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ri d E of. pers authentic fci )3 , the EmPer 6 f, A) headed the !loch camp at , pes are entertain; overnment dees,t from the 3 1 °,., ° "' f om the Ala fixed residenc e or in one of the y of the d eath, : II be perform the Catholic and the RoYa l ; ay for DreuX,'l3l.o lie chapel in '4 the Royal Fa g* lar some tune• pears, say s th e of the royal , lays ago hav e ' iat the Duker iir three rnetol rnor of the PI Royal Duke. ,hai t h e atteulr whld l , ssful. Three b anied the last isfactiou of the Cour ReYsl e, ,i e difference 14Itio Seguier, and c mbers of tbe eat. The P , till six o'ele c sf the l e tt e r selP d i suppressed, ed r not to agaill 3 have been a' mune of Laid -storm. The Se workmen e fro ° o , Cting stone to of rock g and so 3 were despw says : re o ,ommerce to between that len, hare • Canton direct ie of the rio`ot moment the ° ICE. triderstood, 1 0 :Arena so perforinigoel .hingdon O 0 trial. The c e l and it may 6 0 of birth, sacrilege. o " larceny, 1 ,.'„, 1 0 tion was ur;,,,io tins, la the e ises, i n curreud mittee for Pr o r 4 last electioibi, ;rdict for th e pow its rising Pi uroyu-- is hire S i e ue rte J sterday dep t Lv e • tio ;t six ea 0 ,dfron2 bot 3, 89 the P ri butt s ' 1,148 p Go r )03; .j. ,i 1,147' 67e. ; Mot* ;terd ( tot?' l a ne, '• I,apers th° bi soe e • rant to e ,f seoce the b ea nif S ° t h t ° , OCIY 110 pellaf or 'e t ACCI"- 1% 195 ' Con f bilig , ben1,0,0.1 do ,ante un w ge . CitY 414 ,MEETING of TWENTY THOUSAND . PITMEN Ott SHADEN HILL. (From the 7'yne Mercury.) On Monday a numerous meeting of the pitmen was held On Shaden-hill, more generally known as the Black Fell. If was said that 25,000 persons were present ; our own impress slon was that 20,000 were about the number at the meeting. 'Coady all the men lately employed in the pits of the Tyne and Wear were present, and each colliery was distinguished b y a flag or banner, bearing upon it the name of the colliery and suitable inscription. The appearance of the men had fl . ot in th e s li g h test degree deteriorated sincelhe meeting on 9e Town -moor of Newcastle, and the general disposition was to ep be peace a bl e an d qu i et. Af ter h av i ng ex h orte d t h em to the peace, and p ro p ose d th a t t we l v e m en should att e nd the outskirt s of the meeting fur the purpose of carrying the Motion into effect, Mr. T HOMAS HAY was called to the c h a i r. H e sa id — Fellow- men, I am thankful that by the providence of that Pod who is an enemy to all oppression, we are again assem bled here to-d ay . I can read in the countenances of every man the ties of brotherhood and fellow feeling, and I em still More proud that we can muster our 20,000 pitmen on Shaden hill, and that they conduct themselves peaceably and quietly. Since the strike the march of intellect has been advancing, and the people are thinking for themselves. I never saw such a host of moral force men as I see assembled here to day. Oh the voice of this meeting will produce a wonderful effect, and will be heard by the tyrants, of the Coal-office. After urging them to keep the peace and listen to the various speakers, the Chairman introduced Mr. NORMAN, from Thornley colliery, who moved the fol lowing resolution—" That, in the opinion of this meeting, the masters' monthly agreements are calculated to break up our union and destroy our li . oerty as Englishmen; therefore, this meeting pledges itself to resist it by all legal and constitu tional means." The resolution was carried. irosErn FAwcErr, from West Moor, moved—" That in the opinion of this meeting the struggle in which we are engaged is one of justice and righteousness; and, based upon these principles, it cannot fail to triumph ; therefore this meeting pledges itself to continue the holy contest until our just claims are acceded to." JOSEPH BEESTON moved—" That after the diabolical at tempt of our masters to force us into a breach of the peace, this meeting 'pledges itself to keep within the pale of the law, by firmly adhering to the principles and objects of the Miners' Association." CHHISTOPHER HASWELL moved—" That the thanks of this Ineeting are due,• and are hereby given, to the Trades of London, Edinburgh. Manchester, Newcastle, and the carpet Weavers of Durham and Barnard Castle, to the trades in the various other towns, to the miners generally of the United Kingdom, for the support they have rendered during our Present struggle ; and we trust they will continue the same until our contest is brought to a successful close, and we Pledge ourselves to assist them in return, should they ever be Placed in like circumstances. Mr. DANIELS seconded the resolution, all of which were carried unanimously. A vote of thanks having been carried with acclamation, the vast asiremblage dispersed. PARLIASiN TAit Y DIVISIONS. (Prom Us Votes and Proceedings ofthe House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, JULY 10. ACTIONS FOR GAMING DISCONTINUANCE (No. 2) BILL.) Order for Committee read ; Petition of Charles Henry Rus sell (presented 4th July), praying to be heard by Counsel at the Bar of the Howe against the Bill read :—Motion made, and Question put, That the said Petition be referred to the Committee on the Bill, and the Petitioner heard against the Bill by his Counsel upon the Petition, If he think fit :" The Bosse divided : MINORITY—AYES, 14. Berkeley, Captain Scott, Robert Elphinstone, Howard Strutt, Edward Gibson, T. Milner Tancred, Henry W. Hawes, Benjamin Thornely, Thomas Hume, Joseph Wawn, John Twisell Mitcalfe, Henry Mitchell, Thomas A. Norreys, Sir D. J. Philips, Mark TELLVRS. Christie, W. D. Duncombe, T. $. MAJORITY—NOES, SO. Bentinck, Lord G. .111'Nei11, Duncan Reresford, Major Martin, C. Wykeham Blackstone, W. S. Neville Ralph Borth w i c k , P eter Nicholl, John Cripps, William Palmerston, Viscount Denison, E. Beckett • Pringle, Alexander Escott, Bickham Stanley, Lord Gnulburn, Henry Graham,r e Greene,en a I , Thomas e r t Ja mes er Thesiger, Sir Frederic Vane, Lord Harry Vivian, J. Ennis Ore t, [MY, W. Henry Wallace, Robert ,Yter William G . Yorke, H. Redhead v ii _ t t , iVilliam Zavehbull, Sir Edward TELLERS. 1. 4 . e°11 ), Earl of Young, John c.oliliart, Wi lliam Lennox, Lord A. a 11 ," 1, 41 ' -ow 4 mad e, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker from, th e .. \ ''ve the Chair :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out resolve th e j v nt " That" to the end of the Question, in order to ",.,""Ive 4 2 1 5 " this House will, upon this day six months, 'questi on ' e lf into the said Committee," instead thereof : Part of tl ie P c , 4t, " That the words proposed to be left out stand The House divided : O e RITY—AYES, 4,5. Jermyn, Earl 13A4terrrirk:s..trilItGi;SienirAOrj'g' Andrew Knatehbull, Sir Edward .„, • 'rick, Lord G. Lincoln, Earl of er es f ord, ma . Lockhart, William 1811 _ °1aledkesrt cZ a lle W ur i y ,o8r d eorg e kicararniTgtio::, Thomas W. M'Neill, Duncan Captain Manners, Lord C. S. Martin, C. Wykeham Neville, Ralph Christopher, R. A. Nicholl, John Clerk, Sir Geor ge Norreys, Sir D. J. Cripps, William • Northland, Viscount buncombe, T. S. Palmerston, 'Viscount Escott, Bickham Peel, Jonathan Forbes, William Pringle, Alexander Fuller, A. Eliot Stanley, Lord Gladstone, Captain Sutton, Henry M. Gordon, Captain Thesiger, Sir Fi ederic Graham Sir James Vane, Lord Harry Greenall, Peter . Verner, Colonel Greene, Thomas Vivian, John Ennis Gre gory , W. Henry Yorke, H. Redhead Hayter, William G. TELLERS. Henley, J. Warner Young, John Hutt, Willi aw • • Lennox, Lord A. MINORITY-NOES, 9. Berkeley, C apta i n_ Pechell, Captain Collett, John Tancred, Henry W. Elphinstone, Howard Wawn, John Twinll Hume, Joseph TELLERS. Mitchell, T. A. Christie, W. D. Morison General Gibson, T. Milner At the fifth annnal meeting.of the Shareholders of the Union Bank of London, held yesterday, a dividend of 5 Per cent. was declared (free of income-tax) on the paid-up c oital of the Company. The business of the Bank is satis factorily Progressing, the increase on current and deposit ac couts baying been more than 60 per cent. respectively, com- Pared with the state of affairs last year. The result of the 'oPerations for the year, after paying all charges of manage n.nt, disbursing dividends, and appropriating 500/. as usual itu reduction of preliminary ' expeneeS, °lt tohas enabled the Dir9c . add 3,468/, to the reserved fund, which is thus in. er ' a ed to 12,000/., i nves t e d i n G overnme nt securities, be tid ears leaving a surplus of una pp ro p r i a t e d profit of 7,0001. It a Prs the Directors have not considered it necessary to make any alteration in the rate of interest Allowed to their custom ers ,on current Accounts, notw i t h stan di ng the low I'4" " m oney, because they.are of opinion that the perrna tent interests of the Shareliolders will be best consulted by a ir.f. tric t adheren ce t o t h ose principles on which the Bank was ? fa ded, and which has secured for it so much confi dence' The agency business of the Bank - is stated to have t public most materially increased, and, under the new Qoveriuneil lateasure for the regulation of banking, it is expect4d this TUn anth will further improve.— Times. - ,, EWSVREDERS' ANNUAL DINNSIt AT M011...um ... um - 1 3 theC.„•iaßN TAyenx.—The annual dinner of persons eni ieili4Ybuthe dealers ßr in RCM a ers was yesterday held at (ti At i led b i band rY Were regaled wit a ry' d substantial dinner. a Tavern. .2t l t h p on v e a o'clock about 200 boys a oat four o'clock 300 persons sat own 4 — r Patt being graced by d e . presence of the wives and cnii to dinner, the 0 11 of many of the members of the society. The total num bed rof persons who dined at the tavern waa 529. The dinner delay been ordered for a much smaller number, and some little all ° ccurred in affording the requisite supplies ; but,.under I l ea circumstances, the worthy proprietor catered a im the I l y a : Possible manner for his gueate, and the entertainment gr — , x , v j a _ell worthy of the reputation of this establishment. The the Aids of the tavern ware thrown open to the guests, and f the• 'Plea' of Discobolus were pre-eminent in the display of `heir 'lev er at the classical game of quoits. Prettier play Pen ; and we were dehghted to see many young ball, ("•" eagerlv eng aged in this game, and in that of trap ekfts Long may they enjoy 6*(11 le •• le gitimate, each manly g Sui bets, C H)E AT RICHMOND. — On Tuesday morning, aLd ten and eleven o'clock, a tradesman of Richmond they I l l s wife were crossing the Twiekenham meadows when jee r ; e ard a spla s h in th e river, as if some person had , sidet.4 into the water. The sound came from the Surrey an- ,, (l .,apParently near t o th e D u k e o f B u a e l euc h's man -14 iv• .edst crossing the bridge the parties looked About, irb e c ould see no p erson. e i t h er on t h e beak or in the water. abZ t h e.. ol l Proceeded to the police station, and stated the I Pate v h, - when police-constable Hunt. 207 V, Tr" dr cro-sv,„d to the spot. Drags were obtained from the White l apse s avern, and used by some bargemen, who, after h er„,, ofadern, a quarter of an hour, recovered the bofi of a young and 6 The deceased was taken to the White roes Tavern, ale, hite, a surgeon, was sent for, but that gentleman, - 7.,"is arrival, decl are d life to have been Clltinct some woue deceased was recognised as Elizabeth Holley, a single ah 0 11 :1 1 1* twenty years of age, and obtaining her livelihood by `amding. She had been repeatedly beard to declare taint Cross Ted drown herself. The body still lies at the White u.!trayern to await an inquest. eO2.2TA.L CONSEQUENCES OF SUpDEN EXCITEMENT. inquest held yesterday before Wm. Carter, Esq..the Woe r for Surrey, at the Good Intent, East-street, W h . al, to , the death of an old lady, wh it considerable aq ,;, e l , _ ll I last fe . w days been labouring under mental iieh o t , r le , nt, in consequence of the behaviour of her daughter, tst of ft v, as said had set her at defiance, which resulted in a te at a p o plexy, under which she died. The Coroner observed, v: an occurrence took place before his father, at Wirnble thjleach was not only an instance of the extraordinary e_f the human mind under personal suffering, but also fearful result of sudden excitement. The case to which pr'orje.rred was that of a gentleman, having a very large , Ie,, P ZY , at Wimbledon, who had for months been confined to at k st u.i the gout, to . which he was very subject. He was /L ad to au e . to drive his family out in a pony chaise, but he to h B be lifted into it. One day, when he had been carried ro seat in the chaise, and his family being in it, in driving 0.. " 1 .a . the common the pony suddenly took fright and ran ;„..