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for shot in the most spirited manner, and have hitherto shown no disposition to give up the game. At the Cortes, yesterday, the Minister of the Interior announced that the Duke de Terceira had gone off ; but added that he saw no reason for alarm at that circumstance, as in November last persons of higher rank (meaning the Queen and Prince) had gone to Belem for a similar end, and had, nevertheless, failed of attaining it. This as surance, however, did not seem to comfort the sovereign congress much, for it was received in deep silence, and without any manifestation of confidence in it. That assembly seems to be in a state of the most feverish and restless anxiety, and its proceedings (never very regular ore or methodical) have, within th e last few days, been m than ever confused and purposeless. Three-fourths of the time of each sitting are wasted in coarse alt e r ? ti and personal abuse ; and, from out the immense q uantity of froth spouted, it is hard to pick any thing of interest. Yesterday the Committee of Legislation proposed that the Govern ment should be authorised to dismiss forthwith all the mi litary officers and civil authorities who have taken part in the revolt now on foot. This was opposed by Baron Rio de Sabrosa, Count Taipa, and others, on the principle that, as there were laws already existing by which the crimes of desertion and high treason are punished, there was no need of a special authorisation for that purpose. The argument on the other side was that, as no man can be tried in his absence, things must, in the meanwhile, remain in state quo ; that is, the rebels in the field, and undeprived of their employments. The proposal was carried by 53 votes against 23, and is no doubt considered a master-stroke by those who de vised it, and into whose brains it never entered that the parties against whom it is directed have already dismissed themselves from the service of the Lisbon Government, and staked the tenure of their official situations upon the issue of the enterprise in which they have engaged. The Baron de Bomfim was at Pombal on the 18th ; what prevents him from coming up with Saldanha is probably that the latter, having more cavalry than infantry, can march faster, by making his dragoons carry the foot sol diers on the cruppers. Saldanha, according to the last offi cial bulletin,' arrived at Alcobaca at one p.m. on the same day. The Nacional, a demi-official Government organ, states that the Government are about to recal a part of the troops now acting in the province of Algrave against Remecbido, v.ho, by the way, still continues unsubdued. Passes, the late Home Minister, is very seriously ill. So far for matters of fact ; now for a little speculation. It is generally thought that, in attention to the delicate situation in which the Queen now is, the Charterists will not approach Lisbon till after her confinement, which is daily expected to take place. As it is , her a larm at all that is going - forward is said to be exceedingly great. It now seems most likely that the Charterists will succeed in their object ; but there are so many person of all classes deeply interested in the preservation of the existing regime, that it dues not appear probable that Lisbon will be given tin wlt flout a fierce and bloody struggle. Such is the ran corous f,,e144 of the Ultras towards the Charterists, that many of them declare they would rather proclaim Don Miguel than submit to the Charter, again. The people of the country at large are perfectly indifferent. There are tatmerous lists of new Ministers—to be named, of course, when the Charter is up again—but, as they are all mere works of fancy, I abstain from troubling you . with a string of names. At the head of each list Saldanha figures es P..emier. I'i'ALS'. "rue Aurlshierti Gazelle of the -22 d instant again reverts to. the alleged disturbed state of Sicily. A letter from Itotne, addressed to that journal, asserts that the autho t!ics were no s toner reinstated in the exercise of their fenctlons than they had linen again compelled to resign the or quit the island. It further adds, that the utmost anxiety prevailed throughout the country, and that a ge neral commotion would inevitably take place, unless the pre::mce of the King succeeded in calming the efferves ceave. "It is impossible,' it s iys, " that the cholera can be the sole cause of this state of things. Several seditious publications; and in particular a pamphlet, of which the po lice has not been able to discover the author, Karr given the impulse to the movement." Advic,s from Naples an nounce that some ill intentioned individuals having spread a report that the Government had organized a regular system of poisoning for the purpose of propagating the holera, the King was under the necessity of issuing a decree against the circulation of such rumours, threatening to have those with whom they should originate tried by a council of war, and sentenced to the severest penalties. The privileged Gazelle of Milan publishes in the last etiteher received a manifesto of the Intendant of Messina, dated the 30th ult., announcing that order was completely restored in Sicily. The Commerce of Saturday contains the following letter from Rome, dated the I.2th instant :--‘• Just as the Nea politan Government was sending a military expedition to Sicily, it was informed that a movement in favour of the Constitution had taken place in the Abruzzi. Although this first attempt was easily repressed, it was nevertheless deemed expedient to reinforce the troops quartered in the province, in order to enable them to put down any other demonstration of the kind. But we have just been told that a Sicilian battalion belonging to those troops had revolted, and that the military authorities have here tofore refrained from employing force to reduce them, in the hope of being able to bring them to a sense of duty by conciliatory means. In the meanwhile several sub-officers of the garrison of Naples, supposed to be disaffected, were arrested and imprisoned. It is reported here that Lord Palmerston has notified to the Neapolitan Court, that should Austria interfere in the affairs of the kingdom of both Sicilies, England would station a large naval force on the coast of Naples and Palermo. If this intelligence were true, it would be in itself calculated to produce a revolu tion in Italy." Rom E, Ace. 12.—1 take up my pen with joy to tell vt'u some good news, namely, that we have not the Asia tic cholera here as was pretty confidently believed. This communication is founded on the report which the board itnade to-day in the congregation of the Cardinals. The physicians present, who entertain different opinions respect ing that disorder, declared that all the patients who were treated as having the cholera have died ; whereas all those since recovered to whom the several remedies for perni ciosa algida were administered. But they all agreed that the disordered in the hospitals had this year a malignant character. I write this as I am assured of it on good authority, and hope in my next to be able to give you some particulars. It was already known yesterday that in the usual sanitary report respecting Italy, Rome was mentioned ; it says that about 50 cases had occurred here, but they were all very doubtful, and the physicians would not positively decide till they had seen the further course of the disorder. This declaration contributed much to allay the alarm of the people, and still more so, a notice issued this morning in which the cases that had occurred are declared to be doubtful, and at the same time permis tion given to eat meat on fast days. " The people continue to go in procession to a well known image, acid illuminate in the evening whole streets in which such images are placed. It is intended that the whole city shall be voluntarily illuminated in the most splendid manner on Monday and Tuesday, for which great preparatiores are making. In general, we have seldom seen the Romans so devoutly disposed as at this moment. Thie Pope lately celebrated high mass in the church of Jesus early in the morning, and afterwards ad ministered the sacrament with his own hands to many hundred persons, whsich made a profound impression on all. The accounts from Naples respecting the cholera are very satisfactory, but it seems that another disorder has been discovered, which has led to many important arrests. The Government, it seem s, has discovered a very exclusive plot, which is even said to have very extensive ramifications in the army. For some days past, we have had a serene sky, with very oppressive heat ; in - the streets it is at 30 deg. Reaumer (100 deg. Fahrenheit) and more. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLA, AUG. 7.—Namook Pasha, who was lately appointed to act as Lieutenant of the Pashalic of Aidin Ghiuzel Hissar till the arrival of the late Ottoman Ambassador at the Conrt of Vienna, Achmet Pacha is to embark to-day for Smyrna, whence he will proceed on to his destination. Ors the termination of the Russian manceu vres at Wosnesensk, the new Pasha of Aidin is to hare the honour of escorting to this capital the Archduke John of Austria. Preparatives for the reception of his Imperial Highness are now being made at the Austrian Internuncio's Palace at Pera. Baron Konigsmark, the Prussian Minister at the Porte, who arrived here on his return from Berlin on the 4th instant, is, according to the general report, ex pecting immediately after the review one of the sons of the King of Prussia, and numerous and distinguished officers composing his retinue. It is also said that the Emperor of Itussia intends paying us a visit incognito. The French ambassador, Admiral Roussin, who was ex pe(ded here on the 35th ult., arrived on the 3d instant, on board the Minos steamer the Scsostris, in which he had em bark ed at :Marseilles, having had, in consequence of the beam of its engine breaking, when 25 leagues off Malta , been obliged to put in for repair at that island. It is singu lar enough that nut of the 12 steam-vessels employed in car rying an communications between the Levant and Marseilles, every one, with the exception of two, should have arrived at its destination three, and often more, days behind the appietted time, and more singular yet, that this pro voking-delay should arise from the ignorance of the officers etnpoyed on board their vessels by the French Govern ment. on the recommendation of the superiority of their nautil e al experience over other naval officers. The Eurotas, THE SUN', LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1837. ob its return to France, stuck fast during a week in a blurt bank at the mouth of Smyrna Bay, against which it ran foul at noon-day. The Dardanelles, Syra, and Leghorn have again and again bad to witness similar gaucheries, and but the other day the Minos, though having on board an Admiral, and one who moreover having lived during four years on the shores of the Bosphorus might have been able to give proper directions on the occasion, imbedded itself in a sandbank almost close to the French Ambassa dor's residence at Therapia. The extreme irregularity of this conveyance for their letters, added to the sensible difference in the expense for postage, has induced the Europeans residing in this country to forward their corres pondence in preference by the Austrian post. The occurrence of five cases of plague among the crew of the steamer Leonidas, on his way out to Marseilles, has led the Directors of the Administration to forbid pas sengers being taken on board these vessels at any of the Turkish ports till further notice ; an exception has, how ever, been made in favour of the Marquis d'Eyragues, who acted as French Charge d'Affaires during the Ambassador's absence, who embarks to-day on board the Eurotas. The Governor-General of Southern Albania, Moustapha Nouree Plebe, sailed to-day for Salona. The Turkish Government is embarking munitions os war with great ac tivity. A frigate has been sent to-day with dispatches to the 'Turkish fleet, which left the Dardanelles on the 3d inst. The steam-packet from Trebizond, which arrived here on the sth inst., brings no intelligence from Circassia. Six weeks have elapsed since the last accounts from this country were received. This long interval is looked upon by the Circassian refugees both at Samsoon and Siaope as most ominous, and leads them to conclude either that the Rus sians have succeeded in effecting a land'ng on those points of the coast where the natives concealed their boats, or that the vigil ince of the cruising vessels does not permit them to send a messenger across the sea. I have in vain referred for information on the subject to the Journal of Odessa. No more allusion is therein made to the campaign in the Caucasus than if it had never been undertaken. Indeed, so carefnl is Russia in concealing her acts from the observation of Europe, that were it not for the notice which the Correspondents of the English journals at Constanti nople have occasionally taken of her gigantic operations in , this important quarter, no one in England would even sus pect their existence. According to advices from Alexandria, July the 28th, Mehemet Ali was with the greater portion of his fleet at Candia, and Ibrahim had left Egypt in haste for Syria. Thus, notwithstanding the injunctions of the British Ca binet, the whole of the Egyptian fleet is out at sea, those ships alone excepted which are out of service. It was not publicly known when Mehemet Ali was to return from his cruise. The Government was reduced to the greatest penury, nor could it be conceived how it was to meet its expenditure. The correspondence between the Circassian exile Seser Bey and Lord Ponsonby is carried on with much activity. The European acting as Seser Bey's Secretary brought yesterday from Baza.rdjik despatches for his Excellency.— Tithes. CANADA. TILE 11.,1.11,VE5T THE CATHOLIC CLERGY IN LOWER CANADA PREACH. ING THE DIVINE RIGHT OF POWER.—Lord Gosford has at last touched the true string for calming the agitation and the agitators in Canada. The Catholic clergy have been induced to come to his aid, and are preaching, as from Naples to the Poles, the divine right of power. [TRANSLATED FLOM THE MONTREAL AMI DU PEUPLE, JULY 26.] We are happy to be able to place before our readers the following extract from an address pronounced yesterday by the head of the church in Montreal, to his clergy assembled at his house, on the occasion of the consecration of the Bishop of yelmesse. We do not doubt that the Canadians with wham religious sentiments always have such power, will profit by this notice, which comes from so high a quar ter. We learn with pleasure that the Rev. Mr. Chartier followed the counsel of his superior, and drank very cor dially the health of the K in g . Ta . e number of priests or ecclesiastics present was more than 140. After the health of Pope Gregory VI., his Lordship the Bishop of Montreal rose and said, " That so solemn an occasion as the pre4ent had never presented it self ; that he saw nearly all his clergy met before him, and that he was gping to take advantage of the circumstance, to give to the pastors of parishes certain notices of the highest importance in the present circumstances of the country. That the clergy were to use every effort to establish charity and union among their flock ; that