The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY. EVENING, JULY 27, 1854, SUPPLY. The vote of 25,0001., to supply the deficiency in the Admiralty Fee and Rentes Funds, occasioned by the de- falcation of the late Registrar of the Court, gave rise to considerable discussion, but it was ultimately agreed to without a division. A .vote of 45,000/, to defray the expenses of claims arising out of the abandonment of the Orange River Territory was agreed to, after a short conversation. On the vote of 2,9001. for the Lawson Oobaervatory at Nottingham, Lord SEYMOUR objected to vote money for a local purpose of this kind. This Observatory might prove a benefit to Nottingham, but it would confer no national advantage, and rather than call upon the State to con tribute this money, the locality should raise it. (Hear, hear.) Besides, the value of the instruments in this Observatory had been considerably overrated. (Hear.) Mr. E. DENISON was bound to admit that the Astronomer-Royal had given an opinion that this obser vatory would not contribute to the advancement of science generally, while a discredit had been 4 :hrown upon the estimated value of the instruments ; and feeling that if the local subscriptions - were to be asked over again they would not be granted until the latter point was cleared up. he should be glad to know if the Government could furnish him with any information upon the point. He believed the instruments were not worth the sum they had been valued at, but he understood the Government had instituted an inquiry into the matter, and he should be glad to know what was the result of that inquiry ? Mr. WILSON entered into an explanation of the circumstances which had induced the Goverment to propose this vote. They were toll that while the instru ments were worth 10,0001. the locality was prepared to subscribe towards the establishment of the observatory, and as upon inquiry it was found that the observatory would confer great public advantage in promoting agri cultural science the Treasury consented to propose this grant. Of course, however, that undertaking vvas given up on the understanding that the instruments were worth 10,0001. ; but it now appeared that they were not of that value and he must 'therefore withdraw the vote; On the vote of 140,0001. for the purchase of Burlington House, Mr. WILLIAMS called for some explanation of this vote. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was ready to give every exphtt,ation. The committee was aware that the Excise -office had been removed from Bread-street to Somerset House, and this had rendered necessary the removal of their officers. Now, nothing could be more economical than the concentration of public offices, and the rite of Burlington House had been pnrchased for the purpose of concentrating and ac commodating those departments, literary, artistic, scientific, and otherwise, which would have to be dis turbed of removed from Somerset House and other places, in consequences of the changes which had been made in the exercise in the Inland Revenue department of the Government. (Hear.) Mr. V. SHITH, Sir W. MOLESWORTH, and Mr. SPOONER, contributed to the discussion, which was continued up to a quarter to six o'clock, when the chairman quitted the chair. The house then resumed, and leave was given to the committee to sit again to-morrow. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned shortly before six o'clock. COURP OF ALDERMEN. A court was held for the despatch of public business. The TOWN CLERK read a letter, of which the following is a copy : _ _ DR. PEITHMAN. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. OTWAY asked the Secretary of State for the Rome Department, by what authority Dr. Peithinan was impr isone d i n a cell in the Ri ng - street Police-sta tion, and detained in it from Sunday the 9thinstant g until the aft ernoon of the following Wednesday, nesday,with out having b een b rought before any justice o f t h e peace, or the charge o n w hi ch he was detained made known t him ; and to call th e attention of the house to o some judicial proceedings, in the private room of the trate at Bow-str eet , w i th reference to this caslnagTihse. e honourable member entered into a detail of the . circum stances of the case as th ey had transpired at the Bow. street Police-court ; and having visited the unfort unate doctor in one of the cells of th e court, t h e hon. member said he could support the complaint as to the bad condi tion of those cells. They were alike a disgrace to the magistrate who, as it were, presided over them, and the public, blic who paid for them. The proceedings a t t h e police court in reference to this case wereof a most arbitrary and unconstitutional character, for they were conducted in s upon s ecret, and the unfortunate doctor wa s co mmitted to Han ellthe certificate of two Government officials, with out any w c hance of obtaining his liberation. Had th ese pro ceedings taken place in Naples, the press would have plaint t s he ab su ou b j t e i c t i, a h n e d h s a i d nce a tribgehtcasthe de mandinteemed with com volved the liberty o f . for frittering some explanation of the matter. The lunacy law nstitution, and he hoped'next and lunatic asylums were made a vehicle into the whole away the principles of thee° searching inquiry . THE CITY S EAL. Some conversation took i raandcoCnifteyreenCuertrselative to the mayoralty subject. m tb o e n S c ec o o u n n d c a i e fo g p ace upon the resolution of laboured determination to r t e h fu e bad for some years Lord PALMERSTON said there was no doubt that ! Committee cf the Corn secetoerhtolodf this unfortunate gentleman seal. a It concluded in a nference upon that subject, upon the ground that it under fits of insanity. his and for the purpose particular_ delusion was that , he had largo claims upon the Mate, he had perseveringly . conference , . involved one of the essential pri vil eges • of enforcing his supposed claims, . - endeavoured to intrude hi mself , d Aldermen. lie was con f ine d A lderman Wilson and Sir Peter Laurie urged upon /3 "ere;gli- Under theKcircumstances into the presence of the the ' court the necessity of m tintaAning without violation in a lunatic asrglam ; but supposing he had recovered full possession of his faculties, the Home Office consented to the. privileges of the court at a period when there ap his liberation ; but no sooner did he regain his liberty peered to be in most important quarters a stron dispo than he resortedtrying to indeed to destroy them sition to abridge, and i yaltogether. to his former proceeding of force himself into Buckingham Palace. He was accord - EXTRA CONSTABLES WITHIN THE CITY. f ingly given into custody and conveyed to Bow-street 130- The Recorder stated his opinion relative to the admix lice station, where he underwent an examination, and sign of extra constables within the city of Londo n , an d: eventually, upon p roper evidence, he was sent to Han- fled the whole proceedings; and contended that it was su ch constables, lest by error in the mode of admission necessary for the good of the State and the safety of the stoni they might be placed in serious diffi culty - Sovereign that they should b e taken in all these cases , At the same time, if a sufficient security in some way under atnhde responsibility,cu " mild be given that the miscondtict should not he re- CRYSTAL PALACE, WEDNESDAY.—SHILLING DAY..-- ez T- - - eated,, he s ho u ld be happy . to orchr, 4 -• to -... the lho liberation tztg tiat of Admission at the d oors, 12,219; achnjuica . by gem this uzforttnatO o i pereoD, rit4 ;fe:4 tickets, BZ2. Totair 13,041. "Charity Commission, 20, Duke-street, Westminster, July 14, 1854. " Sir,—l am directed by the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales to request that you will favour them with a copy of the minutes of proceedings taken on or about the mouth of February, 1852, before the Lord Chief Baron, on the matter of cha , ities relating to poor pri soners in the city of London, and which appears to have been printed by Arthur Taylor, the printer to the Cur poration. " An inquiry is now in progress before one of the in spectors into the City charities, and it is conceived that the evidence taken before the Chief Baron will afford him much assistance.