The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-13 00:00:00

- MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a good demand for Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday; the sales being 10,000 bales, which included 6,500 American, 700 Pernambuco, 400 Bahia, 300 Egyp tian, and 1,000 Surat. The market was firm and prices steady.-..-In Railway Shares only a limited business was done, and prices remained without alteration. There is but a slow trade for grain to-day, and at about last week's decline. One hundred quarters of new wheat sold at from 503. to 51s. per quarter, being from sent and Essex. Parties who invest in shares too often forget the "calls" that (will ensue. A man who takes fifty shares of 201. each, with a deposit of 21. per share, has his attention mainly directed to the payment of the first 100/., and he reflects but little upon the re maining 900/ a lwhich have to be paid at some future time, and when that time arrives he discovers that he has made a great mistake in failing to consider when he took the shares whether he had 1,0001. available for the purpose. The great difficulty which capitalists now feel is the want of a channel in which to invest without the fear of future responsibility of this kind, and the first and most complete plan of meeting this difficulty which we have seen, is that of the Islington Cattle:Market and Abattoir Company, in which the shares are fixed at 11. only, thereby avoiding future calls, and preventing the pos sibility of the inconvenience consequent thereon. The Party who has Si., 201., or 501. to spare can invest it with out the slightest apprehension of being called upon at an inconvenient moment for a further contribution. We are Much misteken if thie principle will not be geaerallyedopt ed as calculated to meet the cireuenstancesof the times. In respect to the merits of the Islington Cattle Market and Abattoir Company, we cannot omit the opportunity of observing- that a more legitimate scheme was never pro- Posed to the public. There is a valuable property al ready inexistence with the privileges of a market conferred upon it by Act of Parliament. The buildings are already erected, the work is done, and so soon as the purchaseeis completed, the shareholders will be in possession of an estate which is now producing a certain amount of revenue, and which will be greatly increased .by the . removal to it of the business of Smithfield Market, which there is no doubt will be effected in the next session of Parliament. It is not a little singular that Liverpool Should have formerly been situated precisely as London now is. The Cattle Market was in the centre of the town, it has been removed to the suburbs, and the re • suit is that the 251. shares pay a dividend of 21. 18s. per share per annum (upwards of 10 per cent.) exclusive of the abattoirs, which are paying twenty per cent. in addition to the shareholders. The butchers of the me tropolis are a numerous, opulent, and influential body, upwards of 1.500 in number; they ought to have a voice in the management of the great metropolitan cattle Market, and we shall be surprised if they do not. Better invest your capital in the promotion of useful undertakings at home, with the land for your security, t han speculate in French or Austrian loans. Further accounts, a day or two later in date, have been received by tl.e ship Devonshire from the Cape of Good Hope. The movement against the introduction of e° cviels continued as strong as ever, and even the Hot tentots had petitioned against it. The colony generally continued prosperous. /‘rom Sydney we have accounts of April 14, and from the Mauritius of May 12, but we glean nothing from them in addition to what has already come to hand. Our Continent a l n ew s is not of politic a l interest. From Antwerp we learn that the commercial markets were quieter last week. The new process fur the manufac ture of indigenous sugar is patented by the Belgian in /'entor, and will be introduced probably into other countries. , From Valenciennes we learn that there were excel lent harvest prospects. Clover was abundant and of the Lest quality. The cutting of Wheat had commenced, a nd would be completed within about a fortnight, the yield appearing to be all that could be desired, pa tetees generally were sound, and all other products mag nificent. There is no account yet of the steamer from Halifax, but she is not to be considered due. Messrs. Railton of Manchester are still urging their friends, and all conr ected with railways, to inquire diligently into their affairs. They write that : " Until the large proprietors of railway stork assist lrilPreYraling committees of investigation, till every way in the kingdom has passed the ordeal, cunfi denee cannot be so perfectly restored as is absolutely r equisit e to support the true value it ought to bring. If t rai lway has been well managed, it will have nothing ~° fear ; b ut, if ot h erw i se, t h e sooner it s rea l p os i t i on i s snosia the better for general satisfaction ; and, for the res toration of confidence, let every shareholder, on all Propero, o ccas i ons, vote f or th e a pp o i n tm e nt of Committees i Investigation." The state of the railway share-market in general is likely to be influenced by the balance-sheets that wilt be submitted at the forthcoming meetings of the large cone- P e al 'ies, and probably there may be a tendency to exag gerate the temporarily unsatisfactory position in which they are undoubtedly placed. One might inter from actu a l excellent traffic going on, that there would be an " t i? t ual improvement in the amount available for dividends but past extravagance or mistakes c eutralise the advantage of this, and only serve a t Present to assist in bringing the line round to ~1 1 Wholesome condition. The North-West rn Com pany will eaetintes to pay 7 per cent., and shows a s urplus, and parties who have anslysed the account think it fair under circumstances. Most likely this line Will improve in productiveness. The South Western 1.5 115 off again, and cannot pay much more than 3 per cent. per annum at present, or more strictly 1 66 for t 1.,, 1 , it just t e -yrr A large amount of capital, however, g s lo ear a citvidenn, atm capital, however, Oil th, r - . . Ines which it represents is not developed. The f or the Western pays but two instead of three per Cent. or the six months to the 30th June last, and whether a recovery is to be shortly expect , d, is more than we can x i p t u r r u e ba t b o il sz. Investigation by a committee may in be decided upon in most of the lines, and e ." do not see why e v e n the best managed should be au ~,,..ePtion. So:nething is wanting to give confidence, fur fir" Way property can no doubt be made to rest on a eller le s4S' IS. al l t , is stat e d th at t h e di rec t ors o f th e G re at N ort h ern c o waY are likely to negotiate with the Aberdeen th ll 'PallY to secure the English traffic in connexiop k e i r d with, but the North \Vesteru, &c., are also in the lh:fre is very little doing in the Funds, and the settle mentßet of the account has occasioned some flatness, Bull oVeelliations having been rather extensively prosecuted senate- The continuation to September is about 4 per bi t e and last week even 3-16ths was given. Consols of ." been 924 all the morning. There is en absence 9politi ca l n ews. Th e N ew Three-and-a Quarter per 2 i nta• hav e b een 934 to 4, and the Three per Cents. 25 ,7 is Bank Stock is firm at 1994, and India Sock at br 'z to 254. Exchequer-tills have ruhd at 46'. to 495. ''Pllim, and India Bonds at 78s. to-80s. premium. ~ the Foreign Securities have been heavier , in conse quence a the depression in Consols. Spanish Five per Lents. have been marked 18 4 4-, and the Three per Cents., 344. Portuguese Four per Cents. are nominally 4 / to 294. Mexican have been 264 to 274, and Peru el au 5141 to -4. Equador are 31; Dutch Two•and es --"Ilf per Cents. are quoted 524 to 4, hallway Shares are all very flat and lower. tae•-•-.2 3 ' ONE O'OCLCK. , f.-% - rj• Pitt Elttlik4.Stock i` RlTldli FUND , 199% lt eICT S. 199 le , e'er Cent. Reduced Arms ...... a 92% 1 4 924. utzt,:er Cent. Consols Annuities 9 ') 54',4 92% L, e " 31- 4 Per Cent Anne.-- 1411411.4iiga.Ainoes.to expire Jan.1860 252 1. 254 ee 255 e nonds 1 , 0001 ... 7B p 78 p Southunder ,000/. . -. 7B 80 p e, 11 1 . h Sea Stock . eoent_te Old , Annuities - 907( 3 - 90 1 % 3 E ,_,_usols for Account... ......... •-,;oeetier Bills. 1 te e d. & 2d. 1,000,_/. Ju ne Spelt jilallnee .. 49 p 49 p ...... 46 49 p 49 p Pique - 49 p -8 OF FOREIGN FUNDS. 02rE OLOsii , 0 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent . ...... O'CLOCK. PRICE-. 