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rienced the utmost kindness and liberality from the mill proprietors. Neither they, nor the great mecha nical engineers who construct their buildings and machinery, use any mystery or reserve towards a visitor actuated by legitimate feelings and principles, but, on the contrary, most readily show and explain the curiously -productive inventions which surround them." The " light intellectual exercise " indulged in by Dr. Ure in his tour was the arrangement of the data forming the ground-work of this volume. It is divided into four books. The first treats of the general principles of manufactures ; enumerates the great improvements that have been effected in the process of manufacturing industry ; and Points out the connection between its various branches. The scientific Economy of the Factory System forms the subject of the second book, including the several processes in the fabrication of cottons, woollens, linens, and silks. The nature and operations of the factories fo r the manufacture of each of the above textile fibres iS minutely detailed; the different processes clearly explained ; and the comparative amount of manual, automaton, and machine labour, with any further im provement of which the machinery appears susceptible, fairly balanced and examined. The Moral Economy of the Factory System, which is by far the most impor tant part, is discussed at considerable length in the third book. The author contrasts the condition of the factory operatives, as regards personal comforts, hours of labour, health, state of knowledge and religion, with the actual condition of .agricultural labourers throughout the country, and arrives at the conclusion that the factory operatives are only not the happiest of men because they do not choose to be so. Against most of the arguments put forth in this book we enter our protest. Dr . Ure---very foolishly we presume to think—rips open th e old sore of Trades Unions ; deprecates the Ice7sdii Factory conduct of Legi s l a t u r e with regar d t o L or d A s h- Bill ; and without scruple, declares that in all disputes between the employer and the employed, the latter are chiefly, or rather only, to blame. To him there appears nothing at all unreasonable in the desir e of masters to work children of tender years for any numbe r of hours in the suffocating atmosphere of a cot ton_mill. Now, with all due respect for the opinions o f Dr. Ure, and the authorities cited in his Philosophical Treatise, a residence for many months in the vicinity of several cotton and silk factories has led us to arrive at an entirely opposite conclusion. During this period few days passed over our head in which we were not awakened in the morning by the cries of the children Proceeding to the different cotton mills, and we pledge ourselves that few sights of human wretchednes s af fected us more deeply than the appearance of these v ery children, dispersing at night after the toils of the day, Every bone in their little bodies seemed stiffened and contracted with fatigue, and their brows were ac tuall! furrowed, and their features distorted with the agonized w r ithi ngs o f an hab i tual but vain resistance. The l osses wnicn Dr. Ure enumerates as the result of cr e unemployedrct ; machin er y an d em b ar k e d cap i ta l may b e all o but it is too much to purchase national Prosperity at the expence of the blood of innocent children. Oneof the great faults which we have constantly reason tofin d with the political economists is, that they pay too littl e regard to human suffering in the individual, pro vided that such suffering tend to increase the aggre gatet of nati ona l wealth—falsely denominated national 41 4ness• Now this is a very deplorable error, inas much as it often leads to the most deplorable cobse tinences• A great capitalist, to add another thousand to a sto c k which he intends withdrawing altogether trom commerce, in the course of a year or two, may sa .thcsrieafiictiei tohfe an hundred or at least the constitutions and the hundred child r en, and h av i ng o bt a i ne d 1 1 1 1 s e el ohject o f hi s ambition, fling them a miserable and 's burd en upon society. Here the wealth sought ' is obtained the nation has increased its aggregate property to the amount of a thousand pounds—but 1 - W ill any political economist undertake to say that the nation is happier than it would be if the thousand Pounds were buried in the depths of the sea, and the hundred children restored to health, caa ble o f earn i ng an i ndependent subsistence ? T p his is a plain case, and a hour's mystification of it would leave it just where, and as it is at present. Let us not, however, be understood to cast any reflection upon the veracity of Dr. Ure. On the contrary, we consider that he has reported, what fell under his im mediate personal observation, with candour and rfide lity, Wh a t we bl ame hi m f or , i s a h a bi t o f making assertio ns,tie s where he evidently depended upon int erested pa for all information on the subject. Throw n exclusively among the manufacturers, he listened with a greedy ear to all they had to communicate ; and without hearing what the workmen had to urge in their Own behalf, at once set them down as disturb ers o a , t he public peace, and destroyers of the morals and comf orts of th emse l ves an d families. The Fou r th B oo k i s d evo t e d to the Comm erc i a l ' Eco nomy, of th e F ac t or y System—a subject too com prehensive for the space , which we can afford to devote t ° a literary notice. A branch of industry which g iv es manual employment to 614,200 operatives, and which supplies a considerable amount of the over rated ; national revenue cannot have its importance over and Dr. Ure has brought to its considera tion a mind stored with practical knowledge. The w ork deserves high praise ; the drawings with which 1 , , t is emb e lli s h ed will recommend it to practical men. We have only to regret that in treating of the disputes which unhappily take place between the manufactu rers and the operatives, with regard to wages and hours of work, D r . U re has written in a spirit of partizan ship more likely to create distrust than to allay passion and extinguish animosity. DR. ICIDD.—We extract from the Inverness Cou rier a part of the farewell address of this divine, found in his repositories. He died last December : , " Aberdeen, 3d October, 1833. " I feel myself advancing fast to the grave, and upon a back look of past life I can say, in truth, that God hath been very merciful to me, and I now leave my testimony to his providen tial care of me, from my infancy hitherto. Ile has given Illy heart's desire to me in my standing in society, and I bless and praise him for all, and am willing to lay down my profes sorship and my ministry when he may please to call me to do s °- I now bid adieu to the Universe, and to all things be deutded ath the Sun. Farewell ye Sun, Moon, and Stars, which have oowledmy wanderings in thi s va ll ey of tears—to you I ac ztge much assistance in all my attainments. Farewell thou Atmosphere, with thy clouds, and thy rains, and thy dews -- thy hail, and snow, and different bre ezes , w hi ch contributed se much t o my li fe and comfort. Farewell ye Earth and Sea, have borne me from place to place, where Providence has ordered my lot--a.nd with your productions have supported dpi bo dily wants so often and so l ong . Y e Summers and Wh Wi nters, adieu! Farewell my native Country, and every place e r e 1 h ave h ad my abode. Adieu, Abe r d een ! M ay peace Prosperity for ever be in you—to all your Inhabitants On Saturday at the Brentford Petty Sessions, a man named Croft • fine d in a mitigated pen a lty an d costs, for • was ne ferrying over numerous visitors to the Eel-pie-house, Twi e l --sn uao3, in a punt belonging to the proprietor of the ta vern. The charg e was brought by the watcrmen, who alone are w a g e s privile to convey the persons from the shore. In d e _ fenc e it d that the defendant was employed by Mr. Mayo, of the E el-pie-house, to ferry persons to the house, and that no charge was demanded ; but the Magistrates considered that the defendant made a livelihood of such pursuit by the gratuities of' the persons he carried over, and inflicted the Penalty. WAR.