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tt to ri SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Cloch. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF CoIiMONS. The SPEAKER tcoic the Chair sh6rtly alter Twelve o'c:o~k. THE CHOLERA. Mr. FREWEN wish - ,(1 to put a ques'ion to the Right Hon. Baronet at the head di the Home Department. From accounts that appeared in the pap?r6, it was stated that several very Ipid wises of cholera had recurred in London, and that that dreadful disease was considerably on the increase. He wished to know whether the Go vernment had taken any practical proceedings to secure the health of the metropolis, and more particularly whether any thing had been done to put a stop to interments in the churchyard of St. Margaret, near that House? Sir G. GREY said that the Board of Health had taken every precaution to prevent the spread of cholera in the metropolis, but they had no power to prevent burials in metropolitan churchyards. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. On the 12th clause being proposed, Mr. HENLEY said he feared the operation of the clau-e would be found very prejudicial, and would give great encouragement to oppression and_litigation by ex tending judgments to small sums. Mr. N APIER thought the observations of the Hon. Member applied to the 13th rather than to the 12th clause. Sir D. NORREYS considered that there ought to be a clause to give addition.' facilitation for the collection of the rates. Colonel DUNNE agreed with the Hon. Member for Oxfordshire, that the clause would lead to oppression and litigation. Mr. FRENCH objected to the clause. Mr. S PAFFORD thought that the effect of this clause would be that there would be no such thing as a tenement left in Ireland. Colonel DUNNE wished to explain a statement which the Hon. Member for Northamptonshire had frequently made in the course of the debate, that the mejosity of Irish Kanbers had voted against the maximum rate ; now the real state of the case waa that the maj eity of Irish Members who had vetea foe the muxiinona rata was as great us the minority who had voted against it. Mr. SCULLY thought that if this clause were passed it would be greatly to the benefit of Ireland. After a few words of explanation from Sir G. GREY, Mr. HENLEY thought that it was necessary to con fine the remedy which was proposed to the district in which the poor-rates were raised. Ia many parts of Ireland receivers were appointed, and he thought this system was a great curse to the country. In those parts where tho rates were not paid they would find receivers. He would throw a suggestion to the promoters of the Bill that the receiver should be obliged to pay the rate , e hen a civic Bill was handed over to him. Mr. SCROPE referred the House to the evidence of a deputy-lieutenant of the county Mayo, by which the ap pointment of receivers was declared tobe of great benefit. Mr. NAPIER thought that the suggestion of the Hon. Mi mber for Oxfordshire was proviticd for in the 13th clause. . Mr. HENLEY could not see that it was. After n iew words from Mr. NAPIER and Sir GEORGE GREY, Mr. MONSELL thought that Government had been guilty of several omissions in the enactment of this Bill; and, especially, in not limiting the operation of this clause to the eleworal division. Mr. G ROGAN decidedly approved of the su! A , gestion or the Honourable Member fur Oxfordshire. Mr. STAFFORD said, disguise the matter as they would, the effect of the clans., would be to make one man pay the debts left unsatisfied by the preceding tenant, who might have lett his rates unpaid. lie was, therefore, much opposed to it. Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN denied that Irish proprietors wished to sell out their tenants, and was Mad to see the Noble Lord at the head of the Government in his place. He insisted that the recommendations of tie Committee should he embodied in the Bill. The 4/. rating clause was the cause of the evictions in Kilrush, and th... 1 landlords had not received any rent from the tenants for several years. Last year he had to pay one hundred pounds in rates for small houses on his pro perty, trona the tenants of which, he had received rent; but next year such would be the condition of that pro perty that he should be compelled to summon the tenants. He stated other cases of injustice to landlords. Mr. P. SCROPE objected to landlords being allowed to have any summary powers beyond those they pos sessed to eject tenants who were in arrear with their rates. At such a season, when crops were failing and the tenants could not pay their rents, surely they would not add any o,her stringent powers to the hundreds that had already been passed by landlord Parliaments. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought his Hon. Friend (Sir George Grey) was quite right in not committing himself to any future clauses which the Committee might have to consider, because it was obvious that this was a question of great difficulty, and that it would be very inconvenient if the Government were to be com mitted to future clause=, and called upon to enact that which, on consideration, they might not think ex pedient.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The proposal of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Limerick, seemed very feasible—that, in the first place, the rates should be levied on the electoral division, and, in the second place, that the landlord should have the power to come into the possession of his land, for the purpose of enabling him to pay the rates fur which he had become liable. On the one hand, the second seemed a fair proposition, but, nevertheless, the objection of the Hon. Alembr,r (Mr. Scrope) was a strong one. Indeed, he should 1p sorry to give further power ofejectment in Ire land in order that tenants might be turned out when these rates became due. On the other hand, a landlord who finds that his tenant would neither pay rent nor rates, he thought to make the landlord liable for a lung period of arrears,. when, if he bad been in possession of his property, he could have paid it, would be a great hardship.—(Hear.) He thought, therefore, that some limitation of time as to his responsibility in this respect would go to some extent to remedy the inconvenience complained of. Culonel DUNNE said, he had expected some provi sion would have been made in the Bill before the House with respect to the arrears of rent due from the tenants. Mr. VESEY thought there ought to be some provi sion to prevent a landlord being made liable for the rates of an unfortunate tenant, between whom and the col lectors Otero might be some collusion. If some such provision as that was introduced into the Bill, he would vote with the Noble Lord at the head of the Govern mew ; if not. he would vote cgainst it. Mr. NAPIER, agreed it, the propriety of that sugges tion, but thought it was not involved in the clause under consideration. Lord J. RUSSELL said he wouli endeavour to bring in a clause which would carry out the suggestion. After a few words from Lord NAAS, Mr. GROGAN said he would put the case of an oc cupying tenant who got into armar with his rates. lie was summoned into a court of law, and a judg ment obtained against him. The probabidty was that he was in arrear with his rent also, and the landlord would naturally take the course or putting an end to the ten iney. A judgment at tached to the tenant's interest in the land; the landlord put an end to the tenancy, aed what became of the judgment creditor? Sir G. GREY made an observation on the case put by the Hon. Member (Mr. Grogan) which was inaudible in the gallery. Sir L. O'BRIEN raid with respect to land lying wasie, there were eases in which a long period occurred before the landlord could get possession of it, and when the landlord ejected the tenant, he (the land lord) found that he had not only lost his rent, but was liable for a very large sum for poor-rates. lie (Sir L. O'Brien) did think toe Government ought to make some provision for a case of that kind. Mr. STAFFORD fuegested the postponement of the consideration of those two clauses until they were brought up in connexion with ithe c l4u,eA which, as he under stood, the Government had pledged themselves to bring in. Mr. HERBERT was opposed to the principle of selling one man 's property for the debt of another. Sir W. BARRON could not agree to the clause with out some positive understanding that there should he some limit to it, end that the House would not give the power to sell without giving also the power to take possession of the lard from the party for whose debt the land was about to be sold. He protested against the statements made from time to time by the Ilon. Member for Stroud (Mr. P. 6erope) with regard to the tenure of land in Ireland, which were mere theoretic statements obtained from pamphlets, rather than from an actual knowledge of the country. After a few words from Mr. VESEY and Colonel DUNNE, The clause was agreed to without a division. Lord NAAS moved as an amendment to the next clause, that the words " electoral division" be substi tuted for the word " union" iu the 431 Mr. HENLEY said, as they were dealing in a very violent and dangerous manner by ex post facto legisla tion with men's Property, he thous.r,bt some limit ought to be introduced as to the priority of certain claims for arrears of poor-rate. This limit he considered should apply both with reap' et to time and amount. S it G. GREY preferred th e word " un i on " to elee• toral division." The Committee then divided, when th ere appear ed — For the amendment ..