The Sun. — London, England, 1846-07-09 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. The Earl of Liverpool hA an audience of the Queen en his resignation of office as the Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household. The Earl Delavvr.rr had an audience of her Majesty, and resigned his gold key of office as the Lord Cham- berlain. The Earl of Jersey had an audience of the Queen on his resignation of offic,-, as the 11 Mister of the Horse. Colonel the Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson Darner had an audience the Queenf o o.n hi resignation of office as the Cornieroler of the Household. The Earl of Resslyn had an audiraice of her Majesty on his resignation of feffiee as NI- *ter of the Beek-hounds. Lord Ernest Bruce hed .in au !terse of Coe Queer, and resigned his geld key and wand of effiee as Vice-Cham berlain of her Majesty's lieuseholi. The Queen held a Privy Council. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Al!). rt, the Lord Chancellor, Lord John Russell, Sir George Grey. Viscount Palmer sten, Earl Grey, the Earl of Be- herou2,h, Earl of Auckland. Marquis of Cl irriearde, Viscount Niorpeth, Earl of Clarendon, and Lord C-imphell. Before the Council Earl Fortescue had an audience of the Queen, and kissed hands on being appointed Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household. His Lordship received from his Sovereign his wand of office. Earl Spencer had an audience of her Majesty. and kissed hands on being appointed Lord Chamberlain of the Queen's Household, and received from her Majesty his gold key and wand of office. The Duke of Norfolk had an audience of the Queen, and kissed heeds on being appointed Master of the Horse to her Majesty. Lord Edwari Howard had an audience of the Queen, kissed hands on his appointment as Vice-Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, and received from his So vereign his geld key and wand of office. At the Privy Council, the Right Hon. Frederick Earl Spencer, Lord Edward Geor, , e Fitzalan Howard, and the Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson, were, by com mand of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's Most Ho nourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board. Her Majesty in Council was pleased to appoint the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, President of the Com mittee of Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations, in the absence of the President of the said Committee for the time being. The Right Hon. Gentleman had the honour to kiss hands on his appointment. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Palmerston, and Lord John Russell had audiences of the Queen. The Earl Fortescue officiated as Lord Steward, Earl Spencer as Lord Chamberlain, the Duke of Norfolk as Master of the Horse, and Lord Edward Howard as the Vice-Chamberlain. The Court was also attended by the Marquis of Anglesey, Geld Stick in Waiting ; Earl Jermyn, Treasurer of the Household ; Viscount Ha warden, Lord in Waiting ; and Mr. R. Ormsby Gure, Groom in Waiting. The Hon. James Stuart Wortley, Judge Advocate- General, had an audience of the Queen, and submitted to her Majesty the proceedings of some Courts Martial. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday, and remained to luncheon with her Majesty and Prince Albert. The Duke of Cambridge visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert on Tuesday. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took an airing in a car riage yesterday in , :rning, and walked in the pleasure grounds of the Palace in the afternoon. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by his Gerene Highness the Prince Leiningen, honoured the French Plays with their presence yesterday evening. Ile Royal suite included the Viscountess Canning, Hon. Miss Dever ux, Viscount Hawarden, end Colonel :ktbuthnot. Her Royal Hiemncss the Duchess of Kent Aso honoured the performance ofthe French Plays with her presence. Her Royal I l'ghnPss was attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Sir George Couper, Bert., and C.tntain the Hon. James P. :Murray. Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, held a Levee at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Freign-office, Downing-street. for ihe reception of the Diplomatic Corps. The whole of the Ministers appeared in their respective national costumes, the members of orders of ' knighthood wearing their respective insignia. The Ministers had several) , interviews with the Noble Viscount, in the following order: — Count de St. Aulaire, Ambassador from France. Count Di,>trichstein. Ambassador from Austria. Count Bjornstjerna, Minister from Sweden. '4. Van de Weyer, Minister from Belgium. Baron de tietto, Minister from Bavaria. Count de Pollon, Minister from:Sardinia. Morreno, Minister from Buenos Ayres. Baron de Moneorvo, Minister from Portugal. Baron de Brunow, Minister fr , m Russia. General Prince Castelcicala, Minister from Naples. Count de KeilrnanFe2;ge, Minister from Hanover. Baron de Hugel, Minister from \Vurtemberg. Chevalier Bunsen, Minister from Prussia. Le Commandeur Marques Lisboa, Minister from Brazil. Count de Rsventlow, Minister from Denmark. Colonel Iterregui, Minister from Peru. Baron de Beti , t. Minister Resident from Saxony. Edib Effendi, Charge 'l'Affaires of Turkey. Mr. 'Narks, Chargé d'Affaires of Oldenburg. Mr. Stratenus, First Secretary of Legation of the Ne therlands, in the absence a Baron Dsdel, indisposed. Sidi Ahmed, Envoy Extraordinary . from Tunis. ...Ir. James Higginson had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. There were present, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Durham, Bangor, Bath and Wells, Chichester, Glou cester and Bristol, Norwich, Salisbury, and Worcester, the Earl of Chichester, and the Right Hon. John Nicholl. Dispaches were received yesterday at the Col mial office, from the Governers of the Mauritius, West Aus tralia, and Malta. The Marquis of Lansdowne left town on Tuesday evening for his seat, Bowool-park, Wilts. The Right Hon. H. Goulburn returned to town yes terday from Cambridge. ELECTION MOVEMENTS. PLYMOUTH. JULY 7.—The interest experienced in respect to the elec tion become stronger and stronger every moment. Both par ties to-day express themselves confident of success. An active canvass is being carried on on both sides. Mr. Vincent yesterday evening addressed several thousand personsin front of the theatre, he was received by the assembled multitude with considerable applause, that multitude, however, was composed principally of non-electors. This day at noon he stake for about one hour to another open-air meeting. His speech in this instance was listened to with less enthusiasm than was apparent at the meeting of last night. To-night ae attends a meeting of the electors and others at the theatre. The best-informed think Mr. Vincent's chance of success very small, if indeed he has any chance at all, notwithstanding the flattering confute-nce of his friends. Lord Ebring,ton's committee, sitting daily at the Mecha nics' Institute, ate every moment expecting his Lordship's arrival in town, but up to this time (three o'clock rat.) he has nut arrived. DEVON PORT. All is going on quiet in Devonport. The friends of Sir George Grey met la-t night to arrange matters for the re ception of the lion. Baronet on his arrival, which is expected ro take place on Thursday. There is to be a dinner of Sir George and his friends after the election on Friday. BOROUGH OF HERTFORD. HERTFORD, JULY 7.—ln consequence of Mr. William Cow per, M.P. for this borough, hav►ng accepted office as one of the Lords of the Admiralty, considerable excitement was caused in this place on the evening of Monday last, various speculations being indulged in by different parties as to the probable occurrence of a contest by some of the scions of families in the neighbourhood connected with the " Protec tionist" interest. This morning, how, ver, the writ arrived, and at an early hour it was proclaimed to the public from the Town-hall, in the market-place, by Mr. Lawrence, the Mayor of Hertford. Shortly after this announcement, the Hon. Candidate per sonally visited the electors, accompanied by Captain Towns end, the Rev. J. Scrimshire, rector of St. Andrew's, Hert ford ; Mr. H. Squires, Mr. W. Spence, Mr. G. Crawley, Mr. John Tasker, Mr. Hancock, Mr. S. Cousins, Mr. Gardiner, and other leading Whigs of the neighbourhood. There ap peared to be the most unanimous feeling in favour of the Hon. Gentleman, and the promises yielded to him upon ap plication were most abundant. Up to the time of the evening trains leaving Hertford last night no other candidate had made his appearance; indeed no opposition is now expected. It is announced by the authorities that the election will take place on Saturday morning next ,at an early hour, so that the proceedings may not interfere with public business at the assizes, which open on Friday. There has been considerable bustle in the town throughout the whole day. GLOUCESTER. GLOUCESTER, TUESDAY.—This morning the fain of Captain Berkeley commenced an active canvass with, as we are informed, great success. The Conservatives will offer no opposition. The Captain arrived by the express train from London at half-past 12 o'clock this morning, and was ac companied from the station of the Great Western Railway by the Sheriff, the Mayor, Alderman Walker, Alderman Jenkins, and many other liberal gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood. The party proceeded to the King's Head Hotel, and shortly afterwards the Captain visited the elec • tors in person. On his arrival the bells of the different churches rang merry peals, and he received a warm recep • tion from his supporters. The nomination is fixed for Satur• day next. NOTTINGHAM. icurriNctrAm, Timm - JAY, 4 P.M.—The new President of the Board of Control is not to be allowed to " walk over the course." An address has been issued by the leaders of the Chartist body, calling on the constituency to support .6 Llbour's champion, Feargus O'Connor, Esq.," who is expected to arrive this evening and address the electors forthwith in the market-place. A subscription has also been cominenced to pay Mr. -Connors share of the legal ex penses of hustings and polling-booths. So great is the tut popularity of Sir John 1-lobliouse amon ; all classes here, tint: sh‘',uld lie determine not to spend money his chances of re elect hi m. eve n with such an opponent, are by no means . congrattila!ory. Sir .1, !lob:rouse has jut arrived by the train from London. The !