The Sun. — London, England, 1852-06-28 00:00:00

^`' - '5" • • or Vl,p, 41" t '''1.-'l 4 4 tft- ,7 4 0 z fi -U 4 , $4 4 , + SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. TA.TTERSALL'S.—THIS EVENING. Six o'cLocK. JULY STAKES. 6 to 5 on The Reiver GOODWOOD STAKES. to 1 agst Chief Justice 13 to 1 agst Hculakiu 16 to 1 agst Cariboo 100 to 6 agst Champion 20 to 1 agst Backbiter 20 to 1 agst Haricot GOODWOOD CUP. 3 to 1 agst Stilton 4 to 1 agst Kingston 8 to 1 agst Little Harry 12 to 1 agst Joe Miller 20 to 1 agst Heroine CUMBERLAND PLAT. 2 to 1 agst Calculator • 4 to 1 art Proctor 5 to I agst Co!sta.:dee DERBY. 20 to 1 agst The River 25 to 1 agst Claw 25 to 1 sgst West Australind IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS; Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock, Lord REDESDALE presiding. PETITIONS. Lord WODEHOUSE presented further r e d uction ,from the colony of Grenada view to increased pre ying fora in the duties upon sugar, with con sumption. Lord CRANWORTH presenied a petition f rom cer tain Protestant Dissenters resi d ing withi n twelve miles of London against portions of t he Metropolitan Burials Bill. AFT . ESBURY The Earl of S presented a petition against the use of Cope,rliagea-fields f or a catt l e mar k et . Lord LYND uukts laid on th e ta b le the report of C o mmittee on t h e e l aims of the Baron do Bode. the Selectat the motion of th e N o bl e and Learned Lord the report was ordered to b e pr i nted. Lord RBDESDALE rose to move the addition to standing order No. 179, of a proviso to the effect that for the future no Bill introduced into their Lordships' g e ese in which there shall be any clause &Edit - I the re venues, patronage, or constitution of any charity, shall b e read a second time, unless notice of such clauses shall have been given to the Attorney-General for England or Ireland, as the case may be, and a report received from him on the matter. The motion was agreed to. The Consolidated Fund Appropriation and the Mi. litia Ballots Suspension Bills severally passed through Committee, and were reported to the House. MILITIA PAY BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill, Lord BROUGHAM took the opportunity of ex . pressing hie opinion that the defence of the country would have been much better provided for by a regular force than a militia force. This, he conceived, w as t h e result of allowing cur military defences to sink so low, and not doing that which we ought to have done a dozen years ago. A worse method of levying troops in this country could not be conceived. It amounted to a tax upon one portion of the community, and a compulsory service upon the other. Before many months had elapsed he hoped the country would find its mistake, and take steps to ensure the enrolment of a regular force. The Earl of CARDIGAN. after alluding to the loss of the Birkenhead steamer, and eulog i zing the disciplin e displayed on that occasion, was understood to express hia conviction as a military men that the Government would have done much better if, rvgardlesa of the unpopulgri:y which might have accrued to them, they had proposed an addition to the regular force, in place of the militia, which he was sure would not prove efficient. After a fest words from Earl GREY, the Bill passed through Committee. PATENT LAW AMENDMENT. Lord COLCHESTER moved that the Commons amendments to this Bill be agreed to. (LEST SPEARING.) POST-OfFICE NOTICE. Minor money-order otlces will be opened at the un dermentioneti places on the respective dates named. _ Post town from Date' on which served (when which the since itself is the office will not a post town). be opened. Epworth, Lincolnshire .....- Itawtry Ist July Stonehouse, Gloucestershire Stroud Ist July Winterton, Lincolnshire Brigg 151 July N.B.—Postmasters are informed that henceforth Oar bersley will be served from Droitwich instead of Stour port, and that the List of Money Order Offices recently transmitted to them, must be corrected accordingly. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND.—It appears from a circular addressed to the shar‘holdcrs of this company by Mr. Parke, of Whitby, that by creating a 31 per cent, perpetual debenture stout( to take the place cf the present debenture debt, a stivicg would on effected to the extent of 19,1661. per annum, and by creating a 4 ptr cent, perpetual preference stock, and paying off the flull and Selby and the 44 per cunt. prefert-nce sharw, a further sum of 12,2031 would bo saved, mak ing together the sum of 31,6591. per annum. This sum, in addition to the amount of net receipt real;zEd in 1831 would enable the company to pay 24 per cent. on the original shares. ►SHREWSBURY AND WORCESTER.—It is proposed to construct a railway from the Madeley branch of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway at Madeley, passing along the valley of the Severn, near Broseley, Much-Wenlock, Bridgenorth, Bewdley, and Stourport, to the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Rail way. The length of the proposed lice ie 26 ruffles, and it is estimated that the cost will not exceed 13,4001. per mile, or 350,000/. SHREWSBURY AND ABERYSTWITII.—A company is in course of formation for constructing a line of rail way from the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway near Shrewsbury, passing through Newtown and Machvalleth to Aberystwith with branches to Welchpool and Llapid hoes. It is stated that the line as proposed to bs carried out can be constructed for 10,0001 per mile, and that the landowners are favourable to the project. Should the Undertaking receive the support anticipated, it is intended to extend the line round by the coast from Aberystwith to Cardigan and Milford Haven. IslxwatanxxT.—lt al pears that arrangements have been mads for the extension of this company's line from Newmarket to Bury St. Edmund's, a distance of fourtccn 311113 ) and the works have loteu commenced. HATS. lan c ork of the E xam iner, isiation in one of its excellent notices taus Exhibition now open in the chief city of f f M th u e las ol teT oci._ us justly;reprobates the villanons fashion .. W e muc T , pale held-dress : pre,in l e tthe many makers of hats, metropoli tan and , who so well occupy a large space itribertabi:hticrrtenPi;litwould produce something asnatigst ennifortable, and r id us of the peculiarly stiff, un whiab custom e,,u_r,ger!%eeful style of head - piece dare. -u oan i mnu rt: a la us at present to public are and have en long linen in their co eviai t e h e present hat, which by 0. and evens groans at oar and happy combination, unites almost the extreme and yvveight, ungainliness, and frd,gility, it still seems liltei live. :Once it was fetidly hopfgf that the Great E xhibition might have to corded its doom, hut oa the eiatriiry it seemed to have rather giVen it a Le w bu _ ch a rter and nanniment of existence.; Truly ' w hen luckily in that resrct the Pre 7 e it) g . Juno (only not happen to be of the " melting resent month does .) waves it red flag' one feels aimost inclined to folloj:l: example of Byron's Sardanapalus, who casts his 1 than have some gether, and rushes thrth bsrebesded rather away alto fitting his brow encumbered with its ponderous st Certainly the exhibitor who shall . contriv e substitute would well deserve of his country t r, e e appro priate tribute of a laurel crown." ------ DEATH OF HO W A R D _ PJohn-owa r d Payne, the noted American actor and dramatist, died lately at the Consulate at Tunis, in his 60th year. Re Was bor n at New York, in 1792. From childhood he WAS a Prodi gy even in that reg i on o f precoc i ous i nte ll ec t. In his 13th year he was a writ er f or the press, and editor of the Thes pian _Mirror. At 16, the youthful Roscius appeared as Young Nor val, in Douglas, at the Park Theatre, New York. At Bo s ton, be appeared, among other characters, in those of Hastings, Rolla, Edgar, and Hamlet. In 1812 he came to England, and made his clibut: at Drury-lane, in his 21st year. West, the painter, was a kind patron in those days. In 1826 he edited a London dramatic paper called The Opera Glass. A great number of dramas were prepared by him when on the London stage, chiefly adaptations from the French. Charles Kemble appeared in some of these, as in Charles IT. The now cosmopolitan air of " Home, Sweet Home," first bppeared in Howard Payne's Clari, the Maid of Milan. In the latter years of his life he occupied the post of Consul of the United States at Tunis. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITU TION.— The usual half-yearly general meeting of the gover nors and subscribers to this charity, founded for 'the purpose of granting annuities to. aged and decayed members of the above community,. which was advertised to take place on Saturday, at the City of London Tavern, Bishopegate-street, was adjourned, there not being sufficient members present at the hour appointed to form a_quorum. The report to have been submitted to the meeting Stated that the receipts for the half-year had amounted to 118/. IBs. 6d., making the total amount received from the commencement of the institution to the present time, 9511. ss. The disbursements during the same period hail been 316/. 15s. &1., leaving balance in the hands of the bankers of 5541.9 s 4d. The re port, after noticing the eLtablisliment of a new branch at Bristol, concluded by urging the neecks:ty or active and per severing efforts being made, it being the intention of the committee to have an election at Christmas next. The meet iag WAS then adjourned for a week. A deputation from the Canada Nova Scotia, and New Bromwich itsilway Company n`ad an interview with Sir John Pakington on Saturday at the Colonial. office. The deputation consisted of Lord Dudley Stuart, Sir Richard Brown, Mt. Thomas Alere Huhu, Mr. B Boothby, Mr. Thomas Bonfield, and Mr. C. IL Collette. Orr 81101LEHAM, JUNE :?