The Sun. — London, England, 1852-06-30 00:00:00

HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE.—T , ,e bine is sill gro4.ing in a ,a,s fac:cry manner. We are et clear of flea and fly ; ni mould is observable, al:d the co.ly enemy we h ave at this moment to fear is excessive inciiqure. Our hope now is in a goud share of dry wa - pm cip, the iTnportance of which to our prospects is admitted by all hop-growers. LOOSE, JUNE 27.—The bine in some grounds has a deLed,d faint appear ,nce to-day, but remains clein ; and if fine weather continue shall be able to cultivate, Which, no doubt, will give them fresh vigour. Lac , MD.—The bine is generally good. with few exception , end growing fast, notwithstanding the late rains, with scarcely any fly. Toe grounds are in a very bad state from chickweed, as it is imposible to , get anything like good cultivation until we get the weather more settled. The same will apply to Broom field and Leeds. EAST l'Aannicir.—Very good; we have no insecls, and but 1 - Tv little mould ;on the whole we nvy say they are looking very wEll. YALDING AND WEST FAnTEIGH. — The bine still grows, but some grounds begin to show the effects of the wet weather, and will do so more and more 23 the time draws on. A wet season was never a kindly one for hops. There is no fly or any other evil than the too great quantity of rain, which must have a serious effect on the crop. AYLESFORD.—The bine in some grounds begins to show symptoms of having had too much wet; we are tolerably clear from fly; but unless we have more favourable weather soon, the prospect of a full crop Will he bld. _ Hamm...The hops are growing rapidly ; tine bine aa, places is looking a little yellow at the tips; we want warm airy weather. MEREWOILTB, NETTLESTE AD, AND WATERING BURY.—They fl-,urish fast and look well, and we beer of nothing against them. - WitoniAm.—The bine grows rather unevenly ; the flea 'is pretty well gone—no mould to be seen. The bine is looking yellow, and evidently feeling the effects of the long-continued wet, and from want of cultivation, which the wet weather prevents. MARDEN.—The bine on the wet grounds is becom ing yellow. CEANBROOK.—The young grounds present promis ing appearances, the bine looks green and healthy, and there is neither fly, flea, or lice worth notice. Those grounds which are of an older growth do not (xhibit so much vigour. They look yellow, and in the opinion of some people have been losing stamina where the situation is wet and exposed. The mid summer shoot has been developing itself satisfac torily. Everything, however, mnst depend on the weather. ROLVENDEN.—The hops in our neighbourhood, upon the dry land, are growing fast, but upon the stiff soils, although well-drained, are looking v er y yellow. We have a few fly, but scarcely worth notice. SANDHURST. — The bine during the last few days has made no progresti, except upon the best soil. There is no increase of fly. KEMSING, SEAL, AND OTFORD.—The bine is in a healthy, growing state, and free from vermin of every description. CANTERBURY.—Since last week the hops have grown very much, and are S looking a better colour ; very little fly is to be found, and the present appear ance indicates a good crop. General accounts are Pretty much to the same effect—stating the hops to be free from vermin, but needing settled and warm Weather.—Maidstone Journal _HENRY CLAY. The following extract from a sermon by the Rev. Theodore Clapp, of New Orleans, will be read with much interest, especially in the declining state of Mr. Clay's health : " The mail lately brought us the melancholy intelli gence that Hon. Henry Clay is about to sink into the grave. The last winter of his residence here in the family of Dr. Mercer, in a private interview, I had the pleasure of listening to his sentiments on the most in teresting of all subjects—religion. He said, believe In the truth of Christianity, though I am not certain of having experienced that change of heart which divines call the new birth. But I trust in God and Jesus, and hope for immortality. I have not for years retired at night without prayer for the blessing of Heaven; and that, in His infinite mercy he would be pleased to prepare me for the joys of another and better World. I have tried the world and found its emptiness. It cannot fill and satisfy the human mind. My dear sir, hew utterly disconsolate should we be without something better beyond the grave !' Instructive spectacle ! Hero is a man prosperous and powerful, great in genius and achievements, whom the whole nation had fairly idolised for nearly half a century—whose name has fhated across oceans, and reached the utmost bounda ries of the civilized world—who solemnly assures us that all terrestrial glories to him appeared ;less than nothing in comparison with a hope in the mercy which JPStli Christ has revealed." ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The • series of German plays terminated last night at the St. James's Theatre with Faust, the success of which on its first representation led to a general request for a repetition. The cast was slightly dif f-rent from that on the Tuesday preceding, Frau Stolte taking the pert of Gretchen, instead of Frau lain Schaefer. Frau Stolts's naïveté was charming, and she threw great intensity into the closing scene in the prison, where joy and despair are so skil fully mingled by the poet. Her description of the larder of her child—the horrors of a public execu tion conjured up before her tortured imagination -- her tender affection for her seducer, which burst like rays of light through the dark foliage of her shat tered reason— were all admirable pieces of acting. Emil Devrient as Faust, and Herr Kuehn, Mephis topheles. The soft.flowing declamation of the former is something admirable. Herr Kuehn has displayed 1 intellectual powers in the appreciation and interpre tation of the parts allotted to him, that place him high up in the list of dramatic celebrities. Frau Vlnddt has made the part of Martha her own. As to the other members of the corps, we can but once again Praise them for the careful study and attention they have evinced on every occasion. Mr. Mitchell, the enterprising lessee of St. James's Theatre, has afforded ins a literary treat of a high intellectual order. The masterpieces of the two great dramatic writers of Germany have, for tat first time, through his means, been ably brought before a London audience, with occasional selections from Leasing, Kotzebue, and other writers. We may add, that the audiences have been peculiarly constructed, consisting chiefly of per eons devoted to literature. The theatre has often as sumed the appearance of a study, the majority follow ing the actors book in hand, and line by line. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The lecturer on chemistry, Mr. J. H. Pepper, is delivering a popular discourse here on a subject which has already attracted considerable attention, viz. the purity of the Burton bitt er ale, as brewed by Messrs. Allsop and others. The lecturer observed that the scandalous charge of adulteration, which arose from a mere statement, or rather observation, made by Payer (the great French chemist), without any improper motive, had been met in the most spi rited manner by ten of the firms at Burton-on-Trent. Their beers had been analysed by other chemists be sides himself, and were found to be perfectly pure. Independent of all chemical analysis, the peculiar and terrible symptoms which arose from the poison strychnine were sufficient of themselves to betray its Presence to any medical man. After this vegito alkaloid has been taken in a fatal dose the unfortunate person displays the most unbounded terror, the Der vow system is fearfully agitated, and generally,the victim will particularly request not to be left, and has even been known to cling firmly to the friend who would leave even for a moment to procure the necessary assistance. Contractions of the limbs then set in, and exhausted nature only closes the dreadful scene with the calm peace of death. We know that malefactors might attempt to destroy their victims by this cruel, death, but we are convinced that no brewer, however great the gains to be secured might be, would peril his soul with so wicked and monstrous a sophisticate of the beer he sells to his fellow-creatures. Amongst the numerous experiments illustrating brewing, fermentation, &C., the learned Professor showed the complete method of analyzing beer, and concluded with the well-merited applause of the nu merous.audie6ce. ' ItoirAL COLLEGE OF SUBGEONS.—The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the colllege Pt the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 25th inst.:— Messrs. Robert Joseph Biggs, Kingswood-hill, Gloucester shire ; _M a tth e w Bass Smith, Louth, Lincolnshire; Thomas Edward Halls, Horselyd ow n ; Eugene O'Neill, Cork; Na thaniel James Grant, Thayer re 'William Little, Corsham, Wiltshire;stet M anc hester.square ; Charles Frederi ck Perceval, Kil no re-hill, Waterford ; Joseph Cockshott, Dub lin: Th o mas Westropp, Ardcanny, county m .h y of Limerick; Alderman Thomas Houghton Waters, Minley Hants; John Mageniss, Belturbut, county of Cavan; and William Collingwvod, famberwell. The value of the farming stock in England i n .. anted in the various fire-offices throughout the kingdom in th e year ending the 25th December, 1851, was 54,935,0531. The amount insured in Scotland within the year was 4 ,069,3081. ST. IVES, JUNE 29.