The Sun. — London, England, 1841-08-06 00:00:00

M 0 RN NG SUN: COURT CIRCULAR. ber tINDSO R , URSDAY.—The Queen and Prin ce Alr th. Promenaded, both in the morning and aftern t:r ,u, 1,, not , V9pes and the Little Park, but the Royal pa rt y hav, iven out in carriages. ue r Royal Highness the Princess Royal has b een taken gut tu t h e Park. su The Lady Caroline Somers Cocks has a rrived, and has o ;edecl the Hon. Harriet Pitt, as the Maid o f Honour iii aiting upon her Majesty. Miss Pitt has taken her T,.rttire. wiußoyal dinner party at the Castle t his evenin g 110 include only the visitors at the Castle, and the yal suite. Their Royal Highnessess the Duchess and the Prin cess nTh , `tugusta of Cambridge, attended by La d y Au g usta ,Zrset, honoured the Haymarket Theatre wit h their 2ence on Wednesday evening. t:e Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Prin r_ l • ll gusta and Mary of Cambridge, and attended 1,4 -4 tlY Augusta Somerset, went yesterday morning to Royal Highness's residence at Kew. f,,, 44 rd Adolphus :Fitze!arence has returned to town ce '', l ! a visit to her Royal Highness the Duc hess of Glou i7r at Bagshot Park. fora from Sir A. Woodford at Malta , and also , ',Jra the Governor of Gibraltar, were received yester ut the Colonial-office. MILENDID FETE AT BUNNY PARK, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . AUGUST* am 3.—On this day . one of the most gr atif y in g t r i nt te s of respect was paid to the noble owner of this ely domain, Lord Rancliffe, a tribute which must t ,','Te bee n as grat if y i ng to hi s f ee lings as creditable 4 those' w h o pa id i t . I n 1812 Lord Rancli ffe ta e forward at the request of a few working men t) vi lest the town of Nottingham against the influence ermi Purse of one of the Arkwright family. On that oc - Pr°n he su ccee d e d i n breakingdown the barriers of 0r45'31, in which the town had for centuries been en eed. Unfashionable as the times were for Liberal fo r , ininte nts , his Lordship ca me out as a full - length Re oCer, and sat i n P ar liament several sessions, retiring lir" to enjoy the comforts and' elegances of private His Lordship, however, since then has not b een us e, %so i , or on every occas i on w h en the rights, liberties , and • fare of mankind have been to be uph eld, his Lord lual) has been at hi s p o st, and has ever been the z ealous a t energetic advocate of civil and religious liberty, and, It‘ l eolti,e l ai v ay l s andholder deriving his income from land the opponent of the cursed Corn-laws, as as other monopolies. i n h i ae dinner on this occasion was given to his Lordship by t t, S Own park, to mail: the esteem in he is held enn the Liberals of Nottingham, for long and undeviating ti Ttency of character. On our starting . from Not• 14 am the road presented a most animating appear , being crowded by oarriages on their move to UnIl Y • • • n passing through the villages of Ruddington and 41 . ch - I, radmor e , purple and yellow banners, triumphal t tu br , decorated with flowers, and other well-known ', e i neof liberty, met the astonished sight. On descend bl,l the hill into Bunny, the sight was magnificent. The Baronial Hall, w3h its antique tower , on which : i a ted the b anner of England, the entrance to the Park th its triumphal arch, the beauty of the scenery, and 4elenclid weather, and the hearty recept ion rich and poor da t with on their arrival, all gave promise of a glorious t ,. 1 3r. After rambling through his beautiful gardens and pi °llrl ds, the trumpet sounded for dinner, which took ca pable at two o'clock, in a marquee, beautifully decorated, of holding 2,000 persons; four rows of tables, ex piwing from one end to the other, were speedily occu eon,' and, after grace by the Rev. Mr. Fosbrooke, dinner la' -niet lced, Thomas Wakefield, Esq. in the chair ; on 1 , 1 . 8 light was Lord Rancliffe, and on the left G. de H. (P e nt, Esq., M.P. for Nottingham, and on the raised atre rnt on which ' they were seated, we observed the l ol a s ) ' °r of Nottingham, S. Bean, Wm. Hurst , J . M. Fel -44 s Esqrs., as well as other influential gentleman. heaTtthe cthelo was drawn, the Chairman prop . osed the 11 of th Queen, which was drank with nine times n 'ne; Prince Albert, the Duke of Sussex, the Duchess of ti nt, had s i m il ar h onours; th e next toast was their dis ".pished guest L or d R anc liff e . i n ' ll s LORDSHIP rose evidently affected, and, after thank hi company for the very handsome compliment paid vs , observed, that, after a lapse of 29 years, when he as first politically known to them, what could his feel gxsbe ° ,l looking around him to see so man y friends ltlaeia been for his welfare andhappiness. Many attacks had of but he made against him by his political opponen ts, f ut e regarded them with good-nature, they were for invitePt, d forgiven. It was rather a strange thing to be sour: a dinner in his own park ; but it was a great th an e at gratification to him. He wanted eloquence to gard,„r, e 'n for their kind feeling, especially as he re tie had as as a great demonstration of political feeling. r Ou come forward in 1812, at the request of two 9 ,:,"'n" men, to contest the town on Liberal principles. t; had to fight against the Tories of the town of Not- Ogliam and the heavy-lined purse of Mr. Arkwright ; "he conquered. The Tories of Nottingham had in f ormer days ducked the Reformers for advocating the Principles he gloried in ; but times were altered, they would never show at that scratch again. I love the peo ple ; no man is more anxious to see them happy and Prosperous, , and no man is more anxious than m y self to m° my duty to them. Government have tried to further t!eforin ;, but they have leaned too much to the Tories, "tead of relying upon the people. I am an advocate for the Ballot and an extension of the Suffrage ; an op -I)°llent to monopolies. My income is derived from the "tan's ; but look now at your Corn Ma rket ; the p oor "tan's loaf is less in size, and greater in price, through !hose accursed Corn-laws. The landlord, the farmer, as not profited 'by iheir continuance ; it is only the 71;`,4'riling ina warehousemen who are benefited. Sir Robert , e said 11 ( 4 had a political manifesto at 'ramworth; he nothing but that he was a political physician. tie(Lothd ankingr Rancliffethe) coupalrt y f d tell or the him he honour they was no magician,had dole o r him, he assured them they might rely , whether in o ut of office, the Tories, as a party , wou ld never do anything for the benefit of their fello w-creatures.— (Great cheering.) °0 lig by M r . Th or pe, " Rancliffe, 0 1 " . 1 - 4 ' a st , "Her Majesty's Ministers." — ( Great cheering.) _ en ord RANCLIFFE next proposed the health of Mr. Lar- Pt , and Sir John Hobhouse. tic LARPE NT re turned thanks in an ab le and energe i„fsPeech, in w hi c h h e advocated those c onstitutional ° rms the people are asking for, but which the Tories ha te refused. He concluded by reading a letter from Sir ila u r n t n Hobhouse, giving as a reason for not honouring the an Indian dish his presence, the arrival of and despatch of .ndian ma i l. if,roast, Mr. Hitchin, and the Reformers of Lincoln." bleb lirreniN responded in an able and talented speech. 1 ,,..ea at this time (seven o'clock) was introduced, after tn ":ch the tables were cleared away, and dancing corn th need . The only mar to a happy termination, was ho at a h eavy and continue d ra i n se t i n about eight o'clock; s e , wev er, in spite of this, the party did not sepa rate until en o'clock on Wednesday, morning. REGATTA AT HAVRE. The Journal states that the s cene on the shore an Pier of that place, nn occasion of Sunday:s regatta. ads exceedingl s triking and pretty. Th e number of Spectators was immense, and all the authorities of Havre fr er e present. Th e sea was rather heavy and the wind fre sh, but in other respects there were no obstacles to t he 4 41, ,,1eee5s of the reg atta. The Royal ya cht, the Reine "e, and the Government cutter Rodeur, were sta tioned at the two extremities of the course, about a mile and d a half in l eng th, which was marke d b y boats with kin and yellow flags ; and numerous vessels of every , ri were stationed at various points. Soon after ten 4 . , ( t ) ,ek the fi rs t ra ce began between sa ilin g -boats and -I,le'bclats• The sailing-boats, eight in number , wete Fitemuch, and the prize was won in good style by th e , Commanded by M. Barbe, who w as a winner last Year.; i ,,, Four whale-boats also started, .and t he p rize was wo n by the Zephyr. The second race was between four byg boats ; the Belle Poule and the Reunion (manned t . some of the crew of the Reine Amelie), the Emula tun, and the I)orade. The race, well contested, was won by the Belle Poule, the Commande r of which, lazerat, distinguished himself greatly in last year's re- Fatta. The third race was a match between gigs. Seven 114 d been entered , of wh i c h three were En g lish, one of English build, but manned by a French crew, and the re klainder French. Three were, however, withdrawn, and Only four started, two English and two French. Of these the Gypsey (English) came in first, winning very easily, the result not being for a moment doubtful; the two 4''rencli boats, Grand ,Turk and Blanche, came in second kruLthird. An amateur race closed the meeting it was between the Gypsey (English and French) the Grand Turk (English, with a F rench crew), and the Lionceau (French, with French crew.) This was a well-contested I ; r a fe, the struggle lying between the first and third boats. ut -- " e y were on an equality for a considerable period but at the second buoy the • Gypsey pulled away from!' the Other, and came in first , after going the distance in by Xnutes. The distribution of prizes was then made first prize, illtiyor, in _the _prop The or tion of I,o oo £ fo r the P ri ze, 300 f. for the second, and 100 f. for t he third. _ prize f or t h e ama t eur race was a silver cu p and five S ilver medals for the crew, but an ob j ection was raised ? : "Ile claim of the Gypsy, from her having bad a sailor In her- crew, which was, therefore, not strictly- one altogether o f amateurs, and adjudgment of the prize was Postp one d. A sca ff o lding broke down at the moment the distrib u ti o n of prizes, by which two y oun g women ad' each a leg