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Now ready, at all the Libraries, In 3 vols. post Sro., H E VOYAGE of LIFE, A STORY oF THE LAND AND THE OCEAN. By GEORGIANA C. MUNRO, • Author of " The Adventures of a Legatee." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. by general cheers. It was more than gratifying, he said, to see such a man stooping from his high rank to perform virtuous and humane actions, and to add new nobility to the name of ASHLEY. After some remarks from other Members, Lord ASHLEY said, after the assurance from Sir JAME!, GRAHAM that he would consider the subject next session, he would withdraw his motion. convenient course for reforming a bad law, or neu tralising the abuses of a good one. Yet Sir ROBERT PEEL voted in its favour. The Duke of Rictunoein and Lord GEORGE BENTINCK are both, with other eminent persons, assumed to be under these informa tions to a stupendous extent. How the fact may be, we do not pretend to know; but if it be as we have, on public rumour, thus stated, we think that the Noble Steward and Course-owner of Goodwood has a better right to resist "qui tam" actions than Sir JAMES GRAHAM, for his Grace was impartial enough, after the ambulatory gaming establishments we have de scribed had paid for their standings, in the usual manner, at Goodwood, to allow them to pursue their vocations unmolested. This fact was brought under Sir JAMES'S notice by and on behalf of the wandering CROCKFORDS in question. But, not being " people of mark or condition," he was inexorable. The CaTo-like inspector of sealed letters dispersed this wretched canaille in every direction ; but he voted for suspending the "qui tam" actions against his Noble and Honourable Friends. Among, as we understand, those friends, and the defendants to those actions, is Lord GEORGE BENTINCK. On the 10th instant this nobleman, in the House of Commons, took part in a debate on the Gambling Actions Suspension Bill, by delivering himself' of a speech reflecting in no mea sured terms, it would appear, upon a Mr. RUSSELL, by whom the actions referred to have been brought, and another Mr. RUSSELL, his brother, a solicitor. Lord GEORGE'S speech having been reported in the Morn ing Post and the Globe, the editors of those journals were favoured, respectively, with a letter from the solicitor—a Mr. J. T. RUSSELL. In this letter the writer complains of the reported speech as containing gross slanders upon his character. He thus addresses the editor of the Morning Post:—"l tun Aider the painful necessity of commencing an action against you for libel, in order to maintain my position in so ciety, which I must inevitably forfeit if I permit so atrocious a statement to pass unpunished. I only re gret the privileges of the House of Commons will not allow me to punish Lord G. BENTINCK for his attack upon me. I will thank you to forward me the name of your solicitor to whom I can forward the writ.' For our own part, we were so fortunate as not to have admitted into our columns the offensive matter here in question. We contented ourselves by remarking in our Parliamentary Summary " that a debate of such a kind ensued which might probably be inte resting to gamblers" (we forgot the " qui tam" people). Under this impression we did not feel our selves called upon to give gratuitous diffusion to a piece of squabbling in which we were quite assured that our readers would feel no more interest than ourselves. We have a great affection for sporting in proper times and places—no toleration for its per sonal bickerings when these are obtruded upon the business and attention of the Legislature. It seems to us at least impertinent to the legiti mate objects of Parliament, for sporting Dukes, or sporting Colonels, to solicit its interposition with a view to protect private pecuniary interests of their own, or their connexions. It seems to us to be in Still worse taste for noble members of the Jockey Club, who happen to be Members of the House of Commons, to avail themselves of that position in order to denounce private characters from that . place, by reason of private injuries resulting to them from con nexions, whether voluntary or accidental, with the individuals they inveigh against. In these observations, however, it has not been our object to express any opinion on the merits of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK'S accusation, of which we know nothing ; or of J. T. RUSSELeS complaint, of which we know only what appears on the face of his letters. Our desire is, once more, to direct attention to a matter of far graver, public, and even constitutional importance, than a miserable affair of crimination and recrimination between a betting Lord and the solicitor and kinsman of a plaintiff in certain " qui tam" actions, of a character in them selves, and instituted for objects, sufficiently notorious and appreciated. We wish the public to observe what are the fruits of the anomalous, the scan dalous condition, in which the law of libel is left in con nexion with the question of Parliamentary privilege, when the freedom of language claimed for, and con ceded to, every Member, at the opening of every session, is transferred to the columns of our news papers, through the medium of those faithful daily reports, which the wants of society, •the convenience and information of the public, the wishes of the indi viduals composing the two chambers of Parliament, and the habits and the will of the nation at large, equally demand. This practice Parliament has long virtually conceded and hourly recognises. For its upright, able, and impartial exercise that Par liament holds all parties concerned in the business of thus communicating their opinions and proceedings to the world, severely and personally responsible. When, therefore, Mr. J. T. RUSSELL talks of privileges of the House of Commons, which prevent him from pun ishing Lord G. BENTINCK " for his attack upon him," and so turns round upon the " Globe " and "Pest" to ask for the names of their solicitors, to receive on their behalf process against them for giving publicity to that attack, we want to know why Parliament has not long ago interfered to shield the public Press from any such iniquitous liability ? If Lord GEORGE BENTINCK, or any other MeieLer, cannot bring himself to see that there is not much chivalry in denouncing men out of doors, whilst they are ensconsed themselves behind the safe protection of Parliamentary privilege, Parliament ought surely to save the connexions of the Press from all the penalties attaching to the fair and faithful exercise of their duty to it and to the public at large. This is a short statement of the grievance and the remedy. To visit such a discharge of such a duty with pecuniary or other penalties, is to give a pre mium to the abuse of a most important privilege Our readers will o f course h ave re marked the re- within the walls of Parlia men t, an d to v i s i t t h e pu cent proceedings bef ore C omm itt ees o f the H o us es o f i nishment of that, abuse on inn ocen t h ea d s w i t h out i ts Lords and. Common s , on th e subject of certain qui precincts. If, Parliame n t b e d e t erm i ne d to discoun tom actions which are still p e ndi ng ' against vari o u s I tenance the practice or d u t y i tse lf , l et P er : liament honestly announ ce it s d ec i s i on an d Noble Peers and H o n oura bl e Members connected settle the matt er w ith t h e pu bli c w h om with what is called the " Sp or ti ng W or ld." Th e ac t s of these individuals which h ave ren d ere d th em su b- it represents. In a cl ear an d ascer t a i ne d sett l ement ject to the oppressive machinery o f" qu i t am " i n f orma - of this question on ly, can th e P ress ever be secure tions, under an almost ob so l e t e s t a t u t e (9 A nn , c. 14) from the most monstrous of a ll o pp ress i ons , to t h e, are, very numerous tran sac ti ons on th e t ur f, i n w hi c h working of which the powers o f th e l aw can b e per they- have won various stakes, wa g ers, purs es , & c ., & c. high time that "pri v il ege o f Parlia verted. It is Under this Act (which was an e x tension, a s it were, meat" were restricted within som e li m it s , b eyon d rafale . bileiness was dceee in the House of Lords last o f 1 6 C ar. 11 ., c. 7 , t h e fi rst statute that raised any which it could not be strained to over r id e th e or di- A number of Bills went through Corn- question as to the illegality of sporting wagers or nary privileges of every man at common law; or I;.itrtp- - ,A gr ition others, the Sudbury Disfranchise- ' gam bli ng at races ) , t h e w i nner of any stake above N that it were expanded to an e x te n t w hi c h s h ou ld save ,„,• l a Bale The fate of this corrupt borough is sealed. 