„ ny.erow morni ng . nornina!ion takes lilac.. .ttittTr• NATURA L SON of N APOLF,'N.--The snit in‘ Ile - rti oY Grunt Leon aitainst th.- C uoteA4 d, Lux' , , , ,ir g ‘ tlar o u r,lday, par. lv ch.citled by t It, Cur 11 , .v,:z10. w!licli d. %Al. , th 4, the l ierZtlll,llll ‘VaS tbe inn! her , .1' the ',Lai , Iti ff, 1 ,- , \ tfr e l , l *-ht her to make him a pro - ,i - ion .1 4 , 0 0 Pe/4 , We Ly t i r ieo ::g the question t•f - ii,OOOC. pt.; ....,1:1,133 duut,..,-,,'ed \v„ `-' Initt•— f;,,lign, ni , A . ts INDIA VINE APPLES.-- Y ,,, tcrtiay there v , r, , : , -,, ..----- . :',,, ', ',. ( I.) ci . l'''. l, •in M(inut,), :,t- yard, which realis , d i , -----------, , , ~ . .., ( .-.L._-_,c..d a start re ‘4 , ":'.' . -.: ~.,... . , 4,,D, ti 1,,,,, Foki at, i!;e , earilest part o. ...,,r1 anal T,. :-. Chari , s \\.- their eldest son. of 11 ,'''-' , ll, and t.ucti as toplaco t lie luxury ‘vi;hin the uteami : ber ,. .zv,iittut ~n i . u.,Lia-, by the death vt . °dr t 004_ 4.e purehaers. They arrived gener.dly is very wncli - UW I ) La the seAhore, from New PrOVidOliCe• p u b t i ei r fr k.. c. . il r a s - 113 1 , 4ii r d 5 .1,, eit a t 4 ne s o ; e w e win Ifertf. .n el a,ve arrived at Farratice's writ having been order e d SOU 111 I,A NCASIII RE. Thornely. is expected to LIVERPO• TUFSDAY.--1.1)e arrivc*, here 1•1„, Avlll, tly.r,f ,, re. take ph te .. Nlr. of: the rew eandidate retnai, una!t ONE- and ConMERCIAL NEWS. i ll ' Cott From The Sun of last Nigh'.) 04,000°b1! P 44 ' 3 .iet at Liverpoo yesterday was firm. } 0 sd pe' r -. .: of which 1,500 were American, chiefly at tip th - et -.3. for export. Snares were rather quiet, but „ +ere - 4 r value. no material alteration in prices at Messrs. Ite - 814 e of railway shares. Scrips, in companies 1. 4 %4 ( 1 ; 13 : affected b y the Dissolution Bill, were in good Zinest o k e ttB ellere ask more money. Tring, Reading, and fi t r'e, re lbe.—Churnet and lilyth, 1/. 2s —Great f * „ , Bixy a . 4 Wycombe, 6s.—Direct Northern, 11 ss.—Shef q,,_ and Leek Potteries, 16.. &I.—Reading, Guild ,,,L,eigate, 12s. 6d.—North Devon, 1/. %I.—Cam ]; 1 8.,;.7u Lincoln Extension, Lincoln, York, and Leeds, t i• le,. F itt' alley Cant inuation and Holyhead Junction, 4t.%°4.--IDirect London and Exeter. 7s. tel.—Blackwell a 31, -Leede and Thirsk, 41. -Worcester, Hereford, ti re Gl oucester,.l/. 4s. —Somersets!d re Midland, 19s 6d. Ligla nd ° Perling a the Transfer Booke at the Bank of Ztati,' fur speei l l tran.iere at least, causes more tb,,",buti": the purlietoi of the Stock Exchange ; thee Is likewise some change to be aliticiPate d t n erally: qt° of the Money and Mercantile Markets k front the amount of leash released from the e'lera, greater, perhaps, than in former years, reTvernment appropriates a portion of it . s ~714-...t : e t n tlt: to meet the amount required for the divi t,oll4,tead 0 L .," .. -"tes never coming in sufficiently early to do so to 641 1 d. uOrrO W i n gon deficiency bills from the Bank of yea ttir,-. 41 ,, he railway eompanies, we are glad to find, begin lo p t e:e lo ,`" the Dissolution 13ill, and orders were obtained t 4.00 01 J for the re-payment of between 150,0001. and h' l lattp, d ' d eposited with the Accountant-Geueral. As the feZPanies are not permitted under the new Bill to eti ew er expenses the inducements to wind up are Th er ` a llY stroll 7 t"ere4ke are very g. large auctions of Colonial Wool now in anti b 9 Ytlt they seem to go off with a lack of spirit. The d i " I s against an advance in prices. The Indigo sales lektionottly bE in 'nets, mast and, in conjunction with the Wool absorb a good deal of money. star r e 1 10 arriv a l s i n t h e Ci ty to -d a y, and in the pro 44:eta business is dull, owing to the conflicting state ' 1 01) ,_Iklu a lP the reduction intended in the sugar duties. te t i nt tir , It innution, and an eventual assimilation of h priti o r n ° , ll ßritish plantation and foreign free labour sugar, „td„ as 'a very probable course. 104 ''a"ati Stocks are to-day again very buoyant, and t. 44 44 14 4th 6°Od business doing'. Tue sum . to be appiied to ie,..",e of Stock, by order of the National Debt Com -I.,,llivehjt..-2 In the current ' quarter, is under 30,000/. Consols quot d t 96 for Money, and 05% to 96 for At "4, eeueqUer.bi Is are 14s. to 175., premium. Bank 'IT ft, urm at 208 to 209. The New Three-and-a-Quarter %p abi t t : eelie 97% to 97%. Stock is marked 21% for the Five per Cents., and re o tit per Cents., are still 56 1 / s . Mexican Bonds are latt o 4 t . fte ; ,ee n d Grenada 21% %. Dutch Two-and-a-Half 11, 4 4 )I.,,are 60 'may Share Market is quiet, but prices are very BIIITISII FUNDS. Ol•lE CLOSING 144 1 k ‘t u. _ ll4 le 4t ' k k O'CLOCK. • • 209 208 PRICES. 208 96% i t -it h.,... elit. Eat:Weed Annuities 99% 96 ey. fii;uent. Consols Annuities .. .. 95% % 6 96 6 us. bltt i o 97 kurtiftnd-aQuarter per Cent. Anns. 97% %Ye 10% tits, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 • • 1014 10% %tock •3 ° Years, Oct. le, 1859 .. 101 4 __ 208 b...-msph ii . tor Ac count . „ „ 208% 208 *•440,," OPenitw •• • • , 95% 96 96 Ni ls - • • • • • • • ' •I'y d. l eer (X) 0 , • I%cl. 14 1 •• • 17 14 pine tOO/. • " •• •• Ditto' Fira' • .... 14 18 Pm. 18 all '— .... 14 18 pm. 18 ONE ... utni m , , - rtrisins. O'CLOK. t( Dutdtirl De r Cent . .. • • • • 88% (Iren ada • I "da •• • _ ltexl e 4, Per Cent:, • • ••• :: : 21%14 - Ditto for a4ol 5 . er 6ent •• 27 % loottvia.the Aeeoll• ntP• • • • 7e • l'ortugune,tt,,°„ndA• per Cent: . •• • • • • • • Q 7, 7°3 ' • Ditt o -'-',' . 011 ds. 5 per Cent • • • • •, ‘ 3 Der Cen t •: bitt o fip•i4rii Bonds ~ . 11 . 0111 1 s• 5 Per Cott -.- bitt e ''.2.r the Account .. .. .. 24% Ditto • rbree per Cent .. 1• 4 1-0 for the Account _ 36 ..11ela !Thuds, 2 per Celli . • • • - titite3/4 ,pividends on the abnve payable in London. I &t rg r ea ( t 2 e. ent . ... 04t!.54 bitto. 7pearn4;llt! 1 41 ,11 re ES or BUSINESS cLOSINCI 4„,,, 'WAY SOARES. . PAID. oNF, AT PRICES. 110 111 114 ) ,,,.._ ONE O'CLOCK. 130 h••sti n . 4. 7 , n and Gloucester.. .. 100 .• ..128 ••••• • • • • 41,4 et/tit:Z.lll and Oxford Junction 2 .... 3% 4 •••• •• • • , f` ‘l4O-50antshire .. .. • • .. 423 .... IL (us... ,,, %d s. 1)4 1 44 ..• .. .. 10 ' .... _ .. / w ... . -; I, l itt . Zap. Share .. _ _ 2% _ _ 1 ••••• • • • • ' Eltli,l, 4'4,l%ens!on • . • • • • 2% ••• • -7 ,47,•.•••••••••••••• tl,!l.:llehee2teer • (Rena, • ing • ion' • ;) ' 2 2;1 :: :: la ••• • ' **** : t enrthe••• • • • • - • • 2 - - 2 1 4,1 •••• ••••:::. i e , it p t ° NeUgntiaa *: , 1 . N . . r 6 1 •... •• .; 8 p - • • • 1:141 0 413e ' t • 5 . •• c ..t. No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d. . _ • - b ttt. ,t tz • per e No 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. % I / 1 • ••• • • klit- -4 , Y e ' k '' ' '* l ni • •' s : • _ 10s. .. • • 2 % %•••• • • • • 2 bi tt 7g: and Ex c l i e a n s s g o ovr ... .. 50 .... .......... 17;, . 1714 klt)itt% S hares .. .. - .. 10 4 (,eter-:.1. S hares .. .. • •• 12 • ' 0 3/ .. .. .. .. th.,..,%.b.segvil, and Dorchester .. 5 1 A .. ~ 4 . 1 5 d 3 15. ~4 W - ' e and Sheffield, Le. 425. .. . • % di" " - o ltt, %tern • ' • 85 _ _152 153.. I Z,1•114,0•11,6f Share; •.•• :•• •• 50 ••• • 86 •••••; • • • • • 8 2' 6 3 Y it,: ?ilftafitser Shares .. .. 10 .... 22% 23i2 •• • • 34 2 47: 41 _ 4 Bradford"' • • •••• • • 260 -34 • •• • • • •• • • 1 u 6 di 4 s. -‘lllO ll and Bedfora :: • • •.: 225. :::: - •• • • '''' - 41 1 4°a :'44.l:llllrminghatrt .. • .100 --224 223 • 2294% 14014,t)o, zi.,,,,lllaekwall • • 16L las : 4d. 8 5 1 4 . 0% ••• •• •••• 5 %1 4 b , 1 4 tt0 ` ci t i n it n r lghio . tt .... .. :: 5o .: .. 6614 .: :: :: :• . • 6 4 ? i :! 44°4 1 , ail d Cro r y h d s o n 7. 7. 137. gs 9d. :• 2 3 22% • •:•• • : : 22% tO O % praliefd Greenwich . • 2. 15s. kl: - •••• • • • • 14, 1 ;lort a,, 1 „• or Privilege .. 18/. 17s. 2d. 22 .• • Vig„cheater 41 Z.rk . .. • • • • 2% ...• 1% % o, , - Mid Leeds - .• •• 82 • - •• • • ****** .14 Le e ds .. )bi , '•• Quart, 4 .4,; (b tatth„F s • • - .. 2 .... 9% .•••• • • • • • c heat -I ' ll • • • • 42s .. 2% P•••' '' !' • I)ibitto, (ZtZttinnirigham :: 40 . • • - -•-. . . • • Ftt o Q,,,r V a lres (14 ~ 4 •.•. 131.4 • • • • • • • • • • i444itclailedsestteec,anndlotuntrillam(V .. 1 .... I°l4 • ptoanuock 425..... 7 / 0 I D• 0...... Di d •• ." • " •• .:100 ... .151 • • • bill_' New ‘,, 1itta.t,,t44,,, 11Leineaniciutiaratni,_a_1,}-•d De rby - 1 2 013 4 :: :: 1 - 24 :::::::::: kbitt• •• te.'leW '" 161 on Juliet. 25 .... 46 le - "vtt,, °• ,i -e w• Ilr • dp„ • ,.. • • • • • 1 _ _ 10% 11 -.. • . , z , i, ,,,,,, e..and. II e an rw= - e - k , • . .. 25 .. _ 44 45 ••.• • • • • 1 - •• •• 15 .... 26% ***** ••• •• )lortiltAttt xtertelen• •• • •• '' bi tto .ritish .. . - • " • • 2 .. • . 2% • • .._ - • • • • •.: kttoto„tLlkieittatens7iOn• •:: 2' t l 4:: :: 3 1 ° % 1 •••,°•• :::: •. n he •• . 1:)- rtiit'ell'sidiatt:(l Eastern :: :: :: 2 •• : •• : - - •••• • :•• • •• : • : •• : briitC4etZtAr._(isrstied at 5 dis . .) : 45 •: :: 6 - 7% ••• : : • li- 0 ,...te , iitlvw Shares .. .. 12% .... 18% ••• • • • liteiiq, ker:t and. ~, ' • • • 11,,,,11:14,t1.00...1,1reet Dover • • 2% .... 1%.• •••• • • • • hotsZnleeth 1 ".,7 1 re • • • • • • 425. .. • . 4% p•••• • • • • aziael, kr , ~, ..1 set .. • • .. 3% ... • 4% --•••• •• " llona - n r Yr e .. • • •• 23 .. .. 30% ••••• • • • -• 14 4 . 41 4 h e em • • •• • • • • • .. 10 .... 18 ~, eal ti ,,,,_ ral ~ . ~. I t ) ‘,. .. 18% `lth t‘ r s and Birmingham 2% .... %••••• •• •• uitt 4 , 48.„Iern and Dovor • • • 3% •. 41 41 , N 41% .. be • o eva (iss t 321) N 1 16 • • 2 0 1 4% •••• • • • • kB,•••eW (d • a • -°• • • . .•,,...._ 0.331. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 14 .. ••• • •• i;ctAlt Wales do. 15/.) ... No. 4. 2% ... 2% ...... .... nt alle - - • • • • • . 5 .... 114 ... ..... w i t t it iti cii _ . -Y fil)..d Holyhead June. 2% .... 1% ...... 1 , 1t e .,,, 0 3 Unlon .. • • .. 425. •• • • 2 P• • ,o r -, 0 and St Ives ••2s' •• •• ' • ,llt a „n d earlisl; • • • • • • • 2 1i •• • • 71 ••'•• • • • • Ditto' North nlan • a •••• • • r:.,2 •• • • 4;,, •• • • "• •' , } O. Ralf Shares •. • • • • 7 . ' 5 •• • • --.••• • l • • 1 ; ..... b,:',.- Z xtengion - •"• ' - -•. 35 13 1 4 i 12% • •••• • •• klld Br. Riding Exten. • • I •• • C„ FORF:PIN 14A11,1VAYS. , 1. ,`41., i. . • .. 2 -• • - -- - 1 -. ,, , 1 , 1 pdu - •• . t,,,.t • '''' ' • • ~ ss. .. • • %•••• • • • • ' .‘7 ilN,,'' ' • • ' ' • ' • \`' l4 "g 6 .... 3 % . *""' itottlit 4,,,i L ie4e .. •. .. .litn il l 'w P :wee Constitu • ted - 5 •• • • 1 ' ; % • • ••• ••• ' p;:t , e•„ ' - 4 ; ,1 V r ierze. • - . • • • I° , "•• - 9 t i s, :: • : • • • • 0' 4, 21 4 ,,,,, "1 .It4r•leaitx • • • • 6 •• • • 65%..