The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-18 00:00:00

TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. I SheeD. I C a lves. I P 2 igs. 29,003 1 282 3) FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. Sheep. 1 Calves. I Pigs. I 290 2,160 136 INTENVGATE AND LEADENHALD. Although the weather has b en unfavourable for the transmission of Meat to any distance, nearly 400 car cases of each kind have been received up to these mar kets from various parts of the country since Monday last. The supplies on offer killed in the metropolis have continued moderate. Prime Beef, Mutton, and Lamb. have commanded a steady sale, at our quotations. Other wise the demand has ruled heavy, and, in some instances, prices have given way 2d per Ms. Beasts. 3,111 At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. i s. d. to s. d. Beef a inforlor...... 2 2 2 4 Hutton, inferior ••2 10 3 0 middling ••.. 2 6 2 8 --- middling• • 3 2 3 6 primelarge •• 210 3 0 - prime • • 3 8 310 prime small •. 3 0 3 2 Pork, large.. ••.. • • 3 2 3 6 3 0 3 8 - small •... 3 8 4 0 _ _ _ . Lamb. is 8d to 5s iid. lii nouGm AND SPITAL.TILLDS. Notwithstanding that the " season" for old Potatoes must now be considered closed (respecting which we shall offer some observations in our next report), sup plies still continue to reach us from the Continent. In the past week we have received 2,900 baskets 140 bags from Rotterdam; 16 tons 6 baskets from Antwerp; 3 baskets from Ostend; 7 baskets from Havre; and 14 barrels from Lisbon. The total quantity embraces about 450 tons, 50 being new. Scarcely any old English Po tatoes are on sale, and it is somewhat difficult to quote prices with accuracy. They may, however, be stated to rule from 80s to 190 s per ton. Foreign Potatoes are selling from 40s to 90s, at which several parcels have been taken by the cow-keepers. BOROUGB HOP re.aitnnue. From nearly all quarters our accounts respecting the appearance of the bine are very unfavourable. Holders are, therefore, firm, and will not 8(11 except at fully the late advance in the quotations. The amount of business doing is small, notwithstanding that the duty is called from 90,000/. to 100,0001. The actual appearance of the bine warrants no such amounts. Sussex pockets, 21 lOs to 31 10s; WTeald of Kent ditto, 21 15s to 41 4s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31_10s to 71 103 per cwt. WOOL. The total arrival of. Wool into London last week was confined to 164 bales from Hamburgh. The quan tity of Wool offering in the private contract market is by no means large. Really fine qualities command a steady sale, at full prices. In the middling and inferior kinds comparatively little business is doing. Tho stocks of colonial Wool in warehouse are about 45,000 bales. Now English Wools are quoted as follows:—Long South Down ewes and wedders, 94d to 10d; ditto, tegs, 10id 'to I Id; long Leicester ewes and wedders, with a portion of hoggs, 9d to *I; all hon.?, 101 to 11d; half-br. , d hogg', lid to lid; ditto ewes and wedders, chiefly Norfolk, 9d to 10d per lb. TALLOW. Although no arrivals of Tallow took place last week from any quarter, our market has ruled exceedingly flat, and prices have again had a downward tendency. To day very little business is passing, and P.Y.C. on the spot, is quoted at 38s 6d to 38s per cwt. For forward delivery so little i doing that prices are nominal. Town Tallow, 37s to 37s 3d per cwt, net cash; Rough Fat, 2s ld per 81hs. 1846. 1 1847, 1848. Stock this day . • .. • • Price of Y. C. •• .. Delivery last week. Ditto from June 1.. .. Arrivals last week - Ditto from June 1 ... 9,873 7,857 8,540 23,290 42s Od 503 9d 44s 6d to 38s 6d to Os Od to Os Od 45s Od to3Bs Od 360 953 1,897 ' 1,035 1,'{14 2,292 8,951 2,338 131 1,535 1,821 574 I 2,050 I 4,962 Price of Town ..... 42s Od 423 Od 153 s Od 147 s Od 39s 6d CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COUR P. (Before the RECORDER.) ASSAULTING WITH INTENT TO ROB.—Dennis Murray, aged 17, was placed at the bar charged with having as saulted a lad named William Lambert, in the employ of Mr. Fairy, watchmaker, Tooley-street, and attempting to rob him. It appeared from the evidence that, on. the 12th June, the prisoner observed Lambert receive several watches from his master to be delivered to his customers. Upon his coming into the street, the prisoner attacked him, and attempted to rob him, but was unable to effect his purpose. The jury immediately found the prisoner Guilty, and Tho RECORDER sentenced him to twelve months' im prisonment with hard labour. Gaoss AND MALICIOUS LlBEL.—James Winch, pub lisher, Barking, was charged with publishing a libel on the Rev. Robert Liddel, vicar of Barking, Essex. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. CLARESON stated the case to the jury; the pro secutor was a clergyman highly connected, and had been Vicar of Barking for some years; he bad of late been much annoyed by some articles contained in a penny publication called " Sam Sly," which had been exten sively circulated in Barking. and sold by the prisoner— one published on the 29th May, concerning the domes tics in the Rev. Gentleman's household was particularly offensive, and it was upon this the present charge was pref erred. Samuel Barford said he was gardener to the prose cutor, and purchased two papers from the prisoner, who exhibited them in his shop window; he had no doubt the articles were intended to apply to his master. Daniel Watkins, watchmaker, Barking, corroborated the evidence of the last witness. Rev. Robert Liddel—Has been Vicar of Barking, and lived there for the last thirteen years with his wile and family. He sent his gardener to purchase the papers at the prisoner's shop; there was not a shadow of truth in the article in question. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. • Mr. CLARKSON by deAre of the prosecutor recom mended the prisoner to mercy, as his wish was not so much . to punish as to put a stop to the publication. The RECORDER observing that it was a very dis graceful case, sentenced the prisoner to six months' mai. , prisonment. Three men, named Caffyn, Tredgold, and Cranch, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging them with being the publishers of the same paper. Tredgold being an apprentice of Caffyn's, was liberated on his own re cognizance, to receive sentence when called upon; Caffyn was sentenced to pay a fine of 10/., and to be imprisoned for 6 months; and Craneh to be imprisoned for 6 months. CRICKET.—(THIS DAY.) THE COUNTY OF SURREY, WITH HILLYER AND BOX, AGAINST ENGLAND. This match commenced this morning at Lord's. It is a very interesting match, and, no doubt, will be nume rously attended. The following is the score up to two o'clock:— SIMEON-FIRST INN - C.IGS. Martingell—st Chatterton, b Wisden Brockwell—e Esrom, b Lillywhite iiillyer—b Dean Box—not out Chester—not out ... 9 ... 57 ... 12 ... 0 .-.. 0 ••• ••• • ••• Byes, 4 ; w, 0 ; • n b, 0 Total ~ 82 ESCAPE FROM DROWNING DT A NEWFOUNDLAND Doo.—On Wednesday week, two young men from Wild's Theatre, in Chadwick Orchard, had hired a boat for a short excursion on the river Ribble. On their re turn they commenced the dangerous practice of " sky larking," when suddenly one of them fell backwards out of the boat, and immediately sunk. Fortunately, a party on the shore perceived the accident, and almost at the same moment when hearing the plunge, a powerful Newfoundland dog sprung into the river, and reached the spot just us the body rose. On the cap of the man presenting itself to view, it was seized by the dog, but being loosely tied it gave way, and the body sunk a second time. The dog, however, finding he had missed his object, abandoned the cap, and barking furiously, re turned in time to seize the drowning man by the arm as be again rose to the surface. This hold he cautiously relinquished, and the collar of the young man's coat was firmly grasped in the dog's pow e rf u l j aws , w h o swam with him, keeping his head above water till he reached the shore. Mr. Samuel Wild had by this time gone in to the poor fellow's assistance, but the dog was before him, otherwise he would have inevitably been drowned. He was carried to the nearest public-house, when it was thought lit© was extinct, bit upon the usual restoratives being resorted to, he began to show symptoms of reani mation. THE CLERGY OF CANTON.—In Canton there are one hundred and twenty-three temples, dedicated and consecrated to the three heathen sects, namely, T a ou, Baddh, and Ju - k ca-su, or Confucius ; to these various temples belong about 2,0 . 00 priests, and 1,00 0 nuns, who are maintained out of the funds appertaining to the several places of worship, the revenues of which arise from estates, and money bestowed by the Emperor, and wealthy individuals, for the maintenance of these temples of sin and vice. The priests an d nuns are a vile, dissolute, profligate, illiterate set, the former frequently seeking refuge in a temple, and becoming priests to avoid paying the penalty of theft or murder; whilst others will em brace the priestly profess ion, having no other means of livelihood, and from being too lazy to work. The revenues, set aside for the maintenance of temples, priests, and nuns in Canton, exceeds 103,3354—China and the Chinese. Gothic exemplars multiply apace, and architects are ensured a sate road, though it be a low one, and are saved the trouble of thinking. Soon there will be no thing left to draw but th e nail-holes, and this will pro bably be done, so that the medimval disposition of these may be rigorously followed. Re g arded as evidences of the spirit in which the Gothic architects proceed( d, and illustrations of the principles which guided them,—as materials for us to work with, and suggestions by means of which we may proceed onwards, th es e ill u strations are of great value ; but if used only f or the purpose of servile imitation, as is too much the ca se , so far from ad. vancing architecture amongst us, they will necessarily tend to stay its progress. Nothing great in art can be done without progressive efforts; retrogression, except so far as may be necessary to get out of a wrong road into the right one, is not the way forward.