`y e _ This gentleman, toeing all control over the horse, - t ' a Z e f e d nut of the carriage, ran after the pony for some die tle4a: and succeeded in stopping him. He then fell down v ex awl it was shown that the death was caused by apo- Ivili c Y t i' doubt caused by th e extraordinary excitement in u was in his endeavours to save his children. beetlriat t•TtIXINDE,SX CUT OF ALL.-;,Cllr. Roebuck has name f usi ng in ,Parliament the daily press. What, in the h o _ . _l , , pity, have we done Orat we are not includeci:in reaka Aierh!ier's abuse ?-4 9 eisek t he i el. E AlAcio,;Nee, pi sti - . , str,—Upyeard s 9f jOO,OOO Friday,, have been landed on the ".4.,!tit4in i*ai.Lh„i3j.te_ailtaL xvtAerenlretaitlhi A l i realised from lls to D' lB " i the streets at si , x to eigiitpaer shilling. 144 • dairknettieastnißtatron has been completely glutted With deep during the last fortnight. THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE. This noble edifice is rapidly approaching completion, and at present no obstacle is apprehended that will del..; , its being opened beyond the early part of September. The Gresham Committee have not as yet appointed the day, al • though preparations are going on to celebrate the event, so as to render the ceremony of an imposing and interesting character, it being clearly understood that her Majesty, ac companied by her august consort, will honour the city of London by opening it in person. The exact arrangementi have not been as yet determined ; it is, however, known that a grand banquet will be served in a spacious pavilion erected in the area, and that the whole proceedings will be conducted in an unusual degree of splendour well becoming the opening of certainly the finest commercial building in the country. At the recent meetings of the Committee most importantimprovements have been arranged, which will render the structure far more attractive than was anticipated, the original intention being that it should be free from all decorative and sculptural embellishments. In the centre of the quadrangle will be raised a beautiful marble statue of the Queen. Feelings of delicacy and loyalty prompted the Com mittee to leave the choice of the sculptor to her Majesty, who has been pleased to name Mr. Lough. The Committee have allowed 1,1001. for the execution of statues. A new statue of Sir Thomas Gresham has also been decided on. It will be 15 feet in height, chiseled out of Portland .stone by Mr. Behnes, at a cost of 550/., and when completed will be placed in the niche at the eastern end of the Exchange, imme diately under the tower. The old statue of the wealthy founder that withstood the ravages of the fire at the burning of the former Exchange, has been safely pre served, and will be erected in another part of the building. New statutes of Sir Thomas Whittington and Sir Hugh Myddelton will also decorate the area—the artist selected for the former being Mr. Joseph, cost 4501. ; and the latter, Mr. Crewe, cost 4301., who has also been appointed to execute the royal arms that will adorn the western entrance. Amongst the most important decorative improve ments is the painting of the whole of the roof of the mer chants' colonnade. It is termed encaustic painting ; the colours being mixed with molten wax instead of oil, and is a style entirely new to this country. It is materially different from fresco, the latter being laid on while the cement or plaster is in a wet state, while the former is effected o n th e walls when perfectly dry, after having undergone a strong layer of oil paint. The artists (14 in number) are all fo reigners from the vicinity of Manich, under the direction cf M. Langs. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, on his re turn from the Infant Orphan Asylum at Wanstead, a few days since, visited the Exchange privately, and expressed himself highly gratified at its appearance, the effect from the open area beneath being brilliant in the extreme. Portions of it are inlaid with gold, and the principal designs comprising the arms of England, Hanover, France, America, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Greece, Saxony, Netherlands, and the rest of the nations, so as to correspond with the shields above the colonnade. That of the royal arms of England is under the'western side of the arcade, in a line with the grand entrance. In addition to the arms, there are a profusion of devices characteristic of the produce of the several countries. The sum, we believe, voted to the artist for this novel and superior work of art is 1,7404 The whole of the Turkey stones which formed the pavement of the area in the old Exchange having been saved, it was at first in tended they should be relaid in the present area. Within the last three or four weeks, however, that determination has been rescinded, and the quadrangle is now to be paved with tessellated pavement, at a cost of 7001. The tower is quite completed, and in a few days the peal of fifteen bells, at Messrs. Mears's, in Whitechapel, will be raised. The clock and chime work, by Mr. Dent, of the Strand, is also ready for placing, the tune being now under the consideration of Pro fessor Taylor. Mr. Westmacott's sculpture has been fixed over the grand fagade, and workmen are now engaged in completing the work and cleansing the masonry, when it will be thrown open to the view of the public. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 9.—The Camperdown, 104, Captain Martin, came into harbour this evening at six o'clock. P.M. Her powder, shot, shells, and a proportion of her stock were taken out at Spithead to lighten her, as it was supposed she would draw too much water, if fully equipped, to pass over the bar at the mouth of the harbour. She was towed in by the Echo steam-tug, not a breadth of air stirring at the time to enable her to unfurl her canvass. She would have come in direct after anchoring off the Nab light, last evening, but the wind fell, and the tide was unfavourable : she conse quently anchored at Spithead, where she made the necessary preparations for towing in. She is considered a good ship, but is expected to turn out much better as a two-decker, aad max do efficient service as an 80-gun ship, as the .Col lingwood. Many of the crew of the St. Vincent having neglected " Blue Peter " were left behind on that ship sailing, the Emerald tender has consequently been dispatched with them to Plymouth, where the St. Vincent will touch at en route to Gibraltar and Tangier. The books of the Queen, 110, Captain Sir Charles Sullivan, are nearly ready, and she will be paid off on Thursday, when a general transfer of officers and crew will take place from the Camperdown on her re-commission. LOSS OF THE MANCHESTER. TO. THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sit,—l observe in your respectable journal of last evening a paragraph relating to the unfortunate loss of the Manchester steamer, which contains an intimation that the awful catas trophe was the result of a defect in the mode of her construc tion, viz., " she was wall-sided, and in consequence of this she was difficult to bring round in stormy weather, and that this defect principally occasioned her speedy wreck." No statement can be more remote from the truth, nor could any steamer be better formed to contend with a storm or high sea Wan she was, and she was at all times under good steer ing. As an incontrovertible propf of this she proceeded from the River Weser to Liverpool, in ballast, to receive her en gines, &c., and during that passage contended with stormy weather, but in no instance did she refuse to answer her helm, and go quickly about; nor did she lay down on her side, as wall-sided vessels do, when on a wind to a dangerous extent. She has plied between Hull and Hamburgh since 1841, in all seasons and in all weathers, and proved herself to be a most excellent sea-boat and a fast vessel. _ _ It is not forme, as her builder (who possess all the draw ings and specifications of her form, with certificates of her eligible construction), to give an opinion as to the cause of her foundering, but I may be allowed to surmise what that Cause was. Requesting your insertion of these observations, in reply to the statements referred to, I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, SOLOMON COOK, NA, 11, Bermuda-street, Jamaica-street, Commercial road East, June 10, 1844. SWEARING IN OF QUEEN'S COUNSEL AND SER GEANTS-AT-LAW.—At a quarter before ten o'clock yesterday morning the following members of the bar were sworn in as Queen's Counsel before the Lord Chancellor, in his Lordship's private room in the House of Lords, namely :—Mr. John Henry Hodson, of the Oxford Circuit ; Mr. Charles Howard Whitehurst, of the Midland Circuit ; Mr. John William Alexander, bf the Oxford Circuit; Mr. Robert Charles Hild yard, Northern Circuit, and who is also Queen's Counsel for the Duchy of Lancaster; and Mr. J. Parker. The following gentlemen were also sworn in before the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, as Sergeants at-Law :—Mr. Edward Beilasis ; Mr. John Alexander King lake, of the Western Circuit ; and Mr. Charles Chadwick Jones, of the Home Circuit. In consequence of the swearing in taking place out of term, the newly-made sergeants were not invested with the coif, as is the case when the promotion takes place in term. After the usual introductions of the learned sergeants by the Lord Chancellor to their learned brothers, the Judges of the Common Pleas, the rings were presented by the newly-made sergeants to the Judges of the Common Pleas, also to the Lord Chancellor, and through the Noble and Learned Lord to her Majesty. The latter were of a very massive description, made of pure gold, with a blue enamelled ground, on which, according to ancient custom, are inscribed the motto, " Paribus legibus." The rings to the sergeants and the counsel with whom the newly-made members of the coif used to be engaged are plain gold rings, bearing, however, the same motto. As the law Lords in town were engaged in the House of Lords, a number of the members of the legal profession were present on the occasion. FIELD-DAY IN HYDE-I'AllK.