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read extracts from the evidence given before the Committee, fur the purpsee of showing the distress that p- evailed in the union of Skibbercen, and in the western uni,n3 gene rally. It would, perhaps, he too sanguine, he thought, to expect very much good from any one measure.—(Bear, heir.) That was only to be expected from a well regulated combination of measures—(Hear, hear)—but he might observe that the present proposition had been welt received by public opinion in Ireland as a contribution of some amount of good. The Hon. Ms eit her then referred to the opinion which had been ex pree.ed by the Hon. Member for Radnorshire (Sir J. Walsh), namely, that the mode of levying the rates had increased the distress in Ireland, au opinion, he said, from which he altogether dissented. Whatever force it had been found necessary to use in collecting the rates, ha would maintain that whatever had been done, had been done with the laudable desire of husbanding the resources.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HORSMAN thought they should discuss the Government measure as a whole. The Hon. Gentle man admitted that there was no precedent for what he proposed. The object of the measure was to assist, the agricultural interest in Ireland, but he (Mr. Hot-man) did not see any connexion between the means and the end proposed. He had gone through the evidence, and he found that the witnesses were against the maximum of a ss. rate. Of nine Government inspectors seven were against the union rate. Mr. Twieselton, in several parts of his evidence, said that he disapproved greatly of a union rate. Of other witnesses 14 out of 18 were against the Government measure. Taking the measure as a whole, it was condemned by the great body of the witnesses. It misconceived entirely the principle of a poor-law, which was not to feed pauperism, but to reduce it; but the present measure made no provision for re ducing pauperism. It also violated the principle of a poor-law. If they reduced the rate while they reduced pauperism it would be a different thing; but they did not do so, and they might rely upon it that capitalists were aware of that. He knew from many witnesses examined before the Committee of the House of Com mons that the maximum rate could not be carried be cause of the difference of population and area as con trasted with England. He considered that what did not succeed in England could not be supposed to succeed in Ireland, particularly when Ireland was labouring under the potato disease. He felt assured that this Bill would not be the means of advancing the interests of Ireland. He thought that the able-bodied people of Ireland should get the opportunity of employment, and that those who are incapable should be supported by the workhouse. He was strongly opposed to any poor law without a test, and considered that Parliament had legis lated badly with respect to Ireland, and felt convinced that Government had carried measures against justice and sympathy. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the different Honourable Gentlemen who had speken on this subject had confined themselves to to the maximum rate, but the Honourable Gentleman who spoke last (Mr. Horsman) was of a dif ferent opinion. Discouragement and alarm at the increase of the p or-rate would be found, he thought, to have been created, for the most part, in the distressed districts. If. therefore, they proposed a limit to the rate, they would be giving confidence to those who owned and cultivated the land. He was persuaded. too, that an unlimited amount of poor rate did not afford an unlimited amount of relief to the poor. It was a fallacy to suppose that it could. He was averse to enter into any consideration of the principle of the poor-law in general, but he would remind the House that the state of Ireland, when this measure was introduced into that country. was very dif ferent to that of England in the time of Elizabeth. The recklessness and neelieence which had had been attri buted to this law, and upon which it had been attempted to account for a large increase of poverty, was not, in fact, the real cause of it, but imprudent marriages, and absolute improvidence and disregard of the future were sufficient to explain it. His belief was, that the declaration of a maximum would be productive of useful results, which it would be to the advantage of Ireland to promote. He had constantly deprecated the evils of over potato cultivation, but he could not concur in the opinion, that the restoration of the potato crops in Ire land would be a disgrace to British legislation. After a few words in explanation from Mr. C. LEWIS, Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND said, that the poor of Ireland had always been in a different situation to those of England, so far as the sources were concerned from which they derived their relief. The suppression of the religions houses, which deprived the latter of their chief means of support, did not to the same extent effect those of Ireland. If they wanted to try experiments, we were the people whom they ought to have experi mented upon; but they ought not to rely upon the un founded theories that emanated from Somerset House, backed by the leaders of the Manchester school, who were utterly ignorant of the exigencies of the country. _(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Mr. P. SCROPE said he very much objected to the enactment of a maximum rate, which could never come into practical operation. Sir H. W. BARRON said that nothing could be more fallacious than arguments based upon the average of rates struck in different districts, because in many of the electoral divisions in Ireland it amounted to a perfect confiscation of the property. In some of these a sum equivalent to a rate of 40s. in the pound had been ex pended. He scarcely knew how to vote on this occasion; • but, upon the whole, he was inclined to give his support to the clause, because he thought it safer to support the principle of the maximum. Mr. R. M. FOK said he felt there was a point in Ire• land where individual liability should cease, and the public responsibity come in. But in Ireland they made the man who did his duty pay for the man who neglected his duty. Ho had several times made the calculation as to where:the public responsibility should come in, and he upon the whole felt inclined to support the rating of ss. in the pound as a maximum. Mr. MONSELL said it' seemed to him impossible to overrate the question before the House. He thought that the proposition of the Noble Lord would have a directly contrary effect from that intended. It was admitted that in many places the maximum must be exceeded. Amongst the whole of the witnesses examined by the Poor-law Committee, not one of them supported the proposition of the Noble Lord. He thought that this proposition would render industry and self denial almost hopeless, and therefore he begged of the Houee summa rily to reject the motion. Mr. ROCHE said that great as the distress was in Ireland, it would be much greater were it not for the poor-law, but it was a mistake to suppose that a poor law could make a poor country prosperous. Now, the question was, did the present proposition improve or de teriorate the existing law ? He thought that it would improve it, and that, therefore it ought to be passed. In dividual responsibility looked well upon paper, but it was a proposition that could not be maintained or car ried out. They could not individualise responsibility in Ireland. Colonel DUNNE said that this clause provided that no man should be taxed more than ss. for the support of the poor, and he thought such a maximum rate would be extremely beneficial. He should give his cordial support to the Bill. He held in his hand returns of twenty unions in Ulster, and of those unions thirteen were in favour of the maximum rate, and to that rate he should give his cordial support. , Mr. SPOONER rose amid loud cries of " time," and expressed his disapproval of the clause, on the ground that the English people would have to pay the deficiency. Sir ARTHUR BROOKE considered this a question (great importance to Ireland. They might depend upon it that much of the money must come out of the Consolidated Fund, and it was for that reason that be should give his warmest support to the Bill.—(Mucl• laughter.) He, however, did not think that the maximum rate was high enough. The maximum rate of ss. he con sidered, far too low. The Committee then divided on the question that the first clause stand part of the Bill— For the clause ••• ••• •• Against it ... 5i Majority ••• ••• •••-127 The clause having been agreed to, the House resumed. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and asked leave to sit again, and it was arranged that the question should be resumed this day. Mr. FORBES M'KENZIE, on the Marriage (Scot. land) Bill having been brought on, objected to the Bill being taken at that late hour. It was a Bill of great importance, and to which the people of Scotland were opposed almost to a man. A discussion ensued, in which Mr. DUNCAN said there was not a single petition in favour of this Bill, and he trusted that the English and Irish Members would not sit and look on quietly while it was attempted to pass this most obnoxious Bill. On the suggestion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, it was arranged that the Bill should be brought up on Wednesday next for further consideration and for dis cussion. The Australian Colonies Bill was, after a short dis cussion, withdrawn by Mr. HAWES, in order that he might introduce another measure of a more perfect kind on the subject. THE JUVENILE OFFENDERS AND PETTY • 178 LARCENIES BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a second time, Mr. CHARLES PEARSON rose and objected to the Bill being brought forward at that late hour of the night. It was a most important Bill, involving the sum. mary conviction and flogg in g of juvenile offenders. The system of flogging had .b e en tried, and they badit on the authority of the Cbatrman of the Middlesex Sessions that notwithstanding the frequency a nd severity of it. application, th e juvenile offenders increased in the las , increased in from 898 to 1,240. He found they bad in England and Wales in the last year in the same pro portion, and more than the ratio increase of crime. They had on record inst ances o f c hildren who ha d been imprisoned, flogged, dis c h arge d, taken, and again and again flogged, twice, thr ee ti mes ,— a y, four, five, and six times during the ye ar; an d yet t h e G ov ern went were clinging to and p.msevering in thi, system. If it could be found that the system o' flogging had been reformatory of those fiogg , d, thcr might be some ground for a perseverance in in it• buy when that was not the fact, when they had it on thy. authority of magistrates that offenders so punished wer on the increase, he considered that the measure now b e _ fore the House was not a wise one. The children wanted care and control to refer,..l :le en from those habits of idleness which were attributable to the neglect of their parents; and he considered that it was most un just to enact laws to punish children for faults which were attributable to the neglect of their parents and of pari-hes.—(Hear, hear.) There was a mode of dealing with the parents. Take away from them the induce ment to set them a bad example. As the law now stood if the parent adds t o destitution the oil of bad education he can shuffle off his responsibility on the country, or the parish, the duty of supporting the child ho has thus driven into crime. He would make the parent feel the consequences of his misconduct. He would like to know whether it was intended to make the Consolidated Fund bear the oft of 3urporting the cricainal3 couTi7tod under this Act. He understood the Attorney-General was no; averse to considering the question of fourteen or sixteen years in Committee. lie was willing to take the Tiestien in Committee, if it was conaidercd a matter of detail, hut otherwise, if it involved the prin ciple of the Bill, he should feel bound to oppose it at that stage. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the objection of the Hon. Member was to a detail rather than the prin ciple, and therefore it was open to discussion at a fu ture stage. With relpect to the cost of prosecutions, the re was at present no legal objection by Act of Par liammt to b. ar the costs out of the Consolidated Fund. The county rates were still due ; but a vote for the pur pose was annually made from the Consolidated Fund, and that practice would be continued. He should be quite prepared to meet all the objections to this Bill. Mr. HENLEY thought the principle of this Bill was of too important a character, and too wide in its opera tion, to b 3 so summarily discussed and disposed of. In fact, it took away a great number of cases from trial by jury, and handed them over to the summary jurisdiction of the magistrates. They had already passed an Act of the same kind, and he thought the two years experi ence they had of that Act was too short to warrant them in going further at present. Sir J. PALING CON defended the Act for juvenile offenders, passed two years ago, and only regretted that it had not at once drawn the line at the age of sixteen instead of the age of fourteen.—(Hear.) , He thanked the Learned Attorney-General for having restored the provision he had originally introduced in a Bill, which had been found to work well ; and he also thanked him for having introduced a summary jurisdiction into the present measure. He gave his hearty consent to the principle of the Bill, with the understand ing that counties would be placed in the same position with respect to the costs of these prisoners as they were under the present law. Sir G. GREY said that was a matter for consideration in the Committee. The Bill was then read a second time. CLERGY RELIEF BILL. Mr. BOUVERIE moved the consideration of the amendments to this Bill.—(No, no.) The fault was that of the House and not his. If it had not adjourned over the Derby day, he should have had the Bill through this stage. Having had its pleasure, he thought the House should now do its work. Mr: MULLINGS said he had amendments to pro pose, and if the Hon. Member persisted he would move them. BOUV ERIE said the clauses might be proposed in Committee. Mr. GLADSTONE said that even if the Honourable Member adopted that suggestion he must object to the Bill passing in that stage without discussion ; if there were many important questions connected with it, which he should feel it bis duty to call attention to. Mr. BROTIIERTON moved that the House adjourn, which being put to the House, was declared to be carried, and the House adjourned accordingly at a Quarter-past One o'clock. PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedinas of the House of Commons. j MONDAY. JUNG 25. TRANSPORTATION FOR TREASON (IRELAND) BILL. Order for Third Reading read ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read the third time:"-- Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day three months :"—Question put, " That the word' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided: — MAJORITY—AYES. 159. MINORITY-NOES, 27. Anstey, T C. Browne, It. D. Butler. P. S.: Crawford, W. S. Devereux, .Tohn T. Dickson, Samuel Douglas, Sir C. Dunne, Francis P.. Fagan, W. French, F. Godson, R. O'Brien, Sir ',Ulna Grace, 0. D. O'Connell, John Greene, John O'Connor, Feargue Lawless, Cecil Rawdon, Colonel Meagher, Thomas Reynolds, John Mahon, O'Gorman Roche, E. B. Monsell, William Sullivan, Michae Muntz, G. F. TELLERS. Nugent, Sir Percy Napier, Joseph O'Brien, J. Spooner, R. Main Question put, and agreed to :—Bill read a third time :—Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 15, to leave out the word " transportation," and insert the words " imprison ment during the Queen's pleasure, or banishment," instead thereof Question. put, " That the word transportation' stand part of the Bill." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 146. MINORITY-NOES, 21. Barron, Sir U. Meagher, Thomas Power, Dr. Butler, P. S. Mahon, O'Gorman Roche, E. B. Crawford, W. S. O'Brien, J. . Sadleir, John Devereux, J. T. 0' ilrien Sir Lucius Somers, J. P. Dickson, Samuel O'Connell, John Sullivan, Michael Fagan, William O'Connell, M. J. MIMS. Greene. John O'Connor. Feargus Ansley, Thomas C. Magan, IP. IL O'Connor, Feargus Lawless, Cecil THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1849. ELECTION OF SHERIFFS. Yesterday the Livery assembled in the Guildhall for the purpose of electing Sheriffs for London and Middle sex for the ensuing year. A great number of the con stituency attended in consequence of a report that there was likelihood of a contest. The proceedings were rather remarkable. _ _ The RECORDER, having addressed the Hall upon the subject of the great privilege they were called upon to exercise, and informed them that it was their right to put in nomination any gentleman whose name might not he uon the list, The Common Crier read over that document. Mr. W. S. HALE came for ward upon the hustings, and said that, in addition to the names upon the paper of gentlemen eligible to the office of Sheriff, he had to pro pose that of one who was strongly entitled to their ap probation—a gentleman who, though young in years, had been a considerable time in business, in which he hod distinguished himself by real and successful activity —he meant Mr. Donald Nicoll.—(Cheers.) He had known Mr. Nicoll's father for many years as a most indefatigable and honourable tradesman, and he had observed the son treading in the footsteps of the parent, possessed of independents property, and as willing as able to support the great charities of the city, which had claims up:in the liberality of those who were placed in so creditable an elevation. — (Cheers.) Merchants and bankers were not the only persons qualified to fill the office. Manufacturers and ►radesmen were equally competent when they were urged on by a laudable zeal, and supported by the never-failing recommendation of a good character.—(Cheers.) Mr. Hale then proposed Mr. Nicoll. Mr. GULL seconded the nomination of Mr. Nicoll, and bora testimony to the excellent qualifiations of that gen- tleman. Alderman LAWRENCE addressed the Livery. He found that he was one of those whose names had been placed on the Shrievalty list. It never entered into his mind . o interfere with the privileges of the Livery, who always appointed whom they pleased to appoint, and never had reason to regret their choice. But he had been elected to the gown no more than a year and a few days, and he trusted that his fellow-citizens would allow him to con tinue in the performance of the duties of Alderman ano ther year before they selected him for the office of sheriff. He had never known them to refuse that very reasonable indulgence.—(Cheers, and cries of " No, no. You must serve.") Ile knew there was a certain movement in the hall, and how that movement was concocted ; but the mass ot those he addressed were not aware of its nature. He would give them a hint of it. There were signal-men stationed in the hall, who were prepared to obey their leader, and to hold up their hands at his command. — (Laughter.) But he would ask the Livery whether they would submit to such degrading dictation? (Loud cheers, and cries of " No, no.") He who led was he who bribed, and he who bribed did dirty work. It would be seen on the show of hands how many dirty hands were engaged in the day's business.—(Cheers.) The names of several gentlemen were then put up, and the required indulgence was at once granted to Alderman Lawrence, and as a matter of course to Alder man Carden, the alderman last elected. The COMMON-SERGEANT stated to the Hall that the Sheriffs were of opinion that the show of hands was in favour of Mr. Peto and Mr. Nicoll.