•• • • Itt‘Zhing IZ" ll( ' o nstituted • • ', •• ' • 3s .; ...... Iv, j , 41 ~,4 !Ign . .. .. .. 20 -• • , 43 .. ••• • • ' ~ u 4 +Atm, .. .. .. g .. ~ . .4, "‘ers 6 ••• • 34.... • • .. .. • CLOSING PRICES. BS% 34 21% 274 27 38% •• •• •• .. .. .. no TI N '' ) llit t i t x t t i q•tt, 8ANK: 3 . 14 c't Lot '' i r c i i o e n n 50 2 • .... 23 •••• • • • tal (411 ikte MINES. ` t'llreuistered It: 3 3 4 •• •• •• • _ th e r ttAl kt 4 P, YAL ARTILLERY• tlnde;tkeZ Zealand, „ c j s an extract from in h, - S t ain fi* the Royal Artillery at New serving in the red tin Nler son . “We are going _ , me, of b utt 96th •p t , ...".15ort aid *--- • h Colonel nu' .attali - ' e gitap f , t ' ther with e(llnna-nin Co Parries l e s or tha e 'i, 'lt' the saroc Regnne i c %c : battalion e°lll Pani ; two flank con . apan t ies tw an e f a tlil te of the; '9th Regiment, and d fl t a w nk o landtaN meanie us' herb .r, l 'lesty' s shies Calliope (Auck aecoar' wit h uath. Regiment. The Dr t h - • a e n r d st c ea a m st e o r r : k_ ort l i ' On the 2d n ' t h a ste is now in this harbour 4t.._ Star, emus anuary, her Maesty's her Majesty's 0 - . 4 wer D r i„ er . Pe, Racehorse, and Company's Shi p El li' ' ' 4180 the Hon. East India ithiCastor, iZtb„_ , p instone, an 1 ett!ent are but greatly de 9ti ; th e 9 6th i t ' ()13 men strong, a b o ,i. on e hired r t o ra h n g s , port. The 58th . m i • egiraeat her the ore ti, the 9 01 It • e giment about 200 men strong, f e an i d n 8 Isla n d is aL. the sam e ; so alto ether _ 93 artillery- I ( lI r i and are 1.1,020 men, including our 23 this place tvh il Zand), 200 attsttbuted thus — 4 _ Itori t 7, W e expect a little l3aY marines . and sailors Work. T Wh en _Shore ; so altogether we muster to tatibi necessary. of . Isl h a e nd o s 3 42o going south, regular lerably strong the►t-warrens and i • o The paths f the natives are . 1 w ithout ' • It 101 l r emains f th e ~,, artillery." t l i tt s te m cl ad ua n r e t s e s rm to as th te i r nk of attacking Forbes, of the I N Artillery , were interred on Tuesday, tbili tis tary honours due t b" h rchyard of ''''s Parish of Woolwich°. * as is rank, in th e c u The Coffin containing the body with the a - conveyed upon. agu . •, ,„ horses, n carriave d r nuv '-r and above the pall, which w - ' Inv . • ffieers of th e aa borne by six o b at Rune rank as the deceased, We re placed his cockedt• hi s ;" sword ho formerly wore. The attendance 0 ortntr private friends was numerous as mourners ; ittl ti Col e_., onel Turner,. Colonel Cleveland Lientei.iant- Oonel Crawford, Lieutenant-olonel Willis, 'iir,',..aier Cuppage, Captain T) lden, and a number of otfi o li of the Royal Artillery, and Colonel Mercer, of the le,YEd• Marines and Captain Webb, Royal Engineers. 4 toed the procession to the churchyard. Th e band and Brigade le g and fifes of the Royal Artillery, alternately play tiß the Dead March in Saul," preceded the gun-ear l:Re containing the ceffio. After the portion of the J, service service performed in the church by the Rev. f4„‘'. Connolly, they played an anthem. When the ovgeral service was completed three vollies v•ere fire.: t e ! the grave by a party of the Itiyal Artillery. Qttar :mtaster, Forbes was an excellent cht , ,sical seh,dar. h'b,.°Pg studied at one of the c,illegPs in Aiwa c , , ; IEI Oer. erring a military life, he enlisted a. a tzinin‘r a , in the Royal Artiller,, and was promoted to ill I thest step attainable by those who cute r the ra- ks. 1,- 48% 110 24 Ti 36% 36 ►4 43 4 60 1 4 94% 8 p 56 9 2 p 39g, 124 4% ' T) 4% 3o 2% 15 1 / i 9 381-4 SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORN ING, JULY 9, 1816. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. N EW MARKET—TUESDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. 501. for all ages. Wolfdog, 4 Yrs, Bravissimo, 3 yrs, Cantles 3 yrs. The Town Plate, last mile and a (iis. B. C. Smuggler Bill, Queeu Anne; hr c by Colwicit out of the Czar's darn Cantley, Rufus, Bravissimo (Brother to Valentis simo), Leaconfield, Joy. Sweepstakes, New T. Y. C. Samphire, Fugitive, Shartisheoter. Sercingle. LATEST BETTING. LIVERPOOL Cur.— 3 to 1 agst Mendicant, (t). GooDwoon STAKES —9 to 1 agst Camera Ohscura (t), 10 to 1 agst The llro, 20 to 1 agst ,Connaught Ranger (t), 33 to 1 asst Bold Archer (t). ST. LEGER.-5 to 1 .ou the field. 12 to 1 agst Grimston (t), 25 to 1 ag.t Fancy Boy. 40 to 1 agairst Vanish. LATEST BETTING-AT INIANCHESTER—(TuEsDAY.) LIN-Er:root. Ci.r.-3 to 1 agr , t 'Mendicant (1). 9 to I cast Satyr (t), :0 to . 1 ,gst My Mary (t). 12 to 1 agst The Con jur,r ( t), 14 to 1 agst Yardley (t), 15 to 1 ag:iinst High wayman, 18 to 1 agst Tekniachus (t), 18 to 1 against Lightning (t), 18 to 1 agst Rowena (t ), 18 to 1 agst Intrepid, 25 to 1 agst Polish (t ). Goonwoon STAKES.-9 to 1 agst Camera Ohscura (t 10 to 1 agst The Hero (r), 20 to 1 agst Jent y Wren (t), 20 to L agct The Giantess (9, 25 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild (t), 25 to l agst Connaught Ranger (t), 25 to 1 agst Pe titioner. ST. LEGER.-5 to 1 agst Pyrrhus the First (t), 5 to 1 ag't Sir Tatton S) kes (t), 8 to 1 agst. Brocardo (t). THE COBDEN TESTIMONIAL. LITERATURE The Mayor of Manchester Lai issued the following address:— VOICES FROM THE CRO WD. Mackay, LL.D. So many spurious efferts at poetry are thurst upon our attention that we must acknowledge ourselves some what. difficult to please in that loftiest description of literature. Nor is this circumstance surprising when it is remembered that every Englishman has been ren dered especially fastidious in regard to metrical compo sitions by the profuse and extraordinary excellence of his native bards. Despite, however, this predisposition to detect even the minutest blemishes in a new aspirant for the bay garland, wherever we can discover the un forced melody and the spontaneous thoughtfulness which is not only to be desiderated for, but which is an essential concomitant of, true poesy, we are prepared to welcome the writer with an open heart and an unstinted cordiality. In Charles Mackay we reognise more than an ordinary rhymer, and to Charles Mackay, therefore, we tender our sympathies in all sincerity. Inasmuch as his metrical productions have an originality of senti ment, a terseness of expression, and a remarkable me lodioasness of rhythm, ho is considerably more than a mere poetaster. If the hippocrcne in his instance be ‘omewhat diluted, its flavour i 3 still sufficiently ap preciable; if many of his verses be nothing more than the glittering of tinsel, the tinsel is more substantial than usual, and is wrought into very beautiful and fan tastic devices. In selecting ballad literature as the me dium of conveying his ideas Dr. Mackay has acted judiciously and not unambitiously, for our ballad writers may be classed very little, if at all below our epic or tragic writers. As the intellectual motors of a people, ballads have, indeed, an indefinable superiority over any more elaborate and stupendous kind of poems : what Milton has been to the twos and threes Burns has been to the myriads. One has been conned by the student's night-lamp, the other has been carolled by the swine herd under the hedges. Without doubt the more solemn and sublime glory is the one reserved for such a bard as Milton, but the memory of your ballad monger lives not so much on the bookshelf or the studio as in the people's hearts. When Sir Philip Sidney first perused the MSS. of the " Fairie Queene," on reading the first stanza he ordered his attendant to give to the person who had brought the poem fifty pounds ; on reading the second, one hundred ; on reading the third, two hundred ; and, perceiving the servitor to hesitate in performing so princely a commission, Sir Philip recom mended him to fly quickly, or he should soon be order ing him to bestow upon the author more than he pos sessed. Such was the effect of a continuous and inimi table poem like that of Spencer; while Sir Philip Sidney declared that the ballad of " Chevy Chase" stirred his heart like the sound of a trumpet. One loosened his purse strings, the other stirred his heart like the sound of a trumpet! Dr. Mackay has acted wisely, therefore, in eschewing any lofter flight. He would have failed, in all likelihood, in producing any poem of more ambitious dimensions; but in selecting the simple and effective strain of a ballad-maker he has succeeded. What we particularly deem worthy of approval in these " Voices from the Crowd" is the noble and moral tone which they inculcate. Not only will many of the verses prove sources of pleasure to the multitude, but through them it will be materially benefited. Is not this a wholesome sentiment to instill into the popular heart? There's a good time coming, boys, A good time coming : We may not live to see the day, But earth shall glisten in the ray Of the good time coming. Cannon balls may aid the truth, But thought's a weapon stronger; We'll win our battle by its aid; JVait a little longer. There are two national songs, moreover, in the'collec tion—one American, the other French—worthy of emphatic mention; one is addressed to John Quincy Adams," the other is entitled " England and France." And if more poetry of that description were circulated among mankind it would tend more than the most adroitly balanced treaty to extend the spirit of peace fulness and brotherly love throughout nations. Charles Mackay will gain the affection of his countrymen if he continue to write with such generous impulses, and for the attainment of so exquisite an object. As a specimen of how daintily he can embellish a theme like the ad vancement of society and the perfectibility of the human race, by his imagination, we shall encroach upon our space for the quotation of a poem entitled " The Watcher on the Tower." " TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. The licartf It and triumph.