The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-07 00:00:00

- Mr. Colquhoun had an interview with the Earl of J Ibercleon,.at the Foreign-office, on Tuesday. Mr. Hume, M.P., and Mr. Duncan, M.P., had an nterview with the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel yesterday. .Mr. C. B. Murray had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi dame' in Downing street. ' Sir Robert Peel and most of the Cabinet -Ministers went yesterday afiernoon to the Ministerial White Bait Dinner, at Greenwich. •Sir J. Preston, Bart., Mr. E. T. and the Misses Preston arrived at Farrance's Hotel, from their seat in Norfolk. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CONTINENT. It is now decided, as we stated many days since it was likely • to be. that her Majesty will remain at the Isle of Wight until • the day previous to the prorogation of Parliament; arid that after . the duty of dismissi ng th e P ar li amen t i n p erson , h er Ma _ jesty will embark on board the Royal yacht the Victoria arid Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.8., at Woolwich, the same day, for Antwerp. Her Majesty will leave the Isle of Wight to-morrow, in the Fairy, Royal yacht tender, Commander Crispin, and will come • to town eta Gosport, by the South-Western Railway. Her Majesty will ororostue Parliament at the usual hour, two o'clock in the afternoon, and will afterwards proceed to Woolwich, and embark on board the Royal yacht between five and six tickek in the everting. Her Majesty will be accompanied by his Royal Highness P 'rifler. Albert, and attended by the Earl of Aberdeen, Secre t ary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward of the Household ; Lady Canning and Lady Gains ' borough, Ladies in Waiting ; and Sir James Clarke, her Ma jesfy's Physician in Ordinary, on board the royal yacht. 4lr. George E. Anson, 'treasurer and Private Secr etary to Prince Alberr, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry to hi. Royal High ".ners will embark at the same time on board the Black Eagle, . Admiralty steam lacht, forconv, yance to Antwerp. The Eark t f Haddington, and other members of the Board :Admiralty, will attend her Majesty on her embarkation at 'Woolwich. and also the officers of the Queen's Household, the - rnavirrA;military, and civil authorities of the port and garrison of IVraol vs ich. C.,ptain Bullock, one of the most experienced of the Admi ralty surveying officers, and in;imately acquainted with the rrovigation to Antwerp, will accompany her Majesty on the amage in his surveying steam-vessel the Porcupine. The royal squadron will they be composed of the following rstedm-velsels : The Victoria and Albert, Royal yacht, Captain .Lord A. Fitzelarenee; the Black Eagle, Admiralty steam :yacht, Master Commander B. Cook , and the Porcupine, steam -vessel, Captain Frederick Bullock. As so,m as tie Royal p irty has embarked, the souadron will - prnceed ro the rootnh of the Thames, where the Royal yacht will anchor until day Ight .on Sunday morning, and then the ves , .els will proceed to Antwerp, the Black Eagle leading up tthe Scheldt. • The Fairy Royal yacht tender, on landing her Majesty at `the Clarence-yard, Gosport, on Friday, will, after having some nvork*periormed on her at Portsmouth, replenish her fuel, and Actirig Master D. W. Roberts, commanding, will proceed on Saturday clrect to the Rhine, there to wait her Majesty's plea cure. Captain Crispin will rejoin the Victoria and Albert at 'Woolwich on Frinay evening. The Lightning steam-tender, Master Commanding W. Pettey ; aoci ;he Monkey steam-tug, Second Master Command ing W. 'Bryant, wilt ship the Royal carriages and luggage et 'Woolwich, to-morn.w ; and, with some of the Royal attend suits, will proceed in toe afternoon to Antwerp. Her. Majesty's royal steam yacht. ( Victoria and Albert), Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzelarenee, G.C.8., left Portsmouth r.t seven. o'clock on Tuesday evening, arid arrived at her moor i opposite the Dockyard, Woolwich, at ens) o'clock, P. M., :vesterdy (Wednesday). Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence 0 )01, round in her, ant landed immediately alter at the Dock- Preparations have coratnerieed for the embarkation of liar Majesty, by putting on hoard several articles for the use of Queen and Prince Albert, several yersons from Bucking- Palace having bees in waiting at the Dockyard to go on hoard on the arrival of tt a Royal yacht to assist in making her beady fur hor illajebty's reception. • SOUTEI-EAs7'ERN RAILWAY.--Gross traffic receipts for the week ending Aug. 2 : -P a ssengers -Culling account and siweiel engines 15 0 .1%; ads 2ds 15 8 1,407 10 8 153 i 9 11 54 0 8 WhitAtable Railway recairt!••• Falkestor e Harbour duel 7,t91 17 0 Total Al 4: Ws per, mile per week £79 610 r" - a ' 7 .11 mile per day /64.. ~., . „..v . , ~:,.. _ L I. nwich Railway receipts 1,113 6 8* 1,112 17 1 ! , .-.--,.. . v,.-c . _, .. £9,004 14 1 ji-;":..'N).. 7 ,.: f 4 U/41 -7, ery position in which it had been upset ; and onward, on the ei-hind side, was the body of the horse-box, with the paeheis 1 'lightly injured on the sides, the back part burned, and the front broken completely away. The engine was removed, it appears, from the spot to the Cambridge side of the Chestertord station. En passosst one may be permitted to observe, without attach ing the shadow of blame to any enoconcerned, that it would appear just and reasonable to leave the component parts of the wreslt as near to the place of accident, and as they lay re- Speetively, as the convenience of the public traffic admits of, for it is self.evident that such an observance would facilitate the a Übseiquent investigation. After General .Pasley had minutely examined the state of the tarriages, &c., he proceeded to view the spot of the bcci •deeita. On measurement, it appeared that it was 103 yards fr , An where the first jump was felt and the spot where the car- I : awes were forced off the rail. The point, then, of considera ', tion was, whether the accident was occasioned by excessive peed causing such a violent oscillation as eventually to throw the carriages off the line, or a turning up of one of the rails, caused by the immediately-preceding train. On this General Pasley offered no opinion. The general feeling in the neigh ' bourhood is, that the train was going at consieerably upwards ' of - thirty miles an hour, to make upsa few minutes of lost time. The engineer declares, on the other hand, that the speed was not more than twenty-eight miles an hour. General Pasley gave no opinion as to the cause of the accident. It appears almost miraculous how the' passengers in the second-class carriage, so dreadfully injured, as already described, could have escaped not only without lo,s of life, or limb, in a single instance, but absolutely without a wound or a bruise worth speaking of—yet such is the fact. Some of this resulted from the calmness and presence of mind displayed by Mr. Jackson, the contractor of the line from Brandon to Cambridge. • This gentleman was in the co li c in front of the first-class car riages, with a lady, Mrs. Balfour, of Norwich. In the very r alrst instance of the shock he held her back in her seat by main force, and prevented her from being sent through the window in front. When the upset took place he got in stantly o ut , and having e x t r i ca t ed hi s compan i on, he p r oceeded to assist the ether passengers, and each, who had anything like presence of mind, as they got free lent a hand in emanci pating their companions. As might be expected, a great many, • especially of the female passengers, were dreadfully prostrated, and it took some time to bring them to a sense of the fact that they were far more frightened than hurt. It was a singular fact, that amongst the first to escape, and before Mr. Jackson could get trem the carriage in which he sat, were three children, who went through the window of one of the second-class carriages, one after another, as if they were shot out, and l a nded on th e bank, perfectly unhurt. When it wig perceived that the horse-box was on fire in the rear:, the front was judiciously broken in, and the animals jumped out, and were thus saved; without hurt or blemish. I'he poor stoker, Richard Peat, had taken this his first trip eon the North-Esstern line as an experimental one, being a driver on the Midland Counties. He was a fine young man, and, melancholy to relate, had only been married six months. His body now lies at the Falcon Inn, Littlebury, awaiting the inquest, which will be held to-morrow (this day), by Mr. Lewis, the coroner for Essex, at eleven o'clock. It is worthy of particular remark, and challenges the atten tion of the directors of the various lines through England, • that General Pasley observed to-day to Mr. Anson, and the other officers of the company present, that if there had been • any engine behind as well as before, "the whole train would ..have been settled." These were his emphatic words, by which, to these who may not see their force, he meant that the carriages would have been, with every human being in them, smashed to atoms. General Pasley and Mr. Phepps (the engineer of the line), after about an hour and three-quarters' investigation, left for London in the two o'clock fast train, and arrived shortly before four o'clock at Shoreditch. COURT (~IiRA; His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Cu!. Wylde, Equerry in Waiting, returned to Osborne House on Tuesday a f ternoon, a f ter accompanying his Majesty :the King of the Netherlands on his return to town. The Queen afterwards rode out en horseback, accole -panied by Prince Albert, and attended by the Equerry' :in Waiting. Yesterday morning their Royal Highnesses the Prince , of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the _Princess Alice, rode out on ponies, and were taken walking exercise. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked yesterday _forenoon in the pleasure-grounds. The Duchess of Buccleuch and Lady Adelaide Paget were expected to have the honour of joining the royal circleeat Osborne House at dinner:yesterday evening. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands went un attended yesterday morning to honour Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Military Secretary to the Commander-in- Chief, with a visit, at his residence in Great Stanhope 'street. His Majesty breakfas te d wi t h hi s L or d s hi p. • At one o'clock the King left Mivart's Hotel, attended byViseennt Hawarden, Lord in Waiting, and his Excel lency E. Boud, in one of the Queen's carriages for the new Houses of Parliament. The Hon. Captain Hood, Groom in Waiting, and Count Bylandt followed in another Royal carriage. On arriving at the new Palace of Westminster, his Majesty was received by Mr. East htlee, the secretary to the Fine Arts Commission. Mr. Barry, the architect, was out of town, but some ntlemen connected with his office. and with the execu te on of the works, were in attendance with the plans of tt ie new palace, and submitted them to the King. His Majesty, attended by Mr. Eastlake, examined ra mutely the whole of the offices and buildings con e( ;teed with the new Houses of Parliament, and ascended to the roof. His Majesty occupied two hours in inspect gthe details of the different wolks. From the new Houses of Parliament the King went t( Westminster Hall and inspected the Cartoons. On ./e aving the Hall his Majesty, attended by his suite, pro ee edod to the . National Gallery, where Mr. Eastlake, the •eper, and Major Thwaites, the deputy keeper, received th a King, and conducted the august visitors through the gs His Majesty and suite took their departure soon after four o'clock. The King, attended by Viscount Hawarden, M. B 3ud, Count Bylandt, and the Hon. Captain Hood, h onourrd the Marquis of- W e stmintter with a visit yes- His Majesty, attended by his suite, honoured the Earl a nd Countess of Jersey with his company at dinner yes t erday; at their residence in Berkeley-square. Their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida of Saxe 1 icleimar, Prince Edward, and the Princesses Anna and J imelie of Saxe' Weimar attended by Lady and the Inn. Miss Gore, the Earl of Denbigh, and Mi. James 3 Judson, visited the Colosseum in the Regent's Park festerday morning. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by heir Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida of Saxe V-imar, and the Princesses Anna and Amelie of Saxe 1 V'eimar, left Marlborough House in a carriage and four a one o'clock yesterday, for Bushy House, Bushy Park. L ady and the Hon. Miss Gore followed in another cs ,Triage and four. Mr. Fortique, the Venezuelan Minister, left town yes tt irday morning for Sweden. His Excellency will be a bsent for about two months. RAILWAY NEWS. lubseribers and others mterested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS Wore the RAILWAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD .EDILION of THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY; it also con tains the DEBATES in BOTH HOUSES of PARLIAMENT up to the • HOUR of POST EVERY EVENING, PRICES of RAILWAY SHARES, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE by EXPRESS, and all other NEWS ARRIVING in LONDON DURING the DAY. OL.DEN. the TIIZR.D EDITION, which contains NEWS TWELVE HOURS in ADVANCE. Sun-utfice, 112, Strand. Now Ready, in 3 vols., with Portraits, 31s. 6d., bound, LADY HESTER STANHOPE'S MEMOIRS. RELATED BY HERSELF. Among the numerous remarkable personages of whom interesting particulars and anecdotes are given in these volumes will be found the following:—George 111., George IV., Qu. en Caroline, Pitt, Fox, Calming, Sheridan, the Duke of Wellington, Earl Grey, the Marquis of Abereorn, Lords C.::a•hant, Bute, Liverpool, Hawkesbury, Hood, St. Asaph, Bridport, Brougham, Palmerston, Carrington, Ebrington, Suffolk, Byron, and Ca,.. chord, Sir Edwar.l Sugden, Sir Francis Bur dett, Mr. Abercrombie, Walter Scott, Thomas Moore, Beau Brum ; moll, Lady Charlotte Bury, Lady J , Mrs. litzherbert, &c. &c. lieLry Colimm, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-strtet. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signor FORNASARI respectfUlly informs the NoMay, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, that MS BENEFIT will take place EVENING When will be performed (last time) Rossini's Opera, LA GAZZA. LADRA. Ninetta, Mdme. Grist ; Lucia, Mdme. Bellini ; Pippo, Mdlle. Brambilla ; Gianetto, Sig. Mario ; l'odesta, Sig. Lablache ; Isaa-, Sig. Dai Flori ; Fabrizi Vingradito, Sig. A. ; Fernando Vll labelo, Sig. Forttasarl. In the course of the Evening, the Divertissement LA BAdCHASTE, by Mdlle. Lucile urahn and M. Perrot. After which, a Selection from the Last Act of L'ELISTit D'AMOR t , by Eadame Castellan, Sig. Corelli, and Sig. F. Lablache To conclude with (first time this season) the admired Ballet of ALMA ; ou, La Fille de eu. Perphite, M. Perrot , Balfegor, M. Gosselin ; Emazor, M. St. Leon; Alma, Mdlle. Cerito. pplicationl tor Boxes. Stalls, ami Pit Tickets to be made at the Box-of4ce, 0 er a Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir An thony Absolute, Mr. W. Farren ; Captain Absolute, Mr. 11. Holt; Fi‘ullcland, Mr. Stuart; Acres, Mr. Webster; Sir Lucius O'Trigger, Mr. Hudson ; David, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Glover; Lydia Languish, Miss Julia Bennett; Julia, Mrs. Edwin Yarnold. The celebrated Pianist. Leopold de Meyer, ibr Three Nights more, and will perform this Evening, after the Comedy, " Introduction el Marche d'lsle " To be followed by USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. 'W ebster ; Wurzel, Mr. J. Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lady Clutter buck, Miss Carre. After which will be repeated a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES; or, Matrimonial Chap ters. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Buekslone ; Mrs. Caudle, Mrs. W. Clifford. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and tine Guinea and a-Han each. Tickers and daces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-oftice. f:orn Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELFHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELFSTY THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARIE DUCANGE. Edward Lascelles ' Esq., Mr. Howe ; John Rawdoa , Esq., Mr. 0. ; Charles Claude Prong, Mr. Wright; Marie Ducange, Madame Celeste. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled DRAMATIC COOKERY; or, ROW TO DISH UP A FARCE. Pythias Fizzwit, Mr. Selby; Sam Smear, Mr. Wright; Eliza, Miss Taylor; Dana, Mr§. Laws. After which, an Original Terpsichorean Burletta, called POWDER AND BALL ; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr. Lambert; Captain Kidglove, Mr. Selby ; Jacob (lerkin, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mrs. Frank Matthews ; Sally Knobbs, Miss Woolgar. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the 'Sand, Mr. Mellon. rriIEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER, THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. First Night of a New Comedy—Roars of laughter at " An Object of Interest" and " Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures"—Continued Suc cess of " Les Danseuses Anglaises," and uudimidifthed Attraction of " Cinderella." TUTS EVENING . Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, Dresses, and Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Keeey. F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, vliss Dawson. and Mrs. Keeley. Atter which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy LIALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglaises will appear. To be followed by a New Farce, to be called AN OBJECT OF INTEREST, in which Mrs. Keeley will perform. To a Inch will he added an apropos itagatelle, in One Act, entitled MRS. CAULLE."S CURTAIN LECTURES. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Mea dows, Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Keeley. _ . . . . To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. I. W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollieve, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan :cool Ten till Four. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LErsSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Comic Opera, in Three Acts, called THE SYREN. The Duke de Popoli, Mr. Walton; Scipio, Mr. C. Horn, Jun. ; Balbaya, Mr. Leffler; Marco Tempesta, Mr. Allen; Mathea, Madam Fearon ; Zerlina, Miss Georgiana Smithson. Te which will b: added A COURT BALL IN 1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Bal Cos tume, with the Original Music. Mr. HENRY RUSSELL will sing his popular comp Isitions. After which, THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Sir Patrick O'Ple nipo, Mr. Collins; Lady Emily Delaney, Mrs. Brougham; Isabella, Miss Emma Stanley. To be followed by a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CAUDLE ; or, Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Compton ; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Oaberry. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; pchmist , Mr. Edmund Bradwell. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHFATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Pre-eminent Success of the New Grand Spectacle, unequalled in effects and situations—First Week of a New Entree by Twelve A'rench Equestrians, aided by Novel Scenes by the French Artistes —I he Favourite Pantomimic Representation at Half-price of the Brigand Chief. THIS EVENING Will be performed an entirely Nevi Grand National Spectacle, em bracing the chief features of the heroic achievements of the British Arms in Northern India, called THE CONQUEST OF SCINDE ; or, The Siege of Hyderabad. After which, Extraordinary Feats in the Circle. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet of Action, consisting of Mi litary Manoeuvres, Dances, Combats, and highly powerflil effects, including the sagacious performance of the Dog Hector, and sur prising Leap.of the Horse Beda over the Broken and Flaming Bridge, called IL DIAVOLO ABRUZZI ; or, The Brigand Chief and the Dog of the Chateau. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. FOE LEE BENEFIT OF MR. D. W. KING. Last Night but Two of the Opera Company. THIS EVENING Will be performed Auber's Favoraite Opera of FRA DLAVOLO ; or The Inn of Terracina. Lord Allcash, Mr. S. Cowell; Lorenzo, Mr. Barker; Fra Diavolo, Mr. D. WI King; Beppo, Mr. 31`31ahon; Giacomo, Mr. Weiss; Zerlina, by a Young Lady; Lady Allcash, Miss Collett. To conclude with the Opera of GUY MANNERTNG. Colonel Mannering, Mr. Fredericka; Henry Bertram, Mr. Barker; Dominic Sampson, Mr, S.. Cowell; Gabriel, Mr. I%l`3lahon ; Julia Mannering. Miss Collett; Lucy Bertram, by a Young Lady. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box o lice, from Eleven to lour. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON. COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS. ROMANTIC GARDENS AND-PROMENADE. EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. COLOSSAL MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Acme of Scenic Illusion. The ROCK HARMON ICON from Three till Eight. ktid or; MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURS DAYS, GRAND CONCERTS D'ETE and MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY cf FIREWORKS. Admission, One Shilling. Fs!,ling the Cariivora at Half-past Five ; Pelicans and Polar Rears at 4ix ; Concert at Bali-part Six ; and Fireworks at Half-past Nine. kili;ti WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE:THIS DAY. Morning .. 10 minutes after 4 J Evening •• 28 minutes after 4. THE INE.d.N.THER.—Sing OFFICE, AUGUST 7. ray RMOMETIM. Lowest. 50; Higkest. 69 Noon,, 65. BAROMETER, 29.82.—W1ND, W.N.W. • '- , ors.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and • Highest" denote the lowest and highest state 0 , " the liermorneter during the preceding twenty-four hour.. All the other observations are made at noon. quit tl . sip; Jr-ltra LONDON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 7, 1845. To the other disappointments and abandonments of the session is to be added the following strange report from the Game-law Committee :—" The Select Com mittee appointed to inquire into the operation of the game-laws, and to report their observations and opinion thereupon to the House, have made certain progress in the.matter to them referred, but, c4ing to the advanced period of the session, have not been able to bring the inquiry entrusted to them to a close, but recommend the re-appointment of the Committee next session." This Committee has sat from nearly the beginning of the ses sion—and the question is not so large but that, with the will to do so, the inquiry might have been brought to a close. The' question, moreover, is divisible into portions ; there is the distinct head of injury to tenants' crops, another distinct head of injury as to the morals of the poor, and a third distinct head of the administration of game-laws by game-lords. One, at least, of these dis tinct portions of the inquiry might have been completed, if Oleic had been a will; or the Committee might have pri; , ted the evidence already taken, which would have been the means of diffusing much information, and o f settnig reople e- thinking during the vacation. The mi t I preceediugs of the Committee, print e d with ,; s i •tit t-le euet, tell us that Mr. CHARLES VILLIERS moved ihe printing of the evidence, and that his motion was rejected he five to three. The names of the ma still satizly the public that there sjto-erirtOygeoneddtphaebn 1 l i ic rit.l reasons for printing the evidence., and that class interests were concerned in withholding it. Mr. CHARLES VILLIERS was supported by Mr. BOUVERIE and Mr. ETwALL ; while the five who opposed him were Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, Lord G. BENTJNCK, Mr. F. MACKENZIE, Mr. CRIPPS, and Lord CLIVE. On the first three of these five names we need offer no remark. Mr. CRIPPS and Lord CLIVE, of course, voted with their party. Mr. BRIGHT was in the chair. But we cannot help regretting that more of the Liberal Members of the Committee should not have attended on this' occasion. Where were Mr. Mremun GIBSON, Mr. CAVENDISH, and Mr. TRELAWNEY ? Somehow or other, the enemies of the public are never caught napping. It has been a general subject of conversation, during the sitting of this Committee, that some of the Tory r . ~Si ~. ‘,, .., - /tEst 1 :_°;••. , ~...` - r, ~.;'N '5 , _, ~ , s, eF . ! ' .. '• .- 4 - . .-.. : \ N . \ N.,.% . V . 'fr: ' .. •'' YT , I P S ~,;O:iii7l..n . ' ' . '4lO N o.llt. -- - ' '' , reo ' • THE SUN, LONDON, THITRSDA Members of it, especially Lord G. BENTINCK and Mr. G. BERKELEY have pursued a course of systematic insult to the witnesses against the game-laws; and this being so, it is not difficult to conceive why these gen tlemen should have been anxious to keep back the evidence. No sooner did Mr. BRIGHT announce his intention of calling a witness, than inquiries were sent to his locality, with a view t' find out everything which by any possibility could be made a means of annoyance to him, and he was subjected to a cross-examination by Lord G. BENTINCK with which no Old Bailey practice would compete. A respectable solicitor, who furnished the Committee with his experience of game. law con victions, was harassed with innumerable irrelevant questions about his professional practice, and then taunted with being a gaol-bird. Another witness was in plain terms told by Lord G. BENTINCK that his morality was very lax, because he could not view poaching with the full degree of horror which it kindles in Lord GEORGR'S most innocent mind. A' tenant of Lord FORESTER'S was subjected to a rigorous cross examination under the eye and with the constant promptings of Lord FORESTER'S brother. Such pro ceedings as these are surely never contemplated in Committees of the House of Commons. If information is to be elicited by Committees, witnesses must be pro tected from insult. No wan can have read the statement which was made a few nights ago, by Lord PALMERSTON, on the state of the capacity fur defence of this country, in the event - of any hostile descent upcn - any part of its coasts, with out acknowledging that the Noble Viscount made out an undeniable case for the adoption of some precautionary arrangements and preparations—by no means incompa tible with the maintenance of our amicable relations with all the Powers of Europe—but not to be longer delayed, in the face of certain aspecth presented by the attitude of a neighbouring State. When Sir ROBERT PEEL ventured to read the Noble Lord a lectare on the ill-considered timing of this speech, and put on one of the long faces of his official prudery, in order to rebuke his Lordship's imprudence at mooting a matter which might be deemed so disagreeable in the French Cabinet, the Right Hon. Baronet must have forgotten that it had been already much insisted upon at the close of last session, and recurred to at the commencement of the present one, by his own leader—the Noble and Gallant Duke, the Commander-in-Chief. It was quite consistent with the usual Parliamentary tactics of the Premier, to endeavour to turn off the attack on the policy of his Government, implied by the animadversions of Lord PALMERSTON on the neglect of such precautionary pro visions as he directed the Right Hon. Baronet's atten tion to, by declaiming on the constitutional aversion of the people- of England for a large standing army. But Lord PALMERSTON did not ask for its increase. It was all in the way of the Premier's manner, to call off the House's attention from that which it should be directed to, by taking credit for the fact, that at no time had our navy been in a 'more efficient condition than it was at present. It formed ao part of Lord PALMERSTON'S statement to declare that it had been. But Sir. ROBERT PEEL gave no tangible assurances— advanced no counter statements, either to meet the sug gestions or to disprove the averments of Lord PALMER STON. What was the nature of these averments ? That France now maintained a standing army of 340,000 men, fully equipped, with a large cavalry and artillery ; that in addition to these she had, in Paris, " nearly 1,000,000 of National Guards trained, disciplined, reviewed, equipped, clothed, and accustomed to all the fatigues and duties attendant upon a time of war." He reminded the House that the English Channel could now be crossed in a few hours, and that the navy of France was, (in the Noble Lords opinion—we trust and believe an erroneous one,) `• in every respect superior to ours ; that she had a steam Davy capable of transporting 2d0,000 men ; harbours inaccessible to any foreign powers for the safeguard and refuge of this fleet ;" and " immense bodies of disciplined men around these har bours regularly and always stationed." These are very grave facts undoubtedly ; facts to excite the most serious reflection. But we do not see that because they are such, therefore, the Noble Lord is justly amenable to the cen sure of Sir ROBERT PEEL, or the silly, sarcasms of cer tain French journals, for alluding to them. It is one thing to create a danger, it is another boldly to look it in the face when created. Lord PALMERSTON can no more be justly taxed with a desire to excite, or keep up, feelings of hostility between this country and France, by reason of merely touching on these notorious statistics of foreign forces, than with being the father of the childish boast in the journals in question, that a French com mander would not require more than 40,000 men, after making a successful descent, to move with upon London itself. The facts and the foolery are equally beyond his control. Now, what were the suggestions that followed upon ( the statements of the Noble Lord ? He assumed that, notwithstanding the present amicable condition of our relations with France, questions of extreme delicacy and difficulty might, at any time, arise, in reference to which it was highly expedient that we should not be wholly 'unprepared for whatever emergency might arise. On the contrary, for the more unembarrassed discussion of these questions we ought to be in a state of efficient pre paration. We ought to have harbours . of refuge ; we ought to have our naval arsenals put in the best condi tion of defence. It was said those - several works are in progress. If it was so, it was matter of just congratula tion ; and it was to be' hoped that those preparations would be vigorously carried out to their full and efficient completion. But here were the discouraging truths to be most seriously taken