The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-17 00:00:00

°~♦ Baronet concluded by reading the following resolution : " Resolved—That his Majesty's Ministers, in endeavouring to obtain for Ireland the same measure of Corporate Reform as they have succeeded in effecting for England and Scot land, have entitled themselves to the lasting gratitude of the Irish people." Mr. GEORGE ROE came forward to second the resolution. He said, that when coming to attend the meeting, he had no expectation that he would have been called on to take any part in its proceedings.—(Hear, and cheers.) He was there fore but very indifferently prepared to speak on the subject of the resolution which he had been called upon to second. —(No, no.) But it was lucky for him that any further re mark had been rendered unnecessary by the very eloquent speech of the proposer. After that address, it would be worse than useless to employ their time by any observations which he might be enabled to add.—(No, no.) The senti ments expressed in this resolution were such, that he did not see how any reasonable man could object to them.— ( Hear.) There was no Conservative, no Tory, no matter how bitter his political prejudices, that would not be forced to ad mit that Ireland was as much entitled to corporate rights as England or Scotland. The reason for refusing Cor porate Reform was said to be, because the present old corporations had been established for the purpose of sup porting the Protestant religion. This he denied.—( Hear, hear.) It was impossible that the Protestant religion could rest on so wretched a foundation.—(Hear, hear.) But if it did rest on such a foundation, the time both would and ought soon to come, when it would tumble to the ground.— (Cheers.) That was the first time he had ever addressed such an assembly. To use a theatrical phrase, it was the first time he had made his appearance upon any stage ; he therefore hoped he would be excused for the imperfect manner in which he addressed them.—(Cheers.) Having au interest in the country ; having, in fact, his all embarked in it, he felt compelled to come forward and raise his bumble voice against the system of misgovernment which had so long existed.—(Cheers.) It was a monstrous thing that the county should be agitated on such grounds. He asked was it a good state of things, when necessity existed, to have such an assembly called in the midst of the metro polis ? Such meetings would, however, be continued to be called until full justice was obtained.—(Cheers.) Wel lington had given them a lesson in the value of such agita tion ; for did lie not admit that by these means he was compelled to grant that measure which added immortal honour to his name—Catholic emancipation ?—(Cheers.) lle concluded by seconding the resolution. Mr. DILLON came forward to propose the fifth resolu tion. He had been entrusted with the fifth resolution to move it for their adoption. He would first read it to the.m. " Resolved—That we recognise in the effort of the present Miaistry to effect a settlement of the tithe question, an anxious desire to remove those grievances hich have Leen a fruitful source of so much misery and bloodshed, and upon the complete redress of which must depend the permanent tranquillity of Ireland." He felt conscious that this resolution might have been entrusted to ; .,any individuals present, who from their station in so rit:y, their ability and eloquence were possessed of for more power of doing justice to the subject than he could 'boast of.—(No, no.) Ile could not, however, but congra tufalc the meeting on one thing..—(llear, hear.) It was sin mi2n of their success that the son of an old Irish volun- 'ger should come forward there, and join bis voice in their tiei..lnd for the full enjoyment of the rights of freemen under the auspices of the son of him who rescued his country from ;he galling yoke.—( Loud cheers.) The resolution which he .i•ad the honour of proposing was not by any means uncon ne.•ted with one which had been adopted at Dungannon on the .eth of February, 1782, by the representatives of 14: . _3 , -, duneer Corps. He then read the resolution, which was to the effect that the free exercise of private judgment with re ird to religion ought to be allowed to all men, and that they at the repeal of the penal code as the happiest means rt . establishing union and peace throughout the kingdom.— trius had the electric spark been communicated, and thus that spirit been infused into the vapid masses which e t i:L7f.i it to heave to the very core, and which would not cease' till the people of this country were fully fitted to atalgcmtate with the sister country in all particulars.— Great cheering.) Then it was, alter the passing of the ?-s - ilutions of which that which he had read was one, that fi,- people became aroused—that the laws against the nol!cu trade—the laws which forhid us to carry on any ,•o,imereial intercourse with Africa or the East. Indies, to •i•th,r with several others eqnally oppressive—laws which auctioned idleness and crime, were repealed. How had this been accomplished ? How had the electric spark been communicated Why were the people so success ? Because they had tried and approved leaders—men courage, at their head.—(Loud cheers.) The resolution was seconded by Sir WILLIAm PARKE. Half-past Three o'Clock. Mr. BEr.wieic has conclu'lcd a powerful speech in se c‘nn.:ng the sixth resolution, which is as follows :—Resolved —Phut we have witnessed with unqualified distrust and un ,,,e.:,;ured disapprobation the efforts that have been made to , oprvss upon the public mind the belief that the Protestant r. ligion has not been protected by the present Government. That we support this Government because its protection has Leven impartially extended to every creed ; and that we fit ify recogni;e the proposition that the Protestants of Ire land, from their numbers, wealth, intelligence, and position, ore entitled to as ample a protection and consideration of their interests as any other class of his Majesty's subjects. The followinc , is the 7th resolution. It. was proposed by Cadwallader Wlddy, Esq., late M.P. for Wexford, and se conded by R. O'Gorman, Esq. : Resolved—That the patronage of the Irish Government n every branch of the public service, but more especially in the judicial department, has been uniformly described in such a manner, as to promote the peace of the country, to inculcate respect for the administration of the laws—and to preserve inviolate British connection. Tile following is the eig.hth resolution—it was proposed HENRY GRATTAN, Esq., and seconded by PETER RUSSELL, E;q. llcsolved—That the present Ministry possesses our en tire confidence—and that we earnestly cull upon them not to be induced, by the f►ctious policy of their opponents to itbAndon the high station to which their Sovereign has ealled thew, and in which they are upheld by the voice of the people. Half-past Four o'Clock. Mr. W. FINN, M.P., is now addressing the meeting. .He seconded the ninth resolution, proposed by Sir THOMAS ESMONDE, and which is as follows : Resolved—That Ireland is at present in a state of un cxaaripled tranquillity, that crime is daily disappearing, that hal its of order and obedience to the law are rapidly ex tending, and that we owe these inestimable blessings to the confidence reposed by the people in the upright intentions .)t the Government, and the impartial administrations of t !1! laws by the Earl of Mulgrave. The following are the tenth and eleventh resolutions : Resolved—That we regard with feelings of the deepest alann the possible return of the Tory party to power, and the necessary revival in Ireland of the baneful ascendancy of a fiction ; and that we here pledge ourselves to avert, by a.l means which the law and Constitution affords us, a ca lat,tity which, by interrupting the enactment of measures essential to the public welfare and repose, would convulse the country with civil strife, and endanger the integrity of the British empire. Resolved—That we feel grateful to those Members of moth Houses of Parliament, who have recognized the great principle of justice