-mt gladness with which the nation lv:i!s the deliverance of its industry from the restrictions of a false and unrighteous legislation were incomplete without the recognition of that individual agency to which this glorious consummation is essen tially indebted. Now that the battle is fought, the victory won, and the charter of industrial liberty finally recorded in the statute-book, and made part and parcel of the law of these realms, it is felt that this struggle ought not - sto pass away—cannot pass away—without leaving behind it some enduring memorial of national gratitude 'and honour to the man by whose untiring exertions, unsparing self-slcritice, sleepless vigilance, i mmo , R jde fidelity to principle, and unrivalled wisdom and prudence of I , ...ad,rship, this crest success has been achieved. The British noople need not b.:, told that it is to Richard Cobden, ailed by his able, earnest, and eloquent coadjutors, that this country mainly owes that Act which will render the year 1846 memorable in our annals. "The hister; an of the national struggle, now vietoriously eonelud. d, will dwell with grateful wonder on the record of those labours of a hich every Englishman is now snm mon, dto te , tify his appreciation. As the annals of the nation show no example of a social effort be which so va=t a sum of good has been pur-hased at so light a cost even of transient and iecidental evil, it were vain like wise to seek an hit torical parallel to those services which the late League leader has rendered to his country and to humanity. The name of Richard Cob den, as of the Anti-Corn-law League, stands alone. An Englishman, of the middle rank of life, whom nature inde ai marked for a statesman, and whom the circum stances of birth. occupation, and social position, have for tunately identified with the community of the in dustrious classes, undertakes, amidst infinite difficulties and discouragement. the task of creating a public opinion in unison with public rights and interests, and of identi fying the unrestricted intercourse of nations with the standard of the true philosophy of the wealth of nations. Never was a more arduous enterprise—never a more brilliant success. Within a period of little more than seven short years our commercial reformer has indoctri nated the people and the Legislature alike with the bene ficent and comprehensive principles of economical science —stamped the impress of his own convictions on the mind of an entire generation of statesmen ; and, sup ported by that extraordinary popular power, which his genius had schooled to self-organisation, wrested a fondly cherished monopoly from the powerful dominion of class legislation. " Such a victory has, however, not been won but at a heavy cost to the victor. The post of honour and triumph has been also that of labour and self-sacrifice. We speak of the " seven short years" in which the free trade movement has, from his first phase of unheeded and hopeless seeming apleals to an uninformed, apathe tic, and prejudiced public, passed into final statutory realisation. The interval truly is short in the history of a people. Seven years are short indeed, considered as the term of a nation's apprenticeship to political science. Tried by another and a more limited standard of mensu ration, seven years are a large deduction from the life time of the individual. Seven years of unresisting toil, and unrelaxing mental tension ; seven years abstracted from the ordinary associations and enjoyments of life, and given to labours which only the impelling sense of duty and the animating consciousness of power could have made endurable ;—this is a sacrifice whose magni tude our moral arithmetic can less easily compute. To say that this self-infliction has been as cheerfully sus tained, as it was spontaneously undertaken, is but to say that the rights of industry have been championed by one worthy of the noblest cause that ever fired the zeal and braced the energies of a true man. "It is now for the British people to consecrate this great success by a fitting expression of gratitude and honour to the man who, foremost of us all, has been the organiser of that power of enlightened public opinion to which industry owes its entranchisement. A moral vic tory so pure and peaceful, so righteous and beneficent, so fruitful of blessings that, in their ultimate scope, are wide as the world and enduring as time—begin ning with one great and simple act of national policy and justice, and tending, in its remoter aims, to regene rate the pubic opinion of mankind, to cement the bonds of amity and brotherhood among nations, to promote the intercourse that civilise and humanise, to supersede, by community of interest and mutuality of dependence, a difficult and irritating commercial diplomacy, and to guarantee, by new securities, the reign of peace on earth and goodwill among men—such a victory, as it is with out example in the annals of states, should be commemo rated on a scale unknown to historical precedent. The statesman who, unaided by party connexion or official position, has succeeded in giving statutory validity to a just and noble principle—the civic hero who has mar shalled a people in bloodless strife, and conquered for them the blessings of prosperous industry—the English man who has plaeed his country in the world's front rank, and vindicated her ancient prerogative of " teach ing nations how to live"—this is the man whom civil ised and Christian England should delight to honour. "To the countrymen of Richard Cobden appeal is now made. The appeal is to all, for all are partici pators in the fruits of his beneficent toils. To all classes, sections, and parties of this British people is the invitation now given to testify, as such a people alone can testify, a just and generous appreciation of services, of which even future generations will reap an ever ripening harvest, but which it belongs to the present to reward. On behalf of the committee, " W. B. WATKINS (Mayor). Chairman. Town-hall, Manchester, July 2." NEWMARKET JULY MEETING. —WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 501., for 3 yrs-hld, 7st 21b; 4 yrs, Bst 71b; 5 yrs, 9st 41b; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 51b. To start at the starting post of T.M. M., and run to the end of R.C. Sir J. Hawley's Bravissimo, 3 yrs Mr. Gurney's Cantley, 3 yrs Betting-6 to 4on Bravissimo, who made all the running, and won by two lengths. Run in 3 min. 21 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for 3 yrs-old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. New T.Y.C. Winner to be sold for 100/. (4 Subs). Mr. R. J. Shaf'o's oh c Sharpshooter ... (E. Edwards) Colonel Peel's Samphire Sir J. Hawley's Fugitive 3 Mr. Well-man's Sircingle Betting-2 to 1 agst Samphire. Won by a neck. Fugitive a bad third. Run in 1 min. 17 seconds. The Town Plate, of 50 sovs, for 3 vrsold, colts, Fat 71b, and fillies, Bst 31b. Last mile, and a distance cf B.C. Sir J. Hawley's Bravissimo (Butler) 1 Lord Lonsdate's Joy Mr. W. S. Stanley's Leaconfield The following also started, but were not placed ;—Lord Albemarle's Smuggler Bill, Colonel Peel's Queen Anne, Lord Exeter's c by Colwick, out of Czar's dam, Mr. Gurney's Cantley, and Mr. Coupe's Rufus. Betting-3 to 1 agst Bravissimo, 3to 1 agst Joy, 4to 1 agst Rufus, and ti to 2 agst Leaconfield. Cantley and the Colwick colt made alternate running to the Duke's Stand, followed by Rufus, Joy, Leaconfield, and Bravissimo; as latter then took the lead, maintained it to the end, and won by two lengths, Joy beating Leaconfield by half a length. Run in two minute seconds. LATEST BETTING. CHESTEBFIELD STAKES.-5 to 2 agst Ibrahim Paella, sto 1 agst Nerissa, and sto 1 agst Lady Lurewell. Cossack and Madge Wildfire are declared not to start. LivEurnot Cur.-2 to 1 agst Mendicant. GooDwoon STASES I agst Camera Obscura (taken), 11 to 1 agst The Hero, 20 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger (taken), 25 to 1 agst Footstool, and 33 to 1 agst Bold Archer (taken). ST. LEGE R.-5 to 1 on the field. 12 to 1 agst Griinston, 25 to 1 agst Fancy Boy, 40 to 1 agst Vanish. DE RBY.— 10,00 . 0 to 200 agst Cossack (taken) WORCESTER RACES—TUESDAY. The Severn Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. Mile and a quarter. (10 Subs.) Mr. E. Peel's Spithead, 3 yrs, 7st (H. Bradley, jun.) 1 Mr. J. Thompson's Hope, 4 yrs , B st llb ....... 2 Mr. Clay's Pal. 3 yrs, 7st Fair Charlotte and Borrani were not placed. Won by a length. The Two-Year Old Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 added. Half a mile. (4 Subs.( Mr. E. Griffith's Lady Litt, Bst 21b (Marlow) 1 Lord Caledon's fby Simoom, out of Pergama Bst 2lb ... 2 Mr. Pearce's Yellow Rose , B st 21 b 3 A good race, the favourite beaten by half a length. The Worcestershire Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added; the second saves his stake. Two miles. (20 Subs ; 12 paid.) Captain Harcourt's The Druid, 3 yrs, Est 61b (Duncan) 1 Mr. Parr's Dalcet, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ... 3 Mr. I. Da% 's 'Lela, 5 yrs, 6-t bib I • Won easy. The Members' Purse of 5 01.; 3 --- 5:11 old, ist 121 b ; 4 yrs, 94 41b; 5 yrs, 9st. 12Ib ; G yrs and aA•ed, lost; mares allowed 3lbs, and half- bred horse , ?lbs. Heats. two miles. Mr. G. Dumble's Rosin the Beau, 3 yrs (Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. Collett's Nannie, 3 yrs 2 2 Mr. Herbert's Powick, 4 yrs ... • Two well-contested heats. "What dost thou see, lone watcher on the tower? Is the day breaking ! comes the wished-for hour ! Tell us the signs, and stretch abroad thy hand, If the bright morning dawns upon the laad." " The stars are clear above me, scarcely one Has dimmed its rays in reverence to the sun; But yet I see on the horizon's verge, Some fair, faint streaks, as if the light would surge." SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE M ANC HESTER ADDRESSES. (From the Manchester Guardian.) The following communications have b:•ee received from Sir Robert Peel, in answer to the Addresses for war,'ed to the Right Hon. Baronet from the different bodies in this town, which we have already noticed:— Drayton Manor, July 3, 1346. Gentlemen—The severe pressure of public bu , iness, which did not admit of delay, has deprived me, until this day, of the opportunity of returning my grateful acknowledgments to the bankers, merchants, and manu facturers of Manchester, who have signed the address which I have recently had the honour of receiving from that town. I thank them sincerely for the approbation of my conduct which they have expressed, and especially for the justice they have done to the motives by which alone I have been influenced, in recommending and supporting to the utmost of my power, important measures con nected with our commercial policy, which have at length received the sanction of Parliament. Thcugh I have felt it to be my duty to relinquish office, I shall be prepared to lend, in a private capacity, my cordial assistance in the continual application of the principles on which those measures are founded.