The Sun. — London, England, 1846-07-11 00:00:00

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(non A Co)r;itstESPsiDENT. iik:iertl34lllhbAernEo vonansiac--It now appears quite certain that P r e - 4318m to the candidates for the southern i l ia,,,talt L e" tehire and the borough of Manchester. WI - w - 17" , - Esq., of Liverpool, will be returned in the room th:4 - Aleettiere, his Supporters daily increasing, and many . tt l o' , P r efeetionist merchants of Liverpool having signified iltutteetion ot recording their votes in his favour. tat 4; itt 13,0 wn addressed a ve ry influential meeting of his e , itUd friends in the lar g e room o f th e Alb ion Ver;', this town, at four o'clock this afternoon, and was W .,„ 4 , 111 v gre:ded. There was an unusual attendance of 4 , 44 ,5R 41 ,, - . -a 'ai' ' -turers and members of the late Anti-Corn-law `skei l i.'e-K1 the utmost unanimity prevailed. The chair was 2 Mr. R. H. Greg, and he introduced . w r ' zsitovert to the electors, who at once explained his poli -`o,°Pinions to the assembly, declaring himself an oppopent tier- Protective and prohibitory restrictions upon the corn ti fittd industry of the country, an d en l arge d upon the :wcial effects which the progress of enlightened views in ed was producing in Russia and other hitherto pro tith a states. But whilst they rejoiced and congratulated llic t ether on the victory they had, through the exertions of Itq a gtle, achieved, he begged them not to relax in their Sit t; ,° 11 8 until the duties on tee, on coffee, been redo an v. on te to ' ci e other necessaries of life, had been reduced. .ith Ist t , it to the consumpti! jo of tea, ho alluded to its trifling Nlvf.o to this counts r, compared with the Channel Islands, tett i l : e "hold, and Sew South Wales, and adverted to the hi nd. 4 t- fi . t to 'oe derived from an increased trade with w o`'. an enemy to all protective and differential ge'e ' t convinced that their rem ova l wou ld h ave th e 114silizt, -Wing our present unce r t a i n p os iti on with the ;:,ed e el's Government, as th e i n t ro d uc ti on o f Sir Robert mt umercial measure had mainly averted the threat ,,,et 'Wore with the United Skates. He denied that Eng her greatness to protective duties ; it w . as to keea Ulnae, the Habeas Corpus Act, the Bill of Rights, be ;"Iler other institutions of freedom that England owed shr,,,i'lludation of her glory . He was desirous that Ireland I h ho longer be governed as a conquered people, but tha -sr" % ' - °tlla enjoy the same privileges and immunities which th, l3 ter E country claimed, and then he was convinced that 'llter itiding and generous people would become happy T',eutented.` lie was a friend to the general education of 46 5, 61 - t e ,„c of this kingdom; and if returned as their repre- LlS'ss a 7 Would devote his abilities to carry out such nage : wtre best calculated to increase the prosperity and ,:tilos happiness of the nation. Rif°,44 then unanim ous ly reso l ve d t h at t h e meet i ng use vxertion to promote the return of Mr. Brown, and he bTr 4lll itl loud applause, and long continued cheering. 1,„ Alderman Walker having_ been voted to the chair, V ite'. ° p 44B 11 1Theggit GltisoN, Esch the newly-appointed President of the Board of Trade, and who had only fr t drd ~°l ll London in the bourse of the afternoon,came for ,7_clerahei"" addressed the electors, whose numbers had con resBinD.3,i,ncreased dtW.eig the above proceedings. A ft er .etx iN \VP aPPrtrai OF that sound principle of our consti t u- e 'the" en jeo ffice from . bed that one who accepted tn vacate his seat, in order to have that appoint rt h e . by the people, Mr. Gibson assured the meeting ,_•l' r tts CM as free, as far . as not having given any in k .. us .undertaken any conditions, as . when he was their log i ndependent meniber. He felt justified `byccpfetm„ec after the public announcement Lord Russell, that the principles of commercial %,a-,, eed° ,. 41 would be fully carried out by the new . llece'eolent. The corn-laws had been totally r t e n they were the key -stone in the domes slo'" of monopoly as the sugar law was the ke- 11 41 . 4 4 OUT colonial Monopoly. Her Majesty's Government t*Linatoticed that the.principle on which its administration loreie too ducted was that there should be an equal duty `" 1 :10 11 'wand colonial sugar, and to that principle he (D , l • ) "Iti •ly adhere. After a rapid review Itt'als?"."-'"'11):1et5 n ,?,..A l i n r ti l t .4 l i e b b so lng defended his vote and that of his t he Irish CO l ercion Bill, on the ground that no •v'ested „"t out for the extraordinary powers required to th en d, ti°Uldhe Executive, a . nd . that its only tendency, if h ave been to irritate the Irish people. He sty deed to the downfal of Sir Robert . Peel, remarking ',eleat r edounded more to his glory is being caused b y"Allau bis ' A P )c ac of patriotic principles ; and exc i ted consider tsa t h .goter Y observing that the protectionists had cho -01,. I,7erilieader (Lord, George Bentinck) in accordance with „'ere s . et , r opinion " that a man who knows a ho ! se e , ` v tle th 'erYthing ;" but i he doubted not that in a short tim es of oPPonee enand ts would be found to coincide in the great fr uestricted commerce. again 4 00,,,N Ids determination nr to do away with all differential et Fuming ard to sugar, and was enthusiastically cheered kVhis seat. i r ' Lk. va, of this town; announced (as the organ of the Ileke phcal Churchmen and Dissenters) that, although they t,t!termined to oust Mr. Gibson for his vote in favour of b e n to MaynorJth, that they should offer no opposition. %,14!8:01'413rutiseyeral questions to Mr. - Gibson . as to his future Zteh . . ,gtoUs subjects when introduced in Parliament, ,4°,l,v,rt--`Xrc,trtr4 some uproar in . the meeting, but which the i t o ,LiLiernan answered with great courtesy and candour, ‘fle satisfaction of the electors assembled. eeting then declared unan imously in favour of Mr. E. AC r e - election, and was su b sequently addressed by -IriclerMati Potter, Mr. AldermanNeild, Mr. Alderman ul lh li ar, and otherS. .piketto..laipation is fixed' to take place on Monday next, le no doubt the Vice-President of the Board of be unanimously elected. - HALIFAX. ityll . tr 2 OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EL CHEQUER. -" -. ' h iin ?oe JULY 9.—The election of a burgess to repre -411°44411.,4%—r0Ugh in Parliament, to fill the vacancy occa -0 the 1. the appointment of the Right. Hon. Charles Wood the ',Tee of Chancellor and Under -Treasurer of her Ma .,,t' th-4cheqiier took place this nforning. The reception iile., 47dieht I foreraentlemau on his arFival was a gratifying 'Oeqtt atighred well for his re - election--but in the Odd ftiis t , l/ '' hall he was questioned at sonie length byte ad ,q,of the Ten ROW'S' h'actory Bill. Yesterday was spent w" the ot or : , , and receiving visits from a large portion o 1. - "',Y of ) ,,atici this morning, about eleven o'clock, a large 0r,41 41r. ood .8 su prt rs assembled at his cemmit totp::,,oi„i.i._e,eklscz ate i m p t i o ' e t e h p e p Pie e ce liall,,wherethe election was _ ill,ee t e take pa F:out:it W d a a' jeXinh exhibited tebaeilliict tn a e n s ; t a single fin -"tee 1. ''' Rail, duri . ated that no r with which the electi r on_w rt as_ ''''t ce "I? the p r k i ceedin a g rt s. ofAttheeletvoewnn'o'ncolercikn Ir k4li t P was ,read by the returning officer, and the usual ro k t . i l having been gone through, liari ,„ellca.'sirre manufacturer proposed the Right Hon. ro tetetlYood. He felt assured ' tete no man oould f b :ll l3 the thiqkp_wao Would fully meet, the views or wishes pro s of Halifa x ; enta but Mr. Wood was their earliest o choice, ti the 'eY had hitherto found in him a valuable repres t4 eto llild h e - bad no doubt that he would continue to serve 1 11., W 4 1 . 1, ,1f again honoured with their co_nfidence. . . lif i l' j. ';.'°llll.ls, rnanufacturer, seconded u t s h et e i n A o i rn r. in G at e l o o r n g . e ~, Its, a ~,?•4DN', innkeeper, then prop ssski, ~..e,riartist woolcomber from Bradford, as a fit and fir, r._,* to represent them in Parliament. [N - e• r itert, Seconded the nomination. 111,,trid,t-uer the proposer nor the seconder added any corn `4e ,°4°F), Ob servation, as it was understood to be only for 4',„ 4l.2 r h uie Of enabling Mr. 'White to make a speech.] qle :" 41glit lion. C. Woon then came forward amidst much en tr • Ip e gto address.the electors. He said—Often as I have * (1 b in this eh ~, i. afore you place , I never yet addressed you L 4 PPe g ,'," 4 feeling of responsibility upon my shoulders. I '',i,hare',.'"efore you now 'for the fifth time. I have asked lie eh ': . ) . 1. A renewal. of your confidence, of that confidence - .. 4, ,,p,, , i have reposed in me as your representative in Par niti-,•`‘, Dal now ask you not only for a renewal of that e ‘kliete!, but I ask your. sanction to the step which I hav l 41t y o b inbecoming a member , of the present Government. OP t ie s foeyour sanction 'to my proceedings h a t s h a at M m in i ist is er . Crow n , and to the principals up I.yliB f o r m ed*--( Hear.) It is unnece o s n s:r3 b 4or me to detail "tid h ,4 , the circumstances which have placed the present 4 „ 41 4 - t ) Ict.power. It is enough to say, .rt.s has indeed been riN Y .Ar.lllorris before, that our position is not of our e ,70 4 %, ing.—(Hear, hear.) We steadily supported the tl,it. 4tecent of Sir Robert Peel in those me . a t s h ur t e h s e w p h ri ic n h ei h pl a e d s o\teliation, as being in conformity with . I' l tho;e,ever professed. . We onlyvo a te ß d il a l g i a n i f ng g h in im g when uphn , ti lls _ gut proper to bring forward It s 7rties fth b ple of Ireland—(Chee . rs)—for which, (Renewed ch,; t -, e I e°- was no necessity) —(Renewed li tr Lk) ,trn sewing, there to retire from office, and 14tiN,st-ketßhose upon that defeat Lord who is now 14 ' 4 O 4',1 Was pleased to call the Noble 111:4dat lint sotfthat high station in the . Government. apos t ° tntieg4verlarn I , bave the honour of occupying able at, i`ktoN4f.rwhich I hardly can say that I feel myself *t . ,' 11 1; ..--4 - will only promise to do them to the best of si4,klatri*-slt the But. standing here as I do,I cannot whh ii°'Re "iiirs position which we at present occupy t ~ ?tut l, ‘ 8t Wed occupy when last Ihsetuootdbuepounplithheuhust f the - r.) -„,vittOre five years ago, w pol'e-illtaerittirtsutaiten. upon measures of free trade . t — he (Hear, tr 7 the htereh'Qessures were proposed by 84 -e i ete 4 t sod mainly of the same m t e tt n ud t rY t o Pr it eit.4 / ' er at least of men ho led to the'coun -4 rgpe eltlir4Q :""(ilear, hear.) We a ar eogf taht e w u h p o o n c ° t m h e t 4 1 . 4 44 :, () i t ' Zet.thieinir opinion . s, upon e t p h e r al e p e p I, e ti, 4 tormi ber dutiett, . . 4 '"t. h,...:' ) 1t of the sugar dune , m c corn-laws, a r n s u - r l a e s w — s i llklx„ - .ralA e i,. ,, •-- in Halifax tree trade pr a e n v d a u il ed e t d h , ou w a g e h h d u it b m a i y d s tsC;,. iele.)".,l,iigue and myself were retur but ' remember ftidi„`" i lap - ,,l'' free trade, Y h ntly over the Or li ;g , thie - Pr otection - waved triumphantly et I can of tl i 114 d t- t'lle et the most tAct l - c'tt io .. supported rotec q°4; 11 °Ppo B . s . ,arliament was pop d u e i tt r ate m d en b a y w t h h o e 111 18 s : 41 d ye t . t w ` t .