10/. at one time, "at cards, dice, tables, tennis, bowls parties like the Press—merely ministerial, as it were, I, t i, e t ru , II: out of the list of representative boroughs, or o th er game or games w h atsoever, " i s li a b le in the between Parliament a n d th e p u bli c —f rom t h e penal lea Sarum, because the electors were few, pena l ty, un d er one sect i on, o f f our t i mes the amount visitations of dormant st a t u t es , w h erever t h ese may het heranss e lhey were corrupt. We trust this lesson of such stake, or another of five times its amount, be awakened by private p ass i on , ma li ce , or capr i ce. -mar a have a. good effect. The symptoms already to be recoverable in her MAJESTY'S Courts of Law, by awes. The Lords, last session, stood out manfully "qui tam" actions. These heavy penalties are to be aaa;net the diefranehiseinent, but the Commons were payable notwithstanding such stakes shall have been than, and the upper .House was compelled to. yield. won at fair play. In cases where unfair play shall be ‘Vhse_hae the House o f Lords to do with elections ? proved to have attended the winning of any such An exasreses Act of Parliament forbids the inter- stakes, in addition to the mulcting in five time s th e tle-enee ) a-ny Peer at eleetions, and on what , amount, the winner "to be deemed infamous, and prineiple They interfere with the most shall suffer s'ich corporal punishment as in cases of important 'of ; all privileges belonging to the House of wilful perjury." The liability to come within reach ( - ,n111;14 - $11S, 5 P ' correction of' abuses in the represents- o f the paternal solicitude of such an Act of Parliament sive system. i's The Reform Bill, with all its defects, as this must undoubtedly operate, when once it has has ilone evioulsTs. Sir Roemer PEEL, one of its been invoked, to mar, very considerably, the Horatian most deterrnietappooents, is in office ; but he is pleasures of those whom the possession or the backing ece ,„ ps u e d to .'011f; - )riil to its principles. of the winning horse in the Derby or the Great St. The Commons met at Twelve o'clock, and went Leger, for the time at least, " evehit ad Deos." When inloo Commii4ee en the Joint-Steck Banks Regulation they sit down to multiply their " winnings" by the Dispatches were received by the French Govern- B 11. All use clauses were agreed to, and the report square of the penalties which attach to them, the re- meat on Sunday from Marshal BUGEAUD, dated we- , ordered: To be brought up on Thursday. suit is a loss, for which all their accustomed sagacity ! Lelia Magnia, the 6th of July. These dispatches do Joire-Stoel: Companies Registration and in hedging will be at fault to find a set-off. not 'contain any news, with the exception of a great Iteentation !bill was ordered to be read a third time When the Duke of RICHMOND, in the Upper House, rhazia executed by General Tempooat's column upon nu Timrstheys, at twelve o'clock. and Colonel PEEL, if we remember rightly, in the the Ouled Belagh, the Ouled-el-M a h r , th e B en i 'eh, report of the Railways Bill was received], a n d Muthar, and the Ouled-Sidi-lahi a f rac ti on of tlk' was fixed also fur Thur s d ay . T he Lower brought into Parliament, and carried through. the third FE Rang a Bill I to suspend the determination of the pending Djafra. These tribes were come up to at fifteen° !lease then adjourned. ft met again at five o'clock actions, already alluded to, we briefly remarked on leagues to the south of Sebdou, and made a stubborn when Lord . t'‘.SH.LEY moved an addre ss t o the Crown th e " sense of duty" which induced Sir ROBERT PEEL, resistance. They had thirty of their horsemen killed, relative to tli e report of the London Commissioners to after a little unmeaning coyness, to support it. We 100 prisoners taken, with 20,000 sheep, 600 oxen, 150 the Lord astecellor on Lunatic Asylums. lie entered are confirmed in our notions on this point. We should camels, besides many horses and mules. into l ong o lettils, showing the defective system of add that his " well-known sense of public duty" did I The Chamber of Peers adopted, without amendment, ITIBOy lunatic egYhuns , and produced some strange not induce even Sir JAMES GRAHAM to resist it, not- the Bill for constructing the northern railways, one it etancee of .cruelty in these establishments. withstanding the, heroic virtue with which he, by a to the English Channel, and another to the Belgian f•;ir GE:. krfAM congratulated Lord IstILEY On the " COUP de MAYNE" (i.e., with the aid of the Metro- frontier. The works on the trunk line, namely, that manner in Nei ich he had brought forward the motion, politan Police), routed from their customary strong- from Paris to Amiens, are considerably advanced, and an d hi s h en ev olent purposes for the relief of the most holds at Epsorn and at Ascot all the minor gamblers will be ready for laying down the rails by the end ofthis helpless of the human race. The Government had of the roulette board, the rouge-et-Noir table, the year. The Chamber brought the business of the session the subject' •, tinder consideration , and he therefore chicken-hazard hells, and the thimble-riggery stalls. to a close on Saturday, by passing the budget. This trusted his s' o ). e le Friend wou ld no t p res s hi s m o tion. It was literally notorious, from the Gallant Colonel's is regarded as the signal for the commencement of Mr. Sum tL, ether briefly calling the attention of the own acknowledgment, that he stood to be victimised, the vacation, and accordingly the greater part of the House to t *le state of lunatic asylums in Ireland, if these reputable actions could be established, to an Members had left Paris, some to watering places, paid a high c oinpliment to the generous and humane enormous amount. To stay their progress by such and others to their country seats. The Journal des kings of I ,pr, ASR LEY, which was responded to a Bill is not the most regular, or constitutional, or Debats thus sums up the business of the session HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. FANNY ELSSLER respectfully informs the Nobility, l'Arroni to the Opera, her Friends, and the Public, that HER BENI , / IT will take place „ TO-MORROW EVENING JULY 25, When will be performed (for the first time this Season) Ro3sini's Opera, LA OAZZA LADR A. Ninette, Madame Grisi; Pivpo, Mdlle. Favanti (her first appear stwe In that character); Giannetto, signor Mario ; Fernando illabella, Sig. Fornasari ; Podesta, Sig. Lablache. fa the course of the Evening, the admired 'ivertissernent, by M. Perrot, entitled UN BA L SOUS LOUIS XIV. n whi h will be introduced a variety of Dances and Pas de Carac tere. Mdlle. Fanny Elss'er will appear as a Cavalier of the Court of trans XIV., and will dance with Mdlie. rerito the admired." Minuet L'e in Cour:and Gavotte." To conclude with an entirely new Ballet Divertissement, by M, l'etret, entitled Lk PAYSANNE GRANDE DAME. The Principal Characters by Mdlle. Fanny Elssler and Perrot. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Umce, Opera Colonnade. - THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET MIL BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESS'.•:E THIS EVENING, JULY 24. Will be performed the Comedy of THE BUSY BODY. Sir Francis Gripe, Mr. W. ciarren; Marplot, Mr. Charles Mathews; ilitanda, Madame Vestris ; Patch, Mrs. Humby. To which will be added the new Farce, entitled THE MIL LINER'S HOLIDAY. Sir Simon Sparkes, Mr. Buckstone; Mr. Piainy wig, Mr. Strickland; Fanny Thompson, Miss Julia Bennett; /iris Potts, Mrs. Humby. In the emu se of the EN ening, Mr. John Parry will sing " Fayre Boiamonde." To conclude with MARRIED LIFE. orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, • , s.; Upper i+lll,-ry, ls. Half-price—Boxes, 3s. ; 25.; Gallery, Is. ; tipper H ti.ilery, 6d. Doors opened at alf.past Six, and the Performances 4.c.,simence at Seven. T:cl:ets and Places to be had of Mr. 1. T. Archer, at the Box from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JULY 24, Will he perform d the celebrated Opera, L'EISIR D AMORE. Adina Mias Austin ; Nemerino, Mr. Allen ; Doctor Dulcamara, Mr, Paul Bedford. After which, LOVE AND CHARITY.. In which Messrs. Fitz. jame, OKberry, and Mrs. Stirling will perform. To conclude with a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WONDERFUL LAMP, being an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Ahanazar, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Aladdin, Mr. Wright ; Princess Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stanley. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved for copies of dispatches relative to the alleged plot in Guernsey against the life of the Governor, General NAPIER. Sir J. GRAIIAM, after stating that there were grounds for believing that an attempt was to be made on the life of General NAPIER on the QUEEN'S birth day, trusted Mr. DUNCOMBE would withdraw his motion—if not, he should oppose it. The motion was withdrawn. Dr. BO` RI called the attention of the House to the state of the quarantine laws, and moved a resolu tion carrying out his views, which was agreed to. Mr. Ross moved that an address be presented to her MAJESTY, praying for the removal of Mr. O'Datscou. frpm the commission of the peace. The motion was opposed by Sir J. GRAHAM, and nega tived, on a division, by a majority of 33. Mr. DUNCOMBE moved that the evidence taken before the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry be printed, which was agreed to, with the understanding that the copies should be for Members only. The other orders of the day being disposed of, the House adjourned at One o'clock. In the course of a debate on the Railways Bill last night in the House of Commons, Mr. TLIORNELY, on the sixth clause being proposed, observed that he had no wish to interfere with railways which refused to run any trains on the Sabbath, but he thought that in cases in which companies ran first and second-class trains on Sundays, they ought also to be compelled to run third-class trains. To this just and rational proposition Mr. GLADSTONE emphatically replied, that " he, for one, would be no party to compelling companies to run par ticular trains on the Lord's day. He was aware of the difficulty of enforcing the observance of the Lord's day by legislation, but he would never hold out a bonus to a violation of the Lord's day. He was aware that railroad Companies were compelled to carry the mails on the Lord's day, but that was a case of necessity. The respectable working man who wished to change his place of abode, would rather give up a working day and the wages of a working man than travel on the Lord's day. The ob servance of the Lord's day was a great support to religion in this country, and it was the chief support to religion in Scotland." This passage is remarkable, not only as being impregnated with the true spirit of the Conventicle, but as conveying a Cabinet Minister's notion of what constitutes re spectability among the working classes. The opera tive who would wish to be considered " respectable," must, according to Mr. GLADSTONE, entertain a pious horror of travelling by railway on the " Lord's Day." No matter how pressing the necessity may be for his " changing his place of abode," he must abandon all thoughts of Sabbatical locomotion, otherwise he forfeits his claim to respectability. No working man can be truly " respectable," in the Gladstonian sense of the