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, "H. W. VANE, Secretary. "To the Town Clerk of the City of London." Referred to a committee. Alde THE THAMES STEAM-BOATS. _ rinao LAWRENCE said the crowding of steam boats b a d b ecome a matter of great anxiety within the last few,d ays. The Commissioner of the City of Police had withdrawn from the service of looking after the steam vessels which received and landed their passengers the two officers who had for two years - performed very im portant duties to the public in the situations within the City district. It was to be regretted that those officers had been withdrawn from a service so beneficial to the community ; but the Commissioners had, upon being written to on the subject, replied that he could spare two men from his force to apply themselves to that sort cf labour. ME MINISTRY-THE " BIGHT" MAN. A highly interesting document was yesterday issued by the Registrar-General. It is a further instalment of the figures afforded by the census, and affords informa• tion as to the ages, occupations, and birthplaces of the people. The tables display the following remarkable results : -Of the 14,422,801 people living in 1821, 6,981,063 were under 20 years of age, and 7,441,733 were 20 years of age and upwards; while of the 21,185, 010 living in 1851, the numbers under 20 years of age were 9,558,114, and the numbers of the age of 20 years and upwards were 11,626,896. The number of the population of the age of 20 and upwards in 1851 exceeds the number under the age of 20 by 2,068,782. The increase in the young population under 20 years of age in the 30 years (1821.1851) has been 2,577,046 ; the increase in the adult population of 20 years of age and upwards in the same time has been 4,185,163. The males of 20 year of age and upwards at the two periods amount to 3,587,600, and to 5,610,777 ; the in crease in the 30 years has been, consequently, 2,023,177 men of the age of 20 years and upwards. All of these numbers, it is evident, would not be able to "go forth to war," if the population ea masse were called to arms ; and the quality of the population at alter ages differs so much in vitality, strength, and intelligence, that it requires stilt further analysis. The males et the soldier's age of 20 to 40 amounted to 1,966,664 in 1821, and to 3,193,496 in 1851 ; the in crease in the 30 years is equivalent in number to a vast army of more than twelve hundred thousand men (1,226,832). The women at this fruitful age of marriage (20 to 40) were then 2,119,385 in number; they have increased by 1,243,073, and now amount to 3,362,458. While the population under 20 years of age increased 37 per cent.. the population at the second age of 20 to 40 increased 60 per cent. At the age of riper knowledge and experience (40 to 60 years), the increase was 1,244,400 persons, or 55 per cent. in the thirty years. The number of persons in mature life, at the age of 60 to 80 years, increased 45 per cent. ; while the in crease at the extreme period of life after 80 was only 34 per cent. If it be assumed, as it may be fairly, that the popula tion under the age of 10 years, and the great bulk of the population of the age of 70 and upwards, are chiefly sustained by the industry of the population living in the middle periods of life, extending from the age of 20 to the age of 60, it will follow that in 1821 the 6,367,991 per sons of the two middle ages sustained 4,355,166 children and old persons, or 63 per cent. of their own numbers ; while in 1851 only 5,797,295 i effectives by age (57 per cent.) were sustained by 10,082,296 of the effective po pulation. Tested by these facts, the strength of the nation has increased faster than its numbers. The population of 1851 is so constituted that if the century of life over which a generation may extend is divided into five periods of 20 years, commencing at the ages, 10, 20, 40, 60. and 80, the numbers in 1,000 males are 461, 307, 165, 62, and 5 ; while the numbers in 1,000 females at the same periods are 441, 812, 168, 71, and 7. The exact proportions are shown in the table (4), p, xvi. They are approxiniatively represented by 6 under 20 years of age, to 4 at the age 20, 40, 2 at 40-60, and lat the age of 60 and upwards. The num bers at the ages 20 to 60 now somewhat exceed the numbers under the age of 20 years ; and it should be borne in mind by those who have to deal with the whole population, that the persons of the age 20 to 40,-but not their possessions,-are nearly twice as numerous as the persons of the next vicenniad (40 60), and that the males of that age (20 40) exceed in number the males at all ages over 40 in the proportion of 31 to 23. 100 In 700 t the e o year fthi e populationlBsl the proportionsn early t at he t a h a e m a e g a e s 2 i n 8 0- 1 40 11 ! n ; but hautsivne ea since the latter years the proportions ot the age 40- 6 There are some natural, some useful, and some artificial divisions of human life, of which a few may be advantageously noticed, since the tabular returns have been distributed, by the method of differences, so as to exhibit very nearly the numbers living at each of the several years of age. Human life is naturally enough divided into two periods; the first terminates at the age of 25, which is now the average of marriage in England ; the second period extends from that age to senility, or to the catas trophe of death. In the Roman law 25 was the age of majority, as it is in the prese t French code for males. The number of persons at the last census in Great Britain under the age of 25 was 11,573,377 ; o f th e age of 25 and upwards, 9,611,633. By the common law of England all persons under the age of 21 are infants ; 21- is the age of majority ; and in the following years of age half of the m arr i ages i n E ngland are now contracted. The number of minors in Great Britain at the last census was 9,985,133 • the number of 21 years of age and upwards was 11,199,877. Males at 14, females at 12, may consent to marry, but cannot legally marry until the age of 21 without the consent of their guardians. And the English law re gards 14 as the age at which a person is competent to distinguish right and wrong ; under 7, children are ir reeponaible ; between the ages of 7 and 14 they are in some cases responsible. The number of persons of the age of 14 and upwards was 14,167,871 ; of 14 and under 21, the number was 2,967,994 ; of 7 and under 14, the number was 3,260,188. • Physiologists divide human life into four periods, the embryonic, immature, reproductive, and sterile ages : the first terminating at birth ; the second at puberty, which is achieved at 15 ; the third at 45, after which few mothers have children ; and the last at 100 and up wards. The numbers in Great Britain at the three latter periods are, males under 15, 3,754,936 ; of 15 and under 45, 4,811,172; of 45 and upwards, 1,851,235. The number of females under 15 was 3,703,144 ; of 15 and under 45, 4,9-34,299 ; of 45 and upwards, 2,080,224. Individual life exists on such conditions that it may at any moment cease ; and the vital tenure varies not only with every change of external circumstances, but by natural laws at every year of age. It is most insecure in infancy and old age. At the age of puberty-before the period when the growth of the body is most rapid-be fore the age of its great strength-before the age of greatest intellectual power, it is least assailable by death. The chance ot living through a given year increases from birth to the age of 14 or 15 ; it decreases to the age Of 55-8 at a slightly accelerating rate ; after which the vitality de clines at a much more rapid rate. The numbers living at the ages 15-55, extending to the extreme limits of the reproductive age, where the vitality wears away slowly, is 5,664,781 males, and 5,903,111 females. The numbers living of-the ages after 55 are 997,626 males, and 1,161,412 females. Seven, which numbered the notes of music, the metals, and the planets, for the Greek philosophers, was sup. posed by them to measure the critical intervals of human life. The "seven ages" of Hippocrates,-which, ac cording to one account, terminated at the years seven, fourteen, twenty-eight, thirty-five, forty-two, fifty-six, seventy, or more-were extended by Solon to the ten equal septennaries ending in the years seven, fourteen, twenty-one, twenty-eight, thirty-tive, forty-two, forty nine, fifty-six, sixty-three, seventy, or the last to which life extended ; and another philosopher added the two periods up to eighty-four years, the fulness of life-be. yond which ho would no more reckon than would the charioteer the ground that he ran beyond the goal. Some of these septeunary years coincide with striking epochs of life, .and have evidently suggested our legal and some of our popular divisions for which the num bers in the population have been already given. Varro divided life very naturally into five equal ages, termi nating at the close of the years 15, 30, 45, 60, 75 or more, and proposed to call males at the five respective ages, pueri, adolescentes, juvenes, seniores, seizes. -The popular English divisions of life are expressed in the language by several characteristic words, such as babe, suckling, infant, child, boy, girl, lad, lass, youth, maiden, and young, m iddl e - aged, old,-man , woman . These terms are not used w i t h so much prec i s i on as they might easily acquire ; and some of them, derived from different sources, are used synonymously, while the latter terms often include the period which the earlier words especially designate. But (using a little force to make of 4,700/. ha s b een t subscribed in M anc h es t er towards the expenses of the Yieelarar)sumexpress consecutive ages) it may be said that Great THE PARIS EXHIBITI ON .-Th e su Britain in 1851 cont a i ned b a b es an d suc kl ings (under .1 E.