• 40 -Against it ... ••• 72 blajority TLe discussion upon t he clause was continu e d. - The ATTORNEY GENERAL s,id, although this appeared to Le an c x p ost f acto law it was not subs tan -' tially so, for no person could tak* possession o f an estate upon a judgment without first paying the arrears of rates. Aitor a few observations from Mr. NAPIER, Tile clause was agro 'd to, as was also clause 14. Mr. HERLIEta rose to propose an addi:ional clause, object bicg to diminish the evils arising from the existing law. He intended to discourage the eviction of tenants, and thus, instead of injuring the towns, he would confer a great boon upon them. lie did not pretend to settle the differaLcei as between union and union, for nothing but a law of settlement could accomplish such an object, but still this clause would not increase these diffe rences. The Hon. Member then moved the following clause:—" And be it enacted, that, for the purpose of charging the expense of relief to any rating district, every person making application for relief shall, after the passing of this "Act, be deemed to have been resi dent in such ratnig;- dieaiet in a iiich durng The pried of flee aes Lext immediately before .his n.i , p:iiattien fir sell( I he haze been largesi usuel ly r esident, Vet , er by usually occupying any tenement situate or by usualiy sleeping NN ithin such district: Teevided always, that where any such person sheii not have oceuVed a tenement, or slept within any suet: rating district first heat six months in the wli ile daring the said period of five years, the expense of the relief of such person shall in such case be borne by and charged against the whole union in which he or she is relieved. And be it enacted, that when for the purpose of charging the expenses of relief within any electoral division or divisions, the limits cf such division or divi,sons shall be ahered, or such division or divisions shall he subdivided by the Commissioners into two or more rating districts, the said Commissioners may, as they shall see fit or neces sary, increase or alter the number of the guardians to be elected fur such electoral division or divisions for the parpo , e of enabling them to assign, if they deem it expedient, oue guardian to each and every such rating district ; cr if it shall appear to the said Com missioners inexpedient to mike any such increase or alteration, then the said Commissioners may. in every such case, but only for the election of guardians, form any two or more of such rating districts into one electoral division, and may have and exercise, with re gard to every such electoral division, when so formed, the same powers of determining, anti from time to time altering., the number of elective guardians, and of fixing the qualification of such guardians as are now vested in the said Commissioners with regard to electoral divisions existing at the time of the passing of this Act. And he it enacted, that from and after the passing of this Act, every justice of the peace act ing for any county in Ireland, and otherwise qualified under the law now in force to he, or to be appointed, an ex officio guardian of any union within such county, and who shall be seised, possessed, or entitled for his own use and benefit of or to any lands, tenements, or heredi taments situate within such union, or in the rents and profits thereof, for any life or lives in being, or for any term of twenty-one years at the least, such estate being of the yearly value of fifq pounds at least, shall be eligible to be, or to be appointed, an ex-officio guardian of such union, notwithstanding that justice shall not be resident within the same. And be it enacted, that no distress for nun-payment of any rate, or part of any rate, shall hereafter be levied or taken upon any rateable property being of the descriptions following, that is to say: implements of husbandry, gardening or farming utensils, horses, carts, and horse furniture, provided that the ssme respsetively shall be in the aptual or habitual use odemployment ot the person or persons possessing the same." Mr. FAGAN gave the Hon. Member every credit for the goodness of his intentkns, but considered that the clause would have a most injurious eff,ct upon Cork and other large cities in Ireland. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said he could not object to the,clause, if 18 months were substituted for six months, and three years for five years. Sir D. NORREYS said this was really a question of selfishness. He said it was not just to limit the period to six months of the five years, during which a person shall have shpt or occupied a tenant in the rating dis • trict, before the relief of such a person shall be charged against the whole union in which ho was relieved. After a few words from Mr. SCULLY, Sir W. BARRON said he hoped the Government would adopt the clause in all ha integrity, and not limit the chargeability to a three year.' residence. Mr. MORGAN JOHN O'CONNELL said the pre sent law had lat eu un encouragement to the horrifying c:viet'ons iu Ireland, of which they had recently heard so much. The persons so evicted fLicked into small vil lages, and bee .toe chargeable, if disc-ase did not carry them cff, to districts %%hid' ought not rightfully to be called upon to support them. This was an evil well worthy the attention of the Government. Mr. HERBERT said Ibis ellute was the best provi sion that had ever been suggested to the House for a long time, for preventing the system of eviction in Ire fend, and he hoped if the Government did not adopt it in its in , egrit:,, thq would at least do so with some ditication a. to time. Atter souse discutrion it was agreed that the clause should be ailopted, am: nded as proposed by Sir IV. Sumrrville, with the exception of substituting " twelve months" for " six months," as suggested by the Right HOR. Baronet. clause was then vgreed to by Mr. HERBERT and Mr. C. LEWIS, with respect to the boundary lines of curtain witms, to which all the unions in the electoral division should be bound:—" And be it enacted, that from and aster the pissing of this Act, every justice of the peace acting for any county in Ireland, and other wise qualitird under the laws now in force to be, or to be appointed, an ez officio guardian of any union within such county, and who shall be seised, possessed, or entitled for his own use and br-nr-fit of or to any lands, tenements, or heredi laments situate within such union, or in the rents and profits thereof, for any life or lives in being, or for any term of twenty-one years at the least, such estate being of the yearly value of fifty pounds at the least, shall be eligible to be, or to be appointed, an ex-officio guardian of such union, notwithstanding that justice shall not be resident within the same." Sir J. GRAHAM was opposed to the proposition—to an increase in the number of ex officio guardians, and hal opposed it in Committee, because the effect would be that it would be difficult to make up the desired pro portion of ordinnry and official guardians. It was a subject upon which much jealousy existed, and Ito con sithred that it would not be well to restrict the number unless induced to do so by some argument which he had not yet We ird. Mr. FOX said his residence in Ireland adjoiried an union, ii:Owhicli he and others had property, but vO:ho (Ed not reside in it. It was but right that they shouldl sit as CX-ggiCio guardians. Mr. HERBERT considered that much good would arise by gentlemen of property sitting as guardians. In deed, the great difficulty at present was to gei; properly.• qualified guardians. Ho trusted, therefore, the Right Hon. Baronet would withdraw his opposition. Mr. J. O'CONNELL hoped he would persevere with it. The clause would favour a class who had great in fluence with the directors. Mr. VEi,EY supported the clause, and stated cases in support of it. Mr. SCULLY considered that if ex•efficio guardians did not attend to their duty, that they should be ex pelled. Mr. S. CRAWFORD said, on the part of Ireland, with which he was connected, this clause would be thought most objectionable. There should be a division upon it. The clause was amended on the suggestion of Sir GEORGE GREY, and agreed to. Mr. HERBERT then proposed—" That no distress for non-payment of any rate, or part of any rate, shall hereafter be levied or taken upon any rateable property bei:ag of the descriptions following, that is to say; im plements of husbandry, gardening or farming utensils, hor,es, carts, and horse furniture, provided tt.;at the same resp, covely shall be in actual or habitual use or employment of the person or persons possessing the The ATTORNEY-GENERAL referred to the law upon this subject, and was understood to give it as his opinion ►hat such articles were exempt. Mr. STAFFORD considered that, the English law in this respect shoulo be extend, d to Ireland; the goods of the poor tenant should be protected. Atter a few worth from Mr. STAFFORD, Sir W. BARRON sent that almost every clause in this Bill was contrary to the law of Enbland. Iu tthsrvvr to Mr. SCULLY, Trio ATTORNEY- GENERAL stated the method by which the rates could be collected. Mr. CLEMENTS said that in the present state of Ireland the only method of getting on was to meet poverty with adequate relief. Mr. MONSELL said that the argument of the Attor ❑ey-General was just to the effect of putting on a pair of thumbscrews. Sir JAM ES GRAHAM said that if this clause were pas%ed there would be no rate paid in Ireland. Mr. SCROPE approved of the humanity of the clause, but be thought that there was no other means of getting rates. Mr. O'FLAIIERTY agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet who had just :pokers. Mr. J. O'CONNELL thought that the rejection of the clauie would ePttil additional poverty upon Ireland. Sir A. BROOKE hoped that his Hon. Friend would witi,draw his motion. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. Mr. CLEaIENTS moved certain clauses regarding poor-law unions, of which he had given notice. Mr. MONSELL thought that these clauses would not be of any use. He could not see the object of them. Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that there were many instances in which these clauses would apply. It was most desirable, in all electoral divi sions, to provide workhouse accommodation ; he almost thought it would be advisable to withdraw all out-door relief. He thought that those gentlemen who advocated smaller areas of taxation wished to legislate for property, not for the poor. Mr. S . PAFFORD thought that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not answered his Friend the lion. Mem ber for Limerick; but this he had done: he had fixed a stigma on a large body of influential gentlemen. lie hoped that he wcubt explain the hard words which he had used, in order that he might retain the character of fair ness which that side of the Howe would always be wil ling to allow to hiLe. If not the burden of such a charge must remain with him. lie hoped, however, that this clauss would be rejected. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained that he did not mean to apply the observations he had made use of to his Hon. Friend opposite. The object of the clause was to save the poor travelling great claitances to obtain relief, and he could not therefore but think it to orthy of the cansideration of the House. Mr. HERBERT regretted the aspersions that had been trade on Members on that side of the House by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was sure they were totaiy uncalled for. As to the clause, it was im possible to say there might not be cases of hardship; but ho did not see the necessity for legislation upon the subject. Mr. al J. O'CONNELL thought it would be Letter to postpone the motion until the Government brought forward its plan for the erection of new union work_ houses. TheATTORNEY- GENERAL said this was only a c 1; u:6 to en.Atile the Poor-law Commissio ners to supply the poor of a tow union with boar d an d lodging in the existing workhouses until ne w u nion workiwuses were erected. After some observations from Sir John Walsh, Mr. Clements, Mr. Monself, Mr. Vesey, the. Chancellor of the Exchequer, and oth.r lion. Members, Sir JAMES GRAHAM suid they should never lose sight that they were dealing not with a temporary, but a permanent alteration of the Irish poor-law. lle would not object to this clause if it were to be of temporary LONDON, and were inteu.d, d to meet a temporary ditliciolj,y, but as a p rmancnt clause he •,tboueht it would be at ten,!ed tivii.h cansid,rable di frio.liY... .Wit,)Out wishing to eoter into any controversy, he might star that he was most anxious that the size, of the unions and electoral divisions in the south and south-west of Ireland should ha materially diminished. Tke standard of the ULtir unions and el,ctoral divi• sions werii infiliitely preferable to the divisions in the south and south-west —(Hear.) It was of primary im portance that there should be in a central position in every union a workhouse which could be easy of accesi, and if assistance were given by the Exchequer to Ireland in its present difficulties, it could not be more safely applied than in building new work houses. Time, however, would be required to eff-ct these objects, but this clause might meet all immediate difficulty, if the Right Hon Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would give a pledge that it should only be of a temporary nature. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had not the slightest difficulty in giving such an as surance, for it was obvious to every one that nothing could be more inconvenient, or even preposterous, than to make the clause of a permanent nature. Mr. CLENIENTS said it had never been his intention to permanently introduce the clause. After some discussion, " six calendar months" was substituted for " one calendar month," and the clause was agreed to. - Mr. bIONSELL then proposeJ certain clauses rela tive to advancing moneys from the surplus of rates to persons wishing to emigrate, and provisions for the re payment of the same. fir Denham Norreys, Sir W. Ferguson, and Colonel Dunne, opposed the clauses. Lord NA AS thought that the public money of Ire land should be applied to such a purpose. After some further conversation, the clauses were ordered to be added to the Bill. Colonel DUNNE rose to move two clauses, to the first of which he thought there would be no objection, to separate the rate for the able-bodied from the rate appropriated to the sick. .1.4 r: C. LEWIS apprehended that the object of this clause was already effected by the manner in which the books of every union were kept. Ho trusted that, under these circumstances, his Hon. and Gallant Friend would not press his motion. Colonel DUNNE declined to do so, but after some conversation, was induced to do so. Colonel DUNNE said his second clause would pro bably cause scrim discussion, and thought it would be better if the Chairman would report progress.— (No, uo.) Mr. VESEY •aid the principle of the Hoe_ and Gal lant Gentleman's motion had already been disposed of in a former division. Colonel DUNNE still thought it would be better if the Chairman reported progress. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it would be better that the Chairman should report pro press, and ask leave to sit again on .Monday, as it appeared impossible to finish the Bill that evening. It must, however, be understood that the obtaining leave to sit again on Monday was only for the purpose of postponing the further consideration of the Bill to Tuesday, at twelve o'clock, on which day he trusted they would be able to go through all the clauses of that Bill. The House then resumed, the Chairman reported pro gress, and obtained leave to sit again on Monday. The House adjourned shortly after Six o'clock. THE ARMY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) NEGLECT OF THE COMMISSARIAT.—The offic,-rs of the Commissariat department quartered at Dublin are not included in the invitations (which are occasionally ex tended to officers of other branches of the service) either to the Viceregal Court or to the hospitable table of the Commander of the Forczs, or General Officer or other commanding the district. We feel satis fied that these facts, as affecting a department second to mine in the service for gentlemanly feeling and education, require only to be known to the executive authorities for the apparent and unintentional slight to meet a remedy. We directed attention a short time since to a similar sut , j'et, nearer home—the corps of Royal Marines not being included in the invitations to the state balls at Buckingham Pa!ace, %hid], we believe, was immediately responded to iu a manner most gratifying to that gallant corps. STAFF, &C.—Colonel Lyons, 23d Fusiliers, is Town Major of Purtsmouth garrison. Colonel Sir C. R. O'Donnell has been removed to the Kilkenny, from the Limerick, district, still holding the command at Water ford. Lord Errol has ceased to be an Aide de-Camp to the Earl of Elgin, and has become an extra Aide de-Camp to Major• General the Honourable C. Gore. Lieutenant Peebles, 59th Regiment, has been appointed Acting-Paymaster to the depot of the regiment. Major Bailey has succeeded Lieutenant Gloster as Acting-Ad jutal,t to the depot of the 38th Foot. Lieutenant Persse, 12th Foot, is superintending officer of the Aber dee❑ recruiting district. TRUCK SYSTEM IN THE DOCKYARDS.