term, who is not prepared to sa crifice a day's wages in order that he may be enabled to stay at home on the Sabbath, and travel on some other day ! Truly it is sad twaddle, and still worse, if possible, is the Right Hon. Gentle man's remark, that the " chief support to religion in Scotland" is to be found in the general disinclination of the people to travel by railway on the Sabbath ! Heaven help the Scotch if their piety rests on no bet ter foundation than this ! But though Mr. GLAD STONE enters a pious protest against the poor man tra velling on Sundays, we do not find that he so much as whispers a remonstrance against the rich man travelling on the same day. It is only against the running of " particular trains on the Lord's Day"— that is to say, the cheap trains, which are intended for the accommodation of the working-classes—that he inveighs in a strain of very superfluous and some what officious piety. The rich may travel as much as they please on the Sabbath, but for the poor to avail themselves of the same privilege is an abomina tion in the eyes of the Saints. There is something very sickening in this one-sided Pharisaical cant. It is not dictated by devotion but by hypocrisy, and exhibits a disposition on the part of Mr. GLADSTONE to confound the mere ceremonial observances of reli gion with the sterling thing itself. We had hoped that the spirit of Andrew-Agnewism was long since extinct in the House of Commons, but we now find it revived in the august person of a Cabinet Minister. As we have more than once observed, in all matters relating to the observance of the Lord's-day, it is far better that they should he left exclusively to the good sense and religious feelings of the community. Parliament has never interfered on the subject, and never will interfere, except to do mischief. In the present instance, had Mr. GrAnsTosiE's opposition to Mr. MORN ELY'S amendment been successful, it would have had no other effect than to put money into the purses of the railway proprietors, by compelling all poor people who might be forced from necessity to travel on Sundays, to travel by second-class instead of_ third-class trains ! And this op position to the just and sensible amendment j was offered by the Right Hon. Gentleman ou the plea of religion ! Fortunately, Mr. THORNE'. I car ried his point, and Mr. G LADSTONE, greatly no doubt to the discomfiture of his pious sensibilities, was de feated by a majority of 34. In the course of the evening, by way of diversifying the entertainment of Hon. Member', Sir ROBERT PEEL read a brief and lUEAfRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. fhe Adventures of u Martin Chunlewit" having, on each repre sentation, been received with every possible mark of public appro bation by the most fashionable and crowded audiences, and having been pronounced by the unanimous voice of the publie press to be one of the most interesting Dramas ever produced from the works of its celebrated Author, a repetition of its performance will take place every evening till further notice. THIS EVENING, JULY 44, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WTI'. Principal characters by Messrs. R. lounge, F. Vining, 'rrtery, F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, sitanton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley ; Miss For- Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, give dirovs, Mzs. Usher, Miss Turner and Mrs. Keeley. to be iciiowed by an Apropos Bagatelle called POLKAMA NIA. Cl.47aelers by Mr. t. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. conclude with a New Domestic Drama, entitled THE MO )IE!,:TOUS QUESTION. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. ; 1 -, L og..f. W. Collier Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Wigan. PR r(Es OF A 1)M1SSIO N.—Balcony Eoxes. 4t. • Upper oxes, Sq. ; Mt, ~ ? s. • Gallery, lid. Second Price—Balcony B o a es, 2s. ; Upper buss, is 6d.; Pit, P. Private Boxes on the li.ist•my Tier minding eight persons). 'l'm) Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Der (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private isnxe# on the Pit Der (holding six persons), One Guinea. . 1 Box-office ii opi>n from - Ten 'to Foui . o'Clock, under the di rec lAPV4 of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF A ITS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY tireat Suceeas of the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, and New Military and Naval Spectacle. THIS EVENING, JULY 2.1, y l / 4 tit he repeated an entire new Military and Naval Equestrian limeade, entitled THE CHINESE WAR ; or, The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments &c., ua realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast • 25) Lanterns. New and unequalled Scenes of the Circle—Extraordinary Feats • liorseinanship by Monsieur Louis Tournaire, Sig. Germani, La 'Petit Isabelle, Mr. Newsome, &c., with Mr. R. Smith's highly Itrilieti steeds. -titer which, the old English pageant of THE SUMMER'S siGHN of 1656; or, the White Wreath and Flitch of Bacon. To conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLE-CHASE; or, Eng- I uta's, Harvest Home. Acting and stage-in wager, Mr. W. D. Broadtbot. OAt IDG E'S RfrY A L. SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENTING, JULY 24. '1 lie Grand Opera and sp'endid Spectacle have attracted the greatest overflow ever remembered, increasing nightly. Second Week of the Opera Season, commencing with Beßini's sublime composition, LA SONNAMBULA. Powerful Operatic Company—Miss Bonier, Miss Betts, Miss Pearson, Mr. 1). W. King, .Ylr. Leffler, Mr E. L. Hime, Mr. S. Cowell, and Mr. G. Stansbury, c.-ouiluctor. Increased Hand and efficient Chorus from the Theatres conclude with an entirely new Aquatic Spectacle, introducing Three Scenes of Real Water, entitled THE MOUNTAIN CATA tt ACT ; or, The Enchanter's Spell. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. erschner, at the Box_ .trice, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING JULY 24 —.— In consequence of the rapturous reception with which it has been hailed, and the decided and deserved success with which it has been frowned. the entirely New Ver ion, in Three Acts, of MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT, in which Mr. Osbaldiston, Mr. Seaman, Mr Gale, Miss Vincent, Miss Arden, and the combined talent of the Company will perform. Alter which, THERESE, THE ORPHAN OF GENEVA. Therese, Il:is4 V incent. To conclude with THE CARMELITES; or, The Convent Belles. RUYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Daylight View of LONDON in the OLDEN TIME! Painted by Danson and Telbin. — Ale sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all iNtiszer precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer all struck with its extraordinary beauty and fidelity of delinea. t;wi, raid are unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderful ex. R ibitio3 ever witnessed. To view it only ar a vehicle for the terrific d,, c ,by a). Dusk is unjust ; it should be seen in th e ca l m s till ness o f the quiet 17,vening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa. 1::01.1% Lake, tp be Drily appreciated. The EveniU PROMENADE CONCERTS, on Mondays, Tues. Wednesdays, and Thursdays, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, are 'Loon a scale cif more than usual excellence: but wards fail in doing justice to the awftil representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. Its tearful characteristics are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same time so beautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic At t, that delight is predominant over terror; and the Thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that Southby, the Unrivalled Pyrotechnist, has achieved a matchlesis trioniph. The Gardens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect saate, and combining so many and interesting features, are by far ese most attractive lounge in or near the metropolis. k ceding of the Animals at Five—Concert at Six—Conflagration At Admitt ince, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCALILLI'. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAI OLEON 1-E . U. 1,1, the most magnificent and extensive Collecticu of Illsto tical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed Ly One Penen, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a c4 - ,et of 60,000 guineas, and to completely Illustrate, in the most in .structive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro pean history, viz.--(3IARLES 1., OLIVER CRO3IWELL, and LOUIS XIS'., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR :.'IPOLEON . , in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often. dollng the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wfill.'ngto.l, the I o orelp Princes, Ambassadors, an I their Ladies, also, oa,orty thousands ot the Nobility and Public ; awl the Pro hao s s -cently been able to increase, by several very fine )...tures, ice., 10 Previons almost incredible number awl variety of Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relic: , and other - aotosities, iu this'plest instructive and, as hundreds have said it ._.jot to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected It, #„1;:l tti; y piuN cIYAI, EDITORS ,of the PlIBI.L; PRESs .4Ve stated that it ciugfit to be seen by every one. The price of adiuis • 14 red n eed to ONE SHILLING. NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the • Egyptian Viceadltly,.daily from Ten till Dusk,. • pithy- lecture Mr. Ilumic on the subject of "impu dence," which showed how highly he appreciated the value of this statesmanlike qualification ! We have intelligence from Madrid to the 15th. The Gazette of that date publishes a decree relative to the possession of arms by parties not regularly authorised to have them. Those placed in that situa tion are ordered to deliver them up within a certain time, under a penalty of 160 ducats and thirty days' imprisonment. The armourers throughout the coun try are ordered to render in a monthly account of their