-A labouri ng man o f the name 0f 578,743; infa n t s ( 1 5 years), 2 , 166,456 ; children forthcoming P ar i s E x hibi t i on. (s=lo years) 2,456,066 ; b oys (10 -15 years ), 1,141,933; GOOD FORTON girls (10.15 years), 1, Mitchell, who was working in a hedge-bottom near 1,051,630; maidens (15-20 years), 1,048,404; young Gainsborough, the other day, was called from his employ- men (20-30 years), 1,830,588 ; young women (20-30 ment by gentleman from near Burgh, who conveyed y ears), 1,939,906 ; men of middle-age (30-50 years), to him the interesting information that a relative of his 114,882 ; youths (15-20 year,), 2,376,904 ; women of middle-age (30-50 years), 2,482,382. -Mr. Sutton, of Thorpe -had left him personal and Before proceeding to consider the next age a pro other property to the value of something like 20,0001. blem presents itself for solution. What is the oldest Mitchell had only seen his benefactor once o r twi ce i n age that is now a t ta i ne d ? what is the measure of the his life, and had not had the slightest intimation of the complete orbit of huneara life ? The census furnishes some good fortune that awaited him. He is a married man aid towards the prosecution of this inquiry, which is cer withparTliHaEm e O n C t c ar tJ y PA v T o l l O u N me C s EN w S e rr re S. a large family.-_Eastern Counties Herald. years and ten -On t G a r n e t a a t (p9r6i,tao3ino tainly of no inconsiderable interest or importance. In )Dave passed thebarrier Occupation Census of Great Britain. ING.-On Monday last Mr. Francis Thomas Yates ;" more than 129,000 have passed the MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT FBO! DROWN- Psalmist's innit of " fourscore years," and 100,000 the of " threescore more h than hglf a•reillien . of the inhabi years which the last of Plato's climacteric square numbers Molyneux, an undergraduate of St. J ohn ' s College, express.] (9 titnes9=Bl) • nearlylothousand(9,B47)have Cambridge, was unfortunately drowned whilst bathi ng lived 90 years or more ; 'a band of 2,038 aged pilgrims in the river Severn, near Pott er ' s Load. The deceased have been tvanderin 95 years and more on the unended had been reading durin g th e l ong vacation with the journey; and 319 sag that they have witnessed more than Rev. Mr. Considine,. vicar of Al ve l ey, and h a d b een in a hundred ,revolutions of the seasons. the habit of bathing in the Severn nearly every day , Man 'n cited of men living in the ancient during the last three weeks. He was advised not to world more stances are and Lord Bacon, in his than a hundred year , s, bathe as he was subject to cramp.-Carmarthen H istory of Lif e an d D ea th, quotes as a fact unques- Jhurn'ai. • tioned that a few s before he wrote, a Morris dance SCOTTISH RIGHTS ASSOCIATION.-The council of this was performed Herefordshire,year at the May games, by body wet on Saturday last, when the secretary laid be- eight men at in the aggregate amounted to fore the council the following letter :-" Whitehall, 12th h $ whose ages ee in England was ei g ht undredyears. No populous vi a, July, 1854. Sir, -I am directed by Viscount Palmer- then without or woman of four score years old, stun to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the In the seventeentharnan century, some time after Bacon 28th ult., and in reply toyourinquiry in regard to the office wrote, two Englishmen are reported to 'have died at of Secretary of State. for Scotland, to say that there is no ages greate r t of those which have been t almost any intention at present to create such an office.-I ameem, attained in other nations. According to documents H. Waddington. F. H. Carter. Esq., Secretary to the which are printed in the philosophical Transactions of National Association for the Vindication of Scottish the Royal • Thomas Parr lived 152 years and 9 Society. Rights." months, Henry Jenkins, 169 years. The evidence in • USURY LAWS REPEAL.-A. bill has been presente d L try 'th y ese extraordi nary ins t a nces is, however, by no mea ns the Marq u i s o f L ans d owne for the purpose of repealing ' conclusive, as it evidently rests chiefly on uncertain the laws relating to usury an d t o t h e enro l ment of tradition, and on the very fallible memories of illiterate annuities, The bill purposes to re p ea l a great number old men ; for there is no mention of documentary evi of acts and parts of act s relating to these laws ; but the dence in Parr's and- the births date back to a pe measure does not affect transactions already entered into, rind before case, registers wereinstituted by the parish or the laws relating to bk e pawn ro er . Cromwell (1538.) THE Two SICILIES -A correspondent writes : Naples, At the l as t Census 111 men and e 0 08 women have July 12 :-" From a. conversation I have just held with a gentleman who has j ust come Messina, been returned of ages ranging from 100 to 119 years ; provided with credentials to come from and to the scientific inquirer in the districts where that Government inspector, a suspicion has long been ° these old people reside, an opportunity is afforded of entertained that the correspon- • t . Hives Talonatrest problem of much g and setting deuce of private individuals tampered with, has been now they find that notgreater itsteraest than some of the curious questions but they have dared opened, only are private letters that ea _ Kdifw the attention of learned societies. Two. to open the official letters addressed to the embassy thirds ofthe ' centenarians are women . Several of both - of the English American Da• • • WAN 41theugli the-146111-of thern in England_ are natives of parishes, in Ireland or Freda is respected. Scotland *here no efficient syatona of reg i s tration AGES OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. (From the Morniny Herald.) To collect the verdict of the public on any great ques tion, in any mode which may secure us from delusion or deception, is not, perhaps, very easy, but it is far from impossible. At the present moment, on the only , point of pressing importance—namely, whether the pre sent Government is honestly prosecuting the war —we imagine that we can point out one tolerably safe crite rion of what the people think. We have already said, more than once, that a rational and discriminating view of the line taken by the public press will often furnish this criterion. Probably this was never more true than at the present moment. By a rational and discriminating view, we mean an estimate founded on all the known facts of the case. We are not merely to count heads. We are not to assume that a Government is popular because it is supported by the Times ; or that it is unp ,, pular, because it is opposed by the Morning Herald. Let all the circumstances be taken into account. If, therefore, we seek to learn from the public press whit is thought of the Government, we must begin by throwing certain journals oat• of the ac count. We do not think that anything can be argued, in the present case, from the opinions of the Morning Herald or the Standard ; or from those of the Times, Chronicle, or Globe. 'rho reason is obvious. The Morning Herald and the , Standard opposed the Aberdeen Ministry from the first hour of its formation. The Times, Chronicle, and Globe supported that Ministry from its earliest existence to the present moment. Hence, in taking the opinions of either of these five panere, we should be asking the judgment of those who had adopted a prejudice at the outset. But there are four other London journals of various shades of politics, and all of which are free from political connection either with the Government or the Opposi tion. These are the Morning Post, the Morning Adver tiser, the Daily News, and the Sun. And, be it re marked, that so far as these four journals could be sus pected of any bias—that bias would be in favour of the present Government. Three of them are of Liberal politics, and the fourth as an admirer of Lord Palmer ston. Not one of the four has any leaning to Lord Derby or his friends. Now, have these four journals expressed any opinion, recently, as to the conduct of the war I And is their verdict at all unanimous ? It is singularly so. The Conservative, but Palmer stonian Post,—the Radical Daily News,—the highly- Liberal Advertiser and Sun, all concur in the most ' remarkable manner. All agree most fully and cordially that the way in which the war is carried on, or rather the way in which the war is not carried on, is most dis graceful to all parties concerned in it. - The weekly humorist Punch, equally " Liberal," equally opposed to Lord Derby, entirely concurs in this judgment, representing in its caricature of this week, the Queen, as schoolmistress, writing this character of the two principal members of the Cabinet " In the calif, of Masters Aberdeen and Russell, I re gret to say that the most extreme idleness has charac terised the whole half-year." Are we not right, then, in saying that the present is a case in which the public verdict may be easily gathered ? These various journals represent various cla'ses of the public, none of them being Derhyite ; and their decision is a unanimous one—The present Ministry is not honestly carrying on the war. One other test is a less obvious one, but, if closely examined, it furnishes an equally