The Sun. — London, England, 1842-07-04 00:00:00

--, VS. .LAR. took the 56i 1 103 ; • the Bra' ning• ;50; fili i th e ; ) 40 ; for nd•s' pro hare/• 1, 176 04; e ntio cOlii. tit y , t b bit y 03 , bee- :St, " .., oa 21t ore' 1 4 '2.5 l'o It V) r 0 P'ii 9I 1011 poll" iebec' her 1 , 0 4. deo I r e ' •pli ti 1. !,, e d i , o , ver no t E• 16 The Queen and Prince Albert, the King of the Bel gians, and the Duchess of Kent, attended Divine service Lesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. Ja:: es's. Tile s ermon was pre ac h e d by t h e R ev . D r. Sl eat h , f rom Acts sermon chap. 1 9, ver. 2. The prayers were read by the v. C. Pack man, the lessons by the Rev. J. Haden, an d th"a Communion service by the same clergymen. The e servic e was B oyce, i n C. The Anthem, " Praise the Lord" (Scott). Mr. Goss presided at the organ. p The , Bishop of N orw i c h, Cl er k o f t h e Cl oset, and the PI II of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, were in e aitin g• The R o y a l su i te i nc l u d e d t h e C ountess of Jaw emont, lion. Misses Stanley and Hamilton, Viscount ~..arden, Lord Colville, Hon. Sir William Lumley, L 31 2. Col one l Grey and Colonel Bouverie. Lady Anna Ma Dawson was in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent. b kt nong the Nobility present were the Lords Wilton, i" n ghani, Becti ve , G os f or d, I ngestre, C anter b ury, v ro ttesley, and Eliot. Ylsited The D uc h ess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia the Q ueen of the Belgians yesterday, at Buck et Palace. Palace. aftTerhne oDu.chess of Kent visited her M a j es ty y es t er d a y P *° n r ine° Geo rge o f C am b r i dge v i s i ted Prince Albert Yesrd Pr; 43% Tee Alon bert, attended by Col. Bouverie, rode out on ; s t u aolc Saturday. t akn ue Princ e of Wales and the Princess Royal were co ` n an airing in the Royal gardens on Saturday, ac- T h nied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. fo r "e Duchess of Kent visited the Queen on Saturday efl oon. 4he Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta hi rda 7hridge, visited the Queen of the Belgians on L Sa- Sat R oyal di nner party at B uc ki ng h am P a l ace on QuiThe D evening included their Majesties the King and n of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, the Sir '''' tl tes's de Merode, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Hon. tdward Cust, Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, Count urnitTesolt, Baron de Dieskau, and M. de Moerkerka. k co ',, il e hand of the Coldstream Guards were in attend -17,4 the Palace during dinner. g as Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princesses Au yes,', and M ary o f C am b r i dge, attended Divine service go tta morning in Gro svenor Ch a p e l. L a d y Au oomerset was in waiting on the Royal Duchess. lef t e Duke o f C am b r i dge, attended by Colonel Jones, T ,twn on Saturday for Cambridge. Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge tlic-i6ured Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston with oa °n3 Pany on Saturday evening, at th e i r res id ence aerhon- terrace* of D uchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta tcei'arnbridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, airino. to Kew yesterday afternoon. ht Grath Rie of the Ministers and Officers of State attended Gro; e Home-office yesterday afternoon. Sir James Iv ont - to, Secr e t ary o f S tate f or t h e H ome D epartment, t c , n in the afternoon to Buckingham Palace. The At -44d7 •G eneral arrived in townat half-past six o'clock, s.lEinnediately attended at the Home-office. Si Robert Peel left town on Saturday, on a visit to e n l 7 Hardin ge , a t hi s sea t, S out h- par k , P ens h urst. Air rehd eacon Davis, of Antigua, an d A rc hd eacon °n P , of Ba r b a d oes, h a d i nterv i ews w i th Lord Stanley, a ; tu rda _ y at the S Colonial-office. li em r d i Wharncliffe left town for Wortley Hall, near day C hancellor of the Exchequer left town on Satur t r Cambridge. liew ° , ll B. Somerset and Captain Denman had inter office."' on Saturday, with Lord Stanley at the Colonial . 11 s atu -A udicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on theril`'lty- The Lords present were Lords Wynford the Z rc 'lNhm, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of tio-•qrairalty Court. air 1 , 11 Brougham gave judgment in the Appeal "Rev. ow, Lel ''sc oWith tt v. Masan " affirming the decree of the Court coats. ThE CONDEMNED SERMON AT NEWGATE. tie terday the condemned sermon was preached by Ilstettia_revu:stm M o r. , Carver, the Ordinary, acc or di ng t o th e in the chapel of Newgate. Orders had k o : Previously issued by the Sheriffs for the exclu apd c ?f_ the publi c, so t h at none but the functionaries Ithroper, th e conv i ct to be executed, and Francis, Punishment h as b een commu t e d to transporta ki4o,?r life, and the prisoners who are confined for %,, offences, or about to take their trials, were pr . e lkikt.'4, Those wh o are aware o f t h e av idi ty with which kt v - t i'llve been sought for by person s wh o find plet2.- he the indulgence of a morbid excitement, will surprised to learn that many werediss ka rte with the new arrangement ; but the reflecting lhe e fr ,,t, l the community, who regard that greatest -z of of power, the taking of life by the authority of Fill a l!, as a thing too serious for theatrical display,.. lion l 'eJoiee that an end has been put to such exhibi -13°4;3' and that we shall hear no more of crowds re tf 0 41 ,,_8* to Newgate on the Sunday, under the influence Pa w ' of the most extraordinary and unaccountable eatt.to Paw be found in the depths of the human Poi s „ ')- Per, whoa ppears to suffer exceedingly from the tiff e 41 which he took soon after he committed the hit,, li t e l e i for which he is condemned to die, was carried l't4, cha pel by two of the turnekys, and placed on seated at alder the sheriffs pew, and Francis was t he oth - B° lne distance from him, but separate . from ir on r er Prisoners, who were arranged within t C o : ilin gs at each , side of the building. IN % i Per took more notice of the service than those t v ' o lild i k ave been accustomed to observe his conduct Le , * dn ''ave reason to expect ; for, until within the last l g4 Pri, -- Y B ' he has betrayed a recklessness, which e s ed the Ordinary with the very worst opinion i Lf4 e state of his moral perceptions. In fact, t 11 ,itti e t t ,, s ,°f the prison, one and all, have considered 4 0 11 st -; a most singular specimen of ruffianism, and 7, as to reeat the offence for which he is to t 'sPci i s f ; c l e , had the power and opportunity, as he was ,N „ '° Perpetrate it, upon finding that an imipeddis it'Ljiisti'vas offered to his escape from the hands e c• His conduct in the chapel convinced those d ta ken witnessed it that a favourable change had . I . a Pl ace in the thoughts of the unfortunate man. d upon entering the chapel shed tears, an t • 4, - ,: e quently during the service. He seemed o ;,', W helnied with the consciousness of his own . : 111 Q:',,‘"iness, of which he has spoken several times D .,`" Ordinary and Sheriff communicated to him acious interference of her Majesty in his be '44114-' Ordin ary took his text from the Ist Book of r 'tlics c hap. ii. verse 25, " If one man s i n aga i ns t ' l ll 'r the judge shall judge him ; but if a man of i hst the Lord, who shall entreat for him ? th • tilst anding they hearkened not unto the voice , fath er, b ecause the Lord would slay them. , 47,er1, • `everend Gentleman d w elt w ith grea t impres ;;4° -ISIS 4(1. upon the offence committed by Cooper, and 04 4 ded to the crime of which Francis was con heam The f ormer was ev i dently af f ected b y what 01 110 - ' , and the latter sighed and wept bitterly. l eavin the chapel, Cooper said he feared he L t lq not be able, in consequence of the weakness ,7(1 ~.B , t )r der of his legs, to " make his way" up the Iv'rilo:,-o'nov,the morning 9 . without . the assistance of those ship eyed him to his seat in the place of Divine tig ,,. i v f his se in the delight he has felt at the mitigation ° Ne r C'ence, has evidently forgotten what he was I ,,Lrd I T at the same time, that he was to be sent to l'i l tlts. -4° ,clr for life to . the most penal of our settle. Penalty 'war ant r distinctly states the nature cf he has to pay. . 94 RE UN G'S H ARIVIONICA PIAN O. n e b t "ird morning concert of Herr Breunig was n'te da before yesterday at Saville House, ftl4iiets•t-1.-squYare, for the purpose of exhibiting the . h, N4 °f his harmonica-piano, just brought . by . t hnn is Singular in many respects, his . ins ru t t -s Well • p h, r y orth • the attention of connoisseurs. b ve4 a rice it resembles the ordinary grand piano, I t i , ( 'lNl, sse sses the novel advantages of sustaining, ( v h ' l V' t diminishing, or modifying the sonorous i t ; l 4 ° ,, n s Produced by the percussion of the hammer, 1;1 1 %n -"e ordinary piano) by a current of air acting fc,;, str ti a th t t cif r eeds located within the body of the c, 11 '• The effect produced thereby, in the per . - ti - f ktr " - ^:r e 4 ° ,,f any operatic piece of music, is ~ 4 )4 11 1 ( 0' 11 Y fine ; and by the combination t ( i J th e ill s elicited from the reeds, sen augmented iblance ithe awseti:urnentations of the piano, its tOtie a l , II and Power of the organ is close re and almost i ,R4t it h with this superadded advantage, however, h , as a range of swelling and fidling tones which 1 1 , ex-,,strutnent wants, and which, in the present h j t he 4 tils itely attune themselves in exact proportion fi r ev ation or depression of a singer's voice, or '- ‘ 44 (1 bra, numerous choir. We can only liken the -° ` - `tteed by the reeds to that of some dozen full-blowing their cany tubes in concerted •th ; while in those passages where the strength 4 T) Ins 1,4; Ned to illnent is summoned up, these might be )I',,PiPe cease, and Pan, the supreme, played on tt l'- tirlig'' s .