to heart by our Government, and to be dealt with as they required to be :—First, That t our own steam navy was s till i n a ver y d e fi c i en t sta t e ; we had no disciplined bodies of men, stationed near to the coast, as in France ; and, in case of an invasion being attempted, it would take at least three months to get our st9tmtleet intosuch a condition as to be available torepel the enemy. Secondly, That we had no disposable military force at hand, independent of that portion of our limited standing army which was at home, to cope with any military force that any enemy might once succeed in landing on our shore. Now, to remedy this deficiency, the Noble Lord proposed that we should have recour.e to the most constitutional of all the means of military armament in this country at all times—namely, the re embodiment of our militia. What adequate objection there can exist to this course we cannot imagine ? The expense of embodying one-half of that force, and of giving them the necessary training and equipment, Would apply only to the soldiers and non-commissioned officers. There would be no lack of volunteers among the officers, and officers commanding, to provide their own equipments, if due encouragement were extended by the Government to gratuitous offers of that kind. The country we are sa tisfied would, on the one hand, be well content to bear the necessary charge of such a proceeding ; and on the other, be fully prepared to require that all existing branches of the public expenditure not indispensable to its service, should be required to contribute to, defray the charge of this, which undoubtedly is of that nature. As for Sir Robert PEEL'S 50,000 able-bodied pensioners, so many of them as could be really assembled and orga nized for such a purpose would form the best possible nucleus for a militia force, which they would so essen tially assist in bringing rapidly into good discipline and efficiency. Without some such a militia force—without seine better guarantee for the immediate construction of harbours of refuge, and the renovation of our batteries, arsenals, &c., that we can accept Sir RominVivague pro mises for, we shall still conclude with Lord PALMERSTON that we are utterly short of that condition of prepara tion and defence which the extraordinary attitude both of military and naval organization that is now assumed by France at once justifies us in adopting, and most as suredly precludes her from complaining of. Madrid papers to the 30th ult. have arrived. According to the Po.stdata, several persons were arrested at Madrid on the night of the 29th. Among others an officer named LUIS SEGASTI is mentioned. The Espectador states that the Government had given orders to liberate Messrs. CORRADI and CALVO, the editors of the Clamor Publico, who were confined in the chateau of St. Catherine, at Cadiz. The journals vary in the accounts they give of the objects of the Alalaga conspiracy. According to some of them it was organised to . General NOGUERAS, who is at Gibraltar, and its (AIWA 'WSW to. secure the return of ESPARTERO to power. According to others, it was merely a c,-,m hination for smuggling on a large scale. The plot had extensivu ramifications throughout Arida and courier 3 had been diqatclicd to Jaen, Gre• nada, and ;.3eville, by the conspirators, to announce the insurrection. It is stated that some of the leaders of the plot, including LAItA, a ilelltutiant, and the advocate CARDERO, brother of CAYEIANO CARDER°, Ihilo pro_ muted the insurrection at Madrid in 1835, have escaped to Gibraltar. Many persons connected with it have been arrested, and a letter from Grenada of the 26th states that the news of the execution of thirteen of them was hourly expected in that city. 'A telegraphic diEpateh from Bayonne announces that the Queen of SPAIN and the Court had arrived, on the 2d instant, at St. Sebastian. She only stopped a few hours at Tolosa. Since the above was written, we have received the Madrid journals of the 31st ult., but their contents are unimportant. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. On Monday morning Lome Pfzuarrz and the Queen of E VEN INC , AUGUST 7, 1845. the FRENCH, accompanied by the Princess Madame ADELAIDE, the Duchess of ORLEANS, the Count de Pens, the Duke de CHARTRES, the Duchess D'Au- MALE, Count D'Eu, the Duke D'ALENCON, and the Prince de WURTEMBERO, left Neuilly for Eu. They were attended by Generals ATHALIN, FRIANT, , and D'HOUDETOT, Colonel DUMAS, M. VATOUT, Baron de GERENTE, Count de STRADA, and several orderly officers. The Duke and Duchess de NEmouns arrived at Perigeux on the Ist instant, and were enthusiastically received. They spent the next day in visiting the prin cipal places in the neighbourhood of the town, and arrived,on the 3d instant at Libourne. The Prince de JOINVILLE commemorated the anniver sary of July on the 27th ult., at Randan, by giving a splendid flue. The Aloniteur Parisien states that the inauguratiou of the Duke of ORLEANS' statue not having taken place at the.time appointed, in consequence of the works not being finished, the ceremony is postponed to the month of October, fur the anniversary of the expedition of Wm). M. PARANDIER has been elected Deputy for Mon t e.iard (Doubs), in the room of M. TOLTRANGIN SILAS, resigned ; M. DE GOULARD, for Bagneres (llautes Py eceeS) ; and M. CHABAUD LATvITR, re-elected for Vigan (Gard). They are ail of Conservative principles. According ter the Constitut onnel, Admiral DE MACKAU is the only Minister who will accompany the KING to Eu, but the other members of the Cabinet will :uccts sively visit the royal residence. There are to be unusual fetes at the Chateau d'Eu this year—balls, theatrical representations, and concerts. The pupils of the Con servatoire have already had notice to that effect. ' The Ville of Bordeaux steam packet, which arrived at Marseilles on the Ist instant from Algiers, brings word that the Duke D'lsi.v (BncEAun) had left the camp of Airo-el-Alba on the 25th ult., and proceeded against the tribe of the Beni Ouagenouns, on whom he inflicted a severe chastisement. The harvest has pretty extensively commenced in the neighbourhood of Paris. the rye is fur the most purr cut ; the oats are in progress ; and it is probable that the wheat %sill be all down this week. The crops appear to be very good, both as regards grain a•id straw, and par ticularly the wheat and oat& Thv rye is less remark able, but the crop will be lather inure than an average one. In some parts the corn has been laid by the rain, but the only mischief anticipated from it is a little more labour for the reaper. '• The journeyman carpenters, at a meeting which they held on Sunday, refused to accept the mediation of the Prefect of the Seine, which had been unanimously pro posed by the Council of the Syndical Chambers of the master-builders, in its sitting the preceding dey. The Courrzer Frahcais states that a preliminary in quiry is to be opened in Paris in a few days, to take into consideration the feasibility of a scheme for construct ing a railroad across the capital, to connect the termini of the Orleans, Lyons, Strasbourg, Northern, aad Rouen Railroads. The extent of this line, which it is proposed to carry along some parts of the Inner Boule vards, is estimated at p,250 metres, and the cost at 5,362,000 f. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tuesday, at 83f. 95c. ; the New Loan at 84f. 50c.; the Five per Cents. at 122 E 25c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,262 f. 50c.4 Rouen, 1,072 f. ; Vierzon, 785 f.; Havre, 892 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 1,050 f. ; Basle, 275 ; Spanish Actives, 36 1 4 ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 301. The following are the quotations fur the new lines : Orleans and Bordeaux, 195 f. premium; Boulogne, 132 f. 50c.; ditto, Troyes and Mun;ereau, 37E50. ; Paris amLyons, (Laffitte), 32f. 50c.; ditto (Calm), par; ditte (Ganneron), 6f. 500. ' • Northern Line (Laffitte), 45f. ; ditto (Rosa mel), 15f. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 12f. 50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), par ; ditto (O'Neill), sf. 50c. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 17f. 50c. ; ditto (Talabot); 321. 50c. ; ditto (Compagnie Meri dionale), sf. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), par; ditto and Cette (Espeleta), 18f. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par ; Paris and Strasbourg (Ganrieron), 121: 50c.; Dijon and Mulhausen, par. 111AnsErmx-s, AUG. I.—Marseilles and Avignon, 1,035 f. ; Boulogne, 632 f. 50c. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 6801. ; Vierzon, 790 f. A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock this after noon, at the Foreign-ollice, Downing-street. Sum monses for the meeting were issued on Tuesday last. Most of the Ministers were present. Lord Stanley returned to town to-day, from Walton. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The twenty-fourth half-yearly general meeting of the Proprietors and Shareholders of the London and Birmingham B.ilway; took place to-dav, at the Euston-square terminus, at which a dividend of - five percent. was declared on the Consolidated Stock of the Company, of 4,124,5264 and 17s. on each of the 321. New Share (We shall give a detailed report of the proceedings in our nest edition.) RAILWAY Commix - FE vs THIS DAY. HOUSE OF LORDS. The Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of BesbUrough, Lord Beaumont, and a few other peers, met at twelve o'clock, for the purpose of swearing witnesses who are to be examined be fore the Select Committee on the London and York Bill. Having sworn about twenty witnesses their Lordships ad• journed. There were only two Committees sitting to-day, and they are to inquire into the allegations contained in the petitions presented to both Houses in reference to the London and York Bill. Both are private. The Committee of the House of Lords sat at No. 2, at eleven o'clock. The following are the members of it :—The Marquis of Clanricarde, chairman; Earl Bathurst, the Earl of Devon, Lord Beaumont, Loid Churchill, the Earl of St. (ier. mans, the Marquis of Winchester, the Earl of Auckland, the Earl of Ellenborough, Lord Ponsouby, Lord Calthorpe, Lord Hedesdale, and Lord blonteaele. The Committee of the House of Commons, consisting of five members, Mr. Hawes, the Member for Lambeth, in the chair, met at eleven o'clock. The avenues leading to both Committee-rooms are filled with noxious crowds of witnesses and persons interested in the inquiry. Among the witnesses examined before the House of Lords this morning, was Mr. Shackell, a half-pay officer, who was ensign in her Majesty's service, and who was examined before the Committee of the Dublin and Galway, or Irish Great Western Railway. What the nature of his evidence was the reporter cannot of course say, but before the Committee re ferred to he swore he had signed railway subscription deeds, during the last twelve mouths, to the amount of 50,0001., and being aaked what his means were, he answered his half-pay 501. a-year, and 301. as a pension from the Charter-house. He was asked where he served while in the army ?