invincible proof. It is—an inquiry how the Ministry is defended by its par tisans ? Now let us give one example of this from the Morning Chronicle of yesterday. The Premier is thus defended by au advocate of, perhaps, rather too vehement a temper : _ _ "Lord Aberdeen suffers in popular estimation from a coldness of manner which is as far as possible from being the index of his heart. Ardently loving the people and their cause, he spurns the art of popularity to an extent which is. perhaps, scarcely prudent in a democratic country, governed by rhetoric. The first Conservative Free-trader, a most consistent friend of religious liberty, and the steady, though peaceful, supporter of constitu tional government in Europe—which claims to popular esteem on which other men would have traded to the greatest advantage—he has not only not courted, but he has repelled applanse. Acting simply on the dictates of his conscience, he has expressed those dictates i❑ the simplest and most unvarnished form. He thought the bread tax unjust, and he eagerly embraced and heartily supported Sir Robert Peel's proposition to repeal it ; but he has never tried to make capital out of his per sonal conduct on that occasion. He never brags ;he taunts nobody ;, he does on each occasion the thing that he thinks right ; he says on each occasion the thing that he thinks right, and no power on earth will induce him to say more. He believes that the Emperor of Russia has done a great and crying wrong, and he will do his utmost to avenge that wrong. NO one who knows him doubts for a moment that his whole soul is in the struggle." _ Wien Sir Dugald Dalgetty hears his visitors in the dungeon indulge in. a similar strain of the Marquis of Argyle, he exclaims, " You must know the marquis very well ; or, rather, you must be the marquis him self !" With equal truth may we say, " This is a singular sort of newspaper -scribe, who professes such a remark able knowledge of Lord Aberdeen's ' heart,' and con science,' and ' whole soul.' " But we must make one other objection —namely, that the Lord Aberdeen of this fancy sketch is as little like the Lord Aberdeen of real life as the Argyle of the dun geon was like the Argyle of the council-room. Buth were fictitious. Lord Aberdeen is now desceibed as "the first Conser• vative free-trader, the consistent friend of religious ligerty, and the steady supporter of constitutional government." But what says history ? In 1827, when Mr. Canning and Mr. Huskisson made the first attempt to modify the corn laws, the first name in the majority against the proposal was that of Aberdeen. In eight months after this Canning Ministry was dissolved, and Lord Aber deen, the stern. Protectionist, was rewarded with the Duchy of Lancaster. In June, 1828, a proposal was made by the House of Commons, "to consider the Ca tholic oaths"— the mildest way of approaching emanci pition. Again, the name of Aberdeen was foremost in rejecting even the proposal to consider the subject, and as a staunch Protestant he was raised to the Foreign Secretaryship. _ . The very next year the Duke ordered his troops to " right about face," and " Aberdeen" was all for Eman cipation._ _ _ Excluded from office for a dozen years, he had no fur ther opportunity for such feats of agility. But in 1841, having assisted Sir Robert Peel in rejecting the Whig proposal to lower the duty on wheat to Bs., Lord Aber deen once more became a Minister—a member of the Protestant and Protectionist Ministry of Sept., 1841. In 1845, at Sir Robert Peel's command, he supported the Maynooth Bill ' • and in 1846, si m il ar l y o b ey i ng orders, he abando ne d the corn laws ! More than thirty years of his public life had been spent as a Tory, when "circumstances" demanded one inure surrender. Te gain office a fourth time, it was now necessary to abandon the Conservative camp alto gether, and to become the Premier of the Peelites and Whigs. But even this dose was not too strong. Nor do we suppose that if Mr. Bright could gain a majority in the House of Commons next year—Lord Aberdeen would not at all object to " manage the House of LOrds" for the Bright Government. And this is the sort of patriotic statesman of whom the writer in the Chronicle tells us that— " He does on each occasion the thing that he thinks right ; he says on each occasioz, the thing that be thinks right ; and no power on earth will induce him to say more." Oddly enough, on five or six great occasions, when this inflexible patriot saw it " r i ght " to make an entire change in his conduct—that entire change happened to be just the very thing that was needful to enable him to hold his place ! No doubt all was pure, and virtuou.., and patriotic; but the concurrence of " conscience" and interest was somewhat remarkable, occurring, too, so repeatedly ! i fewof them reside in the parishes where they were born and have been known from youth ; many of the old peo ple are 'paupers, and probably illiterate ; so that it would no doubt be difficult to obtain the documentary evidence which can alone be accepted as conclusive proof of such extraordinary ages. Until the system of registration and the census have been for many years in operation, the evidence of extreme ages must remain indecisive ; but there can be now no doubt that some of the 21 millions of people in Gieat Britain have lived a century ; which may therefore be considered the circuit of time in which human life goes through all the phases of its evolution. SPORT! NG IN T ELLIO ENCE. GOODWOOD RACES-WEDNESDAY. The scorching heat of ye , terday no longer prevailed ; it was succeeded ley a cold, low, dust-raising day—the very wind which the weatherwise prognosticate generally " blows up rain." Towards noon heavy lowering clouds gathered around, and the rumbling of distant thunder was at times dis tinctly heard. The sign , of an impending storm were u‘!mi takeable, and many persons—ladies in particular— who had cone unprepared for a pluvial visitation, hur ried from the course before the proceedings were brought to a termination. Just after the race for the Goodwood Stakes a smart shower fell, and umbrellas and Macin toshes were in immedi ,to requisition. The attendance of general company throughout the (lay was unquestionably inferior in numerical strength to that on the previous day. The appended return of the racing will sufficiently in dicate the character of the sport. The most important feature in the list was the Goodwood Stakes, which brought out 16 runners. The quotations given below will show that the betting underwent several changes at the close. Bribery, the winner, was backed at all sorts of prices, from 20 to 1 down to 12 to 1. Her suc cess, however, was hailed with considerable satisfaction by the book-makers. SWEEPSTAKES of 300 sovs each, h ft, for three-yr-old colts, Bst 71b each ; certain winners ext ra . Craven Course. Four subs. Lord Derby's Boiardo, Bst 121 b (including 51b extra) (A. Day) 1 Mr. F. Knowles's Baalbec, Bst 71b ...(Bumby) 2 Betting-7 to lon Boiardo. Won easily by a length and a half. HANDICAP PLATE of 501, for two-yr-olds and upwards. Half a mile. Lord Anglesey's Lizzie, by Then, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (J. Goater) 1 M. Lefevre's Trust, 5 yrs, 9st The following also ran :—Falcon, Firebrand, Ante verta, Sir John Barleycorn, Loquacious, Box, Deter mination, The Kaffir, and Helmet. Betting-5 to 4 agst Hermit, 4to 1 agst Anteverta, 7 to 1 ag , t Trust, 10 to 1 each agst Box an d Li zz i e . `Von by a neck ; Helmet was a good third, but not placed. FIRST YEAR of the SECOND GREAT NORTH and SOUTH of ENGLAND BIENNIAL STAKES of 10 sovs each. tt ft ; with 200 added each year, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. Certain penalties and allowances. The second horse to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent. on the whole stake, and the third a sum equal to 5 per cent. on the whole stake. 142 subs. Mr. Merry's Lord of the Isles, by Touchstone, Bst 1 Olb (including 31b extra) Lord J. Scott's Clotilda, Bst 11.1 b (Ashmall) 2 Mr. J. B. Shepherd's Jack Sheppard, Bst 71b (Charlton) 3 The following also ran : Cavalier, Fearless, The Hind, Homily, Eymington, Ontario, The Archer. In structress, Joshua, Chanticleer, Kingstown, The Lady of Lyons, Border Chief, Vandal, Lord Alfred, Brother to Royal Hart, Chelmerton, Daffodil. Betting-5 to 4 agst Lord of the Isles, 6to 1 agst Chelmerton, 8 to 1 agst Fearless, 8 to 1 agst Ellerdale filly, 10 to 1 each agst Clutilde and Lord Alfred, 12 to 1 agst Border Chief, 15 to 1 agst Joshua, 16 to 1 agst Jack Sheppard. Won by a head. Two lengt:as between the • econd and third. Lord Alfred, Daffodil, Cavalier, The Hind, Joshua, Brother to Royal Hart, and Van dal passed the chair in the order named. The others were widely scattered. The Goonwoon STAKES of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and only 6 if declared, &c. ; penalties for certain winners; the second horse to receive 100 sous out of the stakes. Two miles and a half. Seventy-five subs, thirty-six of whom pay 5 sovs each. Lord Bruce's Bribery, by The Libel, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (T. Cliff) 1 .Mr, Harrison's Heapy, 4 yrs, 6st 61b.., (We 11•) 2 Mr. Greville's Adine, 5 yrs, Bst llb (Flatman) 3 Lord Zetland's Tros, 3 yrs, sst 41b (carried 5,t stb) (Carroll) .4 The following also ran Mr. Parr's Rataplan, 4 yrs, 9st 9lb (Owner) 0 Mr. J. Martinson's Nancy, 6 yrs, 7st 91b...