they were to represent to their parishioners, that it is never permitted to revolt against lawful (?) authority, nor to transgress the laws of the land ; that they are not to absolve in the confessional any indication of the opinion, either that one may revolt against the Government under which we have the happiness to live, or that it is permitted to break the laws of the country, particularly that which forbids smuggling ; and still less is it allowed to absolve those who may violata these laws." His Lordship then proposed the health of the King ; it was received with an enthusiasm difficult to express. The six bishops present, and all the clergy, by a unanimous movement rose, and repeated respectfully the name of the Kin , . All the clergy immediately expresse d their a pp roval of the notice which their chief pastor had just given them. Yew York Daily Express. The accounts, brought by the New York Papers, from Lower Canada, are far from being cheering. Of the latest movements there the Liberal of Quebec says, that " on the 21st July the freeholders of the county of L'Acadie assembled, to the number of 4,000, in the public square of $ village of Napierville, to take into consideration the iniquitous measures of coercion hurled at this colony by the • bloody and brutal' Whig Ministry and their creatures in the British Parliament." On the other hand, a loyal constitutional meeting had been held in Montreal, and a determination was unanimously expressed to support the views of Government. The 83d Regiment, commanded by the Hon. Lieut.-Col. Dundas, which left Halifax 29th June, arrived at Quebec 12th July. The Legislature was summoned to meet at Quebec on the 18th of August, but there was not the slightest prospect of any satisfactory result. Papineau's power in the House of Assembly was considered supreme, and his opposition to Government being well known, no benefit was anticipated *rorn the Session. The electors of Finsbury intend to give a public breakfast to their excellent representative, Mr. Waklev, to-morrow at the Highbury Barn Tavern. Mr. Hume, M. P., Mr. Leader, M.P., Colonel Thompson, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Roebuck, and many friends of the great cause of Reform, are expected to be present. The elec tors have adopted this plan in preference to the somewhat I exploded practice of a public chairing. A large sum of money has been collected in the county of Northampton, in order to defray the expenses of the petition against the return of O'Connell and Hutton for Dublin ; it already amounts to 4,000/. —Northampton Herald. On Monday afternoon John, the son of Mr. Smith, of Farley, a fine youth about twelve years of age, was drowned whilst bathing in the river Severn. On the mother of the unfortunate youth going to convey the sad news to his father, who had previously been in his usual health, he was found dead in the room, where he had been observed reading.—llereford Journal. RAILWAYS.—Mr. Ruthven of Edinburgh has be stowed much time and labour in contriving a form of a rail, which he thinks will be found to possess material advan tages over the wrought iron rails now in use.--Scotsman. Mr. Robert Hutton, the new Member for Dublin, resides at Putney Park, near Roehampton. He married a daughter of the late Dr. Crompton, of Eton, near Liver pool ; remembered in the north of England, especially at Derby and Preston, as a staunch Radical. Mr. Hutton is a Fellow and one of the Secretaries of the Geological Society ; a member of the Royal Irish Academy, one of the Council of the University College, London ; and also of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. He is better than all this—an intelligent, well-informed, and independent man. A public dinner is to be given to the distinguished representative for the Haddington District of Burghs, on Wednesday, in the very heart of the camp of his opponents. Perhaps the octogenarian Radical of former days—the " plain Mr. Maitland"—may say in his heart to this mani festation of public feeling, " God speed."—Kelso Chronicle. The same display of scurrility—of tedious iterations —of gross and false charges against their opponents—were made by the Tories at Jedburgh, on Tuesday last, as were indulged in at Kelso on the previous Friday. BRUSSELS, AUG. 26.—Yesterday the King trans acted business with the Ministers of Finance and public works. M. de Beaulieu, Belgian Charge d'Affaires at Berlin, had his audience of leave of the King. The Municipal Council of Louvain has voted 15,000 francs for the expences of the inauguration of the rail-road. We observe, from a report in the Perthshire Ad vertiser, that the Annual Registration Courts for that County have just been held at Perth and other places, and that a largo number of fictitious voters have already been enrolled. In the course of the examinations which took place before the Sheriff, several curious facts were elicited. One of the parties bad not seen the subjects on which he desired to claim as life-rent proprietor till the very morning of the Registrations, and all of them had granted bills for a given sum, in consideration of property, the value of which they had taken no pains to ascertain. A philosopher being asked why learned men fre quented rich men's houses, but rich men seldom visited the learned, answered. " That the first know what they want, but the latter do not." DUBLIN, AUG. 26. VICEREGAL COURT.—The Lord Lieutenant returned to the Park on Thursday, accompanied by the Hon. Captain Boyle, Lieut.-Colonel York, &c., after passing a few days with Lord and Lady Cloncurry, at Lyons. VICEREGAL DINNER PARTY YESTERDAY.—His Ex cellency the Turkish Ambassador and suite ; Monsieur Salame, Viscount Templemore, Hon. T. Chichester, Right Hon. Kennedy, Colonel White, Colonel and Mrs. Ar nold, Mr. and Mrs. Ponsonby, Major and Mrs. Wynd ham, Mrs. Forster, Mr. Lynch, M.P. ; Mr. and Mrs. St. John Blacker, Captain and Mrs. Bathurst, Mr. Norman Macdonald, Captain and Mrs. Williams, Colonel Sir James Hope, Scotch Fusileer Guards ; Lieutenant-Colonel Phipps, Lieutenant-Colonel York, Mr. Barry, Bth Hussars ; Cap tain Liddell and Captain Boyle, A.D.C. in Waiting. His Excellency Moustapha Rechid Bey Effendi intends leaving Odienne's hotel (where he has sojourned since Mon day) en rout to Belfast. His Excellency sleeps at Newry to-night, and proceeds the following morning to Belfast, and thence to Glasgow. The Marquis of Ormonde, Lords Ossory and Charles Butler, Captain Davis (Scotch Fusileer Guards) family 'and suite, are among the fashionable arrivals at Odienne's hotel. O'CONNELL AND CRAWFORD.