—In order to do away with any trucking influence prevailing in the dockyard towns, the Admiralty have ordered that no one belonging to her Majesty's service shall keep a shop for the sale cf tools. THE SUN, THE MOORS. The critical period of the season is now over, or very nearly so, as respects the young grouse, and it has passed under favourable circumstances. The young birds are generally well clothed with feathers; so that should the succeeding week bring heavy rain, unpropitious weather can have little injurious effect. The prospects of good sport to the many who annually seek our Highland moors, for health and pleasure, are excellent; and it gives us much sa tisfaction, considering the disappointments of the last two years, to be able to say, with perfect truth, that the birds on the moors generally are considered to be fully an average of the last five or six seasons. So far as the season has now gone, a better has not been since 1846, when the birds were unusually numerous. We have seen reports from a wide circuit of country, and they are all favourable. Some state that nests with from eight to ten eggs were common—and others, that nests with ten and twelve were met with frequently. A person who crossed Strathdearn on Tuesday flushed a covey of twelve. We subjoin a note of some of the moors which have been taken. The demand for shootings is at present rather strong, as a number of gentlemen who usually rent moors delayed doing so this season until they should ascertain how the season turned out. They are now entering the market, and though some of the best shootings are still unoccupied, we anticipate that in eight or ten days the list of " taken" will have rapidly increased. The weather is now good, and strangers bound for, the moors, rivers, and loch, are arriving daily in large numbers. Eskadale, John F. Lees, &q.; Helmsdale, Robert Wilson, Esq.; Loehiml.orb, C. C. Dormer, Esq.; Pool. we. Mr. Harvey; Straithaird, S. E. Colby, Esq.; Dulsie, Mr. Lumley, , Upper Killin, H. B. Webster, Esq.; Gleetintaiet, Rev. S. W. Ward; Glcneach, Mr. ritrbe; Cautray, Mr. Ilaig; Glt nferness, Richard Wii.sloe, Esq.; Cord , mony, Eduard Bligh, Esq.; Moniack, E. Jerning ham, Esq ; Farr, John Wood, Esq.; flarrisForest, Mr. Campbell, of Jura; Farraline, W. H. Martin, Esq.; Tordarroch, &c., Sir John R. Carnac, Bart., and P. 6. Wilkinson, Esq.; Lower Killin, H. Kelsall, Esq.; Castle Leod, Sir Hyde Parker, Bart.; Kinlochewe and Loch- Rosque, Captain Webb; Lochbroom, A. K. George, Esq ; Duchy, Mr. Fowler ; Monalia, Mr. Hall ; Achany, the Honourable S. Herbert; Strathgarve, Cap tain Baring; Gledlield, &c., Mr. Christie; Glenbum, H. Murray, Esq.; Cubaltyle, S. Steers, Esq., and J. W. Eyton, Esq.; Dalraigavie, Captain J. Wardlaw and Cap taro R. Wardlaw; Lairgs and Inverernie, Major Inglis; Fassfern S. Simpson, Esq ; Aulternmerae, Mr. Palmer. —lnverness Courier. The Banker's Magazine for July furnishes a compa rison or share prices, which we bring up to the present day, as being useful to parties desiring, occasionally, a retrospective vie W : March 23, May 11. June 30. Newcastle and Berwick 25 20 21 York and North Midland 4B 32 32 Eastern Counties London and North-Western 134 128 132 London and South-Western 38 34 36 13right , n _. . 37 37 371 Great Western 79 65 69 95 82 83 TilE HARROW ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL.—The annual reunion of the gentlemen educated at Harrow took place on Wednesday evening, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street, under the presidency of Mr. Augustus Stafford, M.P., who on the occasion was supported by Mr. Baron Platt, with two sons (both Harrevians), by Lord Ebrington, M.P., Sir George Colthurst, Bart., the Hon. R. Grimston, the Hon F. Pon sonby, Mr. Sotheron, M.P., Mr. A Shafto Adair, M.P., Mr. John Neild, M.P., Mr. Agar Roberts, M.P., Mr. Preescott, the Governor of the Bank of England, Mr. Mark Milbanke, Mr. Hurnby Ba xe ndale, Mr. Atherley, Mr. Ch ar l es H arenc, M r. An d rew L awson, M r. B . Dot field, Mr. H. Melville, and other gentlemen who had been the stud ents and dives of Harrow. The Head Master, the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, was also present, to gether with the Rev. Mr. Atherley and the Rev. Mr. Oxenhatn, the lower master and stcretary. In proposing the toast of the evening, "Prosperity to Harrow," the chairman said that he could not forget that the institu tion, founded in the reign of one Queen Regnant, had in the past year been visited by the Queen who now adorned the throne of these realms. It was true some old stories were extant with regard to George 111. having once ridden through Harrow, but he believed her pre sent Majesty was the first Sovereign who had ever visited Harrow School. He was happy to say that with this gratifying occurrence was to be coupled the increased number in the school, and hence, to use the language of the market s , Harrow never stood higher than at the present moment.—(Cl , eers.) The company sepa rated at a late hour, and after a most convivial meeting. INSTITUTION FOR THE ADULT DEAF AND D Ulll3, RED LION -SQUARE, BLOONSBURY.—A meeting of the stthscribers awl friends of this institution was held on Thursday, in the chapel of the institution, 26, Red Lion !pare, Bloomsbury. From the report of the secretary, 'Mr. J. G. Simper, it appeared that the deaf and dumb inmates can be taught either the trade of shoemaking or tailoring in a space of time averaging three years, The pupils are received from the different schools where they have been Educated, and they are once placed under the direction of well-qualified hearing masters to learn some thoroughly use!ul trade, by the excleise of which they can eventually sustain themselves with decency and coin. tort. It was observed that eighteen individuals were now under instructi ,, n, while about thirty more were sustained or assisted weekly from the funds of the charity. The institution, it appears, could greatly extend its beneficial operations, did the funds permit, and un earnest hope was expressed by the meeting that the affluent would award their co-operation in furtherance of so good a work. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Jc;urnril'of this day.) The bargains transacted this week in the mining share market have been very limited. Mary Ann's have been in request, at an advance; 94 tons of silver lead ores have been so!d this week, rea lising nearly 1,400/., being two months' raisings. . The improvements in Alfred Coasols have created an inquiry for Char: s, at better prices. Tincrcfcs have been in demand, an improve mmat hav ing taken place in the 90 fm. level .west, on Chappel's lode, which is worth 30/. per fat. for ; the stopes in the back of the 24 fm. level are productive —4O to 50 tons of g oo d w ill b e produced. The mine throughout is looking will, both for tin and copper. Shares in the following mines have been transacted:— Devon Crest Consols, South Frances, West Caradon, East Tamar, Kes w i c k, M en dip Hills, Heingston - Down Consols, Brewer, Wheal Mary Ann, Alfrod Consols, Trelawney, S:ray Palk, Kingsett and Bedford, Kirkcud brightshire, Birch Tor, Tincroft, Tamar Consuls, South Trelawnev, South Molton, Esgair Lli, Own Erfin, &c. North Pool adventurers declared a dividend of 301. per share on Friday lest. At the Fowey Consols meeting, the profit on four months' working to April was shown to have been 237/, is. 61, which, added to balance of previous account, left in hand 6,247/. Os. 3d. Hcrodsfoot adventurers held a special meeting, for the purpose of investigating the accounts and appointing a manager. It was ascertained that liabilities to the amount of 2,5671. had been suffered to accrue. A call of Si. per share was made towards liquidating the debt, and Mr. J. Wolferstan was appointed manager, in whose hands we shall, after a few months, see a more creditable statement of accounts. The mine is represented as much improved. At the Bolanos meeting, on Wednesday, the direc tors' report was principally devoted to an explanation of the works which had been carried on at El Bote Mine, and the financial position of the company, from which it appeared that 41,882 dolls. had been expended on it in 32 months, to March, 1848, of which 15,494 dolls. were profit, and that, in the past year, further expenditure had been incurred to the extent of 84,636 dolls. This heavy outlay had been incurred in the erection of neces sary wcrks, machinery, roads, &c.; and the whole was in a perfect and effective state to proceed with spirit on the production of the necessary funds. The balance of as sets over liabilities, in Mexico, was 56,829 dolls., in ad- dition to the Bolanos stock, engines, haciendas, &c. The meeting unan?mously salactiened the issue of 14,000 shares, at 31. er share, b way of loan, to be returned from first profits, and the - hares to retained as bonus, ranking equato original . —.- Sharp Tor Company held a general meeting on Thnisday; the'financial statement showed a balance of 7601. in hand, and the accounts from the mine were con sidered by the shareholders as very satisfactory. In foreign mines the transactions have also been li mited. Guadalcanal, United Mexican, Et. John del Hey, Imperial Brazilian, and Copiapo shares, appear to be the extent of bona fide business. St. John del Hey directors have received letters to the 18th April, which represents the result of ton days' stamping as amounting to 7,615 oitavas, being at the rate of 17.55 nits. per cubic foot of sand. Tho first ten days of the month have shown en unexpected and large return; but it was not expected to be in the same pro portion throughout the month. In a comparative sum mary of costs of the first three months of 1818 and 1849, the expenses have increased 17i per cent., while the profits had been enlarged by 57 per cent. By the India and China mail we have received advices of the position of the metal market in the East. At Bombay a fair demand for copper exists at a steady priceS. and sales do not appear to he confined to any par ticular sorts. In iron, although there has been some considerable arrivals, it has in nowise effected the prices. Spelter had been scarce, and the recent imports only geve moderate stocks. Lead and steel maintained the quotations, notwithstanding the transactions were few; stocks of tin plates were light and business doing. The Calcutta market had not been so good, copper having slightly receded, and the trade dull ; but a reac tion has subsequently taken place, and business done at improved prices. Speller is represented as nearly the same, whilst quotations for lead appear nominal. Eng lish iron had receded, but now a fair demand exists, and prices improved. At Hong Kong, the business has been chiefly confined to iron and steel, and transactions but few. SATURDAY EVENING . AUSTRIA. Accounts