—Builder. A CHINESE HooAnru.—Upon closely examining these drawings, their manifold beauties became more and more apparent, and the opium smoker's progress would not alisgrace Hogarth, either for conception or handling; this series is painfully correct in all its details, as those ss'n u have watched the career of an opium devotee can testify; the accuracy and fidelity observed by Chinese artist s gene rally, contrasts strangely, and at times amusingly, with the attempts made by our own artists, to represent Chinese customs and manners. Lum-qua point e d o u t th ese ex traordinary discrepancies in an English work, saying, "Supposs Enytis man no plenty know why fo r t a lk li e pigeon all some rat ; m( tinh he plant,} fuolo: Chinaman no all some foolo, what see can do, what no see no can do;" and in these sentiments we coincide with Luna qua, the Sir Thomas Lawrence and the Hogarth of Ghlus.—China and the Chinese. 1845. 14,357 1 40s Od to 40s Gd 960 4,019 1,123 2,401 THE SUN TO THE SECRETARY OF THE METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday the 13th the House was engaged on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill; which being a subject connected with powerful interests, was discussed inch by inch, till the process came to a natural death by the arrival of six of the clock, when according to rule the Speaker adjourned the House. The question therefore stands as well as ever, for a second crop of prolonged argumentation. On Thursday on the motion for agreeing to Supply, the question of the Assent to the Canadian Bill MS brought forward in the shape of an amendment. The circumstances are most important. It will be in the recollection of all except the very young, that twelve years ago there was a resistance to the British Government in Canada. Whence it arose and how far it was justifiable, or at all events what was said on these points by different parties in the Howe of Commons and elsewhere, it is perhaps better to refer to the same kind of recollection, than to invite dispute in quarters where it may now be desirable to find accord. The resistance was unsuccessful ; and now the Canadians, acting through the majority of their legal representatives, have come to the exceedingly wise and praiseworthy decision, to bury the hatchet of these ancient animosities, and in aid of this to sub scribe out of their own revenues a sum to be applied to the relief of sufferings arising on all sides out of the transactions of the past. On which stands up the party in Canada, which, like one here, arrogates to itself the title of loyal, and though a minority not only in the general representation of Canada but in the portion of it which would be made by counting exclusively their own countrymen, demands that the relief shall be given only to one side, which of course is their own, and burns the Parliament House in Montreal by way of demonstrating the justice of their claim. A Tory rebellion in fact is going on in Canada, to resist the effort of the Legislature for the relief of a rebellion caused by Tories. Such is the case in Canada, and in England the corresponding chord vibrates, as in the two harps which asto nished the virtuosi of antiquity. Solemn motions must be made, with the effect of leaving nothing un said which can encourage " the roaring boys, On t'other side th' Atlantic," and show them that if they have burned one House of Parliament, they are backed in another. _ _ _ The Prime Minister debouched with a concentrated energy which might recal the remark in France on a leading sovereign of the last century—" When he is well screwed, he has a spring in him that is irre sistible." The debate after this was little more than words; and was adjourned till next day, in order that words might be increased. The idea seemed to have got abroad, that a section which often votes with Ministers was absent; and each side of the House for some time appeared to be manoeuvring to induce the other to call for the adjournment. On Friday the debate was continued to a late hour, without any marked re,ults except another powerful reply from the Prime Minister, fullowed by the very convincing division in his favour, of 291 against 150. You will perhaps ask me how it is, that I who was one of the very small band that stood by the Mem ber for Sheffield in what was designated from the Conservative benches on this night as " the defence of his clients the Canadian rebels," should be the one man whose name does not appear in the debate. I am quite conscious that the same question will be made in other places, with possibly the addi tion of requesting to be informed by which of the three cardinal defects of mind or character it was that this came about, or what might be the sop or gift which effected so marked and peculiar a holding of the peace. The answer is brief; I rose four times. As a military man must take in his hand not only his life but his reputation, and make up his mind to the danger that one like the other may by fortuitous circumstances be utterly shattered and destroyed ; so a man in the House of Commons, who does not hold the position of one of the recognised babblers and brawlers, must cultivate no squeamishness as to the effect which may be .pro duced by his not being allowed to be heard. If, to quote a saying of the Member for Sheffield, he was " in an agony about a tax'd cart," he . ,would be listened to .with reverential attention to any assignable extent. But if he is not concerned with tax'd carts, he must take the chance of meeting all inquirers with the de fence, that he rose four times. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, June 18, 1849. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ROBBING A LUNATIC. At the Central Criminal Court on Saturday, Charles Simpkin and Henry Bond were indicted for a robbery, under the following singular circu instances: — The prosecutor was a person named Manuel De Sa Pemantel, a Portuguese, who bad been for many years in the service of a well known London banker, and by his industry and thrifty conduct had acquired a small independency. Unfortunately he was afflicted with an aberration of intellect, which rendered it necessary that he should become an inmate of Bethlehem Hospital, but, under judicious treatment there, he recovered his reason and was removed in February last, ostensibly for the purpose of his wife testing whether his cure was permanent, but in reality for the purpose of getting his dividends at the Bank of England, as there was no instrument executed by which any other person could receive them. A man of the name of Turner was em ployed as attendant to Mr. Pemantel, and they went to the Bank together, and received two dividend warrants, one of which Pemantel got cashed, and the other he took home with the cash. His wife had been in the habit of consulting Simpkin on different matters, and as soon as the money was received, there was a disposition to get the husband back to Bethlehem, on the ground that he was again becoming insane. Simpkin took the neces sary steps for this, and at his suggestion the assistance of the prisoner Bond, and one Boyd was procured. Mrs. Pemantel heard Simpkin say that _Turner had done for them by splitting, and telling his mother that they meant to rob Pemantel, and consequently she was on the alert. On the morning when her husband was to be removed to Bethlehem the prisoners and three others went to Pemanters house, and Bond, who was a kind of amateur lawyer, told Pemantel that be had a written authority to remove him ha& to Bethlehem, and to take possession of all his money, and showing him a straitwaistcoat, threatened to put it on him if he did not instantly give his money over. Under this threat he did so, and the prisoners then walked off, abusing Mrs. Pemantel shamefully, when she requested them to restore the money. As they refused to do so, the police were called into requisition, and it was then discovered that Bond had appropriated the note to his own purposes by paying it as a deposit on the purchase of an interest in some property he had been negotiating for jointly with Simpkin. These facts coming to the knowledge of the Alleged Lunatics'Friend Society (upon which some high eulogiuma were pronounced in court), they thought it one of such publio interest that they came for ward arid prosecuted. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Huddlentone were for the prose cution; Mr. Robinson for Simpkins. Mr. Robinson cross-examined Mr. Pemantel as to the exact position in which he and his wife stood towards each other. The only facts elicited of any material in terest were that up to the period of his going.into Beth lehem he had lived happily with 'her; that he did not considered himself at all deranged in mind; that he did not know where his wife's residence was; and that since the robbery he had been an inmate of Marylebone work house. Several of her Majesty's Yeomen of the Guard said that the prisoner Simpkins had been for seven or eight years in her Majesty's service at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Ile was discharged about two years ago from being absent from duty when a fire oc curred. They did not know that he had been charged with stealing a dog belonging to the Queen. The prisoners were found Guilty. A police officer swore that Simpkin had been in eus ;ody for stealing a dog belonging to one of the Royal They were sentenced each to six months' hard labour. ANOTHER FAILURE OF THE LAND SCHEME.