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faith. As a member of the English Protestant Church, he could not c..nsent to extending further privileges to parties who were acting in this manner. The Eight Hon. Baronet concluded by moving as an amendment that Mr. Greene do leave the chair, and that the G mmittee sit again on that day six months. Mr WATSON thought no one 'would dissent from the principle of the Bill, which was intended to remove from the statute book :how obsolete penal enactments to the operation of which persons orofe-sing the R , man Catholic faith were still liable. He did not see any serious abjection Roman Catholic bishops assuming the titles of English sho:‘s, but he did not think the clause was mat7CTial o the Bill, and if the House wished, he should not object to remove it. He should certainly persevere with the Bill. Persons taking monastic vows were, by the law of 1829, in England still liable to banishment. It was foolish to suppose that thes9, persons could prove detrimental to the Protestant Church in a tree country like England. Sir J. GRAhIAM sail it appeared to him that, in dealing with so important a matter as the present, the Hon. Gentle man had not treated the clause with becoming gravity. He did not asink that the titles ofreverenca which belonged to the Protestant Cnurch should be awarded to the Roman Catholic hierarchy. It was not necessary even to point out distinct yesalities, that the same names of places should be selected Ov the Roman Catholic hist tips for their distinctive titles. Yo allow such a proceeding would throw a slur upon the bishops and hierarchy of the Protestant faith which would not be compatible with the respect which their exalted posi tion entitled them to. In the second place, with regard to the clause for regulating Roman Catholic processions, the Hon. Gentleman did not consider that the clause as it stood was sufficient. He was decidedly of opinion that the law as it at present stood was right both as regarded the second and third clauses of the Bill. With respect to the fourth clause, he would confess that he did not entertain any jealousy of the loyalty or morality of the regular orders of the Roman Catholic Church. He thought that in a country where there were upwards of 8,000,000 Roman Catholics, it would be neither wise nor just policy to say that the regular orders shall not be maintained. It would not, however, be pro- ' dent to dell with these matters in the way that was at pre sent proposed. The monastic orders required revision, and to be dealt with in a very delicate and most cautious manner. The House was not at the present time in a position to consider the subject in the necessary dispaesionete manner, and it would be proper to postpone the further consideration of the measure to a future day. Mr. WYSE thought that the minds of the public were made up for the reception of the principle of the Bill. The Hon. Gentleman entered into au explanation of the titles and discipline of the Rotn.in Catholic hierarchy, and insti tuted a comparison between the nominal titles of the digni taries of the two churches. As regarded the clause for re gulating the proce'siotis and dresses of the Roman Catholic clergy, he saw no difference between it and the la.v that already existed.—(Hear, hear.) There was a society in Ireland called the Christian Brothers, which taught a vast number of children, and educated them to hold offices of a superior description in the mercautda entronunit_ • operations of that society were exceedingly circumscribed in consequ nee of existing statutes, which the present proposed Bill sought to repeal. The objections against the Jesuits arose entirely out of political hostility, and not from any re ligious belief. It was absurd to keep on the statute-book the imposition of penalties which it was never intended to en force. He cheerfully gave his support to the clauses of his Hon. Friend, and trusted that the Bill would pass unmu tilated. Atter a few words from Lord CLIVE, Mr. B. ESCOTT considered that they ought to do away with the enactments which were a disgrace to the statute. book, and he was of opinion that the changes which had been made in the bill to meet the views of those who were opposed to it, ought now, considering the spirit which had been evinced, to be removed, and that they shonld steed on the original principles of toleration. The time was ripe for a decision on the question, and he hoped the House would not consent that such arbitrary and intolerant enactments should longer disgrace the country. The principles on which the Bill was founded were not those of the present day, and if they were then defeated they would prevail, and that at no distant d ty. Mr. ALBERT Fl I'ZGERALD adverted to the conduct of a curate of the Established Church, at Youghal, who had preached a sermon to the effect that no Protestant could be saved unless he insisted on the conversion of his Catholic servants, and that no Protestant should hold any communi cation whatsoever with Catholics. A relative of his, a colonel in the army, was so disgusted that he walked out of the church and several other military men did the same. The Rev. Gentleman by means of his bigotry was noticed by his bishop and made rector of Macroom.—(Cries of "Name.") Mr. Swanston.--( Hear, hear.) Quakers and nuns were al lowed to wear their dresses and habits in the streets, anti he did not see why friars should not be allowed to do the same. Mr. COWPER said that if this was merely a question of toleration he should be quite ready to support the Bill, but he did not think that it was, and it proposed to recognise a body—the Jesuits—instituted for political pur poses, having dangerous objects and using dangerous means to effect them. He believed them also to be a body inculcating a bad system of morality—that had been officially denounced by every country in Europe; they bad been banished from no less than thirty-nine countries, they had been put down by a bull from the Pope himself; and be was sure that such a jest Pontiff would never have consented to such an act if the Jesuits were not, a bad and dangerous body. Mr. ESTCUURT stoutly supported the amendment. The restrictions had endured without having ever been en. forced, and they would have a wholesome effect in prevent ing any improper aggression on the part of the Roman Ca- tholic clergy. Lord SEYMOUR considered that it was most unchristian to maintain these statutes; if the Church had no other iecu rity than these enactments it stood upon a very insecure foundation indeed, but he hoped it was quite secure enough without any of these paltry enactments. He would support the Bill. Mr. REDINGTON considered that a very unfair attack had been made upon the Jesuits. The Jesuits had been sup pressed in Italy from purely political reasons, and not from any improper principles which they advocated. Mr. COLQUHOUN said he perfectly agreed with the Hon. Baronet, that the law was at present not in a satisfactory state. He had received a letter from a friend of his vres idingin the city of Dublin, which infumec,l him th • there a one there were twenty convents -- and ten mo nasteries. The law was inefficient, and he should not be averse to see an efficient registry of all these orders; and a friend of his had suggested to him a mode by which it could be done, namely. by causing the inspectors of police to make returns of those which existed in those districts. Mr. WYSE explained that what he stated about the Christian Brothers was from actual observation and rot hearsay. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the question was whether the law should remain as it was, or be amended, and from its present state he should be surprised if the Committee would not proceed to consider the provisions of the Bill. It had been admitted by those opposed to the Bill that the law regarding monastic institutions was in a most unsatis factory state. If so, then, why not at once l roceed to a re medy ? The provisions of the present law could Dot be car ried out—why, then, retain them in the statute-book? Those provisions were opposed to the liberal spirit of the age; and he, for one, should the Government attempt to carry them out, which he must say they had never shown a disposition to do, would certainly give them every opposition in his power. The whole question required to be considered, and he hoped it would be done dtspas • sionately and calmly, so as to effect a remedy. As a Member of the Church of England, he should be ashamed of it, if he thought it . could not maintain itself without persecuting the Roman Catholics, and inflicting on them disabilities. There was a time when the Jesuits exercised a dangerous control over despotic states. But times had changed; they had a free press, the benefits of public discussion, and a popular representation now, before which it was impossible the Jesuits could display the power and command men's 'consciences as they did in former times. To reject the Bill from such fears at the present day was most absurd. lie would give his vote in support of the Bill, in order that the subject might be con sidered in Committee. Lord JOHN MANNERS entirely differed with the Hon. Mr. Colquhoun). He did not think Member for Newcast le the passing of the Bill uould endanger the Englisn Church in the manner he had stated. With regard to the present law, the clauses in it against Roman Catholics were inopera tive ; they could not be carried into effect. He be lieved, that since the present Government came into office, an ap plication had been made to put the clauses into effect against a Dr. M'Hale, hut they wisely refused.—(Hear, hear.) The main point of the Bill before the House was the removal of the disabilities against the Jesuits. The Bill proposed to do this, an hence it bad his support. He for one apprehended nn danger in England from that order interfering with political questions. He , never recollected a single instance of any Jesuit in this coun try interfering in such a manner; but, on the oth er h an d, they bad always been n otorious for confining themselves to their religious duties. Mr. NEWDEGATE could not agree with the Noble Lord who had just sat down. Th e c onstitution of the Jesuits now was the same that it had ever been, and as inimical to civil and religious liberty. He hoped the Government_ would not, w ith ou t mature inquiry, proce ed to interfere with the pro visions of the Act of 1829. It had been admitted religious orders were increasing in this country, and therefore they phila throphy . re .. ought not from a feeling of mistaken moved the protection against their encroachment , which the law as it now stood afforded. Mr. WATSON briefly replied, when the gallery was cleared for a division. On our re-admissiou there appeared— For the motion that the Chairman do now l e ave the chair l2O 80 Against it Majority against the Bill ... —4O The Bill is consequently lost. The House then resumeil. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLaInTdE This Bill was read a second time, o N r C de r red M t L o L be com mitted to-mcrrow. DEATH BY ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION BILL. The second reading of this Bill was postponed. POOR REMOVAL BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM could not say, in the present state . of public business, when they could go ints'Cointnittee on this Bill, but he would fix Monday next. CORONERS' ( IRELAND) BILL. The House re.olved itself into Committee on this Bill. The several clauses of this Bill were agreed to, and the report ordered to be brought up to-morrow. The House then resumed. NEW ZEALAND BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought in this Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next. The other orders of thedny were then disposed of, an d t h e House adjourned at Six o 'clock. HAND-IN-HAND BUILDING A ssoczATTote.--A public meeting was hell at the Literary Institution, Leicester square, on Wednesday last, to explain the plan on which the Hand-in-Hand Building Association is founded. The chair was taken by J. E. D. Bethune, Esq.. one I f the trustees of the society. The Chairman opened the proceedings by allud ing, in general terms, to the many fallacious schemes that had been put forward, professing similar objects. He in formed the meeting, that before he became a trustee, he had closely examined the plan of the association, and the calcu lations on which it is based, and had no hesitation in deAar ing the society could fulfil the promises it made to those who joined it. Mr. Kruse, of Old Swan Wharf, Chelsea, in a forcible speech, impressed on the'meeting their duty to pro vide a comfortable home for their families, and stated that the greater part of a tradesman's life was spent in working for rent and taxes, which lahour, through the aid of this society, might be turned to his own benefit. Several other speakers moved various resolutions, and in the course of their observations, explained the details of the Hand-in-Hand Association, which explanations appeared to give great satis faction. Mr. J. R. Macarthur, of the British Investment Society, was present, and asked several questions, with the answers to which, he professed himself sati,fial, and an nounced his intention of becomig a shareholder in the new association. Our correspondent at Winchester states that a violent thunder storm passed over that city on Saturday afternoon, forte- W 4 . 17 Tritatg at CaUlage. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MORNING, JUNE 25, 1846. M4L - ANCHOLY SUICIDE OF B. 11. HAirDON._ESQ.,._THE HISTORICAL PAINTER. The demise of this extraordinary and talented man was announced in a few brief words in our yesterday's impression. We have now a duty to perform in narrating the circum stances of his death, which, as many of our readers may probably have imagined, arose from his own act and deed, and was effected in a manner, the record of which is as afflicting as it is terrible. Mr. Haydon's misfortunes and disappointments in the profession of which he was so distinguished a member, have not been altogether hidden from the public. His occa sional appeals against the acts of injustice of which (truly or not) he undoubtedly believed himself the victim, have given to his name a melancholy celebrity which his last fatal act (arising, as it will be seen to have done, from his latest disappointment) cannot fail to in crease in if very remarkable degree. Without dwelling further on this subject, it may be briefly stated that Mr. Haydon's pecuniary circumstances have been for some time past in a very embarrassed condition. A short time since, a valued ,frieno, to whcm Mr. Haydon had made known the state of his affairs, offered to advance the sum necessary to relieve him from some pressing liabilities. On this cir cumstance (inasmuch as hie liability to meet the liabilities alluded to, had thrown him into a very desponding state), Mr. Haydon built strong hopes, which were, alas ! destined only to meet a more cruel disappointment on his friend dis covering that the property from which he intended to ad vance Mr. Haydon the means of liquidating his responsibili ties, was so " locked up,". that he could not release it for the desired purpose. There can be no doubt that the melancholy termination of deceased's life must be attributed to a series of disappoint.. meats, and, so to speak, persecutions, of which he has, per haps unfairly, imagined himself the object for many years past, and not to any one isolated circumstance. There is, however, enough already ascertained to justify the conclusio n that the disappointment consequent on the knowledge of his friend's inability to serve him in the matter above detailed has been the immediate cause of the rash act which has at once deprived the unhappy man of life, and left an exem plary widow and family of four children to mourn the loss of one of the most indulgent husbands and kind fathers who ever existed. The mode in which Mr. Haydon effected his death shows that the unhappy man had coolly and delibe rately considered everything in connexion with his dreadful purpose before putting the same into execution. On Sunday evening, while sitting with his family, he sug gested to Mrs. Haydon, that sh e s h ou ld, on th e following morning, proceed to Brixton, for the purpose of visiting Mr. Coulton, a friend of the family, who resided there. Although the suggestion appeared somewhat strange, Mrs. Haydon promised to accede to it, and in due course Mr. Haydon re tired to rest in Lis usual health and spirits. On Monday morning Mr. Haydon rose early, and after walking out, returned apparently - fatigued. He subsequently passed some time in his studio, writing. At half-pasteight o'clock he rung fer his messenger, and desired him to be in attendance at hue 'o'clock. to convey a letter (as the man de-cribes) to the Duke of :"utherland. As the messenger was leaving the room Mr. Haydon desired_ him not to wait an answer to the communication. The unhappy, man shortly before ten o'clock appears to have entered his painting-room (the principal apartment on the first flo.)r of his residence), and here it was that he committed the dreadful act. It was usual for Mr. Haydon to lock himself 'in this apartment when engaged in painting, and no seems to have done so on . Monday morning. At a few minutes after ten o'clock Mrs. Haydon passed upstairs on her way to her own room. As she passed the door of the painting•room she tried the lock, upon which Mr. Haydon called out, rather loudly and hurriedly, " who's that." Mrs. Haydon replied "it was only herself, and that she was proceeding upstairs to dress, before going to Brix ton." Mr. Ihydon rejoined " Oh, very well ;" adding, as she left the door, " God b:ess you, I will see you presently." Within a few minutes Mr. Haydon followed his wife up stairs, and in her bed•room repeated a message he had pre viously charged her to deliver to Mr. Coulton, the gentleman she was about to visit at Brixton. Having done so, Mr. Haydon kissed his wife very fervently, and returned to his studio. Ia her bed-room Mrs. Haydon was joined by her eldest daughter, who remained with her until she completed her toilette. Shortly before this (about a quarter to eleven o'clock) both ladies were, for the moment, alarmed by what appeared to be the stifled report of a gun or pistol. The troops were exercising in the Park, close at hand, at the time, and, as nothing particular succeeded the report, both Mrs. Haydon and her daughter imagined that their alarm had originated from the firing of the soldiers. Within five minutes a heavy fall on the floor of the room beneath was heard; but as Mr. Haydon was frequently in the habit of moving his heavy pictures, and in so doing allowing the cor ners to fall heavy on the ground, the noise was attributed to that circumstance, and no notice was taken of it. Shortly after eleven o'clock Mrs. Haydon left the house, and proceeded to Brixton. At a quarter-past twelve Miss Haydon, who is only sixteen years of age, prompted by filial affection and know ing the desponding state of mind in which her father had been for some time, went down stairs and knocked at the door of the painting-room. Not hearing her father's usual prompt reply, she tried the lock, which opened at her touch, and a moment's glance discovered the body of her un happy parent, crouched up together on the floor. Her first impression was that her father had fallen down in a tit. This illusion was, however, soon dispelled, and the fright ful reality made manifest. Miss Hay don immediately rushed out of the house, and ran across the way to the residence of Messrs. Bryant and White, surgeons, in Burwood-place, the former of whom has for a long time been the family me dical attendant. Mr., Bryant was unfortunately from home at the time, and a neighbouring surgeon was sent for. With out waiting, however, Miss Haydon, throwing herself into a cab, directed the man to drive to Brixton, intending to pro ceed to Mr. Coulton's, where her mother had previously gone. Mr. Coulton and Mrs. Haydon crossed the unhappy young lady on her way, and arrived together in Burwood-place shortly after one o'clock. Mr. Coulton's visit merely arising from some matters of business he wished to transact with Mr. Haydon. On entering the house they learned the dreadful tidings. Mr. Coulton, who was a most intimate friend of the unhappy artist; immediately proceeded up stairs, where he found the body of the deceased, in the state de scribed, and on the table several sealed packets. The first H a ,d on _ Neatest love." It contained several letters, one to herselt, imploring her forgiveness for the additional pang his last act would add to the many he had already given her, and ex pressing a - hope that Sir Robert Peel would consider he (the deceased) had earned a pension for her. He also alluded to the receipt of a cheque for 501. from the private purse of the same Right Hon. Baronet, on the previous Fri day, 101. of which he directed should be given to his daugh- ter, 101. to his son Frank, and the remainder to be appro priated to her own purposes. The packet also contained a letter to each of his children, enjoining them to lead a pious life, and live affectionately with each other. Another packet contained the deceased's will, in which he appointed as his executors, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Coulton, and Dr. Dor ling. The document is of a most extraordinary and elaborate character, and gives the full details of the unhappy man's life and difficulties. It also wills his various pictures to dif ferent individuals. A third packet contained three letters, adoressed respectively to the Right Hon. t-ir R. Peel, Sir G. ockburn, and Mr. Sergeant Talfourd. These Mr. Coulton took possession of, and immediately delivered in person. No trace was discovered of any letter addressed to the Duke of Sutherland. Within two hours of the receipt of Mr. Haydon's letter, Sir Robert Peel replied to Mr. Coulton, as the principal executor of the unhappy deceased. His letter, atter express • ing how painfully he was shocked at the intelligence Mr. Haydon's letter had communicated, went on to state that as he feared the family might be in need of some immediate assistance, he bad thought it right to inclose a cheque for 2001. from the Royal Bounty Fund, as a temporary relief. The Right Hon. Baronet further stated, that he supposed a permanent provision for the family would be immediately suggested, and if so, he begged to add that so far as his own private purse and personal influence were concerned, both might be commanded. There was another paper found, headed "The last thoughts of Haydon at