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your faithful servant, (Signed) ROBERT PEEL. The Mayor of Manchester. The President of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures. The President of the Commercial Association. Malcolm Ross, Esq., &c. &c. TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES AT MANCHESTER. Drayton Manor, July 4, 1846. Gentlemen,—l have this day had the honour of re ceiving the address from the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures at Manchester, transmitted to me by the president. That address I shall not fail to communicate to the other Members of the Government which has been lately dissolved. It was mainly through their cordial and zealous co operation that I was enabled to conduct to a successful issue, the measures which it was my duty to propose at the commencement of the present Session, for the re moval of many of the remaining restraints on commerce, and for the repeal of taxes on corn, cattle, meat, and all the first necessaries of life. To myself personally this address must be peculiarly gratifying, on account of the place from which it pro ceeds, and en account of your connexion with manu facturing interests and occupations, to which I am so deeply indebted. My late colleagues will, I am confident. fully participate in the satisfaction which I have derived from an address which approves so warmly of our con dnct, and does such ample justice to our motives. In returning my acknowledgments, allow me to make a remark, which could not be addressed more appropri ately to any other body, and in the truth of which no other body would, I am confident, more readily acquiesce. Although, as might naturally be expected, the mea sures for the repeal of the corn and provision laws were encountered by a very able and vehement opposition in Parliament, yet full justice has not been done to the great moderation and forbearance which were generally displayed by that class of the community, which is im mediately and practically concerned in the occupations of agriculture. They were equally displayed by that class in every part of the empire, in Scotland and Ireland, as well as in this part of the United Kingdom. During the whole progress of the measures through Parliament, there was no disposition on their part mani fested to offer or encourage any obstruction not required for the purposes of fair discussion, or to insist pertina ciously on the continued maintenance of protective duties for the benefit of a particular class. Of this I am confident, that nothing passed during the heat of the conflict which, now that it is closed, ought to prevent the establishment of cordial harmony and good-will between the agricultural and manufactur ing classes. It is indeed to be hoped. that one of the happiest re sults of the measures which have been sanctioned (as I believe, finally and irrevocably sanctioned) by Parlia ment, will be the determination of constantly recurring and irritating discussions, and the removal of all causes of jeo'ousy and contention between those who, though occupied in different departments of industry, have in terests that are inseparably interwoven. I thank you for the hearty good wishes you express for my welfare. I eau claim no credit for any personal sacrifice in relinquishing office. With whatever pertinacity I would have adhered to it, if such adherence had been essential, or manifestly conducive to the final success of the commercial mea sures of the present session, yet, now that they are passed, I retire from office with feelings little akin to those of disappointment or regret. I am satisfied that, in the present state of affairs, and in the present position of political parties, it is for the public advantage that the power which official station confers should be transferred to other hands, and trans ferred without a protracted struggle. Being so satisfied, I cordially rejoice on every private ground that I am relieved from a burden which was be yond my strength, and am exempted from sacrifices for which nothing could compensate but the ability to render public service. Be as , urecl that, in a private station, I shall give my continued support to those principles of commercial legislation which have been approved equally by the deductions of reason and by the results of practical ex. periment, and that I shall rejoice in the progress of all measures, adopted with due caution and circumspection, that shall be c ilculated, by extending commerce, to give additional security for general peace, and by ensuring their just reward to skill and industry, to lay the best foundation for the intellectual and moral improvement of the people.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your faithful servant, "Look forth again, oh watcher on the tower— The people wake, and languish for the hour; Long have they dwelt in darkness, and they pine For the full daylight that they know must shine." " I see not well—the morn is cloudy still ; There is a radiance on the distant hill. Even as I watch the glory seems to grow But the stars blink, and the night breezes blow." "And is that all, oh, watcher on the tower? Look forth again ; it must be near the hour. Dost thou not see the snowy mountain copes, And the green woods beneath them on the slopes?" " A mist envelops them ; I cannot trace Their outline; but the day comes on apace. The clouds roll up in gold and amber flakes, And all the stars grow dim. The morning breaks." LETTER OF EBENEZER ELLIOTT TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WEST LON DON CENTRAL ANTI-ENCLOSURE ASSO CIATION. _ _ _ " We thank thee, lonely watcher on the tower; But look again; and tell us, hour by hour, All thou beholdest ; many of us die Ere the day comes ; oh, give them a reply." " I see the hill-tops now ; and Chanticleer Crows his prophetic carol on mine ear; I see the distant woods and fields of corn, And ocean gleaning in the light of morn." " June 261 h, 1846. " Sirs,—l know not how to requite you for electing me a useless member of your body; I am too poor to subscribe to your funds; and it says little for my wisdom that I never yet met with an association willing to follow my advice. The Trades Unionists would not follow it when I advised them to help the Free Trader; and the Chartists, howling in my face, joined the common enemy. Trades unions may have benefited the unionists at the expense of victims like themselves, but I cannot help thinking that their funds might have been better employed than in breaking the hearts of starved mothers; believing, as I do, that the money expended by them, might have conferred the county franchise on a majority of their members. One great object of all associations aiming to ameliorate the condition of the masses, ought now to be the county franchise; with, or without such associations, that franchise, I believe, is within the reach of almost all our mechanic', both in towns and villages : by obtaining it they would increase their usefulness, secure their well-being, and command respect. Let the county franchise be once ob tained by them, and wealth and station will be respected as they ought ; but we shall see no more doffing of Pay-All's hat to Squire Starvation and his apes, for the honour of being robbed and insulted. One of the results of the uncontrolled rule of the few is, that there is not an acre of appropriated land in this country that has not been at some time stolen by due course of law—so called ; and it follows that no man now can buy an acre or an inch of land that has not been so stolen. You can honestly obtain the county franchise by buying land according to the law of the land, as every man must do who buys land anywhere ; but the fact which I have stated is unimpeachable, and the past cannot be retrieved. Make good use, then, of the future. Unless men ought to be stifled on the seventh day, because their occupations imprison them the six preceding days, all public footpaths should be held sacred ; at least until the State shall have supplied every consider able town with free public walks and gardens, suffi ciently extensive to secure (as far as out door recreation can) the public health. If free-trade should happily be obtained in our day, the inclosure of waste lands cannot he prevented ; every acre of such land, capable of pro fitable cultivation will inevitably be cultivated. Your business, then, will be (if the enemy shall have left any waste land uninclosed) to take care that snch land shall be cultivated for the public benefit alone ; and who can have a better claim to waste land near the town than the inhabitants ? Obtain the county franchise, and you not only prevent the arbitrary closing of footpaths, and the unjust appropriation of waste lands, but do other good to yourselves, to your children. and ther age—to unborn millions ! Ob, infinite, endless good, with evil to none! If the insane never co-operate; if the instinct of self-preservation sometimes forces the sane, when oppressed, to co-operate ; if public oppressors always co-operate, and if you already feel the might of honest co-operation, look back for a moment on the authors of your past miseries, and be convinced that institutional , power (for right or wro n g) is like the Indian tree, which, spreading its root s on all sides, thr ows up a new stem at each ramification I Your enemie s know thiswell. Obta in ever t t h e county franchise then, and defeat [We are glad to see that Ebenezer Elliott is again in the field. Be it never forgotten that Ebenezer Elliott, The Corn-law Rhymer, was the first to denounce the iniquity of the corn - law s. Years before the League was w hen du3 to stand u p f or those ' stood up fo r th e g l or i ous in existence, he was a " total and immedi ate repealer." He is not a rich man. Let not his claims be forgotten by his countrymen. We hope to see a su b scr i pt i on opened for an Elliott testimonial. lie is a go o d man true.danodetrines of il f e r , eo in tr e a v d i e l , doc trines was a service of danger. Let not his claims be overlooked in the hour of victor y . Who will subscribe "or a testimonial to th e author of " Corn- law Rhymes," he poet of the People ?] -- ED. Sim. " Again—again—oh, watcher on the tower— We thirst for daylight, and we bide the hour, Patient, but longing. Tell us, shall it be A bright, calm, glorious daylight for the free 2" " I hope, but cannot tell. I hear a song, Vivid as day itself; and clear and strong; As of a lark—young prophet of the noon— Pouring in sunlight his seraphic tune." " What doth he say—oh, watcher on the tower? Is he a prophet? Doth the dawning hour Inspire his music? is his chant sublime With the full glories of the Coming Time ?" " lie prophesies ;—his heart is full ;—his lay Tells of the brightness of a peaceful day— A day not cloudless, nor devoid of storm, But sunny for the most, and clear and warm." "We thank thee, watcher on the lonely tower, For all thou tellest. Sings he of an hour When Error shall decay, and Truth grow strong, And Right shall rule supreme and vanquish Wrong " He sings of brotherhood, and joy, and peace, Of days when jealousies and hate shall cease : When war shall die, and man's progressive mind Soar as unfettered as its God designed." " Well done ! thou watcher on the lonely tower ; Is the day breaking ? dawns the happy hour ? We pine to see it :—tell us, yet again, If the broad daylight breaks . upon the plain?" "It breaks—it comes—the misty shaaows fly : A rosy radiance gleams upon the sky ; The mountain tops reflect it calm and clear; The plain is yet in shade ; but day is near." In this beautiful allegory there exists a profoundity of moral truth and of political hopefulness. To his " Sala mandrine" and his " Legends of the Isles," Dr. Mackay has added a most commendable vclume in his " Voices from the Crowd." It will tend to assure him the regard and the affection of the people. PORT OF LIVERPOOL.