93 Hanish 80nd5.1825,3 per Cent ... - Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849.. - - - Do. Bonds.. 9B „,,Equador Bonds ~ :11 1 1.exican. 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons- ~..., Ditto, Ex Coupons Ditto, Account . 27 27% 27% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents - Ditto, 4 per Cent. Active 51% % 52 Portuguese a per Cents. - - Ditto, Converted, 5 per Cent - - „, Ditto, Account, - 29 nanish 5 per Cent. 1840. - . Ditto, Account l B l / 2%.5i 1858 Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent -_ Ditto, Account ............ Dividends on the above payable in London. notch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. t4, l , ep t .i) C , E 4 s p o e F r Cent. Certi fi cates - 82% BUSINESS DONE CLOSa G PAD ' kbe g ie Vi' eiV r SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.. 19% A bo. P_eference ... 5 6 0 % -191/4 19 tuber. NOtt., Boston, - and Eastern Junction 6 - ••• ........ •••• 8 .... gf .B lire and Galloway.. 7% - _.- 13 "t & County Down 25 ...... es. ( e g rit t s, w B c Hants Extens. )34 ain est. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 f(11,1 Him and 0x ,,,•.,,dunct., calls duly is , ~ or with a guaran. 20 - - ti rtn o ? n Without guara n te e 20 . ... - ........ ...an --- ' En Wolverh'ton, al l , d Dudley, calls duly too. or.with guarantee 10 ..... - - Biaar.without guarantee 10 - - and geWolverh'pton, e s k n B h t° ll r Valley 131. 145... - 8 lout cad, Lancashire, Cheahire June.... 20 - art s ßos ton, itottio Stamfd & Birm. 71. 45.... - - and Exeter 9O ..... - - $- ac ,, , Thirds - - Cc rghanithire ... 16/. 4s. , - dis.... ...... -- Dittoe o_ . -t! • ..... .._.. .... .. 50 -,-,, Quarter Shares 12% - " b l i t tr t + o,Te w - e hroe Bi 1 . . e o r a and a l y d H e sodl Holyhead... h l e e J a uf . 50 50 - - D s o. so st P c r i eference l5 - - - Clarence b o. 2d Clas ass s, , 5 6 ppeerr Ct Ct. 7 1 1 0 0 814 --- - 130-Government Loan, - ••• - ne... 4 .Per Cent. .. lO ...... - - L,,,1 . ct London & Ports- ..... D 'loath , „,,. ................. 5 1 4 - - ,r,n4Pla_and Belfast June. 40 - i...Ulk.a_lk & Enniskillen 22% ...... -- _ 1 ana jlien, 25/., L. & - D o., 1:4 81 11 D„„„ „, 2 5 .... -- ... I . 7.74m..., 1:10 :u0._ . 3! ti 1t .,1. & p. 1 . 1. 7..f ....... : 1 2 i 3 3 01,4 .. ..._-; _ " ir /V 411 1 6 Mgt. 10 11%•/911.14 ......... : 8 % IPh THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1840. Ditto. Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d.... ag p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. .... ... 50 ...... Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Ditto, 'A Shares Do. New Eastern Union, Class A _ (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto.:. 3' Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25. % P Ditto, Class C, ditto... 22 1 . .... Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...... East Lancathire Ditto, New .•• 25 •••••• ......... •••••• .-- Ditto, New Quarters 614 ...... Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6tA — ••• East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 40 4... .... Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. .. ........ . Edinburgh and Northern 25 — Ditto. Newport l5 .. ... - l'xeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2 5 , 8 — Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. - k4la•gow, Dumfries, and Canine Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ..... . Do.Preferance Consul. Great Northern Do., A Deferred Do., 1 /. 2 B 6 per Cent... 7 i,( 2 Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 5 ;rear South. and West. (Ireland) Gr , at North of England. I Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, New .15/ Great Western 100 Ditto, 1 Shares 5O 35 14 Ditto, 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... 20 Ditto. New 171_ ..„. 15 ..• 9 1 / 4 .• Hull and Se;by 5O Ditto, Half Silures ... 25 ...... Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 A . . Lancaster and Carlisle 50 - ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire York , :liireloo Do. do. M. B. & 8.... 96 Ditto, ditto Ditto, /2 Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifths... ...... 10 Do. Thirds ~• ...... ••04 • 15 ••••• Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent... lO ...........•••• Do. Liverp. and Bury 46 Ditto (Huddersfield and Sh oeff ) 5 •• 40% 8 3:% SL /g: 3!.i 32% 74% 34 15!4 14 9 3 4 94 Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 Do.(Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. IA Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O lOl .... Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 1 A Do., Pref. Qar., 18 IS 9 Liverpool, Crosby Southport '.ondon h. Blackw all 1 2 1,g — Lintion, Brighton, and South ..... 50 Do. Guarant. 5 per et.. ['refer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto, ditto...—. 1852 50 .. Ditto, New Si., guar. 6 per cent. 5 LondonandGreenwich 12/15s 4d... D.tto, Preference . 20 honour and N. Western lou l2Bt ....... 126 1 ,E Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto, Fifths Do. 4u/.Shares(L.lll.) LO Do. 101. M. & B.) C. 1 "34 Loro'. ri..' stern 50 .. 33% 31 1 4 33 1 / 2 33, 2 Ditto, New 50/. 401. . 34 Ditto, Thirds Du., New Scrip, 1848, Piet*. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls 5 Lontion , tem SA.l4.leraift( 25 . Do. 1 /:, Shares ., 33/4 41 . E 3 A 3 7 1/9 00000 Gondoitderry and Ennui .m 25 ....••• Do. 5hare5............ 5 ...... Manch uxton , and Matlock 5 an ch c:ster, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ... 100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 23 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... i 5 D0.% 8 Shares (No. 3) 12 j 2 — Do. New 101. Pr0f..... 10 Ditto, (it. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto 17 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 2O . ... Do., Grimsby Dock 25 Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41. 2s Midland lOO ...... 63% 62% Do. Consolidated Pref ] 00 Do., do., 501.,,Shares 30 ... Do. Birm., and Derby 100 Do. Consol. Bristol and Binning., ö per et.... 100 Ditto, [inst. Gloutr. 40 Ditto ditto Do.,Erew.sLiVal.,Pref. 5u Ditto, Lek est.i. 8 w an nington, 6 per ct. guar.loo kireat _ ..... 47 1 / 2 . ..... 4tsbro' .. Ma. .iesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. wuar. Newcaale and Carhsle.loo Do. .4tiartvrs Vwmarket Do. Extension S.. , wport, Abersayenny, and llereford . 6 ....•• N ewry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpolut, and Itostreyor .. 20 - .. ...... „•• Nurtolk Du. New 201. .. l5 Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 ,• i pe. 5 . Do.'...oweAutt(4pe - ect) 20 Ditto (6 per et.) Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ~.... Northern Countie.Union 4 ...... ......... •-•••• North Bramo .... ... 25 .... • ---- _ ---- . Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters _3 3 Ditto, 'thirds ...• .• •a 8 1 4 •• •• - ••• -• . - Ditto Preference . 3 l/i . 3%••• North Staffordshire ... .i. 7.,,, l.l- hi ex.int. ...11% x.i Aor th Wales . 3 %2 :::orth-Western .... oxird, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 lteading, Guildford, .nd Reigate l5 —. • :toyston and Ilitchin ... 4t/ •• •••-• .... , ~. ... ... ex.int... x.i cottish Central Scottish Midland ..--....... Ditto, New zihrewstmry and Birm... 11 ...... Ditto ditto, Class 3. 7 - Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - go ••• ••...•.. wom Shrew‘bury and lieretd. 3 ...... Sarewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 Ditto Uswestry ...... 18 1 / 2 . Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 5 tiropshire Union south Devon Do. Preference South stattordshire Bl4 — South Eastern Do., No. 1 Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ..-,.. ...... 30 1)o., Registered No. 4: 10 Do., Scrip No 4 Snail Wales south Yorkshire, IDon caster, and Goole ...... 10 Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 14% Du. du (Sou. Div.) ... 5 ...... NVitll23. tt Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 7 i'aw Vale Extension ... 8 [lames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ... 171,4...... vale of Neath 8 Waterford and Kilkenn3 20 ". \. atertord and Limerick 47 1 ,E —. AT aterf d,Wxfrd,Wicklw 3 and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ...... 60 ...... Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 15 West Cornwall ... 6 ... — •.v . hitehaven & Furness 16 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 12 Wilts, Somerset,& W ey mouth 45 -- York, Newcastl ••• • ..... (•••••. e, • and Berwick. .... ...... -... 25 Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G.N.E.Preter.-mcql3 ... .. 3% il ...... Do. II?rtlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 ...... —. ... .. . York and IN urth Aidlanti 50 .....,, . • .... Ditto, Preference 19% 134 3% 29% 7i FOREIGN RAILWAYS Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian).... 