-.--We notice that the Shepping House and Church Farm estates, situate at Mathon, on the borders of Worcester shire and Herefordshire, are to be publicly offered for sale by Mr. E. Russell in the course of this present month. These two valuable properties were amongst the purchases made some time since by Mr. Feargus O'Connor for the purpose of his land scheme, but, for reasons best known to himself, the Hon. Member has not completed the purchase of either, but has preferred forfeiting the deposit money. Hence the estates are once more brought into the market.— Worcester Herald. THE DANISH. BLOCKADE.- The General Steam Navigation Company's mail-packet Trident, Captsin Morriss, which arrived at Blackwell early yesterday evening from Hamburgh, reports having passed the Danish blockading squadron, consisting of three frigates and a steam-vessel, off the island of Heligoland. They maintained the strictest blockade of the rivers Elbe and Weser. At the hour of departure of the Trident a great fire was raging in Hamburgh. Particulars not known. We understand that William Chambers, Esq., the eminent Edinburgh publisher, has bought the fine estate of Glenormiston, in his native county of PcchleA. The sum given is stated to be slightly exceeding 25,0001, a mo derate price, but showing no great diminution in the value of laud. We cordially congratulate our friend on his accession to his new territorial honours. His talents, public spirit, and love of the country will render him 'ln excellont and valuable laird, and the bucolic ranks will be the better for an infusion of literature. He may re member the q uaint advice given in an old a IMatiack of Charles tile Second's time, quoted by Scott, in which the reader is recommended to walk a mile or two every 'l:doming before bre,kfast in the month of June, and it he can possibly so manage it to let his exercise be taken upon his own land. This very agreeable way of enjoying the country air Mr. Chambers now possesses. lie may pen articles under the shade of his own trees, and like the happy old Corycian in, Virgil, live on the corn and fruits of his own growth and plantation. his wonderful little three-halfpenny sheet has fairly beat the large fourpence halfpenny folios ; but the brotherhood of the Fress will all rejoice in the success of their potent who, with his congenial and liatei 11;11 partn e r, lit done i so much for the cause o f i nte l ligence—for d and (in the best sense of th e t erm) for t e p o ` p ° l 2 11 _ . vernen Courier. 155 LONDON, MONDAY EVEN INS-. JUNE 18, 1419, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SOIREE. The second soirée took place at the Hanover-square Rooms, on Saturday evening, and was very numerously and influentially attended by parties interested in the , Australian colonies. Amongst those present were—Wm. Hutt, M.P., in the chair; Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., Lord A. Lennox, Sir E. Belcher, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir J. Carmichael, James Matheson, EA., M.P.; H. A. Aglionby, Esq., M.P.; R. M. Milnes, Esq., M.P.; C. B. Adderley, Esq. ' M.P.• A. Godly, Esq., M.P.; E. Divett, Esq., M.P.; J. Anderson, Esq., M.P.; Mark Boyd, Esq., J. Simeon,Esq., M.P. • E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., &c. Ste., and about 300 ladies and gentlemen. The speeches were of considerable interest as regards the Australian colonies, but the address that had imme diate reference to emigration was that of Mr. Mark Boyd, in introducing whom Mr. HUTT said, it afforded hint much gratification to call upon his friend Mr. Mark Boyd, a gentleman who must be well known to them from his extensive connexion with our Australian colonies, and his philanthropic and influential exertions in the cause of emigration. To Mr. Boyd were those colonies deeply indebted as their steady friend and supporter, and he regarded his presence there that evening with the more pleasure, as giving additional interest to their proceedings. Mr. Maim BOYD said—After the eloquent speeches we have heard, especially that of the Right Honourable Member for the University of Oxford, I confess that I feel some hesitation in addressing this meeting, but being called upon by you, sir, the tried friend to coloni zation, and e hose name is identified in grateful remem brance with our Australian colonies, I shall best show my appreciation of the compliment paid me, by tres passing very briefly on your patience. I had the plea sure of attending the South Australian Soirée last year, and heard your lucid opinions on the important national objects for which we are again met, and although I then looked forward to similar successful reunions, I acknow ledge that, notwithstanding the indefatigable exertions of Mr. Ridgway, the warm friend of our colonies, I did not anticipate the brilliant assembly of to-night. I can only account for my name being brought forward on this occasion, from having been associated with some friends in the formation of the Colonization Society, who have laboured assiduously and anxiously in disseminating in formation, and affording assistance, as far as in our power, to those anxious to serve in our colonies. It would be ungrateful were I to omit acknowledging, on this or any other occasion, how much the success of the society is attributable to the powerful assistance rens demi it by the public press of this country, whose columns wale liberally devoted to copious accounts of its proceedings, as well as to able commentaries in advocacy of its objects. In the presence of the ladies I may mention that amongst the most gratifying results of the labours of the society have been the formation of kindred asso ciations of ladies in different Farts of the country—a measure first originated and matured by my friend and colleague in the Colonization Society, Mr. Logan, from New South Wales, and for which it is but fair to state we are deeply indebted to that gentleman. I need scarcely point out in this meeting the advantages of such societies, many of the duties devolving on which are without the scope of any committee of gentlemen. For to whom can the poor arid timid female better resort for guidance and assistance in taking such a step, which is always met with more or less difficulty, than to those of her own sex, who can best understand her wants and best employ their sympathies in relieving them? The first of these as‘ociations was formed at Brighton, where Mr. John Chapman, in that spirit of philanthropy for which he is so distinguished, carried out Mr. Logan's sug gestions, and assembled a committee of ladies, whose services have been beyond all praise in the cause of fe male emigration. It is quite remarkable now to watch the increasing interest in our Australian colonies. In look ing at the Post-office Shipping List," I observe the number of vessels fitting out for different distant ports from London to be eighty-seven, of which forty are for our Australian colonies. With pride I state that the shipowners have entered into this measure of emigration in a very liberal spirit, no sordid feeli ng b e i ng s hown in carrying out this great national undertaking. The ships aro uni formly of the best description, well found and ably commanded, and every readiness manifested to fulfil to the letter the intructions of the Colonial-office and the Commissioners of Emigration. In confirmation of this I may mention that, during the twenty months which have elapsed since this active emigration to Aus tralia commenced, no emigrant ship bound to our Aus tralian colonies from Great Britain, that we have heard of, has met with au accident. Ido not, lam sure, re quire to . inform the ladies in this new era, when they come forward to assist us in so important a national question, that in promoting emigration, and relieving the distressed at home, they are aiding our commerce by creating a body of most valuable customers for British ,manufactures, as well as attached friends for British connexion, who will be the means of increasing the production of the staples on which our manufac turers depend, and further drawing forth those great mineral treasures which have already constituted so much of the prosperity of South Australia, and indica tions of which are daily presenting themselves in other of the Australian colonies. Nothing so clearly proves the vast field there is for the absorption of the surplus labour of England in Australia, and the illimitable extent of her undeveloped re sources, than to find that hitherto, with all the emigration, wages in the colony have as yet but very slightly declined. The ladies will be sur prised and distressed to learn that, from want of popula tion in New South Wales to consume the food of that bounteous land, not less than 786,000 sheep and cattle were slaughtered in one year for the tallow alone. This is a sad reflection when we see the distress that prevails in the mother country, and know that crime in many instances is committed to gain admittance to our prisons, where food is more bountifully supplied than in our poor-houses. I had a letter last week from a magistrate of Yorkshire who takes much interest in the question of emigration, in which he mentions that he had sent five persons to prison on a charge of incendiarism who bad committed the offence to get into prison. What a diffe rent result had these deluded people emigrated! I beg to offer my apology, especially atter my promise to be brief, for occupying so much of