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On the arrival of the schooner at Stevens' wharf, the i nformation rapidly spread to all parts of the town, and • the appalling scene presented was one the like of which our inhabitants have seldom had occasion to witness. On the deck lay the dead bodies of those who had been Picked up from the wreck, surrounded by their kindred and friends who had been rescued from a watery grave, givin g vent to their feelings in the most agonizing manner. The following particulars of the loss of the brig we have received from the captain, who was among the Survivors : "The brig Sutledge, of and from Pictou for Fall River, sailed on the 12th of June, with 56 passengers— men,women, and children. On the evening of the 26th, at eight o'clock, it being thick and foggy, came to anchor ; and at two o'clock, on the following morning, got under weigh, and about half-past three struck on a b l edge of rocks (in the Vi ne y ar d) ca ll e d t h e S ow an d ',iga• Soon after which, the tide having c ause d h er t o !law round, she backed off the ledge, filled, and went gown, bow first, in ten fathoms water. Previous to her Nog down the mate was sent below, forward, to ascer tain if the brig leaked, but he discovered nothing that looked like it—the pump was then ordered to be • a l ) anded, but before that could be done, water was reported in the forecastle. The boat was then got out and the passengers rushed into it, when the captain gave orders to shove her from the brig. He then jumped overboard and swam to the boat, and kept her as close to the brig as possible, picking up such as jumped into !he water. The whole number picked up in the captain's host Was 31 alive. Tne schooner Dusky Sally, being bear, sent her boat to assist, and su ccee d e d i n sav i ng 4 more alive, who were in the water, and three more from the rigging of the sunken brig. Sixteen 'lead bodies, (four women and twelve children), were 418 ,, picked up by the two boats, which together w ith !the survivors, were put on board the D. S. and brought Villa place, as above stated. Th e C a pt a i n a l so states • • at another vessel was at the same time picking up what ' R ita adrift from the wreck, &c. MEXICAN WAR. (From the New York Enquirer.) The Union is sorely worried by Mr. Webster's teueut calm and philosophic speech upon the Mexican war, and the ways and means necessary to carry it on, anti it cites Mr. Walker often, and Mr. Woodbury's ?id reports, at times to refute him. This makes people to this part of the country, who know that when Mr. but speaks on the finances of the Govermnent he uut reflects the opinions of commercial and business men whom he consults, and who, therefore, through him speak in behalf of experience and practical wisdom, Smile. Mr. Walker, neither as a practical nor theo ketical financier, has much respect among that class of men, and Mr. Woodbury's old reports were all romances . 01` phynx's riddles. The Union persists that the Warehousing Bill will add Mr. Walker's million to the revenue. It is to so augment our imports, we are told, by cheapening prices . 10 . the c onsumer, that the excess of imports, even under dr lnlv. tariff, w ill ma k e up t hi s d uty. The grave So l on doesg not inform us how we are ever to pay, in this • country for thi s excess o f i mports , w h en even now , *tinder what is called the high and black Tariff of 1E342, Ae al'a often drained of the precious metals to pay Euro lir Workmen for making for us this excess of importa -1:; The country cannot import more than it can ft ,' 'or, for the very obvious reason that Europe will le selling when we cease paying. • Inds chief point upon which, however, the Union ex ' 10. 14 " the most of its ammunition, is upon what Mr. abater says of the Mexican war. Because Mr. Web 48"er did not, in his speech, condemn that war as unne tt„,,sarY aggressive, and unconstitutional in advancing our "1 351 to the Rio Grande, beyond the limits of the te l °o, the Uuion would fain infer from some incidental s te bl arks that he gives a quasi sanction to it. Mr. Web r reserves his remarks upon this subject, no doubt, co 'we all reserve our remarks till the war is over, and the ve l t is counted, but if in him the Union expects a con -1:,,t1 it will find itself much mistaken. rPeace, Union is for fighting on, until Mexico sues for e, and therefore censures Mr. Webster's idea of a tieerul embassy, or any suspension of ho s tilities till we t 2e trodden Mexico under our feet. It flippantly titles of marching within the walls of the capital, I t p c n, if this ever be possible, against an nited euemy, a nnot be done within a year, and at a u cost less than 5° 0 00 0 in k en ,' • 00, the necessary outfit of men and arma )4e ' 3 : • No one proposes now to abandon our war with l ' e o , without th e p ros p ec t o f a permanent peace, b ut th e a w ns patrioti c men urge t h at t h e o li ve b ranc h go w i t h the .." 1 1, —that, w i t h t h e a bili ty to conquer, we s h ow K e u e l aPosition to settle, on equitable terms, an abiding ch a he mock heroics of the U n i on i n t rea ti ng o f thi s p oor , 1 ,4;1 , :e red, a narc hi cal, contemptible Mexico, as it she abl e England, crag d, ors a France, are both ludicrous an d piti fa peril in the 50.40 swaggering in th e thes e 1„ ° , 11 Bull, that lent dignity to th e bl us t erer , b u t bullyin g a cilll w s and antics before a Mexican, are like Mexico, as AP r ian • When we have thrashed senseless 4 , we partially he a r ve bY this time, it is quite time to tell the love-of •as a master does his schoolboy, not it, but to teach him better behaviour, "d when he promises better fashions, to hang up the ti..!? this war w i th Mexico, we, a strong, and compaxa: lz,.. e _tY rich power, owe s omet hi ng t o the respect of man - to to civilisation, and to. Christianity—unless war is orae with us a trade, and conquest, instead of com- I,Ce, our chief pursuit. The annexation of Texas is t l ec l i the French call a fait accompli, but we cannot het that ourselves, or hide from the world the )ethat it was a province torn from Mexico by our own t a 7 t `e -- that the boundary of Texas was the Nueces, and 4 4 We have in spi te of Mexico, stretched that boun ke„.to Rio Grande, an d t h at then we ostensibly invaded ba ys ' l nn before she struck a blow. It is ver y t rue we good claims against Mexico and that Mexico, ‘ll l , 4 ° Fae respects, severely injur e d our citizens—but the b e "a of the Mexican State o f Tampulipas, was, le c lid all question, the ostensibl e cause of the war. ow • thr ew to this st a t e of things, particul ar l y when we are it as euing the armed occupation of California, we owe riot mark of respect to the world, to show, that it is htt ee " and conquest we are pursuing as a trad e , b ut Th. 11 ):;u:1 that an equitable peace is all we de s i re . is `; ov ernment, however, as the Union is its organ, Tar. It f or pursuing a war of conquest, and a long /uptcy 4' 4 1 1 1 probably be arrested only by the bank .llln artn . t t : e Treasury, and the necessity of imposing t, - " a a Peea 0 7._,5• It will then walk out of favour with i a locomotive. Thef oll LETTER FROM MR. CLAY. r 4: n_regaltile L lng letter from Henry Clay, addressed to a ''°urie r 'lo use of high standing, is published in the 4(411 t1e Ashland, June 5, 1846. n, Atli 'h —en,—l p os tp one d answer i ng your f avour YOU i e arrival of the articles to which it refers, which reacher/ been kind enough to present to me. Theyac by yesterday in safety, and I request your . l ye sh e i,' ° f ray thanks for them. The pleasure which by th e 'derive from using them will be much increased are e f act, that both the raw material and the fabric whi ch Illerican. Their excellence attests the perfection h is thi s important branch of wo o ll en manu f ac t ures tir Yl • u littained in the U n it e d S tates, and it i s the more gra , i,— am,„ cause of the great difficulties with which they f i' nstantl had to contend. 11 1 . -4 both sides of the Atlantic, the policy of affording cc °t"tie n to domestic manufactures appears to be under lel .ideration in the national legislature. The British d o : t l v s .ter ha s brought forward a mean! veral of ;: l es of free trade, not however without . exceptions 41 d degree e o t r . ' and some very important, articles. The impr d ove skill ana' " ;."/* Great Britain have reached a very high P!'r. ectio u by means of her great capital, her Under a syste m and Protection long, perseveringly o f machinery, her cheap labour, and Vigorously enforced. Rh tlivantages for the s;,r e a ~.'ualaufactures, in hermoreover9 possesses immense ' 4 Ol th f f • vast colonial from and distribution of numerous possessions, , 111. , those o ()reign powers are either entirely ex p"ed, or admitted on terms very unequal with her own. abl e not, therefore, surprised that under these favour -0:° elrennastances, Great Britain should herself be de tl;.°44.to adopt, and to prevail on other nations to adopt, X_:P r ineiples of free trade. I shall be, if any of the itj_at nations of the Continent should follow an example, aPractical effects of which will be so beneficial to her a° injurious to them. , The Propriety (att e of affordin g protection to domestic tho ufactures, its degree and its duration, depend upon thetl,;,tional condition and the actual progress which o to judge fogy hav e made. Each nation, of right, at,"' s elf. I believe that history records nounstance of e l ii e great and prosperous nation,. which did not draw its iitwatild supplies of food and raiment from within its own or ttl ' If all nations were just commencing their career, h,,if their manufactures had all made equal progress, it ~,-.oltllt uerhaps be wise to throw open the . markets. of the ji, i t t id to the freest and most unrestricted constitution. 14. 4 is manifest, that, while the manufactures . of some th ey acquired all the maturity and perfection of . which . x are susceptible, and those of others are yet co in m th e Tr . tio"ieY, strugglin hard for existence, a free p . i eipetl_,vveen them must redound to the . advantage of the ar e illuen'eed and skilful, and to the injury of those who 14 0 li t beginning to naturalise and establish the arts. 0141 beg ,g - ratification to the heart of a statesman rttlet,reater than that of having contributed to the kr, .