—He replied at home. On the subscription deed he appeared as of " Ockwell House, Maidenhead, Berks." On cross-examination, it turned out that he lived at the Charter-house, and that Ockwell House was his brother's residence. He was asked what he did with the shares ?--He answered that he got rid of them as soon as passible, as he did not think it a - prudent thing to keep them on his hands. No public Committee sits to-day, at least none appears on the paper. The Standing Orders Committee does not meet. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Aug. 2, Pi4s, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities ami Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. 1 BAILEY. 1 OA,/ S. 1 EEL BEANS. 1 PEAS. PRICE .. 53s 3d 29s 8d 228 5d 34s 6d I 'os 5d 41s Cd DUTY ... 20s Od 9s ed 6s is 10s 6d 3s 6d 3s tid MARKET NE WS-- t THIS DAY.) U. 6.7 711434 3 x 2aT5 . S3urrunELD.—Coarse Meado,ev Hay, 31 - 18 s to 4/8s ; useful ; do., 4/ lOs to 5/ 8s fine Upland do., 5/ lOs to 5/ 15s; Clover Bay, 41 10s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 21 2s pe; load. Trade steady, at full. prices. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse MeAdow Hay, 41 to 4/ 18s ; useful ditto, 5/ to 51 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ lOs to 5l 16s ; Clover Hay, 4l lOs to 5/ 18s; )at Straw, 11 186 to 2/ ls ; Wheat Straw, 2/ is to 2/ e per. load. A fair average supply, and an active demand. WiIITECHAPEL.—Coarse lklgadow Hay, 31 18s to 4/ 18s; useful ditto, 5/ to 5/ 8s ; fhe Upland ditto, 57 103 to 5115 s ; Clover Hay, 4/10s to ei 6s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/; Wheat Straw, 21 to 2/ 2s pr load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. New Meadow hay 31 lOs tO4/ 15s, and New Clover 4l to 51 per load. MEAT VIEI,EILETS. HArt.srimr, Ana. 6.—Altholgh the supplies were by no means extensive, the trade wai inactive, at our quotations : Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Hutton, 4s to ss; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal,3s 10d t o 4 s 6d ; an( P or k, 2s lOd to 3s 6d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, AUG. s.—Prime old Downs sold steadily, at full prices. In other kinds ofstock comparatively little was doing :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 41 6d; Mutton, 4s to ss; Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to is 6d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs. CHICHESTER, AUG. 6.—Wallad only a moderate supply of fat stock ou offerto-day, yet the demand was inactive, at late rates :—Beef, from 33 (::1 to 4. 6a ; Mutton, 3s 10d to ss; Lamb. 5s to 5s 8 , 1; leak 3i 8d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s to z',6 6d per Site , . Sucklin Calves. 18s to 28s; Quarter old Stole Pigs, 16s to 20s : add Mich Cows, with their small Calves, 16/ to 191 each. SOUTHALL, AUG B.—Tht demand for Beef was some what inactive, at a decline inthe quotations of 20 per 8 lbs. In Mutton, Lamb, Veal, and L'ork, only a moderate business was doing, at late noes :—Dlfrem 35 40 to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 38 10d to ss; Lamb, 55 to ; Neal, 3s 80 to 4s 80 ; and Pork, 2s 10 dto 4s per L'Abs. ROMFOED, AUG. 6.-11 e lad rather an inactive general trade to-day, and prices weanct supported. Leot; from 3s al to 4s 411; Mutton, 3s 4, to ss; Lamb, 48 10d to 68; Veal, 36 8d to 4s 6d; 00( 1 'ork, 2s 8d to 3s 80 per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 50- Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and Mulch Cows, with heir small Calf, 161 to 191 each. THE BIRTH-DAY 02 PRINCE ALFRED.—The birth- day of his Royal High4s Prince Alfred was celebrated at Windsor yesterday, with tbluFual rejoicings. The bells of St. George's Chapel and the pa rish church were rung at in tervals during the day, and a . o yal salute was fired at twelve o'clo►ck from the corporation wc iriance in the Bachelor's-acre, under the superintendence of 4 r . Pond, the town bombardier. OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLI or WIGIIT.—IIer Majesty and Prince Albert, desirous f having the estate in which the above house stands, and whib consists of about 1,500 acres, thoroughly drained, had P,lr.Webster's new patent hand-pipe and tile-machine exhibited n d explained to them. After seeing its operation, they exressed their approval, and in structed Mr. Webster to carr o ut their wishes. DREADFUL COLLIERY EXPLO- SION.-ADJOURNED INQUEST. .(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) ABERDARE, NEAR MERTHYR TYDVIL, WEDNESDAY MORN-- jary assembled at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, and their names having been called over, they were sworn to inquire into the cause of the death of Rowel David, aged 20, he being the first body found. • - Lewelyn Elias was the first witness called, who deposed as follows:—Is an underground agent, clerk, and cashier, and bas been such for two years, to Thomas Powell, Esq., of the Gaer, to whom the Crombach colliery belongs. Knew the deceased, who was a hauler, and saw him alive on Saturday morning last. The colliery had been at a stop about al months ago, in consequence of a slight explosion of gas. De ceased had been a hauler about two months, and was haul ing from the beading with, one horse only. There was a door-boy going into the heading with deceased. Witness was going-in to measure on that day. Saw the deceased in about two hours after the explosion. (The plan of the col liery was now produced.) Witness pointed out upon it the spot where the explosion took place, hi a- place called Thomas the Park's heading. Witness, at the time of the explosion, was in another place called the Dip heading. There were working at the time twenty-four colliers, two labourers, one hauler, and a door-boy, in eighteen stalls and two headings. The distance from the bottom of the pit to the face of the headings is about 600 yards in a direct line. ( Witness here pointed out by a reference to the map the ways that the sir traversed through the workings. He also expi eased a diffidence, _and wished to call Mr. Thomas Williams another agent, but his examination was resumed.) The air is conveyed by the airways to the extreme points of the headings, and returned along the 'main level to the up gas pit. Witness could not explain any more relative to the airways, but all the bays were walled up. After the explo sion, consulted with Mr. Enoch Williams, and they pro ceeded on. In a short time met nten and buys crying out just where the explosion had taken place. In answer to a question by a juror, as to whether there would not be a greater security by sinking another pit on a higher point of the surface, the witness answered he did not think there would. In answer to another juror, whethpr there were any old stalls worked below those where the men were burnt, the witness answered in the affirmative, and their bays were all walled up with brick and mortar for fear of accidents. • In answer to a juror, whether the air was sufficiently strong to clear off the gas in the old stalls, witness could not say. The distance from the headings to the first stall now being worked is about 150 yards. The stalls are driven to the west of the heading in consequence of a fault in the ground, and they do not run parallel with the cross headings. Thinks the gas is allowed to ooze inside the bays. There are airways driven to the fault. When the gas oozed out it would come to the main road. Examined the air on Saturday morning, and found it quite fresh. In answer to a juror, witness considered it quite safe. to go to any par t of the works. • In answer to another juror, witness said lie did not try the return air, but thought it good, from being enabled to use a naked candle, and the air also perfectly fresh at the ,bottom of the winding pit, -about three hours before the accident. The main road for the coal is also that which conveys the main returns of air after traversing the pit. Never saw the main teturns so bad with gas as to explode,ekeept once, about twenty-ene months ago, and that was after an explosion. Cannot state what was the diameter of the down-cast pit. The size of the present lift of aumps;is 14 inches diameter, and put in use in the course of the last month. The previous lift wes smaller. Does not know the quantity of water in the pit. The main air road is sto 6 square feet. Was not in the heading that exploded, as Enoch Williams, another agent, has the care of that. In answer to a juror, as to whether the stalls between the heading and the fault were full of gas, witness could not say. There have been no stalls drawn back in this colliery, except two or three. Thomas Williams called in and examined—ls a mineral agent to Thomas Powell, Esq., whose colliery exploded. The witness was requested to give, by a reference to the map, a full and accurate description of the air passages. Having done this, his examination was resumed. Witness went by a circuitous route to the heading where the explosion took place, and found six bodies blown by the force of the con • cession in a position from east to west. Saw that all the bays were blown out. All the bodies, save that of John Edwards were not where they were working.. Bowel Dayid, the deceased,awas found nearer the pit's mouth by..iiboui 300 yards than where he worked. Found six bodies in a stall leading to a little heading, and through which the air passed to air it. Considers those were tee most severely burnt of any. Is of opinion that the explosion took place either by a sudden change indicated by the baro meter, or by a fall in the old workings driving out the gas, which came thereby in contact with the naked lights or candles. No other parts of the workings show the least marks of an explosion. The extent of the explosion was about thirty square cheins. In answer to a question by a juror, whether they worked by night ?