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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) REAL ESTATES CHARGES BILL. This bill was passed through committee. CHURCH TEMPORALITIES, &c., IRELAND. The adjourned debate on the Church Temporalities, &c., Ireland, was then resumed by Sir J. YOUNG, who regretted that this subject had again been brought into the Parliamentary ar ena after so many concessions had been made upon it is the past. The hon. and learned gentleman, di s regarding the feel ings of the vast majority of the people in favou r of the Established Church, was anxious to bring in a bill which would make a sweeping alteration in the position occu pied by the Irish clergy ; but he was quite confident the house would not countenance the attempt. But sup. posing the house gave permission to bring in the bill, the plan that it embodied would be found impracticable, and he would therefore suggest to the hon. and learned gentleman whether he had not better withdraw his motion. Mr. J. O'CONNELL said that Irishmen would not submit to finality upon a measure like this, nor would they submit to the injustice of an Established Church. He could not vote for this motion, because he was a thorough voluntary, and would not vote a single farthing for the support by the state of any church, not even the one to which he belonged. What he wanted was a total abolition of the connection between Church and State, and he would never submit to any modification or compromise on that question. Mr. NAPIER could not regard this question as one of figures in finance, but he must view it as one of principle. He wished the Church in Ireland to be placed upon precisely the same footing as the Church of England, teaching the religion which the State believes to be true. Still, if there were those who wished to argue this as a question, they should endea vour to be accurate, which neither the speech of the hon. and learned serjeant (Mr. Sergeant Shee) who had made this motion, nor the pamphlet which he bad pub lished on the subject was. The right honourable and learned gentleman then proceeded at great length to ex pose the errors and inconsistencies of the statements of Mr. Sergeant Shee, who, however, by the facilities he had exhibited in arriving at a surplus, would be inestim able as a Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Established Church of Ireland was civilly and socially useful; it was guarded by the laws of the country; it was interwoven with the Constitution, and it would be dangerous alike to the safety of the State and the interests of religion if the Legislature should ever consent to a measure like this. Principle and truth demanded that the Church of Ireland should be supported rather than attacked. He hoped the house would not hesitate for a moment to reject this motion Mr. MAGUIRE denied that there could ever be any finality in this matter, and argued that the Act of Union, and all subsequent legislation, had evidently proceeded upon the assumption that the temporalities of the Church of Ireland were still to remain an open question. The facts and figures of the case were all on one side ; they went to show that the Church Temp;ralities of Ireland rested on a most unsatisfactory footing ; they provided for the religious education of the minority at the injury and expense of the majority of the people which had made all impartial authorities, including Ma caulay himself, declare that the Established Church of Ireland was a bad and unjust institution. Like Mr. O'Connell, however, he was for the voluntary principle, and therefore if the hon. and learned sergeant went to a division upon this motion, he should feel himself con strained to go into the lobby against him. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON controverted the state ments of Mr. Sergeant Shee on a former occasion rela tive to the incomes of the Sees of Ossory, Cloyne, and Limerick, which he said the hon. and learned gentleman had very much exaggerated—an exaggeration amounting in the whole, if his general statement was as much exag gerated as that with reference to those three dioceses, to no less than 111,0001. (Hear.) He was quite willing to admit that the question of endowments was a most important question, but it was surrounded with very great difficulties ; and if he thought the great est t of all truths truth in religion was to be maintained by the voluntary principle, he should adopt it, however much he might deplore the separation of Church and State; but he held that the State was bound, in homage to religion, to maintain one established form of religion. On those grounds he strongly objected to the motion of the hon. and learned gentleman. Sir J. FITZGERALD supported the motion of the hon. and learned sergeant (Sergeant Shee). Mr. LUCAS said in the greater part of the discussion they had heard that day he took very little interest. He had stated before that he did not approve of the plan of the hon. and learned sergeant, for he did not think it would be effective. He did not intend on this or any other occasion to be seduced into putting himself on the defensive as to the interpretation he had a right to put upon the oath taken by members of this !louse, notwithstanding the attack made upon him in his temporary absence from the house by the right honourable and learned member for the Uni versity of Dublin (Mr. Napier). He thought he had as good a right as that hon. member to put what construction he thought best on that oath, and he was quite of opinion that oath did not by any means pre clude him from taking part in this discussion. He be lieved there was no chance of this question being finally settled except by the voluntary principle, and he trusted that the people of Ireland would see the necessity of giving up the grant to Maynooth, which he believed stood in the way of justice being done to Ireland by perpetrating the enormcus grievance and wrocg of the Established Church of Ireland. The right honour able and learned member for the University of Dublin (Mr. Napier) had vaunted of the great alteration of the relative proportion of Catholics and Protestants in Ireland since the census of 1834. He (Mr. Lucas) believed there was a great alteration, but he also believed the alteration was of an exactly oppo site character, and that the decrease of Protestants was much greater than that of Catholics. The honourable member quoted a number of statistics on this subject, and he believed that of 15 parishes in Galway, Roscom mon, and Kilkenny, while the decrease of the general population was 30, that of the Protestant population was 54. Mr. M'MAHON rose to correct an historical inaccu racy of the right hon. and learned member for the Dub lin University, that the property of the Established Church was conferred upon it in times long antece dent to the Reformation. This was totally inaccurate, as the records of Ireland showed, and even Geraldus Cambrensis stated that in his time the Irish people did not pay tithes, except where the English influence pre dominated ; and from the earliest period that tithes were heard of they were always looked upon as a badge of foreign domination ; and he (Mr. M'Mahon) believed they should never have peace or contentment in Ireland until tithes were abolished. (Hear.) Mr. A. STAFFORD said, without going back so far as the twelfth century, he could state that tithes were now collected in Ireland with the greatest facility. Assuming, as he was bound to assume, that the fall of the Established Church, or any heavy blow struck at that Church, would be the most welcome news that could reach the Vatican, he asked were they justified in granting this great boon to Rome ? And he believed that the events of the last few years would more than ever make the people of this country unwilling to grant this boon ; and he was pre pared to give his hearty vote against the proposition of the bon. and learned sergeant. (Hear, hear.) Mr. KENNEDY moved that the debate be ad journed. Mr. HADFIELD seconded the motion. Mr. Sergeant SHEE said as the hon. gentleman (Mr. S tafford) had evidently spoken on purpose long enough to prevent his having time to reply, he trusted that the 'notion for adjournment would be agreed to. (Cries of "No," and "Divide.") The motion for adjourning the debate was agreed to, and it being within a few minutes of six o'clock, the house, after disposi ng paper, adjourned. of some formal business on the STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHKenz, July 4.—Manufacturers have experi enced a somewhat diminished demand for goods to-day, partly because there is a hesitation among buyers t o ay even the inadequ a t e a d vance required upon F cloths, longcloth s , T' s , an d domestics. in jP:lconntlenj madapollams, and shirtings, suitable for India, prices are a shade easier. Th e h ome consumers a yarns have been rather backward buyers to-day. That department of our market is therefore reported to be languid, yet without any giving way in prices. Warps and pincope in general have been rather inanimate, and the absence of a demand for China is felt in the water twists suitable for that quarter. The India houses have bought freely of several counts of mule yarn, principally 40s, and from 60s upwards, which are higher in price. HALIFAX, July I.