have been received from Vienna to the 25th. The victory of the, Imperialists over Georgey turns out, as we yesterday said it-would, to be no victory at all. The real facts of the case are as follows :—The Hungarians having crossed the I lVaag on the 19th and 20:.h instant, suddenly made a violent onset on the Imperialist po sitions, and penetrated even into the centre of them, and after a battle of three days with the two Imperialist armies, the Hungarians retreated to their fortner positions, but not without having, by their razzia, done considerable damage to the Impe rialist corps. The Russian General Paniutin was wounded, and the very fact that the Anstrian bulletins remain silent on the subject of the killed and wounded and the captured canuon and men, shows that the intelligence which they have to communicate on that score is by no means cheering. The Austrian papal publish a decree of the Aus trian Comtnandert.in-Chief, General Haynau, in which that military chieftain states that the inhabi tants cf the boron h of 80-Shan Fang, having aided and abetted the lungarian insurgents in their attack upon the bfl rade of General Wyss, he (Gene ral Haynau) has orde ?.d their town to be burnt and annihilated, and that this order was executed on the 21st inst. The Koine?. Zeitung, in reporting this fact, adds-- "The Hungarians, too, have been guilty of similar atrocities in the course of last year, but those who com mitted them were unorganized Guerilla bands. No general of 'the Rebel hordes,' no leader of the ' enemies of humanity,' has evir done what an Imperialist and Austrian General dares t o do in the 19th century." The cholera and the typhus continue doing their work on the Imperialist armies. Three hundred sick soldiers (none of then wounded) were brought to Vienna from Oedenburfs on the 24th inst. ITALY. --- The Risorginzento of Turin publishes a letter from Venice of the 20th. The National Assembly had named a military commi ss i on f o r the defence of the city, who were independe n t o f Marlin. This measure had discontent been the cause of a mong the people, who saw with regret Manin's authority curtailed. The bombardment continued without interruption, but without damage to the city, as the greater part of the shells fall into the water. A decisive attack upon Brondolo was, it was stated, contemplated by the Austrians, who were actively at work at their fortifi• cations. The powder magazine of the island belle Grazie had been blo wn up by accident on the 19th, and caused a violent s h oc k w hich was felt throughout Venice, but the dama ge was not great. Negotiations for peace were in progress. TURKEY• The truce between Turkey and the inhabitants of Montenegro was broken on the Bth instant. The facts of the case are the following George Dracullovioh, the Chief of the District of Cuci, whose influence over his unruly countrymen had alone kept them faithful to the Turks, was murdered by a person whom he had received as his guest. He is supposed to have fallen a sacrifice to the rancour of a party which sympathises with Montenegro, as about a hundred chiefs and elders of the place, immediately aft r his death, went to Cettigne (the capital of Montenegro) to offer homage to the Vlatirka, at the same time layieg the beads of five Turkish elders at his feet as a mark of submission. The Viadika, who stands about six feet six without his slices, accepted the heads with the greatest condescension, and rewarded his new subjects with a supply of powder and lead. Montenegro is a mountainous country on the south-east frontier of Dal matia, the robber inhabitants of which the Turks have never been able to subjugate. They are of Selavonie origin, and since 1795 have enjoyed a kind of Republican Government, under the protectorate of Russia. This people may be considered as the Circassiins of Europe." PERSIA. The Journal de Constantinople of the 14th has a letter from Trebisond, containing the latest intelli gence from Persia. The Salar (one of the insurgent chiefs) was still blockaded in Meched, and dangerously ill. His brother-in-law, JafferKooli Khan,who headed the Coords and Turcomans, had made hie submission, and had gone to Teheran,where the Persian Government had received him with high honours. The surrender of Meched was daily expected. Sultan Moorad Mirza, uncle to the Schah, had assumed the command in-chief of the Persian army ; he had carried by storm, after a siege of 55 days, the fortress of Sebsewar, where the sons of the Salar Emir Islam Khan and Ilajji Mehemet Khan had retired. The former had succeeded in making his escape. Some chiefs of Fars had risen against the governor of that province, Nizam Eddoolet Hussein Khan, to avoid the payment of 800,000 tomaums of taxes (forty millions of francs), in arrear for the last 18 months, and also to declare the independence of Fars. liajji Kawane, Beghibeg of Shiraz, and the Ilbeghi of the wandering tribes of Fars, were at the head of ;i ti n ie ar i i r n is y ur o r f ec 2 t 2 io. ,onooEvermen since n had t invested 22I v i ested O the etb c o ita e , r ie l l a o st f Shiraz, a building which scarcely deserves that name, as it is open almost on every side and com mar ded by the houses around. Its garrison consisted of 500 able men only, who however contrived, by prodigies of valour, to hold out for 118 days, and but istely surrendered, in consequence of the want of provisions." DEATH FROM DROWNING.—A fatal accident oc curred on Wednesday morning to a young man who was in the employ of Alcssis. Simpkiu and Algrshull, booksellers, named William Taylor, w h o was highly respected by all who knew him. He was bathing just off Battersea iced-houtre, when it is supposed the cramp seized him, and he was drowned. Two young men who were with him tried to rescue him, and nearly lost their lives in the attempt. REVIEW AT SVOOLIVICH.-It is statcd on good authority that a grand review will take place at Wool wich on Tues3day text, when Field• Marshal the Marquis of Anglesea and several other distinguished persons will be present. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Ct urt, Basingball-street. G. M. Horton, Hatton-garden, jeweller, July 20, at eleven—A. Leo, Guilerford, Surrey, banker, July 23, at twelve-11. Rogers, Southampton, draper and outfitter July 21, at two—l). Twort, Horsmonden. Kent, miller, July 21,,at two—J. Brown, Austinfriars, City, merchant, July 18, at half past eleven. In the Country. T. B. R. Durant, Stogursey, Somersetshire, grocer, July 26, at cue , a t th e Court, Exeter 4 --J. K. !Winter bc,ttom, Manchester, banker, July 2V; at 'eleven, at the Court, Manchester—J. W illianson, Giessen, Lancashire, innkeeper, July 24, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester —J. Gordon, Manchester and Liverpool, July 24, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Greenwood, Brad ford, Yorkshire, worsted spinner, July 20, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—G: M orton , Leeds, paperstainer, July 20, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—R. D. Pawson, Leeds, apothecary, July 20, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. N. Wanochstrecht, Blackheath, boardinghouse -keeper, 4d., on Saturday, June 30, and three subsequent Satur days, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Ed wards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry. S. Keen and W. Langford, John-street, Pentonville, brewers, 3s. 4d., on Saturday, June 30, and three subse quent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry. R. I. S. Mellin, Wakefield, dyer, 41d., on July 3, or any day after, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. W. Shaw, jun., Salford, Lancashire, printer, Is., on Tuesday, July 3, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. R. Yates and T. W. Williams, Manchester, merchants and commission agents, 9-IFths of a penny, on Tuesday, July 10, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. J. Patterson, Tonbridge, Kent, tea dealer and grocer, 2d. any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basingball-street. J. Jackson, Upper Ranelagh•street, Pimlico, bill bro ker, 61d., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. H. Swan, Great Knight Rider-street, and Walcot place, Hackney, money scrivencr, loid., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. H. Glover and F. Glover, Leeds, dyers, first dividend of Is. lid., and a final dividend, of id., on Tuesday, June 2a. or any_ subs..q_u_ent TAtsday, between eleven and tiro, at the ofncoo of air. liope, Leeds. S. stead, Gomersall, Yorkshire, woolstapler, 3d., on Tuesday, Juno 26, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. T. Hardwick and W. Hardwick, Leeds, auctioneers, 9id. on Tuesday, June 26, or uny subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr Hope, Leeds. J. Oxley, Bradford, dyer, ls. 91., any day on and aftur July 3, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. R. Tate, Regent-street, silversmith ar.d jeweller, lid., on Thursday, June 28, and three following Thursday s, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Baiinghall-street. F. H. Brett, Curzan-street, Mayfair, doctor of medi cine, 203., on Thursday, June 28, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stangeld, Basinghall-street. R. Spencer, Si. Sidwell, Exeter, printer, bookseller, and stationer, 7d.. any Tuesday or Friday after June 28, between eleven and three at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exter. E. G. Self, Dorchester, ironmonger, 