sales. The Government papers state that pre parations are still going on for an attack on Morocco, but the prevailing opinion was, that the affair would he settled without recourse to arms. The Three per Cents. were done at 27, for sixty days ; and the Fives at 20f, for cash. " The Chamber of Deputies has, in fact, terminated its deliberations. The session opened on the 28th of SUMMARY OF NEWS December, 1843, and as the Chamber will not be closed until the Peers shall have terminated their la bours (probably towards the commencement of the ensuing month), it will have lasted nearly seven months. During this interval the Chamber of De puties assembled 150 times. It was presided over three times by M. LAFFITTE, the senior Member; 105 times by M. &ADZE; its President; and 4.5 times by MM. BIGNON, LEPELLETIER D'AULNA V, DEBELLEYME, and ns SALVANDy. This session has been the most laborious, and perhaps the most fruitful, since 1830, with respect to the number and the im portance of the Bills passed, which amount to 37, besides 66 private Bills and 21 public Bills intro duced, and upon which reports have been prepared. The Chamber experienced serious losses during the session by the death of ten Deputies. Three resigned, and two were created Peers of France." AND Optitton. " Who runs may read." 7011.131GN. hi rn- rshot receivedt implicated the weamteeht v re a examinationalNet 3r The Duke de Nemours left Paris on Sunday for St. Omer. where is concentrated a portion of the troops which are to take part in the military operations near Metz. The Chamber of Deputies voted on Saturday the budget of receipts by a majority of 209 against 39. The sessional labours of that Assembly were thus brought to a close. M. Dupoty, who was sentenced to imprisonment by the Court of Peers for guilty knowledge of the attempt to murder the Duke d'Atunale, arrived at Paris from Doullens on Satur day, in a carriage escorted by two gendarmes. He left in the evening for Tours, whither the Government has allowed him to be conveyed for the benefit of his health. It is generally believed that M. Lacave Laplagne, the Finance Minister, will not negotiate a loan this year. The funds in consequence are very firm. On Sunday the Three per Cents. were quoted at 82f. 20c. I,etters from Barcelona state that the Queen, in consequence of the benefit she has derived from the sea-bathing, wishes to prolong her stay, but that General Narvaez considered it right that she should return to the capital in the beginning of August. A letter from Trieste says that the Emperor of Austria is expected in that city on the 26th of August, but there is no truth in the report that the Pope is to be there to meet him. MAW AND POLICE. A man of the name of Lester was charged at Marylebone office with having travelled on the London and Birmingham Railway a greater distance than that for which he had paid, and for refusing to satisfy the demand made upon him for the excess fare, thereby rendering himself amenable to a penalty not exceeding 40s. for the offence. He was ordered to pay a tine of 215., and in default of payment was committed for eight days. John Alves, the person charged with having fraudulently obtained two promissory notes of 1,0001. each from Lord C. Fitzroy, attended at Marlborough-street, to meet the further proceedings in the case. Mr. Bodkin, who appeared for the defence, said without giving any opinion, or going into any investigation as to the guilt of the accused party, though his belief was that the accused had committed no legal offence he was ready, as his Learned Friend entertained a different view of the law, to enter into recognisances to meet the charge at the sessions. This arrangement was agreed to by the other party. There is one main point in the defendant's favour. A bill" in Chancery has been filed against him and two others, and the third section of the above Act prohibits, in such a case, any criminal proceedings. John Tunnachtte, a respectable-looking young man, de scribed as a smith, was finally examined at Queen-square ma the charge of feloniously assaulting and wounding Sarah Powel, a widow with two children. The accused has been in custody for upwards of a month, in consequence of the dan gerous state of the complaining party, who has been unable to leave the hospital. The prisoner, who made no defence, but appeared much affected while the evidence of the wit nesses was being read over, was committed for trial at the s t et, Simmons,swell-dressed h nhbodef s tndil i rini n isesosi d efoim l lvno i Central Criminal Court. considerablehitn magistrate,esl hiagri which similar hwsg eaptatmbhrsaei iesarnosoatswpnl anif J ertecot e rrirr mt. t w sei eoosi 1, respectable appearseTwesr who htv a tth ceh s aaaepoTbt c rteul l ewhnhde l be a aeaorlit r t:th g ;c:hsaea e capeta d ttodtai nieeopini:ran) at emi isnryo i siffeb a rt i , fehtie,meehi from Carlisle of Lam beth-street lettersb fgo e m e n des t C beforear l is l confidente "awful havoc" in that city about a year ago. The prisoner was then remanded. C 017 SIT—r.a.susostAa LE. Earl and Countess De Grey are expected to leave St. James's-square to-day, on a visit to her Majesty at Wind sor Castle. The Earl 'and Countess will return to town on Thursday. His Excellency the Turkish Minister has returned from a visit to Birmingham, where he inspected the m anu f actor i es, and was entertained at dinner by Mr. Collis, the Turkish Consul, who invited Colonel Whyte and the officers of the 7th Hussars to meet his Excellency. Lord Beaumont entertained to dinner, at Mivart's Hotel, on Sunday, the Earl of Liverpool, Sir Clifford and Lady Con-, stable, Miss Chichester, Hon. Cecil Forester, Col o n e l an d Mrs. Gur woo d, Miss urwood, the Danish Minister and Countess Reventlow, Sir William De Tuyll, &c. Viscount Clifden, who has entered his 20th year, is ex pected to leave Dover House, Whitehall, early in the en suing month, on a continental tour. The following persons of distinction left town on Sunday last, for Antwerp and the Rhine, by the steamer Antwerpen, Captain Jackson :—The Countess de Sahs and family, Sir Charles Gordon, the lion. Mr. Jerningham, Major Leighton Mr. Chicheley Plowden, and Mr. Calvert, all with their re spective families. The Toulonnais of the 17th instant says, "a Turkish fleet has left the Dardanelles for the coast of Syria. It is commanded by the Capitan-Pacha, and is corn • posed of seven ships of the line, two frigates, two bri gantines, a cutter, and a steamer." The same journal of the 18th gives the following list of the fleet under the Prince DE JOIN VILLE : " The ships of the line Suffren, bearing the flag of Admiral DE JoirivlT.Le, Jemmapes, and Triton; the frigate Belle Poule ; the steam-frigates Labrador, Asmodee and Ortnoque; the steam-corvettes Pluton, Gassendi, Veloce, and Cuvier; the steamers of lesser power Phare, Castor, Cocyte, Etna, Tartare, Eu phrate, Sphinx, Chimere, Rubis, Var, and Gregeois ; and the lighters Aube, Provencale, and Perdrix. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. The Funds closed at the advanced rates of the morning, Consols being 99,- 7 ,- to 100. Bank Stock was worth 199 A to 200. The other funded investments were without al teration, except India Stock, which improved to 286 i. Exchequer Bills were at a rally to 77s and 79s premium. The Foreign investments were buoyant. Spanish Five per Cents touched 23 to 23*, and the Three per Cents. 33i to 1. Mexican Bonds were worth 361 to Y. Belgian Stock was 104 to 103,i. The Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. were 61i to 62k, and Russian 119} to 120. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Derby were 28 ; Cale donian, 14 ; Blackwell, 91- to a ; Greenwich, q- ; and Midland Counties, 1 discount. Bristol and Gloucester were 17 to 16f ; Birmingham, 128 ; Manchester and Leeds, 38 to f South-Eastern, 4i ;j and York and North Midland, Half, 29 premium. Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares were 18f premium, and National Pro vincial Bank of, England, If discount. There was a slight improvement in the exchange on Hamburgh, Paris, and Trieste ; Frankfort and Antwerp were about the same ; and Amsterdam receded a trifle. The following is the official return of the exports of bullion from the Port of London for the week ending Thursday last.— Silver Bars to Hamburgh 30,818 oz. " Coin to Rotterdam Bullion to. Sydney 5Ol. (Min The Sun of Last Night.) A large business was done in the Cotton Market at Liver pool yesterday, at Ad. per lb. advance. Speculators took 1,500 bags, and th e t ota l sales were 10, 000 to 12 , 000 b a l es, v i z., 600 Surat, at 3d t o 4d ; 100 Maranham, at 51-,d to Sid; 100 Egyptian, at qd t o 8d ; 200 Pernam, at Gd to 6d ; and the rest American, at aid to W.—Shares were, on the whole, good, but the lighter French lines were less steady. Birming ham and Derby, 70 ex div. ; Ditto and Gloucester, 1001 ; Caledonian, ; Dublin an Cashel, 4 ; Eastern Coun ties, 12 ; Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven, 15 ; Grand Junction, 214 ; Grand Junction, New, Quarter, 374 ; Harwich, 21. 4 5 . 3d. • London and Birmingham, 226 ; Ditto, 321. Shares, 37;; Ditto, Quarter, 264 ; London and Brighton, 44; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 31 ' • Midland Counties, North Union, 1_44; Sheffield and Manches ter, 76i ; South-Eastern, 374 ; Ditto, New, 114; Paris and Lyons, 2/. 15s. In the City, as elsewhere, much regret has been expressed this morning at the apparent lukewarmness which is evinced by Government in not having secured, instanter, the inven tion of Captain Warner. In a commercial point of view the supremacy of the British Navy is now, as it always has been, a consideration of vast importance, as aiding the mercantile marine of Great Britain in periods of difficulty, wherever the standard of the country floats. And how great would be the inducements of foreign powers to keep peace with us, they knowing that our ships of war are not only able by ordinary courses to ride triumphant, but being backed with a power of destruction which the invention of Captain Warner appears to possess, all attempt at resistance must be quite out of the question. Commercial men are, therefore most anxious that this invention sho u ld no t be allowed to slip into the hands of a foreign Government. COURT CIRCULAR, Wirmson, TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prim e Ab er accompanied by th e P r i ncess R oya l , walked ti s morn . ' ing in the pleasure-grounds of the Castle. Hemajestyl and the Prince also rode out in a pony ph se t o Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Waletnd the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowag L at h; Lyttelton, were taken an a i r i ng i n t h e forenooin a nil open carriage. Sir Henry Wheatley took his depirtun frc the Castle to-day. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent Tisite( ker Majesty. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, the 1,, and Countess De Grey, and the Right Hon. Henry I i bouchere arrived at the Castle this afternoon, on a visit to the Queen. The royal party left the Castle fora drive in the after noon, the Queen and Prince Albert in a pony phaeton, the Prince driving, the Countess of Mount-Edgecumbe and the Hon. Miss Liddell in an open carriage and four, and the Equerries in attendance on her Majesty and the Prince, Colonels Arbuthnot and Bouverie, on horseback. The illustrious party returned to the Castle shortly before seven o'clock. The Royal Family were taken airings in the garden:. this afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing in as open carriage. Colonel Arbuthnot has relieved Colonel Buckley in the duties of Equerry in Waiting on the Queen for a few days. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening in cluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Charlotte Dundas, and the Countess Wratislaw. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the fol lowing pieces:— March Triumphale—Ries. Overture, "Les Diamans de In Couronne "—Auber. Fantasia, on Old English Melodies—Tutton. Pis Redoublg—Nemetz. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Castle, and performed the remainder of the evening. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Meeklenburgh Strelitz honoured the Earl of Mansfield with their company to a dejeuner yesterday, at Caen-wood. The Duke of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Meeklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Bar on Knesebeck, inspect e d th e di sp l ay of flowers yesterday at the Surrey Zoological Gardens. A Cabinet Council assemble_dyesterclay, at two o'clock, at the Foreign-office, Doaining-street, which was at tended by the Lord Chancellor, Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Ripon, the Duke of Bueeleuch, Lord Granville Somerset, and Mr. Gladstone. The Council remained in delibera tion nearly an hour. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Cave, Mr. Cavan, Mr. M'Garel, and Mr. Barkley, Trustees of the British Gui ana Loan, had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office. FAEHIONS, NOVELTIES, THE ARTS, &c. What a grand and marvellous creation is this monster City of London ! How vast —how populous—how thoroughly beautiful—how inconceivably wealthy ! He who has not dwelt in it can form but a meagre idea of its magnitude—he who has not seen it, in verity, knows nothing. Look at its squares, its places, its parks, its gardens—regard the residences of its nobility—imposing, lofty, dignified, and countless. Is it not almost incredible that each of these stately, mansions is inhabited by some mighty lord or rich com moner, who there maintains an establishment and up holds a state equal in splendour to the princes of other lands ? Examine its public buildings, its churches, its monuments, its commercial wed benevolent institutions. Is not their number astounding—and, though occa sionally irregular, plain, or bizarre in their con struction, are they not, as a whole, massive and magnificent ? But walk through its leading thorough fares—the streets devoted to its traffic—its manufactures —its varied, and indeed universal trade. There you see the real London. There you see that industrious, rich, and powerful community which Napoleon sarcasti cally but yet truly designated " the nation of shop keepers." What would he call them now, when the luxury and extent of their establishments have increased since his time a hundred-fold ? Yes, these are London shopkeepers ; but such shopkeepers ! Shop keepers, whose magazines are palaces —whose de pendents are numerous as those of many princes, whose expenditures are greater than those of many Royal exchequers. Turn to the right and to the left of each broad and beautiful street, and note those almost interminable lines of splendid warehouses glittering with gold and plate glass, and filled with all the costly products of the world. Does not such a combination of profusion, order, decoration, and taste, devoted to the purposes of commerce, almost surpass credence ? But let us go a little into details, and take a few of those princely magazines as illustrations. We are in Oxford -street. We stand before that fashionable and surprisingly rich emporium kept by Messrs. Williams and Sowerby. How handsome is the exte rior! What an infinite variety of silks, of velvets, of shawls, of laces are here displayed. See those coroneted carriages that throng the entrance. In one may be re cognised a leader of haut ton, coming to select something unique in which to " witch the world" at the next Al mack's, or at one of the Duchess of Buccleuch's charming fetes champetre. In another reclines a blooming debutante of the season, endeavouring to decide whether a cerulean blue or a bright oceanic green sets off to greater advantage her unrivalled complexion. But the proprietor of the esta blishment politely invites us to enter. Here is a host of at tendants—here is an assortment of superb and exquisite fabrics—here is a choice of style, of expense, of elegant design, and supreme fashion. No wonder that it is crowded by the votaries of taste. But let us pass on to the rear, and inspect le salon pour le tissue de verre. Marble columns, wide-spreading arches, fine arabesques, a painted dome—what a receptacle for merchandise ! Yet the merchandise is well worthy of the place. The loom in its magic power never before produced such a fabric as that to which this saloon is dedicated. Th s tissue de verre, this damask of woven glass, is wonder ful as it is gorgeous, is gorgeous as it is wonderful. No tissue of ancient or modern times approaches it in brilliancy and beauty. Those who have seen it in the throne-room at St. James's Palace, and in her Majesty's closet, know how magnificent it is in dra peries ; they only who visit the saloon can imagine how admirably it is suited for a variety of purposes. But we must take leave of this superb repository of rare and elegant fabrics. Turning from the Circus into ' Regent-street, that beau ideal of a fashionable mart, what chaste, and sober, and imposing magazine is this, which at once attracts the eye, wandering amidst so many attractions? It is the extensive warehouse founded by Messrs. Jay,, and Co., upon the model of the celebrated maisons de delta of Palk Nothing can be conceived more tasteful, charming, and . touching, than this assemblage of solemn blacks and mournful grays reposing in the midst of all the flaunting finery of busy and bustling life. Enter and review its contents ; you will be astonished at the pleasing variety In which every shade and kind of sorrow may here befittingly clothe itself. Unforced to go from shop to shop, th e sad widow or the dolorous orphan here finds all that is necessary to outwaKdly denote her inward woo. Dresses, bonnets, caps, cloaks, gloves—in short, everything neces sary for her gloomy conditi9n—will she obtain in this warehouse, without going a step beyond, or without having ,to mix with the noisy and distracting crowd. That beautiful texture, known as the sole de corbeau, which has the novel quality of retaitling its colour even against sea water, is one of the invaluable articles to be had in this most extensive and accommodating " general mourning warehouse," which is patro nised by the Queen Dowager and the haute noblesse. Promenading down this delightful Regent.. street, on the opposite side, near the Quadrant, - what DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT.—A most determined and handsome shop is this round which crowds are gathered, diabolical attempt to injure a respectable tradesman, by admiring the elegant habits and becoming riding -coats firing into his shop, was made three times on Saturday last. set out in the windows ? This is the temple The following particulars of the circu ms t ance may b e relied dedi cated to fashion of which Messrs. Nicol pl l ere the upon :—About three o'clock in th e afternoon of Saturd a y, while there were several persons i n th e s h op of Mr. Rewe, high priests. who that has seen those graceful d woollen-draper, &c., of Ski nner - s t reet , S now - hill, corner of Amazons canteringthrou h . llg y e-park, and along Farringdon-street, beside hims e lf an d hi s ass i stants, a bullet R otten-row, can fa il to discover the secret of the exqui • suddenly struck one of the pieces of cloth, and fell upon site shapes and beautiful proportions ? The equestrian the floor of the shop, narrowly missing the parties purchaa- habits invented by them have b ecome E uropean in big there. Much ala rm was exc i ted by the circumstance, reputation, their artistic excellence is undenied, and the but as no injury was effected, no notice was then taken of the patronage bestowed on theni has even descended from affair. Shortly afterwards, however, another bullet was driven Royalty. But yet greater triumphs a r e i n store for with great violence thro ug h th e p l ate-glass of the folding-door j these artists. A new and surpassing riding-habit is in leading into the shop. Fortunately this fell harmless at the feet reparation, made of velvet and fur, for t h e approaching of the parties e m pl o y e d, w h o may be considered as having es- "' winter. It has been whispered