—Could not say. The size of the down-cast pit is 9 feet by 7, that of .the up-cast pit 14 feet by 9. The dis tance between both, 22 yards. Depth, 93i yards. • The size of the fire-furnace, 4 feet in height; from bar to arch, 5 feet by 4 feet wide. The air is allowed to escape by another was than that of the furnace. Distance of the furnace from tla up-cast pit about 10 to 11 yards. The surface of the furnace is 20 square feet ; considers is sufficient for its purpose, and is attended to day and night by a proper person. Never knew the air to explode in returning front the workings. Knows the pit perfectly, as he superintended its sinking. In answer to a question by a juror, as to whether Messrs. Wayne and Davis's pit would not be a safe ventilation for the Crombach pit ?—Thinks it would. Does not consider that the colliery workings could be iu a safer state on the present plan of ventilation than they were three hours before the explosion. . In answer to a question by a juror—Does not think an's other plan of working the colliery could be adopted with the present system of ventilation. Witness is not practically acquainted with the system pursued inthe north of Eeghitra, of taking the gas that escapes into a gas drift, anti allowing it to rise to the surface without its coming in contact with flame of any kind. Does not consider it necessary here, or that we have need of it. The whole of the workmen used naked lights. The works were tried in the morning of the explosion by the two regular firemen, who do so every morning. He should - Say the loss to Mr. Powell from the damage would be from 1501. to 2001. David Edwards called in and examined—ls a collier at Cyfarthfa since he was six years old. Never worked in any other place. John Edwards, one of the killed, is a second cousin of his. Went down to the pit on Saturday to try to get him'out, but cOuld not find him. When down viesyegatee headings and stalls of Thomas the Parle'zs4imaillg' - irrii"S' had fallen very much. Examined the airways. aleevee saw better air in his life. Tried the .fire-damp by the Da - v) lamp on Sunday evening after the accident. Never saw it so bad in any place ; could not possibly be worse. Would as soon work there as where he works now, except that there might be strangers there, who might be incautious. Re quired more caution than any place in Cyfarthfa, owing to its being more inflammatory. Thinks the air was good till ten o'clock on Saturday. Could not say where it exploded. Thomas Howell called in and examined—ls a fireman at the Crombach colliery, and it is his duty to examine the works as to the state of the gas. Went in at twenty minates to five on Saturday morning ; shortly after exa mined the heading where the explosion took place. There was another man in the pit a little betbre him but not usually so, but the other man wanted to go to Merthyr. They were together, but be was a little before the witness at the bottom of the cross headings. Witness was the first person that went on Saturday morning up the heading that exploded. Went to the face of the heading, and found the air good in all the stalls, and also in the other headings. Perceived no difference that morning to any other morning. Went to breakfast, and came back about nine. Was is the colliery when the explosion took place at the end of the level. Had his candle blown out, and knew by that there was an explosion. Met a good deal of sulphur. Relighted his candle with a match, and kept it lighted, running as fast as Ile could until he reached one of the other headings. Has been an underground workman for six years. Was ap pointed to that employment because of being the workman longest in the colliery. In examining the stalls, marked every one that be considered dangerous. Marked several that morning by the usual mark which he used, that of plac ing a mandril across the road. Came in the morning after the examination out through the four-feet stall, with the Davy lamp covered. Perceived no danger. James Thomas, the man Who was with him early, had a lamp unlit. James Thomas asked him how it was? He said as well as usual, and then uncased his Davy lamp to give James Thomas a light. After the examination. of every place in Thomas the Park's head ing he returned to the stall, and to James Back's heading ; there found James Thomas waiting at the separation of Thomas the Park's heading and James Back's heading. Witness went through the old stalls on Wednesday last; saw nothing unusual then. Cannot say what was the cause of the explosion. Enoch Williams called in and examined—ls an under ground agent, and has the care of Thomas the Park's head ing, and was through it on Friday morning before dinner. W ent down into the pit on Saturday morning, and went thence to the cross measure drift, which runs across the mea sures to the vein called Ffosyfran coal. Was in the dip heading within three stalls of its face, a distance of about 400 yards from Thomas the -Park's heading, where the ex plosion took place. (The witness, at the request of the Co roner, traced upon the map the direction of the air passages throughout the whole colliery, and this so clearly, as to satisfy the jury.) Saw nothing extraordinary about the air that morning, except being a little thicker than usual ; meant by that, the candle carrying more head than usual ; but had seen it much worse. Told Lewelyn Elias, who was with him, that they had better go back. Saw all the col liers running towards the pit's mouth, and he stayed until the whole had passed. Saw on the main way two bodies, which be thought were dead, by which he stopped. .After re-lighting the Davy-lamp. which was naked at the time of the explosion, he went back to the level, a distance of 25u yards. Told some of the . colliers to carry the bodies out. They did so. Witness came back then from the pit's mouth, and fixed a temporary door to force the air forwards towards the headings. There are about 150 men in the colliers , . There were about ten working on Friday night. Thinks the explosion took place owing to a fall in the old works. Thinks it would have been safer if there was a pit sunk in another place higher up. Several questions were put to this witness by a juror, as to the quantity of gas in the old works, and why it was there ; but there was nothing eluci dated as to the cause of the explosion. Thomas Seymour called in and examined—ls a mineral surveyor. Saw the colliery about three or four months ago. In apses er to a juror as to his present occupation, he said that he had been surveying for several gentlemen lately. Wrote a letter to Mr. Powell stating that lie wondered that he did not ventilate his colliery properly. Had been laying wagers with Mr. Enoch Williams about this colliery. After sending the letter, he heard that the air was changed in its manner of tra versing. The - CoPoNER here interposed, and stated that he was most anxious to give every latitude in the examination of the wit nesses, but all the answers which had been had from the pre sent witness bore, in his opinion, no relation to the cause of the explosion. Mr. Seymour than referred to the map as to the ways of the air traversing, but The jury, after considerable desultory conversation, coin cided with the Learned Coroner as to his evidence being irre levant to the present inquiry. Thomas Heppe' called in and examined—ls an agent at the Lantwit colliery for mr. Powell. Has inspected the Crom bach colliery by his orders, and made a report to him about three months ago. Has also been in since the explosion. Went op to the. upper part of the headings by a circuitous route. .Thinks the explosion had taken place to the east of Thomas the Park's heading. Believes that the gas oozed out ad stole• upon• the . 'candles. Thinbr there is not sufficient attention paid to the works in this partof the country. Could tee by the rubbish and damage that the force of the con cussion was like a charge from a cannon. Believes that the explosion came from some place not properly ventilated. The witness explained—perhaps some old workings. Said if he had the management that he would adopt' a different system, but could not make it safer under the present system of ventilation. Thinks Mr. Enoch Williams perfectly capa ble, as he had been under him at Dowlais for seven years, and was recommended to Mr. Powell by witness. In answer to a question by a juror—He did not consider that it is a proper thing to allow the return air to traverse the main headings. Considers that the pillars cannot be worked with safety without gas drifts. David Jenkins called in and examined—Has worked in the colliery, in John Owen's heading. Went in on Saturday morning at six o'clock, and did not hear of the explosion till he had left his work, about two. Left earlier because of not seeing the hauler so long. Was about GOO yards from the explosion. The air was at good as usual with him ; never saw better air, and thinks the pit was properly ventilated. Jacob Thomas called in and examined—This witness's evidence merely went to eiucidate the nature of the pump, its size, lift, size of the rods, the places they 9ccupied within the pit, &c. . This dosed the whole of the evidence. The Lear►,ed Cotton►at then addressed the jury, and alluded to the deplorable nature of the accident, and paid the highest tribute to their intelligence, and the care which they had 'taken to have a thorough investigation. He'also ►briefly but very lucidly stated the law as applicable to these sort of matters, and then went on to recapitulate the evi dence, pointing out to them those portions bearing more im mediately on the case under their consideration. The jury retired, and were absent for about