to Ireland, and have supported his Majesty's Ministers in their endeavours to carry that principle into operation by extending to this county the rights and privileges already enjoyed lay the other portions Of the empire, and that we so especially call upon the re presentatives of the people to rally round and sustain a Government which has so eminently deserved the confi dence of the Irish nation. On Saturday morning as a labouring man named Dawson was proceeding to work through Kensington Gardens, Ihy the side of the Serpentine, he saw on the banks a shawl and bonnet. Immediately suspecting that some person had made away with herself he gave an alarm. The drags were used, and in a short time the lifeless body of a female, about twenty nine years of age, was brought to the shore. The body was then conveyed by some constables of the G division to Pad dington workhouse, and Mr. Tedman, Inspector of the D division, hearing of the circumstance, and thinking from the ,description given that he knew the deceased, immediately pro ceeded thither, and at once recognised her as a person who was charged the previous day before Mr. Shutt at Maryle bone Office by one of his constables with being destitute, and attempting to drown herself in the ornamental water in the Regent's . Park. She then, in answer to the Magistrate, said her name was Selina Sandall, that she was separated from her ,husband, who was clerk to an architect in Spring Gardens ; that he had allowed her ten shillings a-week while she stayed at St. Albans, where they had been living, but not being comibrtable there she came to town, upon which he disconti nued her allowance, and she was in Consequence reduced to the greatest distress. Mr. Shutt pointed out to her the hei rous offence of self-destruction, and advised her to get some of leer friends to make peace with her husband ; and after talkin g t, her for some time she departed, apparently composed in mind. On Sunday afternoon last considerable injury was done by the hail and thunder storm in the neighbourhoods of Islir gton, Holloway, Hampstead, Highgate, Pentonville, and ether parts. The roofs of several houses were forced in, and the gardeners of the vicinity have sustained great damage by their frames, &c., being broken. A cow was nearly struck dead in a field at Islington, and the hailstones, which were imment. , ely large, demolished numerous skylights in the neigh hourhood of Clerkenwell and other places. Several persons complained of having felt the shock of the first flash of light and observed that the air before, and subsequent to its taking place, had a strong sulphurous scent. At Finchley it was said by an inhabitant that there was no appearance of a storm. but, on the contrary, the sky was calm and serene, though within a few miles distance the weather was equally , 'roisterous as in London. We have not heard of any other 1,, tal accidents in the above neighbourhoods. EXCISE LICENCES. There is about to be 'presented the nineteenth Report of the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry (Sir Henry Par nell, chairman). The subject is the very important one, especially to many of our readers, of Excise Licences. As the Report consists of nearly 60 pages, and very fully examines the origin, the alterations, and the present obli gations of Excise Licences, it is not very practicable to give even a limited idea of its valuable contents. We content ourselves, for the present, with the following extracts. In the prefatory remarks, the Commissioners say : The statutes which render it necessary that a licence from public authority should be obtained, in order to ex ercise certain branches of trade or manufacture, which but for such restrictions, might lawfully be carried on by all who are disposed to embark in them, manifestly operate as an infringement upon private rights, and an interfe rence with national industry, in justification of which some sufficient grounds of public utility ought to be adduced. The grounds of such justification are of fered when it is alleged that the impositiou of such licence is made subservient to some important object of police or municipal regulation, or that it is re quired as a means of raising, or of better securing, some branch of the public revenue. It is to that class of licenses which are avowedly imposed upon several branches of trade for purposes of the latter description, that observations will chiefly be directed. In speaking of Excise! Licences as being imposed for pnrposes of revenue, it should be borne in mind that they are so imposed rather with the view of being made subsi diary to the collection of other branches of duty, &c. The strongest objection is probably that to which we have al ready alluded, namely, the neceseity imposed upon any law ful trade of obtaining a license from public authority for its exercise ; the force of this objection will however be mate rially diminished when it is considered that the term licence is not to be taken so much in the nature of a permission from the Excise to carry on the business in question as a formal entry or recognition of the trader, and a designation of the premises in which the trade or manufacture, subject to Excise duty, is to be established. The origin of the general imposition of a duty on Excise licences may be traced to the Budget for 1784 on the close of the American war. The nature of the intended tax was described by Mr. Pitt as follows ;—" The next tax he should propose was a duty to be paid on licences to be granted to traders dealing in Exciseable Commodities. This was a plan that had been recommended by the Commis sioners of the Board of Excise, and even desired by many respectable and capital dealers in that sort of goods, the venders of which were to be the object of it. The pro duce of it he estimated at 80,000/. It was a matter of some difficulty to fix the precise price of the several li- ' tenses. The distiller's, he thought, might be about 501., on account of some advantages which he specified as pe culiar to that line of business. Brewers, distillers of vinegar, and printers of calico, might be rated at 10/. ; and a great many other intermediate dealers in the same description of goods acccording to the extent and profit of their respective , mode of business."—Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, vol. 2.1, p. 1,029. ON RATES FOR SPIRIT LICENCES, We are strongly of opinion that, so far as the licence duty is concerned, the distinction at present established between wholesale and retail dealers should be discontinued, and that the licence should be granted to dealers generally, the distinction heinl in the amount rf duty to be paid, such amount to he fixed in proportion to the quantities dealt in, on the same principle as the amount of duty is fixed with respect to the other classes of traders who have hitherto been charged with licences at rateable amounts, namely. the brewers, maltsters, and tobacco-manufacturers, the wholesale dealers being charged with licences at the rates fixed for the largest sales, or unlimited quantities. That a licence duty, when rateable, should be charged according to the quantities sold, certaii,ly appears to be the fairest principle for a variable licence, not only i❑ reference to the estalilishment of that rule i❑ respect to which it already prevails, as before mentioned, but also in reference to wlizt. was stated at the first introduction of this tax. The other principle which has bee❑ resorted to in the case under consideration, that of retailers of spirits, and also in that of retailers of beer appears to lie objectionable on several accounts. The amount, as originally fixed, was made to depend on the value at which the premises in which the trade was carried on were rated for the house -tax, or, on the cessation of this tax, at the actual or estimated rent of such premises. The mode of assessment cannot be considered as an appropriate one, not only on account of the subsequent total repeal of the house -tax, which formed the leading rule by which it was fixed, but also because the rent of the premises has, in a large proportion of eases, no