half-past ten o'clock," one of the principal points in which was a comparison of the characters of the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Buonaparte. An examination of the body proves that the deceased must have first fired a pistol into his bead, a perforated but. let-wound being visible in the parietal bone, This appears not to have had a fatal effect ; and there are traces of blood about the room where deceased appears to have subse quently walked to obtain possession of a razor with which he afterwards inflicted two severe gashes in his throat, and thus caused death. DREADFUD DEPIMCIATION Or LANDEIS -- PROPERTY. The - following very clever artiele on Land and 'Lord ..Craven we- copy from the Sussel Advertiser and Surrey ,Gazette, a paper quite after our own heart:— , A few weeks ago we took occasion to comment upon a remark made by Mr. George. Robins, that both 'the landed interest and the agricultural community had been " more frightened than hurt!" Mr. Robins's assertion has been fully borne out by the result of a sale which took place last week under his own auspices,. as we. learn from a paragraph in the . Times, which runs as follows: " The great Willenhall estate, in Warwickshire, with a rental of 1,550/. a year, was sold by Mr. Robins, at the Auction Mart, on Tuesday, for 48,100 guineas. Lord 'Craven is the purchaser. Mr. Jones Loyd and. Mr. Mellor (ono of the tenants) wEre the highest of the unsuccessful competitors. This sum, it will be seen, is 33i years' purchase, and upon a rack 'rental. So much for the supposed decrease in the value of land through Sir Robert Peel's corn measures." The noble purchaser of the Willenhall estate has re cently been giving utterance to some vehement protect tionist auguries, in which the " setting of the sun of England's glory," the annihilation of rents and the de struction of tenant-farmers were duly prominent. The Country will rejoice to perceive that his Lordship has recovered from .his alarm, and that, although a Craven by name, he has proved far otherwise in his biddinga at the Aucticn Mart last week. There could have ex isted no doubt in his Lordship's mind as to the passing of the Corn Bill on Tuesday last ; and we can, therefore, only conclude that th e d estruct i on o f t h e landed interest —the conversion of fertile fields into barren wastes—the pauperisation of the entire race of labourers, and such like results, are n o t matters caus i ng any rea l alarm in Lord Craven's mind, but are simply dreaded in " a Parliamentary sense." It is by no means an uncommon, though not very successful practice, for persons who are anxious to be buyers at an auction, to endeavour to " run down" the value of the property to be sold. Perhaps Lord Craven may have had a hankering for the Wil lenhall domain for some time past, and upon that assumption, it is not impossible that his Lordship may have deemed it good policy to magnify the evil effects of free trade upon landed property, with an eye to getting a cheap bargain on the present occasion. Be that as it may, his Lordship's purchase entirely knocks on the head his Lordship's prophecies. His purse and his predictions run directly counter to each other. The former should needs be full, but the latter are evidently empty enough. What with Lord George Bentinck. seeking to dig land out of the ocean, and Lord Craven buy ing an estate at 33i years' purchase, the Protectionists who are sincere in their apprehensions of free-trade must feel themselves sorely puzzled. To clear their mind, we would suggest a regular " course" of George Robins. Three days a week at the Auction Mart, with Doctor Robins as physician, and we have no doubt that the " nervousness,' tremulousness, lowness of spirits," with those " other distressing symptoms" recently ob servable in Protectionist patients will be speedily dis sipated. The scenes now enacted in George Robins's auction-room remind us of the old song yclept the Bay of Biscay—not on account of the evidences of " wreck' therein exhibited, but because, in the room, as in the song, the moment " a sale in sight appears," it is " hailed " if net " with three cheers," at least with alacrity equal to that of the unfortunate tars, whose fears of " a watery pillow " imbued them with such a natural longing for " land." We earnestly trust that the future course of the Protectionists may be as cheering as the final career of the mariners we have mentioned, and that "Now we shall sail With a fresh gale" from the bay of Protection, which has so well nigh proved fatal to the crew of the good ship Agriculture. DISCOVERY IN LIVERPOOL OF WOMEN IN SAILORS' ATTIRE. On Monday very considerable curiosity and interest were excited in the neighbourhood of Fenwick-street, in consequence of two female servants from Hull having been found dressed in sailors' attire, and having their sex discovered just as they were about to undergo an examination by a medical gentleman, preparatory to their going on board a man-of-war. The females who had in this instance taken it into their heads to ship as seamen in her Majesty's service, and who, but for their own confession, obtained from them uncle r the circumstances mentioned, would have carried their intention into effect, are two very fine young women, the one seventeen and the other eighteen years of age. Both are extremely well-looking, intelligent, and about the middle stature. They can read and write well, and upon the subject of their freak they were exceedingly communicative, but apparently very sorry that they had been prevented from doing maritime service. They are both the daugh ters of small farmers, and their pare n t s are s till li v i ng . The name of the girl aged eighteen is Harriet Palmer. She was born at a place called Barton, in Lin colnshire, and is the eldest of six children. She has latterly been cook at the Blue Bell Inn, situated in the market-placeof that town, and at the inn, a situation she only held about a month, she first assumed the male attire. The name of the other girl is Caroline Sarah Abbey. She was born inYorkshire, and has 13 brothers and sisters. She went to service at an early age, and, after being in a variety of places, went to Hull, and was im mediately engaged as barmaid at the Blue Bell in that town. We have now brought the parties together at the Blue Bell Inn, where, though previously strangers to each other, they speedily formed a strong attachment for vaeh nthPr_ .2 those enn,nr.t.a their _plans in__ n fortnieht after meeting together. Caroline seemed to have first suggested to, Harriet that it would be a capital hit upon their parts if they left their places, dressed themselves in sailors' clothes, went off to Liver pool, and shipped as apprentices or seamen ; they cared not in what capacity, in what vessel, or to what part of the world they might be bound. Harriet listened to the tale, and concurred heartily in the plot. Their sweethearts were sailors, and had sent home glorious accounts from distant lands of the scenes they hal witnessed ; and the girls, inspired with a love of following their career, seemed to have some idea floating in their minds, that by going to sea, they would sooner or later fall in with their friends abroad. On reaching Manchester, their funds became so low that they were compelled to walk to Livernool. On Thursday night they slept at Warrington, and at 11 o'clock on Friday morning they arrived in Liverpool. They have ever since then been constantly in the company of sailors, eating and drinking and sleeping in the same room with them. They applied at several shipping offices for situations, and the captain of one of the merchant vessels in the Prince's Dock offered to t a k e Caroline on b oar d a t once , b ut she refused t o go, as s h e wou ld b e separated fro m Harriet. They v i s i ted the Sailors ' Home severa l t i mes, and at length a y oung man, whom they acc id enta ll y met, advised them to enter themselves as apprentices on board a man-of-war. They repaired with that view to the Naval Office, in Water -street yesterday morning, and the captain immediately accepted them, subject to the approval of the examining sur geon, Mr. Craig. The captain said they were strapping lads, and that they would answer ad infinite astonishment, that ad mirably. On b e i ng taken to Mr. Craig ' s surgery,t h ey took oil their c oa t s , vests, caps, and shoes, and then an nounced, to the surgeon' s they were not w h at they seemed to be—boys. T hey urged him str ong l y, however, to pass over that insu perable obstacle, and to let them serve her Majesty, but of course he was unable to comply with their request. From the surgeon's they were taken to Mr. Dowling's office, and subsequently to the parish office, where they received the kind est treatment from Mr. ray and Mr. Rowladda, the ove rseers. They were lodged last night at a respectable h ouse, and this morning they will be clothed once mor e i n f emale attire, and w ill t h en b e sent back to Hull. —Liv erpoo l Times. HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE.—Within the last few days there have been very few fresh fly, and the old ones are nearly all rubakidead—butlity f t o he g l r ic o e w a in r g e bleeding the bine to such an ex tent, even on th e b urr now coming out, t h at t h ere i s no p half remarks iein the d o not apply to the favoured college crop. ground, which, middle, is still clear of vermin. The operations of the p!anters with a view to stay the plague are very various ---the result remains to be Aeon. the F r e e ii i L s E e t v G e a ripr T o be hops specto f areour y very much improved, hetterero pth and an most other districts. Bunrtisr,, 13oxx.nr, ArLEsronD.—There appears to be a slight improvement in these parishes, but the hops are still loaded with vermin, and the prospects of the crops are most unpromising. MEREWORTH, WATERINGBURY, &c.—There is DO change to notice in the hops at present.. The vermin are, however, dying away, and the bine continues to grow very fast. BRENCHLEY.--..- Our weak grounds are decidedly worse'; in other grounds, though,tbe branches come out vigor ously, they are followed up to thevery tips by vermin. Our prospect is bad. TUNBRIDGE.—The hops in this neighbourhood are in much the same state with regard to vermin as they were last week ; some think there are less lice, but all agreo that the strength of the bine is fast going. The bine in some places begins to assume a sickly hue, and the general opinion is that a blight must ensue; but still, re membering the great uncertainty, the growers will hope on a little longer. The_hops at Cranbrook, Rawkhurst, Goudhurst, Frit iendeft, Biddenden and &menden are decidedly fast im proving,.many grounds are almost free from vermin, and I t ditty . 3 ie tl ic s e o d rh called,te planters, 1. 131 50 a n O ta t O h Ci a i l o t . 11 like l y hop lt pi c k i ngi is e t m o a p r t hrkoiedsduycbee a by agaono willd p' b e e c i r Po ere markably early: • . StvENoAKEs.