that the peerless Princess caped most miraculously. The ball has perforated the plate- Rade' il— that fascinating Russian l a dy, w h o h as caused glass very cleanly, th e h o l e th roug h wh i ch it passed not being Iv much larger than its own diameter. k'inding he was n ot sa f e our English belles so much envy and jealousy —has cum in his own house from the hand of some secret villain, who manded one in secret, in which she intends to bear away either sought his life, or was endeavouring to destroy some the palm from all competitors, But we must not one else,• the principal immediately gave information of the betray confidence: Apropos of' the Princess Radeivill : double attempt to Inspector Martin, at the Smithfield station it is said that the grand secret of her suocese is, that she of the City police, who made immediate arrangements for obtains her fashions from La , Alai sm tlerbault, Ni4ces, Ru e strictly watching the premises, by having two men con- Menard a Paris. That may or may not be the case; but it stoutly on duty in the immediate neighbourhood. Just at is certain that this is the house to which the danze s du bon the time that the nine o'clock change of the constables was taking place ano th er b a ll was fired, which made a deep in • ton of Paris give the p re f erence - -and to which those strangers who visit the continental Capital run as t o th e centre in which all that i s distingue and elegant is t o b e deviation in the shutters ; b u t t hi s b u ll et h av i ng re b ounded, was not pick e d u p. Th ose w hi ch h ave b een found have been f shown to Mr. B ec k w i t h , gunsm i t h , of S kinner-street, who found concentrat e d, I n j ust i ce to the inventive talents has given his opinion that they were fired from an air-gun. of Les Dames Herbault, Nieces, it may be remarked Every exertion is being made to trace the miscreant, and that nothing can be more wonderful than the daily no from information already obtained of similar attempts made velties created by them, and of which the taste in the immediate vicinity of Farringdon-street, it is hoped formed by the celebrated founder of their maga a stop will be speedily put to such an un-English practice. sine knoivs no limits of rich variety, of adorable Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, Commissioner of Police, was fans e cent the limits of ' fastidiousness. genuine engaged until late yesterday (Monday) afternoon, in making We y' must repose for ;no into the matter. The result has not at present met-lutes , present. .But a chat upon fashion would not be complete without something transpired. MAN KILLED BY LIGHTS INC.—Durin g a storm of relative to that indispensable ornament of the female thunder and lightning which passed over the neighbourhood head—the chapeau. We remember seeing at the last ex of Gloucester on Thursday afternoon, an old labouring man position in Paris some exquisite specimens of lately-in named John Lane, seventy-one years of age, who was work- , vented chapeaux de paille, sent in by M. Fleschelle, of ing in a potatoe field at Churchdown, between this city and Paris, all of which excited universal admiration. Cheltenham, was struck by the lightning and killed instantly. • Since then there is scarcely any other species of bonnet Cuaious DiscovEur.—A f ew weeks ago, some ' to be seen in either the French or English capital. people cutt ing peat s in Auchintibber Moss, parish of Kilwi n - T rue , th e var i e ti e s of the s p ec i es are houndlesa ning, found i m b e dd e d i n a mass of turf, four feet below the as the fancy. There are chapeaux de paille plain, surface, a b o ttl e o f excellent brandy ! The bottle was quite chapeaux d.e paille fanciful, . chapeaux de paille full and securely corked—that portion of the cork which was de Bles enpaille de ris brodes, patent chapeaux g4ipsire et Ilithin the neck of the bottle was quite sound, but the piece paille, in different colours and of' different designs, besides protruding was partially decayed. It is thought that It many others. All these are " the. rage" here at present. may have been lost, perhaps a century .or two ago, by Ladies of the first style will have no other than those im some sportsman who had been traversing the heathe-Gsas• I va, National. norted from the mouse of Flesaelle, 95, Btw Uichekteu I 4 Sir Edward Codrington had an interview with Lord Dalhousie yesterday at the Board of Trade. Mr. H. Metre had an interview with Lord Stanley yes terday. Mr. Lucas had an interview yesterday with Lord Dal housie. The marriage between Mr. Kerrison and Lady Caroi line Strangeways was solemnized, yesterday- morning, at Melbury, Dorsetshire. Sir Soseph and Lady Copley have arrived at Far. rance's Hotel, Belgrave street, from their seat, Spotsbo, rough Park, Doncaster. Much interest is shown in the discussions which t a k e place in Parliament with respect to the Joint-Stock Bank Bill, and the Railways Bill. As respects the latter there is undoubtedly a feeling that more stringent clauses ought to have been introduced, for the purpose of checking the mono poly now possessed by the large companies, by which prices for conveyance are kept up for the middle and lower classes. The alterations in the Joint-Stock Bank Regulation Bill, as yet made, have reference principally to the details, excepting that which concedes the right of such establishments, within sixty miles of London, to sue, or be sued, by an authorised officer to be appointed. A slight degree of apprehension has existed in some circles of the City that. the policy adopted by the French Govern ment towards Morocco- might lead to a dispute between our Government and that of Louis Philippe, and therefore the declaration of the Premier last night that the naval establish ment in the Mediterranean was sufficient to meet any emer gency, has given satisfaction, the more so, as the French. Go vernment has, it appears, pledged itself not to extend its con quests in the direction referred to. We have received sonic late papers this morning from Graham's Town. The Commissioners entrusted with the in quiry into the state of our condition of Natal with a view to its free formation, and to fix data to regulate the distribu tion of land to those of its emigrant farmers who had preliminary Y rmation would be entitled themselves by twelve months' residence to par ticular spots, had returned, and reported, asrepiosrts.aid,sionmae 0 farms were occupied, it is said, within the o as m any had changed hands at from 2501. atb satisfactory.ot. erndmust,oetd above bthowever,vtemi 2e a o o n p u , oei public. elapseie 300 i . in Abw theirbeforeotoi About dt p c2 ;e fm ! ci, l i n Napier, a o s f s a e l t l w i n e g l twelve months' t watered farms of 6,000 acre& The frontier continued' o e : r n3 m utwiti s hlul o s,: f drf t oe, h rs ini e dN proclamation ,e riaellce 'settled s state. e o . f Sir Charles Excellent Graham's Town at 2id. per lb. A further rise has taken place in the Funds this morning. Consols for Money and Account have been sold at par, which the dividend paid on money stock this month being con sidered, is equal to nearly 101 L. Reduced Three per Cents. have been. purchased freely at per cent, above par, and the Reduced Three-and - a - Half per Cents. at 3A per cent. above par. The price of Exchequer Bills has remained at 76-8 premium. Bank Stock has varied from 1991 to 2CO ; and India Stock from 9 86,, to 286&. The Government brokers bought 10,00 W. Reduced-Annuities at ICOi. A communication has just been received from Messrs. Baring, Brothers; by, the Committee of the Foreign Stock Exchange, announcing the fact that through the exertions of Mr. Falconer, the British Envoy, the Government of the Republic had ratified the proposal that 5,00 hard dollars be paid over per month for the benefit of the Buenos Ayres bondholders, until such time as some final arrangement can be made for permanently providing for the public debt. Buenos A'yres Bonds have in consequence advanced to 36 , a rise of two per cent. In the other South American stocks the variations have been Slight ; a few bargains have been made in Spanish Three per Cerits. at WA ; Portuguese Converted at 451 ; in Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. at 62; and in Belgian at 104. The Railway Share market is not quite so good as it was yesterday, with the exception of the Manchester and Leeds, which have reached 38 premium, and the York and North Midland now worth 58A premium. Union Bank, of London Shares have realised 21 premium ex div., and the London and Westminster Bank 7 premium. MANcnEsTEn S'focK - 11 -xcilAwarE, JULY 22.—The market continues firm, with a good general demand at improving prices,—Eastern Counties, 12 5-16; Ditto, Perpetual, 3i prem. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 56A cum quarters ; Ditto, Quarters, 3 prem.; Sheffield and Manchester, Quar ters, 10i ; South-Eastern, 37A ; Huddersfield and Manchester, 20s. premium. The Marquis of Londonderry has left town for the north, with a view to arrange, if possible, the unhappy differences now existing among the colliery population in that district. His Lordship is expected to return to town during the pre sent week. The Earl and Countess of Dartmouth have left town for the season, and are at present staying at the Noble Earl's seat, Sandwell, Staffordshire. IVIISCELL.&NEOVS. On Sunday last no less than four accidents took place on the Thames, by which seven lives were lost by drowning. The particulars of the awful calamity which happened at Blackfriars-bridge last evening will be found under the proper head. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Beak Stock 19 936 Indian Stock 286% 3 per Cent Red lOO% Ditto B on d s Pm. . 3 per Cent. Cons . - 336 per Cont. Red 103% Ditto New Annuities ... - New 3% per Cent. 102% Ex. Bills 1,0001. 1 %ci ... 7 9 Pm N ew 5 per Cent - I Ditto Sma ll ? 9 p. Long Annuities to expire 1 Ditto Small 79 pro. Jan itt60............... 12 9.16 (Bank Stock for Acct - Oct 185 9 l2 7-16 Consols for Act. ...... 