The Sun. — London, England, 1834-07-15 00:00:00

by tne is of 18°65 VallSOM erl 3dyke. - The the work re' JosiN A paintings-' recolloctioeo gs ;-raA in at they 0: 15 Le artful ci• em with the is a lint ea e aurae to 0: - it ean , do ll Sir Josiah! In pew ex preso. °P er did Milt ildhood ; It s , re , 00 41 , 4 I. His 1 0. hest Of i n the 9 ' ll ' it these ell; i n the o°l t the OW [ a wid ° ' '' ', ge of 103 ' ed . s ie cal l 9 t tao ncl e o i f i r o nveyance' 6C l ' nee et Le last v 2 ,'; ut 7drit c eneral., Lttr ibutec, l ! v . t ' 11; and 1 " tY o f u 00 1 repea -eign Wan tv of° cages ei )rmer P s . f or eign 1 ,3 0 e has be e° he of ~pea GREAT MEETING OF MASTER TAILORS (THIS DAY.) Inis morning, a very numerous m ee ti ng o f mas t er t a il ors took Place at Willis's Room, King-street, St. James's, for the Purpose of laying before the meeting the Report of the Com mittee, and the minutes of the proceedings that had taken place since the last general meeting. Mr. LESLIE in the Chair. The minutes were read by the Secretary and confirmed. The_ CHAIRMAN then read the following Report of the Cotn taittee, which had been agreed upon at the Thatched House Tavern last night. obj" Your Committee have to report the gratifying fact, that the ect f or w hi c h they were appointed having been accomplished, the, consider their labours to be terminated ; and as the minutes of their various meetings (which have now been read) sufficiently detail the proceedings since the last public meeting of the trade, pool' Committee need not now detain the members present with a "capitulation of the facts. " Your Committee have the greatest pleasure in stating that fey are not aware of any interrupti on t o b us i ness on the pa r t o f :1,2e journeymen since their return to work, and they trust it will be ,org• ere any s i m il ar occas i on w i ll arise, wh i ch has prove d so itt- Prious to the best interests of the employers and the employed-- th e view of the subject your Committee are happy to be enabled to Rate which i s now t a k en b y many o f t h e j ourneymen t h emselves, aand who express an unqualified reprobation of the Trades' Union, ning to th a t op i n i on t h at t h ey h ave b een grossly deceived by the ss octation. " Your Committee think it a necessary part of their duty to ad "en to the funds collected for the object which called together so g r eat a number of the master tailors of the metropolis. t" A detail e d accoun t o f t h e receipts and expenditure is open to o inspection o f ever y i n di v id ua l mem b er o f the trade on applica ,n t o th e H onorary Secretary or the Treasurer. The accounts e ve been audited by Messrs. Robert.M'Callan, Forest and William ofonnhpesosnam, and 2 our Committee now present th e f o ll ow i ng a b s t rac Received . " RECEIVED. £975 0 6 " " EXPENDED. " Ditto Ressrs. Willi s , f or hi re o f C omm i ttee-rooms " , for room s f o r th e p u bli c meet i ngs o f t h e tra d e 37 5 0 ~ Advertisements ... a ewspapers for Circulation :: Printing , „ itationary, Messengers, and Postages l5 1' 'seance in the Treasurer's hands 306 2 1 975 0 6 ~ . _ This account i s ma d e up t o thi s ti me , an d i nc l u d es t h e expense 7 the public meeting this day,for the hire of these rooms ; and every r !sini on your Committee is satisfied. Your Committee deem it necessary now to allude to the ba ce in hand, 3061. 2s. M., and in. the list of subscriptions they frie an amount of 2211. 65., which has been contributed by 27 c o "ds to the cause, who are not members of the trade ; and your • i r alnittee are sure they only reiterate the sentiments of the trade, 4 1 1 expressing to those individuals their best aCknowledgments for ,eir kind assistance ; but ali the objtict for which the money was subscribed has been effected, your Committee are of opinion the r , . Per course for them to reeommend as to the disposal of the ba ,.:"ce in hand, is, that such subscriptions be returned in the most "JPectful manner, accompanied with a resolution expressing to each : i these subscribers the grateful sense entertained by the trade of I le kind assistance they have rendered to the cause. The following are the names of the Subscribers not bel ong i ng t o the trad e :-- 1,..ut and Landon lO 0 0 . k enn el( and Bidgood lO 0 0 ABM s aw., klgood 5 0 0 . , La ois and Cobbett 2O 0 0 )4' 4, Barber, and Howse o, s ttsitl and Co. 6 - NI and Stafford 33 0 ~ecrge Stanton .‘,-,' .A. Miller 1 0 0 pel:and Co. 'iarr ls 4 0 on (Bow Church-yard) bancyball (CheaPside) ' 5 5 0 '', st, Brown, and Co. 10 10 0 -, ones Brown, 0:,;:es 3 k ii ll ie e y gent-street) 5 0 0 Ik / ,`,'Ppnd and Simpson 5 0 0 w b, 'adY ( Cheers) ojks.exiteonb andr Williams lO 10 0 Lsiottets 5 5 0 se 5 0 0 2 0 0 Pi..... ad .Y (Cheers) tt—aelf uni (Stra nd) 5 0 0 0 ,„.., Jack M T. Littl e 3 3 0 1. and Co 3 3 0 lii S h arp 8 . m " a rP ( S Ald ith ermanbury) £221 6 0 " JOHN LESLIE, Chairman." it That Was all the Report they have to make at present, and Wha t for the Meeting to say whether they would adopt it Ortet•—•(Che r ) AVLIF e which was seconded by Mr. Jackson, t hat th e the Meet' Report of the Committee be received and adopted by m g . The CHAIRMAN then . put the question, when Mr. A•rx_ iNso; suggested the propriety_ of stating the names of those Lions who had subscribed the 2001., otherwise some reflec , S might be drawn upon the integrity and motives of the ,-urnmittee. The cuAintiAN was obliged,to the gentleman for his sug tef.gestion, and stated that he should have mentioned the names ore, but that they had only then been sent to him.--(Hear, ea r•) He th en proceeded to read the names, and requested P e rmissi on to a d d them to the Report. This was unanimously 'greed to. b uesir Itern (a memb er of the. Cornmittee) . thought it would able to reserve the disposal of the funds at present, lest it should become necessary upon some future occasion. lith e th e _ 3' voted away the whole of the remainder of the fund, kb )" Would leave nothing to proceed with should a similar d thine of circumstances present itself as they had witnessed r ep slimmer. He should, therefore, move that that part of the F,L)rt be omitted.--( Hear, hear.) • 'lr. EARLE seconded it. Th said that every individual member of the e Cum CHAIRMAN ttee had been summoned to attend la s t n i g ht t o cons:- tolj-," w ttteuee prop r i ety o f t h e report. Those members of the Com ho were not present, having had due notic e o f it, were 10. considered as coinciding in the result that had been come • 11 'A il% Reed, he understood, had been absent on account of ; 'in his family and therefore he m ig ht s t an d excuse d as ( riet-urtioailitiderl member of the trad e , b u t . as a mem b er o f t h e he w as b oun d b y t h e acts of the Committee.-- llot e l a ;:i ear.) The report only stated that certain individuals lactic .° a g i ng to th e t ra d e h a d su b scr ib e d a certain sum of tad f . 3, to co unteract the evils that had arisen from the strike, a a , o r, no oth er purpose. The object for which the money act r , s ,l'n s cribed having been completely effected, it was only an °idejusti ce on their part to return the money to those indi sho t i ts who were not members of the trade.--(Cheers.) He vr ea tl it - h - be ashamed, when he looked around him, and saw the t hea. 4 ,nd opulence present, to say that he for one moment P,urp,: i t_ntds would not be available for any futurelegitimate re " , e trade might think proper.—( Hear, hear.) He there.. r eport ° P o d there would be no opposition to the adoption of' the beach h --tvis said that as the money had been given for the We4ici of the trade, and by those who could well spare it, he th Iner e l v etrlsq throw out a suggestion that they might form t , ve s as master-tailors, into a society to protect and re- Lab e - e decayed and infirm tradesman when past the days of h eal ! \ r, and when misfortunes had overcome him.—( Hear, 1 , 11 141,6 He had long considered that this would be a most u"orti..`te undertaking, and that great good would result e,rel individuals here ' expressed a similar opinion. bet, ' 'VAT/LIN/8 considered the proper course to pursue would tet nril the money, and allow those who had subscribed to • It w e i t d il eir choice abo y u , t subscribing towards any new project. 