--Among tile troops sent by the Government against t h e Ciff res , th e equ ip ment an d ap -I%aa"Crajtceroa f E tho Swellendam Burghers are thus described by i tnr e ye witne ss :—" Dutch b o o rs i n hi g h crowne d an d broad aqmmed whit e h ats , d u ffl e j ackets, leather trowsers, a pouch balls strapped round the waist, and a large powder-horn ! at %log at the left side. They carry on their shoulder a a ge roer, or r ifl e, d i scharging four balls to the pound ; and re luounted on little shuffling galloways, with l ong manes r 4,4 tea s . _ N OLD i we may , and alb. ten-fold !inn ana- , ne forth te m; ; and Curies en !d by the ►ei'ore the aws, and most de ked ; our fowl ing . - ed to their We had ,cur Holy Reverend )osed the Milton's wives and ave sailed r Lady of s of cue.- offensive ; ,he Pope ; petticoats, .adem into en elect of iseworthyt religious .esentatiori ay Roman ionly any Ltions in a ccd youth s ;holies are prejudices nosities in spel truth, drawing.. mpt is made id to lie ill the mission in the midst Listant range zed Prows nned by the memory re• turn awaY ;ome mental ss those who hat securitl told no faith the maul ie word of I deliberate mown it to thunder last to the Itre of Sas of Santon ndal to all would ap' a play as $ Pagan than same pa• 1-om this 1 0 should de' LI Noll and ry to with' asoning 09 suddennes s In a nother ,ng sublinto ) prove, on eed is el l ; mixture assure JO e long since years have Pope an ci their infi4 no a singl e the Bishop of Popery' tion of the fact is that chool hav e that Eng' an a moth' pered, ha g )lent hand ragrapb 3 of at the tire Some of re directed gland, 5 4 think them been haa Of c ourse .atulate the :!s we sha ll iiness is t° st patriotic sting, an d must hav e !ep betwixt 'RES: ND COMIIIO‘ RITAIX. 1835. irst impor' a man of iveness se, penne d ) turn the on infor- he meditl statistical tsed whew n's actua l ns for th e he induce' Ure says' nary for ti tieal may: anical soa it his duty' O fi f tanagers ° systema tl- Wit h.„ es. Ich a o , i ; lments, lift' him 4*** the effec ts se , be lef t and §1 36 )ry districts th the hai r /ere expo CORPORATION REFORM. ( From the .Leicester Chronicle of Saturday.) PUBLIC MEETING AT LEICESTER. A large meeting of the inhabitants of this town was held at the New Hall yesterday, in compliance with a requisition nu merously and respectably signed, to petition the House of Lords to pass the Municipal Corporation Bill. Upon the hustings were T. Paget, Isaac Hodgson, and M. Babington, Esqrs. ; Reverends G. Holt, C. Berry, J. Goadby, and E. Mialt ; Dr. Noble, and Messrs. Coltman, Whetstone, T. T. Paget, Hutchinson, R. Harris, Drayton, W. Biggs, R. J. Smith, J. Fielding, Stone, &c. &c. At about half-past twelve o'clock T. PAGET, Esq., was voted into the Chair, and spoke at great length, in explanation of the measure now be fore Parliament, especially as respected freemen, whose pecu niary and political privileges, he said, were preserved to them for life, but which would not be perpetuated after the de cease of the present possessors. Mr. Paget also pointed out the inconsistency of the Tories, especially such as Sir Robert Peel, in pretending so much compassion for this class of voters, when in 1829 they manifested not the least repugnance to wholly disfranchise the forty-shilling freeholders of Ireland.— ( Hear, hear.) Nothing (said Mr. Paget) was then said' of inchoate rights of these voters, nor would there be now the least sympathy for freemen, were not the Tories fully aware that there were amongst them a considerable number who would barter their franchise for personal and pecuniary grati fication.—(True, true, and cheers.) ISAAC HODGSON, Esq., in proposing the first resolution (for which, and the others, see our advertising columns), said that he considered the Ministers deserved the thanks of the country for the manly way in which they had maintained the principle of the Bill, and he doubted not that so long as they continued to act with the same firmness in adhering to principle in all future measures which they might introduce, and by refusing their assent to details inconsistent with such principle, they would deserve and receive the support of the Reformers of Leicester, and the country at large.—(Cheers.) Mr. ALFRED PAGET having seconded the motion, it was carried unanimously. The Rev. C. BERRY next rose, and said,—Mr. Chairman, I have been requested to move the resolutions which I am about to read to you ; but before I do this, I must take the liberty of saying one or two words. They shall not be many, because the subject has been universally canvassed ; and speeches delivered in this town have put you in pos session of all that can be said, if anything were wanting to the melancholy experience which the public have had of the effects of self-elected Corporations. Gentlemen, let me remind you that I am, on this occasion, a speaker quite disinterested. I have for many years been exempt from the payment of bo rough rates. Now this Bill will draw me within the limits of the borough, and subject me to its taxation ; and I am not sure that these gentlemen around me have not a lurking satisfaction with the measure, because it will enlarge the circumference of the net of the borough -rates, and enable them to catch more fish.—( Laughter.) But let this pass : let me leave it to the Tories only to forget the public liberties in the pursuit of their own interests ; for what is a man worth, as a patriot, as a Christian, if he is not willing to make a per sonal sacrifice, when the good of his country is concerned? —( Applause.) Gentlemen, let me tell you the manner in which I have been accustomed to reason on these subjects. I consult the principles of justice: justice is my polar star in politics. I think of the theory first, and then of the practice. Apply this to the measure before us. Is it just that in towns containing 30, 40, or 100 thousand inhabitants, a self-elected body should possess all the power, and wealth, and influence? If there is a candid and sensible Tory in this hall, I ask him that question. lam sure his answer must be No ! Is it equitable that a few irresponsible indi viduals should have the right of taxing and governing all the rest?—(Hear, hear.) Again—ls it constitutional? We have all been brought up with a high idea of the British Constitution. It is lauded as "the envy and admiration of surrounding nations." In principle it is good. The theory of it is, that the King is limited by the laws, the Ministers responsible to the Parliament chosen by the People, and representation co-extensive with taxation. I will not stop to ask how all this has been in practice—but apply it to the Corporations. Is the Town Par- liament chosen by the people ? No ! Are the town servants and officers responsible to the people ? No ! Is taxation co ordinate with the representation ? No ! There is heavy taxation, and no representation at all.--( Hear, hear.) What is the use of a Constitution which thus abandons so large a part of the population to a state so unjust and so unconstitu tional ? The fact is, the present state of our Corporate towns is a violation of all the principles of good government, and a departure from the early and best periods of our history. Un der the Saxons, and in the middle ages, the people chose their own officers; till on some frivolous pretence, the tyran nical Tudors introduced their self-embodied despotism, those outworks and fortresses of tyranny, which the present Bill will level with the ground.—(Cheers,) Let me only ask you again, whether the present state of things, which is so unjust and unconstitutional, is better in practice ? I am sure you answer no ! It is as mischievous in operation as it is bad in theory. Look at all the Corporate towns : taxation aug-- mented—public revenues abused—local charities perverted— general accommodation neglected ; and, worst of all, a spirit of factious virulence and discord produced, which obstructs the improvement, and disturbs the peace of these communities. —( Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, this is the actual state of things. By infinite exertion we have obtained a Reform in the Commons House of Parliament, and that Parliament has sanctioned the present measure. It is almost the first, I am certain it is the most important, result of this Reform Bill ; it will diffuse general peace and prosperity in our town ; it will establish the liberties of this country upon a firm basis for many generations : it will plant deep and strong the roots of the tree of liberty, and cause it to brave all future storms.