-..0 11 r Ltt w, ~ o f a great system of national policy,. and of lerttirrua witnessfcg its complete success in its practical , \'', ho w ,. That gra'tification can be enjoyed by thos *l4g 'ecti .41re in strumental in establishing the policy of pro . our h domestic maeufactures. Every promise $ 1° , 1 44 t ,ley made has been fulfilled. Every prediction ',,,at d o ''ne hazarded as .to the quality and quantity of lglatfiracatic supply, as to the reduction of prices, as to it 'c ee l. t Of cometition at .home, and as to the ahund ,' t is °"' th e, Public revenue, has been fully realised. And 7 11 .11, ) , less remarkable that every counter prediction. ‘ti th e -4 exception, of the opponents of the policy, has, loiriit'lluel, been entirely falsified. thtlio),'",nt tracing articularly the operation of our lid pr'n`Lariffs, adjust P ed to both the objects of revenue me th - " ve tion, and coining down to the last it seems to NI A . at if there ever were a beneficial effect from any c 'f 181e:ieaaure fully demonstrated, it is, that the tariff :t 're ttik"' "Yond all controversy, relieved both the Go atii o ei f it and the people of the United States, from a tiPtey. Pecuniary embarrassment bordering on bank kritert . . lul ling these views and opinions, I should deeply- regret any abandonment of the policy of pro tection, or any material alteration of the tariff of 1842, which has worked so well. If its operation had been even doubtful, would it not be wiser to await further developments from experience, before we plunge into a new and unexplored theory ? Scarcely any misfortune is so great to the business and pursuits of a people as that of perpetual change. - I am sensible that I have extended this letter to a most unreasonable length. I hope you will excuse arid attribute it to the beautiful fruits of a favourite and cherished policy which you have kindly sent to Your friend and obedient Servant, (Signed) H. CLAY. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—WASHINGTON, were 6,000 bales, and for the week ending 27th inst. about the same ; yesterday, 1,000 bales. In regard to the crop, public opinion, which has been at variance so much during the season, has centred on 2,050,000 bales, although some parties are disposed to push their estimates a fraction higher. The growing crop has lately commenced to assume an important po sition in the calculations of future prices for this staple. The season, throughout the whole extent of that section of the country, has been unpropitious for the plant. During April and May severe rains, accompa nied by a remarkably cold temperature, inflicted so much injury as to render transplanting necessary over a very large extent of that region. The first bloom of cotton on record this season in Georgia was on the 10th June; and in the year of the large crop in 1842, on the 17th May ; again, in 1844, another large crop year,- the first bloom there was on the 25th May, and about that date commencing to be general in that section. It is remarkable that there never has been a large crop of cotton raised, where the bloom has appeared later than the 26th May, for long experience has proved that the advantages of a late autumn have never counterbalanced a late bloom. Freights are steady at quotations. Exchange is in moderate request. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. MATRICULATION, 1846. EXAMINERS. Ix CLAssics.—Rev. Joseph H. Jerrand, D.C.L., and T. B. Burcham, Esq., M.A. IN MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.- Rev. Prof. Heaviside, M.A., and G. B. Jerrand, Esq., B.A. IN CHEMISTRY.—Prof. Graham, M.A., F.R.S. One hundred and seven candidates presented themselves at this examination ; of whom the following have passed : FIRST DIVISION. Addison, William Henry—King's College. Agnis, John Crown—University College. Allen, Paterson—Private tuition. Ashton, Eccles Shorrock—University College. Ashton, Ralph Shorrock—University College. Bagshawe, Edward Gilpin—St. Mary's College, Oscott. Bailey, George Hewlett—University College. Barker, Philip Chapman—Spring Hill College. Bates, Jonathan—Huddersfield College. Berkeley, John—S tony burst College. Beverley, Edward Parry—King's College. Bolton ' Thomas Alfred—St. Mary's C o lle g e, Oscott. Bond, Stephen—Stonyhurst. Booth, Samuel Harris—Stepney College. Bristow, John Syer—St. Thomas's Hospital. Bromley, Henry William—University College. Brooks, James Howard—Manchester New College. Bruce, Samuel—Private tuition. Burns, James—Stonyhurst College. Byrnes, Lawrence Henry—Cheshunt College. Callaghan, Henry—St. Edmund's College, Ware. Carey, Jonathan Pearce—Stepney College. Conder ' Charles Edward—U n i vers i ty C o ll ege . Corry, James Henry—Stonyhurst College. Daniel, Jesse Cato—Cheshunt College. Darbishire, William Arthur—Manchester New College. Davis, George Decimus—St. Gregory's College, Down side. Doubleday, James—Private tuition. Evan, Cadwalader William—Airedale College. Evans, Edward Josiah—Universifty College. Fletcher, James Bealey—University College. Foote, Richard Ford—University College. Fowler, Robert Nicholas—University College. Fowler, William—University College. Goulty, John Russell—Mill Hill Grammar School. Gowlland, Peter Yeames—London Hospital. Green, John Philip—University College. Hepburn, John Gotch—University College. Hewitt, Wm. Morse Grailey—University College. Hodgkin, John Eliot—University College. Hoyle, Joseph—Airedale College. Jackson, Edward—Wesley College, Sheffield. James, John—Private tuition Jefferson, Henry—Wesley College, Sheffield. Lakin, James Henry—King's College. Lee, JaPaes—Western College, Plymouth. Leyne, Edward—Carlo w C o ll ege . Lobb, Henry William, King's College. Locock, Henry Smyth—Blackheath Prop. Gr. School. Long, George Rogers—Private tuition. Lynch, Sidney Somerford—King's College. Manley, Edmund—Private tuition. Marten, Alfred George—Mill Hill Grammar School. Maugham, Henry Macdonald—King's College. Morgan, David—King's College. O'Brien, Patrick—St. Gregory's College, Downside. Parley, Charles—Mill Hill Grammar School. Parker, Henry, University College. Reynolds, John Russell—Private tuition. Robertson, Charles Nice—University College. Robertson, William Tindall—University College. Sharpe, Samuel —Wesley College, Sheffield. Sloan, Joseph Ware—University College. Soper, Richard George—Lancashire Independent Coll. Speciall, William—University College. Steel, William Palmer—King's College. Stocker, John Sherwoon—King's College School. Thomson Henry,—Stonyhurst College. Thornely, Alfred—University College. Thornely, John—University College. Vaux, James—King's College. Waite, Edward—Cheshunt College. Welsh, Henry, King's College. Williams, Robert Griffith—University College. Wilmott, Henry George—University College. Wills, Alfred—Edgbaston Proprietory School. Wood, John—Private tuition. Worthington,AlfredWilliam—Manchester New College. SECOND DIVISION. Brabant, Herbert—University College. Bullock, Charles Joseph—King's College Burch, Augustus Edgar—University College. Carpenter, Jabez Grey—Cheshunt College. Collier, James—Private tuition. Evans, John—Western College, Plymouth. Foster, Joseph—Private tuition. Gilfillan, Thomas—Cheshunt College. Grundy Robert—Private tuition. Harnett, William Francis—Private tuition. Haywood, George Robert—Private tuition. Head, Edward Abraham Hancock—Private tuition. Isard, James Chapman —University College. Lee, Richard—University College. Nlead, Eusebius—Private tuition. Murray, Charles M'Leod—Private tuition. Paliologus, William Thomas—Private tuition. Rigby, James—Private tuition. Sherring, Matthew Atmore—University College. Stebbing, John—Westminster School. Upton, William Carey—Stepney College. TWENTY-THIRD REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY BILLS CLASSIFICATION. The Select Committee appointed for the Classification of Railway Bills according to the resolutions adopted by the House, have further considered the several matters re ferred to them, and agreed to the following report : Your Committee recommend that the South-Eastern Rail vs ay, from the Waterloo -road, near Hungerford-bridge, to the Greenwich Railway, Bill, be referred to Group No. 67. Your Committee recommend that the Stamford and Spald ing Railway Bill, and the Wisbech, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction Railway Bill, be referred to Group No. 69. Your Committee recommend that the Dublin and Sandy mount Atmospheric Railway Bill be referred to Group No. 70. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, JULY 14. The undernamed Railway Bill was withdrawn:— Leeds Central Railway Station. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. The following resolution was r:pori;clllQ — the above Committee : That, in the case of the Argyll Canal Bill, amendments on further proceedings on third reading, the amendments are of such a nature as may be adopted, if the House shall think fit, so far as regards the omission of the names of Sir James Campbell, Knight, and of Alexander Downie, of Cross basket.—Report to lie on the table. Messengers from the Lords brought up the following Bills, to which Chair Lordships had agreed : Amendments made by the Commons to Waterford, Wex ford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway Bill—Templemore and Nenagh Railway Bill—Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Liffy Branch and Longford Deviation) Bill, without amendment—Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Bill— Great Western and Wycombe Railway Bill—Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway (No. 2) Bill—New castle and Darlington Junction Railway (Durham and Sunderland Railway, and Wearmouth Dock Purchase and Branches) Bill— London and Croydon Railway (Thames Junction) Bill—Buckinghamshire Railway (Tring to Ban bury) Bill—Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway Bill—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction Rail way Bill—Ashburton, Newton, and South Devon Railway Bill—South Wales Railway (No. 2) Bill, with amendments. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left town at nine o'clock yesterday morning, for Ravensworth Castle, Durham, to honour Lord liavensworth with a visit. His Royal Highness travelled' by • the London and Birmingham Railway.. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Meeklenliurgh Strelitz on Monday evening, after their arrival at Cambridge House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. His Highness Ibrahim Pacha and suite honoured the establishment of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, in Bond street, with a visit on Monday afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz honuured the Italian Opera with their presence yesterday evening. Lord Sandon, M.P.; Sir Howard Douglas, M.P.; Mr. Philip Miles, M.P. ; Mr. H enr y B er k e l ey, M.P.; Lord Ingestre, M.P.; Mr. Spooner, M.P.; Mr. Russell, M.P.; Mr. Barton, M.P.; Lord Duncan, M.P.; with a deputa tion, consisting of Captain Claxton, Mr. Brunel, Mr. Saunders, and the Directors of the Great Western Steam Ship Company, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at his official residence in Downing street. Lord Kinnaird had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Most Reverend Dr. Polding had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester day, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson, Vice-Presi dent of the Board of Trade, attended yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade, for the first time since bis appointment to office. RAILWAYS. Select Committee on Group No. 67. Mr. Cardwell discharged, Hon. E. Yorke selected, and added to the Committee. Select Committee on Group No. 69. Mr. Power discharged, Mr. Estcourt selected, and added to the Committee. MR. NOTTER'S BENEFIT.