an hour. When they returned their names were called over, and asked were they unanimous, and the Foreman (Matthew Wayne, Esq., ironmaster, nut William Thomas, Esq., as mentioned in my report yesterday), having answered in the affirmative, delivered in the following written verdict : "That it is the opinion of this jury that the deceased, Howel David, came to. his death from accidental circumstances, and that this jury are of opinion that the present system of ven tilation employed in the Dyffryn or Crombach Colliery, though as perfect as the said system will admit, is inade quate to ensure the safety of the lives of the men employed in the said works, and they strongly recommend that a sys tem which will prevent the gas from oozing out of the old or abandoned workings into a tram road air-way, may be adopted in preference as soon as possible." Mr. Enoch Williams was called in and sworn as to the identity of the rest of the bodies, and, the same evidence being applicable, the same verdict was returned in each of the causes of their deaths. Thus ended this important inquest. It lasted from about eleven in the morning till ten o'clock at night ; and every thanks are due to the Learned Coroner and the superinten• dent of the police (Mr. Hemer), and the policemen, for the facilities which they gave, and the accommodation given to the reporters for the public press. It was everything that could be wished, and we.have reason to believe that the manner in which it was conducted by the Learned Coroner, and the impartial and intelligent jury, met the unanimous approbation of all classes ofpersons. The test of the bodies were buried yesterday, and the mournful catastrophe is now left oily to be recollected by the relatives of the unfortunate persons, so prematurely cut off, making all, even the strongest and wisest, to bear in mind that " in the midst of life we are in death." 'ANOTHER ACCIDENT. A man, named John Williams, - wasiiiiied in one of the Cviartbfa pits yesterday evening, by a fall of stone from the top. *LOZIEY and CU vi4VIERIIAL NEWS 6IT} QUAIC7 ER TO THll 1.; L. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bags, including 1,000 for export and on speculation. The market was steady, and prices remained the same. Shares were very quiet, and lower. It will be observed, by a reference to our advertising co lumns, that a most influential Company has been formed in the City for the formation of a project (provisionally regis tered), named as the " City of Toronto and Lake Huron Railway." When we state that the Governor of the Canada Company is at the head of the concern—that John Easthope, Esq., is also an active member of the Direction, it is scarcely possible to doubt but that the immense advantages of rail way communication will, in a very short time, be enjoyed in the Upper Province of Canada. A clever little work, entitled " Commercial and Financial Legislation," has just been sent to us, and is well worthy of perusal. The introductory. paragraph is as follows : "It has been asserted by some writers that it matters little the article taxed ; it is, they say, the amount that is to be considered. We, however, hold that the mode and manner of collecting may be rendered extremely obnoxious as well as injurious to the people, although the gross amount collected may be comparatively teas. His (that is Mr. Mac gregor's) propositions are to curtail the numberless trifling imports, and to trust to •those articles that produce the large amounts. In the eiihtoins.. lie. proposes to retain only eight articles in the rate. book, -and to abolish the Excise in the bargain. Mr. M. proposes also to abolish the assessed taxes, except the unredeemed land tax, and to revise the stamp duties. Incredible as this may appear to some persons, a perusal of the pamphlet will convince any one who will take the trouble to read it, that it is perfectly practicable. There exists in this country a number of petty annoyances —a host of surveyors, assessors, and collectors—who contri bute but little to the revenue, but prevent thousands of families from obtaining a livelihood. Mr. Macgregor and others have done much by their labours to benefit the com munity, and we look forward to the period when much more may be accomplished." The Market for Consols has been heavy to-day at a fall of from 1 4 to % per cent. The state of the weather is the cause of the reaction. For the Account prices have receded from 99% to 99, and for Money from 994 to 98%. Ex. chequer-bills have gone back to 495. premium. South Sea Stock is firm at 11:]L/,, Hardly more thait a dozen bargains were made in the Foreign Funds to-day. Spanish were quoted only at 27 1 / 2 and 27 ; the Deferred at 16 ; the Dutch Two-and- a-Half per Cents. at 62%; Mexican at 36, and Buenos Ayres at 50 1 ,6 50. The Market for Railway Shares has been rather on the de cline to- day. London and York are 2% to 2% ' - Great Wes tern, 144 ; Caledonian, 5 1 / 4 5 1 h ; Brighton, 29 3 / 4 to 29 1 4 ; Manchester and Leeds, 141 to 139; Midland, 81 to 79 1 / 2 ; South Devon, 10; York and North Midland 60 1 ,ti to 62; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 31; Dublin and Belfast, 6; Newry and Enniskillen, %, and South-Eastern, 13% to 13% prem. Direct Northern hayelieenVto %, Dublin and Galway lA, and Blackwall sW.sl:Cdiscount. ONE CLOSINu PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES dank Stock ... 2ll 211 per Cent. Reduced ... 99 %36%% 99% 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 99% 98yi 9874 New 3 1 4 per Cents 102 1 / 2 % 102% Long Annuities toexvireJan.lB6o 11% Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 South Sea Stock 11 3 1% 113 1 / .' 2 Ditto New Annuities . Consols for Account ... . 99 1a 99 9p , . .. . .chequer Bills, , Li _ .,.. Mt:1t41 - ,.: 51 49 pni. •,49 Ditto 5001. ...i r ..q:'.4;:k.,,..: 5l 53 pm. • 53, DittoSinall .....,.;....., .:: . ONE' CLOSINt, O'CLOCK. PRICES. vRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 5 Ol 50 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — • Ditto, Account, 36 Portuguese 5 per Cents. . — Ditto, Converted .• • — 6414 Ditto Account Ditto Small Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Deferred l6 16 Ditto 3 per Cent. — Ditto, Account •••• 381/ 1 Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certific — 99 3 4 PRICES OF PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. CL°Bl " it AMWAY SHARES PRICES ‘.berdeen Armagh, Coleraine, a`nd Portrush l% 2% 2 l/ Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bristol and Exeter Do. New .... . ......... 2 Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...... 34 1 / 3 1 / 1 Canterbury and Dover.. 1% — •• • ......... •• Chester and Holyhead... 15 Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton ........ .... 14. IA IA, 5,! 35:% Cornwall . 3 . 3 1 kA; Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast June. 2% B l,i Dublin and Galway... .. 2% Dundalk & Enniskillen 2A 2 14 2 14 Eastern Counties 141. 165.... . . 20 . 1 i ( 2 3 / 4 2 0 3 /4 Ditto New 4/. 16s. ' 6/ 3 ... ......... .. 6 % p r:astern Union Ditto Eltension . ... 11 % 314 %, 3 1,4 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto Quarter Shares 12 1 ...... 21% .... Ditto New 1 4 Shares... 2 1 7, 103 Ely and Bedford Great North of England..100 Great Western BO 224 Ditto Half Shares 5O ..‘. Ditto, Fifths GuildfOrd, Fare'm,Ports. 2 LA... .. 3 Harwich Hull and Selby 5O - 106 1 4 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 ...... 21 1 ,_ Do. Half Shares .......• 2 ...... 24% 2 4 IA Lancaster and Carlisle ... 25 Leicester and Bedford... 22s l% p 2 ...... ... 2 London and Birmingnm t,ntock) Do. New Thirds Do. Quarters London and Blackwall. 16/. 138.4 d. 11 1 ,1,% ll4 London and - Brighton... 50 London and Croydon,.l3/. 15F. 9d. 24% 2 4 14 Lund. & S.Western 41/ 6 s 10d • — bv. Consolidated Bths 12 Do. New London and York 2% 5 . 14 ,4% 5%.. 5% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry and Ennis- • killen ... 2% -- Lynn and Ely ..... -..,..- 2% 7 Lynn and Dereham l% 3%% Manchester and Leeds... 76 207 205. ?.% 4 205 9314 32 64% Do. % Shares Do. 1 4, Shares - Manche:ter and Birmin. 40 Manchester,Buxton, and Matlock 22'5....... 5 % 5 A% ..... ... 5% p Midland. lOO lBl 179 1 / 2 17 9 1,1 Do. New Newcastle and Berwick 1% 25% 26 1 4 2511 26 1 / 25 Newry and Enniskillen. •2% ..... 2% ...... ......... 2% North British Do. New North Kent North Staffordshire 225....... 3% 3 p - A 3 North Wales .. l l/4 314 3 !,4 Norwich and Brandon... 14 Do., New ... ..... ..... 1 Oxford and Worcester... 2 24 A.., 336 7 3 %4%1 . 1 . 1 ....... ...... 7................ 36 Rugby, Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central :sottish Midland l%. ... 1%% Shrews., Wolverhamp., _ . -- Dudley, and Birrn - 2%. . . 436% 4% Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union 225., ..... 2 p Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales 2% .. 3 South Devon ' ''2o .., 3O South Midland 22s -. — 4 South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 46% 3 / 4 46 si Do.. No. 3 Staines and hicbmond 1 South Wales ***** .... 2 1 / 4 5% lB i Trent Valley 2 IS l i2 3 Welch 111 idi and Worcester, Shrewsbury 3,8 and Crewe Union ... .. 1y...... 3 1 / i l 4 . • 30 Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and Carlisle 0 3 4, ...».•-•••••• ----• ...».•1 ork und N'ortli Aiidland 50 / II 6 IA 112...... .. 12 . 14, Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Extension l l/ 25 24 3 / 4 26 1 4 - • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bordeaux, Toulouse, and 3 Cette ..... ........ ..... 2 ..... 2 1 4, 2 Dutch Rhenish Great North. of k ranee 6S (Laffitte's) Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 ...... 2 1 hV 7 amaica Junction........ 1 1 A — Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . Namur and Liege 17 Orl ans and Vierzon ... ii ...... 11 1 A 0 -leans and Bordeaux— 4 ...... 11% 4 1 p Over Yssel 413 s 4d 1 p A Paris 8c Lyons, Laffitte's .: Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, 25 2 481 Paris and Orleans Paris and Strasbourg 6 (Ganneron's) 2 ...... 2 1 4 3l Rouen and Havre Royal North of Spain ... 2 - •-• • 6 Sambre and Meuse .... 4 Tours' and Nantes, Mac- A ken zies Verona and Ancona.— 3 West Flanders LLOYD'S StfIPPING.