si,_ was excited, a . /erted v _ uarP, of that town, secured the pieces, and con vbie,. ue fra b gruetits to s i puse idely different from ;The ctip n u ~e tree had been . eligiousl condemned. T . h - 11 .er • 8° in height,lined with sal ver ii., notice, was about 11 inches f t• and the dertovg,,,:r4ed; a rim of silverg-ilded round the . w, ail as crested with a cluster of Mulberries . and leaves, raised, on 14 3 4 vergilded. At the jubilee Garrick held it, _ for tl ' ti ld, while singing the following lines, composed by him übaet occasion, beginning— he tree Vicz.ad this fait goblet, 'twas carved from t_ . ee, A: 1101 ,111y sweet Shakspere, was plante u d e by thee, 1 .,„_ 1 1 relic, r kiss it, and bow at the sh , b ever n divine 1 ' ha comes from thy hand must be ree, " All shall yield to the mulberry t „Bend t o thee, blest mu lber ry, planted thee, Matchless was he who be." On v . 4 A n d thou like him immortal,cup was, by a decree .in Cintli"e death of Mrs. Garrick, s this 1.8 at Christie's Lction-rooms in kin, g tt ,, r Y, Sell James's, - - - 1. guineas, and then purchased °s' ri,;";vr, St. for 12 t so highly that Ltle ,:: ucunson, by whom it was es ince his death it was klbi l l i t ',. e asked . was 200 guineas. .S and put up at a Te l'erved",," with other effects to auction, d bidder appearing cup ree of 100 guineas ; but no second again submitted Tor i was withdrawn. On Monday it was 6d., the pur 'eltztie e- I t ' Vitilout reserve, and produced 40/. Bs. ! , Rxrsif• macs, of Upper Gower-street. t visit in %ten :441i.ta INVENTION.—During arecen of a vcnderf"arvere shown specimens of the production truly "Q tlishi„ .l) iece Cf mechanism, which were, indeed,. Abbot -L-' a 'lley Were miniature ' busts of Daniel Webster, iliiii es „4 W„te.nte, a Levi Woodbury; being perfect fac beaw i - - Lueir disti liQ • and wrought out of be en yll Ain efitau ognisNed originals, machine which has . inventinol7t.4ltd bnire.rble, and by a of Boston. This ture n certainly j rhemes Blanchard,.. art of sculp _,_e , and promise,. :,t.ohlishes a new era in the with the deep thought, and ni::%Piinse, almost entirely, labour of Marble;afirtist in his effort indefatigable lc Study, and and' poetry into the r 4 t°' put lif e an- be copied Y this machine e, art, ev h' tangible, can • ev en ~,.., w, eryt ing ..0 the chisel, the "et" guided h 3 , , th "" a • • which defies Precision hand and directed by ~ moo giftcel tal ent, . e Most skilful be graduated "as to t giv e xi The machine, too, can . their miniature rt. ueed h shall, in copies of statuar, wine tieve, be effectoriginals anY copies of the _ 'Cow, rything else butthe and . exact erlig vi every line, fur_ vei ns. an d, dimple, and . cite 11 _ ; P o re m s inence to muscles d an et "Prop,: I N every particulL v r ng Pr nt and feature, in exa perfect proportion BY the 'lt ' nrename y the most correct and ater bas-relief profilen li n kene a s e ses in m er ay be cut on the hardest to fillwal,. and of a ny .size- required, from half an inch of l i ne-like raze. we saw a strikingly exact cameo profile h el lrY Clay as peifect head of that statesman as we av ever ' - fli e s ,, e . r seen in. any of the busts,or casts to be found, and of ~,,_!ashionable size force lady's breasto4mong the seN'eulrr!eas shown us, too, were tile heads of several of our *e for totti n at tNices, cut in cameo and iVory, the proper ; I r z e our rilit&g, l , ll Pins, the fir:A glimpse of which called be ID ty l ,; 4 Lae originals as Lea/lily as the most perfect daguerreo iter,,°l4 Pencilled miniature would have done. We are as that the b h' and Persico's productions, Whi Ch ~ best of Greenoug s copi . 'ave cost them years of study and effort, can be in n _ th e t l- , 0 „Y this apparatus with most positive accuracy ; fel? lo c k v , tf shapeless marble pat into its power will, 141,10145, stand forth a perfect copy of the most beautiful . .Ik4"daniniated statuary the greatest' sculii,tors ever. produced gr a - ri ' ° that is most wonderful,. this machinery may be readily_ 4 s4lated to increase or diminish _t t lii l e e copy, so to furnish alP r i°B sal or a miniature figure,s. .awimericqaunapl precision, uper d I,tsliects exact proportion ROCHESTER.—Yesterday, 'at Oat, ACCIDENT AT kid,_ yacht rigged, was observed from Ito • eb,"a3r, a small boat, the waters of the Medway under tie"aterbridge, sailing on opposite to the Castle, the sviavY canvass. When nearly capsized, and the two . m en blowing fresh, on a sudden she : ling er, and : 1 1_ that were in her were seen strugg The red they I liad stink 14te assistance could be procu accident, hours after the a b . _ les were picked up about three his brother, by the p- e 4:George Ladbury, a Waterman, and men whose lives ar 14 e t ttion of creepers. The names of the man, aged 3 4 , living ii i are Henry Macpherson, a married h William Dives, -q. Margaret's " • • •t and Josep . 