5 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara 1 7 1,i Dutch Rhenish ••••••••• 7% ..... •••• East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 5 •••••• Do. D 0.... . lOs. Louvain a, la Sambre ... 7 1 A ; — Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 N.N — Naniur and Liege Northern of France l4l. 8s .. dis. dis. _ JOINT STOCK BANKS. 6% knstralasia -- - 40 *" " British North American 50 Colonial ... 25 Commercial of London 20 London-Joint Stock...-. 10 London & Westminstur. 20 National Prov. England. 35 Ditto New.... ..... -.... 10 - •• National of Ireland 2 2 14.••••• .... Provincial of Ireland _. 3 B l /2 •• ••• Ditto, New ..... ..... • 10 Union f Australia Ditto,New.., ...... .• .•• 2%•••••• . — U-lion of L0nd0n:........ 10 •..... '— .• ex.div... •-• x'd Unix% 9f AUthicl ...... ... 40 NMI em. ....... 38 lidi CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. EIGHTEEN OF DORSETSIIIRE. This match was cincluiled on Saturday at Weymouth. The following is the score at the close of the game:— ENGLAND -FIRST INNINGS. Clarke—c R. Templer ' b Day 18 Hillyer—c Lautuur, b Browne Purr—c H. Templer, b Vernon ... ••• ••• 1 F. Pilch—b Day Box—run out ... ••• ••• Guy—c Symes, b Onslow ..• ••• ••• A. Mynn, Esq.—b Lautour ••• ••• ••• N. Felix, Esq.—c Day, b Onslow ... 16 7 Martingell—c Vernon, b Day... ... ••• ••• Captain White—not out ... ..• ••• 7 Marshall, Esq.—c F. Johns, b Day ... ••• 81, w 9 ••• ••• ••• ••• 10 Total ... ••• —• 76 DORSETSHIRE—FIRST INNINGS. W. Ffooks, Esq.— Guy, b T. On*low, Esq.—b Ilillyer . • W. 1•1111er,111.—b Clarke ... ••• ••• 3 J. Browne—b Clarke ... ••• ..• ••• 4 Captain Weir—b Clarke ... ... 10 Ua\—c Marshall, b Hiflyer ... 14 W. Ilounsell, —c Felix, b Clarke H. Vernon. E,,q —b M) nn •.. 4 J. Symes, Esq.—c Box, b Myna ... 0 Captain Lawour—b Al) nn ... 0 11. Foukt s, E“l.—hit wicket, b Mynn ii. Turns r, Esq.---b Myna ... ... 0 H. Templer, Esq.—c Parr, b F. Johns, Eiq.—c 11111)er 0 C. Terop'er, Esq.—b Martingell ... 0 Thaiß. der, EFq —c Marshall, b Martingell 0 I'. Johns, Et q.—b Hillyer 0 T. nooks, Esq.—not out 0 13 2, w 1 Total „. ... 77 ENGLAND—SECOND INNINGS. Clarke—run tut 11illyer— not out Parr—c Brown, b ... ••• 15 F. Pilch—b Brown „, „, „. 30 Box—b Day 1 Guy—c W. Ffooks, b Onslow A. Myna, Esq.—b Day N. Fax, Lautour 11 Martingell—c Brown, b Vernon ... 29 Captain White—b Brown ... ... • • ... 3 Marshall, E-q.—b Day 12 B 3, w 7, n b 1 ... 11 Total DOR SETS HIRE- SECOND INNING B. W. Ffooks. Esq.—b Hillyer T. Ooslow, E,q —b Mai tingdl W. Miller, Esq. —c Hillyer, b Martingell J. Brown—c and b llillyer .•• ••• 2 Captain Weir—b Hillyer . . ... 10 Day—b Clarke „., „, ... 19 W . Hounsell, Esq —b Clarke H. Vernon, Esq.—c 'White, b Hillier 36 J. •S) mes, Esq.—b Clark® 1 Captain Lautour—b Clarke 7 H. Fookes, Esq,—c Felix, b klartingell .„ 4 H. Turn+ r. Esq.—b Clarke ... ••• 3 IL Templer, b llillyer 4 J. Johns, Esq.—b 0 C. Ttmpler, Esq.—b Clarke R. T, thpier, Esq.—c White, b Hillyer 11 'l'. Johns, E•q.—b Clarke „„ 0 T. Ffooks, Esq.—not out ... w 1 6 -127 Total -120 TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll- BERTY."—Kossuth's Protest against Russian Interven tion. Subscriptions may be bent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Coutts and Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. Smith. Payne, and Smith ; or to any one of the member, of the committee recently formed to carry out the Testim, ** * *All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received ... —.812 4 2i Third Subscription from Le'cester, per Mr. G. Smal'field, of the Leicester Mercury : Mr. George \riccars, sen. 0 5 0 Mr. Merillier Mr. W. Burden 0 5 0 0 2 6 F. Dalby Mr. Henry Allen, Oxford-street ... 0 10 0 A Railway Guard ... 0 1 0 Mr. J. H. Williams ... 0 5 0 Workmen in Mr. Clark's Brash Manufactory... 0 3 6 Mr. Thomas Corsh •• ••• ••• 0 10 6 Nine Framework Knitters ... 0 2 0 James and Jane Mortimer, John Smith, H. Middleton, and John Jones (" working-folk") 0 2 0 A Few Working Men, meeting at the Temper ante Coffee-house, Llanelly 0 8 6 U 7 U Nicholai (Czar), St. Petersbnrgh, Psendouym 0 2 6 A Few Friends, Lyrnondsbury, near Bridport 0 .3 0 Total ... ... ... £Bl5 12 8* TREATRE ROYAL, RICHMOND. The Merchant of Venice was performed here on Friday night, and in the most satisfactory manner, , to a highly respectable audience. Mr. W. H. lindell sustained the arduous part of Shylock with a vigour and intellect which iully confirmed the high opinion formed of him by his previous performances of Romeo, Claude Melnotte, &c. Miss Mary Hill, a young and highly promising lady, from the St. James's and Olympic Theatres, represented Portia with a grace and correctness that argues highly for her future excellence ; and it would be unjust to omit the correct portraiture of the merchant Antonio by Mr. Fortescue. Mr. W. B. Ryan as Launcelot Gobbo was highly amusing, and his strict adherence to the text was most commendable, as In the provinces your clowns say more than is set down for them. Altogether the performance elicited the most genuine applause ; the grand serious pantomime of DokJuan was revived on the occasion, the reckless Dun Juan and Scaramouch, his attendant, were por trayed by Messrs. W. R. Tindell and W. B. Ryan, with the proper spirit and drollery each part de manded, and the concluding scene of the descent of Juan to the regions below amid a shower of real fire quite took the audience by surprise, and the curtain fell, to use the phrase of a well-known London Theatre Royal "Empreneur," with a blaze of triumph. The lessee is Mr. John Ryan. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-HIS Imperial High ness the Duke of Leuchtenberg and suite honoured the performances at her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening with his presence. The Queen's box was occu pied by Lady Harriet Potvonby, Lady Kathleen Pon sonby, Mrs. Ponsunby, Miss Dillon, and party. Her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box was occupied by Lady Harriett Corry and the Hon. William Ashley. Amongst the visitors were his Grace the Duke of Wellington and the Marchioness of Douro, the Prince and Princess Bagration, his Excellency the Russian Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Neapolitan Minister, his Excellency the Brazilian Minister and Madame la Marquis de Lisboa, his Excel lency the Minister of the Argentine Republic, the Duke and Duchess de Guise, the Chargé d'Affaires of France and Madame Montherot, the Marquis of Douro, the Marquis of Huntley, the Dowager Marchioness of Sligo, and the Ladies Browne, the Earl Bruce, the Earl Beau champ, the Viscount Som. rton, the Viscount Emlyn, Lord Arthur Lennox, Lord William Gordon Lennox, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Sandys, Lord Saltoun, Lady Forbes, General the Hon. Arthur Upton, the Count de Muller, the Count Krapatoga, the Chevalier R. Damiani, the Comte and Comesse de Miremont, the Count de Berke, Lady Charteris, Sir Frederick Trench, Bart, Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., Lady and the Misses Woodtbrd, Sir Cornwall Ricketts, Bart., the Baron de Guerlache, Lady Fletcher, Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir Henry Meux, Bart., Lieu tenant-General Sir Andrew Barnard, Bart., Sir Seymour Sadler, Colonel Wildman, Sir George Carroll, Bart., Lady and the Misses Carroll, Sir J. Bayley, Bart., and Lady Bayley, Mrs. Fitzroy Somerset and Miss Fitzroy Somerset, Mr. Fitzwilliam Hume, Mr. Milbanke, Mr. M. D. Longdon, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. Brereton Trelawney, Mr. ands Mrs. Dodd, Mr. Burnell, Miss Pellew, &c. , ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. , —Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, ho noured the performance at the Royal Italian Opera on Saturday evening with their presence, and occupied her Majesty's box; in attendance upon their Royal High. neases were Mr. Edmond St. ;Olin Midway, Miss de Burgh, and Baron Kohler. Among the visitors were his Excellency the Brazilian Minister and the Marchioness de Lisboa and party, the Duchess of Richmond and the Ladies Augusta and Caroline Lennox, the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, the Marchioness of Westmeath and the Hon. Mrs. Henry Murray, the Marquis of Titan field, the Earl of Munster, Earl of Besnorough, Earl Granville, the Earl of Shelburne, Lady Mary Bentinck, Lady Mi,rison, Viscount Mandeville, Viscount Cl&len, Viscount E xmou th, attain Lionel de Rothschild and Ba roness de Rothschild, Baron Osten, Lord Arthur Bay, Hon. Colo: el Arthur Upton, lion. Edward Upton, lion. Geo rge Mines, Hon. Spencer Cowper, lion. Theobald Dillon, lion. Mr. Day, Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir G. Armytage, Bart., Sir Edwin Stanhope, Bart., Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Sir Edward and Lady Butler, Sir William and Lady Clay, Lady Jodrell, Sir Frederick Trench, Sir Charles Marshall, Major and Mrs. Gage, Seymour, Colonel Wingfield, Mr. 11. Greville, M r . C . M organ, M. P ., Co l one l Oli ver, Captain Blois, C.iptain B. Captain Ryder Burton, C a pt a i n C u ddy, M r . M u l cas te r , Mr. J. Lloyd Clayton, Captain Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Coghlan, Colonel Bagnall, Mr. Denistoun, Captain and the Misses Temple Boudoi n , & c. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS or DARTMOUTH.--We regret to learn the illness of this estimable Countess has terminated fatally, she having died yesterday morning, at the family residence in St. James's-square, to the inexpressible grief of an affixtionate husband and a large youthful family, DREADFUL MUTINY ON BOARD THE AMELIA. OF GLASGOW. We have received the following account of a dar ing mutiny on board this vessel, and which /waited in the loss of seven lives. The schooner Amelia was on her passage from the coast of Mexico to Hong- Kong, having on board specie in gold and silver amounting to about 60,0001., and which led to the sanguinary occurrences that took place. The Amelia was commanded by Mr. Robert L. Macnally, a Scotchtnan ; besides whom, a Spaniard, Don Ramon Alva, acted as supercargo and principal master. The crew consisted of 19 person, only two of whom, lads about 18, were British subjects, namely, Thomas Gannon and Charles M'Donald the remainder were Dutchmen, Norwegians, French, Spanish, Portu guese, and Mexicans. There were besides, as passen gers, a Mr. and Mrs. Sarah Selina Cook and her female servant. The mutiny broke out about two o'clock of the morning of the 3d of October last year, and ap pears to have been wholly confined to three of the crew, Jose Torres, Andres Baldibiz a, and Jose Calero. The second mate, Caetano Go-nez, who had charge of the watch, was attacked and murder d by thei-e ruffians, when Alva came upon deck, followed by Mr. Cooke, the passenger. Tr.e former was immediately stabbed in several places; he managed, however, to get down into the cabin to arm himself and to alarm Mr. Mac nally ; but when endeavouring to force his way upon deck, sword in hand, he was mortally stabbed when he had reached the top of the companion ladder. Mr. Cooke, the passenger, was their next victim ; he was stabbed and thrown overboard. The mutineers then went forward, called the larboard watch, and showing their bloody knives, told them they had murdered every one aft except Mr. Macnally, Mrs. Cooke, and her servant, Mary Hudson; that they, the mutineers, were in command of the vessel, and if one of them refused to obey their orders he would be instantly murdered. The remainder of the crew, having no arms to defend themselves, had no alternative but to submit. Large stones and pieces of lead were then handed upon deck for the purpose of destroying Mr. Macnally, who was still confined to the cabin. At eight o'clock in the morning it was communicated to him, that if he would lay down his arms and submit quietly, they would not take his life. These terms he refused, but said, if they would allow him and the two females the gig, with the necessaries he required, he would give them no further trouble, and would direct them the course to steer. After a consultation this was promised, and having got from him the course for Malabrigo, orders were given to prepare the boat ; the vessel was at that time lying to. Trust ing to their faith, he went on deck unarmed, when he was seized and thrown overboard with weights; the schooner then filled, and made all sail. The next ' proceedings of these ruffians were what might be expected of them; they classed themselves in the clothes of those they had murdered ; took all the gold and distributed it among the crew ; destroyed all papers and writings which they considered offensive, with many valuables, which were thrown overboard, land finally got at the wine, and became more or less intoxicated. The following day, the 4th, J. Smit, a Dutchman, W. Peter, a Norwegian ; Frank Geering, of St. Michael's ; Jean Berenger, of Bordeaux ; and Joze de Averasturi, a Spaniard, of Bilboa, proposed a plan to recover the vessel that night, which they communicated to the rest of the crew, f our ex cepted, whom they were afraid to trust. Having prepared for their enterprise an adze, the pump breaks, some boarding pikes, &c., at eleven o'clock Jan Smit dispatched Torres and Baldibiza, who were sleeping upon deck, and then fell upon Calero, whom he overcame after a sharp struggle. The bodies of these ruffians were then thrown over board, and Jan Smit took the command with the consent of the crew, the lad Gannon being engage d to navigate the vessel. Their first intention was to have returned to Mazatlan, but the state of the weather, which came on to blow, prevented this, and the course was shaped for the Sandwich Islands, where, after a tempestuous passage, she arrived safely at Honolulu, on the 12th of October, 1848. The preceding part of this narrative has been of a melancholy character: what follows is more pleasing. After the mutineers had been got rid of, the money which had been distributed among the crew was all brought aft, and deposited in the cabin—a meritorious instance of goad faith and honesty among so many judicious arrangements of different countries. Through the arrangements of Mr. Miller, her Majesty's Consul- General for the Pacific Islands, residing at Honolulu, specie, amounting to 287,684 dollars, was safely landed, and taken charge of by him; a list was like wise taken of the effects of those who had been murdered ; and, in fact, everything in the vessel was safely secured through the exertions of Mr. Miller, to whom much praise is due. It may be useful to mention that among the papers found on board the Amelia were three bills of lading, with correspond ing letters of advice and instructions from Jecker, Torre, and Co., of Mazatlan ; one for 150,000 dollars, consigned to Messrs. Turner and Co., of Hong-Kong, but for account and risk of Messrs. Finley, Hodgson, , wnvtLOT fur 1`.40,00ii dollars to Messrs. Turner and Co., of Hong -Hoeg, in payment for a cargo previously ordered for shipment in the Amelia on her arrival in China. The third bill of lading was for 1,379 dollars, in favour of Mr. J. A. Durran, of Macoa ; 16,304 dollars were landed ' for which no bills of lading or other d ocumen t s could be found. We have now the gratification to state that Jan Smit, of Rotterdam, whose conduct on this occasion is above all praise, has been presented with 1,1001. by several of the insurance companies; and also with a valuable sextant, by Ashdown, of Finch lane, with the following inscription : " Presented to Mr. Jan Smit, of Rotterdam, by the Corporation of the Royal Exchange, the Corpo ration of the London, the Indemnity Mutual Marine, the Marine, and the Alliance Marine Insurance Companies of London, m testimony of their high estimation of Mr. Smit's services, and their especial appreciation of the fidelity and courage displayed by him in rescuing the schooner Amelia, of Glasgow, and her valuable cargo, out of the hands of mutineers, during her voyage from Mazatlan to China, in the year 1848. London, Aug. 1, 1849." Shipping Gazette. CHILD MUTILATION AND SUS PECTED MURDER. COLCHESTER, SATURDAY.—Yesterday afternoon J. M. Churchill, Esq., coroner for this borough, held an inquest at the farm-house contiguous to White Hall, St. the residence of H. Winter, Esq., upon the mutilated remains of a child discovered in the water-closet of that mansion. It appeared that the body, which had been literally cut up limb from limb, and was in a highly putres- cent state, was discovered by Eliza Herman, the housemaid, on Tuesday morning. Jane Simmonds, the cook to Mr. Winter, had been accused by her tellow•servant of getting stout and being in the family way, &c. She said Charles Jennings, the groom, was the father of the child, and had got her in to trouble. On Friday week she complained of being ill, and went to her bedroom, and on the following Sunday, from her appearance, there was no doubt she had given birth to a child. Mr. C. E. Blair, surgeon, said he had examined the remains of the child, and had come to the conclusion that it was still-born. The portions he had examined were the bones of the skull, the thorax, the thighs, and one arm, of a full-grown male child, together with portions of the liver, lungs, and intestines ; the thighs and other parts appeared to have been sepa rated at the joints with a knife ; they were clean and evenly cut. Witness had seen Jane Simmonds, and ascertained she had been recently delivered. The CORONER observed that he saw the child im mediately after its being taken from.the closet, and so completely had the body been separated that there was only enough to show the sex of the child, it having been, in fact, cut up into small pieces. The jury returned a verdict "That the child bad been still-born." Simmonds, on her recovery, will be taken before the magistrates for concealing the birth. THE FINANCIAL REFORM MEETING TO-DAY..