° o l _ to free trade, and who e v v u e t r e s r e u - t t v. le, a ,"?e , ley a oldilia those short five 3e h ars as "qt. ytt liciiil es 44 g(1; what a triumph gained far l' er 'ne y e a r h I WII.ch were iam i n lo' beenw y completely altered lt th 80 trie ~ ,tik. elapsed. when th th e e n tim n ber w d e u r t e ies eu w g e a re gediva t,,,,ezi, „iVißilt or ten months past vv!l k,: g slae. 3. _ ~, cti brought to a successful issue the repeal oft; leftthe t a l t i s to d..7k, ioUid cheers.) One question of the three . t oo we•-..,1 with, and I hope before the termination of tin , the , , knall be able to bring that question, the uestion of C e gre at r d liti .- eB, to a termination which will be beneficial au h to s h the Arens,ln ot which communicates i c c o h minu nieat ( et h o ee t n he ) rei lr no w tes a t re— corners of owses in Parliament -3 ou arc as well itt. ll l, led Us tam with the different phases of that mig . hty l'oir 4l e, wlikh has seen a - Minister, who was carried into % f,: Upon the shoulder% ts the people, become a convert the'aee trade.—(Cheers.) \,',/ e have heard him declare that d4,l4.?ctrines of free trade are th, e doctrines of N, 'gat the M an must be a fotd wh o did not hold that it common sense, tl td - N rl ght to buy in the cheapest market e au,' sell in the kti e - a st • These were the Ptinhegetesalwwhar'shawcteda,lZrair lin erelL all(' un which opposed hv we those who now maintain them e as dt, ~ormerly -.., Naigrilly a nd firmly as we do ourselves ; and I quite and on of th e conduct of Sir krit3:l. concur in that approbation t, -rt peel who finding that this is the truttuh,satchr,i,fiucgeh t l b a u te t - ' 4l ve ' ' • • did not hesitate t he rt to those opinions, lead of a large 11 hold dear, the fin q ' a statesman might we . o,,,,Pewerful partv, to expose loss of power, and, in th e ~%3411ey, to ex - pose himself to the . ter — all these he held himself to those taunts of ir t-c! of many, the loss that which be believed to be for o f character—all ties, insc omparison with thenh ‘)oil ande people of England. 4 ere others lii.ghh,•ugh, achieved a glorious victory for commenced, fought /0 There th irs'onle of England.—(erat apPlans-.,, • A n d 018 Nipijament who deserve similar appyon..ation. tkideration I know weighed with reost of them, ad valit3' did upon my mind, that whatever the commercial ellic:Nos of A repeal the corn-la%light he . , however country as it cer -4,i ht the i ne.nufacturers and mercha s of this te,„",. t , b enefit by more extended comnrce with foreign te,,','Pei, there was no class in this country. - to 1, 0 "fit would be so great as to the working classes and la glad la in} of the country.— (Loud cheers.) .I have been ~ whom t , his . o:e h e that those who in former times were s o blind.to their of 4thinterests .as to feel no sympathy in favour of tbe repeallield for ti e corn.lawe, who interrupted and opposed retings tt _ it,b,,,14t Purpose, have become alive to that wlucb conce ed p a ," ro,,rQ than almost any others, and that theyh av e taken N I ,‘ 'a t he e xpreesiorf of public opinion which leo led to the Laiitatioe of taxes which kept up the - price that th e people 1 . 1 ay.. t4 Pay for fliei; day u•tenance. I am gl a d that they N (l '. taken part in this material struggle. I we take no i lvti tt for those v , lio have alWays tupported thoseprinciplea tkianLs peat. I announced to you funrteen yeargago that -"lilt Pl "atioil wrveg, - - upon iriuciplortiA Mit* TIIE SUN, LONDON, SA_TITIIDAY m.atusilism, JULY ii , 1846 PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS, Thuilelay, at a meeting of the vestry of St. Pancras. held at the Vestry-rooms, Gordon-square (Mr. Churchwarden Howarth in the chair), Mr. Alchs and a deputation of ratepayers waited upon the vestry, to call the attention of that body to circumstances which had arisen in that parish, consequent on the death of one of the assessed tax collectors, and which it was to be ap prehended would disqualify upwards of 1,500 borough electors from being on the ensuing register. Mr. Aldis stated, that although Mr. Lorant, one of the poor- rate col lectors, had been appointed as the successor of Mr. North cote by the Assessed Tax Commissioners, yet, through their neglect, the necessary books would not be placed in the collector's hands before the 17th or 18th of July, and it was well known that the law compelled the payment on or be fore the 20th to qualify. The people were ready to pay their rates, but there was no one to receive them, and the proba bility was that upwards of 1,500 electors residing in Somers town and part of Camden-town would be disfranchised. The ratepayors considered the vestry, as their representatives, were the proper persons to interfere in the matter. Another RATEPAYER observed that he had occasion to see Sir Benjamin Hall, one of the borough Members, that morn ing, and the Hon. Baronet considered the matter of very serious importance, and had suggested, if a deputation of the vestry were appointed, he would at once accompany them to the Board of Stamps and Taxes, and insist upon some step being taken to prevent the contemplated disfranchisement of so many voters. Mr. Lorant, the collector, was sent for, and, in answer to questions by the vestry, said that he was anpointed by the Assessed Tax Commissioners to succeed Mr. Northcote, and collect his arrears, on the 26th of June, but had not yet re ceived the necessary books for the purpose. The amount required to be collected was 2,400/. from 1,540 persons. He did all he could to get the books, and was told he could not have them before the 17th. He was in hopes to get them by Monday next. Mr. DOUGLAS said, that while Mr. Lorant was collecting the assessed Taxes the poor-rates would go uncollected, which were equally necessary for the qualification of voters. His idea was, that the vestry should go at once to Lord John Russell on this subject, and point out to this Lordship the necessity for repealing the rate-paying clauses of the Reform Bill, under present circumstances, and this strong case. These Assessed Tax Commissioners had the power of disfranchising, if they thought proper, half the con stituency of the kingdom. After some discussion, it was resolved to appoint a deputa tion to wait upon Sir Benjamin Hall, and accompany the Hon. Baronet to the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes, or take such other measures as they deemed necessary for avert ing the apprehended disfranchisement of so large a number of electors. SALE of the ropy ABBEY ESTATE property, which has had considerable publicity given to it by Mr. George Robins in consequence of its antiquity, and the fame that has now descended through very many generations, came off (to use a sporting term) yesterday at the Mart ; and as the value of land has been a disputed point, and the agriculturists have been in a state approaching a panic, it is due to them to give the result of this certain mode of ascertaining the worth of an opinion fornied upon such a basis : and first as to this far-famed property. The abbey, which is decidedly the finest monastery throughout England, and its outward form and character quite un approachable, is in great need of a fearful outlay within ; but no man of good taste will deny this sacrifice with a view to restore it to its pristine state. The description of the abbey, with an historical account appended, is got up marvellously well in the printed particulars, by a talented lady—(it is whispered to be the handiwork of a Mrs. Allen, a relation of the late possessor Mr. Gwynne). This traces the origin of this splendid building (with a 300-feet garden) to the time of William the Conqueror, and the perusal of it must delight all those who value, and are deeply read in, antiquity. The Goblin tapestry, which adorns the interior, and is estimated at 10,0001., is not included, but is to be sold with the collec tion of Dutch and Flemish pictures, at tho approaching sale, next month. The tapestry can hardly be sufficiently appre ciated : it is quite matchless. Tne deinesao of Ford Abbey extends to 1,150 acres, in farms, beautifully diversified by hill and daie, cascades and wateiCalls. far.n-houses are let, and those in perspective we will enumerate, in. order to judge impartially of the result. Thus it is— 'l e farms let at £1,385 Tho abbey (unlet), gardens, and SO acres of woodland, estimated at , Tae-reversion to lands out on term lease, SO acres Producing per year £1.875 A total of 2,8751. a year is thus shown, although only 1,3851. is the present receipt. The result will be better shown and appreciated by the following calculation. The actual rental, taken at thirty-two years' purchase, is 44,3201., to which must be added for the prospective rent of 4904 in addition (say twenty years' purchase) this adds 9,000/. Thus it is— The farms let at, say, 44,320/., at 32 years' purchase. the prospective rent, 9,r?00/., at 20 ditto. 54,120/. Now we will compare these high prices with the actual result. Tile fist bidcl:ng was 10,0001 , but Mr. Robins deals only in guineas, and the biddings proceeded thus until it reached 52,000 guineas, at which it was knocked down to a Mr. Gwynne, of Teignmouth (a curious coincidence this, although no relation, it should be sold to a namesake). Now after this matter-of-fact statement, what will the alarmists say to this—what apology have they la store fur Oir Robert Pqel, whom they have vilified for so many months • past? Let them refer to the Warwickshire estate, sold by Mr. Robins a fortnight since for 50,000 guineas to Lord Craven for 3214 years' purchase, on a rack-rent. Then look at the corrobora tion by the result of Ford Abbey, upwards of 102,000 gui neas, in two sales (and within fourteen days of one another), at these advanced prices. It they have the slightest proper feeling, let them hide their diminished heads, and crave Sir Robert to forgive them. No more, I pray you, of the ruin of the agricultural world. LYPIATT PARK, GLOUCESTER. This beautiful estate being announced for public sale in our columns, by Mr. George Robins, and possessing, as it does, unusual interest as connected with the history of our country, we think some notice of it may not be unacceptable to our readers. Lypiatt Park is situate at a short remove from Stroud, and is reached from London in three hours ; the country around is exceed ingly beautiful, indeed the Vale of Chalfont, which is close to the estate, has long been deemed the most lovely part of Gloucestershire. The residence is in the old castellated style, partaking of the gothic order of architecture. A portion of it bears evident signs of great antiquity, whilst the venerable chapel and dove cote are fine specimens of the olden time • indeed, the former seems as it were to have outlived all the vicissi tudes to which the doctrine first promulgated within its walls has been subjected to, and to offer its holy