—Yesterday the Royal Regiment of Grenadier Guards, Colonel his Grace the Duke of Wellington, had a grand field-day in the Review-ground, Hyde-park. The morning being remarkably fine, the an nouncement had the effect of drawing together a very nu merous assemblage of persons. BARISERISING PAUPERS. —We often said— God help the poor; And who is there that will not respond Amen, when we tell him of the prison discipline of the Dun manway guardians of the poor? It was resolved last Satur day by those humane, Christian gentlemen, that all the women were to be "cropped," their hair cut close—thus uniting degradation and po'rerty, shaved poles and porridge I It was further resolved, that, if the master's wife had not cropped every female head in the house by the Bth (this day), she was to forfeit 1/.—Cork Examiner. The Duke of Rutland is at present enjoying a yachting excursion. His Grace is accompanied by several members of his family, and is not expected to return to town, until the end of the present month. THE 1.,4TE ATTEMPT TO MURDER IN HOLBORN. —Mr. Smith, the proprietor of the shooting- gallery, 288, High Holborn, who was shot by Mr. Touchet, the brother of Lord Audley, last Friday, is still in the hospital, and in a very precarious state. The ball entered close to the spine, and about the centre of the back, without touching a vital part. As yet the surgeons cannot trace the ball, although they have made every effort to do so, in order to extract it. Mr. Smith's declaration respecting the affair has been taken, as he will be unable to attend at Bow-street to-morrow (Friday), when the accused will be again brought up. Notwithstand ing the shock Mr. Smith sustained by the wound, lie was enabled, after receiving it, to walk, with the assistance of his son, to the cab that conveyed him to the hospital. He is in his fiftieth year, and has a wife and two sons. Lord Audley is incessant in his attentions to Mr. Smith. Besides the hospital surgeons, his Lordship's own medical men daily attend him, As regards Mr. Touchet, no reason can be as signed for the tanrderous attempt; nor as yet can any evi dence be adduced of his insanity beyond the act itself. THE MODEL 01' VENlCE.—Tosterday afternoon the highly-interesting model of the city of Venice, recently ex hibited in Pall-mall, was brought to the hammer at Messrs. Rushworth arid Jarvis's Auction-gallery, Saville-row, Regent-street. The time announced for the model to be sold was 3 o'clock, but lops before that hour the gallery was crowded by a very respect4ble company. Four talented architects, assisted by several eminent artists, are said to have been occupied 14 years, and been at an expense of pearly 2,0001., in producing this beautiful model, which was on the scale of 1-540th part of the real dimensions. It con tains 4bopt 102 churches, 122 towers, 340 bridges, 135 large and 297 smellerpalaces, 471 canals, and 18,479 houses. After some remarks fro m the auctioneer, 20 guineas were offered for the model. He said that anin would barely compensate him for the loss he had sustained in having the model open to the pu bli c view for nearly a week. An advance of only 5 guineas was, however, made, and after four other biddings of one guinea each, the model was knocked down to Mr. William Tyler, the proprietor of the Itoyal Surrey Zoological Gardens, for 31 guineas. BRIGHTON, JULY 10.—The latest arrivals at this fashionable watering-place comprise the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Marquis of Lorn, Lady E. Campbell, Lady Charlotte Penryn, Lady Nurse, Sir John and Lady Champ neys, Sir George and Lady Sitwell, the Countess of Love lace, Lord William Thyone, Gen.eral and Lady Susan Reeves and family, Sir John Eustace, Prince ap4 Princess Polignac (since left/or the Continent), Sir Thomas /41Y4er, Major- General Battine, &c. ANGLING E*TjtAORDINARY.-011 Thursday last, Ur, Padwick, son of Henry Padwick, Esq., solicitor, was angling in a pond near this Own klprsharn) ; he hooked a small roach, which was instantly seized by a perch and the two were as quickly swallowed by a jack. After some consi derable trouble the three were safely brought *fa 'land, `and cchinited as a great curiosity to many persons.—Brighten Guarciicm." _ _ _ POST-OFFICE PIE.--The Stamford Mercury hates, that a day or two 'Slice' d' gooseberry pie was sent Wiwi* the Post-office. For the Bake of those s►lio -ate James had no finger in it, the Home &ere -4 "oi►. MO cie4ncot of hands.—"nch, • .7z . we hot— tary luiving,jubk" THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY ii 1844 GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF . DE SIGN.-SPITALFIELDS BRANCH. The third annual distribution of prizes awarded by the Committee of the above Institution took place yesterday, in Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate-street. The Marquis of Normanby in the chair. The Noble Marquis was supported by Lord Robert Grosvenor, John Dillon, Esq., and other warm friends of the school. The ancient and beautiful hall was crowded to excess. The Marquis of NORMANBY was enthusiastically cheered on taking his seat. The Noble Marquis said that he would not occupy the time of the meeting at much length by any remarks he had to make, as the objects of the Institution had been recently described by a very warm and tried friend. He had only to congratulate the meeting on the pre sent success and future prospects of the Institution, espe cially as regarded the great increase in the number of pupils and their advance towards perfection. On matters of taste he would say nothing, because on such a subject there were no general rules, 'except those which by their own fitness pleased the eye; to inculcate the study of such rules was the great object of the promoters of the School of Design.— (Hear.) Fashion, it was true, was constantly changing, hence novelty was considered in part to be a merit; granting' .this, he sincerely hoped that what was really good, refined, and elegant in the arts, though old, would never become ob solete. Without referring to that vexatious question the hours of labour, it could not be doubted that the best way of spending the hours of relaxation after labour had terminated for the day, was by following a course of study in such an ' Institution as the Government School of Design afforded. For his own part, he felt highly honoured in being called upon to preside over the meeting.--(Hear, hear.) The Rev. Mr. STONE, R ec t or o f Spitalfields, then read the report of the Committee. It was very satisfactory, and set forth that in April last the number of pupils in the school amounted to 238, which exceeded by 122 the number at the corresponding period of last year. The amount granted by the Council for teaching was 250/. ; last year it was 1501. Several warm supporters had contributed, by subscriptions and otherwise, the sum of 4501., the interest of which was to be expended in prizes annually. The report went on to state that the Committee entertained no doubt whatever that the manufacturers of Spitalfields, by care and attention, could compete successfully with those of France. In conclusion, the report stated that the amount of fees received for the past year was 86/. ; and that Mr. Octavius Hudson, formerly a pupil in the central school, bad been appointed master of the Spitalfields branch, at a salary of 1001. per annum.— (Cheers.) The Rev. Rector, in moving the adoption of the repoit, stated that the working classes would never be really benefited by the exercises of a morbid philanthropy, but by the culture of their own mental endowments. Mr. GRAHAM seconded the motion, after which the report was unanimously adopted. The Marquis of NORMANBY then, in a very affable and condescending manner, delivered the prizes. Several of the successful competitors were exceedingly young—fine, smart little fellows, nine or ten years of age. Besides twenty pupils who received prizes, one, unhappily deaf and dumb, received a prize of a book, for regularity of attendance and general good conduct. - Mr. Dinnox ' in moving a resolution, to the effect, that the meeting viewed with satisfaction the success of the Society and the progress made by the pupils, observed that the Com mittee felt grateful to the Government for the assistance it had given to such societies as the present ; but great and per manent usefulness was only to be achieved by the labour, care, and patient industry of the pupils. He had lately been in the city of Lyons, and he was sorry to acknowledge that he certainly witnessed an advance—a temporary advance, it was to be hoped—in the arts of design over his countrymen, because the people of Lyons were educated in the arts; it was not from any natural talent over the English that the Lyonese excelled ; it arose simply from the accidental cir cumstance of education. Let the English pupil study dili gently the beautiful models exhibited—let him listen atten tively to the instructions given to him in these schools, and, however poor his parents, that pupil will ultimately rise to wealth, honour, and distinction.--(Applause.) Mr. Wlnsox seconded the resolution, and bore testimony to the progress of the school. Thanks to the Committee were then voted unanimously, and several gentlemen addressed the meeting. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR proposed the thanks of the meeting to the Noble Chairman, for the good ,taste, good feeling, and ability with which he had presided. Had it not been for the Noble Marquis there would have been no such institution as that which had called them together; or if there had, it would have been one of very limited usefulness as compared with the present. The Noble Marquis, when one of her Majesty's advisers, suggested and warmly sup ported the Institution, which had continued to prosper and increase in usefulness. The motion was carried by acclamation. The Marquis of NORMANBY briefly returned thanks, and having descended from the platform, with much apparent sa tisfaction, examined the various specimens for which prizes had been awarded. QUESTIONS PROPOUNDED FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE JUDGES. _.. _ .. The following are the questions propounded yesterday to the Judges at the close of the arguments in the case of the " Queen v. O'Connell :" " The attention of the Judges is requested to the record and proceedings hereafter subjoined, with reference to the following questions : " 1. Are all, or any, and if any, which, of the counts in the indictment bad in law, so that, if such count or counts stood alone in the indictment, no judgment against the de fendants could properly be entered upon them? "2. is there any, and if any, what defect in the finding of the jury upon the trial of the said indictment, and in enter ing of such finding? "3. Is there any sufficient ground for reversing the in dictment, by means of any defect in the indictment, or of the finding, or entering of the findings of the jury upon the said indictment ? " 4. Is there any sufficient ground to reverse the judg ment by reason of the matters stated in the pleas in abate ment, or any of them, or in the judgment upon such pleas ?