your time; and in again thank ing you for the honour you have dune me in connecting my name with the cause of emigration, I have only to state that my friends and myself, in promotieg this question, have felt it as a duty to the mother country, at the same time laying the foundation of great and lasting prosperity for her colonies. The company separated at half-past eleven o'clock. THE HOTEL PROPRIETORS. A petition, of which the folloa ing is a copy, was pre sented to the House of Commons on Friday last by Mr. Masterre an : "The Humble Petition of the undersigned Proprietors of Hotels, Taverns, and Victualling Houses in London and its neighbourhood, "Most humbly sheweth: " That your petitioners are proprietors and keepers of hotels, taverns, and houses licensed and used for the sale of wines and spirituous liquors and the general accom modation of her Majesty's subjects. "That before your petitioners obtain licenses to em bark in their respective trades, and to enable them to provide accommodation for the public, a considerable outlay is required, frequently at a total sacrifice of capi tal and exertion, and at present, from depression of trade and concurrent circumstances, with but precarious pros pect of return for their investment. " That the position of your petitioners, as traders, has become of late years more hazardous from the easy tran sit by railway of persons who, when formerly visiting the metropolis, were by their stay the inmates and sup porters in trade of your petitioners; and also by the de parture for country residence of many who used with their families to reside in this great metropolis, and by their dealings with your petitioners, greatly contributed to their success in trade. " That, notwithstanding their loss of business from the causes alleged, your petitioners are compelled (in the hope that a respectable appearance may aid them),to keep up their houses and establishments at a great expense. " That, besides the large rents to which your peti tioners are subject, and the expenses contingent upon oc cupying spacious houses, your petitioners are obliged to retain trustworthy servants for the protection of the property of the public visiting their establishments. " That the Parliamentary and parochial calls upon your petitioners are so frequent and burdensome as to hinder them of a fair chance of profit and return for the exertion and anxiety in their respective trades. " That of the heavy and pressing claims upon your pe titioners, the charge under the head of assessed taxes is most unequal and unjust, because it imposes upon them a tax in respect of their trade premises, trade servants, apprentices, and even labourers, equally with the noble men and gentlemen who use their mansions and keep livery servants for their own individual comfort, whilst your petioners are too frequently obliged to rent large houses and keep servants in the anticipation of profit, which, for the reasons urged, does not accrue. " That your petitioners, in submitting the inequality and hardship of being similarly charged for their trade premises, trade servants, apprentices, and laboures, with noblemen and gentlemen, whose mansions and servants so largely contribute to the luxuries enjoyed, beg leave most humbly to assure your Honourable House that they do not desire to shrink from their fair and equal share of taxation with their fellow-tradesmen, but would cheer fully submit thereto. " That your petitioners beg leave most humbly to draw the attention of your Honourable House to the afore- going statement of facts, their present liability to window tax upon their trade houses, the increasing and heavy rates of duty charged for their trade servants, appren tices, and labourers, and also to the charges for servants detiganted ' waiters'—burdens to which no other trade is liable; and your petitioners most humbly and ear nestly beg that your Honourable House will consider of the hardship of their case, and bs pleased to grant them such relief as may seem to your Honourable House to be just and proper." This petition was signed by upwards of 220 of the most respectable proprietors and occupiers of the hotels and victualling houses in London, and deserves the serious attention of the Legislature. CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—On Saturday Mr. Claude Lyon, Mr. radii) F3 . l7de( v, ard Mr. Frederick Beek(ord, appeared before the magistrates at Richmond, on a charno of hzving obstructed the police in the execution of their duty. Mr. Bull, the landlord of the Castle Hotel, Richmond, was implicated in the affair. The defendants had been dining at the Castle, and, previous to leaving, amused themselves by throwing a quantity of oranges, and other things, at the two opposite houses. Mr. Abbott and Mr. Brewer took offence at their con -1 duct, and remonstrated, hut without effect. The police wen: then clled, and a regular row ( nsued; Th 6 court , end, ulti mately, th, caonstables wei-e severely L e aten. a tt e r hearing the evidence, a fine of 51. each on Messrs. Lyon and Sydney; and Messrs. Deckford and • Bull wen A 20g, each, BRIT ISH INSTITUTION. An exhibition (of annual recurrence), is now open in the galleries of the British institution, Pall-mall, consisting of 144 paintings by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, French, and English masters, these pictures being lent for public exhibition from the private collections of the proprietors. If any true lover of art is anxious to obtain a treat of the highest and most intellectual kind, that treat he may obtain by a visit at this time to the British Institution. We regretted to observe that the three noble rooms at that establishment were but scantily attended the other morning when we visited it; although our regret was peculiarly of an unselfish kind, seeing that the small attendance materially facilitated our own inspection of the paintings. Several of these pictures are not only the works of men renowned in every civilized country, but they are works themselves of individual celebrity—works many of them familiar ized to the masses through the medium of innu merable engravings. For example there is No. SO, "John Kemble as Coriolanus,' by Sir Thomas Lawrence —standing grandly and gloomily in almost colossal proport ions in the dark hall of his enemy, revealed only in the folds of his cloak by the fire smouldering on the hearthstone. There is No. 114, the celebrated portrait of " Cur ran," by the same artist, from the collection of Sir Robert Peel—that half sour, half sad, half droll, quite Irish face of the great wit and orator—humour twinkling in his eyes, and intellect gleaming from his forehead,, seen between the black locks of his slovenly but glossy hair. There is also, No. 126, the celebrated " Portrait of Admiral Keppel," from the brush of Sir Joshua Reynolds. No. 140. The portrait, by Guisto Subtermans, of "Starry Galileo;" a portrait well known in this country, through the engraving in the Gallery of Portraits, published by Charles Knight, for the society of Useful Knowledge. Besides these, there is No. 120, Wilkie's famous " Blindman's Buff," from the collection belonging to her Majesty, and his (No. 118), if possible, still more famous " Rent Day," to say one word in commendation of which would be frivolous, because superfluous. N 0.104. " The Hookabardar," by Sir David Wilkie, not so well known, is for some reasons still more interesting, seeing that it is evidently one of those studies from life with which hp had so richly stored his portfolios, _during that oriental journey from which the Scottish Hogarth was destined never to return alive. Nos. 105 and 107 are singularly curious portraits in miniature of Jeanne D'Albert, Reine de Navarre, and Henri D'Albert, Roi de Navarre, by Janet. Hard, cold, and glittering like enamel, they are nevertheless perceptibly vivid likenesses, and for that reason are infinitely estimable. No. 124. " The Towneley Gallery," by Zoffani. The more we lock at it the more we feel ourselves carried back bodily to the distance of a century and a half, to the time of lappelled waistcoats and powdered wigs. That old peer, with the red rheum in his eyes, who is turning over a folio on his knees, at the left-hand corner, as a student runs over the leaves of his lexicon to find out a word, is all but living and breathing. Let any nervous lady look another way rather than at No. 83, the " Lion and the Mouse," by Rubens and Snyder. The Lord of the Forest is worthy of the gorgeous brush of Sir Peter Paul ; the dental efforts of the mouse seem to be superfluous when contrasted with the muscular powers of the rampant lion. The lion is rending, half upright, through the network, his eyes flashing, his jaws opening, revealing the red gums and white teeth, roaring for freedom, with his paws extended and every nail bristling out. Of the other pictures we may refer especially to (No. 86) the " Frost Piece," by J. Ostade ; (No. 18) " A Scene on the Ice," by Cuyp ; (No. 9) " A. Girl with a Letter," by Greuze ; (No. 40) the im mortal " Virgin and Child, with St. Ann," by Leonardo da Vinci ; (No. 52 ) " Th e head of a Man," by the divine Raffaelle ; (No. 62) an elegant Venus and Cupid," by Paggi ; and, fothough last, not least in our dear love," Turner's two extraordi nary pictures (No. 38), " The Wreck of a Transport Ship," and (No. 43) " The Opening of the Vintage of Mficon"—in viewing the latter of which we could not help thinking of the ingratitude received by Lamartine from the people of Macon, a place only illustrious because it had the glory of giving him birth. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. To clothe knowledge in such a garb as to make it pa latable to all classes is a task of the utmost difficulty, and since the establishment of the Polytechnic Institution it has ever been the study of its managers to overcome this step in the advancement of learning. There will be found ample food for thinking minds in the models and specimens deposited in the museum of the institution; for the searchers after deeper information will be found lectures replete with elementary and natural philosophy. A lecture on botany, by Mr. Graham, is at present delivered in a form quite comprehensive to the beginner of that beautiful science. In experimental and natural philosophy Doctor Bachhoffner is expatiating on the method of ventilating mines by the steam-jet, a subject just on the eve of forming a discussion in the House of Commons, and also on the public subject, light, in which the most brilliant luminaries, the electric, the lime, and the buds lights are exhibited together, enabling the spectator to form comparisons in his own mind of the value of each, either as an object of commerce or cu riosity. For those who are desirous of spending an hour of pleasantry blended with much sterling inform& tion, Mr. James Russell, late of Drury-lane Theatre, is giving a lecture on character, illustrated with his usual delightful comic style of singing, which compeli those who are his auditors to laugh almost against their will. The lecture has been attended by large and highly re spectable audiences, who testified their approbation by loud and continued applause. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—MR. BUNN'S BENEFIT —This annual ceremony is fixed for Monday next, the 25th inst., when a series of entertainments are offered to the public, in themselves of the most attractive kind and re udered doubly so from the fact of their being sup ported by some of the first talent with which the metro polis is now so rich. We are to have genuine comedy and farce, a sprinkling of ballet, and the choicest of musical morteaux, in the execution of which native and foreign talent struggle for pre-eminence. Useful as all this delightful entertainment must be to the beneficiaire. Mr. Bunn might fairly rest his claims to public pa tronage on the exertions he has made for so many years, on this his famous scene of action, to gratify and amuse the town. It is to him alone that we owe the present advanced state of our musical drama, who has not only given every encouragement to our composers, but esta blished the reputation of most of our first singers. There can be no doubt of Mr. Bunn having, as usual, as full an audience as Drury-lane can hold. LEAMINGTON SPA, JUNE 16.—The late festival, to inaugurate Hollins's statue of Dr. Jephson, passel off in a manner worthy of the fame of that celebrated medi cal practitioner. As one amongst the most attractive features of the summer season, it proved highly success ful, as regarded the influx of visitors, a considerable portion of whom still remain at the Spa, to partake of the medicinal springs and participate in its unceasing round of public amusements. The Tyler family con tinue their performances daily, and we are on the eve of a visit from Mr. Macready, whose reception at our new and elegant theatre, so speedily after his treatment at the hands of a low and brutal section of the Trans- Atlantic democracy, will no doubt be one of the most enthusiastic kind. The "great event," however, of the ensuing week will be the celebration of the Queen's ac cession, when the Jephson's Gardens will be the scene of festivities upon a large scale—the leading attraction to the denizens of the nei g hbourhood being Lieutenant Gale's monstre balloon, "The Royal Cremorne." The latest arrivals include the names of Lord Elphinstone, Viscount Canterbury, the Bishop of Victoria, Lord Riddlesdale ' Admiral Sir George and Lady Cockburn , Lord and Lady John Scott, Sir James Ritchlieu, Vene rable Archdeacon Croft, Mr. Algernon Percy, &c. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Saturday night, shortly after ten o'clock, a fire involving a considerable destruc tion of property, broke out in a long range of prem'ses,, occupied conjointly by Mr. Jonathan Clark, biscuit baker, and Mr. Thomas Smith Gordon, a cabinet-maker and ship-joiner, situate in Orange-court, Great Her mitage-street, St. George-in-the-East. The flames commenced in the lower floor, in the tenure of the first named party, and although assistance was promptly at hand, and every endeavour made to arrest the progress of the fire, the flames continued to mount most fearfully until Mr. Clark's property presented one immense sheet of flame. So great was the light caused by the confla gration, that information of the disaster was almost simultaneously forwarded to the whole of the fire stations in town, and forthwith the engines of the London and West of England establishments started to the scene, on reaching which the firemen found not merely the pro perty above-named enveloped in flames, but the adjoining premises, on either side, were also burning. Plenty of water being at band , the whole force was brought to bear upon the flames, by which means their further ex tension was cut off, but it was nearly twelve o'clock before they could be extinguished, and not until the whole of Mr. Clark's premises were totally destroyed, and the damaged contents of Mr. Gordon's workshops consumed, nothing reefmthaein adjoining walls.ingofeith p er re b m u i i s ld es in n g ,e b r u e t na th is e e o m ut a e t r erialiyd Several ged by the action of the fire. DEPARTURE OF THE lIIBERNIA.—LIVERPOOL, SA TURDAY EVENINO.—The North American Royal Mail steam-ship Hibernia, under the command of Captain Laing, took her departure for New York, via Halifax, this afternoon. She had a large number of passengers on board, and the usual wet kiy mails for C,nada and the United States, in charge of Lieutenant Raymond, RN., Admiralty agent. The Caledonia may be ex pected its the course cf Monday. STATE OF THE IRON TRADE.—BIRMINGLIAM, SATURDAY.—The iron trade remains in much the same state as reported last week. In many instances sales are effected at much lower prices than those agreed upon three wet lee ego. Nail roads, which last quarter day brow lit 81. per toe, ar e now at 61. 10i. so 61. I:3i. ; bars, b 1 in April 81. 10 s. , n ow 61. 155. ; and pig at 31. 10s., now at 2/. 15e., or even 21. 10s. There has been a further re duction in the price of coal. LITERATURE THE ENCHANTED DOLL ; a Fairy Tale. By Mark Lemon. The " little people," for whom this little book is designed, have much cause to be grateful to Mark Lemon and Richard Doyle, who have written and illustrated one of the most delightful children's books that have appeared for a considerable period. Neither should printer or publisher (Messrs. Bradbury and Evdns) be forgotten ; for seldom has a volume, whether for children or grown persons, appeared in more attractive guise. The printing is beautifully clear, every page is surrounded with a coloured mar gin, illustrations are plentifully scattered throughout the volume, and the binding is of the palest pink, lined with the brightest blue. The hero of the story is one Jacob Pouts, whose name is a fair indication of his dissatisfied character. This Jacob is by trade a doll maker, but instead of labouring- for his living, he passes his time in idleness and in envying of the good fortune of his very industrious opposite neighbour. Far be it from us to reveal the mysteries of the tale— we will do no more than mention the name of the Fairy Malice, we will pass over the marvellous pro perties of the enchanted doll, and the history of Tony Stubbs (the industrious workman), and " Pretty Dorothy Kersey," the alderman's daughter. We will say nothing of the bear•baiting (illustrated by the pencil of Doyle)—we leave the romance of the Fairy Tale, and the interest of a Tale of London in Old Times unspoiled, the better to repay the curiosity of the little readers of the " Enchanted Doll." One fact, however, is too important to pass over—Jacob, the doll-maker, cured of his malice, was commis sioned by the Lord Mayor to manufacture two of the largest dolls in the kingdom. The narrator of his history does not vouch for the fact, but he tells us that it is more than suspected that those two identical dolls are Gog and Magog. SYBIL ; a Soul's History. By J. Innis Minchin, Author of " Trafford." On the title-page of this volume we find the fol lowing beautiful sentence from Savage Landor : " The poet must take man from God's hands, must looki into every fibre of his heart and brain, must be able to take the magnificent work to pieces, and to reconstruct it." Mr. Miuchin, in accordance with this advice, has endeavoured to make his characters natural and his delineations .truthful. Sybil is a tale of mingled passion and pathos, related in pleasing verses. It is preceded by " the romaunt of Lord Roland," an intended companion-piece to Miss Barratt's " Courtship of Lady Geraldine." In " Lord Roland," as in " Sybil," we occasionally meet with some beautiful line or happy expression, and also not unfrequently with some common-place idea, which converts the sublime into the ridiculous, as, for ex ample, in the following stanzas:— " So at last the secret left me, I could bear the weight no longer; I must tell it al, despite the throbs and tightening at my chest — I must know my fate, although that knowledge prove an anguish stronger Than the never.ceasing burden of a passion un confest." The last line is good, but the " tightening at the chest" gives to the whole passage, in our mind, an air of the ludicrous. The story of " Sybil" is interesting and narrated in an interesting manner. Towards the close of the narration, in allusion to the hopeless love of Vivian for Sybil, we find the following contradic tion to the old adage that love cannot live without hope. The expression in the second line, " keeps the spirit sure," we cannot pretend to understand, but the fourth line is most beautiful; it is the best line and the best thought in the volume. " Even without hope, Love lives on its own being, Its holy influence keeps the spirit sure, It purifies the soul, the world unseeing, . " Hope's very absence makes the passion pure. Parts CON. CREGAIV", the Irish Gil Bias. V. and VI. These parts are as full of fun, frolic, and adventure as any of their predecessors. In the course of the adventures Con. runs through the whole civilized part of North America from Quebec to New Orleans, and we leave him in Part VI. on the eve of acting on Colonel Crockett's maxim— " When things go wrong, and tease and vex us, Cut stick, and go ahead in Texas." KING DOBBS : Sketches in Ultra-Marine. ..1:1y James Hannay. Parts V. and VI. These parts complete this most amusing of nautical tales. The illustrations are by Alfred Ashley, and are full of spirit. As a marine painter Alfred Ash ley approaches nearer to Nicholas Pocock than does any living artist. We hope shortly to have the plea sure of again meeting Messrs. Hannay and Ashley, and in the meantime we recommend all those who are in search of amusement to take a cruise under the flag of his Majeaty King Dobbs. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales. Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, honoured the performance of the French Plays, at the St. James's Theatre, on Saturday afternoon, with their presence. The Royal suite con sisted of the Countess of Desert, Hon. Lucy Kerr, Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Colonel Bouverie. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, also honoured the performance with their pre sence. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back on Saturday, attended by Col. Bouverie. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and Gentlemen of th© Court, and the do mestic household, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, attended Divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg z3trelite attended Divine service yesterday morning in St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. Lady Augusta Cadogan and Nlr. Edmond Mildmay were in waiting on their Royal flighne,ses. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar left town on Saturday for Germany. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Rus sell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Eat 1 of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, E:arl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John llobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Council sat two hours and a half. Senor Molina, the Costa Rican Minister, transacted business at the Foreign-office on Saturday, on behalf of the Republic of Guatemala. The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, had an in terview with Lord John Russell on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. His Excellency also transacted business on Saturday at the Foreign-office. M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Satur day, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation on .the subject of the harbour of Port patrick, consisting of the Marquis of Londonderry, the Earl of Galloway, Lord Castlereagh, Lord Drumlanrig, Lord Newry, Lord Seaham, Lord Dufferin, General Hunter Blair, Mr. John Dalrymple, M.P., Sir John Rennie, Colonel M'Douall, Sir John M•Taggart, M.P., Admiral Sharp, Liitenant• Colonel Stopford Blair, Mr. A. Neil Caird, and Mr. John C. Moore, had an interview with Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, Sir Francis Baring, and the Marquis Cla.nricarde, on Saturday, at the official residence of Lord John Rus sell, in Downing street. Lord Monteagle -transacted business at the office of the Commissioner of Railways, in the Board of Trade, on Saturday. Dispatches were sent off from the Colonial-office, on Saturday evening, for the Governor of the West India colonies. Lord and Lady John Russell dined with the Arch bishop of Canterbury and Miss Sumner, on Saturday, at Lambeth Palace; and in the evening went to their re sidence at Richmond Park. Lord and Lady John Russell will receive a distinguished party at dinner, at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, on Saturday, the 23d June. The Dukes of Wellington and Leeds, the Duchess of St. Albans, and the Marquis and Marchioness of Salis bury, attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The service was read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. J. S. Anderson. POST•OFFICE NOTICE.—On and after Tuesday, the 19th iust., a bag of letters for Ire land will be made up at this office to be dispatched by the express train, which leaves the Euston- square station at five P.M. (Sundays excepted). posted at the receiving offices L London before two 1...31. ; at the branch offices e in Lo m bard-street, Borough, Cha ring-cross, and Old Cavendish street, before three p.m.; and at the General Post-office, St. M a riin's-le-Grand, before 3.30 P.M., and they will arrive in Dublin early the following morning. Newspapers will not be forwarded by this afternoon ma]. SERIOUS ATTACK AND GALLANT STRUGGLE. —As one of the apprentices of Messrs. Maltby and B Rich Hill, ard son, drapers, Mansfield , wa s returning fromßerry between nine and ten o'clock in the evening of Friday last, be was furiously attacked by two dogs, belonging, one of them seized it is said, to one of the gamekeeprs; him by his leg, and the other at the same moment at his throat. The young hero, however, with sprang almost uni,recedent ed courage and self-p o ssession, seized the latter assailant by his throat, and a determined struggle on both sides ensued, which might have ter minated very seriously to the young man but for the lucky thought of a draper's never failing companion, a P air of scissors, which he used most manfully, and effec , tually succeeded at last in killing the savage brute by I actually piercing his heart with the scissors. The you n , 1 man has been compelled to discontinue his duties in con k sequeoce of the severe bite in one of his legs. It is not on ly disgr.ceful, hut illegal, to permit such slva , r dogs e to lie at large , and it is to be ho p ed the commt.ssioners t (who have the power) will intertere_, and prevent the • possibility of a s imila r occurrence happening again.— Araitinghani Guardian, ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB MATCH. The adjourned sailing match of 3achts belonging to this club, for two prizes of a silver cup with 80 sove reigns, and a silver cup and 40 sovereigns, took place on Saturday last, between Erith and the Nore. The beau tiful :new steam-packet Jupiter, by Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., was engaged by the club to take the members and its friends to witness the trials of millings, and ac cordingly embarked both at London-bridge and Black wall a very large party, which included the Noble Com modore, Lord Alfred Paget, Vice• Commodore Captain Farwell, the Hon. Captain Devereux, R.N., Major Bingham, Captain Ellis, R.N., Mr. Williams, M.P., Mr. O'Connell, MX., Mr. Miller, Lieut. Freestun, R.N., Captain Maude, the Hon. H. T. L. Corry, M.P., Captain Newton, Captain Cumberland, Captain Barker, and very many ladies. Messrs. Mare and Bolt, with a small party on board, were present in the former gentleman's steam-vessel, and the Dryad, Woolwich steam-packet, and a Water man's steamer were also there, with crowded decks. There was likewise numerous squadron of vessels under sail, besides those engaged in the trial, among which was the Marquis of Anglesey'a yacht Pearl, with the Noble Marquis, the Duke of Beaufort and party, the Bianca, the Alarm, the Enchantress, the Belvidere, &c. The morning was dull, but the weather brightened as the day advanced, although the wind fell lighter every hour as it approached towards noon, and then the Jupiter reached the starting place, there was some little appre hension that it would be another drifting match. Here, however, were the following competitors, on board of each of which the commodore proceeded to give his instructions. Yacht. FIRST CLASS. From 50 to 20 tons, both inclusive. Tons. Owner's Name. Musquito 5O William Flamank, Esq. Cynthia 5O Juhn Wicks, Esq. Secret 25 George Whitehead, Esq. Cygnet 35 H. Lanabton, Esq. SECOND CLASS, Under 20 tons to 10 tons, inclusive. Tons. Owner'. Name. Yacht. --- Pearl l2 T. and J. M. Wanhill, Esqs. Frolic 12 Alfred Cox, Esq. Foam 19i Richard Antrem, Esq. Sea Nymph lO C. Wheeler, jun., Whisper 15 Thomas Eveleigh, Esq. The Hilda and Daring, first class boats, were entered but did not start. The Musquito (iron boat, built by Mare) 'was evidently the favourite, as she beat every thing in, and most yachts out of the Thames during last season; but there were those who took some fancy, and some odds, too, in favour of the Cynthia, purposely built by Messrs. Wanbill, of Poole, to contend with the for mer. The only other new boat was the Pearl, of Poole. At one minute past twelve o'clock the starting gun was fired from the Commodore's steamer, and the two little fleets were quickly under canvas, the very li'ht wind being a little to the eastward of N. The Pearl was the first to slip off, followed by the Frolic and Foam, the two latter being the first to set their gafftopsails. The Cynthia, Secret, and Musquito were next in order, but the start was so even that all may be said to have got away at the same time. All the yachts, with the exception of the Musquito, passed as much to windward as they