°wn grand and sounding solo. Herr k' ll. ll f Piano requires some slight difference of . V3l,lll°ln that adopted for the common range of a tolerable pianist soon acquires the mode. Titettt.: TEST.—The accumulation of %tlOt s to , Leeds stone heap, broken by the paupers,. s ~hpfor w 0 . 0.000 ions, and in order to dimin i is Ivi th s h ave in h there is little or no demand, t o ver- IL" th e st :TaAle, in many instances, a sort, of compromise reiikers by which they consent to allow f o ; a Week- fur doing nothing rather than 7s. Gd. a ‘v( lt: 6s ston es . Bai~a~ En —Leeds Mercury. lt g of Hanover received on 19th ult. Mr. kt r Y Of til ° Y Lxt raordinary an d Minister PleniE!oten- I SOlieh Queer of England, at a private audience, treittCnat gentleman delivered a 'eaer from his MPRII COU LITERATURE. FRANCE DAGETER.REOTYPED. Saunders and 01ley, London, 1842. While we protest against much of the spirit that pervades this volume, we cannot but acknowledge that it is written in a nervous and forcible manner ; that the author wields the pen of an able but most trucu lent satirist ; and that, to all appearance, he is perfectly sincere in his contempt and hatred for " Young France." Such desperate, unremitting abuse as he pours forth on the head of this effervescing nation ! And, as if he were not satisfied with expressing his scorn of it in good, round, set phrase, he has recourse to the pictorial art to add to the effect of his invectives ! 111. Thiers, of course, comes in for no small portion of his abuse. He describes him,as a shrewd, conceited, tricky, unprincipled adventurer; and then sets to work at his face, which he caricatures in so whimsical a manner, still preserving a certain resemblance, that it is impossible to see it without bursting into outra geous laughter. As regards the war mania, which 111. Thiers was so successful in, inflaming a year or two since, our author seems to think—and on this point we join issue with him—that it was a miracle that peace was preserved at that period; and adds that the serpent is scotched, not killed. "Its crest will' again be erected, hissing for war ! A struggle for pre-eminence between Prance and England, I believe to be almost inevitable; and the lightest straw that ever was blown by the winds of heaven may afford a solid pretext. She will probably shun us at sea ; the struggle will be chiefly by land, and the bayonet, not the shell, will decide. The omnipotent press of France can soon raise Thiers again to power. Louis Philippe will not—dare not resist; for brave as he is, he has not an utter contempt for life. Nay, more, I believe him to be, after all, no very strenuous opponent of the military views entertained by all other Frenchmen." Notwithstanding this very decided ex pression of opinion, we still believe that there is quite enough of good sense in France to neutralize the in cendiary efforts of the war faction, which—were it ever, with M. Thieis at ifs head, to get the ascen dancy—would most probably be the means of subject ing the capital to another unceremonious visit from the Allied Powers, and not improbably occasion the country to be dismembered by indignant coalesced Europe. ASTOLFO. Purkess, London, 1842. There is some power of fancv exhibited in this " dramatic romance," as the author calls it, but it is mixed up with much that is mystical, and even un intelligible ; and the diction is at times so grotesque, substantives being made to do duty as verbs and verbs to officiate as adjectives, that it is next to im possible to peruse it with a grave face. The poem is of the " Manfred" school, and opens with a monologue, Wherein Astolfo, the speaker, invokes the spirits of the dead, who accordingly—as in the case of Robert the Devil—rise thickly about him from their resting places in an old monastery, of which he is the lord abbot. In consequence of his thus tampering with the black art, and communing at midnight in his cell, and among the mountains, with wizard forms, not of earth, he is denounced , by two of his monks, and thrown into the dungeons of the Inquisition, rind where he soon afterwards swallows poison, infinitely to the annoyance of the demon Thorosmades, who had visited him in disguise in his cell, and vainly en deavoured to prevail on him to sell his soul to the Prince of the Powers of Darkness. There is little that is original in this conception, nor indeed can we con gratulate the author on the skill with which he has worked out his design ; he has numerous passages that " lead to nothing ;" spectres that come and go, apparently without a why or a wherefore ; and abrupt and purposeless dialogues, in which the vague mys ticism of Shelley is curiously blended with the gloom and feverish restlessness of Byron. We do not deny that, here and there, the poem contains some striking passages, chiefly of the descriptive sort ; but its general tone is far from healthy; there is a constant, visible straining, too, after effect, and a harshness and dissonance in the blank verse that are at times quite offensive. CASTLES AND ABBEYS OF ENGLAND. Part V. Mortimer, London, 1842. Dr. Beattie, the editor of this amusing work, con tinues to discharge the duty of superintendence with considerable tact and diligence ; and in the present Part, enters into curious circumstantial details respect ing tho fine old Abbey of Tewkesbury, which was long celebrated for its magnificence and the wealthy en dowments attached to it, and was one of the earliest sacred edifices erected in England, its foundation dating from the first fifteen years of the eighth cen tury. There is a clever engraving of the Abbey in the frontispiece, representing it throughout its entire extent ; and the letter-press descriptions of it are enlivened by frequent poetical quotations, chiefly, if we are not mistaken, from the works of Sir Walter Scott. THOUGHTS ON THE SENSIBILITY OF THE IMAGINATION. Simpkin, London, 1842. The first section of this essay—which, by the way, is much the best portion of it—is devoted to a con sideration of some remarks made by Mr. Moore, in his Memoirs of Lord Byron, respecting the sensibi. lities of the imagination as distinguished from those of the heart. The author observes that it is questionable whether such a distinction be rightly drawn, adding, " instead of thus conceiving a fictitious and a real sensibility, both of which are real to those under their influence, we would rather say, that they who are most sensitive to pleasure,- are of necessity most sen sitive to pain." The author then goes on to illustrate his position by reference to certain peculiarities in the characters of Petrarch, Sterne, and Lord Byron, and evinces no slight acumen in the manner in which he handles this branch of his subject. His essay, re garded as a whole, is an ingenious one, though he sometimes ventures a little beyond his depth. PENTONVILLE PRISON. (From Friday Night's Gazelle.) At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 29th day of June, 1842, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas by an Act, passed in the second session of Parlia ment, held in the fifth year of her Majesty's reign, intituled " An Act for establishing a Prison at Pentonville," it was, amongst other things, enacted, that it should be lawful for her Majesty, with the advice of her Privy Council, to nominate and appoint any number of fit persons, not _being less than seven, or more than eleven, to be Commissioners for governing the said prison ; now, therefore, her Majesty, in pursuance of the said Act, is pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to nominate and appoint James Archibald Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council; Charles Duke of Richmond, K.G. ; William Earl of Devon ; Henry Thomas Earl of Chichester ; Lord John Russell ; the Speaker of the House of Commons; Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart. ; Robert Ferguson, Esq., M.D.; Major Jebb, of the Royal Engineers; William Crawford, Esq. ; and the Rev. Whitworth Russell. And they are hereby nominated and appointed Commissioners for governing the Pentonville Prison accordingly. WAI. L. BATHURST. PUBLIC FIST NESS. On Friday evening a meeting of Ministers and Gentlemen connected with several of the Dissenting Congregations in London, was held in Devonshire-square Chapel, 13ishopsgate street, to consider the present alarming distress and destitution so generally pervading the country, and to arrange the prelimi naries for a general meeting to be held during the ensuing week, to devise the best means of alleviating it. T. W. ALEXANDER, Esq., a memberOf the Society of Friends, took the chair at seven o'clock precisely. Mr. CARLISLE, Secretary to the Provisional Committee, said the present meeting was held in con,equenee of the reso lution of a meeting convened on Friday, the 22d ult., which stood adjourned to this day. Its object was to consider the best means of bringing before the public in strong relief the present appalling misery under which the labouring classes were pressed down. Perhaps in this stage of the proceedings the best course to adopt would oo for Mr. George Thompson, who with himself appeared on behalf of the Delegates at present sitting in Palace-yard, to read extracts from the communica tions which were addressed to the body from different parts of the country, descriptive of the distress which prevailed. Mr. GEO. Timairsox rose and said he should read a few brief extracts from a vast number of communications addressed to the body which he and Mr. Carlisle had the honour of re presenting at this