broken, but with this unfortunateexcep tionno serious accident occurred asho re. A boat was Ir unj over by a steamer in the roads and cu t in two, but 'er crew were immediately picked. up. It is calculated that 40,000 persons visited the regatta. ,On Sa DEATHS FROM ARDENT SPIRITS.. — O R turday morning last, a most melancholy and painful sen. cation was produced in this city , in conse q uence of its being reported that two men had lost their lives from im poderate d r i n ki ng o f ar d e nt spirits. On inquiry, we f ound that this report was but to o true, and that an e l derly man, named Thomas Beadle, a • bricklayer's la i_)roourer, residing in the Barleycorn-yard, Walmgate, and Olin Bail e y,' a sweep, residing hi Hungate, both married men, were the un f o rtunate victims. —York Courant. THE "REAL" DARTMOOR DIALECT. — At a trial f or s h eep stea li ng on Thursday last , the prosecu tor thu s d escr ib e d t h e mar ks by which he ide ntified his sheep :—" Whoy, sur, there was a tak and a awl, in the near yur, and a awl, a slit; and a tak in the vurder. ,, This reply, of course, puzzled the Learned Judge, as well t 4 tiles Counsel, and the former asked for an explanation ; WitllPsS, who seemed much amazed at their want c()lnpreheasicin i n en deavouring to b e more ex p licit and intelligible, created Just the opp o si te effect ; and not , word could be understood. Th e Learned Counsel, flowever, with a little patience, at le n g th succeeded in bringing this elegent sentence into a com p rehensible I c l kallOvhen it read thus :—There was a take (a portion e ut °e land a hole in the near ear, and a take, a slit, and ic'. l o4l - 42 the further or off ear,—Western Luminary. ► ~,0 5 ' e 0 4 ,05. 30-1 nO tiee 41 091 t ' o f Olt! by her ~t• e t t y ha v ' f' j hp ithi ° e • reJ • Jew' 1(1 Pl e ct ° :f tiice, PL Ifr. Stiiit s ,LOMON, pRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1841. BEER-SELLERS' ANNIVERSARY DINNER. The Seventh Anniversary Dinner of the Metr)poli tan Beer-sellers' Protection Society took pla !e pster day at White Conduit House. Upwards of 1,000 persons sat down to a most excellent dinner to celebrate the event, and the utmost harmony prevailed throughout the • design has been discovered, and they had been defeated by the very means by which they hoped to gain, their vile ends.—(Cheers.) He was sorry that the Commis sioners of Police had put a restraint upon their officers to lay these informations. For his own part he respected the police much, but he believed on many occasions they acted against truth. As an instance of that he might mention a case that took place at Battersea. In that in stance the individual keeping the house went out to see a relation that was ill, and on his return, about one o'clock in the morning, he discovered that the police, fancying they heard persons talking in the house, had demanded admission, and there discovered two of their own body, who had been sent for by the persons left in charge of the house, because they thought, from the noises they heard at the back, that some one was breaking into the house. It was stated to the sergeant, who, instead of believing it, asserted that the landlord had harboured two of the police, and for so doing he brought an information against him, and _swore that he saw the men sitting down by the parlour fire, smoking their pipes. On the first hearing the Magis trate adjourned the case, but upon its being brought again before him, he dismissed the information. But this was not all they had to contend with—there was the question of lodgers, and the amount at which they were rated. On both these points every difficulty had been thrown in their way, but he was happy to say he had , been enabled, in every instance, to overcome them. In Kingston, a subscription had been raised for the purpose of preventing any house there having a beer license, and the rates had been made upon a principle that would prevent them from obtaining that license. He had taken Counsel's opinion on the subject, and had succeeded in quashing the rate that had been made.—(Cheers.) Another instance, at Kingston, was with respect to Mr. Shaw, a member of the Society. That gentleman had taken two houses and joined them, and although the rate on one would not have entitled him to a license, yet when joined together the rates were sufficient, but because there was a door in the front, and another at the side, it was gravely contended that there were two houses. He (Mr. Ashley) objected to any such notion, and suc ceeded in obtaining the judgment of the magistrates that it was but one house—(Cheers)--it was therefore li censed, and the beer-trade was carried on in it.— (Cheers.) In conclusion, he would only say that since he had had the honour of being appointed Solicitor to the Society, he had done all in his power to protect its mem bers against those miscreants the informers.—(Cheers.) He was glad to say that he had succeeded, and the power that he had obtained over them he would take care not to part with, in order that the interests of the beer sellers might be protected, supported, and indemni fied.—(Cheers.) Mr. BISHOP wished shortly to advert to some circum stances connected with the Excise, that had lately taken place. At the commencement of the present year seve ral cases had been referred to him of persons who were about to leave their beer-houses—their successors were not rated, their names were not in the rate-book, and they wished to know in what condition they would be with respect to their license. A struggle took place with the Excise on the subject, and when he first appeared before the Chairman of the Excise, he and the Deputy- Chairman, together with the Solicitor and the Com missioner, decided against him. They decided that the party that came into possession must stop till his name was in the rate-book before he could obtain his license. He (Mr. Bishop) contended that that was not the view laid down by the Law Officers of the Crown, when he (Mr. B.), the Chairman of the Excise, and the Law Officers were present. He (Mr. B.) requested them to take other advice ; they did so, and the result was that the Solicitor to the Excise took the same view that he did, and it was decided, ultimately, that the successor of a beer-seller, whose name was on the rate-book, might obtain a license if he had given notice that he had taken the house and was willing to pay the rates due and those that might be due.— (Cheers.) He was happy to say that they had most gra tefully responded to the toast of the Public Press, but that response would be utterly useless unless they re sponded to it by their actions at home.—(Cheers.) Let them all take in the paper that advocated their cause, and when he said that, he wished to inform them that The Sun was the only newspaper that had thought it necessary to send a gentleman there to report their pro ceedings.(Cheers.) He would, therefore, advise them to tell their friends, if they wanted to know what had taken place at their meeting, to look to The Sun to morrow.—(Cheers.) Mr. DYKE proposed the health of the Chairman, whom he said had always been willing, both by his exertions Ind his purse, to support the beer-trade. The CHAIRMAN shortly returned thanks, and con cluded by proposing the health of their worthy Secre tary Mr. Bishop, who had done more for the benefit of the Society than all of them put together.—(Cheers.) Mr. BISHOP returned thanks, and the company then broke up, every one appearing highly delighted with the favourable representation that had been made of the af fairs of the Society. evening. Mr. Strong, of the firm of Richmond, Larcharr, and Strong, was unanimously call upon to preside. After the cloth was withdrawn and " Non Nobis Do mine " sung by the professional gentlemen present, The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of her Majesty and Prince Albert, which was drank most enthusias cally. Solo and chorus—" God save the Queen. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the Puke of Sussex, and, all the Royal Family resident in Eng land, which was also drank with the greatest en thusiasm. Glee—" Life's a bumper." The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the Metropolis tend Beers-sellers' Protection Society. And in doing so he regretted extremely that its proposal had not fal len. into hands that were far more capable than himself to do it justice. Glee—" Willie brew'd a peck o' maut.' Mr. BISHOP, the Secretary to the Society, on respond ing to the toast, observed that it had fallen to his pro vince to say a few words upon the toa st that had j ust been proposed of " Success to the Metropolitan Beer sellers Protection Society." He was qu ite sure, from the manner in which all present had responded to that toast, that they felt, like himklf, a real wish that suc cess might attend the Society, and that the same bond of unity which had hitherto existed might still be conti nued.—(Cheers.) They had met that thy to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the institution of the 1 Beer-sellers' Society.--(Cheers.) When they met to celebrate the first anniversary they were few in numbers, and their efforts were then comparatively small ; but since that ' time their energies had been called I forth, and he thought that he need hardly tell them that such: success had crowned their exer tions as to make them really wish for the , s uccess of the Society. It was but a short time` since they had struggled hard for their existence as tradesmen, but he was happy to say that they were ad mitted into the pale of privilege.—(Cheers.) They were no longer the proscribed class they had hitherto been. —(Cheers.) They might now accommodate a neigh bour when they required it, and all they had to do was to show that they were deserving of the privileges they had, that they were entitled to those that were withheld from them—(Cheers) —and would not rest satisfied till they had obtained them.—(Cheers.) It must be Dome in mind by every member of the Society that, although they were in possession of these privileges at the present moment, they might be again assailed, and, if they were, he would venture to say this, that there could not be a wiser mode to render those assaults harmless than by having their whole body so united as to set them at de fiance. This was one of the main ends of the Society ; but that was not all, there was another object they had in view, and that was to establish on a firm foundation the pension fund. While they themselves were it possession of privileges, while they saw around them so many smiling and happy faces, they ought not to forget that there were those in existence upon whom the hand of adversity had fallen.