-Our old friend Notter, to whose civility every frequenter of the boxes of our theatres, has on divers occasions been obliged, takes his benefit to morrow at Astley's. How often has Notter been thus ad dressed—" I have taken these places, you will remember, Mr. Notter," and Notter always has remembered. Let all those therefore whom he has thus remembered return the compli ment and remember him. NOTlCE.—Messrs. Ferguson, of Holme Head Works (trading under the firm of Joseph Ferguson),having a second time obtained an injunction in the Vice-Chancellor's Court against the use of their trade marks upon Silesias, and it having been deposed to at the trial that other houses besides the defendant had so used them, Messrs. Ferguson give this public notice, in the hope that it will be a sufficient warning to the parties in question, and obviate the necessity of fur• ther proceedings. Holme Head Works, near Carlisle June 30,1846. PRESENTATION OF A PRINTING MACHINE.—On Monday last the ceremonial of presenting a steam printing press to Mr. J. Barker, the well-known lecturer, took place at New Wortley, near Leeds. The press was valued at 4001., and had been raised by the subscriptions of those who admired the principles which he advocated in the several periodical publications which he had issued, from time to time, from a handpress, which had been given to him by his religious friends some years ago. The sheet for the first im• pression of the new press was laid on by Dr. Bowring, and was taken off by Dr. Bateman of the Excise Office, London, in the presence of a large number of friends; after which about two hundred ladies and gentlemen sat down to a luncheon, under the presidency of Dr. F. R. Lees, a tee total lecturer. In the evening of the same day, about five hundred persons of both sexes took tea together in the saloon of the Music Hall in Leeds, at which Dr. Bowring, M.P., Dr..Bateman, and other gentlemen attended. Amongst the company were about one hundred and fifty persons from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who arrived by train from that place too late to witness the ceremonial A Wortley.—Leedspaper. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1846. ELECTION MOVEMENTS. EDINBURGH. RETURN OF MR. W. GIBSON CRAIG. Morn)Ay.—The nomination of a candidate to fill up the vacancy created by the appointment of Mr. William Gibson Craig (now a Lord of the Treasury), took place here to-day. Mr. Dunlop was solicited by the complete suffragists and a small section of the Dissenters to come forward in opposition, but having refused to be put in nomination at this time, Mr. Craig was allowed to walk the course. Rumours existed, however, that Mr. Ayton, advocate, would take the place of Mr. Dunlop, even up to the hour of nomination. From 2,000 to 3,000 persons were present. Dr. MACLAG&N proposed Mr. Gibson Craig, and eulogised his excellent b u si ness t a l en t s , hi s unswerv i ng i n t egr ity an d independence, the purity of his public and private life, the readiness of access he afforded to men of all parties and per suasions, and his earnest endeavours to promote the public good on - all occasions. In office he felt assured they would find both in him and Mr. Macauley the same devotion of their duty to their constituents, and the same earliest endea vour to promote the general welfare of the country, which they had always so well shown as their representatives.— (The worthy doctor was repeatedly cheered in the course of his address.) Mr. M. LOTHIAN seconded the nomination. The SIIERIFF (no other candidate having been put in no mination) declared Mr. William Gibson Craig duly elected. Mr. GIBSON CRAIG returned thanks at some length, and after stating that he regarded his re-election as a vote of confidence in the present Government, referred to his vote on the Mayneoth grant. This subject, he was aware, created much interest amongst the electors at the present moment. This question (said the Hon. Gentleman) is the only one on which, during the eight or nine years I have been in Par liament, I have had a difference with my constituents. Though I did regret that difference, I do not regret the vote which I gave, and I have nothing to retract.—(Applause). When you had elected me, I had always voted for that grant to Maynooth ; and I stated to you that I should be guided in every case by the principles of civil and religious toleration, and with equal justice to all classes of her Majesty's subjects. That grant I looked upon then, and I regard still, simply as a grant for education ; and I do solemnly declare, that I never have seen, and am not yet able to see, that there is one atom, that there is one iota of principle involved in it. I see around me, on this hustings, men of all religious persuasions —men who are leaders of the different sects of religion to which they belong. I find many of the most distinguished members of the Free Church of Scotland—l find many leading members of the Established Church—l find the Lord Provost and other leading Dissenters—all coming here to declare that they hold there is no principle in this vote, several of whom have said that if they had had a vote to give, they would have given it for this grant themselves. —(Cheers.) When you have such a unanimous opinion from Men of all classes, men of the highest moral and religious cha racter, men of the most acuteness of mind, and some of them the ablest lawyers in this city—l ask you whether this point of principle does not resolve itself into a mere point of casu istry?—(Cheers.) I use that expression, I trust, without offence, seeing it is impossible for me to look upon it other wise. Sir C. E. Smith has declared that he will not rescind the vote to Maynooth, because he holds Maynooth to be one of the establishments of the country.—(Hear, and a laugh.) My Right Hon. Colleague and myself are not prepared to rescind that vote either; but we are also prepared not to go farther. We are prepared to say that we will never vote for the endowment of the Catholic priests, either out of the funds of the State, or out of any appropriation from the eccle siastical revenues of the Irish Establishment. The Hon. Gen tleman then referred to the importance of promoting sana tory measures for the city of Edinburgh, and especially of securing an abundant supply of water. To the annuity tax he objected, but could not promise to sweep it away, unless some feasible substitution were proposed. The Hon. Gentle. man concluded by an earnest appeal to the electors to return Mr. Macaulay as his colleague. Mr. MACAULAY having been loudly called for, addressed the electors. After dwelling on the merits of the Hon. Gen tleman whom they had just returned, he said, I haee never as you well know, been in the habit of resorting to claptraps or vote traps.—(Laughter.) But this I do say, that if any mitigation, any salutary change of the system under which the clergy of Edinburgh are now paid, can be effected, I am confident that it is by the advice of such men as those I now see around me that there is the best chance of obtaining it. Perhaps you will permit me, having discharged the duty of congratulating you, to say a few words respecting myself. If the opposition to me had been raised on any other grounds than that on which it has been raised, I should not, on this occasion, have come forward ; for if a large party had chosen to oppose me, and yet if they supported my Hon. Friend on the ground that his qualifications for his business, and his local knowledge, were so greatly superior to mine—on the ground that he, as your townsman, and as the son of one of your most eminent townsmen, had peculiar claims upon your favour, I would not have contested the correctness of such an opinion. Most readily shall I admit that on every ground but one my Hen. Friend's claims are superior to mine; but on the particular ground on which 1 am opposed, I affirm that we stand exactly on the same footing.—(Cheers.) I would not have said this till my Hon. Friend was elected. I would not have said so, while by pointing to this argu ment I would seem to be endangering his return ; but as that is past all danger, I will ask you to observe what is the relation between him whom you have unanimously re turned, and him for whom a poll is to be taken to-morrow. Both of us voted for the Maynooth grant. Both of us voted for it through every stage.—( Hear, hear.) That paper of which so much has been said—that resolution, in which cer tain of the electors of Edinburgh said that they would never again return a man who voted for the grant to Maynooth, was sent to my Hon. Friend as well as myself. That reso lution was answered in the same manner. Both of us de clared that we could not change our opinions —that we thought we were right, and that we thought the memo rialists were wrong, and that we would continue to vote as we had done ; and we continued to vote as we had done before. And now, I ask, is it principle that my Honourable Friend should be returned unanimously, and that any of the persons who acquiesced in returning him can consistently oppose me ?—( Hear.) And observe particularly how absurd this is, from the very nature of the opposition, because if it were put on the ground of mere expediency everybody could understand the principle of saying that we will drive the nail as far as it would go, that we will keep out the weaker candidate. That is all fair on the ground of expediency ; but it is different when put on the ground of Christian duty. Now, I put the point of Christian duty. Both candi dates have voted for the Maynooth grant. If it be upon Christian duty that you are rejecting me, would not Christian duty call upon you to oppose my Hon. Friend whom you have allowed to be unanimously returned? This is mere paltering with Christian duty.—(Cheers.) We stand before you on the same footing in reference to the question. We stand before you in respect to the Catholic priesthood exactly on the same footing. Every word that I spoke in the Music-hall my Honourable Friend afterwards adopted. Every word that he has spoken to-day I now adopt.— (Cheers.) The poll, which comes on to-morrow, I regard as one of no common importance. It will be, I believe, the single poll which will be taken on the occasion of the forma tion of the new Administration. If this great city, the capital of Scotland, shall pronounce that she has confidence in her Majesty's Government—if she shall ironounce that she approves of a conciliatory spirit being followed towards Ireland--if she shall pronounce that she is determined not to insult and to oppress one-third part of the population of the United Kingdom, she will render a great service to the cause of good government and of civil and religious freedom.