—(Cheers.) The historian tells us that the free principles of municipal government which the Romans granted to the towns in Italy, were the chief cause of our modern liberties. The branches were broken and trodden down by the Goths and Vandals, but after a while the roots of freedom which the Romans had planted put forth fresh shoots, and produced the republics of Amalphi, Sa lerno, and Naples, and the still more illustrious states of Genoa, Pisa, Florence, and Venice : hence are derived the arts and sciences, the learning and taste, the knowledge and freedom of our times. Can it be supposed that the House of Lords will oppose this Bill? Let it not be. We have petitioned them respectfully ; if that fail, we must knock louder at their door ; if they are still obstinate, we must re mind them of times past, when the Bishops were confined to their dioceses, and the door of the House of Lords was locked, and the people legislated for themselves perhaps as wisely and as well.—( Hear, hear.) But I forbear; I will not anticipate evils, however I may fear them. I will only say to you, as Hannibal said to his army when they entered Italy, " Be valiant, united, and peaceful, and once again I say, you are conquerors."—( Loud cheers.) The resolution was then seconded by Mr. WHETSTONE, and adopted. Mr. W. Blow, in moving the third resolution, said that the principal points to which the petition referred, and which were of the first importance, and without which the Bill itself would be of no value to the people, were that it proposed to break up for ever the s y s t em o f self-election ; that it established a very general and very extended franchise ; that it dispensed alto gether with the principle of a property qualification both on the part of the electors and the elected ; and that by the frequency of elections to the Municipal Council it ensured to the people a very sufficient and salutary popular control over those men whom they elected to offices of trust and responsi bility. These were the points which the Tories had so stea dily opposed in the House of Commons, and to which they had such serious and numerous objections. Mr. Biggs then referred to th e s p eec h es of Mr. Praed, Mr. Hughes Hughes, Mr. Borthwick, Sir R. Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, Sir R. Vyvyan, Mr. Scarlett, &c., and after replying to their objecti ons an d ill ustrat i ng h i s remarks by two anecdotes in reference to Dr. Franklin and Mr. Pitt, concluded by say ing that whatever impression such arguments made in the House of Commons they produced nothing but disgust and contempt out of it ; that to Sir R. Peel's proposed property qualification the people would reply that property and intelli gence do not always go together; that ability is not confined to the King upon the Throne, but that nature is like provi dence no respecter of persons, and that she deals out intellect alike in every grade of society, and every walk of life—to Mr. Praed that the freemen do not want the continuance of any invidious privileges at the expense of every other member of the community—and to Lord Stanley that we prefer liberty with agitation to slavery without, and that if the frequency of elections in towns annoys, or excites him, he must adopt the sentiment of Burke, and pardon something to the spirit of liberty. But there was no fear of undue agitation or excite ment, or that improper men would be placed upon the Town Council. The English people were essentially and suffici ently aristocratic, the feeling pervaded every grade of English society. This being the case, if the Lords were wise enough to concede a few popular measures, they might remain in their present position for centuries to come ; but if they steadily and steadfastly resisted every improvement, if they once con vinced the people that they were the determined enemies of all Reform, the time was not far distant when the mitre of the Bishop, and the coronet of the Aristocrat, would be alike mat ters of historic recollection ; and when the power of the House of Lords, like that of Bounaparte, who rose upon public opi nion, and fell when he deserted his principles, would be swept away far ever, and " like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind." Dr. NOBLE seconded the resolution, and it was agreed to unanimously. Mr. W. E. HuTcruNsois proposed the fourth resolution. Having so recently, said he, expressed to you the opinion which I hold upon the subject of the existing Corporations, and with respect to the Municipal Corporations Bill, I shall not detain you upon this occasion with any lengthened obser vations, but I wish to congratulate you upon the firmness with which the Ministers of the Crown, backed by the Representa tives of the people, have resisted the attempts of the Tories to impair the efficiency of the Bill.—( Cheers.) I wish to con gratulate you upon its triumphant progress through the House of Commons. How extraordinary has been the conduct of Sir Robert Peel with respect to this Bill ! In the year 1826, the Right Hon. Robert Peel, then Secretary of State for the Home Department, defended in Parliament the glaring and unjust public conduct of the Corporation of Leicester in refe rence to the events of the election of 1826 ; he has proved himself the zealous defender of what we consider gross abuses in other Corporations ; and when the opportunity was afforded him of assisting in the suppression of some of the most flagrant of abuses, by aiding our highly respected friend W. Evans, Esq., the then Member for this, Borough, who introduced the Corporate Funds Bill, he not only did not give his opinion, but he gave to that measure his strenuous opposition ' • but in the year 1835, Sir R. Peel, Bart. the leader of the Opposi oti 'll to the King's Ministers, appeared in his place in Pulls, TIM SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JULY' 27, 1835. ' ment, threw overboard his previously expressed opinion ti pon this subject, declared that great abuses existed in Corpo rations, that they were no longer competent for the good government of the towns over which they exercised Municipal control, that they ought to be remodelled and placed under vigilant popular control.—( Hear, hear.) This extraordinary conduct is called by his friends statesmanlike; it is highly offensive to the old Tories ; and it appears to the. Reformers to be a sacrifice of principle at the shrine of power, to be a bidding in the Auction Room of popularity,—in fact, a step rail in the ladder of his ambition; and however we may be gratified that we are so strong in public opinion upon this question, that even the leader of the Opposition to the King's Ministers has been compelled to bow down before it, we can not but entertain a feeling of disgust, and an apprehension that if such an example be followed, a sort of moral earth quake will ensue, which shall overturn all confidence in the professed opinions of public men.—( Hear, hear.) The Mu nicipal Corporations Bill was read a first time in the House of Lords on Tuesday last—it will be read a second time on Tuesday evening next, when it is intended that the petition which you have just adopted shall be presented by the first Minister of the Crown, and it will be necessary that it should be expeditiously and numerously signed. There are various opinions afloat respecting the ultimate fate of this Bill. Some say that it will be rejected altogether : others that it will undergo much mutilation • and others (among s t whom I am one) think it will pass with but little alteration ; but in any event we shall speedily bid adieu to the irrespon sible and exclusive spirit of the old Corporations. We may now address them in the language of the poet, and say-- Haste thee, haste thee, to be gone ! Earth flits fast, and time draws on— Gasp thy gasp, and groan thy groan, Day is near the breaking. (Loud cheers.) And when the memory of the past—when the remembrance of these days, in which we have fought and conquered amid the conflict of principle—when the recollec tion of these things shall appear like a phantom or a dream, I would say to those who have been unjustly excluded from the Municipal Government, but who have now a proposal of re presenting their fellow-townsmen, " Show to the world by your actions that you scorn to do that in power which, when out of power, you condemned in your opponents—prove to them that you have not professed principles for the sake of power, but that you have sought power that you might give effect to your principles"—( Applause.) The resolution was seconded by Mr. WINKS, and adopted. Mr. STONE said he agreed with the other gentlemen as to the value and efficiency of the Bill, as it was sound in prin ciple, simple in its details. It was founded on the principle of representation, based on the destruction of that of self-elec tion ; and would furnish an effectual protection against the misappropriation of the town money, the improper alienation of town property, and the perversion of charitable institutions. —( Cheers.) It would render the administration of justice more pure and unsuspected, from its dispensers possessing the respect and confidence of the public.