°. W i nd S.—Jupiter, Gun demo, Roilliiend. FRANCE. When the Chamber, on Saturday, voted the diffe rent clauses of the budget, and the President ar rived at the chapter relative to the registry dues, M. de Montalembert rose and said that he was happy to state that the Assembly had not been a party to the decrees of the 22d of January, which had despoiled a family—decrees which the Government, no doubt, had a right to issue, but which the country had witnessed with pain, more iu the interest of the Government itself than in the interest of the pereons affected thereby. The President, interrupting M. de Montalembert, observed that those decrees were now laws of the land, and besides were not under discussion. That chapter and the following, with the exception of the three last, were subsequently voted without further opposition. The Chamber afterwards adjourned at 40f.p3st six o'clock. It is stated that the property of the Duke d'Au ma l e , which he inherited from the . Prince of Conde, is to be forthwith placed under sequestration, pending the proceedings commenced by the parties i n w h ose favour the yearly sum of 100,000 f. was left to found a beneficent establishme n t at Econen. Advertise neheen D ts u • inaethe papers f rom t h e agents of unting th e sa l e on t h e 4 t h the have d,aApupemaarieed ~no and 512 o f July next of portions of the Chantilly domain. The annual religious service in commemoration of the death in the streets of Paris of M. Affre, late Archbishop, was celebrated on Saturday morning in the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Tie Archbishop of Paris pronounced the absolution. Their Eminences Cardinals Mathieu, Archbishop of Donnet, Ar c hbi s h op of Bordeaux, together with the Bishop of Algiers, and several other dignitaries of the Ch urc h , were present at the office for the dead. Amongst the laymen present were General Piat and Viscount Alphonse Ricard, who accompanied the il lustrious martyr to the barricades. It appears that the visit of the President of the Republic to the southern departments will not take place so soon as had been expected; and that he has promised Cardinal Donnet to see him at Bordeaux in the beginning of September next. The Prince President has, according to the Siecle, purchased a property, Villeneuve l'Etang, adjoining the park of St. Cloud, for a sum equivalent to 44,000/. sterling. The Prince has also agreed to purchase the hotel of the late Marshal Sebastiani, which adjoins the Elysee, for sake of making an addition to the palace. A Bill has been introduced for authorising an exchange for this property of the old Foreign Office on the Boulevard de Capucines, to which some objection is felt, on account of the estimated greater value of the latter. THE SUN, LONDON, been brought before them. The result has been that much ill blood seems to pervade the officers of Retribu tion,unanimity, and we cannot but Warden showed by far too much alac rity in submittingCaptainmach their trumpery case to higher autho rity before he had exercised the power of his own au thority in the endeavour to reconcile the hostile parties Another circumstance must not be forgotten—two other officers besides the prisoner deposed before the court th at they ne ver h ear d an y li eutenant a dd ress another i n the same ship on duty as Mr. Willes did the ' prisoner in the case under notice. We think this was deserving of mention by the Court in their finding. We can r e adily p erce i ve , f rom t h e ev id ence, t h at h a d Lieut. Serocold been tried "by his peers" (i. e. his brother officers in Retribution on board that ship), a very different construction would have been put upon his injudicious rejoinder to the ire of his senior, and con sequently he would not now stand mulcted of a year's rank, and the loss of his appointment. But " the jury of cooks" has not yet been introduced into the navy— hut it will, and such cases as those of Lieut. Serocold and Mr. Willes will hasten its adoption. GREECE. Accounts from . Greece state that the Monk Christo foros, who seems almost to be deified, has been preaching against the Government, and obtained many converts to his opinions. It would seem that so many pople had enrolled themselves under his banners that the Government has sent troops to arrest him. A private letter says :—" Our troops have landed; and fortimately we have calmed the people without firing a shot. Christoforos is surrounded, and will soon be in our power." ITALY. The Risorgimento, of Turin, states that the direc tors of the National Bank have reduced its discount on bills to 3 per cent. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the 22d states, from a source which, it says, may be relied on, that the Prince of MONACO is treating.with Austria for the sale of his principality, now, as is well known, in corporated with Piedmont against his will. The above paper adds that both the French and English Govern ments have expressed their disapprobation of such pro ceedings to the Court of Vienna. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. On Saturday Le Prophete was repeated at this house to a crowded auditory. This might be fully expected from the circumstance that the transcendent Grisi was about, for the first time, to impersonate Fides. With the single exception of the substitution for Viardot of the .great Grisi, the east of .Le Prophete was as on pre vious °tensions. Mario was John of Leyden; Taglia flee, Count Oberthal; Herr Formes, Zaccaria; PO linini, Matlaisen• ' Stigelli, Gioia& ; Soli, the Sergeant; and Madame Castellon the Bertha of the evening. Grisi, on her entrée, was eathnsiestically greeted. was in the duet with B ert h a i n scene 4 ; t ae he r ne fi e r f s e t coup rwa thenceforward Fides is but little seen, except for a brief period, thin the third act. Throughout' this, the mother of the Prophet is almost continually before the footlights, and-from this time till the fall of the curtain Grisi achieved a never-pausing triumph. In the cathedral scene her histrionic energy and vocal excellences were fully developed. Her tender suppliance when soliciting alms to pay the priests f or a mass for t h e soul. of her lost son; her revulsion of feeli ng - w h en s h e fi n d s him in the church under the Dan of his fanatical followers, himself an impostor and renegade, was finely expressed; and her renunciation of " the Prophet King," when, on her knees before the simulating scoundrel, he prays heaven to restore her reason, was the perfection of lyric tragedy. Her vehement prayer, " Gran 1/o,de lei pieta," thrilled through the whole auditory, and when the drop scene fell, alter this, Madame Grisi was recalled two several times. The fourth act in its great point—the interview between Fides and her son—was fully developed. Her deeunciation of his awful sins and prophesy of his fate were chef d7ceuvres of acting and siugino-; and in the finale of the opera, when, amid roaring flames, she em braced her sun and forgave him, even his unnatural de. ma's and awful blasphemies, Grisi fully held her posi tion as the first of operatic tragedians. Mario was in admirable voice, and his acting and singing in the scene with the Anabaptists, in act 2, and with his mother in each of the concerted portions of the opera, left nothing to be desired. The orchestral and scenic efforts were as magnificent as usual, and the skating scene, with its fa vourite pas de Patineurs and incidental ballet, unexcep tionably executed. DUBLIN THEATRICALS. THEATR E ROYAL.—On Saturday evening, the inte resting drama of The Love Chase, by Sheridan Knowles, was produced to a well and fashionably-attended house. The part of Master Waller was sustained by Mr. I'. C. King, whose version of the character evinced Much originality of conception, and displayed a certain degree of identity with the character, such as true genies alone, whether it he faulty or otherwise, can sus tain. The character of Sir Willian was performed by Mr. Granby in his usual clever and effective manner. Mrs. Hudson Kirby, as Lydia, looked, acted, and deli neated the character to perfection, and was received with loud demonstrations of applause. The part of Constance wax performed by Miss Emma Stanley in her usual credit able and talented manner—the stock company doing fall justice to their various characters. The interlude con sisted of a pleasing ballet divertissement by the female danseuses of the company, led by Mademoiselle Ernes tine St. Lenin, with her usual agility and grace. - Tho favourite nautical drama of Black-eyed Susan wound up the amusements of the evening, the part of William being personated by Mr. T. C. King, in which he displayed a versatility of genius which cannot fail in rendering his per formances successful;as apiecean and Mrs. of rs Hudson a u n d g eo h n oi l y irb e y re , d a i s . Black-eyed Susan, was table to her talents, and received the unanimous com mendations of the house. The musio incidental to the piece was executed by the orehestra with its usual effici ency, under the direction of its excellent leader, Mr. Levey. • QUEEN'S THEATRE. -- The entertaining drama of Paul Clifford was performed at the above interesting place of amusement oa Saturday evening, the house being, as usual, densely thronged. The part of Paul Clifford was allotted to Mr. Galer, in which he acquitted himself (particularly in the incidental musical parts), very creditably. Mr. Barrett, as the accomplished old nobleLaan, Lord Mauleverer, acted his part admirably, and with a true aristoerttio bearing. Tho acting of Mr. Vandenheff was also much . applauded. Miss Fanny Reeves as Lucy Brandon, displayed an ability of no ordinary degree. The Miss Slopperton of Miss Harriet Gordon, and Sally Rosemary of the clever Mrs. Goward, were most creditable representations. The scenery is entirely new, and admirably painted, especially that por tion in which • the robbery is committed upon Lord Mauleverer; a green carriage and dashing pair of grey horses being put into requisition for the occasion, and piloted by the enterprising manager's own coachman (Curran).