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A l ‘ rated it• tation sete/3 row IjO h ,l Vn t.arr fines' ; e f t „e Cher who Nig for a d r° i l e' ith the (1. 0. ri the or ! sieePer this 1) 1 '5 escape He b 3d g h? hitreb,‘v w bile s,'"rif )f one or i s nes fropisoil it was P, I se, 1001 and itips when ‘ l l 41 he o ti ' pl fa.II s r, l o oo s ' pea v ii ; e beep s st hale t or hats if • !Eton co o cone ,fl) 4 ,seteut• se, verY ST. KATHARINE'S DOCK COMPANY. The Proprietors of the St. Katharine's Docks as -I.embled yesterday, soon after two o'clock, at the City of London Tavern, in order to receive the Re- Port of the Directors, and give their sanction to cer tain purchases. T. Tom; Esq. having taken the chair, briefly explained the object for which the prop ietors had been convened. The Secretary then read the Report of the Di rectors. It appeared by their statemeut, that the unfinished portion of their works, warehouses, vaults, nod other buildings were likely to be completed by the end of the ensuing year. Having in the present . 4 age of the undertaking revised the accounts, they inund th a t the expense of all that wtis comprised in the or i g i na l p l an wou ld exceed. the e stimate of Fe htuary, 1827, by about 7i per cent., au excess which they trusted would, be viewed by the proprietors as eery moderate, considering the magnitude of- the works, and the numerous claims for the value of the sue, independently of other reasons set forth at length in the document. Should the proprietors eoneur in their arrangements, the total expenditure Would stand as follows Vosts of the site and works to which the esti- ' mates referred to in the Report of February 1827, were confined rces.4 according to revised estimate, being about 71 per cent. 1,611,273 Additional purchases £51,8 00 Colt of works and buildirigs, with a view to improved accommodation 58,400 110,210 Total cost of site, works, buildings, &c 1,721,488 Estimated value of freehold property, which the _ Company were compelled to purchase under the act, not required for the immediate pur- Pole thereof, but which is available for re-sale, producing an actual rental and large reversionary interest ... 105,660 • Total outlay £1,827,143 At the meeting in February, 1827, it was suggested In the repots laid before the proprietors, and appro •Ved of by them; that the amount which would be Wanted beyond the subscribed capital to complete the total outlay, should be borrowed under the pro visions of the Act, and a sinking fund formed for the redemption of such loan, the capital continuing at its. present amount of 1,352,752/. The directors toincitling in the opinion so expressed by the pro- Prietors, now recommended that the amount requi ted should be raised by lean, in prefetence to any e xtension of capital. In the event of their recom mendation receiving the sanction of the proprietors, t hey would take measures for raising the requisite 'um by debentures, to be issued on the security of the rates, in the form and on the conditions prescri bed by the Act. They further stated, that on such l utfe security as could be' offered the money would be obtained on very moderate terms, especially as it Was only to be raised by partial instalments, the Whole not being ,wanted till the autuma of I t was also in contemplation to make provision for sinking fund, for the redemption of the loan. Th e CHAIRMAN expressed his hope that the measures of the directors for their common interest, a nnounced in the report, would receive the decided ; unction of the respectable proprietors-assembled. It l ad been considered prudent to conclude the nego tiations for those purchases before their intentions should have publicity, otherwise unforeseen obstruc ns and difficulties might have arisen to defeat the °Foject altogether. Among other advantages to be derived from the improvements to be contemplated, t hey would be enabled to erect a crushing mill and other buildings connected with the manufacture of I gar, besides indigo warehouses, and additional c ounting-houses. The accommodation of the dock °lfices would be likewise considerably increased by means of another story. As the directors in all their arrangements bad acted to the best of their discretion for the benefit of the company, he could not antici- Pat e any dissatisfaction on the part of the proprietors. kr. P. THOAISON, M.P., in moving that the re -B°i he received and approved of, expressed in the ~.ongest terms his approbation of the statement 7llich had been laid before.the gentlemen interested "i th e prosperity of the company. It must, in his t/ Pinion, be a source of gratification to all of them t 0 Perceive that their hopes were no longer founded merely on calculation, but on the solid tangible proof cl f successful enterprise which the edifice lately built at length exhibited. !t was a noble and magnificent Piece of architecture, combining at once ornament W ith utility, and symmetry with-strength. The resolution which also gave the sanction of th e proprietors to' the additional purchases and ex tension of the Works, was seconded, and . carried by universal consent. Mr. A. ROBARTs complimented the directors on the exertions by which they had so far advanced this Vent national work, and declared his implicit confi dence in their continued labours for its c o mpl e ti on . s. 'he res o luti on w hi c h this gentlema n p ro p ose d con -I:Yed the opinion of the proprietors in favour of a 4 n, and empowered the directors to borrow ',u00,000/., or so much of that sum as they might find n ecessary for defraying the increased expences inci dental to their undertaking. Seconded by "Mr. J. CAPEL, M.P., and carried. A vote 'of thanks to the Chairman, Deputy Chair (t!l and the other directors, was then moved by Mr. J• Martin, and also carried. Thanks having been likewise voted to Thomas ; tOoke, Esq., chairman on this occasion, the pro . Ptietors departed, having first given three loud cheers, 'IA testimony of their unanimous satisfaction. A report is revived that steam-packets will ittortly be established, to ply from Exeter to Loudon, under th " proprietorship of the new Shipping Company, who are Vapidly establishing themselves in this city.—Exeter Ilfred. We find that, in consequence of the actual : 4 'aveitig-in of one-pound notes of the provincial banks, the 14 eonvenience of adeticiency in the circulating medium is be btu:ling to be very seriously felt, particularly among the tall farmers. The pric es o f agr i cu l tura l p ro duce must g hquestionably be affected by the circumstance.