meeting, by several gentlemen who had the best means of acquiring authentic information respecting the state of the population in the manufacturing districts. Mr. Thompson then proceeded to read an extract from a letter from Sheffield, which stated that the American packets brought the most discouraging news for the manufacturers, and that the people, who were a short time back in a comparative state of independence, were now obliged to seek refuge in the workhouse, in consequence of the decay of trade. Some time back the writer was able to employ 700 men, but now in consequence of the laws which prevented the free exchange of labour for the commodity available to those with whom the commerce of England was c trried on, that number was reduced to 200. An assurance had been given to him from an eminent American capitalist that if he were to emigrate to America with tools and expert artisans able to train others, a certainty of making an ample fortune awaited him. The love of father-land, su inherent to Englishmen, prevented him accepting the offer, but if times continued getting worse, es they had done for the last few years, a sense of duty towards his family would compel him to seek another and more profit able field for industry and enterprise. Mr. Thompson con tinued to read several letters from Wigan, Congleton, Auch terardar, the iron and pottery districts in Staffordshire, from Knaresborough, and from Wakefield, all detailing scenes of the most soul-harrowing misery. The letter from this last named locality stated that during the winter months numerous families lived upon turnip-tops, and detailed the cases of some families who derived subsigtence from the wages of their chil dren, at present employed in the coal pits, who, if Lard Ash ley's Bill were to become law, would be thus deprived cf all means of support. Ile should confine himself to the extracts which he now laid before the meeting ; but Ise regretted to be compelled to state that this was but a fraction from numbers of letters which the Committee received, and which had been handed to many Members of Parliament, in order that they might be able to substantiate the facts stated by Mr. Wallace in his motion that evening in the Homo of Commons. In reply to Mr. Reban, Mr. Tiinairsa.nt stated that the dis tress in the agricultural districts was nearly as pa;nful jis in the manufacturing ones. After along and desultory conversation, Mr, C.aiti,i.st.E proposed thefollowine• ' resolution, which was seconded by Mr. SPt , V., and passed unanimously :—" Re- C F solved, That a meeting of pefsons of all reli g i ous denomina tions be held at the Finsbury Circus !lapel, o p riday, the Bth day of July next, relative to the prese n t alarming distress now so prevalent in the country." A provisional Committee having been appoi n t e d to arrange the preliminaries previous to next Friday's meeting, Mr. GEO. Tiloairsotc announced that the delegates met on Tuesday next, at two o'clock, at Brown's Hotel, Palace-yard. Shortly after which the meeting separated. • LIFE INSURANCE, • .• The importance of life insurance, and the interest created by the remarks which appeared in our May number, induce us to recur to the subject. We then pointed out the improvements which have lately been introduced into the practice of insurance, rendering it less exclusive, and better adapted to the various purposes and interests which have grown out of an improved state of civilization and an enlarged sphere of business transactions. We showed that persons labouring under known complaints, and persons going to different parts of the world might, contrary to the old practice, be subjects of British assurance; that means had been discovered whereby a creditor might obtain a policy which could not be endangered by the acts of the debtor, and that there was one Life Company, the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, whose policies were rendered indisputable by their deed of constitu tion. We were necessarily led to the conclusion, that these improvements were not only highly proper, but that the assured were not placed in a fair and equitable position in transacting business with Life Companies who refused to adopt those improvements. As intimately connected with and vitally affecting money transaction policies, and all assurances which may come to be the subjects of transfer for - value, the question how far a party has acquired a legal interest in, or a right to a policy, is a matter of deep im portance. It is proper and salutary that persons should not be permitted to speculate and gamble upon the lives of others, and that no one should be permitted to obtain a policy upon a life of a person in whose existence he has no pecuniary interest. This gave rise to the Act 14 George 111., ch. 48, an Act in force in England and Scotland, but not in Ireland, which was introduced for the purpose of preventing " a mis chievous kind of gambling," by making insurances on lives or other events wherein the assured has no in- ,erest. A very enlarged and different construction has been put upon this statute. Courts of law have ruled, that although the persons on whose life the policy was granted was indebted to the assured in the full sum contained in the policy, and although.the assured shall have regularly paid the premium for a long series of years, yet he shall have no claim against the assurers except for the precise amount of the sum which may be due to him by the original debtor when the claim comes to be made against the Com pany ; that if the whole, or any part of the debt, shall have been liquidated during the currently of the po licy, the assuring Company shall have the advantage of that, and be entitled to a total discharge, or a de duction of a like amount from the claim against them. The question betwixt the assurers and the assured is, therefore, not whether the policy was fairly obtained for the security of a sum truly due when the policy was granted, but what, after an accounting between the executors of the deceased and the assured, is the amount of the claim of the latter. There is no doubt about this being the law of the case, it having been frequently so decided. In the case of " Godsoll against Boldero," these views, so unjust to the assured, were carried out to their fullest extent. An assurance had been effected upon the life of the celebrated Mr. Pitt to cover a debt. The assuring Company, in considera tion of the premiums, became bound to pay the sum assured within three months after the death of Mr. Pitt should have been duly certified to them. The plaintiffs, who were the assured, averred that at the time of making the assurance, and from thence until the death of Mr. Pitt, they were interested in his life to the amount of the sum assured, and that they duly paid the premium. These averments were not denied; but the plaintiffs having received payment of their debt, after Mr. Pitt's death, from hia executors, the Company contended that, in terms of the statute before referred to, they were released from their obli gation to pay. Here, it will be observed, the interest was not only originally fair and complete, but that it continued until after the death of Mr. Pitt, which was the event insured. Lord Ellenborougii decided the case in favour of the Company. We cannot dispute that this is law ; but it was obviously not a just or equitable settlement of the question between the as sured and the assurers. The Company do not calcu late their premiums upon the chance of the ultimate solvency of the person whose life is assured. They charge and receive payment, in the shape of pre miums, for payment of the total sum in the policy ; the probability of life is their ground of calculation, and having been paid according to that calculation, is there any justice in permitting them to get rid of their obligation on the ground that another party is able and may be forced to pay the debt ? The injustice which may be done under the sanc tion of this statute, which appears to have been framed for a totally different purpose, is so great, that Direc tors of Life Companies may be induced verbally to state that their Company would not avail themselves of it. This, however, is not a sufficient protection to the public. Life Companies may not consider it to be for their interest at present to take advantage of what is so manifestly unjust, or they may, and cases have occurred where they did, plead the statute upon the pretext that the assurance was in other respects faulty ; but as they' could not succeed in making that appear, except to themselves, they pleaded want of in terest in the assured, and thus obtained what they considered justice by means of an unjust defence. Policies on the lives of others are the daily subjects of sale, and an inquiry as to the continuance of the original debt, for the security of which they were effected, is seldom entered upon ; which shows the extent of confidence which Life Companies have gained by their fair and honourable conduct. We have pleasure, however, in referring to a Life Com pany, the only one known to us, who openly and expressly repudiates the Act 14th of George the Third. We quote from the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Company's prospectus :—" The ordinary rule is, that if a creditor be paid his d e bt b e f ore th e policy becomes a claim, he loses the benefit of his policy, and the premiums which he has paid become forfeited to the office. This Company repudiates all such unfair advantages." The interest of the public requires that all Companies should adopt the same rule, and that they should publish it in order that they may be bound to follow it. Polytechnic Journal. IRELAND. THE AIARCHIONESS OF WATERFORD. (From the Nenagh Guardian of June 30.) The hlarquis himself is very seriously injured —some of his ribs are broken, and one of his arms is dislocated. Much fear is entertained of the internal injuries which he has received in the fall. CLONMEL, TUESDAY EVENING.