---There is a,deeidedly perceptible provement in tho -hops this week, but in the plantations - below,- where - .'the bine is not strong, the honey-dew and filth are cot plettly getting the mastery of — the plant; we have noticed some gardens were the leaves are cOmpletely shut, having an appearance as if .struck with lightning. . We are exceedingly fearful the growth will bet very -short ; as we have before stated, the. hops on the "Great Sandstone" and "Rag Ridge," from. strength and contour of bine, despite the abundance. of filth, predict -an over average crop. So far as regards these plantations, we wish we could say as much of the . " below hill" hopS. From the_other districts our reports give no change in the condition of the p lan tations. —Maidstone Journal. ROBBERY OF PLATE.—On Tuesday information was received by the police of a most daring robbery of plate hav ing been committed on the night of Saturday last, at the house of Mr. Morgan, hosier and glover, No. 173, Strand. Amongst the articles stolen, which were taken from different rooms in the house, were 12 large silver tablespoons, 12 s, 8 silver table forks, 2 sauce 6 salt spoons, 2 silve r cas t ors, s l2a m dp a lair el ro2soup ditto, f sugar tongs,laodldees a fish se dessert slice,bpuoon butter eknife, mustard-pot, marrow.! spoon, &c., also a quantity of valuable wearing apparel. It not glum Ji the thirfel effected an entrance. LITERATURE. THE ELEVATION OFTHE PEOPLE. By the Rev. T. Milner, M.A. The title of this work at once arrests our sympathy, and excites our interest. The elevation of the people ! what varied thoughts are conjured up by that , brief wbp theiral i es ra es esoeie inn f ate the emt We grandeur aia s on e s n, e dai enlbuersefoodarrinrefidoewue actual s : ttnhhese dfmightysuffering, groirtna,gd:aht m aieon u multitude, o d iu t; vc d e e : , ts the shame. nee causeT beforehe bareo u f s all term e h retmhpeoo greatness r e ,ei r a f t t u hn l ee sinews of the social frame ; the i erionpdleg”lorreymoinf reminds sur us s ou o n f country— ir and . limitable power; the thought of their "Elevation" recalls their sad position : it tells ns of what they should be, and painfully contrasts what they are ; but alas, in the gentle voice of hope, it whispers, what they may, and what a strong conviction assures us, they shall be. This moment is peculiarly appropriate for such thoughts— this moment, when the beams of morning are dispelling the darkness of night ; when hope is being merged in certainty, and the fulfilment of some of our most anxious expectations bids us anticipate the realisation of the whole. In all human affairs there is an inevitable ten dency to advance, and not only to advance, but to improve; for the apparent increase of evil only tends to its own ultimate destruction. The pent-up waters, restrained for a time, acquire new force in their accumulation, and rising at last, overthrow all bonds ;• and so has all tyranny, temporarily triumphant, succumbed eventually to the power of the oppressed. Hence all the revolu tions of old, and hence ours of the present day. Hence our rebellion, not with Sre and sword against some seep tred despot, but a social rebellion against social tyranny —a revolution operating in our hearts. Let those, if any there are, who doubt this, but earnestly regard the signs of the times ; the sorrows of the poor, once turned from with contempt—the wrongs of the many, once re garded with indifference, are now the objects of general investigation—are now the objects of an attention almost " universal as its theme." We hear of them in the gen— tle voice from the throne,- in the earnest language of the minister, in the animated debates in the Parliament house, or the impassioned eloquence of the multitude. We read of them on every• page, whether the poli tician's or the poet's, portrayed with the terrible realities of truth, or clothed in the varied adornments of ro mance. We learn them in various ways, but we do learn them ; and all these ways, however differing in themselves, are only parts of one great movement—of one simultaneous endeavour, Their object is to expose evil, and thereby to remedy it ; to make us feel for the suffering and think how to alleviate it ; and of such a bless is the work before us. To recommend it to atten tion deems almost a work of supererogation. Its aim is to promote the elevation of the people, " moral, instruc tional, and social," and it does so in a most simple and effective manner, alike free from enthusiasm and preju dice. The greater portion is devoted to education ; various systems are analysed, and various examples cited. Commencing with a " glance at bygone times," it furnishes us with a brief sketch of the condition of the country, or rather of the people, down to the present day. In the chapter emphatically named " The Strife for Life" we have a heart-rending picture of the terrible struggles, daily and hourly endured by many thousands, in every part of the kingdom ; struggles of which their happier brethren, who " live at home in ease" can hardly form an adequate conception. Not decked out in plausible probabilities, but, as learned by Commis.. sioners and other inquirers on the spot, the plain un varnished truth is here made manifest to us. We read of the lace maker's children, not four years old, work ing twelve hours a day ; we hear the mother of six children declaring "we never see such a thing as butcher's meat—we never know what it is to get enough to eat." We read of the " morality of dens and wig warns" (names more appropriate than cottages for our wretched habitations) where many persons of all ages, and both sexes sleep together in the same room, some times in the same bed. How terrible, how awful is the following paragraph, if it be true, which we will ardently hope it is not:—" Some years ago, Mr. Walms ley estimated the amount annually realised as the wages of crime (in Liverpool) at seven hundred thousand pounds. A subcommittee of the Town Council was ap pointed to examine this statement, and they reported the conviction that the immense sum was not exaggerated!" The concluding chapter of this work enumerates the " social improvements already projected and commenced, and dissipates the gloom inspired by a retrospect of the past in contemplating the better things which are at hand, or which are even now being realised. For all persons of all ages, and of all clases, this volume should, and will, be deeply interesting. The young will have more true wisdom and more practical knowledge, from studying the present state of their own countrymen, than from contemplating the deeds of the heroes of old, however vividly or nervously depicted. And the very impartial and general character of the work will prevent it from clashing with political opinions, save in a few instances, and its moderate and straightforward tone must preserve it from offending any, save the selfish or the prejudiced, whose censure will be preferable to com mendation. THORNBERRY ABBEY. A Tale of the Estab- lished Church. " Rasselas " sprang from the well of pure English fiction, so did the " Vicar of Wakefield," so did the " Christmas Carol." Theft is nothing meretricious in the composition or the conception of either of them ; of each might most truly be declared that "none but itself could be its parallel" Of the first the principal characteristic is thoughtfulness ; the' second is essen tially domestic ; the last is a combin;tion of wit, medi tation, pathos, domesticity,_and drollery, the chief charm of which is its spontaneousness ; every sentiment is, as it were, the cushla ma chree, " the pulse of my heart." But beyond the idealism of each story, ono of the rarest beauties of these three is the remarkable purity of the language in which they are couched ; they smack in every sentence of our insular literature ; they could alone have been produced by an inhabitant of "la perfide Albion." For this same purity and nation ality of style, the little volume called " Thornberry Abbey " can put in a very fair claim ; and however much the imaginativeness of the narrative may be ham pered and suppressed by its professedly polemical ten dency, we cannot but acknowledge that as a literary composition alone it possesses singular attributes of attraction. We have not, undoubtedly, the temerity to classify the writer. with a Johnson, a Goldsmith, or a Dickens ; the thing would be a. flagrant rebellion against judicious taste and classical propriety ; but we are assured that as a composition the present volume would not have been disdained by those fine intellects. The tale is plainly but honestly told ; it is simple, but its diction rings well even upon the accustomed ear. Nor is the purpose of the whole a deterioration of this merit ; it is consonant with it for its gentleness, •its earnestness, and its truthfulness. There are none of the hackneyed commonplaces of the habitual contro versialist ; there are no gleams of acerbity, indicative of the bigot ; no deprecations of this beautiful world, or of society at large, such as furnish matter for vitupe ration to the fanatical mind. The doctrines are ad vanced, not dogmatically, but meekly ; the controversy is unaffectedly and gracefully written. Many of the characters introduced are singularly life-like and real, ex. gr. Lady Martin and Mrs. Hardy. The first inter• view between these two redoubtable ladies is capitally told. James Eynon, again, is a faithful transcript from an original ; his lamentations over imaginary troubles form a good representation of a half-misanthrope, half- - hippocondriac. It would be rather ungracious to define the plot of the story, as by so doing we should deprive the book of much of its attraction ; in other words we should be destroying its interest. However much may be our difference of opinion, wo can commend thi s " Tale of the Established Church" as a pleasant, en tertaining, and thoroughly Anglican fiction. LAMENT4BLE MISTAKE.—WINDSOR, TUESDAY EVEN ING.—An unfortunate occurrence took place yesterday after noon at St. Leonard's-place, near Windsor, which, it is feared, may prove. fatal, to La Marquise d'Harcourt, who is on a visit to Mr. W. B. Harcourt, at his resi dence at St. Leonard's. It appears that' La Marquise had been attended for some time past by . Messrs. Brown and Andrews, of this town, surgeons to the royal house hold. By a lamentable oversight on the part of a domes tic, a bottle containing an -.ounce and a half of a very strong preparation of. laudanum was administered to the unfortunate lady in mistake for a draught of medi cine. Shortly afterwards the error was discovered, , and a messenger instantly dispatched to Windsor for medical aid .. Within forty minutes of the discovery being made Mr. Andrews was in attendance, and administered the proper remedies to neutralise the effects of the poison; but from the advanced age of the sufferer (who is in her 76th year) the greatest fears were entertained of her not being enabled to recover from the severe shock she has experienced. At 6 o'clock this evening La Marquise was considered to be in the most imminent danger. Her medical attendants, however, have still hopes that she may be restored, should inflamma tion, from the strong remedies which it was necessary to re sort to, not take place. La Marquise d'Harcourt is the relict of Major-General Charles Amedee Harcourt Marquis d'Har court, a peer of France, who was killed by a fall from his horse in 1831, at St. Leonard's, and was buried at Albury Church, Hertfordshire, in the family vault of the late Sir Richard Harcourt. DANGER OF BATHING IN THE THADIES.