reference whatever to the amount of spirits sold in them. This is peculiarly the case with respect to the better class of inns and hotels, as to which the rents are t;ener•ally the highest on the scale, whilst the scale of spirits is altogether a secondary and inconsiderable object. It is well known, on the other hand, that those pre mises in which by Eir the largest retail trade of spi rits known in modern times is carried on are intrin sically of little comparative value, and offer no accom modation for any other purpose ; and a rent fixed ac cording to the usual mode of calculation, and a license duty rated accordingly would bear no proportion to the quantities of spirits sold, or to the profits made under such license. It may be added that in the most recent sta tute which has been passed on the subject of spirit-li cences, namely, the Act of the last session, whereby the ad dition which had been made by the Act of 1834, of fifty per cent. to the rates of such licences, was repealed as to all dealers not selling above fifty gallons in the year, the principle of quantity sold has been adopted as the criterion for the rate ; and thus, in the cases which come within the repealing Act, the rate of licence is made to depend at the same time upon the two distinct and opposite principles of the value of the premises and the quantities sold. In carrying into effect the principle of a license rated according to the quantities of spirit sold, it has been sug gested that such rate might be fixed according to the popu lation of the places in which the licensed premises should be situate ; it appears to us, however, that such a crite- rion would be wholly inapplicable to the present circum stances of the trade, especially in the metropolis and its neighbourhood, and in the great manufacturing and com mercial towns, where spirit-shops are opened without any restriction as to number, and frequently contiguous to each other, their enormous sales depending chiefly upon their si tuation in great thorouglifdres, and upon the multitude of casual customers who are constantly passing. It may be observed that, in the only existing instances of licences made rateable according to the quantities sold, the department of Excise, at the time when the rates were fixed, were furnished with the means of judging of such quantities, in consequence of the manufacturers of the article in ques tion being in all of these instances also the licensed venders of it ; on which account, in the cases of malt and tobacco, an accurate account was, and still is, taken of the whole quantity manufactured, on which the principal duty is charged ; and in the case of beer, although the article produced is now exempted from duty, an ,Excise survey was, at the time referred to, maintained for the specific purpose of ascertaining the quantities made, on grounds to which we have adverted in a former page. In pro- ,1 posing that spirit licenses should be made rateable ac- cording to the quantities sold, it must be admitted that the same means of ascertaining such quantities do not exist as in the cases of beer, malt, and tobacco : but still, so long as spirits continue to be received by dealers under an Excise permit, there will be, at least, that check on the quantities ; but, even independently of that criterion, we are of opinion that, for the purpose of fixing the rate of license according to the amount of sales, it would be sufficient to rely on the declaration of the traders requiring the licenses, in the same way as we have proposed for the regulation of the license on brewers after the abolition of the survey. A statement, prepared by our secretary, the result of a very minute and laborious investigation of the subject, in the prosecution of which he (Mr. Harrison) availed him self of the assistance and information of experienced prac tical officers of the Excise, points out clearly the injus tice and unequal operation of the principle upon which these licenses are at present granted, and is strongly con firmatory of the views we have above expressed in favour of a rate of license according to extent of sale. The following is a further extract, namely, the summing up, or " conclusion," of the forthcoming Report (being the nineteenth) of the Commissioners of Excise Inquiry ; as before intimated ; this Report, which is very voluminous, details fully the important subjects of Excise Licenses. It is addressed to the Lords of the Treasury : " On a general review of the subject, we can have no hesitation in recommending the enactment of a new com prehensive statute on the subject of Excise licences at the earliest convenient period. A comparison of the schedule of the present Act with the more recent returns from the Board of Excise, will sufficiently show how much of the former is become obsolete by the mere repeal of license duties which has taken place. The recommendations also which we have submitted for the revival of some of those licences, as well as the several new scales of licences which we have sug gested, with a view to placing the whole of the Excise li cences upon the uniform principle of a rateable charge, ac cording to extent zfmanufacture or business, agreeably to the principle already in existence in reference to several im portant heads of duty, will of themselves, if our views are adopted, render a revision and re-enactment of the licence laws of the Excise absolutely necessary. " The schedule of the actual Licence Act has also be come inapplicable to the present state of the law, not only by the successive alterations in the Sale of Beer Acts, but likewise by the repeal of the House-tax, which was origi nally fixed as the scale for the amount of one class of the rateable licences. On the above considerations, &c. we ' trust your Lordships will concur with us in opinion as to the expediency of directing that the necessary measures for the preparation of a new Excise Licence Act should be immediately entered upon by the department of Excise communication and consultation with the various classes of traders whose interests are the nzost directly brought into question. Among the leading objects fur consideration on this occasion we apprehend will be— " Ist. The possibility of assimilating in all respects the law for Ireland with that for Great Britain. " 2dly. A re-examination, with a view to their diminu tion, of the existing distinctions of traders into wholesale and retail dealers, especially with reference to the altera tion made in regard to those distinctions by the recent abo lition of the system of survey and permit as applied to a large proportion of them. _ . " 3dly. The expediency of extending as much as possible the rateable principle in fixing the amount of licenses for other trades besides those in which it at present prevails. " 4thly. The revision of the law relating to the spirit trade, with a view to the discontinuance of the yearly re quisition of certificates of character, and to the separation of regulations relating to police front those relating to revenue. ".sthly. The fixing the period for the commencement and expiration of licenses with due regard to the customs of tenure in Scotland. " Besides the above points there are various matters of detail on the subject of licences, arising as well out of the direct provisions of the law as out of the practical regula tions of the department, which, we are satisfied, may be brought under examination with advantage both to the trader and revenue ; of the latter class is the enforcement of the regulation requiring separate licences for distinct sets of premises used by the same manufactu er. We have had reason to think (although we have had no direct communica tion on the subject) that complaints exist as to the severity with which this regulation has, in some instances, been en forced, and we have thought it right to allude to such com plaints as being a matter of high importance, and directly connected with the extension of our establishments for native manufactures. This subject, however, and others of equal importance, will, we have no doubt, be brought under consideration in the course of that full and