—There is a more hopeful tone, both as regards yarns and pieces ; but we cannot yet note any increase of demand, or improvement in prices. There is more inquiry for wools, and the quotations are firmer. ROCHDALE, July 3.—We have had a dull sluggish market, differing very little from those of the three past weeks, either in price or demand. The wool market continues inactive, with very little doing, but prices are firm. HUDDERSFIELD, July 4.—The market has been quiet to-day compared with the last two weeks. A few goods have, however, been disposed of in the lower qualities. On the whole, the manufacturers are well employed, notwithstanding the quiet markets, and none, we be lieve, have commenced to run short time. Many of the goods produced in this district, however, and particu larly good woollens, do not come to market at all, but are sent direct from the manufacturers to the large dis tant houses. In establishments like these, operations have an important effect in the general employment of the neighbourhood. BIRMINGHAM, July 3.—We last week intimated our impre,,sion that a compromise would very probably be temporarily effected between the extreme opinions advo cated upon the subject of the prices of iron by the adop tion of a 20s. advance upon the rates declared at the Lady-day meeting of the trade. This was the result of Thursday's deliberation. The resolution of the meeting seems to have been worded with reference to the pi/Ai' cation of circulars by many of the leading firms, an nouncing this advance on the first of the month ; and was confined to a confirmation of that step, declaring that the prices of iron sho u ld rema i n for the- quarter en- I suing—bars at 11/, per ton, hoops 121., sheets 131. BIIXTON.—The season at this improving watering place has commenced this year unusually early, and pro mises to be a most prosperous one. The new baths, now completely finished, are a great attraction. THE SOCIETY OF ARTS. The centenary of this society was celebrated on Tuesday by a grand dinner at the Crystal Palace. The Duke of Newcastle was announced to take the chair, but his Grace was unable to do so. Earl Granville in conse quence presided. From 750 to 800 gentlemen sat down to dinner, which was served with an abundance and excellence highly creditable to Mr. Home, the head of the refreshment department at the Palace. The enter tainment took place in the basement story, where, a few days ago, the directors and shareholders of the company gave a dejeurter to the distinguished foreign visitors present at the opening of the building. If on that occasion the arrangements deserved commendation, it was still more due on Tuesday, the number of persons present being greater, and the proceedings being charac terised by a succinctness most unusual in the post prandial celebrations of this country. It was after five o'clock before dinner commenced, and at half-past eight all was over, the lists of toasts exhausted, and the com pany on their way home, much gratified with an enter tainment which had been brought to a close before it became tedious. The society has every reason to be satisfied with the demonstration made yesterday in its favour. More convincing evidence of the recognised utility of its labours could hardly be given. The Crys tal Palace Company, tracing their patronage to the society, gratefully offered its members the facilities for celebratiug their centenary in a worthy manner. Dinner over, the Dean of Hereford returned thanks. Earl GRANVILLE then rose and said that the Duke of Newcastle had been prevented from being present and taking the chair by the departure of his youngest son in the Dauntless for the Baltic. Every father who heard him would understand the validity of such an excuse. The noble Earl concluded by proposing, in happy terms, " The Health of her Majesty the Queen." The toast having been received with loud cheers, The CHAIRMAN gave "The Health of his Royal High ness Prince Albert, President of the Society." He carts sure the toast would be received with every mark of re spect and regard, when they considered how valuable his Royal Highness's connexion with that society had proved to science and art. As president of the Society of Arts, he believed the connexion had proved most use ful both to the society and to his Royal Highness. The Society of Arts had most materially assisted in carrying out those propositions which his Royal Highness had brought forward for the promotion of art, while he be lieved the society had materially benefitted by the com bination of talent and position which his Royal High ness had brought to bear in support of an institution in which his love of art and science had induced him to take so great and lively an interest. (Loud cheers.) The toast was responded to amid loud applause. " The health of his Royal Highness Albert Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal family," having been drunk, Mr. HARRY CHESTER rose and said,—As chairman of the council of this society, I have been requested by my colleagues to propose a toast. Upon ordinary oc casions those who visit this remarkable building come here as visitors and guests of the Crystal Palace Com pany. Upon this occasion, however, we are here in a somewhat peculiar character—being in one sense the guests, and in another sense the hosts of the directors of the Crystal Palace Company. I have, my Lord and gentlemen, to request you to drink " Success to the Crystal Palace," (loud cheering) ; and I will blend with that " The Health of the Chairman of that company, Mr. Laing." (Renewed cheers.) I take it the mem bers of the Society of Arts are, generally speaking, per sons having a lively personal interest in arts, manufac tures, commerce, and education, and no one who has any special and real interest in these objects can fail to feel a deep interest in the success of the Crystal Palace. (Hear.) I will not say it is the Palace—l would rather say it is the happy and natural home of arts, manufac tures, commerce, and education. (Cheers.) I now simply ask you to drink this toast, and, coupled with it, the health of Mr. Laing, a gentleman who, I am sure, has exerted himself, and will continue to exert himself, to provide for the recreation and instruction of the visitors to this wonderful structure, as well as for ' the profit of those public-spirited individuals by whose means the innumerable works of art with which this building is enriched have been collected together. I give you, my Lord and gentlemen, "Success to the Crystal Palace Company, and the health of its chair man, Mr. Samuel Laing." (Loud cheers.) - Mr. S. LANG, M.P., in replying, said—l regret ex ceedingly that the absence of my friend, Sir Joseph Paxton, whose name is so much more appropriately as sociated with this noble undertaking, should make it in cumbent on me to reply to the present toast. The popu lar sentiment has so connected his name with the enter prise of the Crystal Palace, that I confess that it is with a feeling of disappointment that I now get on my legs to address you, and that I do not see Sir Joseph in his proper place. That absence I regret exceedingly on the present occasion, because it is obvious that, associated as he is in the eyes of the nation with the Crystal Pa lace, he would more properly than myself welcome be neath its crystal dome that parent society, the Society of Arts, to which we are so deeply indebted. I think that there is another reason why we should be exceed ingly glad to hail and welcome the Society of Arts. It is evident that if the Crystal Palace is to carry out those objects for which it has been designed, it must be asso ciated with the education and advancement of the people of England. (Cheers.) We have practically to carry out the Horatian maxim, and mix the utile with the dulce. As regards the agreeable, there can be no doubt that we have succeeded in providing for the people of the metropolis a most agreeable resort. There is no doubt that those who are now above stairs are enjoying a great deal of harmless instruction—(laughter)—and that the Palace is every day becoming an essential part of the existence of the citizens of London. It is, in fact, an approximation to the most agreeable part of continental enjoyment, where they look on the most beautiful in nature and art undisturbed by the inclemency of weather. I am not disposed to underrate the educational advance ment to be made in such scenes, where we are sur rounded by the sight of all the most charming in nature and the most excelling in art. For the general diffusion of education, however, among the masses of the