(Aldcroft) 0 Count I3atthyany's Ethelwolf, 5 yra, Tat 51b (J. Mann) 0 Mr. Merry's Exact, 4 yrs, 7st (carried 7st 21b (E. Sharp) 0 M. Lupin's Jouvence, 4 yrs, fist 131b...(T. Sherwood) 0 Mr. H. Hill's Ireland's Eye, 4 yrs, 6st 121h...(Garvey) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Jacqueline, 4 yrs, Est 7th (Ashman) 0 Lord Ciinton's na John Bull, 4 yrs, sst 111 b (J Goater) 0 Mr. E. Parr's Newbpld, 8 yrs, Est llb (inc slb extra) (Quinton) 0 Mr. Howard's Diana, 3 yrs, sst 51b (Porter) 0 Captain W. H. Cooper's Miss Tennyson, 4 yrs, sst 41b (J. Steggles) 0 Lord Wilton's Pumicestone, 3 yrs, sst 81b (including 511) extra) (Fordhau) 0 Betting at starting-9 to 2 agst Diana, 6to 1 agst Heapy, 6 to 1 agst Tros, 12 to 1 agst Adine, 100 to 8 agst Brihery, 100 to 8 agst Jacqueline, 14 to 1 agst Newbold, 100 to 7 agst Exact, 15 to 1 ag , t Pumicestone, 100 to 6 agst Jourence, 20 to 1 agst Rataplan, 20 to 1 agst Nancy. _ _ TIIE RACE. Bribery and Miss Tennyson went off in front, the ruck following in compact form. When just past the stand Miss Tennyson, Ireland's Eye, Diana, Heapy, and Bribery, held positions in the order named ; but after making the turn to the left He spy tcok a decided lead, with Miss Tennyson second, and Diana third— Pumicestone, Bribery and Jouvence being the next three —lreland's Eye on the retiring list. Heapy and Miss Tennyson held the lead alternately to within half a mile of home, when the latter began to drop off, leaving Bribery in close attendance on Heapy. Meanwhile Tros and Adine drew forward. At the distance Bribery challenged Heapy, and shortly afterwards Adine took third place, followed by Tros. Bribery's chance was, however, no longer in doubt. She made an admirable effort, and achieved the victory very cleverly by three quarters of a length ; the second beating the third by a length and a half, and an interval of two lengths sepa rating the third from the fourth. Pumicestone, Diana, and Jouvence were the next three, Ethelwolf Exact ninth, and Rataplan tenth.. John Bull, Ireland's Eye, and Nancy brought *up the extreme rear. The DRAWING•ROOM STAKES of 25 sovs. each, with a Bonus by an independent subscription of 10 sovs. each, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 2lb ; certain penalties. Once round. Twelve subs to the stakes and 11 to the bonus. Lord Derby's Acrobat, by Ithuriel, Bst 71b (A. Day) walked over. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs. each, for two-yr-olds and up, wards ; two-yr-olds, 31b ; three, Bst ; four, Bst )7 ( . As to 1 11: 40 a n l a l , ) , l s y 81b ; five, Bst 12 Ib ; six and . a g ed, 9st ; mar es and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 300 sovs., if demanded. Half a mile. Five subs. Captain Lane's Thessaly , by E p irus, 2 y rs, 6 st (J Steggles) 1 Lord Exeter's Nicotine, 4 yrs, B st 51 b (Norman) 2 Mr. Merry's Vaultress, 4 yrs, 8-,t slb (H.G oa t er ) 3 Thessa i x ta ( k t e a n k ) e , n Mr. J. M. Stanley's Eliza, 2 yrs, Est Eliza ß (offered), etting-6to44toaglst ag Vaultressst a length. Bad third. The ANGLESEY'S PLATE of 50 SOVS. (Handicap). Gen tleman riders. Craven Course. Mr. Elwes's William Rufus, by Touchstone, 4 yrs, list slb (Owner) 1 Mr. Sargent's The Kaffir, 4 yrs, lOst 4lb (carried lOst 6lb (Mr. G. B. Price) 2 Maj. rßringhurst'sTheHero (b li), aged, list (Owner) 3 Betting-3 to lon William Rufut, who won easily by two lengths ; bad third. CUP BETTING. 3 to 1 on Virago. DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Dirk Hatternaick (taken). 30 to 1 agst Nailer (taken). The first race to-day (Thursday) will be at one o'clock. NOTTINGHAM.—SHERWOOD HANDICAP.—The dispute has been decided in favour of Garforth. Molecomb, or Bentinck Me. of those races Mb extra ; la Lori of the Isles 'Bonier Chief inPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 110IISE OF COMMONS--(YESTERDA.Y.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The Earl of Fife (Trustees) Estate Bill was read a bird time and passed. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill wera considered and agreed to. MORTMAIN. BILL. This bill was ordered to be committed this day three months. PORTLAND CHAPELS BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES BILL. On the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate on this bill, • Mr. T. BARING insisted that if the laws of the country were not sufficient to prevent trading and speculation in the securitie sofa Governe menuh which we were at war, some g nl measht to be brought in by Ministers to remedy the defect, because, a lthough this measure was only directed against Russia, it was just possible that . in a short time we might be at war with Prussia., a nd v. ho was to propose a measure which should apply to the securities ? It was, therefore, clear that a ny c hange in the law must be based upon ge neral principles, applicable to all the world and not con ned to Russia alone; and as this bill being based on petty sp it e , did not go that l en g th, he deci dedly objected to sing i n t o committee upon it. With public opinion .against it, there was not the least disposition amongst Englishmen to speculate in Russian securities; but if this, bill passed, it would lead to impressions on the continent that without this special enactment there would be, and, RS a natural result, instead of depressing Russian securi ties, it would rather tend to enhance their value in many of the capitals of Europe. Lord D. STUART supported the bill. It would be time enough to legislate in a similar spirit with regard to other countries when we had declared war against - them. At present we were only at war with Russia,, and it was enough, therefore, to direct the provisions at that power. Mr. WILSON remarked that if the real state of the financial affairs of Russia was known, it would go fur. ther to reduce the value of her securities than any bill of this nature, even if it were adopted by all the Legis 'Mures of Europe. Mr. ISAAC BUTT had heard nothing which should induce the house to refuse to go into committee on this bill. lA2r. SPOONER and Mr. L. HEYWORTH supported the bill. Lord PALMERSTON said he should cer tainly sup port the bill, which was based upon the intelligible principle that British subjects should not be allowed to aid Russia with money. It was a childish absurdity to draw a distinctiOn between directly lending money to Russia, which was high treason, and lending the same money indirectly. What the Secretary to the Treasury had said was perfect nonsense, and unless they passed this bill they ought to abolish the law of high treason. It was sheer nonsense to say that British subjects should be allowed indirectly to supply Russia with money, and those. who could support such a principle must be pre pared to say the Dutch admiral was right, who, in the lull of an engagement, sold powder to his antagonist to enable him to renew the engagement. It was not right to set the interest of the pocket against the honour of the country. (Cheers.) It was not a pounds, shillings, and pence question, but a question of national honour, and no man who w,s not anxious to assist the enemy or avoid committing high treason could hesitate to vote for this bill. (Cheers.) Sir J. PAKINGTON asked how it had come to pass, then, if the bill was of so much importance, that it had not been brought forward by the Government. He was at a loss to understand how the noble lord could call that " sheer nonsense" which a member of the Govern ment sitting near him supported ; but for his own part he should vote in accordance with the expressed senti ments of the noble lord. _ Mr. KINNAIRD replied that the hands of the Government had been full enough this session, without twitting them for not taking up this bill. ' Mr. DUNCAN thought the bill would interfere with the operations of commerce. Mr. HENLEY contended that if the act the bill dealt with was nothing short of high treason, the bi did not go far enough—the penalties it imposed were not sufficiently high ; but after the strong opinion the noble lord had expressed upon it, the Government could have no alternative but to take the responsibility of the measure upon themselves. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BROWN concurred in the views of Mr. Wilson, and protested that before they passed a measure of so much importance, they ought to have the opinion of the noble lord the member for the city of London upon it. He should therefore move that the committee be post poned until a future day. The house then divided, when there appeared— For going into committee Against it 24 Majority —s3 After the numbers had been declared, Lord D. STUART said he was informed that a right hon. member, who was in the house before, and in the lobby while the division was taking place, had abstained from voting. (Cries of " Name, name.") He referred to Sir William Molesscorth, the President of the Board of Works. (A. laugh.) The SPEAKER stated that the announcement ought to have been made before the numbers were declared. The figures could not now be altered. The house then went into committee on the bill. Lord SEYMOUR, said he had voted for going into committee after the strong appeal of the noble lord, but as he thought the house ought to have the opinions of the law officers of the Crown upon the bill before it pro ceeded further, he would move that the chairman do report progress. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. PAKINGTON supported the motion for re porting progress. Mr. W. A. WILKINSON observed that if the noble lord the Secretary of State for the Home Department was right in his principle, it was equally as applicable to hemp and tallow as money, and therefore further time should be allowed for considering the hill. Lord PALMERSTON said there was a difference be tween directly lending money to the Russian Govern went to enable them to carry on the war, and paying money to a Russian subject in exchange for his produce. (Hear, hear.) Mr. V. SMITE had voted for going into committee, because the Secretary of State for the Home Department told him that he would be guilty of high treason if he did not do so ; but while they were disposing of an in ternational measure like this, they should have the as sistance of the law advisers of the Crown ; and he must now vote for reporting progress. (Hear, hear.) • After some further discussion, Lord D. STUART said he had already submitted the bill to both the law officers of the Crown, and they saw DO objection to it. (Hear, hear.) The committee then divided, when there appeared-- For reporting progress 32 Against it Majority Sir J. V. SHELLEY, one of the tellers, reported to the committee that an hon. member who was in the house when the division was called had bolted up stairs —(3 laugh)—and abstained from voting. (Cries of "Name, name.") He referred to Mr. Lowe, the lion. member for Kidderminster, and Secretary to the Board of Control. (Hear, hear.) . . . The CHAIRMAN said the hon. baronet must bring the hon. member to the table. Sir J. V. SHELLEY—But I don't know where to find him. (Roars of laughter.) The subject dropped, and the consideration of the bill was proceeded with. Considerable discussion took place upon clause one, but ultimately Sir J. PAKINGTON moved that the chairman report progrdss as it was impossible to go on without i.he aid of the law officers of the Crown. Lord PALMERSTON assented, as did also Lord D. STUART, and the bill was postponed until to-morrow at twelve o'clock. had been done which was in anyway contrary to the law Mr. HENLEY, without going into the merits of this e, which he believed reflected no discredit on the noble lord, argued that the lunacy law required amend ment, so as to prevent persons from being locke 1 up against their will, except upon competent authority and atter the fullest public examination. Sir J. V. SHELLEY was glad to hear from the noble lord that steps would be taken to render the black-holes attached to the Metropolitan Police-courts more fit for the reception of human beings. (Hear, hear.) The subject then dropped. THE EREBUS AND TERROR. Sir G. PECHELL wished to ask the right honour able baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty, what re gulations had been made for the payment of the wages due to the representatives of the officers and seamen of her Majesty's ships Erebus and Terror ? He understood that although the engagement with respect to double pay had been adhered to, the representatives of the ()facers who had been promoted to higher ranks, after the ships left England, were only to receive the pay of the ranks wLich they respectively held at the time of their going out. He thought that the wages of those officers should be those of the ranks to which they had been raised, and he also expressed an opinion that there had been something like sharp practice in reference to the time to which the wages were to be paid—the 31st of March. Sir J. GRAHAM said he was quite sure that the house and the country would be most anxious that the case of the representatives of the officers and seamen who had been lost in the Erebus and Terror should be dealt with with every consideration for their just claims; and be had been somewhat grieved to hear the hon- and gallant officer say, that he thought there had been some sharp practice. Sir G. PECHEL—I said with reference to the 31st of March. Sir J. GRAHAM—WeII, with reference to the 31st of March. What were the facts of the case The officers the crews of the Erebus and Terror were last heard of in July, 1845 ; and for nine years from that time double .pay had been allowed to their repre sentatives—that was to say, from . July, 1845, to March 1854, - those representatives had been entitled, upon pro clueing on the part of commissioned officers letters of probate or of administration, to double pay up to that time, subject only in their case to the single condition that they should give a bond of indemnity to the public. This bond had been drawn by Mr. Justice Crowder When the Admiralty had the advantage of his assistance as their law officer, and whick was intended to indem nify the public in case those officers should appear ; for, however distant the time might be, in case they should ever return, the debt, of course, would be due to them. The representatives of the petty officers and seamen had also received double pay up to the same time, but with out being put to the expense of probate, and without entering into a bond. The number of commissioned officers in the two ships he thought was 24, and of the other classes 102 ; and of these, 19 representatives of commissioned officers, and 83 representatives of petty officers and seamen, had already received the full amount which was due to those whom they represented. There remained only the question of the officers who had been promoted during the interval ; they were few in number, but their case was strictly regulated by an article in the Queen's instructions. The payments had been calculated in conformity with that article—which applied to officers promoted while serving, but not ap pointed to any ship in commission--and he thought they had been properly so calculated; especially when it was considered that they were dealing, not with the officers themselves who had been promoted, and who had ren dered the service for which that promotion had been given ; and if they should happily ever return, it might be open to consideration whether in their favour the strict rule should not be relaxed ; but in the meantime, and as between the public and their representatives, the Admiralty had not hesitated to apply the rule as they found it. Captain SCOBELL thought his hon. and gallant friend could not do better than leave the matter in the hands of the Admiralty ; hut he trusted that the right hon. baronet would reconsider the claims of the repre sentatives of that class of officers to which he had last referred, for he could not believe that the regulation he had read could have been intended to apply to the case of ships locked up in the ice, as these had been, so as to render it impossible for the officers promoted to come home and claim the benefit of their promotion. Sir T. ACLAND expressed his conviction that the right hon. baronet would not stint the representatives of these gallant officers and seamen of their fair remune ration, and that he might rely on the indulgent consider ation of the House of Commons for any appeal that he might make on behalf of persons who had been exposed to such great sacrifices. BRIGHTO ACCEPTPNCrS FOR THE Yrs st lb Orestes Nanoy ...... 6 8 6 Rattle 4 8 2 Exact 4 7 13 Cobnu t 4 7 13 Pantomime Epaminondas Nicotine 4 7 0 Poodle Cock Pheasant Bribery Diana 3 6 10 RACING FIXT - AII( f• Brighton Airdrie ... Durtiam Brighton CIO) 4 Ripon Yarmouth 8 North Staffordshire 8 Reading Lewes lO Wolverhampton l4 SEPT] Warwick Lichfield O. 7 W:stern Meeting 7 Rochestera,ndChatharn 7 Doncaster 12 Pontefract 18 Bedford 19 OCTi Chester Autumn 3 Kelso 3 Yorkshire Union Hunt— 5 Wrexham 5 Newmarket S 0 9 NOVE Epsom Autumn Liverpool [ADVERTISEMENT.]—" Bell's L fo in London" of Sun day next, July 30th, and a gratuitous Supplement of 20 columns, will contain full and exclusive particulars of the Goodwood Meeting, Great Grimsby, Knutsford and other races—Racing on the Continent—Programme of Brighton Races—The Latest State of the Odds, and all the Turf news of the week—Aquatics : The great Re p tas in Ireland—Cricket : Marylebone and Kent, All England v. 