—( Cheers. ) The ab sence of a property qualification for councillors bad alarmed the Conservatives, but if electors, were not qualified to judge of the fitness of individuals without any restriction, they ought not to be entrusted with the franchise. Mr. S., after ridiculing the idea of Corporations raising such an objection to the Bill, as the members of Corporations were neither distinguished by birth education, intelligence, or fortune, concluded by moving the insertion of the Resolutions in the Leicester Chronicle, The Sun, and Morning Chronicle newspapers. He observed that The Sun paper, from the ability and public spirit of the editor, and the rapid communication of intelligence on im portant occasions, by means of expresses, was entitled to the support of all Reformers.—( Cheers.) Mr. RICHARD HARRIS having seconded the resolution, it was agreed to; and the sixth was then proposed by Mr. BABING TON, seconded by Mr. TIIRTIUS PAGET, and adopted. Thanks wire thengiven to the Chairman, who,in reply, said that it was a source of great pleasure to him that notwithstand ing a difference of opinion prevailed amongst some of the free men respecting the future extinction of their privileges, all the resolutions of the meeting had been carried without a single dissentient voice.—The meeting then separated. COURT CIRCULAR. The King gave audiences on Saturday morning, at St. James's, to the Marquis Camden and Lord Saltoun. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, visited the King and Queen on Saturday morning. Their Majesties, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, left town twenty minutes before twelve o'clock on Saturday, for Windsor Castle. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign Office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Glenelg, Mr. Spring Rice, Lord Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Hol land, Air. Poulett Thomson, and Viscount Howick. The Council sat near three hours. Mr. Twining arid a Deputation of the Tea Trade had an interview on Saturday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. The Marquis of Lansdowne left town on Saturday morning, for his seat, at Bowood, Wilts. Lord Sandon, Mr. Ewart, Mr. J. H. Talbot, and a deputa tion had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. Several of the Cabinet Ministers dined on Saturday, at Greenwich. The Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Howley, Miss Howley, the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the Bishop of Rochester, and a select party, dined with the Marquis Camden, on Friday evening, in Arlington-street. WINDSOR-SATURDAY. Their Majesties and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar arrived at 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the Castle from town. The King afterwards took an airing in the Park. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Au gusta and infant Princess Mary, and Prince George of Cam bridge, arrived at the Castle this afternoon. The Duke will, it is expected, remain till Wednesday. The Duchess will remain till Friday, when their Majesties return to town for the levee and the grand dinner party at St. James's. The birthday of the Royal Duchess will be celebrated to-morrow by a grand entertainment given by their Majesties in honour of the day at Virginia Water. The King took his usual airing to-day in the Park. Their Majesties will attend the speeches to-morrow (Election Mon day) at Eton College, where they lunch. On this occasion His Majesty presents the establishment with a silver model of the College. Mr. Ormsby Gore had an audience of Lord Melbourne on Friday in Downing-street, to present a memorial on the dis tress of the agriculturists. He was accompanied by the Earl of Darlington, Mr. Hall Dare, Mr. Benett, and other county members, supporters of the farming interests. At the dinner party given by His Majesty at St. James's on Friday night, to a number of distinguished guests, an accident, which might have been attended with serious re sults, was prevented by the promptitude of one of the pages in attendance. His Majesty having risen to propose a toast, by some accident his chair was pushed back further than be was aware of ; when about to resume his seat, the page saw the danger which the King ran when going to sit down, and caught him at the moment, otherwise His Majesty must have fallen to the ground. The page's promptitude was the theme of congratulation for the remainder of the evening. AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTION. —A numerous meeting of the General Committee was held at the Exchequer Coffee House, Palace-yard, on the 24th instant. Lord Somerville took the chair. The secretary, Henry F. Richardson, Esq., announced that 501. had been received during the past week, and 2161. in less than a month. The society is rapidly increasing in every way that the pro moters of the allotment system can desire. The Duke of Orleans was on the 20th instant at Riggisberg, four leagues from Berne, where a great con course of people assembled to get a sight of him. It appears that he is an artist, as he requested the daughter of the master of the hotel at which he resided, and who is a very pretty girl, to sit to him for her portrait in the costume of the country, a request that was not refused. The Prince travels with four carriages. He proceeded on the 21st to Fribourg, to visit the magnificent suspension bridge constructed by a French en gineer over the Sarine, in a position peculiarly picturesque. The admission to Buckingham Palace by tickets from Lord Duncannon has hitherto been limited to Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays ; but with the view of affording to the public increased opportunities of gratifying their curiosity it has been determined to admit parties having tickets every day next week up to Friday inclusive. After Friday the build ing will positively be closed. Llwydiarth Concert in commemoration of Llaner chymedd Eisteddfod was held on Thursday last, and attended by a most numerous concourse of spectators. There being some bardic proceedings connected with it, the " votaries of the muse" and the " sons of song" assembled at an early hour.— Carnarvon Herald. Kean's monument has reached London, and was on Saturday deposited in Drury-lane Theatre. The foundation in the saloon will be immediately prepared to receive it, and in a short time it will be ready for public inspection. Mr. Carew is now in town to superintend its erection. Chantry's exquisitely beautiful monument of Mrs. Jordan, sculptured expressly for the King, in which that un rivalled daughter of Thalia is faithfully represented with her infant son (the present Earl of Munster) in her arms, and others of her children in the group, is, we understand, intended to be placed in Westminster Abbey, unless the busy meddling bigot, who refused to receive the remains of Lord Byron— the greatest poet of modern times—should interpose to pre vent it. THE LATE Mn. EGERTON.