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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1854. when the assizes were about to be held. He entirelY concurred with his noble and learned friend as to the unfitness of the old courts for the assizes. After a few words from the Earl of HAAROWBY and Lord BROUGHAM, the subject dropped. MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL. On the motion of Lord STANLEY of ALDERLY, this bill was read a third time and passed_ MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS REPEAL BILL. This bill was also read a third time and passed. VALUATION OF LANDS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. STANDARD OF GOLD AND SILVER WARES BILL. This bill was read a second time. (LEFT SITTING.) ROUSE OF CONIIVIONS--(THIS DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the British Guarantee (No. 2) Bill, an d t h e O x f or d, W orce ster, and Wolver hampton Riilway( (Stratford-upon-Avon and Stourbridge Branches) Bill were considered, and agreed to. FINCEILEY-11.0AD ESTATE BILL. On the order fur the second reading of the Finchley Road Estate Bill, • Lord R. GROSVENOR said this bill would seriously interfere with the health and the enjoyment of the pui,- lie, inasmuch as it would authorise an encroachment upon Hampstead-heath. This was the fifth bill which Sir Thomas Wilson had submitted to Parliament for the same purpose ; but, as in the other four, so he hoped on this occasion this attempt of Sir Thomas to violate the provisions of his father's will would prove unsuccessful. In the case of each bill, the judges had reported that the object sought to he obtained was opposed to the wishes of the testator, and since the house stood in the position of trustees for the public, whose interest would be damaged, they ought not to allow the bill to pass. He therefore moved, as an amendment, that the bill should be read a second time this day three months. Sir F. THESIGER, speaking impartially, and as knowing nothing personally of Sir . Thomas Wilson, had no hesitation in saying that great injustice would be done to that gentleman if the house refused to pass this bilj, which would not in the slightest degree encroach upon or interfere with the integrity of Hampstead-heath. In fact, the land which it referred to was at least a mile away from the heath ; and while, on the one hand, no advantage would be gained for the public, on the other, a manifest injustice would be done to Sir Thomas Wil son, if the house threw out this bill, which had already received the sanction of the House of Lords, after the most careful consideration. Mr. B. OSBORNE said the real object of this bill was to upset the will of the late Sir Thomas Wilson, and therefore, even if it did not interfere with the interest of the public, the house would be justified in rejecting it, particularly as it had been reported against by the judges of the land. It was only a preparatory bill to building over the entire of Hampstead-he ith ; and as the public had a vested interest in this part of the metropolis, the house had no right to pass it without their consent. Mr. BOUVERIE said this bill had no more to do with Hampstead-heath than it bad to do with Grosvenor square, and he hoped the sentimental prejudice which it was attempted to raise against it would not be allowed to prevail. There could be no doubt that, had the tes tator been living now, he would readily have concurred in the object of this bill, which was to apply a useless farm at Finchley to building purposes. Mr. HENLEY thought no sufficient ground had been made out for doing away with the will of the testator. Mr. M. SMITH supported the bill, and declared that Sir T. Wilson had no intention of invading any public right, or encroaching upon Hampstead-heath. Sir B. HALL contended that if there was no such in tention, a clause ought to ba inserted in the bill binding Sir T. Wilson not to interfere with Hampstead-heath, but he believed there was such an intention, and that was why he opposed the bill. Mr. E. BALL opposed the bill on the ground that, if they sanctioned the en c l osure o f Fi nc hle y Common, a similar application w ou ld f o ll ow in re f erence to Hamp stead-heath. Mr. R. LOWE threw overboard the claim of the pub lic in this matter, which, if they had any, ought to be paid for, with the intention of taking a common sense view of the bill. Well, then, did it violate the will of the testator ? There could be no doubt that it did, that was why he opposed it. Mr. IRETON was glad to hear that the hon. gentle man felt so much reverence for wills, and he hoped whe❑ they came to remember the Oxford University Bill he would still be animated by the sane spirit with re gard to the wills of founders. (A laud.h.) Sir J. V. SR ELLEY should always oppose any mea sure which interfered with the lungs of London. This pr , iperty proposed to be enclosed was within haif-a-mile of L ndou. Mr. FREWIN said that could not be, as it was not even within sight of the heath ; but the bill had no more to do with Hampstead-heath than it had to do with St. James's Park. After some further discussion, in which Mr. FOSTER and Dr. PHILLIMORE opposed, and Mr. GEACH and Viscount GALWAY supported the bill, the house divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it 97 Majority The bill was accordingly thrown out. MILITIA (No. 2) BILL. 54 On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. T. EGER rON drew attention to the injustice which the bill would throw upon counties with regard to the establishment of militia storehouses and barracks. These storehouse, barracks and parade grounds would put counties to considerable expense. In his own county, indeed the estimate was 14,0001., and he could not help thinking that this first charge should be borne by the State generally, and not thrown on the county rate, because militia reg iments were now remov a bl e a t th e will of the Home-ofice. Mr. IRETON took the same view, as the militia were becoming ao imperial force. Mr. CHRISTOPHER said the barracks department of the militia shouid be placed under the control of the Ordnance Board, instead of throwing the whole expense upon the counties. Lord PALMERSTON said this point would be better argued in committee. Mr. HENLEY said the bill of last year inflicted great hardship upon counties, and he objected to the " pranks" the noble lord was playing with the militia. After some further discussion, the house went into committee. The discussion respecting the expense of militia bar racks was renewed on clause one, and a proviso was moved fur the purpose of dividing the expense between the counties and the Consolidated Fund. The committee divided on this question, when there appeared— For the proviso Against it 94 Majority —29 The proviso was consequently rejected. The discussion oo the clause had not terminated when ten minutes to four o'clock arrived, and the Chairman quitted the chair. - The other twelve o'clock orders were then disposed of, and the sittings were suspend. The house resumed at six o'clock, and was [LEFT SITTING.] MONEY ORDERS. General Post office, July, 1854. ENGLAND. On the Ist August, minor money order Offices will be opened at the undermentioned places : Head °Mee (when the (Alec itself is not a Mead Office). Cradley Heath... Stafford Egharu A major money order office will he opened at Rother hithe, London district, on the Ist August. Sutton in-Ashfield. formerly under Alfzeton, is now a sub office to Mansfield. Ccunty. Aberdare having been made a head office, money order advices must no longer be addressed--"Aberdare, Pon typridd," but "Aberdare" only. IRELAND. On the Ist August, minor money order offices will be opened at the undermentioned places : Ballyhaunis Mayo Frenchpark. Cromsrnolina Mayo Ballina. Dunmore Galway Tuam. SCOTLAND. A minor money order office will be opened at Kil. myth, Stirlingshire, served from Glasgow, on the let August. DEATH BY LIGHTNING. A young man named s w t ,a orm hear.end Willia m Boyd was suddenly struck by lightning, on th e Bth inst., while mending a ditch in his own HOUSE OF LORDS.