—We are agreeably surprised by being able to announce that the Customs' revenue of this port, for the quarter last ended, exceeds that of the corres ponding quarter of last year. The following is, in round numbers, a statement of the receipts of the two years:- 1845. 1846. April £238,668 April £240,007 May 274,866 May 279,785 June 303,745 June.......... 424,704 Total ... 817,279 Total ... 944,496 Total, 1845 ... 817,279 THE COBDEN NATIONAL TRIBUTE FUND.--Since OUr last publication, there have been a number of goodly addi tions to the contributors and contributions to this national testirrrnial. Mr. S. D Darbishire and Mr. Edmund Potter have severally enlarged their contributions from 1001. to 1501. each. Messrs. Dixon and Sons, of Carlisle, and Mr. Thomas Thomason, Bolton, have given 500/. each ; Messrs. George Cheetham and Sons, Stalybridge ; Thomas Harrison and Sons, Stalyb. idge ; and William Bailey and Brothers, Stalybridge, each firm 3001. ; blessrs. CritehleY, Armstrong, and Co., Manchester, 2501,; Sir 13njamin Heywood, Mr. James Hey wood, and Messrs. T. and J. Wrigley, 2001. each ; Messrs. Wells, Cooke, and Potter, Robert Platt (Stalybridge), and Mr. William Ross, each 1501. The following additional subscriptions have been given, each of 1001:—Messrs. Joseph Whitworth and Co., Henry Tootal, Hardman and Price, Boden (Derby), John and Samuel Alcock, Dufay and Co., Henry Newbery, Richard Potter (St. John's-wood), Thorn ton, Atterbury, and Co., Henry Walmsley, Langwortby, Brothers, and Co., and Burton, Chippindall, and Co. Besides these, there is a subscription of 80/. ; five of 501.; one of 401.; three of 25/. ; and many of smaller amounts, making an in crease since Friday eveni ng of about 5,0001. ; the aggregate amount now exceeding Twenty-five Thousand Pounds! We understand that the Ashton-under-Lyne subscriptions are to be notified on Friday next. In London, Liverpool, Sheffield, Dundee, and other large towns, preparatory measures are being, taken for originating subteriptions to this national tes timoiliaL—ltrancliester Guardian, • ROBERT PEEL. Thomas Barley, Esq, President of the Chamber of Commerce. The Mayor of Manchester, &c. &c. ACCIDENT FROM MACHINERY. — SOrne Ilsys ago the following sad acciclent occurred at a flatting mills establish ment in Lycns. Part of tie dress of a yo.ath of sixteen was aught in one of the wheels of the hydraulic engine, and lie was drawn into it. lie was not missed at the moment, but as the wheel st)pped, the workmen looked for the cause of the stoppage, and found the mutilated remains of the victim; Tbo body was Aotually torn to pivot', IMPORTANT DECISION TO RAIL- WAY PASSENGERS IN SCOTLAND. By Charles In the Small Debt Court, on Thursday last, a case was tried before Mr. Sheriff Campbell, at the instance of Elizabeth Caldwell, Kilbarchan, against the Ayrshire Railway Company, in which points of considerable im portance to passengers by railway, and also to railway directors, were elicited. The pursuer, and several others, had taken third-class tickets from Paisley to Cochran Mill station, where they intended to land. On reaching that station, the passengers endeavoured in vain to open the carriage door. They then cried for some one to come and open it, but nobody came until the train was started, when a man came forward (it was not proved whether it was the guard or a person uncon nected with the company), and opened the door, and took out the passengers, including a woman and child, while the train was running. In the hurry, one of the passengers leaped upon the skirt of the pursuer's gown and tore it, and it was for the value of the gown so torn that the action was brought, on the grouud that sufficient time bad not been allowed for the passengers to land before starting the tram. Three witnesses were examined for the pursuer, who concurred in stating the case as we have narrated it. Two witnesses, the guard, and the manager at the station, were offered for the de fence, but not examined, an objection having bean taken to the competency of the guard, that he would have to pay the damages to the Company, in the event of the pursuer obtaining decree. The Sheriff, after shortly running over the evidence, pronounced decree, with full expo nses, against the Company. After pronouncing de cree, the Sheriff remarked that he was sorry the pre sent was not the only complaint that had been made to him of the short time allowed for passengers to land at the different railway stations, nor of the difficulties ex perienced by passengers at landing. It required the strength of a man to open the carriage. doors, and in the case of women either travelling by themselves or with children it was often impossible for them to get out in the time allowed at the stations, and nobody would say that they were not proper parties to travel by railway. Passengers should be allowed to collect their senses, and be made aware of the stations, and not hurried out. But, added the Sheriff, I would be even inclined to go a step further, and say that it is not the duty of railway passengers to open the carriage doors at all, but that this should be done by the Company or their servants, and he strongly impressed upon the railway directors to attend to this in future, and not expose the lives and property of the public in the way hitherto done. The Learned Sheriff's remarks were most attentively listened to by a crowded Court, and we have no doubt they will produce the requisite effect in the proper quar ter, an object which the pursuer considered of far more importance than the value of the gown.—Glasgoe , Sa turday Post. -~t Increase on the Quarter.-- £127,217 Considering the great depression which has prevailed during the past month or two, in nearly every branch of commerce, iit s gratifying to find that Liverpool continues to progress towards the rust port in the empire. We ought to remark, however, that the receipts of the month of June are swelled this year by the duties just paid upon foreign grain under the new law. These, we believe, have amounted to about 120,000/. There is, therefore, an increase independently of the receipts from this source. We ought also to bear in mmd, when contrasting the two periods, that considerable sums would be paid in 1845 under the old scale.—Liverpool Standard. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Friday morning last, a number of persons assembled in Bartholomew-yard, Exeter, to celebrate the passing of the Corn Bill, by a cannonade. They had eight cannons, weighing about Sib. each, and 41b. of gunpowder, and had fired four rounds, when the last cannon burst on being discharged, from being overloaded. One of the fragments struck John Gill, the town-crier, in the knee, completely smashing the bones, portions of which were by himself picked out of the wound. He was removed to the hospital and will have to lose his leg. Another frag ment struck another young man, named . Webber, in the face, knocking out some of his teeth a nd cutting off his nose ; he was removed to his own house. A third fragment struck a person, named Teed, in his side, and has rendered his arm useless for the present. A portion of the cannon was blown across the yard and struck a window, the glass and frame work of which were much broken.—Derouport Telegraph. STEAM. NAVIGATION.— The competition amongst the steam -b oa t companies on the T hames, particularly above London -bridge, seems to increase. On Sunday was wit nessed the novelty of the boats of one company running for one halfpenny per head from the city to the west-end. A splendid new boat, started by this company, seemed to at tract great notice on account of her extraordinary speed. This boat, which is double-headed, having a steering-wheel at each end, is named the New Cricket, and is intended to take the place of a boat called the Cricket, built some time ago for this company by Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, of Blackwall, but which, from some defect in her build, was not considered fit to run on this station. The New Cricket and her engines were built and manufactured by Messrs. W. Joyce and Co., of the Greenwich Ironworks, who, we learn, are acquiring great celebrity on account of the very small consumption of fuel required for their engines, and which, no doubt, must enable the company to carry the public at the unprecedented low rate they do. They are vibrating en gines, and seemed to be universal l y admired for the style in which they wert• turned out, combining great strength with beauty and excellence of workmanship. They were appa rmtly objects of great interest among the engineering pro fession ; and, judgi , ig from the great speed of the boat, must reflect the highest credit on the architect and manu facturer. THE BONE-CRUSHING SYSTEM. REPORT of the SECRETARY of the POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS on BONE-CRUSIIING. There appear to be two sorts of bones used in agri culture : Ist, the bones of commerce, from which all the gelatine fat and animal juices are boiled out—a pro cess necessary, it is stated, to prevent decomposition, and accidents and annoyance during their transport. In this state the bones consist chiefly of phosphate of lime, carbonate of lime or common chalk, phosphate of magnesia, soda, and cartilage ; and in this state are sold by the manure companies and preparers of ma nures, and are stated to be inoffensive, and compara tively uninjurious. 