— (Cheers.) The contrary result I will not permit myself to anticipate. I believe that our victory is certain ; but it must be your care to make it decisive. 'Let me entreat you to remember that every vote is of consequence, not so much because the event is doubtful, as because the majority will produce an effect which will be felt all of over England and Ireland.—( Cheers.) I have two requests to make—first, that you will be early at the poll ; and, secondly, that if you should see, as I hope you will see, that early in the day the contest is not matter of doubt, you will not, on that account, think you are dispensed from doing your duty. On Wed nesday, victorious or vanquished, I will meet you here again ; for, be the result what it may, I will look you in the face without shame.—(Cheers.) I trust, however. that I shall come here to congratulate you on another triumph, and to return you thanks similar to those which have been with so much propriety, manliness, and eloquence, addressed to you by my Hon. Friend.—(Cheers.) Mr. Fox MauLE, in obedience to the loud calls of the assemblage, addressed the electors. Had I the honour to possess the franchise of the city of Edinburgh, there is no man who would go to the poll to-morrow with a more thorough conviction that he was doing that which was for the benefit of this city, and of the country at large, than I would have in voting for my Right Hon. Priend Mr. Macau. lay.—(Cheers.) I cannot understand the nature of the oppo sition which has been given to my Right Hon. Friend. Had it been on the subject of Maynooth, I might have been sup posed to have some sympathy with it; but it is not upon the subject of Maynooth, otherwise that opposition would have ex tended to the Hon. Gentleman whom you have just returned as your representative. And I cannot but believe and avow that Maynoeth on this occasion has been made the stalking horse of some paltry, miserable, mean feeling of a personal nature towards my Right Hon. Friend.—(Great cheering.) Why, if it had really been the case that Maynooth was the subject of their opposition, would his opponents have brought forward Sir C. E. Smith, who openly declares that, though the endowment of Maynooth in the grant involved a vicious principle, still he would continue to maintain it on the sta tute-book.—(Cheers.) I trust that to-morrow the citizens of Edinburgh will show the feelings with which they regard such conduct by putting my Right Honourable Friend at the head of the poll. The honour of your city is involved in thin question—the honour of Scotland is involved in this question, and I stand here speaking in the character of one belonging to the Free Church, and declare that the gratitude and the honour of the Free Church is also involved in this question. I tell those belonging to that Church that in all matters concerning that body in which I have been engaged, and with no little prominence, in Parliament, upon every occasion my Right Hon. Friend has voted with me, given me cordial support, and, in that last question which I had the honour to bring forward in which their interest was concerned had the debate on that occasion resulted in a vote, my Right Hon. Friend would have been found standing by my side. I will not believe it till I see it recorded, that any Free Churchman will be guilty of such ingratitude, as for private consideration and personal views alone to desert him in this moment of trial.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, my Right Hon. Friend has stated that this is the single solitary instance of a contested election upon the return of Members who have taken office under the present Government. I regret that it should have occurred in this great and intel lectual city, but the only way to wipe out that stain is to place Mr. Macaulay in an enormous majority—(Cheers) —to proclaim in his favour the general opinion of a vast number of this constituency, in order to prevent in future the recur rence of a similar event.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. RUTHERFORD ' M.P., was next called for. H e sa id, I have never witnessed in the course of any election, a greater abuse than the use which on this occasion has been made of the principles and feelings of the Free Church.—(Hear, hear.) Members of that Church have come forward, and in respect, as they say, of the Maynooth grant, have excited your feelings in the strongest degree to oppose the re-election of both my Honourable Friends. Though they have relinquished that opposition as to one, they still persevere in it as regards my other Honourable Friend. Though I do not belong to the Free Church, it enables me to reflect with great satisfaction upon all I have been able to do in its service to find my Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Maule) come forward in his own person and disclaim, in the name of that body—of which I venture to say he is one of its greatest ornaments—the scandalous proceedings which have in their name been brought forward. —(Cheers.) The principles and feelings of that. Church, which is based upon religious freedom, have been made the ground of one of the most intolerant and oppressive proceed ings which I ever witnessed.—(Cheers.) My Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Mauls) voted differently from me on the May nooth grant, but our difference of opinion and difference of vote on that question did not, and I am sure never will, for a moment interrupt not only that private friendship, nor that feeling with which, in matters of public interest, we have ever regarded each other.--( Loud cheers.) lie has told you that if he had been one of the constituency of Edinburgh he would have voted for Mr. Macaulay. I thank him for having said so, and I should like to see any layman or any reverend man who shall dare to come forward and say that they represent better than he does the opinions of the Free Church, or that they are doing that which is more acceptable to the Free Church—or that they are acting more in accord ance with the principles of the Free Church, than those who follow the example which my Right Hon. Friend would have set, and will give their votes with the number who shall form a cloud of witnesses that shall better establish the Free Church than anything else could do, and shall prevent a great severance of that most respectable and valuable party, who testify that they will not let a slight difference of opinion, even touching religious matters, trench upon that great principle to which they owe their origin, and for which they have borne so many privations and so many sacrifices, namely, the great principles of civil and religious liberty and freedom of opinion.—(Cheers.) I have had the very good fortune to be returned by a constituency of whom I am an unworthy representative—(Cries of "No, no")—without a contest, and almost without any trouble. I therefore rejoice with my Hon. Friend whom you have to-day returned, but I only sympathise the more deeply with my Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Macaulay), who has been put upon trial, and I only long the more ardently to see, since his opponents have sub jected him to a contest, how heavy their fall shall be.— (Hear.) I fully believe that to-morrow and Wednesday will put at once and for ever an end to this attempted tyranny—the more intolerable from being maintained by an abuse and prostitution of the name of the principles of free dom and religious liberty. RICHMOND. MONDAY EVENECG.—The election for the borough of Richmond, Yorkshire, took place this morning, when Henry Rich, Esq., the late Member, who had vacated his seat, by accepting the office of one of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, was re-elected without opposition. The Hon. Gentleman briefly addressed the electors, and urged the necessity of adopting a milder course of policy towards Ireland than had hitherto been pursued. Alluding also to the policy of the new Ministry with regard to timber, sugar, and many other articles of consumption, he observed, that protection in reference to them would share the same fate as it had with respect to corn. The question of the revision of the duties on these articles would receive the sedulous atten tion of the present Government. The Hon. Gentleman then referred to the address of Lord John Russell to the electors of London, as indicative of the course which the Whig Mi nistry were about to pursue, and concluded by thanking the assembled electors, assuring them, at the same time, that he would do his utmost to promote a liberal policy in the administration of affairs in this country. Thanks were then given to the Mayor, and the meeting separated. Mr. Rich left immediately to return to London. JUNE, 24, 1846. RELATIONS WITH MEXICO-EUROPEAN INTERFERENCE ON THE AMERICAN HEMISPHERE. Mr. C. J. Ingersoll, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, made a report on the subject of our relations with Mexico, justifying the declaration of war against that republic, and arguing generally, and at great length, from positions which are laid down in the commencement of the report, and are as follows : " With great respect, and not till long after forbear ance was impracticable, the constituted authorities of the United States find force the only means of self-defence from long-continued, unprovoked, aggravated, and insuf ferable injuries, inflicted by a sister republic and neigh. bouring nation, with whom oar preference was close alliance, and against whom the sword is drawn with infinite reluctance. But, as was the case in the war, at last, after many years of endurance, extorted from this Government by Great Britain, in 1812, there was no alternative but war to repel and punish the provoking hostilities perpetrated upon us by Mexico, without (ex cept in the affairs of Texas) the slightest pretext for them. American property, persons, commerce, treaties, public ministers, consuls, messengers, crews of national vessels, at length our soil and soldiery, subjected to outrageous wrongs, seizure, incarce ra ti on , i nsu l t , homi cide, and even inhuman violation of the dead, at last compelled the American Government to a vindication of their people, and no alternative but war or extreme de gradation!' The committee advert to the views of Mr. Munroe and others, in regard to the subject of European interference on the American cominent, and express the sentiments: " We owe it to candour, and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and other powers, to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their (the European) system to any por tion of the hemisphere, as dangerous to our peace and safety. With the Governments who have declared their independence and maintained it, and whose independence we have, on'great consideration and on just principles, acknowledged, we could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing them, as controlling in any manner their destiny, by any European power, in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition towards the United States." The report covers more than seventy pages of manu • script, closely written; gives a history of the Mexican Government, the course pursued by her towards us, and that of our Government towards her, and enforces the truth that our general policy is peace. GREAT FIRE IN CHARLESTOWN, MASS.