--(TIIIS EVENIwis! woolsack farm, at Pomeroy. There was no violent thunder the occasion ~ a single thunder peal The LORD. CHANCELLOR took his seat on the lighso. ~ accompanied by a vivid blaze of forked at five o'clock. ywoourneg i .w n pm g a , :artu s i tg ßawtil l r : layi t epsoin,b o esu v ,i e rn r oed the sp o t where the LIVERPOOL ASSIZES , f c o e ci p n ti d on of the h been instafita standing, .and whose death must have Every article of clothing which he I n reply to Lord CAMPBELL, The LORD CHANCELLOR intimated that in eon• heavy blow, wagff and consumed, with the ex dkerchief round his neck, which was ' skull, and the hel sequence of his communication to the Mayor of Liver on the back portion of the A. mark, as if caused by a pool respecting the removal of the assizes from St . obser ved . the spot was torn up pulpy substance, °f o wasthstandkg the right foot was softened into a The ground for several yards 's -hall to the old courts formerly used, that func- sort of at about • . • George b r y ee p ov lo e u r ghshares. His tionary had arrived in London and communicated to him round ''iwBtaesr'stwruhck senseless,ab"uft the particulars of the alteration. The MthaaTotrhsetastmedeltlhoaft All4tntleee, d time. and was the first to find the six yards dis the only reason fur the removal was, . paint and the scaffoldin . occasioned by the deco- . ed after a little rations now in progress in St. George shall ren- . eceased —7' re yne Constitution. naked body of the courts there to be ' ' dered it impossible for the at , VALUABLE GIFTS TO A MEDICAL CH assizes, and that the remov valuablemuseum and • eltIT Y.—A very used during the present . .library, illustrating th h - Ma . c. t t t and had nothing whatever to do with the visit o f e. .js y, pur at, recent discoveries in ob tt ' e moat im- Association. been presented to the Manchest er • a tic -practic. hav e or the forthcoming meeting of the Britis h Lying-in Hos p i ta l ' Th. Idalso that the old courts had been put Dr. Radford, the eminent physician by Mayor stated late •.- into a comfortable state, andthat, in addition, two or the Saha Schwab; of Manchester, has left - ' a legacy - three rooms at the town-hall had been offered for the 'of 5001. to the same institution. us: of the bar and other persons attending the assizes. The depots of the 39th and 59th Regiments, station ed I reference toth e - ' Campbell a former in Kinsale, arrived in Cork on Friday, and are . • assertion of Lord on to remain occasion, that t in th e in barracks for the present. They are both nearly rema in occasion, hb h sling our ood o f he cholera had generally raged t The band of the 91st, the only d e rong.nearly 800 infantry one in all lord said the Mayorthe old courts, the noble and learned g ' with the exception of two in D bl . n in, went to . was never in a hea lthi er had informed him that the town meet the depots, and played them through the city to their Lord CAMPIii state than at present. LL said 1 quarters. had received Bald within the last few hours he , a telegraph m ; Th e 4th West York, in training at Leeds, have received tinning that the existing ataessage from Liverpool, men their full uniform, arms, and accoutrements. They have interpose no difficulty wha te v of St. George's-hall would been out every day this week for field practice on Wood.' the courts during the p ri nt er in the way of occupying house moor, and perform their manceuvres with rapidity• Lord BROUGHA.M thou rsizeB. and precision. On Saturday they will be reviewed. Both of vithavagoat , __ .lii t there was a great want o ffi cers acid raen are revived to volunteer for perraartent IA clualuolleing the decoration' at a trig* i duty, 4 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. la MINISTRY-THE "RIGHT" MAN. (From the Morning 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. P.obably 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 unpopular, 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 what is thought Of the Government, we must begin by throwing certain journals out 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. The reason is obvious. The Morning Herald and the tundard 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. Renee, in taking the opinions of either of these five papers, we should be asking the judgment of those who had adopted a prejudice at the out-iet. 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 Poet, the Morning Adver tiser, the Daily News, and the Sun. And, be it re m irked, 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 ? 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 case 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 Derbyite ; 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 an advocate of, perhaps, rather too vehement a temper : "Lord Aberdeen suffers in ponular 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 eourted, but he has repelled applanse. Acting simply on the dictates of his conscience, he has expressed those dictates in the simplest and most unvarnished form. He thought the bread tax unjust, and be eagerly embraced and heartily supported Sir Robert Peel's prop.)sition 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 ; be 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 fur a moment that his whole soul is in the struggle." _ _ _ Nlffien Sir Dugsld 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 l" With equal truth may we say, "This i s 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. Both were fictitious. Lord Aberdeen is now clesceibed as " the first Conser vative free-trader, the consistent friend of religious ligerty, and the steady supporter of constitutional go , ernment." 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 mouths 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 ryttion• Again, the name of Ab er d een was f oremost in , rejecting even the proposal to consider the stbject, and a 4 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 becarne.a Minister—a member of the Protestant and Protectionist Minis'ry of Sept., 1841. Li 1845, at Sir Robert Peel's command, he supported the Maynooth Bill ; and in 1846, similarly obeying orders, he abandoned the corn laws ! More than thirty years of his public life had been spent as a Tory, when "circumstances" demanded one more surrender. To 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 Lest 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 occasion the thing that he 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 "right" to make an entire change in his conduct—that entire change happened to he just- the very thing that was needful to enable him to hold his place ! No doubt all was pure, and virtuous, and patriotic ; but the concurrence of " conscience" and interest was somewhat remarkable, occurring, too, so repeatedly ! THE PARIS EXHIBITION.