free discussion on the subject of the new Licence Act, in which, as we have already suggested, the manufacturers and traders in every part of the United Kingdom, who are or may be interested in its enactments, should be invited and encouraged to take a part. We beg, in conclusion, to state, that when in this Report we have called attention to the expediency, and at the same time have pointed, out the means, of extend ing the principle of a rateable charge for Excise licences to cases of trade or manufacture in which it does not at present exist, our object has been, in the first place, by the establishment of one uniform principle, to get rid of those anomalies and inconsistencies which are now so evi dent on even a brief inspection of the existing table (f Ex cise licences ; and, in the second place, by the creation of a new and increased revenue arising from licences, founded upon just and equitable principles, to obtain for the Government, to a certain extent, the:, means of ma terially reducing, and in some cases, perhips,.4altogether abolishing some of those high duties, Whiehi,ttombined with the oppressive regulations of the Excise under which they are collected, now press with such injurious conse quences upon some of our most important branches of do 211eStie manufactures. " We allude especially to the articles glass, soap, malt, paper, &c. in reference to which it is superfluous to point out the benefits which would be likely to result in a na tional point of view, as well to the manufacturer : as to the public, if relief in some cases from duty, ana in,-others from vexatious regulations were afforded. • " HENRY PARNELL, " HENRY BERENS. " Office of the Excise Inquiry, No. 5, Whitehall-place, (Signed) THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY. MAY 17, 1837. AMERICAN PAPERS. " NEW YORK, APRIL 25.—8 y the packet-ship George Washington, Captain Holdttidge, which arrived yesterday from Liverpool, whence she sailed on the 24th ult., we have our regular files of English journals, including Lon don of the 23d. The most interesting intelligence at the present moment is the fact that the Bank of England had come forward and agreed to furnish relief to the Ameri can houses in London. Letters also state that the Bank had authorized the Bank of the United States to draw on it to the extent of 2,000,0001. sterling, with the un derstanding that one-half the amount should be remitted in specie at the maturity of the draughts. This news can not fail to produce a beneficial effect in this city, where the news by this packet has been looked for with the most in tense anxiety. " The merchants of New York will hold a meeting at the Masonic-hall at half-past seven o'clock this evening, to take into consideration the causes of the existing dis tress, and to devise measures of relief.' We trust it will be attended by every merchant in the city, and that this meeting will send forth a voice that the Government will find it as difficult to misunderstand as it will be unsafe to disregard. " SALES AT THE STOCK-EXCHANGE. 170 shares United States Bank ll2l to 1131 50 -- Do. do, s3O days 528 Delaware and Hudson 64 to 65 150 -- 50 - 106 - Morris Canal Company 72 to 72 Do. do. s 27 days ... 7l Bank of the State New York 9O 20 Farmers' Trust Company B3: 210 Ohio Life and Trust Company 93 to 94 100 Illinois Bank 75 to 77 10 Am. Ins. Corn lO l3 10 Jackson Insurance Co m p an y BO 50 Mohawk Railroad • 270 Harlem Railroad 53 to 55 194 Boston and Prov. Railroad 92 to 92i 221 Bos. and Wor. Railroad 83- to 85 100 N. J. R. R. and Trans. C 0.... . 320 Utica Railroad lO4 to 1043- 200 Long Island Railroad " The public mind is now turned intensely towards Europe, and particularly to England. The packet-ship George Washington arrived this forenoon, having sailed on her regular day, the 24th ult., from Liverpool. We have letters and papers to the 23d from London. It ' appears that America and American merchants occupy the supreme attention of that great capital of the world. The affairs of Europe are quite a secondary consideration. The Directors of the Bank of England had been occu ' pied from day to day to see what could be done, and all accounts concur in the assurance that three of the largest American houses were, and would be, sustained ; and it was also probable that others would also receive aid. This is cheering intelligence, particularly as it was feared that a large amount of American bills on the bankers in Lon don would come back. " Should the next packet not bring back any bills, it would give great hopes. There had, however, been nu merous failures in Liverpool and MancheAter, ; ,, tsak we could hear of only one a t th e f ormer place tliiinias an" connection with New York. " The Bank‘Of; 'England has shown a liberal spirit in coming foreiatd•i4 the rescue, and we are glad to hear that the agreement is 4 to sustain them fo r s i x mon th s a t l east . The arrangement is made from a disposition to protect and sustain the mercantile community. How different is the feeling of the Government of England to that manifested by our own ! Here the Government appear determined to pursue that extraordinary career by which. the merchants are to be crushed: The political news is hardly a subject of interest. The pause of the Queen of Spain was less , favourable. General Evans had been repulsed, and forced to fall back. - f* " The public feeling in the city is more excited than we have ever known it to be. As an evidence of it, a meeting is called to-morrow evening, to take into consideration the mercantile distress of the city. Within the last ten days stoppages have taken place among men who show thou sands and hundreds of thousands of assets over and above every liability. So hostile have the feelings of many been towards those that have brought these evils upon us, that it is said our commercial representative, Mr. Cambreleng, has met with some little rudeness in Wall-street. " Much embarrassment has been experienced from the fact that the Safety Fund Western notes are no longer taken by the brokers. A large portion of the circulating medium of the city and country is in these bills, and so long as they could be sold at q per cent., they were taken freely. The remittances from the country are almost all in these notes, and merchants who have thousands of them on hand cannot sell them at any price. How different with the New England bill, ! Even the notes of the smallest bank in New England are taken by all the brokers at 1 per cent. discount. Those banks have all kept their credit up in Boston, and the consequence is they will now enjoy the circulation, not only of their own, but of this State. " The pressure of the times bears very heavily on the la bouring classes. A petition of upwards of 200 operatives was presented this evening to the board of aldermen, statins that they were in great distress, and destitute of work': We fear this is only the beginning of trouble." (From the New Orleans Bee.) " Probably the commercial affairs of New Orleans were never previously or apparently in so awful a condition— merchants find it their interest to suspend payments, ra ther than continue business under the present fearful risks and pecuniary sacrifices ; and Banks feel it to be their duty to secure themselves first, and afterwards to think of bene fitting the community. The excitement, the terror, the panic, or whatever you please to term the state of public feeling, pervades all ranks : merchants h ave no confidence in each other, and banks distrust their rivals. To nego tiate the best paper by brokers :from 5 to 6 per cent., per month is required—and indeed even payment is re quired to be guaranteed ; but as for expecting either loans or discounts from the banks, it is almost out of the ques tion, excepting the notes of some favourites, and having only a few days to run. " Almost one-fifth of the bank directors are now insol vent, or have suspended payment ; and hence it is difficult, if not impossible, to acquire the combined action of our banks or any specific made of relief to merchants. It is feared there are only two or three of the large commission houses