people, we must trust to the operation of associations such as this, and to men who come up like those whom I see around me representing them. (Hear.) If we were to attempt to take into our hands the ferule of the school. master, and say to the million what we think they should particularly attend to, and I believe that we would most assuredly not advance, but render ourselves ridiculous. (Laughter.) If, on the other hand, gentlemen like those whom I see around me will take the matter in hand and organise it, then a great deal of good may result to educa tion. I do, therefore, trust that our connexion with the Society of Arts—from whose loins I may say we have sprung —may be the means of promoting co-operation be tween us in our endeavours for the same object. I can now only return you on my own part, and on that of the Crystal Palace Company our most sincere thanks for , the honour you have done us, and I hope that the Crys tal Palace--sp rung from the Society of Arts—may turn out to be an institution of which the parent society may never have reason to be ashamed. The CHAIRMAN then rose and said,—Gentlemen, the toast which I have now to propose to you is that of the " Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce." (Cheers.) The only thing which I have to consider in proposing, and you in accepting, the toast is, whether the objects of this society are desirable in themselves, and whether the attempts to carry out those objects have been successful or not. With regard to the objects, I really should have imagined that there could have been no doubt upon the subject. (Hear.) But it having happened that within a very short time two of the most intellectual and highly-cultivated members of the Legislature —one in each house—have thrown some disparagement upon the necessity of elementary educa tion and the use of trying to instil arts and sciences among the masses of the people. For my own part, I cannot help thinking that it is a proof of the overwhelming con fidence which such highly-cultivated minds feel in them selves that they indulge in what appears to me such a perfect fallacy. (Cheers.) I maintain that here is repre sented pretty well the sense of this country. Among us there are some of the most distinguished representatives of the intelligence of somelof the most highly-cultivated countries in the world. If any one of the 750 gentlemen who are berg present is inclined to take the line of argu ment which I have just distinguished, I will undertake to argue it with him, and I would do so not from any confidence in my own liabilities, but because I believe that, ho ?fever inferior the understanding of one man may be to another's, if they take up an argument upon a proposition of Euelid, the one who argues against that proposition in the long run must get the worst of it. My challenge does not seem to be accepted. (Laughter.) a u g thereforeht e r. ) p re sume you agree with me that the o b j ect With of this society is a desirable one. (Cheers.) re gard to the means of carrying it out, I have read the ad. In : L * 4l ' l e address, and I think it is im p ossible for an y one to have heard the report read to-day, and not to be struck with the manner in which this society had gone on from mall beginnings to a rest by the from tile • e attention and interest of almost exclusive great result ; how it has, higher chase; h lower classes of so ciety. (Rear, heare and even t e . . mi Sre to be regarded with deep inte educational Ealiiil. of the council of thisnati and which h nn which is now intended . . I cannot help re opened,thinkingttohabtethe as giving information r gentlemen— w i ll b e "ete', aided by one or two other the most beneficial e ff ect, other countries ; but a esPe b eti l g s been. owing to the untiring efforts not only thegreater nn think that immense progrejssenl public still more to the s s ub' rin- n fneealn fora r in aeethne made e ducation at attention n nutoi this othn io a nf n d etlhe in e. I am one of those who necessity which all classes haadmixture of omfeEntangrylishinssotzettyio has hitherto been instruc tion in manufactures and science t given. I believe by the efforts of the n St the efforts of public bodies—both as laymen and of religious bodies eianuttevirodfu ed,nebaimtmioenn in assistance —and, I m h a a y s add, been by g i the ve n efforts to th of f o been this country. The mode of imparting education immensely forwarded and improved. A race of teachers utterly unknown a few years ago has been created.hers Without referring more in detail to anything which has lately been done by the Government, I believe that the regulations which have been adopted within the last year will, within a very few years, show their result in a very largely increased measure of instruction, both in science and in art, being given in the elementary schools of this country. (Hear, hear.) But when I i have said this, so far from being proud of the progress we have made, I feel that there is a lamentable I defi ciency when we compare the state of education with the powers and resources of this great nation. (Hear, hear.) Plans have been suggested—many of which, I believe, would work very well if all persons would com bine in carrying them out—but it is useless either for Government or any other body of men to force down conscientious objections to any particular plan when those conscientious objections are founded on political and religious feelings. (Hear, hear.) I think we must for the moment, and only for the moment, ke satided with pushing education through every possible avenue that we can find for it. Now, I think that the Society of Arts, in their forthcoming exhibition, are likely to be most useful for this purpose. This society numbers among its members some of the most distinguished men in every line of life that we have in this country, and yet I do not value the society so highly for having pushed any particular branch of science, as on account of its universality and its versatility in shaping itself to the wants and feelings of the present age. (Cheers.) As a body, they are a rough-and-ready, bustling com munity (laughter) they are constantly pushing themselves into corners where I really believe they have no business to go at all—(renewed laughter) —and where, if the Government attempted to follow, nothing but the most irretrievable ruin and confusion would be produced. (Cheers.) I had myself grave doubts of the expediency of a society like this mixing itself up with that most difficult question—strikes and lock outs ; but I believe the conference which took place on that subject has resulted most usefully ; not only in the discussion of it ; but the attacks that were made upon the society for having embarked upon that topic have, as forcibly as anything could do, brought before the minds both of workmen and employers the real grounds upon which that most difficult question rests. (Cheers.) There is another exhibition to be opened in a neighbour ing country, in which the most liberal conditions are proposed to the British exhibitors. The Society of Arts took themselves to suggest certain modifications, which were adopted with the utmost liberality by the French Government; so that there can be no doubt that the exhi bition at Paris will be a highly successful one in every respect. Another thing they have done. They have circulated a proposal amongst local bodies in different districts, who, it has been suggested, should establish themselves as treasurers to take care of the savings of those working men who may wish to visit Paris when this exhibition takes place. (Hear, hear.) I look for ward to the result as one of the greatest use in opening the minds of the working classes in this country, and as highly calculated to aid in cementing still further the union which now so happily subsists between the two countries. (Hear.) As one of the Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851, I do not wish to be supposed to attribute results to that Exhibition which may not be' justly traced to it, but among the circumstances which attended it were the intermixture of foreign with English workmen, the intermixture of foreign and English exhi bitors, and the singular probity and honour which cha racterised the awards of the jurors ; and without being considered invidious, I may particularly mention those from the neighbouring country, as they formed the greater number. And I think some small influence of the same sort may have been exerted in producing that cordial feeling which exists between the combined armies and the fleets of the two nations, which have exhibited nothing but the most generous rivalry and anxiety to be distinguished in company with each other, in defence of what we and they consider the just rights of civilisation and the interests of Europe. (Hear, hear.) To such an extent is this feeling carried, that when the French sailor wishes to compliment the English sailor, not being able to find