— BOSTON, JUNE 27, 1846: A fire broke out, about one o'clock this morning, in Quimby's lard oil factory, on Warren -street, Charles town, which, with all its contents, was entirely destroyed. The fire also communicated to a dwelling house owned by Mrs. Fennall, and occupied by Mr. Silas Crane and Mr. Sylvester, which was likewise totally consumed. The dwelling house of Mr. Kendall Bailey, next to the oil factory, was considerably damaged. The wind being in the right direction to carry the flames from the house, it was finally saved, though Mr. Bayley's fine garden in the rear was very much injured by being occupied by the firemen in extinguishing the flames. On the opposite side of Warren -street, the fire com municated to a large house, nearly new, belonging to the heirs of John Coffin, from which the tenants had lately removed. The upper story of the house was ruined before the firemen succeeded in mastering the flames, and the whole was completely drenched with water. This house is in the care of Hon. Benjamin Thompson, member of Congress, whose wife is one of the heirs to the estate. Two or three nice houses belonging to Mr. Coburn, deputy-sheriff of this city, were very considerably da maged, but were finally saved by the persevering and energetic exertions of the firemen. The burning of the oil factory and its greasy contents, made a most brilliant illumination, which lasted for over two hours. It lighted up the city of Boston in splendid style, and was the most imposing spectacle, in the shape of a conflagration, that I have seen for a great while. It rained quite hard during a portion of the time that the fire was raging. This was a fortunate circumstance, for the oil factory was surrounded by wooden buildings, that would have caught instantly, had it not been for the drenching rain. The firemen of Boston, Cambridge, and Chelsea, were promptly on the spot, and their exer tions, in conjunction with the Charlestown fire depart ment, saved the town from a wide. spread and destruc tive calamity. Some difficulty, I believe, was experienced in obtaining an adequate supply of water. How the fire originated is not known. It was pretty well under way when discovered. The amount of loss and insurance I am unable to give, as this letter is written very early in the morning. THE PROJECTED OCCUPATION OF CALIFORNIA.—It is said there is a design entertained in some quarters, in Washington, to organise a volunteer force of one thou sand men, to proceed to California, for the purpose of taking armed occupation of that fertile country , and co: lonizing it. It is'also stated that the plan has — received the sanction of the President, but that it is to be kept secret until a proper time arrives for putting it in exe cution. The force is to be drawn from New York and New England, and is to be composed of hardy mecha nics, who are willing to settle in the country. Already a company of artillerymen are on the point of leaving this port for that destination, in the United States store ship Lexington. This looks very like extending the ar , aof freedom to some purpose. The idea is a capital one, and the enterprise is sure to succeed. Here is an excellent opportunity for emigrating. YET LATER FROM VERA CRITZ.—An arrival at Pen sacola on the 21st inst., from Vera Cruz, brought a letter from a gentleman in the United States Frigate Raritan. dated 4th June, off Vera Cruz, from which we learn that the blockading squadron was enjoying good health. The Princeton arrived there on the Ist of June. No news is given from the interior. We find the subjoined details respecting the tobacco market, in a New York paper of the 30th ult. Since the departure of the Great Western, the market has been without any material alteration, either in the general aspect, or in prices. It is stated that in a single warehouse in Pittsburgh, there-are now lying, awaiting transportation, at least 2,000 hhds. 1,900 of which were raised in Ohio. The sales here during the week have not been extensive, amounting to about 150 hhds. of Kentucky and Virginia at 2i to 5, cents, 30 bales of Baracoa at 18 cents, 4 months, and 237 Cuba on terms not made known. A sale, by auction, of 10 hhds of Maysville took place at 3 to 4, cents—average 3 dollars 80 cents, 60 days. At Baltimore, during the week ending the 27th inst., no positive improvement was perceptible; but we are glad to find the belief entertained that prices have reached their lowest point, and that any change that takes place will be for the better. The large stocks of common qualities, both in this country and in Europe, will, doubtless, tend to keep these descriptions at very low rates, though, owing to the diminished production, some advance may possibly take place shortly. The sales of Maryland this week have been pretty extensive, at former prices, which we continue, with the remark that a lot which will bring no more than our lowest quota. tion is rarely to be met with, viz.:—lnferior and com mon 1 50 a 2 50 ; middling to good 3 a 5 50 : good 9 dol. ; and fine 7a 12 dol. Ohio tobacco is in fair de mand, and sales to a moderate extent are making, but prices are irregular, and very low rates have to be sub mitted to. We quote common to middling 1 50 a 3 50 ; good 4 50 a 6 dol. ;", fine red and wrappery 6 50 a 9 dol. ; fine yellow 9 a 11 dol. ; and extra wrap pery 10 a 12 dol. The inspections of the week are 1,298 hhds. Maryland, 987 hhds. Ohio, 13 hhds. Pennsylvania; and 3 hhds. Kentucky—total 2,301 hhds. The New York Sun of the same date states, that American agricultural produce is sensibly affected by the prospects of a plentiful harvest. The best flour is selling at the very low price of four dollars per barrel. Food is now cheaper in America than at any former perm • d within the past twenty years , and nothing but t r h o e m h u o t p t e er d of e a spa d i e r m . an w d e in be E lie n v g e la t n h d at sa th v e ts c o o u rn r Bfairilm has f passed, and that belief alone induces the American people and the American press to encourage a modifi cation of our tariff. Reciprocity is the order of the day, and these mutual concessions between nations are greatly facilitated, especially in England and America, by the influence of a free press. The liberty of the Press and the liberty of Commerce are identical. One cannot exist without the other. The fluctuations in the prices of grain and flour during the past six months have brought ruin upon a few speculators and bankers, but the disaster is happily confined within narrow bounds. Some dealers in Ohio and other Western States complain of deception being practised upon them by sources of information in Eng land to which they had looked with implicit confidence. —The scarcity in England and Ireland was undoubtedly over estimated, but we think there was no intention to deceive. Besides, great speculators are generally too sanguine. With regard to cotton the following report from an extensive and respectable cotton broker at New York, will show the present and future prospects of the trade:— With reference to my circular under date of 15th inst., per steamer Hibernia, I have now to advise, that on the day it was issued the steamer Great Western arrived from Liverpool with d a t es to the 30th ult. ; the mar k et t h ere was considered one eigtht easier to buy ; although quo tations were mainly the same as by the previous packet ; her advice, had the tendency to create a dull market here, as four days later accounts by the Caledonia were nearly due, and holders were not disposed to abate in their pretentions. The accounts by the packet re ferred to came to hand on F r id ay morn i ng , 19th instant, and being confirmatory of the pre vious ones, a slightly easier market was percepti ble, in which buyers were aided b y a genera l de cline in freights; which, with the advantage of a broader selection from the increased amount on sale was equal to a decline of a quarter cent.; yet, with this advan tage, the business has been small, the sales only occa sionally exceeding 1,000 bales per day. More purchases have been made for the Continental markets lately than for that of Liverpool, and the lower grades being m ore generally called for h ave s tiffened up, and inferior an d low ordinary d escr ipti ons are h e ld one-eighth of a cent. higher. The la s t th ree d a y s t h e mar k e t has been quiet, but closed Steady, and rather firmer,,st.the quotations at top, which ar e v ar i e d s li g h t l y f rom those in my pre vious circular. The sales for the week ending 29th lust. PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE COPYRIGHT ACT. At Bow-street yesterday, Mr. James Wyld, map engraver and publisher, of Charing-cross, appeared before Mr. Jar dine, upon an inform a ti on ma d e b y Si r H enry Ellis, princi pal librarian of the British Museum, under the newly amended Copyright Act, for baying wilfully neglected to send, within a month after the publication of certain maps, a correct copy of each, whereby, in case of conviction, he rendered himself liable to a penalty amounting to the value of each publication, in addition to a further penalty of not more than 51. Mr. Baldwin appeared as Counsel to prefer the complaint, and Mr. Serjeant attended on the part of the defendant. Mr. Baldwin said that the information upon which the present proceedings were instituted consisted of four counts, the first of which was, that on the 9th of April, in the present year, the defendant published a map of the United States, relative to the Oregon and Texas, and a post 'Map of Europe, and on the 13th of January, three maps of the route through the Punjaub and the adjoining territory, and on the 31st of March the position of the British army on the hanks of the Sutlej, none of which were •in any form delivered to the trustees of the British Museum. circular, in the usual wa y, h a d b een f orwarded to the defend ant, calling his attention to the provisions of the late Act, of which he, however, took no notice, although on former occa sions maps had been delivered by him without any such notice. He was bound to admit that the trustees had con sidered it preferable to institute proceedings against such a distinguished publisher as the defendant, instead of per sons of less repute, and from the evidence he was about to produce he had no hesitation in concluding that the Court would admit the justice of the claim. Mr. William Ching, clerk to Messrs. Bray, Warren, and Harding, solicitors to the British Museum, stated that on the 13th of April last he went to the defendant's shop, where