4g 0 ,in this ci y, Id swim very o 1 Is i' lg, a native of the place. Macpherson could to save his com b , and it is supposed that in endeavouring his own life. e ll en, whom he found to be drowning, helost he b the Queen's to A i , ody of the young man Dives was taken was conveyed "11 at th e to St. ' foot ,f the bridge, sad the other this t which was held 1,4 Margaret's; to' await an inques , %kr 'ing at half -past ten o'clock. The boat being a very lin e Bail ' ..week ago for Si., an tin that L e, was sold about; a . . dit is stated Bue w as - not-tit-to be-tuelLin this river. 611 / GE —An in (iiin_ CIDE FROM A HU,CBADiD'S ILL - llSA Horses, Greek at 7t was held on Saturday at the Coach and f Charlotte 4roobet, Soho, before Mr. Bedford, on the body lie r er ttoo, aged 55. Deceased had lately been o residing with :' • 4,4180 n, Air. Phillips, a. hairdrusser, at No. 22,street, Princesl usage /I° , having left her husbanti on account of his e i troy her_ litir t le aVink she had four timos attempted to d s- after t l , t , solely 04 account of his brutality. It was thought, Nt e r ,,,, el nval , that she had abandoned her design, but on e to the 1 0p 'maY morning she was found hanging by a roy r ef the itr3„4, bedstead, and quite . ' dead Verdict, ' Tempo- 1,4 ,xanity." litiel e , e di e paid by the Society of , , Friends this year, as tieal dernau- s aslott dist.saintkand, in o)Dedience to ecclesiaa . ~ 9,1 4 4 to ,91000/:, which they as usual prOtest against. --.... JULY G.—This morning the mayor, W. P. Blackmore, Esq., publicly read the writ and the precept of the Lord Lieu tenant of the county for the election of a Member of Par liament. The election is appointed for Friday next, when Sir G. Grey will be re-elected without opposition. Her Majesty the Queen will give a grand entertain ment to his Highness Ibrahim Pacha and the several mem• bers of his suite, to-morrow evening, at Buckingham Palace. The royal invitation was received by the Pacha last evening. His Excellency Sidi Ahmed, the Envoy Extraordinary from the Bey of Tunis, and the attachés of his mission, are also invited to partake of the royal hospitality. Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker and Lord John Hay have been appointed to the Board of Admiralty. Lord Marcus Hill is to be Comptroller of the Household; and the O'Conor Don one of the Lords of the Treasury. Lord Fortescue will, it is said, accept the Lord Stewardship of her Majesty's Household. THE WOOL SEASON.—The setting-in of the wool season is again effecting a change in the nature of the car goes of the Hamburgh steamers. The Queen of Scotland last week had only room for two cows on deck, and the Helen Macgregor, which arrived on Saturday last, was piled up with as much wool as her tarpaulings would secure from the sea, havinfeno less than 800 bales on board. The Victoria arrived on Tuesday morning with a full deck cargo of wool. —Hull Advertiser. THE JAMAICA RAILWAY.—The traffic return of the second quarter of this railway shows a decrease of 9,256 pas sengers, as compared with the first quarter, but an increase in the goods traffic almost quadrupling the previous return. The decrease is attributed to the effects of novelty at the first opening, and the increased communication with Spanish Town during the first quarter, owing to the sitting of the Assembly: SUDDEN DEATH BY DRINXING WHEN HEATED. — We last week reported a death caused by drinking too much water, and we are sorry to record a similar occurrence. On Saturday week an Irish labourer, residing in Love-street, while engaged in hoeing potatoes near Rosliu, on the Greenock-ro d, had been so thirsty, owing to the heat , that he went int a public-house and got a bottle of p orter, but not feeling`is thirst quenched, he next drank half a Scotch pint of buttermilk, which caused almost instant death.— Renfrewshire Reformer. NOVEL I PoRTATION.—A vessel, called the Frede n, which has a rived in the London Dock from Russia (Ode ssa ) t in addition o a cargo of Russian tallow, had 1,250 bomb shells on board. So singular an importation is remarkable and worthy of notice. TREMENDOUS THUNDER- STORM AND LOSS OF LIFE.-- WELLINGTON, MONDAY MORNlNG.