—Telegraph. NAVAL DISCIPLINE. (From the Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette.) Raving ourselves served on the blue water many a long y ear, we recognise the discipline of the navy as its r f u e on t_he i althy . safegaard, therefore we shall not be accused nit _ i,. intention to weaken that discipline, or bring rein d isrepute those who enforce it, by the following byienotkoprvceding page will be found a report of the trial meiesTvial of Mr. Serocold, Second Lieutenant of her egiitiat hi n Z , ship Retribution, on a charge brought ,r the acele .Y l kis brother officer, the senior lieutenant cannot arrive at any other conclu thethe evidence, he (Mr. Wilke). On carefully perusing of , :, t_b e ? ,. offence. Dismissal from the en t c h h a a n rat t r i6h o Bo , 2e Utence is unduly proportioned to have been a most min e that could not have failed to I l i ; m w e o ft u s l u d re, and one be a source of cornfort t a due =inns of disgrace. same time, it Carried with it prisoner, whilst, at the . Let ns not be misunderstood; ment impugn the judgment and we wo uld not fora me „Cnourt who tried Mr. So rived at by the raemb, , rs nr t, , ,, e ace ' rae Y of decision ar of r m we have long enter but we may. t r a a i e n c e k i d ' til t. : r li i get: each t a fi n eu d t a im ll ent e as th e - 'll)ef, sity for a court-martial at a ll. T T e there Wag non em. " an old salt," venture to opi ne acrd fragile in its ground work in the , e x " ' t e was frivolous appears to us, in the first lieuten-ne _resne, and arose, , s desire toperform dirt the judior lieuVuarits' duty mos z , olouo dirty part of coaling the ship When another eicept the could do that just aa well, but who, thinking lieutenant his senior was still pursuing his hobby, made a mistagke reply to the snap at himself, too hastily conceived , and in meaning on the part of the said senior of 3' per a with the view of wounding his feelings lowering erilnence, position in the eyes of the surrounding spectators. his Now, could not a couple of old beads have Put this matter to rights without the pomp and troubl e of a court-martial? Here, for a whole da y nearly, were seven naval officers taken away feom their respective du. ties to examine into a case which never ought to ha ve , TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Your paragraph, referring to a court-martial held on me on the 23d inst., seems to be hardly giving me fair play. Mr. Webb, the surgeon, the only cffiaer who wit nessed Lieut. Wi ines! manner towards me, and who has beer. sixteen years in the navy, in answer to my ques ticn, "Did you over see one lieutenant address another lieutenant in the way in which Lieut. Willes addressed me?" stated "Never." Trusting you will do me the favour of inserting this in your valuable journal, I am, Sir, your obedient ser vant, _ _ GEORGE PEARCE SERCCOLD Portsmouth, June 24. Lieutenant, R.N. HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA. The sports concluded on Saturday. The morning was ushered in with a heavy rain, which, after a heavy shower at midday, was succeeded by a very fine after noon. The attendance, as on the previous day, com prised all the rank and fashion of the surrounding neighbourhood, and the scene was most lively and ani mated. As we stated in our last, it had been determined, in reference to the foul in the second heat for the diamond sculls, that both Mr. Rippingall and Mr. Awdry should be entitled to row with Mr. M'Naghten, for the honour of competing with the holder. The following was the result:— E. WlsTeghter, Trinity College, Cambridge ... 1 S. F. Rippingall, Cambridge W. Awdry, Oxford It was a beautiful raco throughout, and amply com pensated for those of a less spirited nature which had preceded it. Mr. Awdry took the Barks side, Mr. M'Nagbten was in the middle, and the winner on the Backs side. Mr. Awdry took the lead in gallant style and kept it for a quarter of a mile, the rowing of all parties being beautiful. Mr. M'Naghten challenged him at this point, and, by dint of fine, finished rowing, wont ahead. Messrs. Rippingall and Awdry then engaged in a very.severe conflict, and were neck and neck up to the Poplars, where, after a most animated race, Mr. Rip pingall drew clearly in front and went into his opponent's water, coming in three or four lengths astern of Mr. M'Naghten and a couple ahead of Mr. Awdry. GRAND CHALLENGE CUP RACE. Oxford University Boat Club... 1 (Messrs. Sharp, Blundell, Hadnee, Coventry, Denne, Stevens, and Barker ; Greenhall, stroke; Balguy, steerer.) OxfordAquatie Club ... (Messrs Ricb, Pemberton, Rogers, Bullen, Mal colm, Nind, and Marshall ; King, stroke 1 Barnes, steerer.) . _ This was a very exciting beautiful race, the crews which, to a cortain extent, might be termed " scratch," being very evenly fitted, and comprising the aquatic flower of the University. As it was the only eight-oared race of the regatta, it necessarily became a strong fea ture amongst the visitors. The University had the Berks side, and both crews started very evenly, the work in each boat proving that foro and aft they were all first-rate oarsmen. They were nearly oar and oar for almost a mile, and looked, as the patrician eight always does when well manned, very pretty. The pace was extremely fine, and continued so throughout. At the point the University began to draw in front, and gradually increasing in the lead, ultimately won the race by two lengths. STEWARDS' CIIALLENGE CUP. rar.) Oxford University Boat Club 1 (Messrs. Greenhall, Barker, Nind, and King, stroke; Balmer, stearer.) The Argonauts Club •-• 0 Payne, Marshall, and Herbert, ( 1 _strove;e ss rs. Snowdon, B arehei L s . t ee . . This was also a very 8 0 1. k-stirring exhibition. The Argonauts bad the Berke shore, and took the lead slightly, closely waited upon by their opponents; and in this condition, at an enormous pace, they continued to Remenham gate, where they became oar and oar, or the University slightly leading. At this point the latter put on a beautiful spurt, and went gallantly in advance, ulti mately winning by nearly three lengths. VisiTons' CHALLENGE CUP. The Argonauts Club ••• 1 Same crew as aboTe. Christchurch Boat Club, Oxford ... 0 (Messrs. Blundell, Nind, Malcom, Barker stroke; Barnes, steerer.) A capital race succeeded a dashing start. The Ox ford men had the Barka shore, and, after a few strokes, exhibited a very slight lead, but they were soon level again, and continued oar and oar for a number of strokes. Off Itemenharn the Argonauts, by diet of the most plucky rowing, began to show in front, acd then in creased their lead to four lengths or more at the finish. THE SILVER GOBLETS. In this, the parr-oared race, Messrs. Hailing and Awdry, owing to the indisposition of the former, with drew; and Messrs. Barker and Nind consequently be came the winners without a race. 6ILVER WHERRY DISTRICT PRESENTATION PRIZE. First Trial Heat. Mr. J. H. Brooks, jun., Henley ... 1 H. Dormer, Caversham It was a smart race for a little way, but ultimately won easily. Second Heat. Mr. T. Piper, Cavershain ... 1 This was a walk over, Mr. J. P. Nash, of Henley ; withdrawing. Final Hest. Mr. T. Piper .., ... 1 Mr. J. H. Brooks, jun. Mr. Piper achieved an inglorious victory at as cheap a rate as can possibly be imagined. Ho became eligible, as it will be seen, to contend in the grand head without having to row in the trial one, and was declared the winner of the second by his opponent fouling him in the final heat almost directly after the start. WATERMEN'S RACE FOR A PURSE OF SOVEREIGNS. Phelps, Fulham; Messenger, Teddington; W. Po cock, Lambeth; T. Cole, Chelsea, stroke; an Argonaut, steerer T. Mackinoy, Richmond; R. Doubledee, Lam beth; R. Nowell, Battle-bridge; R. Coombes, Mortlake, stroke; Mr. Ogsden, steerer The names of these men have been long before the Public. They were the eight picked watermen of the London river, divided so evenly as to make a capital match. They rowed very levelly for the first ball mile, when the winners began to show in front, and won by a couple of lengths. _ DIAMOND SCULLS. Final Heat. Mr. litacnaghten, Trinity College, Cambridge ... 1 Mr. Peacock, London The latter gentleman was the holder Of the prizs trom last season. This race wound up the sports, and created a great deal of interest. Mr. Macnaghten had the Bucks side. For a few yards they were scull and scull, when Mr. Macnaghten took the lead and kept it the whole distance, winning by about six lengths. Mr. Pea cock rowed very herd, but could not change the fortune of the day. The distance was done in little more than ten minutes, which, considering th© head wiad out, was very sharp work. In the course of the regatta some strong efforts were made by the gentlemen present to arrange the differences between T. Cole, the present champion of the Thames, and R. Coombes, so recently deprived of his laurels, re snec:ing another match. Cole insisted that he could not, owing to the rime required to get in proper order, be, backed to row under three months, and Coombes pro duced a letter to show that the gentlemen willing to be friend him with the stake could not do so unless the affair came off in August. Some conversation then arose amongst the lending gentlemen about getting up a 100 guineas purse by subscription within two months to row two miles and a half at Henley, and the men pledged themselves to contend should the amount be raised. A party of the swell mob from London were down, and had just commenced operations in full force when fortunately for the visitors, they wore pounced upon by Sergeant Hodges, of the A division, who was in at tendance in plain clothes, and were committed to Oxford gaol. PEW PLANET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,--At 12h. 30m. mean time last night, I discovered a new planet on the borders of the constellations Aquila and Serpens, about 5 degrees east of the star Tau in in Ophiuchus. It shines as a fine star of between the eighth and ninth magnitudes, and has a very steady yellow light. At moments it appeared to have a disc, but the night was not sufficiently favourable for high magnifiers. At 13h. 13m. 16s. mean time its right ascension was 1811. 