-011 Sunday morning, two young lads, the one about sixteen, and the other about twenty years of age, tailors, in the employ ment of Mr. Harris, Hare-street, and Mr: Flide, Fowls street, Woolwich, were drowned while bathing in the River Thames, near Charlton Pier, and their bodies have not been found. On Monday evening another lad, about sixteen years of age, named Lyne, was drowned while bathing nearly opposite Warren-lane, Woolwich, and his body wa s found about an hour afterwards, by employing a net, after the use of the drags had been tried for some time. A report was prevalent that two otheryouths had been drowned while bathing at Plumstead Marshes. The general impression is, that these numerous fatal accidents While bathing in the Thames arises from the swell in the river on the passing of largo steam vessels, whi c h causes an action in the water contrary to the tidal current of the river, and is described by bathers as throwing them off their legs into deeper water, and drowning those who are not good swimmers. PATRIOTIC DRINKING.—" Now I ax you fellers who's the best citterzen, him as supports Guverment, or him as doesn't? Why,him as does, in course. We supports Gover ment, we fellers —every man as drinks grog supports the Guverment—that is, if he lickers a t a li cence d h o use. Every blessed drop of lick er he swallers there is taxed to pay the salary of some of them ere great big wigs. 'Spose was to quit drinkin ff , w h y , G overment must fall— i t coalda.'tir de it no how. Th a t' s t h e worry reason I drinks. .uclernation, I don't grog—l mom telly h a t es it . if I f o ll ero dmy ) I'd rather d r i n k b utterm ilk , or g i nger oi)(wa ' , o r soda water. goo 3 of my country , to But 1 li c k ers for theeneration." set an' example of patriotism and wirtus self-denial to the rising generation." —American paper. TUE BANKRUPT-LAW.—"Sambo,- what your 'pinion "Tink him fuss-rate, Pompey ; I ob dat bankrupt-law ;" ,Just explain him imply for the application . n m o 3 w se . l ; st " lend me dat half-dollar prin ciples." " Why, you se-a (Pompey bands him the money, yo got for whitewashing• and Sambo deliberately puts it into his pocket.) "Dere, den," says Sambo, " n ow I owes de shoemaker tree shillings, and you half a dollar, besides de grocer's bill ; now dis half dollar is all de property I got; I diwides him according to my debts." Pompey—"_l_take dat half-dollar back." Sambo (with amazement)—" Do you tink dis child green? 1113 a bankrupt; you Oa pm iihar9 yficl de prier • EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY. On Monday morning last, it was discovered that the offices of Messrs. Harrison and Gell, land and commis sion agents, No. 5, Red Lion-street, St. Ann's-square, had been broken open, an iron safe therein blown open with gunpowder, and a considerable sum of money taken therefrom. Suspicion alighted upon William Gaskell, whose father, a machine ruler, occupies an office under the same roof, and almost immediately over Mr. Har rison's office, and George Lear, a companion of the younger Gaski'l, who resides:with his mother in Lloyd street, Hulme ; and they were apprehended and brought up at the Borough Court yesterday, on this charge. Th e prisoners are both young men, under 20. Mr. Sowler, barrister, defended the prisoner Gaskell. It appeared that on Monday morning, when Mr. Har rison went to his office, he found that the door had been broken open. On going to an iron safe, in which he kept money, he found that, too, had been forced open, and three 101. bank notes, a half sovereign, an Ameri can coin, and some silver and copper taken away. On Saturday last, about half-past one o'clock in the after noon, he put money into a cash-box, which he locked, and deposited securely in the iron safe, and then left the premises, to which be did not return until Mon day. Access was had to Mr. Harrison's office by a street-door, which was common to himself, the pri soner Gaskell's father, Messrs. White and Jones, Mr. Varey, a letter- press printer, and a person named Knowles, all of whom had offices there. The street door was fastened at night by a padlock, of which each of the oc cupants had a key. The prisoner Gaskell had been in possession of the street door key latterly, though he does not appear to have been entitled to one ; but his father, having lost his key some time since, procured another ; the lost key, however, having been afterwards found, the prisoner possessed himself of it. The party by whom the robbery had been com m itt e d had effected an entrance by the street door, the padlock of which had been opened by a key. Mr. Harrison's office was secured by a padlock outside, and a stock-lock inside the door ; the former had been opened apparently without violence, and in the ordinary way ; and the door, as it would seem from certain appearances which it presented, had then been wrenched open by means of a crow-bar, or some iron instrument. The iron safe bore marks of having been forcibly opened, by exploding gunpowder in the key-hole ; the lock was smashed in pieces, and the appearance of some of the fragments confirmed this surmise. A girl in the service of Mr. Parsons, St. Ann's-square, the back part of whose house runs into Red Linn-street, and is immediately opposite the premises where the robbery was committed, heard a report like that of the explosion of powder, while she was in a bed-room in the back part of the house, between eleven and twelve o'clock on Sunday morning last, during the time of divine service ; and on looking out of the window, immediately after the re port, she observed smoke issuing out of the window of Mr. Harrison's office, and some one standing near the window. She knew the two prisoners very well, par ticularly Gaskell, both of whcm she bad often before seen entering and going out of the door leading to the elder Gaskell's office; but she could not state whether or not Gaskell the prisoner was the person whom she saw at the office window whence the smoke issued. Another of Mr. Parson's servant girls, to whom the former shortly afterwards related what she had seen and heard, saw the prisoner Gaskell on Sunday morn ing, between eleven and twelve o'clock, standing about four or five minutes near the outer door leading to the office. He asked her for a drink of water, and she gave him one. She had seen Gaskell at the door before her fellow -servant told her of the explo sion. She did not see in what direction he went after she gave him the water ; nor did she notice any thing remarkable about his clothes. Police-officer A 22 went on duty at nine o'clock on Sunday night at the coroner of St. Ann's-square. A quarter of an hour afterwards he tried the street door leading to Mr. Harrison's office, and it was secure. About ten minutes past eleven, on the same night, he tried it again, when he found the hang lock was open ; ho entered the door and proceeded up stairs, but found no person in any of the offices, which were all fast. He then informed the in spector on duty, who sent him to inform Mr. Varey, the occupant of one of the offices, of the circumstance. Mr. Varey accompanied him to the premises, and find ing the offices all fast, locked the street door. They fouud, however, that the hang-lock on Mr. Harrison's office door was unlocked, though the door itself was still held fast by a stock-lock inside. About half-past ten o'clock on Sunday night, as the police-officer was turning out of Red Lion-street into Back-square, he saw the prisoner Gaskell cross over the square and sit down on the step of Mr. Armstrong's warehouse. A young woman, between whom and the prisoner Gaskell an at tachment existed; parted with him, a few minutes after ten o'clock, on Sunday night, at the corner of Byrom street, near Hardman-street, when he went towards St. John's Church, in the direction of Hulme. The prisoner Gaskell was apprehended on Monday morn ing, in Red Lion-street, near his father's office, when on being informed of the charge against him, he said he had been to the office on Sunday morning, but that he knew nothing about the robbery. Among other things found in his pocket, was a key which fitted the padlock of the street door in Red Lion-street; an iron bar was also found at the office of his father. Lear was apprehended at his mother's house, in Lloyd street, Hulme. On being charged with being concerned in the robbery, he stated he was :at the office in Red Lion street, with Gaskell, on Sunday morning, for a pair of trousers belonging to the latter ; that they _afterwards went to bathe together, and, after bathing, came homewards, when Gaskell left him between twelve and one, near St. Matthew's Church, and he (Lear) went home. From the elder Gaskell'sl account it appeared his son left home between seven and eight o'clock on Sunday morning ; returned home to dinner at one o'clock ; went out again about two ; re turned to tea between five and six ; went away again after tea; returned a little after ten at night ; and then went to bed. His father described him as a steady boy, and stated that he was a teacher in the Sunday School at St. Matthew's Church. On Sunday, after dinner, he asked his mother for ls. 6d., which she did not give to him. On Monday morning he went to his work as usual. When he heard of Mr. Harrison's office having been broken open, he was anxious to go down stairs and see the office, but his father prevented him. The father, who was examined by Mr. Sowler, as a witness on behalf of his son, said Mr. Harrison had been in the habit of leaving his office on a Saturday afternoon in charge of a woman to be cleaned, and he thought there would be opportunity for a person to secrete himself in the office between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. He also said that Mr. Harrison's premises had, some years before, been attempted to be broken open, and an in strument had been carried out of his (Gaskell's) office to effect airentrance. Of this, however, Mr. Harrison denied all knowledge. _ _ Thomas Danielrs, a boy who attends the Sunday school at St. Matthew's Church, said he saw the pri soner Gaskell at the school at about half-past two o'clock on Sunday afternoon ; he did not see him at church in the morning. No part of the money abstracted from Mr. Harrison's safe has yet been found. The prisoners were remanded to Saturday.—Manchester Guardian. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. was gratified to observe in your journal of yesterday a letter signed " Bon Sent," calling attention to the polluted state of the atmosphere on the shore of the river opposite Millbank. If you can afford but an inch of space in which I may bear testimony to the truth of this I shall be much obliged; for on Sunday evening I passed this spot in a boat, and really the stench was abominable. That I was not stifled I have to thank a sound constitution, but I think it might prove serious to some. Inhaling the effluvia of decomposed flesh (for I think it is caused by such) is most injurious and destructive to life, and I shall take care not to pass up the Thames so far again until the nuisance is re moved. I trust that the attention of the proper autho rities may be directed to this subject, for at this remark ably hot season in particular it is sufficient to produce a general infectious disease.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, W. S. Queen-square, June 24, 1846. ROYAL ARTILLERY FOR NEW ZEALAND.