—Yesterday morning a tremendous storm of thunder and lightning visited this neighbourhood. and did much damage. The whole of Sa turday the 'feather was excessively sultry, but yesterday morning a - ght breeze sprung up, and the sky being clear and bright sip to past eight o'clock, no thought of thunder was entertained. Towards nine o'clock the heavens became suddenly overcast, and numberless clouds were seen travers ing the sky With unusual rapidity, and in opposite directions. Soon after line o'clock the storm burst forth with terrific fury. The Srked lightning was distinctly visible even in the glare of idaylight, and at one time a stream of fire appa rently of the width of a man's body was seen darting to the earth. The electric fluid at about aquarter-past nine o'clock struck a bu ding occupied by the Independent body of t Dissenters a a Sunday school. The children were assembled and had engaged in prayer and singing, when one of the windows was suddenly dashed in, the wood work of the frame being shivered in pieces, and seven or eight of the children wen thrown upon the ground. One poor fellow, a lad of aboutd6 years old, named Edward Harcourt , was ki lled upon the sp9t. The electric fluid penetrated his breast just over the region of the heart, and passed out by his foot. He was the son of poor parents, but a remarkably intelligent and pious youth: Two others of the boys lie in a precarious state, and one of them it is feared cannot recover. From accounts brought into the town, I fear that we shall hear of accidents in other places. At Taunton, Minety, Tiverton, and other towns, the storm raged with fearful violence; and at the Tiverton-Toad station of the Great Western Railway an electric meteor darted across the line, near the telegraph, within a minute or two of the passage of the first down train. THE NEw MILITARY PRISON, ST. GEORGE'S BAR RACKS, T R AFALGAIL-SQuAluz,—This prison is now com pleted, and will be transferred to the authorities this day. All the prisoners will be confined in separate cells, under the control of a provost -sergeant. Each cell is provided with a hammock and bedding, a stool and table, as well as a bell, that the prisoner may ring in case of illness or any sudden emergency. During the day the hammock will be removed. CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. W. Baker, jun., deputy-coroner, held an inquest at the Town of Ramsgate, Wapping, on the body of a new-born female child, which was found in the river Thames on Saturday morning last. It appeared from the evidence of Jas. Legon, the son of a waterman, that on Saturday morning he was rowing off Union-stairs, when he observed something floating astern of a barge. He repaired to the spot, and found it to be the body of a new-born infant, and conveyed it ashore in his boat to Mr.. Marshall, the beadle. Mr. Cooke, a surgeon, in High-street; Wapping, had examined the body, and from the appearance he should say it was born alive, and afterwards drowned. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE AT DEAL.—OR Tues day afternoon a distressing accident occurred to one of our bevelling boats in the Downs. The boat Esperance, with a crew of four men, left here to visit the shipping on their pas sage from London to the Downs, seeking employment, and after leaving two men on board different vessels to land their pilots on arrival in the Downs, the others were returning in their boat to D ea l, a nd when near Sandown Castle, about half a mile off shore, the boat was upset by a sudden squall of wind, and immediately sunk. The accident was observed r b r ; m wh th o e --- tshe, and boats launched, manned by hardy crews , vigorouswaarescaunedd in p a romvpetre,xeexrbtiaounssteoonsetaotfe.theunfor tunate il7ei, Messrs. Dcailxaonndamndadtaasst aid,on were speedily on the spot to render Burgl e fair way of under whose care the poor fellow is in sunk ere the boats reached recovehe other, a fine young man, had he body, up to the present time, the fatal spot, and every exertion that has been made t o fi n d has proved abortive. m a e z is Wm. Roberts, end he has His n left a widowed mother, who a w f or support.—Dover Triegrapk. entirely dependent on him ST. ANN'S SOCIETY ScrtooLs. Aarterly meeting of the Committee and Gove rnors of this institution, took place yesterday at the o ffi ces , Charlotte house. The chair was taken by D. Laing, ro i Mansion house. until the arrival of th e Hon. William Ashley. This. Society" is under the patronag e of her Ma j est y , Princ e Albert, and the Queen Dowager. Dr. Burnet moved resolutions, ex pressive of approval of the praiseworthy exertions of the matron and master of the Brixton Asylum for some years past, and to which much of the efficiency of the school was to be attributed, and that an increase in their respective salaries be made to the amount of 451. per annum, which was seconded by Mr. lila. Mr. Lott and others having ex pressed their approval, the resolutions were carried. The thanks of the meeting were voted to the Hon. W. Ashley, for the interest manifested by him in the welfare of the Society, and his conduct in the chair, and the proceedings ternkiwited. ' -- ' . SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE. The