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TILE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. CHELTENHAM, AUG. 9. The evening meeting of Friday was held in the great room of the College, when tho members of the association and the elite of the society of Cheltenham were assembled to do honour to Sir Henry Rawlinson, the President of the Section of Physical Geography and Ethnology, who had promised a repaition of his discourse as delivered at Glas gow on cuneiform discovery. The actual discovery of the mode of decyphering those wonderful inscriptions which may be seen at the British Museum on the Assyrian remains, covering in long lines the sides of the colossal bulls, the great black obelisk, the clay cylinders and bricks, the gems nod seals of that extra ordinhry era, is not so new in point of time as the pardl,l discovery of the mode of reading the hieroglyphizal writ ings of Dr. Young and M. Champ°Mon. The original hint of the former arose, it is said, from a wag -.3r, made by an erudite German, who was employed during the war of the first revolution at Bonn, in the character of a decypherer. He boasted of hie skill in this particular, and offered for a wager to decypher anything. His friend proposed to him the arrow-headed inscriptions in " Niebuhr's Travels ;" he accepted the challenge, and taking the very simple trilingual inscription of Ezbata.na, he soon resolved the Persian one into its elements, composed the rudiments of an alphabet, and read the names and titles of Xerxes and Darius, the son of Hystapsis. Colonel Rawlinson, it appears, arrived at the same result by a similar process —the gallant colonel was connected with the Persian em bassy, and being stationed at Hamadan, the ancient Ecba tana, he was struck with the same inscription, cut on a rock near that place, and by a similar process arrived at the same, though entirely independent, results ; and he was as much surprised as were the German philologers that a young soldier in the heart of Persia had made the same dis covery as had been communicated to the learned world in the " Annalen" of Gottingen some few years before. Since this period the stu ly of these inscriptions has been pursued in Germany principally by Grotsford and Lassen; in France, under the patronage and at the expense of the French Government by Dr. Boppert ; but nowhere more success fully than by the unaided efforts of Col. Rawlinson in England, and Dr. Hinckes in Belfast. The mode of form ing these curious characters was a subject of discussion in the geographical section on the morning of Friday on an explanation given by Mr. Nasmyth, supported by Colonel Rawlinson, and impugned by Dr. Whewell, the Master of Trinity. Mr. Tito, at Bath, early i❑ January of this year, in the course of reading a paper in the Guildhall of that city on these discoveries reproduced before his auditors, in moist clay, a poi tioa of the inscription at Ecbatana, containing the names and titles of Xerxes. Indeed the process is so simple that any one may repeat it. The arrow-headed character is simply made up of the form of an ancient arrow-head somewhat elongated—generally moderately so, but in the Babylonian inscriptions more extravagant in that particular. If any one desirous of repeating the experiment will take a smooth surface of moist clay and a piece of wood about three-quarters of au inch square and three inches long, cut square at the ends, he will find, on pressing the angular point into the clay, he can reproduce any of the characters with the most per fect facility ; and if the surface of the clay be of sufficient size he mass reconstitute, as Mr. Tite did, the Hamadan inscription. it is probable that in the cylinders and tab lets this impress was made by a metallic tool or style, and of course on the sculptures and rock inscriptions the origi nal character was only imitated ; but Col. Rawliuson has shown that the impressions on the bricks found at " Ur of the Chaldees" were marked with the name of a king which he hi nks identical with the Chador laomer of Genesis, and at leas 2,000 years before Christ. Sir IL MuncHisoN rose to propose a vote of thanks to Sir Henry Rawlinson. He stated that though the subject was so extremely interesting, still it was one that, except for the addresses of Colonel Rawlinson, he knew but little ; and though these researches boasted of making us acquainted with remote antiquity, he must claim for geology an antiquity far greater, with handwrit ing not less distinct than the wonderful inscriptions of the cuneiform character. In alluding to the daring of Colonel Rawlinson at the Rock of &listen, he said, that he thought no geologist, however venturous, or however interested in fossils of such rocks, would expose himself to similar peril in the pursuit of science, which the Geogra phical Society had, however, rewarded with their gold medal i❑ 1837. After a glowing eulogium on the Colonel's attainments i❑ physical geography, which had procured for him the honourable post of chairman of that society, Sir Roderick concluded by moving " The cordial thanks of the meeting to Colonel Rawlinson." Mr. nu seconded the motion, and stated that ho was requested by the Council to do so, probably because he had enjoyed the unusual advantage of having on former occasions heard Sir Henry Rawlinson at much greater length, and that he had himself become thereby so much interested by the discoveries that he had entered upon the study, and in a neighbouring city (Bath) had in a humble way endeavoured to give soma account of the nature and extent of these interesting researches. He assured the meeting of the entire accuracy of the translations which had been road, so far as he was able to judge, and stated that he hardly knew whether most to admire the learning, the iugenuity, or the perseverance which had characterised the researches of Colonel Rawlinson. He thought more credit was due to him, because this great work had been originated and pursued when he was a young soldier, oc cupied in a position of political importance, and requiring most of his time. Ina place like Cheltenham he consi dered that any reference to the historical evidence of the Holy Scriptures would be received with leccoreipg atten tion, and that the inhabitants would feel with him that the researches of Colonel Rawliuson were almost providen tial in their character, as showing, by the undersigned coincidences of the Assyrian inscriptions, the entire truth of the history of the chosen people of God. Mr. Tite agreed with Colonel Rawlinson in the greater value in this point of view of their discoveries, as compar ed with the hieroglyphical researches of Dr. Young and Al. Champollion, because after the exodus the history of the Jewish people was separated from that of Egypt, and those records and inscriptions only fur nished two striking names—viz., that of Shishak, the con temporary of Solomon, and "Tishahak, King of Ethiopia ;" whereas these Assyrian inscriptions gave cotemporary re cords, and introduced names to us as familiar from our childhood 23 household words, such as Hezekiah, Senacche rib, Jehu, and the host of other names the Colonel had quoted. This morning about 160 of the members visited Ciren cester. The weather was most unfavourable, anti the rain fell heavily during the whole of the morning. The train loft the Great Western station, Cheltenham, at nine o'clock, and, after stopping for about ten minutes at.Ciren caster Junction, vi here Professor Buckman described the fault occurring in th.e oolitic strata, reached Cirencester at a quarter past 10. Thu modern town of Cirencester is tuilt upon the sits of a Roman military - station, once of some importance, called Coriniurn. It was one of the Wm. ail, or winter quarters of the Romans, and on this account there are frequently found many remains illustra ting the manners and customs of the Romans, and also the floors, walls, and foundations of these hab:tations and military defences. Several tesselated floors have from time to time been exposed in the neighbourhood, together with a large number of coins, domestic and other utensils, weapons, and ornaments. In 1849, while some excava tions were being made in the principal street of the town, for the purpose of making a sewer, the workmen came .upon two floors—one 15 the other 23 feet square, running in an oblong direction across the stree'e On soaring of the discovery Eal Bathurst, with great liberality, offered to build a suitable museum, in which the pavement and all other records of ancient Cm initial might be carefully pre served. The building is now completed and the pavements have been relaid with great taste and precision. The super intendence of the work of remevel wire undertaken by the Rev. Canon Powell and Professor Buckman, who, imme diately on the discovery of the pavement Caused the earth to be removed carefully to the full extent of the floor. A correct copy was next taken of the pavement by laying down large sheets of thin p:por, and t rac i ng the eceseke stone for stone in the exact colours of the original. The ;beets, when finished, were joined tog e th er , and thus formed a'correct working plan from which the peveuaents could be relaid with perfect accuracy. The pavement s were then removed to the museum, which is a substantial stone building at the north-west corner of the town, on the road leading to the Royal Agricultural College. These pavements having been inspected by the excursion party, they proceeded to Oekley house, the residence of Earl Bathurst, where they were re ceived by the noble earl. Here the principal object of in terest was the original equestrian portrait of the Duk e of Wellington, by Sir T. Lawrence, painted in 1 , 316. Som e proceeded to visit the church, the remark. of the party then able features of which were explained by the Rev. C anon Powell. A visit was also made to t he Royal Agricultural College. Hero ti, excursion party were received `by the principal of the institution, the Rev. J. Haygarth. The laboratory, tho geological museum, the experimental gar• den, and the farm buildings of the institution having been visited, the party returned to Cirencester station and reached Cheltenham at 4 o'clock. SECTION E.