—A ue tachment of the Royal Artillery, selected from Captain Turner's company, 6th battalion, left Woolwich last year, under the command of Captain Henderson, for service in New Zealand. The remainder of the company were me dically inspected on Friday last, at the Ordnance Hospital, at Woolwich, and are to proceed in about eight days for New Zealand. Previous to their departure, it is said, the strength of the company will be augmented to a hundred men. Another company is shortly expected to proceed to North Australia, and a field officer is to be appointed to a command in that quarter of the world. The Baron Rothschild, the llonoure.hieliri.)bßelll,ooami:d field, Ambassador from Russia, Si r George cam Captain Bear, were among the passengers that landed at Blackwell yesterday, from Ostend, by t h e Gener Navigation Company's steam-shi p T r i ton. al Steam At Maynooth the improvements under the new Par liamentary grant are surprising. Grand walks are now to be seen where a few - months ago stagnant pools emited their fetid smell ; dell ware has been substituted for the " pewter plotter," by the in spectors, and the new wings are to be commenced next month. The porters, c. ,_zave exercise-ground h as been also improved ; the ball courts, &C. ' ine cellent order. All the & 1 li ve ry now for the brat time.—lrish paper. SERIOUS VAN ACCIDENT. —Yesterday e a e b n o e e u s, about seven o'clock, an accident, attended with veil serious took place to several persons while return from Hampton Court. iv. named Goodwin, a It appears that a van belonging to aPe o e us ven co in ns g eq , Pla sh) and female, for a day's excur yesterday, with twenty persona, i o n ; carman, residing in Wellington- ee, Blaesfriars-road, left London a to n o d whilst on the way home the Metres snapped in the centre, fast down a steep hill near excur sion driver r e iHncaamutpitoountiCyothur.otyPoatb_la.; the oe ee ttrc. with great violence to the ground. Wimbledon-common , w ii h jf rve o n one side, whereby the driver and causing the vehicle to ve persons were carried to a neighbouring public-house, The injured ds wore dressed by a surgeon. One young woman, where their wounds . e Franklin, had her left arm and two ribs broken. The injured. After a short time the van was n fo a lr ed oti jlearnpersons were thrown were severely injured. able to proceed o their • ' n journey. SUSPECTED INFANTICIDE.—TtIeSday morning, at all early - hoar, the body of a newly-born male child was discovered floating in the canal near St. John's Church, Paddington. The body motehnedrsed, when they w as conveyed to the nearest public-honse, where the summoning officer took charge of it. Information Was forwarded to Mr. Wakley, the coroner, but th inquiry has not yet been fixed. There were several marks of violence on the boty, and the genera l impres.,ilon is that the child has come by its death by some unfair moans, ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER RAILWAT.-01t Monday evening the in-train from Chichester, which should have arrived at Brighton at half-past eight o'clock, did not reach the terminus till ten. On inquiry we ascertained that the train had run off the line near Littleliamptcn, but that none of the passengers, although considerably inconvenienced by the delay, sue. tanned any injury. PRICE OF GOLD.—The premium on gold at Paris is 16 per mills, which at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 103.0. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 55 ; and the ex change at Paris on London at short being 25 70, it follows that gold is 0.58 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from llamburgh, the price of gold is 435 per mark, which at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10j4d, per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13s. 10d. ; and the exchange at liamburgh on Lon don at short being 13s. 11;4d., it followS that gold is 0.65 por cent. dearer In Imam than In ligutluill. LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. TE - +TIMONIAL TO MR. MIALL. ' A public soirée was held on Tuesday evening - at the London Tavern, where the triends of Mr. Miall, the editor of the Non conformist, assembled in large numbers to present to that ge alernan a testimonial, the result or an appeal which had been male to the p u bli c to protect him from any pecuniary damage which might ensue from the action brought against him by Mr. Gathercole, the Vicar of Chatteris, - and also as a mark of respect for his public character and conduct. The chair was taken bv Mr. Apsley Pellatt. supported by Mr. T. Tnompson, the Rev. Dr. Campbell, Col. Perronett Thomp s.m, Dr. Price, R. Besley, Esq , Dr. Cox, Mr. George Tbomp son, Dr. Epps, Dr. Lankester, Dr. Ox:ey, &c. &c. The com pany present, consisting of gentlemen and ladies, filled the large room. The tea ended, the CHAIRMAN, after briefly referring to the purpose for which the assembly had been called together, announced that the responses to the appeal which had been made on behalf of Mr. Miall had far exceeded the most san guine expectations of the committee—fa . which success they had to express their gratitude to the subscribers, including many persons belonging to the Church ot England. The amount subscribed exceeded 802/.; of this the expenditure, including Sir Thomas Wilde's fee, did not exceed 6241. 10s. ; therefore, presuming that he had the authority of the persons present for so doing, be had the pleasure of present ing the balance of 1771. to the able and persevering editor of the Nonconformist, in the name of the persons who had so gene rously responded to the call of the committee. He, therefore, begged Mr. Miall's acceptance of the same, together with a purse which had formed part of the contribution; as a slight token of the admiration which was entertained for his prin ciples, although it was far from being adequate to his real merits, bothliffor the anxieties and injuries he had Sustained in the cause of "Gathercole v. Miall," and the general zeal which he had displayed in the cause of civil and religious liberty.—(Enthusiastic cheering.) Mr. Pellatt read letters from Mr. Bright, Mr. Duncombe, Dr. Morrison, and Dr. Pye S.nith, who, while they regretted their inability to attend the present meeting, expresse the warmest sympathy with its purpose. Mr. Mau, rose, amidst prolonged and renewed cheering, . expressing his inability to reply suitably to their very flatter ing expression of feeling, and alluding uriefly to the circum stances which had given rise to it. For the testimonial which had been made to him he thanked them ; in the name of human nature, wnich such examples as the present must tend to elevate and exalt, he thanked them; and in the name of those prinCiples which he advocated, he thanked them roost sincerely. He had no right to expect such a manifes tation of feeling as the result of what he most frankly ad mitted to hare been an editorial indiscretien.—(Cheers and laughter.) He spoke in severe terms of the abuses in the libel laws, both generally and as applied to his particular case. He had been convicted of a libel, he had been punished the offence, and now that. all was over he professed before all the world his unqualified opinion that he had done Mr. Gathercole no injury.—(Cheers.) Mr. Miall expressed strongly liasia)si iithe-x.eseee4eg the extraerclinury dictum laid --thvrn - by — Alr. Justice Parke at the trial, " that the preaching of ministers of the Established Church was a privileged thing, and not open to the animadversions of the press." Such a sentiment, coming from the mouth of a judge, exceeded any thing which his experience could supply, and involved prin ciples which, to his mind, were the most dangerous to liberty of a,iy that could be conceived. He alluded to the great anti undue privileges which were exercised by clergymen, wbo, while they were paid servants of the state, were enti ely above state control—exercising exorbi tant influence, and above all authority. Yet, though meddling constantly with the liberty of the press—and meddling with effect—it was only the press that could keep such men in any moderate bounds.—(Cheers.) The doctrine that the opinions of clerbrymen were not to be subject to cri ticism was one not worthy of men in an enlightehed age; yet the opinion ot Mr. Baron Parke was both right and wrong_ right if they were to have an establisntd church —wrong it tiny were to have a tree constitution. But he looked 'or. ward to a better state of things, and avowed that he would rather suffer with the few now than shout with the many hereafter. Mr. Miall concluded a long and eloquent spetcL amidst loud and enthusiastic applause. . . Colonel P. THomrsox proposed the first sentiment, " May the law of libel be written so plain in our statute books' that it shall not be possible to warp its meaning to suit the pur poses of prejudice or party ; and that falsehood, dictated by malice, shall alone be subject to its penalties." Dr. CAMPBELL and Mr. G. T11031.1' . SON spoke in support of he sentiment. _ The next sentiment was, "A free press; truth without bitterness; principles, not persons." This was proposed by T. THOMPSON, Esq., and supported by Dr. Cox. The speakers were received very enthusiastically by the assembly, who separated shortly after. CONSECRATION OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP. The imposing, ceremony of the consecration of an ad ditional Catholic Bishop, selected in the person of the R, v. Dr. Uilathorne, of Coventry, took place at " the Church of the Holy Sacrament," in that city, in the course of Sunday ; and, notwithstanding the recent decease of his Holiness Pope Gregory XVI., was doubt less considered a " high festival" by the great number of dignitaries and learned patrons of Catholicism present, and by the splerdour and ceremon al which this church so usually throws around all her important rites. Amongst those present we may enumerate the Right Rev. Dr. Briggs, the- consecrating bishop ; the Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths, the Right Rev. De Waring (the assist ing bishops Othe Right Rev. Dr. Wiseman, coadj u or bishop of the Midland District, the preacher; the Very Rev. Dr. Barber, Abbot General of the English Benedictines; the R. v. R. Lythgoe, Provincial of the Jesuits; the Very Rev. Dr. Brindle, Vicar-General of the Western District of England for the past 16 years, and Vicar. General to the bishop elect ; the Rev. Messrs. Newman, Bowles, and St. John (Oxford) ; the Rev. Messrs. Talbot, Amhurst, and Searle (Oscott) ; Vaughan, Clarkson, Heptonstall, Dullard, and English ; the Rev. John Bouomi and the Rev. John Wheble, masters of ,the ceremonies. The ceremonial commenced about half-past 10 o'clock by a pri , cessiou of the prelates and their attendant=, and the bish_o_n eleect, on — Ch — firc . Di'. Briggs. Dr. Griffiths, Dr. Waring, and the intended bishop, stood together, surrounded on all sides by priests, curates, and religious orders, dressed in soutans, surplices, and clerical caps. After a short prayer was offered up the bishops and the doctor retired to the side chapel, and there put on their pontitical robes. In accordance with the rubrics, the bishop elect had fasted the previous day, and notwithstan .ing the other " colours of the day," his vestments were entirely white. On returning to the altar, he was then presented in due form to Dr. Briggs, the officiating consecrator, as