words to express himself as be could wish in our language, he slaps him en the back, and cries— " Bravo, Jackey." (Loud laughter.) I now ask you most cordially to drink the toast of the Society of Arts, and join with me in wishing that it may continue its course of usefulness, and by its future exertions confer immense benefits, not only upon the population of this country, but upon the people of the whole world. The noble earl coupled the toast with the names of Sir C. Eastlake for the fine and industrial arts, Mr. John Dillon for manufactures, and the Lord Mayor for com merce. Sir C. Eastlake, Mr. Dillon, and the Lord Mayor having briefly acknowledged the toast, Mr. C. KNIGHT proposed the " 355 Institutions in Unio❑ with the Society of Arts." He felt singularly honoured in being permitted to propose the toast, seeing that these institutions represented more or less the pro gress of education in this country. It was a great thing to see assembled so many distinguished men connected with arts, manufactures, and commerce. He dwelt on the vast number of mechanics' institutions which had sprung up in a few years. He recollected, only a few years since, that such institutions were comparatively unknown, and he now found 355 such institutions in union with the parent society. Mr. EDWARD BAINES returned thanks, and said he had seen the rise and progress of mechanics' institutions. The Society of Arts had attained its centenary, and for two-thirds of that period its benefits had not been ex tended to the working classes. Mechanics' institutions had not been in existence more than 30 years, the Lon don Mechanics' Institution taking the lead, when it was held in an old chapel near Falcon-square. There were now in the country 800 such societies, and in Yorkshire there were societies numbering 20,000 members. He believed that the mechanics' institutions had a great in fluence in sustaining the Society of Arts, and in making possible the Great Exhibition of 1851, and the magnifi cent Crystal Palace of 1854. He wished all prosperity to both, and again returned thanks on behalf of the in stitutions in union. Lord Viscount MAHON gave, the distinguished foreigners, commissioned by their respective Govern ments to take part in the Educational Exhibition, and with it coupled the names of M. Milne Edwards on the part of France, and on the part of our brothers of Ame rica, the Hon. Henry Bernard, of the State of Connec, ticut. M. MILNE EDWARDS said, that France could not but feel deeply animated by that generous and enlightened sentiment which actuated the promoters of knowledge assembled in the spacious hall of that fairy castle. (Hear, hear.) He begged leave to state on the part of the Em peror (by whom he was ordered to visit this country) that he felt a deep and warm interest in the cause of education. (Cheers.) Amon! , the most powerful, gener ous, and Christian features of present age was the diffusion of knowledge in all classes of society, froth the highest to the lowest. (Cheers.) France had long been desirous of instilling into the minds of all her citizens those elementary notions of science, of literature, and of art, which were sought to be protected in a special mode by the Society of Arts. The two nations which in former ages caused so much blood to be shed uselessly, and led I to the infliction of so much misery upon mankind, were now rivals no longer as slaughterers in the field of battle, but as the benefactues of the human race. (Cheers.) In the work of civilization England and France could be no rivals. (Cheers.) In history we could find no period in which such successful and powerful efforts could have been made. Our great predecessors in civilization —the Romans —had but a slight influence over mankind, compared with that actually in the hands of England and France. Their steamers, like the radii of the glory which crowns the two nations, were sweeping in all directions, carrying their example to the most distant shores. (Cheers.) Our predecessors, the Romans, quailed and fell before the invading hordes of Scythian barbarians. England and France would in their time be more fortunate. (Cheers.) The Hon. H. BARNARD, of Connecticut, United States, also returned thanks on behalf of the Foreign Commissioners. The early settlers of Connecticut, he said, were graduates in the grammar schools and uni versities of this country, and it was to them that they owed it that they had inscribed on the laws of the State the simple provision —and if there was ever to be a monument erected with an inscription upon it to the State of Connecticut, he trusted it would be the words of that law—it was an injunction on the authorities of the towns that they should not allow of so much bar barism to exist in the midst of this State as that of a single child who was unable to read the Holy Word of God and the good laws of his country. (Cheers.) He trusted he would be permitted to say that there were many of the public men of the State with which he was connected who had had much experience of public life, who stated that in the course of 50 years they had never seen or met with a single native-born citizen of Connecticut who could not write his name or read the laws of his country. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman concluded by proposing " Success to the Educational Exhibition," which was drunk with loud cheers. The Earl of HARIWWB: proposed the health of the noble chairman in very complimentary terms. • Earl GRANVILLE having returned thanks, the proceed ings terminated. Mr. Chidzey, of the London Tavern, officiated as toast-mast er. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Familiar as these gardens are to the inhabitants of Cam berwell, Kennington, Walworth, and parts adjoining, it is doubtful whether the extent of their fame is cornmen- Eurate with their merits. A river is always found to be an almost insuperable barrier to the inhabitants of a me tropolis, and, though there is no more difficulty in crossing a bridge than in going down a street, the "other side of the water" alwas conveys a notion of a sort of Ultima Thule even to those who would eagerly seek the other side of the Channel. Now, in the case of the Surrey Gardens, there are certain peculiarities, the contemplation of which well repays the trouble of passing that magic boundary, the Thames. Here only do we see pyrotechnic art turned to a purpose never dreamt of by the old conventional contrivers of rockets, stars, blue lights, and golden showers. A magnificent "set scene," remarkabis even as a picture on a large scale, is set up on the borders of a lake, with the real sky at the back, and is a striking object by day, while it is the vehicle for the fireworks at night. Chusan is the place represented, and it is actually bombarded, until, history giving place to fancy, it blows up into a storm of rockets. Fire-rafts that float on the real water blaze till they fall to pieces and sink, and what with the flames on the lake, and the explosion at the back, a tableau is presented that is actually marvellous. Nor is variety scorned by the exhibition. Before the bombardment takes place the inhabitants of Chusan are supposed to amuse themselves with a "feast of lanterns," and the lake is covered with all sorts of fantastic fireworks and transparencies. To these sports of peace the noisier manifestations of war come in as the terrible supplement. The proprietors of the Surrey Gardens are almost puri tanical in their notions of decorum, and, such enemies are they to late hours, that the fireworks are let off as soon after nightfall as possible, becoming earlier and earlier as the year declines from the summer solstice. There is an orchestra, and there is singing (of very good quality), but the art of Terpsichore is not acknowledged in the Ken nington Arcadia. Indeed, the various amusements are all more or less of the grave and instructive kind. There is a good stock of will beasts, there is a collection of work ing bees to ho seen in every stage of industry, there is an e i l e e r p o h r a b e w r i h n i s c la_ draws a li e " at a penny a-held, and shows wondrous skill in turning round a corner ' • there is an elastic bridge, which eser givesay s w strongi with communicating—whatmuch desired by the Em the modest, anpsement-seeker of the t heevsied sobere of its entertainments elasticity m en ts to all who cross it, w was sensation. s , Having saunbdu rs be ef, recreated nret thuer tnhse pyro technicmto- - to which they are the instructive preface, to his home, which he reaches by a respectable supper time. CRYSTAL PALACE, JULY S .—SIIILLING DAY--N O. of season tick e t s so ld to this date, 20,370.—Admiss i on at the doors, 13,006; acialisaiost by season tickets, 1,117 -- total, 14, 183. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1854. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. HANDICAP PLATE of 701., for three-yr-olds and upwards. Chesterfield Stakes Course. The highest weight re maining in at ten o'clock the night before running being Bst 41b, it was raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion. Lord Clifden's Cheddar, 4 yrs, Bst llb (Flatman) 1 Sir R. Pigot's Folly o' the Day, 3 yrs 7st 51b (J. Mann) 2 Duke of Bedford's Dabchick, 4 y rs , Ist 10Ib (E. Sharp) 3 Lord Wilton's Orson, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Palmer) 4 The following also ran .—Legatee and Petrel. Betting-5 to 2on Cheddar, 6to 1 agst Orson. They ran in a line, Petrel, if anything, having a slight lead, until they were half-way up the hill, when he dropped back. A fine race in with the four placed en sued, Cheddar winning by a head, a head only between the second and third, and half a length between the third and fourth : Legatee was fifth. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs. each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs., if demanded, &c. Last half of B.M. 3 subs. Captain D. Lane's Thessaly, by Epirus (Bartholomew) 1 Count Batilyany's Cacique (Flatman) 2 Mr. Copperthwaite's The Moor of Venice (Sly) 3 Betting-5 to 2on Thessaly, who made all the run ning, and won in a canter by 10 lengths. Three lengths between the second and third. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 says, each ; three-yr-ohls, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 51b ; five, Bst 101 b ; six and aged, Bst 1215. The winner to be sold for 150 sous., if demanded, &c. B.M. 4 subs. Lord W. Powlett's Farmer's Boy, by Trueboy, 5 yrs _ - (S. Rogers) 0 1 Mr. Turner's Census, 3 yrs Sharp) 0 2 Mr. W. Cookson's Pebble, 3 yrs (Palmer) 3 Captain D. Lane's Charley, 4 yrs ...(Bartholomew) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Pebble-2 to 1 agst Census-4 to 1 agst Charley-5 to 1 agst Farmer's Boy. They lay well together to the top of the hill, where Charley shut up and was left in the rear—a capital race in with the others ended in a dead heat with Farmer's Boy and Census, Pebble finishing half a length behind them—bad fourth. Pebble was claimed by Captain D. Lane. Deciding Heat.—Even betting—Won by a length and a half. The TOWN PLATE of 501., for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. B.M. The Perram donation, amounting to about 311., not having been claimed this year as a marriage portion, it was paid to the winner of this plate. Captain D. Lane's Epaminondas, Bst 71b (Bartholomew) 1 Mr. Combe's Testy, Bst 31b (Crouch) 2 Count Batthyany's Determination, Bst 71b (Whitehouse) 3 Mr. R►chard Cooper's Red Rose, Bst 31b (Sly) 4 Mr. Peddar's Bowl:mile, Bst 31b (A. Day) 5 Betting--5 to lon Epaminondas. The favourite took the lead, with Testy second, and Determination third. Testy made a gallant effort, and the favourite found it no easy matter to defeat her by a neck—bad third. Routnalie pulled up and walked in. BETTING IN THE TOWN. LIVERPOOL CUP. 9 to 2 agst Heapy (taken). GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Heapy (taken). 500 to 30 agst Mentmore Lass (taken). 20 to 1 agst Torment (taken). 15 to 1 agst Diana, winning the Goodwood Stakes, and Virago the Cup (taken). Showery weather, a thinner attendance of company than on the previous day, but a alight improvement in point of sport. SALE OF RACING STOCK.—In the course of the fore noon Mincemeat, the winner of the Oaki, was sold by auction for 850 guineas ; Muscovado, 3-yrs-old, for 25 guineas, without his engagements ; and Lady of Lyons, 2-yrs-old, for 210 guineas, with her engagements, w hi c h are very heavy. Several other lots were put up by Messrs. Tattersall, but very few found purchasers. NEW STEWARD. The Earl of Zetland was to-day chosen the new Steward of the Jockey Club—the Mar quis of Exeter retiring by rotation. NEWMARKET RACES--Tars DAY. ENTRIES for the SELLING PLATE of 50 sovs., for two yrs-old and upwards. Last half of B.M.—Oxus, f. by John O'Gaunt, dam by Emilius, Helmet, Margareta, Yalla, Leybourne, Emperor, Orson, Child of the Mist, Dagobert, Mary Ann, and Chorus. ENTRIES for the HANDICAP PLATE of 70 sovs., for three-yrs-old and upwards. B.M.—Bluebeard, Orson, Speed the Plough, Nestling, Sabra, Firebrand, }Eolus, Diomedia, Red Rose, Roumalie, Folly o' the Day, Miss Bulton, Legatee, and Miss Charlotte. ENTRIES for the SELLING SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, for two-yr-olds and upwards. New T.Y.C.— Nicotine, Testy, Redemption, and Welham. The first race is fixed this day for half-past twelve ; the Chesterfield Stakes at half-past one. WORCESTER SUMMER MEETING—WEDNESDAY. The INNKEEPERS' STAKES of 5 soya each, with 25 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards. One mile a quar ter ; did not fill. THE FLYING STAKES, a Handicap of 5 soya each, with 40 added. The second to save his stake. Winners extra. T.Y.C. Straight half-mile ;23 subs. Mr. J. J. Henderson's Nelly Hill, by Springy Jack, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (inc. 51b extra).. (Wells) 1 Mr. T. Oliver's Battery, 4 y rs , 7 s t 81b (Cheswass) 2 Mr. Gibb's Monitnia, 3 yrs, Est 12 (car. 7st (Charlton) 3 Mr. Saxon's Antonio, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (Foster) 4 The following also ran :—Gay Lad, Master Slender, Butterfly, Maid of Golborne, c by Orlando, John Bull, Crystal, The Governess. betting—Even on Nelly Hill-5 1 each agst Anto nio and Monimia-10 to 1 agst Master Slender. Nelly Hill led from beginning to end, and won in a canter by four lengths, half a length between the second and third, a head between the third and fourth; Crystal was fifth, and Master Slender sixth. The MADRESFIELD STAKES, a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 71b ; fillies &it 41b. Optional selling allowances. 5 furlongs. 8 subs, Mr. T. Steven's Questionable, by the Heron or Gab bier (501), ist (Wells) 1 Mr. Gough's c by Melbourne out of Fausta (3001), Bst 7113 .............................................. (Cheswass) 2 Mr. Holford's Myrtle, by Sweetmeat (1000, 7st 41b (Ashman) 3 Mr. Penn's Forward (501), 7 s t 31b (Charlton) 4 The following also ran ;—M yrt l e, N e l ly Bly, Marvel, and Banbury. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Questionable and Myrtle. Won cleverly by two lengths, a length between the second and third, a head between the third and fourth. The winner was not sold. A HANDICAP PLATE of 50 soya for 3-yrs-old and upwards. One mile and a half. Mr. James Davies's Titterstone, by Greatheart (h b), 6 yrs, Bst 51b ..............Mr. ................. (R Sly, jun.) 1 yr. 4, 7st 516 Mr. (Clement) 2 Saxon's on Worthington's liahz in ln gtuotn,,s 4 Vouche r , 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (Ashma3 o e The following also ran: —Betty Pockets, Meliora l and Waterfall. , Betting-6 to 4 agst Ilazlenut-3 to 1 agst Voucher —4 to 1 agst Titterstone. Won by a length—two lengths between the second and third, a length between the third and fourth. The LADI' PLATE of 25 s ovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, for 3 -yr-old s an d upwards. The second to save his stake. The winner to be sold for 50 sovs. About ono mile. 9 subs. Mr. Brown's Economy, 6 y rs 9 st 21b (W. Sharpe) 1 Mr. G. Taylor's Lady in Waiting, 5 yrs 9st (Ashman) Mr. Blood's Ada, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (W. White) 3 The following also ran :—Sally, Omen, Bright Phoebus, Mr. T. Flentoff's gelding, and Miniature. Betting- Even on Economy, who won in a canter, by two lengths ; same distance between the second and third ; Omen was fourth. The winner was sold to Mr. T. Stevens for 130 gs: SWEEPSTAKES of 5 SOVS each, with 25 added, fur horses not thorough b re d , 3-yrs-old, Bst 71b ' • 4 yrs, 9st 91b ; t 5 yrs, 10st 616 • 6 and a .ed 10st 91b ; mares and h • One mile and a alf • 5 subs. Mr. Williams's W e ll sbourne, 5 yrs (Wells) 1 Mr. Phillips's L e J uif, 6 yrs (Marlow) 2 Mr. Johnson's Lou isa, 6 yrs (11. James) 3 geldings allow e d 21b .g The following also ran :—Hopton and Omer Pasha. Betting—Even o n W e ll s b ourne ; 2 t o 1 ags t L e J u if. Won easily by a l ength ; bad third. The BENTINCK BENEVOLENT FUND STAKES, a handicap of 3 sovs each, with 30 added. The winner to give 5 sovs to the fend for the relief of decayed jockeys. One mile and a quarter. 11 subs. Mr. T. Flintoff's Whalebone, by Heron, 4 yrs, Est 101 b .... ................. (T. Cliffe) 1 ........................ Mr. Oliver's Battery, 4 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 2 Mr. Capel's Little Charley, aged, Est 101 b ...(Wells) 3 The following also ran :—Liberty, Vestige, and Miniature. Betting -7 to 4 agst Whalebone, 2to 1 agst Liberty, 3 to 1 agst Battery, 4 to 1 asst Little Charley. A fine race with the three placed. BETTING ON THE COURSE. LIVERPOOL CUP. 5 to 1 agst Hungerford 5 to 1 agst Heapy 20 to 1 agst Ulster (taken) 20 to 1 agst Jujube (taken) 20 to 1 agst Early Bird (taken) DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (taken to 2001) RES FOR 1854. ,Y. Newton .18 Knutsford... l9 Nottingham 20 Great Grimsby 24 Goodwood 25 Radcliffe 3l Deritend Pool 3l Ripon 31 UST. Egham Folkestone, ITythe, and Sandgate l7 York Hereford 24 Eccles 2B Chelmsford 29 Derby 29 Plymouth Lincoln 3l MBER. Leicester 2O Manchester Autumn 2l Lanark 25 Newmarket F 0 26 Walsall Northallaton .. 