variety, quantity, and cheapness of this publica tion are remarkable. And, though the embellishments are capable of improvement, the literary matter can not be objected to either in regard to interest or compo sition. Whatever contributions are not original are choice eullings from our greatest poetical and prose writers, and this latter circumstance we may particu larise as the chief excellence of Mr. Sharpe's periodical. The whole is carefully edited; and perhaps the best con tribution in the present number is " The History of Gardening;" we wonder the subject is so seldom treated in a popular manner. TIIE HEROINES OF SHAKSI" ERE. Part 111. A very beautiful book this will form when completed, and one which will redound much to the credit of both artists and engravers. A companion volume of the heroes of the great dramatist would, we are assured, prove a glorious and acceptable successor to the present publication. No book•lover would disdain to enshrine such works in his library ; they would embellish his studies and assist his imagination. " Juliet" is scarcely worthy of that most etherial ideal of love ever con jured up by poet ; but what pencil, indeed, save possibly that of "the divine Raphael," could picture Juliet worthily ? - OLD ENGLAAD'S WORTHIES. Part VI. Already has this serial received our commendation as a work likely to afford considerable instruction to the multitude. We can now only subjoin to that commen dation, that it is worthy of its clever and spirited pub lisher, Mr. Charles Knight. THE FAMILY HERALD. Part XXX VII. Among the penny periodicals this stands undoubtedly at the very head, both for the quantity, merit, and pro priety of its literary contents. It is quite a microcosm of tales, leginds, and essays. THE _KNIGHT OF G WYNNE. No. VII. By Charles Lever. If this is not the pleasantest fiction ever written by " Harry Lorrequer," it unquestionably contains the pleasantest i character ever drawn by that, redoutable scribe. Bagenal Daly is beautifully conceived, and no less beautifully described ; the mixture of conviviality, generosity, eccentricity, daring, and independence in this " fine old Irish gentleman" (whose disposition, we are afraid, is solely " one of the olden time,") is most happily managed. Bagenal Daly, for a travelling com panion and any road would prove agreeable. In Number VII., the story is rather at a stand still ; it is almost entirely composed of preparations ft.r the removal of the Knight's family to a queer little domain belonging to Bagenal, on theAntrim - coast ; in this said domain Daly's sister is first introduced to the reader. Towards the conclusion of the last chapter, when Maurice returns home to Gwynne Abbey, in the midst of carousing, a capital contretemps is introduced, and is cleverly illustrated by Hablot Browne. THE FORTUNES OF TORLOGH O'BRIEN. No. IV. Whoever is the author of the tale of the wars of Kin James 11., he will, in it, produce a better work than his - former novel of "The Cock and Anchor." The present number is immeasurably superior to any that has hitherto appeared ; the incidents are more startling, the colloquies more spirited, and the composition altogether of a higher character. Tisdars interview with the black guest of Drumgonnial is horribly well described, and horribly well etched by Phiz ; the rather questionable preservation of Glindarragh Castle from the Irish in surgents is brilliantly told ; and as Colonel Torlogh O'Brien the hero, is brought more into the society of the heroine, we may expect the interest of the narrative to increase. KNIGHT'S PENNY MAGAZINE. Vol. 11. During the very protracted career of this publication Mr. Charles Knight has shown himself an able and accomplished editor ; but he never displayed his edi torial capacities to greater advantage than in the more portable and elegant form in which this periodical is now being issued. The second volume of the new series is literally a bijou; interspersed with delicious little embellishments from the pencil of Harvey, and crammed full of meritorious and interesting literature. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW. Anxious, without doubt, for the continuance of the acknowledged organ of that party with which his name ha , become so intimately (and we may add so honour ably) associated, Lord John Manners is now periodically throwing in the prestige of his title and the literary ad vantages df his talent as a contributor to the Oxford and Cambridge Review. The historical ballads written by the Noble Lord displqy very considerable glibness of rhythm and a remarkable knowledge of the social con dition and politics of the remoter periods of English history. No. 111. of this interesting series is upon " Lord Strafford opening the Irish Parliament, July 14, 1634." Notwithstanding a certain exaggeration of style in the philanthropy inculcated by the "New Generation," there is a peculiar beauty and earnestness about it into the bargain. There is a touching simplicity of heart in the hungering of love expressed by the Young En landers for the olden days ; and, however extravagant their love may be occassionally, we cannot but respect ti,e boldness wit,h which they avow their partialities. As a specimen of the gentlemanly yet decisive tone in which the new generation can advocate even a " lost cause,": and do so, moreover, very speciously and cleverly, we may mention the dissertation in favour of " The Country Party"—a dissertation suggested by the Parliamentary speeches of Lord Stanley, the Marquis of Granby, and Mr. Disraeli. We cannot fritter away even a single moment in disclosing the sophisms of that article, because those sophisms, have been exposed by rkiteration usque ad nauseam, and because, moreover, we 'believein the veracity o f t h e o ld s aying, " None are so blind . afs'those who won't see!" But we must, in bidding farcWeit to the discussions which have recently preceded JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. As decidedly the most useful paper in the Journal of Agriculture for July, the " Farmer's Note Book," de serves especial mention. In this, the twelfth number of the series, the comparative merits of manures are given; also a collection of admirable memoranda respecting the treatment of pigs ; notes upon the chemical nature of grass and hay ; the best mode of manufacturing Cheshire cheese ; and advice as to the cultivation of the filbert nut. That paper alone is worth double the price of the whole of this quarterly. There is likewise a judicious article on " Insurance Societies for Farm Stock," and a kind of supplemental inquiry into the progress and causes of the " Potato Disease." The number is par ticularly utilitarian. ------..—..--..—...,--------- ° LS' COURT-(THIS DAY.) ? B °X AND GILLET V. VALL FLIGHT, AND OTHERS. ' Was z.l 11loti. - µ';llu; t I Was ' 111 li, It yesterday, f:r to tile a supplemental" ' .of: putting in deed s bill, with the view 1 ,.. , &e., which had been disclosed by an original baiental answer of the defendants, in reply to a 4 sr ' . e(,)yery. Ji Turner and Rogers appeared in support of tl - .e ino r, Messrs. Kindersl y and Chandless for the . plaintiffs. . T e h, , onxErt said the original bill was filed against Nall, 'fiance others, f or the purpose o f en f orcing th e ga f of a cont ract entered into by W all, for t h e pur t e life interest in the estate of Sir Thos. Champeney, ted i n f t . hi ! wife. It was alleged that the contract was 11 11 --e °Y Wall as Flight's agent ; but Flight denied ,1 contract had ever been executed, or even if it had bible as made under circumstances that would render it ast i l i te int for a decree of performance to be obtained In Dnse_,arguments were concluded to-day, and it was arranged 18 ,,,!it that two deeds, of August, 1830, and of Septem ess;us nould be considered as an issue in this cause. . bar, alpole, Bacon, and Rolt took their places within after the usual formalities, they having been recently note Queen I, 's Coun se l. . ill A N ir to --- LitUPTcy_(THIS DAY.) L(Before Mr. Commissioner FoximANQuE.) daY wa g IN RE B RACE AND ALLEN. mess as ai tt e ll:C t l is t tl i l i es ,n ba is Tik it r r il e p e ts o , u w rt ho l‘ li i t c -s a t r r r e i e e t d , 4 , . come up to pass their last examination. JRER, the solicitor to the fiat, said that although the ,se' accounts had been prepared, they had not been t, 7 r cir cumstances which he had to relate to the a ; 1 1(1 _ was determined to do so in every similar case, as 5.... . e had to complain of was becoming continual and t i t was that at the last moment the accountant had Paid give UP the account, unless his charge, 151., was 4 Without being taxed. The accounts only consisted e . or t e sts, and the charge was five times as much as any t ie "mould have made. The bankrupts, who bad no 4 Letwere unable to a such a monstrous charge. . t . 4 ea rned CoMMtSSIoNER said Mr. Reed had acted quite_ , Mentioning the subject. He (the Learned Commi o s n t s a ad for a long time looked with a jealous eye up iiitittlsieilriladnuyty, the greater number, were exceedingly and although some acted • cs i e i s out of ten the accounts were made oluibterally, in unsatis l'il-. L th , ' through their not taking the accounts he --'8 them, ' agination, and they were in many riless extortionate in n t n heir demands, applying the screw te:nleet the bankrupt was unprotected, and thus by '' all ecl iournment, Usurpingth . e functions of the Court, 'Nettr' i e „„nl,g with the course of justice. What he would I liet. —c u eases, would be for the parties to throw the d re "t overboard, and go to the official assignee, who k i ,uder every assistance. 