and peaceful appearance as an attraction to some Catholic family to become the possessor of the estate. The chapel is :said to have been erected in the time of Stephen, and that its walls have never been desecrated. Passing over the families to whom the property belonged during the Tudor reigns, we find in the time of James I. that Lypiatt Park was the seat of the celebrated Sir J. Throckmorton, the projector of the Gunpowder Plot, who at its outset held many of its private meetings in one of the chambers of the present mansion, which, strange to say, after a lapse of so many years, is still preserved. The estate passed through several hands, and in the time of Charles I. was occu pied by one of his adherents, and was consequently be sieged by the army of the Parliament, and seriously devastated. It remained a mass of ruins for a long period, a portion of it only being habitable until Sir Paul Baghott became the -possessor and conceived its restoration and extension in the olden style, and with the assistance of Sir Jeffery Wyattville reared a most beautiful structure ; but it was left to the present pro prietor to alter, improve, and bring to perfection for its size the most elegant and complete chateau that can be found amongst England's boasted beauties. Of the ex terior it is impossible to speak too. much in praise ; its ivy-wreathed towers and walls, its oriel windows, tur retted embattlements and cloistered avenue, form a tout ensemble which cannot fail to please the mind's eye of the most fastidious in classical architecture; whilst in the interior the effect is ore of surpassing beauty and variety, combining taste with comfcrt, and nobility with simplicity. From the end windows the most lovely and diversifying scene is presented, and from those of the noble corridor, the Monk's Garden is seen in all the quietude and repose necessary .or contemplation. The domain extends to 231 acres of rich land, and is diversi fied by hill and dale, with a singularly . beautiful eminence, or terrace, on which the mansion is seated, and from whence an extensive panorama is presented ; the home grounds being ornamented by noble and thriving timber, with a stately avenue leading in one direction, a rookery in the distance, and, descending through a thorn grove to a mead of surpassing quietude and richness, bounded by a wood of noble beech trees, and of great extent, through which a path winds impervious to the summer's heat, catching ever and anon the most charming peeps of the varying scene. Much interest is excited by the in tended sale of this property, and if report be true, more than one Catholic family of consequence has already been to inspect it. DISSOLUTION OF THE LEAGUE. . (From the Courrier Francais.) ' Three years and a half ago, three or four men, be longint to the Manchester trade, hired a small apart ment in a retired part of that town. We say that the apartment was small, nevertheless it still appeared to them too vast, for they . divided it into two, by means of an ample curtain of red serge. It was in this modest room, behind this curtain of red serge, that the League was born. What did the lodgers of this little apartment wish ? Little enough, God knows. In reality, they just simply wished to change the politico-economical Constitution of their country—they wished to raze the old edifice of privileges in which was sheltered the most powerful aristocracy in the world— they wished to struggle, shoulder to shoulder, with this aristoeracy,which had governed England for so many cen turies. Was notthis an insane enterprise? If these dreamers, who . were plotting in favour of liberty had only had the people on their side, it would have been something ; but no, they were alone ! The people rather sympa , thised with their opponents than with them. The people were on the side of those who protected the " national labour " with such lively solicitude I There were, it is true, in the bosom of the labouring masses, spirits whom privations and sufferings had soured and driven to despair ; spirits always ready to engage in adventurous undertakings, because they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. It would have been an easy matter to irritate the passions of this disin herited mass, and to urge them into the path of revolu tion. Bu' it was not thus ; it was not by the assistance of brute force that our dreamers proposed to conquer their liberty ; they rejected material irneufes—they wished for nothing but moral ones. In their small and secluded apartment they did not manfacture powder and balls, they manufactured arguments. They wished to enforce the adoption of economical liberty by persuasion; they did not wish to impose it by force ! Well! This chimerical, this apparently utopian enter prise, has succeeded! The free-traders of Manchester, after a struggle of seven years, have at length van quished their opponents. In seven years they have de stroyed the secular prejudices of a nation,—they have converted a - Whom cc:min tfy T.. .... ......,a. .-.0" liberty. After a delay of seven years, the Hons. of I,,rtia has sanc tioned the work begun in the little room at Manchester, and the Prime Minisier of England has public tendered his thanks,in the name of the country, to Richard has tfaosßw justi c n l Richard a r due emancipated c d ii e pt n a , t te t hd h e e hn p i o t he blessingprea .ucitl countrytt r i t trib une, oi : from nPoo order i r t d i p Cobden, ie promoter of the " League." Is not this,the noblest and finest of triumphs ? What the tribune who misery, by be victory is worth the victory of the League ? What name radiates with a stronger and purer lustre than the name , what admirable •economical c e ° r to obtain freedom ? physical force ur i s nhieved perseveranceth these s u e t r es what uls . have There troubles , b som ething Homeric in the work accomplished by the agitators of the League; with this exception that we now see displaying itself here, and accomplish ing prodigies—it is a more noble force —it is the force of intelligence. The wrestlers are writers and orators. For seven years have these champions of the freedom of labour devoted themselves, body and soul, to the triumph of their cause. Incessantly in the field of battle, their leader has visited the towns, t h e boroughs, and even the poorest hamlets for the Purpose of there diffusing the doctrines of free trade. In 1843, he held more than forty meetings within the space of two months. 111, and exhausted by the contest, he will not consent to enjoy a moment's repose until the day of triumph has the League arrived. 's ac • a report of the last meeting of separates, and Mr. Cobden, to whom the Whi gs h ave , Now that this great nevertheless, offered a place in the new Ministry, —Mr. Cobden modestly retires once more into private life. We give, elsewhere, the League. At this solemn sitting was present the leader of the Bordeaux L e ague for the freedom of ex changes, M. Duffour-Dubergier. The words addressed by Mr. Cobden to this gentleman, the representative of the French free-traders, will be read with pleasure. May the wish of welcome a the leader of the English League be speedily realised ! May France soon have nothing more to envy England in the matter of liberty. iwtsriliruaemtaupillihsar.beido SUDIAN'DEATH OF A LADY IN A r 4 .JARRIAGE.—On Wednesday evening a gentleman named Walls, his wife, a nd two friends, took an airing in the vicinity of Greenwich, and en passing the !railway terminus the lady observed to h e r husband that she felt very unwell, and the coachman wai directed to drive to the first surgeon's. The carriage drove on to the house of Dr. Wattsford, of Crooms Hill, Greenwich Park, and . when that gentleman w ent to the carriage the lady had wired, MR. MON CKTON MILNES AND THE NEW GOVERNMENT. TO THE ELECTORS AND INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF PONTEFRACT. Gentlemen,—The course of policy adopted by Sir Robert Peel having entirely dissolved the powerful political party which raised him to that direction of public affairs in 1841, I think it right to address to you a few remarks as to the part my sense of public duty inclines me to take in this peculiar juncture. As I never anticipated either the great immediate benefit, or the extensive ultimate injury from the repeal of the corn-laws that many others have done, I should have preferred a settlement of the question which should not have been attended with so great a sacrifice of revenue, and with so much painful feeling on the one hand, and so much triumph on the other; but when all hope of compromise was past. I could not consent to reject a measure which so large a portion of the community believed to be just, when the loss, whatever it be, must, as far as our part of the country is c o ncerned , fall exclusively cn my own class of society, the demand for labour being abundant, and the tenant-farmer free to make new terms with his landlord, as altered circumstances may require. But the greater part of the late Ministers had been the stautche-t advocates of the protective system ; and we, acting under the advice of Sir Robert Peel in 1841, op posed the considerable advance in the direction of free trade then proposed by Lord John Russell ; and thus, however conscientious may have been the change of opinion in the late Government, it was impossible that one party could forgive the suddenness of their conversion, or that the other could forget their long persistence in error. They have, therefore, incurred the natural consequences of in firmity of purpose, and their opponents, whose free-trade tendencies Parliament has accepted and confirmed, are now the Ministers of England. This occurrence is surely not to be regretted, when we consider that the alternative must have been the un certain maintenance in power of a Government too ex posed to insulting reproaches from former friends, who believed themselves betrayed, and to impediments from opponents who believed themselves overreached; and only able to retain their places by continual appeals to the meanest interests and the basest passions. Lord John Russell is at the head of the most numerous of the three parties in the House of Commons, and has thus the fairest claim to form a Government, but it is clear that he cannot sustain that position with honour to himself and benefit to the nation, unless supported by some who have hitherto been opposed to him. It appears improbable that Sir Robert Peel, having retired to his wealthy privacy and his hopes of fame, will, for some time at least, attempt to organise a npw,opposition; and it Is not certain that the colleagues and followers, who have already endured and sacri ficed so much, would invite him to a fresh competition. The Protectionists, to whom the present Government owe their accession to power, are not the men to have raised an Administration for the mere pleasure of over throwing it, and sport with the institutions of their country without prospect of advantage to their principles or their party. Every man, in fact, is free to act as he thinks best; and I cannot conceal from you my convic tion, that it is the present duty of every