—CEOGIZABITY and ETHNOLOGY. This section will not meet to-day on account of the ex cursion to Cirencester. At the meeting yesterday Mr. F. D. Hartland read a paper on Vesuvius and its eruptions, and after an interesting description of the geography and early eruptions of Vesuvius, whi c h h e ill ustrated b y a mos t splendid series of drawing s and specimens ef lava, proceeded to give the foll ow i ng account of the last ern tio The 54th and last eruption of Vesuvius took t place . on the let of May, 1853 . The warni ng o f i ts approach was given early in January, by the opening of a new crater at the summit of the cote, between the old one and the city of Naples, and directly across the route of ascent. This crater differed from the others, insomuch as it Was neither sul phurous in its character nor was it of the usua l chimney form. It was from GO to 80 yards wide, and a slight smoke issued from:its blackened sides. After its appearance the report of an immediate eruption was spread and kept up without intermission for many months, but on Monday, the 30th of April, the symptoms were so apparent that the guides declared to a party then caking the ascent the num ber of hours it would be before it occurred. On Tuesday, the Ist of May, Vesuvius was invisible at Naples, and it THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EV'ENING; AUGUST 13, 1856: was not till the afternoon that the fact became known that the eruption had commenced; a rush was then made for Santa Lucia, the side of Naples from which the mountain can best be seen, and here the truth became apparent, as the mountain was blazing from several places. U: on ac complishinz, the ascent, and after passing the H mitage, the intense heat betrayed the approach of th burning element; and, after leaving various cascades o fire, down which half-melting blocks of lava were dash gat a pace to overcome all resistance, the current of the eruption was reached, and resembled a liquid fiery river rushing from the Rile of tho cone, and apparently fed from an orifice about half-way up it, which, amid flames of fire, was throwing out stones to an immense height, accompanied by volumes of dense san.l e, while all b~loiv was clear, and the lava at times even assumed a bright phosphoric blue. This was the most magnificent part of the scene, as the ascent of the cone did not repay the risk and trouble. During the scene daylight dawned, and so earnest had been the attention given to it by the thousands assembled on the mountain that al though a perfectly visible eclipse of the moon occurred dur ing the time it passed with few exceptions unobserved. The eruption continued till near the end of the month, and before its close 11 cones were in active operation, the dis- charge from which was so great that at one time a total falling in of the mountain was dreaded. This discharge almost unaccompanied by the ejection of stones or ashes was the peculiarity of this eruption. A paper has also been read in this section by Mr. VIVIAN, of Torquay, ou " the earliest traces of human remains in Kent's Cavern, especially flint knives an.' arrow-heads, beneath the stalagmitic floor." The peculiar interest of this subject consisted in its being the link be tween geology and antiquities, and the certainty afforded by the condition in which the remains are found of their relative age, the successive deposits being sealed up in situ by the droppings of carbonate of lime, which assume the form of stalagmite. The sources from which the statements in the paper were obtained were principally the original manuscript memoir of the late Rev. J. M'Enery, F.G.S., which is deplored by Professor Owen, in his Fossil Mans malia, and by other writers, as lost to scienee, but which has been recovered by Mr. Vivian and was produced before the section ; also the report of the sub-committee of the Torquay Natural Society and his own researches. We have not space for the interesting statements con tained in the paper, or the extracts from the manuscript which were read, beyond the following brief summary of Mr. Vivian's conclusions which were mainly in accordance with those of Mr. M'Enery. The cavern is situated beneath a hill about a mile fromTorquay and Babbecombe, extend ing to a circuit of about 700 yards. It was first occupied by the bear (ursus spelceus) and extinct hyena, the remains of which, with the bones of elephants, rhinoceros, deer, &c., upon which they preyed, were strewn upon the rocky floor. By some violent and transitory convulsion a vast amount of the soil of the surrounding country was injected into the cavern, carrying with it the bones and burying them in its inmost recesses. Immediately upon its subsidence the cavern appears to have been occupied by human inhabi tants, whose rude flint instruments are found upon the mud beneath the stalagmite. A period then succeeded dining which the cavern was not inhabited until about half of the floor was deposited, when a streak containing burnt wood and the bones of the wild boar and badger was deposited, and again the cave was unoccupied, either by men or animals, the remaining portion of the stalag• mite being, both above and below, pare and unstained by soil or any foreign matter. Above the floor have been found remains of Celtic, early British, and Roman remains, together with those of more modern date. Among the in scriptions is one of interest as connected with the landing of William 111. on the opposite side of the bay, " W. Hodges, of Ireland, 1688." In the discussion which followed, and in which Sir Henry Rawlinson, the secretary of the Ethnological Society, and others took part, the position of the flints beneath the stalagmite seemed to be admitted, although contrary to the generally received opinion of the most eminent ge3logists, thus carrying back the first occupation of Devon to very high antiquity, but not such as to be at variance with Scriptural chronology the deposit of stalagmite being shown to have been much more rapid at those periods when the cavern was not inhabited by the greater discharge of carbonic acid gas. Without attempting to affix with any certainty more than a relative date to these several points, or forming a scriptural interpretation upon natural pheno: nine, which, as Bacon remarked, too often produces merely a false religion and a fantastic philosophy, Mr. Vivian suggested that there was reason for believing that the introduction of the mud was occasioned, not by the comparatively tranquil Mosaic Deluge, which spared the olive and allowed the ark to float without miraculous in tervention, but by the greater convulsion alluded to in the first chapter of Genesis which destroyed the pre-existing races of animals—most of those in this cavern being of ex tinct species, and prepared the earth for man and his con temporaries. The subject was also continued before the geological sec tion to-day. SECTION F.—EcoNomic SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. W. M. Tartt, M.S.A.—On some statistics bearing upon relations existing between poverty and crime. Richard Bearnish, F.R.S.—On the statistics of Chel tenham. Edward Clibborn.—On the tendency of European races to become extinct in the United States. R. Thomson Joplin;.—On the mortality among officers of the British army in the East. The Rev. C. H. Bromby, M.A.—Suggestions on the People's Education. Professor Richard Hussey Walsh.—A deduction from the statistics of crime for the last ten years. SECTION G.—MECHANICAL SCIENCE. Dr. Green.—On a new railway break, invented by M. Sioco, of Paris. James Tams)°, C.E.—Report on the measurement of water by weir boards. 0. Rennie, F.R.S.