could, but. this vessel made the short cut direct to the Long Reach Point ; the longest w. 5 round, however, proved to be the quickest, for what the Mosquito gained in distance she not only lost in not having the force of the current to assist her; but she had to contend against the eddy. This was a fatal mistake at first starting, and one which the Mos quito never recovered, although her ultimate defeat must be ascribed to other causes. In Long Reach the wind had so lulled that it was nothing but draft and drift, and souse idea of the progress of the vessels may be formed when we state that the fleetest of the squadron was nearly 17 minutes in going over the measured mile. At length, by fits and starts, they reached Greenhithe, when a little breeze sprang up, which drew the Mus quito into the fourth place, with the Secret close up. The Musquito continued to gain on the leaders while the breeze lasted, and when off Gravesend was second, the Cynthia still maintaining a good lead; the Foam, W hisper, Cygnet, Secret, Frolic, and Sea Nymph bring ing up the rear. In the lower end of Gravesend Reach, the wind freshened, and the second-class boats shifted their balloon jibs for second jibs. The Cynthia be haved admirably, working to windward through Sea Reach, and lost nothing of the advantage she had previously gained, but wo observed that she was not near so stiff as the Musquito. A slight squall, ac companied with rain, came down in Sea Reach, but it did not alter the position of the boats. Immediately after this little brush the wind lulled again, and the Cygnet crept up to the second place. The yachts, however, did little more than drift until the tide was spent, when the Commodore ordered the steamer to be brought to about a mile below Chapman's Head. A signal was made for the boats to round the steamer, which they did in the following order:— H. N. 8 H. N. a. Cynthia 3 4 48 Pearl 3 34 40 Cygnet Musquito Foam 3 28 55 Sea Nymph ... 3 47 50 Secret A very interesting contest took place between the Foam and the Secret in going round. The latter, having made a short board, tried to cross the Secret's bow, and weather cn her. The latter, however, foiled their intention, by luffing up close, and keeping to wind ward of the Foam, threw the wind out of her sails, and succeeded in rounding the steamer five secs before her antagonist, amidst the cheers of the company on deck. The wind being now light, the Cynthia set au immense topsail, and continued to increase the distance between her and the Cygnet. No change of moment took place in the run back to Erith, where the winning buoy was placed, which was reached as follows : M. B. Pearl Sea, Nymph 7 10 28 Frolic Whisper 11. 31. S Cynthia Cygnet 6 26 40 M.t.v.quito 6 33 18 Foam Secret The Cynthia was accordingly declared the winner, beating the Cygnet (with au allowance of 7A- m. for cit ference of tonnage,) by 10 in. 45 s. Tito Foam was the first round the buoy of the second-class boats. Immediately after the etaichision of the match Mr. Wicks, the owner of the Cynthia, came on board the steamer, and was presented by the Commodore with the cup and eighty sovereigns, his Lordship sa; pig that he had great pleasure in presenting him with some reward for his pluck in building a boat at the cost of 2,0001. to beat the Musquito. With reference to the second prize, his Lordship stated that a protest had been entered against the Foam, and that he could not then give it :away, as it must be referred to the sailing Committee. We understood that the protest was made the owner of the Frolic, on the ground that the Foam by her measurement should have sailed as a first-class boar. This terminated the business of the day, and the steamer very quickly conveyed the company homewards, after an exceedingly pleasant day. The splendid band of the Royal Artillery were on board, and played a variety of airs and pieces of music during the day, but it would have been quite as agreeable if 25 only, instead of 50, had been present. The refectory was, as usual, i under the management of Mr. Gore, the steward, who, notwith standing the great demand upon his exertions and his viands, gave the utmost satisfaction to the company. A great deal of money must have changed hands on the result of this match, as the Musquito, we understand, was heavily backed by her friends. It was evident to every one that there was something amiss with her ; for instead of being at her graceful trim by the stern she ap peared to be down by the head, and was as sluggish as the Belvidere, although the former has much more lively lines. The next match, however, to come off on Satur day week next, will probably restore t...) her the victory. MANcuEsTuR.—DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Satur day evening, a little before seven o'clock, the extensive silk-manufactory of Messrs. Williams and Gardom was discovered to be on fire. The flames spread with amazing rapidity, and though the engines were promptly on the spot, in a short time the vast range of buildings was one mass of mouldering ruins. The stock of silk was very large, and was wholly consumed. More than 600 bands by this calamity will be thrown out of employ. It is impossible at present to estimate the loss, but in build. ings, machinery, and materials, it must be very heavy indeed. One fireman was seriously injured by an acci dent with the firo engine. THE CITY OF LONDON NATIONAL SCHOOLS. — The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday preached in the church of St. Dunstan-in-the-East, Tower•street, on behalf of the City of London National Schools. The institution consists of four City schools, in which 1,150 children, for whom there is no room in the ward schools, are instructed according to the principles of the Church of England. The annual income derived from subscriptions does not exceed 3001., and the charity depends greatly for its support on occasional collections. The sum contributed atter his Grace's sermon yester day amounted to 1011. 143. Sd. The Sheriff's were pre sent. The Lord Mayor was prevented by indisposition from attending. ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND.--The annual din ner in aid of this fund took place on Saturday evening, at the Freemasons' Tavern, where an excellent enttelr: tainment was provided for a party of about 70 the Duke men. In the absence of his Royal Highner s e s vented him of Cambridge, the state of whose health in a very effective mafnontererpr(t)opaosts, from presiding, Sir Walter Stirli s n e g d fi d l u l r e i d n theprevented t hceh eveai ianugd, " Prosperity to the among a variety o F h Fund." amountingT he t secretary T announced charity a A l r i t s i t s Artists' Benevolentnuhsnriptinu s consists of two separate branches, the Artists' Annuity Fund and the Artists Benevolent Fund—the former wholly raised and supported by the contributions of its members, at present amounting to 300 in number ; the latter raised and supported by the donations and subscriptions of the patrons of the fine arts, for the reliet of the widows and orphans of members of the Annuity Fond. FIRE AT HAMBURGH.—The General Steam Naviga tion Company's mail •packet Trident arrived at Blackwall last evening, after a very quick passage from Hamburgh, which place she left on Friday night. At the time the Trident sailed a large fire was raging at the eastern end of Hambui gh, but no particulars could be then obtained. RUGBY Scnoor..—Mr. Edward Parry, son of Cap tain Sir Edward Parry, R.N., h: ad.boy of the school, and who last year obtained the First Queen's Medal for the Historical Essay, has just been awarded the prize for _ the Latin Essay. , TRAINING INSTITUTION FOR NURSES. — T he annu a l meeting was held on Friday, in Pall-mall, when the liihops of London and Salisbury, as well as several eltrgymeu and g( ntlemen attended, all of whom spoke in favour of the institution. The income for the year was 1,4651., out of which there remained a balance of 7514 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The pelicy pursued towards Austria by several of the great Powers of Europe has undoubtedly aggravated the triple difficulties which assail the empire in Hungary, Italy, and the Germanic Confederation. But these embarrassments are the natural cons. (pence* of the torpid and improvident Government which was overthrown by the revolution; and they have been in created by the abortive efforts made since that event to extricate the empire from its most critical position. A series of disasters, which seem not yet exhausted, have baffled the most hopeful combinations, rendered sterile the most energetic efforts, and destroyed or removed the men who might have grappled with the dangers of the State. Latour and Lemberg were murdered in the tu multuous insurrections at Vienna and Pesth. Win dischgratz proved not to have military abilities or practical experience equal to the patriotism and firmness which he had displayed elsewhere. Stadion, who bad long been regarded by the Liberal party in Austria as the most .eminent of the civil servants of the Crown, sank into ill-health from the intense anxiety attending the execution of his great projects, and from despondency at the ascendancy which views opposed to his own had obtained in the Cabinet of Olmutz. Welden, who enjoyed the highest military renutation in the army, was inadequately sup ported at Vienna whilst he held the command in Hun gary, and has now retired from that position under cir cumstances equally nnfortunate. With the exception of old Marshal Radetzky and the gallant army of Italy, we have seen troops, generals, statesmen, and resources, melt away, until the destinies of the empire are exclu sively abandoned to men who have already