—Mr. Sharman Crawford has addressed a long letter (the first of a series) to Mr. O'Connell. It is not easy to determine with precision the object proposed to he attained by the e p istolar y operations of the latter gentleman. According to his own account, the letter is written " for the purpose of declaring that which Mr. O'Connell seldom hears—Truth." Now into the merits of the multifarious matters with which Mr. Craw ford has with equal industry and intrepidity dealt, we have nei'her time nor inclination to enter. We cannot, however, but observe, that the late Member for Dundalk might, in our humble opinion, employ his time and talents to much more advantage in the popular cause to which he professes adherence, as well as put his " principles" also—principles for the peculiar possession of which he claims credit—to an infinitely better purpose than in penning and publishing a series of letters which will be greedily seized by the Tories as affording weapons to attack Mr. O'Connell. The Dublin Evening Post has allowed Mr. Crawford's letter to occupy two of its columns. Whether the effusion be entitled to the distinction of so large a space will be seen by the following ex tracts. They are short, but abundantly significant of the ac tuating spirit : " Yes ,Sir, the name of Daniel O'Connell, the Liberator, is here recorded in the ranks of the Tories, and the Tory Whigs, in support of Curfew law for Ireland ! ! i —in support of a law adopted by the Whigs, from the pre cedent of Tory legislation. • • • • • • You have brought yourself and your country into contempt with a great portion of the British people ; and the Go vernment to which you gave a injured by founded on pa tronage, and not on principle , is by your connexion. You have hurt the weight of the Liberal party in the House of Commons with the people of' England." These are fair samples of the sack. Towards the c onclusion of Mr. Crawford's letter we find these words—" These observa tions may be considered severe ; but observe, Sir, I deal with your acts and votes as respect Ireland, not with your motives. I censure the former, as I have a right to do. I impugn your policy ; limpugn your judgment. I wrestle with you on facts: I impute no motives, You will say , you desire to atta in this power, to use it for the good of your country. Be it so. you are not. infallible ; a warn ing voice may not be useless to you. You give no quarter to your opponents ; you can claim none. Those who court popularity dare not speak truth. Were a seat in Parlia went my object, I for ever cast away my chance, by the course I have taken ; I sacrifice the political affections of the Protestants, by supporting an equality of rights for my Catholic countrymen ; • I sacrifice the affections of the Ca tholics by my opposition to you ; I disconnect myself from the Whigs, by refusing to become a party to their compro mises ; and from the Radical leaders of the British people, by my condemnation of their junction with the Whi i ;i3, I am shunned by all parties as an impracticable, but yet, I have the satisfaction of observing, that the views I enter tain are creeping into the public mind, and if these views be correct, a seed is sown which may yet ripen into fruit. I conclude with a repetition of your own sentiments—'There is one truth should never be forgotten—that Ireland never yet confided but she was betrayed. " THE CATHOLIC CLERGY.—The following observations on the crime imputed to the Catholic Clergy of interfering in elections, are extracted from the last number of the Corl. Repo[ler. Though they relate principally to the late elec tions for this county, they possess a general application. With respect to the interference of the Catholic clergy in the late election, we expressly avow and maintain their right and duty of counselling and advising their parishioners in the duty and proper exercise of a great constitutional fran chise. That counsel and advice aro habitually applied for and readily given, in all the temporal and spiritual affairs of our poor peasantry. Why should it be withheld from them in a temporal concern of the highest interest and im portance? At a Conservative meeting held at Lloyd's hotel, a short time before the election, the clergy of the establishment constituted fully one-fourth of those assembled. We never questioned their right to ex press freely their political opi nions, or to use such in fluence as they could legitimately exercise, to advance and promote them. We claim for the Catholic clergy the same right and lir ivilege, which, circumstanced as they are, with a comparatively unenlightened population looking to them for advice, will not he denied them by the rational and moderate portion of the community. The charge of intimidation, as applicable to the Catholic Clergy, is faintly reiterated. Its absurdity in the late instance is a sufficient refutation. If the peasantry be not as well educated as we could desire, they are not deficient in natural intelligence and shrewdness. Intimidation was not necessary to induce them to vote against Mr. Longfield. They knew very well that he had opposed in Parliament a settlement of the tithe question, and that he had voted against the education of their children. Their anxiety, and the sacrifices they make to impart to their offspring the benefits of education, are well known. There was no difficulty in persuading them that Mr. Longfield was an unfit person to represent the county. The charge of intimidation, as ap plicable to the Catholic Clergy, is therefore absurd and false. The farmers in voting against Mr. Longfield, followed the dictates of their own inclination and judgment. It is stated that a meeting of the principal landlords of the barony of Condons and Clongibbons was held on Monday, the 21st inst., ' when spirited resolutions' were agreed to, and signed by every gentleman present, deprecating the recent illegal interference of the Popish Priesthood at the elec tion for this county, and pledging themselves to adopt every measure the law will permit to prevent a similar occur rence.' It is stated further that a petition to Parliament also was adopted from the Protestants of the barony, de tailing strong facts, and praying that the Priests may be re strained from meddling in future with temporal matters, especially with politics. The spirited resolutions' depre cate the interference of the Popish Priesthood as illegal. The framers of, and those who assented to, the spirited resolutions,' will be so good as to point out the law, sta tutable or pther, rendering it illega for a Catholic Cler gyman to advise his parishioners as to the exercise of the elective franchise. No such law exists. We should feel ' obliged by having those resolutions given to the public in the terms in which they were adopted, and we fancy we shall have little difficulty in showing that, if they be correctly described, though they may be spirited,' they are repugnant both to law and common sense. The electors in Condons and Clon gibbons are principally those on the Kingston estates. There was, certainly, an interference with them in the exercise of their franchise, which was both unwarrantable and illegal. The political opinions of the Earl of Kingston and of the heir to the estate, Lord Viscount Kingsborough, were well known. That Mr. James King, a younger son, should en deavour to poll the tenantry against their known opinions, and, failing in doing so, that he should endeavour by his presence to intimidate them, was unwarrantable. A like mode of conduct on the part of' the receiver under the Court of Chancery, whom the law recognizes in the capa city, not of an ordinary land agent, but of an officer of that Court, was unjustifiable and illegal. It was not our desire to be drawn into this line of observation, but it has been forced upon us. As to the petition to Parliament from the Protestants of the barony, praying that the priests may be restrained from meddling in future with temporal matters — especially with politics—it is not merely absurd, but ludi crous. What would be thought of a petition praying to restrain the clergy of the Establishment, who formed one fourth of the meeting at Lloyd's Hotel, from meddling in future with temporal matters--especially with politics ?" CHURCH -RATES.—On Monday, at the West Bromwich Petty Sessions, the overseer of Great Barr summoned F. Finch, Esq., M.P., before Lord Dartmouth and other magistrates, for refusing to pay the Church-rate as voted by the vestry. The Hon. M.P. objected on prin ciple to pay Church-rates ; but he said that by Sturges Bourne's Act the minutes of the vestry at which the rate was made should be entered in the rate-book, which not having been done, he contended, therefore, that the rate was invalid, and could not be sustained. After consulting together, the magistrates allowed that the objection took the power of enforcing the rate out of their hands, and dismissed the summons.