40pl ° be an act of injustice and insult to dispose of, and kthe in a different way to that which was intended r. tioseribers._( Hear.) 141: ' ri I)kv 's Raid, it was merely his intention to moot the 4 1 ,,, e tY of forming such a charitable fund. Pl'op e : e Person present here suggested that it would be very Ill estf oti t° call a meeting for the purpose of discussing this 1 . 1 4 qe at -11a lutstav said he had suffered this very irregular con stilt t e „, • • a • that every gentleman pre the3lloQ, go on, being desirous • a th e c state his opinion.—(Cheers.) The question be tts r e „„ eeting was, whether they would receive and adopt • ' t ile 44' 1 ; 221/. had been subscribed by 27 friends 'not in obi,, e ' and he considered, as, he had stated before, that as rrt 'et e "o for which the money had been subscribed was „ ;v eli of 't Ivas their duty, in the first instance, to return so . 11 ' e s k h t e °fi t _balance as amounted to the 2211. He did not si or l 4 f und -4 apy opinion upon the propriety of establishing at „ as had been suggested, but he thought any discus ' • sent r'es upon such a questiOn was quite irregular. Okr. 'ers• tsitio,il.liqq: said he should certainly not object to the pro t ifir as separate distinct proposition, ' l / 4 1 , no u i , • Davisi a ,so q certainly feel sorry, now that the Committee t4 e lr d yti r 'Y finished their labours, and had so well performed zi o e 4 op t e i 4 t° see the least difficulty throw n in the way of ft ith 'c'rt t i n . :f the Report.—(Cheers.) They would have The oc e .linculty whatever in collecting funds upon any 1, 16 1 he epas'on, should it be required.—(Cheers.) 1/4,l.creceiveicramAN then again put the question, that the Report i ctid cahned _adopted, which was carried unanimously, • 11 , 10.. e ( 41 erin g . th,," l'eci,;tl.l"l/, congratulated the meeting upon the unani lil4 a- sser t i o 4'n to which they had just come. It would refute biaa, b • e en s u b, f !,/le enemies of the master tailors that funds th:lkof he by any but the trade to put down the coni sqsh worknaen. They had acted with perfet justice übli e to"laingement, and they could with satisfaction refer Lth,:d had b een fact that not one penny of the money sub • R. ) Purpose'n a ppropriated to eating or drinking, or any th at ~) ,put that for which it had been subscribed,— . :::::::h,:tutifise:agryellei(nan who had subscribed 50/. stated 44d in 1( ler ed n Ulve a second and a third 501. if it should b . e Cheers.) He felt much pleasure in 4 , :t : a detietlo Teeting had come to so very proper and im 11.7501titionrmlna t ion•—( Cheers.) of thank s to the Committee was then moved by 104"Iraittee 3h Grosve nor-square, and it also su ggested that •F,_ e a rum ould not be dissolved for twelve month s , and Yiz e s hould be subscribed for the old and infirm v lernutaion w as second e d b y Mr. S. SIMoN. i 4, C l ?entl 11,,. as r na ,.. n in t h at the resolution should be di at' wi p j u il l g ai ly d s upport ono part, who might object t o -one, and the first portion of the reso . thei,""Ynig the thanks.eodf t w h i e th M a e c e c t l i ani ng a t t o io t n h s e Committee e thanks of the Ulster Tailors of London are especially to `h irriitseernetetCos orrimohitetetreadfoer,their,indefatigabe seal =Ol atten dunng the late ardaous straggle in which the welfare of the journeymen have been considered, as well as the interests of the masters." The CHAIRMAN, on the part of the Committee, returned thanks for this mark of approbation with which the masters had honoured their efforts. They were merely those which any other individuals would have made had they been honoured with a similar mark of confidence. (The Chairman's obser vations were received with three distinct rounds of applause.) The second portion of the resolution, requesting of the Com mittee to continue their services for twelve months was then proposed. Mr. REED thought that the Meeting should first inquire whether the labours of. the Committee would be necessary for another year ; and, secondly, whether the masters so entirely agreed with and approved of the labours of that Committee, that they should select them, and no others, to continue in that office. He, for one, thought there was a necessity for conti nuing their labours another year—although the men were overcome, they were not persuaded that they had acted wrong ; and, he believed, they would be ready on a future occasion to act in a similar manner. He thought the Committee had most ably discharged their duty, and that they were imperatively called on to watch over the interests of the trade for another year.— (Cheers.) He was only surprised that a stronger exhibition of feeling upon the subject had not been evinced by the meeting. A GE NTLEMAN thought that the men had been completely overcome, and that there was no necessity for the continuance of the Committee in office.—(N&, no.) The CHAIRMAN pointed out to the meeting that the resolu tion stated that it was hoped by the end of twelve months, " the friendly relations hitherto existing between the masters and the journeymen would be resumed," would imply that they were still in a state of hostility, which certainly was not the case.—( Hear, hear.) The objectionable passage was then altered, and the third portion of the resolution was added as an instruction to the Committee. Mr. DAVIS feared that so long as a Committee of the masters existed, the men would look upon them with suspicion and form committees and combinations of their own. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. " This meeting earnestly entreat the Committee as at present constituted to continue their valuable services for another year, by which time it is hoped the trade will have recovered itself, and the usual friendly relation between the masters and journeymen be con tinued and consolidated, and that it be an instruction to the Com mittee to entertain the subject of any well-digested plan to assist aged and distressed masters and journeymen tailors of good charac ter and conduct. Mr. WILLis thought that the master tailors were deeply in debted to the . exertions of their able and efficient Chairman, and to the assistance of the Secretary and Treasurer.— ( Cheers.) He had prepared two resolutions for that purpose, which he would beg to submit to the meeting. Mr. REED bore the most flattering testimony to the urbanity and ability with which Mr. Leslie had discharged the impor tant duties intrusted to him.—(Loud cheers.) The happy and successful results which bad been brought about by the Committee, had been in his opinion mainly effected by the ex ertions of the Chairman.—( Applause.) The resolution of thanks to the Chairman having been put and carried— " That this meeting are anxious to record, and hereby express their deep sense of obligation to their Chairman, Mr. Leslie, for his unwearied and persevering zeal, in conducting the various meet ings which have taken place, for the urbanity and impartiality which he has uniformly evinced, and for the valuable and practical know.. ledge which he has displayed on the important occasions for which the trade have been assembled." Mr. LESLIE returned thanks. He had simply endeavoured to do his duty, for he felt deeply for the success of the object they had in view. They had read a salutary lesson to the working classes, which he hoped would be productive of the best effects. In conclusion, he begged to tender the meeting his most hearty acknowledgments, and to assure them, that if ever his services could be useful to the best interests of the trade, the master tailors could at all times command them. Thanks were then voted to Messrs. Harrison and Story, the Secretary and Treasurer. " That the thanks of this meeting are eminently due, and are hereby given, to Messrs. Harrison and Storey, their Secretary and Treasurer, for the active and zealous co-operation which they have so beneficially contributed, in carrying into effect the resolutions of the trade." Mr. HARRISON returned thanks, and the meeting