--It is said that no fewer than twenty Members of Parlia ment have already signified their intention to he present at the great financial retorm meeting in Drury-lane Theatre, which takes place at six o'clock thi s even i ng . Intelligence has b :en received from many large towns that meetings are to be held there, and long before the commencement of the next session a sort of correspond ing society will be formed, greater in number and as great in intellect as the celebrated and successful Anti- Corn-law League. Conjoined with this movement will be the extension of forty-shilling freeholders in every district where any chance exists of oust ng Tory or merely Whig Members, and returning pledged friends to financial and political reform. THE BROUGHTON MUNDER.—It will be remem bered that at the Spring Assizes for Worcester a hardened outcast named Pulley was convicted of the murder of a young orphan girl named Mary Ann &night, by beating her brains out with a bludgeon in a, retired lane near Pershore, in that county, the girl having giving him off,,nce by resisting his attempts to corrupt her chastity. A witness on the trial deposed to having seen Pulley shortly after the murder with blood on his trousers, but these trousers (a pair of moleskin) could not be produced on the trial. They have now just been found under circumstances which betray a con sciousness of guilt on the part of the prisoner. As a man named Howse was cleaning out a pool near the scene of the murder he round this article of dress tightly rolled up, and containing a brick and stone, evidently placed therein in order to sink them. They were, how ever, in such a state of decay, owing to the length of time they bud been in the water, that no traces of blood could be discovered upon the m. HALF-PASTTHE S UN DAY, NORTH rWE ir. M AILS. Te Northßlß M I mail,NG A whichMt S 4, due in Birmingham at ten this morning, bus been detained by the floods. It has not arrived at this hour. The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel preached yester day morning, as a Bapti,it minister, in M r . E vans ' chvel, John street, Bedford-row, the sam e pl ace i n which the Hon. and Rey. Oeutleuaan was baptised on Thgr6day muisi ARRIVAL of his IMPERIAL. HIGH- NESS THE DUKE OF LEUCEITENBERG. His Excellency Baron Brunnow (the Russian Minister), prceeeded to the terminus of the South 'Western Railway, in the Waterloo-road, to receive his Imperial Highness the Duke of Leuchtenherg (son-in-law of the Emperor of Russia) on Saturday afternoon, the Imperial Duke having arrived at Southampton at an early hour the same morning, in the Russian steam-frigate Kamsehatka, frcm Crons stadt. His Imperial Highness, attended by a numerous suite, arrived at the Waterloo station about five o'clock, and was there'received by his Excellency the Russian Minister, and M. de Berg, the premier secretary of the Russian legation, and after a trifling delay entered Baron Brunnow's carriage, and repaired to Ashburnham House, the seat of the legation, in Dover-street, where the Imperial Duke will occupy apartments during his limited sojourn in London. Ills Imperial Highness and the members of his suite dined en funzille with his Excellency the Rus sian Minister and Baroness Brunnow, at the Russian Legation, and subsequently accompanied his Excel lency to witness the performances at her Majesty's Theatre. THE CHOLERA. RETURN OF CASES, AuG. 11. , Attack & Deaths. In London and vicinity, viz.:— Lambeth ••• ... ... ... 51 21 Bermondsey 4 Newington 5 Southwark ••• • ••• 31 13 Wandsworth . ...•• . 12 6 Other localities in London ... 132 54 In England and Wales, viz. : Liverpool ... .„. ... ..... 74 21 Merthyr Tydvil ... .., ... 9 7 Dowfats ... ... ... ... 19 11 Fl) mouth ... ... ... ... 23 8 Newcastle-under-Lyme ... ... 17 4 Other towns in England ... ... 80 49 In Scotland, viz. : Dundee ... ... ... ••• 28 9 St. Andrew's ... ... 11.141 6 Total GRANTHAM. PUNISHMENT FOR ATTENDING A PLACE OF WORSHIP 1— At the County Magistrates' meeting on Friday last, William Bardney, servant to Francis Royce, of Gunby, was accused of absenting himself from his master's employ without leave. Mr. Rye ev o en c i g , a a ind de f e he ndant n w o e t n t k e t e o p chapel n eo in t h h i e s S e m u n p da l o y y " who went to chapel." The man said he had a right to go to what place of worship h e lik e d ; b ut t h e master said it was stipulated in the agreement that his servant should go to church, and not to chapel Sir R. Heron thought the master should be more tolerant in his principles ; but if there wa s an agreement t h e Bench could not interfere. Mr. Welby said it would be better to release the man, if there was so much difference in opinion ; but Mr. Royce sa id h e was a goo d servant, and he did not wish to part with, only, " he would not let him go to chapel." The man asked the Bench whether it was legal for him to be sent to tend horses in the lanes on a Sabbath ? The Bench—We cannot interfere ; you must obey your master's orders. The defendant then asked his master if he had ever dis obeyed his orders, or neglected his business ? to which Royce replied, " No." The Bench, after some consulta • tion, did not impose a fine, but said, as the man had broken his contract, he must pay the expenses, Bs. Bardney—" I shall pay nothing, as I have done nothing wrong ; if you like, you can send me to prison." Mr. Manners said the master might pay, and stop the amount out of his wages. Bardney—lf he does, I will summon him for the amount. The affair was thus settled, when Mr. Royce (amid the laughter of the parties inside the bar, and the derision of the bystanders) jumped into the witness-box, and exclaimed " He says he will go to chapel in spite of mo !"—Stamford Mercury. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.—Inquines made yes terday enable us to state authoritatively that the Lord Chancellor daily regains health, and that in a very few weeks his Lordship hopes to resume thu active duties of his high office. There is not the slightest foundation for the rumour which attributed to the Noble and Learned Lord an intention of retiring from the distin guished position he holds in connexion with her Ma jesty's Government. Lord Denman's temporary release from the arduous duties of the bench has achieved a Judge's health. deTfulim I improvement affords us, a entintheams we iab are lea sure nddi it will stigui theshed Learned Lord's numerous admirers, great satisfaction to learn last night, that his recent relaxation has been productive of the best results. We are in a position to state that before the reassembling of Parliament three Members connected with the representation of Ireland will resign their seats in the Legislature, two of those " honourable gentlemen" retiring into private life, and the third receiving an appointment in the colonies.— Weekly Chronicle. ART UNION or LONDON.—The works selected by the prizeholders of the year 1849 are now exhibited at the Suffo'k. street Gallery. They are ninety in number, and have been taken from the galleries of the Rod al Academy, the British Institution, the Society of British Artists, the Free Exhibition, and the two Water Colour Societies. The amount of the prizes does not admit of lar g e Goilc. t ion of first-rate works in oil; and it is somewhat remarkable that water colour, when a small sum will command a much higher degree of excellence, is not more extensively patromsed, for only seventeen of the ninety works came from the Water Colour Societies. The holder of the largest prize (2000 has chosen Mr. F. Danby's " Funeral of a Mountain Chieftain,'' and the holder of the second (150/.) Mr. Lucy's " Deathbed of Mrs. Chypole." The choice of pictures for the engrar ings with which the subscribers are presented has been most 'udicious, fur no works could be more generally acceptable, or more characteristic of the excellent artist who produced them, than the " Smile" and the " Frown," by Mr. Webster. They are admirably engraved by Messrs. Wells and Bicknell. A series of etchings by Mr. Maclise, in ilhistration of Shakspere's Seven Ages, is given to the subscribers in addition to the engravings after Webster. The premium of 1001., offered for a bas-relief, has been gained by Mr, Hancock, who has produced a work representing " Christ's entrance into Jerusalem." THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.