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The CHAIRMAN' said it might be proper to state that the commission which had just been read was in the usual form, and was addressed to the same body of com missioners who had been in office a few days s ago. The public were aware that the Government contemplated certain changes in the method of appointing commis sioners, but these alterations could not be effectually carried out for a few days. It was, however„ necessary not to let the old commission expire without appointing a successor, and it consequently became necessary to re new the late commission in order that public business might be conducted without interruption. He had had a communication from the Government in reference to this, and it was understood that the present commission was intended merely to be a temporary one, and would continue to exist only until the new arrangements could be completed, which it was expected would be done in the course of a few days. The SECRETARY reported an available balance of 28,2741., to which must be added the amount of the de. posit account, namely 100,0001. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, JULY 26. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS.—The Bucephalus, from Demerara ; David, Truxillo ; Australasia, Portland ; De Vrouv, Trientje ; Johannes Minde, Sjiesne ; Pehi, Gefle ; Xenophon, Malins ; J onge Hers, ionigsburgh ; Fanny, Cuba ; Odler, Memel; Lympha, Dram ' • Twee, Gebr oe d ers, Stettin ; Geertina, K ou i gs b urg h ; Eolus. TJinsa, ; Betsey and Laura, Odense ; Holl an d, O sten d ; Albion, Boulogne ; Oithoua, Antwerp; Alar, Dunkirk; Batavier, Rotter dam ; Elida,•Memel ; Melbona, Guernsey ; Win. Thomp son, Guernsey; Georgiana, Randers; Red wod, St. John's, New Brunswick; Brilliant, Uddewalla ; Morlane, Stolpe miude ; Anna Georgina, Ipala ; Ida, Leghorn; Anne Maria, Schulpersoil ; Johanna, Leer. VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The City of Paris for Boulogne; Patrick, New York; Anita, Malaga, Ali can t, Valencia, and Barcelon a ? B a t av i er , otterdam ; Caledo nia,, Hamburgh ; Catharine Marie, Stettin ; John Edward, Cape of Good Hope ; Industry, Havre ; Louisa, Konigs burgh ; Australasia, Hobart Town ; Euroclydon, Sydney, N.S.W.—Alar, Dunkirk; Concordia, Rotterdam; Hol land, Ostend ; Aluta, ilavre ; Constante, Genoa; Har mina, Corunna ; Harriet Armitage, Colombo, Ceylon ; Lady Rebow, Marseilles; Rosebud, Antwerp; Swallow, Port Phillip. VESSELS CLEARED WITH CARGO.—The General Hal kett, for Altona ; Elizabeth, Bremen • Albrecht B e yli ng , Geelong; Sarali, Rogen •' Rhone, Rio Janeiro; K en t, Port Philip ; Star, Rotterdam ; Goddess, St. Kitt's ; Ex cel, Antwerp; Twee Gebroeders, Hamburgh ; O cean , Havro • Fyenoord, Rotterdam ; Wm. Jolliffe, Calais; Ravenebourne, Antwerp. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Magnolia, Cadiz to Manilla, May 28, lat. 20 S, long. 24 W. A Dutch ship, showing red signal, with. anchor 795, southward bound, June 10, lat. 7 S, long. 28 W. The Countess of Durham, Callao to Queenstown, June 16, lat. 4 N, long. 28 W. ; Hurricane (American clipper), standing southward, same day. The Pursuit, Sierra Leone to Shields, July 9, lat. 39 N, long. 31 W. The Amity Hall, standing north, July 11, lat. 40 N, long. 9 W. ; a brig Wismar colours, with passengers, PROGRAMME OF TOMORROW'S R ACES, bound rrhe wHeisbtbesar7feodrayN.ew York, July 10, lat 48 N, long. The MARCH STAKES HANDICAP oflo.sovs each, hft with 42 W. 50 added, for three yea r o ld s an d upwards ; last 'three The Argestes, Cardiff to Quebec, July 1, off Point des quarters of a mile of the Drawing-room Stakes Course. Morts To close and name o n W e d nesday. . The . Breo.dalbane, from Quebec, lat. 47, long 40. The CHESTERFIELD Cup (Handicap), by subscription of The Columbus, bound to Hobart Town, July 10, lat. 15 soya each, for all ages, two year olds pt 1; the 44 N, long. 9W. winner of the Goodwood Stakes, Goodwood C e( up - or The Appolline (barque), bound to Port Philip, July 17, Stewards' Cup at Goodwood 71b extra , Craven Course.' hit. 50 N. The Alexander Johnson (barque), bound south, June 9, Ago st lb Kingston 5 9 0 Jouvence Orestes The Reiver 7 3 4 Ist. 18 S, long. 30 W. 4 8 9 Ap Robson, 3 7 2 lon g . 34 W. Defiance 4 8 8 Speed the Plough... 4 7 0 The Eliza for Rio Janeiro, July 22, lat. 49 N, Little David ...... . Lascelles ............ 4 8 6 Bribery Ariosto ... 6 8 6 Th e Caliph 3 6 12 long. 44 W. Nancy 6B 1 J ac k Frost 3 612 The Republic, July 11, lat. 41 N, long. 24 W. Rattler ............... 4 8 0 Diana 3 612 The Neptune (barque), July 14, lat. 42 N, long. 16 W. Lam b ton ............ 4 8 0 Phocion Indian Warrior 57 13 Invasion 46 10 9,284), July 17, lat. 46 N, long. 11 W. Orinoco Exeter Exact ...,.. Mincemeat .. ..... . 3 7 9 Miss Sarah 4 6 8 The Chesterholin, bound west, July 20, lat. 51 N, long. Scythian Calot Kiteflyer Epatninondas Menttnore Lass 4 7 4 Stonehenge C itspaw The NASSAU STAKES of 50 sovs each, for three-year-old ong. 21 W. fillies ; Bst 71b each. One mile. 18 subs. The Mohawk, July 20, lat. 42 N, long. 7W ; Victoria Monac a Mi ran da Honeysuckle (Dutch barque), same lat. and long. Lovebird Delia Strutaway The Zephyr (British vessel), July 17, lat. 36 N, long. E. Beatrix Durindaua Sis to Filius 2 Streatlam Fairy Remorse, bylon- I Miss Worthington The Flora (barque), of Liverpool, standing to the N, fby Sir T. Sykes- Retrospect Beth;a with loss of maintopsailyard. Lady Liverpool Virago Calliope The Asmorique, Loire to Mauritius and Reunion, July Bianca Exchange 16, 20 leagues N of Cape Fini s terie. A SWEEPSTAKES of 100 soya each, h ft, for four-yr-olds . ' The Minerva, bound to London, May 24, lat. 28 S, long. colts Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 21b ; the winner of the Derby or 26 W. St. Leger 71b, of both 101 b extra. Cup Course. 4 subs. Pharold. long 26 W. The Ceylon, Liverpool to Mauritius, June 18 , lat. 9 N, . Pelion ; The Vierge Marie, of A n t we rp, July 8, off the Azores. Cheddar Catherine Hayes I The Faithful, bound WNW. The RURSERY.STAKES (Handicap) of 15 Boys each, 5 ft, j .. The 'lector, Newcastle to Algier, July 12, off Sept with. 200 added, for twolr-91*; Triworg! oft iIQ gad,: ' 4* • 1 _ morial Stakes 61b, of any two ,st mile; 37 subs. et lb 7 2 • 7 1 .... 7 1 • 7 1 .... 6 13 .... 6 13 .... 613 ..:. 6 13 Namur at lb The Gipsy King ... Professor Airey Crown Pigeon Sailor Claret Ethelbald... Habena Instructress 8 0 The Hind 7 13 Clotilde Challow Boy Katerfelto La,ly Alicia 7 9 Pantheon f by Epirus—Ma Mie 7 8 Stec', Catastrophe 7 8 bf by Co'.-.. Homily La ;y Rachel Redemption c;horeham Charmian 7 2 Nutrimep'- The COWDRAY STAKES of 10 sovs two-year olds, 6st 71b, three upwards 9st 121 b; mares al sold for 150 sovs, if demand_ name on Monday. The second year of the Rous BIENNIAL STAKES of 100 sovs. each, for three-yr-olds ; cults Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b; Craven Course; each subscriber to name two, one to the post ; 10 subs. Hesse Cassel Cardinal Pelham Ortolano B or br f by Or- Boiardo lan do out of Dandelion Idolatry Belgrade B f by Orlando Manricarclo out of Moonbeam Quince Astolfo Little Gerard The QUEEN'S PLATE of 100 gs; three-yr-olds 7st 41b, four 9st 21b, five 9st 121 b, six and aged lOst 21b ; about three miles and five furlongs; to enter on Mon , ay. The DUKE OF RICHMOND'S PLATE (Handicap) of 110 sovs., for all horses; New Mile. To close and name to Monday. Nagara... Rifleman b c by Annandale--En chantress 6 13 Dona ui Chalice 6 11 Steelyard 6 10 b f by Cowl—Miami ... 6 10 Moonshine ............... 6 9 Wheatear Pahnerston Matilda Nutriment sovs each, h ft, with 40 added ; to Bst 91b, four 9st 71b, five and !lowed 31b : the winner to be led, &c.; T.Y.C.; to close or Stonehenge Uoup d'Etat Sister to Filius Marble Hill Baalbec Bright Ph ebns General Breezo N RACES. BRIGHTON STAKES. Yrs st lb Brto Grey Tommy 4 6 9 Winkfield Queen's Own 3 6 7 Ladybird John Bull Veteran . Mouser Barrel 3 6 0 Valeria Gamekeeper Jennala filly JRES FOR 1854. UST. Egham l5 Folliestone, Hythe, and San dg ate l7 York Hereford 24 Eccles 2B Chelmsford 29 Derby 29 Plymouth Lincoln 3l Leicester 2O Manchester Autumn 2l Lanark 25 Newmarket F 0 26 Walsall Northallerton 2B BER. Caledonian Hunt.. IWarwick Autum n 17 Richmond lB Newmarket H 23 Worcester Autumn 31 ;MBER. Co wbridge Hunt ...... ... 8 COUNTRY MARKETS. El YENTEURGH MEAL MARKET—JULT 25. There were in the market to-day, ; 4 sacks oameal, each 2301bs imperial, which sold thus :-14 at 21. 94 oat Ot.. 0s od, and-0 at 0/. os. : DALICEITII MEAL MARKET—JuLy 24. There were in the market to-day 26 bags of oatmeal, 11 of 1, , arleymeal, and 4of pot-barley. Sales dull. The top pric vof oatmeal was as before ; the second Os Od dolga, and the, third was 5s Gd up. Pot-barley on the top Pric° is down. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third. imperial Barleynbeal, per ditto Peasemesl, per ditto Flour, per ditto —a Od —s Od t gl Pot-barley, per ditt o EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET JULY 25. - --• There was a large supply of straw of all descriptions in the market. The prices to-day were as follow : • Oat straw, from Ss Od t o 103 Od. per kemple o f 16 stone; tron ; wheat do., 7s Od to lOs Od ' • barley do.. 7 s 6,l to Ss 64 Hay from lid t o 13d ; now ditto, Od to Od per stone. NEWCASTLE—Jura' 25. A fair attendance to-day, and rather more done in wheat at Satuiday's prices. The market closed firm. Th e decline since this day week was about Us per qr. Nothing done in spring corn. • COAL MARK] Prices of Coal per ton at tl ET.-JULY 26. ,he close of the market. 