separated. NSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT--(THIS DAY IN THE MATTER OP WILLIAM VENABLES. The second hearing of this insolvent, the well known ex tensive linendraper, late of Navarino House, Lamb's Conduit street, whose debts amounted to between 33,000/. and 34,0001., was fixed for this morning, and excited much interest in the mercantile world. Mr. C. JONES, who appeared on the part of Messrs. Had land and Shillingford, the warehousemen, on the case being called on applied that it might be adjourned. He had come this morning by express from Horsham to attend the case, but submitted that the notice had been served too late. It was served on Friday, and until yesterday the creditors could not procure an office copy of the amended special balance sheet. The case was one of great importance, and he trusted the Court would grant some farther delay towards the investigation of the matter. Mr. Cooi (wits whom were Mr. Nichol and Mr. Woodroffe) resisted the application ; the notice he submitted had been served in time. The COURT considered differently ; creditors were entitled to full opportunities to investigate the affairs of their debtors. In a case of the present magnitude ample time should be given. The further hearing of the case stood over till to-morrow. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. Philadelphia papers have been received, at the North and South American Coffee-house, to the 20th of June, but they do not contain any information worth notice. Quebec papers to the 12th of June, and Newfoundland pa pers to the 20th of June, have also been received at the above coffee-house. The Quebec papers state that the Provincial Parliament is further prorogued from the 30th inst., to the 22d of August next. The brig Constautia, April 28, from Limerick, with 170 passengers, arrived at Grope Isle ; lost twenty-two of her passengers during her voyage. The barque Elizabeth and Sarah, May 8, from Dublin, arrived at Grope Isle this morning with two hundred pas sengers, also lost twenty-two during her voyage. The Newfoundland papers state that the Council and As sembly met yesterday preparatory to the prorogation, which will take place to-day at two o'clock. ( From the Paper of the 15th June. ) Extract from his Excellency's speech on proroguing the Colonial Parliament : Honourable Gentlemen—Although the present, strictly speaking, is the third session of the Colonial Parliament, yet, from the various impediments which interrupted your former deliberations, as well as the natural embarrassments attending the first introduction of so important a change in the constitu tion as that which has taken place, your labours could not be considered effectively to begin until the period of, my last calling you together. I have therefore' been more anxious to remove every impediment to your giving entire time and at tention to the important duties that devolve on you; and al though the - public service has been put to some inconvenience by the length to which the session has been protracted, and I fear not less to the private interests of some of your members, yet I would not bring it to a close until I had been given to un derstand that no further matters were under your consideration. During the nineteen weeks that you have been in deliberation some well-advised and important acts have been the result of your labours ; yet it is much to be regretted that no measure has been presented for my acceptance on the most important subject that could come before you, the jurisprudence and judi cature of the country. The uncertainty at to the laws appli cable to this island, and the diversity of opinion in those who administer them, as to what portion of the laws of the parent state (particularly of the criminal law), was operative in this country, has been a theme of long and constant animad version, and the impunity with which perpetrators of the most atrocious crimes, have, in consequence, escaped the just reward of their deeds, rendered it most desirable thiit some enactment should have removed all doubts upon the subject.—lt finishes by thanking the Assembly for the supplies granted for the public service. The Express from Paris states, by arrivals from Madrid of the 4th of July, that up to that period the cholera had not made any progress in Madrid ; but in many towns in the pro vinces it raged with great violence, particularly in the South of Spain. THE FUNDS. As it is now ascertained that new Administration has been nearly accomplished, and that Lord Althorp will resume his former situation as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord Melbourne as Premier, their appointments are regarded as favourable by the public, and have had the effect of im proving the funds this morning. Consols, which left off yesterday at 924 a for the Account, opened at the same price, but soon after were done at 92i to 93, at which price they are at present. Spanish, which left off 44 went up to 451 ; Portguese, which left off at 87k have improved to 88. Various reports are still in circulation respecting the depar ture of Don Carlos; but nothing certain is known. HALF-PAST ONE. In the ear l y part o f t h e morning all the Funds were looking up, since which the markets have taken a turn and become heavy. Consols, which were 93, have declined to 924 for the Account. The Foreign Market, which had a lively appearance, has become sombre. Spanish, which reached 45k, has lowered to 42i 43k, owing to a report that a letter is in town from Fal mouth, positively stating the landing of Don Carlos in Spain ; Portuguese Stock has also receded from 88k to 84. We have seen a l etter from Lisbon stating that Don Pedro, finding his health so precarious, has requested of the British Government, in case of his death, that his daughter should be married to the Empress's brother; the letter adds that he is in a decline. Consols for Account, 92i t. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.---" Under such aus pices Peverel was ushered in beneath that gloomy gateway where so many bid adieu, on their entrance, at once to honour and to life. The. dark and dismal arch under which he soon found himself opened upon a large court-yard, where a num ber of debtors were employed in playing at hand-ball, pitch and-toss, h ust l e-cap, and other games , f or which relaxations the rigour of their creditors afforded them full leisure, whil e i t debarred them the means of pursuing the honest la,hour by which they might have redeemed their affairs, and maintain their !tarring and beggared families."—Sir Waiter Scott. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1834. COURT CIRCULAR. A Cabinet Council (the first since the resignation of Earl Grey) was held last night at the residence of Viscount Al thorp, having been summoned by Viscount Melbourne. The Council was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chan cellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Carlisle, Vis count Althorp, Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Secretary Rice, the Right Hon. Charles Grant, Lord Holland, Lord John Rus sell, Lord Auckland, and the Right Hons. E. Ellice and J. Abercrombie. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria rode on horseback in the Parks at an early hour yesterday morning. Before leaving town on Saturday morning for Windsor, Viscount 14Ie'bourne had an interview with Earl Grey. The Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord Holland visited the Noble Earl yesterday. Prince Talleyrand and M. Van de Weyer, the Belgic Mi nister, transacted business yesterday at the office of the Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs. Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor, Lord John Rus sell, the Right Hons. Spring Wee, Charles Grant, E. Ellice, and J. Abercrombie, visited Earl Grey and Viscount Althorp yesterday at their respective residences. The Belgic Minister had an interview yesterday with Mr. Poulett Thomson, at the office of the Board of Trade. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord and Lady Gray and family, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley square, from Scotland ; the Countess of Ashburnham, in Eaton square, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. and Miss Smith, at Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, from Scotland ; John Cook, Esq., at ditto, from his seat in Northamptonshire ; A. Hope, Esq., at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street from Holland; Mr. and Mrs. W. Ellis, in Regent-street, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. 'Shean, at Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar-square, from Ports mouth ; Mr. and Mrs. Bushby, at ditto, from Dublin ; Colonel Needham, at ditto, from ditto ; R. Colville, Esq., at ditto, from ditto ; J. Freborn, Esq., at ditto, from ditto ; A. D. Maingy, Esq., at ditto, from the East Indies; C. W. Williams, Esq., at ditto, from Liverpool; T. Edwards, Esq., at ditto, from Chester ; Mons. and Madam Boisgerard, at ditto, from the Con tinent. DEPARTURES. Lady Dover and family, from Dover House, Whitehall, for Hastings; Mr. and Mrs. Lumston, from Warren's Hotel, Regent street, for Antwerp ; Mr. and Mrs. Coventry, from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Henley ; Mrs. Scott Waring, from ditto, for ditto; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Handley, from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Nottingham ; Mr. and Mrs. Davenport, from Brook-street, for their seat in Cheshire ; W. Garnett, Esq. and family, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Man chester; J. M. Galway, Esq., M.P., from ditto, for Ireland; Sir John Gerhard, Bart., from ditto, for his seat in Lancashire ; Mr. and Mrs. Hartopp, from Symmon's Hotel, St. James's-street, for their seat in Leicestershire ; Captain King, R.N., Mrs. King, and family, from Batt's Hotel, Dover -street, for the Continent ; Captain Clark, from ditto, for Shepton Mallett, Somersetshire ; Captain Ainslie, from ditto, for Brighton ; John Boyd, Esq., from ditto, for Ireland; Admiral Sir T. Baker, from Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar -square, for Waimer ; Sir L. Greenwell, from ditto, for Chatham ; Sir Hugh Stewart, from ditto, for Scotland; Colonel Campbell and son, from ditto, for ditt o ; Major Macan, from ditto, for ditto ; J. O'Locklen, Esq. and family, from ditto, for Dublin ; V. Vaughan, Esq., and family, from ditto, for his seat, Caversham grove, Oxon; Major Dickson, from ditto, for his seat, Brettenham Park, Suffolk. THE LYCEUM THEATRE. Last night this Theatre commenced its career. The work men were employed on it, both without and within, up to the very last moment to which the opening of its doors could be delayed, and marvellous indeed has been the rapidity with which they have prosecuted the concluding labours of their work. The interior of the house appeared quite finished, and looked very elegant and brilliant. Some blemishes in its details may still be corrected. The frontage of the balcony is over-high, and consequently conceals the company behind it too much, both from the pit, and—what is not of little im port to the actor, who loves a cheerful house—from the stage. The open metal work of which it is composed partly obviated this objection; but we were surprised last night to find this advantage neutralised by the introduction of a yellow calico lining, which has been fitted behind it, rendering it an imper vious screen. This is injudicious. Every person must feel that the cold, meagre bit of relievo which is introduced on the pannelling next the stage is out of keeping with every thing round it ; and also that the bare piece of wall or foun dation under it, and descending to the pit floor, shoUld be of a deeper colour than that of delicate grey marble. It is a maxim in architectural ornament, that, the nearer the base, the heavier the colour and the more massive the form should be, while both one and the other should grow lighter as they ascend. The lustre, which is lit with gas, is very large and handsome, and suffices fully to illuminate the entire house, thus giving the audience, and to the ladies in particular, all the advantage, so prized by the painter, of a top light. The appearance of the Theatre was very gay when it was filled, as it was on this occasion, with the exception of the gallery. The first proceeding of the evening was the performance of " God save the King," in which the whole of the newly mustered company joined—after which, the following address, the composition of Mr. Serle, was spoken by that gentleman,. with considerable applause : While various languages- divide mankind, And none can speak the universal mind, One common voice of sympathy remains, And Music's tongue of all the soul explains. The infant's wail, the blithe note of the bird, The stirring war-shout, nature's fury heard In the vast ocean's roar, the thunder's crash, The grOanings of the wind, the gentle plash Of murmuring brooks, the mountain-cattle call, The laugh, the cry of woe ; these speak to all-- These sounds instinctive form sweet Music's tongue, Sounds every race and nation heard among. In Britain only broken is the spell — The harp _unstrung ? Have we no thought to tell, Worthy their voice? Is there no master hand To sweep the strings — no music in the land Of Milton and of Shakspeare? Call it forth-- Sow you the dragon's teeth and see the teeming earth. Yet think not we repine at foreign art, Grateful we share the joys it can impart. We have no feud with Paganini's bow, With Grisi's grace, or Taglioni's toe : We only quarrel with that pedant band Who praise, because they do not understand— Those whom an Opera, in pure Chinese, • Would move to well-affected ecstasies. Genius is denizen of every land, And honours by his step a foreign strand - ; Yet, by that Genius' all-commanding powers, Scorn not its might, because it may be ours-- This unpretending play is dedicate To gentle arts that soften or elate. Sentiment, pathos, are not banished hence Bold whim and jest shall mock at sadder sense ; And, guiding every change with mild control, Music shall rule and harmonize the whole ; One custom broken here may ask excuse— We to the theatre restore its use ; We think that every gesture should be seen, And words be heard, to know well what they mean. Therefore for this small space your favour pray, Where you see what we do, hear what we say— Must we mete greatness by the builder's rule, Or is this house fit for the Drama's school ? Your kind encouragement success insures; Be this the Muses' temple, be it yours In consequence of the postponement of Nowjahad, there was nothing new in the evening's entertainment, which con sisted of the drama of The Yeoman's Daughter, Call .4ain To-morrow, and Amateurs and Actors, which were performed much in the same style as that to which the public has been familiarised. We shall, therefore,. not dwell upon their merits or demerits, but take this occasion to make a few general re marks repecting the management of this theatre. It is styled the English Opera House. In that name there is great pre tension and promise, which signifies, if anything, that it will be specially dedicated to musical performances, and to the advancement of the native school of composition. An excel lent ambition, which, if zealously and sincerely pursued, will deserve, and, we should doubt not, will attain success. It shall have our humble support. of experiment ; but that it appears from the evidence before the Committee, that from the Persian Gulf to the town of Bir, which is nearer to the Mediterranean port of Scandaroon than Suez is to Alexandria, there would be no physical obstacle to the steam navigation of that river during at least eight months of the year ; November, December, January, and February being not absolutely excepted, but reserved for the results of further experience. 9. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that there appear to be difficulties on the line of the Euphrates from the present state of the countries on that river, and par ticularly from the wandering Arab tribes, but that those diffi culties do not appear to be by any means such as cannot be surmounted, especially by negotiations with the Porte, Maho met Ali, and the Chiefs of the principal fixed tribes ; and that this route; besides having the prospect of being less expensive, presents so many other advantages, physical, commercial, and political, that it is eminently desirable that it should be brought to the test of a decisive experiment. 10. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that th e physical dif f iculties on the line of the Red Sea appearing to be confined to the months of June, July, August, and Sep tember, and those of the river Euphrates to the months of No vember, Deoember, January, and February, the effecti ve t r i a l of both lines would open a certain communication with the Mediterranean in every month of the year, changing the line of the steam vessels on both sides according to the seasons. 11. Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee, That it be recommended to his Majesty's Government to extend the line of Malta packets to such ports in Egypt and Syria as will complete the communication between England and India. 12. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that the expense of this experiment by the Euphrates has been, by an estimate which the Committee has subjected to the examina tion of competent persons, stated at 20,0001., which includes a liberal allowances for contingencies ; and the Committee re commend that a grant of. 20,0001. be made by Parliament for trying that experiment with the least possible delay. POOR LAWS' AMENDMENT BILL. STEAM NAVIGATION TO INDIA. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) Steam Navigation to India Committee--Report of Resolu tions, with Minutes of Evidence, brought up, and read:-- I. Resolved, That it is th e o pi n i on o f thi s C o m m i ttee , th a t a regular and expeditious communication with India, by means of steam vessels, is an object of great importance both to Great Britain and to India. 2. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that steam navigation between Bombay and Suez having, in five successive seasons, been brought to the test of experiment (the expense of which has been borne by the Indian Govern ment exclusively), the practicabilty of an expeditious commu nication by that line during the north-east monsoon has been established. 3. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that the experiment has not been tried during the south-west mon soon ; but that it appears from the evidence before the Com mittee, that the communication may be carried on during eight months of the year, June, July, August, aiid September, being excepted, or left for the results of further experience. 4. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that the experiments which have been made have been attended with very great expense ; but that, from the evidence before the Committee, it appears that, by proper arrangements, the ex pense may be materially reduced ; and, under that impression, it is expedient that measures should be immediately taken for the regular establishment of steam communication from India by the Red Sea. 5. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that it be left to his Majesty's Government, in conjunction with the East India Company, to consider whether the communi cation should be in the first instance from Bombay or from Calcutta, or according to the combined plan suggested by the Bengal Steam Committee. 6. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that by whatever line the communication be established, the net charge of the establishment should be divided equally between his Majesty's Government and the Mist India Company, in cluding in that charge the expense of the land conveyance from the. Euphrates on the one hand, and the Red Sea on the other, to the Mediterranean. 7. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that the steam navigation of the Persian Gulf has not been brougl!t to the test of experiment ; but that it appears from the evi dence before the Committee, that it would be practicable be tween Bombay and Bussora during every month in the year. 8. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this:Committee, that the extension of the line of the Persian Gulf by steam naviga tion on the river Euphrates has not been brought to the test TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN SIR—As you have been kind enough to admit former com munications of mine on the same subject, may I request the favour of your inserting in your excellent journal the following observations at your earliest convenience ? I am most anxious, before the Poor Law Amendment Bill pass the upper House, to direct the attention of Noble Peers to the erroneous principle, as I conceive, on which the measure is founded. The panacea, then, according to the framers of this Bill, for the thousand-and-one abuses of the Poor Laws, consists in frightening the poor, by every species of severity, from be coming chargeable to the parish, and when they are actually so, by treating them as criminals of no ordinary description. Now, Mr. Editor, this appears to me extremely unjust. It proceeds upon the illiberal supposition, that all the poor who ask relief are necessarily criminals, and ought to be punished as such ! The bitter sarcasm that " poverty is sin," is thus legally sanctioned and entered on the statute-hooks, and so stamped with an "authority which might well have been spared. Rest assured, Sir, that, with the uneducated more especially, the supposition of guilt, when so clearly expressed by the highest authority, will go far to effect its realization, and that the two millions which, it is calculated, this slave-driving system will save* the country annually, will be found but a poor set-off against the misery, crime, and even expense, which it will engender. Is a man to be treated as a vile criminal merely because, poor fellow I he is so unfortunately situated as to be unable to procure employment ?—because those (I here refer more par. titularly to agricultural districts) who have got the land in their hands will not, or cannot give him work ? From long and intimate acquaintance with the labouring classes of this country, I can safely and confidently assert, that even the worst characters will work—and hard too—if they are fairly paid for their labour. Is there any lack of industry amongst the poor in harvest-time, when they work by the piece,- at good wages ? I have never heard the complaint made, though I reside, and have done for many years, in a parish abounding with poor. No, Sir ! thank God, there is still so much energy and principle left in the lower classes of this country, that they would infinitely rather eat the bread of industry than that of idleness and dependence ! All that they require is, to be put in a way to support themselves by their own exertions. If the Bill had been founded on this principle—the only legitimate one--of finding profitable em ployment for the poor, and, on their refusal to work, then to punish them,—it would have been altogether unobjectionable. But since this forms no part of the Bill, and the poor must ftnd employment for themselves as they best can, with the dread, too, of the poor-house--or, more properly, prison house—before their eyes, if they ask for bread when unable to obtain it by work, I greatly fear that the evils of the pre sent system, great as they certainly are, will eventually be found far more tolerable than those which this cruel and unjus measure will give rise to. The Bill seems to me to bear the harsh and misanthropic features of Miss Martineau. I beg the lady's pardon—l mean of her system. It may seem very good in theory—in the closet—but will never answer when reduced to practice amongst a n aturally independent and noble-minded race of men. .I have raised my feeble voice, Mr. Editor, against the measure, at this the eleventh hour, not from the vain hope that any thing so humble an individual as myself can say will effect any alteration of the objectionable clauses, but from a deep sense of duty towards my country : and I have only to add, since there is every probability of the Bill's shortly be coming the law of the land, that I pray fervently my fore bodings as to the result may prove groundless ! Westall, Kent, I am, Sir, your obedient servant, July 9, 1834. JOHN ALEX. ROSS, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALL' S. GOODWOOD GOLD CUP, P.F. The betting was tolerably brisk, and was productive of two or three important changes in the Goodwood Cup. Towards the close of the afternoon a Noble Lord laid 6 to 1 against Glencoe without at all influencing the odds, the highest offers at the finish being 5 to 1. The gelding—Liston's dam was backed to a considerable amount, and left off at about half the odds quoted against him a fortnight back. Carnaby and Nonsense were also in force, but did not make any considerable advance. Glaucus, Colwick, Rocking ham, and Marpessa, maintained the same places they held last week. Closing prices : 5 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Glencoe. • 11 to 2 agst Lord Chesterfield's Colwick. 