—The sum of 4,7001. hits been subscribed kt Manchester towards the expenses of the forthcoming Paris Exhibition. GOOD FORTUNE.—A labouring man of the name of Mitchell, who was working in a hedge-bottom near Gainsborougb, the other day, was called from his employ ment by a gentleman from near Burgh, who conveyed to him the inter - i.tincr information that a relative of his —Mr. Sutton, of Thorpe-had left him personal and other property to the valhe of something like 20,0001. Mitchell had only seen his benefactor once or twice in his life, and had not had the slightest intimation of the good fortune that awaited him. He is a married man with a large fsmily.--Eastern Counties Herald. THE OCCUPATION CENSUB.—On Tuesday two bulky parliamentary volumes were published, containing the Occupation Census of Great Britain. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT FROM DROWN ma, —On Monday last Mr. Francis Thomas Yates Molyneux, an undergraduate of St. John's College, Cambridge, was unfortunately drowned whil s t b at hi ng in the river Severn, near Potter's Load. Th e d eceased had been reading during the long vacation with th e ReV. Mr. Considine, vicar of Alveley, and had be en i n the habit of bathing in the Severn nearly every day during the last three weeks. He was advised not to bathe, as he was subject to cramp.—C armart h en Journal. SCOTTISH RIGHTS ASSOCIATION.—The council of this .body niet on Saturday last, when the secretary laid be fore the council the following letter : —" Whitehall, 12th July, 1554. Sir —I am directed by Viscount Palmer ston to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th ult., and in reply toyourinquiry in retard to the office of Secretary of State for Scotland, to say that there is no intention at present to create such an office.—l am, & c ., H. Waddington. F. H. Carter. Esq., Secretary to th e National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights." USURY LAWS REPEAL.—A bill has been presented by the Marquis of Lansdowne for the purpose of repealing the laws relating to usury and to the enrolment of annuities. The bill purposes to repeal a great number of acts and parts of acts reladiig to these laws ; but the measure does not affect transactions already entered into, or the laws relating to pawnbrokers. s w n i s t p h ie c in re:l b en ne tia le i sn THE Two SICILIES.—A correspondent writes : Naples, • July 12 :—" From a conversation I have just held with a . .gentlernan who has just come from Messina, provided long to b been ne entertained that dei,ce of private has been tampered with, h i a n tTh e e et :o r' rre t s h p a o t n a . now they fi " --us....eat not individualsly are private letters opened, but they have dared to on l letters addressed open the official to the embassy both of the English and American tioas, although th e hale of the French le respected. uraa .A 1.4 4, i AGES OF TIIE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. A. highly interesting docuthent 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, 6,981,068 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 9,553,114, 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 uowarde 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 Wr. be able to "go forth to war," if the population ea masse were called to arms ; and the quality of the population at a ter-ages differs so much in vitality, strength, and intelligence, that it requires still further analyeie. The males at 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. 1 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 livin g in the middle periods of lif e , ex t en di ng f rom t h e 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 68 per cent. of their own numbers ; while in 1851 only 5,797,295 i effectives by wee (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 popula.tion of 1851 is so cons.ituted 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 nurntiera in 1,000 fema.es at the same period, are 44i, 312, 168, 71, and 7. The exact proportions are shown in the table (4), p. xvi.' • They are approximatively represented by 6 under 20 years of age, to 4 at the wee 20, 40, 2 at 40.60, and lat the age of 60 and upwards. Toe num bere 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 ace (20 40) exceed in number the males at all ages over 40 in the proportion of 31 to 23. In the year 1851 the proportions at the age 20 40 in 100,000 of the population are nearly the same as in 18 t 1 ; but since the latter years the proportions of the age 40- 60 have increased. There are . some natural, some useful, and some artificial divisions of human life, of which a few may be ad ,, aiitageouely 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 periwis ; 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 senilit e, or to the catas trophe of death. In the Roman 144' 25 was the age of majority, as it is in the piece 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 upward5,9,611,633. By thecommon 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 marriages in England 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 butct, consent s l ce a 7 l . e iti s noo a ft t t h l e 4 i , females legally emgumaatrlteirirsiya guardians, until l A , the age may l a l tg , l l l 9 o o 9 n fE , consent English i s to marry, without h lav the re gards 14 as the age at which a person is competent to distinguish right and wrong ; under 7, children are ir responsible ; between the ages of 7 and 14 they are in some cases responsible. Tee 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 3,260,138. Physioiogists 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 arid upwards, 1,851,23.5. The number of females under 15 was 3,703,144 ; of 15 and under 45, 4,954,299; of 45 an , ' upwards, 2,030,224. 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 rapiil-be fore the age of itsgreat strength-before the age of greatest intellectual power, it is leest assailable by death. The . chance of 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 acceleiatieg rate ; after which the vit dity ile 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 aro 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 tohfencriiptipe,a)clrianttees:_valvisiolifehuman avecenonangte,st"erminated at the yearn seven, fourteen,h: ongee twenty-eight, thirty-five, forty-two, fifty-six, or m or eT ig er h e t, ex t t h en ir d t ;l tiv b e y , S fo o r l t o y n . t t r, o , 0 , the cn, t t e; severity,ci i o fe r d i ac cording i t, n ev t e lie ay y , e o a r rs th s w ev i e a n s , t fourteen r w t:e i c o b , equal septennaries e t n i :l .r i e n e g , nether philoSopher added the two -four years, the fulness of life-be i:: twenty-on periodsls exfitl tiulydp- t es e tdi oxt:wesaeii eighty-four Li t tli y ytya - - sene ,s . i ot to ifrteh life, ee ands.ep t populationehua n vh a ea r v y eev y bi e de a ee r rn s i t l ya c yond which lie would no more reckon than would the l o r i sfe n ,ua) c rgd i coincide 1 j w i e i i t i h t 1 s striking* n u in. charioteer the ground that he ran beyond the goal. b a ep e n r o d s c s i i i ome of our popular divisions suggested te il given. o u r v l: r e r a o l 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 English d iv i s i ons of life are expressed . in the language ages, pueri, adolescent es, j uvenes, seniorsB, seizes. The poptil ar b, several ch aracter i st i c wor d s, suc h as babe, suckling, infant, c hi ld, boy, girl, lad, lass, youth, 'Maiden, and young, neeldle-aged old m ,-man, woan. These terms are not used with so much precision as they might easily acquire.; and some of them, derived from different sources, are used synonymously, while the latter terms often includ e the period which the earlier words especially deeignate. But (using a little force to make them express consecutive :lees) it may be said that Great Britain in 1851 contained babes and sucklings (under 1 year). 