—Staffordshire Examiner. On Friday morning a❑ itinerant hawker of books committed suicide by drowning himself about half -a mile west of Granton Pier. He was observed from the railway by an old man who was unable to render any assistance, but who hastened to the pier, where he gave the alarm. A boat was immediately dispatched to the spot, but life was found to be extinct. The clothes, bundle, &c. of the unfor tunate man, who appears to have executed his fatal purpose very deliberately, were lying beside some trees at a short distance from tile place where he put a period to his exis tence. He was from Aberdeen, and has left a wife and family,. --Edinburgh Courant. In some places, we have been informed that the wheat has been got together too hastily, but there is never a year but we hear complaints of some farmers housing too early and others too late. Competent judges assure us, that, on the whole, the quantity and quality are such, as to be satis factory to the grower. The ear and straw are said to be very clean, and not one complaint has reached us of smut, rust, or fly ; the same description will apply to the Barley and Oats, the crops of both of which are said to be excel lent. The " hits" of apples and pears are very partial, being in some places abundant, in others light ; a large quantity of fruit has fallen from the effects of the wind and heavy rain. - The late " dropping weather" has been favourable to the potatoes, of which an abundant crop is expected. The hops have thriven most luxuriantly during the " rainy and warm season," but we fear the last three or four cold nights have operated unfavourably on this un certain plant. The crops of turnips are full, and with the abundant aftermaths, give a very different prospect to cattle feeders, to that of last winter.—Hereford Times. Accounts, not only from our own immediate vicinity, but from all parts of the three kingdoms, are highly encourag ing.—Leicester Mercury. The harvest commenced in this neighbourhood yesterday week, by the cutting of a portion of a field of oats at Hanroyd Bank, near Hewood Hall, in Midgley ; being, we believe, the first application of the sickle in this district. During the last week, reaping has become pretty general, and should the present favourable weather be providentially continued, the harvest, which is abundant, and almost un precedentedly early, will no doubt be secured in the course of a fortnight. In some of the hilly parts of this country, the anomaly will be presented of two harvests being housed in on eyear,—a field of oats being now nearly ready for the sickle, on a farm near to the Old Dolphin, in Clayton, where the produce of last harvest was not secured till the mouth of February last !—Halifax Express. The operations of harvest have for a while been suspended by the late showers, until the arrival of more auspicious weather, which we hope has now set in. The rain, al though it has retarded the carting of wheat, has had a very beneficial effect upon the pastures, which are now exhibit ing a most luxuriant hue, whilst it has not been enough to injure the corn. Of wheat we may say that, contrary to the general expectation formed in the spring of the year, the crop will be even more than an average one, and of which we may safely say two-thirds are now secured ; and also of barley, though the long-continued drought has had a very serious effect on the poor lands, the cool and rich lands have been so much improved by opportune showers as to bring the whole to a general average crop.—Wilts Inde pendent. Wheat harvest is likely to become pretty general this week in the north 'of England, a considerable quantity of oats having been already cut. We believe that the quality of the grain will be good everywhere, and the quantity a fair average. The hops at Willem have rapidly improved since the late gale, which blew away every vestige of disease, and the crop has now the appearance of being the best growth that has been known for many years, and if the planters do not obtain better prices than they did last October they will be fiats. The picking will commence the Ist of Septem ber, and the crop here will average from five to six cwt. per acre.-o.r.Prd Gazette. We have timing the first days of this week had the plea. sure to enjoy the most truly nobly spectacle the county of Norfolk can exhibit, since the termination of the Holkham sheep-shearings, in sui veyiug the progress of the harvest in Lord Leicester's park. It had just commenced, and on Monday we saw no fewer than one hundred and eighty labourers, men and women, girls and boys, at work in one field of wheat. There were seventy-five acres, and the rapidity with which it was mown, bound into the sheaf, and set up in shocks, would seem niarvellous to those accus tomed to the ordinary progress and the few hands employed o n common farms. But e high satisfaction was in seeing so many industrious labourers made joyous by employment, whilst the master of all this wealth rode about the field, luxuriating in the riches of the earth, which have arisen as it were at Isis bidding, and delighting in being able to dif fuse so much comfort around him. Such is Lord Leices ter's daily employment, and it is impossible to imagine more true, more heartfelt delight than he derives from the har vest, now covering with the richest crops a soil of which, when he came to the estate, eighteen-pence per acre was the entire rent. Titus is this first of country gentlemen recompensed for passing his life upon his own domains, where it c onstitutes the first happiness of this most happy of mankind, to see the trees he has planted flourish, and the corn he has sown ripen, the farm-houses and cottages he has raised peopled, and to live amidst the blessings of a satisfied tenantry, and of labourers in the possession of every comfort of their condition, through their own industry and the employment he has provided them. —Norwich Mercury. In this district the crops are looking well, and the pros. pects of a successful and abundant harvest are very cheer ing.—Sunderland Herald. The harvest is proceeding most satisfactorily in this county. In the immediate vicinity of Chelmsford a large breadth of wheat has been carted ; one occupier has got in seventy acres. The barley in particular will be greatly benefited by the rain that fell on Wednesday, as well as the mange], turnips, and feed generally.—Cliehnsford Chronicle. In the course of a few days, except on the lowest soils, the harvest will be in full operation, with every prospect of a bountiful produce.—Doncaster Gazette. HOWDEN.—The crops are generally very heavy, and require additional labour in consequence of being so much beaten down by the recent storms. PONTEFRACT.—The weather during the last ten days has been very fine, and extremely favourable for the harvest. The farmers in the neighbourhood have generally com menced operations in the corn-fields during the present week. The crops are looking remarkably well. NORTH DERBisHIRE.— Harvest has partially commenced in this district (which is not thought as strictly agricultural) with every sign of abundance. The crops in this division are superior to what has been observed for many years. NEWCASTLE.—Another week of fine weather has been productive of great benefit to the crops, which are pro gressing rapidly to maturity ; but it will be some weeks before harvest is general in this neighbourhood. The bulk of the hay crop is now secured, but some old land is still unmown. WHITEHATEN.