_ " 5. Is there any sufficient ground for reversing the judg ment on account of the continuing the trial in the vacation, or of the oi der of the Court for that purpose? " 6. Is there any sufficient ground for reversing the judg ment on account of the judgment of the Court overruling and disallowing the challenge to the array, or any or either of them ; or of t the matters stated in such challenge ? " 7. Is there sufficient grounds to reverse the judgment by reason of any defect in the entry of continuances from the said trial to the 15th day of April, regard being also had to the appearances of the defendants on the said last named day ? "8. Is there any sufficient ground to reverse or vary the judgment on account of the sentences, or any, or either of them, passed on the respective defendants, regard being had particularly to the recognisances required, and to the period of imprisonment dependent on the entering into such re cognisances ? " 9. Is there any sufficient ground to reverse the judgment on account of the judgments in the assignments of error coram nobis, or any or either of them, or of the matters stated in such assignments of error, or any or either of them ? " 10. Is there any sufficient ground for reversing the judg ment by reason of its not containing any entry as to the ver dicts of acquittal ? " 11. In an indictment consisting of counts A, B, C, where the verdict is guilty of all generally, and the counts A B are good, and the count C is bad, the judgment being, that the defendants, for the offences aforesaid, be fined and impri soned, which judgment would be sufficient in point of law, if confined expressly to counts A and B, can such judgment be reversed on a writ of error? "Will it make any difference whe ther the punishment be discretionary, as above suggested, or a punishment fixed by law ?" "AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE." — The truth of this soul-delighting saw was beautifully illus trated, two or three days ago, in a court off Gulston-street , Whitechapel. A poor man, named Leeson, owed Is. 6d. for rent; yes, he was one week in arrear, having before been punctual with his eighteenpence. His landlord, named Martin—may seraphs harp the syllables I—forced the room door off the hinges, dragged a girl of 15 by the hair of her head from the bed, then her brother, a boy of seven, and, lastly, removed an infant, which he placed on the ground outside the door The poor girl had prepared some food for the babe, which the merciful Martin, in the fulness of his powers of distraint, refused to let her have. One Lyons, a Jew broker, dwelling at 4, George-court, Stony-lane (an apt address), Houndsditch, then left the following document, which was banded in to Mr. Norton, of Lambeth-street : " Rent, 3s. ; levy, 3s. ; and man in possession 2s. 6d.," making altogether Bs. 6d., though all that was due was one week's rent, Is. 6d. What a luxurious thing is English law, even when it visits the hovels of the poor t For 18. 6d. debt, law asks 7s. costs ! Mr. Norton, however, sent word to the landlord and the Jew that they must immediately restore the goods free of expense. He had better have sent his warrant for their apprehension for the assault, and punished them ac cordingly. However, Leeson may, as a Briton, h av e this satisfaction—his house is his castle, so long as his landlord and a Jew broker refrain from breaking into it.—Punch. EXTRAORDINARY ARRIVAL OF LETTERS AT THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE FROM INDlA.—Yesterday (Wednes day) morning an unusual number of letters and newspapers arrived at the General Post-office, by the ordinary mails from Egypt, Greece, India, China, the lonian Islands, &c., via Southampton. There were 52 boxes of letters, containing together upwards of 12,000 single packets, and 5 bags of newspapers, most of which were in perfect files. SUDDEN DEATH ON THE CROYDON RAILWAY.- Last evening, Mr. Joseph Payne held an inquest at the Green Man Tavern, Tooley-street, on the body of Mr. Thomas Anthony Fenton, aged eighty, of Finchley-park, Ripley, Surrey. It appeared in evidence that deceased had come to London by the Croydon train on Tuesday morning, and having transacted business at the Bank of England, the East India House, and Ransom's, he was returning by train at twenty minutes to five P.M., and had just taken his seat in first-class carriage with two of his sons. As the train be gan to move his sons observed him lean forward, and on a closer inspection discovered that he had become suddenly in disposed. They caused the train to be stopped, and deceased was conveyed from the carriage to a waiting-room, and Mr. Clarke, a surgeon, of Tooley-street, was sent for. On his arrival he pronounced deceased dead, most probably from the rupture of some blood-vessel, caused by over-exertion at his advanced time of life. Verdict—" Natural Death." LIVENSED VICTUALLERS.—In the Court of Excise on Tuesday, Mr. Jonathan Hawkins, proprietor of the Red Lion, Lower-road, Rotherhithe, applied fora return of six months' duty on licenses, under the following circumstances : —The licenses for selling wine, spirits, beer, and tobacco were duly paid on the 10th October last up to the 10th October in the present year. During that time the house was pulled down, and a much larger one erected, partly on the same ground. In consequence of the new house being much higher rated, Mr. Hawkins was compelled to take out a fresh set of licenses, and which the officers of Excise refused to grant until the old ones were given up. The old house was shut up on the sth of April last, and the new Red Lion opened on the following day. Several witnesses having fully proved the above statement, Sir J. Mortlock ordered the amount of duties paid for the Old Red Lion, from the sth of April to the 10th of October next, to be returned to Mr. Hawkins. EXPLOSION ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—Great excitement prevailed at the Brighton terminus on Monday, by the non-arrival of the last train from London, and after the lapse of about half an hour a pilot engine was dispatched up the line to ascertain the cause. It appears that when near the Hayward's Heath station, one of the tubes of the boiler burst, and the train.was enveloped in steam. A messenger was dispatched up the line for an engine, but before he re turned the pilot from Brighton arrived, and propelled the train for the remainder of its journey, after a delay of an hour. No one was injured by the explosion. THE POLITICAL PECKSNIFE—We have heard that Mr. Charles Dickens is about to apply tq the Court of Chan cery for an injunction to prevent Sir Robert Peel continui t y any longer to personate, in his capacity of Premier, the cha racter of Mr.Pecksniff, as delineated in " Martin Chuzzlewit," that 'eharas - r tey jaciag copyright. We hope this rumour is unfounded, as injunctjen would celligniy he T9f4sPd. Sir Robert Peel is in a condition to prove , that.the.part in question has been enacted by him for a long series of years, and was so long before any of Mr. Dickens's works appeared ; In &bort, Sir Robert Peel, is the original Pecksniff.— 'Punch, • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE; NEWMARKET JULY MEETING. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.--A miserable day's sport was preceded by the sale of the late. Mr. Thornhill's two year olds and yearlings, of which the following were the prices : TWO YEAR OLDS. GS. B C by Albemarle, out of Exotic, by Emilius 34 A 0 by Albemarle, out of Erica, by Emilius Attorney, brother to Apprentice, by Albemarle' l6O B f by Albemarle, out of Eloisa. by Emilius 5O Bf by Ernilius, out of St. Agatha, by St. Patrick 45 B f by Albemarle, out of Elphine, by Emilius 55 Ch cby Emilius, out of Victoire, Perseus's dam 9l YEARLINGS. no f (Sister to Euclid, Extempore, &c.) by Emilius 330 Br f (Sister to The Caster), by Emilins, out of Cast-a side 6l Ch f by Emilius, out of St. Colomb 3O B f (sister to Perseus) by Emilius, out of Victoria 20 B fby Emilius, out of Rint, by S. Patrick l5O B f by Emilius, out of Tarantella, by Tramp B f by Emilius, out of Variation Ch f by Emilitis, out of Lantern Elecampt,ne, br c, (brother to Mango, &c.), by Emilius Bc by Emilius, out of Merganser, by Merchant 195 B c brother to E. 0. by Emilius, out of Ophelia l4O 13 c by Emilius, out of Appolonia (Langollen's d) 115 B c by Albemarle, out of Emetic, by Emilius 220 B c by Colwiek, out of Peeress, by Priam The sale of Mr. Ford's horses was postponed until to morrow for want of time. The racing attracted but a small attendance, and may be described in half a-dozen lines. • The Town Plate of 501. ; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. Last mile and a dis. of B.C. Duke of Bedford's Glen Fishie (Robinson) 1 Lord W. Powlett's Falconer Lord Exeter's Crosby 3 6 to 4 on Glen Fishie.—Falconer cut out the wcfrk at his best pace to within half a distance of ending, and was then passed by the favourite, who won easy by a length. Crosby a bad third. 50/. ; for three yrs old, 7st 21b ; .four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st lib ; six and aged, 9st 51b. From the starting post of T.M.M. to the end of R.C. Mr. Boyce's Corranna, 5 yrs (Robinson) 1 Lord Lonsdale's Black Drop, 4 yrs Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 4 yrs 5 to 4 agst Corranna, and 5 to 4 agst Black Drop. Corranna made all the running, and won by five lengths. Lord Chesterfield's Dire - 45-611y arrived this morning, for the Chesterfield Stakes. Arrivals.—Earls Verulam, Spencer, Albemarle (and Co.) Chesterfield ; Lords C. Manners, Godolphin, E. Russell, W. Powlett; Count Bathyany; Sir G. Houston; lionourables Capt. Rous, Capt. Spencer, G. Fitzroy, Col. Anson ; General and Mrs. Grosvenor ; Col. Peel ; Major Udny ; Major Parlby; Messrs. Meyrick, R. Peel, S. Stanley, Newton, Batson, Payne, &c. &c. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY EVENING. , • The only new race made for to-morrow is a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, for which the following are named :—Sir Diggory Diddle, 3 yrs, Bst 71b—Algernon, 3 yrs, Bst 31b—and g by Liverpool, out of Princess Victoria, 3 yrs, Bst. CHESTERFIELD STAKES.—The following remain in :—Tisi phone, c by Cxsar, out of Misnomer, f by Hornsea, out of Dirce, Sister to Canadian, Richard Cricket, the Seakale filly, and the Queen of Cyprus. No race for the Garden Stakes, THE JULY STAKES.