—The reports to. day state that the Marchioness of Waterford is " a little better." It is also asserted that if she recovers she will be much disfigured. She was a most exquisite beauty. (From the Waterford Chronicle of June 30.) On Tuesday we expressed a hope, which now, thanks be to God, is realised, that we should on this day have the pleasure of announcing that the Noble and amiable Lady of Curragh more was beyond all danger ; such is the pleasing and gratify ing fact. The following bulletin was issued on Tuesday morn ing by the faculty in attendance:— " Curraghmore, Tuesday morning, half-past nine o'clock. " Lady Waterford passed a tranquil night, is sensible of all surrounding objects, and is progressing as well as can be ex pected. "J. F. PURCELL, M.D. JOSIAH SHYLY, M.D. JOHN BRISCOE, M.D. JOHN Cosacx, M.D." Since writing the above, we have received a copy of the fol lowing bulletin : " Curraghmore, Wednesday morning, ten o'clock. " The Marchioness of Waterford has passed a quiet night, complaining of some pain in her head, but is free from fever. [Signed as above]." Lord and Lady Stuart de Rothesay, the father and mother of the ;Marchioness, and some other members of the Noble Lord's family, are expected at Curraghmore this week. MR O'CONNELL—MINISTERS' MONEY. The following letter has been received in Cork from Mr. O'Connell : " London, June 25,1842. "Dear Sir—l am very glad you have placed your petition in the hands of my friend Sergeant Murphy. You could not have placed it better. I will give him all the assistance in my power, which, after all, will do you.no kind of good. It grieves me to see how totally unacquainted the people of Ireland are with the tone and temper of the present House of Commons. There is not the least possibility of their giving a favourable, or even a patient, attention to anything valuable to Ireland. According to the vulgar phrase, you may as well be whistling jigs to mile-stones' as addressing the present House at the present time, to deprive the Established Church of a single pound. I believe it will be impossible to make a House for your motion ; and if it were made it would soon drop. This is what I want to have understood in Ireland— the total recklessness of Irish grievances in the present highly Tory House of Commons ; besides there is but one day in each ' week devoted to motions, the other four days (there is no sit ting on Saturday) are given to Government business. " Sergeant Murphy and I have been more than once talking on your business, and saw no prospect of making any impres sion this session. However, if he tries, Irwin support him man fully and heartily. " We never will do any good until the Parliament is in College Green. " I have the honour to be your faithful servant, "DANIEL O'CONNELL. " D. O'Flyn, Esq. , Sec., Anti-Ministers' Money Committee." BELFAST ELECTION INQUIRY.—Last Friday evening Mr. Coppock, agent for the Liberals arrived in Belfast, for the pur pose of obtaining witnesses to be examined before the Com mittee of Inquiry in the House of Commons. He remained until yesterday, when he left per steamer, for London, accom panied by sixty or seventy persons whom ho had summoned.— Belfast indicator of Wednesday. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 180 WILKIE TESTIMONIAL. An adjourned meeting of the Committee appointed to consider the best mode of commemorating the name of the late Sir a Wilkie, was held on Saturday at the Thatched House tavern, St. James street, for the purpose of elect ing an artist to carry out the resolution agreed to at the last meeting, for erecting a statue to the memory of that distinguished and lamented artist. Amongst those present we noticed Sir R. Peel, Lord blabon, Sir P. Laurie, Sir Charles Forbes, Sir William Newton, Sir M. A. Shee,,Mr. Charles Dickens ("Boz"), Mr. A. Cunningham, Mr. Landseer, the Bishop of Llan daff, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, &c. Sir R. PEEL took the chair, and said that it would be desirable to appoint a Sub - Committee for Cie purpose of superintending the work of the artist who should be selected by the meeting before the election took place.—(Hear, hear.) He had a list of names, and he hoped that no gentleman would object to serve upon the Committee, as the duty would not be onerous. He should therefore propose that the Sub. Committee shonld consist, in addition to the already appointed officers, of the. Duke of Sutherland, the Duke of Buc clench, Lord Mahon, Sir Thomas Mahon, Sir Martin Archer Shee, Sir William Newton, Mr. Phillips, Sir Moses Monteflore;Mr. Burnett,Xr. Rogers, and the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere. The proposition was agreed to. The Bishop of .LLANDAFF said that he had been in communication with Mr. 13ehnes, who was well known as a distinguished artist, had requested him to propose his name as a candidate, but owing to an inadvertence on his (the Bishop of Llandaff's) part, he had omitted to send his nun* to the Secretary. lie wished, therefore, to move that the name of Mr. Behnes be added to the list of candidates. Sir PETER LAURIE said he was sorry to oppose"any proposition of the Right Rev. Prelate, but a resolution was come to at the last meeting that the name of no candidate could be received after the 25th June. After a short conversation it was decided that the name of Mr. Behnes could not be admitted. Mr. STuncx said he wished to obtrude himself on the meeting for a few moments. He had had the honour of proposing the name of Mr. Bailey as one of the candi dates. At the last meeting some allusion was made to Mr. Bailey refusing to sign an address of condolence to the sister and other relatives of Sir David Wilkie, proposed at the Royal Academy. He (Mr. Sturch) wished to read a letter which he had received from Mr. Bailey, stating the rea son of his objections, which were, that the same compliment had not been paid to the relatives of West, Lawrence, Flaxman, Stoddart, and others, who had shed such lustre on their country. He thought it just to that artist to state these facts, lest prejudice should get abroad with respect to Mr. Bailey. The following artists were then proposed, and a ballot commenced, viz., Mr. E. H. Bailey, Mr. Thomas Camp bell, Mr. H. Weeks. Mr. J. G. Lough, Mr. M. L. Wat son, Mr. W. Marshall, and 31r. E. Joseph. The ballot was then proceeded with, and at the ter mination Mr. Joseph was declared to be the successful candidate. VOCAL MUSIC ON WILHEM'S METHOD. _ - A public meeting of the singing classes instructed on the above system, at Oxendon Chapel, Oxendon-street, Haymar ket, by Mr. William 'l'. Wrighton (lately an assistant to Mr. Hullah), was held on Tuesday evening last, at which the Rev. Thomas Archer, A.M., presided. The pieces sung on the occasion were, with one exception, selections from the Manual, and the manner in which they were executed by the classes re flects the highest credit on Mr. Wrighton, and places him in a very eminent position as a teacher. In the course of the even ing the Rev. Chairman, in a speech highly eulogistic of M. Wrighton's qualifications, presented him with a handsome silver salver, which had been subscribed for by the members of the classes, as a testimonial of their high estimation of his merits 4, a teacher. SNAILS.—The present rpiloy weather being likely to produce a large quantity of snaifi, chose gardens are infested with them may easily get rid of them this season by placing small heaps of bran —say a good handful in each— pear the crops which are liable to be attacked. On carefully ex , ozn i• p, i ng . fr,h,ese heaps night and morning, they will be found to hayp aiiracted pObers . snails, whi c h Fnay be res.- dily collected app destroyed. S (4 uch is thi' fondne'sa el these reptiles for bran, that they will desert any growing 'yegetabU, however succulent and palatable, to Iced upon it. —Birnizni/unri Advertiser. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CARLISLE RACES (CouTneuzn)—THURSDAY. The Cumberland Plate of 100 son., added to a Handicap of 20 cove. each, 10 ft; the second saves his stake. Twice round and a distance. Col. Cradoek's Pagan, 4 rt. (Oates) 1 Mr. Ramsay's Recorder, 6 yrs The Tallyho Stakes of 5 sovs. each and 10 added, once round and a distance, were won in three heats by Mr. W. C. Hobson's Donald Caird, aged ( Robinson), beating Mr. Johnstone's Caliph, aged, Mr. Crawford's The Laird's Brother, aged, and two others. LUDLOW RACES-THURSDAY. The Ludlow Stakes ( Handicap) of 25 sovs. each, With 30 added. Once round and a distance. Mr. Gough's Aimwell, aged (Dodgson) 1 Mr. Morris' Fat Jack, aged Sir. Jackson's Wings, 6 yrs The Maiden Plate of 50 sous. Heats. Ludford Stakes course. Mr. Gough a Fausta, 4 yrs (Calloway) 6 1 1 Mr. Sanders' Dr. Allen, 3 yrs 1 5 2 Mr. Walters' Gusbeg, 3 yrs ... 2 4 3 Mr, Fowler's Magnum Bonum, 4 yrs Mr. Arthur's The Star, 4 yrs The Oakley Park Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats. Ludford Stakes course. Mr. Jones' Henley, 5 yrs (Jones) 1 3 1 Mr. Gough's Greenfinch, 5 yrs . THURSDAY.—The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added. Twice round. Mr. Morris' Fat Jack, aged ' (Marlow) 1 Mr. Bot6eld nd The Lady Penydara, 4 yrs Mr. Jones' Henley. 5 Irs .• The Two-Years-Old Stakes of 15 sous. each, with 30 added. T. Y. C. Mr. Arthur's Miss Susan Mr. Denham's Julia ...... ...(Stag) Mr. Walter's Wordsley Mr. Harrison's f. by Cain, dam by The Colonel ..... 4 THE Goonwoon Cur.—No alteration in the weights since last week. The Duke of Orleans' Nautilus has arrived at Newmarket to be trained for this race. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER—(Fuiney). LIVERPOOL Cur.-7 to 1 agst Rhodanthe-8 to 1 agst Heslington-10 to 1 agst Forester-13 to 1 agst Una-100 to 6 agst Alus-100 to 7 agst Prince Caradoc-100 to 7 agst Thirsk-100 to 5 agst Naworth-100 to 5 agst Knight of the Whistle-100 to 4 agst Phaon-100 to 4 agst Vulcan-100 to 5 agst Welfare-200 to 7 agst Pagan-200 to 5 agst Tubalcain —2OO to 5 agst Ermengardis-10 to 1 a gst Dawson's lot. Goonwoon STAKE S .-7 t o 1 ags t Knight of the Whistle, taken—lo to 1 agst Welfare, taken-14 to 1 agst Una-14 to 1 agst Rodanthe. GOODWOOD Cur.-6 to 1 agat The Squire, taken-8 to agst Nautilus, taken--10 to '1 agst Beeswing, offered-12 to J agst Marshal Soult, taken-4 to 1 agst the 3.yrs olds, taken Nintilus has arrived at Newmarket to be trained for the Cup. Ltvgaroot. ST. LEGER.—Offers of 3 to 1 On the field. :MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—CIIATIIAM, JULY 1.--• This morning the following troops, from the Provisional Bat talion, marched from this garrison for Gravesend, where they embarked at 10 o'clock, from the Ordnance 11 , harf, on board tho ships Coromandel and Wild Irish Girl. The detachments from the battalion consisted of the following regiments with their officers :-17th Regiment of Foot, 134 rank and file, with 6 women, and 3 children, under the command of Captain Lockhart, with Ensign O'Shea, Ensign Belfield, and Ensign Ellison, Ensign Sutherland of the 41st, Lieutenant Ridge of the 78th, and Ensign Sykes, of the 94th : they proceeded by the ship Coromandel. The 2d Queen's, 40 rank and file, and 1 woman ; the '22d Regiment, 16 rank and file, with 6 women, and 3 children ; 41st Regiment, 19 rank and file ; 78th Regi ment, 26 rank and file, and I woman ; 86th Regiment, 4 rank and file; and the 94th Regiment, 68 rank and file, with 16 women and 11 children, under the command of Captain Layard, of the 39th, with Lieutenant Moore, of the 41st; Ensign O'Brien, 40th, Ensign Rawlins, 41st, Ensign Dennie, of the 41st (a son of Captain Dennie, who was killed at Caubul in the last engagement) ; Ensign M'Kenzie, of the 78th • Ensign Edwards, 94th ; and Ensign Cl eve l an d , o f t h e 94t1; Regiment, which proceed by the ship Wild Irish Girl. The destination of these troops is Bombay, to fill up the casualties arisen in the regiments stationed in India. The detach ments underwent a general inspection on the barrack-ground on Wednesday, by the Commandant, Sir Thomas Willshire, and several ether officers, and, from their excellent appearance, elicited great praise from the Commandant. On these troops leaving the garrison this morning, they were enthusiastically cheered by the remaining troops in the garrison, and the detachments going out cheered in return. DEATH FROM LocK-JAw.--Mr. Baker held an in quest on Friday at the London Hospital, on the body of Mary Bowen, aged twenty-nine. Mrs. Hannah Henshaw, of 127, Brick-lane, said that the deceased was her servant. On the sth of June deceased was upon her knees, scrubbing the floor, when a splinter from the boards entered her right thumb between the nail and the flesh. She suffered greatly from the swelling which ensued, but by the application of poultices it was reduced, and became apparently well in eight days. On Saturday week last she complained of sore throat, and on the following Wednesday it was so bad as to prevent her from eating. Witness then had the advice of a surgeon, and de ceased was taken to the above hospital. Mr. C. Luck, the house surgeon, said that the deceased was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday week last, exhibiting strong symptoms of lock-jaw. It soon became evident that this was occasioned by an injury to a nerve of the right thumb, and she died of its consequences on Wednesday last. Verdict, " Accidental Death." DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN SUSSEX.—Thursday after noon the inhabitants of Tarring, a small village, about two miles westward of Worthing, were thrown into conste r natio n by a tire breaking out in an extensive malt-house, belonging to Mr. Barker. The tire was first discovered about two o'clock in the afternoon, the sparks falling from a chimney having caught the thatch with which the building was covered. About half-past three the fire was distinctly visible from the cliffs at Brighton, which were lined with spectators. The whole of the malthouses, buildings, and outhouses belonging to Mr. Bar ker were ccmpletely destroyed, but a number of sacks of grain were removed from some of them to a place of safety. Mr. Barker was absent from home attending the Brighton Corn Market, and did not return until his property was levelled to to the ground. On Friday an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, the Coroner for the Duchy of Lancast er, a t the Golde n Fl eece , Edmonton, respecting the death of William Rich, who was found dead in one of the stables attached to the above house, where he was under ostler, on Tuesday. The deceased though eomplained of but 19 years of age, had all the appearance of a . man upwards of 60, brought on by continued and excessive drinking of ardent spirits, a vice to which he had addicted himself from the time he was a mere boy. He had often been attacked with delirium tremens, and his life was many times in great danger. It was said that he had lately confined himself to the drinking of beer, although this was carried to excess. He hadbeen unwell for some time, in consequence of his early habits of intemperance, but on i l ia 'u n e t s l i n ay th m e sotrtniminfch.a"Antrleidalbf-eptatestr,tetnhohuegiwi•ehnet. into the stable and laid himself dawn on some hersecloths, which he preferred doing to going home. His father was repeatedly in the stable in the course of the morning, but at eleven o clock the d eceased appeared insensible, and was seemingly in a fit, with a dreadful rattling in his throat. Mr. Biddle, of Edmonton,surg een , was sent for, but en his arrival he was quite dead, and in his opi n i on it was caused by a fit of apoplexy. The deceased had n o t lately Leen confined by illness, but Mr. Biddle had frequently seen him suffering under delirium trem ens, wh en his recovery was despaired of. The jury, who see med well acquainted with the career of the deceased, consulted for ashort time, and th en retnrned a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God," VISCOUNT DRUMLANRIG rerSU• " A MAN NAMED WIGGINS."—A cricket-match was played in the ilrocas at Eton, between the Etonian and South Loudon Clubs, on Wed nesday last. Viscount Drurelanrig rowed in his skiff to the field, which adjoins the Thames (mooring the boat off " the clump"), to witness the play. While his Lordship was in the field, a man named Wiggins unloosed the boat, which drifted some distance down the stream. An gltPreAtino isf m tegia b r e d - s wishplace c considerable ra n b the violence, parties, a during ge which ts . as the the result, t h a a k v i e n d g terminated in a regular set-to. T wo er three rounds were bight in the Thames, and some on the shore, in which his Lordship, who was over-matched, got rather the vv o r.t o f i t, and vas compelled to give ' 4 O to Me-superior ppilre:e:toifillei,sb day, sent the man a sovereign. op ponent'. The noble Yiscoeht,`'howeve!', the course of the ___' Two became Rings, two PROMOTION FROM THE RANKS.—Seyente.ert priyMe . soldiers of . the Vretich — arinyi in Bona i t o tt n ' g lq 4 a is ir ri y gt 4 i lil eu ta!e4s o , ns rTsed themselves to the fol- Pries, nine Dukes; two F ie l 4 - M, arshals ? and two Generals, CRICKET-MATCH. THE GENTLEMEN OF KENT V. THE GENTLEMEN OF . - ENGLAND. The Grand MatCh between eleven gentlemen se lected from the county of Kent, and a similar number chosen from the several counties of England, will be played this day and to-morrow, at Lord's Ground. It will be seen from the list of players that both elevens comprise the elite of Kent and the " cracks" of England, and it is expected that all will " show," with the exception, perhaps, of one or two of the Kentish gentlemen, who may be prevented from playing by the pressure of other engagements. A. Mynn, Esq., and W. Mynn ' Esq., two very ce l e b ra t e d pl a y ers o f K en t (the former a splendid bowler) have selected this occasion for their first appearance this season at Lord's, and supported as they will be by those colleagues who have the reputation of being superior cricketers, some first-rate play may be anti cipated ; in fact, this is likely to be the best match that has been played this year a Lord's. It excites the most intense interest among.the clubs generally, particularly the provincial' ones. During the past week the betting has been very brisk, and some heavy " books" were made among the members of the Marylebone and other well-known clubs. The bet ting is even, but, in some instances, a point has been given in favour of Kent. GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND. GENTLEMEN OF RENT. Hon. E. Grimstone W. De C. Baker, Etq. Hon. R. Grimstone E. Bayley, Esq. Hon. F. Ponsonby F. Fagg, Esq. Sir F. Bathurst N. Felix, Esq. T. A. Anson, Esq. C. Harene, Esq. T. Craven, Esq. P. Mundy, Esq. R. Kynaston, Esq. A. Mynn, Esq. W. Pickering, Esq. W. Mynn, Esq. C. Taylor, Esq. C. G. Whittaker, Esq. H. Walker, Esq, B. Watson, Esq. E. Cooper, Esq. J. Wilson, Esq. THE OFFICERS OF THE GUARDS V. THE ROYAL ARTILLERY. On Wednesday a match will be played at Lords' between eleven officers of the Foot Guards (household brigade), and eleven officers of the Royal Artillery (Woolwich). The match will doubtless prove very attractive. THE MARYLEBONE CLUB V. THE MANCHESTER CLUB. This match is fixed for Thursday, at Lord's, and it is likely to occupy the whole of the following day. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, JULY 2.-The Vestal, 26, Captain Parker, arrived this morning from the West Indies, with Sir C. Metcalfe, the late Governor.of Jamaica, and suite, on board. She brings no news, having been anticipated by the last steam mail packet. She has, however, 300,000 dollars, on merchants' account, from Vera Cruz. Arrived yesterday, from the coast of Brazil, the Rose, 18, Commander Batllie • she brings no treasure. The Indus, 78, arrived at Gibraltar, from Lisbon, on the 15th June; and the Jaseur, 16, on the following day, from Malaga. The Ardent arrived at Janeiro on the 9th April from Bahia ; the Curlew, 16, on the 21st, from the Cape of Good Hope ; and the Sparrow, on the same day, from a cruise. The Bittern, 16, arrived at Bahia, on the 10th April, from Pernambuco. The Grecian, 16, arrived at St. Helena on the 6th of May, from the west coast of Africa. The Sulphur, surveying ship, Capt. Belcher, rea c h e d St. Helena, on her way from China to England, on the 7th Iffy. The Sappho, 18, Commander Perry, was at Quebec when the last packet came away ; and was about to pro ceed to Pictou, and would then return to England. The Rose, 18, sailed this evening, and the Vestal, 26, will leave to-morrow, both for Sheerness, to be paid off. The Alban, steamer, sailed on Monday for Gibraltar, touching at Plymouth, with a party of sappers and miners, The Larne, 20, Capt. Blake, was paid off to-day, at Sheerness. The Lightning left Woolwich yesterday, for that port, to bring round the Larne's marines and men to Portsmouth. The Salamander steam-frigate was commissioned at Woolwich on Wednesday, by Commander A. S. Hamond. The Pique, 36, Capt. Forbes, was taken into dock on Monday. The ship Franconia, from Havre to New York, was spoken, on the 26th ult., in long. 14 10, by the Vestal frigate. The Cleopatra, Talbot, and - Geyser are ordered to this port from the eastward to be raid advance of wages. The Avon, steam-vessel, will be ready to sail for Ja maica, from this port, about the middle of this month. The Tenedos frigate, at Chatham is ordered to b e fitted out as a convict hulk for Bermuda, as soon as pos sible, so that she may arrive at her destination before the winter season sets in. The Penelope, steam-frigate, is ordered to be fitted throughout in her standing rigging and block stroppings with Andrew Smith's patent wire rope ; the weight will be only half the ordinary weight of hemp, and only two thirds the price. The Moffatt is fitting at Deptford for a convict ship. The Marquis of Hastings left Deptford for Woolwich, on Wednesday, to embark convicts ; and the Alexander Baring, freight ship, on the same day, for Hong Kong. The Prince Regent, transport, Lieutenant Young, agent, is at Deptford, supposed for. Quebec. At Spithead—Vestal, and Lady Raffles convict ship. In harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Pique. Satellite. Albatross, Sylvi a , V o l cano an d Echo (steamers). PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, JUNE 30.—The Bellona, 72, was undocked, having been fitted for a receiving hulk. The Goodwill, lighter, sailed with stores for 'Woolwich and Deptford.—The Camel, for Pembroke, and Quail, for Chatham and Sheerness.—On Monday the Dasher, steamer, arrived from Weymouth and sailed on her return on Wednesday.—On Tuesday, the Alban, steamer, arrived from Woolwich, with a company of sappers and miners, on their way to Gibraltar, and sailed again for that port to-day. In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, Wolf, Philomel, and Confiance steamer. PROMOTION'S AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS.—Commander Thomas 0. Knox, to the rank of Captain. Lieutenants—Thomas Lewis Gooch (1827) and Chris topher Claxton (1810), to the rank of Commander. Mates—Samuel Reeve (1834) of the Niagara ; Henry Stokes (1834), late of the Daphne ; A. Barrow (1835), of the Rodney ; Robert Anthony E. Scott (1836), late of the President ; R. A. Powell (1836), of the Hydra ; W. P. Chapman (1834), of the Ganges; Henry B. Beresford (1835), of the Formidable ; W. Rattray (1837), of the Howe ; Melville G. H. W. Boss (1837), of the Cleopatra ; and Arthur R. Dunlap . (lB37), to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOlNTMENTS.—Commander—Andrew S. Hamond, to the Salamander. Lieutenants—Francis H. Harper, and Sir Francis Freeling. Bart., to the Talbot ; W. Chapman. and J. A. Dunbar, additional, to the Illustrious ; G. R. Wolridge, to the Dublin, vice Wlienzie ; R. A. E. Scott, to the Salamander ; 1). H. M'Neill, to the Queen ; C. J. Brick dale, promoted to the Madagascar. Acting Master—Mr. Pyke, of Columbia, confirmed to that ship. Surgeon—Dr. Miller Hamilton, to'the Salamander. Assistant-surgeon—James Mitchell, to the Sydenham. Mates—W. A. Heath, to the Pique ; Towsey, to the Sydenham ; W. H. Moubray, to the Caledonia. Volunteers, Ist Class—W. Scovell, to the Satellite ; J. It Collinson, to the Dublin. Clerks—George Penfold, in charge, to Sydenham ; Pinhorn, to be Secretary's Clerk to Rear-Admiral Thomas. Naval Instructor—A. Salkeld, to the Belvidera. ROYAL MARINES.—Messrs. J. W. C. Williams, Hugh Stukely Buck, T. P. Cooke, and Lewis S. Reeves, Cadets, on board the Excellent, are to have Second Lieutenant's commissions _next week ;_ Second Henry William Br oo k er , t o 'b e First Lieutenant, vice George James Hayes, placed half-Pay ; Sooond Lieutenant Charles Frederick Menzies, to be First Lieutenant, :vice Frederick Dockland Bluett, who re signs his commission. Sir John Hope and family arrived in London this morning, passenger by the General Steam Navigation Company's packet Sir Edward Baniti, from Ostend. Lord Worsley is to-night to ask a question of Sir Robert Peel, in the House of Commons, as to his know ledge of certain expressions said to have been used by one of her Majesty's Aides-de-Camp respecting his loyal Mistress, at a dinner party, consisting (we be lieve) of the members of the Caledonian Llunt. The Indicateur of Bordeaux has been compelled to contradict its account of an affray between the Captain of the Claire and the Captain of an English steamer, and, very unexpeotodly, it is the Captain of the Claire himself who has insisted on the contradiction. No part of the statement of the Indicateur appears to be true, except the mere fact of one of those port rows as to moorincrs, which are so common, without reference to nationality. THE SCHOOLMASTER WANTED.—The school master, in his walks abroad, has certainly not visited the town of Nottingham, as the following choice speci men of scholarship, which was put in eridenee in the Court of Queen's Bench, on Saturday, in the case of Dutch v. Grey, prove:—" Whe jontly and sepatully promass to pay to John Dutch on order the sum of won hunderd and eighty Pounds for Value receered with lawful intrust thereon at 5 per cent,--SILAs DUTTON. GEORGE DUTTON k (114 1.1144).. Witness, JAMES DUTCH.—If the cotWitley of Nottingham be as corrupt as its ovlbography, we wish Mr. Roebuck joy of the job of cleansing which he h a d un d ertaken, The Augean stable was a trifle to it. The Flax Spinners of Lewis met yesterday, and resolved to memorialiN tho Lords of the Treasury, re specting the lery serious effects of the recent Ordon nance of the French Government on the I;nen trade of England, and requesting Government to endeavour, by a commercial treaty involving mutual eolleessions, to avert the calamity. We Tqlivt, 1)to we are not surprised to learn that 4 is feared the flax spinners of Leeds, who haw ;lever, yet worked short t ; me,, and have never re diteed wages, will be &Aged at the approach of winter to run their. mills only four and a half or five days in the weA.—Lads Mercury. The Mimiteur Parisien mentions a report that the correspondence of Louis Napoleon, recently stied at Boulogne, comprises about 2,999 letters written to or re specting Prince T4l ais by various persons, on the occa sion of The two attempts which have conducted him first to America and next to Ham. DEPRESSION OF TRADE. MEETING Or SHOPKEEPERS.--A public meeting of shopkeepers was held on Thursday evening, at the Spread Eagle Inn, Hanging Ditch, for the purpose of carrying into effect the following resolution, adopted at a previous meeting of a Committee appointed by that body :—" That it appears to this Committee that de legates should be appointed to wait upon her Majesty's Government, and other Members of Parliament, to make known to them the distrass of the shopkeepers of Manchester, and to urge them to the adoption of such measures as shall give them immediate reli e f ; and, as no such delegates were nominated at either of the meetings held at the Town Hall, it further ap pears to this Committee that another meeting should be held for this purpose, such meeting to be called by circular." Mr. Owen was called to the chair. He stated several facts coming within his own knowledge, tending to show the distressed condition to which men of almost every branch of business were reduced. Several respectable manufacturing establishments had stopped working, and hundreds of the labouring classes were thrown out of employ. One respectable firm in Manchester had that day stopped in consequence of a certain failure. Another house had this week turned off upwards of 150 hands, and it was in contemplation to turn off many more. In consequence of the number of persons thus thrown out of employ, the poor-rates were in creased. The overseers of the township of Manches ter had lately published a rate of 3s. 4d. in the pound, and stated that they had already advanced 20,0001. on legal orders made upon them. Several factories in Unsworth, Pilsworth, Pilkington, Rad cliffe, Halshaw Moor, Worsley, Eccles, Barton, and Pendlebury, had stopped. A great portion of the goods manufactured in those-places was exported to the continent of Europe ; and, as they had to pay a duty of from 9d. to 16d. per lb., it was impossible to pay a remunerating price to those employed in their production. Mr. Owen presented the following table of the number of acres of land in Great Britain and Ireland, distinguishing those that are cultivated from those that are uncultivated and unprofitable : Acres Acres Acres un cultivated. cultivated. profitable. England 25,632,000 3,454,000 3,256,400 Wales Scotland Ireland British Isles 383,690 166,000 569,469 Total It was impossible that the people of these coun tries could be adequately supplied with food for any considerable time from such a source. Mr. Alexan der Wilson moved that a deputation should be ap pointed to wait on Sir Robert Peel, and such other members of her Majesty's Government and Members of Parliament, as may be practica ble, to lay before them, on behalf of the shop keepers and traders of the borough, the appalling facts relating to the state of trade which are so unde niably manifest, and entreat them to adopt some means that shall give immediate and permanent re lief. On the motion of Mr. J. Gadsby, seconded by Mr. Birch, a deputation was appointed, their expenses to be defrayed by subscriptions raised from the shop keepers and others. It was also resolved—" That this meeting calls on the shopkeepers of the neighbouring towns to appoint a deputation to meet in London with the above-named gentlemen."