103., any Tues day or Friday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. R. Lister, Helper, Derbyshire, draper, 75., on Tues day, July 3, and any following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. A. Hodgkinson, Little 13 Aron, Lancashire, builder, 3i. 041, on Tuesday, July 3, and any followit:g Tues day, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Mancheiter. N. Gardiner, Manchester, share-broker, 3i. 93., any Tuesday, between ten and one, at the effice of Mr. Hob son, Manchester. R. Watkins and S. Watkins, Manchester, tailors, 4i d. on Tuesday, July 3, and any following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. S. G. Fryman, Rye, Sussex, wino and spirit mer chant, 35., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. F. Marshall, Sunderland, chemist, ls. 2id., on Satur day, June 30, or any following Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon ne. H. Burton, 6J., any Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. H. C. Broom, Lawrence Pountney-lane, grocer, ld , any Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES, At the Court Basinghall -street. H. Edmonds, Charles-street, Westbourne- terrace, Middlesex, dairyman, July 24, at one—R. Cross, Union street, Lisson-grove, horse slaughterer, July 24. at tselve—R. Reddington, Moreton, Essex, miller, July 19, at eleven—G. Simons, King's•square, Gozwell-road, watch manufacturer, July 24, at one. In the Country. R. C. Collins, Bath, commission agent for the sale of tobacco, July 31, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—J. Taylor, Lincoln, butcher, July 25; at half-past ten, at the Court, Kingston-upon Hull—H. Lister, Lincoln, miller, July 25, at half-past ten, at the Court, Kingston-upon- Hull—W. Elsam, Duckmanton. Derbyshire, provision dealer, July 20, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Frampton, Cerne Abbas, Dorsetsbire, money scrivener, July 26, at one, at the Court, Exeter—J. Baskerville, Ludlow, Shropshire, linendraper, July 31, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—W. H. Higgitt, Wolverhampton, pawnbroker, July 26, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—J. I. Baker and W. B. Baker, Wolverhampton, iron dealers, July 21, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—C. Pritchcrd, Hereford, wino merchant, July 21, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. At the Court of Review, July 20. L. L. Wittle, Bolton, Lancashire, grocer—J. Gates, Bristol, licensed victualler—J. Fieller, St. George's street East, tailor—T. Cracknell, Sheldon-street, West bourne-terrace, Paddington, painter and glazier—G. Cowell, Birmingham, news agent —R. H. Hartley, Halifax, stock-broker—J. Dobbs, Withington, Here fordshire, timber merchant—J. Hughesdon, Chunder nagore, East Indies, merchant—J. W. Spokes, Strand, bookseller—W. Buddle, Irongate-wharf; Paddington, timber merchant—R. Williams, Bristol, undertaker. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. H. May and E. Bradley, Jermyn-street, St. James's, wine and spirit merchants—E. and J. Collins, Sandhurst, Kent, farmers—T. Poynder and E. Medlicott, Earl street, Blackfriars, brick merchants—J. and J. Hughes, Sutton Coldfield. Warwickshire, farmers—Maria Bar nard and Ann Whall, King's Lynn, Norfolk, school mistresses—W. Chapman, T. Chapman, and H. Chap man, Hulme, drapers—W. Currey and E. Muston, New castle-upon-Tyne, brokers—W. Walley and J. Sykes, Manchester, plumbers—E. L. Robinson and E. Oliver, Hastings, drapers—W. Francis and C. W. Francis, Baatlesbridge, Essex, maltsters—J. Smith, W. Smith, T. Smith, and J. Smith, Guildford, brickmakers (so far as regards J. Smith)—H. Matchitt and W. Buckley, Manchester, cotton waste dealers— W. Lee and H. Lee, Dedham, Essex, coachbuilders—G. and S. Ashlin, Mark lane, corn factors—C. W. Parsons and G. Reynolds, Fenchurch- street, ship insurance brokers—R. Cowel and A. Murray. Liverpool ship brokers—J. Round and J. Ducros, Oldsminford, Staffordshire, plumbers —W. Scholefield, C. Geach, and S. Beale, Yorkshire, iron masters (so far as regards W. Sc'nolefeld)—W. Merrett and C. P. Bishop, Stroud, upholsterers—J. L. Ellion, J. Watney, and A. L. Lambert, Pimlico, brewers (so far as regards G. Lambert)—J. Jacson, J. Bayley, and J. Knott, Manchester, cotton spinners (so far as regards J. Jacson)—ll. D. ocklington and G. D. Pockltngton, Boston, builders—J. Ruck, sea., J. Ruck, jun., and J. Fenwick, St. Dunstan's-hill, wine merchants (so far as regards J, Buck, sen.)—T. Lowe and T. Cheethum, Lancaster, coal masters. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. John Thomas, Newton, Herefordshire, lime burner. Thomas Watkins, Mordiford, Herefordshire, labourer. William Price, Tillington, Herefordshire, labourer. John Edwards, ShtPton, Beauchamp, Somersetsbire, . - carpenter. George W. Miller, Ilminster, Somersetshire, artist. Robc'it Palmer, Hilgay, Norfolk, general shopkeeper. Robert Vince, Hilgay, Norfolk, blacksmith. Robert Watts, North Elmhatn, Norfolk, farmer. Jacob Boyce, Lilcham, Norfolk, baker. William Straugham, Newcastle-upon-T}ne, cartman. Walter A wburn, Newcastle-upou-Tyne, butcher. Thomas Heatherington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, cordial manufacturer. William Dunnicliffe, Bedworth, Warwickshire, draper's assistant. John Downes, Coventry, watchmaker Thomas Gibbs, Stratfoi d-upon-Avon, licensed victualler. Frederick Shackleford„ Rustington, Sussex, scholmaster. George C. H. Hitchings, Oxford, surgeon. John T. Merrall, Maidstone. wheelwright. William Davies, Trecastle, 13• eckuock shire, flour dealer. William Twist, Mereworth, Reut, grocer. William White, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, butcher. George Evans, Mold, Thintshire, farmer. William Bowen, Grogwnion, Carmarthenshire, farmer. Robert Elliott, Cheltenham, cabinet maker. Isaac Moss, jun„ Farnworth, Lancashire, watch maker John Ha% ker, Buckerell, Devonshire, butcher. Edmund Sharrington Davenport. Edward Hicks, Newport, Monmouthshire, butcher. Robert White, Newport, Monmouthshire, beer-shop keeper. IsaaeOldridge, Newport, Monmouthshire, boot and Ace tnak , r. Eiward Leonard, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, ginger beer manufacturer SCOTCII SEQUESTRATION. J. Petrie, Dundee, sawyer, to !met within the Bristol Hotel, Dundee, July 5 stns: 26, at one. STAMP AND TAX-OFFICE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.— On Thursday, the 28th inst., the dir;ctors of the above institution gave their annual excursion on board the G 0 33. Captain Hoskins, in aid of the funds, and visited the Wellington, Captain Gordon, lying off Sheerness, where they were kindly welcomed by the lady of the Commander, the officers, and their wives (sickness alone preventing the Gallant Captain receiving the company himself), and allowed to dance on the quarter-deck of their splendid ship. The directors know no compliment equal to express the great gratifi • cation all felt at the indulgence allowed them but by publicly acknowledging it, after a day spent to the de light of at least 500 persons. The Gem returned to Loudon-bridge about 10 o'clock, landing the whole of her company in safety. JUNE - 30, 1849. THE ANNUAL,DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES AT 'RING'S COLLEGE. The annual distributiOn of priz 's amongst the students of King's College took plane yesterday. The business of the day was fixed to commence at one o'clock, and at that hour his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge entered the sp!endid hall of the college amidst the most enthusiastic cheering; he was accompanied by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London and Lichfield, the Earl of Waldegrave, Monsieur Guizot, the American Minister, the Principal of the College (Dr. Sheppard), and the professors, in their full costume. The hall was crowded in a very short time. His Grace the Archbishop occupied the chair. The ARCHBISHOP said a very short time would suffice for him to state the interesting object of their meeting there that day. The agreeable object was to give praise where praise was due—to learning;and assiduous labour in the attainment of knowledge, and to uniform good conduct, and moral behaviour. It was agreeable to award such praise on many grounds; but for no less important object did we employ it than as belonging to those secondary motives which it was often necessary and just for us to use in the promotion of great and worthy objects. Amongst the most valuable of such secondary motives were the desire of praise and the love of distinction. Those who were ambitious of being dis tinguished in the walks of science, literature, and the useful arts, and who attended on this occasion to receive academical honours,, thereby afforded the best example of the useful application of the motives employed, and the best test of their conducing to the welfare and hap piness of society. The Rev. Dr. SHEPPARD, Principal of the College, then addressed his Grace, in acknowledgment of the honour conferred upon the college by the distinguished indivi duals present, particularly enumerating his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, M. Guizot (one of whose sons was a medical student o f t h e college ) , t h e A mer i can Minister, and others. He then proceeded to give a short sketch of the advance of the college during the past year, and spoke in the most pleasing mann er of the uniform moral and intellectu a l b ear i ng of the pupils of the schools. After dwelling upon the import ance of the several branches of study pursued, the Rev. Principal presented the names of the successful students in the learned branches of the department of general literature and science. The names of the successful candidates in this depart ment were as follow: Divinity.