—The betting on this race was incor rectly returned as 2 to 1 on Scarinentado, instead of 2 to 1 on Old England. CRICKET. THE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND THE COUNTY OF HANTS, wrrii PILCH AND GOOD.—This match excited considerable interest, and occupied Monday, Tuesday, and part of Wed nesday. Lord's was very well attended on the first and second days, and comprised, as usual, a great number of the nobility and gentry of the land. The odds—which, as soon as the names of the respective sides had been made known, had been in favour of the Marylebone Club—on Monday morning were much increased on that eleven so soon as it was intimated that Box was unable, in consequence of the severe indisposition of his wife, to come up. Another player, Good, was therefore substituted, we think with some want of judgment, because the Hants wicket keeper having been lost, an efficient representative in that place was required. The player selected is not distinguished in that department of the game, and the result of the match clearly proved that a mis take had been made in the choice. In the progress of the contest the want of a good wicket keeper was much felt, for several wickets were lost in consequence of the absence of that officer. The first innings was well fought for, whilst the Marylebone scored 118 their opponents made 90. In the second hands, however, the former completely ran away with the match. Everything was against the country eleven. The heavy rain of Monday after noon caused the ground to be very heavy during the greater part of Monday, so much so as to take out what is termed the " devil "of the bowling. Sir F. Bathurst and Day bowled beautifully, but for the reason just assigned their balls did not tell as they are wont. Neither did the finest hits prove as effective as upon ordinary occasions. The Marylebone having won the toss went in first, and, there fore, reaped all the advantage arising from the heaviness of the ground. They scored 118, of which Mr. Hartopp made 10, Mr. Haygarth 16, Dorrington 7, Mr. Kynaston 20 single runs—showing the operation of the ground, and such a hand, we should say, this gentleman never marked on any previous occasion, seeing that he is of the " slashing" class—D ean 13 , Captain Freer 14, Hillyer 4, Mr. George 4, whilst there were 20 byes and 7 wides. Hampshire followed, and scored 90; of these Mr. Ward, whose presence in the match afforded universal gratification, made 3, Pilch 35, Bodle 12, Good 15, Mr. Keape 9, and Mr. Greenwood- 6. There were 7 byes, and not any wide balls, the bowlers being Lillywhite and Hillyer, who never bowled so well. The Marylebone, in the second innings, fetched 175, in the following manner—Mr. Hartopp 12, Captain Freer 11, Mr. Kynaston 12, Dorring ton 16, blr. Haygarth 42, Dean 34, Hillyer 3, Mr. George 16, and Mr. Barker 9, added to which there were 15 byes and 3 wides. In the second hands of - Hampshire 57 only were scored, the-longest score being that of Captain freer, who marked 13; Sir F. Bathurst made 9, Pilch 9, Good 7, Mr. Ward 1, Mr. Keate 4, Mr. Gale 3, Mr. Greenwood 4. The byes were 7. The Marylebone, therefore, won by 140 runs. SAILING MATCH. The river yachts mustered in great force yesterday at Greenwich, for the purpose of contending for the most costly prize that has been sailed for since the establishment of the club. The cup was a splendid silver gilt tankard of large dimensions, and exquisite workmanship, and for costliness, beauty of design, and execution, was immeasurably superior to the ill-designed Brummagem-looking cups which are ge nerally contested for by the yachts of the club. This elegant tankard was purchased some time past at Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt's, by Captain Cocksedge, one of the members of this liquid fraternity (people are getting tired of the word aquatic), and was by him presented to the club to be sailed for by yachts belonging to the squadron. The vessels slipped their moorings off Greenwich at about twenty minutes to twelve, the competitors being the Gazelle of 25 tons, Thomas Rutherfoord, Esq. ; Mystery, 25, Lord Alfred Paget ; Champion, 26, H. Gunton, Esq ; Gnome, 25, T. Meeson, Esq. • Enigma, 25, Josiah Wilkinson, Esq. ; Phantom, 20, A. 0. Wilkinson, Esq. The Phantom got a good start at th e b eginning, and was followed by the Mys tery; whilst the oth er craft were all b eca l med, and clustered ' together in most admired disorder. The . boats drifted down Woolwich Reach, where the Phantom was obliged to let go her kedge, as the tide was setting her on to the shore, and unfortunately the man in the bow, instead of taking a turn with the rope round a cleet, endeavoured to hold on, and let the warp g o with the kedge. However, she went on keeping the land until Halfway Reach, when the Mystery caught a light air of wind, and carried it up to the Phantom, which she passed to windward. In Erith Reach the Phantom lull e d i n to windward of the ' Mystery, - and passed her, maint a i n i ng her position up to Coalhouse Point, where she rounded the buoy at forty-four minutes twenty seconds after four. The Mystery was barely half a minute astern of her. The Enigma followed at fifty minutes ten seconds after four, the Gnome twenty-five seconds after, the Gazelle and Champion bringing up the rear, all within six or seven minutes. As the boats hauled their wind the mathh increased in interest, and it was expected that the well known capabilities of the Mystery, under the auspices of Stokes's extraordinary skill, would .have enabled her to overhaul the Phantom, but this little vessel kept the lead, and the Mystery did nob appear to fore-reach, or weather on her in the least. At length, in Halfway Reach, Lord Alfred Paget carried away the jaws of his gaff, and he was consequently obliged to douse his topsail whilst two hands were sent aloft to splice the spar to the mast, and as soon as the damage was repaired, he got a smaller topsail set; but meantime the little Phantom was bowl ing along, soaking well with the tide, and occasionally jam ming up into windward, and it now became evident that the redoubtable iron Mystery must yield to her smaller wooden adversary, and accordingly, at twenty-five minutes past seven, she rounded the iiuoy at Greenwich, amidst the joyful acclamations of the assembled multitude, for the fre quenters of the river still retain a lurking tendresse for the old-fashioned wooden vessels, and are glad to see a small boat of this class triumph over the most powerful iron yacht that has ever yet got under weigh. Lord Alfred Paget rounded the buoy at twenty.nine minutes after seven, the Enigma followed several minutes after, then the Champion, then the Gnome and the Gazelle, but these four latter vessels were several minutes astern. Notwithstanding the great di sadvantages under which the Mystery laboured from carrying away th e j aws o f her gaff, it must be acknowledge d that she was f a i r l y b eaten b y fair had let go her anchor dur ing the race, and had lest it, whereas by the laws of the club it is no t a ll owe d to any vessel, to throw anyth in g o verboord durin g th e race. L ord Alfred, however, with excellent taste a nd a generosity which sailing—Lord cu Alfred being Paget to the Ph antom, as that vesselt might have rai se d a p ro t est against p cannot fail to be appreciated, at once waived his claims, and refused to avail himself of what was unquestionably a valid objection. The cup was accordingly presented to Mr. Wil kinson by the munificent donor, Captain Cocksedge, and the yachts returned to their mooring s . The next match will take place on the 25th. ABDUCTION UTRAVESEIND.—In the course of yesterday information FROM was forwarded to the several police stations in the metropolis, respecting the following case of abduction :—A young female, who has barely attained her pdasotnwineeqkUirieS being made, it was sixteenth year, the daughter of Mr. Hodgson, the proprietor embarked on board the Sapphire of the Bower Saloon, in Lambeth, was staying with a friend , when late on Friday she .haneSharp, a comic singer at Tulley's isli‘geeldrt, had a t was G ascertained r s a u v d e Gravesend i d tyh d am u t steam-boat, for London, in the early part of the afternoon, in Bazaar. On arriving at London -bridge, they proceeded on company with a board one of the iron steam-boats to the Southampton rail way station, where all trace of-them has been lost. The police are making every endeavour to discover the retreat of the parties. They are supposed to be secreted in London, and a reward is offered for their apprehension. EXTENSIVE RoßßEßlEs.—lnformation has been re ceived at the metropolitan police offices that, on Saturday last, an extensive robbery was committed in Minshulbstreet, Edge-hill, Liverpool, the property stolen consisting of a l arge silver cue, engraved on one side with a ship, and on the other an inscription, importing that the cup had been given by the underwriters at Lloyd's, to Captain George Lyon ! of the ship Favorite, for salitng the ship an d cargo in the river Delaware; also six large silver dinner forks, ten or twelve table spoons, dessert and tea spoons, sugar -tongs, sauce and cream ladles, two silver half-pint cups, mad various other articles. SatoPY the shop of 4034§. molt, of Temple 01047 lira Into' and robbed a a large quantity of silk handkerchiefs, shawls, black silk velvet, satin waistcoat pieces, apparel, hats, &c., and a quantity of copper coin. A reward of 201. has been offered for the dis covery of the depredators. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Privy Council at half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon,. at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Lord Wharncliffe; the Lord President ; the Duke of Buc -1 c euch, Lord Privy Seal ; the Duke of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief ; Sir Robert Peel, First Lord of the Treasury ; Earl of Aberdeen, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; Sir James Graham, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Sir Edward Knatchbull, Pay master of the Forces ; Lord Granville Somerset, Chan cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; the Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward ; the Earl of Delawarr, Lord Chamber lain ; the Earl of J erse y, M as t er o f til, Horse ; and the Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. Her Majesty in Council was pleased to' declare the Right Hon. William Lord Heytesbury, Lieutenant Ge neral and Governor-General of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. The .Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Court was attended by the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, and the Comptroller of the Household. The Earl of Morton and the Hon. Captain Hood were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk yesterday in the Royal Gardens of Bucking ham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, left Buckingham Palace in an open car riage and four, at half-past four o'clock yesterday after noon, for the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway, escorted by a party of Light Cavalry. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice followed in the next carriage, and the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting, the Maids of Honour, the' Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting, the Hon. Captain Hood, Groom in Waiting, Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry to Prince Al bert, followed in two open carriages and four. Her Majesty and the Prince were conducted to their carriage by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, and the Vice-Chamberlain. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and at tended by the Vicountess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting, arrived at the Castle at 25 minutes before six o'clock this afternoon, in an open carriage and four, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, commanded by the Honourable Charles Cust, from the Slough station of the Great Western Railway. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice, accom panied by the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, were in the next carriage. The Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting ;- Hon. Captain Hood, Groom in Wait ing ; Colonels Buckley and Bouverie, Equerries in Waiting to her Majesty and the Prince, followed in two open carriages and four. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her residence, Frogmore Lodge, at half-past eight o'clock this evening, in a carriage and four. The Royal Duchess landed at Woolwich Dock-yard from the Continent from the Princess Alice steam. packet at half-past four o'clock. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Lady in Waiting, and Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., Comp troller of her Royal Highness's Household. The Loyal Duchess left Woolwich at twenty minutes past five o'clock, and immediately proceeded to Frog more. Mr. Moon had the honour of an interview with his Royal Highness Prince Albert relative to the engraving from the picture by Winterhath, of his Royal Highness . Albert, Prince of Wales. Mr. Craufurd, Inspector of Prisons, had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches from the Governors of Ceylon and New Zealand were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent off last evening for the Governor of Gibraltar. ATTILA PEEL'S VICTORY OVER THE TRADE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV. DEAR Sia,—Procrustes deems it essential that his New Currency Bill should be passed forthwith, " in order to put an end to commercial speculation." In spite of his many miserable failures, I can promise him success in this enterprise ; and, moreover, that he shall fare like the Asiatic in the fable, who prayed that Alla would turn the Euphrates through his lands. The• prayer was granted—his crops swept away by the torrent, and himself lodged in the maw of an aligator.- " Commercial speculation," which this unhappily powerful lunatic deprecates and seeks to crush, is but another name for trade and commerce. " Specula tion " consists in making purchases or engagements under an assumption that the articles bought will be again sold with a profit. B, a merchant, orders from France 10,000 gal lons of claret, judging that he shall be able to re-sell it in smaller quantities, at such advance of price as shall yield him interest on his capital and a fair profit. C D engages to furnish a customer with 1,000 tons of West India coffee by a certain day, at a certain price, assuming from certain facts that he shall be Able to obtain the coffee and bring it to London, at an expense below the sum which he is to receive for it. E F consigns to his correspondent at Calcutta 2,000 cwt. of glass, assuming that it will sell there to a profit. All these men speculate. But there is another case which noodles would not suppose to come within the category. H, a retail tradesman, purchases of a whole sale house, in the spring, a thousand pounds' worth of summer -silks. He "speculates "as much as either of the other three—that is, he invests his capital on' an assumption that certain events will hereafter happen. Again, J IC, a manufacturer, makes, in the spring, a certain amount of goods, for summer wear—he also " speculates." In a word, " commercial speculation'' is the main spring —the vital blood—the soul—of our national transactions ; and this our lunatic proposes to destroy. Thanks to the apathy of the public, and the nearly incredible ignorance of our Legislature, he will suc ceed. May the Lord have compassion on his un happy victims! When will men cease to suffer the fate of nations to be decided by gabblers, and leaders of (or rather panderers to) class interests ? _ COMMON SENSE. EXPLOSION OF A STEAM -BOILER.--The ad j o urned inquest on the bodi es o f th e unfortunate in dividuals killed by the explosion of a boiler at Bolton, was brought to a close, after three days' inquiry, on Tuesday, when the jury returned the following verdict :—" We are unanimously of opinion that the death of James Swift, Bridget Hart, and James M'Donald, was caused by an explosion of the steam-boiler at Mr. Brooks's mill. That the said boiler exploded from the pressure of the steam being too great ' • and that George Br anscome h as caused the explosion. We are also of opinion that due care has not been used in the general superintendence of the steam-engines and boilers." George Branscome was thereupon committed to take his trial for manslaughter. A subscription was entered into by the jury for the relief of the families of the deceased, and the sum of 81. 105. was handed to the Coroner, as the commencement of a subscription for that purpose. ANIMAL MAGNETISM IN CHINA.—This is under stood in the Celestial Empire, and turned to good account, being practised by the barbers of Canton. " I observed," says M. Borget, " that the greater part of the patients slept while they were being shaved, and I could not account for this singularity. But one morning I observed a man seat himself on a stool a little apart from the rest; I began my task of sketching, when the barber, instead of commencing his operations, placed hiniself before his customer, and, first of all, took hold of his hands, then passed his own several times over the shoulders, and before the face of the sitter, who shortly fell into a state of quiet drowsiness, if he did not actually go to sleep. He then moved his customer's head about in every direction he pleased, to facilitate the operation of shaving. When he had finished he shook the sleeper gently and awoke him. I frequently saw the same thing practised afterwards."—Captain Pidding's Chinese Olio and Tea Talk, No. 11. DUNICELD.—FUNERAL OF THE DOWAGER LADY GLENLYON.—The remains of this distinguished and lamented lady were interred in the family vault below the Chapter:house, on the right side of her husband, the late Lord Glenlyon, on Thursday the 27th ult. All the most respectable inhabitants of the place attended the funeral, and the shops in the town wore shut during the ceremony. Loss or AN EMIGRANT SHlP. — Recently intelli gence has been received from Sydney, Cape Breton, concern.. ing the loss of the Sir George Prevost, emigrant ship, on a reef of rocks to the westward of Gaberus, and but for the moderate state of the weather it might have terminated in a fearful sacrifice of human life, the ship having up wards of 160 souls on board. The vessel, which was of 600 tons burden, and commanded by a Captain Savage, left the port of Newry, in Ireland, in the fore part of the present year with emigrants and a miscellaneous cargo. The voyage across the Atlantic was as favourable as could be expected, when on nearing the coast off Gaberus on the evening of the 31st of May, it came on a dense fog, so much so, it is said, that it was almost imposstble to discern anything beyond the length of the vessel. Instead of her being brought to anchor in such weather, the ship was allowed to continue her course, and the result was, that at about, nine o'clock she ran on the reef of rocks before men tioned. Minute guns of distress were kept firing for several hours, 'and two vessels arriving near the spot, their boats were lowered, in which, together with those belonging to the Sir George Prevost, whole of the emi grants and seamen were safely landed. Providenti4y the wind, during the whole of this trying period, Nyco had it been otherwise, the consequences, iq all probability, would have been dreadful. At daybreali on the following morning the ship was lightened and attempts made to get her off; but she had become firmly fixed, and within 24 hours was a total wreck. Of the emigrants, .102 were conveyed to Arichat, where they remain under the charge of proper authorities. OXYORP I JULY B.—This afternoon an alarm of fi re wag given, and on inquiry it was found to be at a farm, in the occupation of Mr. Greaves, at Elsfield, a village four miles from Oxford ; it was forttr i atiilx eAnfine 4 l to 14 barn and some 91 1, -119usA Where it brolte. 'out. Two valuabl e l4orsea were latlrnett ? some beans and oats. The damage ti ostimatOd at about 400/. The whole of the property is insured in the County Fire Office. We are glad to say that the fire was accidental, and not incendiary, - as at first re ported. It arose from the careleasness of some boys in light ing some straw With lucifer-rnatches, for the purpose ot:burn ing a wasp' neat. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. TO THE EDI7'OI? OF THE SUN. SlR,—One error makes many ; the vague language of the reports on insolvency, contrary to fact, and I contrary to right reason, however conformable it may be to certain grimgribber principles of musty law ore, ha've caused much false thinking and acting thereon. Without any regard to the general good, without any rational sympathy for unfortunate per sons, and with the sole object of relieving the aristo cratic classes from the personal penalties due to their extravagance, sensuality, and dishonesty, a series of very maleficent changes in the insolvency laws are persisted in, by which, in the end, all power over the person of an unfortunate debtor will be removed, and nothing left to the creditor but the effects, the pro perty of the debtor, the apparent increased power over which had deluded creditors to allow without a murmur the removal of every form of imprisonment, while the power over the effects will be found prac tically a power of words, a worthless bit of parch ment, only a mere cheat and fraud. Bad as may be the ill-conduct and insolvency of young divines at Oxford, or of the gentleman class in general, it bears but a small proportion to the total of the insolvency of the country, which is that of merchants, bankers, manufac turers, tradesmen, mechanics, operatives, employes, and the like, who in general have dissipated their ef fects. These remarks are suggested by the recent debates in the Lards, as well as by the objections made against the County Courts Bill, because of the penal clauses. Unless imprisonment of the non paying debtor be enacted, those Courts will be utterly useless. The class of