he purchased the map produced relative to the United States, and the Oregon and Texas, the name and address of the de fendant, with the date, being at the bottem. He also pur chased for 135., on the 14th of May, the post-map of Europe, the date being January 13. The routes through the Punjaub he purchased on the 30th of April for 45., which was pub lished by the defendant on the 4th of March last. The sketch of the British armies on the banks of the Sutlej he bought for Is. Gd. on the 31st of March last, and he served a notice on the defendant to attend in case it was deemed necessary. In answer to the defendant, witness said that he asked if they were the last editions. Mr. Merver Cowter said that it was his duty to receive for the trustees of the British Museum all the works they were entitled to under the Amendment Copyright Act. The four maps specified in the information had not been delivered to him by the defendant. There was no other officer autho rised to receive such works, arid particular hours were set apart for that purpose. Since the month of June, 1845, only live maps had been delivered by him, and two others in the month of October last. Witness recollected having sent by post a circular calling his attention to the provisions of the Act. In cross-examination by the defendant, witness said that every map or book usually passed through his hands, and in case he was absent from his room, per sons were in attendance who would give receipts, which were prepared by him. He might be absent from his duties one month in every year, and it frequently happened that books and other works were left. without receipts been given for them, but in the present instance there were no enteries in the books that the maps produced had been re ceived. Ile had received the " Dispatches of Gen. Hardinge from India" produced, which contained a map, but could not say that he had received " Putman's American Facts," also containing a map relative to the position of the United States, and the Oregon and the Texas, nor the " Memorandums and Voyages in Asia," which also contained a map. Mr. G. Harding produced, under seal from ihe Trustees of the British Museum, as authority to lay the information. Cross-examined—When he called at the shop, the defend ant told him that he would be most happy to furnish the Museum m ith a copy of every map he published, if a list was brought to him. Mr. Baldwin said that was the case on the part of the com plainants. The defendant called the attention of the Court to the Bth clause of the Act, and said that he was called upon to defend a great principle, not only involving the interests of persons in the same trade, but also the public at large. It was pre posterous to suppose that when the Copyright Bill was brought in by Sergeant Talfourd, that every work indiscrimi nately should in future be deposited in the public archives, as alterations and additions apparently trifling were obliged to be introduced almost daily into works which he publishes and if by the provisions of such an Act he was called upon to supply a copy of each, the Museum, large as it was, would not be sufficient to contain them. The map respecting the Oregon and Texas had been originally published at Wash ington, and republished by him, and as to the post-map of Europe, it was published in the year 1840, but underwent great alteration, not however a new edition, in consequence of the late increase of railroads. As to the map of the Punjaub, it was compiled for his own use, and he supplied it to Baron Hugel for his book. The same miht be observed respecting the dispatches o f General I-rardinge, which w as published by 011ivier, of Pall-mall; and as regarded the other, he considered it unreasonable on the part of the trustees to attempt to contend that they were entitled to a copy of simply a map, upon which some alterations or ad ditions were absolutely necessary, which was not the case with a book; and anxious as he was to show every courtesy to the trustees, if they compelled him to comply with the pro visions of the Act, he would be compelled to remove his establishment to Paris, in case he was obliged to furnish the Museum with every copy of every work he was called upon to publish. Mr. Baldwin, in reply, observed that the maps in question had been sold singly over the counter, as appeared in proof, independently of which the defendant had disposed of others to certain publishers. There were no alterations in them, and had they been sent to the Museum, it was the fault of the person leaving them if he neglected to obtain the re ceipts in the usual way. He maintained that the Act had a retrospective meaning; nor was it contended, setting altera tions and additions out of the question, that any maps had been sent which disentitled him to a judgment in favour of the complainants. Mr. Serjeant drew the attention of the magistrate to the fact that the maps had not been entered at Stationers' Hall, and, consequently, there could be no copyright, which pre vented the trustees from recovering. Mr. JARDINE replied that the provisions of the Act were quite explicit upon the subject, and the defendant might have secured himself in that manner if he thought proper, and the only doubt he entertained upon the subject was con cerning the post-map of Europe, which was published an terior to the passing of the Act. After considerable discussion, Mr. JARDLNE said there could be no doubt that the defen dant was obliged by the Act to deliver copies of his works, ' whatever they might be, to certain bodies, and although the defendant had contended that the maps were separate pub lications, it was clear they had been published as such after Putnam's work had been published. The post-roads was another which could not be termed separate, but when the defendant called it so, he put himself out of court. The same remark related to the map of the Punjaub, and also to the work on the war in India, which was the same map that had been published in the book, and as the maps had been published in the shop, it was a matter of regret that the trustees had not brought an action as for a debt, instead of coming before a magistrate on such an important question. He was bound under the evidence that had been adduced, to convict the defendant in the full value of each copy, namely, 35., 135., 45., 145., and also the sum of 20s. upon each of the maps. Mr. Wyld inquired if there was no appeal. Mr. JARDINE replied he was not sure, but it was worth in quiring into, and no time should be lost. Mr. Baldwin applied fer costs. Mr. JARDINE hoped there was no occasion to make an order respecting costs with such a body as the trustees of the British Museum. - 11Yr7IVyld complained, that as the trustees of the British Museum had made an unexpected claim, he ought, in fair ness, to be furnished with a list of the maps claimed; and having given a cheque for the amount of the several penal ties, the parties left the Court. EXTRAORDINARY GALE. —At Brir,;7nton yesterday morning, shortly after the flow of the 'dde, the wind, which had been blowing for three hours f",cm the south-west, in creased to a gale, to the manifest, danger of a fleet of mack erel boats which were at anclic.,r in the roads. The masters and crews were seen runnir,g to the shore, and small boats were manned on the sand, and attempted to be sent off to the vessels, all of which were without a hand. One of these was capsized, and it was at once seen that any attempt to put men on board in this way would be ineffectual. Meanwhile, three of the fishing vessels were swamped, and two of them having broken from their moorings, came ashore; one near , the Chain Pier, the other opposite the Gun Hotel, where the breakers commenced their work of destruction. The water, however, having as yet barely covered, the sand, the crews from th e shore rushedinto the sea, and soon hauled the damaged boats ashore. All this time the perils of those which still held to their anchors was increasing; and, at length the Royal Humane Society's life-boats, manned by the coast guard, under Lieutenant Pratt, took out crews and put them on board at great danger, owing to the violence of the wind and waves. The crews once on board, rar, the boats imme diately on the sand, whence, by means of the ordinary ap pliances, capstans, &c., they were hauled high and dry. The gale abated almost as suddenly as it rose; but we regret to state that an accident, which had a fatal termination, oz curred before it had quite subsided a man named Price was knocked overboard by the barge of the Caroline, belonging to Mr. Henry Pocock, and although his son gallantly jumped overboard twice to his rescue, he was not taken, out of ti.* water till life was extinct. LITERATURE. --- SCENERY and POETRY of the ENGLISH LAKES. By Charles Mackay, LL.D.. Notwithstanding the derision cast upon the " Lake Poetry" by Lord Byron, and likewise by Horace and James Smith, in their inimitable " Rejected Addresses,' the writings of Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Southey have assumed a very eminent position in the world of metrical literature. From that position they cannot very speedily be shaken ; at least the two former have acquired a popularity which appears only to be inces santly on the increase. No poem within our recollec tion possesses such an enthralling character, or elevates and seizes the imagination of its reader so effectually, as that mysterious and eccentric legend of the " Anciente iliarinere." How exquisite, moreover, is the moral sentiment which it inculcates! " He prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and small ; For the dear God that loveth us He made and loveth all." No poem again —not even excepting the tenderest son nets of Petrarch, or the divinest passages of Romeo and Juliet, or those exquisite poems in prose, the letters between Heloise and Abelard—no poem whatever to our thinking is more radiant with a chaste and touch ing love than Coleridge's " Geneviene." What a subtle knowledge of that master passion is revealed towards its conclusion:— " She wept with pity and delight, She blushed with love and virgin shame; And like the murmur of a dream I heard her breathe my name. Her bosom heaved, she stept aside; As conscious of my look she stept— Then suddenly, with timorous eye, She fled to me and wept. She half enclosed me with her arms, She pressed me with a meek embrace, And bending back her head, looked up And gazed upon my face. 