12m. 58.85., and its north polar distance 98 deg. 16 rain. 0.9 secs. The diurnal motion in U. A. is about 1 rain. 2 secs. towards the west, and in N. P. D. two or three minutes towards the south. This beautiful little planet is the fifth discovered during our systematic examination of the zodiacal heavens.—l remain, Sir, your most obedient servant. J. R. HIND. Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Regent's-park, June 25. r PAY OF THE OFFICERS OF THE MILITIA.—The estimates for - militia allow colonels 11. Es. 6d. per diem; lieutenant colonels, 15s. 11d.; majors, 14s. Id.; captains, 12s. 6d. (including contingent allowance); lieutenants, 6s. 6d. ; ensigns, ss. 2d. ; adjutants, Bs. 6d. ; quartermasters, 6s. 6d.; surgeons, I Is. 4d.; sergeant-majors, 2s. Oict.; ser geants, Is. 63d.; corporals, la. ; drummers, Is. Id.; privates, ls, The beer money and marching money of the non-commissioned officers and privates will give to each 4s. extra for-21 days' training. Surgeons and adjutants are to draw 2s. per diem for forage during the training time, the former also receiving one guinea for every hundred effective men under their charge. The Secretary-at-War has issued a circular to staff officers of pensioners, stating that about ten pensioners from each district will be required to drill the militia. They will receive Is. 6d. a day in addition to their pension, as well as the usual allowances, &c., in the regular army. MONDAY LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 26. (Sittings before Lord (AMPI3ELL and a Special Jury.) SPECIAL JUR YMEN. Lord CAMPBELL stated that during the present sitting the attendance of special jurors had been extremely un satisfactory, but he had abstained from fining them be cause a Bill had passed both Houses of Parliament, to which ho hoped her Majesty would give her assent, and which would place the special jury system upon a more satisfactory footing. - INCONVENIENCE OF THE COURT. Lord CAMPBELL also said he wished, among other legal improvements, they would have a court in which they could sit without inconvenience, and without suffering to their health. He himself had suffered very much during a late trial, and he feared there were others who suffered also. It was most lamentable. His Lordship, as was noticed in the House of Lords last night, was very hoarse, a mischief occasioned, per haps, partly by the fatigue of the Achilli trial; but partly also by the strange and trying alter nations of heat and cold to which this " well ven'ilated" court is subject. GREGORY V COTTERELL AND SWIFT AND SLONAN. M conducted the case for the plaintiff; Mr. Bramwell and Mr. I r it t ni ;c p iwi leya James, appear airfedollrugthhelliSH; and Mr. Hawkins, Sheriffs; and Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Hance for Sloman, the officer. It appeared from the testimony of Mr. Gregory and other witnesses that some time ego a Mr. Baker brought an action against Mr. Gregory for a subscription which was alleged to bo due from him towards paying the ex pense of the Dublin election. Mr. Gregory defended the action, on the ground that he was not liable. A verdict however, was returned against him for 1801. Mr. Gre gory was then in Ireland, and before he could return to London, on a Saturday night an execution was put into his house. The money was offered to the man in pos session, but whether b ecause it chiefly consisted of Irish notes, or because he thought he had no authority to do more than remain in possession, he declined to receive it, and told Mr. Gregory that it must be paid at Jones's office. On the following Monday morning, the 16th of February, the sum of 2701, for debt and costs was paid at the a office of c e Jones of Jones, and paid to th e son o f J ones , t h e m the name of th e officer endorsed on the writ of execution. Aft er t hi s payment the officer's m an went out of poss ess i on , an d Mr. Gregory thought t h e matter was at an nbeing end. After some time, however, another writ of execution was put into the plaintiff's house for the same amount by Sloman, and the officer remained in possession nine days, and did not leave until a bond was given for the whole sum claimed as due. The present action was then brought to recover damages for this second execution, Lord CAMPBELL, in summing up, said that if Mr. Gregory was not entitled to some recompense our law was very defective. He had found an execution in his house; he had asked the officer if he would receive the money; the officer refused to receive it; but said it must be paid at the office of Jones, to whom the warrant had been directed. Mr. Gregory consulted his attorney, who went to the office of Jones, and there found his son, who now called himself Lewis. He paid the money to person,o ssession. Mr. Gr e go r y h a d t h en every reason and received from hi m a di sc h arge o f t h e nit to haa s nt liPPese that he had done all that a man honour and prudence could do, when in came another ex e c u tion tin.- lodgment, and the man remained in nin e this he brought an action, and sought re dddareissts;h;aronstn m def i r jury of his country. It would be strange, after this, if h e could not obtain that redress; but the sheriff said he Was not entitled to any redress what ever. It was said, first, that the son did not pay over the money to the father; and as that was put forward as a point of defence, he would first ask their opinion whether they thought the son had paid the money over to the father? said they were divided in opinion on the q uestion of actual payment to the father. Lord The j e u e r eItELL then asked whether they thought the SO B Was auth or i sed by the father to execute the writ, and afterwards to receive the money? The that the ju son 7-- received the money ? xpll N E o L d r y_ T ubt b o e f a it. Lord Cagentlemen, do y ou b e li eve The Jury—No doubt of it. Lord CABIPB ELL— Th en I t hi n k th a t w ill b e a snm cient ground f or your say i ng t h at t h e s h er iff rece i ve d the money, and th a t i ssue w ill consequen tly be fou n d f o r the plaintiff. Then, as to Sloman, do you think that Sloman was present at or authorised the second exe cution ? LTohreic rnuaryx—yEeLsL, that he authorised it. —Then, gentlemen, the only remain ing question is to the amount of damages, and that clu a e t st t i h on is is one oenle entirelytomea very fo seriousdecision.ryourcase. and lin Imus t t h say k not only that the property but that the liberty of the subject is at stake if these things are permitted. You w ill give as damages a sum which is not intemperate or xor c ) but whi c h is a full and prop er compensat i on t his Lordship's ruling- I o think a very serious case. ef M ews r s - h iav B te RAMwELL begged leave to tender a bill of ex ceptionso43lPßELL—Very well. I think you mi g ht e case to my Learned Brethre n h ere . B ut y take t wh a t cour se you think fit. hoa M vurje° 7 I.7d l f l t h BRAIuwELL felt it his duty to adopt this course. Lord CampnELL—And in the meantime Mr. Gregory may remain out of his money for years. The Jury then gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages, 4001. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—After the ample justice done to the trade returns of the last ten years by the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, all that we have now to do is to point out that the last published returns, for the month ending May 5, show that the prosperity so candidly acknow ledged by that " enlightened" Minister, as we may now venture to call him, is still on the increase. The re turns have been unaccountably delayed, and, as some of the widest mouthpieces of the Protectionist party have been in the habit of asserting that the returns of the Board of Trade were " cooked" or " made pleasant" to the taste of Free-traders, there were some who suspected that the present returns had been consigned to some Protectionist cuisine, with a view to extract the objec tionable flavour. We do not recognise, however, any symptoms of such a treatment, and must, there fore, conclude that the present Board of Trade is quite satisfied with at least the form and manner of these returns, and has either not the wish or not the power to play tricks with the figures. For our own part, we do not think it possible that any two or three gentl emen , selected for their habit of dealing with figures with honour and accuracy, should condescend to the arts of th© forger and rogue; but a very different estimate of public men has prevailed in the Protectionist party, and therefore we cannot be mach surprised to find them suspected in return. The moat direct teat of employment and credit is the con sumptionand luxuries, such as cocoa, coff e e, sugar, t e of, tobacco, spi r i ts, and ma lt. Of th e fi rst o f these the quantity entered f or h ome consumpt i on f or t h e comforts single month ending the sth u l t . was 285,7681 b., against 291,4401 b, lest year ; b ut for the four months ending the sth ult, the return is 1.264,0951 b., against 1,082,6721 b. last year. Of coffee, the quantities entered for home consumption in the month ending May 5, 1851 and 1852, are respectively 4,059,8281 b. and 2,76 3 , 8971 h , while fur the four months ending those two dates the quantities aro 10,591,7271 b. and 11,412,4611 b., showing a considerable increase for this year as compared with the last. As all coffee, of whatever growth, is now charged a uniform duty, it is impossible to separate British from foreign, even if oar present purpose required the dis tinction. The total of British and foreign sugar, unre fined, entered for home consumption in the single month ending May 5, 1851 and 1852, was 456,431 cwt. and 505,274 cwt.; and in the four months ending at those two dates, 1,900,760 cwt. and 2,174, 354 cast.; thus showing a decided improvement both in the larger and in the smaller period of comparison. In tea the quanti ties entered for home consumption in the month ending May ,5, 1850. 