—(Cheers.) They must recollect that the widow, the orphan, and the decayed beer-sellei were alike objects entitled to the benefit of the pension fund.—(Cheers.) He was happy to say that that fund was on the increase, and that at the present moment they had funds sufficient to give relief to all, and that the widows and orphans would not go away from the doors of the Society unrelieved.—(Cheers.) In making this statement, he must not forget the main purport for which he had risen. He had to thank those present for the manner in which they had drunk the toast, but he had also to propose the health of Lord Monteagle, the patron of the Beer-sellers' Pension Fund.—(Great cheer ing.) That Noble Lord had rendered them the greatest service in their Parliamentary struggles, and in render ing those services he had been most kindly assisted by their other Parliamentary friends. Lord Monteagle, when Chancellor of the Exchequer, and perhaps better known as Mr. Spring Rice, had taken their case in hand. —(Cheers.) He had done that which he was solicited to do, namely, to make inquiry into the character, nature, conduct, and management of the beer-houses, and the consequence of those inquiries was the bringing in a Bill which, although it was dropped at the end of the session, was revived in the following year, and the pre sent flourishing.state of the Society, and the privileges they then possessed, was the result.—(Cheers.) They were greatly indebted to other Parliamentary friends, on that occasion, but to none more than Lord Mont eagle.—(Cheers.) Their old and long-tried friend Mr. Warburton, had a strong claim upon them for the exer tions he had made on their behalf ; and Mr. Wakley, the Member for Finsbury, had done all in his power to extend the boon held out by the Society to the widow and the orphan, while the Bill was under consideration. --(Cheers.) He need not go over the whole of the names of those Members who had advocated their cause, because he felt convinced that they were SEIZURE OF THREE BRI/ISH OFFICERS BY written on the tablets of the memory of all present THE BURMESE.—{From a letter in the United Service , too strongly to need it. He would, therefore, conclude Gazette.)—" MOULMEIN, JULY 10.—You have probably by proposing " The health of Lord Monteagle, the patron of the Pension Fund, and our Parliament ar y friends." heard of the seizure of three British officers of the Madras army by the Burmese authorities ; the parties Glee—" Hail ! smiling morn." are Captain-Brett, of the 21st Light Infantry, and Lieu- The toast was drank in the most enthusiastic manner. tenants Revell and Gib, who, whilst on a shooting excur- Mr. STONEWOOD rose to propose the toast of "Our sion, having accidentally overstepped the boundary line, country friends, and continued unity." He was sorry were immediately seized by a body of armed men, their that the proposal of the toast had not been placed in guns forcibly taken from them, and they were marched better hands. Those present, he would venture to sa y , on foot for two days and nights, a distance of above little knew the services that hvl been done them by their sixty miles, to the town of Martaban, immediately friends in the country during the struggle that t he y had opposite the contonment of Moulmein, on the right to undergo.—(Cheers.) In the rural districts, the Act bank of the Salween, where these officers were of Parliament, which came into operation about twelve placed in durance, after undergoing repeated indig months ago, had been most severe and persecuting. nities and considerable violence. Strange to say. too, Although the London Committee had struggled hard to the British authorities at Moulmein took no active steps f obtain a fair mode of carrying on their trade to al l, y et for their release beyond despatching a few letters to the difficulties had always surrounded them. Those difficul- headman at Martaban, which only met with insulting ties arose in several ways : in the first place, the rural replies, the Burmese authority positively refusing to re districtslease the officers until he should hear from the Gover pecuniary had never rendered them any assistance in a norofl3 e 1 i n . This tacitly gcro odaysa ufeltedhfueawlal national neostaldweotl seizure izontbunhgeraeel nights,eut fi n l a t ard i tdl, ievrstieiht:Bdi the detention tmbn i etyniors most authorities.ittn opgn British o aeoi 0 - f.f point of view, but the small towns had ren -(Checered them great assistance in the House of Commons. soi cersrbunhibre sufferet:obso,vguns,degradation iesn lnns udofrsioetarl ytsighth daunjustifiable it seven s ers.) In the country there were 7,610 public houses under an 81. annual rental, and 7,650 beer-houses, and it must bo known to all that no beer-house could carry on the trade until it was rated to the poor , at 81. The result, therefore, in the co untr y , was those gentlemen excited an extraordinary sensation almost tantamount to sweeping the beer trade out and sympathy throughout the cantonment aud town of existence. With respect to the large towns, they had of Moulmein, and had not immediate steps been rendered them great assistance. Birmingham, Man- taken to keep down the ebullition of indignation chester, Bristol, Bath, Huddersfield, Stockport, aud many which existed amongst the European inhabitants other places he could mention , had stru gg led hard with and soldiery of the force, they certainly would have them to settle the question, and it would, therefore, ill made an attempt to rescue their countrymen, become them if they did not toast their friends in the and which would probably have led to consider country, and toast them well too.—(Cheers.) Every able loss of life, as a Burmese force had been collected at person in the beer trade ought to be a memb er of their Martaban to resist any attempt at hostilities. lam told Society, as it was essentially necessary for the interest that the three officers have been placed in arrest, pend g of all that they should be unite d ; if the y were so, they in a reference to the Commander-in - Chief, for having wo uld be sure to obtain all they require d, but if the y disobeyed some local order which had become obsolete, were not, the worst results might be anticipated. He and, though the affair occurred so far back as the 18th hoped, therefore, that those who were not members that of January, they have not yet been liberated. You may night would be so before that day month. s --(Cheers.) think it strange that the Moulmein Cnronicle has never Mr. Stonewood conclude d b y p ro p osin g the health of made any mention of this disgraceful affair. The fact, " Our Country Friends, and continued unity, not forget- however, is, that the person who conducts that journal is ting Mr. Sefton, the delegate from Stockport." an American missionary and master of the Free School, The toast was most enthusiastically drank, together and, as the authorities are studiously anxious to keep the with one cheer more for Mr. Sefton. matter quiet, he has probably culculated the advantages Song, "Hampton Court," by Mr. Ke rrid g e. of remaining silent in affairs o f state p olic y ." Mr. Itesvienes proposed " The Ladies," which was When Sir Robert Peel was last in power, there drank amid much cheering. was . one Member of is Administration about whose 1 Mr. BISHOP then rose to propose " The Public Press," and in doing so observed that the toast he was about to " sayings and doings" lie was said to be peculiarly propose was one which, if they had any gratitude, they anxious—so much so, indeed, that one of his colleagues would respond to in the most enthusiastic manner. assured a friend of ours, that "Sir Robert never awoke That toast was the " Public Press."—(Great cheering.) of a morning without expecting the first piece of news He felt somewhat interested in this question, for in his to be that— had played „ some prank which had younger days he had been brought up to it, and since he blown up the whole concern." We NVe co w u o la nder who this had been pressed into the service of the beer-sellers, he gentleman,so capable . of mischief, possibly . be.. had found the greatest advantage in his labours in their Is he to be in the new Tory Ministry 7—L i verpoo l cause through the medium of the press.--(Cheers.) He Chronicle. thought that they owed a debt of gratitude to some FIRE ON BOARD THE DUCHESS OF SLITHER. portions of the Press, which they would never be able to LAND STEAM-SHIP.—On Tuesday night, at eleven o'clock, repay, for the manner in which they had advocated their the large steam-ship Duchess of Sutherland arrived at interests, and he trusted that the Members of the So- her moorings off St. Katherine's, from Aberdeen, with niety would mark tbeir sense of that advocacy by select- 100 passengers, and a large and valuable cargo, consist ing, where they required newspapers in their houses, ing of 174 oxen, a number of sheep, about 56 tons of those that had stood forward as their firm friends. Indoing dead meat, 300 boxes of salmon, about 500 barrels of so they would be only following a strict line of duty, herrings, for the London market, and a great quantity while at the same time they would be strengthening of man ufactured goods. The cattle were landed the same press it their own interests. With resp ect to the daily night. Yesterday morning, soon after six o'clock, the was due from him to say that the Times had devoted crew and labourers commenced discharging the cargo one of its best leaders to t h e i r cause—but t h e Times into lighters and barges alongside. A few minutes af was not the only newspaper that had stood up in their terwards the people were alarmed at a dense body of defence. The Sun Morning and Evening Newspaper smoke ascending from the engine-room, and it was soon had most manfully advocated their cause at a time when ascertained that the vessel was on fire. No time was lost they greatly needed it.