can forbear from becoming really or apparently in solvent. It is feared that all the cotton-buyers of the pre sent and last season must suffer like the cotton-factors ; and that the cotton planters cannot survive the shock ; and afterwards it is dreaded that all the notes on mortgages of property lately sold in Louisiana and Mississippi will be little better than waste paper. " The liabilities of the cotton-factors and buyers are commensurate with the exports of the city, say 75,000,000 ; including the responsibilities of the actual planters, the amount may be 100,000,000. But, taking into considera tion the amount due on land or estate speculation, the actual indebtedness of New Orleans may be fairly estimated at 200,000,000 dollars. From what sources can this amount be presently produced ? Acceptances have been given 12 months in advance on crops ; cotton buyers will lose nearly 40 per cent. on their purchases and exporta tions ; and land speculations are from five to twenty-five years in advance of the productiveness of their lands and lots. Factors have nothing for their acceptances ; planters can make nothing by the present price of their produce ; eight to ten cents the pound buyers must lose on exporta tion, in consequence of the depression of the Liverpool and Havre markets ; and the land and lot speculators have only a representative value of about one dollar in 10 or 20. " Relief is therefore almost impossible ; and some of the most discreet and experienced citizens judge it preferable to allow the evils of their present onward and fearful course, which may probably c_.:;ntinue for six or eight months longer. The cor.anercial horizon is so obscured, that scarcely a ray of. hope glimmers in the vista. All is dark ness, doubt. and despair. " To SeeiC support from the planters, whose notes have been a - r t - ;epted, is an ignis fatuus. Many of them have ac tuall'i 'abstracted their cotton from our market, and stored it ,tt home for an opportunity to favour themselves—no matter at what risk to their acceptors or agents here. " And to seek relief from E uro p e i s as asurd. The pre sent crisis is a death struggle between the capitalists and credit of England and those of the United States. " But this last is a prominent motive for considering the crisis here as national, and for inducing all our citizens of whatever pursuit or profession, and all our monied institu tions, to act in concert—to use every exertion and energy to sustain each other, in upholding national credit, and in spiring mutual confidence." A boat full of company was returning from Green wich fair on Monday night, the greater part of whom were in a state of intoxication, when, the boat being overbalanced, they were all precipitated into the river. Instant assistance was afforded by the Waterman near at hand, who succeeded in saving nearly the whole of them. Two, however, met a wa tery grave. The following anecdote of Buonaparte is too good and too short not to be inserted. When that distinguished re former arrived at Warsaw, in the year of Polish perplexity, a public ball was given in honour (0 of his arrival. Though not accustomed to any light, fantastic movements of the toe, the conqueror could not resist the temptation to try his foot with the beautiful Countess Walewske. Ile performed his arduous task with the elegance of a horse marine ; and, sen sible of the fact, lie thus addressed the Countess at the con clusion of his exploit, " I am very sensible, charming Count ess, that I have acquitted myself very indifferently ; but the fact is, my fort lies not so much in dancing myself, as in making others dance." There, good readers, is a story for the delight of every drawing-, dining, ball, and supper room in old England and young America. Whether it will suit the tea-table, we are not qualified to say, not being imbued with a taste for the slow poison which succeeded in killing the ever lively Voltaire, after 70 years, or so, of fruitless persQ cution.—Fraser's Magazine, REPRESENTATION OF WESTMIN STER-MR. LEADER. Yesterday evening a number of gentlemen, inhabitants of the parish of St. Martin's, Westminster, had their an niversary dinner, in commemoration of the opening of the Select Vestry. Advantage was taken of the occasion by the parishioners, who were actively engaged in the late election, to invite John Temple Leader, Esq., to take the Chair. Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., was also present. The dinner was given in the Lowther Rooms, and was attended by upwards of 200 of the parishioners. . _ - After the usual toasts had been proposed, and a warm eulogium pronounced upon the conduct of the late candidate for Westminster, Mr. LEADER rose to return thanks. He was received with enthusiastic cheers from all parts of the room. He thanked the gentlemen present for the honour conferred upon him in calling him to the Chair. He then referred to the late election, and said there was one cause to which their defeat was owing, and which particularly called for their attention—he meant the want of previous arrange ment by their party.—(Hear, hear, hear.) There was a total want of arrangement. But there was, in his opinion, one great cause for their defeat—it was one that could not be sufficiently reprobated by all persons—it was the system of intimidation which had been exercised. In other constituencies--in small constituencies, where the voters did not exceed 300 or 400—he had seen undue in fluence exercised—he had seen great families insist upon having the votes of those to whom they gave their custom— he had seen great merchants attempt the same thing with those dependent upon them in provincial cities—he had seen this done with the tradesmen dependent upon them ; but he confessed that he never in his life saw or imagined such a profligate system of intimidation as that which had been put in practice by the Tory aristocracy in the last contest for Westminster.—(Hear, and cheers.) Why, they were not satisfied—Tory Lords and gentlemen as they were—with going round to their tradesmen and ask ing their votes from tkem ; but the Tories sent their wives and daughters also to ask for votes.—(Loud cries of Hear, hear.) Many and many a tradesman, who was a Reformer in his heart, was thus coerced to vote against him. (Hear.) He was told by electors that they had received forty or fifty visits from persons on the Tory side, who all said to them, "If you vote for Leader, our custom shall be withdrawn from you.— ( Hear, hear.) He asked them, as independent men, if that sort of influence was to be tolerated ?—(Cheers.) But for the system, as it was at present, and considering the manner in which the aristocracy exercised their influence, he confessed he could see but one remedy, and that remedy was vote by Ballot.—(Loud cheers.) But there was a difficulty about this—how were they to get the Ballot ? If they had not—he said it of the constituency generally—if they had not the courage and the good sense to vote ac cording to their conscientious opinions, they never could ob tain it.—( Hear, hear.) They could not expect it by cring ing to the aristocracy, for the man who petitioned for vote by Ballot declared war against the aristocracy.—(Loud . , :' - cheering.) tin dr.A.4.11e il_resse-n t.,*y,stem, and with the pr e- - se n t elective franchise . overborne by the power, the piniiert3i - -; and the influence of the aristocracy, it was impossible that the people could be represented.—( Hear, hear.) He said, then, that they must unite, they must co-operate, they must combine together, and they mu s t ag it a t e f or th e B a ll ot. — (Cheers.) Unless he saw the Ballot given to them in a very few years, he for his part should despair of the peace ful progress of Reform.—( Hear.) Mr. BAI,NBRIDOy preppsed.the next toast. It wAs the health of their representative, General Evans.—(Cheers.) , Letters had been received the day before from General Evans, announcing his speedy appearance amongst them.— (Cheers.) They could therefore calculate on having soon aiding them one of the most active and honest men in the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) Mr. RAYMOND called upon the assembly to drink the health of their enlightened Member for the county, Mr. Hume.