100 Jan. 1 660 ......... ••••• IN India Stock for Acct.... - Belgian, l A ustrian. eonmioibsa nan 6 Ayres , p e FOREIGN FUNDS. per Cent .... ..... - Portuguese, 5 per Cent s per Cent ........ .... 103% Ditto, New Ditto... ......... - Bonds . ........... .. - Pruscan,s per Cent Chllian, 6 per Cent ............ - Ditto, Metallic 21 6 per Cent.. - Russian, 5 per Cent l2O 9336 Ditto, 1R24....... ...... .......... -. Ditto, 3 per Cent . r Cent ...... 14% Spanish, 5 per Cent... ..... Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent .... - ,Ditto, Deferred t. -C. Danish, 3 per Cent . - ........ - :French, 5 per Cent -f. Greek, 18 _5, 5 per Cent ..... - !Exchange per Cent., 1Er57.... !Dutch, 236 per Cent.... 6 15 e N i e t ra o3 n, 5 per Cent .. ... ... - Frenc.i, 3 per Cent. -f._ -c Peruvian, lEe5, 6 per Cent., 25%! Ditto, 5 per Cent ........101% Birmingham and Derby SHARES. 72, £lOO paid Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) Dublin C aledonian, a sp a id Cashel, 236 paid ...... ..... . ......... 13 3 35 t LmGorDnneaddi t t ootnno W aFa e nni s di t dt e iGi rf rieeal ( 7 c2nk s w: p ia a icld i hi d ( ) ls.l36.l e c4d4a). pa i d)... 106 24: 228 London and Birmingham (Stock) South Midland Manchester a scte. it and nntai nesd Leeds p( ( i 0 paid) 91:1 56% Northern and Eastern (45 paid) 7% I :e p r ai ( d 33 ) 2s 4d paid) .... . ""' 1 43% - - .. York and NOW) Midland (50 paid) COURSE OF' IXI If NGE 54 Ditto Hlf Sha r es ( 2 5 pail ) ....... ..«... •.•..( Amsterdam CF. 12 41 Gibraltar 30 50 itto, at sight....!,: 12 1 Leghorn 25 85 rotterdam _ Antwerp ............. 25 90 Milan Ilamburgh ...... Di.B. 13 12i Venice 47 ESTERD_A Y . 391 Altona .... . ..... . ...... 13 13 Naples . - • Paris, 3 days' sight._ 25 60 Palermo, per oz llBh Ditto, 3 month s .••••• 25 85 Lisbon 54 Marseilles .............. 25 90 Oporto 54 Rourdeanx ............ 25 90 Ri o J an eiro 23 Frankfort on Mai ne.. 121 Bahia 23 Petersburgh, 3 Us._ 3 7' Buenos Ayres - 8er1in.............. 7 NewYork,2ldyssight - Vienna, effec. 5.3 M. 952 Philadelphia - Trieste, ditto ......... 953 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Madrid .................. 37 • Foreign Gold, bars•-• 43 17 9 0 0 0 New Doubloons 0 4 10h Barcelona .............. 36 - New Dollars Vil di ba z o ............. 3 7 Portugal Gold Coin 317 5 ........................ Serino' ........ -• Silver in Ears 0 4 11 a 36 rile annual meeting of the Commercial Bank of London was held at their premises in Moorgate-street, on Monday, when Mr. Cutbill, the Secretary, read the report, from which it appeared that the bank was proceeding prosperously. After paying of current expenses, and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, the net profits of the bank for the past year amounted to 6,3031. 7s. I ld., which enabled the direc tors to declare a dividend of five per cent., free of income tax, leaving a balance of 2,303/. 7s. Ild. In consequence of the recent decision of Lord Chief Justice Tindal, that lodgers,paying a yearly rent of 101. were enti tled under the Reform Act to the privilege of voting at elec tions, there is every probability that the constituencies of the metropolitan boroughs will this year be greatly increased. In the Tower Hamlets about 1,000 claims have been sent in to the overseers ; in the Ward of Cripplegat.e notices have been served for 700 ; and in the borough o f L am b et h t h ere are no fewer than 1,000 new claimants, the great majority of whom are lodgers. Great preparations are going on at Southampton for the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society on Wednesday. Agriculturists from Scotland and Ireland, and agricultural commissioners from France, Germany, Belgium, Prussia, Russia, and even from the United States of America, are also expected ; and from present appearances, it is likely that in its powers of attraction the present show will by no means fall short of its predecessors. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. Lozinox, 23.—Wind S. to S.E., fresh breezes, and fine OFF HASTINGS JULY 2 2.—Maria, Thompson, Nassau. PoßrsmotTTH, JULY 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Malabar, Lon don for Bombay. Sld. Panock Hall, Sydney ; Mediator, New York. Off, Woodside, Scott, Rio Janeiro ; Fortitude, Bock tiara, China, left Cape of Good Hype May 23, St. Helena 6th ult. DEAT,, JULY 22.—Wind A.M. W.S.W. to S.S.W. ; r.m. S.S.W., moderate ; 10 P.M , S.S.E., light. —Arrd. Underwood, Moffatt, St. Kitt's ; Euphrosyne, Doyle, Quebec. Sid. Bri tannia, Calcutta; Diana and Themis, ; Belle, Bermuda Catharine, Baltimore; Catharine, Halifax; Daphne, Algoa Bay ; Odin, Rio ; Sarah, St. Vincent's. ;4011TILAMPTON, JULY 20.—Arrd. Mariner, Coppell, Quebec. P I.YaIOUTIu, JULY 22 —Wind N.E.—Put back, N autil us, Jay, for Quebec, leaky, after being in lon. 24. Arrd. Tweed, Lakeman, Quebec. Off, Mount Stewart Elphinstone, Cal cutta ; Brenda, Haslip, Mauritius ; General M'Donald, Wheate, Gambia. _ --- -- ..„ - - VORACITY OF A— neT --r- --:-A few . nights ago, Mr. Watson, surgeon, Gatehouse lost a parroquet in - a singular way. The bird W as let outs of the cage every night, and having been in the house. for ten years it had become quite domesticated. In th e morning it was found on_ a table dead, having been killed by a rat.—/han a fries Herald. FALMOUTH, JULY 22.—Wind George Wilki nson and Alchyinists, Quebec; Henning, Taylor, Miramichi Comet, Schmidt, Pernambuco. Off, True Briton, Bombay ; New Express, Havitt, Ceylon; Herzog Bogislav, Buenos Ayres, sailed May 15, and proceeded for Rotterdam ; Mary Forest, St. Kitt's ; Europe, Gubb, Quebec. 22. Andromeda, Sutton, Sydney, New South Wales; Hudson, Bayfiebl, Icha boe, and sallect for Yarmouth. Burs Tot., JULY 22.—Arrd. Caroline, Brooks, Tobago. Sld. Charlotte, Cape of Good Hope. OFF THE WIGHT, JULY 20.—Fenton, Havannab, for Hamburgh ; Rosina, ditto, for St. Petersburgh. OFF THE START, JULY 20.—1n0, St. Domingo for Ham burgh ; Emerald Isle, China. OFF FALMOUTH.—HeIena and Paulina, New York, for Amsterdam ; Ftigel, Bay of Fundy ; James, Halifax ; Tagus, Miramichi. LIVERPOOL, Jur.v, 22.—Wind variable and light. Arid. Queen Alab, Amley, China; Hermes, Smith, Buenos Apes ; Isabella, APConnell, Old Calabar; J. P. Dobree, St. Domingo ; Princess Royal, New Orleans; Philippa and Indus, Quebec. sm. Wanderer, Luna; Earl of Leicester, Rio Grande ; Bel fast, Africa; Mary Campbell, Vera Cruz; Robert Parker, Berton ; Thetis, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Chieft a i n , Que bec. Off, Glendugh, supposed from Calcutta; Clio, Buenos Ayres • Courier, Batavia. A heavy S.W. gale was experienced in the River Plate from the Bth to the 11th May, during which 11.31. steamer Gorgon, and eight other vessels drove on shore. The barque Ann, for Liverpool, took the ground, but came off and pro ceeded, May 12. THE WEATHER.—SuN PFricE, JULY 23, Nr.,,lomicrrni Lowest. 59; highest, 78; Noon, 76. eattomitt, 30.08.—W0m, S.S.E. e number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the and 55 temperate. In Baromt,tt , ts fair is pl ,„ ( f opp,l4ite 30, and rain at 29. `iluti W.Vl'alt AT 1.0 . ,.1I)014-BRIDGE - TLIIS 1) &Y. mtaiti.g minutes after 7 Evening... 23 minute.; after It . Akt 4 'W kV# " IlAr‘ ,41111114 1 , 1 k aid ; • • difigrrii. •-• org, litatitio• moS "R o IVO' _;.__ 4 . it * A T.ONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1844. t T}IE SITN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 24, 1844 a Paris, than which none in the word iz, more fertile in invention, or more justly celebrated for pure taste. An' other day we shall resume our conversation on the gay world, its fashions, novelties, and articles of refinement. SPORTING INTELIAGENCE . HATCHAM PARK RACES—YEsTERDAL Sw.epstakes of 5. sovs. each, with 25 added ; three Y old, 7st 71b ; four years, Bst 81b ; five years,.9st ; r. years and aged 9st 21b ; mares and geldings a ll owed 3L" Winners once in 1844, 31b ; twice, 51b ; and Liar, 71b extra. The winner to be sold for 1201. Ilea' once round. (3 Subs.) Mr. Machin's Crocus, 4 yrs walked over, A 0 The Old Kent-road Stakes of 3 sovs. each, an - A 2 . added ; three yrs old, 7st 81b ; four yrs, Bst 9 1 b t m ic . ! \ yrs, 9st 21b ; six yrs and aged, 9st 61b. Horses tb.ll! 1 \ave started once in 1844 and not won allowed 31 °1 ! tice, 51b ; and thrice, 71b. Heats, once round an " .„,,. 1 . 5. Winner to be sold for 100 sovs. (3 Subs.) 1 1 21r . L 'apel's Lady Flora, 6 yrs. ...(Pattison) 2 2 Mr. 136, •ce's Nora Creina, 4 yrs 1 2 i s he , Mr. B t, a's Dane John, aged three parts 3 T fl it heat was well contested, the second w on 131 Mr. H. \Rfng,alength, and the third easily. Match agait, hour, over twenty hurdles. stowtime, 200 to 100, twenty miles in one nd's Charming Poll (Paget) W e t: Pushed the di s with ease, in 55 minutes 49 sew inclidi ng foultativ, ages. The betting was heavy ° n time. Thecompany Was, if possible, more numerous than yesterdsv, DIT)LEY AND TIPTON RACES—MoNDAY• .; The Lach s ' P urse o f 254 for horses that never wo n' t 3 yrs old, ist , 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; 5 yrs, Bst 101 b ; 6 yrs and2s,l 9st 21b ; marb, and geldings, and horses that haves three times this par without winning, allowed 31b; ° We and a half ; was von in two heats by Mr. Emery's_ u in e• away, 3 yrs (Potts). beating Mr. Parish's Victoria, vd Mr. Saunders's c h f the Tulip, out of Kalina, 4 yrs' in three others. The Horsley Stake s o f sous. each, with 20 added, for 4 ! e : old, 7st 41b ; and 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ; mares and gel d allowed 31b ; and maiden yrs old, 31b. 1 9 Mr. Hall's Brillia na , 3 yrs (W. Archer ) Mr. Flintoff's The Elbe, z. .• Mr. Ongley's The Mouse, 3 yrs.._ . .......................... • 4 Mr. F. Dyche's Venture, 4 yrs .. .... .... The Tipton Stakes o f 2 sous, each, with 20 a dded,. for b..,; ) not thorough-bred, that never one 501. at any on e time ;_,".1 mile and a half ; w ere won i n two heats by lkir. Eow .fis ;lef s , m Filby, 4 yrs (D enman ) , b eating Mr. Wesley's B r irsjor• 6 yrs—Mr. H a ll' s B rewoo d , 6 yrs— w Mr. Aste° • 5 yrs—Mr. Price's Little abis.,, 4 yrs—and Mr. Par ViclAniir, o yrs. BRIDGNORTH RACES—MoNDAY. The Patshull Stakes of 2 sovs. each ; twice round- Lord Warwick's b c Th e M u l e, 3 Ars .....