—Edward Armstrong Vicars, James Sellers, third year; William Elgood, William Sheldon Reece, second year; Edward Headland, William Stebbing, first year. Classics.—Henry Ware, Charles Henry Pearson, William Stebbing, George Blizard Abbott, Thomas Lander. Latin Verse.—George Murray. Latin Essay.—Henry Thomas Stephen Dicey. English Verse.—Frederick Anthony Stapley, Charles Henry Pearson. Mathematics.—William Dundee Gardiner, Henry Arthur Morgan, Francis James Candy, George Murray, Richard Newstead Hobart, William Elgood. English Literature.—William Stabbing. Modern History.—Charles Henry Pearson. Composition.—Henry Thomas Stephen Dicey. Stephen Endowment.—Frederick William Farrar. Historical Prize Essay.—Edward James Stephen Dicey. Hebrew.—Robert Lubbock Bensly, Samuel Green, Beauchamp Ts rwhitt. French.—Horace W. Smith. German.—Owen Davies, John Grabham. His Grace delivered the prizes to the several candi , dates, accompanying each presentation with approving and encouraging remarks. Each of the several professors then in succession an nounced the names of the prizemen in his class, and his Grace thereupon delivered the prizes. In the department of the applied sciences, Professor Miller then gave ir. a- short report on the progress of his department ; and the names of the prizemen in each class here announced for the most part by the several prolessots, and the rrizes were distributed by the Chairman. The following are the names of the successful candi dates in this department : Divinity.—Gcorge Williams Lee, third year; James William Newton, second year ; Alexander Graham, first year. Mathematics.—Edward Sturges, Herbert George Russell Fripp, Abd. Elrahim Ghanim, Madbi Ahmet. Natural Philosophy.---Thomas Bolton, third year; Edward Sturges, William Grain, second year; H. G. R. Fripp, first year. Arts of Construction.—John Thomas Lepard, George Williams Lee. Managing Art and Machinery.—William Somerville Boulton, George Parkinson. Surveying.—John Thomas Lepard, third year; Themas Charles-Thompson, second year; Francis Edgar Martineau, first year. Geometrical Drawing.—George Philip Charlton, Wil Liam Somerville Boulton, William Grain. Chemistry.—Edward Walter Mantel!, Charles Henry Grant. Chemical Manipulation.—George William Lee. Geology.—Thomas Ridout, two prizes. Mineralogy.—Joseph John William Watson, Charles Henry Grant. Workshop—William Somerville Boulton, William Nathaniel Wynn. Certificates of Approval.—R. W. Buckley, T. Ridout, J. 11. Kidd, nine terms; G. P. Charleton, eight terms; W. S. Boulton, W. Grain, C. H. Grant, E. Sturges, T. C. Thompson, J. W. Watson, six terms. The Rev. Principal then announced the names of the scholars for the year. In the General Literature Department. Senior classi cal, Henry Ware; senior mathematical, William Dun• des Gardiner; junior classical, Frederick William Fer rer; junior mathematical, William Horace Smith. In the Applied Sciences Department.—Junior scholar, Edward Sturges. The Associates E'er the year were, for The General Literature Department.—Henry Augus tus Bourdin, Alfred Godrich, Henry Godrich, Samuel Green, John Melville Guilding, John Bawell Plumer, I Beauchamp T3rwhitt, William Henry Walker, Henry Ware, Robert Chapman Webb. The Applied Sciences Department—Robert .John Arthur, Thomas Bolton, Richard Wilson Buckley, ' John Howard Kidd, George Williams Lee, John Thomas Lepard, Thomas Ridout, Joseph John William Watson. His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE then rose, and expressed the high satifaction he felt in being present to receive so excellent an account of the ad• vances in learning and science, and in a most feeling speech moved a vote of thanks to the council of the college. The Bishop of LONDON replied, and concluded by ex. pressing the obligation of the college to the Archbishop. His GRACE replied in a speech full of Christian feel ing, and invoked the Divine blessing on the labours of all engaged in the work, for by that alone could they succeed in rendering it efficient. The interesting assembly then broke up, his Royal Highness leaving at five o'clock. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. COWES, JUNB 29. ARRIVALS. June 23. Petrel cutter, Earl of Ilchester from South ampton. 25. Dream yawl, George Bentinck, Esq., from Guern sey. 27. Elizabeth cutter, Hon. Colonel Moreton, from the eastward ; Water Lilly, John Hibbert, Esq., from Ports mouth. SAILINGS. June 23. Atiel schooner, Sir G. H. S. Douglas, Bart., for west of Scotland. 27. Dream yawl, G eo. Bentinck, Esq., for London and coast of Norway; Turquoise cutter, C. H. Coots, Esq., for Plymouth. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners— Gipsey Queen, Fair Rosamond, Ondine, Maud. Cutters—Spider, Osprey, Petrel, Alarm. Yawls—Duchess, Water Lilly. The cutter yacht Ilebe having been new coppered and undergone sundry repairs, was launched from Ratsey's yard on Wednesday. The new schooner yacht Leda, built by White, went out of harbour this afternoon, and as soon as ready will prcceed to Plymouth. Mr. Acker is fitting out his - ship yacht the Brilliant, of 332 tons. He is expected to take up his residence for the season at Oak Hill House, Cowes. L:)rd de Clay and Mr. and Lady Mary Vyner, arrind at Grantham House this day. Lord Glengall has taken Harriet Lodge for the month of July. Several families have taken hk.usei this week. COURTSIIIP AND MATRIMONY. A POEDI, IN TWO CANTOS. CANTO THE FIRST—COURTsuir. Fairest of earth! if thou wilt tear my VOW, LO! at thy feet, I swear to lore thee ever; shell sever; A n p d r , o b ni y is t e hi a s ff k ec is t s i 0 n u p v o , a h i t c h h y n r o a d ti i m a n e t And love which e'er shall burn as bright as now, To be extinguish( d—never, dearest—never! Wilt thou that naughty, flattering heart resign? Catherine! my own sweet Kate! wilt thou be mine? Thou shalt have pearls to deck thy raven hair— Thou shalt have all this world of ours can bring; And we will live in solitude, ncr care For aught save for each other. We will fling Away all sorrow—Eden shall be there! And thou shalt be my queen, and I thy king! Still coy, and still reluctant ? Sweetheart, say, When shall we monarchs be ? and which the day? CANTO THE SECOND-NATEIMONY. Now, Mrs. Piingle, onca for all I say I will not such extravagance allow! Bills urn bills, and larger every day, Enough to drive a man to chink, I vow ! Bonnet, gloves, frippery, and trash—nay, nay, Tears, Mrs. Pringle, will not gull m© now. I say, I won't allow ten pounds a week; I can't afford it ; Madam, du not speak. In wedding you I thought I had a treasure ; I find myself most miserably mistaken ; You rise at ten, then spend the day in pleasure: In fact, my confidence is slightly shaken. Ha ! what's that uproar? This, ma'am, is my leisure; Sufficient noise the slumbering dead to wake! I seek retirement, and I find—a riot ; Confound those children, but I'll make them quiet ! —(From the Carlisle Journal.) MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—The head-quarters of the 64th Regiment, on board the Java, arched at Bom bay on the 17th of May, and a detachment of the same regiment, in the John Brewer, on the 18th of May. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PonTsmouTrr, Fsmay.—The Queen having resolved t on a visit to Ireland, an experimental squadron is now talked of, to accompany the royal squadron, and it is hoped, for the sake of those brave fellons, so many of whom are knocking about the ports without food or shelter, with some probability of the report being true. Although the materials are very scanty just now, yet, if time be taken by the forelock, a goodly fleet might be mustered by the time of the royal departure from this coast. The Superb, 80, Captain Purcell, is already at Spithead, and in most efficient condition, notwithstanding she is undermanned by 300; but an exhibition of her beating to quarters, firing a succession of rounds, board ing, receiving boarders, furling, reefing, and all the other stirring manceuvres incidental to "action" afloat would astonish some crews of three or four years' com mission. She will be the leading member of the squa dron, should one be formed; the Ganges, 84, Captain Smith, at Cork, doing nothing, might as well return to Spithead, if only to salute her Majesty. These are the only line of battle ships on the home station that appear in a sea• going state; these, however, together with two or three first-class frigates, such as the Leander, In. defatigable, Warspite, Phaeton, and a few steamers, of which class there are many quite ready for officers and men, would at a very short notice muster such a force as any monarch would be proud of for an escort. The Arrogant, 46, Captain Fitzroy, is ordered to return here from Malta, via Lisbon, and will form one of such a squadron. The Otter steam. vessel arrived here this morning from Woolwich. The Myrtle steam-vessel sailed this afternoon with supernumeraries for Plymouth. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. George Bevington, a stock-broker, was brought before the Lord Mayor, in the custody of Daniel Forrester, the officer, charged with having forged a Bank of England stock receipt for 173 Z 55., and a similar receipt for 861. 