18 51, and 1852 are 4,2838841 b 4,412,3711 h., and 4,704 months ending and in the four ending at these d ates, 16,529,0051 b., 17,470,4381 b., and 18,587,8051 b. Of tobacco unmanufactured the quanti ties entered for home consumption in the months ending M 3 8 ; 958 5, 1851 and 1852, were 2 , 192,0411 b. and 2,41 b.; and i 4 1 the four months ending at these date s , 9,074,1861 b, and 9,672,5341 b. The oonsump tion of foreign sPirits is decidedly on the increase, as shown by the returns both for the one month and for the four months. The returns of the con sumption of different kinds of " fruits" point rather to the fluctuations of the supply than of the demand; but, in general, they show a large increase on the month, and a slight decrease for the four months, probably owing to the great prevalence of-easterly winds in the early part of the year. In nearly every kind of spice there is a great incr e ase, both for one month and for the four months. After comforts and luxuries, the two chief heads of imports are, first, articles of food entering into competition with domestic produce, and, secondly, the raw material of our manufactures. With regard to the first, there has h. en a great decline in the importation of wheat, barley, and oats; a large increase in beans; and no considerable change in other grain or in meal. There is a considerable decline in the importation of potatoes, and of most items of " provisions," which would seem to indicate th at the competition encountered b y the British agriculturist is becoming less severe. In tho materials of manufactures the returns are very various, and have generally been anticipated by our own reports from the great seats of trade. Of cotton wool the quantities imported in the month ending May 5 , 1851 and 1852, were 601,794 cwt. and 971,131 cwt.; and in the four months ending at these dates 2,154,013 cwt. and 2,428,412 cwt. Of sheep and lambs wool there is a large increase for the month, and a decrease for the four months. In other raw materials the fluctuations appear to be of an accidental character, but indicate, on the whole, an increasing demand. In all descriptions of timber there is a largo increase, as might be anti c i pated, from the vast amoun t o f building we see on all sides. It is observable also that the increase is greater in British than in foreign timber. The returns of British exports are satisfactory on the whole. Either . in the one m ont h or i n the four mont h s th ere is an; me crease in the export of soda, beer and ale, earthenware, glass, haberd as h ery an d m illi nery, l ea th e r manufac tures, including gleees, linen manufactures, pig iron, lead, and some other descriptions of metal, salt, shee a p's t wool and wo o ll en manufactures . The only important decrease is i n cotton ma n u factures. The returns ofa_ the Excise h Excise for th o quarter en di ng Ap r il 5 are also favourable. Ire vour bl The whole qu an tit y c h arge d w ith duty inEngland, ined for Ire land and S co tl an d, w h et h er e xported or s ret a ined bushels, home consumption, of malt, was 18,34 , 4 of soap, against 17 ,715,824 bushels last year; of spirits, gallons 51,242,8451 b., aga i ns t 49 ,148,4131 b. last year; 5,928,137 gall ons , aga i ns t 5,693,933 last year; . the only decre ase b e i ng in the item of paper, the re. twee of whi e b , f or the quarter ending April 5, 1850 1851, and 1852, being 35,659,4201 b 39,796,6231 b., and 38,806,3171 b. Thes e fi g ures generally speak for them selves, It is not iu the power of any financial pm- EVENING, JUNE 9B, 1852. ciple, or any commercial system, to secure in all depart ments a uniform prosperity, for laws will not make a continual abundance; they cannot control the winds or regulate the seasons; they cannot even moderate poli tical passions, or so much as govern the fluctuations of fashion. There must ever be exceptions in a sta'ernent such as that before us. The best thing we can hope for is a steady and general improvement, spread over a considerable period of time; and that we have now, on the evidence of the tables before us; for, though there is a trifling decrease in the aggregete of exports this year as compared with the last, it may be accounted for by inevitable and happily passing circumstances. HERALD.—It is with mach satisfaction (we write without the authorised version of the last two drys' bebates) we observe that the acts of the Prince President of the French Republic tend, by their enlightened equity, to falsify the interpretations which the pretended spokesmen of his sentiments would, in their affectation of a confidence never accorded, attempt to put upon them. A Monsieur Delaanarre, banker, member of the Corps Legislatif, and editor of the Pubic, would seem to be vice Cessagnac dismissed, only to run the same career of impudent assumption, encountered by contradic tion and rebuke. A few days ego this gentleman, in one of his ambitious of taking the place of organ of the Elysee, disparaging attacks on the Legis leave Body, of which he happens to be a men ;leer, so contrived to explain away the privileges conferred by the constitution, as to leave it nothing beyond it sort of permission to offer shadowy sugges tions of little weight end no real power to the Council of State, which, should the litter warrant, might be dis cussed, but which, should it reject, could only bo main tained by incurring the crime of treason. Hardly had this great constitutional authority issued his commen taries on the fundamental law, when Louis Napoleon offered a striking homage to tho independent rights of the Legislative Body by withdrawing, through his Mi nister of State, the bills which had been presented for creating now taxes, on the implicit ground of assent to the reasonable objections that had reached his ears of the insufficiency of time for their proper discussion. In a similar spirit of respect for the constituted authorities the Prince President has, according ,to consistent ru mours, which wore hailed with as much satisfaction in Paris as they would be here or amongst any community of justice-loving people, yielded to the objections raised in the Council of State to the decrees affecting the Or leans property, objections only rendered the more palpa ble by the late decision, secured by one casting vote. We find ourselves thus confirmed in the assured belief we have never ceased to entertain, that, however restricted might be :the character of the institutions created by virtue of the authority lodged in the hands of Louis Na poleon by the country at large, he would give them full and fair play. It would have been something worse than error to have presumed the contrary. The oath of obedience to such institutions required of all persons is official connexion with the State implies of itself respect by their framer, who himself imposes the obligation. It is only the shallow and unprincipled parasite who, in the obtuseness of his conscience and glimmering cunning of a clouded intellect, would offer the stupid insult of interpreting conduct in the sense of a desire to nullify or vitiate a constitution not yet three months in practi cal operation. The two great touchstones of the strength and independence of both the main powers of the State have turned out to be the question of general expendi ture and that of the Orleans property decrees. And it speaks well for the spirit and wisdom of the Legislative Body and the Council of State, that neither have failed in a conscientious 'understanding of their duties. That which might have been expected, and which ought to have been desired to take place, is exactly just what has happened. No one could have believed it to be good that collision between ono part and another of the State machine, or the formation of an opposition, should have arisen before time had been afforded for a general understanding of the working of institutions offered as the beat tbat could be bestowed on a country, rescued, almost by miracle, from a fearful anarchy. To prevent something like jealous repugnance between the Legisla tive Body and the Council of State required at the very outset all the tact and firmness of the President himself. Even now the latter body would fain absorb, in its own bands, the rights which give to the legislative its dis tinctive character and name. It is probably owing to the determination felt by the Legislative Body to maintain the rights which properly belong to the repre sentatives of the people, that the rumours of a rising op position to the Government of the Prince President, of which we have heard so much of late, have gained cir culation. The President has, therefore, acted wisely in the distinct recognition of the rights