a pastor fitting for the heavy office of a bishop. The Pope's Bull, or as it was termed, the Apostolic Mandate, was read by the Rev. Dr. Barber, the Benedictine Abge -General; and an ad dress was deliver, d by the Rev. Dr. Wiseman, from the ee to the sanctuary. The remaining cere : the consecration were conducted with much it solemnity—the entoning of the Litanies—the anointing the Doctor's hands and the crown of his head Steps leading ( impressive of If g with " the sacred oil and chrism of sanctifi *viola "—the presentation of the episcopal ring and the pastoral staff or crozier, after the same had been sprinkled with holy water and bles-ed by the consecrating bishop—the plac lig on the mitre, as symbolical of the authority to preach. &c. When mass was etmcluded, the newly-consecrated bi. hop proceeded in procession down the middle aisle, dispensing his pastoral benediction to the kneeling hun dreds around him. His Lordship returned to the high trAi.r, where he was embraced by the .other bishops, and "the kiss of peace" was excham eel between them. At the close of an anthem his le.rdshils again advanced to the steps of the altar, and blessed those assembled, after which he was led away by the other bishops, and the ceremony, which did not conclude until nearly three o'clock, thus ended. The newly-created prelate is - well known in the district for his many talents and abilities as a minister of religion, and a creditable prevalence of those philanthropic principles which are alone attached to good and pious men. We understand that the Right Rev. Dr. Ullathorne will shortly remove to another sphere of action. AFFRAY IN THE LIVERPOOL UNDERWRITERS' ROOM. Between three and four o'clock on Saturday afternoon an affray of a very unpleasant nature, and one altogether unparalleled amongst the members of our mercantilecom munity, disturbed the usually quiet atmosphere of the Underwriters room in this town. As we were not pre scnt ourselveS, and as the origin and circumstances of the fracas are variously detailed by parties out of doors, we cannot pledge ourselves to perfect accuracy, but, ac cording to one set of parties, it occurred somewhat after the following manner.—Mr. R. and Mr. 8., two exten sive shipowners, were in conversatim together, and, in course of his remarks, Mr. R. observed that Mr. 8., by reason of his being a member of the Classification Com mittee, had been fortunate enough to obtain a good classi fication for his vessels. Mr. 8., as the story goes, gave the assertion a flat denial, in language very plain and ex ceedingly pointed and offensive, whereupon 'Mr. R. in flicted summary punishment upon his friend with his right foot. Mr. B. struck Mr. R. in return with his fist ; and then a mutual friend, Mr. L., interfered, separated the belligerents, and put an end to any further hostilities. Another set of parti. s deny that any kick was given or any blow struck, but state that Mr. R.'s observation was considered so very offensive by Mr. 8., that the latter' raised his baud in a threatening manner, and would, in all probability, have struck, but for the prompt inter ference of other gentlemen in the room. In whichever way the affray was conducted, one .thing appears pretty certain, that it excited the attention and alarm of every one present, and that it was deemed most advisable to call an immediate meeting of the committee, with the view of investigating the eircumstai ces, and adopting measures to prevent hostilities from being carried further. Ihe committee met in ten minutes afterwards, bur, of course, their proceedings were conducted in strict privacy. The affair was quickly noised abroad. It first became the prineipal topic of Exchange news-room, underneath and amongst the merchants on room 'Change, and then it cthonevuenrsdaetriwouriiiii,irs!,he teas carried on a hundred tongues err. In till , ' as in all to all quarters of the similar übatants bore incontestable evi cases, exag g eyes and noses of t he cot eration was at work. S ome alle g ed that the n es was inevitable ;', and that a hostile meeting at 12 paces dense that those organs h ad ver y materiall y s u ffered, but we a re h are y to say that there w a s no foundation for th e former part of this rumour, and that, with regard to the latter part of it, the matter may be considered as at an end. We may also observe, with reference to the cla-si f icution committee, th a t th e ir public and private acts are al to g , r unexcepti ona bl e , and that, when the • ships of any mem b er have to be in classified an that member leavei the ro om , an d takes no part which, either die, ell} or indirectly, h e m investigation in ay happen to be interested.—Liverpool (Lion. DETERMINED SUICIDE AT EMNBURCR. AVont seven o'clock OR saturday evening a respectable looking man, whose name is at present unknown, precipitated himself from the top of Salisbury Crags, and was killed on the spot. Ills body, which is dreadfully disfigured, fell on the Radical-road, and afterwards rolled down the steep declivity to the Queen's Park, where it was found, and removed to the Infirmary, but has not yet been' claimed The unfortunate man appears to be about thirty-five years of age, is about five feet nine or ten inches in height, with a round full face and fair hair, and his head bald in front. He was dressed in a brown top coat with a velvet neck, a green and blue satin vest, black and white checked trousers, and a black stalled hat, having inside the lining the letters "A. G." with the figures " 31.5-5 " There were found ill his pocket a penny and a map of the cAinty of Edinbingli. He had thrown off his coat and one of his shoes before throwing him self over the precipice, as these parts of his dress were found at the top of the crags. -04(evaian Moron! INQUEST ON THE BODY. Mr. Wakley, M.P., Coroner for the Western Division of Middlesex, held his inquest yesterday morning at an unusually early hour, at the Norfolk Arms, Bur wood-place, Connaught terrace. _ _ — examined and stated h e a v e i u n r g g been ee n s l w v a o s r n in, that he had been called in after the unfortunate IlCr jurymenl bsta rd oc currence, and, on proceeding to examine the body, he found it lying in a pool of blood (the blood extending from the door to another part of the room). He found a pistol on half-cock, as if the unfortu nate man had, after his first attempt, tried to reload it; he also chscoVered the mark of a pistol shot on the scalp. The deceaSed apparently having found that this wound was in- , sufficient to terminate his existence, with a determina tion which can scarcely be credited, then passed over to the Case in which his razors were kept, and then cut his throat in two places—one on the right and the other On the left, side. The wound on the right side had cut through the jugular vein down to the spine, without, however, wound iugithe carotid artery or the trachea. Mr. Hyman, a relative of the deceased, then gave in evidence a journal, or diary, kept by the deceased, with the view of showing that he was in an unsound state of mind at the period of this melancholy occurrence. The evidence of the witness proved that Sir Robert Peel had some few days before sent the de ceased a cheque for 501. out of his own private purse, and that some few days after he sent to Mrs. Haydon a donation of 2001. from the "Queen's Bounty." Without wishing to trench on memoranda which was never intended to meet the public eye, we cannot refrain from quoting the following passages:—" I came here in the state described, and I have written to Sir R. Peel, the Duke of Beaufort, Lord Brougham, and Mr. Hope, stating that I have a heavy sum to pay, and I offered the Duke's study to the Duke of Beaufort for 50/. Who answered first? Ha rassed by Disraeli, I received this letter from Sir R. Peel : " Whitehall, June 16, 1846. " Sir,—l am sorry to bear of the continual . embarrassments you labour tinder from limited funds, and I am happy to send 501. for your immediate " The Right Hon. Baronet had afterwards sent' 2001. There was no reply received from the Duke of Beaufort, 'Lord Brougham, Mr, Barry, or Mr. Hope, to all of whom the deceased bad written. The witness, again reading from the diary in reference to Sir R. Peel—" Of this man the people say be is one without a heart."—" The 20th. Oh, God bless us all ! Slept hot riblv, and got up in agitation." • • - Mr. WAKLEY said,--Gentl emen , I do not think that you desire that more witnesses should be examined. The case is a very distressing one, and therefore I think that few re marks are necessary. You will all, I am sure, agree that the deceaSed committed this act while in an" unsound state of mind. With. regard to this ace of Sir R. Peel's, r think it vall speak to the hearts of many thousands of the people. might :ay that attempts have been made He himself has been harassed and distressed to such of his own mind ; yet, in the midst of all to drive him our is forgetful ot the f h sufferings cf others. this, he not verdiet—" ihat the deceased had The jury returned a an unsound 'state of mind at the committed this act, being in a elegree that one , time." iblisb NEGRO BOYS. sale of a variety of goods and an advertisement for, the " lot" of human aged about 33:e — ars A ; S lSll th el, the following chattels, and among them beings, Who are .de boys : " Nelson, negro boy, aged about 35 Anmegerroicarblaper pu. ea. Sheppe l d, negro boy, nPt • irs ; years ; Thornton, negro boy, aged about ..,..„3 e. Jerry, . negro boy, aged about 40 • Charles, negro boy, aged about 33 years ; years Alexis, negro boy,aged about 22 years; boy, aged about 43 years ; and Crawford, negro boy, aged about 33 yore." aged about 46 years ; Auste, negro STATE OF THE HOLY SEE. At a time when the attention of all Europe is drawn to the election of a new Pope, the following details as to the state of the Church and its government will not he without interest to the reader. These details are neces. sary to fill up the information published within these few days by the religious journals, and which has been re-- published by the major part of the other newspapers, The States of the Church, the temporal states of the Holy See, have remained much about as they were settled 31 years ago, by article 103 of the Congress of Vienna. This article restored to the Holy See the Marshes, with Camarino and th e i r d epen d enc i es , as also the duchy of Benevento and the principality of Ponte Corvo. In virtue of the same article, the Holy See re took possession of the legations of Ravenna, Bologna, and Ferrara, saving, however, that part of Ferrara situated on the left bank of the Po, which Austria got given to herself, as well as the right of garrisoning the places of Ferrara and Comachio. The protest made by the Pon tifical Government ,in favour of its ancient posoessions has hitherto remained a dead letter. The terrik,ry of the Church, as thus restored, extends over a surfite.' of 2,250 square leagues, with, according to the last statist.'" cal accounts, a population of 2,908,115 inhabitants. The revenue is about 50,000,000 of francs, or 2,000,0001. sterling. If the duration of the Holy See as a temporal power did not rest on foundations above human pru dence, it would be difficult to comprehend how its go vernment has been able to maintain itself during so many centuries. It must be admitted that the