—(Cheers.) The Learned Gentleman then asked whether a poll was de manded for any other person nominated. Mr. G. BRACHER, one of the governors of Christ's Hospital, and a member of the Court of Common Council, immediately handed in a paper to the Sheriffs, expressing his demand of a poll on the part of Alderman Lawrence. The document was, however, signed only by Mr. Bracher, and it was necessary that the signatures two Liverymen should be attached in order to make it an available instrument. The Sheriffs waited for some minutes while Mr. Bracher applied, as we were given to understand, to several gentleman on the hustings to second him in demanding a poll; but finding that the customary forms were not complied with, they proceeded to the Court of Aldermen for the purpose of making their report. Upwards of an hour elapsed before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs returned to the hall in order to announce the result of the election. The moment the Lord Mayor took his seat on the hustings, Alderman Sidney appeared before the Li very and demanded a poll on the part of Alderman Lawrence. Mr. DAVID WIRE—I protest against it.—(Cheers.) The LORD MAYoR refused to receive the paper which Alderman Sidney held, containing the demand of a poll. Alderman SIDNEY persevered, and The Lord MAYOR informed the Hon. Member that he was out of order, and regretted to be obliged to repeat the observation immediately afterwards. Alderman SIDNEY was only desirous to give an ex planation which he had no doubt would prove satisfac ory to the Livery. His wish was to see them exercise heir privileges, but he was anxious to show them that hey might at that very moment be acting unfairly to one of the individuals who had the greatest show of hands. The Livery, however, would not hear him. The RECORDER then stepped forward and informed hrt livery that the Sheriffs had made their report to the Court of Aldermen, and he was directed by that Court to announce that the election for the shrievalty had 'alien upon Mr. Samuel Moreton Pe to, citizen and Lo impr, and Mr. D.inald Nicoll, citizen and Spectacle Ilaker.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Peto end Mr. Nicoll were then called by the Com , (non Cri, , r to declare their consent to serve the office. Mr. Nicola. appeared before the Livery, and assured them that he felt particularly gra teful for the honour just conferred upon him. lie hoped that at the end of Isis year of office the constituency would have no cause co regret that th ey h ad appointed him to the high office of Sheriff of London. At all events, it was his determi nation to do all he could to merit their approval. Mr. WIRE said, that with the permission of the Lord Mayor he came forward to request that the Livery would - hear the explanation of Alderman Sidney. As the election was over the meeting could afford to listen to Alderman SIDNEY said, that last year two gentlemen who had never put up for the offic and never expressed a with to fill it, had been elected sheriffs without their knowledge, and had been fined in the enormous penalty of 6001. each for declining the honour.—(Hear, hear.) Now, the Livery had that day elected two gentlemen of respectability to fill the office. It was his intention, if fur ther proceedings had been adopted, to have voted for Mr. Nicoll; but how did he know that it was Mr. Peto's wish to serve the office ? Before he could think of calling a man away from the engagements of his public or private life, he would, at any rate, inquire whether he could accept th 3 office, at the moment, with all its duties and responsibilities ?—(Hear, hear.) Now, it happened that the office of sheriff was one of para mount responsibility, and it was no jest to thrust a man into a situation in which he might be amenable for pro perty to the amount of upwards of 100,0001., at the mo ment that the engagements and circumstances might present insurmountable impediments to the proper per formacce of the duties. Were the Livery sure that Mr. Peto would serve ?—(" If he will not serve he will pay.") It was but fair to communicate with a man before he was put in nomination. That was merely justice. If he had known that Mr. Peto was willing to serve, not one word should the L: very have heard from him that day.—(Hear, liter.) Mr. Mills, who had been returned last year without his knowledge, bitterly complained of the fine he had to pay for refusing to fill an office which he never wished to occupy; and surely the citizens of Lon don could gain but little honour by dipping their hands into the pockets of those who did not seek the distinc tion, for refusing which they were compelled to submit to a monstrous tax. He had now explained his object in coming forward, and he felt that he was justified. Alderman HUMPHERY said that Alderman Sidney , might, if he wished, have demanded the poll in conjunc tion with Mr. Bracher, but now that it was too late he was anxious to excite confusion when all others were agreed upon the subject. Mr. Low said the Livery had exercised sound discre tion in electing Mr. Peto, who, if he had any objection to serve, would certainly have no objection to pay the fine.—(Cheers.) His opinion was that Mr. Peto would willingly accept the office, and discharge all the duties of it in an exemplary manner. Mr. WIRE said he had a duty to perform arising out of the occurrences of the day. An attempt had been made to infringe on the privileges of the Livery, and the meeting was peculiarly indebted to three gentle men for protecting their rights. He meant the Lord Mayor, Alderman and Sheriff Finnis, and Sheriff Good hart. To these gentlemen then, for their firmness in re sisting the attack, he moved the thanks of the Common Hall.— (Loud cheering.) The motion of thanks was carried unanimously amidst acclamation, and ordered to be advertised in the usual papers. . . _ - The LORD MAYOR, in returning thanks, said it was not for him to bring any charge of inconsistency against any of his brother magistrates, but he certainly had too much regard for the freedom of his fellow-citizens to permit any infringement of their privileges upon any pretence whatever.—(Loud cheers.) The SHERIFFS also returned thanks, and the Hall was dissolved. FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE CORPORATION OF LONDON. The following account of the receipt and expenditure of the Corporation of the city of London will be read with interest, it being a draft of the auditors' report for 1849: " We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, elected by the Livery of London in Common-hall assembled, on the 24th of June, 1847, and the 24th of June, 1848, auditors of the Chamberlain's account of the Corpora tion and Gresham funds, and of the Bridge-house estates, do report as follows:—That the report of the receipt and expenditure of the Corporation of the city of London laid before us to audit was the fourth account of Mr. Anthony Brown, Chamberlain of the city of London, from the Ist of January to the 31st of December (both inclusive), which account we have carefully and thoroughly examined in detail, and find that the balance of cash on the preceding acc,,unt was 26.4901. 15s. 7 ; td.; that the receipts of the year 1847 were 172,560/. 12s. 40.; that the expenditure of the said year, as appeared by the several vouchers laid before us by the Chamberlain, amounted to the sum of 179,8911. 6s. 100. (including 2,2651. 2s. 10d. applied in the purchase of securities, and 4,8001 in the discharge of debt, leaving a balance of cash upon the account of the 31st of De cember, 1847, of 19,160!. Is. lid. A brief statement of the several heads of receipt and expenditure we hereunto append. In the further prosecution of the examination referred to us, we find that certain debts, arrears of rent due, and interests on Government secu rities, were due and belonging to the Mayor and com monalty and citizens, on the 31st of December, 1847 ; and that they were at the same time answerable for debts, claims for interest, charge in respect of public im provements, pensions, police, &c. We have, therefore, directed a balanced statement of such assets and liabili- ties to be annexed, by which it will be seen that there was at that period a cash balance in favour of the Cor poration of 90,770/. 14s. 60., after providing for all claims and demands, without including the value of the freehold and leasehold estate of the Corporation. The Gresham account laid before us to audit was tho fourth account of Mr. Anthony Brown, Chamberlain, being the produce and expenditure of the City's moiety of the estate hid under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham, Knight, from the 10ih of OetobEr, 1847, to the 10th of Oituber,lB4B, which we also examined, and find that the balance of cash due to the Chamberlain at the commence ment of the account was 8731. 3s. 01d. ; that the ex penditure for the said period was 5,908/. 3s. ()id. ; that the receipts for the same period was 4,8071. 18s. 11d., leaving a balance of cash due to the Chamberlain, on the account ending the 10th day of October, 1848, of 1,9731 7s. ltd. We further find that the City's moiety of the estate was indebted at Michaelmas, 1848, in the sum of 85,0001. borrowed towards rebuilding the Royal Exchange after its destruction by fire in the year 1838, and that it was also indebted to the Corporation 20,0001. remaining of the sum advanced towards rebuilding the Exchange after the fire of 1666, and a further sum of 1,6621. 10s. advanced in 1847. The account of the Bridge house estates, laid before us to audit, was the account of Joseph Watson and David Gibbs, the Bridgemasters or Wardens, from the Ist of January to the 31st of De cember, 1847, which we have also carefully examined, and find that the balance of cash in hand on the 31st of December, 1846, was 8141. 