true Conserva tive to give a fair and independent support to the Go vernment of Lord John Russell. An opposition may—nay; must—form itself in the course of time ; but let it be a real and not a nominal one—an opposition either to the practical mismanage ment of the executive, or to an illiberal and exclusive distiibution of the o ffices of state, or,to an attack upon some institution which we reasonably value. Let us, in a word, oppose measures which we believe to be wrong, and not the men who have been placed in , a difficult and responsible position, almost without an intentional effort, by a series of singular events, and the rapid change in the political views of a mature and experienced states man. In the limitation of the hours of factory labour, in the amendment of the tenure of land in Ireland, in the im provement of the poor-law, in the prosecution of ,public education, and in the wisest treatment and reformation of criminals, Lord John Russell has before him ques tions sufficient to call forth all his energies, and on which it would be indeed grievous to see good intentions and sagacious plans thwarted by the blindness and violence of Parliamentary faction. Old party distinctions have passed away, and it would be well if old party names could be extinguished too. Let the new Government distinguish itself by a truly liberal, temperate, and judicious policy, and by patent, practical reforms, and the country will forget that it in chides men who once offended it by their exclusive pre tensions and oligarchical traditions. With these hopes, and, I may add, expectations, I trust that I shall find myself representing your feelings and desires, in supporting, as long as I conscientiously can, the Administration of Lord John Russell. RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES. 26, Pall-mall, July 8. CLAIMING .1 HUSBAND. Betearros, THURSDAY_—The magistrates of the Brighton bench were engaged a couple of hours this morning in con sidering a summons for sureties of the peace against a young woman named Dinning, arising out of a claim by her to be the wife of Captain Mercer, a half. pay naval officer, and nephew of Vice-Admiral Sir William Powis. Mr. Somers Clarke appeared for the complaining party, Mr. G. Dempster for the woman. The court was crowded to suffocation. Mr. CLARKE detailed at length the facts of the case. It appeared that on the evening of Midsummer's-day, Captain Mercer, while walking with his daughter near St. Peter's Church, By ighton, was accosted by the defendant, who claimed him as her husband. Captain Mercer; we may state, appears to be about sixty years of age; the woman could not have seen half so many summers. The captain told her she was a tool; but from that time forward she re peatedly intruded into his lodgings, claiming a right to do so as his lawful wife, and she also applied for advice to the magistrates, apparently believing that the captain was her hu,band. Her statement was that she met the captain at Brighton, and that after seeing him three times she consented to become his wife, and that they accordingly left Brighton by the first train on the morning of the Ist October ; that they were married at the church of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, the same day, the captain re presenting his name to be Harper; that they lived together 13 days, when he left her, and she did not see him again till she met him at Brighton. She also produced the certificate of her marriage. This statement would be rebutted by the producaep of a declaration, for the purpose of procuring his half-pay;made by Captain Mercer before the Brighton bench, on the day:when it was alleged that the marriage took place, and by his creceipt of the money at the Custom House, and several cirMnastances which would show incontestably that Captain Mercer was in Brighton during the time the woman alleged that heir husband was with her in London. Captain Mercer and several other witnesses were then ex amined. The Captain proved that his wife died 25 years ago in the West Indies—that he was in Brighton on the day the defendant . allegg that he married her at Bethnal-green, and hfetWref lekled that he was at home every day and every nig - fil 'from the Ist to the 14th of October. It was alleged by the woman he had lived with ber as her husband. Mr. DEMPSTER said that by virtue of his discretion as an advocate he had determined not to proceed further with the case. _ _ Major Allen said the clergyman who married the woman stated that Captain Mercer was the husband. The case was then withdrawn, Mr. Dempster and the ma gistrates declaring their belief that the defendant had acted under a bond fide belief that Captain Mercer was her hus band, but that she was mistaken. HORRIBLE CRUELTY IN MADAGASCAR. The Democratic Pacifique publishes a long extract from a letter, giving a horrible account of the atrocities committed at Madagascar by the Hovas upon an English soldier, whom they had captured. After describing a feast by the Hovas' chiefs at the establishment of a French traiteur, who, with another traiteur of the same nor tion, are stated to have exulted in the victory of the Hovas over the British and French expedition against Madagas car, and giving an account of the disgusting mutilations of the bodies of the slain, the writer says:—" Whilst this debauch was going on (two days after our defeat) word was brought that an Englishman had just come out of the brushwood, imploring that his life might be spared. It appears that during the fight an unfortunate wounded English soldier had crept into the bushes, and remained concealed, a melancholy witness of the mutilations inflicted upon his com. rades. For forty•eight hours he bore the pangs of his wound and of hunger and thirst, but, being unable to bear up longer, he came from his hiding-place, and, advancing towards the Hovas, showed his wound, delivered up his musket, and entreated them to g ive him a mite water. The chief, Maaaeuma, without derang ing himself from the banquet, sent to the governor for orders. Rszakafidy, the governor, desired that the man might be put to death. There were at his table several Frenchmen, who did not even open their mouths to ask for the life of this poor Englishman, who had bra vely fought by the side of our countrymm. Yeu will, th ink, perhaps, that this unfortunate man was killed with a stroke of the sagaye. The Roves have a different mode of taking vengeance on a di sarme d enemy. Th ey stripped him naked, and then five or six officers, with their knives, and in the midst of the circle which had been formed, began pricking him in the tenderest parts of his body. The soldier, who was extended on the ground, rose, as by an effort of heroism, and received their thrusts standing. At this time there were not less than five or six bleeding wounds of the sagaye which he had received in battle, and the blood streamed from the new wounds inflicted by his assailants. His face was of a livid paleness, but it wore an air of contempt for his butchers. The Hovas, while these horrors were proceeding, set up shouts of triumph. Seeing that the Englishman defied their blows, the monsters laid hold of him and began to tear out the nails of his hands and feet. He bore even this bravely for a time, but at length sunk to the ground exhausted and closed his eyes. The Hovas then cut off his fi ng ers and different portions of his flesh, after which they proceeded to the last and m . ost cruel operation. Having done t his him they stabbed in the heart and cut off his head. Finally, they put into their mouths portions of the flesh, removed by the horrible operation which preceded the coup de grace, and went off triumphantly to fix the head on a stake." RIBANDISM IN .SLIGO.—We regret to say that Ri bandism is still rife in this country. It is to us mac of the most incomprehensible systems that ever existed, and we all know that no good has ever proceeded from it. We publish the signs for the present quarter, to show the parties how well their proceedings are known; and we can assure them that there is scarcely a magistrate in the county who is not in full possession of their signs. We do not wish to see the people hunted down by the police and bloodhounds of the law, and it is for the purpose of warning them we now pub • lish - those signs. The passwords are—Question—" The sea son is wet." Answer—" The harvest will be late." Question —" It will disoblige the poor." Answer—" The Lord look on them." The quarrelling words, though they ought to be called by another name, are—" Be calm," " I thank you for your advice." The signs of recognition are, the two first fingers of the left hand to the shirt collar on the right. The countersigns are, the two first fingers of the right hand to the tip of the left ear. The folly of all this would make us laugh U the consequeuces were not :9 v6;415014 E9O Cliampio. , RAILWAY ACROSS THE MERSEY. The following are copies of the chief points in the cor respondence with the Admiralty relative to the proposed viaduct across the Mersey to be constructed by the Grand Junction Railway Company. The papers were printed by order of the House of Commons, and were delivered on Saturday : Admiralty, April 4, 1814. Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that they will give their consent to the construction of a viaduct across the river Mersey by the Grand Junction Railway Company, on the following conditions :- 1. That as a compensation for the obstruction to the stream, which must be caused by the piers of the pro posed bridge, all the rocky shore on the Lancaster side must be cut away, at the expense of the railway com pany, up to the line A A on the plan, so as to give a proper direction to the stream. 2. That a small portion of the Castle Rock (B) on the Cheshire side, as well as the adjacent angle of the shore (C), be also cut away by the company, in order to form the shore to a regular curve, as shown in the plan. 3. That the island between the Castle Rock and the Old Quay Canal be removed by the same parties, and that all the above-mentioned excavations be made to the I,,west summer level of the river. 4. That if the company think it expedient to carry the bridge on arches, the waterway opening between the piers be not less than 280 feet in the clear ; that the piers be not more than twenty-five feet in thickness, with proper cutnaters ; and that the clear headway under the centre of each arch be not less that 100 feet above the level of the flow of the highest tides, and that the spring of the arches be not less than 65 feet above the same level. But if, instead of such arches, the company should consent to substirute flat girders, with piers of not more than 20 feet thickness (wr ich would be in every way preferable), my Lords w _mid in that case be contented with the clear space of 250 feet between the piers. 