—From the highly instruc• tive and scientific character of Professor Beggs' lectures on some of the most wonderful and interesting principles of chemistry, says the Norfolk !Yews of Saturday, and more particularly of the newly-invented Electric Light, we are induced once more to persuade our readers on no account to lose the pleasure and profit of hearing him, and of witnessing his beautiful experiments. The pro fessor commenced at St. Andrew's Hall, on Thursday evening, another course of lectures. EXECUTION OF MARY BALL AT COYENTRY.— Mary Ball, who was convicted at the late assizes of having murdered her husband in May last, by adminis tering poison to him, suffered the extreme penalty of the law on Thursday last. Subsequent to her conviction, she for some time maintained a dogged sort of deport ment, persisted in her innocence, took her food quietly, and at night rested tolerably well. On Thursday, the 2d instant, she had an interview with her own child, a b ee friends, the platform ia takingtfcomposure. min front, little girl two years of age, in company with her sister and mother ; and on Monday last she was again visited y b certain directions al to the disposal of her clothes, &c., with perfect a nd ffi lmmediately t after h e p r i t s e o n n e r o'clock w .as on Thursday morni ng , the officers of the prison 8D • geared on h led forth, accompanied by th e G overnor, U n d er- S heriff, and his , officer, and the Rev. Mr. S an db erg rea di ng the service for the occasion. She proceed e d u p t h e steps with little assistance, and, as fur as could be o bs erve d, uttered no word whilst thus awaiting her e nd, b u t w i t h closed eyes and saddened countenance stood moti o nl ess while the rope was placed round her neck. In an in slant afterwards the drop fell, and she passed from this life in the presence of from 18,000 to 20,000 parsons, assembled, not merely from Coventry, but for many miles round. A subdued thrill of horror appeared to pass over this immense multitude as the fatal bolt was withdrawn ; but otherwise there was no manifestation of feeling, and, considering the vast concourse drawn to gether, their behaviour was quiet and orderly. On Saturday, the flags of all the ships of the General Steam Navigation Company in the river were hoisted half mast high, in token of respect to the memory of the highly esteemed and deeply lamented secretary of the company, the late John Wilson, Esq. On . Saturday morning, about half•past three, a man named Neil Farmer threw himself out of the ra final leave of them , and giving window of the second floor in Mr. Sparrow's beer-shop, in the neighbourhood of Euston-square station, and fall ing on the pavement, he was taken up in a dreadfully mutilated state. He was conveyed to University College Hospital, where he lies in a precarious condition. It appeared that he had arrived in town on the previous day by the nine o'clock train, unknown to his family. For some days he had been giving way to intemperance, and on the previous day, while under the influence of liquor, had been showing to persons in the public-house about 3001. in notes and gold. In his fall he broke a lamp underneath the window oat of which he threw him self. Before going into Mr. Sparrow's premises he had been an houl in a room in Mr. Everard's coffee-house, in the same street, where he hired a bed for the night. His relatives have been informed of the sad event. AMERICAN MAILS.--DEPARTURE OF THE CANADA. —The &qui Mail steam-ship Canada, Captain Judkins, sailed from Liverpool on Saturday afternoon for New Yerk, via, Halifax. She carried a large number of passengers, and the usual mails for Canada and the United States. THE PORT or HULL.—It is very gratifying to be able to state that the recent partiilly-depressed state of the trade of this important port, in conat quence of the lengthened blocade of the German ports by the Danish blockading squadron, and the tiresome impediments which have thereby been caused to trade and commerce, continues to be remedied by the vast influx of vessels from all parts of the world. We have before alluded to the numerous arrivals from abroad which have lately taken place, and no less than 94 ships from foreign ports have entered the port and officially reported at the Customhouse curing the past week, with cargoes of cattle, grain, provisions, and general merchalidise of every de:cription. In the present absence of the usual tr,.ffic of an extensive nature with the Hanseatic States, which it is hoped will now speedily be re•suatcd, the con tinued in fl ux o f vessels is very important to the place, and the import business and shipping tra de of the port are necessarily in a greatly improv ed state. (s The Queen's messenger pr oceeded las t nig h ta. turday) to Scotland with dispatches for her Majesty, who is expected to be in Greenock on tiesd ay, and to rest that night at Perth , on her way to Balmoral. Lord John llatvresL4noodoyoniuonowhitionandz..., the w w actli cr i . ustut, Russelloa NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. BY THE QUEEN.-A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA hereas by our Order in Council we were graciously pleased to annul, from and after the thirty-first (lay of December next, our royal pro clatmtions of the nineteenth day of May and the sixth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, regulating, according to the schemes set fbrth therein, or recogni-ed thereby, the distribution of the net proceeds of prizes, captured from the enemy, of captures and seizures under the several Acts of Parliament passed relating to the revenues of cus toms ai.d to trade and navigation, for the abolition of the slave-trade, for the capture and destruction of piratical vessels and of the rewards conferred for the same, as also of the awards for all salvage granted to the crews of our ships and vessels of war, when not otherwise specially apportioned by the terms of the respective awards and allow ances. And in consequence af several new ratings and denominations of officers and others having been introduced into our naval service since the dates of our said former proclamations, and for other causes, it is expedient that provisions should be made for the future distribution of such net proceeds and salvage not otherwise specially apportioned, and , all other moneys whatsoever granted to be shared in the manner of prize , money. We do therefore now make known to all our loving subjects, and to all others hom it may concern, by this our proclamation, by and with the advice and consent of our Privy Council, that our royal will and pleasure is, and we do hereby direct that the dis tribution of all such net proceeds of prizes, rewards, allowances, salvage, awards, and of all bounties and grants whatsoever, distributable to our royal navy in the manner of prize•money, shall be made as follows, videlicet:— That the flag-officer or officers shall have one sixteenth part of the whole net proceeds arising from prizes captured from the enemy and from all other captures, seizures, &c., as aforesaid made by any of the ships or vessels under his or their command, and of the rewards conferred for the same, according to the following conditions and modifications—save and except as hereinafter provided and directed ;—that is to say : when there is but one flag-officer, he shall have the entire one-sixteenth : when two flag-officers shall be sharing together, the chief shall have two-thirds and the other flag-officer shall have the remaining one-third of the one-six teenth part : and when there shall be more than two flag -officers, the chief shall receive one-half of the said one-sixteenth, and the remaining halt shall be equally divided among the junior flag-officers; commodores of the first class and captains of the fleet to share as flag officers : Provided always that no flag-officer, unless actually on board any of our ships or vessels of war, and at the actual taking, sinking, burning, or otherwise de stroying any ship or ships of war, or privateers be longing to the enemy, shall share in the distribution of any head money or bounty-money granted as a reward for the taking, sinking, burning, or otherwise destroying any such ship or vessel of the enemy. That nu flag•ofpicer, unless actually present at the capture or destruction of any pirate ship, vessel, or boat, shall be entitled to share in any distribution of the proceeds or bounty in respect of the crews of such piratical ship, vessel, or boat. That no flag-officer shall share in any remuneration or reward conferred or awarded to any of our ships or vessels as salvage, unless he shall have been