--Exeter 41fred. TRADE.—In the town of Kilmarnock, a ma 44faeture has lately been established, which has increased kiauch an extent that it may be considered as the staple of that town. It consists of printed worsted shawls, in imita tien of those produced in Paisley with harnesses, and it will I : b . rY soon, if the colours prove good, have the eff e ct of Putting an end, at least in a great degree, to the ma !lufacturing of loom figured worsted shawls. The cloth generally, a mixture of cotton and worsted, and "e figure* printed on them are very beautiful, and at littl e distance appear like real harness figures. There ate no l ess than sev en or e i g ht esta bli s hments in Kilmar_ h ~° ° l c for th e p r i n tiug of s h aw l s , an d ot h ers are incontern- Zion. They cost from bs. t o 12 s . accor ding to pattern, tome even higher. The carpet trade is also very brisk - " ( „. s Present, but it is feared that, sh ou ld th e n ew tariff he ; t ried into effect, this branch of manufactures will be 1 7'eh injured. For the last few w ee k s grea t quanti -I.t have been shipped, in the hope that they will W 4 9' New York b e fore the 30th of Jun e , th e d a y on i h the tariff, if passed, comes into operation.— iere ale upwards of four hundred weavers engaged production of carpets, whose eat ninlfs average a b out 4 weeli. The gauze trade, which was once the prin -4,1,'41 inanufactu - re at the place, has dwindled into almost it thi ,,9g, these being but one or two persons engaged i n The same thing, in consequence of the iiitroduc tu-:' of the printing, has taken place in the inanufac ria°l loom figured worsted plaids, for which Kilinar -o,t‘ Was at one time celebrated. The ancient Kilmer id,„7 Plaid, which used to be seen on the shoulders of - "° ,, t ev e ry f em ale in Kyle, C unn i ng h am , and Carrick, I: 4 , l 4 Pidly g ivi ng place to the mantle or to the plaid, h uh ! of the more costly tartans of Stirling and Bannocli y-tt".; The bonnet trade has fallen considerably off of late, Th e '"ere is at present a good deal doing in the manufacture. i s, k i ure chiefly wrought by young girls, who get from , to Is. 6d. a dozen, and can earn on an average 9J. }. Other tradesmen, though hnot very busy, are in : ne ral empl o y e d ; an d, upon the whole, Kilmarnock is at I , e - r e ! 4e ell t in a stat e equa l, if n ot su perior t o w h a t it h as ex , ueed for some years. _ Edinburgh Evening Courant. 3 / 0 / i 3 2 1/ BURT'S MACHINERY. (From the Exeter Alfred.) Among_ the curiosities of art to be seen in this city, or even in England, no one deserves more attention than that extraordinary and magnificent piece of machinery, the pro perty of Mr. Burt, which is to be seen at his Repository, Fore-street-hill. The following description of it nay nut be uninteresting, and we' wonder the proprietor has aot given it greater publicity than he has hitherto done :—lt is a time-piece which strikes the hours, quarters, &c.—a perpe tual almanack,which has an exclusive movement for the leap year, requiring to be regulated once only in one hundred years, and the principal wheel in which revolves but once in four years—on a plate, in the centre of the face, is seen the Sun in his course through the, heavens, as he appears' to us ; the circle which he makes is beautifully described in the chan ges o f th e se asons, by the horizon receding or ad ys lengthen or sliorten,ithder the abov e vancing as - the days is seen the Moon, ',hewing her age and 'wane, as she ap pears to us in her different stages—in organ playing a variety of pieces, and the figures of which tire brilliant beyond any thing of modern composition—a belfry, in which are six figures ringing the changes on six bells ; a variety of other figures are also shown, in motion, playing instruments, beating time, &c.—the whole of which is contained in one splendid pile of cabinet work, ten feet high, five feet wide, and weighs upwards of half a ton. We cannot dwell longer on a description of this astonishing piece of human ingenuity, the work of an obscure indivi dual, said to be a native of Exeter; nor will we attempt to give an adequate idea of its merits, which can only be appreciated by looking on it, and a careful examination must enhance its value in the estimation of the spectator beyond any ethirt of art that ever before came under his observation. Mr. Burt's Repository is also furnished with a vast collection of paintings, by some of the first Masters, and various curiosities, so well deserving the notice of the connoisseur and man of taste, that an hour spent among them must be called so much time well spent. PARMA MENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICICS OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Hume—Bill to regullte the taking the Poll by Ballot at Elections for Members of Parliament for Counties, Cities, Cinque Ports, Boroughs, and Towns. 2. Sir James Mackintosh—;-Petition from the Merchants, Traders, and other British Inhabitants of Calcutta, praying for relief from grievances under which they suffer, in consequence of certain measures of the Government of India ; and to refer the said petition to a Select Committee. S. Mr. Portman—To discharge Committee on Friendly Societies Bill from further proceedings. 4. Mr. Grattan•—Bill to amend so much of Act 58 Geo. 3, • as relates to advances from Government on Grand Jury Presentments. 5. Mr. Kennedy—Petition from Presbyterians of Lower Canada. 6. Sir John Newport—Copies of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Commissioners appointed to inquire into charges of malversation in the Police Establish ment of the Leiuster District, sitting during the last winter in the Castle of Dublin. - 7. Mr. Spring Rice—Bill to facilitate the estiblishment of scho o l s for general instruction in Ireland. 8. Mr. O'Brien—Total amount of Duty received on Coals imported into Ireland for each of the last three years. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR TDIS DAY. 1. Replevins . (lreland) Bill—Second reading. 2. Archbishop of Canterbury's Bill—Third reading. 3. Assessment of Lessors (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 4. Bankers (Ireland) Composition Bill—Second reading. 5. General Turnpike Acts Amendment Bill—Committee. 6. Cities and Towns Improvement (Ireland) Bill—Com- mittee. 