—(Great cheering.) Of the weekly in ma nning the hand-engine on board, and a stream of press there were several newspapers which had done water was discharged into the after larboard coal-bunker, them great service; among that number he might men- where the fire was raging. The flames, however, were tion the Examiner and the. Dispatch. Suc h bein g not subdued until part of the deck was cut away, and a great quantity of water thrown below. The people the case, he would again press upon every me mber of the Society the necessity, if they wanted newspapers, on board exerted themselves in a most ', - praiseworthy of selecting those which advocated their interests.— manner to subdue the flames, which at one time threat (Cheers.) In conclusion he had only to express the plea- ened the destruction of this, magnificent ship and her sure he felt at seeing the Solicitor of the Society pre- cargo. The damage done was inconsiderable—a few sent, as he felt convinced he would make statements to barrels of herrings, and the inside skin of the vessel, them which would place in a far clearer light than he were scorched, and some injury was done by the water, could the difficulties with which they had to contend. He but not to any amount worth naming. The fire was caused had no doubt that many present might feel surprised that he should introduce that gentleman's name in connection by the ignition of the coals in the bunker the heat of the furnaces during the voyage. with the public press, but he did so because he and the At Guildhall, yesterday, Richard Archer, a law pre ss went band in hand to do them justice.--(Cheers.) The worthy Secretary concluded by proposing " The writer, was brought up before Sir John Cowan, charged Public Press , and may i t ne v er record the beer-sellers, with violently assaulting a young man named Millard, itt w nhh h eac o t u is ilsti oi a ld n l ya injuriesri ndwmareane received fiiovgfeltdlht anotheri nefrgo Inwhen lad,hthe Charing-cross prisoner. I t appeared through ingratitude."—(Great cheering.) The toast was most enthusiastically drank. ennamtheed prisonerSu therla Sutherland, interposed e e d t Comic song by Mr. Clifford. and struck Millard a se ' vere blow on the head' ; N w N u h hp i i c oc h hn Mr. ASHLEY, the solicitor to the society, then came t s : ; ve i al e \e n e,roe o luv f nash : r h e e lrase b tdai r dl a ll i vf n arr . ose mms : ai l lit i lnh l s l e a in r ih d ndoasa was d c a o n n g v e e r yoe n d s forward, and was received with great cheering. About caused tocs teartttiifie. ehd a .Ao s e tpc o hie n atra c ttl u i a, two years ago he had been appointed Solicitor to the . Society, and during that period he hadgreat pleasure in saying. that he t had seen the noble objects the Society bad which Sir John ordered him to be brought u pn p gitae a rl g , again on iiiviev, namey . , that of destroying i themonopoly in the beer trade, carried into effect.—(Cheers.) The trade, Saturday next. HACKNEY CHURCH-RATES.—ANOTHERDE eeyenwsnaisngheyledari.n the A f p t teir r is t h he c p h as ur s c i l n e g t o o f however, was still under s s oe ha ie c t k y les a , n b d ut it h s e f b r e ie li n e d v s e , d ti tp os a e t by the exertions FEAT.—Yesterday morning, a meeting of the Rate pmaaykTer ens o ra f te H fo ac r k t n h toder a y a r t a h t e e o p f re tw ha o h -p le en p e a e ree h h a i l a f i shackles would h soon e f e b l t e removed, h rongh t and e w the blessings eomm un of t f y t . the Society would l a o n o d k i t nd s for e w ard wouldto the say w meet-ith the Churchwardens' waspropose d accounts, , (Cheers.)ln g fanother expenditure. This was opposed, and Mr. Miall moved to stry, they must bring forward libe amend the postponement of the question for 12 months. rmeisgphecttfotormthatht,ethisatitoi,whoever the individuals might be who Penny They ' a l ; 1 e w hole re n e n ° t i v , ' was g lad to see the efforts of Mr. Pennington seconded the amendment, which was be forgotten.He ral measures and among them the beer-sellers must not d with then put to the vote, and carried by 90 against 34. A had much to do with Poll was thereupon demanded, which would remain open success.—(Cheers.) He had not . his time being Mr. Bishop, their indefatigable Secretary, crowned , the Parliamentary business of the FEMALE EDUCATION.—Women, society, till five o'clock yesterday. n i o s thing ; en, such is their e when gives y h o is uthi s admiration gon'e, for r ll whose trade it unfortanate style of education, hazard every thing upon from the attacks of those infamous men c 1 , . chiefly employed in defending members of the Society I gone. was to lodge information against them—(Cheers) had rs b ) e — on ai n N th o e e h as u t m o an f th e e re he was most happy to say that his efforts . , 1 d every twenty ' either the e a must be c iarme , or the und tended with unexempled success, for out of erstanding t ates by the: tified. E y v r human being must p t i - oases that had been brought before Mahn great di at e ur ; up w th the (Gr t I coldest civility, . . e y has neither the - u informers, he had succeeded in defeating fifteen—( who ' civility, charms of youth nor cheering)—for he had obtained a is total and entire dis- , the wisdom of age. Neither there the slightest corn missal of those informations.—(Cheers.) lishments • no man He had seen i miseration for decayedsaccon 3 l 3 ,mourns those informers come forward and endeavour to support over the frogmen :5, h ts of a dancer or drops a tear on the re their case by the grossest perjury, but their infamous lies of musical skill.—Sydney mit . ANIMAL MAGNETISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--Several papers have expressed their doubt as 'to the genuiness of my experiments on Magnetism, in Ha nover-square Rooms ; o th ers are at a loss, they say, to perceive their utility. My object is "to prove the existence of Magnetism, and its utility when used as a means of cure ; my endeavour is, by means of a wide-spread publicity, to induce doctors and men of science to inquire into, and, by its means, relieve suffering humanity. Ido not pretend. that Ma gne ti s m is an universal panacea, that will cure every disease ; but, employed with discernment, in many in stances it can be of great service, and give relief in cases where ordinary medical science has been unavailing. In order to prove the existence and utility of Magne tism beyond a doubt, when I arrived in this country I applied to an establishment of the deaf and dumb, having been fortunate enough to cure in France several deaf and dumb persons, whose complete deafness had been duly testified by authentic proofs in my possession, and which I aim willing to submit to your inspection. I requested the Committee would allowlne to Magnetise, in their pre sence, some deaf and dumb patients of their establishment. Thus there could have been no deception, no collusion, and my good or bad faith might haVe been tested. The answer freeeived from the Director was,.that the. Co mmittee laid referred my diMand to the medical men of the establishment, and that i.would shortly receive an an swer. This was a month ago ; up to this time I- have received no further communication. I now appeal to the medical men, men of science and worth,those whose public character and position in theworld may place above suspicion, and beg of them to carefully examine, and in an unprejudiced manner pass their judg ment on, Magnetism. Let seven or eight individuals, as above alluded to, assemble and present two or three per sons of their own choice to be magnetised b y me, in their presence, I am in hopes of being able to convince them of the existence and reality of Magnetism. The few sittings I have given have caused a sensation in your great city. Magnetism is the theme of conver sation ; some speak for,.others against it ; but, strange to say, those who had never seen any experiments are those who most loudly condemn. In these enlightened times truth ought not to be repelled because it happens to destroy certain theories founded on sophisms. It ought to be carefully examined, and repulsed if false, or can didly acknowledged if true, for facts must ever be facts. For the sake of truth I hope you will give publicity to this letter, and I ardently hope my proposal will be ac cepted. Your most obedient servant, 3d August, 1841. L.AFONTAINE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I notice in your City Article, in your paper of yesterday, an allusion made to the stoppage of a leading Demerara house. Why not give the name of that house? which, in my opinion, would have been the most straight forward course fo'r an independent journal to have adopted, thereby preventing the possibility i of any mis take as to the house, as there are a number n that trade, both here and in London A .—Your VERPOOL obedient sBROKER. ervant, Liverpool, August 4, 18 4 ',LI • MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. 'Wallace, M.P., has addressed the following letter to the editor of the Greenock Advertiser : " Kelly, Aug. 2. " Sir—l send enclosed a letter which I have received this morning from Lord John Russell, from which you will see that Parliament is certainly to meet for the despatch of business on the 19th, and that it may be fairly inferred, the proceedings in the House of Com mons will be in accordance with what I ventured to suggest, as a proper course for Ministers to adopt, when I had the honour of addressing the electors of Greenock at the dinner given to Mr. Stewart and myself. It must be borne in mind that Ministers were driven from office before they had an opportunity of discussing the great changes proposed in our commercial code, and there can be no doubt the development of these changes, and their probable effects, are as yet but, little known throughout the country. It therefore appears to me imperative on the advisers of the Crown to bring the whole subject in a tangible shape before those who have elected the present House of Commons, as well as those who compose it, and thus enable the nation at large, along with their Parliamentary representatives, to judge deli berately, not only of the measures themselves, but also of the conduct of.those forming the leaders of the two great parties in the State, before the reins of government shall be wrested from the one, and be entrusted to their poli tical opponents. " Believing that this course would be highly useful, and no less satisfactory, to the great body of the • people, I earnestly hope it may be adopted, in spite of every at tempt to defeat a line of policy so evidently just in itself, however it may interfere with party views or antiquated usages.