—The weather continues highly auspi cious far gathering in the fruits of the season. The crops in this district were never known to look better, and more than an average yield may now be fairly calculated upon" In many quarters the busy reapers may be seen plying their tail, and a few days will ripen the grain generally and render it fit for cutting. Several fields of wheat and barley in the vicinity have been cut during the past and present week, and should the weather continue propitious, the sickle will be in general operation in the course of another eight dogs. It gives ue sincere pleasure to state that every kind of crop is not only e xcellent in quality, but abundant in quantity.—Kelso Chronicle. The harvest is now fairly begun on almost all the low farms in the eastern district of the county of Haddington. The small crofts in the Highlands are remarkably abun dant. Every patch of ground around the huts on the hills is rich with promise. An old man informed us this morning that he had assisted to cut the oats and barley in his native glen for sixty years, and he never saw such a season as the present.--.lnverness Courier. The country never was blessed with a more delightful prospect, nor at a season of more need. All over the east country, and in the earlier parts of the three wards of our own county, reaping will commence seriously on Monday. In all the crops the head is heavy, and the supply of fodder is very great. Young clovers never were more luxuriant. The roots of the sheaves where these have been sown, will be very bushy ; so much so, that the farmer will require to allow more than ordinary time for drying thoroughly, for fear of heating. If next month prove kindly the fields will be clear by October ; and then all hands will be employed in digging up the potatoe crop. By a letter received, of date the 21st, from Mauchline, we learn that a great many fields in that neighbourhood will be cut down next week, and that harvest will be general all over the country by the Ist of September. The same will hold good of the southern and border counties, and the northern shires are represented as not being a whit behind. Their crops, how ever, are said to be lightish, from a want of early moisture. --Scotsman. The Earl of Durham, after spending a few days with the Bishop of the Diocese, at Auckland Castle, has returned to his splendid Castle at Lambton. We regret to hear that his stay in the county is very uncertain, and that he has been suffering from indisposition. Mr. Fleming, of Gateside, in Conistone, had in his garden three branches of rhubarb from one root. They measured round 11 feet and a half. The root was 2 feet 91 inches in circumference, and the weight altogether was 4113.—Kendal Ilfercury. The notorious George Steele, the accomplice and King's evidence in the Wistaston murder, has been com mitted to Stafford gaol on six charges of burglaries in various houses in that and adjoining counties.—Chester Courant. On Thursday a carpenter went into the church yard, Halsted, Kent, to repair a vault. He discovered in the vault a basket, which, on being opened, was found to contain the body of a female child. A surgeon was in stantly sent for, who stated the infant to be about three days old ; but from the state of the body, he was unable tld o say whether it had been born alive. An Inquest was he on the body on Saturday morning, before Mr. C. J. Carttar, but there being no evidence to prove bow the child came there, or whether it was born alive, the Jury returned a verdict accordingly, re-elected :-- The Marquis of Tweeddale The Earl of Morton Home Elgin Airley ...• 43 Leven Selkirk Orkney 4l Viscount Arbuthnot Strathallan Forbes Saltoun . 42 Gray Sinclair Colville of Culross Reay 4l The Earl of Stirling voted for the Earl of Buchan and himself ; and we are requested by the latter nobleman to state that, by an unavoidable delay in sending his signed list to the Palace of Holyrood, his vote was not taken for the Earl of Stirling, to whom he was pledged in return for his Lordship's vote for himself. The proceedings of the meeting were finished about three o'clock, having com menced about twelve.—Scolsnzan. ELECTION OF SCOTTISTI P.F.ERS.! Wi`TDSOI3. v. On Friday last the election of the sixteen representatives of the Scottish Peerage took place as usual in the Picture Gallery of Holyrood Palace. At either end of the large room two temporary galleries were erected for the accom modation of strangers, of whom there were a considerable number present, chiefly ladies. There were only eighteen of the Peers present, viz. :—The Duke of Buccleuch, the Marquis of Tweeddale, the Earls of Morton, Home, Strathmore, Lauderdale, Airlie, Leven and Melville, Sel kirk, and Orkney, Viscounts Arbuthnot, Strathallan, Forbes, Saltoun, Sinclair, Belhaven, Colville of Culross, and Stirling. Twenty-seven others voted by proxies or signed lists. The Duke of Buccleuch protested in his own name, and in the name of all who might adhere to it, against the reception of the vote of the person calling him self the Earl of Stirling. The Earl of Mar sent in a pro test against any name being called before his. Lord Bel haven having retired before his name was called, left a signed list, which was rejected, on the ground that it. was not attested by a Sheriff. The following noblemen were • _ Yesterday, in consequence of the wetness of the weather, the Queen did not leave the Castle. • This morning the Queen and Royal suite, occupying three carriages, rode from the Castle to St. George' s Chapel, and attended Divine Service. The former part of the service was performed by the Rev. W. Knyvett ; the Rev. D. F. Markham assisted at the Communion Ser vice, and an eloquent sermon was preached by the Dean of Windsor. The chant was Earl Mornington's, the service, King in F. ; the sanetus and responses, Jomelli ; and the anthem, " When the Son of Man," Kent, was performed by Miss Mitchell, Messrs. Salmon and Harris. In the Royal Closet with the Queen were the Duchess of Kent, Marquis Conyngham, Marquis of Tavistock, Lady Charlemont, Miss Cox, Baroness Lehzen, Colonel ' Cavendish, Lord A. Byng, Miss Cavendish, and Lady Charlotte Copley. This afternoon at two o'clock, the King of Wurtern burg arrived at the Castle to pay his respects. His Ma jesty partook of an elegant luncheon with the Queen, and afterwards left for town. At half-past four o'clock this afternoon the Queen took an airing in the Park. Her Majesty rode in an open pony photon, accompanied by her Royal mother, and was fol lowed by two other pliwtons, in which were the Marchioness of Tavistock, Lady Charlemont, Lady A. Byng, Baron Stockmar, Baroness Lehzen, &c. Lord Glenelg and M. and Lady A. Byng arrived at the Castle last night. Captain and Mrs. Harcourt and the Marquise d'Har court had the honour of joining the Royal dinner party of yesterday. Both military bands played on the terrace this afternoon to a very fashionable and crowded audience. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen Dowager arrived at her residence in St James's Palace, at twelve o'clock on Saturday, from Bushy Park. Her Majesty went to Marlborough House to in spect the reparations and alterations now in progress. Her Majesty was attended by Lady Bedingfield, Miss Hudson, the Hon. Capt Curzon, and the Rev. Mr. Wood, and was accompanied by her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar. Sir Benjamin Stephenson received her Majesty, who remained an hour at Marlborough House. In the afternoon her Majesty and the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar left town for the Lodge in Bushy Park. Lord Lilford, one of the Lords in Waiting on the Queen, left town yesterday morning in ono of her Ma jesty's carriages and four for Ramsgate, to receive his Majesty, King Leopold, on his arrival from the continent. Viscount Melbourne arrived in town yesterday from his seat, Brocket Hall, Herts. Lord Glenelg left town on Saturday morning for Wind or C stle, to have an audience of the Queen. Nir Henry Wheatley and Captain Sir G. Gipps had in terviPws with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday in Downing•street. Her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent will, it is rumoured, make a tour of " the British Isles" next year, and revisit the princely domain of the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. A somewhat similar mode of reception will be employed as was adopted at that princely mansion 18 years ago, on occasion of the visit of the present Empe ror Nicholas to his Grace. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager retains the Mar chioness Wellesley, Countess Mayo, and Countess Brown low. _ _ _ Lord and Lady Shrewsbury are entertaining a select party at Alton Towers, near Chatsworth. The Earl of Mansfield is entertaining a party of friends grouse shooting, on his estates in Perthshire and Fifeshire. Lord Stanley has arrived at Dun robin Castle, on a visit to the Duchess Countess of Sutherland. _ V T he Hon. Charles Compton and Lady Catherine Cavendish have arrived at Latimers, from Eastbourne, Sussex. The Earl of Selkirk has arrived at his splendid seat, St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright, after an absence on the Continent for several years. The Earl of Cadogan has arrived at his seat, in Inverness-shire, from Piccadilly, to pass the shooting season. Lord Valentia has left town for Brighton, with the intention of staying several weeks. • The Countess of Aidborough has left Leamington Spa, for Madresfield-court, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Beauchamp. Lord and Lady Portman have left HarewoodHousel Hanover-square, for Bryanston-house, Dorsetshire. • Lord Godolphin and the Hon. Mr. OSbollflle sailed from Rams g ate on Thursday last in the Arrow cutter , on a cruise. The Marquis de Tallavienio and Marquis de Tatn burri, two Neapolitan noblemen of distinguished rank, a re making a tour of the manufacturing districts. The Turkish Envoy Resc hid Bey is attended, on his tour to Ireland and Scotland, by M. Desgranges, Secretary Interpreter to his Majesty the King of the French. The Earl of Dundonald has returned to town, and on Thursday last dined with Sir Francis Burdett a nd a select circle in St. James's-place. The Earl and Countess of Wilton and a large part;" embarked in the Zephyr, his Lordship's yacht, at Cowes , last week, on a voyage up the Rhine. The Earl of Listowell returned to his house in Stanhope-street, Mayfair, on Saturday last, from a tour. Government has accepted the resignation of Lien' tenant-General Sir Richard Bourke as Governor of New South Wales, and he is expected to leave that colony on his return in the course of this year. His successor, Sir George Gipps, late one of the Commissioners to Canada is to embark for Sydney, with his lady and suite, at Ply" mouth, about the middle of October, or, board the teak ship Upton Castle, of 600 tons, and will touch at Madeira and the Cape for refreshments. Lord Poltimore's magnificent residence in Grosve nor-square is nearly finished. The Noble Lord is now at Hardington Park, in Somersetshire. Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby some years since erected on " Ellen's Isle" a picturesque summer house well known to the tourists of the Highlands, which was called .. Ellen's Bower," intended to represent the favourite retreat of the heroine of Sir Walter Scott's " Lady of the Lake." It has been accidentally destroyed by fire, which it is thooght erigistated from the lighted remains of a cigar' Mr. Robert Peel, eldest son of Sir Robert Peel , who has commenced his sixteenth year, will shortly enter the University of Oxford. Mr. Spring Rice and family, on their return fro' Mount Trenchard, near the city of Limerick, will, it is said, occupy the house in Downing-street, next door t o Viscount Melbourne's official residence. The presen t mansion of the Right Hon. Gentleman, in Mansfield-stre et, Portland-place, is to be given up. The Right Hon. th e Chancellor of the Exchequer represents and possesses the estates of two ancient families settled in Ireland in t he reign of Elizabeth, the Rices of Mount Trenchard and tn e Springs of Castlemaine. Of Mr. Spring Rice's ancestors, James Rice was made Count of the Holy Roman Empir e . by Joseph the Second, and Sir Stephen Rice, Chief Bure n of the Exchequer, in the reign of James the Second, vi!' created Lord Monteagle by that monarch after his ahch caation. Earl Howe's splendid seat in Northamptonshir e, Gopsall Hall, is undergoing great improvement, p re paratory to the Queen Dowager passing a few days on a visit to tho Noble Earl. The celebrated Vestris, whose son Armand marrjel the manageress of the Olympic, is still residing in peF i .,f c ,!: health, though at a very advanced age, at Paris. -1 u: - sturdy veteran continued to dance professionally till Dea l 70 years of age. r his M. Brassier de St. Simon, first Secretary 0 ' - ter Prussian Majesty's Embassy to Paris, is appointed minis at the Court of Greece. Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipp s th a l dined wi t ! - ' Sir Henry Wheatley on Friday. At on e o 'clock on S at day morning his Serene Highness left town for the Cou :inent. Prince Metternich returned t o Vi enn a on the 1 5th f istant. Their Majesti es th e E mperor an d E m p re ss of 1it 19 0. . via are expe c t e d t o re t urn to t h e P a l ace o f Schoeuhr uli n the 3d of September. His Royal Hi g h ness t h e D u k e o f C a mbridge , e' .. e r : companied by his so n , P r i nce G eorge o f Cambridge, " rived at Fkfort on the 20th inst. Prince ran Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, to th e British Court, arrived at Frankfort on the 19th inst. „ The Emperor of Russia, according to the last.. counts from Berlin, will not visit Warsaw before p rose ing to the southern provinces of his empire. The Crown Prince of Sweden arrived at Wi 5111 . 0 1 : on the 13th inst., on his way from Hamburgh to Dobell`_o_ at the latter place his Royal Highness will pr obably c bark to return home. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and ortn will go to-day to the Earl of Carlisle's mansion, New Castle, Cumberland. hist ° The Marquis and Marchioness of We stin will Lave Moor Park to-morrow for Grosvenor 11?, i n l i e• gn gr The Marquis of Carmarthen, Lord James i' D ,.,ka bend, and Mr. Sackville Lane Fox have joined the of Leeds on the moors in Yorkshire. His Excellency Count Alatiszevic, Envoy r iieea ordinary from the Russian Court to that of Naples, a at Frankfort on the 21st instant. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK AUGUST MEETING.—FarDer. 100 soya. from the Racing Fund, added to a Sweepstakes of 30 sous. each, 15 ft., and only sif declared, &c. Two miles. The winner to pay 10 soya to the Judge. 19 Subs., 7of whom pay only 5 sous. each. Mr. fieseltine's b. c. The Bard, 4 yrs, ist. 121 b Heseltine 1 Lord Westminster's b. c. Snyders, by Teniers, 4 yrs, 85t......... 2 Mr. Allen's b. f. Promise, by Mulatto, 4 yrs, ist. 31b 3 Mr. T. 0. Powlett's br. c. Wentworth, 4 yrs, 7st. 101 b 4 Mr. S. L. Fox's b. f. Miss Laura, by Lottery, 4 yrs, ist. 71b 5 Duke of Cleveland's ch. c. Jordan, by Langar, 5 yrs, 7st. 121 b 6 Mr. R. Peck's gr. c. Cleuts, by Argante, :3 yrs, sst. 101 b 7 Won by a head, after a severe struggle, between the first three. Sweepstakes of '2O sous. each, for two yrs old ; colts, Bst. 51b ; fillies, Bst. 21b. T. Y. C. 10 Subs. Lord Wilton's b. f. by Tramp, out of Bamfylde's dam...... Scott 1 Mr. H. S. Thompson's b. f. by St. Nicholas, out of Harriet... 