7. Corporate Funds Bill—Second reading. DEOPPED NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Robert Gordon—To refer Petition relating to the regulation of Smithfield Market to a Select Committee. 2. Mr. Fsyhe Palmer—Bill to alter and amend certain part of an Act to encourage the consumption of Beer, and to amend the Laws for securing the Excise Du- ties thereon. S. Mr. Brownlow—Drainage Bill for Ireland.—Also, Ge- • neral Inelosure Bill, Ireland. DROPPED ORDRRS OF THE DAY. 1. Liverpool Road Bill--Second reading. 2. County Bridges Bill—Committee. S. Voters Registration Bill—L.B.mnd reading. 4. Alehouses Lieeusing.Bill—Committee. 5. Canada Company hill—Second reading. 6. Ways and Means--Co►nmittee. 7. Supply—Committee. Real Property in India Bill—Third reading. • 9. Witnesses in Equity (Ireland) Rill—LThird reading. 10. Game Bill=SecOnd reading. 11. County Lunatic Asylums Bill—Committee. 12. Surplus Ways and Means Bill—Third reading. 13. Promissory Notes (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 14. Church Briefs Abolition Bill—Report. 15. Protection of Purchasers (Ireland) Bill—Third reading. 16. Cinque Ports Bill—Committee. LIST OF THE MINOR . OF THIRTEEN WHO NOTED ON MR. IHAIR's MI OF TUB CIVIL LIST, SO FAR AS RECIARDti PR TO REDUCING THE SAME. Brougham, James Martin, J. Cradock, Col. Marshall, J. Dawson, A. Monck, J. B. Easthope, J. Webb, Col. Guest, J. Williams, Sir It. Guise, Sir W. Warburton, H. lOTION FOR A RENI3ION ?AMON% WITH A VIEW Wood, Ald. MLR us. Hume; Joseph Wood, J. PAIRED OFF. Thomson, C. l', A letter from South Devon says,—" The prospects of the farmers in this county are any thing but promising. Bullocks are now sold fat at nearly the same pi ices as they cost lean some mouths since. Potatoes can hardly be got rid of at very low prices. Wool is a complete drug ; very few have any corn left to sell ; and there is every reason to; suppose that the withdrawal of one pound notes from circulation will have a bad effect on prices, and add to the distresses of all classes."— Taunton Courier. In an account of attempt at burglary at the back of Walcot-terrace, Lambeth, which appeared on 'Friday last, it is erroneously stated that the robber was pursued and taken by a Mr. Dixim. We understand that the capture was made by a Mr. WILLIAM SMITH, 70 years of age, whose account we insert :----" I occupy a piece of ground, and a ground-floor cottage (no stairs), adjoining Mr. -SLADE'S, at the baCk of Walcot-terrace, Lambeth. T Thursday, June sth, at half-past th ree , I was i aw o o r k ning awoke by the noise of some person breaking in at my bed-room window. I had recourse to my pistols, and with one in my hand stood listening a few seconds, and saw the shutter open, and discovered a man in the act of breaking the under panel or weather boards, in order to effect an entry. I could have shot him, as there was now nothing but the glass between us; but I did not ; I went out and called to him; lie went through to Mr. SLADE'S ground ; I then called up a neighbour, Mr. TUBB, and with a pistol we pursued him, discovered and took him in Mr. BLADE'S cow-house. On Sunday morning about eight. o'clock, the neighbourhood of New-cross was thrown into a state of great alarm by the discovery that the house of a baker named RICHARDSON, which adjoined an extensive timber yard, in the occupation of a Mr. BURGESS, was in flames. Assistance of course speedily arrived, when Rlcita tins was perceived in the midst of the conflagration with a piece of blazing wood in his hand, exclaiming, " the Lord has given me this torch wherewith to burn the evil one. 1 know very well where the devil is, and I will burn him by an d d -I* ; but in the mean time I have set fire to my house to destroy the bugs and vermin which it con tains, and not one of which shall escape my vengeance." The unfortunate man, who was soon ascertained to be la bouring under a paroxysm. of madness, after great difficulty was dragged frotn the ruins, handcuffed, and conveyed to Deptford. workhouse, where he is now confined completely bereft of reason. He was a verydevout man, and a mem ber of a dissenting congregation, and it is conjectured that his religious fervour and the loss of a wife to whom he was much attached, have been the causes which reduced him to his present pitiable condition. No exertions were capable of arrestin g the progress of the destructive element. Happily, however, no other injury was done than that sus the hous e o f t h e poor man i ac . tained by G a HA MP THE MURDERER.—The following literal extract is from a letter addressed by the criminal to his friends at Taplow :—" I entreat you not to grieve for me, for I am not worthy for you to trouble about, for my sufferings are not half bad enough for me—they are no thing compared to my sins, which are great. I feel I can't pray enough : oh ! what could have possessed my worldly heart? I own that I justly deserve the dreadful curse de nounced against every sinner ; and now I see the evil of sin and wickedness, for our sins are sure to A ~n A o us out une time or an o th er; i t i s a feaifill thing to fall i n t o t h e hands of th e li v i ng C on. Oh ! m y time is b u t very s h ort before that fatal cord must be placed around my neck ; my 'eyes must be covered never more to behold the cheering light, or the face of man. Oli ! the signal is given —toy standing gives way —I drop—l agonize—l die—and . in a moment, appear before au offended Gon."—Tutttod Courier, COURT OF ALDERMEN. A Court of Aldermen was held on Tuesday at Guildhall. The Courts of Conservancy for the Counties of Essex and Kent, were appointed to be held on the 25th instead of the 19th inst. The thanks of the Court were unanimously voted to the. Rev. Mr. Lancaster, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor, for his Sermon preached before his Lord ship, the Judges, Sergeants at Law, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and City Officers, at St. Paul's, on Sun day last, wing the first Sunday in Trinity Term. Presentments were made of a very considerable number of persons carrying on trade in the City, not being free in the Wards of Aldgate, Broad-street, Dowgate, - Farringdon Within and Farringdon With .out, which were referred to the Chamberlain. The Court were ocenpied at some length in an Appeal against the Watch Rate for the Ward of Bread-street, and after hearing the Appellants and the Deputy and Common Council, the Appeal was dismissed. The Sheriffs made a communication respecting the business of a Coppersmith being about to be established near the Sessions-house and the Gaol of Newgate, which it was apprehended might create some ineonveniencies. Referred to the Gaol Com mittee. PARISH OF ST. JAMES. On Tuesday a very numerous and respectable meet ing of the inhabitants of St. James's, Westminster, took place at the great room, 41, Brewer-street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the neces sity of petitioning Parliament to substitute an elec tive in the place of a self-elected Vestry, and for the better government of the Parish. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT in the. Chair. The Report of the Committee appointed to ex amine the Parochial books was read. It represented generally that the concerns of the parish were most uneconomically conducted by the Select Vestry, and that even in one year there was an unaccounted for deficiency of 15,188/. -55.. 5d.; that there were also deficiencies to the amount of 11,000/. and upwards, of which no satisfactory explanation was given, and it recommended an immediate application to Par liament for a remedy. Mr. BYNG, M.P. for Middlesex, believed the state ment made by the Committee correct, but he be lieved the statement (alluding to a paper which was handed about the room, professing to be an accurate detail of the receipt and expenditure) of the Vestry to be also correct. If the Vestry meant to defraud they would not have done it in so clumsy a manner. If they were all rogues they would have put the 15,0001., one of the obnoxious items, into their pockets more adroitly. Mr. Byng then stated that a most favolfrable alteration had taken place in the management of the parish, the accounts were audited every fortnight, so that the tradesmen were paid punctually, and, of course, enabled to supply neces saries at a cheaper rate ; and, as to the expenditure, no parish in the Metropolis was rated so low. (Loud cries' of disapproval, and laughter.) He repeated it —the inhabitants were nominally rated at 3s. in the pound, but in fact they paid no more than Is. Bd. (Cries of " No, no.") Having declared to the meeting most earnestly that he considered the conduct of the Select Vestry most unexception able in every respect, and that the parish affairs flourished under it, the Hon. Member sat down amidst the most unequivocal symptoms of dissatis faction. Mr. HotmousE said that it was his intention, in the next Session of Parliament, to bring in a Bill re specting the abolition of the Select Vestries, -if he received the support and countenance of the parish, but without that support, he despaired of re medying so lamentable , a grievance as that of which they so naturally complained.—(Cheers.)—The parishioners • did not specifically charge the Select Vestry with having pocketed the deficiency alluded to. They only said that there was an apparent de ficiency of great extent, and they wished for a House of Commons Committee to inquire into the fact, and prevent any future occurrence of a .imilar kind. The wish was not a novel one. One hundred years ago a complaint was made against the parish of St. Martin, and a Parliamentary Inquiry was 'in stituted, and an amendment was- the immediate consequence. He recommended to the Meeting not to enter in their application to Parliament into any minute detail—for errors might, notwithstand ing the greatest caution, be made, where particulars were specified—but to complain in a general way of a large deficiency, and to seek redress for that to the positive existence of which there could be no denial. —(Cheers)—The parish was perfectly justified in the course it adopted—(Loud cheers)—and he wished it the utmost success from his heart. Mr. FORES, in a strain of amusing ridicule, at, tacked the Select Vestry, and Mr. Byng, for prop ping up so rotten a building. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT said, that as to the neces sity for inquiry, there could not be two opinions upon that subject. The Select Vestry described their conduct as pure and upright, and the inhabi tants entertained a different opinion, and would not take their words, because their money disappeared, God knew how.—(l.aughter.)—The natural course, under such circumstances, was to inquire who was in the right, and the Select Vestry had no reason to complain if they came out spotless from the investi gation. A number of resolutions were then passed una nimously, descriptive of the sense entertained by the Meeting of the conduct of the Select Vestry, and voting an immediate application to Parliament ; after which the Meeting adjourned. We have the satisfaction to learn from a gen tleman who had an interview with the KING a few days ago, that his MAJESTY was never in better health and spirits than at this moment. —Brighton Gazette. JUNE 10.—The hay harvest is now becoming very geneial in this neighbourhodd ; the crops appear strong, and the favourable change in the weather renders the prospects cheerful. The wheat and barley look ex ceedingly flourishing.—Brighton Gazette. LONDON OPHTHALMIC INFIRMARY.— The Anniversary of this admirable Institution was yesterday celebrated at the Albion. Tavern. War. Mar.usar, Esq. in the Chair. The Secretary read a most flattering ac count of the state of the Funds of the Charity, not only on ac count of the liberal amount of subscriptions on that day made, but particularly from the extraordinary addition de rived from the late sale at the Egyptian Hall, of works contributed by Ladies, the net produce of which exceeded 2,340/. The number of patients relieved annually was stated to he 5,200, and the gross sum expended amounted to about 8001. per• annum; so that (as Dr. TRAVERS ob served) the average expense of each patient amounting only to 3s. 6d. each, the subscriber of one guinea had the satin• faction of knowing that he had enabled the Institution to relieve six objects. THE BRUNSWICK THEATRE.—Mr. CAR RUTHERS, the surviving owner of the late Brunswick Theatre, yesterday underwent his final examination before the Commissioners of Bankrupts. Several questions were put to Mr. CARRUTHERS, respecting some household and other properly of minor value, of which be was possessed, to all of which he returned most satisfactory answers.