—.On the devolpment of heat by the agitation of fluids. In the evening there was a soirée at the college, which was attended by nearly 1,000 persons. The Literary and Philosophical Institution has been converted into a Geological Museum for specimens of fos sils found in this district, and in analogous strata through out the country. These are arranged in a series of glass cases, and form ono of the best collections of local geolo gical specimens ever exhibited at any meeting of the Bri tish Association. Oa the sides of the room a variety of well-executed diagrams, illustrative of the geology of the district, are displayed. Excursions are proposed t) the following places on Thursday next :—A geological party to Chartield and its interesting locality, visiting Tortwith Court, and also to Chepstow Castle and Winchcomb. CHELTENHAM, AUG. 11. The business of the various sections was resumed this morning at 11 o'clock, the attendance being unusually good. The following papers were read during the day : SECTION A.—MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. W. Symons—On a new form of cast•iron Galvanic Bat tery. T. Dobson—On the Dalaklava Tempest. T. Dobson —On the canoes of Great Inundations. Poole—Observatious with the Aneroid Thermometer on the shores of the Dead Sea. Rev. H. Rankin—Meteorological Observations for 1855 at Huggate, Yorkshire. Captain Woodall—Barometrical and Thermomotrical Observations at Scarborough. Dr. Lee—On Negrett's Patent Mercurial Minimum Thermometer. Professor Hennessy—On an Instrument for Observing Vertical Carronts in the Atmosphere. R. Garner—On a Remarkable Hailstorm in North Staf- fordshire. J. Welsh—To Describe a Model of a Self-recording Anemonif.ter, designed and constructed by Mr. R. Beckley, of Kew Observatory. J.. Welsh -Instructions for the Gradation of boiling point Tberiunnieter. B. Stewart—lles.:ription of a Thermometer for Measur ing Fluctuations of Temperature. Mr. E. VIVIAN then laid before the section some (elabo rate and highly interesting statistim of the meteorology of Torquay and South Devon contrasted with those of the ai;orz.ge of England, as given in the Reports of the Regis trar-General, to which he is a contributor. The observa tions on which they were based extended from 1842 to 1853, but the comparative statement was confined to the last six years. The following was the general summary : 6 1 6 I bo • E, E. Et, A 1,;.?. ~~r •r ••••...• ......• Torquay England des. 50.3 44.3 deg 1 deg deg. 76 27 i 9.9 183 15 14.5 .9 .71 .7 .8! He explained the principles upon which the cool summers and mild winters of South Devon and Cornwall are to be accounted for —namely, the equable temperature of the sea with which tho peninsula is surrounded. He had observed the surface water Of Torbay to be as much as 21 degrees above the minimum temperature of the air in winter, and 13 degrees below tl,O maximum, in summer. He also ac counted for the equable hygrometrical condition of the air by the same cause—the temperature of the sea being fre quently above the dew point in winter and below it in sum mer. He reviewed the inaccu rac i es in several medical p u blications, which had raised a prejadice aga i nst S out h Devon as a summer ref idence as being too relaxing, while the exact contrary ia shown by these observations. He ex hibited a set of his newly invested meteorological instru• m all the important elem en t s of en t for climate s i,y oh obtaining i ndg daily, ly, weekly, or 'monthly observation, especially self-registeringhvgror JeterAone forthe maximum and minimum difference of tho -web and dry bulb thermo meters, the other for registering - their average difference during any period of time. In the discussion which followed 4 Mr. Pritchard related a striking instance of the injury occasioned in a house of exotic plants by variations in the degree of humidity of the air, and expressed a high opinion of the value of the instru moot for horticultur a l as w6ll a a meteorological purposes. A similar e s ti mate bad been exp reseed by the London Hoz'. ticultural Society, an " honourable mantion" having been awaided to it at a recent meeting of the council. SECTION B —CHEMICAL SCIENCE. T. Dcarsly—On several new metkols of detecting stryoh nia an.l brucia. A new method of cxtrating the alkaloids from Dux vomica for toxological and manufacturing pur poses. Experiments on animals with strychnia, and pro bable reasons for the non-finding of strychnia in certain cases. A new method of instituting post-mortem re searches for strychnia. P. J. Worsley, B.A.—On a new process for making awl melting steel. SECTION C— GEOLOGY. Professor Pogerß, of the - United read a paper on io Correlation of tue North American and British Pala))- z9ic Strata. This paper very ably reviewed the continent of North America, and proposed a new nomenclature for the rocks. A discussion of very groat length ensued between Sir R. T. Murchison and Professor Sedgwick, on the old debated ground of Siluria and Omnimil,. Professor Phillips, and others, tonic part in thin discussion. Professor Rogers, in reply, stated that as a republican and the disciple of an independent school of Geology, he wished to emancipate American geology from the tram- mels of English nomenclAture. Sir R. J. Murchison read a paper on the Bone Beds of the Upper Ludlow Rook, and the Base of tho Old Rod Sandstone ; and Professor Phillips followed with the Re port of Cleavage and Foliation of Rocks. SECTION D.—ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, INCLUDING PHYSIOLOGY. Robert Patterson—Reports on Forms for Dredging, and the Results of Dredging at Belfast. The Rev. C. P. Miles—Report on the Results of Dredg ing on the West Coast of Spotland. T. Egton—Report ou the Oyster and Oyster Beds of the British Shores. The Rev. P. Carpenter—Report on the Molluscs of Cal fornia. Sir W. Jardine—Ropott on the Artificial Propagation of Salmon in the Stormontfield Ponde of Perth. Professor Gregory—New Form of Diatomacem from the Clyde. Robert Darner—On the Pearls of the Conway River, North Wales, with some Observations on the Natural Pro ductions of the Neighbouring Coast. Professor Goodsir —On the Morphological Constitution of the skeleton of the Vertebrate Head, Professor Gooilsir— On the Morphological Constitution of Limbs. Dr. Augustus Waller—Experimental Researches on the Eye. G. B. Knowles—On the Motions of Oacillatoriass SECTION B.—GEOGRIPIIT AND ETHNOLOGY. J. B. Davis, F.S.A.—On the Forms of Anglo-Saxon Crania. Professor Buckman, F.G.S., &c. --Notes on some An tiquos found at Cirencester, as evidence of the Domestic Manners of the Romans. Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., M.A., F.R.S., &a.—On the most aneiont Map of Australia. Dr. E. K. Kane, N.S.W. (Gold Med.), R.G.S.—Report on his Expedition up Smith's Sound in search of Sir John Franklin. Capt. Irminger, R.D.N.—The Arctic Current around Greenland. Dr. Rae, F.R.G.S.—Romarks on the Esqnimaux. SECTION F.—ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. R. G. Latham, M.D.—Statistics of the Albanians. Louis K. Daa, of Chrietiatia.—On the last Census of the Laps of Norway. Professor Richard Hussey Walsh, LL.B.—A Deduction from the Statistics of Crime for the last Ten Years. Rev. John Clay.—On the reletinn between Crime, School ing, Attendance on Religious Worship, and Beer-houses. T. Barwick - Lloyd Baker.—Statistics and Suggestions connected with the Reformation - Of Juvenile Offenders. R. Thompson Jopling.—On the Mortality among Officers of the British Army in the East. A paper was also read by Mr. DANSON on the diversity of the measures used in the corn-markets of the United Kingdom, and the consequent waste of labour involved in a comparison of their current prices. The evil is the same that caused the appointment of a committee of the House of Commons in 1833, " to inquire into the present practices of selling corn in the United Kingdom ;" the report from which committee recommended a remedy that seems to have been too complicated for adoption, and so had no effect. Taking the current circulars of upwards of 20 firms engaged as cornfactors in as many of the principal corn-markets of the kingdom, Mr. Denson enumerated the various measures upon which the prices wore quoted, some having reference to capacity only, some to weight only, and some to both ; and the weights used varying with nearly every change of locality. In London the bushel of wheat and all other grain is determined by the imperial measure. In Liverpool a bushel of wheat means 701 b. in Birmingham, 621 b. ; in Gloucester, 601 b. ; and in New castle-on-Tyne, 631 b. Again, in Birmingham, a bushel o barley means 191 b. ; in Gloucester, 501 b. ; in Leeds, 52A1b.; and in Newcastle, 501 b. ; and to extend the field of com parison only extends the variety of measures to be dealt with. The following evils were specified, as resulting from this want of uniformity in these markets, where, since the promulgation of the Imperial Measures Act, it is vul garly supposed that tolerable uniformity has existed t-- " 1. That in almost all cases in which a seller or buyer of agricultural produce has occasion to resort to more than one market he is compelled to deal with more than one mode of ascertaining the qaantity sold; and that, while such differences answer no good purpose whatever, they check the freedom of commercial intercourse, afford facilities for the commission of fraud, often cause mis. takes and disputes, and always involve trouble end loss of time. " 2. That the quotations by which producers, dealers, and the public seek to inform themselves of the variations of the price of the same commodity at the same time