—This gentleman, who for many years was a member of the Covent-Garden company, died on Thursday last at Chelsea, in the 64th year of his age. His health had been for some time past on the decline, and his death is supposed to have been hastened by his refusal to submit to a surgical operation: As an an actor, though not of the highest eminence, Mr. Egerton will be lon g remembered fur his general utility, and for the support of an extensive range of characters of a secondary class, of which his Kinq Henry the Eighth, Tullus Aufidius, Clytus, Syphax, and other parts of a like, description, may be enumerated as suc cessful instances. Moncriefr, the dramatist, has been for some time past nearly blind, the consequence of a long and debilitating illness. He is under the care of Mr. Alexander the oculist, from whose skill some hopes are entertained that his sight may ultimately be partially restored. O'Keefe, for many years previous to his death, laboured under a similar privation. There was a performance at the Dublin Theatre on Tuesday for the benefit of Mr. Banim, the author of the " O'Hara Tales," who has been some weeks in that city in a state of extreme physical debility. All parties cordially united on this occasion to testify their esteem and sympathy for the suffering author. The Lord Lieutenant and a considerable number of the leading gentry were present. The house was very well filled. The profits of the benefit will be about 2001. ZUNIALACARREGUI.—The inscription on the sim ple tomb of this hero consists of the following impressive words :—"The conqueror of Sole, Saarsfield,Valdez, Quesada, Rodil, and Mina, having at their command the population of Spain, and supported by the English and French Govern ments." _ _ _ On the Ist of August the Spanish Government steamer, Isabella 11., will leave the river, taking on board the Spanish Minister, Gen. Alava, Lieut.-Gen. De Lacy Evans, and the officers of the staff. EXTRAORDINARY STEANI Royal William, of Leith, left the port of London on Thurs day morning, the 16th instant, at six o'clock, with a large cargo of goods and passengers, arrived . in Leith harbour on Friday evening, at eight o'clock, discharged her cargo, loaded a full cargo, and proceeded, on Saturday evening, at seven o'clock, again for London, and arrived on Monday, at half-past six—thus performing a complete voyage in 1061 hours. John Ryan, Esq., is to succeed the late Sir Charles Vernon in the Ushership of the Court of Exchequer. The establishment at Ascension is ordered to be re duced by one Captain and one subaltern, and sixty-five men of the Royal Marines. The garrison will henceforth consist of 132 men, incluiug the present Commandant. AQUATIC FEAT.—The Union Club of Gloucester accomplished last week the arduous task of rowing their eight oared cutter from that city to Worcester and back, a distance of 61 miles, in rather less than eleven hours and a half. On the sth of next month the Jesuits will open at Grammont, in Belgium, religious conferences, will close on the 15th. ANNIVERSARY OF THE THREE GLORIOUS DAYS. —An Arabian Palace, of extraordinary beauty and ele gance, is at this moment being constructed in the Champs Elysees, the like of which has been described in fairy tales alone. A river of hydrogen gas has been directed to it from the Boulevard de la Madeleine to light it up. The palace is 100 feet high, and in length it equals the breadth of the Champs Elysees. A magnificent balloon, and a splendid dis play of fireworks, are to be sent up from hence. Fifty small booths have also been constructed for the sale of fairy favours in the grande allee of the Champs Elysees ; and upwards of 2,000 people are employed in pitching tents, and erecting theatres and ball-rooms.— Constitutionnet The great expense of the late Installation festivities, coupled with the recent falling off in the amount of the corn rents of the different colleges, will, it is said, cause a serious deduction from the incomes of most of the Fellows for the present year. THE BUDGET.—TIIC Chancellor of the Exchequer • it is expected will give notice this evening, in the House of Commons, of his intention of bringing forward the Ways and Means of the year on Friday next, when he will have con tracted for a loan of ten millions, having announced that the terms will be developed to such individuals as intend to bid for the loan on Wednesday next, at the Treasury. From the parties who have made out lists, a competition is expected. A meeting of Tory Peers took place yesterday ( Saturday) at Apsley House, for the purpose of considering the course which it would be most expedient to adopt with re ference to the Municipal Corporations Bill, the second read ing of which is fixed for Tuesday next. The meeting was confined exclusively to Peers; but as the subject of their deli berations is one of peculiar interest at the present moment, their Lordships did not attempt to conceal from their friends the determination to which they bad come, and consequently, soon after the meeting broke up, the result became known to many persons in the higher political circles. We are exabled to state with certainty that the Duke of Wellington and the other recognised heads of the Tory party in the Upuer House WEST INDIA LOAN. The long-expected notice for the West India Loan made s appearance this morning (Saturday). It is as follows : " TO THE GOVERNOR AND DEPUTY-GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND. " Gentlemen,—l beg to inform you, and request you will make it known in the usual manner, that on Wednesday next, at eleven o'clock, Lord Melbourne and I shall be ready to see any gentlemen who may be desirous of contracting for a Loan under the provisions of an Act passed in the 3d and 4th years of his present Majesty's reign for the abolition of slavery. "We shall then inform the parties the amount which may be required, the time and manner of the bidding, and hope it will be convenient to you, or one of you, to meet those gen tlemen here at the appointed hour. " I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, " T. SPRING RICE." It will be seen that nothing is disclosed by this notice either respecting the amount of the Loan or the form of the con tract, and ample room has been left, therefore, for conjecture on both subjects, which has, as usual on such occasions, been pretty freely exercised. The really interesting part of the question to the monied interest is, however, whether the whole of the 20,000,0001. is to be negotiated at once, or a portion of it now, and the remainder at some future period. Most people incline to the belief that the former course will be adopted, which has this obvious recommenda tion—that it seems for the country a high price, greatly above the average one, of the funds, while any violent pressure on the money-market by the operation may be prevented by spreading the payments over a very long period of time. It has been said to-day that the Chancellor of the Exchequer entertained for some time the intention of making it an open loan, and meant to have offered it to the public on these terms : —75/. Consols, 25/. 3 per Cents. Reduced, 14s. Long An nuity, for every 100/. in money ; but that he was induced to abandon that intention, as his present notice proves him to have done, on consideration of the embarrassing situation in which the Government would have been placed, had the sub scriptions of the public failed in raising the sum required. The above offer, it may be observed, is calculated at the rate of 89 per cent. for Consols, giving therefore a bonus of one per cent. to the subscribers. The Right Hon. Gentleman has acted very wisely in relinquishing that design, and by throwing on the leaders of the monied interest, as he will do in taking tenders for a contract, the onus of judging at what price the public are likely to become subscribers, for which they are better qualified than any Chancellor of the Exchequer that ever held that office. A belief ex ists that the Bank Directors do not regard this financial measure in a very favourable point of view ; that they apprehend consequences from it more or less injurious to themselves, and above all that they are not disposed to offer the usual facilities of taking in the scrip, and making good the instalments, at a fixed rate of interest, after a certain portion has been paid, for the holders. They are not, how ever, countenanced in their view of the case by other parties not less judges of it than themselves. They remark, that if it leads to a rise in the rate of interest, that is a good thing for them as dealers in money, and it will have the effect at the same time of keeping capital at home, instead of risking it in foreign operations of a doubtful or dangerous character. As to the making advances on the scrip, though they may refuse in the first instance, it does not follow