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. HtflfE rose amid loud cheers to return thanks. He believed the present defeat in Westminster would be at tended with great evil ; but he bad seen the Reformers rally too often to despair of them now. To Mr. Leader, and men like Mr. Leader, must they look for good government, and the security and happiness of the people. He regretted the defeat, though Mr. Leader bore it with great spirit ; that conduct proved they were not mistaken in him.— (Cheers.) They wanted in these days young and active men, who would join the movement, and onward go—who would not care for the threats of one party nor the wiles of another. The loss of Mr. Leader, then, he regarded as a national misfortune.—( Hear.) Every step taken to lessen the influence of a Government which would do justice to Ireland and to England, was a national calamity. The maintaining them in power was of importance to them —it was of importance to Europe ; every circumstance that lessened its influence gave joy to the despot, and the defeat of Mr. Leader could not, he believed, but excite delight in St. Peteisburgb.—(Cliecrs.) • , Doctor CARPUE would propose civil and religious liberty all over the world, to which he wished to add happiness to Ireland. Several other patriotic speeches were delivered in the course of the evening. The company separated at an early hour. CEYLON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. (From the Government Gazette of -December 17.) On the re-assembling of the Legislative Council on Thursday, the 13th instant, the Right Hon. the Governor opened the proceeding with the following address : " Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, In resuming our duties here, I shall commence by reading to you a despatch which I have had the honour of receiving from the Secretary of State, relative to a memo rial presented by certain merchants of Colombo. The despatch is as follows : " No. 123. Downing-street, July 8, 1836. " Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 13, of the Bth January, with a memo rial from the merchants of Colombo, expressing dissatisfac tion at the measures which you had taken for constituting the Legislative Council of your Government. " You also enclose a copy of the correspondence to which their memorial has given rise. " The memorialists complained on a former occasion of the delay which had occurred in completing the Council. " This delay being occasioned by your anxiety to select fit and proper persons for the office of legislators, you had the satisfaction of receiving his Majesty's gracious appro val of the caution which had regulated your proceedings. " The memoralists have again attributed your conduct in this respect to the improper motives, but I see no ground for concurring in their opinions. " I learn from your present despatch, that havin g been able to select three natives of C ey l on f or seats in the Cou ncil, who together with three merchants will have completed the number of unofficial members, you had intimated your intention of conferring a priority of appointment on one of each class alternately, beginning with the merchants. 444 In consequence of this arrangement, the merchants refused to sit in the Council, denouncing, in terms which I need not here repeat, the principle of precedence as esta blished by his Majesty's instructions, not only with refe rence to the unofficial members of the Council amongst themselves, but also as regards the official and the unofficial members respectively. " The memorialists advert to the constitution of the Le gislative Councils at the Mauritius and at the Cap c. of Good Hope. " You will inform them that the principle of prece dence as regards the official Members is observed in those Councils—that among the non-official Members the prin ciple of seniority, according to the date of appointment, ob tains universally in all his Majesty's Colonial possessions and that I cannot entertain any question which may involve a departure from either of those principles. " In expressing my regret at the determination at which the Memorialists appear to have arrived, I am bound in justice to the Legislative Council of your Government to state at the same time, that I entertain no doubt that not withstanding the absence of the merchants from that body, the commercial interests of the Island will always meet with that attention which their importance demands ; and I am inclined to hope that the merchants themselves feel no apprehensions in this respect, since they have refused their individual support on grounds which could in no way have affected their usefulness or importance at the Council Board. " Should the Merchants of Colombo retain the opinions ' which they have now expressed on this subject, it will be your duty to select for the vacant scats, with the caution which you have hitherto observed, fit and proper persons from some other class of his Majesty's subjects at Ceylon. " I approve of the step which you took, after the mer chants had refused to enter the Council, of swearing in the three Members whom you had selected, and of the consi deration which you appear to have shown on that occasion to the body of merchants, by placing at the head of the unofficial members one of their class who, you had reason to believe, would have accepted the appointment on his re turn to Ceylon, although he has since declined it. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) " GLENELG. Right Hon. Sir R. W. Horton, Bart., &c.' The course of exchange at New York on Lond on is 111 per cent., an d t h e par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 2.17 per cent. above par. RAT HUNT. —The workmen at New Hall, near Chelmsford, on Wednesday week, killed no less than 179 rats, and one nest, containing six young ones, without the aid of dog or ferret. They were in a barn, in about two loads of peas, and by filling up the apertures they were confined, and killed by sticks. Not one of the " warmint" escaped. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. CRAVEN MEETING, 1839. FRIAY. Sweepstakes of 50 sou s . e a c h, h. D ft. ; colts, Bst. 71b; fillie 81 41b., now yearlin gs ; th ose go t by untried stallions , o r out of a tried mares, allowed 31b. Ab. M. Lord Exeter's b r . f. by S u lt an , dam by Abjer, grandam 1 Rubens, out of Sp o tl ess ; L or d J erse y's C. Ilderim ' by Em miliusf er Ishmael, out of Fila gree ; M r . W. Edwards's b. f. by Wis es t out of Clansman's dam ; M r . Tho rn hill's ch. c. by Eradius, 11, Maria ; Mr. Walke r ' s c . t ep id us , by Emilius, out of CAUL (mare untried) ; M r . Wil son ' s fby M u latto, out of Yorkshire LA' by Cervantes; Mr. Sowerby's ch. f. Antigone, by August u l of Amoret, by Abj er ( mare un t r i e d) ; Mr. doddards oh. c ; s b Shortwaist, dam foaled i n 1832, by Bobadil, out of an' Li (mare untried); D u k e o f G ra ft on ' s b. c . by Langar, ou t of t u x' gend ; Mr. T. H. Stirling's ch. c. by Aaron, dam by Pete Election, out of a mare by Lignum Vitae, grandam by Sir Pe_, out of Miss Manager, by Giles (mare untried); Lord Suffie'l f. by Langar, out of Charity ; Mr. Greville's ch. c. Lablache) Rowton, out of Fasta ; Lord Berners's Sister to Phosphorus' CRAVEN MEETING, 1840. TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft., for foals of 1837 ' ° • u e mares that never bred a winner of the Two Thousand Ou s Stakes, Derby, or St. Leger ; colts, Bst. 71b ; fillies, 85t. D.M. Lord Exeter' s c. by S u lt an , ou t o f M ar i ne lla ; Lor— A%e el ch. c. by Sultan, out of Ramona ; Mr. W. Edwards 's twon, out of Clansman's da m ; M r . Th orn hill' s ch. c. Em"lj i t c t of Farce ; M. Co o k es ' s b r . c . Ch amean , b y C a mel, out of tisr: ra's dam ; Duke of Grafton's ch. c. Ottoman, by PleniPot ell .,/ out of Whizgig ; L or d S u ffi e ld' s f. b y M u l a tt o , out of Lun''' Lord Berners's Sister to Phosphorus. FRIDAY. The Tedworth Stake s , a Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, b. 40 e ft' l' for cults, Bst. 71b. ; an d filli es , B s t. 41b. ; th en three Y' lioof not engaged in the Riddl eswor th, an d got b y u ntried st al if out of untried mares allowed 31bs. D. M. ./ Lord Jersey's c. by Ishmael, out of Filagree ; Mr. I 1 • Data Clearwell, out of Angelica; Mr. Hart's c. by Clearocot Petulance ; Mr. T. A. S m ith' s f. b y Gl encoe, o ut of T-I▪ ia (mare untried) ; Mr. W a lk er ' s b. f. Gl ot i n i o , b y Glencoe , Pauline ; Colonel Peel's c. by Glencoe, out of Jason's 661. • NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETLY „, lgll TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 300 soya. each, 100 ft, for colts and fillies th en f° years old; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 21b. B.C,•v ie tei Lord Exeter's b. c. by R eve ll er , ou t o f Galata; Lor°Toitts b. c. by Reveller, out of Marmora • Mr. Bowes's C. by 1 , 40 out of Mundig's dam ; Mr. J o h n Pay's ch. c. Halfcast, by 0 01 out of Mustee's dam ; Mr. Cooke's br. c. Chamean, by Ca?