6s. lid.; that the rents of the said estate, and other receipts of the year 1847, were 31,8151. 3s. 1 lid.; that the disbursements during the said year (including the sum of 26,0391. 15s• paid under the Acts 7th George IV. c. 40, and 4th William IV., c. 118), in respect of rebuilding London-bridge and re pairing Blackfriars-bridge, amounted to 32,465/. ls. 11d., leaving a balance in hand on the 31st of December, 1847, of 1641. Bs. 1 ltd. In addition to the said balance of cash in hand we found that there were rents due to the account on the 31st of December, 1847, amounting to 12,6701. 12s. Sid., and a dividend amounting to 3/. 9s. 6.1.; also cash, stock, and securities, standing to the credit of the Bridge louse estates account, as under mentioned—namely, 2,311/. 14s. 3d. Consols, in the name of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, 8001. Exchequer-bills, in the hands of the said Accoun tant-Gen. rat, upon which he had 581.25. 3d. for interest; also 231/. 17s. sd. Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities in the names of the bridgemasters. We, the auditors, in concluding this our report, desire to bear testimony to the clearness and accuracy with which the accounts laid before us are made out tor our examination, and to the attention displayed by the official gentlemen who attend us in the discharge of our duties. (Signed) ‘• JAMES MADDEN, "LUCAS HOUGHTON. "J. G. DUNN. " WILLIAM WALLIS. " Guildhall, June 21, 1849. THE ARTILLERY COMPANY. The annual inspection of the members of the Hon. Artillery Company of the city of London took place in their grounds, in Finsbury-square, yesterday, before his Royal Highness Prince Albert. A very large number of invitations had been issued, and as the day was beautifully fine, the friends of the members of the company strongly mustered early. The space in front of the artillery ground was crowded with elegantly-dressed ladies, who took very great interest in the proceedings of the day. Shortly after twelve o'clock his Royal Highness, ac compaied by Colonel Bouverie and Colonel Phipps, en tered the ground in one of the royal carriages, and was received with a salute from the guns of the company, which were drawn up in the front of the Artillery-house. His Royal Highness proceeded on to the ground upon a beautifully-caparisoned charger, and the review com menced. The corps were put through their evolutions by Ad jutant Snell. They marched past the Prince in slow, quick, and double quick time. They then loaded with cartridges and performed platoon exercise, in column, line, and square—the last extremely well managed. The regiment then advanced in parade order, and at the con clusion of the review his Royal Highness complimented the officers upon the manner in which the members o' the corps had conducted themselves in their military exercises. His Royal Highness left the ground shortly after one o'clock. The review was most satisfactory in itself; we wish we could extend our praise to the arrangements for tht accommodation of the visitors. LADY LISTER KAYE'S NEW WORE, " BRITISH HOMES AND FOREIGN WANDERINGS," iII 2 vols is published this day by Mr. Coltman, and may b e ad of all booksellers. Also, just published-2. Mr. Disraeli', " Coningsby," cheap Standard Edition, with a new Pre face, 1 vol., 63. bound. 3. Adventures of a Greek Lady. the adopted daughter of the late Queen Caroline, writ ten by herself, 2 vols., 21s. 4. Captain Marryat's new novel, " Valerie," 2 vols. 5. King Arthur, by Sir E Bulwer Lytton, 2 vols., 153. 6. Mrs. Trollope's nea novel, " The Lottery of Marriage," 3 vols. 8. Lad, Alice; or, The New Una, 3 vols. PRESENT FROM THE IMAUM OF MUSCAT TO THE QUEER OF ENGLAND.—The ship Artemisia, Captaii Hemmett, arrived in the London Docks on Saturday from Zanzibar. Her mid-deck is fitted up a temporary six stall stable, which contains five Arabian horses, four greys and a bay, of a small, but singularly perfect make. although somewhat out of condition from a long sea voyage. These horses, with another which died on th, passage, were sent over for presentation to her Majesty from the Icing of Muscat, and will be landed this day and sent forthwith to the royal stables at Buckinghan Palace. Whilst at sea their provender was oil-seed an. dates. The Artemisia has been brought here by at Arab crew, assisted by an English boatswain. The dress and appearances of the Arabs is very picturesque, con trasting strangely with that of our seamen in the sam. docks. This ship and crew have excited much interest THE NA.PIER, ALARUM. (From the Examiner.) It is some time since we heard one of Sir Charles Na pier's loud notes of alarm, for Sir Charles Napier has been employed, and when employed his mind is always at ease, and untroubled with vain fears; but when the period of command ceases, the want of occup iti m is pregnant with dissatisfaction and panic, as idleness pro verbially is with mischief. An experimental squadron or station is a thing to calm the gallant Admiral, and to assure him of the safety of the country; perhaps because, when ho finds himself entrusted with an active part of the duty of guarding it, he feels the best guarantee for its security, and can cheerfully pronounce an all well's. But just now all's ill. The Admiral is not afloat, and everything is out of order at home and menacing abroad, as appears in a terrible fee-fa-furn epistle in the Times, beginning, rationally enough with the defects in the construction of steam-ships, and the causes thereof, but ending with all sorts of wild alarms, doleful representa tions of our weakness, and appalling ones on the other side, of the strength of the French. Our sole comfort is that we see on the other side of the water statements the precise counterpart; setting forth the insignificance of the French naval force and resources, and the over whelming superiority of the British. The signature of this dismal letter is a key to its lan guage. " Late Commander-in• Chief of the Channel Squadron" signifies that of late things were not so much amiss, or, that the Admiral when occupied with his coma mand had not the leisure to survey the disorder in our dockyards, or the threatening aspect of foreign affairs. France has sent an army to Rome, ergo France may send an army to London. The French went to Rome without telling the Romans they were coming, and so the French may come to London without telling the Londoners they are coming. Such are the sage views of Sir Charles Napier; who perceives that no distinction is to be taken between the powers of Rome and the powers of Great Britain, and all that can be done with impunity to a State the most weak and distracted may be done equally to one the most united and potent. A very brave man remarked that he was not bold enough to be afraid. But when brave men do take fright there is no fright like their fright. A Napier knows that he may be afraid to any degree of irrationa lity without any hazard to his established repute for dauntless courage. He has carte blanche for panic. Nay more, he relies upon the argument, that when so bravo a man is in such a fright we ought all to be quak ing in our shoes, or shaken with a delirium tremens. Sir Charles strongly recommends Lord John Russell to be vehemently alarmed. He desires the Premier to remember many things he possibly never knew, such as that our fleet might have been beaten by the French in Syria. " Has your Lordship forgotten the affair of Syria, when war was on the point of being declared, and our ships were lying for months at Spithead waiting for men, and the French so superior to us that we might have been beaten in detail? If your Lordship has for gotten it, I have not. Has your Lordship forgotten the affair at Otaheitie, when we were powerless, and even torced to patch it up, and I doubt if the indemnity is paid to this day? Has your Lordship forgotten that we sent a fleet to Copenhagen and stole the Danish fleet in profound peace, without declaring war? Has your Lordship forgotten that we sent a squadron to intercert the Spanish galleons, without declaring war? Has your Lordship forgotten bow this country was bamboozled by France about the Spanish marriages, and that by a regular Government, notwithstanding the entente cor diale? and has your Lordship forgotten the Duke of Wellington's letter, in which ho exposes the defenceless state of the country?" As for the present aspect of things, Sir Charles, see ing that all Europe has run mad, thinks it suitable that we should run mad too, and put ourselves in a state of preparation against French invasion. He to this end most fully instruc:s the Premier; neglecting no details, but directing him as to all he should do for the protec tion of the country; not only informing him that he should man the Blenheim and the Ajax to save us, but how they should bo manned from the Excellent. We were about to say that one grand measure of precaution was omitted in these instructions, namely, the appoint ment of Sir Charles Napier to the command of our fleets; but on consideration it seems better that he should re main unemployed at present, in which state he serves on the look-out, detects all detects in the naval manage ment, discerns all dangers abroad, and has ready cut and dried the infallible means of averting them. If a command were given to the Gallant Admiral, we should forthwith be deprived of the inestimable benefit of these revelations and recommendations; and Lord John Russell would be without a counsellor, the gain of the fleet in one way being the Minister's loss in another. Excellent, however, are the uses of our Napier; inas much as when employed we have in him one of the bravest ' and best officers, and when not employed, a watchman not to be surprised by any danger, inasmuch as he an ticipates all, and does not trouble himself about degrees, but signals them all as of the first magnitude. But let us hear the warning and the exhortation:— " It may be said I am exposing