that they must persevere in that refusal, but that they must lend money as other bankers do on "good and approved security." Their perseverance in refusing, will not, however, be attended with that danger to the operation which might at first be apprehended. There is much more general competition in banking now than in the old times of loan-making; the joint-stock banks in the country would find no difficulty in transferring their capital to London for such purpose, and it is even said that the London and Westminster bank have it in contemplation to make further calls on their subscri bers for the purpose of engaging in such operations, should any difficulty be experienced at the fountain-bead. From these causes it is clear that no great importance need be at tached to what has been said on that part of the subject. It is expected that two, and probably three, lists will be formed to bid for the loan, and that there will be a coalition, if it is required, to contract for the whole of the 20,000,000/. at once ; which will be the case probably if the amount exceeds 12,000,0001. If less than the latter sum, the parties may be expected to stand separately upon their own resources, and those of their subscribers. The novelty of an English loan contract, and this is the largest that has been undertaken since the war, causes very considerable interest to attach to it in the money-market. The immediate effeat of the announcement of this morning on the English funds was very slight. Consols fell to 89k; but under the impression, which became very general near to the close of the market, that the whole of the loan will not be wanted in the first instance, the price rallied, and left off at 90 to Exchequer-bills closed at 295. to 30s. premium.— Morning Paper. On Wednesday, whilst the Albion steamer was proceeding on her passage to Chatham, a pair of pigeons, of the blue dragon species, were let off by a passenger on board— the one a little above, and the other at the Norc Light. Both birds were at home in their own dove-cot in the metropolis within an hour of their being turned adrift. - • A WKWARD MISTAKE.—D uring the late festivities at Cambridge, the Master of one of the Colleges was observed to be paying a marked attention to a lady of much outward re spectability, till a police officer found it necessary to apprise him of his mistake. A duel took place a few days ago between the De puty Mayor of Castillon, in the Dordogne, and a physician of the .same place, the cause of which is not stated. Such was the animosity of the parties, that they resolved to fire till one of them should fall. After exchanging several shots, the phy sician received a ball in the body, and died shortly after. — French Paper. Wednesday morning, three waggons, containing about 100 packages of goods which had left Manchester, at tached to the railway train for Liverpool, on approaching the Whiston inclined plane, nine miles from Liverpool, were discovered to be on fire, and before assistance could be given, they and the goods were destroyed, amounting in value to 2,000/. The accident originated it is supposed from friction, owing to the great speed at which the train was travelling. The Railway Company are to make good the The accounts from the agricultural districts state the wheat to be everywhere ripening, and that the sickle will be in full activity in the course of a week or ten days. HARVEST.—Accomits from Italy state that in that country the harvest had commenced under favouraMe auspices; and in some parts of France a considerable breadth of oats and rye have been cut. are of opinion that, following the example of the Commons, they ought to allow the Municipal Corporations Bill to go through a second reading without opposition ; and we may, therefore, conclude that the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Fal mouth, and some others of the more unbending of the Tories will not persevere in their threat of moving that the second reading be postponed for six months. There were, we under stand, between 80 and 90 Peers present at the meeting of yes terday. Observer. COUNTY REPRESENTATION.—It will scarcely be credited that the Conservatives of this county have already begun a partial canvas. Such, however, is the fact. The writer of this paragraph states as a fact, that a Rev. Tory gentleman has canvassed a parish in this county during the present week, and has obtained seventeen promises of support in favour of any gentleman who might come forward in the interest of a Tory lady of title ; and the said canvasser ex acted from each of the seventeen not only the promise of one vote, but three. It is very surprising that any electors could act so indiscreetly, to use the mildest language ; such conduct will assuredly subject them to the ridicule, as well as the con tempt of their brother electors at the next election.—Hcre ford Times. EDINBURGH REGISTRATION.—When the period allowed by the Act for lodging claims to vote expired on Monday night, 1,148 had been given in to the city clerks. As the secretaries in the liberal committee-room, at the Mer chants' Hall, passed nearly 700 through their hands alone, we shall be pretty near the truth in stating that the usual propor tion of two to one over the Conservatives will still be main tained, when the schedules lodged by individuals and members of the committee are added to those which passed through the committee-room. Every succeeding period of registration shows more forcibly the stedfastness of principle among the electors of Edinburgh : any hope of re-action here is quite visionary.—Scotsman. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.—A discovery has been made in the parish of St. George, Southwark, regarding the lists of persons qualified to vote. It appears that last year the assistance of the tax-collectors was, either from caprice or some other motive, dispensed with ; the consequence was, that the number qualified appeared to be immense. On the present occasion the tax-collectors of the several districts have revised the lists, and struck off upwards of one-third. THE REGISTRATION IN YORKSIIIRE.—In the township of Leeds the number of Borough as well as of Riding voters will be greatly increased. The increase of registered voters over last year amounts already to 702, the majority of which are on the Liberal side. At Bradford, on Monday, all was activity and bustle, both on the part of the Reformers and the Tories. Upwards of 270 fresh claims have been delivered to the overseers, of which three to one are in favour of the Re formers. In Halifax 337 new claims have been put in. The accounts from Wakefield, Heckmondwike, Keighley, and Doncaster, are equally satisfactory. IRISH CHURCH BILL.--MR.PUSEY.—Mr. Pusey has published the following correspondence between himself and Mr. Benyon de Beauvoir, who was Chairman of his and Mr. Palmer's joint committee at the last election for Berk shire : " My dear Sir—lt is with sincere regret that, finding a va riance of opinion to have arisen between many of my sup porters at the late election and myself, respecting the Bill brought forward by the present Government for the reform of the Irish church, and the appropriation of a part of its re venues, I feel it due to them and to myself to place in your hands an unconditional resignation of my seat in Parliament. I have enclosed to you an application to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the Chiltern Hundreds, which I will request you to transmit to him as soon as our friends in Berkshire are duly acquainted with my intention. I have the honour to re main, my dear Sir, ever faithfully yours, " R. Benyon do Beauvoir, Esq. ( Enclosure. ) " 35, Grosvenor-square, July 20. " Dear Sir—Allow me to' request that you will be good enough to procure my appointment to the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, with a view to vacate my seat in Parlia ment. I have the honour to be, dear Sir, ever faithfully "P. PUSEY." yours. P. PUSSY. " The Right Hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Downing-street." " Grosvenor-square, July 24: " My dear Sir—ln answer to yours of the 20th, announcing your intention of applying for the Chiltern Hundreds, in con sequence of your differing in opinion with those friends who supported you at your last election for Berks, I cannot help expressing my hope that you will re-consider this proposal, and not vacate your scat till the close of the present Parlia ment; for, however we may disagree with you in opinion on the Irish Church Bill, I am sure that your friends would wish to leave your opinions unfettered until you have an op portunity of explaining them, whenever a fresh election shall take place in its natural course. Yours truly, " R. BENYON DE BEAUVOIR. " P. Pusey, Esq." THE HARVEST.