(G. Whitehouse) 2 Mr. G. Pritchard's Pensive, 4 yr 5............ ........ Mr. Ougloy's Queen o f th e Gipsies, 4yr5.... ............. 3 ...... .••••• A good race. The Maiden Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added , for horses that never won 501.-; the second to save his stake; o n e 1 .. mile and a half ; 7 su b s ; were won in two heats by . „,, Wesley's Miss Lucy, 5 y rs (Sl y), beating Mr. Wildin,r irk Coheiress. 4 yrs—b g by Sh r i g l ey—Confab—and three Ow" INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. GOOD WOOD, 1844. FIRST DAY. Nominations for the Goodwood Club Stakes. 5 Fistieuff,. 4, yrs,—Fox, 4 yrs—C oa l: Black lOse' yrs—Quebec, 4 y rs —N awort h , aged—Lothario, ",i r ",. 4 —Aristides, 4 yr s —Th e C urrier, aged—Cattonite, —Preissnitz, aged—Emma, 3 yrs—Queen Mab, 5 YL', Seaweed, 3 yrs—Miss Miggs, 4 yrs—Pastoral, 3 Porto Bello, 4 yrs—Elemi, 3 yrs. The Welter Stakes of 20 sous. each. Gentlet ne° riders, &c. Auld Lang Syne, 4 yrs—Pastoral, 3 yrs—Catt° 4 yrs—Ben-y G hlo, 4 yr s . The match between Olive Oil and Lord Glasg 3 Canada filly will be run on this day. THIRD DAY. The Anglesey Stakes of 15 sovs. each, &c. r a h Seaweed, 5 yrs —Coal Black Rose, 3 yrs—Nov°, aged—Nat, 4 yr s —Q ue b ec, 4 yrs—Aristides, 4 Yr'l., Queen Mab, 5 y rs —T he Currier, aged—Mechanic, 41 —Preissuitz, aged—Cattonite, 5 yrs—Lothario, 4 ) 34 ° LA ST DAY. Handicap for the Chesterfield Stakes. Knight -of-the-Whistle, 6 yrs, 9 st—Garry Owen, Bst 81 b—Lothario, 4 yrs, 6st—British Y eom an, 4 7'7 Bst 61b—The Altered O ne. 5 vrs, Bst 51b—Poropet' yr ts,l3 Bst 21L-..Poison, 4 yrs, 74 131/3—Scaltec;n' 5 Vsi 7slb—Our Aeii, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Arundo, 4 yrs , ,, 111b—Nat, 4 yrs, 7st 1 01b—Khorassan, 4 yrs, 7st 10 , 11 ."„_ Canton, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Marna, 4 yrs, 7st--Franch is e ' 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Elegance filly, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—What' 4 yrs, 7st 61b--Little Vivian, aged, 7st 41b—Fisticlub,. yrs, 7st 41b—P ouss i n , 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Princess, 3 -;;Jj; 7st 4 1 b—Aristides, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Ionian, 3 yrs, 7st —Poor Soldier, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Zeila, 4 yrs, Est 13 , 113- :. Barricale, 3 yrs, Est 81b—Mickey Free, 3 yrs, 6 st_, 6° :ds Rowland, 4 yrs, Est 61b—Dog Billy, 3 yrs, 6st 41b--L", of Kildare, 3 yrs, Est 41 b—Deerslayer, 4 yrs, Est 41v - 0 Quebec, 4 yrs, 6st 21b—Marquis, 4 yrs, Est—Row e t n 3 yrs, 6st—Croton Oil, 3 yrs, 6st—Skeleton, 3 yrs9, ss ` d - ; Elemi, 3 yrs, sst 91b—Example, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Cia ll r Frollo.l 3 y rs , s st 71b — Fi tz-James, 3 yrs, ss t 711‘. Seaweed, 3 vrs, sst 71b— Moustache, 3 yrs, sst. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETlffth 1844. FRIDAY.—Mr. 71b Physalis, Bst . ft. Duke of Bedford's Glen Fishie, Bst ; T.Y.C. ; 150, 12 HOUGHTON MEETING, 1844. MONDAY.-Colonel Peel's Garry Owen, Bst 11b, agt t Lord Edw ar d Russell's Nat, 7st 51b ; T.Y.C. too, 11.5 - WEDNESDAY.-Duke of Bedford's Glen Fishie 2 ,7 1 71b, agst Lord Eglintoun's Britannia, 6st 416. Tl*" . 200, h ft. At the annual m ee ti ng o f the Jockey Club notice wasre- given that at the n ex t meet i ng of the Jockey Clu ,. • ,"" solution would b e move d to the effect, " That no who is a defaulter for bets shall be allowed to e horse at Newmarket, either in his own name, or in name of any other person." • THE BENTINCE TESTIMONIAL.— The subsc , —r— ° amount to nearly 1,5001. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY. —Our readers, fact, all persons interested in this important undertaking , "..s. be pleased to he ar th a t s t eps h ave already been taken to co is, mence the works. Th e y may, indeed, be said virtually to st have commenced, for on M on d ay last the Directors IlletAff. Exeter, in order to' facilitate the proceedings, and B Brunel ining has for some time p as t , b een engaged in the contracts beingthe advertised. At D aw li s h beach, „a soundings for the foundation have been taken by him, are in some pl aces a b out 17 feet. The station will be 011 : n st site of Mr. Kennaway's house ; the cuttings through the `T,.. will soon be worked out on t 3 the rocks the Parson and Cler, , The Sand Rock being easily cut, will soon be got through' and the outward sea-wall facing, built of Babbicombe stone rock, will form its outward exterior, and will be of l o finest workmanship. It i s cons id ered certain that the l ine Newton will be completed within twelve months, and to ru . mouth in about two years.—Deronport Independent. APPOINTMENT IN THE ROYAL HOUS2HOLD.'"%, consequence of the marriage of the Hon. kiss Lister ( 1 " 0 , was appointed one of the Maids of Honour to the Qu e ll, upon her Majesty's accession to the throne in 1837) to E.... 4 Grove, Esq., of Shenston Park, near Lichfield, a vacancy,n created in the Royal Household, which has jest been r 11 !`: up by her Majesty conferring this honourable and distills guished a pp o i n t ment upon the Hon. Lucy Maria Kerr, t a youngest daughter of Colonel Lord Robert Kerr, the Ser-i e :, ary to the Order of th e Thi st l e, and the second cousin to tie youthful Marquis of Lothian. DEATH O F JAMES PEDD IE , E SQ . —W e regre t tO announce the death of James Peddie, Esq., W.S., Edinhur si g r. which took place on the 17th .of the present month. et e Peddle was well known in Scotland for his advocacy of 1 1 extended currency. , His pamphlets on this intricate 219 _, 1 little understood subject show much thought and practiu,; ht w ell. knowledge of the business of the country, and mi studied in England in relation to the present state of affair s ' Lord Charles Wellesley came to town from Stratt tieldsaye, on Saturday, and after transacting business Londoh, returned by an early train in the afternoon. ARRIVAL OF THE RUSSIAN FRIGATE A D HORA' STIEERNESS, JULY 21.—0 n Saturday morning a Russian f r i ll gate, reported to b e th e Aurora, and having a Vi ce •Admir on board, was riding aqanchor at the Nore. She is reporte d to have gold specie, and some very valuable presents board for her most gracious Majesty. The Aurora, it pected, will leave the Nore for Gravesend on TueSdaY (this day). TAKING THE VElL , —Yesterday the imposing ceremony of taking the black veil was performed at the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy, at Parker's Folly, Ber mondsey. At the ea r ly h our o f eight o'clock the chapel the convent was crowded by persons, principally ladies, 5 witness the ceremony. At that hour the convent be began tolling, anncenicing the entrance of the precession' which consisted o f t h e pr i ests, incense-boys, and assistant* followed by the nuns, each of whom bore a lighted We l taper. The ceremony was then proceeded with, durinf t which solemn mass was celebrated; and at the conclusie a each of the nuns embraced their newly professed sister,2 l P,, h they returned to th e convent in the same order in IP/use': they had left. The young lady who has thus embraced se— profession is a Miss Dufl; and was possessed of considerab le property. She has been in the convent upwards of t's' o years, arid is of great personal attractions. MURDE R NEAR S TRATFORD-UP ON-AVON.---tir e st excitement has been caused during the week in Stratford; upon-Avon by a report of the discovery, of a murder conl. matted more than eighteen months ago, at Binton-bridg e s near Stratford. Thomas Knight, one of the parties con cerned, ha s ma d e a voluntary confession, from which 1 appears that th ree men, named Thomas Careless, Badenhau l l and " Sam," h ad been drinking at a public-house, when 1 ; Jew pedl ar was present. On the Jew leaving the hou l d they followed him to the bridge, knocked him down, an took away his box. lie cried out, and offered them 5 1 . spare his life, but they beat him until he was insensible ; and then, Inesiug torn away a large stone from the bridges they tied ;i with a pitch rope round his body, and threw bi a , into the deep water. Persons have been employed in dr a g; ging the ri ver, and it is said that on Friday the drag caught against a h ar d substance which it could not bring I I P , that on a man di ving to the bottom of the water he found and brought up a large piece of stone, which, from its at; pearance, an d i ts correspondence with the stones on bridge, is eeneidered to be that with which the body 011 been sunk.—Bienzingham Gazette. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—O n Thursday morning; the 11th instant, at daybreak, one of the pilots of St. I r e went to th e head to look out f or vesse l s, and on arr iving there, he was surpr i sed by the sound of distress froma°o, person near hi m . H e looked around, and shortly saw in distinctly a figure in the water, which he took to be a naked body of a man. He ran instantly to call his comrades, Tf were in bed, butsame immedi a t e l y , an d t h ey launc h e d tstel! boat, and rowe d i n the direction where the object had be et seen. It had drifted a considerable distance from the se e d where it was first ooserved, but, after a short time the's' a young woman floating on her back in the water, and al_ l l. They, of course b roug h t h er speedily to land, and after so time, by the t rea t ment o f Mr. Samuel Hocking, surgeon, ehe was sufficiently restored to give an account of herself. 'L e was a servant at one of the shops in the town, and had b s eol,; pregnant, ley some one whose name she would not di ic lor,• Her pregnancy had lately bean suspected by the persons whom she lived, and to avoid the disgrace of its confirmael7 o she unhappily attempted to drown herself. She wen .. A. the water at the breakwater point, and drifted around head, a distance of more than a quarter of a mile, and • fully 1" not have been I n t h e water less than, an hour. She ersi_th, —West Briton. recovered, and rem o v e d t o th e ~. ante of her friends OLE cu' tttit Pri 4 1 i larj