578,743; i -"fahts (1 - 5 years), 2,166,456 ; children (5-10 years) 2 , 45 6,066 ; boys (10-15 years), 1 , 141,933 ; girls (10 15 years), 1,114,882 ; youths (15.20 year-), 1,051,630 ; maideils (15.20 years), 1,048,464 ; young men (20-30 years), 1,830,588 ; young women ( 20.30 y ears), 1,930 , 9 96 ; risen of middle-age (30-50 years), 2,376,904; women of iniddle-age (30-50 years), 2,482,382. Before proceeding to consider the next age a pro blem presents itself for solution. What. is the oldest age that is now attained ?' What is the measure of the complete orbitof -9 The • nsus furnishes some !mimeo, life : census aid towards the prosecution of this inquiry, which is cer tainly of no inconsiderable interest or importance. In great Britain more than half a million of the inhabi tants in ,--6,030) have passed the barrier of ~ threescore years and ten ." more than 129,000 have passed the Psalmist' s limit' of " fourscore years," and 100,000 the years which the laSt of Plato's climacteric square numbers expressed (9 times9,sBl) ; nearly 10 thousand( 9,B47 )have years or more a band, lived 90 of 2 038 aged pilgrims ; have been wandering 95 years and more on the unended journey; and 319 say that they have witnessed more than a hund re d revolutions of the seasons. Many instances are cited of men living in the ancient world more than a hundred years; and Lord Bacon, in his " History of Life add Death," quotes as a fact unques tioned that a few years before, he wrote, a Morris dance was Performed at Herefordshire, at the May games, by eight me; whose Ewes in the aggregate amounted to eight hundredyears.'No populous village in England was then without a man or woman of four score years old. In the. seventeenth century, some time after Bacon wrote, two Eliglishmen are reported to have died at ages greater than almost any o f t h ose which have been attained in other nations. According to documents Whic h are printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Thomas Parr rived 152 years and 9 months, Henry Jenkins, 169 years. Tne evidence in these extraordinary instances is, however, by no means conclusive, as it evidently rests chiefly on uncertain tradition, and on the' very fallible inernorieB of illiterate ofd men ; for there is no mention of documentary evi dence in Parr's case, and the births date back to a pe riod before the parish registers were instituted by Cromwell (1538.) . At the last census 111 men and 208 women have been returned of ages ranging from 100 to 119 years ; and to the scientific inquirer in the districts where these old people reside, an opportunity is afforded of investigating and setting at rest a problem of much greater interest than some of the curious questions that engage the attention of learned societies. Two thirds of the centenarians are women. Several of them in England are natives of parishes in Ireland or Scotlnald veJ2ere no effic ient 13yiltOZI of regi6tratiog exist s , ... ___ • fewof them reside in the parishes where they were born and have been known from youth; many of the old peo ple 'are paupers, an .I proiiahly illiterate ; so that it w“uld doubt be difficult to obtain the documentary evidence which can alone be accepted as conclusive pool 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 Gfeat 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. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RAGES-WEDNE3DA7. The scorchin, heat of yesterday no longer prevailed ; it was succeeded by 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 takeable, and many persons—ladies in particular— who had c,inie unprepared for a pluvial visitation, hur ried from the course before the proceedings were brought to a terminat►on. Just after the race fur the Goodwood Stakes a smart shower fell, and umbrellas and Macin toshes were in iminedi to requisition. The attendance of general company throughout the day 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 soya each, h ft, for three-yr-old colt, Bst 71h each ; certain wiuners extra. Craven Course. Four subs. Lord Derby's Boiardo, Bst 121 b (including 51b extra) - (A. Day) 1 Mr. F. Knowles's Baalbec, Bst 7lb ....... ....(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 Theon, 3 yrs, 74 41b (J. Goater) 1 M. Lefeere's Trust, 5 Trs, Ost The following ale *an :—Falcon, Firebrand, Ante vtrta, Sir John Barley: , rn, LooloaciouB, Box, Deter mination, The Kaffir, anr': Helmet. Betting-5 to 4 agst Helmet, 4to 1 agst Anteverta, 7 to 1 agst Trust, 10 to 1 each agst Box and Lizzie. Won 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 soya each. h ft ; with 200 added each year, for two-yr-olds ; colts, 8A 7,b ; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. Certain penalties and allowances. The second horse to receive a sum equal to 10 per cont. on the whole stake, and the third a sum equal to 5 per cent. on Os whole stake. 142 subs. Mr. Merry's Lord of the Isles, by Touchstone, Bst 1011. (including 31b extra) (A. Day) 1 Lord J. Scott's Clotilda, 84 11113 (kshinall) 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 Chelinerton. 8 to 1 agst Fearless, 8 to 1 agst Ellerdale filly, 10 to 1 each agst Clotilde and Lord Alfred, 12 to 1 ag-t 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 GooDwoou STAKES of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared, &c. ; penalties for certain winners ; the second horse to receive 100 soya out of the stakes. Two miles and a half. Seventy-five subs, thirty-six of whom pay 5 eovs each. Lord Bruce's Bribery, by The Libel, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (T. Cliff) 1 Mr. Harrison's Heapy, 4 yrs, Est 6Ib. Mr. Greville's Adine, 5 yrs, Bst llb ...... (Flatnian) 3 Lord Zetland's Tros, 3 yrs, Sat 41b (carried 5t 51b)_ (Carroll) 4 The following also ran Mr. Parr's Rataplan, 4 yrs, 9st 91b (Owner) 0 Mr. J. Martinson's Nancy, 6 yrs, 7st 91b...(Aldcroft) 0 Count Batthyany's Ethelwolf, 5 yra, 7st 51b (J. Mann) 0 Mr. Merry's Exact, 4 yrs, 7st (carried 7st 21b (E. Sharp) 0 M. Lupin's J:mvence, 4 yrs, Est 131b...(T. Sherwood) 0 Mr. H. Hill's Ireland's Eye, 4 yrs, Est 121h...