„ hol et'l of Datura's dam ; Lord Jersey's c. by Glencoe, out Of dam ; Lord Suffield's f. by Mulatto, out of Lunacy. TV RESTLING. The second Grand W res tli ng M atc h o f t h e Cum b O O and Westmoreland W rest li ng S oc i ety came o ff y /Ste r e d ,; b d the Chalk Farm Tav ern . I t i s usua l w i t h t h e distingwo Club of these tw o coun ti es to g i ve t h e asp i rants t o ssrfi t ist honours two opportunities, during each season, of exu l t oi/ their prowess. Th e s t rugg l e o f yester d ay was t h e last °lf season. There w as an immense assemblage, but esrtsis ieo cf far inferior to th e mu l t i tu d e on G oo d F r id ay. • Th e deis t in quantity was certainly atoned for by the quality, A guests, and there was an immense number of very Wi ll° , dressed females present, who evidently enjoyed this 10 , 1 6 , 0 0. science. The syst em o f wrest li ng i n Westmoreland sou„011 ierland..loAver e,nd under, and,the,,fyst tench of the re decides the conflict. 'The - weights "aril "so classed as to bb d each candidate a fair opportunity for the exertions t be; skill; those und er t en s t one an d a h a lf being pitted tog` ril and the heavy weights limited to twelve stone and „ l e At two o'clock the weighing commenced, and the five 0- 0 took their stations in the ring, which bad been stake the pigeon-ground. 10° First Time Over.—Butterworth beat Buck, SedcloSiodei Lamb, Robert Ja mes b eat Whi te h ea d (a stewar d), a l O lO Pearson beat Ledger, Armstrong beat R. Graham, I Claimed of Bewslier, who would not stand. c ot Second Time.—James, the winner of the second Pr 00 Good Friday, co n t en d e d aga i nst A rmstrong, and, a fter very pretty play, fell together; James was certainly ° c oil, dermost man, but the umpires decided that it was a dog o and the men took th e i r h o ld again, and the bout Was 41.° b0 James. Curtn er b eat S e dd on , the knee of the latter toile the ground ; Pearson threw Butterworth. Third Time.—Pearson and Canner contended in this and Pearson struck him in the leg and won the fall. aitii The Fourth w as th e fi na l struggle for the first prize, s 4 01' between James and P earson . J ames ev i dently ba d tbe vantage in weight, and that too in opposition to a very 9 ° ol man. Both were particular in taking their hold in th r e a rO , instance ; but it s eeme d t h at J ames h a d reckoned hi s q 011 cations too highly—Pearson gave him the outside shake' threw him beautifully. The prizes for these weights were a very handsome o f tankard, worth 251., for the winner, and three silver s ° boxes for the others. The heavy weights came in directly afterwards, and very excellent play. Aft First Time. —R o b ert J ames b eat B eck ; Ledger beat strong; Hail beat L am b ( res i gne d) ; B eckwith beat 110, head; Dawson beat Butterworth ; Pearson bent Miles; son beat Seddon ; I A rmstrong b eat H alleburton ; He„rin, ‘, Tomlinson ; G ra h am b eat P artner; M argerson beat nirbfrk Second Time..—Henny beat Hurst ; Armstrong beat s i ll son ; Beckwith beat Ledger ; Margerson beat D a wson; beat James ; Pearson beat Graham. es° Third Time.--Hall beat Kenni ng; Marge rson beat et with ; Armstron g b ea t P earson. 0 Fourth Time.—Margerson threw Hall, and stood PP Armstrong, wh o was t h e o dd man, and defeated him 418 three minutes. bit ) There was s ome o th er sport open to all the compel , 11 continued until a late hour. The gentleme n di ne d at t h e tavern, where the prizes presented. THE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIJ , OF LONDON. a It is now m a ny y ears s i nce we first began to call "or on to the stat e o f th e pu bli c P ar k s, and to urge the p diency of improving their attraction, by rendering i ' tol is scenes not only of recrea ti on b ut i nstruct i on. Our eeelaetiog have, from tim e t o ti me , conta i ne d suggestions for eaeblic this desirable object ; we have recommended that the Parks should be planted with every species of tree o v shrub, which is capable of enduring the open air and 6111 00' of our Londo n c li mate ; t h at t h e Parks should in this "-f9' ner be converted into national botanical gardens, ev c i rr o ot° riety of t ree an d s h ru b b e i ng marked with a label to del t• its scientific an d E ng li s h names and its natural b,s,ctelY We wish t o see a commencement of this scheme imille"cor carried into ex ecu ti on ; an d , t h at gained, we should recap mend the conv ers i on o f t h e G reen and St. James's into gardens, not only of botany but of floriculture. not The above-m en ti one d exper i ment h as b een tried, b u d the in its most attractive features, in St. James's Park ; a 0 t bst result has been to prove, beyond further questioning,; t he the public w ill a b sta i n f rom i n j ur i ng the shru b s a' flowers thus planted for their enjoyment. t. Ol t The St. James's Ornithological Society has had the alrtsat of trying a more interesting, and in its results, ital )° , ec ts, question, i. e., whether the public will injure or lorc"*. o tsa collection of living animals, to which there is unrest r hbis access. The report read at the last general meeting °O l Society has set this question at rest ; and so well sa ". l :o' are the member s o f th e S oc i ety w i t h the resu l ts o f their are hibiting aquatic birds in St. James's Park, that theY h ibit about to ext en d th e i r operat i ons to l and birds, an d to them freely to the public, in aviaries to be e rected in oes 'i James's and th e G reen P ar k s. Th e t i tle of t h e " St* jai coa' Ornithol og i ca l S oc i ety " i s t h ought to b e too l oc al and „s . fined for the S oc i e t y upon t h e exten d e d b as i s just adopted. It h as t h ere f ore b een change d t o the I ' l)t er thological Society of London," and the objects which it is fesses are well worthy of so comprehensive a title. bir ds proposed to p rov id e a gratu i tous exh ibi t i on o f living' e l" c i e s in the Parks ; to exhibit the more rare and delicate s e P ffor ts ;ngigantic aviari es an d conservator i es ; to ma ke great d i s tri' to introduce into this country, and to naturalise here (bY fere ie bitting the surplus birds and eggs) all such species O f ne e, SI birds as are pre-eminently domestic ; such, for illst3"s and the oriental pheasants, the South American curassoceies of the northern grouse, for the preserves, the pure sPe s, ,gallus for the poultry-yard, and the tropical fina le _ o ral' for the aviary and cage ; it is also proposed to form ! I _ l ' so rt thological library and museum, the former to c ontain ornithological work of merit, and the latter to be ar'_.,d to with reference to the varied relationships of exhibit their comparative anatomy. Moreover , ta are to be lectures, publications, prizes, and conversoa; of or periodical meetings. At these meetings the rorroae. the Society will be ornamented with flowers a nd li 1 0 ,,,,ta dead specimens of birds ; popular papers on ornithois*,ol,, to be read, and ladies are to be particularly invited The Earl of Liverpool is President of the Socie o l Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Orkney, the BishoPistr. pa' with (an eminent ornithologist), Sir Robert