— Several minor debts were proved, and the examination t erm inated. The bankrupt surrendered his watch and money to the assignees, which were immesliately restored to him: It was stated during the proceedings, that Go vernment had given up their claim on the materials of the Theatre, which were forfeited as a deodand. The "nee Committee' , have agreed to another Report ; it is wholly confined to the Ordnance Department, and consists of a series of Resolutions. They only remain for the formal revision of the committee, which, it is expected, will be given so that the Report may be presented on Friday ur Aiondm next. They recommend Various alterations irt the department, but the principal one is the aklition of the chief Officer, or Clerk of the Ord nance. Two Bills, it is mentioned, are likely to be moved by Sir H. Pantsur.r., the Chairman, founded on the Re port ; and, if they he seriously entertained. or 'countenanced by the Ministers, the prorogation of the House is nut likely to take place quite so soon as the hurrying through of the Eestimates lead some people, to anticipate. However, when the Ministers have obtained. the " supplies," they are not accustomed to trouble the Members much longer. VAUXHALL GARDENS. TO , THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin—anfilienced by a natural regard for the interests of my daughter (Catherine Coveney), and a desire that the public, by whom she has been so liberally patronized, should be put in possession of the particulars connected with her sudden retirement from Vauxhall Gardens, I beg to state, through the medium of your widely distributed Journal, that the event in questiononwits origin solely to a determination of the Proprietors not to allow the use of any talent employed by them to any other place of amuse ment during their season. On receiving a communica tion to that effect, I necessarily had to choose between the Surrey Theatre and the Gardens, to the former of which, in consequence of the more Oxtensive muSical"priCtice my daughter is likely to receive from very able . instructors, I gave tie preference. - It is by no means my intention to impugn the motives of the gentlemen presiding over 'the entertainments of Vauxhall; on the contrary, I am most ready -to acknow ledge their kindness and liberality in not enforcing the fine attached to the agreement made between them and my daughter; myitniiety being simply to show, that her se cession from her duties at that place has not arisen from any want of ability to fill the situation to which she had been appointed. I am, Sir, yours, most obliged, H. COVENE Y. Wbeatsbeaf Tavern, Strand, June 10, 1828. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Much has been said, and much more may he said, on the subject of Emancipation ; it appears to me to be a question of policy on the part of the Established Church, and of interest in that of the Roman Catholics ; it were well, .therefore, if something were devised to conciliate both, and nothing seems so effectual as a change in the temporal affairs of both Clergy; by reducing the very exorbitant in • , comes of the one, and ameliorating that of the other ; and I am well convinced from the experience derived by a resi dence of some years in a Roman Catbolie country, that if the Clergy be satisfied, ,the Laity may be easily appeased• Should this hint prove beneficial, it will gratify Lambeth, June 11, 1828. A LOVER OF PEACE. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACES TO COME. Cheltenham June 17 Huntingdon. Aug. 5 Ascot (2cl Meeting) ........ ..... 17 Plymouth and Devonport .... 5 Knighton ~ lB Salisbury Bibury lB Pottery 7 Haigh Park 25 Wolverhampton 11 Tenbury 26 Goodwood lt Ipswich ... July 1 Nottingham 12 Lancaster 8 Blandford l3 Bath and Bristol 2 Stockton l4 Ludlow 2 Burton-upon -Trent 19 Rochdale 2 Newport Pagnell 2O Newcastle-on-Tyne . ....... ..... 7 Egham 21 Newmarket 7 Bridgewater 28 Wells 9 Warwick Sept. 2 Glamorganshire 9 Pontefract Bridgnorth Rochester 15 Northampton 19 Hereford l6 Abingdon lO Stamford l3 Doncaster l5 Winchester l6 Tewkesbury IS Pembroke Dock l9 Shrewsbury 16 Derby : r 22 Leicester l7 Liverpool 23 Walsall 24 Exeter 2:1 Heaton Park 23 Knutsford 29 Newmarket B) Oxford 29 Chesterfield Oct. 1 Worcester 29 Perth 4 Wenlock Aug. 1 Newmarket., l3 York August Meeting 5 Caledonian Hunt 14 Newcastle (Staff) Southampton WOOLWICH RACES., . . WEDNESDAY, JUNE I 1. —GarriSOla Stakes of'S sovs. each, with SO added from the Racing Fund, for horses, not thorough .bred, the property of Subscribers. Gentle men riders. Captain Saunders's Countess 1 1 Major R. Jones's Frantic Captain Stopford's Jane Grey 3 3 Fifty soya. a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each, the remainder added from the Racing Fund. Major Jones named Mr. Dickenson's Mr. Pengander 1 1 Lieut. Somerville's Pilot 3 5 Capt. Saunders named Mr. Kenyon's Lady Eliza 2 4 Lieut. R. B. Burnaby named Mr. Coleman's Nonsuit 4 2 Mr. Hennis named Mr. Morton's Margery Hunters' Stakes of 3 NOVS. each, with SO added from the Racing Fund, for horses, not thorough-bred, that have hunted in the last season, the property of subscribers. Heats, mile and half. Gentlemen riders. Lieut. Burnaby's Tippetywitchet Lieut. lugilby's Ricochet Lieut. Warde's Polly 4, 0 0 NEWMARKETJULY MEETING APPOINTMENTS. MoNnmr,--Sweepstakes of 0 SOVIi. each, for 3-year old coke, Sst. 61b., and fillies Sat. Sib. New T.Y.C. Four subscribers or no race. The July Stakes of 50 sovs. each, for 2-year old colts, Bst. 61b, ; fillies, Set. 41b. New T.Y. C. Mr. Rogers's St. Lawrence, by Tiresias. ch. c. Bravo, by Meolo. --- Bazaar, by Tiresias—Bizarre. LordExeter'sc. by Sultan—Athenian's dam. f. by Sultan—Dulcinea. Duke of Grafton's b. c. Artist, by Ernilius—Zeal. f. Gem, by Wrangler—Coquette, Lord Tavistock's c. by Orville—Epsom Lass. Mr. Wilson's f. by Cervantes--the Juggler's dam. Duke of Richmond's b. c. Scimetar, by Centaur. Lord Anson's f. by Tramp—Prue. Mr. Udny's ch. f. by EmiliusAntiope. Sir R. K. Dick's b. f. Victoria, by Tramp—Bella. Mr. Greville's b. f. Fancy, by Moses—Favourite. Mr. Prendergast's Own Brother to Kildare. Mr. Forth's b. c. Navarin, by Orville—Lacerta. Mr. Hunter's gr. c. by Gustavus--Canvas. Mr. Meynell's b. f. by Gulliver—Parcae. b. c. by Gulliver—Mandoline. Mr. Barnard's Dowla, by Tiresias. Payne's ro. f. by Skim—Miss Craven's darn. --- b. c. by Walton—Miss Wasp. Gen. Grosvenor's Shepherdess. Mr. Wyndham's Brother to Twatty. gr. f. by Whalebone—Gift. Mr. W. Claney's c. by Gu'tavus—Blue Stocking. Mr. Sowerby's b. f. by Tiresias—Scratch. Mr. Charlton's Eugene, by Manfred. Frank, by Master Henry. TUESDAY.-Fifty Pounds for 3-year olds and upwards. D. I. To name the day before running. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for 3-year-olds and up wards. The winner to be sold for 300 sous. T.M.M.— Subscribers, the Duke of Grafton ; Lords Verularn, Exeter, and Alison ; Messrs. Wilson, Forth, and Rogers. WEDNESDAY.—The Town Plate of 50/. for 3-yr. old.. To name as per last 50/. Sweepst,Ses of 10 sous. each, for 2 and 3-yr. olds.— Subscribers, the Duke of Grafton; Lords Wharneliffe, Anson, Vcridsol, and Exeter; Messrs. Wilson, Rogers, Forth, and Batson. THURSDAY. —Match, 100/. Gen. Grosvenor's Shep herdess agst Mr. Hunter's c. by Gustavus. GRAND CRICKET MATCH. The Grand Match between the. Suffolk and Marylebone Chan, which waa played at Lord's Cricket Ground on Monday and Tuesday, was decided in favour of the latter by a majority of 24 runs, as follows : -- MAitYLEIONK. SUFFOLK.. let Innings 513 Ist Innings 96 2d Ditto 9l 2d Ditto .. Mr.•BRAHAM was OXA Tuesday honoured with the following Jotter from Major-General Sir ANDnEw 13ARNAnn " Dear Sir,—His MAJESTY having read in Ole papers of this Morning that your Benefit was fixed for the evening of to-morrow, has been graciouly pleased to conunand me to inform you, that he has given up the Concert which he intended to have held at St. James's Palace on the same evening, lest it should be prejudicial to your interest. " I remain, dear Sir, OUT'S faithfully, • "A. BARNA RD. . - A Albany, Tuesday, June 10." On the 18th inst., Lieut.-Colonel WILDMAN, the new Captain of the Mansfield troop of Yeoinanry Ca. valry, Proposes giving a dinner to the troop, in the lawn, at Newstead Abbey, 'to commemorate the glorious battle of Waterloo, where the Colonel bravely fought.. —H u n Packet. Lady 13yRON and her daughter will remain at Brighton for some time longer, it being her Ladyship's intention to drink the waters of the 'German Spa. We understand a yacht will arrive here shortly, in which Lady BYRON will resume the aquatic excursions which she is in the habit of snaking, and which are recommended by her medical attendants. Her Ladyship, who is in a delicate state of health, remains sometimes at sea for several days together. Lady BYRON left on Tuesday, but will be absent only a few days,—Briyhton Gazette. THAMES TUNNEL. Yesterday a Meetilq ; - :Filmes Tunnel Com pany was held at the City (,r Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Directors, and that of Mr. Brunel, the Engineer, upon the state of the works, and of considering the plan to be adop ted for raising money under the Company's New Act. WILLIAM SMITH,. Esq., M.P. in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN having explained the object of the Meeting, the following Report Was read by the Se cretary, Mr. Buitler : " Your Directors have the satisfaction to report, that the late irruption of the River Thames into the Tunnel has been overcome, and that the works may proceed as soon as the shield is put into working condition. Your Directors, however, intend to de lay the prosecution of the works, until a sufficient part of the further capital authorised to be raised by the Act of Parliament recently .paSsed s}i:ill have been obtained. " To enable you (the proprietors) as well as the public, to form a judgment as to the completion of the Tunnel, your Directors called upon Mr. Brunel, the Engineer of the Company, to report upon the past operations, present state of, and future plan of proceeding with the Tunnel;- and Mr. Brunel has accordingly reported—' That the unanswerable fact of the Tunnel having been made perfect and com plete to .the extent of six hundred feet, and of having withstood the destructive impetuosity consequent on two irruptions of the River, cannot but satisfy you, as well as the public, of the sufficiency of the con struction, and of the reliance which may be placed upon the works when completed; that the late irruption has been effectually overcome, and that the arches and works-completed before that irrup tion have' been found in a sound and perfect state"; so that when the shield- has been restored to a working condition he will be ready to proceed as usual. That the Tunnel has approached to within 350 feet of low water mark on the north shore of the River,' having been already completed to the extent of six hundred feet from the shaft on the south side of the River. That he feels perfect confidence in being able to overcome every obstacle that may oppose itself to the progress of the work ; and, finally, to complete the remaining part of the Tunnel in the same substantial manner in which the six hundred feet have already been completed; that when the increased resources contemplated by the recent Act of Parliament shall have been raised, and the Conipany will have at their disposal the means of enabling him to have recourse to additional pre cautionary measures, he shall propose to have a div ing -bell, with a proper vessel at all times ready to enable him to examine and probe the bed of the river above the shield; also to make an artificial bed if, and when found wanted, over that part of the ground under which the shield will traverse; and that this bed, consisting simply of clay-bags, he shall be enabled, by the experience of the past, to effect upon a sca l e - o f ex p ense w i t hi n t h e scope of the finances of the Company. Mr. Brunel con cludes his Report by expressing his decided and firm conviction, that he will meet with no obstacle which can prevent the completion of the Tunnel. " Assuming that you will rely upon► the report and decided conviction of Mr. Brunel, as to the com pletion of the Tunnel, your Directors have agreed to recommend for your consideration a plan which they deem best calculated to raise the funds necessary to complete the undertaking; but before they state this plan, they request your particular attention to the probable adequacy of the annual amount of toll, list only to pay the interest on the money to be raised, but also to yield an ultimate remuneration to the pro prietors. "Your Directors would in the first instance re mark, that the tolls of the Tunnel are likely to amount to a much greater annual sum in consequence of there being no bridge to the eastward of the Tunnel, nor any bridge to the westward nearer than London Bridge (which is two miles distant), than they would amount to, if there were a free bridge, or any other bridge on each side of the Tunnel and near to it. Your Directors would further remark, that the amount of tolls annually taken on one of the bridges over the