(Garvey) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Jacqueline, 4 yrs, 64 71b ( Nab rnAli) 0 Leird Ciinton's na John Bull, 4 yrs, sst 1 llb (J Goater) 0 Mr. E. Parr's Newbold, 3 yrs, Est llb (inc 51b extra) (gnintoni 0 Mr. Howard's Diana, 3 yrs, sst 51b (Porter) 0 Captain W. H. Cooper's Miss Tennyson, 4 yrs, sst 41b (J. Stegales) 0 Lord Wilton's Pumicestone, 3 yrs, sst 81b (including 51b extra) (Fordharn) 0 Betting at starting-9 to 2 agst Diana, Gto 1 agst Heapy, 6 to 1 asst Tros, 12 to 1 ags►, Adine, 100 to 8 agst Bribery, 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 Jouvence, 20 to 1 agst Rataplan, 20 to 1 agst Nancy. Tan 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 Heapy took a decided lead, with Miss Tennyson second, and Diana th:rd— Pumicestone, Bribery and Jouvence being the next three —lreland's Eye on the retiring list. Heapy and Mks 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, follJwed by Tros. Bribery's chance waQ, however, no longer i❑ 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 eizhth, 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 BoritH by an independent subscription of 10 snvs. each, for three-yr•olds ; colts, Bst 71h ; fillies, Bst 21b ; certain pnalties. One,: 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, 6-t 31b ; three, Bst ; four, Bst Blh ; five, Bst 12Ib ; six and aged, 9st ; .m tGol a ov r a4 e ot s enar a )._4br n sy3 d t. gerdings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 300 sous., if demanded. Half a mile. Five subs. Captain Lane's Thessalf, by Epirus, 2 yrs, 6st (J teggles) 1 Lord Exeter's Nicotine, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Norman) 2 (Ashrnali) 4 I‘''lllBrr Eliza: Betting-6 "Mt ( (offered), gir e Y—. r ' e Sg d 6tV ) a , tn: 4 l ue4yi t t o a l sEBgt a l g i 1 /z4B-3t yrs, ur T 2l sthrYeerBs4sita6lstb(t (taken),ake n ( ) 711 . a length. Bad third. The ANGLESEY'S PLATE of 50 SOW. (Handicap). Ge n . tleman riders. Craven Course. Mr. Elwes's William Rufus, by Touchstone 4 yrs, 11st slh (Owner) 1 Mr. Sargent's The Kaffir, 4 yrs, lOst 41b (carried 10st 6th (Mr. G. B. Price) 2 Maj )rßringhurst'sTheHero (b h), 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. DERBT. 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. PROGRAMME OF TOMORROW'S RACES. The MARCH STAKES HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added, for three year olds and upwards ; last three quarters of a mile of the Drawing-room Stakes Course. To close and name on Wednesday. The CHESTERFIELD CUP la 1 t—amdcap), by subscription of 15 sovs each, fur all ages, two year olds excepted ; the winner of the Goodwood Stakes Goodwood or Stewards' Cup at Goodwood 71b extra; Craven Course. Age et lb Age st lb Kingston Orestes 1 The Reiver 4B 9 Apollonius 37 2 Defiance 4 8 8 Speed the Plough... 4 7 0 Little David Lascelles ............ 4 8 6 Bribery Ariosto ............... 6 8 6 rho Caliph 3 6 12 Nancy .................. 6 8 1 Jack Frost 3 6 12 Rattler ............. 4 8 1 Di ana 3 6 12 Lambton .. ..... ..... 4 8 0 Ph oc i on Indian Warrior ...... 5 713 Invasion 4 6 10 Orinoco ............... 4 7 1(1 Lord Albemarle Exeter ............... 6 7 10 Bro. to G. Tommy 4 6 10 1 Exact ..... ......... 4 7 9 Houser Mincemeat ....... 3 7 9 Miss S ara h 4 6 8 1 Scythian ............ 3 7 8 &trio Moses 3 6 7 Ca! ot ................. 5 7 6 Coda 1 Kiteflyer ....... . ... 57 5 Rodorneli .... Epaminondas Caspaw 4 ' 4 D. O. The NASSAU STAKES of 50 sous each, for three-year-old fillies ; Bst 71b eac h- O ne mile. 18 su b s. Moresca Miranda iffoneysuckle Lovebird Delia ; Strutaw 137. Beatrix Durindana 1 Sis to Filius Streatlam Fairy Remorse, bylon— Miss Worthington fby Sir T. Sykes— Retrospect Bethia Lady Liverpool Virago Calliope Bianca Exchange A SWEEPSTAKES of 100 sovs each, h ft, for four-yr-olds colts, B s t 71b, filli es, B s t 21b ; th e w i nner o f th e Derby or St. Leger 71b, of both 101 b extra. Cup Course. 4 subs, Pelion I Pb amid Cheddar I Catherine Haye s The NURSERY STAKES (Handicap) of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 200 added, for two-yr-olcloi 17410r6 of 4,0 1464 a, . Intrb Vltittio SUN OFFICE, Seven o' aach GOODWOOD RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAP.H.) GOODWOOD CUP. VIRAGO Indian Warrior , .............. ... 'Valeria ........... ............................ Three ran. Won ..... a canter.. SUSSEX STASES. Namur ........ . .................................... walked over SWEEPSTAKES OF 200 SOUS. Dirk Hattera,ick ............ Diloonbeam c ...... Three ran. FOURTH BENTINCK. Filly by Surplice out of Elopement Corcebus ............. _ Eight ran. 100 SOVS. SWEEPSTAKES. Tros ... . ............ ... Appolonius ... Three ran. MOLECOMB STAKES. Colt by Cotherstone out of Polydora William the Third Six ran. RACING STAKES.. 5cythian....................................................... 1 Dead heat with Champagne and rumicestone for second. SWEEPSTAKES. Antoinette Whistle Two ran. Won easily. DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL DUNDAS. THE CREW OF THE TIGER. Admiralty, July 27. A. despatch has been received from Vice-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., dated off Baljik , the inst.,l2therMajesty's late contain ing's lists of the officers and men o f h late ship Tiger, who have be en exchanged for an equal number of Russian prisoners—as al so of those officers and men who still remain p r i soners of war in the hands of the Russians. Enclosure No. 3, in Mediterranean Letter No. 336 of 1854. Copy.—A list of officers and men of her Majesty's late steam-ship Tiger, received on board H.M. steam-sloop Fury at Odessa, on the 10th Jnly, 1854. R. T. Ansel], Ist Lt. R. M. James Cobden, AB. Artillery Robert Morris, ditto Henry J. Domville, surgeon Henry Bowles, ditto G. A. Lance, paymaster James Bufton, ditto T. Sullivan, naval instruct. William Johnson, ditto J. C. Solfleet, 2d master Win. McArthur, ditto Nath. G. Simmons, passed Edward Morrison, ditto clerk John Simmonds, litto F. Wood, acting assistant- George Murphy, ditto engineer Ist class Samuel Gaylord, ditto G. Kent, assistant engineer Thomas Canister, ditto 2d class John Clarke, ditto G. H. Beaton, do. 3d class John Williams, ditto Wm. Bickford, carpenter, Henry Cooper, ditto 2d class Edward Phillips, ditto Charles Shergold, sergeant George Denyer, ditto R.M. Artillery Thomas Laing, ditto John. A. Essex, corporal John Taylor, ditto R.M. Artillery Alex. Sutherland, ditto Robert Penny, fifer William Atkins, ditto W. Laws, gunner R.M.A. James Vine, ditto Samuel Smith, ditto James Dawson. ditto William Haston, ditto John Pink, ditto • Alfred Parker, ditto John Harfield, ditto Joseph Bell, ditto John Fitch, ditto Edward Clayden, ditto Fredk. Greenaway, ditto R. Sladden, ditto Charles Purvis, ditto Jacob Gillingham, ditto William Rainer, ditto John Phillips, ditto John Mnrwood, ditto J. darcus, carpenter's mate James Baker, ditto Geo. Harris, caulker's mate Samuel McConnell, ditto Jan Wretherill, shipwright George Taylor, ditto Ed. Ktigswell, shipwright J. Swanbury, ditto James Waterman, carpen- Chas. Field, ditto ter's crew Jas. Maule, ditto R. Gillard, boy 2d class Jas. Callaway, ordinary Thomas M'Grath, ditto Those. Ward, ditto John Mullins, ditto Thomas Beaton, ditto. Henry Waterman, carpen- Jas. Barnes ditto ter's crew Alfred Parsley, ditto Henry Humphreys, carper'- Phomas Mason, ditto ter's crew Cornelius Geary, ditto George Nield, painter James Corbett, ditto John Goodger, sick berth Robert Mandell, ditto attendant Win. Tanner, ditto William Ford, ship's stew- Wm. Simmer, ditto aid's assistant Albert Reynolds, ditto John Browning, sub-officers' Wm. Guildford, ditto steward J. W. Heather, ditto Salvo