8 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's g.—Liston's dam (taken). 11 to 1 agst Hon. S. Herbert's Carnaby (taken). 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Glaucus. 11 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Nonsense (taken). 12 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's The Saddler (taken) 13 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Marpessa. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Theobald's Rockingham. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Kirby's St. Giles. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Kent's Rubiui (taken). 35 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Famine. 400 to 100 agst Carnaby and Liston's dam (taken three or four times). 206 to 100 on Claucus agst Rubini (taken). DR AWING -ROHM STAKES, P.P. 2 to 1 was taken about Shelalagh in opposition to the general opinion that he will not go for it, an opinion strengthened by a bet of 50 to 40 on Charivari and the Merlin filly against tile field. GOODWOOD STAKES, P.P. 10 to 1 agst Pussey (taken). 12 to 1 agst Easton. 12 to 1 agst Barney Bodkin. D ONCASTER ST. LEGER. 2 to I agst Plenipotentiary. 8 to 1 agst Bran (taken). 10 to 1 agst Shelalagh. THE DERRY. 2,000 to 100 betted agst the Angelica colt. NEWMARKET SECOND — OCTOBERMEETING, 1834. goNna-r.—The Garden Stakes of 100 sous. each. T.M.M. Lord Chesterfield's Colwick, 6 yrs., 9st. 71b. Lord Chesterfield's Glaueus, 4 yrs., 9st. 51b. Sir M. Wood's Vespa, 4 yrs., fist. 51b. Lord Jersey's Glencoe, 3 yrs., Bst. 31b. Sir F. Johnstone's f. by Merlin, 3 yrs., 7st. 101 b. JULY MEETING, 1835. NOMINATIONS FOIL THE JULY STAKES. Duke of Grafton's c. by Saracen—Zeal Duke of Grafton's b. f. by Zinganee—Problem Sir M. Wood's b. c. by Whisker or Cetus, d. by Blacklock Mr. Greville's b. c. Martello Colonel Peel's c. by Bedlamite—Jason's dam Colonel Peel's br. c. by Emilius--Versatility Mr. Sowerby's br. f. Corunna Mr. Sowerby's b. f. Tamburini Lord Exeter's Muezzin Lord Exeter's Sister to Green Mantle Lord Exeter's L by The Colonel—Lamia Sir S. Graham names b. c. by Emilius—Bupta Mr. Wilson's ch. c. by The Colonel, dam by Pyramus Mr. Barrett's Zingaro Mr. Henry names ch. f. by Hubert, dam by Woful Mr. Hunter's f. by Partisan—Young Pepolina General Grosvenor's c. by ZinFanee—Blue Stockings Lord Chesterfield's c. by Velocipede—Dahlia Lord Chesterfield's f. by Partisan—Flounce Lord Jersey's Odessa Lord Orford's b. c. by Langar—Spavina Mr. Osbaldeston's b. f. by Humphrey Clinker—Poussette Mr. Ridsdale's b. f. Volant Mr. Ridsdale's b. f. by Tramp—Columbine Mr. Pettit's Brother to Ibrahim Mr. Pettit's Professor Mr. W. Chifney's Brother to Glaucus Mr. W.:Chifney's Brother to Emiliana Mr. Greville's El Pastor Thirty-four are entered for the Chesterfield Stakes. WARWICK RACES. ACCEPTANCE FOR THE LEAMINGTON STAKES. Exile, 6 yrs., Bst. 121 b. ; Revenge, 4 yrs., Bst. 71b. ; Liston, aged, Bst. 61b. ; Independence, aged, Bst. 61b. • Lady Stafford, 5 yrs., B st. 51 b . ; Harry, aged, Bst. 31b. ; Delight, 6 yrs., Bst ; Burgomaster, 5 yrs., Bst. ; Si r R o b er t, 4 yrs., 7st. 121 b. ; Uncle Toby, 4 yrs., 7st, 10Ib. ; Tarantella, 4 yrs., 7st. 71b. ; Changeling, 6 yrs., 7st. elb. ; Lucy,yrs., 5 7st. 51b, ; Sir Gray colt, 4 yrs., 7st. 41b. The correspondent who sent u s a paragraph about the white-bait dinner on Saturday ; mistook the name of Mr. Bonham (a personal friend of Sir R. Peel), for Mr. Bonhata . Carter, a gentl eman w h o i s connected with the act i ng Mini s t ry . On T ues d ay a meeting was held at Leamington, at , which a seri es o f resolution§ was adopted for the - establishment of a p ermanent military band for that town, and a committee of subscribers appointed to carry 5 ' the satne into effect. The minimum of annual subscription i 5s —Correspondent qf a Morning Paper. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYDS.) DEAL, JULY 14. --Wind W. S.W.—Arrived from the River, Roxburgh Castle, Fulcher, and D'Auvergne, for India; Chil dien, D'Arocher, for Sydney ; Hooghley (ship), for Cork and New South Wales ; Maitland (transport), from Portsmouth ; Isabella, from Demerara, for London ; William Harris (tram-. port), Ferry, from the westward i Bencoolen, from Mauritius. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 14. --Wind W. NOW. to W.—Off port the Betsey, Mitchell, from St. Croix. PLYMOUTH, JULY 1 3—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrived the Edward, Fell, from Quebec. FALMOUTH, JULY 13.—Wind W. S. W. STANGATEICREEK, JULY 14.—Arrived the Ellis, Robson, from Trieste ; David, Banks, from Gibraltar. DOVER, JULY 14.—Arrived off port the Isabella, Tale, from Demerara; and the Forester, M'Arthur, from Tobago. COWES, JULY 14.—Arrived the Julia, Lalinder, from Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, JULY 13.—Arrived the Liam Romney, Cant, from Barbadoes ; Ann Mary Ann, Clarke, from New Or leans ; Algonquin, Cheney, from Philadelphia' ; Rhode Island, Manchester, from Savannah ; Nimble, Hudson, from Nassau; Corsair, Williams, from Halifax ; Clementina, Brand, from Gergenti ; Delfina, Retrinera, from Genoa ; and Albion, Duggad, from Marseilles. Off port the Isabel, from Cal cutta; United States, from New York ; and Lightfoot, from WATERFORD, JULY 12.—Arrived the Royal Eagle, Allen, from London; and City of Waterford, Grandy, from Quebec. BELFAST, JULY 12.—Arrived the George IV., Bunn, from Nova Scotia; Niger, Kenny, from St. John's; and Hazard, Crawford, from Alicant. CORK, JULY 12.—Arrived the John Esdeile, Wright, from Quebec ; Catherine, Cowan, and St. Peter, from Leghorn ; and Briton, Park, from London, for the Cape of Good Hope and Ceylon. PORTLAND, JULY 14.—Arrived off port the Alonzo, Hick, from Quebec. TOPSHAM, JULY 14.—Arrived the William Ash, Randle, from Miramichi; and British Anna, Moore, from Riga. GLOUCESTER, JULY 14.—Arrived the Raby Castle, Richard son, from Miramichi; and George, Holmes, from Lucata. The Rosalie, Bruyer, from Pararoany to A ms t er d am , l ost her fore-mast duri ng a hurricane at-the Mauritius on the 21st February, in lat. 17. 6., long. 117., and for three days was on her beam ends. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. —(At per Load of 36 Trusses. ERLAND. Coarse heavy Lowland Me a dow CUMß Hay .Z 3 15 to £4 . 0 New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto 4 5 4 V. 4 15 5 5 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-gr ass h ay Clover Hay 4 0' 5 10 Oat Straw. 1.:l 14 to 4.:1 161 Wheat Straw lle 2 6 SMITHFIELD Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £4 - 0 to £4 5 New Meadow Hay 4 5 4 15 Useful Old Ditto 4 15' 5 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay Clover Hay ,extra fine .th 15 .......Generally .., .... 4 0 510 Oat Straw ........ 4.1 12 t, .til4 1 I Wheat Straw ll4 116 HUN GERFORD. • Coarse Meadow Hay £3 - 5 to £3 New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto 3 1 5 4 Ii Fine Upland Meadow and Rye gr ass H a 410 5 y Clover Hay 3 15 5 0 Oat Straw £1 12 to X 114 1 Wh ea t S traw COLONIAL MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) There is a firmer appearance evinced by mos t art i c l es of Colonial produce ; but British Plantation Sugar is not in such great demand as last week. The deliveries were about 3,000 casks from the Docks. EAST INDIA SUGAR.