2B THAMES NATIONAL REGATTA. The committee who have undertaken the arduous task of getting up this great aquatic meeting are, we are happy to say, succeeding beyond their most sanguine expectations. Already, under the presidency and patron age of the Lord Mayor, they have succeeded in collect ing nearly 6001., besides what may be expected from the universities, and other great sources known always as liberal contributors to the sports of the Thames. The funds already in hand, and expectances, have enabled the committee to announce the following prizes for com petition : _ Watermen's Four-oard Champion Prize, open to all the World.—First boat, 100/. ; secon d, 20/. ; third, 101. ; fourth, 51. Watermen's Pair Oars.—First boat, 30/. ; second, 10/. ; third, 5/. ; fourth, 21. Watermen's Sculls.—First boat, 201. ; second, 81. ; third, 4/. ; fourth, 21. Waterrnen's Apprentices below bridge (in the two last years of their time).—First boat, coat, badge, freedom, and money ; second, 5/. ; third, 3/. ; fourth, 21. ; fifth, 11.) sixth, 10s. 6d. Watermen's Apprentices above bridge (in the two last years of their time).—Same as above. This race is the annual gift of the Leander Club. Boatmen of the Coast, in galleys under 29 feet over all. —First boat, 301. ; second, 1.01. ; third, 51. ; fourth, 21. Watermen's Eight-oared Match, North of England versus South .-271. Landsmen's Four Oars.—First boat, 401.; second 151. ; third, 10/. ; fourth, Si. Tradesmen's Eight Oars, fornine silver presentation cups. Ditto Four Oars, for five ditto. Ditto Pair Oars, for two ditto. Ditto Sculls, for one ditto. Gentlemen Senior, Eight Oars, for presentation cups. Ditto for Four Oars. Ditto for Pair Oars. Ditto for Sculls. Gentlemen Junior, Four Oars, for presentation cups. Ditto for Pair Oars. Ditto for Sculls. A Scratch Race, for handsome plated pots, for gentle men and tradesmen, or money prizes for watermen, will terminate each day's amusement. The following have already entered for the Below-bridge Coat, Badge, and Freedom : Christopher Jones Fountain-stairs. Henry James White Mill-stairs. William Britchford Horselydown Old-stairs. Charles Vaulor Henry Ledger Church-stairs. Henry Blackmore William Thornton Garden-stairs, Greenwich. James Conneway William Wallineer Tower-stairs. William Sing Ditto. Samuel Pope Alderman-stairs. Thomas Thompson Wapping Old-stairs. William Garritty William Deal Cherry-garden-stairs. Charles Blake Greenwich. Richard Hale Ratcliff-cross-stairs. Joseph James St. George's-stairs, Horselydown. Thomas Moris Princes-stairs. The regatta is to take place at Putney, on Tuesday the 23th, Wednesday the 26th, and Thursday the 27th inst. CRICKET. THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD v. THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. This match was resumed and brought to a conclusion at Lord's yesterday, the ultimate closing of the play showing that the Oxonians had gained the day in one innings by eight runs. The score at the termination was as follows : CAMBRIDGE. First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. C. Ingram, run out Mr. E. Reynolds, c Fuller, b Payne Mr. J. M'Cormick, run out 0 c and b Marsham..... 13 Mr. W. Leake, b Marsham 0 b Marsham Mr. E. T. Drake, b Vlarsham.. 10 b Marsham Mr. R. Fitzgerald, c Veitch, b Marsham Mr. R. A. Clement, b Payne... 0 run out 0 Mr. H. Perkins, b Payne Mr. T. Tremlett, not out lB b Payne . Mr. C. Fryer, c Balfour, b Ful- ler Mr. A. Du. Cane, run out._ b 6, I b 1, w 1 Total 7O OXFORD. RACING FIXT Odiham JU Harrog a t e 7 lA Mansfield ll 1 Liverpool l2 Abingdon l3 Ipswich 13 Stourbridge Stamford 17 1 18 1 Bright on AII( 2 Airdrie .. Durham....... 3 Brighton Club 4 Ripon .............. Yarmouth 8 North Staffordshire 8 Reading Lewes lO Wolverhampton l4 SEPT] Warwick Lichfield Western Meeting 7 Rochester and Chatham 7 Doncaster 12 Pontefract 18 Bedford 19 10 run out • 2 not out • 8 b5,1b1,w1 Total 6: First Innings Mr. W. Armitstead, run out 8 Hon. E. C. Leigh, st M'Cormick, b Drake 0 Mr. R. Colley, b Drake 0 Mr. E. Balfour b Du Cane Mr. E. Bateman, c M'Cormick, b Reynolds 40 Mr. W. Fellows, b Du Cane 33 Mr. E. Willes, b Reynolds Mr. C. Marsham, b Du Cane Mr. G. Fuller, b Drake Mr. H. Veitch, not out Mr. A. Payne, 1 b w, b Drake b 12.. ~ 12 Total 138 THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX v. THE COUNTY OF SURREY. The ultimate score was as follows : SUSSEX. First Innings. Second Innings. Dean, c Caesar, b Martingell.... 8 b Shermann .... 29 Mr. J. Hale, b Sherman 6 c Caffyn, b Sherman.. 10 Wisden 4 b Martingell .... 3 Bushby, b Martingell Mr. H. Nicholson, c Burbidge, b Martingell... G. Brown, b Sherman l2 b Martingell. Box, c Hayward, b Sherman... 0 b Stephenson ... 11 Picknell, b Sherman John Lillywhite, not out Mr. Paine, run out 5 c Caesar, b Marting ell 6 Hodson, c Burbidge, b Stephen son _ . . b 1, 1 4 b 1,12 3 Total 146 Total ....199 SURREY. First Innings. Second Innings. Cesar, c Lillywhite, b Wisden 77 c and b Wisden Mr. F. Burbidge, b Dean Brockwell, b Dean 2 Mr. F. P. Miller, c Box, b Dean 0 Lockyer, s Box, b Wisden 7 c Bushby, b Wisden 0 Caffyn, Ibw, b Wisden 52 c and b Wisden Mortlock, b Dean 2 s Box, b Wisden 1 Martingell, run 0ut.... Stephenson, not out Hayward, b Lillywhite Sherman, run out lb 5,w 1 __ Total.. . .196 T0ta1...... 95 And in this state of the game the play termin ated, Surrey having six wickets to obtain 54 runs. THE ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. Theannounced for n park. Owing to th.e unfavourable t season yesterdayinte R state of the weather, the attendance of visitor s was not so numerous as usual ; b last ythe h oef society the was floral e heldzh ib i t ion s but amongst those wh o were p resent were observ ed the following :—The Du chess of St. Albans, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marchione s s o f Aylesbury , Viscountess Enfield, Lady Caroline Stirling, Lady de Tabley, Lady Rokeby, Lady Catherine Cavendish, Lady Clark, Lady M‘Farlane, Lady Goldsmid, Lady Petters, Lady Buchan, Lady Caroline Barrington, Lady Marshall, Lady Jane Grattan, Lady Bayley, Lady Clayton East, Lady Brook, Lady Campbell, Lady Evans, Lord Rokeby, Lord Sands, the Bishop of Durham, the Venerable Arch deacon Jones, Sir W. Stirling, Sir James Clark, Sir Thomas Hare, Sir .lames Eustace, Si r G. Hodgkinson, Baron Goldsmid, Pr ince Gh o l am -M a h moe d , Duleep Sing, Runjeet Sing, the Spanish, G ree k, an d B razilian Am bassadors, and Mis; B. Coutts. The collection ht the great tent was one of exceeding beauty, and the general effect produced by the concen tration and grouping of the choice flowers exhibited ex cited universal admiration. Without particularising in dividual specimens or groups, we may point to one or two new plants &Nerving notice, for instance " Una," a very choice seedling pelargonium, shown by Mr. Turner, of Slough ; and " Eclipse," a seedling calceolaria, sent by Mr. Cole, of St,. Albans. The bands in attendance were those of the Royal Blues and the Ist. and 2d Life Guards, conducted by their customary able leaders, Messrs. Sutton, Waddell, and Grattan Cook n The following is a list of the prizes : Extra Gold.—To Mr. J. May, gardener to Mr. H. Col yer, Dartford, for :sixteen stove and greenhouse plants; to Mr. Williams, gardlener to Mr. C. B. Warner, Hoddesdon, for twenty exotic Orchids. Large Gold.—Mr. Spead, Edmonton, for sixteen stove and greenhouse plants; Mr. Woolley, gardener to Mr. H. B. Ker, Cheshunt, for twenty exotic orchids. Medium Gold.—To Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antro bus, Bart., Lower Cheam, Surrey, for sixteen stove and greenhouse plants ; t o Messrs. Fraser Lea-bridge-road, Leighton, for twelve stove an d greenhouse plants • to Mir- Frost, gardener to Mr. E. L. B e tt s, Preston-hall, Ma'idstone, for ten stove and greenhouse plants • to Messrs. Rollinson and Son, Tooting, for sixt een exotic e ' rehids • to Mr. Hume', gardener to Mr. R. Hanbury, Poles, Ware, for twelve exotic orchids. Gold.—To Messrs. Rollinson and Son, n urserymen, Toot ing, for twel ve s t ove and greenhouse lants ; to Mr. Gill - ham, gardener to Mr. J. It. Scott, L e i g hton, for ten stove) and gre en h ouse plelnts ; to Messrs. Rollinson and Son, nur serymen, Tooting, for ten cape h eat h s ; M r . J. May, gar dener to Mr. H. Colyer Dartford, for eight cape heaths ; to Mr. Gedney, gia•den'er to Mrs. Ellis, Hoddesdon, :for twelve exotic orchid ; To Mr. Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough, f or twelve, pelargoniums ; to Mr. Holder, gardener to the Rev. E . Coleridge, Eton College, for ten pelargo niums ; to Mr. AP Evian, gardener to the Duke of Norfolk, Arundel, for miscellaneous collection of fruit. Large Silver Gilt.