•—The II( pet sloop, of Salcombe, s'ruck on the stones to this Bay yesterday, and imme dittely s nuk; cr w a .ved. PROLIFIC WBEAT.—A few days ago, a single root or stow (as farmers call it) was brought to our office as a specimen. The straw is almost a yard and a half long, and bears 76 ears, fully shot and in full blossom. Presuming each ear to contain 20 grains, below the average, we are told, this single root would, if grown to maturity, have Yielded a b ove 1,500 g ra i ns of wheat, the 'produce of one single grain. It was grown at Henbury , near.this town, on she farm of Mr. Charles Bullock, where other roots are groviing equally fine and promising. The seed (a few fi'ains) was obtained at the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace last year, from the sample there shown as the mummy c hest, grown on Prince Albert's farm.—Macclesfleld Courier. MILLINERS' AND DRESSMAKRRY FPO- T r AND BLNEVOLE: 12V311. TUTION. The fourth :tented TilPetiog of the friends end rnee l b er9 of W2. , 3 held lar.,t right at Willis's toni.-z, St. Jam s's; Mr. Sesphen Lewis, of the firm o I, , wis and Allenby, Ititg , taisstteet, iii thi-t chair. The business o f the M.F , tug g bavieg been br i efly opened by the chair man, a ve?'y eueourej; , g report was rt ad by tie secre tary, Mr. Shtuer. slated that during the past year twenty-six ieembers had been admitted, eight of whom were if subscribers. inakng the total numbor of mem bers 103. The directors, it; reviewing Coe trons , ictiona of the year, express a firm belief in the valeility of the ueitituii, t t, the prosperity or ,-,hieh th e y ore satisfied will induc-t many to joie it who iii its early stages were fear ful of risking their earnings in an :uncertain investment. The receipts for the year, including is nrevieus be.lt;:tee or 3181., were 1,0051. 193.; p hiLii the disbursements had lawn so small as to ec.ratit the purchase of stock to the eet:ount of 08i1., leaving, a balance in the bankers' hands of 2061. The liabilities wore tieler 201 ; while the assets of the institution, in cluding stock in Three-and-s.-Quarter per Cent. Console, 3,5301., amounted to 4,030/. 101 The annual revenue treat dividends was Wt., a sum whmh nearly covered the current exponses for the Sear; and ta second instal mect of 1001. had b3en paid on the point d'Angleterre, a valuable piece of taco, worth 4001,, presented by a lady to the society. The report concluded by an aPPea) to the beads of houses convected with the millinery and dre.;smaking business, for their assistance and continued support. The report, on the motion of Dr. Brower, was unanimously adopted; and a resolution was afterwards moved by Mr. J.Ullivicr, and seconded by Mr. Edwards, iiletlgieg the meeting to ca-operate with the directors in endeavouring to increase the number of members and the amount of the funds. Lit. Taverner, Mr. Redmayne, Mr. Sinclair, and other gentlemen, also stron3ly im pressed on the meeting, which was composed principally of ladies, the important advantages accruing to the mem bers of the institution, and described its prospects in very favourable terms. Thanks were voted to the me dical officers of the association, and a similar compliment having been paid to the chairman and directors, the proceedings terminated. EMIGRATION OF PAUPER CHILDREN TO BERMUDA. Yesterday, at the meeting of the St. Pancras board of directors, Mr. Churchwarden Elllett in the chair, the clerk to the board reported that James Combley, gibed 15, one of the children who WU sent out to Bermuda by tee pariah two year 3 ago, was in attendance, having obtained the permission of his master, Mr. Tucker, to visit his friends its this country. The boy, who looked remark ably well, answered the questions put Whim in a most intelligent manner. Ho stated that he knew many of the children who went out with him, and they were comfortably placed and doing well. He was quite satisfied with his position; his master's daughter in structed him in reading, writing, arithmetic, and music. —(Hear.) Mr. Stockton was p!eased to hear this state. went, as it fully contraHicied the foul calumnies which had been heaps i upon the parish at the time when these children were sent to Bermuda. He would move that the thanks of the board be given to Mr. Henry I. Tucker, of Bermuda, for his kind conduct to the boy, and for the very satisfactory letter he had sent to the boy's friends. Mr. Howes seconded the motion. The Chairman expressed his gratification at this undeniable proof that in removing the children from th e contami nating influence of the workhouse, to placid them with respectable employers in Bermuda, their exertions had met with entire elleCe93. The resolution was unani• mowly agreed to, and a gratuity in cash having been, given to the lad, be retired. Dr. Gregory th en gave i n the follovving notice of Thst this board do take into consideration the propriety of adopting; the necessary steps to provide for the well - abducted portion of the pauper population, that they should not be de prived of the benefits offered by emigrati on ." H a con -I,iclercd the case brought before them that day another proof of the desirability of carrying out the principle advocated by Lord Shaftesbury 's Bill, and to provide thatthe poor children shcuid not be kept in the work house until they became permanent paupers.—(Hear, hear.) The board then separated. CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT RIOT IN STOCKPORT. THE LATE PROCLAMATION. We have just received intelligence by express of an alarming riot which has taken place between the Catho lics and Protestants of this town, the former chiefly Irish, arising, as it appears to us, out of the late precis mation. In defiance of the prloclie streetsalmation th in e lConagthoplrioes of the town paraded through t CM/OU, without any other emblems than. their largo crosses. Multitudes of Irish from various towns in the n eighbourhood accompanied. This pa sse d o ff w i t h out disturbance; the inhabitants looking quietly on. On Monday night a dispate arose between au Irish man and Englishman in a public house in the town the Irishman asserting they would carry crosset: in spite of law, and which ultimately led to a row be tween the parties, in which the English bud the better of it, and the Irish retired, threatening to have it out the following day. On the following night (Tuesday), some Englishmen were assaulted by the Irish in the open street, a row ensued, and the house of a surgeon in St. Peter's Gate, with the church, were attacked, and the windows broken. The English mustering in force began to retaliate, and after demolishing the windows and moveables of all the cottages of the Irish in the town, attacked the two Catholic . ; chapels, turning them inside out, destroying books, pulling down the gallery, altar, and everything in the shape et fixtures inside, setting fire to the whole, together with the books and furniture of the priest's house. An imnsense number of special constables were imme diately sworn in by the magistrates, who continued in consultation during the night. In the morning the mi litary were called out, and steps taken to put down the riot. Upwards of 120 prisoners, chiefly Irish, were brought into the Police-office, all of whom were more or less injured, chiefly cuts on the head. At two A.M. on Wednesday m o rning one man had died of his injuries. With two exceptions,, most of the injuries, however, were slight, inflicted for the most pert by pieces of railing, bludgeons, bed-posts, table-legs, and sickles, which were the weapons used. The interior of the chapel is at present one complete wreck, and the priest's house a heap of ruins. At three AM. on Wednesday morning the town was quiet; magistrates still were sitting, a detachment of militry on duty in the Court-house, and patrols stationed in different parts of the town. The whops of the preceding is quite accurate, without the slightest exaggeration—indeed, it gives a very poor idea of the state of the town and its effect. The Height of Simplicity has been variously de fined, but we think it may now be known as—Going to a Betting Office, with the moral certainty of being "taken— in."—Punch. EMIGRATION TO AIISTRALIA.—The Marco Polo, very fine vessel, of 1,625 tons register, is to sail from the Mersey on Thursday next, with a thousand emigrants for Australia; and six other vessels are to be dispatched from Birkenhead next month for the same destination under charter of the Government 'Emigration Commissioners. The beautiful screw steamer, Sarah Sands, and the leviathan steamer, Great Britain, arq also to sail for the Australian colonies in August. The Tippoo Saib, of 1,800 tons, was dipatched on Friday with 437 emigrants ; and the American built ship, Rip Van Winkle, is announced to sail shortly from Liverpool for the same destination. AN OWNER WANTED.