—For low Mauritius, the quotations ob tained were less than last week. There is a pretty good demand for foreign sorts. Low and middling yellow, 51s. to 535. ; fair to good Ms. to 565. ; and fine, 58s. to 595. 6d. ; Bengals, 275. to 295. REFINED SUGARS.—The quotations:for fine crashed are some what lower than last week. COFFEE.—At Friday's prices there is a good demand for fine and clean Jamaica. Low mid. Dominicas realised 725. 6d. to 735. 6d., and good fine ord. 645. to 695. 6d. per cwt. Brazil and Havannah are firm. Berbice 80s. to 91s ; mid. Demerara 80s., fine, and fine ord. 635. to 765. AICE.-East India rather higher, and i n p re tt y goo d d emand; 5,640 bags fetched Ils. to I4s. ; for low and mid. Bengal yellow and cargo 9s. to 9s. 6d., Madras cargo Bs. to Bs. 6d. TEA.-The declaration of the East India Company for the Sep tember sale is 9,000,0001b5. ; and consists of the following de scriptions :—Boheas, 1,500,0001b5. ; Congous, Campoi, Souchong, and Pekoe, 5,850,0001b5. ; Twankay and Hyson, Hyson-skin,• 1,300,0001b5. ; and of Hyson, 350,0001b5. The present derlitra tion is 5,0001b5. of the second quality, more than last and 50,0001b5. less of the third quality (Twankay and fiyson-skin) than the previous sale. _ _ _ Rum.—There is an increase in the deliveries last week for home consumption, and exportation amounted to 660 puncheons, and the market is brisker. INDIGO.—The East India Company's salO wok place this morn ing, with rather a full attendance. t The declarations both of the Company and private trade are 10,51/0 chests, and of this quantity 1,280 chests were withdrawn previous to the sale. The sale of Indigo of the East India Company is now going forward heavily. SALTPETRE.—There is still a great demand, at good prices. HOPS.—lntelligence from the plantations is not of a very favour able nature. The duty is .now down to 75,0001., and the quota tions rising._ . _ Particulars of Tallow in London, June 15. Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks. 1831. 1832. 18:33. 18 A. Stock this day 33,777 5,229 2,117 7,842 Delivery last week Ditto from June 1. Arrival last week 439 - :344 - Ditto from June 1. Price Y. C. this day 42s. 6d. 41s. 98. 465. 9d. 435.-435.3 d Ditto town last Friday PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Aletropols is 3!f d. for the 41b. Loaf There are others who sell from a half-penny to three half-pence below that rate. PRICE OF S. Per Cwt, :EDS.—July 14. Per Quarter. New English Red Cloversos. 56s 63s Old Ditto Ditto New Foreign Ditto sos. 5Ss. COs Old Ditto Ditto New White Clover Ws. 565. 645, Old Ditto Ditto —s —s. St. Foin ... —s. —s. —s Rib Grass —s. — s. s Paccy Grass --s. —s. —s. Linseed, for feeding sos. —s. (its. Ditto, for sowing —s. —s. —s. Ditto, for crushing —s 465. 525. Canary s. tins Os. Hemp —s. 365. 468. Per Bushel. New Trefoil Oid Ditto.... Rib Grass •'4s. 2ss. 325 . —s. s. s . —s English Carraway —s. 70s. 745. Foregn Ditto —s 68s. 72s Coriander —s 16s. 2Cs Rapeseed, English fine (per Las White Mustard 13s. Od. 15s. Od Brown Ditto —s. Od. —s. Od Tares 50/. Foreign —l. HOPS —July 14 PRICES OP Kent Pockets (per cwt.) Choice ditto Kent Bags.... Sussex Pockets Superfine ditto Duty rated at 7. 01 N. 7/. 10. s. to 81 N. ..... 01. Os. o'. Os to 101. Os. 71. Os. 0!. 0.. to 81. Ss. . ll. Os. 01. Os. to 71. 103. 81. Os 0/. Os. to 81. 8s r 5,0601. to 80,0001 WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET—JuIy 12. Hay 80s. (11. to 115 s. ( d i Clover gls. I'd to 120 s. Od Straw 'Bs rd to 365. I'd PRICES OF POTATOES AT SPITALFIELDS New Ware 48 6d. to ss. Od. per cwt Middling Chats Os. Od. to 2s. 6d. ditto PRICE OF OIL Rape Oil, brown, per ton, 421.6s.—Refined, 44'. Os.—Linseed Oil, 28/. Os. Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, (1000 , 11/. I Is —Rape Cake, per ton, 51. It's. • PRICES OF LEATHER Per lb. d to d 1 - Per lb. d to d Crop Hides, 30 to 401 b each lli 1:3 , ll3rse Hides, German ...... 18 24 1 1 50 50 61) Bull Hides ... .... .............. - —4O si. *l7 24 Butts, Vitriol , English Foreign .... l3 20 Seal Skins, 1arge....... l2 16 Foreign Hides ll 13 ' small l6 18 Dressing Hides Shaved .... 121 16 ' Basils . 9 13 Best Saddlers Hides l5 17 ,Beldes 7 Pi Horse Hides, English • If rounded 2d. to 4d per lb more- COAL MAR Per Ton s. d Bensham Main l6 9 East Percy 'l5 9 Hebburn Main lB 0 Holy well lB 9 Ord's Redh ugh l6 9 Picton' l6 0I Pontop Windsor lB 0 Shipcote l6 3 Tanfleld l9 3 West Hartley - .17 3 Wylam lB 9 Walls End Bell, Hobson & Co l7 7 Walls End Bewicke and Co lB 6 Walls End Heaton lB 3 Walls End Hilda lB 0 Walls End Killingworth Walls End Northumberland l7 ti Walls End Perkins l7 6 Walls End Walker l9 0 Ships arrived:since I tKET.—JuIy 14. Per Ton. s. d. / Bell's Primrose I Lamblon's Primrose wal's End Hetton 2O 3 1 Wails End Lnmbton 'A 3 Walls:End Itusselns Lyon's lB 0 Walls End Stewart's Dixon's Bunerknowl l7 0 Walls End Adelaide Wails End Gordon lB 6 Walls End Old Etberley l7 6 Walls End South ))urham lB 6 Walls; End Tees Walls End West Hetton Cowpen Hartley Milford 33 0 Scotch l5 3 Heaton Trader lB U last market-day. 64. Yesterday morning, about half -past four o'clock, a private of the Scotch Fusileer Guards, named John Barnett, after going off duty, informed his corporal that he was going to have a bathe. He accordingly went into the Thames off Somerset-house, and after being in the water for about five minutes he was observed to sink. Drags were immediately put out, but the body has not yet been picked up. AMERICAN WHIP.--" You were capsized the other day, Mr. Driver," said a passenger. " Yes, Jackson, I was; but nobody was hurt. The tongue of the pole broke in going down a hill, and I was afraid of running down to the bottom of it ; so I told the passengers to sit still, for I was only going to upset them ! They sat quiet, and I turned them over a bank, and stopped the horses ; I'm hanged if I didn't." A " SALMON-LEAP."—On Friday afternoon, as one of Pickford and Co.'s fly-boats, lying in Diglis Basin, near Worcester, was unloading at their warehouse, a salmon leaped out of the water on board the boat, and was secured by the boatmen, who soon after cooked it, to cut off " adverse claims." The fish weighed 941b5., and measured 31 inches in length. It had been some weeks in the basin. REVOLT OF THE ORGAN LOFT.—Great dis turbance was created at Gosberton church on Sunday last by the singers refusing to adopt the psalms selected by the minister, •as has been customary. The Rev. Gentleman having been from home for a few weeks, they got into a method of selecting psalms to suit themselves, but on his resuming his duties in the church, he appointed psalms suit able to his sermon, &c. These they refused to sing, and actually began one of their own selecting, although the mi nister repeatedly called to them from the pulpit, remonstrat ing with them on the impropriety of their conduct, and de siring them to desist, and sing such as he thought proper, or none. They kepi on with - their dwn Selection, until the minister and churchweden 'entered the gallery ;- and after his Reverence had talked to them for some time, and threatened them, they left the church, with an avowed determination cf never entering the gallery again till they are allowed to sing what they please. During this scene of contention, several of the most respectable inhabitants left their seats.—Starriorii Mercury. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The proe'et nSs in Parliament l as t R i g h t will h e fli found to confirm we have communicated with respect to the progress of Ministerial arrangements. Lord Melbourne, in answer to a-pestion put to him by the Earl of Haddington, stated that his Majesty had directed his Lordship to lay before him a plan of a new Administration, such as might appear to him competent to carry on the service of the country in this difficult and important crisis ; but that affairs were not yet in that state that he could make any communication on the subject. His Lordship added, what cannot fail to give the greatest satisfaction to all who are anxious for the appointment of a Ministry equal to the demands of the crisis—that lie should not have accepted. such a task, unless he had been assured of the cordial co-operation and assistance of his Noble Friend the late- Chancellor .of the Exche quer, nor unless he had also received the sanction and approbation of the Noble Earl lately at the head of his Majesty's Government. In the House of Com mons, Lord Althorp merely alluded to the commission given by his Majesty to Lord Melbourne, and moved the adjournment of the House till, Thursday, by which time the plan of the Administration would probably be laid before the King. The above is all the intelligence respecting the Administ ra ti on , o f an aut h ent i c . cha racter, which could be publicly communicated. That part of which announces the co-operation and assis tance of Lord Althorp, proves the correctness of our anticipations. We were sure that his Lordship would not, at a crisis like the present, withhold his services, when the consequence might prove injurious to the best interests of the country. The circumstances un der which he was induced to resign office were well calculated to produce that temporary disgust which led him, to seek for a private station ; but lie has made a sacrifice of his inclinations to the higher considera tion of public duty. No man, for a long period, has so hilly enjoyed the confidence of the House of Com mons as Lord Althorp. Some of our contemporaries have chosen to hold up the confidence of the Com mons m his Lordship as foolish and irrational. This is paying no very high compliment to the Reform Parliament, any more than to Lord Althorp.- But why are we to suppose that the great majority of an assembly, composed of the best informed gen tlemen of England, who, day after day, 'have the op portunity of narrowly inspecting the conduct of his Lordship, should be less able than others who have not enjoyed the same advantage to form a correct judg ment of his merits ? The truth is, that they only who see his Lordship at all hours, and under all circum stances, can understand the full value of his services as a leader of the Commons, and why he enjoys their confidence in so remarkable a degree. Lord Althorp is indefatigable - in his attention to public business. His Lordship possesses one requisite, without which it is difficult to retain influence in a popular assembly for any length of time, dud that is a complete com mand over himself. In the next place, Lord Althorp is a sensible speaker, who takes,the plain common-sense view of questions, and what lie says is generally well adapted to produce persuasion in the minds of those who hear him. There is such an Appearance of can dour, too, in all that he says, that " the candid Lord Althorp" has become a proverbial expression. Without vanity himself, he never wounds the vanity of others, but seeks to obtain conviction, without irritating those whom he opposes. In an assembly like the House of Com mons, the current of debate cannot always run smooth, and no man understands better than Lord Althorp the most effectual mode of bringing matters into a proper train. It - has been said of the late Mr. Canning, that lie never made a speech without making an enemy, and this only proves that brilliant talents alone, with out self-government and a greater. anxiety to persuade than to make smart sentences, do not qualify a, man for leading a popular assembly. Mr: Stanley is an instance of a smart debater, but he is too anxious to appear to advantage himself, and too petulant in his mode of treating his opponents, for a leader of the Commons ; and were he even to occupy the place of Lord Althorp, so far from enjoying the confidence of the House, his friends would be in a state of constant uneasiness on his account, and bless God when a night passed over without a confusion of .his creating. It is easy to point epigrams against a man like Lord Althorp, and even to turn his virtues against him. Thus his very readiness to abandon his own opinions, and to adopt the suggestions of others, when they appeared recommended by good sense, has been termed irresolution, as if the persisting in error were a proof of strength of mind, or obstinacy were resolution. It was this very fairness of his Lordship which perhaps' most softened opposition ; for the eager ness for triumph is lessened, when it is known that an opponent is always open to conviction. It has also been objected to Lord Althorp, that he has often advocated principles opposed to those formerly maintained by him. The truth is, that, as Leader of the Commons in peculiar times, and as the representative of a mixed' Cabinet in the Lower House, all the unpopular tasks, and most of those oc casional mistakes which are made by all Administra tions, have been-laid on the shoulders of Lord Al thorp. No public man, moreover, can belong to a Ministry without a considerable sacrifice of his own personal political opinions. We do not doubt that Lord Althorp has often made this unwilling sacrifice, and incurred the unanswerable charge of inconsistency, because he thought that he should best promote the public interests by such a course Of conduct, and pre serve a Ministry which might otherwise have been superseded by Tory domination. - In this estimate of Lord Althorn's station in the House of Commons, it must not be supposed that we are his . unqualified apologists. We have constantly protested against the deeds of commission and omission of the late Admi nistration, which we deemed inconsistent with their professions and the public good. But we are to con sider in the review of the comparative merits of States men, the relative good and evil of their policy. The invariable integrity of Lord A lthorp in opposition for a long series of years-his arduous task in conduct- ing the great measure of Parliamentary Reform through a hostile House of CoMmons—his invincible defence of the popular parts of the Reform Bill, and his partnership in the subsequent beneficial acts of the Administration of Lord Grey, constitute a great claim to the confidence of the House of Com- His position mop.; party men—his connec on with the landed ihtere,st of his country, with his known opinions against all prohibitory laws in their favour—his personal popularity—his admitted indiffer renee to the mere possession of power and place, and his practical experience as a Member of the House of Commons, combine to invest him with that in fl mons. ence which some of our contemporaries affect to [espise and condemn. The cause of his resignation will not ultimately detract from his reputation and influence ; the only question was its time. If he had resigned a fortnight earlier, he might have better con sulted his character. But he was naturally averse to " break up a Cabinet." With respect to the dtlicacy of his relation to Lord Grey in resuming office, we cannot doubt that the latter nobleman will set that point straight. • It is very well for those who wish to exclude him from power to invent this insinuation against his sincerity ; but no reflection of the kind can attach to such a man as Lord Althorp. 'We repeat, therefore, that under the .circum s tances, he is an essential part of the next Cabinet, and it is evident that he is so considered by the King, by Lord Grey, by the new Premier, and the House of ;Commons. Taking him all in all, it Will be difficult to supply his place at this time in the House of Commons, and we rejoice, at all events, that we are not under the neces sity of making the trial.—fiforning Chronicle. Yesterday, upon the motion of Lord Melhourne in the House of Lords, and of Lord Althorp in the House liras adjourned till Thurs day, a y , iorderMelbourne may have time to Commons, the t Parliament am ent perform the difficult task entrusted to him by .the King, —the construction of a Cabinet. The new Premier, in the few, sentences which, upon this occasion, he ad dressed to tlieifi Lordships,. was, understood to, inform the Honse_and- the country. that Lai Althorp, has consented to resume the position in which he has of late so muc h delighted the reformed House of Com mons. We know that power is sweet, and that nature is frail;. we . fully appreciate the weight which belongs to the advice of Mr. Hume and his three hundred '~