11th:11414 the official assignee, did not see what diffi punts: " El lhrupts could have had in making up their own le Le em ~ !acc e ;`'eu COMNIISSIONEA. said, that in nine cases out of ithi e ;_u.ants were not only unnecessary, but positively tr. lir a . ie th a tn h o said this was the third, case within a very short Lienz e a e had had to make a similar complaint against 4.d to i:nritant, who the Aeeecanntant. was present, said that he could not the c, 1 8 : his money. At th e o sussio RER—You should let the bankrupts know. Pe t h e cuarges would be, or give them an opportunity to !fed, at taxed; as it is, the examination must be ad ,kte• an inconvenience to them and an expense to the Ilia ii" o ti e nlY tar the n aPPointed a day, observing, he should nin., ig, e the bankru t ' _ Va s rair. p s own account, which, generally everances. " I ' satisfactory than those made up for A -- ' - ----- - -------„, kt Im IL, C OURT -(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. kfAottrewthe COMMON SERGEANT and Alderman W. HUNTER.) 4 Far► AT R"BRRIES.—jt will be recollected that the . ...,on'ner Pleaded guilty to four different charges of rob l i i la., railway termini, two committed at the Birmil?g 'Pert I w aY and two at the South-Eastern, from which ifthe4.fowreas stolen of very considerable value. Baron whom, he pleaded guilty, deferred sentence, till 1 col.e'remnstances of the case should be brought before t en , ur t on the t r i al of Mary Ann Newlands during the 0 „„:•_ BeSsin, wh o was committed for receiving the goods, ii;:ug them to be s t o l en. tlii? in Newlands was placed at the bar this morning 480 indictment, and by the advice of her counsel (Mr. ki r b n ) Pleaded guilty. Nt e . .u ontux, who appeared with Mr. Ballantine for the tthtleors, stated, that from all the circumstances of the ) i t Male prisoner was evidently a man who was in the f ulunder ; it ?f visiting railway termini for the purpose o ; v h en he 14 1 1 the ease which had led to his detecti f o r n om , Folkes le t„e„Property of Dr. Roberts, he was traced t y I:_ k iniadon on the train, and at th t e o i remon ktttilBY with the luggage, which led h n i ff a b _ s i_n e u .n s g was seen portmanteau kkii • Iv ith ; but he succeeded in carrying th 1 1 1 Pt to the gentleman already named. He made off kiti Ihnoty by means of *and after changing his t%echteral times arrived at last at a house in Sloane -4 th e t'ea. Mr. Bodkin said that . the female prisoner Won e raistress of this house in which the portmanteau in tlia r w as found, and a quantity of property besides of 4 aeter which led to the strongest suspicion that it_ con ie lea, f., by in a similar way ; several articles inquiry 4 madel.xaniple, with the marks taken out. When k t , l at this house for a man of the name of Farr, the g ti l li tit nied all knowledge of such a person, notwithstand hy k a j t l this was an alias by which the prisoner was gene the h ° l'm. The' prisoners were represented to the servants ~, _ ouse as brother and sister, but it seems that they had ii.m...00 terms as man and wife. ,f,;,f . ,ClARicsow stated that the woman was evidently in (44, thee case, by the unhappy position in which . she .th Le ~..!011male prisoner; that previous to meeting with „.„I,!.ltalie bore a most respectable character, and was in ';., most renectable family. Theo .. i 4, 011(1, .." sentenced the male prisoner to transportation kaki 4 °eas for seven years on each of the three indictments, )11.12-ieetitlinlcill:plci,sotanet. was sentenced to six months' impri am labour. SENATE. A Message from the President was sent in this morning with Secretary Walker's report on the finances and the tariff. The President states, that the increase of revenue rendered necessary by the war with Mexico can be met by reducing the tariff to a revenue standard, imposing duties on free articles, and modifying the duties on others. Additional authority is asked for the issue of Treasury notes. The Secretary's report was also read. He estimates the deficiency in the revenue for the next fiscal year at 19,620,000 dolls., but anticipates receipts from various sources, which will reduce this to 15,000,000 dolls., leaving 4,000,000 dolls. deficit. This deficit will also be reduced if the tariff is modified according to the provisions of the House Bill introduced by the Committee of Ways and Means. The entire receipts, with this modification, are estimated at 30,000,000 dolls., but leaving still the deficiency mentioned of 15,000,000 dolls. The warehouse system proposed, it is estimated, ,will fur ther reduce this amount, and