Pee, l, yoleai birds:_ e ; a re ley Colborne, Mr. Robert Gordon, M.P., Wm' " o los° a ; (the author of the " Harm Entomologas"), IN 1r " S . log ist and Mr. Vigors (two of the most celebrated err uth : a d t a ; of the day), and many other gentlemen of i n fiuenea 0 0 0 lent are members of the Council, in which the rea na d dire of the affairs of the Society is vested. The names ran tee' rival ornithologists on the Council List afford. a g e to 0 that it is not intended to give an undue a'.:tvant a g t h o t t b° rl one particular system of zoology, and we trust ass ist !. scientific men of all parties will zealously unite. to ce, go o 7 establishing this institution upon the basis of scer bar on.' enable it to pursue its career with liberality and with honour to itself and advantage to the publi c ' His M a j es t y and sever a l me mbers of the Yil b ?.l eCts 0f have expressed their high a ppr o bation of the 0 J new institution. so reo _ _ A desperate affray with a band of poa chers ' on the or eight in number, armed with bludgeons, took placcibart 3d inst. at Shimpling Thorne, between Bury and Po c olli e ; The party entered the rookery to steal the rooks,,, l the in, ,t , & pelted a man andaboy,svho wer a re,, . 90 0 . a retreat ; further assistance being were em - ° 0-ma. lw' obtained, ensued, durin s g ev l e v , l e lic w h ou A n lr d . s, S thame ulaetlterßiuiaffveilnlg.ahnicis hbre'lvdeconbito:; ceived many • - w th a r s ee ca p p l t a u c r e e s d . onHetnhrey s S po te t, w a a n rd d , h a a r s in b g e l c e n ad c e o r, rn f m ro r tte '.s*. Herald. nlyed to watc,..„ colvi_, AEROSTATION. ASCENT OF THE VAUXHALL BALEOON. Yesterday afternoon the second ascent of the Grand Royal Vauxhall Nassau Balloon took plaet at the Gar dens, Vauxhall, which attraction, and the propitious state of the weather, drew an immense concourse of persons of the highest respectability, amongst whom we observed the following distinguished individuals :—Earl of Yarmouth, Earl Wicklow, Lord William Bentinck, Earl Montague, Sir Robert Jordan, Sir George Caley, Sir Caley, Captain Astell, Captain Piper, Lieutenant-Colonel Dixon, . Sir Henry Baring, Sir George Herald, Sir Henry Peyton, Sir Halghton, Baron Maltitz, Captain Polhill, M.P., and other persons of distinction, whose names could not be ascertained. The Gardens shortly after the doors were opened were crowded in every quarter. With respect to the ascension of the balloon which took place on the pre vious day, the voyage to the passengers was extreMely gratifying. The balloon, after attaining the altitude of 5,000 feet, ascended above the clouds, and entered a clear atmosphere, and the scene which presented itself to view is described as being one of magnificent grandeur. The stupendous machine, after having travelled at the rate of 28 miles in 20 minutes, descended with difficulty on the farm of Mr. Stacey, Nuffield, near Great Grinstead, on the bor der of Sussex, and not at Hodey, as stated in yesterday's paper. The wind, at the time of the ascent, it will doubt less be recollected, was blowing with extreme violence from the N.E., and it is stated, that had it not been for the ex perienced and skilful management of Mr. C. Green, serious consequences would have ensued. Early in the morning of yesterday the " monster," with all the necessary apparatus, was again placed within the enclosure, for the purpose of inflation, which work was commenced about twelve o'clock, and terminated by half-past five, at which hour the Surrey yeomanry band entered the gardens, and performed several admired overtures. A few minutes previous to the signal being given, the exterior of the enclosure was literally crammed, as was also the gallery, the latter by ladies, whose dazzling appearance produced an extraordinary effect. The hour fixed for the ascent was six o'clock, and all preparations for the departure being completed, the " weather-beaten pilot" entered the car, and was quickly followed by Baron Maltitz, Captain Polhill, M.P., Marr, Esq., J. Hume, Esq., Rush, Esq., Taylor, Esq., the proprietor of the gas-works at Manchester, and Messrs. T. and R. Hughes, sons of the proprietor of the gardens. At half-past six a Royal salute was fired from the gallery, which commanded a view of the enclosure, and this being the signal, the restrain• ing cords were cast off, and the stupendous machine rose majestically from the earth, am id s t th e d ea f en i ng plaudits of the assembled multitude. The ascent, which was not of extreme rapidity, presented a sight of unusual grandeur, Mr. Green being distinctly observed standing on the edge of the car after the balloon had risen to a great height, and from the direction which it took it appeared would probably descend near Windsor, or thereabouts. The outsicle \ of the gardens was surrounded with an immense assemblage of in dividuals, exceeding any number before witnessed on a like occasion. Notwithstanding the attraction caused by the ascent of the balloon, the spirited proprietors likewise gave other entertainments, consisting of an instrumental and vocal concert, in which Messrs. Robinson, Bedford, Bishop, and Buckingham, with other well-known professional cha racters, took part, and their vocal abilities received adequate approbation from an attentive audience. The company did not separate until a late hour, and evinced great satisfaction at the entertainment provided on the occasion. The King's and Italian walks were objects of great admiration. The balloon descended at thirty-five minutes past seven o'clock, at Charlewood-park, near Crawley, Sussex, twenty six miles from London. Six of the party arrived in town last night by the Times Brighton coach. SURREY Z 0 OLO GI CAL- GARDENS. The beautiful balloon, the property of Mr. Graham, again made an ascent yesterday afternoon, from the above Gardens, and the extraordinary change in the weather caused an immense assembla g e of the lov ers o f aeronaut i c excursions. Several thousand persons were present. The balloon, which had evidently received damage from the pre vious day's ascent, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, and the violence of the wind, was brought into the grounds at an early hour, and the inflation took place under the superintendence of Mr. Hutchinson, of th e South London Vauxhall Gas Company, but was not :com pleted till a late hour, near approaching to half-past seven, " nionk e y w h o when it was removed to its station on the Lak e . T he pa rachutehasse en t ryas e shortly arld, attached, a aa c containingaaaaa having the h aorn fired as th e signal, the cords were loosed, and Mrs.. Graham being seated in the car, the aerial machine le r . terra firma with considerable alacrity. The balloon, when about the alti tude of two hundred feet, was obsery A suddenly to descend, but Mrs. Graham having throw.' out a portion of the bal last, it ascended, and in a shoe, time appeared but a speck. The course taken was a:pparently that of the balloon from Vauxhall, which ascended a short time previous. Signor Jacopo alighted 'di safety on Kennington-common, and was forthwith donaiciled in his old habitation in the in terior of the garde9.3. Other entertainments for the vi sitors w ere provii'led, which gave universal satisf ac ti on ; i n addition t o wh ; iCh, a band belonging to the Coldst ream Guards performed at intervals numerous military a irs. Mrs. Grah arr , , who appeared in excellent spirits and with her usual int repidation, was attired in a drawn green velvet uonnet and sat.', l pelisse of the same colour. She safely de scended in a fie!td adjoining the park of Sir Charles Grey, near Carshalton The descent o 1", Monday last took place at Blechingly, in Surrey, a distance 'of 19 miles from the place of departure, which journey was 'completed in the space of twenty mi nutes. Mrs. Grah iam was accompanied on that occasion by Mr. Jeffson. The gardens have since our last visit been much improved, and different species of the works of the creation, bt , asts, fowls, and fishes, have been added to the former colle‘ction, which now forms one that will vie with any other in' the United Kingdom.