2dly, " green bones "—those in which the gelatinous and other animal matter is re tained in the same state in which the bones are collected by the bone-gatherers and others, from amidst dunghills and heaps of ashes and refuse. Inasmuch as the smell is referred to in the paper be fore me, it is inferred that the objection is taken to the process of crushing the green bones, i. e. those bones which give off putrid emanations; and it is the eligibility of the proeess of crushing such green bones, as fitting work for the inmates of workhouses, that is hereafter considered. There does not appear to be any recorded or precise observations as to the specific effect of putrid emanations from bones or from bone dust ; but there are no general facts now more clearly ascertained than that all putrid emanations from decaying animal matter are noxious, that " the effects of such miasma are manifested imme diately on all surrounding human life (and there is evi dence to believe they are manifest in their degree on animal life generally), in proportion to the relative strength of the destructive agent, and the relative strength or weakness of the beings exposed to them. The effects are seen first on infants, then on children, in the order of their age and strength, then on females, or on the sickly, the aged, and feeble ; last of all, on the robust workmen, and on them it appears on those parts of the body that have been'previously weakened byexcess or by illness."—( Vide Supplement to the Sanatory Re port for the general character of the evidence to support this conclusion, paragraphs 5 to 11.) In general, the work of bone-crushing appears to have been undertaken by stout able-bodied men, on whom the influence of noxious effluvia is not commonly immediately manifested, nor likely to be observed ; but particular instances are known where it was observed that nausea, inability to take food, was the result on healthy independent labou rers, when employed in crushing bones from which the putrid emanations were strong. The same labourers sustained no nausea or inconvenience whatever during prolonged employment in loading, unloading, and spread ing dung. The conclusion would be, from all such information as appears to be applicable to the subject, that the process is one which if it were carried on by independent la bourers, as a matter of private speculation, that would come, a fortiori, under consideration with other processes in manufactories where deleterious processes are carried on, and on which it has been submitted to the Legisla ture for decision, whether they ought not to be placed under authoritative regulations, with a view not only to.the protection of the public from the emanation as common nuisances, but for the protection of workmen engaged in conducting them (videSanatory Report, page 256 to page 261, on the employers' influence on the health of workpeo ple, by regulation of their places of work), and whetlser this process of crushing green bones is not one which, from its peculiar offensiveness to the smell (and the smell is in respect to emanations from decaying animal as well as vegetable substances, the faithful monitor of causes injurious to the health), ought to be required to be conducted under chimneys, or with appropriate appliances to carry away effluvia, and to pro tect the workmen from inhaling the dust, which will be more injurious than the effluvia ? If protective legisla tive provisions on this principle were adopted for the protection of independent workmen, there could be little doubt that the process in question will be comprehended within them as being at least as injurious and offensive as several processes which the Building Bill before Par liament proposes to exclude for the future from the me tropolis. It would seem to follow, that the remedy which it were desirable to apply by legislation for the abate ment of the nuisance arising from the process when car ried on as a private trade, should be applied to the pro cess now that it is biought within the cognisance of a public authority. The question then arises, whether it is practicable to conduct the process with proper care, and with the requisite protective appliances, when that process is carried on as an incident to the ordinary workhouse management ? It is assumed that it is not practicable to do so, except at an expense of labour that will outweigh its advantages. Mr. Tufnell states, " that the boxes used for crush ing the bones should always be perfectly dry, and broken under an open shed, when the smell or effluvia is next to nothing." If these conditions be obtained, and if the effluvia be reduced to " next to nothing," then undoubtedly the "injurious effects will be reuced to next to nothing, and there would be nothing to object to in requiring this labour to be performed by young able-bodied men. This statement cannot, however, be taken to the letter, as it is obvious that bones enclosed only in a box, with an open top, in a shed, without any contrivance of a chimney, or funnel, to create a draught and carry away the effluvia which the box will freely give off, could not be inoffensive. The air contained in them being, how ever, more diluted, will, to some extent, be less noxious than if the process were carried on in a closed chamber; but the process would still, pro tank, be an injurious one, even to ) oung labourers, if kept to such labour for any great length of time. But it is to be borne in mind, that " able-bodied paupers " will not, in general, be of the most robust class. Those whom the guardians may often be the most disposed to set to work will be those whom they consider to be the worthless class, the idle and the dis sipated. Now the dissipated will be pre-disposed to all such deleterious influence by their dissipation ; they may be deserving of punishment, but punishment cannot legally be mixed up with relief, nor would exposure to nausea and a fit of illness, be a mode of punishment re cognised. Mr. Tufnell considers bone-crushing to be a tort of employment " peculiarly suitable to the semi able-bodied, a class very difficult to deal with, and who may be very easily set to work in this way." Now, on the principle above cited, as conclusions from medical evidence as to the increased effect of putrid emanation tos in proportion to the weakness of the per sons expose them, the semi-able-bodied is a class o n whom, as be i ng doubly susceptible, such exposure must at least be doubly injurious. It is, moreover, to be considered that the workhouse, besides being a place of work, according to the ability of the parties received, is also to be viewed and dealt with as a hospital, and a place of reception for the sick and convalescent, and very young children, and of persons ; it is th e r e f ore a pl ace weakly and susceptible from which all deleterious effluvia should be excluded, a place for which such a process and traffic as that in question is peculiarly unfitted; for though decaying bones may be placed in the outhouses, yet it may be presumed that it will be an object of difficult attainment so to con fine the fumes as to prevent them being carried into tln house, and amidst the susceptible dosses of inmates. It may be that with the very little attention that has hitherto been paid to the effect of such influences en health, the deleterious effect of the putrid emanations from decaying bones will not be greater than those to which the inmates of most workhouses are still exposed (the effluvia from cesspools, and bogholes, and drains, for example) ; but on that very account additions should not be made to the existing depressing agencies. But now that the operation, and causes of disease, of such agencies is better understood, the whole should be re moved. The process of bone-crushing is recomm( need as being . advantageous to agriculture. Preparations of chemical substances, phosphates, sulphates, and carbo nates, treated with the various acids, are valuable as fer tilisers, and are well prepared by the manufacturers, but would not, on account of their importance to agricul ture, be the less unfitted and dangerous for manipulations in the workhouse. On these several grounds, then, That the process of crushing bones, when in a state in which they give off putrid effluvia, is one which, when unguarded, is deleterious : That the protective precautions requisite, even when the employineut is given to robust, able-bodied men, im- V ~._ ply an extent of skilful arrangement and Cl there is no security or reasonable exp e c tation A ill be be applied to the work when conducfssd under ord. him"' workhouse management : That although, when the emanations are not bit:bly offensive, or where the bones are not in an aciss.;ve Atate of decomposition, they may be housed or worked swith impunity, by healthy labourers, yet, on account of .sthe greater susceptibility of the sick and the weakly innsab es s no materials giving off such emanations ought to• be brought within the precincts of workhouses: It is considered that the process of bone-crushitV ought not to be indiscriminately sanctioned as an ems. gible mode of setting paupers to work. But beyond the nature of the employment itself, the terms on which it is recommended for adoption by Mr. Tufnell, and by some of the guardians, if any dependence is to be placed on the newspaper reports transmitted with the documents, appear to imply mistakes as to the prin ciple of the law, and deviations in the practice, which re quire some observations. The employment is recommended by Mr. Tufnell be cause "it is very hard work, and from their not being, accustomed to it, very disagreeable to paupers." One of the guardians of the iloniton Board is reported to have said that he thought bone -crushing might be advan tageously continued as " a test." Now it may be questioned whether any part of the law justifies the application of any process, simply and solely as " a test." Any poor person being in danger' of perishing from destitution, having no means to maiatstin him, that is, having no work whatever, is, in the terns of the 43d Elizabeth, to be relieved by being " set on work" out of the funds provided under the authority of s i _Nat statute ; the sort of work specified in the statute app ears to be ordinary and usual occupations on " necessm v wares wares and stuffs." In return for such work he receives and the condition on which such relief ought to be ga yen is thus stated in the report of the Commissioners ;of Poor-law Inquiry:— " The first and most essential of all conditions, a prin ciple which we find universally