15s. with intent to defraud Thomas Robinson. Daniel Forrester produced the warrant upon which he had apprehended the prisoner for having feloniously forged the two receipts. The information upon which that authority had been granted was to the following effect: —Mr. Robinson, who is at present in the country , called on th e 4 t h D ec . last upon the prisoner, who then lived at Tokenhouse-yard, having formerly employed him as a stock broker, and gave him 1731. lOs., with di re""^— to purchase 200/. stock in the Three-and-a Annuities. The prisoner gave a re ce and on the sth Mr. Robinson ak, . him and gave hi m 86 1 152., with di archase 100/. in th e same stock, s ..antanit the stock receipts to the pro prielor on the following day. As the receipts did not arrive in due course, Mr. Robinson wrote to the prisoner, complaining of the omission, and re ceived an answer which contained an excuse and a pro mise to send the necessary documents next day. Trans fer receipts, or what appeared to be such, were accord ingly received by Mr. Robinson, a ho, however, found out that they were forgeries, and that no stock had been purchased for him by the prisoner. Mr. Thomas legal!, deputy principal clerk in the Three-and a- Quarter per Cent. Office of the Bank of England, said he was present when Mr. Robinson gave the information upon which the warrant had been ob tained, and the prisoner was the person referred to in the depositions. He had examined the transfer receipts pro duced against the prisoner, and the transfer books of the Bank of England, and he had found no entry correspon ding with the receipts produced, which were in fact for geries in all respects. The prisoner requested to be remanded for a few days, as he had been but just apprehended. The LORD MAYOR said the prisoner should be accom modated with sufficient time for preparing his answer to such serious charges, and Friday was fixed upon for the last examination of the accused. MURDERS at WESTBUR Y, WILTS. WESTBURY, FRIDAY, JUNE 29.—An adjourned in quest was held here yesterday, before Mr. G. Sylvester, ono of the coroners for Wiltshire, on the body of Richard Smith, an infant about a month old, which has resulted in the committal of the mother. Rebecca Smith, to take her trial for wilful murder at the ensuing Wilts assizes. From the evidence there is reason to conclude that a series of murders has been committed. The prisoner is the wife of Philip Smith, a labourer at Westbury. She has been married 18 years, and has given birth to 11 children, all of whom, with the Excep tion of the eldest, died in infancy. The subject of the present inquiry was born on the 16th of May, and died on the 12th of June. The body was exhumed on Satur day lust, and a post mortan examination was made by Mr. G. Shorland, surgeon, of Westbury, in the presence of another surgeon named Gibbs. They were convinced of the presence of arsenic in the body, and the viscera were accordingly carefully sealed up and sent to Mr. llerapath, of Bristol, for further analyzation. On th• following Monday a jury was sworn to investigate the case, when it was shown that on the 7th of June, five days before the child died, the prisoner went to a person named Prudence Mead, and requested her to accom pany her to the shop of Mr. Taylor, druggist, of West bury, to purchase arsenic, which she said a sister of hers residing at Bratton, near Westbury, wanted to destroy rats. The purchase of the poison was likewise proved by Mr Taylor's apprentice, who put a label on it, and warned her as to its deadly properties. Mr. G. Shorland, surgeon, and registrar of births and deaths for ,Westbury, deposed, that the child's death was registered by the mother on the 13th of June, the day after its death. She declared she cid not know the cause of death, but that the child had been ailing for a little time, and, as it appeared no satisfactory reason could be assigned, the cause of death was registered as unknown. The inquiry was then adjourned. Mr. W. Herapath, of Bristol, now said, he received the contents of the deceased's stomach from Mr. Shor land on the 24th instant, and on subjecting them to anal) sis, found them to consist principally of milk and arsenious acid in solution, and an exceedingly light trace of arsenic not dissolved. He had no doubt that the infant to which the viscera belonged had died from the effect of arsenic, and he believed that white arsenic had been administered, and that it had been given at more than one time. Atter some other unimportant evidence had been ad duced, the Coroner recapitulated the whole to the jury who, having deliberated a short time, returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Rebecca Smith." The prisoner, a sullen•looking woman, apparently about fifty years of age, maintained an aspect of the most stolid indifference throughout the proceedings. ROTARY ENGINES. The following account of an improved disc engine, lately fitted up and used in driving the Times printing machines, appears in the Builder. The engine gives direct motion to a crank, upon which the shaft of the disc exerts a uniform force. It is of simple construction, and amongst other advantages is capable of being worked at high or low pressure, and at from SO to 150 revolu• Lions per minute:— li6hopp's Disc Engine.—ln this engine, the advan tages of which have been long known, the objections that alone kept it out of general use appear to have been successfully overcome. It is a 16-horse power engine, on the high-pressure and condensing principle ; it is, however, equally suitable to be worked as a simple low pressure condensing engine. It stands in the machine room cloEe to a wall, and occupies a singularly small space.* The shafting for driving the printing machines is carried by brackets fixed to the wall over the engine, and is driven by two bands; the drum on the engine shalt is 30 inches diameter, and the two pulleys over head 4 feet diameter. " Our impressions in favour of the engine were con firmed by inquiry. It seems that before being erected at the Times office it was tested, during a month, by Mr. Penn, of Greenwich, and Mr. Farey (both good authori ties), in a corn-mill belonging to the former. The cora , parison was made with a beam-engine of the best con struction, and, under similar circumstances, there was an important difference in favour of the disc engine, the en gines driving alternately the same machinery, at equal speed, from the same boiler. Several disc engines have been fixed in various parts of the kingdom during the last eight years, but the arrangements lately patented by Mr. G. 1). Bishopp have so much improved it as to open to it a mush larger sphere of action. This at the Tunes office was manufactured by Messrs. Joseph Whitworth and Co., of Manchester. The peculiarity of the disc en gine is, that it gives direct motion to a crank on the en gine shaft, and exerts a perfectly throughout the revolution. uniform force on it There are, theref ore, no " dead points," and when driving by gearing, without a fly-wheel, there is no back •lash in the wheels. More over, can be cut off at a very early p art o f steamwithout force. Other ad van t ages b es i des the little thet h v e e r driving ,stroke, th e space occupied are, that it can be fixed on the beams of a floor, or on a slight foundation, and that, although the speed of the piston (1. e., of the disc rings) is only 200 feet per minute, the engine makes three times as many revolutions per minute as a common engine, and, consequently, in most cases, much expensive gearing is dispensed with. It appears to us admirably adapted for driving the screw propeller direct, as the engine shaft has only to be extended through the vessel, and have the propeller fixed to it; it would thus enable the sailing vessels which cannot spare much room to adopt the screw as auxiliary power. The disc engines are now made entirely from wooden patterns, and every wearing surface, it is said, can be refaced, or renewed, as in en gines of common construction. We cannot but think that this engine ought to come into general use." Seven feet long and four feet wide ; and the highest part of the engine is only three feet above the floor of the room. DERBY ARBORETUM AN NIVERSART FRSTIVAL.—We beg to call attention to the advertisement in another part of our paper announcing the anniversary of the opening of the above delightful grounds for Monday, the 2d of July. The committee are making every exertion for the occasion; they have made arrangements with the Electric Telegraph on the ground, an d i ts won d er f u l powers of r a pid corn- Com' any to exhibit the electric telegraph munication are to be explained. Mr. Jobn Farmer and the principal vocal talent of Nottingham are engaged to Assist in the vocal department, this being the first intro duction of it at this file. Several bands of music will be placed in different parts of the Arboretum. The Railway Company will run special trains from Birmingham, Shef field, Leicester, Nottingham, and Lincoln, at unusually low rates, which no doubt will be the means of inducing a great number to avail themselves of the opportunity of being present at this great Midland Counties gathering. The trees and shrubs look beautiful. By an advertiite inent in another part of our paper, it will be seen that :he different shops of the town will close at two o'clock; and, we understand, that the banks will also close at one. —D er by Reporter.