of the Legislature, which he has just conveyed through the letter of bis Minister of State, adjourning the consideration of the lately-proposed taxes to next year. In the meantime we find the Government bent upon stimulation those great railway undertakings which in Franca amount to sheer and positive necessity. So large a number of con cessions had been made during the time the Prince had exercised unlimited authority, that in obedience to ex pressions of apprehension beat the market should be overloaded with a particular kind of stock, two impor tant works, the Paris and Cherbourg and Bordeaux to Cotta lines, were postponed. The immense abundance of capital which at this moment is seeking profitable employment, would seem to have proved too alluring a temptation for the Govern ment to resist, and as the revenue returns maintain considerable comparative advantages over the last and precsding years, the Government has felt itself justified in making another year's experiment. Should the re venue coatinua to be improved through the comfort and diffusion of means produced by widely developed em ployment, and should the no less important consequences of consolidated government and deepening contentment enable reductions to be made in the military expendi ture, that permanent drain of the reeouroes of the country, it may be that so far from fresh taxes having to be proposed we may have to see reductions made in those which exist. The rigid principles asserted by Louis Napoleon on the score of authority, and his adop tion of the system of public companies as applied to rail way undertakings, are commented upon by the Paris Siecle as involving inconsistency and contradiction. The journal in question, true to the doctrines of the Repub lican school, of which it is, we believe, the sole remain ing organ, is an advocate for monopoly, by the State, of all railway lines. How a man, who would give such preponderance to government authority, could yet sur render the great highways of communication to capi talists, confounds the comprehension of the Republican paper. -But how it is that Republicans, such sticklers for the free action of men in all their relations of life, whether political, moral or commercial, should yet be the enemies of social combination for carrying out grand industrial undertakings, involves a more puzzling incon sistency. Our Paris contemporary is so great a friend to State monopoly, that even his opinion, that the exer cise of commercial rights by men who meet to debate about their materiel interests must cut into political re strictions, which cannot live in the neighbourhood of actively-exorcised citizenship, does not atone for the sacrifice he deplores. Perhaps, after all, Louis Napo leon would not be sorry to see the bulwarks of authority carried by the legitimate influence of citizens educated to ability to share in the making of laws, through prac tical acquaintance with the necessities of business. Past dangers have had their origin chiefly in an indulgence of wild and impracticable 'Secedes, the folly of which had not been proved through collision with the solid facts of well-consolidated business systems: Our sur mise is strengthened by the preamble •of the Constitu tion itself which, in adopting the maxim that constitu tions are not made but grow, does treat the institutions bestowed as an elastic frarnowork for adaptation to future times and better circumstances. SEABOKSE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-Mee by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] When made up uu f From whet PLACES. General Post -office port dii ,_ When London: patched. due. ...............—..........,----..... 1 --• ----....... America (by Brit. pkt.)N .. ..;Liverpool .• ,Arrived A m erica (by U.S. pkt.) N,June 29 .. ..;Liverpool /July 8 America (by U.S. pkt.) II 'July 7 .. .. Southampt. June 30 Australia (via South ampton) • • .. .. M .. .. .. Southampt. Ditto (via Marseilles) N .. .. .. .. :Dover ~ Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N2d of August ..,Plymouth.. Africa (West coast).. .N 1 lath of the month, Plymouth June 29 Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of me. Dover .. June 28 Belgium .. .. .. N Daily .. . ;Dover .. Daily Brazil .. .• .. 31 9th of the month iSouthampt. June 16 Buenos Ayres .. .. 31 9th of the month ISouthampt. June 16 California(viaChaves) MI id & 17th of month Southampt. July 5 Cape of Good Hope N.. .. .. Plymouth.. June 29 Cape do Verdi .. .. N,2d of the month ;Plymouth.. June 29 Constantinople* .... N' 7th 17th 27th ot mo Dover .. June 30 Central America .. 111 2d & 17th of mon. ,Southampt. July 5 Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., &Fri.;Sonthampt. Tn. Th. Sat Chili .. .. .. . M 17th of the month jSoutfiampt. July 5 France .. .. 31 t N!Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedaily Greece* .. ~ ~ 3717th 17th 27th of mo Dover • . June 30 Hamburgh .. .. N; Tuesday & Fridry , London .. Tees. Sat. Holland .. '.. M I Wednes. & Satan London .. Mea.Thur Honduras .. .. . N,l7th of the month Southampt. July 20 Ireland .. .. M& N Twice daily .. Holyhead.. Twicedally India (via Sonthamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. June 28 India (via Marseilles) N;Sth&24th efmontb Dover .. July 17 India, via C. of G. Hope N,lsth of month Plymouth.. ;Juno 29 Mauritius .. .. .. N 15th of month Plymouth.. !June 29 Mediterranean (via Southairpton) .• 11120th of the month Southampt . June 28 Mediterranean (via MI Marseilles) .. .. N Bth&24th of month Dover .. July 17 Mexico .. .. .. Mld of the month.. Southampt. ( 'July 5 Madeira • • .. .. M 9th of the month Sonthampt. [June 16 Malta* .. .. r 7th,17th,19th,27th 1 Dover June 23 i t & 30th of month Naples* . .. • • • N s th 15th 2 5 th ofmo Dover ~ July 2 Papal States . * .. .. N 511115th 25th ofmo Dover .. July 2 reninsular.. .. .. M 7th 17th 27tlief mo Southampt. July 6 Peru .. .. .. .. 31 17th of the month Southampt. July 5 Tuscany* .. .. .. N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover .. July 2 ..West Indies .. M 17th of the month Southampt. July 5 I Naples* .. .. • • N Papal States* N reninsular.. M Peru .• •• M Tuscany* .. • • N West Indies .. '• • M West Indies (except Ilavanna & Nassau) MI * The mails to those c French packet via M I2d of the month .. °nutrias thus marl Hies. Sonthampt. :od (*) are co nvoyod by GOODWOOD C Age st lb Russborough 5 9 9 Newminster Teddington Mountain Deer Nancy , _ 4 8 131 Lady Evelyn Ariosto Hernandez Waterfall Constellation Joe Miller 3 7 9 Now-or-ncver ... 6 7 8 Mary Knoll Auctioneer Frantic ....... Poodle Redmd. O'Llanlon 3 7 4 UP WEIGHTS. Age at lb EloEbie Noble 3 7 4 High Sheriff Chr. Be. Nicholson 3 7 4 Stilton 3 7 4 !Kingston 3 7 4 Buckthorn Grey Tommy 3 6 13 Littlo Harry Indian Warrior Hervins (bred in France) !Lloulakin 3 6 10 Allegro Lady Harriett 3 6 6 !Galvanism Calot THE " AMERICA." TO E 6 BEATEN !-By the Cor nelius Grinnell, Now York liner, which passed the Wight on Thursday, a passenger named Webb has come over for the purpose of introducing a new model of a clipper yacht, to beat (he says) the celebrated " America" of last year! He visited Cowes yesterday,—Portsnwuth Times and Naval Gazette, LAW AMENDMENT SOCIET Y. ; On Saturday the society for promoting the emend . ment of the law held its annuli diener at the Crown and Sceptre Tavern, Greenwich. The chair was filled by Lord BROUGHAM. who, in proposing ac e tnaea "Suc cess to the Society," said that Wftzt to express a wish for what the society already possessed. They would, there ' fore; understand by the toast, further and continued sue ` hese. Their success had been very great, especially during the last twelve months, in which time more consi derable progress had been made in the amendment of the law than during any twelve times twelve months in his recollection, When th e y met te,,,,ether not e o measures fid which eb t appeared fli , a neatest hd eabe?no. in success eventhey great improvement, the new Evidence ' Bill, thnugh ' they had every reason to hope that it would pass, many ob stacles stood in the way. Then came the opening of Parliament, under auspices equally encouraging, for the speech from the throne announced that impertant im ' provements in equity and law had been considered, and reports of commissions had been received, and that on then] measures had be e n pre ' pared end were about to be presented for the considera , don tied adoption of Parliaineet. He hardiy ever re ' membered a speech trees the thr l o a ri rg e e i a n sp w a h ee ic a h s t o ae i ' amendment of the law occupiedso that occasion. no remembered a sp eec h f rom the throne at the end of the session of 1831, in which the subject was referred to, but that oueht to be ascribed to the die appointment atisieg from the rejection of the Reform Bill, and he thought it likely that the Ministry on that occasion considered it advisable to dwell on the only .success which they had achieved. In that speech, if he ' recollected, law atnendinsnt, was spoken of are carried on " so as to (ring justice home to every man's dour." Teat r ' alluded to the L Courts Act, which was postpoced to 1833, when it was defeated by a narrow majority. This year not only had the question of law amendment been made a prominent feature of the Royal speech, but the most important measures had been introduced and ' were happily about to be carried, that had been passed within his recollection. These measures had been pro posed by the late Government most honestly and fairly, and he now said so the more willingly, because at first a difference had existed as to the mode of procedure in the House of Lords and Commons, but all these differ• ences had ceased, and the most important fundamental changes in the Court of Chancery were resolved to be proceeded with, end to be passed into law with the least possibly delay. Politics were excluded by the rules of the society, and he would there fore only say, that from some accidental circumstances, circumstances which no one understood, and least of all the late Government themselves—(A laugh)—they re tired from office. The new Government, however, adopted their measures completely, and whatever preju dices any of them might have had, these were not al lowed to interfere, and the plans of their predecessors were fairly and fully, and honestly carried into execu tion. He regarded all this as a great indication of the progress of the spirit of reform, and of safe, because well-considered and deliberately-prepared, amendment of the law. It was almost the only ground on which contending parties equally appealed to the country. It was true that in profession a Protectionist was almost as difficult to find as a person against law amendment; but while as to real intention there were still many Protec tionists, there was nobody who in his secret wishes was sot for amending the law, all being for it, and nobody against it.