in different parts of the kingdom (in order to their equalisa tion by the legitimate action of trade), aro deprived of a great part of their proper utility, in consequence of the weights or measures quoted for each locality being very commonly unintelligible in moat others. " 3. That the inconveniences thus arising are increased precisely in proportion as the commercial intercourse of each locality with every other in the kingdom is promoted, by the improvement of road and postal communication ; and hence are now much greater than they were when re ported on by the Parliamentary Committee of 1833, and arc growing greater year by year." A paper was also read in this section by Mr. W. M. Tar-TT "On some statistics bearing upon the relations ex isting between Poverty and Crime." After alluding to the frauds committed by those who were in the enjoyment not merely of competence but of luxury, he contended that al though poverty might be a predisposing state it was rarely an immediate cause of crime till allied with drunkenness and ignorance. It was proved by prison returns from the manufacturing districts of Lancashire that crime increased during periods of prosperity; and diminished (sometimes even to the extent of 40 per cent) in immediately succeed. ing periods of adversity ; plenty leading to vicious indul gence, while poverty was the severe teacher of economy and restraint. The same return showed that the greater proportion of crimes COH:linitted were directly or indirectly to be traced to drunkenness. At the assizes for Lancaster in the year ending in March, 1354, out of 380 of the worst cases, 250 (including murders) were traceable to this vice ; and, of the male prisoners who came under the notice of the chaplain of the County House of Correction in 1853 and 1854, 1,088, or 41 per cent., were incapable of read ing ; 938, or 36 per cent., were unable to repeat the Lord's Prayer with any approach to accuracy in the words or proper compsehonsion of their meaning; and 1,836, or 72 per cent., were unable to understand the import of the plainest languasee necessary to convey instruction in moral and religious truth. Similar results were shown by the returns from other pieces. The remedy was the greatest difficulty. Something, perhaps, might be accom plished by getting rid of the monstrous anomaly of raising revenue from the vices of the people ; for, whatever may be shown by tabulated retains, he could not but believe that the establishment of becrhouses had been the greatest incentive to crime that was ever sanctioned by legislative enactment. One of the judges (Mr. Justice Wightman) had declared' Lis belief that drunkenness would ultimately he eradicated by moral and religious instruction. Mr. Tartt hoped, ,however, that, as the vices of the higher those below thorn, their virtues classes are unit %ta d b y slay also have smite influence, and that the temperance which has been subelituted fur debasing excesses iu the one may before long L e witnessed in the others. A discussion of about en hour followed, in which Mr. M. D. Hill, Dr. Farr, Mr. H e estiuge, Mr. Barwick Baker, Pro fessor Hancock, and Lord a - itanley took part. SECTION G.-3la QUANIOAL SCIENCE. H. Bessemer-03, thee manufacture of iron and steel without fuel. Mr. Kelly, of Neer Yrrk—Od communication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by the Atrato and Torando rivers. R. Methuen, F.R.G.5..-4')a the management of mercan. tile vessels. Dr. Greene—On a met boti of uniting iron with iron and tither metals without weftlit g, invented by M. Slice, of Paris. A meeting of the genera/ Co litnittee was held this after noon, the President of the asst niation (Professor DaubenY) in the chair. The minutes of the last m voting of the general committee having been road and confi , used, Professor Putuirs pro ceeded to read letters front the corporation of Dublin, the Provost and Fellows of Tri laity College, the loyal, Trial Academy, and the Geologic al. Statistical, antl Meteorologi cal Societies of Dublin, invi ting the British Asaociation to hold their next meeting in t t;at city. Letters of invitation for next year ware also read fr,nn the Town Council and the Sta.tistic,d, Botanical a ad linticultural, Geologists', Literary and Philosophical, R.val Societies of Man chester. He concluded by lat t diog a letter from the Lite rary and Philosophical Soci vof Leeds, inviting the asso• elation to visit that town in 1 S 3B . The CHAIRMAN intissatka that it was intended by the University of O x f or d to form . .rd an invitation for 1859. Tho meetin g was th en a d d passe d b y a d e putation from the city of Dublin, c ons i s t* ; of the Lord Mayor elect, Dr. Lloyd, Professor DAll, kr. Perry, Professor Jukes, and Mr. Hancock. Mr. HEvvrooD, M.P., on behalf of the city of Manches ter, did not wish to °p rise any obstacle in the way of the association visiting Dublin next year. lie had hoped that they would have bzen able to visit Manchester during the time of the exhibition of art treasures in that city, but he thought Dublin had a prior claim on the association, inas much as it was 22 years since they visited that place, while it was only H years since Manchester was honoured by their presence. After a few remarks from Mr. M. MILNES, 111 - . P. with respect to the invitation to Leeds, Sir R. J. MuttetilsoN, moved that the next meeting cf the British Association be held in Dublin, and the motion having been seconded by Mr. HEYWOOD, M.P., was car ried unanimously. On the motion of Dr. WHEWELL, seconded by Sir W. HAMILTON, Dr. Lloyd was elected president for next year. The vice-presidents cleated for next year were —the Lori Mayor elect of Dublin, the Provost of Trinity Col lege, the Marquis of Kildare, Lord Talbot, the Lord Chief Baron, Sir W. Hamilton, Mr. E. J. Cooper, and Mr. Griffiths. The meeting adjourned at 4 o'clock. extra. The second to save his stake. Once round. 1 (9 sub;.) Mr. llickaby's Nettle, by Sweetmeat, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Rick abv) 1 M. E. (7,1,1's Plausible, 4 yrs, 84121 b (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. Ridiey's Preston, 3 yrs, 7st 2lb (Bates) 3 Mr. Fiintoff's Timotheus, aged. 7st 61b ...(G. White) 4 Mr. Crump's Hera, 3 yrs, 64 4lb (Challoner) 5 Mr. Cliff's Buckefoot, 4 .yrs, 7st 1 Olb (r. Cliff) 6 Won by a neck. The Burough Members' Plate of 60 sovs, for three yr-olds and upwards (optional selling weights, &c.), one mile and a half, was won by Miss Hatch, beating Indian Qtieen, Ostrogoth's dam filly, and Betsey B. From the Lon don Gazette of Last Night. WHITEHALL, AUG. 1. The Queen has been pleased to appDint G-donel William Cartwright and Lieutenant-Colonel John Woodford to be Inspectors under the "Act to render more effectual the police iu counties and boroughs in England and Wales." WHITEHALL, AUG. 11. Tho Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto the under-mentioned officers her Majesty's royal licence and permisaien that they may accept and wear the Military Order of Savoy, conferred upon the m by his Majesty the King of Sardinia, as a mark of his Majesty's approbation of their distinguished services before the enemy during the late war, viz.: — Lieutenant - General Sir William John . Codrington, K.C.8., the Grand Cross of the said Order ; and unto Major-General Sir Harry David Jones, K.C.8., Major-General Sir Richard James Dacres, K.C.8.. Major-General Sir Henry William Barnard, K.C.8., Major-General Sir R. Airey, K.C. 8., and Major-General Charles Ash Windham, C. 8., the Cross of Commander of the First Class of the said Order. T.he Queen has also been pleased to give and grant unto the lunder-mentioned officers her Majesty's royal licence and permission that they may accept and wear the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, conferred upon them by his MajE sty the King of Sardinia, as a mark of his Majesty's approbation of their distinguished services before the enem 7 during the late war, viz. : Lie utenant-General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.8., the Grand Cross of the said Order • and unto Major-Gen. Sir John Lysaght Penuefather, K.. C. B. , and Colonel Lord William Paulet, C. 8., the Cross of Com mandor of the First Class of the said Order ; and to Colonel the Hon. George Cadogan. Cohonel Thomas Montague Steele, C. 8., Colonel the Hon. Percy Egerton Herbert, C. 8., Lie uteuant-Colonel Robert Blane, and Commissary-General Sir George Maclean, K.C.8., the Cross of Commander of the Second Class of the said Order; and to Depudy Commissary-General William Henry Drake, C. 8., the Cross of Officer of the said Order. [This Article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Friday last, the Bth inst.