—We rea3 the following story in the Presse :—" There has been just found in the neighbourhood of Annecy, in Savoy, an empty balloon lying on the ground. The car and all the cordage were perfect, and there was every appearance of the balloon having fallen solely from the gradual escape of gas. At the bottom of the car were found a gentleman's cloak and a lady's bonnet and shawl, and in the latter a very handsome album was wrapped up. On the first leaf of the album there was a pencil-drawing of the panorama of the mountai ns of the country sign e d Eliza de R. There is nothing to indicate the origin of this mysterious balloon. From the direction of the wind, - it is supposed that it came from France, bat beyond that all is a mystery." The parochial authorities of St. George's, Hanover square, are about to erect a new workhouse on some ground belonging to the parish at Little Chelsea. The plans have been already made, and as soon as the contracts can be dis posed of the work will commence. THE POTATO CROP.—The Penzance Gazette of the 23d inst. says, "It gives us much concern to report the un doubted fact that the potato disease has again made its appearance in this neighbourhood, and we fear to a very large extent. As respects the parish of Gulval, we hear that the disease is so universally prevalent that almost all the farmers are having their crops drawn with all possible dispatch, with the view of disposing of the produce before it becomes en tirely unfit for the market." THE Acnum TRIAL —A just indignation is very generally felt at the abominably indecent details which have been published in connexion with Achilli's trial. For this favour the public "is altogether iudebted to the. Times. It was the resOlution of that journal to give the whole trial, that left its contemporaries no other alternative. It has, therefore, succeeded in gratifying its resentful feel ings against Achilli, and also in making a seasonable and welcome addition to the literature of Holywell-street. Cheap reprints of the trial, are already commanding ext ensive sales in that highly-respectable quarter of the metropolis.— Morning Advertiser. A THEATRE Row.—At the theatre of Toulouse a f ew nights ago the Fublic hissed a comic actor named number of DeEMOLIS , who made his debilt a . Desmonts being ann ounce d ngedv.ert intentioning' persons assembled of hissing a ga i n . Wh en n ces began great tumult arose, and a t tw fo hi r eth th pe thee froflol performances ve a length the stage manager announced that the ac t or had put an end to his engagement. The tumult, howev er , still continued. The commiss ar y of police asked what was required ? We require , you and the manager to make an excuse for having offended us!" cried a young man from the' pit. The only reply the commissary gave Was to send some soldiers into the pit and arrest the ringleaders. The per formances afterwards continued quietly. CABIN ET 14 Minigers are to eat their white-bait dinner next week," —Daily News. They have already eaten thei r words .-- Punch. The rate of exchange at Vienna has experienced a sudden and unfavourable reaction of nearly • one-and-a.half per cent., the quotation which had receded to 11.43, having again reached 11.51. A proportionate rise had occurred in the premiums on gold and silver. , A RECIPE —Here is a recipe to get rid of an old acquaintance, whose society you do not like :—lf he is poor lend him some money; if he is rich, ask him to lend you some. Both means are certain. TTIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SPORTING NOTES. it t.. TUE SALTS:3IIIIY MEETING, fzc. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: I.l,Uniog of (Thief Ju tioe yesterday for the Frei C rli lc cu en eleetrifier for tho nerves of these who havt•, on the strength of his New castle running, backcd him heavily for the Goodwood Strkes. At 'Newcastle, with the top weight up, ho won the Corpor,ztion Plate with ease, and, carrying weight for age, disposed. easily of all his antagonists for her Ma jesty's Plate; yet at Carlisle, with but 7st upon his back, he is beaten with the greatest ease by o.horne's fast filly Lady Agrieg. Whether or no the public will take fright - at thiS discrepancy being stemingly so very•great between - his tien'castie and Carlisle per furrnances—l am at present- unahle to say, as very business has been transacted en the Goodwood Stakes since the arrival of the news of the defeat of the Justice; but one thing I can say, tnd that is, his running yesterday, in my opinion, was such as might have been expected, as he gave a great weight away to a very fast hors© for a short distance, and short dis tances are not Chief Juatieu's forte; he can carry a great weight, and vein comparatively easy at a long distance, as his staying powers are undeniable, while in speed he ranks but as a third or fourth-rate. If this horse ever possessed a chance for the Goodwood Stakes (query), it is not deteriorated in the least by his defeat yesterday. To-Morrow and Friday two very respectable days' sport are marked for decision at Salisbury. I shall not be able to touch upon more than four of the stokes, as the remaining five are not entered for as yet. The Wiltshire Stakes are a failure to a certain extent, as but four acceptances have been obtained; one of them, Antigone, the broker' down, being of course a non-starter; so to Hothorpe or Buckthorn, whichever Day's party start, will fell the proud distinction of beat ing Promlfoot, although, upon second thoughts, it is not impossible they may let the last-named walk over. The second bout of the First Wiltshire Triennial Stakes will not improbably end in a walk over for the Duke of Riot:mom:Vs HARBINGER; but, if opposed, it will probably be by Eleot or Maidstone, and Lithograph. It must in any way terminate in favour of the yellow jacket and crimson cap. The Wilton Park Stakes will probably be an inte resting race, although I cannot form any idea who the starters will be. Three names stand prominently forth, Gold Dust, Pug Orrock, and Catherine Hayes; in the absercn of Pug Orrock, who, I believe, is considered a doubtful starter, I must award the first and second place to GOLD DUST and Catherine Hayes. The 10 sovs. Stakes , for two and three years old, will, in all probability, fall to the lot of LITTLE HARRY or PRETENTION. To-morrow I intend to enter at some length into that very interesting two years old meeting at Newmarket, yelept the July.—l em, Sir, Ste. June 30, 1852. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. 6.'PORTEN 6 INTELLIGENCE. CARLISLE RACES.—TUESDAY. The Corby Castle Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, for two and three yrs old. T.Y.C. (8 Subs.) Mr. J. o,,borne's Lambton, 2 yrs, Est 121 b—walked over. Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, 3 fr, and 50 added, the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 5 sovs. towards expenses. Wee round. (12 Subs.) Mr. J.olborne's Lady Agnes, 3 yrs, sst 61b (Carroll) 1 Mr. Martinson's Nancy, 4 yrs, Bst 10!b...... (T. Lye) 2 Mr. Franr nd Freebooter, 4 yrs, ssr, 131b(Ferguson) 3 Mr. Graham's Harker, 3 yrs, 4st lib (41bs over) fell 4to 1 on Chief Justice. Won in a canter by six len g ths. The Cambrian Hunters' Stakes (handicap) of 7 soya. each, 5 fr, and 3 only if declared with 20 soya, added. Two miles. Mr. W. Redfern's Testator, 6 yrs, list 101 b - Mr. Taylor ad Cogia, 6 yrs, list 41b, 2 Mr. Herviersbo's Maley, 5 yrs, list 3 BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TITESDAY LIVERPOOL JULY CUP.-4 to 1 agst Poodle (t), 7to 1 agst Colsterdale (t), 7 to 1 agst Lucio (t), 15 to 1 agat Cossack (r). GooDwooD STASES.-10 to 1 agat Chief Justice (t), 12 to 1 agst Houlsktn (t); I 2 to 1 apt Haricot (t), 14 to 1 agst Termagant (t), 14 to'l agst Cariboo (t), 14 to 1 agst Champion (0. GOODWOOD Cu.-.-P5 to 2 agst Stilton (t), 4to 1 agst Kingston (r), 10 to 1 agst Joe Miller (t). INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. YORK AUGUST MEETING. The Great Ebor Handicap, of 20 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared by the 10th July. Yrs at lb Yrs st lb Voltigeur ..,...... 5 8 13 Phantom 3 6 4 Chief Justice Vatican . .. 6 8 12 High Sheriff ...... 3 6 3 Cossack ....... ~, 5 6 3 Clincher Uriel Pitsford Backbiter Black Doctor Nancy 4 8 0 Pelopidas Musician 5 7 13 St. Michael 3 6 0 Miss Ann liernandr z Marlborough Buck 4 7 12 Lady Harriet 3 5 12 Stilton 3 7 12 The Red Lion ... 3 5 12 Officious Truth 4phosui Colsterdale 4 7 8 Sackbut Alp Itingleader Now-or-Never Montague Hippolytus Calculator ... ...... 4 6 13 Consolation.. 4 5 9 Buckthorn Little Harry Haricot 'Tom Lloltby 6 6 1 1 3 2 Surveyor wateriau .... 4 3 5 5 8 8 Bird - on-tho.Viing 3 6 12 Weathergege 3 5 7 Alfred the Great 3 6 10 Lady Amyott 3 5 7 Sir Rowland Tien- Madeline 3' 5 4 chard Indian Warrior ... 3 6 10 Laura Middleton they Tommy 36 9 1 Purser 35 4 La Gazza Ladra... 6 6 9 Odessa Poodle 3 6 9 Old English Oak . 3 5 0 Frantic Lucio Constellation . 4 6 7 Cleveland ......... 3 4 13 Paquette 4 6 6be by Itburiel, out The Saxon Bardolph 3 6 sPoetess ............ 3 4 12 Elcot Koook K no ll s lt t i o ni ry ny te m n e e d r e .... L3 AF b ne ,.r s r3 G , . e . b .. b • ..... ... 3 4 4 3 4 0 CRIC THE GENTLEMEN OF ] MEN OF E The score at the coaclusioi GENTLEMEN First Innings. Mr. E. Hartopp, run out ... Mr. R. Skelton, c A. Mynn, b Frederi c k s Mr. G. Cooke, b Fredericka 2 c Pontifex, b Fredericks 2 Mr. H. Vernon, c Andrews,. b Fredericks ..... Hon. S. Po n i on b y, b Wiileq 8 c and bA.My nn b Pontifex 13 at Andrews, bA. Wynn 6 0 Mr. A. Haygarth, b Pqntifet 28 b Mynn • • " '''' Mr. W. Hanmeraley, not out 10 c Andrews, bA. Mynn 7 Lord Guernsey, run out ... 4 c Pontifex, b Fredericks 1 Sir F. Bathurst, c Fenn, b Norton,— ' ....... 0 bA. Mynn •• 3 0 Mr. J. Parker, b No rton ... 1 not ou t ................