—l am, Sir, your obedient s?rvant, ‘• 'ROBERT . WALLACE." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. A very thin attendance, and no betting worth a quotation. BRIGHTON RACES----WEDNESDAY (CONCLUDED). The Town Plate of 501., &c. Mr. Balchin's Dromedary, 4 yrs (Buckle) 2 0 1 1 Mr. Wright's Folly, 4 yrs Lord Eglinton's Amulet, 4 yrs 4 0 2 dr. Sir G. Heathcote's fby Emilius, Jane, 4 yrs 3 3 3 dr. Third and fourth heats won easy. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, mile and half, was won by Lord W. Hill's Light Bob (owner), beating Mr. Barnett's Battledore. TUIittEDAY. The Two Years Old Stakes of 30 sous. each, 20 ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Shelley's lole (allowed 31b) (Nat) 1 Mr. Coleman's Gazelle (51b extra). Sir G. lleathcote's Pannakeen Even on Gazelle, and 6 to 4 asst Idle. Won by a length. Tho Queen's Plate of 100 Guineas. Heats, the Old Course. Mr. Goodman's Orelia, 5 yrs .................. Sir G. Heathcote's Argos, 4 yas ................... Mr. Booth's Benjamin, 4 yrs ......................... Both heats won in a canter. The Tradesman's Plate was not over when the coach left. 1 1 3 2 2 dr POTTERY RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Copeland Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, &c., with 100 added ; the second save his stake. Twice round and a distance. Mr. Cloves na Ararat, 5 yrs .....................(Stagg) 1 Mr. Price's Tuly, 4 yrs Mr. Heseltine's The Shadow, 5 yrs ..... . The following also started, but were not placed—Lord Eglinton's Dr. Caius, 4 yrs ; Mr. Flintofrs Prudence, 6 yrs; and Mr. Eddison's The Ruler, 4 yrs. Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 30 added. T.Y.C. Mr. Smith's The Maid, 4 yrs (Lye) 1 Mr. Heseltine's The Shadow, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Price's Lady Abbess, 6 y rs 3 with 50 The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, _ _ added. Mile and half. Mr. Skerratt's Lydia, 3 yrs (Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Copeland's Mustapha Muley, 3 yrs The Maiden Plate of 60/, and a Subrcription of 3 sovs. each for the second. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Buckley's c, by Laurel—Shoehorn, 3 yrs 1 1 Mr. Mostyn's Myrtle, 3 yrs Mr. Flintoff's Constance, 4 yrs Mr. Thompson's Fenells, 4 . yrs SALISBURY RACES—WEDNESDAY. Produce Sweepstakes of 50/. each, h ft, Mile and half. Hon S. Herbert s Nicias, walked over. The Wiltshire Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 added ; the second saves his stake. 2 miles. Mr. Hussey na Belissima, 6 yrs (Percy)' 1 l)uke of Richmond's The Currier, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Herbert's Arctic. aged 3 Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth, 4 yrs 4 Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. 3 miles. Duke of Richmond's Mus, aged, walked over. Handicap of 5 sovs. each, 3ft ; the City Bowl, and 20 sovs. added. Mile and half heats. __ Mr. Bayley's Belissima, 6 yrs (Conelly) 1 1 Mr. Forth's Variety, 4 yrs 2 dr Mr. Sadler's Diversion, 3 yrs 3 dr LORD FRANCIS EGERTON'S YEOMANRY. Our Contemporary, the Manchester Times, made on I Saturday the following awful announcement : " We are told that Lord Francis Egerton is about to raise a yeomanry corps from amongst his numerous tenants. Should this be true, and we have no reason to doubt the truth of our informant, it will show that his Lordship is resolved to be prepared against any emeute in his own neighbourhood. The example will probably be followed by all the Tory aristocracy, and thus a new military force will be created, auxiliary to the Tory Go vernment, and for the suppression of any disturbances that may arise from the continuance of the corn mo nopoly.' The fact is true, but with all deference to our fright ened friend, it does not show any apprehension of an emeute, or any preparation against such an event. We beg our Contemporary to be tranquil—to collect himself and to hear the very simple solution of the harmless circumstance which has thrown him into such a pa roxysm of terror. Lord Francis Egerton—who, so far from the Hotspur the Times imagines, is the most loyal and pacific of noblemen—has recently been gazetted to the chief command, under the Crown, of the Lanca shire Yeomanry Cavalry. The Colonelcy of the regi ment goes with the Duchy, and is vested in the Crown. There is now no Duke of Lancaster, and her Majesty, the Duchess (God bless her !), is little likely to go a Coloneling, or to exercise the military privileges of her station. Lord Francis Egerton, therefore, recently ga zetted Major-Commandant , i s virtually the chief officer of the corps, and in acknowledgment of the high honour thus conferred on him by. his Royal mistress, his Lord ship felt it becoming to raise a troop exclusively from his own tenantry.. The act is merely one of respectful ac knowledgment always customary from every nobleman or gentleman on whom similar honour is conferred • and as to its having any con nec t i on with the state Of the country, its being in the nature of a "new military force," or intended as a safeguard against any appre hended emeute, it would be just as rational to charge Lord Francis Egerton with the intention of raising a force to overthrow the British Monarchy, or to invade the Celestial Empire.—Manchester Chronicle. ST. PAUL'S CA THXDRAL.--During the last few days great interest has been excited, and crowds of persons collected around St. Paul's Church-yard, in con sequence of the workmen being employed in repairing the outside of the dome of the cathedral. The men are suspended from the " dizzy height" in cradles of wood, let down by ropes, and, from the immense height, ap pear mere pigmies to those below. LITERATURE. GUY FAWKES. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1841. We have so often spoken of this romance, as portions of it appeared from time to time in the pages of Bentley's Miscellany,, that we need here say little more than that it is now com pleted, and terminates, as might have been an ticipated, with the execution of Guy Fawkes for high treason, and the death, by a broken heart, •of the heroine, Viviana Radcliffe. The story is by no means devoid of interest—for Mr. Ains worth shows much tact in the disposition and working up of incident; but it fails in the de lineation of character. There is no individuality —no skill of discrimination in any of the chief personages. Viviana is a mere pretty automaton, as cold and lifeless as wax work ; and even the hero himself, on whom evident pains have been bestowed, has scarcely one mental feature to dis tinguish him from the rest of the conspirators. In a word, " Guy Fawkes" is a work of talent — certainly not of genius. BRiTISII ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 3.—The ad journed meeting of the General Committee was held yesterday afternoon, when a series of invitations from Manchester having been read, including the town coun cil, boroughreeve and constables, commissioners of police, and all the literary and scientific bodies of that town, it was unanimously resolved that the meeting for next year should be held in that town. It was also resolved that the meeting be held in June, as most convenient for the local officers. The business of the sections yesterday was of a more important character, but they were thinly attended. The following were the communications : SECTION A.—MATRE3IATICS AND PlllMlCS.—Profes sor Kelland's report on Heat. Mr. de Moleyn on a new Voltaic Combination of extraordinary energy. Profes sor Phillips on the Internal Temperature of York Min ster. Mr. Snow Harris's further Account of the Work ing of Whevvell's Anemometer, erected at Plymouth, &c. The other papers and the discussions which took place were quite of a technical character. SECTION B,—CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY.—Dr. Dana, of Lowell, Mass., United States, read a paper on a Practical Method of Determining the Quantity of Real Indigo in the Indigo of C ommerce; th e i n di g o being dis solve by means of carbonate of soila and muriate of tin, is precipitated by means of the. bichromate of potash, washed with diluted muriatic acid, filtered, dried, and weighed, the precipitate being that of pure indigo. A paper was read from Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney, enti tled, " Some Experiments," showing the possibility of fire from the use of hot water in warming buildings, and. of explosions in steam-engine boilers. The paper detailed a number of very curious experiments, which went to prove that steam under high pressure was partially decomposed, and that in a state of gaseous vapour it was capable of heating the iron flues to such an extent that linen was charred, gunpowder fired, and fusible metal melted. The author suggested the use of fusible metal in some parts of the pipes as a preventive, as melting when the flues become too highly heated it al: lows the escape of the vapour, and, of course, assists in cooling the pipe. Dr. Daubeney read a paper of much interest on the Disintegration of the Dolomotic Rocks of the Tyrol. He suggested, as a practical appli cation of his observations, that their disintegration might be much assisted by sulphuric acid, and being thus converted into sulphate of lime, it would afford an excellent soil for vegetation. Mr. Predeau related some results of experiments conducted with a view to the protection of Copper Sheathing of Ships, in which he proved that the modern copper sheathing from the im purities it contains, is less durable than the copper pre pared many years since. He also suggested the applica tion of coal tar as a coating to protect the copper from the action of the saline matter of the sea. - SECTION C.—GEOLOGY AND G EOGRA PH Y. —D. E. Moore described a raised beach, under Plymouth-hoe. Professor Owen gave a Report on Fossil Reptiles, pre pared at the request of the Association. He entered very fully into the Osteology orthese remains ; but the paper, which was a very long detail, is not susceptible of abridgement. SECTION D.—ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY.—Effect of Ani • mal Exhalations on Plants, by Mr. Ball. This paper proved the:injury, and often destruction, to plants in green houses, from decomposing animal bodies. The other proceedings of this section were unimportant. SECTION E.—MEDICAL SCIENCE.—This, the first meet ing of the Section, was well attended. The communica tions made were—A Statistical Report of Patients of the Plymouth Public Dispensary during the years 1838, 1839, and 1840, by Mr. Samuel Derry. Facts as yet unnoticed in the Treatment of Squinting, by James Vose Solomon. SECTION F.— STATISTICS.—These papers were all of a local character, and the discussions that ensued of trifling interest. SECTION G.—MECHANICAL SCIENCE. -- Mr. W. S Harris exhibited and explained a model of Capt. Couch's Chock Channels. The improvement consisted that the channels were made solid, and fastened to the ships' side by means of a bolt, which, if necessary, might be un clenched, when the whole would fall off, and thus the danger to be apprehended from the old channels would be avoided. A report on the Steam-engine Constructs Indicator, by Professor Mosley, for which 1001. was awarded by the Association; The machine, it was con sidered, would produce correct results, a desideratum long sought after. Sir Isambard Brunel gave an in teresting explamstion of the Construction of the Thames Tunnel, which he illustrated by a series of drawings, but nothing novel was elicited in the details. The great object of attraction in the afternoon was the ' launch of the Hindostan, a knowledge of which drew together thousands from the surrounding country. The afternoon turned out very unfavourable, the rain pouring in torrents, but this was far from damping the ardour of the spectators. The whole interior of the shed had been fitted up with seats, in which five hundred mein-. hers were accommodated, whilst upwards of a thousand persons were admitted on board. The San Joseph guard ship was moored opposite the dock-yard, and the mem bers of the association were admitted on board that vessel and the Caledonia, on- the exhibition of their tickets. This part of the Sound was crowded with boats, and the opposite heights of Cornwall with spectators, and the scene, notwithstanding the impetuous torrents of rain, was most imposing. At a few minutes past 5 o'clock, the ceremony of christening having been performed by Mrs. General Ellis, the vessel was committed to her na tive element amidst the plaudits of the assembled thou sands. Soon after 9 o'clock another interesting object was exhibited, in the,illumination of the Caledonia flag ship with port fires. At the ordinaries in the afternoon, which were well attended, Professor Buckland presided at Devonport ; and Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., M.P., at Plymouth. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYDS. LONDON, AUG. s.—Wind this day at noon S. to S.E. DEAL, Auc. 4.—Wind N., fresh breeze.—Arrived the Clarinda, Fareman, from Dominica ; John Craig, Que bec ; arrived from the River and sailed, Anonyma, for Bombay ; Cinderella, Mauritius ; I. 0., Trinidad ; Vic toria, Vera Cruz ; Halifax and Edward, Quebec ; Ro manoff, Miramichi; Vernon, Madeira. Put back, Peggy, for Jamaica, with loss of anchor, and sailed again. Sailed the outward bound. OFF HASTINGS, AUG. 4.—Arrived the Fulmar, Col lier, from Sydney, New South Wales ; St. Bartholomew, Trieste, for Stettin ; Helena and Catherine, Tyre, St. Croix. PORTSMOUTH, Auc. 4.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed the Wellington, for New York. DawrmouTit, AuG. 4.—Arrived the Constance, from Havre for St. Domingo, with pumps choked. FALMOUTH, AUG. 2.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W., fresh gales.—Arrived the Eliza Liddell, Gray and Hartlepool, Hubbard, from Odessa ; Zior and Oriental steamor, Alexandria, left 20th ult., Malta 24th, Gibraltar 29th. Arrived on; the James Cruikshank, from St. Vincent's. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 4.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Clyde, from Quebec ; Copia, Miky, Smyrna ; Vic toria, Newfoundland. Sailed the William Perri° and Princess Charlotte, fur Bombay ; Reward, Calcutta ; Tommy, Rio Janeiro ; Nightingale, Per nambuco ; Freeman, Barbadoes ; Trunout, New Or leans ; Catharine Jackson, Birmingham, and Shaks peare, New York ; Columbia steamer, Halifax ; Ilebe, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Belmont, Quebec ; Egger don Castle, Newfoundland ; Eliza, Africa ; La Grazia and Hebe:Genoa ; James Dunn and Royalist. Naples ; Honesta, Trieste ; Floraville, Tunis. The Clyde arrived here from Quebec, sailed 4th ult., on the 15th was in company with about 150 sail, bore up that evening for the Straits of Belleisle, in company with the Scotland and Lord Cochrane on the 16th. The latter ssruck on a rock in Labrador Bay, and filled on the 18th. The crew were abandoning her. JERSEY, JULY 31.—Sailed the Three Sisters, for the River Gambia ; Isabella, Alicant. ARRIVED OFF SCILLY, JULY 26.—The Cosmopolite, Quebec ; Lord of the Isles, Hamburgh, and sailed 30th for Newfoundland. BRISTOL, A UG. 4.—Arrived the Rose, Baylis, Trinidad. Sailed the Theseus, Quebec ; Flora, Davidson, Leghorn. OFF G RASSHOLM ISLAND, AUG. 2.—The Reindeer, Fell, Smyrna. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Corronia, outward bound, 25th ult., lat. 47, lon. 7 ; Union, Odessa to Fal mouth, 2d, lat. 48, lon. 6, by the Hartlepool, arrived at Falmouth ; Zephyr, Gibra l ta r to Alexandria, 20th June, lat. 38, lou. 5 E. ; 11armion, London to Quebec, 30th June, lat. 48, lon. 11, by the Zior, arrived at Falmouth. Adamant, Sunderland to St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, 23d ult., lat. 45, lon. 29 ; Terpsichore, Dartmouth to Newfoundland, Ist, lat. 49, lon. 9, by the George Cruik shank, arrived off ditto. Alexander Edmond, Liverpool to Quebec, 30th ult., lon. 11, by the Harvest Home, arrived at Truro. G. Brooks, from St. Vin cent's. 24th ult., lat. 50, lon. 10, by the Marys, arrived at Lancaster. Express, Cadiz to Quebec, sth ult., lat. 36, by the Leopoldina, arrived at Havre. Vertrouwen, Buenos Ayres to Cowes, 27th June, lat. 5, N., lon. 27, W. ; Susannah, Liverpool to Baltimore, 26th, ult., lat. 46, lon. 21, by the Minerva, arrived at Cowes. Albion, Preston to Quebec, 20th ult., lat. 51, lon. 22, by the Glengary, arrived in the Clyde. Ada, of Dublin, Ist ult., off Cape Trafalgar ; Sarah, Liverpool to Trieste, sth, off St. Vincent ; Snowdon, Liverpool to Africa, 12th, lat. 43, lon. 12, by the Hudson, arrived at Bristol. Kate of Clyde, for Quebec, 16th ult., in the ship Jessie, o f Li verpool, and S tra its of Belleisle ; barque Waterhen, by the John Munn, arrived in the DEATH FROM BATHING.--•Yesterday morning a fine youth, twelve years of age, named Young, lost his lif e from bathing in the river Thames, a short distance from the Red Rouse. The body has not yet been found. A FIGHT. I advanced into the middle of the school-room and proceeded to scan the counte nances o f m y school-fel lows, with a view of striking up a friendship with one or more of them. I had not long stood thus, however, when a pull of my hair from behind caused me to start round with indignant surprise. My eyes lighted upon a row of faces of singular gravity, with a hand over each mouth as of philosophical speculation. As I turned scowling from these grave Muftis, hopeless of detecting the delinquent, a second visit Ilion of the same nature awakened my fury, and turning short upon my heel, with a rapid swing of my arm I prostrated a small wretch, upon whose upturned visage still lingered a slight vestige of mischievous glee, whi:h was instantaneously succeeded by a look of woe. Th 3 lamentations of this victim opened the throats of the smiller fry. " He won't fight ; " "He daren't fight ;" " What's his name?" re soundd on all sides. " I say, you sir," cried a boy older and taller than my self, starting briskly up to me, " what's your name?" " Go it, Sincl a i r !— t h at ' s i t, Sinclair!', shouted the in genuous youths. (Boys are the generous, noble, high-minded beings their grandmothers inspire philosophers to call them.) " What's your name, I tell you!" repeatel Sinclair. " Richard Freeman," said I, sturdily. " Well—have you a mind to fight ?" " Any one of my own size," I answered ; " and I should like to catch the coward that pulled my hair just now." Although I said this readily and resolutely enough, a sense of my unfriended condition lay heavy at my heart, and mingled grief and rage rose into my throat. I would have averted my head to conceal the tears that sprang to my eyes; but at this moment a tap on the shoulder engaged my attention. I looked up, and saw a boy about Sinclair's age. He kindly took me by the hand. " I'm Gregory—Tom Gregory," said he; " never mind them—l'll stand by you." In the meanwhile Sinclair had been taking counsel with his companions. " I'll see what he's made of," he observed, as he broke from them, sagaciously nodding his head. Thereupon the young gentleman, in a kind of dance, receded a few paces, and with his tongue between his teeth, and one eye cocked as though to enable him to take a surer aim, he advanced towards me in the same lively manner, and struck me across the face with his open hand. Two boys, with very good intentions, instantly seized me by the arms. " You are no match for him—don't fight him," said they. . But had he been the devil's Own imp, I had flown upon him for that. Bursting from their hold, I rushed headlong upon jay assailant, and dealt him such a blow upon the under jaw as, had he not withdrawn his inso lent tongue, might perhaps have abridged it. As it was, he recoiled, with an expression of face almost pitiable. " Enough," said Toni Gregory, interposing. " Well, done, Freeman! Sinclair, you are a coward to strike a boy younger than yourself." " I'll fight him,' , said I, going up to him. I remem bered to have taken down such an ignoble swaggerer once before, who had interfered with my amusement in Lincoln's Inn-fields. " Have you a mind to fight?" re peating his words. " Yes, I have," he replied. No more. Two detachments of lads seized upon us severally, and hurried us into the play-ground, behind a large elm tree, and, set face to face, we began to bruise each other without ceremony. Sinclair proved himself to be no coward, or, perhaps, shame did the word of courage ; but he was utterly ig norant of the noble science to which the renowned Mr. Broughton, before I left London, lent such additional lustre. He lacked also my activity and quickness of manual resort •, so that, after a prolonged combat, in which many blows were exchanged, three black eyes were given, and much blood was shed, he gave in, and reluctantly proclaimed me the conqueror.