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WHITEHALL-GARDENS, AuG. 8. Notice is hereby given that the officers and men in her Majesty's army, named in the supplement to the London Gazette of Friday, the Ist inst., as having received her Ma jesty's permission to accept and war the insignia of the several classes of the Legion of Honour, conferred upon them by his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and who have :not already received such insignia, are requested to apply for the same to Henry Elliot, Esq., War Depart ment, Pall-mall, between the hours of 12 and 4 o'clock daily, commencing on Monday next, the 11th inst. The insignia for such non-commissioned officers and men as have been nominated to the sth Class of the Order, and who are now serving with their respective.corps, will be delivered to the officers commanding those corps, or to such officers as they may depute to receive them, with a view to their distribution. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUG. 8. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de spatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, contain ing a copy of an Imperial Decree opening the Custom house of WisSembourg (Bas Rhin), for the importation of hides, at sf. per 100 kil.; thread, of linen and hemp; ma chinery (machines mecaniques), complete or in detached pieces. WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, Auct. 12. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Brevet-Colonel John Hill to be Colonel, vice Clarke, retired upon foil-pay; Brevet- Colonel Collingwood Dickson, C. 8., from the Supernume rary List, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Hill; Second Captain Edward Taswell to be Captain, vice Rogers, re tired on half-pay ; Lieutenant Ferderick Thomas Whin yates to be Second Captain, vice Taswell; Lieutenant J ohu Henry Blackburne to he Second Captain, vice Far mer, placed on the Supernumerary List ; Brevet-Major John Singleton to be Captain, vice Mowbray, retired on half-pay ; Lieutenant William Noel Waller to be Second Captain, vice Singleton. BREVET.—Colonel Robert Clarke, retired full pay of the Royal Artillery, to be Major-General, the rank to be ho norary only. NOTICES TO MARINERS. ATLANTIC OCEAN—FRANCE. Pontaillac Light, River Gironde. The French Government has given notice that on the 10th July, 1856, a light, alternately red and white (each colour lasting twenty seconds, without intervening eclipse), was exhibited from the summit of a wooden tower erected on the high ground of Pontaillac, situated near the en trance and on the north bank of the River Gironde, on the west coast of France. The tower is 104 feet high, and the light 177 feet above the level of water, and should be visible 15 miles in clear weather. It :stands in latitude 45 deg. 38 min. 10 sec. N., longitude 1 deg. 3 min. 42 sec. W. of Greenwich. The north channel leading into the Gironde is lighted ' already by three lights, exclusive of that of Cordouan ; one on Point de la Coubre, the second on Point de la Fa laise, and the third on the tower of Terre Negro. Sailing Directions.—ln entering the Gironde by the north channel at night, bring the white fixed light of Terre Negro on with the red and white light of Pontaillac, and keep them so until the Point de la Coubre light bears N.N.E., then alter course immediately, and steer for the revolving light of Cordouan, until you have brought the lights on Point de la Falaise and Terre Negro in one. Steer for and keep these lights in one until Cordouan Light bears S.S.W., after which alter course to S.E. by S. [All courses and bearings are magnetic. Var. 20 deg. 45 min. West.] By command of their Lordships, JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer. Eydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, July 21. This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts : Ushant to Finisterre, No. 61; Sables d'Olonne to the Gi ronde, No. 71; Gironde to Arcachon, No. 72; French Lighthouse List, No. 160. MEDITERRANEAN SEA. Light on Mount Navidad, Cartagena. The Spanish Government has given notice that, on the 15th July, 1856, a fixed _light, of the natural colour, was established on Mount Navidad, on the west side, at the entrance of the Port of Cartagena, in the province of Murcia. The illuminating apparatus is catadioptric, of the fourth order ; the light is placed at a height of 125 English feet above the level of the sea, and should be visible 10 miles in clear weather. It stands in lat 37 deg. 35 min. 30 sec. N., long. 0 deg. 58 min. 37 sec. west of Greenwich. Every vessel entering the port of Cartagena by night, and intending to anchor on its eastern side, near the pow der magazine, or near the suburb of Santa Lucia, should always keep the light in sight slightly open of Navidad Point, taking care not to lose sight of, so as to pass clear of the shoal named the Laja, within the harbour. On the contrary, if the intention is to anchor in the part of the harbour known by the name of the Espalmador Grande. the vessel should lose sight of the light, by keep• ing as close as possible to Navidad Point. Light on Cape Huertas, Alicante. Also, that on and aftei the 15th day of August, 1856, a fixed light, of tho natural colour, will be exhibited on Cape Iluartas, in the province of Alicante, in lat. 38 deg. 20 min. 30 sec. N., long. 0 deg. 22 min. 37 sec. West of Greenwich. The lens is catadioptric, of the fourth order. The light is placed at a height of 121 feet above the level of the sea, and should be visible at a distance of 10 miles in clear weather. By command of their Lordships, JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer. Hydrograpbic Office, Admiralty, London, 25th July, 1856. These notices affect the following Admiralty charts : Ne,iiterranean General, No. 2,158 ; Gibraltar to Alicante, No. 1,186; Alicante to Pal9.lnos, No. 1,187; Cartagena Plan, No. 1,194; also Mediterranean Lighthouse List, No. 5 a and 7 a. LEWES RACES.-TCrESDAY. The Sussex County Cup, value 200 sous, by subscription of 10 sous each, h ft, with 150 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Certain penalties and allowances. About two miles and a half. (13 subs.) Mr. Lewis's Pantomime, by Lanercost, 6 yrs, Oat 31b (Snowden) Walked over. Pantomime only putting in an appearance, both the cup and the added money were withheld. Handicap Plate of 40 soya. Winners extra. T.Y.C. Mr. Lewis's Pantomime, by Lanercost, 6 yrs, 7st 6!b (Snowden) 1 Mr. Vansittart's Golden Slipper(late Haunch of Veal son, 6 yrs, 6st 41b (Fordham) 2 Mr. H. Lane's Hart Royal, 3 yrs, 6st (J. Rogers) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Golden Slipper, 3to 1 agst Hart Royal. A good race in, won by a head ; half a length between the second and third. Miss Dixon jumped round at starting, and was left at the post. Selling Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added, for 2-yr olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. One mile. (5 subs.) Mr. H. Lane's Clara, by Van Tromp, 3 yrs (201.), 7st 10lb (Fordham) 1 Mr. Robinson's Prosperity, 2 yrs (201.), Sat 91b (J. Rogers) 2 Mr. Armstrong's Persia, 3 yrs (301.), 83t llb (J. Steggles) 3 Mr. Paxton's Cunning Bird, 4 yrs (601,), Bst 5113 (C. Hornsby) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Prosperity, 3to 1 each agst Clara and Persia, 10 to 1 agst Cunning Bird. Won by a length and a half ' • half a length between the second and third ; bad fourth. The winner was bought in for 35 guinea'. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; 3 yr-olds, 7st 111 b ;1 four, 9st ; five, 9st 71b ; six and aged, 9st 101 b. New Course. Two miles. Mr. Monk's Buckingham, by St. Lawrence, 3 yrs (Fordham) 1 Lord W. Powlett's Middleton, 3 yrs (J. Mann) 2 Mr. Prasant's The Bruiser, aged (Mr. Boynton) 3 Mr. Davis's Tom Burke, 4 yrs (Abrahams) 4 Col. James's Pantheon, 4 yra (Clements) 4 Batting-3 to lon Middleton, sto 1 agst Bucking. ham. Won by a neck ; very bad third ; the others beaten off. Terror was pulled up, and did not pass the post. The Innkeepers' Piate (Handicap) of 50 sous. Winners extra. T.Y.C. Mr. Howard's Martinet, by The Cure, 2 yrs, 6st 31b (in. 71b extra) (Fordham) 1 Mr. Armstrong's Alcyone, 4 yrs, 7st gib (J. Steggles) 2 Mr. Bickham's Miss Dixon, 2 yrs, 4it 71b (C. Brown).3 The following also ran:—Heart Royal, The Borderer, and The Rejected. Bettin g -5 to 4on Martinet, sto 2 agst Alcyone, 5 to 1 agst The Borderer. Won by a length ; bad third. BETTING ON THE COURSE. EBOR HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Coroner (taken). DERBY SUMMER MEETING. Weights for the Tradesmen's Plate. Two miles, Age st lb Typee 6 8 9 Saucebox Aladdin Pretty Boy 3 7 12 Goldhill St. Andrew Shoreham Little Davis Princa Plausible 4 6 10 Yorkshire Grey 4 6 9 br to Orey Tommy 6 6 8 Strood 4 6 5 Bay Hilton 3 6 4 The Chatsworth Handicap. Age st lb Ty pee 6 8 9 Saucebox Aladdin Mary 4 7 2 Prince Plausible 4 7 0 Goldhill Little Davie ntson 4 6 10 Stork 3 6 8 Whitelock Fanny Grey 4 6 6 Sly Fellow 3 6 3 Mary Ann 4 6 2 Dramatist Agra Leamington If the highest weight accepting be under Bst 91b, will be raised to that weight, and the rest in proportion The Nursery Handicap. st lb Kertch Chief Age at lb Fanny Grey 4 6 4 Elastic St. Clare 5 6 2 Vulcan Sly Fellow 3 5 12 -Enchanter His Piper ..... Challow Boy 4 5 10 Pack Swalcliffe Preston .3 5 5 De Ginkel . ,3 5 4 Hiss Harkaway 3 5 0 One mile and a quarter, Age st lb Chatlow Boy 4 6 0 Breeze Vulcan Lucy Lockit 4 5 11 Gaudy Omar Pasha Panmnre King of Scotland 3 5 8 Emulous gelding 3 6 7 Elfrida S rvalcliffe Spinster 3 5 2 Miss Harkaway 3 5 2 Fortuna 3 5 0 St. Danstan Ratillon Peeping Tom 8 0 Glede Hawk A mati Orianda Lady St. Liz D Lisy M.D. Ilarrie Master Bagot Barbarity 7 9 The weights were declare At lb Ruth Maraschino 7 6 Six and Eightpence 7 4 Growler Naughty Boy 7 4 Duchess of Sutherland 7 2 Springy John Silkmore Lady Hercules 6 12 Lady Jenny 6 10 Mongrel (h b) Jane 6 8 Id Aug. 9, at 9 a.m. CoL. LAKE, C.B.