Bonnache, sub-officers' Wm. Smith, ditto cook Wm. Lakeman ditto Wm. Sherrington, cooper's Wm. Angus, ditto crew doing duty as en- Geo. Sherock, ditto gineer's steward Wm. Torry, ditto John Davis, leading stoker John Cook, ditto M. Downey, ditto I"Zobt. Shepherd, ditto Alfred Rushton, ditto John Hinge, ditto John, Parleane, stoker Jas. Grieves, ditto Henry-Fox, ditto John Degiorgio, ditto George Richards, ditto Rich. Stewart, ord. 2‘l class Edward Hart, ditto Robert Pomphrey, ditto Robert Goblin, ditto James Russell, ditto Isaac Fox, ditto James Dredge, ditto Robert Prentice, ditto James Deakin, ditto J. Weaver, private, R.M. Geo. Heliyer, boy Ist class Emmanuel Parker, ditto John Littlefield, ditto Thomas Gray, ditto Richard Forster, ditto Dennis Bigley, ditto Chas. Wolfe, ditto Thomas Giddings, ditto . David Burchmore, ditto Richard Chandler, ditto Jas. Russell, ditto William Robinson, ditto Matthew Talbot, ditto William Lancett, ditto John Osborn, ditto Dennis M'Carthy, ditto James Seymour, ditto Henry Lev er , ditt o Th os . Bennett, litto Robert Dymond, ditto Wm. Etherton, ditto Jas. Jeffrey, ship's steward Wm. Palmer, ditto A. Rutter, captain foretop John Joseph, ditto John Butte r , quar t ermaster Ri chd. May, ditto T. Lane, gunner's mate Thomas Bowy er, ditto John Pritchard, ditto Geo rge Tack, ditto J. Wright, captain forecastle John Murphy, ditto IL Monett, captain maintop George Woolger, ditto J. Simmons, capt. afterguard Henry Davis, ditto J. Stripe, captain's cox swa i n J ames H a ll et t, di tto Hy. Pollard, ship's corporal George Ball, ditto Geo. Epps, captain of hold John Keane, ditto J. Fortune, captain of mast John Purchase, ditto Samuel Coombes, musician John Goldsmith, ditto Time. Bessaut, blacksmith John Burman, ditto J. Kiuswell, carpenter's mate Alfred Budd, ditto William Atkins, ditto William Garnbrell, ditto John Prout, ditto William Gill, ditto Francis Magon, ditto George Carter, ditto John Fitzgerald, ditto William Welsh, boy 2d class Joseph Grant, ditto Samuel Duffin, ditto Joses Fiford, ditto , George Evans, ditto Edwin Cops, ditto John Farr, ditto Benjamin Edmunds, ditto Robert Brickwood, ditto James Jelley, ditto Henry Vivian, ditto Henry West, ditto Charles Buckingham, ditto (Signed) EDWARD TATHAN, Commander. A list of officers and men of her Majesty's late steam-ship "Tiger" remaining as prisoners of war in Russia. AT RIAGOU. Anto. Shembri, gun-room cook Alex. Hamilton, lieut. W. E. Stone, ditto. Curio Bird; rapt. steward AT Ma Fred. Hammond, mid. A. E. Rowden, ditto P. R. Nind, ditto AT OD Francis Ellington, master C. H. Wilkinson, act. mate J. E. Scudamore, acting second master Edw. 'Lawless, assist.-surg, John Quin, gunner Mat. Delaney, boatswain John Smith, captain of fore castle John Kinds, captain of after guard Jas. Burke, ship's cook Jam. White, capt. of mast Jas. Fleming, caulker Goo. Fordyce, sailrnaker John Stone, leading stoker (Signed) Command ISCOW. H.E. C. Robinson, naval cadet Wm. Beard, gunner, R. ILA. ESSA. Peter Slade, leading stoker Richard Carey, ditto Edward Rogers, yeoman of signals P. Byrne, master at arms W. Ellis, quartermaster James Sanders ditto H. Adauts, boatsw. mate Thos. Maxwell, ditto Giro. Mascolo, cooper Wm. Outer'bridge, sail maker's mat e H. tille Baker, gunner 11.11. Ar ry George'Ropgood, ditto Suileman, Turkish pilot EDWARD TATHAM, er R.I . steam Sloop Molecomb, or Bentinck Me , I of those races 9113 extra ; fliorial Stakes 61b, of any two ast mile; 37 subs, et lb Lord of the Isles Border Chief • 8 4 Crown Pigeon 7 1 Claret Ethelbald 8 2 The Gipsy King 7 1 Hebena Instructress 8 0 Eliza 6 13 The Hind 7 13 Nagara 6 43 Clotilde Challow Boy ...... ..... 7 10 b c by Annandale—En- Katerfelto La y Alicia . 7 9 Donurn... ..... ........ Pantheon 7 9 Chalice 6 11 f by Epirus—Ma Mie 7 8 Steelyard •.. ...... 6 10 Catastrophe 7 8 bi by Cowl—Miami ... 6 10 Homily Lady Rachel Redemption ...... ...... 7 5 Palmerston Shoreham . . 7 5 Matilda Charinian 7 2 Nutriment The COWDRAY STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 40 added; two-year olds, 6.it 71b, three Bst 91b, four Oat 71b, five and upwards 9st 121 b; mares allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs, if demanded, Etc.; T.Y.C.; to close or name on Monday. The second year of the ROCS BIENNIAL STAKES of 100 soya. each, for three-yr-olds ; colts Sat 71b, fillies Bst 41b; Craven Course; each subscriber to name two, one to the post ; 10 subS. Hesse Cassel Cardinal Pelham Ortolano B or Iv f by Or- Boiardo lando out of Dandelion Idolatry Belgrade B f by Orlando 3lanricardo on tof Moonbeam Quince Astolfo Little Gerard The QUEEN'S PLATE of 100 gs ; three-yr-olds 7st 41b, four Oat 21h, 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 100 goys., for all horses ; New Mile. To close and name on Monday. Stonehengo Coup il'Etat Sister to Filill3 Marble Hill Ba,,lbec Bright Ph - ebus Geueral Breezo BRIGHTO2 ACCEPTPNCES FOR THE i RACES. BRIGHTON STARES. Yrs st lb Orestes Nancy 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 Yrs et lb Br to Grey Tommy 4 6 9 Winkfield Queen's Own 3 6 7 Ladybird John Bull Veteran 4 6 2 Mouser Barrel ... 3 6 0 Valeria ' 3 5 10 Gamekeeper Jeunala filly JRES FOR 1854. UST. Egham l5 Folkestone, Hythe, and Sandgate l7 York Hereford 24 Eccles Chelmsford 2B Derby 2B Plymouth 3C Lincoln .31 MBER. Leice , ter 2O Manchester Autumn 2l Lanark Newmarket F 0 26 Walsall North,. Herten 2B )BER. Caledonian Hunt 11 Warwick Autumn l7 Richmond 18 Newmarket H 93 Worcester Autumn 31 MBER. Cowbridge Hunt 8 RACING FIXT A U( Brighton Airdrie Durnam 3 Brighton Club 4 Ripon 7 Yarmouth 8 North Staffordshire 8 Reading Lewes lO Wolverhatnpton. l4 SEPT] Warwick • 5 Lichfield W. stern Meeting 7 Rochesterand Chatham 7 Doncaster 12 Pontefract 18 Bedford l9 OCTI Chester Autumn 3 Kelso Yorkshire Union Hunt 5 Wrexham 5 Newmarket S 0 9 NOVE Epsom Autumn Liverpool [ADVERTISEMENT ]-" Bell's L fe in London" of Sun day next, July 30th, and a gratuitous Supplement of 20 columns, witl contain full and exclusive particulars of the Goodwood Meeting, Great Grimsby, Knuteford 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 ga tas in Ireland—Cricket : Marylebone and Kent, All England v. Nottingham, and other exciting and inte resting matches—Angling—Chess —Pigeon Shooting-- Pedestrianism—Wrestling—The Ring: New matches, and all the sporting and miscellaneous news of the week. —On and after Sunday, July 30, the price of " Bell's Life in London" will be 7d. (vide " Belt's Life" of July 2d, 9th, 16th, and 23d.—Office, 170, Strand. METROPOLITAN SEWERS COMMISSION, Yesterday a court was held at the Lecture-hall, Green wich, for the purpose of opening the new commission, and hearing summonses against defaulters on the Green wich and Ravensbourne district rates. The commis sioners in attendance were, the chairman (Mr. R. Jebb), and Messrs. Smith and Redhead. The SECRETARY (Mr. Woolrycl;) read the formal docu ment by which her Majesty re•appuinted all the late commissioners. 