—The wheat harvest (at least the reaping) has already partially commenced in the neighbour hood of Dartford, Bexley, and Crays, and some other for war d places, and will become general in e course of next week, throughout the northern part of West Kent. The dry wea ther has been very favourable for its ripening, and those fields where the crop stands up are dying off with a bright yellow countenance, but a great portion is layed, and some wear a dark complexion, in which case the grain will be thin and light.—Greenwich Gazette. HORSE STEALING.—In consequence of the extent to which horse stealing has been carried on, many of the in habitants of Bawtry, and of the adjoining parishes, have formed themselves into a pursuing society, for the purpose of instantly detecting the offenders. The plan of operations is so admir ably arranged, that on information received by the Secretary of a horse being stolen from one of the members, a range of country, comprehending upwards of 70 miles in diameter and 200 in circumference, of which Bawtry is the centre, is tra versed over by the members, and investigated with incredible despatch. Other precautionary methods are privately taken, which will render it almost impossible for a horse stealer to escape detection.—Doncaster Gazette. THE SWELL IVIOB.—The Adelaide steamer left London-bridge, on Saturday week, at six o'clock in the morn ing, with a goodly freight of passengers for Dunkirk, where (on Sunday) there was a grand musical festival. She had not, however proceeded far on her voyage before some of the sagacious passengers discovered that they had more " convey ancers," or family-men," on board than was consistent with the safe custody of their property ; and the whisper of sus picion having gone round with reference to seven questionable individuals, they were of course shunned as a pestilence. At Margate, where the Adelaide had to take in fuel, four of the fashionables, suspecting that they were "nosed," quitted the vessel (having, however, previously paid a guinea each for their passage), and in the evening honoured Tivoli Gardens with their company, where by their insinuating manners, they deeply ingratiated themselves into the pockets of the un guarded spectators.—Observer. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. —On Friday Mr. George Moir, of Aberdeen, having gone to bathe off some of the rocks in the vicinity of Caroline Park, near Edinburgh, unfortunately, in diving, struck the crown of his head upon a sharp rock lying concealed beneath the surface. At first life seemed to be extinct, but after considerable exertions had been used, he began to evince symptoms of returning anima tion, although the power of his limbs was quite gone. Medi cal assistance was then procured, and it was discovered that in addition to a severe fracture on the skull, the vertebrae had been injured. He was quite sensible, and described his acci dent to some of his friends who were in attendance, as well as his sensation on recovering animation, remarking that his faculty of hearing returned before that of speech. The inju ries, however, proved to be fatal, as he expired about two in the morning. Yesterday evening, between six and seven o'clock, a very serious accident happened at Bewdley to a coach pur porting to be the Owen Glendower (although the one used was an old one called the Emerald), on its route from Abe rystwith to Birmingham. As the coach was crossing Bewdley Bridge the horses gave a sudden jerk, and the vehicle was overturned with a tremendous crash. There were no fewer than 17 passengers, inside and out, in addition to the coach man and guard. Though several of the passengers were much hurt, most providentially no life was lost; Mr. H. Hill, of Rock, Mr. Morris, of Leominster (a proprietor), and some passengers from Aberystwith, received the most serious inju ries, and some of them were obliged to remain at Bewdley. When the coach was upset, the horses broke away with the pole and two wheels ; they were headed in trying to make the turn to Kidderminster, and wheeling round suddenly they (some of them, probably, being blind) were precipitated off the quay into the Severn, a fall of at least 15 feet. One va luable mare was killed, but the others were extricated by the gallant exertions of some watermen, who, at great peril to their own lives, cut the harness, and got them out of the water.— Worcester .Toarnul. THE LATE MURDER IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. — Saturday's Bucks Gazate contains the following article:— Thomas Swift was on Tuesday fully committed to Aylesbury gaol, to take his trial at the March assizes, for the wilful murder of his grandfather. The particulars of the murder are known. It was stated that he would take his trial imme diately, but the Jury ignored the bill. He has since voluntarily confessed the foul deed, but in so rambling, and, it is thought, purposely visionary a manner, that very little can be made of it. We give the confession verbatim :—" I sat up in the bed —it seemed as if there were serpents all about me ; there seemed two of them—they said there were three of us • I thought they were very pretty • I felt so light--I felt as if was a spirit, - I was so light; Ley played with me so; they seemed so very pleased with me, and I was so pleased with them ; they told me I must make away with somebody ; that I must murder three people ; they said I must kill three folks—they said I must kill Robert Giles, Thomas Swift, and Rowland Hill ; I went down stairs ; they took me about ; I don't know where ; I went round the barn ( I mean my father's barn) ; I don't know how many times ; I think then they took me into the shop and gave me the hammer; then I came out of the shop and went in where my grandfather lays ; when I went in I put my hand so (reaching out his am), to feel for his head; I had the hammer in my right hand ; I felt his head with my left; I held up this hammer with my right hand, and hit him three times ; then it seemed to me that I had not done far him —lliad not murdered him, so I took up a piece of wood (the edging of a plank) ; then I went and bit him as hard as I could hit him with it ; then I went into the house, and went up stairs ; I went to had very pleased with what I had done ; I lay down very contentedly, and went to sleep ; I waked in the morning, the same time I to do other mornings. about five o'clock." When removed from the Town-hall to the gaol, he was so violent that it was necessary for six men to carry him, several of svhorn he kicked Very severely. THE DANISH CLAIMS. The following article from the Leeds Intelligencer required some correction. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a letter from his pri— vate Secretary, dated the 21st inst., addressed to one of the,' Agents (being several days subsequent to the one addressed to Mr. Hutt), says, "that he has reserved the claims of those who occupy the 2d and 3d classes, that is, those who claim for goods seized in warehouses, and for goods seized at sea, for further consideration." Now the 3d class compose the claims for shipping, which, together with the cases for cargoes seized, are equally, if not still more, entitled to compensation than the book debts : they were equally contrary to the law of nations, as the Danes had, by treaty with the Baltic Powers, precluded themselves from reprisals in the Baltic sea, even in case of their hostility with any Power beyond that sea, as they had declared the Baltic to be a " sea close," where no molestation was to take place ; but the Danes, in their irritation, did consider any breach of the law of nations as too great where they could seize British property or injure British commerce. The shipping cases are also founded on the positive assurance of the Admiralty, and the Commander-in-Chief in the North sea at that period, that there was no danger in their proceeding up the Baltic; and many of the British cargoes were on board neutral ships be longing