'Twas partly love, and partly fear, And partly 'twas a bashful art, That 1 might rather feel than see The swelling of her heart." In the sonnets and fragments of Wordsworth, as well as in his more elaborate performance, "The Excursion," there are again indications of such a holy reverence for Nature, and of such a consummate appreciation of her beauties, as cannot fail to sustain him among the bards wbo have devoted themselves to her laudation. Despite certain undoubted puerilities, and despite certain mean vagaries of expression, as for instance where thickets are described as "Little strips of naked wood run wild," the owner of "Rydal Mount " has created a school of poetry which his books will always perpetuate. It is in admiration of these intellects, and still more in admira tion of the scenery by which these treasures have been evoked, that Dr. Mackay has written his present volume. It is a work eminently worthy of its subject. In its pages the author has condensed an universe of poesy, and that poesy, consisting both of quotations and of original descriptions, has been exquisitely embellished by the artists. We can neither designate the book as an album of the choicest cullings, because we cannot perceive in it any ephemeral characteristics ; neither can it be called a guide-book to the lakes and dells of Cumberland and Westmorland, because it is altogether a work of a more elevated stamp. Every real lover of this beautiful world—and who is not 7—every one who can derive pleasure either from the glories of our insu lar landscapes, or from the splendours of our insular poets, will partake with ourselves i n th e gra tifi cat i on o f reading this most charming volume. It conducts Us in imagination to every nook and dingle in th e neighbour hood of those superb lakes, " navelled in the forest," as Childe Harold expresses it, Windermere, Ulleswater, Buttermere, Derwentwater, Grassmere, and their com panions. Charles Mackay has beheld those scenes and has perused those poets with a poetical enthusiasm, es sentially his own, and he has described the one and commemorated the other with something of that same enthusiasm for material and spiritual loveliness. The nine artists, whose pencils have illustrated most of the views recorded by the author's pen, have shown a 'cor responding capacity. As specimens of wood engraving, the embellishments, which are plentifully scattered among the letter-press, are masterly, both for distinct ness and delicacy. 'We must, in justice, particularise the vignette, by Harvey, which charmingly embodies the intention of the whole work, associating medallion likenesses of the triumvirate (Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey) with the scenery celebrated by their genius. The sketches from the pencil of Mr. E. Gilks, are also especially entitled to commendation, as they are inimi table semblances of the original. Gilbert, and the rest, have likewise contributed their queta to the adorn ment of the several chapters, and their drawings have been excellently delineated on wood by the graver of Mr. Thomas Gilks. This volume is a beautiful tribute to nature and poetry; it is a book not to be perused casually, but to be resorted to again and again. Charles Mackay has acquitted himself admirably in its com position. INTERESTING TO GEOLOGISTS.—A discovery has within the last few days been made on Raploch farm, which adds another to the many proofs that the now fertile fields of the Carse were at some remote period covered by the ocean, and Stirling, Abbey Craig, Craigforth, and other basaltic rocks, washed by its turbulent waves. Workmen have been engaged for some time past in removing the sur face soil from a bed of freestone rock, intended for the con struction of the new bridge over the Forth for the Scottish Central Railway, and while prosecuting their labours, they came upon a stratum of shells, within a very few feet of the surface, which consists entirely of those shells common to the sea-shore of the present day, and amongst which we per ceived numerous specimens of the mussel, oyster, cockle, and other shell-fish.— Stirling Journal. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY, &C.—Yester day information was forwarded to the various metropolitan and city police-offices and stations, that on the evening of tlie 9th instant a pane of glass was cut (supposed with a diamond) out of the show case outside the shop of Mr. Jacobson, jew eller, No. 322, Oxford-street, an d th ere f rom was taken three trans, containing in all about 240 gold and other rings; a variety of gold seals, keys, and brooches ; several gilver pen cil cases; two silver pickle forks, and 100 gold and other breast pins of great value. CHARGE OF KILLING.— BIRHINC.:HAM, TUESDAY EVENING . —J. B. Davies, Esq., borougl coroner, is now en gaged at the house of Mr. Charles Cfreshire, Lower Temple street, investigating a case which t xcites considerable inte rest in the town. It appears that the deceased, Martha Minors, 18 years of age, was an unfortunate girl, who lived in a house of ill-fame, kept by a woman named Emma Had dock, in Vale-street. * Yesterday evening deceased and a young man, named Thomas Soirs, a horse-dealer, were in company with two other persons at a public-house, and after they left the place and were proceeding up Pinfold-street, Soirs, it is alleged, struck the unfortunate girl a blow under her right ear, from the effects of which she fell to the ground, and expired almost instantly. The examination is being proceeded with, and will, no doubt, occupy many hours. COUNT MONTHOLON.—MS Majesty the King cf the French, on the report of the Minister of Justice, ha,9, by a decision of the 10th instant, remitted the remainder of the term of imprisonment of General Montholon. A letter, ad dressed to Count Montholon by the Minister of War on the Ist ult., had led that General, as well as his friends, to be lieve that his pardon had been granted to him at the end of May last. It was not, however, the cme. To the Minister of Justice alone belongs the right of making a report on the subject, to countersign the pardon, and to give the ne cessary orders for its being carried into execution. No Inca• sures could be otherwise taken for setting Count Montholon at liberty, as the latter had never solicited his pardon, which was indispensable before any decision could be come to on his fate. ROYAL HUMANE SOClETY.—Yesterday the half yearly meeting of the supporters of this society, which was founded in 1774 for the recovery of persons apparently drowned, was held at the society's rooms, Trafalgar-square, B. B. Cabbell, Esq., V.P., in the chair. Mr. Charlier read the report for the last six months. In that period 122 casea were treated by the society's officers, of which 109 were suc cessful, and 13 were beyond recovery. Of the gross number, 46 were attempted suicides. Since the formation of the so ciety it has been instrumental in rescuing 5,000 fellow creatures from a watery grave. During the present season upwards of 630,000 bathers freq uented the Serpenti ne. Th e report was a dopted, and silver medals were awardedtopieut., Warner, R.N., Lieut. A. Newman, R.N., 'V.I.. W. A. Fisher, R.N. (son of our harbour master), Mr. i jharles San. lives geant, of Melton, and Mr, H ug h es, j un., of Cornhill, who, at the mißneensitderisskthoosfe red arks,eiro7o lives, other s were the esof distri buted,others. exclusive of pecuniary rewards, since December last. THE MURDER o,'l , THE POLICEMAN AT DAGENHAM.— The inquest in this case was again resumed yesterday, and again adjourned for a fortnight, without eliciting any facts tending to criminate any person. A man, who stated that lie with another had been pointedly alluded to, attended voluntarily with that other to hear and answer anything that might be brought against them. Previous to commenc ing the inquiry the Coroner took two jurymen to wait on a; woman in the neighbourhood, but what passed between them did not transpire. Immediately after the adjoarnment of the inquiry a long interview took place with the Coronet , and the principal police authorities, chiefly relating, It was understood, to a letter received from Bristol, accusing certain persons of the crime. AN INTRUDER.—A circumstance occurred last, evening at the grand fete which took place at Ashburnham. House, in celebration of the birth-day of the Empress of R•assia, which it may be as well to mention as a warning to any other in dividual who may attempt to intrude himself into society to which Ma position does not entitle him. When the guesta were entering very rapidly, au individual passed through the outer hall, announcing his name in a sort, of confidential whisper to the attendant as " Mr. Herk'ert Player." Though no such visitor was expected to pre.,sent himself, Mr. Herbert Player was allowed to pro teed into the inner hall, and in due time he mounted the staircase. On reaching the reception saloon, howev'er, a more formidable ordeal had to be passed through by Mr. Herbert Player. The individual appointed to announce the company had a tolerably extensive knowledge of the aris tocracy, but, unfortunately for Mr. Herbert Player, his features were not familiar to the party in question. After having asked the individual his name, and received the same reply as had been addressed to the servant in the hall, the announcer felt satisfied that Mr. Herbert Player was an impostor, and as such, took the liberty of immedi.ately hand ing him over to the custody of Mr. Inspector Avgs, who was in atteadance at the Legation. To Mr. Aggs Player de scribed himself as of Benton-hall, Northumberland; but further inquiries satisfied the inspector that 'his proper locale was the station- house, and to that lodging he was ignomi niously consigned. EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT OF BUTTERFLIES.—One of the largest flight of butterflies ever seen in this country crossed the Channel from France to England, on Sunday last. Such was tlae density and extent of the cloud formed by the living mess, that it completely obscured the sun from the people on board our continental steamers, on their pas sage, for many hundreds of yards, while the insects strewed the decks in all directions. The flight reached England about 12 o'clock at noon, and dispersed themselves inland and along shore, darkening the air as they went. During the sea passage of the butterflies the weather was calm and sunny, with scarce a puff of wind stirring; but an hour or so after they reached terra firma, it came on to blow gre a t guns from the S.W., the direction whence the insects came . —Canterbury Journal. Aletter from Naples, of June 27, sta tes that Mount Vesuvius was in full eruption, and vomiting Wirth masses of the flames pre sented a magnificent spectacle. lava with great noise. During the night The heat was 24 degrees of Reaumur (86 Fahrenheit). ER MAJEST Y'S VISIT TO THE SALMON LEAP AT WOOD-MILL, SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY NlGHT.