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 ago. The public were aware that the Government contemplated • certain changes in the method of appointing commis sioners, but these alterations could nut be effectually carried out for a few days. It was, however, necessary not to let the old commission expire without apponiting 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 commissionwas intended merely to be a temporary one , and would continue to exist only until the new arrangetuent he completed, which it was expected would be d s o c ne in the course of a few days. available balance of the amount of the de -281:217e41.5,'‘ posit account, namely 100,0001. E t C O B I E V T hh m A I tY repottedu. st, b e e I daend SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, JULY 26. VESSELS E N TERED INWARDS.—TheS.—The !3ucephalus, from 1-V u ; David, Truxillo ; Australasia, Portl an d ; D e ° ro l : rar vTrientje ; Johannes Minde, Sji9sne ; Pehi, Gefle; Xenophon, Matins; Jonge Hers, Konigsluirgh ; Fanny, Cuba ; Odder, Memel; Lympha, Dram ; Twee, Gebroeders, Stettin ; Geertina, Konigsburgli ;- Eolus Uinsa ; Betsey and Laura, Odense ; Holland, Ostend ; Albion. Boulogne ; Oithona. Antwerp; Alar, .Dunkirk; Batavier, Rotter dam ; Elida, Memel ; Melboria, Guernsey ; Win. Thomp son, Guernsey ; Georgiana, Randers ; Red wod, St. John's, New Brunswick; Brilliant, ITddewalla; Morlane, Stolpe minde ; Anna Georgina, Ipala; Ida, Leghorn; Anne Maria, Schnlperseil ; Johanna, Leer. VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS.---The City of Paris for Boulogne ; Patrick, New York ; Anita, Malaga, Alicant, Valencia, and Barcelona ? Batavier, Rotterdam ; Caledo nia, Hamburgh ; Catharina Marie, Stettin ; John Edward, Cape of Good Hope ; Industry, Havre ; Louisa, Konigs burgh ; Australasia, Hobart Town ; Euroelydon, Sydney, N.S. W.—Alar, Dunkirk ; Concordia, Rotterdam; Hol land, Ostend; Aluta, ilavre; Cons'ante, Genoa; Har mina, Corunna ; Harriet Armitage, Colombo, Ceylon ; Lady Rebow, Marseilles ; Rosebud, Antwerp ; Swallow, Port Phillip. VESSELS CLEARED WITH CARGO.—The General Hal kott, for Altona; Elizabeth, Bremen; Albrecht Beyling, Geelong; Sarali, Rogen ; Rhone, Rio Janeiro; Kent, Port Philip ; Star, Rotterdam ; Goddess, St. Kitt's; Ex cel, Antwerp; Twee Gebroeders, Hatnburgh ; Ocean, Havre ; Fienoord, 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. Tho Amity Hall, standing north, July 11, lat. 40 N, long. 9 W. ; a brig Wismar colours, with passengers, bound west, same day. The Ribber, for New York, July 10, lat. 48 N, long. 42 W. The Argestes, Cardiff to Quebec, July 1, off Point des Morts. The Breadalbane, from Quebec, lat. 47, long 40. The Columbus, bound to Hobart Town, July 10, lat. 44 N, long. 9 W. The Appolline (barque), bound to Port Philip, July 17, lat. 50 N. The Alexander Johnson (barque), bound south, June 9, lat. 18 S, long. 30 W. The CArthagena, Madras to London, July 5, lat. 38 N, long. 31 W. The Eliza Robson, for Rio Janeiro, July 22, lat. 49 N, long. 7W. _ The Megrentieook, from New Orleans, Julyl, lat. 38 N, long. 44 W. The Republic, July 11, lat. 4! N, long. 24 W. The Neptune (barque), July 14, lat. 42,N, long. 16 W. The Hsnry Mil:er (second distinguishing pendant No. 9,284), J.l•ly 17, lat. 46 N, long. 11 W. The Pekin, bound to Pernambuco, June 21. The Petronella, July 19, bound west, let. 51 N, long. 12 W. • -4- The Chesterholm, bound west, July 20, lat. 51 N, long. 10 W. The O:ibe, London to the Cape of Good Hope, July 11, lat. 9 S, long. 30 W. The Acadian, bound west, July 13, lat. 44 N, long. 27 W. The Mngdalena, Callao to Cork, Juiy 15, lat. 45 N, ong. 24 W. Thu Mohawk, July 20, lat. 42 N, long. 7 W ; Victoria (Dutch barque), same lat. and long. The Zephyr (British vessel), July 17, lat. 36 N, long. 2 E. The Flora (barque), of Liverpool, standing to the N, with loss of maintopsailyard. The Astnorique Loire to M aur itius and Reunion, July 16, 20 leagues N of Cape Finisteri e. The Minerva, bound to London, May 24, lat. 28 S, long. 26 W. . . .• The Ceylon, Liverpool to Mauritius, June 18, lat. 9 N, long. 26 W. The Vierge Marie, of Antwerp, July 8, off the Azores. Tile Faithful, bound WNW. The Rector, Now cu ti o t o Algiers, July 12, off Sept gosia COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET-JULY 25. There were in the market to-day, 4 sacks oa . :Aueal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-14 at 2/. 9s, 0 at 01. Os od, and 0 at 0/. ca. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—JULY 24. There wcre in the market to-day 26 bags of oatmeal, 11. of barleymeal, and 4of pot-barley. Sales dull. Did top price of oatmeal was as before ; the second Os Od down. and the third was 5s 6d np. Pot-barley on the top price is down. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Od —s 0 , 1 Pot-barley, per ditto --- 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 $s Oct to 10s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 7s Oct to lOs Od ; barley do., 7s 6d to 8s 6d • Hay from lld to 13d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone. NE WCASTLE—JULY 25. A 'fair attendance to-day, and rather more done in wheat at Saturday's Prices. the market closed firm. The decline since this clay week was about 6s per qr. Nothing done in spring corn. COAL MARK] Prices of Coal per ton at tl :ET.—JuLy 26. ,he close of the market. Wallsend, Sze. s. d. P. d Buddle W. Hartley l9 ( Braddyll 2O Davison's West Hartley 19 1 iletton" 2l Holywell ..... . ..... .........20 ( llaswell 21 Howard's West Hartley Kepler 20 Netherton 19 6 Lumley 19 Lo ugridge's Wst Hartley 19 6 Peusher 19 North Percy Hartley _lB 3i Plummer l9 Tautield Moor l7 0 Russell's Hetton 20 Tanfield Moor Butes 17 0 South Hetton 20 South Taufie d 16 6 Scarborough 19 Walker Primrose .........15 9 itewart's . 21 West Hartley l9 t Hunwick l7 West Felton l6 0 Hetton Hartlepool l9 Wylam . 19 6 Hough Hall ., 19 Kelloe 20 Wallsend, &c, South Kelloe 19 Harton lB 9 Fees 2l Harvey Wylam 15 3 West Kelloe 19 Hilda 18 3 Whitworth IS New Whitworth l5 C, Derwentwator Hartley. 20 BJll's Primrose 15 CI RAILWAY SHARE MARKET. LIVERPOOL, JULY 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been again dull to• day, but prices continue firm. The continuations on stock for the settlement to-morrow rule about the same as last account. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 661 • Midland, 6 6 i; South-Eastern, 19k. MANCHESTER. JULY 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been dull today' and prices are a little lower. East Anglian 7 per cent. Pref., C, ; London and North-Western, 105 ; Manc he " ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 23 ; Midland Railway COW cols, 66i ; South-Eastern, 19 3-16. BIRMINGHAM, JULY' 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The railway share market continues extremely flat, and a very limited amount of busine ss transacted either on 'Change or in private. At the close of the market this afternoon the following were among the quotations ;—Bi rm i ng h am, W olv erhampton, and Stour Valley, buyers 9, sellers 911 ; London and North Western' sellers 1054 ; Midland, sellers 66i ; Shrewsbury and Bir" mingham, buyers 68, sellers 69 ; South Staffordshire, buy era 2i, sellers 1 dis. BRISTOL, JULY 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The mar k e t t o -d a y wa s flat. land Stock sold at 66i; and Vale of Neath, 19g. SEABORNE NAILS. (N FignMes that the malls are sent from the General Post-9e l " by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when male up From mu ' , When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due in Office, London.. Diso,,tched. England. ...----.... .....