5. That in order to facilitate the warping of large vessels through the bridge, a turret staircase from the footway along the bridge should be made, down the second and third piers from the Cheshire side, to a strong wooden or iron gallery round those piers, of about three feet wide, and one or two feet above high water mark; that a trackway between the river and the abutment wall, of the usual breadth, should be left on the Cheshire side, and that a free footpath should be afforded along the bridge, properly protected from the railway, and connected to the present footpaths on each bank of the river. 6. That the excavated materials shall either be used in the construction, or placed in the curved line desig nated on the plan by the letters D D D, so as to form a wall or weir, which shall, in the first place, extend 2,000 feet to the eastward, and afterwards 800 feet fnrther (if considered necessary by their Lordships) in order to give a proper direction to the tidal streams, and this wall or weir shall be securely or substantially constructed, and carried up, at the expense of the company, to the level of high water, and that the works of excavation shall be carried on simultaneously with the erection of the bridge, which shall not be opened for the use of the railway till all the excavations shall be fully completed, nor till the works be approved by the Lords Conserva tors of the Mersey. 7. That during the execution of these works neither the navigation nor the current shall be obstructed more than is absolutely necessary in the opinion of the acting conservator of the river. _ 8. That any damage done to passing vessels by the works of the bridge during its execution, unless caused by the negligence or misconduct of the pilots or persons in charge of the vessel, shall be paid by the company.— I am, &c., (Signed) H. CORRY. J. Swift, Eq., Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street. G wydyr House, Whitehall, March 2S, 1846. Sir,—Having laid before my Lords Conservators of the River Mersey the clause you propose to insert in the Huyton and Aston branch of the Grand Junction Rail way Company, relative to a bridge over the River Mersey, at Runcorn ; I am desired by my Lords to inform you their Lord ships approve of the clause; but, in addition thereto, my Lords Conservators deem it to be necessary that you fur ther insert a clause in your Bill to the following effect:— " That in the event of any improvement hereafter taking place in the navigation of the river Mersey, east ward of the proposed bridge at Runcorn, for the purpose of establishing a communication for ships or vessels with Manchester, or any other place to the eastward of the present viaduct of the Grand Junction Railway over the river Mersey, near Warrington, the Grand Junction Company, or the then owners of that railway, shall con sent to such arrangements for the passing through their present viaduct over the river Mersey, near Warrington, as my Lords Conservators shall - deem it to be expedient to require." (Signed) GEORGE EVANS, Acting Conservator of the River Mersey. To J, Swift, Esq., solicitor for the Bill, 29, George-street, May 16, 1846. My Lords,—l take the liberty of again communicating with your Lordships in reference to the bridge proposed to be constructed by the Grand Junction Railway Com pany over the river Mersey, at Runcorn, which, accord ing to the clause approved by your Lordships, is to be constructed in such manner, and with such works, as your Lordships may direct. Linder these circumstances, I have to request that, if it be not inconsistent with your Lordships' views, I may be favoured with a letter from your Lordships, which I may submit to the committee, stating that, in your Lordships' opinion, it is desirable that the precise mode of c, n,tructing the bridge should be left open to the supervision of your Lordships, rather than that clauses should be inserted in the Bill fixing now any specific mode of constructing such bridge, or any particular works to be elcne by the compacy, for the improvement of the bed of the river. (Signed) J. SWIFT. The Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. ought to be imposed for revenue alone—and that neither I nor any other landlord had any right to ask that your food should be enhanced by protecting duties.—(Hear, hear.) But there is one body of men to whom we are mainly in • debted for our exertions being crowned with success. I allude to that body of men, the most distinguished mem ber of which is Mr. Richard Cobden, who, having banded together for no party purpose, but for the good of our com mon country, have suffered themselves to be diverted to no other object, but by the publication of pamphlets and speeches have striven to enlighten the minds of their fellow subjects, and have brought together the mass of opinion which has had its due weight with both Houses of the Legis lature, and effected the consummation now happily attained. It is but fair to them that the weed of approbation and applause should be given to that body, because I feel that we are more indebted to them than to any previous endeavours for this end. Now, I will only say that we come into power for the parpose of carrying out those principles which we have always advocated, whether in power or in opposition. We intend—Lord John Russell, in point of fact, before he was Minister, gave notice of that which he intended to pro pose with reference to the sugar duties, namely, the aboli tion of that distinction which now prevails in the duties on the sugar of different countries, and the ultimate extinction of the differential duties. That will be one of the objects to be attempted by the present Government ; and as I stated to you two nights ago, there are other matters to be brought under notice, as soon as the state of the revenue will admit of the reduction of other duties. Of course it would be improper in me to go into detail on this subject. Teti know the course which I have always taken on this subject of free trade. I can only say that I am in no way what soever prepared to depart from that conduct, and to dis• appoint those hopes which such conduct may have ex cited in your minds We know perfectly well that on many of those questions we shall be opposed by great and pow erful interests. We know that we have not now a majority in Parliament ; but this we do know, and on this we do rely, that no Ministry, no set of men, no party, how ever strong, can long resist the deliberate expression of public Opinion in this country.--(Hear.) We have seen many measures carried in Parliament by those who were friendly to their principles; we of late seen nearly as many carried by those who have hitherto been opposed to them. And why? Because the enlightened opinion of the people of this country, constitutionally and deliberately ex pressed —expressed partly by the voice of the representatives of the great manufacturing districts, upon whom the power of sending representatives to Parliament was bestowed not many years ago—partly by those organs which convey to the whole community of the districts in which local organs exist, and by those of London, express the opinions of the whole community of this empire and of the world. I say that by the spread of intelligence through these means public opinion does press upon all statesmen and all parties with a force which may be checked for a time, but which cannot ulti mately be stopped. I say, therefore, believing the public mind to have been directed to these measures, and that it will constitutionally express its opinion in favour of those principles—the principles of common sense—that we may safely rely upon that support and as.istance which will enable us to bear down in Parliament any opposition which may be threatened to such measures. They are the principles upon which I believe all sound legislation must proceed. In some quarters, upon some questions, there has been of late rears a still greater disposition to interfere, far be yond what I think the Legislature is justified in doing. Upon all these matters you are the best legislators for your The less Parliament interferes in matters of that sort the better. Taxes and duties must be imposed, because the interest of the public debt, the charges of the public service must be defrayed out of the taxation of the country. But the taxation of the country, or rather the imposition of those taxes, ought to be so managed as to raise the greatest amount of revenue from the public with the least burtben and inconvenience to the people of this country.—(Cheers.) That is the legitimate mode of imposing taxes, and it is one to which, I hope, as speedily as may be consistently with the maintenance of the requisite revenue, the taxation of this country will be brought. There is but one other topic upon which I will say a few words, and which has been alluded to both by the gentleman who pro posed me and the gentleman who seconded me. I mean the condition, and especially the education of the lower orders of this country.—(Hear, hear.) I hold that there is no subject of greater importance than that the mass of the people of this country should be properly trained in their early youth. The more we rely upon the expression of public opinion, the more necessary it is that that public opinion should be trained and formed by well-educated people. Ido not consi der mere book learning to be the essence of education ; but a proper moral training is desirable, and of far more real value to the youth of this or any other country, and to that subject the early attention of her Majesty's Ministers will be directed.—(Loud and continued cheering.) It is impossible that I can conceal from myself the practical difficulties by which that question is surrounded. Efforts have been made in various directions to promote and extend the education of the people, most of which have failed, because they have been based upon unscund principles, and an unjustifiable interference with the liberty of conscience. It is a difficult task, no doubt, so to frame any system, as to meet all the views which may be entertained by the different classes in this country. Hitherto we have been able to do little more than afford partial aid to those who were able to aid themselves, and perhaps it may be impossible to do much more than that, though I should hope that a consideration of the deep importance of the subject will induce all persons, all classes, and all persuasions to co-operate, as far as may be, in objects which all admit to be of primary and vital import ance. This I say, as you may have seen that the Noble Lord (the Prime Minister), in his address to the citizens of Lon don, his constituents, has already said, there are men in the Ministry who hold this to be a principle of the greatest im portance, and who never will be parties to any measure which will infringe in the slightest degree upon liberty of conscience. I hope thit by these means our youth will be trained up by improved knowledge, by improved morals, and by an im proved sense of the responsibility resting upon all men to do their duty in their respective stations and that instead of popular outbreaks, we may have deliberate public opinion. That, I say, is the best guide for all statesmen to follow; and I think that the experience of the last four or five years having shown that the attention of the public has been directed to changes of one sort or other, not for merely visionary