given more proses of presumption and incapacity than of wisdom and power. Prince Schwaraenberg has shown spirit and boldness in dealing with the hostile claims made against his Sovereign ; but his pride has not deterred him from placing the empire in a most dangerous and humiliating position towards Russia, whilst he has le' en induced to confer the most im portant office of the State, at this moment—that of War Ministere--upon Count Gyulay, who displayed signal incapacity as Governor of Trieste, and has no re commendation but that of a near connexion with the Prime Minister. Had the Austrian Government offered and promulgated terms to the people of Hungary based on the recognition of the real constitutional rights of that kingdom, which have been established for ages, there is strong reason to believe that a lasting peace might have been concluded. But the Hungarians are both able and resolved to defend those ancient rights, and no moment could have been worse chosen than the past year to dis pute them, when, both in Italy and Geamany, the sup port of Hungary is of vital importance to the House of Austria. If the Cabinet of Olmutz seriously entertained the design of availing itself of this crisis to execute the schemes of the Emperor Joseph If., and to convert the kingdom of Hungary into an hereditary province, the difficulties it has , already encountered ought to furnish a sufficient lesson ; and a legal acknow ledgment of the positive obligations of the Hungarian Constitution is no extravagant price to pay for the services and the loyalty of twelve millions of subjects. There is reason to believe that a concession of this nature would even now disarm the more democratic party in the kingdom. The policy of violence towards Hungary has proved in all respects a dangerous policy; but the necessity it has involved of applying for Russian assistance stamps it with a more fatal character. It can never have been supposed that the Emperor Nicholas was to be summoned to the field in the character of a mere auxiliary. The immense magnitude of the forces he has put in motion, and the position claimed by the Russian. Generals in the scheme of the campaign, clearly indi cate that from the moment at which the Russian opera tions commence they will absorb the whole interest of the war. The reports which have already been circulated of the advance of Russian divisions into Hungary are exceedingly incorrect; properly speaking the campaign has not yet opened, and great doubt prevails as to the intentions of the Russian Emperor. The de lay which has already occurred will materially increase the difficulties of the campaign in the hottest and most inconvenient mouths of the year; and since the struggle will assume the character of a foreign war with a detested enemy, we are by no means convinced that the result will be as speedy as has been anticipated at Warsaw, or as satisfactory as has been anticipated at Vienna. Meanwhile, although the debility of Austria has thus reduced her to open tha inner frame-work of 'the Empire to foreign armies, her own military operations in other parts of Europe have been inordinately extended. The Imperial forces in Italy have occupied Florence, taken Bologna, and laid siege to Ancona, in their anxiety to share with the French Republic in the suppression of Italian insurrec dons; and Marshal Radetsky reigns in Milan in semi independence of the ordinary Ministers of the Crown. In Germany the policy of Austria is less active, but not less resolute. She has her troops in the Vorarlberg and in the garrison of Mayence; she supports Bavaria in her repug nance to join the Prussian Sonderbund; and she awaits the course of events without apparently the smallest inten tion of waving the rights she has so long enjoyed in the Germanic body. To sustain the military and political influence of a state over so vast an extent of territory— not confined even by the frontiers of Austria, but reach ing from Wallachia to the Rhine, and descending be yond the Appenines to the south—would appear to de mand either boundless resources, or a very close alliance with the other countries engaged in these transactions. But it is notorious that the financial resources of Austria are reduced to a low ebb, and that her resources in men are seriously curtailed by the Hungarian war, which not only stops the reinforcements ordinarily derived from that warlike people, but demands other troops to oppose the Magyar combatants. In Italy the arrange-. meat with France is. one which an accident on the theatre of war, or a change of rule in Paris, might at any time convert into direct hostility, and the conclu sion of a definitive peace with Sardinia is as remote as ever. Ira Germany the policy of Austria evidently requires the firm adherence of the Court of Munich, to which that of Wurtemberg may perhaps be added. But all these circumstances tend to render the Cabinet of Vienna more dependent on 'Russia, and to give Russia a decisive influence, thrOugh the Court of Vienna, upon the principal questions now agitated in Europe. That is a result deeply to be deplored, not only , for the weltarn and dignity of Austria, but tor the tran quillity and progress of the continent. .We have dote justice to the firmness with which the Emperor Nicholas has maintained his position during this general tempest, even in the most unsettled portions of his own dumi.. nions, and we have applauded the moderation he has more than once expressed towards other states more a;.' hated than his own empire; but, as, the Russians armies, with their immense stokes and ma t erials of wee, have gathered on the eastern frontier of Europe, it is . impossible not to remark a more enthusiastic and less. guarded tone in the language attributed to the Autocrat. His acts, however, have not yet corre sponded to this language. The postponement of the operations in provinces so contiguous to his own terri tories has been thought to imply hesitation; and cer tainly the disposition of the Austrian Generals and troops towards their ,northern allies is not encouraging. The campaign is unpopular in both armies, and it were well if circumstances were even now to arise which might prevent it The events of the last few days in Paris, and the consolidation of the present Government upon the failure of the last and most daring enterprise of the Bed Republic, are highly favourable to the maintenance of peace, and it is extremely to be desired that Austria, which has so much cause to desire the removal of the burdens of war, should adopt the policy best calculated' to terminate these contentions. On the other hand, the various insurgents of Italy, Germany, and Hungary have less reason than ever to count on the active support of the revolutionary faction in France which has just been so signally defeated. CRICKET. OLD HARROVIANS v. PRESENT HARRO VIANS. _ _ We can call to mind bat few causes of pleasure which so strongly act upon the feelings as that created by s, visit to the place at which a man has spent the earlier days of his scholastic existence. Hence it is that in this and the matches between the " Old and Present Etonians," or between the Old Oxford and Cambridge men and present Oxonians and Cantabs, there is always a marked exhibition of gratification, of seal, and interest. wbich may in vain be looked for in ordinary matches. One of these matches was played last week at Harrow, and it afforded the spectators no small amount of delight at witnessing d. the revelment in joy which our " Old Harrovian" friends ran on the occasion. Some of the " more modern" of the old 'uns it will be found took vast liberties with the "present" bowling, but, then, on the other hand, the latter were not at ail backward in re turning the compliment. On the one side there were scores of 110 (Blayds), 12 (Eaton), W. Nicholson 10, Currer 13, while, on the other there were an 85 (irer. non), a 62 (Longe), and a JO (Cepell). The final score, it having been arranged for a one day match, was— dip HABRovieNs. E. Blayds, Esq.—b Vernon •• ..• C. Eaton, Esq.—c Torrens, b Hankey C. Harenc, Esq.—c and b Vernon H. Hoare, Ebq.—c Putnam, b Mackenzie R. Bri , ughton , E s q . b Hanke y M. b b a o s k o e n ; EE:4I.--bb Hankeyrnon lion. R. tirimston—b Torrens C. S. Currer, Esq.-1 bw b Putnam ,„ Putnam 4 . ; MackenzieT, F. B C 3 o .e r s ra , n 3 c ; e, w E ,id sci e .-- (u ru a i n - i k o e u y t 2, L " Onge 1 . ), 16; no balls,(llan l ••• ••• Dl. Jones, ern o E n Esq. —not e t n o s u 3 t key 2, Mackenzie 1), 3 ••• 110 • 12 ••• 1 ••• % ••• 1.0 ••• 5 ••• 1 •-• 1 • 13 PRESENT HARROVIAN& IT. Southwell. Esq.—c Currer, b Jones ... P. E. Miles, Esq.—c Curler, b Jones .. Hon. R. Capeil— b Jones ••• H. Vernon, Esq.—c Currer, b Harenc R. Harkey, Esq.—run out.. ... ••• H. Mackenzie, Esq.—b Jones ... J. Longe, Esq.—not out ... A. Torrens, Esq. — c Currer, b Jones Hon. E. Leigh—b Jones G. Crawley, Esq.—c Grimston, b Harenc J. Putnam, Esq.-1 bw b Harenc ••• ••• ••• Byes. 10 ; wide (Harenc 3, Jones 3, Corrance 3, Nicholson 2), 11 ;no balls (Jones 1, Harenc 1), 2 22 ••• 113 85 ... 62 ... 2 208 .L7CEUM THEAT R E.—Sheridan's Critic, we per. emu, is announced to be performed here tomorrow c.v. nlng, in w hi c h Mr. C. Mathews sustains the two prin.. cipal parts—P u ff and Sir Fretful —to admiration. Th e rapidity of the change from the old unhappy Sir Fretful to the volatile Puff is wonderful. 'CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic f or the week ending Jun, 9, 18 49 :—Coaching traffic, 1,221 d. 17s. 2d.; parcels, 341. 18s. Od.; goods and cattle, 150/. 653.101; steam-boats, 1751. 4s. 2d.—T0ta1,1,582/. 65.2 d., exclusive of toll from Shrewsbury and Chester Com pany, and payment for conveyaneeof mails. 19%