—To Messrs. Pamplin and Son, Leigh ton, for twelve stove and greenhouse plants ; to Mr. Barter, gardener to Mr. Bassett, Stamford-hill, for ten stove and greenhouse plants: ; to Mr. Taylor, gardener to Mr. .T. Coster, Streatham, for six stove and greenhouse plants ; to Mr. Iveson, Sion Rouse, for six exotic orchids; to 4r. Gaines, Battersea,, for twelve pelargoniums; to Mr. Robin son, gardener to 2 Ir. J. Simpson, Thames Bank, Pimlico,, for ten pelargonin ms ; to Mr. Robinson, gardener to Mr. Simpson, f or s i x f anc y p e l a r gon i ums ; t o M r . Fleming, gardener to the Duke of Sutherland, for miscellaneous co I lection of fruit ; to Mr. Wood, gardener to Mr. B. Scott Murray, Binsfield,, Berks, for three dishes of grapes. Large Silver.— -To Mr. Over, gardener to Mr. W. M`Mullen, Clapha m, for six stove and greenhouse plants; Messrs. Fraser, Leighton, for ten cape heaths ; to Mr. Frost, gardener to. Mr. E. L. Betts, Preston Hall, Maid stone, for eight cape heaths ; Mr. Reler, gardener to Mr. J. Bradbury, Streatham, for six cape heaths ; to Mr. Clarke, gardener to Mrs. Wells, Highgrounds, Hoddesd on, for six exotic orchids; to Mr. Turner, Slough, for six fancy pelargoniums ; to Mr. Turner, Slough, for six new pelargoniums ; to Mr. Cowan, gardener to Mr. E. Jon es, the Grove, Hampstead, for miscellaneous collection of fruit ; to Mr. Bayley, gardener to Mr, T. T. Drake, Shar de ots, Buokg, for four pine apples. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. ( From the Report of the Registrar-General. ) In the week that ended last Saturday the total num ber of deaths registered in the metropolitan districts was 1,290. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1844.53 the average number was 990 ; and if this is raised in proportion to increase of population it becomes 1,089. There is, therefore, an excess in last week's re turn of 201 above the estimated amount. The numbers returned in the four weeks of June have been 1,110, 1,085, 1,153, and 1,290. The rate of mor tality in London has been high for some time, but at the end of the quarter the registration of many coroners' cases, that occurred previously, was completed, and to this circumstance the heavy return of last week is in great measure due. Scarlatina appears to be gaining ground, the deaths referred to it last week numbering 72. Small-pox was fatal in 10 cases, measles in 22, hooping•cough in 35, diarrhoea in 25, typhus in 47. Six children died of syphilitic disease ; a man of hydrophobia. _ _ Last week the births of 920 boys and 844 girls, in all 1,764 children, were registered in London. In nine cor responding weeks of the years 1845-53 the average num ber was 1,453. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.618 in. The reading of the barometer was 29 . 98 in. at the beginning of the week, and 29.82 in. at the end of it. The mean temperature of the week was 57.9 deg., which is 3.5 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was 6.4 deg. above the average on Sunday, and was below it during the rest of the week. On Tuesday and Saturday it was 6.6 deg. and 8 deg. below the average. The highest temperature of the week was 80 deg. on Sunday ; the lowest was 45.5 deg. on Friday. The mean dew point temperature was was 52.4 deg. ; between this and the main temperature of the air the difference is 5.5 deg. The wind blew mostly from the south and south-west. The amount of rain in the week was 0.52 in., most of which fell on Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 1. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses ... Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 136 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 3 Premature Birth and Debility l9 Atrophy 249 52 200 150 57 Old Age Sudden 79 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 173 Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES . Population Deaths in cone- Deaths Enumerated, sponding week in the 1851. of 1553. Week. West Districts North Districts 490.396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 . „ 207 South Districts 1,290 Totals Males Females, 990 1,290 703 587 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. Total .. 920 844 1,764 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. QUARANTINE NOTICE. LISBON, June 28.—The Board of Health declares free from disease Hamburgh, the ports between that city and those of the mouth of the Eibe, and all those of Holstein. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JULY 5. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS.—The Edward, from Lis bon ; Leon, Gravelines ; Japan, Mauritius ; Franke, Leer ; Ranneys, Buenos Ayres ; Konigsberg, Wifsta Wharf ; Clara, Demerara ; Themis, Memel ; Olga, do. ; Johanna, Stettin ; Tringalock, St. John's, Newfoundland ; Lady Kennaway, Calcutta ; Jabez, Mauritius ; Twee Gezi sters, Konigsburg ; Sofia, Odessa ; Conservative, Madras ; Audubon, Calcutta ; Odessa, Demerara; Hermanos Que ridos, Bilboa : Trinidad, Havannah • Alberta, Cuba ; True Briton, Trinidad ; Harpooner, Mauritius ; William Parker, Africa ; Twee Gebroders, Bremerhaven ' • Storm King, Charlotte Town and Prince Edward's Island ; Lionne, Gravelines ; Amalia, Havannah ; Mary Catherine, Valparaiso ; Frouwina, Stettin ; Maria, Malmo. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Japan, for Mauritius ; John Bunyan, Cape of God Hope and Calcutta ; Revel, Lorient ; Boadicea, Constantinople ' • John Arthur, d o . ; Conserva tive, Mauritius; Union, Gibraltar and Cadiz; Superior, Ferrol ; Twee Gebroeders, Harburg ; Hermann Louis, Altona ; Hoffnung, Hamburgh ; Catharine, Altona ; Waterwitch, Mogador ; G. B. Lamar, New York; Yarra, Geelong ; Hildegaard Von Schwartzen, Dantzic. CLEARED OUT WITH CARGO.—The Jacomina, for Stettin ; Maria, Dantzic ; Marion, Jamaica; Arannah, Antwerp ; Sovereign, Havre ; Titania, Harburg ; Centaur, Alexan dria ; American Congress, New York ; Spirit of the Sea, Boston ; Glenbervie, Hobart Town. PARIS, July 5.—A violent gale from N.W. was experi enced at St. Malo on the night of the 29th June. The Havannah, bound to England and Havannah, was in con tact in the harbour with the Henry Harbeck, from New York ; the former had her mainmast broken close to the deck, the latter sprung her bowsprit. , sh o o f re an off d 30 which. T h w e a S s a on r a h fro txr s rf ie U r a ra ST L ( e ß on io e the Jumbos River for 17 day, when she was brought into this pert , after being lighted c and has been condemned. G to am L b i i v a e ) r , p 3fr oo a l y , A vessel of about 120 tons, apparently an American bri gantine, laden with lumber and barrels of potatoes, water logged and a bandoned, with bowsprit and part of foremast standing, was seen in lat. 37 N., long. 30 W , by the Alfred, arrived in the River. The same vessel passed within a few yards of a wreck, bottom up, of about 100 tons burden, in lat 42 N., long. 28 W. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Judge, Shaw, Calcutta to London, March 7, lat. 10 S., long. 88 E. The Charles, Africa to London, June 18, lat. 34 N., long. 37 W. The Queen Victoria, Hamburgh to Quobec, Juno 28, lat. 54. The Medium, London to Port Philip, May 11, lat 1 N., long. 20 W. The Monteagle, May 13, lat. 4 N., long. 21 W. The Fanny and Leontide (troop-ship), Nantes to Alauri tins, April 16, lat. 3 S., long. 24 W. The Grenada, Liverpool to Port Adelaide, South Aus tralia, April 30, lat 40 S., long. 25 W. The Magellan, Colo m b o to London, May 7, off the Cape of Good Hope. The Amaranth, Batavia to Cork, June 7, lat. 6 N., long. 23 W. The William Holland, Leith to San Francisco, April 15, lat. 50 S., long. 65 W. The William (barque) under Prussian colours for the westward, Juno 26, lat 47 N., long. 23 W ; Dalston, Dublin to Mirathichi, same day, lat. 48 N., long. 22 W. The Windermere, of Liverpool, May 21, GO miles NE. of Bahia. The Julie, Ceylon to Hamburgh, April 12, lat. 33 S., long. 32 E. The Richard Battersby, Liverpool to Calcutta, June 29, lat. 51 N., long. 8 W. Tho Hanover and Queen of the Sea, bound south, June 26, lat. 4G N., long. 11 W. The John Thompson, from Mauritius, April 22, lat. 35 S., long. 19 E. The Norma, London to Adelaide, May 22, lat. 5 N., long. 22 W. The Lord Lambton, June 26, lat. 47 N., long. 7 W. The Africa, England to Melbourne, lat. 1 N., long. 22 W. The St. George (barque), standing to the westward, June 20, lat. 50, long. 8 W. The Ryswick, London to Melbourne, May 28, lat. 2 N., 19 W. The Severn, London to Australia, May 31, lat. 6 N., long. 20 W. The Adventurer, Benin River to Liverpool, Juno 1, lat. 7 N., long. 20 W. The Colombians (American ship), and Monarch (ship), for Australia, both June 3. The Nancy Dawson, London to Nassau, lat. 21 N., long. 61 W. _ _ _ The Troubadour, of Sunderland, lat. 49 N., long. 5 W. The Konginin van Holland, Rotterdam to Sydney, N.S.W., May 8, lat. 1 N., long. 22 W. The Royal Victoria, LiVerpo - ol to Havannah, June 8, lat. 28 N., long. 41 W. The Lady Rodney (screw steamer), Newcastle to Cal cutta, June 1, lat. 2 N., long. 23 W. ; Lady Bruce, Akyab to Liverpool, same day. The Patriot, London to Mauritius, June 20, lat. 36 N., long. 36 W. The Protection (barque), for the West Indies, May 28, lat. 22 N., long. 41 W. The Thedar, bound south, May 31, lat. 21. N., long. 36 W. The May Queen, June 25, lat. 47 N, long. 19 W. The Tay, June 28, lat. 51 N. The Plantagenet, London to Sydney, N.S.W., May 12, lat. 1 N., long. 20 W. The Melrose, Harbour Grace to Sydney, N.S.W., June 12, lat. 33 N, long. 43 W. The Henry Holman, June 16, lat. 37 N, long. 35 W. The Ariminta, May 31, on the Line, long. 22 W. The Eliza Hooter, London to Launceston, June 1, lat. 4 N, long. 22 W; lowa, Liverpool to Melbourne, same day. The Prince of Wales, London to Launceston, June 3 , lat. 7 N, long. 23 W. The Princess Helena. lat. 4 N, l ong . 