objects, but to objects of substan tial, moral, social, and com mercial improvement, is the best proof of the improved tone of public feeling, from the spread and increase of which I auger most favourably for the improvement and welfare of this great country. With regard to my own conduct, I can only say that I trust I shall pursue that course which has hitherto obtained for me your confidence, and shall endeavour to carry out those principles which I have always professed, and which I believe to be for the welfare of the community. I shall, so far as lies in my power, endeavour to devote what time I can to promote your local interests, and the benefit of this town and its neighbourhood. I say again, most un affectedly, that I feel most deeply the responsibility of the situation to which I have been called; and I only hope that, under the blessing of God, I may be able to do my duty in that situation, as I have endeavoured to do in whatever other situation I have been placed in. —(Loud applause.) The returning officer, C. NORRIS, Esq., then announced that the name of Mr. Smith, who had seconded the nomina tion of Mr. George White, was not on the register of electors. He, therefore, declared the Right Hon. Charles Wood duly elected Member for the borough of Halifax. The indenture of the return having been signed in dupli cate, the Court was declared dissolved, upon which Mr. White commenced an address to the spectators assembled ; but the returning-officer, with Mr. Wood and his Committee, left the Piece Hall, and the assembly soon after broke up. TOWER HAMLETS. The election for tidsl;orougiiiiiaSplaee to-day. Colonel Fox's friends on Thursday put forth a placard in whiala they invited the electors to attend at Stepney-green, in order to support the gallant officer's re election. There is no symptom of anything approaching opposition. GE . MURSDAY.--There con R tinues to ENWICH be no doubt of the unop posed return of Admiral Dur das for this borough on Monday next. It is true that there has been a rumour afloat, to the !fleet that Mr. Gl a d stone , t h e l ate Secretary for the Colonies., intends to visit Greenwich next Monday, the day of nomina tion, not, it is said, for the purpose of contesting the election with Admiral Dundas , but with th e v i ew o f i ntro d uc i ng himself to the electors, in order to ensure his return to Par liament at the next general election. This rumour, however, seems on the face of it to be utterly without foundation; for it is highly improbable that Mr. Gladstone, taking the present state of the feeling of the inhabitants of Greenwich into consideration, would with such a view present himself to the electors of Greenwich to obtain a show of hands anything but in his favour. The hustings will be, not on Blackheath, as has been stated, but in Church-street, as has been usual during all the borough elections here. Colonel Popplewell is to be the proposer, and Mr. J. Wade the seconder, of the gallant Admiral. Two meetings of the electors took place last evening, one at the White Hart Tavern, and the other at the Lord Duncan Tavern ; both were unanimously in favour of Admiral Dundas. E. TnurtsnaY.—The election VESHA is fi xed for Saturday. Lord Marcus Hill will " walk over" the course At the election in 1841, the numbers at the close of the poll stood as fol lows:—Lord M. Hill (Liberal), 188; 133rthwick, Peter (Tory), 161; Rushout (Tory), 137. The Liberals are now strong enough to return two Members. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—His Highness Ibrahim Pacha attended the performances at the Italian Opera house on Thursday evening. His Highness's suite con sisted of Semi Pacha, Colonel Bonfort, Major Dickson, and M. de Nubar. Amongst the company we also noticed the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of Titchfield, the Earl of Munster, the Count d'Astorg, the Viscount Cantalupe, the Viscount Duricannon, Captain the Hon. James Macdonald, the Hon. Spencer Cowper, Lady Quentin, Sir John Lowther, &e. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—We sub join a list of a few of the fashionables who have honoured this popular establishment with their presence in the last few weeks, although our limits will not allow us to give a tithe of their actual amount ;--Ilis Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Colonel Bauverie, Duchess of Nor thumberland, Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Duke of Beaufort, Duke of Marlborough, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl of of Devon, Earl of Portarlingten ; Lords Lyndhurst, Fitz clarence, Howard, Bentinck, Shelbourne, Prudhoe, Mahon, Portman, Paget, Wicklow, and Camarvon ; Ladies Rolle, Mary ox, Faversham, Throgmorton, Bathurst, Ross, occGaseionne-ralAwarvßae A. Fitzclarence, Howard, Bentinck, Norris, Bishop of Ox ford, Baron Alderson, the French, Dutch, and Belgian Minis ters, Sir H. Hemlocks, M. W. Ridley, G. Lea, &c. &c. From a Parliamentary return, it appears that the commission to inquire into the potato disease cost 19,0001. The approaching fete, under the patronage of his His . Royal Royal e, Highness Prince Albert, in favour of the Distressed A o e at tie G w r o o m un e d n' s! s S t n oc ci k e w ty e , li o , n w ß il f l o n n ( d ) a d y o , u t b h t e be l3t f h ull i;s a t- t , te a n t d t e h d e . Highness the Duke of Cambridge has sent a do nation, and added his engaged. military band and Adams's quadrille band are AzThansa:rerivteodthine Paris. t ris cif patrons for the ROYAL SEA general court of the Gov ern ors ra of the Royal Sea Bathing In- INFIRMARY.—On Thursday , a benefit of the diseased poor, was firmary, Margate, for tletern held in the London Coffee H ouse , ?3 chair. Mr. Paul read the rport w of the Court of Directors, B. B. Cabbell, Esq., in the which stated that the infirmary was iatris it 230 satisfac torily patients, besides or the year were tBooolilywahnod were successfully . out d . door. r T . he T r h e e receipts i 7 to 2,421/. 2,9371. 14s. 5d., and the expenditure amounted 103. Id. The funded property figured 1,9981 . s. 9d., and the reversionary 1,1001. The donations to the fund reached 2,1563/. 9s. 10d., and the sum of I,9 9 p A rn tr e 9 n d t was sunk in the Three - an d-a-Half p er Cen ts. for the ;lime object. The report was adopted, and thanks were voted to the Chairman, after which the Court adjourned. About a fortnigbt ago the following sad event took place at Tokay, in Hungary. As a newly-married couple were leaving the church, a disappointed suitor, who had con cealed himself, fired a double-barrelled gun at the bride and killed her. Before the murderer could be seized, he dis charged the other barrel _ a t his own kegcl, and blew out his • • - ' MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. CHATHAM, JULY 8.--The Commandant-Colonel, Sir T. Willthire, of this garrison, has directed Colonel T. Weare, K.H., Commandant of the Pro visional Battalion, to cause the undermentioned officers of the 51st King's Own Light Infantry to hold them selves in readit:ess for enibarkt.lion to join their corps on the shorte,t notice. It is expected that they will pro ceed to India, as the regiment is on the route from Van Diemen's Land for service in the East, Indies. The following are the names of the officers to proceed: —Major F. Ma!nwaring, Captain R. D. Baker, Captain E. Isham, Captain W. H. It Anderson, Lieutenant B. C. G. Crookshank, Lieutenant D. Stephenson, Lieu tenant J. H. Dickson, Lieutenant L. H. Bedford, Lieu tenant J. G. D. Marshall, Ensign S. G. Carter, Ensign R. G. S. Mason, Ensign A. Robertson, Ensign A. W. Cottony, Ensign G. 0. Nunn, Ensign H. B. Westropp, Ensign F. J. Loyd, Ensign J. W. Bateman, Ensign E. O'Callaghan, Adjutant C. T. Bentley, and Assistant- Surgeon W. A. Anderson. Colonel Thomas Weare has also caused the under mentioned detachments of regiments attached to the provisional battalion serving in India, to be held in readiness for embarkation for Bengal, on the 15th inst., when they will march en route to Gravesend, and there embark on board the ship Sophia, Captain George Saxon :—The 9th Foot, furnishes 81 men, with the fol lowing officers :—Captain F. D. Lister, LieutenantW. G. Cassidy, Lieutenant F. W. D. Waddicombe, Ensign C. W. Loiesworth, and Ensign S. B. Skinner; the 10th, 1 man ; the 21st Royal North British Fusilers, 55 men, with Ist Lieutenant John Watson, and 2d Lieutenant. William Thomas M'Grigor ; the 24th Regiment, 40 men; 29th Foot, 1 man; and the 32d Regiment, 27 men —making a total of 7 officers and 205 men. A general court-martial assembled at the General Court-Martial-room of this garrison, of which Colonel Thomas Weare was president, and Brigade-Major J. S. Wood, Deputy Judge-Advocate, for the trial of private James Tierney, of the 46th Regiment, on two charges:- Ist, for having deserted from the depot of the 46th on or about the 23d of May last, and not returning until brought back by an escort on the Bth of June following; 2d, for having. on or about the period of his desertion, as stated in the Ist charge, stolen one pair of boots and one forage cap, the property of Lance-corporal Bryan, of the same corps. Evidence was given, and it was also stated, that this makes the third charge of desertion against the prisoner. The decision of the Court will not be known until confirmed by her Majesty. NAVAL INTELLwCENCE. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Lords of the Admiralty have cancelled the appointment of Mr. James Chimmo, the paymaster and purser of the Alarm, 26, Captain Frankland, ' hating doubtless considered the impropriety of returning him to a ship where he has received such unprecedented ill-treat ment ; and given him notice, through the Commander. in- Chief at this port, that he is to hold himself in readiness to receive another appointment. We cannot too highly eulo gize such an exhibition of noble and prompt justice as this act of the Elleuborough Admiralty; and, we doubt 'not, but that the appointment about to be conferred upon Mr.Chimmo will be one which will repay him for all the expense and agony of mind he has been so wantonly subjected to under the late disgraceful circumstances at Bermuda. A larger ship and a better station than his last is clk a-lv but just to expect, and will convey a practical lesson to flag and other officers to respect and not to abuse the power vested in them, when from under the eye of the powers at home. The Avenger steam-frigate, Captain Williams, arrived at Spithead this morning from Cork, to fit and prepare for the reception of Ibrahim Pacha and suite, whom she will convey from this port, en route to Egypt, en his Highness's departure from this country. The Pembroke, 72, one of the advanced ships, has had her foremast taken out this morning, it being rotten. It has been in her neatly two years., and was made in 1838. The Pem broke was docked immediately afterwards to have her copper examined. The Nautilus, 8, Lieutenant-Commanding John J. M‘Donell, arrived this morning from off Brighton, to recruit water and provisions. A board, comprising rGeneral Webber Smith, Director- General of Royal Artillery ; Colonel Cardew, Commandant