persons who will be summoned therein, are those who have very few effects. Their incomes consist, e. g., of wages earned week by week, and they will have no objection to a sum mer's full work and plenty of wages spent week by week, and the enjoyment increased by as many debts as they can contract with small shopkeepers— in riotous living, gross sensuality, and frolics to Gravesend and Hampton Court, silk gowns and good coats ; and then when the winter comes pro ceedings in the local courts will take away, for the benefit of creditors, all of their effects, which have not been already disposed of in anticipation, of some few shillings or pounds' value, and so _pay their debts with out any inconvenience whatever. Thus live many thousands of clever mechanics and operatives, whose really valuable effects are concealed in their fingers and heads ; whose property consists of their ingeni ous handicraft, to whom the boon of non-imprison ment for debt, will grant complete impunity to sen sual indulgence, fraud, and folly. Such persons will roam from one end of the kingdom to the other, and victimise with impunity the tradesmen of the provin cial towns. I cannot hope to find the columns of a newspaper, at this time, open to the further discussion of the in solvency fallacies, which are so rife abroad, im portant though they be. The mischievous errors of the reports of the various Common-law Commis sioners, are evident in the effects they have produced on the mind of Lord Cottenham, whose two speeches are made up entirely of the report of 1840, which is but a specimen of the popular reasoning on the matters of debtor and creditor—popular reasoning, but not of the opinions of the people, which are humane and correct. These reports are full of errors and false reasoning, chiefly in applying the term " unfor tunate" to cases of insolvency, and then appealing to the public sympathies on behalf of persons whom they have so represented. Insolvent debtors are unfortu nate, just as all evil-doing persons (criminals) are un fortunate, but not in the sense in which the Commis sioners (to serve the interests of this class) use the word. This is a question of evidence, and does not rest on mere hypothesis. Insolvents have become so vo luntarily, by a course of conduct which they pursued either before or after the contracting of their debts, or both. They willed to become insolvent, just as, but not with an equal degree of criminality, the pick pocket or the forger willed his deed. Insolvency, larceny, felony, are each one, only the last acts, the fruition, the social evil-doing of a long course of con duct more or less vicious. Let the causes of insol vency be honestly examined, and they will be found to be, in nearly all cases, idleness, extravagance, spe culation, gambling, and dishonesty, vices in which men will freely indulge, as theyare more or less liable to punishment. The pickpocket obtains the products of his neighbour's industry by creeping behind him, and taking it unawares ; the insolvent does it by a promise dishonestly and deliberately given, which his neighbour accepts, and then, as has been above stated, by a series of voluntary acts, he renders himself un able, or he will not fulfil his bargain, a bargain which it is of the very highest importance to society should be fulfilled; and, therefore, all men who do not fulfil it, but who voluntarily break it, are punishment worthy, and will be punished in a virtuous state of society, where the interests of the whole people, and not the interests of a select class, are legislated for, The censures about facilities of gaining credit are absurd, and also much else of the report of the Com missioners ; were there space, it could be easily shown to be idle nonsense, unworthy even a school-boy's prize essay. However, folly and humanity -monger ing will have their course, and when millions and more millions have been wasted, and illicitly distri buted—that treasure which has been created and hoarded, and thus made into capital by industrious, ingenioui, and self-denying men, perhaps the public voice will swell with righteous indignation at this corrupt legislation, and demand punishment due— exemplary and sanitive—against all public enemies, whether they be insolvents or pickpockets. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Brixton, June 30. A VICTIM. CHATHAM. JULY 10.—The Commandant, Sir Thomas Wilshire, Bart., K.C.8., issued garrison orders this day to Major J. Casimer Harold, commanding the 74th, to hold in readiness a detach ment of his corps to proceed to Harwich to relieve a com pany of the 58th, that returns to this garrison. This morning the following detatachrnents from the pro visional battalion marched from this depot en route to Graves end, attended by the drums and fifes of the battalion, when they embarked from the Ordnance Wharf on board the ship Owen Glendower, for Bengal : their strength consisted of 61 men of the 10th Regiment, and 58 men of the 62d, under the command ofCaptain Stanter, of the 10th ; Ensign Fitzgerald, 39th ; and Ensign Bruce, also of the 39th. A medical officer proceeded with the troops to inspect them when on board. Colonel Kelly and Captain Jackson also went with the men to see that every requisite accommodation was afforded to them on board. %The casement barrack at Brompt on , w hi c h has been fittedlup at a considerable expense fbr the accommodation of invalid soldiers, is now so crowded that it was found neces sary on Monday to apply to Sir .Thomas Wilshire, Bart., for additional barrack room. There are at this time nearly 1,200 men of different corps in these barracks, although they were fitted up for the accommodation of only 840 men. The inconvenience felt is very great, The late Sergeant-Mt& Valance, of the 12th Lancer:, who, it will be recollected, was tri e d a t Ch at h am on the 6th of May by a Court-martial, for an alleged attempt to bribe Major Mayer, :of the cavalry depot at Maidstone, and who was reduced to the ranks, has since been sent to his regiment, and returned again yesterday to be dis c h arge d ; h e h as b een in the service twenty-six years, fourteen of which he was troop-sergeant, has been nearly two years sergeant-major, and during the whole period of his service had conducted himself in every manner worthy the character of a British soldier; owing, however, to that charge against him, he will only be allowed a shilling a day pension, which it is under stood will be granted to him. LIBRARY OF TILE LATE DUKE OF SUSSEX.—Yes terday the sale of the extensive and valuable theological por tion of the library of the late Duke of Sussex was continued, at Messrs. Evans's, Pall-mall ; and many of the lots fetched equally high prices as those disposed of on the preceding days. (1,413) New Testament, Latin and English, translated by J. Hollybushe.. Nicholson's July edition of 1538, " im perfect." 141. (1,426) Holy Bible, with all the Holy Scrip ture, truly and purely translated into English by Thomas Mathew, extremtly rare, with wood cuts; 14 leaves of pre liminary matter wanting. The title a pen and ink fax-simile, several leaves damaged and stained. 1527. The real name et the translator is said to have been John Roger, who was the first martyr in Queen MAry'il reign. 221. 10s, (1,429) Holy Bible, translated by T. Matthewe, \req . rare. W. Hyll andT. Reynoldes. 1549. 191. 10s. (1,430) Holy Bible, wiiri Cran- Mar's preface, rare; imprynted by Whytchurche. 1549. At the commencement i. the Common Prayer, 1689. 21/. (1,435) The Bihlei Genevan version, with profitable annota tions ; the first Bible printed in Scotland. The first title is 4 factsimile by Harris ; very rare. Printed in Edinburgh, the Old Testament by Arbuthnot, 1579 I the New Testament by Bassandyno, 1576. This copy wants the address to King James, two leaves, part of the map at p. 82, and one leaf of a perfit supputation at the end. 12/. Iss. (1,651) The Byble, in Englyshe ; Bishop Cranmer's, first edition, extremely rare, fine copy. The leaf of title is an admirable fac-simile. A few corners of the kalendar and of the first leaf restored by fac-simile. Grafton and Whitehurch, finished in April, 1539. 70/. (1,658) Holy Bible ; Cranmer's, quite perfect, very rare. Whitoburch, November, 1541. 194 10s. (1,669) Holy Bible, 2 vows„ ruled with red lines. Oxford, Baskett, 1717. This Bible is designated the vinegar Bible, from a misprint of " vinegar" instead of " vineyard," on the top of the 20th chapter of St. Luke. 12/. 12s. AMERICAN CIAACIES.-1-A novel species of clocks have recently been introduced from the United States. These clocks are shaped something like hall-clocks, the principal novelty of them consisting of a sheet of plate or looking_ glass being fixed in the door under the face. These mirrors vary in size from a few inches to two feet in length. On the first importations of the article, it seems that the officers at London and Liverpool, uncertain as to their correct deno-. mination, delivered them on payment of the duty as goad s manufactured, at the ad valorem . d uty of twer s ty per cent. The matter has since been brought under 'ale notice of the he charged on t h e clocks, wit Board c:4 4 .' Onstoms, and they h ave d i rected that in ever instance the ad;valorem dut the addition of the duty on t e plate-glass of 4s. a foot. The importers have remonstrated, and have requested to be al lowed to scrape the silver oft; which has been refused, and the parties informed that they can only be allowed to remove e th lo e cks g export ilse n the ve rysacnione.sidTerhaeble,a importation parcel ar r i o v f i n these y las ha s s a i n a d tely almost every American vessel. ANTI-CORN -LAW MEETING.—A most important Anti-Corn-law meeting has been held at Lynehani, North Wiltshire, The district it a purely agricultural ire, And the por3Q ll s ^f 'whom the meeting was com posed were farmers and farm-labourers, chiefly the lat ter. About one thousand were in attendance, and but for the exceedingly unfavourable state of the weather the meeting would have been a very large one. Reso lutions were unanimously passed in favour of free-trade, a significant indication of the progress of free trade doc trines amongst a class for whose benefit the landowners have the impudence to affirm the corn*laws were enacted. --Bolton Free .Press, LITERATURE. EDINBUIll? II RE VIE W, No. CLXL Longman, London, 1844. The subject of " Popular Delusions "—a' prolific theme—is amusingly treated in this Number. The Reviewer, however, is mistaken when, in reference to the crime of poisoning, so general in Italy during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, he states that "in France and England this crime, though occa sionally practised, never became common." Unfor tunately in the reign of Elizabeth, and more especially of her successor James, no mode of assassination was more common among our higher classes, and not a few women are known to have lived in affluence in the metro polis by their skill in compounding deadly drugs, and the handsome sums which were paid for them by their reckless customers. In France the practice of poisoning was of still more frequent occurrence, awl was first introduced into that country by the Italian druggists and perfumers, who swarmed in Paris during the demoralising sway of Catherine de Medici, and received no stinted share of Court patronage. Catherine herself was a first-rate genius as a poi soner. She dispatched her enemies in the most scientific manner possible, and with an adroitness that bade defiance to discovery. One was got rid of by a pair of perfumed gl oves , sen t h er as &mark of delicate attention by her royal mistress ; another, by a per fumed rose • and a third, by th e i ngen i ous contr i vance of a poisoned billet. In the reign of Louis XIV, thi s crime reached its acme, but the severe 'Measures adopted by Government contributed greatly to its suppression, and still more the general horror excited by the trial of the infamous Marchioness of Brin villiers, who was found guilty of having poisoned her father and her two brothers, and of having at tempted also the lives of her husband and her sister, This amiable creature was remarkably gentle in ter manners, of a prepossessing countenance, an'; much addicted to sentimentality. The " Late Census" states some curious particulars relative to the increase of population within the last ten yeas ; and alluding incidentally to one distinguishing point in Sir R. Peel's tariff, which it appears has been in some de gree a failure, the Reviewer remarks :—" The Pre.