to Baltic ports, and ought to have been safe from pil lage, if the Danes had adhered to their own previous declara tion and engagement by treaty. It would therefore be unjust to make any distinction, and it is to be hoped, when the sub ject is brought before the House, which may be next Friday, that the honour of the country will be vindicated from the re. proach of injustice towards the unfortunate claimants for ships and cargoes. (From the Leeds Intelligencer.) Mr. Hutt, one of the Members for Hull, has paid very lauda ble attention to the question of the Danish claims, which is of great importance to many persons in the county of York, and especially in the West Riding. Having presented a petition from Hull on the subject, and written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hutt receivcd the following letter from the Right Hon. Gentleman's son and Private Secretary : " Downing-street, July 13th, 1835. " Sir,—l am directed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer :o acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th inst., on :he subject of the Danish claims. " The Chancellor of the Exchequer has directed an esti mate to be prepared for carrying- into effect Lord Spencer's engagement with respect to the claims arising from book debts ; but he is not prepared as yet to announce any decision on the claim of those parties who have been sufferers from th© seizure of goods in warehouses. _ _ " He directs me also to add, that he cannot entertain the proposition of giving any compensation to those parties who compose the third class of claimants, whose losses were of goods at sea. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient humble servant, " S. E. SPRING RICE. " W. Hutt, Esq., M. P., Conduit-street." From this it appears that the present Government contem plate only a partial measure of redress, when they may find it convenient to act ; but it is evident that nothing will be done this session. We hope therefore that Mr. Hutt will again bring the matter before the House of Commons. Our readers will remember that as soon as Sir Robert Peel had taken office, an attack was made upon the Right Hon. Baronet's Administration by the Leeds Mercury. The " Tories" were accused, not only of an indisposition to do justice to the claimants, but with having reversed the intentions of their pre decessors in office ; and the partisans of the ousted Whigs in Leeds exclaimed—" Sec what a price we are to pay for a Peel Ministry—we are to have no compensation for our l o sses r' And Mr. Baines did his utmost to spread this delusion. We promptly put down this falsehood by explaining the exact position of the question. We stated that the Melbourne Ministry, notwithstanding the promises held out by Lord Al thorp in the House of Commons, and to the deputations who waited upon him, never did more than put the matter in train for inquiry ; and that the Noble Lord had never intended to recommend Parliament to make any grant without previous proof. On Sir Robert Peel's accession to office he imme diately took up the question, and referred it to the Commis sioners for French Claims. _ Well, the famous Melbourne Ministry is again in office ; se veral months have elapsed, yet nothing has been done ; the subject rests wncre it did a year ago. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, indeed, pushed by Mr. Hutt, has given orders for preparing an estimate with regard to the claims arising from book debts ; yet, when that estimate is prepared, Parlia ment must be appealed to, and care will be taken that the esti mate shall nut come too soon, so as to increase Mr. Spring Rice's troubles. _ _ In a word, the juggle of last year is in full operation in the present, and will continue at least to the end of it. And what says Mr. Baines, M.P. for Leeds? Just nothing at all. When Sir Robert Peel was in place Mr. Baines's zeal in behalf of the claimants suddenly kindled ; it is now as suddenly ex tinguished. The Whigs are in office, and that makes all the difference in the world. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LANCASTER RACES, THURSDAY. His Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three yrs, 7st. 51b. ; 4 yrs, 9st. Ilb ; 5 yrs, 9st. 111 b. ; six yrs, and aged, 10st. •21b. Two mile heats. 111 r. Dawson na. The Stag Edger 1 1 Mr. Armitage's Van, 3 yrs 2 2 BRIDGENORTH RACES.—THURSDLY. Lunters' Stakes of 5 sons. each, and 10 added. Heats twice round and a distance. 9 subs. Mr. Forbes's Lofty, 6 yrs Lord Forester's b. In. by Paul Potter, 5 yrs 0 2 Mr. W. Childe's g. by Cydnus, 6 yrs 0 3 Mr. Walter's gr. 2. Brother to the Asps, 4 yrs 2 4 Mr. Henry 0. Pigot's My Lady, 4 yrs 3 dr Mr. E. L. Gatacre's Ann, 4 yrs The Member's Plate of 501., the gift of T. C. Whitmore, 13sq., for horses never having won more than 50/. at any 6=o. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Roberts's Aratus, by Catton, 4 yrs 3 2 0 1 1 Mr. Smith's Tristram Shandy Sir J. Gerard's Wildon, '3 yrs General Yates's Syrcn, 4 yrs 2 3 4 dr A Free Handicap of 5 sous. each, with 15 added, for all ages. Heats, twice round.—Did not fill. BLYTII RACES.-MONDAY A Silver Cup, value 50 sovs., by subscribers of 5 sovs. each, for horses not thorough bred. Gentlemen riders. One mile and a half heats. Mr. Fawcus's Locksley Mr. Donkin 1 3 1 Captain Potts's The Cornet Mr. Wright's Conney Pet Lad 3 2 2 The Blyth Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 10 added for the first, and 5 for the second, for horses not thorough bred. Gentlemen riders. One mile and a hilf heats. Captain Potts's Wallsend, 6 yrs Mr. Kinlock 1 1 Mr. Robertson's Manager, 5 yrs Mr. Jobling's Alice Grey, aged 3 3 TUNSDAY. A Silver Salver, value 30 sows., by subscribers of three guineas each, for horses, &c. not thorough bred. Gentlemen riders. One mile and a half heats. 3 subs. Mr. Robertson's Manager, 5 yrs 2 1 1 - Captain Potts's Cornet, 6 yrs The Delaval Stakes of 2 sous. each, with 10 added for the first, and 5 for the second horse, for horses not thorough bred. Gentlemen riders. A winner on Monday, or this day, to carry Mb. extra. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. Potts's Wallsend, 6 yrs Mr. Kinloch 2 1 1 Mr. Robertson's Manager, 5 yrs Mr. Jobling's Alice Gray, aged ... 1 3 3 WEDNESDAY. A Gold Cup, or Piece of Plate, by subscription of 10 sovs. each, with 50 sovs. added by the Corporation; three yrs old, 6st. 61b; four, Bst. 81b ; six and aged, Bst. 121 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. One three miles heat. If walked over for the added money will be withdrawn. Air. Bolden's Miss Wilfred, 5 yrs Mr. C. H. Reynard's ch. h. Revolution, aged. 2 Colonel Cradock's Fanny, 5 yrs Lord Stanley's Falconbridge, 5 yrs Seventy Pounds, the gift of the Members for the borough; for three yrs old, 7st. 211) ; four, Bst. 71b. ; mnres and geldings allowed 31b. Two mile heats. Mr. W. Crompton's Mayflower, 4 yrs... Thompson 1 1 Colonel Cradock's Emigrant, 4 yrs ...2 2 2 THURSDAY. The Ashton Stakes of 10 soVs7e — ach,p:p., with 30 added from the Fund, for all ages. One mile and a distance. Mr. Harrison's Miss Wilfred, 5 yrs Cartwright 1 Mr. Dawson's Prince, 6 yrs Lord Stanley's Falconbridge TURF APPOINTMENTS FOR 1635. AUGUST. ‘Weymouth The Pottery Worcester . . Brighton ... 5 Warwick 5 'Ai orpeth York Salisbury Taunton Wolverhampton Huntingdon Lewes Southampton Stockton. ... 13 Leicester Swansea Taunton Paisley Devon and Exeter lB Blandford ... •••••-•• 22 Burton-on-Trent 1 BHeaton Park... 23 Oxford Leominster Burnley - Newport Pagnel Aix-la-Chapelle Stourbri:lge Aberstwith .. 26 Caledonian Hunt 6 Canterbury Egham Pl . motith A considerable number of spots may now be mien on the sun's disc with a telescope. _ A FITTING SPEECH-DRIER.--OR Tuesday morn ing last, when the speech-criers on all hands were so busy proclaiming the death of Bell, the murderer, we observed, among the number, a man with a very broad brimmed hat, a stick in the one hand, and the narrative in the other. On nar rowly inspecting his shaded countenance, we recognised the individual who, only two weeks before, had been indicted for the murder of his wife, committed at Path-head, and who, as our readers will recollect, made but a hair-breadth escape' frorwthe gallows himself. The fellow seemed nothing loth in crying the full particulars of the untimely end of the 441. w. Correspondent of the Edinburgh Eeening P.ol 91