Thames (although there is a free bridge very near to each side of it), is not ge nerally known, and is hardly to be credited. " The Waterloo Bridge has Blackfriars Bridge near to it on the east, and Westminster Bridge Hear to it en the west, and notwithstanding the prox:lnity of those two free bridges, and the apparently few passengers, the tolls actually taken on Waterloo Bridge during the last year, viz., from August, 1826, to August, 1827, amounted to the very large sum of 13,6881. Now, when the situation of the Tunne/, with all the advantages incident to it, is compared with the situation of the Waterloo Bridge,. your Directors are of opinion that the annual amount of the tolls of the Tunnel will most probably ex ceed the annual amount of the tolls actually taken on Waterloo Bridge, which latter are a fair criterion by which a judgment may be formed of the amount of tolls which may be expected will be taken at the Tunnel. In order, however, that you may know the grounds on which the opinion of your Directors is formed, they proceed to state them. " The great distance of the Tunnel from any bridge, is an important advantage in its favour; and it will be _recollected that an immense number of ships are constantly lying on each side of the river above and below the Tunnel, that on the north side are the London Docks the St. Katharine Docks (now in progress), the West India Docks, the East India Docks and Warehouses, the Regent's Canal, and a dense population inhabiting Wapping,Thiteliff highway, Shadwell, the Commercial-road, Mile-end road, Whitechapel-road, Poplar, Limehouse, and Stepney ; that on the south side are the Cornmercial Docks, the East Country Docks, the Grand Surrey Dock and Warehouses, and numerous wharfs, in cluding the wharfs to which nearly the whole of the coasting and Irish trades are confined, numberless granaries and warehouses for wheat, flour, hemp, &c. and a dense population inhabiting Bermondsey, Ro therhithe, Tooley-street, the Borough of Southwark, Deptford, Greenwich, and the Kent-road; and that on the north as well as on the south sides there are in- numerable manufactories, founderies, ship-builders' and shipwrights' yards, rope-makers',Sail-makers,and ship-chandlers. It will also he recollected that the Tunnel will open a land communication, two miles below London Bridge, between the counties . 4!)fs Mid dlesex awl Essex and the counties of Surrey and Kona and the Borough of Southwark ; that a con siderable part of the traffic over London Bridge cannot fail of being diverted from thence to the Tunnel, owing not only to the present circuitous route over London Bridge to and from the various docks and, wharfs on each side of the river, and to the stoppages and interruptions which at present take place in the crowded streets, hat also owing to the distance that will be saved by going through the Tunnel, and to the facility which it win afford to waggons anti carts when loaded, in making two or more jouruies in one day, to and from the docks, through the Tunnel (the descents and ascents to and from which will not be greater than Ludgate-hill), whereas waggons and carts going over London Bridge to and from the docks loaded, generally make only one journey. These advantages are not equalled by those connected with the situation of Waterloo Bridge, and hence the , conclusion to which your Directors have come—that the tolls of remain at the Tunnel will ex cee d th e to ll s o f Waterloo Bridge. ` o Butshould the tolls of the Tunnel be only equal to the tolls of W a t er loo Bridge, then, allowing tih a fo nd r a n ke a e n ru a p l e t x h p r T se un o n f e 1 3 : an annual balance of tolls of 1 0 , 688 /., which would be 1. more than sufficient to pay the interest of 200,000/. 0 t there t would , od light and v at .5 per cent. The surplus of the probable tolls ; added to their gradual increase, and the revenue from the estates of the Company, which will not be required for the purposes of the Tunnel, will, it is hoped, produce a fair income divisible among you a, proprietors, in return for your money invested. Your Directors having thus laid before you Ali, confident opinion of your Engineer as to the comple tion of the Tunnel, and your Directors' opinion ac to the adequacy of the tolls to pay the interest on the monies to be borrowed, besides the prospect of an income to the proprietors, your Directors now request your attention to the Act of Parliament, , which, in conformity with the resolutions of the 20th November last, they applied for and obtained. " By this Act of Parliament the Comoany are authorized to raise an additional capital of 200,0001. over and besides the capital and money authorized to be raised by the original Act of Parliament, and the modes which Parliament have sanctioned for raising money are -Ist. By the creation of new shares of -.50/. or less, which shares the Company are authorized to issue and sell—the Act also authorizing the proprietors to give such privileges and advantages to such new shares as they shall think fit. 2d. By Mortgage of the undertaking, or of any part of the property, estate, or effects • of the Company. 3d: By Annuities for life or lives, or for terms of years, upon such terms as the proprietors shall think, fit to grant. 4th. By Debentures payable to bearer, bearing an interest of five per cent., charged on the tolls, and other revenue arising from the estates and property of the Company. " Taking into consideration the best plan to be pursued in order to raise the necessary funds to com plete the, undertaking, your Directors recommend that you should authorize the issue of Debentures from 10/. to any amount upwards, bearing an inte rest at five per cent. which Debentures according to the Act will - be—payable to bearer—and charged upon the tolls, and oth er revenue arising from the theproperty of th e C ompany, and will have a priority sharehold ers . Th e Act of Parlia mentv to r persons who m ay h o l d D ebentures an estatesg gives and veo s e option of substituting a share in lieu of any De benture, ,within six months after tolls have begun to he taken. " This plan of raising the necessary funds is so comprehensive and so convenient, that your Direc ' tors trust the Proprietors mid the Public will be glad of an opportunity of further manifesting that national interest which has been excited in favour of the completion of the Tunnel. " As the Act of Parliament authorizes the raisirg of 200,0001. your