- mier allowed the importation of foreign cattle and of American junks; but, alas! it was found, though oxen could be fed in and shipped from distant countries at a cheaper rate than under the present system they can be slaughtered in England, yet that the Bay of Biscay affords too hazardous a transit, and the heats of summer too insidious an hostility, to encourage the importation of live cattle or of fresh meat ; while the salted com modity supplied by our transatlantic brethren occupies a position below that to which British stomachs have as yet generally descended." In the " Memoirs of the Duke de la Force," we have a rapid summary of some of the most remarkable events that took place in France from the period of the St. Bartholomew massacre down to within a few years of the breaking out of the childish and ridiculous wars of the Fronde. Refer ring to the favourite policy of Richelieu, the Re viewer says that "by levelling social superiorities, abolishing privileges, and dismantling the citadels of the reformed party, this arbitrary Minister pre pared future dangers for the monarchy." Thi s is perfectly true, as the sequel proved, for during the feeble and disastrous reign of Louis XVI., when the Crown most needed support agalnst the rapid encroachme n t s o f th e revo l utionary principle, he noblesse—who had been deprived of substantial power for upwards of a century, and had become the mere sycophants and hangers-on of the throne —were found wholly unable to. render that support, and the Monarch was left to fight his battle with the people alone. " George Selwyn and his Co n t emporar i es " i s a notice of Mr. Jesse pleasant gossiping work on this subject. The Reviewer enlivens his criticism by brief biographical sketches of some of the most rem ar k a bl e c h aracters who flourish e d d ur i ng the last half of the eighteenth century. The following is his account of the Duke of Queensberry—an eccentric, profligate nobleman, who died in the year 1810, at the patriarchal age of 85 : " He was born in 1725, succeeded his father in the earldom of-Alarch in 1731, his mother in the earldom of Ruglen in 1748, and his cousin in the dukedom of Queens berry in 1778, being . then in his fifty-third year. Few men of his day acquired greater notoriety, or were more an object of inquiry or speculation ; yet he took little part in political events, except so far as his own interests were affected by them, and it would have been better for his reputation had he taken none. When the King's malady grew serious, in 1788, he gave in his allegiance to Fox ; and on the recovery of his royal master, was unceremoniously dismissed from his situation of Lord of the Bedchamber, which he had held for twenty-eight years, notwithstanding the known profligacy of his life. Wraxall says he took a journey to Windsor to learn the exact condition of the King, but he was misled by De. Warren. The mistake mattered little. His business wits pleasure, his passions were women and the turf ; and he contrived to gratify both, without impairing either his fortune or his constitution. As regards the turf, he was thoroughly versed in all its mysteri( s, and seldom in dulged in any sort of gaming unconnected with it, or relsing to matters where any undue advantage could be taken of him. On the contrary, he was generally on the 100k -out for opportunities of turning his own shrewd ness and coolness to account. A curious instance is related in Edgworth's memoirs. " lord March had noticed a coachmaker's journeyman running with a wheel, and on minuting him by a stop watch, found that he actually ran a considerable distance faster with it than most men could run unencumbered. A. waiter in Betty's fruit-shop was famous for speed. Lord March adroitly introduced the topic, and maintain ing what appeared a paradox, easily got begs to a large amount, that the waiter would run faster or a mile than any one could run with th e kind - wkeel of his Lord ship's carriage, then standing at the door. But he com mitted a trifling oversight. The wheel was lower than the wheel the man was used to run with; and the biter would have been bit, had ne.t. Sir Francis Blake Delaval suggested an expedient. - The night before • the match, planks were obtained from the Board of Works, and a raised groove, for the wheel to run in, was constructed across the course. The journeyman won, and the Jockey Club decided in Lord March's favour. Another of his bets came before the Court of Ring's Bench. He had laid s wager of five hundred guineas with young Mr. Pigot, that old Mr. Pigot (the father) would die before Sir William Codrington. Old Mr. Pigot died the same morning be fore the making of the wager, but neither of the parties was acquainted with the fact. The Court held that, the dutiful and hopeful heir must pay. A startling exa m le p of this style of bet is men ti one d by Walpole. t'other night at White's, found a very remarkable entry in our very remarkable wager-book!—Lord bets Sir twenty guineas that Nash outlives Cib!,er. How odd that these two old creatures should live to see both their wagerers put an end to their own lives!' Lord March's rate of betting was never very high. The largest sum he appears to have won or lost at any race or meeting, during the period Over which this correspondence ex tends, was 4,1001., and this is mentioned as a rare oc.. currence." CONSTANCE D' OYLEY. 3 Vols. Bentley, London. 1844. The incidents in this story—which, like those of Miss Austen, is wholly of a domestic character —are few and simple, and put together in the most inart'is ficial manner possible. They have all, however, the f are merit of probability, and, in consequence, the r .ea interest is kept up throughout the narrative. T 1 4,6 p i: m il pal recommendation, however, of Constance Dcpyley consists in the skill with which the lead' 4 ,.- is characters are delineated. Those, in particula- A . , der's of the heroine Constance, and her unfortunate ve ,ang Hernshaw, are discriminated wial, great nicety; the one friend, Isabel exhibiting in her career the affects of a careful and conscientious education ; 1 ::(1F:: other, of an artificial and dishonest one. dialogues are uniformly natural and appropri;:te, and, when opportun i ty offers, by no means deficient in sprightliness. A little more variety and breadth of incident would not have been amiss ; still the story is worth reading, and Poi:iis an excellent moral. The lighter scenes are the most successful, with the sole exception of: that wherein the author relates the tragic death of Isabel Hernshaw, which is described with no ordinary vigour. FATAL ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN MDERMOT, ?.ATE OF THE 11TH FOOT. --011 Tuesday an ins nest was held. before Mr. Higgs, Deputy-Coroner for Wesiminster, at the Unicorn, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, on view of the body of Captain John M`Dermot, aged fifty, who died at his late residence in Southampton -street, Strand, on Saturday last, from the effects of injuries receiv ed under the following circumstances :—Mr. R. Jones, surpon, S, said thon Thursday evening l as t he was called upon and to attend the de ceased, he having on that evening been brought from Ripley, in Surrey. The deceased told him that on the Monday or Tuesday evening previous he had been thrown from, the roof of the Independent Portsmouth coach. He was no table to rise, and was carr i e d i nto an hotel, where he was, attended by two medi ca l men. I;e complained of severe p i left hip, but th e me di ca l men could not detect anyn his ain disl tion or i n j ury to t h e bone. Witness attendetl him, and o oca Saturday, by hi s or d er, he was removed in the - most easy manner from the basement to the, upper story. He was scarcely laid upon the bed before a change came over him, and he died in half an hour. His death was so sudden that witness thought he had died in consequence of a rupture of a vessel in the chest, lYat on a post mortem examination he found the cause of death to arise from effusion of veinous food in the alldomen, a large internal vessel being ruptured.. This, no doubt, was caused by the fall. He told witness th.s4 the coach was overturned. James Cross, driver of the _Chi... chester coach (the statement of the deceased with respect to its being the Portsmouth Independent being error:eons) stated, that on Tuesday last he was driving the cosi } : 4 up to London, the deceased being an outside passenger. When on arriving at Baine's-hill, near Cobham, the staplP, of the near bar broke. The leader then ran round in &i nit. to the other leader and caused the coach to run up a ball. It, overturned, and the passengers were thrown of The deceased's lady was inside the coach at the time. It was purely! an accident.. Verdict—" Accidental deaths" METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. --The extensive street from Long-acre to Piccadilly is making rapid progress-. and two intervening houses having been pulled down, there is now a clear, opening from Leicester-square to Coventry. street, the completion of the li ne. Other improvements a ro in contemplation here, amongst which is that of building on the freehold laud forming the square in the centre. This.as • for some time past been i n a most neglected state, the suhb scriptions of the inhabitants being far short of the sum -re quisite to keep it in proper repair; nor are these likely t 45 be► increased when oue side will be the line of an extensive traffic-. The large site of ground on which .the hotel stood still' 're mains unappropriated, and the square has long lost all'at tractions for business, or as the - resort of fashion, for winch it WAS once celebrated.