the graduation of the sales of public lands half a million more, leaving still over 12,000,000 dolls. deficit. ' To meet this the Secretary:recommends a resort to loans, or issue of Treasury notes, or both, as circumstances may render it most desirable, and at the earliest dates, and at such rates of interest as may be agreed.upon. The message and report were referred,to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. An Executive message was also receivied, which was understood to be concerning the treaty. The southern mail did not connect at Washing ton to-day. , HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. llPDowell, of Ohio, moved a suspension of the rules, in order to introduce a resolution, embodying a protest against the treaty in progress for a settlement of the Oregon question. The resolution and preamble assume that this is a question proper for the action of the whole Legislative power; for the attempt secretly to adjust the matter, while the people and their representatives are ignorant of the terms, would be doing injustice to the rights of the people, and" consum mated " no obligatory force upon them ; therefore, Resolved, that in the opinion of the Mouse, it is the duty of the Senate to postpone further consideration and action upon the same, and submit it to the people for their action and consideration. The remaining resolutions censure the President and Senate for executive and senatorial supremacy and for secret conclave, by which to hide their proceedings from the public under the midnight veil. On the motion to send the rules, the yeas were 35; nays, 156. So the motion was lost. The House then went into Committee, and proceeded with the Indian Appropriation Bill. Mr. Pilsbury, from Texas, defended the Act of annexation, and the movement leading thereto, from the assault of Mr. Culver made yesterday. Mr. Stevens made an eloquent speech, reviewing the cause of the Mexican war, in the course of which he paid a high tribute to the exalted genius and statesmanship of Daniel Webster, and his recent triumphant vindication from his slanderers. Mr. Leake was left speaking. MR. BUCHANAN'S COLLECTION OF PICTURES. The sale of the fine collection of pictures by the old mas ters, the property of Mr. W. Buchanan, took place yester day, at the rooms of Messrs. Christie and Manson. The col lection consisted of 67 subjects, mostly of gallery size, of which the following were considered the finest specimens, and were eagerly competed for :—" Christ curing the blind," by Ludovico Caracci, and its companion, " Christ raising the widow's son," by Agostino Caracci, were sold for 4,000 guineas. These splendid pictures were painted for the Gius tiniani palace at Rome, where they remained until 1806, when they were purchased for a large sum by Lucien Bo naparte ; they were subsequently sold by him to the ex- Queen of Etruria, from whose son, the Duke of Lucca, Mr. Bu chanan purchased them. The " Noli me Tangere," of Frederic° Baroccio, well known throughout Europe, from the engrav ing by Raphael Moyhen, sold for 560 guineas. The portrait of Justus Lipsias, painted by Rembrandt in 1644, the same year in which he painted his celebrated picture of the Syn dics at Amsterdam, and the best period of the master, sold for 700 guineas. The "Massacre of the Innocents," painted by Nicholas Poussin, for the Borghese palace at Rome,, and subsequently in Lucien Bonaparte's collection, sold for 320 guineas. The " Return from Egypt," painted by P. P. Rubens fer the Jesuits' church at Antwerp, and one of the few pictures that escaped the fire by lightning, which destroyed the roof of that church, sold for 360 guineas. This picture was formerly in the possession of M. Danoot, banker at Brussels, at whose sale it fetched 20,000 francs. " St. John and the Lamb," a small picture by Murillo, recently brought from Spain, fetched 240 gui neas ; and another by the same master, painted for the Franciscan Convent at Seville, representing monks visiting Pope Gregory IX., 285 guineas. An Italian Landscape, full of character, painted by Sir Nicholas Bercbam for Sir Kenelm Digby, a well-known patron of the fine arts in the time of Charles 1., sold for 420 guineas. The portrait of Madame Jacondi, of Florence, by Leonardo da Vinci, for merly in the collection of Sir T. Baring, and well known in this country as " Leonardo's Flora," sold for 640 guineas. The Holy Family, with Elizabeth and St. John, a beautiful composition, painted a tempera by Bernardino Luini, and forme) ly in the Zanini Collection at Milan, sold for 510 guineas. " Early Morning," a fine landscape by Gainsbo rough, 360 guineas. An Interior, by Adrian Ostade, with two groups of card players and smokers, 560 guineas. "La Vierge aux Roses," the well-known