the nakedness of the land. The Duke of Wellington's letter has done that already; but his Grace's letter was not necessary. The French Government know just as well as we do the force of every ship of war in the service, the station of every regiment, the number of our guns, and, I dare say, the number of the muskets in all our arsenals. I may be called an alarmist. I confess it; lam alarmed at our defenceless state; and I hope to God I shall alarm the Government, the Parliament, and the People. Let Mr. Cobden and his party arbitrate if they will. Let them go to Paris now, and ask the French to withdraw from Rome—ask them to reduce their enormous army—and no man will be happier than I shall be to see all our establishments reduced. But, until he has got his arbi tration into play, let us, for God's sake, take care of ourselves. Your Lordship may say we have already a reserve steam force which has cost the country millions. That is true. But what a contemptible force it is—a force that is quite unequal to contend with France. " Your Lordship may ask what I propose. I will tell your Lordship. Put the whole strength of your dock yards on the steam-vessels (such as they are) now On the stocks, and get them ready for service. " The Queen has been c ommissioned — man her and fit her out as fast as p oss ibl e; com plete the crews of the Superb and Ganges; man th e Blenheim and Ajax screw steamers out of the Excellent; fit out and arm your best steam-vessels; and do this at once, before your sailors go to Denmark and Germany; let this squadron assemble et Spithead. You will then be in a position to arbitrate or remonstrate if you will. Watch well the progress of events in the Medit erranean, a nd if any war take place, or3er the fleet home for the protection of our own shores. Parliament cannot object to this; Mr. Cobden could not object to it. It is a precaution; it will nut be an expen sive precaution. If you do not want to press for money at present, you may suspend works in progress in the dockyards that are n o t press i ng . Search closely into all your departments; ransack the dockyard s, and y ou will find means of saving th ousan d s an d thousands of pounds; appoint a committee of experienced steam-officers to decide how your fut ure steam - vesse ls shall be built; give up cutting and car v i ng an d c h a nging ships' bows and sterns; give up con verting goo f s ailing ships into bad steamers at an enor mous expense; a nd look more strictly At the expense of your dockyards; and you will have no occasion to go to Parliament for more money. " I remain your Lordship's obedient servant, " CHARLES NAPIER, Rear-Admiral, " And late Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Squadron." The one thing needful, to put the whole strength of the dockyards on the steam-vessels on the stocks, is somewhat inconsistent with a preceding argument, that the right mode of con s t ruct i ng a steam-ship has yet to be devised; the plans of the engineer and the shipbuilder. and the views of the practical seaman, never having been brought into harmony and concert, or attempted to be brought into harmony and concert. According to Sir Charles's representation, how would the efficiency of our navy be improved by adding to it a number of steam ships unable to carry or to work their main-deck guns? The miscarriages in building are certainly a disgrace to the service, but we deny the assertion of Sir Charles Napier, that the same reproach does not attach to our neighbours; and defective as our steam-ships are, they are generally vastly superior to the French, and incom parably less liable to disasters. To improve our navy to the utmost on its scale, not to extend it, is the proper course now; and egregiously are we mistaken if Sir Charles Napier can frighten the Government, the Parliament, and the People," out . . of their wits and out of their money by his exaggerated statements and preposterous apprehensions. The coml• try is every now and then ready to be frightened. Like Ally Croker, it has its moments when it hugs some chimera "to make it uneasy." But it had the quaking fit two years ago, and the period is not come for a return of the ague. Sir Charles Napier will not find a single old woman afraid of the French at this juncture; we are all of us much more afraid for them than of them. John Bull must not have practised upon him the tricks that were played off upon Sancho Panza in his island, when an alarm that the isle was attacked frightened him into a suit of mail; incased in which, like a hog in armour, he was knocked down and kicked and cuffed 4bout by the defenders of his dominions, trampling upon Sancho most mercilessly while they were clamouring about the protection of his person and property. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. BOoM DESTROYING OPERATIONS AT PoRTsMoUTII. Yesterday afternoon Captain 11. D. Chads, C. 8., of her vlajesty's ship Excellent, exhibited some very important funnery operations to show the mode of forcing a pas ,age up blocked up rivers or inlets, whereeight be offered to an advancing party. Th o e b b st o r o u m cti w on a s , ormcd of the masts of a line-of-b att le s hi p , lashed to ;etherntati o byd obstacle in a river; thi s b oom was laid in Fountain Lake (a tributary to Portsmouth :enof chain th e n pp larbour), and at a given signal a boat party, compr i s i ng the attack and defence squrdron, conarneimd its duties. the one d e f en d e d , as it were, t h e approach b eyond the -snow, whilst th e ot h er , protected by the guns of th asud otherose gear, so as to form the repre -hip (about 400 yards from the scene of the operations), roceeded to the destruction of the hindrance, and the hslodgment of the enemy. This was effected by the ,aiat party under the protection of the ship's guns dating a fuse connec'ed with a large quantity of sub nerged gunpowder in a favourable place under the ,iolm for blowing it up; the fuse then, with much ap )arent intrepidity, was ignited, and in three minutes, it thereabouts (allowing ample time for the destruc ion party to regain the cover of their ship), the •harge was exploded, destroying the boom, which was lurst asunder and blown into the air, and clearing a ree passage for the navigation of the assaulting party; orming a highly instructive nautical manoeuvre, which was witnessed by a large concourse of spectators on the water, and a gallant array of naval and military officers on board the Excellent, amolgst whom were Lord Fitz Clarence, the Governor of Portsmouth; Sir John Bur ;oyne, Inspector-General of Fortifications; Admirals Ca el, Prescott, Dacres, &c.; Sir William parry, Knt., colonel Lewis, Rti E., eic, PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO CHATHAM—Her Ma jesty's express yacht Elphin, Master G)annanding D. Welsh, arrived in the river ye3terday evening Prow Portsmouth, to attend upon his Royal Highness Prince Albert. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 24.—The Castor, 36, Captain Wyvill, sailed yesterday afternoon with the mail to Ma deira, Ascension, and the Cape of Good Hope. The Queen, 110, was commissioned on Friday by Captain Charles Wise, for the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., G.C.8., Commander-in- Chief of the Mediterranean. She is to have a comple• ment of 970 men. The Alarm, 26, was taken out of dock yesterday. The Albion, 90, has been docked to clean her copper. Twelve shipwright apprentices having completed their apprenticeship, have been entered on the dockyard esta blishment. HOP INTELLIGENCE. consequence, BOROUGH, unfavourable from ao u st a N NE at 2 lhl s. een — h T toop n e B a o c , accountspla ntations e We o . n tihave h u a e e v e to a duty, come fi ran 1. market, with scarcely a good lot of hops on sale; cur rency for the common run from 40s. to 90s. per cwt. MAIDSTONE.—Tbere appears to be no diminution of the blight in this district, the weather of the last few days having been favourable to the increase of the insects, and unfavourable to the bines, which want rain. The chance of a crop is becoming daily more precarious. WATERINGBURY, MEREWORTH, TESTON, AND NET TLESTEAD —The vermin in these parishes have increased within the meek, and the honeydew is much more general. The vermin appears to attack the weak bine the most, ard some of the weak grounds appear to be yielding to the blight. There are exceptions to the above, as some grounds at the uppear part of Mereworth are comparatively free from vermin, and the bine looks healthy. MALLINO.—We have plenty of flea, fly, lice, and honey-dew, which are forerunners of a blight, and should they not be cleansed by the "nigger," we must not ex pect a hop year. BRENCHLEY.—Our hops are getting worse daily, and the result must be a blight in a very great portion of our plantation. HAwimintsT.—There is a possibility of a favourable Midsummer shoot, but no probability at present, and we quite calculate on a total blight. HORSMONDEN.—No change for the better is per ceptible in our plantations yet. They are literally swarming with lice. Honeydew also prevails to a great extent. GOUDIIIIRST.—In consequence of the favourable change in the weather, the fly has decreased consider ably, and their eggs do not appear to come to perfection, but the honey-dew is alarming. In some gardens it is almost an impossibility of there being any fruit; still upon the whole they indicate a better appearance than the preceding week. Crtersnaoox.—There is a very considerable quantity of fly and lice, and in some places honey-dew on the plant in this neighbourhood, and yet notwithstanding its general effect of retarding its growth, the bine is rapidly tarnishing :.he poles. YALDING AND HUNTON.