••• 3 B 10, Ibl, w 10 .., 2l Lbl, w 2 KENT v THE GENTLE GLAND. In of this match stood thus : CF ENGLAND. Second Innings. bA. Alynn ............... 1 132 ..., GENTLEMEII OF KENT. First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. W. Mynn, b Bathurst ... 3 c Williams, b Bathurst 0 Mr. H. Peel, b Bath urs t ... 6 b Parker Mr. S. Smith, c Conke, b Skelton Mr. W. Norton, c Williams, 13 b Hammersley . . Mr. N. Felix, st Williams, b Bathurst ........ .. Mr. A. Mynn, b Bathurst 26 Mr. H. Andrews, b Ham- 0 mersley Mr. E. L. Willes, c and b Bathurst 49 Mr. F. Fredericks, b Parker 4 Mr. C. Pontifex, b Bathurst 20 Mr. S. Fenn, not out 1 b Parker B 1,1 b 3, wl ...... 5 rif 1. ° 1 160 23 The Gentlemon of England lost by sevon wickets. UNIVE fi SITY 'OF LONDON. The following candidates have passed the examination for the degree of Master of Arts:— BRANCH I.—Classics. • Giles, William—University College. Jackson, Edward Steane—University College. } Equal. BRANCH IL—Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Batty, Rt. Braithwaite (Gold Medal) —University Col. Bridge, John- r University College. BRANCH 11E —Logic, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of the Mind, Political Philosophy, Political Economy. Rrdford, Robert Ainslie (Gold Medal)—Spring-hill Col. Fitch, Joshua Girling—University College. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRES—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the performances at her Majesty's Theatre with his presence yesterday evenings His Royal Highness was attended by Major Hon. James Mac donald. Her Majesty's box ,was occupied by the Countess of Munster, the Hon. Amelia Murray, the Right Hon. the Secretary for the Colonies and Lady Pakington, Miss Mont gomery, Miss 'Murray, Mr. •Mitchell, Mrs. Mitchell and party. Amongst the noble and distinguished individuals also honouring the theatre with their presence on this occa sion were the followiugt—His Grace the Duke of Welling ton, the Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, and Lady Charles Wellesley, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and- Lady Augusta Paulett, the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, the Duke of Norfolk, his Excellency this Sardinian Minister, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Bath, the Marquis of. Dunegal, the First Secre tary of the American Legation, Sccs • ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—His Highness Said Pacha paid yesterday a visit to this institution, accom panied by his suite, and attended by Captain. Stopford Claremont. The models of steam-engines impelled by at mospheric pressure attracted much of his Highness's atten tioh. The manufacture of needles by the recently-improved process 'of Mr. Morrall was explained, with which his High ness appeared much pleased. A tubular iron bridge, in the style of those exist ing in England, is to be constructed over the Olathe, at Tilff, in Belgium. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS-. (From the Votes alairoceed27t qs i)/ ihe Reuse of COMMO7I.I TUESDAY, JUNE 29. BIRKENHEAD DOCK TRUSTEES BILL. Order for 'Third Ile ding read ;INTotion made, and Ques tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read the third time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words "upon this day month :" -- Question put, " That the word 'now' stand pare of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 47. Arkwright, George Galway, Viscount Peel, Colonel Bagge, William Gore, W. 0. Plowden, W. 11. Bailey, Joseph Greene, John Powlett4Lord W. Bell, Jacob Grosvenor, Lord R. Pugh, David Blandford, Marquis Herbert, Henry A. Repton, G. W. J. Brooke, Lord Ilildyard, R. C. Tenneut, Sir J. Brotherton, J. Hindley, C. Thornely, Thom^s Brown, W. Hope, Sir J. Tollemachc, John Buller, Sir Y. Hotham, Lord Trollope, Sir J. Christopher, R. Jollitio, Sir W. u , Vivian, J. H. Corry, R. Kinnaird, A. F. Waddington, H. S. Currie, Henry Knox, W. S. Walpole, S. H. Duncan, G. Locl.e, Joseph Welby, G. E. Egerton, W. T. Mandeville, V iscount Estcourt, J. B. a , Newport, Vi scount TELLEits• Fox, S. L. Pakington, Si r J ohn Boldero, It. G. Fuller, A. E. Patten, J. IV . Egerton , air P. BIINORITY—NoEs 33. Baillie, H. J. Freestun, Colonel Ricardo, Osman 1 Haring, Sir F. T. Glyn, Geor ge Carr: Scholefleld, William Beckett, W. Graham, Sir Jamex Seaham, Viscount Berkeley, IL F. Hall Sir B. Seymour, Lord , Berkeley, C. L. G. Hamilton, L ord C. Sidney, Alderm an ! , Bowles, Admiral Ilayter, W. G. Stuart, Lord Dudley Childers, J. W. Hume, Joseph Thompson, Colonel Clay, Sir W. Inglis, Sir It, Verney, Sir 11 , Collins, W. Lennox, Lord R. G. Willcox, Brodie Douglas, Sir C. Lowther, Col onel Duucombe, T. Molesworth, Sir w nuns. Dunne, Colonel Norreys, Sir D. Hutt, William Evans, Sir De Lacy Pechell, Sir G . Headlam, T. E. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD • REFORM ASSOCI ATION. (CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.) Sir,—On Tuesday the 29th of J une, i t wa s an nounced by the Government, that the negotiations on the subject of the assault on M r. Mather ln.d been brougll4 to a satisfactory con c l usion . and the assur ance appeared to be receiv e d as sufficientby the House. It is evidently matt er for congratu l a ti on ; because the whole affair was beset by complications and difficulties, which would occur to the man who had to make his way out of th e thorn-bush, t h oug h they might not to others. _ Icaniiot now avoid callin Your attention to the Income and Pro perty Tax, of which a copy i s forwarded to you by post, and a copy may be had by any p erson concerned, for the moderate sum of 2s. 6d. g First Report of the Committee I have told you, that I made a stand in the House, against the manifest desire there was to extend the Incomes, Tax down to the very sma l lest incomes, not withstanding the men of small i ncomes pay at eleven times the rate of the rich und er ot h er modes of taxa tion, and to throw the burd en uafairly f ro m the incomes, shoulders of the holders of t em p orary which of course is only another way o f throwing taxat i on in one form or another up on th e Poor ; for which reference may be had to Hansard, 7 Au .1851. And these attempts it was clear wer e t o be made under the childish pretexts, that an incom e t ax to be j us t must be laid onlooki ng all alike, without .at the fact that the owners of smell and no incomes ar e overpaying at an enormous rate in other ways --and that it is not enough that a man with a tho usand a a ear for, say ten years, pays income tax only while , the he has it, but he must pay at a less annual rate tnan family who have had a sum producing 1501. a y ear left them by their father, and who are to pay inc ome tax out of it ; for ever. These two childish fallacies I did my best to oppose. And when the Committee was sp. pointed, I asked to be placed upon it, as having been the organ of putting forward these objections on the Part of the Working and smaller Mi ddle Classes. The courtesy of the House very usually ad • mits a request of this kind. But the request was put fo rwar d in two places, and refused. I therefore invite th e W or king Classes and men of lower incomes to attend to the defici en t it is in , it n te y po ia rt ga r i e ry fer i r o e t e o l t t h o, ei a r nd cas s e e h , e aa o d w how o,tencon tains :‘ what counsel call leading question s the are only what is natural to man, but which, to Procure for a Report the confidence of the whole Public, 'ought to be balanced by an equal opportunity of Putting ques tions on the other side. support It is not my intention to quote in which there is no use in'protesting against, because of the above, but to refer for evidence of th e first of my positions to Nos. 1341, 1347, 1348, 1504, 1505, 2085, 2317, 2494, 2496, 2498, 2635, 2779, 2990, 3234, 3676, 3685, 3701. It is but right to state, that the syst em o f ma ki ng the income tax perpetual (which is th e great po i nt the rich are defending against the poor) i s man f u ll y 1511, 1580 ; and for the second, to 1806, 4 Chairman from all incomes t supported o a i r n d N o f 0. C 2 0 6 1n 3 m 4 i s b s y i 0 h G e . r a O fo ff r o re sp a r. and in 2650 the property and Income h T le a s x a g in g e the stio a Towerfor deducting the amount fixed upon for total exemption, which I remember " throwing upon the waters' in the West minster Review for Jan. 1824. If the Working and smaller Middle Classes ever have the power, they should send Mr. Offor to Parliament, to tell their tale there if he can get a hearing. I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. Blackheath, 30th June, 1852. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. STANDING OCDERS ON RAILWAY LlLLS. — Yesterday a specially appointed Committee of the House of LardJ, consisting of Lords Newcastle, Exeter, Normanby, Shaftesbury, Hardwicke, Chi c h ester , Hawarden, C,sn- ning,Rscle le, Colchester, Scmerhill, Wrottesley, and Mordeagle, met to consider some proposed alterations in the standing orders of their LordohiPs' House, rind more particularly with reference to standing order 185, known as Lord Wharneliffe's standing order, the object being to ascertain the expediency of so far modifying it as to prevent the effect it is at present alleged to have in introducing " corrupt practicei," in voting upon bills at railway meetings. Mr. Deni son, m.r., Mr. Geacb, Mr. Saunders, and oth , r leadin g ra il wa y representatives, were examined. The standi ng or d ers in question, pro vides that at any meotin of railway proprietors the f, Bills befor© them shall be approved by at least four fifths of those present, for which number one-fifth is pro posed to be substituted. The inquiry originated cut of some trawactions that have recently taken place at rail way meetings, consequent upon w hi c h their Lordships have calledfor a return of the number o f Bill s i n LOS) House of Lords this session t o which th i s s t an di ng cr i er applied, the number of meetings held under it, and the number of cases on which a maj or i ty was not obtained to enable such Bills to be pr oceeded with. The Lords have .greed to t h e Shrewsbury and Ches ter, York and North Iridlund, and South Yorkshire Rail way Bills. (7:HESTER AND HOLYHEAD ambln of this Company '5 Bil l for regulation of capital and other objcets has been pr oved in Committee of the Lords. RAILWAY.--The pre- COURT CIRCULAR. The Doke and Duchees de Nemours visited the Queen yesterday at Backiu g h am Palace. Their Royal Highnesties also paid a visi t to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at her re s id ence, Clarence House, St. - James's. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday morning. attended by Colonel Bouverie. His Royal Highness Prince Albert 11 presidod yesterday afternoon at a meeting of th e Royal Commission for the Palace of Westminster at three o'clock, attended by Exhibition of 1851. His Royal Co lonel Bpuverie, Equerry in Waiting, The other Com missioners present were the Duke of Damien* the Earl of Bosse, Earl Granville, Lord John Russell, M.P., the [ - eight Hon. W. E. Gladstosnier,vvyli.a,msier Mr. John Gott, Mr. John Shepherd, S L i . r EastAlexa nder Eastlake, sir Spearman, Ri . and Mr. Charles W. Dilke. Mr. Edgar,Bowring, Secretary to the Royal Commis sion, attended.. ujbai James t , e s S Sir C. Hob, harl cs The meeting broke up at twenty minutes pest four o'clock. Before the meeting of the Royal Commission, the Finance Committee met in. the Palace of Westminster, at a quarter-past two o'clock. The members of the Committee , present were,-- Earl Granville, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir Alexander Spearman (secretary). Captain Owen attended the meeting of the Committee. The Queen and Prince Alb er t, aeeeee led by the Prince of Wales and the Princes s Helena, took a drive in an open carriage and four yesterday afternoon. Major-General Buckley and Colon e l B ouverie attended on horseback. Their Royal Highnesses the Pri ncess Royal and the pan Princess Alice took a carriage drive y esterday morning. Her Royal Highness the Duch ess of Cambridge visited h Royal Highness the Duch ess of Kent yester daeeat,heer rresidence, Clarence-hous e , S t. James's. The Earl of Shafteabury bad an int erv i ew with M r . WalpoleSe s cr i e r t A ar l v exand had an i nterview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his off i c i a l residence, in Downing-street. Mr. Forster, M P., had an interview w i t h S i r J o h n Pakington yesterda", at tho Colonial office. er Spearmanyesterday, e -office. We understand that John 13. Heath, E s q., ex- Governor of the Bank of England, wh o was a member o f Lloyds give ' the Register tim e a ßook; ndattention t o th e duty has resig ne d, find nldr not which its importance demands.: In the v acancy thus ()exa lt committee thatha could fb sioned, Charles Richards Harford, Esq., the aenior of the tirm of Hanford, Rivaz, and Co., has been appointed a member of the committee, g tl h e t , HononF George Ralph Friday evening. DEATH OF LORD ADERCROMBY.--W e regret to i h rt o b f re t y he C ß as i His Lordship was born in 1800, and succeeded hi s f at h er , the B an a n ra o n un A ce b t e h ra e ra su rn d b d y e , n a d t e A at late Lord Abercroinby, in 1843. For a number of years his Lordship was deprived of his eyesight, but was remarkable for his intelligence and the interest he took in improving his estates, and in the affairs of the countiesof Stirling and Clack mannan. His death will be severely felt by his numerous friends and relations. Hia many amiable qualities endeared him, to all around him. His Lordship was Lord Lieutenant of the county of Clackmannan, and had been a colonel in the army. He is survived by Lady Abercromby and three sons and a daughter. His eldest son, now Lord Abercromby, was born in 1848. Caledonian- mercury. JUNE 30, 1852. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE DUKE OF NORTI I TJAIBERLAIND'S LEVEE.—His Grace the Duke of Northumberland had a levee yes terday at the Admiralty. The following officers were present —Commander T. Green, Lieutenant A. Kortright, Captain R. H. Stopford, Ciptain J. Hay, Commander E. Dixon, Captain A. laurray, Lieu tenant J. jeayes Captain E. J. Parry, 4..., T. :cutenant W. H. Dixon, Li eutenant W. N. Rl:ice, Commander S. C. Umfreville, Lieutenant T. S. C opp i nger, Cap. tain SirW. Dickson ' Commander B. Sey mour , C apta i n W. Allen, Captain S. P. Pritchard, Commander A. Cumming, Captain E. J. Carpenter, Commander J. T. Warren, Rev. D. Carson, Lieutenant E. Antridge, Commander H. Coryton, Commander D. Weld, Lieutenant J. G. Raymond. The following officers were present at Admiral H. Parker's levee yeste!day :—Captain Sir W. Dickson, Captain S. P. Pritchard, Captain Alex. Murray, Captain Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, Captain E. J. Parry, Commander Thomas ,Wilson, Commander W. Carr, Commander L. S. Tindal, Lieutenant H. St. John Mildmay, Lieutenant A. Parks, Lieutenant C. An tridge, Lieutenant L. S. j Coppinger, Lieutenant H. I. Grant, Lieutenant C. W. Hallett, M. P. T. Jamison. Subjoined is a list of the officers who attended Admiral Hornby's levee yesterday ;—Mr. H. Woolley Commander G. Hewett, Captain Sir W. Dickson, Lieut. L. A. Wimper, Lieut. E. Hardy, Captain W. B. Oliver, Mr. F. R. Child, Mr. F. J. JEtmeson, Lieut. N. S. Grant, Commander F. Green, Captain A. Murray, Commander Humfreville, Lieut. C. Antridge. Tne ADMIRALTY.—Neither the Duke cf Nor thumberland nor Rear-Admiral llornby will hold any more levees until further notice. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Hon. Captain Drummond joined the Retribution on Sunday last. 'We hear he has given one watch 48 hours' leave. The Simoon, iron steam-ship, Captain Kingcombe, has had her steam up alongside the yard jetty ; and Mr. Murray with the factory men are examin ing and testing her engines ; It is stated that they are not of sufficient strength for this large powerful vessel. A court-martial, consisting of Rear-Admiral H. Prescott, C. 8., President ; Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent ; E. H. Scott, of the Neptune ; W. 11. Henderson, C. 8., of the Blenheim ; J. Kingcombe, of the Simoom ; L. T. Jones, of the Sampson ; W. H. Giffard of the Tiger; the Hon. J. R. Drummond, of the Retribution ; and Mr. G. L. Greetham, Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet, assembled this morning on board the Victory to try James Reed, a private marine of the detachment serving on board the Vic tory, for having deserted from that ship on the 22d of October last. Captain Martin, C. 8., of the Vic tory was the prosecutor, under orders from the Lords of the Admiralty. It appeared by the testi mony of Mr. George Mason, of the Victory (the Senior Lieutenant of the Fleet), that the prisoner was "reported" to him on the 23d of October last as having left the ship without leave ; that he had not seen him since until brought on board as a deserter a few days ago by the police. Lieutenant John B. Seymour, in command of the Royal Marine detachment serving on board the Victory, deposed to the prisoner being one of the said detachment, and " reported" to him on the 22d of October last, as ab sent without leave, being then under sentence of con finement for a former offence ; witness had not seen the prisoner since until within the past few days, a prisoner on board the Victory. Sergeant Morris, of the Royal Marines, deposed to missing the prisoner on the 2201 of October, and to having made diligent search for him without success. He had not seen him till the 25th of June, when he recognised him in the prison cell. The prisoner in defence had nothing to allege, but called his commanding officer to give him a character. Lieutenant Seymour deposed to his being a good soldier when on duty, but his general character otherwise was bad. The Caurt declared the charge fully proved, and adjudged the prisoner to twelve months' confinement in Wincheste . : Gaol, and to be mulcted of all pay, wages, and services in the Royal Marine corps. The Inflexible steam-sloop, Commander P. IL Dyke, arrived at Spithead from Lisbon this morning with a mail. She left the Tagus on the 24th inst. The Archer screw-sloop, Commander Strange, wa s the only British man-of-war at anchor there at that date. Rata of exchange, 54k. Mr. G. Barnes, mate of the Britomart, and fi ve invalids have come h ome supernumeraries in the Inflexible, which was very unhealthy during the first part of her commission on the West Indian station, but has been healthy since. The Inflexible is reported very leaky. The Sprightly steam-tender, Mr. George Allen, Acting Master Commanding, will proceed to-morrow to Plymouth with supernumeraries, and also men for Rear-Admiral Corry 's squadron at Queenstown. The Basilisk new paddle steam-sloop, Commander the Hon. G. Egerton, has received her crew from the hulk, bent sails, and is ready to go to Spithead, with the exception of adjusting her compasses. The Barham, a fine frigate-looking Indianian, ar rived at Spithead this morning from the Thames to embark passengers and stock for Calcutta. The Devonshire New York line-of-packet ship sailed from Spithead this morning for the United States. DEVONPORT, JUNE 28.