picture by Titian, for merly in the collection of Mr. W. Y. Ottley, and purchased by him in Italy, whilst the French army was at Rome, 240 guineas. An Alpine pass, with figures and cattle, by Ni cholas Bercbam, 330 guineas. A " Bouquet of Flowers," finely painted by Jan Van Huysum, 145 guineas. A portrait by Titian of Henry 111. of France, at the time of his visit to Venice, 140 guineas. St. Nicholas-day, by Jan Steen, formerly in the collection of Mr. Walsh Porter, sold for 190 guineas. The other pictures fetched equally high prices. JOHN TAWELL'S CONFESSION It will be recollected that John Tawell was executed for the murder of Sarah Hart, of Salt-hill, at Aylesbury, now nearly eighteen months ago, and that the subject of the con fession of the murderer, which was placed in the hands of the Rev. Mr. Cox, the chaplain of the county gaol, just be fore his execution, and which the Rev. Gentleman has con tinually refused to lay before the magistrates of the county, has been brought before the bench at every subsequent quarter sessions. Various efforts have been made to induce Mr. Cox to lay the document in question before the magis trates, but without success. At the last Easter sessions the following resolution, upon the motion of Dr. Lee, seconded by Mr. J. P. Derrin, was carried by a majority of exactly two to one :—" That the chaplain be required to lay on the table at the next (Midsummer) quarter sessions, any written document received from John Tawell previously 1 to his execution." The chaplain, who was present during the discussion which then took place, admitted that a sale= promise had been made by him to John Tawell not to give up possession of the document in question; and further assured the magistrates that, " whatever the consequences might be, nothing on earth should ever induce him to part with the statement." At the Midsummer Sessions, which were held on Thursday last, the subject was again introduced, by Dr. Lee inquiring of Mr. Acton Tindal, the clerk of the peace tbr the county, if the Rev. Mr. Cox had laid the document upon the table, relating to John Tawell, agreeably to the resolution which was carried in April last. Mr. Tindal having replied in the negative, Dr. Lee strongly ani madverted upon the uncourteous conduct of the chap lain, expressing his determination to propose a mo tion for the purpose of bringing the subject to a final issue at the next sessions. It having been elicited, however, that Mr. Tindal, as clerk to the magistrates, had not officially communicated the nature of the resolution to Mr. Cox, in consequence of instructions to that effect not having been given to him by the bench, Dr. Lee then gave notice that he should submit the following motion at the ensuing Michaelmas Sessions, in September next :—" That the clerk of the peace be instructed to com municate to the Rev. Mr. Cox the decision o f the magistrates upon his conduct with reference to th e statement delivered by John Tawell to Mr. Sheriff , the g a oler; an d by Mr. Sheriff to the Rev. Mr. Cox , t h e chaplain of the gaol, that the magistrates fully expected that the Rev. Mr. Cox would have delivered up this statement to them, in consequence of the request, or decision, to that effect, as made by the ma jority of the magist rates present at the Easter Quarter-Ses • sions ; and that they consider his conduct, in still with holding that document, has been uncourteous and eve n con tumacious towards them. It is not expected that the Rev. Mr. Cox, who was not present on Thursday last, will consent to give up the document, after his determined and em ph a tic re f u sal to do so at the Easter county sessions, held in April est. However, thus the affair rests for the present. ST. MARYLEIIO NE sTßEET.—Establi meat of progress, years. BANK FOR SAVINGS, 76, WELLBICK- Lished July 5, 1830.—Comparative State , at specified periods, during the last seven Sums iuvested with Na- Lionel Debt Commissioner: On July 5, 1840 ...I ~ ~ 1841 ... 7, ,1 1842 ... ~ ~ 1843..• 7, 1844 ... „ „ 1845 ... ~ 71 1846 ... 12,445 12,881 13,100 13,820 14,638 15,724 16,729 J. FINNEY, S, £243,469 260,852 275,072 305,383 340,509 356,265 346,977 :retary and Actuary. A SHOWER OF Fitocs I—During the heavy thunder storm of last week a shower of frogs fell from one of the sur charged clouds .over the. Humber; several dropped on the decks of vessels navigating the river, and a portion of the coast near Killingholme Lights was, for a time, covered by myriads of these strange arrivals.—Hell Packet. THE LIVERPOOL BANKS.—The dividends of the Liver pool banks are as follows :—Liverpool Banking Company, for the half-year ending the.3oth ult., 71. per cent. per annum ; Union, !at the rate of eight, per cent. per annum ; Royal Bank; 51. per share. . , ;. I