—(Hear, hoar.) Such was the change which had taken place during the nine or ten years for which the society had been in existence.—(hear.) Straws showed how the stream ran, and he noticed that day that in the Harrow speeches one was a translation of a speech on law reform, which could not have been se lected on account of its eloquence.—(flear.) Even if the person who made that speech had been gifted with eloquence, he defied him to exercise it in dealing with the terms and forms of the law, with pleas, and essump sits, and demurrers, with writs, practice, processes. and bills. The selection of a subject so dry and intractable showed that it was arresting attention among portions of the community whero it might least be expected to meet with a response.—(Hear.) What remained then for the society but to persevere in its efforts? Ho might draw their attention, specially, to the subject of local judica tures, on which they now had six or seven years' expe rience,—not a long experience certainly, but one on which ample reliance might be placed from the wide surface over which during that period it had been spread. The great, invaluable, and necessary light of experience was indispensable to any safe and salutary reform of the legal system—(gear)—and having now had the benefit of that light, let their aim be to correct existing defects, and do all that could b e d one t o cor rect and exte n d the local judicatures.—( Hear, hear.) In " bringing justice home to every man's door," they ought not to depart so far from a due centralizition as to run the risk of injuring the general system of our jurisprudence or ruining the profession of the law, and one of the most important and diffi• cult inquiries which would be intrusted to that com mission, which he hoped to see issued on the subject would be to reconcile the due distribution of local judi catures with the general interests of our jurisprudence, and the welfare of that profession with which, as supplying the judges of the land, Lord Denman in his letter had well observed, the interests of the community at large were bound up.—(hear, hear.) Between the interests of the bar and those of the suitors God forbid that there should be any hesitwion, but he believed. that by improving the proceeding of the superior courts, both suitors and the profession would be great gainers, and no sacrifice of either to the other would be required. Whatever improvements, however, might be effected in this way, he held it to be impossible to dispense with local courts. The digest of the law was another subject which he considered to be of great importance, and some progress had been made with regard to it. A comae ssion had 20 years ago reported in favour of such a change, but he regretted that their recommendation was not accompanied by a sample. Digests of the criminal law and of criminal law procedure had since been prepared, and should have been carried through Parliament. He hoped, however, to see not only a digest of the criminal law, including procedure, but a general digest of all the law, common and statute. Having touched on several other topics, the Noble and Learned Lord concluded by proposing continued success to the society. Mr. Commissioner PANE, whose health was drunk in connexion with a toast dedicated to the fusion of law and equity, said that he presid e d i n a cour t " of law and equity," so o that the union was already recognised. no had found often that while the inferior judge, the com missioner, acted en the principle of this union as sanc tioned by Act of Parliament, the superior judges de clined to do so. The commissioner proceeded to deal with a question of law to the best of his ability, and when he had struggled with and disposed of it the Court above said, " We don't understand the law; let an action be brought." The inconvenience resulting was exhibited in enormous bills of costs, and this tossing (or " bandy ing" as Bentham called it) of the suitor from court to court, gave rise not only to that but to many other evils. The great: object to be accomplished was, that the courts of law should undertake as many of the duties of the equity courts as were not inconsistent with their own duties. If their Noble President assisted the society in its efforts ho had no doubt they would succeed in effecting this great improvement in their jurispru dence. _ _ _ . Mr. J. STEWART, whose name was coupled with the toast of " the Free Transfer of Land," in acknowledging the toast, said that question had received a very consi derable accession of strength from the labours of the pre sent Parliament, The Act for the Enfranchisement of Copyholds was a very iwnortant measure, and might now be regarded as settled by the deliberations of the committee of the House of Lords on principles which se cured a complete and satisfactory adjustment of the whole question. Those principles were applicable to freeholds as well, for they had all been striving to obtain a shorter form of conveyancing. While a sixty years' title to land was requisite, the number of purchasers must be comparatively small; and if the title was shortened the number of purchasers must be propor tionally increased. The Copy hold Eafrabchisement Bill had shown that this could be done. While the purchase of land was surrounded by such enormous expenses as was at present the case, the value of the land must suffer proportionally; and on this point he complimented the Lord Chancellor for having inserted a clause to tax and moderato the charges connected with copyhold enfranchisernents. A si milar provision ought to be made with reference to the transfer of freehold property. Consols were now at 33 years' purchase, while land in the most favoured si tuations was only at 30 years' purchase.—(Hear, hear.) Now, he would venture to ask if the transfer of land was placed on a proper footing, it would raise its value to. 40 years' purchase 10 years hence. Why should land across the Channel be at 40 years' purchase when in this favoured country it stood at 30, and, though a better and safer investment, was under the price of Censols?—(Hear, hear.) The improvements which he advocated would not only increase the value of his pro perty to the owner, but benefit all classes connected with the soil, down even to the agricultural labourer. Mr. R. LowE, who responded to the toast of " Co dification," with which his name was connected, said that the subject was one which in a few years was des tined to eccupy a prominent place in the attention of the people and the discussions of the Legislature, 'The State had hitherto confined itself to the grievances of the suitor, but he would not be satisfied until the pro blem bow best to ascertain facts and discuss p Unts of law had been solved, until that solution was applied to all facts and law alike—and until the investigation of truth was at all times conducted in the best possible way. lie ap prehended that the means of investigation should be the best that the human intellect could devise, and that they should not be of one kind in one court and of another kind in another. Ho was far from thinking that all had been done which could be done in this direction. A great step had been taken in laying the foundations of reform in the Court of Chancery, but the system of taking ell e deuce provided was likely to be attended with expense and delay.—(Hear, hears) The doctrine of law_ r r e P:r s . had attained such public favour, that tesn a y a ! p e o o f i t; posed to snatch at any measure that offered nu co b law and such was the case with the Bill as tc:. l a w reform, procedure —(Hear, hear.) Ho believed otf sure calculated to embarrass the t : side as opposed to be lmi : o. : t h woeurgo h n t o t t h a c ec t u im st e am h :d d to be mea and which would have to sound principle.