actually on board the ship or vessel to which the award shall be made, or have personally aided and assisted in the transaction at the time the service was rendered. That no flag-officer commanding in any port in the United Kingdom shall share in the proceeds of any prizes captured from the enemy, nor in other cap tures, seizures, rewards, or any distributive proceeds as aforesaid made by any ships or vessels which shall sail from, or leave such port, by order of the Lord High Admiral, or of our Commissioners for executLg the office of Lord High Admiral. That when ships or vessels under the command of several flag•officers belonging to separate sta tions shall be joint captors, &c., each flag officer shall receive a proportion of one-sixteenth, according to the number of officers and men present under the com mand of each such flag officer ; and when ships or vessels under orders from the Lord High Admiral, or from our Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, are joint captors, &c., with other ships or vessels under a flag or flags, the like regula tion as to the apportionment of the flag share to the flag officer or officers is to be observed. And with reference to these regulations, it is to be noted that a captain, commander, or other com manding officer, of a ship or vessel, shall be deemed to be under the command of a flag, when he shall actually have received some order from, or be acting in the execution of some order issued by a flag officer, whether he be or be not within the limits of the station of such flag officer; and in the event of his being directed to join a flag officer on any station, he shall be deemed to be under the com mand of such flag officer, from the time when he ar rives within the limits of the station, which circum • •itance is alway to be carefully noted in the logbook; and it shall be considered that he continues under the fig officer of such station until he shall have re ceived some order directly from, or be acting in the execution of some order issued by, some other flag officer, duly authorised, or by the Lord High Admiral, or our Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral. And we hereby direct that the captain, commander, lieutenant commanding, or master commanding, or any other officer commanding any ship, sloop, or vessel of war, singly making a capture, or seizure, or otherwise entitled to the distributive benefit arising from any proceeds, reward, grant, bounty, salvage, or award, as aforesaid; that is to say, the officer actually in command at the time shall have one-eighth of the remainder, or if there is no flag, one-eighth of the entire net proceeds; and if more than one commanding officer of the same rank of command shall be entitled to share as joint captors, &c., the one-eighth shall be equally divided between them ; but when captains, commanders, lieutenants commanding, and masters commanding, respectively, our ships, sloops, and vessels of war, shall share to gether, in whatever variety of combination, the one eighth shall be so divided into parts for a graduated apportionment as to provide for each captain receiving six parts, each commander of a sloop th ree p ar t s, and each lieutenant commanding, or master com manding a vessel of war, two parts which we hereby direct shall be the proportion in which they shall re spectively share : commodores of the second class, and field officers of marines, or of land forces serving as marines, doing duty as field officers above the rank of major, to share as captains : and field officers of marines, or of land forces serving as marines, and doing duty in the rank of major, to share as com manders of sloops. And we hereby further direct that, after provision shall thus have been made for the flag share (if any) and for the portion of the commanding officer or officers, the remainder of the net proceeds shall be distrubted in ten classes, so that each officer, man and boy, composing the rest of the complements of our ships, sloops, and vessels of war, and actually on board at the time of any such capture, seizure, dm, as aforesaid, and every person present and assisting, shall receive shares, or parts of shares, acc ordin g to his class, as set forthl in the following scale :-- First class—Commanders under captains in rated ships, masters of the fleet, medical inspectors, inspec tors of steam machinery afloat in or with any ship or ships above the sixth rate—forty shares each. Second class—First-lieutenants in rated ships, not hearing commanders, secretaries to admirals of the fleet, or to admirals commanding in chief, thputy medical inspectors, inspectors of steam machinery afloat in or with any ship or vessel below the fifth rate --twenty-five shares each. Third class —Sea lieutenants, masters, captains of marines, of marine artillery, or of land forces doing duty as marines, whether having higher brevet rank or not, secretaries to admirals or to commodores of the first class, not commanding in chief, chief engineers of the first class—twenty shares each. Fourth class—Lieutenants or quartermasters of marines, or lieutenants of marine artillery, lieutenants quarter-masters, or ensigns of land forces, doing duty as marines, secretaries to commodores of the second class, chaplains, surgeons, paym asters, and pursers, naval instructor:, mates, assistant surgeons, second masters, chief engineers of the second and third classes gunners, boatswains, carpenters, assistant engineers, engineers not yet on the establishment as regulated by the Order in Council of 1847, clerks in charge, passed clerks—twelve shares each. Fifth class—Midshipmen, masters' assistants, clerks (not passed), naval cadets, assistant clerks—seven shares each. Sixth class—Seamen's schoolmasters, masters at and cap arms, chief boatswain's mates, a i dadr q A u Ltermasters, tain's coxswains, - a renter's mates, cap ship's c . or c pn r gunner's, boatswain's, afterguard, of the tains of the torecastleanof thep and of the fore-top, coxswains hold, of the main-to.p, Imakers ropemakers, caulkers, of the launch, leading stokers, s s a h l ip's_ cooks,' blacksmiths, pilots, As of marines, of marine artillery, or of land forces, sereB doing duty as marines—six shares each. Seventh class—Captains of the mast and mizentop, por pen of signals, coxswains of the barge, pinnace, and cutter, second captains of the forecastle, of the main top, of the foretop, and of the afterguard, sailmaker's, and caulker's mates, paymaster's and purser's stewards, musicians, coopers, armourers, corporals of marines or of land forces doing duty as marines, bombar diers of marine artillery, head kroomans—four shares each. Eighth class —Able seamen, carpenter's, sailmaker's, and cooper's crew, yeomen of store-rooms, ordinary seamen, privates and fifers of marines, or of land furces doing duty as marines, gunners of marine artillery, painters, stokers, col-trimmers, second head kroomsns, sick birth attendants, bandsmen— two shares each. Ninth Cook's mates, pay master and purser's steward's mates, paymaster and pur ser's steward's boys, admiral's domestics, the stewards and cooks of admirals, of captains of the ward-room, of the gun-room, and of sub• officers, second class ordinary seamen, assistant sto kers, barbers, tailors, landsmen, ship's boy s o f th e first class, engineer boys, first and second-class kroo mans, supernumeraries borne fur victuals only, not specially authorised to do duty, persons borne merely as passengers, and not declining to render assistance on any occasion of _capture, seizure, &c. —one share and one quarter of a share each. Tenth class—Ship's boys below the first class— three•quarters of a share each. Seamen gunners to share in all captures, seizures, rewards, &c., as aforesaid, in the class immediately above that in which their notice is mentioned. And in all cases in which supernumeraries, whether officers or men, shall be ordered to do duty on board any of our ships or vessels by the Lord High Admi ral, or by our Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, or by other proper authority . (the orders of the captain or commanding officer, if no senior Le present, to be deemed sufficient autho rit) ), of which due notation as to fact and authority is to be made in the muster- books, they shall share according to the class of the ranks or ratings which they respectively hold in the service, if not ordered to do duty in a higher capacity. And in order that Our royal intentions herein may be duly carried into effect, We further direct that, when any capiare or seizure is made, or service per formed, for which a distributable grant or reward is to be, or is expected to be, conferred or awarded to any of our ships or vessels of war, the captain or com manding officer shall