—" Richard Savage," in Bentley's Miscellany for July. To propose to enrich a nation by forcing a per manent , scarcity of corn, and obstructing the natural course of trade, is, indeed, at variance with common sense. The consequences cannot be mistaken: they are these—the embarrassment of our shipping, and of our mercantile and manufacturing interests : want of em ployment, and desperate poverty among the labouring population ; an increase of crime, and a tendency to emi gration ; a loss of our currency, and a fall in the prices of labour and corn ; a diminution of the public revenue, and a derangement of the public finances ; and, more than all, the certain eventual ruin of the agricultural interest it self When England, the land of marine affairs and of commerce, and the best workshop of ma nufactures in the world, attempted to sell corn in oppo sition to Poland, a country in want of those advantages, she perverted the natural order of trade ; she sold that it was most profitable for her to buy, and by destroying the means of her natural customers to buy what it was most profitable for her to sell, she artificially lowered the prices of every description of merchandise. So much for the crusade against the natural order of commerce. Till 1815 the corn trade was free, and commerce prospered. In that ill-fated year the prohibi tory system became operative ; and as in 1766 trade and manufactures revived precisely at the moment when the restrictions on the importation of foreign corn were re moved; so in 1815, when those restrictions were again imposed, commerce languished, manufactures failed, and universal distress overspread the land.—Free Trade in Corn the real Interest of the Landlord and the true Policy of the State, by Sir James Graham. SINGULAR CASE.—Mrs. Marsh, of Elham, whose death we noticed in our obituary of last week, had been afflicted for eight years with a violent pain in her side, seven 9f which she haa.been confined to her room, and her body was swollen to an amazing size. After her death a post mortem examination took place, when a tumour was extracted from her side, which weighed the extraordinary weight of 631bs.—Maidstone Gazette. POETRY IN HUMBLE LIFE —A labourer in. • a hayfield in this county, the other day, in reply to a clergyman's remark, that a great deal of work remained to be done said—" Oh, yes, Sir, but Time is young at present." It was then nine o'clock in the morning.— Northampton Mercury. DESTRUCTION, OF THE SHIP ST. GEORGE.— SEVENTEEN LIVES LOST.—lntellin b vnce of the loss of this splendid ship, the property of Messrs. Fletcher and Sons, Lower Shadwell, Ratcliff-highway, was received by the underwriters at Lloyd's on Tuesday last, and it has caused a deep sensation throughout the whole of the east end of the metropolis. The unfortunate calamity happened on the night of Thursday, the 17th of June last, on the Florida shores, and all on board, excepting two seamen and the cabin boy perished. From the statement of the survivors which has been received, it appears that the Saint George was on her voyage to New Orleans, having left London on the 29th of April last. The ship and cargo are valued at 12,0001. The Meath Independent Club have adopted re solutions pledging themselves unanimously in support of of Mr. Corbally, in the ascertained event of Mr. O'Con nell's making his election to serve for the county of Cork, which will cause a vacancy in the representation of the former county. TOTNES.—The failure of the bank has broken up the Tory party completely, and there is no doubt whatever of the re-election of the lion. Mr. Petre when ever a vacancy occurs. An enthusiastic demonstration in favour of Mr. Petre took place last week. Above 1,000 persons sat down to tea ; we mention the numbers, in order to show how general the feeling is on b e h a lf o f Mr. Petre.—Western Times. THE VINTAGE IN FRANCE.--PARIS, AUG. 2.—Notwithstanding the very unfavourable weather which has prevailed for a considerable time past, there are still grounds for hope for at least a fair average crop, in respect to quantity. The quality is not expected to be quite so good as that of last year, at present, but should dry weather succeed there is no doubt that the wine will be as good as that of the last year, if not superior. All depends, however, on the weather. For some time a number of men have been em ployed in the erection of filterers on the tops of the ter minus of the Greenwich Railway, for the purpose of supplying the engines with pure water, it having been discovered that the water that has been used has occa sioned considerablo injury and wear to the machinery. There are also similar filterers erected at the New Cross station on the Croydon line. LEITH CENSUS.—The returns have not yet been fully completed, but we understand that the popu lation of the district does not much exceed 26,000, an in crease of only about 1,000 since last census. The slow and almost imperceptible increase in the shipping and commerce of the town sufficiently accounts for this.— Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle. The following disasters happened a few days ago at the hamlet of Goville, near St. Wandrille (Seine Inferieure). A farmer named Desjardins, was carrying home a load of corn, when, by inadvertently going too near some hives of bees, he overturned them, and so enraged the swarms that they, in one mass, set upon him, his man, and his horse, and left not an accessible spot in either of their bodies unassailed by their stings. Fortu nately, a village doctress was at hand, and witnessed the occurrence. With the utmost promptitude and judg ment she deluded M. Desjardins with pailsful of water, and while the insects were rendered inactive by the im mersion, she, with her hands, removed them all from his body, picked out many that had got into his nose, mouth . , 1 and ears, and then, w ith a care most essent i al i n such cases, extracted all the stings she could find sticking in his skin, and which amounted to 400, washing the ori fices with cold water. The man was also severel isttunret but not to such an extent as his master. Th e e w r e t e r liev r ed odu t c h e em a taken °c in having performed her part, the sufferers hand by medical men, whose applications from all absolute danger, but required !imoehifvep suffered perfect cure. The poor horse is d misfortunes of the day did not stop h bring home the wife severely, but his ultimate fate is n t er m e t . ent A io g n i e r di ef T th h e e village was sent in another cart some tu distance, and in the of Desjardins, who own arm, anc injured several 2 failures at The heavy haste of going she owvearstuarnteedthtehrepeviseheincsle., broke her GLASGOW, AUG. e f c h o a s n v e b r: e a n - Paisley e n have t i s continued satisfactory te prin sta c t i e pal tha to tt h pt e hice o ro ther houses of these unfortunate occur rences,alluded to as being in commercial difficulties, have all gone on freely for th present. So far as can be well gone on freely for and what is equally gratifying, in commercial difficulties, have all e nt of the Paisley failures, within ascertained, u will not be less than 450,06" the en gagements being generally found, at the greater extent than to he to a ar extent meetings lastofthreeo the hce t r h cel. : d i e n gtisseo: rt T h_a h ust e ede fi f rs pi t m ek ee an tin d g o s f ens cre ( di hi t: te rs d of at the as discounts), was held in this v hen the obligations of the concern largest'NW" solvent, an 0 1 e f ti i them, Plg h ef city bl e S r a t tu am - rd e d s 't'o w ho weighing about 120,000/., and the were ---- - (lc in hand, and other assets of the firm, , of 0. 00 ,." cash 1 St"' b at t br 3 10 t O io 0 i of N o o redi arz ro f e su m d en o t o w ole as . , , whoewreeyfoeur,nodowtoebteo - quently the suspense and anxiety thus occasioned to the parties in the connection in this locality and in England are attended with serious consequences, both to the manufacturers and the workpeople who dePend on them. The total number of houses that have stopped payment, or come down altogether at Paisley within the period re ferred to, is from twenty-five to thirty. Although, as has been proved by the result of the elections, the utmost unanimity prevails throughout the whole of the town and trading population in the west of Scotland regarding the revision of the commercial code and the alteration of the Corn-laws, still, from the prevailing embarrassments in trade, which is so generally felt, no active exertions have yet taken place for bringing these subjects promi nently forward at the approaching meeting of Parlia ment. Even the interesting meeting of Ministers of the . . gospel, which has been fixed to take place at Manchester on the 17th for that purpose, has only had one or two representatives fixed to attend it as yet, although long before the time that meeting is to assemble, it is earnestly to be hoped that a goodly number of our public-spirited west country divines will be ready to take their place in the Assembly. DEATH OF THE HON. EDWARD DE MO LEYNEI.—This gallant veteran breathed his last on Sa turday, at Dingle, in the county Kerry, in the 64th year of his age. The deceased was son of the late Right Hon. Thomas Lord Ventry, and a Deputy-Lieuteuant of the county. He served in the 28th Regiment throughout the whole of the Peninsular war. He was wounded se- verely at Barossa, and was honoured with the field officer's medal for Orthes, where he commanded a bri gade of the light infantry companies. DEATH OF MRS. MOODIE.—Mrs. Catheiine Ferguson, relict of the late Rev. Leslie Moodie, D. 1)., minister of Inveresk, died at Kilkerran, on the 27th ult. Mrs. Moodie was the aunt of the present Sir Charles Ferguson._ A series of remarkable coincidences have been noted regarding the death of the venerable lady. She was born at Kilkerran, in the very room where she died ; and her husband died on, 27th July, 1840, being the very day of the year on which his widow departed this life.