office of the temporal head of the state of St. Peter being elective—a head which often changes, since he is always elected from among old men, might be a good answer to the absoklte partisans of hereditary thrones, if, as we have just re-- marked, everything in the church was kept up by means of human policy alone. Be this as it may, the temporal Sovereign of the States of the Church is elected by the College of Cardinals assembled for this purpose in con clave, in conformity with the apostolic constitutions. Within the last few days so many particulars and details concerning the Holy College, the division of the Cardinals into three orders, their number, their titles, as well as the formalities which precede, accompany, and follow th e e l ect i on o f t h e Sovereign Pontiff by the conclave, have been published, that we deem it super fluous to recur to them. Being elected, the successor of St. Peter reigns and governs : but it is to be admitted, that if his power be absolute in principle, there does not in fact exist any Government surrounded with more con trolling power. In fact, the Sacred College, whether met le consistory, presided over by the Pope, or divided into numerous special congregations, decides on all spiritual and temporal matters belonging to the church. To speak of the latter only, they are submitted to civil congregations or boards, which are like the divisions of a great Council of State attached to the different departments. Thus, there is the Con gregation of Good Government, the Consulting Board, the Congregation of Rivers and Roads, the Study Commission, the Congregation for Auditing Public Ac counts and Revising Public Administrations, &c. Each of these special councils is presided over by a member of the Sacred College, and has specified powers. Over these councils there is the Pope and his Council of Mi nisters, consisting of a Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister Secretary of State for the Home Department, a Minister of Justice, a Minister of Police, Governor of Rome, a Minister of Finance, Minister of War, a Direc tor of the Post, a Camerliugo, and, finally, a Secretary of Briefs and Petitions. An Almoner, Steward of the Household, and a Master of the Ceremonies, constitute the members of the Pontifical Government. The army has been organised in a special manner. It is under the management of a council (la presidenza dell' armi), con sisting of a prelate, of a first councillor, and of four councillors who superintend the administration of mili tary matters. The States of the Church are divided into three military divisions, those of Rome, Bologna, and Ancona. The army consisted (in 1840) of 9,300 in fan try , of which 6,000 are natives, and 3,300 are Swiss ; 640 Dragoons, 160 mounted Chasseurs, 800 Artillery men, 1,700 Gendarmes, 300 Arquebusiers, 1,200 custom house officers, 80 men of the Noble Guard, in all 14,600 men, not including a reserve of 6,000 men and 3,000 Na -4 tional Guards for Rome and Bologna. The annual ex pense of keeping up this force is 1,756,029 Roman scudi, or about 380,0001. The territory of the States of the Church is divided into 20 provinces, under the appellations of comarca, legations, and delegations, as follows —First, the pro vince of Rome or " comarca," and the commissariat of Loretto. Second, the six legations of Bologna, Ferrara, Ravenna, Forli, Urbino and Hesare, and Velletri. Third, the 13 legations of Ancona, Ascoli, Benevento, Camerino, Civita-Vecchia, Fermo, Frosino, Macerato, Orvieto, Perugia, Rieti, Spoleto, and Viterbo. These provinces are administered by a legate, assisted in the six legations by councillors taken from among the more influential inhabitants. In these legations the legate is always to be selected from among the car dinals. Such, in short, is the constitution of the States of the Church, of which Cardinal Masted Ferretti has just been proclaimed the head. This constitution and this Government are subjected to a thousand attacks, which a sectarian and a party spirit conjoined render very bitter. In our opinion the complaints against them have more of exaggeration than well-grounded feundation, and we shall, perhaps, show it one of these days. To make our information complete, we have to mention the diplomatic body at Rome, which plays so great a part in the election of the Pope ; but we have not any recent documents. We take from the Almanac of Gotha for 1846, the list of the principal members of that body:—For Austria, Count Rodolphos Lutzew, Ambassador; for Naples, Count .T. C. de Ludolf, Minister Plenipotentiary; for Spain, Don Castilloy Ayense; for France, Count Rossi, Ambassador; for Russia, the Privy Councillor Boutenieff, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary; for Sardinia, Count F. Broglio di Mombello Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, &c DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING.—Ddring the thunder-storm which we experienced on Monday night, the lightning struck and fractured a large cast-iron wheel in the foundry yard of Mr. Henry Gore's machine works, Lever street. In this case there are clear indications that the current of tke electric fluid was an upward, and not a downward one. For instance, two large pieces of metal were thrown to a considerable distance, and into situ ations whither they could not by possibility have been projected by a downward current. It is conjectured that the iron in the immediate neighbourhood of the spot struck (probably from thirty to forty tons), being intensely charged with the fluid, at the time that a non-electric cloud was passing over it, had discharged the fluid by an upward cur rent, which in its ascent broke the wheel, the weight of which is about 2% cwt. Fortunately the men were not at work at the time, or some severe p ersonal injury, if not fatality, might have been sustained. — Manchester Guardian. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—A letter, of the 20th of April, from the Malabar coast, gives the following account of the suicide of Lieutenant C. G. Smith, of her Majesty's 25th regiment :—A party of officers, consisting of Lieute nants Priestley, Lea, Gough, and Smith, of the 25th Foot, had obtained leave to proceed on an elephant-shooting ex cursion into the Wynaad jungles. It would appear that the unfortunate deceased had been for some time in a very de sponding state, which is attempted to be accounted for by the fact of his having been unsuccessful in his application made at the commencement of our differences with the Sikhs, to be allowed to join his relative, Sir H. Smith, as one of hie staff. It is said that he had written to the General, but had not received any reply. Oh the 28th of March, while at the Tiroonelly Pew plantation, Lieutenant Smith was ob served by one of his friends to be in a very nervous state, and trying to load his fowling-piece. On being questioned as to what he was about, be is said to have rephed that he was determined on shooting himself. From Tiroonelly the party proceeded to Man antodd y and other p arts of the jungle. Nothing further occ u r r ed on Lieu tenant Smith's part toc i ase any uneasiness to the sportsmen, one of whom was fortunate enough to be able to kill one elephant and wound a nother. On the IGth of April, at a place named Coroth, Lieutenant Smith is said to have been listening to one of the party reading. He sometimes laughed at the history read, and seemed amused. He had a short while before bor rowed a small sum from one of his comrades, for the pur pose of paying Coolies, it having been resolved by the party to continue their journey. Lieutenant Smith suddenly left the room. Shortly afterwards the report of a gun was muchdispatched beloved and to heard. Search was made, and on entering the bath-ro om the body of the unfortunate man was found, quite dead, th e top of his head and face being completely shattered ! Ilia esvmenitth was immediately remains were conveyed back to Cannonore, wh ere hi s corps andla e y a , th qua e f o r s r m . a t Lieutenant i n o f the esteemed by his brother officers as a quiet, agreeable, gen tlemanly companion, and his melancholy fate has cast a gloom over them and the society of .. Times, May 2. the place..--Bombay A fine specimen of the Canadian goose was shot a few days ago by Francis Simms,of Sh eepwas h on the river Wansbeck, near the aSt k eford.—Newcastle Journal. RAIIAV A.T TinEvEs.—The Newcastle Journal says : "This town is at present infested with a gang of audacious pickpockets from the south, whose movements should engage the vigilant attention of the police. The vagabonds have been very successful iv their depredations on the North Shields and other railways, particularly amongst female s; and those who uevel on the various lines would do well to be on their guard in carriages occupied by strange supicious looking persons." A m oustache should always be avoided, a L on d on magistrate having laid it down as a rule, th a t a ll who wore moustaches, if not soldiers or foreigners, are mem bers of the swell mob. SALMON FISHING IN THE RIVERS NORTH OF THE NEss, Esc.—The grilse fishing commenced in the Beauly on Saturday, and about 100 were got previous to Tuesday. The fish are smaller than usual, for. On the Corson, the fishing • is exceedusgly backward, and but few grilses have made their appearance. On the Shin and Bonar, the grilse season is • fully one-fourth less up to this date than last year; but the fishing, upon the whole, has been one of the most productive within the last twelve years. The salmon fishing continues, and last week, about seventy boxes were dispatched south. On the west coast. though the grilses are late, there are indications of a good season ; and at Chanonry Point, the grilse sensors, though eight or ten days later than usual, is beginning to produce, about forty having been caught on Monday, of good size. There is not much done yet on the Spey or Findhorn as to grilses. The next stream will perhaps give a better supply on these rivers, as well as the Conon, &c. We have heard a very high authority in these matters state, that generally this would be a bad grilse season.—Boss-shire Advertiser. THE GUANO FowL.—The following account of the guano fowl, in the Island of Malagas, near South Africa, i s given in the new number of the Perioidical Accounts of 111iti skins of the United Brethren (Moravian), just published : « w e had a visit from Mr. llertzog, a surveyor, who had been sent to Saldanha Bay by Government, in order to see whether the small Island of Malagas contained sufficient guano to make it worth while to dispatch a ship thither. He stated to us, that the fowls, called Malagas, after the name of the Island, were so numerous that he had scarcely room to set Isis foot down, and their nests covered the island. lie estimated the guano at 60,000 tons, which lay piled up to the height of twenty-two feet, resembling su u k in colour and appearance. One of the fowls he had brought with him; its plumage was of a dirty white, it was about the size of a young goose, with a long neck and pointed bill. They appear to be of exactly the same species with those on the Island of Ichaboe." MARRIAGE IN LIFE.—A marriage has been arranged between Captain Frederick Grey, brother 01 Earl Grev. and Mils Sulivan, daughter of the J.tcv. Mr. Sulivittl, recto: of Kai< ten, IlextruUtire, I 1 ,J