of the Royal Engineers in this garrison ; and Coloael Cock burn, Royal Artillery, arrived here yesterday to select a pro per she for a new laboratory, in case the present one (adja cent to the works of the new steam basin, in course of con struction in this dockyard) should be required to be removed to extend the said works. _ _ ------- --- We were in hopes that amongst the number of officers Lord Ellenborough has been pleased to consider as deserving of promotion, would have been found the First Lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Vanguard—an officer who has been almost uninterruptedly employed since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which bears date November, 1826. In addition to this officer's length of service, is to be mentioned the fact of his having been First Lieutenant of three line-of-battle ships, viz., the Talavera, Pembroke, and Vanguard, twice in the last-named ship. We still hope these facts may draw his Lordship's attention, and that his last signature to a commander's commission, ere he leaves office, will be the promoting to that rank of the above most-esteemed and de serving officer. INTERESTING TO NATURALISTS. Lately a pair of birds, somewhat like the thrush, or Travis, but larger and evidently of a different species, were observed building their nest near the top of one of the loftiest trees in the small plantation at the back of Pitcullen, in this neighbourhood ; and were allowed to proceed with their work, with no other interruption than occasionally an attempt by two jackdaws to rob them, as was supposed, of their building materials, but who were always beaten off. About a fortnight after, two birds were observed carrying provision to their young ; and believing them to be starlings, a gen tleman in Perth was desirous of having the young ones for the purpose of training them up, and with that view had them taken from the tree on the evening of Friday week, being four in number and pretty well fledged, but having a good deal of the cat's-hair on them. On taking them to Perth, however, it was found on examinat'on that they were fieldfares, a species of bird that appear in this Michaelmas,coun only _ e.,, , s n o d un i t e i a n2. ve t it; February a t r a y te o h r in M g a h rc er h e , 17 , about tne v... this season may be the mildness; of last wmter. Finding they were not starlings they were returned to Pitcullen on the day after bang taken from the tree, but by this time the parent birds had left the place, and in order to bring the young brood to take wing and provide for themselves, the family of Mr. Kilgour, at Pitcullen, undertook the charge of them, and led them all Saturday and Sunday, placing them in a basket, and suspending them from a nail in the shade of the house in the open air during the day, and taking them into the house during the night, to protect them from the cold and dew. On Monday morning, after feeding them, and placing the basket in its usual place for the day, the family were astonished (and it is the following facts that chiefly deserve notice) to find that they were superseded in their affectionate duty by a hedge-sparrow, who commenced to feed the young brood with unremitting diligence, and continued to do so, although each of them was more than double its own sire. On Tuesday, the two largest took wing, and went on the plantation where they were hatched; but one of them finding, perhaps, that it was better cared for by its little friend than hopping about on the branches, soon returned to the basket. That day being very rainy, the three (the other one not having returned) were put in a cage and put in a room a little above where they were suspended in the basket near to the window, which was left open to admit their provision-carrier; and this with the view of keeping them dry, and preventing them leaving till sufficiently strong. Here the little sparrow joined them by the window, santinuing its labour of love by feeding them between the wire of the cage with the greatest perseve rance, and occasionally hopping about on the table be side the cage. The above sparrow sets a beautiful ex ample to man, and it would be well did he profit thereby. —Perthshire Courier. CHINESE GEOGRAPHY.—Among the Chinese articles exhibited in Paris at the Hotel of the Minister ofCommerce, is one which offers a peculiar interest as showing the state of science in the Celestial empire; it is a map of the world, presented by the grand mandarin of Canton, who appeared to prize it very highly. The Chinese geographer has ar ranged the earth after his fashion ; for him there are no peninsulas nor isthmuses; the isthmus of Suez is replaced by a magnificent arm of the sea, which detaches itself from the Mediterranean in order to throw itself into the Red Sea; the isthmus of Panama is likewise wanting, and the two seas in this direction are joined together by the same process. There is also no question either of the Pyrenees nor of the Alps, and the great mountains of America are scarcely delineated. As a compensation, China occupies nearly three-fourths of ,the globe, and the other parts of the world appear to be OQUZitrit4 of uo impel-tango. , . _ THE MOORS. As the weather is favourable, or the contrary, the hopes of the farmer are elevated or depressed, from the period that he first sees the fruits of the earth appearing above the soil, until the ripe harvest treasures are gathered from the fields. So it is with the sportsman. From the time that he first observes grouse-poults among the heath, until he carries home his first bag, the state of the weather, as it bears on the young broods, is to him a constant source of anxiety. But his observa tions begin sooner than those of the farmer. Vegetable life is rarely destroyed in embryo ; animal life often. Now comes a spring so mild that the birds pair and have their eggs sooner than usual ; then comes " a frost, a killing frost," when the birds abandon their nests on the mountain flat, and retire to sheltered valleys ' where they bring forth about half the usual number. Again, when the playful cheepers move through the heath after their parent birds, a week or fortnight of burning hot weather dries up every pool and burn ; and, if the m oors are unsupplied with springs, numbers die for want of water, or fall in the rents opened by the sun's heat. Continued rains thin their ranks, by drowning numbers among the wet heath ; and, last of all, when full grown, and able to find their own provision, comes that mysterious grouse pestilence, tapeworm, whieh, like cholera, appears here and there on places widely separated. Judging from the reports we have seen and heard, we arc glad to be able to inform sportsmen that the ensuing will be, in most places, an excellent season for hill sport. On the lower moors, coveys are large, and, in some instances, so strong as to be equal in size with old birds. On very high moors they are much later and fewer in number, averaging generally three to four brace. Thus the sportsman will have, on the 12th of August, abundance of young birds to give real active sport at the very beginning, reserving high ground till fairly in training to ascend the mountain tops. Deer stalking will, in all probability, be first-rate. Sel dom have the corries been seen clothed with such luxu riance of rich grass and herbage, so necessary to stimu late the growth of antlers, which are now progressing fast to their mature state. We subjoin a few of the shootings which have been taken since our last notice. The demand is still as great as formerly, and will likely result in nearly all being engaged. Langwell. J. P. Wilson, Baqt.—Moy Beg, G. Orred. Esq.—Monalia, Hon. F. de Grey—Glenfintaig, B. Lock, Esq.—.Kiltarlity, E. Evet.—Banchor and Free, C. Woodmass, Esq.— Dundonnell, Walter Boyd. Esq.—Morar, J. G. Symons, Esq.—Lower Kfilin, J. King, Esq.—Dunmaglass and Aberchalder, S. D. Penrose, Esq., Mr. Culmore, and Mr. Wilson—Gledfield, A. Smith, Esq.—Craigguanach, W. H. Clarke, Esq.—Lochshiel, S. Simpson, Esq.— Duntelchaig and Bunachten, Mr. Grierson—Kyllochy, E. W. Mackintosh, Esq. Lord Gifford and Mr. Hay Mackenzie of Cromartie are at present at Rhidorrach Lodge, near Ullapool. His Lordship, one day last week, while fishing with the rod, killed, in one poi, six clean run salmon, averaging about 101 b. weight. Mr. Hay Mackenzie, on Saturday week, killed a fine young stag, which was in good condition for the season. and weighed, clean, 16 stones. The thunder storms so prevalent in the south, did not extend to that part of Ross-shire ; but there were occasional heavy showers, and a finer season for vegetation has never been witnessed. A curious circumstance occurred near Lochcarron on the 19th ult. As some fishermen were re taming from sea, they captured a large roe-buck, which appeared to be crossing the firth at A ttadale.Th whicheanimal was probably driven into t he water b y the gadflies, annoy forest game at this season. Sportsmen and tourists are appearing in this truly Highland district, and an enthusiastic correspondent thus describes one of his journeys:—" Probably the most romantic drive in the Highlands is from Jeantown to Applecross—the road, in a serpentine form, winds over the loftiest mountain, discovering at intervals a frightful precipice, or so me beautiful l awn, w h ere young harts are seen frisking about. The descent exhibits the lovely glen, the tall white mansion-house, and the azure sea. This is decidedly one of the finest views in the Highlands, and resembles very closely some scenes in the Upper Alps. There are numerous lakes in the neighbourhood, teeming with trout, which the proprietor does not pre serve, and on the shore sea-fowl in myriads. The peo ple on these shores appear to live in comfort. Their proprietor is one of the best of landlords."—lnverness Courier. THE DEATH'S HEAD OR BEE HAWK MOTH.—Twenty specimens of full-grown larvae were taken from the plant Lyceum Europa:lam, or tea-tree, in Terrace-lane, at the back of Downing-terrace, Cambridge, growing on the top of the house on the slates. They were first discovered on the 4th inst., by four or five falling from the roof to the pavement. The occupiers of the house killed them as monsters unknown. Mr. Denny, of Downing-terrace, was fortunate enough to obtain about a dozen of them. A ladder was obtained and 12 fine full-grown specimens are now gone to earth for their transformation. 