—Great excitement prevailed to-day in this ancient port, by the rumours that her Majesty had intimated her intention of visiting the Sea-lock at Wooa-mill, for the purpose of witnessing the mode of catching the delicate fish peculiar to that portion of the Itchen estuary. This locality in former times was so cele brated for its salmon fishery, that it is on record the appren tices of Southampton and Winchester had inserted in their indentures that they were not to have salmon served at the table more than three times per week. The Itchen river, however, has lost much of its celebrity, and, owing to the construction of certain locks on the estate of Mr. Fleming, Wo6d-mill has for many years enjoyed the monopoly of the salmon supply ; but such is the demand for this fish, that it will fetch even higher prices than the famed Christchurch, in the eyes of the epicures. The Fall is leased out to a Mr. Miles, of this town, and it was under his superin tendence that the, dragging of the pond at the Wood Fall took place. Gay was the aspect of Southampton at the expected visit of royalty. The leading hotels and houses were gaily deco rated with streamers; not a yacht or boat on the Southamp ton water was without its flag; all the vessels in the docks, comprising the colossal West India, Alexandria, and Gibraltar steamers, &c., and innumerable small craft, exhibited the coiours of every nation. The Itchen estuary was covered with boats filled with the population of Southampton. The Northam-bridge was covered with spectators. From the town itself parties were seen at an early hour hurrying in every description of vehicle by land to Wood Mill, a delightful ride of some four miles, by Portswood, with the picturesque village of Bittern on the heights. Whether by water or by land, the approaches to Wood Mill are charming. On the wooded banks of the Itchen are noble oaks in rich profusion, and cultivation is visible on all the plains. At noon, from Netley Abbey to the docks, the river Itchen, and the scene of action, Wood Mill, exhibited one continued line of anxious visitors. At length the Fairy steamer was hailed with the royal emblems, and a burst of cheering announced that it had entered the estuary. The steamer went up as far as Northam-bridge, and here the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Prince Leiningen, and the suite, entered the royal barges, which were rowed up to Wood Fall. At a few minutes after two o'clock the royal barge arrived at the salmon-leap. The scenery here is quite romantic. There is the old English villa of the Fleming family at South Stoneham, now in the occupation of the Rev. Mr. Beckford, at the summit of a beautiful lawn on the verge of a noble park. A wooden bridge over a fall of water connected the stream with a kind of table-land, on which were placed a couch and chair, for the royal visitors, the turf being carpeted and matted. To the left of her Majesty was the mill and the dam, and higher up was the lock. A central sheet of water concentrated the salmon riches of the Wood Mill. Her Majesty, who was attended by Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Devereux, re turnel the greetings very graciously, and took her seat on the sofa. We thought that the Queen was looking rather pale. Her dress was a green and white check muslin, with a slate-coloured silk polonaise. Prince Albert and Prince Leiningen seemed to take much interest in the labours of the fishermen, who, under the direction of Mr. Miles, made a complete circle of the nets in the pond, and then, as this circle was narrowed, the nets were drawn up. The draw was by no means great owing to the high tide, but some thirteen or fourteen fish were caught, thrown into a tub and inspected by the Queen, who retained three of the largest, and ordered the remainder to be restored to the troubled water of the mill, an act of emancipation for which they no doubt were grateful. imme diately after the first drag of the nets, her Majesty returned to the barge, and re-embarked in the Fairy steamer, below Northam-bridge, for Osborne House, Isle of Wight. As the visit of the Queen was strictly private, the autho rities were not present officially. If the tide had not served horses from the Dolphin Hotel were in readiness for the use of her Majesty. The Rev. Mr. Beckford very liberally opened the grounds of South Stoneham-house, for the accommodation of the ladies. A luncheon had been prepared for the royal visitors, but the state of the title rendered the return to the steamer necessary as soon as the drag had taken place. T. Fleming, Esq. (a brother of the owner of the property), the Rev. Mr. Beader, the Rev. Mr. Beckford, &c., attended her Majesty on her landing and departure. The weather was most agreeable, and the only regret was that her Majesty did not pass through the town, the loyal population of which greeted her so enthusiastically this day. FATAL ACCIDENT. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY.—Yesterday afternoon a fatal accident occurred upon the Bristol and Birmingham Rail way, about six miles from this town. The following facts are obtained from official sources, and may he relied upon in the main as correct :—Between Bromsgrove and the Barnt green Station, the guard of the passenger train (named William Stock), which arrives in Birmingham at half-past three o'clock, r.m., left his seat at the break en the carriage, immediately behind the tender, to enter into conversation with a person—a contractor for work on the line—who was seated on the roof of the succeeding carriage. For this pur pose Stock walked across the roof of his own carriage, and sat upon the roof of the one upon an outside seat of which his friend was seated. Upon arriving near the Barnt-green station, the engineer or stoker, whose duty it may be, gave the usual signal by whistle, when the unfortunate man Stock, whose back was towards the station, jumped up from his seat, with a view to return to the break, when his head almost instantly came in contact with the arch of the bridge, and his body was thrown between two of the carriages. The train passed over him, and it was not until the train stopped at the station that the body of the de ceased was taken up. It was then ascertained that the skull was dreadfully fractured ; o th erw i se h e h a d suffered little injury. The deceased, who, although insensible, was still living, was immediately conveyed in a compartment of one of the carriages to the Birmingham station, and thence to the Queen's Hospital, at Holloway-head. He arrived there about four o'clock, and died about half-past five. It will be recollected that a year and a half ago an acci dent somewhat similar happened on this line, at the Kings norton-bridge, only two or three miles distant from the spot where the present one occurred. In that instance the corn• pany were blamed for the erection of pillars on each side, for the support of the arch of the bridge. A guard of one of the trains,;at the time referred to, met with his death in conse quence of his head coming in contact with one of those pil lars. In the present case it does not appear that blame is to be attributed to any improper construction of the bridge. It is one of the highest on the whole line between Bristol and Birmingham. So far as can be ascertained from present evi dence, the accident, lamentable as it is, would appear to be the result of the deceased's own indiscretion. He was a man nearly six feet high ; and when it is considered that his head was struck by the centre of the arch, it does not seem probable that the height of the bridge could be deemed dangerous. The body of the deceased having been removed out of Worcestershire into Birmingham, the case is now within the jurisdiction of Dr. Birt Davies, the borough coroner, who has appointed to take the inquest to-morrow. The deceased was a remarkably steady, sober man, and much respected by the superior officers of the company. He has left behind him a wife and five children. ACCIDENT TO SIR ROBERT PEEL.—We regret to learn that the absence of Sir Robert Peel from the House of Commons on Monday night arose from the Right Hon. Baronet's being confined to his residence by the effects of an accident which might have been far more serious than it has turned out. We hear that while dressing in the morning he incautiously rested his foot on a china basin, and by the weight of his person the bottom brake, and severely lacerated his foot. Sir Benjamin Brodie was instantly sent for, and was as promptly in attendance on the Right Hon. Baronet. Although the blood was profuse from the wounds inflicted, we are happy to hear that Sir Benjamin Brodie, after a minute examination of the injured parts, pronounced that no danger was to be apprehended, as not any important vessel had sustained injury. The casualty will necessarily confine the Right Hon. Baronet some days to the house. BURY ST. EDMUNDS.—There has just come under our notice a striking example of the disinterested character of the "poor man's Church." A respectable man in this town has recently lost his wife. It was her dying request that she should be buried in the same grave with her son, in her accustomed the be t l i l m in e. In the year 1835 native parish, about four mi l e s from this town. Her husband of course complied with a req ue st made under such circum stances, parish where he he lost his son, who was buried at Great Saxham, and the srteasnidcoess,and might requested e t s h t e e d th a bell of St. Mary's Church, of this town, tolled, f o r which he was charged 4s. When he requested the sa me favour for his wife he expected the same charge, when, lo ! he received a bill amounting to 18s. 6d. Our readers will feel curious to know the particulars of such a bill. It was as follows: First, the Minister, who did not utter a single prayer, charges ten shillings and sixpence, and then the clerk, in limitation of his master's example, charges 45., though he did not utter a single amen. The sexton, who really did commit a nuisance for a couple of hours, charged 4s. for the unmeaning noise he made. Of this latter item, there can be no reasonable complaint, as it was requested that the hell should toll; but how either parson or clerk can fortify their exactions perplexes our simple understanding. We have not introduced this circumstance for the purpose of in- dulging in any personalities, but simply to show that the established system will corrupt the most amiable of men, and convert a man, as a man distinguished for generosity, into an unjust exacting priest, " reaping where he has not sown, and gathering where he has not scattered."-- Su f folk Chronicle. SUDDEN DEATH.-It is with much regret that we have to record the sudden death of Mr. Fraser, of tha firm of Messrs. Neill and Fraser, printers, here, which occurr ed yes terday morning about eight o'cleck, while seated in a stage coach, intending to join his family at Biggar for a Sew days. He was in conversation with a lady at the time, when his head suddenly dropped on his breast, and he almost. instantly expired. The cause of his death we have not heard, but it is supposed to have been an affection of the heart. Mr. Fraser was of an amiable and obliging disposition ; lan active man of business, and in every relation of life bore ;a highly respectable character.—Edinburgh Advertiser. _ • ~~-~,.~ i ~~ ~~ _ s~- ~(~ - ~" .77 - - . ',4 - ------: - 4 1 31 clock•