transmit, or cause to be trans mitted, as soon as may be, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, a true and perfect list of all the officers, seamen, marines, soldiers, and others, who were actually on board on the occasion, accompanied by a separate list, containing the names of those belonging to the crew who were absent on duty or otherwise at the time, specifying the cause of such absence, each list to contain the quality of service of each person, together with the descrip tion of the men, taken from the description-book of the ship or vessel, and their several rateings, to be subscribed by the captain or commanding officer and three or more of the chief officers on board. And when the list of those actually on board shall have been verified on examination with the muster-books, &c., the Accountant General of our navy shall, upon request, grant to the agent or agents nominated or appointed by the captors or seizors, &c., a certificate that such list is correct or has been corrected, as occasion may require for the due distribution of the respective prize or other proceeds distributable as prize money. And in the event of difficulty arising with respect to any of the regulations hereby proposed, or if any case should occur not herein provided for, or not suffi ciently provided for. We are pleased hereby to authorise the Lord High Admiral, or our Commis sioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral for the time being, to issue such directions thereupon as may appear just and expedient, which directions shall have the same force and effect as if specially pro vided for in this our royal proclamation. Provided always that the distribution hereinbefore ordered, shall take effect only with respect to the proceeds of captures, seizures, and services, as afore said, which shall be made and performed on and after January 1, 1850, And that the proceed.,:arising from all captures, seizures, and services, as aforesaid made or performed prior to that date shall be distributed in accordance with any procl ama ti on or proclamations, now in force, or in force at the time of such captures, seizures, or services, and applicable thereto ; which we are pleased hereby to direct accordingly. Given at our Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, this 13th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1849, and in the 13th year of our reign. God save the Queen. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUE: SIR.—In conjune:ion with your r( marks respecting Oxford discipline and the case of Mr. Throsby, allow me to state that Mr. T. passed his examination for his degree in his thirteenth term, tho earliest period allowed by the university statutes. Yours obediently. OXONIENSIS. IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF FARM PROPERTY BY FIRE. Last night, shortly after eight o'clock, a fearful confl ignition, which continued to rage throughout the whole of the night, occurred upon the estate of Sir Thomas Leonard, situate at Wennington, near Raynham, in Essex, about eighteen miles fr o m L on d on . 'lle property in which the disaster commenced was termed Scrips and Others Farm, and was tenanted by Charles Richard Webb, &q., of Belmont Castle, Ur rav s. The flames when first disoovered were raging in a wheat tick on the south-east corner of the stack• yard. An immediate alarm was given, and an at tempt was made to extinguish the flames ; but such a firm hold had they obtained that they defied the ut most exertions of all present, and very speedily they extended to the barns, a long range of premises, filled with wheat, from whence the work of destruction communicated to the bullock sheds and cow-houses. Air. Parratt, the agent to Sir Thomas Leonard, with a great number of villHgers, hustend to the scene, and tried by every possible means to get the fire under, but without effect, and in the course of a few minutes the fire had seized upon a number of ricks of wheat, hay, and straw, so that there was property covering upwards of half an acre in a general blaze. The flames at the same time mounted so high into the air as not merely to light up the surrounding country, but they were distinctly visible from every part of the metropolis. Lieutenant Sinclair and Mr. Greensill, with a strong body of the artillery and several engines, in stantly started from Purtleet Barracks to the scene, and were called into ofieration, but, notwithstanding the great body of water scattered over the flames, they continued to progress, and the light being seen in London caused the engine of the brigade in Wat ling-street, and also that of the West of England Company, in the Waterloo-road, to start in search of the fire. For some considerable time no direct infor mation could be obtained as to where the fire was raging, and the firemen were guided to the spot only by the glare in the atmosphere. The London engines at length reached the spot, when a fearful scene presented itself, for the whole of the property except the dwelling-house and the gra nary was enveloped in an immense sheet of flame. The whole of the engines were kept at work during the night, but at nine o'clock this morning there still remained a great body of fire, although all danger of its further extension was at an end. No doubt seems to be entertained that the fire was the work of an incendiary. The present is the fourth fire that has been raised in the neighbourhood during the week. Two attempts have been made on the pre mises of Mr. Vince, a farmer at Hornchurch, upon the Marquis of Salisbury's estate, about two miles from Rumford. The first of these was extinguished, when shortly afterwards the second was discovered, which burned down a great number of ricks, barns, shed, cow-houses, &c. The authorities are determined to have a most searching investigation into the cause of these fires, and a handsome reward will be offered for the appre hension of the gulty parties. Fortunately Mr. ‘V ebb's property was partially insured.--11/orning Paper. LEAMINGTON STA, AUG. 11.—The fashionable arrivals during the week, have been very nume rous, occasioned by the engrossing interest at taching itself to the Zingari cricket match, the result of which has already been published. Much company re mains in the town, in anticipation of the grand hortical• tural exhibition on the 23d instant, and other amuse ments betwixt that date, and the great sporting event — the Leamington Stakes—at the ensuing Warwick Sep , . tewber meeting, fur which there are 130 acceptances. Tne latest list of arrivals includes the names of Lord L.vaine, Hon. J. M. Clev. ley, Lieutenant-General Gardner, Lady Moore, Hon. Mrs. Boswell, Admiral Sir Charles Ekins and family, Lady Hubert end the Hon. Miss Kerr, Lady John Scott, Bon. R. Grimstone, Hon. F. P o nsouby, Hon. A. Wrottesley, lion. E. Leigh, C.)lonel Cotton, Lieutenant-Colonel Richardson, Rev. Hugh Stowell, Lady and Miss Seymour, Captains Dilke, Holt, Hay, Vandaieur, Gordon, &c. &c. SOUTH AstEEICA.—LIVNEPOOL, SATURDAT.—We have this morning, by the ship Bonita, arrived in the Mersey, accounts from Pernambuco two, and from Rio one day later than those received last week. The con tents are purely of mercantile interest. Freights we re ex pected to advance; the cessation of rain having allowed lhe Bonita p roduce , to left be forwarded from th e i nter i or dis tricts. Pernambuco on the 30th of June, in company with her Majesty' s steamer Lizard, for Ply mouth, and t he , Cestries for th e Ch anne l . c ortONER s INQuEsT.—SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A. FEMALE.-011 Saturday evening, at eight o'clock. Mr. Pay Ile held an inquest at the Vestr y a h 11 St. John's, llorsely d o w n , on v i ew o f the b ody of a fem ale unknown, drowned bet‘yee thatnforty and forty-five years of age, who was found (Saturday) morning off Horselydown, with marks of violence on her hands and arm. Mr. Wallet, summoning officer, said that the deceased bad the appearance of having been in the water three or four days. There were no shoes on her feet. She had on black stockings, the unsual under , dress, and a dark gown with blue spots. TI ere was a wedding-ring on the second finger of her left hand; but there was nothing in her pockets to lead to tit identity. There were two severe wounds across the back of both her hands. M r. Pnitlipps, surgeon, Freeseho ol-street, stated that the inflicted ,ounds across the hands were her to leave go during of some lif e. They wore probably cau sed b y some blunt in strument , for the purpose of oDmpelin thing she bad hold of. The right area was also bruised. He could not say whether the skull was fractured. The coroner dtrected a post mortent t xarnination of the be*, wid t b. inquiry wlie adjourned to Yridai nut. MIR