—Manchester Guardian. MEETING OF MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, AND PRINTERS.—On Tuesday last, a, meeting of parties interested in the manufacturing or printing, or the sale of worsted and woollen goods, or mixed worsted and silk, or worsted and cotton fabrics, was held at the Royal Hotel, convened by twenty-four of the principal firms in these branches of trade, "to con sider what measures ought to be adopted to prevent the increase of duty on those fabrics contemplated by the Prussian Commercial League." The meeting was attended by nearly all the merchants and manufac turers in these branches of business. Mr. Edmund Peel Thomson was called to the chair. It was re solved that a memorial be drawn up, stating the im portance of this branch of trade in this district, and the injury that would accrue to it if an increased duty were imposed by the Prussian League. After having been signed by twenty-five merchants, eighteen print ers, and nine manufacturers, it was forwarded on Thursday evening to T. Milner Gibson, Esq., for pre sentation to the Premier.—Manchester Guardian. RIGHT OF SEARCH QUESTION. The Debuts, which had been taunted by the Op position journals for not inserting the Report of the Captain of the Deux Sceurs, relative to the outrage which he says he received from the Madagascar fri gate, explains as follows the motives which induced it to abstain from taking the same course as the Journals of the Opposition. " We have been asked, in that tone of insult which has become habitual to the Opposition organs, why we have not spoken of the new outrage which the English navy has offered to our flag. We shall give our reasons categorically, premising that there are two things which we do not in the slightest degree question, viz.: the good faith of Capt. Seignac, whose report will undoubtedly be taken into consideration by the Government, and the exces sively bad faith of the Opposition journals in every thing relating to the right of search. This is our starting point, and we pray the Opposition journals to mark it down. Capt. Seignac, of the Deux Sceurs, complained of having been searched on the 21st January, on the coast of Africa by English naval officers, who had not even taken the tror . , -,; 1 , of slipping on their uniforms and providirg them selves with th e ir au th or it y . H e adds. *ld the sailors who accompanied the officers, took away , tobacco, some bottles of liquor, and twenty eases of preserved meats. On the other hand, however, it appears from the same report of Captain Seignac, that the officers who visited his vessel, having remarked that one of his men was ill, sent of their own ac cord on board the surgeon of the English vessel. M. Seignac having complained of the pilfering which had been committed to his prejudice by the Englishsailors, one of the officers is said to have replied, What woulti you have us do ? our best sailors are the greatest thieves." We repeat that, however stra nge may ap pear all thi s narrat i on, and more particularly this last circumstance, attributed to an officer of the English navy—so proud, more so, perhaps, of its rigorous dis cipline that of its force—we do not question the truth of Captain Seignac. What ought, then, the Go vernment to do ? Why, to pay, the greatest attention to the report, to acquire information on the subject from Captain Bouet, chief of the French station, to ask for explanations, and, if necessary, reparation from the English Government ; in a word, the matter ought to be inquired into. There are rules of justice in Inter national relations, as there ar e in thi!, difficulties which may arise between the citi 7 :ens of the same State. What information hav e we up to the pre sent time ? The report b il ly of the party w h o con siders hi mse lf inju7 at . Th is person is a French man, and ,his testimony ha s grea t i mportance i n our eye% out justice has much more. The cus tom of the English journals is mentioned to us, wiflch at the first grievance, whether well or ill founded, against our navy, raise an outcry and insult grossly. Supposing this to be true, a nice example it would be for us to followl No, we shall never imitate thi s b raw li ng patr i ot i sm . For the honour of j France we shall not imitate it; and we may add, that such matters are badly discussed in journals, for party spirit disfigures them. It is between Government and Government, be tween Admiralty and Admiralty, that these questions should be treated. The more important facts are in trinsically, and from the consequences to which they may lead, the more justice demands that, before ac cepting them as certain, they should be verified by a scrupulous inquiry. What, then, should we do ? Complain, or at once draw the sword against England ? In the first case let us follow the custom established amongst civilised nations, and not take for proved what is only established by the testimony of the complaining party, no matter what weight that testimony may have. We will not discuss the second hypothesis, for it is too absurd ; but even with this hypothesis should we not be a hundred times right, and have justice as clear as the sun on our side, before sheddi ng th e blood of n a ti ons ? S o muc h for Captain Seignac's report, and the affair itself. As for the Op position journals, we have nothing to say to them ; they execute their orders, and cry out against the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The affair of the Deux Sceurs is nothing more than an electoral affair for them. They laugh at the public, and hope with grand words to make it serve as the instrument of their passions, not against England, but against the Ministry. They object to delay, for they do not want to clear up facts, and to be guided by the rules of justice. Captain SeignaVs report came aunt a propos; they s e i ze d on i t as a p i ece goad luck, and of cou rse t ry to make the ulos o of it. SALT-WATER FisurNG.--(Fro m a Hampshire Cor respondent.) During the past month the whole of the lakes communicating with the river Solent, (Ar Southampton-water, have literally swarmed with such varieties of salt -water fish as are peculiar to the western coasts of England at this season of the year. The crews of the whiting-boats have been most successful, :whilst amateur anglers have, in the course of one fl oo d t i de, realized more sport than has been the case for many years previous. Smelts have been so abundant this season in the Lymington river, th a t a gentleman oIL Monday last, whilst tiff the bridge, t no less than eight (404:P11 and three of the above delicate little fish with a single rod and line in two hours, besides a respectable show o f w hi t i ng - coal, fl oun ders, and base. The salmon pink, or peel, have been netted in larger quantities in the fresh -water streams in the above neighbourhood this year than has been the case for some years past. ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY. E LIBEL LAW-F,XIECIAL JURY JUSTICE IN IRELAND. One of the most extraordinary of the very many extraordinary verdicts we have had to record, as ema nating from Dublin Special Juries, was given in the case of Creighton v. Finlay. The facts of the case are simply as follow :—At the last meeting of the. General Assembly of the Presbyterians of Ireland, a discussion arose respecting the conduct of the Rev.: Mr. Creighton, of Bray, on which some very seve'.e remarks were made by the members of the body. I n reporting the proceedings for the Northern Whig, the reporter made a mistake, substituting one 'word for another. The w or d " suspended " was sr:ostituted in the latter part of the report f or the vvces,a "demitted ;" but, in the previous part, the wo:11 " demitted" had twice occurred. The day on which the report was published in the Whig, the Moderator of the Assem bly, the7Rev. Dr. Cooke, wrote a note to the editor, calling his attention to the mistake ; and the editor, consequently, in th e very next publication, inserted a correction. This took place in the early part of July ; and it never was supposed that the Rev. Mr. Creighton felt himself aggrieved by the mistake which had thus been corrected, until the proprietor of the Northern Whig (Mr.. F. D. Finlay), received a letter, dated the 7th of August, from one Hitchcock, of Anglesea-street, an attorney, stating that he had been instructed to take proceed ings against him, and enclosing a copy of a writ ! On the receipt of this letter, Mr. Finlay immediately caused a public correction of the mistake his reporter had made, to be published in the Evening Mail, Even ing Packet, and Evening Post. Still, the Rev. Mr. Creighton, or his advisers, were not satisfied, and the case came on for trial on Wednesday last, before the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, and a Special Jury—the damages being laid at 5001. 