—This morning, although gloomy, the ships were decorated with flags, and every appearance of a grand holiday. At eleven o'clock the troops were assembling on Mount Wise, when a pouring rain came on, which lasted nearly two hours. The troops were sent to their barracks, and the sight-seers took shelter at the nearest cover. At noon all the ships in commission prepared fired salutes, the bells at the different towers rang merrily, and the day seemed to pass off quite as well as could be expected, considering the weather. No vessels arrived or sailed. The Triton will coal to-morrow, after which she will be paid advance. WOOLWICH, JUNE 29.—The Megaera steam-frigate, Master Commander John Barlow, left Woolwich this morning for Sheerness. The result of the committee of inquiry into her recent voyages to and from the Cape of Good Hope is not yet known. THE SEARCH for SIR JOBN FRANKLIN. In consequence of the promising expedition of Captain. Beatson to Behring Straits having, fr om various causes, been frustrated, the Isabel screw schooner, destined for that service, has been mad e which over to Lady Frankli n , at a cost . was incurred by her in order to preve n t a wholly fruitlees sacri fice of the large sum s which had been already contributed and laid cut in the equipment. It i s understood that Lady Frankli n offered to place the Isabel at the disposal of any one willing and com petent to carry her out to the Arctic seas, in any quarter deemed most desir a bl e f or th e searc hl of the missing expedition under her husband ; and it is to Captain Inglefield that the navy owe it that the noble work is retained in their own hands ; for though she would have been far from grudging the Isabel to one of our stout-hearted whaling cap tain:, yet, for the honour of the navy, it is best as it is. We congratulate Captain Inglefield upon the opportunity for distinction he has secured. Un fettered by instructions, and his own master, with a vessel under him more fitted for the Arctic service than any which has preceded him—such is the opinion formed of the Isabel by competent authorities—we expect very much from him ; and not the less so that the primary object he is said to have in view is the solution of a question that does not fully enlist our own anxieties. Captain Inglefield a it is said, starts with the inten tion of clearing up the doubts awakened by the story of the two ships supposed to have been seen on an iceberg near Newfoundland. That these vessels, if seen at all, were the Erebus and Terror, we do not believe ; and we may point to the reasonings re cently brought forward by Dr. Scoresby, as well as to the general opinions of the whaling captains, in support of our conviction. Bu t it is nevertheless very desirable to make an effort to overturn once more, or set at rest, the speculations of some who are ever ready to receive a tale of disaster. These croakers are too eager to be con sistent; and although Franklin's people and his ships were, according to them, enguiphed in the ice of Baffin's Bay on his way home in 1846, or else burnt by the natives in the same year, yet neither mode of destruction interfere, in their apprehension, with the re-appearance of the said ships in 1851 lying high and dry upon an ice-field off Newfound land. Yet, for the sake of those who, with some fair argument on their side, conceive the ships in ques tion to have been the Erebus and Terror, we are glad that Captain Inglefield will once for all set the question at rest, by a thorough search for the crews of the ships alluded to on the west coast of Davis strait, and northward into that unknown region—the north west part of Baffin's Bay, including Jones Sound and Smith Sound—which has never yet been penetrated. It is well known that, the late expedition could perceive no land forming the north-nest boundary of Baffin's Bey, and that there are strong doubts if the so-called bay he indeed a cul de-sac. An investigation of this question seems to be important upon other than geo graphical grounds ; since, assuming for the moment that the ships seen were the Erebus and the Terror, it is pessible they may have dtifted out of the Polar basin by this very opening, if such indeed it prove. All authorities, we believe, are convinced that the s upposed ships in question most have come down the west side of the bay, on which coast the crews there fore must be locked for and rescued—the identity of the vessels nowise presuming disaster to the people belonging to them. It is understood that the Admiralty are disposed to give Captain Inglefield all the assistance he re quires, and that the dockyard authorities are using every exertion to complete some few alterations in the rigging of the Isabel, so as to enable her to start on the Ist of July. She was already fully i equipped, and had provisionf for the necessary crew i ! for five yea;s, when she came into Lady Franklin's hands; but it is to be hoped that, if not completely I filled, additional stores will be pat into her, of coals i l especially. Her engines, of 30-horse power, were tried in taking her down the river, and found to answer extremely veell; and her size (of 170 tom), as well as her build end strengthening's, renders her, in the opinion of those 'best qualified to judge, among whom are the officers of the expedition which has lately left us, admirably fitted for Arctic service. Indeed, it is generally known that Sir Edward Belcher and Captain Kellett used every effort with the Admiralty to get her added to their squadron bY purchasing her from Lady Franklin, and we heartily wish that such an arrangement had been carried out. • Though Captain Inglefield is late in starting, it ma y baPPen, as it has happened before, that he arrives at the very point of time best calculated for rapid and effective action, when the sea is clearest of ice, It may even h appen that he overtakes, or at least falls in with, some and the weather the most genial. Part of the naval Squadron , when he will h ave the advantage of learning the intentions of Sir E. Belcher and will shape his movements accordingly, so that no double search may be wasted in th e same quarter, but that each part may have its share. Captain Inglefield takes with him the late surgeon of th e S op h ia, w h o so excursions of ably took his part i n th e explorin Captain Penny in Wellington Channel; d also Mr. Abernethy, the exp er i ence d ice-waste s; of Sir James Ross in the Enterpri se , an d s i nce of Sir John Ross, in the Frolic, in the late expedition. The greater part of the crew of the Isabel will consist of whalers, or sealers from Aberdeen or Peterhead, where a choice of such men may be expected to be found at this season.—Chronicle. WOOLWICH, JUNE 29. The whole of the troops in the garrison off duty, in cluding the Royal Sappers and Miners, assembled at a quarter before 9 o'clock Art, te-Jay, in drill order, and proceeded to the Common. where they were formed into line in the following order:—The Royal Horse Artil lery, under Major Dupuis; the right battalion of Foot Artillery, under Lieutenant Colonel Otway; the oentro battalion, under Lieutenant-Colonel Wilford; two 9- pounder field batteries, gunners dismounted, of Major Shuttleworth's and Captain Adyo's commies; the Royal Sappers and Miners, under Captain Ross; the Royal Marines, under Lieutenant-Colonel Dawes; the left battalion of Foot Artillery, under Lieutenant Colo nel Symons, and the light field batteries, under Liente mmt-Colonel Anderson. Lieutenant-General Sir Tho mas Downman, arrived on the Common at 20 minutes past 10, accompanied by Brigade-Major Bing ham, and Captain Riddell, Deputy Assistant Quarter master of Artillery, and inspected the line by riding up the tront from left to right. The troops then broke into open columns :to the right, marched past in slow and quick time, and . the Hone Artillery at a trot. The Horse Artillery changed their front at the lower part of the Common, wheeling about inwards, and returned past at full gallop. The whole of the troops then went through the evolutions of a sham fight, the Royal Sappers end Miners, and the two flank companies of Royal Marines, acting as light infantry. The Royal Horse Artillery and the light field battery were supplied with 20 rounds to each gun, the battalions of Foot Artillery with 10 rounds of blank cartridge each man, and the Royal Sappers and Miners and Royal Marines with 20 rounds each for skirmishing. Lieutenant-General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., Colonel Bleaches& C. 8.. Royal Engineers, and Lieutenant-Colonel Harding e, K. H., Royal Artillery, were on the ground during the evolutions. The whole of the troops in the garrison will assemble again on Thursday, July 1, at the same time and place, to go through similar evolutions, it being intended to h ave a review and the evolutions of a sham fight on Friday, July 2, in the presence of the Master. General and, it is said, Said Pasha, and a number of the nobility. The troops