—Scotsman. FRANCE.—The Semaphore, of the 30th ult., announces the arrival of the Prince d'Aumale at Mar- seines on the preceding day. At seven o'clock A.M. salutes of artillery, fired in the road s , and returned by the batteries of Fort St. Jean, announced to the popula tion that the flotilla, carrying the 17th regiment of Light Infantry, and its young Colonel, was in sight.. In an in stant, as if by enchantment, the extensive.eiplanade of La Tourette, the quays, and streets, leading to the har bour, were crowded with spectators. The flotilla con sisted of five steamers—the Veloce, containing his Royal Highness, the Euphrates, Etna, Papin, and Ca melion. These vessels were admitted immediately to libre pratique, and were moored along the quay St. Jean. At noon the troops landed, amidst the applause and acclamations of the multitude, which redoubled at the sight of its tattered colours and the Duke d'Aumale, who stood next it. The 19th and 20th Regiments of Light Infantry, drawn up on the Place Royale, received their comrades of the 17th, who drew up in front of them. The Prince, accompanied by General Tiburee Sebastiani, then held a review of the three corps, and proceeded afterwards to the Hotel d'Orient, where he was waited upon by the civil and military authorities of Marseilles. The 17th Regiment remained.fiire years in Africa, and distinguished itself partieUlarly at the siege of Constantine, and at the Pass of Teniah. The stand- ard-bearer is the fourth officer to whom the colours had been entrusted, the two first having fallen on the field of battle, and the third had died of fever. . , LADIES AND BISHOPS. —lt i s ()nerved that a college lad, what is called a hobble-de-hoy (i. e. " hombre de hoy," Spanish " man of to-day"), is apt to claim the privileges both of youth and manhood ; if he • commit some mischievous prank, which is taken up seriously, he appeals at once to his tender years, " 0! it is only a boyish frolic :" if coerced by strict rules, he claims to be treated as a man. Ladies and bishops (sleeve-wearing animals, gens togata) are apt to do the like ; if a lady is treated as " a weaker vessel," having nothing to do with reasoning, forsooth she is " homo, a rational animal as well as you ; but if you contradict her, and argue against her, she at once becomes " mu lier" (not the comparative degree of muly), and you are rude to a lady. Such a course is obviously unfair, and it has the further demerit of being supremely ridiculous. INDIAN CATTLE.—The Thibetan yak brought to Calcutta by Mr. Huffnagle is one of the most curious animals that we have ever seen. It is at present on the premises of Mr. Adam F. Smith. It seems a connecting link between three very different zoological genera. It has the head of the ox, the body of a goat, and the tail of a horse. Its osteology differs from that of the ox, having one more rib. The cold climate of which it is a native, its resting-place being among the snow, renders Calcutta particularly trying to the animal. It is a mere object of curiosity, but on the same premises Mr. Huffnagle has four Lepcha cows from Darjefing, which we consider likely to improve our breed of lowland cattle far more permanently and effectively than any importation which has yet been made. A W.', of the same stock would be a still more valuable gift to the vicinity. These cows have the slightest possible rudi ment of a hump, and the ears are rather large, thin, and pendulous, as in the Nagore breed, otherwise in frame, in fineness of head, lightness of bone, and supe riority of udder, they approach closely to some of our best English breeds. To look at the black cows, a ca sual observer would conclude that they were of the best kind of the Welch breed; whilst the one which is brindled white and brown, looks much like a Devonshire. They are altogether a most promising source whence _to derive improvement to our B:engatee cow and ox ; anti we hope Mr. Huffnagle will fully carry out his intention of breed ing from these cows, not only by a Nagore but an Eng lish bull, and our desire is still greater that a Lepcha. bull should be brought to the Presidency. We saw the cows during the hottest period of the day, and, though in not the best sheltered of sheds, they did not seem to suffer from the beat ; whilst the yak, though in a much cooler place, was panting extremely.—Calcutia. Courier, May 22. CANDOUR.—‘ , There are people in the world who affect to despise candour, to look upon it as symp tomatic of weakness, and evincing ignorance of human nature. But surely openness is the most obvious cha racteristic of conscious strength and integrity—secresy, the natural resource of imbecility and dishonest design. He who believes, or, what is the same thing, acts as if he believed, that there is not a single honest high minded man in the world, is right so far as one indi vidual is concerned—that is, himself. He who knows. from his own consciousness that there is one, will not be slow to believe there are others." CURIOUS AND INTERESTING GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY.—A few days since, some workmen em-. ployed in raising stone from one of the lies quarries on Brockridge-common, made a discovery, fourteen feet from the surface, of what they called the " bones of a fish," and of which they gave information to Mr. Dud field, of Tewkesbury, who immediately . proceeded to the. spot, and found it to be, on examination, the fossil re mains of an ichthyosaurns, or fish lizard. Mr. D., after much care, patience, and labour, succeeded in disinterring it, had it safely conveyed to his house, and upon minute examination and careful cleaning, had the satisfaction to, find that he had obtained one of the most beautiful and perfect fossil skeletons of this extraordinary autediluvial animal this country affords. This magnificent specimen measures 6 feet 10 inches in length, haying the head, the whole of the spine, consisting of upwards of 100 ver tebrae, with many of the spinal processes, the tail perfect, even to the smallest point, two of the paddles or fins quite perfect, and a considerable portion of a third, both the scapular, many of the ribs, and some very delicate small bones near the tail, which render it probable that. the animal had an appendage there, probably used as a rudder, which will excite the interest and curiosity of scientific men, as they have been hitherto unnoticed or undescribed.—Cheltenhain Chronicle. DANCING AT A FRENCH FETE.--011e booth contains a large lanthorn, two feet square, on which is written " Bal de Paris." This is for the nobs and na bobs. The admittance price excludes all the rest—for is fivepe nce . Th e next booth, devote d t o Terpsichore, isfoi is at a re d uce d pr i ce, s i x sous, or t h ree p e nce, e xcellent. an the snobs an d no b o b s . Th e mus i c inbaotl!_.gallo is Dancing all the afternoon, waltzing, u pading, has been going on upon small scale and his lady village clock has struck seven, the d the ball begins in have entered the " Bal de Paris,' an, This is dancing scale • but the figure ! How the right earnest. How they cic i with a vengeance ! How _ d t ks about'l inches be ladies advance, their gowns& of nosegays ! That young fore them ! What a number dance man new.yellow gloves,,` must be taking gymnastic maffemoiselle Golberg, the chief in em black, with couturiere (1. e. herself into such attitudes and con vulsionsher doctor to throw .eedlewoman), must surely be ordered by in the cap of Madame Mulot, the epicier's herself of rheumatism. How very blue te lovingly she looks at her husband's head wife ; and - °w apprentice. Shame to you, Mrs. Mulot, it's too bad of h „, a k e poor Mulot stop at home and keep shop you w dance at the "Bal de Paris" with Henri Co.. w hilst you g a gers to cure chon.—New Monthly Magazine. RAPID TRAVELLING BETWEEN LONDON AN D DUBLIN.—The Government, in order to make the travelling between London and Dublin more expeditious, h as given orders that a mail-boat shall;proceed to Dublin immediately on the arrival of the mail-bag from London by the Chester and Birkenhead Railway. Persons desirous. of availing themselves of this advantage, can do so by pro ceeding by the London and Birmingham Railway to Bir mingham, booking at Birmingham for the Grand junction Railway at Chester, thence to Birkenhead by the Chester and Birkenhead Railway,—thus accompanying the mail bags the whole way. The expense is similar to the more circuitous route by Liverpool, and a saving of 12 hours is, in many instances, made in the journey by the Government arrangement, occupying, on the whole, not more than 20 hours between London and Dublin.— Liverpool Chronicle. AN INDIGNANT MERRY ANDREW.--Volange, an actor of low buffoonery at one of the minor theatres in Paris, had a particular objection to exhibit his pro fessional talent before private company, a proof of good taste which some English performers might study with advantage. One evening when he was at a party, at the house of a nobleman, he was given to understand that he had been invited only to amuse the company, and than they looked for some drolleries similar to those which ex cited so much risibility in his favourite character of Jeanaot. He politely excused himself ; but he was re minded that it was "Jeannot" who had been invited. " Very well," said he ; " since you have thought proper to invite Jeannot, M. Volange will wish yon good - even ing." So saying, he took his departure. An English. story, of a similar nature, is told of the well-known -Lora Lordship, him, hinted ftd t h went.a t Kelly and Fischer, the celebrated perfor mer on the be oboe, ja p h v oa i tdfe thedbrought suphisng with ohb h i so i e s " My Lord;' H h t h o e e p e d c o was u h r s e e i h said Fischer, " my oboe never eats suppers." MORNING SUN. ... t'. th icky , Peel, ,tion, none etc(' atiOn >r up upon wing I pton tats the ltion ,r the been lUrS' *St, $ rge it crhea x Ol 4 Wig vat! , 4 for Iltue r Thiel' Pr°- Sava he tof ,olll3k in t" ,lam ab°ll', co t b i e ro vou . barld CO' 0 ,01 1 for est in tor 15 Chi ef that Ir c e 0 ,1 1 g_ 0 °tile r Co ati- plc , PAr t OA. indo r ion t f, too ,when ;Ole ° ) 5111:.