'Well, the plaintiff's case was proved in evidence, as we have stated it. It was proved that the word " suspended" did not describe the position of the Rev. Mr. Creighton, while the word " &mated" did. For the defence it was proved that, as soon as the editor's at tention was called to the mistake, he had it rectified in his next publicatkin ; and it was also proved, that, on the receipt of the attorney's letter, Mr. Finlay had the correction inserted in the, three Dublin papers above mentioned. Doctor Cooke was examined for the defence, and swore that the report was " substan. tially correct"—that, in fact, it was far too lenient, us the Rev. Mr. Creighton's cenduct was animadverted on in infinitely more severe terms than those revolted in the IVhig ; and that, with the exception of tne "suspended" having been substituted ermneously for wod the word " demitted r the report was more favourable to the Rev. Mr. Creighton than othelswise. Yet, not withstandinp: this evidence—notwithstanding the tri. viality o f th e m i stake committed —notwithstanding the alacrity with which the editor of the Whig cor rected the error when it was pointed out to him, and the ample manner in which Mr. Finlay had that correction made public, through th e medium of three Dubli n papers notwithstanding the " substan tial correctness" of the entire report, and its favour. ableness to the Rev. Mr. Creighton—notwithstand all these thi ngs , th e S pecial Jury, 'without a tittle' malice having been proved as actuating Mr. Fin' a y against th e R ev. Plaintiff, returned a verdict 1;f one hundred pounds damages, and sixpence oasis ! Such are the facts of this astounding :Ilse-- a e ase , we boldly aver, that is without a parali: e l in the whole history of our libel jurispruderu-b ! By this verdict Mr. linlay will have to pay, Including costs, fully APO hunflred pounds, becam e his reporter erroneously WrPite the word " suspended" for " demitted," though, when the mistake was pointed out, everything that could be done was done, to correct and atone for the error ! Now, we ask any sane man in the community, is it not monstrous that such a mistake should be pu nished by such excessive damages ? The twelve jurors were on their oaths, and with them we have nothin g to do—no doubt they discharged their duty satisfac torily to their own consciences, and in strict accord ance with the law. What a blessed law, then, must this libel layter be to warrant such a verdict ? We shall only further observe, that the Presbyterians of the orth ought not to allow Mr. Finlay to bear the whole weight of this most monstrous verdict.—Monitor, _,INGULAR PHENOMENON. —Wednesday forenoon a phenomenon of most rare and extraordinary character was observed in the immediate neighbourhood of Cupar. About half-past twelve o'clock, whilst the sky was clear, and the air, as it had been throughout the morning, per fectly calm, a girl employed in tramping clothes in a tub, on the piece of ground above the town, called the Common, heard a loud and sharp report over head, suc ceeded by a gust of wind of most extraordinary vehe mence, and of only a few moments' duration. On look in7, round she observed the whole of the clothes, sheets, Se - c., lying within a line of a certain breadth, stretching across the green, driven almost perpendicularly into the air.. Some heavy wet sheets, blankets, and other articles of a like nature, after being carried to a great height, fell, some in the adjoining gardens, and some on the high road, at several hundred yards' distance ; another portion of the articles, however, consisting of a quantity of curtains, and a number of smaller articles, were carried upwards to an immense height, so as to be almost lost to the eye, and gradually disappeared altogether from sight in a south-eastern direction, and have not yet been heard of. At the moment of the report which preceded the wind, the cattle in the neighbouring meadow were observed running about in an affrighted state, and for some time afterwards they continued cowering together in evident terror. The ;violence of the wind was such that a woman, who at the time was holding a blanket, found herself unable to retain her hold, and relinquished it in the fear of being carried up along with it ! It is remarkable that, while even the heaviest articles were stripped off a belt, as it were, running across the green, and while the loops of several sheets which were pinned down were snapped, light articles lying loose on both. sides of the belt were never moved from their position. —Fife Herald. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY I.—We have had a quiet market this week, demand moderate; prices, in some instances, in favour of the buyer.—Arrived since our last, the Barbara, Jamaica, 460 hhds.; the Eliza beth, Jamaica, 670 hhds.; the Ann, Trinidad, 151 ,• hhds.; the Lucy, Antig ua , 3 50 hhds. the Mary M ars d en, Mauritius, 3,461 mitts.—Bristol Mercury. DEATH OF THE RIGHT lION. SIR WILLIAM ALEN... ANDER.—Sir William's demise took place at his mansion, in Grosvenor-square, on Wednesday afternoon, in his 88th year. Be was called to the bar in 1762, appointed a Kin's Counsel in 1800, an d a M aster in Chancery in 1809 ; was Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer from 1824 to 1831, when he was suc ceeded by the present Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst; be c ame a Privy Counsellor on his elevation to the bench, and Knighted in 1824. Sir William is the second retired Judge whose pen sion, 3,500/. per annum, has reverted to the public treasury during the week. Keink- I pT i e o l w d of ,B i; barley, hto has b b elongingeen cutthis to week,llr l. andHallett,l t of is good condition, t u ‘ n ree cti n on the Co i rr i t i v e A eA lu ien sb t, mentions a report vi a l s 'll, fa s ii a a y s s c t o h n e s ini c r e ei a n t be t cr e cost of the State. The same journal u r b e g I railroad will, Bavarian and Austrian Governments of railways. that negotiations have been entered into for a be . city on his way t o G ermany The Independent of Brussels a . nnou nces the a rr i va l of Marshal Sebastiani in tha t The Gazette du Midi announces the arrival at Leg horn of the Count de Montenuovo, son of the ex-Emp ress Maria Louisa. After partaking of the fetes in prepara tion there, he intends, it is said, to visit France. The crops in this part of the country suffer much from the want of rain. The oats and barleys on many lands are nearly ruined, and the wheat, though better, is thin, and short in the straw. Some refreshing , accompanied by thunder and showers fell on Thursday lightning, but the weather soon cleared up, and promises a continuance of dry w eather.—Brighton Herald. The Egyptian Aluseum of the Vatic an h as j ust been enriched b y son e new mummies, large sarcophagi alabaster urns, several stones covered . .with hieroglyphics. idols, and bronzes, in all ').l objects, which Mehemet Ail. has presented to the Pope. AIR. PENTON SCOTT.--We are sorry to hear of the serious indisposition of Wm. L. F. Scott, Esq., thf3 Registrar of the West RidHg of Yorkshire, and one.ra the Magistrates of the Riding:—.Leeds Illencury. On Saturday evening Mr. Jones, the spirited and talented proprietor of this institution, entertained a fashionable party, consisting of nearly l'2oo ladies and gentlemen, at a conversazione and re-union, 'upon a very splendid scale. The musical entertainments were varied and of a high order, and were conducted with much skill and judgment by Mr. Louis Emanuel, who presides over that department. The band was ex ceedingly effective, and the opening piece (the over ture to Fra Diavolo) elicited rapturous and well merited applause, as did also the «Echo Song" of Sir H. R. Bishop, by Madame Sestini, with an'obli gato accompaniment on the concertina by M. Julien Adams. The lady was, in a subsequent part of tile `evening, a ccompan i e d i n a duet by Mr. Benson, wh.) was generally pronounced to be one of the best tenors; in England. The duet was encored with very great applause. Besides the incomparable display of our greatest favourite, Louisa Finning, we had two other juvenile performers of surprising merit, Master Simmons on the violin, and Master Laland on the harp—to whom we must add a youth from the band of the Grenadier Guards, whose accompaniment on the drum was too remarkable for precision, tone, and judgment, to be passed over without notice. The Rhenish singers richly merited the enthusiastic applause with which their performance was attended, We understand that on th e even i ngs of the next will be op ene d to the ments, for the be ne fit o f public Sma,tiuthrdsaiinrsilartheengatelrltaier3n the distressed manufacturers. In the course of the afternoon the Prince anti Princess of Capua had their portraits taken by M. Claudet's Dauguerreotype, and expressed their admi za . tion of the very curious pictures which he has pro duced of groups of opera dancers, taken in every possi ble variety of attitude as they flitted before the diagram of the camera, and caught in those difficult positiov s which not Cerito nor D es Pl aces cou ld possibly r: Aa i , et to n i" for a second. Tho se b eau tif u l works are, h selves worth a visit to M. Claud beln' em id. h t TH