20 W. The Ann Nelson, Clyde to Bombay, June 1, lat. 6 N, long. 20 W. The Telemaque, Port Royal to Copenhagen, June 1.4, lat. 31N, long. 35 W. The Annie, Rio Janeiro to Liverpool, June 15, lat. 30 N, long. 8 W. The Free-trader, April 11, lat. 17 S, long. 82 E. The Thomas Sparks, Liverpool to Bombay, June 1, lat. 5 N, long. 23 W. The No. 337, Rotterdam flag M, London to Melbourne, June 4, at 9 N, long. 26 W. The Lord Althorp, Valparaiso to Liverpool, June 15, lat. 31 N, long. 38 W. The American Eagle, London to New York, June 17, lat. 42, long. 60. HEALTH OF THE BALTIC FLEHT.—There have been four cases of cholera in the Duke of Wellington. Two died in the hospital ship, one recovered on board the Duke, and one is recovering in the hospital ship,— Medical Times and Ocueac. BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the sth inst., at Upper Clapton, the wife of Fre o rick A. Janson, Esq. On the lit inst., at Guernsey, the wifo of Major (i. Michel, 66th Regiment. COUNT.RY MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—JuLT 4. There were in the market to-clay, 18 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-18 at 21. 10a, 0 at 0/. Os Od, and 0 at 0/. Os. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRA MARKET— JULY 4. There was a large supply of straw of all descriptions in the market. The prices to-day were as follow : Oat straw, from 7s Od to 8s Gd per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., Gs Gd to Ss Od ; barley do., Gs 6d to 7s 61 Hay from 11d to 13d ; now ditto, Od to Od per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—JuLY 3. There were in the market to-day 36 bags of oatmeal, oof barleymeal, and 2of pot-barley. Sales dull. Tha top price of oatmeal was as before ; the second was 6d down, and the third was Od down. Pot-barley on the top price Os down. Oatmeal, per sack of 2SOlbs First. I Second. I Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Od —s 03 Pot-barley, per ditto COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at t :ET.--JULY 5. ;he close of the market. s. d. Bate's West Hartley 17 6 Chester Main 17 9 Holywell ...—.... 6 Howard's West Hartley Wallsend, &c. P. e. Haswell 21 3 Lain bton 2O Hetton Lyons Main 19 6 Plummer 2O 0 Ric hmund l9 6 Stewart's 2l 0 Whitwell l9 0 Cassop l9 0 Hartlepool 2O 6 Eleugh Hall . 19 6 West Kelloe 19 6 South Kelloe . l9 9 Tees • 2l 0 Whitworth lB 6 Birchgrove Graigol a 25 0 Derwentwater Hartley 18 0 Grey's West Hartley —.17 Hetton Hartlepool 2O 6 Netherton 18 0 North Percy Hartley _l7 t; Tanfield l7 6 Walker Primrose l6 West Pelton l6 0 Willington Hartley 18 0 Walken& &c. Gosforth lB 6 Hadley 18 6 Hilda 18 t Lawson lB 3 Wharncliffe lB 6 Bell's Primrose 15 3 Eden Main 20 0 South Hetton 20 9 RAIL WA Y SHARE MARKET. LIVERPOOL, JULY 5. . - - STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The market has been firm all days but not much business doing :—East Lancashire, 16J; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 663 # ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 12 ; L on d on an d N or th-W estern,lo43 51; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 22 21i ; Midland, 67i ; South-Eastern, 19 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick Ex' tensi3n, 6 5-16 d. MANCHESTER, JULY 5. STOCK EXCHANOE.—The business done to-day has not been large, but the market has been stronger. Th e s ales were :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cliester Junction, 11 dis.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 66i a ; Manchester and Birmingham Quarters, C, 4 5.16 prem. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 21i 2 ; Midland Railwa,y Con sole, 67k 4. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was to-day little or DP vitrif' tion iu yesterday's quotations. London and North' Western, sellers, 105 ? ; Midland, buyers, 661; rillrews" bury and Birmingham, buyers, 65, sellers, 6Si. BRISTOL, MAT 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Thero was a firmer tone manifest in the market to-clay, although transactions were Limited• Vale of Neath were done at 19g. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General pot-01 0 by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day whenma.i. a From wh;ii When COUNTRIES. in Gencral Post- Port clue in Office, London.* Disatched. Itneland• Amertea(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool America (by United Sts. packet) .... N ••• • • Liverpool .., ;July 12 America (by U. States packet) .. N ........ Southampton Australia (via South ampton) ..........M June 4 ...... Southampton August 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N' Ditto (via Cape of Good, Hops) June ..... lUncertai n Africa (West CoaSt)..N,23d of the month . Plymouth .. July 6 Alexandria.......... N,B, 9, 24, & 30 of in Dover Alexandria.......... 31:4th & 20th of mon. 'Southampton Bahamas M jl7th of the mono Southampton, I Belgium .......... ........ Dover Brazil M [9th of the month.. Southampton filly 16 Buenos Ayre5........M19th of the month.. Southampton fuly 16 Cape of Good Hope ..Njl4th of the moist' , Plymouth Cape of Good Elope ..Nll4th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verde ......N ! l4th of the mon th'S outhampiOn Ceylon (see India) Ceylon.. • • • • ........N 14th of the mont! , t ally 1 Channel Isles Mon ~Wed.,&Fricl.;Souti:amptor. ..111.0- Chili. •••• • • . • . M2d & 17th o f moot, iSputliamplon; China (see India) Constantinople .... N j7,8,17,21,&27 corm. Dover,..,, Constantinople Cont. of Europe 111 & N'Twic e daily ...... [Dover : TN ;Jodi° Egypt (see India) France .... • • .. M & N Twice daily ...... Dover,„ „ Gibraltar .... •• • . •. 31,4, 7, 17, 20, 27 of n, Southampton J't,/Y 6 Greece (see India) Greytown • • lid ; 2nd & 17th of mon. South aroptoi: l ArriTed Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday London ..... I Elavannah Holland !Dover 18 ; ,ily Honduras 111'17th of the mom h ammo_ .ruly 16 anti (vlaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mr , n.!Plyin , uth •• J'ily 2 0 India (via Ilfarseilles)M 8th&210 of mo :0 !Dover lonian Isles (see India) , 7, 17, & 27 of mon "• Ireland & NlTwice daily ..... head .. magi Lisbon M 7,9, 17, & 27 of ni.!Southampton Jtuly iv Madeira ....... lll.9th of the nionth!SouthainptonJUlY 16 Madeira , 23d of month .. !Plymouth Malta (see India) Valta N 7,17,19,57, 30 ofm.:Dover Mauritius (see India) M'anritius 14th of the mo n th M ex i co 2nd of the month. ISouthampton I jLiff. 1 Naples ..... .. • 'bthlsth2sthormon ;Dover New Granada .. [2d & 17th of month Southampton' Arrived New Zealand.. • •....,By private ship .. 1 Various port. Lbice stAiil Papal States b th ls th 2h thofinoa.,Dover Peninsula. Peru .. • .. j2d & 27th of mon ' Sou thampton Arrived Port Natal ...„ Nll4th of the m onth; Plymouth .. Sicily /s7,sthlstll2.sthormon, Dover ...... Tuscany 2•llsollsth2sthoirnon.!Dover Venezuela., 2d& 17th of month Southampton Arrive d Van Diemen's Land (see! Australia) . ....... West Indies , 2d & 17th of month ;Southampton inly 16 When any of these dates fall oi a Sunday, the fn, w ill i f. despatched on the following day, with th e exception of the Inc"' ..0 Southampton), and the Malta, b o th o f which will be desp, tf,ched Sep preceding. [ADVERTISEMENT.] - Her Majesty's Royal Letter s Patent, for valuable and extraordinary improve rstents rn the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Cam p, Ite e r course, Opera, and P erspect i ve Gl asses, to know the dis' tances of objects viewed through them—of gre afi imPT tance to the army, navy, and others. Messrs. 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On the 3d inst., at his residence, 41, Claremont-squar e ' George Bartrup, Esq. of On the 3d inst., at the Manor-road, Upp er Hollows'', apoplexy, George Waller, Esq., late of Fi ns b ury - c i rc us. .` the 77th year of his age. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN4 of No. 112, St ran d, P r i n t er, a t Th e Sun Office, No.l l t, Strand, in the Pr ec i nc t o f th e S avoy, i n tho county c u Middlesex, Tlaurriday, July 6, 1854.