—(Hear.) codification, and when e mbark in co come when they shouldw would have an impor. attention to the substantive in_ tent effect upon procedure. Mon that law terms ad mittedto consider that law was a nd that conveyances were capable of definition, to s hort forms. At pre sent i t was Luse of bring reduce d a man had 'We to tell what remedy f or breach of con tractpossi made u p his mind in what court ho was until ho t o proceed. When the law wa s S t u d ie d as a substantive absurdities would science such a appear in their real light, and the mind would be convinced of the necessity that all law Flieolld ho admihisterod in tile trine • tribunals— that a man should not be obliged to go to a common law court to Provo Lia iojutiea there, then to a court of e..Tl , ?siastical juiisdietioD aral then t o the Irons° of Lore- , hear.) Mr. Lowe conc l u d e d by grace fully compl.1:.11:i!?g Lord Brougham, on the great speec h on I •:.w rerorrn, to a hie h 2 h d alluiltd, and on hi , la hours in th e cause of vv;•;iell l c was ono of the , earlie st teacherS. U e erpreescd only flan wishes of the sociel and of the p u bl ic at large, when he hoped that the Noble Lo r d might, live to se e the grem work brought to a I - 2appy concl o ,i on o f which he had raised the Wanda - . tions and built the works. "Law 1 14orrner s of the C''= , " was proposed as a toast, and daly responded to by Mr. W. tlawes, in reply , made 'owe excellent observations upon the pre t;e7era tr l hoortider'rgofthe County Courts. toasts Were proposed, the majority cf teem professional, before the party broke up. THE COUNTRY NrARKETS mANcHEsTER, JUNE 23.-IVith the exception of Thurs day and Friday, the weather during the week has again been showery and unse ttl e d, w hi c h c i rcumstance, coupled with a continuance of very limited supplies of English Flour has .kept the trade in that article steady, a fair consumptive de mand havi ng b een exper i enced at fully previous prices. In Oats or Oatmeal no change has occurred. At our market this morning there was only a moderate amount of business passing, and no change can be noted in the value of any article. GLASGOW CA I'TLE MARKET, JUNE 24. At our market to-day the numbers were —oxen, 5'16 ; sheep, 1,068; 2,151. Al t h oug h the supply of cattle was small, sales were effected very slowly, wits; ratter a downward tendency. Best ox beef 48s per cwt, current 455, middling 38s to 470. At the close of the market a clearance was not effected. Sheep much the same as last da). Best aged wethers 54d , current hd, middling 4d to 4i per lb ; all sold. Top price of best lambs 18s, current 12s to 14s; small Highland lambs 7s to lOs ; mostly sold. ABERDEEN, JUNE 25.—Grain —Oats 17s 6d to 18s Od , 401bs per bushel ; barley, Os Od to 6d, 521bs per bushel; bear, 00s Od to 27s tid, 521bs per bushel ; wheat, red 36s to 375; ditto, white 42s to 432,6211 as per bushel; oatmeal, 14s tai to 15s per boll; flour, 30s to 31s Od per sack. Provisions—Beeff 4d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 4 d to 6d ; pork, ditto, 4d to Cd ; lamb, per lb., 6d to Od ; tallow, per stone, 3, Od to 3s 63 ; new potatoes, per peck , 4s to Es; salmon, per lb, Is Od tot s Od; hares, each, as to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 7d to 8a; eggs, per doz, tid to 8d ; cheese, per cwt, Os to Os Od ; hem' , pet pair, 2s 6d to 3s Od; chickens, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d; ducks, doss Is 6d to 2s Od; ducklings, ditto, 2s to 2s 6d ; turkeys, each, 6s to 7s Od; geese, ditto, is to 7s; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 62s to 64s ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, t o od; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stoae of 141bss Os Od to Os Od; pork, fine small, 5s 6d to Os Od; pork, large 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of '204 lbs, Os to 0-. Meal—Oatmeal, is 5d to Is 6d; barley dust, 9d to Od peasemeal, Os Od to 2s Od ; aids, Od to 7d ; beremeal, Is 5d to is 63; flour, Is 8d to is 9d; barley, per lb, lid to 2d; barley flour, la 5d to is 6d. DALKEITH, JUNE 24.-The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 18st 121 b, lest 31b, and 17st I lib. Oate, 13st 31b, 12at 21b, and llst 61b. Barley, 16st 11b, 15st 101 h, and 15st 11b. Peas and beans, 18st 131 b, 00st ulb, and 18st 9ibs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 350 Wheat ... ...... Z 2 5 0 £2 1 0 £1 18 0 730 Oats 111 Barley 1 10 6 1 8 6 1 4 6 17 Peas and Beans 1 14 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 Average of wheat 40s 7id. CORK, JUNE 25. The trade here, while it is very brisk, is firm, the market be ing influenced somewhat by the weather and the advices from the English side. We have not any arrivals of consequence to report from abroad. The receipts of home grain are very small. In prime foreign wheat we have a very extensive busi ness passing, and the trade is firm with somewhat of an upward tendency. For Egyptian we experience a fair demand, and fiw t the h a h a fla t vo i eu c rl literally t i m enr rayawli which b i en e h oi qu t ha i c, ln t ag e r dgdefoui doing. 1 consumptive 6d A p e g r oboadrbr business demand nmeas dearer. sndis passingn oats exists forat s at late prices. Coarse flours continue to find ready purchasers. We have only a moderate trade in Indian corn, still stocks of the article being now in few hands, holders demand an a dvance of 2s 6cl per ton over the prices of last week. We may quote the value of Galatz 8/per ton. Barrels. Currency. O White wheat 00s Od to 00e Od 00s ocl-20 stens O Red wheat ...00s Od to 00s Od 0 Ditto oos Od to 00 s Od} 001 Od-20 do O Ditto oos Od t o 00 s ed _ 0 Barley 00s Od to 00s Od O Ditto oos Od to 00s Od 00s Od. -00 do 0 Ditto oos Od to 00s Od 0 Bere 00s Od to 00s Od Os Od 29 Oats lls 4d to 11. ed 0 Ditto ... OO. Od to 00s Od 00s Od--O do O Ditto ... oos Od to 00s Od ) O Pigs Ods Od to 00s Od 00s Od per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:- 0 barrels white wheat ; 0 re d ; 0 barley; 0 bare; 4 oats; 0 pigs. Quant a i i t i y ty o c f A G w r r a . in and Number of Pigs sold last week 1 Second quality Wheat, 18. Barley, 18. Oats, 361. Pigs, 0. PRICES OF BUTTER. F r i ir ft s h t quality qu CURAXNCY. Third quality ............ 53s Fourth quality ... . _. . 62,67075. First TSehciordn q d : u a a lli qualityti y ty ...... ........ • • 5 6 8 1: Sixth quality 383 Sixth quality ..••••••••••••• 29s Return of Cattle sold for week ending June 19. 48.59 FFoifuthrthquqaluialtyity. ....................... .. kg: Pigs, 240. Sheep, 433. C o ws, 46. CORK.-Flour-First 12s 6d to 13s Od; extra 14s 6d; seconds, 108 ed to 12s 9 • households 90 to We 6d ; thirds, 7s to 9s pr cwt. Oatmeal 10. 6d to 11s 03; Indian mealBs to 8.3 d; wheat meal, 9s 6d to lOs per cwt. Indian corn 715 s to 71 17. 6d pet ton. Bran 87.6 d to 90s per ton. Hay-Farmors 22. Od to 28.; average ON ; dealers 32. to 40s Od; avers 'se 0 )s per ton. Straw- Farmer! 22s Od to 25. Od; average CO s; ' dealers 00s Od to Os el average ON Odper ton. Bread--W neaten loaf 6 d to 01; household loaf bd to Od. per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 103 per lb. Eggs-3s 10d to 4s Od per hundred. C0a15...-. Newport 14. Od ; Lydskey 156 ; Landore 00s ; Culm , 12s ed per ton. Tallow 38. Od to 391 per el" Whisky, 25 o. p., N9d per imperial gallon. Mu t -Beef 4id to 7d; mutton 5d to bid; ve al 4d to 73 ; pork 44 to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages bd per lb. Hoes 8? 8s to 9/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 2117. 6d to 3/ Os pat ton. Rash, red 71 to 8110 s per ton. Fleece wool 14s to 15s per stone. Hemp 291t034/ per ton. Fish-Ssoteh herrings 18. to 191; red 4itto, 24, to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 11/ per tin. Timber-Memel, 70a per ton; red pine, 31 bs ; ditto, 31 15. per ton; deals, 151 to 131 per 10. Hider-. Market 160 to 245; salted 18. to 24s per cwt ; calf skins 3d to Od per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 9cl; pinks, 10d to 12d. Guam . -Peruvian, 111 10s to ill; Ichab os, o ' ts9l 0a per ton. Tar-Archangel, 19e per barrel. yellow HAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was little or nothing done in the share market to-clay. The only sale reported was -- Taff Vale, 160. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE. The share market was not quite 3o active to-day as yesterday, and quotations are not so good as at the commencement of business. The transactions (lat w ere e as follow:-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Chester and Birkenhead), 18 1 / , —A berdeen, 1414—Blackburn (late Blackburn, Clittieroe, and West Yorkshire), 6% Caledonian 21 3 4—Eastern Counties, 10% —East Lanca shire, 19 1 4—Great Western, 9614—Lancashire and Yorkshire , 79 % —Ditto, Fifths, 4 3-16 dis.—Lancaster and Carlisle , T hirds, p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 20% - London an d North-Western, 128 3 / 4 —Ditto, New Quarters, 6% p. — Ditto , Fifths,die.—Northp.—Manenester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34 Midland, 72%—North Staffordshire, 6 1-16 die.—North Union (A), 260—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, Preference Shares, guaranteed 6 per cent., 2 p.—Oswestry and Chester, 14. PJANCHESTER, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE —The transactions to-day were as f)1- low.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 10% dis.--Blackburn (No. 1), 6%—Eastern Counties, 10 5. 16— Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, ',Pi—Kendal and Windermere, 12%—North British B%—South Yorkshire and River Dun, 1 A p. diIa:INGHAM, JUNE e 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been remark bly buoyant throughout the present week, and prices of al most all stocks have advanced. On Thursday there was a slight reaction, but the firmness of the market soon returned Among the closing quotations this afternoon were —Birming ham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, buyers 10%, sellers 10%—Caledonian, Preference, buyers 99, sellers 163—London and North-Western, buyers 12i 1 , sellers 12914—Midland, buyers 72, sellers 73—Ditto (Birmingham and Derby), buyers 39, sellers 39 1 / 2 —North Staffordshire, buyers 6,1 sellers 5 s 'C' dis.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), buyers 8%, sellers 8 7 4 3 .itto (B), buyers 6%, sellers 6%—Ditto, Preference, buyers it, sellers 11% —Shr o pshire Union, buyers 3, sellers 2% . dis.--South Staffordshire, buyers 1, sellers % die. 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