Directors propose to create De bentures to that amount, in order that the whole sum which may from time to time be raised upon such Debentures shall be upon an equality ; but your Directors think it proper to state to 'you distinctly that they do .not intend to proceed with the works ; or to appropriate any sum which shall be advanced upon Debentures until 100,000/. shall have been subscribed for, and when that sum shall have beets . socured, your Directors are of opinion that every financial obstacle will have been overcome in regard to the completion of the Tunnel. " Your Directors hare thus presented to yon, the result of their deliberations, and they trust that the spirit of the proprietors will be assisted by the Bri tish public in a work, which when completed will-be an honour to the United Kingdom. • (Signed) WILLIAM SMITH, Chairman.. It was then a g reed that the f orego i ng R eports should b e received , entered on the minutes,- printed, and circulated. On a motion, that the meeting receive with satis faction and confidence the opinion of Mr. Brunel that the Tunnel may be completed. Mr. GOLDSUILI objected to the word " confidence." Mr. GUILLONRAU said, the original estimate of the work hying fallen, so far short of what it now ap peared would be necessary to complete it, he did Pot see any security that a further supply than the present might not be again required. The Meeting could have no positive idea of the expence ; how then could they be confident of the completion of the work. Mr. BENJAMIN HAWSE reminded the meeting that the present estimate was made after the experie nce which th e y . h a d h a d o f the difficulties of the under taking. AlloWances were made for a recurrence of the accidents which had already taken place, and a further allowance of 20,0001. was made to meet any new or unforeseen obstacles. Mr. MARTELL suggested, as an amendment, ,that instead of the words, " receive with confidence," they should substitute the words, " receive with pleasure." Mr. ADAMS- thought that, if the, meeting really felt confidence in the assurances of Mr. Brunel, they were bound to express that confidence. After some further observations, the original mo tion was put cud carried with only five dissentient voices. ' Several other Resolutions were proposed, autho rising the Directors to raise such sums of money (not exceeding 200,0001.) as might be necessary for the completion of the work—and entitling all those who had voluntarily contributed to the undertaking, and - were now desirous of purchasing debentures,•ty au allowance of their original contribution in part pityment.of such debentures. It was also moved that the probable amount of the tolls of the Tunnel would be more than suf ficient to pay the interest of the money to be raised, and that when a sum of 100,000/. Ishould have been subscribed, every financial obstacle to the com pletion of the Tunnel having been overcome, the Directors should proceed with the works. After some objections, explanations, and amend ments, the entire of the Resolutions were agreed to. Thanks were voted to the Chairman and the Directors, and the Meeting adjourned. EXTRAORDINARY PIKE.—On Friday Was exhibited, at EDMONDSON'S Fishing Tackle Manufilctory, Tithebarn-street, a pike, caught in Keswick Lake, on Thursday last, by hook and bait, weighing twenty-six pounds, and measuring in length three feet eight inches— Tre L o i f verP° snulr A b l o b x i e n s . Curl - Mock g i r ie twe n ty u) an i u n f c a h c e t s t . and the neighbourhood is on the increase, and the makers cannot fulfil fur a long time the orders they have on hand. The success which has attended this manufacture has in duced some of the natives south of the Tweed to endeavour to transfer, at least, a portion of the trade to England. One gentleman (a Frenchnun) is at present in Ayrshire endeavouring to procure persons acquainted with the de tails of the manufacture, for the establishment of a mann factory in Liverpool.—Caledonian Mercury. On Saturday next wilt appear, THE Brturrsit POLITICAL GAZETTE. The First Number of this Publi cation (the Editors of which pledge themselves to the Nation to prosecute the commutation of Tythes to some a leg r a •e l p a ly nd to s A im dri ize rjd'aauyrsaCnhiu:Alit;Yeasrtd.was held at Advantages s p ermanent ,oteLords nkR isNgv enactment) iFLuunrd,s. contains Essayntiaiiiiss on eotfhfieprsastupppe supposed e D ids f similar to that Old Established Weekly Journal " The ue Li l t ie er m a , ry an G d az a et t te t .;: e — w T v o era b l e his,otisto-faffialcleNs e i zs t t i n ie en c a o n u d a t ß ry o . o_k- Price Tenpence, postage free.—Publisbed by Nirumur Joy, Bookseller, SL'IGI E. bu o si i n i e i ss ‘u o esd f 66, St. the the Union Tavern, Bagnigge Wells-road, on the body of ANN HonoEs, aged 47. The deceased was a married woman, but had been separated from her husband about 10 months, in consequence of his having formed an im proper connection with a servant girl. She had since car aay milk-seller, in Spring street, water-butt in a crouching position and quite dead. About morning she was found in the nine months ago she threw herself off Blackfriar3 Bridge into the Thames, but was saved by a waterman.—Verdict, Insanity." . th e possession CUCKoo.—There is at present i x the possession of Mr. G. CARFRAE, at Currie, a cuckoo, C r i r i e rk o e n n which was brought up by him from the nest, and alter surviving the winter, is in excellent health and condition, This is th e on l y i nstance k nown o f a bi r d o f t h at species living i n our c li mate d ur i ng the per i o d of m i grat i on, when so many of our summer songsters are obliged to seek in southern countries the food and warmth denied them in the northern regions of the globe. It was procured in the end of July last, and has been principally fed on raw meat, cut into small pieces, although it evinces a manifest pre dilection for insects of all kinds. About two months ago it was first heard to emit the well-known cry peculiar the species, which it has frequently repeated since. At present it has nearly assumed the blu e co l our of t h e adult abgirod., the moulting process havin g commenced several weeks During the winter it manifested no propensity to become torpid. It 'vas exhibited at a late meeting of the Wernerian Manna History Society, where it c4 , l , ducrLd itself sn as to give great delight to all the rurinbo-s sent,— caledonian Afercuq. r;-- -r N , , 74= 4 ~~