2 Mr. R. Peck's b. f. by Leonardo, out of Theano's dam Lord Eglinton's ch. c. Achilles, by Actaeon Woa very easily by two lengths and a half. Sweepstakes of 30 sous. each, 10 ft., for three yrs old; cells, Bst. 51b ;_ fillies, Bst. Mb. One mile and a quarter. 6 Subs. Mr. T. O. Powlett's b. f. Miss Letty, by ...... Holmes 1 Lord Chesterfield's b. c. Capulet, by Young Phantom Won by three lengths. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. ; three yrs, 7st.. 91b ; four, Bst. 121 b; five. 9st. 41b; six, 9st. 71b; and aged, 9st. 91b. Tno miles. Captain Taylor's b. c. Lincoln, 3 yrs Taylor I Mr. Heseltine's b. c. The Bard, 4 yrs Mr. T. 0. Powlett's br. c. Wentworth, 4 yrs Colonel Cradock's br. e. by Voltaire, 3 yrs... Mr. Allen's b. f. Win. Jenkins. by Humphrey Clinker, 3 yrs 5 Won by a head, after a beautiful race. THZ ST. LEGER._ 3to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff—take 31 to 1 10 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mango—taken 10 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Henriade—taken ll t• 1 agst. Mr. Heseltine's. Slashing Harry—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirus 12 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Grisette colt—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. S. Fox's The Doctor 13 tot agst Mr. Golden's Robin Hood colt 14 to 1 agst Mr. Walters's The Prime Warden—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mahometan—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Dardanelles—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Blakey Topping—taken 100 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Melbourne—taken 5 to I agst Slashing Harry, Primo Warden, and Abraham New land—taken. SATURDAY (CONCLUDED). The Wilton Stakes of 30 sovs. each, h. ft., for two yrs old ; colts, Bst. 61b; fillies, Bst. 21b. Those got by untried horses or out of mares whose produce never won allowed alb. ; it both, 51b. T. Y. C. 4 Subs. Mr. Watson's b. e. Ratlin the Reefer, by Rowton—Novelty 1 111 r. Wrather's gr. c. Hackfill, by Actimon, 31b Colonel Cradock's eh c. by Recovery, out of Primrose 3 Won by a length easy. 'rhe Members' Plate of 501. ; three yrs. old, 6st. 71b ; four, 7st. 91b ; five, Bst. 511 a ; six and aged, Bst. 101 b. Mares and geldings al lowed albs. A winner of 501. in the present year to carry 311 vs, twice 51bs, and thrice 61bs. extra. Heats, mile and a half. Mr. Allen's b. f. Promise, 4 yrs Mr. Clarke's br. c. by Sir Hercules—Reue's dam, 3 yrs 2 2 The first heat was won by four lengths; the second heat by two lengths. EGHAIki RACES. These races commence to-morrow, and, from the nature of the entries, are likely to ensure good sport. Nothing has yet trans pired to enable us to speak positively on the subject, but it it thought in the neighbourhood that her :Majesty will honour the course with her presence on one or two days out of the three. The following is an an outline of the stakes up to the close of the en tries on Saturday night : . _ TUESDAY. The Cup Stakes. Edgar, Mus, Benedict, Lucifer, Railroad, Sheriff, Loutherbourg, Jack-in-the-Green, and Crichton. The Produce Stakes. Countess, colt by The Colonel, out of Bravo's dam ; filly by Mameluke, out of Bobadilla ; Horatio, colt by_Young Emilius, colt by Peter Lely, out of The Balkan ; filly by Defence, out of Lady Stumps ; Defender, Hecuba, and colt by St. Nicholas, out of Lady Sarah. The Members' Plate. Sepoy, 4 yrs; ch. e. by Emilius, out of Legend, 3 yrs ' • Willes den, 4 yrs ; Cavalier, 3 yrs ; Th e Unknown, 5 y rs ; and b. c. by The Colonel, out of Pinions, 3 yrs. WEDNESDAY. The Magna Charta Stakes, of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. ; colts, Bst. 71b.: allies, Bst. 41b. The winner of the Riddlesworth, 2,000 Guineas, Derby, or Oaks, to carry 71b. extra. The New Mile. 3 Subs. Lord Exeter's Corban, Sir G. Heathcote's Marquis, brother to Margrave ; Mr. Gardnor's Benedict. The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and only 5 sovs. if declared before the 20th of July. Two miles and a distance. Scsoggins, 4 yrs, Bst. 131 b. ; Alumnus, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b. ; 4 yrs, Bst. ; Famine, 6 yrs, Bst. ; The Drummer, 4 yrs, Bst. ; Lyr nessus,ls yrs, ist. 111 b. ; Lucifer, 5 yrs, 7st. 111 b. ; Magician, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b; Railroad, 4 yrs, 7st. ; Benedict, 3 yrs, 7st. ; Helga, 4 yrs, 6st. 81b. ; Gil Blas, 3 yrs, 6st. 41b. ; Sim iti, 3 yrs, sst. 11lb ; and Crichton, 3 yrs, sst. 111 b. The Aukerwyke Stakes. Candia, 3 yrs; Toothill , 4 yrs ; ch. f. Ich Dien, 3 y rs ; Gil Blas 3 yrs. TYURSDAM: The Sunninghill Stakes. This stake closes on Wednesday. Two-Year-Old Stakes. Sister to Green Mantle, Tawney Owl, The Hydra, and f. by The Colonel, out of Misletoe. The Egham Stakes. Ch. c. by Emilius, out of Legend, 3 yrs ; Edgar, 3 yrs ; Valen tissimo, 5 yrs ; Hornsea ' 5 yrs. The Queen's Plate. Mus, 4 yrs ; Sepoy, 4 yrs ; Lucifer, 5 yrs ; Valentissimo, 5 yrs ; Crichton, 3 yrs ; Horasea, 5 yrs ; c. by The Colonel, nut of Pinions, 3 yrs ; Carew, 4 yrs ; Edgar, 3 yrs ; Willesden, 4 yrs. ARCHERY. A grand meeting of the Royal St. Leonard's Archers took place on the 17th instant, in honour of the birthday of their Patroness, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, when the Royal Victoria ;prizes, presented to the Society by the Queen and her Royal Highness were contended for by the members under the splendidly embroidered banner presented to the Society by the same Illustrious Ladies ; and it was an nounced by the Treasurer that her Majesty had that morning graciously signified her intention to continue her patronage to the Society, and her desire that it should thenceforward bear the title of the " Queen's Royal St. Leonard's Archers." In consequence of and to celebrate this honourable distinction, we understand it is the intention of the Society to give an archery fete next year upon a scale of great liberality and magnifi cence, at which it is expected that all the ladies and gentle men attached to the amusement of archery from the •arious societies in the kingdom, will assemble to compete for the prizes which will be given by the Society, in honour of their august Patroness. This very fashionable watering-place is about receiving an accession to its celebrity by the vis►t of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, for whom great preparations are making; as well as for their Royal Highnesses the Princess Augusta and the Princess Sophia of Gloucester. Last week a man, named Charles Moseley, was committed to Worcester gaol for a ttempting to shoot his wife. It appears from the evid ence that the prisoner and his wife had not lived together for some years past, and that she lived servant to Mr. Brown, of Board-street, Yardley. On the 30th of last month, Moseley went to Mr. Brown's house , and asked to see his wife. She was called up stairs to him, and, on co . ming to the door where he was standing , he pulled out a pistol, loaded with powder and shot, presented it at her, and pulled the trigger. The pistol fortunately missed fire, and the fellow made his escape. He was afterwards taken into custody in Birming ham, and the facts having been proved against him, he was com mitted. —Cambri an. On Friday, Mrs. Wheatly, a widow lady, residing at Linthurst, near Bromsgrove, relict of the late Mr. Wheatley, of Bourn Brook, near Birmingham, first cut her throat with a razor, and then threw herself into a pool of water ; she was almost immediately takeu out, but was quite dead.— Worcester journal. If the best man's faults were written on his fore head, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes.— Gaelic Proverb.