admitted, even by those whose practice is at variance with it, is that his situation on the whole shall not be made really or apparently so eligible as the situation of the independent labourer of the lowest class. Throughout the evidence it is shown that in proportion as the condition of any pauper class is elevated above the condition of the independent labourers, the condition of the independent class is dee pressed, their industry is impaired, their employment becomes unsteady, and its remuneration in wages is diminished. Such persons are, therefore, under the strong est inducements to quit the less eligible class of labourers and enter the more eligible class of paupers. The con verse is the effect when the pauper class is placed in tisa proper position, below the condition of the independent labourer. Every penny bestowed that tends to render the pauper's condition more eligible than that of the in dependent labourer is a bounty on indolence and vice." All this is true, and yet if the applicant have " no means" to maintain him, if he be in the position con templated by the statute of Elizabeth, however simple the fare, and hard the task of ordinary and useful work, being saved from the consequence of having " no meatus" to maintain him, it is still relief which he receives, and the provision is still a beneficent one. In another part of the report of t he in q uir y , p. 264, it is stated as an incident to the carrying out of this prinsted - ciple, " that the offer of relief on the princ i p le su gg e by us, wonld be a self-acting ' test' of the claim of the applicant." " It is shown throughout the evidence that it is de moralising and ruinous to offer to the able-bodied of the best characters more than a simple subsistence. The person of bad character, if he be allowed anything could not be allowed le.,s. By the means which we pro pose, the line between those who do, and those who do, not need relief, is drawn, and drawn perfectly. If the claimant does not comply with the terms on which relief is given to the destitute, he gets nothing, and if he does comply, the compliance proves the truth of the claim—. namely, his destitution." The tent is still the incident to the principle on which the relief is administered, the pauper is still relieved by being " set to work." All the examples of dispauperised parishes cited by the Commissioners of Inquiry were by setting the applicants on work, on ordinary and usual work of the character of the work specified by the statute of Elizabeth, but it appears to be going not only beyond the terms of the comment of the Commissioners of In quiry, but beyond any terms of the law itself, to erect the mere incident into the principal and sole objects of the law. When used in such a manner as above recited, and with such a process, the man is popularly under stood to be (and it is to be featCd is often intended to be) " tested," as a coin is tested isir the application of nitric acid, or aquafortis, and then is m ; ;aside without any further care if he stands the test. The law' directs work to be given as the inseparable condition of the benefit, and as a relief, and not as " a test." But when it is s: - .Sed that that which is of little or no use as labour, is value' able, and to be retained as a " test," a course is taken to bring the law into odium, to excite opposition against it, • and by the injudicious use of the word " test," justify the declamation against its administration, that its real intent is to " torment" the paupers. To an idle and vicious man, any work such as an in dependent labourer executes with cheerfulness, maybe disagreeable, but it is only on the condition of his being set cn work, however disagreeable, thatthe statute of the 43d Elizabeth allows him to receive relief. In prin ciple, and according to the fair interpretation of that statute, the usual and ordinary work should be such as may offer no temptations to an idle man, but present no ground of fear to an industrious one, that if he take the employment he will be subject to a fit of illness, or to any severity that is to operate not as proper labour, but simply and solely as a test. If the word were taken from their report, which does not appear, the Coronsii sioners of Inquiry ma 3 fairly complain that no precau tion can protect any term from perversion, when a word; used as characterising an incident is coined into ac phrase, and used as above described in the face of such illustrations as the following : " A further advantage of extended districts, the unions, say the Commissioners, arises from the com parative facility of providing for the paupers' useful employment. Opportunities for such employment are wanting in many parishes, in others exist in forms too large to be undertaken, and in still more numerous in stances exist uselessly, in consequence of the jealousies which always act most powerfully in small neighbour-- hoods. It appears that one of the first preliminary measures must be the preparing for the able-bodied more of this employment than we believe that they will accept." "Employment of some kind can indeed be always provided, but it appears to us that it ought to be useful employment. Parish officers, whilst they have had suf ficient labour of this description before their doors, in their unwillingness or their inability to take upon them selves the trouble of superintendence, oe to make any immediate pecuniary sacrifice for the purpose of enforc ing the performance of that labour, have resorted to the expedient of sending paupers on fictitious errands, with baskets full of stones, or blank paper, directed as letters, and other devices of the same nature, obviously intended. to torment them. Such contrivances are pernicious in • th e revengeful feelings which they Iss nerate in the minds of the paupers themselves, and they are also pernicious in exciting sympathy in behalf of the indo lent and vicious. and in the obstacles which they . create to the use of legitimate labour and salutary discipline ; we believe that they ought to be carefully prevented. The association of the utility of labour to both parties, the employer as well as the employed, is one which we consider it most important to preserve and strengthen, and we deem overythins; mischievous which unnecese 4arily gives to it a repulsive aspect. At the same time we believe that in extended districts the requisite sources of employment will be easily found. The supply of the articles consumed in workhouses and prisons will afford a large outlet for the manufactures carried e n in the house ; and with respect to out-door employment" it is probable there are few districts to which such evi dence as that contained in the following extracts would not be applicable." The work exemplified is town drainage, and road making and road repair. It may be asserted that, In general, public work may be found within the district of the union, possessing the qualities recommended, if the officers entrusted with the local administration of the law exercise due diligence. The recommendation of such a process as that in question, because it is easy of application, because it is efficient, ;hat is to say, severe as a test, may amount only to this, that it saves the union officers the trouble of providing and superintend ing useful and less objectionable stock, or materials on which to set the applicant on work, or, in other words, pauperises the officer at the expense of the pauper. The doctrine propounded, that no work should be undertaken which interferes with private labour, is open to much observation. Its application to the process in question is mistaken in fact, as it will be seen from the price current of measures, and their prices in London in October last, given in Messrs. Johnson and Shaw's Agri cultural Almanac for this year, that bone-dust is a re ,ular article of manufacture and private commerce. aro' DuEL—A letter from Munster states a duel tool( place close to that town, under the sanction of one of the tribunals of honour now established throughout the Russian army. It appears that Baron de Denkhaus, a lieutenant of the 11th regiment of Hussars, having, when playing billiards , used some insulting expression to Lieut. de Bounhart, of the 13th Infantry, the latter brought the matter before the Tri bunal of honour of the place. The Court endeavoured to induce the offending party to retract the expression used, but finding this to be impossible, it authorised a duel with sabres between the parties. The meeting took place near the town, at three in the afternoon, in presence of an immense crowd. A stand was erected at one end of the lists for the judges, who took their seats, dressed in full uniform. On the ar rival of the combatants a new attempt was made to effect a reconciliation, but, on its proving unsuccessful, the opponents were directed to choose out sabres with their eyes blind folded, and then, with head bare, and in their shirt sleeve, to commence the attack. They fought with great determina tion, M. de Bounhart receiving two slight cuts on the arm, but soon after giving M. fie Denkhaus a severe wound on the thigh which prevented his standing. The fight was declared at an end. After the first medical aid was given, the judges recommended the disputants to be reconciled, which they consentedto, and shook hands amidst the cheers of the multi tude. All the parties concerned then withdrew. This is the first duel authorised by any tribunal of honour, reconcilia tion having been effected in all the other cases brought be • fore them. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.-00 Thursday en at tempt was made to assassinate Mr. Charles Farrell, of Dalys town, justice of the peace, near Loughrca, in the county-of Galway. This gentleman observed a strange man at his parlour window ' looking iu very intently. He asked his business ? "Charity," replied the fellow. He was told there was nothing for him, whereupon he presented a paper to Mr. Farrell, which he refused to look at. This movement was evidently intended to arrest the attention of that gentleman, for the fellow drew a pistol from his breast, and was in the act of cocking it, when Mr. Farrell rushed towards him, call ing to his servants. The intended assassin was apprehended after a run of three miles across the country, and on his pas son were found two ball cartridges, together with the loan ed pistol.. was. identi fi ed at the gaol of Loughrea.onkiig t . name is Burke, and hadiust been liberates af ter a .? 1 iwprioowzont for raptor. 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