1 Wallsend, &o. 8. CI. F. 4 ; Buddle W. Hartley l9 t' Craddyll 2O ,' v Davison's West Hartley 19 l' H e tt on 2l Holywell., 2O 0 Raswell 21 3 n Howard's West Hartley Kepler 29 ''' Netherton l9 6 Lumley .19 ! Lougridge's Wst Hartley 19 6 P eus h er 19 ' North Percy Hartley ...18 3 Plummer l9 6 Tautield Moor l7 0 Russell's Retton 20 6 Taufield Moor Butes 17 0 South Hetton 20 6 South Tanfie d 16 6 Scarborough 19 ° Walker Primrose .........15 9 ite wart's Wst ITartley l9 , H unwick l7 West Pelton l6 0 Hetton Hartlepool l9 a', Wylam 19 6 H eug h H a ll ,19 : Kelloe . 20 9 Harton lB 9 Tees South Kelloe 21 6 21 ° Ha..vey Wylam 15 3 W est Kelloe 19 9 Hilda lB 31Whitworth ..18 6 Vi'allsend, &c. New Whitworth l5 6 1Derwentwater Hartley. Bell's Primrose 15 6I RAILWAY SHARE MARKET. LIVERPOOL, JULY 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been again dull fo' day, but prices continue firm. The continuations on istfir! for the settlement to-morrow rule abo u t th e same as last account. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 66i; Midland, 66 gt South-Eastern, 194. MANCHESTER. JULY 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been dull to-clit and prices are a littl e l ower. East Anglian 7 per ce,ll. Pref., C, ; London an d N or th-W e stern,los ; Maur „ ter, Sheffield, and Li nco l n, 23 • Midland Railway u (2 ' . sols, ; South-East ern , 19 3-16. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The railway share market contin_ l l extremely flat, and a very li m i te d amount of busin7o, . transacted either on 'Ch ange or i n pr i vate. At the cll of the market thi s a ft ernoon t h e following were among 7; quotations :—Birmingham, Wolverhampt on , and St Valley, buyers 9, se ll ers 9a ; London and North "iires"?o, sellers 1054 ; Midla n d, se ll ers 661 ; Shrewsbury and -17;4 minghtun, buyers 68, sellers 69 ; South Staffordshire, ers 2i, sellers I' B l - dia. BRISTOL, JULY 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The mar k e t t o -d ay was flat. land Stock sold at 66i ; and Vale of Neath, 19d. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails areftent from the General „Ald by the night—and Mby the morning —despatch.) '2-0* Day when ma 1 , lip F rom ~,,,,,-,! W l) °, '' ; COUNTRIES. in General Post . Port dtv.. ' gland' Office, London.* Dlsct.!tche.' —iz n --.-4. -- --- . . Imerica(byllrit.pack)N Every Friday .. • Liverpool' • , America (by United Sts. packet) .. 4... ••• • N • -America (by U. States packet) ..........N Australia (via • South-, -. & , ...ust 4 ..: ................ f i o iv u e t r h p a o m ol ptoni dUk 2 ••• Dover .... Dittoa n ( t v o i n a ) . .Marseilles) ......l N t r july 4 Ditto (via Cape of Wed! Hope) ............N,July 4 .. 24, & 30 of tn. Dover .... • • • • . • t-outhampt . o . n . A ll n r b ieerta ! : Africa (West Coast). ..N,l3d of the month. Plymouth • • :: :: ;', ;,"2.l' B 4il l i '' & 20th of mon. Southampton A. A.Ba l tex e h a aa a m n ud d asr r i l a a .. ..... ........11.1!17th of the mon t S outhampton Belgium .......... „NI i !any ... .. • • •• • • Doverr .... • • .„,flast 1 8 Brazil ..............m 9th of the month .. southampt 07i pa.— Buenos Ayres ........ M '9th of the month.. Southampton Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th or the moot Plymouth . (Jape of Good Hope ..N 14th of th e month. Southamoton Cape de Verds ...... N 14th of the moo t ! . Southampton Ceylon (seo India) Ceylon .... .. .. 'July, 20 at: Channel Isles N, Mon ~Wed.,&Frid ,Snuthamptoi 'T.• 1 .4— ‘ Cnit! Al . 2!.1 & 17th of wont !Saudiampi ( „ J u ly 16 China (see Ifidia) I . Constantinople N i7,8,17,21,&27 of m., awe, ...... CanstAntinople .........4th & 20th of mo, !South. Mpto I i/ I ;ont. of Europa 11,1 & N Tsvice daily ..... ! Dover ...... Teric_Me • Egypt (see India) ~ily , France ........ 31 & N Twice dai1y ...... lDove, .„ „ . I TS' -,', hbraltar ..........M1 , 4, 7, 17,20, 27 of n Is u uth,,rupt. July 4 v , ireeee (see India) 12nd & ,7th of mon. Southampto. July ; ilreytown .. ~...... M ilamburgh NlTuesday & Friday ;London ...... fiavonnah .... .. flolland Nil Daily.. .. • • • • • • • • ;Dover •...... nut i° Honduras .........:Mll7th of the month f sootnam I F p to July . r . tndia (vlaSouthampt.)Alf4th & 20th ofm; n.!Plym uth •. Jul!' ' w India (via Marseilles)lll,Bth& 24 th of mout I Dover ...... lonian Isles (seo India) 7, 17, & 27 of moo ,D0ver.....• 41/ Ireland ........ M & N Twice daily ..... !Holyhead ••• TW' , C ' ,,o 16 Cishon ml7, 9, 17, & - 27 of rn.lSouthampton 6 2.1101 N qadeira Malta ............ l ', 7,17,19,27, 30 ofm. Dover ......'July 20 . Mauritius (see India) nauritius .........„N 14th of the month 1...,. 1 Mexico ..... ..... „111 i 2nd of the month. ISouthampton A.BO Naples . . • N ihthlAth2sthoftnon Dover .....• gew Granada Ni2d & 17th of month Southampton! _.,,,U1 New Zealand ll3y private ship .. Various port WW l ' Papal states N V , thl s th 2 Atholnion.iDover ...• •• I Peninsula • ...... .., m rthlith2Bthohnoti.,Southampton 16 Peru .. • • ........ MIId & 27th of mon.!Southampton July - Part Natal Nll4th of the month !Plymouth .. Sicily .... „ ...„ „ N s thl s th 2s thottnon.!Dover ...... Tuscany • Nisthlsth2sthofthon.;Dover ...... Venezuela .. ~..,...M.V& 17th of month,Southampton July 16 Van Dietnen'sLand (see' ! ! Australia) • West Indies ... •• m 2d & 17th or. month i Southamoton l I'_Anglist 'Southampton' Aug ust Ii 2d& t7th o vll l " When an of these dates fall a• iunday, the awn:. fjit despatches on the following day with the exception of the Ind s " tio Southampton), and the 3/alta, both of which will be despat4he d preceding day. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT IS LINGTON BY A CO DENTIAL CLERIC—An elderly man, named John Thor", 4. of very genteel appe arance , was b rought up in °11 :9 tody on Tuesday last, b e f ore t h e b ench of magistratir at Bristol, charged with stealing 3001., and wit h 1,4 loniously receiv ing 201 . 15s. 6d., the moneys of .1 master, Mr. Cha r l es W arr of Islington. The comp ant deposed that h e was a master builder and heersel'acit carrying on busi ness at I sl i ngton, and had been induc e; in consequence of the strong recommendations be r ; ceived from a wh o l esa l e b rewer in London, to erre the prisoner as hi s con fid ential clerk. The utmost e(). fidence was placed in his integrity until Saturday it; when, as he did no t attend at the usual time to paY, 7.6 workmen, suspi c i ons were entertained ; and inqulL'o being institut e d, it was found ' that he had received b"o sums of 51. and 151. 15s. 6d. from Messrs. Paynton Harlowe, of Long acre, for which he had not account' e Complainant then remembered that he had a short lire previously given the prisoner 3001. in cash, direntiq him to pay it in to th e cre dit o f hi s (t h e master ' s) acc°titilo at the Commercial B an k, an d upon go i ng to the b an k, ascertain if it had been paid in, as directed, he f° 111) that it had not. He then p u t hi mse lf i n commun i c ative with the police, and t race d th e pr i soner to Bristol, Where ~, , he was apprehended. Th e prisoner,' who denied t" charge, was orde re d t o b e t a k en before' the m ag iatraDe o at Islington. [ADVERTISEMENTIP 116 —Holloway's Oi n t ment and - again successful in curing a bad leg.--M e . B. of Dyiife mines, Machynlleth, sates that a friend of b a in Flintshire suffered for two years with a dreadful 1311 leg, which defied the efforts of several persons to cur"' notwithstanding various remedies were tried. IT' dured excruciating pain for several months, and 4 '": paying him a v i s i t h e recommended him to use 1-1°:-; way's Ointment a n d Pill s, f rom the effects of wllic, ,1e change for the better was 'quickly produced, and tier mately his leg was soun dl y cured. He now enjoy' `7o.f celleut health. Mr. Williams will satisfy any party la the truth of this statement.--Sold by all dealers medicine, an d at P ro f essor Holloway ' s establish's 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 24th inst., at 7, Great Cumberland-street, 1193 e• park, the wife of Thomas Chambers, Esq., M.P. yorio On the 224 inst., at, Thornton Rectory, Craven, shire, the wife of the Rev. L. S. Morris. OF A DAUGHTER. f On the 2lst inst., at Kingston-up on -Th ames , the W ife 0 . the Rev. W. G. Jervis. On the 24th ult. ' at the Vicarage, West Thu rr°44 Essex, the wife of the Rev. Claude Rowlatt. _4O MARRIED. On the 25th inst., at St. Anne's Church, Dublin, Stali Stephen Bateson, second s on o f Si r R o b er t B a t es on, B ar b. of Belvoir Falk, county Down, to Florinda, eldest (1 ,,,t 0 t• ter of Lord Castlemaino, of M o yd rum C as tl e, co unty " meath. DIED. On the 231 inst., at South Vi ew , B ognor , Sussex, 31151' wife of John Buzzard, Esq., aged 82 years 1. On the 26th inst., M ar i a , the eldest da4ghter or Tr; t• H. Simpson, of No. 9, Rockingh a m- row West, New road, aged 11 years and 9 months. AO* On the 24th i ns t., i n S ussex - terrace, Hyd e -rark-gtr — i ,, n el in his 77th y ear, G enera l Si r H enry Si ng , "'— of the 3(1 Regiment of Foot. male, On the 22d i ns t., i n Ri ver -t errace , I s li n gton, John M.D., aged 24 years. 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