111. r. Denny states that he never found the caterpillar before, except on the potato jasmine, woody night shade, thorn apple, and elder, but never recollects any having teen taken upon the tealroc.Coagridoe 4dvertiarA GAME LAW HUMANIT_'Y. On Tuesday, the lGth ultimo, Frederick nig, lace , maker, of New Lenton, being out of work, went with his wife and family to find employment in haymaking; when he was near to the Trent side, a pe:son, named Henry Cox, also of New Lenton, gave him a shilling to swim across the Trent and assist him (Cox) l o finding a bag in an osier holt, not far from Boot's ban. l / 4 - King and Cox stripped and swam to the place, found the bag, and King returned with it ; immediately on his' reaching the Nottingham side of the river, Mitchell, on.g of Sir Juekes Clifton's game-keepers, and his companio. said „ it, is tIo! "we must have that bag." King replied, yours, and you shall not have it," at the same tim e g , ing his name and where he lived. He was immediately attacked in the most furious manner by Mitchell,who beat King so brutally with a thick stick on the head, arms, and other parts of the body, that persons who saw the attack ran to his assistance, being fearful that he would be killed. One of the persons who witnessed this savage attack upon a man—in a state of nudity, be it remembered—states, "the blood gushed out in tor rents ;" and King says, " I thought I was going to be killed, and called out murder." Mr. John Brown, lace-maker, New Lenton, states that he saw Cox and King in the Trent, and the keepers asked him what they were doing, and he told them bathing; he saw the latter come out of the river, and Mitchell immediately commenced beating him with a stick, " as hard as he could." Murder being shouted, Brown ran to Ding's assistance, and asked the keepers what they .were killing the man for, when Mitchell again struck King:- In attempting to ward off the blow he received it on his (Brown's) hand, which wos severely hurt. George Brewill, butcher, of New Lenton, .who also saw the attack upon King, says, " I never saw a man lose so much blood in my life ; I think if ;we had not inter fered King would have been murdered. After the keepers were gone I laid King on the bank ; he was very dozy, and complained of his head, which was badly cut; his arm was much swollen, and his knee severely injured. King's wife and three children were present, and terribly frightened." Being prevented frosa further beating the poor fellow by the interference of tihe spectators, the cowardly keepers ran away, :;qt; luckily, Mitchell was known, and we are informer, that a true bill was found against him at the county sessions, on Monday week. We must not malt stating, that Mr. Edward Cox, of New Lenton, who was fly-fi,:hing against Boot's bank, and saw the whole of this murderous attack, heard Mitchell say to the Other keeper, when King and H. Cox were returning acrtimi the Trent, " Stick to me, and whether they have bees netting or not, we will have the nets." Mr. E. Coo mediately shouted to King and Cox, "I do not knew whether you know it, but here are two keepers waiting for you." H. Cox replied, " I don't care, we have been: doing nothing wrong." At this time King had the bag under his arm. Mr. E. Cox and all the other witnesses are positive that neither 11. Cox nor King had been net. ting.—Nottinyhanz Review. THE LABOUR MARKET in gOUrii AUSTRALIA. (From the Adelaide Observer, Feb. 7). Since our last report, under the date December 0, there has been no sensible diminution in the ratio of de mand for labour, although the continued arrivals from the neighbouring colonies, and those from Britain and Germany, have added some hundreds to the aggregate of our labourers and operatives of all classes. We have sought (with the intention of giving full publicity to them, if found) for evidences of repletion in any of the ranks of labour or employment, or of redaction in the , scale of remuneration ; but instead of such instances, we are told of some advances proportionate to the augmen tation in price noticed under the head " shoereakers ;" and although we seek and cordially invite infori.nation_, and are frequently obtaining from those sources wh ich are least liable to perversions unfavourable to the vvo.-k -ing man, namely, from candid working men themselvec, the only conclusion we can arrive at is, that there is yet , room and to spare. BAKERS.-Many of the masters work for themselves, but such as employ journeymen, and usually engage the best hands, give as much as 245. per week and board. BRICKLAYERS are generally in full employment at 55, to 6s. per day, or in task work at the rate of 10d. to ls.. per yard for nine-inch brick work, labour only ; acaf folding not included. CABINET-MAKERS.-There are few journeymen ie. quired at present, the lesser masters working for them selves, being the principal operatives. The few per sons employed on task work jobs earn from 15s. to 65. , per day. CARPENTERS' wages ss. 6s. to is. per day, according to ability, the highest quotation being for skilled as well as industrious hands. One report with which we have been favoured states, " a few unemployed ;" 13Stt as we have sought fur such in vain, we conclude our informant should have written "a few keeping holiday."' Faits' LABOURERS are readily engaged at 10s. to 12s. per week, and weekly rations, consisting of 101bs. to 121bs. flour, 101bs. to 121bs. flesh most, lib. tea., and 21b. sugar.-From the urgency of the demands reported to us, as well as other facts, we believe agricultural em ployers will be found generally ready to afford every en couragement in their power to deserving persons. TOWN LABOURERS are still reported " rather scarce,' at wages varying from 18s. to 21s. per week. FEMALE DOMESTIC SERVANTS.-The demand for per t sons of this useful class may be inferred from the fact, that about sixty German female servants, who arrived last week per ship George Washington, met with almost immediate employment, at wages averaging, ss. per week (with board and lodging of course) • and, although the difference of language is mutually felt to be a disadvantage, the new comers are in general much pleased with their engagements, English female ser vants who can be well recommended obtain 6s. to is. per week, and in some instances even more'. MASONS arc well engaged at ss. to 6s. ver day. MINERS are no longer satisfied to work "on owners' account" for less than 30s. per week, especilally at any distance from town ; but the prevalent wish of this class is to be placed upon " tribute" or " tutwork," which is natural enough, when they know that some of their brethren are earning such splendid remuneratieni at the Burra-Burra mines. We purposely refrain from' particular mention of unconfirmed reports of earnings in excess; but we believe we may say there are instances of some of the knowing ones among the miners getting a pound a day or more, in conseqUence of the great c ti pro ductiveness of the workings. The "lumber of practical miners being wholly insufficient, it has become necessary to render available ordinary labour to a very considerable extent. PLASTERERS experience no lack of employment ; but are generally engaged in task work, for which they often receive as much as Bd. to ls. per yard super.) for three-coat work, including ceiling. This price, ( which is for labour only, and does not include anything but jour neymen's task prices, should (we are told) mai:* steady workman of this class to earn 10s. a day besiclo 3 paying his labourer. PAINTERS' wages 4s. to ss. per day. Present hands not so much in request as to offer inducement for any influx, either of prime workmen or daubers. PLUMBERS.-No more wanted at present. SHEPHERDS, 12s. to 15s. per week, according tO distance, and circumstances, with a full allowan:e of rations, and every encouragement to steady des ervOg men. Such as have wives calculated for a bush life often obtain hut-keepers' pay and rations for them. Ordinary hut-keepers' wages are 7s. or Bs. per week, with rations, encouragements, and chances of promotion to the rank of shepherd, commensurate with their (bush) accom plishments. SMITHS are generally well employed, at 255. to 30s. weekly. The German blacksmiths, by the George Washington, found a choice of employers. SAWYERS are fully engaged, at 103. per hundred feet (super.), for gum or other hard wood ; and at 7s. per hundred feet, for cedar or deal. SHOEMAKERS have had a rise in price fron: 58 . t° 65. per " pair of men's." It is said clever and industrieue hands may earn 30s. to 40s. weekly. SADDLERS seem to be generally i n full employ', the highest wages of journeymen being 30s. per week. TAILORS.-Good hands seldom appear to be at a loses for want of steady employment, the country settlers and bushmen having found out the wisdom and economy of a good fit, suitable material, well secured buttons, and everything to match. The standard of wages 6d. per hour. TANNERS AND CURRIERS.—The highest wages we have heard of in these branches of trade are 355. per week.—We cannot learn there is any pressing want of fresh bands, but we have not for a long time heard of one out of employ. TINMEN thorough u fully employed workmen, ar ! d but thereth the r m e a s f_ e t w e a r s i 0 , un g tr e n n 3e c r allo y men employed. For such as - a re so en g a g per week, for are orfirsntohtaantdps,resseeen fully employed in theirms to be the ratio of wages. proper calling, but we have some clever hands who may look forward to an improvement of their business, when the diversity of material naturally produced here be.iomes duly appreciated. WHEELWRIGHTS well employed at from ss. to 56. 6d. per day. In conclusion, we again invite distant readers to com pare the current wages with the extremely moderate' prices of provisions as published in our present impres sion; and we can only say, further, we believe South Australia should be pre-eminently the country of the industrious man's choice, as well as the resort of some of the small and striving capitalits, who find it difficult to make progress in the artificial (whirligig) state of society so prevalent in the older countries of Europe. WINCHESTER ASSIZES.—There are but eighteen pri soners committed for trial at these assizes, which commencer on Monday next, the 13th instant. One for shooting with intent to kill, one for Post-office robbery, six for highway robbery, one for arson, two for house breaking, one for an un natural offence, two for burglary, one for stealing a watcbs one for concealing the birth of a child, and two for night poaching, being the lightest calendar known here for some years past. Notice has been given that Captain Hawkey will surrender to take his trial at these assizes, for killing, a duel, Lieutenant Seton, at Stoke Bay, Gosport, about 14 months ago. At the County Sessions, which commenced yesterday, there are 39 male and 7 female prisoners for trial, 19 of whom can neither read nor write. CANINE G RATITUDE.—A mastiff belonging to a tanner had taken a great dislike to a man whose business brought him frequently to the house. Being much annoyed at his antipathy, and fearful of the consequences, he requested the , owner of the dog to endeavour to remove the dislike of the animal to him. This he promised to do, and brought it about in the following manner by acting on the noble disposition of the dog. Watching his opportunity, he one day, as if by accident, pushed the dog into a well in the yard, in which h• allowed it to struggle a considerable time. When the dog seemed to-be getting tired, the tanner desired his companion to pull it out, which he did. The animal, on being extri cated, fawned upon his deliverer, as if sensible that he bad saved his life, and never molested him again ; on the con trary, he received him with a kindness whenever they met, and often aecompanied him a mile or two on his way home.--: AINCdOes of Pop, ~ 1 t -