—(THIS P 4 y . LONDON, LONDON, AUG. 7.—Wind W., light breeze and el° ll with rain at tithes. LEAL, ,AUG. 6.—Wind W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. 01 4. Mulholland, Mauritius; Edmond; Bickford, Quabec•Sis, from the River, Ramilia, M'Lean, Sydney; Hamlet, Sychiey ; Ava, Symons, Quebec ; Lady Amherst, Thow: n r, China. Arrd. from the River and std., Rowena, Le Sing, River Gambia; Wilson, Stoup, Quebec. Sid. Strathoir Brunton, Hobart Town • Eleanor, Tierney, Berbice; P i er meda, Hall,' Honduras; Signet, M'Farlane, Miramichi3.l7: badoes, Greig,-River St. Lawrence ; Claude, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 6.—Wind W. to N.W.—Sld. LTO Leekey, St. Helena; Delia, Adey, Quebec. Off port, of Cornwall. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 6.—Wind S.W. to W.N.W., mO —.Arrd. Mars, Bisson, Callao; Astrea, Pikin, Quebec. Reginald Heber, IAIT ' arlane Batavia; Antigua packetz,,, grin, Culon ; Enchantress, Cormick, Lima; Catalina, beau, Havannala ; London, Ross, New York; Indus, Quebec; Lioni, Andrews, Quebec. 01rF KINSALE, AUG. 3.—Liffey, Norman, Quebec. KILLYBEGS, AUG. 3.—.Arrd. Brace, Michael, St. do New Brunswick. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) George and Thomas Smith, brothers, fashionably A O4 young men, who on the police charge-sheet were deseet: o lB gentlemen," staying at the B r iti s h and F or eign 'yeti breorge-street, Hanover-square, were charged with having fA ,, found on the roof of the house of Thomas Charles Smith , „ o se , of Nu. 23; Hanover-square, suppos e d w ith a n u n l aw ful Pur . It appeared that about twelve o'clock last night, onefi rp Smith's female servants was alarmed while in bed by P e e , some person on the roof attempting to open a s kylight' 'o r ing into a store-room, from which access to all th e other P o d of the house could be gained. The police wer e on the i . Pee 0° called in, and on constable No. 48 of the C division Irti o di to the roof he discovered the defendants concealed be: v ile stack of chimneys of the adjoining house. He in conseVi r ell took them into custody, on which they said they had il'or come there for a lark. This morning the hinge of the light was found to have been broken off. Mr. MALTBY asked if they were known to any °I Smith's family ? The servant said they were. not. 4 0' Mr. Al A LTBY—Did they intend to visit any of the ser 4 o , —1 believe that no one in the house knows anything of _ li t' 0 1 The defendants said that they had got out of the seinote their bed-room at the British and Foreign Hotel, and r over the roofs of the adjoining houses ; • their object was °I the display of fireworks at Vauxhall-gardens. , The secretary and librarian of the British and ForeZe stitutc, George-street, Hanover-square, said he knew rwei fendants were highly respectable. Inspector Aggs, of the C division, said he had rice t ; that the account they had given of them se l ves was collo° believed they had no other purpose than a mere lark. Ash Mr. MAnniv--Then they will be discharged.--Th e ' accordingly set at liberty. • FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, And. 3.—A beautiful English vessel, tba, t , of 200 tons burden, has 'arrived at Antwerp in babag it ill comes from London to take in a cargo of goods, whi ch toge s convey to Calcutta. The English derive great ado° to from their trade with Calcutta. Let the Belgians enn, e t ° , o s 2.l l / have a share, which they may do, for they can furn";ii a ns , articles at a cheap rate. Jt is to be observed, that tb,l" o hero as an English vessel, will enjoy at Calcutta an exonPl the import and export duties, which exemption will ezten cargo, as it is covered by the flag, e ici " We hope that the exp e ditio n w ill succee d. W e to Mr. Serigiers. BRUSSELS, MTG. 4. Queen Victoria will oi! on her approaching visit to Germany. Her -I"T ho ; en so tho at Antwerp, but the hour of her arrival will be a . cologro she Tray be able to set out immediately and sleep_.teud sc ece Among the passengers who have lately landed at " A . wef, Lord She ffi eld and Lady Brougham. Madame Van " ber arrived from London at Antwerp yesterday , and some later at.B tassels C. Battersby and inr• iy.laivavitharioluagnhd Two,English engineers, Mr. ~. xsattersby 0 . Vanderkiste, have arrived te.-day from London. They are° pt missioned to go and terminate on the spot the final stirrer w the canal from Mons to the Sambre, on account of the t•li &c , Russian Company of Bisschcsshien, Kennard, Mackenzie , There is every indication th a t th e C ompany i s resolved .0, the works should be prosecuted with the utmost activity. from Messr. Taite and Sherman, undert a ker s of the railwaY log e Janeppe to Louvain, have a r ri ve d a t th e l a tte r place, er, ct ioB had lung conferences with some of the magi s trates re-P" the choice of a plan for the termini, &c. CRICKET led ‘''' _ A L KENT V. ALL ENGLAND.—This match was gra Tuesday, at, Canterbury, -in the presence of sele',fatuv r .' sands of spectators, amongst whom were nea r lreve' , '11),e); of importance, "noble and gentle," in th e county' el" * were, too, a considerable number of known aurt r r n v genie from London and its neighbo ur hood, but o so o'7 boo there that it is impossible to enumerate them. It tolai n t a the ever, be stated that the Earl of Winchilsea was w re st ground, and not only manife s ted a grea t d ea l o f inte to 03 6 the match progressed, but, became an annual subscribe r ne ede* dienliCricltet Club 0151. It may also be stated that W• o f til e Esq.; the Member for the county and the Presiden t ;blia Club, set on foot a subscripti on , w ith a v i ew of en,ae to Lilly white to pay the expenses which a re lik e ly to a C i s ' e pre' him in consequence of the accident he sustained on ceding day. As soon as the collection had been Ct lc d , the lion. Member presented th e amoun t to the ila".7 l tb ° , "° companied with the exp ress i on o f a h ope t h a t he n'''''' ne ae° soon able to resum e hi s voca ti on . Th e p l ay w as re l by Dorrniton and Ililiyer again going to the wicket - oeir full score of Kent in this innings was 109, or 44 ahead ° f _A opponents. sto" • When the stumps were drawn for the day the sco— thus : ENGLAND. Lillywhite, b 0 b. Mynn ............••N"'• 3 Barker, s. Durrintun l6 b. Adams ..................... 0 Box, b. C. G.Taylor, Esq., bMynn 11 c. Adams, b. Mynn ...... 1 4 Guy, b. Hillyer Sewell, b. Hillyer Martingell, s. Dorrinton 1 c. Dorrmton, b. mpg' ". Hammond, b. Hillyer lO b. Hillyer... ....... ........ 7 Clark, b. Mynn F. Ponsonby, run out 9 b. Hillyer... ...... ..... 4 Dean, not out Byes, 8, wide (illynn) 1 Adams 1, Hillyer 1, 4 1 61 65 KENT. . W. Mynn, Esq., 1 b. wk. b. Dean 3 Martin, b. Clark 3 Adams, b. Clark Pilch, b. Clark N. Felix, Esq., b. Taylor lB 36 A. Mynn, Est c. Box, b. Clark 33 Domnton b. Jean 0 E. Banks, Esq., run out Billyer, b. Clark C. G. Whittaker, Esq., run out E. Swann, Esq., not out 7 5 Bye, 1; wide, 3; no ball, 1.............-.• • 109 to Kent were to go.in on Wednesday morning, to ge t 119 win. match es° HAMPSTEAD v. TIVICKENIIAM.—Yesterday a ~.ketr off betwt en the cricket players of Hampstead and ham, in a field on the south of Hampstead Heath, aciP l a on the Green Man, which excited considerable interest , toff which many bets were depending, as some of the best P., 0 30 of each parish were among th e com p e tit ors . The' wt. c isg were set at eleven o'clock, and struck a t seven , each pi ga r had two innings. A number of th e inhabitants of 5,4 stead were on the ground during th e pl a y. The follo w the result of the game : Hampstead, 93 ; Twickenham, 70. Majority for stead, 23. PRIZE FIGHT FOR 100/. h (of On Tuesday the long pending issue between Wci s , ge d, London) and Wilday (of Birmingham) came off, as ari t i l- ar e half way between London and Birmingham. Them — A 0 of light weight, and have acquired considerable fa 133 ; 0 4. pugilists. In betting, Welsh was the favourite a a s p. A ring was made, and the combatants entered. The i t peered in fine condition, and both men exhibited gre; fte en termination, but teught with much caution. Wh en t ad' rounds had been fought, Welsh appeared in the le°! the vantageous position, although his opponent continu„ contest with undaunted courage. When the contest hit a t cupied one hour and thirty minutes it was quite appri,-,0 Welsh was the stronger and superior man • t he fig.,ll.liver prolonged, however, until it wa s decided by'WildaY e`'"orts iug an unfair blow, and Welsh was declared winne r ' 51 0 fight lasted two hours and ten minutes, and a very largelior of money wa s t rans f erre d f rom th e Birmingham to the don fancy. it &!THE MINISTERS.—The annual white ba-- Cro no w of her M a j es ty' s Mi n i s t ers too k p l ace yes t e rday at the s i r J. and Sceptre '1 avern, Greenwich. There were preeee n t ' u o of Graham (in th e c h a i r ), Sir R. Peel on his left , the M r. Bucel euc h on hi s r i g ht, the Right Hon. Mr. tioulburn• the H. Baring, Mr. Pringle, Mr. F. Mackenzie, Mr. Y 1 1:01ss Right Hon. Sir G. Clerk, the Right Hon. Sir T. rg F i tz- Mr. Q. Hope, the Hon. Captain Gordon, the Hon. Fier. roy, the Right Hon. Mr. Corry, the Right Hon. Mr. t he bert, Colonel Peel, Viscount Mahon, Lord G. s or ner o r. : pr . Earl of St. Germ ans , the Earl of Lincoln, the R i g ht H f: t he Nichol, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-Genell'eroest Attorney-General for Ireland, Earl Delawar r, I.o;arwieltt Bruce, the Right "Hon. Colonel Darner, the Earl of Horac e Captain illeyuell, the Right Hon. Mr. Herries , Mr' no soll , Twiss, Mr. Charles Ro s s, the Right Non. George,' Lard- Mr. Greene, the Right Hon. Dr. Lushington, te: 4y any Advocate of Scotland, Captain Boldero, &C. The P o teate er barked at Hungerford Pier nn board the ,Watertinta_ine for No. 10, which was specially engaged by Mr. Quartejr!iyor its them, at half-past five o'clock, and proceeded down p ier, twenty-five minutes, where a well-arranged and thrown from , the house, much facilitated the lag P! party returned to town about eleven o'clock. . The, next: annual cattle show and meetiniCiodoW South Cheshire Agricultural Society will be held 44/ ' • - on the 18th of September. ~,"/