-----• -- •Arnerica(bylirit.oack)N Every Friday .. . • Liverpool .. America (by United Ste. packet) ..........N .......... Liverpool . Aug, 2 America (by ET States packet) .. .. ...N .. • • .... • • Pouthampton ... Australia (via South am4 ...•• ...... Southampton August 4 Ditto (via 7 ... ..Marseilles) lk N • . Dover •• • . ii July Ditto (via Cape of Good, N July 4 • • Africa (West Coast)..N,s3d of the month . Plymouth.. August 6 9, 24, & 30 of it,. Dover .... 4ih& 20th of moo. Southampt on A k i l e e x x a at ,i t dri dri a a . .................. 3 1 .8 , Bahamas ........... M 17th of the moot.Southamptut, Belgium ............NlDailV•• .• ........ 'Dover .. Brazil . ....... ...... M 9th of the month.. Southampton August 16 Ituenos Ayres ........ M 9th of the month .. Southampton Cape of Good Elope ..N 14th of the moist Plymouth .. Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verds ......N 14th of the mouth. Southampton Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .............. N 14th of the mono Channel Isles.. ......N Moo • ,Wed.,&F r i d. Southampton iTjuniZElte Chi1i.................M 2d & 17th of moat Sauthamptot, July 16 China (see India) Constantinople ......N 17,8,17,21,&27 of rn . Dover .... 1, Constantinople ...... „ !4th SG 20th of mots Soothsrapto.,, (Ant. Of Europe M & N i Twice daily ...... !Dover ...... Twicedally Egypt (see India) France .. M& N !Twice daily ...... • I Dover ...... Twiredalli • libraltar .......... M 4, 7, 17, 20;27 of I), SOUtharapt.oll. July 20 ;Preece (sue India) Greytown .......... M. 2nd & 17th of 111011.1Southampto., July 16 ELI inhurgh ..........NiTuesday & Frida, ;Lond o n .....1 ltevannah .. .. .. .. •• m :2011 of the mont. Soo thamp• or, !Aug. 1 Holland ............ 94,141.11 y .. .. .. .. .. .. Dover ... .. .. fuil!.v Honduras .......... M! 17th of the montl, sou..nampto July 16 Huila (viaSoutliampt•)M;4th & /oth of m n Plym uth •• July 20 India (via Marseilles)34 Bth& 24th of mo, I . Dover ......1 lonian Isles (see India) l 7, 17, & 27 of mon i Dover...... i 79 Twice l .7 d , li I y2i f.m.:;uoistiead ...ITsvfe.dallf !Southampton !A ugUsi 16 L tr i c ,b 1a 0 r:1 .. .................151 .. &... N N Madeira .• •• •• ......N 9th or the month 'Southampton J uly 16 1 2301 of month .... Plymouthi .. vLad t c a ir ( a se . e . ... India)... .. .. N %faits ............ .1 , 7,17,19,27, 30 of m.Dover ...... July 20 3,laurltf us (see India) viaurittus ..........7: 14th of the mono,( Mexico . .. m ,ind of the month. igoutharnptotl Aug. 1 Naples . .. . ........ is ! htlf i Sth2sthotmon ! Dover .. vow Granada .. .. . . I‘, r 2 ,, tt cl ih, & lls7t l t h 7 h2 l 2 h ; tt o hh f 0, )ifinyllmotto.oo: si S )o o ot u va t eh h r a l a n m. . p p: i t o or , tr i , . ~ , New Zealand .......... By private ship • iv • • • emus p,,rt 'Uncerta.n d & :7th Of 111011 IF. , ou . thamptoi. 'JOY lu I :' a eri a it i fs '' u t l a a 'il :. ............... M N I Peru ..... ..... ...31 P )rt Natal ...... ~...N 114th of the monthlllimouth .. Sicily . .. ..........2.; iStli 1 •th2sthotmon D_ Oov ver .. • • •• ...... Itisnceaznnyeia. .........Nic`'.l'''''2sllloinlin•:' •• ••• • . 1%1'2e & 17th Of •nonth•tiout er hampton July 16 . D an f )icmen's Lam (se, An•tralia) ....... West Intlieg .... .... 4,4 4.1 t I7th n mrom.'gouthampten August 1 When any of these late, tall (1, a •taiday, the oinii wlll, lespatche I on the followin g .bly with the exception of the DOI' jI, o Sonthanwton), and the At i lt a . b o th o f which will be despatche d drecedi,u; day. EXTENSIVE ROBBER AT ISLINGTON BY A Dia l ' BESTIAL CLERK—An elderly man, named John Thorne, of very genteel appearance, was brought up cus tody on Tu es d a y last, before th e b enc h of magistrates at Bristol, charged with ' s t ea li ng 3001 ., an d with f" ) " loniously receiving 201. 15s. 6d., the moneys of his master, Mr. Charles Warr of Islington. The complain ant deposed th a t h e was a master builder and beerseller_, carrying on business a t I s li ngton, and bad been i n duced, in conoequ ence o f the strong recommendations b e re ceived from a w h o l esa l e b rewer in London, to engagethe prisoner as hi s conf i dential clerk, The utmost c ow fidence was pla ce d i n hi s integrity until Saturday 11 ' 94 t when, as h e did not attend athe usual time to pay, the workmen, susp i c i ons were entertained ; and jaquiries being instit u t e d , it was found that he had received tw° sums of 51. an d 151 . 15s. 6d. from Messrs. Paynton 9 , 7 Harlowe, of L ong acre, for which he had not accou nte Complainant then remembered that he had a short time previou.ly given the prisoner 3001. in cash, directinf him to pay it i n t o th e cre di t o f hi s (the master ' s ) acc°lltrio at the C ommerc i a l B an k , an d upon going to the b an k, d ascertain if it bad been paid in, as directed, he i nun that it had not. H e th en p u t hi mse lf i n comm an icatio a with the police, an d t race d th e pr i soner to Bristol, where he was appreh en d e d. Th e pr i soner, who den;eti the charge, was ordered to be taken before the magistrates at Islington. Pith; [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and again succe:.sful in curing a had leg.--M r . E. of Dylife mines, Machynlleth, states that a friend Of t' in Flintshire s u ff ere d f or t wo years w i th a dread f u l ba leg, which defied the efforts of several persons to cure , notwithstanding various remedies were tried. lie ! 1/- dured excr uc i a ti ng pa i n f or several months, and when paying him a visit he recommended him to use way's Ointment and Pill s, f rom the effects of wh i c h change for the better was 'quickly produced, and ulti mately his leg w as soun dl y cured. He now enjoys e of cellent health. M r . W i ll iams will satisfy any par t,' the truth o f this statement.--Sold by all dealers ' ll medicine, and, at Professor H o ll oway ' s esta blisbraw , l 244, Strand, L on d on. Rollo. BIRTHS. OF A SON. Hi de. On the 24th i ns t., a t 7, G rea t C um b er l an d- s t re et, park, the wife of Thomas Chambers, Esq., M.P. york• On the 22'1 inst., at Thornton Rectory, Craven, shire, the wife of the Rev. L. S. Morris. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 21st inst., at Kingston-upo n -Th am es, the wif 6 Of the Rev. W. G, Jervis. On the 24th ult., at the Vicarage, West Thurroelco Essex, the wife of the Rev. Claude Rowlatt. MARRIED. S3nel On the 25th inst., at St. Anne's Ch urc h, Dublin, r a-- Stephen B.teson, second son o f Si r R o b ert Buteson, Bart', of Belvoir Falk, county Duwn, to Florinda, eldest daug t. ter of Lord Custlemaino , of Illoyd rum C as tl e , county W ee meath. D I E D. On the 23l inst., at South Vi ew , B ognor , Sussex, M all ' wife of John Buzzard, Esq., aged 82 years, si I- On the 26th inst. Maria, the eldest daught e r of ..r. ~. H. Simpson, of N o . 9, Rockingh a m-row West, New jenv road, aged 11 years and 9 months. in his , 7th year, Oeneral Sir Henry King,On the 24th i ns t . , i n Sussex -terrace, Hyde-nark-gar c o lol C. 8., of the 3d R eg i men t of Foot. rle, Ou the 22d i ns t. , i n Ri ver-terrace, I s li ng t o n, John Ta M.D., aged 24 years. —.swim_ LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN.Pos of No 112, Strand, P r i n ter, at The S u n Office, No. 11 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the c ounty o Aii4dlenz, Tburs4as July 27,1164. • - 1 4