are to be on the ground at ten, and the review is expected to commence at eleven o'clock on that day. The scene on the Common to-day was remarkably fine, firing and evolutions of the troops being most effective, and, as the same will be repeated-on Thursday, a num ber of distinguished officers may be present to witness the spectacle, and what is at present only c on t e mplated as a preliminary to the review may b e t urne d into a review on very short notice. ~The E t roop o f Royal Hors© Artillery, under the command o f Capta i n W oo d, left the garrison this afternoon for London, to be pre sent at a review of the Guards, w hi ch w ill take place this day (Wednesday), on Wormwo o d Scrubs, in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. TO 'HE EDITOR OF THE SUN. men are liable to mistakes, but those who write for the public ought to be quite sure their asser tions are correct. In your naval news of the 26th June you state that Captain F. T. Michell has been appointed to the Queen, and you further add " that he has not been afloat for twenty years, and that you will next ex pect to have to announce that the Duke of Northumber land has appointed himself to take the command of the Channel fleet at sea, &c." Had you referred; to O'Byrne's " Navel Biography," you would have seen that CAptain Michell commissioned the Magicienne in 1840. and the Inconstant in 1841, which he paid off in 1843. He has not since been afloat, but this is no fault of his own, as he has applied con tinually for a ship. The Duke has acknowledged his services by appointing him to the Queen, as Sir Francis Baring did last year by giving him a good service pen sion; and I may add, that inasmuch as Captain Michell was a pertect stranger to his Grace, and also opposed to him iu politics , the appointment does great credit to the present Admiralty.—l am, Sir, &c., A CONSTANT Rki:ADER. Wolverhampton, June 28, 1822. [The paragraph in question was copied from the United Service Gazette.—ED. Sun.] TEE INDIAN COLLECTION.' Yrst e ,a s y's sale consisted of native dresses,orn . aments, and jewellery, garlands of State from L uc k now, nat i ve saddlery, kir:eons, Cashmere shawls, scarfs, and em broidery, silk and satin pieces; ivory carvings, elephants' tusks, Kbuekhus baskets, with b ee tl e wings, and cut agates, and precious stones. The total proceeds amounted to 9701., and among the list of articles sold and their pri ces we may no ti ce ' the following as those of chief interest e a_ A beautiful punkah, or hand-fan, richly studded with pearls and beads, gold fringe, and ivory handle, orna mented with agate-41. A Mahratta nobleman's mag nificent saddle of crimson and purple velvet, with kincob covering, purple and crimson velvet flaps and side bear ings, the whole exquisitely embroidered in gold foliage and birds, gilt and silk tassels, &c. (from Central India) —4/. A magnificent camel saddle or crimson, purple and orange velvet ; beautifully em b ro id ere d with . gold flowers ; bridle, martingale, reins, &c., en suite (from Reit pootana) 51. A costly and very curious double seated camel's saddle, of chased silver, with yellow saddle-cloth, deep ends, and borders of crimson, green, and purple velvet, exquisitely embroi dered in gold; extra kineob satin saddle-cloth, in purple and scsrlet; two scarlet extra throw over covers: two striped satin belly-bands ; with silver fastenings; and a crimson, purple, and yellow velvet headstail, richly . em broidered (from Rajpootans)-21 1 . 10 i: 6 d. A piece of crimson and gold kin e ob brocade, 30 inches wide, five yards long-201. A kincob brocade shawl, red and green ground and gold and silver border, i peacock i pat tern,nd yard wide, 3g . TaTarnslong-r i 11: sescarlet a gold surer', with magnificent green a % gold d border, 48 inches wide, si yards long -311 . 10s . A large shawl, with black centre and very handsome border, 21 yards . • squ are (from Cashmere)--621. A magnificent group _in ivory, splendidly carved , representing a procession, a native prince proceeding to a durbar or on a State visit," consisting of three elephants with howdahs and figures, five men on horseback, three men on camels, and baud of soldiers and attendants on foot (32 in num ber), with a beautiful calamander wood stand, mounted with ivory, and a large glass shade (from Behrampore) —331. 12s. A splendid carving in ivory, representing Hindoo mythology (from Doorgah)-221. ls. RIOTS AT STOCKPORT. STOCKPORT, TIIESDAY.—There has occurred this evening a dreadful riot in Stockport, arising out of a quarrel between the Irish Catholics and the English operative& It is believed that the origin of the dis turbance is to be found in the proclamation against Ca tholic processions, one of which took place on Sunday last. Upwards of seventy persons have been arrested, and several are reported dead. The military have been called out, and the Riot Act read. There has been a frightful destruction of property; the streets in some parts of the town aro strewn with bedding and broken furniture. The Irish population have been unhoed. the Saxons have taken a fearful ret a li a ti on upon ' the Irish Catholics, who commenced the riot by br,,nk the windows in St. Peter's Protestant School. POPULATION AND HOUSES.—Yesterday a return of some importance at the present period (obtained by Mr. Hume) was printed, giving a return of the popul a ti on and number of houses, according to the cen sus of 1851, i n every county and division of a county, an d i n all cities returning Membets to Parliament in Great Britain, with the number of Members returned ; also in towns containi ng upwar ds of 2,000 inhabitants, not returnin g Members toParliament. The returns are arranged a ccor di ng to popu l a tion. The population of Middlesex is 1,986,57 6, and the number of in habited houses 239,362, retu r ni ng only tw o Members. Rut land had the smallest population in England, returning two Members, comprising 23,983 Persons, a nd 4,58 8 inhabited houses. There is a number of towns mentioned, containing upwards of 2,000 inhabitants, and not re turning Members to P a rliament. The " unrepresented metropolitan parishes" ar e Chelsea, with a popul a ti on of 56,538, an d 7 , 5 91 inha bited houses ; Kensington, w i t h a popu l a ti on o f 44,053 and 6,136 inhabited houses; Hamm ersm ith, with a popul a tion of, 17,760 and 3,115 inhabited houses ; and Fulham, with a po pulation of 11,886 and 1,797 inhabited houses. Thero is an e and return, showing the counties, represented c iti es unrepres en ted towns. Advices from Ri ga ment i on th a t th e R ussian Go vernment has give., its consent to the constructi on o f a rail wayianndde index boroughs, to t h from Riga to Dunaburg. a town thirty German miles up the river Duna. This railway is to be in conjunction with the line to be completed from Petersburgh to Warsaw. The Riga merchants expect the work to be of considerable benefit both to their export and import trade, as it will tra verse several districts whence large supplies of flax and other prodnco are obtained, and with which an active business might be carried on, especially during the two extra months when their navigation is open while that of St. Petersburgh is closed. The same letters state that the first stone of the new Exchange at Riga was laid on the 15th inst. The Leicestershire Chronicle mentions that 2,600 paupers less were relieved last week in that borough than in the corresponding week of last year. THE PROCLAMATION. The Roman Catholic clergy of the deanery of Loughran and the diocess of Cloufert, assembled in fall conclave, have adopted the following series of re solutions in reference to the recent p-roclamation against religious processions:— " 1. Resolved,—That we have seen, with indignant sarprise, a proclamation issued by the present Govern ment, in the name of our most gracious Queen, warning the Catholics of Great Britain and Ireland that their re ligious processions will henceforward be punished us criminal infractions of the law, and that their bish2ps and priests, as well as the members of the religious orders, will be prosecuted, if they presume to appear in public in their distinctive dress; that, while we beer to her Majesty all the allegiance which, in temporal matters, is rightly duo to the Sovereign by the subject, we recog nise in the Government no right to forbid to the Ca tholics of this empire the peaceful observance of the usages of their Church, or the use in public es well as in private of their distinctive robes by its bishops, priests, and religious. " That a law, in terms directed a ga i ns t th e f ree exer cise of the Catholic religion, has no binding force, and, like all other penal enactments against the Church, must be disregarded. • " That the law which would prohibit to Catholics the free exercise of their religious ceremonies has been felt to be so unjust that no Administration before the pre sent has outraged public opinion and sound policy by attempting to enforce it. " T - hata Government which, for the selfish purpose of exciting in its own support the bigoted prejudices to be found in the Anglican Church establishment and its kindred sects, would thus unprovokedly attack the Ca tholics of the empire, should be met by these with the most determined resistance. That, while it is the para mount duty of the Catholic electors of this county to return to Parliament as their representative