—We announce with much regret that Col. Atwell Lake, once of the Madras Engineers, and more recently " of Kars," has been compelled by the state of his health to retire from the company's ser vice. We believe that he retires on a pension belonging to the rank of a captain in the army. It is to be hoped therefore that her Majesty's Government will confer on him something more than mere barren rank in the Queen's service. The company, however willing they may be, on personal grounde, to grant him a special allowance in con sideration of the distinguished services rendered to the country by one of their officers, cannot but feel that those services were rendered to the Crown, and ought to be specially rewarded. Apart from any reluctance which they may feel to deviate from established prece dent and violate a fixed principle, the company, under such circumstances, could hardly reward Col. Lake, without constructive reflection on the Crown. Such, at least, appears to us to be the difficulties of the case ; but we have little doubt that her Majesty's Government, whilst conferring on Col. Lake a commission in the royal service, will at the same time secure to him professional employment such as his high scientific acquirements will render as beneficial to hie country as to himself.—Smith, Elder, and Co.'s Overland Mail. [AnvEauszmEsT.]—The great injury inflicted ou many in valids by drugs increases the interest the public take in Du Barry's Revalenta Arabics Food, which cures without medicine indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility. We quote a few out of many thousand cases of cures by this delicious food :—From the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart. Cure 52,612. Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ire land, December 9, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castle stuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalcnta Arablea Food has cared her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability of many years' standing. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered.—From the Venerable Archdeacon of Ross. No. 32,836.—Thrce years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically rAnoved by Du Barry's health rest oringfood.—ALex. STUART, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereen. 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A.DVERTISEMENT.I - Smut AND HEARING SPECTACLES, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, 11, CE , AND PERSPECTIVE GLAMSES. —Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. By kor Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spective Glasses, to know the distances. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same teiessope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly.—Tne Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable, ne wly-invonted, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships aro clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses el the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occue pation• can see with these lenses of a much loss magnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world, by sending one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small newspaper print with it ; and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating. their ness. New Discovery. The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordi nary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any thing of the kind that has been .or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed; and itlaffords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.--39, Albemarle. greet, Piccadilly. Observe,—opposite the YOsk Hotel, • BANKRUPTS. Benjamin Brett, boot and shoe manufacturer, Saint George's-street, Ratcliff-highway , and H i gh - street , Pop lar, to surrender Aug. 22 at half-past one, and Sept. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingball-street ; Sole, Turner and Turner, Al dermanbury. James Bramoley, cotton manufacturer, Holcomb Brook, near Bury, Aug. 22, and Sept. 12, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Man cheater ; Ffampson, Manchester. William Lawford, oil crusher, Liverpool, Aug. 27, and Sept. 21, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Dodge, Liverpool. James Taylor, atoe Lancashire, Aug. 28 and Sept. 18, at twelve, the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Crossland, Bury ; Higson and Robinson, Manchester. Henry Gardner, manufacturer, Wellington, Aug. 20 and Sept. 17, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter. Joseph Cooper, senior, end Joseph Cooper, junior, cot ton spinners, Chisworth, Derbyshire, Aug. 29 and Sept. 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Herne man, official assignee, Manchester ; Sutton, Manchester. Joseph Thompson, draper, Bishops Stortford, Hertford shire, Aug. 22, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 26, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Langley and Gibbon, Great J am es•street, Bedford-row. Joseph Eileen, grocer, High-street, Kensington, Aug. 26, at eleven, and Sept. 26, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Clarke and Carter, Cannon-street. Mary Bullivant Walters, Swan Hotel, Birmingham, Aug. 22 and Sept. 12, at half-past eleven, at the Birming ham District Court. Bittleaton, official assignee, Birming ham ; E. and H. Wright, Birmingham. Walter Dale, builder, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, Aug. 27, a nd Sept. 17, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Cooper, Tunstall ; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. Benjamin Holmes and Charles John Morris Lewis, boot makers, Birmingham, Aug. 29, and Sept. 18, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. Thomas 011iver, livery-stable keeper, Prestbury, Glou cestershire, August 25 and Sept. 23, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court , M iller, official a ssignee, ristol ; Towle, Cheltenham. Henry Herrick, licensed victualler, Epsom, Aug. 23, at eleven, and Sept. 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basiughall-street ; Shaen and Grant, Kennington-cross. Victor Chaudron and Florent Babin, dealers in perfu mery, Saville-house, Leicester -square, Aug. 22 and Sept 2 at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Leverson, St. Helen's place, Bishopsgate. John Lindsay, of the firm of Lindsay, Matheson, nd and Co., Sydney , Now South Wales, Aug. . 23, at eleven, and Sept. 26, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank rupt cy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Law rence, flaws, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. SCOTCH SEQUE 3TRATIONS. David Smith, sen., ir ee e ca nfo s u e t d. l.:r, Airdrie, and West Cal der, Ed i rglishire, deceased. Archibald Crawford, cattle dealer, . Robert Milne, tailo r a nd clothier, N ' ec; Market Gallery, Aber.' eon. ➢larion Smith, or M'Crae, grocer and victualler, Kil marnock. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. J. Thomas; Roxburg-terrace, Haverstock-hill, commis sion agent—W . Hattersley St. George-street, St. George's in-the-East, b o t an i s t—P . G ra h am, Cursito r - s t re et, and New-street -square, City, printer—J. Matchett, 11Ianning street, Edgware-road, contractor for earth works on rail ways—H. Taylor, Marlborough-square, Chelsea, proprietor Of a recipe for the manufacture of 13ritieh brandy—H. Sporting Intelligence. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TIIESDAY. EBOR HANDICAP. 7to 2 agst Warlock (take 4to 1) 6 to 1 agst Coroner (taken) 9to 1 agst Pretty Boy (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lady Tattoo (taken) 10 to 1 aght Yellow Jack (taken) ST. LEGER. 3to 1 ag‘t Fazzoletto (taken) 7 to 2 agst Ellington (taken) 10 to 1 agst any other (offered) READING RACES—TuEsD AY. The Eastbarupstead Park Stakes, 'of 5 save each, with 25 added, and 10 sove for the second horse, One mile and a quarter. (5 subs.) Mr. T. Stevens's Noisette, by Nutwitb, 6 yr', 84t 81b (Yates) 1 Mr; W. D. Moonshine, 4 yra, Bst 71b (Sly) 2 Mr. T. Hughes's Westminster, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (Hughes) 3 The Duffer and Bobby B. also ran. Betting-5 to 2 agst Moonshine, 3to 1 aget any othei. Won by a neck ; bad third ; the fourth and fifth ran in abreast, about a length behind Westminster. The Abbey Stakes of 10 save each, h ft, with 50 added, for 2 yr-olds ; colts, Bst 7lb ; fillies, 83t 41b. Maiden horses at the time of starting, if they have run once, allowed 31b ; if twice, slb ; winners of a stake of 200 Bove value or upwards, 31b ; of two such stakes 51b extra. About five furlongs. 