—Our hops in some gardens look in a progressing state, but below they look quite the reverse; fly and lice are in abundance, with honey-dew in many grounds. WROTRAIII,—The hops here are still in a very unfa vourable state; some of them have got what the farmers call the " flreblast," owing to the great difference in the temperature at night to what it is i❑ the day; they say they hardly ever recollect the nights being so cold at this time of the year. Some of the grounds have the honey-dew, and the flies and lice are as abundant as ever. There have been a few fly goldings and " niggers" seen on the hops this week, and it is hoped they will increase and destroy the insects. WILMINGTON.—The plantations of George Russell, Esq., are regularly gone to the blight. They are full of fly and lice, and honey-dew has made its appearance, notwithstanding the superior cultivation and manage ment. This is poor prospect for the pickers. Last year upwards of 300 found employment fur about a month. ORPINGTON.—The fly, lice, and honey-dew, increase daily. The hops are going into a total blight as fast as y. grounds is im proving. they can. The leaves have all fallen down and curled under, the bine is at a stand still , and the leaves are turning E DENl3 black; E they T h are done i for n t heen best tirel proving. but the weak bines are nearly done up. Duty, 100,0001. to 120,0001. CANTERBURY.—The fly still prevails to a great ex teat, and there has been a large increase of lice, which mostly have attacked the weak bine. Honey-dew is also observable. There is little hope of the plant re covering to produce anythir,g of a crop. The duty is laid at from 80,0001. to 90,0001. General accounts speak of an increase of vermin and honey-dew, of disease in the plant, and a blight being anticipated. HURSTGREEN.—We have a great number of lice in festing the hops, and much honey-dew. Fly is also still numerous. There are a few " niggers" and fly-goldings. BIIRWASH.—As on the present - state of the - bine de pends in a great measure the future crop; and as our large plantation must in some measure influence the market, we have again drawn our information from various sources, all of them to be firmly relied on. On Sunday and Monday last the fly seemed to decrease; on Tuesday and Wednesday they were found in redoubled numbers, and on Thursday we hare the leaves black with fly, all rematkably active, and (wcrse still) much honey-dew. The exceptions to this report cannot, we believe, be found in the parish, for all are alike; the only difference perceptible being (in one or two gardens) a rather vigorous bine. FARNHAM, ALTON, AND CANTERBURY DISTRICTS - JUNE 25.—We have progressed still further in the blight, and it is our decided impression that the hops must go black .—Maidstone Gazette, Juno 26. CRICKET. The Stockton cricketers have had two grand matches, awl have come off victorious in both cases—the first with the Sunderland, Hendon, on the 21st inst., and the second on the 22d, with the Northumberland Club, New castle, both played on the new ground at Stockton. STOCKTON v. NEWCASTLE (NORTHUMBERLAND). STOCKTON. Baker, run out 3 c Smith ... Lancaster, J., c Moore ...... 3 c Ford ........ llornby, c Smith 1 c Clay ... 3 Stockdale, not out 6 Rapley, c Moore 0 Lancaster, J., 1b w 1 lb w Maister, Rev. H., st Beldon ... 37 b Bell Allan, 6 Thompson 2 b Thompson Scarth, b Bell Salmon, b Bell 1 b Bell 1 Sanderson, for Shepherd, b Bell 0 Shepherd, not out 4 Byes, &c. 90 NEWCASTLE. Moore, b Scarth Sinclair, b Scarth Beldon, Wm., b Rapley l6 b Rapley ......... ...... 2 Thompson, b Scarth Smith, Paul, cJ. Lancaster 4 c Stockdale Scott, b Rapley ......... ........ 5 b Rapley Bell, Wm., c Stockdale 8 c Baker Taylor, run out Hutton, b Rapley Ford, Rev. H., c Baker Clay, not out Byes 2O Byes ... 8 Stockton ..... • Newcastle .. In favour of Stockton MAItYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND AGAINST THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. This match was commenced at Lord's yesterday, and the following is the score of the first day's play:— SUSSEX.-ISt INN. 112au, c Redding, b Hillyer ... ... .. ~. 64 Wisen, b Ilißyer ... ... ... ... ... 4 Hodson, b Lillywhite Box, c Haygarth, b Lillywhite ... ... ... 2 E. Napper, Esq., b Hillyer ... ... ... ... 1 W. Napper, Esq., c Dakin, b Lillywhite ... ... 29 Bushy, bit w, b Lillywhite ... ... ... ... 0 Picknell, b Ilillyer ... ... ... ... ... 9 Hammond, not out ... ... ... ... . . 8 G. Barton, Esq.. b Hillyer ... ... ... ... 0 IL. M. Cartels, Esq., 1 b w, b Clarke b 7, w ,nb ... ... ... 7 Total ... ... 130 MA RYLEBONE.-1S t INN. lion. R. Grimston, run out ... ... 24 A. flaygavh, Esq., not out ... ... 33 Clarke, c Hodson, b Wisden 7 Chester, Ibw, b Hodson ... 17 Hillyor, not out 12 Dakin R. Kynaston, Esq. W. Nicholson, Esq. W. Ridding, Esq. S. Whitehead, Esq. Lilly white b 12, wl, nb ... „. 13 Total ... 108 PEDESTRIANISM. THE GREAT RACE FOR 2004 BETWEEN REED AND SEWARD.—Five thousandofher d the Ma li e n s e ty's lieges, road at a moderate computation, yesterday Harlington, to witness the interesting struggle, wherein Henry Reed, of London, and George Seward, " the American Wonder," were to settle the moot point, as to which should first cover 440 yards of ground. To those who interest themselves, pecuniarily or personally, in pedestrian performances, the particulars of the public 'eats of the men are well known, to others a detail would he a mere waste of space. Seward, after achieving a re putation which placed him on the very pinnacle of fame as a runner for a moderate distance, say 200 yards as a maximum, was in this instance matched against a pedes trian, whose merits at a quarter of a mile had been pa -1 'ientiy shadowPd out in his victory over Robert Inwood, of Tooting. The rumour, too, bad got abroad that Se ward was not all lie should be; that he had never re covered his strain at Sheffield, &c., &c. We have goo .I reason to suspect these rumours to have been an intended pitfall, wherein those who despised " the man in the s treet," or " at the corner," instead of falling, saw the overrunning made a losing stumble. The betting in L o ndon loo ked like 6 to 4 on Reed; at the ground it fell to 5 to 4, level. and lastly, when it was found that Seward was well and confident, 6 to 4 went begging to a most tempting extent. Although the articles specifie d the race to be run between three and five, procrastina tion was so completely the order of the day, that it was 1 15 minutes past seven when the men were en tenue at the scratch. The vista, as taken from the vehicle of the re feree, some three hundred yards above the trio of mag pies, was at this moment peculiar, and perhaps not to be paralleled elsevihvre than in this tight little Wand. the cords, which marked the sides of the course, were densely packed with every known and unknown specimen of man as he is found in the peopled wilderness of civilisation— the rough, the smooth, the knave of ready finger, the labourer of the corny hand, the well dressed idler, who lives on his own means, and the yet better dressed idler, who lives on others, were there, and among them those who love sport and manly exercises for their own sake. As the men started themselves, of course a few minutes were spent in feints, bat when they did go, it was an unmistaken clipper. The Yankee, who, par parenthese, is a native of Connec ticut, dark, wiry, muscular, and handsome, as "an Apollo of the forest," numbers twenty-nine summers, while the Londoner confesses to twenty-four, which we think an " outside figure." The first had taken his breathings on the Malvern Hills, in Worcestershire, and latterly nearer town, under the eye of Charles Wes hall. Reed had been attended to at Houmlow by Kitchener, the Hampstead Star, under the superintendence of the well-known William Sheppard, of Birmingham. And now they leave the scratch, Seward leaving by the tithe of a yard; at 100 yards they were abreast, at 200 Reed shows slightly in advance, at half-way he improves his position, at 250 the game is up, Seward cannot live with his competitor, and gives a slight symptom of falling off; at 300 yards there is no mistaking it, Reed takes Seward's ground by running almost full in front of him, and ten er a dozen yards a head, and finishes a most exciting spin by coming in fourteen or fifteen yards a winner. The time was variously taken at 51, 52, and a fraction short of 53 seconds. ASCENT OFMR.COXWELL'S WAR BALLOON FROM BERLIN. (raolu A CORRESPONDENT.) On Tuesday, the 19th, Mr. Coxwell ascended for the second time from the famed Kroll's Garden, and illus trated, by a miniature bombardment, his method of de stroying a town, or dispersing an army en route. A very large assemblage of spectators, among whom were princes, ministers, and other persons of distinction, wit nessed this extraordinary exhibition, and testified by long•continued cheers their admiration of the ascent, and the subsequent display of fireworks in mid air. On the occasion of Mr. Coxwell's first ascent, on the 11th inst., so great was the collection of persons in the park, that the police, numerous as they are in Berlin, proved insufficient to maintain order. When General Wrangel arrive d to inspect Mr. Coxwell's apparatus, he was saluted by the mob outside the garden with a shower of stones, and as republican cockades were displayed, the military were called out, and a disturbance expected. This, how ever, was fortunately prevented, and in order to avoid a repetition of excitement, Mr. Coxwell was prohibited to ascend again, under a heavy penalty, and was obliged to diocharge the gas from his balloon, in compliance with police injunctions. Fresh arrangements having been made by the President of Police for the better preserva tion of order, the intrepid English aeronaut was allowed to ascend again, whoa all passed off quietly with much eclat. The ascent of this large balloon (which has not inaptly been styled on the continent the " War Balloon") from a capital in a state of siege, too, is certainly a bold and novel feat, which keeps up the character of British enterprise, and does honour to the courage and scientific ability of Mr. Coxwell. The war balloon has two cars, and the aeronaut descends a rope ladder to his battery, after the manner of Lieut. Gale, of Cremorne celebrity. It is stated, on good authority, that Mr. Coxwell's ser vices were to have been brought into requisition in the Rhine provinces, had the disturbances there not been suppressed. As to the applicability of the balloon for purposes of warfare, some experiments are about to take place before the Prussian Government. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Last evening Mr. Bunn took his annual benefit at this theatre, on which occasion he received the aid and sup port of the most celebrated members of the profession, both histrionic and vocal. Verily the bills spoke truly on this occasion when they announced an extraordinary combination of talent, and that which increased the pleasure of the evening's entertainment was, there was not a single absentee or sufferer from " indisposition" among the whole of the artistes who volunteered their services on this occasion. The performances commenced with the popular vaudeville of Hold your Tongue, Madame Vestris, Miss Coleman, Miss H. Gilbert, Messrs. C, Mathews, Selby and Parselle, each sustaining their ori ginal parts with unwonted ability and success. The re ception of Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Mathews was very enthusiastic, and the vaudeville went off to admira tion. Mrs. Cowley's Belle's Stratagem followed; it is indeed a very long time since we were so much gratified as we were on this occasion. We had one of our own English comedies supported by first rate English talent. Messrs. Cooper, J. Wallack, G. Cooke, F. Vining, Mrs. Nesbitt, Mrs. Glover, and Miss Mordaunt, sustaining the leading parts of the comedy with great success, and each receiving unbounded ap plause. At the conclusion of one of the acts of the comedy Mr. Bunn was loudly called for. He came for ward, and handsomely acknowledged the compliment of a call. Une Reunion Musicale closed the entertainments. Verdi's beautiful minion " Nell' Opera Giovanna d'Arco " was splendidly given by Signora Parodi. Nothing could exceed the brilliancy and finish of her execution of this romanza ; at the conclusion the ap plause ,was tremendous. Jetty do Treffz delighted the audience with one of Mr. Bunn's songs, and " Una Vir gine," from! Donizetti's La Farorita, was given by Gar• doni with much effect. " The Light of other Days" was beautifully sung by Pischek ; and C. Brahaui delighted the audience with his father's favourite song " The Death of Nelson." Our old friend Harley, too, also appeared, his name appearing in the programme of the concert. He gave us " Oh, dolce doll concento" and " Johnny Bond." The Lablaches have the " Buffo duetto," from II Matt imonio Scgreto, with great effect. The magnificent duetto from Norma, "Di Contenti," was superbly given by Parodi and Giuliana; and Miss Poole also delighted the audience with one of her best ballads. Space will not allow us to further enlkrge on the great number of beautiful pieces performed by the other eminent artistes. The whole went off splendidly. LYC bUM THEATRE. Anzgteurs and Actors, one of the earliest and most popular farces of the late Mr. R. B. Peake, was revived last night at the Lyceum, where (that is to say, at the old house) it was first produced in 1818. In the con struction of this farce there is much that is primitive, and the principle of equivoque is carried to an extreme. Nevertheless there is a great deal of humour and smart ness in the dialogue, and some of the jokes are exceed ingly good, while others are rather reckless. In the writings of the late Mr. Peake there was this charm, that the author always seemed thoroughly to enjoy the work of composition, and the wildest sallies appeared like the utterances of a free and genial spirit. In point of construction ho will not bear a comparison' with the more modern authors who have formed themselves on the French school, but for jovial hearty English " fun " there are not many who can compete with him. The bustling provincial manager is played with the same bustle as ever by Mr. Harley, who acted the cha racter thirty years ago, and the eccentricities of the country actor, Wing, which were once so ably set forth by poor Wrench, are now embodied with much grotesque comicality by Mr. Roxby. A Mr. Hurlestonj made his debiit last night in Jeffrey Muffincap, the character created and immortalized by Wilkinson. He seems possessed of some humour, and at-any rate is not obtru sive and extravagant. At the fall of the curtain he was loudly called for by the audience. NE W STRAND THEATRE. A new and very lively little farce, by Mr. Charles Selby, was produced last night. It is called Chamber Practice, and turns on the embarrassments of a brace of law students, who are troubled by th e p resence o f f ema l e relations when they are about to give a treat to some fair milliners, and are moreover harassed by the pursuit of bailiffs. The principal personage, however, is a " red jacket" of the Temple, who is ready to assist the em bryo barristers in any dilemma, and is charmed, even to a revolutionary furor, when he sees a barricade of chairs and tables placed against the door of the chambers to stop the bailiffs incursions. This is one of the charac ters which Mr. Compton pin s to perfection, and the good humour with which he delivered the " tag" con tributed in no small degree to the applause at the fall of the curtain. Mr. Selby was loudly called, and bowed from a private box. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Miss Woolgar, a lady whose merits as a most versatile and accomplished actress we have often had occasion to notice, takes her benefit at this theatre to-morrow evening. The programme of the night's performance is extremely attractive, and we trust it will secure for the beneficiare a " benefit" in the most practical sense of the term. night thew were e Ea th rl o o D f ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. —Among the com pthaenyDliprkeeseonft Cleveland,lastetl the i e n g E t o e n r 1 , u L k ic e h o fi f ol W d, of Munster, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, General Wool; the Marchioness of Douro, the youthful Ladies Ramsay, daughters of the Marquis of Dalhousie, Lady West, &C. JAMES WARD AN AETIST.—In this age of t won ders, when each new year teems with discoveries in a rt and science which awaken our warmest t he a d mira tion ,triu s of triumphs we are gratified in being enabled to recor d intuitive genius soaring abov ethe prejudices allied to obscure origin, an d, by intrinsic merit, claiming kindred with the polished classes of e d uc ated society. James Ward, the ex - Champio n o f Englan d, has, unassisted by th e s lightest instruction, become an artist in the most p ur e and unqualified sense of the term. Ilis last pro duction, " The Setting Sun," d• • his brilliant or b dipping in the blushing wave, forms as chaste a portraiture of nature as ever emanated from the most masterly pencil. The horizon, and happy distribution of the varied coloured clouds, display a boldness of outline which the fearless hand of truth could alone have ventured to depict. The perFpective is in admirable keeping. The foreground is also beautifully relieved by the distant coruscations emitted from the departing god of day, while the presence of a small boat, resting near the bank, forms an interesting object in this faithfully deli neated sketch of nature. In tact, the chicra. oscura, or happy blending of light with shade, is perfect ; but the really trausending excellence of the painting will be dis covered in the hitherto unapproachc d and felicitous tone of colour pervading the whole picture. We have never before seen realised, even in the works of Turner or Danby, splendid as their productions are allowed to be, that peculiar warmth of colouring which indicates the concentration of heat and light; but immediately the eye rests upon Ward's picture, an idea is conveyed that the sun is basking in the borrowed refulgence of some concealed agency, so perfectly transparent and fire emitting an orb does it appear! Most heartily do we congratulate Mr. Ward upon this extraordinary work of art, illustrating the poet:o lines of Anacreontic Moore— "How brilliant the sun looked in sinking! The waters beneath hina, how bright." .—Liverpoel Courier. , THE COUNTRY MARK TS. The following is the official statement of the quantiti corn, ftc., received in the port of London from the poi Essex, from the 18th June, 1849, to the 23d June, : both inclusive : ci . ,j • PG .1.1.••••• 300' 68 238 443 = 730 SO 75 j A Colchester Ilarwich Leigh .. Maldon - 1 - 10 - CHELMSFORD JUNE 22_—Our market was to-day thinly attended, owing, in some measure, to the hay season, and the supply being not very large, the best wheats fetched fully is more money, with, however, a rather limited business. All kinds of spring corn met a dull sale at late prices. Wheat, white, old 46s to 535; new 45s to 525; red, old 423 to 465; new, 41s to 455; barley, 28s to 30s ; chevalier 293 to 335; grinding 24s to 26s ; oats 18s to 21s ; malt 54s to 56s ; chevalier 54s to 58s ; peas, partridge 33s to 355; white 303 to 345; dun 32s to 345; beans, tick, new 27s to 30s ; old 28s to 3ls ; harrow ticks, new 28s to 31s ; old 30s to 325; mazagan, new 211 to 265; old 26s to 28s per qr. CoLcnEsTan, JUNE 23.—Wheat, white 483 to 525; red 448 to 483; barley 26s to 28s ; beans, mazagan 26s to 283; middle and amall 28s to 323; peas 30s to 34s per qr. HA DDINGTON, JUNE 2t.—The following are the prices of grain at our market to-day : Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats. I Beans. ... 52s Od 28s Od 22s 6d 333 Od ... 48s 4d 23s 7d 203 8d 31s 6d 21 0 700 First Second _ ... .. 42s Od 1 21a Od I 17s Gd I 303 Od Total quantity of Wheat in market 256 qrs., 255 sold Do. ' Barley do. 54 qrs., 44 sold Do. Oats do. 278 qrs., 270 sold Do. Beans do. 29 qrs., 26 sold KIRICALDY, JuNE:23.