Captain Bellew, who has manfully avowed himself the opponent alike of every administration, whether Whig or Tory, that would dare to persecute our religion or its institu tions, it has now become particularly incumbent on them to refuse their votes to the candidate who comes forward a s the general supporter of the Government of the Earl of De r b y. " That th e a b e ttors of the present Administration have signalised themselves individually and as a body, by attack their hatred of Catholicity and its most cherished insti tutions. Th at the on the College of Maynooth, and the petitions presence?, the responsibility recsaproenfauilblyait :se Med' among others by the so called Bishop o r cuid,i praying for an inspection of nunneries, afford evidence of the foul and malignant spirit with which th ey are animated. instruct our respective pa risla‘iTonheartswine th a t attaches to the ex ercise of the elective fr anchise; that we shall explain to them the power, for go o d and for evil, possessed by a Member of Parliament. W e shall make known to them the blasphemous oath tendered to eve -4Y a P ro t e stant re presentative previous to his taki ng seat in Parliament, and thus enable them to judge o f the vague and hollow professions by which it is attempted to Iraposo on their simplicity. RP., Chairman : ToIIaTIMSABckuLRIXE:P.P., Secretary." The annexed correspondence has just been p u b. lished : (No. 1.) Edgbaston, Birmingham, June 18, 1852. Sir,—As a Royal proclamation has appeared in the London Gazette, in which all whom it may concern are solemnly warned against a violation of the Act of 10 George - IV., by which Roman Catholic ecclesiastics and members of any of the religious orders, communities, or societies of the Church of Rome, bound by monastic or religious vows sre forbidden to exercise any of the rights or ceremonies of the Roman Catholic religion, or wear the habits of their order, save within the usual places of worship of the Roman Catholic religion, or in private • houses, I take the liberty of requesting information on a question arising out of it, in which I am much interested. It is now four years since, under legal advice, that they were not breaking any law, and without any ap parent scandal and annoyance to the population, certain Roman Catholics, ecclesiastical end lay, have ordinarily appeared in the streets of Birmingham and in the neigh bourhood in cassocks and cloaks. I beg to be allowed to inquire whether th© reccat pro clamation is directed against this practice as well as against the processions of which it distinctly makes mention, so that if they continue it they are in danger of being proceeded against as disturbers of the public peace?—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) JOHN 11. NEWMAN. To the Right Hon. S. Walpole, one of ber Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. (No. 2.) Whitehall, June 24, 1852. Sir,—l am directed by Mr. Secretary Walpole to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th inst., referring to her Majesty's recent proclamation, and in quiring whether it was directed against a particular practice which has lately been adopted by certain Ro man Catholics, ecclesiastical and lay. "as well as against the precessions of which it distinctly makes men tion." In answer thereto I am to inform you that her Majesty's proclamation is directed against all violations of the 26th section of the statute 10th Geo . IV., c. 7, and that if you feel any difficulty in the construction of that enact ment, your proper course will be to consult your legal adviser. The Secretary of State would not be justified in pronouncing an opinion cn the question submitted to him ; for, if any doubt exists on the point, the decision of it must rest with the courts of law, and not with the Government —I am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) Wsi. J. H. JOLLIFFE. Rev. John H. Newman, Edgbaston, Birmingham. CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. Yesterday the commissioners assembled in Guild hall, Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair. THE INTOLERABLE STENCH IN NEW BRIDGE-STREET. Mr. HAYWOOD, the surveyor to the commission, made the following report upon a subject of consider able importance to the inhabitants of the neignbotr hood of Blackfriars " I beg to report that having made inquiry into the origin of the effluvium experienced in New Bridge-street and its vicinity on Monday, the 21st instant, complaint of which was preferwed by a deputation of inhabitants of that neighbourhood on Tuesday last, I have reason to believe it was attributable to the opening and examina tion of the pacifiers belonging to the City of London Gas Company, which the chairman of the company has informed me were opened on that day by one of their officers without the adoption of the usual and proper precautions. " I find also that there is no connexion between the works of this company and the surrounding sewers discharges of the waste from their works into the sewers consequently cannot take place. "IL is the practice of this company to discharge their waste liquor daily at once into the Thames. Thi s i s effected by an iron pipe carried from their works al ong the river bed, the outlet being at the mean low-wate r line. lam informed that it is the almost inv ar i able cus tom to let off the liquor with the ebb tide, shortl y af,ter full tide; thus very wisely taking advantage o f Hod of the greatest volume of water and tu ,, rent; but it was at once, however, admitted --, rapid env . - t he pe , that won was not always the case; that scmetan e r : h t i e d n e, t h a e n y d w w e h r e e n c m o m i x p e e d l I e wd c' eee a s e ens CC" ittofi the aS 11 tidal Cff'l iq water U°r '1 I P t ° i . n S t of course carried up the stream nail c t h u e r r fl e o d o w d the ebb returns i towards the month of the Themes. "It does not appear to me that any good reason can be assigned for ever discharging ibis waste, excepting with the ebb tide, as it is siaTiy- question of adequacy of storage room, and I think it a -I s ked of the utak.- pany to make provision f or a / a y b ? a discharge of the uniform their waste liquor at the 11103 t favourable opportunity only, and that the outlet 01 the discharge pipe should be produced below the low-vvatt r line of neap tides. I have seen the chairma n o f the , pa r t y upon the subject, and from the desire h e expressed. to do what ho could to 0 t prevent annoyanc e to the p u blic, I have no doubt th a t any suggestion from to ur honourable court to this effect will be at one complied e with. "At the gam ® • I most observe that if these pre cautionary measures are carried out to the fullest extent, I do not expect much mitigation of the evil will be expe rienced, for wh e n the waste is row discharged under favourablercum c. ; s tances, and combined as it then i s w ith a large volume of water, yet some distance down tile river the E ffi n eium caused by it is most unbearable, and is' perceived upon the river and along the shore for a consi derable distance. " The pier' master at Blackfriars-bridg e s t a t es t h at - the e ffl uv ium varies in i ntens i ty, and lasts from half an hour to an h o ur and a half, and sometim es t wo hours daily. .. I do no t apprehend that when complaints are made of similar effluvia being perceived throughout th e li ne o f the Fleet sewer it can be attributed to this company, al 'ough the effluvium might be carried some distance over t he district south of Fleet-street and Ludgate-hill, where there is a conjunction of atmospheric and other con ditions favourable to its diffusion in that direction; but I believe that when such annoyance occurs in the line of the Fleet sewer it must be attributed to the va rious gas-works north of the City. Upon this subject I have communicated with the officers if the metropolitan commission, and cannot doubt that your joint efforts will abate this nuisance, which has for so tong a time been submitted to.—l have the honour, &c. In answer to a question, WILLIAHI hAYWOOD." The SURVEYOR said be considered the suggestion in the report but as a temporary expedient until mea sures should be taken for the prevention of this waste being let off into either the sewers or the TI -..amts—a question soon to be raised. The roper:, of the surveyor was refer red to the com mittee of general purposes, in order to ascertain who t e r measures could not be edopted completely to tiles-int the discharge of the waste liquor into the Thames sad Sewers. Several infefior nuisances vvyre reported, nod ordered to be forthwith rernowfl.—Acjourntd. CITY ORTIIOI`,ADIC HOFPITAL, 10LATTON. GARDEN.- Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the committee and sub— scribers to the above institution was held in the board-room, Hatton-garden , D. Ffrench Duff, Esq., in the chair. Some preliminary business having transpired, it was stated by E. J. Chance, Esq., the senior surgeon, that the number of patients now upon the books was 826, all o f whom were progressing favourably. INCREASED CONSUMPTION OF TEA.—There is an increase in the quantity of tea entered for home consump tion in the month ended the sth of May last, compared with the like period in the preceding year. In the month ended the sth of May, 1851, the quantity was 4,412,311 b., and in the month ended the sth of May last. 4,70,0921 h., being an increase of 221,7211 b.