18 subs. Mr. 1. Walker's Gemma di Vergy, by Sir Hercules, 83t 71b (Kendall) 1 Mr. Drink aid's Black Tommy, Bst 21b (Covey) 2 Mr. Sargent's Sister to Spindle, 83t 41b (Quinton) 3 The following also ran ;--Equinox, M. Dobler, Extra ivaganza, Cantrip, and Euxire. Betting-6 to 4on Geintna di Vergy. The favourite made all the running, and won by three lengths, half a length between the second and third, Cantrip was a bad fourth, Euxine fifth, and M. Dobler sixth. The Berkshire Stakes (Handicap) of 20 soya each, h ft, and only 5 if declared, with 100 added, the second to save his stake. About two miles. 36 subs, 13 of whom declared. Mr. Drinkald's Brother to Grey Tommy, by Chanti cleer, 6 yrs ' 74 (Covey) 1 Mr. Barber's Pretty Boy, 3 yrs, bat 121 b (in. 71b ex.) (Quinton) 2 Mr. E. R. Clark's Mr. Sykes, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (car. Sat 91b) (Dockeray) 3 The following also ran :—g by Surplice out of Cle mentina, Rialto, Comedy, Fair Geraldine, Tame Deer, Mica llarkaway, The Cropper. Betting-6 to 4on Pretty Boy, Gto 1 agst the Cle mentina g, 8 to 1 apt Comedy, 10 to 1 agst Brother to Grey Tommy, 12 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes. The Clementina gelding, with Miss Harkaway in close attendance, got off in front, a wide interval separating them from Tame Deer, who was third. Behind them came Pretty Boy ; the Cropper, and Mr. Sykes heading the ruck ; Comedy bringing up the rear. As they approached the far turn, the lot took close order, and in coming into the straight the Clementina gelding and Miss Harkaway dropped back beaten ; the Cropper going on with the lead, Mr. Sykes being second, Pretty Boy third, and Brother to Grey Tommy fourth. They ran thus to the distance, where the Cropper gave way, and Pretty Boy came on, with Brother to Grey Tommy in close pursuit. Half way up the distance, Brother to Grey Tommy made his effort, obtained the lead, and at last won by a neck. Four lengths separating the second from the third ; the Cropper was filth, and Rialto sixth. The Clementina gelding was beaten off. Imogene was struck out at 1 p.m. The Ladies' Plate of 30 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya each. Straight in—about 5 fur. 8 subs. Mr. Saxon's Ida, 4 yrs (501.), 84 llb (Rodburn) 1 Mr. Hewitt's Profile, 2 yrs (301.), sst 11b (car. 54 41b) (Elibberd) 2 Mr. Evans's Miss Nightingale, 2 yrs (301.), sst llb (Rayner) 3 The following also ran :—Ninette, Admiral of the White, Glendonua, and f by Loup Garou out of Pomme de Terre. Betting-2 to 1 agst Miss Nightingale, 3to 1 agst Admiral of the White, 6to 1 agst Ida. Won by two lengths, a length between the second and third. The winner was sold for 70 guineas. The Nursery Plate (handicap) of 60 sovs, for 2 yr-olds One mile. Mr. G. Drewe's Worcester, 7st 711 - i (Wakefield) 1 Mr. Saxon's Coxwell, bat 10lb (Quinton) 2 Mr. G. Drewe's Dexterity, 7st 3lb (Bray) 3 The following also ran :—Orianda, Sister to Elfrida, t by Trap out of Australia, and Desdemona. Betting—Even oil Dexterity. At fir,,t 5 to 4 was taken about Orianda, at last 100 to 5 was offered against her. Won by two lengths ; three lengths between the second and third. The Borough Plate of 25 goys, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each ; 2-yr•olds, sst 10Ib ; three, 7st 101 b ; four, B.t Blb ; five, Ost ; six and aged, 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 3lb. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs, if demanded, &o. Half - a mile. 14 subs. Mr. Gulliver's Sorceress, 2 yrs, Sat 71b (carried Sat 101 b) (Bray) 1 Mr. Evans's Miss Nightingale, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Plumb) 2 Mr. Sargent's Jane Shore, 3 yrs, 7st 71b...(Quinton) 3 The following also ran :—Bacon, Wild Strawberry, Titormus, Peeress, Araby's Daughter, f by Pyrrhus the First, Annot Lyle. Betting-4 to 1 agst Jane Shore, sto 1 each agst Bacon and Annot Lyle, 6 to 1 agst Titormus. Won by three quarters of a length, a head between the second and third, and a head between the third and fourth. BETTING ON THE COURSE. ESOR HANDICAP. 100 to 30 agit Warlock (offered) 7to 1 agit Coroner (taken) 10 to 1 agit Yellow Jack (offered) ST. LEGER. 500 even on Ellington and Fazzoietto laid twice. Daspite the many meetings which take place during the current week Reading Races seem to have lost none of their piipularity. Since the accession to office of Mr. Hiliburd they have attained a degree of importance which has rendered them as successful and attractive as any within the home circuit. Pleasure folk mustered in large numbers, and notwithstanding the counter-attrac tions at Lewes and at Wolverhampton, the ring was str,mgly represented. The most important incident which marked the sport was the defeat of Pretty Boy—the winner of the Good• wood Stakes, and of the ',awes Handicap yesterday— hy Br. to Grey Tommy, a horse belonging to Mr. Drink aid, whose colours have not of late been borne frequently first past the winning chair. WEDNESDAY. Weights for the Stand Plate. Ape st lb Flacrow Clerneutina g 4 8 4 Mary Mr.VerdantGreen 3 7 12 Alembic 5 7 12 0 tenitza Romeo Poacher Queitionabie lies.ie 4 7 4 Little Gerard 5 7 3 Bobby 13 3 7 2 Diana , 5 7 0 Tit minus Nliehaelrras Maid 6 7 0 Golden Plover o:yrnpusi 3 6 13 Newmarket Octa via TheFairGeraldine 3 6 12 Ida 4 6 10 The Roman Age st lb Queen Mab mare 5 ( 10 Jane Shore British Remedy 3 6 7 e by Clumsy out of Bastile Primrose Eloquence Madame Cliequot Grayling Go rnet Madame Rachel Bacon 4 6 5 3 6 4 3 6 0 2 6 0 2 5 12 3 5 10 2 5 8 2 5 7 2 5 7 2 5 7 2 5 5 2 5 5 2 5 5 2 5 0 2 5 0 2 5 0 2 4 10 S'ealark , Parole Spectator ...... Dexterity ; Sister to Spindle Illustrator Equinox Araby's llaughtsr Profile ...... WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.-TUESDAY, The Patshull Handicap of 10 sows each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared, &c., with 50 added. Certain winners extra. One mile and a half. (24 subs, 13 of whom de clared.) Captain Christio's Bandalore, by Tadmor, 3 yrs', 71b (in. 716 extra) (Pritchard) 1 Mr. T. Dawson's; Gaudy, 3 yrs sst 101 b ......(Bullock) 2 Bandalore made all the running, and won a length and a half. The Chillington Stakes of 10 SOTS each, with 50 added, for two.yr-c1,1.. Colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 51b. ners extra. T.Y.C. (13 subs.) Mr. Wilkin's 0 tkball, by Melbourne, Bst 12ib (in. slb extra C.►ptaiu Christie's Equity, Est slb (T. Cliff) 2 Mr. italford's Goldwater, 84 716 (Standing) 3 Won by half a length. The Cleveland Cup, in specie, by subsription of 10 cove, h ft, with 50 Added, for three•yr•olds and upwards. Csrtain penalties and allowances. The second to re• ceive 20 move out of the stakes. Twice round. (9 subs ) Mr. E. Parr's Aladdin, by Harkaway, 5 yrs, Oct 21b (Sapp) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Goldhill, 3 yrs, 74 2lb (Bates) 2 Mr. Moseley's Alonzo, aged, 9st 111 b ...(W. White) 3 Wun by two lengths ; same distance between the second and third. Before the race the owner of Gold bill lodged an objection against Aladdin, on the ground that the horse Aladdin was incorrectly described. The case will be referred to the stewards of the Jockey Club. Free Handicap of 5 cove each, with 50 added, Winners Calming, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriara-road, and Mortimer-street, Cavendish square, auctioneer. DIVIDEND. . _ R. Neal, Wandsworticeeni non, Surrey, carman, Sept. 2. CERTIFICATES TO BE GIZEiNTED Sept. 2u L. Garlie, Westbourne-Grove, Bayswater, sculptor —J. Tucker. Southampton, china. dealer—G. F. Owen, Lewisham, Kent, butcher. Sept 4. S. Margetts, Birmingham, licensed victualler—J. Rock, jun., Birming ham, factor. Sept. 5. J. Youil, Burton-upon-Trent, Staf fordshire, brewer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Smith and G. Garnett, St. Mary-axe, City, manu facturers of essences—D. Bigg and J. Brewer, High Wy combo, Buckinghamshire, dealers in corn—W. Parsons and Louisa Parsons, Copenhagen-wharf, Limehouse, car men—T. Lames, G. T. Horrell, and F. J. Horrell, City road and Old Kent-road—W. Tolson and D. Crowden. Keswick, Cumberland, tailors—T. Nicolson and J. U. Bas row, Davies-street, Berkeley-square, surgeons—E. C. Grant and W. D. Griffith, Ludgate-hill, City, booksellers —G. Tilley and J. Turner, Farringdon-street, Wheat Sheaf-yard, and King street, Snow-hill, undertakers—J. Seaward and J. D. Capel, Canal Iron Works, Poplar, en gineers—G. Each and E. Each, Lime-street-square, City, foreign merchants—J. Meyer and W. H. Richardson Dawson-street, Dublin, army and navy contractors — d . Douglas and A. Robertson, Penrith, Cumberland, sawyers --Elizabeth Elmslie and J. Elmslie, Betchworth, Surrey, grocers—T. Clare and W. B. Mawson, Bread-street, City, lace manufacturers—J. Campbell, jun., and H. V. Rudd, Liverpool, shipbrokers—J. E. Ritchie and W. Couper, South Shields, shipbrokers —E. Lloyd, A. Dupuy, and W. B. Agard, San Francisco, California, merchants —G. Prichard and H. Ruberts, Chester, booksellers—J. J. Eamonson and T. W. Parker, Belle Sauvage-yard, Lud gate-hill, wholesale ironmongers—D. Cooperand B. Cooper, Reading, Berkshire, chemists—S. Rogers and G. Casper, I Norwich, boot manufacturers. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-AUGOST 12. There was a good attendance today. Prime wheat met a good consumptive demand, arid being comparatively scarce, brought an advance of 3d to 4d per 701bs on red, and 4d to 6d on white. Prime sound flour also in demand, and is per barrel dearer off the week. Ordinary and in ferior descriptions of wheat or flour only saleable at last week's rates. Oats sold slowly, at late rates. Oatmeal very difficult to move, though offered on easier terms. Barley and beans maintained their value, with a slow re• tail sale. Canadian peas were obtainable at 38s to 39s per qr., being a decline of is to 2s, Indian corn in moderate request for feeding, at 29s 9 , 1 to 30s 3d for yellow, 29s to 29s Gd for mixed, and 30s 6d to 32s for white. LEEDS—Aua. 12. The quantity of fine fresh wheat on offer is extremely small, and such readily fetches an advance of 2s per qr. from Friday's rates ; the high prices asked for common qualities are not complied with, and on the whole not much business has been done. Very little passing in other articles, and value unaltered. HULL-MTG. 12. An exceedingly small show of English wheat, and a poor attendance of farmers. The business done was at 68s to 74s per qr. for average runs of wheat, being 3s to 4s above the rates raid last Tuesday. A good retail demand for best foreign. Barley scarce and dear. Oats in fair sup ply and demand. Beans unaltered. Linseed held firmly, but business limited. Cakes in fair demand, and oil again dearer. Rape cakes scarce and much wanted ; crushers will, not enter upon rapeseed at the prices demanded for the now crop. Peas, grey and black to Linseed, Black Sea 54 to 57 Ditto Petersburgh 45 to 54 Ditto Riga and Arch angel angel Wheat, English, red 68 to 751 Ditto white 72 to 76, Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranianandllam burgh Danish, Holstein, and 1 Friesland 6O to 65 Russian and Odessa 55 to 60' Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 27 to 28 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 36 to 48 Beaus Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 4O to 42 DittiiKonigsberg and Memel 88 to 44 Per Ton. Lins.c., Hull 9115 s to 10/ Os 01 'Ditto fine for. '7l 15s 911080 d Ditto inf. for O/ 080 d to II Os Rapeseed OOl Os to 001 Os Rape cakes —s Od to 130 s Od Tares, English M. to —9 Ditto foreign Guano OOl Os Si t 0121151 I i ßones IFlour, per brL MI. 3816 COURSE OF EXCH Arn5terdam............ 11 17 Ditto, three months .. 11 19%1 Rotterdam •• •• •• •• •• •• n 19%; Antwerp •• .• •• •• •• •• •• 25 52%' Brussels • • •• • • •• •• •• •• 25 52% fiamburgh •••••• •• .•• • • 13 8% Altona • • • • ...• •• •• ...• Ditto, three months .. 25 62% arseilles •.• • •••• • • •• 25 65 Bourdeaux •• • • •• •• • • •• Frankfort-on-Slaine •• .. 120 Berlin ••,•• •• •• •• •• •• Vienna •• •• •• .• .• •• •• 10 21 Trieste.. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 10 23 Petersburg .• •••••• •• •• 37g Madrid .• •••• • •• •• 49 3 4 Cadiz ••••....• •• •• •••• 50% Barcelona •• •• •••• • • ••• 13,ifille.„, •• ...• •• •••• [AIME.- YESTEEDAY• Glbraltarl...• ..•• •• •• .. _••••• ................,____ Leghorn 29 95 Genoa ........•• 21i 75 Milan ..... ......•• Venice•••••••••••••••• Naples Palermo .••••••••• •••• 133 Messina ... 1334 Lisbon •• •• Oporto •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 52% Rio Janeiro .. ... ..• .... Buenos Ayre5.......... Yew YorIZ,6O days' sight -- Philadelphia ?WOES OP BULLION, PIZ OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 u Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in bars 0 5 134 8BABOR.1)1.? MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-ofil.• ly the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when made , l From wha e. COUNTRIX9. in General Post- Pun due a Office, London.° t/Isp • E.l ' ird. America(bylirit.pack).N 'every FrFridayLiverpool ... Weekly &merlon (by United Sts pac ket) „ „ ~2 Every Tuesday .. Southampton , Weakly &morica (by U. Staftf • Liverpool. • pool) &V I- rat ) • •• Liver- „„ „ „ 4th and 19th .... Liverpool .. Twice lane Ditto (via Marseilles) Dover ••••• Ditto (via Cape of Good ...... •• • • Uneertatu 4.frica (waat a a " t ),,l ; 1.4 of in() Plymouth ..6th m.,„ .cex andri a ........„ 10th & 26th or, - . o. Dover .....• . .d t 19th 4.iexandria..........51 slit & 20th of m 0,,. Southarupio. 4/k2l of u 1 Bahamas ~. ~.. •• ••M 17th of the month southanapt, n 16th Belgium .............N Da11y............ Uncertain io Do t v it e h r am .. , . t . , . r • D l6 • , th y Brazil •• •• .• .•7 0 9th of the month.. Southamptot, th. Capeanen N of A G Yr oo e d i' llo " p . e . 7.1'1 9ih''thnrnmit' Various pelts uo.••rtals Cape of Good Hope ..N Case de Verde nth moral, Southamptor 16th of mo ceylon (see India) 10th and 26th.... 15 sr 99th Ceylon ..............If 4th and 20th 4th & slat Channel Isles ........N wtu.,tak Southamp• en 'M.Th.& at. Chili-- •• •• .• .... hi %17th of month Southamp or. 1 and 16 China .... Constantinople I oth and 26th.... Dover ...... 2 and it Constantinople Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily .. Dover « •• *. Twice day Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Twice dai1y...... Dover Twicedaily Gibraltar 4,7,17, 20, 27 .fm. Southampton 6,7, 24,20. Greece (see India) Greytown 2nd & 17th of m, n. Sloth •tripn n 1 and 16 Hamburgh Daily Savannah M 2nd of the month 80,,tilamp, of mo Holland Daily Dover Daily Honduras M 17th of the month Southampton 16th India (viaSoutharnpt.)M 4th k 20th of mon Plymouth .. 4 and 21 m India (via Marseilles)M 10 th&26th of moth Dover •••••• lb & 29 m lonian Isles (see India) •. • • •• • • Ireland •••• & N Twice daily'.. Holyhead , „ Li5b0n.............. bi 2d o' 0... Madeira 9th of month Southampton 6 and 16 Madeira ............N 23d of month Malta (see India) • Malta —N 4, 10, 20, and 26 Dover 4. 15, 21,2 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius • N 20th of the month 4th and 21 Mexico • 0•M Ind of the mouth.. SoUthampt.n l ost Naples Daily. . •••• . Dover Now Granada 2,1 & nth of month`Southampto Ist and 1 6 New Zealand..., •• •• .• Twice a month .. Various port 7t J Papal States Daily.... .. • • • • .. Dover ...... 4 weekly,. Peninsula •• •• •..• .14 tiouthainproi Peru Id & 27th of mon. ;onthampt...n Ist & 16th Port Natal ..........N dy nrivate ship... Various port Sicily Every Saturday.. , Dover Weekly Tuscany De11y........ .. • • Dover .... , Venewels 2d& 17th oftnonth gontliannvoi, 1 m 16most Van Diemen'sLond (se ,. Australia) tth of m0n..... 'monthly West Indies ~., , m,.,, k Routh amptear 11 and 16 THE CORN MARKETS IN FRANCE.—In the Paris corn market during the past week but little business was transacted, few purchasers presenting themselves, and only for such quantities as they absolutely required. The four .narks have experienced a further decline of from 21. to 3f., and in some eases even more. The price on Saturday 'vas 931. the 157 kilos. In the departments the fall has not been generally altogether so great, al though at Lille at the last market it was as much as 4f. 50c. the hectolitre and a half. The decline in wheat has been more marked than in ft .ur, the price being 52f. and 53f. the hectolitre and a half. The present year's wheat is remarked as being exceedingly fine in quality. The news from Marseilles contributed to the decline in the Paris market, the arrivals from the Sea of Aznff being so numerous that all the stores were full, and yet more vessels were daily expected. From Germany the accounts are most satisfactory, and there appears to be no doubt that the harvest will be in the centre of Europs abuve an average one. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On tho 11th inst., at Chapel, near Southampton, tho wife of F. P. Williams Freeman, Esq. tho 10th inst., at Upper Clapton, the wife of Daniel Spink, Esq., of Cannington, Somerset. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 11th inst., at 42, Eaton-place, Lady Colville, of Calrosq. On the 12th inst., at 151, Flect-street, the wife of Mr. J. S. Dalby. MARRIED. On the 12th inst., at St. Gabriel's, Pimlico, the Rev. Edward P. Eddrup, eldest and only surviving son of the late E. C. Eddrup, Esq., to Helen Annette, only daughter of Sir John N. It. Campbell, and granddaughter of Sir Robert Campbell, Bart. O❑ the 9th inst., at Walthamstow parish church, Essex, Mr. Ralph Renner, of Birkenhead, to Louisa, the secon,t c daughter of Mr. John Stevens, of Marsh-street, Waltham stow, and 23, Mark-lane. DIED. On the 9th inst., at the Lower Ward, Windsor Castl• Sir J. M. Doyle, aged 72. On the 12th inst., at Norwood, Frances Elizabeth, th second daughter of Sir William Verner, Bart., M.P. On the 12th inst., at Southall, Wm. Randall Vickers Esq , Baker-street, Portman.square, aged 55. On the 12th inst., Edward Yates, Esq. of 30, Compton• terrace, Islington , a nd 60, B arbican, aged 76. On the 11th inst., at Bayswater, Thomas Hopper, Esq., of Counaught-terrace, aged 79. On the 11th inst., at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Emily, wife of the Rev. Chatleton Maxwell, rector of Leekpatrick, co. Tyrone, Ireland, and daughter of the Hon. Richard Ponsonby, late Bishop of Derry. On the Bth inst., at B,St.M ary's•sqttare, Lambeth,Licut.-Gen. Philips Hay, aged 83. 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