—The following are the quotations up to this date : Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. r Peas. First 51s Od 27a Od 2la 6d —s Od —s Od Second 48s Od 25s Cd 19s 6d —s Od —s Od Third 44s Od 23s Od 1.88 Od —s Od —s Od Third Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs. imp., 26s to 26s 6d. GLASGOW, JUNE 21.—Provisions—Cheese, 34s to 40s Od per cwt ; retail, 4id to 5d per lb. Skim milk, Os Od to Os per cwt. Country fresh butter, 9d to 10d per lb; Irish pow.. dered, in lumps, 9d to 10d; country powdered, wholesale, Bid to 9d. Country eggs, 9d per dozen; carried hen ditto , 5s Od per hundred, or id per dozen. Hens, 2s 6d per pair ; ducks, 2s Od. BERWICK, JUNE 21.—Wheat, 42s ll d; barley, 24s lid ; oats, 18s bid ; rye, OOs Od ; beans, OOs Ott ; peas, 00s Od ave rage per imperial quarter. KELSO, JUNE 22.—Wheat, old, 00s to 00s ; ditto, new, 335 to 38s 6d ; barley, new, 16s Od to 19s ; ditto old, Os Od to Os ; potato oats, Os to Os Od ; ditto new, I4s to 14s 6d ; com mon oats, 12s to 13s 6d ; ditto new, Os Od to O s Od ; p eas , 22 s to 25s Od; beans, 223 to 24. per boll of six imperial bushels. HAWICE, JUNE 21.—Wheat, new, 34s Od to 39s Od; ditto old, 00s Od to OOs Od ; barley, new, 17s to 21s ; potato oats 14s Od to 15s 6d ; common oats, Ils to 1450 d ; peas, 23s Oti to 2.53 Od ; beans, 23s Od to 25s Od per boll of six imperial bushels. STIRLING, JUNK 22.—Wheat, foreign, 20s to 26s Od; ditto home, Os Od to Os Od; ditto ditto new, 23s Od to 24s ; barley, per boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 18s Od to 20s Od; oats common, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 11s Od to 14s Od ; ditto Flemish, Os Od to Os Cd ; ditto ditto new, Os Od; malt distillers, 35s Od to 38s ; ditto brewers, 37s Od to 39s ; beans, per boll, Os Od to Os Od; ditto new, 13s Od to 14s 6d; peas. 15s Od to Os Od ; flour. new, per sack, 36s to 37s ; ditto common ditto, 25s Od to 26s 6d ; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to Os Od; ditto new 26s Od to 28s ; ditto per peck of 71bs, 86d to Os Od ; fresh butter, per lb. 84 to 10d; eggs per dozen, 6cl to 7d; hay per ton, 423 to 41s. PERTH, JUNE 21.—Wheat, 40s Od to 45s Od; barley, 22s to 25s Od; oats, 16s to 19s ; peas and beans, 23s Od to 26s Od per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 26s to 28s. FALKIRK, JUNE 21. —The supply of grain in this day's market was 323 bolls; wheat at 21s 6d to 25s Od per boll ; barley, OOs Od to OOs Od ; oats, 14s 6d to 16s Od; beans, 16s Od to 17s Od per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. COIL MARKE . Buddle's W. Hartley 14s Od Carr's Hartley Chester Main l3s 6d' Dean's Primrose East Adairs Main l2s Od New Tanfield North Percy Hartley l3s 60 Original Tanfield Ravensworth'sW.Hart 13s Od r. —1 ESTER nAY. Lambton Primrose lss Od Bell Belmont lss 3d Hetton Haswell l6s 6d Hutton Jonassohns Keepier Lambton Russell's Hetton lss 9d Stewart's Whitwell ... 'Caradoc . .. Ileugh Hall South Hartlepool rhornley Denison l4s 9d South Durham Tees.... West Comforth West Hetton l4s 9d Cowpen Hartley Hartley l3s 3d Llangcnnech 228 6d Sidne) 'a Hartley Ships at market, 196. 1 Walker's Primrose ... 12s Od Wylam ... Wall's End, &c. Acorn Close 13e11 and Brown ...... Elm Park Gosforth .. Gibson Harton Hilda l4s Od' Heaton Hedley 14s 6d Killingworth l4s Odi Percy. ..• 6d itiddeli's l4s 3d Urpeth Walker Eden Main lss Od RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. - BRISTOL, JUNE 25 STocK EXCUANGE.—The share market was firm to-day. The sales are—Great Western, Quarters, 6!8 dis.—Ditto, New 111. Shares, 4 dis.—Ditto, Fifths, ter share—Eastern Counties, B)—Bristol and Exeter, Old Shares, 25 dis.—Ditto, Thirds, 8% dis.—Alidland Stock, 69. MANCHESTER, JUNE 25. STOCK F.xcniticz.—The - transactions to-day were as follow: Leeds, Fifths, 4 dis.—London, New Quarters, 3 1 ,( 1 p.—West Riding "Union, 43r dis.—North Staffordshire, 4X dis. Blinn 'aCNE 25. STOCK EXCHANGE —The transactions to-day were as follow :1 North Staffordshire, 4/. I 3s. 9d. dis.—North British, Preference, par —Shropshire Union, 21. I6s. 3d. dis.—London and North-Western, Quarters, 31 4 p. YORK, JUTE 23. STOCK ExcirANGE.—The transactions to-day have been as fol low Great .Northern, 1014 Ditto, rre:erence, 2/. 16s—Ditto (London aol York Extension), its. 3d.—York, Newcastle, and Per, wick (Newcastle Extension), 14% —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 4/. 3d. EXPEDITION AGAINST THE PIRATES OF SAR &WAX . - • —We have advc: s from Labuan to the 21st of April Nothing new had occurred on the island, but the Nemesis had recently arrived, bringing info? mation of some out breaks in the neighbourhood of Sarawak. It appears that about a month previously the Sarabes and Sakharan Dyaks had attacked the Sadongs, and taken about 70 heads. The Sadongs being friendly, the Raja (Sir J. Brooke) collected his force and called upon this tribe to join him. They ascended the Sarebas river with the Nemesis boats, burned three villages, and killed 17 men, but could not succeed at getting at the main body of the aggressive Dyaks, who made their way to the interior, where they have strongly stockaded themselves. The Raja, not liking to risk a failure, returned with the ex• peclition, and has written to the Admiral for assistance. He wishes to have 300 or 400 Europeans with him. The estimated numbers on the present occasion were about 5,000 or 6,000 on the side of the unfriendly Dyaks, while from Sarawak there were about 3,000, with 30 or 40 Eu ropeans, including the crew of the Nemesis. HISTORICAL WRITERS AND READERS.—" Of the two ways that are most common in writing or reading history, neither has seemed to me so broad or right as unfailingly to lead its followers to the truth. One of these two is that of the romantic or entertaining—the other of the abstract or instructive school ; the latter being intent on stripping the past of everything like life or feeling, and the former endeavouring, and in many recant instances successfully, to restore to bygone days their animation and their rightful interest. But how ever great the literary merit of these various produc tions may have been, however fresh the art and the picturesqueness of some, however profound the philo sophy and the lore of others, there has been in many, perhaps in most of them, a blank that neither intellect nor taste alone can supply. It is so, simply because it has been too often forgotten that none can fathom the truths of history except with the plummet of the Christian, and that it is only through the sympathy for all humanity which Christianity commands and the faith in every work of God which Christianity sanctions, that we can comprehend the particular events or the general character of history."—Eliot's Liberty of Rome. ARRIVAL OF CALIFORNIA GOLD DIRECT FROM THE " Dioonis."—The Tepic, Captain Luce, which arrived in the Mersey on Wednesday evening, brings the first importation to this port of the precious metals, direct from the gold " diggins" at California. The Topic came by way of the Sandwich Islands and Valparaiso, at which places she landed large quantities of gold, and, therefore, brings with her here only about 60,000 dollars worth, chiefly in dust. We have seen and handled a lump, which weighs as much as ten sovereigns. It is of good colour, and is in exactly the same state as when found in California. The Tepic belongs to 'Tames Starkie and Co., merchants, of this town, who, we be lieve, were the fir s t t o em bark in the Californiak trade. andhas made justveral as began to to San Francisco, where she ar rived T ja h n e u T ar e y pi l c as s t a , i f l o e r d thfreomt Sandwich h po r Islands d t s h the and d ectAtt a d . ay an of having landed her cargo, proceeded ra ge. She intermediate the g ol "gold fever " yage now returned with the gold dust received at San Fran se cisce, and oil, tallow, wood, and hides at Sandwich Islands. She filled up at Valparaiso, and reached this port after an absence of only seventeen and a half months,—Liverpool Mercury. We are requested to correct an error which appeared in our report of the Scottish gathering, holden on Wednesday and Thursday last, in the name of the winner of the chief prize for archery. It should have been Mr. A. Peniston Moore, and not Mr. R. Morse, as reported. THE NELSON MONUMENT.—Yesterday afternoon, when the mould from Mr. Carew's noble design of the " Death of Nelson" was perfected, the molten metal was successfully transferred though the great feeding aper tures of the bas-relief; and in a few minutes the most important figures of the composition were faithfully secured in enduring bronze. The cannon which fur nished the chief material were sent from Woolwich— spoils of war taken by the hero himself from his country's cnemies. Among the visitors who assembled to witness the interesting proces3 were the Earl of Carlisle, Chief Commissioner of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, and Mr. Philiops, the Secretary; General Wyndham, Capt. Toke, R N., Capt. Johnstone, and a few artistic friends of the distinguished sculptor. THE CROPS IN KENT.—A rather extensive ride last week geve us the opportunity or reporting on the: crops. In Mid Kent they do not look first-rate, but are improving. Through the Weald, via Staplehurst and Milkhouse•str ee t, to Ashford, they are lookin g decidedl y . unkindly. From Ashford to Hythe and the coast, then probsAly cannot look better. Much hay has been well d c o r w op m ey E er r y u w it he i r s e. i — n M m a a i llY d. shortcpalarreeiesddeasntrdoymedu,cahndcloavers stone Gazette. THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER.-1 return, moved for by Mr. Patten, M. Y., shows that 43 manufacturers of paper were convicted in the years 1840-48, inclusive, of offences against the Excise-laws. some of these per- Soils were imprisoned, others sold up, and others liberated on psyment of a composition. ies of its in 1849, V